The New York Herald Newspaper, September 3, 1868, Page 4

Queen Victoria’s Enjoyments at Lucerne. Political Demoralization of the English Press. France Uneasy and, Tending to a Sudden Change, By steamship from Europe we: have the following special correspondence im additional detail of our cable telegrams to the 22d of August. ENGLAND. Queen Victoria’s Continental Tour—The Fe- nian ‘Aasnssination Report—Her Majesty's Daily | Life=Mndame Rachel’s Trial=The Cricketers for America—Party Politics. Lonpon, August 22, 1968, ‘The newspapers of this morning publish an ex- tract from a Lucerne letter to tho Gazette de Paris stating that a Fenian had arrived at Lucerne with the intention of assassinating the Queen of England; that he had been arrested by two police agents, and. that her Majesty was informed of the plans of the assassin before she left London, Of course not one of the London papers has had enterprise enough to telegraph over to Lucerne and find out whether there be any truth in this report; but I know the corre- spondents of the French press ‘too well to believe a word of it. The @azette de Paris is an unreliable paper, and this Fenian story 1s weak and improba- ble invention, The Queen, at last accounts, was‘enjoying herself very much at Lucerne, John Brown is in her suite, and is conspicuous as usual by his Highland cos- tume, She has her own horses and carriages from London and drives about the lake and the hills like any other lady out for a holiday. Her Majesty dresses in her customary black, and ordinarily wears a biack straw hat. She dines at two o'clock, ana takes supper, German fashion, in the evening. The irritation of her mind has been 80 much subdued that her physicians recommend a longer st Probably this advice will be followed, asthere ig no reason whatever why her Majesty should return home. indeed, she would hardly be Missed—so little do her subjects see of her—if she stayed away altogether. Madame Rachel has been tried, and the jury have Gisagreed. In other words. the verdict Is “Not proven.” The specific crime of which she was ac- cused was obtaining money under false pretences from a Mrs. Borrodaile, the widow of an Indian colonel, by representing that she would bring about @ marriage with Lord Ranelagh. A full report of the evidence will be sent by this mail. Where the evidence broke down was in the number of silly and outrageous letters which Mrs. Borrodatie had written, and which she said were penned at Madame Rachel’s dictation, The jury could not believe that any woman, no matter how foolish, would delibe- rately accuse herself im writing of unchastity be- cause Madame Rachel toid her to do so. That was the stumbling biock; but it seems to me that a woman who would part with thousands of pounds for a little soap and powder would do any- thing. However, one good result is accomplished. Madame Kachet’s establishment here 1s completely discredited, No lady would be seen to enter it now, But I learn that some compromise can be effected before the next session of the court, when the case is to be tried again. Madame Rachel is to go to America and deliver lectures on “beauty,” Twelve English professiona! cricketers, selected by Mr, V. E. Walker, of the Marylebone,Club, will leave for New York on the 2d of September be the Inman steamer. Wilisher will be the captain of the twelve. He is a veteran i ter and one of the best bowlers im Engiand. The others are Grigith, Humphrey aud Jupp, all splendid batsmen; Pooley, the best ‘wicket keeper im the kingdom, superior even to the famous Lock- Xr James Lillywhite, Jr, who maintains his family's cricketing reputation; Charlwood, Freeman, Rowbotham, Tarrant, Smith and Shaw, of whom Charlwood is a veritable king of the bat. The real champion batters of Dugland, Daft and Carpenter, and the marvellous left tiand bowler, Wooten, were invited to go, but were obliged to refuse, owing to lucrative engagements here, The St. Georges Clab of New York and the Philadelphia Cricket Ciub have charge of these professionals and will take the management of them in their matches, I don’t think they will make cricket popular in the United States, Decause base ball is a livelier and quite as scientific & game; but they will show you how to play the celebrated English sport perfecily. ‘The London papers are making capital against the United Siates out of the biackguardism of the parti- san press of New York. But, bad as are your party journais, it {8 impossible for them to rival the mean- ness and malignancy of Engitsh politicians. To call @ candidate “ar? and ‘traitor? does not injure him; it only hurts those Who use such language; but English politictans bay and butly voters in the Most disgraceful mauner; they exhaust the English lan- guage tn abuse of Disracti and Gladstone; they tn- Vent stories about Disraeli’s apostacy and Gladstone's intimacy with the Pope, and then they turn about and sneer at the United States because a couple of party papers disgrace American journalisin by using Mithy terms in regard to Grantand Seymour. The means spot- American politicians are by no less, but they are anges of ‘at compared to the politicians of England. Look at tie towns disfranchised for bribery and corruption; look at the new judges appointed especially to try bribery cases; look at the bogus addresses laaued by Doth parties; look at the placards which identify Giadstone with Finlen aad Disraeli with the Devil, aud then lauga at the criticisms upon American pol- tues by which Englishmen cover up their own of- fences, There is nothing new at the London theatres, ex- cept that a play, by Watts Phillips, enutied “Land Rats and Water Kats,” is announced at the Surrey. T have aiready told you that Boucicault’s new play at the Princesses’, cailed “After Dark,” is another adaptation of the same French piece from which Daly’s “Under the Gaslight” waa taken. Well, Waits Phill ps’ drama is simply another version of the same piece, raliroad and ail, so that Boucicault isto be beaten on lus own ground. The Mexican lope from Germany. 5 PLoRENoE, August 14, 1868. ‘There are people who “do protest too much,” and Whose assurances sre to be credited in en inverse Fatio to the fervor displayed In making them, ‘Yet if we are to take the Ri/orma and other democratic Journals au scrieuz, Garibaldi, bis sons and ‘hoo their grand project, the deliverance of Rome. Itis strongly denied that Garibaldi's sons or any other leaders of the party of action are makiog or have authorized enrolments of volunteers for a second in- vasion of Rome, Menott! Garibaldi has just’ been married at Bologna, and his head, they say, has long been too full of his lady love to bestow a thought upon the wrongs of the Romans, and now, ins honeymoon, he had as lief hear anything as a drum. Men who have held command in past’ Garibaldian movements arid aré deep in the seorets of the red- shirted organization have lately assured me that nothing is in eontemplation for the ‘present year, and'that the'rumors so persistently current aré pro- pagated by the priests to keep up an agitated, un- easy feellng in Italy, and by fomenting ap- prehensions of danger to the Holy Father to prevent the faithful from flagging in their contributions of Peter’s pence and pions recruits for the support of the temporal power. To complete the evidence in favor of continued tranquillity I must mention that ‘the Hangarian Major Frygest, a