The New York Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1868, Page 4

© sary thing for those who are cooped up tn close quar- 4 * * ~NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1868—-TRIPLE SHEMT. CHINA. The Chefoo Gold Mines and Imperial Order of Rule. British Opium Smuggling and Strict Customs Prevention. eee The Coolie Trade---Its Horrors and Consequences. Bloody Scenes and Murders on an Etalian Dmigrant Ship. By overland mail from San Francisco we have the following important special details of the telegraphic news from China, dated at Shanghai the 1ith and Hong Hong the 15th of August. Mall Communication with Americn—The Che- foo Gold Mines and Government Caution— Reports of Miners—State of the Wenther and Gloomy Foreboding—A Typhoon—The United States Squadron. SHANGHAI, August 14, 1868. ‘The Pacific mail has tor once arrived in good season, ‘the stcamship Costa Rica having reached the light ship outside Woosung on the afternoon of the sd instant and her wharf on the morning of the 4th. ‘There had been a report floating about the settle- ment for some time to the effect that the general ‘agent at Yokohama, regardiess of the desire which might exist in the minds of the Shanghai merchants for the speedy transmission of their mails, intended keeping the Costa Rica over in Japan for about eight days in hopes of procuring a short coasting charter, but happily we were very agrecably disappointed when the signals were run up on the harbor master’s hulk announcing the approach of the United States mail steamer. In her last trip to Nagasaki from Shanghai she ‘was five days in making a voyage that is usually accomplished by ordinary steamers in from forty eight to fifty-six hours, in consequenceof having in tow two heavy iron barges which impeded her progress seriously. Being caught in a heavy gale near Japan the barges broke adrift and soon drifted out of sight. A steamer was sent out in. search of them from Nagasaki but returned after a few days without having seen any trace of the derelicts, A great deal of dissatisfaction was expressed by the passon cers, who were justly indignant at the de- tention caused by this debasement of a United States mail packet into a common tug boat, and complaints not only loud but deep and unparliamentary were freely uttered in no meagre terms thereat. ran to be hoped that the Costa Rica will be more fortunate in towing tue lighters she is to take on this trip, and that she may be successful in landipg them at their Port of destination with some degree of safety. ‘There are no court items of interest or importance to advise by this opportunity. The rebels seem to have maintained a masterly Inactivity at the north, as nothing has been heard of their movements dur- ing the past month. Everything seems to have sunk into insignificance in comparison with the fever for the Chefoo gold mines, and the authorities at Pekin seem at last to be awakening to the Importance which attaches to these “diggings.” The Foreign vice has instructed the Tavutat at Shanghai to use every means in his power to prevent intending miners from trespassing on the aurferous soll, and a proc- lamation Co that effect has been issued by him. This was closely {ull wed up by a notification of a similar nature frum the several treaty consuls here, ad- dressed to their respective subjects, warning them that their support and protection would not only be withdrawn from any one who might venture upon this forbidden ground, but that if necessary force Would be used to drive them out. However, a3 one of our daily journals very pertinently remarked, no one expecied protection from his consul, and there- fore no one would be areapnoune at not recelving it, and nowithstanding tuls edict numerous for- eigners have gone on prospecting toura to the mines, but their reports vary considerably. The impresson prevailing among the veteran miners who have Visited the spot scems to be that there ia certainly gold there, but not in such quanti- ties as we were at first led to beileve, or a3 are to be found in Calliiornia. ‘The black sand is found there, and in the hiils (he gold-bearing quartz is abundant, but it bas not been worked to any extent as yet. The mandarins are bent upon preventing the foreign barbaiian frow treading upon thts (to them) holy ground, aud it would appear that they have succeeded in employing suficient force to overawe Vie peasantry iuio submission, Of course all adven- turers there y their own supplies with them, but such great didiculty has been experienced by them in procaring provislons for their attendants and rovende r their animals that many were oblized return to Che v9 without being abie to spy out the Jand as satisfactorily as they wished. We even hear that some foreigners were arrested by the soldiery in the vicinity of tiv mines and were only released upon the production of their passports. The American Consul at Cirefovo refused to recognize one of his Britis» “public.” ‘The fact of it ts that even the legit!- mate opium trade, as everybody knows, always was most distasteial to the Chinese authorities, for they recognize in the use of that most pernicious drug one great causes of the enervation of their people. But virtuous and ny eee) Great Britain, who for the re- of the has just it about 10,000 ater! ' anne it £8,000, ing in order to force the Chinese ‘unable ao form power, had to succumb submit to duty on it whenever it was ente! nese port. 1 merc! of Hong K laws, hence the vei action has smuggling been carried Governor of the Quang-tung provinces, Merchants have held meetings and the ne’ editorials calili worst insult of stations abolished. But tl has in the fact that an Hong Kong ve certidcates that stations they are allowed to enter. But while the boing obliged to be @ little more honest in the future, it is at least pleasan. to see how desirous they are that their neighbors at least should be strictly vir- tuous, The Portuguese port of Macao has nm, ever since Hong Kong passed stringent regulations against the coolle trade, the haven of resort for ali who wish to engage in this nefarious business. The Portuguese government have laws equally a8 stringent as those of her rival, Hong Kong; but they certainly are not carried out in the same man- The government of Hong Kong is honest enough to see that its laws are carried ont, whereas, in Macao, the authorities are eitier unable to pre- ventor they wink at the infringement of the laws. That tt is o shameful business and most disgracc- tully carried on is beyond a doubt; but it w equally undeniable that many of those en- gaged in this diabolical trafic are residents of Hong Kong. The other day, however, @ vessel arrived at Macao, the captain of which re- lates a story that shows that even coolies at times become goaded to excess, and terrible as must have been the prea a of the captain and his crew for my part I can feel but little sympathy for him or any one else engaged in the hellish trafilc. The fol- lowing is