The New York Herald Newspaper, November 25, 1867, Page 4

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The Pope ordered the release of ali the Garibaldians made priso- ners daring tbe late invasion. ‘The Tialian journals deny that the government is about to contract a new loan. Fronch transports are ordered to Civiia Vecchia to re- turn one division of the Roman expeditionarly force, ‘The Irish in London made a funeral demonstration in respect to the memory of the mea executed ia Manches+ ter. Two thousand persons marched in procession to Hyde Park, where a meeting was organized and speeches: delivered from different stands. The affair passed off in avery orderly manner. Colonel Burke, @ prominent Fenian, was arrested in London. Five-twentios were at 75), in Fraukfort, By the stenmsbip Saxonia at this port vesterday, we ting mail reports in detail of our cabie es to the 13th of November; one day later than the compilation given ia the HenaLn yesworday morning. MISCELLANEOUS. Tho trial of Jef’ Davis will commence in Richmond today. Counsel for both sides are already in that city, and Judge Chase will be present vy two P, M. to charge the jury. General Robert E. Lee has been summoned | As a witness by the government and he has notified | counsel that he will arrive in Richmond to-day, Davis | looks physically mueh better than be did In the spring, and appears in better spirits, Our Mexico city letter ts dated November 10, The Congressmen elect were already arriving at the capital, The body of Maximilian was turned over to Tegethoff on Ube 9th inst., and he was to have siarted with it to Vora Croz on the 11th, It remains im tolerably good condi. ton, and since its arrival in Mexico city, defects m the features produced by decomposition have been artificially repaired, Prince Salm Salin was released by the efforts Of the Princess, who proved to the authorities that at the time of his capture be held no rack bigher than colonel, fhe amacsly prociomation of Juarez and the | oficial correspondence raiative to the F tmilinm’s remains, are published ¢ columas thia moraing. Ovr epecial telegrams by the Cuba cable state that a where in our NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1867. having offered to arm and equip one hundred mon at hia Own expense, for the purpose of cng, Sno Se coin before his inauguration. The cholera has broken out pay ee Beighborhood of Milliken's fond, about twelve miles above Vicksburg. One hundred of them were taken il!, five-sixths of whom died in three days, On the first appearance of a physician he found fifteen of them dead. ‘The negroes who were not touched by the disease refused to render any assistance until they were plied with whiskey. ‘Atan informal gathering of fifteen republican mem- bers of Congress yesterday, fourteen of them voted against impeachment. The Rev, Newman Hall preached in the House of Representatives at Washington yesterday, on “Obristian liberty."” Religious services were held yesterday in nearly all | the places of worship im this city and Brooklyn. At the Epiacopal Church of the Good Shepherd Rev. Ralph Hoyt officiated. Rev. J, C, Esray delivered a discourse on Thanksgiving at the St, Joha’s Methodist Episcopal church, in Fifty-third street; and at the Marmer's church, i Madison and Catharine streets, the annual Thanksgiving sermon was preached. Mrs, Lucretia Mott preached in the Second Unitarian church, Brook- lyn. The Freewill Baptists held service in Seventeenth stre&t, Rev. J.C. Blake officiating, Evacuation Day will be celobrated this afternooh, pro- vided the woather proves fine, by a grand parade of the First Division of the National Guard, embracing four brigades of infantry and one of cavalry. The right of each brigade wil! rest, on assembling at noon, on Fifth avenue, above Twelfth street. The Bondholders Before Congress. The first day of the adjourned session of Congress did not pass over without a move- ment being made in that body in favor of the bondholders. Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, in- troduced a joint resolution in the Senate de- claring that the faith and credit of the govern- ment were pledged to redeem the public debt in coin or its equivalent, that the debt is owing in coin or its equivalent, and that Congress thereby pledged the United States to make Payment accordingly. The resolution was read, laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds gave notice that he should call it up at an early day, and said he hoped it would be passed with entire una- nimity. We notice, too, from our Washington correspondence published yesterday, that the subject of national finance was the absorbing one, and that members of both houses of Con- gress are preparing to discuss it. It is evi- dent, also, trom the letter of Thaddeus Stevens endorsing one from Join Law, of Indi- ana, on the question of paying the debt in greenbacks, whizh appeared im yesterday’s Herat, that the great radical leader of the House is paying particular attention to this subject. Altogether, we may expect to have, early in tho scssion, a very full discussion of our national finances, Mr. Edmunds fired the first gun in the great fight coming on between the bondholders and tho taxpayers about the national debt, and it | comes from the bondholding side. There is no difficulty in divining the motive or object of this hasty action in the Senate. Public opinion in favor of paying tho debt, or a large portion of it, in legal ten- ders has been growing rapidly ot late, and the bondholders are very anxious, evidently, to foresiall or head that of by some actioa in Congress, I! is an effort to get a sort of snap judgment on the question betore the people have acquired clear ideas on it. There is, how- ever, another side to this question, and we think the Senator from Vermont will not carry his resolution with that unanimity he professes to anticipate. There is a reat deal of ignor- ance in Congress on theisubject, it is true, but as it has been introduced it will now be well ventilated. Judging from what occurred last spring and winter, in Con- gress and from the current of public opinion, there is reason to beheve the resolution will meet with considerable opposition, at least in the House of Representatives. But whatever the result may be, the action of this Congress cannot bind that of future Congresses if it be the will of the people to pay the debt, or a por- tion of it, in lawful money while that is the cur- rency of the country. Mr. Edmunds assumes too much when ho says “ the debt was contracted or incurred, ex- cept where specially provided otherwise, upon the faith and credit of the United States that the same should be paid or redeemed in coin or its equivalent.” The contrary is the case. Wherever it was intended to bind the government to pay the principal in coin that is expressly provided for in the Inw and mentioned on the bonds, There is a small amount of securities of this kind. The greater part of the debt—and we may mention the five-twenties particularly— carry no such obligation on them. It was not an accident or oversight on the part of Con- gress, when creating this portion of the debt, in omitting to say in what the bonds should be paid. There was a clear understanding and purpose in not saying they should be paid in coin or its equivalent. It was intended they should be paid in whatever might be the cur- rency or lawful money at the time of payment, whether paper or specie. The Chairman of tho Committee of Ways and Means and the leader of the dominant party in the House, Mr. Stevens, explicitly states this to be so, and he made explanations to that effect at the time the five-twenty bill was discussed. How can Mr. Edmunds or any oae else, in the face of these facts, say that the government is pledged to pay this portion of the debt in coin or its equivalent? Thus far, then, as to the law. The bondholders have no legal claim to be paid in coin or its equivalent, The govern- ment can suit its convenience and the welfare urrender of Maxi- | of she country in paying at maturity or buy- ing up previously the debt in whatever money it chooses to use for that purpose. Bat the bondholders say they have a just Spanish steamer frota Havana was fobidden to enter the port of Bantiago on account of the cholera reports from the former city. Official burlal returns show that ove thousand and fourteon persons perisued in the late hur ricane at St. Thomas, Tn acorrespondeace from Matanzas, Cuba, published nome time since, some reflections were made prejudicial 20 the mereantilo house of Messrs. M. Pie & Co, As we now learn, the statements were not based on reliable Tho. following figures, which we have obtained Zvom the revenue authority of that port, and duly authen- fooated by the At Consul, pice the position of that house in « totally diferent and favorable fight. From January 1 to November 16, 1867, there arrived at Matanzas twenty-nine vessels consigned to sad house, Beventeon of them bad cargoes and treive were in bal- Past, Of these twenty-nine