prominent enroller and leader’ of volunteers in the last Roman move- ment, has published a declaration to the effect that the rumors asserting him to be now making enlist ments are utterly unfounded, Further, the Major States that he will have nothing more to do with Garibaldian enlistments or movements, and would even prevent such being carried out to the best of his power. Major Frygesi is evidently a secessionist from the Garibaldian camp. Perhaps his experience of the Italian patriots in thelr last raid upon the Roman States was nota favorable one, The terms of his letter have given great offence to his quondam associates, So far for denials and pacific protesta- tions, which do not, however, do away with the sig- nificant facts mentioned in my last letter. I was then led to believe either that the Garibal- dian party were preparing to carry out some project of invasion in the autumn or would hold themselves ready to support a movement Initlated by the Romans themselves. With respect to the assurances tuade w me personally by Guribaldians, 1 estimate them by my experience of last — year. In July and August, 1867, when I” had yery excellent reason to know what was coming, I sounded two or three important members of the Garibaldian party on the subject. By each and ail was I positively assured that nothing could be far- ther from the truth than that Garibaldi would bestir himself, Not being one of the initiated I expected nothing less than such a denial. Sull, my good friends said the thing that was not with an aplomd wich would have done credit to a diplomatist or to the French Moniteur, which on the very eve of war is sweetly idyllic upon the theme that the empire 1s peace. Such ed battery tactics are common With nations and parties who want time to prepare for action, Major Frygesi, in the published letter mentioned above, alludes to the great number of Garibaldian volunteers who are constantly applying to him un- der the belief that some Koman movement is pro- jected. All such gegen declares the Major, ave remained and will remain unanswered. would be interesting to know what moved so many men to come forward simuitaneousiy and ouer their services, and whether the other Garibaldian leaders in different towns, to whom numerous volun- teers have likewise offered themselves, have changed their views as radically as Major Frygesi. On this potnt we learn nothing from the democratic press, and re Frygesi is the only man who has cone forward to repudiate any present participation tn Garibaidian projects upon Koine, There ts, without doubt, a widespread feeling among the rank and file of Garibaidianism, and the year will not pass away Without some fresh agitation, however much the leaders of the party may find it expedient at present to disavow any such intention. The popular mind also associates Prussia very in- tlmately With the national aspirations, For some time past the Prussian Embassy has been receiving numerous applications from Garibaldiau volunteers to be allowed to serve in an Italian brigade to be orgamzed by Prossia for the commg war, in which Italy and Prussia are to be fast friends. “Such no- tions are fantastical enough, but they testliy to the adventurous and uneasy spirit which antinates the people and ts aconstant drawback to the national prosperity, So long as the Roman question remains unsettied @ very large party in the country have a grievance which they can use with effect ainst this or any government that follows a policy of masterly inactivity and will do notiing without the concurrence of France. Curiously enough, vol- unteers have frequentiy presented themselves at the Ottoman Embassy, although what they could have expected in that quarter is puzzling to conceive. They came with a vague statement of their wish to be enroiled in the expedition that was being organ- ized, but, on Onding that they had evideutly made a mistake, refused to any more and would an- swer no questions respecting the object of the ex- pedition in question or who had instigated them to olfer their services, It is supposed that their real destination was the Prussian Kmbassy, but thelr fel- lows who had already applied there found their visit perfectiy futile. If 1 have deemed it necessary above to reduce to their just value the disclaimers of the RYurma and other democratic organs Iain still more bound to acquailt you with a fact which, just coming to light, singularly clashes wiih the pactilc assurances of the Ganbaldian party. Between that party and the Maz- zinlans there is now, as I have already informed you, a complete solidarity, and as Garibaldi, from til health and infirmity, becomes daily move unfitted for pubite life, Mazzini’s induence over the democratic party, always great, 1s now more powerful than ever. under Mazzini’s auspices there has been formed in Italy a republican aliiance, the object of which 1s openly declared to be the deliverance of Rome and the overthrow of the Italian monarchy, The exist- ence of this association was made known by the publication of a proclamation tssued by one of the committees, styling itself Committee No, 10, 30 that we may epee A conciude there are at least nine other bodies of the same kind for the propagation of this new alliance. The proclamation is dated June, of the present year. If was published here a few days ago without provoking auy measures of re- pression from the police. The government probably considered it the wisest policy not to increase its publicity to the greatest possible extent by pro- secuting the journal in which tt originally appeared, the Gazzetta del Popoio of Milan. | shall Give you the best idea of this startling document by quotin; verbatim a few of the opening sentences: ithe 3 tragedian, Don Edgardo Colonna, still struggles in vain at the St. James theatre, FRANCE, The Opposition Election Triumph—M. Grery, the New Member for the Jara—Iaternal Dis- quiet and Dread of Impending Change. PaRis, August 21, 1868. The election of an antl-inupertalist in the depart- ‘ment of the Jura has given the opposition party a great deal of joy and satisfaction, They cannot conceal their elation over the victory. They see in it the return of the tide of liberal successes which shall strengthen the tittle cohort of oppositionists in the Corps Légisiatif. The government organs have been busy in explaining away this immense yictory, which has caused a decided sensation all over the empire. They are not able to advance any plausible reason for the defeat of the government candidate, Itistoo clear to be obscured by any trifing assertions, The fact is that the inhabitants of a rural district have given their votes two to one in favor of one who is a decided republican, au anti- imperialist of the first degree. M. Gréry, the elect, was one of the Jeading men ‘under the republic, and when the coup d'état oc- curred he went into retirement. He is a native of ‘the department tbat sends him with such a magnifi- cent majority to represent it in the Legisinture, and Pernaps itis owing to his great personal popularity hat he received the immense majority of eleven thousand votes out of thirty-three thousand cast, ‘That may partially expinin big success, but we must attribute it generally to the dissatisfaction existing With the present dynasty. France is certaiuly in @ very critical state. There has been a great revulsion of feeling during the past two years, and