The New York Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1868, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1868. TELEGRAPIIG NEWS ALL fae ap WORLD. Revoiution in Spain and Rumored Abdication of Queen Isabella. The Exiled Spanish Generals Returned and the Fleet Off Cadiz in Insurrection, SPAIN. ~ ‘The Fleet in Revolution Against the Queen Return of the Exiled Generale—Iusurrec- tion in the Towns and Panic at Court— Rumored Abdication ef the Queen. Lonpon, Sept. 20, 1868, Telegrams to hand in this city from Madrid, dated fm the Spanish capital yesterday evening, the 19th fust., convey the high!y important intelligence that the Queen’s Admiral, Topete, commanding the naval force off Cadiz, with the whole of the men serving ander his orders, has revolted against Isabella's government—the result of a political revolutionary agitation which has been silently but actively pro- greasing among the royal saliors since the period of the banishment of the military generals and the exile of the Duke and Duchess de Montpensior. The generals so lately sentenced to banishment have returned from, as they allege, the places as- signed to them under the royal warrant:—General Zabala from Lugo, Marshal Serrano from the Canary Jaies, with his nephew, M. Lopez Dominguez, com- Mandant of artillery and formerly deputy in the Cortes; General Caballero de Roda, arrested at Za- mora, from the Balearic Isles; General Cordova from Barcelona or Figueras, and General Etchague from the direction of Pampeluna, General Ros de Olano from Deva, Cervino from Estella in Navarre, Ustariz from Teruel, Mesina to Ateca, and Alaminos from Ronda. 4 Marshal de la Torre headed the movement, and the Jeading men of the old O’Donnellist party sustain it. Several towns have joined in the insurrection, and the most intense panic prevailed at the Court in Madrid. Troops were despatched with all haste to the South; General Concha having been commissioned to command the loyalist forces. Public attention is recalled by these startling events to the protest issued by the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier from Lisbon, after their exile in the Month of August, in which they said:— Bat if we were to consider it opportune to defend ourselves against imputations hidden under trans- Parent allusions, when we are reminded of the du- ies of loyalty which it is unnecessary to recall to your Majesty; if unhappy Spain is now passing “through a difficult situation—which we deplore with all our hearts—we are not the generating cause. The origin of the lamentable agitations which serve as @ pretext tocondemn us, if it exists at all, must be sought elsewhere, Whenever the nation is agitated it is because it is tormented by serious uneasiness, for there are neither individualities nor names power- ful enough to serve as standards and to drag a nation after them. We protest energetically against this manifest violation of the fundamental law of the State and also of the eternal principles of justice, in the steps that have been taken by your Majesty's gov- ernment, and for this purpose we do not invoke either the considerations of our rank or of family ties, * * * ‘The country is agitated, the revolutionists avail them- selves of your name as of a standard and take tt as the object of their machinations. Such are the just considerations upon which is based your extra- legal proceeding, a step derogatory to our high posi- tion, of which you have intentioually made mention w abuse as the more. Latest from Madrid—Rumored Abdication of Queen Isabelia. Lonpon, Sept. 20—Evening. A rumor prevailed on Saturday evening, in Paris, the report being transmitted here, that Queen Isabella of Spain, who met Napoleon and the royal family of France at San Sebastian last Friday, has abdicated the throne; but it is not stated whether in Madrid, at San Sebastian, or at Biarritz—on French territory—whither she went immediately after Napo- Jeon’s return from the interview with her Majesty at San Sebastian, Lonpon, Sept. 20—Midnight. The following important news has been received from Madrid:— The Prime Minister, Gonzales Bravo, and Mayalde and Belda, members of the Spanish Cabinet, have resigned. The Marquis of Havana has been requested to fill their places ad interim. The Queen is returning to Madrid. i Martial law has been proclaimed in the capital. Latest from Paris. Paris, Sept. 20, 1868. The journals here have reports that a general Movement against the Queen has commenced in Spain, and that it is headed by General Prim and by the generals who were recently exiled. Some accounts say that the rebels are moving upou Madrid in force. ENGLAND. The Chances of War. Lonpon, Sept. 20, 1868. The apprehensions of war have partially subsided during the past week. The efforts of the Parisian press to extract a warlike significance from the speech of the King of Prussia at Kiel have proved a failure. It is evident that peace is sincerely desired by the governments and peoples of Europe, with the sole exception of the Emperor of the French, whose purpose is unknown and perhaps undetermined. A growing indignation is manifesting itself at his am- biguity or indecision. IRELAND. Catholic Support for Gindstone. 7 DvUBitn, Sept. 20, 1868. At # meeting of the Roman Catholic clergymen of Gaiway @ resolution was adopted pledging those pre- sent to oppose all candidates for Parliament who do not support Mr. Gladstone's resolves for the dises- ‘abliahment of the Irish Church. HUNGARY. Religious Freedom. Pretu, Sept, 20, 1868. ‘The Hungarian Diet proposes to establiah universal religious toleration throughout the kingdom. AUSTRIA. Farragut in Port nt Trieste, TRigsTE, Sept. 20, 1968. Shortly after his arrival at this port Admiral Far- ragut received and entertained a party of Austrian naval and military officers on board his flagship, the Franklin. ‘The Admiral subsequently made a visit to Mira- mar, the residence of the late Archduke Maximilian. INA, . one. T have been re I feel CHINA BEN BUTLER IN NEW YORK. | iti i's? ot'acelenztattasse SAN Franorsco, Sept. 19, 1868. than it is to me as an individual, T derive ther ‘The steamship Great Republic has arrived, bring- Be nae es ood yo dame g Price 4 ing