The New York Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1869, Page 4

‘The Cunard steamship Siberia, Caytain Martyn, from Liverpoo!, April 17 via Queenstown the 18th, arrived at this port yesterday afternoon, She brings details of our telegrams up to dates of sailing. Baron Gustave Rothecluld is appointed Consul | General for Ausiria at Ps Jate Baron James, Archbishop Manning refuses to alter his former decision relative to the placing of petitions for mercy for the Fenian prisoners at the diferent chapel doors in London, A proposition to erect astatne in London to the late Prince Albert has been negatived by ie Com- mon Council of that city. The motion for the erec- tion of a memorial window in the Guildhall, for the same object, shared a similar fate, The friends of Queen Isabella in Paris say that the Cortes are sure to call the Prince des Asturias to the throne eventually. It is reported that Napoleon considers this the best solution of ditticulties, The French system of weights and measures has been adopted by the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies by a large majority. The regulation will come in force on January 1, 1871. The Ministerial bill for the reorganization of the Italian army fixes the strength of the army at 620,000 men, of whom 400,000 are to form the active sirength. The peace footing 1s to be determined by the annual war estimate, and the army is to be divided into active and reserve lorces, It ig stated that great surprise is feit in Prussian commercial circles at the postponement of the promised reduction in the rate of postage between Prussia and England. Prince Napoleon, who is not wanted in France dur- ing the electioas, 1s to be sent on his travels again by an imperative order of the head of his family. It is stated “with certainty” that te is going for a cruise in the Adriatic, The manufacture of the French Atlantic cable 1s rapidly approaching completion. The total length manufactured is 3,033 nautical intles, and there only remain 537 miles now to be finished. The Great Past ernand Scanderia have taken on board 1,750 miles and 450 miles respectively. Another strike has taken place in Belgium, at Borinage, a district in the province of Hatnaut, which contains a number of coal mines, The men are sami to have destroyed the works of one of the is, replacing his futher, tae collieries, and seven of them are reported to be killed, and many more wounded, in a collision with the mulitary. A rumor is current in Paris that the Russian gov- ernment appears to be wishing to open the Turco- Greek dispute again by making representations in favor of the Greeks threatened with expuision and to insure the execution of reforms in Crete. Dtplo- macy ere does not appear to be inclined to summon a conterence again. Itis not true that the Austrian Prime Minister, Count von Beust, has addressed any diplomatic notes to his agents abroad about the asserted ‘“al- lances.” The scheme never went so far 2s to reach the channels of diplomacy; it has failed, and there- fore there is nothing to say but deny. Some time since an account was published of the sleeping mau at the Bicétre Hospitai, Paris. He died on the 12th ult., having slept there seven months and three days. On the morning of his death he woke up and swallowed a pint of choco- late, also the same quantity of broth, and some wine. There seems to be a considerable probability of the Spanish government finding a way out of their Ninancial difiiculties for the present. Several emi- nent banking firms at Paris and at Frankfort have undertaken the loan of £10,000,000 recently auinor- ized by the Cortes. The terms of the ioan will short- ly be made public. The Gazette of Sarony relates an incident which took place at an auction sale, at Cassel, of the horses pf the Elector of Hesse, confiscated with the rest of ois fortune by the King of Prussia. A superior ofMl- cer, @ Hessian, bought two of the finest at a very high price, and paid Gown the money at once to the Prussian Commisstoner. He then drew out a revol- ver from his pocket and shot them both dead, The murderer Sheward has made a further confes- sion of his guilt. It will be remembered he volun- tarily gave himself up in London and confessea to the crime of killing his first wife and dismembering her body. It appears now he has abandoned all hope of paraon and confessed the manner im which he Committed the horrible deed. At the recent race meeting at Longchamp Queen Isabella and her husband exchanged some expres- sions of friendship with Don Carlos and Doiia Mar- garita, which the Paris papers immediately noted as asign of an approaching fusion betweeu these two branches of the house of Spain. The meeting, how- ever, was simply that of near relations and had no political object. ' The late decree of the Emperor Napoleon allotting an extra pension of 250 francs to each soldier of the first empire still living, has caused some discontent in France. The number of recipients figure up to about 40,000, wien will incur an anaual extra ex- penditure of 10,000,000 francs. In face of this the Corps Legisiatif some time previous refused to pass @ bill allowfng moderate pensions to retired public teachers, which would only have mvolved an outlay of a few hunared thousand francs. The people complain that the army is being favored to the pre- judice of civil claims. FRANCE. FVpliticeThe General Elections—Oftic! didates—Ministerial Changes Contes; Thiers Congratalated—Is France Free t= Reflections. Paris, April 14, 1869. The political facta and rumors of last week are extremely interesting. The spirit of reform which has so long been working has now thrown up those glaring bubbles which must divide the whole impe- rial mass, and it ts thought prudent to foresee what might occur at a more or less distant period. In the first piace it is stated that the general elec- tions will probably take place on the 30th of next Month, and the question of official candidates is again the order of the day at the Assembly. The last orator opposed to government candidates was M. Buitet; he represented that they were a source of weakness to the empire, and should be abandoned entirely; that from the moment the Ministers admit the judgment of the majority it is a necessity that this majority should very exactly represent that of the electoral body; and to obtain this itis necessary that the coun- try should express its opinion, be the master of its own destinies and point out « way which govern- ment might follow resolutely without fear of con- sequences. M. de Forcade, the Minister of the Interior, answered that he considered it impossible to throw down the principle of oficial candidates; as long as the opposition had not abdicated their powers the government could not do #0; but it had entered on a liberal path and would persevere in the union of power with liberty. And now rumors positively confirm the statement made by the Minister. I cannot vouch for their ac- complighment; I can only state wifat is carried about from high authority to high dignitary, that your readers may be prepared for coming evente. Many liberal papers from the European States have this week been stopped on the fronuers for free com- ment on the constitution and the changes augured; but it would be a very Herculean task to stop a po- litical correspondent in the