The New York Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1869, Page 3

Patriots in Buccess of the Camaguey. Spanish Troops Reinforcing that Section. @he Grape Shot Filibusters Turn Up Fighting. The New Captain General the Insurrec- tion—He Considers It Impotent—An Official Decree=The Insurgent Successes in Camas guey—Affairs in the Cinco Villas—Spanish Details of the Insurrection. HAVANA, July 7, 1869. ‘There are no class of men who have a better ap- reciation of Talleyrand’s famous saying, ‘Language yas invented to conceal our thoughts,” than the {punish officials, Their words are therefore no cri- ‘rion by whicn to judge of their opin- ins and intentions. Were the contrary the fet, the new Captain General would seem ke to follow in the footsteps of his Fedecessors, in the matter of dealing with the m- arrection, for he talks in the same nonsensical and folish way. Instead of admitting in a manly, open ‘ay, what everybody knows and what even the vanish journals here concede, that the Cuban frces are made up of thousands of well armed men, uder bold and experienced leaders, holding in their pssession the greater portion of the territory of the land, in obedience toa government of their own ¢eation, and capabie of holding their own against te Spanish troops and generals in fighting ad in strategy, he talks of the impotency othe insurrection, of its being reduced to detached binds, kept togetaer for the purposes of destruction aid other words of like import, stich as filiead the mouth of Dulce up to the moment when the volun- teers of Havana, realizing their falsity and the at- tempt to practice upon them, rose and drove him Min the island. Meanwhile he announces a continuance of the vig- Drous policy inaugurated by this “superior political government” following upon the expiration of the forty days of amnesty. The decree contaiming all this appeared in the Gazeiie ol yesterday,-and ia as follows:— SuPERION POLITICAL GOVERNMENT OF ng PROVINCE OF CUBA. Havana, July ° The insurrection, in its :mpotency being reduced © detached bands, perverted to the watchword of desolation, and daily perpetrating crimes that have ao precedent in civiiized countries, personal security and the nghts of justice, the foremost guarantees of person and property, imperiously demand that sald \nsurrection be hastened to its end and without con- sideration towards those who have placed them- yeives beyond the paleof the law. The culprit will aot be deprived of the guarantees of just impar- Wality i the evidence of hia crimes, but without the Jelay admissible in normal periods, which would wrocrastinaie or paralyze the verdict of the law and te uexorable fu.fliment, 48 the guardian of the national integrity, the pro- vector of we uprignt and paciiic citizen, tuliilling she duties of my office and in virtue of the quthority sonceded to me by the government of the nation, | yereby decree. ARSICLE 1, The decrees promulgated by this jupertor political government, under date of 12th tad 18th February last, shall be carried owt with ngor. Ant, 2 The crimes of premeditated inceadiarism, assassination and robbery by ariwed force and con- sraband, shall be tried by 4 council of war. Ans. 3. The courts of justice will continue in the exercise of their attributes without prejudice, how- ever, of belng submitted Lo me, such Cages as special circumstances may require, CABALLERO DE RODAS. Dae decrees referred to in the first article are those of Dulce following the expiration of his amnesty. ‘They refer to the suppression of the freedom of the prota, the re-establishment of the censorship, the punishing of disloyalty finfidencia) by council ot Was, and gve definitions of that offence. Meanwhile the successes of these ‘detached bands” in Camaguey, through which the Spanish troops are kept cooped up in a few towns, scarce able to keep themselves supplied from the sea coast, causes the hurrying off of every available msn to that point. On the afternoon of tue 3d the battalion of “marine infantry,” so cailed, which came with de Rodas and which he eget Nd placed in the Cabauas that the volunteers imigh' not seduce them from their all nce to himaeif, Af perchance he might wish to use them in retaining his power, were hurried off to Nuevitas, accompa- nied by the Domiaican, Puello, who goes to relieve Leiona, and, unlike him, has never been accused of wo much mercy. On the same steamer, too, went Colvnel Benegasi, who recently came here to recn- peste and has been appointed Governor and Mill- 1869, Commandant of Tunas. The battalion men- tidbed was to have been sent to the Cinco Villas, but theemergency in Camaguey demanded its presence there, As the men are unacclimated and the vomito and cholera are making fearful havoc among the troops aiready there, they will probably do litte more than furnish additional food for these. From the Cinco Villas, the second point of interest: at present, Lesca telegraphs of the capture of a chief nawed Gonzalo Gonzales, who was surprised in his house and sot; of the surprise of a party of insur- rects On the estate Progresso, killing two and wouuding one, and of the capture of nine of the paity who burned the estate Cubano. They were sirct amid the smouldering ruins. ‘Mheve would seem to be Attie probability of the volanteers taking the field, notwithstanding the ru- mors so generally rifle upon the arrival of de Kodas. ‘The Voz de Cuba publishes the communication of “A Volunteer” who states that cighteen companies of volunteers could cover all the towns of the Cinco Viins, dnd adds, “We are not aware of any project of ending the Havana volunteers to the fleld, nor do we see the necessity of #6 doing.’ Undoubtedly thegreat mass of them agree with the editor. The Cayiain General has ordered that ail empioyés in tui Island now furioughed assume their respective aduies within a fortnight or be considered relieved. Jue Captain General has notified the Admiral thas the Administrator of the Gas Works ig Santt Esyjiritu has discovered two tin pots, with powder, hermetically sealed by baass wire and covered with tar, The coal dust adhering thereto made them loot like lamps of coal, The Press advises a tho- row investigation, a8 powder can thus easily be Antoduced through the consignees of the coal. Atelogram, said’ to have been received here two nigits ago trom Madrid, stating that Dulce had been naved Colonial Minister, and that General Espinar hadbeen relieved from lis office as Segundo Cabo, haspaused much excitement and speculation here, as tlose instrumental tn the removal of the former are jonsiderably anxious as to the course le may purse. Felerico Magaraza y Lersundi, captain of in- fanty, as been named Governor of Nuevitas. Coonel Manuel Menendez has been named Goy- erne’ of Trinidad. ‘vh) Sequestration oMce has published its balance whee) to June 