The New York Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1869, Page 4

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA The Cubans Recognized as Bel- ligerents by Peru. More About the Isthmus of Darien Canal Project. AFFAIRS IN CHILE AND BOLIVIA. ‘The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer Alaska, Captain Gray, from Aspinwall May 22, ar- rived at this port yesterday, with passengers and merchandise and $184,459 iu treasure. By this arrival we have received the following cor- respondence from Central and South America, COLOMBIA. Adairs in Panama—Yellow Fever—Movements of the President—Mosquera—Mere About the Canal—General News. PANAMA, May 22, 1869. The Alaska, from New York, reached Aspinwall at eleven o'clock on the night of the 19th. Her passen- gers, mails and cargo were despatched hence for San Francisco per steamer Montana on the 20th. Since the sailing of the Rising Star on the 17th there is little local news to report. The smallpox continues to carry of a few victims dally, though it ia probably decreasing. The want of anything like mortuary statistics prevents the possibility of forming any idea of the number of deaths that have occurred from this or, in fact, from any cause. People seem to come in and go out of the world here like any other animal, without the government taking any note of whem. The President still remains in the interior en- deavoring to control the elections against Mosquera. He may possibly remain there until after the elec- tions, Another revolution is hinted at here, but it is scarcely likely, with the present forces at the com- mand of the government, that such a thing wiil oc- cur, unless the soldiers are bought up, which is within the range of possibility. A curious theft oc- curred here on Thursday morning. One of our American residents here, Mr. Scluber, collected $2,000 in gold from the railroad company and brought it to the city in his buggy. where he forgot it for a few moments after alighting, and on re- turning to the vehicle he found that it had been pur- lomed. Although two men have been arrested on suspicion no traces of the gold uave been yet dis- covered. The sailors of the British ship Kensington, who ‘Were some time ago fired ou by the police at Aspin- wall, badly wounded, and atterwards thrown into prigon, are still retained there, now upwards of thirty days, in chains, without any attention being paid to their wounds, almost in a state of starvation and nakedness, and without any trial or examina- tion of any kind into their case. Three of these un- fortunate men are, I learn, Americans, who served three years in the Northern army during the war, and the fact having been brought to the notice of Mr. Rice, the United States Consul at Aspinwall, he is endeavoring to have some investigation made in their case. The matter has been brought to the at- tention of the Prefect in Aspinwall by the British Vice Consul there, but he has obtained no satisfac- Won, and the British Consul at this place has now taken the matter up, and will see the President to- day on the subject. The unfortunate men are thus poaished simply to gratify the spite of the Prefect at Aspinwall, who himseif deserves a piace in th ehain gang for his savage cruelty. ° It was discovered some time ago that a company of coiners of false money were at work in the city, end bad issued a large quantity of gold coin which they nad manipulated by boring out the inside and filling the space with platinum. Although the fact was made public in the newspapers here and repre- sented to the Governor, the authorities have taken no notice of these thieves, and they are stil! allowed to pursue (heir nefarious trade unmolested. Although unable to circulate any great quaniity of the altered coins in the city, they have found quite an opening for them in the Cauca, from whence reports are now coming in referenve to them, The diving apparatus, submarine boat of the Paci- fic Peari Company, built here some eighteen months ago and lying idle ever stnce for want of means to get it working, has recently been overhauled and put in order, and left Panawa for the Pearl islands on the 19th, in tow of a schooner; so if she gets down safely we shail in @ couple of weeks learn whether the speculacion will prove & success or a failure. The Deaautitul litte & of San flino, the most southern of the group, bas been rented as the scene of ope- rations tor the bi The water ts deeper than at r the sueils are supposed to be su- has Hot been So much tished round as perior, as the others, ‘The Royal West india Mail Steam Packet Com- pany’s steamers will im futare touch twice each mouth at Kingston, Jamatca, to and trom Aspinwall, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET, PERU. Recoguition of the Cuban Patriots as a Belligerent Power. Liwa, May 14, 1869. At the last moment, and while the steamer to carry thts communication is almost sounding its parting whistle, your correspondent bas learned from the Department of Foreign Affairs that the government of Peru has recognized the Cuban pat- riots as delligerents, and has decided to grant them ail of the privileges attendant on that character. The example of Peru, { am credibly informed, will be unmediately followed by the remainder of the allied republics of the Pacific, and Cuba may gain a sensible advantage by this action. Yet, when it is considered that Pera, with her allies, has officially consented to the proposition of the United States relative to @ settlement of the pending quostion with Spain, her present step appears to be rather ill- advised, since it will prevent the intended confer- ence aud only augment the troubles which Ecuador, ope of the alties, has always suifered from the continuance of the useless struggle. Peru, however, has, since the commencement of the Span- iah diMiculty, sent agents to Cuba for the purpose of fomenting the trouble which has at last broken out, and now thinks proper to back up her former action by more vigorous measures. It will of course be ap- parent that Peru cannot assist the patriots mate- rially by her recognition, but it opens the way to others, and will, tt is hoped, aid the efforts of the noble Cespedes, with lis supporters, to guin the ead they so richly deserve. Your correspondent, owing to the want of time, has been unable vo ascertain the drift of pubtic opinion here ou the subject; but from the few opportunities he has had to learn the current of popular feeling believes that the masses will heartily endorse the executive action. Anniversary of the Spanish Deteat—A Cuban Commissioner—Political State of the Coun- try—Public [mprovemonts—Naval Movee ments, Lima, May 14, 1869, ‘The third anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish fleet in Cailao was celebrated with very genera! en- thusiasm. The 2d and 3d were proclaimed feast days by means of the bando, the Prefect with a body of troops marching through the city and publishing the Notice at the corners of the principal streets, The batteries im Callao went through a very correct representation, as far as noise was concerned, of the battle, the people were bighly liberal in their patron- age