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

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERIC Gold Hunting to the Cocos Islands. Condition of Affairs in the Central Republics. RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IN CHILE. The New Deposits of Guano in Peru. ‘The steamship Alaska, Captain Gray, from Aspin- wall July 23, arrived at thts port yesterday morning with passengers and merchandise. She brings $66,853 in Weasure. The Parser of the Alaska will accept our thanks | 9°W clearthat Crus was the sgent of the opponents of | 7% ing for the prompt detlvery of our correspondence, which wul be fonad below. COLOMBIA. ladepeadence Day and States Politics—Ame- aesty—Gold Hunting to the CocoeRallroads and Steam—isthmus Troubles, PANAMA, July 23, 1869. Captaim Gray, from New York, ar- The Alas rived at Aspinwali at seven o’ciock A, M. on the main feature of Guatemala produce. 19th inst., bringing 620 passengers, who left Panama for San Francisco on the steamer Constitution the same nignt, ‘The 20th being the fifty-ninth anniversary of Co- tombiait independence froin tue Spanish yoke the day was observed here by the firing of a national salute and a review of tae national and State troops duriug the afternoon in the square, ‘The anniversary was furtter honored by the Prest- dent of the State issuing an amnesty decree pardoniug all persons who had been expatriated for political offences during 1868. Judging from the de. cree the conclusion might be drawn that political matters are perfectly quiet and everything going on harmoniously In the State. Tots, however, is far from being the case, as nightly meetings are con- stantiy held outside the walls for the purpose of organizing @ revoluvon in favor of Mosquera, to take place on the first intimation being received of any of the other States having taken the initiative. ‘The commander of the national forces has already taken the precaution to take trom the State troops the principal arms they possessed, leaving them only With some old muskets in case they should go for Mosquera; but national woops in Panama have themselves been bought over and induced to join the revolutianists before now, and it would not be sur- prising to hear twat the Picniuches, a8 those now stativped here are cailed, had also gone over to rebeldoin. The Presiaen: of the state himself was always a strung Mosquera Man until he obtained hus present position. ‘The Commissioner Holguin is still held a9 a politi- cal prisoner, and will provably be sent to Cartha- gena en route for Bogota by the British steamer leaving Aspinwall to-day. Dr. Holguiu’s arbitrary arrest is stil commented upon as unconstitutional and upjustifabie by the opposition party; still | can- Hot help thinking tat the most efficacious and sim- plest way to quell revolution in these countries is to attack itin its inciptent stage, by putting the ring- leaders out of barm’s way for the tine being, whether constitutional or not; for no man, no matter how irreproactiabie lis private or public character, or how greut bis executive ability, can now expect to serve 0..t a full term of ofice in this republic as President witnout some revolutionary steps bemg set on foot agatust him, the spirit of which spreaus lke wilde, tf not checked at the outset, and is sure to be attended by auarciy aud bloodshed beiore it «an be quenched. ‘There is to be another gold-hunting expedition to the Cocos Islands. A party o! geutiemen im Costa Rica (1 suspect the government has something to do With it) think ‘hey have found the real clue to where the treasure was hidden by the pirates, and have sent here to charter a veasel to take them over there. I give the report of the expedition as it is currently accepted here. My own view of it 18 this:—Tue Cocos Islands have never been formaily taken possession of by any government. They lie nearly $00 miles from the coast, and Costo Rica has trom time to ftme made some pretensions to have dominion over them, but never plauted a flag or established any kind of government there. Jt 1s likely the expedition, under pretext of treasure-buoting, and witn a lair hope of Anding someting, is subsiaized by the Costa itican government to go over and take lormal possession of and plant @ tag on the island, something the Unived States might have done long ago, and made it a rendezvous for her whaiing vessels, which in reality is the only use made Ol it at preseni. it might be convenient to own it some day. Seior Figaroa, special Mimister from Costa Rica to | England. is at preseut here, and leaves to-day for New York on the Alaska. His mission 1s to borrow $2,000,000, which may bother Lim some, uuless he can 8huw what is to be done with she money, which is more than tae government has done, It 1s said that the Pacific Steam Navigation Company coutem- Diate putting a steamer OD the coast to run between Central America ant Vaiparaiso for the parpose of carrying the coifee, cochineal and indigo crops to Europe by way of the straits, 1a barns to the Panama Ratiroad, which they complain keeps up s0 high @ taruf as to mjare their trade. It is uiso re- Ported the Pacific Mail Company intend putting two ‘Of thelr suiall sueamecs on the route between Panama and Valparaiso, and that engineers have gone up to San Francisco to take charge of them. A. 8. Poore, au American, formerly @ clerk in the office ot the United states naval storekeeper bere, died recently on the Central American coast. Mr. A. W. Giark, late United States Consul at Val- paraiso, goes hvime or: the Alaska. ‘There was quite a freshet on the rallroad track near Empire station on the 20th. The water rose about eight feet, carried away some of the embank- ment and obstructed travei until the following day, when the damage was fuily repaired, We have had several litue shooting affairs recently among the aicans here. Unfortunately none of them got killed or even badly wounded, though an innocent man received a ball in his arm from one of their revoivers. ‘There 1s a squad of commissioners at present here en route for New York, sent by the Peruvian govern- ment to negoulate for the sale of guano in the Uatted States. One might do, but probably he would not be abie to steal enough. A number of foreign gentiemen residing in Salv: dor have very liberaliy contributed the sum of ge towards the foreign church in Panama, which sum was received iast steamer, Onr opera singers gave their final concert last nignt at the Grand Hotel. Our rainy season continues. The temperature ts cooier, the chermometer standing in toe morning at #ix O'Clock at seventy-five degrees. ‘Tere is no sickuess in Pan: bat considerable fever of a Jocal character is reported at Aspinwau. Reports from the Interior. PANAMA, July 23, 1869, Dates trom Bogota have been received wo the 29th of June. They bring merely a repetition of the oid story of dissatisfaction and threatened revolution, which is now like the tale of the boy, the woif and | the sheep, and it is more than probable the wolf will come some of these days. Minister Sullivan spook hands with the President of the repubiic on the 26th June and bade him good- e. He will probably be here on the 3d of August. ‘he galiant General made a speech at leave taking. He told the resident how he had been originally appointed purely on account of his predilections for free institutions and bis love of all that is great, glo- rious aud free, and how be had been obliged a sec- ond time to send hia resignation to Washington be- fore it would be accepted or he could obtain leave to return home to recruit his exhausted health. President Santos Gutierrez has taken to himself a ride from the fair dames of Antioquia. Toiima