the Emperor has lost ground. ‘The best evidence of this is afforded by the Jura election. Other elections that are to follow will give stronger proofs of the general feeling of discontent. The op- jon are Working with increased vigor, and their jabors will tell. The Smperor being a shrewd, far- sighted man, is likely to divert the rising tide b; ae | some concessions that will put off the evil day, Minisierial responsibility to the people's repre- sentatives, instead of the so-called tmperial respon- sibility to the people, is what is demanded, and is H strength and iife to his dynasty. that there i# something that threat- ens the peace aud qriet of France; but they know All are wneasy. it is hoped that the Emperor soon say or do something that will forever remove this weight of uncertainty and fear. It cannot come too quickly for the interests of peace nd repose. ” Miss Minnie Hauck is enraged at the Covent Gar- den theatre for the next season on favorabie terms. Mr. Maurice Strakosch, who has engaged her for four yeara, 18 busy engaged in securing her bril- ant opportunities to sing Jn the best operas in pe. When not singing ia opera she will re- main in Paris, assiduouty Gevothe mere Re atndies tinder the moer eminen! master? Of mg Con servatory ~ an uni versal Dt eg atifauce,”? ve the manifesto, “is composed of all citizeus who, convinced ‘that monarchy is the real and sole canse of the misfor- tunes of nations, profess stncere faith in repubucan principles. Ati those, therefore, who beileve the es- tabilsiment of republican government to be tmposst- bie in Italy csnnot form part of this association. The republican alliance ts Unitarian, alms at becoming an. armed body and is bound by fraternal ties with all the free nations of the worid. Its object is to hasten the triumph of republican unity and the unity and independence of Italy, to restore to Italy her natural boundaries and all the provinces now subject to the Pope and under foreign dominion, and to proclaim the republic from the capital as 4 ca a8 possible’? ‘The ‘association, belng prevented from holding public sittings, is secret. The aMilated bind themseives to carry on an active propaganda in the army and among ull classes of citizeus, more particularly the er. Every member of the association not incapacitated by age or infirmity for service in the fleld or other ac- tive operat shall wide himself with a musket or rifle aad hoki himseif in readiness to respond to the call of the chiefs of the alliance, whom he will follow ‘until the object In view ts achie Other clauses ordain that each member shall pay a monthly aon to the funds of the alliance of one franc, and all members are exhorted to be “virtuous, moral and honest, as they cannot other- wise be good republicans.” Committees are estab- lished for the pul of armament and tho propa- gation of re principles in the army and through the press, and there is one spectal commit- tee for promoting ong aiding insurrection in tha Roman States. the amount of the receipts of the association will be forwarded monthly to Joseph Mazzini, the other half remat in the hands of the local committees, The above ites of the alll- ance are foliowed by an to the Italians, vio- lently attacking the monarchy, Which it accuses of havihg subjected the nation to every aes ot cle jonor and shame, “We, say the committee, ve fought with the monarchy tn order to unite the . tered members of the Italian family. We followed with grief the fag displayed by Garibaldi, but now by must f¢ low the path thas leads to the salvation of our country.’ Finally, the ommittee state that the day of action is not far distant, Those who would know who they Gre let them come to the first barricade that will be raised in the streets of Milan, There will they be aie luusket in hand, under the flag of the re- able, It may be remembered that Garibaldi, in his last Roman expedition, said nothing, a# in former times, of the King, and the leaders the party of action were strongly attacked in Parliament op this ac- count after the catastrophe of Mentana. The de- fence made by the left was @ very lame one and tn no way weakened the prevail lon that bad the volunteers been successfil ey would have raised the fag of the republic at Rome. Before oaviag this subject for the present I will Only say that irrespective of amy secret preparation among Gartbaldiaas or Mazzinians there are several wit to her | eveuts which tay at any moment Ipitate us into | #.8ea Of troubles on the Roman question—gueh, for Inst#nce, as the death of the Pope, the death of Na- | Poleon, the outbreak of a Franco- lau War, or | even the defeat of the Menabrea Ministry and the | aecession of Katazzl to power, Ratazal is wholly nitted to the party of action and to antagonisin oe, wad with him in the ascendant we shoul* | have un hamediate renewal of last year's euritauiou. genus omnes’ will do nothing this year to realize: (RELAND: Agrarian Ontrage and the Land Tenure Lawe=Mr, Scully’s Case—How Leases Are and Tenants Unhoused—White Serfadom—Who Does the Peasant Toll For t— Fenilantem Again. e E Dusirm, Angust 19, 1568, ‘The reputation of the county Tipperary for coll! sions between landlords and their tenantry is 30 well Catablished that the recent fracas, in which a con- stable and bailiff were killed and five others of a party, with the landlord at thetrhead, dangerously Wounded, might not have excited: much wonder Were it not for the ghastly light which the circum- Stances have thrown onthe terribly defective sys- tem of law which has long) been the cause of com- Pleint from the agricultural community here, The country has been thrilled by it as by an electric shock—landlords and tenants alike—and there is no doubt but that it will have an. important bearing on the result of the coming election. .Wavering candi- dates will be compelied to inseribe on thelr pro- gramme, “Improvement of Tenant Law,’ or their hopes may be nipped in the bud, ,The following 1s a brief outline of the circumstances which led to the affray:— During the course of last June Mr. Scully, an ex- tensive proprietor, required all tenantry on bis estates, large and small, to sign am. instrument pre- pared with the nicest tact and skill, which, while 1t kept strictly within the limits which the law a3- signed, was sufficient to convert the honest, hard- working tenantry, as well a8 the more idle or improvident, into so many serfs dependent on his whim; the period of their enantry was to be termi- nated by him at any time by serving @ twenty-one days’ notice co quit, and at such period of termina- tion the tenant was to forego all claims or rights to crops which might be on the land at the time, or compensation or allowance in consideration for im- provements, new buildings, drains or such like form of outlay. The tenants, with one accord, refused to consent to this most one-sided paren, and forthe with commenced the game of hostilities which has resulted in the recent outrage, Mr. Scully deter- mined to replace those obdurate parties by others of more ylelding disposition, proceeded to serve notices to quit on all, rents were paid punctuailly, but not by the tenants themselves, who kept out of the way so as to evade receiving the notice to quit along With the receipts, it was in the attempt to serve the same at their own houses that he ali but forfeited his ‘fe, and much as the means are to be regretted, if