Hong Kong advices to August 16 and Yokahama Talk with ‘ocial, Local, - | after month, the hard falls share to August 29. She brought 915 passengers, 875 of A the General on 8 Per $5 6 mncmaber of ths House wy nk nls, So Bay whom are Chinese, and 1,200 tons of merchandise, She had fine weather during the most of the passage, and the general health of the passengers and crew was excellent. Coal Mines to Be Opened—Geld Prospected for Satisfacterily—Abelitien of the War ‘Tax—A Native Admiral in Foreign Service— sonal and Political Affairs. Let me ask you, General, what e think Congress will do at this sbasion ye? Li General BurLER—Nothing will be done by Con- gress at this time, exon, to make provision, for another adjournment until October, so as to hold a shock upon Mr, seanean, No legislation will be at- tempt 1 am opposed to entering upon legisiative business at all unless some emergency should arise at the South of which I have heard noth- ‘What Congress Will Do---How Sey- mour Will Be Disposed of if lected. . ing up‘ to this moment, So far as the miserable ihachonamemmeeree rere tree _ | Georgia business is concerned, that can be attended terday to and set t all in good time, and it willbe. The ‘The Chitaung coal mines near Pekin will shortly General Butier was at the Astor House yes! only thing that calls us together is the danger of be opened to the engineers, on hus way to Washington to attend the adjourned | leaving Andrew Johnson uuchained until after the The Viceroy has abolished the war tax in this | Session of Congress, The death of Thad Stevens nies Se It e one BOF Ls Blais of. she province, which has been in force for the past eight | leaves General Butler at the head of the radical pronounced president guiltless of all ad years, party, and bis views are consequently of especial im- | and misdemeanors, and yet we are compelled to ‘the Shang Tung Mountains have been satisfac- | Portance on the eve of the reassembling of Congress, | Mako a journey to Washington in our capacity as torily prospected for gold by an old Californian. over the republican caucuses of which for the past | pongressmen, in the midst of @ hotly contosied Cam; Stubborn Resistance of the Paraguayans The steamer Merrimac, Captain Timmerman, trom Rio Janeiro August 26, Bahia August 30, Para Sep- tember 1, Pernambuco September 7, and St. Thomas September 14, arrived at this port yesterday. Escape of the Paraguayans from Humaita to the Gran Chaco—The Number ef Prisoners That Were Left—The Damage Dene to the Fortress by the Siege—Levelling of the Strong- 5 explained, but it ts Lyry =~ it is to bring the three — troops there to Humaité. Others say it t» to undertake @ raid with them from Candelaria im the direction of Villa Ries. Osorio, or Baron do Herval, sa truculent looking man of neariy ving the impression of being @ man of stub- courage rather than one of talent as & general. In fact, his actions in Paraguay bear this out, as if not in the van he was always close behind. little to his own safety and as littie ‘what was going on behind. This, however, agrees THE PARAGUAYAN WAR. Before Leaving Humaita. well with the spirit of the aie Gram le troo} pie The Allies Razing the Forti- | aM enemy, Porto. Alegre, ke rio, was an old rilla fighter in the Rio Gran fications. lution ante the —_ Plate campaigns, but ia now ee an old man broken down by di » During bis in he was noted for the ex- his dress, although sixty-sever years of age never ap! unless dressed out with the brilliant uniform of @ Brazilian general and wearing a pair of well fitting white kid gloves. He is, however, brave enough. Caxias moted and ‘titled for victories over revolutionists, 4c., but his enemies assert he was never under fire in his life, even when only Lima e Silva, aud never won @ battle. The Presidency Settled im Buenos Ayree— Vice Admiral Sergio de Lausa, the successor of Admiral de Horta, who was dismissed for complicity in the coolie trade, had arrived at Hong Kong and taken command of the Portuguese squadron. A fire occurred at Hong Kong on the 13th of Au- gust, which destroyed property to the value of $30,000, ‘The Ministerial Board of Foreign Affairs in Pekin addressed a note to the foreign Consuls requesting that they forbid their respective subjects from going into the Uhee Foo mines, as they might cause trouble with the natives. The Consuls have complied with the request and promised to use all their power to compel obedience thereto, An earthquake was felt at Kanko. The United States steamers Monocacy and Ashu- elot and a storesiip were at Choo Foo. All well. Markets. SHANGHAE, Angnst 15.—Exchange—On London, bank, six months, 68, 3d.; credits, 63, 3%d. @ 68. 334d. On Paris, bank, #xX months, 787f. On Hong Kong, bank, demand, 2733 per cent discount. Mexi- can dollars, tacis 75.5 per $100, Imports—-Drills, taeis 4.40 a taels 4,50; sheetings, taels 4,20 & tuels 4.30; jeans, tacls 3.60 a taels 3.60, Exports.—Black tea—Congu; prices irregular; de- chned taels 2 per picul. The Butta crop has gone forward more rapidly to market. Green Pingsuey Dag. npen: taken for English market at full previous rat Green Tea.—Fi-Chow and Twankay kinds are com- ingiv. ‘The rates fora few chops of the first are much above those ofiast year, Business not yet be- un. For Pingsuey, 31.25 a 40.75; Fi-Chow, 34 a 36.50, Stock on hand of all kinds, 19,000 half chests. The silk settlements to the 31st of July were 1,000 bales, and to date 22,000, There has been an ad- vance of 5 a 10 taels for all kinds. The quotations are for No. 3.7 sattee, 5.70 # 5.80 taela; No. i Ranking Taysaam, 4.90 a 6.10 taels. Stock on band, from 6,000 to 7,000 bales. Freights more active for coast charter; 17 ship reel on berth fur London, Rates have goue down to £3 108, JAPAN. Dynastic Changes—Progress of the War—A New Tycoon from Paris—Yokohama Under Foreign Guard. Yoxouama, August 29, 1869. ‘The uncle of the present Mikado has been appointed Mikado by the Northern Princes. A great panic has broken out among the Southern Princes. The Mikado has been requested to resign, and will probably comply with the request. Sendai has captured and burned the strong fortress of Sirakawa. Tosa has left the Southern coalition. The