The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1869, Page 4

UROPE- nlars of the Malaga In- surrection. ‘THE SITUATION IN TURKEY. We continue to-day our extracts from the.last Eu- ropean papers received aad give several interesting Iptters (rom our correspondents at the various capi- tals. A Cork correspondent telegraphs:—“Three men, with their faces blackened, visited the land steward at Cappa White, Limerick, on Wednesday night, and threatened him with death if he carried out some pending evictions.” Adespatch from Munich, Bavaria, dated the 8th instant, says that Herr Von Methammer, Councillor of Legation, has been appointed Envoy Extraordi- nary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Belgium. The proposal of the Minister of War for dividing the Bavarian army into two corps of four divisions, in unison with the military system of the North Ger- man Confederation, has received the sanction of the King. The government candidate for the department of the Mauche has been elected to the Corps Legislatif by a large majority (1' 3 to 10.761), This is an im- portant victory, the department having been carried by the opposition in 1 A seriou arge, involving Sir John Pakington, as the late W. st come to light. Lord Napier, of Magdala, before leaving Eaglang, pro- posed that a supplementary Abyssinian gazette should be issued, to include the names of many officers of merit who, from various causes, had been passed over tte, Such a gazette was prepared b . sudmitied to and ap- proved by s and forwarded to the War Ofice authorities, who, however, took upon thems to reject it altogether. Their only reason for thus s/ichting the man whom al! Engtand at that time was eager to honor is taat the gazette was too large. , however, never made any proposition for reducing it nor sent it back to Lord Napier for amendment. They simply rejected the list altogether, thereby insolently snubbing Lord Napier and de- priving of honor many oticers who, by their own admis merit the usual recoguttion for services. Sir John the department. On th: 1 inst. a portion of the colliery belonging to the Rainford Coal Company, near Wigan, was dis- covered to be on fire. Eight men descended the pit with the view of extinguishing the flames, and while so engaged the fire was suddenly driven back upon them, and three received such injuries that they shortly afterwards died. Two of the survivors are not expected to recover. Before leaving Stockholm, says despatch from that capital, the Prince of Wales was made a Knight of the Freemasons of Charles XIIL, after having Buccessively received the six inferior ordera. A nove! proposal has been made to Mr. Bright, as President of the Board of Trade. A Scotch gentle- man has ‘directed the attention of his great mind” to a proposal to clear the seas of bottle-nosed whales and of porpoises, which, he says, “are depriving our hardy fishermen of their living by devouring and de- stroying the greatest quantity of fish.” Mr. Bright, in reply, said he did not think Parliament could be applied toto grant money for such a purpose, and being further pressed with two communications on the same subject directed his secretary to acknow- ledge their receipt. Queen Christina of Spain, travelling with her hus- band, the Duke de Rianzares, her daughter, son-in- law and a suit of foarteen persons, has arrived at Hyeres, where she will pass the winter in the Cha- teau Denys, which she has hired for three months, ‘The man Sheward, the Norwich publican, charged on his own confession with the murder of his wife at Norwich so long ago as the summer of 1851, was brought before the Lambeth magistrates yesterday and ordered to be taken to Norwich for examina- tion. The investigations of the police bear out the truth of Sheward’s story. Parts of a woman’s body were found in the neighborhood of Norwich at the time indicated by Sheward, and the finding naturally caused great excitement at the time. The Manchester Chamber of Commerce have adopted a resolution declaring that the Commercial treaty between England and France “has proved highly bene‘cial to the trade and the general pros- perity of the two nations.’ it was urged at the same time that an effort should be made to obtain a reduction of “the very high daties on certain classes of English manufactures,” and a sub-committee was appointed to prepare a list of the articles belonging to the trade of the Manchester district which may be regarded as unduly weighted in the existing tariff. Mr. Maziere Brady, who, under the administrations of Karl Russell, the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Pal- merston, was Lord Chancellor of ireland during nearly twenty years, is gazetted to a baronetcy. A similar honor was conferred upon the present Sir Joseph Napier, another ex-Lord Chancellor of Ire- jand, by the conservative government in 1866, ngton was at the time at the head of SPAIN. The Malaga Insurrection—Particuiars of the Fighting ‘inch Powder Burned and Few Persons Murt—The Gove:ament Forces Vice torious. Macao, Jan. 1, 1869, Almid the dismal ratile of musketry, the heavy booming of cannon aul the howling figat of shells 1 spend my New Year's Day in “sweet Mataga,” @ veritable prisoner in my hotel, A “happy new year” ia a phrase that will not come to my lips, but, like Macheta's amen, sticks in my throat. For Mal- aga the new year brings no Joyous celebrations, no pleasant exchange of delightful amenities. What- ever the occasion may have in store for the gay Malaguefios in other years, it offers them to-day nothing but sadness and grief. right Al that glitters with so much lifg on holidays, now almost deserted, save by detachments of weather-beaten soldiers, or rough paisanos, in their classic costumes, who spend the day in shooting at eaoh other and exchanging bullets, instead of bon- bons, in honor of the day. The gay colors that al- ways slash along this broad promenade on such a sunny afternoon are all gone, and the gray kepi of the soidier or the brown erchief of the paisino, bound about his héad like smail turban, are all the colors one sees to-day on this famous walk if one chances to risk his head out of the win- dow to see what is really going on. With a barricade under one window and a broad street, swept with musket balla, under the other, one has littie chance to see a great deal and quite as littie to think of any- thing relating to holiday festivals or anything elise. Such # hubbud, noise and turmoil were never heard before, except in a city making a grand fight against an army of soldiers, It is quite evident something of a very grave nature 1 going on in the city, but what one can see is embraced na very small compass. You may gain a view of the Alameda by carefully screen- ing yourself at the window and slyly peeping out of one corner, while your body 18 carefully sheltered. To put out your bead like a housemaid would be to present it as a target to those gentlemanly Caza- dores who are behing @ barricade up the Alameda, anxious for a shot at some animate object. My hat, projected occasionally on @ cane, a8] have seen tt done im other days during our war, testifies by its many Ventilators how dangerous it would be to re- place the cane by my head. I am not curious about those Cazadores, but I like to look at the mixed crowd below me who man the bar. ricades. They are doing considerable fight ing—that is, they