The New York Herald Newspaper, April 1, 1859, Page 1

ae TEE OE ee eee WHOLE NO. 8244. nx MORNING EDITION—FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1859. ————— ‘THE PARAGUAY EXPEDITION. Whe Probable Settlement of the DiMiculty— Zhe Efforts of the Fluvial Powers to Pre gerve Peace, dic., dic., dic. OUR BUENOS AYRES CORRESPONDENCE. Buenos Aynes, Jan. 27, 1859, Phe Commissioner from Poraguay—His Offers to Make a Breaty and Leave the Claims to Arbitration—The Pro- gored Meeting at Corrientes, de., de. <T&e steamer Primer Argentino, from up the river, is Gael in, the British packet starts in three hours, and I ‘have just time to iaform you of the following facts:— Judge Bow!in, our Commissioner, started up the river fer Asuncion on the 2d inst.,on board the United States ateamer Fulton. He was stepped at the fort of Ita- perru, and informed that by a law or decree then in force mo armed veusel was allowed to ascend the river Para- geay. Judge Bowlin answered the ofticer in command that he came in the name of and duly authorized by the ‘Wnited States of America, for the purpose of concluding a treaty with Paraguay, and to seek, peaceably, ‘indemnity for the past and security for the future.”? Whilst com- munications were being interchanged between Commis- poner Bowlin and the commander of the fort Itaperru th Pplenipotentiaries sent by the Paraguayan government ar- rived, and proposed an adjournment to the neutral city of Corrientes, it The Argentine republic, They met on Ge part of their government, he most anzious desire for a fas, just and peaceable arrangement with the of Bee Yaiied States; and, further, Wat they were authorized to grant to the United Stutesa treaty similar to those at Present exisiing between their geveranett and the go- ‘vernmente of Exgland, France and Sardinia; and, further- moro, to leave toarbitration any and all such claims as the United Staics or any of its citizens might have against the government of Paraguay. Judge Bowl repi jed that, such being the case, he would not then make a positive newer, but wouid meet the aforesaid plenipotentiaries at ‘the said ity of Corrientes within thirty days, On the th inst, Judge Bowlin left for the city of Parana, where our new Minister, Hon. Ben. C. Yancey, yesices, Such is the state of our Paraguayan expedition the present moment. ™. enue Southern Star and sloop Preble left for up the river, from Montevideo, on the 21st inst. THE BUENOS AYRES VIEW OF TIE EXPEDITION—EX- PECTATION OF A SPEEDY SETTLEMENT. ‘rom the Buenos Ayres Tribuna, Jan. 30.) The American equadron proceeded some days ago to its destination, conducting to Aeuncion the agent of the Ame- rican government entrusted with the settlement, in one ‘way or the other, of the question pending between Para- ‘and the United States. ‘The belicose character of the press of Asuncion on the ene part, and the exaggerated and even iniquitous sort of reelamations attributea to the United States on the other, had made it believed from the beginning that only a Fesort to arms could resolye the question, But the sireumetances have changed. It is now known that Meither of the two belligerents has excessive pretensions, and that on either side there prevails the noble desire of peace: July settling the question. We believe—and it will be very ‘Atravge if ube not so—that the next packet will convey the intelligence of the tranquil solution of this subject, which, with great reason, is attracting the attention the people of the Plata, and principaily that of the Bra- gilian empire, in whose interest it could uever be to con- gent that the Colossus of the North should establish its predominancy on this side of America, Im reference to the passing of tne American squadron throogh our fluvial territory, and supported in the right of sovereignty which we exercise in it, this government addressed a note to the Consul of the United States, asking certain explanations concerning the presence of that na- ‘val armament in our rivers. Mr. Hudgon replied, giving the explanations which were asked of bim, although in the notes exchanged be may Dave diccuseed, though hurriedly, @ point relative to the jurisdiction of the sovereignty of the Slates over the Fivers which wash their shores, in which there was uot a Ferfect underetanding between the Minister of Buenos Ayres und the American agent—tho correspondence, nevertheless, baving terminated in the most friendly man- ner. This samo question has great employment for the diplo- matisis of these countr Seoor Amaral, Brazilian Minister resident in Montevideo, Gen. Guido, on behalf of the confederation, and a certain Mendez on’ the part of the Oriental goveroment, have gone to Paraguay on a special mission, offering’ their friendly mediation; but all with the fixed’ idea of after- wards asking President Lopez, in recompense, for a little Guustance in making war against Buenos Ayres. We will Bee how all these gouges ana comings will end. * * * After writing our review for foreign readers, we noticed ‘that on the departure of the steamer Menay, of Monte- Video, there came into port a part of tho Brazilian squa- dron, whose arrival was announced 8 AZO. In order that our foreign readers may not give to this @ccurrence a significance which it does not possess, we Will, in two words, explain what is meant by the presence of this equadron in the waters of the Plata. The government of the empire, justly alarmed by the announcement that an American fleet had majestically entered our rivers, decided, in ite turn, to make a dieplay of force, by also despatching a Rquadron to keep in view the occurrences which might arise from the misunderstanding between the United States and Paraguay, ‘This, and no other, is the object of the coming of thiz Squadron. | ‘Notwithstanding our enemies, who have been proclaim ing with the sound of cymbals and of trumpets, that w’ were on the eve of a tremendoas and unprecedented war, initiated by Urquiza, and strongly supported by.Brazil, the Confederation and Paraguay wish it to be, believed Sbat thie squadron has arrived with the object of putting into execution the stipulations of the humbugging alli- ance. But there is no ground for thus deceiving themselves. Without meaniog any imperdnence, we cao assure our foreign readers, @nd even those bere on the spot, that notwithstandig the hurubleuces of our social and politi ai position, we have data which authorizes us to teti them that whatover ié snid respecting the arrival of the Bruzilian equadroa which may not be in accordance with the statement we have made above is completely falze. And, if this asveveration is uot sufficient, We ask the in creduibus to look for a moment at the spirit of the propo sition made by tbe Baron de Maua to tls government, Ttshows, in an unanswerable manner, that in doing 90 Mr. Mana bad a pertect knowledge of th intentions of Brazil respecting Buenos Ayree—tntentious waien, if they ‘wore pot entirely peaceful, he would have been induced te be very careful in venturing his capital in 80 gigautic a speculation ag that which he proposes to execute. {Translated from the Journal des Debats of March 9, for the New York Herat.) the steamer Tsmur we bave received news from ta to the Siet of January. Ifthe contict between the United Staves and Paraguay be not amicably settled it Witi not be for the want of mediatorial agents disposed to hee weir good offices. When Mr. Bowhu, the North American Commissioner, opens negotiations’ with Presi sews iopex, be will find at Asuncion the Plenipoventia. ries of lirazil, of the Argentine Confederation, and of the republic of Uruguay—Meesrs, Thomas Amaral, General Guido and Gualberte Mendez—who, all three, are ontrust- ed with the mission of bringing about @ peaceful solution, And what is more, Mr. Lefebre de Becour, the represen- fative cf France at La Plata, and the Sardinian Charge @Affairs have also gone to the capital of Paraguay, no doubt with tbe praiseworthy intention of supporting every opening for an amicable settioment. Our correspondents testify that the government of the United States entertains the strongest desire to settle the difficulty in a poacofal manner; ip fact, it would not wih to leave bebind bloody traces of the first appearance of its maritime forces in tae Plata; and it feels the necessity of being caro- ful for fhe future of its policy and its trade. Thus, when Mr. Meade, the American Chat Rio Janciro, waa giving to Mr.Paranhos, the Secre- tary of Forcign Aifairs of Brazil, tho most format ces of the conciliatory spirit of his government, Mr. Bowlin called in gucoession on President Percira,; at Montevideo, and General Urquiza, at Parana, to thank ‘them for their peaceful course and to putone of his Bteamers at the disporal of the Oriental government to carry its plenipotentiary to Asuncion, promising in the meantime to fucilitate the amicable settiement of the diffl- culty by the moderation of his demands, Byerything seers, therefore, to indicate that @ cannon will play no réle in that affair, and nothing is neglected to Prevent a conflict. Itis even stated—aod we have the Bews from a very good source—that General Urquiza, who has mado a trip to Corrientes, a province bordering a Parsguay, as & pretext, intends to go to Asuncion. 