the end is “reform,” the results cannot fail to be of use in the future of Ireland, ‘The Lord Lieutenant has issued a proclamation of- fering @ reward of £600 for the appretiension of the perpetrators of the outrage or a sum of £300 to any person who shall within the next six months give such private information as will lead to the arrest of any of the parties concerne: the same. A return was issued yesterday from the office of the Registrar General showing the number of acres under fax in the several counties of Ireland in 1567 and 1363, From this return there appvars to be & decrease of 49,811 acres, the totals bel In 1807, 258,257 acres; in 1868, 206,446 ncres. This decrease was distributed over the country thus:—In Connaught there was a falling oif of 1,072 acres, in Leinster of 2,890, in Munster 441 and in Ulster the decrease was no less than 42,408 acres. In every county there was a decrease of culture of this article, except one (Wicklow), which exhibits a sinall increase—that is, in 1867 there was one acre ader flax in that county; this year it has advanced BX, Disturbances traceable to Fenianism have become of such rare occurrence now that an attack on the house of a clergyman at Youghal by @ party in search of arms has created much sensation. Tle following are reliabie particulars:—The residence of the Rev. Mr. Drew, rector of Youghal, is a castie situate about a mile from the town, standing in the of ornamental grounds, which include & lautation of trees. ‘the castle isa strong build- ng with some remains of former fortiication, On one of its towers a cannon is mounted, and & stock of flrearms kept within. When the attacking party, arrived in front of his residence Mr. Drew, is wife, son and a number of servants were on the premises, The party met the coachman, whom they obliged to walk before them to the hali door, This was of course shut on the suspicious looktag baad, who boldly demanded that what arms were .n the place be at once handed out to them, The answer of the reverend inhabitant was a voliey fired from the win- dows, ‘The attacking party returned the fire, while some of them attempted to force the hall door, put- ting the coachman prominently In front as a safe- guard against shots from the hall. Just as the door Was giving way an alarm was raised that the police Were coming, Which caused the assailanis to beat a hasty retreat through the plantation, keeping up a running fire as they went. ‘They obliged the coach- man to accompany them out of range of bullets from the castle, and they compelled him to kneel down and swear that he would not give any informatioa as vo the occurrence or the parties who took part in it, which vow he religiously observed by hastening to the nearest police station and there unburdening himself, and giving such descriptions as led to the arrest of one tnan, supposed to be the leader, who gavo his name as Micuael D. O'Halloran. FORE'GN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Under the title of “Sweets and Sours,” the Fis- chietto, of Turin, gives the following caricature:— Napoleon, accompanied by Italy and Austria, offers the invalid Pope tn one hand the Pontifical debt and in the other an order to invite Italy and Austria, together with France, to the Concillo, The Pope ap- pears thundersiruck, Annexed is the motto, “A present and a command, understand it who can— the lacomprehensible |" On the occasion of the rejoicings In Paris on the 15th inst. an Englishman was destrous to hire an apartment commanding a full view of the fireworks. Aiter @ great deal of trouble he found one in the evening, and throwing lilmself into the arm chair opened the window and told his servant to retire, Belng tired he fell asieop and awoke at midnight, to find it raining and dark, Lis two hours’ slumber cost him ninety dollars. The recent visit of the Orleanist Princes to Geneva, Switzeriand, caused the Freach government some uneasiness, $0 quite a small army of secret agents were despatched to watch aad report every move- ment, In Parts and the suburbs there are 12,543 cafés, drinking salvons, &c,, containing about 30,000 bil- lard tavies, Each table averages $2 per day, mak. ae total of $60,000, or annually $21,400,000 in gold. JAMAICA, Fears of a Near Insurrection—Bandite=The Cable Authorized—Chagres Fever in tho Navy—Hlealth. Krveston, Angust 14, 1968. The whole district of St. Thomas in the East has vecome so alarmingly agitated by the violeat dis- courses of Judge Masheder against the Buropean residents and planters generally that another rising of the negroes is generally feared. Those who were taken red-handed in the massacre of October, 1865, and were charged with murder, convicted and sen- tenced to the Penitentiary, but were afterward re- leased on their own bail, are to be found sitting in Judge Masheder's court, drinking in all his rhap- sodical deliverances with delight. The behaylor of the negroes of late has been insulting in theextreme. Employers are now daily summoned for trifling sums, and have to come miles, at a great cost and loss of time, to defend themselves. Old quarrels and disputes of fourand five years back are being revived, ail in the belief of Jadge Masheder’s enmity to the planters and his unbounded love for the blacks. General disorder and great uneasiness natu- rally prevail in consequence. The road between Kingston and St. Thomas in the East is infested with higbwaymen, and to-day no man travels that way unarmed. An estate messenger was iately assaulted on the road by a band of negroes, who demanded his money or his life, but the arrivalof @ full of travellers frightened away the iteoreane, The eae was seriously injured, and was in @ fair way of losing his life when ce The Governor has given his assent to anthorizing the International Tel Com| to work cables and telegraph wires to. in and Jamaica, The bill was sent to New York, via St ‘Thomas, on the 9th. ‘The military have been called upon to taxes on ali houses occupied by them outside o! the bar- racks, and on all carriages, and on all horses for which the government does not allow “forage money.” , The equanimity of the “sons of Mars” has not been*much promoted by these measures. The crews of the Royal Mail steamers suffer so much from Chagres fever and other sickness during their stay at Aspinwall that it has become ad ¢ company’s present must be speedily discontinued. of inte, months months not a single steamer has returned to St. Thomas without having a@ frigitfully long death list on her rolls, Mr, Kushworth, our Financial Minister, has ore to England on four months’ leave of absence. It ia aid that the inain object of his visit is to raise a loan for the erection of public works, for sundry city im- ements, and the establishment of a goyeriaent bank for the reitef of planters and the renova- Hon of thtown up sugar estates and coffee pianta- Appointment of Mr. Jnstice Korr to the Dis- trict Judgeship of St. Anns, in the room of Mr, Jus- tice Lowry, has been recalled by the Duke of Buck- am. heat ts ¢xceasive, but the public health con- tinues excellent. There is a compiete absence of epidemic diseases. All vessels coming from Cuba are subjected to quarantine restrictions until relieved by tae Qoders Of Mie Ueutral Rewod of Heal. MEXICO. The News of Goneral Rosecrans’ Mission— Maxioo, August 16, 1868. ‘The news has reached this city of the nomination and confirmation