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8 MEXICO. ‘THE APPROACHING POLITICAL CRISIS. Four Aspirants for the Presidency Already in the Field. Lberal Preparations to Reinaugurate the Re- public as Soon as Maximilian Leaves. —— Dificulties Between the French and Austrian Troops. The Liberals Rely Upon a Loan from the United States. Crime and Lawlessness on the Rio Grande Frontier. Cotrageous Treatment of an Ameri- can Citizen. &e. ko. &e. Our Mexico City Correspondence. Crry or Mexico, May 28, 1866. Me Mexican character ts peculiarly deceptive and dif- @oult to read. Undemonstrative and quiet on the surface, be superficial observer can form no idea of how fierce, Qhot-blooded and mercurial the Mexicans are when once ‘reused to action. They have a faculty, not unlike that ef North American Indians, of controlling their emo- Wore and bearing everything with stolid indifference. Fhe whole population moves quietly along, apparently ‘Boconcerned, caring for nothing, and only considering Mo present moment; but strong passions are concealed Peneath this placid exterior, aud these passlous now bo- giv to show themselves. re PUBLIC OPINION IN MEX100. ‘The liberals, for a long time restive under imperial Festraint, no longer conceal their sentiments, but openly ‘avow their determination to eflect a change of govern- went. } ‘The imperialists are not idle, ‘The Emperor has upon Bisside many of tho leading men of the country, men ‘ef wealth and influence, who are betier satisfied to have ‘Maximilian to rule over them than somg military adven- ‘wrer, This party will move heaven and earth in order @o keep the Emperor in his place, and their efforts are ‘wmwittingly supported by the liberals themselves, who, fstead of acting in concert and harmonizing all ditfi- wulties, are already beginning tp split up into fragments. JUAREZ AND THE PREBIDEXOY, You have, no doubt, already been advised of the om- whieh was despatched to Juarez in order to induce to resign in favor of Ortega, who is unquestionably ‘Whe legal Prosident of Mexico; and likewise ot the fact ‘What Juarez has also been asked to appoint some person the capital to act as Vice President after Maximilian 4 and until Juarez can himself arrive here. The of this Jatter move was two fold —to secure the Presidency to Juaraz aid also to provent the issuance of @ny pronunciamento by any of pe other pume- =" sspirants. Two military cbléfs siaud ready Me seizo the capital the moment they learn that r has abdicated it. One is named b lex, from the Southern border, and ether is Ipetasia Jucria, former Governor of the Stat Queretaro. Both these men have many adherents, pos- ‘Sees two or three thousand muskets cach, and, if support- ed by parties outside their respective “tates, would not tate about making a fierce fight for the Presidency. ily for the country, they receive but little counte- @ance here, and possibly their bloody schemes may be ‘@warted. Bo sure are certain parties ihat the Emperor wil! leave the of Before the time appointed for the withdrawal of the Brench trope that arrangements are boing made to re 0 republic With great splendor. Th f Mangurate t) that Maximilian himself is dissatsfed, and he ‘would have left months ago except that feelings of pride Pestrainea him. THE MEXICAN PRESS ON THR SITUATION, ‘The Sociedad, ip a recent editorial, says:—If it be con- fended that this evacuation is mad) because Mexico 1s fled aud its government cousolidated, wo fail) deny assertion, If, as js insinuated by a Paris correspond- ent, the Fronch government is disgusted with the aitation of affairs, and las no desire to prolong is @tervention, this country would have accepted @he resolution without question. But the French ment has not yet said that euch condition ined its resolution, although it might have inilu- eed it, It must be atiribuied to the opposition wh'ch Pitervenuon meets with in France, and winch every day os more and more formidable; and, above all, to ‘avoid a war with the United States—a war which France oes not need to add Justre to iis arms, but on’ which @ believes useless, and which wili mot regenerate lexico. ‘The Soviedad continues, that a change in the policy of France js not only possible, but probable, and is mainly pendent upon the course of the United States. Will ‘that government moderate its exactions? The United tates have not accepted the terms offered by Fran-e, and the tone of Mr. Seward’s uote, that the terms of Brance ‘will be considered,’’ does not augur weil for The delay in accepting the terms, the de- an"press, and the defiant attitude gssumed by Mr. Seward, the Souedad thinks, indicate that the United States intend to drive France to the wall, nd place her in such a position that she cannot, cou- @istent with her dignity, withdraw her troops ‘The Bré Nouvelle (Freuch) also thinks the matter of settled. As the ington @vacvuation not definitely ment har not assented to the propositions ot Na- Bees exigencies might arise on the part of Seward which Napoleon would not consent, ‘These exigencies @re pot hypothetical, but are set forth in Mr. Seward's pote of the 12th o1. February, and they are indirectly con- by the expressed determination of Mr Johnson ‘Bot to permit farther French interference iu the solution the Mexican question. The Eré further believes that excessive audac ty of the North Americaus will bring @bout a reaction on the part of the French people and gov- @rpment, which reaction may have a leading influence determining the departure of French troops from lexico. The Bxafelte (French) views the situation in an entire. different light from its contemporaries. It telis them t they y look from the matter as ‘dead tain’ Ghat both France and tho Un ted States mean that the Broope shall be withdrawn ‘The United Stat mo threats, nor impose cond: the dignity of her neiehbor return of the troops at he time specified. AL Mews or rater national id Austrian troops of the country foster this feeling ‘The jealousy @he French eircumsian: @hal Bazaine assumed the payment of all the fore! troops in the empire upon condition that they should Placed under a French commander. hie gave morial effence to Austrions and Belgians, and when pay day @ame Austrian officers and men received only the pay Of the French army, which ts somewhat less than that Of the other troops At Puebia this oceastoned almost open = mut and sevent; Austrian officers Bened a ition to the ror praying to be under another commander, and asa Better of justice, that they receive their full amount of y as heretofore. The Amperor bas ‘pon placing an Austr Hlity is, so long as Marsha! Bazaine advances the money Bo pay it, so long will he or his subordinates roi of all