The New York Herald Newspaper, September 29, 1866, Page 4

4 covering the heads and a portién of thelr features, pre- of five hours brow to Laredo, on the | ‘@) Bented & most picturesque app: ~The. few’ mem Te ae" one, eo groans were standing ta @ gall ver the door reacted: 4 op i - prison-like rcase, The services | the American side, but many f the pie over : t aa glosed 1 een entrance, et - senoras came pg oul thajting, while a harpist from Bir yte Sym nook pl An air quite lively enough for @ ball room, The lower order of Mex! are very devoted to the forms of their religion, and im many places in the country, and particularly in this State (onion of thelr tucome, aa the days wen the clergy portion oir income, as in aw ile Atma ie quvsted bl ia is situal tween the mountains and bas three Thoveand. inhabitants, Formerly extensive mining operations were carried on here and there still remains @ large smelting apparatus; but, as with every chee anlerorinn, ihe 4 a of the country AL 9 dificaities of transportation have greatly inter- fered with them and there is now but little done: The people were formerly engaged almost constantly in fight- ing Indians, but it is now more than a year since the latter appeared in this vicinity, and the hope 1s indulged that their raids have entirely ceased. Wo wore off at an early hour on the morning of the 2Tih, arriving at the rancho Huisache in time for break- fast, Here, as ey ‘here, precautions were taken for defence against the The ranchero and hia wife were over eighty years of age, and, though dried and wrinkled to the last degree, were very brisk and active. They related a number of their experiences with the Indians, and stated. that a party of them had rode up to tho (ence surrounding the J: ‘but.a few months be- fore, but without manifesting any hostile intent. THE MESA, OR OREAT TABLE, PR orients 3 pve mare an como somes bin sight of “Mesa,” a remarkable elevation of some sixteen hundred feet above the surroundin; lor the top of it forms an extensive plain, containing twenty-five leagues of land of the most fertile character. Its elevation places it practically in the temperate zone, and the after Texas was ceded nited States, amt there is now there a piace of Ofteeu hundred inbabitants, with the usnal accompaniment of a plaza and a church, Ame- rican Laredo.is Mexican in all its cbaracteristics, Like many villages upon this frontier it grew up from causes: which have ceased to or and Abe. me bree od appearance of being fini and going jecay. honses are very old, many of them unoccupied and in ere are stationed here a company of the One Hun- dred and Seventeenth United States colored troops, commanded by Captain W. T. Larkin, J. F. Casey, a brother-in-law of General Grant, lately appointed Post Sutler ot this polnt, had just arrived. UNITED STATES REGULARS TO BE SENT TO THE RIO GRANDE, He stated that before leaving Washington he was in- formed that at least twelve hundred reguiars would be stationed here ere long; for what purpose it would be hard to tell. Fort McIntosh ts situated on the bank of the river near here, It ia. a well constructed earthwork, built, I believe, in accordance with the terms of the treaty between the two republics, which provided for the establishment of a certain number of military posts along Formerly there in and around the fort very comfortable barracks for the officers and men stationed here; but during the recent war everyth! was oarried away by the Mexicans in the vicinity, unti ‘now nothing remai the simple earthwork and the magazine—the latter in an excellent state of ‘proser- vation. THE WEATHER here was intensely warm—much more so than in places nearer the Gulf—and it requires considerable moral cour- azo to stir out during the heat of the day, at which timo not a soul was moving, and everything was as silent as the grave, the vory insects seemingly hushed by the in- tense heat, Rumors of fearful havoc by the cholora in Movements of Orteza, Juarez, Esco- bedo and Corti Scenes on a Tour Through Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. ‘fhe People, Productions, Zanners and Customs. Movement of Treops Along the Rio Grande, THE BATTLE NEAR MAZATLAN. ‘The End of the Revolution in Lower } ciimateand productions are of a ding charac. | Brownsvilie and Matamoros reached us here, but careful ‘ = ter, It is well watered, and a large amount of stock is | inquiry failed to trace them to-any reliable source. California, Taised upon it. 1t belongs to Vidanrri, who, previous to GENERAL CORTINA, the advent of France, refused $40,000 for the cattle and | | Wo have Jearned that Cortina was in the vicinity, on &e. &e. horses upon it, After he gave in his adhesion to tho | the Mexican side. He had issued a manifesto denounc- ing the recent acts of the party In Matamoros, and by virlue of a commission issued by Juarez, which, if he (Cortina) spoke the truth, made him supreme Governor of Tal sullpas in all times of trial god tribulation, had assumed the Gubernatorial rule, and was marching up the river, endeavoring to increase his force for an attack empire the liberals drove them all off, for the use of the army. There is bat one pathway up the elevation, and this only feasible to men and animals; wagons and other vehicles are taken apart and carried up by piece- ‘meal. ranche thereon is now mostly deserted. MESCAT. OUR BROWNSVILLE CORRESPONDENCE. Brownavinum, Sept. 12, 1866. ANXIETY AS TO ORTEGA’S MOVEMENTS. During the day wo passed an establishment for the | on Canales, ekac What he 24th of Avgui Escobedo bad ‘manufacture of mescal, the native drink of the Mexicans, FROM LAREDO, T left Mouteroy on the 24th of August. Escobedo ‘The establishment consisted of two or more miserable | — 3d Sept.