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) & | PETERMAN AND STANLEY, The Celebrated Geographer’s Opinicn of the Herald Explorez’s Work. . Problems Solved—Further Dis- ' coveries Probable. The’ Lake System of Central Africa and ‘ the Great Rivers, » COURSE OF THE CONGO. ' Dt. Petermann’s Tribute to the . American Explorer. Sacrifices Made, But Grand Geograph- ical Achievements. t ARDACTION DER MITTHKILUNGEN AUS Jostus PERTHRS GkOU kAPHisCHER ANNTALT, Gorua, March 22, 1877. To tux Epiror ov tax Herarp:— The Iabt lottors of Mr. Stanley, up to the 13th of ’ August, 1876, show that this most determined and per- @vering explorer pursues his present great under- taking with bis wonted energy. Having left the coast ‘of East Alrica in November, 1874, he forced his way to Ukerewe (Victoria Niyanza) through previously un- trodden regions, circumnavigated this great basin in March, April and May, 1875, and fuily decided the Problem attached to this lake !n favor of its first dis- coverer, Spoke, who bad firmly maintained the unity of the various shores explored by him against Burton, ~ who-had attemptea to cut it up in little bits, thus solving one of the great African questions, From. Ukerewe Staniey made his way across the high mountain region between it and the Mwutan {Albert Niyanza), adding everywhere to our previous knowledge, and finally reaching Lako Tanganika at Ujij When ho wrote his last letters he had also completely circumnavigated this groat lake and‘ finished what Speke, Burton, Livingstone and Cam- eron bad lett undone, By these, his new survoys and explorations, Stanley as deciacd another great African problem, having : beyond any further doubt established the fact that _ Luke Tanganika ts in no connection with the Mwutan {Albert Niyanza), and, consequently, not with the Nile. A third great problem, the outflow of the Tan- Banika {nto the Lualaba basin, has also been further (Investigated by Stanley, and the result of his invese Mgation is tha: the Lukuga is not, as Cameron thought, ‘permanent, but atthe most only a periodical or oc- tasional outflow of the Tanganika Lake. Thus, in the @bort space of only one yoar and three-quarters, * Btanloy as solved several great African problems and * added immenseiy to our geographical knowledge of this continent, To Stanley’s further proceedings since 13th, August, 1876, I look with still greater expectations, and from his plan thero seems no doubt that he will outdo everything he has yot achieved, and make the greatest discovery remaining in Africa. This discov- » ery is the solution of the question, What becomes of “the great lake and river systems discovered by Liv- Ingstono in Central Africa? Do they drain into the Congo or nos? Is the Luslaba the Congo, the Nile, or what other river? Cameron, by turning from Ny- Angwe tothe south and afterward west to Benguela, bas, as Stanley justly remarks, “lett tho question of the Lualaba exactly where Livingstone left it.” Now, Stanley’s plan is diverted to the north and west from Nyangwe, and in either direction he will Not fail to make the greatest discoveries yot romaining In Africa, What lay before him in August, 1876, is in- finitely more important than all ho had dono upto that timo, J A. PETEKMANN. DR. PETERMANN'S DESCRIPTION OF THE PROG- RESS OF AFRICAN EXPLORATION—NEW CIVIL- ZATIONS UNRAVELLING OLD PROBLEMS, [From the Cologne Gazette. ] March 28, 1877, Africa at the present moment ts the object of great tivilzing, scientific efforts and projects, Previously there were simply expeditions for geographical dis. tovery with an endeavor to unravel hidden mysteries; a few commerial houses tried to develop its wealth; one or two civilized governments interested them- selves in ite welfare, but now this wost stubborn part of the globe is being attacked by the promoters of a higher civilization, and for all these Mr. Staniey’s explora. tions have become matters of absorbing interest, When one only thinks that from tho time of the Egyptian Menes probably eight thousand years have passed away since discoveries were made in Africa, while North, Central and South America are scarcely Jour bundred years old, and that it is within the term of furty yours that the Australian continent has do- veloped to its present grandeur, it is evidently time shat something was done for the benighted portions of the earth. ‘Still of late geographical discovery has proceeded in “ Alrlea with gigantic strides, It took 1,800 years to emancipate mankind from the theories of the Egyptian weographer, Claudius Ptolemaus, with reference to tho basin and sources of the Nile, and it is only eighty yeurs since its modern, and thirty since ius sciontific, exploration was begun, in these thirty years a great deal has been done, although much more remains, ‘Indecd geographical Tesearch there is still in its infancy, yet it ts constantly extending its scope, Where does the Lualava flow from? Whence comes the river Congo? Where docs tho Uelle run to? Where does the Ogowe tako its rise? Tho eources of the Nile, which