The New York Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1868, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. SOUTH AMERICA. PROGRESS OF THE PARAGUAYAN WAR, eee Inauguration of Sarmiento as President of tie Argentine Confederation. The Financial Condition of Brazil. BUENOS AYRES. New Line of Defence in Paraguay—The Di- Plomatic Question—Inauguration of Presi- dent Sarmieuto—Peace in the Argentine Republic. BUENOS AYRES, Oct. 26, 1868, Already we have European newspapers that are Milled with rejoicing over the closing of the Para- guayan war—an event predicted as implied and near by the taking of Fort Humaita. But here we see no signs of its close, either in the spirit of the parties or the location of the forces, It is true Humaita has been abandoned, not taken, and the line of de- fence is removed perhaps fifty leagues farther in, capital wards, but at Angostura Pass, on the river Paraguay. Lopez has been employing hundreds of workmen to build for him a palace, as if to defy both labor and prophecy, At the river, in sight of his rising palace, there is a battery of twenty-lour guns of sixty-eight pounds, well located, where tne river is narrow. The forces of Lopez are estimated variously at 12,000 to 16,000 men. The latter figure 38 probably true. Field Marshal Caxias, Commander-in-Chief of the allied forces, is now sending a force of 20,000 men across the river, below this defence of Lopez, who will march by the right bank of the Paraguay river up to Asuncion, the capital. It is his intention to es- tablish there his headquarters and so outilank Lopez, and it is believed that the latter has not forces at command to dislodge him, At is predicted that Lopez will burn Asuncion, if compelied to leave it; but this is not history yet, and may notbe. From Angostura to Asuncion is only seven leagues, It is said that the iron-clads can pass without diMculty and can thus prevent actual ‘want among the arimy of occupation after it reaches Asuncion. At the capital there is only one regiment with ten pieces of cannon. The ground on the left of the Paraguayan de- fences is of the most wretched kind, being acombi- nation of thick jungles and deep morasses. Position is at present highly favorable to the Paraguayans, but forces are far superior among the ailies, poth of men and ships, It is reported that Lopez has now only two chief officers, Resquin and Caballero, the rest having been shot on one pretext or another. It is also said that he has put in prison, on suspicion of disaffection, Mrs. Barrios, wife of alate general, and his own bishop. His army has hardly any provision for war except implements of aeath, fresh beef without salt being the staple food. ‘The Italian gunboat Ardita has lately made a voyage up to Villeta, nine leagues below Asuncion. ‘The commander was invited to Lopez’s camp, and Was feted and feasted and flattered until the conciu- sion was reached that Lopez was not as_ black as he ‘was painted; that his army has everything really necd- ful, Wanting only foreign wines and cotton goods; but the men are in good spirits and the prisoners are ‘under the protection of the lasy, &c. Mr. Gerard F. Gould, English Chargé d’Affatres here, has also gone up to Paraguay on a mission to rescue, if possible, many British subjects there who are not allowed to leave Paraguay. He worked diplomatically, not eee himself in the power of Lopez at all. fe has returned, and goes by this mail to England, and perha) decisive steps will be taken by the Brit govern- ment to liberate its subjects, most unjustly detained by jay. George F. Masterman, who was a member of the United States Legation, was not an American, ie as being a Canadian. We have no farther word Porter C., Bliss, who was arrested on @ trumped-up charge of conspiracy and taken from under the very flag ttself. This outrage on the United States has aroused all the Ministers of this Court. General Webb is expected here in a few days panied by General McMahon, the new Minister to Pt ay. Mr. Washburn, who just escaped with his life, though a Minister, is waiting here until these Ministers arrive. They will be tol- Jowed by all the war vessels of this station, anda some eum demand for Bliss and for reparation for the insult may be made. It is very ‘avating to Americans here that Lopez has very little exposed to damage by a fleet—indeed nothing at all that is not likely to be destroyed by the allies, and that very soon. % has lost immensely in the estimation of the world by his glaring injustice to foreign resi- dents and his unparaileled cruelties to his own people. President Sarmiento has entered upon his duties with skill and vigor indicative of complete success. He has e1 about him tried and substantial men. pte Mitre oy cot the foci command of the army against I’ ay; st being declined was ‘gives to General Gehy y ‘Obes, the next in command. To several officers of the late cabinet good positions were offered. The Minister of State, Dr. Velez Sarsfield, has gone to visit General Urqaiza in the hope to arrange the present awkward civil war in Corrientes. President Sarmiento has com- menced a series of economic reforms that promise well for bis administration. It is refreshing to an American to go into President Sarmiento’s house, marked by republican simplicity as it is, and to see perhaps 500 volumes of American books in his library and for the ornaments of his house, pictures and statuettes commemorative of the great American war. Wool is beginning to arrive. The estimate for this year’s clip is 200,000 bales, 1,750,000,000 pounds. On Saturday, October 24, Congress adjourned. President Sarmiento read to both houses @ very ap- priate and brief message, the formal act of ciosing. A most singular trial of editors as to the right vo ublish news of any kind and criticise public officers Ras just occurred. The world knows that some months ago ex-President and ex-Dictator General Fiores was assassinated in the streets in public and in dayligit. Two of the daily papers—7rivuna and Orden—recently declared that they had information concerning that conspiracy, involving some men high in ofice and influence. They were arrested for hibel, tried by a jury, and sentenced to pay costs of prosecution and to be banished to Buenos Ayres for BIX mouths. The whole proceeding has been novel. The place of banishment, also, it is like banishing a man from Montrea! to Washington. Sefor Don Manuel R. Garcia has been appointed ister to the United Stai gress before adjourning authorized the borrow- ing of four millions of hard dollars for the prosecu- tion of the war. Money is now abundant, and exchange on England fa 49 5gd. to the gold dotiar. BueNos Ayres, Oct. 23, 1868, We have to-day dates from the army to the 17th ‘inst. The expedition by way of the chaca (wilderness), on the right bank, of the Parand, not only met a sirong force of Paraguayans, but also found fortifica- tions. Access to Asuncion is therefore impeded by the chaca on the right bank and by the left, on which Lopez's main army is lying, with all his defences by nature and art, and the batteries on the shore are making a passage even by the iron-clads dificult and doubtful. The jron-c.ads can pass almost any kind of fortress here, but they do notdo much at batter- ing down the defences on shore. One of the Brazilian captains has been made a baron for his bold stroke in passing a Paragua; fort, and he is now the Baron of the Passage. There is now @ chance for some one to become Baron of the Battle or Baron of the Bombardment. The improved weather and the change of locality have caused the cholera to disap- pear from the army. ‘The civil war in Corrfentes has been arranged peaceably. The Minister of State went to the par- ties and agreed with them. All the irregniarities are to disappear by resignations and regalar ap- pointments are