The New York Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1869, Page 4

4 CUBA. The steamship Columbia, Captain Van Sice, from Havana the 13th inst., arrived at this port at an early hour yesterday morning. Among the passen- gers was Sefor Morales Lemus, who comes fully empowered by President Cespedes a8 Minister from the provisional government of Cuba, Seflor Lemus gves to Washington to seek recognition of the revo- luuouary government. The Prisoners for Fernando Po—Events int Field=The Movements of Lesca at Puerto Principe=Plans of the Insurgente—Case of eon RS F* ravana, March 13, 1809, An official notice has been issued that the pojitical prisoners will leave soon for Fernando Po, and that tneir families may furnish them with the resources they may stand in need of. The number to be thus sent i3 not far from 500, and includes all classes of Cubans, from those engaged with arms in the fleld to peaceable and wealthy citizens of Havana, who have become, through the report of spies or otherwise, “obnoxious” to the government, What trial has been vouchsafed them or what opportunity to refute charges against them under the advice of counsel, is unknown. Ji 13 understood, however, that their respective cases have been ‘investicated” by the mulitary commission, before whom their conviction or acquittal depends more upon the manner in which they are regarded by the government than any overt acts committed by them, Their banishment to a penal colonyis im accordance with the somewhat unexpect- ed mild policy of Dulce, who does not like the “death penalty,” tuough seemingly charmed with the killing of prisouers ou the deid, The sending of them to Fernaudo /’o cai hardly be considered a3 an act of mercy in view of the almost certain death likely to result trom the climate and other causes, Itis, how- ever, more than suspected that the Francisco de Bor- jas ship of war, ordered to take them to the rocky desert ca the sores of Alrica, will find it necessary to pat in to the Canary Islands or some other place, Possibly Uad z, Where other orders will be found as to the disposai o: her freight of political prisoners. ‘This is the general belief of the Spaniards, wno con- sider that Dul e is driven to this ostensible disposi- tion of these prisoners in order to satisfy the demands o{ the volunteers and others, who are loudly caillug for the severest measures. Among the straws whi h indicate this is a conversation Wuica @ gealleman in oiticial position here had with Don Maurici> Lopez Koberts, the Spanish Minister ups in Wasuinston, before his departure, in which the latter stated tuatif the prisoners arrived at Fer- hando Po tuey Wou d make a very short stay thece. AS stated ina previous letter, among the more prominent vi those yoing is Von Carios del Castiilo, Tate inaaage: of the savings bank, @ veperabie and most respeciable ,en.teman, aud Don Miguel Embil, @ weaithy wexicuu. The lollowing are the names of those wong the prisowers to be so sent who claim to be aud doubiless are American citizens: Lauva, Ygnacio Leou, L. Rozas, Theo. Cavias, 8. Pintavo aud ». Friboi. Appeais have been made in their behalf, but wituout success. Tbe irst men- Loued of these was tue edlior of La Convencion puoucara, one of the ephemeral free press orgaus which fo! owed ou Vu ce’s arrival, and fo which he, douvti Tell # Victim, Laough he is accused of hav- ing art 2 Mu8 possedsiva Gu the Might of the vila Nueva tileutre aifair, Dates from Cieniuegos are to the 11th. The insur- gent chief, Juau outisia Capote y Lopez, native of that place, Was shot o. the wih, having been coa- vicied and scutenced by court martial. ‘dhe steamer napido had arrived, bringing 1,000 marines aud artiverists. ‘fhe entire rai rvad sue was repaired and strongly protected. Tue reocls wee very numerous iu as Cruces, going about in vands, The piantaion Car- cas and oae beiouging to J. A. Iznaga were piilaged tue second tine. News from Jrinicad tates that Colonel Buscones With his columa was moy ing over the jurisdiction in seurch Of the revcis, Wuo seem ubiquitous and are re- ported to be couuuttiug ail sorts of depredauons. beveral arresis have been made and wwe parties turned over to uuitary comunssion, ainong them Dou Felipe Maxi, iaiuer-n-law of Cavada, aud Don Juad Marvin ru'g, aa alcade. We have daies irou Manzanillo the 7th. On the 2d @ column Of . vv Of the Corona regiment, under Lieu- tenant Co.oncl \idares, with a section of mountain artillery tna r \ ieutenaat Salomon, lefiin the war schoouer Kue.va. 14 jauded on the 4th at Macaguana and marched for Macaca, waere &@ considerab.e force of reow 5 was eutrencued, Lhe redoubts were taken through the caunva and grenades, ant the reves dispersed, leaving nine Kiled and many wounded. ‘The pursuit Was c niuued all day and as tar as bi- cana. Un the oth ue troops retumed, having lost two men. By way of Santiago the 7th we learn that a force of rebe.s had atiacked Jiguani, wiico ts toruted and arrisoned, ‘tuey were repulsed wita loss, and arming tat @ force wes approaching from Bayamo tuey fled to ie wounds, Colone! Lopez Cauara, who had left Santiago with his coluun jor Mayari, i8 reported to bave entered the town alter sou: resistauce. Ihe van Was at- tacked 0¢ @ consideraole force armed with machetes, but Mey were svvu dispersed by the bayonet, ‘leavin, the Held covered with aead.” ‘This 1s the Bpaniso report; nevectueless Valmaseda found 1 ne cessary to seud@ s.reug colama under Colonel Ve- lasco from bayaiy to operate in coajunction wita Lopez Camara. ‘Tue towns of Santiago and Guantanamo were quiet, A lair supply oi cuflee aud cocoa had come down from Wwe uliis, and was seling at fuir races, Sales are only wade for cash, 80 great 18 the distrust in tue mercantie community. in pagua—uates to Lug vtia—the Lieutenant Gover- nor Was coatnulng tue campaign, not only in bis own jurisdiction, but also in that of Villa Ciara. From ie capisal of the latter he oad received rein- forcements of 400 men, wita a view Of attacking the Tebeis, Who were eutrencued i & most favorable os.tion on the caitie iarin “San José,” owued by Pedro Abren. A special train had gone to Uifueuies to be hed at bis disposition. A bactailon of mobi- lized vo.uutcers Was Ww jouw him from Kemedios. A letter from Sauto Vouungo, .2 Sagua, dated the Oth, say: A party Of rebes recently attacked this town, but were repuised with loss by thirty volun teers apd tweuty-uve of the civil guard, under Sefor Viscaindo. Yesverday the rebels, numbering 1,500, commenced desroy ug the ratiroad bridge, @ costiy Structure, one mule irom here. ‘imey were pre- vented, bowever, oy the voluateers and civil guard, Who engaged tue jor two hours and then com- peed tuem to ily, leaving twenty dead. They were commanded by Cauries Kolopa, @ Pole; CO. rinamu, Antonio Gonzales aud otuers. Gonzales is reporved ea. Fights are reported ia Remedios, with resuits, as reported by tue Spauiards, aways similar. Lieu- ‘Venant Governor soreuy had issued af address tu the inhabitants reierring to the distressing spec- tacle of the 6th, wueu two rebels were deprived of existence by Lue lusiruments of justice, aud calllag on O.hers to take Warning. Tue names of tue two ‘Who Were ted aud convicted of uigh treasoa are Teoflio de Pino and C.rilo ivrres. ‘ibey tad kiled the Capitan de Partly, two rural guards of Chambas and seven Spapisu cividaus A letier irom Nuevitus the 7th says that a small column of troops #ud voluntee:# had goue out and Fevurned, ouly meeting @ staall force of insurgents, who did not Wail thes approach, The troops ue Btroyea some entrenchments at a plantation Wulca bad been abanuvned Wiiwoutl resistance, A letter Irom Puerto Principe, Wr.tten by an officer of Lesca, admits that their march from Guanaya caused them severe j03ses. Witi 1,600 men, sour- teen parapetted caireucumen 8s were taken, com- ple.ely disiodging und roa mg from §,0v0 to 10,000 reveis, The dead Were in heaps ali around, 40 that it Was imposs.i.e to get tue uuinber, “The surallest heap exceeued twent, «ve bouies.’