declares it wil! have a revolution on the 2a July or die in the attempt. THE SOUTH PACIFIC. PANAMA, July 23, 1669. ‘The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer ‘Taica, from Guayaquil, Buenaventura, &c., arrived at thisyport on the night of the 16th. Her dates from Guayaquil are to the 10th July. The Talca brings the following cargo for New York:—To be forwarded per steamer—337 bales dry India rubber, 134 bales bark, twenty-eight ceroons hats, forty bales cau- cho, Per galing vessel—823 bales bark, forty-eight Daies caucho, ‘The steamer Pacific arrived on the evening of the 0th, bringing dates from Valparaiso tothe 3d and Callao to the 13th inst. and cargo for New York. Awong tie passengers is A. W. Clark, late Untved States Consul at Valparaiso, and a, en route for way om Jam indebted to Purser Dunn for the Di ot ofthe HaRALp’s South Pacific de- spatcbes. RCUADOR. Farthquakes are coustantly occurring in this republic. On the evening of the 6th two smart shocks were felt in Guayaquil, bat no harm was done. Rusiness at the port was brisker, and con- siderable sm portations from Europe and Peru were arriving. The Fourth of Juiy was appropriately celebrated by ine Americans at Guayaquil, ‘A proposition was vrought by government before éhe National Convention to adopt a vew syacem of | dutles by recovering on the gross weight of pack. eyes instead of on the Invoice value, (he diferent NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, Preacher when he gave ‘utterance to some brilliant remark or olinching ar- gument. This contradicts fi apy reports that YAQUIL, uit July 10,— Cocoa, $9 a May exist as to fanaticism and in Cutie, $10 50. Exohange 30 per cent; on Peru, Quite a number of shipwrecks nave taken place per on and off the Chilean coast during the past fortnight. The only Amertcan vessel lost was tne schooner Rippling Wave, on the sa of May, otf Swal- low bay. @ ship was loaded with wood and coal Prd wi from the recently establis n. sotong o ng are OMgrh Tp Hn agi A CENTRAL AMERICA. Revoletion In Nicaragua—Crops and Trade= Political Agitations. were also lost; the two former produce to eo ssamer Cestmsaia, emai 205, % Wan. | ihren con poi, abe the ting ae ar merica, 0 arrived tn this port on the afternoon of the 1otn, | PAMAGE 10 the mattis Ih ot Po of eneir number Dringing among her passengers Colonel Totten, chief engineer, and Mr. William Nelson, commercial agent, of the Panama Railroad. This vessel brings the following dates:—San José de Guatemala, sth; La Libertad, 10th; 11th, and Punta Arenas 14th of July. GUATEMALA. Since my last, in which I informed you of the Gefeat and Hight of the marauder Serapio Cruz, the country remains quiet, and is not likely to be again disturbed, as the government, having received the loan recently contracted for in England, ts now in a sel, was saved. ‘The Cntlean juimbo on the 17th ult, from their Pec Sat Saga een ate . a im 8 paln- La Union, | ray disease in the abdomen, After remaining in port to bury the deceased the vessels got under way again to resume their cruise, The efficiency of the squadron and tie skill of the officers and men in yd tory aad is spoken of highly by the Minis- e vy. ‘The Indians on the frontier appear to be irrepres- sible. For weeks Peaceful and quiet, and suddenly, without any noti- fication or apparent cause, @ desperate Position to oppose any revolutionary movement. Its | raids on the unoffending carry: ing om all ihe live stock ‘and.’ valuables the government at the capital, who furnished him | as tay “well be im Ricur a, tice in a with arms and means with the ultimate object of | ‘“issatistled state of mind. Several little forays of getting possession of the recent loan and enriching | ‘ts nature have occurred lately. but the most serious of the Indian moveuients took place th themselves thereby instead of applying it to tne pur- | 12th of May, ata piace called Lumaco. Here they poses of the government, A large quantity of the | precipita pola secotved nas ‘samaieeeiiea! ta Guatemala, ang | ee friendly to the RTs sore, Ba te BE several of the heaviest interest paying debts already | dims were very rouguiy handiea es ee rendly 1n- cancelled. was The United States steamer Tuscarora The cochineal crop ts very good. The coffee estates | trough the Straits on the Sth of June; ba are constantly extending and inoreasing in valine, tered Very rough weather; all well on board. Powhatan sailed from this and ins year or two coffee growing will form the on the 18th ult, We are now without any American San Francisco in the Pensacola about Octover, Nothing new has trangpired tm business circles since my lagt cpmmuunication. PERU. BAN SALVADOR. The volcano of Izaico of which you have been informed in previous communications has been gain at work belching forth ashes, fire and lava. The following account of an eruption which took place on the morning of the 17th June is from are. | The New Deposits of Gunne—Rallway Mate port of the Prefect of Sonsonate, which will be found tere—Fourth ef July—Political Affaire—Gon- Interesting to your readers who are living on a solid foundation than we poor unfortuna’ who are eral News. likely to be blown up any day:—Between: nine and Lata, July 14, 1869, ten A, M., and pi ed by a strong detonation simi- ‘The spirits of the government and of the guano lar to that of a large piece of arti an immense e vi cloud AAT sing from # ay oleano; one consignment companies have wonderfully improved hour later (eleven) a perfect rain of dust poured upon this city with such force that in two minutes it had | that for some time past grave apprehensions have covered the roofs of houses and the streets, left us | been felt respecting the steady decrease and the fn the dark, a circumstance that c 5 pacts pe Micke who Maderieod ieee proximate disappearance of the Chincha Island in the event of the descenston continuing. | guano, leaving as a substitute the generality supposed Fortunately, -howover, the thick cloud with | inferior arsicle to be found at the Nortuern oF Fee ee ee ant Ronin wecoti ie wards the port of Acajutia, where it was | @uafiape Islands, and along the southern const of | past as manifested towards bis Church, can tmplore seen coming down in enormous quantities, coveriug | Peru. ‘The first-named deposits were surveyed and | ‘ig Divine blessing for the future, cam promote the koe spponer' va the Lope it phayes that direction ouly a short time an restwand. and with, these cha egee scavtercd ane | very skilful engineer, then in the employ of this and sand in all directions, without having dene any | government; but, owing to the very inadequate serious injury, Which would have inevitably béen the means at his disposal, he found it al- case had the discharges been upon one single spot. 4 Nevertheless, ail the small cor pianta, Mand itose | Most imposalble to arrive at any sat- that had not yet flowered, have been bruised by the | isfactory conclusion concerning the amount dust and otherwise injured. This eruption of dust ct ended during the day, but ‘not so with the | 1 of the deposit, and computed it at about 1,800,000 learned trom pereoné who happened to be ithe | toms The quality was likewise diMcult to specify, neighborhood that on @ flat portion of the volcano | since only surface guano, or that taken from shallow that overlooks that of Izalco, aistant about eight 5 blocks from this place, after th explosion there vere sink ings, Was considered; but it was thought that meny flashes from the voicano, and fol- | the fertilizer, as compared to that extracted from losing es ney Ciel te a Mele clap | the Chincha islands, was worth not guite one-half of sirack the r , erushing