The New York Herald Newspaper, November 8, 1867, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. we were no jonger to take part ‘ag | tend a ball im the dockyard at Simon's Town, om Sep- anfiess of sean comnnnnles Oe he nant | tenthotin Sent De tn ad pabtithed a lettee Sanpcen wnat Ge fp cee eed giving reasons that the later was still wh the most absolute zeal. ase ihe stone sP we | aliv atated that a report had been received oar duty to im in presence of the | at vingstone’s passage through a district ‘attacks of whicu we have been tne object | more remote than the place where be was said to buve med by oe very nature foe fe by boon illed, _ apnea ea Were avowed to have Cay 6 but chiefly | town ava much auziety. There had been fained ‘vy our firm conviction that an accurate | large number of fatal esses, principally aaong the poorer eciatiow of the facts and the circumstances will not Bavylation, Bat several persons among the wealthier ‘poedily to condemn our assailants. ew —— aamiouta IsAAC PEREIRS, —< BRITISH REFORM. Werkiogmee for Members ef Parliament— “Taxing the Party’? to Secure Their Ketura. [From the London Ex; Oct. 25. Last night a meeting of the Workingmen’s Associa- tion was beid at the Beil lun, Old Bailey; Mr. G. Potter “tm the char:— f written to several gen- py by the fund for » to Parliament he of § aed, stating that he con- od reasonable one, and that the office of trustee. ihe Hon. the office of trusies and Mr. B. r, M. P., declined to qect as trustee, but. his approval of the pb ame lenovo ah tter bad been received from Hixavinciey Lope, Lesps, Oct, 10, 1867 ‘ ay 4 a Coweta 9 your object that fer this wee ‘our reform banque sned-my wish tosec some'of the best shen "fn. the’ House of Commons, 1 once said the same thing in the House. But 1 should 3 yey poral not expressly as the Fang lt but aa citizens recommended to their citizens WWheir character and talents, and therefore selected to ew, idem. | should. regret to ‘see a.smail section of the Sastesively representing labor, and J don’t think jt would famswer the purpose of the workingmen ao well as if their Menibers were choscn by all classes and represented al. As to 4 general aggociation for promoting tho return of ‘working ctass members, I believe it would excite prejixiice, pa prevent rather than jore the retury of 4 fidate; it would be charged with dictation aud with fore. ‘tag strangers upon constituencies. Wh these views I sbould oo} teel myself at lberiy to take part in pro. Posell Workingmen's Association. Mr, Ayrton had written as follows:— ‘My Dean Sin—I have been fuvored with your note re- mesting me a trustee of afnnd for promoung ‘e resura of mea to Parliament. But {t appears (0 ihe ihe process Ocroser 22, £345 rigs instead of assisting the ovject. in » Would only ovsiruct it by weakening the just influ. @ave of the Lincral party at eleouons.. It will. uot be kuows ‘enti! July next whether a general election will take piace in ‘or July, 1870, ahd It will be. then time enough to jer what is to be done. Whenever men of Knowledge, Sotelligence und integrity, upon whom reliance can be need are popored an catidhirs for any particular Paces ve ry u claim t support: sudseription ean be nrg butt canot etn bare ina pra te le 4 one eine except thoee who Lelong to a ular class Merely Betause they ate of that clase”. Sith s wrocceding ould, 1 am convinced, ke much more opposition than ‘< would receive support. I am, &c. ' ‘The chairman anil the secretary refuted the assertion ‘Bade ip some quarters that the object of the movement pei to Aras bate to ae the scale of wages, Dg tbat what was sought was a Tepresenta- tion of the industrial classes, ican THE WAR IM CANDIA, Freneh Reports of the Situntion, Political and Military. (Constantinople (Oct. 9) correspondence of Paris Patrie.] Public opinion is still busy with the Cretan question, since the departure of the Grand Vizier for Candia, ‘tere is Jess anxiety, for it_ seems certain now that this succeed in finding the sotution most con- formabie with the real interest of the isiand, if not with the ambitious and avarchical views of Russia and We have already the news that the Cretans— Mussuimans ag weil as Christians—willingly fisten to the measures for organization and pacification decreed by the government. They know that no one is more suitable to carry them out than Ali Pasha, and they feel thankful to their sovereign for havng en- trusted this mission to & man who is ag conciliatory aa be is liberal. We can, then, assert in trath that ‘the Creians will oviain more than was ex; es. pecially in Greece, where the liberty of the proposi- ons now submitted has completely disconcerted all ealculations. The volunteers take satisfaction for sheir disappointment by continning their depredations. A few Spy sngo ther oot dire 0 ibe gavaenlane'eli ve Bees of the Mzssulmans, Over 20,000 trees were Souet. As the olive crop is one of tho chief resuurces of the He npaniress. et nrg thrown mio the most 2 . Fortunately there are not many more — ei pope Nope Een ie the Grecks ved ae eur chance, w! they witcess ‘these men coming to Greece. They are eee that ‘they cannot get dia snuerxed, and instead of should. ering the ie try to leave it on France and England, or even on ia, and on every one in general, be et on their, young king and bis government, who iikely soun path, Ww have considerable difficulty thrown in ituation of Greece becomes serious, and ‘pitiable Condition of the thirty thousand Cretan im. migracts 18 not-calculated to: mend matters, The news from Syra and Cori states that these unfortunate beings are quite numerous there and lack everything. The bad take case. into They know now that they have been istakem, as they are left to die of hunger. hey ail ‘wish to return home, but have not the means. At Syra ‘they formed the pian of embarking with tne fresh vol- ‘Unteers which tho Central Committe at Athens tried io some sevore Another dispute bad occurred, The Revs, Messrs, Walter and Crompton had tried to pre- vent Bishop Colenso from officiating in Pine Town sured, hee aes The Dutch Quinquenolal Synod was to be opened on October 8, when important discussions on the relation of te Dutch Church with the State and on its Church dis- cipline were expected to occupy a iarge portion of the ak echt MEXICO. