The New York Herald Newspaper, June 6, 1876, Page 7

CABLE NEWS From All Parts of the Old World. THE EX-SULTAN’S DEATH. Medical Report on the Mode and Manner of His Demise. NATIONAL HONOR TO HIS REMAINS Mourad Effendi Asks Recognition by the Foreign Governments. BREADSTUFFS AND MONEY MARKETS. The Question of the Bast Exercising a Marked Influence on the Food Trae and Finanee. FRENCH WORKMEN FOR PHILADELPHIA The Chinese Government to Punish the Murderers of Mr. Margaray. TURKEY. HE CAUSE OF THR EX-SULTAN'S DEATH AT- TESTED BX NINETEEN PHYSICIANS—NATIONAL HOKOR TO HIS REMAINS—-MOURAD DEMANDS RECOGNITION BY THK FOREIGN POWERS. Constantixoris, June 5, 1876, It is oMcially announced that a report doen fawn up and signed by nincteen physicians of difforent Bationalities, which certifies that the death of Abdul- Aziz resulted from the opening of the veins and arteries Below the bend of the left arm and the veins of the rightarm. BTATK HONOR TO BIS REMAINS, All the Ministers attended the funeral of the late Bultan. THR NEW SULTAN DEMAXDS THE RROOGNITION OF NA- ‘TIONS. The Porte has officially notified the foreign ambas- sadors of Mourad’s accossion and demanded recognl- bition. ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY THE POWERS ALMOST CERTAIN, . Pants, June 5, 1876, ' Tho recognition of Mourad Effendi by all the Powers is now considered certain. 4 VIOLENT LUNATIC JUST PREVIOUS TO HIS DEATH. Loxpoy, June 6, 1876, Constantinople journals report that Abdul-Aziz had several violent fits of madness after his deposition, particularly on the evening before he committed suteido. ‘THE COUNCIL OF STATE. Midbat Pacha has been appointed President of the Council of Stato, * MADDEXND BY TUF SEIZURE OF IIS PRIVATE TREASURE. The Standard’s special despatch trom Athens says tho Turkish Minister there bas received an official tele- gram stating that Abdul-Aziz committed suicide be- cause he was maddened by tho seizure of 30,000,009 Turkish pounds, his private treasure. THE MURDER THRORY. Special despatches to tue Standard represent that at Paris the story of the Sultan’s suicide meets with con- tom ptuons-iveredulity. At Rome the journals generally express the belief that Abdul- Aziz was murdered. WIS SECRET ORDER AGAINST SERVIA, Tho Standard’s Vienna correspondent reports that ‘one of the last decrees signed by the late Sultan was a secret order for the sion of Servia, and the Austrian Ambassador at Constantinople succeeded in having the rder withdrawn. CHINA AND GREAT BRITAIN. THR GROSVENOR INVESTIGATION OF THE MAR- GARAY MURDER-—-SOLDIERS OF THE CELES- TIAL ARMY THE OFFENDERS. *Loxpor, June 5, 1876, A special despatch from Calcutta to the Times says Mr. Grosvenor’s mission arrived at Rangoon on Friday last, Messrs, Grosvenor and Baber remained at Mandalay. CHINESE SOLDIERS THK MURDERERS OF THR ENGLISHMAN. The evidence taken by the commission shows clearly that Mr. Margaray was murdered by Chineso imperial Its oxpected that Lesectaheo, the Chinese General, will be exonerated from complicity in the affair, ASIATIC JUSTICR, The Chinese authorities await Mr. Grosvenor’s re- port betore carrying out the executions of those impli- cated in the murder, ENGLAND. & WEEK'S REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE— EFFECT OF THE EASTERN QUESTION ON THE FOOD AND MONEY MARKETS—SUPPLIES FROM ADROAD--CONTINENTAL DEMAND, Loxvox, June 5, 1876. The Mark Lane Express, in its review of tho British torn trade during the past week, says harvest prospects are fairly hopeful despite some drawbacks. Tho ther recently has been, on the whole, advantageous to the wheat plant. {HE EASTERN QUESTION INPLURNCING THE FOOD axD MONEY MARKET. The state of political affairs in the Fast is beginning to exercise'a marked inflnence in both monctary and tommercial circles. It cannot be defied that the pos- sibilities of war may become at any moment stern realities, Consequently the daily course of forcign politics is being anxiously watched, and = should «=the §«worst) «ensue we cannot shat our eyes to t. » fact that, with a rapid diminution of stocks abroad and of the visible supply in America, a great alteration in the present range of prices in our market will im all probability occur. However, hith- erto political inflaences havo tot aftected our markets to any extent, and our present position is simply one of careful watching. VOREIGN SUPPLIES. The supplies of wheat from abroad during the week havo been fair. No focling of depression has shown it- sell. Millers stilt operate sparingly, but transactions in this quarter are expected to show moro animation, the stocks of English wheat in farmers’ bands are believed to be unusually small. DEMAND FOR THE CONTINENT, Fine weather on,the Continent has caused a some- ‘what diminished inquiry here on the part of Conti. nental bnyern, FRANCE. WORKINGMEN ABOUT TO EMPARK Fon PHILa- DELPHIA. Panta, June 5, 1576. The depntation of French workmen to the Centennial Exhibition expected to proceed to Philadelphia on the 17th inst cacy NEW COUNTERFEITS, Wastixctox, June 5, 1876. Five dollar counterfeit notes of the Hampden Na. tional Bank of Westfield, Mags., bave appeared in con- siderable numbers at the Redemption Division of the ‘Treasurer's office lately. They appear mainly in re- meittances from New York banks, AUSTRALASIA. ‘THE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA IN RECESS—-GOLD FIELDS’ DISAPPOINTMENTS--THR AGRICUI- TURAL REPORTS GENERAL! ¥ FAVORABLE. Sax Francisco, June 5, 1876, The steamship Colima, which arrived bere to-day brings advices from Australasia to May 6. vietonia, Parliament will not likely meet before July, Favorable reports had been roceived from the gold fields in various parts of the colony. QUERNSLAND, The Hodginson River gold fieids, which were re- ported to be go rich, had proved a failuro, and, in con- sequence, there was much distress among the miners. | The reports from the agricultural and grazing dis- ! tricts were generally favorable, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Mr, Boucant