Ptolemy pretonted to have known 130 years, A. C., were roally discovered by the press of our day—by the American newspaper foporter Stanley, in the Alexandra stream and lake, TUR WORK OF THE JOURNALIST. We have before us now the latest letters and maps bent home by Staniey. That our great journ: furnish us with the events of the day almost ‘as they transpire, from the tield of battle to the festivi ties followiug gigantic victories, reporting with pres- eience and accuracy, is no longer a novelty; but that the propristor of an American newspaper—the New York Hxratp—should send a correspon- dent at his own expense to do what Menes, Ptolemy, Mungo Park, Henry Barth and Livingstone, and Cameron and Pogge—nay, even what our united geographical societies, governments, Chambers of Commerce und imdustry have tailed to accomplish, 18 something novel, not only novel, but serviceaole and honorable. For a long time nothing was heard from Livingstone, "(twas said he was lost. No one could tell what bis tnd had been, His life and death became matiers of general conversation. Nothing was heard trom Englund however, where the most interest would naturally be expected, nothing from his numerous friends, and hothing was done among them, even though somo of thom were millionpaires, But nally the proprietor of the Herato sald to his man, “Go and find Livingstone,” and he did find him, = This commissioner was Henry Stanley, This enterprise on the part of the Hexatp was crowned with the most complete success, and Stanley proved himself by all means to ve the most accomplished man that had ever @idertaken so difcult, a mission, and which be brought to a Driilinnt iseae) in 1872 Having ‘thus proved his claim ae one of the most wondertul African explorers, hog next Fecoived the greatest geograpDical recoguition in the NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. EQUATORIAL AFRICA. pa “Course of the oc, eee cemeain a he Map Showing Stanley’s Routes and Explorations as Defined by Dr. Transcontinental March by Cameron. Fon Sip ns L.Sankorra. f% | ene Y — Muati-Janvo Kingdom t ( oe Petermann—The faivens V>gsh a > a ikottosoha L. ¢ i & Zone (ays 50 100 200 400 | world, the presentation of the gold medal of tho London Geographical Soctety, and subsequently: the medals and honors of other scientitic bodies—one for his display of astronomical knoweledge. He was soon entrusted by James Gordon Bennett with a new undertaking, as the loader of a substantial scientitic expedition to Ceatral Africa to navigate, explore and describe the great lake sources, on which depends the solution of teveral important geographical problems, This timo the Londom Daily Telegraph agrees to pay half the expenses, : Stanley selected Bagamoyo, opposite Zanzibar, as a starting potat, at which place be had proviously col- lected his torces undor Lysidebi, 1 October. On this occasion he was accompanied by four young English- mou and upward of 300 soldiers and porters, apd took a large portuble boat. (which could be taken to pleces and put together at pl re), the Lady Altes, for the complete exploration of the inner African lakes. STANLEY'S UNDERTAKING, His first attempt was on the Ukerewe, or Lake Vic- toria Niyanza, which was discovered by Speko, July 30, 1858, but bitherto bad not been fully explored, only one shore having beon traversed, leaving its circum- erence undecided, and which Burton’s enmities ana influence for a long time tagded to maintain wasnot one great lake, but a numbe: I lagoons, running trem oueto the oihei. 5 ‘wlttiost a& a routo as Speke, and aftor’a most diilicult march of 103 days, and traversing 720 miles over higulands from 2,800 feet to 5,100 feet above the level of the sea which had never before been trodden, he reached the lake. His vessel was successfally transported through an almost impenetrable forest thicket, This march, with such an enormous quantity of bagguge, a huge pack, goods for traffic and the fittings of the sbip, was of itself a great achievement Immediately after his arrival on the shores of the great lake Stanley began nis preparations for a thorough circuit, He left his expedition in camp on the shore, put his vessel together, and on March 8, 1875, Jaunched forth upon the waters of the lake, ex- ploring first the eastern, then respectively tho northern, western and southern shores, travers- mg a distanco of 1,000 miles. On May 5, 1875, he was back at his camp. This navie gation of the Ukerewo Lake in fifty-eight day: Dattling bravely against all dangers and difficulties, was, indeed, a brilliant and glorious achievement, By this journey Stanley procured the first great results of bis mission in settling some important Alrican dis- putes, demonstrating clearly that the body which Speke had discovered was really one grand Jake, and dispelling the error of Burton aud his supporters, Even as late asthe year 1874, Colonel Long, who was in the Egyptian service, had been to tho northern part of Ukerewe, and thought he haa reduced it to a very tn- Significant body of water, According