by the Senate of General Rose crans as American Minister to Mexico, and the HERALD has been received with its editorial com- ments upon the Genera! and his peculiar fitness for the position. Your correspondent has waited for some expression of the Mexican press, but up to the moment of writing nothing has been sald. 4s a gentleman, soldier and diplomat no better seléction could probably have been made by the “wise man” at Washington, and we predict for him a glo- rious career, though one full of care end regpon- sibility, With reference to Mr. Plumb, who fore year has filled the difficult post of Chargé d’Affaires at thie seat of government and during the first rehearsings of republican Mexico, his position has been a perplexing one; and yet, 60 far a8 can be known, his career has reflected credit upon himself and the nation he has represented, and it should be hoped that the mission will not loose hig Services, rendered valuable not only by his long ac- quaintance with these people, but by his peculiar fitness as a foreign representative. General Rose- crans will find the country less disturbed than it was six months ago, he will meet here a Mexican Con- gress in full operation and will discover an ample field for the exercise of judgment and statemanship in negotiating commercial treaties. ‘The latest news from the Sierra of Puebla does not flatter us with the hope of a speedy end to the local disturbance “which had assumed such magnitude in that quarter. It would appear that the efforts on the part of the government to terminate the diMculty without bloodshed have failed, as General Juan Francisco Lucas declines to accede to @ most reasonable condition of the government, which is that the former shoula surren- der his arms and ammunijtion to the latter, It has been generally believed until of late that some rutu- ally satisfactory arrangement would be made of the Puebla atfair, but the attitude of Juan Lucas and the reiniorcement of General Alatorre indicate that the use of force will have to be resorted to. In fact, the opposing bodies have already met at a place called Zantla, in the district of Zacatian. The revolution: ary forces are said to have nambered one thousand and the government troops six Hundred, and the af- fair is reported to have ended in favor of the latter, eee no decisive result has followed the engage- ment. General Rodriguez Bocardo has been placed in command of the forces sent to put down the rebel- lion in the State of Vera Cruz headed by Honorato Dominguez and José Prieto. The number of his- forces has been increased of late witn the view to enable the general to end it in the quickest possible time. At the latest accounts Dominguez was at Paso de Ovejas, which ison the line of the Jalzpa Ratiroad, and Prieto lately evacuated Medellin, where for some days he has been making his headquarters But little is known here as yet of the extent of the rebellion in Campeche of Mufioz, who commenced with 150 men. Business, which bas been most fatally dormant, promises, if possible, to become even worse. 1n fact, mercantile houses, small and great, seem to be suf- fering a terrible panic, the index of which is discov- erable in the following comment of the Siglo YLr., of August 14, which says:—“‘Of the $2,100,000 which le:t by the conducta on the 13th of August for Vera Oruz, only $800,000 was sent by merchants or business men, the remainder having been sent by wealthy persons, who prefer to invest their money abroad racher than employ it in enterprises here.” It is most untortunate for Mexico that such is the feeling of capitalists, for the sending of their funds out of the country is an unfortunate fact for the con- templation of foreign capitalists who may be con- sidering the wisdom of investing money here. It is seriously to be hoped that pba ied will, immediately upon its coming together, so legislate as to invite @ speedy return to Mexico of this much needed capital that extraordinary efforts be made to protect an stimulate all commercial and industrial interests. ‘The good of the nation demands such a course, and the collection of a revenue adequate for the support of the government and the payment of its obliga- tions makes it imperative. itis tobe hoped that Congress has become con- vinced that one of the best means, most immediately within their reach, for the advancement of the coun- try is the hasty completion of the Mexico and Vera Cruz road. The company which owns this road has been compelled to advance thousands upon thousands: | of wagons and trains. here to-morrow or day after, The Engtish steamer ‘will ship most of the money for Europe. ‘The arrival from Tampico on the 12th of Governor Hernandes y Hernandez tas had some good effect. The forces asked for for the pacification of Tierra Caliente arrived on the 14th at Camaron on the Pago del Macho Railroad, under command of Gen- eral Rodrigues Bocardo. They were marched the same night to Medellin, combining in the attack with some militia which bad been sent from this city by sea to Boca del Rio. On the 15th the combat com- menced at aylight at the outskirts of Medellin, and after@iverysharp firing from both sides Gen- eee area primp nebo the iy bie sey the enesny. The loa on the of the fost ts was four we and some are made and. sent under a to the castle of San Juan de Ulua, Some genus, but how far they inay omproniaa porous ut yw far col rr ns Gr! and elsewhere has uot’ been ‘anoertained. On ‘the 16th Colouei Marquez defeated some of the Insurgents that had taken Aight to em get Captured five men ads Vener res, on and ‘0- eral awaits who is closely pursued, after having been defeated on the 17th at At The the State appears to be complete; yet are entertained that other revolts not be ‘wanting, no matter under what pretext, ag misery augments dally everywhere. Alatorre is said to have defeated Lucas; but it is only given as @ rumor, No oficial notice has been i PEE Miron, with tro Bhgdred ‘aonahuac, exacting from t.e municl- Pec authorities funds and provisions, menacing ‘hem, in case they did not comply with his demands, to carry them away and deliver them to Lucas, Francisco zeron, at the head of twenty men, entered the village of San Pablo del Monte, Uberated the prisoners in the a8 and carried a besides all the rearms found in the place. In Atlixco another band is reported as wing appeared. all well mounted and armed. They have taken possession of the Cerro of San Estevan and Tajona. Asthe rainy season still prevails and Vera Cruz is very unheal no tions transpire and scarcely anything is done with the faterior. Buyers generally come at the fall of the year to make their purchases, and the arrival of vessels from Europe also takes gine towards the same period. Thus the port 1s without any vessels and the roads deprived Everything 18 dull and miserable and money uncommonly scarce. The American bark Chilton, Captain Hewes, with a cargo of mahogany from Atvarailo river, bound to Liverpool, sprung @ leak, when a few days out. The crew refused to proceed and then the captain had 8 run his vessel ashore near Sisal. She is a total loss, In Yucatan the revolt seems to be breaking out again, José Antonio Munoz is at the head of the movement, and has already had an encounter with the government troopa, in’ which, it 1s reported, he Was worsted and suffered severe loss, Sefior Romero brought back with him from the United States $2,000,000 worth of the bonds issued be General Sanchez Ochoa from San Francisco. There are now only $600,000 worth of those bonds mpoapcalied. The Seflor Paiso brought back $1,438,000 of bonds that were issued by the Juarez government from San Luis de Potost in 1863, sent to the United of dollars upon the hoped for favorable action of Congress, which money has been used in keepin, the road in repair and running the trains, in face oi ominous threats that “confiscation” would visit It. The commerce of the country has been so paralyzed that there have been little er no proceeds to the the company from freight for many months, and yet, hoping in the future, it stands ready to go forward with the road. ‘the example of the liberal aid given by the United States government to the several Pa- cific railroads may yet not be lost, and, although at the eleventh hour, it would be pleasing to record that Mexico joins in the crusade against aboriginal modes of travel. Mexico city has voted in favor of light rather than darkness, and American and English gas fitters and workers are now busily employed in laying pipe through the principal streets and into the resivences and business piaces of the most enlightened people. The public buildings and parks will be the frst to be illaminated aiter the main street, running from the palace to the general park, or Ala- meda, which is already lit by gas. The Mexico cit; 13 works are owned by an English company, whicl as something over a half a million of dollars in- vested therein. The business is under the direction of Mr. Samuel Knight, secretary, and Mr. Chichester, of New York, as superintendent, The disagreeable and disgraceful case of the deten- tion of the fands of Mr. James sullivan by some of public officers, the particulars of which I have z viously sent you, is now promised a speedy and jonorable settlement. Mr. Ygnacto Mariscal, so fay- orably known during his long residence at the Mexi- can Legation at Washington and who now occupies the Cabinet post of Minister of Justice, has taken the matter in hand, and there ts reason to beiteve that justice will be done tho guilty officials as well as Mr. Sullivan, who has sifered so many weary months from the formers’ misdeeds, Mr, Mariscal merits be good opinion of natives and foreigners, bok alike. The vacancy which exists in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not been filled as yet, though rumors are not wanting of the probable appointment of Mr. Romero to the position and the consequent naming of a new Secretary of the Treasury, Mariano Riva Palacios, the distinguished father of General Riva Palacios, has of late been mentioned in connec- tion with the Cabinet seat of races Affairs, especially since the semi-ofticial denial of the proba- bility of Mr. Romero’s nomination. In fact, it is almost certain that Mr. Romero will remain in the Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury, and that some person not yet named will be invited to the Depart- ment of Foreign Affairs, If, indeed, the coming Con- or the people does not assist the Supreme Sourt in overcoming its objections to Mr. Lerdo de ‘Tejada Ailing the office as before, either with or without enjoying its emoluments. ‘The receut liberal eee of many or most ot the ambitious or plunder-seeking “pyronunctados” have ratter a the attention of the government offictals from the late imperialists and tl sympa- thizers, who go about the streets unmolested and ap- parentiy on good terms with those with whom they were intimate before the intervention, and against whom they were most bitter in thetr declarations for the past five years. Further, 1t cannot be decied that the government has on the whole exhibited a com. meudable « of lentency towards those who were so tickied with the baubles of empire and a prospect of a littie nobility in Mexico as to lend their personal and pecuniary in the attempt to overthrow the form of government which the genius of the age and of the Continent has decided can atone prevail on these Western shores. Ortega and Patoni were ac- tually placed at liberty on the 2d, when the order of the government reached them and was carried into ct. Angel Iturbide, the son of the late Emperor and father of the child whom Maximilian pronounced to be the prince imperial, is daily to ve seen here un- lslature of the State of Colima, it is said, has passed a bill establishing @ penal colony on the isiand of Socorro of such criminals as shall be sen- tenced to imprisonment from two to ten years. A grand breakfast was given yesterday at the sum- mer residence of Mr. Barron, in Tacubaya, by the Common Council of Mexico city to its President, Mr. = a ha Palacios, the worthy father of General jacios, No one is as yet prominently named for Minister to the United States. José Andrade, leader of the kidnappers who car- ried off Mr. Blume, bas been taken aod is now in prison, Two of his associates were slot and killed at the time of Mr. Blume’s rescue. The bandit Juan Cha’ has appeared near San Juan de los A Slight earthquake occurred on the morning of the Mth of August at qusetee past four, with oscillations from north to sout Between the State of General Government— Prigto Routed=The Vera Cruz Rebellion Quashed—They Are Still Rampant im Puebla—Business Bad. Vena Onva, August 20, 1368, On the 15th inst. the State Legislature assembled to decide whether the taxes lately abolished by the general governinent are not to be put tn force again by the State. The legality of the action of the federal government is greatly questioned; and if the Acts pass, no doubt is entertained that tt will once More give occasion for disturbances and pronuncia- mientos. It is said that a large fishing establishment is to be organized at Lobos Island. The conducta, with about $2,500,000, Is expected: | the tum ‘States, but never disposed of or used. Additional Details of Prieto’s Defeat—Strength of the Rebels in Puebla—Trouble in Cam- peche=The Cotton Crisis—Specie Exporte= Auother College Row—Volcanic Eruption. Havana, August 29. 1808, By the Spanish mail steamer Marsella. which arrived here on last Monday morning, we have news from the Mexican capital to August 16, and from Vera Cruz to the 20th, The most notable event they chronicle is the vir- tual suppression of the revolution in the State of Vera Cruz, On the 14th General Bocardo arrived at Cameron with the troops sent from Mexico and en- virons, and was soon afterwards joined by Lieuten- ant Colonel Jimenez and his battalion of cavalry, last from Huatusco. The next day General Bocardo marched to Medellin, when, with the assistance of @ detachnent from the garrison at Vera Cruz, he attacked José M. Prieto in his stronghold, and after a@well fought engagement of an hour's duration carried the place and badly routed the insurgents. Seven prisoners were taken. Prieto, with less than half a dozen followers, escaped to Tejeria, and from there left to join Honorato Domingue. This union of the two leaders of the insurrection was not long continued and did not produce any good to their cause. On the 16th Colonel M. Marquez, of the government forces, attacked Dominguez’s band at the Villa Antigua, and in a short time severely de- feated them, capturing five men. The insurgents scattered in all directions, each bent upon assuring his own safety by flight. Prieto and Dominguez went their own way, with scarcely any