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MEXICSC. Maximilian and the Catholic Church. COMPLETE RUPTURE THE POPE TO MAXIMILIAN. MAXIMILIAN TO THE MIMSTER OF JUSTICE. “The Advice .and Warnings of the Pope Not Heeded. Solemn Protest of the Archbishops and Bishops of Mexico. ‘They Appeal for a Suspension of the Measures Against the Church. THEIR PROTEST DISREGARDED. Final Decrees of Religious Toler- ance and Confirmation of the Re- form Laws of Juarez, &e., &e., &e. It is well known that after the intervention of the al- lied Powers—Efgland, France and Spain—in Mexico had ‘commenced it was through the influence and direct ‘efforts of the Catholic clorgy and church party of Mexico ‘that the objects of the intervention were changed, and tho purpos: of establishing a monarchy, with the Arch- ‘duke Baximilian as Emperor, was substituted for the aimple redress of grievances proposed at the outset of the allied expedition. The clergy of Mexico sought to recover the property of which they had been deprived by the reform laws of the Juiroz government, and to regain for the Church the Privileges aud powers it had enjoyed in ancient times. In this purpose all Catholic countries could not but sympathize, especially as by this means they hoped to ‘Seo terminated those grave questions which for so long a period have been the source of civil strife and a barrier to all progress in Mexico. England, however, a Protestant Power, did not look ‘with favor upon this restoration of the privileges of tho Church, and, through peculiar circumstances, her influ- ence at that moment was so great with Spain that that Power also was induced to withdraw from the Interven- ‘tion when these objects were announced. France was differently situated.. She could not with- raw. Her position as the chief Catholio Power of the world forbade her abandoning the cause of the Church when the opportunity of securing for it go great advan- tages, and at the same time of restoring peace to Mexico, ‘was apparently so favorable, It was under these circumstances that Napoleon lis- ~tened to the solicitations of iniluential representatives of ‘the Mexican Church and acceded to their request that Archduke Maximilian should be selected to fill the throne of Mexico, It is needless to say how strong were the assurances of Maximilian’s devotion to the Church, and how confidently + all interests relied upon his good faith and adherence to ‘those who wore aiding him towards the attainment of so Drilliant a destiny. Through the direct act of the Mexican clergy and the church party of Moxico the empire was proclaimed and Maximilian was olevated to the throne, To the Church, thorefore, he owes not alone the fact of his selection, but the fact of the creation of the empire. Napoleon had no interest in Maximilian, nor had he any desire to see tho form of government in Mexico changed. His purpose was simply to restore peace to Mexico, and to protect, in so far as was proper, the legitimate rights of the Church. Unfortunately for these ends the person selected by the Mexican clergy, and the leaders of the party who favored the intervention, has proved unfaithful to the trust repos- ‘ed in him, and, once having reached power, he has turned ‘upon those who placed him there—has violated his most solemn faith to the Church, and proved himself a worse enemy than even the governments of President Juarez or Comonfort, from whom the laws of reform first ema- pated. It was hoped foratime that even these difficulties might be overcome, and that, through an arrangement Detween the Pope and Maximilian, harmony might be restored, For this purpose a Nuncio was sent to Mexico, and every offort has been mado to avoid an open rupture. But it has all been in vain. Maxim lian, blindly infatuat- ed with a confidence in the strength of his position, has rashly chosen to break with those to whom he owes his Power, and, rejecting oven the disinterested counsels of Napoleon, he has undertaken to settle by himself the grave and important questions pending with the Church, and has taken the final step which forever separates her interests from that of his throne in Mexico, and forces her to seck his downfall. Tho following documents show clearly the position that has been taken by the Pope and the clergy of Moxico on the one side,.and by Maximilian on the other. ‘The breach is irreparable, and tho consequences to Maxi- ‘Milian will be the loss of the throne he has forfeited by bis ingratitude, These documents ai First—A letter of advice from the Pope to Maximilian, dated at the Vatican, ber 18, 1864, Second—Max'milian’s letter of justructions to his Minis- ter of Justice, dated December 27, 1864, directing him, notwithstanding the advice and solicitations of the Pope, W proceed to the formation of laws confirming the na- tionalization of the ecclesiastical property and declaring Teligious tolerance, ‘sird—Protest against this action, signed by all the archbishops and bishops of Mexico, t—Final decrees now issued by Maximilian, de- elaring religious tolerance, and adopting all the laws of ‘the Juarez and Comonfort governments with respect to the chureh property. HIS HOLINESS THE POPR T@ MAXIMILTAN—IIS CONCILIATORY AND FRIENDLY ADVIER, Sine:—When in the month of April last, before as- guming the reins of the new empire of Mexico, your Majesty arrived in this capital in order to worship ai the tombs of the Holy Apostles and to receive our apostolic Denediction, we informed yon of the deop sorrow which filled ovr soul by reason of the Inmentable state into which the social divorders during these Inst years have reduced all that concerns religion in the Mexican nation. Before that time, and more than once, we had made known our complaints in public and sofemn acts, pro- inst the iniquitous law called the law of re- h attacked the most inviolable rights of tho Chureh and ou! thority of its pastors; against the seizure of the ecclesiastical property and the dissipa- tion of the swcred patrimony; aga'nst the unjust sup. reesion of the roligious orders; against the false maxims bat attack te sanctity of the Catholic religion, and, in fine, against many other transgressions committed not only to the projudice of sacred persons bat also of the Pastoral priesthood and discipline of the Chureh. For these reasons your Majesty must have well under- Btwood how happy we wore to see—thanks to the estab Jishment of the new empire—tho dawn of pacitic and prosperous days for the Church of Mexico; a joy which was increased whon We sai called to the throne a prince of a Catholic family, and who had given so many proofs of religious zoal and piety, Equally intonco was the joy of the worthy Mexican bishops who, on leaving the Capl- tal of Chrisi:ndom, where they had presented so many @xamplos of their fidelity and self-denial towards our person, had the happiness of being the first to pay their Alncere homage to the sovereizn elect of their country, @nd of hoaring from his own lips the most com. lete assurances of his firm resolution to ri ress the wrongs done to the Church and to ganize the disturbed elements of civil and re. Migicus administration. The Moxican nation also learned ‘with indesoribable pleasure of your Majesty's accession ‘to tho throno—called to it by the unanimous desire of a er iee up to that time, had been constrained to Ec. i the yoke of an aparchical government, d to lament ovor the ruins apd disasters of the Catholic Feligion, their chief pride at all times and the foundation of thoir prosperity, Under such happy auspices we have been waiting day be fg acts of the now empire, persuaded that the a wild ei oat fees Nae mn, wou! iT ¢Fevocation of the laws which had reduced It to wach & stato of op; and servitude, or 6 promulga- om of others adapted red cP ‘las: tous of aa ipod) adaniaveaton, therto in ovr hopes, by reason, perhaps, of whieh attend the | re