The New York Herald Newspaper, May 15, 1860, Page 2

2 THE SPANISH TOBACCO CONTRACT. fmmense Amount of Virginia and Kentucky Yebacco Wanted, Orxsviare oF Spain, } New Yeux, May 14, 1860. f ‘Tee an‘ersigned , Commu) of Spain, bas received from his Bxoelieccy |he Migueter of Foretgu Aflairs of Her Cathol ¢ Majesty» poverement the fellowing conditions for the aew contra ts for sugp!ying Kentucky and Virginia whacco fer the <cusumption of Spam for the FRANCI SLOUGHTON. OPFICLAL TRANSLATION, Condittore on which the Public Hacienda (Treasury) wiht comtract for three “aundrea thousand (300,000) Cas | responsibility, tifian quintais of leaf tobacco frem the United States, as also for ao ae! Lionatemount, not to exceed sixty thousand (60 060) culty.als, a the maximem which the Hacienda may orcer tv, the yoars 1861, 1862 and 1863. 1. The “#dacco’rhall be Kentucky and Vi » to the excivtion of the classes known in New as “factory logs,”’ “nanter’s lugs’’ and “leaf inferior te com- mon.”’ Two parte tained im each can, with the minimum weight of aixteen (6) Castilian cvintals cach, in which the tobacco must Setiopenaahiy De packed, must be sultable‘for ecngpers; aod ey parts remaining, at most, for 8. ‘The leaf ior wr appers must be ripe, fresh, sound, fine and of cood ce jor andextent for common segars. That appiicadie for fliers must likewise be ripe, fresh amd mund. Shiv id the tobacco not combine these circum- maxces, or D ave any defects, it will not be received. 2 The co atractor shall deliver three hundred tkou- wand (2C0,0 JO) quintals of said vobacco in the quantities os jhe »datea following:— 5 15,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10/000 - 10,000 NEW YORK HERALD, TURSDAY, MAY 15, 1860—TRIPLR SHEET. — THE PRESIDENCY. CAMPAIGN OF THE REPUBLICANS. THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. What is to be the Platform of the Party ? om hes been there landed amount ald a. in the quantity be found the 0D! rector fail to ander any Pretext, foe lan Ce dficate under the time specified, such contractor shal 1'ay, w the Treawary the amount of suid difference at the fete of price that ‘worm.-eaten tobacvo of the kind of ‘Whe ope in question issold at the Estancia. The ooatractor eball only be exempt from auch responsibility by duly proving, a for in the Commercia! Code, that the ‘Bustained genera! averege damage inthe voyege, or wan damaged by shipwreck, fire, ground- ing or any maritime risk. 7. The contractor De notified to pay the extra ex- Penres Of transportation, the augmentation of price of the tobaccos which mag be Epes for bo ge and stated in forego’ condition Should be neglect i within one month from the day of fo- , the amount ofsuch liability shall be paid out of the amount of his security; and should such ameunt be ings shall be ‘mattated” soutormebiy 10" the provision of ‘natituted con Pp Section 11 vf the law ‘of contabilidad, 18. Should the contractor, under whatever cause or at least, of the quantity con- | Pretex’, abandon the service, his compromise shall be carry.d out on his account in the terma as aforestated. Nev, ponnions for a new public sale sball be made, and eld contractor shall be liable to pay both the Cifferenoe of price on the tobacoos thet may be bought on bis account before the accomplishment of the now sale and the difference that may result on the tobaccos be- tween the price at which he had enga; ‘himself to fur- nish dartpg the time of his mad. tH price which the pew centractor hall himself to furnish it. Such lity incurred by oi contractor sball be paid 3 ataching peeeny, and forfeiting his se- curity, as proviced for in section 19 @f the Royal lustruc- ‘of September 2 ‘such contractor shall be on 10,009 | the difference of prices, Should euch be the case when be ne giected or tailed iu the service, his secarity shall be ni the coatract 16,000 | returned to him, if at the time of mr sveb security be free of claims 20. Should the contractor, receive credits or securities of of the amounts for the eball not serve him as a pretext for failing © comply with the obligations of his coniract, under pretence that he had 10,000 { Dot been paid in specie. 