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Show GENERAL. Criticizing tlie Treaty of Waihiug-tou. Waihiug-tou. New York, 12. The Tribune's Washington special says that there are very few who criticize the treaty of Washington as a whole, but there are some points which will arise in debate, and they will relate principally to the articles which provide for the settlement t)f the claims of British subjects. Considerable Con-siderable surprise is expressed by Sumner Sum-ner and one or two others, that the American commissioners did not insist that Great Britain should submit a schedule of the claims of her subjects, so that it might be definitely known of what kind they are, and what is their amount and that they will not include any of these to which the American public will object. Granville's Gran-ville's letter to Lord Lyons about the claims of British subjects in France has been oil ed, to show that there is no occasion to fear that they will be large; but the reply to this assurance is, that we are not sure that England will abide by these precedents; and that it would have been much mores satisfactory to have these points definitley settled in the treaty itself. To show that these claims may be very considerable in amount, it is said $1,500,000 are involved in-volved in the case of Peter Hoffman, who was caoti'red in in Rio Del Xorte and condemned. The Mace-Coburn Fiasco Erie, Pa., 12. The fight yesterday between Mace and Coburn was inter rupted, in the first round, by the militia, and was therefore undecided. The ring was pitched at Hay Creek, about two and a half miles from Port Dover, Canada. The principals left bine about 2 o'clock yesterday morning, morn-ing, Mace on the propeller Winona. and Coburn on the New York, 'i'hey arrived off Hay Creek about 7 o'clock, but it was three hours before the ex-curtionists ex-curtionists had all landed, for the beach was shoal and there were but four yawls with which to land two thousand people. About an hour was then consumed in pitching the ring, and selecting referee. Barney Aaron was master of ceremonies. At six minutes past eleven o'clock, Coburn "shied his castor" into the ring. He was received with hearty applause. Five minutes later, Mace threw his white hat over the ropes, and immediately entered the arena. His appearance was the signal for cheers by his adherents. Mace's seconds were Jim Cusick and Jerry Donovan, and Coburn's, Billy Dwyer and. Tony Gorghan. Alderman Mc.Mullen, of Philadelphia, was chosen for referee, but just before the commencement of the fight, he appeared in the ring and declined serving. Dick Hollywood, of Indianapolis, was then chosen for that position. Money was offered on Mace even, but there were no takers. Mace won the choice and took the west corner. cor-ner. At precisely twelve o'clock the parties faced each other over the scratch, and went through the customary custom-ary formal hand-shake. Both appeared in fine condition, Mace a trifle fleshier of the iwo, but in weight there was probably not the difference of five pounds either way. Both looked confident. con-fident. The men approached each other cautiously; and neither seemed disposed to hazard the first blow, Co- burn gradually yielded to Mace's ng-gressivo ng-gressivo movements, and retired to Iim. corner. Muco did not follow th challenger closely, but returned re-turned and Mood closo by tho Kcratch. Shortly the jeering of tho crowd brought Joe from his comer, and tlio men faced each other again. Joo then backed to his corner a second time as before, without a blow, and Muco roturncd to the scratch. Thcto tactics were repented re-pented nine times, until an hour and twelve minutes elapsed without a single sin-gle blow being passed by cither party. It was evidently Coburn's dodgo to enlico his antagonist over to his corner where the mob had collected in great force, but the Englishman refused to follow him more than four feet beyond the scratch. Twelve minutes past one o'clock, before tho round ended, the Canadian authorities, represented by Judge Wilson and Edmund Deeds, sheriff of Norfolk county, rushed into the ring, read the riot act and ordered the assemblage to disperse, or be fired on by the militia. The militia, numbering num-bering about tixty men, under command com-mand of Colonel Terisdale, were drawn up in line about tweuty rods away, armed with loaded rifles, and the mob began to disperse at once. No arrests were made. Whilo Judge Wilson was ordering the crowd to disperse, some clever thief relieved him of his watch. The referee reserved his decision until un-til to-day, and the whole party adjourned ad-journed to the boats. It was quite late