The New York Herald Newspaper, October 23, 1869, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET, | PE. The Gold Panic in New York and American Finanee as Reported in England, General Prim’s Speeches in the Spanish Cortes. Position Towards Spain Defined by Prim. Napoleon's The German mail steamship Rhein, Captain Meyer, from Southampton on tne 12th of October, arrived at this port yesterday morning, bringing our special correspondence, in detail of our cable telegrams from Europe, dated to her day of sailing. AN announcement made in Londoa by Messrs. Horne, as agents of the directors of the Services Maritimes des Messagerles Impériales, seems to dis- countenance the doubts recently expressed as to the Suez Canal being immediately ready for general traffic. They notify that the steamsbip Godavery will be despatched from Marseilles on the 10th of November to Port Said, where she is expected to arrive on the eve of the inauguration of the canal. After the opening ceremony she will pass through the canal and continue her voyage direct to Calcutta. The Godayery’s extreme length is 93 mitres. Her tonnage (English) is 1,380 gross and 965 regis- tered, and her draught with full cargo is 5 métres 41 centimitres, The number of messages through the French Atiantic Cable during the week ending the 9th of October was 982, the cable charge upon them being £2,600, showing an increase of £890 over those’ of the preceding week, partly to be accounted for (says the London Times) by the delay caused to the mes- Sages of the Atlantic company through damage wo the land lines with which they are in communica- tion. ‘The subject on which an interview was granted by Lord Clurendon to a deputation from the Mexi- can Bonaholders’ Committee was the resumption of diplomatic relations between England and Mexico, About 300 female voters are now on the register of municipal voters at Lincola, England. At Stamfora the number of femaie municipal voters for the en- suing year will be 150. At East Retford, out of 514 Municipal voters for 1869-70, sixty will be women, At Norwich the municipal register for 1869-70 will comprise upwards of 10,000 names, and about 1,300 of the voters will be women. The Paris Constitutionnel of the 1th of October remarks: Kvidently” liberty of the press is driving the frreconcilible journais out of their wits. We leara that at the jast meeung of sharoholders of the Kap- pel a decision was cone to that the government should be placed in the necessity of applying the jaw, and of abandoning a tolerauon which is rum. ous to revolutionary interests. A Paris letter of the 10th of October in the London Star reports the following interesting fashionable lntelligence:— » monde had assembled in the morning nof La Trinite tor the marriage of tue ‘acciolo and Mdile, de Sampago. y ol the purely Italian type, and 48 said to have inherited the wit of her grandfather, Ambassador from the Court of the two Sicilies to limate of Which country he thus de- He remarked that “the sun of London nas less heat than the moon of Naples, The only ripe fruit l ever tasted in Engiana were paked apples.” Three princes of the Poniatowskis, the Neapolitan dukes and duchesses of Sciarra and Bolano, and the Marquis de Caux were among the company assem. Died at his granddaughter’s wedding. The Mar- quise de Caux was prevented, by the indisposition which diminished m the evening the charm of her voice, from appearing. In London, October 10, the remains of Edward Martin—sapposed to be the Fentan leader Colonel Kelly, who escaped from the police van at Manchester 1n 1367, When Sergeant Brett was shot—were interred im Leytonstone Cemetery, Between three and four thousand persons assembled in Lincoin’s Inn flelds and followea the funeral cori¢ge, consisting of a hearse and two carriages. Most of the persons joining the procession wore crape, green rosettes, and white ribbons around their arms. The crowd marched through Cheapside to Whitechapel, where it was considerably reinforced, avout 8,000 persons following the deceased. Accounts from ‘Tripoli to the 30th of September have been received in England announcing that the Turkish government succeeded tn capturing the as- sasain3 of the late Mile. Tinné, and recovering the young negress Jasmina and some of the stolen pro- perty. Tne Touareg Chief [kenoukten disclaims auy connection with the escort wh.ch betrayed the unfortunate lady, and has assisted im bringing the muraerers to justice, He has placed the young negreas and the red eifects under the pro tection of the chief who was to have escorted Mile. Tinos, and they will be shortly sent on from Ghat to Mourzouk and Tripoli, where the caravaa aac ser- vants are expected to arrive in the first veva of November, ENGLAND. Tue Gold