the troops. The Emperor, however, has @ided to give the Austr Belgians full pay, We amount from his personal allowance. Imperial officials consider the condition of 7 Prvorable, although this is not the opinion of oth: clea, The French troops will be all withdrawn before tue time allotted by Napoleon, and all intention to re: aes them with other troops has been abandoned = The usirians and Belgians Will be consolidated under the ie of “Chrpt de Calome,”” We Emperor Position her A corps of three and Englieh —is av ef the men compos: will have #) the © Orgacization wii) be environs e and therefore tency of veteran troops, Theit for the protection of the city aud Ty oF Mexion, May 20, 1866 PRORPECTS oF THY THRERALA The liberais undoubtedly have the Mexican people with them, but they are without an army sufficiently strong to eontend successfully with the Emperor, thetr treasu y Me exhausted, and consequently, bar they an army on the Geld, they could not long m , ts to wear oat the pationce of the |mperial tr | @xecession of skirmishes and caplure of ow oring the coontry more insecure than at present, and * confining the enemy within still narrower linnta When the Emperor finds that he is euch only im name, and be Gomes convinced that tie cannot pwelfy the country, he wil abdicate Ip the meantime it is expected ted Htaies will guarantee a larce lean co h will enable it to rine again inte power na At hand to enforce obedience to the empte at insurrection It is claimed ' Mr, Seward had insisted upon the ‘witharewel ot @)! the foreign troops the demand would have been a- ded to without revo: and Mexico would now restored to the rule of ils own people NERA MACRUDER FIORTING THR TANKS OW PArWR ners) Magruder, who is now editing the Mexican F “er, takes up the cudgels in behall of the empire, and Pi bes into the univercal Yankee nation aa if he did not re Le educayon ang acqurewents bo We graiyity of n hope pe by a ten Bho republic nd have the mea and quiet peals most tm, W withdraw her mornin her honor'will be tarnished without placing at bie may enable him Yankee maw. clear to all that placed one foot in Mexico he the other in the confederate France government gallant and overnment she were prepared for such an intervention in behalf of the Southern confederacy as would have ensured the de- feat of the government of the United States” This fatal blunder of Napoleon's, the General argues, can be reme- died only by supplying Maximilian with funds to au, ment his army, promising that if the funds be forth- coming to have from fifty to one hundred thousand vol- unteors from the Southern States in the imperial ranks anxious to cut the throats of their fellow-countrymen and (to see their native country conquered and bumiliated, humbly making redress to France for pro- testing against her establishing a monarchy upon our Magruder, no presses: of Southern exiles in Mexico, especially ot those who, having become naturalized citizens of the empire, if that empire falls will be without home and without a country, and can claim fellowship with no le upon the face of the earth. But he is sadly m en upon one im- portant point—uot one hundred thousand, nor even ten thoomead your me from ae South can] eye to eave peaceful mes, and for a few paltry dol- lars engi ‘again in a bloody strife; they have had enough el war to lasts tion 1N_ MEXICO, PETROLEUM Tehuantepec bids fair, so Mexicans say, to eclipse Pennsylvania with its oil wells, Large wells have been sunk and the amount of oil obiained is almost fabulous. ‘The oi! has been submitted to various tests and proves to be petroleum of the best quality. Uur Brownsville Correspondence. Brownevitin, Texas, June 4, 1966. The cmpire of Maximilian is fast degenerating into a state of complete anarchy, and hie Majesty, however well intentioned, seems powerless to protect even the most Insignificant portions of his usurped domain. At no time or place are the laws administered, and no one, whatever may be his political sentiments, is safe from robbery and outrage, both from liberal and imperialist, SHAMEFUL TREATMENT OF AN AMBRICAN CITIZEN, ‘The case of Isaac Wiseburg, a German citizen of the United States, who recently arrived in this city from the interior, aptly illustrates this. Mr. Wiscburg’s papers have been forwarded to the State Department, and will, doubtless, be made the subject of correspondence be- tween our government and the authorities in Mexico, This gontleman, a naturalized citizen of the United States, commenced business as a merchant in the city of Morelia, in the State of Michoacan, five years ago. In May, 1865, the liberals, under some one of their nume- rous chiefs, attacked the city, captured \t, and robbed the citizens of all which could be taken away, taking from Mr. Wiseburg forty thousand dollara in money and goods. He complained to General Ortega, the Commander-in-Chief of the forces in the State, and tothe Governor, and was gruffly informed that Ameri- eans had no right in the city, and while there would ve treated as were the Mexicans. An appeal to the ‘Tri- bunal Commercio,”” @ court of the empire, resulted in an award of fifteen thousand dollars damazes, which was never paid him. About five months ago he was robbed of one hundred thousand dollars by two liberal chiefs, on the road between Jalisco and Michoacan, for which he in vain sought redress, Having a large train of pack mules in San Luis Potosi, he visited that place, sold thom for seven thousand five hundred dollars, and determined to leave the country, He proceeded to Mon- terey, having in his possession, from a large fortune, only the last mentioned sum. At Monterey he took a stege for the Rio Grande, the line being owned and run by Damasio, a man well known in that section. Upon arriving at Mier Damasio endeayored to extort money from him, and, failing to do #0, denounced him to the authorities as having money in bis jon, which is looked upon as a crime in Mexico. He was immediately arrested and placed in a ilitary prison, loaded with chains, Two days thereafter Nanales sent for bim, and offered to set bim at ooo tor ten thousand dollars, Mr. W. refu: and showed his portas an American citizen, with the signature of Bie Corwin, “Canales. treated this document with great a and ordered him back to prison. He was sub- sequently taken to Colonel Trevino at Cerralvo. While on the route thither he was threatened with assassina- tion, and only saved his life by the payment of a large som of monsy. At Cerralvo he was brought beiore Es- cobedo and ino, who endeavored to prevail on him to enliet in the liberal army. This be refused to do and was returned to prison, inhuimanly flogged, and was snb- tequently