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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-08

THE Political CAMPAIGN In VIRGINIA.
The Abingdon Virginia and Lynchburg Re
publican CONSERVATIVE agree that the conser-
vative candidate for Governor of Virginia
'sshould be chosen because he is the man for
the times; has the requisites for success
ability, honesty and merit; not because he
aspires to the position, nor because of any in
dividual claims, real or imaginary, which he
or his friends may choose to assert" No
matter what section such candidate may
hail from, the Republican thinks that one
with the above qualifications will sweep
the State by an immense majority. The cam
paign for the gubernatorial nominations is be-
coming quite interesting in the "Old Do
minion'
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The Board of Directors at Montreal have
accepted the terms of Sir Hugh Allen for the
construction of the Canada Pacific Railway.
Assuming that this contract means business
we shall have within a few years four trans
continental railroads north of our Mexican
boundary-the Canadian, and our Northern,
Union Central, and Southern Pacific roads
And there will be scope and verge enough for
them oil, for each of these lines is so far sepa-
rated from the next that each will have great
section of the country to itself between the
longitudinal line of the Mississippi River and
the Pacific Ocean, and each will have its own
settlements and trade to build up en- route and
some advantages of its own on the Pacific
Coast.
The Union Central Pacific, the pioneer line,
is doing q business which ought to pay hand
somely; the Northern Pacific on the eastern
division, is in operation to Bismarck, far up
the Missouri River, and on the western side it
is making good Roadway. The Southern Pa
cifc, upon which they are at work actively,
having the shortest route and easiest grades,
will probably be finished before the Northern
Pacific, or within the next three years. The
Canadian road-well, we must wait till they
actually break ground upon it before we can
enter into any conjectures as to the probable
time of its completion. We have no doubt,
however, that Sir Hugh Allen is in earnest
and means to build the road.
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niniOn

The FAMOUS FRENCH DuEL-M. DE Cas-
sAeNAc WOUNDED. BY telegram from Paris we
are informed of the fact that MN. Ranc and
De Cassagnac, having eluded the vigilance of
the police, met in deadly combat yesterday
morning. They fought on the neutralized
territory of Luxembourg. M. de Cassagnac was
wounded, dangerously it is said, and M. Ranc
becomes, in consequence, the politico-legisla-
tive and fashionable celebrity of the hour.
The causes which excited more Immediately to
the hostile meeting are set forth in our col
umns to-day, as are also the more prominent
events in the public career of the combatants.
The latest dispatches from the field report that
NJ Ranc was also wounded
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-08

The MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
yesterday, ON the valuation of city property,
was, from its discussions on the subject, cal
culated rather to discourage than to gladden.
the hearts of the taxpayers. What the per-
centage of the years assessment is to be
seems still to be very doubtful We have been
led to believe that it would be only two and a
half per cent; but Supervisor McCafferty says
that, instead of this, it has been increased to
six per cent. But the matter has been referred
to the Committee on Annual Taxes and Assess
ments, and perhaps they may make it some
thing less than six per cent. Otherwise, il
city retrenchments result only in the suspen.
sion Of city improvements, with on increase Of
taxation, we should prefer another programme
Of city reform.
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The United States and Mexican Claims
Com issfOn.

Com missi0n.
The deadlock in adjusting the claims be-
tween the United States and Mexico, in con-
appointed for that purpose having expired,
has been removed by q renewal of the treaty
and extension of time The new Mexican
Commissioner to prosecute the work has ar
rived, and, therefore, it is expected the bust
ness of examining claims will be resumed at
an early day. A most curious feature about
the Mexican claims against the United States,
and one very characteristic Of Mexican charac-
ter and policy, is the magnitude and number
of alleged losses or damages brought forward
against our government There have been
presented nine hundred and afty-eight claims.
guess Of the one hundred and fifty acted
upon, and for which awards have been made
to the amount of eighty-six thousand dollars,
the Mexicans claimed the modest sum of nearly
twenty-five millions. At this rate Mexico
would claim over q hundred millions
tory and all in it are not worth that
sum. Besides, the alleged depredations
were made for the most part by Mexi-
can Indians, and not by our Indians or
citizens. We hope our government or
Commissioner will not be influenced in the
least by such enormous and unfounded claims,
which are made, evidently, as set-off to the
Just ones of the United States. Mexico owes
this country large debt of gratitude for pre-
serving her national integrity; but she does
not show it in these monstrous and groundless
claims. While the government and people of
the United States desire to be generous to the
neighboring Republic they cannot tolerate
such pretensions or allow our peaceable citi-
zens on the border to be despoiled without
compensation. The set-off of bogus and alb
surd claims will not do.
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England and Spain in Mr.. O'KeIly's
Case-His Release Probable.