are firing their guns with extraordinary assiduity at the Cazadores, ‘with what effect 1am unable to discern for reasons that will suggest themacivesto any one who has boon in # like situation. Old men and young men arein that barricade, the latter in the majority. Some wear the uniform of the militia—red cap and short jacket. Others are unquestionably peasants from the country. They bave no caps, bat wear the andkerchief about thei sely cropped heads. In Action they tarn aside their bright colored mantas and fight in their shirt slecves, Wearing about ther ‘waisis the broad scarlet baod which holds up thetr oe NuW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. knee breeches of pigsh, velvet or coarse cloth, Slashed at the knee and ornamented with # profusion of silver bell buttons. Most of them wear tong stock- inge minus the fees, the feet being bare and only pro- tected by a sandal of canvas or straw, just like those that Gxsar’s soldiers wore. Here and there you observe among the contestants a pollo or fancy chicken, as the Spaniards call the young swells. How they fight ina tall bat and tight breeches is more than I can tell; but some how or other they are devils themselves on the barricades or behind them, ‘They handle a gun with as much facility as they roll a cigarette, which they have in their mouths con- tinually, and no better Ochting material is to be seen on their favorite promenade, the Alameda, to-day. Street tighting in Spain 16 not often very bloody. ‘They take things wonderfully easy. The principal thing seems to be, on both aides, to get the guns or, withont any as to whether they are aimed at the o| force or not. For that reason the position of .@ curious looker-on in the second story is frequently perilous. As long os there is a respectable rattle of musketry the fight is regarded as going on splendidly. and those who are not burning powder sit quietly down behind the barricades ana eat their sausages and bread, and got unfrequently a dish of good hot pDuchero, broncht by the worthy spouse of the com- batant, meanwhile discussing the situation with the utmost sang-froid, and washing down the sub- sistence with liberal quantities of valdeveiias, which they get from an old woman across the way, who keeps her shop open for those customers, These jolly fellows are perfectly safe, as my_ hote) inter- ‘ venes between them and the Cazadores, and they em oke with comfort. In their rear, some distance off, is the Plaza de la Constitucion, out of which leads the Calle de Granada, one of the toughest thoroughfares the troops can fine to'traverse. At the Plaza are plenty of barri- cades—stont ones, too—and well manned, because this is a strategic point essential to be held if the Alameda is not to be given up. In face of my win- dow is the street leading ont of the Alameda to the aeashore, and I can see the grand flag of my country floating over the street from the windows of the Consulate, now filled by Mr. Gray, Vice Consul. It is not far to that point which {should like to reach for many reasons; but a passage across the Alameda witt an unbroken skin is auite out of the question. ‘The Swatara can be reached from the consulate by smail boats pulling around into the harbor. ‘They have provisions on the Swatara which are wanting at the Hotel del Alameda. War cannot be carried on withont snbsistence, What I have thus briefly described is all that T can see from where I am penned up. 1 can tell you, howeyer, of what has occurred in the city since I closed my last letter nignt before last. Of the de- tails of the innumerable conflicts tn the streets ves- terday and to-day I can only give you an outline. Some | saw; others are reported to_me by the volun- teers and some by the regulars. In the Barrio de Santa Trinidad searching for facts in the narrow, barricaded streets is not a pleasant or profitable operation, There is too much fihtimg there to give one an opportunity of moving shout with ease. But to the history of the events of the past two days. When I closed my letter yesterday morning all the barricades had been completed in the Alameda; General Pavia had issued his bandos threatening martial law, and exhorting the people to return to and remain in their casas; General de Rodas was coming in with his suite of 6,000 men and eight pieces of artillery, and was halted at the stution; and the city was left to the few volunteers who acted as guards at the barricades. The full round moon, sailing majestically through the soft blue aky, had relieved the gas company from duty and had fairly lit up the city. which the gas company haa not done before or since the first symptoms of a fight. On Friday General de Rodas isstted a bando declar- ing the city and province of Malaga in a state of siege, ordering that all persons who had arms, except two battalions and some companies of militin wno had respected the order of the Gov- ernor and had tendered their services, should at once deliver up their arms, and instructing the military governor to announce the places where arms should be delivered, and also that he should notify foreign consuls, and inoffensive per- sons should be able to leave the town. The procia- mation was carried around the city by small detach- ments and announced by a flourish of bugles or trumpets and a roll of drams, Some of these detach- ments were fired on at various points and 9 sharp contest maugurated, ial'y at the Battery Espt- gon at the post, where the volunteers attempted to get possession of some heavy guns that were there. ‘Two companies of troops were engaged and several hundred volunteers. The fight lasted nearly two hours, and the people were only prevented from ac- complishing their obiect by the fire of the two gun- boats which were anchored near by. Their shell and grape were too much for the pvisanos, who finally retired, carrying off their wounded, but leaving several dead on the fleld. In the Alameda there was 8& ood deal of desultory sort of firing, and I could not see that anyone was hurt. The troops finally gave up their attempts to disperse the revolutionists by proclamations, and retired to their quarters at the custom house, railway station, cathedral and various barracks, The civil governor resigned his position yesterday, and General de Rodas and Gen- eral Pavia now exercise all the power. The question has evidently gone quite out of the control of any- thing but bullets, and when they will be able to decide tt is a problem. ‘There was a tremendous fignt tn the barrio of the Capucines yesterday afternoon, where the revolutionists are in tag strength, That quar- ter of the city is old, the streets are narrow and crowded, and the houses strong, with smat! windows and heavy balconies. As in Cadiz, every street has its bar les, mostiy of stone from tne pavement, and they ed a troublesome, bar- rier to the troops. The Calle de loz les was the pot bitterest fighting. Barricades were at almost ev ry step: every house was filled with paisanos, who fought from the balconies, which were defended by sand bags, furniture and all sorts of things, leaving merely @ loophole for the musket, ‘The fring under these circumstances was not very certain, but the patsanos man: to protect them- selves in the best stvie in this manner. All the heavy doors were closed, except a small crack left open for the guns, and heavily barncaded. Some of the Cazadores