The Sun (New York) Newspaper, June 21, 1870, Page 2

a Se a reds = ae S — SZ It Bhines for AIL The ee Fun, SDAY, JUNE 21, 1870. Amusements To-day. Hogth’s Theatre The Hoguenot, Mowery Theatre—Cedet de Perle, Brand Opare Temptations. re pee Ming Bromiway. Diympte WBbatrd— Bild of The Choon a Goh. =— — ——- ——— The daily circulation of Tum Son during the tast week, which ended on Saturday, June 18, was ae follows : jon’ A 1 Aggregate datiy circulation last week, 603,000. Arerage daily circulation dur- ing the week, 100,600. Daily average dur- ing the previous week, ending June 18, 100,633. ‘ is Can it be True? Notwithstanding the repeated bestowal of important offices by Gen. GRANT in return for gifts made to himeclif, we confess thnt we are surprised by a report which comes to us from @ responsible source, and which wo lay before our readers in another column. It relates to an alleged present just made to Gen. Grant by a number of gentlemen who are already employed in the public service, or who are willing to be, of a paid-up life insnrance policy for $50,000, ‘The tatement that an effort was on foot to collect the money noceseary to offer this douceur to Gen, Grant bas for some days been current. It was first brought to public notice, we be- lieve, by the Boston Post, That journal al- leged that the brother-in-lew of one of Gen. GRaAn7's Secretaries had been sent over the country with a letter ef introduction, asking subscriptions for the purpose of buying this policy for the President. Our correspondent, however, asserts that the sum required for the purpose has for some days been made up; that the policy has been issued by tho Equitable Company of this city; and that thd money was furnished by employees in the Custom House and Post Office, and by other gentlemen who, for various reasons, have been desirous of securing special favor at the White House. We give place to this communication, be- ‘eange the character of the writer by whom it Js brought to us renders it impossible for us to reject it. And yet we say frankly that we ‘would a thousand times rather see it proved false than true. It was bad enough and dis- gusting enough when the expenses of AN- DREW JouNSON’s crusade about the country, swinging around the circle and making ab- surd and incendiary specches at every stop- ping-place, were all Jevied upon unlucky office-holders, and when a man who refused to contribute wag at pnce diemissed from his place. But of that form of Presidential Vackmail it could at least be said that the proceeds were intended for a sort of public use; the money was raised to enable the President to visit his constituents and to ad- dress them upon important public ques.ions. The exaction was scandalous; but the pur- pose for which the money was employed was one that a public man need not blush to avow. But in the present instance there is no such palliation. The blackmail now said to be ex- acted is not for any public use ; it is intended solely and simply to add to the considerable wealth which President Grant has already acquired, and acquired mainly by gifts. Un- til now, however, it has not been increased Ly extortions from the small salaries of clerks and tide-waiters, But as we have said, we earnestly desire that this report should be proved to be false There is public indignation enough toward the President, and a sufficient burden of dis- grace upon his ehoulders, without this addi tion. But westill more desire that the state- ment of our correspondent that Gen. Honack Portex, one of the military secretaries of the Presidext, has himeclf urged that the sub scription should be expedited, so that the sum demanded could be promptly handed over to the President, shall be proved to be doubly false. Gen, PonTen was a gallant and me itorious officer in the war. His conduct since hehas been connected with the White House Jas sometimes been found fault with, but we believe unjustly ; and it would be a serious misfortune to the military service and to the good character of the young men of the coun- try, if it should appear that he has been a party to a transaction of such a nature as abis, Let us still hope that the story is not true. ‘What course Congress may see fit to take in regard to this subject, we will not antici- pate, It is certain, however, that if any fact of this nature could have been proved against ANDREW JouNson in the spring of 1868, it rwould have been impossible by any means to obtain favorable votes enough in the Sen- ate to save him from the most disgraceful punishment that the nation could inflict upon an impeached and convicted President. ooo flow Politics are Managed in Richmond. A more extraordinary attempt to apply legal persecution a8 a means of politi. cal management has never been heard of than the indictment of the Hon, Ggonck CuAuoon, Mayor of Richmond, for forgery. This indictment was pro: cured last werk, and Mr, Citauoon, who had given bail for his appearance, desired to be tried at the term of the Court which was ion ; but the prosecution was not then in ses ready to proceed It appears that a German named SOLOMON HAVENSTEIN died in Richmond three or four years ago, and that Mr, Cianoon was re- tained asa lawyer to collect a debt against dobt was duly paid, 100 for his ser- It is now charged that the note avd bond which were presented as evidence of the debt were forged, and that Lis estate. This, CHAMOON receiving a fee of vices in the case CHAMOON was Hot himself committed it. What ¢ spirators who are attempting to break down ‘an honest and fearless man tay be able to produce in support offthelr allog vil known only when the eas res to be tried bat we have no ¢ t that Mr. Cuan will Le able perfectly to establish 1 Thouy! la 1 - eitigon of Virwinia f privy to the erime, but co the eon years—having removed there from the State of New York about the time that the war ended —he is a man of principle and character, of whom it may safely be affirmed that itis im possible that he can ever have committed the offence charged against him. ‘The means taken to deprive Mr, CrraTloon of the office of Mayor of Richmond, to which ‘he Was elected In May Inet, was of 0 pleco with this indictment for forgery. There was no doubt that ho had received a majority of the votes of the people, Tho law of Vir- ginia requires that the ballots in each pre- einct shall be counted, and the result entered upon a retarn, which is sent up to the Com. missioners of Election, as they are called, by whom the returns are collated and the gen- eral result declared. With this return from each precinct 1s also sent the