The New York Herald Newspaper, May 13, 1869, Page 4

“WEST INDIES. ee en ee NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 1 lowed for (hem, Your correspondent crohns eral umes maformed that he was likely to be expelted from the island, but he regards ie Uitag as & canard. PHAR DEL BIO. THE REVOLUTION IN CUBA. | . : An Expedition Of from Key West. REPORTED RISING IN PORTO RICO. ‘ange of Recent Alarm—Tranqguiliity Restored, Pinar DRL Rio, May 2, 1869, The rumors of the landing Of several expeditions were the cause of the late alarm here, The fact is, no such landing occurred. A ship and a brig were wrecked on the Colorado Reefs, and several wreck- ers were svon in the vicinity, which fact created the false alarm, till the armed tugboat Union captured two of the wreekers, There was a “demonstration” in Candelarta, in expectation of an expedition, which the sympathiz- ers wished to have joined, CARDENAS, The Peruvian Monitors at St. | reanquittity Preserved—Tho Sugar Crop Abun- Thomas. A British Fleet Concentrating at Havana. By the steamship Morro Castle, Captain Adams, from Havana, we have avery full correspondence from ail the ports of the West Indies, the most in- teresting portions of which we give below. [t will be seen that revolutionary, politival and diplomatic movements are becoming very active in the Ameri- can Mediterranean. CUBA. The Insurrection Not Put Down—Fears of the Government—Singular Movement Among the Spaniards—Commission to Confer With the Cuban Agent in New York—No More Troops and No Money From Spain=Seizure of the New York Herald. HAVANA, May 8, 1869, A Spanish merchant, residing in au important city near the centre of the isiand, in a recent com- munication to his correspondent here, also a Spaniard, says:-“This insurrection will never be put down while the present officers are in command. ‘They think of nothing but the enjoyment of their refrescos, making love to the women and robbing the people. Occasionally the general here sends’ out small forces to recounoitre the country, bul they quickly return minus a few of their number, some of their arms and all their supplies.”” it is now believed here that the insurgents in the eastern part of the Western Department are not so effectually disposed of as the official Spanish ac- counts would have us believe. One of the city papers inquires, “What has become of ali the in- surgents in Santi Espiritu, Cienfuegos, Trinidad and other jurisdictions in that portion of the island? They have not been captured or shot, nor has any decisive engagement taken place with them.” Un- able, from want of arms and organization, to stand before the troops, they have constantly ded before them: but, in despite of every appearance, it may be set down that there is no thought of submission, and that operations of some character will be carried on for an indefinite period. Atfutrs in Havana are very quiet. In fact, as the warm Weather comes on the city 1s becoming very dull, Commercial operations are falling off to a con- siderable extent from one cause and another and the brave volunteers, probably from an increase of discipline, are indulging in more of their peculiar eccentricities. News from the intertor comes in siow, nor {s it of the most reliable character, For the past week rumors of a landing inthe Vuelta Abago bave been very generally circulated. They were thought to be confirmed by the fact that the geverument would not permit the train on a certain day to pass beyond Alqpizar: the next day, however, it was allowed to go on. A slight demonstration ct re, headed by Prieto, whose reputation it is presumed, tor the junder than otherwise, The govern- ment very much fears a landing and’ an uprising in that section. itis of the richest of the islaad, and the interests are ali im tie hands of Spaniards. Means of communication are few, aud a campaign there would be expensive, hazardous aud doubtiul, An organization 1s known to exist aimong the Gu- bans there; but they are without ‘The powerless condi a8 opposed to the prehension among t Spaniards, who ‘They fear (he outbreak W material chauge im the condition of ailairs, either trom without or in the island, As the result of tis many sales of establishments have b nade for halt their value, and weil located buildings, Wich tave reuled for four otinces (sixty. eight dojlars) per mouth are offered for sale at $4,000, for example, without finuing — bny- ers. ‘The fact tat’ Duice was compelled to go in p cers of the ruled by t it insu ain in the competiod to th who were ue ‘were pron’ as I am c¢ cular , unAccusiome Uch disgusted at the cou- ved. Bat pr ntly @ Jay, Was ain volunteers wit! death 1 to Shoot some prisoners who Growing out of all this, ed, have been priv Spaniards to dis liy they bh been b great secresy, but there 1s to believe that the pro ssion to New York t others representii I arr e cond good reso’ to send a corn Morales, with & view anvexaiion, ings among conier with ge the Cubaus, ton the basis uOL 1mpossi- position | the counter; groes tacks vere the m that 1. y we On their oly betled, a ti n the irom fifty to s¢ ne road ‘atalans aad ty Wounded the have arrived From ‘ti {we jearn that when the insur dats entered Lic supurhs of (oat Lown, as recentl ported, thoy killod y vovunteers ana cal wiite) prociat ALD, the powder im tie of thetr altace Vaima eta e, Who f til will be revoked and not ye th 7 Andalusia battalion had suffered a reverse in a Oght onthe santa cruz row and had fled towards the latrer place. Th in the Cinco Villas, cominanded by the Pol have ceased operations, as they wer Machetes simply and conid accompli tne open country of the section. They still retain toeir orgamzution, however, and are biding ther time, It has leaked ont that secret orders have teutenant governors in th wo do 4 i The significance of esent sequestration of un this, tu connect ic property, can be seen a glan The properiy of th lowing Cubans has been recently embargocd:— Fernandez Criado, Antonio Maximo Mor. Aliaro, Mannel Cas- tellanos Solarras, ail of Havana, and Charies Koloft end Joaquizn Morales, of Villa Clara, The Lieute er of Guan the sequestration of the property belo: to Julian Sanchez and Ramon Martinez, wccuse isiovalty. Her Majesty's steamer l.ctipse, Commodore Phulii- more on voard, arrived here on Thurs: e will proceed to Nassau soon to investigate ton of Spanish cruisers in that vicinity. ‘There to believe that (ue tenor of the Commodore's instruc- tions indicates the desire of the British government to maintain the best relations with Spain. Two other English war vessels are expected here soon. Several of the ofiicers of the Contuocook having ay has ordered advisable to run over to Key West for a few dayg,. On his return, shouid nothing of importance occur, he will take a fur as Jamaica and Hayti. ‘The Cadiz mail steamer Santander arrived on the evening of the Sth with 450 troops. sels, When she touched at Porto Rico the San Fran- cisco di Borja, with the political prisoners, had sailed. Information has reached here from Spain that the government had sent orders to the Governor at Fer- Hando Po to send the political prisoners immediately ‘On thelr arrival to the Canaries. Don Mignel Embil, on his arrival at the latter piace, would be sent at nee to Madrid. The.laiter order was no doubt ssuied through the influence of Sefora Kmbil, mow at the national capital, Letters received here from the peuinsula give anything but a pleasant view of the political prospect there, and state that no more troops and no money can be spared for Ouba. % The Seventh battalion of. vounteers of Havana leave to- by train to pay @ Visit to the volunteers of Matar Mr. Jarmes M. Horner has been anthorized to take charge of the new Consulate for the United States in Sagua la Grande. The New Yor the Morro Cast! ‘was seized by th HERALD, Which arrived here by nd on sale at the different shopa, police two hour - | after having | cruise about the island and imay go as | What th Ketween Cape | Maisi and this port she met seven Spanish war vea- | dant CARDENAS, May 5, 1869. We learn from Macagua that the columns under Lieutenant Marcos and Captain Chacon having gone over most of the estates, everything was perfectly quiet, The weather was very provitious, and the greater number of the sugar plantations were to finish their crops in all this month. The yield bas been unusually abundant, Insurgents Reving Freely—Sudden Departure of Troops. Saaua, May 5, 1869, Four hundred troops left this town suddenly on the 2d by the steamer Atmendares for Remedios and Sarna la Chica, where “the rebels are carrying things before tuem."” TRINIDAD, Combined Movements of the Troopa—Seme Skirmishes. TRINIDAD, May 6, 1869. The battalion of Colon Chasseurs and some cav- airy left on the Ist for Ciego de Avila. Twelve hifadred troops went by steamer direct for Santiago. This is part of @ combined plan and also to take advantage of the junction of forces in Principe and Bayamo, wh re the heart of the rebellion in reality exists, The Colon Chasseurs, which are commanded by Colonel Armi- naw, had a skirmish on the ist with a small party of insurgents. They killed four and captured tifty horses, a flag and a number of arms. According to advices just received the insurgents have been on the river Caiia, on the road to Cientue- gos, and have burned some estates very near to this town, and taken away some coolies. On the 1st inst. there were 1,500 rebels in Sigua- hea, under Villezas, Arredondo, tke Pole; Pancho Gonzalez, Boullon and Cerice. A Spanish force of 250 infantry and cavatry attacked them, regardless of their superior numbers. ‘The troops were com- manded by Colonel Meriduina, and he obtained more forces on the march. The road was tntercepted by trunks of trees. The fight lasted fifteen minutes, in which five of the enemy were killed, and, after a charge by the bayonet, the rebels decamped as rapidly as possible. We had one man killed and two wounded. After dispersing the enemy the troops proceeded towards Villa Clara. SANT! ESPIRITU. Skirmish of General Puello’s Forces. Santi Esprairu, May 2, 1869. General Puello has given an officiat account of an encounter of his forces with 300 rebels in their camp at Caflaon de Laguna. on the confines of Cacarratas. ‘The troops killed nine of the enemy, captured one horse, two carbines, several pistols and some ma- chetes. There were many wounded. BAvano. ccessiul Movement of Troops to Manzanillo and Their Return. BAYAMO, May 2, 1809. On the 26th ult, a column of 1,000 men under Colonel Adriant left here for Manzanillo, accom- led by 1,500 persons, with 30 carts a 200 minor vehieles, They arcived there safely on the 23th and retarned here to-day. Two companies of the Ante- quera reqniars 1 200 soldters of the San Quintin regiment joined on t) a SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Mere E: SonsActivity of the Insurgents in the VicinityVisit of the Governor of Samnica. SANTIAGO DR CuBa, April 30, 1869, Since my Jast I have obtained a few additional de- tails of Deitin Aguilera, recently execated here. He Wasaman or great infuence in Mayari and was well kuown and generally respecteu In this city. It will be recollected that he came here of his own ccord, under safe conduct from the officer in com- mand at the foriner place, and his taking off under the circumstances is an additional spot on the Spanish ciaracter. He waiked from the prison to the place of execution with great firmness, accom. panied by two priests, one of whom, a Fadre Lecanda, is said to have been especially active in procuring his death. He stated tiat he was inno- snd that bis olood would rest on xecutioners. His death was in- e first volley. Up to yesterday ecutions, but at two P. sf. a e prisoners were bronght by train from aad at hati st four were marched a to tue Maladen, piaced against the ‘The party was composed of a nte Anaye, and his tire sons, otner called Homobono Partundo, As they were marched to the scene of execution through the prin- cipal st 1 atuong the inhabitants, ‘The condition of the country is very bad, on ac- count of 4 iurious attack on property ¢ commenced by the tnsurgeuts. They have set fire to and entirely destroyed the tollowing estates:— Santa jita isabel, San Andres, Banabacoa, Isabellia and Lacuinas. Others are reported burned, and itis said that in some parts every house, out: uniding, in fact, everything ignitable, has been de- batch of flv from the pr wall ana tacle caused much disgust | stroyed. Much excitement prevails, and the govern- ment are using strenuous efforts to check the wholesale destruction, On the first news of these fresh disasters some planters waited on the Governor to requ at protection for their pro- perty. They were very badly received and his Ex- cellency addressed them in very course and abusive language, speaking so loud that he attracted a con- siderable crowd about the palace to listen, ‘The city continues heaithy and the cholera 1s dis- appearing from the (nantanamo neighborhood. Her jesty’s ship Eclipse, Captain Harvey, ped in on Saturday, the 24th, uaving on board xcellency Sir John Peter Grant, Governor of ‘a, Who Was taking @ short cruise, She went gain on Sunday morning, dropps his 4 to sea ANOTHER EXPEDITION FOR CUBA, The Steamer Salvador Of for Sagua. Key Wesr, May 6, 1869, The British steamer Salvador, which put in at Key West some fourweexs since for repairs, left here at eight P. M., May 5, loaded or rather crowded with pas- sengers, her destination supposed to be St. Thomas via Nassan. During her stay at Key West she has been constantly watched by the Spanish authorities; still, notwithstanding the vigilance of the Spanish offi. cers, the Salvador proceeded quietly and with can tion down the harbor, and this morning the said fivers were astounded at the news of her departure. Her passengers consisted of Cuban ret report says fully armed and equipped. Later reports on the streets say her real destination is Sagua la She has been the cause of much ex- vador (Karlin) was the most # runner im the so-called Southern iyde-bullt steamer, ota, Making it dif- wl her. I sixteen k } flenlt for a Spanish steamer to over nm Deen slightly fil of jate the Commodore thought it | Writing in haste to be in timefor the mail, The fore- Thi | very fast, abie to tak going