The New York Herald Newspaper, December 2, 1868, Page 8

Tndignation Against the Home Provi- sional Government. A Queer Telegram from Queen Isabella. Events in the Eastern De- partment. DiexPection from Spaiu—A Cable Despatch from Isabella to Lersandi— Operations Around Puerto Principe and Matanzas— ‘The Situation in the Vuelta Abajo. HAVANA, Nov, 21, 1868. His now two months since the cable announced the important events of the great revolution in Spain; nevertheless Cuba is still governed by the game tyrannous monarchical régime as before. The only noticeable difference is that formerly we were oppressed In the mame and under the authority of Dofia Isabel J. and her ancestors, but now we suffer from the Spanish nation itself, It is still the game dog that harasses us; nothing but his collar % changed. A great deal of fuss has been made here about the documents recently published by the ‘Rew government at Madrid, a8 well as the last cireular of the Colonial Ministry, dated October 25. We do Not find in either aaything but promises and more ‘er less seductive offers, which are all put off to @day in the future; finally an attempt is made to deceive us again with the tiresome study of espectal laws \ govern us hereafter. In order te administer Justice aud give due liberty to the colonies the gov- ernment of Madrid has always put itself in the poor and mean category of astudent, Thisis the reason why we Cubans have always been forced to appeal to the powerful argument of arms to get jus- tice at our own hands; and the most convincing proof of the spirit that guides us is the fact that when the Madrid governmient became aware of the revolution in Cuba, instead of ordering the prémulgation here of the same freedom enjoyed on the Poninsula it sent troops and guns to crush out our hopes and trample out our right of equal liberty, ‘That is to say, the Spain of to-day follows the same old course with her colonies—the régime of oppres- sion by the use of force and the bayonet. I shail now give you a resumé of the events of last week. At Puerto Principe the patriots captured a train + With 2,000 Liemington rifles and $100,000, which were sent to the Governor of that place. The former came to Havana in the Columbia and thence to Nuevitas tn the steamer Moctezuma. They also took the ‘Malls, one captain and three officers of the govern- ment. They destroyed two bridges and tore up the Tails at several points, They, however, furnished the Passengers with horses and two light curts to co: nue Loy en A to Puerto Principe. Governm: acknowledges only the capture of Its correapoad- ence and of the jour olliciais, but has not said a word Of the arms aud money brought by Lue Moctezuma. I should note a fact of much importance and sig- Bificance. On 4th of October General Lersundi ving telegram, sent from Pau by Iconnt on your tried valor and loyalty to pre: re the fn- tegrhy of those Autldes, withow: aay Change in toeir posiical wyernmen. Withia a few daye I shall return to Madrid telegram, which Lersundi required the em- i the telegraph company to keep secret, ex- conduct of Captain General Lersind! up 17th of October, When he determined tu recog- ize the new government at Madrid, afer having learned that all the probabililies pointed to its be- cowlny au accomplished fact. He acted in tius after The ianlion of Don José de ja Concha, On the sth Colonel Quiros entered Santiago de Cuba with a portion of bis column in complete rout Sid Lolly pursued by the patriots, who forced him “fo strike Lis canip at Baie, leaving 230 wounded and era out of 500 men. ‘To cover up his rout, be- fore lie entered the city he orlered ail the bells to be Fung aud a procession, with bands of music, to re- ceive his detachment; bul, at tue same time, he de- manced all the velicles ‘of the city to bring wn the owa of wounded and sick that lie had succeeded bringing ang Governwent ia In the most straitencd post- tion a3 to money and complains most bittriy Surouga the Diario and the Prensa that the Spanish eapitausts iend no support. They hold back because the revoluuvn is triuiaphing, and they fear to be- come the victims of aduesiou to government. For ‘this reason seid journais are Joudly calling every day Bpon ihe wealthy and moneyed classes to rally round tke guversments and give it # decided support to enabie the authorities to pub down the insurrection. Bai not ove seems to sur, . ‘rhe baad Ut rose ia the Vuelta Abajo under Don Augustin Sania Rosa (who has been three times con- foed at Ceuta for bis po.itical opinions) pumbered uv men, and are now eutrenched on the heights one Of the least acceasibie mountains of overnment bas gent against them 400 in- fly cavairy aud four pieces of artillery, So. iting has been done by the latter troops. Tue jourteeu young men cay a at San Cristobal on their Way to join santa Rosa. They were ed by Pedro Loreazo Perez, @ whacconist of Jesus Maria. When the Morro Castle arrived here on the 1th inst. the news was circulated that Mr. Seward had genta munication to Genera Lersu in which Mt ts stated thatin New York, New Orleans aud otuer cities of the United States dubustering expeditions ‘were organized to sau for Caba and aid the inanr- geuts in the work of independence, but that the American government would eflectually prevent tie Gepariare of said expeditions. I bellevedthis news is got certain, because were it go General Lersundt ‘would have officially publisted it to dixconcert the pa- triots. But if it prove true such an oliclous and base adulation oa the part of Mr, Seward would arouse against him tne utmost hatred of all Cubans who gevk tieir tmdependence and annexation to the United States, It would be an infamous olot on the government of Mr. Jonson ant on his Secretary, Sew- ard. | repeat that I believe the news unlikely; for I do not believe Liat we shall have a repetition of the Mm politic and disastrous act of Mr. Plimore in 1861, Which resuited in the shooting of Colonel Critven- den and his filty-two companions at Atares, If the goverament at Washingiou do not protect une inde- peudence of Cubs it will deserve tie ceusure of the whole world. When Laking command of the Eastern Department Fructuoso Garcia Muiloz said in his prociama- on that Lhe government troops must act on tue de- Jousive. This proves the progress made by the revo- lution a8 well as the state of the authorities in attempting to make headway og ast it, @oionei Loto remains cooped up by the insurgents, nolwitnsiaoding the assertions of the Diario de la Marina, which states trom time to time that “Oolonel Lono is at Tuas, but we cannot learn a@nything Of his operations, because the wires are cut and communications with thggdepartment are i cutod.” Lofio was sent out the commision take charre of operations against the insurgents and as covomander of the Spanish troops there sta- oned, bul afer Lis capture Count Baupaseda was went out. Byery day we hear of annouvcements af the pro- Munciamiento in Puerto Princ) but the Diario Aeuies them with singuler decision; for it is certain Wai ail the men there capable of bearing arms have Jett that city for We neighboring ficids, where they Pome ip armed bands aguinst the government. The lorves on which the goverament relied in that acoording to the Ltarto, were 1,300 men of all and they were, on the 14th, entrenched in the vents There were lett in the city 0 the oid men, children and nish born dents, So say the Sanat the petitiona acdrespet by thirty neighbering residents to their insurgent brethren beseeching them to reiura to Weir hoes because Lhe city Was desolate and do- feried. This letter was publiched yesterday in the nario, wo wee insigated by she Goveraor, Meua, of