The New York Herald Newspaper, June 25, 1868, Page 8

8 BUROPZ. Our general European coregpondence, dated in Paris ano Berlin, publishe% to-day, embraces very ‘tmteresting matter, orig.nal aud in detail of our enable telegrams, to the 13th of June. - QUA PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. Paris, June 12, 1868. Wi would have exhausted the eyes, bewildered the bead and stirred the wonder or envy of the most rigid stole of the ni/ admirart school to have con templated the immense and brillian: throng that poured for three hours on Sunday last through the @hampe Elysées on their way home from the Bois de Boulogne. The Emperor and his lovely half; the tile Prince Imperial, in a carriage and four of his own, with outriders; the noble and fashion- able, foreign and domestic, in their holiday “equipages; the ‘demi-monde, arrayed in all ‘ts «glory; and a motley assemblage of all @issses, professions and creeds, rolled by in a stream of six carriages abreast, all talking, smiling and gesticulating in the joliiest of moods, while thou- sands of people of both sexes, seated and standing on the spacious sidewalks, were staring, pointing and ‘exelaiming with that ardor and abandon mever seen out of ia delle France—what ‘was it all about, do you suppose? It was Bot a review nor the opening of another Bxhidition, but simply the last great race of the season. What a social revolution since twenty-five years for such a mass of French people to turn out merely to witness a horse race! The thing has be- eme fashionable at last. Lord Henry Seymour, a Sporting Englishman, labored hard for years to in- ftroduce his national pastime into France. He was followed by sundry gay Frenchmen who had caught ‘this Angio-mania; but the gorgeous display of last Sanday is due to Napoleon IIl., who, amid all the grand things he has done for Paris, has blessed it with |@new amusement. Besides his august presence and ®@ lot of splendid prizes, he has created a mag- mificent race course on the Bois de Boulogne, within @ stone’s throw of the capital, and has constructed a read to it that for every kind of beauty 1s the finest @rive in the world. There is not a pebble to mar its smoothness nor a grain of dust to diminish its charm, Bt ig not the race course, therefore, that brings thither @o many of the monde éiégant, That is only a Pretext for the display of gorgeous equipages end electrifying tollets. Such a spectacle a8 this is impossible in England, simply because their olitan race courses at Epsom and Ascot too far (from sixteen to twenty miles) to render equipages and costly dr possible. The Jerome course is rather too far for comfort, and the Toad to it 1s a sorry contrast to the Avenue de |’Im- peratrice. The race of last Sunday had an unusual attraction. Some celebrated Eng] horses were Ped against the most renowned of the French ie. This national contest brought over crowds of the flaxen-locked ons, in e eager hope of carrying back with them. their purses well lined with French gold. The fates so ordained 1t, for the Earl, # horse of Lord Hastings, carried off the grand priz, uo less & sum than fms given by the city of Paris annually. ench were wofully disappointed and must have Jost a good deal of money, There was atime when a defeat by peryide Albion on the race course or else- where would have put the nation into mourning; but the French of to-day have forgotten Waterloo and the siege of Honfleur, Napoleon LI. hashad a good eal to do with the transformation. The French nowadays engage in @ cuntest with the English with zest but no bitterness; so the failure of ast Sunday ‘was soon forgotten, while it was mitigated by the Tecollection that a French horse a couple of years ieee off the famous Derby stakes at -Epsom. Thad space it would amuse your readers to give ® sketch here and there of some of the nota- bilities who figured so brilliantly in the col of jast Sunday. What a treat for the lovers of scan. mag. if 1 were to give the piquant bistory of that handsome woman, 80 exquisitely @ressed and rolling by in carriage and four ale Daumont, that eclipses even royalty in its splendor! ‘The name of Madame Musard 1s familiar enough in Paris, and _ is gradually Spreading through the fast world of Europe. New York caniot be wholly igno- Fant of her, since she 18 a native thereof, Mu- #ard, who travelled in the United States with a con- cert troupe, was Vanquished by her various charms and married her. On coming to it was her luck to fail in with the K of Holland and the end of allthat was that his Dutch Majesty one day made her a present of a lot of old in some mine or other that had never paid a Gividend and which this cunning gentieman thought he could part with without “paying too dear for his whistle.” ‘Lo the delight of bis lucky inamorata and the amazement of her royai protector the shares turned up trumps, and the resuit is @ fortune of seve- Fai millions. mxequentiy the equipages, the toi- the jewels, the sétes and the petits sof souper usard are often the talk of the guy folks of Paris and always the wonder of those who wit- mess and sharein them. There ts no decrying it, ‘the American people are an eu rising, energetic and ambitious lot. The men sti everything for a fortune, and the women, high and low, what won't they do for @ sensation! But, happily, there are none out of the monde galant who wouid com with the queens of the Bréda quarter, and there are precious few of them who stumble into Toya) mines and are drawn up tmillionnaires. Prince Napoleon bas of on @ second mysterious co Last tour, you remember, he went to Ber- In, and now he is bound to Constantinople. This is only a ruse, for it is not the Grand Turk he is after, + ve) the Emperor of Austria and his Prime Mtnis- » Von ust, 88 weil a8 the Poteniates- of various degrees of the South of Germany. Much may be whispered and agreed upon @mong those great folks that it would never do to no. paper or trust even to ambassadors. This another symptom that Napoleon means to be well pared for a war with Prussia should it come. It not expected this year, and may not occur at all; it Bismarck played a shabby trick on Napoleon 1866 and this account must some day gh hoo There is no doubt the Prussian ieeker ged the Emperor of Austria ‘that Bismarck had long pianned, in was ee he ag et ered Qnger to his nose and fanely told Napoleon that he wished he might get Tem—the afore- waid provinces. Nobody likes being hambugged, and ab Em likes 4 as much as other te. Still, Napoleon is wise and cool a man indulge an animosity at the expense of his inter- ests, which simply means he will never make war on Prussia unless France desires it, which is likely, and not then unless he can induce the South of Germany to stand aside, which is probable. Let us drop war for finanve, The