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4 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1868,-TRIPLE SHEET. in the State, He is now old, but has preserved his could be satisfactory uniess the voices of the en- sonorous voice, ana even in the open air 1 did not ascertained, larged electoral body were All means EUROPE. lose a word of He did not venture to | were, therefore, taken b the Ministry to expedite speak of a monarchy, ‘but chiefly insisted upon “the | that appeal, and @ special statute was passed for conquest of liberty” gained by the Spaniards aud She parpons. the means of preserving it. Although the general election has elicited, in the The Aspirants for the Spanish | armyo, marca te the sechaangiter of ODeunely | expression of feeling when ke remarkable degree 5 je step-da w a P &@ man of violent temper and ho great talent. | has justified their anticipations, and which in deal- Throne. The only noticeable part of his speech was | ing with the question in controversy no wise states- when he uttered the words “hereditary monarchy,” | man would disregard, it is now clear that. the pres- a which caused a tremendous tumult, 80 that he was | ent administration cannot expect to comm: the pT gL ed lowes ut nol ‘nder these ums isters: this the crowd dispersed, dividing itself into two | have felt it i THE ALABAMA CLAIMS, | this the crowa dispersed, dividing itself into two due to their own honor end to the policy they SRD DOr, not to retain office unnecessarily for a single day. They hold it to be more consistent with ~ aeeate ie bare sesame "ane with the oe ence of public business a season, as wel more conducive to the just tnfihence of the conserva- tive party, at once to tender the of their offices to her Majesty rather than to wait for the a3- semmbling of a Parliament in which, im the present aspect of affairs, they are sensible that they must be in a minority. In thus acting, her jesty’a government have seen no cause to modify those opinions upon which they deemed it their duty to found their counsel to the Sovereign on the question of the disestablish- ment and disendowment of the Church. They re- main convinced. that the proposition of Mr. Glad- stone is wrong in principle, probaly impracticable in conduct, and, if practicable, wot be disastrous in its effects, While rea‘ly at all times to give a fair considera- tion and willing aid to any plan for the improve- ment of the Church in Ireland, to the policy which they opposed last session, rife, as they believe it to be, with many calamities to society and the state, they will continue in whatever position they occupy, to offer an uncompromising resistance. B. DISRAELI. The Alabama Claims, {From the London Times, Dec. 5.) We had occasion to congratulate the public the other day upon the unqualified assurances given by the American Minister at Birmingham respecting the arrangement he had effected with Lord Stanlcy- He told us that the disagreements *between the two countries “had been so completely dispelled that there was not the remotest probability that any difll- culties, serious or otherwise, would ever recur.” ‘There can be no doubt that this assurance is sub- stantially correct. We may remind our readers of the terms of the convention which Lord Stanley and Mr. Johnson concluded. A commission would be appointed, in which the two governments would be equally represented, and to which the conflicting claims arising out of the late war, with some other matters of a similar nature, would be referred. But with respect to the most Important of these claims— those which were occasioned by the Alabama—a prior question had to be considered. The English government have contended, in opposition to that of the United States, that we cannot lawfully be held liable for the depredattons of that ship, The Ameri- can government assert that there is a case against us in international law, and we have pleaded “not gullty.”” This preliminary question was considered of such importance as to demand a reference to a more authoritative tribunal, and tt was agreed, therefore, that it should be submitted to the arbitra- tion of the King of Prussia, In the event of his deciding that we are not liable for the acts of the Alabama, all claims on the score of that vessel would fall to the ground; but if he decidea against us, the commission would coustder the reclamations of American merchants in detail. Such were the material points of the agreement, and we believe that when the United States government had been made acquainted with the arrangement a message was received by Mr. Johnson, through the Atlantic telegraph, stating that “the claims’ convention’? was approved, Subsequent messages were received through the same agency suggesting some slight emendations. At the last moment, however, a pro- posal has been transmitted by telegraph for a more serious modification. Mr. Seward suggests that the primary question of our liability for the escape and consequent depredations of the Alabama shoyld be referred, not to the King of Prus: but to tne same commission as will consider the points of dispute in detatl. It will be felt that this 1s a proposal to which we could hardly assent. The commission contemplated will, of course, be composed of good lawyers, who are perfectly capable of applying to particular cages the recognized princi- pies of international law; but they could scarcely be Socepted as a final authority on those ee They Could not be regarded asa court of ultimate appeal on one of the most diMcult questions which have ever arisen in this most diMcult and, same time, most important branch of law. Thi country is charged with having neglected its inter- national obligations. Weare not prepared to sub- mit the question of the culpability of a great nation to the decision of five respectable lawyers. We have @ right to demand a higher tribunal on such a point, and it may be added that we are not the only country ral Serrano, and joined at the Puerta del Sol b; tumultuous grou} shouting “Viva la repudlical” Serrano appeared on the balcony and said afew words, expressive of his sympathy, without entering into any political h SUR Oe Not 80 General Prim, who sprang out r him, violently excited, and boldly proposed a monarchy. voice was some- what drowned by the noisy acclamations of the crowd, but | distinguished bis last words:—‘We are all samned, and if ay one says there is a difference of opinion between General Prim and General Ser- rano you may tell him that he lies, We have all one object—to assemble the Cortes and to place in their hands the standard which shall crown the edifice where the sacred deposit of our liberties will be guarded. We are all of one mind. To say that we ure not Is false—false—false |"” Methinks the General doth protest too much, Then comes Admiral Topete, who spoke a few words without either force or eloquence. A good sailor he may be, but he may reserve his oratory for the quarter deck. The Royal theatre is about to be shut, as no one attends it. In the theatre of Jovellanos a comedy entitled ‘To Oppress Is Not to Govern” 1s having im- mense success, ‘The expulsion of the nuns from their convents, which certainly seems incompatible with religious tolerance, has excited a lied sensation, and hun- dreds of the first ladies of Spain have signed a vest against this decree. In every department there is a complete change of employés, as was to have been expected. but you may conceive the misery and poverty resulting therefrom, Seflor Posada Herrera 1s named Ambassador to Rome, Seiior Espeina to Florence, Sefior de Monte- mar to Berlin, Sefior Rancés to Vienna, Seftor Blas to the Hague, Seior Asquerino to Brussels and