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VOL-XXXIIl.N?10'191
NEW-YORK. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1873.
PR1CE FOUR CENTS.
TUK CANADIAN SCANDAL.
A FEW GENERAL A'OTES ON THE SUDJF.CT.
RirAN ******* IN TIIK BOBM IBB 8BMB8-BJ
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TdiioNTu, Aug. 1?There are -varituiH 1888888 why
Aiaencans will w atch with int-Teet the issues of the
C:aosdian lllll'* A large etretch flj Ihfl Canada
Paflia Railroad?ibal alaat; _b aart- afcaaflof Talaa
Hur.ti, an.l SuisThir-it is a pieeeof ft.lly h888___Bfl
at bII.ti.>r ******* it 88 **** Bfl for a foolish jealousy
of exurting Aint'tu.ii f:n iliti-.s south of these
****_* Tb, l "lv liorror called forth by the dis
covtrv that it WBI propoaefl U> einhark Americao
capital in tliis i'tit<nui-e is only nn example
vt the ii..ii..vv-inii)dc4l h.yalty whieh would pre
vent Caaada fit.m ut* baaaaBBBi a eeaaaoasllt-M na
lion. Thia Aiucrican bugbe&r has been iost, n-d hy
nnui who might tn know Int tor. Last year the
Outario Gi'veininciit exensod a fooliah sale of .r>.(*"0
*****? inih'8 ?f Crown titnhor on tho gronnd that
" AuuiiiMBB" iitif stoaling the logs aiid spiriting
th.ui aorotua the lake?a thing wliich, if true, would
l>?- ntterly imp ).a.sil.lc without the activfl connivanco
of Caaafliaaa Ba with mining aualaiaa on the
Canadian sule of Lake Mipenor; after the fuilurr- of
C.in.i4li.iii 8MMBfl8flfl8 to work them, Auicikaiis havo
aaaBBfldiaaa4aaala flwaaaaaa foriuncs, aproofof
ent-rpri.e whicb is gull and -wormwood to this
pooplo. lt will also he a matter of interest
t<> the jieople of the 1'nited Statea to
ece hi'W a country, whieh boa.-ta ol
Itritie.li institutioiis, and is possesseil of a press
8 laafl c(it!st:int boasf it is that political and uk I88B.
tii. ..|*rrupti,.n only llmirish undern rcpuhlican form
tt govcrniiii-iit, will act under present circumstan
ces. But the most iiniK.rtaut aapect of tbe aflair is
Umi it is likely to lead to important questioiis with
the Motlicr t'oiiiitry. Already people are grauibling
that the Imj-rial power should have. overridden
lhe act of the Dominion Farliiment whieh .1. ter
iiiiiu it ttiat tb.' t'oiiiniittee of Inquiry .hoolil *****
jmivv. r ta. , \.u line witnesses under outh. Uut lhe
Koyal dminissioii wliich has just been appointed
will ovcrii'le tbat Committee itself, and in a mau
li.t, Iaa, 8 bi. h is yucsiiouablc even from a Brit_.li
point nl % :, w.
Then an- v .uiotis circuinstances uudor whieh it is
tiMial t-o ercatc a Koyal Commission, such as wli.-n i
J'ailiauieiitiit.v committee, either from tho cxtcu-iv >
nature of th. in vt i. t itrrit i?>ne to ho made, or from tlie
fact tbat it i- BaataaafJ or desirable to carry them
on vt lien r.iiliaraeiit is not in session, would be BB.
al.l.? t<i copc w ith tlie matter. I'nder just such cir
ciim.'iitu ? a 188 th>- Baaaaal Commissiou been ciillcd.
Bafl there nre diffcrcut ways in whieh a Koyal Coui
BB-MBBB may he brought about. Tbe more unual,
and, iudct-d. the r<-c?gni_cd form is, to create it in
laapaaaa la an Ad.lr.ss, moved hy either of the
| of l'ailiameut, to the Crown; the
BBOBI BBaaaal and exlraordiuary way js
lo araafla it hv the exercise of tlie
rov.l prcmirative. The latter is the manner
in wlnch tlie present Commission has B888 brought
into exi.t.nco. Uut. aeconling to the best Luglieh
iiiilht.rni.s on the suhject, tho rijzht to compcl tlie
praiaattaa of AoibibhmBi and aftiroflaami of wtt
neaaeo aa well as the right to administer oaths can
only be conferrod ou a Comuiission by act of
I'arhanu nt ; and all later precedents eupport this
view. Yet the Commission appointed 88 investigutc
flu (Saaafl-flB scandal is in fultilJinciit of tbo piedge
made by thcl.ovornment, that at theearliest possible
moment. the whyie *ft_*****t(t tt**** */**_ drwunflawi ea
conmoted with the grantingof the Pucilic eharter
would l?e laid before a trihunal " competent t? re?
ceive evidenee re. pecting tbem nnder oatb." It
tlierefore is apparcnt that the course adopted by the
Canadian Government is an extrcme one, and on,
w ht. li w ill need a__B8BM tirgency to juBtifv. It does
Bfl \( t 8BBMBI how the thing i- to be woiked, that
is, if I'arliaiiK nt is t<> meet on the 18th itist., only to
i>gu,.l. To follow out tbe usual course, the
Ilonse of Conimons must take aetion upon the mat
ti-r; this is wliat the Opposition pre. b has argut-d
for, aml rhe Ministerial press has dej,rccatcd.
I'rof. Cioldwiu Smith, who edits a magazine here
called lll Canadian Al*>nthlf, and who writce an
artii 1? in it devoted la 8811881 events, critieiso- the
acandal from what ho claims to bo an impartial
point ofvu-w. He profes.*edly n akes the critique
twict; tln lnst part written after the first batch of
evidencc was laid before the public and the seeond
aft.-r the eeeond batch. In the first he was all for
tl..- Government, but iu the seeond he turued round,
and, in a few trencbatit paragraphs, eovcred Sir
John A. Macdonald with ignominy. "With the ex
eeptions," be says, "of the Lord Chanccllor Man hs
field, the South Sea Bubble offeuders. and Lord
M.lville, Sir John A. Macdonald is the
lirst, we believe, nince 1C8.S, who has brought
the stain of corruption on the name of
th, Hntihh Piivy Cotmcil. (Sir John was recentlv
appointed a BBflBBhflS of Her Majesty's 1'nvy Couucil
iu rctognitii'U of his services on the Wasbington
Cominissicn.) In his case, considoring what the con
ii.'ii.uih .fl Blr Hugh Allan were known to be, tbe
tlark line of corruption is deepened by a sbade of
trcason." This is strong languago to be used, but
must be takeu only for what it is worth, as
aoifl-Bg froiu a man who was at one tiiue
all for Kepublicanism, and who ia now
all against it. His concliiding paragraph is
worth yuotiiig, as illustratiug a very general view
takeii of tiu inattei in Canada. He says: "So loyal
heart w ill et ho the exulting ****** ot faetion over
th. 8?8981M ii? which bring disgrace upon the coun?
try. It is great ly to be lamented tliat a party tri
umpb should la iu any way iuixod up witb the
claims of the wbole nation to justice. lf the Con
ar-rvative* feel tempted, under the infltience of party
f,v< Iing or long persoual attachment, to defend what
?BBBfl he (lefended, let them rememh-er tbat nothing
ialeft la 88 (onserved here but political honor aud
morality ; and tbat, these gono, public life iu Canada
will beeome a gamhbng-tahle, from wbieb, in
the ?nfl. the most profligate odveuturer will
B-suredly sweep the stakea. It is a calamitoua
aflair. Y,t it may provc a turnitig point in our po?
litical historv, ii tbe people, after the poBtical cor?
ruption and (1, moraliration wbith tbey have under
gone, have virtue atill left to meet the crisia well.
and not only todo themselvee justice iu this par
ticuiar case. hut to refonn a system of government
wbich, in its present state, leads to these ofl'enees.
wh)4-hever fa<tion may be ln power, witb a fatal
BBM-BB-tj Wbich affords a considerahle extuse even
for tbe present offendera." Hu much for the quondatn
Gxford profi ssor.
