The New York Herald Newspaper, September 16, 1867, Page 5

MEKICO. Preparations for the Genera] Election, STRATEGY OF THE OPPOSITION. Full Details of the Trial and Execution of General Tumas 0’Horan. Banditti to be Cteared from All the Highways, SPECIAL CORTESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD, ‘2i O Horan and American Jiberation of Imperial Pri- soners—Lozada Surrenders to Coreun=Cn- aud Escovede=The Roads Being of Buudity—Shipments of Specie Craz-Who Constituted the Line periai Junta ot N tem. Mexico Ciry, August 15, 1867. Tho indications are numerous that at last the people of this country ace Ured of war and revolution and that a universal desire prevails to return to the peaceful pur- Suits of life, Lhe dieposiion has also been shown on the part of the goverumeut to inilict capital punishment only in such casos as demand it for the sake of exam ple and in order to comply with the demands of Just.ce ‘The authorities are iexs bivedthirsty than the admirers ‘of empires and Olibuster: would have the public under- stand. 11 is now one mont: since an execution or pun- ‘Yshment for treason has taxa place, and yet Querétaro and Biexic) are tuil o military and political prison- ers, It is not probable that more than two or three executions will occur. Marquez, if apprebended, will most certainly follow his latechief to the jana where there are suid to be no revolutions, He is believed by muny to be sill secrcted in this city, and that avigorous search for him, heightened by some castigatory act upon the priests and friars of this city, Would result in his deliverance to the governthent He has been so completely idenvified with revolutions that it is believed he 18 bid iu the city and awaiting an ‘opportunity which may be prosented for a counter revo: Jution—placing himseif at the head thereot, He isa Deliever in destiny and hopes yet to be the Napoleon of ‘Mexico. | General O'Horan, who has been undergoing his trial at small town near thi- city (flalpam), was brought wo this city to-day 1 a cartiage, with a strong guard, The Tumor 1s current that h is to be shot to-day, notwiih- standing the reporte! off rts of Mr. Otterbourg, who was intimate with lrim during the siege, to save him, Apropo! these eflorts of Mr. Ot'rrbvurg are not pleasing to voi of the Americans, who tind fault with bim for attempt- ing to save a Slexican whive ve does little or no.ning to wolieve from prison an Amer can, Santiago Wright, who Bs incarcerated und date Minister of W jabout three weeks 0 Wright is a the American war twenty yeurs ago, be rendered emi went service to the Unied States army as a guide aud ‘scout, He new enjoys adingoon in Mextco, The death Bontence will hardly be pas-ed upou any of the prison- ‘ers at Querdiaro, tue oillcers of lower grade ba. ing been pardoned, aud those of higher grade having bren cou ‘igued to prison fife for six wad seven years, accord- ing to their grado. Ujrm political prisoners ana thise who have pecuniariy sustaived the empire the govern- ent have decided to imjos) flues, graduated uc -ording 40 the degree 0: offence and to the amount of their pos Bossions. This will realize to the treasury quite a fund, and will be a most subi: actory inaie for the prisoners. “In the papers to-day the government tas published a list of floes imposed upou a dozen or more political Prisoners, in woich tho sums vary {rom five uundred doliars to fifteen thousand. + The following lega! g+n lemen have bren set at liberty within the last toriy-cigut bours:—Ortuz, Liceaga, Cortez, Echarza, Ortigusa and Cordero, Generai Lozada, who bas commanded a large force on the Pacific coast antagonistic to the present government, ‘has given in his adbesion thoreto aud bas surrendered Xo Genera! Corona aii of bis arms and munitions ot war. An about a forinight he will arrive here, accompanied by 40 of his principal chiefs, to make persouaily their mal submissiin to th» government. In the South affairs are quiet, while Canales, im Tamaulipas, has the only command ‘in the field arrayed against tho guvern- ‘ment, His proximity \o Texas bas, perhaps, occasioned the extreme state rishis views which he’ en grtains, mpon which question, i) is understood here, he has takea Yasue with, President Ju claiming that the later bas hority (0 appoint a Governor uver this State, and © must, according to the laws of the State-aud of tepublic, be elvcted by the people of the State, i It ia stated hore (hat Genera! Paton is looking after ‘Canales from tue xouth, aud taat Escobedo, baving made 9 forced loa of $60,000 upon the merchauts of san Luis, Paton started toward Monterey with his army on the 9th of Aug’ We look tur @ rapid campaign, as tho o| fonity 1s now allorded w G @ reputation which he fui ro, Miguel Lopez is stil at work attempting to dis. rt history, by proving himseif muaocent of the crarge of betraying vaximilian. Siuce my last a dozen or more robbers have bean hung or suot, On the 7th instant lve were rhot at Actopam, The severity wth which Chere geniiemen (f the 1oa1 have been treated bas cleared ahe main road to Vora Cruz, 80 that the day before yes- or that place, taking nearly two Maxiuil a codaucta Lett a doilars in spec conductas are oon their way to this city from the tale of Guanajuato and the ut Potom. <4 from Vera Cruz on the Ist instant ow ing > Franc’, $40,100; saits, indigo, samples of wood, Bpecimens of copper ore aud Mexican curiosities. Mr. Chiarnt, who purcoasd the Church of San Fran- cisco and fitiea it up for a circus, has iound bis project @ failure in conseq sence of tne secret advice given to the People by the clergy net io atend bis exhibitions be- Pause implousiy conaveted iu a tate church He bas ‘accordingly advertised the cuurch for sale, and intends Yo look for audiences wuore toe priesthood Lave less ol: power over the layinen. General Por Diaz, General Garcia and General Parra aro ip to: ‘The former is abou: to start for Te- Generat Corona bas ‘Thuacan to orzanize his command. Weft Mexico for Jalisco, The German frieuds of Mr. Otterbourg, of Mexico, are bout to present him with a set of plate for his aistin- (guished serv: red to them by bim during the siege; also id lave y ‘Consul by Mr. O.verbours, was deciared that fhe will not accept te wiission to Mexico and that he ghal! return to th» Stares in Ovtobe ‘Tho Austrian Minister left Mexico from Tampico some time eince, with wt passport, having gone overiand 10 Bhe coast and escaped tus courier who was sent from abe capital to detain Liu til) be should procure bis pass- 5 The following is the ‘professional distribution of the jes who calied Muxim.jiau \o the throne of Mexico 1863 ent employ: Medical. 6 ilitary employ és. Artisans . 3 Brokers 2 Miners 2 Enxincers 2 2 1 1 ‘Traders. —_ Agricuituris 8 Total... 