not a i, we ew dreseing your Majes.y’ and ap; ini The Cata ny striking proufs on former imi bo un by your Majosiy of aud we Conudenlly hope that thas J heart, w.l produce the ave a Tight ty e Your Majesty will undoubtedly percieve that if the Chureh coniin ces to be controlled in the exercis: of her sacred rights, if che laws which forbid her to acquire and possess property are not repealed, if chur.bes and con- Vonts are still destroyed, if the price of the chureh prop- erty ig accepted at the hands of its unlawful purehafers, i the sacred buildings are appro- Priated to othor uses, if the rligious orders are not ailowed to reaseume their dist'm to live in community; if the nuns are their food, and iorced to occupy rable and insatll- cient edifices; if the newspapers are permitted to insult the pastors with impuacty, and to assail the doctrines of the Cathol.c’Chureh ; it this stat» of things is to continue, then the same «vils will certainty continue to follow, at perhaps the scandal to the faithful and the wrongs to Peligion will become greater than ever before, Ak, sire, in the name of that faith and piety which are the ornaments of your barred family; in the name of the Church, whose supreme ehief aud pastor God has consti- tuted us in spite of our unworthiness; in the name of Almighty God, who has chosen you to rule over so Catho- lic u nation with the sole purpose of healing her ills and of restoring the honor of His holy religion, we earnestly conjure you to put your hands to the work, and laying aside every human consideration, and guided solely by an enlighteued wisdom and your Christian feelings, dry up the tears of so interesting a portion of the Catholic family, and by such worthy conduct merit the blessings of Jesus Christ, the prince of pastors, ‘With this purpose, and in compliance with your own wishes, we seud you our repressntative. He will inform you by word of mouth of the sorrow which has been caused to us mg the sad news which thus far has reached us, and he will better acquaint you with our intentions and aims in accrediting him near your Majesty. We have instructed him to ask at once from your Ma- jesty, and in our name, the revocation of the unjust laws which for so long a time have oppressed the Church, and to prepare, with the aid of the bishops, and, when it may be necessary, with the concurrence of our apos- tolic authority, the complete and definitive reorganiza- tion of ecclesiastical affairs, Your Majesty is well aware that, in order effectively to repair the evils occasioned by the revolution, and to bring back as soon as —. happy days for \ghe Church, the Catholic religion must, above all things, continuo to be the glory and the mainstay of the Mexi- can nation, to the exclusion of every other dissenting worship; that the bishops must be perfectly free in the exercise of thcir pastoral ministry; that the religious orders should be re-established or reorganized, con(orm- ably with the instructions and the powers which we have given; that tho patrimony of the Church and t! rights which attach to it may be maintained and pro: tected; that no person may obtain the faculty of teach- ing and publishing false and subversive tenets; that instruction, whether public or priv shoul be directed and watched over by the ecclesiastical autho- rity; and that, in short, the ehains may be broken which up to the present time have held the Church in a stato of dependence and subject to the bop agg | rule of the civil government, If the religious edifice should be re-estab- lished on such bases—and we will not doubt that such will be the case—your Majesty will satisfy one of the greatest requirements and one of the most lively aspira- tions of a people go religious as that of Mexico; your Majesty will calm our anxieties and those of the illus- trious episcopacy of that country; you will open the was to the education of a learned and zealous clergy, as well as to the moral reform of your subjects; and, bosides, you will give a striking examplo to the other govern: ments in the republics of America in which similar ve lamentable vissiscitudes have tried the Church; and, lastly, you will labor effectually to consolidate your own ba to the glory and prosperity of your imperial family. For these reasons we recommend to your Majesty the Apostolic Nuncio who will have the honor to present to promi, ing the C1 uvel snetratin ged to beg for you thia, our confidential letter. your Majesty be Plvased to honor him with your confidence and good will, in order that he may more easil comply with the mission that has been confid to him. Your Majesty will also be pleased to grant the same conffdence to the worthy prelates of Mexico in order that, animated as they are by the Holy Spirit and desirous of the salvation of souls, they may be enabled to undertake with courage and joytully the difficult work of restoration im all that they are con- cerned, and thus concur towards the re-establishment of Meanwhile we shall not cease daily to direct our humble prayers to the Father of light and the God of all con: to the end that all obstacles being overcome, the councils of the enemies of religious and social order turned to nought, plant passions calmed, her full li- berty restored to tl ——, of Jesus Christ, the Mexti- can nation may be enabled to hall in the person of your Majesty, its father, its regenerator and its greatest and most imperishable glory. Confidently hoping to see fully consummated these, the most ardent desires of our heart, we send to your ear and to your august spouse our Apostolic bene- ction. Given at Rome, in our Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, the 18th of October, 1864. PIUS IX. INSTRUCTIONS OF MAXIMILIAN TO THE MINISTER OF JUBTICE. BR DISREGARDS THR COUNSEL OF THR FOPB, AND PROPOSES TO DECLARE RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND CONFIRM THE RE- YORM LAWS OF JUAREZ. Mexico. Dec. 27, 1864. My Dear Miverer Escupgro:—In order to smooth the difficulties which have arisen on account of the reform Jaw, we propose to adopt a means which, while satisfy- ing’the just requirements of the country, shall re-cetal lish peace in the minds and tranquility in the con- sciences of all the inhabitants of the empire. For this Purpose, when wo were at Rome wo opened negotiations with the Holy Father, as universal chief of the Catholic urch, The Papal Nuncio is now in Mexico; but to our ox- treme surprise he has declared that ho is without in- structions, and has to await them from Rome. The unnatural situation in which we have continued, with diffienlty, during seven months, admits of no more delay. It demands au immediate solution. We con- sequently charge you at once to propose suitable measures in order that justice may be administered without consideration of personal station; that legitimate interests created by these laws may rest secure: correcting the excesses and injustice committed in their name; to provide for the maintenance of public worship and pro- toction of other sacred matters placed under the safe- guard of religion; and finally, that the sacraments may ‘be administored and other functions of the sacred minis- try be exercised throughout the empire without cost or charge to the people, To this end you will, before anything else, propose to ike revision of the operations of the mortmain and ationalization of ecclesiastical property, shaping it on the basis that legtimate transactions executed without fraud, and according to the laws which decreed such amortiza- tion, shall be ratified. Labor, in fine, according to the principle of free and ample toleration, keeping in view that the religion of the State is the Roman Catholic and Apostolic. MAXIMILIAN. THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF MEXICO TO MAXIMILIAN. THRY PROTEST AGAINST THE REAOLUTIONS TAKPN IN HIS LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF