The New York Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1868, Page 6

The Franco-American Telegraph Cable--- The Concession and Work. German Confederation and Emi- gration from the Bund. Lord Magdata on the Abyssinian War---Ilis Amny and Reward. ‘The Inman steamship City of London, Captain Brookes, from Liverpool the 22d and Queenstown the 284 of July, arrived at this port iast night, bringing ‘our special correspondence and mail report in detail of our cable telegrams, dated to her day of sailing from Ireland. An Auditor of the French Council of State left Paris ‘every day for Plombiéres, to carry to the Emperor the portfolio of service. He sleepsat the chateau and returns to Paris the next day. ‘The first class Prussian gunboat the Dauphin, loft Dantzic for the Grecian Archipelago to protect Ger- man interests. She is of 326 tons burden and armed ‘with three heavy guns. ‘The French government informed the Chambers of Commerce in the chief maritime towns that large gales of timber in the crown forests of Corsica will take place this year. ‘he circular by which this in- formation is communicated is accompanied by de- tails of the wood and of the number of cubic feet for ‘which tenders will be received. The death is announced of M. Xavier de Ezpeecta, of Paris, belonging to the banking house of that mame. The issue of the bonds of the Federal German Treasury destined to cover the maritime expenses ‘will be opened on the 27th of August. It will take place to the amount of 3,600,000 thalers. The bonds ‘will bear three and a half per cent interest and be at mine months’ date. Letters from North Schleswig state that the be- trotha! of the daughter of Charles XV. of Sweden, the Princess Louisa, to the Prince Royal of Denmark must be considered an occurrence of great political importance. For some time past this event has been snticipated as flattering to the amour propre of the @ourt of Denmark and congenial to the aspirations ef that of Sweden. King Charles having no male successors the crowns of the three northern king- @oms may be one day united on the heads of the young couple. ‘The following is from the North German Gazette of the latest date:— The address to King William, dated Rome, Juiy 3, 1868, in which is expressed the gratitude of the Italians for the acquisition of Venetia on the anni- Versary of the great victory of Sadowa, was not re- ceived by the representative of Prussia in the Rterna! City, as the journals announce, but was left by some unknown individual with the porter of the tion. Evidently this document was only calcu- lated for publicity, and its authors have themselves: gent it to the journais, by which it first came to the Knowledge of the Prussian government, GERMANY. Prussin’s Supremacy Within the German Con- federation—No Prospect of a United Father= fand—Kismarck’s Dictatorstip—Protection of Emigrants, BERLIN, July 13, 1868, In the present lull of political subjects sor a letter M might not be out of place to cast an eye on the position of the North German Confederation, com- posed of Prussia, with twenty-four million inhabi- tants, and about twenty petty States with only six miltions. In doing so we are everywhere struck with the undeniabie fact of an unlimited supremacy of the Hohenzollern dynasty, exercising over this confederation a greater power than it ever pos- sessed within its own Prussian realm. With @ Bund constitution sworn to by noboiy, @ Reichstag deprived of nine-tenths of its ‘budget right, a Bund Counctl or Senate in which she 4s paramount, what more can Prussia desire? Why should she urge the entrance of the Southern States, Which could produce no other than an unfavorable alteration in the status quo ? Without a vital change an the organization of the Bund Council their aamis- gion would re-establish something like the former @d Bundestag, all the dynastic jealousy would be g@roused and the petty States of the North, quietly submissive at present for the .ake of self-preserva- tion and counting equal to zero, would suddenly rise again into importance. Prussia, reigning supreime ‘Within the present Bund, can have no reason for de- siring a change or running the risk of saddling ber- self with a dangerous opposition. If ever the terms of an admission of the South are to be definitely settied the basis of the arrangement ‘will be a voluntary renunciation of many hereditary rights and prerogatives of its sovereigns, and it must ‘be conceded that neither the Wittelsbach nor the Swabian dyvasty have as yet shown any inclination to throw up the game. So much for the sanguine German-Americans who imagine that they may wake up some fine morning to read in your columas all the news about a united Fatherland. It is both painful and ludicrous to see ‘the vain efforts of the national libera!s io the South to ford the Main by swimulng across, for whenever ‘they approach the northern bank they are met by Prussian rebuff. Even if the Southern national lib- @rals, who boast of their strength, could dictate to their sovereigns a union with the North, they would not do it at the sacrifice of dynastic glory. Well Knowing that the time for a fusion Las not come yet, ‘that not pressure only but force will be requisite to bring it about, the Prussian government keeps silent, ‘and Bismarck, the steersman, is lying upon bis oars. At all events, a merging of the South in the North- orn Confederation, or rather with Prussia, must be considered at present and for some time to come a8 4 mere phantom. The official organ, the Kreuz-Zeitung, of Berlin, ‘this werning speaks of the voluminous correspond- ence directed from all parts of the country to \ar- fin, the Pommeranian estate of Count Bismarck, ‘Who, not even being allowed by his physicians the Teast exertion, and for that reason without @ secre- tary, bas ordered ail letters to be seut unopened to the Berlin department. This may serve as a notice, @ays ihe Kreus-Zeitung, to those who, regardiess of the Premier's condition of heaith, trouble nim with Jetters when they could save time by at once directing them to bis oiice. Ina review of the sit- Bation the Augsburg Gaaette conmiders it a pe crisis of the North German Bund that ite ct Je and will be preveuted for mouths frow tus. reins. Without expressing any opinion of the great states- Man it wust be admitted that nobody is abe to inay be follow up his grand strokes of puiicy. said of Bismarck (hat, like other men who them a dictionnaire de poche, he hax provited eeif with a self-made constitution de poche for erning the Bund, with and without the ald of Which Be rules as a dictator. Such dictatorshi 7} reguiariy organized. It is exercised ac the demand of each day, and a diciator is Hot Cx- ed to tolerate anybody near him wita ind jent political views, or suifer contradiction. F this it follows that w the political ca of the Bund is not on be the course of the ship Of State is devious and the engives are in bad trim, Though it cannot be said that tie President pro Herr Deibruck, the err vou Tri and the Privy ¢ liors, Herren ‘Yai Philippsborn Lave not Anisied up tue re eas in A BaCixfuctory Way, It must be recolle: it that it was in atime of profound peace and ot complication whasoever with foreign Powers. AS the ffret teething of the North Germgu Confed aration reauits in a deficit of nearly th thalers, which the Bund Chancetor re to be levied directly from the