of groggeries, and the tadies and chiidren, ani- mated by tne festive scene, got themselves up in the Ted and white Peruvian colors, making the streets appear itke an animated barber's pole. Still the country has reason to be proud of the exploit that commemorates the day, and keeping its memory fresh in the manner described goes far towards pre. serving its unity and peace. The municipality of Lima appropriated a considerable sum to be awarded to the widows and children of the civilian volunteers who fell under the Spantanh fire, the government of course taking good care of those unfortunates who lost their protectors in the fight, ‘Tne smoke ot the fire- works and the radiant dresses have, however, long since disappeared, and the city wears its usual as- pect, whule the turkey buzzards appear to have com- pletely regained their customary equanimity. Lima has been fortunate this year in escaping the yellow fever, that so terribly amMicted her duirng 1868. Up to the present time only about 300 persons have died from the pestilence, against nearly 11,000 that perished during the same period last year, In ‘Tacua and several other of the Southern towns the epidemic still continues, and probabiy wili not dis- appear until the damp, cold weather of June. An account has been already given to the readers of the Hekacp of the terrible scenes that have taken piace in Tacna aud the more than decimation of its inhabitants, By the last steamer Mr. Valeri, sent by the Cuban Pairtots to this country, arrived here, and the prin. cipal object of his mission 18 stated to be a request to the government of Peru that the monitors now on their voyage to the republic be lent to the patri- ots, After the solemn promise of the Peruvian Min- ister in Washington that these veasels would commit no aggressive act inst Spain — their transit, acquiescence to such @ request would be unpossible, more especialiy as the United States is at present eudeavoring to effect a peace between Spain and the allied repubiics. The — condition of the country is now con- sidered by those most naturally interesied in the tranquillity and peace of the repubiic us higuly sat- wiactory, The great ougbear of the adininis- tration commander, Lizardo Montero, whose ex- plots have been already warrated w the readers ol the HERALD, lias disappeared, and with tum appear to have vanished the fears that sometime since existed of a revolution against the powers that be. Indeed, the government of Colonel Balta has so exactly complied with all constitutional requirements, and been so excessively cautious in treading upon delicate ground, that no mouve could be alleged for revolt, and without some ap- parent cause revolutions would fail even in their favorite country, Peru. The reports that #ave re- cently arrived from the interior iniorm us that uni- versal tranquility reigus throughout the republic, aud it is to be hoped that Baita’s term inay pass by without the recurrence of those bloody and geuerai- ly more than useless episodes ihut have hitherto marked the history of this country. The present government is so deeply impressed with the salutary idea of progress in public works—th not only ‘ancing the interests of the repub also giving employment to the dissatisfied and idie—that it would be greatly to be regretted should auy out- construction of ratiways throughout the republi instead of once, as hitherto, which will be a great reitef to the islanders. These vessels will hereafter coal at Kingston instead of at St. Thomas and Aspin- wall, as formerly. ‘hrs will greatly facilitate mail communication between Jamaica and tie United ves. ‘The latest dates trom Bogota, received via Buena- ventura, are to the 27th of April. Considerable ex- citemenct existed in regard to politics, the jomiug of the conservatives with the liberals against the ultra radicals being now, as I tuld you before, almost certam lo insure the election of General Mosquera for President of the republic, unless the government party control the polls by the military and pre- vent honest voting, which it wil in all proba- bility resort to rather than suffer defeat. Mosquera’s term of banishment does not expire until next September, put a strong effort 18 being made in Con- to have his sentence reacinded, #0 a8 to allow im to return to this country at ouce, in which event bis election might be considered certain under any circumstances, His return to power would not be in way favorable to a renewal of atreaty with the United States of America for the opening of a canal across this istimas, as he has a deadiy Tharred t everything American since he discovered, wi in Europe a few years ago, that he is the uncle of the Empress Eugenie and was invited one day to breakfast with ber. The agents of the Panama Kali- road Company ex, lens a sarople of his predil tons in favor of Europe as against the States when ‘they attem to procure from him in 1867, wen he was President of the repubiic, a renewal of the ratiroad charter, against which he was #0 dog- gedly opposed that it was found necessary to create a revolution at the capttal and have lim sud- deniy imprisoned in order to get him out of the ways, so that the compan’ which it was so weil entitled. This also sticks in the old man’s gizzard, to the prejudice of Americans; for, although It is not for & moment supposed that the railroad y's agents had anvihing what- pected overthrow, sttil he, no doubt, attributes his downfall and banishment to them. The preseut President of the republic, Gen- era) Santos Gatieriez, seems most anxious to have the canal treaty renewed or to have some other con- tract entered into for the excavation of the canal. On the od he sent a m to Congress of a bill uving the £. new basis upon which fo make a con tract. This was in consequence of the propositions appreved in the Senate and pro- posed by the Committee of Foreign Relations wo examine the proposals of British capitalists for the ning Of an gnieroceantc canal. The subject iv t daily brought up in Congress, and lengthy a discussions take place in reference to ft. fooling exists against the renewal of the treaty w the United States, many of the members favor a contract with a private company in preference to piactng the matter in the hands of a foreign govern- ment. ‘The fact ts, as manifested from the first, that there Is a good deal of the “dog in the m Position among Senators on this snbjec hot butid the canal themselves and ¢ greedy and too jealous to allow others to bald it: anit they are pleased with the excuse of a proposition from a British company to defer any negotiation a! Wastington. If Mosquera should get into office he Would rather enter into the West Eutopian scleme ‘with any British or French company than allow tue Canal to become an American institution. we grant made to Ambrose W. Thompson, of New of Chengen, from Bocor de! Tero, on the Atlante, to + Guife juice, on the Pacific, has at lenaih been an- ae § a6 those originally sent out here to get it up, as tne subscriber knows to the extent ome thirtee Banared dollars. Ya me thirteen A proposition has been brought forward Con- to remove the capital from Bogota. to