ted to a bald hore, Mazoppa like, and net loose. ‘The horse, afier running & long diztance, plunged into a mire, from whence he had great difiiculty in ex- tricating himself. Wiseburg was goon after released, more dead than alive, aud taken to the house of a sur «eon, where he remained four or five days, at the expi- ration of which time, the matter having been brought to the notice of the United states authorities on the other ride of the Rio Grande, Trevino sent for him, and after apologizing for the treatment he had received, informed him that he was at liberty to depart and furnished him with a paesport, advising him, at the saine time to avoid Canales, who was determined to kiil him. Mr. Wiseburg requested that the three thousand dollars which had been taken from him should be re- turned, but could obtain no satisfaction in the premises. He Lnally succeeded in cross ng the Rio Grande, THR LINK OF THE KIO GRANDE, For the past few months and since the rolief and de- parture of General Weitzel matters upon this frontier, ugh very quiet upon the surface, have been stirred up he lower depths, bringing to light a concatenation . envy and wil mucharitabloness such ax Was never known im military creles before, Having con- quered the exemy opposed to them £0 many years many of the officers have turned upon each other, and crimtna- tion und recrimination, arrests and charges have been apdare the order of the day. During the past two 8 #X separate courts martial orders have been nd over fifty officers charged with a variety of es too nuimerous to mention have been nt to trial. The great majority have been found geiitiess and the charges shown to be the result of persunal malice and hatred. In many instances grave personal difficulties have grown out of these mis- understandings, the results of which are likely to be most unfortunate for those interested and for the inte- rests of the service. This condition of affairs is but an evidence of the utter demoralization of the troops on this frontier, extending, as it does, to both officers and men, 1d the necessity which exists that they should be mus- red out and reptaced by regular troops. HORRIBLE MURDER, For some weeks past there has been « hiatus in the carnival of crime upon this border, caused, as was sup- posed, by the energetic action of the late Grand Jury and of the District Court in arresting and punishing ‘ofend ers. Recently, however, the community hes been startled by on? of the bloodiest and most cruel murders in the annais of crime. Upon Sanday Inet Dr. Joel Morse, Surgeon of the One Hundred and mth Jaited etates colored t in charge of the hos- with au to the > Barge waylaid by threo it his meck, drag- goa pparal and there murdered, istinet wounds being inflicted upon him. Surgoon Morse was mueh respected, both in the army and in the commonity, and his death caused a profound sensation here, A funeral with military honors took place on Tuesday, the 20th. His body has been em- baliued and will be sont to Ohio, in which State the de- coased resided, A MURDERER LYNCHED. A gentleman recently from Corpus Christi bri in. formation that a merchant of city, Mr. Beheuer, was recently shot dead while standing in the dvor of bis store, ke well known border ruMan, known as James Garner, ® man has committed several dors before, and the people of the ge weized him and hung bim before bis victim was cold. ARMS AND AMMUNITION, ‘Ten thonsand stand of arms and one million rounds of Aminunition have been recently forwarded to this fron- Hier. Whether they are destined to supply the suffering patriotic army on the other se of the Kio Grande or in anticipation of diticulties with the imperialists is not known. , seven PERSONAT. Captain Henry Ayres, of the Signal corps, has been mustered out C4 the servies and ill proosee to New Or. Jeans by the steamship Clintoo now at firazos, and thence ome in the North. yinin Ayres was for some time provost marshal of tho distrist (aptan and revet Colonel Nelson Plato, Assistant Qu supervising quartermaster of the district of the Grande, has been re’ at hs own request end ordered to his home in the Nortn preparatory to being mustered out of the sert tee, is to be eucee ded by Captain and Brevet Colonel Howell, A. Q M. Major Sanmel A Pearce, Jr, Payanater, bas beon relieved from duty bere and ot to report to New Orleans, it being thought that the exigencies of the service do not at present require a paytaaster at (his por STARED OUT. The Fourth Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer caval some time past stationed along the line of the Rio Grande, have been mustered out of the service and will proceed North immediately, The regiment bas been in the ser- View since 1861, serving for the most part in the Depart. ment of the Gulf, Iwo companies of the Fourth United Stated cavalry have arrived here t relieve the Fourth Wisconsin Reetproeity. NEFONT OF THE CANADIAN COMMIPSIONERS ON THE Weer INCA SUBSTITCTE FOR THE RECIPROCITY TREATY SPOOL TRLEORAM TO THR SRW YOUR HERALD. Movrrear, Jenne 16, 1966. The commicsioners appointed to visit the West Indies Jo Ne iBlereet of Canadian commerce have made their report, Which is now in the hands of the government printers, The contents have not yet been divulged. One of the Wings of the Parliament building wae frock by Hightming to-day and slightly damaged NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNK 18, 1866. SERVICES YESTERDAY. Congressional Rebbery—Dr. Cheever en the Colered Race—Hls Idea ef the Right of Suffrage—Negrees Gelng Again Inte Bend- age—Hest Diabelical Heans for Accom- piishing a Purpese—Remarks by Hr. Gil- bert—Radicalism Stabbed in the House of Its Owm Friends—Services im Other Churehes, &¢., &e. Chureh of the Purita: Last evening, inthe Church of the Puritans, Union equare, Rev. Dr. Cheever delivered a discourse on “the robbery of the colored race by legislation.” The number of persons present was not large, but this was occasioned by tho inclemency of the weather, which prevented Many of the congregation from attending. The reverend gentleman, before beginning hie discourse, offered up a lengthened prayer, in the course of which he expressed hope that wisdom, prudence and justice would guide the councils of the nation; that in all its actions the country would adhere to the fuudamental principles of the constitution, which decreed to every free man his inalienable rights of suffrage and representation; that it would not deprive any man of what justly belonged to him as a citizen on account of the color.of his skin, and ‘that all present would feel the solemn’ obligations that ‘were cast upon them in the present important crisis of the history of the country. Dr. Cheever