confe ments, atiention las been called tw Le da « Fescript, being June 6, though the Re Session up to the 20th of the same beimg the treatinent experienced by boasted of as the enerous don ern Germany, hi ‘aritainent amous gift to the rest of the German Stat Detter? leit at all surprieing that M. elares in the Freach Chamber his tna hend the Gertan Confederation 4 fou can hear sunilar deciara’ from Pa tary members of the Bund w oking at its im \ perfect and provisional features from (rat to} {know not what to think nor how to t Bel wiemoding that the Bund applied with n \treaged activity In the gun factories at subi & Ummerda, where the work of changing old pe a. W) nuakets into breech loaders Is carried on ri ay je gune we are informed of an y ie 9 t Thovingian range have tore orders than they can Ou; eabres, a raplers and cutiasses have contracted for by several continental govern pay The trade 4 arms fa as lively 4 1800, From evilngen, n Prussian town In the Dusseldorf district, sepowned for its industry in the hardware ight. All the private gun factories west of tho | are equally favorable, Here a beau! been mada for the son of Punperor Napoleon nia i of the best Turkish twist, with bear: ‘on one side the names of the Prince, Bape leon, ¢, Louis, Jean, Joseph; on the o otto, “On parlera te gloire.” Per mission has been granted to the German manufac- Fesinge. from the city of New York, has in Perrin an interview wit brick, which he exp! Theo acknowiedgments’ of. the New York Ger- man Society for the Bund Chancellor's as- surance to the Reichstag of further measures for the protection of emigrants. In the United States Congress a similar bill is in prepara- tion, said Mr. Bissinger to him, and many of the abuses existing at present will be prevented by joint action of the Union and the German Bund, As Mr. Bissinger had dwelt upon the immorality of stowing away unmarried persons of both sexes promiscuously on emigrant ships, Herr Delbruck assured him that in the draft for the Reichstag bill nothing would be omitted in order to promote the material and moral welfare on board of all vessels, steamers and sail, engaged in the conveyance of emigrants. Being questioned by Herr Delbriick, Mr. Bissinger wis loath to admit that the complaints of Immigrants concerning their transit westward on the so-called immigrant trains were fully justified. Bad accom- modations, an enormous waste of time, and on ac- count of it, unnecessary expenses, have not been un- frequently imposed upon this class of passengers, though a radical improvement has lately en place subsequent to Mr. Bissinger’s report to the New York Li Theta commission, revealing the pernicious practice, To judge from the various cries of indignation which now and then escape on this or on the other side of the Atlantic with regard to the transport and treatment of emigrants, and, of course—after they reach Castle Garden—immigrants, there is not only much room for improvement, but the whole management of this important matter here and there seems to need a radical change, a thorough sweeping of @ Herculean broom. If a proof of the power of public opinion was wanted it has been furnished by the prompt, and we may say generous, assistance rendered to the emi; it ngers of the wrecked ship Lessing by the Bremen authorities, aided as they were by about one thousand thalers from Berlin and a few small contributions from other plaees. What would have become of these sufferers, who saved nothing but their naked life, if public in- dignation had not been for some time previousiy aroused to the hardships and maltreatment of emi- grants—if Bremen, as a strong competivor of Ham- burg, had not instinctively felt the necessity of doing theright thiug and doing it handsomely? A few years ago everybody would have shragged his shoulders. They would have called it bad luck which cannot be helped, and it would have made no impression what- ever upon the rhinoceros hide of shipowners and forwarding agents. To-day the snug sum of 10,130 thalers in gold was subscribed in Bremen and its vicinity. uNnks filled with clothing and travelling requisites, provisions and cash were furnished to the Lessing Emons who in the meantime had been comfortably housed and cared for. Apportioned upon four galling vessels and two steamers they were then re-embarked tor New York, where upon their arrival each one will be handed an additional amount of twenty-two thalers in gold. The owners of the Lessing, who have recently suifered the loss of an- other veasel and cargo ((he Schwalbe, on a voyage to Scotland, which on her return was to start with em}- grants to New York), have grataltously given to the wrecked Lessing passengers the entire supply of new cooking utensils intended for the former vessel. It is said that all the arrangements to supply defi- ciencies and make the wrecked passengers forget their mishaps have given complete satisfaction ail around, FRANCE. The Franco-American Telegraph Line te Ge Built Before September, 1899—Conditions of the Grant. Paris, July 16, 1898. The telegraph has already informed you of the final signing by the imperial government of a liberal con- cession to the Franco-American Telegraph Company for the term of twenty years. It 1a probable, too, that the outlines of the proposed franchise have reached you, but the final arrangements are so diferent in some details trom (he proposed plan, and there has been a0 complete a change in the company itself, that a brief sketch of the conditions under which the company must work may not be out of place. The pioneers in and the real workers of the new scheme are Mr. George Sauer, of New York, and Mr. Ritso, for many years connected with telegrapliy in the United States and now agent of the Western Union Telegraph Company in London, These gen- tiemen have been earnestly engaged for more than a year past in securing the moneyed asgistande neces- sary to properly carry out their plansPand it was not until last week (hat they found parties possessing capital willing to invest it in the great enterprise of connecting the Suropean Continent with the W world by a submarine cable. English capitalists were exceedingly anxious to take atock, and so were the Americana, but they were not willing to pay down one million francs as a guarantee to the French government of their good faith ta carrying out any contract they might make with i. Throug’ out that has been the stwiabling block, and it really threatened to prove the death of the enterprise. Finally Baron Emil Erlanger became interested tn the matter, and when he had satistied himself of tie practicabllity of the scheme he at once signified his Wilunguess to deposit the neceasary guarantee aud avy stock in the company. Three days after posit was made and the concession signed by ouat de Vongy, Inspector of Telegeaphs, aad the ise is at Ouce placed im @ fair Way of success- Tul issae. The concession, which waa signed July 6, pro- that a telegraphic cable shall be tid Pe Brest to & point the coast the State of New York; it shall not tonch at any foreign or inter. of or that mediate sore or station, except the isiand St. Pierre, in the Guif of St. Lawrence, a French possession, at the option of the company, The line must be laid and at work before the ist day of sep- tember, 1869, and the government agrees to give the company the sole privilege to work transatlantic