The New York Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1869, Page 4

4 EUROPE. The Voice of the Press on the East- ern Difficulty. Another Disastrous Colliery Explo- sion in England. ‘The steamship Cuba of the Cunard line, Captain Moodie, from Liverpool 2@ instant, via Queenstown 34, arrived at this port yesterday. She brings three days later details of our cable telegrams. The recent recoinage of the French circulating medium has left a net proflt of sixteen millions of francs. ‘The Marquis of Bute has, says the Westminster Gazette, been just formally received into the Catholic Church by Monsignor Capel at Nice. The members of the Metropolitan Police force are subscribing for a memorial to Sir Richard Mayne, the form of which is to be determined hereafter, An appeal,has been issued to the inhabitants of Servian nationality, calling upon them to render assistance to the Hellenes in their conflict with the ‘Turks, The Conference convoked by the Ban of Croatia has decided in favor of establishing a responsible govern ment, similar to that existing 10 Hungary. A letter from Rome in the Débats says that, accord- ing to a rumor in circulgtton there, the Pope has commuted the sentence of death recently passed upon Ajani aud Luzzi for their participation in the events of 1867. . The emigration from Prussia has] attained such considerable proportions of late that the Cabinet at Berlin has given instractions to impede it by all pos- sible measures. It ig reported that a treaty of an offensive and de- fensive alliance has been privately signed between the Czar and the King of Pruesia, outside of any in- terference on the part of Gortschakoff or Bismarck. The capitalists of Lisbon and Oporto have just sub- scribed a loan of 5,000,000f. to meet the financial ne- cessities of the Portuguese Treasury. Her Majesty’s ship Hercules was put through ber trials over the measured mile and ia circling yester- day of Portsmouth, with great success, the mean speed attained by the ship over the mile being at the rate of 14.691 knots, or seventeen statute miles per hour. The Newcastle Daily Journal! publishes tabular statements of the shipbuilding on the Tyné and the Ware for the year 1863, which show a considerable Increase of the number of ships built during this year, as compared wilh 1867. Two men tiained Dwyer, father and son, have been @rrested in ircland on the charge of having shot Mr. Baker, the Tipperary magistrate, on the night of the Slat ult. Considerable sensation has been caused in Paris by the exposure of the fact that the most valuable pic- tures of the Louvre have been lent out wholesale to clubs and private dwellings of high offictais. The International of London mentions that the Austrian authorities are freatly disturbedeby the continual transport of Russian arms and ammuni- tion towards the Principalities. It 1s intended to send an occupation force onto the Austro-Walla- chian frontiers to provide against any rising. A grand amateur musical performance was re- cently given at the theatre of Galata for the purpose of providing arms for Roumania. The house was very crowded and many Greeks were present, be- sides the prefect and all the prominent officials, The president of the tribunal was one of the performers. The Sultan of Turkey has called upon his two vas- gals, the Viceroy of Egypt and the Bey of Tunis, to furnish their quota of troops in the event of a war. Egypt has to provide 15,000 men and two frigates of war and Tunis 10,000 men properly armed and pro- visioned. Victor ITugo gave his annual Christmas féte to his “poor children” at Hauteville House, Guernsey, on Christmas Eve, He concinded his address to those present as follows:—*‘Whatever may be the sorrows of life I shall not murmur at them if IJ am permitted to realize the two highest objects of ambition that a man can aim at. These objects are to be a slave—to be a servant; to be the slave of consclence—to be the fervant of the poor.” ‘The seat of the Conference, says Galignani, being fixed at Paris, the Marquis de Lavalette, Minister of Foreign Afairs, will of course le over it. The representatives of the guarantecing¥Powers and of Turkey and Greece, who are to take part tn ft, are the following:—Austria, Prince de Metternich; Great Britain, Lord Lyons; Italy, Commander Nigra; Pras- sia, Count de Solms (Chargé d’ Affaires in the absence of Count de Goltz); Russia, Count de Stackelberg; Turkey, Djemil Pacha, and Greece, M. Rizo Rav- gabe, FRANCE. Diplomatic Sensations—Postpovement of the Opening of the Legislative Chambers—The New Forcign Ministry—A Democratic Beare ben—Charming Prospects of a Duel—Betting Officers aud Charity. Parts, Dec. 29, 1868, ‘rhe “Roman question” kept Paria for two or three months much interested In two pieces of leaden wire, so twisted one in each other that the most diplomatic Gngers alone could unclasp the links. Men would stand under street doors selling Roman questions from morning night, and as long aa difficulties lasted with the Eternal City it was a profitable speculation. We have now got the “Question