The New York Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1865, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 10,612. EUROPE. Four Days Later News by the City of Boston. FENIANISM ON THE RAMPAGE. Great Excitement and Alarm . in Ireland. Symptoms of Approaching Revolution. Four Counties Proclaimed by the Lord Lieutenant. ‘Arrest and Committal of Sus- pected Fenians. Btronger Measures Called For---A Warm Be- ception and a Short Shrift for the Brotherhood. ‘Good Joke from the Rebel 1 Bondholders. @heir Meeting to Hnforce Payment of the Rebel Loan by the Tnited States. COTTON TRADE WITH THE SOUTH REVIVING. &e, &e. &e, ) The Inman steamer City of Boston, Captain Ken- medy, which left Liverpool at four o’clock on the after- noon of the 6th and Queenstown on tho 7th inst., arrived here rs The death of Sir W. Hamilton, the Astronomer Royal of Ireland, is announced. ‘The Mark Lane Express fears that nearly three-fourths ef the English wheat crop will prove to be in bad con- dition, and that under the improvement in the weather the earlicst and_latest gatherings of the harvest will probably turn out the best. ‘The cattle plague continued its ravages. It is stated ‘so bave made its appearanco in Ireland—in the county @f Donegal. The Common Council of the city of London » had voted one thousand pounds to head a subscription to compensate persons who had been compelled to kill iscased animals. ‘The steamer Erin left Liverpool for New York also op the 6th instant. ‘The Moravian arrived off Londonderry at seven o’clock @m the evening of the 4th inst., and reached Liverpool at two P, M. on the bth. ‘The Circassian, from New York, arrived off South- ampton on the afternoon of the 3d of September. ‘The City of Cork reached Liverpoo) early on the morn- ing of the @th. THE FENIANS. important from Ireland—The Ball Opened between the Fenians and the Govern- \ ment—Four Counties Proclaimed. Private advices received in this city through special ehannels from Dublin, bring the news that on the 5th instant the British Lord Lieutenant in Dubin, had ‘‘pro- '* elaimed” four Fenian counties, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork and Kerry. ‘These are the counties where it's ‘anderstood the Fenians are most powerful—some fifty thousand of them, it is asserted, being sworn ‘soldiers Of the Irish republic”’ in one county alone. ‘The intelligence svems to be of the most vital moment to the Fenians, as “proclaiming” a county under the Parliament statutes amounts to a specics of martial law. Under the “Arms act,” “Peace* Preservation act’’ and ethers, the Lord Lieutenant has power, in grave contin- goncies, to thus proclaim a district or even the whole of the country, and the terms of the proclamation may be such as to empower the seizure of arms, search of sus, pected premises, and even the arrest of all supposed Jeaders or members of obnoxious orders. It may also ¢ forbid persons being out after a certain hour at night, and, in effect, institute martial law and the rule of the curfew to all practical purposes. If, asthe government partisans claim, knowledge of all their leaders and secrets is had in the castle, the Fenian Order may now be thorougly decapitated, as was that of the “United Irishmen’ in 94. Or, in case of their feeling powerful enough to commence operati arrests would be resisted, and the loug talked revolu? tionary fires be actually set blazing through the island before October dawns upon the island. The Fenians, however, claim that this contingency ‘was taken into their calculations ab ini‘ia, that they have no ness, like the "98 men, to be seized; that the breth- ren Treland for the past. six months have been actually finding fault with the Irish Amer- ican order for in ft not making better haste - warding the stipulated supplies, and that the Irish haste and American deliberation have for some time been fusing and effecting mutoal modification, all of whieh, they say, finds Ireland, even to-day, if driven, perfectly prepared ‘‘to strike the blow.” {From the Dublin correspondence London Post, Sept. 4.] The Fenians are vigilantly watched, and there are nu- morous traitors to their cause in their own body. Some precautions have been taken, sufficient to meet the case at present, and goverument are fuily alive to the necessity of crushing the movement by the strong hand, if necessary, This latter remark induces me to give a ask cautiously repeated in official circles in this city. It is to the effect that, at a Privy Council heid io the doring the week, sep: woe en to pr clam certain cities and towns wnder the “Crime Prevention (Ire- dand) act.” Depots of arms, it is alleged, are stored in ; the police have eyes upon the, depots, and when ‘the proper moment arrives the town will be’ pro claimed, and the local heads of the ment and their military supplies seized. If 1 were mention the na « fone cities where it is said arms are stored, would le the public. 3 Univers: of the Movem: [Dublin correspondence London Post, > Bopen what papor you may, liberal oF c Roman Catholic or Protestant, and the heading ‘Feni- anism” is seen in bold type. Fenianism threatens, in fact, as the Evening Mail has it, to “become a sensation theme, to the injury of the country.”” Even this jour- nal, which regards the power of the organization as ab- . Surdly exaggerated, is obliged to publish in its columns really startling letters on the subject; but it prints them unwillingly, and only because ‘the writers are persons of position, whose opinions are entitled to respect, and whose patriotism aud sincerity of purpose cannot be questioned. ’’ DEPENCELESS CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY. The first of its correspondents heads his communication with the axiom—‘There is no smoke without fire,” meaning thereby that all the marching and counter- marching of men in various places, and the almost authenticated rumors about depots ‘of arms, prove at the existence of an active conspiracy, of which these preparations are the visible result, This being the case, he asks what is the government doing to “afford ; Security to the lives and property of the loyally disposed should an outbreak occur.’ An outbreak in the sense he applies the word could not take place; a few enthu- siasts in different parts of the country might repeat the farce of Ballingarry, but arising like that in °98, from tho extraordinary changes brought about by emigration and other palpable causes, no sane man need dread, The advice offered by the writer of this letter, however, fe worthy consideration. ‘In days of old,” he states, “our forefathers, in their own practical way, scattered ks and troops broadcast over the country in time | Of threatened disturbances—being at the same time a terror to the disaffected and a comfort and place of safe Fetreat to the well-disposed. But now-a-days how differ. ently are matters mai |. Wehave afew thousand men in Leinater, most of them massed at the Curragh to fraln phe gor + ® few hundred mep ip Munster; » few score of men in Ulster, and none what- ever in Connaught. Las @ say the advocates of this system, such is owed in England to teach our generals how to handle large masses of troops, and in these days of railways and telegraphs, whenever the land is invaded by a foreign foe, we can mass them immediately at a given point to op| invasion, &c. Very true all this, no doubt, and applicable to England in case of invasion, as ali would be in co-operation with the troops, and railways and telegraphs would be watch- ed and cared for with the greatest diligence, 80 as to be in perfect order. How different in Ireland, when itis a domestic foe we have to fear, not a foreign one. For ‘one moment imagine an outbreak to occur in Coleraine, Cork or Galway. Two men with crowbars and ten min- utes’ time will render the best made railway useless, and ‘one man with a hatchet and five minutes’ spare time, will destroy the best constructed telegraph line; and such, no doubt, would be the first steps taken by the’ in- surgents. Consider, then, the situation of all loyalists er) disposed at the mercy of an excited mob, and deprived of communication by railway or telegraph, and no armed force to support them. ll the horrors of the French revolution and Indian mutiny would be acted ‘intelligence could be conveyed ¢» in reply, to protect the fied or nder theso circumstances I would respectfully urge hy the Executive the urgent necessity of garrison- tricts, of Ireland, as was done in 1798, 1825 and government ought never to lose sight of the y are not now dealing with hot headed enthu- siasts, as was the case in 1848, but with ined and clever men; and nothing shows this more than the organi- zation of the Fenii which never nese a a or any other means can Eoteavered, and at the same time they to be under perfect control from some unseen FEAR OF AMERICAN RIDICULE. The Mail, in Leap reagent m this letter, says “The government are, we think, perfectly justified in the promptest steps to prevent the growth of an o zation which is sup) to have some sort of sub- stance about it, since evidences of its existence—some- what spectral no doubt—appear in different parts of the country; but that it demands such a display of military energy as ‘! irre suggests we do not believe. Did the government follow the advice of our friend, and forth- with garrison the country with troops of all arms, the Fenians would begin to think themselves somebodies, and the drilling in mountain fastnesses and by-places of all kinds would go on with tenfold enthusiasm. In America, too, if the plot originates there, the inevitable comment upon this parade of the fears of the British fevernment would be that England quakes before the lead Centre O'Mahony and the Chicago brotherhood; and that notion once established in the minds of the Yankees, the real result which American Fenianism, we believe, aims at would be nearer ils acc:mplishment—name- ly, the embroiling of England and the United States in war.’ Bold Demonstration in Cork. {Dublin correspondence of the London Times, my oe 4) Fenianisxm is still exciting no little attention here at present, and, if we may believe a tithe of what we hear and with very good reason. The police are, however, be- ginning to take steps in the matter, and a few arrests have been made, which it is hoped will have some salu- ny effect. in Cork particularly the members of that body appear to have become much emboldened. A correspondent of the Daily Ezpress gives an account of a demonstration on a small scale which took place actually within the city of Cork on Thursday evening, when, he says:— About two hundred young men formed four decp, in military array, on the Friar’s-Walk road, inthe southern part of this city. The place at which they formed is not fifty yards from the Capwell police barrack. They as- sembled about nine o’clock, and last night was the first occasion on which they mustered at such an early hour, in such numbers, or so near the city. They were all wn young men. To about every twenty men was a fellow with a green rod, who acted as an officer and gave nulitary orders. Immediately after forming they march- ed off, keeping excellent time, and singing the Fenian Marseillaise, ‘The Groen above the Red.’? Soon after their assembling mtelligence of the fact was conveyed to the Capwell police barrack, and, after some delay caused by consulting the superior fifteen armed police- men, under the command of a head constable, started in ursuit, . The Fenians bad by this time about half an "s were marcning the road toa place call through the ficlds, and ead were soon informed that they were pursued. jis intelligence created no- thing at all likea panic. No one broke from the ey scarcely necessary to by lng thre The Movement:in Limerick. To Tur Eprror or Tux Limgnicx Curonicis:— The follo cases have come usder my notice:— Some time hundred men’ were seen one me in ‘a fleld near Malloy bhortly afterwards an officer, living another pert of the country, on returning Wo his regi- nt ment to me that there had been a body of five hundred men drilling one night near his house. Three or four weeks agoa of about three hundred men were seon by Mr. ——' uly from their house, drilling in one of their fields; this was near Emly. Some time ago the French newspapers warned us that there were weapons concealed abont the southwost coast of Ircland. If the government are wise they will cail out the Irish militia for service in England, and it will be a great blow to tho hopes of the Fenians, who depend on militiamen, not only for an increase of numbers, but for teachin; squad drill, and also whon oxercising in bodies, to Ir the companies, sub-divisions, &c., aud perform those duties known to any well-drilled soldier. A MILITARY MAN. Belfast Troubled. {From the Belfast News Letter.) It appears from a paragraph written by a trustworthy correspondent, that on Sunday evening last Sydenham, in the immediate neighborhood of Belfast, was the scene of a Fenian display. A number of vavvies, under the command of an individual whose dress, &c., suggested that he was a Yankee, marched along the road with military precision, and returned to Belfast throngh the grounds ntended for the People’s Park. The Fenians evidently do not believe in playing their pranks in a corner; and now that they have unblushingly commenced’ operations at our very doors, we hope shortly to learn that the authorities have taken cognizance of the ‘Yankee"” and his band of navvies, America at the Bottom of It. {From the London Post. ] We believe that this system of midnight drilling arose from American agents, who were sent over to Ircland to engage recruits for the armies of the North, and to pre- pare the! or to crossing the Atlantic, so that on their arrival at New York they could be at once sent to the front, Under the name of Fenianism the system has been kept up, most probably, in a vague idea hos- tilities between England and America are probable, and that the Americans will trausmit a fleet and army to co- operate with insurgents here, American newspapers circulate largely in Ireland, and in these journals articles specially written Wo arouse the Irish peasantry