they freighted for distant porta thirteen with 11,07 packages of merchandise, ‘They chartered besides seventeen vessels on board of which they shipped 18,995 packages, thus making a total of 90,200 packages of isiand products shipped by Mesers, Pie & Co. The Union Pacific Railway has been Snished to the easiern base of the Mi ins, $25 miles west from Omaha. ater i 0 the sum toe mountains is only eighty fest to the mile, The recently defunct national baok of Newton, Mase, has been resurrected ander a new fame iv Moston. Fs Thomas Gitbert, 2 radical deiegate im the Alabama BARTON 6 charees vy 9 Georeia wowsvaoer with date, | and equitable claim jto be paid in coin, what- | ever the law or face of their bonds may ex- | press or fail to express, They talk a great deal aboxt the honor of the government and | its credit. We are quite sure the credit of the government will be preserved better by pay- ing off the debt as rapidly as possible while the enrrency is depreciated than by perpetuat- ing it Should specie payments be forced there would be a poor prospect of liquigating the debt. It would become a perpetual bur- den, like the debt of England,.and we should be in danger of repudiation. No, the way to preserve the credit of the government is to pay the debt as rapidly as possible while the cur-. rency is abundant and depreciated. As to the equity ot the case, it is the height of presump- tion to talk of that. The ctaim is usarious and extortionate, These bondholders gave government fifty or sixty in paper for oa bonds, and now demand s bundred in coln, Where ia tne runt 4 sowries Jane i Jus la aot cocdiand? bomothiang isk people-—to the overburdened tarnarary—as , well ‘as ‘to the bondholders, All debtors are | Americas and Kuglish Naval Ordsance. paid in lawful currency; the courts of | The rival maritime Powers of-the world are WASHINGTON. law compel them to receive that, no | striving hard to excel each other in perfecting on aqme inna eee naval ordnance. Constant experiments are Vaan et matter whén or in what debts Why, then, should there be People But the Shylock bondholders say, forco im- | American gun appears to take the lead. The mediate specie payments in order that we may | Celebrated Warrior target has been pierced by be paid in specie currency. That is just what they mean and are aiming at The people and statesmen say we want to get rid of » por- | fancied that they would try our gun with what tion of the tremendous burden first, If the bonds were paid at their present market value the holders would get much more than the government received for them ; still the people. | °¥er, éént the missile and through the would willingly pay that, They will hardly consent to pay forty or fifty per cent more if | 9pened English eyes to the fact that while they it can be avoided. There is no disposition to take advantage of the bondholders by inflat- ing the currency beyond measure and bringing | We have, in true American style, been putting down their bonds to a low figure ; but, if we mistake not, there is a growing determination not to force up the bonds by immediate resump- | *Pite all the ingenuity of man in applying tion and thus to favor a few capitalists at tho expense of the rest of the community. The country will anxiously watch the conduct of | #ined the supremacy over defence. Congress with regard to this very important matter, Who iy Responsible for the Municipal Cor- | that weight of projectiles hurled from heavy ruption? Some of the advocates of Mayor Hoffman’s re-election claim for him the votes of respect- | many a hard fought contest with English ships, able citizens and taxpayers as an honest execu- | we, with fewer guns but heavier motal, brought tive and an enemy of fraud and corruption; and yet every intelligent man in the city knows | the calibre of English guns, but they did not that he is the friend and ally of all the corrupt | reach the weight of our naval ordnance, and “cings” that have robbed the treasury for years, and that he has aided them in all their jobs | favor. To-day we etand far in advance in this during his term of office. Abont a year ago | particular, and our fifteen and twenty inch the exposure of the rascalities in the Street | guns, throwing at a tremendous velocity an Commissioner’s Department, under Charles G. Cornell, was made through the instrumentality | parison with European progress of the Citizens’ Association, and Cornell only | war. saved hi position olf from removal by resigning his tion of Mayor Hoffman, or he must