ballot-box con- taining the ballots, of which the return is the summary, and these ballots are to be preserved for the space of a year by the proper officers. The returns from the various precincts of Richmond were duly made ont and sent up; 80 were tho ballot-boxes; but on the way the bearers of the box from a preeinct which had given Ciamoon 4 largo majority were assailed by a party of roughs, andthe box and contents were destroyed. Tho return officially stating tho number of votes cast tn this precinct was, however, duly received without any accident; and as this certificate 1s the only evidence which is examined by the Commissioners, the ballot- box and its contents being kept rather as 4 matter of formality than otherwise, the absence of the latter throngh the outrage we havo mentioned ought not to have been allowed to affect the result of the election, Tho Com- missioners, however, being opposed to Mr CHamoon, determined to reject the vote of the precinct whose ballot-box had been de- stroyed ; and this rejection sufficed to produce his defeat and the election of his opponent.‘ Of course this little scheme had all been arranged beforehand, and the attack upon tho bearers of the ballot-box was not made until it had been settled that after the bal- lote were destroyed, the certificate from that precinct should be rejected. This act of violence and frnud did not pass without producing a great excitement among the votors of the city ; and if it had not been for the urgent entreaties of Mr. Cuamoon’s friends a riot would very prob- ably have occurred. They, however, wise ly preferred to take the case to the courts; and there, we doubt not, the trath will be established in due time. Meanwhile we ad. vise those citizens of Richmond who really desire the prosperity and progress of that beautiful town, that such election tricks and such persecution as have been directed against Mr, CHANO00N cannot be profitable ther to the public reputation or the busi- ess success of their city. ————— That Cowardly Message. Gen, GRANT'S recent message exhausts the subtle arguments of tho Spanish inter- preters of international law in order to throw Gifficulties in the way of Cuban indepen- dence. The gallant islanders, who have now { been struggling for nearly two years, are told by the President of the United States that “ fighting, though fierce and protracted, does not alone constitute war.” And then the late commander of the Union army coolly catechizes the Cuban champions, and admon- ishes them that “ there must be military forces acting in accordance with the rules and cus- toms of war, flags of truce, cartcls of ex- change of prisoners,” and so on. No nation in the world could have con- quered ite freedom if it had abstained from fierce and protracted fighting, and waited until it could carry on war according to the scientific principles propounded by that veter an strategist, HamriTon Fist. The English used the same language against our revolu- tionary fathers which a degenerate American President now employs toward the revolted colonists of Spain, We were nevertheless successful in achieving our liberties, and so will the Cubans be. The greater the diif- culties with which they have to contend, the more glorious will be their triumph, fates ist ad key Yachting at the People’s Expense. Three-quarters of a century ago Barbary corsairs roamed the Mediterranean, plunder ing tho ships and enslavifg the crews of Christian powers, The United States sent a force there to punish acts of piracy on the American flag. Ever since that time we have maintained a naval force in the Mediterrane- an. The corsairs are gone—for that matter, our commerce is gone also—but the venerable humbug of a necessity for service in that aceful sea remains. It is one of those lies ich no refutation and no exposure seem able to overcome, It abides, and sucks an amazing amount of money annually out of the tax-payers of our country. The tax-payers could endure this robbery if the money was spent by obstinate quarter. deck enthusiasts dashing the Government's ships into the ico of the attempted North- west Passage; If it was spent by curious naval explorers persevering to find out what there was inside of Behring’s Straite and up the rivers of Alaska, and emulous to add at least ono-quarter as much to a knowledge of the Arctic Ocean and the Kamtchatka whal ing ground as the New Bedford harpooners contribute. But no, This money is spent in elegant yachting under a blue sky over a Dlue sea, in an atmosphere perfumed with the blossoms of the orange and the lemon, on coasts and among islands monumental with the remains of Greece and Rome, and everywhere classic, inspiring, and beautiful The American navy, in yery large degree, if not the largest degree, exists solely for this yachting. Tis the largest work done by the United States navy—cruising in’ pleasant weather in the pleasant Mediterranean Sea, We know the vitality of administrative abuses when championed by men of the de. termined selfishness which constitutes Adini ral Pontrn’s power, But the people are stronger than these barnacles ; and eurely they won't stand the annual robbery of their pockets to pay for the yachting of our naval officers off the coast of Italy, among the islos of Greece, and up the Golden Horn, pe — ——_— Some fr the prepara tions for the Presidential election in 1872 is ven in arecent letter to the CAtcayo Tribune It seems that amovement ison foot to ria Gen, ny of Pennsylvania as the candi vaching National Convention of uany ina respectable politician, st rvord from the war, and bas THE SUN, TUESDAY, made an uncommonly gooil Governor of Pen venta, On the other band, oe nomber of Dev oratic politicians intend to. bring’out Wintsaw S @roesntex of Cincinnatl, @8& man upon whom the supporters of Cras@ find Prspteroy in Ohio can unite, Mr, Grorsneck i# a gentleman of fine culture, large fortune, and aristocratic man- ners, with @ son-in-law who is a member of the British Parliament, He would make a respectable President; but he has no hold upon the people, tnd it is not likely that he will ever receive the nomination of a National Convention, Sehator Tuunmax of Ohio is also spoken of. This gen- tleman has made a very good position for him- telf since he has been in the Senate, He is man of intelligence, sense, and great industry. Tlis epeerhes in the Senate are clear, wble, and dignified, without much polish, and without signs of extensive culture or large familiarity with Kiterature of any kind. The objection to him as ‘fA candidate is that he was strong Copperhead during