JUSTIORN—THEY REPEAT THY PROTESTS MADE TO THA SUAKKZ GOVERNMENT, Sme—In fulfilment of the first and most sacred duty incumbent upon the prelates of the Church, whenever the latter comes to be in conflict with the State, wo now placed under the painful bat unavoidable ‘necessity of raising our voice to the throne of your Majesty, and we are obliged to do so by the letter from your Majesty to tho Minister of Justice, which has been published in'the Oficial Gazette, and in which it appears that your Majesty has taken the resolution to decide by yourself the mo- mentous questions which are pending between the Church and the State with reference to the so-called laws of reform, and have instructed your Minister to prepare the necessary measures In the premises without deeming it necessary to wait for the new instructions which the Nuncio of his Holinees is about to ask on account of not having those demanded by the points proposed by the government of your Majesty. Your Majesty is well aware that during the thirty years which have clapsed since the month of December, 1833, when the laws regarding patronage, termination of civil coaction with reference to monastic vows, tithes, &c., were issued, to the same month of last year, when the two regents, Almonte and Salus, declared the said Jaws of reform to be still in force, the Mexican Church has never censed to oppose right to might against all the laws and measures which attack its doctrine, its jurisdiction, and its canonical im- munities and privileges, protesting respectfully, but on- eryetically, before the respective governments, carefully restraining and guiding the canonical conduct of the ceclestastical authorities, and teaching and admonishing the faithful with reference to the obligations incumbent upon them under such circumstances as Catholics Apos- tolie Romanie. Your Majesty also knows that neither the interests of party, nor the character of institutions, nor the political complexion of governments, have over exercised the slightest influence with regard to this course of the Chereh, which, faithful only to its mission of preserving pure and intact the doctrines of the faith, the rules of morals, and the authority of canonical discipline, has never taken any step, except in the nature of solf-de fence, when these principles have been assailed, and, in 80 proceeding, it has had in view no other end but the most worthy and holy purpose of saving intact the prin- ciples apon which the relations between Chureh and State are based, and of re-establishing concord between the two powers, In order that, by means of. this cone the general peace of the nation should be preserved. Your Majesty likewise comprehends, through your knowledge of our natioual history, that the prin. cipal, not the only cause of the civil wars that have devastated our unhappy country, is the endeavor of an odious minority to assaii religion and the Church by means of Jaws which do violence to conscience, Your Majesty knows, finally, that the arms which the Mexican epi copacy have employed in tte defence have been only the non leet of the Gospel, and that their ear: nest desire has constantly been that by means of an agreement between the national government and the Holy Apostolic See the unbappy necessity upon which their passive resistance is bafed should be made to disap- pear. : It is impossible to exaggerate, Sire, the pain and un- happiness of the Mexican Church on account of this per- sistent warfare, which, in the name of Hberty, of progress and of civilization, has been made upon it by this at once old and new revolution, that after having desolated Europe has come to combat its enemy—that is to say, Catholicism—in this part of the New World. When, after o many vicissitudes, affairs arrived at the crisis produced in December, 1860, by the triumph of the democratic faction in the capital of the republic; when Wo saw consummated among us the work which the enemies of the Church had labored so long to effect, wo should have lost all h whatever had not our conf- dence been strongthi by our trust in Divine Provi- ox and also by our intimate knowledge of the Catholic charactor, which has always distinguished the peop! his ove gained now strongth when the intervention, ive garments and | that wii it Inst im thise MW & bi acl wil and that it { the governinens co should freely eased, giving m io the wavs tlh ape to re ‘ rut Ca 4 jesty bot im your Speeches aud your writings, Lily sh niieant step of not leaving Europa and saliag fox this, your mew * eounizy, without resor dug. to rasbive and: briny with you th: bened ction of the sommon Vather of the Fasthtab; the readiness with whieh your Mnjesty sent @ Min ster to Rome, and your earnest wish for the arrival of the Apostok Nuncio, in order to center upom the arrange- ments ne essary fora happy terminaton ef the terrible crisis into which this unfortunate ev niry had been plunged ow acount ef the questions relect by these s0- cailed laweef reform; all this, Sire, had filled om» with unspeakable consolation; ali'this awakened fm our hearts the most lively entiusiasm towards the august person of your Majesty, and ditfused shroughout al the country that extraordinary rejoicing which was universally and splendidly manifested from the moment your foot to ched the sheres of our country. To no one did it then appear doubtful that these grave questions would be speedily aud happily ar- ranged, and we all expected that the day of tre peaco—the of conscience, terribly agitated by the laws and the measures of the gvvernment Don Benito. Juarez—would now arrive. That desired day appeared nearer and nearer to our sight when we learned that the Apostolic Nuncio had reached Vera Cruz; because, it being impossible that the pend.ng ques- tions could be settled without the concurrence of both Powers—that is, without the concert of the temporal and the spiritual sovereigns—the arrival of the Nuncio was regarded by all. a8 a Ph ¢ of that concert, especially considering the Catholic character of your Majesty and the benevolent disposition and conciliatory it of the Holy Pontift ‘hat must have: been, therefore, our sorrow and our affliction when, instead of all that we had so earnestly desirod, and with such ape reason had confidently ex- pected,’ we have scen all our hopes dissipated at one blow by the declarations and instructions embodied in the letter of your Majesty to the Minister of Justice. In this notable document we see that there has been no arrangement with the Apostolic Nuncio, om account of his instructions not embracing such points as have been raised; that your Majesty has not been willing to await the arrival of further instractions, and that you hai resolved by yourself alone to determine these grave ques- tions, and have ordered that the necessary measures con- sequent upon this decision shall be prepared by the Min- ister of Justice, Being ignorant of all that has transpired in the secret conferences, as also with regard to the documents and instructions brought by tho envoy of his Holiness, we ought to respect the mystery in which the causes of -what has passed, and the motives which hay: rmined. our Maes to takea step of such grave importance, are involved. ‘But os, in our humble opinion, whatever may have been these motives, wedo not believe them capa- ble of diminishing the soverelgn power of the Catholio Church, or of conferring upon the Stage a sufficient in- crease of power to enable it by its decrecs to tranquilize the conscionces of the faithful; and, as this circumstages, far from bringing about the desired end, will still leave on foot all the existing evils, because it is only the spiritual sovereign that can docide grave questions of moral import and trauquilize conscience, we are there- fore compelled to approach your Majesty, and earnestly pray you to be pleased to suspend the