—Our party separated here. The Mexican gon- tlemon resident in Brownsville and your correspondent moving down towards Rio Grande city and the others re- maining behind. We started at «leven A. BM. and rode eight leagues without special Incident. The way lay for the most part over a vast prairie, with intervals of chap- paral, Numerous deer were seen, aud often uprose near the coach birds calculated to gladden the heart of the hunter, RIO GRANDE CITY. We reached this place onthe ovening of the 6th, hav- ing met with no experiences worth recording during our ride from Laredo, Ringgold Barracks are here. at which are stationed four hundred and eighty mon of the 114th, under command of Colonel Thomas D, Sedgwick. At Redman’s Ranche, some leagues above, are two compa- nies of the same regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas 8. Sedgwick. There is one company at Roma. Tho Nineteenth United States colored troops are at Edinburg, and companies at intervals of twenty miles all the way to Brownsville. Fortunately upon our arrival wo found the steamer San Roman’ was at Roma, a few miles above. She reached the barracks about eleven o'clock on the morn- ing of the 7th, when we went aboard, and she soon after moved down the river, General Getty, commanding the Sub District of the Rio Grande, with his Assistant Adja- tant General, D. D. Wheeler, wero on the steamer, hay- ing come up the river to examine the various posts along the banks, The river was very high and the current very strong, and we were enabled to make the goine of threo hundred miles with much rapidity, although on account of the dangerous navigation the steamer lay beside the bank during the night, ‘We reached this point without incident on the morning of the 9th, having been out fifteen days from Monterey. ‘THE CONDITION OF THR COUNTRY. T had during this time passed through the most thickly settled portion of Nuovo Leon and a portion of Tamau- \ypas; had observed with a careful eye the condition of the country, and the sentiments of the people. The lniter are without exception republicans, and bitter in thoir hatred of the French, and whilo for the most part recognizing Juarez as President, have no deep seated partiality for him or apy other aspirant, and could be easly influenced to favor ono or another. The more in- telligent confidently expect that extreme anarchy and confusion will follow the withdrawal of Maximilian, but Fg cheese witnessed these so long that they are apathotic Tegrd to it, Many of the ranches are the men having into the army, and the women and chil- Wy collected ther into the villages and towns. amount of et (hut time been in the city more than two weeks, The enthusiasm whieb greeted him upon his arrival was gradually subsiding, and everywhore tae more serious and thoughtful were inquiriag “What next?” Business had revived ton staal! exteat, but no one having busi- ness could form any idea as to the future, and were charry of operations which involved any time. Esco- hedo, who recognized Juarez as the head of the govern- nent aud obeyed bis orders, had been received with the wildest enthusiasm, yet he had hardly risen from the last breakfast given to his welcome ere it was more than whispered that theadhorents of Ortega were numerous and powerful in th@bity, and that ere long Nuevo Leon would pronounce for that ‘claimant of the chatr.’? IN TAMAULIPAS. Another revolation bad iaken place—nothing mew in that most turbulent State. Carvajat had been deposed, and men without the least shadow of right had usurped the government. Recobedo refused to recognize the ow régime or thoi receipts given in payment of duties: st the Custom House, which had and still has the effect of closing all trade direct between Matamoros and the anterior, | RSCOREDO PREVAFING TO ATTACK SAN LUIS POTOSI, * Yn the meantime the troops were reorganized, sup- plies concentrated, aud all requisite preparations made for a campaign against the French in San Luis Potosi, where, as it was said, they were concentrating. Trevino, with his splendid cavalry command, was announced to toave on Monday, the 27th, marching towards Saltillo, and it was expected that the main body of the infantry would follow within fifteen daye at the farthest. ‘The column would leave Monterey five thousand strong, and would be doubled ere the enemy was encountered. PRESIDENT STARE hhad been invited by Escobedo to come to Monterey, but despite of his being “expected soon” he did not come; and in @ despateh received on tue 24th he said nothing aa to hia intentions in the premises, ‘This was most agree- able to thecitizens then, vs his presence was not desired. facals, a rough screw and press, and a something ro- gembling a huge coal pit, from the sides of which issued litle volumes of smoke. It is situated in a wiid, deso- Tate locality. Any membor of the old Washingtonian Temperance Society would have selected it as the very Spot for the worm of the still to writhe his loathsome coils, Mescal is made fromthe juice of the maquay plant, which grows here wild and in great quantities. The root is first placed within a pit and covered over with earth, when it is roasted for a certain time, then taken out and the juice pressed from it, This in its Original state is known as qua miel, is very harmless, and is drank in large quantities by the lower orders, Fermented, this becomes the pulque, which distilled be- comes the mescal. This liquor is slightly intoxicating, is an excejlont diuretic, and in its pure state is much Jess injurious than most of the #0-called imported liquors drank in the country. LAMPABSAS. Wo arrived at this place at six o’clock P. M. Here, as im many other cities of Mexico, I observed a number of disconsolate looking “onfederates” lounging about in a listless, purposeless manner, Very tame, for the most part, though occasionally one will be met with who will loudly assert that the South was never whipped, and ex- oss the greatest anxiety to fight tho battle over again. mpassas has four thousand inbabitants. It is called “the Cradle of Liberty,” as her sons have always beea first and foremost in fighting for the advancement of lib- eral ideas, Hero Vidaurri was born, in a house which still belongs io bis family. General Naranjo, gailant officer in edo’s command, resides here, and almost every family has its representative in his command There are an immense number of unfinished horses here, and at every turn a huge wall of adobe or stone stares out like some old ruin of the past. We had ex. pected to meet here Sefior Naranjo, brother of the Gen- eral, who had been appointed Collector of Custor and ‘who, it was antici; |, would accompany us to El Paul. He had, however, started for that place two days befor for the purpose of opening a road within the bounds of Coahuila, the old road running into Tamaulipas. Wo the more regretted this as we learned that a party of In- had been recently seen near the river, not far dis- tant, and the wild and deselate country through which much of the balance of our lay was one well adapted for the of the cowardly marauders in question. However, after a slight addition to our armory and a pleasant night’s rest, we started at six o'clock on the morning of the 28th. Aswe rode out of the 9, level conney. left of us were pleasout valleys. at intervals a haci- ‘THE REDOUBTABIN COMTINA, whom we had engaged as lo before us rear by the with @ view to counting and who was outside of the walls of Matamoros, had written } yards in advance, holding across his saddl a ‘the increase, aad suffered to roam at will for to Recobedo, as stated In & previous despatos, thats } Undeviating Dersevaranes: Sr ange ne ecieney She belanoe of the time over the boundless tracts of great crime had been committed there, aud refused to Doeaee. Oh ee coe tee denen 1 ee ere sathiasieidbsstonen harweny recognize the change. He subsequantly sent in his our be oa run like a af gd = ; hope tor a settlea governnent, or any expectation of one ‘vreaignation as general of brigade, but refused to give up So nies ‘Country, now adepurepd ‘and ti rains Snap seabed od with — = Saeed his urms or disband bis mon, He soon after declared | There was no ferryboat, oaly « dilapidated “dugout. aggre tion man are iatlers ‘and careless of aught himself Governor, and established his headquarters at = caused mae look ey at a ary the pecsiek moments Camargo, where he sot to work with great energy to J OF, 7A tie pang PAF mony ag Seam es ersten “50 re were semen bys motley Fighting om Beth Sides—Capture and Re- FROM THY INTERIOR of Mexicans on both sides of the river, who, as on ‘such occasions, asifby magic. Itwas capture of Artillery—An American Commis- ows was constantly arriving that tumult and anarchy | Such ogcamions, tal “ew the mle pee sioned in the Imperial Ranks on the Ficld— wore prevulent evorywbore, and that cho departae of | acrose, fo fospe ich two. efforts; the harness ac. ‘The Revolution in Lower Culifornin Ended Maximilian was expooted at early date. compenle 9 vec and Sul tes oa ina Peacefully in Fater of Governor Pedrin, de. Such is « hasty resume of the state of afluirs im North. | Pa veties at the now post, and ourselves; poten pork ‘San Franctson, Sept, 28, 1866, orn Mexico as I set oat on my return to this border, on ra — we immediately mprgoeted to 0 A lotter has been recived, dated September 21, giving 4 NeW PORT. bn G . masaner, shifting ‘an account of Corona’s ‘scent operations at Palos Pictas, tn consequence of the unsettled condition of affaise iy] tertry oder Gg IG neat Mazatlan, It says seven hundred and fifty men, ‘Tamaulipas, which borders npon the Rio Grande, Od ‘The coach, as we was taken | woder the command ofvolonels Grenadie and Maftinez, entered the French positbn from the rear, capturing one piece of artillery and fie Imperial magazine. The Freach, thus cut off fromMazatlan, made two desperate chatges, undor Captain Déatak, and succeeded in rescu- ing their cannon, The Imperial battalion called Cassa- dores soon after arrived ant drove off tho liberal forces. from whonce most of the goods imported for Nuew wore forwarded, General Rseobedo some timr*inee de- torminod to establish a custom house at Place called #1 Pax, in the State of Coaliils, also ering on the io Grande and under his jurisdictio~ 4 !arxe amount of goods had becn furwarded to redo, @ piace on the American side, some fiftecn IA80es below tho nite of | Timber Oak tot Both sides exhibited the utmost bravery. a immed| unter the - the proposed new port of oxtr% by the merchants of pity myself, ‘We expressed the tive ‘opinion thai Nan Sentitan oomecounas hidle m rwoetved Mateeiomsy we Stet OS basa eset of Re retard ear pevarees, which the driver | commission as Captain of the Imperial Guard on the arrival of the collector, Th n happily ac- | seem’ field of complished and tho derture of the hor te she ace | quo goth and again maried on Que wef.” Attar tenveling | pecesrlty al the partion banien neteed fn tasers Geet af his proposed labor followed soon after. As a viait to | for a couple leaguer, ee eee upon the new Laney os Ay ‘who parte fromasn Francisco by ‘the next tha: polat atfordes to an Opportunty of travelling through a ortion of Nueve Leonand places of in- | Bl Pau. It was i through Tange _ escaped iit tactineed era Jt was voey Tough may aha Pi. Untsee sustte Steamer ov pore soon sail for inene Metcbant to take in El Pat on my return to thon a serpent glided across our path. Rattlesnakes are ‘The steamer Continental braght $36,000 in treasure ia point. ‘very numerous here, and the rancheros are frequently | from Mazatlan. Our purty consisted of six person’ The merchant ee as They have means of curing the effects A letter to the Imperial! Consul of Mexico here re- aforesaid, two Maxican gentiersen, yur correspondent | of the bite, but what It was I didnot learn. A herd of | ports that in the State of Gucrero things remai! and the driver and hi assistant. As» large portion of | wild horses was seen inithe distance, at which one of the | chi Several small engagments without decided sur way lay through a country frequente! by Indians, we were advised to go well armed. We fradently showed our appreciation’ of thie advice toan stent which gave pur coach quite the appearance of a trwelling arrensal. We started at two o'clock P. M., the prreisient hospi tality of the people of Monterey preverng our leaving Quis, Jaleco also was quiet The report qui also was qui of the cay aay ch Srateleions is pronouncet false, Corona’s ue Coss near Mazat is attributed © the treachery of an ex-liberal officer who commandsd an out; ‘at Palos Prietas, When it was known thai the im; iste would In Coluna all was sooner, to the Inteune disgust of the driver, who ‘80th.—-Started at six o'clock. r water had for the first and only time soring the was gut, a was a mailer of some doubt whether we would unveman — a sane cnenant leg ee rj Sod nag og reaching the Hives, @ distance of thirty YY road m1 under flerce Heck Fert, a ride of tou leayeee Over an extensive plain | too ine for males to travel withort drink. ew? OBITUARY. brought os to Salinas, at t}¢ base of the mountains. This Danville Leadbetter, of Alabama, ty has 6,000 inhabitants It dose not ditfer mavertalt ridden rome ‘when, from other ‘Mexican wacee. Ita bailt of stone, the tdeipdts A eeaaine a ee Danville Leadbetter, late ) beigntiet gutersl of the houses of one story 24 Hat roofed. A Crm stream numbering aj four or five, Little wag | Pobel army, died of apolexy at Clifton, Canada, on the runs near by; it iv “alled the Salinas river: the water | thought of this at first; but, as time passed on and they | 26th instant. Leadbetter was one of tho unfortunate flows down from vi moantains and 19 slightly ealt, We overtake us, it was voted suspicious, and a rebels of Northern birth wh romained all nigh at « hotel (as I was /ofrmied, auough | necessary preparations wore made for an a'tack. As it 0 were received By the 1 saw no evidey-*8 Of & public house) keptby avotpadro | was ancertain from which point it would come, our | ‘aitors with suspicion, and his success in the rebel of our driver, [he latter individual poseeesing great ver. | Mexican advance guard was halted and directed to re- | army was not very great. Ho was born in Maine and watility of yal. was formerly it she