are facts from Which you can probably make an article for the Henan. “It remains to be seen tof this sudden departure of the Sal- prodaee in Havana. PYRTO RICO. wlor Wi Reported Rising in Porto Ricomserranoe Gone from St. Thomas—Prospects of Success Not Good, St. THOMAS, May 1, 1809, The mails for Burope from Porto Rico were dea. patched in the Spanist coaster Aqutia to this place on the 20th uit, She brought intelligence that a rev- olution had broken ont there and ‘that the Captain General had written to Spain for troops. Although this news needs confirmation, still I hold it to be a fact from the cirenmstance that the regular Spanish | gieamer, which should have brought the matis, was detained on her arrival that she might be used to communicate with Havana. On or about the 1th ult, a certain Serrano, who was formerly an oMicer in the Spantsh army in Porto Rico, left he in an open oat for that istand — witir clearing at the Onstom House. He has numerous friends there, wad it is believed his Rassed tue consorsiipy. No renymepatign was al. | Object was to incite a raising of the peovle, He has | party had left th not since been hoard from, ‘The Spania Conant has rop ted the unatter to the governm and the ions have been taken. The people of Lerto Rico, i large part, are in favor of xowesamon to the United states and thetr aulacomsm to Spain is very great. indeed, one had oy native a dog than a Spaniard, it doubtiat if any uprising would meet ‘8, a3, like the Cubans, tiey are without ‘4ullsauon, ST. THOMAS. The Peruvien Monitors—American Crews Discharged—The French Minister to Hayti. Sr. Tnomas, May 1, 1869. The Peruvian monitor Manco Cupac, Commander Carilio, in tow Of the convoy Marajion, arrived here from Samana on the 20th ult., in two days and ten hours’ steaming. Nearly all her American crew were discharged and negroes substituted in therr places. The Peruvian ofMfcers behaved ina most shameful manner toward the crew of the Reyes, the transport sunk in the channel, After losing all their clothes and baggage when the vessel went down, they were landed in this place in a state of compiete destitu- tion, One of them, au old gunner in the United States navy, by the name of Mulberry, died in the hospital for want of proper care. Some thirty of these men will icave here on ‘Thursday nexe tn the Ameri- can_ ship Mary Banks for Boston, the captain having kindly tendered them passage. The Manco Cupac, Ataiualpa and Maranon wil! go hence to Mar- tinique and Barbados in a few days. The captain of the former is now in negotiation with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company to purchase one of ticir steamers as & transport. ‘The French Admiral arrived here in his fags)up, Semiramis, on the 20th ult., for tne purpose of tak- ing on board Mr. La Compte Mijeau, French Charge d’Attairs to Mayti, and carrying him to ius destination on his arrival from Mawope in tne steamer, now mon ntartly expected, Due satisfaction has been rendered by the Danish authorities to the Vrench Admiral for the illegal flogging of a young lad belonsing to the matt steamer Tampico by the Volice Master of this-istand, as nentioned in ny last. JAMAICA. A British Fleet Concentrating at Havana Commodore Phillimore to Investignie the Spanish Capiures=March of Lmprovement in Jamaica. KINGSTON, May 1, 1869, Commodore Phillimorn sailed this morning for Havana in her M y’s steamer Eclipse. From thence he will proceed to Nassau to investigate the capture, by the auish cruisers, of vessels in British waters, and the tandiag of armed men by them on the Ki and islands of the Bahama group. The Britomart will follow the Eclipse on the arrival of the Engitsh mails. The iron-clad steamer Defence is daily expected from England and wilt also proceed to Havana. ‘The financial condition of Jamaica is looking better than ever before. By a government return of the revenue for the six months ending the 3lst of March it appears that there is an increase on every item of revenue, and on tite whole revenue of some £32,000 on the same period last year. In conse- quence of this improved condition of things the Gov- ernor has ordered the harbor of Falmouth to be sur- veyed for the purpose of having ft cleared of all the coral reefs which render its approach dangerous and destructive to Kingston. The blasting necessary for removal has been pronounced feasible, and the harbor will soon be cleared ana buoyed for shipping. Another large cargo of East India immigrants have arrived to supply labor for the estates on the north side of the island. This 13 the second lot this year, and collectively they number over 1,000 souls. ‘They are fine, healthy looking people, and the plant- ers are perfectly delighted. A third cargo is now on the way to complete the season’s shipment. A movement ts on foot to encourage European and American immigration to tnis country. The Guardian advocates the granting of crown lands to European soldiers and their families who, after their-term of service has expired, will settle in the country, under engagement to turn out for service when called on. ‘The Governor bas assured the colonists that the Brit- tsh government does not intend to withdraw the im- pertai troops from Jamaica, but we hear that the Governor desires to take a large sum annually from the treasury of the co!ony in supporting and main- taining the troops, ‘Te couatry will surely grumble at this. ST. DOMINGO. Visit to the Mining Regions—Sketch of the Country—The Mining Survey. Sr. DominGo, April 20, 1869, After two fruitless attempts I have at last tracked up the mining pioncers to thetr working places, and, however little it may be worth, here is the hard won fruitof the research. The heavy as had continued six weeks later than usnal (his year, and, besides destroying half of the coffee crop, have ob- structed business by making the roads neariy tim- passable for bringimg m products for exportation, ‘There is but one way of travelling in the Dominican republic--that is on borseback, taking along a burden animal to carry hammocks, blankets and provisions for the trip. So equipped, with a native guide, three of us started for a week'* excursion to the much debated mining region. Taking the way through the suburb of San Carlos, which, according to tradition, occupies the site of the Sacred Palm iroves of the gentle tribes of Ozama, exterminated by the Spanish discoveries of this island of Hayti, we rode for tweive miles along a level road gener- ally bordered by trees or thickets, For this dis trom St. Domingo the Spanish forces made a compiete desolation during their late oceupation. Dweilings, fences and iruit trees were royed with a zea: aud energy which might have fluaily saved the country they been directed to protecting and conetlh instead of destroying, yominican saterests. Ne -oves of orange trees and othe e chal i shinos we coal and tura a penny while district still in possession, rs the sad and ruined aspect live work. At iifteen miles from e crossed the Jaina by an easy ford and on through a chain of beautiful rolling prairies which swelled into hills as we approached we Nigaa. The first halt was twenty wiles