to be made by the national govern- ment. The process was as easy as was thatof Co- lumbus making the egg to stand on its end, and it reflects the greatest honor se the new administra- tion. There is no sacrifice of law or principle, and even enemies are made to respect the hand that holds them in wholesome check. Since May last this civil strife has devastated that fertile province, until a strong national force was withdrawn from Para- guay for its suppression. Already the national gen- eral was in march, with his artillery in ox carts and his infantry well mounted, to Jay down a revolution ‘hat goes ou horseback, Ail this is ended and peace is now made, ‘There has just been discovered a tremendous fraud effected by counterfeiting national bonds. It is done insuch ® Way as that the genuineness of the signature is preserved, but the sums are altered. ‘The amount is sup) to reach three millions. The pers aay they must be paid; but if the fraud can proved I do not see how it will follow that they must be paid. BRAZIL. con of the Empire=Commanication with the Interior—Patent Lawe—Britieh Minister Kn Ronte from Rio de ia Piata~The War with Pareguay. », Nov. 7 1808, aragtu R10 TAs If the military operations in At & slandstil! the expenses of t the same conree, and the fille come Ts ward with even increased amounts. The sum of about 14,000,000), which was appropriated for the ordinary expenses of the department of the army during the current financial year, has been exhausted before a third of it has passed, and consequently the Emperor has just signed a decree granting the de- partment a further extraordinary credit of 22,725,- 855035 for ite estimated outlay during this first half of the current financial year—namely, from July 1 to December 31, 1868. ‘The sum already expended by the Army Depart- ment is stated in the official exposé to be 14,406,2011395, Adding this to the amount of the extraordinary credit just granted they give a total of 87,181,060/826 for the sum which the chief of the dé partment believes will be required for the half year’s cost ofthe army. Estimating the outlay of the Navy Department to be about half of that of tae army— which 1s below the proportion—the total expendi- ture upon war is at the rate of nearly 10,000,000 milreis a month, or $60,000,000 a year. ‘The means at the command of the Minister of Fi- nance must be exhausted about the end of the year, counting the 40,000,000}! issue of paper, the 27,000,000) procured by the sale of gold bonds and 1,820,000) re- ceived for @ sale of ordinary bonds at a lowered rate, Every one is anxious to know what he will adopt to raise the future large sums required, as, although a foreign loan was semt-officially stated to be the next move, no notice of any negotiations for it have been received from London. General Webb’s letter responding to the accusa- tions made by the Brazilian press against Minister Washburn was translated and entered into the semi- oMicial journal, the Correio Mercantil, evidently for the purpose of being commented on by some mem- ber of the Cabinet, Two articles immediately fol- lowed the insertion, written, it is beheved on good authority, by Paranhos, Minister of Foreign Affairs, with whom the General had the sparring match over the resuscitation of the Caroline clam. The tone of those replies is cutting and bitter. The writer repudiates the service rendered by Minister Washburn when Lopez stayed the Brazilian Manister at Asuncion and reluctantly permitted a steamer to take him to Buenos Ayres. He reiterates the charge that Washburn was devoted to Lopez, and hostile deed and word to Brazil, and denying the right of the United States gunboat to pass up through the blockading squadron, he quotes the case of the blockade of Charleston as a precedent, establishing the right of the Brazilians to refuse, With regard to the allusions in Washburn’s and Webb's letters to the slowness of the allies, he sarcastically reminds General Webb of the long delay after the batue of Bull Run, and of the ill success of McClellan on the Peninsula. To these cuts a response from General Webb has been expected by the Benito, but hitherto the General, who is up cooling himself in the moun- tains of Petropolis, has made no rejoinder, although a week has elapsed. Caxias has at length come out with a denial of his having any knowledge of any conspiracy in Para- guay. Although many of his despatches have been published at various times, reporting the Para- guayans to have been almost unanimous in their de- sire to get rid of Lopez and to have been in a condi- tion of virtual conspiracy against him, he now says that he refrained from stirring up insurrections against Lopez for the sole reason that he found it im- possible to effect any. ‘The news of the Spanish revolution has caused much excitement, especially among the large Portu- guese population, whom the report that Spain wanted to annex Portugal had stirred up to the length of raising large subscriptions in ald of forti- fying and heen Portugal against any (eerste upon its autonom: ‘ne resolution is generally favored by the Brazilians, and of course the liberal news- apers hold up the fate of Isabeila of Spain and of he Bourbons generally in terrorem to Pedro I. of Braganza, lest, if he do not change his policy, he be the last Gonzaga and the last E: ror of Brazil. The news from Spain in regafd to the proposed emancipation of the slaves in the colonies, and re- ported intention of Cuba and Porto Rico to annex themselves to the United States, is felt here to stri! home at slavery in Brazil, and as likely to precipi- tave emancipation much earlier than was antici- pated by the most sanguine promoters of freedom to the slaves. But the blow would at once annihilate here the sugar, coffee and cotton exportation, which depand entirely on slave labor. As for emigration to Brazil, it is not likely to soften the catastrophe, as it it not progressing. Even Irish and English immi- ration, Which a short time ago was looking prom- singly, is proving to be a failure, as the government has not fulfilled its promises. Those that went to the government colonies are leaving at every chance, and parties who arrived in steamers pr ed to the river Plate on hearing from the previous comers how. they had been deceived. No experience, no teaching and no Sxample of United States methods and success in populating wilds seem to have the slightest effect upon the minds of tne Brazilians, and it looks as if the future Brazilian nation will be elther monkey or n! r, if not conquered and re- generated by the ‘es around it. * A hoax or stock specuiation was effected with considerable success u| the arrival of the Liver- Pool steamer on the ‘ot October. Belore the mails or papers were landed a newspaper previously t up here, announcing the breaking out of war tween France and Prussia, was cried about the streets and the copies were bought up with avidity. Gold jumped up to fourteen dollars for sovereigns and the banks would not sell exchange. Large transactions in ngoie were effected, but most were canceled next by mutual consent. Tne distri- bution of the mails soon showed the hoax, but at the same time it gave the first intimation of the Spanish revolution. The authors of the hoax have not been found out. The government has just effected an arrangement with the Union and Industry Company, whose splen- did Macadam road is cut by the Dom Pedro Segundo Railroad at the depot of Entrerios. The details of the arrangement are not yet published, but I un- derstand the road company leases the railroad for thirty years, giving an interest of four ee cent annualiy upon the capital already invested in it, ana agreeing to apply tothe constrnction of the ex- tensions the half of the surplus profits, to which will be added sums aunuall, voted by the Legislature. At