the account of the captain:—The vessel ‘Was the Italian _ Theresa, Captain Bolos, bound for Callao, She led from Macao with 296 coolies and general cargo of silk, tea, &c., on the 3d of Feb- ruary last. Things seem to have been as usual, and after a passage of sixty-two days land was sighted, which proved to be New Zealand. While the men were employed in the fore part of the ship @ rush was made aft by the coolies to seize the cabin and arms, which they accom- plished, and before ten minutes had elapsed twelve of the crew were killed, cut to pieces and thrown overboard; the second mate was also Killed on the topgailant forecastie, while fighting manfully, by one of the stup’s crew, Who shot his with a rifle to sav- his own life, The mate hat seventecn wounds and was placed. in irons, and after eighty days’ tor- ture such as driv.ng nails into his head, &c., was killed about two days before tho ship arrived oif the coast of China, But now comes the most horrid part of this story. The Hakkas and Puntis, after the ship was taken, had a free tight, and in less than two hours fifty were killed and their heads taken otf, atter which they were placed In boxes and put in the ship’s hold, The stench after sixty days was dreadful, and to add to this the captain’s wife was placed in the between decks ana not treated with the greatest kindness, ‘There is no doubt but the greater part of the coolles were pirates, a3 they made the captain seer for the harbor of Tin-pack, and had qu‘te a kuow- ledge of the use, of the compass and chart, ‘he ship, after anchoring in the port of ‘Tin-pack, was stripped of everything of value, and in this plunder we are informed the mandarins (gare ovary assist- ance, The ship’s name was taken off all her bouts, and after many trials she reached Macao roads yester- day with a crew of about eight Europeans alive, in- cluding the captain's wife. A gentleman named Saint, one of the proprietors of the Avening Mail, published bere, 13 now on trial for libel, on account of some remarks published in his paper on the subject of the coolie trade. Her Britannic Mi ‘unboat Starling arrived here on the night of the 24th uitimo in charge of the ane. and reports the death of her commander, jAeutenant-Comimander Stopford, on the isth, The Starling Jeft Hong Kong for Hainan on the 9th, and after putting into Cup-choo arrived at Haihow on the 12th. A glart was made from this place to cruise round the ind and everything went well until the 18th, When the ganboat was at a place called Poosin, Here Captain Stopford took one of the boats with four men anda China boy and went ashore to en- deavor to get a pilot. A Cainaman willing to act as Hot was found and was takea into the boat. As the at Was returning a tremendous squall sprang up, which capsized her and pitched ali hands into the water. A Chinese sanpan, which happened to be near, came to the rescue. ‘The boy and the rour mea were rescued, but Captain Stopiord and the pilot were drowned. The y of the latter was after- wards picked up, bat notning was seen of the uufor- tunate officer. After dragging for the body for two days Mr. Tilley procured another pilot and left Poo- sid on the 2ist, whi here sasely on the 24th, I clip the following froin the Hong Kong Press of 6, headed wreck off Formosa,” which ys:—Some time since we had a letter from a corre- spondent, “Etona,” In which the description of some parts of a wreck having been found were ven. Captain Martia, of the Stag, which arrived ere on the 3d inst. from Keelung, reporis that while he was lying m the harbor of that place some fishin. boats arrived having in tow the mainmast, part of deck and covering board of # large American vessel of probably 1,600 tons. The fishermen said they had found the wreck outside the harbor. built one, painted white, with heavy iron bands, ‘The mast isa citizens because he d.du’t know who “Marcy” was | The ee ne is painted biue and the whole and couldn't visé any passport with an unknown signature on it. overcome in time; but at present the inheritors of the soil secm deiervained to -guard thew hidden treasures to the death, The long raimy season mentioned in my last letter ‘was succceded by u “.eated term.” which has lasted until Within tue past week, when the weather has be- lot look as 1 All these bles will do water, there being no barnacies attached to any por- ee ae eet tion of thom. Captain Martin ¢xamied the wreck and found on one side of the mainmast the marks of what seemed to be a fire lit while the wreck was in the water. that on the breaking up of the ship some of the crew made a hey had been bat a suort time in the ‘This fact would lead to the supposition rs, but that since then the ft of the spa come unseasonaviy cool again and has now set in | Waves nave broken the structure into p! rainy once more. Sumetuing 1s evidently brewing, and the result of Luc coming eclipse 18 awaited witn con- siderable aaxiety by every o ‘All sorts of “gor- gous, hydras aud chimeras dire’ are predicted, and nothing sort. of a first class typhoon will satisiy the eager ¢ tations of this community. The natives propuecy a ticod among other calamities, and as We are situated on an extremely low piain es urising from such an tadiscreuon on the part of the sea may be terrific. I have not, however, lieard of auy brisk demand for arks as the 18th ., though ‘only the outer edge affected this setuiement. Being forewarned by the barometer of its appearance, the shipping in the river made every provision for the gale, aud conse- quently very little damage was sustained here; but Vessels arriving suvseyuently reported considerable quantities of wreck outside, jany Chinese junks Were doubtless destroyed, and tt is feared that seve- rai foreign craft went down in the typhoon, Seve- ral snipe put back with tue loss of spars, and one vessel that was ¢! r @ bark or a brig managed to get into port without evea a bowsprit sianding, everything in the shape of “sticks” havit wone by the board. Whether the coming storm will be equal- ly serious remains to be seen. Those of your readers who remember the unsightly mud flat tliat ured to He in front of the British con- sulate will be giad to know that it has at last been reclaimed and turned into a miniature Central Park. It is not yet fully completed, but has already become a favorite post prandial resort, especially daring the fine mooniight nights which we have recently been enjoying. ‘The Muoicipal Council, with a profound adiniration for the classical, has conferred upon the recreation grovnd the high-toned nate of the “The Shanghae Poblic Garde: strongly suggestive of ice cream and lager beer, though barren of the other entertainments of the public gardens at home, Naval matters remain instatuqvo, ‘The Monocacy ig still in port, though preparing for a cruise among the Chusan islands for a change of air—a very neces- ters on board ship during the summer season, The Ashuelot, having performed her duties at Tientein, is now on her way back