practice of medi. | main within afew yards of the wagon, and to keep a inted to We cine im ya vicinity. | We wore gneriincd, | sharp lookext. “he diver laid Bis pistol beside him, ied Gootnind ta take ae ete eee nee - | and, with his urged the mules forward as ead upon a . & nember ee ee cadet to second lieutenant on his graduation, and tress, im rapidly aa possible. The of the dismounted Sican blankets were bare shown us, woven by hi ‘transferred November 1, 1836, from the artillery to the CME marvellous beauty sad. Sneneen’ Two yecre and ale? same’ rank by ir months had been passed iy the manufactare of ono A them, the price of whieh was $60 in the eurrent com of the country. hour, ‘TEP PAUITS OF TRE COUNTRY ities ‘that robb tion with the improvement of the na‘ of tho _iigaezery cloudy when we siartod on the inorning Were the vicinity" when the driver anuouned.a hares | Hows Aver, it being then thought that Congress could 25th Our way lay between the nountains, | runnin the rear, another, and sull another, A halt was | (ire Stcetar gh etre tr rations for the removal of rough a pars Kowa as the Pacrto de ls Cac The | ordered, and rifle, carbine apd pistol made ready. We | was ordered Ge Oneopo, Ne ¥y atere ie eta i peetusion. y nat arecantan Sa, .” Leaning from the coach with the in: | charge of the cossarinlion’ of"'Fore Gutantetntil Solr, raotto, the latter with a ite tower banaag te | ution of descending, I cought © glimpse of « white | 1946. It in thig work mente wore Are raat, arge white tower hanging iu | shirted horseman bing at a brisk ‘tot, and at the nie ON See et eee usiors Nike rapes—of these » salad iv mde ty the | sumo time observed our driver raise himself trem i | rence.with "‘kyanized Umber,” it being malnly weed in les tho fru Knoren ag (ho dail luo much prized, | heat grap "iW platol “and "thee towards tbe | Ing ‘Fort Cutaro the varp and countersearp, On jeav. i he Fngland housewife styles swootmeats, expected foe, an excellent mark for arrow, spear oF ing Ontario, was ordered to this city ag Ferlrte T s, Se ee This sight relieved mo of all idea of danger, and | Purves neonery conan im Tor the post; and fendering gar unueccwury in ier proverving. A | Lsank back on my seat. Ina few moments a Custom | jy this boomy Js, 89, Se pens ond Hower known as the huayacan was wien anen in great | House official, whom wo had met at Villa rode et S ate ae ea yndance. The nacabuite ie also met with, @ fower | up on his way to the river, with a pack mupeet wo Re yg a gh ae Pomomng valdable medicinal qualities ond ex to | chenagos—the name given ununiformed Mexican soldiers, | AV! and engineer officers for examination of nimpe in large qnantities from other portions of the re | Ho was cordially rested nd” smediatel Ce te ey WO, vuvite, nearer tho coast, glues Of wine and a cigar as an evidence of our apprecia. | OF Stes for forts, arsonale and navy yardy snd 4 ihe mountains on either sido of o were Dokl and pre. | tion of his good sense ia not turning out a wild aborigine, | { ited w Ge ikeaietinn o apitous tn many places Dearing a vtrong resemblance to | After this episode of pleasing termination, iu whicheach | {oe4""h a? & SS cred at urls Jair Mam, il knows in Moet, | fnnaepe eons asi eee ease iar | Towen inch Rogier Barwa Washingt, where he fen Mexico. The nildings are of stone-or adobe, nnd | “We reesh coming 10 water afior «few miles. | rorained until 1868. He was then ordered to, Mobile, constructed with references to protection against the In 7m m0 crams Ala, to take charge of the fortifications in the ol land, (he erent terror of the country. Uyom the cor | about one o'clock, when we found several wp fh MT EAB | ae ec cron ct derime, oF small forts of eirou- | tamed, exch one’ claiting to be collector of the new | the Construction a the Mobile Goons Mouse ce 70, bullet marks tn the walls towify to the atincks which LO eanaepemmtay other with mach apparent | wantial and costly stencturo of granite—which be have boen made upon (he oO » the unsettle pondi¥on of the country Se boeien hs ane ¥ the empire, tho ratche ed. A family or two it, and flowing between frohen nf 8 witow Ind hat city Lanny A Ay big banks, There was no village, no inhabitants, only a difn overlooking horedgned rom the army to make Me recoded us for short tin: ‘apon our arrival attend to his own of his wifo’s interests, He had won in nore civilized Inmds, Was preparing tor cide, A taree Rete CT Cees oh cae Twas by General 0, McK. Mit th apt, 1802 forded a8 no encouragetment to auticipate a Forthcoming meal, Fortunately our own Pond fqral to the emorgency, and we partook of Colmohiccon and colder tortillas, washed down by Bnghet ale wiih George M. Snow. George M. Snow, a well known litteratewr of ‘this city, and for many years connected with the various papers bw etx or eight conny were maaeacred with the ex mock cest and 0, Wer repsined eo unt one o'ctok onthe worninent | ime stage ote nerpton Agana $f, the, city, ied om Shuradey Inet af disease of the ho when, beneath the brits 1000, » d ig near ta Fall, wo feeumned our Journey, arriving sou afer | Krom withers pease ee with two b John Locke Scripps, of rie daylight at foul a colony, but a party of In- | Mr. J. 1, Scurrs died on Friday last at Minneapolis, ‘ians Coming dot Matter onda +} four o'clock we atartes o'chuk and sapped ee for Laredo, rode until nine ints ALpaaa As wo were about crossing awmail stream at the ep- irance of the town, our mules became umnanagen Minn, of pulmonary consumption, John Locke Scripps ‘Was @ native of the State of Missouri, having bees born and broke the pole of the coach, which detalned ue di noone of the i Tasele near the road. The | near Cape Girardeau, in that State, in the year 1818, n M darling massacre the entire da: 8 place wae formerly Known as | Ins!, w by the Indians, in M: 1b te Lae, Se ty mee thon Yeo hundred years OM. | rivge’™™ Pa@ied ont to me on dhe opposite side of the ll epiney brit ag ill yes Madey: ogy it was formerly a missionary staion, and the church 3ist—We wa not start until . je quite young he entered McKendree College at built by the missionarios im 17164 still standing, The } bad but cight ‘eagues to Uatil seven o'c a8 we | Lebanon, where he graduated with honor. Tem) ‘burch belonging Lo the clyy.wak built an the following | WLETo Wa wry loromaln mane omens renchl 0, ip in that instita yoarand is now in uae Ad we reached the place Om | Jers, consiming of two men and af, 4 Party of ped- uy studied law with Judge 4unday T glanced into it daring service Tho ceiling | their Vomod on jacknames, stay.."emen, with | and in 1947 removed to Ch to au of immente heel aud composed of rafters ‘These people £0 wom rancke