in a speech outlined a proposed plan of giving assistance to immigrants by paying their pas- sage to the colony and providing them with lands under | certain conditions, | Tho yield of wheat in Western Austraha this year is sufficient for home consu:mption only. NEW ZEALAND, Nine shocks of earthquake had been felt south of Canterbury and the eastern part of Otago. Tho agricultural reports were favorable. INTBR-STATE COMMERCE. Custom house returns show largely increased exports to Australia and reduced imports thence. THRRITOKIAL SOLIDARITY. Consideraple interest was being manifested on the question of the unification of the colony, HOSTILE SIOUX. NEARLY TWO THOUSAND LODGES OF RED WAR- RIORS ENCAMPED ON THE ROSEDUD. Omana, Nebraska, June 5, 1876. Three herdcrs were kiliod by Indians twenty-five miles south of Sidney, in this State, last Saturday. ‘A despatch was receivod at miiitary headquarters to- day, stating that Yellow Robe arrivea at the Red Cloud agency six days ago from the hostile camp of 1,806 lodges on the Rosebud, Thoy wero about to leave for Powder River. The Indians say they will fight, and that they have 3,000 warriors, GOLD DUST FROM YHE BLACK HILIS—NO IN- DIANS ON THE FORT PIERRE, ROUTE. Yaxxros, Dakota, June 5, 1576. A large party of men returned to- from tho Black Hills, bringing $20,000 in dust, They report no Indians on tho Fort Pierre route, and look on the order of the military suspending travel as an outrage, Several of them are freighters, who left teams at Fort Pierre, ox- Pecting to buy loads here and return at once, THE BRAZILIAN EMPEROR. Toroxto, Ont., Jnae 5, 1876, Dom Pedro and suite arrived from Niagura this alter. noon, and left by the evening train tor Montreal, COAL MINING, SEMI SUSPENSION OF PRODUCTION IN THE PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE PIELD—PLANS OF THE COMBINED CORPORATIONS TO KEEP UP PRICES. WILKESBARRR, Pa., Juno 5, 1876, The summer programme ot the great coal combina- tion went into. operation to-day, and there is a general suspension of production throughout the en- Ure anthracite coalfeld. It has been determined to run the mines only on halftime until August, work being carried on cach alternate week for the next eight weeks. ‘This plan will have tho tendency to strengthen tho market for coal, and also to checkmate the little game which,dealers have tried to play upon the combi- nation, that is an effort to bring about a reduction in the price of coal froin first hands by noglecting to make their purcbases early in the season, The plan bas faned to work satisfactorily to the parties most interested, and the combdi- nation iully meets the absenco o domand by promptly abstaining from production for a period of four weeks. There isa little something more in this summer programme, whicn is intended especially for .the imstruction of the coal dealers who have dared mildly to protest against a portion of the policy of the combination, 1t has all along been understood that the rates tor coal aro to be advanced each month, until at ‘the close of the season the prices shall be uniform with those which prevailed daring last year. The increaso wae fixodat Give cont per ton; eonmeuciny in March; but in view of the present condition of affairs it is rumored that the rates will be ra:sed avout fen cents more a ton, or gay iifteen cents a ton in all, lor a, with the of a and July, yee figure at the probability opening of This advance will be something like a punishment for those dealers who have thus far been backward in making purchases under an idea that they could buy cheaper after a littio watting, and those others who have cancelled their spring contracts from a sim- ilarly erroneous impression. Tho moat mistaken men in any community are those who believe that the object of the great coil combina- tion isto give the peopie cheap fucl. The real aim of the organization is to regulate the trade, keep up Prices and increase the profits of those who composo the combination. In the mean time tho poor miners are waiting for work, and gradually coming down to something very néarly like starvation. WRECK OF THE ORIENTAL HER PILOT RUNS HER HARD ON HARDING'S . LEDGE IN BOSTON HARBOR IN A FOG— DAMAGE TO VESSEL AND CARGO. Bostox, Maes., June 5, 1876, The steamer Oriental, Captain Doane, of the Savannah and Boston line, was wrecked in this harbor avout half-past seven o'clock last evexing. Tho vessel lef, Savannah on Tuesday last, and experienced heavy head winds as far as Cape Hatteras, On Saturday night Jast, when near Gay Head, off Martha's Vinoyard, a thick tog camo on, and the steamer remaived at anchor there over night. Yesterday morning the fog lifted, weather, On passing Capo Cod toward evening the fog again settied over them, and subsequently became ‘so donse that navigation was almost impossible, Tho steamer bad its own pilot, and he decided to run up to the city, although it was iinpossible to see anything abead. About half-past seven I. M. the eteamer struck on Harding’s Ledge, about three miles out (rom Boston Light and immediately bilged, The fishing schooner Omega, Captain Morton, bound 1 Cohasset to Bos- ton, happened to de in tho immediate vicinity, and, noticing the disaster, at once proceeded to rescue tho passengers. The latter were twenty in number, and with their baggage were transferred in ratety to the schooner, the crew of which rendered all the assistance | in their power, and then the sctooner satied tor Bos- ton, arriving at the wharf at about one o'clock tas otning, Word was immediately sent to the under. writers’ boat, Charles Pearson, but no ene on buard 1, and finally (wo other taguoats were found and despatched to the scene ot the wreck to save as much as possivie of the cargo and bring off the crew who had been leit behind. The Oriental is a jorge veasel, and had {ull cargo of general merchandise consigned to F. Nickerson & Co, ‘Tne steamer is lying easy on rock! with her stern saomerged, but her bow and the jor. ward part of tae ves-el out 06 water, Nothing can