215 Latrst—At this hour the officer in charge of the ution of O' Horan has bogn relieved and imprisoned for some efforts in O':Horan’s favor pot endorsed by the Forervinent. Cotonet Cosme Vareia has taken charge ‘of it, and the trial will be concluded in a few hours. The convocation of President Juarez to the Mexican le for eleciion of President, members of Congress, ii appear ina few hours, The status before the People of Juarez, Diaz or Ortega will then be kuowa, The Trial and Convic O’Horan—Fali Det of General Tomas of His Execution. Mexico, August 21, 1867, The evidence having’been taken last week at Tial- plan, a neighboring village, In the case of the republic of Moxico against General O'Horan, tate Prefecte Politico in this city, it was soon known bere that it was of such charater aod degree as must result in the conviction of the General, as bis rebutting testimony failed, bis mame had so long been associated with misrule and Dioodshed, He bad formerty been Prefecte Politico at Tialpian, and his tyranay and sacrifice of lite there bad Deen #0 notorious that there seemed no probability of bys @ecaping punishment. It was rumored that money or Personal influcnce bad been employed upon members of Dis court martial to effect an escape from justice, and Mhat there efforts resulted in tho arrest, imprisonment ‘and probable punishment of a high officer of the tri- Dunal, The testimony baving been concluded and re- @orded on th® part of the prosecution and the defence, and having beeo, as is the law in this country, re ferred to the Auditor of War and Marine, and this officer having reported to the government that the caso was such aa one as called for a court martial, the prisoner was brought to this eity and confined at court martial, in accordance with the laws of Septemoer 15, 1857 (Comoniort) and January 25, 1962 (Juarez), aa in the case of Maximilian and others, of one colonel and six captains, as toliows: — President of court, Colonel Juan Perez Castro; cap- Wan Aaije Lew, dows Mace Raairen Feige NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBEK 16, 1867. Fuentes, Jesus Trevino, Vicente Mendoza and Joaquin Cuevas—who were to hear the evidence read and judge of the innocence or guilt of the prisoner, after the law shouid be expounded by Juan B. Acosta on the part of nasal snd Josd Bonttoz for the pris latter gentieman was late secretary {or Gen-* eral Porfino Disz, On Saturday last, 17th, it was pub- lety anuounced that such court martial would sit on the follwing moraing in the National theatre, aud that the vrisoner would be tried sa. publicly that the fullest op- orsunii'y would be afforded for crit.ciem, ‘At seven o'clock in the merning an immense crowd had nady coll doors of the theatre, some attrcied thither by a desire to sev justice administered, Aud mparenily but a few from motives of curiosity; all discusspg the enormitiea committed by bim at Halpian and Mesjco, and mapy wondering if the government would reede from tte justifiable administration the law as begun at Qerdtero, in obedience to the universal ion of the press of Europe and the States, ong ‘iood had been shed, and that the Christian t of loving one’s enemies and returning for it should imuediately be engrafted upon the Mexican heart, The increasing crowd not being ad- mited to the building at the advertised hour, gxVe vent to some fecling of impatience an exclaimed, "Open thie doors, Don't humbug the whereupon the doors were thrown open, and idig, ich (6 lager than Nibio's theatr was filled ip Ww monet, From this houf untel nearly twelve o’cock this anxious crowd waited for the proceedings to commence without ure mor. I could got but admire a people who could suffer co ap imposition for four jong bours without makin ‘ous demonstration. Would 9 more civili: jew York restrain ‘twolf * Tables, Chairs and lights having been procured, and & guard of soldiers baving surrounded the stage, everything vas 1 Teadiness, and sou the arrival in the ouver court of the theatre of General O'Horaa was announced by the clatier of the arms of his guard and his own brusque dehavior and loud conversatoe, He requested not to be compelied to !isten to the leughty reading of the evi- dence und accordingly remained in the court in front of tue saloon of the theatre, Genera! O'Horan here saluted an acquaintance—Don Luis Burreiro—presenting bis hand and saying, ‘Adios, old follow! Don Luis re- pited to bim, *Adlog, Lite feliow !"" (O*Horam 1s @ small man.) Shaking and stampin: the dust from his teet, he Subsequen ly inquired if here were aay one present Who Would black his bois; that be wax ready and will- ing to pay any one for so doing. O'Horan made every eilort to appear calm and unconcerned, but tated to pro- duce the desired impressivn —his apparent joyousness and vivacily were but the studied eflurie of a nervous or- gaviza'ion excited by the scenes around bim and his probable fate, Witnia the thextre tne declaration of the prisoner. covering forty page: ef manuscript, was being Tead, relating the position he had occupied 10 the mili- lary sens foe—the chiefs with whom he bad served, such arque Uraga, Tapia Alva: &c., in order to prove that he had not been tupfaitatan but that hy always h served the goverument de fat, He refi proudly to his having ougut the French at Puobla, and claimed that he had adopted the cause of the empire, believing that the authority of the old government had’ been suc- cessfully overthrown, and that he cwitd be of some ser- vice to the best rest of tia country, by aiding in the organization of the now imperial government, execiited many innocent people witnout law or authority; that in other cases te prevenied any appoal from being made to bis superiors by the vnwarrantable rapidity with which hig executions foliowed nis convictions— citing the cuse of Vicente Martinez, &c, The attorney on behaif of the State then attempted to substantiate the accusations by proofs and confessions, aud closed his argument, demanding capital punishment against te accused in conformity with the law of January 25, 1862. Mr. Inda then followed for the petsouer in a long and brilliant speech, claiming the competency of the court and the unconstitutionality of the law of January 25, 1862, following which the Prost- dent of the court asked General O'Horan if he had any- thing t» add to his defouce, to which he reptied, “I recommend the court to take into consideration the services wh.ch I have rendered the country, and ask that the history of my services be annexed to the pro- ceedinzs of the court."” f past tive P M, the theatre was cleared and the court martial continued their deliberations upon the evidence until ten o'clock, when they unanimously agreed on the sentence of death. General O'doran was a native of Central America and was forty-five years of age. He came to Yucatan in bis boyhood and has been disunguished in military circles since 183, H> leaves an axed mother, @ wife and hildren. Most strenuous efforts have been made dur- hg the past few days to effect a commutation of his sen- ence, and the sympathies of President Juarez have been most severely wrought upon; but the unsolderly inbu- manity of General O’Horan is so well known and the demand so universal tor his execution among the Mext. cau » Ole that Presider arez found himeeif unal to accede to the supplicatious by the friends of the prisovuer. General O’Horan bad many friends among tne Am rican population—uot oecause of any admiration for usb utality to the Mexican poonle, but for the reason that during the late siege of Mexico he had refused to carry out an order of afarquez to arrest and imprison t © American residents. It is undersiood that Mr Otter- bourg made yesterday an official communication to the government praying for leniency. This morning at six o'clock General O'Horan was con- ducted from bis prison at tue paiace to the Piazuela de Bix Caleo in ® carriage, accompanied by two priests and a guard, A force of about three thousand rodiery were formed into @ square and the prisoner conduced o marched up tos wall on one side of the Piazucla Hero he stopped, and standing on one foot, folded nis hand- kercbief bis knee and adjusted it ov He thea requested the detail of soldiers, who but three or four yards in bis front, to fire at bis beart and not at his face, exciaiming Viva Mexico! Viva Mexi- Viva Independencia!" and Piorced im the body