The New York Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1869, Page 7

NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, “THLRCRAFNG NEWS ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD Departure of the Empress Eugenle on Her Eastern Tour. THE INTER-USIVERSITY BOAT RACE. STORM IN THE BALTIC SEA. ‘Sixteen Persons Drowned in the Harbor of Cronstadt. THE DROUGHT ENGLAND. : “Whe Inter-University Bont Race—Chances of the Harvardse—How They Have Prepared for the Strugsle. Lonxpon, August 23, 1869, ‘fhe Morning Telegraph to-day has an editorial on ‘the forthcoming international boat race, wherein it ays int in favor of the Americans is that they are hg state of high training of the best kind. ey pereat submitted toa sharp regimen for a one ‘with a view to a particular event, but ve ‘fect training for the last three years. hat Of muscle, soundness of heart and Ronesty of long must be the result, It fs Almost impossible to overrate the effect auch atate of facts has upon the event of the race. four young athletes kept for three years under con- tions to develop every available power is some- @ more excellent than the result of a few months’ ining. What way not be expected from a crew et upon for a quarter of hour's strain when they have been at work for years? Taking our in- formation as correct, we should consider the supe- ‘for hardness of the Americans more than a set-off put the style of the Englisb, and conclude that contest will be mainly a battle of coxswaing, hatever the event may be, we trust the inorease of kindly peeling ‘and ‘good fellowship between the two -bations may be one of the results, Opiaions Regarding the Result Race. Lonpon, August 23, 1869, ‘The Telegraph to-day, tn its sporting article, alludes again to the inter-University race. It says ‘Many of the best judges of boating offer two to one on Oxiord, It predicts that the Oxontans will win, but believes that the Harvard men will make a better fgnt than was anticipated by the supporters -of Oxford. The London Times on the Coming Race. The London Times has the following editorial on ‘the forthcoming race:— The momentous question has to be decided Whether an American or an English university can turn out the best oarsmen. It fortunately Beppens thatin each country the leading universities simul- tanoously boast the possession of an excellent crew. We know what Oxford can do, bow proud she 3 of her repeated triumphs, despite a twinge of respectful sympathy for the pluck with which Cambridge ‘annually re- news the contest. Harvard is, by a curious coincl- dence, in the same position as Oxtord. She hay beaten ber usual rival, vo say nothing of uniettered rofessionals, until no more glory 18 to be got at ome. ‘The New World conquered, there vine nothing to do but seek fresn laurels.| the Oid. The fame of Oxford reached Harvard, and with a spirit worthy of the medieval paladins, the Americans resolved to measure oars with Britons, A great diMiculty arose in the style of boating practiced. The Americans make the bow ‘oar steer, Nothing could induce an English crew to adopt this fashion, wiitle the race would not have been fair if one boat had four and the other five men, this dificuity Solara the contest. However, 108 true paladins woul ee fight on any terms han not at all,and the chivalrously ac- cepted tne English custom as thé only compromise practicable. A coxswain ts tndis- mnsable on our rivers, aud the Americans 1) carrying one sacrifice what would have been an undue advantage and do not incur disadvantage. We prefer to compromise, because there seems to be & notion that Americans have con- seeded too much for the race to be a fair trial of strenth and skill between the representative oaramen of the two countries, The impression ts heightened by having gradually assimilated their style of row- ing to that of the eg og f.'ts complained that this Anglo-American race is not to be @ test of the relative merits of the Gistinct national, stylea of rowing—the. onject ‘which promised to be the chief source of interest— ‘Dut to decide whicn of the young men rowing hap- pens to be the best, This scems a pedantic way of utting the matter. It misinterprets the character the International struggle, What is the style of rowing compared with the ten who tow, When the fight between Hecnan and Sayres excited such @ ‘world wide interest, the question was whether erica or England could turn out, not the better syle of boxing, but the better man, The same stake i on this issue. Now, good rowing must be the same all the world over, however accidental the circumstances, But ~thoré may be a diversity of external char- teristics. Harvards have not a water ke the Thames at Putney, and they havo there- fore wisely modified their pulling to sait the change. Ifthe Oxfords went to Charles river they would ve to do the same thing. But the essential quali- ies of skill, pluck and strength which have won for both crews their many laurels require no change and will be put with perfect fairness to the test. Whichever wins Tecognized as the We do not wish, IN THE PROVINCES, ef the Higntest degree, Yo. detract trom’ “the” high a jetract 1 raise deserved duo the Harvards ie he chivalrous spirit\in which, throwing prejudices to the winds, they have come to encounter the Ox- fords on their own waters, in their own way, algo ‘or the prompt versatility characteristio of their na- tion with which they have adopted their novel posi- tion. It is impossible not to admire the business- like, unpretentious way in which they have settled down to work, careiuily shunnivg opportunities of parade and publicity. Taey have done ali they can to deserve success. Jf they gain it no Englishman, however be may wish his own side to win, wil oe them. We trust the hearty good ‘will they from the first received and are ati! receiv. ing from all classes will convince ther anxious fel- Jow countrymen that there is no ground for appre- bensions of foul Men i One of the best points abont boat races js their freedom from trickery, which now disgraces the oe tarf. Boat racin has happily escaped this foul contagion. Ther is mo danger that anything but an accident ‘will prevent the race from being fairly