Case-His Release Probable.
After having passed more than three months
within the walls of Spanish prisons Mr..
OKelly, the HERALD commissioner to the
Island of Cuba, finds himself to-day as far
from trial as ever. During oil this time he
has remained in ignorance of the charges to
be preferred against him, and never has been
for moment certain but that by some bar
barous freak of drunken soldier or rash
official he might lose his life without time to
utter a protest It is curious indeed, that the
government which claims his allegiance
should, contrary to it's habit, submit to this
prolonged outrage upon one of it's subjects.
England has with some reason boosted
hitherto of the protection which she affords to
those who have right to stand beneath her
flag Why she has borne with this insult
from an insignificant Power whose very exist
ence she is studious not to recognize is mys-
ferrous. 1t will be declared shameful neglect
of imperative duty that England has permit
ted Mr.. O'Kelly to be dragged around from
prison to prison and subjected to indignity
after indignity without charge being stated
or the semblance of what even the greatest
felon could demand-a trial. 1t is an ex-
traordinary Lapse from high position among
the nations which England has permitted her.
self to suffer in this matter.
As far as the Spaniards are concerned, Mr..
OKelly seems to be rs great white elephant
on their hands in Spain as in Cuba. Having
arrested him without cause, and solely be-
cause he trusted in that predetermined thing
the honor of Spaniard-they have not been
able to discover means of Kidding them
selves Of his presence which would consort
with their ideas of what is due to Spanish
pride. Having erred in Cuba, the stupid
spirit of hidalgoism prevents them from
being just in Spain. We are informed
from Madrid that the Colonial Min
lister has ordered Mr. O'Kelly's removal
thither, and that there appear to be
good grounds for expecting his release.
The poverty of power in the hands of the
Spanish government may be some excuse for
inability to put down the Cuban and Carlist
rebellions, but it does not justify the detention
of prisoner whose impartiality and neu-
trality have been proved Deeds such as the
prolongation of Mr.. O Kelly's Imprisonment
are of those that weigh most heavily against the
honor of Spain, against her chances Of being
recognized as civilized Power in the world
There is now no fear that the Spanish govern
ment will attempt to take the life Of our faith
full commissioner; it seems probable even that
he will be released without the farce of trial
of which we have heard 80 much; but the
dishonor Of every hour Of his imprisonment
will fall upon Spain in proportion as she
is believed amenable to the laws of any
thing higher than savagery. His speedy re-
lease is the only act of reparation in the power
of the Spanish government 1t can afford
to swallow what remains of false pride in his
regard and get difficulty out of its very
difficult way by setting him free.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-08
TRIPL e S III e E T.
THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY.
TO-Day'S Contents of the
Herald.

''THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE is 1T CONsIS
TENT WITH TRUE REPUBLICANISMr THE
DANGER OF CESARlSM'-EDITORIAL
LEADERSHIP PAGE
ANOTHER STEAMSHIP STRIKES ON THE
ROCKS NEAR SAMBROl THE VESSEL A
TOTAL LOSS, BUT ALL THE PASSENGERS
AND STORES SAvED-SEvENTH PAGE.
SIR SAMUEL BAKER's UP-NILE EXPEDITION
GREAT SUCCESS BY WATER TO UJlJI!
LAKES TANGANYIKA AND ALBERT NY
ANA VAST INLAND sEA-SEvENrH PAGE.
A KuIvAN TOWN FIRED AND DESTROYED BY
THE RUSSIANSl PERSIAN SLAVES RE-
LEASED IN KHIvA-SEvENTH PAGE.
MR. OKELLY STILL SPANISH PRISONER!
HE is ORDERED TO BE CONVEYED TO
MADRID THE POSSIBILITIES OF HIS RE-
LEASE AND REASONS FOR DELAY-SKv.
ENTH PAGE.
CARLlST OCCUPANCY OF THE CITY OF vlCH!
REFORMS FOR CUBA-IMPORTANT GEN
ERAL NEWS-SEvENTH PAGE.
OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CUBAN WAR AND
OF THE OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT OF THE
SPANISH FORCESl "NDUCEMENTS" Of
FERED TO CHIvALROUS FOREIGNERS In
MADRID-THIRD PAGE.
GONE AND THE PAPACY THE SOVEREIGN
PONTIFF IN EXCELLENT HEALTH "ORA
EFT LABORA" THE VATICAN MOTTO THE
CURSED BY THE CLERGYi BISMARCK'S
THREAT GARIBALDl SPEAKSi THE
SHAH'S OUTLANDISH wAYS-rHIRD PAGE.
FRENCH AFFAIR OF "HoNORw M. DE CAS-.
SAGNAO WORSTED IN THE DUEL WITH
n. RANC PROMINENCE OF THE MEN
AND WHY THEY FOUGHT-SEvENTH PAGE.
THE SHAFTS TOUR VALUABLE PRESENTS
MADE IN ENGLAND THE FRENCH
ASSEMBLY HONORs THE GUEST OF THE
NATION-THE ENGLISH BANK FORGERS
NDICTED-SEvENTH PAGE.
POOR CARL KUSTNERi INQUIRY INTO THE
LATEST HOBOKEN HORRORi MOST
ESTlMABLE GENTLEMAN, WHO CARRIED
TOO MUCH MONEY! HIS LIFE STORY
TENTH PAGE
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM wAsHINGTON-Po
LICE RECONNAISSANCE PAGE.
OUR SUMNER SUBURB LONG BRANCH So
CIETY AND ITS PRINCIPAL NEED THE
DIPLOMATISTS' sECLUSION THE RACE
MEETING-FoURTH PAGE.
AN EAST SIDE CHOLERA BREEDERi NOUN
TAIN OF MANURE AS CAUSE OF WAR!
DEODORIZING AND REMOVING TIE FILTHY
MASSjFIFTH PAGE.
CHILLY BRUCE" ESCAPES FROM 'sDURANCE
vILEw FEMALE VISITORS TO THE TOMBS
AIDING A HOTEL THIEF HIS REMARK
ABLE CAREER AND DARING ESCAPE
FOURTH PAGE
THE EXECRABLE CRIME OP "DR.n ROSENS-
WEIG THE MURDERER OF ALICE AUGUSTA
BOWLSBY PROVIDED WITH SAFEGUARDS
BY THE BEFUDDLED ALBANY SOLONS
UNDER WHICH LAW SHALL HE BE
TRIEDf-FIFTH PAGE
ON THE CATSKILLS GRANDLY PICTURESQUE
GROUPINGS OF NATURES BEAUTIES
OVERLOOK MOUNTAIN AS A SUMMER
BREATHING PLACE-FoURTH PAGE.
-PERvIsOR McCAFFERTY OUTLAWS THE
MAYOR! THE TAX ROLLS OF THE NINE
TENTH WARD AS THE POINT D'APPUI!
A HEATED DISCUSSION-THE ALDERMANIC
STANDSTILL-FIFTH PAGE
|LETHES WHARF" THE DISMAL SWAMP OF
FLORIDAl LAKE OKEECHOBBE EX-
PLOREDi A REMARKABLE CRUISE-THE
SIXTEENTH STREET STABBING-NINrH
PAGE
STOCKS PROMISING A WALL STREET FLUT-
TERI THE BUSINESS DONE IN THE vARl-
Gus EXCHANGES YESTERDAY-REAL ES-
TATE-BROOKLYN LOCAL AND MUNICH
PAL ITEMS-EIGHTH PAGE.
THE SUMNER .'GREEN ROOM" OF OUR
ARTISTES OF THE STAGEi HOW THE
MULTUM IN PARvO CLUB LENDS WINGS
TO TIME-FoURTH PAGE.
THE COURTS-MRS. RICHARD TWEED'S FUNE-
RAL-FIFTH PAGE
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In Nashville.

NASHVILLE, July !, 1878.
The total number of deaths sunday was twelve.
OF which seven were from cholera. The total num-
Der of deaths to-day was four, none Of which were
from cholera.
special despatch from Chattanooga reports
thirty deaths there during the last forty-eight
hours, fifteen of which were from cholera,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-08

The RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IN THE KmvAN TER
nIroRY have liberated ten thousand Persians
who were held as slaves by the Khan and his
officers. Many OF the freedmen have claimed
the protection Of the Gar. This is rather q
novel r6k for Russia, but an exceedingly pru-
dent one under present circumstance
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Buffalo shaken.