? ‘The Espiritu Sauw Fen ¢ of tue Sd contains the ad- Gress of Geueral tovilo vo the tavabitants of that ju. Tisdicuon, Ol ..orvu dvd emedios, denouacing the Tebelion 4s Wojusi wou Vad in ied tendencies, aud de- ciartug hat | yoverninent, alter four monutas of atience und practisiug ail surts Of conciliation, jad deversained WW take au end of the rebellion at any coat. Foello ts a Dominican mulatto, and the mulatios and biacks Of the city serenaded bim on Soon nigut, Hereured at eleven P, M., greatly grauted. A lieutenant of volunteers (with his command, it is supposed) had Surprised S00 rebels on at estate near by and compictely routed them, compeuing them to fee to a dense torest, cou Gibara vo the Tth. The place by imsurgeuts. Spanien reports say several suilies had een wade With lavoravie resulus. A suspicious vessel receutly entered tne port of Bariai, bu’ mvestigation sowed tnat she was from Autwerp, bound for Gibara, @ud had mistaken the po A Spanish brig. recently arrived in Havana, re- rts sygoting, Ca Sunday last, to the east of vont Oiar, Wt A dustance of sixteen miles, steering in a Rortheast directivn, four sieamers, one bark rigged ud the others sciwoners. Un Monday agother was ighted, rigwed line a brig, and anchored two mies to the Cast of Guincho ney, A Weil tofurmed Cuban informs me that the pres- ent pian of the insurgents is to concentrate tueir forces in the jurisdiction of Santiago de Cuba, and ere estab ish tueir seat Of government preparatory 4 demand for vellige ent rights trom the United Slates, and that they are to receive aid from abroad, possibiy from Yucatan, which wili enable them to Make Headway a.aiust the Spaniards. ‘he Spauiards never report their losses in the Huiderous eucvuntera takimg piace. Some idea ‘of them, however, nay be formed from the fact that four car ioads of wounded receatly arrived here pet Cienfuegos and otuer jurisdictions in that vicinity. The case of the Kate Ranger, sent out from New York to Nuevitas by Messrs. M. ©. Kodi 4 & CO., of xew York, to bring back a cargo sugar and molasses, is Attracting Some attention AMOUR Ame- Ticaus here, it wi: be recollected that the Governor ©) Nuevitas retused to permit we vessel 10 load, on We ground taat tie sugar, &c., had come turougn the enon,y's lines, and ie seized the proposed cargo aud heid it to await inv: mn. ‘ihe member of the firm then tore applied to be allowed to iregit bis ship Wits other material there, Which Was refused @nd Al CApurtacious proliblied, ue tuen came to : NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. a Havana to lay his case beiu.e the Captain General, and soon afier information reached him that a Ger- mun vessel had arrived at Nuevitas, and had been granted the very permission refused him, had loaded and sailed. He has made suplication. to the Captain General for his and his answer If- unfavorable, he will protest and and lay the maiter before the government. If ogherwise, he will proceed to claim hs goods, and will then put in a claim against the Spanish government for aamages. po by erga w young toe son of f) american zen of that nal receul confined Morro, has been ordered released. The Abolition of Slavery=News from Lesca’s Columa—Condition of the Navy=—Stringent Measures Against Cubans. Nvgvitas, March 9, 1869. The Patriot Assembly of Representatives of the Central Department has issued a decree abolishing slavery absolutely, Our news here of Brigadier Lesca’s column is through Cuban sources mostly. I have seep a printed bulletin of the insurgents, which states that Lesca arrived at Principe from Guanaja on the 24th, that a severe battle had been fought at Banao, to the west of the Cubitas mountains, They acknow- leage loss of twenty-eight killed and wounded. No details given, The gunboat Conde Venedito arrived here from Guanaja on the 5th. The Spantards, however, try to mystify everything, and are very careful to prevent any information reaching foreign ears, It is there- fore very dificult to get at the truth. It is reported that a column had returned to Guanaja with carts, loaded up the provisions which had been left there and took them to Principe. On his original march Lesca took no stores with him, and was compelled to subsist his troops by foraging on the country. His loss, as stated by the Cubans, was thirty-five killed and wounded. Previous to his ar- Tival Puerto Principe was in a very bad condition for food, as nothing had been allowed to go in for some time. Some twelve or fifteen of the principal residents recently visited Gibanicod, to have an in- terview with the revolutionary committee and en- deavor to procure permission for food to pass to the starving inhabitants, Some five or six of these were held for ransom in the sum of $10,000 each, and the others were released in order to obtain the money. On the morning of the 4th 125 troops and volun- teers left here and made a tour of eight or ten miles. ‘They returned without meeting the enemy, having killed one pig and ransacked a sugar estate. They report the capture of thirty-two horses belonging to the insurgents, but nothing has been seen of them. From what | can see and )earn there Gs a Worry among our Spanish squadron here. It is com- pee of six vessels, as foliows:—Biasco de Garay, juan de Aus ria, Conde Venedito, sidewheelers, aud Airica, Guardiana and Andaluza, screws. They are allrather old, poorly armed anw slow. ‘Te Blasco de Garay 1s theflugsip. The Conde Venedito is a light draught gunboat and has been recently stationed at Guanaja to protect the stores there 1a conjunction with tue small garrison. The Guardiana is on station at Nassau and running as despatcn boat to this piace. The otuers are cruising about. Tuey come in here as oiten as possible, make as long a stay ag allowed, and then leave in couples. By dint of careful inquiry I have learned the cause of anxiety manilested recentiy. A tew days since the Guardiana arrived here in great haste from her station and re- ported that a smal American steamer, sidewheel, of avout 400 tons, had left Nassau loaded with arms and ammunition for the revels; that her macbiuer; had broken down on the bank, and that an Englis! schooner came to her assistance, to whom she trans- ferved the arms, She then returned to Nassau for repairs, and the schooner went to Green Key to awatc her. ‘The Blasco went out and communicated with the Africa, which was ‘eit near Green Key to Watch the Schooner, ‘fhe nerves of the commander of the former vessel seem to liave been terribly shocked by information furnished by the natives of Green Key that they had seen an irou-plated st mer with six Armstrong guns and flying the Chuean flag. He reiurned to tuis port on the ist and lound three of his squadron here, He soon after sent for the engineers of these vessels and iastructed them to examine the Blasco. A small flaw in her shaft was found, und with much uaanimity the Board of En- giuecrs declared tat it was not safe for her to go to sea any more, as she migat breuk down at any moment; so the others were ordered out, and she remains. Whether there really was such a steamer as reported or the statement was merely a joke