The New York Herald Newspaper, March 18, 1869, Page 4

e ry 4 es ‘SOUTH AMERICA, Affairs and “Wovelations in Paraguay=The Retreat of LopemPertinacity ef the Paras quayaus—Asuncioa Sacked by the Brazile ians—Crucities of LopezAffaiss ig Buenos bs BURNOS AYRRS, Jan.2 8, 1859, The Paraguayan war a8 a warhas ended. So re- cout ts it that the forces of three nations have found no opposiug army before them that they still have the attitude of belligerents and oceapy the enemy’s country, Two places only are of importance enough to attract am arty ef occupation; these are Asuncion, the capital, and Cerro Leom & small town of the interior. These were towns of considerable importance in the Lfetame of the little republic, but now nota native isto be seen, They have retired before the allies, Honses, business, all articles dificult of removal, have been abandoned, and the people have gone tn the direction in'which Lopea has sought safety. Despite his atrocious eru- elties, lus more than savage ferocity, his people cling to him as before. The few soldiers unscathed, the multitudes of the sick and wounded haye gathered avout him, and at last accounta he was organizing them juto a new army that Has as little idea ef giving up as had his first, A proclamation has been issued by Lopez to his cqunirymen, setting forth that the: patriotic, forces of the country have deen defeated but not destroyed, aad he urges them not ¢o succumb under one single defeat, but exhorts them “to tight with still greater decision egaimst a relentless enemy, who has only remained master of the Seid iu order t@ be more completely exterminated,” As Lopez talks so do his people believe, This prociamation was issued from Cerro Leon, where Lopez halted on his escape on December and whence he fed in a few hours to # retreat in the mountains, It is believed that a ipt fol- lowing of iim at first would have secured him, but now he has @ gkiiful band of desperate mca, already counting gome thousands, and tus followers are constantly incrersing in numbers, The Braziitans have lost no time in going oa to re- take Matto Grosso, @ province of theirs witch _ Varaguayans took in the war. Long ago Pi raguay had to recall all the forces sent there at ‘tret, tbe ravages of war havo been followed by been of pestilence in Matto Grosso, and, other than the ex- uberaat soll and splendid timber, there 13 ute jefe in that province to retake, ‘he Brazilians occupy Asuncion, and th the attempt is made to deny the wh aio pillage conducted there yet it is a fact What nothing — vi has been left uniess 16 was too heavy to carry away. Houses of iared the same fale. Many houses were down to seek for hidden gold and silver, Outside the city there were mediey stores ef goods gaibered aud assorted for sale. Soon the oy @ave out, when the hucksters woul ge & brass bedstead for a piece re el naid armchair for @ pound of potavoes, ‘the due grounds of Lopez, rivaling in splendor some hel the European resideaces of royalty, are now & er of Brazil floats from the cubrildo government house on the Plaz: y the Jesuit Fathers, is the headquarter. ol 3, Wale General Emilio Mitre 1s with the Argentines a the fermer residence of Venancio Lopez. ‘the raiiway out rom Asuncion has not been micintaijured; and the station itself is unequalled im South America, But the streets are fearful ovens, broaty sleiter » With scalding sand twelve inches jeep. ‘The th ent place of retreat of Lopez, the lair o jong the Cordilieras Mountains, ina fer strict, Where have been gathered ali the princt! famihes of Paraguay. As carly a3 one month fore the last battle Minister Caminos ordered ali Paraguayan families off to the mountains, and young, aud old, and sick, all were swept eWay by an mexorable guard sent for the purpose, and Low many of the best families are living in bullock carts, in tents made of stretched hides, and liviny on mau- dieca and roasted corn. Clothing ts almost un- known, The women and children huddle together; the men are sick, or wounded, or off ou perilous duty,, Canuon and horses are very few. ‘This tg 8 meagre View of the desperate reduction of Lopez ana his foliowers, and yet the dissatistied, the rebel emong lus ragged, starving countrymen is hardly one among @ thousand, All Paraguay is a Wide ruin, the vame bids iair to be erased and the nulion may dwinule now into the insignificance of @ tribe of Indians, after having held three warlike nations at bay for four years, ht has come on the pretended con- Paraguay which cost so many lives, For t men im Para aay were given to tortures indescrivab! to death; and It was only an acci- deat that prevented the ‘same fate to the United Staves Minister, Mr. Washburn. The conspiracy was a8 followas— When the tron-clads forced the passage of Huma- tu, and went op. to the capita!, they caused great consternation. For many days no news had arrived from Lopez’s army, and it was not even known where Lopes was. ‘The irou-clads demanded # sur- render of tue town. The principal men of the city met for an informal consultation’ on the situation, and aniong them were many of the chief oMicers of the eam civil and meg a and some foreign gentlemen, The commanster of the fort was present. every man at that meetiag was hunted, tortured and killed. The commander to consult on the sabject. declaring he would not surrender, bat would fire on the iron-clads and also on any boats going. of to them, and then he left the meeting, He was taken to headquarters and summarily shot, Every one, native or fore who even sympathized with the counsels of that was marked and in due time perished, and the number of them is small who With bodies un- mutilated by IF hips OF severe tortures. One of the saddest episodes of those bloody times ‘8 the luatory of young Manlove, a captain or colonel in the late Confederate lost cause. He visited the alles and was recetved among them with J after several attempts to crogs the lines anton this mde his were all lost. over he was at once arrested as @ spy and as asked, He replied that ne could fell Lis business to no one but t Lopez; but an in- verview Was never granted hit. ‘ards vealed to a countryman that’ i, afar e.g ) S of marque for American built privateers. er several months of imprisonment he was given sort