pursuit of his duties, and many are at this hour publishing the rumors which the French papers are, with few exceptions, not licensed to Caer A je in the Ministry is supposed to dl. nation is to acquire minis terial responsibility, The Assembly is to nominate its President; the Senate to make its sittings pubiic. an great “leecwame be ee ae By ne M. je Persigny. He woui appointed je Empe- ror’s household; M. Vaillant would be Chancellor, M. Kouler President of the Senate, M. de Forcade Ia uette would be Minister of the Finances, and Emile Oilivier, whose views regarding foreign policy are eer favored by the km) , Would be at the of the Foreign Omce. . Baroche, who as Minister of Justice has been most unfortunate in the jer affair, would return to private life. No faa ticular epoch ts specified for the realization of these cheages, but the approaching elections are supposell to be central pivot for this complete transforma- ton. The debates at the Palais Bourbon before the above rumors circulated were most sensational. No Jess than 10,000 visiting cards were left at tire house em. Bist apropos ot iecusalon on the budget. It LH on of the di faminous feat of oratory, each word cleverly | systom NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1869,—TRIPLE. SHERT. courteons but incisive. Fe went so far as to ques- tan the basis of tue comnts without any one rising to stop him while going over such ground; ‘and P. de Cassagnac, in his Journal de UEmwpire, the next day, accused the President, A. Leroux. who officiated im the absence of M. Seuneider, of having taved in lis mission when he allowed M, Thiers to attack the stace for more than an hour nce ol the Ministers, { may ada | that it was a wise resnark for the oMecial journalist to make; but it Would have been exigemely dimcuit | lor A. Leroux tooppose a dyke to the Rowing torrent | of the famous speaker’s eloquence. The Minisiers | were so taken by surprise that M. Thiers came on them like @ caulious wrestler, very quietly, His ever to proceed by granting concessions to his ady ‘7 he gives them plenty of space, then im the development of his ideas he discovers 1m them several defects, which he points out tn a mild way; pillar, where he derides them and soon comes down on them with smart whipping, “An,” he exclaims, “vou say France is tree; where is ner individual liberty where is her electoral liberty? where 18 her liberty of the press? where 18 her liberty of meet- eget, wees is the liberty of a ministerial many alo ¥ M. Rouher, in @ furious frame of mind, scrambled up tothe tribune, and, boiling over with unpatient anger, endeavored to destroy the effects of M. Thier’s improvisation, but in so abrupt a way that T. Favre applied to him the precepts of Cicero:—“ When good reusous are Wanting an orator has but to throw himself into a violent passion.’? Uf France were more careful of her own interests she would read such speeches as those of K. Olivier, Thiers, Favre anu Picard, but under the present re- gime it 18 incontestable that the affair of all has become the amair of none; few know the noble zeal which characterizes studious patriots, and this is every day proved by the utter degeneraic state of puoi fecling in popular meetings. ‘Three of them have again been dissolved. ‘The cause o/ the conflict isever the same. ‘The police ofticer who oiiciates rises and stops an orator for discussing politica; the orator sWeurs he is doing no such thing; the oilicer threatens to toss him over the tribune 1 he dare t,"suy they, Says the police; all; and gentiemen and ladies get turned out; those who reaist are put pas locked up tor the night. At the Salle Kobert @ whole cloud of sergenis-de-ville came to help | be on the mountains as well people out. When just complaints arise the red spectre 18 evoked—the specure of revoluuon—and the nation quails. The Emperor's Letter Criticised. The Emperor Napoleon’s recent etter to the Min- ister of State regarding the preparations for com- memorating the hundredth anniversary of Napoleon L, the text of which was published In the HERALD a few days back, has attracted considerable attention in polttical circles in Paris. The semt-oficial press have littie to say on the subject, but the two inde- pendent papers, the Temps aud Avenir, make up for the reticence of the other journals. The Avenir is especially bitter, as may be judged from the tone of the following savage attack:— If the coming elections did not explain the letter it would be incomprehensible, the .Ewperor being fully ayare of the controversy it woula give rise to. Since Napoleon was born “many ruins o1 the em- pire have accumulated.” Yes, Many ruins; first, the ruins of tue old regime, over which the genius of the revolution soared gloriously, and next wie ruins of the moral and material conquests of the revolution; and it is on those that the bgure of Na- poleon stands out. “itis still the figure of Napo- leon,’’ says the Emperor, “which guides and pro- tects us, and which from nothing made me what I am.” On this last point the E: ror 1s right; at all events he las # right to judge biunself as ne likes— that is his affair and not ours. But when he says that Napoleon stiil guides and protects us he makes a singular mistake. When Napoleon guided us he guided us to Spain and Moscow—that 1s tosay, to those Catastrophes which have diminished the prestige of our arms and caused France .o undergo humiliations after having felt all the favors of for- tune. And since the Emperor says that Napoleon ‘Stil guides us, the Mexican disaster is easily under- ‘stood. But if the souventr of Napoleon guides us it does not protect us. When Napoleon, forgetting his oaths, erected his throne over the fallen republic, the France of tie revolution, bright with the giory of tue republican arms, possessed as frontiers the Alps, the Khine and the scheldt. Prussia was associated with our policy by interest; Russia by amour propre; and, witnout being too much engaged im German affairs, we had in our hands the balance of Ger- man interests. Yes, we were protected; protected by the sympathy, aimiratton and respect of peoples; protected by our natural frontiers; and we had peace, which had finady descended on revolutionary rrance heroically defended by liberty. It was in that admirable situation taat Napoleon took France aad threw her into a war which was to last ten years and end in adouble invasion. This is the way in which the remembrance of Napoleon guides and protects us. “Napoleon,” says the Emperor, “called France the great nation.” He was rigut, ior, thanks to the revolution, she was indeed the great nation. But when the Emperor adds that Napoleon ‘de- veloped the manly virtues which found empires,” he forgets the best known but saadest part ol the his- tory of his uncie. He forgets 1314, Fontainebleau and the Senate —all those valets who deceived and cow- ardly abandoned tneir master—all those dignitaries who, by the vaseness of their ingratitude, make the shame of their servility forgotten. He forgets, above all, that Napoleon reaped what he had sowed; he did not like free men or independent characters; at the supreme moment he only found lackeys, and his empire at the end resembled that of which Montes- quieu said that it could neither live with soldiers nor without them. ‘‘I desire,’’ says the Emperor, “that from the 15th