the city of Panama. ‘The idea was 4 pet one of Mos wera in former years. It will in aii Srown ous the present session. ‘The steamer Rayo, of Whose loss | informed you Jost a at length been acknowledged in Con- asthe Peruvian steamer Kayo, notwithstand- all the quibbling and misrepreseniation of the lal Colombian Minister at Washington on the sub. recollect the steamer ¥ ar readers will B. chy jer was comrected of being intended for | ish Mvasion, aud was only | tired of the matwr and impateat gt a charge Pera during the Span ¥ migft secure the renewal to | - | tioning him in rk, in 1866, to build a rallroad across the province | The a “iways was a humbug, as well | Probability be | and the steps hitherto taken have proven very effe tual. A surplus of several millions of doiars re- mains tn the hands of the Peruvian bankers ia Lon- don, irom a joan raised some years since, and ihe different om rend formed bere to buiid ratlways bave enlarged their action by obtaining a portion of these bonds from (he goverument, putting them in the market and guaranteeing the payment of the in- terest, and thus improving their own credit withoat in the end tnjuring the governmeat, since the rail- ways are mortgaged for the full amouut of the com- panies’ indevtedness, This has been practised by several corporations, while Mr. Meigs is building directly for the government, Ail the railways now under way are being rapidly pushed on. The time for opening (he bids made for the Transandine line is drawing near, and from all appearances it seems ‘oat Mr. Meigs will be the constructor. The impor- tant road from Lima to Pisco, the great wine and brandy producing centre of Peru, has not yet been commenced, the government having given the pro- posals to @ commutice of engineers, and their report is daily expected, The bid of Mr. Alvarez Calderon ww construct the road with bis own tunds, the gov- erninent guarantecing eight per cent mterest on att sums expended, appears to ve ite most favorable | for the country. | , Avery important order has recentiy been issued to the prefects and sub-prefects of the different de- partinents, henge them to iinmediately cause all | deiective touds and bridges to be repaired and kept im perfect condiuon, Such wu order in the United Siates would be superfuous, but here, where the metchants of the capital are deprived of the coveted presence of buyers by the bad state of the highways, im- portance. Oue of the most celebrated hanging bridges of Peru, that of Jequtepeque, is w be re- laced by an trou suspension, the frst ever erected the matver is of considerabie in the very heart of the Andes. The beauty of Mr. Church's picture might not be improved by this ition, but tire material comfort and security of the weilers near that romantic spot will be greatly jugmentied. in every branch of puvlic work tr “ certainly progressing. The foundries in Lima are working bight and day on the mavninery for sugar D hardly a steamer arrives without le engines for the same estates. in vetween Pera and very and = the Mis resulting fo the producers here are California slowea te’ leave Wow York o8 the assurance of the | that prevents the court from aeciding many !mport- Colombian Miniter that she was # Colombian vessel. | ant casos now pending before tt, and moreover it is the general desire that this accusation, in the drat Place trumped up for party purposes and always used asa threat against the liberal party, be sum- marily decided and done away with. Sehor Sanfu- entes, the Ben Butler of the Chilean Congress, is fairly bamed; but, not possessing the ability of his prototype, has been chewing the cud of mortification for some weeks past with the greatest assiduity, deserted by his friends and reviled by his enemies. In other particulars the political condition of the re- blic 18 uninteresting. A large organization, wo as the Reform Ciub, os eatg formed through- out the country, with the object winning the as- sistance of the people to Smeortens eerares of electoral reform which form chief desire of the Itberal party. ‘The Indian war has assumed @ more favorable as- for the national Argen' the inhabitants by surprise, and the booty obtained by the Was very considerable; on the return the beg 2 the successful raiders were in turn assailed by the forces of the great cacique of the South, Quillapan, who, having been unjustly deprived of their natural resources by the Cran of the gov- ernment troops in the Chilean settlements, were suf- fermg from hunger, and took this means of gratify- ing their appetite. The first party of spotlers were completely stripped of their booty, aud on their arri- val at their own province @ large force of warriors was put in motion to avel the attack of Quillapan and regain the twice stolen spoils, Hence a war among the Indians themselves appears to be proba- ble. “When rogues fail out,” &o, ‘The cause of Cuba has always awakened great H geree in Chile, not only from the desire to see the island independent, but also from the intense hatred borne towards Spain since the bombardment of Valparaiso, Yet Chile has never by any forma! act expressed her sympathy or affection for the struggiing Cubans, and the government has now been called upon to express the Renate’ to be followed, This call was made in the Senate by Mr. Lastarria, one of the most atstinguished publicists of the republic, and the answer ts eagerly looked for. There ts, however, One great diMculty Standing in the way. Chile has agreed with Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador to send pienipotentiaries to Washington to meet a Spanish envoy and treat for peace; and now, if the independence of Cuba is recog- nized by Chile, and arms and ammunition sent to the patriots, the Spanish envoy above referred to would not be apt to keep his appotnt- ment, and upoa the shoulders of Chule the whole weight of the fatlure of the negotiation would fall. Therefore your correspondeut 1s inclined to think that the Cubans, aithough they most assuredly de- serve aid and sympathy, will receive more of the EUROPE. The Inman steamship City of Paris, Captain Ken- nedy, from Liverpool the 20th via Queenston the 21st, arrived at this port last night. She brings de- tails of our cable telegrams up to date of sailing. ‘The Queen of England is said to have written an autograph letter to the Emperor Napoleon, thank- ing him for the attention shown tothe Prince and Princess of Wates during their late stay in Paris. A shocking catastrophe is reported to have oc- curred on Tuesday, the 18th instant, off the Shetland Islands, where eighteen men were drowned by the capsizing of a boat, The unfortunate men leawe up- wards of thirty children destitute. ‘The Paris Gaulois says that the Prince of Wales, before leaving Paris, invited the Prince imperial to visit Kogiand, and tnat the Emperor Napoicon ac- cepted the invitation. A letter from Turkey says that some time ago the Ottoman Bank received a lot of greenbacks from an American traveller, which were sent to New York for negotiation. They have been returned as spurl- ous and counterfeits, and the bank ts in for several thousand dollars. Mr. Alderman