Panic in New York, Its Causes and Consequences—American Finance Mea- sured by the “Biguess’? of the Union— British Reports from Wall Street. {From the London Tiines, Oct, 12.) When Dante placed usurers in one of the deepest holes of bis Kingdom of Darkness he had, peruaps, @ dim foreshadowing of the battle royal that was fougut about a fortuight ago between the “bulls” and ‘bears’? of the New York Stock Exchange. To the simple mind of the medieval Italian poet no otver gain seemed Jawiul than that which sprang from productive labor. Money was for him merely ‘Ube representative of labor—useful in the trausmis- sion aad interchange of produce, but adding no- thing to its intrinsic value, and therefore entitied to no sbare in its profits besides a Oxed legal inter- est. That such notions should be entertained In @ country and age in which Lombard and Tuscan bankers shared with the Jews the monopoly of thee world’s exchange 18 sufliciently striking; but it 1s by no means uniikely that the great Gulbeiline bad gained a suficientiy deep insight into the mysteries o/ the Money market as it then existed to foresee the dangers to Which reckless and anprincipled specula- tiou might open the Way, and to deem it his duty to moralize about it alter his own stern, suotle, and, in some degree, paradoxical manner. Our ideas with resp@et to mouey or capital have, at all events, undergone no litte moditication since the tourteenth century, We look upon capital as accu. mulated labor, and we hold that it should come in for its fair share of the gains of that jabor of which 341880 potent an auxiliary. We look upon joint stock companies as the most splendid resuits of that spirit of aggregate enterprise which constitutes the boust of our modern civilization, and we only wisa that they may prosper Without Woo great an amount of Stock Exchange gambiing. but gambling at the Svock Exchange Will always follow joint stock undertakings a8 shade waits on light. There will always be sharp men to practige on dull ones; and bubbies and panics, and sudden catastrophes, by Which unite are beneflied at the expense of mu- liona, will follow upon each otier at all mes and in every community so lohg a8 mau avoids the cou and tediousness of the highway of |ife and trusts to his chance of opening &@ snort cut to fortune, wis confi- dence being generally commensurate with his iguo- rance of the path on Which he ventures and bia reiiance on his guides proportionate to bis vague impression of their plausibie character. Keckless and upscrapulous, and too often ruin- us, as joint stock speculation is in the Old World, no one need fancy that gambling at our Stock Exchange is ever carried on ou the same scale as 10 Auierica, @ country in which everytuing good or bad ig apt to attain dimensions in keeping with the “bigness” of the Union. In New York, we are told, there are two factions at the stock Exchange, one mustering under the banner of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the ‘Commodore,’ the other obeying — th orders of James Fisk, Jt, the “Admiral.” vYhe Commodore iw 14 to be worth from £16,000,000 to £20,000,000, ‘The other, Who is periaps not so wealthy, seeks his strength ip & combination with other houses and jays out with them his plans of operations atthe Filth Avenue Hotel. Vanderbilt had occasion to leave New York, and the men in the Fisk interest, protiung by lis absence, hit upon a scleme Which, for a day at least, laid the whole feild of the money market completely at their discretion. ‘They bought up nearly the whole of the goid in New York. Owing Wo the exorbitant issue of paper cur- rency, or “greenbacks,”’ in the States, at the time of the war, gold, a4 our Leaders are aware, rose to & great premium, from which ithas only experienced # partial decline after the peace, owiag chiefly to tue necessities Of the merchants, who are compelled to pay the duty On imports in specie, Gold was at ts almost normal premium, 140, on the ad, when It rose, without any apparent cause, to 14034, {t ade Vanced to 1440n the 0d, and closed that day at 143}q. Finally, it went up to 16244 @ little before noon on the 24th, Itsavk to 144 only ten minutes jeter; then there was a sliort reaction, which agaiu hoisted it up to 160 and 165; but at twenty minutes to twelve it sank to 133, this latter quotation being merely nominal, aud thea We marker Virtually closed. All this may convey no very distinct meaning to such of our readers aa are fortunate enough to have no acquaintance with stock exchange teries. But their eyes will, perhaps, ve opened if we add that on the second day operations in gold were made to the amount of £64,000,000, though only about £409,000 worth of actual goid changed hands, and there were barely £4,000,000 