of August next all soldiers of the republic and the first empire should recetve an annual pension of 259 francs.” Lf, a8 18 not likely, there sull exist soldters of the republic, this passage of the Eimperor’s letter will recall mauy sad things, It wil make them remember the time when, recognizing no longer a Bonaparte surrounded by monarchical pomp—neither the general of Italy, nor, above all, the victor of royal- ism at Toulon and of the 13th Vendemaire—when they asked themselves what nad become of so man; Mne speeches, glorious exploits, oaths, vows, am hopes. We are, said they to themselves, no more than revoited slaves, Who are made to reiorge the chains which they have broken, But those wuo, ac- cording to Thibaudeaa, spoke thus im 1803, will uot be able toread the Ewmperor'’s letter; they are all dead. “fo render homage to the memory of great men,” says the hmperor, “ is to recogaize one of the wost striking manifestations of the Divine will.) It ig not men, however great they be, who make the greatness of nations ; itis a fiee and happy nation which makes the greatness of those who have con- tributed to assure its well-being and its liberty. For # iree people there are ueither exceptional, myste- rious nor egendary beings; there are great citizens and honest statesmen, ike Washington. With the 1 providential meu dictators are rm comes tyranny, and with tyranny tue decadence of nations, SPAIN. for a Formidable Carlist Rising. MabrID, April 12, 1869. Lo, we are to have a grand movement soon. The Preparations journals are full of the project. The good citizens of this capital converse about it freely, and, following the current, 1 might as well state that this grand movement, which is to take place “soon,” is to be the invasion of Spain by the Carlists and the taking of the deld against them by Marshal Serrano and his army. ‘The Carlists line the northern slopes of the Pyre- hees; they are camped along the whole range from Bayonne to Perpiegnau. They are heard of as being at La innguera, Foix, Tarbes, Dox, Aleron, Mons Louis and Bellegarde, making short excusions into Spain, frightening a few of the peopie and inviting ‘he National Guards after them. Even in the inte- rior of Spain there are found evidences betoken- ing that the coming struggle is not far distant. At Cuenca there is @ congregation of Car. liste, im what force is not known, ana will not be known until the trumpet blast of Don Carlos and his General—Martinez—is heard this side of the Pyrenees. The Carlists, | have no doubt in the least, are nearly as plentiful in Madrid as the republicans, and they may be scattered all over Spain in equal numbers with the flerce radicals, Being strong, there 4 no occasion to hide in ambush forever. kither Don Carios must feel himsett strong enough to make good battle, otherwise he is an idiot to pub) his intentions, prompting Serrano and Prim to c action, Whatever movements his troops have made as yet have been known pretty clearly, and it ix in the mouth of the meanest peas. ant t eacing the streets of Madrid that “Dou Curios is coming.” ‘Those who have heard this phrase repeatediy may ask, “Why does he not come?’ Simply that he can- hot come just now is the sole and sunple reason of his delay. One glance at the Pyrenees, one look at every range in the neighborhood of the capital gives suflicient tongue a8 to why he “cannot come.’ When the revolution ts inaugurated summer must as on the piains. how covers every moun- tain peak faust be thawed by mial heat, When that period has arriv we all see a revolution, for how long no one can say. ‘fhe numbers of the rebels cannot be estimated, We shall have sufficient bloodshed and batves to make sad havoc among the young men of Spain. Of thas there can be no doubt, because party feeling ts #o in- tense that It borders on insane hatred, The horrors that were enacted inthe last Carlistic revolution are sul remembered and may be repeated. The sword, the scaffold, exile and the dungeon have, within t last twenty years, crushed much of the onal irit, but when the contest between Cariiste and the overnment shail have been begun we may know which party the nation will give ite support. the republicans unite with the Carlists, as I have heard some le say they will, they are in the majority, and Prim and Serrano must wing their way to the Philippines or the Canaries faster than they sane, But it is hardly possible, because b; helping Don Carlos ¢o the throne of Spain the rep Hicans will have leaped out of the frying in into the fire with @ ven, ice. Don Carlos will become a fixture trremovabie, while if they waitea to see what kind of @ monarch the government would bring forth they might fad prea of chances to All the snow that 5 Anu thus he animadverts until he gets tuem up to a | { make a dash and upset monarchy forever in the | country. Montpensier Does Not Want a Crown. The Correspondencta and moat of tae Madrid papers of recent antes publish the foliowing:— For the present, we deem it useless to break anether spear on benalf or our candidate, the Duke | of Montpensier, because his Koyal Highness never | pretended to the crown—that is to say, tiat he hever sought or solicited 11; but that he lias acted thoroughly as a Spaniard loving his country, Who consented taat the hope of arriving at a consolida tion of the revolutionary work should be founded in him. ‘The Duke never dreamed to ascend tie throne withowt having been dulyeiected by the vote of the Cortes, the legitimate representauye of the country by universal suirage. The Duke would have retired some Une since Into private !ife if every day and | every moment he had not been given to understand that his suieuce and passive assent were necessary to the triumph of the revoiution which he had ac- knowledyed, In our opinion, the Duke of Montpen- sler aspires nowadays but to enjoy in a peaceiul retirement, aud in the midst of his family circle, the righis and guaraatees granted to ali Spaniards, However, should vie circumstances exact it, he will be always ready to defend, a8 a Spaniard and as & suldier, the liverties of the nation, We must add that, more than ever, we entertain the conviction that the candidature of the Duke of Montpensier would be the strongest obstacle to the reaction in Spain, as is proved by the incessant war made agalust uim by all the enemies of the revolution. ROME. Catholic Ocremonies—Holy Week-Mass in St. Peter’s—interesting Rites—Tie Sistine Chapel—Sacred Relics—The Baptistery of Constantine—Conversions—American Visi ors—Distinguished Persons. Rome, Aprit 4, 1369. Another Holy Week has passed; again we lave “assisted at the Vattcan and once more have wit- nessed those august ceremonies at St, Peter's, under the cupola of Michael Angelo, and have seen the profound impression which they produced on all who witnessed them, I will not enter into the details of the solemnities; they are quite well known, Except to Catholics, who understand the difference, one ceremony is like another. It is always first the ingress of the Vicar of Jesus Christ into the Basilica, borne atoft on the “sedia gestatoria,” preceded by the diverse orders of the Church, and surrounded by the most distinguished personages of his court; on whose passage all knees bow, from the crowned heads in their tribunes to the simplest peasants from their neighboriag villages. As