rowed. We Gre glad to see that the most siringent precan- tions to prevent accident have been adopted. Only two steamers will follow the crews while rowing, and the river will be kept care- fully clear, We are not without expectations of seeing a really one race. Notwithstanding this confidence with which each party has predicted an easy victory for its own side. We hope that the day ‘Will find both crews come to start in prime condition and with eqdal pluck, and may the best man win, Regatta for tho Thames—Renforth enian# New Bont. LonDox, August 23—Evening, In the regatta for the championship of the Thames to-day Renforth won, beating Kelley and Sadler, ‘The course was from Putney to Mortlake, Brown has made a match with Renforth for the championship of the Thames and £100, the course to be from Tyne High Level bridge to Leamington Point, four miles and three quarters, The match ‘Will come off between September 23 and October 1. The Harvard and Oxford crews were out on the Thames’ to-day. Tho banks of the river were crowded with spectators on account of the regatta @nd the American and Engilsh crews were heartily cheered. The Oxonians to-day rowed for the first time ina new boat built by Elliott, She measures forty-five feet in length and twenty-one inches and a half acroas at the widest part, Mr. Simmons, of the Harvard four, has entirely Fecovered from his recent Indisposition. The Harvard men desire that @ contradiction be made of the rumors that they havo adopted the English style of rowing. They maintain that the Match 1s to be a contest of styles as well as of men, They express themselves well Pleased with all the arrangements that have been made for them and are satisfied With tho resuit of their practice on the Thames. ‘Tho Harvards nave not yet decided what boat they shall take for the race. Their coxswain will be lighter tn wejglit than the Oxfora’s, The Americans Propose to invite the Prince of Wales and Mr. Mot- ley, the American Minister, to Accompany the crewa on the day of the race, and for that purpose the use of the Harvard launch will be tendered to them, Resignation of tho Bishop of Winchester. LONDON, August 23, 1869, ‘The Bishop of Winchester has resianed, Championship of the the Whiner=The Ox- IRELAND. Monster Meeting in Favor of Freedom to Im- prisoned Fenians, Drocugpa, August 23, 1869, An open air meeting, attefiaceu “Y 20,000 persons, was heid here to-day in favor of granting amoo') to the Fenlans, The bands played popular lenian airs and enthusiastic speeches were made. Tho resolutions adopted declare that the further deten- tion of the Fenian prisoners is unwise, tmpolitic and unjust, SPAIN. Return of the Regent to the Capital—Carlist Defeate—Burning of the Logrono Barracks, MaApRip, August 23, 1869. Marshal Serrano, the Regent, has returned to Maarid from La Granja. Eleven Caritsts, among them Galindo and Rocher, were killed in a recent Oght at Castilion dela Plana. Many prisoners were taken by the troops. The barracks at Logrono were burned to the ground last night. The fire is supposed to be the work of incendiaries, The preas of this city concur in urging the govern- ment to extend clemency to Carlist prisoners. More Disasters to the Carlist Insurgents Reappearance of Savariegos. PARIS, August 23, 1969, The following news has been received from Spain: The united Carlist bands, under Galindo, Sales, Riele and Rocher, have been defeated in the pro- vince of Castillon de la Plava, Valencia. ‘he Carlist chieftain Savariegos has reappeared in Spain, with fifty armed followers. FRANCE, Departure of the Empress for the East. Paris, August 23, 1809, The Empress departs on her Easterm tour to-day. Spain, Cuba and the United States. Panis, August 23, 1869, La France says:—However painful it may be for Spain to accept the suggested solution of the Ouban dimMicuity there ig no other plan possible. It is the only way for Spain to save some fragments of the wreok, The value and duration of Cuban indepen- dence under the protection of Ameri¢a is another question. Tne desire to absorb which characterizes the Americans qualifies them very badly to perform the part of a platonic protectorate, It is very proba- bie that behing the compromise they are trying to bring about lies a second edition of the history of Texas. RUSSIA. Violent Storm in the Harbor of Cronstadt— Loss of Life and Sinking of a War Vessel. CronsTdpr, August 23, 1869. A violent storm visited this harbor to-day. Dur- ing the tempest a monitor broke loose from her anchorage and ran into a screw frigate, sinking her almost instantly. Sixteen of the frigate’a crew were drowned. CUBA. Engagement With the Patriots=The Usual Spanish Victory. HAVANA, August 23, 1869. Colone! Nicolan with 200 men and two pieces of artillery attacked and routed 400 insurgents near Jicotea, in the Central department. The latter left twenty killed on the field. The steamer Cleopatra from New York for Vera Cruz, arrived at noon to-day. Patriot Accounts of a Fight Near Puerto Padre—The Spaniards Repulsed With Heavy Loss. WASHINGTON, August 23, 1869, Advices from Cuba to the 13th, recelyed by Cuban sympathizers here, give an account ofa fight between a portion of General Jordan’s com- mand and the troops of Valmaseda, near Puerto Padre. The Cubans, numbering less than six hundred, were encamped near Puerto Padre, where they were attacked by a force of Spanish regulars and volunteers over 1,000 strong. In the first attack the Cubans were compelled to fall back. They, however, rallied, aud, securing @ more defensible position, repulsed the Spaniards in their second at- tack. ‘The loss of the Cubans in the contest was 150 in killed, wounded and missing; that of the Span- {ards is represented a3 more than double that num- ber. Colonel Figuerro commanded the Cubans. The fight ia reported to have been one of a must des- perate character, the Cubans fighting with an earneatness that was irresistable. ROME. Neo Postponement of the Ecumenical Council. RoME, August 23, 1869, The Civitta denies that there will be any poetpone- ment of the meeting of the Ecumenical Council, and agserta that the number of bishops who have de clined to atcend 1s leas than three hundred, THE