present the ratlroa¢ pays from six tosix anda per cent upon its cost, and by the passage of the Union and Industry trafic over it is expected to pay at least seven per cent. The new ment should be Si. advan- tageous to the country and the Union and Industry Company, as the company’s road and traffic are splendidly managed by its director, Sefor Marianno Procoplo Lage, one of the few Brazilians up with the era. ‘The preliminary survey of the ground in the vince of Alagoas, which lies between the head of navigation of the Lower San Francisco and the foot of navigation of the Upper San Francisco, turns out to be very favorable for a railroad, according to the report of the examining engineer, and the line would not require to be more than sixty miles. It is very probable that a road of some kind will be made soon after the war is over; but the country through which the Upper San Francisco passes 1s 80 unsettled and poor that it is scarcely probable that the opening of the lower river vo foreign shipping By evon then have early success in developing trade. ‘The province of Bahia is suffering greatly from a droucht that has aerate for some time, and it 1s feared that a famine must ensue if rains do not soon come. In the western parts the rivers and ponds had dried up and the cattle were a, in hunareds for want of water and pasturage. This liability to great droughts is the plague of the provinces of Bahia, Pe ge ay Mens and Pianky, except near le the seacoast, whi! Rio to the south this scou is rarely felt to a very injurtous extent, the climat not being so strictly divided into wet and dry sea- sons as in the northern and western provinces. The Southern telegraph has at last been rendered capable of sending a thi th telegram over ita whole extent—namely, from Rio to Porto Al ‘ and a despatch came on upon the 27th of Oc! A which should be placed on the Brazilian calendar as the first day their telegraphic abortion learned to speak. TCotteo machines continue to be a well explored mine by inventors, not, of course, by Brazilians, for these leave the base artof mechanical invention to the less poetized foreigner. Three months a batch of coffee machine promoters got di of, the Rainey, the Lom! the Estrella, the Angell a the Adams & Combs machines being, dented nts on various grounds, the Gony Stephens ‘ing the only one favored by the society to which the application fora it is first remitted fora report on its ners its deserts, Now some ne’ ones are again tp the fleld, Among the rest Mr. Angell has not been dispirited by his former repulse, and Mr, Lidgerwood is claiming a patent for im- provements on hisown machines, and will of course get what he wants, he being in the fortunate position of active Lettre A the society referred to. There is no doubt that the prize for success in the nd polishing machinery competition id that there is also a t prize for tuses which will e the eying of the fruit rapidly and satisfactorily, so as to get rid of the slow and troublesome process of sun drying; but it requires little consideration to see that grand prize of all lies in the direction of so simplifying and improv! the puip! machin which do aw with all the processes of previously drying and hull ing the fruit, so as to render them more generally ‘ailable sae, popular than those actually used toa email extent ‘The state of the Brazilian it lawa, however, le Not calculated to ete invention. the report of the society alluded to, alt amount. to virtual decision on the granting of a patent, is, it is well Known, not based uj ‘a8 to the value and justice of the claim, but solely upon considerations of favor and influence, Another anomaly is that an article patented abroad cannot be ted here, and @ still more to inventor is that the specifications of paten' are it secret and can be got at, only by special ic Geet iney Sree e ich memorial ha sundry de- partenante, each iegaly Scthorisay ‘offect. six months’ delay, the applicant will have reason to bless his stars, or rather his influential friends, if he get an answer pro or con within @ year. Under these circumstances and the customary deiaya in getting any answer to an application for a patent, the wi- jucky, friendleas, would-be patentee is apt to imitate the unfortunate Snyder's Adaniig circumiocution oMce. rh sont in recard to eesurl ) Where the of property, espectally to honsee ar6 devac | lenunciations of a trang | eoodttion of the city 1s not satisfactory at pre- | nt ed trom | sold in Augusta at thirty-three cents per pound, rea- another Med usvelly one etory, whien in the | hzing over $20) to the acre. Warm weather facilitates the lightfooted ni who turn their black color to rdvantage for making watches and clothing without the owner’s con- gent. Only three or nights ago the Briiish Minister's plate cupboard was Stripped. and one of those old silver teapots which are cherished as heir- Jooms through generations of En; families dis- lish i Ne ents te Mone tery of St. Bento here have not Cee ay Hered than less holy notwithat that the building looks tm) to a regiment of sappers. In spite of boits, locks and tron- win- dows the good brethren found day after day that touche thofod boars tthe qutex, but hothing YY ers quick, but n was discovered until one an apparition seen overhead great dismay of goon as they recov: entertain the idea outlets of the bnilding were closed search made, but vainly; nothing was to be found, high or low, and 1t seems probabie that there exists some secret place, or some secret outlet, such 88 Was disco’ many years ago, leading subter- Spoor convent in the lo hill toa house at some distance, sitvated in the low of the town. Pome e of August 13 have extended its influence eastward ruvian At ir Ama- frontier. on the Up; zon, the river rose suddenly at five P. M. and quickly receded. at the mouths of sundry of the rivers flowing into the Amazon, near the same town. & henomenon sinailar to that called the pororoca or hich oceurs hear the mouths of some rivers ip! dismay of the natives, who had never before seen the huge waves rolling in, and some boats were swamped, The news of the earthquake had not reached that region. The British bark Australian was lost near Co- tinguiba, on the Sergipe coast, on the 23d October, while we 9 acargo from Sydney, Australia, to London. e twenty passengers on board were at once taken off by a tugboat then in sight, and next day the crew also, a3 no hopes existed of saving the vessel. Mr. Gould, the Secretary of the British Legation at Buenos Ayres, has just passed sarong Rio on his way to England with despatches for England, He was unable to obtain the release of the English held by Lopez, but it is said Lopez has since declared he would not detain them longer ifsent for. He cc roborates to some extent the statement of the tuguese Minister, who went up the Paraguay, that the foreigners are on the whole not badly treated, although probably pressure was used to get them to enter into the new contracts, upon whose existence Lopez founds his refusal to let them leave. The Emperor sent for Mr. Gould, and they had a long conversation, doubtless on the state of aflairs in Paraguay. Mr. Gould says that on visiting the Brazilian camp the subalterns exhibited to him their discontent with their leader, and begged hii to let the truth be known in Rio, that they want to fight and not to be killed by disease through the incapa- city or treachery ofa jot of old women whosurround Caxias, and are making fortunes by delaying the campaign. It is asserted that he has not concealed this from the Emperor, or the fact that the war is being unnecessarily prolonged by the fault of the general and his advisers. ‘A steamer arrived on the 5th with despatches from Caxias, which have not been published. The taik about town is that he requires a reserve force of 20,000 men to be