followers, and the government troops are keeping up an active pursuit, with the hope of capturing them. The insurrection in the canton of Jalacingo, headed by Melgarejo, has fared but little better than the twin insurrections of Prieto and Domin- guez. Colonel Pascual Escandon, with his bat- talion of State Guards, has in succession occupied Zapotitian, Mascaiteco and Mecacalco, driving the band of Melgarejo out of each of these piaces with comparative ease. The insurgents lave taken to the mountains, abandoning Atzaian, their revolutionary centre, a8 indefensible in their present straightened circumstances, More troops have been sent to Colonel Escandon and active measures are cee taken to entirely crush out Malgarejo and his baud, Since General Bocardo’s victory at Medellin and that of Colonel M. Marquez at Antigua about sixty risoners have been brought to Vera Cruz, inciad- ig two captains, one @ brother of Marrero, Domin- quez’s second in command, They have been lodged in the castle of San Juan de Uloa, as also two citi zens of Vera Cruz, late government onicers, named Vicente and Julio Sanchez, arrested on the 14th for @ supposed conspiracy to give up the city to the La- 0 surgents, ‘Noting prosereg 1m Positive is known as to the war in tie Puebla Sierra, The reports of two days ago, brought to Vera Cruz by of sae to the urport that General Alatorre had met with a severe disaster and had had bis army badly cut up by the united forces of N and Lucas are known to have been unfounded. The government journals now Claim that besides the engagement of Au; 1 at Huahuastia, in which the national troops had the advantage, another was fought on August 3 at Zaut- ta, in which the vict again inclined to the side of the government. Both e1 ments, however, are admitted to have been rather indecisive tn their re- suits and not to have amounted to mach. General Alatorre has been reinforced by another brigade, and has now over five thousand men under him, showing that this Puebia Sierra insurrection is the most con- sequential one the Juarez administration has as yet had to deal with. The in: centrated San Miguel, General Alatorre had sent three strong columns, commanded respectively by Generals Cortina, Car- rion and Cravioto, to dislodge them. Nothing was known in Vera when the Marselia how this projected attack terminated. In another part of Puebla State—in the district of Chiantla—the in- surrectiouary band of Jesus Garcia continued their depredations, almost un The absence of nearly ail troops, because employed with General Alatorre elsewhere, had left a wide fold open for the exercise of their revoiutionary talents, of which Garcia ana followers have amply profited. The helghboring district of Matamoros izucat has been mude to participate in the scenes of thelr exploits, several towns having ben visited by detachments from Garcia’s band, one‘of which had occupied the Cerro San Esteban and ‘fajonal, and was still there at the latest dates. Garcia, be it remembered, for Ortega for President. Lali In the State of Campeche the revelutionary flames have again burst out, At the town of Tixm Colone! Jose Antonio Mufioz, of the National Guards, pronounced, some time in July, the State government, though maintaining allegiance to ‘he national authorities. At first he had but one hundred and fifty men, but hat since ie ga several towns he must have somewhat his forces. When the Marsella departed from Vera Cruz ® report prevatied that Mufloz had been defeated by the government troops at the Hacienda Kanki aud his band scattered to the four winds. ‘The Legisiature of Vera Craz did not convene in xtra session on the 16th, as ordered by Governor Hernandez, for want of a quorum. It was not known When this could be ed. ‘The Legisiatare of Puebia, too, was without @ quorum; and no sess ons pad been held for _— ay i... La nnd N consequence the dispute and the State Judges, which the Legislature had been Investigating, rematned undecided. ‘The employes pam, Mirafores, rom the establishments and their productions, so that the proprietors may resume and thas ena- bie the now destitute Operatives to ain their daily subsistence, No answer has as yet been returned by e Gavi The jong delayed conducta from Mexico city to Vera Cruz has at last started, latter place on the 2ist. it brings $2,200,000, ail of which will leave by the Ei tena ber 1 for Europe. Another conducta, rej have $2,000,000, had left San Luis de Wotosl for Tam- ico, Is will arrive time enough for the em- Barkation of the specie in the English steamer. Altogether this vessel will bear away from Mexico some 000,000, mostly in silver coins. This will leave @ wide chasm fm the monetary and money, alread: Gironlation of “the CouUtTy, Careen. The Mexican | cial purposes. of capital Mexoo because of their supposed inse there. hat ommentary Upen tho tow Wi a eyo ta The of the State of Me: bas formally toutadon all the State officials ‘saaan the citizens of the State to address petitions or re- monstrances to the national government otherwise tran through the hands of the State Sereewen ‘This despotic order will be brought to notice of Congress with a view to its revocation. . ‘The pronunciamiento mania is spreading the youngsters of Mexico, Recently I wrote ou of the insurrection of the of Chi- juahua Institute. boyy T mast te)! you of asimilar movement on the part of the students of the Co! of San lidefonso, of Mexico city, Because of tl silegss badness of their food they pronounced, routed and imprisoued fhelr profeades. and the ser- vants of the histitation, tncluding the x.0u8 cook, and then began breaking 2B the furniture of the place. Governor Bag heard of this, and witn a company of soldiers interfered, conquered the rebel- lous students, released the professors, and had seven of the leading insurg?nts piaced in prison. We shall next hear of Mexico's setoras joritas falling victims to the pronunctamiento raze. Ne wonder coptteliens are withdrawing their funds from this chronically revolution-diseased country. The telegraph wires have been proionged from San Luis de Potosi to Matehuela, and the line ia now in working order. The poles for that from San Juan to Aguas Calientes are now belng planted, and ite early completion is anticipated, ‘The Mexico city papers announce that the Brittah ship of war Chanticleer has reappeared before Maz~ po nomere, Without re-estabilsiing the blockade of the Ex-Division General Pedro Ampudia died in Mex- ico city on the 10th, at an advanced age. He been dropped from the rolls of the army because of his support ofthe empire, He dicd 80 poor apd Jeft his family in such destitution that when Presl- dent Juarez heard of it he was moved Lo cosppasslon, and at once sent them from hig private funds $1 for their relief. The long silent volcano of Istacthanit lately dis- played great animation, sending forth from 11 crater a Le prem of smoke and hot water, the latter of which fowed down one of its sides in large streams into the river, near its base. ‘Three men ure said to have been overtaken and overwhelmed by the heated flood. Yortunately for the inhabitants ia the valleys surrounding the mountain the eruption lasted but Erp caws and had not been renewed at the latest ‘The news from Yucatan indicates the prevalence of & good deal of political uncasiness in-the State. Fe- lipe Padilla and Marcelino Rivas and two others, names not given, ex-leaders. of