then Proceeded to say that there had been proposed in Con- gress an amendment to the constitution. It remained to be voted op, and it was not for the release but for the op- pression of the colored race—to deprive them of the right of voting. This was handing them over to rebels; it was working their moral assassination. If one man wel deprived of the right of voting by the Legislature, or by a decision of the ju At we be bighly wrong, but how much greater would the wrong be if it were done to thousands by an enactment made for that very purpose. If the churches were silent on this question they con- sented to the wrong that was about to be done. The blacks were hunted down on account of the color of their skin, and under the plea of State necessity. Tho nsibility of Congress on this question was great solemn. Congress were executors in trust for the colored race. They had no right to legislate for the biacks as blacks, but as citizens, with the right of citi zens, and had no right to legislate for them without con- sulting thom. In all their investigations, of six or seven months, had Congress gathered together the blacks in convention and ascertained their opinion? No, they bad not. In all the anxieties of Congress to conciliate rebels. had they taken into account the feelings and opinions of tho blacks? -Not at all. They could not send them back to slave It was proposed to deprive the blacks of the right of voting, and the Governors of somo States were anxious to hurry throngh their Legislatures the amendment proposed by Congress—to summon the Legislatures together and get tho measore passed bo- fore the closo of the geesion of Congress, if possible. Congress had determined abandon the negro on the sulfrage question, because, they said, the reluctance of the whites on that matter was quite insurmountable, Had Congress taken the opinion of the blacks on that question? Suffrage implied the right of every free per- son to representation. ‘There could be no taxation with- out representation, as there conld be no representation ‘without suffrage, ‘It was held by eminent authority that if ever the slaves became free their right to representa. tion would follow; for it was declared that the nght to representation ‘was based on the whole number of free persons in each State, and Congress knew that unless they could alter that fundamental principle of the constitution they must give the nogroes the right to vote, They, therefore, now propose an amendment which loft itin the power of the rebels to say whether they will grant the Privilege of voting to the blacks, Was that anything else but legislative fraud and robbery on the mightiest scale, under the most exasperating cir- camstances and the most diabolical moans that an: tion on earth ever attempted? The constitution, as their fathers had founded it, gave the right of voting to every free porson, and now it was proj to make thisa State right, and give to cach State the right of sayil whether it would or would not confer the right of wat on the blacks. The declaration that men were nol entitled to representation on account of the color of thei: skin was to declare their moral assassina- tion. The committee of Congress roported that in- aemuch ag the rebel States always governed the blacks without representation, it would be perilous to re- verse that habit; and, therefore, to avoid the appearance Of injustice, they said let the sane habit be continied by the States and the constitution be amended porgoces <i and that this was an eminently proper and just method of surmounting the difficulty. Language failed him to describe the meanness, wickedness, crueity and diabol- ism of that proposal. ‘This was done for the purpose of insulting the free States, and of handing over the negroes again to tho hands of the rebel States, This was done without consuiting the loya! citizens of the rebel states, If the citizens now transterred their right of voting for repres niatives in Congress to the ttates, they would lose the double bit they had now on the Congress, and, in place of that, the Congress would —bave a double bit on them, This was the revolution that was now going on—to hand the blacks over to the rebel States without representation. Con- gress now proposed to put citizens in straight jackets, like lunatics, and hand them over, bound hand and foot, to the States, Ho hardly knew Low to characterize that altempt. It was founded on a Vieiation of the constitu tion, But they shonld not permit the constitution to be violated, If they did they would hardiy deserye tho liberty which the'r fathers bad fonght for and given them. They should revist this despotic attempt om the part of an oligarchy to take men who were now free from their po-ition as citizens—from tho position de- creed them by the coustitution—aud place them where they would not be free, As the constitution now stood, no free man could be deprived of the right of sufirage, If such an attempt were made the question could be tried im the cpurte, And ho Ventured to say that the judges, seoing the law before them and knowing exactly the meaning of what was written in the statutes, wouid be compelled by their foree to decide that this right belonged to every froe citizens of the United Siatos, But let this proposed amendment to the constitution once get on the statute book, let it once find its place among the laws of the United nd he prayed to God most fervently it never would—and that moment the colored population, whose frecdom had resulted from the war, woald, in re- gard to their political rights, be lect in tne power of the States, which, by the proposed amendmout, had the choice of saying whether the blacks should vote or not. Now, what were they going todo in the matter? How did they feel on the question? He hoped that when they wont home they would seriously consider it, They should talk of it among themecives and among their ‘and use their best efforts to prevent the consum- mation of this crue! and unjust amendment. After the reverend gentioman had concluded his ad- @ress Mr. Gitnrnr, a lawyer, who sat in one of the front benches, said :—Dr. Cheever, may I ray a word? Dr. Careven—Certainly. Mr. Gitnert having got into the poipit, observed that he had been requested ef some gentlemen to state that they were desirous of taking action in the matter, and for that purpose it had been arranged to print a pam- pbiot which would bring the whole question before the attention of the public. Already about reventy dollars had boon collected to meet the expense of the printing, but two hundred dollars would be requit and those who were willing to subscribe might hand their cantribu- tions to Dr, Cheever. No