Puerto Prineipe The day vetore erday, 19th just., there was published in the Hario the appemtment of s Lieu: tenant Governor jor Nuevitas, a amad town and the Seaport of Puerto Princips. ‘What dogs this mean? € appoutment pf & LieuLeoaut Governor for Nue- tas, when (Le Governor bit always Keretofore re- shied ip Puerto Principe! Jt 8 now stated on all bands that Puerto Princkpe toll on the isth into the 4 of the ingurgemia, The Mario of yoaerday, iMt., stated thab Genera Malmaseda bad arrived rio Principe in eavety. +# prociamation to the Eastern De ceciares war lo te deata Wituoud otuer o yerval tial by & Court Martial, Loca ree ike (has Of Maximilian against @ inean a de atenrne Governor Cebsilow has ordered the Arrest 6) Copiain Don Jame Ona, town officer and of ine citadet of San Beverinc. The vue Cuban went to beg of Cebullos wo Buow the cause of her Husband's Abprisohiment, but Cebalos » her away in ® gross mAnper, staling thot sne sbowd be thankful that he aad ween captured th wrod ume, ovnerwine he would g@ond her awo to prison; that both sbe Dusband should updersiwnd Lat ne (Ceval peare rome lami aflair that gave offense to Cebuiivs.” sueu ithe woe Bai Governor Of £0 inteligeut peoyie ice tae iabab- dante Of Medenzaa. Meny of the officers of miltiis nnd vorunteers have @beenied themeseives or hid Wo avoir » went Synivat the inqurgenis. Among the be iniead Generals Marcano an , Santiago Peres and 4 Martoo Gomes and sel / ae Caplan Cal de Soto a 1 )0ada, e) Warinied wee ia we Ce } NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DEO ' MEXICO. Arrest of m Prominent Revolutionist by the ¢ Military Authorities—Spiriting Away the ne Chief Justice of the Supreme Court= “Fears of Another RevolutlonHow the In- quisition Works in a Republic. MazaTLAn, Nov. 3, 1868, ‘The sudden arrest of Seflor Ricardo Palacio, Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court ander the late revolutionary government, on the night of the 28th ultimo, at nine o’clock, while sitting on the public plaza, and bis hurried taking off on the following afternoon to the city of Mexico, under @ strong es cort, has heen one of the ohief subjects of talk for the past week. It will be remembered by the read- ers of the HERALD that Seflor Palacto was one of the Martinez revolutionists; that he escaped after the battle of the Presidio, fought last April between the constitutional army and the revolutionists; that he returned again to this State some three months ago, im company with his brother, and that both were captured near Rosario at the time. The Palacio brothers were conveyed to this city and imprisoned, but shortly afterwards the Chief Justice was re- leased, while his brother, Colonel Adolfo Palacio, re- mained, in prison and continues to remain there. Since the release of Chief Justice Palacio he has been apparently one of the quietest and most unob- trusive men in this city, and it was believed that his political sins had been forgiven. But this 18 @ most uncertain realm for politicians and military men. ‘They may, indeed, sometimes be masters of the situ- ation, but they are never able tohold it long, What People call the constitutional authorities are now the masters, and whenever they desire to call down vengeance on any prominent men in their way they Scout the idea of bringing the accuser and the ac- cused face to face, according to good old common law principles. Without the ald of judge, jury and witnesses the victim Is arrested, and the arrest may be considered judgment with a “found guilty.” The ceremony of putting an obnoxous leader out of the way here ts a3 rapidly and uncefemoniously con- ducted as the chiefs of the Spanish inquisition could do it, There are plenty of Girondists and moun- taineers in Mexico. In the cuse of Judge Palacio, although “the deep damnation of his taking on? created considerable sileat murmuring on the part of his friends, yet they were weak to assist hiin in any way. Not even could he be furnished clothing or money; nor would bail in any amouut procure his liberty. Instantly upon bis arrest he was imprisoned and confined until ius escort had orders to move. He was not allowed to see avy person, not even his brother, so that his private alfairs aud the business Matters in which he was engaged remain unseit.ed, ‘There are various reports afloat as to the cause of the arrest of seilor 10, They are alt worth re- cording, a8 they show the unsettied condition of the country aud the fear the authorities bave of another revolution, The most plaualble reason for the ar- rest, and that which comes from official sources, is that Judge Palacio attempted w bribe the olticer ne | charge of the guard that secured his brother and of having offe1 him (the officer) sixty ounces ($960) for the brother’s escape. This was refused, and then the Judge confided the secret to what is kuown as a bosom friend, with the hope that the lat- tor might be eg ia in securing the release of Colonel Palacio, The “bosom frieud” did use his in- duence, but in a charateristic way. He went to the Spthariticn and divulged the secret, whereupon Judge Palacio was instantiy arrested and his brother put in close confinement. The officer whom it was attempted to bribe has been placed under ar- rest and will be tried by muitary court martial for not having mado knowh the plot to his saperior tn command. Palacio’s friends gay the bribe was not large cuough and thatifithad been the escape would have been secured, Probably this 18 no more than a vicious hit at the venality of the powers that be when properly addressed on financial matters of this natare, Another version of the affair ts that the Palacio brothers have been in regular communication by let- ter with ex-Governor Piacido Vega witie tue latier was in San Francisco, and that movements were belug made by this cowbiuation to destroy the gov- ernment of Governor ivubi a8 s00n as General Corona a start for the cliy of Mexico or elsewhere, Vega has a very oe party in Gils Stace, who sull cling to him as belug the only man for the occasion, and this party is particuiariy dager im the vorth- em portioas of Sinaloa, ‘The escape of Colonel Palacio was t be the signal for raising a new revo- judopary ariuy, after whitch that army was to be augmented. Seor Placido Vexa was to be pro- claimed Governor, the State declared independent and war inaugurated, Among other taings to be accomplished by the revolutionise: to report, was the seizure ol the man- seated by the Caltiorata, Oregon and Mexic ship Company to the Mexican government, Witu the Juarez the revolutiouisia were determined to hold Mazatlan, dud thus make theuiselves masters of the principal port im the Guif of Caufornia, A third report bad it that the defeated revor tlonists of last April were again attempting to get control of the Custom House, in order i be able to secure (he million and @ half of dollars expected there from the European fleet now due. The Mar- tinez revolution lad ita atm for a like purpose, and while it Was not successful in the fleld, 1 was exal- nently so in plundering the Custom House treasury. Undoubtedly the authoriiles have bad information ofan attcnipt at creating @ new revolution, and thought they Would strike at the sources most likely to create it. in domg so and failing upoa Juage Palacio they have secured tue most popuiar of the old revointionists. bis arrest, loo, will Lave a ealu- tary iniluence in keeping others quiet; but should hia friends prove siroog enough tuat quietness will be burst for a chance at revenge. There are several of the last crop of revolutiouista now in this cily, but they are seldom seen out in tue public sireets, fiowever, they are waiting ouly