To the \*M<t>U- of the United Btatea and England,
tiu most damaging a. poet of the aflair will be, tbat
fliuisU-ts of the Crown should take a persoual part
iu procniirig and spending money for eorrupt elec
toral ***pt***, Now tbat Hir George E. Cartier is
dead, tiu- lirunt of this odium will attaeh to the
Fm.ia Minister. Sir Mfl A. Macdonald. Tbe latter
gentleman, who is known otltside of Canada better.
perbajis, than any other person in the Dominion,
W4,uld be tbe last man of whom such
ii.dis.reet and impolitic conduct would be
expected. It is to be remembered that
iu privato fortune be ia very poor, and
the hreath of scandal has never hiuted tbat one ceut
of public money bas ever gone iuto his own pocket,
t.r tbat tbe enonnouB patronageat his disposal wus
ever diepensed for any private advautage. YVben
oflered a harnuet, y hy the Cjueen, hedetlined it on
tbe groncd of his poverty, and ia at tbe present mo?
ment only a siaiple knight. As a privato getitleman
be is above r, proach ; aa a pohti, ian he is as eralt.y
aod unsciupulous a? the generality of hy, coiujmMBB
!t bere ara people bere wbo perfeolly idobaa bim.
and "Johii A.," aa he is farailiarlv called, bas
a bold upon at least the Lnglisb speak
ing part of tbe population whieh merely
cornipt eJectione*ring will not looeen. I have beard
it acknowledged hy men who are themselves
reckone_ to lie powers in the conntry. thnt no gov
ertimont could cxist through n single Farliament of
whicb John A. wae not a member. lf ho be aaeri
ht**t\ tho Conservative party will go to 888881; if he
lie screenod the chancos aro even that he will bavo
alarger majority than ever in tho Houso of Com
mons. In the course of his political career he has
I'.-ithcrod around him the best meu in Canada, and
ui.-iiy who storted in political lifo in diroet antng
oniBm to liim have lu tn brought ovor by hlswily
tactic., and are now to be found amongst hifl
st.inchost supiKirters. Yonr correppondent has it
remarked to him every day that " tbere is no fear
t.f sir John ; he'll pull throngh all right."
This (Monday) morning a city paper whieh is snp
p(ised to be inspired by the Govorumeut defines the
relatioiiB of the Royal Commission to tbe Parlia
mentary Committee. It wafl a matter of wond* r to
in.my that a Comuii.- dou should he appointed while
the matter to be investigatod was, de jurt, iu the
hands of a Farliamentary Committee. Uut it seems
that tho Commission will not come into operation
until after the prorogation of 1'urliamcnt. lt is still
maintaiued by Min i.tte rial organs, however, that
l'arliament can trausact uo hti.ness whon it nieets,
so that tho grave ohj.-etion I have allnded to in
referenee tothe right to adinhiister oaths to wit?
nesses still holds good. It seems also that the Com
mi.-sion is not to report upon the evidenee, but
simrly to collect it, in order that it may
be laid before l'arliament uext session,
when tho Houso of Commons itself will
be called upon lo prouonnco the verdict
of guilty or not guilty against tho Government.
This is so far honorablc on the part of tl,e Ministry ;
but at tho sano time it insnros that the charges
eannot aflVct the existonce of the present Govern?
ment until next Spring. Time softens many an ugly
cjrcunistanee, and by noxt Spring w ho knows what
change may havo come over the, spirit of outragod
public seiiiiinent. The B88B8B tt tbe Commission,-is
aro still witbhcld, hut it is known that the Commis?
sion will bc c-ompobt-d exclusivcly of judges.
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTH.
KITORTBD aUBBBfl OF SIK J. A. MA( IXiNAI-D?___
I'l-iNATIONS OF MK. HKATTY. JK.
BO-TON, Aug. 5. ?A Bpccial dispateh from
Montreul, BBBfl Aug. 4,to The Atlrertitrr sa.i |: "Arumor
v.a- curreitt on Baaflay nnd to-dav that Sir J.flni A. Mac
douald had attempted . ulolde. Tbe Covcrninont organs
fleay tho story." It ia certain, however, that the 1'ieiuier
hn. been ln a low state.
Mr. Beatty.Jr., appearsln The llerald to-day ln con
ncction witb Ihfl I'ucific BaJtroad st-,uul..] in ii ttt81 i-i' r
hii- signatute. He eircuiustantlally- and minntely BBflflM
arrangenients for aecuring tlOO.Otn) trom Americans for
ibe u.e of the Government; goee luto the pr.rtlcu
lars ol his inte.-views with tho mluisters, aud sbows
their readmess to take and make, coinu frmn where it
mlgbt, so long as It would enablc thctn to rctaln p?w. r.
II* a-ks for U.000 now and $50,000 agaln, aud says: "I
have had about three months* correspoudence, both by
BflM a:.d by per .onal lntervlews.of the flrst iinportance
to the Oov crmneut, and all tbis with tln .iltiinate objeet
of settling the Pacitls.-." He gives the followiiig extract
from a letter of one of tho ministry: " Tbo t? lcgraph is
trylug toturn the 8888888 iuto a Joint stock company. I
hapi it will succeed ; lt wlll be the enterliig wedge, and
new capital will consolld.tte tho eourern." II.| agaiii
says: " I will suteslde uutil aetion li dccuicd lndispen
sably nocessary."
GESEKAL EOHEIGS SEW8.
PROROGATION OF THE HRITISH FARLIAMENT.
THK .IKF.N'S .I'l.ECII TO TIIK TWO lKH'SF.S?KFI A
Tio.vswiTit aoaBBBBfl i'I'Wrks-DOflaano inter
F_1S?KKbl'I.TS OF TIIE SE3SIOV.
I/ONDON, Tuesday, Atic. 6, 1. 73.
Farliament was prorogued to-day. The Qneen's
?fOaah, whioh wao lead hy Koyal Commission, is as
follows:
Mv LoaM am> Gf.vi i.fmf.n- : I am now rele.ised
from tbe noc.s.itv ol oalling upon you for tbe fur?
tber prosecution of your arduoiis occupations.
la biddiug you farewell for a recess I make it my
first duty to thank you for the loyal promptitude
witb wbieb you have inadi- fuiih.r piovision for my
son, the Duke of Ldinluirgh, on tbo oecasion of his
upproachiug maniage. This marriage will, 1 trust,
form a mw tio of amity hetiveen two Empires.
The best reluiions coutinue to exist between my
solt and foroign powers.
I am ahle to 1***?******* tho suroessful terraination
of tln- mis-ion to Zanziluir. IK -ati. 8 bave heen eon
eluded with tbo Sult_.ii ol Muscat aud otber uativo
powers whicb will fuovide ineans for tho mor.-ef
lei tnal MBBfl-flBBfl ol the slave trade on the east
aaaal of Africa.
I have been enabh-d to bring to a satisfactory
issue tbe coiniiiereial negotiatious with Frauce in
whicb my Government has boen for some time en?
gaged. Under the piovisious of tbe instrument
signed on the Hi of July aud awaitiug ratilicatioti,
the trcatieaof ___) were again put iu force, with a
coinprehensive engageiuout contracted betweeu the
twe countriosfor iuiitu.il trcatmont on tho footing
of tiie most favorod uation; and the differential tax
on shipping under the Hritish flagis removed. Tbere
are separate provisions in the treaty for tbe adjust
meut of the question of dutieson mineral oils, aud
for tbe general relief and extension of trade.