and lungs by a dozen bulleta The shooting was pourly done, as four'diMferent («ingie) shots were required after- ward to insure his death, owing to the soldiers not hitting his heart. O’Horan refused to turn his back to the muskets claiming that he was not a traitor. Ac- cordingly just before the volley an officer took him gently by the shoulder and turned him. The fvllowing are the exesutions since the fall of Querétaro:—Maximilian, Mejia, Miramon, Vidaurri and O'Horan, It is supposed that astillo was shot a day or two since, but the telegraph tne is down between that city and Mexico the official notification has not been received. Should Marquez be captured bis name will be added to the list. President Juarez Recommending Amend- the Constitation—It is to be United States—Fac- for an Election—Sauta Ana to be De- ed by Muaximilian’s Counsel—Ortega to be Tried by Congress—Ouervourg Packii Up tor Home. ihe Mexico, August 25, 1867. Tho peace and quiet which has reigned in Mexico for the past four weeks, unknown for many a year, seems about to be broken ‘in upon, and the discordant cle- ments among the peopio begin to manifest themselves aod to make open deciaration of their existence and power, It would appear that the people, so long accus- tomed to revolution and anarchical disquiet, find that tranquiliity and prosperity are unwholesome, and they long for the revoiutionary leader and the war path, On the 14th of August President Juarez, desirous of performing bis duty to bis country and to himeelf, issued the cail far election of Congressmen, and at tho same time having become satisfed that the constitution of the United States ot Ameri: could not be excelled as & model, proposed that tue people of Mexico should at the same time vote upon some amendments to the con- stitution of Mexico suggested by the former, The amendmenga are the granting of the veto power to the President, the right of the clergy to vote and be voted for, the organization of upper and lower houses, the re- quirements that Congress shail by resolution call ‘or reports of ministers, the President shall order such reports to be made in writing to them, and lastly, the responsibility of the press to the government, until the republic shall have been firmly established. These reforins, although suggesied vo President Juarez by their adoption in the United Siates, and thus recommended to his peopie for their udoption or rejection, are not so much odjectionabie to the {action who are crying out agaiuet (hem as that which they are pleased to torm his usurpation of au- thority in giving the people an opportunity to voto upou iy, instesd of waiving until tne Con- grees couvencs and allowing {i to legis ate upon such umendinents, which the faction claim is the method re- quired by the constitution, portion of. the decree of Juarez which refers to the press Las met the quite univer.al condemuation of the papers of this city, the two papors printed in Eagiish pes Ae only ones got ye. committed against it The other items of re‘orm Suggested by the President are mostly popular, and the raisiug of the question of usurpation on the part of the Presidgat 1 feared by some to be a sortof uucteus or centre around Which the elements aad fact ous opored Lo Juarez, to repuolican Mexico, to progress aod the friends of tue ave Emperor, shall rally for the purpose of testing their screogth aad the probability of (ue success of any new revolutionary attempt. The President apd his Cabi- net are alive to ail of tue dangers of « situation, At nee) an auempt was made to divide Again, ‘War, iad during of burgaio and sal ‘ French, backed up by us strong authority as the brother of General Vorfirio Diaz, but the tormer jo has been aevied officiatly by tho Cabinet and the President in the public prints, and Minister of War Méjia is prepariog hid reply to the latter cuarge, which will appear in the Official organ. The President has addressed a commu- nication to his countrymen, which be had published in the oificial paper, aud which has also been seat to the different portions of the country, stating bis views tentions is aspirations for Mexico and his houest bi It remains to be seen whether the hairsplitters, com- es of progress, il be successful the excesses of the last baif cou- Puebla, San Laie, Potos! and hat fully one-half of the people the advocates of empire and the ret ive wiades of anarchy; but the quivt, peace-loving iand cultivators— roducing solid, native element of the—country who are sand ta the smalier to and rural districts, are not infected with the foul miasma of revolution which ap- rs to intect cities, In Mexico, inhabitants of the suer are becoming too much like another race, which has been accursed by being “always agin the govern: ment.’” ‘Tne Secretary of State has addressed a communication to the governors of the several =tates of Mexico, explain- ing the spirit of the letter of convocation, of which one of the disquiet editors of the city “Tt is houvored by the talent of the Minister, = it ts writen in @ syle plana: san.rguished by a force and reasoning which, if — convince all, reveals tho profound con- Viction under wh.<2 ‘he government acted wien it au- ~nvocation.’’ eee loth ai Goetal g unPhing of tbe editors af the city papers (excep mw» 'h and Freoch) hela « of the public meeting at the Taree? ‘and issued there. from a protest against (vat portios OF the convocatoria respecting the press, deciaring that a@teugh they shuvld be giad even to support the government in every leg! and constitutional’ moasure, they should. 6 i te this one to the bitter end. They have issued a circular in woich they invite the press of the entire country to express ite views, and wo look for it. tn order Wo enable the. | President consider, announcing officiaily rough the public organ that there was no diaagree- ment in the Cabinet nor between the Cabinet and him- eelf. This inthe present condition of its contest, and we are anxious to hear from the different States of the republic to know whether Juarez shall be sustained. Ag you havo been previousiy informed, if not sustained, we look fora doub'ful future for Kexico, The immediate friends of Juarez are confident that his long and faith. ful servive to republican constitutional Mexico cannot |. be 80 soon forzotien, and shat the welfare of Mexico in this incubative hour of her most modern and enlightened republicanism is eafer in bis bands than in those who have suffered toss for their country or those whom Opportunity for knowing the needs of that country have been less. Juarez having lived in the United St elt as Moxico, a lawyer by profession and education, eppreciating fally our laws and :he constitution of the United States, hastby his convocatoria simply suggested to the people that they shail by vote instruct or not instruct tHeir Congressmen to pass such constitutional reforms as during the past fifty years have boen so essen. tial to good government in the United States. Aletter has been received tn this city from Paris, dated June 30, stating that tho premises of a Mexican gentleman had been entered in that city, who had Dumber of copies of photographs of President Juarez, ho was by the police retieved of said photo- —all of the above said to: have been doi of Louis Napoteon, he body of Comonfort is said to have arrived at the burial piace in the city, called San Fernando, although the great exponent of republicanism, n0 demonstration was made, probably resulting from the extraordinary Recessiiudes of the hour just now in Moxico. castillo bas probably been ehot at Querétaro, as