at once the edge of the crater on the western the value of the first class guano then in foreign Markets. The sixty vessels now loading at Guafiape, however, have enabled other engimeers to form more side, and although the eruption of the lava runs tu three directions, to east and north, that trom the west ts larger, to judge from the crushing caused by it. During the night the immense quantity of tire that is visible rushiug out of tne volcano is perfectiy wonderTul, as also the variety of lights that are seen with the naked eye, at a distance of four le: ‘Ihe direction of the current i3 on to the river, and therefore the city of Izalco is thus far sare. Considerabie progress had been made in the con- struction of the road from the capital to the lake liopango. ents proceed downward, 1s found so strongly impreg- nated with ammonia as to render it nearly equal to the usual run of the Chincha guano, and as the depth of the deposits can now be correctly measured the amount of guano 1s estimated tn the neighborhood of 4,000,000 tons. This is only on the Guafape islands. Along the southern coast, the depositsjare also very great and of asuperior quality, but lying on the main land, the cost of shipping would be increased, hence it has been determined to exoaust the islands NICARAGUA. A revolution has broken out in the republic, headed by Jerez and ex-President Martinez. The revolutionists have taken possession of Leon and all tae towns between thatand the Pacific, including Cbinandagua, Realejo and Corinto, ana had met wilh no opposition, There bas been no fighting, and no lives had been sacrificed. Jerez had 5v0 men under bis command. Martinez was ill at Leon. The government bad 1,000 men, but had made no alvemipt to atiack the rebels. Owing to the repels holding the port of Corinto, no Tegular mails have come through, and all that have been received are the decrees and proclamations of Jerez, of which there are any amount, rere the legitimate government ia the usual strain, an promising, if saccessfal, to bring all sorts of good to tie country, for so far the the only result has been paraly zation of business, forced loans and forced enlistments. The seat of the revolutionary govern- ment 13 at Leon. Sefor Francisco Baca has been named Provisional President, and General Jerez, Commauder-in-Chief of tue army. The government seems to have been aware of the movement for some time past, and had taken the precaation to remove all the good arms from the barracks in Leon to @ safe place so that when the revels took the city they found about 1,000 old muskets, only 200 of waich were fit for use. A commissioner from the legitimate government—a Frencowan, named Alegandro Cosim—came from Greytown On the British steamer and proceeds to New York on the Alaska, He left Managua on the Sth and Greytown on the 17th. I have had a con- versation with him, but find he is not very well posted as to the movements of the rebels. He says the people of the departinents of Granada and Rivas are voluutartly enlisting to ali the government; that tuere were 500 Men under arms at Granada, 500 at Rivas and 1,200 at Managua, the capital, under com- mand of General Estrada. The government was Pplleigee 3 forces in all the departments except Leon, which was held by the rebels. He thinks there’ is no doubt the rebellion will be suppressed in utew weeks, as the rebels have no arms and little means, aad this appears to be tue prevailing opinion wih the disinterested. THE NICARAGUA CANAL. Acorrespondent informs me that the Minister sent from Nicaragus to Coata nica to obtain the consent of the latter to the Ryan-Chevalier treaty for the opening of a canal across Nicaragua has been quite successiul fn his uiission and has made a treaty em- bracing all the stipulations imcluded tn tpe canal contract, which now only awaits the approval of the Congresses of the two couutries tor its ratification, Although tt is stipula'ed that the United Staves and Gveat Britain are to be invited to join France in pro- tecting thia scleme, still it can only be looked upon as purely a Freuch undertaking, the glory of which fails entirely to Frauce, leaving the United States to play second fiddie uf it Wauts to, But, independent ot tue logs of the credit that wouid attach to our government, bad it been the first to inaugurate this great enterprise which has now slipped through its tngers, we have the chagrin of seeing a foreign Power, If not directly carrying on tbe work itself, at least the acknowledged protector of the sreatest undertaking ever set on foot on this continent. France was unsuccessful in her attempt on Mexico hitherto. May not tnis be the opening wedge to- wards establishing herself in that territory in a more Indirect way? The Honduras road is to be bait with French Capitat, and toe Isthius canal across Nica- ragua to be whoily in the hands of Frenchmen, and all through tng mertness of our own government in not insisting on a privilege being granted us for the opening of @ canal across the Istumus of Darien, any future chance for Which may now be considered for- ever at an end, only such quantities of Chincha Island guano to be exported ‘as may be necessary to cover the interest of the debts contracted by Peru in England and in the United States, ail other cargoes te other ports to be of the Guafape guano I have referred to. Peru, instead of mourning over the losa of her Chinchas, 1s now jubilant at the unexpected richness of Gui ape, and the President 18 more contident than ever of being able to carry his muitifarious railway schemes into execution. Railways and raliway interests are Lopate 2 pro- gressing. M. Garcia, the late Minister to the United States, is now busil: work of a railway om Eten, a small port in the north, to Terrinafe, & town about thirty mies in the luterior, the line sing through a most fertile region, covered with large sugar, rice, cotton and tobacco estates, the products of which have not hitherto been sufficiently profitable owing to the great difiicuities in the way of transportation and embarking. Mr. Meiggs arnved from Chile and the south a few Gays since, and ts well satisfed with the pree made by his engineers on the Arequipa line, je 18 reported anxious to secure the contracts ot- ferred by government for the construciion of cho great mmterior line to Jaull, near the Peruvian headwaters of the Amazon, and also for the road from the coast to Cajamarca, an untmoortant town in the mining country in the north. ‘These works will pe awarded in @ few days, and from the universal confidence re- posed in Mr. Meiggs it 18 more than probable that his desires will be realized. ‘two first class American locomotives arrived at Arica some days since tor the use of the line between. that port and Tacna, de- stroyed by the earthquake of August last, ‘The number of Americans in Lima is s0 limited that no celebration of the Fourth of July was pro- posed or effected; bat in Cailao, where our country- |+ Men muster in greater numbers, quite a jubilee was heid on the auspicious occasion. The Peruvian shore batteries fired a national salute, and the Peru- Vian men-ol-war in the bay, with onr fag fying at the fore, blazed away in honor of American inde- pendence, our own War vessels in Callao not having the sufficient number of guns to constitute them waluting ships. The Americans in return for these courtesies prepared an elegant and substantial lunch, and invited all of the authorities of the who were kind enough to warmly express their wishes lor the prosperity of our country. Consul Sartori then preposed an adjournment to his private residence, where formidable preparations had been made {or the reception of