lines for a period of twenty years, and it binds itscif not to grant any other concession. The company agrees that one hundred francs stall be the maxi- mum charge for twenty words, and binds itseli to observe the rules and regulations prescribed by the International Telegraphic Conferences, goveruiag the telegraphic companies in sevontecn governments of Europe. The United states government, by virtue of the act of incorporation granted by th te of New York to C. C. Legh and confsréeres, is to have fall possession of the cable thirty minutes each twenty-four hours for.the free transmission of ita despaiches, The French govern- ment is by the terms of the concession to have the privilege of sending tts communications at naif price. The company is restrained frou uniting with any other Atlantic cabie company, nor can the origt- nai stockholders sell or transier their tuterests with- out first obtaining the consent of the French govern- ment. Paragrapheight stipulates that if a single ca- ble shell prove insumcient for the proper transmission of messages du ing the tweuty years tire company is bound t lay anotier cable on recetving nouce from the governm/nt, and this second cable mast be laid and in working order within the perio! of eighteen months after suck notice has bee received. im case of accident, by whi. h comaanicstion i9 in- terrapted eighteen con m_nt may foreclose t The © any Must sLow to the government on or before september 15, 1868, that itis legally organized and that ita capital of Sve and a hail nflions of doltars ts fully subscribed on its books. A failure to fulfil this proviso cancels the concersion, and tne caution money to wuarantee the fuldiment of the contract, to the amount of two hundred thousand dollars in gold, will be forfeited. A government tn gpector suall Nave the right at all Lines to luspect the cable while in process of coustruction, The cau- tion money Will be retucned When the cable ia ma factured and placed ou board ship ready for taner- | sion, Tne non-obser ‘ance of any of these cond:tions | Wil forvelt the privieges granted by the imperial gover ment. the conditions of a contract that pro neighteen imnouths to, place a subs. cavie between Frage and the Un ted ea, | me have it in hend sve capitalists nterprise and vigor, Baron Erlanger line alone if necessary, but he wi ulius Reuter, of London. It is ti h capitalists will furnish more that a ie working capital, While the French ‘vill eee half dud the balance Will be taken up in New | ‘The cable tteeif will be at once contracted for in Bnyiand, and it wil embody ad the taprovements much lighter than (i as strong and 0d CO! 4 quite | ext year may expect | » of the Great Eastern on b ih Vuited States to lay a cord bini- : Old World, All the engine g talent, embodying has already been’ se Ageius every reason toh experience, ne that New York will be in Pari¢ before the frst day nowspaper press of the rove @ great boon, Messages a etitions; the rate of charges * New York prese wil) be able to pre- news of te world fwily and wly every day FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. Extremely Hot Weather and a Revolation ip Drew—Cricket Under DisicultioeParlias ment and the War Office, LONDON, July 22, 1868, ‘The heat of the weather is still the topic of the hour. Politica, socloty, royaity, the opera, all give piace to the Weather. J have passed the summer in Americs, in tue south of sunny Spain and im the | | | ENGLAND. | ' engiail, and there | MONDAY, AUGUSY 3, 1868. south of idealized Italy, but never have J felt the | They vied with each other in devotion to the Queen heat so intensely as in this paradoaical England, | Ad in the performance of thelr duty. This was Dot which ought now to be treating us to east winds iy, T never saw them labor better than and steady rains instead of broiling us upon the a =e ~ an apning: solitons pander \dices and vied w: English soldiers thermometer, Englishmen go about mopping their | {7 goa). may mention that on one occasion, s00n foreheads and declaring to each other “this is awful.” Styles of costume unknown before in Eng- land are coming into vogue. The city people have discarded vests. Light alpaca coats are tobe seen on the streets, White canvas shoes are boldly worn, Foragameof billiards men strip ag for a bath. The thermometer ranges between eighty and one hundred and of course every day is announced as the hottest of the season. London and New York seem to have exchanged cli- ae Die question of the day is, What shail we do ngust Still, in spite of the weather, Englisnmen play away at their favorite games. Yesterday, under a tropical gun, the cricket match at Lord’s ground, between the Maryleoone Club and the County of Lancaster, was decided in favor of the former after aclose and exciting contest, in which six profes- sional players assisted, To-day the infantry and with their company could not think what had happened when they saw even these men, with their baskets of earth, dancing about with joy. They were exprenting their delight that the Commander-in-Chief had come among them to see them at work. I cannot do too much justice to a Beloochee regiment for their devotion, and little behind the r,'f any, were the Tenth Bombay native regiment. A great part of these men were Hindustani, but they were as willing as any other races to do their duty, and they were an honor to their Presidency. The services of the cavalry were equally meritorious. I had on one occasion point out some ground to a native oficer of my escort. He had said he did not know where the Commander-in-Chief was going to take the cavalry. I said, ‘That is your plain?’ He replied, “Ver; well Sanib, that is a beautiful plece of flat ground.” It cavalry officers are playing a match on the same | was really a slope of a hill at an We of forty. ground, which is as hard as iron, Yesterday, too,’| five cegrecs. er Jaugh and. cheers) it One of the best matches at tennisever seen in Lon- | the British infantry it is unnecessary to don was played at Lord’s court between | speak. ‘hey labored extremely hard, had Mr. Heathcote, the champion amateur, and Mr. Edmond Tompkins, the champton professional. Tompkins was beaten to a standstill. He lost the match irreparably, and was so exhausted at its close that, although he demanded a bisque, his backers took him out of the court. Mr. Heathcote now holds the golden racquet against all comers, and is likly to do 80 for some years to come, since there are no rising players to rival him. He looks like General Grant and plays like the veteran Barre, who ia still to be seen practising almost a, day. In Parliament Mr. Disraeli is eating his white bait dinners and pushing forward the Bribery bill. You may imagine how great the heat must be here when Sir John Pakington, the Secretary of War, has or- dered additional precautions to be taken at Wool- wicn and other arsenals for fear lest the solar rays should explode the gunpowder and shells, The telegraph companies have virtually withdrawn their opposition to the bill transferring their lines to the government. The newspapers are in favor of it. Next will come a raid upon the railways, and they will also be bought up ki thd government. Yon will find these measures work s0 well that you will be ready to adopt them in the United States 80 soon as ‘ou can spare the money. The only other bill of any importance