in the evening before the whole party had re-assembled, and the boats bearing Mace and Coburn did not arrive ar-rive in the city till a late hour this morning. The referee has decided that the men must fight it out within two weeks, and it is stated that some point near New Orleans is decided on for the place of meeting. The sympathy sym-pathy of the crowd was decidedly with Mace, and bets are freely offered that Coburn will never dare to meet him in the ring, but they are not taken. Later. The referee has decided the fight shall come off in three weeks from to-day, at Kansas city, Mo. Senate Special Session. Washington, 12. The committee on foreign relations held an adjourned meeting at two o'clock to day, continuing continu-ing till 12 m. Assistant Secretary Davis was before the committee to finish his explanation of the treaty. The Senate met at 12 o'clock. Immediately Im-mediately after assembling and reading the journal of Wednesday, it went into executive session. Attention was called in the Senate to the premature publication of the treaty, and there was a spirited debate on that subject. An investigation has been ordered. Cameron stated that the committee on foreign relations will not be ready to report the treaty until Monday next, at 11 o'clock, to which hour the Senate adjourned. The committee to investigate the premature publication of the treaty, consists of Carpenter, Conkhng, Trumbull, Trum-bull, Davis and Sumner. Much indignation in-dignation was expressed by some of tue Senators at what they considered a violation of the privilege of the Senate. The officers of the Senate this morn ing confidentially distributed among the hitherto unsupplied members of that body, officially printed copies of the treaty. Won't Flglit. Chicago, 12-A private dispatch from Erie, i-ays Coburn refuses to go to Missouri to fight. Terrible Railroad Accident. Rochester, 12. There was a collision collis-ion on the Erie R. R., between Attica and Alden this morning, by which six persons were killed and thirty or more injured. An emigrant train bound west broke, when the train was brought to a stop. A freight train following, ran into the rear of the emigrant train. No further particulars have been received. re-ceived. Democratic. San Francisco, 12. The Democratic State central committee have decided to hold a State convention on June 20th, at Sacramento. The test adopted tor the preliminaries is, all who are opposed op-posed to the radical measures of Con gress, and who pledge themselves to vote for all the nominees of the Democratic Dem-ocratic party at the next election. The manner of selecting the delegates to the convention is left to the different county committees, but where primary elections are not held, it is made the duty of each representative of a ward, or precinct in a county, to select and name the delegate of his ward. The rates of representation is flifed at one delegate for each county, and one for every two hundred votes cast for Seymour Sey-mour and Blair at the last Presidential Presiden-tial election. This will give San Francisco Fran-cisco sixty-nine delegates, and make the entire number of delegates 319. Prominent "Fortj-.Slner" Dead. A. W. Pitts, who arrived here from New York in August, 1849, on the bark Staffordshire, and was subsequently subse-quently a partner of the firm of Pitts, Grissim & Kloparstein, died, here last evening, aged 53, Skipping Casualty. The schooner Harriet K. sprung a leak off Point Pinas, and was in a sinking sink-ing conditiou when she was signalled by the steamer Kaloroma, which took her in tow and ran into Santa Barbara, where she was beached. I- Nothing has been, "heard fro.m the steamer Pacific, now long ' overdue irom Victoria. Disposing of a Libel Case. San Franeiseo, 12. In the case of the people is. MacCrellish and Wood-waro, Wood-waro, publishers of the Alta, indicted for alleged libel on the county treasurer treas-urer Klopperstein, in tue municipal court to-day, the matter was subuijued oy the defense without introducing lestimony. J udge Lake ruled that the press has the ngut, to i'ully oriticize the acts of public ollicers, and if no malice was ihown, even if the defendants misunderstood mis-understood the law as to the complaint-auts' complaint-auts' duties, and proceeded to argue from an incorrect stand point in consequence, conse-quence, tbey were not liable under the law. The jury under the instructions rendered verdict of "Not Guilty" without leaving their seats. A Wife. Beater. Patrick McClusky was arrested for wife-beating, and on being placed in a cell beat a ejlow prisoner outrageously. He was fined $200 by Judge Sawjer for the last offence. |