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD, Acapulco—Weulth and Resources of the Ad= Jacent Country—Expensive Living=The Pub- Ne Buildipge-The Political us of Guer- reromIts Rival Chiefs, Alvarez and Jini- errez—The Diaz and Juarez Partisans. AcaPuLCO, Mexico, Oct. 17, 1867. Acapalco isisituated in the state of Gacrerro, midway between the northwestern and southeastern extremi- ties, and with an energetic people would soon become ‘@ city of no liltle importance; its natural advantages as ‘@ harbor for shipping of al! classes is second to none in the world, being iarge enough to float five hundred first class ships with sufficient sea room to work out under sajl, and entirely land locked by mountains ranging from four hundred and fifty to twelve hundred feot in height. It bas a depth of water in the bay from six to twenty-five fatboms—bold shores. The adjacent coun- try i@ rich im minerals, gold, silver, copper, lead, cin- babar aed iron im smali quantivies, Within half a mile of Acapuleo I have “raised a prospect of twen- ty-eight centa to the pau’? (gold), Cotton is raised to some extent near here and quite s large tract of land, peculiarly adapted to its cul- ture, is now, employed solely as wild pasturage for horses, sheep and cattle, Sugar cane also flourishes ia abundance; but with the primitive modes of manufacture andthe difficulty of overcoming the hereditary laziness of the Mexican race (indged. this is the grand obstacle in the way of atl ent @ in Mexico), they manufac- ture a very black, very dirty, very sticky and tn all re- spects avery poor article of sugar, put up in pound cakes, called panocia in the vervacular of the coun- try, and is used almost entirely by the pelados or lower class, and by a large number of the better to do people ; for one of the characteristic traits of the semi- ‘varbarous peaple ig meanness in their domestic affairs Tois is particularly noticeable. Fruit and vegetables of all classes are exceedingly thrifty in this sectien; but from the aforementioned lack of energy there is little or none raised. The very small quantity which miraculously finds its way into town twice per month town is sold at fabulous prices; for in- stance, sweet potatoes of a very interior class sell at ten to twelvd cents per pouna; cabbuge, ordinary, twenty-five conte per pound; onions, ordinary, twenty- five cents; radishes, very poor, ten and twelve and a half cents, and all other vegetables in proportion. Wheat, barley, rye and oats are unknown; corn, very inferior, from $1 50 to $2 per bushel; beet, poor, ten cénts; mutton, passable, twenty-five cents; pork, ten cepts; chickens, large, $3 per dozen; gga. twenty-five cents per dozen; turkeys, $12; ducks, $5 and $6; oranges, seventy-five cents per hundred; pineapples, $1 per dozen; milk, twenty-tive cents per . &e. You can readily perceive by the foregoing prices that diving here is somewhat expensive. Acapuleo is’ an old Spanish town of nearly two tiousand a/mas (souis), as they express it here; but Upon this point uu Somewhat sceptical, for I have wave been tanght to believe that brutes are never en- dowed with that iitéle attribute, The houses are built oi adobe, red tile roofs, whitewashed outside and in, floors of thta, square burnt bricks, inferior quality; bare ‘ceilings, expusiog lime of bare lea the way of corded F with palm thoo, the tiles ‘mouldy and filthy beyond description ; ‘as bare of oroament as 8. Pauper’ cotfin; once in a whilea laring li:tuegraph of the Virgin Mary, or some one of ibe-matiy saints who twell the calostarta: 1m all the tr ete sary ated red, green and yellow paint, sur- rouuded by a Simmped tio frame, almost entirely smotb- ‘eved 20 great réd and veliow peonies tm agers of some muchara more devout ‘A plaster cast ‘of the crucifizion in a very advanced Blage of decomposition. Two or three lancor, or Littta wooden stoois, 1n lieu of chairs, a rickety home made sqaure tabie covered with a white cotion cloth, gaudy 1 Ted, surmounied by two or three empty Cologne resplendent with gilt tables, a common giass tumbler or two, a common looking giass, two or three specimeus of gaudy worsted work (such as toe little giris of eignt or ten years of are make at home), Teprosenting animals and birds that szle Auda: to Crete; but the plun failed, and they are now | B51 to a little wax Goll dressed like an ° forced to await for Prov: pity their mi e9. | man of fifty ‘couaphing tae peal ur Remar ald CARE means of imaginary vessels. Coroncos, one of the wort stubborn lesders and who remained almost alone in Crete, 1s soon expected in Athens. In r to form some {dea of the reforms on foot tn, must go back to the constituent law of vilay: ts, enforced in the majority of the Ottoman provinces, and in virtue of which each prevince has a governor general, Meeutepant governor and councils freely chosen by the people of the ents, the districts, cantons and and in which the Coristians have an equal sbare @ _Musselmaus, governor bes his counsel composed all alike. [There are also chambers of justice, commerce and agriculture, and we may say that in this manoer the provinces and subdivisions them- selves. It will be the eame in Crete, with this diflerence ‘that Crete will have no direct tax to pay, and wnerey the Christian element preponderates functionaries be. et to that form of worship will be more numerous than Mussulmans The inhabitants think, correctly, that ‘this organization is preferapie to the horror of becoming a part of Greece, which has ruined the Ionian Isies since ‘they belonged to it. People are rehearsing again the events that took piace, August 20, on the Danube aboard of the Austrian steamer’ Germania, Capian_ azovitz, when she arrived at Routschoun with a Servian pa senger, named Swetko Paviovitz, and a. companion. It wiil be recollected that the authorities of Routechouk, aware of the dangerous character of the meo who bad left Betgrade for Galatz to organize bands te penetrate into Bawaria and make that province re- Volt, mado arrangements with the captain of tue Ger- mania so as to demand the passports (rom these men board tne steamer, Svetko's only answer wes a pistol abot, which, however, hurt noone. All the passengers at ooce jeft the boat, and the Governor of Routsciiouk, Jearning what nad taken place, consuited with the cap- tun of the Germania and conciuded that the Steamer should be detained, as ail ber pas mangers had gone ashore, The Governor @ sufficient force of gendarmes aboard to make Svetko and bis companion show their passports, Fuliy armed, ‘as these two 1men were, they barricaded themselves ju ‘the saloon of the steamer, and as soon as the go: ‘entered they fired on thew, killing one and w auother in the arm. At the same time they threatened to set fire to the boat if they were molested. then that the gendarines firod on them, killing Sv and wounding his companion so that he died next dav. The news of the ocvarrence soon reached Belgrade, but am 80 distorted @ shape that it created great sensation in Bervia, and a preiate made use of it to excite his flock to tho most reprehensible puch. ing the whole with thatingane stare peculiar to wax dolls, bat wich strikes the eye of the “Gringo” as in- expressibly ludicrous Ywoor three boxes (chests) for clothing, Which the:r owners proudly cail trunks; just ou'side the door a taree-pronged post planted in the ground bolding a large earthenware jar which contains Water and server in lieu of refrigerator, filierer, pitcher and such like modern inventions, a wooden cover and a Painted gicara, or half round gourd, completes the drinking arrangements, if I may omit a botile contain. ing a liquor clear but O ye gods! I lightning,” “Missouri red eye,” Arkansas “ track,’? panese ‘aki’ and numerous otber liquid fires gotten up for the epectal delectation of uusatisfiable ‘and, thanks to @ cast ‘ron stomach and aspecial interposition of Divine Providence, ‘I stl tive; bat ‘once upona time,” some eighteen mentos since, voy ig Teck Jexs from past immauities, 1 unwittingly threw my cor- poreal substance about the exterior of a thimbleful of mes- cal and am stil onder medical treatment with a slight hope of proiongiog my unhappy existence for a months longer, Last, but not least, is the hamaca (hi ican ne plus ultra of human enjoymen' he resorts asa panacea for allills, Half naked, extended im the hammock, be @jects