be done unul her bottom i# eximined by a diver and a part of her cargo discharged. There is no appearance | of strain on her deck, but her starnoard side ts bent very slightly. With favorable weather she wili prob- | ably be saved, The cargo was mostly covered by im: surance, but to wifat extent is not at present known, The vexsci is only partially isured. The Boyleston, China, Washington, Neptune and other offices in Bos- ton baye tiekson the property. The cotton on buurd is valued at about $20,000. ‘Vhe cargo will be more or Jess damaged. full of water, MUSTANG RACE JOHN FRANCIS RIDES SIXTY-FIVE MILES IN LESS THAN THREE HOURS. | Pmiapsiraia, June 5, 1874, John Francis in the mustang race at Suffolk Park to- day performed the great ride of sixty-five miles im two hours and fiity-nine minutes, and thus won the purse of $2,500, The first mile was made in 2:13 and the second in 2:19, without achange, When he scored his sorty s.xth mile he was nearly tour miles aneud of time. On Wednesday Parker will attempt to ride ninety * miles in sour hours o1 STORM. HOP FIELDS IN ONEIDA COUNTY SERIOUSLY INJURED. Unica, N. ¥., June 5, 1876, A Terrific hail storm swept over the hop yards of tho town of Marshall, m thid couaty, on Sunday afternoon, and occasioned great damage to a belt of cagntry about a mile and a quarter in width. In seemed to come from the town ef Augusta through a secuon north of and the stcamer staried for Boston, having clear | Oriskany Falls, ond damaged the ferry, Conger, Grid- ley, Risiey, Melvin, Clark, Bussett, we on other | hop ya towsrd Bridgewater wore as walnuts. season will be sensibly injured. v tl Ftones: It 18 thought the yield of hops | WASHINGTON. FROM OUR SPECIAL °CORRESPONDENT. Wasmrxctox, June 5, 1876. MR. BLAINE’S VINDICATION OF HIMSELF IN THE HOUSE—A DRAMATIC AND EXCITING SCENE— CHANGE OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN THE EX- SPEAKER'S FAVOR—RESPONSES OF MR. HUN- TON AND PROCTOR KNOTT. When the House had nearly droned through the morhing hour, with its tedious and uneventful call of the States, Mr. Blaine was seen to converse for a mo- ment with Mr, Cox, who was im the chair, Mr. Cox nodded assent, and as Mr, Blaine returned to his teat he motioned to a page, who presently brought bim a glass of wat At this some of tho older members pricked up their ears, and some one said;— “Hello, look ont now, Biame’s going to speak.’ The warning flew around the House very quickly, and by the time he said “Mr, Speaker” the House and galleries were onthe alert. He rose to a question of privilege and at once plunged into the subject wh'ch has been the topic of conversation here for the last woek, the famous letters. Hé asserted and defended his mght to them; his determination to keep them ; his behet that in so domg he was defending not his own rights alono but those of the whole pubhe ogainst-un- Teasonable searches and seizures. He contended that the committee had no right what- ever to demand the letters, and he declared that he concetved himself to be the object of an unreasonable and, by some persons, a vindictive prosecution. He spoke without notes and with but littie excitement, and therefore the more freely and effectively, but as he spoke thy question which everybody was asking his neighbors was, **Will he road the letters ?”? Atlast he took up from the desk where : had deen, 8 small bundle of papers, and holding it up, said:—'These aro tho letters; they aro my property; Thavoaright to them; no man has a right to ask their contents; the Judiciary Committee of this House has no more right to interfere with them than. with the narture and admonition of my children,” Here he paused and then said with some solemnity:— “But I propose now to take 44,000,000 of my coun- trymon into my confidenca I will let them judge whether it is true that those letters ought to disgrace and rain me,”” He added:—"“They aro private letters; remember they cover a number of years, 1 shall not read them to you without a sense of humiliation that I should fecl myself forced to do so, But they coutain nothing that disgraces me.’ Thereupon he began to read, aay- ing, “I shalt make a few words of explanation in reading some of these letters in order to make them intel- ligible, and Lask the reporters of the House to follow me carofnily, for I have made no notes of what I shall say.” His oxplanations were fow and very brief and maluly recalled dates—as in one caso, to show that at a certain time ho was not a membor of Congress and in another that a ruling ho mado as Speaker was made before he or any friend of his had any connection with the Little Rock road, and that the ruling was correct and its manner in accordance with custom; which is true. Since it became known that Mr. Blaine had taken the letters from Mulhgan the air here has been dark with reports of what these letters, if published, would re- veal. Persons here who have been pushing tho pros- ecution of Mr. Blaine have circulated very wild rumors of nefarious #ehemes, of successiul jobbery, which the letters would disclose. Washington, always 4 gossippy town, has beon the paradise of gossips since tho seizure of the letters, and even cautious and un- impressible people began to believe that there must be some truth in what was so contidently reported, Mr. Blaine read these lotters himself, and from the original, and they were listened to with the most eager interest, but with an evident aod increasing amazement and dis- gust at the hnge difference betweon what had been reported and what they actually revealed. When he was done he said, turning to the House:— Now there, thero are tho letters. They were sc- Mulligan, my bitter enemy, out of my 8 correspondence during ne@ly fifteen years. They were the worst he could pick out, the most damaging to me and he had the whole of my corre- spondence and he chose the worst. I ask any member of this House, all of whom are presumably men engaged in aflairs, what his judgment is?” ‘There is no doubt that his appeal was effective, The