operation of the declarations and orders contained in the above men- tioned letter of your —. In taking this step we feel ourselves sustained not ovly by the arguments and motives set forth in the manifesto issued by the Mexican episcopacy on the 10th of August, 1869, with reference to the evoated laws of reform pro- mulgated by Don Benito Juarez at Vera Cruz, and in the expositions we addressed to Generals Almonte and Salas, as regents of the empire, in December of last year, in consequence of the circular issued by them on the 15th of that month (copies of which documents we enclose to your Majesty herewith but also by the character of higher crate whch thi question has now assumed by the fact of interven- tion of the Holy Father, who has sent his Nuncio at your Majesty's request, The bases given by your Majesty to your Ministor in- volve, Sire, the complete abrogation of all the privileges and powers of the Church, the ratification of the laws of sequestration of ecclesiastical property, the confirmation of the interests created thoreby, the authoritative intor- vention of the ¢ivil power in the maintenance of worship, the extinction of the canonical means of subsistence, upon whith public worship and its ministers depend, and, finally, the sanction of free and peers all rel without other restriotion than.the tion that the Roman Catholic Apostolic @ religion of the State. To none do we or will we ever yield, Stre, in our fidelity in the com ce with our strict duty towards the temporal sovereign; but when in order to obey him it is nece to fail in obedience to the law of God, or that of the Church, and consequently to commit the sin of provarication, passive resistance ought then never to be considered as an act of disobedience, because obe- dience is based upon the law of God, and ceases to bo ‘a duty when it is inconsistent with that law. The le of our creed, with reference to the Catholic Church, is a. of faith ; and this dogma establishes a supreme right in matters of doctrine, of and of canonical government, a supreme anthority that cannot ‘be subordinated to any other on earth, and it proclaims shable pri for all CathoHos, and as a Je of cond: ‘the power, rank and ition of those who exercise ‘supreme authority in the they have absolutely no power whatever y over these matters; for it is only the visible head of the church—that is the Popo—who can exercise this jurisdic- tion; it is only this power that binds and unbinds con- sciences; it is only this authority that is competent to proclaim dogmas of faith, to enlighten belief, to rele over morals, to decide doubtful questions, and to order all conflicts to cease by means of its sovereign declara- tions. Your Majesty will permit us, sting above all our most profound respect, to state that your sovereign reso- lution, with reference to the matters referred to In the letter ‘addressed to the Minister of Justice, relates pre- cisely to those very poiuts of the struggle between the Church and the State which would not be the subject of dispute did they not invade the spiritual powor, as has been constantly demonstrated to the varioua govern- ments by the Mexican episcopacy; that they are in open opposition to the social basis of’ the Catholic Church, aud directly opposed to positive provisions of the cannons, and especially to those of tho lust general council; that they bave been oxplicitly conderaned by the Apostolic See in pontifical allocutions; and that even the request and sending of an Apostolic Nuncio for the definitive sett ent of these questions proves that your Majesty has been of this same understanding, since it is clear that had your Majesty not recognized the positive necessity for the concurrence of both powers in the settlement of these questions your Majesty would not have made so great an effort to obtain the sending of the Apostolic Nancio. Besides, your Majesty in referring .to this step eharac- terizes it a8 “a means capable of satisfying the pressing necessities of the country, and of restoring peace to the minds and calming the consciences of all the inhabitants of the empire,” which declaration, as trae as precise and conscientious, renders unnecessary, Sire, any de- monstration on our part. But we cannot omit to observe that these conceptions hold good only supposing that the steps referred to had not been taken, and that, however grave other circum- stances may be sup; to be, they cannot be suflicient to enable the resolution contained in your Majesty's letter to satisfy the exigencies of the country or to restore tranquility to the consciences and establish peace. Your Majesty is well aware that the temporal sove: has no power over the conscience, except to retire fis coaction over it, and that, therefore, while the Pope does not decide or the sovereign docs not withdraw this coaction, conscience will continue to be agitated. With regard to the just exigencies of the country, we do not know what other there can be if they are not those of conscience in its moral relations with interest. But, referring only to that other class of interests pro- duced by the appropriation of ecclesiastical property in favor of the now unlawful holders of the property of the Church, under the laws that bave despoiled it, even ro- ferring to these, and bearing in mind that many of these holders seek in the solution of these questions, not the quieting of conscience merely, but the consolidation and restoration to value of their sudden wealth, your Ma- Jesty will allow us to state that even these persons will remain in the same condition as before, for the sovereicn declaration of your Majesty will produce on their minds only the effect of adding the fear of new exactions and other burdens to the uncertainty which will continue to prevail so long as the concurrence of the Holy Ponufl shall not have been obtained, We will not dwell, Sire, upon what relates to the com- petent maintenance of public Worship and the support of its ministers, because whatever the gratuitous enemies of the Church may say, interest has never bad the slight- ext influence upon the conduct of its pastors; nor will we state to your Majeaty that civil coaction having ceased, only those contribute that are so disposed, and that the noble moral impulse that determines these gifts subsists independent of all human power. But we can assure your Majesty that all of us are ready to depend solely upon the piety of the faithful rather iban upon any civil appropriation, because nothing is so dear to us, under these circumstances, as to sustain the dignity of the Church and the ind ndence of her priesthood. With regard to religious tolerance, we can see nothing that renders it, not to say urgent, but even excusable, Mexico is exclusively a Catholic country, and the opposl- tion of the people to religious tolerance has always been manifested in the most unequivocal manner, When the constituent Congress of 1866 was discussing the fifteenth article of the project of constitution, which would have established religious tolerance, notwithstanding the as. sembly was made up of the most advanced partisans of what is called reform and progress, and in spite of their deavor to secure the sudcess of sch idea, they ¢ obliged to give way under the irresistib pressure of public opinion, manifested as never befo The radical liberals were the wi of the situation- they had all power and controlied the public offices every where; yet, notwithstanding all this, and the slight inlu- ence of the opposite party, aud particularly of the Church, they were unable to stem the torrent, Addresses poured in from all parts of the country, municipalities, gu'lds, entire populations, men and women, ail the communily, pronounced against the article; and even the ment of Comonfort, porcelving ft was not wise to « the popular feeling 60 unanimously manifested, to Bt against reli I d by