always, once seated on his throne, raised opposite to and facing the ligh altar, he receives next the obedience of all the car- dinals, patriarchs, archbishops and bishops pre- sent; at his might side stand the cardinal deacons, Prince Colonna (called prince assistant), the Senator and Conservatori (these form what we call the mu- nicipality of Rome). At the left of the throne, is the tribune for sovereigns; next to them the diplomatic corps; opposite to this the tribune eet apart for the superior officers of the army. ‘The noble guards in their magnificent scarlet uniforms completed the ensemole of this stupendous picture; framed on one side by the celebrated and grandiose consession or tomb of St. Peter, on the altar of which burn the pas- chal candles on the candelabra sculptured by Bernini. As said before, it 1s useless to follow step by step the ceremonies of Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, but on the latter day who can but be im- preened: at the acts of the Elevation, when the Holy ‘ather (who then says the mass himself) raises the holy wafer and the blessed chalice, turning all round, and slowly, during which piay, from the heights of the cupola, in solemn anthem of praise, the silver trumpets of the noble guards. Words are not suificlent to depict the greatness and majesiy of that moment—my modest pen cannot describe it— the most sceptic spirit must then feel moved before that grand, holy and venerable figure of Pius the Ninth, that kneeling cpowd and that melodious music, all of which once seen ana ard never forgotten. On Holy Thursday we, as usual, followed the Pope’ through his many ceremonies of that lay. We saw him carry the sacrament from the Sistine chapel to the Paulina and place it in its glittering surine of steel, rock crystal and thousand lights; we then, by rush- ing and fighting through dense crowds, saw him walk and Kiss the feet of the tweiveA posties—priests named for that office by the national churches of different countries and from some colleges, Roman and for- eign. We then elbowed our way up to the supper, served by tue Pope to these same priests. it 13 called the cdne or supper, but is, from the hour, a breakfast or dinner. They get good soup (meagre), fish, vegetables and sweets. LX. helps them to all these dishes and pours out to them their wine and water so kindly and even jocosely that it 1s Pleasant to watch him, On Thursday evening, as I had also on Wednesday ime Friday, heard the so vaunted *'Misereres” in the istine chapel, the first by Alievri, the second com- posed by Palestrina and the third modern by Mas- tafa, the celebrated aito singer of the Pope's cele- brated choir, On Thursday evening at St. Peter's, after the ‘Miserere,” the high aitar is washed with wine by all the priests of the church, each drying it with a small broom or mop made of shavings. This ceremony comes just after the exposing of the three great relics preserved in this basilica—a piece of the true cross, & fragment of the spear of Longino, the Roman soidier who pierced the Saviour’s side, and the veil of the Veronica. Each of these relics 1s con- tamed ina silver reliquary, and the objects cannot be distinguished from below by the kneeling thou- sands—for tiousands and tens*of thousands have thronged to St. Peter's from morning tll night dur- ing the whole of Holy Week. On Good Friday, being determined to lose nothing, lagain assumed my dress coat and white tie, thus gaining admittance (by pushing and kicking) into the Sistine chapel, and saw the Pope, with all the cardinals, adore the cross, prosternated low on the ground, Wituout shoe or sandal; and on Saturday | arose early, im order to be in time to visit the Church of St. John Lateran, to see the baptism of the Jewess, who this year was the only one of her race who became a Christian, The ceremony was performed at the baptistery of Constantine, by Car- dinal Reisach, and the water poured on her head came from the same font where was christened that Emperor of the ast, ‘The tribunes at St. Peter's and every public cere- mony connected with this holy week have of cOurse teemed with our countrymen and women, and as usual the latter have carried off the palm of beauty, in chareh draped in black silk and half shrouded in Spanish veils, a3 they do in baliroom in very differ- entature. The Wadswortus, the Wards, the ers, the Caroll’s, the Taompsons, the Treggios, the Poik’s, Mrs, Von Hoffman—ali these names will bring to your mind American beauty. There were also many handsome Englishwomen—Lady Dudley, Mrs. Stanley, Lady Archibaid Campbell and the Duchess of Sutherland. The conversion of Count and Countess Schomberg to the Catholic religton is the subject, by the by, of all conversations. Heis @ Saxon and an immense landed proprietor. On his estates are many Protestant churches, The pastors and their families and friends are in despair, and a deputation has been sent on to Rome to entreat them not to go In vain; itis un fathaccompli. After thi short account of the ceremonies I must stop, but not before mentioning the solemn bene- diction given by the Pope from the large balcony over the principal entrance door of St. Peter's, The sight was really sublime, The muititude ancovered and mage that glorious square in front of the a imploring of ‘on the crowd o! of every nation, the profound silence more remark- Pope appears at the baicony he ts drawn up in & square in the Place, by trumpets and the c' of brass instruments, the clear, ringing voice of Pius 1X., and all this followed by a burst of enthusiasm, evidently coming from the hearts of the assembled thousands, form an ensemble ever to be remembered by those who once witnessed it. A good many royalists were here for the ceremo- nies. 1 saw inthe sovereign’s tribune the King and vo a ra his Royal ness the DuKe of rma, jose marriage with Princess Maria Pia, third sister of the King of Na is to come off to- morrow; his Serene Highness rince hereditary Bernard Frederick of Saxe-Meinigen, the heredi- tary Prince of Monaco, and their Koyal Highnesses the Princes and Princesses of Naples. { must not forget simoi royal highbnesses the Duke and Duchess of Mouchy, who, however, being neither nor flesh, neither princes of the blood nor Koman princes, had to have @ seat set apart for them by Cardinal Antonelli. FRANCE AND BELGIUM. The Franco-Belgian Railway Negotiations. The Paris Patrie of Thursday evening, ihe 16th ult, Says, with reference Ww the arrangements proposed by M. Ferre Orban, the Belgian Premier, who is now in Paris: — From the beginning, when the Belgian companies entered into reations with the French Hastert come pany, all the diferent systems which could possibly be adopted were considered, and it was rs agreed that a mere work: arrangement could, under present circumstances, neither insure attainment of the object in view nor provide for the numerous interests affected, What was above all necessary forj the proprietors of the Belgian ines was to treat wih a powerful com- pany like the Eastern, able to furniah ade- = Piant and to create a considerable ramMc; Dut thoge requirements—the only ones capa ble of assuring the ery of the two lines— could only be fulfilled w condit to the French Company, ‘wach wan" prepared. t9 make great advances, all desiravie guarantees. To insure these guarantees no other