nis friends, and an admur- ing circle again gladly saluted the versary. In Lima the Legation was filled with visitors, but un- fortunately the Charge d’Afaires was seriously indts- posed, and could not do njymseif the pleasure of thanking his guests for their ctvility and kindness, ‘The only speck of troubie on the political horizon is the determimed opposition manifested towards Mr. Barrenechea, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, This gentleman, whose long connection with* public matters has given him great experience, added to very superior ability, has had the misiortune to imeur 14 ollicial duties that he has always observed. In the case of the Kondaninl, an [tailan vessel, on board of which @ murder took place that in mowise dis- given up to the [talian Consular authoriti sent home and there tried. Although this p of the existing treaty between Peru and Italy, yet the disconvemted here, ever secking an opportunity to vent their bile, asserted that the sovereignty ofthe nation had been attackea by the Minister, and demanded his tasiant removal. Again, in the ques- tion of the claim convention between Peru and the United States, both the President and the Minister hastened to perform all in their power to promote the ends of justice, aud the same crowd of ‘outs’? recipiiated itself once more on the unfortunate unctionary. ‘The President's confidence in bis Min- ister 19 unbounded, and it is probable that the crusade will die of its own weight. Nothing further nas been done Cuban question. The popular excitement has almost entirely subsided, and with the exception of some animportant subscriptions no further seme towards fact CHILE. ters—Tolerance in Religious Wor- ship—Shipwrecks—Indian Troubles. VALPARAISO, July 3, 1869, The public, in the absence of any tangible object of interest, has been engaged during the past week in commenting upon the numerous articles published aiding the patriots are ressing. The in the local press concerning the various measures | the geographical postion of Peru is such as to of reform that sooner or later we hope for in the tae wets so peveionn oer Cate ee opening republic, Liberal propositions of the very highest | not appear to be ee can OF th tte Mien os importance to the country have been before Congress % P fie A gh 4 the Cubans. The monitors are on thelr voyage for a number of months; but this body, fearful of | to the Pacific, et craft for £6,000 sterling was drawn the commander of the taking any decisive step before the coming élections, | squadron against the government here and has bees appear to be studying with the greatest assiduity | accepted, so ended Lene have now the neces- the question “How not to do it.” Chile, once en. | 8&fY means to enable them to reach Callao A vee y joying the reforms urged by the liberal party in the posaiy ated Jaret dh | Ry yk ey + matter of elections, the beneficial measures in re- | in convoyin, ‘ed beac erap ad through the re it gard to the liberty of the press and an important | '8 not Probable here that a renewal of & os bint clearly defining the duties and prerogatives of | et et eee Cathal hen ee” an members of Congress, would be politically content- | the Cuban commissioner in Lima (3 of opimiom that ed; but the unfortunate timidity of the would-be re- bon ag pean ge a oountey by ther ¢ re. formers in entering the lists with the formidable op- | +9 declarati: odrtiiesranmaeta Lhe bs vo the Fo lalg headea by the government and supported u ion. A very sad event took place here on the 9 - ¥ bd pravenss Cyurch party renders the acquisition | stant, Mr. Theouore Muller, the Consul Ger local th of that desirable tate rather a dubious fact asre- | Peru for the North German Confederation, ' 8 gards any specified time, Some sudden change tn | blood vessel while dressing for a Toatant popularaction may secure the ends before they are | and expired before medical —@ ssistance expected, could be procured. ‘Ihe deceased had remded Chile ts the vag Pacific republic where liberty of | for a number of years in Peru, and was w armly es- religious belie!, thouga not formally sanction by | teemed by a large circle of friends, His ®aneral was the existing laws, 18 not interfered with by the | attended by the principai authorities twsre and by authorities. In Santiago, probably the most Catholic | the diplomatic and consular corps reside-nt 10 Lima. city in the world, not even excepting Rome, a rro- | The dipiomatic circle in Lima does not present the testant chureh is in course of construction, and as | same attractions that are attendant op guch bodies et the idea has met with no serious opposition. In | in other capuals. We have only wo ‘invoys Extra- Valparaiso an Episcopalian charch has been opened ordinary, ove from Bolivia and one from Ecuador, for a long time, and although @ tremendous discus- | England, France, Chile and Italy send chargés de sion arose about the propriety of allowing Protestant | affaires, aad during tue absence on Peave of our own bells to be heard i # Catholic country, yet che | Plenipotentiars, General Novey, tty: Unitea States is English and other foreigners carried the day. A | represented by adipiomatic agent of the same class. short time since the formal consecration of another | As Lima is new, socially speaking, excessively dull, Episcopalian temple took place, and the occasion | the opportanitics for these dipromats to air their wus considered by the good people of Valparaiso of | gold taee are few and far betwee a, Since the Span- such mterest thet the church held within ite walls sik Wi opinion bas d here concerning more Catholics than Protestants. The remarks made | foweigitrs, and from & very ‘indifferent position in concerning tne simplicity of the exercises, the | public estimation Americans Jiave risen to the Ayat sweetness of the music aod the devotion of the | place in popular favor, ai) OV/ing to the warm sym- worshippers were complimentary In the extreme to { pathy showa by Gur @ovOrnimeAt and oicers for Buds of inerchandise Co be classified aud, according the Episcopalians, the Catholic portion only obicce | Pert. from starvation, Mr, Murray, the master of the ves- | w. 4. scott, D. D., within the last two or three weeks. It tswell known | with whom He promises estimated some years since by Mr. Joseph P, Davis,3 | nent in thi, vast assembly; it will be the distin- correct reports on the subject. The guano, as the | doctrines, “save taut proceeding from prejudice or firat, Government hus issued a decree allowing | doubt, and that it will be successful is evidenced by engaged in the preliminary | to install the Haggai Lodge, No. 132, a new suborci- eee disfavor from the strict comphance with | reading the same Scriptures ana the influence of the by Peru in the } Tived AUGUST 1, 1869,—TRIPLE RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Religious Services To-day. Rey. Abpott Brown will preach tn the Oburch of the Reformation at a quarter to eleven 4. M. and at &@ quarter to eight P. M. Rev. C. M, Parkman will preach at St. Peter's churoh, West Twentieth street, a a quarter to eight P.M. At the Reformed church, tn Thirty-fourth street, services will be held at half-past ten A.M. and hall past seven P. M. Tne Presbyterian church of Forty-second street— pastor—will reopen for puolic uadron returned to the port of Co- | Worship today. Services will be held at half-past tice cruise, | ten A. M. and at half-past seven P. M. Rev. Charles B, Smyth will deliver one of his characteristic sermons this morning in the Eleventh street Presbyterian church, between Second and third avenues. Bishop S. 8. Snow will pteach in the University, Washington square, this