Prince of Milo, the father of the ex-Tycoon, ta dead, and the younger son, now in Paris, succeeds to the title. The ex-Tycoon had gone into the territory of Prince Aidsin. ‘The publication of all newspapers had been pro- hibited in Jeddo. Yokohama is again guarded by foreigners, and an attack is daily expected. Don José Garcia de Queredo, the Envoy Extraordi- nary from Spain, has arrived here to ratify the treaty of that country with Japan. H. Grinnell, late Acting Lieutenant United States Navy, has been appointed overseer of the Japanese Navy under the Southern government, ‘The Consuls of the treaty Powers have been om- cially notified that the transportation of rice from Hiogo to the open ports ia prohibited, as contrary to the stipulations of the treaties of 1866, The new Mikado had entered upon the duties of his office and issued his proclamation. He is the uncle of the present Mikado and resides in Huger- ostu, near Shouai, in Senda. Numerous engagements had taken place between the Northern and Southern troops, in which the Northerners were completely victorious. The Kang- mus were reinforcing Jeddo to the utmost, and it was believed that that ci'y would be the main thea- tre of strife. Outrages on foreigners were of almost daily occur- rence. Great trouble and ill feeling followed the at- tempt to force new paper money on the Japanese, Many merchants refused to take it. Intelligence was received from Kobe to the effect that a resident merchant had been decapitated for retusing tt. Another imperial decree against the Christians had been issued and circulated throughout the em- pire. The labor market at Yokohama an@other ports opened with a demand largely above the supply. Efforts were being made by the local press and the authorities to check the immigration. The steamer Japan had arrived at Yokohama from San Francisco, making the passage in twenty-two days. Minister J. Ross Browne and party were on board, all well. They leftffor Shanghae August 28. The Great Republic grounded in Yokohama har- bor, which detained her three days. ‘The flags at several of the legations, consulates and men-of-war in the harbor were at haif-mast, and the fagship Piscataqua fired minute guns in memory of ex-President Buchanan August 27, Markets aud Marine News. YouwouaM. ist 29.—There is no demand for American drills. o- shirtings, $2 70 a $2 85. Silk— The total exports during the season amounted to 9,850 piculs, value of which was $7,300,000, The ilk ts pa Quotations tre eushanaea re i ive. unel business — Ay done in mes ten ‘The fol- lowing are ices:—Best, r card; medium, $1 7 » $2 25; common, 0c. a’$1 35, i Ins Seat Sx cn, Fin pr ments smoun' ic per picul; good medium, $30 a $33; medium, $27 @ $30; Mood common, $22 a $26. Freights $ $20 per ton to New York and hip Lanecrost is loading tea for New York. ange on London, #ix months, 48, 74.; on New York, 11 per cent discount. The ship King Phillip, from Cardiff, and the steamer Japan, from San Francisco, arrived at Yo- Kohama on the 26th of August. All iy The ship Valley Forge sailed for San Francisco on the 23d of August. CENTRAL ASIA. Ressia Net Pacified. Lonpon, Sept. 20, 1868, According to the tenor of the last advices from Central Asia, the resumption of hostilities on the part of the Russians in Bokhara is expected in Octo- ber next. CUBA. Markete—Molasses—American Prodace. Havana, Sept, 19, 1868, Molasaes.—Clayed dull, at 3)¢ reals; muscovado or common, 4 reals. Potatoes firm, at $5 per bbl. Butter firm, at 30c. @ 40c, per pound. Harms, 20c, per sap for common galt end 2c. for sugar cured, “NEW YORK. Railrona Accident at Middletown. MIDDLETOWN, Sept. 20, 1868. A man named Daniel Riley, from Lexington, Greene county, N. Y., was killed by the cars at this place this mornit He wasa tenner by trade and ‘about fifty years of age, PROPOSED MATCH BETWEEN HEENAN AND M’COOLE. DINCINNATH, Sept. 20, 1868. A letter was recetved here today from Mike McCoole, dated St. Louis, expressing his willingness to enter the ring against John ©. Heenan for a stake of $6,000, provided that any man in America be selected as stakeholder other than Frank Queen. John Franklin, of Cincinnatl, holds Heenan’s first deposit of $2,500, and Mr. Hays ts ready to cover it upon the acceptance of the terms proposed. few sessions he has reigned supreme. The failure of impeachment has by some been regarded as the poll- tical deathblow of Butler, but this is a great mis- take. It required a vote of two-thirds of the Senate toconvict the President of the high crimes and mis- demeanora with which he was charged by a unani- mous vote of the republicans of the House, and while thia failed a large majority of the Senators were to be found on the side of impeachment. Hence, although Andrew Johnson was saved by the skin of his teeth, Benjamin Butler practically triamphed, and his party declared by a decisive vote in’ nis favor, In view of these facts his conversation with @ reporter of the HERALD, held yesterday in the Gen- eral’s comfortable and convenient quarters at the Astor House, will be read with interest. Our reporter, desiring first to ascertain whether the next Congress is or is not to lose the energy and vin of the Repre- sentative from Massachusetts, led off the conversa- tion on the subject of the contest im the General's Congressional district. . RePporTer—Well, General, I see that the papers have recently terminated your Congressional career somewhat prematurely, General BuTLsr—Well, as long as they do not terminate it practically I have no objection to that, HOW THE NATION NEWSPAPER WAS STARTED. REPoRTER—I perceive that some papers on the republican side oppose your renomination—the Na- tion and the Bosion Advertiser, for instance. How is it that such journals oppose sv good a republican as yourself? General BuTLER—Well, for various reasons. So far as tho Nation 1s concerned its enmity is natural enough considering the common infirmities of hu- man nature. The truth is that | was an original op- ponent of the existence of the Nation, which origi- pated in the following manner:—An association of charitabie geatlemen in Boston had subscribed a large sum of money for the relief of destitute negroes and to ald in recruiting