Lyons, who received three letters threatening his life in consequence of his having called upon Mr. O'Sullivan to resign the Mayoralty of Cork, has been fixed upon by the liberal party of the city for that office. M. de Lesseps, on arriving at Marseilles, tried in vain to persuade the Prefect of the Bouches da Rhone to accept his resignation of the honor of being a government candidate, sie afterwards went to Paris to plead his own cause against himself with the Minister of the Interior. “We belleve,” says the Paris France, “that we are in a position to state that the Empress’ excursion to Egypt in the ensuing autumn has been decided on, and that her Majesty will be present at the inaugura- tion of the Suez Canal.” The frequency of fires in cotton mills in this lo- cality of inte has, says the Liverpool Mercury, aroused a strong suspicion that many of the con- flagrations are the work of incendiaries; and this feeling wili be still further strengthened by a dis- covery made on Sunday morning, the 16th, at Stock- port, where three mills were almost simultaneously ignited, In two of these cases the fire was plainly latter than the former from this republic. The relations between this government and the Argentine Republic have not for some time past been upon @ satisfactory mating President Sarmi- ento, however, has sent a ister here to re- move all cause on their part for quarrel or misun- derstanding, and the government of Chile has re cently named Don Domingo Santa Maria to defini- tively arrange all pending questions and celebrate a treaty with the Argentine representative. Mr. Santa Maria was the co-lero with Prado im the alliance against Spain. The new steamer Magallanes, ouiltespectally for the line established between this port and Europe, arrived here on the 2ith ult. She 19 a magnificcnt vessels of 4,000 tons, and isthe first of four of the same class now being rapidly completed. ‘This line, in spite of the loss of the Santiago, has been remark- ably successful, and the directory in England pro- pose devoting a deal of attention to the man- ner in which it can even be made more profitable. At present the number of paaengers from here, and the large cargoes of cotton and silver conveyed from Peru to Europe, make the line exceed the first ex- pectation formed of its success, The 2d of May, third anniversary of the Peruvian victory over the Spanish squadron at Callao, was re- Membered here with considerable enthusiasm, al- though an envious teeling still rankles in the Chilean breast, when that success 1s compared with the Val- paraiso affatr. ‘The Indian war appears to have been suspended, and, as mentioned in my aad communication, there are strong hopes that a treaty can be arranged with the savages, who are not only becoming tired of this useless strife, but are also busily employed in fightti each other. That war should be encoura: an stimulated by the government, as the best means of getting rid of a formidable enemy and inveterate cattle stealer, BOLIVIA. Condition of the C Lima, May 12, 1869. We are in receipt of no news of importance from Bolivia. Since General Melgarejo’s assumption of dictatorial powers the country has been perfectly quiet, as that coup d'état did away with the motive for previous revolutions--the constitution of 1865. ‘The alarm spread by the movement of Melgarejo with his army towards the Peruvian frontier has completely subsided, since the object of the expedi- tion, already communicated to the HERALD, was found to be merely the reception and escort of the Bishop of La Paz, recently consecrated in Puno, Peru. The march of the Dictator was a perfect ova- tion from the people of the country through which the army passed. As the troops passed over the battle field where Melgarejo in 1864 gained his deci- sive victory, he rode along the lines and made a really eloquent speech to his veterans; whom, by the way, he cares for with the same solicitude as was saown by the great Napoleon for his legions. The only difficulty in Bolivia appears to be the national exchequer, and the unfortunate people are obliged to subinit to the only remedy in the hands of the government—forced loans and exactions of cattle and ns of all ki the inhabitants of the customed to this mode of there ts 00 noveity tn their misfortune. MEXICO. The Civil War ia Tam jpn VMovemen the Several Leaders—Mexican Raiders Into Texas—JSudicial Co-operation Against Them. MATAMOROS, May 21, 1869. The revolution that has been in progress for seve- ral months past under the leadership of Brantio Vargas is assuming larger proportions and threat ens the present order of things here. Colonel Ser- vando Canales, a well kaown chieftain, after with- drawing for several months from active participa- tion Im the affairs of the State, recently crossed from the State of Texas, near Ringgold Barracks, with a few followers and published his pronuncianiento. He has already, it 1s satd, 700 men, and recruits coming in. He is operating near Camargo, and, being quite popular, will concentrate quite a formidable army. The present order of things here is seriously threatened. The msurgents now are near “Charco Escondillo,” near which General Cortina is watching them. He sent in to Matamoros for reinforcements, and on the 19th inst. about 200 troops under Colonel Dabanas were seni out to his assistance. On the arrival of these reinforcements General Cortiua is expected to attack the rebels. Charco Escondillo ts not distant more than twenty- five miles from Camargo, and Canaies now com- mands all of the division of rebels in that vicinity, Braplio Vargas 1s moving about between Tampico and Victoria, and General Cuestro commands the party composing the centre. One report has it that General Carvajal is also connected with the move- ment, while others say he t* quiet on hia ranch. it is certain Canales has viswed him recently. We ave another’ re} that General lscobedo who has been to the city of Mexico to arrange for a campaign has been captured on his return. He hat troops near Tula, but although much has been expected of him little has m accom. plished, Itis said be is protecting bis ranches in that neighborhood instead of actively trving to sup- at press the revolution. General Cortina ts suspect of favoring the revolution, and fears are expressed of his sending for remforcements to withdraw troops trom Matamoros and thus present a favorable op- pertunity for him to enter by a quick movement; butt doubt this, He and Canales are deadiy ene. » operale together, | wly satistactory fo the interested parties. nera! Kilpatrick and family arrived by the last | mer from Panama, ev rove for Chile. He is now the guest of our Minister here, General Hovey. Americans in Peru have learned with | Hom that this Legation will not | although General Hovey proceeds # United States, om leave of absen of his prompt return. His great popw | among his own countrymen @ proceeds from hrs efficient serve as Minister and eminent social qualities, President Grant Mice, again recognizes tne claims that one of the foremost of the Vicksourg herves | has upon the country be changed, and CHILE. News =Cal Independenceladinn ‘Troubles. VALPARAISO, May, 3, 1869, ‘lve weary question of impeachment against ibe + Supreme Court is approaching death. Five of the most prominent members of the Senate | formaily insisted that the matter be instantly acted upon, and the unwarranted delay that has already taken place remedied by prompt and decisive steps. The impeaching committee sought, by a variety of | methods, to gain time for a further prosecution of | their scheme, but fortunately the provisions of the jaw relating to auch proceedings were immediately cited, aud the object of the committee defeated, The | question has therefore now to be speedtiy resolved, has the Supreme Court been culpably derelict or not im the discharge of tt# duties? The country is - | Vored to raise a town from voluntary sub in Peruvian cireies | have | Besides, he is sent to suppress the revolution by Juarez, aud will not be likely to join the iusurgents | did not « |. He, however, authorizes the + to be taken to put the new tax la 1) in operation, and ine tax is now betng from January |’ to June 1: it 8 a monrhiy apitel and business, somewhat resembling | the internal rev: Business wesatul operation. Bands of . In squads Of froin KX to twenty, Touro over the fexas prairies and run off the stock to Me Hides are now selling at from three to four cattle are kuled for their hides by tle have been selling in M. has at last decided to co-operate 4, and something may be done It is suid government ia about with Texan authorit to atop tints bu to authorize organization of rangers to patrol along the Rio Grande for 400 miles or more. | - | Wrantny Creizena ov St. Lovis.—The income return list of St. Louts for last year ta poblishe | and shows two tundred and one ine > | five thousand dollars, Of the large t | lowtne are the most prominent: Francis Whittaker, $130,000: 000; Joseph Whittaker, $30,000; L. I. Ashe K, $40,000; Tl. Ashbrook, $40,000; Joseph Ash- brook, $40,000. All these gentlemen are pork pack+ ers, James H. Lucas, $102,000; John T. Copalin, $79,000; Andrew Christy, ; Charles H. Buck, 000; Daniel Caltor TOLD Campoell, $70,000 the work of incendiaries. M. Henrt Brisson, the candidate who .retired in favor of M. Jules Ferry, has resigned his post on the staff of the Paris Temps, in consequence of M. Nefftzer’s hesitation to declare for M. Baacel. The Paris correspondent of the London Daily News mentions that by way of precaution the guard at the Tutleries has been increased by 500 men, who sleep fully accoutred and with their loaded Chasse- pots closeat hand. ‘The troops, too, have been kept to their barracks. The Illustration of Paris publishes an engraving of @ great spreading tree near Cairo, under which, according to tradition, Joseph and Mary and the infant Jesus took shelter during the fight into Egypt. The tree, which stands on ground belonging to the Isthmus of Suez Canal Company, was marked to be cut down, but the Empress Eugenie has pur- chased it standing, and now pays a keeper to watch tt. A German Roman Oatholic newspaper, the Deutsches Volksdiatt, makes some rather useful an- nouncements regarding certain new plans on the sudject of education which, it says, are just now in greatfavorin Kome. it is proposed, we are told, to establish Episcopa! special schools in Germany for the education of priests, and in this way, by put- ting it out of their power to attend the University, to deatroy the Catholic theological faculties in the Ger- man univerattics. FRANCE. The French Elections—Journals and the Cane didates—Political Gatherings-How Con- ducted—Police Interterence—Unpopularity of Rochefort—Young and Old Representatives. Paris, May 14, 1869. “Every one to his taste’ is an old plain spoken principle that cannot be too warmly upheld; tor tastes are varied in the human mind, and, though some of them can scarcely be conceived, still no one can dispute them. Less trrefutable, however, are man’s political optics, for thousands are looking at the same object and seeing it differently. It is not a matter of taste or choice between the majority and op- Position; it is a matter of truth. The Paris papers, for instance, are all telling a diferent story about the elections, and as there are a8 many shades of opinion among the official organs as among the opposition journals, it would be positively impossible to give your readers a reliable and correct account unless nothing were here repeated but wha‘gs seen through an impartial medium whose vocation it is to cross this capital day and night in all its diagonals and recount ouly wnat he has seen and what he has heard. ‘The assurance of the Constitutionne? that the elec- tions are gotug on in perfect calm without any ex- traordinary agitation is unfounded, From the be- ginning Paris has been in as high a state of fever as the police would allow, and since the new opposition paper, Le Rappel, has appeared a great deal more istold tn @ masterly way to electors than the Gaulois and Figaro bad before ventured. Each of these liberal sheets has its peculiar hobby «od favorite; the Figaro mw a strong advocate for Lachand; the Gauots 1 Picard, Jules Favre and the return of last seas! opposition five; while the Kappel has taken up Gaim- betta, Bancel and their more advanced place on The most stormy meeting of all took place on the 12th inst. for the triumph of Emile Ollivier over Baucel, It had been looked forward to for some time, and every precaution had been taken by government party to get all Emile Gilivier’s friends iu the spactous theatre before the doors were opened to electors outside. A formidable crowd waited in admirabie order—e long atine trail of from eight to ten thousand persons —for the entrauces to be thrown open, but they were got thrown open at all, Side passages had but two thou- sand partisans in, and Emile Ollivier had been couveyed to the tribum from which he addressed his constituents through one of them. The disappomted crowd tn the square then struck up the *Marsellaise,’’ the 10,000 had swelled into 15,000, and cried for Bancei; they were answered by vivats and cries for Ollivier. “Go to the Tuil- ertes,” rejoined the mob. If ever ademocratic pulse beat in France it did in the long crowded lines of people assembied. The police, unaccustomed to so orderly, Still resisting, ® Inass of citizens, hesitated; no offence was given, still something was brood- Had one arrest been made @ feartul conflict must have ensued. ‘Towards eleven o'clock, a# whistling proceeded from the windows round the square and thundering applause greeted every verse of the “Marsellaise,” a rolling echoing, “Vive Ban- cel,” rose from the ‘’ powerful voice, and the police considered it high time to commence al aggressive movement. ‘The; first invaded Dreher’s brewery or caté, turning all present out into the rue de Kivoli and Boulevard Sebastopol. I was stationed here watching the pro- gress of il-will until hal it twelve, when all the stores were shut up, a d_ | was prepared for some tragic conclusion. The author of the “Nineteenth January’ had left the theatre; tne speech or rather the play, was over, he had had the house to niuself and had modestly departed by a dark je. v?his was the moment for the police to disperse the crowd. Down they came on the populace with clenched fists, Kicks and brutal violence, the blouses of the workmen who turned on receiving a blow were rent in pieces, and though traly women should not have been there, women there were, who met with no softer treatment. This was the real election time and triumph of Bancel, for in answer to every biow distributed by the officers of peace, the cry “Vive Bancel”’ echoed along the Boulevard dowa to the rolling waters of the seine. it does not seem probable, but it ts nev not impossibie, that the oficial papers will a calm election meeting. By whatever name tt may be called it has proved that it ean still protest against the present political programme and that there is @ Spirit in France roused agatnet the regime of arbitrary authority. 