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

CUBA. Campaign in Camaguey—The Spanish by Fa ar Patriots Claim te Have Been Victorious—The Spanish Press on Valme- sada’s Proclamation—Spaniards Leaving the Comes Havana, May 18, 1869. We have some slight and most unsatisfactory in- formation from the campaign now going on on the line of the railroad between Nuevitas and Puerto Principe, in the jurisdiction of the latter name. Much attention is attractet vowards it, as the Spaniards claim that witb its ermination will end the insurrection in the island; while, on the other hand, he proposed prevention of the attempt to repro- vision the last mentioned place before the rainy sea- son sets in lies at the base of the insurgent plan, which is to starve out the city, occupy it, make 1 the base of their operations and their seat of government. Having, as they said, finished the in- surrection in the Western Department, tn Clenfue- gos, Trinidad and all the region round about, the Spaniards informed us that there was only Cama- guey to conquer, and immediately set about concen- trating thelr forces at Nuevitas, Including those al- ready there and the force under Lesca at Principe, between 6,000 and 10,000 men of all arms were gath- ered for the campaign. Before anything could be done it was necessary to carry provisions to Prin- cipe, a8 the troops and inhabitants there were in a starving condition. With this end in view Lesca started from that place with about 2,500 men. He left 1,000 men, under Brigadier Ferrer, at the plantation San Jose, on the line of the road, and arrived with the balance of his forces at Nuevitas about the 17th of April, He immediately prepfred a convoy to supply Ferrer's commaud. He arrived at San José without firmg a snot, and immediately returned. On the 24th he started for Principe with another convoy of provisious, on cars drawn by oxen, there being no engine in the jurisdiction. The troops under Letona moved out at intervals between the 24th and 27th, The tusurgents meanwhile, only de- sirous of preventing the arrival of the convoy, com- menced the couceutration of every available arm near the line of the road. Cespedes and all the prominent Cuban leaders were there, and a despe- rate effort was determined upon. For many days past innumerable ruwors have been rife, all more or less favorabie to tue Lusurrection, but as nothing had Made an oMotal visit to the Captain General this On wel 2th ist, Dr. D. Vicente Antonio de Cas- troy Bermadez, @ prominent physician and citizen of Havana, died. The deceased was well knowao im the United States and elsewhere, both 10 @ per- sonal and professional capacity. He was a frequent contributor to inedical journals, and, I believe, had red a work for puolication. He occupied a Bish piace on the roll of Masonry, and was ked up to aud regarded as @ recognized leader by Cuban Masons. His funeral takes place tuis evening, SPANISH ACCOUNTS, Operations on the Nuevitas Railroad Line— Geverul Lesca’s Fight with the Insurgents. Tue following ig an extract from the evening edi tion of the Diario dela Marina ot the 13th inst.-— We have seen a letter, written by one of the cbiefs of our forces forming part of the columa uader the command of General Letona, dated tue 4th, from a stadon on the railroad about seven leagues trom Porto Principe. It mentions that on the 3d the rebel forces were engaged by the men under Briga- dier” Lesca, at Alta Gracia, avout four mies from Camagiley, The firing lasted about tuirty minutes, aiter which our soidiers car- ried” all the strong intrenchments held by the insurgents at the point of the bayonet, putting them to disorderly might, It 1s reported ‘nat they numbered some two thousand strong. Our troops are mentioned to have had one lieutenant colonel, one officer and six men killed, besides taree oilicers and twenty-four men wounded. The enemy's lose ts not stated, but must have been con- siderable, The column under General Letona, that followed the movements of Brigadier Lesca, after leaning Nuevitas in order to protect the couvoy in cuse of need, went on towards Alta Gracia, Tuas convoy was composed of nineteen wagons, and Moved on slowly, owing to the necessity of ciearing the road of the obstructious placed by the rebeis, gs 3 which was the desiraction of some two bundred= metres of road embankment. We presume that the action at Alia Gracia refers to the same as that mentioned in the letters from Nuevitas, which we published in a pre- vious edition, because we find the same facts and the sume date, the ud. Eficient detacumenis are beimg left along the line o1 railway to protect it. Great Destruction of Property—Festivities on the Arrival of More Spanish Troops—luten- tions of General Buceta. SANTIAGO DE CuBA, May 8, 1869. Imy former letter I mentioned the sad and disas- trous burning of seven sugar milla, and now I have to add to that list the works called the Hatilio, owned by Mr. Mariano Vaillant; Barabacoa, owned by Mr. José Maria Portuondo Bravo; San José del Manacal, owned by Mr. Roque Nuiies, and twelve or arrived from there, bo reliance could be placed upon them, Yesterday iue Spanisa gunboat Bazan arrived here from Nuevitas, briuging @ few letters written by Spaniards and in Spanish interest, containing Sole very discuuuected aud indetinite statements concerniug Operalious. The government publishes notaing. ‘Lhe Jiario de la Marina of yesterday morning publishes a letter trom its correspondent at Nuevitas, datedjthe 7th, the gist of which is as follows the column or Brigadier Lesca, on its return to Puerto Principe with wie couvey, Was harassed considera- bly by a large number of rebels, who attempted to Oppose bis wiarch, and, as they persisted, the result Was terribie to them. An action took piace on the Sd at about fifteen kuometres from Principe. Lesca had uuder his command the ‘Union,’ ‘ey’ and ‘Alragon’ regiments of regu- lara, escorting a convoy of nineteen cars, with provisious, The fight lasted the whole afternoon, durtug which time the troops made three heavy charges wiih the bayonet. An eye witness Places the number of insurgents killed at 2,000; Wuile the troops Lad eight killed and thirty wounded, Lieut-Gol. Macias aud anotuer oficer were among the forurer.”” ‘Lhe same correspondent says that Lesca, with the be a under Goyeneche haa an en- Oounter on the sth at soliagracia, apd another on me ist lust. at Bayatabo, When We rebels had 200 ued. At latest accounts, Letona was in camp at Los Miuas, where were also tue mobilized volunteers (colored), receatiy irom Havana. Lesca and Esca- Jaate were at Juauita. The troops under tue former were said to be operating inst the evemy, but no details were given. ‘his 1s the sum of the news as given by tue Spanish papers. The Diario, doubuess having observed during the day that its correspondent had made no disposition of the couvoy, in ite evening edition stated that ‘on the otu it Was said in Nuevitas that the convoy had airived safely at Puerte Principe.” A letter [rom a Spaniard in the former place states that General Lavoua ad been mortally wounded. Sun Miguel nad been reduced to ashes by the insur- gents, “alter tueir deieat on the 3d,” says the Span- ish accounts, ‘The insurgent sympathizers profess to have infor- Mation that ulter the engagement near Principe the patriots were reintorced by tie command of the Aarguis of Santa Lucia, the aitack was renewed, @uu the troops deteaied with great slaughter, This is all. In suming it up certain facts appear evident, First, That the convoy under Lesca was at- tacked soon after leaving Nuevitas, and was ha- Tassed ali the Way. Bayatabo is off the line of rail- road and on tle highway to Baza aud San Miguel. Li the engagement reported there took place, Lesca mast have eit tue ratiroad and of eourse abandoned his position it is more probable, however, that the action there was fought by other than Lesca’a forces, second, The Spaniards are keeping