21. The contractor shall have no right to ask for an in- crease of the stipulated price, nor for inde maification, aid or extensien of the contract, whatever be the cause he ‘The contractor jay allege for such demand. (wdates respectively exvreesed therefor. 22. The contractor, on all questions ari as to the ‘3. Berides the num der ui quintals which in eash year | fulfilment of thie service, sbail able by may be it ie stated the contractor must deliver, he shall hkewiso | resolved by the vis contenciogo administrative, should @eliver the quintas whieh the Direction ask to the weer’ ‘the administrative measures that may be maximum of twenty Wougand (20,000 quintais, 4 wibout its being underetood thereby gat thie augmenta’ | 23. Tho party to whom the contract shall be ajudged on diminish the deliveries subsequent years. which are to be mule in the | shall execute a due pyblic deed thereof, and the fees for s the execution of instrument, and for copies of the 4. Tne delivery of the tobaccos whish may be asked | Same, shall be paid by him. trom the contractor, sco: ding to the foregomg condition, must be mace within the following months from tne date of whe order & During the months of January and February, 1861, Desies the bomber Of quintals which, according to con dition 2d the cootractor most teliver, be shal! iastitute a ddepoeit of ten thousand (10,000) qniatals of the same kind @f tobacco in each of the factories of Coruna, Cadiz and Auieante. Thie deposit of tobaccos shall be renewed with | to be allowed foreach cas the montbiy deliveries, and « deposit shall continualty b exist until the Ist of July, 1868, on which day the eontractor may detiver to the bacienda the number of ‘qumtal in deposit which, on that dave, he may require to ‘2d, or for the eventual orders agreeable to condition 3d. 4 Tee contractor #hail make the deliveries and at such Jaotories and in such quantities as the Direction shall de- Rignate to him ‘24. The tare will be reckoned as follows, to wit:—The casks will be numbered; an equal amount of balla, with similar numbers as those on the casks, will be io an urn or other suitable vessel; ene of these balls will be taken out for every five casks, and the num! such ball will cesignate thas of the caek to be pi out, and £0 on; the caske 80 picked out will be weighed empty, and the average weight of same abail be the tare . This operation shall be made with the greatest formality in the Board of Sarvey, which shall be composea of the authority and employés pre- viously designated, and the contractor or his representa. tives, and shal! be duly noted in extent and exactness on the certificates of delivery. The empty caske will be lott for the benefit of the tae $ 25. For every lot of quintals of tobacco which the con- tractor may deliver, there ehall be issued to him without deiay by the contador of Lic respective factories, counter. J. All thé expenses and dues of every kind, established | signed by the administrator, a certificate stativg the num- Or to be cetabiished hereafter, which may arise from the Gehvery of the tobarcos at cash factory, uatil they are ndmitiod aad weighed, shall be for account of the con- tractor. 8. The inspection of the tobsccos which the contractor t ehall pot take place until after having ob- Whe eathorisation of the Direcc.on General de Rentas a. uy Pouacad: @ As @ general rule, the inapection of the wobaccos ber of casks presented for inspection, of-those received, jm accordance Wilb (he conditions which musi be possess. ea by the tobacco, which shali be mentioned, as also the |. quantity of wrappers and filers which cach cask con- tains, of those rejected, of the weight of the cask end without cask, of the quantity acmitted and the coy 4 the jatter ip rials Co velon, at the price in which service fa fixed. On the same da‘e when said certificate tball be granted, which shall be drawn upon the fourth wball be mace by the administs ators, chicfs of the factories | seal Daper for account of seo eennnuaier 208 Pee ees and ipepectors of works tbereof, with the