of liberty, sent to Amer.ca, and allowed a ly for bis support. Alter the con- red Up be was rearrested as @ con- et, iorturéa and atiengih shot. For fivtg ume Le Was kept chained down, obilged to dowa, exposed to the weather. he pted to sit up he waseut at by we brutal gu similar recitals of the fate of my friends there, as related by persons Who Were Witnesses of what they related and whose vord ls Rugdesucnable; bat have not the heart to on of the river Bermejo, 80 long pr is now about to begin. g has eet apart a sum not to exceed suver dollar 4 year Up as fat aa Oran. Wil Open up a By je ib thatsiow region. Marsbal Caxias lat been superseded in command azilian forces by @larshal Guillermo Xavier ‘The Jatter has entered on bis pew duties, Having arrived for the purpose; and the former has be glittering ret a of staff officers. nigration © this Republic, chieQy from Italy, ed to 36,000 durit the year 1868, Exven- sive arrangemenis are made to ihorease it for 1569. President Sarmiento’ ministration has won.the conudence of ail parties a8 no one has ever done be- for® The sum of $690,009, sliver, bas just been paid to Brac o much on the loan made from that ar. 8 sunk all the’ steamers they had way $0 a8 to impede navigation. dat 4054 to the gold doliar.: © reporting better than was feared at tis estimated that there will be avout 600,000 bushels of wheat in this provinces. BRAZIL, Complications Among the Allies—The Brae wilinn Minister of Foreign Adfuirs Sent to te River Plate~The War in Paraguay= Condition of tho Fiuances—MMercantile Un+ easiness. Rio JaNnino, Pep. &, 1869. fanbos, left Mio on the ist of Yebruary for te rivér Plate upon @ special mission. ‘The oMciat ga- zette anounced the intention to send him there on the 2tn of January, stating that, unhappily, the war was “not yet over, but it was expected the allied arms would speedily succeed in bringing it to an end, and thag the objects of the envoy were | to prepare the way for peace} and tue diplomat! acts which wootd have to precede the termination | of the war. Whether the oficial words mean that | diMculties have, as bas been reported, broken out between the ailfea is not clear, but tt fs not unlikely thatsnch ts the case, as the Braziiiaa government, and especially the Emperor, are firm ia the deter. mination to take no pedco until Lopes ts driven, or exiies bimseif, from Paragaay. It remains to be | seen Whether this can be adhered to, The state of efMfuirs In Paraguay appears to potas te indecision among the allies, They have 20,009 to 25.000 men, it is eatd, at Asuncion, but Caxias and Ainiral Ipheadma have left their commands, and avo on thetr way to Brazil, because of sickness, reat uleged. Caxias has written to the Minister of Wor from Montevideo, dating tt from “Headquarters tevideo,” annotneing hi having given up the ovistonaily to Marshal hing vat od na, and that he would lea ary 30 for Kio, if ne coun Aitim before starung. He ts, 1 & day, bub may think he tevideo to await Pariahos, and iil induce his to return to Pars wad, witheus this minisve , tor tig retary, With bis whole wi arrived at Montevideo, en rowe for home, with a | | begmaing.of the ‘The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Consethetro Pa- | THA feking perutaon, as rouily wbarrasiod the A Semen, a arrived to-day with mails from wih very lite news, aud thas ae of a negative King allies wore quietly gg hee =, and Sones mo eee. auy operations ony wpe 20 a. ‘ap- ntly walling atresia ay ne a pursue, nol withstand ane lps his parties were showing themsaives in sie low coantry, and a recap, ng om the lew indies who had not Sy obeyed his orders to leave for the mountains, tg even said that the at twenty- of De According to the ‘latest accounts Lopez was stl!l gathering men Was able to muster 8,000. But such dgures are all gu a reliable can. be. learned in regard to All that ts really Known ts chat he int on to tho govern- ment of Paraguay, and that Or have entirely abandoned that part which the aliles can enter, Whether it be ¢ patriotsin or fear, it is certain the are all with Rim, and tual if the olen nat a w 3 known, but he ta that the italian and ra ‘be rane: Kansas ave ue Dos ¢ aeliver& them. ae = Asuncion, but doubtless wor o! atter lightenin; - coun hers ys uw conta pe eating tee if yo and he ts apt to ihauige conduct. Undoubted! deve; was sere uy demand satisfaction from Lopez, and some of tiiaDs lently believed that those Americans who can do every! would mount the en wheels and hunt him down until he was caught and hanged; in- siead wi Me bis di number of Paraguayans bel ted garrison have en in makieg wel and fave rejoined Lo, The steamer just in from Montevideo the leo brings news of the suspension of the Montevidean Bank, it being unable to continue reducing Its issue as re- quired by the suspension decree of bas last. It was the trst to cry out for the resumption of srecie pa meat on the 1st of June, 1863, with the pur; down the Maua which, OW over went quietly into liquidation, refusing to at- tempt what was soon found an iapoeaeeuy by the other banks. It is said the Mau4 Bank made largely by the crisis, by Importing large sums of gold and buying its own bills through agents at 8 heavy dis- coun {u Rio the mercantile and moneyed community are feeling anxious over the finances, not knowing oe policy the government intends to with regard to the strange ,situation i affairs, and daily expecting it to emer upon anew loan or issue of paper money. The state of the treasury is also completely unknown, which keeps up a great uneasiness. However, the exporis of cotton and coffee have been large, and this has caused exchange and gold to fall five per cent. But as large dratts are expected from tne Kiver Plate, the rise in the value of currency can be only temporary, aud most banxing men anticipate considerable fur- ther depreciation, notwithstanding the fact that the cose crop is judged to be an average one aid not- withsianaing the unusual posiponewent for six weeks of the rainy season, ‘The report of the eugineer upon the junction by a railroad of the upper San Francisco navigation with that of the lower river is very favorable,’ The ground is not difleult, ana the improvement of parts where some obstructions exist in the river