The New York Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1869, Page 4

ptatn Brickensteim, outhampton January Suaday night, She brings ngos to the 12th inst, ted tho Oth say3:—A ay thata misunder- mm sof the pro- suent, to which tho standing ¢x vistonal gove fall on the semi-oflc declaration t ul Dulce, the Governor of Cuba, has r rr more reinforcements. ‘The Mir : of Finance 18 about to take measures with tho v of giving Qu impetas to the sale of the estates of civil and ecclesiastical corporations, pred th It ts t the coalition between the ro- pndlicans ¢ partery Progressists tg breaking up. ‘The Gazec/e of the 10th publishes a decres of Selor Figuerola changing the py el of the Customs Tariff fon, whi entrusted with the revisic @ bills to be submitted to the Constitu- ent Cortes. The Ajnister of the Colontes has issued a decrea approving the reform introduced im the eastoms ta- , and reducing the danes dance with the ordinance 1300, 2 to the statement of the Correspan. 1ys Ulat the Miaister of War has 3 for te departure of ing the present month, @ has had an interview liaister of Finance, at ances that there was no- uation te account for the fall ing the last 1ew days, ch from Madrid, dated the 11th, aunounced that the state of siege at 2 would be raised before the elections, ‘and voi ers Of Uberty have offered fo Cuba to tight for the pre- pair. ‘oughout the Peninsula. which latter gave thin of the funds @ anit NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. one. The Liverpool Courter report reached us ortemalty, Haanival, whiek arrived in the on Friday evening from Ceara, had on Onrisimas Day apokea tie American shyp Ocean Spray, which had reported having on board {mag sy of the crew end passon- Ser of the Hibernia, rm furthor information sap- Plied by Captain Gyles, of the Hannibal, it appears Vint tle yessel_apokea on December 25, in Latitude so SS nortit, toneltucte 42 69 west, was the Bremon bark America, bound from Bemen to New York, whieh reported having oa board thirty-nine of the crew and passeagers of the sailing ship Hivernia, trom Quebec, who had been picked up some daya | previously in a very exhausted condition. Capta! Gyles, in’ reply to an iaqutry whether he could any of the rescued persons on beats, onered to receive fourteen, shortness of room an provisions preventing him from Onding arcommoda. | tion for more, The Hiprrockes persons preferred romating on board thé America, and it is thought that the latter vessel may have borne ua for Madeira, Jn which case Uo rescued persons are likely to arrive in Liverpool by Ure African maf steamer expected 1 on the 17th inst, Itis now surmised that the of sad os rsa Mersey America in 1859, of $1,404 toas measurement, owned by Messrs, John Marca & Sons, of Dublia, and com. manded bya Captain Williams, This Hibernia ia said to have sailed from Quebec for id on the loth of Novembor, and therefore would experie the terrible gales which swopt the Atlantic during November and Deceraber. The agents in Liverpool of the owners of the steamer [thernia (Mesars. Han- dyside & ilenderson, of Glasgow) si clinz, how- ever, to the hone that the persons referred to a3 on board the bark America were some of those from the Steamer which foundered im tha Atiantic on the 25th November, under circumstances with which the pub- lic are familiar. A review ofthe whole facts, however, 1s fatal to this hope. Five boats left the Hibernia be- fore she went down. Of these, two,.the captain’s and the boatswata's, were picked up by the ship Star of Hope; a third, the chief o:icer’s, was sven to capsize, ant all on board were belteved to have perished; 3 fourth, the second offesr’s, reacked the coast of Ire- Jand with only a very few survivors of those who orizi- nally embarked in her, having capsized two or three fmoes on the journey, This lef only one boat, tre third oticer's, to be accounted for. According to Captain Monro’s evidence at the o:iclal inquiry this boat had only twenty-one persons on board wien © boats parted company after leaving the Hibernia. @ could Bot, therefore, very well have supplied rty-nine persons. sald to have been resened by the America. Captain Gyles is of pinion that those on board the Bremen bark spoke ot iF) persons Whom they had saved as belonging to a saifing ship; but, on the other hand, the mate thinks that they were described as Pelonging to the steamer Hiber- nia. Some of the crew of the Hannibal noticed that those on the deck of the Bremen vessel wore uni- form such as js usualiy worn by the otticers of steam vessels, and it seems doubtful ifasatiing ship of the 3 in the recent St. Alban's d zmount to $100,009, ithat the public entry of Earl as Lord Lieutenaut of Ireland 1 the 16th inst. * d in the county of Cork tn risa ecclesiastical revenue to of poor rates, “It would be a return,’* to a inode in which, at a perlod ation, the property of the ruially expended, and it would afford favor of the payine: say the petitioners, “4 rade VArmeée of the 11th, ia an article tonnage of the Hibernia could have had so large a crew as thirty-nine, The discrepancy in the nomber is thus accounted for by the North British Mati:—“The number of Senger and crew on board the Ocean Spray is stated to be thirty nine, and as there are only twenty-one persons known to have been in Atkins’ boat, the probability 18 that he succeeded in saving the lives of several others wieu No, 2 lifeboat capsized.’” Result of the Inquiry Into the Loss of the > Steamehip Hibernia, [from the London Times of Jan. 12) The Court of inquiry into the loss of the ftbernla gave judgment on Monday. The Court was of opin- jon that Caotaln Moore could not be held responsi- le for the loss of the ship, the accident having oc- curred in the engine department. It had no reason year 1838, says:—“‘Our military state ia a position to meet every eventu- ‘ong enough to-day to live in per- vith all the Powers of Europe or to ngeously those of them who would tn- war and force as once more to ‘respondent of the London Timea, of the 10th instant, says:— ‘Third leads a more active life than ce, yesterday morning at nine led at a council of ministers, which a. After brenkfast his Majesty gave ces and then went out to pay a visit to n of Spain and her husband, with whom nearly an hour. On tg eee Pavilion he Emperor called at the Palais Royal. apolcon bas so far recovered that he was able to receive his filustrious cousin in the state drawing room, In the evening the Emperor and Empress went to the theatre of the Porte Saint Mar. tin, where Duiaas’ “Dame de Mansoreau” has been reproduced; bit before leaving the Tuileries, 2 iittle after seven lis Majesty had already received the Mar- quis de la Valette, who came to give his report con- cerning the first