together on we line of tue road, and are hut maxing the active and aggressive move- Gents they promised us, Tlird, Nothing definite LAQ resulted. The accounts of the losses are simply Tidiva/ous, a8 with tueir bayonet charges, the losses of the Spaniards wouid be the greatest, even though victori@us. Fourth, The fate of the convoy is ex- tremely uncertara. Spanish rumors in Nuevitas place Nt in Priacipe, while it is positively stated that Lesca is encamped at Juacita, some miles this side of that city. ‘The steamer Barceiona, now overdue from hn as is surmised, has been detained to bring wounded, ‘rho sequestration bureau continues actively en- gaged. ‘ihe property of the following Cubans, resi- deuts of San Antonio de los Bufios, is announced embargoed—viz.: Jose Gonzales Mujica, Horacio Baios, Jose Alejandro Pundora, Jose Prieto y ar- mas and Manuel Prieto y Armas; alvo the following resiacuts of Vienfuegos:—Jose Figueron, physician; rego Andros Echeruendia, notary; Luis M. Arre- dondo, nota y; telix Bonyou, furmerly government mploye; Juaa G. Diaz Villigas, Carlos Cerice, Apud Caprera and Manuel Leiva, planters. The property of Mrs. James Duggun, whose husband was sent to Feroando 0, aud waoose property was embargoed On the supposition that it belonged to ber husvaad, as been released and restored to her. The Voz de Cuba contains along article referring to the comments of the American press on Valmesada’s Prociamation. Jt 18 foolish aud defiant of public Opiuion taroughout the word. It exciatins:—“Would that the system whica Count Valmesada now pro- claims in bayamo had been adopted from the com- mencewent of tue revellion.” Evidently the editor of La Voz ts sinoug Wat uumerous body of Spaniaras who never learn, the telegra:u from the United States, which stated that orders had been sent to Admiral Hom not to per- iui aby boarding or searching of Vessels under toe American Hug, fa’ created the greatest concern among tue Spaniards hele, as they Jear trouble wil arise. General Duice and his wife recently made a visit to Matanzas, on matters connected with the exten- sive property of the latter, He was enthusiastically received, and reviewed the troops and volunteers stalioned there, se revurned here on Monday last. A pumber of Spauish families are leaving the island. ‘tue ed'tor of La Prensa sais by the next steamer for Cadiz, Of late @ great many Spanish merchants have been sending thelr fands abroad, and an unusually large amount of bilis have been purchased. The seven men composing the crew of the English Schouner Goiramie, Wuich Was captured off Nuevitas & few months ago, have been reveased and takea away by & british Man-ol-War to Nassau. It is be- lveved that the twenty-two Cuban passengers found on board of Ler will be sent to Spain. Seliors Zuluster and Stravez, and commanders of volunteer batialous, are about leaving for spuin. itis aunounced on good aatnor ity that Ul ey Will endeavor to Induce from the home government & revocation of ulce’s sequ decree ou account of its injustice and a fe bie retaliation from the insurgents, By decree dated tue Sth inst, the territorial imposed for the year 156%-2;0 on the net produce fil rustic and urban property, as also that of catue Taising, 18 Teduced LO $2,970,506, It being one-half of the contributions Jor the year 1863~d¥. The tax as Dow decreed is calculated to be $.20-100 per cent on the net taxabie capital, ‘The papers call attention to the fact that there has been a juck in the supply of water for the city re- cently. ‘ihe city is supplied irom the river Soluren- dares, though the aqueduct, and there has hereto fore been a superabunuauce. The cause of the pre- sent scarcity ts not understood. ‘The Cubans of this city, having private tnforma- tion of operations in the feld, are chary of commu- Nicating it, as they say the HEKALD reproduces it with so much celerity that sufortwauon w (uruished the Spanisa auchorities, The dnario states vbat the coasts of Cuba are guarded by thirty-eight vessels of war and armed craft of all classes. ‘Ihe war steamer Ferdi Catolico arrived bere yesterday from a cruise for and supplies, She will go out ‘The bKeupse, fagship of Commodore Phil men of wealth more, which arrived irom Jamaica on the 6th, sailed yesterday for Nassau. During his stay the Couimodore had several Interviews with the Captat |, concerning which entire reticence is maintained, The Philomel arrived on Tuesday evening irom Jamaica, wih despatches brought there by the Hnglish steamer, She remains here ior the preseut. ‘The ileron sated for Jamatca yester- day, wiih despatches from tue Commodore to Ad- mural Munday The sloop-ol-war Saratoga, @ommander Whiting, with @ considerable number of apprentices on board, arrived bere on the Luth. ‘The government at Washington has sent orders to Rear Adiniral Hoff to furnish @ war vessel to carry General Neison, the new Minister to Mexico, and his family, to Vera Cruz, ou their arrival here, The Narraganset, Commander Filisbro has been named; but as her accommodations are extremely limited, doubtiess some other vessel will be sens. ‘The Contoocook 18 ab Rn West, She will return the 1 Cpt gap a tg Rae General, arrived on ny Sha savored on the. duties Ob bls tice af once. 116 fourteen coffee plantations of more or less impor- tance in the district of Cobre. This district has en- joyed comparative tranquillity for upwards of two months, which has enabied nearly all the crop to be gathered, tuanks to the preseace of the fying column of Lieutenant Colonel Navidad; but at last it has succumbed to the invasion of the nordes of savage incendiaries the instant that these forces were witndrawo in order to join in the attack on thé Ramon. A column has been organized 400 strong, commanded by the Valiant Colonel Camara, who has placed detachments of ten to twenty men each in every hacienda in we districts of Savanilla, Maroto and Enramada, aud iurther patrolling tie whole une witha guard of iifty men, To this jorce can be added about taree hundred servants of the various estates, who have been well armed and placed at the disposal of the above oilicer. The Cieuiuegos arrived on Tuesday With a battalion of Cazadores de Keus, commanded by General Buceta, who were warmly received ey an immense crowd. The vailant and patrivtic vol- uuteers were especially prominent in the reception Which was extended alike to the men aud oicers, in the form of @ banquet neld on the Plaza de Armas. ‘The plaza was beautifully decorated with fags and drapery, in Which scariet and yeilow were the promi- nent culors. The Bight Was magnificent, and rarely has the city worn a gayer appearance. Various toasts and speeches were given, and the lively strains ol the music continued until past ten at night, Many colored persons continue to come in, and to-day I have learned that 300 have been united trom three haciendas. General Buceta, accompanied by his stad, left this morning for the interior at the head of the Reus battallon. It is reported that he intends putting himseif in communication with Count Val- muaseda, in order to ciear the road between here aud Bayamo. Trial tor Treason at Villa Clara—Audacity of the Insurgent Chiefs. VILLA CLARA, May 9, 1869, Lieutenant Governor Portillo published an order on the 3d inst. for holding @ council of war on Don Isidro Hernandez, notary public, accused of dis loyalty. The trial took place with due formality aud the accused was sentenced to death. But a few hours before the time fixed for the execution a par- don from General Duice arrived wy telegraph in tune vo save his life. ‘The audacity of Villamil, Abreu and otners of the insurgent chiefs in this jurisdiction, protected as they are by their friends, has called the serious at- tention of the Spanish residents of wealth, who complain bitterly of the government’s leniency and ‘the little military sagacity displayed by the Woops. Insurgents in the Vicinity of Trinidad—Panics in the City. TRINIDAD, May 