opposition to the Emperor at home has changed its base, People here have got go tired of the stuff and non- sense, talked for 80 many years, about liberty of all kinds and varieties, liberty of the presa, liberty of Speech, and, above all, the lil of upsetting the Gererament by @ revolution that the demagogues of he day are forced at last to Ney = the lc and fight the autocrat of the Tuileries behind a new bar- ricade. Instead of yelping for “more Mberty,” = they understand it, they mow shout for Sess “expenditure,” ag they don’t compre- ‘end it. ith no small industry they have over- ‘Bauled the general outlay of the empire since 1883 ‘and compared it with that of Louts Philippe’s and foe governments. The contrast is stupendous, be sure. Yet if a comparison of expenditures was made between Lincoln's administration and John Quincy Adams’ the result would not be leas astounding. There is this difference, though. Ni nm can show for his money the won- derfal development of France in every form and manner possible; whilst our government, what can it show? Little cise than the cemeteries of thousands and thousands of dead soldiers and the ruined fields of the luckiess South. Of course, we must put to the credit account nigger emancipation, if votes and ni ores. ve no time le! discuss this interesting topic @f the day—I mean the Onances of the empire, I will Fattle on about it in my next. It is worth it. GERMANY. Prince Napoleow’s Journey—Peace or War— Alliance=The Peace and Liberty League—King William a His Hobby— Count Biemarch’s Retirement—Professor Von Raumer—Prussian Decorations. BaRLIN, June 8, 1868. In the political calm just now prevailing the sick- Bese of Count Bismarck and the eastern trip of Prince Napoleon appear the only evente cailing for Special notice. ‘The t@egraph will have informed you of the move- Mente of bis Highness; as to the motives of his jour- Mey just ae many versions are given by the press as at is previous visit to this city. “He ts only going to look after bis interest in the Turkish railway,” say some, while others assert that the Prince has a politt- cal mission confided to him, such as canvassing South Germany, Vienna and Constantinople to engage allies for @ War against Prussia, There are those who assribe the very opposite aim to the French traveller, stying bim the apostie of peace, and oMcial journsis speak with great assurance of @ pleasure trip which the Prince, with out any bearing npon politica, has undertaken on bis own account, In the same clique, however. Mt is admitted that the Prince is @ close observer and that bis predications are eagerly Hetened to ut the Tuileries. If each jaunt of a “Plon-Pion” can env auch serious commotion among the wiseacres in tantly setting them to work to caloulate the chance of peace Or war, we cannot but own that ours iy a most curious, eraxy epoch. bi y Centuries ago efforts were made to rectre peace among: nations, The Christian Church, with a view of restoring harmony among mankind, erected the civiias Dei and proclaimed the Roman Pontiff the highest arbiter; while the German monarchs. belicv- ing in the traditions of the ancient Cwsars, usurped to themselves that power. But the people and tneir Princes shook off the primacy of both, and the illn- Sion of a universal Christian empire was superseded, since the of Westphalia, by the principle of State shows that in 1 agen not Len blood wad hed ward than in ancient If Henry IV., from France, who thought of teen with a permanent con; a een alate Sepa and 100 negeene by the of Ravailiac, likely have fought many a bloody war for the sake of realizing his peace In modern times have seen the Holy Alliance, formed for the purpose of opposing the ambitious uncle of the smart nephew, make an attempt toestablish 9 durable peace. But the same monarchs who founded that alliance looked. upon the p: of fe as@ breach of the Peace, and then, of course, the - of the Holy Alliance were numbered. Since its dissolution Europe nas not had leas than four wars—1856, the Crimean; 1869, the Italian-French-Austrian; 1864, the ba i Fl 3 the hace Cie Prokcnstiowirty i one m1 cause an appetit peace. ‘The governments, however, seem to have lost all inclination for peace allan: and the initiative 1s left at present to the overnel who last year held ‘the first International Peace at Geneva, be followed in ember next by ‘the second at Berne, The Central Committee |, In @ meeting held a few days ago, upon the following pro- gramme:— Whereas the International Peace and Liberty Leacuo hol opinion, already exp in the resolutions of the mi the unconditional: necessity of not severing problems—i, «, the religious, the political and the eoo- nomical ; Resolved, That reli a8 & matter of individual convic- tion, must remain distinct'from political and educational in- stitutions. ved, That the organization of the United States of Faroe must be based upon popular and democratic inatitu- Hons, upon equality of fndividoal rights and antonomy of comememaioee sae: provinces concerning the regulation of their o Reso} ‘That a thorough change of the present econom!- cal systsm la needed tor obtaiars “fant distribution of ‘benefits, labor, leisure, instruction, and through it freedom for the worklng classes and abolition of proletarianism. At the time the league protests against any attempt to obtain a social reform by despotic power, In connection with this platform of the Second Peace and Liberty Congress, the Central Committee recommends for its debate the following questions:— 1. What advantaces, relative to and liberty, would accrue from the abolition of standing armies and the intro- duction of national militia, or even of & general disarma- 2. How does the economical and social question relate th Peace. and through peace to iiberty? , 8 What advantages, with reference to peace and ‘Ifberty, aire guined by separating the Church from the State 4, How oan the federative principle be carried out on the Continent, and how {s the confederation'of the United States of Europe to be estublished ? * One of those invited to attend the Congress, Pro- fessor Fichte, of Tubingen University (a son of the phGoec her), Wrote a reply, saying, “In my opinion It is not sufficient to express wishes and utter admo- nitions for peace. The nations of Europe, especially France, have to be enlightened relative to the injustice and obtuseness of national jealousy, and also as to the impossibility of solving their difficulties by war. ‘These internal affairs and struggles of the most seri- ous nature have to be settled by each nation for itself, determinedly declining foreign intervention. Germany will not nor can it humble or diminish France; the desire for peace is juat as strong with the one as with the other. Nor can France injure Germany for any length of time, the nationa! forces of both being equal; a most fortunate campaign against any would be only a temporary suc- cess, a useless advent The Germans would club together in ater si ih against the common enemy, and the old national hatred, heretofore slum- bering, would break out stronger than ever against @ neighbor incapable of forgetting his ancient pre- tensions.” Indeed, the gist of this Peace and Liberty Oon- gress is ‘‘non-intervention.”’ Let them proclaim and carry through the principies of non-intervention, and if that can be acknowledged and guaranteed in an international aie. of Euro) aud American vernments, the danger of war is reduced to a min- imum. fverywhere armies and navies might be cut down, and the heavy burdens of the le lessened. France would no longer talk about the Rbine; Italy could settle its afuir with Rome; Prussia may strive by a liberal vernment to be- come less obnoxious to the Southern States, and Germany could and would be united. It isa fine cture to behold, which does one’s heart good; ut What harmonious sounds, carried from afar by the morning's breeze, strike my ear! Tobe sure the thres social @case of 49,087; Havre, 16,177, a decrease of 346; Ostend, 19,707, an inerease of 3,810, Total, 476,940, an increase of 108,339. A curfons correspondence has taken place between M. Henri Rochefort, the editor of the new satirical ‘ publication, the Lanterne, of Paris, and General N Prince of Moskowa, or rather between the for and the Prince's two friends, General de Forton and the Marquis Latour Maubourg. It arose out of an article published @ few weeks since in the Figaro, on a picture in the Exhibition Px, ernens, representing the execution of Marshal Ney. article was severe On the Marshal, and the two @bove named entlemen demanded satisfaction by arms on the part of their principal, the Prince. Te oe Rasher, criticism, refuses point blank, asserting his as long as he abatains from pul any points that may be converted into a calumnious defamation, and moreover does not wish to. set his confr‘res & badexample, So the matter stands at present. of fits respect an ness,” to which the Emperor Teptiog) “1 thank you for your telegram and hope soon to be with you.” Several French. muties suggest the following amendment to eg bill:—“All male children born in France of foreign subjects, who themselves are born in France and dwell there, must be subject to the recruiting laws.’’ ‘The Marquis of Hastings, after winning the French Derby, before quitting Part , left 10,000 francs in the hands of the J Club, of which 7,500 francs aré for the poor of ‘and 2,500 francs for the English church at Chantilly. The English nobleman who asevere beating in a pu lc encounter on the Chantilly race course was Lord Chester, not the Prince Wales, a8 erroneously stated in Paris letters to London. The annive of the death of Count Cavour was celebrated in Turin on the 6th with great solemulty. The King was present at the religious ceremony. The following is a description of the cup given to the winner of the grand prize at the Chantilly races:— ‘The cup Is of oxy silver, Medicis style, elegantly formed and chased. The handles are represented by horses’ heads and the cover is surmounted by & figure of Pictory distributing palm leaves. On the centse of the cup is a tablet of lapis-lazuli bearing the inscription, “Given by the Emperor, grand prize, 1868.” e stand is a splendid brown onyx, In consequence of the discovery of a fraud in mili- tary supplies to the troops in Algeria the regimental accountant blew his brains out, a wealthy native merchant committed the hari-kari with a dagger and ® cadi or native judge was condemned ina fine of 1,000 francs for destroying registers. An Austrian paper alleges that the most perfect a machine ever invented ts now being ex- hibited in Pesth, Hungary. It ts worked by keys, and the lady performer converses through its medium with a rapidity and precision that even misleads the visitors. The only perceptible imperfection is in rendering the sharper or hissing sounds, such as the final of the letter ‘‘8.”” EGYPT. The Viceroy and His Uncle=A Serious Fame ily Diticulty. Some statements lately appeared in the European press relative to arbitrary conduct on the of the Viceroy of Fgypt’s oMcials to Prince Halim Pacha, his uncle, The Prince has since addressed the fol- laine letter to all foreign Consuls General in Alex- andria:— CHovsra, Cairo, May 22, 1868. Sir—I shall not go over the details of everything that bas been done to me up till the present moment, and which | have patiently endured. the facts being well known to the public; but as these abuses, in- stead of ceasing, are continued in such a manner as to justify an apprehension of still worse treatment, I fee! bound to bring the following circumstances under the notice of the Consuls General:— My mother-in-law, the Princess Mumtag Kadin, died on January 9 last, and as her sole heir, according to MussnIman law, I entered the same day on the pos- session of her property. [gave the instructions for the administration of the real property, and took into my service the establishment of the late Prin- cess. Matters took their regular course, until the 14th of April last, the season when preparations for the wheat harvest are usually begun. On that day my farm bailif! was summoned to wait upon the mudir of Garbieh, governor of the province, and he was detained the whole day at the divan without a word being said to him, When evening came my bailiff asked permission to return to his business, but he was told to remain at Tanter, and to come to the mudirich the next morning. ‘The same evening, however, while going through the town looking for a lodging, he met a person unknown to him, who tried to quarrel with Imm, and suddenly seized him by the collar and cried out for help, The police cavasses at once appeared on the spot, arrested the bailit?, put him in prison, and the next morning sent him to the mudirieh, where he still remains. On being informed of this, I sent on my farm another bailiff, who reported to me that the laborers and other men onthe farm had been ordered to re- fuse to work. My bailiff accordingly employed some strangers in their place, but on the 19th of Mohar- these are military bands, and of the cavalry, fuli or- chestras on Rorseback, not even the kettle-drums of polished ,silver are incking. Having opened the Window, what glittering masses of lancers, dragoons, Catrassiers, clad in steel, with burnished casques, a8 if just escaped from a scene of ‘‘Hernan@ Cortez”? on the stage of the grand opera; then the rattling of artillery, guns and carriages bran new, their ponder- ous weight jarring the pavement, maki the houses: of honest citizens quiver, all winding their way to the manwuvring ground