bed, which can be utilized, are estimated ,at only $1,000,000, Probably the railroad would cost us nich more. The San Pauio Raflroad ts still advancing in its prosperity, its receipts steadily increasing, and in December the surplus of receipts over working Was $52,000, and im January must have been $10,000 more. A great part of this advance is due no doubt to the greater favor the railroad 13 growing into with the pianters, many of whom Phoughs it 100 new-fangled and too unaccommodat- ing to leisurely habits, but a good deal is due to the Increasing culture or cotton, whici is steadily gain- ing ground, omyerdg without trenching on the coffee crop, and the fair be neg and good yield this season are encouraging. ‘T rt, however, had only reachedslast year to tin ‘bum r Of about 169,000 bales, equal to about half that number of customary Southern bales, The Pedro IL. Railroad ts gathering advantages from its agreement with ihe Union and Indusiry macadamized road, and, by the first fortnight’s re- turns, will aad thirty per cent to 1ts gross revenue. The flagship Guerriere goes down to the River Plate in a day or two, somewhat unexpectedly, as she Was to stop here for a time, What is the reason Thave not yet heard. & Soverelgus are worth 131/200, Exchange is 1 to Whe aulreis. making gold 148. REWOVING STREET OBSTRUCTIONS, Line of March on Tuesday and Programme of OperationsHow Opposition Shows itself and is Pat Down. The work of removing street obstructions pur- Suant to orders of the Mayor and Street Commis- sioner was resumed on Tuesday. Broadway having been relieved of signs, awnings and fagstaiTs, as heretofore reported in the HERALD, a8 far up as ‘Twenty-sixth street, the posse of seven sent from tile Street Commussioner's office to carry into execu- tion these late orders, entered upon a renewal of their labors at the later street, and continuing their line of march up Broadway they advanced to Thirty- fourth strect and here rested from their labors. ‘The same programme was pursued yesterday as onthe route of the previous march. Al! kinds of signs coming under the category of street obstrac- es had to yield to this invading force represeut- ig thy dignity and ,majesty of the municipal law. Tete and lamp posts were not ailowed to be longer the vehicles of — advertising. Flagstatts Jutung out of windows and flaunting to the breeze, every possible variety of business were com- peiled to withdraw from the popular gaze. Bome yielded quietly and F aged and some showed symptoms of fight, or rather called upon the police to fight their battles fer them. The former listened to reason, confessed the propriety of the order, aud acknowledged the tmprovement manifest in the street by the removal of these signs aa thus far proceeded with. We wiil give @ sample of the opposition of the latter, and there were several just like it, and the mode of rea- soning tuat had to be pursued with ther, “This sign of yours, * gaid the leader of the posse to a house agent, “is an obstruction to the street, aged mast be removed.’* iy / ho says that?’ asked tue house agent, ex- chtediy. “i say it,” blandly observed the representative of the Street Department. ‘Who the b—1t air you’? blurted out the house agent, “‘L belong to the Street Commissioner's office,” very politely answered the person addressed, and te procpeded w explain tie particular nature of his duties in the present particular case. “That's my private property, and I'd like to nee ou toucl tt, tour's ail,” savagely proclauned we use agen ‘unl Geee down that sign,’ the leader of the reet Commissioner's posse very quigtly cora- manded the men under him, ionising “Policeman, arrest that man,” shouted the house agent in a wild fary of rage to’ a gentleman in blue clothes and brass batons, “I'd like to see myself do Jt," snewernd Mr, Ken- '# satellite, “He Knows what be is about. me here, If you Bay anything more, [il bave you arrested,’ spoke up the executor of the law. ‘The house agent cong at this last intimation of being restrained has personal liberty, Others about the subsided ebuut @§% quickly and same way. All the ee ereaty to en- forcement % Lay oe order ‘ag “7 uy in sbe minortty. nus far, however, fore on ne in tna Tne tnarch will be re. re somed this morning kept up every*ireet of the eity has been gone through ead every sign. re- moved which Is now an obstraction to the street. Hostlities will next be extended it the pro. Drietore of the apple and sugar und mtand other stands now obstructiog sie the streets. To afew Of the latter, avout Grand stroet given a lew days to close up their Jonger or other grace. The wat has begun. | has gone forth. ‘The streets belong bo te city and | the city must and will have the use of them. Mayor's Ovrice, Maren 16, 1560. | To rue Korron oF THe HenaLo Sin—As answer to a great mumber of letters of pither complaint or compliment respecting removais of street cnoumbrances recelved by the Mayor, he requosts me Lo Make pullic statement that the credit of recently enforcing tie ordinances on that sub- Ject belongs exclusively the Street Commissioner's Department, and to ad¢ that for permits ace | Suspeusions between bulding aad stoop fronts toe | Mayor's Orice, under regulatory ordinances, te re- | sponsible; Lut the Street Commissioner nas” exclu. sive Syn over Eg beyond the stoop lines. it is an embarassing estion,? te, quote quote from one of the letters rec olvel,” ow nether oe al her re'leve Broadway 0! signs, or the comforts wn ings, or to unreasonably cestrict the Toading a un, | eam i Soees elt peaaiy ‘ahaa eae oS reneve custom thorou fare of trade? es aeTS, The ‘or, however, believes that all the cor porate authortties, Including the Street Comimsioner, faccomodathe (he Wants and conve: ence of t mid commerce £ to street require. ments to the daily growth of @ great metropois, v HI | ee aru H. TOOKBR, First Marval AIUAT— 0081 BI LT AM EUROPE. ‘Tae ‘The Cunard steamship Chiesa, Captatn EB. M. Hock: ley, from Liverpool March 6, via Queenstown, the ‘Tth, arrived at this port yesterday. She brings three days later mails. The Emperor of Russia has invited the ex-King of Hanover to pay a visit to St. Petersburg. ‘The wind was so violent tn Paria on the 3d inst. that one of the trees planted more than fifty