means could be discovered than to allow the French Bastern Cum- urchase those lines er to take working y to Feasts of them. Jt was wit of one or other of these means the “f Neto non. ernment from the beginning ente: opening negotiations. The Plan su; pene Oy Me Orbaa does not assume the form ro) and moreover a Be tnadeduate to protect 1 e iaterente nt tee com- panies, which itave aiw: Say arrangement ‘of & “tur Kady “Lh aut canes however, the relations between M. #rére Orban and the French government continue to be of the most satisfactory character, and the closer moral intimacy which has been brought about between the two countries is a very fortunate event. IRELAND. Fenianism—The Britis: Army on the Qui Vive Searching Steamers Renowed--Emigration. Cong, April 15, 1869, There is renewed and marked activity again dis- played by the movements and increased number of war ships of the various classes of the British navy all along the Irish coast, especially from Kinsale head, on the south, to the mouth of the Shannon, on the northwest, on the look out, it is said, for another Fenian expedition from the American shores, which the London Globe, a semi-oficial journal, announced in its columns some time since; or more likely to prevent a surprise from a second harmless visit of a “Jacmel,’? as the last one proved to be, Although the Gladstone government have an- nounced their measures of retrenchment in every branch of expenditure and reduction wherever practicable to a low degree, the dread of a visit from the Fenians will still continue to drag heavily upon his budget by the maintenance of this modern blockade, as the vessels of light armament and tonnage are kept always engaged, some in keeping up supplies from the government depots at Queens- town, and others, principally the heavily armed ‘unt such as the Lapwing class, are kept cruis- ing from port to port, and must in such cases use large quantities of coal, &c., besides the wear and tear to the hulis and rigging. Equally as active are the movements of the mill- tary and the lynx-eyed scrutiny of the detectives upon the intending emigrant; or shouid the trav- elier have that peculiar smart appearance which de- notes that he once resided under the ‘Stars and Stripes,” an examination of his luggage and search of his person is surely vo ensue in ninety-nine out of one hundred cases, no matier whether he is home- ward or outward bound, ‘This has been the rule of the police here, as well as at Queenstown, during the past week, where a most rigid search has been made by them ol the persons and luggage of intend- ing emigrants of suspicious appearance of both sexes, and to discover the bearer of Fe- pian documents to the brethren in Ame- rica from the Head Centre of that body in Ireland, who, it is alleged, was recently visited by a tuncuion ary of high standing belonging to that disloyal or- ganization. The steamship companies having boats trading from the different places tn England and Scotland, as well as those calling at our ports from America, have had intimation from the authorities to carefully scan the character of m cases or enclosed parcels intended for this counwy, and should they suspect them to be of a sinister charac- ter—such as arms, ammunition, &c.—to give infor- mation to the police and Custom House authorities, or @ case of collusion and aiding Fenians may be brought against those disobeying this mandate. ‘These are iurther proofs that the government already begin to find that all 1s not serene in her “brightest m’? and that it would have been well to have thought twice before they once enlarged the leadets of disaffection, or begun to disendow the Protestant Church, without first acceding to their demand, that ofabolishing English landlords, aa it is them and not the Church the Fenians regard as their Irish grievance. The emigration from Queenstown stil! continues with a vengeance, and the various stéamship com- panies having boats calling there are unable to give accommodation to those offering, notwithstanding the rise in the price of passages to seven and eight guineas and the placing on their lines of all their avail- able steamers and chartering of others. Thousands are now under the government allowance of one and sixpence per day, await their depar- ture. ‘Those who have been unsuce in obtain- ing lod; Queenstown have had to Cork to stop until they can be When I mention that the Cunard and Inman lines despatch one or two extra steamers a week to take out their passengers who were left behind from their regular boats, which in addition to the large carrying capacities of the National and Guion steamers, 600 out of the National boat, and 600 out of the Inman have been shut out to-day; and besides this the books of ail the companies have been closed inst people engaging passages until the middle of next month. You can form some idea of the large emigration that will take place this year, e prisoner John Crawley, the alleged murderer of two seamen on board the ship Herefordshire, while close to San Francisco, arrived at Queenstown lastevening in the Alexander Dutme from San Francisco and was given up by Captain Dougias to the authorities. He has been sent home as a pris- oner by the Britisn Consul at San Francisco to be tried for these crimes in England. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Bavarian government has ordered all infantry corps to be reduced one-third. All the journals in the Grand Duchy of Baden that write against Prussia are seized. The French government has ordered 100,000 Re- mington rifles from the United States, A seizure of 100,000 roubles in counterfeit bank notes was recently made at Warsaw, in Poland. Pe: company a weasel ade et in ae rte ne ie purpose of construct railways and telegra; lines inc ay grap! The finest camelia in Paris is at present in full bloom at the Jardin d’Acclimatation. It bears no Jess than 3,700 buds. The German papers rt that the Swedish nat- uralist, Rosenkold and wife, have been shot in Paraguay by orders of Lopez. The Pope has presented the Golden Rose to Duke Robert, of Parma, on the occasion of his marriage with Princess Maria-Pia, of Sicily, ~- The Cathotica of Germany have sent upwards of $2,500,000 to the Pope to commemorate his jubilee, and the addresses bear 25.000 signatures. -By a recent decree of the King of Prussia, the united villages of Karsy, Bobzy, Budy and Twierz- choclaw are to bear the name of Bismarckdorf. Advices from Constantinople state that Greek con- suis have ted 150,000 passports to Turkisn sub- jects, thereby enabling them to pass for Greeks. ‘The King of Italy presented a fine English mare, from’ hia own stables, to the Austrian General Moer- ing, on the occasion of his late visit to Florence. The heredit Prince of Wurtemberg was received by the King of Prussia in Berlin on the 4th, and from that date took service in the First regiment of the Guards. ‘The Emperor of the French has just presented the Imperial Library with four superb medals represent- ing Alexander the Great and Philip bf ion, which cost 60,000f. Under the title of “Another Sign of Peace,” the Ovinon Nationale of Paris mentions thai the Min- ister of War is experimenting on the river Rhon with a new system of gunboat. A new Protestant church is to be erected at Sulina, Turkey, tnjconnection with the works of the European