an immense majority, Theso facts, Siro, aro eloquent indeed; and in seven years the character and will of a people are not changed It would have been very oasy for us, in lightly touch ing upon the points to which this address relates, to make with reference to each one of those points, and in general with reference to the so-called Jaws of reform, more ample observations; but we have been desirous to confine ourselves carefully to the sitaplest indications, both in order not to exceed what our duty strictly re quires, and not to distract your Majesty's attention; a finally, after 0 much that both ourselves and our p decessors have sald, and have proved and demonstrated With all classes of arguments in our representations and protsts to the ditlerent governments whch have at tacked the Chureh, and very partioularly in the door mois which we enclose herewith, in order vot te Ww. arwieu wordd | | necessarily protong this address, we do not fect that it is } meoesory for us to say anything more. We shall B Vor, Lowover, cease reiteraling Our supplications to { your Majesty that you will causo an end to be put to | the grave embarrassment that has arisen from the } iemai.ce, without awaiting the arrival of the new ponti- | fleal instructions, of a revokuten that not having the renee of the twe powers, leaves stil? on soot, and Jargely augment, the ow fis already suttered ; will SQ tAVa'e cach day more and more the situation and rnder it nwre criteal; and we cannot say to what point will mauiipiy the diliculties with which your Majesty is straggling for the re-establisment of gewce and tke con solid@tion of the empire. PRLAGIO ANTONIO, Archbishop of Mexteo. CLEMENTE DE JESUS, Archbishop of Michoacan, JOSE MARIA, i ishop of Oajaca. BERNARDO, Bishop of Queretaro. IGNACIO MATEO, Bishop of Zacatecas. Mexico, Doc. zy, 1864. MAXIMILIAS ARCRER OF RELIGIOUS TOLER- ANOL—THE PROPEST OF THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS HAS NO INPLUBNCEK WITH HIM. Maxpiusn, Emperor’ of Mexico, having consulted our Council of Ministers, we have decraed and do decree th» following :— Article 1. ‘Tho empire protects the Catholic Apostetic and Roman religion as the religion of thy Stato, Art, 2 All forms of worship not contrary to morality, civilization and good maeeart shall have'free and ample toleration in all the territory of the empice. No worship can be established without the previous eoasent of the government. Art. 3. As circumstanses shall demand, the adminis- tration, by police regulations, will arrange: ald that may concern the exercise of worship. 4. Abuses which may be committeady the autho- niles. against {ho exercise of worship, and against the which the laws guarantee to thelr ministers, shall be laid before the Council of State, This decree shall be plaeed in the archives of the empiro and published in the-official journal. Done at the Pulace, at Mexico, Feb. 26, 1806. MAXIMILIAN. By order of his imperial Majesty. Pépno Escupuno x Ecuanove, Minister of Suetiee. DECREE CONFIRMING THE REFORM LAWS OF JUAREZ, AND RATIFYING THE SALES OF CHURCH PROPERTY. ‘We, Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, having consulted Sou Council of Ministers, have-decrood and do-decree the following :— Antic. 1, The Council of State shall revise all the operations of the amortization and nationalization of ecclesiastical property, executed in consequence of the laws of the 25th of June, 1859; and others agroeing there- with, Axt. 2. The Council on making tho revision shall re- mody excesses and injustice-committed by fraud, by violation of the said laws, or by the abuses of the func- tionaries charged with their execution. Ant, 3. The Council will make the revision truly, openly and in good faith, and with no more impediments than those which it may consider necessary in each case, for the manifestation and illustration of truth. Axt. 4. The resolutions of the Council are irrevocable, and will be executed a3 they are without exception ot any kind. Ant. 5, Lawful executed without fraud, and in accordance with the laws already cited, will be confirmed. Those which do not come under this head will be annulled. , Axr, 6, Irregular operations which may have been ex- ecuted against the tenor of the said laws, with the appro- bation of the federal government, may be ratified, reduc- ing them proviously to the terms prescribed in the same laws, 60 long as there be no injury toa third party. Akt. 7. Transactions which may be declared null and void, may be revised on condition that they be brought forward in accordance with the terms cf the law of tho 18th July, 1859, that there is paid into the troasury in money a fine of twonty-five per cent on the total value of the estate or capital adjudged; and that no loss is caused to a third party by rights acquired previous to the revision of the claim, Aur, 8, Concessions made by the federal government, 80 that the in money of the adjudication or redomp- tions sh be cover with credits arising from the personal services of servants of the State, will not vitiate the operation so ong as the concession is understood to be solely and im ly in favor of those who gave these services. Anr. 9, Lawful rights acquired by the law of the 25th of June, 1856, shall not be considered lost or extinguished, ex yy express renunciation or on proof of their bav- ing been oxecuted simultaneously with the pe es sai from which it is derived. The renouncements of women who may have no other it in property, ar of the custo- diane or guardians of , im the name of thoir pupils, will be of no effect. ART. 10. To ie Be rights which are derived from the said laws and efieets which they must produce, ‘the date of their publication will, in every instance, be considered according to the principles of logisiation. Ant. 11. Thy transfer which clergy made of perty or estates in those places which were subj to the administration of Generals Zuloaga and Miramon may be ratified, if there be no loss to athird party, by reason of any rights Tat oe 4 acquired, For the same reason tho transaction cxecutod by virtue of the laws of the 12th and 18th of July, 1859, shall also bo ratified in subjection to them, previous to their publication in their respective operationson which the decrees: nd feat acta duly published, the the exchequer with regard to ihe enactiagats of this law, e W, which may have been infringed or defrauded in the said transaction. The reinbursement of the exchequer must ‘be made by the actual possessor of the estate or funds, Aart, 13. Whenever a transaction shall be declared null and of no effect the sums advanced by the person execnt- ing st mest be returned in coin, and the value which it may have, in the same manner, form and terms in which it ‘was originally made. The legal iuterest on these sums shall also be paid in cash, corresponding to the time which may have tranepired and the actual value of the improvements which may have been made on the es- tates, These reimbursements will not take place in cases where it is known that the transaction had been fraudu- kently executed. Ax. 14. For the restitution of credits which do not existin the public offices the Council will issue a certifi. = which will have the same legal effect as the replated credit, Aur. 15. The restitution of estates or funds which may have been the object of invalid operations should be made with the proceeds or results which they may have realized, Avt. 16, Thore shall be established an office, to be called “the Administration of Nationnlized Property.” It shall have control over the administration of that kind of property which may not segitimately come under the head of private property; it shall copy the evidence which may be considered necessary for the revisions; it shall put into practice the administrative and econoini- cal operations contingent on eaeh act of revision, or whatever may