8. The total number of persons whoe property ahs been embargoed to that date ‘was i{0, but only @ few of these have given any re- suit, The total amount paid into the Treasury for Mayls $40,080. ‘There was on hand at date of balaice shect $36,582. The balance received had been renee In advanves vo sequestered pianta- Uouland onice expenses, ThoGrapesbot Filibusters—They Capture the Gwerison of BartequirimFiguerdo in Large Face Near SantingomJoy of the Spaniards atthe Arrest of the Cuban Junta, SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 2, 1869, Th “six or eight” filibasters of the Grapeshot e@xpdition which, according to Spanish reports, re- maiud to be accounted for, have announced them- selvcin a manner very disagreeable to the “traly Joyal of this vicinity. By some unexplained means Theinnumbers became increased to 100 men, and, guidd by an outlaw named Policarpto Rutan, they took irisoner the cap'ain or the Partida of Yateras and hothim, By stratagem they afterwards cap- ture(the garrison of Bartequiri, numbering twenty- twohen, Troops left Baracoa and Guantanamo to attac them, but the result is not yet known. ‘Th insurgent Genera: Figueredo is in large force in tls neighborhood, and since the 29th ult, dghting bas pen going on. The results are studiously con- eali, but it ta certain the rebels have not been @riva back, as the troops are concentrating at ‘Crist, on the Maroto Ratlway. Cholera has broken out Mong them, and it is feared will again invade ‘the twn. It ia reported that Figneredo is to have a #fan celebration on the 4th of July. Site the outbreak of the insurrection nothing has #0 mch pleased the Spanish element here as the s news of the arrest of the Cuban Junta yw York. it reached here on St, John’s earune immediately out came the and yelia Hage, the volunteer bands and an extra of the ira Kspanola, Voluutecr reviews wel NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. end 8 lot of yorrtones ws) brvught from Ha- vana were let loose in the piaza, to the great con- ventment of everybody, icurarty of the hawks, who Dave already fluwied consignment. ‘the spar- row ia the emblem of the Catalan volunieer, eryo they pray Deus avertit omen, and keep ail euch fero- cious birds a8 hawks (or American eag'es) from harm- lng the Spanish cocksparrow. ‘Ihe «xcitement culini- Bated in a procession at nine P. M, tothe house of the merican A ‘fhe American gnd Spenish tags, Mpked together, were borne in the van, and behind came & band juaic, with’ a promiscuous crowd tullowing. The Cousul wag ferenaded, and vivas/ were given for Spain and Anierica, Many of whe Cutalany expect that an American man-ol-wal Would arrive within a few days, bringing MOrales Co, vo figure at the Santiago slaughver housé, Since the death of tue five rei mentioned ia my last, there have een no more executions; but seVve- ral important arrests have been made, including th at 9 ben Gonzaio Villar, ouy of tue drey lawyers of ‘ula. SPANISH ACCOUNTS. SANTA CLARA, Encounter With Insurgente—A Souree from Whence Rebels Draw Supplies. Santa Ciana, July 3, 1869, A telegram of recent date states that a force of Teguiars and volunteers encountered @ Febel band who burnt the Cuban plantation, The chieftain, Guillermo Lorda and eigut lolowers were taken and shot. ‘The rebel parties under Villami Villegas and Sol Were hidven in tie woods of the pidutalion oO: Don Diego G, Abreu, wito isin prison, and draw their supplies from that esate. TRIN:DAD. A Patriot Camp Surprised=A Flying Column to be Established—Plantations Burnei— Strength of the Patriots Between Cauto aud Puerto Principe. TRINIDAD, July 4, 1869, Adetachment of Baza regulars have surprised a camp, taken a flag and brought it here. ‘The inhabitants are vontempiating the establishing of fying sections of militia for better protection from the enemy's depredauions. The planiers have subscrived to a force of 150 guardia civit, cosung $72,000 per unnum. General Lesca has orderea a list to ve made of al} men Liat can be added to the mia, A battalion thus formed will enavie ail the troops to keep in the delu, The voiuntver force 1s B180 Lo be increased, peveral houses on the coffee plantations have been indiscriminately burned, belonging to Cubans as well a8 Spaniards, by order of tne chief, Vidal Puicu. Selior Moutaner, Governor of Santa Cruz, has stated that the number of insurrectionists concen- trated between Cauto and Puerro Principe does not exceed 7,000 men. colouel Hailiday has taken office as military com- mandant, MANZANILLO, Reported Offer of Insurgents to Surrender= Engagement and Spanish Saccess. MANZANILLO, July 1, 1869. The insurgent chief, Domingo Aguero, and his armed band in Veguitas, have offered themseives up to the authorities, Quintero has done the same in Campechueia, The columu under Colonel Ampudia, which left here on Friday, 18 success/uily Operating near Man- aguano, He cominunicates having given a whip- ping to tne rebels ut Nagua, one of the steepest hilis in the Sierras. ‘he enemy’s headquarters were in the Sierras, where they were occupied in manufac- turing powder ana arms, Their entrenchinents were taken at the puint of the bayonet. The losses are not stated. SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Arrival of a Column of Valmaseda’s Forces Encounter with the Patriots. SAxTIAGO DE CuBa, July 2, 1869, On Saturday there arrived here a column of 200 troops of Valmaseda’s corps of operation ia Bayamo, commanded by Colonel Cafizar, which had some successful encounters. From Ramon they had for two days on their van the remainder of the rebel bands of Gomez, Villaverde and ueredo—killed some, including Villaverde’s aid. Afterwards the enemy made a desperate effort to resist whe troops, having taken position on the heights of Coco. The fight was weil sustained on both sides, but at the last the enemy was dislodged. We had five wounded, Commandant Iglesias dangerou: 80. The volun- teer officers have gone to bring from Paima, Moloney Boet, of the contre guerilia, did signal service, THE NATIONAL CAMP MEUSING. Great Increase of Visitors—Interesting Exer- cises and Numerous Conversions, Rounp LAKE, July 13, 1869, ‘Whe trains arriving this morning were more heavily loaded with passengers than any of the pre- vious daya, Nineteen large passenger cars, drawn by two locomotives and requiring three conductors, arrived at twenty-five minutes past eight A. M. from Troy; the down train at a quarter to nine from Saratoga brought over 1,000 people; the up and down trams at noon to the camp were equally crowded, and four other traina are yet to arrive this afternoon. Telegrams to the Commit- tee of Arrangements notify them that the evening traing will also be very large and filled with people coming to the meeting. Most of these newcomers are from distunt localities, and will remain till near