I have likewise eoncluded Treatios of Extradition
with Italy, Denmark, Sweden, and Hrazil. The rati
licatioiisof the treatios with the two last named
powers bave not yet beeu exchanged, but I antici
pate no difficulty in this final step. I ain engaged in
negotiations for agreements of a similar obaiacter
with other Htate-, bothin Europe aud beyond.
I am Btill occupied in giving ellect to those pro
visions in tbe Treaty of Wasbington whicb relate to
Hritish claims against the I "um-.1 Htates, and to tho
intorests of my possessions in North Ameriea.
GENTLEMEN OF THB HOUSE OF COMMONS : I am
very sensiblo of the hhcralit.y wilb wbich you have
provided foi the vanous charges of the Htate, and
likewise enabled ine promptly to meet the obliga
tions impoeod upon me by the award of the Arbitra
tors at Gencva during the past year.
My Loit-fl ami Gentlemen : 1 have observed
witb satisfoction the progress you have beeu en?
abled to make iu the remissiou of the public bur
dens by reducing both sugar duties and income tax
to point. lower thau auy at whicb they previously
stood.
The eatablisbment of a Hupreme Court of Judira
ture, hy whicb the record of your proceedinga has
been distm. uiahe_1, will be found, ae I hope, to con
fer correaponding benelite on the country in the
more cheap, oertain, expeditioua, and ellectual ad?
ministration of justice.
The acta for the amendment of the Eduoation act
of 1870, aud of the Eiulowod Bchools act of IMW,
will, aa 1 truat, tend la aocelerate tbe attainment of
solid national advatitagos tbrough tbe extension of
((l'li-ai um iu tbe middle aud most numerous claasea
ol tln (ouimunity.
The aet relnting to the regulation of railways and
canals promises to 8884888 to tho more hanuonious
working of the railway ayatem of the country.
I bave vs n L pieasur.- a .sentod to tbe act relating
to the merohaiit shipping, from wbich, and from the
l.il.ois of the, Coiiimission recntly appointed, I hotx
lor a tHiiiKiiitii.ii of the risks to wbich the seafaring
1 kaI?111;11i(ii. ure cxposed.
J ho loveiiiie has uj. to tbis time fully answercl
e\|.o. i.itiolis. and nltbongli actis ,Iy tfl trade in 18888
of its laaaahfl. may have heen . oinev, Imt resttaini t!
i.v a vaiiciyof aaaaaa *** paaaal aaaiMlaa "t Um
people cotitiuuos to axhibit vvitleuces of Lmprova
ment. Theae and all merrica ol a Pivine Providenre
wil), I truat, find a auitalle atknowlidgcieut alike
in our worka aud hearta.
THE SEIZITRE OF TTIE VIOILANTE.
TIIE GERMAN COMMANDER Tt) I1B RKMOYKD BT Hl*
OOVKRKMKKT.
ItKHi in, Tueflday, Aug. 8, WTI.
Capt. Wertler, who reeently aeired the Span
l?.li irisurgcnt unnboat Viirllante, wlll be reuioved from
theromuiandof the Oerniau iquadron ln the Medlier
riitiean.
The Oerman Got,rnment ha* mstrncted it* repreaent"
ativea m bpaln to cotiperate wltb the Eugiish aml *****
wpresentatlvea for the proteetion of foreignerfl anil
their property, even if foree ba* to b* eniployed.
FRENCH POMTICS.
BflBlflTB BKTWEBN THB OOOBI I?R rHAMIMiRP ANU
THK CUL'NT DE I||W Ofl Iflflfl! "F M. TH1KIIK
I'ARifl, Tuesday, Aug. 6,1KH
A ifajpfltfll from Vienna says the Coirut <fr
Chambord recetved the Count de Parls to-day.
Ex-President Thlera anaurea hu licpiiblirnn frlenri*
tliat they need bave no fear tliat a ftielou of Lcgiui-iflta
and Orlcanlata will be rffi-cted.
TlteFicnch truopa entered Nancy to-day, and wtre
IBeetfBfl wilh wild entliunlaiem by the citiicus.
Ill.CIPROCITY WITH NEWFOUNDLAND.
Fn-dcric Cartier of the Hl ?wfoundliind Pro
vlnn.it (iiveminont wii'ln tblfl city..vestcrd.ir. en route
for bom- frotn WnahinitUiii, BfeMB Ito -feafl vi,ited for the
purposeotnegntiatnik'a n-oiproelfv ttvifr between blfl
(Jaavt-riniii nt und tbat of tbe Dflttafl HUtes, similar to
tbat establlshed with tbe Poniinion of Canada. Bl
elalni* tbat the merehanta are gradually abaorlilog tbe
whole ol the Newfoundland trade in flflb, aeal oii, and
fura, in eeaaaaaaaaa of the ahflltf afl the tormer to ?x
pBSl them to tho United Btate*. duty fre*, while
tbe lntter, not beinir In the C'onfederaty, are
foinptlloil to Mu-rifice tlie amouut of the
duty. Ho claims, too, that the DflflflflMfl
(lovernment are usiug BflB BfliaalaflB as 8 uiflann of
drawlnu Newfoundland Into the Omfederacy. He also
t-latniR that tlie free intr-iductlOD of Americ.m flour and
p-ark Into Newfonnilland wlll euaMe this country to eom
pete with Canada ln furiiiihinit her with provisioos ;
aml (iiai. lf tl..- treaty goea ini<- elT---1. tln- Dulted m.-ik-h
\iill derive thi* iifll.litlonal advantaac Ibal fu-r Baner
lnen will be perniltted to land Bflfl flrythalr Bah.BBfl
Ber aeal baatera wlll beabla t<. dieeharjn tbeir eargoea
ut Ht. johns. Br. Cartier aa/a tfeal ha haa haa aereral
latarTlewi Wttb int-uil?er* of the ('at-lnet and Uiiit Iif is
conllileut of tht- aaaeafla "f feM pn.jeet.
HASIUXUTON.
TIIK YIItl.INIA rAMTAHaN.
Wamiingtob, Tii. i-dii.v, kmg. 5, I8T8
Col. nughes, the ItepuMiran eandidate for Qmtmtam
ut Vimlnia ; CflL James r. Cnrter, Chalrnian cf tbe MaM
finmmlttee, and the other leadiiiR Reptiblicana of the
Old Doiuinion, arrived in town to-doy, and will have an
Interview with the 1'reMdi nt to nmrrow. Tliey do not
at-lt, and say they do not ilei-lro. ffeflaral mt- rfcrence in
any aaaaaai with the eaaapalga m Virgima, t.ut aiflaM
that tlie Aaiinini.tratiou nhotild 1888(8188 and give Itfl
moral fluppert to the tieket nomlnaied at LynchburR
last week, as BBfflBSBflBflfl tbi substantial RcpuUlican
party of tlie Btate, and withhold lt* eouutenitDee or en
rouragemeut from tho faetion whieh BBBJpaflMd Wt*
M.ili.iu in the O'liventlun.aiiil 1* led by A8B8U8 Lewig.
The delegatlon also improved tbe oppurtuulty t<i i .-t
PenatorMoiton ln tlieir cntnpalgn, and aeeured Im prom
laa that he wlll bcgln hflflflfl the lst of Beptember an
actlve and thoroiiRh eaiiva?s ef Ihe Btate. Ttie iiroKpoets
of the Republican party ln Virginia are reprt sentcit as
very favorable, and all of the leaderfl from that St ato
?tate that lhay-1?81 to el.-tt PMM JkketjjiiiA iijiiajui.