0 ove i# better able than he to weigh the resolutions of President Lopez; and he is, at the same time, on the most friendly terms with the United States government, which han lately cent him, through Commodore Shubricy, a Piecwof tho transatiantic cabie, set with gold, having his ame engraved upon it. However, President Lopez continues his preparations for defence. On the 8let of December he was at the camp of Humesta, and bad shown bimaelf much satisfied wita tho diccipline of the troops, His organ, the Sema narto, had not ceased to publish belligerent articles; bat tha conviction that the government of Paraguay endeavored to provoke the alternative of war did not prevent the firm Fesviuiion to adopt ali proposals which would not conflict With dishonorable conditions upon it. The violent blow which that country—closed for nearly half a century to the civilized world.receives at present from a foraign Power wiil, if peace prevails, produce salatary aud happy results, If wo aro to believe a journal of Aanncion, great progrens has already been made by the administra, Bon, and the government was preparing “a grand plan o Communication, which is to steer the pablic tavo the path of modern civilization and genoral prosperity.” Itien little Fague, but promives, at least, movement, action and liber ty to that rich country, which bas been 60 much in wan of there essentials untii now, | ath we po a a Grst result of the North Ame slits whic's han deem the cause of ail the rep of 14 Plate becoming united for their common int Tt will bavo no lone useful a result in rousing Paraguay from tho torpid which it has languisved for half a contary. bes hi OUR MARANH,) M CORRESPONDENCE. Marasiamt (Brazil), Feb. 8, 1869. Arrival of the Metacome—Put in for Coal. For the benefit of those interested in the safety of the Officers of the Paraguay expedition, who gailed in vossoly @f such & Character as to excito the alarm of life insurance Companies, Ihave tho pleasure of announcing tho rafo arrival at this port of the United States etoamor Motaco- met, Capt, Win, H, Macomb, on the evening of the 28th of THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. Janoary, twelye days from Barbadoes—officers and crew all well, She was compelled to put into this port for a supply of Coal, wood, &c., she baving consumed her supplies in con- tending against the currents which prevail off this coast. It is impossible for # small steamer to make Pernambuco direct from Ba badoes. The time lost in working against the currents is equal to an ordinary run of one thousand miles, The United States steamers Fulton and Harrict Lane, after m king some distance south of this point, were’ compelled to put back to this port. The Water Witch, expected here by the officers of the above steam- ers, put into Ceara, and after having considerable expe- rience in the way of sand bars and crippled machinery, finally arrived at Pernambuco. Ceara is an open port, ofven very unsafe, and esses but few conveniences. This is a city of forty thousand inhabitants, has a fae, salubrious location, and has the reputation of, being the best built and healthiest city in Brazil. It has an appear- ance of business and enterprise which does not charac- terize the. other cities of the empire. The trade winds make it very pleasant here during the summer. The average temperature the year around is about 82 degrees Fabrenbeit—I doubt if it ever reaches 90 degrees. The officers of the Metacomet experienced the most generous hospitality from the American residents, John ‘Louis Olivier and his esteemed lady, Jose Faneira da Silva, Jr, and citizens generatly. The evenings of their stay reeably at the opera. The prima donns Borgia, won from them the warmest expressions of app bation. She is not ooly young, handsome and artist, but has got afresh, vigorous voice of fine q Her best character is Traviata, and with every representa- tien she is greeted with a shower of bonqnets. When Matening to her it rometimes occurs to me that the great and indefatigable Uliman is losing money every day be neglects: hens her acquaintance. Her last engagement ‘was at Pernambuco, to which city she will return to tuldl another after the one she has here expires, which will be in June, But to return tothe Metacomet. After receiving asupply of coal, wood, &c., making some slight repairs, and the officers expressing the great pleasure they had derived from the visit to this city, she took ber departure for Per- senbeme st three o’clock on the morning of the 1st of ruary. ‘The following is a list of her officers:—Lieut. Command- ing—Wm. H. mb; Lieutenants—0. H. Wells, Green- leaf Ciley, Chas. G. Maxwell; Eogineers—Samuel Mont- omery, W. ©. Selden, Geo. T. Ferron; Captain’s Clerk— eo. L. Kiffer; Purser’s Clerk—M, f. Booley, Ten Days Later From Hayti. By the arrival of the brig John Boynton, from Port au Prince, we bave advices from Hayti to March 15. Captain Blye reports the place as being very quiet. We have received a copy of the Feuille du Commerce, dated Port au Prince, March 12, but it contains little or im- portance. ‘The Committee of the Department of the North has pub- lished an address to the people and army, urging fidelity to the President and the republic. Bends in the follow- ing bombastic style:— Let us, then, fellow countrymen, take the oath of fidelity tothe President of Hayti, and repeat with clarion voice, and to the roar of thundering cannon, the cries of “ Long live the republic!’ “Long live liberty, equality and in- dependence !’’ ‘“ Long live the Constitution !’? ** Long live the President of Hayti!” ‘The schooner-of- war Maurice arrived at Port au Prince from Jamaica on the *h ult., bringing back to their home a number of Hayti ho had been exiled by Soulouque, M. Damier has beer y ina wted director of the National Lyceum or ge. Tho appointment is in the gift of the President, ond the f \irector, who had occupied the post for ten years, retired amicably. ‘The leading article of the Feuille du Commerce treats of the progress of national prosperity, The writer says:— It is our settled conviction that the reign of tyrauny is over in Hayti, and that the country, freed from its tram- mels, will attain, before long, a position of unheard of grandeur. Our fature is glorious. Hlayti will soon regain her an- cient splendor, This marvellous soil tnat our fathers, blessed by God, conquered for us, will soon yield to us the wealth now hidden in its bosom. Let our biack and _yel- low brethren, scattered through the Antilles and in North and South America, hasten to co.operate with us in re- storing the glory of the republic. Hayti is the common country of the black race. Our ancestors, in taking possession of it, took care to announce in the constitution that they published, that all the de- scendante of Africans, and of the inhabitants of the West Indies; belong by right to the Haytien family. The idea was grand and generous. ‘Listen, then, all you negroes and mulattocs, who, in the vast continent of Atnerica, suffer from the prejudices of caste, The republic calls you; she invites you to bring to her your arms and yourselves. The regenerating work that ‘she undertakes interests all colored peopie and their descendants, no matter what their origin or where their place of birth. Hayu, regaining her former position, retaking her an. cient sceptre as Queen of the Antilles, will be a formal de- nial, moet eloquent and peremptory, against those detrac- tors of our race who contest our desire or ability to attain a bigh degree of civilization. ‘The American brigs Bohio, Pico, Baltimore and Monti- cello were at Port au Prince, with three French and two Spanish vessels. News From Vera Crvz.