orders were sent to Queritaro to thateffect some days since, the telegraph line between Querétaro and this city not working. The trial of Santa Ana at Vera Cruz will immediately take place. His counsellor, the same who unsuccess- fully defended Maximilan, left thiscity this morning for Vera Cruz. It is predicted that bis life will be spared, but that his property will be confisticated, adding largely to the public treasury. Ortega is at Monterey, in prison. The government has declared its intention to submit bis cage to the action of Congress, which will meet the coming winter. Fifteen bundred troops left San Luis Potosi several days ago en row’e towards Matamoros via Monterey. e rumor of the capture of Quiroga needs confirma- tion. Notbing has been heard of Marquez of late. Notwithstanding the news had been received here some days previous of the presentation of sir, Otten- bourg’. name for Secretary of Legation tothe United States Senate, and its rejection, yet on the 19th inst., having been so fortunate a day or two previous as to re- ceive a letter from Mr. Johnson, the want of which let- ver had occasioned him no reception by the Mexican government, he made haste to presont his credentials, and now the United states is represented at Mexico, but mostly, Germany. However, Mr. Ottendourg bas for several days insisted upon it that the public here shall know that he some time Since signifed to Mr. seward his {intention to retire from public life and return to Milwaukee, and ho has within a few days, even since his reception, prom- ised us that he “wanted to go home."? We learn that ho is busy packing up the silver ware lately presented to him by the Germans of this c ty, preparatory to his de- parture, which he has promised shall bo in September or Ist of October. ‘there may be an interesting story to write in regard to that silver. In the morning issue of a diminutive sheet devoted to the defense of Mr. Otterbourg, a letter purporting to have been wr tten in New York, but which was written here, apparently indulzed in some strictures upon the New York Heratp of July 25, and upon Mr, Bennett's arrayiug Mr. seward ogainst the former, relative to tho Mexican mission. As Mr. Bennett has done and is doiag wore towards a mirsion in Mexico than Mr. Seward, it is highly proper that even so insignificant a sheet as the ‘one 18 question here should call the proper attention of the public to that fact; but tne author of the article evi- dently expects to hear of the hasty retirement of Mr. Bennett from the field. We expect at any moment to hear the dying bieat of this weekly, as “guas o’er- charged ofttimes recoil.’’ by tne Otterbourg Presents His Papers to President Juarez. Mr. Marcus Otterbourg prossnted his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and in this character was received officially, on the 19th of Augus', by the Citizen President of the Republic, Tho fotlowing brief addresses were mac Mr Prestpext—I have the honor to present my cre- dentials as Eovoy Extraordinary and Minister Pienipo- tentiary, nominated by the President of the United states of America to reaido near the constitutional gov- ernment of the United States of Mexico. My nomina- tion as the representative of my government near that of the republic of Mexico so goon after its re-establi mont at this capital is @ proof of the sympathy of the United States for the triumph which Mexico has ob- tained by heroism and constancy in its recent struggle for independence and iiberal institutions, The govern- ment of the American people, faithful to the discharging of ita international debis and obligations to its own citi- Zens, has sustained the cause of republicanism to such h that the integrality of. dexico,: through ber ity and hovor, has made her respected by the whole ized world, Her policy iv ber relations with other peovle during the struggle of Mexico bas been frank and sincere; ‘asking nothing but what right and consenting to nothing which is wrong,” she asserted her respect for purity and loyal ’ princip! which are dear to the American people. Allowed thas to characterize brilliant national career of my country, which by its conduct has merited the confidence and respect of the world, I am proud to have been chosea by the President of the United States to express, Mr. President, the pro- found sympathy which is feit for Mexico by the peo- ple which I represent, and the desire to foster and pre- serve always the mutual interests and the prosperity of both repuolics; and I but feebiy interpret tne thoughts of the government and peopie of the United States, with the assurance that they look forward to the time when the promise given by Mexico in her recent struggle for free institutions sball be fulflied in an equally pros- national career. For my part, dir, President, g acquired, durin my long residence in Mexico, a great sympathy for the welfare and prosperity of this people, Lassure yon, with equal frankness, that I shail continue the scope of my duty and instructions, and endeavor to cooperate to these mutually desirable ends, President Juarez replied as foliows:— ‘The catisfaction felt under all circumstances on receiv- ing an Enyoy Lxtraordivary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, near the government of the Mexican republic, is augmentod when you ae- declare to me that your nomination 18 an evidence of the sympathy of the United States for the triumph which Mexico has obiained im the defence of ber independence and of her free institutions. The United States have given their moral support to the cause of republicanism everywhere, and to its free preservation in Mexico, by sustaining the just principles of international rights, The people and the governmont of Mexico, im their struggle for the cause of the republic avainst @ foreign intervention, bave estimated, or do estimate, to the fuli vaiue, the sympathies of the people and the government of the United States, which, im the grandeur of their prosperity, have demonstrated the justice of their policy In sustaining the principles of non-intervention ff the first obligations of governments in their I gratefully ac- ments for the w , them you give me the assurance of your efficacious co- ‘operation in the desire which animates the government of Siexico in cultivating and improving its relations with the government of tne United States, to maintain alw. a firm friendship, and to promote the mutual interests of the people. ‘ The Call for a General Election. BESITO JUAREZ, CONSTITUTIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICO. To Mr Fritow Crrmexs—Convening the people to exercise their sovereiguty in the election of public off- cers to whom they may entrust their destinies, I bave falfilied my duty. And at the same time I have dis- charged another duty, fospired by my conscionce and my convictions, in the proposal I make to the people tor the reform of certain points in the constitution, order that they may resolve the q free and sovereign will had and never shall bi duct than faithful made during my administration to yp and improve the principles of the coustivutioa of the republic, Those proposed in the letter onvecation have and can have no other aim. The points there discussed are the sentiments of my profound convictions, After mature meditation on the past, with the aid of the experience of some years in government, and with the exsmples before me of our own history and that of other republics, which, under their wise institutions, enjoy a permanent guarantee of Nberty, a pledge of peace, and s source of greatness