11 is said that as soon as the elections are over we may |vok out for the supremacy of the (fers eal, Be it what intermediate err it will, the efat c'est moi 9 Irrecoverably over. ‘The feeling against Henri Rochefort is very bitter. He ws tauntert with having been made famous only by the injudicious ecution of the ex-Miuis ver Pinard. He is wid he is not really a scholar; that the French will never forgive the present stupidity of the Lanterne, which ceases to make them jangh as it did at first; that itis easy to abuse the Emperor, but not discuss his acts, and even one of Kocheforv’s past associates turns on him to say that one of the new candidate's great failings is that he resides in Belgium. This amuses the Rappel exceedingty, in which Paul Meurice says, “Voltaire inhabitea England, Prussia and Swi land for the greater part of his life; for there are witty Frenchmen who are #0 very Fren that carry @ large portion of France away with them tb ther hearts, and whether far or near bees follow them everywhere." But & truce to elections for the present, and young, intemperate candidates. We have got some new oid senators, Who have waited with moderate and self- 000; las Stoatfen, ; William MoKee, $1 50,000; A. Knight, Weil, $61,000. Py ge for their nominatio —— have at jast obtatned them. Armong ther is Karon Taylor, whose tarn lias at jast come, though few know how deserving he i4 for having founded so many useful associations in arts it. He i the who al’ of a tera ee ae ove Tome of the tRuserous de out of the artistic, for a better world. measure; and Leon Gazian, has one e across the new Senator on cast suewered, when the Baron observed that be did not well, “No, 1am not, it that is any gatisfaciion to your eloquence.” It 13 cer- lor sop Ste oro oso ate ne before ne entered it is asyembly of aged tered this august It was for some time rumored that dignitaries. {1 Rs Gauthier was to be promoted to the same in order to offer a compenrenen for his non- election at the Institute, but the latter aomination 1s, it appears, only postponed. ‘The Imperial Rule of Napoleon III. A pamphiet, entitied L’Zmpereur, recently made its appearance in Paris. It was evidently intended to influence the elections, as may be judged from the fact of its being a glowing panegyric on the Im- perial rale for the last seventeen years, We give the following extract, descriptive of the material pro- gress of France, from its pages:— An account of what the Emperor has done for the cause of society cannot well find a place in a mere portrait; but, comparing it with what had been done before him, it wi seem that durt the nineteen years of ; and he has made it strong, fertii » Look at the rich flelas. where every nt jad henceforth his vine and his harvest, where his me is vivified by division; look at the culti- vated plains where formerly there were but sandy deserts; those schools, those churches, those lodg- ing houses for workmen, those beneficent establish- ments, those monuments, those networks ot rail- ways, where steam ananililates time and space; thove canals, those byroads, countless arteries of in- dustrial and rural life; those manufactories, which produce for all countries, for those even to whicn France had before been tributary; that terri- tory so well ordered in its riches that it suffices for itself. Look at Paris, made salubrious, enlarged, re- built, and made the capital of the worid, grander than the Rome of the Ciesars; those ports, those for- tifcations, those arsenals, those perfected arms, by which courage becomes invincible; that army whose colors, torn by bulieta, are covered over with the names of victories; that formidable feet, an entirely new creation, and yielding to none other the empire of the seas; the t of neutrals and the ht of humanity cribed in the code of naval and continental battles; the name of France protecting Christian missions in the most remote and barbarous countries; the frontiers levelled by the civilizing influence of commerce and the emancipation of nationalities; the magnanimous and incessant appeal to Congresses for universal paci- fication; the steady and the all but complete solu- tion of the most formidable social problems; the solicitude which protects the working mau from nis eradle to his grave by institutions of beueficence, credit and forethought; good everywhere encour- aged and recompensed; the level of mtelligence raised at the same time as material welfare; = and professional instruction, formerly so limited, ‘ait. Tused everywhere; labor, 80 long the slave of capital and of itself, nobly emancipated; liberty and equality alike to the workingman ana the employer; associa- tion accessible to probity and IMmense works and new ideas infusing vigor into the life- blood of the nation—all these its and all there glories, order and liberty, prosperity, justice, this great current of generosity and this force—all que to the initiative of Napoleon LJ. It is he who has founded true modern government, the government founded by all, fruitful for all. He has mad France great and happy, and France has made him happy and great. By his works and by his example he has deserved to be called the Emperor of the People, and, so tospeak, the Emperor of Humanity. ENGLAND. The Alabama Controversy—Additional Come ments of the British Press. The London Times of the 19th says:— The latest pee of the Alabama controversy is now presented to our view. The Americans, after rejecting a treaty concluded by their own represen- tative, and comp atleast as many concessions as Englishmen could induced to make, have re- solved on proposi nothing in return. So far as they are concerned, the question will be left open for future occasions, but, in case we should be uneasy under this suspense, the conditions are indicated on which it may be possible to treat. Mr. Sumner’s speech, shorn of its extrava- gance, must be taken as the basis of the new conven- tion, On that ground the Americans will meet us, but on no other; and if we desire such a conference the overtures must proceed from ourselves. That is the footing on which the case must now be presumed tostand, and, to acertain extent, the position may be regarded as unobjectionable. If the only r Suagers speech suggests, 1s. certainty better er's 8 certainly better ould make none at ali, since the refusal with