of Babastro were marching about and attempted to go from their bar- the Capucines, and had entered the Calie de los Frailes, when they first encountered the fire of the patsanos from the barr- cades and from the houses, One soldier was killed and afew slightly wounded, and the Cazadores fell back and returned to the barracks. On this being reported the lieutenant colonel of the Cazadores sal- hed out with his regiment and seven pieces of ar- tillery. ¢ guns fired one round apiece, sweeping the Calle de los Fraties and the Capurines, and then an assanit was ordered. The fre of the paisrnos was exceedingty bad, but the casualties among the troops rather light. ‘They carried four or five slight barricades at the point of the bayonet, and only five men were killed and three wounded of the Cazadores. The colonel, Burgos, received three shows—one in his wrist, another in his jeg, both slight, and @ third serious one in his groin. fe was taken offtne fleld. Carrying barri- cades was found to be easy enough, but great dim- culty was experienced in driving from the balconies and rools of the burl the “sharpshooters,” who literally rained balis down upon the assaulting column, The soldiers fiually gained entrance into a house and, after jetting all the combatants found within, reached the roof and soon cleared the Poy eye of all paisanos. The fightin the Calle de los Frajles assumed very serious ions before nightfall and the Cazadores were reinforced by a regiment of the line. It was found that artil- lery could not be used to Lo | advantage in the nar- row and crooked streets, the guns were with- drawn and sent back to the Merced barracks. At nightfall, when the conflict ceased, the revoin- tionists held their it position, and it was ay parent ti they be got. our only "by the iting. The troops held on to every inch and were preparing @n assault cines in the morning, they ‘ound that the revolutionists haa evacuated thetr positions and gone over to the other side of the river Guadal- medince, which ts just ‘now shru _ Saco eee the working classes, fishermen, erwomen. Ita streets are crooked and narrow, and well Atted for barricading. Finding that the tion in the city was likely to be loat, most of the men crossed over the river and in that quarter, been constructed the thrown a The washerwomen were as enthusiastic and pluck? as their tm: and labored in building barricades with a will. great many articles of linen which had been en to these females to wash were converted into bags to hold sand, which was brozght from the river bed to strengthen the barri- cades, The defences in this portion of the city were stronger and more formidable than those in the Barrio de los chinos, as It was shown there eg they e1 General de Rodas’ active atten- Hon. This has been the eventfal dhy. The fighting has been going on all day on the other side of the river, and fnafly General de Kodas’ column has united with General Pavia’s forces, which constituted the garrison of the city, and the affair may be said to be over. Last night passed very quietly; occasionally @ shot or two was heard, followed by arp rattle of musketry, and thea silence would reign. Both sides were on the qt vive, and rather nervous. The discharge of one shot seemed to create the impres- mon that there was an attack on both sides, and there would be a general volley of musketry, and then order would be reatored, when st was found that the alarm was faise. There was no change in the situation on the Alameda during the hight. The revolutionists held their positions, and the cry of “Alerta/” sounded every half or quarter hour all night long. Had tt not been for a splendid moon, just at its full, the city would have been in complete darkness, one of the lampe are lighted, and, indeed, the supply is exhausted, as no work is going on either at the gas works or elsewhere, and the laborers are generally behind the barricades. At daylight this morning the grand attack on the evolutionists in the barrier Trinidad was delivered, and the fghting has been pretty severe, if one can judge from the discharges of heavy guna and small arms. Two or three gunboats are in position off the mouth of the Guadaimedina, which separates the barrier Trinidad from the city proper. have been firing shot and shell into the honses, m which they have been assisted by the castle, which Is situated on a high hill the other side of the town. The Might of shells from the Iatter point as they over the city could be heard distinctly, aud i opeyt many people, who are anfemiiar with the . A heevy irou-clad frigate has arrived o@ the port, it 1s Raid, from Cadiz, supposed to be the Saragossa; but she has not taken any part in the conflict so far as I can hear. Certainly no very heavy guns have been , paviet to-day, or we should have known it, ‘The iting, which closed on the other side of the river shortly after noon to-day, is said to have been very serious, The troops, aided by the fre of the gectess and castle, which greatly demoralized 2 paisanos, were able, after ours’ fight- ing, to carry all the leades and to take fui! pos- session of all the city on the other side of the river, ‘The losses were not heavy, 1am assured, on eitlier side, After clearing things up beyond the Guadal- medina, General de Rodas moved a column up and took pomeazion of the Tetuan bridge, at the end of the Alameda, and then cleared the streets on either side of the river, clean up beyond the markets. ‘There was very little fighting here, and very little tn the Alameda, which he readily captured, with little resistance on the part of the revolutionists, who were collecting elsewhere for a |. Many oops, ome mee be with some in their hands. The Alameda is all clear from the custom house to the Guadalmedina, but people still remain in doors, It is rumored that an oMcer and men from the Swatara, ashore under the flag to escort to the ship some ladies, were fired upon by the revolution- ists, but with what result no one seems to know. General Pavia sallied out of the custom house with asmall force and rescued the party, and punished the revolutionists and carried two or three*barri- cades, with a trifling loss, I have not seen the con- sul or any of the officers of the Swatara since day 0 T_ presume they are all safely on board the ship. Late this afternoon there was a, tremendous fight up in the Plaza de la Constitn- cion, and the firing only ceased at nightfall. My: neighbors below in the barricades, having deserted their comfortable quarters as soon as General de Ro- dar’s forces marched up towards the advance, have left the street clear up to the front, which J visited about nightfati. The revolutionists had the Plaza de la Constitucion strongly barricaded and occupied all the houses in the square and adjacent streets, ‘The troops had taken several barricades and were fairly surrounding the square. Their losses . had been very slizht, although the fighting was heavy enough to suggest great slaughter, Somehow or other there isagreat deal of noise and but little damage done. It has always been so in Spanish revolutions and probably always will be so in the future. At all events, hore was a seat of the revolu- tion, The firing was certainly incessant; barricades had been taken and yet not a baker's dozen of the assailants had been wounded or killed, after a fight of three or four hours, All sorts of missiles are