to Stunley’s ac- tual measurements, however, it is one of tho largest of being more than fifteen hundred square miles (German) in extent, considerably larger than the whole of Bavaria, and situated 8,200 leet abovo tho level, EXPLORING THE GREAT DIVIDE, From Ukerewe Stanley went, in January, 1976, to the highlands of Uganda, escorted by some 2,000 spoar- men, passing among mountains 15,000 fect high to the second great lake source of the Nile, to the Mwutan or Albert Niyanza, and his whole marcn there is rich with geographical knowledge. The difficulties be en- countered and the opposition of the blacks living in the country were 80 overwhelaing that ho had to givo up his idea of navigating the lake from there, and turned his steps Southward to the third great iuke, Tangauika, 2,710 Jeet abovo the sea, and on bis way there he put his boat together and explored tbo Ingest or Kagera lakes. ‘The first news dates from Lumeresi, April 24, 1876, a little place between Ukerewe and Tanganika, and the tatest letters are from Ujiii, covering the period be- tween April 24 aod August 13, 1876. CIRCUMNAVIGATING TANGANIKA. In fifty-one days of the months of June and July Stanley had made a complete circumserence of Lake Tanganika, more thorough than either Speke, Liv- ingstone and Cameron had done, not ouly sounding in every part, but for the first time explored the north- western shore, By this effort | African problem Stanley solved another great beyond o doubt—that the Tanganika did not flow into the Albert Niyanza, and, consequently, did not rup into the Nile, The third problem which Stanley sought to soive was the supposed outflow of the Tanganika through the Lukuga, which, according to Cameron, flowed into the Luow and = Lualaba, The | result of Stanley’s investigation is that the Lukuga has no regular feeder, but at the high est points by @ periodical overtlow receives a supply, perhups, im the same manner that the Kutemaldy aud Isay’k cul, From this he heid that be mast look from the Kagera for the head waters of the Nile, and this he wamed the Alexandra Nile, to the Akenjara Lake for the real sources of the Nite, All these Journeys, explorations aud achieve- ments Stanley had accomplished im the re- markably short space of a year and three quarter: and in this brief time be had investigated taree great lakes, completely navigating two of them, a dis- tance of 5,000 miles, carrying with him all this time the great boat, notwithstanding the natives, of whom he was nore independent than any other traveller bad been previously. PUTURE EXPLORATIONS, When one thinks that Stanley has but pene- trated about one-third of the African continent, and that this two-thirds of it © not merely to be investigated, but are almost entirely un- known, and in which the greatest of problems lie concealed, it will be seen that thi: grandest exploring enterprise tho world has s« From Ujiyi Stanley desired to return to Nyangwo and make bis way from the north or west, and this 1a just the direction which promises the greatest discoveries, for behind this lies the important question as to the Lualaba, Congo, Nile, Ogowe and other streams, while all south and of Nyangwe are more or leas known, When Cameron went south from this place hé left everything anfnished, just whore Livingstone lett off, HOW BEST TO EXPLORE AFRICA, The greatest problem in Africa, however, is, What will come of the discovery by Livingstone of these mighty lakes and rivers in Central Africa? By which river will they reach the ocean? ‘bo significant and unbroken success of Staniey’s march brings this question home to us, How will complete success be attainoed? How can Africa be explored best? Thore are many ways to do !t—as solitary explorers, as wandering bands, as missionaries with Bibles in their bands or armed parties. The solitary traveller 1s often compelled to wait for a year at a time belore making a single step torward, He must remain near the coast, cannot select his route and is dependent, gtep by step, on the natives, What might Cameron ave’ been “able to do had he-not veem iwreed to go to Nyangwe from the South if he had carried out his plan of following the Lualaba west- ward? How little @ solitary travelier can do when unprotected by men and resources is shown in tho Loango expedition from Berlin. In those parts of Atrica where there are no camels, horses or ox wagons to help the traveller there is no protection, and the porters or carriers can do precious little. WHAT AFRICAN TRAVEL DEMANDS. Bat travel in Afrroa, even with an escort, demands great sacrifice, and Stanley's journoy has coat a great deal in treasure and human life to the mombers of the expedition and tho natives accompanying it. It is always so in Africa. Nowhere else in the world is there so much loss of life from pestilence, the climate, fanaticitn, war, murder and slavery have been perpetual institutions in Africa from ail time Those who desiro to learn what sacrifice successtul travel in Africa demands, such a journey ss Stanley has made, must read the