for an opporcuni When, should fortune favor th We sbali hav names sanctified ia ink anf attached ‘to a faming pronuniamienwo, And Uuis ls ile iu this beautiful and bicased country. Continued Outrages on Anierican Citizens Important Letter to the United States Cone sul et Mazatlan—A Record of American Marders and Persecutions in Mexico—Oar Goverument Cailed Upon to Protect Its Citi- Zee MAZATLAN, Nov. 4, 1868, A friend has placed in my possession the following foteresting and important letter. Ae it gives an ad- ditional chapter of the persecution of American citl- zens doing business in Mexico, and also reveals somo bloody deeds of by gone times in which Americans have been the victims, its perusal must prove of some value in forming public seatimeut iu the United Staves with regard to thus country:— Parsox or SAN Dimas, STaTR OF Domango, Oot, 18, 1085, the TsA0 SIK8ON, American Conaul forthe port of Martine -— keteenen Sta 1 wrote w you from tise loathsome prison oD the Yd of last month, but for fear that you did nut receive that letter, I wil! ata: aa transpired. On the Yd of Septem et I rec message to mppear before the Judge ot the Fi Don Camilo Perer, When I appeared 1 found was op demand of thirty-four dollars, based upoo an order drawn by another Person. | immediately perceived that the order and the Siquature thereto were forgeries, and asked the Judge to call Witnesses wh: named io prove the forgery. Tula he re- fused todo. I then sent to ® merchant in this town, asking bim t come and bring with him several genuine sige Datures Of the party's name (hat had been forged. He came immediately and wok hie y the Judge, when I under- by #tood that Le was an associate justice. Wheo the latter pro- duced the docuinents the (vigerios were evident and palpabie to all present; dui to the aurpriae of everybody Bon Camilo refused to allow way testimony to be taken whatever, arro- mily stating that “no American knew how to make two atures that jooked alike.” [be aasuctate justice was in favor of calling witnctsos, but be was overruled by the other, Whosald I must pay imiédintoly oF got jail.’ 1 then re: that, with due reepect bo the gourt, I provested agatnat {te decision, and immediau Appeoling 0, revel from offered security for four or five days’ clined and called for t ted, tion and the fawn of tho irenty obligations Jnited Stat But this proud, Pantry ats 4 wy apid and ignorant jucge ferce y gave bis order to the jatier oof shen read : the sentence of tae Court. Twas brought to this prigon two friends came to sea sald they would pay the amount: was better 0 leave this horrible piace and eave my health and atiend to my business; if Tid not bot would be ruined by maying here. 1 bad already fesued au or'ar 1 of my friends to pay the ainount. 1 ton fo th riesy Don Vainli gion ¢ © How long I shall reconin io prison I du‘uut know, for the Judge bins youe to Ventaua The people here are nearly al demoraiize:, the leaders boast of the manger ia whi toey Awe! salen eure a0, aod threaten to do the wame here. ie. e of ali protection, Due rango cannot provect aa. The e108 io ‘tals vicinity are full of rovvers. Three we nnd 1M strony threat ago & Tomaril, and the people there sent to the Governer of Finaloa for aatiriance, This piace bas been toveral tines aitacked aod plundered wituin the last fow years, In wcireult of five leagues surroanding ince d the abandoned works, now going to ru companies, who in ihe aggregat Why init that A ry otber places get thelr reward, a ‘wruction? Jt has beea for the wat 0} prowetion. The few Amer to deairucilon if « Tweise d od Four © ery WAS given at 4 Death to tbe Arnett: Candeloro, afew ieaguen from bere, cane!” “Lhe man who Is sow Pravact of this piace was then ne band of cowardly ae to ‘Tue Bret oilay, and out of the foreign pearly ai) Ane filed and two wounded, ‘The others fed, use va tn Meir ocd was init fo tonuicy ' oftice, tbe eounir, these nirociiien ‘were Amertoans might bave been et ts the whole (ruth Vind the bulcheis were commited | Diood He maa Why Wday cwltennd worke wth Prot a6 bodied that ke formed the of ‘ a promptly she most of | Wt they gover day aad sald, “i have Horde avery At 1@ PUPIE AP (Tiendiy hover seen any of our treated in this manner.” “Why, T asked, “do tiny een a 0, when T have been their or He “inte because you are Snamgred, JT have of Captain who snatched an Ameri- oan citizen mgred “r of an did to liberate her jin- A City of 7,000 Intabliants Destroyed by Floods and Whirlwinds—Whole Streets and Blocks ef Houses Swept Away—The Low of Life and Destruction of Property~Various Accounts of the Terrible Calamity. F ‘MazaTLan, Nov. 5, 1868. ‘The city of Alamos, situated in the southem por- tion of the State of Sonora, has been swept out of existence by a visitation of nature—namely, 6 com- bined attack of the two great furies, wind and water. ‘The terrible event occurred during the grest sea storm lasting from the 15th to the 18th ult. From private letters received in this city we translate the following accounts of the destruction and loss of lfe:~ We have endured awfal Torrents of rain for forty-eight hours inandated city during the greater part of the iéth and 17th, followed by an- ere pere pth ard ery wees tie ornes ni je immediate way of being #1 o ne force of the swoilen foods were crushed fo <4 the enormous gusty ena the strength of the rain fall- ing upon them. ior Diego Perez measured the water in @ tank and found that forty inches had fallen in seventy-two hours, Alamos no more, You may rest assured that unless some new and Tick mines are discovered it will never be rebuilt. We are impoverished and ruined. Another letter says:— A horrible event has struck us with consternation and ruined a @ proportion of the iuhabitunis of this city. On the 15th it commenced to rain, and alter seventy-two hours, at ten o'clock at might, tue sluices and dains po the mountain broke loose, a furious wind arose, the watera came dashing ilke fiends from the mountain sides and leet nd us face to face with the most terrible dangers. This circum- stance made us forget ali things except that which ia wore precious than all t! Jife, and especially the lives of our livtie ones. ree minutes aiter tie full tide of the flood and everything was swept away as by @ tornado, We sought refuge in the moun- tains, trom where we couid hear the crashing in of our houses, Everything we bad ts lost. There must be cousiderable joss of life, out as yet 1 am not able to ascertain the truth, A former resident of this city writes:— Ihave never seen such rains and floods in my life a3 We have had here for the past three or four days, commencing on the 15th, beautiful and rch city of Alamos 1s totally de ed and can never be itself again, because it seems bie wo retrieve such misfortunes. Our house, one of the strongest in the place and out ef the way of the mad flood of the creek, was made @ wreck by the great force and weight of the rain falling upon the roof, The prin- Cipal street exists no longer, aad where stocd rows of stores, private residences and offices now looks ike the biak of @ river lately overfown and covered with débris. | Everywhere I look destruction is ae around me, As yot I do not know tho loss of ie. ‘The fullest and probably the most reliable account 1s that by an Amencan gentleman to one of his friends here. We copy from a private letter:— The agony that we have all gone through within the past few days 1s tmpossibie to describe. Prova- biy you will have heard ere this that the city of Alumos is in ruins; but as you may not have had all the pariicalars { will give you what I know. On the 45th it commenced to rain, and on the 1éth a genuine rain aud wuld