beyond the suburbs. Soon the booming of the orduance is heard, the windows are shaking; what a waste of powder, what wear and tear, inthe course of a forenoon, of material and uniforms | How 4 of the foot soldiery, half suffocated by dust and heat, carried home in ambu- lances! And amid all this mill! array King William, high on horseback, followed by a splendid suite, his face flushed with the Pleasure of such glorious pastime and sport, the only oecupation which renders him, indeed, “happy a8 a king”’—my window is shut, the fair picture I had been dreaming of has faded and disappeared —a dissolving view; In its stead nothing 1s to be seen but a dreary plain, with deep streams of blood and heaps of ghastly corpses, pyramids of breech-loaders, Armstrong: pf monitors and torpedoes forming the background. But having strayed away from the introductory topic, it Is necessary to speak of Count Bismarck’s sickness, stated by the semi-official press to be of so Serious @ nature that he is not allowed any exertion, and will retire, previous to the close of the Reichstag, to his estate in Pomerania. The Norddeutsche Alige- meine Zeitung, a ministerial organ, says that re- este canes ce indisposition, to which, since May, 966, the Count has been subject, are recognized by his physician as the symptoms of a deep seated chro- BS Rorvoud BS ae with an entire prostration of Ae nge to Herr yon Thiele that Lap ‘tached to the Bavarian should be embodied in the North German treaty, to remove any discrepancies between the two. This proposition has not yet been replied to, and, as! understand, some reluctance has been shown by the Bund authorities to give it a favorable consideration. jo little pride was caused to loyal Prussians by the arrival of a letter addressed to Queen Augusta, of his Turkish Majesty, Sultan Abdul Aziz. Se’ generous donations from the jatter tu the fairs under the protectorship of the Queen for the sufferers of the East Prussian districts had caused her to express in a note, transmitte: the Turkish Minister, Aristarchi Bey, her gratitude to the Sultan, who politely acknowledges the compli- ment, The Sultan's letter, “the first whith ever a Prussian Queen received from a Turkish sovereign,”’ says the offictal paper, “was placed in the archives of the royal house.” A more interesting letter, at least to sensible peo- ple, is that t written by the Nestor of German savans, Pro! r von Raumer, the same who, after his travels in the United States, early in the decade 1840-50 wrote a book full of admiration of ite in- stitutions, and who, shortly after his return from America, where, notwithstanding his noble birth and sixty odd bead of age (he is at present eighty- eight years old), he got anointed with a drop of democratic oil, made a apeech at the Berlin Academy im presence of King Frederick William LV., contain- ing euch allusions to “Star Spangled PB that his res! ion was gladly offended royalty. Pro! Raumer having heard of the orthodox Kev. Knaak, the same who pubiicly ro that his faith in Revelation had not been en by modern science, that the earth stood still and thi volved aronnd it, wrote to vhe. director of sun re- city col- therein: ‘anatics ‘science and calla man like bomen asoul Gaten have bei a bo great discovery a8, ich teug! proud tnbabitants of Ii earth Christian humility, very naturally at that time gave offence; but even the Catholic ch have long since tefully ac- knowledged the truth. How would the grand {nquisitor who put Gallleo in chains rejoice if he heard now, after 235 years, that his judgment found ‘@ brilidant and Cops confirmation by a Protes- tant minister fn the enlightened metropolis of North Germany. [have no objection if you will communi- roy my plain and briefly expressed opinion, to An international exhibition of reaping. machines will take piace here in the course of this month. KEn- tries have been made by ti ae competitors, among which twenty-three are ish, four Amert- can and eleven from different of the Conti- nent—@ number never yet reached, as at the late Paris exhibition the contest was confined to eleven only. I have not been able to learn the names of the American exhibijors. Touchit istribution of Prussian decorations no recot been published eince 1862, The last, bringing it down to Boosmper 81, 1867, just issued, shows @ total of 44,741 knights, including 401 deco- rated ladies, among whom again two possess the medal for saving life. The notorious murderess, Julia Ebergenyi, was also the fortunate owner of an Austrian decoration, which, after her condemnation, was sent by the tribunal to the prioress of the estab- lishment 0 whieh she formerly belonged. This latter nverted ft imto money for masses to be said for Julia’s victim. FOREIGN WISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. ‘The British Consul at Calais gives the following statement of the number of passengers who passed the principal French ports in 1867:—-Calais, , an Increase of 74,906 over 1866; Boulogne, 102,981, an increase of 86,969; BUCRPe, 88,904, ap in rem, the Nerzir-el-Kism, a chief of the department, arrived about three o'clock ufter midnight and had these men arrested and imprisoned, Thereupon my bailiff returned to Cairo to inform me of what had occurred, so that I should understand that we were ex! to @ predetermined persecution, against Which it was impossible to maintain our rights, Under these circumstances, I decided to sell the stan- ding crops and to let the farms, On the 16th inet. Isent Rermis Bey with authority to sell the crops and to let the land to the hirers., He proceeded thither the same day, and met there the Nerzir-el-Kism, ac- companied by @ force which had broken into my office and taken possession of my books and papers, and arrested my cashier clerks, and, in fact, my em- ployee, Rermis Bey went at once to the governor and asked him the reason for these proceedings, but only obtained vague and meaningless answers, amounting to this:—“I know nothing about it; it is no business of mine; the affair belongs to the Bet-el- Wal (Court of Wards), which has given direct orders without our knowledge.” The last acts of violence being the culmination of a series of arbitrary acts of which I have been a long ume a victim, and being anxions that the outrages committed on my servants should not eventually reach my own person, I wish to place myscif under the moral protection of your powerful au- thority, until the Sultan, my august sovereign, in whose justice 1 put my whole confidence, deigns to take action on this statement, which I have sub- mitted to the appreciation of his exalted wisdom. HALIM. THE WAR BETWEEN SPAIN AND PERM AND CHILE. The following petition has been presented to Con- gress and referred to the appropriate Committee:— To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, the