INDIANS. Dodge—Favorable id Arapahoes Letter from Willlam £. Council with the Cheyennes in Indian Territory. PHILADELPHIA, August 23, 1869. The following;despatch has been received by George A. Stuart, a member of the Indian Peace Commis- sion, of Philadelphia:— Camp SuPPLy, Indian Territory, ae 21, 1869, We have to-day had a most ifmportant meeting with the Cheyennes and A: hoes, A large num- ber of chiefs were present, d full 2,000 men, wo- men and children op ponies outside. “Medium Ar- row’? for the Cheyennos and “Little Room” for the Arapahoes made excellent peace speeches, The council lasted two hours, and iig resulta we con- der most favorable for our object, It was a most posing and interesting sight. We are now 2, miles from home, living in tents; we start to-mor- row for Medicine Bluff and Witchlaw Mountains. Some 200 miles from there we turn east, passing through the entire Indian reservation, and hope to reach home in thirty or forty days, ‘he Indians killed 700 buffaloes the past week within thirty miles of this place. WILLIAM B, DODGE. MISSISSIPPI. The Habeas Corpus Suspended by General Ames. JACKSON, Angust 23, 1860, General Ames has issued the following order to the commanders of military posts in Mississippi:— The commanding general directs that you do not ghey! the future, any writ of habeas corpus is- oo oF the United States District Oourt or Circuit ourt, ny made by such court for the release of prisoners in your custody. Should such a writ or pa be served upom you report the fact py tele. raphe TENNESSEE. Seizure of Rallronds by the Goyernment for Indebtednesa. KNOXVILLE, August 23, 1869, Colonel Folsom, Quartermaster United States Army, 1s here under orders frum the government to take possession as receiver of the Eaat Te and Georgia and East Tennessee and Virginia ‘Rail ieee hineee tomy an Hate canes Of $600,000 due @ government for engines and rollin ~ chased at the close of the war. diecast INDIANA, Double Suicide in Jeffersonville—A Man and His Newly Married Wife Poison Thome aclves. LOUISVILLE, August 23, 1869, A horrible and unaccountable double suicide was enacted yesterday at Jeffersonville, Ind., the view tims being a newly married couple. George Bar. hacle, a German, after drinking whiskey to excess with his wife went out and procured a half gallon of beer, which he brought home, His wife drank some of this beer and within ten minutes was a corpse, Before Barnacle could be prevented he drank a large quantity of the same beer and died about noon, halt an hour after hia wile expired, Upoa making an analysis of the beer it was found to contain arsenic and Morphine, and i is supposed Barnacie put tt in the beer, as he and his wife were hoard to talk of olsoning each other during their orgies, Barnacl fad been in low spirits since marti eb} reueon, ag Of a {aise stutemont that y eT ca wife’s former husband PRINCE ARTHUR. Reception by the Corporation and People of Halifax. THE ADDRESS AND REPLY Military and Civie Procession and Review, Hatirax, N, 8., August 23, 1869. The reception of Prince arthur took place at noon to-day. An immense crowd was in the dockyard. On landing from the Admiral’s barge the Prince was received amid salvos of artillery, Many dis tinguished persons were present, including Governor General Young, Lieutenant Governor Doyle, Admt- rals Mundy and Wellesley, the Corporation anthori- ties, French naval officers, &¢. The Prince was in citizen's attire, The following ad- dress to the Prince was read by the Recorder:— We, the Mayor and Corporation of this city, in the name of the citizens, welcome your Highness to our shores, A visit from any member of the royal house 4s esteemed a high honor by the people, and ia hailed wich pleasure by the inhabitants of the city; but the honor conferred by a visit of the gon of our gracious and beloved Queen, and grandéon of that talented and illustrious duke who so long overned the province, and was the steadfast friend of jova Sootia, creates a deep feeling of 407, among the loyal people of Halifax. The ritish people have much reason for exultation that while the members of the royal family ae ex- alted in position they yet condescend to obtcupy oats of usefulness in the State and devote their alents to the country, and her Majesty’s subjects in every section of the oils feela fires ride in the fact that you have given the it of your services to the army. We congratulate ‘that distinguished co! which your Highness has selected to Pe form the duties of & s0i- dier tn. Should occasion arise for active service we have the conviction that your Highness would display that gallantry and heroism in the fleid for which your ancestors have been famed, and will proudly vindicate the honor of the nation. We sin- cerely thank our erable for having hitherto spared our nobie sovereign Queen to be the exaltea witness of how she Js endeared to all ranks and con- ditions of men; and we trust and pray that the Ki of Kings may long preserve her Majesty in healt! and prosperity. fe sincerely hope the stay of your royal highness on this side of tne Atlantic will prove a great gratification ane happiness, and that your Hg 5 ess will leave js continent impressed with a belief in the importance of British North America to the British crown, and we implore the Great Ruler of events to keep and sustain your highness many years, that yéu may exhibit and illustrate those noble and manly virtues which are the ornaments of princes, and which will exalt and benefit your country, The Prince tnen read the following reply from manuscript:— Mr. MAYOR AND CORPOTATION OF THIS Crry—I return, most sincerely, my thanks for the loyal ad- dress which you have just presented me, and avail myself of the opportunity to request you to.convey to the citizens whom you represent my grate- ful thanks for the kind and hearty welcome you have this day accorded me. I can assure you that I looked with anticipation of great pleasure to my visit to the British dominion on this side of the Atlantic; and it is to me a source of great satisfaction to hear on my first landing how highly cherished still is the memory of my tllus- trious grandfather who governed this province so long. Your allustons to the