The New York Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1863, Page 2

2 ~ AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. Our London Paris, Berlin and St. Poters- burg Correspondenge, Ren kee, ae Our London Correspondence. Loypon, July 18, 1863, Byect in England of the Gettysburg Vietory—John Bull in the Dumps—Confederate Bonds and “Continental Damn''—Ioebuck and Lindsay Snuffed Out—The Newspaper Hostility to the Union Cause—Walker’s Pamphlet on Jeff. Davis and Remudiation—The Pseudo American Ambassador, M. D, Conway—Henry Ward Beecher Under the Ban in England—Important Im- provement in Telegraphing, dc., dq, ‘Tho news from Gettysburg has turned the tide of public opinion very materially, and put a different face on Ame- rican aflairs, Secesh is not jubilant, Different sconery is required and a different prologue to the great drama, Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night; John Bull ts in the dumps: his rebel friends Are put to rout on Pennsylvania's plains; ‘Their cause is lost; Le in kingdom Confea rate bonds and nental dann’ ‘Are terms synonymous; while General Meade hie darkness and the gloomy siades of death Tie eget erg ies appre fhomsetves, MAKSPERE, Of course it’s Shakepere! Who but the ‘immortal Will” could so grapbically describe the ‘great wars that make ambition virtue?” And that he did it—though born three hundred years before the ovents took place was all the more merit in him. Roebuck and Lindsay are snuifed out, and all debate on the recognition of the South 1s put off to the ides of March, ‘64—and that moans, in this case, to the Gresk: kalends. The aimsof the press and the public men of the kingdom have been fully developed by one or two awkward exposes. There is a grand combination to syste matically misrepresent and keep down everything in the shape of intelligence and events that is in favor of the Union cause. A few days since a well known metropoli- tan editor got hold of a leading man of the provincial press, aud, presuming he was ‘‘all right on the goose”— because he knew the paper was that he was attached to—he unfolded all the plans, He was not “willin’”” to aid, and thus the plans were “blown.” Every pamphiet and book that is in favor of the Union cause is to be completely by the great mass of newspapers that are in Southern interests and sympathies. ‘They are not to be noticed at all; for, ‘Deing sound in facta and irresistible In logle, the oppo nents of constitutional liberty lose immensely by trying to refute them, The scheme is akind of free masonry and, like all secret societies, the secrets get to bé as well known to outsiders as to the charmed circle within. Iwas conversing yesterday with a writer om one of the leading journals of London (secesh), and 1 asked him to tell me candidly whether the Southern sympa- thizers did actually ‘believe, as they. professed that the rebels had or would gain their independence. ‘Ho hung bis head and said, ‘‘If tho North keeps fighting with the same determination they must eventually crush the South.” “Bat,” said he, ‘if equal determination ex- iets on each side, neither party will get what they are striving for—because,”’ said he, “the South will never come back iuto the Union, but get annihilated, and leave the land a desert to be repeonied.” Just as if there was ever an instance known in history where any people had afl or a majority of their numbers annibjjated and swept ‘away—even by ruthless eppressors—except in some minor instances, like a small community or inoonsidera- ‘dio tribe. Then, the South never were oppressed, but always Lad equal rights with the Nort Mr. Walker’s pamphict on Jeff. Davis’ repudiation and tho recognition of the South has fallen under the rule of silonoe—so far as the secesh press is concerued—whica thas been tacitly ugreed on. in Paris, has returned te his duties with reuowed health and vigor. The congrege'ion who worship at this church huve been exceedingly delighted during several Sundays past with @ new and besutifal Ze Deum, the compositioa of J. W. Crane, Esq., the accomplished or- ganist of the cbureh. ‘American Episcopal chureh in Paris, has retarned from the United States and resumed his duties. Rev. Heary Ward Feecher is 19 Paris, seeing the eighte, but keeping very “shady.” I understand he hag declined an Invita- tion to preach hero, asserting that he does not intead to appear in publio while in Europe. Pass, July 17, 1863, Effect of the Late News—Its Interference with the Secession Programme—The Russian Reply—Schook Corve'te Mace- donian—Death of the Duke of Hamilion—Paris a Sea- port—Colored. Troops in Paris—The Black Doctor," de, The harps of our secession friends in Paris are hanging mournfully upon the willowg. Tho news up to the even- ing of the 4th of July, which reached here yesterday, and which contained the accounts of the fighting at Gottys- burg, has not been at all satisfactory to them. , They hhad been anticipating something of an entirely different description, and the capture of Washington and the entire defeat of the Army of the Potomac were the principal items of their anticipated bill of rejoicing. For a week past they have been preparing for this, and had projected & grand celebration at the Grand Hotel in honor of the event, Had it occurred, thea the Emperor, elther singlo- handed or in conjunction with Spain, was to have ac- Acnowlodged the Southern confederacy; for thoy have as- sorted that Mr. Slidell nad arranged this whole matter. In his last interview with the Emperor they state thas he convinced his Majesty of the importance of Placing an extensive territory under @ government friendly to him and hostile to us between Mexico and the United States, and, it is even said, had offered to give up Texas to France and to agree to the gradual abolition of slavery. In return for this the Emperor was to acknow- ledge the Southern confederacy, and then lend his physi- eal aid to them in regaining possession of the Mississipp! river. All that was lacking, they asserted, to make their Programme a fixed fact, was the news, which thoy ox- Pected to receive yesterday, of a great Union defeat, ‘This did not come, however, and they are gloomy, unhap- py and exceedingly dampened in their enthusiastic ardor. Wo, on the contrary—every man of us—feel six inches taller at the hope that at length our army has found a leader worthy and able to handle it and tw lead it to victory. The reply of Russia to the notes of France, England ‘and Austria is expected to be received to-day or to-mor- row. It is genorally believed that Russia will accept in Principle the propositions made by the three Powers, and thus $hrow upon the Poles the onus of refusing what will not be at all satisfactory to them. In any event, after the determination exhibited by the English govern: meat not to goto war for ‘‘an idea’? in the interest of Poland, it is generally believed that no war will ensue. The United States schoo! corvette Macedonian, on her ry to Lisbon, has been lying some days at Cherbourg, and Captain Luce and about twenty young menef tho graduating class have been up here seeing the sights of Paris, They are a fine Joos set of youths, and do credit to our navy. Atthe Jardin Mabille afew even- ings since ove or them met the son of Mr. Mallory, the rebel Secretary of tho Navy, who had been a class- mate with him at the Navaj School at Annapolis, He ac- costel him, to which young Mallory replied that he could not recognize him in that uniform. wheroupon the young midshipman, who is from Pennsylvania, considering his country insulted in the contempt expressed tor its uni. form, and going ‘to war for an idea,” immedidtoly knocked young Mallory down. Mutual frienas then inter- frag and prevented hostilities from proceeding any fur- ther. ‘Tho Duke of Hamilton, one of the leading men and models of the English aristocr » died at the Hotel Bristol on Wednesday, morning. 8 papers state that his death was caused by ‘‘cerebral congestion.’’ ‘This was undoubtedly the fact; but the papers ‘do not State how the ‘‘cerebral congestion”? which caused the Amoricans in England are getting their eye te:th cut. Moneure 1) Conway, self-elocted abolition envoy for bis Own august persun, has cut bis own, the barber's basin { caught tho biood being held by Mr. Mason, an am- ‘bagsador without recognition, without a governnicnt, without a portfoho, without character and without any (of the realities that to make up an ambassadorial ex- istence. Mr. Conwaf’s appearance and disap; ce hay ‘been someting like the Satanic gent who acts a Pantomime part sa nhnor suburban London theatre on ‘Guy Pawkes’ day. kein with great majesty, tre- ‘mondous ote i horns and long tail, Presently nes cracker in the tip of his yy extremity explodes, a fizele is heard coming from the throat, and, one bang, and the Devii i gone—completely used up—notbing left ‘but the fragments of an old cow's horns and two hoofs, ‘Sic transit gloria Conway! Ur. Colorado Jewett is here, and puts up at the prince- ly hotel at Buckingham gate; but no fizzle has been heard {from the distinguished friend of Mr, Greeley. Perhaps bo ‘takes warning from Conway's fate, Another representative of the abolition interest is un- dorgoing a period of intense suflering. Ikpow not what deity in the Greek mythology would be a fitting type of his torture. The Fv by Ne ot ts felicity ecnpared to it Beecher is under a ban. Ho can’t make speeches. ‘The wherefore and.cause is this. He was ail primed and charged to go off oa the first fitting occaston, and some small tea parties had been arranged by the old womon of both sexes—like those given w the author of “Uncle Torm"—but, like the henpecked husband, enjoying him- elf among his boon companions: — He soos a hand you cannot see, Which beckons him away; Ho hears a voice you cannot hear, ‘That says he must not stay. Some prudent men—Americans—went to him and {m- plored him not to make any pubilc speeches, and held up to him the sel{-slaughter of Conway, George Francis ‘Train, ef id genus omme. But no, speak he must or burst. Finally it was arranged that he should meet fires Mr. Bright, them Mr. Cobden, at break- fagt. They were asked in his presence if Mr. Beecher ought to allow himself to make any speeches. *Cer- tainly not,’ said they. The poople here do not need any information as to the cause or grounds of the Amori- can war. All that has been told till the tale is thread- bare. The tory press systematically deceive their readers, and tho readers like to be deceived. They wish to wee nothing, either facts or argumonts, that does not chime to with their sympathies and dices; and the readers of the liberal press arc thoroughly “posted up” on all points. Mr. Beecher has left for the Continent. Mr. Field has just received from Professor Wheatstone, ‘the eminent electrician, and | rofessor Thompson, the an- nouncement of @ new principle in telegraphing, whereby four times as howe f words can be telegraphed through a cable two thousand imiles jong as by any modes now in use, That alone will increase the value of the Auantic telograph, when completed, fourfold; for ail agree that they can’ have more work than they can do. ‘Tho sub- scriptions now amount to about £400,000. Mr. Wim. M Fvarts bas, | understand, accompiished the objects for which he visited Europe,and returns by ‘this steamer, We yre now all in great anxiety to hear tho final results of the battles pear Gettysburg, as our last intelligence only dates to the eveni of July 2. The rebel press throw cold water; but the Unionists are confident. Oar Paris Correspondence. Pans, July 14, 1863. The Taking of Mexico— What Next? —Russia and Polani— Religious Affairs, de. Apy enthusiasm which might otherwise have been ex- bibited upon the arrival of the news that the city of Mexico had been ocoupied by the French forces was dis- counted in advance by the capture of Puebla. The result was that the last news was received with coldness and indifference. A feeble illumination was improvised along the facade of the Tuileries, and a few extra gaslights wore burned on the Palais Royale, abe Mint, the Corps Logisiatif und other public buildings, ‘The Bourse was not affected in the slightest, and the gene. ral feeling among the people was one of thank/ulne»s that there was now a hopo that the t:mperor would retire from ‘and abandon the most unpopular movement which he ever undertaken, Such is tho view expressed by the Jeading journals, and one of the most outspoken of them— the Opinion National-—in hoping that euch will be tho case, says that any attempt to hold possession of tho whole, or any portion of the Mexican territory will be Mnevitably foilowed, sooner or later, by a war with the ‘United States. Neither the government nor ita organs or ropresen- ‘atives give any inkling of the course which is now to be pursued, The Emperor himself has uadexdted- dy changed his mind several times since the inaaguration of the Mexican expedition relative to the manner m which the intended to terminate it. This now depends, | am @atisfied, principally upon the turn which affairs take the United States. Shoula there be a reasonable pros pect that our country is to be divided ‘@ now cenfoderacy hostile to us be established as a bar. rier between the United states aud Moxico, the Emperor the latter a French colony. This tion of his Tecent sounding” in @tructions to Tar relative to the recognition of the South. The result of the invasion of the which here it is firmly believed will bring ond, is looked for now with great auxiety; and upon probably hangs the fate of the Mexiean republic. The noves of England, France and Austria upon Poland fe been published, butethrow mo mew light Previous suppositions as to their character, Ru | tem cept them in principles and assent to a con leronce, which will drag its slow length aloug through the ia, in part, an o: resent year. What will grow owt of it it i# useless to | Imagine. The provabiliiy of awar with Raswia grows - ‘and lees every day, < It ie asserted upon goo} aufWrity that three thousand Fronch troops ercabeas Weand A ‘and that the Emperor intends the protection of the French go occupy & porition similar Tabite. This thirst for ext Mi io eanibiting may yet peror is said to be exceedingly tn recont dieclowures of Messrs. Lindsay and Trent, sod icularly at the determined assertion of the former that his Majesty gave him authority to represent bis views io Parliament. The result will probably be that the Emporor will be rather shy hereatver about granting interviews to roving and injudicious members mont. The weather is oxcecdingly bot for Paris, u he ther. about eight) reese fand eve \ momoter ranging ighty deg: - Srerzbody ie getting away to the seamide or watorin Pisces, The Grand Hotel and the Louvre are alrmoat de tod, hey. Ur, MeClntook, the pastor of the Americaa chapel and | of Parliae | sudden and untimely death of the model aristocrat was Drought on, On Friday evening Inst tho Duke, with » friend, dined, we may presume copiously and frecly, with a@friend at the Maison Doree. After this they visited that favorite resort of model aristoorats, the Jardin Ma- Dille, and returned at a late hour, in company with some “fair but frail” companions, to {hey Bupped and remained tu boeing In coming out the Duke of Hamilton, over- ome with wine, fell from the top to the bottom of the stairs, was taken up and carried to his hotel, and never spoke ‘ds. The mother of the Duchess of Hamilton was the dauguter of Queen Hortense, and the Iuchess is ‘an intimate persoval friend of the Empress. The Em- préss, upon hearing of the accident, immediately went Hot ‘istol, and: persuaded the Duchess, with her children, to accompany her to St. where sho has one remained. The Duke of Hamilton wagin his fifty- ird year. A company is now engaged tn making a survey for a Projected shtp canal from Deppe to Paris, with the idea of making the latter a seaport. This has been a favorite ppc of the French monarchs from Louis XIV. down to All the approaches to the Totlerics are now guarded by “golored troops” —regular Ethiopians, such as Jeff. Davis bet hang with much pleasure if he could get hold of em, We have not had a drop of rain in Paris for four weeks. Tho celebrated ‘Black Dootor” is again up before the Police for practising medicine without a license. Oar Berlin Correspondence. Barun, July 15, 1863. he Street Riolsa—An Aristocratic Prisoner—Trial for High Treason—The King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria—Feud