The New York Herald Newspaper, October 18, 1869, Page 7

“TRLBGRAPHICG NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD Surrender of the Spanish Insur- gents at Valencia The French Legislature Preparing a Manifesto. The French Emperor to Modify His Ministry. THE MERCHANT CLERKS’ STRIKE IN PARIS Burning of the Louisiana State University. SPAIN. Surrender of the Insurgents at Va! ja=The Government Troops in Possession of the Olty. MADRID, Oct. RD eral By French Atlantio Cable. Despatches received in this city announce to the Government that the insurgents at Valencia sur- Tendeyed yesterday to the officer in command of the Tegular troops. Fighting was renewed and con- tinued for a few hours after the ineffectual applica- tion of the insurgents for a truce, but their forces succumbed finally. The insurgent leaders cannot be found. @rnment officers hope to arrest them soon. A detachment of the reguiar army marched into Valencia and occupies the place at present, The gov- Prim’s Action Before and After the Storm- ing. Lonpon, Oct. 17, 1869, A despatch from Madrid contains the following par- ticulars of the surrender of Valenci| General Prim, by telegraph, ordered the general Commanding jhe troops before Valencia to attack ‘the city, and yesterday morning the artillery opened a beavy fire on the rebel positions, producing much ef- fect and causing great damage to property. The insurgents offered to surrender on condition of re- ceiving their liberty, but this was refused. The as- sault was then continued with vigor until the surren- Ger of the insurgents. ‘The general commanding reports that the insur- rection has been completely suppressed, and the troops now hold the entire city. Many houses were ‘burned during the fignt, and a large number of the rebels with arms in their hands were captured. Previous to the attack the clergy exhorted the insurgents to yield, but without effect. Arrests of Prominent Republicans. MADRID, Oct, 17, 1869, Arrests continue to be made of leading repub- licans in Madrid, * The Legislative Suspension. MADRID, Oct. 17, 1860. The sittings of the Cortes were suspended without the appointment of a day for reassembling, and it is Rot known when the session wiil be resumed, FRANCE. The Parliamentary Opposition—Rumor of Cabinet Changes—Industrial Combination. PaRIs, Oct. 17, 1869. All the opposition Deputies to the Corps Législatif ‘will meet to-morrow to draw up a manifesto. Rumors continue to circulate in regard to a modi- fication of the Ministry. The return of M. Rouher tothe Cabinet with a liberal programme is spoken of. The strike of the merchants’ clerks is quite gon- eral, Theclerks held a meeting to-day. The pro- ceedings were orderly. Nothing has ocourred since the commencement of the movement to cail for the Interference of the police. CUBA. Another Detachment of Spanish Troops Arrived. HAVaNa, Oct. 17, 1869, The Spanish mail steamer @mrrived here to-day from Cadiz, She brought a detachment of Spanish troops, who will immediately join the Spanish army in the island. PARAGUAY. Paraguayan View of the Situation of Lopez. PARIS, Oct. 17, 1869, Advices received from Paraguayan sources repre- fent that President Lopez has established new lines of defence at San Estanisiaus, where he has a con- Biderable force of men and plenty of artillery. The allies are unabie to continue the pursuit for want of Dorses and mules, but will resume it as soon as their army ts reorganized. THE PACIFIC COAST. Regatta of the San Francisco Yacht Club— The California and Oregon Railroad. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16, 1869, The San Francisco Yacht Club recently erected a fine club house, and to-day held their first regatta. The weather was favorable and there was a large attendance. The yacht Emerald won the prize flag. ‘The Archbishop of Oregon and the Bishops of Los Angeles ana Victoria left here for Rome a few days ago. The California Emigrant Union has completed its Organization. C. T. Hopkins has been elected presi- Gent. The construction of the California and Oregon Railroad has been commenced near Marysville. Material for 100 miles of road are on hand, and the work will be vigorously pushed. Governor Musgrove has returned to Victoria from Cariboo county, He reports that the mining news in Cariboo and Kootenat 1s favorable, INDIANA, Fatal Shooting Affray—Two Men Killed—Pro- ceedings of the Vigilance Committce in Wai wick County~Terrible State of Anarchy Pre- vailiu, LOvIsvVILLB, Oct. 17, 1869. A disgraceful shooting affair occurred at Taylors- ‘ville, Warwick county, Ind., on Sunday, resulting in the death of two, if not three persons. The diMcuity was between a man named Springstoor on the one side, arid two others, named Clarkson, on the otner, in which -Harvey Springstoor was killéd and his Drother Abe so badly wounded that he died soon afcer. Harvey Springstoor was recently pardoned out of the Penitentiary. The dimcuity originated in dispute about the settlement of some accounts, hordy after the shooting, a number of the oitizens, compose a self-constituted vigilance committee Proceed ried aud equipped, to the residence of oss Rice, who had been warned to leave the neigh- Dorhood by the 20tn inst., and fired several shots, Ahtening him 80 that he cleared out in @ hurry, Tearing the ane neighborhood. The Springstocrs long to the vigilance committee, Another the who had been warned to leave, but no attention to the warning, was found dead in hen) bese, the township. ‘wo men, hamed 1 we ‘Whiting! her and son, who refused to take ‘any part, anita for or against the committee, were also warned to leave the neighborhood. A terrible state of affairs oxists and the law-abiding people geem to be paraiyzed. LOUISIANA. Burning of the State University at Alexandria. NEW ORLEANS, Oct 17, 1869. Captain Kane, of the steamer Rob Roy, rings information of the destruction by fire, on Thursday night, of the Louisiana State Seminary, near Alex- andria. The library, apparatus and most of the fur- Diture were saved. "The. lous is About $140,0W0, on re is believed ‘Which there was no insurance. The to have been the work of an incendiary. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET, VIRGINIA. Reassembling of the Legislature—Conserva- tive Caucus=The Segatorial Question— Character of the Candidatee—Virginia Anxious for Readmission. RICHMOND, Oct, 17, 1860. Most of the members of the Legislature have returned to the city, and there will be a quorum Present to-morrow. Both houses will meet, but as nothing can be done until Tuesday they will adjourn immediately after the call ofthe roll, The conserva- tives will hold @ caucus to-morrow evening at the Exchange Hotel, when it is probable that they will aecide upon who are to be Senators; the balloting must, therefore, be begun to-morrow. Showld the caucus fail to agree there will be a free fight over all the prominent candidates, but the probabilities are that the caucus will make nominations. The con- servative members will be controlled entirely by motives of expediency in the choice of the men. They are determined to elect only such as can conscientiously take the tron-clad oath and who will be entirely acceptable to the adminis- tration and to Congress, as they believe the charac- ter of the men they may send will have weighty influ- ence in determining the action of Congress on the early admission of the State. They will give Con- gress no cause to complain on this score. There has been a great deal of electioneering to-day, notwith- standing it is Sunday, and Franklin Stearns and Judge Pendleton now stand at the top of the slate, with General Williams and Lieutenant Governor Lewis next in order. Mulford, Segar, Millam and Owens don’t appear to have the ghoat of a chance. General Mahone and his friends favor Stearns and Williams, and are working hard for them, while Mr, Stearns, with most singular disinterestedness, is using every effort to sacrifice himself and secure the election of his bosom friend, Colonel Lewis. Mr. Stearns 1s a native of Vermont, and came to Vir- ginia over forty years ago. He 1s very wealthy, and during the war suffered imprisonment in Castle Thunder with John Minor Botts tor his devotion to tue Union, Hie is now universally respected. Judge Pendleton refused to sign the ordinance of secession in 1861, and left the State, remaining absent during the war, He 1s now judge of one of the circuit courts, by the appointwment of General Canby, and can take the oath without any reservation. General Williams ig in the Adjutant General’s Department at Washington, was a devoted Union soldier, and com- manded Pleasanton’s cavalry 1n one of tts ratds into Virginia, He 18 married to the widow of Stephen A. Douglas, and people here think that he ig the choice of President Grant and Genera! Sherman, and that his election would be acceptable to them and appease Congress. He 18 a native Virginian, and related to several of the first families in the valley, Lieutenant Covernor Lewis 1s one of the martyrs to the Union. He ts 8 native of the State, and belongs toone 0: the most revered families in her history, as distinguished in the past as the Lees themselves. His election would give general satisfaction, for even the radicals favor him. He would be every way acceptable to Congress and can take the test oath with @ clear conscience. From these four names all appearances indicate the two Senators of Virginia will be seiected. Should the caucus fail to nominate, and the question be left open for dct- sion by free ballot, Stearns and Lewis woula unques- tionably be elected, as all the radicals would vote for them in preference to any other Walker repubil- cans named. But in tne event of caucus nomina- tions being made, the radicals nave decided to cast a complimentary vote for L, H. Chandler and John W. Jenkins, ‘The majority of the Legislature is mainly anxious to elect men whose influence at Washing. ton can secure government atd in the completion of the James River and Kanawha Canal to the Onto river and other enterprises of national importance, NEW YORK. Navigation on the Erie Cai Legislative Nomination - ALBANY, Oct. 17, 1869, Reliable information has been received in this city that the breaks in the Erte Canal are repaired, and that water was let into the levels this afternoon. Navigation wil! be resumed to-morrow morning. The republicans have nominated Stephen Spring- steed in the First, Christian Schurr in the Second and Frank B. Hie in the Third Assembly districts. The republicans of Schenectady nave nominated Levi A. Young for the Assembly, John L. Flagg was last evening renominated by the Democratic Convention wo represent tne city of Troy inthe Assembly. . In the case of Payne, the tobacconist, sentence Was postponed on motion of his counsel, who claims a defect in the indictment. Resumed= Two Children Killed on the Central Railroad. Urica, Oct. 17, 186% The freight train on the Central road due here at thifty-five minutes past two yesterday, drawn by engine No. 48, Charles Sieburg, engineer, ran over two boys named Casper Ziller and Edward Gattler fe west of the city, killing Ziller and injuring Gatt- ler 80 that hig recovery ts doubtft Ziller is seven years old and Gattler six. The Coroner’s jury attach no blame to any one. THE SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONVENTION. LOUISVILLE, Oct. 17, 1869, The committee of nine, appointed by thé Com- mercial Convention to wait personally upon the President of the United States, will assemble in Willard’s Hotel, Washington, on the ist of Novem- ber. Among the important subjects acted upon by the Convention were tne following:—The adoption of a report recommending that all cities or towns, situ- ated on navigable streams, the exportations of which amount to or exceed $10,000, peo of entry; the adoption of a resolution to memort ize Congress to ald the proposed itne of steamships between New Orleans and Janerio; ap! tment of @ cominittee to report, at the Cincinnati Conven- tion, Om the line of rail! from the Miasiastpp! at New Orleans, 7 from Galveston Bay and the West- ern hasta of Texas to the nearest and most access- Qoie point on the Pacine, THE BUCKEYE RACES. - CINCINNATI, Oct. 16, 1869, The trotting over the Buckeye course closed to- day. The first race was tor a premium of $500, for douple teams; $350 to firat, $100 to the second, $50 tothe third, The race was won by Matthew Smith’s 8. g Frank and br. g. Grapevine. The following isa sum! yi— Matthew Smith's s. g. Frank and br. g. * Grapevine ..... sveseeseeees 1211 R. D. Harahman’s g.m. Dayton Belle and ch. g. Glencoe. oeees ee 2122 R. S. Strader & Co,’s Gray Dick and Gray Ed.. «+ dis, Tune, bs 12:41 4 —2:40, ‘The second race was for & premium of $500, for ali, ay as they please; $360 to tne first, $100 to the second and $60to the third. The following 1s the resuit:— T. P, Roach’s 8, g. Morrissey... 