BUFFALO, N. Y, July 7, 1873.
Another shock Of earthquake occurred at si1
O'Clock this morning. The only damage done by
the shocks of yesterday was the throwing down
of chimney In the centre Of the city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-08
EARTHQUAKES,

Rumbiings at Jamestown, N. Y.
JAMESTOWN, N. Y, July Z, 1878.
At about twenty minutes past nine O'Clock on
Saturday morning shock OF earthquake was dis.
tinctly felt, causing breaking of crOckery, throw
ing picture frames from the walls, &c. The occur.
renee causes considerable excitement here.
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tuo ieSSono OF 100 nave az ihSL come 70 Irui'
ton. This is the logical result of French
history and the politics of French statesmen
from the rise of Mirabeau to the fall of Theirs.
What France teaches us now, and what we
should be swift to learn, is, that perfect freedom
is only to be found in a nation where the gov
eminent is thoroughly and constantly subordi-
nate to the popular will
The spirit of Cesarism was exactly the re-
verse of this C@ear was necessary to Rome.
So let Cesar be crowned Cromwell was the
saviour of England. So let him reign for life
as Lord Protector and his children in his
stead. Napoleon was the supreme genius of
French valor and military skill. So let him
be Emperor of France and King of Italy, and
let his brothers and sisters reign also,
that his glory may be full. We
call this Csesarism, and we do not
at all see how it differs from the spirit that
would renominate General Grant because the
Country needs his services" Are we not to
suppose that the services of General Grant are
at the command of the country, whether he is
in the White House or private gentleman on
his Missouri farm2 And if General Grant is
an indispensable President, are we capable of
self-government2 If any man is Indispensable
the sooner we throw our constitution into the
sea and return under the sceptre of Victoria
the better for our peace. For the lesson we
have not learned has been learned in England.
In that country Parliament has control over
the government. The control is not as direct
and simple as that exercised in France by the
Assembly, and there are many forms and
offices in the English government that might
be avoided; but the spirit is alive and grows
with each advance of the English liberal
party. No man has had any marked domi-
nance in England since the time of MARI
borough. The elder Pitt and Wellington
came nearer to Marlborough, but none of these
men were as strong as General Grant is to-day,
as Lincoln, Jefferson and Jackson were in
their day.
The spirit which made Jefferson-but more
especially Jackson and Lincoln-so puissant
was only form Of the Cesarism which is
making itself power in our politics. In those
days the people were not as susceptible to its
influence as now. Strange things have oc-
CURED in America; the public tone has be-
come lowered; Congressman have grown rich
from bonds and subsidies which they
voted out Of the Treasury; a company Of
thieves have held New York under their hands
and robbed it Of millions; forgery and per.
jury have become political accomplishments,
and seats in the Senate are bought with
money, as the purple of the Caesars was bought
when the Pr@torian Guards were in power. We
have no Prmtorian Guards, it is true; but the
men of whom Mr.. Colfax may be regarded as
the most prominent example-the Prmtorian
Guards of the republican party-have made
C@sarism possible in our time, and have COM
PEELED us to open an issue with the people
which has not had its parallel in gravity since
the foundation Of the government.
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THE SHAH OF PERSIA, Nassr-ed-Din, is evil
IDENTIFY lineal descendant of Aladdin, and is
bound to maintain the honor of the family as
q rich and generous prince. Before leaving
London, it is said, he dispensed eight thousand
dollars to the servants OF Buckingham
Palace and twelve thousand dollars to the
policemen who were stationed there during
his occupation of the house. At this rate his
excursion fund Of twenty-five millions will be
considerably reduced by the time he gets back
into his Summer palace OF Teheran.
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CHOLERA IN THE WEST.
In Cincinnati.


Seven deaths from cholera were reported at tho
Health office to-day.
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MEMPHIS July 7, 1873.
There were twenty-five interments to-day, only
three OF which were from cholera
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ANOTHER OCEAN STEAMSHIP LosT.-The In
man steamship City of Washington went
ashore on Gull Rock bar, seventy miles west
near Cape Sable, on Saturday afternoon, in a
dense fog. Fortunately, no lives were lost
Had this disaster occurred at night, as on the
occasion when the Inflated Atlantic struck
Mars Head, near Cape Sambro, there is a
probability that we should have had similar
tragedy 10 record. The fogs in the Bay Of
Fundy, west of Cape Sable are proverbial for
their density, and many q gallant vessel has
met her fate on that dangerous point Of land.
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The CHOLERA has so far abated in Nashville
that the Robertson Association, volunteer
sanitary society, which has devoted itself to
the relief of sufferers from the disease, has
been disbanded, and many physicians have
been dismissed who were engaged by the
authorities to wait upon cholera patients
among the poor. But in disappearing from
the city the disease has broken out in the
towns and villages of the surrounding coun-
try, and in Murfreesboro and other places in
that direction it prevails to an alarming ex-
tent 1t thus appears that the epidemic has
made Nashville q base of operations, from
which, having conserved its available mate
rails there, it is diffusing itself on all sides
into the neighboring towns and counties.
Starting from New Orleans, the disease in its
progress up the Mississippi has visited Mem
phis and other points along the river up to its
junction with the Ohio at Cairo, from which
point it has pursued the line of the main
stream to St. Louis, and the Ohio to Louisville
and Cincinnati, and, rumor says, to Pittsburg,
At all events the cholera, as an epidemic,
starting from New Orleans up the Mississippi,
is moving, by the line of the Ohio, eastward
and our city authorities will be guilty of a
gross neglect of most important duty if,
pooh-poohing suggestions Of danger, they
remain inactive and console themselves with
the delusion that there is no cholera as an
ov,;dap,ic in tho countrv
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Sir Samuel Bakers Succcss-The Great
Inland Sea.