de Vortent,” and [ suggest some trade with crescents, for it promises to be @ mooning problem and not all the papérs which announce a congress here for the 2d of January, believe it can take place on that date. The said congress ts sup- posed to be instituted for the smoothing down of Cretan susceptibilities, it ls to be a conference with pacific intent, and we ought to feel assured that the ¢onvoked cabinets are sincere in their endeavors to avoid @ general war, but it it not correct, as the Papers affirm, that the congress is appointed for any particular date, nor that the place of this meeting is quite a settled thing, for invitations to assemble have Dot yet been sent out. The opening of the Legislative Assembly has again been postponed, and the session at the Palais Bour- bon wiil not be maugurated next year before the 18th of January. Lt ts said this delay is caused by the incompleteness of M. Wittersheim’s printing establishment, not yet in measure to bring out the Moniteur’s supplementary sheet of debates. The most important part of the butiding for the Moniteur itself will be ready on the 1st of January. ‘The first oficial reception of the foreign dipio- macy by M. de la Valette, the new Minister for Foreign Affairs, took place last Thursday, and all the am- bassadors attended. The new Secretary General at the Ministére is M. Senc rinerly Prefect of L and not generaily accuse of nitra liberaliam but de Forcade, new Minister of the Interior is already pop His kiowlodge of the | his an with an Bngiish lady, Whose iather was member for and hi intimate connection with Mr. Gladstone, have prepossessed inany in his favor. Joarnalists are nee forward to a litde respite. They may be deceived, turist, has got into trouble again this censorship. He had brought out a sph in the Fmperor’s frepiace at the Tuiers he had placed o ti n “old age,” by small sword, a bottle anti-seorbutic medicine and a inciancholy polichinelie, It was seized, and when the niloman whose businew it is to guard public morals were asked why such a Tigorous measure was theif answer simply was “that they could not understand the picture.” Gill thinks rm censure ought to have compre- hensiop, but that grim female is @hat she cannot undersiand extraordinary jetter has as ae eg A. 4 re does exist one Of that race pect aud he the brother of Catholic Isa- for poor Gill, the agricul. | after which these agencies will Incipie, of course am innoce! und very productive, and a duty will be raised on the proceeds ‘for the poor,” just a3 a duty is raised one. They are on the orig = reminaes bara the Roman Pasian hat mn ag always ferous, ever mind whence crys A Charity is probably of the same opinion. Another decree deserves men- tion, Itis a Mas the ust Ves- ity and equality in If the r in ayor’s rounds are not in s hurry ave as | What and what a consolatory thought is not! better for dinner than a piece of dry bread! ‘These decrees are monuments on which their origt- mators deserve to be perpetuated. At the close of each there ts a very ample harvest of ics to r in. I have Boted but few, and among them num of pa- ‘rs brought out in different countries. in ere are 1,668 in all; in Paris alone, 710. THE EASTERN QUESTION. ‘The Voice of the Press on the Conference for the Settlement of the Tarko-Greek Difficulty. The London Times of the 31st ult. says:—The Greek government bas neither money nor credit, but it — hopes that msurrections occur in the ‘kish provinces, and it relies on the certainty that Europe will never permit the permanent aetme ite a Ira i ype — — heed - jom, some outrages prot rpetrated, and innumerable atrocities will be invented to excite the os of Carano Lien is Httle use Vi 8 province which cannot be retained, and at reg 2 skilful Greek cruisers will, per- haps, continue to baffle the pursuit of the Ti men-of-war. There imees A robability that hostill- ties will be averted, but until the Conference has ar- rived ata decision it will be impossible to judge whether the great Powers are able to on an Eastern policy. The further question of the willing- ness of the actual combatants to submit to European arbitration will still remain to be solved.” m bein Como pal observes:— “ee A jeve in east that they can be conquered, and do believe that they can awe the stgual {or insurrection throughout the Sultan’s dominions—a signal which will be heard in Asia.as well as Europe—and will throw the Orthodox from Odessa to St. Peters- burg into a fever of excitement. ‘The Greeks pod be atterly hig may be hot-headed fa- natics, victims of an idea, or anythi else, but as ee oe ne think so they wiil fight; and ihe solemn diplomatic threats of leaving them to their fate will be met with the ridicule they deserve, and the war the Conference is to prevent will rage ail the more flercely because it will have inspired in the Grecks a just belief that diplomatists would like to condemn them unheard. If the Conference will Produce peace, well and good; we can understand, though we heartily dislike the policy of peace at any price; but it seems to us much