811241 W. I. Wilson's b. g. Strideaway. 432112 T. T, Oliver's b. m. Mollte. -1283438 3 A. Lewis's b. m. Clara (formerly Crazy Jage). . 4 4 3 Sdis. R, Johnson’s g. g. Volunteer. . 4 dis, Time, 2:20 34—~—2:30—2:28 \ —9:28 44—2:31%{—2:82, EUROPEAN MARKETS. FRANKFORT BOURSE.—FRANKFORT, Oct, 17.—United States bonds firm; five-twenties 8334 a 88% for the oid issue. HAVANA MARKETS. HAVANA, Oct. 17, 1869, The following are the closing prices of merchan- dise for the week ending October 16:— Su firm; Nos. 10 to 12, 8% @ 934 reals; Nos. 16 t0'20, 108 11g reals per arrbbe. Exported during the past week, 13,000 boxes and 200 hhds. to forel ports and 4,000 boxes to the United States. Stock in warehouses in Havana and Matanzas, 165,000 box: and 3,000 hhds. Molasses sugar firm at 7% a 8 real MuScovadoesa—Inferior to common refining firm 7% reais; fair to good refining active at § a 84 reals; Frage y Grades active at 3% 894, reals, Molasses— IT 5 reals; muscovado or cormbn easier at 8. Lard firm at 21}sc. @ 23c, Flour firm at $10 He 26. ‘Bacon re js in barrels and 6'reals in tins, Home quiet; com! salted, 23c.; sugar cured, 25c. amber steady; yellow pine, $26 per thousand; white pine, $23 per thousand. Shooks—Box firm at 8% reals; hogshead at 16 reals. Empty hogs! The market is supplied; quoted at $2 50. Hoops— 14 feet | shaved quiet at $55 per thousand; 12 feet long shaved, $45 per thousand. Excl On London, 17% per cent premium; on Paris, 4% per cent premium; on United States, 60 days sight, In gold, 6 @ 6% per cent premium; short sight, 7% per cept premium; 60 days sight, in currency, 20 per ceht discount; short sight, 17}¢ a cent discount. an of ch box of sugar to Northern ports, $2; per of sugar, $8; per hhd. of molasses, 1b, in the harbor, suips aud barks, 34 it’ schoouers. Spanish gold, 4 per cent prem! en To-day the Eckfords and Powhatans will play at the Union grounds, To-morrow the return game between the Atiantios ond Mutuals will come of at tne oe grounds. Wednesday ¢ jong of Morrisania, Empires will play their return game at the Eyes Fields, Hoboken. buoyant at Zlc, Petroleum dull at‘ MASSACHUSETTS. Burning of the Petroloum Works at East Boston. Boston, Oct. 17, 186%. A fire early this morning destroyed the Marverick Petroleum Refining Works, in East Boston, includ- img 2,000 barrels of crude petroleum, several han- dred tons of coal and a quantity of naphtha, together with the extensive and valuable machinery. It is supposed that the fire originated from the burating of @ naphtha pipe in the still room, The loss is eati- mated af $50,000; insurance small. The works were owned by Wilkinson, Carter & o. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. “Leah,” after a successful run of five weeks at Booth’s theatre, will be withdrawn this evening in favor of “Mary Warner,” a new play written expressly for Miss Bateman, and one in which our London correspondents have chronicled her his- trionic triumphs in that city. Concerning the play itself reports highly favorable have also reached us. Depending upon no stage effects, but simply upon @ Teproduction of those strange incidents which some- times happen in the very humblest walks of life, and depicting with rare fidelity the struggles and temptations of the poor “Mary Warner,” though but a transcript of every-day life, is sald to be a truthful picture of what that life really becomes when gloritied by the influence of unselfish devo- tion, r “As You Like It,” Shakspeare’s dainty comedy, 18 to be the attraction at the Fifth Avenue theatre this evening, with the full strength of manager Daly's excellent company in the cast, The piece will be handsomely placed upon the stage, every care and attention being bestowed both upon costumes and scenery. On Friday evening next we are promised at this house the delightful productions of “King Rene’s Daughter” and “The Love Chase,” with Mra, Scott-Siddons and Miss Agnes Ethel 10 the leading roles, Novelty and variety are the order of the week at Wallack’s, where “The School for Scandal” will be given, with its admirable cast, this evening, for the twelfth time this season. To-morrow even- ing “Progress’? will again be presented to the Aabitués of this hopse; on Wednesday, “The Unequal Match;” Thursday, “Caste; Friday, “The School for Scandal” again, and on Saturday we are vo be introduced to “The Heir at Law,” for the first time in four years. All of these pieces, it is almost needless to say, will be brought out in Mr, Wallack’s usual style, with every care and attention to details, casts, scenery, &c. At the Grand Opera House Mr. Edmund Falconer's new Irish military drama, entitled “Charles O’Mal- ley,’’ will be presented to the public for the first time this evening, with the author himself in one of the leading roles, supported by a strong company, The piece, as its name impites, is a dramatization of Lever’s poputar and dashing romance of “The Irisn Dragoon, ” and for the purpose of adding fuil justice to the author, and also for making tt as effective as possible, a regiment of red-coated soldiers, mounted on real horses, will take part in the performance. “Flick Flock,’ the new sensational pantomimic, spectacular burlesque which for so long a time has been in course of preparation at Wood's Museum, will be presented for the first time this evening at this establishment, with the full strength of Manager Wood's regular company and a well trained corps de ballet. Mile. Rita Sangalli, the premttre danseuse, ‘Will make her début in the ptece as a prima donna, and other murvellous effects and transformations equally as startling as this are also promised. In the afternoons “The Pear! of Savoy’? will be given, with the Rand Sisters in the principal parts. At Niblo’s the moral (?) “Formosa” retires in favor of Miss Lucille Western, who ae this evenin; in ner famous dual character of Lady Isabel an Madame Vine, in the sensational play of ‘East Lynne,” which, according to Niblontan managerial announcement, will be Miss Western’s “first appear- ance’? in this play ‘in several years.”’ Of course this 1s only done for a joke; for everybody knows that the lady in question has repeatedly appeared in the same piece during the past seven weeks at the Grand Opera House. Miss Western’s engagement at Niblo’s is for two weeks, at the end of which she will be followed by ‘*Fire-Fly’’ Lotta, Mr. Chanfrau’s engagement at the Theftre Fran- | ose terminates on Saturday next, after which the heatre will be given up to the production of the new sensational London drama recently imported by Manager Tayleure, “Sam’s” popularity has not been proof a the prevailing theatrical depres. sion; but it has nevertheless sufliced to bring out all parties concerned on the profit side of the ac- count. On Friday next Mr. Chanfrau takes a bene- fit, with “Sam”’ as the attraction upon that occasion and of the entire week. Attne Olympic “The Streets of New York” ts still drawing crowded houses and ts improving with each successive representation. A new sensational drama is in course of preparation at this house and will shortly be produced, with many old Olympic favor: ites i the cast, and new scenery, which, rumor nas it, is to cost a fabuious sum of money. The present week will be one of brilliant novelty at the Old Bowery. A new version of “Mont Cristo” and the screaming pantomime of “The Red Gnome” are on the bills for this evening, with Robert Butler, W. H. Whalley ana De Rosa, the dansepse, to do them justice. At the great Tammany Wigwam the pantomime of “Robinson Crusoe” will be revived this evening uA all the in anew shape, with the Lauri family, funny parts. A rich variety of other at also offered to the patrons of this mammo: amusement, inclu ing **The Man Fish,’ Men of the Air,’ and beautiful blondes with heads’ of yellow hair. The Waverley theatre reopens to-night as a “first ‘Jass”” ta Brat under the managemens of ir, Onaries ite. —Congtel of stars “too us to mention” are the bills, and the Charley himself ta appear, after a four ce from the boards, in @ round of his tan spectaltie At the re Oomique ‘moro new stars’? aro announced, and should the patrouage of the house preme ops much longer to increase it will soon be favored with “more” auditors than can be accom- modated with even “standing room.’ The pro- me for the present week is repiete with novelty, Variety and attraction. The San Fran cisco Minstrels announce a pro- gramme “all new" for 8 week; but the crowds which nightly fill their b: would be pretty apt to foeren if No pro inimitable quartet, me Were announced—if the rch, Wainbold, Bernard aud Backus, were only there. Bryant's Minstrels are likewise greeted with large and delighted audiences nightly, and, despite the many other attractive entertainments, the comical Dan and his sable associates not only hold their own, but actually lead in the race for public favor. A new buriesgue on ‘Formosa’ will be the prin- cipal feature of the many attractions at Tony Pas- tor’s Opera House this week, besides which Tony himself will sing two new songs nightly, and Gen- eral Grant, Jr., the dwarf, will be on exhibition. Manager Strakosch announces two more grand Patti concerts at Steinway Hall. The first wili be ven on next Thursday evening and tho second on riday. On Saturday a Pattt matinée will be given with the same artists assisting as at the evening concerts. This will probably be Miss Carlotta Patti's last appearance in this city for some time to come. Hermann, the prestidigitateur, announces his last woek of magic at the Academy of Music. He offers au énure cl of programine and will endeavor to astonish all those who favor him with their pre- patent with bis marvellous dexterity anda magical cunning. On Tharsday next the annual festival of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum will be held at the Academy of Music, the proceeds of which will be devoted the relief of the orphans in that institution. Two performances will given—one in the afternoon and the other in the evening, Lent’s circus, in addition its usual attractions of horses, acrobats &c., will be rendered doubly attractive this evening by the reappearance of Joe Pentland, the ha elie clown, after an absence of two years. Mr. Pentland ts the only clown now left of the old fashion school, and always been a favorite in this city. Sefiorita Maria Cortes, the young Spanish prima donna, will give her first series of concerts at Stein- way Hall, commencing on Wednesday evening. Sho Eo supported by @ large number of popular artis At = Park theatre, eon ie E. L. Daven- ort Ul evening commences @ short engagement. Ripert in his favorite role of Hamict, ‘supported by the full strength of the regular company attached to this house, Hiccory Diccory-Humpty Dumpt antomiinic troupe from tis city wi rooklyn Academy of Music this to-morrow evening with tho high-kicking Kiralfy ballet troupe, ail of whom have never before cut up their capers in klyn. Hooley’ Minstrels, of Brooklyn, apparently never weary of offering their constituents uew fun, new joes or sensational novelties. To-night they re- Jol ice io the Ethiopian sketch of “Under the Lamp ight. ager H.Grau migrates to the Brooklyn Academy this week with his grand German opera from the Stadt theatre, ‘Martha’ will be given on Thursday evening, and ‘‘The Magic Flute” on Pee. ‘ou Mace appears this evening at Brady's Curri- culum, Jersey City, in his Grectan Statues. French's circus exhibits in Newark to-day and to- morrow. Mr. Charles A. Cole, a Shakspearian scholar, will give a series of readings at Steinway Hall during the present month, from the ancient songs of a and Ireland, accompayied by mustcal tilastrations on the organ. The first reading takes place to-mor- Tow even: wi 5 en She will be aasisted by Mile. Mathilde of tae Comique, Parts, and a Humber of er wast: calobrities, hot altogether unknown to fame WASHINGTON. Belknap’s Appointment as Sec- retary of War. The Senatorial Ring To Be Overhauled. A NEW DEAL DEMANDED. Judge Pierrepont and the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 