negro regiments at the South, I was one of the subscribers to that praise- worthy object, and the association accomplished a great amount of good. After the cessation of the war the affairs of the association were wound up, and it was found that there was a surplus of the fund, which I hold from the nature of the charity ought to have been sacredly devoted to the relief and care of the freedmen of the South. But a portion of the trustees met together, and without consulting with the subscribers resolved that they could better aid the freedmen by establishing a paper in New York in their interest than by expending the surplus fn any other way, and in accordance with this resolution the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ot more was appropriated for the purpose of starting the journal called the Nation, I did not see the matter in this light, and made a strong opposition to any such disposition of the funds, which bad been subscribed solely for the direct use and benefit of the colored people of the South. It was this opposi- tion that gained me the enmity of the persons who profited by the establishment of the Nation with the Tunds of the association. TUR BOSTON ADVERTISER'S ANTI-BUTLERISM. RevorteR—I see that the Boston Advertiser op- poses your renomination to Congress, and has recently published an editorial article against you. General BuTLER—Yes, I am aware of that, and I understand the motive. Up to a short time ago the Advertiser was not unfavorable to me, and was, in fact, one of the first papers to publish to the world my views on financial ques- tiona, about which so much has since been writ- ten in the republican press. But subsequently to this | was employed professionally to commence a bel suit against the publishers of une Advertiser for an obscene slander which they had uttered against a talented and estimabie young lady, and in pursoance of my duty I compelled.them, under a threat of prosecution, to make a full and ample apology. This was on my part simply a professional act; but ever since then the Boston Advertiser establishment has been unable to discover any good qualities in me. BRICK POMEROY AND THE GENERAL, RePorTRR—I see that the soreheaded republican papers are not your only assailants, General, but that you have an energetic and determined enemy on the other side of the house, in the person of the red-hot democratic a Brick Pomeroy. General BuTLER—Well, yes; Brick Pomeroy ts my’ enemy, but, unlike the cases I have before aliuded to, know no good reason should be so, I suppose he abuses Springfleld Repudlican does, because he supposes that it sells his paper and puts money in his ket. But Brick Pomeroy 18 a character. He used to publish some very hard stories about me, #0 much 80 that sevecal of my friends came to me and asked me why I did not prosecute and punish hin. But only jaughed at it, and would no more have thought seriously of prosecuting Brick Pomeroy than I would thought of bringing an action for dam- ages jnst @ mosquito that came buzzing in my ear. very funny circumstance happened, how- ever, in regard to Brick. Soon after | had returned from a trip | made to the West in 1866 a statement was published inthe La Crosse Democrat to the effect that | had commenced a suit against the pro- Sen for one hundred thousand doilars damages. f course 1 saw nothing of this; but shorty aiter- wards lirick ’omeroy published a letter eee to come from me and dated from 71 Broa‘- way—a place I never was in, to lection, in my life—in which I oj discontinue the suit provided that Brick would agree to stop his libellous attacks. A friend took the troubie to show me a copy of the paper containing this letter, and as it parported to bear my signature Ith t it prover to write a brief communication, whioh I published in the Tribune, denying that I had ever written such a letter. It occurred to me that the thing inignt have been concocted as a sell upon Brick Pomeroy and the letter written as a hoax in mry name; but then I remembered that as I had never sued that for libel or anything else he could not have m unwittingly taken in, and hence in my communication I designated the bogus letter as ‘a forgery committed to sustain a lie.” Brick was then on 8 lecturing ‘our, | believe, down South, and you may imagine my astonishment when. a few rr, daywafter, I read in all the papers a statement tele- pay Brick through the Associated Press to ee the ne letter was the forgery an that the letter previously published by Brick was the nuine one, 1 regarded this as the very omn: potence of lying ‘and so gave it up, ——, — with the reflection that, as the London Punch had subsisted fora year and a half on the Duke of Weilington’s long Roman nose, and for another year and a haif on Lord Brougham’s inveterate nose, there could be no good reason why Brick Pomeroy and the copperhead journalists pay shouid not endeavor to subsist on a defect in my eye or any other pecuilarity they might find about me. RerorTRR—You see, Gent that Brick Pomeroy is now trying his fortune at the newspaper business to this city? General BUTLER—Oh, yes, I see that; and Brick aud your copperhead journals here are fighting for the leadership of the Five Points and Mackerelvilie de- mocracy. I feel much the same interest in that con- test as the lady felt when her husband was fighting the bear. Tam * intel indifferent as to which side comes out ahead. THE CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION. « Rerortke—When will the Congressional nomin: ing convention be held in your district, General, and what do you think the prospects of your renomina- jon? General BotTiLER—The nominating convention meets a week from to-morrow (Monday), the 28th inst. There is some position to me, but noneT think, that will be effectual. ‘The large majority of the party la with me, and the opposition is confined toafew, There are some who are my enemies on personal nds, a8 there always will be in the case of all pablic men. We cannot satisfy every- body. There are some, too, who evince a dispost- tion to oppose my nommation on account of my Anancial views, but this is simply because they mus understand them or have had them wilfully mis- represented to