Seilor Alarcon to Copenhagen. All are democrats and generally newspaper editors. ‘The question is, who or what are these gentlemen to represent? On the 15th, day of St. Eugénla, a féte was held 4s usual, at the palace of the Countess of Montijo, attended by men of all parties and colors, It is cer- tainly the flret time that 1 ever saw a dull reception in those splendid saloons. Every one seemed pre- occupied, and it was whispered about that the Count- ess had received some news from France of an alarming nature. ‘fhe Pope’s Nuncio, Monsignor Franchi, had dined at the French embassy, where he had met Olozaga, which occasioned many com- ni ments. iece of news I can give you is arumor which I believe to be perfectly unfounded, but which has gained ground within a day or two—viz., that General Prim is in correspondence with the ex- Queen; that if he is able to bring her back it will be on the condition of his being President of the Coun- cll of Ministers, and that if he can place her son upon the throne (the first plan failing) he is to be regent. I give you this for what it is worth, and shall write to you when the Cortes meet. A Prospective [Cabinet for a Prospective Re- public. The Madrid Impartial, of the 20th November, pub- lishes the following list of the probable members of the Soveeias in the event of a republic being proclaimed:— Espartero—President of the Republic. Orense—Minister of Finance. Castelar—Minister of Foreign Affairs. Figureras—Munister of the Interior, Sorni—Minister of Justice. Pierrad—Minister of War and Marine. ENGLAND. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. Disraeli Changes His Tactics and the Min- istry. Lonpon, Dec, 5, 1868, As 1s usually the case in this most unfortunate era for correspondents the cable has superseded the most of my letters during the past fortnight by carrying you the news of Disraell’s resignation, Mr. Gladstone’s appointment as Premier and the resuits of his efforts to form a Cabinet. The cart is thus put French Interference Between Rome and Italy. The steamships Java, Captain Lott, of the Cunard line, and the Cimbria, Captain Berends, of the Hamburg, American Packet Company, arrived at this port yesterday with mails and details of telegrams up to the 6th inst. Subscriptions ere announced by the French papers for the erection of monuments to M. Berryer at Mar- seilles and Angerville, His Excellency General Dix has taken spartments in the rue de Presbourg for the winter, The accession of Greece to the monetary conven- tion of December 23, 1865, is about to be consecrated by an exchange of declarations. The new arrange- ment comes into force on New Year's Day. {no the Italian Chamber of Deputies, in Florence, on the 1st inst., the Naturalization bill for including all Italians was adopted by 68 votes wo 43, Ata meeting of the Deputies of the Majority, in Florence, on the 2d, the Italian Minister of Finance announced that he intended to present without de- jay a bill to do away with the forced currency of bank notes. Four more men have been sentenced to death at Rome. They are Ajano and his three companions, ‘whose house in the Lungaretta at Rome the Zouaves took by assault in the autumn of 1867, The prison- ers have appealed to a higher court. ‘The Spanish provisional government has abolished the quarantine which closed the ports of the king- dom to Algerian vessels for the past two years. This measure, 80 important for the commerce of the African colony, has already been attended with ex- cellent results, The Corréspondance Italienne announces that the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has received satisfactory communications relating to the projected arrange- ments between Italy and the other Powers for guar- anteeing the most rapid transmission possible for the Anglo-Indian mails via Brindis!. The number of persons arrested in Paris on Decem- ber 4in consequence of the demonstration at the cemetery of Montmartre was only sixty-two, and not 300, as alleged by the Figaro. Among those arrested ‘were many children and college boys, Thirty-seven of the persons taken into custody have since been discharged, SPAIN. A Glance at the Aspirants to the Throne=The Persounel of the Republican Leaders—The Democratic Demonstration of the 16th ef November=Those Who Were Present and ‘What They Said—Miscellaneous News. MavRID, Nov. 2, 1868. Spain continues in a state of chaos, and he would be @ bold prophet who would venture to predict what will be the eventual solutton of the problem. ‘The leaders of this fortunately bloodless revolution have demolished the edifice before calculating with what matertals itis to be rebuilt. On one pointall seem agreed:—The dynasty of the Bourbons has ended. The last of the race sought for shelter in the very chateau which contains the cradle of the founder of on whose behalf such @ demand should her family. Had the cry “Down with the Bour- | completely before the horse. You know the end of | maintained. ll nations are concerned in the bons!” been merely “Down with the Queen !’’ there | the play before you have seen the first acts, The | Solemn decision of a delicate int in internationa: law, and it is important that 1s littie doubt that a large party would have favored the accession of the Prince of the Asturias, a fine boy of eleven, with aregency. But, as generally happens in these cases, many of the chiefs of the conclusion of the story will be read before you re- ceive the opening chapters. It now only remains for me to condense into a few brief paragraphs one of the most remarkabie episodes m English political the Court of ae should be such as to command the general deference of the world. Nor, again, is it at all unreasonable to say that the two American members of the proposed commission would proba- bly come to the consideration of the question with revolution, especialiy of the generals, have gone | history. their minds strongly prejudiced, and this would tend further than they at first intended, and cannot now | When tt was found that the late elections had | to increase a counter biaa which might be found in go back with safety; besides which, the choice of a | given Mr. Gladstone a very decided majority upon | Wout aihen be oe autho Tom, Ju 8 word, independent nor a. suMiclently authoritative tribunal; and to submit to it the preliminary question of our liability would be consistent on our part neither with justice nog with dignity. we have already said, we are only discussing the necessarily imperiect information given by tele- graph and further explanation may remove all aificulty; but itjwill beseen that if this question haa been seriously raised, the ment between the two governments ig not yet so complete as has been believed and represent ‘There would seem, however, to have been some misconception of Mr. Johnson’s position. It was understood that he was as fully empowered to represent the government of the United States as Lord Stanley to represent our own government. Of course, any agreement he _—_ make would be subject to the spproval of the United States Senate, just as Lord Stanley's acts would be subject to discussion in Parliament. But we had reason to believe that any arrangement agreed to by Mr. Johnson would be accepted and supported by hisgovernment. In this we seem to be disappointed, and we a| ll to have to deal with Mr. Seward himself. Such a result would be unfortunate, Lord Stanley, perhi is chiefly to be condoled with in being disappointed of the honor of completing this long-desi settlement before his term of ofice expired. But the fault is not his, and he must always retain the credit of having done everything to deserve success, Should the Ce vig f be surmounted, the honor