have been guilty of a gross neglect of duty,jsinco the | huge strides since that time to overtake us and city charter requires him “to exercise a con- stant supervision over the condact and acts of all subordinate officers,” and Cornell could | plated frigates, and placed on board of them not have drawn a single dollar out of the city | guns which atill cling to the idea of quantity, treasury for any scheme of plunder without | not quality. The late experiments they have first receiving the consent and the official signa- | made with our fifieen-inch Rodman has, how- taro of Mayor Hoffman. For the mlsmanage- ment in the Street Department which drove | dices. As the Monitor knocked down their Cornell from the office, therefore, John T. Hoff- nan is directly responsible. For the past two years the infamous new Court House jobs have been a byword all over the couatry. Tho Supervisors’ “ring” have made large foriunes out of them. But the peo- be a very cogent proof to him that the Ala- ple could not have been plundered out of @ | pama claims are raasoniblo. single dollar for any one of these jobs if Mayor Hoffinan had refused to sign the warrants upon | fortifications can resist hewvy ordnance oa which the money was drawn out of the city | board of the Monitor vessels. treasury. trated in connection with the new Court House. Corporation Counsel O’Gorman has recently | three guns in xsemate were considere’ equal been hauled over the coals by Peter Cooper for reckless expenditures in bis office, for dis- regard of the interests of the city, and for other | putting iron plates upon our fortifications. We trifling little mattor:, auch as extra fees of ten | believe that there is now more room for im- thousand dollars each for arguing a case in the | provement in projectiles than there is in guns, courts, &c. O’Gorman, an innocent Irish gen- Ueman, is a “subordinate officer” to the | tion largely in this direction; not for this, Mayor, and Hoffman was requirod, in the faith- | howev-r, should the efforts bo relaxed to ful discharge of his duty, to exercise a constant supervision over his conduct and acts, Nor could O’Gorman bave drawn ao dollar for fees or contingencies dut of tho city treas- | periments; and red tape should freely be ury without the connivance and official signa- ture of the Mayor, Therefore, Hoffman is di- rectly responsible for every offsnce charged to | or land. tue Corporation Counsel by Peter Cooper. This is the man the taxpayers and respect- | The Commerce of New York—One Day's able citizens are called on to support; and they are asked to aid the notorious “rings” of the Supervisors, Aldermen, Councilmen and Tam- embraced the extraordinary list of two bun- many to re-elect him Mayor for another two | dred and ninety-nine arrivals at this port, years’ term. Let them decide whether they will be found bunting in couples with all the thieves of the corporation, or whether they | P*per betore or since the first landing of Hen- will unite on John H. Anthon, an old Knicker- | drik Hudson on Manhattan Island. There have, bocker and an honorable citizen, and defeat | déubtless, been many days of more arrivals, both Wood and Hoffman and the greedy ex- pectants of new jobs by whom they are sup- | ported ; and for this list of two hundred and ported. The Earopean ingress. In yesterday’s Hxratp wo published some important telegraphic intelligence relating to Napoleon’s proposed Congress for the settle- | marine news shows the superior enterprise and ment of the Roman question. Munich, the | activity of this journal over all its contem- capital city of Bavaria, has, it is said, been | poraries in the shipping.as in every other de- chosen as the place. The 11th of December has been fixed: upon asa suitable time. The Pope no longer objects to the Congress, The governments of Italy, Bavaria and Wurtem- berg have signified their willingness to take part in ii, We have yet to learn that any of | this business centre and settling house of the the Great Powers, wiih the exception of | American Continent towards the proud posi- Austria, adhere to Napoleon’s plan, General Dix, it appears, has not made himself and the | impressive as are the monuments of the wealth, United States ridiculous by asking a place in | enterprise, progress, Improvement and expan- the Congress. We never believed he had, but it | sion of our city, she is just novy on the thregh- is well to have one’s opinion confirmed. There | old, as we may say, of % andy epoch of com- are two inferences which it