worth in gold in all New York. The trans- actions in the Gold Koom on the third day (the 24th) amounted to £100,000,000. How many fortunes must again and again have been made and marred darn: the few business hours tn those three eventiul duys—what lot and cold (ts of frantic joy and tute despair must alternately have passed upon those en- aged in that terrible game—what the stormy bos sion must have been to which the whole town and country became a prey, as the the tidings of those sudden ups and downs followed so closely upon each other as to melt the telegraphic wires and break up the communication between the Exchauge ahd the banking houses in the city—the scene of strife and violence—the Pan- demodium that thronged Gold Room exhibived—is more than even the imagimation of men accustomed to the excitement of ourown Stock Exchange aud to the din aud racket of the Paris Bourse can conjure up, ‘that one broker cut his throat, another went mad, a third disappeared and has not again been heard of; that scores of houses broke; that no one would pay up, contracts were repudiated, no one would trust Lis neighbor ; that tuere was aknockdownh and a fight, tne police became helpless, and a regt- Ment was got ready Lo come to their rescue—all this {s of leas moment than tne fact that for two or three days it was impossible to ceitie!accounts, and bust Ress remained ata standstill, It 18 important to look into the causes which brought about che beginning and end of this singu- lar crisis, A few speculators agree on a scheme for raising the price of gold, hire a3 a set of playera at trente et quarante wouid lay & plan for “breakin, the bank” at Homburg. They club together, sab- scribe £8,000,000 of capital, and by @ shrewd calcu. lation of all the gold that was in the place, or that could be brought to tt, they buy up and monopolize and carry everything before them, till gold ts to be had nowhere except from their own hands and at their own price. Every operation during turee days tends to strengthen their power aud to make them complete masters of the, field, till, on the third day, lo! the Deus ex machind, in the shape of Mr. Boutwell, the Secretary of the Treasury, who empowers his his agents, the bankers Duncan, Sherman & Co., and brown Brothers, to sell State gold at 13%, and to the amount, in case of need, of on behalf of the nation offers an occasion which has been suitably selected for bestowing upon Mn Cooke @ long-deserved honor, which will, we believe Le hailed with satisiaction by ail parties connected with telegraphy. SPAIN. General Prim’s Speeches in tho Cortoe—its Opinion of Republicanism—The Interview With Napoleon—What the Emperor Said. The Madrid correspondence of the London Stand- ard, dated on the 6th of October, reports the pro- ceedings in the Cortes, with the speeches of General Prim, on the above named subjects thus:— ‘The proceedings in Cortes have been very exciting and interesting, a% your readers can readily imagine. From the very first moment of the reopening on Friday afternoon it was evident there were geing to be contentions between the government ami the repubitcans. ‘he short speech Presi- dent kivero addressed from the chair aforded an occasion, He alluded to the arrest and imprisonment Of two of the deputies, and suggeited that the House should appoint a committee to report on the matter, so far agit affected the privileges of the deputies and thelr exemption from arrest. Up rose the republican leader, Seior Figueras, and objected, contending that the House should ingtaauly Semmand its two members to be set at liberty. He a — . Tho are two deputies tmprisoned. One ts Lieutenant Jen- eral Don Blot Pierre, who, has bee imprisoned for asad, & sorrowful event, waich no one deplores more than I do: but it is certain, ‘gentlemen, that General Pierrad been taken in /layrante in any deiict, and, nevertheles, be has been taken to the public” prison, and. proved: ings have been commenced. against bia. The other deputy is one who ia much respected all the Chamer— Don Gonzalo Serraclara. This mission bighly bumanitarian, highly patriotic— goin, commissicn to try to pacily those who wore with ‘arms tn band before the barricades in Barcelona, with the knowledge and consent of tho Captain General of that district, has been made prisoner before those barricades which he was neither defendingnor trying to defend, has been conducted on board a vesul of war, ani ence tranalated to the Castle of Monjuic, and ‘the knowledge the Captain General bad of the mission be dis- charged bas not been suflicient to procure bis release. Alter considerable wrangling the President nad his way, and the matter was referred to a commitee. ‘The s'ersonal Liberty Suspension bill was read by its author, Don