meeting of the Conference. The news from Italy was more favorable, The Oficial Gazette of the 10th saya that the whole coun- try ls now quiet. The collection of the grist tax is i with im those provinces whore it ssteted, The telegram adds that no nomination lias yet boea made to the post of Italian Minister ia London and that no chaagea are con- templated in regard to the representation of Italy at other foreign courts. Tho Florence, journa’s announce that the Wntt2 atiolica has been seized for an articie against the eriat tax todonbt that the Hibernia was a strong and fatth- fully bailt shtp, that her structure and the machinery her ine department were suMficient and eter of the shaft was in pro- Portion to the size of the engines. The Court Went on to refer to the drawing of the shaft, said there would have been no aeneer in this operation, even when it was seen that the shaft was broken, if the stuMng box on the bulk- head had been intact. The evidence went to show ee the watertight bulkhead had been interfered with, and that one manhole door had not been pro- ¥ secured, Further, the court had great ‘While any hope remained of the e judgment on were of opinion that the inquiry should be deemed Testimguini to Mr. Gladstone. On Friday night a meet of work! nial {Intended to be presented to the Prime Minister. Gladetone hat, in reply to ® communication for- was desirable that the different centres of work in ment to obtain largé subscriptions from individuals, statesman aud reflect credit upon the workingmen pert reason fo doubt that there was any damage sustained by the eternplates of the vessel, ineors being saved the court deferred pronouncing any alleged errors of commission or omission, and to be open. The court would therefore make an ad interim report to the Board of Trade. ——— {From the Liv 1 Post.} ti en b held at Liverpooi for the purpose of taking the Recessary steps to obtain sul tions to a testimo- It was stated that between £500 and £690 had been already subscribed, and that, inasmuch as Mr. Warded to liim, expressed the pleasure it would aiford him to recetve the proy testimonial, it the town should be Fepresented in the movement. It was not the object of the originators of this move- but rather to get up with the atd of the:masses such a testimonial as would do honor to the distinguished of Liverpool and the town atiarge. It having been suggested that 2 commftiee of one hundred work- faginen shoutd be formed, abont forty nat were subscribed Mr. ‘fiomas Cope waa manimously elected chairman of Ute committee, In reply toa letter from the ¢ jocrata of Pesth Garibaldi has written a letter, dated Caprera, De- cember 22, in which he advises the Hungarians to separate from Anstria, by wom, he says, they are er fears being over, ve mask of Jesulileal hypocrisy i covers her hyena-like face.” * A telegram irom Lisbon dated the 10th states that the Duke o! laaha, the Portuguese Envoy in home, has been summoned to Lisbon to form a new Minisir& A body of merchants have, it 1s stated, addressed o petition tothe King, praying hjs Mejesiy Ministers aid 14 disgoive fhe Cham- 3 said to extst in favor of Ro reves bera, Pop. t.¢ Lite Min it "ienua, way loan to v8 that | n International Com- niatives of erainent dnan- ent places which are | Ke the | a of the moneys | The faites would be in cat o. Vit Vienna, where ait has become the chief and scheme, the dh aia wunielpatities | assembled yn the wth to make the necessary rations jor the elections to the Hun. an members have announced that 5) they will ta Tho London Yews of the 12th Wwst. says:— ‘The conflict in Austria botweea the clergy and the governm. ne stul coatuaes, and the lacter shows no disposith yield any of the ground it bas taken up. Two tation with Pr vil mn anided # a step towards the complete separa- q ; troim the State, The cier hostitty, and tie An We complete the recent Liberal legis its spreasive measures. isting a letter from the Pop» | Minister of Financ or Joseph 2 in Glas r this purpose has t voud Jonery committee ¢, pretend that the sou reps tath d con- nea advantage over | According to the latest intel ast polut is that the young Gree’ 4 suined ta Crete with a body of about 90 1 by fiying columms uader tre oF 1 Ali Packs aad Redif Pee Ifo bas taken re in the naccessivle part Mow Ae 1 hate occupied by the ‘Te 4 wumbers th will shortly be obliges A te enya t= potaruine Jatent January 9 ed at Syia with jobars Pacha declued roe miles frou Syro, relative to the kno Tue conditions tm- anteers ia Crete who I tis Vounteera, without nationaities or profesaion, 4 aad property are Jay down ther arms, he place of their land. Gunarkation to be in Creede. 4 Ture tor (heir wants. neers Will he tio them, n Lae ENGLAND. t FI hoe Sie » Diinvtng Lout of t a he London Gobe, daa. it.) to lene thie the Lepr. of enother reivora from the Ml-fated screw e:camer haich of having voew discovered WAS @ Inistakea stivernta . | “strong Protestants.’* + scared to civil marriage, and are ro- | Friend. of the People, has | Hibernia. | | IRELAND. Extraordinary Scene In a Cork Theatre, iFrom the Pall Mail Gazette, Jan. 11.) Our Cork correspondent reports au extraordinary scone in the theatre of that city ou Friday night. It was known that the new Muyor (Mr, O'Sullivan) would visit the theatre, and either by concert or ac- cident-—most probably the former—the boxes and pit were filled with gentlemen of the ciass known as The Christraas pantornine ts still the chief aitraction of the house, and through this piece are scattered some dismal allusions to local topica—the elections, the city members, the Mayor and Mrs. Scannell. Most of the “nits,” which are by no means palpable ones, are made decidedly national to catci the ears of the gallery: but the au- thor ts pretty impartial, all things considered, and f2y3 & good word or two for the tories also, On C night every one of the sentiments having the fulntest national tinge was loudly hissed by the occupants of the boxes and pit. The allasion to the city members was received with marked dis- favor, and the mayor's pame provoked a storm of ous sounds. Mr. O’sullivan bore It all until there came @ passage in which the patriotic Mra, Scanteii is applauded for her behavior in the court hoga¢ at the city nomination. The expression | 6ecura, “Down with the tories, down with the Orange- nen.’ The Mayor took up ing, ‘That's right; down with the Orangemen.” The gentlemen in the boxes rose and yellel, “Tarn hin out,” and the Mayor, greatly excited, went ou re- pe ting, “Down with the Orangemen, I say.’ The boxkecper and some of tie neste people ity “ oa ¢ qniet, bnt he to path a stad gentleman particularly demonstvative, made an atteinpt to get over to him for the purpose, it was thonght, of In- Micting summary chastisemenat. The pit socing some- thing wrong above them, and only haif aware of the cause, added their volcesto the uproar: and the gal- | lery, which could only dis perceive that there was | a row among their betters, but quite ignorant of the | cause, yelled and ecreained in a frantic way, Had ) the gallery Known whet was going on and on | attack was being made on the Mayor, who is a pol ar idol just now, they would probably have taken | instant Vengeance on Mr. O’Suiltvan’s assailants, At Mr, O’Sulilvan waa tpduced to resame his seas, and by degrees the storm was queliod. this senitment, observ. refuse | tenet %, | FRANCE, } Oficial Report of the Minister of Finance. | _ A telograim from Paris, dated January 11, give | following synon:ls of the onicial Teport-of tae Freses port of M. Magne, Minister of Fi- | hance, publixhed to-day, states that the floating debt | bas been reduced from 602,000,000 to 727,000,000 | franes, and that the revenue from indirect taxes in 1808 has exceeded that of 1967 by 44,000,000. The | eatimate of 1309 will not require a correcte because the supplementary credits which w asked for do not amount to 28,000,090, and are, there. | fore, amply covered by tie increased receipts from taxes. the estimates of the ordinary Widget for 147) are:—hevenue, 1,756,000,900f,, against expenditure 1,650,000, 0 [ran ‘The surpius of 80,000,000 francs, toge"her with the surplas left from the preceding plied to the requirements of the ext ry budget. The sinking fand for 1570 Will amownt lo 42,030,000 franca, which i8 to be ap- plied to the purchase of rentes, The Minister re- inarks on the year 1868, that “it was charactorized ‘ely by confidence and fears, activity and mation. ito er, or opinion has by de- oa geenstomed itself to judge political affairs correcily. A soustble recovery has been ob- ‘ed, principally durlag the latter months of the ‘This reeult, due to the revival of conddence, proves how much peace Janecessary to this country, and to what degree prosperity wilt -) Gevelopen by it, and how much pabhe opinion is right to approve | the efforts of your Majesty to prevent, as much as de- | pends on yoo by friondly intervention, any coufitet by | Which peace mulght be disturbed.” More Prosecutions of the Presa. [Frome the London News of Jan, 12.| The editor of the Dubie a Quartre, M. Pfeifer, Pras surntaoaed yesterday betore the ‘Tribunal of the Police Co ecilonuclie, On-a charge of having, in a ber of. that rnal, published @ libel rach of the Emperor, M. Lockroy 6 of the journal were cl a8 ac. stituted without the previous consent of the French government, SPAIN. Shockivg Seencs Dering the Malaga Insur- rectiva. The Times correspondent at Madrid gives a shock- ing account of the ‘ight ay at Malage, whieh he says exhibited ali the bos! 1 worst features of the na- (tonal character, ud was reaarkalo for that bead- tong Aud ferovioua content tor Ite—for his own as weil as other people's lives—of which the spaniard 43 more eapgb'e than any r race in Burope when Big blood is up, ‘dhe hopelessness of the contest seems to have siruck sume of the popular leaders ma the beg ‘The voluateer battalions were reakea by or Ofleers, aud the conse- quence was deser' toa from the barricades almost ea masse, Wt seoins tuat a priest, by name Don Enrique Romero, went a soag tle people, aad vy his words, spoken aad written, prevaligd ou the popular come batants to go fo: f No leeg than tires priests were conspicn: barricades. We hear of one Ariag upon the troops from a window Mithe Charch of tho Garmen s of another wao%s weapon Was an gir- » With whi ci ho was enabled to do great execution fore the attention of tue soldiers was directed against him; we lie of Cluidren ten years old being raised by thew fathers above the barricades, holdingimere toy aged 208, Witch, however, they man- jo disciin at their asSaiiants; we hear of rls wit Cr hi boxes at thelr waists aud in their hands, We hear of soldiers advane- wr shelter of the prisoners they had taken, he buliets of the volunteers finding ther way to the soldiers’ bodies throuzh the bodies of their sacrificed comp: ns. We hear of giris rusning forward to clasp the sclciors in tuelrarins, that their lovers might despaich tuem by stabbing them in their backs. Nothing but despair coald saggest the insane resist witch took piace. Instances are mennoned in which, as i sume of the narrowest lanes of the district of Verchel, a handfnl of voluu- teers held their ground against 200s80khe's, Mostof the wounds were iiilicted by the bayonet; not a few were dealt in void vicod xfter the confict. ‘the greatest number of the dead beioug to the most abandoned ciass of society. The governuent reckons the killed on its own sido at lorty-eigat and the wounded at 150, ; Manitesto of the Republican Party. The Pueblo, of Madrid, publishes a manifesto wiuch has been issued by tne repadlican party in view of the ppronehing elections in Spain. ‘Lhe Bubsance of tle aivice given to tie electors is to reject all doubtiul caud dates and to sacritico per. sonal rivalry «nd ambition in order that the whole sirength of tie party may be turued to account. The electoral operations are to be closely watched and all illegal iniuences sirenuous!y opposed. On the other hand, the fuliest use 1s to be made of the means of legitimate agitation suppited by the ko by public meetings and potitical organization. Union is to be the watchword of the party and constitute its su nh amid the “divisions which are under- mining the mouurehical party.” The proclamation concludes by exhorting the citizens to exert them- setves to the utmost 12 order to obtain the triumph of the repubiican candidates, and says that if the: are successful the last vestiges of tae oid regime wil be swept away aud Spat be saved, ROUMANIA. Extensive War Preparations. A letter from Bucharest, in the Paris Debate, says:— ‘The eagerness of the Roumanian government to Manufacture war material aliowa the spantiion that er gti § for speedy action. At this mo- Ment at least 60,000 cartri are made per day, and lately an additio: number of workmen have been employed. The purchase of arms is also being continued, and ona very I: scale, Besides the needie guns from the Prussian factories and the Belgian percussion muskets a large number of Pea- body rilies have been ordered in America. Two ar- rivals of them are expected, the first of 10,000 and the second of 12,000, Moreover, the old muskets have been transformed into breech-loaders; the gov- ernment therefore can dispose of a very considera- ble number of weapons, Under M. Bratiano’s Minis- try 90,000 rifles and 124 canuona were introduced. If these armaments are continued ai the same rate Roumania will soon become the arsonal for the whole