Hy of tfeaLaglslataraia Novcnibor. Tne dl-.ilf.-i timi
witliin the party will not tnaterlally tmtt tbe Republi?
can vote, aml, while r*.-i..tr..r Le wn and hl* peraonal
followera wlll not aetlvely supporl tbe tieket, It Is niere
tban likely thnt Wise, Lyons, and their friends will.
The 8888888 wlll ne one of the most dlllgent BBfl flflBfl.
ous ever conducted In the .State. Benator Lcwla ia con
fiKlereal on all eldcs as out of the Heuatorial raee. One
of the promiiu-i't eandidate* for th>s cuccesslon 1* Jaun.-i
H. Platt, Jr., of Petersburg.
THK POVTAL CAK FltAflDfl,
The trouble In the 888881 car ncr\ire between this t Ity
and New-York, and itfl connectlon.-i, 1* treated witli a
ROOd deal of 8888889 by BBB huIIk-i .'u-s of the Ilepart
meut. MtL?ellan, the head i erk of the route, whoso
arrest wae reported }e-t.f.l:iy, ls at lar-Re to-day.
thiuiRh the rumor ls 8888881 IfeM 8888888 that he ls
iju.lty, aud has coufec'ed to a proitilin'iit oflli uil. Ha
had a laflfl iiit.r view nitti l'.-ttiui.t. r-(ieneral (r.-swell,
this mornlnR, and, wblle asserttiiff hlfl iunocence, asks
that IBfasM of his diflkiilties may be kept from his
father. who onee lu-ld a IiIrIi position ln the DaBarMMBi
ida. rofltflflaelnrflraflial deenaeeta fllva aay lafBraaa
timi on the BBBttar,altbai t-i hl* bUl-oldinalCfl or ihe
pulalic.
PP.f.sidkxt OABTI BOVAMBfllfla
The rresident returned to BaaMBBlaa at an e.irly hour
tliix uinriiliiK and wlll renniln tiiitil tOHBOITOa nlKlit. Hl
vill lie in Ifea liie.'tntiine the gBBBl of (iiav. ( ooke.
Benator Morton was an (arly vu-itur to the Etecutive
Munelon, aud remained ln BBBflflBflflflB wlth the I'resl
dent for M>me time duriiiR the foreuoon. Heveral otlu-r
peiifleinen had luterviewo with him, lnt'ludlnR Gov.
(ooke of this Dlstrli t; (jen. Ci.wan, Asslhtant Beeretary
of tbe Interlor ; Major R. II. (iirtfl-r of Vlrtrinla, and
FaataaaateB Clark of (iaiveston, Texaa. The usuai Oa -
inet meet'.iiK mn* In-ld at noon. tln K U.-ini/ preaai-ut all of
tbe member* exeept Becretaiie* ltoU-?ou auil Richuril
BBBa
The Cablnet fegnton to-day wns uut iinporttnt. Reyond
the trancactlon of routiiie business, much of the sesslou,
wblciicontlniied about two tiours, was t-iiipioyf .1 iu << n
cral floclnl conver?ation, nothing of extruordinary con
?eqoenee ifle.ng under ciinslderation.
1'reflident Orant will return to lAmp Branch to-morrow
evenlng7anii on Monday eveniiTr next, aaeoajpaalafl by
Gen. Babeock, wlll leavc on his Lautcru tour, which will
extend as far an Aui-rtiata, Me.
WA6HI.VGTON NOTF8.
Benator Windom, Chalrman of tbe Belect Committee
on TransporUtion, baa reeeived favorable responses
from a number of Btate Oranges ln reply M hts letter
lnvltlng the patronfl of hunbandry to lay before tbo
Commlltee a full atatement of the jrrievaneefl of farmers
Inroniiectlon wltb mattere of trjtiHportatlon. The huIh
Ject will probably receive tlioroiiRli investii:atiou at a
meetinR of the t ounnitteo In this city ln tho Fall.
The recent action of truatees of tbe Howard Univer?
sity llmlting tbe pay of profeasore ln the Medlcal De
partment to the current reeeipts from fltudcnU ia uut
Butlflfactory to the faculty Three of the prluclpal pro
fesaora, Dr?. John?on, Reybnrn, and Btronr, bave re
BiRTicd, and appolntnienta to one of tbe vacaucies thufl
ereated have flucc^aalvaly beeu ueclined by three city
pbyfllclana. _______________
V1CE-PRESIDENT WIL8CN 8 UEALTH.
Boston, Auk- 5.?Vice-Preaident Wilson waa
in town to-day, looklng very wclL lie aays he la lm
provlng faat.
Wabhington, Aug. 8 ?8eriona apprehenaioni conccni
Ing thereflult of the Vioe-Prealdenfa lllneas, though ap
paiently oot Jufltlfled by publUhed report* of his beaith,
prevail among bl* polliloal and personal frieuda in this
elty, but the lateat news ls most unfavorable.
DE8PERATE ArFBAT BETWEEN A PRIION WARDEN
AND A CONVICT.
Boston, Ang. 6.?Thia forenoon "Warden
Chamberlaln of the Btate Priaon waa attacked ln the re
palr-?hop by a conrlct named Danlel Whetton wlth a
?hovel, and hit fall in tbe face. Tbe warden iaw the
man approacbing, aud drew hia revolver to stop bla ap
l-rniK h . bat, Uist. ii-l of ..niiiiiig up to blm to tlrlke him,
he (Whetton) tbrew tbe abovel-blade flrat. The blow
took efli-ct over tbe right eye aad alone the rlabt alde of
tbe warden'* fac*. peuetratlug to the bone. Oen. Cham?
berlaln, aa noon as he recovered from the effeeta of the
blow, tlr.-.l at the couviet, tbe ball atriklng In bla ude
and breakln-x one of hia ribs. Tbe priaoner apraug to
(iiataln another above), but before be eould ute tt tbe
ronvicta ln tbe thop aelted and held him untll au offlcer
amved, wben he waa taken to the boaplta). Oen. Chani
berlalti'i wounda, altboufltn BBrioua.are not dangarous.
No cauae li uatigned for tbe oaaault
TIIE ILLINOIS FRATRiaDE CAITLRED.
Cairo, Aug. 5.?Daiay Bflflflflflj the alleged
murdcrer of ht* brotlier, Dun. Breeae, afl Hafllewm.d,
III., Wtt* (UlfllUI. al ill Wlillalll.aill ( a.lil.tj. Ve.ta l.l.al . I-l
Nberifl Urii-tfl- Wii.-n ili*e..v.red bas awore be would
not ba? Uikeii, aud wa* |.reparlui{ to make a do?ptrate
i ahBBBBBI ?* n.-ii a fltia.it froiu a ?BflflM ' "1 tbe Hbarlfl .
?Mfl? fltruck UH- ta tbfl alieuldar aiid he aurr?a?l?>refl.
A GREAT OIL FIRE.
BURNING OF A RF.FINERY AT HUNTKR'S
POINT.
the rriNiiARp on, worko?fivk UBBBBBB and
lS.OOO llAltliFI . OF OIL ITF.?TROYF.I>?A BPARK
FROM A I'll'F. THB CAL'SK?TIIK H.MOKKK Kli.I.EIl
BY AN Firi_)SI01.-L08aS $200,000.
An explosion oceurred, yeaterday. on an oil-barge
Iv ing alongside of tbe pier adjoiuing the SUndard
Oil-works, owuod hv Rockafellar ti* Co., at Huuter's
Point. It waa cauaed hy tbe Captain lighting his
pil_\ whereupoii tho vapor from tho oil communi
88881 witli the llarac. Tbe harge was stiattrred and
wt on fire, tbe unfortunate smoker kilhd, and
bis body burned to a orisp. The flame.
rapidly extended to a large quantity of oil in barrels
piled under sheds on the pier. About 15,000 barrels
ofrotinedoilbelonging t* Rookafeller & Co., Host
wick \ Co., and others were burned. with tbe sh. ds
and otber material, and flve barges, involving a loss
in the aggregafe of $.00,000, most of whioh is cov
ored hy insiiraneo. A number of sdips, bai ks, canal
boats, and barges narrowly eseaped destruction, be?
ing towed away to places of safoty, in one or two in
atancesafter the flameshadscizod and scorched them.