before Parlament at present is that re- lating to the importation of cattle, in which Ameri- cans have no imterest. Itis worth while recording, to carry very heavy loads, and were obliged to go from active work to picket duty. I was astonished at their endurance, but they bore up, inspired by @ strong hope of perfecting the task they had before them. Every man had sufficient consideration and reflection to understand the end we in view. I was also much indebted to the officers of the Intelligence Department, who all labored zealously. Although by their duties they were often kept in the rear when their wishes would have carried them to the front, they contributed greatly to the success of the expedition. Last, but not least, I will mention the officers and men of the navy,’ who assisted us in every possible way. ‘The spirit of the commander of the navy was excel- lent and it was shared by all the force. They made admirable volunteer soldiers, and accompanied us with the Rocket bi le. None marched better, and they took excellent care of their mules, When the expedition was over I expected the greater part of them to go into the lancers or artillery. Ido not know whether Captain Fellowes is content to remain in the navy, but he never seemed more at home than when he was on horseback. Hite hter and cheers.) When our task was accomplished the first -news we received from home was a tel m from her Majesty the Queen, who is always the first to encourage her soldiers in their duties. (Cheers.) Immediately after her Majesty's telegram ar- however, that the majority of the beeves upon which | rived one from his royal Highness the pee Bull oy speaanly tities cone — Duke of Cemiiea ne. The Secretary of State for rance. ie roast beef 0: igiand is, in fact, & | India also telegraphed to us arm - myth. The roast beef of New England ia quite as ean in eeane fico gratziation. I cannot tell your lordship how much I feel the welcome which has awaited me in this coun- try. 1 cannot but feel grateful to the force under my command through whose exertions I am in- debted for the favors I bave received. We all did our best, but without the zeal and cordial co-opera- tion of every officer and soldier under my command our success would not have been complete. The illustrious Duke has truly remarked that I have had the honor to serve under two galiant oficers now in thisroom. I am proud to remember that I served in Central India under my noble and gallant friend Lord Strathnairn, a soldier who thoroughly under- stood that the way to defeat an Asiatic enemy is by going straight at their heads on every occasion— (cheers)—and who invariably triumphed over all the difficulties in which he was placed, the honor to serve under my gallant ana honored friend good, if not better. Fashionable and Thentrical Gossip. Lonpon, July 8, 1868. This has been a week of receptions, Last week the Duke of Edinburg was “received” at the Crys- tal Palace—that is to say, forty thousand persons paid their money to see him. The cheering was very enthusiastic, To-day the Abyssinian hero, Sir Robert Napier, 1s to repeat the performance, and‘ more than forty thousand persons have gone to the Palace in the hope of catching a glimpse of him. Schnelder’s success at vhe St. Jaines’ is greater than ever. The Prince of Wales was again present | Sir Hope Grant, whose command of the military last evening, and purchase! five private boxes in | forces in China was signalized by the capture of Pekin. With respect to the voiunteer force I may addition to his own. The Princess of Wales attended the Crystal Palace séte last Saturday, and then went quietly home and had another bahy—a girl—earl on Monday. The rumor floating around in the Amert- can papers that Mr. Edmuna Yates is to be the manager of a new London theatre is not correct, M ‘8 is Working away at a new nove! for “All the Year Round,” which is to commence anew vouume ofthat weekly. Miss Kate Reignolds has ieft London for Liverpool and the provincial cities on a starring tour. The Dramatic College sete ts to be held next Saturday at the Crystal Palace. Schneider wil! keep a stail. Toole, Paul Bedford and Clark will make fun and bits of various plays will be acted, A fairy piece of the “Black Crook” style ts in pre- grees at the Queen’s theatre. Mr. Walters and ir. Harcourt, proprietor and writer for the London Times, are candidates for the next Parliaincnt. Both will probably be defeated, for the 7imes is no favorite inthe country, Selton Parry's new theatre is to be called the Globe. Mr. Dion Bouvicault de- clares that he has retired from the stage and will not act again after his Dublintrip. His new play, “London by ht,” will be produced at the Princess? in “Aug Ladies are wearng their hair in taller and taller mounds, | saw one in Rotten row yesterday fuliy two fect high and got a buir of it natural, remark that, although not @ young soldier, 1 am @ volunteer oMcer of a few days old, for 1 have been proud to accept the command of the Third regiment of the city of London Rifle brigade. I shall ever re- member with gratitude the honors conferred upon me by the city of London to-day and the kind wel- come I have received in this hall. (Lord Napier re- sumed his seat amid enthusiastic cheering.) ITALY. Burning of the Nota Theatre. The Turia Gazelle gives details of the burning of the Nota theatre in that place. The disaster oc- curred during the performance of “Crispino e la Comare.” The house was crowded and the piece had arrived at about the middle of the second act, when the scream of a woman was heard from be- hind the scenes, followed by the noise of hurried footateps and a cry of ‘Keep your places; it is no- thing.” The clothes of a female dancer had caught fire, andin her terror she bad run about with her skirt in a blaze, and had thus set lignt to some drap- ery at the wings; she was, however, firmly enveloped in’a linen cloth, and the Games of her dress were ex- tinguished before sie had suffered any injury. The alarm had, however, spread among the spectators, and a general rush was made to the doors; for a mo- ment there was great danger of loss of life from the pressure, but some young men who were in the gal- lery above and could see what was going on near the stage called out that the fire was over. About halt of the spectators then returned to their seats, while those who were nearest the door jeft the building. The disaster had, in- deed, for a moment appeared to be at an end, es the canvas on fre had been torn down and tram- pled under foot, But the flames had found in the ainted scenes and light woodwork an allinent too vorable, and the fumes again appearing, the panic once more became general, screams were heard on ali sides, several women fainted, many persons jumped from the windows on the staircase, and every one made for the street, leaving behiud hats, shawls, umbreilas, 4c. Fortunately the theatre ad been partly eniptied at the first alarm, and every one was able to get away in safety. The scene outside was moat ous, The specta- tors might be seen, Some with bare heads aud others with clothes torn from their backs, burrylng to and fro in search of friends or relatives. The actors and actresses were in their costumes, while some of the baiiet girls, who had been surprised while dressing, were between two tollettes—half civil and half the- atrical. The dames in the meantime