report of his wanderings. Here Dr. Petermaun recites the difficulties Stanley experienced from heat, fever and death during the Oirst few weeks of bis journey, as previously published in the Henan, reciting the detaits concerning the death of Edward Pocock, the loss of twenty-one of his men during bis fight with the natives ana the reduc. tion of his followers to a mere bandful oa Tanganika, It Mr. Stanley succeeds in reaching the coast cast or north of Nyangwe he will buve accomplished one of the grandest expoditions ever andertaken. In any case he has surpassed in the promptnesa of bis movements anything that has beev done before. The Arabs require from nine to twelve months to traverse the distance betweeu Bogomoyo and Lako Ukerowe (Albert Niyanza); but Mr. Stanley acco plished it in 103 days What the cost of the whole ex. pedit.on will be is not stated; but from Novermber, 1874, to the present time it is estimated at aterlivg. MOLLY MAGUIRE CONVICTED. African the A FIFTH MAN FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF MORGAN POWELL—SIXTLEN CAPITAL CON- VICTIONS IN THREE COUNTIES, (BY TELKGRAPH TO THE HERALD. Porrsvinex, Pa, April 13, 1877, This morning tho jury empauelled at Mauch Chuuk, Carbon county, on Tuesday, tu try the case of Patrick O’Donnell, indicted for complicity in the marder of Morgan Powell at Saminit Hill, 10 1868, brought in a4 verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, O'Donnell is the fifth an convicted forthis murder, four of the accused being convicted of murder in the first degree and one in the second, THK OLD STORY KET The trial which has just ended attracted but litvle at- tention, a uli tho material tacts connected with the murder bad been made public during tue previous trial, The trial was not very cernestly tought, though the counsel lor the detence did try, with some’ appear- ance of persistency, to get a change of venue trom Carbon county, ou the ground that no man uuder the | odium of having belonged to the Molly Maguires cu get justice im that county, The motion tor a change | of Vonue Was overruled. It was even charged that O'Donnell was present at the scene of we murder. z LD FOK THE ACTION OF THX ORDER, He belonged to the Tuscarora Division of tue Moliles, the divisiun which furnished the wen to murder Powell, and be took & prominent part im the meeting at which it was re-olved to turnish mea tor the “jov." Of this tact no doubt was lett on the minds of the Jur and, under the instructions of the Court, they roturued the latal verdict, O'Donnell was apparently the most unconcerned person in the court room when the ver- dict Was announced, and did not invermupt his chat with a triond, MURDER TO HK PUNISHMD, This conviction brings the uver of doomed Mol- lies up to sixtvon In the three counties of Scuuylkill, Carbon and Columbia, ard 18 important as indicating adetermination to relentlessly hunt down and bang every Moilie who ever was concerned in murder. BURNED TO DEATH, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HEBALD. J Hannisouno, Pt, April 13, 1877, Last evening two sinall children of Jobn Price, be- low this cily, were fatally burned in the abseuce of their parents, While their motier was gatuoring wood along the river one of the children poured coal oil on the Ore tu the stove, The flimes commanioated with their clothing, and ove of them ran to the outsi of (he Douge in a sheetot lire Deut ensued during t bight, The yunnge found in a corner of the | the pr it house witu its dress ablaze, and im death is inevitable. MURDERED FOR MONEY. A MAIL CARRIER KILLED IN A LONELY MOUN- TAIN ROAD--SKILFUL DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE LEADING TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ASSASSIN. (ex TZLEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Keyser, West Va,, April 13, 1877. The facts of the murder of David C. Hiser, the young mail carrier, whose bullet-pierced body and rifled mail Sucks wore found on the bank of the Soutb Branch River a few days ago, make a tragedy, the narrative of which reads like a leat from the romantic legends of our earlier literature, ‘the sceno 13 @ wild ravine in tho midst of towering mountains, Tho object is plunder, the victim a mail agent, galloping along with his pouches; and the murderer an assassin. who intercepts his victim from a mountain pathway. ‘The circumstantial evidence, too, which tends to fasten theerme on the suspected man, 1s highly dramatic, Altnoygh the erfme occurred about a week ago it is still the subject of. the most intense excitement throughout the entire country around Petersburg and Moorfield, The rickety old jail of Grant county, at Petersburg: 10 which tho suspectod murdorer, Doug- rey ined, utinuaily surrounded by a crowd op ypenple; while thousands of persons, men, wor ‘and Ghildron, impe@led by the vioou-cniiting reminiscence ot the murder, have visited the scene of the siruggle between the carrier und tis assassin, THK VALLEY OF DEATH. It js aspot well suited for the terrivle deed—the mouth or opening