afternoon at three o'clock. together they remain perfectlY | whe Kcamenical CouncllTke Catholic Faith Unchaugeable. To THE Eprron OF THR HERALD:—- Observing the many comments and constructions and observations made onthe proposed Encyclical Councti to be held in Rome, aod the many theories on which you base its intended action, such as the confirmation of certain dogmas, or the revision of themselves upon a body of their own | political or State matters, and how its action will affect the civilized world, &c., it seems strange to me that the intelligent editor should forget or ignore the fact that the Catholic Church cannot change its passing encoun: | gxod faith to suit the ever varying ideas ofthe port to the United States | World, or, as you would have it, the progress of sct- ence; that the Vatholic Church is # aivine, not hu- men-of-war in harbor, but expect the Admiral trom } man institution, and that, such as Christ madeit, endowed with all wisdom to suit every age and ayers ple aud every progress, such it hus remai for 1,800 years. #0 and indivisible to the end of time, Yet it is not strange that men who live in the world and for the world only can be umuaindful of the great. truths of religion. ‘The Catholl¢ Church differs from all other Churches. It cannot revolutionize ite doctrine; it cannot change one article of its faith, The Counctt about to be tiuld, therefore, caumot take cognizance Of political or worldly matters ouly, inasmuch as tt coucerns the welfare of the Church, for its kingdom 1s not of this world; but Council can, under the guidance of him whom Christ appointed head of his Church on earth, and always to remain, to guide, to sustain, to comfort, and against whom the power of hell snail not prevail, under Christ’s vicegerant on: earth this council of holy men from all parts of the globe can direct and guide all Christendom, can stimulate the ardor and mn of the Caurch. But one feature will be promi- guishing fedture. one a stranger to every other re- ligious assembly; it will be the absence of discord, the unanimous assent of all in matters of faith, the unwavering unanimity 01 all that vast assembly of learned divines from every quarter of the globe, representing such a vast number of human souls, of such @ diversity of interests in worldly matters, yet in matters of faith all one, united, invincible, im- movabie ag the rock on which Christ buule his Chureh. By inserting this commuhication tn your religious column in next Sunday’s paper it may tend toremind those who are so wise and fertile in specu lating on the motives and designs if the holy Church represented on earth by Christ’s vicar, the successor of St. Peter, that the principal onject the Holy ¥ather has in view 1s to expound and extend the doctrines of the Catholic Church, to enlighten those in error and. darkness, as he is convinced, and so am I, an humble layman, that nearly all opposition to ber passion,” 13 based on and proceeds ‘romt ignorance of her true principles and motives, and very fre- quently by the conduct of those professing to be her memvers and disciples who give scandal to she Church by conduct unbecoming professors of so holy a creed. Kemove prejudice and worldly interest and pride, and the oaly true Church of God will be embraced by all sincere seekers of the truth. That this is the main object and desire of the Holy Council | have no the universal throes of Protestantism in every form, and particularly in its old strongnoid, England, where milliuns of sincere minds are tossing about on the waves of scepticism, and will nof rest uptit they are safely auchored within the bosom of the old, true Church. Jews and Unitarian» Mixed in New England. On Sunday last a number of prominent’ Jews of this city, members of the Constitution Grand Lodge of the Order B’nai B'rith, were at Providence, R. L, nate lodge formed in that city. Among these gen-~ tiemen was also Mr. M. Eliinger, Grand Secretary of the Graad Lodge. During the day an incident oc- curred whieh is more taan merety remarkable, for it tends to indicate that the prejudices of 1,400 years, watch kept Christians and Jews apart as foes, are last melung away. If thas be the case the millenium must surely be near at hand. The incident is thus reiated by tie Jewish Tomes of this city, of last Fri aay: ~ In the house where the lodge met a society of Uni and reiigtous disaentera met in another hall, for the purpose Of devotion and discussion of religious questions, | Duriug & reeran w nuraber of our co-religioniste went to that meeting to listen to the views as expressed by tnese liberal Christians. A desire was”generally expressed for Brother Ellinger to enlighten these seekers after truth as to the sublime tenets and principles of Judaism. Permission hav- ing been granted, he apoke enthusiastically of the mission of Judatem, ite loftiness and subilmity, as the only religion which harmonizes intellect and faith. "His words were drank in deeply by the audience, and every one there shook bins warmly by the band; they even insisted on a further lesiure in the afternoon, when he spoke but very brietly, ‘The Jewish Synod at Leipsic~The Herwiid. (From the German part of tue Jewish Times, of July 40.) ‘The German papers recelved up to this give as no thorough knowledge of the proceedings cf the Synod, As a general report that of the New YorK HERALD correspondent cannot be surpassed in pre- cisenesé and perspicuity, and we publish it entire, omitting only such portions as are Of less interest to the general reader. The Door Opening in Japan. One of the Daimios or great barons hae for his Prime Minister a baptized Christian convert, and, so far from regarding this as a crime, the Daimio hasdistened to the arguments of the Minister upon the need of Japan for Christianity, has read. his Chi- nese Bible and religious books and has sent him to the missionary into his own, domin- The Minister went upon the errand, and took with hina his own son @ physician of his. country to be baptized, they having come to the-knowledge of Christ and faith im Him. through converted Prime Minster. Thus, tn one of the provinces hitherto inaccessible fo missionaries or other foreigners, there are now soar men of high turbed the tranquillity of the port, the hh | positions who have become the hurgbie soliowers of Christ. ing was strictly in accordance with the stipulations | ghe Rel.gioas Press on the Recognition of Cuba. {From the Chureh Review, July 31.) Cuba should be recognized. The island of Cuba geographically ts one of the Outposts.of this repub- ic; avd this ought to be Its relation.tm fact. Buta foreigy, Power holds the native born population in sudjer tion. Hordes upon hordes of alien adventurers have fattened for centuries on the Cubans and ebewted their own government the while. Rut notwithstanding this, Spain haa de- ® revenue of from $20,000,000 to $59 000,000 in gold from her Cuban subjects, ‘Tiv 1s, of course, ahe is loath to surrender, She might Ret count ita large price for her freedom from Isa- is that } sila and tyranny, but it ts too much to pay for the V.berties of the “ever fatthrul isle.” The moderate ‘Cubans proposed to Captain General Dulce a colo- nial self-government under the protection of Spain; vat the pro ‘was indignantly scouted by the resident Spantards, and scarcely received at Madrid. Here, then, are & People on an adjacent island, born on the soil, and willing to die for their inde. ee united against a foreign oppressor. If ‘he United States government had a soul, and knew that the Cuban uprising was but a later wave—one of the many yet to come—responding in the world's ocean to the spirit of 1776, it Would not only recog- nize