1869, Belknap’s Appointment as Secretary of War. General Belknap is a happy man in getting hold of the War Omice; for, to judge by what one hears about the capital, he is entirely acceptable to all parties, or rather to the two great parties of the country. The radicals claim he will do just what they want to secure Texas and Mississippi to the dominant party, while the democrats, on the other hand, declare that Be:knap 1s a sound. conservative, pretty much after the pattern of William Tecumseh Sherman, and that Butler and Boutwell, instead of securing Aa warm ally, will find that they have cap- tured a Tartar. We must watt until the gentleman gets warmly settied in Rawlins’ shoes before we can safely determine which are right—the democrats or the republicans. This much is certain, however—Beiknap’s antecedents are not of the radt+ cal fashion, He used to be a good democrat, got an appointment from Andy Johnson as such, and when Grant got into Presidential power ts satd to havo trembled tm his boots lest he should lose his place on account of his conservative antecedents. His con- tinuance In office was secured by the late Secretary, the lamented Rawiins, but now he came to be thonght of for successor to the latter is not yet as- certained. There is a story that Rawlins himself before his death expressed a desire of the kind; but I don't find any reliable foundation for tt. Others professto know that James F, Wilson, of Towa, fixed the thing. It 13 stated that the President tendered the office to Wil- son himself, but that Mr. Wilson, instead of accepting, recommended his friend Belknap, Another theory ts that General Sherman was at the bottom of the whole thing and carried his point in spice of the intriguing of old Simon Cameron and his son Don, backed up by all the Pennsylvania Ratlroad interest. Cameron was here a few days before the election tn his State, and immediately the rumor Was set afloat that his son Don had no aspirations tobe Secretary of War. The explandtion of the rumor ig said to be this:—Cameron, on the occasion of that last visit, made a final effort to secure the War OMice for his clever son, and failed completety, the President having informed him that another gentle- man had been decided upon. Thereupon the thoughtful old statesman gave out the report that his son’s interests would not permit him to accept any Cabinet position, and that he was no candidate for the War Ofice. That was an easy way to cover up the defeat. It let Don down very gently indeed, and left the public to ponder and wonder over the magnitude of railroad interests that could stand inthe way of accepting a Cabinet position, Of course I only give this as one of the on dita, which, were Simon or Don here to ask about, per- haps might be denied or satisfactorily explained, But returning to the subject of Beiknap ana the Texas and Mississippi elections. Certain newspa- pers which contain statements that the new Secre- tary has been chosen because of his willing- ness to help the sinking fortunes of the radicals forget that the Secretary of War has very little to do with the matter, The truth is Congress, to squeich Andy Johnson, made, by special enactment, the General of the Armies almost absolute master of the reconstruction machine, Sherman is General still, not Belknap, and therefore the latter, without concurrence of the foriner, Is entirely powerless, so far as the Texas and Mississippi elections are concerned. Sherman must be in accord with the radical programme, or the radical programme cannot be enforced through him, if he knows himself, and be rather thinks he does; but Tecumseh thus far has not made the slightest attempt to “put his foot down.” If he is 40 conser- vative as his friends give out he bas taken not the least bit of pains to show tt. Before leaving the subject of Belknap I shonid state that as long ago as Friday week his intended appointment was announced to the Cabinet by the President, and yet no one heard of {t until last Wod- nesday, except a few friends of General Sherman, which shows how well Cabinet talx ts guarded. Matterings Againet the Senatorial Ring. For some time past there have been mutterings over the changes brought about during the last ses- sion of Congress in the personnel of the officers of tne Senate. It will be remembered that during the last session Fenton, Morton and Ferry formed a com- bination by which Brown as Sergeant-at-Arms, Defrees as Congressional printer, -and Olarke as executive clerk wero removed, and French, Clapp and morris substituted. Tbe combination thus formed was called Fenton's ring. Fenton tntro- duced the annular method of New York into the august body of the Senate, or so at least it was then and is still charged. He and Morton and Ferry, aided and abetted by some of the new Southern Senators, effected the change that brought Brown, Defrees and Clarke to grief. Morton wanted Detrees kicked out; Fenton wanted Clapp, of New York, in the fat post of printer, the Southern carpet- baggera wanted a representative of thetr interest ag Sergeant-at-Arms in the person of French, and all of them succeeded. Now, however, the happy family ia no longer peaceful. They are grumbling at the way the patronage of Clapp and French has been distributed. Clapp has made himself offensive tothe great typographical interest, and French ts immensely unpopular with his original Southern supporters tn the Senate. And the muttoring and dissatisfaction have taken form and shape. It is said a powerful effort will be made to secure a new’ deal when the Senate reassembles, and that it will include even the Secretary of the Senate, gallant Gorham himself, against whom Cole, of California, 1s working industriously, This will be a sad blow to the poor fellows who have scarcely yet had time to become warm in their seats. Simon Cameron ts reported to have africnd for whom be desires tho printer's post, Washingtonians Becoming Dissatisfied with Congressionn! Government, A memoria: has been prepared for signatures, addressed to the honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, setting forth the grievances of the citizens of Washington and District of Columbia, with a desire to be placed ina proper