storm get in, lasting until the 18th. It scemed as if the very Noodgates of heaven had opened and that @ second deluge was apon the world. The wind, too, roared with dreadful fury, aud all the eleuients seemed combined for sowe dreadful carnage. We little thought what was in store for our beautifal city, But soon the tale was told and the destruction complete, or almost com- plete. The storm iasted until lave on the evening of the isth. During its continuance it appeared us if no human being could live withm its react. ‘che Alainos river Was swollen to @ great heigut, and in tts wild, headiong course, carried everything be- fore it, Houses were swept away like so many straws and whole blocks of buildings were thrown down like go many rotten trees. ‘The wind was no less terrible thaa the water. Houses) were unroofed aud blown to shatters, tes aad like material were scattered through the alr like chatl; and strong tress Were uprooted as uf they had been cornstalks. The best part of the city is totaliy destroyed. About tae only buildings saved wortly of mention are the inint, the church and the old Stave College. These stood on high grounds, and this advaniage, with their solidity, saved thew. Dr. Hill, an American resident, had three Douses carried away and is a loser to tbe Amount of about $10,000. Mr. ft. Kobinson Bours, an American doing @ bank- Ang business here, had nid banking house swept away. Others have suifered severely, ‘tie loss of life has been quite large. Sixty dead'vodies nave been picked up. Some of them were mangled fear- fully aud could scarcely be recognized, Many of the bodies were Jound miles dows tie river, Un- doudtedly, the number found wil be largely In- creased by other anfortunace ones, I have Written you these Tew iinea urriedly, but do not attempt to describe or expiain this most extraordinary phe- nomenon of a seventy-two hours whirlwind and deluge. ‘The ruined city of Alamos was the Athens of North- westera Mexico, or, ut least, had that reputation, Its women were reputed to be the loveliest and most intelligent throughout tae republic, and its citizens were highly spoken of as contrasted with those of other populations. There was a great deal of wealth, refinement and laxury amoung the better classes. 1t Was a sort of sanctived Jerusalem, wicre the proud Spanish bicod and brain heid ascendancy and would het be poisoned with contact with Indian and negro mixtures. Alamos, asa city, had fame before the great metropolis of New York was wn. it isoid among the inany old towns of Mexico. Surround- ing it have been some of tue richest mines in the worid and from which the city had its chief support. At the time of its destruction it contaived a popuia- tion of about 7,000 souls, though geographical dic- tonaries place the number at 10,009, ¥ 4 fat least 3,000 loo Many. Unhappily for its peovic, the num- ber ls lessened through @ ‘terrible iistortune, and the “Clty of Poplar Groves’? has fallen to the dust (even a man fails) in its sirength, INTERESTING STATISTICS OF THE NEW YORK STATE Hh A Vote of the State—-Population and Census, {From tho Kochester Union, Nov. 99, Nine counties in this State at th g 20,000 votes each and over, viz. 3 Kings, 67,6 le, 20,224; Albany, 206,217; Oneida, 23,690; Ohondago, ' 21,852;’ Monod, 21,700; West- chester, 21,308; Kensseiaer, 20,052, There count! by the census of 1°05, were cred- ited with the owing population:—New York, 726,356; Kings, 311,090; Erie, 155,173; Albauy, 115,504; Monroe, 104,25; Onelda, 102.718; Westchester, 101,197; Onondaga, 92,072; Rensselaer, 83,210. It wil be seen that Mouroe county ranks seventh in order in the counties casting the most votes, while on. it ranks fifth in popuiath ‘These counties im the ite cast 388,713 votes, While they bave in population 1,798,080—thus 4.03 inhabitaats represen! @ vote. This is not ip ac cordance with the opinion that has prevailed for several yeara that @ vote represented six iniabt- tants. On the last basis, aside from the estimates of the population have been made, ‘The total vote of the State at the late election was ee cin ise NESTS anon toe the State or was in x en Fatig would be one vote to ‘bo fahabitants, ‘The total vote of New York city was (at the late lection) 166,045, while the population waa by the census 726,386. Tho ratio wowd be one vole for every 4.65 inhabitants, ‘The total vote of Rochester at the late election was 10,557, and the census credita it with a population of 60,940, ‘The ratio would be oue vote for every 4.82 in- bavttant, We cannot make farther comparicons of cities, for the reason we have not the total votes of them, but suppose, aside from Brooklyn, that tue ratio would be the same as Rochester. It may be said that the proportion would be greater if locaiities not containing large citics were taken. We will, for the purpose of Comparison, take afew counties not thas situated. Wyommg county cast 6,917,votes at the late elec. ton, The ceusus credited It wits a poputation of 00,033, ‘The proportion would be une vole fae every 4.40 tuhabitants Yates county cast 4,898 votes and is credited with 19,48 population, The ratio is not quite one vou for four tahabitants. Wasuingion county cast @ vote of 10,723, Tt bad In 1805 @ population of 46,244, ‘The ratio would ve one vote ior every 4.3 inhabitants. Steuben county cast 16,108 votes and was given by the census 66,192 population, The ratio ia us county would be one vote for 4.58 Inhabitants, Cattaraugus county had im 1665 a population of 43,155, @nd cast ab the late election 1,02) votes. hd rauio would be one vote for every 4.0 mhaoi ante, Tue proportion will be found to be avout the same, taking every county in the State, those inciuding cities giving the beat figures. There is Ho doubt that the census was glaringly de- fective—that it did not give anywhere aear tue dum- ber of iniabitants in tue State. No sane man can dispute that the population of the State has jncreased Jargely during the past three years. if we take the ratio of one Vole ty every six Invabitants, the popu- lation Of tbe Slate would be 6,000,604, oF 1,271,786 moro than the census gave In 1866, That iea pretty increase for three ye: and we doubt if there has been avy such. The late vote, and the ratio which tae Sgures give-—or ove vote for every 4.40 in habitaats—the total vote of the state being $40,004, woultl give us 5,799,700—a decrease from tie Dgured Of the census Of 85,100, The total rote of Rochester was 10,667, Taking the ratio which the vote and the census gives, oat popuration woud be 46,400. If we take the usual esuinate—one In six—We lave 63,842. It is the opinion of the best judges that we have at least 6), 000 inhabitants, and some put it as b But the figures are given above and tne re draw Lia own conclusions. Lanon Fine. destrnctive fireyoccurred at Noko- Mis, Aontigomery county, fil Pour large b as houses were bi ground, The dre broke out aboot miduight aud is supposed fy bo the Work OF au MCeMdiary. Lovey about gou,a0V EMBER 2, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET, FINANCIAL. Bow to Diminish the Flactnations in Gold and Get Back to Specie Payments Without Contraction, New Yorke, Nov, 30, 1868, Hon. Joun A. GRISWOLD, M. 0.:— As the representative of this State, with all iw tmmense moneyed interests, in the House Commit- tee of Ways and Means, I take the liberty of ad- dressing you on the all-important subject of the cur- rency and the financial condition of the country. You are doubtless aware of the rapidly growing pub- lic sentiment in favor of an early return to specie payments. It will not be making too broad an as- sertion to say the entire community, excepting only a few hundred gold and