to ranche, (is profession, In 1 roughly hown and set clo@ely or, The walls were | fod 0 the ‘with no abiding city, 16 press of Chicago, w! of atone, originally covered Py dag ber with the @ of goods “Yomantained with different newspal eas fallen of. There were fo sent. floor was ever 7 Can lap Coots, Seeds on puamage ame of Beripre De cagsyed la bank Prered with kneeling women, wbo.w itty (beir shawls chased within the past by Dr. ‘breweated "howon IPPs YAP one of the founders and vatil lately an editor jo Ghicuyo Timbune, aad served ag Postmaster of 0, 4" et Mr. Lincdta, His wife. died ‘suddeniy from heaft disease on last New Year's day. He fait her + ened and hag been gradually slukieg since that mo, Scrinps was an able writer, a practical a8 well as an educated man, He was generally respeoted for his irm~ ness of purpoge and steady adhesion to friends, whom he nover deserted. His father was a newspaper pub- lisher in Southern Illinois at an early day. A nephew, Jamos E. Scripps, is editor and part propricter of the Detroit Advertiser and Lribuns, Charles H. Penslee, of New Hampshire. Mr, Peaslee died recently, while on a visit to Minne- Sota, in his sixty-third year, He was bor in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, in February, 1804; graduated at Durt- mouth College in 1824; was elected to fil! a seat in the Stato Legislature of New Hampshire ‘rom 1543 to #837; was State Adjntant General from 1339 to 1847, and repre- sontative in Congress from 1847 to 1853, Under Presi- deni Pierce he filled the office of Collector of the port of Boston. He oceupied a prominent position in the demo- cratic party of his State, and was mich estsemed, Since 1858 he resided in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. CANADA. OUR OTTAWA (C. W.) CORRESPONDENCE. Excursion on the Ottawa River—Picturesque- ness of Its Scenery—Banquet in Honor of the New York Herald, &c. rae Orrawa, C. W., Sept. 23, 1866. ‘Your correspondent has just returned from an excur- sion to the head of navigation on the Ottawa river. The excursionists were made up of a select party from the Canadian capital and joined at the villages along tho route by a number of the great lumber merchants, with their families, and othera, Wo had a fine band of music, which added much to the pleasure of the trip. It {s impossible to describe the magnificently wild grandeur «f this mighty and comparatively unknown river, which consists of a chain of lakes, into which the noble river expands every few dozen miles, and a num- ber of cataracts and rapids, the very names of which are almost unheard of in the United States, The rapids have to be passed in stages, and, of course, after passinc a rapid you have to take anew boat, and these changes add greatly to the variety and consequently also the interest of the voyage, The whole distance to the head of navigation above Ottawa {s one hundred and eighty miles, The banks of the river are wild and broken, rocks frequently overhanging the river and bluffs some- times rising up to remind us of our own great Hudson, Talands also abound, many of them being several square miles in extent, and all heavily covered with timber, the foliage of which is now in all the splendor of autumnal tints. You go fairly beyond the range of civilized life, and see occasionally nothing bearing trace of human abode save the wigwam of the Indian or the log cabins of the lumbermen, But T cannot attempt to conve anything like an idea of the varied insgnificence and never-ending beauties of this river, which is so different in its crooked, rap'd course from any other stream on the American continent, It is fall of fish, and the banks abound with the choicest game. THR CHIEF FRATURE of our trip was a banquet given by the principal excur- stonista in honor ofthe New Yorx Heraup, The affair was done in a princely manner, and by some of the choicest spirits in Canada. We had all the varieties of gam on the Ottawa, and an overflowing supply of the finest champagnes, together with a thousand other deli- cacies to delight the palate and draw forth the sonl. ‘The affair was 80 handsomoly done as to take your cor- respondent completely by sarprise. Mr. John Supple, ‘one of the most extensive lumber merchants in America, pres'ded at the table, which was laid in the saloon of the steamer Pontiac, Bir. Supple is a citizen of Pembroke, and his mansion there is considered the finest and most icturesqne on the Ottawa river, and indeed cannot bo rar excelled anywhere. The health of the British Qaeen and the President of the United States being duly toasted, then came the following toast, which the chair- man announced to bo the one of the day: ‘The success and prosperity of the New Yorx Hrrary, the echoes of whose powerful voice aré heard universally. and which reverberate along the shores of the remote Ottawa. Mr. Supple, in proposing this toast, said that he sup. it to be unn to say that besides being the great loading journal of America the New Yorx Hrrarp ‘was acknowledged to be also the most independent news. paper on the continent, ot perbaps in the world, boii unbound by any affiliations with the political parties their leaders, who have done so much to lower the dig- nity of tho still great and glorious republic, 9 toast and the speech were both received with cheers, and your ndent was called upon to make a responses, which he did by thanking the price xd for proper to tot regard wlan bouor to have bis these was ‘The memory of Abraham Lincoln, the greatest of Ml ”” and “The Union of the States of America,"’ proposed by Mr. William Marphy, Then we had sones End monic from the band, and the ‘merry dance and gen- eral hilarity were maintained till six in the morning, at which time the boat began her return trip down theriver. The whole of our party arrived safely here this after- hoon, much gratified and delighted with the real piess- ures of our splendid excursion. OUR MONTREAL CORRESPONDENCE, The Papal Loan--Meeting In Montreal—Appeal on the Part of His Holinessito thefCanudian Mowrreat, C. E., Sept, 26, 1866, ‘His Holiness has made known his wants to his Ca- madian flocks aod asks for assistance. On Monday evening a meeting was held in St. Mary’s College, to lay before the Canadian public of this city the temporal wants of Pope Pius IX. St Mary’s Col- loge is a Jesuit College, built on De Bleury street, It is a large building and well sble to hold a large number of people, It was in the academical hal that the meeting took place. There was erected platform for the speakers, &c., and there about eight P. M, were gathered some two thousand persona, On the platiorm were the bishops of this city and Ottawa with some of their clergy, and near the rostrum were to be seen the Mayor of the city, Hon. Mr, Chauyeau, ©. 