to Shavghai and may be ex- here any day. She was at Chefoo when last from. The ——— and most of the other veaseis of ‘the sqhadron are over i Japan spending the summer, The Markets. Suanenal, August 14—In commercial matters there is a good business to report during the past month, both in imports and exports. English manu- factures have been in active demand, aad extensive shipments have been made to the North where prices In our own domestics a good bust- endone. Stocks are by no means ipments en route are not excessive. the natiyes are anxious purchase: rates, Drills are easily salable at Mexican $5 87a $6. Sheetings, though not much inquired for, are firm at $6 & $5 75. Jeans, $4 668 $4 60. The large supplies of Sydney, og and Keelung coals have caused the rates for this article to decline con- siderably, and since the sale of the Kesolute’s cargo, “to arrive,” no transactions in anthracite have taken jace. Quotations for American. coal are $16 50 tr perton. Arrivala, 725 tons. Oregon lumber quoted nominally at 60, Flour, for which there 1 burt a slight demand, at $10 per barrel, and quick- In ex) principal business has been for Lon- don, the New York market not having fairly opened yet, Shipments of tea have been about 42,000,000 yands since the 11th of June, against 25,000,000 to Phe same date last year. Such enormous export in 80 short a time must weaken the home market ex- ceasively and it will be miracuious If serious losses are not ex; need by holders. Prices nave de- clined about 2 or 3 taels lately, but are nevertheless still higher than last year’s, The green tea market has opened, but as usual the Chinamen are demand- ing extreme rates, About 8,000 bales of silk have been settled daring the month, at an advance of from 2iK5a10 per pioul on last month’s prices, making a total for the season of 22,000 bales, of which about 110 pales have been for Now York. ‘The total export for the seasons 1868-9 Is_ estimated ‘at 40,090 a 50,000 bales, 6o that it will be seen, at least one half the entire crop has been forwarded in the short space of two months, SHOCKING TRAGEDY 'N WISCONSIN. A Young Married Woman Mardered by 2 Boy—Summary Punishment. A Richland Centre, Richland county, Wis, cor- Fire in Hong Kong—Opiam Smuggling and | respondent of the Washington Star writes ander Castoms Rules—British “Indignation” and | “ate 27th ult.:—- Morality of England—Commercial Frauds on the Government—The Coolie Trade—An On Thursday, the 24th inst., the dead body of a young woman, Mrs. Annie Wallace, was found a few rods Italian Coolie Ship and Bloody Scenes on | froin this place, on Horse creek, the head cut of aud Board—Death of an Enylish Naval Cou | the body badly mutilated, mander. Hone Kono, August 16, 1968, Hong Kong has received another visitation from | at Wi the flery clement; but this time, thanks to the fact ‘that the weather was exceedingly caim, the damage ‘was comparatively slight. It broke ont in the ature occupied by Fawcett & Co., ship chandiers, corner of Wellington and Wyndhain streets. The Oriental Hotel was burned, as likewise some storehouses be- | Wail: Yonging to Dent & Co. The whole amount of the | chan a6 she turned her back to damage will not exceed $30,000, and will fall almost | tie pack ‘of the head with 8 pistol. entirely upon the insurance companies. But we cannot congratulate Hong Koug on the efficiency of fts fire department. Had it not been for the votun- teer ald, both ashore and from afloat—the British | especially by the Irish gunboat Pearl and the United States gunboat Unadilla | COTpse was exhibited, which sent every avaliable man—and the calmness of the ‘wWoather @ most serious disaster would have been the consequence as the result of the fire. as with an axe. A coroner's inquest was held over the body and suspicion fell w years old, named William Nevels, who been ‘allace' murder, while Mrs. Wallace was alone, and who had left the county that day, and had been seen in his fight with blood on his face. He was pursued, over- taken and caught Thursday night with some fishermen on the bank river, and a ie this oo, conteseed . house and asked ® bill for him, while lodgi the Misaissi p} yesterday, when said towards her father's house, through the ‘woods, and he ‘chaeed net and her with an axe, man took place yesterday and was br Amy ment, and oe by marderer. 0 four hundred, most iran ° children, assembled in front of here and demanded of the Sheri’ the body of ‘There is considerable excitement at present raging | murderer. ‘The Sheriff resisted them, but was soon mong the mercantile community on account of the ection recently taken by the Chinese authorities in placing custom houses almost under the very nose of Hong Kong. One is, for instance, at Kowloon, for the prevention of opium smuggling. It is gratifying to witness and listen to the virtaous bursts of indig- | poy for a serious offen Ration on account of this “terrible outrage uvon a | to got money with w! “picked up" and taken to one side, while the door was broken open with @ sledge hammer, the boy taken out, killed, a several rods and toa tree by the infuriated mob, which then al yey The boy's body was cut down and buried at night. It appears that before the ey yp ey ay ee ‘arrost of the which made him desperate to leave the country. Ab went to of captives in Abyssinia, eee , therefo! laced a ion of the article. They, there! ote — been too ac! ‘endeavor to evade these not to endea) too scrupulous -To such an extent nm on Piroagnens the empire, that the British Minister hi ‘wrote @ re! to the merchants. and it seems has approved of the suction of the Chinese wspapers. upon the Governor to use the “whole force of the colony” to have these anor agent been placed in to collect duties in advance for the convenience of captaing of opium junks. These the necessary duties have n paid, upon showing which at the different community are writhing in impotent wrath at their RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE, It will be encouraging to our pious people to know that, although there is talk about Jobn Allen being @ hypocrite, Kit Burns a scoffer and Tom Hadden a ‘wag, those wicked men themselves will be the only sufferers by their back alidings, As @brotber brim- stone contemporary observes:—‘Those notorious men may be making game of the jonaries and ng fue gospel to scorns WOREOE teath? tte 08 nary who is t0 be blamed. Religion it. If they laugh at the offers of life and despise the prayers of those dave them, it is their own lookout.” the wish that a prayer meeting could be held every day in each den of #in and shame great city. ‘The bold bad men and women who live in and b: those haunts of vice might scoff ag they ‘took the rent of their rooms, but praver has its uses and power. And among the hundreds of poor, lost, wretched sinners, to whoin the voice of sacred song and of kindness in the Christian message is carried, some may be reached and rescued and saved. Itis good thing, with all the discount of