8, 1869. Last night at nine o’clock firing was heard tn the direction of the burial ground, The troops went out and met several men on horseback, who, not reply- mene —_ chailenge of the advance guard, were red at Acommission goes out to Havana to represent to General Dulce the necessity of certain precautions and measures which are calculated to have a favora- ble result for the tranquillity of this district. The Imparcial says that the inhabitants were great! alarmed bonnie the news of raids. “Sut,” adds Said paper, “they must get accustomed to the situa- on in time of war.” : INSURGENT ACCOUNTS, Reported Capture of Las Tunas by the Ine surgents. A letter from Las Tunas of the 24th of April states that on the 15th of same month General Francisco Aguilera attacked a convoy of provisions on its way to Las Tunas, four leagues from that place. The Spanish troops were driven from the convoy and fell back on Las Tunas. Being reinforced there they re- turned to meet the insurgents, leaving a garrison of 200 men ia the town. Soon after Aguilera attacked the place, having avoided the colvimn sent to meet him, and captured it, with 150 ten prigoners. The insurgent loss was twenty killed and wounded, In the town he found two pieces of Held artillery, which he placed at once In position, and 260 Cubau prisoners, whom he liberated. On the 17th the troops who went out to meet him returaed, but when about a quarter of a league from the town a lew discharges of grape put ther to Night. THE STEAMSHIP PARAGUAY. An Addition to the Low and New York Ste: ip LineHer Dimensions, Machine ery, Accommodations and Officers. The steamship Paraguay, the latest addition to the London and New York Steamship line, arrived at this port on Saturday, and will leave pier No. 8 North river at ten o'clock to-morrow morning for London direct. This vessel, though not so large as others of the line, is stanch and of pleasant appointments, The Para- goay is of iron, bark rigged, and built, in both bull and machinery, by the Messrs. Paimer Bros, & Co., Jarrow on Tyne. Her length on deck is 261 feet, aod over ali Bbout 203 feet § iIncues, She has & of beam of 32 feet,a depth of hold of 21 € & (oad Graught 17 feet 10 inches, and is 1,460 tons gross, British measureme: has two fall che, 2 inches t are two Dis of wre which wht iron decrease but aii p She t# fited with wat ments of iron one-half vo turee-fou atly along her bs of an inch in thickness. Water tanks are placed in the hold of the vessel ‘Apavle of holding several thousand gal ud the apparatus for the condeusa- ity of thirty-five gal- jons per hour, The steering gear iw ot the old safe design, aud possesses ali the fittings to give it strength and durability, Hanging in appropriate jaces and properiy rigged are seven large mize life. Boats, capavie of wccommodating a great number of persons. ‘The machinery of the Paraguay in construction is suggestive of strengen saiety., She is hited wita direct acting engines, having two cylinders, each forty-five inches in diameter, with Toke of piston of three feet; the propelier, of iron, has @ diameter of seventeen feet; thé boilers, two in number, are of the tubular description, baving four furnaces, and in the generation of steam have given great satisfac- tion. des this machinery there is a smaller en- gine and auxiliary boiler for the ste cranes, in loading and unloading cargoes; steam fire and bilge pumps, and all else that au ocean vessel of this character requires, Toe ‘nooonimod jons of the Paraguay for passen- gers are uot of vat extensive Character Which some of her sister vessels of tne London and New York sveataship line possess, but they are ampie and of cosey style, There are stacverooms capable of ac- commodating thirty frst class, thirty second cCiass ‘and 500 berths for steerage ngers. ‘The stace- rooms are roomy and comfortable, Convenience is everywhere observable, while all the saioon appoint ments are exquisitely cheerful, | . The coniort and saiety of the steerage passengers | have not been forgotten, and their abode at sea can NEW YOKK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET, On the Union Pacific Rallroad= Horrible Con- dition of a Part ef the Track—General Order of the Road=Tho Stations—Tho De- tention of Dr, Durant by the Workucu= Summary, 5 Osana, Neb., May 8, 1869, THR UNION PACIFICO RAILROAD, Tn my last from Wahsaten I did not hesitate to say all that I saw of the railroad from that point to Ais western terminus, I fuily set forth all its short- coming but at the same time 1 explained the reasons therefor, and Gave every reasonavie hope that in a few months the defects would be remedied aud the road put in Orst race order and ready fer ail the business offering. Now that I have gone over its entire length, I will not fait to give my impressions of everything, and wiil try to come as near the irath as 1s possivle for one WhO has not examined it in detail. From Wahsatch to Piedmont the road was in the same horrible condition as tae western portion and for the same reason, The rails were up and dowa like miniature waves and the track in anything but Straight lines, For miles on either side were wrecks of cars that had either run over themselves or were thrown over to get them out of the way after having broken down. In one place a locomotive was lying bottom up some thirty feet down an embankment, and from its rusty condition I should think it had been there for some time. Indeed, I can say noti- ing in favor of this thirty-nine miles; it was horrible and unfit jor anything but temporary use. A strong gang of men, however, can soon make it all right, when it will be safe for any work whatever. From Piedmont there 13 a rapid improvement, and by the time we reach Wash-a-Kkie, 215 miles, and from there to Omaha, 966 miles, 1t is equal in all re- Sspects to any road I have ever passed over in the United States, Indeed, I never moved at a high rate of speed with so much ease as on this portion of the Union Pacitc Kafroad; nor do I think it possible to obtain anything much better. Tuere was no jarring, joll- ing or excessive lateral motion. We appeared to glide along the iron as if sliding, and really I en- joyed the ride by reason of its being such a contrast to what we had passed over on the westernend. If the company deserve censure for the last division they certainly deserve credit for the first 800 miles; and I doubt if even the greatest fauit-Ander could tind @ word to say against it. To be sure, on a very large portion the construction is quite easy; in fact ‘tight compart. | there is little else to ‘Go than lay the ratis, and, when laid, they are easily rendered permanent; but, with ail this, some difficulties had to be encountered, and they have been surmounted in a very creditable manuer. The maximum grade of the Union Pacific road, excepting where the temporary Z track is laid to crogs the Wahsatch Mountains, is ninety feet to the mile, even when crossing the summit of the Rocky Mountains, at an altitude of over 8,000 feet; and the oMcers contend that if they had confined them- selves to the grade allowed by the law— viz., 115 feei—it Would have saved $5,000,000 in the construction of the road; but they thought this to be false economy, and preferred to cut down as much as possible, in order to work the line more economl- cally by being able to haul heavier trains, and Inaking less wear and tear to machinery and roiling stocx. The bridges on this portion of the jine ap- pear to be permanent structures, although the builder complained of bad masonry by reason of poor stone being used in the abutments. THE COUNTRY, May I be preserved from ever passing through again such @ wilderness as I did between Piedmont aud Bitter Creek. Bad as the sage brush and alkali Were, this was far worse, Nothing could equal this Scene of utter desolation. Mountain and valley were all the same; rock, and sand and alkali, without one Redeeming Teature, without one blade of grass to usake ap 0as.8 in this great desert. There isa sta- tidn beyond Bitter Creek called Red Desert, and well 1 eserves its name, Here for miles, as far as tie eye can reach, is @ level country of a dark red color, that is nohing but earth, earth, earth; nota sign of vege- tation insight. 