East. INDIA. Particulars of the Battle at Bawiau. Pe Sac the London News, Jan. 11.) The baitle fought at Bamian about tie middie of November (according to Afghanistan letters m the Bombay papers) was not so decisive in its resuits as stated. After his defeat Sirdar abdool Rahman Khan retreated in the direction of Balkh, and 1t ap- that he was met on the way by a force which Mahomed Azim Khan, was bringing from that place. Strengthened by the reinforce Ment, Abdool Rahman Khan determined to make a fresh advance, ond it was arranged that Mahomed Azim Khan should march towards Cabut froi Cha- reekar—from the north, thet is—while the Sirdar Dimself should push on from Bamian, which lies to the west of Caul. Ils lucky rencontre with the ex- Ameer led him at once to the determination to make another advance into the territory of his rival. Té meet the invading force, however, a por- tion ot Shere Ali Khan's army were told of; Mahomed Yakoob Kian was ready elsewhere to deal with Aodool Ratiman Khan; and the Ameer took up @ position not far from Cabul, where the troops under him would snswer as a reserve in ease of tho defeat of either of the other divisions, By way of precaution Mahomed Yakoob Khan retired a short distance from Barman, a3 there was sonw danger there of his forces suifering from desertion— the bane of an Afehanarmy. It was expected that some decisive action would soon take place. Cabul news to ixe 4d uit. states that there had still been no further collision. Bad News fvom the Fasine Districts. (From the London News, Jan. 11.) Bombay ady give no cheering news regarding the famine distr! According to the 7imes of Intia there is reason to fear that in spite of the relief afforded by ctaritable grain clabs aad local fends the distress ts becoming more and More severe throughout Rajatipootana, Ajmere dJeypoor and Took are importing largely, though searcity of fodder renders carriage difMiouit to obtain. Notwithsianding all that is being done the sutfering increases; and we are told that by Febraary noxt we must be prepared for want as sovere during 1860-81, wherever roads and canals do not exist. Only slightly better Is the state of the northwest provinces, although there the scarelty ‘Will not be such as to cause mortally. Sind, too, finds her stores of grain repidly becoming exhanated, owing to the demand for wheat iu the Punjab and the consequent exportation of large quantities thither. The province of Khandeisa reatizes the terribie result of a scanty monsoon. The talookahs of Challiagaum, Nandganra and Malligaum suffer most, as this is the third bad year they have had in suc- cession. There is, however, food wi vince, only means must be immediate: Dp to bring it within reach of the poor—tie Bheels and others, who wonld soon take to plunder. A road is therefore to be at once commenced acrovs the ghaut between Challisgaum and Koonvor, old tauks and wails are to be cleared, the district authorities inv. ing obtained the permission of goverument to tind profitable work and sufficient wa: for all out of employment. The disbursement of 75,000 rupecs on faminé works has been sanctioned by telegrain, a$ also the remission of revénue to the extent of Atty per cent in atl yullagga Where crops have boen @ total faslure, - uy 7 The celebrated Spautsn torrero, Gachares, has lately died in Havana, leaving a fortune of aboat $200,000, which he literally gatued by his sword. In 1863 the vineyards of France covered 2,690,000 hectares of ground, yielding an annuol sum of $200,000,000, aad giving employment in all to about $,000,000 people. A celebrated momber of the demi-monde of Paris received as a New Year's gitt an emerald necklace, composed of seventy-two cmeralda, and cach stoue was separately wrapped in @ 1,000 france note, A marriage has just taken place between Mile, Marie de Villers, one of the richest helresses in the province of Berrt, and M, Albert de Secoudat, Baron de Montesquien, great grandson of the author of the Esprit des L he building erected for the Havre about to be preserved for use as a tem- wireh until the permanent building dedi- cated to St. Joseph, which i# shortly to be com menced, shall be terminated. A military convention has just been concinded be- ween Prussia and Mecklenberg-Strehtz, similar to nat witot already existed with Mecklenbe ‘owe. rm. Branawick is now the only Stato witn which such an arrangement nas not been mado, General Dufour, on account of the interest he has taken in the Internationa: Ambniance affairs in Switzerland, Was rocentiy offered an order of hi de by the kimperor of Austria, but courteous eclined the honor, He is already grand officer of the Legion of Honor. The Pasquino of Turin caricatures the present state of Europe by & ballroom in which all the Pow- ers are represented watting for the next di At Brussels during the year 1868, 5,902 births were registered, of which 3,614 were boys and 2,889 girls; the deaths wero 5,242, being 2,658 males and 2,606 fe- maces, During the same period 1,096 marriages were celebrated. The number of divorces was eighteen, ‘The population of the city is about 145,000, without the suburbs, and the latter for hy Court, having heard the imperti belot, and the connsel for defence, M. Laurier | for M. Lockroy, ant M. Lachaud for M. Pfeifer and | the printer, condemned the writer of the article, M. Lockroy, to four months of imprisonment, M. | Pfeifer to two months, the printer to one month and all three to the payment of 2,000 franca fine, It foems as If the Dinble a Quartre were determined to eintilate Ita forerunner and model, the too famous Janterne. Thoarthat @ circular haa beea sent ont | to the diplomatic agents of the government al to the enect that ho presecution for libela pubi against the Emperor ia foreign papers should be ia- An employé of the Bank of France las calcniated that the number of twenty frane pieces in clreuine at it, if piled up ina pyramid in London and then toppied over the topmost coin could fajl some miles beyond Calais. In his calcula he allows interest on ¢ach coin from the 6 of coinage. The Rev. F. H, 8. Pendleton, who, during the last #ix years, held the chaplaincy of tue Holy Trinity at Flotence, preached his farewell sermon on the slat uit, After the service a deputation waited Pica the aap PP by his cons leaving the city. IMMIGRATION. Operrtions at Castlo Garden for the Year 186S—Interesting StatiaticoNambor of Im- migrants and Where They Come From— Where They Go To—Obstacles to Emigration to the South. It ia needless to say much of the great importance of immigration to this country. Every schoolboy knows, or ought to Know, that the marvellous and unparalleled advancement of America in population, natioual wealth and political influence in the world is in & great measure due to the influx of the people from other conntries and cilmes, to whom the hos- pitable and liberal policy of the faiberg of this coun- try oifered not only & nome, but also au enlarged field for remunerative enterprise, Taking the popu- tion of th’s country to be, in round numbers, about 35,000,000 at present, it ts safe to say that half of them atleast are elther descoadauts of immigrants since 1800, or have dtrectiy immigrated themselves. No cotintry on the globe presents such a spectacie as this. Tho increase of population évery where else is confined to natural causes, to the excess of births over deaths, and nowhere enters such a lars pro- portion of forcigu clements, and so constantly, into the growth of tue nation. All the great nations of the earth—Germany, France, Engiand, for tustance— retain the undisputed supremacy of thetr indigenous race. They are ‘‘to the manor born,” and tf here or there, through some social upheaval in neighboring States—as, for instance, the religious persecutions ia Spam, the revolutions in France or other troubles in different countries—some portions of thelr people Were compelled to seck other homes in distant lands, the immigrants or refugees were in numbers but an insignificant pOrtion and contributed little to the material or political advancement of the State where they settled. ‘The immigration to the United States from almost all parts of Europe has ever had a different charac- ter. It partook more of the nature of the voinutary migration of peoples, difering from that known by that name in the history of the first ten centuries of our era only in this, that it was peaceful, and that instead of being, like that of the Goths, the Huns or other Sarmatic or Scythian tribes, sudden ava- lanche, crushing all opposing forces in its path, it was like the gentle stream, flowing onward in regular constancy, increasing and occasion- ally diminishingin volume and fructifying the land it touched in its course. This stream has flowed with steady regularity to our shores, The political system of Aunericn promised not only personal independence, bat free devetop- ment for the enterprise and capacity of every ind - . ides, the vast expanse of fertiie gol in- hands to useful and profitable employ- ment; as the etream of increasing migration rolied further and turther to tue Wea jJand began everywhere to smile with the fruits ofagricuitural iabor, a3 centresof industry and com- piel ya gate Seed firm root and Sp empend into vast cities, very bee)hives of wealth and intelligence, the magnetic attraction became stt!l more powerful and immigration came faster and thicker—spreading nntry, contributing to its progress andewelfare, sealen Many were the attempts within the last twen! years by interested governments to direct thi stream 2 migration mto other channels. In Ger- pany Was sought to atcract the emigrants to in Ireland to Australia, but only wiit ill suc- cess. The few isolated colonists, whom money promtses or home influences succeeded tn alluring to other countries than America were but as the rain- | drop to the ocean in comparison with the great bulk of the people seeking new homes with us, Hence it is that, while America continnes 2 tae! nee: saomtnion: os most useful @ the % mumbe: by far of all those who Teave “thelr native soil for new homes, it has been found necessary for the benefit of the emigrant as well as of the country to eee control of this new population under some kind of system upon its arrival, New York is the port where most of them land and whence most of them start out for the Interior, either to select a place ior their settlement or to reach the place already determined on. ‘This gave rise to the estab- lishment of the Emigrant Depot at Castie Garden, in charge of & body. known as tho Commissioners of Emigration. A correct record ta here kept of all the arrivals. The captain of every vessel bringing pas- sengers 13 bound by law to thelr names and ages and nationality to the Commissioners of Emi- gration, through the Mayor of the ctty. To control these reports—manifests, as they are technically called—the Commissioners employ a number of boarding officers, who meet each arriving ship in the bay and report directly to the Superintendent at Castle Garden the num! of aengers aod their nationality, as they ascertain them on board, NUMBEit OF EMIGRANTS FOR 1568, From these reperta it is ascertained that during the year 1508 there have arrived at this port 212,636 persons, which, according to their nationalities, are duvided as follow: 145 A S258 1 tot beets SESE iP o ‘This tabie is very instructive, shows the immirratiou from Germany to be near! one-half of (he whole number of em! ts land Further, 1t proves the tide of German tumilgration to be nearly two and a half times as great as that from Treland, and that even England, the “blessed hold merry Hengland,” stands but third iv the List in point of uumbe.s, While lrance, with all the denunciations of-her government and her Emperor by radical vislanaries, seems so much contented with herseif that of her 40,009,000 of peopie less than 5,000 sought homes in this country. China takes a be- ginning @nd sends forty-nine of her pig-tatiea na- Uves, and the question may arise whether this 1s not the advance guard of a much larger stream hiherward of tho people of the “Euipire of the Middle. Suggestive it is that ten emigrants have landed here from Africa, and it 1s to be regretted that the table does not specify whether they were black, brown, coifee or maroon colored or mixed, in order. that the repubifcan commuttees may know whether there was a “nigger in the plie’ of this ar- rival, and they might smell it out somenow or other whether this Was or was not @ revival of ti African slave trade, It 19 hardly possible that the twenty-two Turks could have exerved euch an tofluence among our ple as to Kill of Philnellenism by the roots; though iL la surmised that they may have zone West to swell the number of those Who enjoy the theocratic rule of Brigham Young around Salt Lake. Unfortunately no record scems to have been kept of the number of performing monkeys or wheezy band organs in the sion of the 093 itall else the increnss of ‘inders in our streets might be stuiistically accounted for, DESTINATION OF DIMIGRANTS. Under this head a complete record I# kept of all the ité ieaving Castic Garden, and the grand total In the first place it oe the year gives the following figures. 10 tue State on 114 uM “4 587 7,010 3) Ei 163s? ean 3,980 Delaware. ine. Maryan aus ina i Hiinots. 8 Het, @ Minso' rt Kansas. a1 Arkansas. i Duatrte 2723 Went Virg Scotia ‘10 New Branawick. 