them. I have spoken in a great many places in my district, and I have certainly found my views on the financial qnestion approved by my hearers. So far aa delegates have been elected in the towns, Ibelleve they are unani- mously in my favor. The fact Is, the eres body of the republicans know that oy defeat in the nomi- nating convention would be hailed with shouta of jo} every rebel on earth and in the other piace Phere #0 many of them are to be found, and [ do not believe that the y will allow aman to be stricken down who has ao? and consistently done his duty through many trying scenes and in the midst of danger. Indeed, | regard the contest in my district as & party contest aod got » personal paige, in order to kee] havior and to prevent any outrageous infraction of the laws by him. It was in the apprehension of Just such a condition of affairs that 1 was 80 ardent an advocate of impeachment. Rerorrek—Then you consider it certain that no new laws will passed by Congress at this time ? General BuTLER—Certainly not. We have laws enough already if they could be enforced. What is the use of passing laws when we cannot get them enforced by the Executive? THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION. Rerorrgr—What is your opinion, General, of the Prospects of the election ? General BuTLER—Ob, Grant and Colfax are cer- tain to be elected. ‘There is no doubt about that. They wit carry ail the States that Lincoln carried in 1364, except perhaps New York, and the democratic nominations were made with a view to just such a result. I know your New York pollncians very thoroughly, and I regard the whole trick of Sey- mour’s nomination as designed simply to secure the State of New York. ‘That is more important to nd they would rather y not, provided that his hame aids them to win the ¥lection in this State. They know that the whole republican party is bitterly opposed to Seymour and they would willingly trade him off in order to carry in their Stato vket, The electoral ticket they care nothing for, tas it may atford them capital to trade off for for their State candidates. Indeed, your New York leaders would not on any account see Seymour elected, They are after the State and local spoils, aad would not desire the election of any democratic President uniess they could use him as they pleased. You have some tweuty-tive millions of local taxation here, and the handling of that and the State patron- age is worth more to your democratic leaders than all the federal patronage they could secure. ReEPORTER—Y Ou think, then, that Seymour has no chance of an election? General BUTLER—Oh, not the slightest; and it is very well for him that he has not, If it were possi- ble that he could be elected he would not be ninety days in office. The knife, the bullet or poison would remove him and make room for Blair. Assassina- tion has been introduced bv the rebels into our po- litical system, and they will never hesitate now to avail themselves of it when their inierests are at stake. Their first experiment in that line has been too greata success, With them the ties of blood, affection or loyalty will no longer avai! to prevent the friends of the second in power from removing the first out of the way when the opportunity offers. Nothing but interest will stay the assassin’s hand, should have fallen a victim in New Orleans but for one thing—if they had murdered me they would have had Pheips over them, and that would have been jumping out of the frying pan into the fire, You may rest assured that if I had been elected Vice President in 1864, in pare of Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln would ve been a living man ats f RevoRTER—Well, General, | should like to ask you one more question, The conservative republicans, as they call themselves, who last year voted against the republican ticket in this State and where, “are now going for Grant, and they declare Their con- viction that il elected he will eschew radicalism and make his administration strictly conservative. What ig your opinion of this? neral BUTLER (after long and profound refiec- tion)—Well, upon that subject, sir, Ihave no tnfor- mation. ‘This closed our reporter's conversation with the great radical leader, and shortly afterwards the gal- lant General “folded the drapery of his shaw! about him” and took his bap hea for Washington. To- morrow he wil! be in his seat in the House of xepre- sentatives ready for business as soon aa the Speak- er’s gavel falls upon the desk, COLOMBIA." Presentation of the Colombian Minister to President Johnson, WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 1868, Yesterday the Secretary of State presented to the President General Don Santos Acosta, who addressed him as follows:— ADDRESS OF THR COLOMBIAN MINISTER, I have the honor to place in your Excellency’s hands my credentials as Envoy. Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary frow the United States of Colombia to the Cabinet at Washington. One of the most important and to me the most pleasant of the duties of my mission is to strengthen the ties of friendship uniting the two countries, That cordial and sincere frieadship founded in justice and com- munity of interests and aspirations will sirengthen with time, Colombia accepted the United States of America 48 @ model from the first. Her history and the names of her great patriots are with us a3 house- hold woras; and now that events have given to the country of Washington and Lincoln the right to ap- pear before the worid as the legitimate and victori- ous champion of repubiican principles which are se- cure at last, our friendship has acquired @ sincere and respectial admiration on her part. Colombia oilers to-day a fertile fleld of conquest for the Anglo- American race, by means of industry and commerce, an important influence and a market unsurpassed. In expressing to your Excellency the high regard we entertain for the United States I consider it’ my grateful duty to add that your illustrious and tamented —_ predecessor reatly increased our respect and sympathy for pear starry banner by his benevolent, just and kind policy towards us; and I am delighted to say we have found a like cour- tesy from your