Queen and the kind wishes for my wellare will be most gratifying to her Majesty, and I teel sure she will hear with pleasure how cordial and hearty has been her sou’s reception among you. (Cheers.) ‘The procession of militia, firemen and socteties moved through the thronged streets to the Govern- ment House, where the Prince reviewed it, and then retired, The city 1s illuminated to-night, and everybody is out of doors. THE DROUGHT. The Water Famine in Philadelphia—Mecting of the City Councils—§25,000 Appropriated for the Families of the Destitute. PHILADELPHIA, August 23, 1869, Not a drop of rain has fallen here since August 4— the night of the great whiskey fre—nor have any accounts of rain been received from the interior, ex- cept of a short thunder storm on Saturday last about thirty miles up the Schuylkill, All the reports agree as to the great damage to corn from the drought in this State. A special meeting of the City Councils was held to- day to consider the water famine. Twenty-five thousand dollars were appropriated for the families of the destitute, Canal boatmen Jand upon the Schuylkill river. Power has been given the Chief Engineer to take any measures he may deem proper toraise water into the basins at Fairmount. The experiment was tried this afternoon of raising water by means of steam fire engines. The bill at Fair- mount ig ninety-six feet high, and it is doubtfal whether the hose will stand the pressure. The result has not yet been announced. WasnincTon, August 23, 1860, Nonwithstanding the clouds have been promising rain all day, only a few drops have fallen—not enough to wet the pavements. The atmosphere 1s several do- ye} r than during the two previous days, bnt still Oppressive. Reports from adjacent counties within a circle of about twenty miles of this city re- present that the later crops (corn and tobacco) have been seriously injured by the long drought, iv Jarmers do not expect to make hall a crop of el RICHMOND, August 23, 1860, Telegrams from all quarters of the State to-night say the drought. has been general for about eighty days, and the weather is now very hot. During the past three days the thermometer has stood at 105 in Kicn- mond, 100 tn Norfolk, 99 in Danviile, 101 in Lynch- burg and 88 in the mountains, Rain has fallen at the same — those sections, but not heavy or gene- ral enough to alter the results. All reports agree that the corn crop has heen reduced by one-half and the tobacco crop by one-third. The corn is beyond saving, Dut a continued rain might alter the result in tobacco. WILMINGTON, N, C., August 23, 1869. The weather ts cloudy and heavy. Showers have fallen to-day, Thermometer 83. CHARLESTON, 8. C., August 23, 1869, ‘The drought continues, though showers have jailen in some sections. The corn crop will be light, and South Carolina must buy large supplies next winter and spring. ‘Tné hot weather and drought have caused the cotton to rust aud shed in several of tho middle counties; but the crop still looks well over most of the State. Picking las begun, and the staple is fag | uc oe The receipts next month promise to be good. The sea island crop looks Very Gne; but tuere are reports of caterpiliars, Avovsra, Ga, August 23, 1899, The weather 19 Yot and dry, ‘There hps keen no rain of al Souk for at Wo weeks In the counties Rent Carolina and Georgia borderin, on the Savahfiah river, The corn hag been cut shor! and cotton {3 prematurely opened by rast. Ac- counts from Central and Southwestern Georgia re. present that rust is ruining cotion. SAVANNAM, Ga., August 23, 1869, The weather ia quite warm, but reports from the crops in this section and throughout uthern Georgta and Florida are good. We had a slight shower here on Saturday, The cotton crop ts too far aavanced to be injured by drougit worms, Montaowery, Ala., August For the past three days the weather has and intensely warm. The thermometer at three o'clock this afternoon stood at ninety-seven. Good rains fell in this vicinity last week and a slight shower to-night, The crops have been but little uf any hurt by drought in this section, CINCINNATI. Ohto, Angust 23, 1869, There was no rain here Saturday. Heavy showers fell along the streains yesterday and to-day, but the rain was not general. At #1X o'clock this evening the weather was cloudy and threatenfng in the west, ‘The relief afforded the corn crop Sunday and to-day 18 partial, and more rain is needed to make the al- ready injured corn mature, LOUISVILLE, August 23, 1869, ‘The intensity of the heat continues without abate- ment. The rains that have falien have been but ie in the State, and not sufficient to mitigate he drought. Accounts from tobacco growing re- gions state that but one-half the crop produce? last year will be raised thia year, The corn is almost sbrivelled, NASHVILLE, Tenn., August 23, 1869, ‘The weather 1s extremely hot here; the thermome- ter at four o’clock this afternoon stood at ninety, Norain has falien hero since the 6th Instant, and the crops of corn and cotton im this county are badly injured. In many counties of Middie Ten- hessee the same state prevails, though a timely rain may yet bring both crops out. The drought is only partial, and though it may continue, tt is belleved oyerage crops wil) be made, putting all the counties of Middleyfennessee together, Sr, Louts, August 23, 1809, ‘This has been another clear, dry and varning day, ‘The mercury at three P. M. stood at Lol, Four deaths from sunstroke aro reported, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Passed Assistant Paymaster Tenry G. Colby, United States 'y, has been ordered to the Cyane, la revoked, and he 14 of ai at the New York Navy Yard, gf AUGUST 24, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET, WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, August 28, 1869, ‘The Government dut of Town. The following distingutahed partios, embracing pretty much the entire government, are out of town at present:—President Grant, Secretary of State Fish, Assistant Secretary of State J, 0, Bancroft Davis, General Horace Porter, the President's private secretary; Secretary of War Rawlins, Secretary of the Navy Robeson, Vice Admiral Porter, Secretary of the Treasury