had gained the pitand the gaileries, and as the intertor of the house Was constructe} of Wood and canvas only any at- tempt to check the progress of the ire was useless; ali that could be done to prevent the coniagra- tion from extending to the adjoining houses, and in a short the uoihug bat the backened walls re- mained, The Bribery Bill—Eicction Canvass in Iree land—Banquet at the Trinity Mouse, Onvr mail report from Queenstown of July 23—the latest—supplies the following uews items from the United Kingdom:— ‘The whole of yesterday's session of the House of Commons was devoted to the consideration of the Bribery bili in committee, A very large number of amendments were proposed by tle liberal members, but the government successfully resisted every at- tempt to modify the bill. Mr, Disracii stated that he Was Willing to extend its provistons to freiand and Scotiand, but that as regards this country various al- terations should be introduced, On Monday Mr. Dowse, Q.C., opened his canvass for the representation of Londonderry, and on the same evening explained his political “opinions to a numerous and influential meeting of the electors, He described himself as a trie and thorough liberal. The building in which the meeting was held was be- set by a furtous tory mob, who, after failing to force anentrance, smashed the windows with stones and brickbats, seriously endangering the lives of those within, The magistrates were compelled to call out the military and _potice to disperse the mob, and the city was patrolled until midnight, when the excite- ment subsided. Mr. Gladstone, whose Parliamentary dnties pre- eluded him from taxing part in the mauguration of the siatue and other memortais of Lord Palmerston at Romsey on Tuesday, Visited Komeey yesterday, and was presented by the inhabitants with an ad- dress expressive of approvai of hts public career. In reaponse he spoke at considerable length on political topics, including the issue before the coun- try reiative to the Irish Church estabiishment. The annual banquet given to the Trinity Honse in London on Monday evening was one of the most drilliant affairs of the season. The Duke of Edin- ¢ RUSSIA. burg presided, supported by the Prince of Wales, who had that day been admitted to the rank of a “younger brother” in the Corporation, the Duke of Catnbridge, Prince Louis of Hesse, Prince Teck and Prince Christian. Im the performance of his duties as chairman the Duke of Edinburg made a mild joke, and which was acknowledged by “a Jangn. 1 Pro- osing the health of the /’riuce of Wales, he said:— he Prince of Wales is fond ot change, aud having for some time been my elder, is Dow transformed into my “younger brother.” The Kerry (Ireland) assizes were opened yesterday by Mr. Justice Fitzgerald, who warmly congratu- jated the Grand Jury on the peaceable and morai vondition of the county, as shown by the calendar and the other reports presented to him. Contrast- ing the present complete absence of crime and poirti- cal excitement with the state of things prevailing in the county at the Inst assizes he saw every reason to be higuly gratified with the result. ‘The Imperial Badget, Deficit and Resourcee— Hot Weather. From St. Petersburg we learn that all the Russian journals have been occupied for some time with the budget for 1868, which had been published, We ex- tract some figures from the exhivit:— The expenditure is augmented this year by 40,000,000 rubles (seventy-five cents each). The pro- gression has been constant since 1863. At that dare the total of the expenses waa 348,009,000 of rubles; for 1864, 400,000,000; for 1865, 380,000,000; for 1864, 401,000,000; for 1867,” 440,000,000, and now 480,000, 000. ‘The Minister of Fmance points out that there will be this year, wig | to his estimate, an increase tn the revenue of 500,000 rubles over last year. ‘This, however, is only ® hope; besides the fact must be stated that the rise ia principally furnished by the budyet for the kingdom of Polaad, which is for the first tome merged into that of the empire. The rest is expected from the progress. so often deplored by the Russian journals—in the consumption of brandy. The cost of collection amounts to 15% per cent on the ordinary income. The augmentation apples to ail the ministries ex- cept that of Public Instraction, which even under- goes a sligh diininution, The largest increase is in the War Departinent, which, from 120,000,000 of rou- bles last year, has risen to 131,000,000. The pabiic debt has for some years been ascending tn the same In 1862 its ‘Bervi-e required 67,600,000; this Year it is 76,500,00 Together, the war, the navy And the debt absorb more than sixty-five per cent of the whole budget. The deficit on the ordinary ex- penditure alone 1# calculated for this year at tweive anda half millions, which will be covered by we balance of the Anglo-Dutch loan of 1866, The Russian Gazette o1 St. Petersburg states that the excessive heat which prevatled for some weeks Lord Napier on the Wer Abyssinia=The Work of the British Army. : {From the London Times, July 22.) Yesterday the honor: cedom of the corporation of the city of London, with a sword of the value of two hundred guineas, was publicly presented to Baron Napier, la the Goidhall, tn pursuance of a Tesolution of the Court of Common Councti nnant- mousiy adopted at arecent meeting, in admiration of the fortitude, skill, energy and promptitude dia- played by hin in bringing the Abyssinian war to @ successful and brillant close, fn the evening the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained bis Royal Highness the Dake of Camoridge, Lord and Lady Napier and many other persons of distinction, at dinner atthe Manion house, which was served in the Fyyptian hall. The guests’ were about two hun- dred in number, Lord Navinn of Magdala who was received with protonged and enthusnate cheerthe In repiring. to | cMsed cases of apontaneous combustion in many The toast 1a bis honor, aiid:-My. hotd. Mayor, your | locslities. “In the environs of Taarskoe-Selo and Pe- Royal Hg'iness, jadies and geatiemen—| cannot but | tethot the rame kindled and gave rise to feel vers decply the Lonor you have conferred Upon hare not without danger. ‘@, Which surround the laces t and extend to @ «ret distance, arnivg for @ week, and the day fn the very Kind plion fT have met the city of Loudon aud the kind manner health hax oven drank tits evening, vors and rewards ac great that T feet 1 | Continued to spread, y little for tiem and they fay apom me " % burden of service to be done at some FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, day tat T can hardly ever hope pay tho very \. 1 weicome you shave | The Orywesta, of Mexico, gives the following erred upon me, It is @ source of very | caricature, sider the title of the aed 1 gratid@veation to ime and to every member Of | 4 yory ¢, rae ke ay Rorigartateonys the Abyss! to lind that’ our services ‘a! pig is represented in a pen marked Minis- have seen re biy by our countrymen | terial: avd is being examined by the ministers, nd that rave been considered to | who remar! ou have the body of a king and yet tm t say that we are unter Cee eee are untre | YoU are not persection.”” “If anything ts wanting,” and apecdily with every- | replies piggy, “ii iy the jaw of the 2th of January.” © head of the government | The Key. Adolphus Namszanowski has beea r Stator Northcote, our lary due, nor can I ab- appointed to th h chaplainship of the Prussian ohacnes of cheudlitarycom- | atiny. He was ordained by the Pope as Bishop of Sir 8. Noitnoote—sir Re J. Hussey | agathopolis, / bus in fidettum, and will at Ker, Capt stwicl NCO ete create intemned or | ongerernove to ese of the military garrison \miguient which enabled | #8 Berlin. 