assiatance of the sontadores and eritance—ithe two first bemg, as judges. wo responeibie ‘or the clasrification and application of baccos. Besides, the chief adininittrator aball sei oe to whe Governor of the province, should he wish to preside at the act of inepeciion or to name & persoa to Hi a5 ° ee mber of casks inspected aad thetr piassitics taone, which shall be signed by all partes assembied for we ,and the origipal act spall ‘the General. Now a the i and may be made such inspection es ' ‘the factories in Une Kingdom. The : H lectories. |, @ comsequence of the \aspectione made in the facto pection made an act shal! de drawn up, which | Of six per — yearly bw Be aye < the i measures ani cl payment beiore Director foregoing reguiaticn, the tobeccos x cea direct, either at the piscos of shipment may be made at the of aby it do not wre ibe reveption of the tobscon xf alremay inspected | _ The contractor shall have the right of asking abroga- on official paper for account of the baciends; the bistrator chief sball send to the Director Genera! the tes- tumony and other documents proving the reception of the tobecon, and duplicates to the Contabitided of ‘the public Dacienda 26, The payments ehall be made in the central chest of ‘| the public treasury, comprizing the sums to which the tobacoos amount in the montily distribution, in order that the payments may be made the month aiter the de- Mverles. If the payment from avy cause whatever of the be forwarded to | Sum comprisea in the distripution should not be made, tbe treasury shail allow the contractor intercat at the rate provided he took ‘Bhe interest shall com. mence thirty daye after the last pay ment anal! have been — and shall cease on*the day the pryment takes place. tion of the contract should payment be delayed two monthe, and that tbe amount cue shall exceed four mil- i should result that the tobacco received by the ad- | Nour of rials, having besides claimed tae payment from l and furnish sued as eda!) combive toe circumstances re quired 3@ The cask and locee tobacco thit may be rejected in 2, bbe Comteactor must export, either of the csses expr: ore thereef sHowla LOt Combine the conditioor es Tabitshed before hand, he contractor sb-l) withdraw it the Minister of Hacienda. If the abroga‘ion shoald oo cur, the treasury will pay to the coviractor (deducting the dues which it have againet *he vontractor) the value of the tobacc ich pe is obliged tw keep in the permanent depots be factory price, with interest of six per cent yearly on ita sforestid valne during the time im the Course Of wo Ibouths, vo a foreign port not situated | Of theie deposit, ull the abrogation of tae contrast. im the Mediterranean , ne contractor peing oblige t to re 27. In case the contractor should anticipate the delive- went to the cbie! of tbe fe dca froma the Gos. | ries of the tobacces by virtue of the authorization granted wai of , proving the imncing of the tobacco, and stat. | ‘2 Condition 2d, the payments shall not be obligatory, ex ion their weight. as alec tbat of | cept from tbe date to which it should be made, aocvrding the tebaceo, Withia « reasonable time, to be desig | 10 the day designated for the respective deliveries, and to Rated D7 the aforesaid chief. aad Provisions expreescd in conditious 24 AD On ehipping the tobaceo, official advice of tte weight aad cists shall be givea to the Direction Gener: Reptas Fetancadas, god to the reepective governors, for ‘their informavon, \n order that they may take the neces 28. The surplus tobacco that may result at the at the termination of the contract, after covericg al! the allotments and orders which may bave been mace on the sary measures for its custody, sod tbe vigilance of the | Coptracior, agreeably to conditions 2d and 34, shall be re- ‘versels curing their stay snd ceparture from port. When the ebieis of the factories receive the landing certiscates —— ports, they shall take a pote Of them and send ori to the IMrestion General. jee the Cllicers designated b: lation nine, ch tm the ingpections, but ebould they not agree the ‘opmmions of the majority, they