Praxedes Mateo Sagasta, who mounted the tribune for this purpose. ‘The follew- £6,000,000, The monopolists, Fisk & Oo., endeavor to stand their ground and offer to buy up £4,000, 000, bat their capital had been exhausted in the previous operations and the combinauon broke up. The speculators, according to our American correspond- ent, Were like a row of bricks, ‘one of them bei knocked down caused all the others to topple over. There are men in America, we are told, who ex- press doubts as to the justice or expediency of the government's interierence in this aifair. Secretary Boutweli was in New York almost on the eve of the outbreak, He was aware, as, indeed, the whole city was, that a conspiracy was brewing—that what we might cail an “Exchange stroke’ was contemplated, Mr. Greeley had loudly sounded the alarm bell in the New York Tribune, Both by that journalist and by many of his friends the Secretary had been solicited to bring aid, but he had his own views on the sub- ject; he held that perfect neutrality in Exchange ‘transactions was the only course imposed on him by duty; he turned @ deaf ear to entreaties, and left New York for Washington, allowing the imminent battle to take such course as fortune might decide. Yet, when the battle was at its height, and the “hulls” almost clutched the victory, Mr. Boutwell stepped suddenly into the field and by advancing £300,000 and promising £4,000,000 he turned the scale in favor of the “bears.’”’ There may be circum- stances im the financial position of the United States authorizing so giaring @ departure from all the sound rules of public economy; but it 18 dificult to deay that what was ‘‘a mere struggle between gangs of gamblers has been by this act of the government magaified into au event of national importance;” and, after ali, had Mr. Boutwell persevered in hise non-intervention policy to the end what would have happened? The modopo.ists boasted that they would send up gold to £200. What of it? A great deal more money would have changed hands; more fortunes woula have been made or marred; other brokers would have blown out their brains or have gone med, or absconded, and the threat held out against James Fisk, Jr., to “ban him up at @ lamppost,’’ might have been carrie into execution. but it 18 Not easy to decide whether all this would have veen for good or evil, or whether it would not have been present evil from which future good might have sprung. 1t might have allayed the speculative fever, sobered the gambling madnegs, weaned some of the most helpless dupes from the Stock Exchange, rid that place of some of its most arrant rogues, The lesson wili not be altogetuer lost, cut short as it was by Mr. Boutwell’s resolu. ton; but, had the lesson’ gone on to the end, its pre- cepts might have been more impressive and their bc would have been enhanced by their higher cost. {From the London Telegraph, Oct. 11.) * * * We will not say tat gambling, very simi- lar in kind, 1s aé all uncommon among ourselves; but it would certainly be diMcult to match the American specimen in degree. Let it be admitted al once that a mania for speculation ts almost as widespread as the manta for sport. The stolid Dutch once went mad after tulips, England has had ber South Sea bubble aud her railway mania, to say nothing of more recent excesses, and the canny citi- zens of St. Mungo have periodical fits of lunacy of apropos “pig warrauts.”’ Almost anything wil do as a medium for what are simply a series of bets on future prices. In the Untied States, however, there are causes at work— some innate, some accidentai—which are specially favorable to a wild and reckless speculation. In the present case there was no reason why gold should not make an exceilent arena on which to fight. That metal 1s an article of commerce, a8 much as copper ore; yet, though it does not constitute the currency of the States, it is 1n exceptional demand for purely fiscal purposes. All import duties must be paid in gold. If, then, the price be forced up unnaturally, the merchant must either pay an enormous profit to the speculator who holds it or must curtail operations. Such was the result daring =the = gold — excitement a fortnight back, and the New York journals state that the customs revenue of the week suffered to the extent of nearly $2,000,000, It is true, that the ‘Treasury arrangements provide @ safety valve, in the f that the Secretary, into whose hands the proceeds of customs duties pass, can restore the gold to a stringent narket Whenever he pleases; as, indeed, Mr, Boutwell has done, But, since there 1s no certainty that he willdo so in time to prevent the speculator from reaping a rich harvest, gambung, though cbecked, is not averted. At the same Ume the national