ig difficult to resist | mercial developme,. Gompared with which all after reading this. news. These are, first, that | that is pes; fll dwindle into the feeble be- it is intended the decision shall be in the in- tetit of the Pope; and, sgo6nd, that the decision which it is wished ¢ arrive at is already known to bis Holiness. It is yet doubtful whether Russia, Prussia and England wiil take any part in a Congress in the proceedings of which they have, after all, but little direct interest. Tho Impeachment Project. On Saturday that political mountain, the committee having charge of the impeachment project, groaned for nine hours. It is rumored that it will report to-day in favor of impeach- ing the President, and thus show to the country what 9 ridiculous little mouse all this radical noise and pother has been made over. It ap- pears scarcely probable that the rumor can be true, and that the committee, which had so small a ground on which to rest its high charge that it dared not make it when the republican party seemed all powerful, should venture this move now that the people doubt the sincerity ond honesty of that purty In all respects. Yet it is not safe to reason from the supposed fears of fanatics, especially when those fears could only remit from sensible observation of the rule for the | being made against such targets as represent bondholders and another for all the rest @ the | he heaviest armor that can safely be carried ‘ore the Governor of the State could | gtroyed at a single blow all the navics of expel him from office. The notorious corrup- Europe; and the first little “cheese-box” wo tions in that department must all have been | gent to Hampton Roads made us for the perpetrated under the eye and with the sanc- | moment the most powerful macitime Power in Hoffman is, therefore, directly re- | evident that old fortifications built from calcu- sponsible for every outrageous swindle porpe- | lations made as to the impact of projectiles Excitement in Richmond Regarding the Trial of Jef Davis—A New Indictment to be Framed—The Course to be Pursued by the Prisener’s Connael. F from Richmond this évening by an English sea-going vessel, Thus far the it, while to English guns it has been impene- trable. At first our friends across the water they deemed @ sufficient charge to oarry the The result was that the target was not penetrated. A heavier chi of powder, how- “Warrior”sided target, and at the same time have been theorizing over the problem of heavy ordnance and the impact of projectiles, has been summoned asa witness by the government, saying that he will be in Richmond (o-morrrow. Tleara from a reliable source that Mr, Davis wilt not be tried on the indictment already framed, but that a new one will be made, as { have heretofore stated. If this should be done, I understand the counsel for the defence will ob- ject to the Grand Jury on the groucd that it 1s partly theories into practice and driving home the system of attack until defence trembles. De- modern resisting power, the old rule of cen- turies ago has held good, and attack has main- It was formerly the rule for vessels to carry many guns of light weight and calibre. It was, however, first discovered in the United States consumed in # degal argument. A precedent for this course is to be found in the Aaron Burr trial, If the (rial should go on, Messrs. Chandler and Wells will be relied on by the government to argue the cause before the jury, and Messrs, Evaris and Dana to discuss the points of law that may be rawed. The defence will be conducted by Messrs. Brady, shea and Ould for the jury, and Messrs, O’Conor and Lyons for the legal dis- cussion, Mr, Davis went to church to-day at St. Paul’s and listened with great -attention tothe sermon of his former pastor, Dr. Minnegerode. He has improved very much in physical appearance since last spring, and his spirits are said to be perfectly equable, In the event that the government is ready and insists on proceeding with the trial before Judge Underwood, the course indicated in my despatch of the ‘21st inst, will be pursued by the counsel for the defence, except that they will not leave him, lupo devcrandum, Dut will defend him, ‘Their determination to resist bis trial bofore Judge Underwood, or by & nogro jury, is fixed, and will be pushed to the last extremity. Mr. Brady ts oxpected on the half-past one P, BI. train to- morrow. The Judiciary Committee and the Impeach- ment Question. The House Committee on thé Judiciary had avery long season yesterday, and