can put seals on the casks ‘Mey may designate, thai they may be conveyed to the factor es Of this court for the new inspection for the recep. tign oF rejection Of the ict to which such tobacco may ‘The tobaceo received at toe factories of this court shall |, and conrequently the expenses of trassport abali ‘be pala by the contractor. Bat if i\ should be filied, such ty ee Hacienda. ‘Oxpenses Of transport from said factory shal! be fay ye be wampenstion of the delivery and the deposit Webaceo, or export them from the kingdom @ewdition 10. and that petition will be conaxtered. ie may else ask the (rection, ebould he prever it, a) Bed Exporiion, & Dew inepection and, should there foundation ther: (or, the director may appoint whe sury ere for ite performance. Theit opinions shail be decwive: ‘end should they confirm wholly the firet inapectioa, or of not reach Atty per i f ant | i eeUeetel Tt sa He iil ile g Sex i shee z t 3 Heit chiles elle petetd Leal it, setts GE f ‘ i t 8. iat Hi ii i BE gt > or 3 4 2 é i | Lg g | a iy Hy il : ~ [ He] os ii i i | comer quently the proceeding® aloresald most inevitably for account of the allotment whereof, should it not be | tractor be clear of respousibility. by virt cont, the expenses of convey. imeurred by the surveyors, their stay and reauta De for account of the contractor. Where thore shall F 5 i gi 25 e 4 iF Hi A Bs zEz exported according to the form provided by co: 10th. Tre tobacco of the same depots, which been applied to cover said allotments and orders, be received by the same weight which they hed at the ime of their admiesion therein 29. Whoever aha!i be declared ¢ outractor shall guarantee the performance of ‘she service he cootracts for by two ote | millions of rials, in — or othe equivalent, at the rates class of established in the aomieaible securities for this object, and binding his present and future property aad incomes. . That amount shall be deposited in the genera! ches! of depor its, and the contractor cannot dispose thereof aati! the cone!urion of the contract. In that case, or those of abrogation, that sum shall be returned, provided the coa- { @ comma- nicetion which the Direction of Estancadas shal! address to the chest of deposits. 20. The sale shail take place on the 14th of Julr of the present year, at the Iirection General of Raptas Estanca- Sr by the Director General, associated with iho thereof, Cabs, and to the Corsuis in the ay respectively case their publication. 2 Op mit of Joly next, from belf past two o'clock until three in the afternoon, there will be received by the Duector General, in presence of the om. i a ide : . n JOSE GENER, Her Mayety has deigned to approve the proweat offer cuees , March 90, 1860. SALCVERRTA FORM OF PROPOSAL WHICH THR BID MOvT cConTarN, 3 AS STATRO LX CONDITION | announcement in the Gaeta, No —, _ = and of al) the conditions Mr. —, resident at--—, advised of the | aod requirements the b, tale of lhe ec yudication af the cmvusremese doce, out, the ‘the pretext Besides, there ie an eminent banker, haif roo aod halt French, who bas advanced millions ww i. trusting that the two named governments would boar ia out, and claim afvrwards bis supposed losses (ia case that government ebould knock under), all of which proceed from illegal transactions. ' tonal, snd cto you believe that ap: a claims, moreover, when entered into with » military mob government i 5 ; i g H 4 E E get accus gaioat consuls are the order of the cey, and have been commit- tee tbree or four times during unis rer Neve not, but be ought, if he bad any blood ia Uuat would boil at such unbeard of B ! of the years 1861, -62, -63,, ibe pits ot’ geeaeenee (Date and signatare of the party.) INTERESTING FROM MEXICO. | Our Vera Cruz, Monterey and Brows» ville Correspondence, Our Vera Cruz Correspomdemce. Vree Cnvz, May 2, 1360. ‘The Captured Steamers— What is te be Done With Them— United States Intervention the Only Balm for Mezico—The English and French Ministere—The Conducta—The Za- catecas Consula—freatment of English in Menico—Lord John Russll’s Apathy— Victories of the Liberalea—The Tacubaya