enthusiasm and Oxtearagene and want of taste that attend it. Weare not haif so much afraid of religion being damaged by being carsiad into the slums oi Water street as we are that it will die of respectability on the avenue. General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Chareh. The General Convention of the Protestant Episco- pal Church in the United States will assemble in ‘Trinity church, New York city, on Wednesday, Octo- ber 7, and in consideration of the fact that there has been none since the year 1865, and that there will be many of the prelates and of the clergy and laity from various sections, that did not participate in the de- Mberations at that time, as well asthe presence of several of the newly consecrated bishops, and also of able and prominent talent from the South and Southwest, it pee to be an event of pecu- liar importance. Nor is this assembly anticipated with less interest and expectation from the fact of the ability, influence and power to be wielded in its sessions, always marked by the highest order of conservatism, nationally and eclesiastically, and par- ticularly at this time of great poll anxiety, Prominent parties will meet from all sections of this country in their Tepresentesiseaaesss respec- tive dioceset and tho free interchange of sentiments, marked by calinness and diapassion, will doubtless create a most happy influence upon all surround- ings. There are, doubtless, many interesting ques- tions to come up before the body, such Church Ex- tension, Adoption of Liturgy, Vincial S.stem, Uniiy of Christian Bodies, Ritualism, Marriage and Divorce, and which, with other considerations of interest, may proloog the session ‘or several weeks. American Bible Society. The stated meeting of the Board.of Managers was held at the Bible House, on the Ist mst, Eight new auxiliaries were recognized—one in each of the States of Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee and Alabama, iwo in Georgia and two in Texas, Communications were received from agents of the Soctety—Thomas M. Westrup, Monterey, and Andrew M. Milne, Monte- video, reporting the progress of the work on their flelds; from Rev. I. G. Bliss, Constantinople, with several inissionaries in Turkey, requesting the elec- trotyping of the octavo reference Armenian Bibie. aud another sending an interesting account of colportaxe in Persia; from Rev, D. Rood, Awanzimtoté, request- ing an appropriation for printing portions of the Scrip- tures in the Zulu language; from Rev. A, L. Blackford, Riv Janeiro, showing goot prospects of the work in Brazil; and from 8. Wells Wiliams, LJ. D., Pe- kin, Lettie ancient manu pt of the Péntateuch in Hevrew from Caina. Grants of books were made to the American Missionary Association; to the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Cuurch; to the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church; many grants to auxiliaries, Sun- m her husband's house, about four miles & boy about eighteen ‘a house on Wednesday, the day of the he went to Wallace ‘The funeral of the mardered wo- day schools and individuals at the South; with Bibles and Testaments in various languages, for dis- tribution among vessels sailing to foreign ports, and ten volumes in raised letters for the blind. Be- sides these others tu the amount of $500 were granted to auxiliaries at the South. In funds, $5,440 were appropriated for work abroad; for printing Arabic Seriptures in Botrut; for work in Italy, and for printing Micronesian Scriptures at Honolulu. Rev. Dr. Martin, of Pekin, made some interesting state- ments as to the history of the old MSS. sent by Mr. 38. W. Wiliams. A memorial paper was presented and adopted on the decease of Mr. Davi Lowrey Swain, of North Carolina, one of the vice presidents sorption of Methocism boy the Protestant BpleeEss Church is not a pleasing one to contem! Methodists as a sest are known to be strong Union people—“trooly loll.”” ‘The Genesee Conference meets in Buffalo the second week in October. There will also be a ring of about seven hundred del , minis. ‘and laymen, to a Free Will Baptist Convention, ‘This Convention ts of a national character, and 1s to continue for a week or more, Mr, James 8, eae of Princeton Col- lege and seminary, for more {ban @ ye been supplying the puipit of the Rev. Ur. 3 |. J., has been accepted asa missionary of the American and expects to sail for Syria the presen month in company with the Rev. Dr. M. K. Jessup, Christian Convention has just been issued. It is to be’held under the of 4 Mairpren organ Commie. Ly will assem- Reformed Collegiate church in Fifth avenu on the forenoon of November 17. The call is by Geo H. Stuart, Howard Crosby, D. D., and Reva, All G. Roe and F. G. Ensign and officers of the commission, and by neat nundred of our best Known and most influential c! and laymen, ‘The Freeman's Journat is discussing the queation, “Do not dioceses support parishes?” and concludes ite argument with exclamation:—‘Priests sub titulo beneyictt for parish priests, or vicars apostolic for prelates? The hierarchy are one? The honor of priests is the honor of bishops?” That matter being settled wotld it not be well to review the in- quiry which long since agitated the New York reli- gious world—‘‘Can a church exist without a bishop ?”? Suppose “one Dennison” enlightens the pious com? munity on the subject, The Xavier Alumni Sodality will resume its regu- lar wont meetings this ai oon at St. Francis Xavier College, West Sixteenth street. This associa- tion has al succeeded in together & large number of the most promising young men of this and. the adjoining cities for t perpen. ol spiritual and intellectual advancement, Its delibera- tions are presided over by the Rev. Father Dealey, S. J., and under bis kind fostering the Sodality gives promise of becom! ere long the model tion and organization of country. The Freeman's 's:—There is at the present moment in New York a Confessor of the Faith from the Orient. It is Mgr. Michael C! y. @ mitred abbot of the anoient Order of St. Anthony of the Desert. This Prelate 1s also Chore) pos and Vicar General of the Archbishop (of Maro- nite rite) of Aleppo, in 5; ‘The Maronites are @ people singular in their history, and singular, above all, among all the Chris of the Orient for fidelity to the Catholic Church ‘and for the piety of their lives, The abbé Rohrbacker calls them “the model nation of the Orient.” They take their name, per- haps, from St. Maro, who lived at the beginning of tie fifth century. An out-speaking clergyman, in an article in the Christian Register, thus alludes to some of his calls:—“Once I found four people about a table, each pretending to be busy at something. I saw at a wiance the truth. I looked about until I discovered the hidden ‘pack’ and then drew it from its hiding lace, put it upon the table, and requested them to nish their game; and once I let a man’s hot punch gloriously cool because he chose to put it behind him where he couldn’t see it, but I