in the Royal Family—intrigues Against the Crown Prineess—Poles in the Russian Service—The ee Leader Banege—Failure of a Dantzic House, ny We The street rows have not been renewed, and Berlin bas relapsed into the state of sullen tranquillity from which they had momentarily aroused it. We wore highly amused with the description given of these dis- tarbances in a Paris journal, which converted them into &® regular insurrection, with barricades attacked by the military and defended by the people amid cries of “Long live the constitution!” aud “Down with Bismark!"” ‘The fact is that, notwithstanding they may be considered as a symptom of the widespread .discontent which undoubtedly exists in Prussia, and especially in tho capital, they had not as yet assumed any political charac. ter, and even the Kreuz Zeitung has been unable to trace them to the machinations of the revolutionary party, or to ground upon them a charge of conspiracy against the constitutional opposition, Of nearly five hundred indi. viduals who were arrested during the four evenings on which the riots continued there wero only throe belong- tng to the better claxes—one of them being a young Prince Esterhazy, attache to the Austrian Embassy, who had incautiousiy approached the scene of action to see what was going on, and was pounced upon by the consta- bles and hauled off to prison along with the of noddoi of pleheians, but was released next morning, with many apologies, Indeed, the greater part of the captives have Deon already set at liborty as not having taken any astive share in the fray, and only fifty-one have been detained to await their trial for ‘disturbing the king’s peace.”’ The proceedings against them, however, will excite leas interest than those against the Polish noblemen from the Grand Duchy of Hosen, who are accused of high treason, and have been brought here to be placed befero the tribu. pal specially appointed for offences of that nature—a sort of star chamber, on the Stuart plan—composed, not of jurymen, but of judges nominated by the crown. Some of tho delinquents are scions of the first families in the Province; but the members of the alleged Secret Com- advisable to retura from Paris and stand their trial be- fore such a court. Austria, so confidently announced by the Prussian gov- ernment ergans, appears to be adjourned sine die; at any Tate, it is positive now that the Kmperor doos not como | to Carlsbad. Whether the interriow will take place at Gastien remains to be seen; but it is quite clear that Prussia is much more anxious for it than Austria, and that the pasittons of the two monarchies are completly reversed since 1860, when Franois Joseph had to beg and pray the Prince Negent to be allowed to join him at War- | saw, and was olvilly, but decidedly, refused permission to attend the conferences at Baden Baden. At that period Austria was reduced to the lowest depths of degradation, while Prussia was not only the leading Powee in Germany, but respected and looked up to by all Kurope, and courted by Louis Napoleon himself, The change ts not so much attributable to the superhuman dexterity of the Vienna Cabinet, whose reputation for diplamatic finesse has been. at acunsiderable discount since the Italian campaign, as to the series of unpardonable blanders committed by Prossia, and chief of all to the silly and unnecessary quarrel of the King with his own subjects, which has ruined hia character, destroyed his influence in Germany, force the ioral majority of the nation into the arms of Austria, impeasitte but that he must tified at the untoward results of a policy i 8 with such fatal obstinacy ,al it is reprobated even by his son and accessor. a from a correspondence between the two, of which s: tracts have found their way into the South German Ga and the aathority of which is evids fo the Kruect Zarung, which, whi\ to which be afi! | puplie, This ‘‘un-Prussian cote: incilior Mincker, the Prinoe’s pri rec) | whom the correspondence in question must have | communicated to the Sth German Gasetle, with wh he pas long been in connection, and which, indeed, wag founded by his party, the Gothacrs, or moderato liberals, | Of course it would not be dilfionlt to get rid of \M. Duncker; but it a ee there 9 a mach more important mem! aforesaid coterio— and han the Crown Princesa nerself, who has great mm! over ber husband, and who is strongly suspected of having inoculated him with consti- tntional ideas which he canaot possibly have imbibed in ‘the schoot of his father, Agatust her even M. de Bismark i powerless, although the red reactioniats, if they had | their own way, would, notw|jbetanding their professions Rey. Mr. Lamson, the reetor of tho mittee at Posen, Count Djialyaski, Guthrie, Count Koger Raezyaski, &c., have escaped, and will hardly think it NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST, 2° 1863. of lopaliy, be quite as ready to cut off her head as tho red republicans were to decapitate Marie Autoinette. What can ve effected by underhand intrigue will certainly be dove. Perhaps the Princess may be requested to retire ingland for a season, or attempts will be made to in volve the Pringe in the toile of some femalo Machiavel, who in the fotervals of her lighter duties may fndoctri- nate bim in the principles of high -eon-ervatism: but the success they have wet with on former occasions 1s hot particularly encouraging. Besides, the King is Sincerely uttached to his daughter-iu-law, is fond of her Society aid anxious to be on good terms witn ber family; and there are persons: who imagine’ that if ho should ever pe brought fo see the error of his ways and to adopt a more rational system of government tt pe be sheoess bor: area ae: That the Kreus tangs rty ure of the same opi nf from the biter animosity manifested ‘by Wr ears her, and which, in their’ private Converaation, is aid to be expressed in the most.cynical maunor. ‘The official journals state that several of the rogi- mente forming the cordon of the Polish frontier have been withdrawn and replaced by others, some repose being foanicnd by them after the fatiguing duties to which the; have been sub:ected for tho Iast five months.) Accor to private accounts the true reason is that numerous ertions haye occurred from these regiments, which a ‘mostly composed of Poles, natives of Posen.and West Prus- sia, who could no longer resist the temptation of joining their brethren in the struggle for the lence o: their Sonn pyr qi i officers, eyo © deserters, thoug! two of them at teast have German names, another sion, which ascribes their flight to pecuniary ombarrassments, may perhaps be more correct. As to be aasertion of the Breslau eit the partisan obief, Boneza, was Prince Redziwils, son of the [1 eet in the Pruasian army, ‘ing, it seems to be one of th the Polish : ingurrec ‘that ‘@ young iwils, who is a and directly related to the je thousand myths to which ion has. given rise; for Boueza has since been killed, we go not hear of the Redziwils apc mourning. failure of Messrs. Behrend & Co., of Dantzic, one of. the largest commercia! houses in Prussia, has created un- usual excitement in the mercantile communi ‘Thetr lia- bilities are estimated at from two to three. thalers, of which half a million are owing in Warsaw and about as much in this city. The one of the: ; the i ton Miss Balff, daughter of the celebrated, musical com- poser, and sister of the fair Lady Crampton, whose appear- ‘ance as a suitor in the English Divorce Court has been at- tended with auch curious disclosures. It is believed that great exertions will be made by the friends of Measra. Beh rend to pale Cee bankruptcy; and as the pay! Ss chiefly by the disturb- ances in Poland and by the low state of the rivers, which prevents the grain purchased of thé Polish and Russian landholders from Bhipped to Dantzic, it is |, not improbable that by g them a little time they magn the end be enabled to meet all their mente and®merge triumphantly from. difficulties in which they have been involved, not by any (auit of their own, but by natural and political causes which they could nolther nor provide against, Our St. Petersburg Correspondence. Sr. Psrersnuna, July 9, 1863. Deliberations of the Russian Cabinet Councit—A Confer- ence “Ad Hoc!’ Rejected—Reasons for Immediate War— Vacitation of the Emperor—The New York Herald in St. Petersburg—A Love Match in the Imperial Family, dc. Ta reference to the great question of the day—viz: the Qcceptance of the propositions of England, France and Austria to our government—I have received intelligence, which I communicate with all reserve, but which is de- tived from a quarter usually in possession of the latest and most authentic information. A Cabinet council was held day before yesterday, in presence of the Emperor, in which the said propositions were discussed, and it was agreed that thoy might be accepted en principe, as. offering a basis for further negotiation, soving that they coincided in a groat measure with the views entertained and partly acted upan by Russia provious to. the outbreak of the Polish rebellion. Respecting the cessation of hostilities, there would be no difficulty in that if the irruptions from Galica and Prussia were put anendto, by which tho disturbances are now almost exciusively kept up, asthe bands of insurgents in the Kingdom of Poland and the Ukromo have, with few ex- ceptions, been completely destroyed, or reduced to "isolated gangs, who prowl about the donso forests and gels or seme other European city, and in Polish questien 1s te be definitely settled, such @ proposal has been declared by the majority of the council tobe frreconctiable both with the dignity and the interests of Russia. If a congress should be held for deliberating on all the questions which now agitate Europe, and those ot Poland among the rest, Russia, as one of the great Powers, could of course have no objection to participate fm it; but she cannot poasibly submit to have her in. ternal affairs subjected to the decision of an Areopagus of foretgn diplomats, convoked expressly for that purpose, and at which she would appear like a prisoner at the bar before a hostile tribunal. She ts quite willing to carry on the negotiations as heretofore, by an interchange of notes with tho mediating Powers or by conferences with thoir dclogutes at St. Petersburg; but apy further concosstons will bo decidedly rejected. This reselution brings matters to a crisis. Tho Wost- orn Powers, or at least France and England, must either Dack out of the position they have lately occupiod or answer the refuga! of Russia with » declaration of war. Ibelleve our government is under no illusions on this subsect, and the consequences of our declining to accept tho programme of tho three Cabinets in its entirety wore fully discussed at the council just referred to. It was allowed on all bands that sooner or later a war was inevitable, and opinions only differed in so far as to whether it was advisable to stave off the evil day as long as possible, or to grapple boldiy with a danger from which there was no escape. On one side it was argued ‘that our great object at present must be to gain time; that in afew weoks the season would be too far advanced for the allied fleets to commence operations in the Baltic, and that we should therefore bave letsure till the spring to complete our armaments and to tread out the embers of revolution still mouldering in the Volish provtaces. Besides this, we should have the chapter of accidents to rely on ; Napoleon III. might die, there might be a change of ministry io England, or some difficulty might arise between the disinterested and magnanimous ailies in the West ¢o distract thoir attention from the Kast. On the other side, it was urged that the season, boing already far advanced, was @ circumstance that should be takon advantage of to precipitate hostilities; that tho Western Powers would have to begin their cam- paign under the most unfavorable auspices, or else to make themselves the laughing stock of the world by remaining inactive for the next eight months, during which we should have quite as much leisure to complete our armamont as if war had never been declared, and might seize the opportunity of the Gulf of Bothnia being frozen over to march across, a8 Barclay and Tolly did in 1809, ana to detach Sweden, vi armis, {rom the Western alli- ance, which she would be sure to join if hostilities were deferred till the spring. At the present moment the spirit of the nation was aroused, and the greatest sacrifices would be cheerfully submitted to; but a iong perind of suspense and iauction might cool down this patriotic ar dor, aud when once extinct it would be dificult, if not impossible, to revive it. An‘t, finally, as Prince Gortcha- kot remarked, and was admitted by M. Reutera, our finances would suffer less from war itself than from the constant prospect of one, during which the resources of the country were exhausted in preparations for it, and trade and industry paralyzed by fears of the future. To these oousiderations may bo added that i{ a rupture en- sues between the Western Powors and Russia the pro- posed intervention of the former in America falls to the ground at once, The South, deprived of all nope of Earo- pean assistance, would in all probability coasent to some undorstanding with the North, which might casily be ar- ranged on terms advantageous and honorable to both par- ties, leaving each independent in tts domestic concerns and united against Torsaga enemies. In that event the reconstructed Union, w'! ‘& veteran army of a million warriors, would be the greatest miiitary Power in tho ‘The meoting between the King and tho Emperor of | world. and might, perhaps, think At to return the compli- ment which Kurope has #0 recent; id her of SER ies ‘es maser > wn above, jority of the council do- clared in favor of the latter opinion, and it is nid that the Fmperor gave bis adbesion to their decision. I un- derstand, however, that tho despatches t our ambassa- dors at Paris, London and Vienna, with the reply of Prince Gortchakof W tne notes of tho throe courts, will not be sont off till Monday, the 13th, and I will not guarantee that the question may not have taken another turn by that time, The Emperor's only ambition 's to devote bis Tet gn te peacefal reforms and the development of civilia- tion in his vast dominiSns; and with such feelings wo may imagine, his roluctanca to engage in war— & war in which the utmost Russia can hope for is to repel the attack of her powertul antagonists at an immense sacrifice of blood and treasure and which will reopeu the wounds, as yor hardly cleat trized, from which the country was bleeding on his acces. sion to the throne, The Empress, too, who ts in {It health and extremely norvous, is tilled with alarm at the perils that throaten her husband, his empire and his dynasty; | and,as she has groat influegce over him, she will um: doubtedly do everything in her power to induce him to pacific counsels, Tho Cabiact of Periin 80 very Anxious fur our government to return a conciliatory aa- swor to the allies, 80 a8 to defer hostilities till the new Organization of* tho Prussian army is completo, and they will be more able to make a diversion in oar (avor, which | [think, may he caleulated upon, since tho restoration of Poland would be a death blow to w russian momar and will them to the Inst extremity. A few days must show whother the different influences have suiflced to hasten the decision arrived at by the Council of Ministers. If they dit, \t would make a painful impression on public opiniow for hore, and atill more in Moscow, the war party is decidedly jn the aa- condant, and the proposals of the Western Powers are considered 80 derogatory to the hovor 0: the Empire that the covernment ought 4 reject them altogether. The Viademowi of this ty contains a of an article from the Naw Yous eK Hinkuo on the Polish question, which {9 Qute rovereshing after tho demoniac bowl of rage and hatrod” raiod inst us im the French and Englieh prose. Nothin can be more correct than the remark that tho action France and England in favor of the Poles is not prompted by any real ieoling of humavity and interest in their un happy fate, but merely by the desiro of weakening the power and arresting the progress of Russia, The whole | article is a model of tact, good sease and good feeling, and I have no doubt wil! make the round of all the Russian Journals, from St, Potersburg to