com! ion of the Danube. The funds are being subscribed and an English clergyman appointed. The Gavois of Paris calls attention to the fearful increase of a in that city, and mentions as a fact that a deputy recently won 000 in gold at one sitting from a member of the foreign diplomatic corps. - The committee appointed by the Provinctal Coun- cil of Messina to examine ito the nature of the disease which akan poone out se LS, ol trees (agriement proposed a prize of . to person who shali discover the beat method of cure. ‘The Moniteur de UV Armée of Paris publishes a re- port that has an: but a tendency— namely, that the effective force now under arms in France is 400,000 men, which will be tucreased to 667,000 by recailing the men on leave. In July next this number will be increased by 77,000 conscripte. The fourth annual trotting fair at Buffalo, to be held under the auspices of the Buffalo Park Asso- ctation, will commence on the 10th of August and continue four days. Twenty-five thousand dollars will be given in premiums, the entries for which will close on the 7th of August, The Park Associa- tion have heretofore eclipsed all others in the coun- try in the magnitude of their premiams, and they seem determined to retain their prestige. The following # the order in which the premiums are offered. FIRST DAY. No, 1.—Purse $1,000, for horses that never beat three minutes in harness or towagon. First horse. $600; second, $200; third, $100, No, 2.—Purse $2,000, for horses that never beat 2:30 in harness or to wagon. First horse, $1,100; second, $000; third, $300. SECOND DAY. = 3.—Purse Apna! for poet that never beat 2:40 im harness or to wagon. First ho 00 5 ; third, $150. ee No, 4.—Purse $3,000, for horses that never beat 2:2y im harness or to wagon. First horse, $1,700; second, $800; third, $500, THIRD DAY. ‘ Ho. scomear ts Wen aor psig h that never beat 2:50 in har on, First horse, 3; second, tn perneee Ee » $600; second, No, 6.—Purse $6500, for all pacers, in harness, First rae, $360; Second, $100; third, $60. No. 7.—Puise $10,000; free for all horses, First horse, $45,000; second, $2,500; third, $1,500; fourth, $1,000. FounTH DAY. boa Tera Ad pad for pa bie and driven toge' ouths previous to ust 7, 1860, First pair, $600; second, $300; third, si08. No. 9.—Purse $5,000, for horses that never heat 2:26 harness or to Wagon. First horse, 00; secon Gi.an0; thied, $750; fouren, goon? 940s second, ‘Ali the above racos will’ be mile heats, vest three in five, in harness, except the team race. Bubb Doble will | Philadeiphia and take up is training quarters at the Union Course about the 20th of May. He will bring on with *him Goldsmith Maid, Hotepur and Dot. He will leave behind him Suffolk k Bolly Lewis, Regulator and Young Mr. toward has purchased a brown trotting team, that are said to ve ‘Ther ae vers shows. BURNSIDE. General Burnside at HomeThe Leve for Burnside and the Spite for Sprague—The General on Sprague and the Brown and Ives Fumily—His Opinions on Various Mat- ters Concerning Himself and the Rhode Islaud Regiment—His Picture of Sprague at Bull Run—How the Governer Took Refuge in Firewater from the Enemy’s Fire. Provipenck, R. L, April 28, 1869, Sprague, my boy, there is a roa in pickle for you down here. Thou didst violate the eighth precept of morality in the high places of the nation, and Little Rhody is incensed thereat and threatens thee with vengeance. Oh for @ tongue to tell the deep, undying sense of wrong and outrage that dls the souls of the surviving ten hundred men that made up the First Rhode Island regiment! There 1s noth- ing like it in history. It vibrates through the length and breadth of Rhode Island like the touch of in- dignant meaning struck upon a harp string. And Why should it be otherwise? These men went to battle amid the mingled sorrow ana patriotic jubl- lation of twice ten thousand relatives and friends. Had none of them fallen in battle, had no hearts been seared, no hearthstones widowed forever, then, indeed, there might be less, though little les3, of sad and grievous complaint. Its colonel, too, the brave though not always fortunate Burnside, whose splendid form never shrank from the smoke nor carnage of battle, slandered by the words of his countryman, a native of his own State, a former friend and an intimate companion. Ab! the times are not the olden; the days of chivalry are gone, and those of the other kind that Burke speaks of, if not a worse kind, have truly succeeded. Your correspondent went in quest of General Burn- side yesterday—let us still call him General, for by that title history and his countrymen will know him best—and found himin the last place I expected— at home. He has only just returned, you know, and it was natural enough to suppose that when he went abroad in the morning his troops of admiring triends would waylay nim at every street corner ‘and keep him from the enjoyment of his dinner til long past the conventional hour, The door was opened by an Ethioplan waiter, the grandest I ever looked upon. He might have been valet de chambre to the Eanperor of Morocco or tne obsequious prime minister of the late lamented Theodorus of Abyssinia. I discovered this was no other than “Uncle Bob,” who has been in the Gen- eral's service twenty-one years, by his side through the Mexican war, and by his side at Bull run, where poor Robert was captured and treated toa taste of the dainty living at Libby Prison. ‘Dar, you bet, I was initiated,” said he, with an emphasis that showed plainly he still retains a lively recollection of Confederate hospitality. He wears a splendid crop of something like white lamb’s wool in the shape of a Lord Chancellor’s wig, and this in con- nection with the unctuous, pumpkin complexion of ‘his face, across which he spreads when in humor a broad, bland smile, like breaking of daylight through a bank of yellow clouds, makes him the most rem le looking darky I have met in my travels. The General was just concluding his afternoon meal when we entered. He came towards us with outstretched hand and bid us be seated while he put the finishing touch on the job he had been en- gaged in, He lives in fine style. Few need desire a residence more comfortable or finished. The draw- ing room breathed an aroma of elegance that time and taste alone can cultivate. We were soon together in his study, a small semi- circular concern, very cosey in winter and pieasant and cool in summer. A few shelves of books, a writing desk and odds and ends of other things con- stitute the furniture. The General looked in splendid trim, as though he could begin again at Bull run and go through the whole series without feeling faugued. You would pick him out of any crowd in the world for a soldier or @ commander of sappers miners. Mars, the deity or fighting man of the Romans, must have been very like General Burnside. In the Vernon gallery, London, there is a picture of Ponsonby, whose powerful arm sent the steel through the matled fronts of some of the French cuirassiers at Waterloo, that very much resembles the General, But everybody knows Burnside’s ap- ce; 60 it is neediess to any more on that head. In manner is what men gall a fine fellow; oj honest- hearted, and has none of that smooth that 80 often means deception. Incapable of injuring any- body, he has not the faintest trace of severity in tone or