8, Cherrier, and some other Catholic citizens of Montreal. The meeting was first addressed by Mr. de Bellefeuille, who stated the wants of the Papal government and the nature of the loan. Pen upon Canada. Mgr. (that is, Monseigneur,) the of this city wound up the ad- arson be eouing it was late and he would not detain the meeting. Ho would only observe that they were to re- gard Joan to the Holy See first as a good work and next financial operation. The loan was a safe one, Even oo of all his territories, the Pope bad the py ty Aa iter's ponce (les deniers de St. Pierre) of a ing his ids (ive titres), The loan ought Therorore ¥6 be taken up, to some pong pA the meeting. The first words of the ecclesiastic were with threo rounds of fe comin and when he sat down a fi tat eas al ke at pe Ro one going more deeply than $60. being a rich cor tion, ought to i of with ib. perigtion of $2,000 or 98,000, but. ico means are reo ita mea wanted for the Churc! Canada than Tor tts, neces. sities in rebellious Italy. Therefore it is hard t what the Seminary” will do in the matter, ie good example to the it dove not give a eal lig ge or a be very illiberal in their subscriptions, for they are v independent ‘not baving the fear of the fhurch Before their M li had in particularly in Ireland. A prei to invest his surplus, moncy in s small house rather government he meni ma} Nee useh, iy This acking bis flocks to subscribe to a loan, lowers the Heat of the Church in aed Grid the tater, whe see that his wants are like those of other men—that he wants mosey—and they simply ask what does he want so much money for? and if he does not get it, what will + on Nay lg ee be on of the Chureb ? After questions these, the Canadians come to ‘the conclusion that his Holiness is not ‘‘infallible."” who appear to have lost for the Head of Church when they heard of his wanting ‘‘money."’ The broke up afterthe speech of the Bi the ¢ “‘Diow Sanve Ja Reino,” the Chi fad the government, band played “Dieu Sauve le Pape,” it would have been more appropriate to the occasion. The Impertation of Firearms— Movements of Troops, &c. Monrrnat, Sept, 28, 1866, An order in council extends the time for the free im- portation of firearms into Canada to the 17th of October next. x About one hundred men of the Thirteenth Hasears ar rived here this morning from Quebec, They bave their pa I to Brantford. hin Rony mg Pylades hag left this port, and the shige Tato the buate of moa ee Military Telegraph Lines. Otrawa, Sept, 28, 18968, Several lines Of telegraph for military purposes have been stretched from this capital and the army headquar- tors in Canada West to the Lower Canadian frontier, —=) * Large numbers of . 0 ‘way to the western peeteuin A aumbor of the dian ministry are IB Owe, Girt 0 THE Bostox Moserw or Narcaar Hittony,— ‘The Museum of Natural Hf) in Boston has lately feedived a valuable ate! to {ts number of curiosities in the shape of the Freanaye cotlection of birds, recently one of the largest in Europe, w! by bim to the NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1500.—TrrPLE SHEET. tory. The collection comprises nearl; are call specimens, aud gon: the type speet- mous of Stott seven? hunted species, consisting of birds of every variety of plumage, aud from all paris of” the world, “though ‘more’ largely nepre- eepting the birds of tropical America, in which vurioty it is especially rich. This splendid collectio: the muaificent gift of a private individual, is the largest donativa the society has yet received, and its approxi- mate yaiue at the present day is nearly $8,000 in gold. It was purchased by the donor, Dr. Bryant, in France, NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE. OUR FORTRESS MONROE CORRESPONDENCE. Fects and Ramors Pro and Con Regarding the Approaching Trial of Jeff Davis—Tem- porary Absence of General Schofield—in- Junction Against the Oran: id Alexandria Ratlroad—Arrival of the Gunboats Winne- pec aud Saco—Peparture of Vessels. Foutress Monrog, Sept. 26, 1866. The appointed time for the trial of Jel Davis draws very near, Thus far, however, there are no indications here whether the trial will take placo at the specified time or not, As for Mr, Davis, I am assured that he is a3 much in the dark in tho matter asa man wellcan be, Judging trom what be says, it is his belief that bis case will be brought up for trial at the approaching session of the United States Circuit Court, to open on Monday next in Richmond, It is very positively, at least 0 far as his frequently reiterated protestations go to show it, his desire to be tried at once, and have his case definitely settled and an end put to the ‘anxiety ho has so long labored under,'and which only can be ended by his trial, One fact is very conclusive, that he has the most unlimited faith, in the case of trial, of the result being favorable to himself, Mr. O'Conor, according to & provailing rumor, has been expected here since Monday, and it is now said that ho will arrive to-morrow. THis coming would portend business of some kind bearing on the case, As to the popular feeling regarding the trial, I find that the same view is entertained now, as has been for some time past, that there will be n |, but that Mr. Dayis will be admitied to bail for a fu hearing, which hearing will never be had, and which admission to bail will end bis ison life. On inquiry at the clerk's office af the United Biates Ctrenit Court iu Norfolk, I find that the court will open its session next Monday in Richmond and that everything 18 in readiness to proceed with the business that may come before it. As to the trial of Mr. Davis, the most perfect know-nothngism pre\ails. Mr, L. Chandier, United States District Attorney, is absent in Washin:ton, where he has been for several days pest. His return, which is Jooked for daily, is expected to throw important light on the ma‘ter. GUNBRAL SCHOFIRLD GOING AWAY. A telegram was received this morning from Richmond announcing that General Schofield woud be absent frou the department for s.veral weeks, General Burton, present commandant of the fort, will take command of the department in his absence, and leaves for Richmond for this purpose inthe morning. Meantime the com- mand of the fort will devolve on General Kayes. ‘Whether General Schofield’s going away is on leave, or to attend to some special mission of the government elsewhere, or on account of bis health, or other reasons, is not known here. RAILROAD INJUNCTION, A writ has been issued from the United States District Court in Norfolk granting an injanction against tbe Orange and Alexandria