administration, When President of Colombia | took particular picasure in manifesti to the representative of the United States tn Bogo' the live friendship and sympathy felt for your at nation by the government and nation over which had the honor to preside, and tt 19 @ great satisfac- tion to me now to repeat these expressions to your Excellency in — . Allow me to add the most fervent wishes that this great nation may finally tri- umph in its gigantic efforts, at incalculable cost, to heat the wounds of civil war, and thus practically demonstrate the inexhaustible resources of repub- lica, In conclusion | beg your Excellency to accept my best wishes for your personal prosperity, and my hopes that the i ion with which I am charged may succeed in gaining the esteem and sympathy of the American government and people. REPLY OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON. The President replied as follows:— Genxexat—in the name of the government and ple of the United States I give you acordiai wel- come. It would be affectation to doubt the sincerity of that ar, towards us which you have ex- ressed in behalf of fp Mgr and people. ‘our predecessor, Dr. Murillo, was called from your tion here to the Presidency of the United states Colombia. Your predecessor, losquera, honored our capital by @ visit when returning from oe * assuine the responsibilities of adminis- ration. at last it has been made to ap- pear cl to all men that the United States do not covet the rption, juest or protectorate of the Spanish American republ or 0 one of them. Indeed, to do so would be to distrust, if not to betray the cause of republicanism Itself, by which cause and for which cause we ourselves live. On the contrary. the United States, in the interest of civilizatioi of the progress of republican principles throughout the whole American continent, sincerely and ear- nestly desire that each of these republics shail re- main Lath Ay independent and free, and thateach y rapidly deveiop the great resources with which is biessed, General Acosta, Providence has been exceedingly bountiful to the Colombian republic. While it is rich in its resources, {t also contains an isthmus, only thirty-four miles wide and forty feet high, across which @ ship canal can be made to connect the two oceans, &c., to control and ultimately transfer the commeree of the wo: To superficial observers it may seem, indeed, that the republic of Colombia is slumbering profound: unmindful that she has in her hand this import key, with rr to throw the gates of the East wide open to the Western nations. Nevertheless, [ do not forget that your ernment has actually janifeste@ great spirit and enterprise in permitting i encoUraging citizens of the United States to tially anticipate that fall and final work by con- etru & railroad across (the Isthmus of Panama. I hope, however, that your statesmen will now take notice that Panama ‘has proved altogether in- adequate to the broad pu of inter- passage: that the United States are there- fore sup ‘Sesh that enterprise by constructing a rail directly thi h their own territory fre New York to San Franc! among us may be that case you may expect to see this second t oughfare between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans Anished and in full operation. General, you may Pa that residence among us #0 as to deserve and secure not merely the high appreciation of your countrymen, but the applause ane. gratitude of all mankind, by convincing the government of Colom- bia that it shall only extend full leave and protection, with reasonable encouragement, to the citizens of the United States. They will in @ period hardly lo than I have mentioned con- and comp! the long desired ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien, # work which, it may reasonably be expected, will anently raise the Colombian Republic to a rank among the na- b= Please say this for me, Go] % Guomean, Congress, statesmen iple of 0 and all of them, that Japan, China, India and the Whole Kast are needing that communication not less than the Westeru uations are earnestly desiring iw achievement, oceani of the whole garrison of Humaité to the peninsula opposite the fort. cial documents state there were in all 2,500, hold—Trouble for the Argentines Brewing in Corrientes and Entre Rioe—A Hurricane— Exchange and Business Report. BURKNOS AYRES, August 15, 1868, ‘The latest stirring event here has been the escape It was first said there were 4,000 men, later accounts sald 3,000, and now of- Of these 1,250 at last surrendered, 1,100 had escaped; leaving 150 as the number who had perished by shell, shot and famine. Though surrounded on every side, with few pieces of cannon and provisions for only a few days, and only canoes and flatboats to evade a besieging line of fron-clads, yet they held out until by desperate eiforts nearly half their number did escape, and the rest yielded only after five days of famine. They were persuaded by a Spanish priest, who went with ‘a flag of truce and besought them to save thetr lives by a surrender. Some were wounded; and among them were women and children. They seized the biscuits thrown to them with ravenous wildness. ‘The surrender was on the 65th of August, and the prisoners were taken at once to Humaita, and were there divided into three companies, and sent one to each of the three Powers carrying on the war. Our share arrived here to-day. Tie oflicers were allowed to keep their swords and choose thelr resi- dence, There were four chiefs, ninety-iive olicers and twelve hundred and fifty men, General Gelly y Obez reports as follows:—“The Ar- gentine banner is now floating over the late strong- hoid of dictatorial power, 101s of no use stratezi; cally, but itis a good base of operations, Humaita as a fortress can never be anything as long as there are such things as iron-clads.”” ‘This is said with a good deal of bravado of a for- tress that has held out near three years against won- clads and at last was abandoned, not taken, with a suspicion of treachery on its commander, The for- tress of Humaiié does not extibit signs of such strength as it was believed to have. The formidable London battery was very much injured; tts gunners