more likely to land ‘us in @ position from which we mast either retreat with more or less of opprobrium, or coerce a free State in Turkish interests, or allow ourselves to be dragged into a very serious war, waged to compel uawiling populations to remain submissive to Otto- maa rule.” The London Globe of the 2a says:—“A conference wisely conducted ts useful in two ways—it (fords an opportunity for the exercise of moderating In- fluences by Powers so situated that if they gave advice spontaneously they would be supposed to act from interested and selfish impuises, and it enables those Staves witch feel aggrieved to divulge their discontents velore they attain unmanageable pro- Cape ear For example, at the conference which about to be held on the affairs of Turkey and Greece, although the five points of the ultimatum which Turkey sent to Greece ae to form the basis of discussion, it wiil be ble to ex) Ss and explain collateral sentiments which, if allowed to remain uneXpressed and unexplained, migut here- alter develop into serious causes of difference. Seldom, imdeed, can it happen that a conference wisely and honorably conducted can fall to effect permanent good. The idea of a congress is a parita- ment of nations convened for a ip pl ae, ‘Mis idea ts capable of development into a scheme for the permanent institution of an international court of ap; The recourse to confereaces in moments of diMcuities will habituate the nation to the use of these admirable agencies for the preserva- tion of peace, and at the ‘same time reply. direct proof by experiment that the idea of an interna- uonal ‘uament is practicable. The existence of such @ flual court of appeal would do more to allay the fears and remove the alarms which now trouble the world than any other ex it. And it would tend pre-eminently to the nent of that other er Fs the Emperor he cousolida- 100 3 The London Sun of the 30th concludes its leader a3 follows:—“Whether the warlike ardor of the Greeks be such or not, certain we may be that the Sublime Porte will never dream of holding its haua, if driven to extremities by a foe at once so insull and so lasignificant. The office of the Conference will be that of a pacificator. But, while it will be 80, it will at the same time oe constrained in the ere of Euro — and Ee of the propity of nations, to repre! G sternness comeners by the coeaston. oe caseonet. nary ventured upon by Greece e whale of these re recent proceedings on the part of the Hellenic people and on the part of the Hellenic gov- ernment in regard to the intogrity of the dominions, ‘and the independence of the sovereignty of the Sultan Caliph, Abdal Aziz.” La Twi quie, of Constantinople, an organ of the Grand Vizier, in an article on the pending dimicul- ties, mentions the fearful consequences that the con- ict will entail on entire Europe. It attributes the whole affair to the equivocations of European diplo- macy, and finishes py that the only manner to avoid a great war is to leave Turkey to settle her own gricvances with Greece. ENGLAND. four Lives Lost. {Prom the London Times, Jan. 1.) The Wi coal district has again been the scene of a terrible catastrophe, another ignttion of fire- damp (the third witain @ month), resulting in the death of twenty-four persons, having occurred yes- terday. ‘The explosion pened at the colileries of Messrs. Richard Evans Co., which are situate about the centre of the township of Haydock three miles from St. Helen's and seveng from the borough of W known by the name of lock Collieries, The pit is sunk to a depth of 230 yards, and at 1 are obtained two seams of coal—the Ravenhead main delt and the Wigan nine-foot, It was in the latter where the casualty occurred. It ts «aid that about forty men were employed in this mine, but the particular part in which the explosion happened has only been worked about two years, and only wwenty- five men were engaged in it, All descended to their work yesterday morning. Shortiy after noon the cotliers engaged in some other portions of the pit no- | theed a derai ent of the ventilation, and on e: amination being made it was found there had been very serious explosion. Mr. Chadwick, the nnder- ground manager, and Mr. Biliinge, the anderlooker in charge of the nine-foot workings, were at once | commeanicated with and an exploring party was organized. As soon as the current of air could be restored an examination of the district in which the gas had fired was commenced, The work was the damage done to the monpnes and in the alr ways, Several persons who been burnt were ‘ound alive and were removed to the surface, where their injuries were attended to. As the explorers the levels and forwarded them to the surface. Up to eleven o'clock on Wednesday night seventeen bodies had been recovered, and during the night six more were found, making the total of those who had died in the mine twenty- ‘The explosion 13 supposed to have occurred about 250 yards from oS nae iy tet nothing is known as to howgt originated. thought, however, that the accfinulation of gas had been caused by some