1 ocvaslons of state he will point out the which were supplied. | Pere mureh indebied Duke of Cambridge, The Comm aia, has with- OMPUY aus without regard to precedent | drawn the funds wi aqmished the the olflcers | sovcited, whose skill avd | idea of opening a new college, because the Minister of had Witnessed berore, and whose services | Public Instruction enjorees the employment of convinced it Waa highly desirable to obtain, | teachers belonging to a privileged religious denom! the Viceroy of India, too, came to our when we were in great dimealties, and The Berlin Zoological Society has purchased some without | interesting specimens from a Mr, Casanova, who ely have advanc Lnave | accompanied the British army to Abyssinia. also to express ny acknowiedgme i ft n 5 ide Of Madthe, ty honored. tanec? the GOxerner | . At edict iseucd by the Minister of War orders that of Merchiatonn, who gave we much valuable asstat- | Bone but non-commissioned oMicers havi served nine years in the army can enter the Berlin police force. On entering the salary is 300 thalers and the highest they can aitain is thalers per annum. General Medici has been appointed with full civic and military powers as Prefect and Gei.eral-in-Chief of the island of Sichy. Before ecepang ie important truat he insisted upon a pledge of speedy com jetion of the projected ys and wgd roads Ehroognout the tamand. 40 eX) Tese my gratitude to the Gov- J Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, for the wimense labor he bestowed on the equipment of the expedition, and the greatassistance he afforded a8 on every occasion after we left Kombay and when- ever we required the aid of the Bombay government, Ihave Put one word to aay in reference to the con duct of the men. The conduct of ail the members of the force was eZewplary in the highest degree. POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. SUIS CEST EIEES ‘The Campaign in Indiana—Great Democratic Meeting in Lafayette, Ind.—Specehes by George H. Pendleton and Senator [lendricks. Alarge and enthusiastic meeting of democrats was held in Lafayette, Ind., on the evening of the goth ult, Judge Pettit presided. Mr. Pendleton and Senator Henricks were the principal speakers. MR. PENDLETON’S SPEECH. My FELLow Crrizgna—I feel that I will be obliged to do to-day what I most disilke to do—that 1s, to commence with an apology; but I have suffered 80 much with the heat must be allowed to apolo- gize to you for the manner in which I shall be com- Ppelled to speak. Fahaps you would wonder it I am suffering s0 that I should leave home to be with you, but [have warm personal friends in Lafayette, and wanted to meet them and breathe your prairie alr. (“Three cheers for the backs,”) It was here that the men of Onlo, Indiana and Kentucky opened up this country to civilization; and while I come, m: fellow citizens, for my own pleasure, I come to fill an important duty. We have a population of nearly forty million, and the laws of this people have been set aside and dishonored by the republican Party in power. I nave come to arraign before You those, fellow citizens, who form the republican Party. I will not forget that these republicans are all m; SonneraTaen, and many my warm per- sonal frrends. I propose to deal with them as mem- bers of a great political organization, The demo- cratic party ts a colossal column in the United States, It is founded on the constitution, and stands by that instrument as it was originally interpreted. Fac- tions have split off from the democratic party, but still that party, like the giant of old when he was thrown to mother earth, has rang up again with renewed energy. The republican party was founded in 1856, upon the ruins of the old whig party. Some whigs refused to go with the new party, but it took in disunionisis and some disaf- fected democrats, With its organization came riot and bloodshed in Kansas, and at length a civil war. He stated that many States had on the eve of a Presidential election been admitted into the Union under constitutions they abhor and detest. [A dele- gate in the audience here undertook to pens the gpeaker, but was called to-order by the ident.) To-day States are forbidden to vote for Presi- dent, and if the despatches of yesterday are to be believed the Cot men who have remained in Washington have determined that the electors in the Southern States are not to be elected by the people, but by the Legislature. The equality of the States is the fundamental tocar of our government. If Congress has the ee to regulate suffrage in South Carolina, it has the same right to regulate the same in Indiana. If Congress has the Hee to regulate suffrage in South Carolina, where did it get itt—where did it get I pause for a reply, if any gentleman wishes to reply. (A voice—“There is no gentleman in this crowd.”’) With this republican party every success whets ita appetite for more. This republican Ree is @ revolutionary party, and cannot stop in ts onward course, but willifinvent, new revolutionary measures day after day, and one measure of these hell hounds only gives way for other measures still worse. Why is it that. they goon from worse to worse ? It is for fear of the wrath to come. (Cheers.) They cannot afford to go into retirement for fear of ghosts. (A voice—‘Hamlet.”) The Southern States, after the war, were not out of the government, and it only needed to fill the vacancies to make them full States in the Union. They were never out of the po gar og till Congress passed @ Dill assuming w they were but provincial territories. These Southern men are our brethren; say they have erred; who has not? Say they have sinned; ‘et him who is without sin cast the first stone.” God himself commands the conciliation of men, and shall we not be able to be reconciled to our brother? Wisdom dictates it and God will bless #. This is the doctrine of the demo- cratic party, the doctrine Gots ice, humanity and God. The republican party e the opposite side and say Siew cannot live with our Southern brethren. Isay, gentiemen, this republican party has bank- Tupted our people. {Here the Ly age called upon the audience to keep still, and Judge Pettit threatened to calaboose the crowd if they did not ee They have collected of the people of these United States fourteen hundred millions of dollars in three ears. In 1360 census shows property in the United tates was lesa than sixteen thousand millions of dollars. In 186, taxes collected, five hundred and seventy militons of dollars, being one hundred and ninety millions more than was collected in ce in the same year. The public debt of the United States is twenty-flve hundred millions of doliars. It takes eight hundred millions of doilars to carry on State and government. The five- twenty bonds of our government are payable in the i tender of the country. No proof needed now- adays to prove it. Sherman, of Ohio; Morton, of Indiana; tne Indiana State Convention, all say they are payable in legal tender. At the time these bonds were issued