The New York Herald Newspaper, July 23, 1856, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1856. ew then for the first time made acquainted with the fact that such a town existed. T poat showed us their town site, infor aed vs that it was outside of the reserve, and, as a mit- to the five Territorial officers, in- whom I have mentioned as constitat- our party, presented to each of us a share, be- ¢ twenty-fifth part, at the same price as the stockholders had theirs, namely, a “penses, which we of course accepted; that vof the post were pi he fact that the game thing had been “aber of citizens and officers at Fort who had laid out a town opon ground om Laomnpetts military reserve, tary of War, ina corres: und that the Seen ‘sransaction, had de act; that Colonel Montgomery tie laying out of the town, ryey of so moch of the one e miles ashe needed for “the post, and, to exhibit “arned a dratt showing ed rear Ve, the lines of the t re. :pondence to which rm,.18.'er General Jesup unended | ‘- be aj ‘colonel Mom‘goery’s draught be effect of whicd would have been to exeinde the town; that tle War. instead of following or ai mendation of General Jesup, hi on { rapammanded ~ be i ‘olonel Montgomery's draug] terior lines,” te Al of which Ca by porn all except the draught and acce} \> exterior lines, to extent! the reserve over Phe towm With all its inhabitants and improvements; and as this re- commendation had been approved by timseh’ (the President), probably without being ai , which would: be discredit astrous to the free State stated to him that if be d approval and adopt the recommendations of General hapa might be effected ir icular action I pi posed that he should seans of protesting eople would be to have all his 3 tory understand that the administation strict- ly required of them to set their faces, aiXd use their influence, against all sorts of that there were some sixteen vernment in the Territ ined influence would be CURIOUS KANSAS REVELATIONS. ‘Teattmony of Governor Reeder—His view with President Plerce—Singular Dis. closures. rt of the Kafisas Investigating Commit- tee has just been published, together with all the evidence in the case. From the latter we testimony, given under oath by the eder, appointed Governor of the Ter- ree, in regard to his subse- officers and st- of , and that ther com- ritory by President quent removal from that office: — I left the Territory about the middle of April, (1855), and came East for the put my family, avd attending to private business, as well as for the purpose of consulting sident in regard to the state of things in the Terri- resence in the States, I ‘Washington, where I arrived in 1855. lat once saw President consultation with him on the state of things in Kansas, which was protracted for More than two weeks, and kept up almost daily. I gave him, in the fullest manner, which I had upon the subject, and endeavored to upon him the conviction which was w) vt untess some decided course was tal the actual settlers of the Territory would be sub jected to the most cruel persecution; that there was a@ settled determination on the part of the border counties of Missouri—strong in to aeprive them of the right of selves, and regulating their own him that the seizure of the which had been held, together with the dling and tyrannic spirit which pervaded the entir action of our Missouri neighbors, concurred with al the information I had received, to convince me the there was a settled determination. by intimidation bjugate the Territor’ i defiance to the right of t! le of the organic law. I had the of the certificates of of the attraction of its truly beautifal eedoritas, wht’ | pic en Pa ont practices Eh veytanta Fa? gee rage ber ty ALN Hie gr el @uanabacon, Puentes Grandes, Marianoa and Caratwaa' | Mhancial ustitution, are thronged with them. Each of these places is situated within an easy evening ride of this city, and we, whore engagements corapel us to bear the ‘ beat and’ burthen’” of the day within the city’s walls, do mot fat! each fine evening to wend our way to one or the other of the‘above mentioned towns, where we are certain of being reveived with the soft smiles of the beauteous mai ions, innocently sweet, and to be rewarded by their gentle presence and company for @ country stroll, beside, perchance, a mer- muring river—a seene sure to engender poetic thoughts and inspirations. Tae Spanish maid, as Byron says, io no coquette; and although trom tie warmth of the climate of the land of her birt’, and the nature of her education she may indulge in 4 witty saying, yet our Cuban maidens are ag pure and virtuous as those of any other land under heaven's bright canopy. Althougir the weather 19 extreme!y warm—bot, would bea more suitable, though less polite word—the average raage of the mercury closely approaching ninety degrees, and that from & A. M. until after the shades of evening bring us relief—yet so fond arc the Cubans of “tripping it on the light fantastic toe,’’ that there have been recently several grand balls at the various watering places near this city. On Ssturday evening, 12th insti, there was a very sumptuous and brilliant ball given’ by the visiters at Guanabacea; in horor of the ‘Teniente Gobernador’? of that villa, I was honored with an invitation, but dread- ing the effeets likely torarise from losing a nizht’s rest at this season of the year, did not attend. There was, also, an evening or two earlier, a social reunion at Puntes Grandes. TheGlorieta; a8 the public ballroonr there is termed, is situated on Almendares, whose gentle marmurings, heard through the rustling of tbe trees when gently swayed by the soft land breeze, and mingling with the music of the orchea- tray produce az effeet most beautiful, and which nmst be heard to be realized. In one of my letters last year, if I mistake not, I sent you a desertp- tion of the Glorista at Ptentes Grandes, and ar, therefore spared the necessity of doing so im this letter, We are without azy political news of interest. The fri- gate Ferrolana and t'fe Admtral’s shi> have returned from Vera Cruz, and J believe all'the other Spanish vessels of war sent there arc expected: shortly. 