appear, ‘entre os the Organiza- tion. (From the Sheffield (Kng.) Telegraph.) The absurd and impracticable movement for the “liberation of Ireland from British thraldom,’ which took its rise In America among the Irish residents, has, it Is notorious, now taken root in Irish soil, and, to judge from newspaper accounts, it is growing up to con- siderable dimensions. Whatever dimensions it may reach, and whatever form it may assume, it concerns the public safety and the national peace to’ know some- thing of the sources from which it derives succor and receives encouragement. ormation of a rel able character shows indisputably that a large, if not indeed the chief elements of Fenian support are derived from Lancashire, and that the headquarters and prime movers in the matter are located in Liverpool. Here the central organization is situated, and from Liverpool omisearies are spread all over the district, who collect money, appoint asents and enrol adherents, The ceedings of these secondary bodies, it isa known are regularly reported to @ general body or committee, which directs the movents, spportions the means, physical and pecuniary, which are thus got together, A Hint from America from the Limerick Chronicle.} We have seen @ letter written by a Fenian in Jersey City, dated in Angust last, to his relatives in this city, in which he writes:—‘You will soon have America at home—for Ireland is going to be freed by America, and that lefore four monthe—and perhaps see me in Ireland once more, ‘as the steamers are preparing here for the old country.” ' Liverpool the To Arms! ‘To Armst To re Kortor ov THe Dowtin EveNixe Mati: — I find the following advertisement in the Nenagh Guar- dian of September 2:— “Guns! Gove!! Goxal!'—- ———, gun manufac- turer, begs to inform the public that in consequence of the withdrawal of the proclamation placing Tipperary un- der the Crime and Outrage Act, ond every man being now at liberty to carry arms, he, in anticipation of an in: creased demand, has ordered’ a large supply of guns and pistols, whieh he will sell at the very lowest prices, ‘owder, shot, wadding, caps and every artitle in the trade, always on hand. Already the male population, from the man of sixty summers to the youth of tweive or fourteen yeaas of ago, may be seen perambulating the county, each armed with somo weapon of destruction, to the no little astonishment of all peaceful inhabitants ‘of this county, and of none more than your present correspondent, A. J.P. AND D 1. OF MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS’ APPOINTMENT. Who was not consulted as to the withdrawal of the proclamation under the ‘Crime and Outrage Act.” and a Short Shrift © the Brethren. [From the Belfast News Letter] Wo need not quote another line of this flery speech (Morrison's recent h at Chicago); but the impres- Aion rv upg ous malady » Darvon) ‘of Jb Js Wha jbo A Warm Recep for HE NEW YORK HERALD. NEW YORK, MONDAY, Fenian organization in America has been a comparative failure, The speaker passionately appealed to Irishmen to cast in their lot with him, and vo Irish women to encour- age their husbands and sweethearts to join. If the or- ganization was go vast in its members gnd influence, all this would have been unnecessary. Moreover, there was anuch talk about contributing to the funds, which looks a good deal like the old Repeal agitation here, on which the Irish peasantry lavished tens of thousands of pounds in weekly pence. ‘At the same time, the explicit promise that, before a month, bonds would be issued in the name of the Irish republic, looked like an intention to attempt something. AU we can do is to stand prepared, and, should Lavartnapeor yt the threatened game, give them @ warm reception and short shrift. position of the Roman Cutholic Clergy. oP (Dublin correspondence London Post, Sept. 5.) i The most bitter enemies of the Fenians are the Roman Catholic hierarcy and the priests, In the People, the re- cognized organ of the brotherhood, there 18a long ac- count of a controversy between one of its agents in the provinees and his bishop. Finding the agent would not | oP. selling the Pe the bishop denounced him m the altar, comparing him with some of the great sinners of history; but, as itis part of the creed of the Fenians that the clergy have no authority over them except in things purely spiritual aud doctrinal, the agent ¢ bishop's denunciations, The bishop when the latter curtly informed he resided if he wanted him, rudeness by alluding to the is led his lordship, finding the e had to deal with, to visit the and excused his seem threats of the bisho} pel ho posi ch fused ling the Pe ple. agent, wi tively re! to stop se e Pe'ple. A = contest ensued, when the Dlahope lopeisi, bis temper, called the agent many names, and told him the flesh would drop off his bones—as it did from those of a Fenian in a neighboring parish—for thas defying the church, His lordship wound up by telling the azent to become a Protestant atonce. The priesthood have them- selves to blame for what is now occurring; for their own purposes they kept the country in a state of agitation for years, and now the more ignorant of the people have taken the bit between their own teeth, THE CATHOLIC PRESS CRYING DOWN THE MOVEMENT. ‘That the organization exists, and has its officers, its meetings and its moonlight paradings, there is abundant evidence to establish. The most skeptical, if they would weigh it fairly, could not deny this much. ‘The Roman Catholic clergy, it will readily be allowed, have pecu- liar and reliable means of obtaining information on the subject, and it is not any groundless fear that has caused them, from the altar and through the press, so. heartily to denounce the brotherhood, and implore the people not to be led away by them. _ It is also significant to tind such a paper as the Cork Faminer, whose proprietor, Mr. uire, M. P., stands well with the hierarchy of his Church, again and again calling attention to the conspira- cy. ‘The persistency with which he is following up thse attacks, in fact, places beyond doubt the source by which he is inspired. The Cork Kzaminer of yesterday thus alludes to the organization:—“The result that we ex- pected from the Fenian movement is begin- ning to make itself manifest. Here and there unfortunate young men are beinz picked off by the oice and sent to jal, with the prospect before them of imprisonment, possibly of penal servitude, Every day we are beginning to hear of new arrests—more persons consigned to the abode of the criminal—more dragged away from their families, leaving misery and desolation behind them. They risk this, doubtless, under some vague noiion that they are serving their country, a8 if the country were to be served by futile demonstrations such ax bring those wretched consequences upon them. In Dundalk, as we learn by the papers, a swoop has been made. Here in Clonakilty some half dozen are arrested.”’ The Examiner considers the movement is magnified. ‘We know and deplore the existence of the organization, but we know that its extent and ramifications are altogether exagge- rated. In some localities probably the members of the body are numerous enough, but there are wide and popu- jJous districts where not a single individual could be reckoned aga member. ‘To frightened imaginations the appearance of half a dozen young men marching and crying ‘halt’ is sufficient to suggest the belief, that the whoie country is sleeping upon‘a give, the hfatch to explode which is quite ready. Of comrse thie Organiza- en, like every other that has existed here, is plainly visible to the ce, of the authorities, and those who flat themselves with the belief that they are secret, leave out of calculation all the leasoné of experieuce.”’ Dablin Castile ‘knows all about it.” {From the Belfast Northern Whig.) We have reason to believe that the authorities in Dub- lin Castle are in posession ofall the pariiculars relating tot ation confe in this cow the everything necessary t enable them to pounce upon the leaders in every part of Ireland. Doubtless in this, as in all similar cases, e centre has its detective or in- former as surely as it its secretary or other official. In all probability the govornment acta upon the hops that the organization may quietly die of manition, that having no substantial basis, it may fall to the grou without splash or disturbance. This is what wo shonid fain desire, both for the sake of the country and of those who, led away by & mistaken enthusiasm, suffer them- selves to be hate 9 into this species of hon & Or again, we would impress Ce the aupes of this o1 ganization the utterly irrational and hopefess nature of the schemes it is supposed to be meant to further. Once again, we would ask them to cast their eyes back upon the past, to note how often hopes have n raised as high as’ theirs, organizations far more widely sp: leadors Lad gees and greater ability chosen, an yet how jure was the unaltereble result. Is there more honor in vain outcries and organizations mis- Chievous only to those who belong te them than in striv- ing to do the best possible for the nation under circum. stances which it is vain to hope to wter? Arrests by the Police. (From the Dublin Evening Mail. A special court was held on Wednesday, in Clonakilty, by Mr. Fitzgerald, R. M., for the purpose of receiving bail for the appearance at the noxt assizes of Richard Hodnett and Jerh. McCarthy, two young men who were charged by the police with illegal marching and drilling. The offence with which they were charged in Milltown on the Gib ult. On that day the accused and four others—Michael McCarthy, Iimiel Hurley, Michael Collins and Charles Barry—marched past the police sta. tion at Milltown two deep, and k ‘eping the military step. After passing the station Hodnett stepped from the ranks and cried out ‘halt,’ an order wh.ch was instantly I. They afterwards commenced singing songs, as alleged, of a seditious nature. It turned out that the men were drunk. The policeman who arrested them, on being asked what songs they sung, said, “I could ‘not say, but one of them ended with the words ‘Fenian bo: harrah,’ and another was something about ‘bobbie (Laughter.) The men were sent for trial, FIVE FENIANS SENT TO PRISON WITHOUT BAIL. [Correspondence London Post.) The five young men of the Fenian corps who were {as I informed you) arrested last week for illegal drill- ing at Black near Dundalk, were brought before the magistrates at petty seszions im that town on Sat- urday. Their names are Joseph Quigley, Thomds McKeown, John McCourt, Michael Toole and Pat Court- ney. The sexs onal crown soligitor, Mr. Carraher, was specially sent down by the govemment to prosecute. Ho stated that. he proceeded against them under the 16th George IIL, cap. 1, which prohibits drilling or the practice of military exercises, by persons not duly authorized, The facts of the ease Were that on runday last a party of men, numbering about two hundred, mavch- ed from Dundalk to Biackrock, after reaching which they dispersed into smaller parties, and entered'various public houses. After some time, leaving those houses, they formed into two parties—one of about seventy and another of about one hundred and twenty. The prisoner Quigley, who was a corporal im the Lonth Militia, got them into ranks of four and six, and used military ox- pressions, such as “Close up,” “Forward,” ‘Range in sections of four,’ and the like. On giving these words he was obeyed by a party of seventy men. Keown was also a militiaman, and he and igley therefore committed the additional crime of vi 1 their oath to the Queen. Constable Seallin deposed that he saw Quigley on the evening m question in front of a public house, with about fifty or sixty men beside him, stand ing in regular sectional formations, He had a short stick in his hand, with which arranged them at proper distances, calling on them to “Close up,” whieh th He also called toa ny of upwards to “Double up’ behind,” He afterwa rd ail cn tar? towards Dundalk, Witness was afterwar within a few yords of him, and heard him eail upon t aguin to “Double up, sharp,” which they did Witness also saw John McCourt, another of the prisoners, a few perches on this side of Mrs. Carroll's public house about twenty minntes past seven o'clock, and heard him order a party of forty or fifty mento “Form in fours.” 1 party made an attempt to do 80, but as the police ¢: up they were getting into a lump. Other constables similar evidence with respect to the other four prison Their attorneys said that the government were attaching an undue importance to a matter of very little moment— the foolish freak of dranken and half drunken men. The magistrates, however, commitred the prisoners for trial the assizes, and refused to take bail for their appearance, Opinion of the English Torics on the Matter. {From the London Herald, Sept. 6.] This drilling and marching of Young Ireland, with green wands and seditions songs, cannot be laft unnoticed. It looks like the geri of an idle rebellion that can only end, if persevered in, by making work for the assize courts, and condemning many iil advised and fooli fellows to punishment. Already, in Clk these absurd enthusiasts have been hi offence of playing at revolutionary soldiers, They we part of a very «mall company indeed—an array of six but they observed military discipline, after a fashion strikingly suggestive of th forces which we hoar of as the ‘grand ” of a German mn Heraog. One of them cried “halt!” and they baled and fronted, and then “broke off’ to sng “The Fenian boys, hurrah! ’’ onder a peighbori: @. As this petty demonstration appeared to be part of a larger ono, two of the performers in it were apprehended and will have to take their trial at the next Cork assizes. Surely Treland will see the fatility of this nonsense. The repeal or revolutionary body there cannot hope to do more than create miserable disturbances in the country, ending in SS, miserable convictions. As to —_ from Ameri any substantial charactor, we may safely put that on of the question, and Young Ireland would do well to dis- card the idea as one thoroughly chimerical, The Trish Yankees will remain in amertoa, at least till the United States and England are mad thing—an invasion of Ireland from Amerioun sources. However the New York Fenians may be to assist the eym to the United Kingdona, 1+ heppeps SEPTEMBER 18, 1865. that the Atlantic Ocean rolls between the two sections, and that tumbling mass of water puts a tremendous barrier in tue way—a barrier which would not be surmounted save under the pressure of a much greater vance than America has in the present condition of reland beneath British rule. President Johnson and his satraps would look nearer home when contemplating a blow at England, and Ireland could only be ‘assis! frem American sources by way of a diversion that would have small practical effect, or a8 a forlorn hope that must be forlorn indeed. 