were killed under its scattered brick and mortar, But the approaches to the fort were strongly and in- geniously defended. Already the work of demoli- tion 18 going on, according to the treaty of the three nations. Soldiers are busy with pick and spade lev- elling that grand work of military art, the tlnest ever made in South America. All the Brazilian hospitals have been removed from Corrientes aud are opened at the oid fort, whose vulorous defence has made 80 Wany hospitals neces- peace within the republic. the fear 19 this:—A The little | before cause own way. at all and the electoral votes were lost. his friends took up arms in his defence, available man for their army. ready several very bloody skirmishes have been fougat, One of these was on the borders of the pro- vince of Entre Rios. General Urquiza had in the meantime become Governor of Entre Rios, and gave his moral support to the forces of Governor Lopez, ‘and his troops claim to be neutral, but pitch inwuen- ever they can. ‘The complication is in the fatt that the general government uas deciared itself in favor of the revolutionary party, and calis General Caceres, by @ proclamation, to appear before a court martial. A note has also been addressed by the na- th nal government to General Urquiza, censuring his position, ‘the reply of Genera Urquiza is calm and dignified, and whue be strongly urges peace as the only that he will oppose revolutions as a citizen. It will require a great deal of prudence ou the part of our great men to avoid a very scrious war. Exc! is caster under the effect of the loan made by Mr. Riestra in Kngland at 723 and at six per cent. Already £250,000 have been landed, and as much more is expected in a few days. Under the doctoring of the government the Montevidean banks are convalescent, but gold keeps above par about 17 to 20 per cent. A great and damaging drought has prevailed here for several months, but within two days we have had @ great deal deal of rain, and last night there Was a storm that did a great deal of damage among the small boats of the harbor, and alsu several houses im the city were blown down. Exultation Over the Capture of Fort Hu- maita—A Detachment of the Paraguayans Hold Out at the Fort for Ten Days After Hand . the Evacuation—Terrible Mand to Fighting—Sketch of Marshal Oso: Rio JANEIRO, August 26, 1865, The Ministry have held a Cabinet meeting to de- cide upon the course to be pursued in regard to the war, now that Humaita has fallen. Two of the Min isters were in favor of attempting to make peace, but the majority voted otherwise and it was decided that the war should be carried on until Lopez was expelled from Paraguay, and that in the meantime all offers of mediation would be declined. In fact the Brazilians are so uplifted by the possession of Humaité, after a three years’ siege, that they feel spunky enough to thresh the whole world. One of their orators has let off the following rocket, which I translate, because it is well that nations should know what they have to expect if they poke any of their fun at the Brazilian monkey:— We have given our country the most astounding conquest, that will be registered in gold in the his- tory of the world. Now, no longer will we support insolent impositions m any one. Let them bry us now with thousan ‘ while kings like Pedro [1., and at his side Caxiases, Inhu- mas, Hervais, Argolos, Mauritys, filled with courage, we shall repel tem, shouting proudly. Behold Paraguay! affront to was the seed whence sprung battalions of brave men, whose hands have lealt death to many thousands! In peace we will alm to be gentle, generous and hospitabie; in war, never will we leave a national injury unavengea. There has aiso been a perfect deluge of poetical effusions of the most heroic strain. Their poetic volumes of wide-margined versicies have kept the | teed groaning; the newspapers overfiow with jaudatory effusions, and all over the town the win- dows are pasted with addresses to unconquered, incomparable generals, and with engravings of Caxias and Osorio striking an attitude witn flags and huge sabres, congratulating each other and defying the world to come on. It is @ jittle tiresome a looker on who don’t look at things from the Brazil- jan point of view as a triumph of Brazilian valor anf the wonderful generaiship of the Marquis of Caxias, which latter the Diario de Povo character- izes by saying that the Marquis of Caxias’ only tac- tics is to “squat himself in Lopez's evacuations Humaité, 1 seems, is to be used for the hospitals of the army, but pot a8 @ basis for the operations againat Tebi |, Where Lopez is said to have tweive thousand to Oiteen thousand men, besiaes four thou- sand at Timbo on the opposite side of the river above Humaita, The littie town of Pilar, afew miles south of the river Tebicuari, is to be the basis of operations, as it is @ strong position and accessible to the ship- ping. The remaini part of the garrison which evacuated Humaité on the 26th of July surrendered on the 5th of August, having been for three days en- tirely out of f and the allies having fifteen can- non and @ large force of infantry, together with a nuinber of boate apon the lake, to prevent them getting over the lake which separated them from their friends at Timbo. The Paraguayans made the most desperate efforts to get away, and every night the lake was the scene of bloody hand to hand fighting, in which some usually effected the passage, but at heavy cost. In one of these several women and children were killed, drowned and wounded, but no biawe can reasonably be attached to the allies, as it was not suspected any were in the boats, The Pai ‘ans are estimated to have lost four handred to five hundred during the ten days’ Aghting, and the allies own a loss of over five hun- dred, the greater part of which occurred in an at- tempt to take @ battery which the Paraguayans had erected, and which, ag attacked by thirty-five hundred men, they held. The number who surren- dered numbered 1,828, including ninety-eight officers and exclusive of some women and children and some who would not surrender, The Paraguayans were not badly clothed, considering what they must have endured, but some three