'I he news ?f the tire spread rnpidly throngh this city.
Tbe Huuter's Point ferry-boats, during the aftor
noon, wore thrnnged with owncrs of tho proporty
,m fire and of that adjoining, and also with insn
ranoomen, uil aniious to know how far lhe lire Ii i.l
extended, vt.ieiher tbe tlames were lik.-ly to spread
miii-b furth.r. antl what waa tho total amount of
flaaaaaa aaaa
TR1 STORY OF THE FIRE.
Tiu- Stsiiniard, formerly known a_ the Long
Island Oil Wurk". ut Iltintor's I'olnt, were partly l.iirned
yi Bfll rdav fur ihe third ttme within a few I8BIB At
about _ p. ui. harge No. 1 of the Daylight Oll Works
was lyiiicali.i,, ui,. iiie wharf, linnr the abeds where the
oll ls itorefl, tvflien Capt. Meyer, who wa. aittlngon the
dock, llghted hla plp,- with a match. He waa cautiou.-d
against hanflliiig Hre so es.releaniy |,y n man who stood
near by ou tlie wharf. He made aome reply, and ln an
lnstant IhB BBB BflflB tBB 8flfl fl the l.arge caught tlre,
anfl Bfl ( xpiu-iiui iiccurrefl whlch Wflfl tlistlnetly beard a
long di -t .n.i c. Tbe deck of the barge was blown stnilglit
up into the air to a hight of 100 feet, kllling
the unfortunate Meyer In.tantly. Tlie barge bad becu
I'.n-ilv iiiiLuli-ii, nnfl was fllled wlth gaa, tho fl.imo of
wbich apread in a moment to the oil ln barrels on tho
WlaTTflfl, through whlch lt raahal wlth great rapnllty,
the barrcli as they caught flre explodlne with a sound
resembling the erackling of muaketry. Iu two or three
(uinutes the flatnes had apread tbrough the oll shedo,
wbich 88.8884 a flflBflfl about l,(?Oo feet in length by 250
lnwldlh, iti.fl in whieh barrelB tlIled wlth dl.tlllcl oll
wero piled up lu three or four tlers. There was littlo
wiufl, and the ib-nse blaek smoko from the burning oil
rosc lu a PBTpaafltaalflt column nearly to the zculth, and
tli'-ti tg*-.ul .nt in :. .tttk pull over the entire he.ivens,
.iliu..?t hiding tbe ligbt of the suu. The eolumn of
snioke was di.tinctly seen from all parts of New-York
anl liroukit n. and many mile. away on I/>ng Island.
BUBSOOBDOM IBMIBI1 BBBflBflBBBBt
Flve flre engltn-s ftum lioug I.land City were soon on
tln. groiiufl, anfl in balf an hour two steamers arrived
BflflB Brooklya Of UA latter, steamer Ho. 13 was uu
ahlo to wurk tlir. ugh MBM ilisiirrangeiueut of the iuu
(?hinery; steamer No. 1. dlfl good servire. All tluir of
foris wore directed M preveuiltig the flre from .pre.ifl
Ing. A t-rii k wull, about Vl feet in hight, ******* tt*
tlre fToni tbe .t infl.irtl ,'oinp.iny's nflluery, near whieh
we:c three t_?k. Illlcd with di.tllled oil, refiiied uil nsfl
naphtna resiiecllvely. A short distanee to the noith
itxt*} werv I'rfltt'i A-tral Oil Works, uud Ju.t across a
narrow cret k, In whlch were tbreo burning barge., were
IC Vi. I) urke'a Queena County Oil Works. Juat
I?( t'oud tbe lliults of tho tlre to the aouth la Coe's m&nu
.'acio-y of fertlllrera. Just beyond this the ferry-boat
[flahofl the Wililam-inrgh line waa lylng on tbe way.
iiiulergolng repairs. All theso were ln lmuiluent dau^-cr
nDd any of them ttught readlly have been destroy-( d if a
Bflafl) blflaafl Bfl flawa M Its dlreetlon fora few luiu
nie.. Ihfl iiniiu'ii BflflB eaniestly and with great cour
B*t* HBMBBB were directed upon the tauks, whlch were
scorched und bllstered by tho laMMM heat. Tbe police
boat fienrca arrived at half pa.t two and poured four
stroauis ou the flre, tbe flre boat, John Fuller, threw two
streatns. and the lug-boat Uuele Abe three. These laved
Iiuiku'a w.iks across the creek, aud the BMBM 8Bg_BM
kept tho tlre conflucd to its orlgtnal liums
ou land. 8even vossela wero lylng uear the dock, all
fl whicli were takeu off Oy tugs without aiift'crlng much
tliitnago, exrept the bark LotUe .tuart, frum Yaiiuouth,
Nova Hcotia, whieh was drawu up the BBflflM with tho
gails burned off und her stern on flre. The ferry-boat
Af izouu of the \Villiatmburgii liue was soon on tho spof,
n.-iflv to take off her eou.ort if the tlre should ext.nfl
iuto Coe's wurk., wbich stood betwecu lt and dangcr.
MARCII (<F Tilt; FI.AM-8.
At 2:45 8 wind from the west suddoiily spruug up, | ai
rying tbe flaiin s tlireiflly toward the oil tauks and tbe
refluery. Tbis caused a stampedeof flreinen anfl p ln. -
men stan.liug in the vlcinity ; Bfl tiu- wind died aw ty
as *t*a*tf a<* it ro..-, anfl the dangerof an exploslou was
avertafl. VWaaa mBhbbm later the wmd aaarMfl ti.o
flaines almost lato l'rutt's works, and the cry arose that
tln-y had caught flre. Tbls 888881 the lntervcuing .paco
to 1_ speodily omptiod of all who wero there at work or
as spectators, lest they should be caught between two
Baaa Agaln the wiad auddenly chauged, and
when tho smoko clcared away lt was 8888
thnt tho Astral works were uutouchel. lioou
aft. r 3 tbe oil had been bo iar cousnmed that the flamei
did not BBBfl a sufflcleiit hight to emlanger aurroiiiidiug
[BflpailJI hut still tafl voluinea of suioke issucd from
tiu- tbreo barges whieh burned alongside, aud ov. r all
tiu ground occupied by tho sheds tho tlre arose to a
hight of three or four feet. The scene at this tiiue re
atuihletl tbe burning of a prairie. The sinokc wliich
nverspread the scene had a.auuied a llghter color, and
occasloually the ttainei frotn the buruiug acres, as if
tollected by a whlrlwiud, shot ud ln B spiral column for
a dlstance of 100 or 150 feet. Ovor thu whole space lhe
iiuuil.tr of Iron barrcl hoops bore testlmony to the hight
to whtob the barrels of oil had been plled. Uy 5 p. tu.
IhB flre wus aaaflaafl to the afl M the barges, upon whieh
a few streams still played to prevcut it from breakiug
out iuto a iuu ? flame.
LOSSKS A. O 1X9VHAXC*-*.
Mr. Rockafellar estimatee the total loas of his flrtn on
buildlngi and oll at fioo.ooo. There were 10,000 barrels of
reflued oil ready for ahlpuieut. Thia was worth about
fS per barrel, luvolv Ing a loss on oll of |80,ooo. Tho loss
ou buildiug. aud tnuterlal for r, fluing 1. about !.."?..