from the city, on the crest of a rather steep hill, command- ing a wide and charming landscape. We were on the eastern margin o| the Honneken estate, now in the hands of an knglish company. We had cofee made and enjoyed our luneh a9 only travellers can, beneath the dense, overarcaing foliage of the peer- less mango tree. We were now on the first spur of the great Cobre, the copper flelds intersected by the river Nigna, which seems to bound the historical goid fleids of Columbus 1n @ continuous formation for thirty miles, To the east of us was the jarge copper domain represented by the Italian Con- sul. We were on an equailv large domain repre- sented by the British Consul, which ts again bounded at the west by the mining lands of a French con any, and beyond these again are the mines of a Ne Vork company and Buena Vista, in which alone there is some show of work, To the north of this chain of be os hills, and one formation, lapping into each other aa it were, gold becomlag more pro- nounced as the copper seems to disappear from the surface, lies the old royal domain on which Cotambus received his first reguiar tribate of goid levied upon the natives of the New World. ‘The copper zone is crossed in reaching the gold fields, but we left that with the iron and coal, which ia said to fringe it on the south and west, fora fu- ture trip, and made a direct dash for the State sur- veyors. We knew, or thought we knew, where the geologist-in-chtef had his headquarters over the hills, and @ bright, light-footed youth of fifteen, whom we had piexed up in a previous trip, agreed to take us there in two hours by a short cut. He led amd us up a steep hillside, and then along a sharp ridge that hardly allowed footing for our horses, but. looking «down long slopes, perpendicular crags and decp forest arcades in rapid alternation and in strong contrast with the i sameness of the first two or three hours out of lied us triumphantly before perched high up a rough “This is whe Professor's he, “and e we shall find plenty for “ and horses.” Unt we didn’t. The place gemed strangely silent, however, and tt was only after some minuces’ Ley and searching a woman em et and informed us that the whole surveying ‘k belore, and were now mak- We mignt been reasonably well accommodated at this ‘4 neat, bat thought it best to proceed, as our giide for the day knew these hil! paths, and we were by ho means sure he would be with us the morrow. Once more we reached the Professor's house, and he Was not there: but Captain Spear, the practical miner, was, and he not only conducted us to the various diggings selected by the State Geologist for tranny e worning, bat obtained a little of the gold dust 1 out in these examinations, He had a little, not half an ounce, 1 should think, which he and a | Mative had helped Professor Gabb to washout in an | old indian digging at the head of a rivulet that falls | Into an went of the Jaina, about thirty-five miles West by north of St. Domingo. Mr. Cartis, the assistant geolowist, was arranging for the survey of the district into mining allotments; but none wiil be assigned for working until the Whole comun or county of San Cristobal ia surveyed, reported of ¢lally and the maps filed in the Mining Bureau of the Interior Department atst. Domingo. ‘Tae govern- ment expected to hav at least this district open to pr ne end of Jani Pom: plains of the slowness of operations, a bese ‘The second day after we arrived on the ground we rode to the new quarters of the sarvey, and were much surprised to tind the country so fertile and yet 80 thiily inhabited. Most of the land is public domain, but hitherto there has been nothing to pre- vent the squatters taking tithes. They could have had them almost for the asking up to is67, the time m by the government decided to grant the land with the mines, When the former wa oe he State, hang say ndeiihoitio! in our second and third day's trip we aaw several women washing gold “ty sell to the Urofossor.” Tae t. Domingo, He a Odd-looking coltag promontory. wee ing their quarters some miles further on. have State Geologist has no name among these people and almost no human iadividuality. He 18 the setel ifle “professor” of a we aud has no other bame Or recognition among them, We caught hin on the wing, just as le was packing up for @ long excursion Lo otier goid-boaring regions in the moun- tains of the Gibao, of carly repown, and he could give us bat a brief mterviow. We had already heard from the ighest authority all about the gen- era! plan of the survey, wad it was only to see what was really going on that we had ‘taken his trail’ so perseveringly; but Professor Gabb was anything but communicative on the point of State policy. We Will state it, however, as it is on the recol First—The State Geologist will make & enerel reconnoissance of the territory of the Domini re- public and report in free outline the most conspic- uous features of its mineral formations. Second—The several provinces will then be sub jected to a more detailed examination and the min- eral districts therein contained severally placed in the charge of competent assistants, to be surveyed into suiable mining aliotments for practical devel- opment, Third—No district shall be opened to public competition until the com or county im which it 1s situated shall have been regularly surveyed and the maps thereof duly filed in the Department of tue Interior, The government expects to have soon several districts under survey, but at present Mr. Curus, who is now occupied with the San Cristobal district, 18 the only assistant in the flela. Mean- wiule Professor Gabb is pursuing hus general recou- noissanee in the adjoining provinces. He has lett a kindly feeling toward Amevicans and the work of survey In his track, like his second, Mr. Curtis. ‘The Protessor is quite a young man, looks under thirty, and seems full of vin, fie 1g evidently san- guine of success, and coincided with our surprise Unat such & promising and accessible field should have slipped out of sight so long. The tleid under survey 18 iciuded between the Nigua and Jaina rivers, and comprises over 200 square mules. it is not at all a rugged country, is very wel watered, and rather heavily timbered, All the aftlucnts of both rivers show signs of gold, but the best gold mines would be the fine coltee groves which are almost spontaneous in thess lulis, though few of ihe aa luves pay any attention to either god seckiug or agricuiture, They are a quiet and Kindly get ot dar- kies, but they don’t take to hard work. Views of an AntieAnnexnationist—The Public Debt and Public Property—Gold Fields a Humvug—Movements of the Revolutionists. St. Domtnao, April 20, 1869. It appears from one of your correspondents from this city that the majority of the Dominican popula- tion seems perfectly satisfied with the mission of Mr. Joseph Warrea Fabens to Washington. It ap- pears also from the same correspondence that mani- festoes have been received here from Santiago, Setbo and other points, declaring for annexation and in- vesting President Baez with full power to act. Neither the first nor the second statement ts in accordance