Commemoration—Outrage by Miramon's Bro- ther— Mediation Useless—Rumors of Spanish intentions— Movements of Mr. McLame, de. ‘We have little news frem your quarter, thanks to the splendid arrangements of our government for mai! steam- ers, which deficiency leaves us and our Minister some- times without news for s month. ‘There was a talk here that the Miramon steamers would be returned, either to Marin or to Spain, which wouli be & shame, as we cannot gee how the conduct of our gallant officers can be approved of and the vessele, not be coa- sidered’a lawful prize. It is beyond a doubt, notwithstanding their lying state- ments, tbat they fired first, and besides that lots of Ame- rican property and lives would have been sacrificed if this piratical movement had bot been stopped. Now everybody is asking bow could Mr. Soulé under- take such a dirty businegs as the defence of those pirates? Some lawyers will undertake any case, provided a fee canbe obtained; but until now Mr. Soulé was considered a gentleman. Docs bis hatred of Mr. Buchanan extend so far as to sully bis own reputation by trying to injure him fm this crooked manner? Or does he intend to coax Spain into acknowledging ber complicity? Any how, it would appear to any Intelligent man that we bave a fair beginning, and for bumanity’s sake we ought to proceed. Rest assured of one thing, which I have tried to bring to the level of the comprehension of any of our citizens for the last two years, that without our bona fide armed intervention, no peace or stability can be restored in this country. There are no two ways aboat it, and any thing else we may do will just exactly amount to ing. as ee Fogland and France—ridiculoas! Lord John Rugeell’s proposals only show that he is ignorant of Mex: can affairs (0 the jast aegree. Then they have not been taken into consideration; at east they bave been refused even by the Miramon gov- ernment, altbongh ‘The pian of the French is more stupid éven, and the fact tbat Gabriac bad a band in it, was,as you may easily imagine, quite sufficient to tell him that nothing could be Metened to «manating from him. Not from animosity or hurt feelings, but from the certain knowledge that a man who bas the ices of life of thousands, and sacritice of un- told mitiions of money on bis consctence—a sooundrel, for wbom no gallows is bgb enough, and without whose criminal interference this struggle would have been nip- ped in the bud more than two years ago—can have no By mpathies, por can any faith be pleced in his por the slightest confidence, even, that he should p: bono fide. The present English Charge, ! am sdérry to say, ia a 7 conceded (most abeurdly) in its favor. yeathercock, bullying to Gay and cringing to morrow that a man said to possess ability should of character—-im fact so’ much so amon Ca vinet hardly listens to him any more. rting his wil! he could have obtained the re- bE mittsnce of funds from Mexico, but he jet the occasioa pees, and even was satiefed with the enormous and itle- galexaction on such funds of eight per cent, whilst 4 jaw not a cent Ought to be charged So he ives parties interested from getting their funds back, which been laying idle in Mexico for a year and a half ry jated that be agreed, because be wanted to get part of is such duties into his ban is, said to be for English ciaim:, Dut nobody believes it, that be shou.c connive pt a barefaced robbery practiced against merchants of Vera Oroz and Mexico, la order wo by hy the same outrages committed elsewhere. and certainly it isa hard case fact i#, that as soon as that government found him ‘ture of the conducts was under at troops were wanting to escort He holds paper money illegally created by Miramon, ad- missible in peying duties of the conducts, and as he knows that euch ebinpinsters will soon be utterly value- lees, Of course be works bard that such cuty ebail be ex acted. Some of such transactions were made at 99 per cent dis- European government we the courage and Only @ few days ago such a piece of business was con cluded, giving $60,CU0 cash and receiving euch bonds for five millions of