Tho maiu works".of Mossrs. Rockafellar A Co. aro at
i ii v (hitid. Ohio. The crude oll ls di.tllled there, and
tbe distillate Is brought to tho work.at Huuter's l'olnf,
and tbere reflued. This ls done for the reagon that aui
phurle acld euter. very largely into the reflulng 8888888,
and the cost of shipping lt to Clevelaud would be
much gr.ater than of shipping the dlsttltato
here aud reflning lt. The main offlce is ln
thla city, at No. 110 Pearl st. Tho yard and
liuildlnga were formerly owund by Joaiah Macy'i Honi,
and waa known aa the Long Ialaud Ketluery. It was
leased by the gtandard Oil Company for aeveral years,
but after the flro of laat year Rockafellar A Co. pur
chaaed the property uud erected new and larger bulld
lugaand piera. The worka have been burued three
titoea within a few yean. It l? alloired that eaeh tluie
the flre has starn d on one of the barge. loadiug aud
uuloadlng at the plera, aiid It haa been almoat luvana
biy the reault of gro.s carelea.noi. on the pai tof cm
ployea.
The flra of yeaterday was much lesi de.trui live than
thal fl July 30. 187-, wbeu the Htandard Oll Works,
( harlea Pratt'a A.tral Oil Worka, E. F. 088*8 Supcrpboa
phate Work., thn-c ahlp. aud bark., and four canal
boats and barges were burned, inaklug a total loss fl
nearly Isou.uu).
Toe followlng Is a ll.t of the companles ln whlch the
ml and sbeda belougiug to the Htaudard Company ia ln
Oa __? Oil | Fhrmi-i' . itvl of Cai... tfl.ftOO
LiT.rp*"]. _)8l_ 18
oioi.?.aivooo
ykittt*. 10.000
.Niiitli Hninh. 10.(881
lirimularri'U . 6(881
Uiaar. 1.888
AlBiof llartr__-1. '- iOU
Mil.iaawBari (ltr. I MH)
Ii..ff8.ii. IBM
.urtfU ('aattt, ('aaa... U.-OO
BaaBaMa B 1. 8188
Btil. Mg
Sl J_rpk Bi. BJ88
lioit wli k A c?i. w lu-?? "1 worka arc a little i_j.ii Ii of
Ua soeot-of lhe fire, Iud a large quantity ot oil BflBflfl
ia Ibe abeda of lhe blaadard Oil Comuanr. all of ?.... i,
(lt_itoia_.au.ra.. l.'iiHNI
lir.r_t u.tal. | .
waa ronsumod. Aa yet ther are unable atcnrately to
estlmate tbelr loaa, but believe It to be betwe-n |60,000
and 879,000. Tliey are fully iaatired.
A. H- im.mt :il-o (uul a quaiitliy of oll stored In (he
sh.-.ln wbich waa de?troyc<l, but the greater part of lnx
Atoek wa* renioved. Hia ioea I* fully cov.red by insur
auce.
The bulk-barge No. t, bclonirlng to lioatwiek fl Co .
which waa lylng In the flllp, aod In whioh tho fire ortgi
inited, waa totally deatroyed; aud bulk barge No. 5, the
property of the aame flrui, waa badly damagod by the
fl.ttno*. Tlie bcrgea Margaret Rarne*. Olobe, and flttirte
vant, all of whieh wero partly loaded wlth oll In b.trrcl*,
belonging to John U. BUnn'a City and River Rapid
Transratirtatlon Floet, were burned to tbe water's edge,
and flome of tbera are still bnrnlnir. Tbe followiug wero
towed away from the duck* adjaccnt to the flro before
thev had rcelved any damage : Bhlps Jeony, Oreclan,
and Tldal Wave,- barka Nora. T.-rey, PrudcntlB, aud
Oscar. Nuraerous llgbter* and otber small craft were
also removed from the neighborhood of tbe flre to placea
ofaafetr. The bulldingaof R W. Burke's EmplroOll
Works, frontlnjf on the flllp opposlte tbe Ilre, wero badly
icorohed; the lon*, bowever, waa flinall.
flflflfl, BKTKH'H KBMAIN* M)l ND.
At I p. m. aeveral Ilremen were throwlnn a atream of
water from bulk-barge No. 6 oo Ihe vesnels further down
tlie alip, when somo ot them thought they saw sotuo
tliitiK iu one corner of balk-barire No. S, in which the rt
ploslou took place, tbat reaembled the charred remalna
of a hiiinaii hflhflja A plank was liiiineiliaUJy put acrosa
to barge No. 6, two flremen erossed to it. and, upon re
moving the 8888-88, found Uiat it was the body of a
man burned to a erlsp. Tho body lay acrosa the bargo,
with tho head toward the north. The clothlng feafl boen
totally burned. Ouly the trunk <if iho body could be
fouud, the akiill, lege, and arms having been wholly
i-oiisumed. All the skin on the rlba and around tho
thlglis waa burned off, but piecca of roasted flesh still
adinied to tho splne, whioh waa next tbe deok. Tho
remalna were tenderly plic.-d on a door which had been
wrenehed off a shed near by for tbo pnrpose, and pollee
men carrlod them to a bulldlng ln tho vicinlty. Tli.no
who had known Capt. Meyer, and who clamored for ad
mlttance ln order to Ideutlfy the remains, were
not periultted by the officer guarding the remalna to
fl-nter, tho body having been dtsflgured by the flameg
iicyoml recogultion. Au opeu-faccd, Euglish lovor
sllver watch was found near the body, with aeveral
timall colini At one time it waa belleve.l that the tin
fortmntto Meyer bad b.-en reiteued by a BBBfl beforo he
w.ig Beiiously Injured, nnd by it convoyed acrosa the
river to Bflilevue Ilospltal, but the fliulnig of the watch
eonflrnied beyond a doubt the susplcion which had cu
Hred tho mitida of many that the remains were those of
the lato captain of bulk-barjfe No. 4, for lt waa lilentifled
as a tiuie-pit'ce which ho had carried when last *,.?< ,i,
Tlie <1( (-(it.ifl-d waa a Oerman, aud leave* a wife BBfl sev
eral eblldren ln Oreenpoiiif.
TIIE CAI'TAIS'S LAST BOVESTfl.
Ohflfl Cody of bulk-barice No. S etated M a Tmnr-iE
reporter yenterday that he was on board hM boat,
whieh fla ita al iie-iilc that ofJCapt. Meyer's, when the ex
|ilu-li)ii tonk pl u.-. He at paaa sprang on board of B88t
No. 6 to BaaMI in extlngtiiahlng tbe flain.-s, aud had
iinptif al mc hii'-kct of wat.-r ou tho ilre, and was Stoop
iut' to dip up a secoud one when he hear.l a cry of
augulsb, aml, turniua fBMtty, beheld Capt. Meyor lu
tlio eenter of flerce flames, which spread witli |888l
rapidity over tho oll888884 decka. He hira-ielf waa
(?(iini-eHcd M Iflfl M the wharven, as the flrerapldly
i-niniiiiiiiicateil to liis own and 11 other feSflM lu the
viuiiity. All of these boata, belng used ln tho oii traJc,
were .tatur.ited from dttck to keel with this hlifhly ln
fl.uuiiiable liquitl. Ho euid that Capt. Meyer had an
i-innty lauck-t in )ii.? Iiiiin], aud atood near thespot where
tfea remains were found. Ue de?cribed the spr*>ad of tho
flaines Ifersflflfe the bheds of the 8taudard Oii 08888881
aa like lightniiur.
LOBQ EEANCB.
GItAND RECErTION AND DALL FOR TIIE PORTLAND
(.IKFERKR*?AV r.NKHPECTED Nt'ISANCK.