years ‘ago on the Quai d’Orsay was blown down. The Emperor and Empress of Austria were an- nounced to leave Vienna on the 7th inst. for a tour in Croatia, “The consulate general of France in the capital of Peru is to be raised into a legation. ‘The Paris People saya tt would be better for Spain to choose a republic than to offer the throne to tho Duke de Montpensier. News from Rennes states that the dykes of the marshes of Plaine-Fougtres, France, have been broken down by the sea and great damage done. +Mt ts rumored that the Pope #s suffering from the same disease that caused the death of Rossini, and that although he frequentiy suows himself in public his health iately ts much impaired. The Greek General Coronos has been appointed to the command of acorps on the frontier to operate against brigandage and M. Delyannis has received oruers to resume his functions as Greek Minister in Constantinople. Areport mentions that Count Beust has influ- enced the Prince of Montenegro to proclaim a full amnesty to all his subjects who, from political oauses, have sought refuge in Austria. The principatity of Ws has ceased to exist. That State comprised @ population of 60,000 souls, the sovereignity over which the Prince had leased to Prussia for ten years. The hiring bas now been converted into a regular gale. A letter trom Ireiand states that the Irish Pro» testant Defence Association have passed a resolu- tion declaring an uncompromised resiatance to the Church bill, Queen Isabella has left the Hotel of the Pavillon de Rohan and taken possession of her new residence in the Avenue du Roi-de-Rome. The Russian government is about to publish some correspondence on the Fastern question that will throw a new light on the Turco-Greek dimculty and also on the doings of the conference. The Manchester Etaminer saya that a severe / struggle between the South Yorkshire coal miners and their employers is likely to take place in conse- quence of the attempt of the masters to break up the district trade unions, A letter from Kiel says:—The Prussian government is still actively occupied in fortifying the coasts. A few days ago about forty chests of large size ar- mived here and were tmmediately forwarded ina gunboat to the fortress of Frederichsort. From the precautions taken-in handling these packagea some personsthink that they contained torpedoes des- tuned for the defence of the Kiel roadstead. A horrible crime has been committed at the village of Dolce-Aqua, North Italy, caused by the enforce- ment of the grist tax. The population rose in mass and Killed the Mayor, whose head was then mounted on a pike and paraded through the streets. During the same day twelve of the municipal counsellors were assassinated. ENGLAND. The YVress on General Gran» Inaagaral SpeechThe Effect “on ?Change’’—Enough of Mr, Jouuson—Tho Alabama Question. Lonpon, March 6, 1869, The groat themes of conversation to-day in circles Mnancital, potitical and commercial are the inaugu- ral of President Grant and the Cabtnet of the new administratiou. it is no’exaggeration to say that the compact, sensible and comprehensive address with which the soldier President commences his teria of civil office has elevated tie character of the American nation in the estimation of the people of Burope. The leading journals are warm in their commendation of the model political paper. The Paria Constitutionnel of last evening praises its “straightforward, firm and enlightened spirit,” and the London Zimes of this morning, although char- acteristically snobbish in its comments, sees “hopes of @ beneficial and honorable career” for Gencral Grant, and believes that if his advantages are well used “his term of office may be the beginuing of a new period of prosperity, sur- passing even that which came to an end eight years ago amid the Mames of civil war.” The style of the document the Times thoroughly approves, regarding it “notin the natyre of a message,’’ but “like a rather homely and familiar royal speech.” The British organ may be excused for confounding the Anierican President's inaugural with a message to Congress, but not for the blunder of supposing that @ royal speech could ever be so outspoken, emplatic and independent as General Grant’s address*to the citizens of the United States, ‘Ihe heartiest endorse- Ment comes, however, from the péople, *and they evidently sympathize with a chief magistrate who can be truly American without bombast and bun- combe, and who is so evidently In accord with she masses without a tiie of jem. im. ‘The capitalists who have invested their money in American securities are of course in ‘feather over the passage of Schenck’s bill and the postion taken by Grant in r ‘d to the payment of the United States bonds dar While Schenck’s bill has fatled tor the iack of Andrew Johnson’s signa- ture aud by the expiration of the late Congre: regard ig as certain that @ similar law speedily enacted now that the new President has expressed his sentiments in such emphatic lan It is rather dificult to persuade any of them that future Congress may undo what the present one may do, and that a powerful party may arise willin, pay the debt of the United States to the last doliar, but regarding tt as simple justice to the debtor that it should be paid tn tie currency im wineh it Was in- curred. Under the infliience of these favorabic symptoms, however, there has been to-day an active demand for American securities at an Increasgd quotation. 