collars. . How proud Jobp Boll must feel when he bears oD outrages against the Epgieh Consul at Zacatecas, who de- was entered into by force, bis swong box opened by force and the money extracted, whilst the Freach was taken to jail between & Glo of Gfty sol tiers. Consuls went to the capital to complain to their ministers, but ef course to pe avail. abmen pally must make up their minds and to it, because sucn outrages 9; their votution. In former mee the English Minis er asked for his pass- abeep to be played with. The other day, from « mine called La Laz, 600 were taken prisoners, and only released by paying up— the poor ones iron: $10 to $100, and the richer eo horres, and eo on, as the bargain could be etre ‘At Queretaro, peop’s ¥ho would not pay the tax were —starved—until wil. shut op im jan and deprived of food. tng to pay. his Was confessed by the party, orcers bad been given to body dying of there measures, which had been called inhuman. to prevent any- er, these are only tnstances of al! the countless Howey atrocities daily committed. days ogo, but he is hara preamed, and Guadalajara Bi said not to be able to hola out niuch longer. ‘There je more spunk in toe women of Mexico than there je m the mate sex. The former wont out in style to Tacu Daya, took prieste with bem, aad celebrated mass ia honor of the victims avenesinated @ year ago. They hed to work bard to have the chard opened for their pur- ‘The brother of Miramon shot a man the other day be- cause be would pot let bim commit a rape on his daugh- ppl d te Ty He was arrested, but set at liberty immediately thi tgs happen every day. lozada, pear , burnt a city, and left 3,000 persons without ebeite '# a colonel of the reactionaries, and is in the babit of cutting the soles of people's feet, and ie aromor , bat don't mind jt, that the Spanieb men-of war will come here and pick a quarrel. Tt ts stated from all sides that Miramon be beck ree Defeat of Oajen— Hinojoro En Route for Durango— Raurn of Governw Vidaurri—Hts Reception ~The Prin. ciple of Rotation tn Office—$300,.00 Bn Route for Browns. tlle he Poper of the Previous Administration Re fored— American Principles in Merivo, de ‘The only political event of interest whith has ocourred in thie seetion of the country ie the reoseupation of Zeca. tecas by the liberal forces under Generals Uraga, Ortega and Carvajal. Am engagement took place between the opposing parties a little distance from the city, in which the Dbersle were entirely successful, whieb in couse. the reactionaries evacuated the chief, ont im the imposition of Yerced loans, Dbanishaents ‘and impriseements. As usa, the loans fell most hesvily upon the foreign merchants; and many of them, includ- el army crossed in @ boat, and Captain Pheipe, of New Orleans, as interpreter, a sergeant Dogier, croesed over. ena escorted them into town. Upon their arrival there had resorted to tha weal tacts of his house was forcibly entered, and his strong box was bro. ken open and the deposits removed. As this was done Dy his own party, Momsieur Gabrias must consider it all ran Hinojozo Wann the city of Durango, and in uiion with Campos will endeavor to recover the city. Governor Videurri hag returned to this city aad reas- sumed the duties and responsibilities of the office to which he was almort unanimousiy elected by the Legislature of the State. His retarn was celebra‘e? in the usual man- ner, by the ringing of bells, rockets, salvos of artillery, rotation fn office i¢ carried would delight the heart of the moat progressive spoils- wan. Western, Seine an aan turn to been unable 0 make mech progress ia his eborte to aid the uberal cause thus far, but he will soem, Sees, St the ways uip & respectabie force. OO aaeen Jeft this morning for Brownsville, with over three hundred thousand dollars, having come from Zaca tecas. The duties on this will amount to over $15,000, which will give the government # little spending : | i E 3 which they should have calculated upon when they bar. gained for the 5 We © to learn by the last mail from the again. ronal feelinge and respond at once to the call of humanity