of the people of Green Key is the question. Certain it is that the Blasco docs not care to encounter any Armstrong guns. The crews of all the Spanish ves sels here are a tine lookin; boay of men, and, under good officers, would max: govd tighting material. Manatt, the next port to the eastward of this, bas beea abandoned by the goverumeat troops, What few were leit there recently arrived aiew days ago with their stores, they having destroyed the last buildings there—a storeuoase and the church. Since the moruing of the 2ist ult, when the Cubans fouod a black cross painted on their doors, there has been consiuerable uneasiness ou the part of the natives, not knowing at what moment or under what pessoas they may suffer the same tate as those unfort tes at Cadiz and Malaga. The ex- pressions of some of the Spaviards here of their de- sires and hates are enouga to chill the blood, and these hot only from the tower classes, but from those ©. standing and position. A remark pregnant with Meaning Was recently made in my hearing:—“We cau,” say’ @ Spaniard, “obtain weaith and every- want here, save Spanish childreu,” and ict. The children of Spanish fathers, born here, are ali insurrectiontsts at neart. The Governor of this eee loses no opportunity to suow his despotic character. A great many Cubans wish to leave with their families and many desire to go to Nassau, a3 it is near, has a pleasant climate, aad with thelr small means they could get aioug easily; but our satrap will not aliow one to leave. Toey have committed no crime, are neutrals and are timid, fearing trouple because they are na- tives, An American, Mr. Price, who has resiaed here some ten years, and is owner of ® piantation, recently desired to leave and take with him his family and that of his brother-in-law. The Governor rciused hia @ pass, and upon his representing taat he was @ foreigner the Governor responded that it wade no difference, thut he was a lent here, and ‘as such he couid notieave, Mr. Price inteuds to go to Havana to see what can be done taere. ‘The Spanish troops are commit great out On the iarmhouses, pluadering and shooting ne- groes. As to ine Cubans, I Lave only to say of them that if they do uot gain their independence this time God help them ! for they wiil be wiped out of exist- ence, Even now, within 150 mies of the great Northern republic, mea are being shot down daily for no oiher Cause than a@ difference of opinion, Iuteresting Letter from a Young Lady in Havana. {From the Troy Daily Times, March 16.) The following is an extract from a letter from a young lady in Havana to her father in this city, writ ten a fortnight since:— About the condition of the country I must tell you that ail the Nkw YORK L/ERALD publishes relative to it is true (and much more which the Spaniaras are alraid to have known, for there are no people so brutal as they are). The island isim @ great deai jnore confusion tian you can imagine, and the in- surgents have no idea of giving up, for tne bate is deep and fierce on both sides, and both so deter- mined that unless some other country steps in I fear Much blood will be shed, All are looking with hope to what Grant may do, and 1 am sure we hope ne LHAy GOING LO OUF assistance, for 1¢ seems dreadful to have Uie sland destroyed and the blood of fatners and children spilled. The insurgents are already 40 00) sirong, aud increasing, only needing arms. ‘ihe, hot robbers, as ti niards represent, bot devermined men, natives the country, who Ugit without shoes and almost without cioth.s, and Wao are not liable to take the yellow fever, and who know that nothing but death uwaits them if they fail, The isurgeats cannot take the citles because their Women and chiidrea are to them, and when they go to attack them tie Spaniards put them tor. ward. Havana is becoming deserted of Cuba casties and prisons are ful), and most of the td are tanocent people, The voluuteers guard them, aud are in insubordination to Dulce. He commanded sme of the prisoners sent t@Spain, ani tue volun. teers reiused to give them up. Tuey treat them un- Wereifaliy, and yesterday took eight and were about to shoot them when Dulce’s secoad in command arrived in time to prevent them. General Dulce’s oilce’s say they are the worse “vansive” that ev were seen, When they are on guard they pass Ul residences of those who have reiatives prisovers, aod tell them their friends pave just vevn or ate about to be shot, But of one and only one brutal thing that occurred during the three days of tarmoil willl tel you. In@strect near here they caught up a litte cliid ony five years old anid aoso- luteiy tore it in two before the father’s eyes. ‘The facher has since becowe insane, ‘ihey have threat- eued Duice’s iife, - also eae pth he ddd Cuban, and many of her nephews . one ot them was killed by @ rate with a club, w tue famuy are pow in mourning for him. Ato time they left their prisoners two days without a mouthiul of food. ————— THE WISH GIANT IN TROUBLE ASA'N. Boston, March 17, 1569 ‘That irrepressible nuisance and time-honored frand, Ned O'isaidwin, sometimes termed the “Irish (hant,” is again in trouble. Only @ few days since he was released on bali from the Salem jail, where he was awaiting sentence for indaiging in @ prize fit with Jue Wormald. Immediately upon his re- lease he came to this city and on Monday evening he was the recipient of a benefit at the Olympic theatre, where kvockdowns, sparring and club exercises were the bulk of the entertainment, and roughs and thieves the gre ter portion of the audience. On the evening fouowing, Whie in the enjoyment of the junds realized at ais “benedt,” he became too full of liquor, smashed some windows on Harvard street and Was taken into castody. He was subsequel rereased On vali, ANd to-morrow he will ve tried being drunk and dworderiy and committing 10Us MsChiels JAMAICA. An American Steamer Under Peculinr Cir cumstances—Activity in Sugar Culture. Krxaston, Jamaica, Maren 4, 1869. The American steamer Mount Vernon, Captain Porter, arrived at this port on Tuesday night, the 2d inst, under somewhat peculiar circumstances. by inquiry from the officers I learn that she was in thirty-six hours from St. Marc, Haytl, and had on board General Faubert, Minister of the Interior under the government of President Domingue, and 8 commission of the revolutionary party of the South on some secret mission to this island, Taking all the circumstances connected with her arrival and the movements of the committee in the city there are strong reasons for believing that while she is for the present only a Haytien trader under the Ameri- can flag, she is about to be fitted out as a gunboat for the revolutionists of Mayti, apd will speedily proceed there to perform the same work for Domin- gue as the Alexander Petion is now doing for Sal- nave. tain Porter is evidently a person of energy and capacity, if en: in this service both he and bis oiticers will junguish themselves, ‘ihe Mount Vervon still lies in the harbor aud will prob- ably undergo some repairs, News has reached us from Oaloutta of three large ships having been chartered by Mr. Anderson there for the conveyance of coolie immigrants to Jamaica, for the estates of this island. Many tarowa up sugar estates are now being put into cultivation azain in col uence of government assurance; that an abundant supply of labor will be brought from India for their cultivation. Large quantities of estates machinery are being landed from vessels arriving from England and the United States, and tho planters are exnibiting earnestness now in tue cultivation