Irkntak. Our artstooratic circles Lave been highly scandaliaed by 8 love match just contracted by Prince Nicholas of Oleten- burg, @ noar connexion of the Emperor's amily through his grandmother, who was asisver of Algxandor 1. and Nicholas 1. and throdgh his si-ter, who is married to the Gravd Duke Nicholas Nictiolatevitch. His fathe:, Prince Peter, is a genera! of tnfantry in the Rus sian service, and, though @ Protestant, President of the Department of Civil and Ecc'esiastica! Affairs in the Coun. cilof tho empire. Young Prince Nicholas Petrovitch, who is only twenty three, was colonel of the Izium regiment of Hussars, and was living in country quarters in the south of Russia, where be met wit e fair daughter of the Steppe, whose father, Peter Lyitch Bulatzol, is a small landed proprietor and predvadilel, or marshal of the ribbon, in the district of Bobriaetz, ‘The Prince fell desperately in love with the beautiful girl, and one fine morn- Ing he drove out with her in his troika to a village church near Khersou, and got married there, in presence of two of bis brother officers, after which he started in @ post- chaise, with his bride, for Qdessa, from whence he intends embarking via Constantinople for Germany to ask his father's pardon and implore tho parental blessing. As he loft bis regiment without @ furlough, he has been dismissed from the service; or, as tho Russky Invalid phrases it, ‘allowed to retire on account of sickness;’’ but it is thought that his disgrace will be only temporary, ‘as Prince Peter is a man of a very humane and benevolent disposition, and must understand that what is done can not be undone, Besides, after the marringe of the Grand Duchess Mary to Count Stroganoff, the mesalliance of Princo Nichoias is a venta! offence, though I am afraid his posterity will have to mourn their losses of succession to the throne of Hamburg, which, fike all other, petty German States, is reserved for occupants of unblemished descent, both on the father’s and mother’s side. This, to be sure, is Of serious importance; but if he ia happy with his young wife I presume he will console himself for it. MISCELLANEOUS ENGLISH ITEMS. The Countess Della Seta and Lord Ver- mon Case. The caseof <The Countess Della Seta v. Lord Vernon” is now before the pubiic, and though it is mot yet concluded, enough hag been elicited to modify very ma- terially the impressions which had it. An injured woman appeding ij heartieus seducer, who leaves her to suppor: hor offspring as best she may, must always be an object of sympathy, and the more 60 if the accused Cf bea weak nobleman. Such was the picture which bad been Painted by some over zealous friond of the Countess, who does not secm to have foreseen the disenchantment which would be wrought by the publicity that was claimed on her behalf. We now know the worst, and to what does it amount? In the year 1842 Lord Vernon formed a connec- tion with an Italian lady, by whom he had four daughters, and with whorn he appears to have lived for ten years. In 1852 this connection was broken off upon terms witch certainly eannot be considered unfavorable to the inter- este of the lady. By a deed dated the 30th of August, in that year, Lord Vernon covenanted to pay an annuity of £1,000 (oF hor separate uso during her life and his own, and aa annuity of £200 to cach of the daughters after her death. Incase any of them should marry or attain the ‘age of twenty one without marrying, £100 a year out of ‘the £1,000 was to be paid to them respectively during his lordship’s life. He further covenanted to leave £20,000 in all for the benefit of the mother during her life, and, after ber death, to be divided among tho daughters. ‘These provisions were clearly expressed to be made upon condition that the mother should maintain and educate the young ladies during their minority to the satisfuction of the trustees, who were empowered to make any deduction from the allowauce which thoy might think fit (or this purpose if that condition should be broken. Sofar, then, whatever may be thought of tho morality of such an allowance, there was nothiog un- bandsome inthe way of terminating it. A jointuro of £1,000 a year is no despicable pension for the widow of ‘an English goutieman, and in Italy such a sum represonts something more than humbie competence. “The lady may havo been wronged originally, as every woman is wroog- ed who, whewwer treacherously or not, is tempted two sac- rifice her virtue and good nume; but she received what the world would cail an ample pecuniary reparation. ‘The sequel is soon told, We need not ollow the history of the present Countess Vella Seta further than to say that in the following year she the Count, frowm whom she appears to have beou afterwards separated, Still retaining the custody of the three survivors of Lord Vernon's four children. Some mouths ago he heard that “they were not bappy with their mother,’ and had left her house at Cairo. Thereu; he instituted proceedings in Chancery with a view of making them wards of the court and obtaining @ echeme for their education. Peud- ing this, some part of the monthly instalmeats hitherto regularly for the joint benefit of the Countess and was withheld during two moths, without the test apparent tatension two violate the spirit of the gottioment, and only until the court should designate the Proper recipient of it. Meanwhile anerder was made for ‘the appropriation four hundred poundsannualty to the support of the sisters. It ia this order which the Countess now socks to & modilied, at the sume time claiming access «to her daughters, one of whom has been seriously il.. This application is still borore the Vice Chancellor, but whatever bo his decision it will, no doubt, carry out tue presumed design of the original eet- tlement. Lord Vernon's counsel declares, on his behalf, that be neither has, nor ever had, the least idea of shrink- ing trom the liabilities which he incurred in 1862, and it is but justice to say that the fucta, so far ax thoy are known to us, do not furnish the smallest protext for such au assertion. How it cate to be made is now the ques- tion, and to this question we fear oo satisfactory auswer cau be given. Judgment was given in the caso on Tuesday. The Vice Chancellor confirmed his decision already given, that the Countess should have reasonable access to hor childrea, but he refuged to allow her more than £400 a year. As te tho further proceedings, he strongly recommended those who advised the Countess to consider whether it would not be more for her interest to withdraw the case altogether. Suporstition in England. Court or Quxny’s Bewcu.—AMorrison vs. Belcher.—This ‘was an action for libel brought by Lieutenant Morrison of the Royal Navy, against Rear.Admiral Sir Edward Bel- cher. It appeared that tho plaintiff was tho author and proprietor of a publication called ‘“ Zadkiel's Aimavack,’’ ‘and that in consequence of some predictious in 1361, concerning the Prince Consort, a contemporary inquired, in an articie of the Jist of January last,“ Who is this Zadkiel’"’, and was answored the next by Sir Edwara Belcher in a letter which formed the Lit complained of, He stated that the author aud the editor of the alm»nac in question was a retired lieutenant of the navy nimed Morrison, ut on to say that Mr. Morrison was the game person who in 1852 had gullod maay of the nobility by exhibiting a crystal globe, in which he preteaded that varieug persons saw visions and held converse with the spirits of the Aposties, even with our Saviour, with the angels of light ag well as of darkness, ahd couid tell what ‘was going On in any part of the world. The essence of the libel consisted in a further charge that he had done this (or money, knowing it © be a mere inposture The defence was that it bad vot been done for money, and that jel had a real belie in the virtues of his glass globe, which appeared to have been formerly the proper- ty of the Countess of Blessi and was, in fact, well known in fashionable societ 10Us ‘sous of rank ‘were summoned as witoe:s to show that they had seen the ball, and that it hud boen shown them x6 a ‘*acionut fic amusemont"’ freely and without payment. The Har) of Wilton, among others, had seen y, but without having bad any “conspiracy” suggosted to Nim by it. The Bish- op of Lichfield and Sir Bulwer Lytton gave evidence to the same effect. A clergyman deposed that he had seca it, and that the *‘seer,’’ or medium, described a vision of bis son in a distant country, but the description was 80 general that it was impossible to tell whether it was.true or uot. Several other respectable persons came into court and sworn to the fact of themselves or others hay- ing looked into this crystal ball to converse with ‘the Prosidiug spirit of the crystal,” orsto make inquiries about their children, about Sir John Frankiin, Judas, Iscariot, Titania St. Luke, Eve, and other sub- ts ‘equally solemn or grotesque.’ Accounts had m published on the strength of these vi- sions, Of Titania ‘‘as she appeared in a chariot,” ard St. Luke ‘‘as he appeared on several occasion.”’ These per- sonages were soon ‘with legends as coming out of their mouths,” and spoke various languages, as English, Turk. ish, French, Latin and Hebrew, but their present lan- guage seems (0 be totally independent of their education, tmasmuch as Titania, St. Lake and Eve spoke English. ‘The jury, under the direction of the Lord Chief Justice, seem to have thought that if s0 many sober persons could be brought to look at this crystal ball, Zadkie! might be supposed to believe in it, and, as it was not made out that he had received any money for exhibiting it, they found a verdict for the plaintiff. Thoy, however, gave only 208. damages , and the Judge refused ‘to certity for costs. Liabilities of Railway Compantes. Hedderwick, of Glasgow, has obtained a verdict, with ‘£1,750 damages, against the Edinburg and Giaagow Rail- way Company, as compensation for the loss she sustained by the death of ber son, who was killed ia the accident Detween Winchburg and Lénlithgow, ia Octobor last. Obituary. “a P. for Clare, died in London on Thurs A Prodigal Marquis. PR Af) m that a noble Re piety mir} year paternal ostatos, worth over a year, has found it expedient to retire to the continent and Practice economy, with a view of meeting the claims of creditors who lont him money on the recovery of post- obits on his father’s Ife. By bis father’s death the noble lord receives a sum down of £260,000, but owes $450,000, Drank eas England. Tn the year ending at Michaolmas last 4,908 persoos— 260 a day—were against before justices in Eog- land for drunkenoess, or for bein drunk or disorderly, and 63,255 of thom were convicted. The great majority were only fined, but above 7,000 were committed to pri- son, The retaras show a great {ncroaso over the previous year, for only 82,196 wore then co jed with dronken- Deas, and only 54,123 convicted, ‘the persons thus charged in the last year 22,560 were females, and more than 10,000 women wore convicted for being drunk. Coroners’ inquests in the year 1862 found 211 verdicts of doaths of 145 men and 66 women from excessive drinking, Hayni Revivified. The Punch of Borlin this wook thinks that “ the rumor that General Mouraviell intends shortly to travel to Lon- dom and pay a visit to Barclay & Perkins’ establishment requiros—slightly—to be confirmed,” Life in Ireland. A TRAIN OF TRAGRDIRG. The last of a train of tragedies bas been concluded at Limerick, in the sentence of M. Dillane to ten years’ po- bal servitude. In May, 1862, two brothers of that name, men of position and intetligence, fancied they had some ground of complaint against thetr landiord about a lease. ‘They resoived to take away his life. They bad not oov- rage to commit the orime themselves, of they did not choose to run the risk of detection and They ecoordingty hired two desperate ) Bared Beckham and Wala. whom they armed and sent on their dreadful mission. They mot their destined vietim, Mr. Francis Fitzgerald, walking near his own house, accom recently walked panied by his young wife, to whom he was but married, They shot him ia her pressoge aad away. “The deed was done in open day, wit = reckless disregard of consequences, the assagsiug and their employ- ers relying op the sympathy or the fears of the peasantry to secure their impunity. were woefully deceived. ‘was arrested while bis hands were yot red with the innocent blood of his victim. A Special commission was appointed: he was tried, con- victed and executed within one month after the perpetra tion of the crime, Yet justice was not administered: burriedly, but with care and caution. The Attorney Gene- ral copducted the prosecution with moderation, and the jury was so fairly selected that there was not a word said agtinst its composition or its verdict. The second as- poslt, ames aren wo geo himself for a Lat siderable time, bu police were constantly on track; he was hunted down, and having beea, tried and convicted at the ensuing assizes, he too was executed, A “respectable” (armer, pamed Cooke, who harbored Waish, was tried and found guilty of this offence and severely punished. It was long felt to be aimoat @ useless sacrifice of human life to hang the hired fostruments of agrarian combination while the secret instigators and empl of those wretches escaped. Justice could Nover be satistied, aociety could never be safe, while the chief criminais were beyond the reach of punishment. It was felt. therefore, to be a matter of vital importance to the peace of the community to convict the mea who hired the assassins of Mr. Fitzgerald. This the Attorney Gene- ral has happily accomplished m a way which leaves no thing to be desired or regretted. is Dillane was tried as an accessory before the fact, in hiring and arm- ing the assassins, The evidence against him was con- clusive. Ho was feund guiity and exccuted. Only one of the guilty parties now remained unpunish- ed—Michael Dillane, and he hag been awarded the just punishment of his crime. He had been in = for @ighteen months. ‘The indictment charged him aiso with being an acceasory before the fact; but, in consequence of @ defect in the evidence to eusiain the capital cl . the Attorney General withdrew it, and resvlved to proceed upon the minor counts. To those the prisoner ploadod guilty, finding it vain to struggle against the evi- dence. The bighest penalty the law allows in such a case—soliciting to commit murder—is ten years’ penal servitude, and of this Mr. Justice Koogh deci thas he would not abate ene hour. Such speedy and complete retribution—so many trials for an agrarian murder in Munster, without a single fatiure oe Jomtien without a disagreement of the jury, 80 much public satisfaction with the results—have not beon known during the present cou- tury. What makes the matter more remarkable ts that the juries were composed of Roman Catholics and Protest ‘ants, and chat both the Attorney General who prosecuted 80 Bliccessfully, and theiJudges who presided and charged the jurics so impressively, belong to the Roman Catholic Church, to whose members many Roman Catholics for- merly bolteved it would be in the highest dogroe danger- ous to entrust the administration of justice. Foreign Musical Items. OPERA AND COMORBTS. ‘The latest operatic events in London have been the production of ‘Wen Pasquale’’ at Covent Garden, and of “Oberon”? at her Majesty’s Theatre. The brightest and best of Donizetti's comic operas was, it will be re- membered, revived last autumn for Mile. Adelina Patti, and it has been again produced for the same charming artiste. Refined and intelligent, viewed as a bistrionic creation, and unexceptionabdie, in a musical sense, as was her last year's impersonation of Noriua, her performance this season exhibits manifold marks of improvement. No success was ever more decided or complete than that which Milo. Patti achieved on the very first night of her performance In Furopo, two years ago; and never bas @ successful debut been go brilliantly follewed up by subsequent triumphs, It was feared by very many that the frantic applause showered dows in all the ohiof capitals of the civilized world upon ber youthful head would effectually bar the development of the most gifted genius. Tho: young lady’s extraordinary success, however, seems to have stimulated her to constantly in: creasing éxertion. Not merely has she in each successive impersynation dispiayed some fresh manifestation of