and of prosperity, 1 bave ventared to propose them to the le bas theless, there are those who pretend to censure the conduct of the government; aud in order that m: silence may not be misinterpreted, 1 bave conceived it 7 my duty to address my fellow citizens. Now that I ‘once more in the capital, I ree, have before seen milar occasions, that there are those who assume lo change the conduct and the policy of thi but it ia my daty to stand firmly by my resolution to that which is right without being ed by those email minority 11 is evident th: are the epresent the be of a in the capital. Tdo not, there. to address myself to the inbabi- whoee loyalty is already manifested yn these facts, address myself to the inhabiiants of the States, where, by mot being present tw seo what passes, public opinion may possibly be misied. I ad. dress myself to the States in order that they may be able to judge correctly of the facts, availing themselves of the leasons they have learned irom the experience of other times, It bas been pretended that my @opinions differ from those of tho members of my Cabinet. Tue oluee members concidered, when leaving can Lote for the capital, their duty © w country had been fulfilled, and desiged to separa’ from overnment. Now, again, they hat gations, and thove members of ti Cabinet lately appointed have followed their example; their object bas been to leave me iu full liberty of action. But I have not deemed it my uty to accept their resig. these — pretensio that they do numerous party, ever fore, deem it ne qants of this city, nations, because there hag been no discord im our opinions, aud bosause I baye the fullest) contdence ia their rectitude and their loyalty. My sole aspirati faithfully 1 serve the inieresis of the r ae our instivutions bas ever been the application of the rer vested in Faitnrully por that Tove ‘Thai leva my — t Mexicane—It ia your right to decide freely upon the 1 have proposed to you; and it will soon be in Who shail direct your destinies. I shall ow simply re- eat tbat it has been my sole object to propose to you and ‘bese interests are security for peace in the future and ov."*0lidation of our institutions Happy indeed during cons, "!idation BENITO JUAREZ, RELIGIOUS SERVICES, The Herald of the Com." Saviour—Sermon ow, The Rev. Mr. Snow preached a ser"u0n yesterday at the University in Washington square on she ‘Herald of ebapter of Revelations—the ‘Preparation of the way of the Kings of the Kast." Tho gist of the reverend gen cies, to show that the end of the world is at hand, and that a certain body of saints will goon have both spirit. party politicians be done away with. The morning star typified in the Bible means Elias, whois to fact, the herald alluded to by the preacher, The morn- tng star, by « process of induction (wherein Venus was to, was proved equal to the day star, and this orb then supposed to bo the equivalent of Elias, Six thousand Guration of the world, and tha’ period of time according to expert chronologisis, tn the year de Elias, however, is a matter for inquiry, as the iden- tity of that individual witn any prominent branch of the lished. The earth ts to be the scene of the future relon of the saints, who are all going to be kings, although on understanding as to the choice of seats. hese saints are to be one hundred and forty-four thousand the remaining millions of the world being consigned to jace of eternal woe. This happy theory appeared to be Scriptures, who quoted ample texts to support bis views, discarding’ ‘suchas would. run counter to. therm however, was not alluded to by Mr. Snow, who, after he bad enthroned his one hundred and forty-four thousand estly to respect the national will, To defend and sustain i demonstraied bj ae Gor iberty 1s dew: y your power to do go, when you elect (he public officers in Which I deem beneticial for your dearest interests, shall 1 be 'f, before my.death, 1 am witness to their eu- Maxico, Aug St 22, 1867, by Rev. Mr. »\' the Coming Saviour,” taking bis text from the sixteenth tleman's remarks consisted in unravelling the prophe- ual and temporal power on the et d all present come sud prepare the way for the Saviour, and is, in inciuded) snd certain atmospherical phenomena alluded years were set down in holy writ as the expired, 1844. Whether the learned locturer imagines himself to Church at the present ti was uot sufficiently estab- certain level of equality, which will prevent any mis whicn is the exact number of poople who will be sav fuliy established in the mind of this expounder of the The millenium, Doctor Cummings’ favorite subject, saints, and damned the rest of posterity, resumed his Tho Evils of Avarice—Sermon by Rev. R. C. Shimeall at the Everett Rooms. An interesting discourse was delivered last evening at the Everett Rooms, before a highly respectable though not very large audience, by the Rev, R. C. Shimeall, The services were inaugurated by the singing of a bymna and prayor, after which the preacher read the sixth chapter of the Gospel of St. John, commencing at the nineteenth verse. The reverend speaker then announced that tie subject of his remarks was “The Charecteristics and Perils of Unsanctified Woaith,”’ basing his allusions there:o upon the thirty-first chapter of the Book of Job, twenty-fourth and twenty-sighth verses, and the third chapter of the Epistle to the Colossians, fifth verse. His subject, he proceeded substantially to remark, was, perhaps, at the present time one of tho most unpopular that could be saggesied, when cotton and corn were universally pro- caimed to be kings, All efforts were directed through their ageucy to the accumulation of wealth, and there- fore gold was king, and 11s throne in the Hearts of alt men. The vice of avarice had now gained such an ascendancy in the hearts and minds of men that it was perilous to one’s reputation to stand up and combat the secret workinys of tis iniquitous idolairy, which per vaded alike the Church and the State, Avariciousne: and covetousness bad assumed a pbase of gross and positive idolatry, taking its insid ous and secret seat in the uwearts of ali, and becoming a rankling canker. The money worstup of (hese days was in no respect less a crime than the heathen worship of other lands It was foro.dien amid the thunders of Sinai, and the vice prohibited in the commaua there enuuciated—‘fhou shalt not covet” — had beon repeatediy and successively denounced by Solomon, Jeremiah, Job and all the sacred writers. Men had now become baptized adorers of modern wealth and bowed in lost adoration at the shrine of gold, and it was the sin 0 covetousness that constituted the greatest bar- riertothe progre-s of tue gospel in these days, Tho pulpit was not leas impregnated with this vice than other places, but sought to couciliate the minds of the people in regard to the commission of the enormity. Such, he said, waa the tenor of the sermon of th» Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on Sunday last, when, iu preach: ing (rom the text, “Tho love of mony is the root of ail evil,” be counselled his hearers that to understand this they must emphasize it properly; aud placing the emphasis on the word “ove,” ne sought to show that tt was the lovo of lucre th nurce of evi’, and not the money itself, But the evil was not confined to any ono department, but pervaded alike the depart- ments of Sta‘o, commerce and political affairs, though thero was probably no one who would acknowledse tat io himself was embodied this inordinate lust for accu- muiated wealth. In the dopartment of com- merce it included the