Boutwell, Secretary of the Interior Cox, Postmaster General Creswell, Attorney General Hoar, Indian Commissioner Parker, Assistant Foat- master General Terrell, Internal Revegue Commis sioner Delano, Solicitor Smith, Internal Revenue Bureau; Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue Parnell and General F. T, Dent. The Cabinet Meeting Next Friday. It {8 not believed that any matters of national im- portance will be considered at the Cabinet meeting on Friday next beyond the routine work relating to the conduct of the diferent Executivedepartments. Retrenchment in the Treasury Department. It is estimated at the Treasury Department that the saving to the government which has resulted from the reduction of the force tn that Cepartment alone, exclusive of those dismissed from the Printing Bureau, is $50,000 per month. The removals have not yet ceased. Several more are to be made upon the return of the Secretary to Wasnington, The Locks in the Treasury Vaults. The supervising architect of the Treasury author- izes the statemont that he is under no alarm for the safety of the Treasury vaults, and will make no change of the locks in use there. He will simply add one more iock to the four now in use, on every money vault in the building. The experiments of Mr. Sargefff, the lockmaker, on Saturday have cre- ated a great Nutter among the Treasury officials and bank officers. The fact is Mr. Sargent’s experiments simply demonstrated that it would be possible for a burglar possessing the knowledge Mr. Sargent pos- sesses about combination locks to pick a good por- tion of the locks made on the combiaation plan in general use. But to do this is to presuppose a burglar’s ability to make two successive visite to the vault he designs to open and also the conni- vance of the watchman; for to make one visit to- night and a second one to-morrow night to complete the first night's work would throw the matter back where he started. The Commaud of the Marine Corps. It being generally conceded that Zellin, the pre- sent commandant of the Marine Corps, is to be re- tired, a lively contest has sprung up for the position, which is one of the neatest and snuggest berths in 1m the gift of the government. The commandant has the rank of brigadier general, is supplied with an elegant house, and has almost nothing to do but draw his pay and enjoy himself. Therefore it ts that everybody eligible is anxious to slip into Zellin's shoes, The principal candidates seem to be Major Slack, the oldest oMfcer in thecorps; Major Field, Major Nicholson and Colonel Kintzing, At present the slate ts said to be Nicholson for commandant, with Lieutenant Porter, son of the Vice Admiral, adjutant of the corps, Slack, Kintzing and Field, however, are well bavked up and threaten to smash up the slate, Slack appears to have most of the naval officers in his favor, The Engineering Board. The Board of Engineers, consisting of Generals Barnard, Cullum, Tower and Wright, arrived here this morning from New York on business connected with the defences of the country. The Internal Revenue Receipts. The internal revenue receipts to-day, $701,090. Deaths trom Hent. Several persons died here and in the vicinity yes- terday trom the effects of the neat, Personn). Major General Richard Delafield, late chief of the Engineer Corps, and now on the retired list, 13 lying dangerously 111 at bia home tn this city. Sale of Iron-Clads to Hayti—Cession of a Haytien Harbor in Payment. [Washington (August 7) Foceneimas Philadelphia edger. It appears that there is some little dimculty in a recent sale of these vessels, M. General Evariste Laroche, Minister from Haytt, started here to New York, as stated at the time, for tl go of buying the Pequod. When he got there ff was found that Mr. Sam Ward had purchased it. The Aigon- quin had claimed nis attention before, and he bought ny agreeing to pay $30,000 to the government. fhe Aigonquin was never tried, save at the dock, when her alngular race, ah speed by the revolu- tions of the screw, Was made with the Winooski. The Algonquin was beaten, She was a Dickerson steamer, 60 spoken of to distinguish it from those whose machinery was put in by Chief = neer Isherwood, and to denote its projector. she was never classed among the ‘‘legitimate"’ monitors, She was offered once, at her appraised value, the pitiful sum of $25, after she had cost the govern- ment someting like half a million, Her tubes are pronounced worthiess. General Laroche bas not paid the money and tt is now ascertained that he esires to pay part cash and for the balanc3 and in consideration Of one or two more iron-claus he and Salnave propose to cede to the United States the harbor at Cape Nicholas la Mole, Hayil, the farthSat point northeast towara Cuba, in the windward pas- sage between tbe Great Antilles, STOKES O03 THE TENNESSEE ELECTION, He Unbosoms Himself to Our Correspondent. WASHINGTON, August 23, 1869. The presence of Colonel William B, Stokos in this city, as has already been stated, 1s trmediately con- nected with the result of the recent election in Ten- nesses With a view of ascertaining what he pro- poses doing and what he has to say about the can- vass in which he was dofeated, your correspondent called upon him this morning. Colonei Stokes bears all tho marks of having gone through a hard fight) He has lost in flesh some- what, is as bronzed with the sun as o harvest hand, and his voice is still husky with con- stant labors upon the stump in the open air. I found him in bis room quietly smoking a cigar and apparently musing on what course he had best pur- sud to retrieve the late disaster to his party. Stokes, though not @ great man nor a man of learn- ing, possesses Many of the qualities of & political leador, especially of the class found in the South- western and Western States. He is of medium height, father spare, but well knit and capable of mucb fatigue aud endorance, His features are aquiline, well defined and of @ bold, aggressive cast, Ho hag a clear bine éye, singularly full, and, when ho is cagaged in conversation, bright and express- iye, You are not disappointed, after looking o* Stokes, cf the Wonderfel Pusey or nis sfSech and at his easy commaus Of language, which, though not always the most classic, is generally forcibie, “How about the election tm Tennessee, Colonel?” 