1 was glad when night came on, aud hid such @ desolate dreary locality from view. Atdaylight the next morning we were at Lara- mie, anit herggthe view had somewhat improved; there was soule sign of grass growing, aud it was indeed peasant to view a few cattle grazing that could find enough to sustain life. Soon acter leaving Laramie we commenced the ascent of the Black Hills, and a" 6:25 A. M. we were at Sherinan, a littie Village on tix® Summit, a thousand feet higher than the summit \ uel on the Sierra Nevada. Unfortu- nately a dense tog had set in, which obscured every- thing at any dh ‘tance from the road. Enough could be seen, however, to iead us to believe that a very tne vieX" could be obtained from this point, Those whio have been here say that the sight is very grand, and that Pike’ Peak, @ Peed mules or more to the southward, is istinctly visible. Mere was the turning point, and we went rapidiy down bill, reachimg Cheyenne at half-past eight A. M., on time, tnhty hours from Wahsatch. 1 neglected to say that on passing the Summit some few patciies of suow were fallen in with, but they will soon meit. We saw nothing ‘like the quantity we did on the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Snow sheds have not been adopted on this road; fences have been made on either side the track where there is @ cut, in order to prevent drift snow from blowing in and filling them up, Which was the cause of the blockade last win- ter. They have been found to answer weii on other roads aod may here, but tor my part I prefer the sheds. The latter are sure, the former only an ex- periment, Cheyenne appears to be a thriving place. It is the Vee of entry for Denver City, to wich point Wells, ‘argo & Co. rum @ daily line of stages. Near it is Fort Russel, a military post of some extent, but hav- ing at present only a small garrison, merely enough to keep the Indians in check, should they feel ais- posed to make a raid in this vicinity, Leaving Cheyenne we are on the Plains proper, and in the jJand of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, the tribes that have for so long given us #0 much trouble, Here the buffalo used to roam in his native treedom by the tens of thousands, and the numerous skulls that are met with show where some bull bas nd the ar- row of the Indian or the unerring rif_é of the hunter, We had gone but a few miles out when, on our left, SLX antelopes Were seen about half a mile from the track. As soon a8 the sound of the train waa heard om they started, nearly parallel with it. The race was tough, for they are very fleet, faster than a very fast horse; but the iron animal distanced them, and the last we saw of the beautiful creatures they were gull feeing from what they doubtiess supposed Was some great danger. Anotner herd was seen in the afternoon; but they are getting scarce, or rather they keep away from the |ime oi the road, like the bufialo, scarcely one of the iatter being ever seen now near to the track. Formerly the antelope used to swarm in this vicinity, and they still do north and south; but they Keep away from where the white tan has nade such inroads upon their domain, Hiere, where Jexpected vo see Indians, not one was to be seen except the Pawnees who are acting as Uncle Sam's scouts. These being dressed in his livery, Jost all their coarin; they became nothing but dark- looking, dirty soidiers. it is the friendly and iow grade of Indians only that hover about tne camps and stations; the warlike tribes—those of he Sioux order, Who although at peace mean war whenever the opportunity offers—keep away, and if they make their appearance it is ouly on ao unfriendiy visit, where the chance Is offered to take one or more scalps, or run Off more Or less stock. 10 describe one mile of “tue Plains” 19 to describe al. A Vast expanse of territory, aimost as level as & boara, covered by & growth Of coarse grass, without & tree to be seen any where, Will give a pretty correct idea of them. ‘Ucvasionally a hii ‘or ex- tent of high table land may ve seen to the southward, and @ glance may be caugit of the Platte river, but beyond thw it js a8 much like the ocean as possibie, Sull, with all it tnonotony, it Was barely preferaole to the desert we had passed through the day before. Of course, no #igu of habitation is visibie beyond the com- dd you ride {miles through this singular country almost alone, where, if au accident were to happea, tere would be none to come to your aid unui word could be sent to the nex! tion. On this road, like on the Central, the telegraph bas followed tue track, and on either side the poles are erected, and as you Jook behind the train and op the track extending as Tar ag the eye can reach in @ straight line, they ap- pear like @ post and rali fence constructed to kee; Off cattic, only that the posts are rauner higher they would be made for such @ purpose, and the Pails are uot yet put in their places. THR STATIONS are remarkably good, and at some of the principal ones, Where ihe passengers take their meals, the buildings would do credic to # first clase astern road turough @ thickly populated country. The Water stations and section houses are the same. At the majority of whe iatter I noticed that every cantion had been taken to guard against an I raid. The houses were covered almost by earth- Works of sods piled one upon another, and thick enough to resist the passage of arifie’ bali or ar- rows. Loopholes were made, so that the inm: in case of attack, could use their rifles with mu! ous effect, without much danger of being picked off by the redsking outside. All these precautions are very necessary, for @ stranger can hardly imagine the utter joneliness of tess stations, and how, un guarded, oy! invite attack from these murderous sons of the Pla Ihave no doubt that the pre- cautions taken have prevented and will prevent at- tack from inaurading parties, who are constautly oD the lookout for any chances that may turn up. It is nécemary for all the stations Whereat passen- gers are to obluin their meals to be of @ high gi Jor upon them they have to depend for all the f tuey cau get while crossing nearly two thousand miles of sach country as 1 have described. | have heard jt mentioned that provably a restaurant car would be attached to all through trains, If this can be done it will be just the thing, for then passengers be termed roomy and of excellent plan, ensuring What great requisite, good ventilation, ‘The following are some of Seecens Gant Edward Dixon; First umicer, U. Greene; Oni bogineer, William Beanett. can feel at home irom the time they leave Omaha unui they reach Sacramento. To make the line poputar all these things will have to be ntiended to will stand the exira expense, provided everything at hand for comfort. it ie ® Jong and hard road to travel, and an expenstve on! bence everytuing should be aria 4 to afford the @as© possid.e, wii Lo bride Lid Cunvenieaces W \O @ scale equal to Mhat of @ first class steamship, I it on te doue, and | see no reason wily & should uo BLEBPING CARS are how ran as far as Biter Creek, 782 miles from Oana ‘This, of course, takes much from Che tedium of the trip; bat b would coupe Luly suggest that some discrimmation shoald be ude by the con- ductor in ciarge 1a the selection of those who are perm tted io Ocoupy them, [tt was with the utmost dt toulty that L suceeeied ia having two men retused berths Who were reeking wilt vermin aud Hith, aud some Were permitied to remain who were very tus Ik biese respects. so much so that 1 lear tere tay be more of life about these Cars In & short Gime than the Pullman Car Company bargaia for, Taea, agatn, there should