4 The question that ia now asked with some anxiety here is, Who will be the United States Minister to the Court of Si, James? Englishmen are tired of our lughly respectabie repreventative, Keverdy Jolunson. He has dinca and talked htgself out, and ¥s scarcely regarded now as & reilable exponent of American eentunent, Hig postive assarances of the nnbounued admiration entertained by the Americans for every- thing british and of the facility with which all sup- posed diMoalites about toe Alavarna clatms or auy Olber vexed question could be settied were very gratifying and agreeabie, but now tat the Reverdy bubbie has burst it is a dimicult task for the amiabie = Marylander to enact the task of Mr. Toots and to oc tes the ee iia lic that it all right. Besides, 4 sharp, decisive paragraph in crane’? pe Bpeccn which occasious an uneasy —.s and it ts wie: niicant fuct that the Tenes altugethor tire evident allusion of thes President to t “gc clauns, While other London journals etrain a to construe ff Iuto an abandonment of all iden of holding Great Britain to @ strict accountainiity for the cries of ee of omission durti — American troubles, 4a, the statesmen foea ves to be in & very awkward position | ta retation to the Alabama toatter, as it !s called, and hence their anxiety to learn more of Graut's inten- tions through character of the repre sentative he may send to the Sritish Court, ‘They have uireddy cenfessed jadgment as to any direct damages that may have been doue to = commerce and sliippiug of the United States by the piratical veosels sent out frou Brivish » by admitting remissness of duty Lay. art of the au- thorities. The question now Ia, ‘will the ¢ new afithin- — ey ray os oe ite more im- portant point as ec mt ol jamd, by « Fecognition of the rebele as ‘beittgereuts, to destroy our commerce indirectly as well as directly, spa to give a year’s additional life to the rebel! yore Unis letter Is publisued we shail know who 1 to suc ceed the sociable and urbane Minister Johnson, vut at preseus our ritish cousins f A on uDCasINEss, to oy the least, Upon the subject. English Comments ov President Grants Ine augural Message. ‘The London Tivnes saya: If General Grant, 0 toe be with a repntation for impartiaiity, ean prevail a to desert ita attitude of passive re i Wy what ey more fdrsiguted men most know to be abr? and if be can also mol- ify the spirit of the Fadical ‘torn ane induce a more indulgent trea:ment of wished Southern he may have the satisfaction of bringing to an en pot only the War itwelf, but ‘so the fierce and seein- ingly unre! animosity which during the last four years has divided the two sections of the Union. Tia is, we think, the Utmost he i likely to contem- Jave inthe the action of Congress, “* see, Public the moat important part of the brortanghiow be tat which relates wo the debt of the Upton, General Grant's expres. into omMfes unpledged one, cau) recent action of the Legi@la- sie caret Will have a good effect In Se eSadlenog veredit. "The Presid ee re that if it be well anderetood that not a single f ing of the public dept ts to be repudiated the ne tiogal @edit will be *O Much strengthened as w the Unton to replace the devs with bonds 4 tess interest than is now paid. Nothing can nore geriain than this, and we can well under. wend a0 Atwerican looking Witb jealousy at the onsy TA ORE TAS im the pi ation ‘will , prol arrest attention—“If others depart from this rule in dealing with us We wane compelled to follow the “yee Poy unwilling to believe that ve reference to 1 tg unfortunate dispute whieh ee anita Dee States and Groat Bri. tain in connection with the depredations comuitted by the Alabama and her sister cruisers, and to con- vey an intimation thas unless tho claims advanced bona mixed tribunal, ,The London Star va ae He pain Merely a emp ge Bn i, whic! constitutional eh veal a the required ma- all races citizenship. fuer onge to the hummne voice of New Prater tn which has always mlended' for these red Ishmaelites—the original owners of the American on Be subject of the debt he 9 Wsjequally more gard to i is very definite in principles, he a pes ambiguous in the sen- wnce Wi tee the application of them to our roma case. eras we would deal with nations as law requires that in- dividuals should deal wita ce ‘other, ‘This tg to lay down 3 maxim which cannot be too highly com- mended, and which presents an admirable contrast to the filtbustering Saget he of General Pierce aud President Bucianan—who looked Eo ay Mexico, Cuba aud Central America as belonging to the re- public by the right of the strong to sutdun tie weak. “1 would goo he remarks, “the rights of all nations, and demand equal respect for our own. If others depart from this rule in dealing with us, wo may be compelled to follow the precedent.” ‘This may be tairly interpreted as an allusion to the Ala- bama embroglio; but 16 involved no actual menance, and we must be content to accept the rebuke, if we feel, as We must do, that it is not wholly undeserved. ‘The Pall Mau Gazette says:— The foreign policy indicated in the proclamation ts unexceptionable so far as words go. The dever- mination to “protect law abiding cilizens, Whetuer ox native or foreign birth, wherever their rights are jeopardized,” can lead to no ul will now that the naiuralization laws are everywhere either revised, or in a/air way to be revised, and even apart fom ths consideration, the epituet “law-abiding seems expressly designed to exciude the Fenian visitors to Ireland, Nor will any one quarrei with General Grant for ius determination to “respect the mgkts of all bations, and demand equal respect” for those of the United States. If the sentence that follows:—“If otuers depart from this rule in dealing with us we may be compeiled to follow the precedent’—has any occult refereuce to the Alabama case, Great Britain will have no reason for alarm provided that the re- prisais hinted at are strictly limited to the repro- duction of the wrongs trom which the United States has really suffered. British merchants will have no rigat to complain if an enemy's cruiser should here- alver escape from an American port merely through the accidental illness of one of the United States law officers, or through @ uuisconception on their co of the weight of the evideuce submitted to them by the President. continent. Uj Ocenn Postage Contracts. On Friday, the 6th inst., the subject of ocean post- age Subsidies were brought before the House of Com. mons. ‘The discussion which took place on tuc sub- ject was as tollows:— Mr. Bazley had the following question on the paper:—‘“i'o aa the Postmaster General whether the late government, before its retirement from ollice, renewed the Cunard contract for seven years at the annual rate of £70,000, the Inman contract for the same period at £35,000 penannum, aud the North German Lloyd contract at a letter-rate charge, ter- mingble at six mouths’ notice; whether sucu con- tracts, if granted, were not imfractions of the implied pee fect mbers of the sates government that in ‘uture @ self-supporting