time should be lost, and the pampblet ought to be got out this week, He su; that it should contain the address delivered that night by the Rev. Dr. Cheever. That address had embodied the great foatures of the question. The arguments it con- tained could not be refuted; it would be rmpossible to re- fute them. The pamphlet sboald also contain the recent address of the Governor of Texas, and other matters that bore di on the question #0 ably handled by Dr. Oheaver. je could nothing to what Dr. Cheever uttered. He fully coincided in his had 80 —— views, and they would meet with a re. sponse, They should not remain idie, They should cir- culate this pam phiet among the Governors of and among the members of Congress, #0 that tho latter should read init their own condemnation and become con- vinoed that they had taken a step against the liberties of the country. Copies of the pamphlet would be left in the church, 80 those who wished could get any num. ber of them they wanted. If thix proposed amendment to the constitution went through, he might say that would be enacted over again, But they should rything in their power to prevent it, Was it to be said that after they bad gone through a war in which fo many of their young men had been killed, which had upon them a debt of four thousand miliions of are, and which had almost driven their commerce the sea, there shouid be no other result to all theve sacrifices but the perpetuation of slavery? When he read that the Committee of Fittoen had reported tn favor of the amendment he felt as if radicalism had been stabbed in the house of ite own friends, The cause of radicatiom had been betrayed. A serious blow had boon iaticted upon it They could not expect much from the President, In the present emergency they should look toto the matier with a thorongh conviction that a great caure was at stake, In conclusion, Mr. Gtl- bert again ur; immediate action among the congrega- tion, and said that, with the permission of Dr, Cheever, @ collection would now be taken up for the printing of the pamphiet. A collection was taken w Prayers having been sald, and the the service was brought to a close. nevord nely. benediction giren, Bleecker Street Yesterday boing the thirtieth anniversary of the dedl- cation of this church, the services in the morning were commemorative of that event, The Rev, D, K. Lee, pastor, officiated. [In referring to the changes that bad taken place within the period since the day when the church was first given over to the service of God, the reverend xentieman stated that since ite dedication there had been five handred and seventy pewhulders attached to the chagch, sed of that number there were representa. tives from but bine families that had formed a part of the first congregation. Three ladies and two gentlemen were received into the chureh, and three infants christ. ened, Alter the regalar rervice was over « number of the congregation remained and partook of the comm jon, A social commemoration of thie anniversary to take place on Tuewday ever next. Meeting Leffe Park. ‘The third Sabbath meeting of the Methodist Wesleyan chapel of Bast Brooklyn was held yesterday at Lef- forte’ Park. Finee 1863 religions meetings have been held by this congregation a} thie place during epcb summer, and such bas been their success, ins financial point of view, that the pastor, the Rev. Wm. Luring, bas already been enabled to build a neat little church at the corner of Van Buren and Marcy avenues, where the oxangienn a0 peateened Saee, ys ry ear aon adie meeede prayers was also a sermon by dir. Armstrong, of New York, He took for his teat the fourth verse of the eighty-seventh Psalm—‘This man was born bad.”’ The rain, which had been threatening some time r, near the close of the sermon to falt, rendering an immediate adjournment nece: A and continued with little intermission throughout the day; so that the evening meeting was held in the church, a small number only bemg present from the same cause, Ht Services im the Mereer Street Presbyte- rian Church. An address was delivered last evening in this church by the Rev. Mr. Booth, before the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association, on the subject of “Life Work the End of Culture.’ The reverend gentleman took for his text John thirteenth chapter, seventeonth verse, The speaker said that the principle illustrated by Christ would be the theme to which he would invite their attention, and it was the true end of all wholesome culture, worthy the juest of moral and nsible beings, for the forma- d growth of truth im our own souls, and for the diffusion of a true }fe in the world. Intellectual culture ought not to be an end in itself. It one not sf isto ra bac yoni ~, mol an inting aspirations those Who responsible life, in which The true en- joyment of a moral being culminates, as the only true object of man on earth. Life and life-work should be- come the inspiring purpose of the scholar. Life should be made the end of study by bringing all culture to the service of the soul, in forming and meparinm: see char- acter, by using all our culture in guiding, ping and eaving others, These are the ends for which know- Jedgs worthily becomes the quest of man—character and philanthropic action. THE FENIANS. Trial of the Priseners in Montreal Begun— The Examivation In Seeret—Evropean Difficulties Likely to Complicate Fenian and Canadian Affairs—Military Movements In Canada—Fenianism in This City—Fu- neral of a Fenian Soldier, &e., de. axnmination of the Fenlan Piisoners begun—Military Movements, d&c., dsc. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK MBRALD. Moytrear, June 16, 1866. The examination preliminary to tho trial of the Fe- nian prisoners has proc-eded to-day, aud is now being conducted with closed doors by order of the government. Tho investigation is taking place before Magistrate Er- matinger, at the Bedford Jail, and the result thus far looks in the direction of holding and fully committing fifteen prisoners for trial, ‘The evidence fully shows the commission of the overt act of the hostile invasion of Canadian soi) witn a determination to subvert the gov- ernment, Though much feeling is evinced the oxamin- ation is being conducted in a calm and temperate man- ner, Three companies of Victoria’s, Prince of Wales’ and Hocbelagu Volunteers returned from St. John to-day. ‘The Royal Guides and several corps were reviewed by Major General Lindeay. Moxtrnat, June 17, 1866. ‘The prisonera are now confined under a strong guard of the fwenty-fifth regulars, King’s Own Borderers, in the old block house. ‘The witnesses are all now nearly arrived, and the inquiry 48 proceeding by transferral in a room over the Custom House at Phillipsburg, a point on Missiequoi bay. ‘The prigoners are brought into the court room hand- cuffed, and are guarded by a detachment of the Rifle brigade, commanded by @ sergeant, with rifles loaded and cocked. Halligan has been positively identified as a Fenian with arms in his hands, and who has been a British sub- ject. Madden, wounded twice by a Canadian detective on the frontier, is well treated, having ® mattress in court and no handcuffs, The prisoners are in good spirits for the most part, and are woll fed on beef, beer and biscuits, but are kept hand- cuffed in both prison and court. ‘The trial itself will take place at Sweetsburg, chef liew of county seat of Miseisquoi. ‘The prisoner Gall’gan, who isapert fellow, cros-ex- amined the witness against him on Saturday with con- siderable skill and effect Reporters of a!l grades continue to be rigidly excluded. Military Appointments in Canada—The European War News Frightening the Canadia: fences, &e. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK MERALD. Orrawa, C. W., June 16, 1866. The Canada Gazette annoavces a long list of military appointments, It also contains the names ot the partics authorized to countersign warrants of commitment thot may be issued under suspension of the Habeas Corpus act. + News of war in Europe has created a sensation here and renowed anxiety on account of the Fenians. Many people fear that England and the United States may have some difficulties in consequence. ‘The municipalities throughout Canada are making ap- propriations for relieving the families of the volunteers. ‘The corporation of Ottawa has appropriated two thou- sand dollars for this purpose. ; General Mitchel, the British Commander-in-Chief in North America, left for Europe to-day, after baring a prolonged consultation with the Adjutant General. Major General Lindsay commands in Montreal, while General Doyle has supreme command. Admiral Hope left here yesterday to inspect the squad- ron on the St, Lawrence and the lakes. He has inspected the means of defending the Ottawa by flotillas. The orders for the volunteers to return to their homes have been countermanded. Some of the regulars who form the permanent garrison of Ottawa have returned here. Fenian om im This City. RESOLUTIONS FOR CONGRESS. Colonel O'Byrne left this city yesterday evening for Washington, the bearer of important resolutions on the Fenian question from circles in Albany and the northern parts of this State, The documents were addressed to Mesers, Schenck, Ancona and Harding. The same Long tleman is in receipt of letters from members of . grese professing the warmest sympathy with the move- ment. FUNERAL OF & FENIAN SOLDIER—THE CIVIC AND MILITARY PARADE. ‘The funeral of Eugene Corcoran, late a membor of the Emmett Cirele of the Fenian Brotherhood, and a soldier of the army of the Irish republic, took place with im- posing ceremony from his late residence, in First street, Pear ‘North Eighth, Eastern district, Brooklyn, yester- day afternoon. The remains reached Brooklyn on Thursday last from the vicinity of Pigeon Hill, the scene of the contest between General Spear and the British troops. They were embalmed before being sent have been ¢ince their arrival lying at h's father's resi- t young soldier an ter, ta dence, Tt was originall hood to make the fu oceasion of an i Long before t procession to slart, crowds of peop! and, despite the inclement siate of the weather, st patiently awaiting the formation fof the line. It was not until some minutes part three, however, that tho corti ge was formed, the direction of Grand Marshal J, McCloskey, and coffin borne from the house by six pall bearers and placed in the hearse, The coffin was wray tu the “green flag of Erin,” the colors for whieh Corcoran had given is life. As the Telains were de} im the hearse the military pre- sented arma, and then, breaking into platoons, took the right of the line, and the cortige moved off in the order rubjoined — Company I, Sixty-ninth regiment National Guard, Cap. tain sure, Temperance Cadets, in uniform. Roman Catholie pions Py St. Vincent de Paul's No. 3 Father bi T. A.B. Sooiety. Emmett and Grattan Cireles of the Fenian Brotherhood, Company of the Army of the Irish bite. Hearse, surrounded by the Knights of te hound Table, ‘acuing as goard of honor. Delegations from Various Circles. Relatives and of deceased \n carriages, cane aad Lay wwbaghen span vg en hed metery where, with mil the remains of one of the ‘martyrs to the cause of siviens oh the bord cure -¥ re Ve ae ae ee lace, You coran n city, was oe Dow'ot a yeapectabie Arh machante, acd was %6 us | nineteensh yoay at the time he met be death EXCISE. A Rainy Sunday Quenches the Popular Thirst. THE EXCITEMENT SUBSIDING. Views of the Catholic Clergy on the Law. BROOKLYN ENJOYING BROKEN QUIET The Situation in Westchester, Jersey City and Hoboken. ARRESTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW. “Bee ke. ke. The Day in. This City. ‘There was but very little liquor sold in New York yes- terday. Those who were fearful for their nerves secured afoll supply om Saturday night and carried it to their homes in all kinds of bottles, cans, cups, jugs and pitchers, Those who did not take this precaution, as a general thing, had to go without, drink spints of cam- phor, camphene, bay rum, cologne water, chew extra tobacco, smoke extra cigars, or sleep the day away. There were very few dranken people in the streets. The Catholic clergy of the city of New York have per- haps more painful experiences of the demoralizing effects and utter domestic ruin produced in our midst by indis- criminate and uncontrolled rumselling than any otber class of professional men, not even excepting the physi- cians who practice among the artisan and laboring classes. It is given out from very good authority that the Catholic priests, as a body, approve of the summary and stringent closing of the unlicensed groggories, and the consequent fixing of a responsibility on the dealers who are licensed if ther knowingly encourage crime in the adult, and recklessly and for ga'n sap away the foun- dations of virtve and efface the teachings of religion from the minds of tbe young by stealthily selling liquor to intemperate women or to children, apprentices and minors gencrally, who are, for the most part, sent for it by mothers or female relatives already debased by the use of ardent spirits, The Catholic clergymen endors the saving clauses in the Excise law which make it for the licensed dealers (o sell to habitual drunkards (male or female) or childr n afte¥ they are duly warned not todo so. Jathe discharge of their duty the clergy find that the bad habit of