could, rather than own up like @ man. Once, too, I detected grimaces in a truant glass, as I came into the parlor, and I amused myself with the contrast between the truth of the looking glass and the Heof the lip—I never called again.” —, Foreign Religious Notes. The curate of a ritualistic church in the neighbor- hood of Warwick, England, with the vicar’s two daughters, have Just gone over to Rome. The church and congregation in Tarsus, the birth- place of the Apostle Paul, ander the charge of the American Board, have doubled during tho last year. The London Pall Mall Gazette states that ‘Father Ignatius” is about to receive five members of the Jewish persuasion into the Church—‘“the Catholic Church” as he describes it, They are to be baptized atthe Lalehem monastery, and shortly atterwards to be confirmed by the Bishop of London. The Frankfort Journal states that an association has been formed at Berlin for the foundation of schools from which all religious instruction will be scrictly excluded. ‘The ame organ oo a hope that the provincial towns will follow that example, in order that the future generations may be ireed trom all clerical influence. The Paris Union states that a Consistory Is likely to take place at the end of Septemper in Rome, and in which the newly created cardinals, the Nuncios of Lisbon and Madrid, will receive the hat which forms the insigna of their dignity. Their position, that journal adds, is most, embarrassing, as they cannot ‘appear anywhere in public at Rome until that cere- of this Society. The Rev. Andrew Hunter was ap- pointed ageat for southern Arkansas, The American Tract Society—Tho Split Be- tween New York and Boston. Tne American Tract Soclety of Boston held an important meeting in tnat city a few days since. We learn that the meeting was very fairly attended, quite number of members from the West being present, and some four hours were spent in discussing 9 reso- lution proposed by the Executive Committee, dectar- ing the agreement of union made last February with the New York society rescinded, Some of the speakers thought that it would be weil to make one more trial, by a committee of reference, to see if the two societies could not do their work together and in harmony, bot Ne pebbontew opinion was that the plan of union hi proved a failure, and that the sooner separation was decided upon the better. The reso- lution decreeing a recinding of the February agree- ment, by which the Boston society gave oe the cus. tom of appealing to the churches for contributions in considerattoa of the transfer of the business done im books, &c., by the New York society in this city, was finally adopted, with onty one or two negative votes, This places the Boston society back where it was before the agreement now re-inded was entered into, and the Executive Committee were instructed to at once take the necessary measures for carrying on all the operations and business of the society on the old plan and basis. Tho Withdrawal of Rev. Dr. Cracraft from the Protestant Episcopal Church. The letter of Rev. J. W. Cracraft, D. D., of Ohio, to Bishop Mcllvaine, asking to dissolve his ,connec tion with the Protestant Episcopal Church—already published in the HenaLp—has called forth many comments from the Episcopal press. The Protest- ant Churchman says:—“It will be read with deep interest by many of his brethren of the clergy who have shared with him the same ¢onvic- tions and are now passing through the same confict,”” The Church Journal says:—“In the ark and honored, he plunges wilfully out. IfGod takes him at his word who shall describe the darkness of the waters that he wiil buffet only for a short time, and the jcyness that will settle around his heart when exhausted and hopeless he shall go down un- the waves?’ The Southern Churchman says:—“If these prethren cannot conscientiously use the bap- tismal service we should rejoice if some rubrical re- laxation were granted them. There is no use of our doing what the Charca of England did, and so drove away the Poritans.” The other papers speak ac- cording bo their position, as High or Low Chareh, The Dominican Fathers. On Wednesday, the 7th inst, a grand fair will open in the new Tammany Hall, East Fourteenth mreet, in aid of the new Catholic church in charge of the Domintean Fathers. The Dominican Order, styled by the Catholic Church the Order of Preachers, was founded by St. Dominic, a Spaniard, carly in the thirteenth century. It has produced ten most eminent in every branch of literature and art. Its members greatly Ps! the Miscovery of America, and were among tts first missionaries. The first missionary martyr on this continent was a Dominican. very student of Atwerican higtory 1s acquainted with the life and | character of Las Casas, whose wonderful beno- volence and indefatigable zeal in the cause } or the — opp Indians are a theme of admiration for Protestant as well as Catholic writers. The Order was introduced into the United States in the early part of this century. Edward Fenwick, a native of Maryland, having entered the Order in Reiginm, returned accompamed by three of his confréres, with whom he formed the drat Ameri- can colony of the Order, in the State of Kentucky. He subsequentiy became the first Bishop of Cincin- nati. Obio. The first two Bishops of New Yor cannen and Connolly, were also members thi Order. Within the past year 8 comunity of Domint- can Fathers, with the approbation of Most Reverend Archbishop McCloskey, established themselves in the city of New York. Domestic Religions Notes, ‘he funeral of the Rev. Dr. Gurley took piace in Washington yesterday with impresstve ceremonies. Rev. Dr. Milburn, who 1s ander medical treatment in Beritn, ia likely. to have his sight restored. ‘The Miinois State Christian Convention meets at Bloomington on the 20th, 21st and 22d October, The Rev. 1, P. White, rector of Trinity charch, Newport, R. 1., is mentioned as probably to benamed to ihe Fectorehip of Trinity church, Boston, Religions papers are denouncing the system of horse racing and man racing at agr! tural feira as pernicious, There is a demand for Bibles ai the in — Some ploughs ‘and hoes would Bot be am ‘The Jewish Messenger wants to know why there is no Hebrew library in New York and suggests # plan to obtain one. ‘The death of Mr. Richard Cary Morse, one of the founders of the New York Observer, is the subject of several Seay one awe’ notices in our religious contemporaries this week. Professor Sheed hes in the Central Seen nines vars moe The Methoaie thinks that the prospect of the A- mony shall have taken place. Several other nomi- nations to the same honor will, it is said, be made. In Swedish Lapland one single parish 1s often as large ag some kingdoms, That of Gallivare, for in- stance, contains 352 square miles. Many of the in- habitants live at such a distance from thelr church that they are obliged to start on the Thursday to at- tend divine service on the Sunday. Thus the com- plete licurgy is only