used. Bird shot is fying about like hail and bnilets are not wanting; but no one gets hit. How tsit? Quien sabe? This plaza 1s unquestionably the last stronghold of the revola- tionists and the fight will soon be over. The troops have gained the advantage and the revolutionists have lost confidence. They hoped to hear that the railway had been cut and that Auduiar had risen; but there has been movement of that kind. As in Cadiz, soin Malaga, the fight had to be made by the people unsupported. One barricade at the time Cadiz was in arms, and the story wonld have been different. Now the cities are being whipped into submission in detail, At the Plaza de ja Consittucion I saw many __ prisoners, mostly countrymen, who took thines quite comfortably. They were smoking and discussing the events of the day as coolly as possible. The soldiers were on perfect good terms with them, and there was evidently no feeling of hostility on either side. Several hundred prisoners have been taken already, and doubtiess more will be brought im, for in all the houses in the rear of the troops are found armed persons, who are at once made prisoners. As I write, at midmght, the firing has completely ceased. Officers tell me that the affair is quite over, and they apprehend no more fighting. Many of the armed prisoners have left the city and taken to the mountains and will thus escape, although a force is said to have been sent in pursuit. It ts to be hoped that these fellows will not open a guerrilla muss, because no one knows how that would end. Business of course has been entirely suspended since day before vester , and the markets have been closed. There has been no bread baked for two days, and the supply is exhausted. Few people have enough for a good megl, and tt will be several days before the county people begin to bring in suppl ean. It will require several days to bring things to righ’ The shipping {s Auffering a good deal, as the captains are all penned up in the harbor, incapable of doing anything. All the merchant steamers got to sea at once, but the sailing vessels had to remain and fare as well as they could. No mails were sent out yesterday or to-day. To-mor- row morning a correo train will be despatched for Cordova. By that I shall try to send this letter. To- morrow will probably dawn in peace on the city. Thave thus briefly given you all the details of the recent occurrences as far a8 1 could obtain them. Of course, with the streeta impassable and fighting go- ing on at various points, it 1s dificnit to get at all the facts at once. I hope to-morrow to give the result more surely. It is said that General de Rodas will go to Granada from here, to disarm the enna. le will probably foes no further trouble, r the Cadiz and Malaga lessons, ie ‘The weather is warm and bright, like a May day in New York. TURKEY. Senaty News from Crete—Hobart Pacha’s Course Approved=Pelice Requlations—Very Little Excitement=The United States Minis- ter as a Protector of Greek Subjects. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec, 30, 1863, In the midst of the excitement caused by the rup- ture of relations between Greece and Turkey the original bone of contention (Crete) is quite lost sight of. For some time past the news from the island has been very scanty, but it goes to show that the few remaining insurgents are very hard pressed; and now that Hobart Pacha has the little feet of blockade runners safely shut up in port, the source of supply of both provisions and ammunition being thus entirely cut off, the last embers of the insurrection must soon be extinguished. It is, how- ever, unfortunate for the prestige of the Ottoman Bavy that the fleet, which has so suddenly quashed this hitherto active and successful promoter and feeder of the insurrection, should be commanded by an ex-officer of the British navy and an ex-blockade runner on the Cape Fear river. Whatever motive might have influence on the Porte to employ a foreign officer for such service at this critical moment, tt is but justice to the native om." cers to bear in mind the fact that Hobart Pacha ap- peared before Syra armed with extraordinery dis- eretionary powers far beyond any that have been Previously accorded to commanders of the feet in Cretan waters. It has been a constant source of complaint on the part of the Turkish officers that their Instructions restricted their action within » very narrow scope, or they would long since have given a good account of the Enosis, Crete and Panashelion, and it must not be forgotten that they did catch the Arcadiain the act and made a fair prize of her on the coast of Crete. They, however, in their zeal twice fired on Italian mail boats while passing Crete on their way to Alexandria, and hav- Ing done some slight damage to the smokepipe of one of them by putting a shot through it, the Italian government exacted the modest sum of 70,000 francs, The latest news we have from Syra reports that the Enosis has been disarmed and sent, under the escort of the French and Austrian gunboats, to jotion conferred rank on the eve of his to take command of the fleet. sion of the Greeks by according a further delay of three weeks from to-day for their departure or the privilege of remaining on condition of their becoming Ottoman subjects. bay hy the Greek bankers and merchants residing are subjects of Austria and France, and several of the Wealthy Greeks who did not find it convenient to leave their aitairs here have adopted the expedient of' becoming subjects of the Porte. course 14 Dot, however, generally followed by the classes, Who have in numerous instaaces shown themse!ves more patriotic than their wealthy countrymen and have recently left m large n" ‘The authorities have availed themselves © “D* portunity to get rid of many bad charac vho, although not convictes ny crime, are » pected and in meek instances known to be tht ape and pickpockets, In case of war maty 0’ ‘he exiles, and especially of the iatter cl will doubtless be drafted into the ranks of the Hellenic army. On the 10th Inst. the commission established at oa Department of the Police issued the folloving tice. “In pursuance of the notice alread: n & com- Mission ordered by the Sublime pat A hold tte sessions dally at the Ministry of Police, from five o'clock (Turkish time) in the morning until eleven Gclock im the afternoon (ten A. M. to four P.M.) This commission has special orders to attend tothe Strict observance of the delay accorded by the Sub- ad for the departure of the Hellenes frome Critical as is the present political position, th go on much more quietly both here ‘and In the Jt. vinces than at Athens. That the Greeks here--toth Bubjects of King George and of the Sultan—partict- ite largely in the sane of their countrymen in ireece cannot be doubted, the only atiference belt that any open demonstration of popular fermen: nt this time would be much more promptly au; od oy the police than heretofore—a fact oF which the Greeks are constantly reminded. The only exete- tment now ts to be found in the “Haviar Khan,” the “Bourse” of Galata, where the recent rapid mucua- tions of the Turkish funds have gathered an unusaal- ly | crowd of mad speculato where & Visitor for the first time woutd readily belicye he bad len among the inmates of @ lunatic im. At the present m it, a He ing belief that a Conference wettie the cavering "Previous to the doparture