Railroad, in favor of Adams & Co.'s Express Company. Notification of the application for this writ, and the reason for it, which was allowing other parties to carry freight on the road at reduced rates, has already appeared in the Nae ob Writing of express companies, the offices of the National Sonthern Express in Nortolk and Portsmonth have been closed, through the late failure of the company, as beretofero reported, UNITED STATES NAVAL STRAMERS, ‘The United States gunboat Winnepec arrived yestorday at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, and the Saco followed to- day in her track. They, however, made but a brief sta and started up the again this afternoon. Bot stearoers came from Annapolis, and, as will be remero- bered, were a portion of the late naval school ship fleet. DEPARTORE OP VESEETS, The fleet of weatherbound vessels detained here by the untoward weather sailed this morning. The weather, however, Is still unsettled, a heavy rain storm prevailing as I close thia, Arrival of Government Arsenal Inspectors— A Whale Appenrs and Disappears, &c. * Forrness Monroe, Sept, 27, 1866. Generals James A. Hardie and Howe, appointed by the War Department to inspect the arsenals belonging to the government, arrived here last evening, and this morn ing entered upon the inspection of the Arsenal at this place. Their examination is designed be most thorough and com; ve. Not onty th ay and minnte report of the contents morn- and evident gusto foratime. A small boat’s crew Belonging to the cun- boat Yantic started in pursuit of him, but on their ap- proach he took water and was seen no more, A meoting of this corps was held last evening in the armory, Twenty-sixth street, to take steps for the for- mation of @ veteran company in connection with the tots, bat as the meeting Waa altogether of a preitmivery character, nothing of public interest: pdelied ang New Commander of the First Brigade. Gxnmaat open xo 1. In pursuance of orders trom "Generst Wariers, the Tank, Headquarters are. temporarily thed at the are Tory of the Seventy seventh regiment, N. G., dorthwest corner of Broadway and Fourth street.” Commandant: of Ree sa ha i on. or bet ore ri Drosimo. The Brigade ated will report the colonel All orders, and appolnts ‘made x I Spicer wi emai fore and operation until otnerw Or annulled. Captain Thome Sinnott whl assume commun] the Heventy seventh regiment on receipt of thix order. jOMAS iCH, ag First J.J. Vaw Nast, HERS Ead aodse Briesdt Fecponol™ nal Inspection of the First Brignde. the Ot Getober next st ten Del AM. The Kinety-pinth regiment at same place and day. at two d'viock Tompkinevilie, Staton islands on Wedoesday. the Diy tay oF Qovetet owe ‘clock M. The be oy Moon d wil “ye of Ook THOR LYNCH, Com try Fite brigade J. J. Vas Nusr, Major and Acting Brigade Inspector. Sixth Regiment—Offcers’ and Noa-Comi missioned Officers’ Drills. Haapquaurens, ae bt BNAY.) mo be Sere ease fn uniform, at the armory, for ne follows, vin Te , be rm 4 ine officers on the first Tuesdays third Thurdays, and the non. staff, sergeants and ‘on the a We Month, at eink iB octaber aes and doco My altend, form linn n bd hour named, call roll_and return all al ag Ad each warn thei! tive srgeants and corporals to attend. these. Grilia, nnd wild Tore tho frat dri. ‘They wil at the samme’ time. farwied it L ruts with the full Fealdences of thelr tod officer will be required to attend these drills, and thore wh: do not need il bo called ‘Spon to help tasruct Bherothore the led to. section 4 inths laws of this State, and ; wa y EEA Dh ns ra 2 comman: 10 ent strtet disci 3 Z J.H. Inarnsons, Adjutant, roanera ba ser Seventeenth Regiment National Guard. GENERAL ORDER—NO 3 ‘Heapquantens Sevewtanern Reoinent N. try X.Y j New MRL In com with Ls fr Bestennsts Sankar ht ce et Wok aneeal topenion, ‘at their respective armories % armed and pped. as —Oom| A atl, Boat mee Pm Bt 6 90 company TT oct T. won A com a x yof October vext. Fhe bon cornice ¢ same time and place os hie) peated. th No. 6, prom Seine een mencay, the 10th ty at Oy ig eget OR hy eg ‘acopked Fations. ‘The held’ and. mad. mounted und io ‘uniform, will report to the colonel, at pum House, White Pikina, at $45 orelock’ ALM. ieante of the regiment Colonel HEN! ) OLARK, Samver Cownner, Adjutant, rz mgt shes STATEN ISLAND INTELLIGENCE, Ricuvoxn Country Aomoviterat Fare, Considering that this fair ie merely ageounty and not a State fair, the attendance yesterday was very large, Thero was on exhibition a great Increase of articles over those of the preceding day#, The live stock has been considerably Augmented, and now prosents a very creditable appear. ance. The morning was spent chiefly in the examina tion of the live stock by the judges, and the afternoon io @ general parade of horses and in racing, Two Matches came off; the Lay best three in five, single teams, and the second, beat two in three, double teams In the first race five entries wore made, viz:—si! Dick, Brooklyn Maid, Midnight, Newburg and A ‘Although they are bul gecoed fate horves in point of speed, yet tho sed a deal of excitem: y fag good im “4 betting was a little wild and mixed Nowburg, however, stood first on the The ae sewlaned in Midnight winning in ‘In the first heat was gone over in 2:00; fn the an@ third heats i : onde ware to entries, One by Sherit litres iheted Mr, Allen, ‘the team of the Phe ‘won, for the second tin the first curred, which Péyulted in an Od ere ke ing run down by Siippery Dick, causing one of his to be broken in two formances onthe Ught-rops, the rat condting metal in the second he walked the Of gytanastic exercises, whole length of the rope, oné on his head and one ip ‘The fair closes to-day. a QUEENS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR. The multiplied thousands who attended the fair af Minneota yesterday attest its success in a financial poiné of view; and the disappointed and aggravated thousands who patronized the society's refreshment tent, and fox $1 learned that viands are sometimes supplied in an im- ‘verse ratio (0 the price paid, in quality as well as quam tity, can give additional testimony of the immense rey- euue—clear profit—that accrued to the society th: what channel, The day was most ‘chara Varo ting was most favorable for the exhibition at track, which was the centre of interest. The pot) jaid down for the wag as folt nine A. A., meeting of judges aud superintendents the President's office; ten A. M., mares and geldings one, two and three years old; eleven A. M., eee. ee nm Pp Nos. Sand 4; twel |, addresses; one wo P. M., poni past two P.M, he , three P. MI, mares und geidings four years wid) helf-past three P.M. geldings five page I