be d-emed necessary for the Council. And for the departments, wherever it may appear necessary, the Council will propose to us the nomination of agents to discharge the functions with which they will be charged. Acounsellor dr auditor, appointed by us, on the proposal of the Council, shall be inspector thercof. Arr. 17. All the funds or capital of nationalized prop- erty that may not have been transferred or redeemed; those which are recovered by revision, and those which proceed from tho transfer’ of estates which were after- wards made, shall be in the charge of the office of na- tionalized property, which will see that they are properly administered, and collect thdlr rents while carrying out their functions, Akt. 18, No right which directly or originally proceeds from mortmain transactions or nationalization sball be exercised, or be made of any value, judicial or extra-judi- ciul, while it is not shown in due and proper form that the operation whence it proceeded has been properly and eye revised. Arr. 19. rng ie the revision may not be on if it be shown in due form that the process to obtain i has been presented, the rights to which the previous ar- ticle refers may be exercised; but those who obtain it for them must give security to the satisfaction of the Chief Judge (Juer de primera instancia), or keep the mat- ter in judicial course until the revision 1s complete. Ant. 20. Nor shall any right or privilege, Judicial or extra judicial, be exercised in relation to nationalized es- tates Which may not have been included in operations of mortmain or nationalization, or which may have been re- Larned to ecclesiastical corporations. The possessors or detainers of these estates must. show cause within two roca in the form prescribed by the enactments of this law. Ant, 21. Any person contravening the three last men- tioned articles, or their accomplices, shall incur a fine of from $1,000 to $15,000, or six months to five years’ im- prisonment. The penalty shall be applied openly aud without referenee to the nullity of the act or acts which may have been exercised, Arr, 22. The redemption of fands or capital must be shown within two months, If the manifestation be not made, the redemption will be congidered null, and tbe deed of Sag eer will recover all ite vigor and force. Arr. 23. Negotiations now pending in the tribunals in which there is a question of ‘the validity or preference of rights acquired by the laws of mortinain or nationaliza- tion will pose the Council, and thus be disposed of. Arr. 24, Nationslized property which may not have beon transferred in consequence of the laws already men- tioned, and those which may be reclain by virtue of the revision, shall be traneferrod in the form and terms which the law provides for the sale of the estates of the exchequer, with due regard to the provisions prescribed by this law. Apt. 25, The cost of the transfers shall be placed at six percent, per annum, with the hypothecation of the estate itself for a term of eightewn yearn, to be collected annually and in equal parts. The diminution of the time of recog nition and the payment in cash of the whole or part of the price, shall not have any alteration. Ait, 26. Country property, in order to be transferred, shall be divided into parts, and the project of division which is formed in each case, shall be presented to us for our approbation, Art. 27, In every case of the tronsfer of country lands ¢ shall be given to persons having no other ty; and In no case shall more than two transferred to a single person. The transfer of agricultural lands shall only be made in favor of persons who have no other landed property, Axt. 29. All clerks, secretaries, notaries public, judges 8 shall, within two mouths from the publication of this law, remit to the Minister of Justice a circum stant al notice of all writings granted In their protor from the Lat of J 1856, with roference to nat property, With @ statement of all notes thereto, Those who do not oxactly exeoute a ally comply with this direction shall incur t deprivation of office aod a fine of $400 to $3,000. Ant. 80. At the termination of the time specified fn tho last article our Minister of Justice shall pame exam ners of the protocols, to ma examination as to the iw the a oremen 4 provision, This dcree shall be depe in the archives of tha ompite, and be publighed fp (he official gazette, Given in the Pulace of Mexico, February 26, 1965, MAXIMILIAN, a de By command of his imperial Majesty PRono Esovvnno ¥ Keuanove, Minister of Justice, Prizes Cashed in all Legalized Lotte- ried, Luformstion given J. KR. CLAYTON, 10 Wall street, New York. © and tnformatio im went. An * . Canst thon not nvnister to a mind diseased, And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the foul bosom of the pertlous stuf That weighs upon the heart? Certaialy. LANTATION BITTERS wttt do it when nothing 6] Melanciioly, depression, hypochondria, insanity—wMl spring, more o¥ kews, fron a diseased stomach, ‘and this Plantation Bitters i a ‘sure cure for mistake about it, Dyspepsia, headache, duliuess, ague, and Jow spirits mast yield to the health -g: and gental [nfl enee of the Plantation Bites. fou one trlul and be convinced. if you are io , Make Address to Smokers—Pollak & So Meerscbnum manufacturers, (@ Broadway, meur For street; Pipes There is no th nd Segur Holders 46 retail, cut lo order, boiled, aiWwor aud repaired. A “White's Patent Lever Truss” Cures rupture radically. No preasure on'the bac! % (GREGORY & CO., 69 Browdway, A Silent Sewing Machine— WILLCOX & GIbEW. No, 508 Broadway. A Beautiful Complexion.—The Genuine and old established’ LAIRD’S BLOOM OF YOUTH. OR LIQUID PRARL, i wed only by GEORGE W. LALBD. Depot 74 Fulton raggists everywhere. A.—Why 1s Phalon’s Night Bloomin, Cereus a Parone wie the Daca ny neil, Pete? Deu't ry know, Sam, ‘lesa it is () remen Cherokee Pills—Female Regulator.— Bold by all druggists. $1 per vox. Thirty-two pago pam- phlet free. Address De WH. MERWAN & 60., 63 Liberty Street, New York. Cristadoro’s Hair Dye, Preservative wholesaln and reiail, Mo 6 Astor House. by sictiful artiste, Batchelor’s Hatr Dye—The Best in the world, Harmless, reliable, instantaneous, The oaly perfect Dye. Factory 81 Barclay street. Consumption—Consumption.—We Say to persons having consumption, in whatever-«tage of the dik ease, se Dr. WISHART'S Fine ‘Tree Tar Corfial, which ti readily taken up by the blood and carried to the lungs, and the healing principle of the tar act upon the inilamed Sores of the lungs, and stop their decay at once, and the patient's Ufe ts saved. "Tho Pino Tree Tar Cordinl has great power to jolve the thick mucus that stops up the wind passages of the lungs and expels it from the system. ‘The Hive Tree Tar Cordial purities the blood, and cleanses it of all serotulous matter, that is constantly breeding internal and exter- nal, Salirheum, blotches on the fac are'especially culred by Dr. Wishart's (is al” Office 10 North Second. street, Philadelphia, Sold at HELM- BOLD'S drug and chanical away, New on Xx ‘warehouse, Dyspepsia Tab —Welling’s Dys; a Tuulta for Indigeton aod Heariburue’ sO centee bas, Sold by druggists. 871 Broadway. Grover & Baker’s First Premium El tic Stitch and Lock Stitch Rewing Marainos. 495 Broadway, New York, and 295 Fulton street, Brooklyn. 513 Broadway, has Introduced ityles Ladies’, Gentlemen's, Misses’, Boys’ and In- ts Huts, Trimmed and Untrimmed, Wholesale and retall, Gouraud’s Italian Medieated Soap cures tan, pimples, freckles, eruptions, flesh worms, A. 453 Broadway, und’ druggist Genin, his Sprin fan Highest Premium Lock Stitch Sewing Machines, WHERLER & WILSON, 633 Broadway. See Wheeler & Wilson's Button Hole Machine, Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar.— A-certale cure for coughs, colds Infuanza, bonrseness, dit cult breathing and all affections of the throat, bronchial tubes and lungs, seen consumption. The Honey of Horehound soothes all irritatio: The Tar of Balm of Gflead jetrates, ‘cleansct and heals all a ff fore is nothing like it, r sald by all druggist CHA, BowNrk, 1 Agent, 44 Codar atrect, N.Y. Hill's Hair Dye, 5éc., Black or Brown. Reliable. Depot No. I Barclay street, Sold by all druggists, Ladies=Use Sterling’s Ambrosia for Ret. mice, rabbita, Grecian curls, waterfalls and crimp- je balr. Messrs. Fowler & Wells, Phrenologists, give charts of character daily, at 889 Broadway. No More Gray Hair or Baldness.—45 years’ practice, by Dr, GRANDJEAN, Astor place, Advice Toe The Bridal Chamber—An Essay of YYaring and nsthuction for Young Mn. Published by the rf in vealed cave: opens Address Dr. J, Bkilia Houghton, foward Assocta- tlon, Philadelphia, ‘We Have Frequently Heard Mothers Say would not be without Mrs, WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP, from the birth of the child until it had finished with the teethii ‘on any consideration whatever, It gives wih colic pains, quiet sleep, and iis pa- cents a bottle. EARED. oStgamthlp Cuba (Dr), Stono, Liverpoot via Queenstown—B ‘Steamship Golden Rule, Babcock, San Juan, Nic—M O nahip Matanzas, Liosegang, Washington—T Ascenslo, Steamship Linda, Theobald, Alexandria—Jas Hand. Ship Geo Griswoid, Pettingill, San irancisco—C Comstock Ship M Nottebohm, Lamb, Fortress Monroe—O L Wright & 0. Bark Henry Trowbridge, Duntze, Barbados—H Trow- bridge's Sone, Bark Jobn Paul (Br), Currie, Matanzns—G P Bulley. are Thomas (Br), Potersen, Cardenas—Spence, Moutague 0. Bark Andaman, Ott Bark Hunter, York, Bark Tillie Van Naine, Cook, Philadelphia—Van Brunt & Slaght. Selir HF Bell (Br), Barnard, Rio Grande—J Bento & Co. Sehr Dragon (Dan), Pedersen, St Croix—Ives, Beecher & “Schr Mary Parker (Br), Morris, Barbados—B F Small & ‘chr Abby Brackett, Achorn, St Johns, PR—Metcalf & euir Jobn Northup (Br), Laird, Mayaguez—D R DeWolf & ‘Rehr Welcome Home (Br), Merriam, Parsboro—P I Nevius Scur'w R Beebe, Crawford, Beaufort, NC—Van Brunt & Blaght. Siar Edwin J Palmer, Palmer, Alexandria—Bentley, © Fortress Monroe—Neamith & Sons. Smit a Schr Mary T Far, Maloy, Washington—Van Brunt & Slaght, Schr Frances, Connell, Washington—Van Brunt & Siazh Sehr Clara Norton, Magee, Philadelphia—Holyoke & Mur- Tay. ARRIVED. US steam battery Dictator (Monitor), Commodore J Rod rs, Hampton Roads, March 19, under’ convoy of US gun- Goat khode Island. US gunboat Rhode Island, Stephen D Trenchard, com. mander, Hampton Roads March 19, acting as convoy to the Monitor Dictator. Steamship City of Washiny March 1, and Queenstown 2d. on tne Sth, having in lat it , m0 a non the 8th, wt 3:3 End pawongers, t0.3°C,Dale. Sth, iat 81, lon 14 19, saw an Toman steamer, bound E, supposed the ity of Dublin; 1th, lat 47 20, lon 87 $0, saw stoarmshrp United Kingdom, W; 18th, Int 41 44, Jon 61 30, naw bri Steamship City of London (Br), and Queenstown 9h, 6PM, with Indse and 612 passen, John G Dale, 18th fnst, lat 41 68, lon 69 U2. passed shi ¥ Storer, hence for Li Steamship Borussla 5, and Southampton 8 ra, to Kiuhardt & Co. Soamship Washington (Ft), Duchesne, Havre, March 8 with me asengers, to Geo Mackenzie. Steamship Jose San Roman, Manton, Matamoros March 8 via Havana 8 days 8 hours, with cotion and 39 passengers, to EA Huesey. Steamship Nightingale (US transport), Breaker, Key West, with passengers, to US Quartetmaster, Cape May Lightsbtp bearing W 6 miles distant, saw a sunken schooner with heads of lower masts just above water; also saw a rigging altached. ‘Sf iratsport), Couch, Morehead City, ion (Br), Brooks, I ut returned to n ery, to ip Wa pool. Ham), Schwensan, Hamburg, Merch 5 PM, with mdse and 292" passen- schooner's must with Steamship Yazoo (U NO, 2 days, with passengers, to U 8 Quartermaster. ship NB Palmer, Steele, Hong Kong Dee 19, p er Jan 22, Cape Good Hope Few 5. with teas, a Low & Bro, Southward of the Guf haa he the westward, In lat 138 N, | from Glasgow for Shan pn We Her F Dow Ship White Swallow (of with hemp, &e, to Snow & Burgess E, signalized bark Porsia (Harm), mouth; Ist Inst, lat 490 N, ton $7 dy, of Yarmouth, NS, st brilliant comet in the & 6 D anita Nov Francis ¢ mer ae disease, Boston), Prince, Manila, Deo 8, “ Jan 24) ti it 181 years, e shi * Marseition 75 Aaya, Baetjor & De Vertu. ya, with cotton, Ship Herzog Von Brabant, pasced Gibraltar Feb 13, wid Ship LL Sturgis, Williams, Savanna to Simoon Draper; vessel to Sturges, Clearta assiterides (of Ser Angier Nov fear & Co. : ), Graf, Palermo 8 days, and Gibraltar 26, binwon dC og Kong To, with tantinople, 186 da) Heavy weather snes ero ream; was up to Sandy Hook on the 1oth, wo WNW, SK wher countered ® furious gale frow and Was driven Hark Goeth BW, spoke bar Feb |, lat 28 8, tevideo, 48 di Hinks, from lassen, to 11 Hark Teresa aldo, coffee, hides and fustic, to Maitivnd, Phelps Wt 40, lop 74 10, saw bark Orvnilla, of Beat N with “ arch 14, sport, stoerting ), Avery, Hark Martin W Brett, Thurlow, Cardenas, 7 days, with and molassem, W Brett ACO, Holm, Savannah, & days, with Savannah, 9 days, with cotton to Murray & Nephew ve Swe), Stan, Kio Janeiro, 6 days, with coffer, Brig Boty to order, : Brig John Butler, Knowles, Matamoros, 13 days, with com Py, A6, to Smith & Dunnin 0 Brig A B Patterson (of Turks gland), Hoecker, to Oe bello, 13 days, with coffee, &e, to Dallett & Hilas asi Krig Harriet (of Truro), Bartaby, Laguayra, 17 days, in ballast to HJ AC A DoWolf, 10th tort, saw a Full tee g ashore on th part of Swan I had ail salle fy. inh AwPRTeDUIY was wot long In naition Arig Alice Maud f Turks Tein Poned, 14 days, thst nd mol to Bret 3 Mi) fon n' Stow ae cat ‘wine willy ‘, na, St Croix, 16 days, With sugar aud molasses, (0 0 & Vers. 5 { Brig Eliza (of Dighy. N@),> Thomas, Sagua, 11 days, with sugar, So, to Edmiston Brom Hel. Bo, {0 A ‘Ruicet, yrannah, 4 days, with cottem and rice, to Siith Son & Co. Seb Flash (of Nassau, NP), Bik'P, Matamoros, 30 daya, otton, to mn: inst, kit 33 4), pr mf pled us wish pi Sehr Maria L +. "Had beagy weather; lost m 77 8), pom ig Merlin, of 3 gua for New Yor Tom Davis (of Nassam, N@%, Peeling, Arroyo, PR, 10 days, with sugar and molssaes, to Bassett & Nickerson, 16t1 inst, off Hatteras, ino gale fom SSW to NW, carried away main boom and malnsuil, spi saftd, and recelved other a a Fite, Rosy Mayaguea, PI, Sduys, with sugar, to @ omnes. Schr Henry, Tobia, Savannals, 6 day: with cotton, to Sime- on Draver 8 joa. Joha, (arr 16th), who sup: cea C Lane, Lane, Sevannals, 5 days, with oot Draper, ‘pple, Tarr, Savemnbh, 4 days, with cotton, con Dra por. hr dubs Baker, Low, York Rives, he Sarce Lavinia, Herterson, Viagdnta. lonmouth, Anderson, Virginia ur C Lai, Doughty, Puttadelphia, days. Bark Trajan, which arrived. yesterda: with Teuit, te sousigued to Jubm 8 Tageawa SAIDED. Steamships Creole, linols, Gelden Rule, Empise, Matan- arg, Victor; ships Hdho, Easiwerd Ho, Marine, Atexandse; Dark Dispatch: brigs Ida, Holentino;- Vuteran, Abbie Tue comb; aches Minerva, J D Uramer, Althea. Wind at sunset 8. from Palermo, fH vi Miscellancvas. a ahaa itr Pxaxix (Br), Duvis, before veported ashore, after Gburearging atime 200 bons eargzeand arcived. at Phila bist lust, ‘The damage to thy hull is epparently nos serlous; she is making about one inchef water per hour. Bane ta Cucvar a, Nowell, from Patermo for Vhviadelphay PUL into ¢Hdbroltar 15th ate, with loss of sulls, rigging, &c, wailed agar Uae 21st. Rx Citances Guam—Cuxbaven, Merch 7—The Chi m, Gailison, from Philadelphia for Ham! repor iil aad abanconed, has been got Meamers anu awamber of salvurs, after a great carco.had been discharged! {nie Heligoland Graft, mips are odoked. Thu remalader of tho carg3-s being Re Bank Evaxne, ed ou the NE ult, “Her car and hides, pe onifee ts & tor part of the 7 cargo. The mate drowned. The coat of the crew, six in nuraber, were for warded to the