manner, though, gazing on his face tn repose, one might be apt to taink strong and turbulent jons were at work within. No; Burnside is a very amt- able man, without meanness or malice in his na- ture. He has no ambition beyond being successful 1n his ratleoad enterprises and living the career of a good and patriotic citizen. “Well, General,” said I, “what do you think of this ferment i Rhode Island? Where is it going to end? GENERAL—I really don’t know, nor care. In ashort time I'll be mustered out of public life, and I don’t wish to return to it, My railroad business out West will occupy all: my time, and I'll be rid of these an- noyances that surround a man holding office. CORRESPONDENT—Do you intend to make any fur- ther move in this Sprague maiter, General ? GENERAL—Not unless another issue is made that may compel me. I am not adapted to this public wrangling. It may suit Sprague, who ti he makes capital out of it, but toa man of my temper such things are an utter abhorrence. I sve de- ciared my opinion of Sprague already and defended the honor and services of the Rnode Island troops. For myself personally I am indifferent. If people are willing to believe tigi og let them do 80. It is, ofcourse, painful to me that they should give credit or importance to slanders that have no shadow of fact to sustain them, but I don’t intend to make a fishwoman’s quarrel of isto promote whatever de- sign Sprague may have. Now, he talks about the First Khode Isiand and the family of Brown and Ives,” but where can he show a single blood relation of his that fought and fel on the side of the Union? Not one. How was it with the Brown and lves family? Robert Ives, as fine and gallant a sol- dier as ever stood on the field of battle, was shot dead. Young Goddard, another of the family, and as daring a man as Lever knew, fell also. 4 Ames, a nephew, perished, and others [ could name, belonging Brown and Ives family, nobly did their auty, and suffered death and torture in dom; so. The Brown and Ives family belong to that class They are quiet, hgniy Tespectable und. equally re y are qi re- fined. They have ven biood and treasure to sus- tain this Union. ‘hat has Sprague given? He says he maintained the Marine artillery at his own ex- pense. Nobody here believes that; yet here's a man stands up in the United Si and makes this statement, knowing that such was not the fact. Where Sprague gave one dollar to the sup- port of the Marine Brown and Ives gave three; but Brown and | ty as to Bees they do te chet own State. As I said before, they are @ people who dislike r. if they wisn. to live within themseives it is n "8 business, Tous, Dice aod Garry toay eno ae teeter t bh ‘om, Dic! are 10 do 80, am no more the champion of Brown and Ives than 1am o! but I cannot sometimes ? ENERAL—Just $0. I couldn't see on God's earth what put it in his head to assail the First Rnode Island iment. He might have assailed me on account of some notion he got In his head that I was engaged in a tical against him, Ever: here knows better, and it has been long known. | intended to retire this suramer from pub- hte life. This office of ; Which I never sought, has not sufficient for pocket money. CORRES POND ENT—! an old, broken down sol- dier craves your bounty often enough to take it all away, General. GENERAL—Yes, indeed; I know safficient poor soldiers to swallow up everything I have. CORRESPONDENT—What do you think will become of this Goddard chatienge to e? GENERAL—Well, peopie don’t Know Frank God- dard. He is # brave fellow and would think as litte about resenting an insult as any man in tuis town. He bas had more reason than ever anybody got before to publish that card. ‘The provocation was out- but here in New jand we have a code that will not sustain a man in being an aggressor on another after replying to that other in depuncia- terms through the roug! press. You see he has already enjoyed ove satisfaction; to take the other on the first opportunity would 100k too much like = revenge; but if I were in his place | don't thin! I a I'd stop to reflect upon the code, and yet pre 1 Aton & taowee of £ aa ah not cae ae ae IsP0- sition the happiest imaginable. When another man would be State, go at my cer- as cheerful if not almost as contented a mood of mind as ever, and yet I have done as muon as those who fret and fume could do, I have shown | Sprague’s statements to be unfounded and I pave ven my Be es of the gathor. I do not desire to to ington and drag the man out of the inited States Senate for revenge. All such pro- ceedings invariably fail of their object; but I trust my name and character eonfid! to the people of the United States, Knowing that all the little malice of @ new-born military critic cannot tarnish that reputation. Of course | was disturbed by the re- marks he made; but really more on account of these men of Rhode island that served under me than on the score of what he said me. You don't know, sir, what lant Fetinen it was, It was weer best material vor saw in any army, olawees Were (D 1k DoOr mACDADICN As TOU Qe Lad: ‘Monnatres; but the physique, bravery and ad- places, Comuct_ they ano EO with wen tar twaintain the honor of the Firat Island ment, made it just such a regiment us I say—one of the best in the service. ‘That is the reason why L feel annoyed with Sprague, and looked at the tigit from afar, OoRRESPONDENT—But, General, didn’t he fight uke @ lion at Bull rane GENERAL—Yes, he fought like a scared lion, rac- ing out at tremeudous speed on a horse to the line of fire, then as suddenly wheeling round and racing back to get a drink, then racing out to another point and racing back just a# Last to get another drink. Soon he spent the time. A good many strangers who caine to see the fight thought he must have had command of the forces, Atier the last drink he took on the deld I suppose he thought things were beginaing to look blue; so he siipped off for Centre- villeand got there long beiore us. He saya it was his example that kept the Khode Island bauery cool. If such example were followed the battery would have had a lively time and might have draya some of the enemy into an ambush, COKRESPONDENT—What military experience has ‘Sprague had, General? GENBRAL—Why no more than @ man that never saw a musket, He had no co.amand at Bull ran, and that was his first aud last bate. It wasn't much of that, for our troops were all raw men as faras the experience of war was converned. Tuc men of the First Khode Island were the last to quit the fleld, and | myseif was the last colonel of brigade that crossed Cub ran—a fact not generatly known. Lieutenant Richards, Arnold's battery, Major sykea? regulars and my own brigade iormed the rear guard. Yet, though he wa; lar alead of us fymg te Wasnington m an ambuiance, he seeks to criticise What he never saw, and nad le been on the ground woulda probably not have stayed loug vo see either. If our troops had had only the least experience Bull run would never have becn wiat ii was. We wanted acquaintance. One regiment was ignorant of the next. One might be brave enough to go = where, but it couldn’t make sure if the other would follow. It was different on the rebel side. ‘The mass of the men were on their own State soil and under- stood each other’s capacity for figat, CORRESPONDENT—Do you think this course of Sprague’s has injured his politica: prospects much ? GsNERAL—Well, indeed, I can’t say. 1 suppose it necessarity must. I don’t really care to say any- thing outside of what bears upon his charges against the First Rhode Island and mysef. What Mr. Sprague do or what may become of his politi- cal fortunes it ig not for me to predict, Lam with- out interest in the mutter. I only know that he has cast reflections upon men who won’t be soon to forget them; further than that I am indifferent. Observing his evident unwillingness to take up any other chips of Sprague we talked about the pe- culiar construction of his house, which is a uaique dwelling indeed. Iti3 built ou acoraer, one street being level and the transverse on an incline. You can Walk straight off the sidewalk into the base- ment, the first, and the second floor, and yet-the entrances to the last two are directly over each other, while all are on the one side of the street. ‘The architect ingeniously made a round tower of the corner, 80 that you slip around insensibly on a gang- way from the level street to the second floor entrance and find yourself above the first Noor without having ascended any steps. ‘The General has stables and, I believe, several very capable teams of trotters. He seems to have little care on his mind, has a good appetite and fares sump- tuously every day. He is married, but has no chil- dren. In the course of next fall he will start te e in his old railroad business at the West. He 1s beloved in Providence, and I really cannot see why he snould not,be, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. The East River Bridge. + A correspondent has been informed that now, since the New York and East River Bridge Company have secured the technical right to build the bridge, they propose to make the span over the river 112 feet high only. This our correspondent considers am outrage. The average tonnage of all craft —— the harbor he states to be 1,063 tons, and the height of masts for this mean is, he says, 158 Tet Se higher than the bridge 1s to be. We give these “facts” as our correspondent communicates them. Human Slaughter on the Hudson River Railroad. Three gentlemen, who give us their names and address, state that between Fifty-seventh street and the depot, on the Hudson River Railroad, the killing and matming of men, women and children is of almost daily occurrence; that on the 26th of April last @ man named Frank Dagen was knocked from his cart by @ passing train and fell uader tne wheels of the cars; that not fifty yards from that place the blood of another victim, run over but a day before, still covered the ground, and that a short time before that two children were killed. If this be true, as our correspondents assert, the authorities should look into this matter at once, and not allow the rati- road company W sacrifice human life or even en- danger it. How Patients Are Treated at the Sherif. “Ludlow Street Mansion.” ‘We have received very startling information from Ludlow street Jail, known as Sheriff O'Brien's “Lud- low mansion.” A little over two weeks ago @ physician confined there, while playing with another inmate, had the misfortune to trip and fall to the floor below, striking, 1n his fall, the edge of a billiard table, sustaining severe injuries. The jailer did what he could for the moment, and sent for the regular physician of the “institute.” The son of the doctor of the jail called the next day and prescribed @ dose of saita, Friends intercedea for the injured man and applied to the doctor himself, who gave them a negative answer and, not having even seen the patient, said that he was only playing off. The injured man is said to be seventy years old, ia actually spitting up his lungs by piecemeal, and nothing is done to relieve him by the medical attend- ant of Sherif O’Brien’s Ludlow mansion. This is certainly a startling revelation and it ts the duty of the Sheriff and of the Board of Supervisors, or, per- haps, of the next Grand Jury, to investigate this matter thorougily, Obstructions in Cortlandt Street. A gentleman writes that the sidewalks on Cort- landt street, from Greenwich to the Jersey City ferry, are made almost impassable by bootblacks, fruit stands, gambiers and pickpockets, and also by the policemen, who keep up constant conversations with them, Our correspondent says that it ts quite an ordeal for ladies crossing the ferry to pass this street, as they are insulted by the coarse vulgar remarks of these loiterers on the sidewalk, A Metaphysical Critic. “B."’ takes Judge Edmonds to task for his evidence in the spirit photograpn case. The sudge said, as reported in the HERALD, that hallucination is “ifs man believe in a state of things which do not exist. Take the case of Othello, who was jealous of Desde- mona, though there was no cause for it.” Our corres- pondest takes issue with the Judge and says that hal- lucination 1s to believe, without any evidence to sup- rt the belief, and he dentes the Judge's illustra ion, a8 Othello had the strongest possible circum- stantial evidence of his wilé's guilt furnished him by Iago, He says that hallucination is a species of mania and not what the Judge has defined it. A Suggestion. “Traveller” suggests that the Centrai Ratiroad of New Jersey should issue tickets for twelve, twenty- four or sixty trips at a cost of $2, $3 50 and $6. It would thereby accommodate a large class and benefit the State by inducing more numerous settie- ments on the road. How to Compel Railroads to Adept Improve. ments, A correspondent proposes a grand measure to accomplish this purpose. The Legislature should tax railroad companies in the State $5,000,000 a year with which to establish a bureau for expernments, build experimental tracks, give diplomas to inven- tors and compel the raliroada to use the improve- ments found practicable. And Con, under the wer “to regulate commerce,” should do the same ing, tax the companies $10,000,000 annually, sa- a oe hy aad ita safety, and out of this und pay tamages to persons and pi from sectdenta and collisions on ralitoade. ee SEIZURE OF THE STEAMSHIP JOAN L. STEPHENS. To THE Epiror or THe HenaLp:— Ithas been heretofore published that this steam. ship had been seized at Sitka and that she had been released by the court at San Francisco, In the same publication the late Collector of Alaska was very much censured, Within a few days a letter bearing date March 10 has been received from the ex-Vok lector, Hiram Ketchum, Jr., in which he says;—— signalized the morning of the 4th of March, the day of President Grant's inauguration, by seizing the steamstip John J. Stephens for violations of Reve nue law. it is the most important seizure et made at this port—the property of the Canora, “Oregon, a ym) by 4 Jom) resen ir. jamin Halli very not cs an. the a. ive and ge Weatern man. here are very indignant, and say that the have influence enough to get the tortoltore remitted and have me removed. I hope the former may not be true, as it isa valuable vessel, I have sont the case to the District Attorney at San Franciaco, who will, I trust, prosecute it with the diligence tt de- serves. The violations are very clear."’ Since the receipt of this tel wade as to the at vag fan teas ly Was roceivea;—“Of the facts selatire, and of the proceedin: cisco, the department is pn ly to a tel has refused to sanction an aban- ment of,