of 4 dark, lonely guich on the bank of the Suuth Branch River, Ov one side is a towering cif of rock& un the shadow of tis cli! runs a roud @t the bottom of the valley, and this proves the vuliey of the shadow of deuth to the youug mail carrier, ves who have been working up their work as far us it ed, One of them, Colonel through bere this’ morning The other, Mr, Tidball, Henderson, passed on his way to Washington. went to Wheeling to conter with the United states District Court authorities with reference to the prose. cuties Of the accused mau, Mr, Tidbali hus made a’ diagram of the spot upon which the tinal siruggte took pluce and has procured a number of points inthe way of creumstaptial evidence, which are guid to indicate very clearly that Douglass committed the murder, CHIMINATING CIRCUMSTANCES. To the first place Dougluas wus Known to have seen the carrier on tho moruing of the murder in posses- sion of & one hundred dollar bill, Soon atter this the carrier Jeft on route to Keyser, und almost simultaneously Dougiass Jett on horseback ut a rapid gitt in the same direction taken by Hiser, but going by u shorter aud less frequented route, Arriving at the mouth of the canyon ue is thought to have walted tor the approach of tas victim by the longer route, The horse of the murdorer is surmised to have been hitehed wa small tree near the bare of the ucclivity belore found by the detectives to béPinuented by a horse's lvols, “These indentations slowed that upon oue of e horse's icet Was un imperfect shoo, und u broken shoe, corresponding with the Impressions at the sap- hing, Was found upon the horse ridden by Douglass, Numerous deep marks in a stall aand level where the murder occurred showed that the struggle bat veen a desperate one. A very minute examination of the toot tracks and other impressions, and a comparison of the result Of this examination with the boots and clothes of Dougiass, has convinced the detectives that they have got the right man. AN IMPORTANT WITNKES. A laborer at work on the crest of tue cliff, hign above tho valley, seems (o have wituessed a part of the death struggle, His attention was attracted to the bottom of the gulch by @ pistol shot, followed almost instantly by two other reports of firearms, Ho becume trigntenod at this wnd ran away to raise an alarm, He did raiso an alarm, bat when the spot was visited by a party of men the deed was done and the murderer gone. THK HOD AND THE BOOTY, The body of young Hiser was found 1m the river, a short distance trom the cone ot the tragedy, ‘The mail pouch with whieh he left Moorfield was aiso tount in the river, near by, banging on a "sawyer" or snag, It had been riled, aud its coutents burned a tew yards away from the fatal sand ievel, in a small thicket of eryroath, The murderer secured only about $30 in money from two registered letters in the pouch and a nol The ground mo this sapung was smull sum from the clothes of his victim, It trans spired atter the butevery and robbery tunt Hiser dis- posed of the $100 bill he was seen by Douglass to have before he leit tor Keyser, The impression vere is Wat bad Douglass been aware of this be would uot have run the risk of killing the carrier for the booty uflurded by the pouch, PROBABLE PUNISHMENT, The prisoner be tied in tho Grant Cireuit ~ Court, United tes District Attorney, General Nathau Got, Jr, bas tele. graphed fr ling that he’ will assist the Grant © conducting the case aguiust Doug murdered man was in the government service at the ume of his death, Many porsons tour, however, that the case will never come to trai im court, but tbat the people will take the ad- tministration of justice imto ther own bands and bang rv, Under the West Virginia laws and prac tice It 18 very diiticult to hang a criminal, though capi- (al punishment is not prohibited. CHARGE OF MURDER DISMISSED, Battinony, Mu, April 13, 1877. ‘Tho grand jury in the Uatted States Court this morn- ing dismissed the case of Georgo Collins, 4 seaman, charged with the murder of Marshall Fessenden, first mate of the bark Newlibt, while on a voyage’ trom this port wo Kio in December Collins arrived in Baltimore last Saturday, being sent home trom Rio a prisonor on the bark Elverton by the United States Consul. From the time of bis arrivat at Rio Janciro till he sailed on the Elverton Collins was imprisoned at Rio, During lie imprisoameut fully a dozen vessels suiled from that port for Baltimore, In the me (ree seamon of the New Light have been Witnesses against Collins, while the captain aud second mare have been under heavy bonds to appear. The long detention of Collins by the Consul has worked severe hardstip in the imprisoument ot the seamen for several moutha ‘The evidence before the Grand Jury was that Collins was struck first by toe mate and acted in self-deieoce, MURDERER RESPITED, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THR HERALD. | ATLANTA, Ga, April 13, Governor Colquitt bas grasted a for three weexs in the case of Wiliain Meeks, who senienced to be banged at Cedartown to-day for the murder of Jann W. MaGommack BISHOP LEE’S CONFESSION. VERACITY AND CREDIBILITY OF ED GILMAN STRONGLY INDORSED. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] San Francisco, April 13, 1877. A telegram trom Eureka, Nev., publisted bero this morning to the damage of EdGilman in the Howard use is a batch of falsehoods, A gentleman who bag known bim thoroughly for ten years tells me that he has always been arded as a practical miming fore- wan, industrious and sober. [tis a well known tact that he bad the fullest liberty of the Sait Lako Pent. berm and was a keeper while Lee was confined there, | GILMAN ON THE WAY'TO WASHINGTON, A special to the Chronicle from Salt Lake says:— “£4, Gilman, who recently figured in connection with the Leo confession, left this city for Wash- ington, in the interest of the Mormons, wno advanced him the money necessary to defray tho expenses of the trp. He is operating in conjunction with one Parsons, an old employé in the Sult Lake Post Office. District Attornoy Howard ad- mits to friends that he was picked up by him and em- ployed as u detective to work up small criminal busi- ‘bess in this judicial district,” EXECUTION POSTPONED, 4 RESPITE OF THREE WEEKS FOR CHIN MOCK SUF, THE ‘OMINESE DOUBIA) WORDRRRE? (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1 Sax Francisco, April 13, 1877, Governor Irwin has to-day postponed the execution of Chin Mock Sue twenty-one days to afford him ume to examine the testimony on which he was convicted. | { visited Sao in jail yesterday, The Sheriff and all the | Jail officials speak of him im the highest terms and | unanimously signed a petition lor a change of the sentence to imprisoument for life, sue seemed | anxious for his execution. Heis a thorough disciple of Confucius and was ready to meet all demauds of the Tho testimony agai '$ ago and for the second tourder four mouths ago seeins 80 Conclusive that Governor’s brie! respite is probably due to the present sympathy in favor of Cusnamen in consequence of the recent butcherics at Chico, ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. IMPROVED CONDITION OF THE GEORGIA STATES- MAN'S HEALTH—HIS VIEWS ON THE PRESI- DENT’ POLICY. Wasuixcton, D, C., April 13, 1877. The health of the Hon, A, H. Stepheus, of Georgia, continues to improve. He speaks hopetully of the future of tho country and thinks the President will carry out bis policy of peace and good will to the South, He considers that the solution of the South ( troubles, which has resulted in the pucificution of that State aud the restoration of home rule and good gov- | ernmonat ander Hampton, will lead to similar resuits in Louisiana by the recognition of the Nichol meat. The policy of the President wil restore posce to all sections of the country. He further says that President Hayes has a grand opportunity to clevate himself enurely above party, and by so doing maugu- raio peace und prosperity to 4 country already too long distracted and depressed by political excitement and party bitterness, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, | | | | PROMOTION FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF PAY INSPECTOR YOSTER—aSSIGNMENT OF PAY- MASTERS—ORDERS, Wasuinotox, April 13, 1877. The death of Pay Inspector Edward Foster, of the European Fleet, promotes Paymaster Frank C, Crosby, now on duty at the Washington Navy Yard, to the grade ot Pay Inspector. The position of Fives Pay- m. ir in place of Mr, Fos will be temporarily | filled by Passed Assistant Paymaster J. Porter Loomis, of toe Vaudaira, the senior Paymaster in the squadron bat orgers have becn issued to Paymaster James E Toliree, now the Purchasing Paymaster at Phila. delphi, Va, directing him to report to Kear Admiral | Worden, of the European Fleet, tor duty as F master Lo succeed Mr, Foster, and be will sail jor Cou- Stantivople on the 26th tut, to Join the tagship t'ren- ton ut that place, Pay Director John 8S. Gulitk been ordered to duty urchaging Paymaster at Pbiladeipbia in place oft Mr, Toliree. A DRSIRAULE POSITION. ‘The position of Fiews Paymasver oa the European station 18 one of the choice positions in the navy, and several telugrams were received at the Navy Depart. ment to-day Irom prominent members of the pay corps asking to bo assigned to that station, Tu fact, | Were 18 vot an oflicer of the corps BUF Who Would gladly | be ordered to the statiun. Pay [napector Foster was | for some years on duty in the Bureat of Provisions and Clothing at the Navy Department, where he was regarded as an Officer of muck ability, but having sul- | fered with a pulmonary disease, he ‘was assigned to the Kuropean station with the hope that it would be beneticial to bis howith, PROMOTION, Captain Georgo M. Kansom, United States having passed a sauisfactory exun has been promoted to the grade of ceed Commodore t. i. Patiorsoa, recently promoted | to the graae of Rear Admiral | Lieutenant Wilham 1’, Kandall has been detached | from the receiving ship Wabash and granted six | months’ leave of absence, Lieutenant