derangement of the ventilatic peer’, la conse- se of & fall Of roof, or some of that nature. he mine was ventilated in disti ena this will account for only one portion having been affected se explosion, Altogether about 900 men were ed in the workings communicating with the ‘The Case of Overend, Gurney & Co. ‘The fires day of the year 1809 (says the Mullion has been rendered memoravie Oy the commence. ment of & judicial inquiry, sutpassl and oy ae antecedent tavemigauion ofa yi room of similar charac ‘On that day the the Mansion House was crowded an suditory facta anxious to hear shadowed forth city in World was to be seked to commit Joho ie and al, Here pea trial on ir Grave oriminal charge. The Geieouaate were Get one of considerable difficnity in consequence of | proceeded they found the bodies of the deceased in | : i | ti ie 2 i : B i i az is 8 al - pg a nr rile pe LY ve confess, wwever, that strength the impression made by Mr. Lewis’ address is in the inverse ratio of the length of time which that ad- dress consumed. There were in it a great many hard words, but very few hard facts. True the story of the two deeds was told with creat, not tosay falness of detail, and such phrases as ‘‘utter rot- tenness,”’ “totally ruined and ban! 4 * hopelessly insolvent,” &c., &¢., came in in and again, as if they were likely to gather force from fre- quent repetition. Possibly had the forthcoming ex- 1 issue, and the rosccution desire tomflict isa criminal circumstances in error, whea they company with such materials as at no one will dispute. That they tempted fortune too far, and wandered too widely from the good old ways of their fathers. none can ti"Rfeety ey" ten owe es hata ut the city, even by lost heavily, they are not deemed reproachabie with auything like intentional iniquity. They believed in ora Titel post dr fS cyacn. tad @ genuine pi : they too iittle account of the leeway which enormous losses would ae Ala is admitted, Lap rs nh from conspiring of se! pose, deliberate intent to defraud every unfortunate whom they could induce to take a share. That Persons irritated by severe and une: losses should fail to see this, is not alt unnatural. ‘That the mental vision of the outside public should be equally Copied ‘would be hij improper, though we may add it it is not at Dea Fe Men for whom Baron Rothschild, Mr. Kirkman Hodgson and Sir Fowell Buxton are willing to become ball are not likely to have been guilty of conspiring to defraud. Their conduct may have been censurable, but at Etre! no ground has been shown for treating it as jeliberately wicked. SPAIN. ‘Spanish Finances. (Madrid (Dec. 30) correspondence London Morning Hierald.) The c ration of Madrid have had no difficulty in arranging with Messrs. Erlanger & Co., of Paris, for a loan of nenrly £800,000, at seven and @ half per cent. Doubtiess this is owing to the better appreciation of the security the city bas to offer. Don Nicolas Mario Rivero, §the Alcalde (Lord Mayor), is aman of well known abinty and probity, and itis mainly to his personal influence and the prestige aon eee le man gives to the ayuntamiento of which he is the head, that this loan has been brought about. The necessities of the corporation are urgent. To-morrow, 3st, Erlanger & Co. Ray £20,000; on Sist January, £75,000, and on 8lst March, £95,000: Then every two months a like sum of £95,000 until March 31, 1870, when the whole will have amounted to £760,000, Repayment is spread over seventy years, at 71; per cent interest, and half per cent §per annum sinking fund. Yester- day’ azette contained the authorization as fol- lows:— MUNISTERIF DE GOETRNACION:—~ ‘The Ayuntamiento of Madrid, overcoming nil norts of dif. culties, have maintatned the minfctpal obligations ever since the national rising, in the attiiuce which becomes the capital of an enlightened nation, and, in addition, has had to assume responsibilities of former and present events which great abnegation and pati . The sustenance of the Casox de Benesicencia, and of the prisoners in the jafls, the repairs ‘of the streeta, the public health, and the thousand require- Tents of matitelpal life, ware All in great arrears of pay- ment, while the suppression of the dutles on smawmor de. prived them of thelr mort fertile resources. The want of rivate employment and the scarcity of the harvest Vare thrown” thousands ‘of ‘wha into the streets. In this sitnation the Aynatamiento, to discharze the debts of the past and to better their vosition in the future, have resolved to adapt an arrangement uugcomon in our m{dlst, although frequently adopted in other pices In Eurone, and which proces by its adoption not only the advantages of Uberty and administrative decentralization, c our nl riking n Europe, ighing carefully these ctreumstances, the convenience of the arrangement, the conditions stipulated and the ‘urgency of their adopiton to obtain the advantages he provisional government have approved tho loan con- tracted by the Ayuntamiento of Madrid. In virtue of my office ax president of the provisional government, and by fts accord