stock speculators, moat earnestly desire that Congress should, without fur- ther delay, adopt some well considered plan that shall lead to that much-coveted goal. Any plan, however, to be permanently successful must also embrace ® scheme for funding the debt, If the short period that remains to the present Congress shall mot afford the necessary time to ma ture a full measure of financial relief the experience of your colleagues and yourself can, no doubt, be turned to much public advantage by agreeing on some method that shall diminish the constant and often violent fluctuations tn gold—or, to speak more scientifically, in the value of paper currency. The public at large are daily becoming more and more impatient of a system that leaves the measure of all other values at the mercy of a few score speculators and gold gamblers. The fluc- tuations arising therefrom have jong kept the legiti- mate business in a chronic state of demoralization, and ail industrial pursuits are most injuriousiy af- fected thereby. vers bod 3 beginning to ask how long is this evil to last. There are now, as there ever have been im this and other countries, under similar circumstances, Many persons un- Jearned in the science of money and currency who denoupce the gold speculators as the cause inste ad of regarding them as the creatures of @ bad system. ‘Shose, however, who comprehend the true character of the system and measure its probable duratiom by the light of history will look to other remedies than laws to punish or abolish the gold speculators. Although the suggestions I have to make may not Rea, the merit of novelty they will, I think, be found to be consistent with sound policy and the laws of currency. Before presenting my views on this most Import- ant subject I must allude to two Classes of writers diametrically opposed to each other who will by much noisy deciamation endeavor to engroas the ’ time and attention of Congres The first ia repre- sented by a leading journal in this city which clamors for immediate specie payments, and the second is composed of the inflationists, a erreur small number of mengho profit by inflation and conse- quently raise a hue and cry at every measure that contempiates contraction. To those familiar with the history of pa} cur- rency and its abuses it must seem incredible that any class of men of intelligence and education, ex- cept such as are by nature demagogues, should be found at the present time and under existing cir. cumstances urging the ‘‘on to Richmond” theory of immediate cash payments, Such a pro; ig on the face of it = ly absurd. in view of the fact. that the — uncl ie laws of _ currency have kept our paper promises, as nearly as we cau judge amid the fuctuations pro- duced by combinations of speculators, during the last three and a half years’ peace at an average discount of about thirty-three percent, such @ pro- position is mE worthy of serious notice. We need but compare the available cash resources of the govern- ment and the banks, and, taking into the account the continual drain of specie for export, with the whole volume of national and bank paper, to see that such S propel is tmeenbe. But, admitting its possi- lity, it will be apparent to you that its effect would be most disastrous to the busluess aud property in- terests of the eutire community, That efect would be the iinmediate shrinkage the value of real es- tate, merchandise aud the wages of lavor in a de- gree corresponding with the contraction of the cur- rency. It would, in fact, wipe out tue greater part of the trading capital of the country, which probably does not exceed on an average twenty per cent of the aunual business trausacted, In other words, a Merchant with $20,000 of capital nay be assumed as doing & business of $100,000 a year. Having always on hand, (7) Gdnstiu or sold and unpaid for, goods of the Value of atleast sixty per cent of lus annual bust- ness, equal In gross to $60,000, if Is evident that any, audden reduction in values of thiriy-three and one-third per cent would extinguish his entire trad- ing capital and send him into the Court of Bank- ruptey. it will, therefore, be seen that of the two classes the “on to Richmond” class is the most to be dreaded, taasmauch as tue imfationists only pro- pose to conunue an evil to witich we have becomo accustomed, which is better than one certain to lead to universal bankruptcy, In dealing with Lue subject of currency it 1s destra- bie to keep steadily in mind the twofoid character of gold. First, that it 1s @ commodity, and, lke all other commodities, subject to the laws of supply and demand ; and, secondly, that it has an orice peculiar to ityelf, assigned it by the universal con- sent of mankind—toat of being the measure of the values of all other commodities. Thougit the pur- chasing power of gold has varied considerably through long periods of time, In consequence of the variable supply and demand, tt has, uevertleless, from the eaviiest periods of which we have any autientic records, maintained @ closer approxima- tion (0 @ fixed standard of value than any other commodity, Therefore, tor the purposes of legisla- tos, It pay be considered as having a fixed value established by universal asseut—wihich is a law tuat no legisiature can contravene. But | do no’ propose to enter into an exposition of the science of money, but simply to apply well established principles to our present necessities, From what has been said it wul appear that the Seylla and Charybdis, between which the ship ot State must be steered, witha firm hand an thorough knowledge of the channel, are, on the one hand, tic theory of Immediate cash payments, and, on the other, that of inflation, On the side of the former ia arrayed the great mass of the community, who pos- but hitie knowledge of the subject and whose industrial parsuits are tujuriously a: by @ Suctuating currency. On tue side of the latter, are the rich few, who seek ouly how they can best fake “hewers of wood and drawers of water” of the rest of mankind. Not & mouth has passed by dur- ing the last three years that has not aforded striking evidences of the enormous abuses resuiting from combinations of mea, in various ways, to cheat the public individually and collectively, Such combina- tions aa public tateresis and pubic policy are rendet easy and profitable by the existence of a vicious currency which always exercises a corrupt- ing and demoralizing induence on society, If a man steals a horse or a suit of clothes to protect him from the cold he is sent to the Penitentiary fora term of years. If, however, he can get control of a few millions of trust money tn times of inflation he can appropriate the whole to his own uses aud go “‘ua- whipped of justice.” Ww then, is best to be done to cure these great national and commercial evils? J answer, there isa middle course open for the consideration of Con- gress. It is the course | am about to and it is founded on the same class of principles that guide all eminent and experienced physicians whea they undertake: great and diiicuit cures —nainely, to as- ‘sist the natural laws. In the case of our redundant curreucy aad the chronic evila that have grown up under it, if We cannot get rid of it by an inatentane- ous surgical Operation the next vest thing for us to do is to prevent lig spread. If we cannot prevent gold we can dam up the evil in one and leave the laws of nature (cur- expel it In the other. to su for the accomplishment this:—Let the Secretary of the Trea- sury bo authorized and required to hold the surplus gold in the Treasury, after paying the gold interest on the debt, for the purpose of Te leer! the govern- ment currency at certain