correllative trauds in the receipts of customs; im the department of trade it was evidenced in the gigantic efforts to monopolize and crush out a legitimate rivalry, and flowing from the:e evils were the crimes of forgery and perjury. In tho dopartment of politics, as d:veloped in Congress, the Legislature and the maunicipulity, it was flagrantly manifested by @ reckless disregard of the sacred oath, and the sserifice o the best interests of constituents, ‘ihe popular voice demanded, what is the power of rank by the sword or im the council, if uncon- nected with the acqui-ition of money? and this had resulted in th» embezzlement of fifty millions of wor by uuscrupulous men in the various departments sinc the commnvncement of the late civil war. Tuis financial xiutiony had assumed no less dr-adiul a chara ter 1a the land than the deadty upas tree, and threatened to vitiate and poison the nation’. life, ‘In the fieids of \u- tellect, literature and the mechanical arts the vice was also prevalent, and to-day it was with difficulty that a publisher could be induced (o undertake the publication of « work on religiou- or moral themes, the reply being invariably, “we canvot pubi-h that; it will not pay.” The rosult’ was that the couutry was flooded with a lite rature which first vitiated and then pandered to and sacisfed the cravings of tue masves for reading matter of doubtful or negative merit and the merest local interest, Again, in tho Church, among the professed Christians of “the community, was this vice all pervading, and they who lived on the most aristocratic avenues, who were clothed in purple aod fine iinen, were most completely overwheimed in this idovtry of lucre, and at the same time imbued most strongly with Pharisaical self-riguteousness, To thems ives alone, t> their individoa! power, they ascribed the abilicy to amass their wealth, avd clare be indebted to none other than themselves for their possessions. In closing, the speaker stated that, a5 a prophetical Student, he asserted that the time was rapidiy approacn- ing whéa the “triat by fire,” alinded to by St, Paul in his epistie to the Corinthians, would be evoked, and the mammon worshippers he eartn would be sub- Jected to the test of self-denial, which would prove their ‘advocacy of of apostacy from the sacred truth, and he looked upon the recent introduction of the que-tion into Europe, by France, ofa syst m of unification of coinage as the primary step toward the witimate development of this great ordeal. THE BOSTON CATHEDRAL. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. the Corner Stone of the jy Cross at Boston— Seventy Thousand Spectators in Attend- ance=Sermon by Archbishop McCloskey— is and Cost of the Edifice. Bostox, Sept, 15, 1867, 9 o'clock P.M, ww Cathedral of the Holy Cross, destined to be the second largest Roman Catholic cathedral in America, was Inid with approprinte and imposing coromonies this afternoon, in the prosence of a concourse of sixty or seventy thousand people, The great structure is being erected on the corner of Wash- ington and Maldon streets, and for several hours before and during the progress of the exercises all the avail- ‘able thoroughfares and housotops in the vicinity wer a solid mass of bamanity, and nearly ail remained until the three hours’ ceremony was concluded. Some two hundred priests were present, many of them coming from distant Southern and Western States, ‘Tnero were also present Bishops McCloskey, of New York; McFarland, of Hartford; Laughlin, of Brookly Bacon, of Porvand 4 Conroy, of Albany; and Gov- ernor Bullock, of Massachusetts; Mayor Norcross, the Jcdges of the Supreme Court, and many otuer promi nent citizens and officials, ‘The ceremonies of laying the stone, conforming, strictly to the ceremonies of the Church of Rome, we grand and imposing in the extreme. Bishop Williama, 01 the Boston diocese, acted as celebrant, and was ase'at~ ‘ed by the bishops and clergy above named. The exercases took place in a targe tent, which had been errated over th® Space Which the edifice i# to cover, and were s blessing (he place wpon cathedral is to etand, He 1g of the corner stone, after ie ied P fenuire circuit of te wails, dations with holy water an@ reciting The Bishop returned to the corner atone, ft ng in a beautiful manner by wards of three hundreg of the best gers in and around Boston, wit ovchestral accom. paniment of forty pieces. After the * aging the Bisoop kneeled and offered prayers, bessech!'4g the Lord that bis Boly spirit may come down upor, the boure which 18 out 10 be built, in order that hq might sanctify their (1s and the gifts of the people, und purify their bearsa. The prayers having beer, conciuded, Archbishop McCloskey, of New Yor ivered the sermon. He did ny text, but “,jecoursed in general terms very. eloo rent and forcible manner | gy work w',ich they bad begun, testifying, ws it did ia & ynos!, yumisakabld manner, v9 the compored of a spread and growth of the Catholic religion, Ho atso exborted the people to contribute in poe ye lt to the.* means, the imporiance and necessity of ite work aad the | zeal which they have for the honor and glory of The response upon the part of t! beral. Between three and four thonsand dollars were deposited upon thie co: aud the differons, Priesta passed round among the multituse and alao re- ceived donations amounting to several thousaud dollars more. The collections having been taken up, and the sermon concluded, the ‘7’ Deum" was sung by the choir, and probabiv some yoeniy thewend Of the spectators united their voices, the wi forming # scene bigbly grand and impressive The ceremonies were then concluded by the Bishop giving the solemn pontilica: vexediction 10 all present Some ides of the extent of the structure may be gath- ered from the statement that it will cover an area of ‘Afty-Gve thousand square feet of land, on the coruer of ‘Washingtou and Malden sreeta, purchased at a cost of 10,000. It will be built in the eariy decorative style ofgo “ic architecture, present a frout of one hundred and fifty feet, With ® three hundred and fifty feet tower and ire, and the extreme depth will be three hundred and ixty-four feet, The chief material to be used is granite, and the interior as well as the whole exterior will great crowd was be and decorated in @ style of rare and expensive elegance, Tbe auditorium will howe seats for five thousand persons There wh! be @ Sabbath school room for the accommoda- tion of thirty-five hundred scholars, and there will be npwi'tdsof three huudred beautifully stained windows of varma 'S designs in tho edifice ‘The total cost, includ- ing ta 2d, will be a million and @ half of doilars, and when # Mpleted in 1870 it will be the next in size to the great ca ‘bedral in Brooklyn, but second to none ta the coumsry 10 point of architectural beaut} SPIRITUALISM, Gatherime .of the Faithful at Dodworth Hall= Leen Ire by Robert Dale Owen. Fit, though m ‘t particularly few, was the audience of the faithful, whe wreak their murcle upon unfortuuate spirits from both « ‘PDer and nether spheres, that assem bled at Dodworth & 4! last evening—the occasion being Alecture to be repemm °4, or rather an essay to be read, by Robert Dale Owen, on¢ of the fathers of the faithful, domonsirating bow sp Tits might hold communication with mortals, provided both parties were willing and had the requisite opporta ‘ity therefor, Hardly of the traditional ilk was the aq semblage, jockey hats beine aeattored hore and there from ' ‘desk to door, and gentle. men having their bair for the ™ost part cropped short, after the manner of the work ! 