the legal tender notes were in circula- tion, and were good forall debts except duties on foreign imports, Now there is great talk about the wrong in pa ‘ing these bonds in legal tender; but it js part of the contract, and they should thus be Lipo Tama hard money man, voted against the ” Tender act; but the Legal Tender act is a law, and lam now in favor of obeying it until we can get out of onr troubles, and then | shall be in favor of making ita penal act to issue another dollar of legal tender. (A voice—‘Three cheers for green- backs.) This thing of a national debt means lux- uries for the rich and brown bread and potatoes, with a lack of meat, for the poor, See to it, gentie- men, that your verdict in November shall be to pay off this national debt in an bonest manner, not ex- tending it fortorty years. Remember the election, who vote dor Congressmen aud legisiators who make your Senators. His ‘speech consumed one hour and minutes, Judge Pettit then introduced Senator Hendricks, who spoke as follows:— SENATOR HENDRICKS’ SPECT. My FeLtow Citizens—The sessions of the Senate during the day and most of the night, and my journey home and speaking since, will not allow me to speak to you at length. So great have been the Wrongs of the Cong of the United States that you have almost forgot to look at the affairs of tie tate of Indiana. Are you aware what amount has been levied on you for taxes? Tuat for the last year they were $10,000,000? What has been done with the $30,100,000 that has been collected oif of you tiie the past three years? I will tell you where some has gone. Out of the treasury there has been Yr to the State printer $75,000. Gentlemen, suoult e twenty be elected Governor of this State it will be my jeavor to see no more taxes are collected than are ly necessary for the support of the State. It don't require $30,000,000 to support the State for three years, I have but little to say in addition to what has been said so well by my friend, Mr. Pendle. ton, Five years ago I was placed in the Senate of the United ‘States and have endeavored to do my duty, though [ was among the minority. For three a past since the war we should have had peace; ut is anybody satisfied with the present state of fairs? No. But you say we ought to have a nze. Let us try it in Uciober. “he natoral and proper position of the solder ts, and should be, with the democratic party; for they fought for the Union, and the democratic party is the Union party to-day. The Union has not been made per- petual on actount of the action of the party now in cl | power. Why is it, Task, at the end of three years we are as we are? It is because, I repeat, of the actions of the republican party. Mr. Hendricks objected to the radical policy of Congres, and thought strange that pardon was ex- tended to a great many former rebels and some had even been pardoned to take seats in Congress. The remainder of his remarks consisted in reading extracts from Mr. Morton’s speeches, repeating a ‘tion of Mr. Pendleton’s speech, closing by re- earsing @ part of the piece he apoke at lndianapolis, and repeated the story of the Prodigal Son, when an old deinocrat, not knowing from whence it was taken, shou.e1 out “Shakspeare | He closed alter speaking one hour and five ininutes, Seutiwents of the Seymour Southern Democ- racy. The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, July 28, has the follow- ing:— Congresa adjourned to the third Monday in Sep- tember, Thank God for so tuch relief to the country. People can now sicep in peace for a while. All nature will rejoice. Corn and cotton, we think, will grow better, colts jump higher, hogs grunt jouder, sheep get more frisky, horses travel better and cows give more afilk, A man can now sip his coffee with an equanimity undisturbed by any fresh dispiay of Congressional development in the morn- ing papers. ‘The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser (Bob Tyler) pre- senis these views: Mohammedan war cry was the “Koran or the aword’—their cry ia “the radical party or political th.” The States shall only be admitted when hombiy present radical constitutions, radical governments, radical representatives, aud, above all, radical Pres'dential electors. Tfany intelligent man bas veretofore doubted that purpose of the radical leaders to ex- nucratic party from fair competttion for © Southern States, without deigning to listen to © protest or appeal, he las only to coa- sider the imstances uncer which the bill armin, the “loyai’ vowers has passed one house ol Congress) and only failed in the other by adjourumen’, Arma are to be put into the hauds of ‘black and white “loyalists” to them to defend their rights at the Now let us consider the exact state of facts. jeast twenty per cent of the whole white tion ineach of the Southern States is absoiut anchised by provisions in the several State “constitutions,” Secoad, the same men are prohibited from holding office by the fourteenth arti- cle of the federal constitution. Third, the several State “constitutions,” in addition to their general disfranchising clauses, contain registration oaths negatively disqualifying the gre of white voters, Fourta, the ratical Congress have placed States, partly by foree, partly by dl, Siaté govenments under the con- of their negro, scalawag and | carpet. ug partisan’. In ever) “reconstructed” State they have the Governor, the Legislatures, the Judiciary—the inferior magistracy. nearly all the county and pousicipel officers. They are also backed by the United forees and all the moral and material infuence of the Freedmen’s Bureau. on the 0) ‘ite side of the picture we weil Tperen eave that the white ulations are dis- armed and unprotected, and that ' have been yo ingul hum! $sire It le DoW an’ budoclty of that the owners, their parasi into whose hands it is gap oy of law; an tion their exactions AY count e reason course utterly false. true object is to terrorize the dem to seize the Presidential electors at all hazards. ‘They know that their last desperate hope of electii Grant is by voting, these bogus Southern electors ne him. And they will so vote them if they are allowed to do it. They have already securea seven. spurious electoral votes by force and fraud, and they are, to all intents and purposes, in old Ben Wade's breeches pocket at this very moment. These bogus electors, as 8 matter of routine, will be chosen by Con; made voters, or by Legislatures chose by Congress-made voters, Where is the constitue tional warrant for Congress appointing @ constl. tuency to appoint Presidential electors. The Georgia Senators—H. V. M. Miller and Joshua Hill, On the 20th ult. the Georgia Legislature clected H. V. M. Miller United States Senator for the short term and Joshua Hill for the long term. Mr. Hill has been for many years prominent in Georgia politics, The leading feature in his political charace ter ig an ardent and irrepressible love for the Union. No man more earnestly than he rebuked the seces» sion movement, and even when the popular tide was turned in that direction and the current was sweeping evervthing before it he refused to fall at with it and preserved his fealty to the nation: government unimpaired. During the war he made no effort to cover by true sentiments but made known his eroneson. of the whole movement, believing at it promised only ruin and destruction to the South. After the