the smoke of a cigarrita slowly through his nostrils, lazily swinging to and fro, the while his bra pregnant with thrilling reminiscences: of the last cock fight, or how he ehali sarape woich he bas y for a few reals to gamole with, and which sum he has unfortunately lost, Bi! Casti’o, the castle, as the fort is called, is ofd masonwork fort on the cast side of the town, sit: op a commanding point of high is now in ry dilapidated state, not having a gle gun to mount, and even if it were bristling with gans it would not 4 wo hours’ bombardment from an American sioop-of-war of tne Pensacola, Brookiya or Hertford class. It however has a garrison of eight or ten dirty, ununiformed soldiers, with a dirtier looking captain and « pompous “Commandapte de ia Plaza,” who isas proud of bis position as a German duce and as exacting as a new-fledged midshipman. There is a bigh mountain overiooking the town, where formerly existed a iittie earthwork of two guns, bat the guns were removed just be ore (ue Occupation of the town by the Freach; why. I can only surmise, for the Perition is impregnable by etuer land or sea, From Plaza to the sea shore (uot bay shore) on the west, is a distance of some five bandred yards, One of the old Spanish governors com- mraced tue work of grading down the hill upon a level wich (no town, But for some re: now impossible to ascertain, stopped when he had cut a road some five handred feet wide, 4 ne gone beter, anon At i a very pretty walk in the morning or late in the ‘ch, wrote to the Minister for ‘Affairs of the Sub. | *'ernoon, as you bave a very view of the coast Hime Porte, giving his yersion of what had cecurred | *° the northward, which is rockbound for fifteen miles ‘aboard the Germania. According 40 bim Svetko wre | 1% that direction. I don’t think that a small boat could ‘@ peaceable and honest merchant, and bis trip to Gaiatz | 14nd anywhere pean heey Coast for fifteen miles at least. bad no other than the fettioment of some | The Jugado or Court House, is @ miserable littio private matiers, wing nettled them, he was on lia | 840d hovel, and ig not worthy of mention. In fact, ‘way. back to Servia with a proper passport, which iq | there is not a “building” In the whole town; they aro have protected him from the annoyance of tne all adobo bovela, The Pacific Mail Steamship Com sehonk authorities, Hence he (M. Garachanine) ex- | P@ny’* office is by far tho best house in town, and that pected that the Imperial government would do justice | wot much. The Pacific Mail steamship Company ts and punish sald authori as well as secure ainple the Wife of cop a, without the direct employ- damages for the family of Svotko, aie pont a — cm“ men the On the 3a om pine ‘error, ‘This State has always been a kind of ‘free and inde- Srrstinizing inquest thar Wea Ben, held oe city nore | pendent republic,” and eniltely under the emnutol. of Accordmg to the famiry of Alvarez. Don Juan Alvarez was at one being a dangerous mai time President of Mexico, and afterwards Governor of had their eye occa obi apeietes bo held untit be resigned in ‘ebief, bad favor of his sou, Don Diego, a gentieman of some Silty ‘and be bad years and one of the old fogy, anti-improvement fresh trou! style, As the present time Vicente Jinier- Proved these f who was formerly general-in-chief of the wWhien he had with mand to vee of Guerrero, “pronounced” ayvainst Alva- his on the agents of the | f°% Aud bas entire this autlethen t ‘irivg ania ou these | State, with the exception of Acapulco and ite vicinity. ht to arrest him, and consequentiy fesponsibility for all that occurred aboard the Germania, and not on the Imperial authorities who their duty—all of which is at- steamer as well as the no- : : @umable that the ernment of the Principality will demand whion is not weil founded. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The Duke of Edinburg Hunting Elephants= Doctor Livingstone’s Memory=War=Charch Broils, nae eee he a oz Tymonen, England, swith dates from the o ‘Septem 2 of October, a we is its ooew the United States, and want Ri see aoe the moment as ue will be bat few to oppose i, This seems to be with them & foregone conclusion, jee Commercial Agent of General Jobo A. Satter, of California Billings, @ ae Pletboric old Mississi a tine Capes the vitit of the Dake of Rai % Last ‘At the Cape) the vi 6 inturg and | verbial for bad temper and the most oxtensive corpora. the doings of his Royal Highness hava been the Teading | ton without a charter St prvopar of the month. ince entered into the spirit by such festivities as the colonists were able to ide for with the utmost heartiness and good will, ablic appearances at balls and places a ing the foundation stone of a Bay, for iron-ciads, he elephant on On, phants wero shot, an number of His Royal Hiabness then to ate lessor game, rink, and a host of ot! you may meet at any time on Broadway, nature from the “time that the memory of runneth not to the contrary’ to the has been the same and y 0 Tone as man lives. Mericane hot exceptions to any the general rules which govern mankind in their or- ‘avocations. therefore we have hara the navel known Payne, general for al men of war, fond ‘of fan and 8 food a than Attends to thi i ‘that is traly A friend. ‘We bave the same little delonsian by ‘that they bave in other 401 write great preparations {: are being made, It looks somewhat that the day chosen for the fight shonid be Sunday, should be that poriion wou! thatthe bie, Just ip front of the church, & great movement Church. ‘len years since such a marged act of Spect tothe Holy Father would bave brought upon th perpetrators heavy fines and three mouths’ imprison- ment at least; bat to-day the priesthood is at a heavy discount, the female portion aiove chnging to their re- ligion. Itis anevidence of the forward movement. Every ‘ican knows well enough who are 1! oe sible for the French invasion, and have cast them the rate throne ae ony un bed. the ni Hg ell, Ged “freemen ie right to w a according to conscience.” i a Communication with the interior, with the exception of Chucaiapa and Ezido. is entirely cut off. It would be hardty possible to pass through the jutérvening country to the city of Mexico. The grand diligence route from Coimna to the city of Mexico is infested with robbers; few passengers escape paying toll to! » road agents. Porfirio Diaz 1s reported to be making preparations to contest the election of Juarez vi et armis, if Juarez is elected, and of this ther no doubt. Diaz has maa: adherents in the interior; the relics of the old Churc! pay, chng to him as their last hope; that hope is unded on a feebl tenure, _ Juarez has the in sympathy with him, and so jong as that state of things continues he will retain power wherever be bas soldiery to back his decrees. Forced loans are being made in various parts of Mexico. Acapulco merchants have been compelled to pay three tax assessinents on goods on hand since the evacuation of the French. Tho future of Acapulco is dark, Cut off from the country, the population must took entire!; on trade brought by the steamers of the Pacitlc Mail Steamship Company. General Escobedo and the Proposed Consti- tutional Amendments. General Escobedo has written a letter to President Juarez in which he says: 1 have remarked the outcry made by the press of the capital against the