talent, but each resumption of a previously assumed cha- racter has exhibited some of those delicate touches of exe- cution which denote an ever active intelligence. Neither Mile. Patti's finished vocatization nor her exceedingly clever acting reflect such honor upon her as the constant and rapid progress that sho mekes {n her dificult art. Acritic says her singing of the music allotted to Nornia could scarcely be more perfect thin it was last yoar; but it is now aided by greater strength of voice and set off by the more finished ease that mone comes with time and ‘| experience. Although Norina is covatantly on the staxe, and although much of the exquisitely bright and welodious music that flows in one unbroken siream of gushiog moody through tho sparkling opera is assigned tober lips, the prima donna bas but rare opportunities for aetual solo display. Evory phrase uttered by the vivacious widow is sung by Mile. Patti with wondertul point, spirit and intention. The opening cavatina, “lo anch’to la virtu magica,” suggvsted to Nerina by the romantic book that ebv is reading, leaves nothing to be desired; nor cam Cantabile singing possibly be moro emooth, pure and finished than bers in the short larghetto movement of the scene with Pon Pasquale in the third act, and in the tender love duet, “Torna re a der che m’ami.”” Slile. Patti now resvores the graceful fuale to the opera in the place of the gore, sho last year inter- polated, displaying thy singular extent of ‘her won- drously flexible voice by singing up to E flat in alt. The scene in which the sprightly widow ailects bashfulness is an admirable example of the beat style of high comod: acting, while the assumed violence with which she terri. fies the old bachelor is discreetly restrained within due ladylike limits. Nothing amore charming than her de- meanor during the whole opera ia to be seen upon the stage. Signor Mario, last of the quartette who form ed the original cast, has been unfortunately prevented, “by sudden indisposition,”’ from sustaining bis character of Ernesto, and bis piace has been supplied by M. N: din, who acquits hiraself very well of his task, and gi the accustomed encore for the still popular serenade. Signor Konconi—who, by the by, was advertised in the opentug programme for the Don himself—resumes his former part of the humored, intriguing doctor; while Signor Ciampi, as the hapless Pasquacl, betrays no dote- ricration of vocal power and no improvement tn singing since last year. Tho Ga:ette Muricale apprises us that Mile. Adelina Patti has been *scommanded” by the Queen of Spain to sing during the winter of 1863-4 in the capital of her birth, Madrid, and that she wil therefore relinquish her engagements in Paris. Madame Borghi-Mamo ts to reappear at the [talian Opera there. The same journal Teports that Madame Cabel is absolutely unwise enough to intend devoting herself in future exciusively to Kaitan Opera. It ia too iate; some years ayo, when sho at- tempted the folly in Loudon, the result was to make it cear that it would be needful tor ber entirely to remodel her style, which is unmistakeably that of second class French comic opera. What, by tne way, has become of Madame Andrea Favel, a rising aiuger who some years ago disappeared froin her own stage, announcing the same intentions? It is not once out of twenty times that the motamerphosis is successful. Even Madame Charton Demenr does not appear able to sustain herself as ao Italtan singer on this side of the At- lantic, as wo bave said, having accepted an engagemont at tho Theatre Lyrique to sing tu “Les Troyens,” by M. Beriioz. That meteoric isty, Madame Ugado, has returned to the Opera Comique, und to ber old part in M. Masse’s lively “Gaiatee.” **Diavolina,” anow one act ballet, has been produced at the Grand Opera, for Mile, Mouravieff: woe masic ia by Signor Pugu M. Osfeubach has his hands tll of commissions. We now read of yet another opera, the book by MM. Cremieux aud Gillie, called **Le Don Juan de Porentruy,”’ which be has undertaken to compose. M. de Lamartine hes given per: mission to MM. Carre and Barbier to dramatise his last novel, *Foir d'Aliza,”’ (or music. M. Gounod bas been in. vited to writé for La Scala, at Milan, and may possibly set “Le Cid" tor that theatre. Meanwhile, the jist of fi'teen new operas produced dur- ing the first moiety of 1863 in tho Italian Theatre tells a dismal,tale of barrenners and destitution. A new “Ma- zoppa,"” Signor Pedrotti, is promised for the winter season at Vienna. The manuscript of a lost opera, never performed, « Christmas Eve,’’ by Lortzing, has been discovered in tho library of the lriedrich Wilhe!matadt theatre, in Ber- lin, where it will be duly performed. The opera prepared by Herr Litoif for Baden aden is entitled ** The Chova- lier Nabet.’” hee sen Lind Goldschmidt is announeed to sing at the dou concert of Madame Michal, at the Hanover aquare rooms, on Wednesday morning, July 22. Mlle. Artot, Madame Trebelli, Mile. Volpini, Signor Rettini, Signor Gas. sier, Mr. Santicy, M. Auer, Mr. Charles Haile, Mr. Otto Goldschmidt and Signor Arditti, will also give their va- luable assistance to the fair Lenecfiigre. M. Reyer's * Krostrate’’ ia si ly to be produced at tho gig iy Nipeom ae the light last Ir jen len, whore new by M. Lately fe bow In rehearsal. ee The distinguished bass vocalist, H. Bremond, has re- turned to Marsetilcs, where he wiil rem sin until the end Of September, after which be will go to Barcelona. Tho sisters Marchisio are now at Leghorn, where they KX popular peredy of Bonostet's “Lily of Killare, A y ict's “Lil ” performed in Germany as ‘The Rose < Erin,” ts belag plays Seat caer oie, “The Rose of Schwe- rin,’’ Another rather personal travesty on Adelina ee. hor sister and the latter’s husband, under the title * Abel- lina, or, « Brother-in-Law for Everything,’’ is creating an immense furor at the Vienna urban theatres. “Honor to Wh Honor ts Due.” TO THE EDITOR OF THK HERALD. Bowser Insurance Company, July 25, 1863. In a communication under the above caption, in your paper of this date, I find the old story of who is tho Gene ral Hays that commanded the Second corps at the battle of Gettyeburg—whethor Witiiam or Alexander—is mooted. Now, what I know of the merita of this question is sim- ply thie: Witam Haya weites we hie wifo, now ir io 8 city, but temporarily absent country. #11 after General Hancock was wounded be (General William y Get General, Rykos; that thinks this the severest battle of the war, his corps !oning over 4,000 men. He thinks bis appointment will be only temporary, as he has no political influence and don’t Grave any.’ This beng Bie thirty-cighth pitched battie since he first opened the bait with his battery at Palo Alto, and having been off duty since, baving by his skill and sol- dierly deportmont won for himself the rank of brevet he was yot a second lieutenant, with the oontidence of his soperior officers love i of bis mon, gained in many a hard fought battle and inclement bivousc, one would paar. honors enough and fame saficient for a he large family of children, and therefore aasume credit that does bot rightfully beiong to him, aad too experienced a<soidior to take from a brother officer his Innreis or detract from the lustre of his fame, or even. make an assertion not warranted by the facts. William Hays did oominand the wounding of that fignt, . for a moment for © moment nis assuming to be what woremitied service Is not I regret the necessity of thys righting THE UTAH AND IDAHO EXPEDITION. Loneann ennaeedl The Trip from Camp Douglas, Utah, to Soda Springs, Idaho—The Morrisites,or Seceding Mormons—Scen ud Inci- dents om the Route—Immense Region of Hitherto Almost Unknown Territory Traversed, dic. * Came Devore Uran, pn f Covowns,—I have the honor to report to the General eommanding the department, that on,the 5th of May last, Company H. Third Infantey, California volunteers, Captain Black, left this port pursuant to my ordera, en route, via Box Elder, Bear river. Cacho and Marshe valleys, for ® point at or near the Groat Fend of Bear river, Knowa ag Boda Springs, Idaho Territory, for the purpose of cstab- lishing a new port im that region, for the protection of the overland emmigration to Oregon, California, and