the close of the camp meeting. It seems that a SE Pre ea of those intending to come post- poned their visit in order to escape the discomiorts connected with the Sunday rush, but the prospect now is that the attendance from this time forward will largely exceed that of Sunday last. agit oboe § few vehicles are presevt, this being the busy season of the rural population; and nearly all the visitors being from cities the assemblage presents an ap- pearance of elegance and refinement througnout to a@ degree somewhat unusual at camp meetings. Many of the wealthiest merchants of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and the great Western cities are here’ with ther families, and while there is no attempt at dress display, the large representation irom aristocratic circles gives a style to the congregations equal to that of the most fashionable city church or watering place. The mass of visitors do not seem to ve influenced by curiosity so much as by @n interest in the meeting, and hence, instead of the promenading and flirtations so common at gatherings of this Kind, the services are attended by all, and lew persons are seen outside of the circle except at meal times and on the arrival and depar- ture of trains, It 18 estimated that over 40,000 people will be here by Thuraday, and at the close over 100,000 will have visited the meeting. Witn the influx of people and datly additions to the number of preachers the exercises are steadily increasing in interest, The hale 8 last evening seemed so deep and universal that the revival ser- mon was dispensed with, and, after several exhorta- tions, @ protracted and highiy interesting prayer Meeting was held im the circle. Tne preachers de- scended from the stand, and, going out into the im- mense congregation, exhorted and prayed with in- dividuals until the whole circie became infected with the spirit of the hour. Groups, each engaged in prayer with one or two individuais seeking forgive- ness of sin, were scattered throughout the grounds, and as the singing or prayer was all conducte from the stand the outside meetings would harmo- niously join in with the exercises of the large con- gregation, so that to @ person outside the grounds the muititudmous voices swell up together with in- describable sublimity. One of the most impressive scenes of the meeting transpires at one o'clock, the hour set apart for silent prayer throughout the encampment, At the sum- mons of the bell ali conversation and singing in the tents are suspended, while the members of the church kneel @own wherever they ma; be and silently engage in prayer. At suc’ limes the sudden change from the bustle and cont sion of the vast camp to profound stillness has a wonderful effect, The most careless persons seem overawed by the solemnity of the occasion, all moving about ceases and for fifteen minutes pro- found quiet and seriousness prevails. Since yester- day there have been 4 !arge number of conversions; and with the powerful sermons from the stand, the uamerous prover meetings and the meetings of Sun- day school children, young men, the clergy, &c., which respectively take place at stated hours, the encampment seems invested with a degree of reli- gece Teeling never equatied before on such occa- This morning Rev. Dr. Chaplain, of Philadelpni reached from Phiil. v., Gand 7 je careful for hott. ing; butin everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which paaseth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and aninds, Vhrough: Jesus Christ.” A very interesting prayer meeting wpbitean Sonn! at two P. M. Rev, G. 0. Wells, of Alvany, preached from Firat John, i., 9:—“If we confess our sins, He 18 faithfat and j ust to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteous: ness. STRERT PREACHERS IN Canapa,—A certain Lord Cecil is preaching in the streets and parks of Toronto, Canada. He appears to nave rivals in hia peculiar line, for, on @ recent Sunday afternoon, while holding forth to a lal crowd in the Queen's Park, @ disturbance took place, and at one time no jess than half a dozen speakers were on their legs easaying to address the crowd. Here is a curious bit from one of them, a Mr. Parker:—He could teil them somethi! bout Swedenborg. He pretended that he was taken up to heaven and saw heaven divided into zones like the earth, and when there he saw the Unitarians living in the frigid zone. (Loud laughter.) They wore lions’ skins on their heads ana ra’ Skins on their bodies and bear ins on their feet, They drove in chariote made oi ice, had. | drawn by horses without talla, THE WOMEN IN COUNCIL. Female Suffrage Convention at Saratoga. Sasan B. Anthony, Celia Burleigh, Millard Fillmore and @ther Reformers Present. What the Ladies Want Instead of Rock- ing the Cradle. SanaToes, July 13, 1969. The woman’s Suffrage Convention met in Con- gresa Hall this morning. The persons present who aré prominent in the movement are Susan B. An- thony, Mra, E. Joslyn Gage, Mrs. Celia Burieigh, Mrs. 8. F, Norton, of Albany, and several others. Among the spectators are Millard Fillmore, Rev. L. H. Angicr, of Massachusetts; Oscar Coles, of New York, and many other prominent persons. Mrs. Gage, of Fayetieville, called the meeting to order and named Susan B. Anthony for temporary chair- wan, Miss Anthony, on taking the chair, thanked the Convention for the honor conferred upon her. The call of the Convention was read, and six dele- gates from each Congressional district convention answered to their names. Miss Anthony said that women were not used to the wachinery of calling conventions; therefore all persons interested in the question of woman suf frage would be received as members of the conven- tion, The party organization had been operating for years and all the machinery was ready. ‘Yhis was a new movement, Women had no means of communication® to enable them to advise together. ‘This convention was to organize a suffrage associa- tion, By recent amendments to the constitution of the United States every male citizen had a full right to vote and hold ofice, and they felt it was now time to put forth a platform for women, to give them equal rights and to remove all constitutional and legal barriers, so that women may have an equa right to work or starve , according to their talent. rs. Celia Burleigh, of New York, and Mrs, B., Morgan, of Syracuse, were chosen secretaries. Mrs, BURLEIGH moveo to appoint a committee for the preparation of a list of delegates, Mrs. C. Burleigh, Mrs, Norton and Mrs. Knapp were appointed such coinmittee. Miss ANTHONY called for an enrolment of dele- gates, and appealed to ail favoring the movement for women’s rights to come forward. Mrs. WILBOUR moved the appointment of a com- Muttee for the selection of permanent officers, and Mrs. Wilbour, Mrs, Morgan and Mrs. Martin were appointed, Mrs. GAGE