members of the House aro mostly men engaged, in aflairs and they felt the force of what he said, and the phrase, ‘He picked out the worst of thom—these aro tho worst,’? was repeated on the floor in conversation. It was supposed that this would close the contest, and men’s minds began already to turn to something elso when the most startling and dramatic scene of the day suddenly camo on. Mr, Blaine still held tho floor, and, after ao slight pause, said that he had not spoken without reason when ho sad that he felt him- self the object of a .bitter and even an unscrupulous persecution, ‘I asked the chairman of the Judiciary Committee,” ho said, fixing his eye upon Mr. Proctor Knott, who sat upon the opposite side of the House, ‘‘whether he bas not had in his possession for several days a despatch trom Mr. Josiah Caldwell, in Lonion—a despatch ¢xculpating me so far as bis knowledge goes of guilt of tho charge which has been brought against mo in the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Knott rose to his tect in evident embarrassment while Mr. Blaine was speaking. To was clearly taken by sarprise, and when Mr. Blaine paused he made an ovasive reply, The House and gallerics were now very greatly exgited. They saw that Mr. Knott had not answered the question. There was a breathless silence as Mr. Blaine walked down tho aisle into the vacant space before the Speaker’s chair and said again:— “L ask tho gentleman for an answer. Did ho not, so long ago as last Thursday morning, about eight o'clock, receivo a despatch from Mr. Josiah Caldwell, in Lon- don, completely exculpating me, and has he not held that despatch in bis priv: porsession, without put- Ung it into the possession of the committee?” There was a momentary panse and deep silence, and then Mr, Knott, evidently entirely disconcerted and thrown off his guard, askod— ° “How did yoa know it?”” At this admission the almost the whoie House irrepressible clapping of hands, Mr. Blaine demanded a specific answer, hut Mr. Knott sat down, and Mr, Blaine thereupon offeted a resolu- tion that the Judiciary Committee be tnstructed to report to the douse ut once whether such a despatch had been received by its Chairman, what it contined and the reasons why it was kept back. The democrats wero now very much embarrassed. Some of their leading men gathered before the Speaker's desk tor consultation, and presently Mr. Hunton took the floor, He is chairman ot the sub-committes which has been carrying on the Blaine investigation, and he made what every one felt to be a very ineffective speech, reciting in claborate detail what had passed before the commit. teo, taunting Mr, Blaine with the Mulligan testimony and repeating what Atkins and Fisher bad said. Only one ineident enlivened his speech, Ho re- marked upon Mr, Blaino’s having gone to gce tho wit- ness Mulligun, Mr, Blaine said:— “Not until 1 found that the gentleman himseif was privately seeing witnesses; aking them beforehand what they could testify to against me and coach- ing them for the witness stand,” and he read a letter which he nad received from the witness, Robinson, which complained that Mr. Hunton had, on bis arrival in town, taken bim aside and closely questioned him in advance as to what he could testify toagainst Mr. Blaine. This produced an evident sensa- tion, and has, it seems this evening, made a lasting impression, Mr. Knott followed Mr. Hunton, and made a witty stump speech which even his best friends thought out of place, but some of the points of which even Mr. whole gallery and broke into long and Blaine enjoyed, for Mr. Knott is a wit, To- wards the close ho spoko of the despatch he had = received. It was dated London, and, as % gave no special arldress, poor Mr. Krott thought it a fraud. Here again, as in the Belknap case, 18 seen the blunder of ono member of a committee keeping an important matter to himself, for almost anyone would have explained to Mr. Knott that the London office had kept the address, and that the re- ceipt of the despatch was prima facie evidence that it was not a fraud, as be suspected. The resolution was then pressed to a vote, but it was of no impor- tance. On the yeas and nays, however, several demo- crats voted with the republicans, Meantime, the whole affair was discussed on the ffoor by members and others, and has been the topic of conversation this evening everywhere. Thero is a NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1876.—TRIPLE SHKET. THE EXHIBITION 8 Disgraceful Condition of the Cen- tennial Grounds. AN OCEAN WITHOUT A CHART The Game of Lacrosse To Be Played. Puapstrma, June 5, 1876, Unlike the fast train to the Paciflc, an hour or a day does not count much with the | Exhibition. It has five months yet before i and it looks now as if the managers think Yhat is amp'e time to finish the work, Tho fast time of the Exhibition was made beforo it opened, and the Tapidiyy with which the btldirgs wero erected is certainly wonderiul, They rose hko exbalations tna night. But since the opening there seems to bea lethargy in the direction. Nearly a month has passed and yettho grounds around the Main Building and Machinery Hail, the watks leading to Horticultural and’ Agricultural halis, tho Art Gallery and the United States Government Building are in an unfinished and to some extent a slovenly condition. Even at the main entrance the impression made upon the visitor is one of neglect and imperfection, If there®wero evidences of ener- gelic, systematic effort to remedy theso deficiencies no criticism would be needed; but there are none. Surely & month would be time enough to put all the main waiks and esplanades in perfect order, and a week would be cnough it the Exhibition had ahead, The Market street bridge a few months ogo was entiroly de- stroyed by fire, and in eighteen days Colonel Tom Scott had built another structure better than tho old one We learn now that ho has undertaken to make a Presi- dential candidate in ten days, and as it ts probable that one candidate will not be