be some pari Of these cars apporlioued for ladies who are compe led to make ‘his long journey. They should be silowed some privacy, aud not be placed eutively upoo the sam» ioouug with the men, aud such men as are in wany Musiauces allowed to Occupy these Cars. Lae deed, i¢ remanded me of furuishing & man, who was in ihe habit of frequenting the lowest order of lodging houses, With aparements at tue Fifth Avenue Hotel, 1 give these hiuts, fur Wey are Decessary, When s0 many low grade passeugers are Carried that may be able’ to pay Lirst Class Lares. it 18 4 Blame that such amass as we Had of tis Kiud were permitted Lo occupy even the superd lirst class cars that we took at Cheyenne, Wit care tuey if tuey were seated on plush or an old buankel? A caboose Was good enough for tiem, aad yel they were perimitted to pollute everyting with their rags wud ith, and actually drove out the few tirst class passengers we had, and compelled them to seek an- osher car. ‘Phisis a point chat should be aiteaded to if many ladies are expected to mike the overland Journey. AN EPISODE. Tcannot omtt telling what happened to us while at Piedmont, for it cue near leading to serious con- sequences, Lhe ofivers’ car, wil Dr. Duraut aud several others interested in the Union Pacific Railroad, was attached “to the morning trai from Wahsatch, they intending to go as far as Bryan stauon, 103 miles, to examine some bridges. On reaching Piedmont we noticed some unusual excitement among those avout dhe station, (1 was in the officers’ car at the time.) Men were moving about in diferent directions, and, lookituag up the track, @ crowd was observed some distance ahead kat made us think some accident had oocurred there, We were at a loss to understand what it alt meant, but at last our suspense was ended by re- ceiving information that the gang of lumbermen at work in cutting wood and timver for the company, not having oeen paid their wages for four months, had barricaded the track and refused permi-siou for the trata to pass until their demands were com- plied with. When they discoverea thas the officers’ car was attached they relented go far as the passen- gers aud mails were Concerned, They couid go, but the odicers’ car and oilicers had to remain and could not leave until their demanus were complied with. At first it appeared as uf there would be serious trouble, The meno numbered about 800, and amon * them were some of the most desperate charac- ters that could be found in this vicinity. Neariy all were armed with revolvers and rifles, and tiey declared that any attempt to move the car would lead to its inmates being shot, and they would have religiously kept their word, for what cared they for law or human life? One scoundrel with a cocked re- volver, passed in at the forward end of the car, and exc.aimed as he passed through, ‘Where is the d——d ——? I am going for him.” As he reached within a few feet of the rear door, which was open, he raised his six shooter and fired up the track, the ball pass- ing quite close to a lady who was standing on the rear platform. Ifthe men had not been uuusuaily sober, this shot would probably have fired the train that led to the magazine and bloodshed would have been the result. Matters looked serious at one time but Dr.Muraaot, with consummate coolness and tact, immediately got out of the car and mixed with the men, and soon became ‘hall fellow well met.” He tried to argue with them; made them good, humorous speeches, which set them ail a laughing; but it was no use. They said, “It’s ail very nice, Doctor, but these promises have been made too often. We won’t do you any harm; but you can’t go until our wages are paid—that’s sure.’’ The demand was complied with, the car was un- coupled, and then the barricade was removed from the track, and the regular train, after a detention of about haif an hour, was allowed to proceed. I had some difficulty in getting away from the car, but when lexplained that 1 was not an oiticer of the company permission was given, and this rough, law-despising crowd very politely handed all my baggage into the baggage car and would receive no compensation therefor. Idid not like leaving the Doctor in such a 1x; but there was no help for it, I could do him no good and might prove an incubus, So 1 kept on, and at the first opportunity sent you the particulars by telegraph, COAL, I neglected to say before that the company have discovered, and are now working, some exceedingly ood coal wines on the western portion of the road that will not only furnish all that is needed for their Own use, but supply all the demand for the adjacent country. This 1s @ most valuable juisition, es- pecially as it is found where no wi exists; the coal i bituminous and appears to be of excellent quatts, generating steam well and being free from irt. 1t would be a fortunate thing if the Central road could find the same, but as yet nothing has turned up on that line; it may be found, however, when extensive prospecting takes place, ag will be done when the other work is completed, SUMMARY. In Laat ue, Sn of the Central and Union Pacific Rati ls I have endeavored to be guided by strict Impartiality and have sought to do what is right by both companies, and yet to give the public a true statement of the situation. I have had every pees granted me; have been most courteously re- and treated by the oficers of both companies, ceive » have had all questions promptly and politely an- swered and every information given. I have not noticed @ case wherein it has been the intention to keep anything back, The short comings on both lines have been freely acknowledged, and the rea- sons therefor explained, which I have given as they have been given to me. I have contined myseif strictly to facts, with the determination to add noth- ing of my own ager that might affect the matter one way or another, and I have no hesitation in say! iccess, and am sure that in six montus time, after the present faulty construction is remedied, the road will be considered at all points the best of ite age in the country. Much has to be done, of course, before perfect running of trains can be accomplished; the through time table will have to be arranged; speed of trains increased ; station points agreed upon, anda thousand little matters that ali serve to make a t railroad. Until this is accomplished, until public announcement is made that all is completed and that ar hoon opened Legs mapa ite entire length for passenger traific, censure should be withheld. Every allowance should be made for haste in construction (where has tt ever been anything like equaiied’)—every consideration “shown for those who lave pushed this great enter- prise to a success{ul termination in #o short a space Of time, and who have furnished us what wiil be in @ short tune @ first class ratiroad from New York to San Francisco, from the Atiantic to the Pacific Ocean across almost the broadest part of our Conti- nent, In speaking thus I confine myseif entirely to the construction and equipment; with location and financial management | have nothing whatever to do; these are not my province. Both of | them may be faulty in the extreme; but if so it if. none of my business, and | have confined myself entirely in thus giving @ hasty description to furnish only information to the travelling community and those busiuess men who may be interested in doing a freighting busfness over the line, and in doing so I believe | have car- ried out the Hunauo's instructions to give ‘a cor- rect and unvarnished account” of the great trans. continental highway. CONTINUATION. Although Omaha is the actual eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad I shali not end the trip here but carry it forward vo Chicago from where the great western trip in reality cou noes. | wish to go over the Chicago and Northwestern Ratlroad in order to form & comparison aud see if it is any bet- ter than the last 800 miles of the