which he would inevitably mect might not be con- ducive to the results we are all bound to desire. So far his tnstructions have been judiciously framed, but whether tne alternative of simple suspense will fans imal politic is a question which remains to solved. The London Telegraph, same date, thus reviews it:— Beyond a general desire to do what is right and fair, this country has no interest whatever in concluding aa Alabama Convention, except in so far as such an agreement might pro- tect our own cominerce hereafter from depreda- tions similar to those which Captain Semmes tn- flicted upon the federal merchant inarine. And with ® governinnent hike that of the United States, ruling over #0 immense ap area, and exercising so little direct authority over the several States, no conven- tion could practically be enforced in time of war, unless the public opinion of the country were op- posed to reprisals agaist England. No convention, therefore, would be of any value to us which was not cordially accepted by the American people as a quittance tn fuil of all their supposed grievances against England; and we doubt whether a compact of this kind could be devised at present. An ex- cellent sorvice, however, can be rendered, not to the two countries only, but tothe world at iarge, if the representative statesmen of each nation will but honestly and faithfully keep their people informed the actual views and state of felling in the other country—and will thus, by force of reciprocal “onderstanding”’ which is the basis of all trust and friendship, pave the way towards a conciliatory and Anal settlement. The Probibitive Liquor Question in the British Parliam {From the London Globe, May 13.) INSIDE THE COMMONS. ‘The sitting yesterday in the House of Commons, though not wntmated, was instructive—at least, Mr. Secretary Bruce gave an assurance that it was so. It was devoted jost exclusively to the considera- tion of Sir Wilfrid Lawson's bill to enable parishes, if so minded, to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within tneir boundaries. Sir Wilfrid is not only member for Carlisie, but nephew of the late Sir James Grat bi octraci from the the imterim the Per- was allowed to siumber. Now, again bee turn vement 1s the temporary inaction of those to whose charge it had been committed. Prior to the order of the day read for the second regia, & great number of were presented paris of the United ingdom in favor of the bill, Mr. Bright (who was present during the whole of the debate, aithough he contributed nothing towards it) presented an im- posing petition from Birmingham, signed by 4,000 women. Mr. John Locke, one of the members for Southwark, subsequently bi t up @ solitary ition from the victuallers — of jondsey against the measure. This waa received with some laughter, which was renewed as Mr. Locke, who seemed quite proud of the contidence piaced in him by this influ- ential portion of his constituency, walked up the floor from below the fanewey and deposited the precious document in the hands of the Clerk of Par- lament, Sir Witrid Lawson spoke rather more than au hour while urging the House to assist “the aristocracy of the working cl; ” in duninishing the fruitful source of erime and pauperism. He showed how there were 150,000 dealers in intoxi- cating drinks who were paid by results, and whose interest it was to stimuiate an unhealthy demand for excessive drink; and he implored the House of Commons, as the guardians of the public health and morals, to give two-thirds of the rate payers in any parish the power of granting or withholding licenses to sell ardent spirits, ir. Bagley, without formally seconding the motion, spoke in iavor of the principle of the bill, aud remarked’ that the total sam expended in liquor and tn the repression of crime, and the relief of pauiperistn caused by intemperance, was equal to one hundred millions per anvum, The Speaker, finding that the honoravie member for Manchester had concinded his speech without secondiag the mo- tion, asked Who was prepared to do so, when Mr. Dimsdale, the Ape of the borough of Hert~ ford, expressed his willingness to be sponsor for it. Colonel Jervis, cones no doubt the views of his constituents at Harwich, opposed the bill as an in. terference with the comforts and enjoyments of whe peor je, and ridiculed the organized agitation got up y the Permissive Association, who trad, he said, is- sued circulars inviting children of sixteen years of age to sign petitions to the House of Commons ta favor of the measure. The gallant Colonel moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months, and found a seconder in Mr. Staveley Hill, QC. Mr. G. 0. Morgan availed himself of the ten porary jull in the Court of Chancery to make an able speech in support ot the bill, contending that 1’ ment Was responsible for much of the evil of the present licensing system, and that if people could hot control themselves in their enjoyments the State was bound to step in and look after inem, The honorable and learned gentieman added that he did hot hiinself object to a glass of good wine, and that, in fact, he rather tiked tt, and found it did him no “But,” he continued, “if 1 were disj ms ¢ too much, [ should be very muclt obliged to any one who would stop Mm To the argument that the pnblic house oe not be closed unioss the club were also shut up, he reviied that the cases were not aualagous, } ee cause while poor men got drunk at the former rich men did not reduce themselves to @ similar coudi- about eieven and insist uy) post- pesadiay orations. . W. vice presi- it of Col of ing on his own behalf, and not for the nent, warned the agat tf publio opinion; and while ex; for Sir Wil wson and his bill, ox- intention to v« 5 at Staeigte aan” Se Seta stituen Vv Di to as with the laws thelt persistent eforcs to remedy e Lf Mr. Scour- meas it now had of ing the House of Commons, eral other hondrable gentlemen having criticised the measure, Mr. Secretary Bruce rose tentions of the government. think that the remedy was legiaiation, but in interests by th classes. tosay that, without violating official confidence, he was enabled to state that there was in a certain Pi hole in the Home Office the draft ofa bil! to @ vast improvement in the laws aifecting licenses and the sale of liquors, but that althougts successive governments had found LA ap cus and dry for their use aud Sosiety approved it, none of them had ventured to bring it forward, because they felt themselves unabie to carry it. The right honorable gentleman, however. promised to t heart of grace next session and deal with the matter “efticaciously.”” He hoped, under these circum- stances, Sir Wilfrid Lawson would show his numity by withdrawing bis bull. Mr. thbone, the other members for Liverpool, afterwards addressed the House, which by this time was becoming nnpatient for a division. Feeling, however, that a division was precisely what a great number of geatiemen didn’t want, Sir George Grey rose from the third bench behind Ministers, and ap- pealed to the member for Carlisle not to embarrass many honorable genllemen who would rather not vote by asking mm to record