of the achievement will be due to him, It 1s unfortunate, indeed, that this regent would have occasioned as much dissension 43 that of a sovereign. The candidates for the crown are the Duke of Montpensier, Don Fernando of Portugal, Don Juan, ex-King of Saxony, Prince Amadeo of Savoy, on Carlos (styled by his partisans Charles the Seventh), Espartero as Don Baldomero the First, and General Prim as Juan the First, Emperor. To each and all of these there are objections, even among the mo- narchical party. Montpensier, with a good head, crafty and avari- cious, has lavished large sums to bring about the dethronement of his sister-in-law; but, finding that his cause 13 decidediy unpopular here, is putting for- ward the pretensions of his son-in-law, the Count of Paris. Either of these nominations would be highly distasteful to Napoleon, Don Fernando of Portugal, who has long since prove his conformity with Shakspeare’s doctrine, “Uneasy lied the head that wears @ crown,” and who leads a retired life in his palace of Las Necesidades, which rather resembles a museum than a royal resi- dence, devoting himself to the fine arte and greatiy affecting the society of artists both male and the Irish Church question, the tories, who were not at allsurprised at this result, had pretty well arranged what should be done. When the liberal majority was first announced to Mr. Disraeli he very calmly remarked to his informant, “They are not in office yet.” Taking the cue from these words, leading tory Politicians laid out a programme which I have already sketched for you in the superseded epistles, and to which they asserted, and I think believed, that Mr. Disraeli was distinctly committed. That policy was to stay in office, force the fighting and take the chances that might turn up in the melée, These chances were better than might be at first supposed. To begin with, it was not at all a cer- tainty that the debate upon a vote of want of confidence in the government might not reveal another liberal split, like that formerly known as the Cave of Adullam. Particularly was this probable ff the personal and philosophical dis- sensions among leading liberals were adroitly worked up in the meantime. In the second piace, supposing the government to be ousted, the tories might re- gain power in a struggle over the next Premier. It was matter of common Knowledge that the Queen personally distiked Earl Russell and Mr. Gladstone, and it was thought that she would insist upon send- ing for some liberal Peer, like Glanville or Somerset. female, will cert his ‘Then would come liberal heart-burnings, jealousies | doubt should have been raised at’ the very moment “ Meo ptt d Rg rd lus Fetreat (0 | ana enmities. So, at the worst, the torles would | when the Foreign Office is changing hands. Some sae Se face enemies divided and weakened, and, at the best, sg of Saxony is little known, and a for- delay must neeessarily be caused, and tt is incon- they might secure another lease of power. venient that the threads of a complicated negotia- priv rey y ot oe eee cptane ‘This waa the programme down to last week; but | tion should have wo be transferred at a critical mo- , 4jon Carlos for whose liberal principles his par- | 12,the meantime Mr. Disraeli had secured for hig | ment. Lord Clarendon, on his accession to office, wife and children the peerage of Beaconsfield and | will find himself at once engaged in a difficult task. tisans make themselves responsible, ts a simple and had been seriously considering his positio! colle ble ho, if not itively imbecile, ts - 7 Ss position, policy | He brings, however. ample skill and experience to filly wait wo hold ‘the reing of government. ‘Var | 484 Prospects. The plan he finally decided upon | his post, and we are coniident that he will achieve a une | nonentities have been proposed, | Startted his friends and confused his opponents. He | 4 guccessful conclusion. Pes 9 degen. og , | went down to Windsor, dined with the Queen, asis but net one who reunites the popular suffrages, One would aimost believe that, like the Pretorian Guard, in ancient Rome, the officers will be obliged to offer tho crown to the bighest bidder, ‘ The pretensions of Prim are Cah ridiculed, mentioned in the Court Circular, and talked the whole matter over unofiicially. The Queen, who has the utmost confidence in his wisdom and sincerity, adopted all his views. On Monday he assembled hi ministerial friends and told them that he was about The President Elect of the United States and the Vacant Generalship of the Armies. {From the London Morning Herald, Dec. 6.) At the very outset of his term the new President and Espartero, now seventy-eight years of age, will | t9 resign. “Who will be Premier, then?” asked Mr. ; 1 wa he ‘ . , Mr. 4 ing to discharge which will be pt ~— career. oe " “I have most’ strongly urged her Majesty to | the views held by General Grant in relation to the pubitc? send for him.” On Wednesday Mr. Disraci’s resig- | future government of the South have been the sub- Almost at the head of the pure republican party is Don Emilio Ca: ciur, a hot-headed young man, but a brilliant and flery ora'or, Who dismissed some time ago from his post of professor in the University on account of the deistical principles which he incul- cated on lis pupils. Lis speech at the great dem. ocratic ineeting held here some days ago Was one of the most brilliant pieces of oratory Lever listened to and was received with deafening applause. Having friends in all parties, { accompanied Don Juan b, to hear this popu ar tribune; but to give even a faint idea of his speecn is next to impossible. He con- siders this rev. luton aa destined to regenerate all those nauions now groaning under monarchical tyranny aad to unite Spain in a secret bond of union nation was formally accepted and Mr. Gladstone was telegraphed to come to Windsor. To-day, as Premier, he is submitting his new Cabinet to the Queen, and the names will be telegraphed to you be- fore midnight. ‘This is indeed quick work. Before the elections are actually over—tor the two Scotch universities have not yet finished polling—the will of the people is carried out and the man of the people is Premier of England. Americans think themselves very fast; but in the United States you have to walt from November to March before the new President can be inaugurated, Mr. Disraeli has at last fairly won the hearts of all Lugitsnmen. The ject of mere surmise. He cannot keep the pubilc in doubt much longer. It will be neces: for him to appoint a Cabinet, and whatever course he may take the tendency of his mind will be revealed, Should he decide to keep the nt heads of departments in oMice—a most imp! le supposition—the people would know how to read his opinions. | In ey new appointment he will be stripping away the veil with which he has surrounded himself. It is a circumstance altogether unprec in American history, and one Well worthy to be borne in mind hereafter, that @ President should be deliberateiy chosen by the people while they were ignorant of his intentions with — to the most important question of the ni > - . papers are full of praises of his pluck and his fair ir ieved in their candidate's With that of Atwerica, ‘ihe word, We declared, is one play, Te iberals and the tories are equally elated. trough Woyalty, and. hie desire to do well. There ® onehe e- ad . ‘or once everyholy seems to be satisfied with the | was, no doubt, an influential section of the republi- yast necropolis, a map painted black whereon are but three bright red spots—the United States, Swit- verland and Spain. ‘three or four others have sumed a grayish tint, but the rest are black as night, fle spoke disparagingly