1 beg to refer yon to your file of the Diario de la Marina ter the view taken of the “ vexed question ”’ between Mexico and Spain: T have heard of am oceurrence of: a somewhat romantic charactor, which exhidies the state of society in this island in 80 vivid @ light"that I must send it to you en de- sternly disapproving it, and pledging his adminis- fe interference as a violation iples of the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and the use of the government troops, if necessary, to ‘tition of past outrages; and apoke of 1 uence upon Congress and upon the tion of a fixed and unyielding opposition to them of he manner in which he met these suggestions, the objections which he stated to issuing # proclamation, the doubts he expressed of his legal authority to support such a proclamation if iseued, and bis evasion of the true point at issue by talking of the Emigrant Aid Society, made me very distrustful of any sincere intention on his part to give adequate protection to our people, and { left him sayjng that [ would come agai My reflections that night brought me to the con- clusion that if I were removed our people would be left entirely at the mercy of their invaders, and that nl could have some distinct and positive secu- rity for their protection I would proceed no furtuer with the present negotiation. I saw him again the x and so informed him. Our conve- sation then, though entirely courteous, did not icable spirit which had charac interviews except that o to him that it was evident to me that /\¢ was about to make concessions in the direction ; that he was perfectly isions between and Gouthern sentiment I had favored the compro- mises which had satisfied the South, and had se: cured tasir rights against the clamor of the anti-sla- very mem ; that J considered this a clear case of ag: gression o» Northern rights; in whatever to be of concession or com made to the North, and terests of the North, the interests of the democratic rinciples of trath and justice, loudly that if he would boldly and prompt- ke that course at this time, be:ore the mass of had taken any position upon ‘ion, he would be largely sustained, even at r the evil was allowed xed and complicated the more difficult of re- Leavenworthr, ose of talking Out | eluded from. arising out of the 1 and approved the . made and returned's en. hundred and eighty sea." ie of a reserve Ov the whole transaction, had ."e+ the lines of the survs joining it, andthe cor. th i ‘went to the city ¢ administration. the beginning ot Pierce, and had. a ful the information had endorsed the return’ ‘‘recon proved according to men and means— paing oe the Te is at the two election intermed dave that same ‘terized all our precedi: the night before. I sai and force, to su’ = not choose to revoke his and all my views | Jesup, the same had still the fullest share all my indignation at reign interference. itten pe on this subject ‘ovember, at which the most das- szenes had been enacted, I wrote him fully ressed my views on vious to that elec- also written him, and that such an in- threatened, but expressed the careful my , I could counteract it, for I did not then credit that it would be carried to such extremes of reck leasness and violence. A short time previous to the election of the 30th of March, I had again written These letters, however, were private, aud I now see that I committed an error in making them so; but I then bad confidence that he felt upon the subject aa { did, and that the cause of truth and justice would be best subserved by enti dis discretion, without fores' The President, in our interviews, expressed him- self highly pleased and satiafied with my course, and ivocal language apj h in Easton had omit ities of the Emigrant Aid So- \jety, and thought it was, perhaps, unnecessarily jtropg in the denunciation of the Missouri inva- ion. Itold him had no knowledge of the ope- ations of the Emigrant Aid Company, except what was before the whole public, an 18 they had not sent out men merely to vote, not tosettle—of which I had no evidence, and which did not believe—I could not consistentiy de- heir course as illegal. matter had given him more harassing that had happened since the haunted him day and nigbt, nd was the great overshadowing trouble of his ad- He stated that the most pertinacious om) its of me had been made to him, and the host urgent demands had been every ground that could be got up; that den. Atchison pressed it in the most excitiny ‘nd would listen to no reasoning at all. As to the |harges of purchasing Indian lands and interests in owns, he said he was entirely saliafied as to the for- ver, that it was all fair and dreds had done so before me—ridiculed Mr. {anpypenny’s objection to it, and said he had re- aked him’ when he talked to him of it; ye ase, that I hadjmiade any purchases, as they made a /retext fur my enemies w annoy him with demands or my removal. As to the purchases of town pro- said he was entirely satisfied, from hi that they were all right, but bh them to him, and refer to th ste of Congress ander which towns were laid out he repared to justify me and came up before him. ve him all the information on subject, as to law and fact, which was in was the fact, that in no _ my knowled; y! d that he was not aware of the condition of things when he approved of the reserve, regretted that he did not know it, and requested me to call upon the Secretary of the Interior and state to him the facts, aud he would afterward have a consulta- Gov. McClelland, and, party, and the’ taken place, and ject without reserve. T accordingly called: u} after a conversation with him, was referred b: to Gen. Wilson, Commissioner of the Land Office, to whom I stated the facts. The conversation in re- gard to the purchases of half-breed lands and the town of Pawnee took place at different times throughout our interviews, although I have stated them here separately, for the sake of convenience. also, that the Secretary of War, by adopting all the reductions of the provisional re- the survey, with the exception me, had abandoned the provi- sional reserve and recognized the survey, in con tradistinction to the provisional reserve, as a com- liance with the origina’ ord so jim that the Secretary of Generals Churchill and ( Riley to investigate and tirely obvious that the t extended at least two miles !1 neither water nor timber, J had no doubt Generals Clark and Churchill would recommend the exclu- sion (as I have since learned they did). The two subjects-to which I have alinded were dis cussed incidentally during our interviews, but the extion which occupied our atteption was litical condition of the people of the profuse in his ez; proval of my course, but expressed Solicitous as to the probable consequences of my re- tarn to the Terntory. He declared that, in the ex- cited state of the community, he was tearful of per- yselt: and that, if violence was committed upon me, the whole North would be in- flamed, civil war would probably ensue, and no man could predict the result. He repeated this, larged upon it much and often; said that it would be a fearful calamity, the beginning of the end, <e., with the opinion that it wou/d be unsafe that J should return to would not resign the that two considerations forbade me to think of it; that, as things now stood, the executive office only means of protection for the people against the perrecutions and perpetrated, and woul tinned, from the State of Missouri; that it would be base and dishonorable in me to betray and abandon them, and that no considerations of to myself would induce me to thin! sides this consideration, the whole country had re ts against myself, in case | ebould retarn, and that a resignation of m: under auch circumstances, would be attributed to pusillanimity and cowardice. He concurred in this posed to effect all that was desirable for the public safety. and for the public removing me from