10 general, and not in long tangled elf loc sf the maouer of true Doltaveeneled ote jocks, after the. audience there save the fact that was lieved of twenty per, tho faithful alleging that, as the rent coutd not be paid ia Spiritual things, therefore something more tangible the ? piritual things must be demanded at the dour, an alleg ion somewhat too practical in iis bearing to be attr buta 1 wltorother to spiritual suzgeation Moreover, the fact \ “BE notorious that the disembodied seldom concern thea Selves about money matters, it may be considered” as 4 °momptrated beyond cavil that the twenty cents was ca acted trom prudential motives, and not for any reason ceunected with “spiritaalsm as a phaso vitalizing other \ "Msses of the religious sentiment,” which was tue subjem of the speaker's essay, though hitle upon that supje ~ Was said aud a great deal upon ether subjects not es ‘Crally akin to it, At seven and a half o’olock, the audience having im- patiently waited for haif un hour, a single solitary we ive broke forth in * Remember mo." accompanied witty 6 shriek ot an anci melodeon, and the orator of #& 9 evening, somewhat more cieanly shaven than tl cient Mariner,” and seeming in hs attenuntivn tike one nsparent, was ied to the desk by a gentleman with shaggy whiskers, who, baviug doposited bis umbrelin on the platform, procesded to seat himself on the eft, to keep guard over bis feebie apparently spir- ituai prisoner, The solitary voice here ceased ite crows ing of basso and the tmeiodeon ceased {ts croaking of deeper basso, aud the speaker, arising detiveratety from his seat, removed his overcoat, disposed of it carefully, as if awaro of his company, stepped to the desk, then to the right of the desk, took a pair ot epectactes carefully from his pocket and adjusted hem across the bridge of his, nose and, unrolting-a quire o: foolscap, proceeded to the demonsiration of his theorem. in oubstance in the following manuer:—Having cleared his throat with customary “ahem,” which 1s supposed to betoken great wisdom, tae philosopher sai Go tlomen and ladies, 1 bail apeak to you to wight upon a novel subject, In one sen-e there is nothing new wader the sun—there a‘e only modérn phases of the old. All tuat seems new is but the old rejuvenated and adapted to modera ideas.” The philosopher tuen proceeded with peculiar 1uciduess to speak of mind ag having it seasons, ‘shod pas ite season of spring”—said the speaker. aod hereupon several gentlemen nodded drowsity as 1: thoy were aware of 1t—“when the sap ascends (forgeiting to mention that some minds never get bevond the sea-on or sappiness) Mind has tts sea-on of summer, when it puts forth blossoms (moutal blossoms of course), and mind has its season of harvest, when ‘us golden fruit is gathered and garnered— only (added he, by way of advice) it is not good nus. bandry to atiempt to gather fruit in the spring, when tuere is nothing but sap, nor 1 the summer, when it bears nothing but blossoms" —a bit of udvice which, if literally tal Preciudes in mioy cases the gathering of anything at all, Several of the more acute of the audi- ence hero began nodding again, though whetner becune they compreneaded the advice given, or because toy happened to be drowsy? couid only be ascertained by Ocular inspection, and tho pul osopner, laying ome sheet of tue ponderous upon te desk, ag if he would say to ptoceeded to as sure those of philosophical bent that the sphere of mat- ter ‘might be intimately connected” with the world of spirits, a thing quite impossible in New York on Sunday, owing to thastrinzency of the Excise law. Hereupon, those wuo nodded or nad been nodding opened their eyes, rabved them drowsily wih the backs of their bands, one of thom, just half awake, shrieking out, “*lurn down that gas,” not a little to the annoyaace of the philoso- pher at the desk, wuo paused and stared for u second as if endeavoring to asceriain whether the drowsy gentle. man meant bi Orier baying been restored, Mr. Owen explained the creed ot spiriivaiam. They believed toat the spirits of the departed might have communica. tion with the spirits of those who ot yet suited off this mortal coil; and they bei ved, f.rtuermore, incermal progress’ in inteiligence in ‘the word of spi its—a creed vastly coasuling (o people in goue a! who fail to make proper progress belore they ev shere, they algo believed in analogical reasoning. sivce it wus only possioie to prove by analogical reasoming that spirits existed at all—except as alcoholic stimulants. Tuey furthermore, beileved that 1% ou-ht to comforting to widows and orphans wve that they had friends im the other Lt have very few in this, how friends in the other world might bo available here the puilosopher of the e did not state, although the point was ce of great practical importance; and the was concluded with a briliiautiy im Tation, in which spiritual scenery and were depicted with exceedingly graphic imagery. Upon ‘spiritualism as a pivase v pbuses of the religious sent ment,” potniu said #0 far as that was concerued, the majority of the audience went Lome no wiser than they camo, aad in pocket showing a deficit of twenty cents, THE ANTIETAM CEMETERY CELEBIATIOY, Most of the inrited guests have now been heard from by the Commitwe of Arrangements, including the Gov- ernors and ex-Governors, during the war, of tho follow. ing States whose dead are buried at Antietam Cemetery, and all but two or three of which have contributed their quota of funds, via:—New York, Indiana, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jorsey, Iii nois, Minnesota, Maine, Rhode Isiaod, Penosylvania, Ohio, isconsi Michigaa, Vermont, Deiaware, | West Virginia, New Hampstire and Massachusetts. A iarge portion of th Governors of the loval States have sgnilied their inte tion to unite with the Chief Magistrate and the mem- bers of his Cabivet, and other distinguished men in mil- itary as well as civic hfe, in paying bomage to the na- tion’s patrioic dead on Tuesday. ‘The accommodations for their transportation (which have been arranged by President Garrett, of the Beit more and Obie Railroad, and his official associates) are understood to be ample, and the altendance is expected to be very large. ‘Tue special car, whieh Governor Ward has ordered for the uso of himself and suite, and also of the Governor of New York and stat, whom he bas invited to join him, will not stop at imore, a$ previously announced, but on its arrival thero on Tuesday morning it will be attached to the guests’ special train from that point, at twenty minutes past pine o'clock. It will then proceed to the ‘Washington javetion of the Baltimore and Ohio Raiitoad, the Relay House, where all the special cars, inclnding Governor Ward’s, will be coupled to the tran which is to bear the Chief Magistrate nnd Cabinet and the other distinguished miliary and civic giests from Washington. Thus combined all iho will proceed to Keedysviile, Md, special = cars the prosent terminus ot the Washington County Rail road, a new branch of tho Baltimore and Obio Railroad, to which point the completion bas been commendabiy burried by President Garrett aod his officin! associates, expressly to enable the committee to appoint the dedi- cation for the 17th instant (the anniversary of the battie), From Keedysville the guoste wil! proceed to the Come- tory, which is about two miles distant, io carriages, thus forming a most imposing civic feature to the grand Procession which is to form at that point op Uheir ar- rival, STATEN ISLAND INTELLIGENCE, Scnpae Dratm.