1t'would be better for the sis- ter island to discountenance the vain and m'‘serable at- tempts at rebellion implied in marching, drilling and singing; and to sit down soberly to increase that pros- rity Which is proved to oxist in several of its counties, ossibly the time may come when Young Ireland will march and drill in the same legalized, useful fashion as Young England. But the time must inevitably be re- tarded by unlawful demonstrations in which green wands and seditious songs are idly flourished in the face of authority. United States Liability for the Rebel Loan. MEETING OF THE ECCENTRIC BONDHOLDERS. A meeting of the bondholders of the rebel loan wi heid at the Londos wern, on the 4th, to consider their altered position, now that the government of the United States has become the de facto government of the rebel States, and if deemed expedient to appoint a committee to prot their rights and interests and generally to take such st°ps as might be thought advisable, Admiral Wallace, having taken the chair, Mr. Cham- berlain said they were met to consider their position as the holders of this loan, and also what was the value of it. He was not a stockholder, being merely the agent of persons who wished to have the matter considered, He thought it desirable that a committee should be ap- pointed to investigate the circumstances under which the loan was contracted, and what securities had been [aed by those who brought forward the loan. ey would inquire whether the agents had any money in they hands to be applial in liquidation of the loan. He would not give any opinion hiunself, but he had high eee ne stating that the individual States were sev-r- ally lial: for « pr:portionate amount of the loan. He also ought tat the rage weriment were imternationalls @s well as morally, bound to pay this loan. The foderst States were one nation which conquered the Confederate States, another nation, aud the former being now the de fac'o governinent of the latter, he thought they were bound to pay the debts contracted by the Confederate States. It resulted from a decision of Vice Chancellor pee in a recent case that the federal government were iable. After some discussion it was agreed that a committee, consisting of the chairman, Mr. Chamberlain, and Mr. Morgan, a large bondholder, should be appointed to act, anid to Feport the result of their action to a meeting to be held on the 18th of next month. STRANGE RESULT OF THE MEETING—-THE SHARES GO DOWN. The bonds on the Sth doclined one per cent, the pro- ceedings at the meeling affording little ground for hope to the bondholders. SOME HOMELY ADVICE TO THE BONDHOLDERS. The London Star turns the meeting into ridicule, and expresses its doubts as to the opinion of the “eminent Queen’s counsel”? which was there referred to. As to the proposal to send a deputation to President Johnson, it offers Punch’s advice “to persons about to marry” — Don’t:— Mr. Johnson ia'a stern man. He has evidently belief in wholesome discipline. Mr. Davis he has fast enough, and it is just possible that he may take a view of the British bondholders slightly different from what they take of themselves. Mr. Seward, too, having #0 narrow- ly escaped death by the knife of an assassin whose arm Was just a8 not nerved by a portion of the six per cont cotton loan filtrated through Richmond and Canada, may not very complaisant; and the story of the little bell and Fort Lafayette, if not otherwise worth much, will have served some good purpose if it prevents our dis. treased bondholders from carrying the joke too far. SUGGESTED ATTACHMENT OF REBEL PROPERTY ABROAD. [From the London Money Market Review.] Confederate bonds have for some time been reduced to their mere value as a mere lottery ticket. . They stand ata price of a single yoar’s dividend. We feared, and often forewarned, when, not very long ago, they stood at 86, that a very sharp reaction was on the cards. But we gained little credence then. The public, however, much too sanguine atthat time, are perhaps a little too de- sponding néw. Thboir judgment seems to have run from one extreme to anther. This is not, perhaps, unusual. Of course it is quite understand that there is an end to the Confoderate loan as a regular dividend paying stock. But, nevertholegs, there are two questions still to be solved. In the first there is reason to believe that the gudden fail of the Confederate government, which had from firs! ty last been on financial relations with Ewercpe, did not leave their agents. bare of cortain funds and resources ‘on this side the Aulantic, as wo)l as of propery im America already consigned to the Confederate bondholders. It to be ascertained what this proper- ty—tirst, thavin Kurope, and secondly that in America— amounts toy whether it can be attached and re- claimed for In she seeoud place, it has to be her financial and politcal consid- erations in rica itself will elicit any concossions to the bondhol ‘The former of isa legal, the latter a moral or po- Htical question. As regards the former question, there is some reason to expect that a statement may be mado ‘as to the value, and us to the consignees of the Confeder- ate State property alleged to exist in France and KEng- land. If we are correctly informed, this is likely to be accompanied by the opluions of English barristers and French avocot:, as to the feasibility of its attachment in the two countries by their respective municipal laws, A recont judgment, in the matter of Confederate State cot- ton, ‘by Vice Chancellor Page — Wood, is thonght also to lend some color’ to this view, so far a8 our own country is concerned. With respect to America, there is litile doubt that perty belonging to the bondholders has been seized toa considerable extent; and Am: juris le will have to advise ag to the prospect of li betore the of the Supreme Court of the United Staiee, who 1 wilt deal with the law as they find it, and wiil m it for the occasion. In tu one of the available argu recognition, or rather comp upon the fact of the credit of th involved in it, they are known to be in great need of borrow.ng n. They want money for broken bridges, railways torn ap, draimage and cultivaton neglected.’ The Confederate was made for their beuefit; and when they next @ into the English market, they may find that beg Kars must not be choosers; that if they want new Ic they must listen to reasonable terms from us for a com promise of their last engagement. It is said that some legal question 18 not unlikely to be raised with regard 10 the thirty per cent representing the diflerence between the contract and floating price of the Confederate loan, The Southern Cotton Trade Reviving. The Liverpool Post says:—'That portion of the Liver- pool dock space which was formerly almost monopolized by the traders beiween Liverpool and the cotton ports of the South, but which wg the war was almost de. serted, has at last a pd its wonted business aspect and is now brisk with@jlaber, The trade between the Mersey and the long sealed ports of the South is reopened with a@ spirit that augurs we" (or the future.’” The Pst then enumerates a long list of vessels that have sailed and are louding Southern ports, Letter from President Johnson. From the London Star.) The following letter has been forwarded to us for pub- lication, It was addressed by President Johnson to an American gentleman living in Berlin Executive Orricr, Wa aNGTON, D.C, | uly 20, 1865, Mr. GF, Comvort, No, 2 Franzésische strasse, Berlin, Prussia: — My Dean Six—I thankfyou for your letter of the 30th of June, Tshall use my best endeavor to make tiou national, and not partisan. Perverting power or influence to partisan ends is only inal than attempting t ms life, Our nation has come out of its four years’ struggle for existence strengthened and puritied, and with a capacity tor a growth in the fature unparatleled in history. I am pleased to hear from so intelligent an observer | As yourself that the fact that our governinent is a govern. | ment of the people—deriving ail its power from the p-ople—oxisting only for the people, is being appreciated in kurope, 1 trust our national success will prove the success of Popular principles throughout the world. 1 am, sir, very truly yours, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United states. administra. | The Cholera in Marscilles. According to returns from the authorities of Marseilles there were seventy-th o EY August, of which twenty At one 0’cloc 1 Meeting of the French Kmperor and the ucen of Spain, The Emperor and Empress of the French and the King and Qucen of spain were about to exchange visits at San Sebastian and Jiarrita, Great Fire in Turkey, A great fire has oecurred at Stamboul, Two thousand five hundred buildings have been burnt, and the fire was still raging on the Oth. The Cape of Good Hope=The Ba o War. We have Cape news to July 28. The Basute war was proceeding with great vigor, and the whole course of affairs up to then Was strongly in tavor of the free State Veoht Rop, The stro hold of the Bushell and Basuto chiefs has been capty: sixty Basutos were killed, and four handred to five hundred sheep, four hundred and twenty-five cattle and one hundred and fifty horses cap. tured. Mogata Town, another Basuto stronguold, had also been taken and about one thousand huts burnt. The country of Molikau! bas been seized and prociaimed a free ES Great atrocities were alleged to have been committed, and murders and robberies perpetrated by Basutos on British subjects on British soil, namely, the Natal side of the Drakenberg. ts The Natal government were acting aptly for the defence of the frontier, and had resolved to grant an annual subsidy of £7,000 to extend telegraphic commu. nication yia the frec States to Cape Colony. New Zealand. | Advices from New Zealand state that Reivol manifests an intention to continue the struggle. The crew of the cutter Bonita have been seized by Maories. Their fate is uncertain, India and China. Bomuay, August 8, 1865. Overtures for peace have been received from the Rajah of Rhootan, and war is not likely to be resumed, The Bombay government have sent large supplies of grain to Aden to relieve the famine there. ‘The want of rain is severely felt in the Punjuab and the northwest. Deggonath Sankersett, the representative Hindo and Jeading man among the Hindoos in Bombay, died on the Bist of July, Cantox, August 12, 1865. Gray shirtings and twist advancing. The total export of tea to date is 96,000,000 pounds. Exehange on Lon- don, 48, 54g, Suaxcuar, August 6, 1865, Tea—Nothing doing. Silk advancing. Exchange om, London, 6%. 34. A famine is anticipated in China, It is proposed to establish a telegraphic communication | to London through Russia, Affairs are quiet in Japan. Bombay, September 2, 1865. Cotton steady. Exchange 2s. 14d. Cacurrs, September 1, 1865. Exchange, 2s. 44d. Commercial Intelligence. LONDON MONEY MARKET—SEPT. 7. Consols for money, 897 a 90. Illinois Central shares, 78% 019. Brie shites, 04% 05435, Five-twenties, 68 a The London Times of the 6th says:—The telegraphic announcement yesterday from New York to the eflect that a new government will shortly be issued had now been officially contirmed, creating disappointment among the dealers, who had placed faith in the state- ments received by previous mails that the Treasury was well provided against all wants up to December. The advices from Frankfort mention that the settle- ment on the Bourse for the August uccount has shown that the market ie at length overstocked with American funds, while discount remains at 3 percent. As much ‘aw 10 per cent was paid for carrying transactions forward to the new account, It appears ther: are many weak holders, and as every steamer brings new supplies prices give way if not supported by better New York quota- tions. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—SEPT. 7. The market has been buoyant, but closed somewha fs ot All qualities have eivanod to a trifling extent. ‘he sales for two days have amounted to 40,000 bales, including 19,000 bales to speculators and exporters, LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFYS MARKET—SEPT. 7. The market 18 quiet. The weather has been magnifi- cent for the crops. LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET—SEPT. 7. The market is steady. Butter easy. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET—SEPT. 7. Petroloum firm; holders demand an advance. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The Turf. UNION COURSE, L, 1.—TROTTING. A trotting match for $5,000, mile heats, best three in five, came off at the Union Course on Saturday last, be- tween b. 8, Commodore Vanderbilt, to wagon, and br. 8. Toronto Chief, in harness, which was largely attended. Commodore Vanderbilt won the match in three straight heats, in splendid styte, showing that he posscsses speed second to no stallion in the country except Fil- lingham, and even the latter must be at the top notch of condition to beat him. Toronto, however, was evidently “off,”’ as he did not extend himself with that looseness that he displayed in his last race. His stride was rather shorter, and he did not appear the same horse that he ‘was two weeks ago, when he beat the Commodore over the Fashion Course. He trotted thon, however, under the saddle, and that appears to be his favorite way of dovelopin, a. Commodore Vanderbilt trotted Seay cadusnied the wagon toa charm. He, as voces indulged in @ few jumps, but only one after the word was given, and that was over the shadow of Ps Look = bisa Lawn Aesth cont Haver second heat, by w! at several len; 4 as soon as he recovered he began closing, and overtook To- ronto in less time than it takes to tell the story. The track was heavy, yet the time was The betting, as ‘the time approached for the start, Vanderbilt, until two to one was offvred more frequently away than taken, Firs' Heat.