of the French Emperor (“whose pulse,” said he, we have felt, “and he is very sick’’—bitter.y of the King of Russia. ‘As to religion, he declared that he was firsta Catholic, then a Christian and now waged war against ali external worship or positive religion. Among other things he remarked that by putting down the Church the State wouid economize two hundred miliions. All this part of his discourse ‘was listened to almost in silence. But shouts of ap- jause followed his witty dissection of ali the candi- ites for the crown. Equal to Castelar in talent and superior in head is Sefor Rivero, the most distinguished lawyer in Spain, supporter of the reyovution, democratic in his prin- ciples, but advocating a monarchy, as does also Befior Olozaga. ‘On the lu the partisans of the Democratic Mon- archy, as they style themselves, met in the great court below the palaces, spreading over the Campo dei Moro, Placards had been posted up in all the principal atreets of Madrid announcing this meeting. At twelve o'clock an immense crowd was assembled. tory leader. His letter to the newspapers is spoken of a8 @ model. His tact, his administrative skill, his great abilities are declared by the Times to have shed lory upon himself, his party and hiscountry. I fave never seen the political horizon #0 rose-colored. But, looking at Mr. Disraeli aside from all this flattery, it seems to me that he has grown iately. He is becoming earnest. Having gained ali the rewards which the ambition of an Engiisuman can crave he is about to begin a new and more solemn career. He has been educating himself as well as his party. ‘The tory organs assert that the seats of the new liberal ministers will be again contested; for van member will have to be re-elected upon taking oiflice. 1do not believe that Mr. Disraeli will allow this. He is going to act with the utmost frankness until he faces the new Ministers in Parliament, and then will come @ contest as nd as that upon the Catholic emanct- ation question and as historical in its consequences, pon one thing you may rely: Mr. Disraeli will again become Premier at no distant year. He is deter- mined that the tory party shall have its proper rota- tion in office. He has had his turn; now it is Giad- stone's; next it will be his own again. He has governed England well; he has made @ Napoleonic retreat, and he will return from his opposition Elba cans who chose General Grant because they could not help themselves. To have gone t him would have ruined them, and therefore they Dro- nounced tn his favor. But the 7ridune long resisted the nomination, and Grant in unmeasured terms, just as Wendell eauipe, is dol to this day. Hence, too, it will be ni that radical journals in this country, which fancy they have an “afinity’ with American radicals, received the news of Grant's success with great coldness, ‘They are, to use an Americanism, “on the fence.” They wait to see ‘what course events will take before jumping down. The first appointments of the new President will be pd Stee ‘or these aad other waverers to /hemsel ves, Another appointmeat which must be filled up when Grant becomes President is that of Com- mander-in-Chief. Jt 48 believed that Lieatenant General Jere atd - - L— semagphd fd. ey ene no appointment is mare probable, - ration of his fellow soldier 18 almost without bounds. Sherman has never ived his deserts from the American people. All the honors were showered upon Grant; and Sherman, Who had done scarce! less than Grant, and as some believe very mu Tore, was sent out t fight savages on the Plains. Vari i dy played the popular hymn of | #4 certainly as sunshine. Purses were made up for Grant, and house and Riego. The ingar perfect order prevailed whtte oe The Re mth f the Conservative Govern. sec tong more, his rett tng: dispontion deen Fors, Gate, eee tele ened the neglect with whieh Ne” as been treated. o'clock Olozaga made his appearance and began his discourse in the midst of a dead silence, Olozaga is no doubt one of the most eloquent ora- tora in Spain. In appearance he is somewhat coarse, but firm and energetic, He has held in succession Nearly all the highest posts in this country, In #44, While President of the Council and tutor of the ttle Queen Isabel, then in her fourteenth year, he ‘Was atraigued before the Cortes on @ charge of high treason, having forced her Majesty to sign @ decree giving him bower to dissolve the O He was said to have locked the doors and obliged the Queen to sign her name, directing her hand, When he had pe ‘was found in iears and violently agitated, ‘ne next morning, having confessed the cause of ment. ‘On the 24 inst. Mr, Benjamin Disraeli, late Premier of Great Britain, published the following circular, announcing the resignation of the government of which he was the honored head:— If Parliament were sitting I should not have adopted this course; but as the public acts of a Ministry should not be misunderstood, and as there are no other means of explaining their motives, 1 have taken the liberty of thus addressing the conser- Vative members in both houses of Parliament. When her Majesty's government, in the spring of this year, were placed in a minority in the House of A man like Butler frould not have allowed the people to forget him, and he would have clamorea for honors if they were not spontaneously gre Sherman is a yery nt man. rant will unquestionably seek to ee, him ina ore of honor 48 soon as Wie dth of ih arrives. ere 18 no single man on whose advice he will be disposed to place 80 much reliance as upon Sherman's, and even the most astute of politicians will find it a work of diMeulty to make ee ip of these two straight forward soldiers. 1f Butler objects to Sherman’s 4 pointment the people ought to be all the better fied with it. What Butler opposes must be intrin- sically |. President Grant will begin his rale to General Serrano, then o ehand- | Commons on the question of disestablishing the | under circumstances such as none of his predeces- pod igh A men in #pain, by Aeivaes oe de- | Church in Ireland, they had to consider that the | sors haveenjoyed, Wasuttaton alone excepted, He prived Sionage of his post, rh | he was ordered to | policy proposed had never been submitted to the 3m ye of doing good before him such a8 etand his . Ail Who can remember the eloquence | country, and they believed that the country would | few in any or pation have possessed, Grant and lawyer-like precision with which he defended | not sanction it. never makes diffuse speeches in depreciation of bis imself, ina Which lasted three days, can They therefore felt it their duty to advise her | rivals, nor issues laborious manifestoes in vindlea to eae his oratorical powers. As no one | Majesty to dissolve Pariiament; but to make an ap- | tion of himself. He will do his duty none the less wished to condemn him, his escape to Poriugai be- | peal to the obsolete constituency would have been | effectually because he does not make stump orations tore sentence passed was winked at by the gov- | an absurdity, and the candid opinion of the country | In praise of his cay wcities from one end of the eoun- eramont. Since then he has held the highest of coincided With that of Parilament, that no course ' try to the other, That the bromise of his rule way be fulfilled must be the wish of all true friends of America, whether they call themselves Conservatives or radicals. ROME. French Interference Between Rome and Italy~The Modus Vivendi—Lord Napier in italy—Fox Hunting—The Pope on War. RoE, Nov, 21, 1868, The expectations raised by the arrival in Rome of the Marquis de Banneville, as inaugurator of anew line of policy on the part of the French government towards the