1 asked, after the usual sAlatations, SrORES (Inugbing)—Well, we are whipped, badly Whipped, but not fairly, ConRESPONDENT—What is golog to be the resuit of the whole matter? Sroxgs—In the first place, the republican party in Tennessee has gone to hel); there’a no question about thas. What other result there will be, if any, is for the administration and Congress to say. ConResrONDENT—I suppose you came here, Colonel, to lok after a solution of the latter propo- sition ? StoKES—I didn’t want to come here; I occupy a rather delicate position, But the Union men of Ten- nessee came to me and said I must come and do what I could to get the federal government to interfere for their protection, They are in a position now similar to what they were in 1861, and the worst hag not come yet. CORRESPONDENT—How came the republican party to be divided In Tennessee; what was the real causo of it? Sroxes—The republican party was not divided at all, That's just where you peopte in the North here make a mistake. The republican party of Tennes- see, with exception go few that it cannot be called a diviaton, voted solid for me and the regular candi- dates, CORRRSPONDENT—Well, then, how came to b defeated? , eee Ae toe at Sroxes—I wilt tell you as brieny as fcan, In the first piace I didn’t want to make the rad, because Knowing Senter a8 wellas{ did and knowing 4 he by bis position had the power to do just what hag been done, I didn’t want to give any occasion for a possible defeat of the republican party. At the onset I was the loeral man, Senter said that to en- franchise the old rebels would be to break up the republican party ta the State, an would never do that. J election for our rebels wouid ap; te the thing better in this jae intends tant T aid oe care ta be & cand pte, and 1 senc a committee to Seater to aby that If Be would manage his side of the conveation { yould manage mine and wo gouia go in her and me good man whd wo command Yous of the Union men of the State. Senter refused, nd my friends said thore were sixty-five counties {i the Convention Inatructed to vote for me, and that I inust be a candidate, I had nocaoice. Senter's friends subsequently came to me and wanted to bargato. If 1 would withdraw, they sard, in favor of Senter, they Would insure me a seat in the United States Senate in place of Fowler. I said, “Gentlemen, Ican make no such bargain. 1 have no autnoriy todo tt. Lam live arider on a borrowed horse, and I am not at liberty to trade him. J am in ‘tis hands of my friends.” Well, the nomination was made, and I saw at once that Scnter would be a candidate, My friends said if they were going to have treachery and political villainy to meet they wouid as soon mect it now as at any other time, aud so they said let the fight come on. Senter beimg Governor, or actin Governor, had the appointment of the registera of election. He put in just such men as he knew would do his bidding. They at ouce opened the nood-gates and let in everybody. The disfranchising clauses of the Siate constitution were trodden under foot, en- tirely disregarded. Oerttficates of qualification as voters were lasued to disfrauchised repels, and even boys of sixteen and teen Were allowed to vote. Besides this there was @ course of tntinidation pur- sued, all under tle instructions of Senter, which prevented hundreds, and I may thousands, of republicans from voting. You see, Senter was Gov- ernor, He had the mii! and he intended to use them if necessary to elect himgelf, Orders were issued preventing men from vo! anywhere out- stde of the precincts, which is contrary to the con- stitution. In many places where the rebels had tne upper hand the republicans, especiilly the ne- Groes, could not vote in thoir precingts for fear of personal violence, What defeated us was the rebels who are disfranchised under the’ constitution. I ot 66,000 votes, which was Grant's vote last Jall, ymour was 33,000 last fall, but Senter’s vote this time was 119,000, The 86,000 additional which Senter got were rebels and minors, some of whom voted a3 much as four times. + CORRESPONDENT—How about Brownlow, Colonel; What effect had his course on the republicans of Tennessee ? Sroxgs—Very little. You see the old: man isin his dotage. He ta sick and is tn the hands of others. He was controlled by his sons and sons-in-law, I don’t believe he ever wrote one of the letvers or Manifestoes that were got out, and to which his Dame was signed. ‘they may have been read to bln, but you know he ta alittle deaf, and he may not have heard them. CORRESPONDENT—What interest had Brownlow’s sons in the Sener movement; I thought they were rampant radicals ? STOKES—I'll tell you. John Brownlow is a receiver of one of the Tennessee railroads. A couple of Brownlow’s sons-in-law hold similar places, They have a salary of $3,000 a year, but there is more to them than that; there are some pickings, In addi- tlon to this the Brownlow boys have been dabbitny in stocks with certain Senter men, who led them off. ‘The Brownlows are all fond of making money. Now here’s the polnt. If I had been elected Governor, with # Legislature in harmony with me, I was pledged to break up certain rings in. Tennessee that are trading in the ratiroad interests of the State and doing their best to ruin them. I was also pledged to break up other bir copnected with the school fund of the State. is might have interfered with the Brown- little; {don't know any other reason they could bave in opposing my election. But their oppo- sition didn’t amount t© much. The people of Ten- neasee—I mean, of course, the loyal Union men— don’t follow Browniow as they did, They under- — that he hag fallen into the hands of interested parties. CORRESPONDENT—Who do you think will be elected Senator, Colouei? STokes—Well, that is hard totell. The Legisla- ture will be a good deal mixed on that subject. I suppose Andy Johnson stands 23 good a chance as of them. There are several candidates besides Johnson. There is Battie Pevton, for instance, put I don't think they will take him up. He is an old fossil whig, and is