at once raised if he is to bring the campaign to an early close. Six iron-clads were above Angostura, trying to cut off its communications with Asuncion by water, and awaiting an opportunity to act with the Chaco expe- dition, Some torpedoes had been picked up. Lopez has five or six small steamers above, but the slow and deep Brazilian monitors cannot catch them. Asuncion is now said to have ten 68-pounders in position to defend it from attack. The batteries at Angostura are not so strong as at first reported, and foreign naval officers say several of the pieces ap- red to be quakers, The 160-pounder asserted to in the water battery; is said by a Brazilian cor- respondent to have been brought up by the United States gunboat Wasp, but Mr. Gould says its exist- ence isa fable, and that the heaviest cannon there are 68-pounders, Atallevents tie iron-clads scem able to pass without much risk; but the finest one, the Silvado, has had to go down to Humaita to re- pair what is called a disarrangement of her ma- chinery. In amsing down this vessel had a narrow escape from being blown up. A cannon ball struck @ gannet and drove the iron ring, heated by the con- cussion, underneath the turret and to the very door of the powder magazine, which was, fortunately, shut at the moment. ' The army at Caxias’ headquarters, Surubihy, is deepiy in the mud. The only spot for the camp is a ribbon of dryish ground, with the marshy river bottom on the one side and immense flooded forests on the other, while as for the outposts they have to roost in trees or stand in water to the knees, The weather was very wet for a time and excessively hot, so that, together with scanty rations of the half starved beef of ay ‘ing Se oe negro it bel impossible to keep things inthe camp— cet agreat deal of sickness. At first it was cholera, but of late it has been chiefly agues and bad fevers. The cholera appeared to have been in- troduced from Hamaita by the troops sent up from that place, and a doctor there ascribes its origin to the opening of new defensive works by the garrison. oo general “ . ry that Lopez odo obstruct ress of the flanking corps as long as aibie; but that, if tt successfully establish itself in the rear of his present position, he will delay the corps by every possible means except a pitched fight, and will abandon Vileta as soon as he would have to Ses a serious sngamement to hold the po- sition. He will, however, do so only to turn up at some other strong spot, which the allies will, of course, as hitherto, give him plenty of time to fortify and arm with the cannon of the old place, Unfortu- nately, Paraguay abounds with strong defensive po- sitions, and the further inland they are the worse for the aliies. He is said to have 100 to 120 cannon of all sizes in the fortifications opposed to the allies at Surubthy, and, according to deserters, the swampy ground im front cannot be traversed, so that the only practicable operation seems to be to get above. Paunero is to come to Rio as Argentine Minister, a place which he visited forty years ago ina different category—namely, a3 4 subaitern prisoner of war, when he was lodged in the fortress of Santa Cruz. At last dates the United States squadron, which left this port on the 27th and 28th of October, had not arrived with Minister McMahon. Ex-Minister Washburn has not yet come up. ‘he gold bonds of the late issue ran up like a sky- rocket on the afternoon of the 26th ult., and touched 99 premium on 250 mitres paid. Since then they been steadily falling until they got to 60a 55 premium; but they have rallied to 80 premium in conseqnence of the pi ct of the war continuing some months longer. Exchange has slowly de- clined from 193¢d. to 184d. to the milreia, and sove- reigns are 13\| 350, or gold at 150, with a rising ten- dency. ‘The Princess Imperial 1s looked for from the medi- cinal springs of Minas Geraes, It 1s whispered that her disease 1s a dreadful species of Asiatic leprosy, which devours the external organs and fingers. if there is any truth in this she will probably never sit on this throne, and her sister's children will in- herit it. to the Pe- ‘A POST OFFICE MYSTERY. mecticnt Post Office Systematically Robbed for Months, {From the New Haven Palladium, Dec. 17.) For some days past there has been considerable excitement at Waterbury, in consequence of the dis- covery that the mails from the Post Office had been robbed of about a bushel of letters, some of them with quite valuable enclosures. The envelopes and dévris were found ina water closet near the Post OMmce. The letters which could be deciphered were all directed to parties out of the city, and it is prob- able that the entire mail was outward bound. One draft for $1,000 was found; also others for smaller amounts, and how much money was taken It is im- possible to say. A special agent of the Post OfMice Department was sent for, who on his arrival proceeded to investigate the circumstances attending the robbery, and soon after the junior clerk, named Byer, was arrested, ‘The postmaster, Dr. John J. Jaques, after an investi- gation of the circumstances implicating Byer, de- clared that there was not the least reason for holding him longer, and he was therefore promptly dis- charged. ‘The postmaster, and his son, a lad of about fifteen years, and the chief clerk are, with the junior clerk, the oy persons who fe had access to the it ice, The postmaster and others are satisfied of the entire integrity of the chief clerk, and the junior clerk has been shown to be inno- | cent. question now is who 1s the gulity y? The special agent is now engaged in Investigating matter thoroughly. ie Wa- terbury American nothing on the subject | ‘until yesterday, when it explained that It had said nothing because there was little to be said, and it had been officially requested not to make the matter ablic for several days lest it should interfere with e ends of justice. All the information it now vouchsafes is that all known at present is that the mails have been tar with for several weeks, | and that suspicion does not point io any one in the A CG office. P. 8.—Since ioe the above we have received the following special despatch from Waterbury.— “Tt was first discovered that something was wro' about the middie of October, and a special agen notified, who has been tnventigatt it ever since, It has been ascertained ‘ond @ doubt that some person nes been in cy habit of sarering eet nights by false keys. The postmaster the rogue and arrested him, but it proved otherwise, Hence the real culprit has esca) 9 ‘The Waterbury American 17th contains a statement of the postmaster in regard to the ro bery, which renders the affair more Ro than ever. We the citizens of Waterbury will ‘wake ap some morning and learn ail about it through the newspapers. Perhaps the culprit is nearer home than the postmaster imagines. Corton CrorPina IN Upper Groncta.