en occasional “fit of drinking’? ‘on the part ofa man, ging!e or the head ofa family, can correct :d, very often eae re but that the female tippler sinks lower and lower in the social scale almost hourly, until she at length neglects every home duty, becomes callous to advice, delies the authority of the Cuurch, corrupts the minds of her children and sets a bai ox- ample to her neighbors. This class of females, it ts as- serted, is @ numerous one, and one over which the Catholic clergy very Hitle influence so long as eee Ge cearate’ bola eed Ae a responsi- 'y fixed on the proprictors e clergymen, of indeed every persuasion, hope iat Wecbante “ond wives who are aggrioved—frequently robbed—by intem- perate partners will avail themselves of the provisions of the law in cutting off the supply Ly tip Jegal warni duly delivered, and that thus a wholesome, practical commencement will be made in contracting the arca of drunkenness, The Day in New Jersey. JERSEY CITY. Tectotallers may hope for large accessions to their ranks if Sundays continue to domivile the fervent dis- ciples of Bacchus, not otherwise. Incessant showers of Tain, pouring on the hapless wayfarer, 18 an insuperable obstacle to the man who hopes for indulgence on the following Sunday to compensate for his loss. The rum- sellers of Jersey City cannot boast of their profits yester- day, and indeed seldom have its streets been 0 thor. oughly cleansed of filth, moral and material. The sum total of the arrests was six—tbree for drunkenness and two for ball play:ng, in violation of the city ordinance. One of the vauquished was so demented by his fuming —— that he was caught in the act of setting fire to ig own house. The horse cars were pretty well filled by those who bad mads a forenoon tour to the delightful country around Bergen and Hoboken, and who were doomed to repose in the shade while exercising their meditative powers. The number who crossed to New York were equal to, if not greater, than that of the thirsty eojourners who left this city for the opposite bank of the North river. Towards eveniug, however, smali detachments ventured across to smvoth their ‘palates with lager. This city presented a differen ©. Squads of ven- tursome tourists, who thought a day’s enjoyment worth the risk of a wetting, poured along from noon, and when the ourst me came there were not many of them far from that seat of enjoyment—a liquor store. Here they regaled themselves with the brimming cup, and occasionally a waggish fellow would sally out im the rain, look around very profoundly and return to toform his companions that the atmosphere of the interior was preferable, Thus time rolled on, till soul realized that blissful state when topers chant, with cheerful a cord, “We'll not go home till morning.” evening no ferryboat passed that of staggering roughs, who clutched hands in sympat!s with come bacchanalien strain that was rather stutter: than sung by ove of the amateurs. They are pot very particular in their ideas of politences, and intruded futo any apartment with impanity. That more order 18 not kept on such special occasions by the officials 13 a matter of no little surprise. Hoboken claims priority asa seat of enjoyment, and the inducements to visitors bave been increased by the Excise bill. Some steps should be bese to prevent these occasions from degenerating into use, BERGEN ‘was well attended in the forenoon; but the stringency of the orders lately issued by the civie authorities keeps this region clear of rowdies. It was too far to travel on an unc Ttain exped.tion, especially when liquor could be had in abundance so mueh nearer home. The police ‘wore on the alert to sec ire any ove Who might be fool. hardy enough to transgreas. The Day in Brookiyn, The provisions of the Excise law relating to closing places where liquors are suld were carried out in their full length and scope in Brooklyn yesterday, The law ts working to perfection, and with satisfaction to the most rigid temperance or religious portion of the community. The opposition to the new law, which on ite jauguration was so genoral, is gradually wearing away, and its whole- some results are made apparent on the morals of the community, especially the young men. The steady drinkers, or those who consider that a glass of liquor bas a bet zest when drank ina garden or public house, and will bave it at any cost, by this time bave learned the way to Westchester, Hoboken, ‘and over the line into Queens county. This class of the population leave the cly on Sunday, and their absence is only felt for the pve influence it has upon those remaining. The liquor jeaicrs have already made up their minds that the pre- sent Excise law war one to be observed in its full toxt, and that the officials in charge of its execution are earnest for its success, and will see that it is enforced ‘without fear or partiality, WILLIAMSRURG. ms Wath are, generally # Ww though here is an iudisputable ele. domiciled within the precincts The Resor ip abiding citizens, a ment of ‘thirsty’ soul the District, yet there were none yesterday to be seen who could complain of thirst in Lt eo more ly when the rain fell in torrents. Tho is that the Excise law has ceased to be a novelty, and all are more or less inclined to regard its omforcement as just as that of any other article or section lation, and the uence is that the Sabbath t nor »v bh —, services of the guardians of peace called into req sition to make any arrest fos infringement of law. S! The Day tn Westchester. The wet without kept many persons from going to Westchester yesterday aud gotting very wet within. The various saloons were all open, and im full biast. Drinking shops are springing up at Morrisania and Mel- rose like mushrooms, They abound on all sides, and the proprietors are luxuriant in watches and diamond rings— the direct effect of the new law. Those who will drink will get liquor by hook or by crook, and all the legisia- tion In the world womt stop them. Morris Park contained some 600 people enjoying their lager; the “law” war condemned in emphatic language. At Melrose not 80 many assembled, but those who did gather were of the orderly kind, and no disturbance was observable any. where, A rollicking party brought op at a drinking house outside of Morris Park, and amused thomscives in singing songs in derision of the Sonday liquor law. That was about all, The police of Westchester numbers of thieves and pick as being among the arrivals, and their, parte Horta to get among the Rawed ‘up Etpr thors from makiog aay depredst tone, up ki em from ny Foe ruin coming on aamn The andor of honoat, folk 1 retired at an earty hour tn the day. Some few drunken people were seon