Guba as a free republic, but enter into a league with her that would establish her freedom. This is no empty enthusiasin. An Appeal for Aid for Texas from a Religious Source. {From the New York Observer, July 29.) By an unprecedented overfiow of several of the water courses of Texas a large number—some have estimated it as nigh as 10,000—of freedmen have lost their all, have been thrown out of house and home, and have nothing but the proceeds of their dally labor on which to subsist. This overfiow occurring in the middle of July the season ts entirely too far advanced to plant another crop. Besides, tences are washed away, houses de- stroyed, farming utensils lost and the farms in no condition for cultivation, even if in season, In the section of country devastated by this over. flow not more than one-third of @ crop has been realized since emancipation; so that, nowever in- dustriously disposed and economical the negroes might be, they nave had no chance to accumulate roperty. Very 1ew of them possess homes of an, kind, They are generally cultivating rented land, or farming on shares with the Owners of the sot, Few received wages, and fewer still were owners of the son they cultivated; 80 vhe disaster occasioned by the overfow has leit them entirely destitute and in atruly deplorabie conaition. Their former own. ers, for whom many of them were working, sharing with them in the samme Toisfortuns, are not tn a con. it shali remain, one, holy © So easy to furnish definite aud reliable information. ‘The sums Walch go to make up What are known as “expenditures” will, on the return home, be found to vary in the experience of every individual mem- ber of a travelling party, even though they may bave travelled over the same line of route. wilt be largely governed by the tastes and.means of the tourist. bie, for me to give the amount absolutely necessary. route eastward from these dra or Port Said, in kgypt. above programme may indeed be made at Aden and eursion and | take my leave. proffered aid and co-operation of those more imme- SHEET. Aiton, oven i they ware ever wo wel disposed, toald In the effort which will doubtless be made to assist the owners of the soll the renter, cropper aad hire- ling will, probably, to 8 ‘tent the ecessaries pecially is this to be feared in regard to women and children, who will be empaces to the infected atmos- here without food to eas or clothing to protect them rom the sun and rain. The white population in their vicinity are unable to aid them, and — make an humble, but urgent on oy ae ald they be disposed everyw y may be dus) der to this unfortunate partion of the human famtty. Immediate action ts required. Let no time be lost in devising Means for the immediate relief of the suffering freedmen of Texas, Religious Notes. Rev. Dr, T. J. Sawygr, of New Jersey, the eminent Universalist divine, hag recently received and ac- cepted the Professorship of Theology at Taft's Col- lege, Boston. Dr. Sawyer leaves for his new field in September. The theological department at Tuft’s ts known a8 the Packard Professorship, and is to be ereanient im accordance with the wilt of the late Mr, Packard. ‘The Sixth Universalist Church of Our Saviour, in West Thirty-fitth street. near Sixth avenue, will re- main open during the month of August, The putpit wil be supplted by its pastor with Professor 0. Cone, of Canton, the 1st and 8th of August, and Rev. Rick- mond Fisk, of tte same place, the 16th and 22d- morning service only, ‘Two hundred and two thousand dollars came into the treasury of the American Board in the months of July and Angust Iest year, of which less than $16,000 accrued from legacies, An equal sum is needed the present year. De. Duff, ina recent intssionary address, pleaded for the Pauls and Baro: i@., the leading men of the ministry, a3 just as truly required now for the missionary work a3 at Antioch, He would extead the call to all ranks and claeses, ‘Peers of the realm can go to India to hunt tigers, and why cannot they go to save the souls of ment!” +A letter from Rome to the Vi of Vienna says:—A fc m prelate, in an audience with the Pope a fewdlays back, ventured to question him as to the opening of the @ounctlL The Holy Father re- lied:—“‘Kverything by being preveres for it; but aven alone can say whether it may not be delayed by some unforeseen event.” AROUND THE WORLD. SN EXCURSION ToT KpITOR OF THE HYRALD:— Since my return home in December last [ have been: frequently applied to, voth personally and by letter, for information in regard to the most direct route’ to follow in making the round the world tour, the most interesting points to visit, the ais- tance to-be travelled, the amount of time and money necessary to compass the trip, &c. Since the completion and opening of the .Pacific Ratlway these inquiries have’ greatly multiplied. Not afewappiteanis have gone so far as to favor the organization: of a party or company of excur- stonists forthe purpose of making the trip togetner. The pressure of business and: other engagements have prevented my giving more than very brief and partial replies:to these inquiries. To very many I have found 1 impossible to makeany response what- ever, and my present objectin addressing this com- munication to you is mainly to enable me to place the result of my-experience before the largest possi- ble circle of readers, For the sake of perspicuity and brevity I will answer the leading queries ad- vanced categoricaity. First—The distanee around the world, following what is scientifically known as the: “rhomb,’’ or or- dinary line of navigation, ts 22,102' miles. Making needed allowance for the short detours from this line likely to be made for the purpose of visiting places of interest en route, more particularly. those i India and on the coast of Ghina, from 2,000 to 3,000 miles should be added, Second—As regards time. The enttre circuit can be made in three months, provided the land travel be prosecuted by raiband the ocean voyage by the established lines of government mail steamers, 'Yhis computation ts, of course, based: upon sumption that close convections are effected. No all iS Wance is made for stoppages or for extraordinary delays. more should be added. suffice to accomplish the trip comfortably. the as- To meet such contingencies three months In short, six months will Thw'd—In reference to the cost of the tour If 16 not ‘The amount It is only practicable, or indeed desira- This may be stated in round figures at $2,600, or about £525. Those intending to make punchases of curiosities, small wares, &c., in China aud Japan should add from $500 to $1,000 to this amount. Fourth antl Fifth—As the answers to the queries respecting the route and the objects of interest which it presents to the tourist 80 closely asetmilate in their character, I will endeavor to answer them together as far as practicable. ‘Taking New York, then, as the point of dey , the usuaily travelled route is and wil! continue 10 be that via Liverpool, London, Paris, Marseilles, Suez, Aden, Bombay, Calcutta, Point de Gaile, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, Great Salt Lake City, Omaha and Chicago. For those who wish to visit the Mount Cenis tunnel the ‘Itahan’ route to Btindisi or the “Austrian Lioyds” line to Trieste will be preferabie. In either instance, however, the rts Will be the same— lediverranean to Alexan- Deviations from the viz, by steamer down the many other pots after leaving Evrope; bur such changes will involve greater outlay of time and mone; hardship, without adequate compensation in the than the route here indicaved, and increased way of sight-seeing. Fhave thus brieily but faithfally endeavored to answer the