Holy See, have not been realized as yet, the only important event which has been accom- plished through his mediation having been the pay- ment Of 3,000,000 lire into the Papal Treasury on ac- count of the sum still due from the Italian govern- ment, M. de Larderel, secretary of the French Em- bassy at Florence, brought the draft for the money from the National Bank of Italy, payable at the Pontifical State Bank, and the French Ambassador transmitted it to the Pope's Minister of Finance last Saturday. As tothe modus vivendi nobody seems to think anything more about it, nor of the recall of the French troops from the Papal territory. I feel convinced that during the lifetime of the present Pope no innovation on the actual state of affairs will be made with the consent of the French Emperor, and a3 the limita- tation for every Pontificate subsequent to that of St. Peter has been established by tradition and by fact at twenty-five years, Napoleon III. may hope to keep Pio Nono undisturbedly on the throne, which he’has occupied already for upwards of twenty-two years, until the natural completion of his reign. I do not imagine that his Holiness expects to form an exception to the long series of his predecessors in respect to the duration of his Pontificate, and it 1s evident that he has for some time contemplated with serenity the foreclosing of his allotted term, as he has entrusted to the learned Jesuit Fathers Piccirillo and Ballerini the task of writing the history of his eventful Pontificate. Orders have been given to the employés of the archives and Secretary of State’s offices to furnish all the documents that may be re- quired by the historians, and a sketch of their pre- liminary labors has already been submitted to the Pope, who has perused it with attention and added important marginal observations. At present, how- ever, his Holiness is in the enjoyment of admirable health, and, as he Is very often in public, his satis- factory appearance is easily verified. ‘The Pope has honored Dr. Newman with an invi- tation to be present at the approachi General Council, but 1 understand that the invitation has been respectfully declined on the plea of ill health and the infirmities of age. Archbishop Manning is expected in Rome for Christmas. Prince Humbert and the Princess Marguerita were to pass through Rome on the 234, without stopping, of course, on their way to Naples; but I been informed that their Royal H another route southward, as ithad ted them, I should think,without any foundation, that the condemned prisoners, Monti and Torrietti, would be executed on the very day that they (the Prince and _ cess) had fixed to pass through the Eternal Lord Napier, of Magdala, disappointed the British visitors and residents in Rome on Sunday morning. The General was expected from Florence; ia apart. 1t was passares were gbtained for his baggage, ments were en, ed for his atay here, whlch, rief, a3 he was on his way to In- known, Would be riny fa 8 fer the Order of the Star of India p 6 Pacha of t en route, The station was ronged on the jing in question by a deputa- tion of British enthusiasts desirous to receive the General with an ovation of welcome; but the train arrived without the Abyssinian hero, and tater in the day Mr. Odo Russell received a telegram an- nouncing that Lord Napier, pressed for time, had taken the Brindist route. Fuad Pasha, although far from well, is better, and itis said that he proposes continuing his journey to Pisa, Count Fé d’Ostiano, of Brescia, who has been back- wards and forwards several times this summer be- tween Florence and Rome, has returned lately to the Palazzo di Firenze, in this city. This diplomatist has been much suspected of being the bearer of pro- positions for an amicable understanding between he Italian and Pontificial governments, but I think Head assure your readers that such is not the case, ie Count has been charged by his government to take pogsession of the palace, which was formerly the an Embassy, and to put the archives in order, but nothing tends to confirm the supposition that he has been entrusted with a more important peice 3 Signor Posada has been appointed repre- sentative of the present Spanish government at the Court of Rome. Fox hunting commenced in the Campagna on ‘Thursday, The new master of the hounds, Prince Giustinianl, alias Lord presided at the meet, on foot, strange to say. ere were about thirty-five gentlemen and one lady mounted. The lady and two gentlemen only were Boailth, but the crack American riders, Miss Hosmer and Mr. Oush- man, did not make their appearance in the field, as their feud with the hunt committee has not yet been cd Everybody that can get away from Rome is run- ning down to Naples to see the Lay my of Vesuvius, On the afternoon of the 19th the Pope inspected, the Belvidere Court, @ rifled bat and @ mountain mule he ge per eed to him by Catholic com- mittees of and Lavendée, In his reply to E address of Colonel de Charrette the follo the most remarkable portion of his Holiness’ speech:—“It may seem strange for me, who am the minister of peace, to be seen among arms and artillery materials; but I am the minister of God and it must be recollected that the God of peace is also tobe waged un. ceasingly against evil. 1, the Vicar of Jesus Chris' defend in this world truth, justice and the right o! every one, and, therefore, in this world every one ought to unite to defend me in my right, which is that of the Holy Church. GERMANY. Exciting Debate In the Lower Chamber—Dr. Leonhardt Cornered—Violent Reply of Hon. ‘Twesten—Great Commotion in the House— Hons. Lasker, Dr. Jacoby, Waldeck and Virchow Take Part in the Debate—Defeat of Government Motions. BERLIN, Dec. 3, 1868. In the dearth of political and general news at pre- sent on hand a late fracas at the Lower Chamber be- tween the Minister of Justice, Dr. Leonhardt, and Hon. Twesten, Virchow and other liberais comes like @ godsend, and will form the principal topic of my to-day’s letter. The day before yesterday the discus- sion on the Budget was continued, and.in the course of it, the government having demanded 1,000 thalera for the substitution of a Supreme Judge in cases of absence or sickness, the opposition strongly opposed it, The government Commissary of the Judiciary Department endeavored in a lengthy speech to jus- tify the demand; but the opposition insisted that the Minister of Justice should have no right whatever to interfere with the appointments of supplementary or additional judges, as experience haa shown that such a course was detrimental to the proper administration of justice. Dr. Leon- hardt then thought fit to launch out into a reviow of his activity since his accession to oMice last year. He designated this as a very unpleasant motion, one attacking the highest court of the coun- try, whose organization had been firm for a period of a century. As far as his recollection went no Su- preme Court in any large or small State had ever hitherto been subject to such an attack. He had ad- mitted last year that in principle it was not desir- able to admit additional judges to the Supreme Bench, and promised to have no recourse to such a proceeding except in cases of necessity and after the most careful examination. He thought that no- body in the House would assert that anything con- trary to this promise had been done by him. Why, then, this motion? It could not be on account of thousand thalers nor on account of the additional judges who had been appointed, They should con- sider the diMculty of keeping the bench in its com. plete number, owing tothe aged judges being fre- quently prevented attending on account of sickness, and also from some of them accepting seats in the Legislature. He was far from saying that those members of the Supreme Court who had seats in the House (we may name here Hon. Waldeck, the stanch democrat, also Reichensperger) were not of great assistance to it, though he must express strong doubts as to their furthering the progress of business in the Supreme Court. As to the judictal point, he expres: his conviction that the appointment of supplementary judges was perfectly legal. If they thought by striking out the 1,000 theiers to prevent him from oe such appointments they could not do tt, He would admit that they would save tio Money, but they would not gain their other point. With some warmth he proceeded:—Gentiemen, Ido Not doubt that the royal government agrees with me on that point. I have been called by his Majesty the King to the bead of the judicial administration of this great country; it 1s my duty to superintend the entire a oe of the courts, and I am my- self responsible, My duty I shall perform, and with such energy of purpose as will leave nothing to be desired, (“Bravo !’ by the conservativ Gentle- men, be not deceived about me b; porte; | have no liberal prociivities r.) Still leas do I like to listen to party overtures. “Bravo |” by the federalists.) What, then, will en- suc? 1 shall make thease appointinenis and bie an ries will come tuto the cla Ther would be tho contilet—a confies whic te govern ment never thought to provoke, but which it cannot (General st gentle. now help, sensation.) Fed = will not go 60 Pig i not make iments e due administration — of fuatios ct an be without them, But you will do well to reconsider your motion, by which you do not attain what you wish, and which will only cause,you, a8 I fear, much vexation. A Minister of Justice, firm in his right and dis) to exercise it, can atiain his object in spite of any resolutions of yours, Again, reflect on What a Minister of Justice can do in such a strait. He can be very severe in the matter of furloughs, and if he grant any it would be done only at the expense of the absentee. Those members of the Supreme Court who have seats in this House would be treated on this principle, and you would grce me never to oe to his maenty to appointmentof a Supreme dae if Thad not the previous assurance that he would not accept a seat ip this House. (Cries on the left of “Oh!”) Gentlemen, I have told you beforehand that you will be much vexed, though I don’t desire that you should be go, prosided pond do not force the posit on an me, and with that I close. (General ex- The speaker who followed as soon as order was somewhat restored, though President Forckenheck’s bell rang @ long time in vain, was Hon, Herr ‘I'wes- ten, who proceeded as follows:—We have never been assailed, even in the most severe and desperate con- stitutional conflicts, by such violent taunts and threats as we have just heard from the mouth of the Minister of Justice, (Stormy Sip lanae.) In such & case we were told by the Minister of the Interior to waive our opposition on one point, and he would give Way on another, To-day the Minister of Justice tells us in a matter concerning a thousand thalers only that our opposition would provoke a govern- ment conflict. That su everytl heretofore Sampras, upon us. (Great applause.) I hope, how- ever, the honorable gentleman will reconsider his threats before carrying them out. I hope his resolves ‘re not unalterable. In the year 1866 he wished the Austrians might be victorious over ug; in the year 1868 he signs his name to that document which con- fiscates the be oh 2 of his former king. (Stormy interruption and general commotion in the House.) I hope that here, too, his views may allow of a change, for if we strike out a sum of money, and he declares nevertheless he will expend it, we have at once & government conflict—-(A voice—“Violation of constitution”)—and before; which, let us hope, he will recoll, It is dificult to regain the even flow of our discussions after having jad such a challenge flung tn our faces, It has been asserted that such an attack as ours upon the Supreme Court has not been heard of in any other country. 1 would, however, remind him that in England at the time of the debate on the Organisation of the Star Chamber this court was handied by no means in a mild manner. I have proposed my amendment because I consider such appointments illegal and never contemplated by the law; I also wish that in future the appointment of sup lementary judges should be entirely done away with, not, as the Minister says on the ground of the trifling expense, but because it endangers the inde- pendence of the bench. Let us strike out the de- manded sum and await what government will do. (Lively approbation on the left. Counter hisses.) Dr. Lenohardt, trereply—Mr. President, if the Hon. Judge Twesten has Botens fit to attack me per- sonally in this House I have only to say I am de- fenceless and without a word in reply. hember to. prooeed fos mem! P ion. Twesten 1s surrounded b; the liberals and warmly congratulated. “ Deputy Lasker then moves an adjournment of the cree ore in its then excitement business could hardly transacted. This was approved by another deputy, who maintained that no one had a business to be excited in that House. The Hon. Dr. @ Was not exc! We have only heard sald to-day, he remarked drily, Tam bound ‘ident aows another what we have ex; ced for many years past. Hon. Herf Waldeck observed that he, too, from exoltement, and that the virulence Gt the de- bate had been provoked by the Minister of Justice. In all cases the vote of the House should be recog- nized. ° It was illegal to other than Supreme Judges upon the bench of that tribunal, and the at- tempt to do so was first made before the constitution had become valid, In conclusion, and after Hon. Dr. Virchow had Strongly denounced the speech of the Minister of Justice, the latter made a faint attempt to retract, denying that he meant to convey the idea that he would do what he liked, but, rather, what was right. Tne debate resulted in the striking out of the 1,000 thalers, the loyalists and conservatives voting for and the liberals against, Seorearer te wir creed Cacomnees comes out ay an le in defence, that it was far from the intention of Dr. Leonhardt to provoke such a stormy 4d but that he deemed 1s his duty to point. out to the Chamber the danger arising from a one-sided exercise of their budget right. Be that as it may, the demand for that thou- sand thalers has been decisively negatived. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Patrie of Paris mentions that the Hotel Roths- child {s the house where Napoleon Ill. was born. A stockbroker has absconded from Rouen, France, leaving liabilities amounting to $600,000 in gola. During the thirty-five years that Queen Isabella ee in Spain 519 Ministers were appointea to the Cabinet. ‘ Stockholm is preparing to celebrate the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of Charles XII. by the erection of a statue to his memory. A requiem to the memory of Prince Michael was celebrated at Belgraae on the 4th inst., in the pre- sence of the representatives of all the foreign Powers. On the morning of the 4tha solemn mass was sun; in the Italian church in London for the re ol the soul of Rossini. The music was from Mozart's grand requiem. Professor Brucke hes been appointed dean of the medical faculty to the University of Vienna. He is the first Protestant elevated to Position since the foundation of the University. Ex-Qneen Isabella makes herself quite at home in Paris and 18 frequently seen in the streets walking in company. of friends or her family and followed by two footmen wearing the French imperial livery. ‘The Gazette de France states that at the review neld by Marshal Prim at Madrida few days back his son, i asa Lecrigeay of ienelaeml was presen ny which former! longed to tne Prince of the Ravan ‘ Mazzini writes as follows from Lugano, on the 27th November, to @ frien I have been seriously tll, and am still in such a state as to be only able to write to you these few words; but I am better and I shall soon be ‘convalescent.