the war, and that rebel prisoners in Ohio were liborally entertained by his household. It is 8 fact not generally known also, that the de- feat of the gentlemen who were laboring for Judge Casx’s nomination in the Democratic Convention of 1868 was very largely due to him. ‘The Judge was really not opposed to Curse, but he happened to fall into one of those fits of intel- lcctual exhilaration which men of strong nature are not always proof against; and in this condi- tion he made a violent speech to the Ohio delega- tion which influenced them very greatly, and pre- vented their striking for Cuasm at « moment when such a blow would have been decisive, Not- withstanding the remarkable excitement of this ‘speech, as the delegation believed Judge Tuun- MAN to be perfectly sober, it had an effect mpon their minds which they might not otherwise have accorded to it; and it will now be an obstacle in the way of the Judge himself as « Presidential candidate, In regard to Senator Hexpaicxs of Indiana, who is in many reapects a very strong candidate, ‘and whose friends have already done # great deal to gain votes for him in the Convention of 1872, it seems that the opposition of Pexpieton and his supporters will be so strong and so un- compromising as to defeat all chance of his being nominated, In regard to Judge Cuase, it is stated that his health has of late been so much enfeebled that it is not believed that his name will be brought forward in the Convention. Finally, we are told that the Western Demo- erates are making every effort to defeat the nom nation of Horruan of New York. It seoms that the plan of the Tammany Ring is to ran Horywax for President, with the Hon. W. M. Tween for Governor, while the Hon, Persn Buaiws Swanvr is to be kept in reserve as @ can- didate for the United States Senate, in the place of Mr. Coxxtixa, whose term will expire in 1873. This plan the Western Democrats are said to view with entire hostility, They unanimously agree with the pregnant saying of Monat Hat- staap of Cincinnati, that even Gnraxt could beat Horrman; and they are accordingly re- solved that Horrman shall not be the candidate of the party, ——<—<—a——___ Mr. Monat Hasta, editor of the Cin cinnati Commercial, the leading journal of the West, sails from this port to-day for a few months’ vacation in Europe, His absence at this time indicates that the approaching election in Ohio interests him but moderately, We conclude, accordingly, that he has no doubt of the success of Deacon Ricnarp Surtn in the Second District of that State. This {district is now represented by the Hon. Jon W. Srevesox; but we believe the Republicans think it will be more safe to run Deacon Sairm than to try their chance with Sreve~son for another term. This being the case, we are sure tbat if there were any doubt about Deacon Sartn’s election, Mr. Harsrean would stay at home to help him; for they have been much | protection of sny flag on God's earth, and not te rd pescolated together tn the politica of Obie | nhs eon ‘tes Gk secmette want fume poor Deacon Smitm is @ man of ability and 1 they ask, and in my Judgment it can be plety, © very good publi speaker, aod o them by uoue but beardess men. [Ap- naturally kind and honest, He has the a aker, Tene we _Repebtionss on Sie side misfortune, however, to be associated in | ¢f the oppronsed, If tuere be sny doubt T Implore business—he is editor of @ Republican new ee Howse, on he 1 Perce ot Cube, By (hing the Paper—with some men who possess none of his |, incts of ‘our organizac‘on in sympathizing with « good qualities, and who frequently make him | people suflering, cuiee oppression. 3b wil show responsible for malignity and falsehood that are cee Guat now, a2 heretofore, the Republican party quite foreign to his nature, For this re sy mupathizes with stroxgiine humanity feoking ire0: fare coufident that it will be a great relief to Cee ee eee earty armpetnia ig hg Be to get into Congress, and to be removed from be oeueevas 2 arn Je) Saat Be these uncongenial associations, We shall be 7 wlieh did wot love liberty, no matter in this c glad to hear of Deacon Surtn’s nomination and | from where the ery came, whether from South America, or from Mexico, or from our own slaves THE URY OF CUBA. Atle WIT the Kepublican Patty brand on the Bide , Oporeenion From te Gren proven of gn, Soren,” ‘the Mowne of ‘We recognize it as war when there ia-® con- test betworn forces opposing each other, in whieh contest life may be desroyed; where there ts an od organization op both sides, that is war, If, n, any Of thése contingeneles are involved in the present contest in ne thoue? ft were eleewhere? Why, then, ehatl we ot recognize it? “The only, thing thesg stengeling patriots ask is to recognize ia, what? ‘Thetr inde- mndence! No; but that there ts a state of war ex- it in all, They do not ask a to intervene war for wen, Nothing of the sort. | But the us, in the name of hunanity, to declare in the fice of the nations of the earth that there ts a ‘war; that men are killed on both sides; that euns 1d other instruments of death are being used theres that there is armed organization; tat battios are fought and. men slain, wounded, aud eaptared on both #ides; in fwet, that there is war, This ts what they ask us to recognine, ‘And why do they ack this? It is simply that they that ‘be treated as civilized Deings. not ae Phe H thal in thelr content they anall not be butehered In éotd Dlood; that they shail not be barned to death they «dail not be disembowelled: that they 3 be compelied to submit to the horrors of barb: tortures and destroyed from tl arons fice of the earth in violation of the dictetes of civiiaation and Chris Hianity ; but thet you risall declare them human be. ings at'war with certain other people, and entitied to have the same right® of humanity accorded to them os you grant to the Go’ pe that makes war juet them. at is the = um — total of this. proposition. Bat Spain in a Government, says the gentleman, We muat recoghize it, farnish it with gumbonte, f war to be used rAINERt OF peo. es, Government, 80 called, and the woman who was at iis head » earth, not Government is @ monar: dotters. And while it stands 1 that this #o-ealled sions: yi howt of & gover oro rave people, who are pouriny treaware it behalf of liberty and independence. Put, sir, T think Lean shew the reason why there fe so much opposition to sccogn| ency of Cuba. It is not because war, Has Spain made war With the other powers That have recognized Cuba? Did we make war with Spain when she recognized the Southern people fhting auainst this