temperament—sanguine, energetic, mercurial, innovating, hating routine and repetition, athirst for novelues, and habituated to 4 familiarity with vast and rapid changes in nature and society—must always be taken a3 the priwnary cause of the jarge scaie on which specula- tons are conducted. When an American gambies in Wall street, he rushes iato the affray with a reck- jess ardor and contempt for consequences which are rarely exhibited by bis English con/rare. (From the London Star, Oct. 12.) * * * In commercial arenas, as every Ameri- can who makes money rapidly ‘by preternatural sharpness makes it at the expense of some other American, the inference rather is that they are wildly open to gains and losges than that they are ubiversally giftea with the power of enriching themseives. The gold ring has ended in Joss and ruin to individnals, asthe railway maniain Eng- land ended, simply because it was unnatural, base Jess and fcticious gambling, in which nothing was produced and nv production was encouraged. Keal money making 13 not done in tha way, as English- men and Americans well Know, though both Eng- lishmen and Americans are liable to be entrapped into sudden outbursts of speculative mania, {From the London Post, Oct. 17.) A speech made afew days since at Philadelphia by the Secretary of the Treasury, a telegraphic sum- mary of which has reached us, once more directs attention to the subject of American finance, The inumate relationship which now subsists between Various Staves, Do less than the fact that the national creditors are no longer to be found exclusively among the inhabitants of the ag ag country where the debt is contracted, ques- tions of national finance a wider interest than they formerly possessed. And indepen- dently of this, the position in which the United States have for some years been placed 1s particu- larly calculated to attract the notive of other coun- tries. No nation in the history of the world ever be- fore contracted go gigantic a debt as that incurred by the American republic within so shorta period of time, and no people ever accommodated themselves 80 quickly a® the citizens of the United Statea to un- expected and seemingly oppressive taxation. * * © The mere discussion of the possibility of Tepudiation diminishes the credit of the State, renders it more difficult to fund its floating debt on reasonable terms, and sensibly increases the burden which is imposed on the people. To do the Americans justice, they generally acknowledge this, and the pproval with which all suggestions that the State should depart from the letter of the bond into which it has entered are invariably met, is proof of the honesty of the intentions of the majority, The suggestion unbiushingly made by Mr. Johnson in his Lbal message to Congress, that the interest annually paid on the debt should be appropriated to the exunetioa of the principal, was so monstrous that one might weil question the sanity or the sincerity of the person who made it. Other proposals, though less shameful, such as the imposition of @ tax on the State bonds, and the payment of the interest of the debt in a depreciated currency in Kieu of gold, bag, however, practically the same object, namely, partial repudiation of ‘obligations solemnly contracted on the faith of national credit. The American people have proved their ability to pay not only the interest on their debt, but to pro- vide for a very large sinking fund; and now, alter having acquitted themselves go well for the past four years, it would be equaily discreditable to tueir courage and thetr honesty to strike into a devious path, and confess, not their insolvency, but their un- willlaguess to pay their just debts, Government in Control of the Telegraphs, (From the London Observer, Oct. 9.) We are now able to confirm the rumor tgat the honor of knighthood is about to be conferred on Mr. Wiillam Fothergill Cooke, and that he will receive this well earned reward at the hands of her Majesty on the Queen’s return from Scotland, tn recognition Of bis great and special services in connection with the practical introduction of the electric telegraph. Mr, Fotbergill Cooke’s telegraphic labors date from the year 158, Ten years later, in 1446, he established, under the presidency ot the late John Lewis Ricardo, M. P., the original Electric Telegraph Company, of which he has retained iis poss oi director fora period of little less than @ quarter of a century. The assumpiion of we electric Wiegraph by goverament ing 18 @ copy, It is short and pithy, but deeply omnans for the people of Spain and their liter- 103 >— ARTIOLE 1. There shall be suspended during the arne: rrection the guarantees consigned {n articles tw and six, and paragraphs one, two and three of article