—Toronto Chief won the Role. and a length clear of the Commodore; but before he one hundred and fifty yards Vanderbilt was one infront Vanderbilt then the gap to the a pole, passing that point two. lengths ‘ahead, in thirty-seven aud # half secon Going down the back- stretch Toronto broke, and Vanderbilt was three the clear at the half-mile pole, in t:1444, and going as steady asclockwork. Ou the lower turn Vanderbilt the distance greater between himeelf and Toronto, errr | the three-quarter pole four lengths ahead. He tryt gamoly up the homestretch, and Won the heat by five Jengths, in 2:31. Second Heat,—One hundred to fifteen was now laid of Commodore Vanderbilt. ‘The horses were started nicely, Vanderbilt taking the lead and going sround the upper turn two lengths in front, which he carried to the quar- ter pole in thirty-eight seconds, Going down the back- stretch he opened the and pasved the half-mile pole three length» ahead in +. On the lower turn, while Jeading three lengths, he came tothe shadow of a post and made a tremendous jump over it, and by the time he recovered bis trot Toronto was two lengths ahead of him. ‘The backers of Vanderbilt, notwithstanding the break, and before he recovered, offered to bet one hundred to twenty on the final result, Toronto came on the home- stretch two lengths ahead; but ina short time Vander- bilt cauzht him aud came ina winner of the heat by a length, in 2:32%5. Turd: eat-—One hundred to ten offered and taken by afow. The stallions had an even start; but as soon as they left the score Vanderbilt dash d in front and lead around the upp ‘na length and a hulf, Toronto break- ing up. Vanderbilt passed the quarter pole two lengths infront, in thirty-eight seconds, aad, opening the gap down the backstretch, was three lengths ahead at the half mite pole, in 1 He got away farther from To- ronto on the lower turn, and was four lengths abead at the three quarier pole. “Coming op the homestret:h To: routo bi p, and Vanderbilt caine ina winner by five uummary :— 16.—Trotting match, i iso dept, $5,000, mile oi 1 222 Sarorpay, | heats, best three in five. D. Mace named b. s. Commodore Vanderbilt, ‘foronto Chief. Second heat, Third heat Two trotting matches will come Fashion Conrse, At the Union Courses this trotting match for $400, between Gen. Lady Lockwood. fternoon, there will be a MeCletlan and The National Game, UNION VS. EXCELSIOR. clubs on the 16th inst, Sxcelsions, but it was isiors led from the begin. of the fourth tonings, being ti resulted in another v! only by one run, The E: 4g, the score at the clos 16, coming w opponents. T the same day we are indebt siors for the f UNION. Players. Abrams, rf Smith, ist be... Durell, 1. f..... Hannegan, ®. #. Nichol-on, 84 by 7 By LHt Bs. see ee 4 MeCuilangi 5 Jewoll, rf 4 Paichen, |. 2 Mitchell, ¢ Birdsall, 3 Flanly b. Keteha' 5 Fletcher, td bo... 4 Pabor, p 2 Hynard, s. « Pf 3 Austin, 2b, 4A. Brainard, ps 8 TORE sss e0ee ‘i Teta... sec ved 27 36 INNING, Clibs, Vat. 2d. Mad, Ath, Sth, Oth, Tth, 8th, Wh. Total. Union....0 38 4 1 8 6 7 a 2 ww Excelsior. 4 1 4 11 6 1 0 386 Umpire—Mr. Dick, of the Enterpi Scorers — Messrs, Halt and Albro, Tin urs and y 75 ssh The Excelsiors intend visiting Washington to ph the National cith early in “Octover, and will pi play with the Pastimes, of Baltimore, and Athlew Philadelphia, on their return. GOTHAM VS. ATLANTIC. There clubs play their return match at Bedford, on the utes, F y of Capitoline grounds, this afternoon, at half-past two o clock, he BOSTON V8. ST. GEORGE. The match between the xecond elevens of these clubs, on Saturday, resulted in the success of the Bostonians, by a score of 136 to 126. Only one Innings on each side was played, the Bostonians having four wickets to fall when the time arrived for drawing stumps, and the gaine terminated The next grand match will be that between the St. George Club and the Young America, the latter of Phila delpiia, which comes off at Hoboken on Thursday and Friday ‘next, The St. Goorgo cloven includes Gibbea, Bainbridge, Kendall, Torrance, Moore, Tiffany, Robinson, Gordon, fRatolito anit Harry Wright. The Young America eloven Will include George Newhall, H. Newhall, 0. New- hall, Dan Newhall, Johns, Davis, Jones Wistar, Rad Wis- tar, ‘ke, There will be oleven Americans on ono side and eleven English on the other, and this will make the contest one of unusual interest, apart from it is likely to be a fine display Of oricket, the St, oleven being the strongest the snanou. } ness portion of th PRICE FOUR CENTS. OUR FOREIGN GUEST The Journcy Through Indiana and 1 nois—Over the Prairies—Interchange of Opinions—Interview with Lie nant General Grant at St. Louis—A Trip on the Mississippi—Banquet on the Boat— Speeches by Sir Morton Peto, Hon. Mr. Kinnaird and General Sherman, d&c. Sr. Lous, Mo., Sept. 14, 1865. A hasty railroad dinner at Seymour was the only inci dent in the trip of the excursionists in traversing the State of Indiana. ‘The various gentlemen composing the party—and there were now many Americans in it repre- senting Western railroad interests—entered into a very lively discussion, and it would seem as though sociability inoreased on the journey. Topics heretofore forbidden or avoided, viz:—the rival interests, the sentiments, the difference in the form of government of England and America became subjects of animated conversation and were discussed in groups gathered onthe sofas and Jounges, or on the commodious platforms of the luxurious: cars as the train rattled on its way. There was every inducement to a pleasant interebange of thought. The day was beautiful, though warm; the most delectable viands and cooling liquids oceupied the side board of the refreshment saloon; fragrant cigars afforded truly de- lightfal comfort to those who used the weed, while cushioned chairs and lounges invited attitudes of re- pose. It would be strange were the excursion otherwise than an agreeable one. The railroads intérsecting their route so frequently aua 80 numerously occasioned the English gentlemen no lit- tle surprise. It was a matter of wonderment to them that in a country so thinly populated (and the country naturally appeared so after the thickly settled counties of England), there should be so many railroads. The fertility of the valley of the Ohio evoked their admira~ tion as they viewed the extensive flelds of corn on either side of the whirling train. The sorglum cane was @ novelty to them, and they exhibited much interest in a history of its culture, which now rivals that of the cern, ON THE PRATRIBS. It was nightfall when the train entered upon