memorial of the undersigned merchants and shipowners of the city of New York respectfully ra 144 rT honorable ody would, by resolution or h other action as may be proper in the premises, tare and e 48 a principle governing the re- tions of t States with other nations at peace with th airy. bat which, as petween thetnselves, may have been at war, that whenever ch belligerenta shall have period of time as to raise the, will not be renewed, which 8 Would suggest Khould not, Unless in except: cases. exceed one year, the state of war shall be deemed at an end so far as the government and citizens of the United States are concerned, notwithstanding the absence of ‘any for- mai treaty or declaration of pea e. Your memortalists respectfully assert and claim on behalf of the commerce of the United States, which has suffered so recently and severely from the lax observance of the obligations of neutrality on the part of other nations, that, while all the duties and restrictions d by our neutrality laws a to be duly obser and enforced during the peni- ency of actual hostilities between nations at war with whom we are at peace, according to the uni- form and established policy and course of our na- tional government, it is unjust and oppressive to continne their operations indefinitely and without Munit, after hostilities have ceased and peace has been practically restored; and that, upon sound prin- ciples of international jaw, the ‘action sought by your memorialists should form apart of the code 0 hostilities between ceased for 80 long presumption that th period your memoria ulating the relations of this govern: ther Powers, ta sasadets ‘The action of the Executive and of Congress, in 1823, in recognizing the independence of the South American republics after they had established it as @ fact, although never conceded by Spain, affords a Just precedent for similar action at this time, when war, commenced in 1864 between Spain and the re- publics of Pern, Chile and Ecuador, and was prose- cuted, with more or leas activity,’ until May, 1866, has since then, and now for upwards of two ‘years past, entirely ceased, with no prospect of re- sumption. Your memorialista submit that it is the right of our citizens to deal with either of those Powers nereto- fore belligerent or with their citizens or sudjects upon the same footing and to the same extent as if a po ed of peace had been ratified and ex. dl . Your memorialists, therefore, anbmit this subject to the favorable consideration of your honorable body and urge the necessity and propriety of prompt and decisive action, as above prayed, in favor of the commercial rights of the citizens of the United States, And your memorialists will ever pr: John D. Jones, President Atlantic ance Company; John A. Parker, Vici Great Western {nsurance Company: 7. P. Paulizon, Vice President Sun Mutual Insurance Company; Elwood Walter, President Mercantile Mutual In- sarance Company; John K. Myers, President Pacitic Mutual Insurance sompeny; binson & Cox, Attor- neys for United States Lioyds; A. B. Holmes, Vice President Commercial Insurance Company; John H. President New York Mutual Insurance Com- pany; F. 8. Lathrop, President Union Mutual In- surance ; Francis Skiddy, O. P. Fischer, Howland & rothagham, Snow es Spence, Mon' & Co., Charles Luling & Co., Sutton & Co., James W. Elwell o,, Weston & Grey, Vernon H. rown & Oo. A j Nesmith & Dabney, Mi & Co., Moody & Howiand, & Yh. re Bate, Mao ergs Howes & Co., Grinnell, Minturn & Oo., mer: cage otNew York. g and rho New YORS, June 10, i808, CUBA. "The steamier Eagie, Captain Greene, from Havana June 20, arrived at this port last evening. Purser Huertas will please accept our thanks for the prompt delivery of our files and despatches. A New Method of Imposing on American Ship- mastereA Bank to Collect Taxes and Wherefore—Slave Appeale—Ceneral Iteme— ‘The Rains—Tobacco Crop, Havana, June 20, 1868. You are aware that for more than twenty years no tonnage dues were imposed on vessels loading @ full cargo of molasses, or, in other words, with no other. produce than molasses, In 1864, you will recollect, there was @ change, and all vessels that arrived in ballast and loaded nothing but molasses have had to pay fifty cents per ton measdrement. But I have now to bring before your notice a case of imposition on the paft of this Custom House which has never occurred before. The American brig J. M. Burns, loaded with @ full cargo of molasses, which cleared on the 18th for New Orleans, was made to pay tonnage dues at the rate of two dollars per ton, which is what all foreign vessels pay when loaded with any other produce than molasses, It appears ‘that the captain or the consignee’s clerk unneces- sarily declared his cargo to consist of muscovado, molasses, The law for the fifty cents per ton relates to molasses in that for the two dollars ge ton to any luce but mo- lasses, The House officers took advan- of the captain or con ing signi- fi more red ite to exact the highest the last regulations, Fortunately it was a small vessel. Her measurement being 186 tons, the tonnage dues according to law at Ofty cents should have been $67 50, but imposed at Botoragaaa driest miei tame eee ee ee ‘position Department CO) of the Custom House reqnissiona. in §) abd English. It now rests with Mr. Se to get this seen to before the imposition be extended to the detriment. of American nt our im, case, os of vessels have, before the J. M. ‘ans taken muscovado molasses without being subject toa anes Tate of tonnage dues than fifty cents, the ities here will in all probability assume the present case as a favorable precedent for future im- pos and chal four times the rate calied for n the case with the J. M. Burns, these tions and 110} lons cease? Ameri: shipowners may await a rep from Washington city; but need expect nothi from the Cuban authorities, because our merchan' the neces sary energy to represent these cases of impositions in the proper quarters, The Gaceta Qylical of the 16th contains details of the arrangement made by the government and the Banco Espanol for the collection of the taxes. This measure has long been suggested, and cannot but meet with general approbation. The Intendencia is always in the bank’s debt for a considerable amount and has no better means wherewith to di- minigh it. The Intendencia will effect a material economy, while the bank could not have a better col- lateral security for its continuous advances to goy- ernment than the income tax. The operation com- mences on the Ist of July next and is to continue for four years. According tq the official re- turns of taxation from the seven departments, or administrations, in this island the amount collected during the past month of May amounted to $1,069,137, against $632,998 during the same month. last year, thus exhibiting an excess of no less than $436,139, to which latter Havana aloue hag con- tributed $296,097. f A decree dated the 14th has been published, which extends the right of appeal om the part of the slaves as well as their masters to the Governor and Lieu- tenant Governor of this island, and in certain cases to the Captain General. It increases thé privileges granted by Instructions of January 28, 1863, and royal decree of June 27, 1867. On Monday the Captain General, accompanied by staff, left Guanabacoa for Batabano, and tmmediate- ly embarked for the isle of, tie where his Excel- Tency intends to remain some time, and perhaps while away most of the summer months, profiting of the water cures afforded by that salubrious spot. His health has been much benefited by the trip. In three months the six military commissions es- tablished in the island have tried 268 cases, of which 81 were turned over to other (civil) courts, 160 were beast Cha ana 27 resulted in sentences, nearly all to deat The two jPerezes, noted highwaymen, were killed the other day by the rural police at Lechugas, jur! diction of Remedios, Fifteen of Domingo Barreto’s band were recently captured and taken to Puerto Principe. Vicente Brochero was killed by the gen- darmerie neat Maraguen. Mr. Wallace, American Consul at Santiago de Cuba, has applied to the Consul General at Havana for leave of absence on the score of bad health. ‘The accounts from all parts of the country confirm the destruction of property caused by the great fall of rain and the overflow of rivers. Many of the estates have been completely inundated. Most of the sugar cane, however, will have been cut pre- viously, as the season ‘s al} far advanced. On the whole, very few will have any more grinding, and the crop may be considered at an end. e yield, so far as can be judged, already exceeds that of the former crop by fifteen per cent—it Lf yet turn out larger before the year is over. Despit® the magnitude of this year’s exports to date, the stock on hand exceeds that of previous seasons. The total al 31st December may foot up 2,500,000 boxes, which, assumed at an average value of $18 per box, exhibits a gross income of $45,000,000, A ‘The tobacco crop has also turned Rp pete es- peey. in those districts where the description is produced. The export from this Psd exceeds twenty-six thonsand hundred weight, 01 an in- crease of twenty per cent when compared with shi ments to this date last year. The increase in the: e: port of cigars is sixteen per cent. The continued heavy arrivals of jourene, in all Bie of the island has caused a further decline to 1 per box, United States currency, for north of Cape Hatteras. For Europe the market is weak at 46s. to is tonnage enough to take all in three months. 50s, for orders. the stock that can be shipped The ping Bae ae firm at 7% reals for No, 12, and 7}, for 4 ‘A fair business has been done in exchange. Lon- don closes at 11% premium. Paris 1}, discount. United States currency 20% per cent int, MEXICO. Mexican Crimes, Criminals and Justice—The Yucatan Troope—Exilee—General Summary of News from all Sections of the Republic— Railroad Schemes fer the Northern Sec- tlon—The Late Cabinet Crisie—Full Par- " Mexico, June 10, 1868. Of course we have our usual kidnappings, rob- beries, murders, assassinations, 4c. What city or country does not? Mexico City can figure up for the month of May only 1,407 arrests, according to her official reports, while the press of the capital has its customary record of all manner of crime. We have, on the one hand, the death of GeneraljAndrade, late secretary of the Governor of Puebla, from the effects of wounds received at the hands of Mr. Manuel Aspiroz, a member of the city council of Puebla; and, on the other, the pardon of Sergeant Isidoro Rodriguez by the President for the part taken by him in jotning the revolutionary forces of Aureliano Rivera, How- ever, we have to record that it is very uncertain what, if any, punishment will be dealt out to Do- mingo Benitez for his attempted robbery of a jew- elry establishment and his murder of several per- sons who attempted to arrest him in his flight, crimes committed some monthe since upon the per- sons and property of foreigners. It is very evident that a powerful effort is being made in every quarter to prevent the dispensing of justice in this case, as already weeks and months of delay have been effected, and talented legal advisers defend him. The late worthy example of forgivences set by President Juarez has been beneficial to our distinguished and New York- known Governor, Juam José Baz, who lately en- gaged in a personal encounter with two men anda woman on the grand Plaza, he receiving the worst of the fight, which was only terminated by the police taking the entire party to the lock-up (not including In this case the femaie of Juan Jose's cranium not admitting of hair-pulli ng or other feminine methods of warfare. After a ter porary pape the Governor exercised his a1 thority and his clemency and ordered a jail ioe in their cases. Antonio Nort akes & deacen' upon Real del Monte and carries off money property. The mails are robbed in the State of Mi- destruction ba way to nelf 5 ie troops and their commander, General Alatorre, who have em] since December last in a pressing the rebel: Yucatan , have returned, he latter 1s 6} as the ble successor of General Diaz in the command of the division of the East. Although the troops remained but a few hours in Vera Cruz, in transit to Jal they seemed fertisnlariy susceptinie to thevomsio. o ofkcers and fty-four men were attacked by the disease shortly after leaving the city. General Jimenez has arrived here from Guerrero, and it is expectea he will receive executive pardon, The manifesto of Marquez, which was published in New York on the 26th of April, or thereabouts, has pea and, of course, meets with com- from t memory wees was duly celebrated im the city of Puebla on the 3d Of June, if General Hverta 16 abpounced by the Monior as Oa cman mm ea NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1868—TRIPLE ill fel E re iit Face The to this ent ibe, of that place are not fepoeed t° interest themselves in it. In the 4IYX., Mr. Edmund Stephenson, an English reabtent of the State of Zacetecas, Fc ee 8 plan for the ion of @ railroad from the Bravo to Mexico, and a branch running to the Pacific, over grey Much the same route as that described by Mr. Anson Bangs in his zenenk project. through which the road shall run or co! ‘build each ita own portion, raising the funds therefor through the Legislatures and su! juently consoli- The International American and Mexican Railroad Company, i tinea in New York city to bullda road from ico to is represented here by