Government? No, 3 fs proposed is sluply to recognize the Cabane as having the rights of civiliged warfare, ‘That {s all there is in the proposition. Now, let us ve the rearons of this oppurit ‘A certain gentleman wants Cuba, They are reach- ine out for It pow; he almost has his grasp on it, or ortion of it. Tean now in. my imazina- a of the Antilles aa it der tue possession Of (ie monarchic 4 from the control of the people contending there, and into the hands of somebody, I cannot say whom, over in New York. It is ttle Job: and out of the trans action large sums of money will be made, and in- Crease of individual power aud influence be gained, Does not the gentleman (rom Massachusetts (Mr, Butler) know that if we recognize Cuban belliger- ency, those men in that island will have an indepen. ent goverament of their own? They do not want to annex thetnselves to us; they want to be free and independent, as they ought to be, But if you recog- nize Cra, what te the resalt? Why, the resnit is. or wil! be, that its patriouc inhabitants will ese: 1¢ predial tithes or tribate of the ring sfroitful island in their mind's eye. A certain gentiewan lias gone from " Madrid fn the interest of @ few tudividnal there to-day, perhaps, waking @ bargain with Prim for the parchase of Cuba, if they can hold it under the protection of the Spanish Government, If it ean be axed, what then? Itis to be turned ov against the consent of the Cubsns, to. the L States Governinent, for tue trifle ‘of $10,000,001 this to be coliected Out of the revenues of ttrut {sian ‘This is the secret, this is th nut,” this the "mest in the ess. Man say, if be cas, that Chis is uot the fact, that body is how at Madrid tryiug to make th governm “ al = workings of these plans. Tuere is no value to these Cuban bonds which ave afloat in euch profusion, as ; Dut if they get the island of there will be no necessity for bonds. Then the island itself is as rich # treasure as the mines of Goconda, Cuba, with tte broad acres, its Deautifal vales, its rich soil, ite counties resources, is expect’ | to pass into the hands o. afew men, to Whom it wil, be 4 wine of wealth. Let me appeal to this House not to allow this selec v be cairied out, While this brave band of pairiows are Wrestling for the dearest rights know: To nian, the right of selfgovernment, should we hesiate to make the staple and single deciaration wuleh Will save them fom belng robbed and mur- der d day after uayt Can we, with all our boasted pring!n ud equality to all men, A Ahese people, within following the ‘example auged, drawn and quar- tered, with most atrocious brutality, without the jublican party aympathizes with the oppres- inst the oppressed. I warn yoo that no When the South indard of rebellion with them; when also had our sympa- not forget that it was epublica’ A gave freedom and fran- to four milion slaves in our own midst. Let election; but we confess that we should feel | Qhen chey were held la bond more at ease about it if his friend Mr, HaLsrean | American States were to remain at home and assist him through | 372.05 gia the the difficulties of the canvass, especially that part | thy and fe: A ined the of them which a church member like the Deacon is not so well fitted to cope with, gentlemen carefully examine the history of this ro country befo! people off and con- ‘ign them to the merciless liorrors of Spanisn wai We are told that Mrs. Hanniet Bercurr ¢. 4 and mark well soat no party ever suc- : ceeded Wiieh refused justice or sympathized with Stowe bas nearly ready for the press a volume | (ie yppreseor ugainst the 9ppt giving the ‘true story” of Cuarces Diceene’s bh hi wery: the party ates ‘ i itizensuip to those matrimonial infelicities, ‘The world will be | Viewere fveod wy tt: the party which tas always shocked to learn that Mra. Stowe will probably | helt itself to be the great exponent of tree princt attempt to demonstrate that they had their ori- gin in 6 strange infatuation on the part of Mr, Dickens for bis great-yrandmother. << ’ justice o al, of liberty and humanity—it (bat party #bail now turn it back upon its former glorious record and bud moral support and material Sid t Spain in ite cruel crasade aguiust the revola- tionists of Cuba, iv mrst inevitably go dowa under the indiguation of the people Who now wake up iis formidabie nuxibers. If er, We shall give the aid wiied is asked to and sustain strug: Eling humanity ; if we sal Lelp these Cubs Oghi- ing for independence; {f we shall do thet which ‘Uictate of justice demands of us in the emer- in a word, if we we true to We doctrines have crucciated, then the Kepub- ride safely for many years to storms of politics, and i, We are authorved to say that the Hon, Micnaxt Noxton has not been sppoluted baggage master at Castle Garden, He has been SoMfered and refused much more honorable and lucrative positions, It may, however, interest those who have started this baggage-smashing story, to learn that Mr. Norton is tonghening his muscles by a daily row upon the North River, He will soon be in excellent condition for the fail campaign. << The World appeals tothe voters of the ‘Third Congress District of Ohio to defeat Gen, Ronert Scuenck when he comes before them next full for re®lection as a member of Congress. We fear that this eppeal will be in vain, At the election of 1888 Gen, Scwexck had a majority of 1,067 votes in the district, Since then the gen- eral Republican atrength has been much dimin- ished by the failure of Gen, Grant's administra. tion; but, on the other hand, Gen. Scmuncx bas succeeded in getting through Congress a law which gives the right of suffrage to all disabled soldiers living in Soldiers’ Homes. Of these there are about 1,200 in the city of Dayton, and they are all Republicans and will vote for Scuuycx to aman, Hitherto the law of Obio has not al. lowed them to vote; but this restriction is now re- moved by the passage of this act of Congress, We think this law, in itself @ perfectly just one, puts Gen, Scuexck’s reélection beyond # doubt. urew’ The Gt of a Fifty Thousand Doll Insurance Policy te President @ To the Bidtior of The Sui. Sin: You have on several ocovsions lately done erent injustice to the Government employees in this city Dy representing that their subscriptions toward our gifted President's iil insurance policy were coming in slowly; in short that the thing dragged, Tam most happy to inform you that euch is nos tho case, There was @ brief period afew weeks ago when we had some hesitation in enbseribing, but that was when we were uacertain whether the pro- ject originated in the right quarter, and had the sanction ef oar filustrious Chief Magistrate himself, Bat when Gen. Porter of tue White House passed through the city lately he took occasion to give nesurances that that the thing was sound, and to state, moreover, that the great Ulysses folt hurt in the most sensitive part of his nature at the dilatoriness of the Govern- ment servants in making en the required eum. At once the greatest zoal and alacrity were manifested in our department, and L hear that the Post Office and the Internal Revenue were not @ whit behind, ‘Te required sum was aoon made u, and if you will inquire at the Kqvitable Life office in this city you will ace the record of a paid-up poliey for 50,000, tn the name of our great and good President. 