of Mr. Delyannt, accord- VtOUs a ing to the usual custom, he proposed to confide Greek interests ta the tion of some other lega- tion, The Freneh Engiish declined the charge, as they had urged and countemanced the Porte in the measures inst Greece. The Russian, a8 one convenient openly 50 plas i part of adviser to the pegnenes Greeks, and It keep mselves in an independent position for future section, and, a3 @ last ceort: this unenviable postion was offered to Mr. Morris, the United States Minis- ter, who accepted, subject to the sanction of hisgov- erameut. Tue only object is to exercise a friendly intervention in the affairs of the Greeks during the SO ys ant 12 Bouman, ig intended to offer facilities to the local riiies, a8 well as to the Greeks themselves, and becomes almost indispensable in cases where the latter have business with the subjects of other Euro- pean Powers residing here. ‘The despatch of Mr. Morris to Mr. Seward asking his approval of the arrangement went forward on the 24th, but no reply had been received as late as yes- terday. In the meantime the street in front of the Consulate 13 crowded with Greeks, anxiously awalt- ing the decision of the Unitea States government. FRANCE. The Turco-Greek Conference—French Idole— A Palpable Hit for Popularity —Auother Prefect of a Different Stamp—The Press and the Army—A Duel—Death of a Senator of Irish Extraction—The Tuileries Gar- dens—A New Opera. PaRis, Jan. 9, 1869. We are all lying on our oars, standing at ease, waiting for the train, like Mr. Alfred Tennyson, at Coventry—the very place, by the way, to which the diptomatists appear aisposed to send the Greek Min- ister; but as diplomacy appears te resent this insult, which Ottoman arrogance would fain impose upon it, it ts said that a kind of compromise is to be effected. ‘The Greek Minister, M. Rangabé, will not appear at the meeting of the diplomatists, but immediately after the members shall have shown their creden- tials the Marquis de la Vaiette will propose that the Greek Arnbassador shall be called in from the anteroom, where he will be waiting, and then he will take part in the Conference, This.1s the arrange- ment which is said to have been made; but it is scarcely credible that the Russian Minister, Count Stackelberg, will submit to this insult upon his protégé. This question, which involves subjects more serious than mere etiquette, may occasion some de- lay at the outset of the proceedings, as Count Stack- elberg has applied for formal instructions to Prince Gortschakom. The idea of a trial in which no oppor- tunity for justification was given, to the «iferam partem, is utterly inadmissible, and equaliy so would appear to be the compromise thus propose’. How- ever, the Public, which 1s now the recognize:| semi- oficial organ of the government, maintains poremp- torily this evening without any disagreeable contre- temps to intervene at the Ministry of Foreign asfairs under the presidency of the Marquis de la Valette. The French people generally have some idol who is not always selected for his worth; but even when this is the case they very soon get tired of hearing Aristides called “the just,” and these iconoclasts generally break their idols with as little remorse as the Egyptians of old smashed their images when the omens were unfavoravie. Baron Leguier is at pre- sent unquestionably the most popular man in France; his dignified assertion of his erator has se- cured for him the approbation of his countrymen, who are little accumstomed to see such a spectacie in the ranks of the imperialists. The local journals recount that the whole city and neighborhood of Toulouse have flocked to leave their caras upon the upright and honest Procureur; they recount the immense indignation caused by his letter, and they may be quite sure that the capital fully participated in this reprobation of the government. It was indeed a fortunate movement for the Baron when he vir- tually declared that ‘the last straw broke the camel's back” by telling the winiater of the interior that he would rési his official ition rather than pursue the din prosecution policy the itberties of the people any farther. The 3, . not without sin, is certainly without any shatie, affects to congratulate the government on having got rid of 80 unworthy person; and M. Baroche him- self has written an article, which will be fulminated vy the Constitutionnel to-morrow, in defence of his unconstitutional assumptions, ‘The independent journal, and even some of those which can scarcely jay just claim to that honorable distinction, are wl Us ia their spprobation of Baron Leguier's 01 sir yarm cg juGee z The Prefect of Clermont is not, however, one of those oficials who approve of justice being done otherwise than at the dictation of the government. The tribunal under his jurisdiction had presumed to acquit the Indvpendance du Canton of the same heavy charges which bad been brought against the Toulouse paper; and when they called, as in duty bound, to pay their respects to the Prefect, he turned his back upon them, ahd even descended to the im- pertinence of re! from seuding his card to them on New Year’s Day. M, Jalicot is # Frencb judge of another calibre. He does not presume to stand up against imperial, but divine authority. He isa judge at Chanderna- gore, in French ions in Kastern India, and he has just published a book called the “Bible in India,” which exceeds in its rationalism all the materialism of Strauss and R . or even the coarse and brutal cynicism of that handbook of the German rationalists, Kraft and Stoif. This French judge is perfectly conversant with Sanscrit aud the dialects, and has lived on terms of inti- macy with the Brahmins, and he professes to have found all the substance of the Bible in the Vedas, He declares that any student of Sanscrit who will take the trouble to the Vedas will find therein conclusive proofs of the astounding materialism which he seeks to propagate. Five persons—' ant de Coetlojan and MM. de Voestine and Majliard, all writers in the Figaro, and Lieutenants Ciron and bag | of the Fifty-first regt- ment of the line—were t yesterday, the first nemed as principal and the others as accessories in wounding iteutenant Charpentier, of the same regi- ment, in a duel at Vesinet on the 28th of November last. The hostile meeting arose out of a dispute in the crowd before the Church of the Trinity, on the occasion of Rossini’s funeral, when M. de lojan struck the officer inthe tace. The former alleged that he was irritated at Lieutenant Charpentier or- dering his men to arrest him, while the other main- tained that the biow preceded his coramand to have the Viscount arrested. The evidence on that point was conflicting, Inthe duel the officer was aligntly touched on the arm. The principal accused was now sentenced to one month’s imprisonment and 200 francs fine; the others to pay a penaity of fifty franca each. So you observe that writers in a journal which is not semt-offictal do not escape so easily as those whose steel pens as well as Toledo blades are brandished in honor of the government. Baron Clery, who has just here, the young- est of the three brothers of that name, and had only attained his Mifty-second year. He belonged to a noble family of irish extraction, which gave Be] marriages of J and the kapoleca, was pak hgh, ce remained for many in retirement; the advent