hundred were or wounded, By the terms of capitulation the ofticers were allowed to retain their swords and to select either Brazil, Uruguay or the Confederation for their ind the privates were not Ww be gary. ‘There is some anxiety here now over the subject of of the elec tion for President in June last it was seen that the ten electoral votes of the province of Corrientes were re for General Urquiza, and a smail party united and seized the reins of government, threw Governor Evarista Lopez in prison and ruled affairs in their ‘The day of the election came and affairs were too much disorganized to admit of any election During the two months of the imprisonment of Governor Lopez and the revolutionary party also called out every One general C&ceres left his place in the national army and placed himself at the head of the forces of Governor Lopez. The troops of the two factions grew in num- bers and in rancor tll they came to blows, and al- safe course for all parties he deciares Rosario to Be the Capital—The Fighting Up the Rio Paraguay—Probable Plans of Caxias Against Tebicuari—Financial Projects. Rio JANEIRO, August 26, 1868. The latest news received from Buenos Ayres is up to the 16th, by private letters which assert that the result of the examination of the election returns made on the night of the 15th was the declaration of Sarmiento as President and Alsina as Vice Prest- dent. The Senate had passed a bill making Rosarie the capital. October 12 willbe the inauguration of the President, The 15th and 16th being holidays ne- newspapers were published on the 16th and 17th im Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, ‘The last dates from the seat of war are to tne 8th. Up to that time no attack had been made upom Timbo, and probably its garrison will hold tt as long as they find it suits their purpose, and will thet: retire to Tebicuari, evading the Brazilian gunboats on the Paraguay. ’ Apparently they may safely coun’ on Caxias’ inoffensive tactics. The correspondence from Humaité asserts that Caxias does not contem- plate attacking the lines of Tebicuari, but is pre- paring a corps to go up Asuncion and clear the river banks of any defences. ‘This is not unlikely, for Caxias seems to have a dread of making attacks, The only one effected by him during the long siege of Humaiié was one on February 19 laat upon the insignificant outpost called ablecd- miento, which cost him six hundred men, uselessly, for the passage of the gunboats on that day hi made it untenable by the Paraguyans. To send up any troops it will be necessary to destroy the Para- guyan batterles on the Paraguay, just above the mouth of the Tebicnari, which upon th sth of July almost sunk the two strongest monitors of the fleet, the channel passing within fifty yards of the muzzies of their cannon. This wilt not be the work of a day, and thus the ancient general will have good scope for those preparations which he delights in aa- nouncing pompousiy in his despatches, and whick never get beyond preparations. Lopez is supposed to‘have some seventeen thousand to twenty thou- zand effective men—about half the number of the effective land forces of the allies—but the only ques- tion 18 not whether Caxias will whip Lopez, but whether the Paraguyans or the allies wili get tired first and cave in. At ail events we need expect nothing stirring from Paraguay for a month or two. The anticipated row with Urquiza seems to have blown over, since his repl; ment is, although considerably abusive, on the whole pacific. He might have given the allies con- siderable annoyance, as he could easily cut off the supply of cattle that feeds them; but the fact of the matter is that the evacuation of Humaita cooled his temper, as six thousand men could easily be detached from the army, along with a number of ganvoats, to keep him in order. He was going te lisarim his militia; but the national government ‘was going to send some more troops to Corrientes to crush the deposed governor's forces and keep ®& look upon Urquwiza. Sarmiento and he are bitter enemies and it is not likely that when Sarmiento is at the head of the Confederation Urquiza and the power of Gaucho partisanry will be crushed to- gether before the veteran forces in the Paraguayam campaign are disbanded. In Rio Janeiro exchange rules 18% pence to the milireis, Sovereigns are worth 12 $800, making gold 144. A steamer just in from the River Plate confirms the election of Sarmiento, A column was to coin- mence operations at once upon Timbo, Nothing fur- ther has been done. It is current in Rio that the statement made on Saturday in the English paper te the effect that the only financial measure of the new Ministry was the continued issue of paper money has had the effect of stirring it up to attempt some- thing new. ‘This, repurt goes, will be an issue of short date gold redeemabie bonds, with interest alse paid in gold. No attempt will be made to introduce them into a foreign mirket, for the reason that the governinent has no authorization to issue them, just us it has none to issue paper money, and will have to seeka bill of indemnity for them from the next Legislature. It is probable the issue, if made, will be in sterling, in order to induce their remit- vance to Europe and their more easy floating. ‘The American tramway 1s expected to open on the 7th September, the day of independence. to the national govern- NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. Departure of Stenmers—Japanese Cioods for New York—Nevada Union State Conven- tion—Markets—Financial. SAN FRANCISUO, Sept. 18, 1868. The steamer Idaho #y'" | | -day for Honolulu wit @ cargo valued at $75, Hereafter a Sandwich {sland steamer will be de spatched every twenty days, inatead of once a month SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19, 1864. * Gre opposition steamer Nevada, tor Panaina, sailed to-day. The steamer Great Republic brought from China and Japan 5,740 packages of tea and 30s packages of slik for New York. The Nevada Union State Convention met at Carsom City September 16. Thomas Fitch was unanimously nominated for Congress and B. C. Whitman for Judge of Supreme Court. 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