moved the appointment of a committee on a platform and resolutions, and Mrs. Gage, Mra, Burleigh, Mra, Wilbour, Mrs, Bedortha and Mrs, Jones were appointed. The PRESIDENT stated that the persons in this Movement desired discussion, aud hoped to hear some argument in opposition. as well as in favor of it. They had assembled here to-day and hoped to assembie in other States goon. They were not here as defendants, but fae? intitts. As hong as men like Frederick Douglass, Langston and others were left out they ielt some decent companionship; but by the enfranchisement of all the colored men none were Jeft to them tor association. Mrs, MARTIN, of Albany, addressed the Conven- tion. She gaid that the women were in the major- it ,y and that while all men of every race had been [ie the protection of the ballot the women were enied it, Miss Anthony called attention to this fact at the first meeting on the subject niaeteen years ago at Seneca Falls, and met with ridicule, but she had now conquered the respect of the peo- ple, Mrs. Martin spoke of the value of the franchise and the gross punlshuient it was to take it away from men. negro enfranchisement agitation set women to thinking more deeply on the subject. ‘Theyprotection it afforded to the negroes was required by women, The same act of justice should be ac- corded to women, A motion was then made to adjourn until four o’clock P. M. in order to complete the organization. Miss ANTHONY, in announcing the adjournment, appealed to all present to attend the future meet- ing. “Woman,” she said treiwed as a doll, or made the subject only for small valk. She liked to be treated as a sensible, reasoning belug.”’ (These appeais were lend cheered.) “For twenty years,” the speaker said, “she bad been subjected to jeers from the whole people, and yet had maintained her position in the movement.” She spoke of the recent Fourth of July celebration near Buffalo, where the proceedings were conducted by women. She was interrupted by @ man who asked, What was to be done with ‘St. Paul’s saying, that ‘women should be subject to their husbands?’ She replied, “The same as men did to others of hig sayings, ‘Pass,tuem by.’’” The Convention then adjournea till four o'clock “did not like to be Afternoon Session. The afternoon session of the Woman's Suffrage Convention was held in Congress Hall. Mrs. Saran F. Norton, of New York, made an address answering the following objections to woman suffrage:—First, they did not need it, Every Woman of the speaker's acquaintance does need it; it 18 a privilege of citizenship. Now women are de- pendent on a class not famous for the care of other's rights. If my neighbor’s wife can’t write is that any reason I shall not learn? The ballot ts the passport to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Men vote to each other the right to vote under a repupli- can-form of government, and women have the same right ag men. Men make women answerable to the laws, and yet say they are not capable of judging of the wisdom of them. If we are incapabie of jndging why are wo neid responsible? It is said none but bad women will go to vote. Are Susan B, Anthony, E. O. Stanton, Harriet Livermore, and the thousands of others who are asking for suffrage, all bad? The good women are in the majority and should be allowed to come to the rescue. The pro- gress of civilization has always been in ratio to the improvement in the condition of women. The Committee on Credentials reported that dele- gates were present from every Congressional dis- trict. The Committee on Permanent Officers re- ported the name of M. E. Joslyn Gage, of Onondaga, for President, and thirty-six Vice Presidents, THE PLATFORM. The Committee on Platform reported as foliows:— The Convention of delegates from the State of New York, assembied, without distinction of sect or party, in pursuance of a cail upon all persons in favor of demanding sulfrage for the women of the nation and the etre of an amendment to the con- stitution of the United States by which the baliot can be secured to them, resoive as follows:— Resolved, That the question of woman suffrage 13 the great moral and political question of the day, and we demand the ballot for women because equal rights are a partiof the great principles of justice, because the laws of justice precede the laws of States and the rights of nuiauuty underle the rights of government. Kesolved, That as governments are instituted for the maintenance of principies of jusuce, and as every human being can do better for himself than another for him, the right of every human being to share in the government under which he lives should be recognized vy that government, Kesolved, That we claim for woman the inherent right to share in the government of any country of which she 18 @ citizen, by virtue of her existence as a human being and her natural capacity for self- government; that while resting the responstbility of Woman's present political disability upou mau, we deny his right to define woman's splere; that as we deny the right of one class of men to define the rights and duties of another ciass of men, so do we as empliatically deny the right of one sex to deine the rights and duties of the other sex. Resolved, That we gladly recognize the advance- ment of our just principles, as shown by the acttoa of the Irish Republican National Conventions, recently heid in Wasiington and Chicago, in which Ui manded that suilrage should be extended to guilty of crime, irrespective of color, race or sex. Resolved, That we also rejoice at the course of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States, recognizing, a8 a step in the true direction, their re- cent action admitting Women of that Church to yove on lay delegation. Resolved, That in recognition and furtherance of the principles of justice the constitution of the United States should be so amended as to secure the right of suffrage to the womep of the nation on the same terms that it is held by the men of the nation. Resoived, That we invite the co-operatiau of every man and woman, no matter how ditfeving as to party, politics, creed, color, or nationality, in secur- ing such an amendment. Evening Scasion. ‘The evening session of the Convention was held in Hathorn's new hall. Miss Anthony presented Mrs, Gage for permanent president. Mrs. Gaye returned thanks for une honor done her in being called to pre- side in a new Dali now first opened and by the Con- vention dedicated to the cause of humanity, She referred to the demand now made in China and Turkey for the ba tg of the rights of women in the may In England, America, Russia, Swit- geriand and other countries women were asking their rights, Women were denied their claim to virtual representation by men. Miss Anthony took the floor in reply to the Rev. Mr, Angier. poke of the need women