of Napoleon III, to Bee are DB Ter nas tes The eldest ay, ainer having been chief of stat to Marshal Deput! of ia. in and tly commander Of & battalion of the Garde in 1868. The de ceased baron, Nicholas Clery, possessed considerable talent as a painter. He was much beloved by many Trish exiles in France. the of ion, until they look like the ove: dolls in Giroux’ store. These little te children of the up- classes are seldom natural—are fond of rehears- all that they hear in their mothers’ It po bg on are oo ps playing at paying vi 0 children o in yesterday at this e. Achild who played the ainbassad: of preferred @ pi the “Sleeping Beauty.” “! with « fine uniform and a@ pair of mustaches, riding A RE a maiden; e of a of seven, said she would rather be a widow than any of the o1 condition ! The Duke of Brunswick (a bad name) is extremely Hiand the papers say his condition causes serious ed FE “To whom?’ asks the Gavlois, new Italian opera is a great event in the musical world, and such an event came off last night at the Salle Ventadour, our Jtalian Opera House. Though the signature of Verdi, Offenbach, Gounod or Auber was not appended to our last night's novelty, still it excited great interest for Madame de Grandville, the Authoress, who has gained great reputation by a mass which she wrote some time ago. The opera was recetyed with loud applause, suguring favorabie notice for its reception by the genera! pubic. THE SPLIT IN THE RADICAL PARTY. ‘The Albany Evening Journal of the 20th inst, says “the Rochester Democrat is cultivating harmony in the republican party by publishing an a black list the names of the following gentlemen, who were in this city during the Senatorial canvass, supporting Gov- ernor Morgan.” It says:— ‘ Governor Morgan was su at Albany by & strong and zealous corps of lobbyists from Monroe county, and their success in securing the vote of Mr. Randall in behalf of Governor M entities them to great credit for their skill as wel devotion to the defeated Senator. The following are among the most distinguished sapporters of Governor Morgan from this cownty. if we have omitied any names we shall ish @ corrected list:—Lewis Selye, . Freeman Clarke, W. Hi. Crennell, in Webster, Wikia Rankin, F. l. Koot, Thomas L, M. Newton, D. D. Palmer, Darius Davis, a w. Samuel fl. Davis, H. P. Norton, J. Riera: ‘li |. Beach, Giark 0. Tracy, Wiliam MEXICO. Later from the Capital—Another Friendly Banquet~Newspaper Attacks on the Amori= can Minister. ‘The steamer Granada, Captain Harris, from Vera Crux 6th inst., put in @t Norfolk on Thursday for coal, and sailed the same evening for New York. By this veasel we have three days’ later dates from the oity of Mexico, to January 2:— The Siglo XY. of January 2 has the following:— Last evening at a dinner given by Reva Palacio to the new and old City Council, Mr. Lerdo, Secretary of State, gave as a toast, PA yan | between Mexico Sodine Dated States, and Rosecrans,” the not express himself in Spam ish, made a brief speech in _ English, giving to Mexico the most complete assurances of cordial friendship of the United States and that the tt and incoming administration has no other . The words of the Minister of the United States wore immediately interpreted by Mr. Mariacal and were received with tremendous bursts of ap- ern ‘The Correo of Vera Cruz in Mexico would insist upon reflecting upon the Bone of the United States ot, maintaining that their ‘inister is mixed up in ilroad projects. This is most positively denied by the General. The Treaties with Mexico, ‘The following treaty between the United States and Mexico for the adjustment of claims is before the Senate of the United States, having been ratified by the Mexican government on the 24th of December last. ‘The treaty regarding naturalization and citizen- ship between the two countries was ratified by Mexico at the same time, and ts also in Washington. A consular treaty negotiated at the same time be- tween Mr. Seward and Seilor Romero was rejected by the Mexican Congress. CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC FOR AN ADJUSTMENT OF CLAIMS OF CITIZENS OF THE TWO GOVERNMENTS, SIGNED IN WASHINGTON, D. C., ON THE 47H OF JULY, 1868, Whereas it is desirable to maintain and increase the friendly feelings between the United States and the Mexican republic, and so to strengthen the sys- tem and principles of republican government on the American continent; and whereas since the signa- ture of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of the 2d of February, 1848, claima and complaints have been made by citizens of the United States on account of injuries to their persons by authorities of that re- public, and similar claims and complaints have been made on account of to the persons and property of citizens by authorities of the United States, the President of the United States of America and the President of the Mexican republic have resolved to conclude a conventigg for the adjustment of the said claims and complaMits, and have named as their lemipotentiaries the President of the United States, William It Secretary of State. and the Pres- ident of am republic, Matiis Romero, ac- » y Hctraordinary and Minister Plen- f the Mexican republic to the United : who, after having communicated to each ir respective full powers, found in du have azreed to the following articl ARTE 1. All claims on the part of corporations, companies or private individuals, citizens of the United States, upon the government of the Mexican republic, arising from injuries to their persons or property by authorities of the Mexican republic, and all claims on the ap of corporations, companies or rivate individuals, citizens of the Mexican repub- ic, upon the government of the United States, arising from injuries to their persons or pro- perty by authorities of the United which may have been presented to either government for its interposition with the other, since the signature of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo between the United States and the Mexican republic, of the 2d February, 1848, and which remain unsettied, as well as any other such claims which mer be presented within the time hereafter speci- fied, shall be referred to two commissioners—one to be appointed by the President of tne United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and one by the President of the Mexican republic. In case of the death, absence or incapacity of either commissioner, or in the event of either com- missioner omitting or ceasing to act as such, favs Prositent Ag po Sa eee Saitie, or e of 9 Me: r Te- spectively ¢ aul fortieth WAS aoEher person 40 agi as Commissioner in the or stead of the commissioner originally nam The Coram iasiongrs so named shall meet at Washington wi ie months after the exchange of the ratification of this convention and s! betore proceeding to business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they impartially and carefully examine and decide to the best of their judgement and according to public law, justice and equity, without fear, favor or affection to their own country, Mocs all such claims above 3} led as shail be latd before them on the part of the government of the United States and of the Mexican republic, res) vely, and such declaration shall be ent on record of their respective proceedings. The Commissioners shall then name some third which they