H.C. Hunter has been detached iram the Colorado and placed oa waiting orders, REDUCTION OF (bY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] Hattronrp, Conn., April 13, 1877. At the last session of tho Connecticut Legisiature the | legal rato of interest was reduced to six per cent, aud | the interest on loans by savings banks to the same | figure, To-day the representatives of forvy-seven of the savings bunks of (he State beld a toeeting in this city, and ib Was voted that afer the 20h iat, the rute of interest to be charged by the banks on ull joans | shall be six per cent, payable semianoually, One eflect of this will probably be to reduce the rate on deposits In the savings banks to five per ovat, aud such redaction haa been already made by many of the bunks, to apply to all moneys held by them since the Aas of Jennary. 4 hey atillea side waa salaries Tes Is el i Ae as | ea eco | the peace tuey wero uo longer nevded, | by the Light uf a lamp trom shore, | which velunged to Washington Dili, was discovered, rr LOUISIANA, THE COMMISSION'S PLAN BEPORE PACKABD AND THE NICHOLLS LEGISLATURE—THE REPCBLI- CAN GOVERNOR'S OPPOSITION--A DESPATCR FYROM THE PRESIDENT—APPROVING THE PLAN, (BY TELEGRAPH YO THE HERALD.) New OxumaNs, April 13, 1877. Messrs, MeMillap, Ray and two other prominent ree publicans, were invited to meet the Commissioners {his afternoon for consuitation in regard to Pagkard’s Possible weceptauce of tue proposed pla of adjuat- ment, The discussion was at great length, and resulted im their expressing the opinion that Mr. Packard could mot accept such an arrangement, since 14 involved eo abandonment of biscase, Th.# was oniy a preliminary step, however, and will not affect ultimate action, as the influence of the commissivn, if exerted in that direction, will be sufficient to carry out the pian, despite Mr, Packard's opposition, It is with great and increasing dificulty Anat bis Legislature 1s still held together, CAUCUS OF THE NICHOLLS LEGISLATURE, To-night the Nicholls Legisiature meets to cageus te consider the situation with regard to the projected ettiement. Its action developed an almost nt in favor of accepting the pro- posed p'an whenever it be officially submitted, ORTING PACKARD, General Harlan, 1u conversauos, appears to be stiff ening Up somewhat in his advocacy of Packard, and tue hitter still maintains bis detaut attitude, treeiy stating bis determination to deiend his governmen even if the troops are wiihdrawn, Yubite excitement has greatly abated and state securities have advanced, About six. M. the commission received the lon expected despatch trom the President and Genel Augur was seut fur to transeribe THE PRESIDENT APPROVES. At half-past tea o'clock the session of the commis- sion adjourned, It hag since transpired that the despatches received from the President fully indorsed the plun proposed, and it is to forthwith ried into elt Tne Nicholls legiwiasure have ulready given their assent dit Packard should stil kick In the traces the wittidrawal of the troops, whicm iy one of the conditions, will speedily force bim ite Hine. The probanilities are, however, thas be will step out quietly alter having vindicated himseil ia @ pro. beet, « le Chamberiain, lt 1s understood that veither the politics nor per- sounel of the Vaited states Senators to be lected are made conditions of the settiemeut FALSE REPORTS CONCERNING THE CIPHER MESe 8iGE TO THE PKESIDENT—A HAPPY TERMI© NATION OF THE MUDDLE ANTICIPATED, (BY TELEGRAPH TO ‘THE HERALD.] Wasmnorox, April 13, 1877, The cipher message to the President from the Come missioners in Louisiana will be given to the public within a day or two, when its contents will prove to be widely different from the purport as cribot to it by those who are unwilllag to possess their souls im patience and await the President’s pleasure, The versions of the repost variously given by the newspaper correspondenis 1 New Orleans and Washington fur away the ruth. Itas sufficient only t dent's original Jeter of instruc statement (uat the Commissiouers have passed upon the relative utes of the two clu:mants for tbe Governorsiip of Louisiana is unirus Whether Packard or Nicholls 1s de jure or eveu do facto Gover- bor is something Wuich they bave no authority to look into. SENATOR GORDON’S VIBWS, « Senator Gordon, who is devoting himself to the Louisiana matter with the zeal be exercined in assist- ing to zettle the difficulty tn South Hina, says be is cuutident of a similar and equally happy ending of the trouvie in the turmer State, The problem will be solved without violeuce and to the satistaction of all who are bot partisans, ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS, Further instructions 11 answer doubtless to inquiries In the cipber inessage to the President ure to go to New Urleans to-night. Their teuvor, like the purpurt of the cipher, can only be guessed at; but they are sup- posed to contain an ultimatum, the acceptance or re- jection of which, like the protocol to Turkey, will! hasten the clima: the