apa duty. Our Brownsville Correspondence. Brownsvitte, Texas, April 9, 1860. fezan Rangers Fired Upon by Mexican Soldiers—Interview Between American Officers and the Authorities of Rey- noto—Ircops Now at Reynoso— W hereabouts of Cortinas Unknown—Uncertainty of His Capture—The Mexican Troops Reinforced— Bloodihed on the Frontier, dc. On the 7th of this moath the Mexica@ soldiers stationed at Reynoso fired into the fexas Rangers, commanded by Captain Ford, who were stationed in front of that town. ‘The Rangers returned the fire, and put to flight the guard which was etatioved on the Rio Grande, near the steam- boat Jandiog. On the evening of the same day, Oo!. R. E. Lee, commanding the Department of Texas, arrived with two cempanics of United States Caval-y, under com- mand of Captain Albort G. Brackett, and, as there had been considerable firing during the day, he despatched Lieutenant Thomas to learn the cause of the firing. Tao ‘Lieutenant returned about sundown, and reportzd to the Colonel that the Mexican Guard had commenced firing ‘without any just cause for doing so. Oa the morning of the Sth, Captain Brackett was sent with despatches to the sutborities of Reynoso, to enquire into tne cause of the disturbances. The Mexican Guard had left the guard bouse, and the boats were all drawn out on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. The Guard had taken @ position behind a thick fence, where they be invuced to feave thelr place ot shelter, though & white Er Saren s sees mee sibomaien were full view of the Mexicana ‘ead witnia reach of were ‘and it was a long time befo.e they could n ‘@ file of the guard met them bey found four companies of Mexican soidiers drawn up Cannon, in front of the Court Houre. Every street lead- tus, and porttoles wore made is rouay’ places through ‘walls, were ry the walle ef tbe houses. Major, Trevibo, Drotuer ot Governor Trevino, of the State of Tamaulipas, was in com- mand of the Mesican soldiers, and there to be several of Oortinas’ men in the ranks; ever, is depied by the Mexicans. ppoeed, , how: be Big’ expecting an attack from our soldiers, ght taken every precaution to make a good i | iH j | i i it i i evidently mech troops near Reynoss, and river, The baa. bo one knows where, and it wilire- quire s great deal of skill to captare him, if indeed ho ia captured at all. He has many friends in Mexico, and dy in every town and bemlet. It is no wonder bate the ‘‘Gringos’’ with a deadly hatred, aad ~~ \ Spa a sadn eaten Sibi ‘Last evening the Mexican force at Reynoso rein- forced by the arrival of one bundred cavalry solders from Camargo and two hundred infantry from Matamoros. We aiso learn here this evening that Col. Lee received rome important letters from General See ey im the search alter Cortipas. ‘Thus far there has been much blood shed on this fron. a fe waptons cree state Re comennacenast of the pre- went unfortunaie olsturbances, grant may toon be brought to an end. A Startling and Mystertous Tragedy at Weymouth, Mass. “ SUDDEN DEATH OF TWO SISTERS. (From the Boston Traveller, May 12 } ‘The people of Weymouth have recently been thrown Pid'on the eventog of May 5. of Betsey Pr-ves Tirrell oldest daoghter of Mr. Wilson Tirrell, a mer sant of this city, whoee residence ‘eymout! near Wey. mouth landing. which has . lowed ner rib tocee naied four moatha und one day increased the excitemeat, aad | tol speculations in regard to the Mary wes > very beaa ‘tiful and age. She ot Ul beki for?s brio period , with what was sup- posed thort time. There was bothing at the time, and she was examination. to George Foamy. ts whose man as he was J invited him to bs ae ey, oe twenty four years of ‘whee the’ Seth Parton thort Aistanes from her “Taiher's house, and returned ‘at about eight o'clock. At about nine o’clook she retired to bed. A Se od ister who with her bed previoualy retired, bat was a n. Wrhcuinge of request her , Dut ahe ated Supposed that she also died in a fit, but de- disease, iecided to five or six wit sister of the who haa portormed a topey a b performed Seiten a nee Ae ea Dr. Howe performed a Mig ang ", Per! an which rotted in the Gorcner ditectiog Br lowe to have th oe. tenta of the stomach analyzed by @ Boston chemist. The someah wns coe dingy taken to De A. A. Bayes, State Dr. Hayes bas mace the ¢enired analyst Se jesence of strychoine im sufficient quantity i i ‘There are, gf course, « thousand rumors in cireulation in regard to ‘effair, fA 2 5 ATS ony A ty deve yed apronreng bien me ray ty we refrain from p Tinking these statements until the), THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENTIAL HONORS. Names of the ‘Delegates to the Convention. THE SEWARD DEMONSTRATIONS EN ROUTE GOSSIP OF THE CONVENTION. ~ T. B Eggleston, F. Gessacrok i > 3 Mr. Seward Reported to be on his Way to Chicago. i FMpS z- 2 § e a [ i i 28 OUR CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE. ; a> B i £ rs Fe F THE VERY LATEST, i | ¥ i=] l PZe ems i < E ! H ‘The Republican National Convention will meet at Chi- cago, Ill., to-morrow, 16th instant—William i. Seward’s Dirthday—to nominate a candidate for the Prosidency, dnd also one for the Vico Presidency. The 13th of June ‘was the day originally appointed for the meetiag, but, for some reasons best known to the managers of the republi- can machine, it was reconsidered, and the 16th of May fixed as the day. Ds Counting the six border siave States, the Convention ‘will consist of the following delegations:— Re ki 16—D. applegate, Caled A. Wilhame. 1—W. W. Wallace, 18—H. Y. Beebo, Taaec Steese. 19—Rovert P. Paine, NEW ENGLAND STATES. 10—Gen. — Stokely... D.A.arter, , Bl amaeohEB SISK Fl ontooe ‘The number of votes necessary to achoice will bo 117. ‘The split in the democratic party—by the action of the Charleston Convention, and the sadsequent adjournment of the Dougias branch to Baltimore, to meet in June next, and the Southern branch to meet at Richmond in the same month—has slightly pertarbed the political san of the republicans, because they expected to profit by the weaknesses of thoss Conventions, and to selec! a man to be thgir candidate who would be the most likely to win im the contest against the democratic candidats, whoever An attempt will undoubtedly be made by some of the Chicago delegates to adjourn until the Richmond and Bal- timore Conventions shall have maie nominations; but this we anticipate will be disagreed to by the majority. ence our attention is calie1 to the probadie deliberations , Which will engross the attention of the Coaveation. First of ail, we are to inquire what is to be the pietform upon which this party contemplates to condu>t the en- suing campaign. Toe ostensible platform which the republican preas urges will be th» one adopted at Chi- cago is that adopted by the Philedetphia Convention which nominated Fremont, but the apparent aad all-engrossing Principle to be upheld, judging from the past history of ‘the party, is the abolition of slavery ‘‘now and forevor.”’ On this iasye the republican party assumes the shape Of a parely sectional party, edvocating a principle which ‘brings one portion of the Union in hestility to the other, Prejudicial alike to the commercial, agricultural and manufactartng interests of the country, and from its na- tare & potent agent towards the dissolution of the social and political fabric of the Union. ‘To carry out the principles of such party, managed as a: r F I EI i Dy pa y rf et di | | HA F bl i f it f ii ae> jee me wr f B os PI = i i i r 2 [) we i ag! g: if “ij F } I i f i ~ Hl ii it I lie fey Fs i i i { , a i a i pees i there is mach work to be done between this time first Tuesday in November, and it would be ‘an act of justice to the delegations from these their volces should have much weight in the Preaidential candidate. Sadjoined 19 @ list of the delegates to the ‘vention, which will be found the most correct one published, viz — California. ba on ff r fi e H ar a # z | Fi ne i uf ib j ; fi 5 f i fi SPrs e i i | Vi ig r 7S fr = | “h By F i iy i j ii sr 2 i i if Pa i: F i re Bo 3 Pm i F ik i r 2, e Er i E I : a from Obio, will be brought forward as a compromise, that bie nemination im euch an event will be certain. SEWARD IN CHICAGO,