Cmvocaioria, and have read what the papers in tno other rtates in our republic say, as elso a crowd of letters written to me by ail cisssos of People, including many friends, on the same subject, The first did not alarm me, for I have always believed that they neither say what they think nor do what they fay; as to tho lettersI have replied that the nation claims us of tho army as soldiora to make her respected abroad, and that we aro precluded from taking apy share in the political discussions of our country. As to myself | would have government be persuaded that I would rather pass for an idiot than be reckoned one among a crowd of peevish office hunters, Such has always been my mind, and I have made the same course be toilowed by my subordi- nates in command, who are aware that they must not meddie in politics nor endeavor to propagate their inions on such subjects, whatever may be the nature of such opinions, io my notion there is nothing more natural than for such persons, who are always numer- ous enough in apy country, should continue wayward and peevish when they are able to make out for them- selves that the magnanimity of government is nothing else but feebieness, I feel sure that the Presidout and his Cabinet, who know this full well, will koow how to act with that energy requisite for the consolidation of peace throughout the republic. Another Important Railway Grant. Under date of October 16, 1967, the Mexican govern- ment has chartered a company, headed by Senores Ab- don Morales Montenegro and Manne! B, da Cunha Reis, whoare to construct a railway from the north side of the city of Mexico, via Tlainepanua, Cuantitlan, Zum- Pango, Tizayuca, Tulanciogo, Auanchinango and Hico, to the river Toxpan. From this pot on the Rio fux- pan steamboats are to connect the road with the ports of Tuxpan and Jampico. A branch road is to be built also to Pachuca. A telegraph Iino ts also to be constructed along the road. The whole work is to be finisued in five years. Tho concession of public lands, &c., is for sixty Years, The main features of the grantare fike those of huantepec road. Santa Anna and His Defence. Sefior Don Joaquin Alcalde, who acted as counsel to Santa Anna before the late court martial at Vera Cruz, has recerved a letter from bis client, in which all sorts ot biewamgs aro called uown upon him. canta Anna winds up by giving Seiior Alcalde the noporary title of General of Diviston. and conters upon hima bive sash embroidered in gold. It is somewhat old, bat Seior Atcalde wili keop 1 ae a rele. Election Oatrages in. Mexico. »The partisans of General Diaz claim that in Agaus- calientes the Governor carried things bis own way in favor of Juarez. They asdert that the Juarists on the Dight of election wont through the streets shoutl renin to Diaz,” and stoning the friends of Portirlo aut windows, In Colima the election for Governor was also exciting; the friends ot Santa Cruz, Civil Profect, wero committing all suris of outrages, if be true, Two Mexicans came to kuives’ poinis on the subject and out of patriotism, ‘managed to kill each other Precaautt Agninet Revolt in Puebi ie excitement was caused in Puebla by the fact that General Diaz, whose headquarters aro at Te- buacan, had ordered twelve hundred soldiers, under General Toro, to occupy San Andres Chaichicomula, and another farce to occupy Allixco, The Contin-nt 1! do- mands an of the Diario Oficial The move- ment may have originated in the fears (hat ex-Goveruor Mendez, who was reported as about t> pronounce, might Pealize the iatention atiributed to him, A Governor Accused ‘Trenson, Don Isidro Bustamente impeaches tbe present Gover- nor of San Luis—Don Juan Bustameute—for treason, py be pend that he be tried under the law of Javuary Letter of G Prim to President Juarez. Brosseze, April 19, 1967. To His Excetuevcy Dox Bsxrro Juanez, PResipant oF tHe Rercsiic or MExico:— Iitvustriovs ap Resrecten Sm—Some weeks since I had the honor of addressing you my most sincere con- gratulations on account of your triumph in the cause of Mexican nationality, which is personified in you. That triumph 18 now beyond a doubt, and at this mo- ment the standard of the good must be floating over the capital of the vatiant Mexican republic. Latterly | have learned that some of the mails have been intercepted, and fearing that my letter may not have reached you, I repeat its tenor for the purpoee of assuring you how great is my pleasure at the sight of this liberal triamph and to convinee you of bow great is the admiration of European liberals at witnessing a people who seemed to be worn out by 80 many years of civil war making beadway against » powerfui French army, and struggling day after day until they wrested their native land from the foreigner and reasserted their independence aod their liberty, which had been so formidabiy menaced. Tremain with distinguished consideration your most sincere friend, JUAN PRIM. CUBA. The steamship Columbia, Captain Barton, from Ha- vana on the 2d inst., arrived at this port yesterday, We are greatly obliged to the purser for prompt delivery of our despatches aud files, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Sai y a of Havana—A Queer Reyal Order—Why the Novara has Gone Back to Vera Craz—Execution of the San- tiago Jail Breakers. Havana, Nov. 2, 1867. ‘The sanitary condition of Havana has lately bad a re- markabie improvement. With the northerly winds aad ensteriy breezes which have prevailed recently the tem- perature bas become quite agreeable, and, although the thermometer bas not yet stood below seventy-five de grees in the day, the nights are exceedingly cool and pleasant. I am informed by a gentleman connected with she Board of Health that the total ber of yellow fever cases during the month of October did not exceed sixty- five, of which twenty-four cases proved fatal. But now, the disease has entirely disappeared. The Sanitary Board are disposed to issue clean bills of health, but I ‘am told that one of the individuals high in authority is still opposed to It, According to an old royal order, which bas never yet been found necessary to abrogate, the law provides that clean bills of health shail be given 80 soon as the cases of vomito do not exeeed ninety- nine, A® to the other disease spoken of in previous letters I have only given you the facts, and it has since turned out jost asl gave your readers to understand, that “the faculty’? made most they could age and their ta have abortive, although, the state of Neeuihes tances tens, they would have been unfortunately successful. i have not strange cases at (he Hosp: f Charity, those'were not distinctly Cleaattied. ives boca Coes’ might bave broken been wo: are agglomerated there th sega pone for in the Hospiial of Sao Ls wed Novara sailed for Vera ‘Croz on on a ‘lous oocasion, the band on board played the ‘‘Roval March’’ preienny Aomrian Line | and introduced into Spain by the Emperor Charles V.) as the ebip steamed out of the har- bor. The officers informed the time they reached Vera Cruz, Admiral ‘would have ar- Lid, Dore ane the body of the uafortunate Archduke ho alternative Dut to make tite appoiot- tly. Tho Villa de Madrid having been seut to 7 ney ig Dow expected im her Catholic Majesty 's steamer Hianca. more devective Custom House officers are ex- pected from New York, According to the