office in a way that objections, and led at length to give his ideas as to what should be done. He propored that I should make to him in writing a full report of all the proceedings in the Terri with my views and opinions, referring the wh t and ee ae bay to — Reg liaky naone toal any plan wrongs and adjasting it he would reply in wi to this communication, and nsibility of removing me: from office the remedy, andjat poked time would’ satisfactory unequivocal ap” my course; that while he would declare to be necessary, in order to allay the excitement, and bring. about a more calm and sober etate of public feeling, and avert the dan- gers of violence or outbreak, he would i that excitement; that, the sincerity of his bation, he would confer upon me some mark of his favor, and went on to say that the mis- sion to China would be return of Mr. MeLane, appoint me at once, To his written answer he pro- pored that I should reply by se | was not prepared to say 1 After considerable discussion and much reflection upon this proposition, I finally answered that if we upon the terms of the entire corre- spondence between us, and if I could be satisfied that would be as fully cared for and protected as if I remained in office, and a successor would be appointed who would resist the aggressive invasions from Missouri, 1 would co-operate with him. He assured me that the latter conditions should be complied with, and said there would be no diffi- culty in_ agreeing mutually the correspon- dence. He requested me then munication, which I him. He retained it one day, and then ed various modifications. After discussing them it was ogreed I should rewrite it, which I did, and submitted itto him a second time. This did entirely meet his su, gested alterations ai intormed me that despytches had been received from Mr. McLane in England the necessity of his returning in person to China, and expressed his fears that it would be out of his appointment, but that some other in liew of it, which would or more desirable. 1 toid him that the of that or any other office was to mea indifference, in the condition of my fami- ly and private affhirs, and constituted no part of the inducement to me to agree to his proposition; tbat I preferred rather to go on and ascertain whe- ther we could adjust the matter in ite other aspects, and if we could agree upon them the of otber appointment would be no obstacle to their ad- jastment. We then ciscussed his objections to my eecond draught, and I agreed to rewrite my commu- nication for the third time. Having prepared and submitted it to him, I left it and proceeded to a After an absence of two or three days, I retarned, and he submitted to me, in his own handwriting, a draft ot my communication, which very mach con- I had written, and himself; this draft , in which I was to refer the whole difficulty to him, willingness to abide by any remedi adopt for adjustin, ith; and that the lon; would the case become, au: medy. I failed to convince him of m: he rather evaded tham answered; and him, that as we could: not agree, there was nothing left but for him to take the reeponsibitity of his acts and lof mine. He spoke of the dargers of my re- turning to office: to whieh I replied what they had no terrors for me so k formance of my duty. remove you on account of remove you at all, it will be on account af your culation in lands of the Territory. they were not speculations, but simply porchases. After I had risen to leave the room, I to him that the additional papers rela! purcbase of half breed lands were now that he had the whole case, and myself and col- leagues were yery anxious to have his confirmation ‘ore the Ist June, as several of the contracts expired on that day by their own limitation. He remarked that he had not had time to examine the papers. Ithen alluded to the town military reservation, which was upon the politi- regard to which | i asion was openly I stated to him, serve ascertained b, of the town plot a3 I felt I wis in the per: le said: “We, I shail not the whole matter to officrat action; if 1 or hampering his proceed to Fort snd, as it was en- t, a part of which rowever, that my illusion to the ille or rejection of them called upen by a man who was respectably attired, and requested to accompany h’m and attend a person then in extremis, ond administer the last uneramenh, socording to the rites of the Roman Catkolic Church: some inquiries as to the distance he-would baye to go, the good old padre exchanged his study coat’ for one more Switable for the street, and putting on bis bat and taking his — —— ied his v as-be had been request- of Pawnee and an important matter in its bearin; ies of the Territory, and promised me to speak to the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Interior. He ied carriage he would have no time to of respectable appearance was found awaiting. The priest was induced to enter the vebicle, and his visiter bavirg taken a seat besi¢e him, they were driven off a short dis tance into’ the countr?,: when, upon reaching a solitary house the carriage.stopped, the two gov out; and the pa: dre, eng is guide,-entered. The rooms of the is think of the matter or at+ tend to it, but that if the vacation of my office co ld be satisfactorily adjusted, he thought ters could be arranged in such a sha mote my private inte, ests. 1 oposition to such an extent that I dared not trust ly. 1 was conscious of a state of temper excited as to leave only the alterni ras standing near sonal violence to m; made for my re- v pointed out to the priest, within which be was wld the sick person was, and he entered, pi perform the functions of bis sacred calling. "Within the room he found a female poorly clad, but whe, he disco. vered trom her atdress and manner-of speech, had seen happier days aod had been in a more respectable position than she then was. The priest proceeded to ‘confess’’ the female, who-appeared in a very low condition, and he then administered the ‘‘extreme unetion.” This done, commending the apparently dying woman to the care of the Virgin and her ever-to-be adored Sun, he left by whe same door through which he had entered.’ Reeching the outer room he found the man who had broughthim to the house, apparently awaiting him. ‘Telling the man he had concluded the duties of his office, the priest asked to be conveyed baek to his residence. ‘‘Hayve you confessed her?’ asked the man. Upon receiving an affirmative re- ply, the man roge, and drawing a dagger, approached the priest, and swore he would kill him on the spot unless what the woman had confessed were made known to him. At thia very moment another man entered the room, by his of silent conten reply. 1 chose the the door, with my hst in my hand, I bade him good morning and Jett him. Some seven to fourteen days after this I received, at Faston, Pa., a note from him, requesting me to send to Washington Hon. Asa for that district. This request, I commani- cated to Juage Packer, who proceeded to Wasaing- ys. I made my arrangements to ceed to the Territo! necessary ke my family with me, but abandoned the idea States, in consequence of infor- pointed me as to the provided for them ia Kansas in the capacit promptly and ‘decided! in my bacds was ‘facker, member of Perit nal cary of it; that, arrangements to after I came to the mation received which disaj mpi) I expected and ha itory. 