rates, to be me to Ume determined by the average price of gold, The first average might be taken on the year, and thereaiter ou each quarter, If the average of the inst expired year should be found to be 140, then that ld be the limit at which Tedemption would commence, aud no combination of speculators would have the audacity to attempt to break tho bg 4 of tne United States by creating a run on it at rice. Any such attempt would prove disastrous to the partics making \t. The govern- iment aud the national KS would stand or fall to- gether, aud together they might always have on hand one hundred millions of gold, a ¢um twenty per cent above the average held by the Bank of Eugiand, Furtsermore, the government and the banks would have the moral support of the whole country and the national creditors, But, for the purpose of filustration, let us auppose the attempt be made to break the government and the bauks, what would be the result? To accomplish the object would require (at the first average as- sured) one hundred aad forty mililons of currency, or nearly one-quarter. of the entire government and Sauk circulations. The sudden withdrawal of even one-fourth of @ hundred aad forty millions of cur- feacy from the market would make money exceed- ingly Gear, a8 We have recently witnessed in the case of the Erie Railroad officials fraudaientiy using the immense resources and the procecds of an over issue of more than 000,000 of stock of shat great cor jon to “lock np” carrency; for @ stnilar conspiracy, formed to break the Treasury, to pireh their pians further, it must appear obvious, would certainly end in the ruin of the conapiratora. Besicies, it would not be in the power of any of the ational banks to act the rd some of thei did in the krie conspiracy inst public policy, Uf any bank managers should embark in a similar fraudu- lent enterprise kx” the Treasury the remedy is simple, Make the offence & misceineanor, punisl able by adequate servitude in the State Penitenti bend the banka into immediate liquidation and con: Bike “9 ail surpius assets to the use of the govern- men But it is neediess to follow up the argument to show that combinations, be they never 4» strong, cannot tnverfere with the execution of the pian t —. When it became eertain that government, with ite vast id resources, backed by the banka, was prepa redeem ite pape fixed price, Bobody would care to exchange tyeir' greenbacks for goid at that price, and we shall titua nave erected 1 arrier Against specniation in one ‘The preci is metals Would thus be leit to gra te downw: as the legitimate business of the country increasea =Kach average would be lower than the last, aod ach year wili futroase the wold reources OF the Trowsury aud the banks pro- portionably, while the Dusiness wil! as steadily and certainly grow up t tho at preseut superabundant volume enrrency. We shail thus in a few years me ‘a specie any actual diminution o eu! KKENCY, in half @ dozen years more, will not be in Sommer the busiiess wanis of the nation, and without a4 shrinkage {n yalues, save euea ew be the result of the action of the laws of ba art demand, sn fates of Uiberenaal paste geting back b shecis ita, They are 80 ‘and go obvious that every person of ordinary reasoning powers and free prejudices can B supply them. studied this great al question lah history who have by the light of cannot fail to see the danger of rash rage M The commerct the a lal ursuits “complex ant have to other in all their and =} as @ fixed currency, and ve all kinds of industry to be regu- recognized by eminent it will not, however, be out of place to state that t of our national resources, ‘estern Sart, by Tailway acfoss the Con- ty meerialy the Legislature in ite efforts to restore @ 801 currency. The expendi- ture of another hundred miliions m creating high- =a through our vast mineral and fertile regions in ing the enormous and rapidly increas- ng le between Europe and Asia, as well as in largely to our own foreign trade, will be found to be a measure of wise economy. Such aa carey will certainly be productive of a many fold re- oy an immediate influx of foreign emigrants of bet lions of their hoarded wealth and their iabor, thereby diminishing taxation in the old States, I am sorry to observe acry is being raised by a class of mau who have sought and obtained from Congress privil denied to the rest of the commu- nity against further government aid to railways. 1 do not prapoee here to enter iato avy lengthy argu- ment to show how the financial condition of the country may be improved and the national burdens mitigated by adheri to the past rallway policy of Congress, merely have to sdy that opposition to that policy comes with the worst possible grace from those who have enjoyed almost exclusive privileges by reason of class leguiadion, unduly obtained. if this opposition should be persisted in the current of ublic opinion may set in a different direction fron: hat anticipated by a combination formed to build up @great moneyed aristocracy under the alluring claims set up for “protection to domestic industry.” ‘The trunk lines of interoceanic railway are esse’ tially national in character. They are the people’s property and will do for the country in @ dozen years: more than protection ever has or ever can do for it. Lam not opposed to moderate protection wisely ap- portioned to useful domestic manufactures, but [ see great Injustice in confining it to some branches or eet! and denying it to others, ‘ake, for in- stance, shipbuilding, and we shall find nearly all the raw materials used in construction taxed #0 heavily as to have destroyed it, iu @ great measure, as @ branch of national Industry. ‘It will be probably urged against the adoption of the proposed plan that it fixes no date at which payments shall certainly be resumed. This I wo be one of its rept advantages, Nuwer- ous attempts were made by the British government to 1x a day when the Bank of England should be obliged to resume, after its long suspension, during and subsequent to the Napoleouic wars. But year after year wore away without naming the day. When it was at length set ample time was given to enable the banks and merchants to provide for the contingency. Nevertheless great disturbances of business were the fruitful results, To instance again the illustration of skilful physicians, it would be about as wise for them to name the day and hour when their patients shali be able “to take up their beds and walk”’ as to fix a day for resuming specie payments, When we shall, little by little, have “cornered” gold below five or six per cent premium it will be time enough to namea day for making it aur, " if we legislate in aid of, or to give freedom to the laws of trade aud currency, instead of attempting to override and change tiem, we shall avoid the glaring blunders’ committed by England, under #)uu- lar circumstances, which greatly aggravated the evils complained of, it will take very little to creates @ vast commercial revulsion, such ag broke nearly all the banks and merchaats in England, shortly after*the resumption of specie payments. Let us, therefore, get back to the golden path by slow aud easy stages, and avert such widespread ruta by giv- ing time for society to adjust itseif to the changes. Meanwhile we should go on developing our latent resources of wealth by encouragiug pubiic under- takings of a stricuy national character as an ald to the cure we are endeavoring to elfect. We must no longer regard our couutry a3 a conglomeration of petty States, but asa great empire. ‘the blood of millions has cemented (he whole together and made of usa nation de /acto as well as in name. Section- allsua