did not adjourn unui night. Another meeting will be hold to-morrow morning on business connected w ita the general reports in the im- Peachment case, A formal application was submitted to the committee by responsible parties connected witn the general newspaper proas to permit, under such guards as the committee m ight require, copies of the re- ports to be made in advance of the documents being laid before the House, but not to be used before that time. The request did not receive the favorable consideration of the committee. Therefore they will have to be copied after the House shall have beon informed of their con- tents, The members of the committee being enjoined to secreay, nothing has been sald by-them to outside parties conveying even an idea of the character of the reports, No secret, however, was mado of the fact that they are vory long. A report bas prevailed that ono of the mem- bers has recently changed his views, thus making a majorjty in favor of impeachment; but oo information can be obtained to verify (he statement, The Republicans and the Impeachment Question. An incident occurred yesterday at the Capitol which is a far indication of the feeling of Congress upon the subject of impeachment. Currency was given to a ramor in the afternoon that one of the Judiciary Com- mittee, who bad proviously opposed a report in favor of impeachment, had changed his views and advocated tne measure, A few radical mombers, happening to meet in the Rotunda, discussed the likelihood of this change of bases and in the end resolved to invite all the repub- lican members in the Capitol at the time toa sort of in- formal meeting, and take the sonse of the gathering on the subject of supporting an impeachment report. Fif- teen in all assombled, and @ unanimous voie, with one solitary exception, was recorded against impeachment, General Grant’s Testimony Belore the Judi- ciary Com: 5 Politicians bere manifest considerable impatience upon the subject of thetestimony given before the Judi. ciary Committee. As tho repeated efforts to draw out General Grant on political subjects bave so signally failed, his testimony is looked for with inteuse interost, in hopes of eliciting some clue to his views, Various speculations are rife as to their probable bias. It is said that his testimony will relate merely to reconstruction, and upon this point may be taken as conveying his ideas on this important question, The revelation thus far of the mystery which has surrounded the General’s views, will doubtioss prove quite a relief, Disposition is shown by a number of members to dipore ol the impeaciment question, when presented to the House, by ordering the reports to be laid on the table, The President’s Views K tion of American A leading point, and one upon which the President intends to express himself very strongly in his message to Congress, is the treatment to which American citizens have been subjected by foreign Powers, The considora- tion of the subject was ptimarily suggesied by the alleged arbitrary manner in which England has ignored the claims of American citiz>ns to the protection of this government. The President vill deal at some longth with the matter, and urge on Congress to take a decided stand in asserting the ngbts of citizens of this country, who have been either unjustly imprisoned or denied ‘what thoy are legally entitied co when on trial in foreign countrita, Probable Recem of Congress. - Tam informed evening that the House will very Probably adjoura three or four days before the close of the session, to enabie the offers of the House to make up their roports, Land for a Military Road in Oregon. ‘The Commissioner of the (puerai Land Oftive yester- day trauemitced to the Govemor of Oregon a certitied transcript of lands inuring tothat State, under the pro- visions of the act of Congres{ approved July 2, 1864, to aid in the construction of a military road from Eugone City to the rn boundary pf the State, The list em- braces lands in the Roseburg disirict, coniaininggin the aggregate 19,153 acres, \ Rev. Newman Hnll’s Seimon in the House of Represontitives. Rev, Newman Hail to-day in the House of Representatives to os large audience as ever mot within its walls. Tho ladies’ gillory was crowded to ex- ‘cose, and every inch of standiig room on the floor was occupied, Quite a large au ‘Houses attended. General Gr@t made b. before the sermon, ordnance was the great desideratum to be reached. Our war of 1776 proved this, for in down the British flag. 1812-14 had increased