Udecree that the nan contracted on the 2th of this aonth by the Avuntamtento of Madrit, through, 1t8 aloalde, Don Nicolas Mario Rivero, with Messrs, Erlangeré Co., bankers, of Paris, la hereby ayproved. - erey EMO PE ANOISOO SERRANO. varies of Rome, the corps diplomatique, the royal family of Naples, and an immense concourse of for- eigners. After the service he pi to the ollege. The Hol the address in the following words:— the Church is of old date, From the which ia the centre of religion, was of love and ee yey Be of ; : a K ! § i a dl oes te the goed inapirations Wh ‘good Ini one whi ence. ‘The wagel of darkuese sage res and lnzuries, You, on the contrary, example of abstinence, In order that our enemies They love the material; we, , when applied to proper ob- jects, never make ft ag idol, and keep ourselves from imitating # adorers in their love of ft, love which ende in iniquitous usur- Pationgy violent annexatioae and every kind of alicna rupere si powunt, non posunt, roncuptecere. We, Re Copting ouly that which im necessary to'life, will give the rest that ehartty whichanakes us worthy of being sal be uli rrng pew clalty Yet te nirseives the mont fervent \laons ebarity, To itving and acting thus we havo ™ hing to fear, 1 Lord wil ect ws and will bestow 09 ww that which is written in the pulp — The art ua, but they will not touch uke Tole « from God, while thankh nd wishing you, io my turn, ev: Upen you with that benedictio imy heart, FOTEIGN MISCELLANEOUS (TEMS. ‘The Sultan has presented the Roumanian Minister. Ale ler Goleseo, with a maguiticent snaifbox, valued at $6,000, ‘The Greek government has decided to place the comtnand of the volunteers in the hands of Garibaldl, | who has repeatedly offered his services, The Commander General at fonda has received orders to dispense with the bastinade in futare, and to remove all the chains and fetters from the convicts. A letter from Katonga to the Golos of St. Peters- burg states that Schamy! has left that town with bis } fami A Kiow, where he has obtained authoriz a- tion to 1x his residence. Mustapha Fffendi, a high Turkish fom has landed at Trieste, on his Way to Hungary, where he intends purchasing a number of horses for account of the Ottoman government. The Paris Churivart represents Greece and Tarkey playing at vards and disputing. The lookers-on are he Great Powers. it is. very diMoult to prevent un a Gree! as sharper) fi swith te cards. en a On Christmas Day General:Prim received » present PH nee Seed which he determi before jest during the dossert, ont 9 it was pay Lh A miniature + suspen and ve the biock of whieh count ot i Soa ot barca reported to have roveived e olmller «if, OUBA. AGiire im Puerte PrincipeThe Defeat of Cole. nel Acosta—Landing of General Quesada ‘The evolutionary Committoo—Gituation of the Foreign Hosldents. Nosviras, Jan. 6, 1860. Since the date of my last we know nothing regard- ing the operations of Vaimaseda. A gentleman who left Puerto Principe on the 28th ult. furnishes me with the latest news from that point. The city is surrounded at a short distance by bands of insur- gents and the streets are deserted, save by groups of soldiers and an occasional sentinel, Nota young man of the Cubans is to be found; they are all in the field. Many of the houses are deserted entirely, and the stores and shops are closed at five in the evening by order of the government. The authorities are trying the effect of a little terrorism upon such of the Cubans as they think sympathize with the insurgents, The last case reported was the imprisonment of Don Manuei A. Molina, @ fine, stately old gentleman of sixty-five years of age and upwards, of one of the leading families. His crime lies in the fact that he has two sons with the insurgents, one of whom, the eldest, is reported killed ina recent engagement. Provisions are getting to be very scarce in the city. Flour is held at fifty dollars, gola, per barrel, and the insurgents will not allow anything to pass, Every road and bypath between Principe and this Place is stopped by trenches, barricades and ditches. Colonel Acosta, with his “battalion of order,’’ or fow years since in apens be he z interested in a sugar re! i. Ber pong treac' of @ ita and his battalion es- an ambuscade had been prepared, and bore tenyir ees were com} to abandon their sition bu across country to intercept him and thereby lost quite a number of left here on the to bring eae pose of bringing back wounded soldiers. not yet returned. On the morning of the 24 two small troops and volunteers, about sixty in eac! out from this city to i a and sot him, in accor’ance with an order of the Governor to shoot all taken and to none into town. He leaves a wife and several children hving here. His friends, by special permission, were allowed to go after his yond bury it, but without ceremony or coffin, On the ist a party of robbers and ruMans, made up of negroes, Chinese and a few white men, went to the residence of Juan es, Jt., not far trom here, and robbed the place of everything movable, taking off six of the best field