must hereafter be discarded by those who aspire to the high and diimouwit position of states- men. Great national objects must not be lost sight of because they seem to beneilt one locality a lide more than another, Such are a few of the considerations that ought to govern those Who are now called on to legislate on the grave Gnancial questions to which I have directed your attention. The question of fynding the debt will, under suc enlerged views of pubic policy, become comparative: easy. Frovision should be made for the gradual retirement of the at resent namerous descriptions of public securities yy the issue of ‘stock’? bearing gold interest, vot exceeding five per cent, releemable at the pleasure of the government at some fixed minimum rate; such rate would require to be fixed high enough to enable the government to eect an exchange of the new for the old securitics without damaye to the public credit, ‘The whole converston might ihus be eiecied during the flve or six years contemplated for a return to specie payments, at such times as the goverument bouds should rise to the polats fixed for their redemption. Looklag still further forward to the time when the country way be able and gy desire vo liquidate the whole debt, provision wold bave to be made w change the national bank system. This might be done by a like gradual process. As government bonis deposited with the Comptroller of the Currency aa security for bank circulation were retired by the new stock Lie notes issued therefor should be called in and government boies be |ssued in their stead, Lt is right ana proper that the public should have the advantage of such circulation instead of the banks; and if the change {a effected by a gradual and easy process, and is spread over several years, the banks would have uo just reagon to complain, The public, it will be seen, will be the gainers by substituling the government currency for the pres- ent bank notes of about $15,000,000 a year—the In- terest on $300,000,000 of bonds given as security. The government would of course receive par value for ail its notes, either in gurrent money or by & return of its own securities piedged for the present bank circulation. This is the position held by tie Bank of Engiand, whose notes are pure! by tue joint stock banks for banking | gerne There ls no reason why our banks should be placed on a more favored footing, nor will it be permitted when the public at =i undersand their interests and the merits of the question. When this point is reached—that ls, when the gov- ernment s! have become the sole issuer of cur- e) a of itgelf, and without @ dollar of taxation, extin- gush during the next twenty-five years fully one- taird of the debt simply by the increased demands for currency to meet the wants of business. To make this clear, let us suppose that we shall reach @ cash basis by the ‘ual process I have foreshadowed by the year 1873 (five years hence), without any actual contraction, but by growing up to our present volume of curreucy, and assume that the currency, then redeemable in gold at par, amounts to $700,000,000—groenbacks and bank noted The fact of the peveceasens then able to redeem at par wili be a pi uhat amonnt will be enough to satisfy the legitimate de- mands of commerce at that period. But let us look forward. say fifeen years fnrthor, to 1888 and we ehall God the population, which in 1873 only number- ed forty-five millions, has risen to about seventy imil- lions, and that the business of the country has more than Kept pace with the increase of population. By the year i888 (twenty years from now) we shall there- fore need a volume of curreucy equal co at least $1,200,000,000; and by the same parity of reasoning by 1900 we shall need $1,500,000,0v0 of currency for a Population of 100,000,009 and’ a business fourfold greater than that of tue present period. These fig- ures may deem at first sight almost overwhelming to the imagination; but when we regard the deveiop- Ment of population, banking capital and the #oou- mulation of debt during a pertod withia the mem- ory of # great number of mea now In activp business pursuits there ts 20 reason to cousider the estimace as excessive, On (he coutrary, it id more provably far below the mark. By tue year 1vdv, only thirty-two years hence, the government may thus ind the meaus of liquidaticy $1,100, 000,000 of the pudiic doot—that is, the diifer- ence between the present government (greenback) circulation of $400,000,000 aod that which will be needed at the close of ine vontary. ‘There will then be no more difieulty in reteemmg the currency at par than there will be in isis, When, by the proposed aid to be given to the jaws of currency, We may lope 000,000. 1 " to reach @ specie basis on a total of $100 Permit me to conciude with some gone i bave once reached @ specie aiways convertible into gu: racucal id. The and dis. precious metals, banks being merely the fecal agents, , of the government, which is itself simply the embou- ment of the mational will, would be bound by the strongest motives of seli-laterest and self-preserva- tion w saatain ernment in cases of panic or conapiracies to create a run ou the Treasury. If any of them should ov and become insolvent the pabiio could lose nothing by their circulation, be- cause that would be ernment paper, Tue only parties that would sw would bé the shareholders and those who trusted them, exactly aa in tie case of @ merchant, Permit ine once to say that every proposition for an immediate retura to specie payments, or for an increase of national or bank currency until we have got back to @ epecie busis by eaay slag should be rejected as Worthy @ moment's consid- eration and as the emanation of hairvrained op: timisia, So likewise should proposals to pay ud Wie national debt in haifa dozen yeara ve treated. We are new fairly ewharkya lv a uew era of eet | Coarse grained Rational cove! onm wR, and the agencies at work {fh that direction surprss ia force and energy yond ever before witnessed in the history of the family, These energies are the steam engine in ite application to railways and navicauon, the Sees tric ‘Only consider what they , don in the last thirty years in changing thé face of the earth, Why, they have done wore in creating weail and dissemi intelligence apd happiness amor the in time than whe accomplished all atner and inventions, save, perhaps, Giang nny and the power loom, during & tH had zaary 2 Exen: she printing Oram XS wi during a 300 It 18 to these poten® agencies that Congress shout took for the motos ‘4 ultimately extinguishing our vast debt without se! ous inconvenience to the people. There 1s, theres fore, no necessity of imposing or continuing oppress igeneration el wi sive taxes on the present fail ightly on the next. Tam, &¢., BB. WwW. CANADA, ° Reccption of Governor General Lord Yous@ ut Prescott, Ontario, and His Fires Welw come to Canadian Soil, OGDENSBURG, N, Y., Nov. 27, 1868. Lord Young, the new Governor General of the. Dominion of Canada, having beeu recently sent out. by the home government for the purpose of filling the place lately held by Lord Monck, arrived in New York a few days ago, and left that place last evening,; arriving here at noon to-day, en rowle for Ottar His arrival had been anticipated by the people Prescott, which village occupies a position upon St, Lawrence, directly opposite to this city, and was met at the depot of the Rome, Watertown Ogdensburg Railroad, on the arnval of thejtrain, by T. S. Detior, superintendent of the St. Lawrence ang; Ottawa Railroad, and a delegation from the of Prescott. The party proceeded very quietly im’ carriages to the Central ferry dock, where the