of their properties. Such earnest. ness has not been witnessed since the abolition of slavery in Jatnaica. NOVEL SCIENTIFI( EXPERIMENT. IceeMaking und Refrigerating Machinery on Board a Ship. Yesterday a new invention, in the shape of ma- chinery for making ice and performing the refriger- ating process, was tested on board the ship William ‘Taver, lying at the foot of Nineteenth street, East river, in the presence of a number of scientific and mechanical geutlemen, to whom invitations had been extended, The ship already named has been thoroughly titted with this new apparatus for the pre- servation, during transportation, of fresh beef and other perishable food for a long period, and she will sail for Texas some day next week, to return with a large cargo. The properties and designs of this novel invention may be briefly stated as follows,—The inventor has contrived a series of pumps, by means of which he obtains a pressure on the carbonic acid gas generated in the process of working, which was before obtained by the action of oil of vitriol on carbonate of lime. When these two properties are brought together they must, under this process, decompose: He has reduced the carbonic acid precisely in this way, and allows it to escape into bags. By the application of the pumps, which are earounage with water, he reduces it to & liquid state. ‘The firat puwp, under this pressure, carries 75 pounds to the square inch, the second 300 and the the third 18 capable of 1,200 pounds to the inca, which pressure 1s aunply sutiicient to liquify carbonic acid gas, Having reduced 1 to a liquid form tt necessarily becomes deprived of atl s caloric, and the moment it becomes liberated it assumes its gaseous form and takes caloric from all surrounding points, ‘Lhe inventor's first idea was to utilize car- bonic acid gas for the production of ice, One of tue principal features in the apparatus 1s an iroa case dined W.th copper and throaga which are copper tubes set iu the top and running clear througii. ‘rhia case is surrounded with wood aud well packed by -otner material to prevent it from receiving caloric from the outside. Tue tubes are filled with water, which soon becomes converted into ice, Another novel featu: hy tale io- vention 18 that afier the gas has performed its office ol converting the water into ice once 1118 allowed to escape into gas again. it is now ready to be re- liquitied and to go over and convert another quan- tity of water into ice, The expense is limited to the interest upon the apparatus used, the cost of a given quantity of carbonic acid gas, and the cost of run- ning a Steam engine an‘l apparatus to liquily it and turn it into a gaseous form aguin. Filty douars’ worth of carponie acid {t is claimed, would muke num- bers of tons of ice. ‘The two great principies, thea, in the mechanism of the affair, seem to frst, the application of pumps to the liquefaction of carvonic acid gus; and second, the remaking of It into gas over and over again ad infinitum, On experiment ing the inventor ulso found that the of carrent of air tarough the tubes pi tense cegree of cold, and tue idea at ouce occurred to him that he could, by means of a “blower,” muke @ current of uir available to cool a rvuum of any given siz end in this he sue. as exempilfied yesterday. The same current of air goes thro! the *b.ower' repeat- ediy. Ina temperature of forty-five degrees, ta a room sixty-six ieet lung, thirty-tnree wide ana thir- teen high, m eight minutes, tae thermometer weat below zero twenty-six degrees. Witn tue ald of ‘this machinery the ship William Taber is prepared now to carry from Texas tw the New York market, itis claimed, 400 tons of fresn beef. Through the Cv Of this process it 18 also stated that all kinds of fresh meats, tresa fish, fruit and vegetables can be preserved for an indefinite time in a cold, dry atmosphere, The vaiue of 400 tons of beef in tae New York market is about $96,000; tue expenses of the trip to ‘Texas is estimated at $1,000, which would leave the handsome protit \o the Inventors, whoever they may be, of $86,000, After the apparatus had been thor- oughly tested, as above described, the gentiemen Present pariook of a handsome déjeuner on board ‘the ship, daring the progress of wi! the inventor Performed some very intel tific feats, such as boliing an ezg bard, waking champagne cream, solidifying quicksiver ani otner chings pec- taining to tae laboratory of the chemisé, through the agency of carbonic acid gas and his reiriyerating Process, TWITCHELL AND HIS PASTOR. Interesting Details of an Interview—Mrs. ‘Twitchell in the Role of Lady Macbeth. {From tbe Easton (Pa.) Argus.) The Rev. George bringhurat, pasvor of All Saints’ Episcopal churca, 1s faithtully striving to prepare for evernity, the unfortunate man, George 8. Twitchell, Mr. Bringhurst is a firm believer in the innocence of the comdemned matricide, In company with that gentleman we recently visited Twitcheii in his prison cell, Twiteneil of course ——— his innocence, and in such @ manner that the longer we talked with him the less probable seemed to be hus guilt. Kesl; ed to whatever Providenve may have in stove {oF him, with no expectation e:ther of pardon of commu- tation of his seotence, tuere he is in his prison cell, quiet, gentlemanly and docile as an infant to the dance of the good man who is breaking to him he bread of life. We have viewed the case of Twitchell, from the evening of his arrest up to the present mowent, and find it difficult to do otherwise than believe wiih Mr. Bringhurst, that the man is & victim to something that will oply be kaown when the worid’s unwritten wrongs shall be rectified on , the day of finat judgment—in other words, that this Muruer was done by oiher hands than his. Jouds and darkness are round about him, but jus- tice and judgment are ihe habi'ation of His throne,” T ‘s favorite text. He naturally feels tuat jore the court was miserably botched, and that if de‘ended by other counsel conviction might not have resuited. Wacther guilty or innocent, it 18 very certain that the defeace made for nim was mis erably weak. Rev. Mr. Bringhurst is the spiritnal counsellor of Twitchell, in consequence of past associations. The murdered Wo.nan Was an attendant at All Saints’, Mr. Bringhurst koew littie of her; but no one unac- quaintea wita her previows history would deem her other than a Christian matron—devout, sincere and painstaking in the search aiter spiritual wisdom. George and his wife occasionally worsaipped there, but wach oftener rode out or paid visits to their friends. While we canfot violate contidence re- posed in us, or give cotiateral opinions of any par- lucular individual, we are yet iree to coniess Wat in tue oplaion of many Mrs. Twiicheil, in the mur- der, enacted, to the iull extent, the rd of Lady Macbetn, ‘Twitchell does pot shrink from death with any un- natural shadder, He claims to have no more mis- #@)Viogs than aay Chrisuan should have when oa the Drink of ao unknown world. Through a peep-hule in the door of his ceil, before he was aware of our proximity, we saw him sitting Rad hia patiet, reading lis Bible. There was no gulit written upon his features, Lf he be a dissembler then Satan must be fortitying and sustaining him. There was noth. ing 1 his quiet and resigned demeanor to tndicae that blood Was upon his soul OF remorse In bis heart, Not to one intimation that nis wile Kavwa tore of r than himsect Will he 1or an insiant listen. ‘¢ “surpassing the love of a woman" bas he clung to bis moral eay Hil She doe#a’s vi She ‘vas the candie in which the puor, fluttering