their opinions. Sir Wutrid. thus appealed to said he felt of course full confidence in the buna des of the declaration made by the Home Secretary, but added that as there was b a@ slip between the cup and the lip,'’ he thought that on the whole it might be more satis- factory to take a division. The Speaker then put the question, whereupon there was rather a general stampeue in the direction of the door. Honorabie members afraid of offending influential constituents thenght it safer not to vote at all, while many whose minds were undecided deemed it advisable to ares a ilar course. The result was that wien numbers were announced It was ascertained there were but 280 members (exclusive of tellers) tm the House, of whom 87 supported and 13 opposed the bill. Sir Wilfrid Lawson was consequeatiy defeated by 106 votes. IRELAND. Agrariau Outrages in the Country. A pastoral letter bas just been issued by Arch- bishop Lesty to the laity of the county of Tipperary. ‘The bishop denies the existence of any organized conspiracy on the part of the Irish tenants against the landlords. It cannot be denied that there exists ‘a wide-spreed sympathy with the tenant and against the landlord, ‘‘who either is or is believed to be an oppressor.”” te accounts for it tn the following em- phatic passage, in which he disputes the theory thas these outrages arise from a conspiracy against life and property :— 1 will not say it arises from the long continued and multiplied acts of oppression on the part of laad- lords, because it ts not for a bishop to say a hard word of any one, if it can be avoided, much less to inflame animosities by setting one Class agamst another; but it may safely be asserted that this sympa- thy with the one class as against the other results, at least partly, from the too long prot: settioment: of the land question. Not denying the existence of such sympathy. 1 do, in the most positive manner, deny the existence of an agrarian ae against the lives or property of landlords. let writers in the public journals say what they will, such @ oonspiracy exists only in their own imagination. It could not exist in reality without the Catholic clergy coming to know of it, an@ they have no knowledge of any such thing. More- over, the nondetection of crime is a plain proof of the nonexistence of conspiracy. There was a time when several persons would conspire to take away the life of an obnoxious landord, and then one or more of the number would inform on the rest, who aid the penalty with their lives. Now, one man tees the deed without an accomplice, and av, there being none to inform, crjme remains undetected anid unpunished. This staté of things proves there is no wide-spread conspiracy, Mor any conspiracy at aul, against the ltves or property of landiords, [tis all @ myth. Encor Policemen and Civilians. A desperate affray took place on Wednesday, the 19th mstant, at Ballyheigne, a village ten miles from ‘Tralee, between the police and civilians. It had ite origin in arow between a party of emigrants and and theirfriends. Three policemen interfered and made two arrests. The prisoners were reacued, whereupon the police made a resolute attempt to re- capture them. Force was used on both sides and the potice were driven to their barrack. Stones were thrown and one of the constabulary was pro+ trated by several wounds on the head. Having pro- cured rifles, two sub-constables and another consta. bie pursued the retreating crowd, when the stone throwing recommenced and the policeman fired, mortally wounding one Irish-American who *had been the ringleader. No otner casualties by guu- shots occurred, The crowd scattered at once and two arrests were made. Desperate FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The international Workingmen’s Society of Ge- neva intend to start a new journal, to bear the lite of Le Peuple. A State lottery ts about to be organized in Hungary, the apa: of which will be applied to support of public for children of all religions. Victor Hugo’s novet of “The Man who Laughs,” has given rise to @ satirical work, bearing the titie of “The Man who Gapes,” about to be published in The Lloyd ot Pesth mentions that the Emperor of Austria intends making 8 trip to Constantinople in the month of ber next, and will be present at the opening of iuez canal in October. ‘The Prince Imperial of France has accepted an in- vitation from the Prince of Wales to visi a shortly. The Qu has written @ letter to the - ror thanking him for the reception offered to the — Princess of Wales during thelr late vistt to The Em ror of Russia has issued a decree order- reduced Polish noblemen shail be con- for the purpose ing itously ceded to them for that pu fumtiies have already avatied thernsdives oft this de- cree. ple Pischietto of Turin caricatures the eleGttons in rance by represen’ leon Imperial seated in the Chariot rough road by Liberty, and three horses (Legitimists, Orleanists, Republicans) and ® maic ee The latter has stumbled and is being pears to be. suaty frightened, ana” with one, and a nervously graspw the seat, while the other is holding the Imperial Crown upon his son's head. Motto— “The road is rough; either let Liberty take the retus or risk being upset.” me AUSTRALIAN TRADE REPORT. SypNeY, March 27, 1869. Breadstuffé have risen to a very much higher figure than they commanded last month, and for good brands large sales could be effected at £15 to £16 per ton, Wheat much inquired for at 6s. 6a. per bushel. American goods generally scarce, with im- roving prices. Kerosene, 2s, 2d to 2s. 3d. per gal- Pon “fohaceo firm: stocks tinuauaily low. Coal freights range as follows:—For San Francisco, 28s.; Shanghae, 288.; Hong Kong, 16s.; Java, Ts. 6d; Stugapore, 16s.; Valparaiso, 6a, SENATOR SPRAGUE'S LABOR PLATFORM. {From the Augusta gay Chronicie and Sentmel, a 28.) A day or two since Mr. Jobn L. ils, President of the “Labor Union,” recently nized in this city, addressed a letter to Senator 10, at Atke: South Carolina, asking that gentleman to deliver ardreas before the Union. Yesterday # reply was received from Senator Sprague, which we publisic below: — Anny. May 2h, 1880. ’ | President Augnaia Labor Union ORS Le Bre Bate tein, belsll of the “Labor Union," to adiiress them at ao "early day, {8 hevore me, Bein obliged seettty North 't have declined all prevent inettations, ut will meet you inthe fall. itis only hy ( t jon, tadividue’ ri , of the laboring men of t ny CAN POM en Of your movement it A Being early am ried tee your induence extend thre the Bante Fhe workinginen of the North are in full ac The pl form of tiaton aod Just compensation for Iabor ia one tvat a stand on. Ta it there is safety ag weil ax anccess, Faithfully, yours, W. SPRAGUE. Accipent TO Geonce HM. Pexnueron.—The late acetent to George tH. Pendieton, who was (hrown out of his carrigge on Monday, near his readence ab Clifton, tarns ont to be more serious than either he or tis Iriends expected, Il 18 Kkely to confine hin to his house for a number of weeks, An ankle waa dislocated, besides being sprained, and other mya- ries were inflicted of a very painful character.—Ctt- einnatt Hnauirer. Mau 2 ] |