suflcient as a bridge for his railroads, ho proposes to make two. If his admin- istrative ability and executive force had in- spired the Commissioners the Exhibition grounds | would bo in a very different condition, In- stead of a fow old gentlemen with shovels and rollers patching walks which should never havo to be patched, he would have had a thousand, who would have put the reads in complete order in two or throe days, But the Commissioners, who appear to have taken the full control of the enterprise, move slowly, as all large bodies are said to move. It is to bo hoped they will also move surely. But thoy are mis- taken if they suppose there is any time to waste, Every day that the grounds remain as they are is a digoredit to tho managers and a misfortune to the pub- lia The splendor of the buildings harshly contrasts with the poverty of their surroundings, like a fine Picture in a common frame. 4 SKA, BUT NOT A CHART, It must bo regretted that there ts no grasp of details shown in the direction of this vast Exhibition, It has been opened a month, and yet it is a labyrinth without aclew, To learn where tu go or how to go tho visitor must purchase a map, or elso wander aimlessly about, asking his way from one policeman to another, like a pilot in a fog, sounding his course from time to time by the hoaving of the lead, Signboards aro few and far between, After a few days ono can easily comprehend the plan of the grounds, but when any special department or building 1s roucuod then the diMiculty beg'ns in another and really a more annoy- ing form. Tho cataloguos are not worth even the paper they are printed on, forthe white paper, it it could not inform, at least would not mislead. In the fast fantastic romance of tho ingenious author of “Alice in Wonderland,” Lewis Carroll, quito anumber of his queer personages start out on a voy- je of discovery. The captain of the expedition shows the crew tho chart by which they are to sail. “The trou. ble with all previous charts,” he argues, ‘1s that they confuse the sailing master by their lines of latitude and longitude, their isinnds and coasts. But hero is a chart,” he says, ‘that has no lines, no coasts, and the advantago ts we can sail in any direction whatever with- out departing from our course.” Periectly blank paper has exactly this advantage at tho Exhibition, while the impertect, crroncous catalogues are sure to wreck the mariner why (rasts them, er LACROSSE. Arrangements for a grand lacrosse tournament be- tween'a club of twelve picked players trom the Iroquois Indians and rival clabs of like number, composed of Canadian gentlemen, aro in contemplation by several prominent Canadian visitors and exhibitors, A thorough inspection yesterday by a party of amatcurs from Canada domonstrated that euificent space for this a could not be bad within t. Centennial inclosure, ‘he tourpament will therefore take place in the Park witnin convenient distance of the Exhibition grounds, The Indian elub, which will probably be invited to par tictpate i the affair can be arranged, is now in Eng- lund, where, in addition to the games already pl they have recoived over sixty invitations to visit dif- forent parts of Groat Britain, meluding urgent requests to play before the Prince of Wales and the royal family. THE STRAWBERRY DISPLAY. Mr. Barnet Landreth, Chief of the Bureau of Agri- culture, announces to strawberry producers that the formality of appltcasion tor spaco for the strawberry display and the attachment of official labels may be waived. Contributions may be directed to the Chiet of the Bureau of Agricalturo and sent by express, freight paid. Thedisplay of tabies and dishes is provided tree of charge. and all labor of unpacking und arranging contributi is assumed vy tho oilicers of the comumession, The strawberry show com- mences to-m ;rrow and continues until the 15th inst. Competition will be for the best dish of each variety of one qaart cach grown by amateurs; for tho best digh of each variety grown by market men; for tho best col- Jection display in quarts; for the best display of plants (in pots) in bearing condition, six plants of cach variety, THK ARMY OF THK JAMES. The fourth triennial reunion of the Society of the Army of the James will be held to-morrow at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Generals Sherman, Sheridan ani Burnside and Governor Hartrantt are among the distinguished guests who have given assurances of their intention to be present. CEXTENSIAL NOTES. De. G. Wagoner, Imperial Japanese Commissioner, accompanied by the three Judges of Awards from tho same country, Str. Notomi, Mr. Ikeda and Mr. Hayami, arrived in Philadelphia today. The Japanese ba: Jocated near the Swedish -choulhouse and in the rear of the Department of Public Comfort, will be opened ou Saturuay for the saic of Japanese goods, A test of the pianos on exhibition will be made to- morrow in the main hall of the Judges’ Pay‘hon. The committee of Group XXV. (jury of award on in- ts of precision, research, &e.), which will con- investigation, consists of General Henry K. George F. Bristow, of New of Germany, and P. F. Kupka, Ma Joseph Newman arrived yesterd:y from San Franeiaco with a group of 6,000 ive silkworms, which will be exhibited in Agricultural Hail. Many of the ikworms have already comineuced their work of spin- The admissions on Saturday last reached 33,741. Of this number 11,449 were exhjbitors a jondants and he thus making the cash receipts $i, Governor Ingersoll and the General Assembly of Con- necuicat will visit tho Exhibition this week, urriving here on Friday, at one o'clock. ‘Tho attendance of visitors row Indiana, as shown by the register in the State building, has doubled witht the past week. A large atiendance is expected after the Tih when school teachers trom all parts of Indi ‘Tho judges in tors that they amine their exbibiis. general attendance of Judges did not pat in hibitors came from distaut points and wi iy disyppointed in consequence of the failure of tho Judges to be present