have of Joarning a business. Many women have to support themseives, their famiites and their husbands, Wo- men demand to be independent bread winners, olrcamstances, should fit his daughters for business We same a8 bis sons, The ranks of the loose women were filled up daily by girls tenderly raised to live without work. The ballot is the key to uniock the door to aimit wornen to equal rights and to employ- ment, A disfranchised class was always helpless, Enfranchise a class and tt becomes a power. She instanced several cases where the colored men gained justice vy the ballot. They demand the right of bat that woman may respect uerself and respected. ‘The session will close to-morrow. WOMAN'S RIGHTS ASSOCIATION, A Quiet Little Chat—Professor Wilcox Speaks—Woman’s Sphere Defined. The regular weekly meeting of the Woman’s Rights Association was heid yesterday afternoon, at the Woman’s Bureau, 49 East Twenty-third street. ‘The attendance was unusually slim, tle members not being in wuilicient force to stare even the most bashful representative of the press out of counte- nance. Emboldened by the avsence of such awe- inspiring members as the venerable Mrs. Stanton, the majestic Miss Anthony and other equally deter- mined characters, even Professor Wilcox managed to hold up bis head a little, Punctuaily at half-past three the Mrs, Phelps arose from the crimson depths oj the capacious arm- chair in which she had been gracefully reclining, and, raising her clear manly voice, called te meeting to order, Mrs. Crosby, who oficiatea as secretary, laving read the minutes of the previous meeting and had the satisfaction of recording them “passed,” the Chairwoman suggested the advisa- bility of laying aside all formality and proposed “a nice, quiet chat together.” This proposition agreed to, Mrs. Blake at once went through the formaiity of reading the re- port of tue execlitive commitiee for draw- ing up certificates of the election of dele- gates to the Saratoga Convention, by which it appeared that a meeting was held at Mrs. So-and- 8078, Miss What’s-ner-name took the chair and Mrs, What-do-you-vaii-lier proposed Miss Thing-um-bob, who was duly elected, and the mecting then ad- journed, This report was accepted without a mur- mar, By way of jnangareling Gis “nice , quiet chat to- gether” Hrs. Pips calied upon “some one” for a speech, Thereupon everybody deciarea that they nad nothing to say, but would be delighted to hear sombody else. The cliairwoiuan raved the members soundly ioc tuetr modesty, and, afler a great deal of desuitory chacter, Mrs. Dr. Somerville suiamoned up suilicient conrage to address the meeting. ‘rhe medical lady had observed that the hearts of women were 80 suirred with the greatness of the cause in which (hey had enlisted that they did not want to speak uniess they wauted to say something. Politics were demoralizing. Professor Wilcox had said so, and it was go. Mrs. Dr. Somer- ville went on to say that she tad worked in the holy cause of reform for over eieven years, with heud and heart, but sue did not wish to jump into the fire orto make any more heartrending sorrow in tue world, (ihe Professor nodded his head vigorously, as if in approval of this noble sentient.) “Ask me what womuan’s splere is,” exclaimed Mrs. Somervilie, excitedty, ‘ask me. Why, I teli you her sphere is just whatever she 18 ca- pacitated for. That's what tt 1s, (Applause.) Man don’t understand what woman's sphere is—ne can't understand it, because he isn’ta woman, (Sensa- tion.) Man iso’t a woman—I say he never can be a woman—and consequently he never will be able to understand what woman's sphere 1s,” The Profes- sor Jauzhed in such @ Knowing manner at this that itseemed as if he was in the secret. In conciud- ing her spirited address the medical lady acknow- letgea ‘that she had spoken ravher incoherently, but said she had spoken her mind and felt considerably relieved, Rising as Sard resumed her sew ag the previous speaker had the Professor stammered someting about not having the honor of being a lady, for which very obvious de- fect he expressed the deepest sorrow. But aithough he was not a lady he would say that the govern- ment was corrupt to the core, and that he looked upon the baliot us a machine for elevating woman to a “higher plane.” On sitiing down again the Professor manifested the utmost dejection of spirtts, but the cause of his misery was not apparent. The irrepressible Mrs. Blake next took the floor. Ethereal creature as she appears to be, she “came down” upon the reporters present like @ thousand of bricks. She didn’t want them to publish any more of her speeches if they vould not give them verbatim, She didu’t want to be called nicknames, eitner. The HERALD called her the pertina- cious Mrs. Blake. Another paper had dubbed her “the invinctvle,” and so on, and so on. If they couldn't say anything complimentary she would rather they would say nothing at aii. Having demolished the press, Mrs. Blake rattied on in her sprigntly way about woman's rights and wrongs, talking at the rate of about five coluaims an hour, abd wound up witha little story about two gentlemen of Philadelphia, who had handsome resi- dences on Warren and Chestnut streets, and who attended a primary meeting and were overheated, surrounded, outnumbered, and finally annihiiated by aset of nasty, dirty, odious, horrid politicians, who wanted to get their own candidates elected. After a spirited debate on the merits and demerits of the reporters who were in the habit of attending the meetings of the association an adjournment was moved and agreed to. THE CHINESE LABOR CONVENTION. Organization of the Memphis Convention— Large Attendance of DelegatesCheap La- bor the Great Want of the South. MeEmMPHis, July 18, 1869, The Cninese Labor Convention was called to order at elewen o'clock, at Greenlaw Opera House, by W. H. Cherry, President of the Cham- ber of Commerce. After prayer by Rev. Mr. Tuggle, Charles Kartecht was chosen tem- porary Chairman, whe responded in a brief address, setting forth the objects of the convention, showing the great necessity of cheap labor, in order to develop the resources of the country. Leon Trousdale was chosen temporary Secretary, and a committee of one delegate from each State repre- sented, to report on permanent organization, was appointed, as follows:— South Carolina—Dr, Green. ‘Tennessee—E. M. Apperson. Mississippi—General Miles, Georgia—Dr. F. F. Taber. Alabama—Gus. Henry. Louisiana—W. H. Sutton. Arkansas—T, 8. Flourney. Missouri—J. M. Davis, California—C, W. Wickers, Kentucky—D. G. Reed. J. W. Clapp, of Memphis, then delivered ap ad- dress, in which he dénied the object of the meeting was antagonistic to white or black labor, but showed that in England the proportion of area was six acres to every laborer, while in eleven Southern States it