mi in opinion. If they — not be ce to Mh phew oa di the name sucl person they shall each name a person and in each and eve in which the ¥ case missioners may differ it opinion as tothe decision which they wget to wivé it shall be determined by lot which of the two so named shall be persons so chosen to be umpire shall, ‘before pro- ceeding to act as such in any case, make and sub- scribe a solemn declaration in a form similar to that which shall already have been made and subscribed by the commissioners, which shall be entered on the peed of their proceedings Fi the event of the leath, absence or incapacity of such person or per- sons. or of is or thelr ‘omitt oF declining, oF ceasing to act as such umpire, another and different person shall be named, as af to act as such umpire in the place of the person so originally named, as aforesaid, and shall make and subscribe such declaration, as afc Art. 2. The commissioners shall then conjointly to the investigation and decision of the ciaims which shall be presented to their notice, in such order and in such manner as they may con- jointly think proper, but w such evidence or in- formation only as shall be furnished by or on behalf of their respective governments. They shall be bound to receive and peruse all written docu- ments or statements which ar be presented to them by or on behalf of their uve governments in support of or in answer to any claim, and to near, If required, one person on each side, on behalf of each government, on each and every separate claim. Should they fail to in opinion upon any individual claim ie shall call to their assistance ‘the umpire whom they have agreed to name or who may be determined by lot, as the case May be; and such Se wing ex- amined the evidence addu for and one son on each side, as aforesaid, and ted with the commissioners, shall decide thereupon finally and without appeal. of the commissioners and of the ire shall be given upon each claim in writing, al a whether any sum which may be allowed be payable in es or in currency of the United States, and shall ed. them respectively. It shall be compe- tent each government to name one to at- tend the commissioners as agent on behalf; Present and support claims on its behalf ‘and to fn and decision th . lent of the Unit States the President of the Mexican republic hereby solemnly and sincerely to the de- cision of the commissioners conjointly, or of the umpire, as the case may be, as absolutely final and c be of their first wecenes, ae in any mi reasons for delay shall be established to - faction of the commissioners, or of the umpire thereupon, and the nin any such case the en in prosecuting the claim ae extended to any time hot exceeding three m . claim within two years and six months from the day of their first meeting. It shall be competent for the commissioners conjointly, or for the umpire, if they differ, to decide in each case whether apy claim has or has not been | made, preferred and laid before them, either wholly or to any and what extent, according to the true intent and meaning of this convention, Art. 4 When decision shall kave been made by the commissioners and the arbiter in every case which shail have been laid bere them the total amount awarded in all the cases decided in favor of the citizens of the one party shal be deducted from the total amount awarded to the citizens of the other party, and the balance, to the amount of $200,000, nial be paid at the aty of Mexico or at the city of Washington, in gold or its equivalent, within twelve months from th¢ close of the com- mission, to the government i favor of whose citizens the greater amount may have been awarded without interest or any other deduction than that specified in article six of this cotvention, The resi- ai of the said balance shall b paid in annual in- stalments to an amount not exceeding pope in gold or its equivalent in any one year until the whole shall have been paid, Art, 6. The bit contracting psrties agree to con- sider the result of the ingaof this commission ‘a full, perfect and final settienent of every claim upon either government arising out of any transac- tion of a date r to the exchange of the ratifications of the presen! convention, and farther engage that every such clatm, whether or not the same may have been presented to the of, made, preferred, or laid the sald commis- sion, shall from and after the conclusion of the proceedings of the said commission be considered ‘and treated as finally settied, baried and thenceforth inadmissiple. Ant. 6, The commiasioners and the umpire shall k @m accurate record and correct minutes of their proceedings, with the dates. For that ted they shall a int two secretaries versed in ie language of countries to assist them in the trausaction of the business of the commission. Kach government shall pay to tts commissioner an amount of salary not exceeding $4,600 # ycar in (he m every me conan currency of the United States, which amount shalt Sees Serer ae con unm] = termined by mutual Bonsent atthe ‘close of the com- mission, but necessary and reasonable advances may be made by each government upon the joint recommendation of the commission, The salary secretaries shall mot exceed the sum of $2,500 a year in the currency of the United States. Th® whole expenses of oe eoraralanet, sotaane. contl G nses, al ya Seauoton on amount of the sums awarded by the commission, provided always that such deduc- tion shall not exceed five per cent on the sums 8o awarded. The deficiency, if any, shall be di in moieties by the two governments, Ant. 7. The present convention shall be ra tifled by the lent of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the President of the Mexican re- public, with the approbation of the Congress of that republic, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington wae ined months from the date hereof, or sooner le. In witness w! the respective plenipotentiaries have pe ioe the same and have afixed thereto the seals of their arms. ‘Done at Washington, the fourth day of July, in ‘one thousand eight hundred WILLIAM H. SEWARD. M. ROME the year ofour Lord and sixty-eight. The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Commis- sioners of Emigration was held at the New York So- ciety Library on Wednesday evening, the President, Gulian ©. Verplanck, and Messrs. Winston, Loutrel, Bissenger, O'Gorman and Kapp being present. After the auditing of the bills and reading of the minutes Mr. Richard O'Gorman said he desired to call the attention of the Board to the published pro- ceedings of the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction in reference to the settlement of the disputed claims, which had peen re ferred to a special committee, consisting of Mr. Bissenger and himself, and which they had thought had been amicably settled, until he read the proceedings of the action taken at the mecting referred to. In justice to himself and his associate, ag wellas the Board, he would offer the following preamble and resolution, which were, on motion, unanimously adopted:— Whereas it appears from the public paners of the 8th inst. that the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction, at a meeting held on the 7th inst., paged resolutions rolattve to the disputed claims between that Koard and the Commissioners of — Emizration, wherein | they allege the “ega! inability of the ‘creditors