syst of ocean postage should be estabiished, and whether, under these cir- cumstances, it would not be the duty of the present government tto withold the ratification of those con- tracts." The honorable member intimated that he wou one put the eoond. part phe question. Marquis of Hartington said the old contract with ' the Cunard Company terminated on the last day of September, 1867, and the ar us for mails between Engiand and America for the year 1868 were of.a to the i wary character, and included s fixed subsidy to the Cunard Company, with oe ment of so much, according to the rate to the man's Company, the North German and the Ham- burg Company. In Augast of lust year tenders were advertised for by the government for the convey- ance of mails for the present and future years, ae con were entered into with the Cunard for tw services & week at £70,000 a year, with the inmarrs for one service at £25,000, and with the North Ger- may Lioyd'’s at a payment of so much for mails carried. It was, therefore, not qaite correct to bon the contract was renewed by tue late government He was glad hts honorable friend declined to ask the second gaestion, ‘a4 the subject would come on again, when the late government would have an op; tunity of vindicating their conduct.- With w the last question, so far as any action of thé govern- went was concerned, It was eompleted before the nt government took office. What was F the completion of those conti they should be placed on the table of the House tor one month, and if during that time not disapproved by the House, they were confirmed. They were laid on the table on the 24 of this month, and f there for a tuonth they would be complete, FRANCE. The Freuch Pree on President Grants Ia- augaral Speech, . The Opinion Nationale of Parts, March 6th, te- ferring to the inaugural speech of General Grant, makes the following comment:—Speaking with his habitual frankness, General Grant decla: ‘that he hal iaken oath on the constitution withous reserve fod with the firm resolntion to fui) the dutics Seavisg on the First Mi rite of tho republic, to the utmost of his power. Grant does not re- noutice the right of veto any more than did Andrew Johnson; but laws govern ail and the President wii have to submit to ail laws regularly and consti- tugonmMiy draw upon the same footing with the commonest i gg Referring to Me we of the deyt—the main question in the States— tha new President deel: himself in favor of specie payment, 1 accor ce with the recently yoed law. As he says, “To protect the national hotor every dollar of the eenment indebtedness showld Jig oe des expressly stipulated at the aly contracted. Let it be under- wtopd att re must be Go repudiation of a ai farihing the public ‘act ‘These are fine eg e ‘When pronounced by an bose principles ex) by ad new President fe ing to the foreign L 19 less in accord- Anch With tif ideas of Justice t nat ‘must have been epjerent’to all heads of nations; bat bere only one me 1% Wanted, but one theory, ai the Fact Will prove in how far General Grant can Ys rithe views that he has mauifested on taking ‘reddential chair. GERMANY. ‘Bhe Opening of the North prenmorn Partin. ment—The King’s Specch. ‘Tie opening of the North German Parliament took plact on the 4th instant at Bertia, Mis Majesty, King Wilham, Was present and in his speech on the “occasion sald :— that the t ea ga ea ie woud toe, caes effected by by the’ lla wi Mes: bad siready been puswed, and those Tes moat Telative wo the “ seoont statue of the Federal oMfcials, ‘The e budget of ihre shoved that an increase of tie revenue was 4 oo between the eonrentin wi ba ith he the Ne a the Nether het r ethetieuda, eS ie crguaion iL be peace. The orgs at scart ane apyrewc ve Dowers of the Cons ale of bt to ensure uniformity i nal in order of wae Gonsuine lawon pep bony tt ‘ed the oes Sab arestor ts pty jitare for this Duryore wil te daty of ne sary ©: forward jn the Hadget of 1670. The firs! diplomatic agents abroad w.il be to secure the main. tenance of peace betwoen ai nations ho, like our- selves, KNOW low W Value ite benefits, ne ment of this duty will be fariiitated vb; terme at present existiag between tho the trientiy forth Gera AHOY which thete present time pena tee communication, which I regret, the information I ht would have enabled us to rT reciation amount ext for ne invari Rn sent feta, taane, reat | ie aught format possess of 1088, it @ race between the two vessels you Haswell, civil and marine engineer, to Comoe 4 ore of the New York Yacht Sips thera pone aracies tha think it 4 De ncverat nee beached correct, it haif ‘Of his letter ta devoted to oe of the Teesons for time allowances or of and he fairly enough ad- aN ‘tae it mantestiy proper iia te anger ‘vessel should give an allowance in time ate to the advantages she derives ttoee tar eraemae dimensions.” gentleman makes the remarkable state- the rule a as juoles the rule, or rather 13 in. his Sees ofit; but ‘whetner or not it deserved to be called “absurd” your readers must judge, Hao) h for me to state pia aoe anetas It beeen in use for our merchant til an act passed § and 6 William 1 1s sti arene tor te vomselt of oer al navy, and 1s called builders’ measurement, and it oenetactes for the buliding of vesseis in this country are arranged down to the present time. Mr. Haswell is quite correct in Loe py the British governmeat ‘now compute ie ory capacity or internal volume of a easel: ? but the most important and only securase plan inown, is that invented by the late Mr. Moorsom, whose labors for this country were most valuable, they | th are recorded in our etchant Shipping act of 1! and it ig the law by which our merchant ships’ von- nage ig registered. The United States have since then adopted our rule, and I beileve it is now the Jaw in France and most other European nations. Neverthelvas, it is not considered to bo End eee to yachts for match sailing, and that fact is apparent at a glance to all who understand the question, therefore the above ‘absurd’ old rule 18 adhered to by all our yacht clubs (it is culled the Royal Thames Yacht Club rule, becuuse that is the oldest club in England, being instituted in 1823, forty-six years ago), and the New York Yacht Club, since their organmmation