the prairies of Illinois; and, though the day time would have afforded a much more satisfactory prospect, yett he ocean-like expanse, which the darkness did not conceal, and the star-studded sky, extending unbroken to the horizon, made fully apparent to the excursioniste the nature of this peculiar portion of American Western scenery. The idea of vastness realized only when at sea was here repeated on land, and the reminiscences of their visit will have no more interesting part than those which recall the prairies—a feature which Earopcans identify so prominentiy with American geography. The speed on onr railways was a matter of much com- ment when they compared their slight structure with the firmly bedded and heavily ballasted roads of their own country, and they believed that an improvement in this respect would render less frequent the number of ac- cidents to which they are so liable. ARIRVAL AT ST. LOUIS, In such observations and in such discussions the hours flew by until nearly two o'clock this morning, when the party reached St. Louie, where most comfortable quarters Were in readiness at the Lindell Hotel. RECEPTION BY GENKRAL GRANT. This morning Sir Morton Peto was introduced to Gen- eral Grant ina private interview. This evening there will be a formal reception and a banquet at the Southern jotel, At ten o'clock the English gentlemen, under the escort of the St. Louis Camber of Commerce, headed by Mr. McCuon, their chairman, and accompanied by General Sherman, proceeded in carriages to the ‘steamer Jeanie Deans, at the bas pe A he soup An inspection _ those far-famed craft, the Mississippi steamers, was made. and (he manner of loading, the character of the labor and the kind of cargo noted, after which they embarked on tho Joanic Deansund proceeded ou u trip of observation up the river, laking m a ramic view of the city, its levee and its shipping. en near the mouth of the Missonri the steamer was turned around and down the tiver to the vicinity of Carondelet. the return up the river the boat was stopped at a freight branch of the Irom Mountain Railroad, where the party disembarked and inspected the iron ore, Sir Morton himself exhibiting deep interest in patie, Cad of the richest mineral products Gone | oi thie State of Taanch had meantime been served on board the er, attended with a copious supply of wing. Bir Morton Peto havin, n toasted returped thanks: for the excellence of their reception, und wished the city of St. Louis all prosperity and success. Mr, Kinnuird, im responding to the toass—“ Our Forelgn Guosts''—said they could not accept the term foreign guests ae they had met with such a cordial re- ception. He returned thanke therefor and desired to propose a toast, They had long heard of and taken a deep interest in the national affairs of America, and they bad long watened the xreat campaign of Genoral Sher- man. It was a pleasure and a pride to them to spend so many hours in the company of the man for whose mili- tary talent and general character they entertained so pro- found arespect. Ho then gave the health of Genera! Sher- man and his most brillant campaign, GRNERAL SHEHMAN'S APEBCH, Amid great applause General Sherman rose and re- sponded in the following very happy manner:— Lassare you, gentlemen, Matt feet more pride end pleasure in having been one of the American officers toasted than I do of any distinctive position given me. We have stopped the rebellion in our country, and now we turn over its interests to you in the fullest aseurance and belief that the country is big enough, and has heart large enough, and intellect euongh (0 do God's ding within her boundal tal—and IT know enough know we will work np th more too, and we will pay by it we can, But country of ours is part Ido say that I can study Napier with deeper in- hun I can my own countrym n’s worke. T also panish works, and T derive more advantage from the study of foreign works, bec yond the o 3 the world science and ¢ gain the expe destiny that England, at all her children has aceomplin f TO THK SUNCRRS, In the afternoon the party visited the subarbs other objects of in the botanical gardene on of Mr. Shaw The party start for Chicago in the morning. ; we will go to’ you it makes little difference. This gives us hterature, now youth, We must and [believe we will work out a vents, will be proud one of The Railway Pri to Visit Richmond. OUR RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE, Rucnmoxp, Va., Sept. 16—6 A.M. Information came to hand at cleven o'clock Jast even- ing that the English tourists, with Sir Morton Peto at their head, had determined to pay Richmond a visit during their sojourn on this side of the Atlantic, ‘This courtly party of gentlemen and European capitaliets will be most liberally entertained by his Excellency Governor Pierpoint, Colonel ©. H. Lewis, the Secretary of the Commonwealth; General D. H. Strother, Colonel W. W. Wiley, of the State government; Major Generat Terry, Major General Tur nd General John kK. Mul- ford, aa wellas by HG. Pant, Esq., President of the First National Bank of Richmond; Franklin Stearns, Ksq., and William Allen, the Virzinia capltatist, Among other things, they will be shown the respective lines of works in front of the city, and the utmost pains will douliloss be taken to familiarize their minds, so far as possible, with all the points of interest both here and at and around Petersburg. It is also expected that they will vielt the interior of tho State, accompanied by the Board of Public Works of Virginia, and that they will inspect the lines of railroad, treasuring up their informa- tion with a view of making reliable representation prevent condition und future vrospects abroad as tc of the Btate. Great Fire in Augusta, Me.—The Bust~ ness Portion of the City Destroyed. Avousta, Me, Sept 17, 1866, The most destructive fire that ever occurred in Maine swept through this city this morning. The entire bosi- city, extending from the passenger bridge to Winth from, the river to above the railroad track, is a emoking mass of rutne. ire broke out in a new wooden building on Water which the occupant moved only yesterday, directions, The utmost efforts of 1 only confine its destructive progress Every lawyer's office ity and spread the fire tot limits above mentioned the city, all the banks, two trotels, the Post OMece, the express and telegraph office’, afl the dry goods, book, and clothing stores in the city, the United States Quarters master, Commissary and Pension Offices, the new depot (yet unfinished), the Age newapaper office, and many other buildings, in all numbering more than forty, and occupied a# the places of business of tore than « huts dred individnals and firms, were barned, Many saved portions or the whole of their stock, whil@ others lost everything. The banks sucoceded in saving, all their papers and treasure, The fire was fndoubtedly: the work of an incendiary, The losses cannot now be the fact that } ogtimatod, bat they cannot fall short of haifa million have preamied tis dollars. Np estimate of the amount of insurance has yop deen mada,