—The New Orleans Picayune of March 24, contains the details of the news from Mexico by the steamer Quaker City, being several days later from Vera Cruz. The Progreso does not state that Miramon had abandon- ed his expedition, though it docs say that he had returned to Orizaba with 1,500 men, at whose head he threatened for a time an uttack on the liberal camp at Huatasoo. On the contrary, the most active measures continued still to be taken to dispute his passage to Vera Cruz. ‘On the morning of the 12th, a strong body of men loft Jalapa to take up its position at the national bridge”’—a move- ment highly approved by the Progreso. ‘The same paper states that the command of Gen. Traconis had beon added to the army of defence. They take the place of the troops drawn off to dispute the passage of the national bridge. Among other re-enforcements, the Progreso announces the arrival of Col. Flores, from Campeachy, with two bat- talions, at the head of which he at once left Vera Cruz for the liberal camp, Garcia Granados bad also abandoned the town of Omealca, and brought its little garrison of 160 men % Vera Cruz to take part in its defence. All this does not look as though the “heroic city’? was yet out of danger. Ler Board of Aldermen. This Board met last evening, President McSpedon in the chair, A number of papers were received and referred. Alderman Tvowxy called up a resolution which had been laid over, appropriating $2,000 for gas and Croton fixtures in the Street Commissioner’s office. After some debate the matter was referred to the Committee on Re- pairs and Supplies, PROPOSED WIDENING OF NASSAT START, A petition was received from John Lowery and others, property owners in Nassau street, asking that that stroct should be widened, and stating that it could be done at a moderate expense. The petitioner jest that the widening should be on ee Ee ide ner of Pine to Beekman street. wo tee on Btreets. ‘The PxeaDENT announced a resolution from the Board of Gduncilmen, calling on the Mayor to convene the Board of Health; whereupon Alderman Boots moved an adjournment, which was carried. The following communication was received from the Deputy Acting Street Commissioner :— Bruzet Commissioner's Orrice, New Yor, March 31, 1860, To THe Hon. Common Oounci.:— GENTLEMEN—The Ly | information 1s submitted for the oon the 1th fay ot May, 186e" bide were opened by Street parinalon Fey, for hon Be er James jwlating, Sagging, venty ninth ‘avenue to Kast river; and on the Oe en was made with John Slattery to do said we all Gee aueen four lower bidders than himself, b. tL Jiark, Samuel Swartz, Wiliam Lundey aad J bunningham, 1 do not find that the estimates were ever submitted to the Common Council, or the award of contract confirmed. Ali the original bide bavé disappeared from the tice at this ofice. Siattery's bid was as tollows:— Earth excavation, per cubic yard. arb fling RID, Per aquare foot. Curd and gutter, per lineal foot. Ciroular corners, per set. Culveris, per running foot. coon Avd the contract was made with bim at these 5 subsequently, by ingentoualy med erasures, mubstitu tions and additions, the tollowing changes were made in the vices named in the contract, viz. — nged ) 20 for earth excavation $0 40 0% filling, ~ 000 1a, M2 Fosk excavathca, 1 60 1 “ Bing, : Ma O47” “ curb and gutter, “ 49" ‘The arsesment list confirmed December 30, 1857, sets fortn the amount to be paid the contractors at these prices aa. .815,119 & ‘While his original bid was... 90 Making a difference of... . $18, fn his iavor, and $24,968 88 more than the bid of J; Cunning ars, who was the lowest bidder for the work. ‘nthe LSth of Getober, 1857, there were iesued to John Slat tery, assesement bonds Nos. 23to 27 inclusive, for $42,200), bear. ing interest nt keven per cent per annum, on tccount of this contract, and on the 4th of January, 1568, was ‘asued to BD. Brown (John Slattery) assessment bond No. 122 for $12,500, bearing the exme interest, As these bonds do not mature tint | Cotober 1, 1862, there {a reason to hope that some steps may be possible which will save the city trom eatire loss on this con tract, aa {he amount can never be lege ly collected by assess ment on the property. mespectfully submitted. M. LOVALL, Dep'y, and Act'g. 8t. Commissioner, ‘There was a communication on the desk from the Mayor ro nominating Mr, Kiijab F. Purdy as City Inspector, but it wns not reached before the Board adjourned to Monday next. ‘Tor HAVANA Orena.—Onr correspondent, under date cf March 23, says that the farewoll performance was to be elven on that night, when Mmo, Gazzaniga would sing in {La Trayinta,”? THE WIFE POISONING CASES. THE STEPHENS CASE IN JAMES STEPHENS SENTENCED TO BE HANGED ON THE 20TH OF MAY FOR POISONING HIS WIFE. COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER. Marcu 31.—The People vs. James Stephens.—At an early hour the court room was thronged by persons anxious to witness this important ecene in the wife poisoning tragedy. Amongst the spectators were some eighteen or twenty females; but none of the Bell family nor Mr. Cardwell ap peared in the court, Shortly before 113¢ o’eleck Sherif John Kelly entered, with the prisoner, James Stephens, linked on his arm, and followed by his deputies, Murray and Gray, There was a large attendance of policemen in and around the court, and an immense concourse of peo- ple lined the streets from the prison to the Park. NEW YORK. | Stephens looked somewhat paler, yet was firm and un- moved. His sister, Mrs. Hanna, and her daughter, Mrs Isabella Bennett, were seated by his side, but hia child Bella was, very properly, not present at the awful scene that was to be enacted, and which was to make her wholly orphaned. Just ag the City Hail bell coased tolling twelve o'clock, Judge Roosevelt, (P. J.) took bis seat upon the bench, accompanied by bis assoviate Justices, Clerke, Davies and Ingraham. Mr. Ashmead informed the Court that the bill of excep- tions would be ready in a few mipubes; it is unusually Jong and necessarily burried. His clerks were tying it ether, and he askéd for afew moments delay. In the vantime he would submit his reasons for an arrest of Judgment, and his reasons for a new trial. He then pro. ceeded to submit them. One of the reasons for a new trial was that the jury were allowed to separate during the trial, which is contrary to law; avother is that Robert Ogden Doremus, one of the witnesses for the prosecution, conversed with some of the jurors, and stated to one of them (Mr. Marsh) — The District Attorney interrupted the counsol, as ir- regular. The Court said that the affidavits on which the motion ‘was to be made should first be read, Mr. Ashmead excepted to the Court preventing him from reading his reasons at that time. Judge Roosevelt—You cannot take such an exception. Mr. Ashmead then read an affidavit made by Deputy Sheriff Murray, who-has bad the prisoner in charge, and which is in answer to the following letter:— Mancn 2, 1859. My Dzar Sin—A gentleman mentioned to me that you had overheard Dr. Doremus ccpversing with one of the Jurors in the Stephens case, on the sabject of his anal, after Mr. Cushing had finisbed his argument and before 1 commenced my summing up. If the fuct be the Nteral truth, whatever it may be. I fee that you sbould certify to what you know on this subject. in- eed, T must “insist'on ft. In my judgment, any conversa tion in reference to the pending case with a juror would Tender the verdictinvalid, Yours trol. B. Murray, eq. JOHN W. ASHMEAD. ‘The affidavit