moth mes suduen ruin, she visite dir. Beinghurst at iong intervais. She did so last week, a juced an in- end on taking her depari fippanctly rewmarked:— “on, | forgot one tin: Bringhurst ‘Tel George ee Wiere fe wants ty ve buried after if he 18 hung, that if nei let we Dib nee that his wishes are complied wn ore What & com nentary—a woman seiecting the most becoming style 01 mourning to ve leisurely made up for wear after the death of a husoand sentenced to the gipbet! ‘The suvject is repuisive, and we drop it in disgust. POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE, Hon, EF. B. Washburne’s District. The the Hon. &. B. Washburne of nis Moat in tne Forty. Congress creates u vacuiey in the Third iilinols district. ‘Ine Hon. J. M. Buliey and Mr. Dinsmoor, of the iron Ueeee of & sent Senator Addams Colonel Wi aor ane each talked of for the place. covemor Palner has not yet calicd an elecysp, bus it will brobatuy be called 18 Jana BROOKLYN CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COUAT—N ADMIRALTY. Tho Ship Kate Dyer va. The Stenmer Scot- land—Damages Laid at Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollare—Decision for tho Libellants. Before Judge Benedict. Joseph W. Dyer ct al. vs, The National Steam Navigation Company.—The following decision was rendered yesterday by Judge Benedict in this case, which was triéd nearly a year ago:— This is @ cause of damage arising out of the fol- Jowing circumstances:—The ou Kate Dyer, owned by the libeilaats, was, on the night of the sta of Sep- tember, 1864, oif Fire isiand, bound from Callao to New York, tuily laden. ‘Tue night Was dark, biter aud cold, but Lge and a siup’s light could be seen for several miies. The wind was biowing from the north northwest, and the ship was salting to westward, close hauled on the starbvard tuck, a speed of about seven and a half knots, with ail the proper lights displayed and in charge of a pilut. ‘The steamer Scotlaud, owned by the defenuants and bound from New York to Liverponl, ‘Was proceeding at a speed of ten to twelve knots upon a course declared by the officer of the deck to be due east aud by the master to be southeast three-quarters east, displaying also the proper lights, The two vessels came ip coutact at about right angles, the steamer striking the starboard bow of the ship, and having at the time sufficient headway to-carry her over the sulp and ior @ considerable distance to leeward before sne was stopped. The effect of the collision was such as to cause the ship to go to the bottum rapidly, 80 that out of the whole number twelve of tue per- sons on board, inciuding the mate, were drowned, while the sieamer herseli was so injured tuat although at once put about she could only reach the outer middle, when she sank and became a'so a total loss. This action engi So serine the Bae caused by the logs of the Jvyer, her an ight, “iil some 50,000, SPENDS tig apa pati n aakory of the ing upon ot upon the oviennes, ‘are chat the night was fine and clear, and the sip close hauled; tuat the masthead light of the er was seen two points over tie starboard of the snip and dis- tant two and a half miies; that the ship held steady to her course, and asthe light appruachea it grew broader and broader abeam, out came closer and closer to the ship, and it was apparent that the ship was uttem| ting, to cross the sveamer’s bow wita her helm early not quite hard ake that danger seeming imminent the ship's helm was put hard up and the spanker let go, but belore the orders could obeyed the steamer came into the ship at tall 8] striking her upon the starboard bow. Tho answer adm.ts tuat the night was clear, and avers that the steamer’s lights could be seen at @ much ver dis- tance than turee miles; that the Scotian course about east, and while so heading discovered the Lghis of tue here one ae half point oif the port bow; that order to givé the ship a wide berta and when the ship was at least three to four miles off, the helm of the steamer was ported, alter- lug her course to starboard ag sue proceeded; that thereafter the persuus iu charge of tae steamer dis- covered that the ship was jalling off to the south. ward and vown 04 tue steausitp, aud that the ouly thing then left for the steamer was to put hor heim hard aport and stop and back, ve she id, and at the thue of culiisiou had caanged about four pouts, being strick by the ship on her port bow. The evidence produced in support of these respective averments 1s contradictory, and, in some particuiars, unsall tory. 1 have giveu co the diiliculties which At presents my best atteuiion; and afver careful coa- sideration am of ihe opinion tat littie doubt can be entertained as to What siould be the pepe decree It will be more convenient tirst to exa.nine the evi- dence introduced by the steamer in regard to her own movemenw. ‘This evidence presents cer- in and discloses certain attendant cir- ggunstances which at the outst chaueage atiention or it appears that tue siurboard -watch of the steamer Was on duty, bui up to the time of the alarm that the master was below at supper; that the second officer was in charge 01 the dec, but was uot at his prover siationupou the upper bridge until alter the wasship repor-ed; that two men are stated to have been stationed on the lookout forward, but neitner of tuem 1s produced, and tae omission is un- explained;.that two men were at the wheel, but neither of thew 18 produced vy the claimants and tuey are called by tue livellsuis; that no witness led from the steamer 18 avie to say which of the sidelights of the ship was presented to the steamer, altnough it is beyond question that these lights were plainly to be seen, aud according to the theory of the defence the sup was seen at a distance of some miles aad watched until sae strock. These C.rcumsiances become significunt when the accounts of the colusiun given by taese witnesses are ex- amined. Turaing, then, to these accounis, a careiul comparison of ths various sin.ements of fact, rend- ers it quite appacent that the acceation of the ofticer in charge of the movements of the steamer was nos fastened upon the ship uaul she was near eaougn to show her sai s, and so ciose taut, aithough the uelm of the steamer was gr’ hard of port und the engine stopped and reve: at full speed, she struck the abip be ore her headway was seriously reduced. If this be so, the steamer must be neid in fault. Sho was salng at a@ rapid rate, in a locality reguiring ‘he utmost ees ON account of tue danger of meeting vessels. By Ue exercias of a Proper care the ship could have been seen aud her course deiermined in abandant tine to have euabied the steamer to take, with proper delibera:ion, steps to avoid her, and ino failure to give proper attention w the appruaching ship in tame to avoid her was negligence. in coming to the conclusion that the ship Was not seen by thg odic-r of tue deck uatil it was close upon hiin i uave not overlouxed those Portions of the t:stimony which are relied on as supporting the averme.ts of the answer, that tue slip Was seen at a distauce and the steamer’s helm then ported. But estumates of time and of distaace cannot be relied upon, and heve they are overvorne .by the sequence of events stated by these wituesses, which shows that wnen the hein of the steamer was first chauged 1: was gut hard Gown as soem as possi- ble, and that this was simultaneously with the sto) page and reversal of the engine, and that all this ‘was done @s 3000 as the scond omicer ascended tue brige. ‘ihe engine was reversed by Hunt, the third officer, Who tened from below