close of the war he was foremost among the sons of mp aoe pemtaresing. ae pratety to the lon. Among his own ie, and Amoi j= pie of the North, he has inbored to scours this rule hen Congress made its first overtures he advised the acceptance of them by the Legislature of Georgia. It was declined. Again Congress made proposition> for a settlement of our domestic dim les, These he also upon the people, assuring them that it was best to accept them, and to do so in good faith. So it has been ever since the close of the war. He has recommended the adoption of these measures as the surest method of bringing peace into thi country. While other statesmen were standing silently aloof, he boldly confronted Si oppositions and expressed his sentiments fully and fre ORS will represent the people honestly and fai ly, nor will he sacrifice the honor and dignity of the old State. Dr. Miller is alsoa staunch Union man. Dorin, the recent political complications he has refraines from identifying himself with the extremists of any party, preferring to occupy that high conservative ground which promised most success and most se curity. He wag a brave worker in the reconstruce tion movement which produced the present constle tution of Georgia and the restoration of the State thereunder. AS a member of the late Constitutiona’ Convention he labored ardently and efficiently, an with distinguished ability to secure to the people of the State a wise and wholesome organic taw. His record since is well known. As United States Sena- tor, itis believed he will serve the people faithfully. Long known in the State as the “Demosthenes of the mountains,” he will wield an influence that will bo felt in the national Legislature. The Atlanta Intelligencer—repudlican—adds to the above the following editorial remarks:—‘The resul® im the Senatorial election yesterday has nothing im it to aiscourage the Union men of the country, not~ withatanding the jubiiant declamations of the oppo-, sition orators. Both Senators are good and true Unionists, and if such men give satisfaction to the opposition the two parties may congratulate them- selves on being so near ther in opinion as ta, what is best for the country.”” The Atlanta Constitution—democrat—also find occasion for rejoicing in common with the great mass of the citizens of Atlanta at the resul spontaneous meeting was held, the character o! which may be surmised from the following graphic headings to an account given in the Constitution: “Atlanta in Another Blaze of Enthusiasm. Rejoicings Over the Dead Carcass of Radicalism in Georgia, Its Funeral Preached. Tiluminations and Bonfres. Glory snough for One Day. Three Thousand People Lifting Their Voices in Prolonged Applause. Man of All Others who has Proven Doubly Recreai to his Peopl+and Race Consigned to Oblivion his own Threshold, Vale, Joe Brown!” it at Political Notes. An altra democratic paper out West heads an article, “General Grant as a thief.” When will these partisan papers have decency? A letter from Brownsville, Tenn., states that politi- cal excitement runs very high in that State, and thas serious trouble is apprehended at the election. Wade Hampton, Chairman of the South Carolina Central Committee, has issued a call for @ conven- tion of democrats in Columbia, August 6, In Saline county, Missouri, the radicals undertoo® a few days*ago to break up a democratic meeting. The democrats drove them off, killing three and wounding seven, with a loss on their part of some wounded, but none Killed. The republican Congressional Conference for tho Twentieth Pennsylvania district have at Inst suc- ceeded in making a nomination by setting aside all the gentlemen who were presented to them as candl- dates, and nominating Mr. Henry C. Johnson, of Meadville, as their candidate, In Mr. Ashley’s district, in Ohio, there is an en- deavor to bring out a new candidate, and the Toledo Blade appears to favor it. A letter has appeared, signed by H.S. Walibridge and others, principaliy men of business, asking Mr. James C, Hall to permit: his name to be used in the nominating convention; to which he has consented. In Penngylvania the following republican candi- dates have already been nominated:—First district, Benjamin L. Berry; Second, Charles O'Neill, presené member; Third, Leonard Myera, present members Fourth, William D. Kelley, present member; Pignteenth, William HH. Armstrong; Nineteenth, Glenni W. Scofield, present member; Twenty-first, John Covode, present member; Twenty-second, James 8S. Negiey. Genera Henry 8. Cake is said to be sure of @ renomination in the Tenth and Johm Ceasna is named in the Sixteenth. In the Twentieth, Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth districts a furious contest is going on. Mr. Finney was not a candl- date. Mr. Lawrence has been withdrawn fn the Twenty-fourth, but though there have been several hundred ballots in cach district there has been no result, In Tennessee Mesars. Maynard and Stokes are cer. tain of renomination. Mr. Samuel M. Arnell has been renominated already; but in the Eighth district. there isaschism. Mr. David A. Nunn, the present member, is in the fleld, and is opposed by W. J. Smith, In West Virginia the repablicans have nominated an entire new set—J. H. Duvall, James McGrew anw John 8, Witcher. Messrs, Sawyer and C. ©. Washburn will be re~ nominated in Wisconsin. ‘The nominations in New York for Congress will) generally bé made in September and October. Mesars. Laflin and Ward have been renominated, ‘and Giles W. Hotchkiss will succeed William 8. Ling coin. Mr. McCarthy will be renominated, but it eaid that Theodore M. Pomeroy will not. In the Monroe district the old Hart and Selye controversy has been adjusted, and a new candidate will be selected, Mr. Burt Van Horn will be opposed in the Twenty-ninth by Seth Wakeman, of Genesce. Mrs William H, Fields wit probably be superseded, as his district holas to rotation every time, Common consent has assigned William A. Wheeler to succeed Calvin T, Hulburd, An active canvass ts going on In the Third districs of Iowa, now represented by William B. Allison, an® his renomination is greatiy hazarded. Mr. Allisom bas served several terms and is one of the most usefal members. The Missouri delegation in Congress will be pretty thoroughly changed, General Loan has declined another nomination, and Mr. McClurg has bees nominated for Governor, Judge Newcomb will pro- bably be replaced by General Carl Scharz. Probably no present member except Mr. Van Horn and Mr. Ancrews will be renominated, John F. Bush is the candidate in the Third district, now represented by @ democrat, The following about the third party movement ap> pears in the Troy Whig of the ist inst. A despatch from New York Informs us that the third party movement haa began. It was begun at the St. Nicholas Hotel yesterday, where there was a meeting of ‘those indifferent to the success of either g's to take measures for a convention in Albany in August. At this meeting J. B. Thatcher acted as chairman and William Gordon, of ve, and Wile liam A. Graham and Chauncey Quintard, of no place in particular, were the ‘ers, What the ers said is not given in the toh, out the result was that a committee was ited to nil with, the conservative organizations throughout the State, if there are to & complete country repre~ sentation to ton. dhe espatch adds signin men left to callon Judge