Union Pacific track, It must be very good if it 1s. T hope to reach the Garden City terminus and be there im time to wit- ness the celebration 10 Lonor of the last spike being driven that completes the road, and from that point Wiil furnish thegast of this series of letters describin the long but not uninteresting tour “across the con- tinent,” THE CUBAN FAIR. ‘The ladies who have organized the fair for the beneflt of the sick and wounded of the patri- otie army of Cuba have removed their stalls and the articles which they have for sale to asmailer room at Apollo Hall, at the corner of Twenty-eighth street and Broadwa; Although @ large number of the handsome articles offered for sale at the commencement of the fair have been disposed of, there yet remains a large number of useful and ornamental things to be sold. The very handsome case of diamonds and jewels, ‘valned at $10,000, still remains on hand; and it has been determined to raffle this off, a very large num- ber of the chances having already been taken, but @ few still remaining 10 purchasers, Another set of jewelry, including vrooch, bracelet aud is also oifered for ramfie at two dollars @ chance. Last night the beautiful ladies of the junta who have the iairin hand were all oer pane, their most powerful solicitations to per- suade their visitors to invest their money in the ar- ticles, useful and ornamental, which still remained for sale, and it must be encouraging to the ladies to know that in many tnstances they succeeded in their laudable endeavors, A large number of valu- able articies stil! remain for sale, and it is the sin. cere wish of the saieswomen that they shouid be dis] of during the present week, ‘The ladies have entered into this work with heart and soul, devoting time and money to the worthy enterprise, and it will be ashame if those anxious for the freedom of Cnba do not do their utmost to it 18 expected, will some close this week, and unless themselves at that many of the jel remain on hand, Tne managers have already sent on @ large sum to help those in whose interest it Was siartea, but the amount, it is said, is not 80 large as their sanguine hopes ied them to an- Ucipate. As the fair will remain open for some days longer those anxious to help the cause of Cuba * an Opportunity still presented for showing pathy iM & suvsseutia manner, equivalent, the Sportsmen’s Club, baer! and of several other similar organizations, If any alone and full could then expel ine from your del all the years t you, UTEREST.3G CORRESPONDENCE. One of the Inferior Sex Attempts to Enter the Sacred Precincts of the Sorusis—He is Igno- minioasly Denied Admission—Sauce for the Goose is Not Sauce for the Gander. It appears by the foliowing communications that & gentleman connected with the press of this city, as well as being otherwise respectably connected, hav- ing attended all the women’s righis meeungs and listened to ail the arguments of the “strang- minded,” became a convert to their views, He could not resist the powerful reasoning to which he was Subjected, and was convinced that exciusiveuess be- tween the sexes or tue disqualification of ove from partaking of the occupations, amusements or busi- ness employments of the other could not be de- fended. Observing that vhe ladies tad established a club under the name of the Sorosis, vo which no men had applied tor membership, he determined to make @ beg.nning and sent the following communication asking for admission, and offering, in exchange, to propose any lady who desired it as a member of the Various clabs to which he had the entre. From the answer which he received it would appear that the rule on the subject does not work both waysx— To THE HONORABLE PRESIDENTSSS AND MEMBERS OF THE SOROSIS:— Pardon ine if, in the address to this communica: tion, 1 may be guilty of a oreaca of the correct rules of grammar, critically cousidered; but [ am not positively assured whether L should say president or presidentess, Chairman or chairwoman, or pre- cisely What iorm of speeco should be used in com- launicating with your vody aul its presiding oitleer, 1 aesire respectiully to present @ petition for your cousideration, and to do so according to appropriate aud accepted formula. For any deiects of forin or substance the noveity of the circumstances must be my excuse. I wisi to apply for admission to mew- bership in the Sorosis, Acknowledging fuily che damaging and unquestionavie iact tuat 1 beiong to the male sex, still nope that this objection wrti nut be regarded a8 a couclusive disyualiucation, and 1 tuere are any other diiicullies in the way 1 bey of you to look upon my detic encies lemeaciy, m con- sideration of tae disadvantages that my sex labors under in the present prejudiced state of the public mind, 1 do not even Kaow Wit are the pre- cise requisites for membersiup, and as your proceed: ings are in @ measure uuder cue seal of secrecy, my inquiries have n0¢ met Wi:h a sauslactory response. I suppose, however, that your association is not much more strict than the clubs composed of men, and as [ have belonged to many of those existing in the city acd have never yet beea expelied from way, I may presume—without presumpuon—that 1 have the necessary qualifications, uuless cae soe point of sex 13 conclusive against me. On the latter suvject itis hardly necessary Jor me to repeat the arguinenis which your body or the individuals composing it have so often and 80 eloquently brought aguiust the exclusiveness of the cuteries of males. ‘The injus- tice, the uupropriety, the unreasonableness of such an exclusion, the advantages of associa- ton, of communication, of social intercourse, between those whom nature intended tu be on tie closest terms of friendship and intimacy—these argumenis have aready astonished the world, beaten down many absurd prejudices, and have en- tirely convinced myself. They are equally applicabie when the position of affairs 1s transposed. If women can consider themselves as abused, insulied, mal- treated and downtrodden under certain circum- stances, men, Waea served in the same way, huve the same cause 01 complaint. if you have been persecuted when weak and divided, you surely, in your generous natures, would not persecute others now that you are strong and united, The exclusiveness that has been exuibited towards you you would not exhibit towards others, The exampie founded on Plymouth Kock, of de- mauding freedom of conscience for one’s self and denying it to one’s neighbor, should not be followed by your wiser, gentler, purer and more sensibie asso- ciation. You could not condemn the inquisition when applied to yourselves if you insisted upou con- verting With it those who might difer from you in belief; you ceriainly could not be guilty of the in- consistency of refusing an equality which you de- mand. If each of you 18 to be @ Woman aud a sis- ter L insist that I shall be @ manand brother. If you claim membership tn the “Press Club” 1 demand admission to the Sorosis. A mighty principle is here involved, and my individual case is only put for- Ward a3 a test question, If you desire that those of —_ sex should not be excluded from our clubs, ow Can you reasonably insist that my sex shail ex- cue me from yours? Pause ere you reiuse my pe- ition. I have already applied to one or more of your Members to propose me in the way usuaily followed in men’s organizations, but I have been met with unsatisfactory replies. Une lady said something about “sour grapes,” which I did not clearly uo- derstand, but which appeared to give her female friends infinite amusement. Another replied that she “knew nothing about gentlemen.” ‘This remark struck me as exceedingly untair, as well as @ woful confession of ignorance. We men are rarely thoroughly versed in the peculiarities and habits of females, but, with laudable zeal, we are persistent and devoted in our investigation of them. We even often select a single specimen—the law does not