1 in said that the plam originated with the Ton, ‘Thos, Murphy, end that he was himselfa liberal eab: scriber to the foud, Lf 89, itacoms really hard that the PresiJent’s promise to wake bim Collector of the Port was not kopt, But then, perhaps the Good Old Man saw Mr, Murphy's subseription, and went a litt! Thove to get a view of the suber a day or two, troub ons Will bo Bet at res al ote ls The Paris American is to be the title of adaily American newspaper abont to be estab- lished in the French capital by Mr. Oscaw G. Sawyer, o well-known New York journalist. Abundant cepital has becn supplied, and it is in tended to issue the first number about Aug. 1 Mr, Sawyen hee been advised to take Tue Sun for his model; and as he is a man with a compre hensive brain, striking originality, fertile ro- sources, and a far-secing eye, the advice will probably be followed, Such a paper would un- s 4 TOR, doubtedly achieve success, It is Mr. SAWTER'S | Guerow Hover intention to make the American a newspaper worthy the patronage of all who read English, Bis Wasixarow, June 20.—Congressinan Fox, of ovution in the F to: 4 (0 report the and all kinds of New York, introduce day tnsirvictiax the Ways bill reducing the dutios o fleh, tifty percent, In or moved to table tue resolution. ‘The motion was Jocted by 65 te 58 and the resolution Was thea erred by 111 to 43, — The delight which President Gnawt’s Spanish message hus caused in Madrid extends to all the monarchical centres of Europe, In fuct, there is not a despotism in the world which is not at this moment in full sympathy with him, He would be received by any of them with open arms, We were going to say with open bands ; —— Republicantan in Portagal, The Portugese Government have abolished the death penalty and sions, and the right of hold ing public meetings aud of petition are to be granted Ap & day oF bao, Lut in that case the General would probably give them @ chance, THE GREAT PANAMA FIRE. FURTHBR DETAILS OF THE TORRIBLE 4SAUMUS CONFLAGRATION. The Wiping Ont of the Ancient City) i f Life and Property p= of the City of Panama—A City with> Solitary Fire Engine, Correspondence of Ihe Sun. Panama, June 6.—Taking advantage of the tetdrning locomotive which brotght the fh find froth Aspinwall, T faller account of the terrible disaster which has whole of the business Portion of the anctent city of Panama, not Isend yon also & diagram of the burned region. The destruction is far more serious than any that have heretofore originated from either strife, although the religious excitement in 1890 resulted in the demolition of sey. eral large edifices, whowe ruins still exist, ‘THA ORIGIN OF THe FIRE ts in doubt; but the flames aro supposed to have taken from tho spark of a candie—for wo de not use ens here—being blown among the flimsy hangings of one of the beds, thus setting fire to the room in Oceurring as it did st half. past one o'clock this morning, noarly every one to the city was asleep, and the flames bad @ good op- portunity to gain headway before the lazy natives could be aroused from their slumbers ; consequently the exect point of outbreak is unknown. Ine very short time the fre leaped from room to room in thie hotel, forcing ite way by the meny doors that serve ‘nstead of windows to the wooden balconies around the outside of the building, constructed of light wood, soon added fury to tho flames, and a breezo coming up with tho fire carried the fire across Mercedes treet on one side, and across Jiraldot street on the other. are very narrow, not halt as wide as your Nassau street, and every house wooden balconies, it required very little tle to set freto the opposite buildings, especially as there was no water at band. DIAGRAM OF THE BURNED pISsTRICT. send yon a brief bit dontroyed nearly the “ Old Panama,” revolution or religio the Aspinwall Hotel, These balconies, being ‘These streets being ornamented with Mercedes street. wd | Hotel, oceupying the whole block. : De'Yeaza, Freach Bazaar i} arrang ment. Lbappen to know something of the secret | used as store rooms. tens on Mercedes street. Consulate and several dwellings. 7 along the lane. of Samuel Piza & Co. 18, Private dwellings along San Juan de Dios street. 14. Panrina Masi office. NO FIRE ENGINE—NO WATER, ‘The American and English residents on the isthmus have long urged upon the authorities the necessity of constructing water works of some kind, Doth to supply the elty with good drinking water, bat the answer has generally been that the introduction of water by any artiicial means would throw the aguadores, or out of employment, and thereby breed @ revolution, When urged to procure a fire the anewer was that « Gre conid do but little as the buildings were of stone and to protect it against fire; ‘water-carriers, u . improvement ts always looked upon here as an inno- vation ; and ten chances to one, been procared, 1t would bave before this durin The absence th fire engine had destroyed long one of the many revolutions. ‘ore of the engine left hardly have boen formed even to Water from the bay, whose shores are at cachend of Jiraldot street, and not more than three PROGRESS OF THE FLAM ‘The fire, having crossed the streets, spread in dif- ferent directions, ‘with its choice stock of the world, soon falling, an with the adjoining st burned them as corner of which tive of Pennsylvania, ed to feed the fh ios treet on bo by Obarrio, Perez in Liberty street o vate residences along that street, the store of uel Piza & Co,, and others, and setting fire to ‘THE ROOF OF THE CATHEDRAL, At the same time tho fire was rushing along Mer- cedes street, destroyiny Charch of Sin Merced, On one side, and down to the Cetuedral on the o| along in this manner Ou all sides, it seem impossible to save the whole city from cestructio and the Government House, Grard insulate, &¢., on