of the Commissioners of Emigration to recover by process of law the sums that may be justly dune to them,” and that “the amount tendered be accepte ind whereas the Commis- sionere of Public Charities and Correction, at the time of the adoption of such resolutions, knew that {n accordance with the opinion of les ©’Conor, of which copies had been furniahed them, the Commissioners of Fmieration coald only reimburse the Commissioners of Pubife Charities and Correction the actual cost or expense incurred for the support: of emigrants, and that the Commissioners of Kmi- gration were not at liberty to pay interest on the amount of the claim as _nilowed the arbitrators; and whereas, at a meeting of the Confer. ence Committes of the two. Boards, held at No.1 Bond street, the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction could not comply with the request made to furnish a state- Tent of the actual cost of the upport of lunatic emigrants, alleging that there were no books of accounts during the riod for which the claim was made, and, consequentiz, they could not genes with the law, which di the Commissioners of Emigration to’ relmburea and indemnify the various cities, towns and counties the actual cout and expense incurred for the maintenance of emigrante; and whereas the Commissioners of Emigration, in the ab- fence of the necessary and required information. but with a view to the satisfactory adjustment of the claim accepted axa basis of settlement the pro rata allowance of 199 per, week charged for emigrants. in the Ballo. ‘vue and Inland Hospitals, and fixed the pro rate for lunattos at | per wont instead of $2 50, making the claim (for support of lunatics) $40,709; which sum. tozether with the following claims :—For emigrants in the Workhouse, @11,458; in Baileras Bossa £474, and in the Island Horpital, ‘80,881, a total sum }58.9956—being the amoul sum claimed and awarded by the arbitrators, leas the differ ence im the charge per week for lunatics, as stntod, was paldy to the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction amd accepted by them on tho Slst ult.; therefore Resolved, That the Commissioners of Emicration view with nsactions between them, and to prevent that ‘between two oo-ordi- good feeling and ‘co-operation, nate boards which the public service requires. The Chairman of the Ward's Island Committee stated in reference to the reported riot at Ward’a {at it was an error acising. from m disagresoreat be. at it was an error rom & ween two of the inmates, which’ was settled with aimcuity; and that in order to prevent trouble any a detail of two officers had been applied for and were now rn ein and After some other routine business the Board om motion adjourned. EAST SIDE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. The reguiar monthly meeting of the East Side Im- provement Association was held last evening, at room No. 18, Cooper Institute. But few members were present, Mr. James Taylor, the president, occupied the chair. General Barnum, the secretary, reported that, pur- suant to a resolution passed at the last meeting, am attempt had been made to obtain subscriptions of money from the Board of Underwriters and mer- chants of the city, but that it had been attended thus far with very indifferent success. He It was merely & question of time. He moved that the committee be instructed to suspend opera- tions for the present in the matter of collecting money. which motion was at once put and carried, Mr. Wilhams asked how Mr. Sherbourne was ting along with his experiments in removing the obstructions from Hell Gate, and if any monev had been Ve the contractors from the sum a) for this purpose by the general government General Barnum replied that thus far the expert ments had been attended with the most signal and satisfactory success, but that no money had yet been paid from the Congressional appropriation to the contractors, and that none would be paid until the ‘work was completed, as required by the specifica- tions of the contract. A resolution was submitted Bs the secretary, directing that ® committee three be ap. pointed to effect concerted action between the Kast and West Side Improvement Associations for the construction of better walis and pliers. General Barnum made quite a speech, enforcing the importance of passing the resolution. The con- dition of the piers and docks of the city had long been a standing disgrace. It was fruitiess to await any action of the Common Council in this matter, had = wat ny had ceased ited tl to be 4 virtue. On them devolved the duty of putting their shoulders to the wheel and accom) ‘this most important be- accomplish in quicker time tnan by acting \y- ir. Duryea stated that he owned property on the the com Council. He beet for years e Common Council. He n to get such consent, but in vain. ie aded that he favor of a stone plier, same as the concrete. THE CONSERVATIVE. MOVEMENT 1 VIRGINA, Views of General Grant—Bad Look for the Radicals, {Washington (Jan. 18) editorial lence of the on (an, 1 cate eoerepent nigdby several other gentlemen. fora. Vitgit sev ot lemen, from Virgini made a necond visit to eneral Grant this m maine. visiting President Johnson and General Scho- fleid. ‘Their conversation with General Grant related princtpally to the Virginia movement, and his remarks on the subject were in the highest degree encow ing. He seemed to desire no secrecy as to his views, but spoke ont with periect openness and freedom. | feel that no confidence is violated when I say that he “sincerely hoped this whole subject would soon be settied.!? He has evidently studied our Virginia affairs and fully understands the Underwood constitution. He expressed himself as being warmly in favor of strik- ing out the disfranchising clanses of that instru- ment, the homestead clause and the provistona re- lauing to county organization, which last he seems to regard as more objectionable even than the rest. He said that if permitted to stand as a@ part of the constitution they would necessitate the election of Negro judges, sheriffs, magistrates, clerks, common- ‘wealth's ere constables, &c., and that the condition of affairs would be so intolerable that in those localities where there is @ preponderance of blacks the whites would be compelled to remove and seek homes in other portions of the State. He expressed the wish that the proposed arrangement may be speedily carried out and indicated his confl- dence In such @ result. The conversation with President Johnson was More general, bearing but siightiy on the sabject above referred to, He thanked the committes for calling, and talked pleasantly. General Schofield’s views are ‘80 well understood that it ts needless to refer particularly to thom. {From the Richmond Whig, Jan. 20.) J GOOD NIGHT, IF YOU ARR GON. Woll_ accredited rumor reports that the carpet- baggers have received from their chief, now in Washington, a telegram to the following effect: — Allis lost. Grant hae joined the committee of nine, WELLS. ‘The despatch is Crsarian in conciseness, but v Un-Cresarian in sabstance. Bat it suMeeth and comforting. General Grant bad only to bring his mind to bear for a moment on the evil and disturb. Ing effects of carpet-t ‘to see that they are the at peats of the South and coustant fomenters of iscord and trouble, He told these aaventurers he was for peace, and he means what be says,