Diari» de Santiago de Ouba, of the ‘24th ult., the prisoners implicated in the afray at the public prison of that city were tried and condemned by @ council of war held in the samo edifice on the 23d ult, ard presided over by Colonel Demeirio Quiros. Tae trial is.said to Lave been conducted publicly, and t! court closed at three P.M, The sentences were passed approved, aud at soven o'clock eleven of the crimi- pals were conducied to Capilia, all condemned to deatn, Tue Fiscal syptoved of the sentence, excepting in one case, that of Joss Gregorio Crazat, a colored man, under extenuating c rcamstances (1 nce years imprisonment, and the petition was immediately assented to, in the name of the Queen. At thirty min- utes past five the next morning the ten ringleaders were led from the prison, accompanied by the Brotherhood of Mercy, and escorted by two companies of infantry and a picket of caval mali Square fronting the Gemetery, where the execution took place among a multitude g been a atrict holiday (All Saints Yesterda, Day), very littie can bo said about the sugar market. Buyers show. no disposition to pay the actual quotation ‘of 8rs. for No. 12. The only charters reported are of some Spanish vessels for Falmouth at 30a, Exchange on Jonten, 16 to 16);. Currency, 25), per ceut dis- count HAYTI. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Opening of the Legisinture—Trade of the Re- ublic. Port-at'=Prixcr, Oct. 10, 1867, The first session of the Haytian Legislature under the new constitation was opeued at Port-auP-rince on Thura- day, October 3, The occasion was exceptionally inte- resting owing to the fact that it was the first meeting of the Senators and /Kepresentatives of the people in one body as a national assembly, possessed of full right to dectare themselves in session aud to adjourn from time to time at thoir Under the old constitution the session was always opened by the President, whose per- mission to adjourn it was necessary to obtain, avd the change 18 one of the results of the revolution of iast February. The Assembly inviied President Salnave to be present at the solemnity, but he felt it to be his duty to decline the proffered honor, He, however, placed at the disposal of the Assembly several pieces of cannon, a band of music and everything that was necessary give éclat to the ceremony of fnauguration, As this was the commencement of the reign of civil law ip Haytt in place of the old gemi-military system of gov- ernment, all the members of the Assembly appeared drevsed m a plain suit of black, instead of being attired in the embroid:red costume which used to be worn on such occasions under the oid state of things. A Haytian journal says:—"No more embroidered clothes in our chambers! This is a new fact im our annals." The business of the session was opeaed with an ad- dregs by M, Laponte, President of the National Assembly, in the coursy of which he succincily reviewed the politi- cal affairs of the country since the revolution of 1843, showing what urgent necessity exisied for the importaut changes lately mage in the constitution and which have broug:at the government into close conformity with the republican model as it exists in the United States, In looking back, he said they found that since the fata! year of 1844 the country had suffered jovumerable evils from bad government. they had had dictator. ships; they had had despotism underevery form, There bad been a fearfui abuse of the paper money system, which bad been pushed to its extreme Hunts, They bad experienced ali the disorders and exco-ses incident to military rule. In short, their finances had been rumea and they had been piunged into « state of frightful pub- lie misery, Hw called upom tue Hay'tian people to give the present constitution @ fair trial. If i is of the essence, he remarked, of all liberal constitutions to be indetinitely perfectabie, it ought not at the same time to be forgotten that for constitution to be respected it should not be subjected to the same conditions of ciange as laws of secondary importance, which the Legisiature may aiter, modify, abrogate or re-enact at wiil, accord. ing to circumstances or t» the wants of the moment. At the close of Mr. Laponte’s speeca, which was warmly applauded, one of the deputies proposed that the Assembly should :naugarate the session with an act of humanity by recalling certain of the Hay:ians who were exiled with Geifr including his sonso-law, Tie proposal was, warmly received, and another deputy sug- gested that ull the exiles, excepting Getlrard only, shouid be permitted to retarn to their country, The mater, aiter debate, was referred to a committee to report upon it tothe Assembly. fhe Nauioval . oustituent Assembty, which had been in speimanent session since ‘ast May, was dissolved simultaneously with the opening of the Legislative Assembly. a aainininiiiae of the exports and importe for the year 1866 halt Been Published Ih the offical per, the Muniteur. Tue following were the exporis of that period :—Coffee, Be 100 1ba.; roasted col Ibe, 5 pormoeds 119,313,725 Iba, SS jacum, 1,180,200 ibs. ; 14,175 hides; 895 Ibe. ; gallos wax, 05,516 Ibs; honey, 56,214 gations; 226 Iba. ; gom guaiacum, i rag: cotton seed, 188,108 Ibs, ; orange peel, 86,624 1bs., aud old copper, 12,096 Ibs, The value of these exports ig put down at $5,381,402 (specie), and the export tax amounted to $1,058,950. The imports were valued at $6,118,827, the duty upon which yielded $1, 932. The several articles of import are not enumerated in the return The most Femarkable iten in the list of exports is the quantity of cotton shipped from Hay during Lise year. Ibis is a come paratively new export, and tue ; redaction has tucreased tenfold Guring the last five vears. As to coffee, the principal staple of Eo the production is now doubie that of the isiand of Jamaica whem iy was ip its paliniest days a8 @ coflee-;ruwing country. An order of the day bas been published by the general ‘wbo commanded the forces whicu captu: Fort Bias- son and finally dispersed the insurgents in the nortn congratulating the troops upon their valor and its results, and announcing that Fort Biasson would be completely demolished and the cannon captured aud taken to Fort Latte, which should henceforts bear the name of Fort Salnave, Business was brisk at Port-au-Prince, American gold was at 31 Haytian dollars tothe dollar. There ts not much doing in coffee, buyers holding back for a fall im prices. The markets were abundantly supplied with American provisions. Sketches of President Salnave and His Cabi- net. PRESIDENT KALNAVE, OP HAYT!, {ea mulatto, Ho was born at Cape Haytien, and ts now about forty years of age. He entered the light cavairy service in 1844 as a private, and rose through ail the grades till ho was appointed major by Goffrard, in 1859. In 1864 his friend General Longuefosse attempted an insurrection at San Rafael, but ho falied, was arrested and brought before a court martial. When about to be shot Salnave, in order to save him and deliver Hayti from Geffrard s government, revolted at Cape Haytien, In this ho was put down. Longuefosse was executed, and Salnave had to seek refuge in St. Domingo. There ho planned an attack upon Hayti, which he carried out May 7, 1865, Salnave’s complote success was prevented by an Englih gunboat, which bombarded the city of Cape Haytien, and Satnave was again forced to fice to St. Domingo, A court martial was convened, and sentence of death pronounced against him. For about six months he wandered through the forests, all that time pursued by the armed cmissaries of Geffrard. It may be stated here that personally he is brave to a fault, in- domltablo, very severe when circumstances require, but kind at heart, At length a new plan came into his bead. He left St. Domingo, determined to atvack Hayti from the sea, and took refuge in Turk’s Island, While there Port au Prince rose in an insurrection against Geffrard, and the war cry of the insurgemts was ‘Viva Salnave!”’ Sal- ¢ never wished to make any terms with Geffrard, ho once made Proposals to him. He is de- ibed as frank and honorable in his character. wine Haytien Cabinet is composed of four membors— M. André Germain, hag Commerce and Justice; General Ménélas Clement, War and Navy; M. Ovide Cameaa, Interior and Agriculture, and Delorme, Foreign Affaire, Public Instruction and Worship. - isa mulatto, aged about fifty-four He was one of the Commissioners of the Court of (Appeals under the Emperor Soulouque, and was noted for his independence in the oe Sigathi Seng duties, arvana an are o' ‘an iy imperial régime tivars bim and kept him on account 9 his integrity, Under Geffrard he was removed aud cop~ demned to three years’ colar for not having revealed the conspiracy Lami Duvel and Prosper Elie, who were condomed to death, black man, aged about forty sigh. A private ise . He was secretary of Presidont Pierrault in 1844, and was highly esteemed by bim. Under Soulouque he was a member of the House of Representatives and was a or. ‘He was tried for complicity in the iracy of eral éte, which took under he canine fe forty years of was Comptroilor at St. Mark's, under Geffrard, afterwards a deputy, and was a prom!- nent momber of the o m the House, He ‘was condemned to death in 1 for his share im Sal- pave’s revolt, but took flight and did not return wotit he accompanied General Victorin Cheva- ngeat nber of the Cabinet Hi member of e Ot a, Hcietto’ of about thirty-elx years of age. Ih was the ceunowiedged of the when Geffrard forcibly closed the legisiative assem! M. Detorme is an able a and partisans of Salnave during the Cape insur- rection. Te ° was Pn aed of seapronriesa! overn- ment, and acted as wocretary. bea the English steamer Cape Haytiea, Delorme accomnanied Salnave aboard Arparican genpee Soto, which con- veyed the party to Monte Christo, in 61. Domingo. wife be wandered through the woods, He at length reached St. Thomas and thence sel, There he published two pamphlets, ove on “Prejudices Against Colored Races aud Amer.can Democracy,’’ the other on the “Monroe Doctrine. GENERAL SALOMON " fs the Minister rosident near the courts of St. James, St. Cloud and Madrid. He #8 a black man, very reserved in is demeanor, and of a somewhat Eugiish air, He has long resided at London and Paris. on is lawyer by profession and filled the t of Financial Minister under Somlouque. At one time he was pub- licly branded as an enemy to the black race, but events aud bis wuole career have established the falsity of tne cusation, ST. DOMINGO. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. War With Hayti-Details of the Landing at Monte Ch Havana, Nov, 2, 1867 El Oceidente, anew paper which appeared yesterday, contains the following letter from a correspondent in #:. Domingo city, dated October 19:— The friends of Buenaventura Baez, the ex-President of St, Domingo, who are the co nt disturbers of the peace and tranquillity of this country, have just effected @ landing near Monte Christi; and, after having surprised that indefensive population, occupied the hamlet of Guayubin, This foolish raid has naturally produced some alarm. Everybody asks what it mesus pedition sailed from Cape Haytien, in Haytion vessels, and armed. Therefore this is the second time that such an infamous aggression has been protected by tho government of Satnave. The Dominican government has honorably fulfilled the terms of the treaty of July 26; but, unfortunately, Salnave, who t@ a very common man—a treacherous character, unworthy of the station he holds—has sold himself to the views of Paez. Tho majority of the Dominicans, however, do not lend their aid to the sedi- tious cry; on the contrary, the people are decided to repel spontaneously all sorts of revolutionary tenden- oles, especially when charac:erized by Baeztam, There- fore it has been easy to completely defeat the adven- turous filibusters. On the Mth inst, General Polanco attacked them so gall t Esperanza that they were completely cut to pieces, so that the evemy will not be able exsily to rally. Tho question now follows, Wha. will be the attitude which the Dominicans should assume and continue with Hayti? That is the question. General Cabral, at all events, has ordered the Miniter jately sent to Port an Prince to exchange the ratilleations of the treaty to suspend all relations with Saloave’s government, and Jeave the Haytion territory without delay. For this purpose he@despatched a schooner to Jacme! with the hecessary instruciions to the Minister, Conaidering the manner in which the Dominican gov- ernment has been treated, not by Hayti, but by Salnave, it 48 very possible; hat it nay determiae torevenge itself, ani, once this step is taken—and there {s little doubt it wil! be—the Dominicans may rely on a successful issue, With five thousand men armed with machetes they can march to the capital of Hayti, and when onee occupied they would not retire till the goverument of Satnave rendered the necessary guarantees, It is unfor- tuuate that the question cannot be settled by any other means; but the policy of the country, and other reasons in favor of its people, demand such a course. General Cabral is ready to march immediately for Cibao. Before appearing on the frontiers it wil! bo well that he runs over such provinces as may claim his pre- sence. This.tour may take up a month unless he forces the northeastern tine, as is his intention, The government agent in London has negotiated a loan of $2,000,000, ‘Thero is considerable animation in mining and railway enterprise, Many vessels are expected, also, to load guano. ‘The tobacco crop bas been good, and the loadings in our barbor are daily increastng. VENEZUELA. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Dulness of Trade Owing to the Revolution— Govermmeut Trying to Reconcile Matters aud Negotiate a Louv, Lacuayra, Uct. 12, 1867. The ports of Laguayra and Porto Cabello are both very @ulion account of the revolution outside of Ca- racas, about nine miles distant from tho city, caused by the discontent of the greaer part of the republic, on ac- count of the bad management of the government, the Tevolutionists crying down the President and bis Cabi- net for their unconstitutional way of ruling. The foree of the revolutionists, it is said, consists of about three thousand men poorly armed, The force of the government is about four thousand men. They have bad several engagements, in which the government bas been the loser, by death and prison. ers, as also desertion to the other party. At one time about two hundred menor more, with their officers, de~ ferted, taking with them their arms ammunition, ‘The governmont is now ronson oS bring aboot a Feconciliation, but she revolutiomats do pot as to come to terms, and tho general opinion is that if the overument fails i procuring the heavy loan they desire rom the mercantile community at Lagusyra and Caracas they will be obliged to surrender. They have aiso agents at Porto Cabello and otner places, trying, if porsibie, to n oan. Commerce 1s now entirely at a standstill, The crops are good throughout the country, bat, no donbt, will be lost for want of meu to ajtend to thein, as the vovern- ment is forcing im the army all those who are able to Dear arms. Tue only State that seems tobe in peace ts that of Guayand, which te attributed to the gold mines and American Immigration. THE PRESS OF CANADA. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. of the Newspapers Since the Union. i Torox70, Ontario, Oct, 30, 1867, Newspapers were quite rare in that part of the Domin- jon former'y known as Upper Canada, twenty-five years ago. It bad not @ single paper of influence, because the few there were had a very limited circulation, The Montreal weeklies supplied the greatest part of mental new. paper pabulum in those days, and their circulation was consequently largo. The unton of the two Canadas gave the seat of government to Kingston, but that added little to the enterprise of the press of the metropolis, There were two papers, the best of which was the Chronicle & News, now the weekly issue of the Daily News. The Bri- tisk Whig made no pretensions to be a pariy organ, but it was certainiy more spirited then than it has ever been since, notwithstanding it is the oldest daily paper in British Americn, At Brockville there was the Recorder, but its influence was confined to the locality where it was, and continues to be, published. Its present editor, Mr. Wyhe, is probabiy the oldest newspaper man living in Ontario, He had always conducted the Reoor- der with spirit, but has pot accumulated sufficient in his long career apon which to retire mts private life, True to party interests, ho bas never swerved for a moment, and oven stood aloof trom the famous coalition of 1864, The Toronto / atriot, carried on for the benefit of the widow of MeDalton, probably exercised as much influ. ence ag the bést Journals of the time, Mr, Hugh Scobie published the Colonist, in the columns of which first ap- peared the Jetiors of Rev. Dr. Ryerson, in defence of Sir Charles Metcalfe, This journal passed through vari- ous phases, and finally, after passing into the hands of Measra. Sheppard and Morrison, sunk to the tomb of all Caputets, The Kraminer, too, a violent radical sheet published Dy Mr. James Lestie, passed into the ocean of forgetfulness, after a spasmodic exietence, during which it did ite Tittle all to excite ill will and stir up bad biocod im the country, Hamilton was blessed with two papers, the Gazette, conservative, and Journal and Express, radi- cal. Mr, Bull, the proprietor of the former, was a good, weil meaning, bonest soul, but his paper lacked vigor. The other was equaily dull until a rival appeared, ‘when it seemed to gather new life, and went inte the fight with an earnestness quite refreshing. Both euc- eumbed and gave way to better organs of public renti- ment, Brantford had the Courier, which, in apite of the many attempts to supplant it, stands firmer to-day than it ever did before. It was never influential as an organ, bot has kept steadily on tte way, and maintains a repu- tation for consistency that few other journals in the Doe minson can boast of. Ite editorial management has been in several of whom have aimed to render it The ex- Sttuas jative pod but 1 to back them} the 1 and jiament was at once re« (ime there was an almost incessant og Are in the ascond- and his advisers suddeniy arose, in whieh his been unfairly troated, and was to render him a nonentit Me peep he cron by which 1 the press began to play an important part. Dr. Ryersoa had availed bimself of tho Colonist to defend the Gov- eroor General, and was answered through the Ezsminer by Mr, Sullivan, in a series of letters over the signature gion.” As the one was afterwards Chief >uperigtendent of Faucatio aud the other a jadge, more than probable that they owed their elevation to advocacy of tke respecve Causes. ‘be disraption im the Church of scotiand lea to the es- bment of the fm ip Toronto. a journal ostensibly . Toe Globe sprang first isgued asa tri-weekly. nowledged reform organ, and corvice, A pew pariy came into © of Mr. Maleolm Cameron quar- Felling with bis coileagues, and the Globe denounced it bitterly. givmg its adherauts the name of clear grits; yet, strange to say, ¢ ji be subsequently became the Organ Of this small section of politicians, whom #t had at first reviled, and in i854 was found wagig a ferce war- fare against the Hincks-Tacne administration, of which Mr. Cameron, the luther of the clear grits, was e mem- ber. So bitter was tho Globe's opposition that it sup- ported every conservative candidate of importance who went to the pois in the general election of that year, There was Virtually an amiance, offensive and de- fensive, between the clear grite and the conservatives; but, notwithstandin: this unholy coalition succeeded at the polis the alliance was abruptly terminated by anoth- er formed between (he conservatives and the Hincksites. The clear grits banded themselves together and Signed a “round robip,” in which they declar- ed war to the knife agaiost the pew coaltion, and they were abiy seconded by the Glob:, for it devoted all its evergics to a continuous denunciaiion, and has not spared them from first to last. True enough, there was # sort of political quietude for three years, in which all parves jomed, and the organs pre- served a discreot silence; but the attacks upon the mem- bers of the old coalition were resumed & short time after Mr. Browo left the Cabinet, and tue (lobe indulged in @ vast amouat of vituperation when dealing with op- ponente iu the recent eieciions, Ihe Glove has always manifested remarkable enter- prive, and may be ciassed as the most enterprising jour- nal ip the dominion, [ts rival, the Lead, bas evi greater ability, but tatls abort of the G’obe im polat of circulation, “Mr. Lindsay, son-in-inw of the tate Will Lyon Mackenzie, of 1507 notoriety, has been its chief editor since ii started, Gtteon years ago, acd it is consid- ered the best written paper im the province, But it lacks the tersenees and commendable brevity of tho Globe's editorials, and does mot therefore recommend itself 80 hi In spite of its party Dit- terness the Globe is # coo newspaper and much sought after, It is questionab!s, however, if it has as Lr agg: a hold upon the poblic miud as it formerly bad, The other daily paper publissed im this city, the Bven- ig Telegraph, is a small sneet, but has shown great ability a: times, Itis eftirely im youthful hands, the publishers and editors alike being compara- tively young men, It bas evi ly been aiming for some time io supplant the Leader as the organ of tho govern ; but it wil fait to the attempt, as the Leader is certain WT ho recognized organ, now that its publisher has a % jp the House of Commons, The Long Point Advocate, published at Simcoe, but 4, was the moana of bringing Mr, Foley, Unaer the pohtical guardiansht ment from Nort fiom he retained until, turning his he became