Cathedral Plaz:, tmmineut danger, which danger is not yet although the flames have been nearly subdued, THE ASPINWALL HOTEL, which is totally destroyed, was in the centre of the est portion, and was a four-story rut floor was used for offices, dining floors for bed: Jiraldot street, Jun de Dios street, at a eof F. © Herbure The stock in this etore which ran down San Jusa s to the Bank of Panama, Planes (W.08e agente are catroying the pf aa fur as the hind the Aspiowall Hotel city, on the bi room, &c., and the upper Before the erection of the Grane Hotel, the Aspin- wall was the principal hotel in the place, and was kopt by Americans, all the heavy swells residing in the city end having no families buarding there at the cost of $2.50 gold per day. town gonsip was always to be heard outside this botel recreation was take latter Was Opened. mus, before the trafic was destroyed bj only @ few travellers who. ba the city cared to go elsewhere than to the In the eventn: either iuside or greater portion of this to the Grand Hotel after the days of the Isth- Paci THe PRIVATE RESIDENCES are mostly on the upper floors o! few exceptions, the highest sto uses, the great doors whic! ‘windows as well as means of entrance and From these balconies a great door generally leads to the staircase, thence to th gronnd floor and into the street. the people in goneral, and the difficulty of the resi- dents doing more than save their ows lives, has ro- sulted, especialiy on Jiraldot street, in an ith the houses, an esti be given by this exceed a million THR Loss oF LiFe plo, being Without a head into all soris of danger. re known to have perished, 1 which ean hari the total loss w ‘Twelve person: ‘go supposed that some of the lodgers in the hovel, ‘of the employees, have been buried under ‘As the register of the hotel has been destroyed, {t may be tinpossible vo et the bames of any of the strangers, who arrive ore from all parts of Europe, North and America, Australia even China, aud who ver- haps may have perisbed with no one to miss them, IVAL OF A FIRE ENGINE. ‘The Panama Railroad Company's fre en Aspinwall has arrived by the locom oof this letter; the trip cross the tance of forty-seven talles, having been uccomplisued in one hour and forty-Ave miuuies How a Gentleman w to Hear the To the Euitor of The Sun I take the liberty of presentin Obliged by your having luseried In your valuabie Sunday afternoon T and a few frfends went to Trinity Chureb, tu Br the pulpit’ stairs, we that we could notleave y Now, while T desire {n places of worship, I ought to be put right, as and loss might ¢ If L were about to leave te detained by any cuureh law at once with the par ple, | would proceed to Yours, very reapes A CONSUANT REAL iu. ) vont Covumars, w State of L ported a bill or the adiission of New Mexico ay the Blate of Lincolu. L TRON FOR HARBOR DEFENCE. pono Portifying with Stone a Sheer Waate of ey Gen, Butler's Stories about the Ww Ships which Kan the Old. fashioned Batterion. Wasninoton, June 20.—The House to-day went into Committee of the Whole on the Fortification bill, which appropriates $1,904,760, Inclnding the following amounts for defences in this section: Fort Hamilton and additional batteries, @46,000; Fort Tompkina,Staten Island, nnexvended balances ; Fort Sehayler, Bast River, $90,000; Fort Colambus, Governor's Island, $68,000; and Fort Wood, Bed- loos Island, 616,000. ‘Mr. Duwes (Rep., Mans.) aivocated the bill. They had let the navy ron down, and now it was pro- poned to let the home defences ran down. He had no hensions of war with Spain or any other power, hut neither was he willing to take the re- sponsibility of inviting war by mm exhibition of Tcuporte st the crunity. a5 bominetont, ome the count, men we rebiek would inf more, damaze tian fo times fhe amount spproprinted in the bill. A short time ao an association of military men met in London and discussed the question of America defences, when it was stated that the American might overrun Canada and the British i, but that the English with their ships could enter every harbor on the seacoast and destroy thom. | Tle asked whether they were to abandon all effort to put the seaboard towns In a state of defence. Mr. Beaman moved to strike out the enacting lanve, which was neeatived-—00 to 60, ir. Batler (Rep., Mass) had secon a fleet of peden shion ta See cusenel 8S river eat an only s tween forts with 168 guns bearing on them, and no fone af thace ships wax aubstantially injured. Te wan impossible to butld a fort past which a fleet, expectal An iron-clad fleet, could not co. Heavy guns on forti- fications could be fired only once in fifteen minutes. In that time the Black Warrior. for instanes, steam- ing twelve miles an boar, went three miles and got out of rane, | Iron-clads and floating battarien were, the only, trostworhy BAr0Oe lefences. | He shoatd be feo any, expenditures for exrrving on harboratone fordifeationse. Whe Mil was then passed, The House passed the Army bill appropriating LAND SOUND. —— The Harlem and Manhattan Yacht Clubs on their Annunl Rogattas—Fine &: beyond Hell Gate. ‘The first annual regatta the Manhattan Yacht Clad, which {8 only a year-old sprout of the old Har- lem Club, was yesterday's event on the Sound, At half-past nine the Fort Lee took on board her first —_—_—_— LIFE ON LONG IS: steamed up the river, tonching seventh atreet, 199th etreet, and Ninety-third street, for the guests. Fifteen boate entered, but only ten started, as follows jaekeonbnah + Vice Commodars Simpnon : Mystery, .!acob Cooper; Joe Jefferson, Commodore jacob Varian. Minnte, A. Hartman WK. Wi ” ‘Wm, Seamen, vor oF ‘Skip Jack, J. At 12:80 the signal for the Mystery gotting away first, fol- lowed closely by the Jefferson and Kelly, which or- der thev kegt until after passing Port Sehnyler. rit taking a good lead ; got the rigaal to go, which was well obeyod, the Exlp Jick and Mattle being very quick on the start. The course was: Piret-clase off the club hoase for second. from t and retarn; and return. On. rene first to tarn blocks, eo somely. The Kelly and Jefe ng Band's Point the Mystery was the but having broken her throat halyard and bow, but by excellent mana Jefferson passed fiist, and took the windward position, ‘The boats arrived home as follows: mM. 8 Me Favorite, A 4 UlMartte... ee 26 Skip Jac 4 7 = O\doe Jefferson... sm "at 10 Jo/fRichiard Kelly m 0 ‘pant oo Jian’ Keine 24%) Mystery... % 0} ‘The winners ave: first class, Jos Jefferson ; second clase, Fevorita; third eins, Skip Jack, The annual regatta of the Harlem Club was contested yesterday from