light before their honorable bodies and the peoploof the United States, They sey in conclu- sion:— We have appealed to Congress for charters for various La pw gap | purposes; also for the improvement of our harbor and other important purposes. Again we begged for the power of erecting a handsome structure on the site now occu- pio@ by those discreditable sheds on Pennaylvania avenug known as the market house, having our- selves subscribed ample funds for that purpose. We iso ssked of Congress the Privilege of paving Pennsylvania avenue at the expense of the property holderg, although the government ts holding juris- aictiont over all the avenues, and under solemn compact to pave and keep in order the same. As Yet we have failed to obtain any law enabling us to actin any of the above-mentioned cases. We hope that justice may yes be accorded to us by your honorable body, aud that such laws” may be nted ous as will §=place us on equal footing with other cities in other States, and that this mixed and uncertain power be abolished, Should it he deemed inoxpe- lent, and we should still fail to obtain redress at {our hands, we tfally ask your honorabie odties to place the District of Columbia under the laws and government of the State of Maryland, the fassachusetts, or any other that may be deemed proper. It is but reasonable to suppose thata t nation Nike cere weed con de in Cd po Sod {ote uon of wl 1 grand and st atkding erected at such @ cost of time and money. The Cap. itol extension atone, when completed, 1 4 ha occupied twenty years of constant labor. The cai stant agitation of the removal of the seat of govorn- ment, aud the Want of confidence Which sauce agita- tion must give, in the fac’ of @ solemn act of Con- gress locati ie seat of rnment here perma- Nenuly, would carry with [t that temporary uncer- tainty of location, destroving the hope of ever hav- ing @ grand and eplendia capital. It retards im- provements and embarrasses the comtorta of the officials resident here, by limiting the con- struction of residences, and greatly increases the expenses of living. which would be removed were there @ better understanding between the ple and the government, Indeed, it Is a question of serious consideration whether the presence of the fevcrnment is of great advantage to tts immediate locality. We are ever ready and willing to bear our bortion of public improvements and expenditures. Judge Pierrepont and the Supreme Court. There is arumor here that Judge Pierrepont, of Now York is to be appointed one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, It is stated that Judge Hoar prefers to remain in the Cabinet instead of going on the Supreme bench, Hoar thinks that at the ead of Grant's administration ho can do better than ad- Cepting the position of a Judge of the Supreme Court. Eloquent Speech of a Chippewa Chief. The following speech was mae by Black Bird, Ohtef of the Chippewa Indians, at a tate council held by Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Knight, agent, in whictt the chief was contending that the United States, ‘under treaty stipulations, owed them about one hua- dred thousand dollars, Tne bearing of Black Bird and bis manner of delivery are described by those who heard him as eloquent in the highest degree, ‘The records of the government show that the chief was right, there being near fifty thousand dollars due them:— My Faragr—I t you. T algo, through you, reet our Great Father. 1 also greet our Great ‘ather in the skies, who has given us health, by which we live and express our thoughts, My name 18 Known in all these parts. My name ts Black Bird, in whose mouth there 8 no lle, A lie never has had a place in my mouth since | was born. What these Speakers have said 4s true, as everybody in these ry will testify to. The man who acted for us when the first treaty was made was named = Ma-ge-gaw-baw, and the man that acted for ue when the mineral lands were ceded was named O-bish-kaw-gaw-gee (ihe White Crane). (fhe speaker was here — referring to what previous speakers had stated, that only the minerals and tmber were ceded at the St, Peter's treaty and treaty of ‘37—the lands, birch, oak and maple timber were reserved by Cuem); also the rice flelds.) Who was it that pub in thé treaty a cession of our lands? it must have been the Commussioner, We utter nothing against our Great Father nor lus agent. But tt is our Great Father's place to put these things right. His arms are long and strong; le has much power; he 1s great and his arms being long and strong can reach afar off; even Lo the end of the earth can he reach to settle the affairs of Ins poople. If his shoe 13 soiled he will throw it out and renew his shoe—that 1s what he would do, and we are poor and weak, His agents and lawyers (legisiators) are strong and great. If a man was dead and laid in his coin before them they have almost power and skill sul- ficient to bring him to life again, If his lawyers (legislators) have a glove not scented to their taste? they Wilt pull tt off and throw it away. We are poor and have claims unsettled against our Great Father, and we have been robbed out of our lands. It is my desire that our Great Father and his lawyers: shall make these Ubings right with my people, “We think the lands suil belong to us. We have never sid the lands. When our Great Father shall lave made these things righ} with our peopie we wiil be satisfled—then and hot untlt then, How can the white man expect to enter the skies thay are now listening to us if these things are nob made right ? it13 our desire that our Great Fathe his law- yers shail make these things right, Then the Great Spirit wil smite upon them. Tius ts all I dave to say. Lhave great faith tn you, and that you will assist us in getting our Great Father to let us gogto Washington and settle our matters. This is the Treason why our Great Father has selected you tu be our futher, THE CUBAN REVOLUTION, : The Recent Massacre Near Bayamo—Letter from the Victims to the Foreign Consuls. WASHING TON, Oct. 17, 1869, The following paper is a translation of a document forwarded to the Department of State by one of the United States consular oiflicers in Cuba, The per- sons whose names are appended to the