of Mr. Murray sets forth that Dr. Doremus had said to one of the jurors a, Marsh), on leaving Court, after the summing up of Mr. Cushing, one of the counsel for the defendant, that Mr. Cushing had misrepre. sented him (Dr. Doremus) tn regard to the analysis, and that another juror (Mr. Gonk) conversed with Dr. Dore- mus and said to him (Dr. D,) that a physician had told him that Dr. Doremus’ analysis was the most complete he had ever witnessed. Mr. Ashmead then read the aflidavit of the prisoner James, Stephens, to the effect that the absence of Stephens as a witness was a material injury to him, and the refusal of the Judge to grant an attachment for bis compulsory attendance was prejudicial to his defence, ‘The District Attorney then read the affidavit of Robert Ogden Doremus, in which he indigoantly denies that he, either in the court room or anywhere else, said that Mr. Cushing had misrepresented him; he also states that he does not recollect nor believe that Mr. Gonk, another juror, bad told him thata physician had said that his (Dr. ‘D.’s) analysis was the most complete he had ever seen. The District Attorney next read the affidavit of Mr. Marsh, deny ing that he had ever bad such a conversation with Dr. Doremus as that referred to in the affidavit of Mr. Murray. Mr. Gonk’s affidavit denies that he had ever said to Dr. Doremus that a physician had told him that Dr. palyeis was the most complete he had ever ascen, d adds that he does not beHeve that any phyeician had ever said 80 to bim. The District Attorney asked Mr. Ashmead ifthe jury were not permited to separate at his (Mr. A.’s) request. Mr. Ashmead replied—No, sir. ‘The District Attorney then put in his own affidavit, to the effect that Mr. Ashmead etrenuously opposed the jur: being kept together, and that he (the District Attorney’ did pot at any time move that they should be allowed to separate, Mr. Ashmead—tI never make an afiidavit in any case in which Iam counsel; batI will say the factsare not as stated in the affidavit just read. Mr. A. then suid that in reference to the affidavit of Dr. Doremuas, it is not a posi tive aflidavit, but an evasive one, aud such as the Court in the case of the People vs. Douglas, 4 Cowan, refused to entertain. Dr. Doremus does not state that he did not con- verse witb the juror, but says that he did not say certain things to bim. He (Dr. D.) does not pretend to say that he did not converse with the jurors, but swears to the best of his recollection and belief Mr. Gonck did not say 0 him that a physician told him that his (Dr. D.’s) analysis was the most complete; he (Dr. D.) contents himeelf with a general declaration that he did not attempt to tamper with the jury. Mr. Ashmead continued to contend that any conversation witha juror in reference to the case pending before them was sufficient to invalidate the ver- dict, and while he acquitved Dr. Doremus of any intention to influence the jury, he submitted that the defendant was entitled to a new trial. The Court did not desire to have any argument in reply from the District Attorney. Mr. Cushing was about to address the Court, when Judge Roosevelt said that the Court had decided to hear but one counsel on each gide, Mr. Cushing excepted to the ruling. The Court eaid that the counsel could not except. Mr. Ashmead gaid they could make their exception, whether it was entertained by this Court or not. They might have the benefit of it elsewhere. Mr. A. then read ‘heir reasons why a motion for a new trial should be granted, some of which were to the following effect:— That the Judge erred in permitting a letter to be referred to which bad nothing to do with this trial, but waich bad reference to the marriage of Sophia Beil; that the Judge erred in admitting the anonymous letter ip evidence, and in introducing it into the charge of the Court and commenting on it, telling tho jury that it was of “con- trolling importance;” ‘another reagon is that the Ji erred in not taking notes of the evidence, thus deprivin; the prisoner of a right to them in a motion for a new q that the Court erred in introducing and commenting on the evidence for the prosecution and omitting to introduce in his charge the principal evidence for the prisoner; that the Court erred in refusing an attachment for Richerd Stepbens, who was an important witness for the defence. Judge Roosevelt. (having consulted with his associates) said—I see no good reason for changing the opinion I en- tertained on the trial; and the motion is overruled. The District Atttorney—I understand that the Court thinks it is not necessary for the prosecution to reply. Mr. Asbmead then proceeded to submit his reasons for an arrest of judgment. Mr. Cushing again asked the Court to granta now trial on the exceptions to be found in the minutes. ‘The Court had alre ruled not to hear more than one counsel on each side, Mr, Cushing excented, Mr. Ashmead then made the samo motion. Judge Roosevelt gaid that the whole matter coukl be taken to the general term, and argued settled for execution. If the general term see that the verdict is against the wei of ewidence they will un- doubtedly overrule it. is Court denies motion, stating that there is no ground for anew trial. Exception. The bill of exceptions (to be settled by the Court and counsel hereafter) were then banded up,as wasalso tho affl- davit on which an attachment sgainst Richard Stephens was asked for and denied. The District Attorney then moved for the judgment of the Court, The Clerk, in the usual form, told the prisoner to rise, and asked him what he had to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced against him according to law ? The prisoner said—tI have very little to'say. Iam be fore three or four judges, and what I might say would not alter it. The only thing I say—I am very soon to go before a higher judge, who knows the secrets of all hearts, and I hope that I may go there. ithe Soon th Tan Serna - DRaTu. ja Ly up, an roceeded to tho following sentence:— 2 Li 18 # James Stophens—You have been indicted for the crime of murder—the highest crime known to the law. You have had a laborious, careful and impartial trial. Your defence, in all its aspects, has been listened to with un- exampted patieace and forbearance. The pains and expense have been taken and incurred to. develope the truth or falsity of the charge against you. Even tho dead body of the victim, twelve months after its inter. ment, has been raised from the grave and made to speak. Its language, although to the multitude an unknown tongue, was rendered clear and intelligent by the aid of a most sktifal interpreter—one whom your own conneol justly denominated “the chemist ag well of the prisoner as of the people.’ Its speech, thus interpreted, was, “death by argenious poison.”’ It could answer no further. Who administered the fatal drug was a queation to be solv. ed only by the more ordinary testimony of living witnesses. ‘That testimony showed motive on your part, and no motive on the part of any other person. lt showed that your mind had conceived a marked indifference, if not dishke, to your wife, and an unlawful passion—not preference merely—for another and a younger object—a passion which in its headlong course ‘led you blindly to believe that the only barrier to its consummation was the exist- ence of your wife. Undor its influence, on two successive oecasions, shortly before your wife's illness, you pur- chased the deadly mineral whose traces, by tho in: ify. ing power of science, were made ao distinctly visible af terwards in her disinterred remains. You mingied the poison secretly, but administered it openly, in the dis- guised form of drink, or medicine, or food, to the unsus peoting victim. You did the act repeatedly, it would seem, and with ample intervals of days, and even weeks, for retlection and repentance, Such porse- vering cruelty towards one whom you were bound to cherish, and who, if your witnesses are to be be: lieved, never offended you, is scarcely con- cetvable, But the picture does not atop here, You accept- ed her dying embraco—listened to her dying prayer—and before the touch of the one or the tones of the