really outside of politics now. If Andy chooses to make the fight there is none of that School who can beat him. He’s got prestige on his side, but there’s a good many of the old rebels who have him for his past record. They have old scores to settle with him, and now that they are in power, they‘may take occasion to do it, Thesgeneral im- pression in Tennessee is that they will take UP some new man, one who has not been identified with politics much. CORRESPONDENT—Don’t you think the old rebels have forgiven Andy by this thne? He has pardoned good many of them, you know. Sroxes—Yes, so he has. But you don’t know those men. They never forgive. If you lived in ‘Tennessee you wouid find that out. Besides, Andy Was pretty hard on them when he was Military Gov- ernor. He kepta tight reim on them. | tell you. But, as 1 sald before, tf Andy wants to make a fight it will take a good man to beat him, He understands the ropes, having been through the mill before, CORKKSPONDENT—W hat do you propose doing? Sroxks—That's just the quesiton. I am here to consult with the President and the members of the Cabinet a3 to what is best to be done. Something must be done or reconstruction in Tennessee and every other Southern State is a failure. And if the adinin- istration and Congress refuse to take cognizance of the condition of aifairs in Tennessee | shall proclaim reconstruction @ farce and a failure everywhere. CORRSPONDENT—Whom have you seen here? SToKEs—I haven’t seen anybody yet but Forney, They are all away; but I am going to stay here unfli the dent and the Cabinet gets back. Isnall then lay the whole matter before them, tell them now the election was ca! , and present the present condition of affairs in Tennessee. CORRKESPONDENT—W hat does Forney say? pirtper hE cee It is @ terrible outrage; but he does not see clearly what the federal governinent can do to mend the matter. CORRESPONDENT—What are you going to suggeat to the Presient and Cabinet? STOKEs—Weil, of course the President can do nothing without Congress. 1 shall suggest that Congress be convened in extra sesslon—say about the 20th of September—to take the condition of affairs in Tennessee and Virginia into consideration. You see the Legislature of Tennessee meets on the lst of October. As soon a3 they get in seasion, if they are not interfered with by the federal govern- ment, they i work at once to wipe out everything that been done since Tennessee was reconstructed and admitted to representation in Congress. Every law enacted to restrain the rebels and protect the Union men of the State will be rabbed off the statute book, the disiranchising clauses of the State constitutioh will be stricken out and the entire Union bulwark broken down. Coxnasroxnans—Suppose Congress were con- vyened in extra session, What will you ask it to do? Srokes—Tennessee ts one of the reconstructed States, the same as Georgia, for instance. Now, then, what did Congress do in the case of Georgia? She was aamitted to representation in Congress tié same as Tennessee, guly her Senators did not get in, and you know tie reason of that. Georgia and ‘Ten- nessee, it seems to me, are parallel case3. The Sen- ate refused to admit the Georgia Senators, and tho House refused to admit the Georgia representatives to the Fortieth Congress. Why? Because the Georgia Legislature and State government violated faith with Congress, violated the reconstruction laws, and violated the State constitution under which she was admitted to representation in Con- ress. In Tennessee it is the Governor, instead of fire Legislature, He has trodden under foot the constitution under which tke State was recon- structed and admitted; he has allowed persons to vote who it was expressly understood by Congress when the State got in should not be allowed to vote; he has carried the State back by a revolutionary movement to the position she occupied before she was reconstructed; he has caused Tennessee to break faith with Congress, just as med, as 9 So lows Georgia did, Now, then. gress interfere ti ‘Tenngse, Georgia? If Congress 9 in session I would moye the first thing for the appointment of a spectal com- inittee to IpVestizare the Tennessee election, wjth power £0 Visit every county in the State, ity this Means tt could be proven that Sentey, the Actin, Governor of the State, had not only earried the elec- tion by stupendous frauds, buf nid set the constitu. ag in tion at detiance and angullea its provisions. uyaulled its west ynportant Corer a Pee See ee ee SfONDENT—Do you think the rresiuent wili ie VOngress, and if convened do you think it would interfere in the Tennessee election ? SrokEs—1 don’t know, If ihe administration and the republican party propose to stand by and wit- ness this slaughter without doing anything, tien ail 1 have to say is the sooner the Union men of Tennea- see know it the better. We will know what todo then, i&very man will have to take care of himsel; and so will the administration, so far as the Catog men of Tennessee aro concerned, If therd is nothing doue, and this heey Legislavurets gliowed to go on and undo everything that nas veen done b; fpe Union men, then you wiil see such an emigrd- joy of Unionists from fennessee as will astonish you. It will be equal to 1901, When we Hew from before tho rebels, CORRESPONDENT—How did the federal ofice- holders behave in the fight? Sioxrs—They got demoralized at the outstart and went with Senter, They supposed that Brownlow Was acting with the administration, and that tiey must do as he did, CORRBSPONDEN in office now? Srokes—Not much, They aro every one expecting their waiking papers, They did not see their mis- take until Boutwell’s letter appeared, They are sorry for it now, I think; but that won't heip them, One of our frlends saw Grant at Long Branch anda told him how the federal office-holdera were actin: in Tennessee, and he Bg ge that they shoul every man eS Femoved and ae Dlaces given to men Who acted wi @ regular repubil Pty. ‘That will be done directly, ah anepeetag CORRESPONDENT—What effect had Boutweill’s ict- ter on the canvass? STOKRS—It had a good effect. It tended to con- solidate the republican pare Around me, and it gave the Senter men to