with truth, Respecting the princt- pal assertion I can assure you that nobody knows here the true object of the secret mission of Mr. Fabens, whether it is to obtain the co-operation of the United states in making Samana a great com- mercial centre or to arrange the matters of annexa- tion, which President Baez desires, in order to obtain the means of securing his riches and the power of his political friends, With respect to the second asser- tion itis the general opinion here thav the mant- festoes of which your correspondent speaks are pure inventions of those who wish, for particular interest only, to lay before the American people the political advantages of annexation. If the anxiety of the Dominicans to become Ameri- can citizens were 80 great as your correspondent imagines, and the manilesioes were not elaborated by the government of President Baez, the mission of r, Fabens, instead of being secret , would be public, and everbody would know here what he isto doin Washington, Time, which is the great discloser of all secrets, will soon reveal that not only Mr. Fabens, bat Mr. Augenard also, has been sent to the United States by President Baez and his friends without the consent of the Dominican people, whose majority 1s how and has been always seriously disposed to de- fend the integrity of the territory. The contradic- tion between the two commissioners with respect to the public debt, foretgn and domestic, of thia coun- try, 18 the best proof of the illegality of their politi- cal charge. Mr, Augenard estimates the debt of the Domintcan republic from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000 and values its public property at not less than $20,000,000, while Mr. Fabens estimates the debt from $1, 009,000 and values its whole revenue at about $509,000 only per annum. The republic has neither vessels nor munitions of war, while its debt 1s, in fact, more than $3,090,009, Nobody knows here where are the placers of the gold fleids of Columbia, of which your correspond- ent speaks, and it isnot true that rich gold veins have been discovered on the Nigua, All this news 14 pure invention of those who are desirous to be- come rich speculating on the destinies of this country. Information received from the interior is not iavorabie to carly peace. The rebeis recently took possession of Cachiman, and General Cabral has entered the Dominican territory, and the gov- erament’s troops have abandoned the line of Hayti. An encounter took place recently at Panso, General Rosario Aponte being killed. In the jurisdiction of Serbo the government took the arms from private persons, but afterwards was obliged to return them, because great alarm reigned among the inbabitants of that province. With re- gard to the news from Cibao, there 1s reason to be- lieve the rumor that many high officers are opposea to the horrible crucities which have been practised by General Caminero, at Seibo, Bani and San Cris- tobal. If the details of these crucities were known the world would stand aghast. Colonel Franco, condeimaed to death by court martial, has been shot in La Vega. Much alarm is feltin that city on ac- count of the execution. The guert!la chiefs Luperon, Adon, Ogaudo and Bobadilla, instead of going to Caba todo gallant service at the head of strong bands of freedmen, as your correspondent desires, have entered the Dominican territory and taken up aring support and esteem of the Dominican peopie by op- posing the government policy of annexation. BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE, Deara Record.—There were 124 deaths in Brook- lyn during the week ending Saturday last. Of the deceased 32 were men, 17 women, 42 boys and 31 girls. Crurity To A Horee.—Justice Walsh yesterday fined Michael Correy twenty-five dollars for having driven in Prospect Park a horse which had two sores upon its back. OUTRAGEOUS ASS. —About midnight of Tues. day last a party of unknown rowd{es commutted an unprovoked assault upon two citizens, who were quietly seated on @ doorstoop in Flushing avenue, near Walworth street. Johu Kinney, one of the men assaulted, received @ very severe cut over the left eye. The scoundrels escaped. A STILL Seizep.—A whiskey still, on a small scale, was discovered running, tilicitly, in a frame building on Columbia street, near Nelson. by Assist- ant Assessor Kenyon on Tuesday last, The appara- tus was broken up, and fifteen gations of whiskey,Ja quantity of low wines and two hogsheads of mash were emptied out by the government revenue onticials. ALLRGED LARCENY ON SHIPBOARD.—Yesterday, Isaac Matthews, a satlor, about fifty years of age, belonging to the crew of the schooner Motto, lying at the foot of Van Brant street, was rested, upon suspicion of having stolen $100 in money from the captain, John W. Searles. The prisoner ‘was arraigned before Justice Delmar, and the exami- nation was adjourned. A Sav Event.—The coroner held an inquest over the body of a child named Edward Pollock, residing at No. 82 Second street, who died from the effect of @ fall received a few days previous, when the little fellow, who was only six years of age, was thrust from a wagon by George Regite, another boy, and falling on lus head sustained the injuries which ter. minated in his death. The jury very sagactously ex- oncrated Georgie from any intention to do injury to the deceased. Accipents.—Elisha Sampton, a German, about eighty years of age, was seriously injured by falling from the steps of a Myrtle avenue car on which he was riding yesterday afternoon. He resides at No. 36 Muiberry street, New York. Joun Cooney, a laborer, was injured on Tuesday non, white engaged In layiug water pipes on , caving to of the embank- ment, He was extricated by is companions, THE A-GUN IN WILLIAMSnURG.—Yesterdag after. noon @ bullet or slug crashed through a pane of giass ina window of @ Grand street store, cut through a card in its passage and was lost among the mer- chandise In the rear of the store. No sound buat that caused by the crashing of the glass was heard by those in the store or those outside. Fortunately there was nobody hurt, it is believed that the deadly missile was discharged from an air-gun, a it 19 said, there are many sting in the shape of walking canes. CRICKET, Opening Game of the Manhattan Cricket a ‘The members of the Manhattan Crteket Cinv had a pleasant time yesterday at their opening game on te cricket ground foot of Ninth street, Hoboken, ‘The attendance was very small, as the affair was a mere formality, and the game was harried through without any effort. The match commenced at three o’ciock and was closed at five, ‘The cricket grounds are the most suitable for the purpose to be found within easy reach of New York; but in consequence of the rising population of Hoboken a lease cannot be obtained. Next year, therefore, will probably ‘witness the Jast of the cricket grounds, whteh, Ike the Fl; elds, will be cue ap and parcelled into I ‘The plow ts occupied at present by the New York Oricxet Clno ana we Mauoattea aia Ol ie 8, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. EUROPE. ENGLAND. The Gey Season in Londou—The Alabama Claims Treaty—Increase