10 v'clock at night on the evenin, ing the day I was to received a letter from the State Department explanations in regard to the lands, and éther speculations in lands of the Terri- tory. This letter was inclosed in an ordinary lope, not fravked b; dorsement invarial ners, so that, had I proceeded to Washington in uence of receiving it, and there closed the ne- jon which bad previously failed, there would ve been no trace before the public of any evidense that I had received an official comma call me there. Instead of gol however, I determined to go cate of that letter, as I afterwards learned, was for- warded to the city of New York, to meet me there il to receive the one directed to 1 of the correspondence is before et On sae Senet Pages Nagy explanations jor, wi x mail, must bave reached Washi the 9th of July; and the letter notify of its date, was dated on the 28th. sounded with threa’ meelf when the sul view of the case, and priest, declaring he should “be done for instanter, unless he dieclosed what the woman had confessed,”’ “Not bein. bus perilled, | commenced telling the would-be assucsing a tale partly com posed of what the woman had contessed to me and partly of base invention.” This having satistied the men, they al mop in the laying out of , and without the in- upon all envelo Department on o! subject to the origina pressed himself satisfied, excep ‘at he thought the act of May 23, 1844, did not au orize the laying out of townsexcept on lands been surveyed. I replied that the Commissioner ize towns which had been laid out before the ey, and that Mr. Wilson would so state to him if would inquire, and that this construction was ht and necessary; for it was idle to expect the to be settled if it was to remain two years He wished no e: any fault asto the contract for nds. but, as I have already stated, he hamaelf’, in strong language, entirely satis- aud it was only when bis stock of provisions was ex- hausted tbat he permitted bis doors to be opened. Then to Wi * with fear and trembling he went to the Teniente Gober. 5 ore ston, | tador, who is the cblef authority at t _Guanabacoa, have above detailed it. Whilst still wigh the ‘Teniente Gobernador, a medical man of the came had Later Sea Leek yp pen honse, ao, medico) also been env: thereto, uader required his in case I should was ushered into the room in which the female was, and that the two men stood over him, with their daggers removal on the drawn, swearing they would take ‘his life unless he 30th July (Monda; fremrone gs pomeciaisiy pe 7 in ce of my veto m , which re} in jssolved all conection wit atthe Shawnee iznaaction. 1, however, pressed that and another matter upon ‘attention. The contracts of these lands had been “4 ae with the om gee sy) bapers, RS the bat january jous, and upon Mr. a, Boek iy ap Coty th tempered rt ay at i) e group well wa technical, want of conformity to the he de; , he had returned them to 5 declining to confirm them. I now called to them again, and as he had express- iy of theic honest, , Lrequested him to examine the ‘and cepositions which he had procured to sup- technical defects and a legal argument I had to demonstrate, from the decisions of the Su- me Court, the acts of Congress, and the opiaions Attorney Generals, that and we hadto say upon it was betore him, and re- him to examine them and decide it. papers to Goy. McClelland, ly vacant by the " vacancy he would ‘ana loft her bleeding; that he had been ke pt a close pri soner for two entire days; had but just aucoweded 1 makirg his eveape, and hastened to the Tevient wador to state the cireumatances. The wore at once set to work: the house was reached and found to- nantless and empty. The proprietor all kuwwledge ot ius being recently occupied, or of any of the cirgumstances of the matter, which, up to this hour, remain enveloped in mystery. From the foregoing un- varnished tale, doubuless some writer of novelies in your city will be enabled to “dish up’’ quite as interest. sDg & Hovelette as the ‘Storm Secret.” ‘The notorious Asta iano, of whom so juort mention has beep made in previous letters, was almost arrested one day last week. He having come to the sabarbs ot thie city, three celadores, accompanied by four salve guardias, attempted to arrest him; be bad put up bis horse at a livery stable at Jesus del Minte, and seeing the police approach: out of the stable, be was fired at and bit in the thigh, by one of the celadores, but still rode on; @ carriage being ia bis way at the entrance of the stable yard, he leaped the in effect, that I the Legislature, treated as void all its laws Mission. This m ABA E created much excite- ment in the Legislatare, anda petition for moval was therecpon members, and one of sent and press it in person. Thi met on the way in the States which made his further pi or deprived of the, oppartunity, of or ol . ia issue between the papers half-breed lands had been before the President in January, 1855, and had been, of course, examined by him, as they were returned to me by him, with a ate secretary, stating that he de- them, without concurring in all wd reasons ae in Mr. Manuypeany’s report. ere was no Tejec at once proceeced to supply the alleged ‘or was there any allegation or intimation otherwise that the con- 1 ordishonest, or that they were defects, the whole in May, and about body dispatched to pre- rogree unnevessary, and the embarrassment, considering the did, and Trauenltted’ 13 to ed me to hand the retary of the Interior, and I did so. eecond matter to which | called his attention is the town site of Pawnee. | had informed him ‘lamation named that place for the meet- gislature, and gave ing that it was remote from the influence of of it very cordially ; and a day t I complained to him of what the unfair action of the War Department. to him that as soon as it was ascertained or that I would call the Legislature together it was at once assailed through the otherwise to break it down; that a free recently had commenced settti of the contracts, and [ «0. a8 & reason for modifications. H a)) pursuit was in vain. Matias Herez, who ascended with a balloon some time tice, has not az yet been heard of; it is barely possible he bas reached the coast of Yucatan and may be safe, but our fears lead us to beheve that his life bas been sacri- A female was sitting at her window in the Calle de Ami- stad on Friday or Saturday evening last, whea a scoun- dircl on horseback passing, deliberately drew a pistol from lie holster, fired it, wounded her severely in the arm, wnd then rode off, as though he had not committed a cow- ardly and atrocjous act At midnight on Friday last, | was startled ont of sleep by a bugle call ‘To arms.” Springing out of bed, T threw open my