the Club House. The en- tries were: William Miner: James A. Clark ; W. K. Ki rp, D. Fitagerald ; Marie Louise, D. Ransom ; Three Sisters, C. H. Longstreet, in the first class; Joseph Armitacs ; Carrie Porter, Patrick ad Seamen Raynor, William O'Rrien, in ¥ ‘art was well made at 1:25, the ing all, with the Marie Louiee close in her arrival home was 4s follows: 3 M Bf RY 46) W. Miner. rie Port W. K. Knap, Marie Lonise. Three Sisters ‘The winners were: in first class, W. K. Knapp second class, Carrie Porter. —_—__———__— TAKING WATER! —— A Novel Railway Invention—Its Adoption by the Hudson River Railroad Company ~A ¥ ‘rain through te New York Without stoppin: From the Poughkeepsie Eagte, The Hudson River Railroad Company bave Just adopted the Rnglish mothod of giving locomo- tives water, a method at onco novel nnd very effi- cient, ‘The Company recently constructed at Mont- rose Station a trough in the centre of the track, 1,20 feet in lena nohes indepth, and 18 inches Wide, and cansed 1 to be lined with sheet tron, heay- ily painted. ‘Ihis trougis is perfectly straight throagh- out the entire 1,200 feet, A short distance to the north and east of it is a spring which supplies it With water, che trough holding 16,000 gallons, which ean be let into it at wi Locomotive No. 48, Ned Sandford, engineer, was neat tsken from the roat and put in the shop, where, in & quiet manner, skiifu! mechanics soon fitted her out with an ingeniously formed pipe, curling from the man-hoie in the tender down through the latter toa position inside of the hind tracks, where the pine forms @ liaii-circle, at the end of which is the nozzle, which always points the way the engine goes, ‘Fastened to this nozale i#an iron bar, which connects With @ bar from a point near the fir box, by which, when the locomotive comes to th trough, the nozgie or pipe can be dropped instan taneously into the water, while the train is ranning at the rate of thirty miles an hour, The nozzle sinks to only a depth of two inches in the trengi, yet even at that depth, when the one thousand foet is passed over one thonaand six hundred and thirty-four gul- lons of water will be found in the tender, ‘There are many improvements connected with it, a ihe handiwork of Master: Mechanic Willian Ba chanan, Hiv jas ben at work experimenting #luce tne uth of May last, and lias always been encour aged by Superintendent J, M. Toucey, who bas a firm bellever In te plan from vedin The first experiment in taking, or enzinoors Kay, ing the water,” thirty-five miles the hoar, As the n Wailer, the fluid rushed into the tender with a roar like ® young Niagara, and when the (rough was let Dehind the Greman found his tender full, ‘Every movement was crowned with success, and the locomotive later in the afternoon was attached to. the New York special which left Poughkeepsie 4:15 P. M,, whieh tain proceeded direct to New York without stopping anywhere, a feat at once novel and giving promise of greater deeds in the future, (Tt la nexs, proposed 0 locate a tro tween Catekill and tral road, #0 that in time, tr pro coes of stopping uowhere for water, may ron through to Chicago in twenty-four or twenty-six hours. River Reilroad Company was the first try to adopt this important invention, all otbers of any consequence. It ts indeed one of the greatest inventions of the age, aud iaust come into gonersl use Op rullrosds, em SUE NURSERY AND THE. GRAVE. eed of Twenty Unites with a Widow of y, and Settles a Board Bill, From the Philadelphia Tekegrapr, A wedding ocourred the other day in the town of Perryopolis, Pa., which sur thy and set gossipdom all agog, A youth summers, who ade his appearance in the ¥ilin nd took up quarters at a boardii kept by @ Widow Indy who had attained her tieth year, ‘The Birmingham youth soon found him- self indebied for boarding to the amount of about nd anable tO Hquidate, His new home dis- pty pockets admonished t bill id to mentione: him that someth bevor “dun #xv0- sure of * empty pockets, the worst of crimes,” with the disgrace which generally attaches to that ' condi tion, The youne man, afer weighing the matter care. fully, hit upon the ‘idea of marrying the widow, and thus, by one bold stroke, wiping out the score which tho old Indy had “hung up’? against him, Having determined upon his course of action, our youth at once proceeded to court the old girl, "The posed to give It up. But ei K courtship was short and decisive, From the be ginning to the ending thereof only aix hours tind elapsed, And the result wan an engagement to enter into the bonds of matrimony. Mutually agreeing upon & speedy consummation of the affair, the gay couple visited the nearest Squire's office, § ‘This magistrate, after glancing at the palr, refused to perform tie ceremony on the ground of eouscien tious scrupics. ‘They dit not become discouraged and return to the widow's domicil unmarried, Not @bItOf ii, us the sequel will show, About a mile and a bail from the tows 6 oftice of Justice H kins, and thither the lovers weuded their way o} foot. Tt was after midnight when, they reschol ¢ ofice of the magistrate, but the Bquire was cal up, and alte uur OF twe ‘ 1 not f rhage, the KuOl Was “twain made one’ 1 \urned Lonte re Joveing On dalurday morning, abont 9 o'clock, the groom seen in the vieinity’ of Layton’ Station, on the Connellsville Raliroad, with @ earpet-bay ty or hand and another man's boots In the other reached Birmingham safely, and is now relating to fiends Low Ured he uid become of married 1 THE RAILROAD WAR. Athletes in the Field Three 4 from —Erte Got form Fair Shake Went—Exit the Monopoly. On Saturday # bill of complaint was served on the part of the Erie Railway Company on Horace F. Clark, Prosident of the Lake Shore aud Micht gan southera Rallway Company, and on Cornetins Vanderbilt, President of the New York Central and Hadson River Railroad Company, based on certain articles of sgreement which the defeudants are charged with violating. The damages are Init at $3,000,000, and an Injunction Is demanded to ro. strain the defendants from using éneh other's treks or depots; and to forbid the former defendant to iene tickets west of the easterly State line of Penn. sylvania to any place farther east than Buitio, by any road controlled by the other defendant, or te do anything which may cause persons to travel over the New York and Hodson River Railroad insted of the Brie Railway, Tt fs alo demanded that the former plainti(t shalt allow the same privileges and facilities when prop: erty is intended or marked to go by way of tho Erie Railway as would be allowed if 