Fveneh Consul at’ Maraoaibo, Bure Sawai, Lawosey, Giles,.from Cardencs for Portland, at Hoinies Hole. esperitneed very heavy weather during th im @ gal Passage. | March 6, off Hatteras, from NE, sta cargo between desks, stove boayand water casi, split aaile, Brio Wanxpate(Br), Brassell, at Baltimors from Clen- fueKos, split sails-wind th leaky, Scun La Prata, Fairbanks, from Enagua 24th sult, of and for Boston, was wrecked at Fortune Island night of the 25th, and, togetlier with: her cargo, beame «total loss, All baud were saved, Scur Siootuva Scam, from Boston for Washington, which went ashore night of the 16th inst three miles nasth of Bar. Inlet, was builtat Pembroke in 188), where she is owme $135 tons. and rates AZ Sous Jaxw © Hicars (of New London), Rockwell, where from or bound not stated, went ashore on Kockaway (LI) Beach on the night oF the 16th ius -She 1s valued nt $18,00, nd not insured, She has considerable cargo on board. Sour Gronox W Waretcer, J? (of New York), Phinney, from Hoston for Phiehdelphia, put back to B 20th leat wi loss of boom and sails split. Missing Vesset—The Belfast, Campostano, Liverpool April IL for San Francisco, and been heard of, Bark P K Mazeltine, of Bostom, Capt Robert Turner, salled from the Capes of Delaware Dee 18 for New Orleans, with coul for government, and has not since been heard of, Feare are entertained for her safety. oken, d&ec. 7 Colby, M’Lellan, from Callao for Spain, Fel 25, Int $7 N. lon SW.” = rig Hampden, 6 days from Bangor for ——, Mareh 14, lat 34 50, lon 71. es pe Fibs, ‘rom Clenfuegos fer NYork, March 15, off Hat 3 Le Foreign Ports. aghMTrznr, March 4—Are Excelsior, Olaproth, NYoolt sla . Katharine, Culbert, NYor! Auicanrx, March 4—Arr American Union, Russell, NYork soiled from has nob since via Cadiz, Anxoro, PR, Mareh 10—In port brigs Nellie, Staples, fou Nork'in 2 day; Trola, Brewster, and 8 Thurston, Clark, foo do; Susan Reynolds (Br), for do; schrs Mary, Sawyer, toor Glince, for NYork, to sail same day. aveN, March 3—Arr Athena, Schilling, NYorks lin, und Alida, Hess, Baltimore, Below 4th, Are wrig! ulkins, and Leocedia, Wenke, from NXork, Sid 4th, Orpheus, Wessels, NYork, lonvuavx, March 3—Arr Argentina, Zuell, NYork, Boxxos Ayan, Jan llr Jobanné Maric, Kutscher, New York; 12th, George F, MiDormand, Boston; ith, Kathariu Jane, Burchell, do; 2d, Nellie Hunt, Nelson, NYork; 24th, Liverpool and N¥ork, “Sid ith: Spar ung Bea; Seager, Newt verpool and NYork, + Sparkltn: r, York: loth, Eugenia, Dennis, 40; ih, CA Livdietield, ‘Niche port ia India. Jan 28—Arr Stephanie, Schutte, Baltimore. Awer brig, , Schut oe eu ee bs Ye oe li—In port aa rar NYork for Isto Jatielro. Canon Maren 4-Sid Neptune, Beinker, and Louisa, Care, Feb’ Baines, NYork. b 2T—Art hant Mach BeAr But nm, N¥ork. Bld Feb 25, jarch 2—Arr Euro eo, ship Quintaro, Manning, ©, Bothiah’ Thayer Cartnes from Valparaiso, for tome, wo Anish loading (oe Simcoe, Higgina, NYork; alparaisd, to nail soon eo eampewas, March 10—Are ath ee John Kerr, Sweetzer, Troom, Sid 10th, barks An- des, Mer jae, Boone: w cg irae ee © , Cl port nexth of Hatte: be Sud Nvorks ice Sohn Br), Portland; 18th, brig Mar ‘ ni sedimmesvudon March Tota port bark Thos Terry (Br), Maho- Colllns, Shaw, for NYork In’ a fow , Parker, dodo; Ponvert, Allen, and George French, dd do, Sid 7th, bark HD Brookman, New yn of the Sea, Rosa, hive; If W Seyburny yt Moni In yam 01 ooonow, Jan 12—Tn port barks N band a ang He Nye, une, Rover, Giwon. M Arr’ Fury, Ray, Boston. Ginwatran, FebyiS-Arr bark Tia Ciguona, Norvell, Paiene mo (and sid 21st for Philadeluhis). 18th, bark Mist, Liae coln (from Legh 2h ship Gardner Colby, Me- Johnaon, chid for Trinidad luer, for Lelian (from In port 224, and England, to Hono Koxd, Jan 15—Arr 19th, Don Pedro Tl, Katng, Francisco; 25th, Waterloo, Babson, Boston, Lord, San’ Francisco. Mallen, San Francisco; 2ist, Helios, Pratt, Sas siddath, Derby, To port Jan 15, ships Georges, Wilhams; Smath and Vis (Br), Brimmond, i Malay, Wh Marmion, Waraa nates, Kin (Br), ebber, nn fawning, Wells, for Francisco; Forest Belle, Perciv: une, Tevawa, March 11—Arr brig Sophie (Ham), Simm, NYork; 13th, stoanships Havana, Groene, and Morro Castle: Adama, NYork; barks Stuifa (Br), Brookinan, do: Norn (Hr), Max> well, Boston; schr Albert Paul (Br), Wicks, NYork via Nassau. Advertised 15th, steamships Morro Castle, Adams, for New ork 18th; Hivana, Greene, do. agua, March 8-In port schr EB P Howard, Mayo, for Turks Islands. 5 Liverroot, March 4—Arr Australasian (#), Cook, NYork; 7th, Susan G Owens, Norton, Cath Sid Sd, Universe, Hutt ‘York; Martha, King, do (and by cig. Philadelphia; 7th, Sho 7 4; Hibernia, Janssen, NY¥ork; Gla idge, San Francisco. Sun, Orr, Malia via New Sir R Peel, Larrabee, for NYork; Belle Poule, Congdon, Pernambuecr David '(s), Aird, Portland; 7th, Ausiralakian (s), Cook, NYork; M R Ladwig, Harding, Que: > bee (ent F Loxpom, elt, Thott 0. Philadelphing ¥ 8th, Urania, Laavayna RDNAVEN, March 6—Sid Brenda, Cox (from Liver Bost rivipeo, Jan 23—Are Charter Oxk, Tukey, New Yorks ' Carditt; 27th, Yais, New v Bee veneet: Sid nia te Pitzvernld, Clifford, for NYork, dg. Eu Matihews, N York. 24th, York. In port Jan 28, Mananiiam, Jan Manacatno, March 4 . Treeartin, Key ‘leindes, Wier, Sid Lith, barks Goethe (Brem), NYork: Rosamond, Pickett, Neuvitas; brig Faum, ‘ark. ssela entered from Feb 25 to March 8:— fark, fon, fr from NYork anny Huron, Akeye, from B dding, from New Baward Hill, Welcome, Morrison, f 1 javana; Prince Clark, son, and Star he my 6, jeans; Mary Gleason, Middicion, from Boston; rom NYork, Irma, "Cummins, wm harmer, from NOrleane; Panama, i’ Mar, Campbell, from NOr Jennequin, trom Knowles, from Bride, B ta, do, Jupt- ett, Trappling, do; Mary M wit. , Cormick, from NYork; ly M Strout, ——, from Sisal; Cypress, r, Bonshall, Cormick, do; Union, Hanson, from NYork; F % from Havana; Porto Corll, jouth; Torrie, aven, Conn, Purwoorit, Mareh &—Arr Samoset, Cobb, Moulmein Pennamnvco, Feb 2—Arr Carmelita, Bennett, N Yor! Paltna, Holuy, do; 4th, Imperado, Power, Philadelphia; 11th, MD Penny, NYork; Konigsberg, Hoeb, and Ema, 1d Clara Louisa, Kennard, NYork, 0, G—In port bark Thos Datiett, for pila 1 th wraows, March G—Arr Carrier Dove, Jackson, and ta, Ryder, Callao. Huo Jawcino, Feb 1—Arr Marigo, Morrill, NYork; Alba Richard THI, Greenough, Care timers; Harwood, Wilson, nd the’ captain's wife, very 4th, Blanchard, Sheen iN ‘ortham, , Cintk, \rr Argonant, Dreyer, Foochow; Starr King, , Swatow: 12th, Belitag, Caminan, Foochaw Huh, Kingsan, Wills, do; 19th, Star, Sparrow, Nagesnkl. 8h 17th. J W Seaver, Snow, Yokohama; Mary Glover, Hughes, Mo gpo. r Tu. port Oth, hips Pinella (Br), Murray. for NY Mack (Be erson, for Hong Kong, Revolt nave; barks I for San Fra Ashby, of Wi il Catalpa, Ste ww, Dee 2—Tn port aMith, for Shariati 2A . Barron, Mont Ark, {weber Jus Miller, Carbor ns, t , Massey, Cape 88 Sears, Bartlett, Liverpoal. Sid 22d, Con- Driokwater, Portiand. In port beig Atugela, for NYork, 14g. Art brig Cerem (Be), Wilson, NYork: Oty . Cortia, Medanzas! bark Mary © Dyer, Ath, brdge Hntite, Gilkey, Philagel= *, Littledeld, NY: Lith, Ne ry pee A Brown, Sher JA Phoroe, Dotap, Cardenas » T—Sid Valparaiso, Mayhew, Sittoth, to k Jan 15—Tn port bark Nabob, Pettigrew, une, American Port —Areablp New England, Rendall, long mi Wuastroa, March SeAre steamabip, MeClelion | i to Tota porta; bark Ay, Uptom, Hooton: brig Mary ‘cnn (Br), Dan javans 6h—Are ship Meonutatnger, Reyent, New York hock Mary 18A00 Cl bark Argeah, Lindsley, N¥ort Kennedy, Geyer, ‘Boston, Are brig aon Cul bare Mary Ann, Bowell, N¥or Cl stvaraship Morning Star, Nelgon, NYork (and wae As bine ih) ache Tatiod ele, stapled Carder *v'cnam, Skerrett, Ruatan Islan orig Charm Futbbe Paplegs, Wostan, | a on a h wns aches duly Porth Sot iroin Havana; Alltgstor, vt to wen At "Pare Win Van Namo, @ W Rosevelt, “pad Brilliant, urig A Tikom,