ita superintendent and several American ftxpan i who have arrived out here as engineers. has jing for the iast year and a half, and eepecially dui last six months, The apaeniite lent of the an Railroad is now in n¢ with Mr. Vicente de la Fuente for the purchase of a suitable be for the offices of the company and in which to esi ish a bank, which, it announced, will @ feature additional to the railroad enterprise. -Negotiations are also stated to be under way for the purchase of an available piece of ground for the depot within the city and near its finest park. I also am informed that a contract for the ties of this end of the road, which is to be imme- diately. pete will soon be completed, and that an abundance of competent e1 eers and rail: con- are now here awaiting the actual commence- ment of the labor, which will take place upon the arrival of General Rosecranz, the appointed fag neer in-chief, who is Expect atany moment. Ma- terials are also expected. It is a notorious fact that Congress in no way interfered with the conces- sion, as with others, and there is no reason why the road cannot be immediately pushed to completion. The line to Tulancingo is thirty-three leagues, and must be completed in one year. Py Mariscal, late Chargé d’Affaires of Mexico in United States, is nominated by several influ- ential parties and by the press to a seat upon the Supreme Court bench. is body will organize as a Grand Jury to pass its judgment upon Governor Cuervo on the 20th of this month. Probably the most serious confusion which has occurred in the Paiace of late has been occasioned by the taking of the oath of office on the 5th of this month by Mr. Lerdo de Tejado as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. This gentleman has for a year been ing the first seat in the Cabinet of President Juarez as Minister of Relations, and by special permission of Congress has been suffered to retain his seat in that body, to which he was elected. Having been chosen a8 Chief Justice, by virtue thereof he also became Vice President of the republic, thus becoming at once Chief Justice, Vice President, Secretary of State and for Foreign Relations, and also @ member of Congress. The Benoh of Justice viewed the last two as incompatible with the for- mer and refused, by a vote of seven to five, to grant | Seepparon for him to occupy them all, and further have claimed that, by tak! the oath as Chief Jus- tice, he virtually, without further formal action, has vaceted his portfolio in the President’s Cubinet. ‘This has been @ surprise to all, and a great one to the President, in regard to whose action relative thereto ail Kinds of rumors have prevailed. Just at this moment of psc itis currently believed that Mr. Lerdo has agr to accept the situation, at least for the present, and that President Juarez gon-. Heopiaten's to Oajaca, his native State, to re- cruit, thus leaving Mr. Lerdo as acting Presi dent. been eign Relations some time, will, 80 a8 lies in his power, perform the duties of the office, at least till the President shall either decide to a) anew minister, or the Col which m the month of September, shail discover some un- known method of coming to the relief of the Presi- dent and Mr. Lerdo. Sefior Martinez Castro, Minister of Justice, is | Meved to have resigned, and the tion of tl whole Cabinet le epokess of as possible, in order to enable President Juarez to be untrammelied in the selection of a new Cabinet, which the opposition de- sire, but which he probably dc ter would only have the et to create opposition in other quarters and could not possibly benedt the country. Mr. Romero’s name is prominently men- tioned as successor of Mr. Lerdo, if there be any. Mr. Prieto, one of the most prominent of the opposi- tion, published in the Monitor the following sort of a ——— or Lie yet on _ at ject:— according to the regulations, of e Court of Justice, the: citizens Sebastian Lerdo de fejado asked for permission to continue in the oflice of Minister of Relations. The discussion which this business gave rise to Terulted in the following votes:—In favor of the permission, tt gua, Velasquez, Garcia Ramirez, M Odaa and Zavala. Oppo on, Kiva Palacios, Car: Sones Gaatitio Valeaques’ Simén cazmea, ‘Leon Gusmen and Altainirano. I ir Lerdo will vacate the min- of foreign relations. Providence or luck, as said one of the most eloquent oraiors in the discussion, ‘has placed in our hands the indirect control of the policy country, and this policy now 1s mistaken, weak under ‘all ‘ar, he nation. Ta our and according to our legal notions we are able to fem °and divide the great, lberal party. ty cone jens and divide er ‘ cou! quently, must labor to remove from the constitution that ele: ment which was its effects unnatural. Let honor be done to the in valor of the dignified magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice. They bave pro t this eminent body, who are the regulators of the other public powers, is the anchor of hope for our country. To so evident Aconsure and 90 frresistible a manifestation of their Mr. Juares will aubjeot hi weithont doubt, All indivi ality ought to in presence of public interests. In Fopblic: mon are nothing! principle’ te everything. Mr. Juares will name a new minister, in obedience to public opinton, and will advise in regard to who shall be ‘his worthy Miniater Vallarte, who alone merits the con- fidence of the constitutional party. ST. THOMAS. Danish Man-of-War Dagmar—Diving Opera. tioneAmerican Naval News. St. Tuomas, June 15, 1868, Business continues very duli; very few vessels in port, The Danish war steamer Dagmar arrived on the evening of the 13th from St. Croix, and returns again to-day with the mails from Europe. Mesers. Murphy Brothers are nearly through diving out the goods from the Liverpool steamer Colombian and will soon commence to try and remove the said steamer and the ship British Empire. The goods dived up they have been selling from $10 a $20 per bale. The dock still remains in tne same position and is about being abandoned. ‘The Unit Admiral’s ship Contoocook is at St. Croix, = the United states steamer Monon- whi the 18th of Noveraber, is was driven ashore during the earth- over here to-day, and will then proceed and int out ‘of Mexico fruit- quake of now afloat and is expected home. ‘The purses for the July meeting at Narraganset filled remarkably well. There are fourteen entries for the 2:45 purse, nine for the 2:37, sixin the 2:32 and five in the 2:30 purse. ‘The excitement in relation to the Mountain Boy and Lady Thorn trot is becoming intense in this city, ‘and we must have a trot between them here. ‘The American Jockey Club have added another at- traction to the summer meeting programme by giv- ing @ silver pitcher for gentlemen jockeys with wel- ter