on aearing the order to shiit"tac wheel, and the sbip was, us he says, then only two hundred and fifty yards distant, ‘This failure sooner to notice the ship aud take steps to avoid her may have arisea from absence of an at- teutive lookou: or from fauure on tue part oi the ofl- cer of the deck to observe the reports of the looxout, if any such there were; and tm this connection ‘the om‘ssion to produce einer of tue men claimed to have been upon the looxout is very nuticeavie, while the statement of one of the crew uf the steamer whu was upon the forecast.e and 1s caued by the libellan 8, that the first report of the ship's light from the forecastie received no attention, tends to increase the siguiticauce of the aduiission, ‘The statement of this Witncss 18, moreover, strengthened by the cercumstance that altho: the deposition containing the statement was en in December, 1866, and the witness then named severai vthers of the crew who were on the forecasile wita hia, none Of those witnesses are called te coatradt hin, But assuming it to be true, as ciaimed on the of the steamer, that the ship was seen wien three or four miles of ani thas the steamer’s hein was then ported, she would stil be guilty of neg- ligence in not svoner stopping ter eugiue. ‘she wit nesses from te steamer declare thai iru the time the ship 6 tight was seen up (o the moment of the collision the beariug of the sui in refereuce to the steamer did not o According tu tuis theory, then, the steamer, at a distance of threo or four ‘mi es, sued! to leeward and uctaally made @ leeway of a mile Oeiure coming 1a contact with the snip, during all wich time it Was apparent that from the bearing of the ship's light taat tae change Of Course iu the swamer Was not ug the Tela tive bear of the vesse.s, Unuer suca circum- stances it was the daty of the as aa LA bing pgp Be nos oi 7 ing heim, to nave sluckea hor speed and ascertained the direction mm which the ship was sailing wid act accordingly; instead o. which she kept uy fail speed tai the colusiou Was inevitable. it caanot ve doubted that if tue sveamer, a tue distance of a mile evea, had her engiue no collusion would have oc- curred, Whether, thea, it be cousidered that the Scotland falied to puy proper attention to the ship unt close upou her, or that, having seen her at the distance of turee or lour miles, she continued wt fail Speed unt toe collision was inevitabie—running in the inverval a mile to the leeward of her course, with the snip’s light ail the time bearing Witkin a point of ber port bow—1t muss be heid that the steamer Was guilty of negligence. There on!y re- mains, then, to consider whetuer any fault ts «own on tue part of the which conduced ty (ue col- ision, ‘The prin fauit Charged upos her is that ane did no id her course, but kept away, falling of to the southward and dowa on tne sleausip. lu cousivermg the evidence bearng upon Luis point itis to be noticed tide ho Wieness produced oa bebal of the steamer tuatiies that ho saw any ol whatever in the suip’s course, aud, ‘as belore remarked, aithouga te saip Was display- ing the proper colored lights wich, tu the language of the sa proviaimed Her Course Lo tae steamer If ovserved by ber, no wieness ou the part of the steamer is wdle to say which side ligit the ship dis piayed to the sreamer, A fact, by tue way, enlirey consistent with the conclusion that when tue «hip was first seen by the persons in charge of tie sieamer she was loo nesr aud the danger was woo imminent to warrant avy observation of her sue lights, but Qticuit to recouciie with the stale- ment that the was watched for apace of three ur four miles, The vaiy evidence the case, turn, golly lo sAOW @ change Of course UL fue part ot the ship is the statement of the cldim- ants witnesses tiat When they saw tie aalis of the suip it wus evident she was vif tue wind and olf ber proper course, But wien the ship's sails were seen whe was cluse at hand, and tuis evideace ts, there- fore, entirely COnsisivut with the stacement Of Le pilot, second Ouiver aud wheelmaa of the snip thab no change uf their course was inado until the sieuin- er was seen to be approaciing tue at full speed and close by, Whe. the wee was put hard up end the spanker Sect let run. As couuudioting tas evidence on the part of tne libellants ard suppor ing the avermon’ that the ship kept away when at @ distance from the steamer, 406 clam ants have ye wiress ul tho evi+ denco that ps’ liguts wore seen Over, bie sweamer’s port vow, and that the green Nght of the steamer Was Not seen oN board tis ghip, Winton tt ke fowisied i fe EY ay = ot the steamer, werefore mi ward and wward tho steamer ia order to ve Us ii the Blip were to the ROUEN found in hor track. as the claimants no. tuward of tho steamer. and if, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, —— It appears that the Hon. Secretary of the Navy takes hold of naval matters underataniingly, or at least tries to do so, for, like @ careful merchant, he hus ordered an inventory or account of stock and called in his experts to give hii full information, First we have Rear Admiral Goldsborough to report upon all the varied types of machinery of steamera; then Commodore Selfridge upon the bulls, spars, sails, &c., with the view of combining a steam and sailing navy and to cut down coal biils; then Rear Adiniral Stringham upon the adiministration of our steamer was continually bearing soutn, ee ‘us the ship was running out sores, ‘and one-half knots to une steamer’s ten, it is re eusy to sec how it would ve poss.de for the ship to get in advance of, to the southward of the sleainer go as be found in her track; while, on the other hand, if the ship was on har course west one-half south and the steamer on, the course stated with great ticuiarity by her master to be south of east, tue ship rags bo to the southward of the’ steamer, aud yet be seen over the steamer’s port bow, while the steamer would seen over tia ship's ‘starvoard bow. Tag red light of the sieamer would be thus ‘displayed to the sulp, and the greea light at no time vusiple, while the , wiving her notice seem otto a 1am unuvle, therefore, to say course of the ship. ards, careful expenditures of stores and to f lights seen from | Davy yt » fit osoise a8 nator means {ree | place expenditures in the right direction—to have fvom contradictigns, Wil justtiy the conclusion that | jegg fancy work and more substantials, Commo- the collision was cvused by the ship's tailing away to leeward aad toward the steamer, AS bearing upon this point stress as also been laid upou evi- dence in the cause showing that the persons in charge of the ship believe! the steamer to beatug, andit has been insisted that tuis circum stance rendecs it biguly probable that the ship did keep away in order vo ineet her, a course otherwise improbable as Lhe ship was situated. But the inove- ments of the ship do nos appear to me to inilica @ any intenticn va 1 part to speak to or be taken 1D tow by the suppose tug, aod Lam unable to dis- cover from the evideacs. that the supposition that the steamer was a tug haa any effect upoa the course of the saip, My condlu-ion upon thts branclt ‘of tne cage is that the collision cunnot be attribated to the fault of the ship in not holding her course. ihe ouly remaining question neces ‘ary Ww notice 18 tual fa regard to the lookout on tae suip. But og to this no doubt can exist upon the evi- dence, ‘The man alleged to Lave been vn the lookout 1s proved to have been “seen and spoken to just pre- ‘vious to tae cullision upon bis station, Lis reports of the approaching