the results of the battles were generally in our enormous projectile, tell of Western in com- in the art of The simple invention of our Monitors de- the world, Our English rivals have made regain their. lost position among the nations. In tho effort they have built unwieldly iron- ever, disabused them of some of their preju- wooden hulls, so now tho Rodman gun knocks down their iron walls; and with the piercing of the Warrior target we have disgusted John Bull with the idea that his iron as well a3 his wood is vulnerable—an argument which will Tt now becomes 8 questién how far modern Tt is quite ten years ago are of liltle value, Formerly to a irigale. The proplom is now somewhat changed. We shall soon have to commence and our scientific mea should turn their atten- rea¢h the greatest perfection in the guns themselves. Very liberal appropriations should willingly be made by Congress tor ex- laid aside to welcome every improvement which may perfect us in tho ari of war on sea Arrivals, The shipping news of Saturday’s Heratp steamers and sailing vessels—a larger number than ever reported for one day in any news- but they have never before been so fully re- ninety-nine for one day our commercial read- ers are largely indebted to the steam yacht system for collecting harvor news which has recently been inaugurated. The publication of this immense amount of partment of a great daily metropolitan news- paper, from day to day ——A map of busy life, With all ite fluctuations and its vast concerns, Wonderful as tiave been the advances of tion of the first commercial city of the earth— piihfags of her grand career, We hayé an active trade with Europe, but the vast inviting commercial fields of the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America, to say nothing of cur new acquisition of Alaska, re- main as yet almost untouched by the enter- prise of “the universal Yankee nation.” We have opened some lines of traffic between our Pacific ports and with what is w them the boundless traffic in the far West, of the Asiatic Coutinent and its prolific surrounding islands; but what this trafic will be to San Francisco and to New York after the completion of the Pacific Railroad who can conjecture? ‘There are also in Africa the resources of trade which, before the close of the nireteenth cen- tury, may add to our shipping lists annually « thousand arrivals from African ports, Tho New York Herato, which has grown with this imperial city and strengthened with its strength, in anticipation of these fore- shadowed events is preparing to meet them, so that hereafter, as at the present day, our shipping and commercial interests, togetyér wit all others of onr business classes, 84 ‘with politicians of all parties, will stil?,, in in- be fatal to the prosperity of noon Mtr, Hall preached betore The Ravages o! Our Vice Consul Gen 15th inst,, furnishes to the island. For several days Weather, but its effect thus far Portious of the tow 4. The Quarantine Reguldions at Tener’ gy, ‘The United States Consul at! exert wader Ate o October 29, informs the yout of 7 oat the Quarantine restrictions there tive been 80 69” modined, ‘thas all whalers that have left t» Usited St j1eg to June 1, 1967, and that came ith clear, pits of henith, ‘Wore admitted to free pratique. > Malignant Fever 4 apetowa. Consul at Capetown Trg that a malignaut Our sigde of the times, Aday will tell | creasing numbers, call for the 2 caged — POP eB nrinet ia: a i A to give tell the oo their morning coffee to prepare om following decisiong’—. radicalism i¢ — to gi a COup puingn ot Gale mr emt ies Ons iain de area The news of peace, transmitted in my last letters, haw Rot resulted as all good mea hoped. One article among ‘the conditions has caused Paraguay to reject all, ¢ ¢, the demand that Lopes shall retire to Europe for two years, He does not desire to travel, and his people do not desire him to leave. Besides, he does pot demand that President Mitre shail travel for his heaith, ror does insist on a European tour for the Emperor of Brasil. On equal terms he desires to dochne their invitation with thanks, and to remain, as Norval remained Jong, tending his father’s flocks, Nearly all the other points would be readily yielded Paraguay. Brazilian territory, excopt Matto Grosso, ‘would bo given up, apology would be offered this repub- lie, and the two steamers taken before declaration of war, would be paid for, the expenses would be divided between Paraguay and this republic; but to send Lopes ‘away—no, never. So ends the