weights, ‘This will be the last race of the meet- Who is the original Brewster? and which is the water Y There appears to be as oe aimoulty to navertain which is the original Brewster now as there was formerly to find out the inal Jacobe, ir. abies pair, Benton and mate, are fast and it drivers. Pite iilies has mated his black Hambietonians, By the they flew past the Club House yesterday we should thin they could demolish sure. Del. Leadbetter, with Pollywog, and ‘Bob,"’ with his chestnut oneal a a fast io lendly trial on the riem lane the other morning. et Pry, the champion sleigh horse of Boston, has been turned out for the summer, and is enjoying his otium cum dig, on the farm of Mr. Welsh, at Chest- nut ty) Pa. a Temple and foal are also there ealth. a Phitpe’ horse Challenge is trotting square ‘and fast this season. Dan Mace put an edge on him. G. M. drives his beautifal im Phil Sheridan and Lilly Hitchwell daily. They kick up quite a dust when at the of their 5 Mr. Makewen’s colt, by to Chief, dam Stella, has been sent to the ‘Fashion Course for improve: ment. the trotting mare, sails for Callfornia way. Wernanie pea Renal ‘Latham, will remain mae, Fe ‘s black mare Hannah and Mr. Wilkine’ balck tearm had a sharp brush on the Lane terd ailernoon, veer Dowon's beauufal mare “Carlotta, the Queen reviously di 1 & young woman of twe: Bom old, and he twent She resided at her father’s in West Acton. born was a clerk in his brother’s store im that. vi and boarded with Miss Stone’s father. West Acton in the summer of 1865, and then, with the consent of Miss Stone’s ta, COMe 6 was twenty-two ire ty impaired na er f lings deeply wor al an r feel rey depressed. ‘This suit for damages was rough! the ad damnum set at $10,000, Sanborn w: defaulted, and the hearing on the question damages was had yesterday. Judge Reed reserv his judgment.—Boston Herald, June 23, REAL ESTATE MATTERS. Sales Yesterday, The following sales of real eatate took ‘place yester+ day:— BROOKLYN PROPERTY. |. Cole. Two story frame house and lot No. 99 Water street, Pury chaved by Mr. Hi 850, ‘Two story Tiietee ease had tot ‘om the west. side of ‘Toon period feet north of Park avenue. Purchased c story brick house and lot on the northwest corner o Piyokow apd Carlion avenues, Farchased by Josh HL i ny Thiee story brick house and lot adjoining above. Purt chased by MF. $5,800. neeae ch tareineicn Claeean arenve and Quincy streetay Purobased by Alex. Simpson, 82,050. LONG ISLAND PROPERTY—CHARLOTTEVILLE, QUERNG COUNTY. By James M. Miller. Siz lote on the Jackson avenue corner of West at Bough? by Mr. Winhill, 419 each. 2 yposiie abore, Sought vy Meath, SUgeashe ve. Bought by Mr. Smt s citive Nee tira oy es ae Gaydam, 9608 east, Fon ite aalotning store. entns daecl and Seeeoon bred aire ote majdinisg above each #410, Purchased by Mri sues lots adjoining above, each $420, Purchased by Mr. Pa laa adjoining above, each $410. Purchased by Mra Four lots adjoining above, each $420. Purchased by Mra Schmidt. Two lots on the corner of Jackson av. and Fourth st., eacly $410. Purchased by Mr. Richardson. La won adjoining above, cach $408. Purchased by Mr. inship. ‘One Idi on Fourth at., adjoining above, €800. Purchased by Mr, Richards, atweive lots adjoining above, each $290. Purchased by Mr. mith. PLAINFIELD, N. Je By A. J. Bleecker, Son & Co. One lot on Prospect avenue, opposite Wash: avenue, 100x270.5. Purchased by W. H. Lawrence for 10 og Jot adjoining, 100 by #7 Be.” Pure |. Powem 2066, . Ouest adjoining, 100 by 28 73. Purchased by A. H. Power or #205. ‘One adjoining lot, 100x296.6. Purchased by W. H. Laue rence for #200. ‘One lot on Prospect av., opposite Grove st, 100x890. Pure chased by A. Milet for $285, 4 Official Transfers of Real Estate Yesterday. TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK. sok 109 Rutgers estate, 34.2275. 100. wiv oo e ees Leonard at, n 8, 1 feet w ot Church, 100%tx8in. Leonard at, n 0; 18.14 Tt w of Church at, 100ttxBin, indigo S12 tts x95 hhiel, iin a at, ‘Rid at, 8 2 Tien wy Wa, H10 fe w 2d ay, dOx 196th sty n 8, 195 ft © of Sth av, Whix99.1 159th wt; ns, 225 ft w of llth ay, 125x99.11 8, 14.1. 8th st, 89.11201. . 7 Jot gi, Benson cataie, 3-38) : lot 67) Benson estate, 242x100, q 6. it Sth af, e 6cor Sith at, 90.4x6sxt 10th av, we 50.2 ft n 45th st, 25.1210. LEASES RECOKDED IN No a years, per year tore Hoot | ‘Sith at, BU100, ive years, per year, three 100, fi a Hi ag, 100 fe w of Marcy Mautaon st'and Bay avy 1i6x130 at, fv 8 w of Throop av, 44x—. Of Clinton wt, 138.5226.8. R Lots 270, 271, 114, map Belleplaine. ‘TRANSFERS IN QUEENS OOUNTY- Merdanen ty EO of Tages os av, 25x100. ereee MeNeil st, w s, portions Sepa 887, 888, 252100. 350 Road from Glen Cove to Jericho, adjoining Allen's, 194 © ACTOS... +00, we oe enee ee oS, 008 About Lig acre, adjoining © W Down! seach TRANSFERS LN WESTOURSTR! OOUNTY—OORTLAN DT. Beiee ae, Peekabily CD Buck re ‘eastonsert™, Lot 215, Washingtonville, C J Stork's, 60x100... th aot bol, Wakefield, Ranney to ueon lot 13th ie Tot on Vernod, i ‘ernon, “ape a REE Bromway,@ 8, a, Sri , lot ab Li ). +. Rout rom tastings t Sewmill rites fa, Turnpike road, e 6, about sheriff's acres, ‘MORRIBANIA. fate o ates, ses, Henrietta Barnut’s, 6,250 square ft. 3100. 70 jorth' New York, lot 476,'L' B Brown's, 36 het, 8% Norih New York,’ Yots 1.104, 1,106, 1,108, 8 Brown's, 100x100... rar Yale ay, Bing Sing, tot oh Yl ‘ate, 80270. D199 RST FARMS. a) 2,000 Boston Post road, cor Centre st, § M Purdy’s, 362188... .. "gt, Tloa Ni acl ca, ese ron Bnd lots, A! a Se 129, Prospect bm Tremont, lot ote 117 Tae 118, 12% Pe Williamebrie Toad, lot 87, [oo tees fromiereees Lf gabrial road, Charles Drak "ay Hn e , os, C1 jen Drake's, 26298. A A ‘eRe inne . 900 COUNTY, B. 1D. Turnpike road, wa, WA Ficeuan's propertytlaasdia. 3,000 Hi at, cor Orchard, 68.3100. Grove RA st, John H Hat's property, 100raes Glenwood! singe Hf Jo) wood av, € Main'st, st projedted cor of Wi souTR Middleville to ConnecticutFarma Qe EWARK. *% Bergen at, Meifensle New York a New York Mott st, TR RS IN HUDSON COUNTY, N. J.--JRRARY OLTY. Snckton st, w block 3 Coster's bicam HW) FaneON ct South st, # @, lot 62, block Sei 262100 Lot 67, Block 4, map Chelsea, 25x100, Henry place, lote 181 to $36 incluntve, bik 4 en jen Pleres avs iota 118 114, Lib, 8 x Fond 100 from Union Hill RR, adj Jae@arrelie, MatO0. $80 Mth at, ws, lot 5 and 6, m Tow is and ‘2 Dentslata's poopeng, . AUCTION SALE OF COAL, Mr. John H. Draper sold forty thousand tons of Scranton coal yesterday for the Delaware and Lacka- Wanna and Western Railroad Pompany ‘at No. 26 aad place. The following is a of the pi ol ia , compared with those of last month:— June 24, 2 4,000 tons lamp, .$3 67% a $3 72% 9,000 tons stboat. 8 774, a 3 82 },000 tone grate.. 4 02% 8 4 175 i a 440 O26 4 72K WW & 4 O2}6