EiOBB Brani ii, Aii)?. 5.?A prand reception,
8888881 and ball is to be given at Leland'e Ocean H>t<i
on Halurday evening, Au?r. 9, in aid of the sutTer-rs from
the Portland flre. I'resi.leui (irant wlll B8BBB tlie Com?
mittee of Arraiiitemeiit", whlah is composed of tho Gov
eruore of New-York and Nc-w-Jeraey, United State, Bena?
tor*. the leadlng Journali.'.ta of New-York and Philadel
phia, aud also the Mayor of tho latter city. together
with tho leadlug cottaiiers of IfeM place. It is BflflMMfl
thiit a very large amount wtll bo realized.
Theniyttteryaflitowh.it 8888888881 all the ol-l horses
seems near being solved, judging from the Indlcatioiin
as accn from the Rranch. During to-day from 20 to 30
i:in':iHH( ~ of dead horses have been discovered from the
pMaaaa of the hotels, floatlng along iu the sea near
tbe shore. They wero bloated and decaylmr. and the
uut uni of the ocean sent them rolllug baekwanl and for?
ward iu tlie surf, ono of the most dlngtiatlng sights it
win. poesible to sec. Durlug the entlre day 88188888181
this character were always iu slght from the beach, aud
there ts cousiderat.le cxcitoiinnt and lndignation ou tbo
part of the cottaif.TS and tftiests at the hote'n thU even?
ing. Bix carcasaes may be se>-u stranded on the
nhort walk from tho Oceau Hotcl to the Wt ,t
Kiiil, the waves dashing over them, and washltig
their iiniiiirlf.es along the aand. It ls not
probablo tbat the high tidc will bo sutllclent to dislodge
these bodii's, which ure In an advanced stauu of decoin
position, aud tliey will havo to bo buried to-morrow,
witli BBBB otliern as may bo washed asbore. Of course
bathlng wlll ue but .llithtly indtilged infor 6evcral days,
us tho prejudlces of tho people are somewhat against
diliiyiug horse-flcsh. Thero uro varlotta coujeoturea as
to where those bodiea camo frotn. Tho presenee of so
many at a timo seems to proelude the poaail.ility of their
having h88fl BBM atarhaaN from shlps, and tlie opinion
ls iilmost flBBMSfll tliat thev came from New-York, Jersey
(Ity, or Brooklyn. The <iuestion us M their eouiing,
however, ls not so lnipurtaut to tho people here as that
of tbelr goiug. ______________
IUE OI1IO DEMOCEJUC COEYBBTIOB.
[BT TILKOnArit TO THE flflfl?.j
CoLt'MBi'S, Atig. 5.?The Democratic State
Couvcntlon to-morrow wlll be made up ln a large degree
of men who have been aetive ln politlcs for some years,
and It wil! be the largest deleifate convention that the
Deuiocrata hava hold in Ohio since the war. I have aa
yet found l.ut a few delegatea who are tn favor
of nomlnatlug or ludorsing tbe tieket of the Feople's
Party Convention. The Hon. Bam W, Hunt of Clncin
natl wlll bo the tomporary rrosidcnt of the Con?
vention. Kx-8onator William Allon of Chiill
cotho wlll be nomiuated by acciamatton f?r
Oovernor, and he wlll aecept the nomination.
Uen. Cary, the Hon. Lewla D. Campbell, John A.
McMahon, Welllugton Btlllwcll, and M. A. Forau are
belng cauvas?ed to night for tho Lleutenant Governor
?hlp. The talk among the deleg-atea la that no publio
man In the Democratio party of Ohio Is eo itreat but
that he cau -allord to accept lhat nomination under the
leaderablp of Allen. The indicationa are that a strong
tieket tbronahout will be nomiuated. rreparation?
are in progrea* for a strong and vnrorou* canvaaa of the
Btato by tbe Democrats. aa well aa by the other partle?
that have alreadv put their tlcketd In the fleld. The
platform baa not yet beou formally agreed upon. but I
am a*fliired that tbe party wlll maintaln the advanced
poaltlon lt aasumed at Baltimore laat year.
[obbk-al raaaa i.iaraTtii ]
Columbl'8, Aug. 5.?The indicationa are that
the Btralitht-out Democratic Convention to-morrow will
be very large. There Invi been uo eouveutlun here for
yeara that ha* ahown aa many Democratic " wheti
hor-aea " aa are uow here. Karly ln the day there unirht
have been a few who BBBflfl for aid and eomfort for the
nominees of the People', Convention held Iaut week. but
a talk with the dt itgatc* put tbi* hope out of the BBBB
tnm. There ls a most i-i-r-i.tei,t deteniiluatioii toiguora
aud do all that la poaaible to wipe out all roniiectiou w ith
the Cuiiveution of laat week. Wm. Alien of Itoea
County, IiCWl* I). CanipiM-ll of Batler, Ji.hu McBweeney
of Worceater, and J. F. Oht) at Hatuilton have been
talked of for Oovernor, but atl BI8 out of the way except
Allen wlio wlll 1?- lii-iii'iiiit'-'l al thr he.id of the ll.ki-t
to-morrow by ue. lamation. The party leader* bare ?*
suranrea that Allen wlll accept, lf tho nomination ls
tinaiiliiious. Tuere Is little tulb of candidatea tor flub
nriliiiate 8BBM8, l.ut lf they wii 888884 lt la i|uite 88888,
bli-that eiiher M.-.Mweeiiey or Oflflf wlll be nomlnati'd
lot I... nl.-Li.tiiI (iovertiur.
... Baroabaa M. K'oli, tt-., Ca.ll ?< turoi !-:e!f.i>f, Ma.,
mtuxrir.' ai..l ...| .? n- , .a.:.r.. I* I'.rtl.i.t .. I
rntigti I* lr.*V vMtol'alianar. Ilwr, li-^Wl Ih ilfl*. -?- - ' i? wt ? ib
aiiB.it i.l. aai ia au; raa. ih.tn.il auu, flflfl aul tn aiaal, Ht-ulJ ba..
U.iu bruafltl X* tmottt Ika or ,t'ly.
ANOTHER RA1I) ON ERIE.
HTOCK-JOBBLVG EXTRAORDrVAUY.
TURK.K FICT1T10U8 8LTT8 TO BB IIR'.CIIT IM niB
" UF.A lt" INTERK-i T-ILLBGAL ACTH OFTHE II4BJ4K N V
DIRBCTORS ALUEOF.D? rKOCBKDINOS TO THRCW
TIIK COM. ANY INTO BANKRCPTt Y-TIIR MOB
H_V0l NC1.1) AS MOCK-JOMlINO M()VFM_.-TS.
For somo dayB past statements of a startlitir
character have bo-n in cireulation in Wali st rt
garding tbe Krie Railway and its prospects, wbuh.
if correct, would sei-m to indieato that tliis Ua
toric road is about to enter upon anoth* i
era of hitbr litigation and aerimofiious eontrov, rsv
Theso stateineiits, whii h were numoroiis and varied
were to the effect tliat a series of lawsuite wero
about to be begun against tho Krie Railway Com
pauy hy pBBBMB who claimed to have beeu injur. <1
by un alleged violation of official trust s on the part.
of the present administration, and by non-fulihl
ment of its cootracta with other corpornf ions.