—The Athens Banner gives the follow! hs on cotton cropping tn €larke and Jac! counties, which are “y -A Lines a cee S8 nee cotton producing region:— A young man in Jackson county, named Jackson, planted an acre and a haif in cotton, without ma- 500 pounds of lint cotton, He ex. 400 pounds of it for forty barrels of corn, and is pretty weil fixed for running & somewhat larger patch next year, Dr. Durham, of this county, has grown 700 pownds of seed cotton from three acres and a half of ground, a partof which is shaded by fruit trees, This 19 about 670 pounds of lint to the acre, The cotton THE NATIONAL MANUFACTURERS? ASSOCIA- TION. ‘This association held a secret meeting at the Metropolitan Hotel in this city on Wednesday last, and elected the following officers for the eusuing year:— President—J. 8. Newberry, Detroit. Vice Presidents—T. 8, Tuxton, New York; C, Dick- ison, a carg g W. Gates, [llinois; G. P. Tif- pr ag teens land; J, . Arnold, Massachusetts; G. W. Richardson, Michigan; W. B. 105 gomery, Indiana; BF. Hamilton, Maine; J. H. irons Ngee ; Edward Harris, Rhode Island; le rier, New Hampshire. Executve Councit—E, B, Ward, Detroit; @. W. Allen, Milwaukee; J. D, Shepard, Budulo; J. L. Hayes, Botton; J. R. Paddock, Cincinnatl; Ww Treasurer—k, B, Ward. Secretary—G, B, Stebbins, Detroit. Among the resolutions the following were ypted :— Resol' That in aiveds The the present shparpe) condition of our ipecie ments attempted, land we believe the wholo'question should be postponed until labor, the chief source of national wealth, shall have restored equality to our foreign trade, and until the ious metals from our rich mines accumulate so as to make resumption an matt ived, That the national banking system having proved i others, its benefits should be extended to meet West and tho rising industries of the the Interests of our widely extended country de- mand that the National Banking act should be amended so as to make it a free banking law, that the benaiits and privi- Jeges of the system may be extended to mect the business re- quirements of the country as indicated by the natural law of ly ond demand, ved; That with a view of providing a solid and perma. nent baaie for banking, we believe yrovision should be mae by Congress for the adjustment or funding of, the public debt by the iasue of long bonda bearing laterest not exceeding 3. and that United states notes, called greenbacks, at the option Of the bolder, should Le convertible or reconvertible to the bonds at par and farther, that the 8,65, United States bonds should be required by iaw'as the basis of banking uuder the National Banking law. Resolved, That the reduction of the interest on the natfonal dobt is, in the judgment of this association, a question of ur sent necessity and the proposed modineation of the National nkcing act will secure a demand for public securities avail- ‘able as a basis of banking, thus providing a practical plan for the adjustment o1 the public debt at a low rato of tuterest. The following address was ordered:— TAXPAYERS AND PRODUCERS OF THE UNITED sidential campaign is over, and whatever party is in power the interests of tte peopile—who periorm the labor, increase the capital, pay the taxes and support the government—are still the same, While ready to meet public obligations, pay fair ex- penses and sustain needed public improvements, you have a fair claim that your public servants shonld use decent economy and promptiy attend to all legislation needed ior the better systematzing and more thorough conduct of pubiic aifairs, ‘A yearago your delegates to the National Manu- facturers’ Convention at® Cleveland, Ohio, ciioose a committee to visit Washington and ask Congress to fAdopt certata measures important to the common good. These were: ne reduction and simplifying of taxation; the decrease of goverument expenses, and the purifying of the ojlicial service of the United States. ‘The iwo first objects were partially obtained “by prompt and patriotic action of Congress, the last remains as it was, in the hands of a corrupt Execu- jive. With the opening of the coming session of Con- gress the completion of these vitally important measures should come up for early and thorough action. A new Tax bill, aiming to simptify and t prove our internal revenue system and to redus taxation, was partly adopted last winter, and thus relief, greatly needed, was given to our useful indus- tries.” ‘That bill should be finished and passed, and our tax system thus made complete. ‘The “Civil Service bili” of Hon. T. A. Jenckes, in- troduced late in the last session, was laid over. It is of great importance, and its passage has been ego by able business men, irrespective of party, in different parts of the country. The demoralization of our official service, growing out of the rapid und unexplained gaining of wealth by high officials, is no longer covered by the flimsy pretence that such gains are honest. This matter has grown to such vast proportions as to demand the serious attention of the people. ‘This bill strikes at the root of this cor- ruption and will be of more benefit to the country than all other iegislation combined, of any one Con- gress, as it will save millions yearly to the treasury, and help raise the standard of official honor and character to a height worthy the dignity of a great and free republic. Under its provisions, wile pub- lic services will not be ignored, or recommends from tit persons be without weight, they will not stand instead of ifitness, but will open the way for thor- ough cxaimination of all applicants for place. Surely, it should be made a law, with no day lost in need- less delay. While government expenses have been reduced, that reduction has not been what it should be, as the deficiency bills to be presented to the coming Congress will fully prove. The army has nearly twice the officers needed for the rank ‘and file—the most costly as well as ornamental part of the ser- vice—and the question is, Wili the people be taxed millions for their support? The navy is loaded with an official retinue, relatively larger even than the | the metropolis 4. Put all Indian affairs in charge of Wi partment to save cost and stop rola natande- 5. Let hn rg ey by treaty from the Indians pe : ublic oitices and not in large tracts 6, Grant no subsidies in money or bonds to rail- 7. Stop large and useless appropriations for cus- tom houses and hospitals. 8 Adopt such measures a3 in your wisdom you deem best to turn the balance of trade in our favor, that our coin may be left at home a3 @ means of re- suming specie payments. MORE CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON, Extraordinary Charges of Fraud Agaiust the Post OMice Department—How Contracts Are Managed and the People Swindled. A Washington correspondent of the Boston Traveller makes the following remarkable dis- closures in regard to certain alleged operations in the Post Office Department at the seat of govern- ment:— ‘The fact of awarding the carrying of the overland mails to Wells, Fargo & Co. only a short time ago is still fresh to the minds of your readers. Last year the mails—not including paper mails—were car- ried from North Platte station on the Pacific Rail- road, 200 miles west of the Missouri river, by Wells, Fargo & Co., for $750,000, Proposals were asked for this year by the Department to carry the mails from the termini of the two Pacific Railroads, a distance of fully 800 miles less than last year, Weils, Fargo & Co. bid $1,350,000. Jonn All- man bid $500,000, and a Mr. Spades, of Chicago, bid $350,000, The contract was awarded to Spada, Some time elapsed and no response came from Spades; but an agent of Wells, Fargo & Co. had, in the meantime, seen him, and a private understand- ing between the parties was effected. As Mr. Spades did not deposit proper security the contract was annulled, It was then offered to Mr. Allman, but for some reason he also de- clined it, All the competitors beg thus out of the way of Wells, Fargo & Co. they were offered the contract, but as thelr scheme was not ripe Mr. Ran- dail was told to look elsewhere. One morning there appeared in the leading daily papers throughout the country, among the New York news items, these few words Postmaster General Randall a here this morning.’ A couple of days’ so} and our Postmaster General re- turned to Washington, having iu his valise a contract with Wells, Farg Co. to carry the overland mails at the rate of $1,700,000 per ati- num, —Assoon as it was known the swindle (for what else can it be called ?) was denounced in all parts of the country through the press. Your readers are aware that Randall made a semi-oficia! explana- tion, through the Associated Press, that this very great increase over the year previous was made ne- cessary by the fact that tie new contract provided for the carrying of newspaper mails. A shallow ex- lanation, but withal the best he could make, In less than one month after the new contract went into effect, among the items telegraped from San Francisco was one saying that great complaints were made against Wells, Fargo & Co. because, in- stead of bripging newspaper wails through, as agreed, they were thrown tndiscriminately along the route over the Plains, there to remain until de- stroyed, ‘The department finding Wells, Fargo & Co. unable to curry through these mails, at once ordered the greater portion of them to be carried by steamer by the Panama route, without making any deductions whatever from Wella, Fargo & Co,’s bills. ‘The affair will probably be investigated by Congress and the entire transaction sifted from beginning to « ived n in end. A ON# HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLAR SWINDLE. Among the post routes established was one two years ago in the Territory of Arizona. At least it is Supposed the route Was established, from the reason that a contract was awarded to one Mr. Poston—a brother of the delegate from that Terrttory—to carry the mails over said route for the handsome sum of $90,000 per year. lig te was going on smoothly and not a mur- mur of discontent was heard about this contract; for no one knew of it at the time it was made except the parties directly interested. Now for the sequel. The bill for the first year’s service came in and was promptly paid by the department. ‘The affair now 1s no longer a secret; but Governor McCormick, of Ari- zona, learns in an indirect manner that $90,000 a year 13 cng Speed to carry the mails over a route in the Territory of which he1s Governor. He examines into the matter, and in a letter to the Post Office Department, signed in his capacity of Governor, and with seal attached, he re- ports that “not a single letter or an ounce of mail matter has ever been carried over the route; pronounces it a swindle from beginning to end and protests against the payment of any more money. ‘The contractor becomes alarmed and hastens at once to Washington to fix up matters, The second year’s bill is presented fgr payment; but the pay clerk, with Governor McCormick's letter before him, refuses to pay it. An intimate personal friend of Randali’s appears on the scene—has several inter- views with him. On the day following one of these inecviens the pay clerk haga note laid before him. reads:— army and quite as useless. There are too many superfiuous officials at pire ig and in the navy y' whose principal business it is to draw their monthly pay, and ships are still kept in commission with no other it object than spending mil- lions of our coin abroad that had far better be kept reduce our debt. ‘The disgraceful hen may won of the wa Deparement in years, past, owing to the incom, nce of its chief oMmcers, will remain a blemish on its history for ail time. All we can now do is to remedy its present wastes, and it is the judg- ment of most competent men that the public good Tequire an expense of over $10,000,000 yearly in that branch of the service. ‘The departments at Washington, as well as the whole civil service, need reorganization, and the dismissal of thousands of needless and half-worked Political oMicials, uaoy hundreds of thousands of dollars are yearly, paid for extra clerk hire, all of which she be saved and those under lar pay required to do the work or be disin |. Fewer men, competent and reliable, even with better pay, would cost less than many drones. The Indian De- perenne’ full of waste and corruption, should be anded over to the War Department, in which oMcers are held closely accountable for funds in ey temptatic fered to specul: by e grea ptation of 8 lators land treaties with Indians makes it important ‘that ali lands acquired by treaty should be soid only in the public land offices, and notin large tracts. "ihus 8 great and werous source of secret corruption wouldend, Pubiic interest and public opinion are opposed to further government subsidies to rail- roads, beyond land gta) carefully given in the re- gions traversed by the roads, as such subsidies open great temptations for corrupt legislation, and be- cause We Inust pay our debt, justice coming before generosity, ‘The vast frauds exposed in the recent elections demand the passage of @ law requiring naturaliza- tion papers to be issued oniy by the United States courts under @ new and efficient system, and that all violations of law in such cases be tried only by these courts. There are many judicial distriets apparently organized to accommodate hungry politictans. Some twenty-five of these, costing yearly over $20,000 each, and in which that cost exceeds the business done, should be merged in other districts. The judi- ciary has been and 13 greatly embarrassed by tie in- capacity of decrepid and superannuated judges, who woald gladl, ire did government make any pro- vision for theirsupport. A law is imperatively de- manded allowing such to retire on a suitable salary. ‘the wasteful and extravagant appropriations fo: cnstom fouses and hospit is should be largely re- duced. ‘The interest on cost of our marine hospi- tals would more than support ail our invalid sailors. Our yearly bang excceding our exports, the diiference made up in coin or bonds sent abroad, Congress should eariy adopt measures to turn the balance of trade in our favor, as along con- tinuance of Ite present condition must surely lead to humiliating financial embarrassments. Could al economic measures be adopted, our expenses Would be so reduced that the import duties the taxes om spirits and tobacco, stamp taxes an licenses would pay all the expenses of the govern- ment, interest on the debt and pensions, and leave a handsome surplus as » sinking fund to pay tie na- tional bonds, It has been made matter of commendation that our expenses are no, ter tian in the days of Buchan but we should rather blush for shame that they as rege = Krone an administration corrupt beyond recedent. =i Let the party in power bring the relative expenses | and the character of the government up to the standard of the days of John Quincy Adams—when not # dollar was lost for four years by fraud or mal- administration—and a grateful public will rejoice that power, courage and patriotism combined can crush the terrible corruption which will unleas checked, annihilate every element of value in this | republican government. ny legislation that will encourage our home in- dustry or tend to lessen the national mania for poli- cal office Will be gratefully received by all. Thou- sands of able bodied men spend years in vain efforts to obtain oMce who would be Valuable members of society in some industrial calling. If the estimates of tue Secretary of the Treasu for the expenses of the fiscal year ending June, 1 exceed the je receipts there must be error in his estimates or wholly needless extravagance, as the reduction of eee canon, by Congress kept pace with the reduction of taxes. « Ifthe expect any or all of these measures to gh through they must themseives make due efforts, Letters and numerously signed petitions to our national legislature are the most potent means for reforming abuses and making improvements, and no men have more found respect for the wishes of the people than who need votes to retain their pag Let the members of Congress do their whole juty, and a discriminating public will keep them in lace #0 long as they thus earn and deserve pub- ic confidence, A petition of which the following is a copy was ordered to be circulated for signature:— ‘To the Honorabie Senators and House of Represen- tatives of the United States, in Congress as sembled :— Your petitioners resrectfully and earnestly ask that you will act carly, im your short and busy ses- sion, On the following important matters id on otiters Named in the address herewith), viz. | waist, and | the ri relentiess force that 1, Pass the Civil service bil of How T. A. Jenckes, 2. Complete and pars the new Tax bill, reducing taxation Wherever possible. | %& Reduce expenses in all departments and de. | crease the proportion of costiy oMcers in army and | navy | $80,000, 000.