hands, twenty-five horses and ail the clothing of the owner and family, who were fortunately absent, They also destroyed the furniture, including a piano, and the carriage. Much of this style of work is expected about here, aad neither life nor property 1s considered safe. General Manuel Quesada recently landed on the coast with about eighty men, well armed and equipped. He is said to have bought 3,000 rifles, and the wording of his prociama- tion—a copy of which, obtained with great dif- Heuity, I send you—would seem to indicate that he had brought some quantity of arms, He 1s a native of Puerto Principe and servéd under the liberal fag daring the late war in Mexico. His military experi- euce will be of use to his countrymen. Fromm all I can jearn the insurgents have improved very much during the last twenty days and are better organized than heretofore. The revolationary committee consists of three persons, with their head- quarters at Sibanicu. All three are men of talent, having received their education in the United States. i a culef, Marquis Salvador Cisneros, is 2 man avout fiity-live years, cool and sagu- cious, and an ardent admirer of the great repubite, having resided several years there. assoclates are two co named Las Edward and Ignacio Agramonte—the one @ doctor and the other a lawyer, both lately married to sis- ters, daugitera of one of the wealthiest men of Puerto Principe. They give theirinstructions to the chiets of departments, August Arango, A. Castillo, Manuel Arteaga aad others—all men well known and of _— bravery. The for residents here do not feel entirely safe. There are some twenty-five or thirty, mostly Ainerican or British subjects. One of the latter, a Scotchman, named John Money, was recently ar- rested aud imprisoned, belng denounced by a negro from one of the estates as hai been with the insurgents. He was not allowed com- munication with any one, and was re- leased through the ettorts of the principal merchants and citizens, to whom the fact was known that jy not a absent eat hea! Place oe. me ution was inaugurated. Any foreigner ie the same treatment, and the Americans think it very strange that no United States war vessel has since A. Gibbs’ the Consular Agent suggested, that since Mr. e Consul it, a a visit from one would be of benefit {fo Siserican in- terests here. ‘The brig Rocky Glen arrived here on the 20th ult. On the previous day her captain, Franklin Wallace, jum over! as is supposed, in a fit of in- sanity and was lost. The man at the wheel saw him, as did the mate, who was aloft, but the wind was blowing Ireah aud it was impossible to save him. The following is “War Bulletin No, 4,” published by the insurgents in the vicinity of Puerto Principe:— Camp Union, Dec. 18, 1863, The —_ f the b ans ane great triumph over their enemies, over those inded by, 4 son of SE j es e 5 feats Fs tale ‘ube. ‘The report of the action is as follows:— Having our encampment at the ‘‘Unton” (estate) we learned of the proximity of the enemy. I tmme- diately placed myself in ambush in the Casualidad estate), leaving our horses benind, which were cap- ured by the enemy, a field of guinea en * CT tee in toele precipitate night they our ja formi and moved toward enemy had retired and we were unabie to pursue for want of ammunition we went over the field, and Las x <3 dead soldiers were found, with their arms, At sup Consuelo farm tweive were found buried, omicers, The collected by our men and pi to be former were booty obtained is large and vai buried. The bie, 1 addition to fourteen horses, being tags omy! a provisions, robbed us of have mostly The panic of the eneiny was such were hore de combat and were indifferent to the cries of the woundod, who impiored their heip, At one time I ordered the iting t be suspended ti order (o enable them to carry away their wounded, One of them informed me that they excced 100 ond the of blood Indicate their vi serious state. ‘This action, which took place on the 18th, proves that we will be able to confront our pape. Camp Union, Dee. 19, 1968, Another communication bas been received, the text of which 1 a9 Lng geliyor the example of Vi , Acosta has eet fire the estate on wpe the night, killing all the domestie on Oe ae te On the horse farm San Gregorio’ they fifty horses and destroyed every. puns fouad, Aud this is the army which styles itwelf “Christian and civilized.” They are the same Spaniards as in South America—the sons of thuse heroes who imposed such crueities aud barbarities on baose fighting for tot 08, PROCLAMATION OF GENEIAL QUKN ADA, renww Three genturics of ! i J SPORTING. Billiards. ‘The grand billiard tournament which ts announced to come off in this city in April next promises to be 8 splendid affair, if the proposed arrangements be properly carried out. A golden cue wil! be manu- factured and played for as the champion cue of America, and the game will be the four ball, push barred, on & second size four pocket table, with two and ¢hree-eighth inch balis. Among the contestants will probably be Rudolphe, Dion, Foster, abe 4°44 EE