window, and the bugle call re- peated at the several guard houses: this garrison, and he whistle of the eérranos (watchmen) accompanying ‘t, I knew it was a fire. It broken out in the Calle de Amistad, but by the exertions of the soldiers and bom- bveros was confined to the building in which 1 had broken ont, and was speedily extinguished, On Sanday last, in the afternoen, the Band of the Volun- tarios, and @ Pe of a company of that patriotic, loyal and gallant 4 where, afer the had pertormed a fw Spanish tui heading the voluntarios, they all marched to Jesus d “inte, to onite with a reli procession, in honor I be- ] ve of the patron Saint (Sam Nicolas) of that suburb. which seemed to indicate finally rejected. in laid before hi the middle of June I was called on to ex rs then before the President, ani bee him in Me fey statement and argument, cetticates of other persons, giving a history and elucidation of the whole transaction far more tho- y explanations I teen in he fer upon me tha* from to yf projectors and friends o' ‘the same reasons rough than an: pon ee T have never lo not know in what whai reasons those contracts were c of removal. Whether t end dishonorable, as sim) it was foreacen by the hostility to it and thei were treated as unfair issourians, and hence ir determination to break been informed by a reputable and Seat ah Pet itten to General . on sul 9 \- ficulties bed been started military reserve of Fort Riley, and as toa dis- between the commanding which 80 a had declared it, wrongft , within the military reservation; that ra number of honses had been erected, beside a hall for the meeting of the Legislature, and it the States that my Jamation had convened the Legislature there 4 that Colonel Montgomery had been and proclaim a military reser ion at that place, and not being prepared 0 #0 early enough to keep offsettlers, hid made fovisional reservation wit hteen, until he conld fully comply with the by selecting what land inia for my wife, wo of ber bratuers, eo pertctpete | nocating the town of Pa 1 jon in nee on the military reservation. Before the removal I could obtain no explanation of what it meant, al- I urgently solicited it. There was nothin; crafts officer there and had a0 resulted ting trade between this city, Nuevitas, Gibara, &c. » Monday evening Inst I was about to pass the north wide of the Palace in @ volante, on my way to Buenos Ayres (a suburb of this city so calied) to visit « friend, when a man, with his coat off, rus! horse by the head. Upon my demanding the cause of this ext sordinary proceeding, 1 was informed that Gen. Concha bad been attacked with yellow fever, and being dangerously ill, DO Carriage was permitted to pass the Palace. Next morning chains and ropes were extended across the streets at all the’ corners of the Palace, to prevent the passing of carriages. { believe the General bas passed the crisis of the fever favorably, and may now of matter, which I had required chat o May in the most full and be made, which I noted, and to which be assented. He also read vious interview, I can’t recollect ion of bis reply to my communication, whieh came fully up to wi per was not entirely finished. 1 took with me draught of my communication, wrote ont the con clusion and submitted it to him ; he was dissatisfied a it, ae es os — answer. jim to iy riy the portions wron, The ‘Aeclined doing so; he said that the rit and tenor of it was unsatisfactory : tiat to cast too ‘1 it appeared ‘much responsibility upon him. [replied rr it had been mye! bo gen throughout all our negotiations woul cher resign iy office nor invite a removal ; and thit I did not see how I could, short of this, say anything Jess than I bad written. He sat down and wrote in pencil substitnte, which he handed me, which I said I would take with me.and from the two might thing which would satisfy us with him, as I had done several times before, as to : pays <~y to oar peo- He assured me he would aj Northern man, who wasab cintimida- tion or corruption, and would faithfally erform his duty, and named one individnal upon whom he was willing to con s+ (1 (enpomntmen t survey of ten miles my communication to the President, which he would want, and as above stated, as well as the That in the mean- officers of the post, the settlers entlemen, had conceived the idea of a at vicinity, and some of them had ad- ised Col. Montgomery a letter, stati hy outa town, designating two d he would not include when he came vey his reservation, and askiog his permission points for the purpose contem e Mee although not ara recently to have determined to gain the affection of er people by & mild sway, and by ameliorating their condition; also by making various i ments in this city and the towns he visited sonce, whieb although not perhaps of great importance in themselves Separately, yet go far to prove his desire to increase the prosperity of the island. On the 14h inst, the Spanish schooner Juniata arrived here from Alicante, hayi had, in his ly to - ¥ as passengers, who will fu some few of the vacancies letter, #0 informed them, and that he ction to their takin, ‘jon of it; that they fore I had arrived in th inowledge of the town or the it out; that in November, the Territory, we and were very ita j treated hy the officers, and were ‘The United States etore ship Suppl; for the Mediterranean, will sail ‘United States store ship Relief, Lieut. Com. North, on the 28th inst , for Pensacola. Tnited States steamship Niagara received her 2 ts CMres masts yesterday , Lient. Com. Porter ‘28th inst. in oor tour through | chooses to call it #0, Our Havana’ Cormesp ondence. Miscellaneous Foreign Items, to offer repeated affronta 4. 7 Our Bo Havan* duly 17, 1856, qua tan nionl ie the Hoan Cialemeat — pects violated reer vi et realy Grand Rush tothe Watering Plte-—The Bs Wet, Benutio ond it would not have been left to corps my ma perhene practised b; ‘americans themselves, under the ana (om Fashions—The Ballrooms and’ Dances "urn of Flag | to dismiss Mr..Crampton. The policy of a recall from pf Fisese. Ship from Vera Oruz—Politics Bull—Rowa, 6 of Crime home might havo been. sugges , and much trouble and The same paver again says.