insurrectionary movements, have been arrested, In Espita the gov ernment forces, under Cofonel Traconis, had attacked and deleated the revolutionary band ot Jesus Iman, killing the latter in the eugagement. Other out- breaks of minor importance ad been militarily crushed, Eusebio Barrera has been shot by the au- thorities at Tizimin, and other companions of Iman, now in the power of the State governuent, are to be similarly disposed of, HAYTI. Change of Ministry—Outrages Committed by Salnave—An Englishman Preparing to Bom- bard—Seizure of Coffee. SantTIaGo DE Cua, August 16, 1868. The news from Port au Prince is to August 8, received by way of Jamaica. On the 4th inst. there was a change of the Haytian Ministry. The new organization is as follows:— Minister of Foreign Affairs, Am. Tete; Minister of Finances, Am. Tete; Minister of War and Marine, General L. Rigaud: Minister of Justice, H. Diesse; Director of Customs, Louis L. Espinasse. Serious complications have arisen which are likely to bring Salnave’s administration to an inglorious end, He has been levying black mall upon all the residents of Port au Prince, having no respect for foreigners. An Englishman was dragged off to be shot, but the timely interference of the British Con- sul saved him. Mr. Hartmann, the Prussian Con- sul, was arrested on the street and thrust into prison where ho was kept all night despite his remon- strances and released the next morning without an apology, The life of Mr. St. Jonn, the British” Ohargé d’Amaires, has been threatened by Salnave’s partizans, who-have a bitter feeling against him because of the vld alrair with her Britannic Majesty’s slip Bull Dog at,Cape Haytl. No foreigners are now respected by the Port au Prince authorities. On account of: indignities off-red to British subjects Mr. St. John had demanded Tedvess In the name of his government. Her Britannic Majesty’s ship Favorite (iron-clad), under command of Captain McRae, had moored close into shore ia & ition to bombard the fortidcations in the event of ir. St. John’s demand being refused. The revolu- tionists, under Generals Lynch, Faubert and Nissage, were to be informed:if these demands were not:com- lied with so that when the Favorite should open re upon the forts which commanded the city the in- surgents might walk in and take possession. At my latest advices Salnave was preparing for this emerg- ency. He was about to head his forces in an attac! upon the revolutionists. Allforeign residents had been called upon to present themselves before the palace with their papers to show that they were not Liable to do military duty. Salnave attacked the porttion at Petionville on the 6th, but was repulsed by the insurrectionists under General Faubert. On every poiot of attack. hia troops were defeated, A general assault was ex- 1d to be made by Salnave’s army on the 1ith, e day after the sailing of the Darien. The rumor was current in Port au Prince that the Tevolutionary army was soon to assault the piace. Another rumor was that the instant this was done, and appeared likeiy of success, Salnave would re- duce the city to ashes. The fear of such an act of vandalism has hitherto had the effect of delaying any assault on Port aa Prince, .The belief, however, at present was that such a fear would no longer operate upon the movements of Generals Lynch, Faubert and Nissage-Saget, and that they had de- waiteoan? risk an attack at an early day, come may. Nearly the whole of the soathern portion of the repubiic is said to have refalien iato the possession of the insurgents, General Normal had routed, with great sianghter, a body of piquefs, and had — re-acqi control of the department of tho south. Salnave had issued a decree that. all the cotfe> arriving at the open ports must be sold to the gov- ernment at rates which will be named by @ comsnis- sion to be ap ited in each town for tho purpose. ‘THe officers of customs had been directed to give up one of the customs halls in each town for the storage of the coffee. The decree ts silent as to the ultimate use the government will make of the coffee thus pur- chased. The eftect of the carrying out of such a measure will be to place an imm importation of forcign the only real currency of value is the produce which the ‘merchants purchase. The steamer Alexandre Petion alias Galatea, momentarily expected at Port-au-Prince from New York, and Salnave had ordered another vessel to be fitted up, it is sald, to be supenor to the Sylvain, Currency $90 for one Spanish doilar. was Fighting at La Coupe—The Forced Lean— Naval. PorT av Paince, August 14. 1888. Since my last no change has taken place imthe military position of the revolutioniste around this city. Last week the Cacos on the La Lue road were driven up to the town of La Coupe by the govern- ment troops, but on the 12th they returned in force and reoccupied their former position. Many of the troops were killed and wounded, The President, being constantly defeated, is now expected to re- main on the defenstve. It is reported that the reac- tionista of the plains have been severely whipped. The President called on the Haytien merchants for @ loan of $200,000 in gold. A. larga, por- tion of this amount has already been col- Heder wate! i Bute Saco it theg steamer for o of this joa T must ou that the lent threatened the merchants with imprisonment shoul his demand. He spoke told them that he must have m ht consider it a forced loan, Lt tes fare still close! Faenite we alves. Cacos. Tine steamer Liberté is blockading the Tauer and the Gonalvians are reported to be suffering ‘want of food, This news was brought by the United Ststes steamer Penopscot 4 The American bark Aibert jerson has been bought by the government, to be transformed into man-of- steamers Sylvain and I We have quite a fleet in port. The United States steamer Penobscot, Captain Eastman, will sail to- morrow for Key West, and from there for Havana and LT hoy to relieve the Saco, The United States mer Gettysburg, Captain Irwin, from Key West, arrived Soren en morning to relieve the Pe- nobscot. The United States States steamer De Commodore from inwall, arrived this aaa will leave on the 16\b for New York. Her Britannic Majesty's iron-ciad frigate Favorite, tn ort aince a few days, leaves thi fag = oe Kings. jon. Her Britannic M y's steamer Mullet, and the Spanish gunboat Guadiano remain in port. « ¢ French Admiral is daily expected, The French Consul wil’ then probably show his caras, as several French subjects bave lately been Lii-treated and im- prisoned, EXCITEMENT AT Fort Exin—A BUFPALONTAN AR- AESTED AS A BRITISO DRSERTER.—Yesterday a num- ber of the mombers of Hose Company No. 2 went to Fort Erie to play a game of bali with a nine from that village. During the progress of the sixth inn- ing @ shower arose and the coniestante sought refuga in @ suloon, ying # social time here, Robert the popular sone Shot Jinks, of the h e pop b ¢ horse ma- ines.’ In response to the inquiry, how long since he was in, the wart he piay: three months. excited the suspicions of a oor. Sg of the British army, Who Was preseut, and on he strength of this rémark he. procured A tile of soldiers and ‘Mr. Cariton as a deserter. His frienda Ly ae American Consul, Mr. absent, and they we rate aiid Tako Gash co the arrested individual nover served L a is to go out shortly to capture the uiberte he the company with ” ly replied, ‘About *