—Joseph.”” The dispute between Prussia and Mecklenburg, which has been carried on since 1600, respecting the small town of Wolde, in Pomerania, has been re- cently settled and the inhabitants are henceforth to serve in the Mecklenburg military contingent. The Emperor has just ordered that a printer's license shall be granted to a society of compositors, organized on the model and under the regulations of workingmen’s limited liability companies. The one it. question will be called the ‘Association Generate Typographique,”’ SINGULAR HISTORY OF A ONCE WEALTHY RUSSIAN, The Descent from AMluence to Poverty. {From the Cleveland (Ohio) Herald, Dec. 16.) The eccentric genius, Karl Lansing, concerning whose actions at the station house on Sunday we gave # short notice, has an interesting history, which we give in part below. Born in Russia, he early showed a disposition to acquire knowledge, and his father, who was at that time immensely rich, de- termined to give him a thorough education, and for that purpose sent him to the: best schools and col- leges the neighboring empires could boast, As a consequence of his facilities Kari acquired sev- eral languages, and when his education was pro- nounced finished he could speak German, French, Italian, Russian and oe with fluency. Shortly after coming from college he married one of the most beautiful ladies in St. Petersburg, and at once became the envy of the whole city. His father was # man of note, not only in Russia but in the adjoin- ing provinces, where his fame became @ househoid word. During the wars of Napoleon the First, Lan- sing the elder moved to France, and his means were freely loaned to the Km- peror # ald in carrying on the war with Italy, The rapture between Russia and France produced a coldness between Napoleon and Lansing, ‘as he rather favored his native land, and would not furnish the means to fight his own countrymen, This coldness finally grew into an open rupture, and after the disastrous campaign against Moscow Lansing was ordered out of the country, Kari with his still lovely wife came to America, and procuring @ stylish house in New York prepared to setlie down there, as the course he had taken in the French- Russian war prevented his going home, on pain of banishment to Siberia, For several years everything went smoothly with him and his, but at length his wife died, leaving him alone in the world and nearly crazed at his joss. One reverse followed anpther in rapid succession until the patri- mony given him by his father dwindled to nothing, and he wasthrowa upon his own resources to gain 8 livelihood. wing received a splendid military education he secured a school for instruction in the broadsword exercise, and for a time did very well. Sickness cime upon him, and he was forced to give up his fcbool and write home for assist- ance. father dared not send it, as Karl had been proscribed by the Russtan governmeat, and to aid him was to secure the confiscatfon of his enormous property. Worrying through hs sickness he at length was able to get about. Néxt he tried to earn a living by means of his musical talents, than which no man possesses finor, andmanaged by strict economy to keep the wolf from his humble door. At length he came West, rambling from city to Mid in search of em- ploymentas a piano tuner, which profession ho still pursues. He is said to be a splendid pertormer on the violoncello, aud even iu his old ago, for he is now upwards of sixty years of age, he can be excelled by very few. He possesses the happy geniality of most Russians and seems but little troubled so long as he gets a fair living, Heretera to the scenes of his former days with ® great deal of pride, but speaxa of France 4g his howe, to which he intends to go before he dies. Ife cannot, however, forget his wile, and on each recurring anniversary of her death tis BOrrOW 1.80 ta to the flowing bow! to drow vein priot history of ove orn and educated in ——_————————-—. THE GUILLOTINE CASE IN MASSACHUSETTS, The Prisoner in Court—Singular and Exciting Seenes—One of the Witnesses Faints and the Aceused Indulges in Profanity. {From the Evening Telegram of yesterday.) Boston, Dec. 17, 1863, ‘The case of Dennis Reen, of Charlestown, who ts charged with having cut off the head of his brother- in-law with a cleaver, is now pending before the Municipal Court in Charlestown. It was partially tried yesterday and is now again further postponed until Monday. On the first Cay of the examination the prisoner: interrupted the proceedings by implying in anguage more forcible than elegant that one of the ‘Witnesses was testifying to a falsehood. The ac- cused, it 18 known, denies all knowledge of the terribly tragic death’of nis relative, and at the time of the murder voluntarily gave himself up to the authorities. There had been a bitter feeling exist- ing between Reen and the murdered man for some time, and this, together with the fact that he was in company with him shortly before the murder was discovered, forms all the evidence, circumstantial and otherwise, that there is against " An event which transpired in the court room to- day has caused erable speculation, aud there are a few who express the belief that it’ 1s possible that Reen may be innocent. The scene occurred when William Dixon, who worked in the buiding with the murdered man, gave in his testimony, The cleaver with which Cronin’s head was decapitated was placed in the hands of Mr. Dixon, who identified the same as the one used at the factory. While hold- ing the axe in his hands the withess began to tremble and shake, and as soon as it was laid down upon the table and he was again resuming his testi- mony he fainted and fell upon the floor. The ofl- cers lifted him up and placed him on a@ seat. A. glass of water was procured, and alter drinking the same he began to recover. At this point Reen was very much excited—in fact, up to a fever heat. He jumped up in the dock and exclaimed in @ loud voice, “God d—n it, I will have fatr play in the court room. Hang me you wish, but by God give me fair play in_ the court.” The oficers and Reen’s counsel, Mr. Walker, after a few minutes got the prisoner quiet and he sat down, but appeared to be much agitated. A nutaber of the spectators were somewhat frightened and made for the door, The court could not proceed with the ex- amination of more witnesses, and the case was post- poned until Monday morning at nine o’ciock. Reen ‘was taken to East Cambridge jail, As Reen was leaving the court room his wife handed him a small vial filled with something. ‘The officer saw the vial handed him and took charge of the same. Reen stated that the witness, Dixon, had had @ quarrel with Cronin, and at one time was going to strike him (Cronin) on the head with a shovel. AN INCIDENT OF THE OHIO RIVER CALAMITY. Singular Coincidence—Identification of a Corpse by Science. {From the Pittsburg Gazette, Dec. be | Among the victims to the recent heart rending and terribie river calamity on the beautiful Ohio, were Mrs. Commodore Thompson, a young married lady of New Orleans, on her way back to the Crescent City, and a companion named Mrs. Griffin, who had resided in the same place. The day following tue awful night of the accident the bodies of both t! ladies were found, it was