petition were among those who were afterwards shot at Jig- uant:— PRISON OF SANTIAGO DE CunA, July 29—8:30 P.M. To THE CONSULS OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, PRUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES:— GENTLEMEN—A person th citizen’s dress, who, as he said, was an adjutant, this day verbally directed us to page to go as prisoners to Manzanillo, in accordance with superior orders. This announce- ment surprised us, because, according to the circular of General Caballero de Rodas, no one can be arrested oD mere suspicion, and in case of there being auMl- cient cause the arrest shall be made arter due verbal process, after due verbal process, by placing the resumptive offenders at the disposal of tue Captain jeneral; that ia, in cases of political offences. Sev- eral of us were put upon trial some days since, on the supposition that we were gulity of the crime of high treason, and these proceedings having veen instituted the government attorney was of the opinion that they ought to be quashed, with which the associate judge Matec) in Spanish courts, is the responsible one) agi } Rereupon the Governor General of this department, pitnongs complying with the letter of this decision, demanded bail of the accused, thereby snowing an inconsistency which can be justified neither by the Keenest reasoning nor by any sophistry or subtlety of interpretation. Others were yesterday morning placed in solitary confinement, without any reason for their out being assigned, or grounds stated for the order of their departure, and even without due form of law, winch requires such a thingto be done by the attorney of the government and not by @ person in citizen's dress. The person delivering the message presentea it as a polite and delicate mark of atten- tion on the part of the Governor. ‘Ihe others— Asencio de Asencio, Bueno Collazo and Andres Vil- lasana—are awaiting aroply to letters of inguiry which are said to have been sentto the military authorities of Bayamio. The cases of these persons were originally under the jurisdiction of the Gover- nor General of this department. It ts, therefore, contrary to law to force them to undertake @ jour- ney which removes them from the judge to whom the trial of thelr cases belon, It 1s, moreover, of Caballera de Rodas, we, the prisoners, disposal, @due account of the proceedings bein; sent to him or we gomg in person to Havana. Suc legal informalities, the neglect of so many requisites, auch haste for our departure, such mystery regard- ing its cause, the many rumors which momentarily reach our ears, overwhelming us with grief and causing bitter tears to be shed by tender and virtu- ous families, who have no protection in the world but that of their fathers, brothers and Kinsmen, who he 4 are thrust into prison, to-morrow to be ex- to a hazardous journey, to the perils of a civil war and of an epidemic which causing fearful ravages throughout the country--all these things have caused a dreadful apprehension to arise in our minds as to what will be our fate and that of our familiea—those poor, defenceless families now overwhelmed with such profound sorrow. ‘This apprehension has increased since wo have been {nformed that our destination 14 uot to be Man- wanillo, but that we shall thence go on through an - untohabited region to Bayaimo, 4 distance of four- teen leagues, over @ road Which, a8 you are aware, 18 IN & Most wretched condition; and this apprehen- sion 1s converted into ahorrible fear when we call to mind that imprisonment, with the circumstances of which you are acquainted; that deed which, had its full intent been carried out, would have deprived several innocent men of thelr lives, men whose removal was wrapped in mystery like our own; and this fear 18 converted Into a terrible reality when we refiect that in a lonely region, in the midst of a civil war, we, accused of political offences which have never been proved, may meet our death from an attack, an eocounter, a simple skirmish, a mere sus- picion arising against those having us in charge; for then there would be nothing contrary to the laws of war now prevailing on this island, We do not tear the sentence of the authorities; we do not fear to stand belore any tribunal; we do not fear the rancorous hatred of our enemies, nor the slanders so freely circulated against us for the crime of daring to be liverais, of bein; Spaniards who hailed with delight the standari raised at Alcolea; of enthusiastically rejoicing at the September victories. We do not tear the accusations #0 carefully prepared for our destruction; we do not feur persecution; but this word bas no piace im the Spain of to-day, for that Spain has guaranteed indl- vidual rights, has abolished inquisitorial power, has put a stop to the wreaking of private vengeance and party animosities; has closed the door to despotism, has forever crushed secret proceedings and intrigues and has deciarod that the shedding of blood must cease, That on has told us through the lips of Caballero de Kodas two words which give comfort to our souls and encourage us to hold fast to our sacred principles, viz., justice and morality. She has toid us, besides, that the complaints of the poor- est laborers shall be heard ag well as those of the most powerful nobleman. No, a thousand times no! Would to God that we were in Havana; would to God that we were in Madrid, We would then ask an audience of the illustrious and worthy regent of the kingdom, and we would say to him, “Sir, we are dragged from our homes, we are led to prisof, wo are mysteriously exposed to the pertis of a joarney, in contravention of all law, without any reg our previous record, without any regard to the effect produced by these measures in the pubile opinion, without any regard to the groaus, the tears, the sorrows of distinguished families and of the Veil at large; deign to grant us justice.” And the illustrious victor of Alcolca would grant 11; he wouid not expose ua to the perils of a journey; hor would he be deaf to our prayers. fle is a gener- ous ond #on of the people, aud the representa tive of a democratic nation, and would severely pun teh the upholders of such despotism, which Is 4 batt ker worm to Spanish