celebrated once a month, The congregation ts then always most numerous. On these occasions the affairs of the world are also brought under consideration; arrangements are made; purchases are concluded—in fact, a species of fair ia held. The Maxims ‘of the Talmud. Between the wolf and the shepherd the lamb has come to grief. One thing acquired with pain 1s better than a hun- dred with ease. Let the grapes bed for the welfare of the branches; without branches there would be no grapes. Stience is beautiful in a wise man; but how much more in fool. More than the calf wishes to drink, the cow wishes to give it suck, If they teil yon that your friend ts dead, believe it; that he has conre into a fortune, doubt it An ass feela chilly In July. He who lends money to the poor is often better than he who gives them alms. Here is a table, and meat, and knives; but we have no mouths to ea’ Be prudent and be silent. The world is like the wheel of the well, with its two buckets; the fall gone. is ever cmptiod, and the empty one is ever filled: A quarrel is like a squirt of water issuing from a cleft ; wider and wider gets the cleft, more and more powerfal the squirt. « Hereis the sack, the corn and the mones: now you go and measure. He who has been legally deprived of his ill-gotten garment should go his way rejoicing. He who has learnt sod does not teach is like a myrtle in the desert. e ‘here is threefold death In the slanderer’s tongue; it kills him who slanders, him who Is slandered ans him who receives the slander. pours people's judgment is that of a bilnd man at a window. You cannot touch @ fool; a dead man’s body does not feel the knife. For man who has been rained by woman, there ts no law and no judge. Many an arrowsmith is shot by his own arrow. Greater la he who causea good deeds than he who does them. Great is peace; it is to the land what leaven fs to the dough. He who struta about the market in the philoso- pher's toga will not come into the dwelling place of God. Where pong | Goy of life) is dead a hundred may be had for a brass farthing and a hundred bush- els of wheat for the asking; no one asks, Woman spins her little w hile she talks. e ee no stones into the well whence you have run! A small allowance at home is much betier than a large one abroad. He is a bookcase, not a scholar, Out off his head, but mind you don’t kt! him, It is the hole that makes the thief, When the came! kicks the scorpion away with is heel, the scorpion swears that the camel shall pre- ceive it in Its head, In hia own house the weaver ts king. The salt of money is alinsgiving. A hundred shillings invested in trade will give a man meat and wine; in acres it will give him eab- bs and salt. ‘o move from one house into another coste a gar- ment; from one country into another, a life. When the axe already touches thy neck, stil! hope im God's saving grace. Flight is the beginuing of defeat. Hang the sweetest grass round 4 pig's neck, % will still go and wallow in its mative mire, ‘The lives of three are no lives: that of the too eom- passionate, of the man with @ temper and the misan- Three men are beloved by God: he who is of a sweet temper, he who is moderate in his habits and he who does not always obstinately adhere to lis first resolves. Poor is only he who lacks common sense. If the old people tell you to pull down, and the young ones to bulld a jown, You ‘mlant ot drink’ Gut of obe cup and wok at ante who cannot moderate his grief wil seon have new grief to mourn over. Seven years lasted the famine, but ne workman When the jackal has his day, make him a bow. boa ieardhte ~~ aa GAVESTIGATING COM- ‘The Congressional Joint Committee on Retrench- ment has not yet commenced its proposed tnvestiga- tion at the Astor House into the recent RoMine-Binck- Jey affray as all the members of the committee have nos yet arrived. Asthe absentees are expected to here on next Monday it is tae work Or the eoummnitves will Dogia on day. NAVAL INTELLICENCE, ‘The United States steamship Unadilla, of the Asta- tio squadron, arrived at Hong Kong, China, August 15, On the 26th of August the Piscataque and Shenaa- dosh, both of the same squadron, arrived at Toko- bame, Javan PARIS FASHIONS. ‘Trip to Nermandy and Scenes in the Surf and on Shore—Style in the Raral Districte—Cut and Make of the Fall Materiale—A Fish Auction and Bathing neces of De Morny=Dresses in « Casino—Robes for Midday and Afternoen—Fi>°2; Uhargem: i Panis, Sept. 18, 1868. A jovial put phiiosophical French writer once gave the following advice to a disconsolate friend:—‘‘My good fellow, you must oppose the umbrella of indif- ference to the storms of this life, and maintain the trowsers of your melanoholy present with the braces of s more genial future.” This perfect piece of decently attired imagery made a great impression on me at the time. I have never forgotten it, and it has, moreover, been 8 comfort to me ever since I left Paris for a trip along the coasts of Normandy. Of course, ag isthe case with all morals, one always must alter advice just a little to make it suit one’s particular case. My umbrella is a new one—a straw colored foulard, ined with blue—and I have to op- pose it to the glaring sun and prying of sea Dymphs instead of real storms. I had to brace myself up, too, against pretty red, blue and white cloth trowsers which the baigneuses s0 plente- ously displayed on the rippling surface, with white stripes down the sides, and such little feet paddling out in the foaming furrows behind. Under these circumstances it 1s noble to keep an umbrella up high enough or down low enongh at all, but I did manage to stand up behind mine, and my eyeglass, all the way from Trouville to Havre and through the intermediate stations between. Every one 1s ac- quainted with the object of my journey; unlike Prince Napoleon, I always publish the mission con- fided to me, be I bound for the Spanish or German frontiers; unlike the Comte and Comtesse Girgenti, Ido all my diplomacy openly, and my missions, un- like Ceesar again, end in going and seeing and not conquering. “I go to see’ is my motto; so I went to look at the fashions. T also looked at the palaces and think the following can be relied on:—Trouville is, of course, derived from trou (hole) and ville (town), which does not mean that it is a holy town. but a town in a hole, and this proves the use of etymology. It comforta- bly holds 6,000 inhabitants, but during the season uncomfortably contains just double that number. I was offered an eleventh bed in the drawing room of the hotel I put up st. Gilt 1s the most striking fea- ture of the place; on the Casino, on waist belts, be- hind on paniers, in the shape of swords, arrows, hearts, quivers, and on ears, in the shape of owls hanging by the beak or swallows by the tail. Gold in one’s pockets and gold or gilt everywhere contrast with the lovely blue hill which rises behind Trouville. It is covered with villas, of which the roofs are seen between woodland green, and from which