Er mares and aud over; fourP. M., exhibition of prize horses on the half-mile (drive; haif-past four P, M., premiums an nouneed by the secretary. Some of the running and trotting ‘ormances were highly creditable to animals born and bred in Queeng county. The best trotting time, in harness, was made by Isaue Sherwood's black gelding Flying Cloud, sever years old, outor an Abdallah dam. The distance, ene milo, being twice around the track, time, three wnlautes,, David W. Jones vook the first premium for saddle hor Nathao J, Mitchell's sorrel gelding Manhasset carri ihe palm among the four year olds, and Jokw Nix’s Flora wook the second premium, Timotey T. Jackson received the greatest number of premiums for match and single horses in harneea! A number of the horses entered failed to make their’ ce, but there was quite a sufilelent array of 8 to make the excitement intense, The pre ‘at the track for to-day is as follows:—At ten A. i staillous four years old and over; eleven AL matched carriage horses; one P. M., promiscuous rider on tue drive; two P. M,, geldings and mares fonr yeera old; balf past two P, M., saddle horses; three P. M., roldings and mares five’ years old aud over; half-paeb valcade of premium horses; four P.M, pro nounced, The grand hall in the centre of «he fair yrounds, for the exhibition of fine articles, flor vegetables, froits, &c., i8 a cruciform structure with fowe frovis, forty feet wide each, built in chappelated. styles the upper part twenty feet wide, one buadred amk twonty fect long each way; cupola ‘twenty feet equare,. and ubout titty feet high from the ground. The building contains seventy-six windows and silis laid on grants jere, The floor covers au area of eight thousand equace ‘eot, suitably luid ont with tables for each department In the centre ero circular parterres of flowers with @ raised mound for a fountain. The speaker's stand = situated et one of the centre angles, On the grounds are carfiage b os for the use of the members, the exhibi- tion hail, judges’ aod 6; ‘tora’ stands at the umck, dining pavilion and business offices, ag permanent &x- tures, Storage, barns, &c,, are yet to be added, The nunber of heavy articles, such aa vehicles and agrical- tural instruments is quite limited, bat the ha tu crowded with light and ornamental specimens of me chanics, the fine arts, needle and wax work, &C, Gc, togethor with innumerable contributions of the prodac- tion of the kitchen and flower garden and the fi: Tho addresses were delivered by Messra. J ie" King, Alden, “pooner and Norton, Dr. Underhili Samuel Taber, the President of the Association On the west side of the enclosure, commencing at the mais onirance, are the live steck, In the following order:— Fowls, cattle, sheep and hogs. This department is filled, ‘and all the valuable breeds are represented: Net- withstanding the vast concourse of persons preseat, everything passed off in the most orderly and satisiac~ tory manner, with the exception of one oF two slight disturbances, ‘The first of these occurred in the dining pavilion, and originated in the Sisnus that was fested by some who had paid their dollar and could got notbing to eat. Some parties threatened the deswuc- tion of the tent unless their money was refunded. Im the melee which followed policeman Davis was k down, and President Taber appeared ae a pugilist, wits admirable success. After ono or two effectual rounds bila antagonist failed to come to the scratch, and order was soon restored, Some rowdies attempted to create sensation, but the of the members. prompt appearance the Metropolitan Police force put a sudden period tq within the their demonstrations, The nds serite| The secretary to accomplish this end, and results how bave not been in vain. spot, aceiduousl that bis } THE MURDER OF MR. M’KEEVER IN CHICAGS. evening of the 22d inst., was fatally injured on the gem track at Chicago in some mysterious manner, and whe eubsequently died of his injuries, were brought to sige city on Thursday and conveyed to the residence of die brother, No. 19 Gay street, Deceased had matched Rig horse against Cooley for s purse of $3,000, the ‘being named for Saturday of Inst week. two heats each, and onj the heat General Butler camo to the hie driver, it then being quite was made for Mr. McKeever, which resu! him lying on the track near the half mile Pom of beep eggs Oe His ae ie crashed {u, whiel hope a Immgered till the following afternoon and "Syael! by the Colcage polis on ‘suspicion of being ¢ by the Chicago police on ‘1 in the murder, and the proper authorities of that efty! aré pow endeavoring to dispel the mystery which seems to surround the case. He Asthe friends of deceased had no barial certificate Coroner Wildey was yesterday called to hold an in: o the body. Only one witness was examined, below will be found a copy of his testimony :— /ESTIMORY OF JON T. mi John . Mekeever, residing at 2 Barrow sworn, says: Deceased was my brother, on, Sa Zhunge with the horee Cooley, ap Chleagos at seven o'cl pee wil ‘ the evening, while ao: Ste was ruddeniy emg somo way, and died from the effects of the injuries day at half-past four o'clock; it was held owl oe ee eee ‘tigation by the 2 ‘then sul deceased came to his death was thirty years and six city and unmarried. eo pang td Mr. McKeever will ee o'clock next Monday afternoon, from the of Fifth avenue and Tenth street, and his remcine wil be Interred in Greenwood Cemetery. Ball Club, of which deceased was @ momber, wil auend ihe funeral in a body. OR. RANDOLPH AND WIS LECTURES. 90 THE EDITOR OF THE NRW TORK HHRALD. Cuncrxnart, Sept. 25, 1668, I have just read an article in your paper from s mam named Norton, in which it js said that I have “collecte® large sums under pretence of establishing schools,” tm forring that such was not the real intent. Now, sir, Z have not asked for money for my school since I have been travelling on this committee to Lincoln's Botore I joined it I lectured in Philadelphia in its Se far I have collected $490 60, and am promised $548 more toward said school. Not one cent of this money have I used for myself, because I have no to do #0; nor has a dollar ben spent for the expense of travelling, printing and postage; but all hae been paid from what I have fatriy for myself. I want earned establish my school; ek com tee iblic will mo doit. I shall henceforth earn ren for then it will not it Sr Sema at Teg ke g 24 # H Eek é to do go at the tomb on think you would purposely me denounce me for my complex! for waned tes ee ee 1 "wish disney’ understood ‘thes li i i a i He a * i “E fi 7 Ui pl i all atte ps Het rn . But k child—tt died. had hild C herself and to that ‘“bourne,’ Teme uf the