1t was destined to to by New York Central and Hadson Rivor Rait- road and that the Lake Shore and Michigan South- orn Railrond Company shall allow the samo privi- Jogos to holders of certain tekets to pans over the Erie Railway as they do pass over the New York Central nnd Hudson River Raftroad, Tt fe nlso atked hat the last-mentioned Company testrained from refusing or seglectin the Erie ‘Company one fall end fa all freight not apectally directed for the eity of Now York, or any other point reached by both the rival Tinos: ime the New York Central and Hndson vor Railroad Company be restrained from asking or receiving more than one fair balf of aneh froient ¢ and that the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company be prohibited from allowing any reduction, drawback or rebate to consignors or cone sleneps by way Of the de‘endant’s line that they do. not allow by the plaintifl 's, saad — ——— MORRISANTA'S SCHOOL RING. A Mode! Ronrd of Education and their Ape pointments—Up to thelr Elbows in Public Treasury—The Perpetual Ofice. holders. The Public School Ring in Mortisanin are having a high old time ail to themselves, Almost immediately after the town election they went te work with a will at the public treasury, A standing ralo in the Board permits any mombor to expend money at any time he may see fit for repairs on ang of the schoola, and tend the bill to the lreasnror, This rule among men who have solely the welfare Of the schoo! at heart is doubtless a good one; but armone those who nse the funds asa means to pat up jons for played-out political friends, who ure generally hangers on around barrooms, it as a very different aspect, and redounds very little to the honest credit of the worthy Board. At the last meeting of the Board several bills for’, these friendly Jobs were eent in, one for picking up stones in front of a school house, another for imugl nary repairs, and the other for lightning rods, & Mr. Kirk, of the Committee on Repairs and Sup piles, protested against the payment,when he was tor formed by Mr, McFinnegan, one of the Ring, that the work was ‘all right, and must be paid," and furthermore he was not wanted on the Committes, Mr. ‘?, Mason MeOliver, who, in point of ability im acqniring and pertinacity in holding office, cannot be excelled by either Boss Tweed or Non-Committal Cauldwell, and who has a lively eye always to burt nese, is Town Trustee for tho First Ward, Town ‘Treasnror,and President of the Board of Edueation, Mr. MeOliver, thongh he bad decited provionsly that Mr. Kirk woe Chotrman of the Committee, ordered that his friend iwi rman. moartiality and wisdom of Mr McOliver are vivilly exemplified in his recent appointments of the visiting committees. A visiting comm of three for each of the five schools has heen fap poluted, Near school No.3 in the Third Ward, re side Meeurs, ‘Timpson, Kirk. and MeParlan, of the Board. Mr. McOhiver, instead of viving that rentlor man charge of No. 8, brings MeFinnegan from the Second Ward to assist Mosers, MeParlan and Timm son, and puts Mr, Kirk ont of the way by sending him visiting up to Highbridgevillo and Baet Mor i The large and Important schools which have the rich pickines are of course monopolized by the mom bers of the barnacle Ring. The members of this fam. ile lundering ener are Mr, Horse fr. Barnacle MeFinnaran. ard Mr. Pretzel MeZeasehner, {Mar MeTeller, The honest Democrats of the Board, Mesars, Davis, Timpson, Kirk, and Stedman, have little of nothing fo ery in the councils, but in everr instance are overruled by the Ring, who. are actually aning Ye Tarnmany traitors to trao Democracy by ie party in Morrisanta, as verified by the number of straight Republican votes cast last e SUNBEAMS, pullsaio nai —An “Equine Festival’ is to be held in Day: Ohio. Rag Dealers’ Protective Union bas bees established in St, Louis, —Louisville, Ky., contains three hundred and ninety town pump. —A Gentile candidate for delegate to Congress hos been nominated tn Utah, The Des Moines #u’lein announces birth under the head of “Spring Chickens.” —Romor says that an Indiava Judge recently refused to grant a divorce, He was not lynched, —Virginia City’s amusements for the summa son area cirens, two theatres, aud nine faro Danks. —Rhode Island is in terror about a snake fourteen feet long said to be perambulating about ts that State, ville claims to have more first-class ma sien! talent than Cincinnati, Bt. Louis, and Chicage combined. —A serious boundary difficulty has arisen be tween Persia and Tursey, of which Russia Is likety t¢ make the most, 4 —When Hamlet spoke to Polonius about fish 4, had he not the late Grant message 10 bis pro phe nd? —The Por —Low and Argus protests against the ust which supphics that elty with water, at ja of the Administration say that the * occasional bullet” of Gen. Grant t+ merely on of his oceastonal bulls. — What is often called indolence,” says Hen- ry Crabb Robinson, “1s 1n fact the unconscious com sclousness of Incapacity.” —Jobnny Steele, the original “Petroleum Princo,” ts dofne an honest and thrifty burinow ase teamster at Rousevitle, Pa. —Dofia Concepcion Lombardo, widow of ex President Miramon, of Mexico, was recontiy married te Paris to an opulent eftizen of that ple —Some of the brightest papers in the country may be compared to the moon, whose brilliaticy comes frou the reflected beams of THE SUN. —Roqueplan used to measure the availability of plays with a smoke, ‘Your Vandeville ts \too tomy by two elgara,” was his common erittelsm, —Madame Favernay, wife of tho late Secretary of the French Legation, recently died ii child-bed ai Paris, foo after her retnrn from the United States. —The crops in England are looking badly. ‘There is no “bloom upon the rye." but only npon the rye drinkors, Meanwhile the farmers are making wes faces, —The town of Upton, Me., boasts of a man who 1s 42 years old, has been married Jews than twenty for and has moved seven ty-nine trues eines his mae riage. 2 —Ward, the American filibnster, was believed by the Chinese to be the greatest General that had ox Isted for two thousand years, and he ls now w ase deity, —A devont French Indy having been ask why she conld endure t interminable serm of hea ped Priest, replied that they Leiped prepare lier lor bed eternity. —A correspondent writes to Rnow whether the defiant litte Garibaldi hat whteh all the wont 2 sporting this summer bas any polijical sg)lcaue® ‘The Emperor, the Prince Iinperts!, and #1 les Grad thinks be has tf th way—on papermto the Nosth P that of tie Bom of Rava, w rr the Bonapar Anuotauon, "Haan 0! nies