18 fey. Mu“ Wout Indi i Bouth Ame: 1 From Mat some very instructive facts may bo athered, This a = that the great Western States, specianty 1 ino, are the favorite localitics for the settiem of the immigrant populetion, ‘They bave all absorbed, more or less largely, this stream of the v ee niation—Viscons Towa, Minnesota an jehigan ravking Iiltwols in numbers. But why shovid Ind ceive less by one-half than Massachusetts / over 7,000 been atiracted to the State of Cape C the fighortes or the factorica, and have ‘he ngrical- tural lands, the cities and villages of indlana vo auch inducements to offer to the immigrant? ven the far off territory of Utah, with tis Mormouisra, stands on the list with almost a jarge a figure as I and sorely, in view of the easy procure. ment mon! of divorces in the latter State, no une Mor- leally melined need prefer Utah on that account, TH LABOR EXOHANOT, ‘Thit buread in Cast! it Ly ee yee agok employ ment oilice, Where they Sia cicentbed and advised and promptly procured situations, During the year just past no lesa than is sittiations, ead 14,0.0 Of the males, 4,311 were mechanics and 14,408 common laborers and agricniiurisie, Of tne females, 474 were skilled laborer and 12,665 honse servants. Six thousand five handred and seventy. nine males and 6,084 females obtained situstions in thts city; 6,020 males and 2,070 fema'es received employment m the State of New York outside of city, and 6,515 males and 3,096 temaics wero gent to sitnations idea for them through the wn however, but Q very simall proportion went Bout ‘In regatd to this matter of IMMIGHATION TO THR FOUTH & few words way be here stated, in ine drst Garden has proved itso fof | in various other Stales, of | and land speculating exainple of ail. have thetr aarne Holling ay ¥ engaged in ex of thelr own particular section. bat by mouth and the press to pic. ture the condition of ihe South, tno feotings of the people aud the kind of reception avvait- {ug ‘an immigrant in such.colors as to deter every one from seeking a hone In thet unfortunate Section of our country. ‘There have lately been or- ize inthe South German immigraut societies at chmond, Va., and at Nashyille and Memphis in Tennesse; but theso gocicties, If they would do any pred for their neighborhood, should busy themselves ane: Pes And not in Casile Garden, and so id ounteract the infiuences worsing against Key * ae source of finmnigration, i BURBAU OF INVORMATION. ‘This burean is @ very useful adjunct to the Castle Garden di Here thoss who have friends or kin- dred expecting thom in this country ave “delivered” to their charge. Many adeoting scones often cccar here; bat as the working of tiis bureau was some time ago fully described in the MHeaaup it ts not necessary now to recur to it again, Of tho whole number arrived abou} uvelve per cent pass through this bnroan, fact, brought out by the statistics of the operations of this ofice, thatin a very larga number of cases giris and boys emigrate alone, and by their imdustry and economy succeed in saving enough to send over for their brothers, sisters, and often their parents, Thonsands of husbands battte it alone sor years un- Ui they are finally enabled pay for the passage hither of their families and provide them with a home, and even many wives have ven‘ured here alone and friendleas to ve and earn anil save to send for their husbands and ehiidien. The tricks resoried to by runners and others, even the crews of vessels, to obtain control of girls emigrating alone are often intricate, but in tl matter the oficers in charge of the depot and of this bureau generally succeed in cluding them, thus saving the BON strange girls from tue wiles of unscrapulous m THB ANNUAL REPORT. The usual annual report, giving full etails of the facts mentioned above, is now preparing. and much information of public interest was withheld on the ground thatit would be discourieous to the State authorities to allow its publication now, in advance of the submission of the official report. VENEZUELA, Claims Agninst the Governmont—Allotment for the Settlement of International Claims— Probable Result of the Presidential Elece tlon—Loss of the Mall Steamer Estrella— Another Revolt at Petare. CaRacas, Jan. 7, 1869. The mixed commission now sitting in Caracas for the purpose of settling the claims of British subjects Is at present occupied with claims for loss of cattle and agricultural produce carried off at various times by the government troops and the revolutionists. Other claims not considered doubtful will be taken in hand later, The provisional administration has re- cently issued @ decree setting aside fifty per cent of the revenue of the country for the pay- mentof all debts, and of this fifteen is to be ap- Pljed to the payment of international claims, such ag American, French, British, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and probably German, as a Minister from the North German Confederation is expected to arrive shortly in this city, The groag revenue of the country being estimated at $4,009,009 (Venezuelan currency) would therefore leave the sum of $300,000 for this purpose, The elections for the Presidency are to take place during next month, and it is understood that the chorce will He between the nephew and the son of aAgas, the late General José Tadeo Mo: On the evening of the 4th instant a party of 160 ‘Mariano ks of St. Carlo and posted men, under the command of a cei Lopez, ieft the barrac' themselvos in @ strong Pw at Petare. Tho screw steamer Estrella (formerly the Robert Tod‘), Lat fey to Mossra, Lamb & Co., of St. Thomas, engaged In the mati service between that port and Venezuela, was totally lost on the 19th ult., oT the Rogues, with @ large and valuabie ‘The captain and crew, twenty-three in number, with fourteen passeagers, were taken off the island by the Vene?nelan war steamer, the Bolivar, Cpa R ge ing cight days under the greatest suffori - vationa. es algal BELGIUM. Convention Between the United Stntes and Belgium on the Subject of Naturalization, Signed nt Brussels November 16, 1868, ‘The Prosident of the United States of America and his Masesty the King of the Lolgians, led by the wish to regulate the citizenship of those persons who em!