on the care bce home, but all behaved with commendable jecoru Violations of the Exeise Law. Liquor dealers who insist upon violating the Excise Jaw by keeping open their places and selling on Sanday Gre still to be found. The following cases were reported to the police magistrates yesterday morning :— Before Justice Hogan—Henry Fiarke, No. 1 Green- wich street; Bridget Pendergast, 87 Cherry sirect; ‘ i [ j i : # #3? sions in and for the cil sentenced to death. Hi Supreme Court, and the prisoner it his writ of error to this court, He claimed tat there should be areversal of the conviction, on the ground Court of Sessions had tried him after the expiration of the trial week of its term, &c.; alsoon the the Court bad overruled the challenge by the prisoner to the array, and that the conviction, » Was against evidence, This court were unanimously of the opinion that under the provisions of the act of , ol 208, the court bad full poten to try the prisoner expiration of the third week of its term, as the provisions of that act were applicable to the Court of Sessions of the city and county iew York. The Court also heid that irregularities in drawing the sory were not such as could 1y possiblity have changed the persons composing the jury, and therefore the prisoner could not have been injured thereby; for which reason such ties were not a sufficient cause for chalienge to the jury, and as the verdict was clearly sustained by the the court affirmed the judgment of the court below and re, manded the cause to haye the sentence of death carried into execution. John M. Pu lett, appellant, ve, Clara Leon admin- tekaitie and sardines of Darts W. King, ete ‘This was an a:tion upon a promi: nole made and executed by the firm of H. & D, W. King to the ti, on the 9th of October, 1852, Two days after the firm itors requiring tem to-collecy ken aud. pay ail helt u requiring un to collect, &c., all debts due, or to become due, against thea for money actually borrowed, including also a debt due 3. & H. Mer- rick for flour; al! payments to be made pro rata. The note of the plaintiff was within the provisions of the Seriemenany it having been given for wed money. On the Lith of July, 1863, tho assignee paid upon plain- ufl’s note $77 02, aud the indorsement was made upon. it, This action was commenced on the 16th day of 1858, it being within six yoars of l § 5: October, the time of making the payment by the assignee, but more than six years after the execution of assign- ment. This court held that the payment by the as- signee in October, 1853, of the sum belonging to the Plaintiff as his pro rata share of the moneys - under the as-igument was not to be deemed to be the act of the defendant intestate in any such sense as to take the case from under the siatute of limitations; that a payment by a general assignee, holding in trust. for creditors, was not to be deemed to be the act of the- assiguor, &c, Judgment was therevore aitirmed, on the ground that acause of action otherwise barred by the statute of limitations would not be received by a pay- ment made by the assignee of tho debtor. The Pe ple, Plaintiffs in Error, vs. Joss Gonzales y Fers nand:z, Defendant in Error.—The defendant was jolnily indicted with one Salvador, altas Pellicer, for the mur- der of Otero, in November last. He was tried at the Kings county Oyer and Termiuer in January, and con- victed of murder in the first degree. The conviction was reversed at the March General ferm, on the ground that the Court erred in admitting proot that the clothing worn by the defendants on the night of the murder was found at the time of their arrest to be marked with spots. which had the appearance of stains of blood, and in per- mitting the clotues thus stained to be inspected by the dary. The oe en A saragay ok was that no- wit not experts, as che were com. tent” cstablish ‘the fot tas” tee spots: found on the clothing of the defendants were Plone eae. ba Fong cont held wee Od evidence 0} reeerved—that such stains found uj the Prothing or person of the party ituat ek citaye been recognized among the ordinary indicia of aomi- cide; that the practice of identifying them by circum- Stautial evidence, and by the inspection of witnesses oes jurors, bad the sanction of immemorial usage in criminal tribunals; that proof of the character and a pearance of the stains by those who saw them had al- ‘ways been regarded by the court aa ary and legiti- mate evidence; that such no sense second- ary in its character; thi gree of force to which it is entitled depends upon a variety of circumstances, te be considered and weighed by bead The judgment of the supreme rt was reversed, —— uy and that of the Court of Oyer aud Termini and the proceedings were remitted to Court, to the end that they should direct the sentence te be executed according to law. Court of Appeals Calendar. Aunanr, June 16, 1866. folowing tutabrs:<138° 40h" iso) 198) 137, 198, 139, lowing nutmbers:—126, 1d 1 , 140, 141 and 142. sate < = City Intelligence, German Fustivars,—Tho German veterans who, daring the war, served im the various volunteer regiments of this city, will engage in @ military picnic to-day at Lande mann’s Hamilton Park, About adozen societies, besides a number of military companies, sharpshooters’ associa. tions and vocal societies, will unite in the festivities. A procession will be formed this morning, at the Germania Assembly Rooms, which will through the principal thoroughfares on the east side of the city, pro- gramme of the festivities is very rich, ewbracing a con- cort, prize exercises and other social pastimes. The ninth annual Schuetzen{o.t of the New York Seluetzen Corps will take piace during thia week. The papers will be commenced ou Tuesday and will be continued for three days, Stamma Arrray.—About cight o'clock last evening Peter Valentine and Patrick Craig became engaged in quarrel in East Thirty-third street, between First and Second avenues, in the course of which Valeatine wag dangerously stabbed in the back, Craig immed‘ately gave himself up to the Twenty first precinct police, who conveyed the injured man to Bellevue Hospital. Fire in Cincinnati. Cixceyxatr, June 17, 1866. A fire this afternoon took place in the building on the corner of Fourth and Main streets, occupied by the American Bank Note Company and others, Damage about $10,000; insurance unknown. Fire at Portland. Pontaxp, June 17, 1866. Last evening the machiae shop ot Walter Corris’ fur. niture establishment, in the rear of Exchange street, wus destroyed by fire. The butiding was owned by Joba Neal, and insured in the Etna Company for $2,000. The ‘walls will be saved. 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