er Prescott, appropriately decorated with Engi: colors, awaited the arriyal of the party. Not slightest ceremony was attempted or exclusivenesg® insisted upon. For the usual consideration of “ dime” per capita the crowd in attendance was mitted to accompany the illustrious official to the country of his assignment, and the opportunity wag very generally made use of, and the Govérnor Geng eral of the young Dominion was thus escorted to land of his charge by @ numerous assemblage of I Americans of all classes and conditions, Lord Young is a person of apparently about fi five years of age, of about medium height and er ps apt His hair is plentifully sprinkled with th of slivery gray, and his short side wuiskers are most wiiie., He has@ mild, bluish gray eye thi denotes much firmness and self-reliance. He accompanied by his wife, Lady Aun Young, wi comes to preside at the executive mansion of ti Dommion. Lady Young is apparently considerab! ounger than her husband, aud appears an tent type of the higher class of rLissh we frank, self-possessed and unostentatious. Bot Lord Young ‘and his lady were attired in the simp! manner, the latter in @ heavy travelling suit, the former seemed to have paid a visit to the lishment of some New York clothier, Both Governor General and his lady seemed animat with @ strong desire to obtain as eurly and as fail view of the Canadian shore as 19, and no! withsianding the mclemency oi the river breeze tha’ wafted a cold weicome from the Canadian side too! a ‘ion upon deck a3 800n a8 the boat waa Ww on cheers & United States revenue cat lying at the dock, the Governor Geyeral made a remarks concerning her appearance, and some quiries concerning the American paval force upon the Northern waters, of a Canadian gentle standing near hii, perhaps with a faint anticipate! idea of Fenian or border diMicuities, ‘On nearing the dock of the 5t. Wawrence and 0 tawa Railroad, at Prescott, which les directly und tho guos of Fort Wellingion, the guns of tno fo were observed to be fully manned, waile a battalio of volunteers Were drawn up upon bur order, together with tie Mayor aad cers of /rescott and numerous dignitaries of ous grades from Ottawa, whue bchind them was mass of enthusiastic Canailans, anxious to sal their curiosity concerning the personal apy of their future ruler, as well as io vestify ther preciation of the individual. ‘Tue sieamer bay Tounded to the dock, Lord Young, who had b attentively scrutinizing the asseniblage, and uculariy the voiunteers, hasuiy descended to lower deck with Lady Young, and soon emerge frou the cabin up the gangway pane leading he by the hand ig@ manner remiadiui of early schoo days, Tue other members or the party followed. the officers salated, Lie Woops preseuted arma, an es Fort Weillngton thundered out @ salnte th a yor of Prescott advanced aud read the follo' CS S-—= RNoY—Wo, tho Town Counefl of the to of the inhacuante tacreol, sp) c leney with profound respect aud beg to Wender ou ongraiulatious to your Ex y on your arrival this our Dominion of Canada, and we are happy that apiial has been 20 select eo that you ry will be ibis prosper it. Aware of the long voy ne fatigue incidentas therew, we do not wi weary you with a long address; we wish, however, to to your Haceliency assurances of our iWyauy 10 ber Majesty ria and agaio vid your kxceliency aad Aad Cordial Welcome, To this address Lord Young responded as lows:— Mx, MAYOR AND GENTLEMEN OF PuEscoTT—I can ont no wrilten an » your address; (or L have ony had ‘ow minutes’ fatimation of its preseutation. I receive you greeting aud assurances of conn Feiga Queen On tals my dirst try aod ‘undoubted aud whose allegiance ts t etme as mine, The prosperity and wauare of the Dominiot f Canada will be the alm of my constant endeavor, and atness of this recoption encourages me to hope that th twill beruccesstul. I would thank you for your goo words contained in your address, in bebait of Lady Aun’ wyself, with the agsurance that we wil ever bear in re: brance the Kindneas of your welcome. After a few introducitons and some formal h shaking, the Governor General was conducted to Speciai train in wailing, wolle the volunteers co termarched so a8 to face it, before entering the Lora Young paused a mowent to regard the vo teers, evidentuy noticiag the free aud easy mann with which they bore their martial responstl in contrast With regatar troops of tue line, aud not having learned the American castom of ing re, Bad rear piatiorm of ihe car and wat adieu, véfy comfortably settied hjuisylf into & Gusted seat, and as soon as Lady Youag had torily arranged numerous small packages and cols the train moved of amid cheers and a salu cannon, ‘The Canadians did not seem undaly impressed B the magnitude of the occasion, aad ag far as th Governor General was coucerned seemed to regard him With the Same spirit as that of a tail masiciamg Wao suggested to, tae leader of the volunteer b as the train wi turns, tat he should saluted with the atr of “Un, he’s a jolly good fellow# Tanugaration of the New Governor Ottawa, Dec. 1, 1863, Sir John Young to-day was sworn in as Govern General of the Dominion. The ceremony was ¢ Chartes Gariles, Convicted of Murder at Seneca, N. Y.y aud Sentenced to Bo ti January 8, From the Bnifalo Courier, Nov, 30.) 4 ‘The triai of Charies Garies, beet bo Ae hen murder of the German bird catcher, Marcus 2 Jetu, at West Seneca, on'the night of the 17th of J last, resulted in the couvietion of the prisoner murler in the fret degree. A aumber of physictang tuesses on the trial, aad were questioned a of the prisoner. All but one, we believ agreed in his sanity, and that one expressed belief that he was insane, That was demented ally conceded. ihe desence seb up Was that » Dub this failing there could be but one ¥i dict brought im in view of the a firimative evide and that murder i Und first degree. Coupled, n ever, With the verdict Was Lae recommeadaiion the Jary that che sentence o; the court ve commut Salurday morning Jauge Lurker caiod the coi victed man up for sentence, aud apon ascing him be had anything to say why the seatence of the la Siould not be passed npod hue, ue siuply bow his head tn an Kilotic Way aud mad? no respons dudge Barker expressed his approdation of uy recommendation of the jury asu procecded to painful duty of parsing the seuteace, the prison remaining stolid aud unmoved curing the wh Tue senteuce was:—That he be taken tw the conn! Ja and there conitued unul tue an day of Janu 1869, and on that day, between the Lours of ten tiie forenoon aad Wires tn tie to the place of execution and li wots be Was dead, Through the politeness of Mr. Jailer Harris were allowed to see the pri r yesterday. seems to have no concepion ther the hetou oss of tie erline Of Wien it 408 serious Ruport of Bie seu him, Weasked him if te wad stoud Titesuaeive, but h of the Judge; he repit sabsequens efforts ai said he could ry lanation were failures. sens somewhere where he would rater be hung ot Clothe Xpected to b a8 near aa We cau leara irou Bid. o the Seventy-moth regiment New York Voluute for about two years, He has spent about eighvoo months iu the lusané aepartment of the poor iiouag! in tis county.. He las been utder arrest jor Lors@) stealing, for nearly Killing @ wan with an ax nely fi and aiterwards sitiking @ verrivie blow with yan tro Wedge, In personal appearaace he is abovetthe mos dium heigut, of wit fuuscular buitd, pallfd faces! sunken, almost lack-lustre eyes, cu hared my low forehead, Wick head botween th cars; is the merest aaiual, wi y enough of nat mental aod moral qualiles to cevate Ain Boove the brute, and, added Lo these, ue is aaquessionably de mented. > —_— =