more salient and pertinent points wnich the discussion of this subject suggests, and I trust that they will, for ali practical purposes, at least, be adequate to the wants and wishes of your readers, A word or two more in regard to the proposed ex- Relyiug upon the diately interested in such @ movement, I have de- termined to organize a party of round the world tourists and to imvite proposals for membership, ‘The time and season are boi propitious, Tae pre- sent year, so memorable in the annals of commer- eial aud englicering achievement, ta especiaily fa- vorable to the prosecution and successful accom. plishment of such a scheme, Not ouly ts this the case ‘our own country, but itis also ma very marked degree all over the world, own interoceanic rallway system, a3 well as of the great East Indian Railway, together with the open- The completion of our ing of theSuez ship canal, aftords faciliiies for cheap, comfortable and speedy transit never betore en- joved Im the experience of the circumnavigator. Vhat halfa century ago Was scarceiy dreamed of ts to-day an accomplished fact. The road is ready, the means are at hand. The pumber among those visiting Europe this year who are desirous to ex- tend their trip through. France and re! to witness the inauguration ceremonies at Port Said and Suez i4 already large and daily tucreasing. To ail suc! favorabie opportunity will be aiforded throug! the agencies which this organization is de- signed to put in operation to visit hitherto unfrequented and to them but little known portions of the globe. A new field of adventure and unequalled sight-seeing interest will thus be opened to them. Instead ot returning home- ward to New York by the beaten tracks ol travel which, if they have well employed their time, hey have ‘cady partially if not woolly exhausted, the members of the expedition will be ale to attend the grand fetes and festivities which, according to the published programme, will mark the opening of the ues Canal; to see the works thrown up by the Abyssinian expeditionary force at Zulia on the Rea Sea; to visit Bombay, Calcutta and the intermediate native cities and towns of Nagpore, Jabpuipore, Lucknow, Cawnpore, Delht and Benares. Tue scenes of the Pontbechie mutiny and the terribié Orissa famine will be within easy reach of the tourist. Leav- ing Calcutta at the commencement of the cool sea- son the line of route will le down the cast coast of India to Madras and Ceylon. days! steaming will bring the tourist to Gall southern extremity of that lovely island. flere an ey, Will be offered to visit some of the coffee plantations and groves of cocoanut palms for which the island 13 famous, and to witness that most excit- ing of all eastern sports, an elephant hunt, From Gaile the tour will be extended by the usuaily trav- elled route through the lovely straits of Malacca to Penang and Singapore, From the latter place the beauti(ul islands of sava, Sumau Borneo and others of the extensive groups of islands which form the great eastern or Malayan archipelago, so recently visited and graphically desoribed by th English and American travellers, Wallace and Bick- More, can easily be reached. Arrived in tong a h eat the most southerly open port in the Chinese empire, ample faciliiy will be afforded to make the tour of the entire coast line af China pro Tr, to visit in turn the inaperial and com- mercial cities of Canton, Amoy, Swatow, Foochoo, Ningpo, Shanghae, Chefoo, Tientein and ‘the great Tartar capital, Pekin itaelt and to see the palaces, pagodas, temples, garden: d other sights of that wonderful empire, From Shanghae tbe entire party can be not only comfortably but luxuriously brought to San Francisco by the steamers of the Pactic steamship Company, via Yokohama, in Japan. The tour in the Japanese waters and empire will em- brace the now famous trip through the Inland Se which commands a view of the recently open ports of Hiogo, Osaka and Kobe. It will also. in- clude @ visit to the imperial chy of Jeddo, onge the seat of the Tycoon’s power, and now rendered more than ever Interesting by reason of the civil war be- tween the rival factions of the eX-Shogvos. and Mi- kado, of which It has oeen the centre. It is expected that the expodiivon Will teach San Francisco on its return towaris the close of (ue firth month, say of March, of early in April, ‘Thane will then be allowed fer such of the parties as desire it to visit the famed Yosemite Valiey, the big trees, geysers and otaer of the imore immediate natural wonders aad curiosities Of the Gorten Ste, The oes ee whole party will then anite and return to New York, via Great Salt Lake anc $mana, in a special car fur- nished for the occasion. Without trespassing on your valuable space, allow me to say that (shall be most hapoy to receive any jon whic any intending excur- slonist or other inte! in such a movement may have to offer, e! er throusw se Po ap press or privately. When arrangements ere fully completed pee ene ses br re Meantime I Tematn, my dear sir, most truly you 4 : E. HiGhPLE HALL. PARIS FASHIONS. Caprice of tho Weather—Bathing Comtames— St. Oloud—Sister Patrecinio the Em press—Anecdote—Amusements of the Prince Imperial=Tho Fete in Honor of the Vice= roy—Rich Teilets. Panis, July 14, 1880, How long in coming are those things of whicha man is in anxious expectation! and when they ¢e come bow small is his enjoyment of them compared to the eagerness of his anticipation! These abstrac- tions are go very deep that [ regret they are not ef my own invention; but I received them of a young spendturift whe, after having been locked up three years in ‘prison for debt, heard that @ crabby old aunt had at last died ana left him @ consider. able fortune, F thought at the time that had the case been mine I should nave enjoyed the defunct exceedingly; but it was net until yesterday that my friend’s philosophy struck roots of conviction in my heart. We have got the heat at last, but we really do not enjoy tt, A shiver or go would be quite pieasant, and: the only place to go to with comfort is in tne Seine, where Parisians are spending the present oanicular. They are viewed in flannel simped pantaleons without any legs to them, and in breast fronts without aay shirts to them. ‘The ladies on the opposite side are not heard to splash or dive Ao much, but they flounder the hours away in their new bathing attire— a thing that wanted reform, and has been reformed like the Palais Bourbon—by half measures. ‘Fhe of@ hideous packing cloth style 1a substituted for tights which clasp the knee, and on the waist ta fastened & loose biouse, either braided ov quilled with wootlem galloon, in scarlet or blue, The material is coarse merino. ‘The blouse collars are open, like sailor's shirts; the hair is confined in Figaro neta, ‘There are also new bathing shoes of a sot material, which have open wire work soles, that preserve the skin from pebbles and look mach uke sandals. Im these our seaside syrens will be able to rua along the beach witvout that awkward seaside galt which ‘was caused by rare feet—a kind of hop, as if on hot cinders or new laid eggs. ‘After the Seine there is not a-cooler place in the fasmonable world than St. Cloud. Here it is the Empress and her ladies have been bewitching ue Viceroy, and here the Deputies of the new Chamber made up their minds they would not be bewitcned, ‘The irreconcilables, as those of the opposition are called, nad been warned that no forthcoming oratorical fights would find thelr resistance 80 essen- tial ag against the smiles of the tairat Court. They gteelea their nerves for tne attack, and: lof when they sat down to the Emperor's tabie they became aware the ladies