of the Nobility— Gossip. Lonpon, May 1, 1869. The “London season” 18 fairly launched. Of course* your readers know what that means, Atthis season the nobility abandon their couatry palaces and occupy their stately mansions at the “West End” of London, There are two reasons for this. This is the only time of the year when London 1s bright enough to be enjoyed, and as Parliament always sits at this Period the lords are obliged to come and do their share of the annua! quantum of legislation Kagland Tequires. When the nobtitty come to town London, of course, puts on its best smile and gayest garb to attract, amuse and cajole them, The Italian opera and theatres summon their best artists and charge tneir best prices; the organized chasities announce their annual dinners and parade the names of great lords and ladies; the Roval Academy throws open ts doors “for the season,” and exhibits tts pictorial achievements for the year, Exhibitions of all sorts, botanical shows and sétes at the Crystal Palac are beginning to bewilder us on all sides, and yet these public amusements are but a small part of the gayety of this carnival season tn London. The dinners, routs and balls given by the nobility, and the still more numerous entertamments oftheir wealthy imitators of the untitled worl«t make, avery arduous addition to the amount of hard work nicknamed pleasure, that a votary of fashion is com- pelled to undergo at this festive season of the Lon- don year. Lshould not omit, of course, among the attractions of the period, the splendid oraiorical dis- plays that usuallytake place in Parliament, when the Glaastones, the Disraelis and the Brights and les- ser luminaries take their highest flightsand make their most dramatic flourishes. It 80 happens this year thas we may expect in this great arena something more startling than usual, and these renowned po- litical gladiators are said to be buckting on their armor to do battle in a style worthy of their prowess. Ireland and its Church establishment have aiready called them frequently on the fieid, but a iofter and more stirring theme—the United States and its demands—is not unlikely to bring on a Parliamentary tournament such as has not been witnessed, perhaps, in our time. ‘The speech of Sumner has made a hit—nay, 2 great sensation. Its merits as a political oration of the highest order are freely acknowledged, but its points of view, of course, are as freely criticised and con- demned. The English world of all degress were pro- foundiy astonished at the rejection of tne late treaty by the Senate; for they (with reason) that our Secretary Of State, backed by our President, in- structed our Minister at 'his Court to make a treaty with this country. Such @ treaty was made and duly approved by our government; and, when they sup the affair was settled and the treaty stowed away in our archives, they are wonderstruck to learn that all our President, Secretary of State and Minister have done and signed has been repudiated by one of our houses of Congress, called the Senate, and that the whole of this troublesome business has to begin de novo, John Bull is sadly bewilaered, and begins to think that the United States government is wonderfully and fearfully made. If the Senate has the inal gay in such important matters, they ex- claim, why it would be better if the Senate sent their own Minister to foreign countries, 80 that there would be some chance of a treaty, once signed and sealed, being recognized as binding. Some allowance ought, surely, to be made for these benighted English people, who can hardly be expected to comprehend in a day all the mysteries of our political mechanism. Sutlice it to say, they are sorely bothered, and though they are ba willtng to come to an amicable under- standing with Brother Jonathan on these ’tarnal Ala- bama claims, they are at a ioss to know whether the new Minister, Mr. Motley, comes to negotiate on behalf of the Senate or of the President, or if anew treaty ts made to piesa the former whether 1 will not be resisted and rejected by the latter. Can the HERALD throw any light on this misty sub- ject? Can itreveal any clue out of this political laby- rinth? Can it give any posiuve assurance to John Bull that the new Minister will not delude him like the last one, and that the treaty No. 2 shall have the nearty endorsement of the Senate, the President and the New York HExaLp? in that case our venerable ancestors will take heart and go to work once more to arrange matters to suit us. The friendly tone of Mr. Sumner’s speech is like balm to their wounded sensibilities, but they are in a quan- dary whether he really means it, or whether he is only imitating the crue! mockery of the reientiess poda- gogue who assures the doubting urchin, while he randishes the birch over his head, that “it gives him inflnite pain, but castigate him he must.” Are Mr. Sumner’s honeyed words all they import, or has he a rod in pickle in the recesses of his Senatorial desk? Nous verrons. Karl Russell's proposition to create twenty-eight | ent for life has passed asecond reading in the fouse of Lords, but met with some opposition by the hereditary lawmakers, the Earl of Derby among the rest. This is certainly an innovation on former usages, and looks like another sop to the reform Cerberus; but it will realiy add to the real dignity of the upper House by bringing into it men of vrilliant taients, who have not the advantage of large landed estates. It will make the House oi Lords more popu- lar without lowering its prestige. Among the Lgnter topics of the weck has been a piquant expose the Bankrupt Court of a nobie spendthrift, Lord Albert Clinton, a younger son of the last Duke of Newcastle, who travelled in the States as the Mentor of the Prince of Wales, This thoughtless scion of a distinguished man was left the modest annuity of £400, as his father probably knew he would fritter away any larger sum; but the miystery of the matter is how any young man with this very moderate income could manage to con- tract debts to the tune of £23,000, Surely there must be some indefinable charm in the mere name of a lord, although a younger son, and penniless at that, since capitalists and traders in England will allow themselves to be duped and fieecea in the way the Bank ee Court so frequently reveals. A Paris correspondent of a London journal sends us thiv week the following piquant iten A good deal of sympathy, mingled with a little sarcasm, has been expressed here lately for an Ame- rican fi iy Whose daughter was about to marry a Sicilian prince, the said prince having turned out to be bogus, The froussean was ready and the princely coat of arms was already painted on the carriages, both of which magnificent superfiuities are now for sule. Another “caution” to ambitious Ainerican Mammas who seil their daugiters jor European titles, This is @ bit of gossip so well known in Paris that it was quite sure to find its way into print. It 1 fortunate for the ambitious mamma on this occasion that the discovery of the imposture was made before the marriage. The trovssean can be gold or laid aside till wanted; but how could the vile