little figures issue with alpenstocks in hand, and with watteaus much bunched up behind. When the early breeze gets into these panters, what I call “the wind right aft,” why a good deal of Valenciennes is seen. Madame Fould and some of her intimate friends were a centre of admiration, and among the up I saw a toilet which deserves special no- tice, because it gives an idea of the make of the new fall materials described in a former corres- Pondence. A green and yellow shotted poult (the shade of a fallen autumn leaf). The underskirt nar- row, with three flounces round the bottom, but somewhat far apart, and each headed by quilling of the same, Over this the pamier tunic behind gath- ered up the sides into a flounced sash, not long enough to touch the nppermost flounce on under- skirt; behind on the panier a flounced pair of very short but wide ends, frills on the arm holes and on the cuffs; lavender gloves and plumed toquet on the forehead, green beetles in the ears and on a crystal medallion for the neck. ‘The lady on whose arm Mme, Foald was _leanil wore @& vio- let satin underskirt, over which @ nankeen tussor (Indian silk), with frill of the same; it was looped up ‘with violet satin rosettes, the bodice was a high violet satin Garibaldi. over which a tussor jacket, with wide Poiish sleeves and slit up the back; it was frilled like the overski The hat of black straw was wound round by @ biack feather and relieved by a bunch of velvet violet pan- sies, three shades, Deerskin gloves, kid boots, col- Jar and cuffs of fine white linen, ordered with a violet stripe. ‘The two interesting hours of the day at Treuville gre morning and evening. Fish is sold by auction on the shore; and then it is strange to see fisher. ‘wives in coarse colored orc wooden shoes, and red kerchie/s tied around their heads by way of head gear, oy the side of Parisian dames, whose negligé toilet Is fawn linen, much pilaited, much frilled, much worked, and tiny round sailors’ hats of shiny moleskin, trimmed ‘with grenadine veils—blue, brown or green. The evening—before Casino hour— is bathing time; Uttie tents are raised in the centre of boats, which the boatman steers, while behind the fair ones step down the Sadder thrown ait and plunge, secured to the boat by ropes or dipped in by strong muscular males. Theso “‘balgneurs”’ are not, however, cousidered as males. There is a great dif- ference between a brawny sea-dipper of females and & gentleman who strolls along the beach. ‘The pro- fessional man is known never to notice anything. Deauville and Trouville are joined by a bridge over the Toucques—a river at the foot of Trouville. This isa place of the defunct Duke de Morny’s founda- tion. He was a poet, a legislator, a sportsman and atron of all the social arts; he struck the sands of ville with the heel of boot one day and de- clared that Deauville should be, and Deauvilie was, All the clubs followed him. and in no time the known and unknown styles of architecture soon thrived here. Houses were bullt in simile everytaing—some in the renaissance, some in the style of the sire of Framboisy, some took after Strasbourg pat some were Swiss chalets, others were stuck up, I be- eve, in cardboard, for my first night at Deauville it rained and I awoke in an aquarium. 1 remembered the “braces of the melanchoiy present” and walked off. 1 found the Casino saperd and full to excess of fashionables, who have gathered thither out of re- aspect for the Duke de Morny, of course, for they pay their homage to his widow, now the Duchess ae Sesto. She has just purchased the hippodrome for 160,000 francs, and, though the Deauville races have a little failen off, still Deauvilie must fourisn #0 near Trou- ville, and outdo it entirely in the end. It 18 slow, however, compared to what it was during the Duke’s lifetime. Here peopie dress outragcously for the Casino. ‘The following I noted on @ ing who came to the seaside “for husband.”’ hether to watch over him or take care of him I caunot say, but it @lways means about the saine thing. A leone! foulard looped over a cerise silk underskirt, white bodice and fichn, with cerise sieeves; a white rice straw hat, with Valenciennes pouf and cerise rosebud aigrette on the forehead and a set of coral ornaments (carved fuchsias), each flower having a pearl pistil. Another toilet was worn by a lady who came “for ber health.” it wasin the evening. [had the fortune to see her reclining on a simile stone terrace looking over the park. She wore a biack velvet robe, with a train completely covered with mother of ri, sewn on heart's ease pattern. The efect of the rambow tints on this is indescribable. Large mother of pearl beads were, twisted In her thick raven tresses, which were by a splendid mother of pearl comb and set off by one full China pink rose. is a creole. Her skin ta like ivory, neither white nor olive; her eyes black, her lips like cora’, and I cannot think she is an invalid, Nonchaiancs and black velvet be- come her, and this is her onty complaint, but an incurable one, very likely. A third toilet was worn by a lady who came ‘‘to be married” and danced three times with the same Russian prince; ao it is Hkely she will appear as sko or a ska or & skiskof termination next season. The underskirt Was @ mauve satin, with white Indian lace frill round the pottom, and the overskirt a tunic in one piece of the same lace, looped with a cordon of mauve acacis, which encircled the waist. nare bodice was a mere braneh on each shoulder. A whise and mauve marabout fastened in Rind hair by @ spray of al with amethyst settings, completed this maid- enly and i. attire. A fourth toilet was much noticed, because it was worn by @ lady “who came for everypoayee I once saw with black hair at hes; the leaves were of chonille; her ornaments were waich chain, earrings, ehatelaine, buttons and brooch, the whole set in lapis enamel, with diamond STA Rc re penton weet were gentlemen w ~ hi everywhere in white like — their wives,” and Iinen suits’ and try to look ‘JAPAN. The New Mikado—His Appoint- ment and Antecedents. Progress of the War and Prospeot of Its Close. Persecution of the Christians and Dislike of Foreigners. By mat! steamship to San Francisco, and chetice overland to New York, we have the following special correspondence from Japan, detailing the progress of events in the empire to the 25th of August, The Civil War Likely to Terminate—Appoint- Breaches of Neutrality—Persecution of the YorouamA, August 25, 1868. Although no decisive battles have taken place be tween the two contending powers,in Japan, and although actually but slight changes have occurred in the relative positions of the parties, an end to the present difficulties will not improbably ensue withia very short period. The party of the North have ro sorted to a bold move by appointing a new Mikada Oceno Mia Sama, Chief of the seven Mas or Higa Priests of Japan, whose residence, 1t will ba rement- | bered, was attacked and burnod at Yeddo, on the 6th of