- grate trou the United States of America to Belgium and from awtae to the United States of America, have resolved to make a convention on this subject and have appointed for ther plenipotentiaries, namely :—The jent of the United States of Amer- lea, Heury Shelton Sanford, @ citizen of the United States, their Minister resident near his Majesty the King or the Beigians; and his Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Steur Jules Vander Stichelen, Grand Cross of the Order of the Dutch Lion, &c., his Minister of Foi fairs; who, after having com- municated to each other thelr full powers, found to bo fn good and proper form, have agreed upon the following articies:— ARrtIoL# 1. Citizens of the United States who may or shall have been naturalized in Belgium wiil be considered by the United States as cl 3 of Bel. ginm. Reclprocaily, Belgians who may or shall have been naturalized in the United States will be con- sidered by Belgium as citizens of the United States, Arr. 2. Citizens of either contracting party, in case of their return to their original country, can be prosecuted there for erimes or misdemeanors com- imi(ted before naturahization, saving to them such IimKations as ere establisked by the laws of thew origional country. Axt, 8. Naturalized citizens of either contracting arty, Who shall have resided five years in the coun- ry which has naturalized them, cannot be held to the obtigation of military service in thetr erizinal country or to inelderftal obligetion resulting tlere- from in tho event of their return to it, except in cases of desertion from organized and’ embodied milliery or naval service, or those that may be assimilated thereto by the laws of tint country. Art. 4, Citizens of the United States naturalized in Beigium shall be considered by Belgium as cit zens oi the United States when they shali have re- covered their character as citizens of the United States, according to tho laws of the Unived States. Neciprocally, Celgians naturalized in the United States shali be considered ag Belgians by the United States when they shall have recovered their charac- ter a8 Beigians, according to the laws of Belgium. Ant, 6, The present convention shall enier into execution lumerdiately after the exchange of ratiil- cations, and shall remain in force for ten years. If at the expiration of that period neither of the con- tracting partes shall have given notice six wontha mm advanee of its tntention to terminate the same it shall continue in force until the end of tweive months after one of the contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of such intention, Ati. 6. The present convention shall be ratified by the President Of the United States, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, by his ity the King of the Belvlaus, with the consent of the Parliament; and the ratifications shal! be exchanged at Brusse’s within twelve months from the date hereof, or sooner if possible, In witness whereof the respective plentpoten- A hag pave signed the same and affixed wuereto er seals, Made in duplicate at Brussels the sixteenth of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, ay BS Y AND) i STICHELBN, Additional Article te the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation Between the United Sta und Belgium of July 17, 1958. The Presilent of the Untied states of America jesty the King of the Belgians, deeming it advisable that there should be an additonal article vaty of commerce and navigation between then, of duly 17, 1868, have for this purpose named ag their nipoteatiaries, namely:—The Prestdent of the United States, Henry Shelton Sanford, a cult zen of tie Untied States and Minister resident near bis Majesty the King of tue Belgians: the King of tho Belgians, the 8 | Bticheiea, Grand Crows of the Order of the Dutch | Lton, &¢., bis ster of Foreign Affairs: who, alter having communicated to euch other their fail powers nav reed to and signed the following addivonal | article: ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. The high contracting parties, desiring to secure complete and eifevent protection to the manufactur: ing industry of Unew respective citizens, agree that any counterfeiting in one of the two countries of the | trade marks alixed im the other on metebandise, to stow its origin and quality, shail be strictiy prohib- lied and shad give ground for an aciton of damages m lavor of (he Injured party, to be prosecuted tn the courts of the country mm Which (ue countertelt stall be proven, ‘the trade marks in Uyhews the beter of on $ the two countries may wish to secure the riglt o perty ta the other must be lodged, to witi—Tho ks of clttzens of the United States at Brussels, in tho omice of the Clerk of the Trioanal of Commerce, aud the marke of Belgian citizens at the Patent bat i ni rato thal if a trade mark has become it 14 unites origin tt sail be | try. | have the ee.mo dura- | tion ag the beforementioned treaty Gf the i7ih July, | 1s64, to which ft is an addition, The ratifications } thereof anhalt be exchanged In the delay Of six months, or sooner if hole | — In faith whereof, the reapective plenipotentiaries have signed the swe and aOkxed ‘ree thetr seals, Done at russe”, in duplicate, the twentieth of December, Poahioen, bunds ad eae sixty-elglyt. JULRS VANDER STICHEL It is & remarkable | CUBA. Revolutionary Attack ou Earacoa=Probable Surrender of the City. By letters received from Baracoa, Cuba, dgted the 9th inst,, we leara that on the evening of the eth that Place was attacked at threo jeolata by # body of ro volutioutsts. One colamu mide the attack at Ma. tachin, another at the fort of Seboruco on the aii, and a third along the beach, The battle continued four hours without decisive advantage to either ty, and it was presamed the attack would be con- ined the next day, Wiou ti was probabic the town would surrender, Baracoa is the oldest city on the istand and ios Just north of Cape Mays!, the éastera point of Cuba, Hitherto we had no latelligence of aay revolutionary movements in tts viclaty. ita principal foroten Fo aad is alarge feuit trade carried on with Now rork. PERU. Convention for a Mixed Commission Detweon tho United States of Amevica and Peruy Simed'ia Lima Decomber 4, 1839. Whereas claims may have. at various timed since the siynature of the decisions of the mixed commis. sion which met in Lima in July, 1993, been made on the government of the Untted States of Ameriea by, tizens of Pera, and have been made by citizens of 4 States of Amerion on the government of y and whereas some of such claims are stil pending, the President of the United States of America and the President ot Pern, being of opinion that a speedy and equitable settiemont of albsuch claims will contribute much to the maintenance of the friondly feelings which subatat between the two coun tries, have resolved to make arrangements for thas purpose by means of a convention, and have named as their plenipotentiaries to confer and agree thero- n, that is to say:— ‘he Presilent of the United States names Alvin P, Hovey, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenino- tentiary of the United States of America near tho government of Peru, and the President of Peru names his Excellency Doctor José Antonio Barrens- chea, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powera, found in good and true form, have agreed as