—A man, supposed to be named Ogden his person, died suddenly on the 1 from papers found on Saturday last. age; was attired in vlack cloth frock coat, lin dark vest inte, pegged calfskin boots, and w shirt, Had a full set of false teeth in his upper In bis poeket wore found some money, ® pocketknit pocket comb, pair of spectacies and si!k bandkerchie aquest was beid by Coroner Dempsey on the #, when the jury rendered a verd ct of apoplexy. Any further information can be cL by applying to NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE. Sept. 15, 186%, Forrnrss Mownor The double-onder Lenape, from K here wo-day, Sho was boarded by Dr. Cooper, the ¢; 1ar- ‘antine Officer, who found two cases ot yellow fover on ‘board and ordered her into quarantine, ‘The weather is stormy and ® strong northenge galo ia blowing outside, A large feet of coal vesee.s, north. ward bound, ts detained ia tus harbor, eee on OBITVARY. fin, United States Mayor General Charles @, “2, Whose death, as having occurred yesterday morning, * *sewhere announced im & telegraphic report from Galva “°® Texas, thas officer having bef temporarily invested “'t4 the command of the Fifth Military District upon che, *™oval of General Sheridan, was born in Ohio, graduates. “+ West Point im RAT, and was a Classmate of Generate Burnside and Avres, Entering the artillery service, \\@ Wa! som after his graduation ordered to Mexico, Sod com- Manded @ company ander General Patiersem in the campaign from Vera Cruz to Puebla, Soon afler was ordered to Florida (in January, 1848), and ut the ensuing December to Old Point Comfort. In July, 1840, he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, aad, heving been placed in command of a compaity of cav- alry, was ordored to New Mexico, where he romaiued until 1854, serving with distinction in the Navajo cam~ paigns, and taking part in other expeditions. Joining @ light battery at Fort McHenry, the young Neutenant was ordered to Fort Hamilton early im the spring of 1857, remaining, however, but a few menthe, and afterward boing ordered westward to Minnesota im command of a company. From Minnesota his com- mand was ordered to Kansas, and thence. 1n October of therame year, he revis ted New Mexico in command of an escort to the Governor of that Territory, whence, re- turning through Texas, be joined bis own proper com- mand at Fort Leavenworth. In April following, having ‘been assigned with his company to form a portion the command of Colonel Burke at Fort Riley. he reported ‘at that place for duty, remaining until 1859, when he was sent to Fortress Monroe, whero soon after he re- ceived an appointment as {ustructor of Artillery at West Point, in which canacity he served until the breaking ont of the war in 1861. In January of that memorable year he received orders to cross the mountains with his battery (known as the West Point Battery) to the rail- road and thence to proceed direct to Washington. In command of this battery, which was organized as Bat- tery D of the Fifth cavalry, the young officer foughs with heroic bravery at the first Bull run, re maining until June 26, 1862, in the capacity of captain of the artiliery, when he was commissioned as a brigadier general and bore an honorable part in the campaign of McCicllan upon the peninsula, winning e-pecial distinction at the battle of Gaines’ Mill and commanding even the admiration of the enemy. Again at Malvern Hill, Genera! Griffin in command of the artillery supported his brigade against the impeta- ous assaiit of Genoral Magruder, hurling buck the massos of the enemy and contributing most signally te 8 of the day. The Army of the Poto- been ordered to the assistance red General Pope, General Griffin's command relisved a portion of Pope’s worn legions at Elv’s Ford, and subseqnertly at Warrentom Junction, About the ‘Ist of October, having been pro- moted to the command of a division, he took part with distinguished success in the battle of Antietam, fougas subsequently under General Burnsido at Fredericksburg, and still later accompanied General Hooker across the river and bore himself gailantly through that general's bref and unfortunate camvaign, Under date of Novem- ber 1, 1864, General Griffin, in company with Generals Ayres and Crawford, was made Brevet major general. General Griffin was present at the battle of Gettys- burg, but enbsequently obtained leave of absence, his health baving been considerably imoaired, and rejoined the Artry of the Potomac juat before tho battle of the Wilderness, From that time forward General Griffin bore a conspicuous part in every action in which the Army of the Potomac was engaged, and at the battle of Five Forks so distinguished himself as to bo assigned to command of the Fifth army corps, which position he held with bonor unl the final triumph of the Union arms and the subsequent disbanding of the .Army of the Potomac. It was General Griffin who super- ‘A Wed the impetuous Warren, and the former had proved ha nself in every way wo thy to wear the mantle of the lam er. having been mentifled with the corps from Its or- gama zation and beiny in many respects simiiar to Warren iy Cie quality of his military Ieadership. Both, too, were men of volvanic and irascible temper, end ul oaths a’nd artillery with equa! facility, thaugh the ner- vousney3 and il! health of General Griffin, no davbt, contributed not a litte to ren- der ths temper of unsteady — poise. =m persona’ courage Warren and Griffin were peers, and peers of aw,’ iv the service; and both had an inoate dis- lite of preta nsion and braggadocio, which rendered them to give no quarter to either weakness ao comm ng men of overweening vanities or of ¥. ‘traa- scending theye merit. In the spring of 1865, for gallant and meritovious ser- vice during the war, Brevet Major Goneral Grif, of the volunteer serviee, being in rank, by virtue of bisrank im that service, Brevet, Lieutenant Colonel United States Army, was promoted to the rank of Breveé Colonel, and, under date of Angust 10, 165, was avsigned to the command of the Dumrict of ‘aine, having his healquarters at Portand. Im January, 1866 (January 13), by ao order redacing the miitary forces of the United States, General Griffin wae amoug thore mostered out of the volunteer se\-vice, be ing reduced thereby to the rank of captain in thie regu lar army. Subsequently, however, being reins vted, he assigned’ to the command of the Departaxent of , long under the command of the gatlant \ Veitzol, by act of Congress, becamo part of the: Fiftm military district, Ax sub-commander, General Griftm nerced under Sheridan, baving bis beatquarters.at Gat- ton, Texas, the 26th of August, 1867, Genoral Griffin rsuper- soded General Sheridao 10 temporary command af the “riet, pending the arrival of Sheridan's appointed sue- at his own request, retaining bts hea® yuar- ters at Galveston, General Griffin has always beew almost an invahd, and his career presents a brillinmat ex ampie of what may be accomplished by force of wi under. adversé physical circumstances, was ap- pointed to West Point from Onio, his native State, and leavos a military record of which the State of wime- yards may well be proud, A:T! ‘arin, 1867.9 STEIN § HAT Ue bore awarded the FIRST GRAND GOLD MEDAL for Ameet- can pinnae in all three styles exhibited, this medal being distined order of merit by the uvanimous verd ct 0 im eiverent Expogitions AY SONS) TRIUM the tn Warerooms, Nos. 109 A New Finid 1 rt Every Ugly Color, white, red, yellow buir—all the natural color desired. 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