July, after that affair, fled ia isguise to Aidzu. Several Northern princes also | met nere, and the result cf the conference was 6 proclamation declaring Oceno, Mikado. It was stated in the proclamation that they did not desire altogether to supersede the other Mikado, bat thas the appointment was made simply to havea head for the Northern party. Nevertheless, it was undes- stood that the newly appointed Northern Mikado ts to be @ permanent arrangement. Oceno Mia Sama is the uncle of the Southern Mikado, and is his natural successor. The results of several engage- ments which have lately taken place, and of which you have already been advised by telegraph, has considerably demoralized the Southerners, and their Mikado entertains serious notions of resigning. Should he do this the probabilities are that the country will again subside into a peaceful condl- tion, if, however, the Southerners hold out, i not at all improbable that a compromise will be made on the basis of the secession of the North from the South, each section to have its own Mikado. 8 would be no new thing in Japan, Twice be- fore in the history of Japan the country has had two spiritual heads. ‘The first time it occurred was abous A. D. 1300, The duality, however, lasted but a fow years, for on the death of the Northern Mikado, by mutual consent the two governments were reunited under the leadership of the survivor. The second time, which was litue more than 200 years ago, actual separation of the two sections was again accomplished by the rival daimios, the country re- maining in this condition for about nive'y years. And now again, for the third time, Japan sceins ready oy repeat an experiment of dividing the country, not- withstanding the experince of their own past aad contemporaneous history. One reason why the people are confident that the struggle now going on will soon be scttled in one ‘way or the other 1s the fact that the Southern pasty are almost entirely exhausted. To defray their cur- rent expenses they have had to resort to issuing paper money which is not worth thirty per cent of its face value, This money the Southern soldiery force upon the merchants at par, who in tarm can scarcely pass it at all, and then only at the reaucea rate above mentioned. ‘This aper 18 not convertible into coin, ‘The money is a tothe daivios in the shape of loans, accord- ing to their incomes—one rio (four boos, or about $1 40) to the koxu (133 Ibs.) of rice. All incomes tm Japan are estimated by the number of kokus of rice. Pend gimp! again loan to the merchanis, at an ad- vanced rate of interest, the interest being paid im roduce. A portion of the sum loaned, with the in- Forest in kind, 18 to be paid every year for thirteen ears, As the notes are repald to the goverument they ‘are destroyed. The proclamation ends with the following:—“As, however, the loans are made in notes and to be repaid in notes, no exchange (azainst coin) shall be ailowed.”’ As t.:e merciiants, however, deal with coin and will not use the paper am themselves, — do not like to take it from the diery. Generally, when they so refuse, they get@ pounding—sometimes worse. We learn that at Kobe Japanese merchant was decapitated be- cause he refused to accept this naper money. On the other hand the Northerners have plenty of the sinewgof war, and while some of the powerfat princes are almost daily deserting tho uthera cause, such ag Choisin, father and son, the Northera ers receive an actual access by the joining of them of such clans as Mito, Etchisen, &c. Therefore we look forward with very reasonabie hopes that within four months matters in Japan will have assumed a peaceful aspect. ‘That peace may be again soon restored fs earnestly to be hoped for, eipec ally on account of foreigners. The anti-foreign feeling ha® become very strong in the country. The Southerners never did like for- eigners, and the Northerners believe now for eigners are in favor of the South. This feoi ng. has been brought about first by the indecent haste shown by the English Minister in recognizing the Mikad and also from the fact that almost every Conszi the empire, although he has published over his own signature & warning to foreigners not to break the neutrality laws, have allowed flagrant breaches of the same to be committed under their very noses, Trade in arms and ammunition is carried on as openly as if there were no war in the country, and not a finger ts moved to stop it. Again, lately, the different foreten Ministers have decided to replace a Eu' guard in the settie- ment. One gate ts gua by American marines, anot.er by a French company, a third * the Duteh, and the Custom House, over which files the Japanese flag, ia gnarded by British soldiers, This one fact ven great umb alone has to the Japanese around Yoko ‘oku7amas to 8 man. They say “if it be n ‘y to guard your own set- tlement why not station your men on the borders and at the entrances" y really believe that they are placed there for the protection of the Japaness Governor. This causes every now and then sonre demonstration against foreigners, Several have oo- curred within the last twenty days. On one occasion a gentieman driving inthe very main street of the sett'ement was interfered with by having his attend- ant violently pulled from the cai and beaten. On another occasion a gentioman rid round the road about a mile and a half from the settlement was attacked by a two-sworded Yakonin and driven into @ paddie fleld. Again, one party of gentlemen coming from Kanasawa to Yokahoma were shot ond another party insulted and requested to dis inoant from their horses, But for the cooiness and courage displayed by the Europeans ap these oosa- sions Serious Teoubles. might have and loss of Iife ensued. Onc or two of these affairs are now in the hands of the consuls. On the night of the fe Napoleon a demonstration was made by a (age Ad Japanese against the ou: wi French Ministers h was a aera by throwing of stones, and the ‘was only die- rath an A fow nights after- Wards the Engi was Mmanaer, Thus it caa beseen that by no means on the fi ability transiation of a Ord ion of Uhotsin’s remonstranoe, ol dated May, 1868, and published in the Natgatepiaba, a Jay news m—"if the vited to the Imperial Court who Will be the Tan, whea the time expuision has come, to em his energy for this purpose? Therefore it is right that the 1 are admitted to the Dairo Kp decrees iy ‘them, and the terms used when antty shows conclusively in what barians are still held, : : i Hef igi saitee b pecs, and bave been, four dat taken care of"—that Kept a reasotable tine as ‘antil they waren are to be By the last French mail arrived here Don Ji Hereberto. de Garey de -auereto, Munieer tentlary and En xtraordinary of her Most: le Majesty, the of 8) to the Court ef Japan, tte ig au o make & comme treaty with this country which shal! secure 5] the same commercial ri; aad leges nations, af taet ot it for iborinyporigu ie jh age he of Ii it we prover power in Jepan 0 a ny