thought, and taken charge of by grief-siricken friends for interment. ‘Thcy were placed in the Episcopal church at Madison, Indiana, not far from the scene of the wreck, and the ladies of the parish very kindly rendered the re- mains every proper attention and prepared thei for the grave. Their funerals took place in Christ church, Rev, James Runcel, D. D., officiating. The graves were prepared and the interesting funeral services had progressed toan end when a message was re- ceived from Commodore Thompson directing that the bodies of his wife aud Mrs. Grifin be forwarded to Philadelphia for interment there. At the same moment Mr. Wolff, cousin of Miss Fahnestock, who ‘was also lost in the disaster, appeared in the church and laid clan to the supposed body of Mrs. Thom| son as that of his unfortunate relative. The frien of Mrs. Thompson insisted that the charred corpse belot to her, and in order to prove that they were not mistaken produced evidence to show that their deceased friend owned and wore a plain gold ring on her¢finger, with the name “Grace” en- graved de, and it was by this ornament that they had succeeded in identifying the body. Mr. Woif was surprised at this announcement, as it was on just such a ring of that identical shape and bear- ing the very same simple legend “Grace” that he depended on making good his claims to the cot as that of Miss Fahnestock. He had itive know- ledge of her owning and wearing suc! wag doubly assured of the ms from Pittsbur, asserting ere, just a few days re her terrible death, the young laay had on her finger such aring. Here wasa dilemma. The friends of Mrs. Thompson were equally positive with taose of Miss Fahnestock that the ring found on the cot had been worn by her, and beyond doubt fixed identification. After a calm discussion the friends determined to forward the body to Philadelphia and there endeavor to solve the mystery. The two lost ladies were of about the same size and build, and as the clothing had all been burned away and the features horribly mutilated, the confusion arising from the remarkable coincidence of both having rings on their fingers of exactly the same the same legend was quite natural and of course sorely distressed the respec- tive friends. ‘The corpse arrived in Philadelphia and the ques- tion of identification still remained ansettled, a last resort several gentlemen of the medical pro- feaston were called to bring science to solve the per> plexing problem. A post mortem examination re. vealed the fact that the disfigured body was not that of a married lady, and the friends of . Thompson willingly acquiesced in the decision, and the corpse was surrendered for burial to the relatives of Fahnestock. The coincidence of the rings was vet remarkable, and had both the lost ladies occu the same relations in life the identification, perhaj never could have been made, unless, indeed, body of Mrs, Thompson be yet dragged from the river in such preservation as to render the features recognizable. INTERESTING TO ANTIQUARIANS. Unpublished Letters from Thomas Jefferson, The Greenbrier (W. V.) Independent has been laced in possession of a number of letters written yy Thomas Jefferson to Colonel Stuart, of Greenbrier county. These letters have never heretofore been ublished and are in ihe handwriting of the author. olonel Stuart was one of the first sectlers of Green- brier county and occupied a high and prominent fase the community. The subject treated of In these communications ratses a natural inquiry aa as to what was the real character and tes of the animal referred to and will furnish food for reflection for those who feel an interest in such matters. Whether Colonel Stuart ever succeeded in obtain ing the thigh bone of the animal referred to isa juestion, perhaps, which can never be ascertained. itis quite certain, however, that the bones were found in this section—no doubt in this (Greenbrier) county—and belonged to an animal now unknown to naturalists. The following are the letters pre- cisely as they were written:— MONTICELLO, May, 196. Srr:—I have great acknowledgments to make you for your favor of April 11, which came to hand afew days ago with the bones you were pleased to sen to wit—the leg bone and two phalanges of the toe the animal mentioned in your letter. One of these ‘the claw) was broke, but so that we could put it ogether, This animal is certainly hitherto unknown, and seems, from the dimensions of these bones, to have the same pre-eminence over the lion which the big buffalo or mammoth has over the elephant. They furnish a victorious fact against the idle dreams of some European philosophers who pretend that animal nature in the New World 1s a degeneracy from that of the Old. If the big buffalo were an elephant, as Buffon would have us believe, it was of surely an elephant improved, for it was four or five times his size. So if his followers—in order to support their doctrine of a central heat in the earth—should choose to consider the animal now discovered as a lion, they must admit it is a lion improved and not degene- rated, Iconsider these bones as a great acquisition, and shall make a point of communicating the dia- covery and description of them to the learned on both sides of the Atlantic, Ionly defer it till I can learn whether a hope exists of finding any other of the bones, as I would wish that the first information should be exact and as compiecte as ible. Has there ever been any other remains of this species found anywhere? T must look to you, sir, to com- Fes the knowledge of this animal for us as you ave begun it, by giving me all the further informa- tion you can, and sending what other bones can be got of It, and to be so good as to inform me by letter whether any thing more may be expected, that I may decide whether I ought to delay giving au ac- count of it. [am with great esteem, sir, your most obedient servant, TH. JEFFERSON, Mr. Joun Stuart, Greenbrier. MONTICELLO, Nov. 10, 1796, Dear Sin—I have to acknolege the receipt of your last favor together with the bones of the Great-claw which accompanied it. My anxiety to obtain a thigh bone is such that I defer communicating what we have to the Philosophical society in the hope of add- ing that bone to the collection, We should then be able to fix the statue of the animal without going into conjecture and calculation, as we should a whole limb from the haunch bone to the claw in- clusive, Whenever you announce to me that the re- covery of a thigh bone is desperate | shall make the communication to the tana pare society. It! it happy that this incident will make known to them person so worthy 48 yourself to be taken into tl! body, aud without whose attention to these extraor- dinary remains the world might have a deprived of the knolege of them, I ge however help believing that this animal well as the Matmmoth are stilt existiig ox annihilation of any species of existence Is oe which ampled in any ko of the economy of nature arte we see that we have a right to conclude as Sass eel D we do not see, that the probabilities reg ee annibilation are stronger for it, In weestasion pd from you as soon as you can form & or will OF Will Isfactory to yourself that the tulgh ee aan, a not be recovered, I remain, with get pees Gis esteem, dear sit, your most ved et. ; ny EFFERSON. Mr, Jon Stuart, Greenprier. Th. Jemforson acknowledges the receipt from soloncl Stuart of a cranium of an animal uoknown him and returns him = bis thanks for He will, on his retarn to Washington, for- I co the Puilosophical society at Phliadelphia t depository fOF preservation as Well as ex- Ho prays Colonel Siuart to accept lia iiecations and assurances of rospoct, MUSTLOBLLO, SUDt 10, 1509 c to