DEFECTS OF THE EXHIBITION, To Te Epttor or tar Hreauo:— U have read with mach interest the remarks of your correspondent, which appeared in the Henaro of Sacar- day, respecting some of the defects of the Centennial Exbipition, all of which I can fully indorse, Al have now resided here for ono month and have visited the Exhibition daily during that period, it may be of interest to your readers to know my impressions of this ander. taking, 1.0+« especially as 1 bave visited all tho great International Exnibitions in Earope,in addition to others of « more oral character, It must be admit that tho Exhibition at Phtindelphia exceeds all others classes officially notified exhitn- Monday and ex- uence there was a bat the incet them ot In cor hibitors this mornii Pearance. Some in sizo; but there, I consider, its pre-emi- nence terminates. The arrangement of ox. hibits is defective and tho various artictes jatance, machinery of similar character is to be found in Machinery Hall, Agricultural Hali, the United States Government Building, the Sawmill, whieh is not yet running, and other places. Metallurgical pro- ducta are divided between the Main Building and Ma- elunery Kail; but 1 would be tedious to quote all the examples of detective ciassificativy. The nomerous special aod State buildings are bewildering to visitors, as few ot them bear any desiguation; they are so | a distribated in too many detached buildings, For reattored hey i general sense of reltet aad satisfaction that Mr. Blaine | “oaured, At thay are, Matigning to Tiell, and bas rescucd bimeeif from a painful position. +h uwamectal As to the mapagoment of | tesy and rendered every the Commission loss said the _ better. All thoir energies a) to have been exhausted in framing red tape regulations to the exclusion of more important matters. The frivolous system of punching oe and issuing checks for readsmission has not ¢x- sted at any previous exhibition and is conducive to mach loss of time and temper, as checks are not is- Sed at al! of the entrances, and, in the prevailing hot weather it is provoking to be compelled to walk from gate to gate iu order to obtain permixsion to re-enter the building. Another instance uf gross stupidity 18 the arrangement of the exit gates, which will revolve In either direction, thus neressitating the attendance of an intelligent member of the Centennial Guard at each gate in order to preveat persons from enter- ing, while the addition of a very simple mechanical Arrangemont would only permit the gale to revolve in one direction and prevent persons irom entering through it, Atleast titty guards at &2.a day would be rendered unnecessary by the adoption of this arrange- ment, To my mind a great deal of unnecessary agita- tion has been devoted to the relative merits of or closing the Exbibition on Sunday, into tie whieh I shail not enter, while no effurts have been the made to extend the hours daily during which the buildings are to be open, If the Commission wish to Increase their receipts let them admit the pabhe until nine or ten P. M., and provide muse voth m the ovuildings and grounds, or permit some of the large restanrants in the grounds to do so at their pwn expense, By this means those whose daily occupations prevent them from visiting t hibition during the present hours of opening would be enabled to enjoy the many be ful objects it contains. especial which will be, when tinished, the mn of the undert ing and alone worth crossing the Atlantic to yisit, aud the evenings would also be appreciated by thousands who would proler visiting the Exhibition in the cool hours instead of ender the blazing sua. it would also afford the means of innocent recreation to the many strangers in the city who hy no resource at might bat to sit In their hotels, or, if residing near the rark, of making the Jong and tedious journey the city in order to a.tend some suffocating place of amusement, gencrally of a very inierior charnoter, Of ail the cities I have wesited’ aurme an exhibition Philadelphia offers the fowest attractions to a stranger, especially with regard 10 open air amusements or places of social resort. It does not possess the Champs Elysdées or Boulovards of Paris, the Prater Vienna, Hyde Park of L lon, or the Unter den niden of Berlin, and the inhabitants soem tw have devoted little thought to the entertainmont of their guests, Thomas? concerts were the solitary oxeeption to the rule, and they have been discontinued; but T am debghted to hear that they are to bo resumed [cannot conclude this lengthy epistie with- out alluding to tho extraordinary apathy displayed by a. large number of exbibitors respecting their exhibits, When I left Europe 1 had the impression that the Americans were an excceingly active, businesslike, pushing peopte, but my experiences gained at the Exhi- bition proves this not to be the case. Of course, there are many striking exceptidhs to this rule and in many ipstances I have been treated with the greatest cour- sistunce and information; number of exhibits, es- which must have cost their XbIbit, ether totally un- provided with an attendant to furnish information to visitors, or else placed in charge of gome man Who 18 utterly ignorant of their real inerits, and who, for a small consideration, has undertaken the charge of sev- eral exhibits and bas to divide his time between the respective stands. Writing to exhibuors in the ma- jority of eases fails to receive any attention, and I know of two instances in which valuable ordery might have boen secured had the exhibitors condescended to reply to letters written by a visitor from a British col- ony. Now that all the self-congratulation is over which naturally totiowed the opening of an undortaking which had been beset with many difiiculties, | think a few honest remarks as to the defects of the Exhibition may not be fil-timed, in ordor that they may be rectified, A BRITISH JOURNALIST. PuiLape puta, June 4, 1876, EX-GOVERNOR BULLOCK. A DECLARATION IN FAVOR OF BRISTOW AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY—A LETTER FROM THE EX-GOVERNOR, ; ‘Worcester, Mass., June 5, 1876. The Spy of to-morrow will publish the following lettor from ex-Governor Bullock in response to an ot- ficial notification of his election as delegate to the Re- publican Convention at Cincinnat Wonces’ une 5, 1876, Gextivaex—I have received your official notification that the Republican Convention of the Ninth district, hold on the 4th of May, chose me one of the delegates to attend the National Convention on the 14th inst. If Thad been prosent at the Convention I should havo. Btated the necessity which constrains mo to decline the duties of this office, of which I hold in the highest estimate both the honor and the responsibility. lam under a promise to fulfil an — engogement betore one of the literary institutions in the State ata time near the day of of the Convention, and this it is neither my right nor my wish to disappoint. I regret my inability to go to Cinemnat!, chiefly on my account, for as to the Ninth district, | am fed to believe that its representations by my substitute, Mr. Bartholomer will not be changed either in its spirit or in its dire tion. From all that I have heard | judge that the dele- gates who elected me, whilo they refrained from giving any instructions, believed and expectod that of all tho candidates for Presidont as yet conspicuously mentioned 1 should prefer Mr. Bristow. In this: they wore not mistaken. Of the four gentlemen now most prominently can- vassed I should certainly select him for my vol ma 1 should as certainly adhere to my choice, Under no circumstances would I vote for a candidate who, winle Possessing official influence and power, ling fai'ed to use bis opportunities im exposing and correcting abuses coming withm the reach of his observa- tion, but for personal rersons or for ends has permitted them to | fester on, 1 tirmly believe the present Seeretary of the Treasury bas, by bis uniform conduct in office, proved his fitness for the poramount requirements of var time; that he bas shown both the will and capacity necessary for the stern task which the poople aim to impose upon ther next President, Iam, with great respect, your obe- dient servant, XX. H. BULLOCK. To Messrs. A’A, Potxaw, President, and Gxo. W, Houns, Secretary of the Ninth District Convention, A BRIStOW cLUB. Vntrapezrnta, June 5, 1876. Atameeting of the Bristow Club of Pniindelphia held last evening, a resolution was adopted declaring it to be the object of the club to further by all boner. able means the nomination at Cincinnati of Benjamin H, Bristow for President of the United States, Wailiam Welsh was clected President of the club, Among tho vice presidents are Jobu P. Verreo, Henry C. Lea, Danvol Dougherty, Hector Ty! Jovi J, Bailoy and Wiikam MeMichacl A deivgation to represent the club at Cincinnati will be appomted. but tt is surprising to soo pecially in Machinery # é t The Young Men’s Domocratic Club met lest night a the Hoffman House, Mr, Townsend Cox presided. Tho following resolution was passed :-~ Whereas the Hon Samuel J. Tilden has by distin service in the cause of reform proved himself om worthy of the confidence of the people, and is con: well fitted for the position of Chiet Magistrate of the Stat; and, wherens, wo believe these sentiments are coin- args majcrity of the people of this to support him in the future as 1 aleo bY the people thruughont the entire I Resolved, That n committ-e of twenty-five, with power to M11 vacancies and add to their number members of the clu, ‘ve appointed by the President thereof to attend the Demo- eratic Convention, to be herd at St. Louis on the 27th, dl urge on the delegates there assombied nomination of Pen Hon. Samuei J, Tilden for President of the United Mints. Among the delegates appointed were the following: Messrs, Townsend Cox, J, A. Bell, H. H. Porter, Bd- ward L. Parris, Hugh J, Colt, Charles F, McLean, Charics D. Ingersoll, Henry aveymerer, G. W. Van Slych, T. Dimock, Dr. Stuyers, Dr. Austin Flint, Jr, John Foley, H. B. Tompkins, @ A. H. Bartiett, MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Wan Deranturxt, Orzick oF THE CiiKF SIGNAL Ovvicen, Was x, Sune 6—1 A.M | Probavilities, During Tuesday, for the South Atlantic States, cooler, northwest winds, rising barometer and clour weather, For the Eastern Gulf States, northerly winds, sta- tionary barometer, and coolor clear weather. For the Western Gulf States, northeast to suutheast winds, stationary or higher temporaturo and pressure and clear weather. For Tennessee and the Obio Valley, southerly winds, warmer, clear or partly clouly weather and stationary barometer, For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri val- leys, opposing cooler northerly and warmer southerly winds, Stationary or lower pressure and partly cloudy weather, For the upper lake region, northwest to southwest winds, partly cloudy or clear, warmer weather, and, in the northern portions, rising barometer, For the lower !ake rezion, stationary of rising ba- rometer, stationary or lower temperature, partly cioudy weather and westerly winds. For the Miadio States, northwest to southwest winds, rising baromoter, and warmer partly cloudy or clear weather, ‘ For New Englond, cooler northwest winds, partly croudy weather and rising barometer. Tho rivers will generally remain stationary, or will riso slightly, Lass THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. Tho following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-iour hours, in com- parison with the correspondmg date of last year, as indicated by tho thermomoter at Hudnat’s pharmacy, Henao ak sash se % a 6 into | : T ATTEMPTED ARSON. TIENDISH PLOT TO DEFRAUD AN INSURANCE COMPANY. A Gorman grocer, named Louis Hulberstadt, plotted to burn down the honse he partially occupied at No. | 311 Meadow street, Hoboken, that he might reesive the | amount of $4,509 insurance he had eftected on his stock | and furniture, Halverstads took into his confidencd Francis Berend, bis clerk, snd