light ure proved, aud he was seen and spoken to just before the ship went down, ying forward la a dying condiiton, having been crus doubtless, by the spars which teu 1orward wueo the dore Harwood will report upon the ordaance depart- ment of each yard and as to the uniformity of all work. Another officer has the overhauling of the book of regulations, with the view of doing away with the present interminable conflictions caused by amendments, revoking of paragraphs and the tssa- ing of circulars numbered from one to six. Captain Reynolds 1s to conduct a series of experiments, as- sisted by a board of officers, with tho view of estab- lishing uniformity in the small arms of the service. By private advices received from Rio Janeiro the United States sieamer Pawnee 13 now on her way to the United States, She is commanded by Captain J. M. B. Clitz, who lately went out to take the place of Captain M. B. Woolsey, who was ordered to the United States Magship uuernere, ‘I'he Pawnee satled for the douch Atlanvic squadron in 1857, She is one of tae very peculiar vessels buut under tne admin- istration of Mr. foucey, of immense beain and tight draught, with twio screws. Sue mounts a heavy bat tery of fuuriecn nine-inch Daaigrea guns in broad- side, also two ¢pounder Parrott rifles and one Voauois struck. Upon tuls polat, thereiore, no fault | 9 pounder rife. If vessels are needed In the West can be found aeslnee Ae py prorpeagrilegm Indies why not let the l'awnee go to Cuba and oul 2 nouncing @ conclusion in favor of the iibellants, a8 | “1. will take some time for vessels to proceed from the South Pacific to the West indies, The United. States sloop-of-war Cyane, now at Panama, has been ordered to San Francisco, She has been fitted out for a cruising ship, and will carry @ battery of fourteen eight-iuch Danlgren guns, She is a beautiful vessel, and by the last adminisiration was disgraced into @ storeship; for they did things, naval aud otnerwise, by steam only. ‘The United states frigate Sabine has been taken invo dock at the New \ork Navy Yard, with a view of examining her bottom. Sue will be equipped for service. Navy officers, from their conversation, seem to think the four-pipers, such a3 the Wampanoag und Pompanoosuc, should either be transformed into salle ing vessels or sold out of the navy. They likewwe believe in selling all the class called ‘doubic-snd- evs,” vessels calculated to wreck the professional re,/utation of ary oificer and untit for cruising, be- ing propelled solely steam. Since the passage of the Messrs, Bliss and Master- man resoiution in the House of Representatives it is tained of 48 a prone that Rear Admiral Davis, commanding the south Atlantic squadron, ulso Commander Ramsey, his fleet captain, and Lieuten- ant Commander W. A. Kirklana, commanding United States steamer Wasp, may be recailed to the United States with a view ol ting the charges brought against these officers, ‘The friends of Kear Admiral Davis deny the possibility of his treating the members of the Paraguay Legation o:herwise than in the most courteous manner. mirai Davis 18 an oiticer of hign professional reputa- tion, a eee and mney gallantry during the war rumoted to his presen! - ‘The changes 10 the Naval Bureau will soon take lace. Commander B. Taylor is under orders to proceed to Japan and assume the command of the United ‘States sulp idaho, Personnel of the United States Navy. ACTIVE LIST, Under a law passed a few years back officers of the United States Navy are retired {rom aetive ger vice afloat after reacning the age of sixty-two or having seen forty-five years’ service, excepting al- ways the additional extension oi time given under the act of Congress in the case of officers who have received the thanks of Congress. iy? Admiral Farragut, Vice Admiral Porter, Rear Ad- miral Goldsborough and a few others come under this head. And yet, when we contemplate the ages ol our admirals, 1% is easily to be seen thet they must soon retire trom active service afloat and be placed upon the reuired list, giving place tomen younger in age, but with more than suiticient service to have made them admirals long ago in any service save that of the United States. The following tables were mpiied trom oMicial records of the department fad be relied upoa a8 quite correct up to thm t hesitauon upon the whole case as it hs Timay add that it is @ satisfaction to me to know that tue cause—as well because of its import ance or of its difiiculty—will, witiout doubé, bo examined in the Appellate Court, and if I have falion into error my decision then be corrected. Let a de- cree be entered in favor of the lubeilunts, with an order of refereuce to ascertain the amuuut of the damaged BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. MAYHEM.—The consteble of the Sixth ward of this city was arrested on charge of mayhem yesterday. ‘The complainant 1s William Dobbins, of 402 Hicks street, who alleges that while engaged in a fight with Wiliiam Moran, the oiicial in question, ou the cor- ner of Harrison and Columbia sireets, a piece ‘was bitten out of his lip by tne deiendant. ile was arraigned before Justice Delmar, and pleading gul.ty he was committed for examination. News IN BriEr.—Gilbert Webb, of No. 74 York street, fell from @ flagstaff in Hudson avenue, near Prospect streel, on Wednesday, and was sertously injured, ‘Thomas Brown fell from a scaffolding on a house in DeKalb avenue yesterday and sprained his ankle, ‘The residence of Patrick Ford, No. 400 Carlton ave- nue. was burgiariously entered on the pig of the 17th inst. and robbed of a watch and clothing to the value of $100, Asneak thief entered the apartments of a Mrs, Martin, at tue corner of Myrtle avenue and Ryerson Gtreet, on Wednesday nigiit and siwle fifty dollars’ worth of dresses. Patrick Keyes, @ young butcher, was committed oe trial by Justice Delmar on charms of stealing a s. Reld avenye is to be paved with Belgian pave- ment, and the work will be carried through at the earliest possible time. ‘the Franklin Literary Association has chosen Mr. Joha R Anderson for its President, invest THE NEW WiNG TO TRE LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL, The new building erected as a wing to tho Long Island Coileve Hospital, at the corner of Heary and Pacific streets, has been completed, and last nigut ‘was opened for the first time to public inspection. There were a large number of gentlemen and ladies present, together with several prominent clergymen and a number of physic.ays, who have been interested in the success of the inatt- tution. The principal drawback for years past has been a want of accommodation for patients, many having to be turned from their doors jr aig on this account, and every day developed sf ADMIRAL. more and more the absolute necessity that ge, Service, When something should be done to meet this pate: ae “ oss ee _ partes dimMculty. The procnuer appropriated to tho out- | 9» % "GW ADMIRAL. door department proved euiiroly Ina lequate to the | p, p, Porter....--sreve vars... 65 401877 number of patienis who applied for retiof. In the pied KAR ADMIRALS, course of last summer the regents decided, there- | 1, yy. Goldsborough. .. Oh 56 1873 fore, to add @ uew wing to that part of their build. C H. Davis. 45 1809 ing facing on Pacific street. For the purpose of ie A. Dauigrea 43 1872 raising the ge funds, they negotiated a luan | 4 W. Gouen. wo 1814 Of $20,009, se" by bond and mortwage | W. Kadford “4 1870 on the entire property, and io # short tiuethe bud: | 6 "o Rowan, “a 1809 ing was put up. It 8 a two story suructare, bait of | 4° 4 = aa 1809 brick, and contains most of the improvements ap- 3. Lanman. “a 1870 ropriate to a builaing of this kind. It will increase | 4° “ 1870 Ln@ number of beds by thirty-five to forty, and will C H. Poor $3 “a 1870 . 