had all resolved nos to notice them; they were treated with imperial sump- tuosity and {oy indifference trom. Eugénie. She nad heard toey had been advised to preserve thetr polk tics immaculate in their bosoms -by haughty accept- ance of her probable advances. This nettled her Spanish biood, or her Scotch biood, or her impertal blood—one of these three yeasty clements—and the consequence was the irreconcilables were all ready to die of disappointment; for she was so very chara- ing 1n her mauve rove and spider-net drapery, lvoped ‘With trimmings of a deeper mauve shade than the under robe and mixed wica straw. Thus it was sae silently defeated all opposition, fam assured Sister Patrocinio, who has grown very inumate with. the Empress, was locked up with ner ail the morn- ing of the Gay on which this dinner was given, and to her strange induence was her Majesty’s cool resolve attributed. A strange figure, indeed, 19 -4hia busy Patrocinto, Her dress is of buck serge, with @ long-peaked waist; her skirt, which sweeps tue ground, 1s full and thickly plaited; a stiff, tuted rut encircies her neck and reminas one of the od Spanish portraits of the middie ages; a broad cain- bric band is latd across ber forevead; over Luis a. black veil, which falls on both sides of her face, aud on the top, When out in the sireets or to church, & broad felt hat, somewhat raised at the sides—a kiud of Flemish riding headpiece that carries one back vo the fifteenth century, She iy generally accoms panied by the chapiala of her litte Nock at Montino rency, and comes in by the tirst train every morning to St. Sulpice. After muss she returns to the Spans nuns, receives visitors from ull the grandces uud calls on princesses and ulbassadresses. Her features. are sbarp and apgwar, her lips compressed, her cheeks hollow; her eyes ure fuil, round and of toe vense Insire. Such is tue Coulidunte of an ex-queea and reigning empress. The energy of Sister Patro- cinio is undeubted. Before returning to St. Cloud a short anecdote om another Spanisi subject. It is to prove that a great general may be a very indiifereat iover of the dus arts, and 1 believe tuis fact is illustrated by more than one general in this world, Hix portralt, no, ther poreehis—the portrait or the general | mean— was equestrian, and excited @ great sensation tere, On ie day ule artist Who painted it showed it lo La owner after entire completion che general in ques tion looked af it in tae way any man would @ lady's panier, a8 a curious ubject, certainiy, but rather ve youd the circle of iis daily observations. All purties present at the unveiling Of the masterpiece were ene thusiastic in praise. Meanwhile the general was silent, and the artist, In some uueasiness, uttered au iuterrogative, “Welt” ‘aes, very weil, 4 dace say,” wus (ue anawer, “but woat have you doue with my bat 1? And now quick to St, Cloud, where the Empress and her ladies love to spend whole alternoous at the extremity of the Urangerie, in a reserved garven called by Mane Antomette “recite,” Lhe baie M6 suil goes Ly. It is between the chuteau and two Waterfalis ou the western side, Here tne trees form porticos. all round, and here it 18 the imperial prince takes hia gymnastic lessons. In ove corner Ol this garden is an arvor, under Which are two pluia chairs and @ rustic lable. ‘this accominodation Is. for the Kinperor aud Empress when tuey ure invited. by their sou to come and see him periorm the ques ol train’ inaster, stoker, engineer, guaid aud signal bearer none. He has a periected engine, raiis, & set Of first and second class cars und every apne used 10r steam locomouon. fie has iearned ine management Of a railway train on this mechauicad Inasterpiece, and somerimes G.xtresses the pubuc by upsetung the whole atfair dowa a rapid bauk, when the pussengers, Dgured by large eiisies, ges turned out, run over, sinashed, and @ te rite ox- citement ensues. It amuses the Emperor exceed- ingly to puzzle the boy with questions about tarda, disvances, Weight of luggage, &c. It is not the arst ume a prince has been # mechanic at st. Cloud, ‘The Duke of Ubartres, in the year i744, bere. weut up in # baloon of ais contrivance, aud alas! gos se aiarmed when he felt himself golng Up, Up, Up, Without the power of getting duwu, down, dowa, that be burst lis Invention with a penknife aod fei with extraordinary rapidity in a pond of tithy mud. His appearauce and that of fis attire cao be Luucted wheu people ran to tls rescue, Never was the paiace of St, Cloud so fairylike as for tue jéle given last week to the Viceroy of Byy pe Alithe dryaas and nymphs, all the statues aud bitda? nests in the army of the marbie gods got bathed ta one lumens BLeet OL mului-coiored eieciric Light while taousands and. thousands of rockets burst above tue assembled court like a moving ocean of shooting stars. Every flower in the parterres was visitne, every ripple i the numerous sheets of water played’ hike silver or golden streawlets. A more qitlering scene cannot Nave ever been wilitessed, ‘The Emperor, Empress, the Viceroy and hits boy, Prince Napoleon and Princess Clotutide swod ranged in trout; behind them tie diplomauic cor and belund these @ vast dense colump brilliantly attired guests, If 1% 1s. remembered thas before we gush of, ight from the 60,000 rocke.s, ail these notavilities. pad stood in thick darkuess as biack as Nox, the Suaden appearance of so much finery can pe pictured, Then, when the noise and sinoke were over, nothing but the pale moon and the Empress moving about to do the honors and seb the young people hunting out their partners for a ‘waltz in the fesuive gallery. This wailz was jowowed by many others, and then came a cotillion aud, a early morn, @ supper. ‘The Empress. was in very pale green, called aqua- marine; a veil.of white iace wayed over it; her how- ers were very pale rose-leaf peouies; the same buds on her hair and bandelets of diamonds, a antique, Her chignon behind was formed by thick tresses of almost sculptural perfecuion. Young Duchess Letta, the durk Italian beauty, was im white and coral ‘The Empress’ nicces in white with blue ers. Mme. Post in white tulle, with black velvet oetween tne pitsses, & white tuite train ‘and black velvet sash and bows. The lovely bionde Mine, Leopold Magnan was under a shower of snow. balls on tulle. Comtesse Primoll was in white with a green jer, and she Wore natural flowers ta pro fusion. Miter sister, Princess Roccagtovine, was in sliver gray gauze and white lace; her ornaments roses aud diamonds, Mme. de Lesseps was in ptuk with @ gauze tunic looped with biack velvet; she wore roses in her haic and yelvet bows atsached to her hair by diamona bail-pins. ‘Ihe mother of Mme, tulle, Jooped with water ites and rushes, aud rt, aplendid emerald stone on her forehead. Amon e gucEts Were Gustave Doré, Paul Feval, Alber 4g Second, Auber and other distinguished men of | pe pen, brush and quaver. THE FIFTEENTH AMEN.MENT. WAsHINaTon, July 27, 1 469, To THe Evrrorn oF THe HERALD: ~ tis going the rounds of the papers tbat the HERALD recently stated that twenty-five States had already voted for the fifteenth amendmen’; gureiy there must be some roistake in these fyures, My own give the following result:--Por—Ark sngus, Con- necticut, Fiorkda, Hid, Indiana, Ke ~sas, Loutste ana, Mane, Massachuseits, Miciigan, /Aissourt, Ne vada, New Harmpstire, New York, Nogth Carolina, Pennsylvania, Khode Islaad, South Aarolina, Wis consin, Weat Virgiia—2u, Against—Kentucky, Ohio—2. Jhave @6 TM pressio that Lelawe.fo has also voted against, but am not sure, If mg sac ig incarrect h | stunt We glad to have tt aq@anded. * Prim, who ia Mine, Aguerro, wore a robe of white ,