was 265 acres, The Committee on Permanent Organization re- ported as follows:—Permanent Chairman, Isham G. Narris, of Tennessee, and a long list of vice presi- dents aud secretaries, Mr. Harris, on taking the chair, briefly responded, saying it had met for action and not for taiking. Acommittee of five was appointed on the order of business, as tollows:—Judge Sutton, oi Loutsiana; Gus, A. Henry, of Alabama; Robertson Tapp, of Tennessee; T. C. Flourney, of Arkansas, and Mr. Speers, of Mississippi. After some unimportant business a committee was appointed to consider the most practical means of drawing labor from China or India, with J. W. Clapp as chairman, Committees were appointed on Transportation, Finance and Immigration. A telegram was received from St. Louis saying that Koopmanshoop would be here to-morrow. The Convention then adjourned uniil ten o'clock to morrow. ‘The meeting was very large, and delegates are continual arriving. Departure of a Coolie Contractor for the Mem- phis Convention. Sr. Louis, July 13, 1869, Koopmanshoop, the cociie contractor from San Francisco, lett here this afternoon for Memphis to atcend the Labor Convention. He says the China- men who are now on the Pacific coast are receiving as much or more in the way of monthly wages than they can hope to get in the Southern States, and that the demand which the Memphis Convention is about to inaugurate must be met by new importations of coolies direct from Asia, If the Wages fixed upon at Memphis be satisiactory he will engage to enter at once into the busivess of bringing them across the Pacitic Ocean ap“ thence direct to the Southern lands. MAVAL, INTELLIGENCE, Operations qt the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Since the government has resoived to fit out the vessels which have been vid up in ordinary #0 that tney may be ready for use when needed, the yard aoes Dot present tha’, sluggish appearance it has for the past year. Gutside the repairing on vessels, howe very little is being done, and there are only 1,700 Wea employed mm the yard at the present ume, The Severn is having a spar deck built, The old Bertford and Shawmat are also undergoing re- pair, ‘The Swatara is now tn the ye dock and is being overhauled, She is to have a duplex pro) ler, The Colorado ts to have a new boile Astoria, the same class as the Kenosha, has just been brought from the Philadelphia Navy Y: to They demaud that every father, no matter what his ; receive her machinery. WASHINGTON. Expected Proclamation of the President. Hection in Mississippi and Texas to be Or- dered for November 30. Deserters Decided Not to Bouaty. Entitled THE CUBAN ENVOY DISCOURAGED, WASHINGTON, July 13, 1869, No Effort Being Made to Secure Recognition of Cuban Independence. It is Wot the intention of the Cuban envoy now here to make any effort at present to obtain recogul- tion from our government. Mr. Lemus proposes to remain quiet and await the turn of affairs in Cuba. He «loes noc expect anything decisive to take place until fall, and as he has no hope of making any im- pression on Mr. Fish, he will not bother him. Elections in Mississippi and Texas, The President will issue his proclamation in a few days ordering an election in Mississippi and Texas—both to take piace on the same day, ine Sotn of November. The constitutions of each State will be submitted in the saiue manner as the constitu- uon of Virginia. The President has utterly refused to change the day for holding the election, though he has been repeatedly appealed to in that beialf. The Pacific Ruilroad—Attorney General Hoar’s Opinion. ‘The Attorney General has rendered the following decision Lo the Secretary of the Yreasary:— ATPORNEY GENERAL'S OFPICE, WASHLN ly 12, 1 BourwELt, Sik —By. your jetter ot 25ta of June, 18 submit to me the considerauon of the eleven’ tion of the act of Congress entitied *An act to aid m the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacule Ocean, aud to secure to the government the use of the same tor military, postal and other purposes,” approved July 1, 1862, in which W& is provided that no more than $59,000 of said bonds for $1,100 each shall be paid under tis act to aid in constructiag the imuin line of the said railroad and telegraph, aud request me to give my Opinion us to what constitutes the main line of sald railroad and tciegrapa, indicating the point of its commencement in ule east and its termiuiation in the west.” I have given the question careful consideration and am ol the opivion tha’ the true construction Of the statute referred co, tue main line of the Pacific Ratiroad intended in the eleventh sec- tuon thereof commences at the oue hundredth meridian of Jongitude west from Greenwich, and ter- mivates al the castern bounuary of Lie dtate of Call- foruia. Very respectfuliy. E, R. ROAR, Atiorney General. The Decatur Cotton CaseDecision Against the Government. ‘The great Decatur cotton case, involving the value of 1,500 bales of cotton, has just beea decided against the governinent at Memphis, Teun. Secretary Bout- well telegraphed to-day to the United States counsel at that eity to carry the case up either to the United States Supreme or to the United States Circuit Court on appeal or writ of error. T. J. Kinsella Reappointed. Secretary Boutwell has reappointed T. J. Kinsella Special Agent of the Treasury Deparument. This is the gentieman who recently investigated the New Orleans customs fraws. Supervisor Osborne Resigned. Secretary Boutwell this morning received a tele- gram from General Francis A. Osborne, recently ap- poited Supervisor for Massachusetts, Ruode islaud and Connecticut, deciining the appointment. Consular Appointment. L. T. Adams, of New \ork, has been appointed Consul at Malta. The McGarrahan Claims—Secretary Cox Re= fuses to Issue a Patent, The representatives of Mr. McGarrahan waited upon Secretary Cox to-day and tendered him $20,000, in payment of the amount of $1 25 per acre on the Panoche Grande claim, The District Court ordered Mr. Cox some days ago to grant MeGarrahan the patent on tender of this money. Mr. Cox, iowev- er, refused to accept it to-day, saying that all\the pro- ceedings in the District Court were irregular and of no binding fore. Vincent Colyer Among the Indians—The Tribes Advancing in Civilization—Religious Feeling Among the Suvages. Vincent Colyer, secretary to the United States In- dian Commission, organized at Cooper Institute a year ago, left the city of New York on the 16th of February and has been absent five months. He says he visited and inspected thirty-one tribey in their wigwams and native homes, numbering nearly 66,000 souls, located in Kansas, the Indian Territoty, Texas, New Mexico, “Arizona aad Colorado. He has travelled 400 miles on foot, on horseback, 1,400 by stage and 3,704 by raul- road; total 5,754 miles. Some of tire tripes