—Mcon (Ga.) Telegraph. Der. Ve Pay this bill. A. W. R., Postmaster General, — bill 1s paid and the contractor leaves in high gree. STILL ANOTHER SWINDLING OPERATION. Any one at all familiar with postal matters is aware that the — pays upon all letters going to most of the foreign countries what is called “sea e’’— seven cents per letter—the amount for carrying letters upon the ocean highways. The most of the steamship lines are weil satis- fled to receive merely this sea postage as their compensation for carrying the letters, The re- lar line of mail steamers between New York and javana are paid this sum upon each letter, The ment las a contract with the New York and Havana Mail line to carry the mails at this rate, Some time ago, however, a company was formed in Baltimore to runaline of steamers between that city and Havana, and the idea was conceived to effect an arrangement with the Post Ofice Depart- ment to carry mails to Havana. So far as the necessities of the department were concerned, the regular line from New York answered every purpose and was perfectly contented to re- ceive the regular rate of seven cents per letter for the service performed. How it was arranged I know not, but the Balti- more Steamship Company succeeded, and the Post- master General authorized them to carry United Staves mails to Havana, touching at Key West, Fla. Two steamers com i the iine, and each was to make @ round be every two weeks, and for this ser- vice $1,000 per tri ip was to be paid. _No one will claim that the route by way of New York did not do all the service required, and hence question arises what necessity for this additional ex- penditure of upwards of $50,000 per year? Let ua how examine and see how well this company is com- pensated for the service in comparison with the regular New York line which receives seven cents a letter, withont regard to whether they carry fifty letters a trip or 500, During the month of October, 1868, the steamer Maryland made two ae All told she carried both to and from Havan: including newspapers—mails which, estimated at rate paid for “sea service,” would amount to $169 04, But instead of this amount she received the sum of $2,000, The steamer Cuba also made two trips, carrying mails which would have entitled her to $73 48; but Instead of this SScsen is sent by the Post OMce Department for 000. Can a plainer case of swindling the government be made out than this? Yet it goes on day by day, month after month, and no efforts le to check it. A FEROCIOUS DUEL BETWEEN A CREOLE AND A FRENCH! {From the New Orleans Crescent, Dec. og ‘The famous duelling ground on the Metairie Ridge known as “The Qaks,”’ was the scene yesterday morning of a sanguinary duel between two young men of this city, which has rarely had its parailei in the annals of the code either in this country or in Europe. The antagonists were, the one a native creole of New Orleans, the other a Frenchman by birth; the provocation a blow in the face at the hand of the creole; the weapons were broadswords; the hour daybreak. Arrived on the field, accompanted by their seconds, the combatants stripped to the sword in hand, in the freezing air of the morning, sprang at other like tigers, There was no hesitation or playing to try each other's skill. A few lun, ind cuts were successfully parried, when suddenly an up cut from the Frenchman's sword wounded his opponent in the right arm. The riposte from the creole laid open the Frenchman's left cheek, laying the inside open and exposing his teeth, hing daunted, the wounded man stepped back, had a handkerchief pound round his face and again put himself in attitude of offence, His first Junge yr vig the breast of his antagonist, between and the skin, bat it was made with such passed also through the off arm. An Ineo was made at this moment by the seconds to stop the matter at that point, but the man With the handkerchief around his jaws rushed at the second wito was most anxious to settie the matter, sword in hand, aaseverating that ne should quiet his imosity except acut across his throat, The battle was renewed and lasted until the creole had received eight wounds and the other six, all severe and painfal, but none, It is h |, dan. gerous. Both men displayed extraordinary courage, animosity and endurance, and during the course of tl bloody encounter neither was willing to give up 5 HORSE NOTzS, Mr. Bonner, of the New York Ledger, has met with @ serious loss in the death of the ‘‘Aubura horse,” who died on Wednesday evening last of spasmodic cholic, @ disease to which he had been subject for the last year or two, This is the only valuable horse that Mr. Bonner has lost during the last ten years. It was the opinion of the late Hiram Woodruff, when the Auburn horse was in training under his im. mediate supervision, that he was decidedly the fast- est horse in the country—in fact, the fastest that he ever pulled a rein over. So confident was he of the powers of this horse that he intended to verify his opinion by an exhibition of speed in the presence of the owner of the horse superior to anything that had ever been seen on the turf, and that too with the knowledge that Dexter had trotted a mile under the Saddle in 2:18 3-5 a short time previously. Untoward circumstances, however, prevented the fulfilment of his promise—bad weather or @ bad track having prevented it. It is @ remarkabié fact in the history of this horse that his powers as a trotter Were never developed until he became aged, and then only accidentally. He never ap- peared on the turf but a few times, and at no time was he ever called upon to exhibit his best speed, so that his actual turf record amounts to nothing, Mr. Bonner having purchased him at an early stage of his career for the sum of $12,000; and, of course, withdrew him for the future, as he has done with ali the animals he has become possessed of, such as Lantern, Flatbush Maid, Lady Palmer, Peerlesa, Po- cahontas, Dexter, and Bruno, his latest acquisition. It is not generally known that Mr. Bonner is the owner of Bruno, but he has been in his possession since last summer, although not in his stabie through deficiency of room, The death of the Auburn horse will now make a place for him. Bruno, it will be re. membered, when a four-year old, in his trot with Ella Sherwood, at the Fashion Course, on July 19, 185, made a heat in 2:30, which was the fastest time that had ever been made by a@ colt of that age. This fast time was made with the dis- advantage of a high wind against him, Subsequently, in June, 1867, he made a mile in double harness, with Brunette, a fall sister, driven by a professional driver, m 2:25, whien was a little quicker than had ever been done before, Mr. Bonner having driven bis two mares, Lady Palmer and Flatbush Maid, to a road wagon tn : without previons preparation. [lis eareor after: wards was by no ineans brilliant; something Was wrong about him, and he canged owners several times without the discovery of his atiment being made, until an investigation by Mr, Bonner deve- loped the fact that bis complaint lay in his feet alone, After @ proper curative process had been adopted Bruno soon regained his speed to su extent as to induce Mr. Bonner to purchase him, un- der the impression that he would be second to no horse in the country exeept the invincible Dexter. We have spoken of Bruno previously in our horse notes, and alinded to the fact that he had recovered bis gait and was