69 it will be seen below that It ts fuily time our commo- dores were rear adinirais. Commodore J, L. Wor- dea, of Monitor iame, if be soon reacties an admi- Tai’s positioa, is the only one, if he lives, who will enjoy the active list for any length of time. All the varied duties on shore are performed by the retired Oilicers more OF leas. cComMopORES. also enable the its to cary out al ‘ mient which they have contemplated for a long time, but which could—so far—not be intro- duced on account of the limited room—that is the entire separation of the male aud female patien as woli in the in as tn the outdoor departments, an tho entire seclusion of the I/ing-in de,artmeat from the other portions of the Hospital. The old buildings have veen also eutirely reuovated; old partitioas have been ta en down, and new iuiprovemonts in- | J: F. Schenck in Bon troduced wherever practicable. 41 1974 Shortly after eight o'clock the assemblage gathered B 1871 in the lecture room, where addresses were made by 42 1 T. L. Mason, M. D., President of the Collegiate De- “a Is7L partment, Kev. Dr. Schenck, Dr. Vint n, Dr. Fariey a 1873 and Samuel Sloane. Dr. Aiason gave a bricf bistury a 1473 Of the institution from the ime their cisrter was rr 1874 obtained, in 1458, up tu the present. They bad com- rr 1870 bined the hospital and co./ege, which hat been a a “1874 ene sFornegua ‘The laiter, however, had been seli- a 1874 justaining. ‘The necessity for a hospita’ in this section of the 2 lg city was very grea!, from tue fact that it toox in the “4 1870 wharts and shore of tue entire southern purtion of “ 70 the city, and che patienis hau increa-el to such an Pod exten! tuey had found it nec ssary from ume to “a time to enlarge the building. After remarks had 43 1871 been made by itev. Drs. Scheuck, Maton aud others, $ pid the meeting adjourned. a“ 1873 THE BANK OF BOLIVIA. ae 40 1873 La Paz, Bolivia, Fob. 8, 1960, To Tae EprTor oF THR HeRALD:— In a recont number of the Heap J note a state. ment to tne effect that the Director of the Bolivian . 59 41 1873 When we reuca the grade of captains after the first Hho alae wuose ages and services are as fol- Wai CAPTAINS. Bank had been compelled by the government to loan | D, McDougal. 59 a 1872 it $100,000, This is utterly unirue. The government Oo 40 1sTT requested a loan of this amount, and the Director NS, furnished the funds under @ contract most favorable 53 37 1877 to the interests of the institution. The frat dividend of 8T 1876 was paid by the Treasury Departinent some days 14 4 pay before tailing duc, with the stipulated interest in 1 37 ‘1881 full, anu tae remaining two will unduubiedly be paid 37 1873. as promptiy. ‘ihe article to which i aliude Was un- 28 1876 douvtediy written to viluy & government which 1s 86 1582 eudeavoring in good faith to fulil its ooligations, 36 4877 = which Sey — oan aad protection to 35 1840 reigners and foreign inte. ests. ot ne Holivian Bank Was catablished here in Octo- Fe a ber, 1568, with Joreign capital. it has an exclusive 33 1880 riviloge for fifteea Years, & capita Of $1,000,000, and 23 1879 Raw hat @ career Oi brilliant success, Considering 11s 32 1882 brief term of exissence. 32 1883 in aul its transactions with the government it has 52 1885 met with frankness, couriesy and liberality, and 31 1883 deena It but an act of just.ce to publ.su the most 82 1886 oun and formal denial of the slander aduded to a1 1584 iu this communication. 31 1886 Very truly, sours, MAKES 5. KAND, Cashier. —we flud oiticers under forty-live years of age, with the prospect of serving over seveniecn ) ears before retirement, they may in the course of naval peace events enjoy the rauk of rear admirals for some ume a‘ter reaching tus grade. but, alas for the commanders, they have but little chauc: of reaching the envied position of gan ge and they may expect to be absorved in the grade captains duly retired for age or Tif BOSON HIDE AND LEATHER BANK CASE, Felton Cannot be Punished. mm the Boston Traveller, Marci 16.) ‘The opinion Of the Supreae Court, ta tue hands of the reporter, in favor of we uereadaat, A. C. Felton, oa the indictment agalast him ia tie State Court, ws accessory beiore the fact to an mez sejuent or frauduieat conversion of Wo funds of the bank by tue cashier, is bused on the ground that ue had committed no onence ander the State laws; that the gifence of the cashior was a insd under the United Staies sta.ute, as bw provided for, and the State law appiics cummodores ani service, GENERAL BRECK WVIDGE AT HOME. General Breckinridge was the recipient of hospi- taiities in Fraukfort, Ky, oa the lth last. In re Spouse bo @ Cali Le Bpok Jollowa cess Ties tw fe.onies. court du uot decide FsLLoW Cirizens—Whea Lcame to Frankfort to. against their own jurisdiction, because twey tind | day 1 was not with any expectation whatever of that elton 1 punishable and trlabie in tue fed- | receiving this warm and friendly welcome, nd eed, J} thought tt was understood among my friends that, tor reasons winch | know they appreciate, | particu- larly desired that nowhere shoula | be received with more tian an mforiual expression of kindiy 1 have been deligited to talk with my imends of earlier ae towards whom my heart grows warmer as I receive on every hand kind greet Ings and the uniaistakabie ussurance of their regird. 1 thank ‘akc with all the sincerity and lervor of an earnest and grateful heart tor this kind expression aud frendiy greeting, Indeed, I feet that there is @ kindred fecling among us, @ spiritual bond of affection that has swelled up in warm and geuerous bosoms and given expression to itself in ‘Unis your visit, 1 stall no more how than a iS erat courts, as exclusive jurisdiction, Tha ound Was 180 raced by be ‘dofon jauvs counsel, Mr. A. A, Ranney, combated by the Attorney Geperal, who conviuded tiat tiere Was no law vo punish accessories to Lay ofence ti the United States statues, and chat the indicument for conspiracy pending in *he Cireutt Court would not He, as the rovision against conspiracy Telated to acts in vio~ Muon of tio. revenue ony, and was not oherwine appucable to this case abal. And that such were tue objections of dere ndant's counsel tn the Circuit Court, wineh must avati there i the end. In this view the closing senience in the opinion of the Su- preme Court 16 sigui.cant, Afier puthug their de- cision entirely on the first of sad grounds, via.:— an, Aof our decision may very probably be to leave | that there is # point in life which is mark ‘The oifoc' &, is obaed as ® great crime tu yo wholy unpunished | made dear to us all by the realization Tod untried, but that 16 ® result which we bave wv power | dream or loud hopes To, me this reagwn, walol has prevent, drawn from the peuple of Keniucky—a whom ‘Taken in connection with the ion of tho Ped. | I shul. always love—these expressions of warm and erat vours «# intimated, aud in consequence of | tender ea . have been infinitely the happiest whioh, the indictment in the Lniied staves Court | moments of my lile—® reunion which 1 hope will was ‘cyntunued to await the acuon o1 the Stage Cour, continue Wille shis poor lie may endure. it geom that Fo'ton will not prove tw hat ‘yhe Veneral mads no torinat eal the Gene Comsnivted any Criminal offeace any atatate | ral Assemuly while at 7 left tor Lex+ leq in overurawinu his accouat ing vou ear On Sunuay