are the mostgwarlike and troublesome in the country; opers the more civilized. Among them all he was weli received, and in many cases with marked hosptiality. In nearly all the tribes visited school teachers and farming tools were found, and in al! the journey ue did not see a casejof drunkenness, witness a sceue of violence or hear a blasphemous word by an Indian. He believes that by patient eiforts ali the tribes can be civilized, and that In less than two years we will have heard the last of ‘Iudian outrages.” A deep religious feeling pervaded ueariy all cheir conversa- tion and councils, Deserters Not Entitled to Bountics—Bountics to be Paid Only on anu Honorable Dis- chargeOpinion by Comptroller Brodhead. Second Comptroller Brodhead hag just made the following opiniou:— GEORGE S. SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OF 9 Sik—in reply to your communication of the 22 inst. L have respectfully Lo state that it has uniforinly been heid by this office that a sokher’s right to bounty 13 forteited ipso facto desertion—(See digest of the decisions of tls ollice, edition of Lstv, herewith, pages 101 to 103, paragraphs 713 to 724 inclusive; also copy of a letter from this ofice to the Judge Advocate General, dated May 17, 1865, in which it is held that by the reg tions of the army, having the force of law, a dese: tion (pso fa forfeits all pay, &c., due the do- serter)—and vests the money in the United States, and that even a pardon cannot give hun what he has by his own act virtually placed in the Treasury; that he can claim nothing under the contract of en listment he violated; that under the act of July 22, IsG1, a soldier can have a title to the bounty on only an honorable discharge after two years service, or for wounds received, &¢c.; that the document itself not saying whether the discharge was honorable or dishonorabie, the fact must be determined by proof; that when it fally appeared yy the papers in the case that during We tune for which he was enlisted he had beea guilty of the most dis- honorable crime a soldier can comintt, viz, aese'tioa, it was not an honorable discuarge, aud bounty eould not be paid; that the bounties pyid by instalments are subject to the same general wonaitions ds bount due under t W of L861, ad fnetaiments reine ing Un deseruon are forfeited aud cannot earued by subsequent revarn and service, and t even if there be doubt xpou the subject, the ben of the doubt ought Zot to be given tu the man who deserted ius flag aid the cause oi his country in her hour of need. Tp. addition to the accompanying le'ter ana decisions, } have merely to suggest that the fact or chat ge duty entered on the record is prinut facte eviMence of desertion, and is suilicient to bar payme'yc of bounty. The muster roils of the army, wile’) properly certified, are oficial, and are ali that i» required by law to Xx the amount of pay or al- lowances to which @ soldier is entitled. {f the record is erroneous he has his remedy, and it is cor- tent for tae War Department to correct it. Mithougn this view Is not based upon any express rovision of law, it is belleved to be nos only in harmony with law, but a necessary one ior the pro- tection of the government, and has been uni- formly acted upon by the accounting — ofti- cers and the War Department. Whiic a mere charge of desertion is not sufficient ground upon which to inflict panishment upon a soldier, an ent of desertion upon the rolls is suMcient upon which weapee or withhold payment of bounty, at least until the charge is removed either by his acquittal or the action of the War Department. If the bounty ‘were paid while the charge of desertion ts pending it would in most cases too late for the govern- ment to secure or recover it if the soldier was after- wards convicted. jt is also ofien impossible from the exigencies of the service Ww organize courts martial to try all the cases of de- lu would have been utterly courts «martial impossible to ee big for the trial of all the deserters during the war of the rebellion. The government undoubtedly has the right, and has alwaya exercised It, of watviug a trial for desertion and of returalng the deserter to duty without trial on such terms, not inconsistent With jaw, as it sees fit; but such return does not affect the record nor the fact of desertion. I add, for your information, tnat if the decision of the government disallowing bounties tn these cases be Teversed by the courts a sum largely exceeding $20,000,000 Will_be withdrawn from the Treasury in payment of claims to deserters, Very respectiuily, Ae, J. M. BRODHEAD, Comptroller, T . a T, LYLE Dickgy, Assistant Attorney 8 Receipts. The following are the customs receipts at the ports named from July 1 to July 10, inciusive:— Boston. . weno de Philadeiphia. . Balumore,.. New Orleans (June 21 to July 3). San Francisco (June 11 to June 30) TOtAL...0ee see eeeeee Internal Revenue Receipts, The imternal revenue receipts to-day were $820,000, Personal. ‘ General Sheridan, who has been here for a day or two, left for New York to-night. He had an mter- view with the President to-day. THE NATIONAL GAME. Excelsior vs. Athletic, of Brooklyn. The plucky young Athletics, notwitnstanding the hard fights they have been making, had up vo yes terday been rather unfortanate tn securing any vic- tories, They have contended with the leading pro- fessional and amateur clubs which now make Brookiyn their fighting quarters, but they have not failed to come out second best. In all their contests, however, they showed that they possessed good material, and their pluck demonstrated by the vigor with which U ack another party Yesterjay they met the Ex- prs at thegCapitoline grounds, and, afer a very handsome aud brilliant game, came of victoriosiy, with the Score standing 17to 16. Of the play it ia unnecessary to speak in detall, With the exe ofafew misplays, the feidiog was unusually goc while at the vat nelther side can be said co fave ex- celied. ‘Lilton, the foster father of the club—one of the most industrious of club man: as Walk. ing around the grounds most an and was mact relieved whea the game ended wii the score standing as fullows:— ATHLETIC. EXCELSIOR. Playert. Q. RB. 1B.T, Players, O. RAB T. Noonan, 2a.....2° 4 4° 4 Chauncy, Ist 8: £58 Hendricksonlst 3 2 2 2 De 28 8 Cook, 1. f. 383 8 ee Wigains, 84 41 238 Ireland, & 033 cht ties Price, o 11s 286 ie eas 18 8 1 2 2 Benner, 2a 14 6 a 3 Harmon, c. 212 Ww 2 Total... 16 22 29 INNINGS. WW, Bt. Bie dui. BA. Bh, Th. BR. Oty s 6 0 0 8 t 4° iw 6 2 6 0 9 2 0-16 Peters, 1; ton Bases--Wiggins, 1; lreand, 2—total, 3. Anderson, $—total, Noonan, 2, Cook, 1; Wiggins, f. Mad jen, 2—total, 11. Chaun 1; Miller, i per, 8; Harman, 4 -total, ; Benn joo Hound Cateties—treland,’ 15 Pri er, 1. Catches on Strikes Price, 2. Base Flay—Put out by’ Noonan, 2; Hewirickson, §— total, lv. Assisted—By Noonan, Madde: Pur out—By Chauncey, Henders: total, 6, Mile Treland, 4; ; Dobra, 1 3; Mile Dobrman, 5; Henderson, 4; Mik By Chauncey, 1; Bi . 