the Bannoak city mines, Accompanying this expedition and under its protection were @ large number of persons heretofore residonis ef this Territory, seceders (under the name of Morrisites), from the Mormon church. Many, if not all of them, hay- ing been reduced by the continued persecutions of the Mormons to the most abject poverty, have for some time past claimed and received the protection of the forees under my command, Prudential reasons, applying as well to this command asto the Morrisives themselves, rendered it advisable that they should be removed from the vicinity of this camp, and beyond the evil influences and powers of the Mormon hierarchy. Regarding the expedition to Soda Springs, Idahe Territory, as presenting a favorable op- portunity for this purpose, I ordered transportation to be provided for the most indigent, and the distribution of provisions to the destitute, both en roufe and after arrival atthe now post, until such timo as by industry and woll directed effort those impoverished and persecuteé peopie, should be able to support themselves. Some ef them wore able to furnish their own teams and wagons. Most of them gathered up their houschold goods and pro- vided themselves with a scanty supply of provisions fer their sustenance. ‘Tey numbered in all one hundred and sixty souls, composed of filty-throe families, seven single men and four widows. Onthe next day—biay 6—1 fol- lowed with Company H, Second cavalry, Ualifornia Volup- teers, Lieutenant Clark commanding, und overwok the main train and infantry twenty-five miles nortnor this city. Proceeding thence by easy marches of from tive te eighteen miles per day, slong the eastern shores of Great Salt Lake, the entire command arrived at Brigham City (oF Bex Eider), sixty miles north, May 8. Hore leaving the tuiantry and traia to proceed by the old beaten road through Cache and Marsh valleys and across the moun- tains, via Subiett’s cut off, 1 touk tho cavairy by a lee frequented roud, crossing Bear river at tho lower terry, thence up the plateau lying between the Malade and Bear Trivers. over the mountains dividing the wasters of the Great Basin from those of tho Snake and Columbia rivers, thence down the Westerly side of the Marsh vulley, crossing Fort Nocuff river, north of Sublett’s cut off, and down the eastund right bavk of that river to Suake river ferry, @ distance of two hundred miles from thie post, arriving at this polut May 13. Our geverab course to the ialeued a a ree of = north, jog thro 8 seri valleys smedtoee with light timber along the streams and on the mountain sides, The luxuriant vegetation at thie early season of the year, furnishing good grass for the animals, as well as the evi of last yours giowth, bespoke the fertility of the soil, und its adajAation ve agrt- culture. This remark more especially applies to Marsh valiey, lying due north of, and adjoining, Cucho valley, the iawer being alreudy thickly settled by Mor whose most northerly settlements extend within ity or twonty muics of the first montioned valley—the ‘Bear river and # low ricge dividing the two vaileys. After leaving brigham City the command two night marches; the firat of twelye and the second of fe pate adh na i had reason to mayb wander- ing bands je savages—rempau shosnones, oheagetl or conuected with those whe took part in’ battle of Bear river, Jauuary 9 last—were im the eS might bo peaked ror tor peated and recent outrages upou emigrants an In this expectation, however, be was disppoiul few, if uny, traces of indians being found; and forward the command proceeied by day In Fort Nocuif valley we came across two ‘of Indians (Shoshones), who came camp with their squaws, answered all questions ‘propounded, aud gave evideuce of « frievdiy disposition towards the whites. Giving them to under- stand the determination of the government to punish al bad Indians summarily, and roceiving assurances Of fa ture good conduct on their part, 1 passed on without me lesting those Indians. At Snake river ferry wore seve- ral large tralus of emigrants bound ucrth to the mines, and were recruiting their auimals. Here, wué at encampment of the Shoshone (or Snake) Indi numbering fo all, including those who fm the day, 260 or 300. They were all m aged bad eres, in the vicinity a considerabie amount of stock. Indians were reliably represonted to me as friendly cd aang os a | lived at the Ferry during t winter. : Leing accompanied by Judge Doty, Superintendent of Indian Atlaurs for Utah, & conference was held with the Indians om tho night of vur arrival, which was attended by tho chief, old and young mea and ee Through an iaterpreter many questions were as ta the locality of the hostile chiv‘s and their band, and the power of the government was duly im; upon them, ‘They were informed that the troops been sent to thie region to protect Indians and Whites, avd equally to punish bad Indians and bad whites; that it waa my de termination to visit the most summary punishment— even to extermmation—on Indians who committed depre- dations upon the lives avd property of emigrunts ang settlers. ‘They wero also informed that if vad whites trespassed upon their rights the report of the fact to me or my officers would be follewed by punishment upon the thalc‘actors and as remedy of all grievances to the extent of my power. After the customary smoke with the chiefs, and a @ance by mea and ‘squaws,1 ordered the distribution of 4 small quantity of bacon, flour and sugar. The conier- ence was satisiactory, and ths exhibition of my torce im that far-off region, as well as my safe march through @ country rarely travelled by whites slave had a good I learned from them that Pocotello, the great chiof uf the hostile Shoshones, had gone a loug distance off on the Lower Snake, probably in the vicinity of Humboldt, and that Sagaitch, one of the leaders who escaped wouaded from the battle of Bear river, was somewhere ie the south near the Mormon sottlemeut near Cache Valley, an@ Saupitch was stil! further east. ‘The Snuke river region at this ferry isa dry, barren sand pinio, the road to the ferry being exceedinuly heavy and ditiicult to travel. Grass of tulerub.e quailty aud quantity is to be found several miles w the eastward, om the Blackfoot Creek, which here empties into the Su: after ranuing for thirty miles paraliel with the river not far from it. The snake here is a rapid stream, two bemtred and fifty yards in width and all this seasom twenty feet in depth, and i seliom oF never foraable at this puint. Beyond this and to the northward the piain extends to @ high range of mountains. Three high ‘+buttes” iu the mideé of the plain form a prominent landmark. ‘The die- tance from Soda Springs to this ferry, via Bridger and Fort Hall emigrant road is upwards of seventy miles, pursuing a northerly course. Emigrants from the Kast via this road for the new mines leaving the ferry travel up Suake river ia nearly an easteriy direction about seventy tiles, to ® point nearly due nurth of Soda Springs, along two sides of @ triangle, cithor of which is seventy miles long, a distance of 140 miles, The infuntry with the settlers not yet having ar detachments under Lieutenants Bradley and Ustick we despaiched to explore the country and find a route fore ‘wagon road to the settlement in Cache valley, and to re Port on the character of the country explored. ‘On the 20th, Company i, Third iniantry,aftere longamd tedious trip, accompanied by their charge, the settier the new tewn, arrived at a place where ‘was selected on che north bank of the Bear river, Bead, and {our miles east of where the Soda Spring’ ley opens into Old Crater vailey, and striking rh seventy miles above and east of the present ferry. this podot a ferry bas been estabiished, and ina short time a good boat will be in running order. With the mala body of the cavalry, trains, &c., I left the Biackives a ee es tae ais arta os nn past: li ith southeasterly course across the divide on a road, arrived at pase. fork of Snake river and the oul, or! river Noell, with the ie gl route & wagon moun- tains whereby a r iz 5S i tude longitude one West. The water 3 H +3 H F i about forty-two and a half degrees North, hundred and eleven and a half age tg ; E i i! 3 HAE E 5 £