understand that their false pro- testations of republicanism were understood in the proper light by the administration. That was a good lecter of Boutwells, and 1 was grateful to Lim for tt. CORRESYONDENT—How do the Senter men take thet victory? Srokes—They have commenced already to harass and persecate the Union men, The old rebels are coming back trom Texas aud other States where they ad gone after Tennessee was recoustructed. They are organizing in bands of twenty and thirty, in tho reguiar old gueriila fasuiod, and committing ail soris of depredations, They used to be affraid of the militia, but you see they know the Milita 19 bow in the hauds of thelr frienas, and they have nothing to fear from that quarter, Lot: me Will Grant allow them to remain uch as x is Titought the siacure grad. | vee deserving of ve you an fastance, There Was #man in my neign- whood Who Was captured by one of these buada ‘They came Co his (ticads aud said tuat for $2,000 he ! ging and Visiting | C “itondgratany Creata, Initialled N ee ‘ant {n the city. 7 Could be released. Mis friends ratsed the money and he was set at liberty, OornESPONDENT—\Were these men Ot ordinary bein’ banded togetuer to extort money ont of ple STOKES—No, sir. They afe ex-rebel soldie! nd they did not date do thls sort of thing before Seuter was elected, < THE OFFICERS REVMION AT GETTYSBURG, A Slim Attendance=General Lee aud His Soa Vitzhugh Disaperove of the Iden of Come memorating the Victories of a Civil Ware Progransmue of Operations, . CBrrysBuRG, Angust 23, 1869, Governor Geary and others who toox part in whe War will arrive to-morrow. Several ex-Confederate olticers are expected, Generml Heth, in hts letver, Says he hopes to have the pleasure of attending bee fore the party now assembled Lere separates, Colo~ nel Walter Harrison, adjutant of General Pickett’s division during and after the operations @round Gettysburg, ls the only ex-Confederate officer he. ey General R. B. Lee, on the 5th of August, wrote to Mr, D, McConaughy] thet ¥e had received an invitee tlom to be present for the purpose of marking upon’ the ground by enduring monuments of granite the’ positions and movements of the armies om the fleld, @nud addea:— My engagements wil! not permit me to be present, T believe, tf there, I could not add anything material: w the tniormation existing on that subjech It ts wisest, moreover, not to keep open the sores of war, but to follow the examples of those nations who en- deavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife and to commit to oblivion the feelings it engendered. General Fitzhugh Lee said in reply to the invita tion extended to mm, which letter was sent throughs General Robert B. Lee:— It will not be in my power to be present, but information 1 possess will be chesriully given. the nation ts to continue as @ wh ie it is better to* forget and forgive rather than perpetuate In granite- proofs of its late civil wars, The exploration of the battlefield will commence to-morrow. An arch decorated with evergreens was Prepared to be erected in honor of the visitors, and under which they were to pass, but while workmen were engaged in placing it in position it fell to pieces and the fragments were removed. A national flag was displayed from a high staff in the centre of the square, and near by it were colors torn in ribbous on the battlefield. These and a company of zouaves ° Consututed the only public display, A number of officers arrived at noon, and after dinner at the Springs a lew of them repaired to the battlefield on which they had participated in contest, and explain- ed to friends who accompanied them incidents or the battle. Numerous private parties enj available carriages to convey them to the various pa of the battle ground. The press of New York, niladelphia, Washington and other cities is repre- sented. ‘The arrivals at the Springs to-day include the fol- lowing gentiemen:—First co Generals Robinson, Meredito, Leonard, Dana and Hoffman, Colonels Het r, Dudley and Deckart, Major J. M. Linus- ley Surgeon Anawalt; Third corps, Generals Graham, W. Burling and ‘Medill, Colonels Bonafon, Burns and Linnard; Filth corps, General McCand> less and Colonel Ricketts; Eleventh corps, General Yon Amsbury, Colonel Asmusser, chief of stef to General Howard, and Major J. F. Frueauff; Twet corps, Genera's Kane and James L. Selfridge, ai Majors Humphrey and W, Selfridge. Besides thé above Majors Dalguth and Hunter have arrived. None of the officers of the Second or Sixth Corps have yet arrived here, A meeting of officers was held at the Springs to- night. Mr. McConaughy was called to the chair, Sugwestioas were made as to the plan ‘3 operations, and to meet them in part it was stated by the chair that & shorthand writer would Secompany the and take full notes, to be written ou en ing. He also said that arrangements nad been made for driving stakes. A survey of the battle fleld was bemg made under the direction of General Warren. lt embraces thirty square miles. Tne General says that he will furnish a pete map of the tleld, and in that shall go by the indications made by th stakes. The map Will be twelve feet by twelve, bu' this will be reduced. There was an Sp of views ag to .Wwhere the proceedings shoul be conducted. Colonel Bachelder, of New York, met tioned that he had published a programme, whi had been circulated in the New York and New Eng- land papers, with a view to the accommodation of officers. The meeting Gnally adopted the plan of Colovel Bachelder, a3 follows:—To-morrow the pos tions of the first day’s battle will be completed; on Wednesday, Calp’s Hill, Cemetery Hill and vicinity; ; on Thursday the position on the left, inciuding t apple orchard, peach orchard, wheat field, Round. Tops and intermediate pots; Friday, the generel lines of the third day's battle; on Saturday, the cavalry operations, The meeting adjourned after agreeing to meet on Seminary Hull to-morrow morn- ing at nine o'clock. Among the latest arrivals are General Sweitzer and Major Walters. both of the Filth corps, and Cap- tatu Decastle, of the Signal corps. THE SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. 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