ia the nedeid sow of Aokerman and‘ the latter the holder of the cue. le M coor Mhaate, 563. ‘The proposed match between Dion and McDevitt 7 ew he vgn it 18 said, de- On ‘Monday ate Bentiuck crap, Ham Cook, Roberts, the "3 eldest son, who ip even for £100 ade side. Prior to the Roberts’ supporters, who mustered Up aad pounds to twenty and in some® cases six pounds to efter three hours’ Play, won by ni ts, min it events to come off are the folio -—January 22—In Cleveland—Mi for $250 ry Rhines and John Frawley; four ball carom. gz. push shot allowed, 1,500 ts ll 28—In Montreal—Joseph Dion vs. Melvin Foster, for $1,000 a side; four ball game, 1,200 points, shot barred. Feb) 23—In Ciit- In cago—! for $1,000 a aide, between John Fraw- ley and Thomas Foley; four ball carom esac! push shot 1,600 points April—In New York— Tournament for the campionship of the improved American cae . Entries—Rudolphe, Dion, Foster, Deery and Goldtnwait. Aauatic, An interesting race came off last week between the schooners Lady Woodbury (121 tons), of Port- land, and the G. P. Wright (180 tons), of Staten Island. The course lay from New York to York river, Va. A considerable sum of money was staked on the result of the contest. Tne vessels started from the Jersey flats on Sunday morning, the Lady Woodbury having the lead and the wind blowing strongly from the northwest. There was. no per- ceptible alteration in the position of the schooners for some time; but when about five miles to the southward of Barnegat light the G. P. Wright ad- vanced to the front. At eleven P. M. the wind hauled to the northeast and blew quite a gale. Daring the = the pa Woodbury again took the lead, and, favored by a head wind, passed Glou- iter Point at four o’clock on Monday evening, and ‘was accordingly declared ‘the winner. The &. P. Wright did not arriye until the following day at noon. The Soctété des Régates, Hayre, have fixed their international yacht race, 1869, for July 15. Course— From Havre round the Cherbourg Breakwater and back. Prizes—A hundred guinea cup, offered b: Mr. J. Ashbury, of-the yacht Cambria; a gold medai, ® purse of 2.000 francs, a medal (en vermeil), also & Purse of 1,500 francs to the first French yacht. Shooting. Pigeon shooting ia still one of the most popular outdoor sports, though the records of the past week do not furnish anything extraordinary. The follow- ing matches are announced:—January 20—J. Clark and Patrick Bornes, at Hartford, for $509." 21—Sandy Creamer and John Willis, at Hartford, for $150. 25— John Taylor and Mr. Tinker, at Providence, R. I., for $800. 26—B. Cordes and W. Rasley, at Brooklyn, for $100, 28—James Delancy and Henry Morton, for $600. February 2—James Mowlan and Samuel Wykof, at Hartford, Conn., for $200. 15—Samuei be and John Webster, at Brockville, C. W., for Pedestrianism. ‘The weather for some time past has deen exceed- ingly unfavorable to all pedestrian competitions, and several that were announced to come off during the past week were consequently med, The following contests are set down for this tae Daw against Wampe (In- = ©. W., for $100 a side. 18— Mickey Wakefield and Joe Carelen, at Paterson, N. J., for $100. 19—Jim Palmer and Sam Warren, at Kin; W., for $200 @ side. 20—Sam Morrill at Avon, N. Y., for $400. 21— John Wandsworth and Matthew Lamkell, at J 2 for $100 a side; James Patterson and W. Maitiand, at Honesdale, Pa., for $200. 22—H. Mahon and 8, any Re geen! at Steubenville, Ohio, for ie Liv at Altoona, 4 tohn Ward and Henry Whaler, at Utica, N. Y., for $250. 29—John Powell and Ike Uties, N. Y., for $250. Febra and George Buell, at 27—John Wilcox $400. Rooney, at ary 10—James Rowan Lake Simcoe, C. W., for $200. and 1. Weaver, at Rome, N. Y., for Naw Yor«, Jan. 15, 1800. To THe Eprror oF THE HrRaLp:— An editorial in the Iizratp of yesterday, under tne head of “Protection of Game,” pointedly alludes to me in epithets which do not apply. You have known me and of me for the past thirty years, and that I building houses in the city, which have called for the labor of mechanics, artists and clerks from my own—I mean of orders from the country— deem my duty as a citizen and th al ‘hat Ubave always ben tn favor of fae editor of the HrxaLp knows, as he has fi lace to indi If these men had done anyt missioners toward ag yp it would be different. Or if they 3 i 7 i Hi Sa8. 