—Ou» government naturalig? =f Pitt and ised. by ‘ali of the be J thoy'sht that in a country like the United States, « Seised 5 nding action bronght by M. Goupy which’ ox ‘cm to all its ci pec a Brave In Paris, the long pending action bronght owed full right of expatriaticn to all tts citizens, ae jeneral— lovements of Ticeps: ee a Pegi ny Credit Mobilier Company, has been dis; and the liberty of devoting themselves to what employ- ¢ your New York fashionables, all our wim fared, the Civil Tribunal ofthe Seine. “The judgment is im ments thay Pleased, no objection would be raised again thouxand are atthe watering places. Ha ie arora. Seo ee Crédit Mobitier, but M. Berryer, the plain- enlisting mecruits bo long as the law was obeyed. :—The cause of the west of Europe against the ese auabition of Busola was-Bot populat in the Ui The nineteenth report of the Inspectors of Prisons in States: or, if it met with a munber of sy’ th® Dorthern and eastern districts of England, has a) among the intelligent and thoughtful orders of pope. peated. A great increase in the numior of femele lation, #t was wr trom being ia unison with the predilec- peo is a deplorable feature in the report, whereas | tions of the flon’ing class in whose hands the power of nu.Xber ¢f male prisoners bas continued to decrease | making and dest:"¢) ing goveruments mainly reposed iv Nearly’ all the prisons, | _ The London Wews of July 2, contains this remark :— an American’! writes to the London Fimes:—~It maybe | In our opimion the great object of the C1 Bulwer very well '0 concede to a diplomatic representative of Convention would be best gained by Lord Clarendom the’ United sates the exceptional liberty of attending receding from the piwitions we have sesumed as te Court iu a dress whiel exposes hiar to be mistaken fora Mosquito and the Bay ‘lands. {n the present position “gervant out of iivery,’’ for hiv officiad station renders his of the whole of Central Ame! it is far more thas attendance a masier of aud his government bable—nay, with the democratic resolutions objects © hls wearing any official costume. But surely | before us, it is almost certain—that the prevailing party this conseasion to a Sunctionary, whose duty calls biurto | in the United States really desires to get the states re- wiles tr Comavene ene noted in then *hewiag | "Ts tetuce Serco of Jaty 2 sayereToe whole lence te’ ie involved in 7 ‘The London Standard of July 2, says:—The whole line rleetg ny of —— i shus showing respect t0 | of defence taken by pon fs the debate upon Mr. yvalty,’’ en any concesvion caumot be held | jfoore’s motion, places them in a dilemma which would toconter any right to w similar indulgence upon — have insured the overthrow of auy government while the who voluntarily debase themselves and hi y constitut couatry by actzally asking permission share in an act | CCUmY bad an effective parliamen*ary os ef deliberate homage to thas “institation”” ‘The Dublin Nation ef July 5, observes:—England must ‘Tue whole domains of the Pope are dicden into | allt ber treaty obligations and retive from Central Ame wpnky provinces, ef which, oese:an fhe’ chisel, OF ria, or draw the sword in as unholy, unrighteous and Femmfitiog uinetocs, afx bave We rank of legations, ana | Stefelisious a cause ds ever the world witnessed. | ia tre governed by Cantiuale; wile’ the osier iniriecs are such w eontest the moral force would be entirely oa the Ie erica. Jn sucl-an event need "ve ask sari) clrerchimeny” eth ‘of eee tines not nooo | pide the arms of Irishmen woud be for:* wets are subdivided again’ into distriets, governerships and | _ The seme paper adds-—The best fortifeation in the Communes, witose adrzintutrative eltiefs, a8 in the case of | World is the earthwork. Lettnem be but well 4 the delegations, may oF itay not beeeolcsiastica. Of the | 4; and'tiszee or four thourand Irish navvies from the whole ct this territory, the supreme government lies in | Erie canal will fortify the sear aide of New York better the hand of the Pope and a conrett of mmisters, of | than Sebastepol in a fortnight: which lasvthe Cardinal 2scretary of State is the chief, | The Londen Time of July 4, '—For the Count af and, frour the pearly autocratic influecse of his pesition, | Paris there is no reason that we should have any other is goneral)7-—-ne in the present case of Moasignore Anto- | feelings tian’ goodwill and sympatty7. But we trust that nelh—the virtuad ruler of te country. Lo mallee ag nape mg him truly Tho Osservatore Tricstino guotes letters from AMania, state Of French eeling, and refrain from soarta- stating that tie Torks bave demolished the Gathoite ‘semi- hopes whied will, inal! probabitity, mever be realized. nary which was-being erected at Scutarijand also the Franoe may do hereafter yar bapa roe ped very ancient church of Decian. At Antivar) the Catholic | S87; but itis reasonable to beliove that abe will not agamm bishop and the Avwtrian Consol’had beon threatened with | Tematate either of bret bone death, and gret excitement was prevalent througheut ‘The Londo» Star '+-=The peopie of Kag- the pillows tg lané and America: bave no q 4 Sacqniamate A London paper saya:—Notwhhetanding the very ad- | My have brunders to comceal, and in the wll, banks of the beautitut river vanced age of many of the gallent vetorans who graze: | market (here: may be a lively demand ae the ine 4 re and br brie an honorable hame | sist ay be provoked: but sb wey rp = PO if etary) pied me figs aorta phayd t cret beret: Upem r it will Gortaialy iver result frame active list ef admirals ov vice admirals. In the roar ad. | S0Y Tealmecessit7 of either Eaglish or American interest miral’s list there bas been one casuaity in the eame pe em y riod. Captain J. Milugan Laws now bows the captains’ The London Chronicle of June 30, saye:—An item im list. The list of the captains on reserved eed og Shed the cargo ot the Persia has recently exited conniderable deen increased from 50'to 60. One krmdred and forty- | sttention both'in Liverpool and London—it'was Vrancis’s four officers have accepted the offer of retirement, and | patent metalic lif savingcar. have be aceordingly removed from: the active lst of The Lendon News of July 4, observes:—We have rea- Commanders. aon to 8 e that the statemeat which has appeared A Dablin letter ee narrative ef’ the mannor in | inthe push prints tothe effect that the Peruvian goverm- which poor Lord Kingston was plundered, and, indged, | ment has offered ‘‘e prize of iene piastres to the cap- we moy add, reduced earn tt the Sadieirs, was | tain of the first Europeam ship who shall force the s told yesterday im court by Mr. iteside, M. P. It ap- | ade of the Amazon and the port of ” is pears that in the year 1839 Lord Kingstem came into the | true. By the law of uations the navigation of possession of the family Property. ‘The rental produced | z0z, from T,00 miles from Nanta to the Atisatic, in 1845 nearly £20,000. ti Lat it be remembered the following is nota fiction or ‘charges thereon, abowt | to tie empire of Brazil, through which it descends, com- fable, but a plain statement of events, wishout adorament | 2130,000, wi were reduoed by £25,000 by the sale of | sequently Brazil has not established a blockade of the or addition, that have tasem place very recently. ¢ | wsmall state. There were otber charges on the un- | mouth of ite own estuary. At Guanabacea there resides en aged and resectable | settled estates; but, taking the whole property of his “B.8.'' writes to the-London Post thus:—Letters from cura, (eurate). One evering a -sbert: time since, he was | lordship, with all ‘ts labdities, had it been honestly | the ¥avana, worthy of every confidence, assert that the managed, Lord Kiogston won!d te day be the possessor | slave trade, far from belag suppressed, is'in as flourishing oa noble inoependeste. At prosent he is in poverty— | a state as over. Quite lutely, im the southern part of the @ victim of the plunder of the Sadieir family. island, three bupdred negroes were landed, and A return i London, by Mr. Muntz, M. P., shows that | by @ proprietor for sixty-eight guipeas a pices; b Ce evernde-cnt per lead on te population cf England, | tle duty on adzaission, of twenty guineas each. of the expenditure for the relief of paupers in ffty ofthe | The Londou Chronicle of July 2, says:—The eatire iost populous onions and parisnes Im England and Wales, | question of te Sound dues is aow brought under the de. amounted, last year, to-4s, 11 }¢4., and in 18541043 33¢d. } Jiberate considezation of Parliament, and if we have writ In Liverpool the cost per head is.78. 