follo ARTICLE 1. The high contracting parties agree that allclatms on the part of corporations, compa. nies or private individnals, citizens of the United States, upon the government of Pern, and all claiina on the part of corporations, companies or private in- dividuals, citizens of Peru, upon the government of the United States, which may have beea presented to either goverment for its interposition since tie sit. tings of the said mixed commission, and which re- main yet unsettled, as well as any other claims within the time fied in article thres horeinafter, shall be referred to two commissioners, who shail be appointed in the followine manner, that ‘is to say:— One commissioner shall be named by the President of the United States and one by the President of Peru. In case of the death, absonce or incapacity of either commissioner, or in the event of either com- missioner omitting or ceasing to act as cuch, the President of the United States or tho President of Peru, respectively, siall forthwith name another person to act as commissioner fn the piace or stead of the commissioner al. named. ‘Iho comnuse stoners so named shall meet at Lima at their earbest convenience after they havé becn respectivel, named, not to exceed three months from the ratifl- cation of this convention, and sliall, before proceed. ing toany business, make and subscribe a solemm declaration that they will impartialiy and carofull examine and decide to the best of their jud¢men! and according to justice and equity, without fear, favor or affection, to their own cotintry, upon ali such claims as shail be laid before them on the part of the governments of the United States and Peru,’ respectively, and such declaration shall be en’ on the record of the commission. The commissioners shall then, and before proceed- ing to other business, name some third person of bays third nation to act e ar, or um, case or cases on which they may aiden 1 in opinion. If they should not be able to agree upon the name of such third pet they shall each of @ third mn, aud in each aud partl person or chosen to be arbitrator or umpire pro- ceeding to act ag such in any case, make and gub- scribe @ solemn declaration in a form similar to that rhicn 1 already have been z i £ a E person shall act as such arbitrator or supers in stead of the person so origina! le and shail make and subscribe such declaration as aforesaid. ART. 2, The commisstoners oa then forthwith as they may co: p r, but upon such evidence or t shail be furnished by or on benatf of their respective ba | sual be bound to receive and peruse all written documents or statements which may be presented to them by or on behaif of their reapective governments in support of or in answer to any claim, and to hear, if required, one on each side on behalf of each government as counsel or agent for such ena tee on each and every separate claim. ould they fall to agree in opinion on any individual claim they shall call to their as- sistance the arbitrator or umpire whom the) ae shall be given —_ each claim tn writing, and shall be signed by them respectively. It shail be com- petent for cach government to hame one person to attend the commissioners as agent on its bebalf, and to answer claims made upon tt, and to represent generally m all matters connected with the lavestl gation and decision thereof, Tho President of the United States and the Prest- dent of Pera hereby solemnly aud sincerely engage to consider the deeision of the commissioners con- jotntiy, or of the arbitrator or umpire, as the case Tuay be, as absolutely final and conclusive upon each claim decided upon by thei or hizo respectively, and to give full effect to such decisions without any ob- jection, evasion or delay whatsoever. It is agreed that no claim arising out of any transaction of a date prior to the of Neveurber, 1963, shall be admissible under this convention, Arr. 3 Every clatm shali be presented to the commissioners Within two inonths from the day of their first meeting, unless in any case where reasons for delay shall be estabiishod to tho satisfaction of the commissioners, or of the arbitrator or wapire, Mm n ope ry foe casi 0 be extended to any timo Not ex, mon longer. ‘The commissioners shall be bound to examine and decide upon every ciatm within six months from the day of ir first meeting. Rv, 4. All sums of money which bo awarded by the comm! or by the arbitraior or umpire, coca 2 Soir ae coy nha government to the o' four months after ite of the decision, without the date fotereat and without Say aalectin, save 8 Bpecl- = a he ws or the notice sald commis- shall, from and after the conclusion of the engage t the same may have been of, mad ferred or laid before fone! roceedn of said commission, be considered and reated ‘as dually settled, barred and therefore iad- rutssible, i. Art. 6. The salaries of the commissioners shall notexceed €5,600 In Untied States gold coin each, yearly. Those of the secretaries and arbitrator or ‘umpire shall be determined by the commissioners; and in case the said commission fluish ite labors in leas than six months the commissioners, together with their assistants, will be entitled to six months’ pay, and the whole expensca of the commission shall be defrayed by a ratabie dednetion on the amount of the sums awarded by the commissioners, provided always that such de- duction shail not exceed the rate oi ive por cent on the sums to be so awarded, The faa if any, shail be defrayed by the two governments in mole- u Ant. 7. The it convention siiall bo ratified by the President ot the United States, by and with the consent of the Senate th , and by tho President of Peru, with the approbation the Congress thereof; and the ratifications will be exchange! in Lima, os soon as may be, within six months of the date hereof, ArT. # The contracting parties declare that this convention shall not be considered as & proce. dent obligatory on them, and that they remain in perfect liberty to proceed in the manner that aay be deemed most convenient lug the diplomatic claluis that aad arise in the futuro. In witnosa whereof the respective eae ee havo signed the same in the English and Spaniaa languages and have aMxed thereto the seals uf thor arma. Done tn Lima, the fourth day of December, tn tho year of our Lord one thousand eight uwadred 1 sixty-olgbs, ary ALVIN P. HOVEY, 4. A. BARKBNEOI BAL "fon SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.—The dinner party to General Grant on Satarday eveniuy by Donnis MeCarihy, of New York, was a most Auports afar, and one th every res} in keeping vsith tho reputation for genial hospitality whicts the dia tinguished host las acquired in Washin,con, Bo- sides the eminent abo resent Sor 0 Hon. Johu A, Bingham, Jabarger, of ‘ones Hon.