The HERALD special dispatches from Khar-
toum, at the junction Of the Blue and White
Niles, respecting the triumph of Sir Samuel
Baker in his expedition to the Equa-
tor, contain, in addition to some particu-
lars respecting the plan of government
and military occupation of the country,
information regarding the great lake system
of Central Africa which will prove of absorb
ing interest to geographers. Sir Samuel, it
appears, contends, on what grounds we have
not yet learned, that Lake Albert Nyanza is
one and the same sheet Of water as that known
further to the south as Lake Tanganyika. He
illustrates this further by the statement that
ships may be launched above Murchison's
Falls and navigated to Ujiji. If this be true,
by garrisoning and strengthening the terri
tory already annexed to Egypt, the power of
the Khedive might be felt far down the centre
of the Continent, with Lake Tanganyika as
base of operations It looks like the repeti-
ton of Russia's role in Central Asia from
many points of view.
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THE SUCCESS OF THE LONG BRANCH RACES,
which opened gloriously on the glorious
Fourth, at Monmouth Park, is encouraging
to those who believe in the popularization of
wholesome sport. To-day, the second of the
meeting, promises to stamp the idea Of
admitting the masses free TO the race
course with seal of approval which will,
we trust, induce other proprietors of racing
grounds 70 throw their gates open to the pub
lie without let or hindrance. The fine spec
tacle of running race is one that must be
enjoyed by tens of thousands of human beings
before it reaches the scenic acme. There
is always plenty of unoccupied room
on racecourse which might as
well bs dedicated to the use of those who
cannot pay admission fees as left untenanted.
There is good programme on to-days card.
We hope the racing will justify expectation,
and that the weather may be as fine as
yesterday,
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WOODS MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thrtieth st.
Pom Afternoon and evening.
The Van Buren press., 1873-05-13
POE T RY.
From the Philadelphia North American.
The Brides Farewell.

FAREWELL my dearest mothes. Tam going from thee
now
But tear is in mine eye, and shadow on my brow
And a heavy weight of sorrow is resting onmy heart
As from thy watchfu tenderness must forever part
Oh dearly have loved thee, and dearly love thee
still, :,
And to lifos latest hour that love my heart shall
fill;
Oh may thy memory keep me unspotted from the
world.
Farewell, my Loving sisters for many happy years,
We have shared each other pleasures, ana drled
And now our paths arc parted, and We never, never
Can live and love together as in those days of yore
Bat, oh those blissful moman's will never be for
Whatever else may alter the heart time ohange
And we'll you know my love for you will always be
the same,
Though have another homestead and bear another
name,
Farewell; my own dear brother, wherever may be,
My heart will fondly cherish f" sweet memories Of
thes,
OF our happy, happy childhood, when side by side
Der many sunny meadow, through many mossy
glade.
Oh it pain. my hoart to leave you in the pleasant
time of spring,
When the buds begin to open and the birds are on
the wing;
When each note in natures music and each gale that
fans my brow.
Bring back those joyous hours that gone for ever
now.i
Tho love I've freely given do not once regret,
And trust fer many, many years shall be happy
yet;
That when time has left his shadow upon my eyes
and brow,
He will love me then as truly as | know he loves me
now.
But oh you will not wonder that mine eye should
dim with tears,
As | bid adeu for ever to the joys Of childhood S
years
That though with deeper melody my trembling heart
springs,
Still memories Of by gone hours will quiyer on the
strings.
Farewella a long sad farewell, say to each and
And may Heavens richest blessings forever on you
And should through my native land and foreign
countries roam,
My heart with yesrning fondnes, will ever turn to
home.
And sometimes when the twilight hour has closed
the cares of day,
know you'll think and talk other who II then be
far away,
And when around the altar you kneel for evening
prayer, ,
Oh Mother Sisters. Brothers do not forget me there!
H. y. :.