other had ceased to vibrate, you renewed your unholy pur. suit of the surviving niece; and when baffled even now by the intervention of a more successful and more worthy rival, yeu sought by anonymous givings to poison the character of the liv! piece, a8 yOu had already poisoned the body of the di auvt, The case, thus presented, if true, you must admit ig one of umpardopable enormity. A jury, selected almvst by yourse!f—a most patient, upright and intelligent jury— Dave substantially sound it true, and each member for bimpelf, separately and solemnly interrogated, bas, in tones of sad sineerity, declared tbe same “ to be bis verdict.” Nor ie thig all. In rendering their verdict of guilty of murder, the jury have, by implication, almost necessa- rily, declared you guilty of another crime—which I need Ot how dwell upon, as it is not directly in issue—second only to that for which you have been indicted. You can- not, therefore, bope for any commutation of punishment, Terrible asthe doom may be—more terrible, if possible, to your innocent ¢bild than to her guilty parent—the law ai. mits of no alternation, You must die. ‘ Ho that shed. deth man’s blood, by man most his blood be shed.” The teptence of the Court, therefore, is—it is the sentence which the law pronounoes—that you, James Stephens, be taken | and to the prison from which you came, and that there, On the twentieth day of May next, between the hours of nive o’clock in the forenoon and two o’clock in he afternoon, yeu be banged by the neck until you are dead. And may the God of Mercy, after your intervening agonies are over, extend to your de} spirit that for- givenese which human tribunals have no power to grant. Stepbons heard bis awful doom without a tear; but when the Judge alluded to his little child, the prisoner bowed his head upon his breast and he was unmanned. As the Clerk was proceeding to read the death warrant, Mr. Ashmead eaid that the prisoner wanted to say some- thing. Judge Roosevelt—He bas had hia opportunity. The death warrant having been read and handed to the Sboriff, the District Attorney moved that James Hanpa, Maria and Sophia Hanna, and Isabelia Bennett be committed for perjury. Judge Roosevelt, having again consulted with his asso- ciates, saidithe Court have come to the conclusion toleave ‘that matter to the ordinary course. The court was then adjourned gine die, and the prisoner recomuitted to the Tombs, ~~ THE JOHNSON CASE IN VIRGINIA. TRIAL AND SENTENCK OF JAMES H. JOHNSON FOR ‘TBE MURDER OF HIS WIFE BY POISON. SPECIAL CORKESPONDENCE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. CIRCUIT COURT—RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Judgo Tyler presiding. At an early hour on Monday, March 21, every avenue to Washington (the county seat of Rappahannock) was thronged with excited crowds, eager to participate in the investigation of acrime which, for cold blooded atrocity, is not to be peralleled in the criminal annals of the com- monwealth, Contrary to general expectation a jury was empannelléd without much difficulty. James Carter, first witness for commonwealth, sworn— Was seated in a room with the late Mrs. Jobnson; accused entered from an adjoining room with two glasses of lemonade in his hands, one of which he presented to his wife, retaining the other for himself; deceased asked why he did not wait first upon his guest; accused replied. that the lemonade he held in his hands con- tained aloes bitters; that Dr. Kinsey had recommended them for her health; as for Mr. Carter, he could help himself from the pitcher on the table; deceased, at the first taste of the lemonade, exclaimed at its extreme bitterness; accused fpsisted on her drinking the whole of it, remark- ing that Dr, Kineey said it would do her good; after do- ceased had emptied her glass, accused refilled’ and pre- vented it to ber again, remarking there might be somo of the aloes remaining in it, and that she must take it ali; ho then rinsed the glass, and proposed to witness to accom- pany him to Washington, tbe residence of witness, when they immediately set out; they had procecded on their way about two mileg, when’ they were overtaken by Gearing, a laborer in Johnson’s employ, who reported Mrs. Johngon as exceedingly ill and not likely to live many minutes, whereupon Johnson turned back, and wit- ness continued on bis way. ‘An acute crogs-examination by Mr. Scott, for defence, failed hd shake te evidence of Ca eal idee: jearing sworn for prosecution— 2 pi Yarto; was at work cleaning wheat a short distance from the é@welling; was called to the bouge by servant girl; found Mre. J. in strong convulsions; by her di- rection administered whites of eggs; did so with difficulty, on account of the violence of her convulsions; she swallowed without difficulty when her head was held firmly backward; there was a brief in- termission of the spasme after taking the white of oggs; Inid deceased upon the bed; she exclaimed, addressing her little daughter, ‘Your papa has poisoned me,’ anda few moments after said she could do nothing to please Mr. Johnson; Mr. Cheek came in; sent him to Mr. Grow’s; when witvees returned with Dr. Kinsey found Mra. Jobn- son dead: turned back without entering the Peon dark and spotted with green after Dr. Browning, of Flint Hill, sworn—Made post mortom ex- amipation on 11th of June; found vital organs all healthy; opened cavity of chest; heart healthy but empty; contents of stomach into a bottle; brain sound; found no pega) to occasion death; was of opinion, from evi- lence on inquest, that deceased had died from strychnine; carried stomach’ and contents, properly secured and sealed with private seal, to Professor re, of Philadel- phia; strychnine was detected by the Profeesor both in the stomach and in its contents. Cross examivation by the defence—Was legally sum- moned to make a post mortem examination; was as- sisted by Dr. Reid, at his (witness's) own request; examipation made by candle light; extended to twelve o'clock at night; tetanus or tetanic convulsions always produced by strychnine; strychnine not the sole cause of tetanic convulsions; they may appear in apoplexy and other diseasee; no other than preparations from nux vomica produce tetanus where death is caused by poison; Dr. Taylor, of England, is of opinion that tetanic convulsions are conclusive evidence that the poison is strychuine; Taylor ig an ¢minent author on poisons; first wrapped the stomach in paper; then put it in a wide mouthed bottle, and added aleohol for ita preservation; chromate of potash and sulpburic acid are tests for strychuine; the color teats are reliable,on the authority of Professor Rogers; Dr, Taylor did fot, ag”a witnees in the Palmer case, assert that the color tests were unreliable. Dr. Reid, ¢f Washington, Rappahannock, sworn—Found no cause for attributing death to strychnine, from appear- ance of vital organs; etrychnine produces tetanoid convul- sion; in ordinary convulsion there is alternation; tetanoid tetanic convnision is constant; in the former consciousness is lost, in the Iatter never; ordinary tetanus commences slowly, twélve hours the shortest time in which it has de- stroyed life; ordinarily death ensues in four or five days. pa witness cited the Barnes case. Barnes was a mem- er of the New Hampshire Legisiature.] Where atrych- pine was mistaken for morphine, and death ensued in fifteen or twenty minuteg, Dr. Gardener survived three hours; from evidence on inquest, witness is of opiaion Mrs, Jobnson die from strychnine; strychnine is intensely bit- ter; accuse resisted post mortem examination, which iu- creaeed suspicion of foul piay; stopped ehort of a conclu- sion as to cmise of death, until strychnine was detected in the stomach . This witness resisted the mental rack to which he ‘was subjected by the astute and ingenious inquisitor, with wonderful force and presence of mind. A eevere, soarch- ing and persistent cross examination failed to elicit from him one word that he did not wish or intend to say, or to cast the glightest shadow upon the clearness of his evidence. Dr. Reid croa-oxamined by defence—Examined heart ond lungs drst; saw nothing abnormal