going rapidly under the tratning of Smith Burr, in Suffolk county, 1 stating at the time that he had trotted around Mr. Burr's track several sesonds faster than any horse had ever trotted on it before, While Mr. Bonner was spending the summer on the seashore in Mr. Burr's vicin- ity he had frequent opportunities of witness- ing the performances of Bruno, which gave him so much satisfaction that he resolved to pur- chase him, and accordingly did so. After Mr. Bon- ner purchased him he suifered the horse to remain in Mr, Burr's hands until a favorable opportunity should present itself for his removal. His improve- ment since then has been progressive. It is to be re- gretted that this horse, believed to be second only to Dexter, should be withdrawn from ‘the turf at so early a pees of his career and that the sporting world will never know the extent of his powers as A” trotting horse. His future will not be unlike that of the Auburn Horse and other celebrities in Mr. Bon- ner’s possession, A magnificent team of blacks, sixteen hands high, made their appearance on Harlem Lane a few daya ago, driven by Harry Hamilton. They are rushers, and yet seem quite gentle and easily handied. Mr. Purdy’s chestnut mare bas been matched against Mr. Miles’ little brown mare for $500 a side, the race, to wagons, to come off on Tuesday next, at he the contest until both had to let their hands fall hi less to their sides from loss of blood and the their wounds. The parties were carried home after having their wounds dressed, and though the creole had two more wounds his situation was more com- fortable and loss critical than that of his antagonist. Secret INVESTIGATION IN THR INDIANA LyNcH- tN@ Case,—The coroner's jury having in charge the investigation of the lynching of the Reno brothers and Charles Anderson, at New Albany, are en; in secret session examining witnesses in the case. a ‘will not reach the end of the case before we and haps q close of the week.— Louisville Democrat, Dee, Generar J. E. JonNsTon called npon us yesterday, and we were ratified fo see that ume is dealing gently with this popular soldier. A few gray hairs added, and the veteran is the samé in appearance as when he by harge of the front, opposing the ad- vance of Slerman’s hosts into Georgia. The General 1b, ts agent for the States of Georgia and Alavama of the New York Life Insurance and the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance compantes, both mam- moth corporations, aggregating a capital of neerly two o’ciock, at the Fashion Course. Both of these mares are from Westchester county. NEW JERSEY INTELLIGENCE. Jeracy City. THe New Jersey SCHUETZEN Corrs held their an- nual ball jast evening at Cooper's Hall, which was attended by members of the Common Councils of Jersey City and Hoboken. New Hosrira.s.—The Sisters of Charity are strain- ing every nerve to procure funds for the erection o1 @ new hospital. Such an institution will be a great blessing to the city. At the same time the move- ment for the erection of acounty hospital, under the management of a chartered corporation, is pro- ing. Newark. PRESENTATION TO MAYOR PeppIFr.—Mayor Thomas B. Peddie, of this city, has been presented with a neat dittle testimonial, in the shape of a handsome gold medal, worth $259, for his services to the repub- lican party, by about fifty leading men of that party in Newark. A COMPLICATED AFFAIR.—Yesterday forenoon Jo- seph Schulehaus, a butcher doing business on the corner of Broome and Mercer streets, was arrested on a charge of stealing five dollars from a Mrs. Wil- helmina Hornleine under ullar circumstances. It appears the woman went to his place for some meat, purchased, presented a bill, which the butcher ronounced a counterfeit and ret to return it, ira, Hornieine then stated her case to Justice Milis, who issued a warrant for the butcher's arrest. In effecting the latter detective Smith was pretty badly knocked about by the wife of the accused and his man and only escaped being cut up with the butcher's tools, so he says, by @ precipitate retreat. Schule- haus ts held to bail. ALLEGED WiIrk ABANDONMENT.—Before Justice Pierson, yesterday, & trial took place in which Jobn Schweitzer, ly member of the Newark police force, was charged with abandoning his wife and failing to contribute to her support and that of their children, From the evidence tt appeared that when they were married, about two years ago, she was the sessor of abont $700 and a nice little millinery estabiishment. Now she has scarcely a penny. She was a widow with two children and he a widower with the same number of responsibilities. It was explained that she paid equal attention to all the children, and had in every respect proved an exem- plary wife. A few months ago, through the tnter- vention of Alderman Aschenbach, he was compelled to allow her twenty five dollars a month. This he did for a few times and then resigned. The case having been submitted to the jury, after some con- siderable deliberation they failed to agree and were discharged. They stood four for acquittal to eight for conviction, Elizabeth, A Bonn Rosser Convicrep.—The jury in the case of Emil Scheyli, charged with robbing the residence of Mr. Egbert, at Plainfield, of $16,000 in bond. and jewelry in June last, yesterday rendered a verdict of guilty. ‘Trenton. Sap SpecracLe—Five FONRRALS IN OXF Cor- Tear.—The remains of the five ill-fated men who were drowned in the Delaware and Raritan canal on Tuesday were interred yesterday afternoon inthe Irish Catholle Cemetery. The five hearses, contain- Ing all that is mortal of those unfortunate men, and the coaches convened on Feeder street, where they were joined by a large procession of private velicies and some thousands of citizens, the majority of whom were Irish. The sad cortege then slowly wended its way to the Catholic church, where the funeral obsequies were performed by Father Seumidt, who delivered a very impressive address: after which the remains were conveyed to the cemetery, STATE PRISON AFFAIRS.—The new wing for the re- ception of female convicts {s almost finished and will be ready for occupation about the beginning of the new year. It isa very handsome and commedious appendge to the inatitution, but will cost double the amount J agp by the Legistature—2s,000, This departement contains forty cella, ten feet by seven, divided into three tiers. The cells are large stoves on the first toor, and fited up in comfortable and accommodating manner. The is just now in a crowded con- dition, contal no jess than 600 inmates. The omctais are engaged iu preparing their re- for resentation the Ley isk ty A short ime or Ward visited the institution and. deprecated the discipline exercised towards tw lent or insubordinate convicis—that of chaining them in the dun; The Governor the abolition of such severe castigation, that moral suasion ought to be snMicient to control the propensities of any Jack Sheppard. is Testriction on the discipline exercised in the iustitu tion for the last thirty years is loudly complained of the keepers, who assert that desperate men 1ivst be awed into submission by fear, They believe that Soniniag in the dungeon is much more humane than the reued in other institntions of & Hike character- the use of the cat, tue shower bath or the more subduing power of starvation. to conform in some m¢ with the desire of the Governor, the keepers, however, have adopted 4 milder system of chastisement,’ and now inerely manacie FA aNd curtail their regimen, Dut say itis insaMcient to enforce authority, Uncer these circumstances application will be made to tie Legis lature to reguiate the discipline by empoweriag the Keepers to exercise the time-honored custom of chaining the delinquents in prostrate attrsid: ¢ the floor, or some other unpleasant corporeal fniiv tion. mn to the floor.