as a bribe to him im sured his, the clerk’s furniture, for $1,000, aso in the Pheentx Insurance Company. Fortunately, the elerkt | turned State's evidence. Halberstadt with his wife and child arrived im Hoboken some months azo from Nepierville, ®neor Chicago, where he had made some money as a butcher, He bought out the grocery s.ore at No, 311 Meadow street and benght a scanty stock of groceries to supply it with, Buste ness went badly with lim, aud seeing that ruin stared Jim in the face he insured hrs store, furniture, &a, | with tbe vague hope that a fire occur and that | the insarance company would have to pay him the No fire ocenrred and he thought that el{im the matter and took his clerk amount insured. mast help bin ken, the owner of cated the afar iructed Chiet of Mr, Donovaa and was , cigars, cloths, was giving to his cierk to bide that is to sh ntity of | resumable e All was now ir ks of kerosene with their © placed last Sunday in the cellar of the store, so that their heads on the floor of the mov r | | iL, unter hoops 10s under could ewst!, ave been staved in basetnent ‘or cellar, been poured ti! as a couple of inches di ‘ear the casks was ag mense pile of Yrewood soaked with kerosen ings were also there to communicate the flames rapidly, while that nothe he fates a hole war Bix teen inches long and four browd, which was to serve as a vent tothe Hames, 1 » ‘story of the house ts occupied by Police Officer Michael Hartyn and bis eight children, On the floor below dwelt another family, but to tho flond Halberstadt that bad no signifi- cance.’ “Pouple must look out for themselves” was his motto, Tho agreement between him and his clerk was that Halberstadt. bis wife and the clerk's wife should start by an early train yesterday morning for Philadelphia, and shat at about TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING the clerk should set the place hats, commencing with the shavings, avd as soon as it should biaze should ran in lis shirt tail on the roof und sereech out “Fi tre!’?” He was arrested yesterday moruing while tak- ing acar for the depot, THE CANE IN COURT. At five o'clock yesterday evening the case was calied up before the Recorder, and the man was committed in default of $2,000 bail. SCHOOLSHIP ST. MARYS. The United States schooiship St, Marys arrived at her anchorage ground off Glen Cove, 1. I, yesterday evening. NOT YET A BENEDICT, To THe Epitor ov tim Heranp:—< Please contradict the announcement of marriago be uween myself and Miss Loursa A. Felt, which. was pab- lished in Sunday's Herat, as it was a fabrication of an unprincipled party. EDWARD P. FIELD, No, 14 West Thirty-sixth street, HOTEL ARRIVALS, Chief Justice Morrison &. Waite, of the United States Supreme Court, is residing with his family at the St Nicholas Hotel, Rear Adiniral Alfred Taylor, United States Navy, is at the Gilsey House. Ex-Governor John Y. Hoffman arrived at the Clarendon Hotel yesterday from Albany. Samucl Bowles, of Springfeld, Mass, and Howry Watterson and Heury D, McHenry, of Kentucky, aro at the Brevoort Honeo, John M, Francis, of Troy, is at the Metropolitan Hotel. William G. Fargo, of Buffalo, isat the Astor House. Judge Amos Briggs, of Phila- delphia, is at the St. James Hotel, Richard Vaux, of Philadelphia, and Amasa Sprague, of Providence, are at the Hoffman House, Lieutenant Governor Horatio G, Knight, of Massachusetts, and Judge Thomas K, Finletter, of Philadetpbia, are atte Fitth Avenue Hotel, P, de Rueda, of the Spanish Legation at Wash- ington, Is at tho Albemarle Hotel. Thomas Dickson, President of tho Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, is at the Gilkey House, Genoral Fitz John Porter, Titian J. Coffey, of Pennsylvania; Edwin C, Cushm of St. Loum, and Miss Minnte Hauck, the prime donna, are among the late arrivals at the Clarendon Hotel, s MAILS FOR EUROPE. port on Tho steamship Russia will leave this Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool, Tho mails tor Europo will close at the Post OMce at twelve o'clock M, x Tux New Youx Herato—Edition for Europe—will be ready at eight o'clock in the morning. Single copies, In wrappers for mailing, six cents, EVERY ONE WHO HAS A THROAT COMPLAINT Id use Hanes Hoxxy ov Hor’ 1» AND Tan. x's Toornacu® Duors cure in o ONLY BR preventiv per yard. A.—BEN: NG, m DON NASSAU ASN AND, POLTON Tm LOCATE! iN U. NN HANDSOM AND WELL HEATED OF¥ICES To L&T VERY REASONABLE THEM: SUITABLE, LAWYERS, BANKEIts AND INSURANCE OFFICES APPLY ON THE PREMISE: ieee" ote. ALASKA BEAVERS, $4 90, WORTH $0; PEARL Cassimmnns, $2 ‘Sh 15 New Churen st., up stairs, A VALUABLE REMEDY.—THE SILK ELASTIC Truss, sold only hy ELASTIC TRUSS COMPANY, 633 Brosdway, supersedes all the antiquated metal trusses, cur- ing worst ruptures. BUCHAN’S CARBOLIC SOAPS PREVENT CONTA. wion, destroy vermin, purify and whiten the skin, Depot BAdobuat CHRISTADOR@'S HAIR DYE ‘3 WITH LIGHT. ning speed; is tints are natars si John st, DON'T Lose YOUR HAIR.—CHEVALIER’S LIFE nt i Innit perfectly; stops its fnlli vOR tan Have wastoee Heay Bult perfectly: won Ste salle tH, DYEING AND ANING. AND PRINTING ESTABLISH ME! Ofices—9% Drang st., 732 Broad 166 and 168° 1 Philadelphia, GENTLEMEN'S, HOY New styles, fine goods, tu Thontre Butiding. Re wholesale depart INVOICE OF CHAMPAGNE, GH, MUMM & CO., in lots of one case and upward at the following prices i= mey. Dry Verrenay. quarts, ew aa Ey Dry Verzenay, pint Kxtea dey, quits Extra dry, pines, OM SAUER! 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Roeld Pretest treatment ; : neral Spring Water, and Dr, HEA Troe | nd reception roma, 200 Beondway, New York, Ke duced to 25 cents » gallon per barrel. CGH SEW TREATISE EXPLAINING THRE wuccansinl treatment sen i ARD, No. 8 Wost 14th ot. | Dee BROWN & STU! H PUCKET KOITION— | oD ond Life,” trentiso explanatory of the with Ie suecesetul WT PCRLISHED—IN | structions for the meee Weaknese, (+4 | spirion, Ne Exhanation, pal! il ita, Nervous { i it ‘Mie, Address wather, i De ke DEE. Gi brats WSS i tow vork, piit iL, VAN! “Oar = >