influence im tis isiand. What We do fear is, Lo apenk frankly aud plainly, Whar we shall perian on the road, oiher by che bullets of the soldiers of one or the other party, by the provatling epidemic or by the deep, horrible aud tndeserib. bio horrors and apprehensions which have assailed 4 since the hustory of certain deods has buon made a violation of the order according to which is now known to us. We therefore appeal to you, worthy rovreseaiauives 7 of powerfaf nations, Visit te Governor of thit department, tett him of our fears, tse your influence with him, demand of hi sue rity of owr lives; or im ease any catamity ts report to Four ve ernments what has been done. Rte | render a service to the cause of civil in, bd Yor own nations, and to Spain herself, wid cannot su! Such acts to be committed. Receive, Messrs. Consuls, tte assuragcos of our couslderatiol higheat D. ’ PEREZ Y PERNAWDEZ, RAPABL ESPIN. ANDKES VILLASANA. JOAQUIN ROS. SALVADOR BENITEZ. JOSE ANTONIO COLLAZO. BRUNO COLLAZO. ASENICO DE ASENICO. Wo, the undersigned consuls, certify that vite 18 & copy of the orginal aocument deposited im whe archives of the British Consulate at Santiago ae Cuba, A. EB. PHILIPS, Acting United States Consul. TED W. RAMSDEN, a British Vice Cousal. ADO. K ORS. Conaui of the North German Union, ad tnvertmy B. ARNAUD, Acting Consul of Frande, 7m THE HERALD IN MISSISSIPET. (From. the Summit (Misa.) Times, October 13.) A Q00D SIGN. Tt has been the fashion with many nevapapert and public men go quote the New York He@ALD as @ mercenary trimmer of satls—as shifting from one position to another in order to be on the wining side, The fact 1s, the HeRkALD is, in our opinion, among the most consistent leading journals (mn the country, as itis undoubtedly the most induential. Tt ts true that it changes often, but never withoat cause, Unlike small newspapers or small men, ite influence or standing docs not rest upon the nega- tive virtue of consisteucy, Whonit sees a party drifting into corrupuon or a policy proved a failure it has the independenco and manhood to sound tae tocain of alarm and to launch ous its tiunderboits of denunciation, utterly regardiess of the ory of consistency which would appal mero time-serving partisans. And instead of following servilely in the wake of public opinion, watch oftentimes, wofortue nately, amounts simply to an accumulation of indt- vidual corruption and @ concentration of individual narrow-mindedness, passion and prejudice, 16 boldly strikes out in opposition to it and lashes the mon- ster in the face. Its province is to create public opinion and lead tt in those channels which have been made wholesome by practical toleration and liberal conservatism, And It comes nearer suce eed- ing in this high mission than any other newspaper in the country, It 1s oftener on the right track and always more nearly on that track than many who ‘are in the habit of throwing mud at tl. This bemg our opinton of the HexaLo we attach special impor tance to its views of Mississippi affairs as expressed ia the subjoined paragraph. (Here follows an extract (roma HBRALD editorial upon reconstruction in that State, A.—What is the Difference Between Phaton’s vi » OR SALVATION FOR THE HAIR, and the polsonous h latter make people lightshended, while the VITALLA is the only wholesome. article for reator= ing light heads to thelr original condition. A.—Endies Renew Your Yow —You Can k do #0 now without inconvenience or danger. Uf time gr sick hoss haw streaked your golden, brown or raven ringlots with Ai SViTRUIAT OR SALVATION FOR THE HATR, will ¢ their original hue, with pe pxactitude. It diftdrs, essentially, Crom all the pestiCerous lair changing strums of the age, being tranaparent as ice, Iimpid aaa ntain rill, free fr pastod wrappera,without any uhp yeed not to stain the skin of the hea to the gromt (nerense of busi. wequent on the popatarity of their Cartoon and general tasuo, the proprietors of THE EVENING TELEGRAM would impross eceasity of presenting their adver- inements for the jaya in advance, to secure insertion. In the neral issue it.is also neces sary to prosent advertisoments on the afternoon preceding the tasue of the edition for which thoy are intended, THE EVENING TELEGRAM will be sent by mail wy subsoriors tor six dollars per yaar, Addrosa 97 Nas wau street, A Spanish Story. TRANSLATED EXPRESSLY FOR THE NEw Y! K LEDGER, WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. In this wedk's LEDGER, renily to-day (MONDAY) at 1 o'clock, we begin the publication of a Spanish story, (rans lated expressly for THE LEDGER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, our great American poet, entitled JARILLA, A TALE OF ESTREMADURA, ‘The scone of the story Is laid in the romantic region of Estremadura, where the spirit of the old knight-erranta and of the mountain chieftains still survives among the wild race who people ® portion of that country. Mr. BRYANT has bestowed his bost efforts upon this work, and we shall be much mistaken {f it docs not create a profound tnterest among the readers of THE LEDGER. Tho principle on which THE LEDGER ts conducted ts to publish the Grst and the boat stories of the gre: the world, In the present nu mence the publication of a beautiful Spanish tale which has eon translated expressly for the LEDGER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, our great American poet, This 1s the firat and only story that Mr, BRYANT has over translated. A short time ago we publiahod the firet and only story that Dr. TYNG ever wrote. Previous to that we published the fret and only story that HENRY WARD BEECHER over wrote; and at @ still earlier veriod we published the Arat and only story that CHARLES DICKENS ee wrote In addition to thea, it will be for an American pubiteatio remembered that we pi twolve fret stowes whiots wore written expresaly for the LEDGER by twelve dia Ungulsbed clergymen, Cristadoro’s —Unurivalled and applied at bis wig and senlp factor Haw Dyo,—sold No. 6 Astor Honse Established in 1800—The Metroppiitan Job Printing Zstablishcaent 97 Nassau street. Fine Watches and Jewelry. PRENCH OL and MUSIC BOXES rapairod by feat class workmen, GEO. C. 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