Postmaster General of Mr. Spence in the same He publisued and edited the Dundas Warder, wad being successiul us a retorm candidate in tho elections of 1854, he was one of the lucky individuals selected by Mr, Himeks to go into the coalition ministry. He was Postmaster General for three years, and eifected many important changes. in bis de- partment; but his cowstity and, being unable to he was appointed Coilec Mr. Brown, of the Glob, entered public life somewhat earlier, The Glole ued mode a postition for him, and there ig litde donbt that could at the time spoken of have been retarned for at leust half a dozen constituencies, When elected for tht city he was also retusned for Oxford, His popularity, however, has wanod, and be will never again be the po- litical idol of the people, Sir Jown A. Macdonald has succeeded better in that respect, and is now more popu- lar than ever; but he, too, will have to succumb, for it is not possible that he can continue to practice upon the credulity of his followers much longer, Many af bie best friends are evidently tired of bim, and it will not require much to disgust them, Great as Sir Jobn’s popularity appears to be, it is well enough known that he cares for littie beyond ministering to bis own ambi- tion, a failing most of our statesmen have bad, ‘Other journais have of late years exercised great influ- ence upon the wifairs of the country: they are the Hamilton Specta‘or and Temes, London Free Press, Ottawa Ovizen, Stratford Deacon, Huron Signal, Gait Reformer, Guelph Mereury, Chatham Plane’ and Sarnia Observer. Those journals bave labored earnestly and well in the cause of good government. The first named, st by Mr, Smiley, one of toe ablest mewspaper men that Ca- nada has knowa, wes mainly mstrumental in bringing ‘about the coalition which disposed of the of the clergy reserves. {t ably advocated a settlement of the question from the ‘irst, and succeeded in cing Sir Allan MacNad ond Sir John A, Macdonald to adopt {ts views, The Fee Press has been somewhat cbang- able, and has supported (ret one side and then the other. It has, nevertheless, exercised much influence, and ts ‘one of the best among the Canadian daily newspapers, The others have mure of a local than general influence, and have well sustained their political status, The rise of newspapers in what is now known as the province of Ontario has been very rapd, In places where, ten years ago, there was not one paper there are now two and three. London has three dailies; fifteen years ago it Lad only two weeklies. Tue Protos was started by Mr, Freeman Talbot, formerly government road superintendent; he tired of newspa- r business, went to Minnesota, and was succeeded by ir. Marcus Talbot, who sat in Parliament for aabort time, went to Ireland to bring out a bride, and with her lost in = ‘Hi-fated Hungarian off the const of sot ndiand, His) f was only short time bette aiewned Prtakt Ontatio. Horo was another young man of greet ability asa newspaper wri- ter, the contemporary of young Taibot; ihey enterod Parliament together, and although conservatives, the Other, Mr. Joun Steridao Hogav, went ever to the op- position, An unfortunate reacounter took piace which, estrayed them forever, Hogan, wo, met an unt end, for he was found murdered one morning, just at the outskirts of tlis city. Brantford bas two weekly papers; Gueiph three, two of which are now published daily, There {s scarcely a town or viliage of any conse~ quence that has not one or more papers, whicn fact will probably be accepted as evideaoe of the inteliectual characters of the people. We are unqaestouably a reading people in Ontario, and probably support more Rewspapers, conailorine the number of population, than any other part of Americu. Literary journals, however, have taken Jitie bold an us. We are too fond of politics to care enough about literaiure juat yet, WESTCHESTER. back upon his party, @ conservative adm’ way gained a public Fines at Foronam snp MokR®anis,—Beotween cloves and twolve o'clock yesterday, @ fire broke out ima (arm. house at South Fordham, known asthe Archer Home- stead, and owing to the meagre fire preventive arreage- mont the building was completely gutted in a very abort time. It wes oceapied by the family of a gardener in the employ of Mr. Loring Andrews, of New York, who bad rented the piace. Nearly all the furviture was saved. The fire is said to bave originated thpough we accidental iguition of some matctes, with which the children bad beeu playing im the upper portion of the ‘od, bouse, Probably tnsur About five o'clock om Weanesday evening considerable excitement was occa sioned in tho vicinity of Westchoster road, Melrose, through the frantic gosticalatious and cries of several persons employed in acerriage factory belonging to ® Mr. Peter Lauser, 1 appears the roof of the lauer ee- tablishment, through soine wmaccountadl caught fire, which ciroumstanece, as soon the workmen, created quite a panic, Port Fire Department were promptly on band and ea exiinguisned be/ore any serieus damage bad trauspired, Deusen Avrtay at Morrisaxta.—Michacl Kelly, residing at Morrieania, and John Hammond, whose place of atode is located in the peaceable village of Har- jem, were arraigned before a magistrate at Morrsanin yesterday forenoon, to answer @ charge of having caused a disturbance on tho evening one of the public From the testim: of the officer who effected their afremt it appears that tho occured had been worshipping rather freely at the shrine of the “rosy god,” which, upbappily, had the efect of rendering them rather pug- pacious, While purmmeliing each other to the intense, delight of a “select” circle of friends, an individual with a shield dropped in, and, putting @ sudden stop to the sport, conducted the belligerrnta to Mage lock up. mond, who appeared to be the chief aggressor, was fined $15, and Kelly, who 1s about fifty-five years of age, was let off with coats, THE BOARD OF HEALTH. The Board of Health hed their regular meeting yes- terday afternoon, Dr. Parker in the chair. The question as to the powers of the Board in the granting of booth permits was agala called up by the “reading of the following report from the counsel :— Tn reference to the resolution passed on the Ist inst., asked what power the Board of Health has to remo¥e stands erectod om the streete or sidewalks of New York with or without permits from tho Mayor, I First, I think tne power of the whether the erections are and I do not see that the it looked out diwigned not © re eo |, were «pon as to reverse or override the rights of the Mayor as 1t may be) to as an aathorit; what been tal to the public, The (no doubt from the over excite- ing bic r has the power to decile when street erections are detri- BER cases pee nage cn ana coe ot the Mayor, @ power to remove street erections “detrimental to tbe public,” whether or hot they are detrimental in the particutar of health. Cotonel B. T. Mc who headed # commities from, the Grand Army of the ile, and who contends ne) they represent tou thousand vetorans, board to ne action in the matter of oy booth sites for two weeks, The committee see ihe atic patie morte ene at Cowpany was a scheme not gouen up for the benefit toldiers, but for the enrichment of certain wirepuiling individaals, SALES OF REAL ESTATE A & Co. ‘av, bet 46th and 7b a ines vate