8g 32a: es * A i of money, ‘ostensibly. to 4, but really to ‘pay Seth Cree! shad inthe Hadson river, while aa oe ake wents of the fisheries. If x virmaa, could be appointed for the and Seth Green for the interior of the State they would 2 25s erates secrete, a Of tne flabortes of the tate, G, SOM, ‘The British sceamer Topase, on her return to Vat- paraiso from a recent cruise, brought from Easter Island some of tlie gigantic images of which so much has been heard from time to time, but of which se ltéle is really known, and which, indeed, constitute the chief attraction in that barren, out-of-the-way spot, These images were placed on view onboard the Topase in Valparaiso, their great bulk and weight precluding their being easily sent on shore. _ H f A : i rr : i ge 2: H ae i 3 : i y i it A i i hi i i i 5 F i fi SES i § 8 gece sealaie ta lexion. ‘The men are inzy,tndotent and dirty, thrown on the women; a sort of’ native police prog atronea by the missio! by whom, when sugar cane, both of which grow in abun- islands; the latter, though, is of a juality, not being cultivated: the only ey ¢ present are rats, but and try have lately beeen added to their stock, the fowls having greatly increased. scarce, there not being a anywhere. Leer water formed in the bed of the craters, of which there are three large ‘The largest volcano, Te- ranokau, is about two miles from tlie vill and is situated on the southernmost extremity. It is about 1,700 yards across at the top, 1,400" Toe at the bot- tom and about 600 feet deep, and is quite round. The bottom is perfectly fat and marshy, with reeds and moss growing on. and here and there are the pools where the natives get their water. The sides slope evenly down to the bottom with great unt- formity. though rather steeply, and are covered with vegetation. Atone part—that nearest the sea—the ridge is broken, and there the view 1s very beautiful . ani phage Just above this part, on the right hand side, facing the sea, are numerous small huts or grottos built of stone, but which, on account of their position, and being very low and entirely overgrown with grass and ferns, are hardly distinguished. They have a small square hole, with Se ger os to it about five feet long and about @ foot square; in heignt they are about the same as the grass ones of the village; rough paint- ings of birds, pee &c., are done on slabs from the exterior of these huts, for the cliff rises ue to a@ perpendicular height of about 1,200 feet, the sea. birds fying about in is numbers and the two rocks before mentioned, with the surf breaking high upon them, make up avery pretty picture. Tue othertwo volcanoes are situated at each extremity of the isl- and. The one to the eastward, Otoo-itt, contains a large number of the gigantic images spoken of before; this crater, hey Not so large as the last omweeyn | is perhaps more interesting. The bottom 1s about 3 yards in diameter, covered with water, but full of Teeds, with sugar cane growing round the edge: the ridge rises Aa dnd one side to a great rocky height, at the foot of which were several images (mo-ai), some standing erect, others fallen down; the features were generally well chiselled, though the lips seemed rather unnaturally drawn up to the nose; one red was fourteen feet from the toy ite head to the chin, nine feet across the shoulders and thirty feet long. Outside the crater are also agreat rie! in fact there are quantities strewn bers together as at Olocll., The only. information rs T as 00-1 e oy that can be got concerning the carving of these mo-atis that many years & king called Too-kool- ‘apa-nul in a large canoe from island ot Rapa-iti (the island where the New Zealand steamers have thei then chan; their name, ry tented Won ma whens are two a ‘with, frongen tying on’ them, At one timo. theay must have been, it is supposed, the burial places some Pg chiefs, for underneath the falien mo-as one the platforms ts a vault containing human skulls and “Saee bid nad on mena ¢-| their heads, but Save fafa: : A ‘Terpsichorean Menu fer January. The following named balls, soirces and receptions will be hefl during the present month:— Jan. 18—Manahatta Club—Irving Hall. ae oe Fellows’ Ball—Brooklyn Academy of dan. 18—East Side Coterie—Apollo Hall. Guards—Everett Jan. 18—Tip} Rooms. dan, 18—Wiiliam Walsh Association—Central Hall, ia Assembiy | | ] Jan. 18—Colona Mt jasquerado,-German: Jan, 18 —Dodd's Express eae ee Hall. "sAssociation— Jan. ee Ball—Young Academy of Music, dan. 10—Invinctbles—Metropolitan Hotel. alk 19—Mt. Neboh Lodge, Ff. and A. M.—Apollo Jan. 10--Second Grand all of the Seagon atOranga une K, Fifth Regiment—Union as- F Divisions of the tate Military a Stotiatioan ‘Tweets. “San ion Nept ine’ Ooterio—rookes’ Assembly ms. Jan. In Frgon Ano sa eek | Hall. Siar Olab— Thompson's bt de i'Harmonie—Academy Jan. 21—Theatre Comtque Coterie—Irving Hall, aut “our Sociable—Rivers' (Brooklyn) Aca- Jan 22—Letter Carriers—Irving Hall. Hotel, Turner's Station, Erie Rat! Jan. 19—Keception itary Associatiou—Twenty- Jan. 19—Neptune Roo! ¢ Jan. 10—Pryor Association—Th Academy. J irik Hudson ‘Association, Union Jan, 21—Herman Lodge—Apolio Hall. ‘le Frangais ri ng ae 21—Resolute Base Ball Club—Thompson's Jan. 22.—Loyal Everett Kooms. Jan. 22—Sligo oy ean ler Rall. dau, 25—Thomas Association—-1 an 26—New York Fire Department —acadsap*¢ ot ie ee Caledonia Club—City Assem- nat %—Company |, Twelfth reginent—Apotio Jan, 26—Emerald B, Ai Broo! uae seoctation. kiya Acad- be” of tien 2%6—Sons of Liberty—Brookes' Assembiy Jan, 26—Endeavor Lave Ball Clab—Irving Hail. Jan. 26—Insurance Patrol and Rellef Association. 1 Ie eeagaene Forrest Exempt A Hiring th Jan. 8—Oolumbua T betes Bale a Jan 28—batl of the Social Club—apottlo Jang@8—Amtous Clab—Thompeon's tal Company. American Gearateving