pretender have been disposed of had he preserved his mask til the usual legat formalities had all been gone through’ What an escape for the tntenaed victim 48 weil as for the ambitious mamma! FRANCE. The French Press on the Treaty. The Constitutionne! of Paris, of April 29, com ments on the Alabama question in the following terms: — ‘Some news lately received in England from Wash- ington has caused some sensation. The Senate of the United States has almost unanimously rejected the famous plan of a treaty signed in London for the settlement of the diMculties created by the Alabama and other vessels of English construction during the American war, About seven or eight months back Mr. Reverdy Johnson, United States Minister to Lon- don, went from banquet to banquet, announcing the good news to the English people that the treaty was conciuded, and declaring that no dissension could arise between the two countries, divided by the At- lantic, bat peopled by the same race. In fact, he asserted that Engiand and the American repubilc were indissolubly united by a perpetual friendly alliance. Who could have expected such a negative result after ali that? Even Lord Stanley, the head of the Foreign Oftice, did not hesitate to confirm the important fact that a perfect understanding ha been established between himself and the American Minister. [t appeared that the Jong-pending ques- tion was bp closed, and that the Senate at Washington was fully disposed to ratify the settle. ment entrusted to Mr. Johnson. How can we ex- plain the miscalculation that succeeded to these hopes? Whence originates this final faire of nego- tations that appeared so happily terminated, and which Pee oo the authors to congratulate then- selves 80 publicly on the good results? The answers to these pagina are interesting and worth seek- ing. In the general situations of the world the rela- tions between the United States and England have an importance that cannot be ignored, and every point must be calculated in order to duly appre- ciate it, Mr. Reverdy Johnson presented iraselt wo the English nation under the best auspices. His homination a8 Minister to the Court of St. dames was connected with circumstances that gave proof of the eS disposition of the American people. Everybody new that he was specially charged by Mr. Seward to negotiate a frien Srtaugement wiih the Cabinet of London in Yeference to the damage done by the Alabama. In Engiand a still greater desire prevailed to terminate this diMeuity, that had given rise to 40 many diplomatic messages and which caused the enemies against the peace of the two couutries, such ad the Fenians, to consider asa permanent menace of war hanging over Great Brithin. Then, how wartnly the American Minister was received in England! And how he hastened to return hundred fold the kindness that he received at the hands of the English. He showered compliments, friendly assurances and protestations of sympathy upon oe CS i Ch} ja C4, Bis opnntry men, who, ley receiver reports of his speeches and his lyrical effusions, soon asked thomselves if they really nourished such tenderness for the Engish, and whether it became them to be on such terms with @ nation with which they had accounts to set~ Ue. National pride took the matter up and a reac: on took place, which afterwards found vent in pud- loeAmerican le manifestations, Mr. Reverdy Johnson was s@- verely repuked by the preas of hia country, and When the plan of the contemplated treaty between aad Lord Stauley became koowa wanres- sions made on both sides of the Atlantic wer diverent. The opinion im = Ungiand that we HKaglish vermment had mae ‘oo ample col ; bus even then they rejoiced at the thought of having thus reconquered safety and the good willof the Americans. Contrary to the hopes of the English, the treaty was subjected to delays; modifications were suggested. Taen came the change of President and the Secretary of State in the United States. We are too well aware of the mobility of sentiment and opinion in the United States to attach anv excessive importunce to the now apparently predominant disposition in respect toKngland. Susceptibilities will be quieted in sine und a serious desire for conciliation cannot fail to manifest itself, A successor has already been ap- pointed to follow Mr, Reverdy Johnson, in the per- son of the eminent historian, Mr. John Lothrop Motley, who wil!, doubtless, meet with the fuli aym- pathiés of the Knelish, tl fore, between the United States and England stand as they did before the mission of Mr, Johnson. A question i pending, an account remains to ve , and acme will come when the settlement will be again de- manded; but the hope of pose this settlement ar- ranged in the pacific path of diplomacy must not be abandoned. THE LOJS OF THE STEAMSHIP HERMANN. Captain Neweil’s Statement of the Catase trophe—Heroic Conduct of the Japaneso Soldiers. WASHINGTON, May 12, 1669, ‘The State Department has received from our Con- sul at Kanagawa, under date of Marca 1, the par- ticulars of the loss of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s steamer Hermann on the evening of the ith of February, together with tie following full statement by Captain Newell of the loss of the Her- mann:— r 1 was opdered to take command of the Hermann as soon as that vessel should return to Yokohama from Yedo, and did so on the morning of the L3th instant, There were then on board 359 passcagers and @ crew of eighty men, The heavy south- westerly gales which had prevailed for twenty-four hours previously had broken, the wind had veered to north and east, and the barometer indicating better weather I proceeded to sea at noon, bound to the Straits of Saugar. Outside of Cape Sagami we encountered a heavy southwesterly swell, but wind fresh from north and east; passed the breakers on Mila Ledge, about six milea distant, at 4:30 P, M., and then steered northeast by east till seven P. M.; then steered northeast by east, half east, one hour; then cast northeast till nine P. M.; then steered cast by north, half north, the stip making about seven knots per hour against the strong wind. These courses should have taken the ship about. eight mules from the land at the Point of Kawatzu, but I supposed the heavy southwest sea would set her on shore, and therefore thougant the distance from land might be about five miles. ‘The second officer was stationed forward. ‘The night was extremely dark and hazy, so that I saw the land very indistinctly, and altered the ship's course to the eastward, in the manner related above, to give the Point (distance about seventy-tive milea from Yokohama) a wide berth, the native pllot on board having told _me that there was a reef off the Point, although its existence was not indicated on the chart nor mentioned in the sailing directions. 1 steered tis course, east by north, half north, from seven till nine o'clock. I had then no apprehension whatever, and had just been aft to the standard compass to examine the course made by it, and was going forward again when I discovered breakera off the port bow and immediately atter saw them ahead. I then ordered the helm “hard a port.’ The ship at once answered the movement of the helm, but was caught by a tremendous roller and thrown with great violence upon the rocks, striking first forward and then aft. When raised by the followtug awelb successive seas breaking upon the ship With great violence forced her over the reef, the water filling the ship meanwhile rapidly. The vessel thus drilted ashore, the sea breaking outside of ner till she had settled’ fairly up on the bottom and to the hurricane deck. ‘This was about ten o'clock A. M. She had by this time broken ope amidships, the bows were stove in and the hull more or les# broken by the foremast. I had concluded at once, after striking, that {t was safest for the people to cling to the wreck, 28 no boat could live in the breakers about us; and f ordered that the boats should not be lowered. The life preservers, of which there were a great number were got up and the pas- sengers shown their use. I threw up some signal rockets, when the people on store lighted tires ina littie bay on which the town of Kawatau is situated, tt nalf-past ten o'clock P. M. the port boats were swept away, two of them being at once swamped alongside. Some of the crew jumped into the third one and got clear of the wreck, but tt was overwhelmed close by. Soon after I had. the starboard boats lowered, which were quickly filled with people. In two of them they cut the painter and attempted to reach the snore, but were swamped at ashort distance from the wreck. The third and last boatcast adrift from the vessel, but remat under the cover-the wreck afforded from the break- ers for about haif an hour and then went in towards the shore. As the wreck settled deeper the people came uponthe hurricane deck. Between eth a and ten A. M. one of the funnels fell upon the king rods, and thence rolling forward upon the hurricane deck broke it off amidships, causing los# of life to a number of eople collected there, Before the chimney fell the foremast had gone. The sea reaching the hurricane deck broke up the whole of it forward, but the after portion floated off almost entire, and remained in this way alongside and seemed to save forty or fifty people. We then collected on the wheelhouses and rigging. The wind and sea moderated rapidly, the former veering to the southward and westward, and coming oi the land very cold and piercing. Some of the people were washed off: some tried to save them. selves on pieces of the floating wreck. The boats being mostly lifeboats, although swamped, still floated and washed into the small bay by the surt, and those persons who clung to them were saved. it 1s impossible for me to estimate the loss of lite. ‘The ship drat struck the reef at nine P. M., and had not settled 30 that the sea dashed and broke up the hurricane deck until about one A. M., and those who were swept away in the various casnalties happening in the interval were carried in shore by the surf while floated by the life- preservers or by clinging to portions of the wreck. We suffered greatly from the cold, and some of those in the rigging proved uaabie to endure it. At day- light Ffound the wreck lay about three-fourths of a mile from shore and near the bay mentioned above, ‘The ship was about one-fourth of a mite ee bat was swept by the beavy, atta seas to the where she finally settled. 1 had little hopes, from the appearance of the coast, that those who were tn the boats during the mght were saved; but, as it at terwards proved, many of them were. About 100 people still remained on the wreck. Soon one of the ship's boats and a number of native craft came off from shore. The latter would not come alongside, so that | was obliged to traasfer the peo- ie from the wreck to them by means of the lifeboat. When, however, the weather moderated still more, the Japanese boats came alongside and heiped to tuke olf che balance of the people. At two P. M. all those who remained by the ship through the night were safely landed on shore. Before closing, L would remark that the behavior of the Japanese was he- roic, When the ship struck, those brave men, sud- denly roused from sleep by the awful crash, seemed to comprehend the situation in a moment. There was no stampede and no disorder. From the first they were quiet and cool, retaining wonder- fuily their presence of mind and cal awaiting the commands of their leader. Thi officer called them on deck, and after consulting with me as to the proper course to be ursued ordered his men to stay by the ship. On hearing this they retired to their rooms, where they remained until driven from them by the water rising in the vessel. None of them attempted to leave the vessel without permission from the officer in Nanna Ug en jeer ood th = termined to try swimming ashore strip; selves with the exception of a belt about the waist, and fastening to this their swords jumped into the oe & ay | at ymy a ees. eae eight, oMcers and men, tho first officer, 3 tender and twenty of the crew having been lost. We walked sixty miles through the country, meeting everywhere with kindness, and on reaching the head ¥ Fan bay obtathed the boat which brought us to Yokohama. THE QUAKER CITY, She is Searched by United States Deputy Mar- shals—Nothing Found=No Contraband of War—Her Name Changed=Visit from an Oticer of the Revenue Catter. The Quaker City still les at the Novelty Iron Works wharf, foot of Twelfth street, Fast river, under the survetilance of the United States revenue cutter McCullough, Captain J. H. Merryman. On ‘Tuesday she was searched by three or four United States Deputy Marshals, who could find nothing of contraband character, on board. One of them opined that accommodations for something which = might or might not construed be into a magazine were being fitted up in the fore and after parts of the hold, but his statement was very vague, and it must be remembered that the Quaker City Was used as a war vessel during the blockade of Sonthern ports, and that simple alterations tn sommodations of @ vessel may be very easily sconstrued by an anpracticed and suspicious ob- Server Into something very different from their ac- tual purpose, ‘The name of the Quaker City has been changed to the Columbia, Her owner 14 said to be an Englishman named McAndrews, a resident of Staten Island, An officer of the revenue cutter, Whose captain, in fulfiment of his orders, 19 constantly on the alert to detect any symptoma of a clandestine departure of the suspected vessel, visited her a day or two . in mone deen of some amoke ing from her smoke stack, but wag informed that it was occasioned by the use of the lonkey engine. The guns of the McCullough could be trained upon the Columbia at a moment's notice, ifa clandestine departure, which is not anticipated, were to be attempted. ‘The captain of the Columbia stated that a number of Cubans, in consequence of the statements mace in a certain Bohemi nal, came down to the wharf a few days ago and volun: teered to enlist for the revolutionary service aboard his vessel. No doubt seoms to be entertained that the Columbia, née ile au City, will obtain a clear- ace 1 due form, Her destination is said to be Rio riots teeter nents OOO