8 ‘Run Out— Richardson by Henderson, Gut on Fou! Balls—Athietic, 4 times; Excelsior, 8 times, Umpire—Mr. Hall, of the star Ciub, Scorers—Messrs, Starr and Holt. Time of Game-—1 hour, 55 minutes, Base Bail Notes. The game to be played to-day between thre Unions of Morrisania and the Athietes of Washington Heights was erroneously stated yesterday as to take place at Tremont. The gawre will be played on the Athletes’ grounds at Washington Heights, 143d street and Tenta aveaue, The Unions intend to make a good shew in the game to-day, a8 it 18 their first appearance this sea- soning match. They expected to have their new uniforms ready for the contest to-day, but finding that they eould not have the “rigs” ready before Friday or Saturday they asked to have the game postponed. The Athletes could not make the arrangements to postpone, and so the game will take piace to-day, weather permitting. The Union nme will probabiy be as tollows:—Goldie, lst b.; Villansio, c.; Redden, p.; Haines, 8. .; Bale com, 24 b.; Ketchum, 3d b.; Smith, Lt; Austin, f.; Wieburgh, r. f; Lyons, Waylan, Bassford, Geer, Stearns, Norton and Ayers, suvstitutes, ‘The Marton Juntors say they are ready to play any Junior club in the State, The Marions were defeated yesterday at Hunter's Point tn a full game by tue Fly-Aways, With w score of 21 tolé. How's that? The Montauk Juniors defeated the Hubert Juniors (both of this city) on Monday last, with a score of 19 to 6 The base ball natch betw: the Harvard College nine and the Nasionals of Ajbany, preyed in Albany yesverday, resulted in favor of the Harvards by & score of 58 to 17 Bi ‘The absence of the Yale nine leaves New Haven rather lonely tn regard to base ball playing, and to fill up the time two nines were made up on satur- day last among the merchants and professional men of the town, and a grand game was played at Hamil- ton park. ‘Jie nwes were Damed respectively the “Sublime” and “Ridiculous,” The former, after some sublime spectinens of playing, made tue latter look doubly ridiculous by beatug them badly. The score stood “Sublime," 2; “Ridicuions,”’ 31, A club has been started at Troy and styled the “Red Stockings.” Two new nines in Cincinnati are styled respec- Uvely, the *Nightcaps"’ and the “Blue Stockings," The original “Red Stockings” in three mnings pay, with the Baltics, at Wheeling, scored 52 to the jaltics’ 00, A Steubenville paper says that if the ful ame had been played the score would Dave beea ed Stockings 1 altics ud, One of the Cincinnau papers appeared the other Gay without any allusion to the “kKed Stockings.” A new club has been organized at Navasota, Texas, and styled the Roxa Uiub, At Peekskill a number of the leading citizens have organized a club and styled it the “Duncerverg.” If the other Peekskill club is “Nameiess,” (nis new one is not. The maten between the Olympics of Washington, D. C., and the “Ked Stockings’ of Cincinaati, played in Cincinnatt erday, resulted in a defeat of the Olympics by a score of 19 to 7. The Louisville Hugies defeated the Buckeyes, of Cincinnati, on the Vth, With a score Of 23 to 21, A Troy paper says the Atiantics will shorty piay the Haymakers, aiter which the two clubs will pay a friendly game at Saratoga Springs, The Empire will play the Athietes, of Washington Hetgits, at Hoboken on Monday next, A tournament was heid at Burlington, Wis, on the 5th inst. The trst prize, a twenty coliar belt, was won by the College nine, ma contest with tue Eckfords (both of Kaeine, Wis.) For the second prize an elegant silver pitcher was the prize. For —the North St ctives, of Rae! of Kacine College, and the Ate ington, The first game was b& tween the North Stars and the Union Grove nine, resulting ma victory for the former club. The next game between the Actives and Alerts was won by the latter by # Scove Of iv tol. ime North Star Club having wWitudrawn, the Alerts, without stopy pat, disposed of ye Colege Pecans by a sec s2to4. Aud thas ‘it will be seen that the silver pitcher was lugdsomely won by the Alerts, of Burlington. . The announcement that the Olympics, of Wasluing- ton, would return by way of New \or« is false, The Eckford practice game with the Powhattans, on Mouday last, was rendered remarkable by the excessive Marunizing the bail received. There were twenty of the twenty-seven outs on the Powhattan side taken by Hodes bebiad Me bat, and but one put out on the bases. To-day the Eckfords play the Orientals, of New York, af the Union grounds, To-morrow the Green Stockings play the Biue Stockings at the Union grounds. On Friday the Athletics play the Atiantics at the Capito dy Monday the Empires play the Atnietics at Ho- boken. THE FIRE AND FLOOD IN THE OW REGIONS. (From the Titusville (Pa.) Herald, July 10) One of (he most disastrous foods with which the oll district has been visited see the great food of the spring of 1896 occurred night before last. Dur- ing ‘Ihursday afternoon dense biack clouds gatnerest over tie district, aud towards eveuing a rain storm of unusual violence set in. It was accompanied with frequent and Vivid flashes of lightning, whicn, go far as reported, took effect with disastrous resuits only on jUpper Cherry run, The rain, however, seil in tor~ rents through the night, and the smail streams within a radius of Uuirty miles of this place were swollen to an unprecedented heigtt. Ihe destruction of small bridges, culverts, «c., was general. The bridges over Pithole creek, from Pleasantville to its mouth, were swept away, together with two or three oil tanks and other property. Neariy all the bridges over the streams emptying into Ol and East Oil creeks, to the northward.and eastward of this city, were carried of, Along tue track of the Oil Creek aud Allegheny Railway, from I to Titusville, there were & great number of slides, some of which were very large. Severai culverts gnd portions of the track were washed away, and frains ran only between Titusville and Corry. Up to last evening the track had been cleared between Oil City and Pe- trolenm Centre, The road wiil be open to-day. The ‘Titusville Pipe Com "a lines were broken in seve- Tal places, and the (I moreue pe was not in workil order last evening. Al her @ large amount o property was destroyed and a great deal of damage dong, ‘The ol fire on the Taliman farm and the ite and Cherry Kun Mae meee La Jpper Cherry ran, occurred substantia by telegraph. Three of the wells on the Talman farm, trom which the rigs were burned, were Started up yesterday afternoon. On the Wael above mentioned the work of erectiie new rigs tn place of those destroyed was commenced yesterday. this prige five clubs entered, vi of Koo ester; Union Grove nine,