Louisiana difficulty, tl toe Commissioners will be back in Washington wit! a wock or a basis of settiement will be found withiat tbat time, SOUTH CAROLINA, SENATOR PATTERSON DISPLEASED WITH CHAM~e BERLAIN’S WITHDRAWAL—WILLING TO GIVB Hayes’ POLICY A FAIR TRIAL. Wasurxarow, April 13, 1877, To-morrow’s Republican will contain a lengthy re- port ofan interview with Senator Patterson, in which he disavows much that has been reported as having been uttered by him, Senator Patterson expressed himself as displeased with the abandonment of the contest by Chamberlala upon the withdrawal of the troops. He says the troops wero in the State House to ana! not to support the ottice, and that when Hampton promised to preser Hampton promise also covered protection to Chaimberiaw 19 @ resort to the courts, and Chamboriain’s surrender Dow places his republican Iriends in a false position, WILL SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT, Ho disuvows any iteutiou to oppose the administrae tion of President Hayes, but saya be 18 willing to give ita jar trial, He believes the republican party South Carolina bas a majority of 000, and it Hamp- ton fultils his pledges ior a fair election, as he believes | he will, be bas every hope of carrying the Stato at the next election for the administration candidate, who ever be may b FOUND DROWNED, ACCIDENTAL DEATH O¥ TWO THIEVES, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Haxursncns, Pa, Avril 13, 1877, Five woeks ago John D. McElwee, a dealer in old fron and rags, disappeared from this city, and to-day his body was found in the Susquehanna River tour miles above Harrisburg. On U0 might of the 10th of March a boat was capsized ovar Duncannon, Aiteen miles west of bere, and simultaneously cries for agalst- ance were heard and struggles in the water observed Next day the boat, the owner bad beea drownod unl bis wlied the belief, PATH OF TWO THIRVES, The disrovery of McKiwee’s body and the a ment of other facts render it certain that Charles Daffy were the pe drowned on the night indicated, At that time over one hundred pounds of brasses were stolen (rom the engine house of the Dan- cannon Iron Works, and tt is supposed Leming 4 Duily loaded the boat down wih the plunder, a river being high and the current swilt the boat turned over and the thieves with their booty went to the bot tom. Dufly served a term in the Kastera Penitentiary for stealing brasses in this city about two years ago, NEW ORLEANS BACES POSTPONED, ew ORLEANS, April 18, 1877, The Jockey Club races have been again postponed on account of the wi Tt was supposs 10} eo a TUB POOLS, Pools sold to-night as follows: — Fixst Rack.—Hurdle handicap, two miles:—Wooa, Jnnd, 130 Ibs, $60; Port Leonard, 128 Ibs, $100; Jim Hinton, 120 fos., $24; Biloxi, 125 iow, $24. Skooxp Rack,—Selling face, one and o quarter miles:—Saria Barnes, $100; Kiburn, $68; Port Leouard, $52; Cora Linn, $28; Humbag, $24, ‘THikn Rack.—Mile ) Only one entry; walk over. Fount Rack.—Milo heats; nandicap; all ages:s— Russ Butler, 102 1bs., Donough, 98 Ibs. " War Jig. 108 ibs, $44; The Nipper, 98 Iba, $40: Campbell, $0 Ibs., $20, AN AUSTRALIAN “SHIPPER,” HOW A MASSACHUSETTS MAN, BOUND FOR AUe STHALIA, LOST HIS MONEY, Dennis Hurley, of Worcester, Mass., came to this city on Thursday, with tho intention of joining the company of emigrants on board tho ship Annie H, Smith, boand tor Australia, While on his way to the ollice of the agents, yesterday morning, to complete the arrangements necossary, ho was accosted on South Wilham street by « geotiemaniy person, who’ inquired of bis movements, and, when told, the stranger was very glad to learn that he wus going to Austraia, aos he Was a large shipper of goods to that country, aod | pertiaps the ucquaiutauce might be mutually benederal, Whue the two were talking logesier another person joined them, aud, without hesitation, accosted Hurley’ newly made acquaintance with “Lt you don't pay tual iremut | won't stip your goods,” Explanations were offered, but being uodsaiisiactory, the “shipper” drew fro his pocket 4 bogus bond of $1,000, and regr the necessity that occasioned troabl Hurley vow much mone; haa. got only $49," said the latter. thav’s better than pbothing; just lend it to m get this changea,"’ Wiliiog to accommodate such a pleasing gentloman, Harley gave bim the money, who in turu handed the amount to the lust on the scene, aller reeeiving which he hurriedly departed. To say that Hurley did pot got his $40 back 18 alinost superfluous, but, soon discov. ering that he bad veeu duped, Offcer Brennan ott precinct, was called, and he arrested the taper,” but allowed the man with the mouey to escaps, Upon arrival at the station house the prise oner was recounized as Harry Gifford, bat be insisted that be was only piain James Clark. Ho was taken before Jasvee Kilureth, at the Tombs, in the afver-. hoon, and committed for triul im defauitot $2,000 bail. Gillord is KNOWN to be one of the oldest and most ao-| Petia Nays = operators in the city, The; complainan’ p postponed bis e