in condition of vital organs; has no practical expericnce in cases of poisoning by stryckuine; information acquired from books; ro- searches made in view of this case; authors; “Taylor on bk “Palmer's Trial,” “Sir Benjamin Brodie;’” “Wooa’s Practice; —opinion ‘in this case founded on “Palmer’s Trial,”’ and mainly on Tay- lor’s evidence on that trial; strychnine acts princi on the epinal marrow, ‘ action of ths nervous system—the resp! muscles rendered rigid; examined upper portion of spinal cord and found it in a natural state; authorities examined confirmed witness in belief that deceased died trom effects of strychnine. Professor Rogers was now called to the stand, which he occupied for five congecutive hours. Your reporter will content bimself with a statement of the more prominent and remarkable facts elicited, without jing—were he, indeed, competent to do ‘so—to follow the able Pro- feesor through a long and learned dissertation on the sub- ject of poisons. He described strychine as a compound belonging to a class of poisons strychnoidi—as an alkaloid, in combination with # peculiar acid—one grain of strychine equal to two bundred of nux vomica; very difl- cult of solution; one part of strychnine imparting a bitter flavor to nearly one million parts of water. nine is indestructible by acids, but will combine with them. Strycbnine is almost as sudden in its effects on the human form as electricity. There is no difficulty in the act of swallowing, #0 far as the throat is concerned; the intellect remains clear to the last. Its effects are fully developed in from four minutes to an hour. The most effective man- ner of administering this drug is in lemon juice, The Pro fessor described with great clearness the four ana- lyses made of the stomach and of its contents, and the different teste applied for the detection of strychnine, and the detection was made by each and every, process employed. To make “assurance doubly sure,” he tried the famous experiment of Marshall Hall, and administered the drug obtained from the stomach of the deceased to two frogs, which immediately exhibited ajl the symptoms of poigon by strychnine, both dying witbin a few minutes, Such is the sensibility of the frog to the peculiar action of strychnine that Marshall Hali propores to call it the strychnioscope. [The wonderful resources of chemical eclence were 80 fully developed by the learned Professor as to excite the admiration and cobvince the understanding of the duliest minds within the Court louse.) Huff, eworn for prosecution, testified to urgency of pri- soner to basten burial and to his opposition to post mor- tem examination of deceased woman's remains. Harris sworn—Johnson evtreatod witness, as a friend to oppose a post mortem examination; on one decasion tol witness he would not be surprised to find Mrs, Johnson dead at any time; that sudden death was hereditary in her family; witness bought a quarter's worth of strychnine from accused; accused said he had procured it to kill a john Lyons sworn—One month before Mrs. Johnson's death, prisoner told witness Mrs..J. might die at any mo: ment, and was subject to spasms, probably brought on by inordinate use of tea. William Gore sworn—Tn April last accused exbibited to witness a phial labelled on the one side poison, on the other strychnine; sakthe had procured it wo protect his specy frown We doge, Amos Dear sworn—Three or four days daya before the death of Mra. Jobpeon, prisoner calied to get lemous, and obrerved he would not be surprised to of his (pri- foner’s) wife’s death any moment. Lucinda Buff sworn—Accused wanted her to cert fy ‘that his deceased wife was liable to attacks of insanity; accvsed remarked that hts wife had not becn put away de cently; witress replied that she bad been buried as de cently as the bad died; he said, ‘I have no doubt but that my wife had a dose given her; but who did it?” wit ‘nees bad not visited Jobnson’s house for six months; no decent wowan could do so; Faw enough; saw a lady there and believed the reports. ' [The person bere alluded to is 4 Miss Molly Sbreves, niece 10 Mra, Jobueon, deceased.) Upon being asked by the prosecutor if this lady was in @ delicate way, witness replied that ahe looked as mari women sometimes do; never knew deceased to be si except in ber confinement. Mrs. Hopper swoin—Witness called at Johnson’s on hearing of his wife's death; did so in the performance of 8 dnty as a neighbor; Jobntou paid if it had not been for Gearing’s long tongue he would pot bave been in that situ ation; he had no doubt a dose haa been given bis wife— but who did nf Mre. Harris sworn—One month before ber death de ceased was congratulating herself in presence of witness on ber excellent health; wituess thought ber a very healthy woman. John Corbin sworn—Saw accused in bed with Mies Shreve at different times, Mrs. Jobson lying in same room, on a trundle bed, with her children; lighted a candie and held it for Miss Shreve to read a letter as she lay io bed with accused, Mrs, Johnson being then in same room on a trundie bed; never heard Mrs, Johnson complain of connection between Molly Shreve and her husband. [Here the prosecution presented some letters from Miss Sbreve to Jobnson, but they were ruled out by the Court ag not being evidence.) Migs Susan Filet sworn—Heard accused say to his wife tbat he did not marry her for love, bat for money, and in that he was cisappointed. The trial had progreseed thus far up to Tuesday even- be the Court adjourned. ednesday morning the Court met at nine o'clock. Professor Rogers, by request, explained what are called the colored tests for strychnine by actual experiment before e jury. Elijah Houghton, sworn for defence, testified to harmony between prisoner and deceased. Thos. Smith, for defence, testified to same effect. Dr. Kinsey’s written statement, admitted by ment of counsel as evidence, stated that prisoner did obtain aloes from him four days before the death o< his wife. Thrift sworn—Defence endeavored through this wit. ness to prove that instances of sudden death had occurred in the family of deceased, but fatlud. Daniel Updike, for defence, testified to harmony of do- mestic relations between the parties; in 1851, we her confinement, the health of deceased was bad, but subse- oar La thot testi for ti lartly (rebut imony for prosecution sworn) — On the 27th February, 1858, deceased told witness ,. Jobngon passed maby nights from home; prisoner re- marked he intended to get another wife; deceased asked witnees what bis wife would say if he were to take a young girl in bis Iap and kiss her; accused said deceased was apgry because he would not get &ny more children by ber. Pal nae the case closed on both sides, and was summed up e jury. ‘The shee retired, and in from ten to fifteen minutes re- turned a Verdict of murder in the first degree. The prisoner was then remanded to jail, and on Satur- May next is the Of all the persons com: day sentence was passed, and the 18th of day appointed for his execution. posing tbe crowds in daily attendance on the trial the wretched felon Johnson exhibited the least emotion. April Fool’s Day. On the first of April, from time immemorial, a custom has prevailed in almost every country of making fools of one’s neighbors and friends, The wit used chiefly to con- sist in sending persons on foolish errands, such as for the “History of Eve's Mother,” for ‘pigeon’s milk,” for ‘hen’s teeth,” or for “ stirrup oil” to a shoemaker, who generally beat the fool with a leather strap called a stir- rup, The origin ofthe custom is very obscure, reaching back to remotest antiquity. Poor Robin’s Almanack for 1760 has these lines :-— The first of April some do say Is set apart for AW Fool's Day; But why the people call it so, Nor I, nor they themselves do know. But on this day are people sent brood pd cna for pure merriment ; And though the day is known before; Yet frequently there is great store Of these forgetful to be found, ‘Who’re sent to dance Moll Dizon's round. ‘The same writer remarke that it is hard to say which is the greater fool—the sender or the sent. Goldsmith, in his Vicar of Wakefield, describing tho manners of the rus- tics, tells us that among other customs which they follow- ed, they ‘* showed thair wit on the First of April.’” In the north of England and in Scotland the persons im- posed upon are called ‘April gowks,’’ or, as it is some- times written, “‘gawke.”” In Scotland they have a custom of “hunting the gowk’’ on the first of April, which is done by sending silly people on fools’ errands, by means of let. ters of which they are bearers, and in which is written:— On the first day of Aprile Hunt the gowk another mile, A gowk is properly a ayckoo, a bird of passage, which is known by its calling the word “cuckoo,” and makes it appearance about the first of April. It is considered foolish, because it yor its eggs in other birds’ nests. ‘The French have their All Fools’ Day, and call the per- 20n imposed upon an “April Fish” —P. de Avril. The allusion is to the mackerel, which appears in the French waters about that time, and is easily caught. The custom vails among the Swedes and also the Germane, who describe it in the phrase, ‘Hinen zam April shicken.”’ It is to be found in Persia and India, and the ancient Romans, as Plutarch informs us, called it the “Feast of Fools.” ‘i ‘The primitive Christians are supposed to have borrowed the custom from the Pagans, as they did most of their bolidays and customs, 1n order to conciliate them to the new faith, The feast of the Immaculate Conception, or the “incarnation” of Christ, 1s on the 25th of March, and that festival, like other great festivals, had its octave (ens. days), the last of which was the let of April. Tne rst and last days of the octave were always most ob- served. Another interpretat@n is, that the rat of April being supposed to bo the day on which Christ was mock ed by the Jews, gent from Annas to Ciaphas, from Cia- phas to Pilate, from Pilate to Herod, and from Herod back ngain to Pilate, the custom had its origin from this, pas sion cay being corrupted in the French to Bat the moet probable origin is in the custema of the ancient Ceitic Druids, worshippers of the suo, who celebrated the vernal equinox with great rejoicings and merriment, this being in the olden time New Year's day, or the begining of the year, when the sun began to shoot forth his genial warmth to the earth, clothing it with verdure and cansing all pature to rejoice. The word April is derived from the Latin aperio—to opan—the sun then opening the year. Army Intelligence. The following assignments of medical officers have been directed by the War Department:— Sur; |. J. B. Wright, now on duty at Baton barrecks, ‘x to proceed to Fort Leavenworth for aay it that Surgeon M. Mills, now on duty at Fort Leavenworth, to proceed to Salt Lake City, Utah. Surgeon Josiah Simpson, now awaiting orders, will pro- ceed to Fort Hamiltcn for temporary duty at that post. Assistant Surgeon J. H. Bailey, now on duty at Fort Hamilton, will proceed to Jefferson barracks, Mo. Assistant Surgeon L. H. Holden, to duty at Baton Rouge barracks, La. Captain W. L. Cabell, Quartermaster’s Department, is directed to rey for duty ut Fort Arbuckle. Teavo of nco for six months has been granted to Captain Smith, First Dragoons, and Lieutenant Stuart, Firat Cavalry, The fol field officers havo been detailed for the recruiting for the ensuing two years from the 30th oajor H. Hol Eighth Infantry, to reli Major ‘Major T. H. Holmes, a love A. Cady at Fort Columbus, N. Y. Major G. Burbank, First Infantry, to relieve Col. R. O, Buchanan, Fourth Infantry, at Newport barracks, Major L. P. Graham, Second G. B. Crittenden, mounted rifles, at The above rs 0D Leg relieved, are to re- at the headquarters e army. Pi ntemot F. T. Bryan, Topographical Engineer, has been charged with the duly of oxamining o site for ® bridge over the Big Black river, on the military road between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley. ‘The War Department has issued orders directing a care- ful and thorough reconnoisance to be made by the topo- graphical engineers of the country between the San Anto- nio and El Paso road,aad the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers. ‘This expedition will start from San Antonio, ‘Texas, and will be escorted by two companies of infantry and amounted force. Camels will be used for the trans- portation of provisions, &c., in place of wagons, ‘The military posts known as Camp Walbach and Platte Bridge have been abandoned, and the troops withdrawn to Fort Laramie, Nebraska. The Secretary of War has caused orders to be issued discontinuing the recruiting service for the mounted corps, The several rendezvous in this city have already been broken wp, and the recruits transferred to Curiisie , to relieve Col. lis.e barracks, Pa. Recent instructions from the Adjutant General's office direct the suspension of the general recruiting service in this city and elsewhere. A portion of the officers now serving on that duty are ordered to report as follows:— At Fort Columbus, New York—Lieutenants Morris, Win- bar. Holabird, Sweeny, Bates, Cole and Van Vorst. it Ne » Kentucky—Lieutenants Mason, Mclean, Alley and Dryer. The remaining officers are directed to report for furthor orders to the headquarters of the army. ‘This is considered rather a strange movement, a8 the army at wt requires nearly one thousand men to fill up the different regiments; and should this order exist for Re time, it would reduce the strength so that it will re- quire double the expense to again re-establish the recruit. ing service, Carvors1A Trareicacs.—Mr, James Anderson, Mr, Stark and Miss Fanny Morant were to commence an on gagement at the San Francisco Lycoum on the 9th March, against Mies Avonin Jones, at Maguire's Opora House ra, John Wood intended to open at the American theatre about the 20)b of March, ADDITIONAL FROM CUROPE. @ur London Correspondence, Lonpow, March 18, 1869, Uncerta'nty of Information in Englant—Lora Cowley’s Miss n—Preparations jor War—Wur the Fawrw, nw Betting Circles—No Union on the Reform Question— Wit the Derby Munistry be Overthrown?—The Next Combination Talked About, dc, Notwithstanding all the speculation, public and private, on the probable course of affairs, we are here quite in the dark 4s respects foreign politics. Ihose who are supposed 10 be best informed consider thot war is inevitable; that Lord Oewley’s miesion bas only succeeded in making Austria less aggreesive, but not ‘more conciliatory; and the feverish state of the funds ie an index thet there ig an undercurrest which dovs not meet the public eye, In the meantime ia all our arsenals and dock yards the alles iy of ae, oe ing of re wr prentan= and other prepa: ‘on night and day, with noiseless Dut ceaseless activity. e whe 6 Pe nc pn ay we all bet, and tho odds are war te, with though many ‘he favorite, fow takers In our own polities there is little union, Nobody likes Derby’s Reform bill, few Bright's, aud it is ditiont say what will please. In liberal circles it is asserted that the Present Ministry will neither resign nor dissolve Parlia- ment, but endeavor to accommodate their bill to the wants of the country, and sale arent up office ona vote carr of non confidence bein istry formed, they tale of If this be done, and a new Min’ Lord John Ruseell as Premier, Lords Granville and Clar- epdon as Secretaries of State, and Pam. as bottle holder, to leave the House of Commons and go into the Lords Jawer-in chief for the government, the foreign office Loxpow, March 19, 1859, Mr. Charles Dickens in More Domestic Trouble—Leave Houschold Words and Starts Another Weekly—The Thack- eray- Yates Difficulty Terminated—The Disrack Reform Bill in Bad Odor—The Great Bank Swindlers—The Nea- politan Exiles the Heroes of the Day—Ihe Exhivition off 1860, cfc. ‘The literati of this metropolis are at the present mo- ment enjoying no mean sbare of public attention, and thetr’,bantering and peocadiloes take sides with the daily talk of the European war that ig to be, or is mot to be, Just as our cher ally Louis chooses to have it. Dickens’ squabbles are interminable. The entente cor- diale between him and his publishers, BradDury & Evans, bas just come to an end, and with it a new leaf of ‘«Boz’s’? domestic troubles is turned to the public gaze. Searcely cooled down over the scandal of the “tittle arrangement’? of separation from his wife, with his son he is again the subject of gossip, Dickens senior and Dickens junior have both been on terms intimate and affectionate with the Bradburys and the Evanses. For long years the se- nior Dickens has done all his publishing business with that. firm, and, in course of time and association, the junior Dick- ens has gained upon the affections of the fair and blooming offspring of the junior member of that publishing firm. Charles the first has thought proper to diasolve his rela- tionship with the great book establishment; Charles the second eees no relationship between the business affairs of the fathers and the love affairs of the children. The senior Dickens is at liberty to leave Bradbury, and the Junior Dickens claims the same privilege of’ clinging to Evans. The son is bethrothed to the young lady, purely and simply on bis own account, and therefore dsregards the paternal order forbidding intimate relations between the families. This might have ended here quietly, but the father has sought to annoy the son in seeking petty re- venge. The Hon § mab Was a candidate for membership at the Garrick Club on his father’s introduction; but on this darirg to love against orders, the father scored his ame out of the candidate's book. This has bri the — Ip ipalar tgpr a committee of the ‘tok ub, in 8} e father’s proceeding, of nim he, nee has declined, as See One ir. Dickens, junior, is a protégé of Miss Burdett Couths, and ia at, present in the house of Baring Brothers prior to doing launched on ne ova scouunh,. = 5 bs is unceasing squabbling attracts to the Dickens fainily. Three of tw Dery be either separated from their wives or suing for divorces. ‘The trouble between the editor of H: Words and the publighers is said to spring from the latter not pub- lishing in Punch the letter wi Mr. Dickens addressed. to the Times and other pay in reference to his discarded wife. Whether or no, the partuership of Mr. Dickens Bradbury & Evans next Words. At eo an of Household that time it will be offered for sale. It ia rumored that Mr. Thackeray will be ite fava Me “The Lounger’’ of the Times says that Mr. George /ugustus Sala (for whose many articies ‘Boz’? has obtained all the kudos ‘and much of the profit) will not write for it again, but that it will be conducted by the Punch stafl—Meesrs. Shirley Brooks, Charles Dickens. Jr., Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Horace Mayhew, and tho rest of the well known and successful contributors to the one Charivart, whose articles he (the Lounger) never Dickens is going to start a new publication, Howehcld Words." After much difficulty and’ phony po ogame Forster, Willes, Tt A. Smith, his cronies, he bas bit upon All the Year. One’ of the Smiths, or, saveeaen Domestic Broils, Rows; but “Charles” winced, nO more was said. ‘Though it was recently ru: that the Thackeray-Yates ifliculty was settied @ /a amiable, it turns out that Mr. Y. bas caved in—literally caved in. The latter is out with sixteen mortal pages of ‘* corressondeace and facts,” set- ting forth ‘the exact circumstances of the diffict be- tween me and Mr. Thackeray and the Garrick Club,” which resolves itself into nutshell dimensions. Mw Y. snd Mr. T. are members of the same club, and both are writers. Thackeray is the elder, Yates the younger. The first has made his reputation and fortune from his pen, the latter is climbing, and still iow down on the same ladder. Mr. Y., last June writes a aketch of Mr. T. in a London weekly, in which be criticises unsparingly the man and his manuere, Mr. T. takes offence, writes a snubbing letter to Mr. Y., to which the latter ‘replied in the same amiablo mood. fer, '. stands upon bis dignity, and sends the correspondence fo the committee of the ‘Carrick: ‘The lab takee up tho matter in behalf of Thackeray, and refuses admission within {ts portals to Mr. Yates, and he cousults lawyers. For nine months this ailair bas been the con- stant subject of town talk, and now it ends without the interest'ng developements expected before the bar. Mr. Y. seems to have got scared at the name of Chancery, He says that bis solicitor informed him that the secretary of the Garrick, who put his hand on bis (Yates) shoulder aod prevented him from entering, was nobody , and the commit- tee was nobody ; they were but names, ana the only persons that be could proceed agaiust were the trustees—with the prospect of acost of £200 if uw failure. Mr. Y. wisel: conciudes to forego the luxury of a tilting match wi the rich representatives of the Garrick Club. Thus it ends. Thackeray stays in, Yates is put out, and “order 8 in Warsaw.” Mind LA erm: Bala Fag ga ‘any with the na- tion, through their Reform bill. The whigs and ad- combine under the leadership of Lord John Russell and Mr. Bright, the member for Birming- bam. Itis ‘au injustice to Mr. Bright to the member for London before bim. Bright hes dove the that the regal jord must still ‘Eng'and the cot- be wvoeiren A the between them. Mr. or great fr. ‘propose fn his bill, but what nature those alterations are isunknown. Itgamend- ed reception is very questionable, Humphrey Brown, the notorious British bank swindler, only three weeks out Spe, thas had the audacious impudence to offer himself as a candidate for the suffragea of the electors of Tewkesbury, his native town. Messrs. Straban and Paul will be liberated from prison in the au- tumn. Following Brown’s — they may offer them- selves for the Mayoralty of Lon: talk here a good deal of tho unfortunate affajr of Mr. les. Without justifying the action, it is con- sidered that mort men under similar circumstances would have acted in the same oi. ‘The Guarantee Fund of the Great Exhibition of 1861 will de forwith set on foot. Her Majesty and his Royal High- Lott se Naromp sy be among the first subscri- ‘8. On the 23d instant a complimentary dinner will be giver to Mr. Benjamin Webster, the late proprietor of Aldelphi theatre, at the Free Mason’s Tavern. There will be a nu- Gane " muster of the literati—a testimonial will be pro- sented. The Neapolitan exiles are the heroes of the day. Sym- pathy for them is universal, subscriptions generai—even to penny ones got up by the working ciassee. e judgment of the tribunal of Paris declaring tha Courrier de Paris to have acted with une legerté regretable, ia publishing the forged letter reflecticg on the social ition of Mr. Henry Montgomery's tather—who is a Branly respectable merchant in Louisiana, and Presi- dent of the Bank of that State—is to be inserted, by order of the Court, in Galignant’s Mesenger. Two lethers from the Earl of Kgiinton, the frst addressed to the Count de la Rochefoucauld, on the occasion of his with Misa Moutgomery, saying he was happy to Tecogn'se his Ame- rican namesakes as kingmen, an other to the brother, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Ke yore riage with Mile, de Portes, were read during the trial, ‘The English Press on the Sickles Case, (From the London Times March 16.) Wo published yesterday a very strange and @ very sad riory from Waehingto: “g Wish the recollection of Bir Cresswell Cresswell’s clients betore our eyes We are not about to fly into paroxysms of virtuous indignation be- cause in the United States, as olsewbere, woman is some- times frail, and man generally vindictive. Such things are of all ages and of all countries, and this We story about Mr. and Mrs. Sickles and Mr. Key might at ‘any given season flod ite counterpart in the chronioles of any of the European capitals—London in- cluded, It is true, indeed, that the husband's was swift, savage and severe, Such is not in which such injuries are resented in England ; according to tho civilization of a country, 80 fashion of ite revenge. One nation uses a stiletto, an- ; other a revolver, another an old flint 8 fourth a barrisser. We employ the fourth ; in the United States the second comes more familiarly to the hand of an outraged husband, The remarkable of this occar- once, then, as fur as wo are egueerned, a tbe foraa which