in 1844, twenty-five yeara ago, have not succeeded in yom Out @ plau shat, a3 far as we are aware of their rules, we have con- a worthy of trial. repeat again that the New York Yacht Club have not furnished the particulars ur dimensions of the Dauntless, or the rule vy which they measure their yachts, although I am able to eee Penge: ete they are in posacasion of — about the Cambria, and have exact s formula, by which she ismade to appear as 183 tons, half the size of the Dauntless when measured by the same Tule, and from our notion of the vessel a8 cour sored with the Sappho, which we have seen, the being set down as 274 tons, and the Dauntless py tons, in their own club book. The clubs of this country to ksi aes Cambria belongs number about 2,200 nfembers more than 800 yachts; while the New York Yacht cue to which the Dauntless belongs, numbers only 279 members and forty-two yachts; aud | hardly think it cour- veous-of Mr, Haswell to complain so strongly of our rule, while at the same time he keeps us in uiter ignorance of the rule he desires to force upon Mr. Ashbury. And while the fee in yachtmen in various clubs see at pi 10 Feason to alter therr rule of measurement, see Hi Haswell can hardly ex Mr. Ashbury to consent to adobt a rue for the bria of rw he is ignorant and uninformed, to bo ase the views of the members, 279 genticmen, of he New York Club. In the New York Club book the Datmtlés#" ts put down as having a crew of thirty-four men, a num! far beyond any tie Cambria could require, I protest most strongly against Mr. Haswell’s con- cluding remark—‘That if the owner of the Cambria adheres to his proposition’he subjects himself to the charge of an unwiliingness to compete with te Dauutiess upon equitable verms.’’ ‘This letter has grown to a greater length tnan I expected, and I must for the present thank you for be space it oe ocoupy. H. Ly m—Last we alotier in answer to H. Lan witch fated I believed if the Cambria Unfortunately I burnt it, as I expected only to be Jaughed at, as I had not the power to prove it, but ‘the letters of Messrs. Haswell and Strong have so ed views that shallow hold. wu ad ‘omar poly tas Dat tot pertloutarty | an foun sea boat when hove to. improved her seago! ho more than @ "a musts carry a3 much and were not above 180 tons #. M. Directly I saw the Sappho, i felt sure she'couid not beat our schooners, unless she had a free wind the r part of her course, By the extract from Wi ° ‘spirit, Ul Long that the New Yorkers refuse to sajl under our club measurement, and | think they are quite right, fas they would Lot, have o ghost of & chance by Thames Club rules. I sheuld like to take | one of our fifty ton cutters over tuero and satl just them on that Iay. 1 guess 1 would win @ few matches. You can judge roughly of a vesasel’a power by canvas she spreads. How much more does the Sappho show than the Cambria? 1 doubt If 6he sproads as a and if she was absolutely double the size of ine Cambria she would be jury rigged. I fancy she has 43 much as Is comfortabie for ter. In your Cowes news you mention that the bria has one foot added to her masts to ciear the Jawa of her sais of the cheeks, which, | trust, isa arn than that T saw in a paper a vee! time ago, avon! poat three feet being added and @ lot of lead placed in her keel, oo — bois will ae: out i the ma if that is jaya t had Detter answer one or or two ol i 1.’8 remunc He asks if [ tinuk one of the smal steamers tual went round the isiand when the Beppho. sailed o fair match for an ocean mali boat bound to New York. Certainly not; they dre not built to encounter bad woather, neither have they the twentieth part of the dispiacement of any, New ene whereas professes to be a seag: as and, ry 1 conten not 80 much smaller tn tite New t | Yorker, With respec ywhat A. I. ways about Ty Share et Toe ‘skim ‘n't Les is vena hae commanded, sm not ae defeat when “it a4.4 i ¥) about sliding keels and ice ay erat leap nen aay derstood th. Lo letter, ne taade a diatinciios, vut : ‘om glad to see jailivan endorses what I Ps rl thenig tall ; he is an ex- particles u Waki are sh atte! ‘to use : fiom. 4 wien MERCHANT SKU PEt Sit—The question respecting our mode of measur. to which the posed inthis bet oq Hah ‘and American ‘doh haa jog of careful consideration, fn Bed ort mown tat Zac tsipen that small vessels ecossary | te accoas and ety it de Ey nm Ke) cy ea yousels on a par that a certainty OF Ox: or Wil * ee Te eee waa «ogg attem| yacht ya or pe ey Sere sion he Face vense| timer marta re oe vated ara are er "i ti ane) time per ton to be altoweds and secondly, the or the in which the time allowance is to be gaia only is ogw coaulderation, ht elu not been because tt ” ral pte ed tae because la Convenient, as a vessel can be mi without pees mis laid ten on the A Lng bat and 4 OL dl bm Ry nerally the most favoral for une other, Flames role of measurement 8 an arbitrary, anack | eutiic rule, and is therefore fairly open to 'd sion, ita tendency ts to produce long, narrow and deep vosscla, The American yachiamen object Ww it, becouse they think, end think justly, ay BE 4 ash, for the informat question, the time ‘@dopted by the N deals with floutious lation is the actual length minus the breadth; the breadth ts the aotual breadth, aud the depth is maseine beste itis Saat eit ng S| i e the actual, Hot flvutious bread breadth, and it is f t to gaingay them. ‘We botit appear to divide the product of ‘sap tobias ure depth, th, Het exurel io ee 17 taken, an would leave the builder at il to chip and faahion that cube as he considered best ive his veasel speed, stability and weatherly But this plan would tend to produce broad and ; pneife vessels, just as the Thames measurement tends to produce vad and ony vessels, because a Psy of ore tan consid- 35 toa and would oripple the oui of our Seeiguers lors. and pI It ts dimoult to understand the object of resorting to fictitious measures when the actual ca; tem of the vessels can be and Erte Pore gas. pe per mote would be Race gp et ae pe peed and oa) are ant cause under it a low a of capacity would. of smaller capaci! ity, 3; but.a moment's considera- tion will show that this objection 18 untenable. slow and fast vessels cannot be matched aguinst eacl ones, except by handicapp! any re than or Cs geen race horse: ey Buniee. Pp function and the butlers Gere wil nor i ee them more heavy, rat 0 apDere snippers canvass breadth of of Tony, Shallow (pe. ‘But they would de Yroo to dispose i cal ered best to art Sood as they consid is what is really req the correct and actual wronuage. of eacl bd canine aie ingen oe the present Ce tottioas niderod it determ: large to smaller vessels, and thus one of the ‘ of uncertainty, Which are sure to give mse diMocalty when we co. in tig yacht men of other nations, wou"d be removed. os 1s to be hoped that the ‘Thames ( Ciub will hgh a question, aud thatsome of our on ou a Or ers Will make known their opinion on ye a , SUBURBAN INTELLIGENCE NEW JERSEY. Jersey City. A Squav oF ProkrockeTs who were, followed across the ferry bya New York detective were ar- rested at the depot on Tuesday evening. Recorder Martindale committed them tor trial. Newark. ’ FELo D& Sz.