per- mit us to take more—for particular and life long ex- amination. We find the study pleasant and improy- ing, whether it be general or special, and devote a Jarge part of our time toit. And think that the ly referred to cannot have expressed the views of your entire association when she implied that an eae With Man Was not worth the trouvle it volved. Anotuer of your associates informed me that if I were elected I must wear calico and crinoline. Against this regulation 1 must earnestly protest, in women asked to be admitted to our clubs they did not propose to surrender their dress for the less becoming and suitable one worn by us; nor did they offer to assume those habiliments which are special! distinctive of man, fashionablé as these have lately become on the theatrical si fol with any propriety insist that we should clothe ourselves in si minds to “the last styles in silks’ or the intricacies of the “dupiex elliptic.” bow — each member should be @ law unto verse! hardly have repealed it already. I encountered Many other rebuffs and not @ little of what sounded to me like sarcasm, and am ee that I met with no encouragement whatever. stake, 1 was determined t0 make my wrongs heara and apply to the Soros in ite oMcial capacity. I ask no Lae privileges. pay m, not ters or in providing me with ‘free lunch,” and only ask her to treat me as she would be treated. Nor do tage. They cannot, there- costumes and devote our in bonnets”? or the “newest Your association has passed a resoiu- m the matter of dress, and can fain to » however, how important was the issue at iam willing and able to tiation fee an my yearly dues, and shail upon any lady to “treat” me in those mat- I claim this without being willing to render a fair 1am now a member of the Yacht Club, @ Cricket Club, the Boxing lady wishes to join either of these ner applica- tion shail have my vote and support. I will ao my best to secure her @ fair consideration on her merits cipation in all pastimes and pri- were untrue to this obligation you tful society, I have some claiin to your consideration. ‘Tarough I have been editor of the Cuizen contributions of ladies were piaced on the same basis aa those of gentiemen. When we had to pay for them we paid at the same rate foreach. When woman did the same work as man she received from that just journal the same remuneration. In that office the ladies were not only treated as equais, but very often as superiors, strange as that may appear to ‘The resuit you may have observed in the large bumber of songs, stories and communications writ- ten by members of your sex in tue Citizen. I have invariably urged upon the Press Club that the exciu- sion women should be repealed, It is true that on the occasion of certain public dinners | have taken the contrary view, but taat originated from another absurd prejudice. It was said that if jadies were adinitied smoking must be prohivited, aud, of course, when it came to @ rivairy between a cigar and @ woman there could be but one an do not mean this exactly, but that it seemed to me that the fault lay with your sex; for | was perfectly will- ing to let you come if you would only take kindly to ‘The cigar. If, however, I was wrong in lus matter, and suould have valaed Woman nfore and cigars jess, 1 hope you will not consiver thig one error as tue unpardonable sin, bat instruct and direct me in tue Juture as to What course [ stiould take in reference to the matter, To no guidance would I more readily surrender myself, and no better opportunity to im- prove me could preseat iteeif than by admitting me vo the 2 pin 9 ‘of the Soros! With great humility and a lively sense of the un- Worthiness of my sex, I beg eave to subscribe my- sell, your obedient servant, KOBERT B, ROOSEVELT, MRS. JENNIR JUNE CROLY’S REPLY. Mr. R. B. Roos RV RLT:— Deak Stk—Your t proposition to become a member Of Sorosi# was iaid belore the executive cominitiee, and subsequentiy before the club. 1 regret to say the decision Was not in your favor. The reasons, it iw only fair to siate, were not those of character, po- sition or — merit, but consisted solely of society restrictions as to sex. Personally you have been found very agreeable by several members of Soronis, Reputation and position are alike unex- ceptionabdie; but the unfortunate fact of your being @ man outweighs these and all other claims to mem- bersnip. gly admit, of course, that the accident of vileges, and if We willi your sex is on your part a misfortune, and not a Tault. Nor do we wish to arrogate anything to our- seives because we had the good fortune to born women. We sympatiize most traly and heartuy with you and the entire male creation in ther pre- went and prospective desolation and unh Ness; but this is all we can do, Sorosis t# too young the society of gentiemen, and must be allowed to grow. By aud by, when it has reached a proper age, say twenty-one, it may ally iisett with the Press Club or some other make organizauon of good cli acter and standing; but for years to co to all male suitors must pe, “Principles, met JENNIE JUNK OROLY, Presiaent of Soros MASSACHUSRTTS Mitts StoprED.—The Bowne port Heraid saya the Bartlett Milla have youd stop all their machinery and suspend their work this month. They have been runuing at a joss for th ear, as all the cotton factories in town have, with one exception, and the market has been #0 dull that, with that one Cy goods have See settee a Bartlett have nearly pd ‘ards unsold; the Ocean have more, and the James, when they aunpeniéd, hed as much more. ‘Tie Barth suspension now, however, ls chiedy to linprove tauir macuinert, onan epi caste sae NS QUIT AGAINST THE WESIERY UNIOY TELE- GRAPH COMPANY. eee CINCINNATI, May 17, 186v. ‘The enit of H. L. Davis against the Western Union Telegraph Company was commenced lo-day, The aotion is brought to recover from the defendaate $10,000 for breaking up the platntid’s business as a Stock reporter, from which, it 18 alleged, he derived an tucome of $5,000 per month. In opening the case {t, M. Corwine, on behalf of the platntiq, stated that in the years 1886 aud 1867 Mr. Davis was engaged in this city in furnishing svock reports of the condition of the market in te city of New York to various persons, ‘The news was despatched over the wires of the Western Union Telegraph Company by Mr. ‘Thomp- son, a genticuima acuiug in New York for the plain- Ui, in telegrains and ciphers unintelligible to any- body but Mimselt and Mr. Davis, as it was deemed important that valuable information, gathered at such expense and skill, shoud be kept secret Irom parties charged with Lue mauipulation of the bat- teries al Lue Various points along tue line, The busi- hess bad veea origiuaily done in tue name of the Stock Exchauze Voupauy, batit was trausterred te the plainuid, aud in April, 1867, @ contract was made with deicndauts lo convey the reports over the wires in tue form preseated to them, Court—Was the contract in writing? Couusel—lt was not. The deiendants conceived the idea that the business was too g oda tuing for tem to pass by, and being @ great corporation, aud desiring to take to themselves all tke proui tuey commenced by notuying the pintueat that if he would surreader the list of customers to them they would pay lim so mucha week. his he declined, and tuey next proceeded to use threats and siguifled tat tuey would make him uuderstaud tuey controlled the matter, Wuen he no‘iied them that he should hoid thei Co accountabuity in carry- ing out thelr coutrast. Soon afterward they orgun- ized the commercial news departinent, tue object of which Was ty do tiis same business and (0 break down the piaintut. Oue oi tue means by whici tiey proposed to accoinplisi the purpose was by charging: each letter uy a word, Which vad never beea done betore, and by a series ol annoyances and delays in the transinission of messayes they finally broxe up his business aud compelled lim ty take a situauion 1a anotier oilice, Judge