10}¢d.; in Manchester, | our annals true, we have at no distant period of history 7s. 93gd. done the Danes more than one grievous wrong. The Av Warsavs, on the 2:¢h ult,, the annual féte of “‘fioat- | fame of Nelson, a Copenbagen, was tarnished by nation- ing crowns” (Puszezanie Wiankow) was Celebrated. It | aldishonor; and the exploit of Lord Cathcart could omy consist in the young girts of the city carrying wreaths of | be justitied by the most overwhelming State policy. Im roses decked with ribbons to the ¥isiala, casting them into oth casos our friends the Dance, were made the victims. the river, and watching them as they are carried away At Queen Victoria's State concert, on July 2, the by the current. The manner in whieb they ere borne | men appeared in full dress, and the fem igedice aiong by the waters is supposed to predict the future des- | of Knighthood wore their ‘respective insignia. Direct tiny of those to whom they belong; and accordingly the | after the entrance of the Queen the comcer: maenced. girls make demonsvrations o! joy or oorrow. ‘Bho following had the honor of being invited. —The United ‘The Consistory of Zurich, a Svitzeriand, has appointed a | States Mitister and Mrs. Dallas. commission to ascertain cause of the continual de- ‘The Minister for the Iuchies of Sehies Hoistetm crease of late in the number of theological students im the | has published a proclamation, in Copenbaten, ndasemen ‘university of that place, and to suggest a Nie dowd the | tothe police and e!vi! authorities of the Duch’es, intimas- evil. The University of Basle, says the Revue Geneve, | ing that an o‘ficial communication bes been received from is in nearly the same position. the British government to the effect that the German Le- At the closing of the session of the Oorps Legisiatiff, in | gion will shortly be disbanded, smd the men furnished Paris, {t was announced thet the bill for the repeal of with a discharge (written in German and English), ae prohibitory customs duties would be ceferred to the next | by the commanding officer and inspeotor general of the session. measure for consolidating decrees rela- | corps; that this discharge will contain the necessary par - tive to custom duties inte laws had also beow post- j ticulars as to age, personal appearance &c , of cach ael- poned, 2 Sone and Lee foe departure Crea ‘Advices trom Warsaw, in-the a bis is document wi july endowed with the ‘The papers have spoken several times of the rocoaatruc- Pong omenny poo eS eee ee tion of Sebastopol, but as yet all the Russians bexe done | 2. Fy RA OTD is to clear away the rubbish; and the plan.of the rebuild. | Cowatry and enlisted at Heligoland without authority, aad ing of Ve town, which is to-be Inid before the Buperor | Crea Meainat the express orders of the Danish govers- and the Minis:er of War, is not yet finished. zaeoty Soe quassenino the consaqnanats, and expecethaben thelr arriv: Dueb! ‘ll be court ‘Ah leteer from ‘Trebisonde, of the 16th-of June, saye:—a | Oe SThve is She Duchies they will be tried by « Rursieg of 40,000 men has been sent against Schamyl. ¢ Turks have abandoned ail the fortresses of the Asiatic coast, and complety destroyed that of Shef- katil, The Russians have as yet only occupied Redout Ka'é; they dare aot occupy the other its for the pre- sent, the popuation Adasia Ciroassia having Sworu that no Russian shal? vouch their territory so long as there is a Circassian alive. The whole population wing made ing the corner of the street; a red to posite door, who also had a dagger in he brandished in a threatening manner at the A ‘iamentary return in London has been issued af the Soglish ‘ports and exports of , tin, and during the last year. The copper ore imported amou ‘to 58, tons, and the regulus 8,610 tons; while of un- Wrought copper in bricks, pigs, &e., there were im- ‘ted 3,624 tons, of old copper ft tor remanufacture, ,168 tons; partly wrought, in bars, rods, &c., 4.419 ons; OF @ lighting man,” says the priest, “and tuy life the house, and he was conveyed to hisown door in the | Under arms. Plates and coin, 269 tons; and copper manufactures carriage. Seared balf to death by this adventure, the ‘A despatch from Madrid, dated saya: Copper plates engraved, 613 tous. Prieet rematned within his house for forty cighs boars, | Civil Governor of Valladolid: hes deem diehlassd.” Cas, Assenviie Nationale of Paris criticises the attadan tille is tranquil. The origin of the late disturbances is The directed by the London press against the Neapolitam stilt enveloped in mystery. nt mo government, thus :—And in the present instance not sd that the English entertain lees sympathy for the subjects of the KiMR of Naples, were the sulpbur of Sicily and the cesire of another important station in the Mediterranean matters of me ae ae a. Apart, Se ee sentiments of be- 'y, there exists a skil very Machiavetiaa policy with which France will not associate herself. An English rays —Although the commission of the Temietntive bedy reported strongly against the project for empowering the Emperor to graat State pensions, singulerly enough the bill has been voted by a large ma- Jority of the logislative body itself. On a division, the Bumbers were 155 for the bill, 36 against it. The Gourt of Rome does not appoar to be quite natinted with the reception of the Pope's ie Paris, in spite of the external honors which have heaped upom that dignitary. A kctter from St. Petersburg, June 22, says —Advices from the Crimea state that, since the seasealon of peace, great quastities of foreign merchandise bave been iatre- duced from the Crimea into the interior of the Russian authorities being usable to prevent this emug- Rang told the history of the them a whole month. Ad last the learned Russians were sent on to Irkutsk, where they found . —— Ip 1856-0nly 3,000 persons were c . We learn from Wismar, in the Dechy of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, that the wool fair bad turned out far bettor than any which has taken place in any other quarter of Inte where sales bave wen eflected. The whole quan- uty of 0,000 stone supplied by the neighboring frrmors were sold at trom 16 to 17 marks currency per stone! the purchasers were principally from Berhn and other inland places. ‘The London Times, of July 1, says:—The quarterly returns of the revenue indieate an increasing