—The discovery was made yesterday by the authorities that a man nathed William Wilde, fifty years of age, committed self-murder@n the pre- ceding day at a livery stable on Halsey street, near Academy, where he had.been inte eng for the last two years. ‘The means used large dose of strychnine, While yet he was vallve, soon after he had swallowed the fatal draught, he called some of bis fellow workmen, one of whom ran for a medi- cal man. ‘To the latter Wilde stated beghe be had cured the gata dv ago and that he intendea to iat CB aig} to his own earthly ny exis ence. He resid Nord 4 Commerce street, and icavea a young wife (his second), with whom it ta é supposed he had not been happy. Sue isin New Brunswick. + Tae MonELL Murper—Verpicr or TOR OoRo- NeR’s JuURY.—After an investigation taking up nearly seven hours the coroner's jury in the case of Wil- ham H, Monell, the particulars of whose death have already been fully and according to the evi- dence faithfully reported in the Henaup, brought in the following verdict Jast evening at about half-past six o’clock:—“The said jury do any, upon their oaths and a sncarses aforesaid, that the said William H. Monell 16 to his ai on the 16th day of March, 1369, at the city of Newark, Essex fare ., from the effects of injuries received aa shot. wound in the back —_ i hands of one Julius Bachmeyer, and that tue go mongy oy ig guilty of the crime of morder causing the death of the said William H, Monell. ir william H. Francis, who acted for the Count: Prosecutor, wipes 0 05 Ris coteite that the trial. take place in this county. Tus Newark Meruopist Episcopal ConrEn- ENce.—The twelfth annual seasion of the Newark ’ Methodist Episcopal Conference was commenced yesterday forenoon in the Central Methodist Episcopal church, in Market street. Bishop Levi Scott, @ hale, hearty looking, white baired tleman, while Rev, M ‘HR. Ellison, one time et chosen jonored secretary, was : Cndugyi of hero Position, eae diseadance ot jelegates was large, wi Co ae} “the grins at cl a consisted eg a ion il) ow of remark is that here: ater i would be well to Bi avoid any Ey RE. tisan politics, or, in fact, any kind of than fotos to church vondbe oh In mg coe genio ne an Frerary oo service the Eatin, Tenet School Societies was nett io 8 Gitaton ’ pony Methodist Episcopal church. Addresses of : Mauch tnterest were delivered by several clergymen. Trenton. Bo.d Escare PROM THE Statn Prrson.—During Tuesday night three convicts named Andrew J. Pal- mer, Charies Freeman and George Reynolds, con- fined tn the same cell, effected their escapo from the State Prison by boring @ hole th the ceiling, crawling water shoots and lowering themselves a cord made from their bed covering, kee; a complain that, in consequence of the heavy door of the cells berng closed at Age Zannot hear the movements of the inmates, They were all short termed men, A reward of $100 each Is offered for teir capture. Cocx? oF Parpons.—Yesterday sixteen State Prison convicts were discharged by order of the Court of Pardons. Two of these were serving terms of three years, and had only been confined about thrée months. Great efforts are being made to Yntiuence the court to pardon Dr. Wickham, of Sus- sex, who has served eight out of a ~ pone je of being concerned in He is very useful in the Biate *Prinon in ne te ent cases, and is spoken very favorably of by his keepers, PROCEEDINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE.—The Jorsoy City Police bill was amended yosterday so as to go into effect April 1, 1869, and ordered to a third -realing. The Newark Police bill and tha bil to Leven jer @& part of Morris county were defeated.’ The bill tn the 8 dicuon and emoluments of iestlons oc the Bars, passed the House hy a vote of % to 4 Tha ill authorizing Joint stock companies to increase ’ their stock and the riparian rights have both passed the Senate, A a te Ton e steam botler act of last winter passell the House by @ unanttinous vow in Leu of the Senate pil. MASSACHUSETTS. t ‘The Aseexation | of | ‘Obartencown to Boston, Bowron, March 16, 1860, The hearing before the Committee on Towns on the petition for the annexation of Charlestown td Boston waa commenced in the Green Room this forenoon, Mr. Shattuck opened the case for tua Petitioners and Mr. Mason for the non-residents, and the examination of witnesses waa then com menced, are about 2,600 petitioners and 1,160 remonstraute, erty re of the.police court of Charlestown, ga’ mony in favor of ain. ’ nexation at Softee “angi ‘the! hearing wit be continued several days, and there is now « strong fooling in in favor of @ union of the two cities. Copang iN PHILADRLrAL ite @ number ot uring the past fow Cubans re arrived in this oun eota Stocks in trunks, {0% as Nigh as trea ot tas ag twenty- 0 Ptsing have been conveyed to the yarn otons ool. ie clothing establishments Nave driven a le in some instances, ax Uy bg ‘weather juired the gentlemen of the Suni to pur. WV} coats and other ol it . impossible to afrive at a definite conclusion to the cause of thr People leaving their homes. uc Anwtances, and purchased NOt expect to remi may be that ti oo ot id tho hguting mes in the land’or teeie Birth, ¢ Lan the otnor Band they may be Wy, Who anytuing in fhe ene Reaulem.. A lastly, they may posal ‘Maren the plysical endurance tide.—Pnuaaewpnia Pees, Mare