Cloee in.iuiry and investigation B_8_fli the in?
formation that tho most important of theso
guits would bo brought hy stockhoblei.
of the Company, and by boudholders of a railroad,
a portion of whoso securities bad ln88 guurautod
by the Erie. Diligent applieation for the f.-nts waa
met hy statemotits tbat tho lirst suit would la
brougbt by a hoider of a certain amount of tho
Coinmoa stock, aml tho seeond hy an owner of tho
Erie preferrcd stock. Theso suits. it w.is aflfBBftaJ,
would bo brought almost imm.-diately, tho c?m
plaints in tbe preferred suit to charge tbat tbo Bl .<?
directora bad violated tha dutiea of their olhco
by issiiiug bonds, the procecda from tbe salo
of wbich had heen applied to tbo payment of Iha
Iaal dividond ou the common stock. Tbe prefern ?'
stockholders declared tliat tbis proceeiling was iii.
gal, inasmnch as the preferred stock was entif led t..
an antiual dividond of seven par rent, wbiob must
bopaid before any divideud could be paid on the
common stock.
Tho third suit, however, was to he the BBBfl im?
portant of all. It was b, ho a formal d.-111:1ml 88-818
tho courts for the adjudicationof thfl Lue Railway
Company as a bankrupt, for the nonpayinent at its
obligations. lhe nece.sity tor this, it waa t******\
had grown out of the Erie's NfBBh. to pay tht*
interest on the bonda of tbe B88B8B. Ifait
ford and Erio Railroad whicli it Iud guaranteed.
Several prominc-nt lawyers had heen motitioued ah
having beon retained by tbe coniplainants, among
them being David Dudley Field. ex-Judgo Full.r
ton, and Aaron J. Vanderpoel. Iixjuiry, _*****,
failed to connect David Dudley Field with tbe liti?
gation, but ex-Judge Fullerton and Mr. V**at****f** I
are identified with the movemeut.
For tho purpose of ohtaiuing some information a
reporter of The Trimnk called or, Mi. Vatnlorpni 1
nnd asked him rolativo to these suits. Mr. f****** r
poel said be had hoard rumors of tbe?e suits for tho
past ten days. Hfl deelinod to givo any ta-BBBBB8BBB
roliitivo to the matter. Whatever suits of tbis na
tuie might bo proposed or intended .they 8088888
in such shape as to he made public now. Mi. $88.
derpoel added tbat if any such suits were brought
by bim they would bo ins titutf.l fm lus ellanB ia
gaad fiiith, and imt as stook-jobbing op.rations.
He might havo something to tell Ifl dav or to
morrow, but ooubi not iiromise witli eiTt.ut.ty.
Ex-Ju,lge Fullerton was next applied tfl for in?
formation, but be declared that he bad BOtllBg to
impart aa yet.
S. L, M. Harlow, counsol for the Ftio Railway
Cotnpany, said that he know nothing of t.he pflajM t, i
suits. witb tbe exceptiou of the preferred suit,
This latter suit had been agifatcd for aix months
past, aud was simp/y absitrd. Bfl chara. tori/ed tho
projected suits as stock-jobbing uianeuvers for tbe
purpose of doprossing the priee of Krie, so as i.?
enahle the "bears" to cover tbo "shorts'' at 8
profit.
Efforts were made to ascertain the BBBBB ofthe
prinoipals in the suit', but without effect. tbe pre
liminarios not having been sullkienrly advain** tt
allow of their publioation.
Jay Gould having heen BMBtfaBflJ as a p-irfv to
theprnjected suits, was applied to for infonnation.
Hesaid that he had hoard of tlnse suits some BBBM
since through a frit.-nd, and IflUaTfld tli.it they would
be carried through, but personally he was Bflfl 188
uoctod with them.
As rauob of Erie's later and B-Mllfal bJfltorj i-4
oonnectod with tho Boetnn. Hartfonl BBd Erie Rail
road, a fevv wnnls deseriptivo of that road tn.iv
not prove uninteresting. Tbe Boston, Hartford
and Eno was orgauized for tim purpose of
opening a tbrough railroad frnm Boston to
tho Iludson River, and was t? lntludo
tho Norfolk County, the Hartford, P___Ba_a
and Fisbkill Railroads and tbe 881888888 Bi the lat?
ter by new constructions. According t*> tha ;,ile_t
tiotisof a eoniplaiiit in tbe intermina_a Krie litiga?
tion, it would aaaaaa tbat it was tho determination
of the projectors of the Hosf.ui, Hartford aml
Erio Railroad to build tbis road and BBBB8
tho Erio pay a. much as pflflfltHfl for
its construction. With this ol.ject 11, view,
John S. Eldridge, tho then President and priiieipal
promoter of the Boston, Hitrtford and Erie, witb
tbo aid of confederates in tho Hoard of 1>irectors of
tho Erie Railway Company, mauaged to 881818
stock aud proxiea enough to eontrol tbe annii.il
el.ction of tho latter corporation. 1,'pou tbe
organtzation of his Board ho was BBBflafll
I'rosideut of Erie, Alexaud.-r S. Diveti,
Vice-Preaident, and Daniel Drew, Treaeurer.
Almost the first act of this direction was tbe ratifi
cutionofa contract between the Erie aud Boston,
Hartford and Erio whereby tbe former waa to
guarantee $5,000,000 of tho seven per eent
flrst mortgage bonda of tho latter corpo?
ration falling duo in !_->. Tbe inU-rost
on these bonds was paid for a sliort time. but pay?
ment finally stopped and was never resumed. It im
upon this default that tho b.inkruptry proceedingn
will be instituk-d. The linancial affairs ofthe Bos?
ton. Hartford and Erie Railroad 8888888 bad. and
rapidly grew worse. until finally the trustoes. under a.
first mortgage of $30,000,000, exeeuted Marcb 19, lb4_l.
foreclosed and reorganized the corporation in th?
interest of the Erie Railway Company, under tho
title of the New-York aud Now-England Railroail
Couipauv. Fredorick A. I.ane, who waa the Pre_i
deut of tho Boston, Hartford and Erie corporation
at tbe time, refused, however, to rccognize the re
organization. He reaigned the pseudo f***\f***f
ut tho corporation, however, but went tbrough
tho farce of having John Rooney, an employ- iu hi?
offlce. elected President. With a view of asccrtain
ing what President Rooney had to say upon the . uh
jectof tho Erie guarantee of the B, ston. Hartford
and Erio bonds, he waa waited upon by a Thiblnb
reporter.
Mr. Rooney said that in .Tanusry. IW*. the Erio
Railway Company guaraiitecd bonds of tho Boston
Hartford and Erie road to the amount of $5,(*00,(K10
for the purpose of auling the latter odinpany 111 tbo
construction of ita road. 'Ibe interest 011 tbe
bomls waa promptly paid hy tho Erie Coin
0889 nntil lato in llwW, wh.-n thoy refnm-d to mako
furttier pav inetits of auy of these lialuliri, __ Suita
wen- IflgBBO) various jktsoiib, and in the eaae of Van -
dfrh.lt uguiu'st tbo Erie Railway to 1888881 int,-r. -
ou some of these bonds in the Soprenie Court about
B jraafl sgo, ho 88H8V8i that the Judge de. id,st
that as thu Company had guarauU*ed the bonds it
was rcsiion. iblo for all interest ac-Uiuulating ou
th.-m. A law ver of Ihis city had recontly call. d
ni ..ii him, and, during tbeir oenveraation, had Bien
tioned that bo waa employed by three peraona wbo
were thiuking aeriously ol inatitutiug suita amuust
tho Cot_i>a_y to recover iutereat ou aome of th__
hoiids. Mr. Rooney aaid that although he did uot
know positivcly. he belleved suits * this natuiu
11 ? 1 ti soon lu lie liruught against tlie Company.
All the le.ithiig persous nit.-i.sU.l iu Erie ara
eagerly awaiting tlie arrival of Jamee MoHenry. tba
prineiual representative and mauiptilator of Ena
abrn-Al. He is cxpt-'tt*d lo arrive h4-re (rmii lxiiidua
aboal ttu- 1111.bile of HepU-Ultu-r. lt is .nuU-__-_
tbat uuporuuit evouu will follow bm aaival