Coilins, on behalf of the defence, said the gist of this action was for a wrongtul aud unreasoa- able deiay in the trausimission of messages between the 17tn of Apiil and the 2d of May, 1807, aud We deiendants denied any such delay between these dates. If the business of the plaiatiif, who is a ven- der of news, deciined after that date, it was not be cause of any delay in the transmission of reports, but because of the superior laciiities which the com- mercial news departiuent of the Western Union Tele-, grap Company, formed by the Associated Press, ossessed for furnishing news from al parts of the nited States aud from Europe by the cable. The organization of the commercial news department Was suggested in consequence of complaints made by the pubitc that the news received through indi- vidual ageucies was not reilable, and that there had been tampering With the employes of the telegrapn company. Tue evidence wiil proceed to-day. Cor- wine & Cocwine for plaintiff; Collins & Herron for delendants, THE KU KLUX IN NEW YORK. The Penrsall-O’Conner Contempt Case—The BulleNecked Element Attempts to Overnawe the Jadiciary in Behalf of Two Members of © Demi- Monde. {From the Evening Telegram, May 18.] About two weeks ago the attention of Judge Cardozo was called, judicially, to the consideration of an application by one McGraw, a trader in Ful- ton Market, for the custody of his child, which was then in custody of its mother, Mrs. McGraw, nee Julia O'Connor, is a young woman of great personal beauty, a fresh, luxuriant blonde, of perhaps twenty- two years of age, and two of her sisters, Anna E. Pearsall and Joanna O'Connor, were proprietresses of & fashionable resort of the patrous of tne deml- monde, in Crosby street. Julia had obtained a de- cree of divorce from her husband and some time afterwards became an inmate of the palace ot ine famy of which her sisters were the keepers, and re- tained her child with her amid those delectable sur- roundings, Pending the decision of the application by her former husband, Judge Cardozo, desirous of com- pelling one so young and fair to abandon her newly adopted life and to turn tne prospective current of her child’s career, told her that unless site would quit her life of shame he would take the child from her, Subsequently she left the city clandestinely, taking the child with her, and escaping beyond the jurisdiction of the court. It is said that she is now in Philadeiphia, Judge Cardozo ascertained that her sisters haa furnished her means and otherwise aided her exit, and on the 7th ultimo he caused the arrest of both these woinen, Anna and Joanna, for con- tempt of court, and had them imprisoned in the Tombs. They refused to ohne, information of her Whereabouts—in fact, denied any knowledge thereof, They published an appeal to the bar asking whether some member would not come forward and defend them, and severely assailed the Judge who had com- mitted them, A lawyer finaily undertook their cuse, and last Friday it came before the court on Nabeas corpus for their discharge, but was adjourned until Friday next, to enable the District Attorney to prepare to resist the motion, And thus the case stands. The women, however, are subjected to no personal discomiort other than being deprived of their liberty. ‘They dress elegantly, their meals are sent from thelr owa house to them, and itis said they gave the counsel who has undertaken their defence $250 (by check) a8 @ retaining fee. Neither of thei are remarkable for any personal beauty or, indeed, any other character- istic than that of brazen-facedness, ‘The most remarkable feature of the case, however, ig to be found in the fact that on the 9th instant, two days after their arrest, a letter, sent through the mail, of which the following 18 a copy, Was received by Judge Cardozo:— New York, May & Release those two young women whom you have shut up in jail, or you die this day” KU KLUX COM Tne Judge tore up this wild mannered epistolary intimation of the “committee” and consigned it the fire, and since then he has received upwards of one hundred other letters from members of the bar of the highest standing, volunteering their support in the just determination of the case, And so the «matter stands at present. MAILS FROM NEW YORK. Mentpa, Yucatan, May 8, 1869. To THe Eptror or THz HEeRaup:— ‘The business part of this city has recently been much troubled by the irregularities in the mail are rangements by the line of steamers between New York, Havana, Sisal and Vera Cruz, It has hap- pened that numerous letters have reached us on the return of the steamer from Vera Cruz, and part of the mail per steamer Cleopatra, which satied from New York on the 19th of April last, was carried to Vera Cruz and left on her retura. ‘This has caused a very great annoyance and in- convenience, as the 1,900 or more packages brougut by that steamer were obli, vo remain in the mean- time in Sisal, paying # onal storage, Lesides other expenses and delay of time injurious to busk ness. Among the cargo were goods received from Eu- rope in great demand in this market, that required their prompt receipt to bes old at advantage, auc not receiving the mail was consequently a cause delay as weil as loss, Besides this, letters of im- portance requiring @ speedy answer, and which, at the least, have to be delayed ten days, could not be answered until the next mail, as the time the steam & remains in Sisal on her return does not allow of cor- rereaeos being answered by her, € should like to have this matter looked into and know if we cannot in the tuture receive our malls more regularly, If itis the want of care on the part of the steamer officials or ovaer employes they should be reminded forcibiy of their obligations, as tt Causes great delays in our business transactions and irregularities 1a our correspondence. EL COMERCIO, GAS EXPLOSION IN PORTLAND, ME. Kin Terrible EffecteOne Person Seriously Injured, (From the Portland Press, May 10.) ‘The most terribie gas explosion that ever occurred in this city took place about haif-past eleven o'clock . Saturday evening in the Chadwick mansion, on Congress street, adjoining the First Parish church, now occupied by Captain Isaac Barnum. The folk lowing are the particulars;— Saturday alternoon & workman took off one of the gas brackets inachamber in the third story, bat Beglected to piug up the pipe. About pi eleven o'clock at night Mr. Barnum noticed that tue upper part of the house was filled with gas and proceeded to ascertain the cause. He lighted @ gas jet at the head of the stairs in ‘he second story and then went up to the room ta which the gas wus escaping. No sooner had he opened the door than a terrific explosion took piace, throwing out the whole of the upper story oi the building next to the Clapp mansion and also a por- tion of the front on Congress street, starting tie Stairs, smashing the glass, destroying the furuit, and setiing fire to the house. Captain Barnum Was prostrated by the shock and was terribly burned, his clothing being almost reduced to ciaders. The explosion was so loud that it was heard @ and hundreds of people were eS on the." spot, ‘The alarm of fre was juice! which brought the fremea to the woande ra the Hames wore extingy Whhout using the machines. Captain Barnum rescued from his perilous cg | his wife, who had one of her hands badly burned, Several of our most eminent medical men were quickly there, and all ‘was done that was possible to rejieve his sufferin It was thought he could not survive, so badiy wi he burned. ‘ihe skin ig Iiterally strippet from his whole body. Yesterday there were more hopes of him, though his pains were iitense, and he was un- conscious most of theday. In the evening he recov ered consciuusness, and was comparatl com. fortable. The house was visited by thousands yea. terday, who were astonished to witness the effect of the explosion of gas, Gunpowder could not have made greater havoc.