prosperity, even under the dark shadow of war, and afford the promise of a much improvement when that shaoow shall have fairly passed away. The same paper, ef July 2, remarks :—The American & person was dangerously ill, and sional services; that when he reached the house, 7 ‘cin ip the woman's arm; that be had done a0, 0 te Gobor- of the house denics The London United Service Gazette saya: —It is a singu- jar fact that no Comman ‘erin Chief of the East india sta- ‘ion las gone round the Cape of Good Hope since Ser ‘Thomas Cochrane in 1842. "Ills successors, Roar Aduu- ral Inglefeld, Sir Francs Collior and Cha,lesJ Austen, who themselves proceeded overian’, died in command... while the two last, Sir Fleetwood Pellew and Sir James Stirling, did not compicte the.r periods of service By the last official returns of the Irish Encumbered Estates’ Court, it appears that during the month of Juma the produce of sales smounied to £106,467. total number of with the intuitiod of @ vulture, that ‘capital be made out of the hubbab. It mast bave been a de- lightful moment when the officials of Washington first scented the quarry that we threw in their way. Eng- land's weadness bad then jadeed become America’s op- portenity. Aca dent in the Crimea writes, under date of the 17th June —The Thames, hospital ~~ been Wit vaulted into the saddle and rode oble animal he it, fired placed at the disposal of Miss Ni th the ex- petitions presented. 3,884; total number of convey- but ecceeaed tu making good bis yoy ite nt. coption of $24 invalids, no ‘of men are to be | ances executed by the corammssioners, 6,408, net rental a celador severely in the hand, and! am told thoagh fol pon ene = her, as it isthe intention of Miss | Of estates posted for sale in June, 1866, £26,486 168 24; lowed by hundreds, he rode away at a pace so rapid that jichtingale, she does not loave herself till the pope ae from the 2lst of February, 1866, last, to send several nuns and parses home by this op- portunity. London Observer says -—At the ordinary meeting. of the visiting Justiens, of | stasford xo}, the Rev. Me. Goodacre, the chaplain prion, presented a with the late convict, Witham sale day), to the 24th of June, 1856, both days inelusive, £17,593,394 19+. 6 ‘The survivors of the English oMlcers engaged in the Baltic are about to erect a magnicent copomph to the memory of the'r companh ns .a arms who have died from disease or fallen in battle A remonstrance ha been addressed by Prussia to the King of Denmack, against the stended sale by him of some domains delouging to Holstein Tih, =e it is alleged, sre the peculiar property of the Duchy Pehieswig-Hostein, vader the guarantee of the German Confederatioa, and are not absolutely at the disposal of the Danieh crown The Savoy Gases says—The ascent of the Col do Geant bas just taken piace for the first time this year, and has boen crowned wit complete success Telay of, Freight on Railways - TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRERALD. Will you or any of your intelligent readers inform me what ‘a strictly meant by « railroad? Does it include . Cars, and all the rolling stoek ? ‘hen a plank road company is authorized to construct Aplank rone, it le aeither necessary nor desirabie that such company should own all the teams and carriages which eden it Why should railway compan ize assembled in the Pinas de Armas, bi quil observation. s, Pee London Fre Press of June 28, says:—The Buglish, neretibeleen, were allowed $0 cut within a cer! tain accurately defined territory on const of Y\ now known as “' Belize,’’ or ish Honduras, But they ere sey isentons, gAniae fone a menta, erect jons, OF or; any form of gov- ernment; nor was the permission thus accorded to be construed as in 7 way derogating from the \« territorial rights of the King of Spain.’ Vet from this simple permission to cut wood, thas hedged round wi'a solemn treaty stipulations, Great Britain, by a series of ercroncbmemts and aggressions, haa come to arrogate absolute sovereignty, not only oror Belize, and a wide expanse of adjacent territory, but aleo over the jarge all the traffic on the rai iene thos Mn al other countries. Ses, 7 tand, the acts authorize only the construct on of and whea finished, the on the road is open to com petition; the plan acts admirably. Any body or Tay Fun suitable engines and cars, and traffic English railroads, subject, of course, to the rules of rai oy and a (xed toll or consideration for the. use of tif road. Tom not aware that any such company run their on engines over the railroad, and only coal companies ua» compromise is effected, and the carry iDK fe go on from on railroad companies eagie power, such cars as they may daily require, and als pay a e or toll for the road, e steamer St. Lawrence has been rechristened, and w called the Rapido, She is to be employed in the ut out and seized the be considered as convalescent. 1 shall, however, keep | \vinnd of Roatan, Guansjs, do., in the Bay of Honduras, i S competition, and the result is onergy, this letter open to the latest moment, #0 aa to send you, | which have been organized as Colonies of the British | activity, jude, aceuraey, and the same ae far as it is made pudlie, the truo state of bis health. 1 | crown is general yy reapomible for the from point of really believe the death of General Concha at this time | yo Courier du Havre says:—Wo aro informed that the would be & serious injury to unfortunate Cuba. He ap- | company which has obtained the concession of the sub- | ing company though it may pass over marine telegraph between Sardinia and Algeria will com- mence laying down the cable between Cagliar) and Bona about July 10. Fleven thousand four hundred and (ty-seven emi- grants left the port of Liverpool during the past month, more than to thirds of whom, or upwards of 8,600, pro: cooded to the United States. Of these, nearly 6,000 were Ireb. freight forwarded with aay ia no liability for endless dori lato reconnaie. which average time by rail in winter from to ixty “ hombres de Tropa"? ‘The Madrid Gacetie of the 27th alt. publishes a deapatch | may not beat Detroit weeks or months. There is no conti- made by yellow fever im the ranks of the army of the } fom (he Captam General of Old Castille, dated the previ- weus ibility, The same occurs at Suspension brave defenders of Cuba, ous mmnouteing Wat tranquility, continued to pre. Bridge and Alban: vail it provinee, and that did not require a bet. Frery merchant et feels that hie property ie no t tery of artillery which had been sent off to him. London Jest of July 4, says:—Neither the L- nor the Fngtisl cabinet ever intended the f - Aiiront to the United States on We enlistment questo i, ‘bat the American government estentationsly seined an accidents opporten + olende oor 13 Jone Dram or Taree Baornens.—At Cincinnati, 01 Wednesday last, Patrick F. Keéley died of ann stroke funeral Won bat. No Gompensation con @tained for theee enormons losses ‘We hope to sce the expresses drive an independen frewht trafic shortly THQMAS §. WINEL ARO "eda eee