first serious earnest effort to make peace, undertaken by either party, Since Pare- guay sees that to make peace is to sacrifice Lopes, they and he are united in greater vigor and are carryinges the war with increasing determination. The headquar- ters of the allies are about six miles, or perhaps eight, from their base of supply, and the transit of supplies ie now a matter of importance. To cut these off isto Lf gs starve the allies in their own camp, and it will also on. intercept . This bas led to frequest god bloody” ter Une of the most important ef iEE i Bl fist fH wore trying being established at Curupaity, them. is incessant, but nothing important achieved. They keep up their communication Gran Chaco side, thus bave no immediate danger want. The perem| order to go past attack Humaité came from Rio Janeiro. turn down the river becomos an impossibility. Without a Paraguayans buye thus sbut up, as nearly useless, all’the iron-clads, ten in number, of the navy of their foe, This position of afairs allows of a concea- tration of Lopez’s forces at the points, not over six ting each other. These retreats = by tt, Paraguayans lays and by the faise information 1: gives. ‘The telegraph 1s ia operation from Humaitd cion, and long letters are transmitted over it i il i BEERS g i die ia his aight or for him, since January 1, 1867, to this date, Brazil Paraguay 11,490 meno. A new order for di been issued in Brazil for 20,000 more. ‘The worst news we have from the front is cholera has again broken out in both armies. In this manner it last summer, and from the army tt came dowa the river to ‘his place about as fast asa man could and for forty days it raged here and gave way to weather, Now at opening spring it ee ee ee en al vi jon, Ail over theso boundless pampas the click of the sheep shears ig heard to-day, and better, cleaner has never been shorn in South America. It ts estimated that we shall have one milion pounds more 1m 186% than in 1866. But so much lower are the that the clip of this year wilt sell for one million hard dot. tarstess than that of 1866. This is what the farmers of this country pay for the tarifipf the United States. TWO ACCIDENTS ON THE HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD. ia $ i SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Povgukerrsts, Nov, 24, 1867, ‘Two accidents occurred on the Hudson River Railroa® last night, The first took place at |Statisburg., An oxtra freight trafa, bound south, when near that station be- came disconnected, and one haif of the train drawa oy the locomotive went on till it reeched a grade, when another disconnection took the rear of the broken t after pce ron ing rasmay ode the grade and colliding with the first half, which had Jolt standing on the irack. One truck was thrown trom the rails, and five or six bunters were broken, but was burt, The train was detaiaed several hours in ence. “the second accident occurred to the EVACUATION DAY. Parade of the First Division N; al (uard— Review by Governo le If the weather proves fine to-day the celebration tho eigbty-fourth anniversary of Kvacuation Day ¥, be of a most imposing character, The entire First Oivi- be formed at noon, The procession will bgia to marcy is ball. one 2'vlock, and just before dismisy Se lertevea by Governor Fenton at tae. Fith hen Hat ¢ ‘The different brigades will assemtyjo as fol’ ows:—First brigade on Wost Sixteenth street; Seco's] brigade om West Fifteenth street; Third ‘a West Four. toenth street; Fourti: om West T airieenth street; First bnade cavalry on Wert, fee the rand of each brigade will rest on ® enue, The line of march will be et 7 fifth avenue, through Broad canal street, dowery, Fourth avenue, weg aiea . yy tourth ‘ ‘Street, Madigon avenue, Unind street, = gy” “REMARKABLE “FATAL COINCIDENCE. ‘dn Satarday iast ‘aac Hall, a baker, living at No. 708 fhird avenue, was buried. On the Thursday preceding he was driving @ horso and buggy through Central Park, accompanied by ® Indy friend, when the ‘horse took fright and ran away, Mr. Hall being unable to comtrel him. On tui out and same buggy, away, throwing out his wife, bimesi it and bis little daughter escaping uahurt, wife was also buried on Saturday, o a War Sorrugny Ewicraxta Have Farcap,—The Charles. ton for the geoworal failure onsech ceiiense ‘who have sought wy a ee ea ion nam with the ‘Sowtnera. ape Antone thelr io since the war. They have done 4@ “‘becanse they Tack the ft mo, with their “untows a Sch le OO socom "Mo Fifth’ avenuo to Twoaty- Se Pb eS Se ee