stv teen of the constitution of the State. Ant. 2. The government are authorized to declare in astate of siege any part of the torritry they soe A. Ant. & The government will give account to the Cortes Constiinyentes of the use they may have made of this authoriz- ation, when the insurrection is dominated which render the application of this law indispensable, The debate on the project began on Sunday and Was continued Monday and yesterday—turee ses- sions of seven hours close sitting each. In Saturday’s session General Prim introduced the bill to suspend the constitutional guarantees, stating that “a period of war had been entered upon,” and it was necessary for the government to resort to extraordinary measures againat ‘those who sought to destroy the sovereign work of the pation, represented in the Cortes freely elected.” Herein lies the whole pith of the republican argu- ment. They say the Cortes were not freely elected, but were elected by such practices and devices as to render them anything but a true representation of the willof the people of Spain, and that, inas- much as eighty or ninety of the deputies hold some government appointment or another, they are the Teverse Of free representatives. Prim detaued the various lines of railway and telegraph interrupted, and concluded by promising that “when the extra- ordinary circumstances are ended the government will return to the Cortes and cry Viva la libertad.” ‘The bill was passed last nighl, but the republican minority, led oi by Castelar, abandoned the Con- gress ina body. Prim made an appeal to them to stay, half entreating, half menacing. He urged them to meet together and consider the propriety of remaining at their posts; but unfortunately he ac- companied his words with some intimations they in their excited state could not brook—such as that If \hey retired he should consider they had joined the euemy, and he should meet iron with iron, force with force, &c. Castelar rose and thanked him for his remarks, which le satd contained two things— @counsel and a@threat. If there had only been the counsel they might have paused before 1, ‘‘but, before the threat, never!” Thus saying, he und his companions left the bullding. The tollowing are the two speeches:— General Prim—Seldomgentlemen, have 1 risen to direct my word to the Cortes more moved and with more profound Pain than Inow feel, I have, nevertheless, tranquillity of conscience, and if I am saddened it is not for the dangers which run‘ over the country, but for the evils she is to-day suffering and will have to suifer while the fratricidal atrug- gie lasts which has been fnatalled. ‘This debate has been of reat gravity from the beginning, but {thas acquired more rom the time that the remains of the republican minority declared their intention to retire, Doubtless this declara- tion proceeds from accord, which I regret, aud 1f » loyal ad might give to'their excellenciés # counsel would ask them not to carry to a head an accord which is gong to put us at war the one with the other, I have always jone all 1 possibly could to avoid this war. From the day of the opening of the CortesI haye not pronounced one single word which couldoffend the minority, either individually or collectively. I ask them to-day to think well what they do, and consider that the govurnment, {f they go from here, will have to treat those individuals as enemies, and as euemics who have not the immunity of’ deputies. (Sensation.) In normal situation this measure would be grave; but when there is ® part of the country in arma, and the parties are commanded by some individuals of that minority, what does the retirement of the others ses toaay It seems tosay that, they no longer believe, they should continue to discuss—that they prefer war, Thin! weil, gentlemen (addressing the republicans). I ask you, for he third time, the Mininer, the Deputy eneral Yrim—in whose hands ‘your Excellencies well know liberty cannot iah—asks you. Ido not wish to see myself in the neces- sity of responding with tron to iron; wi Meet again this very night, and consider my words—which are those of a friend, which are benevolent, which are those of @ true liberal—and adopt afterwards the resoludon you believe most proper. During this part of General Prim’s speech the silence in the House was such as couid be felt; every one held his breath, and deep impression was pro- duced by Prim's earnestness of manner and entreat- ing voice. Turning to the House he resumed:— 1t falls to me, gentlemen, to resume the debate, but I have not to enter into it in full after all that has been suid here. Twill mit myseif to three or four pointe, I will begin by Saying that Senor Castelar has wished to presént the conse- quence of this law, and that I did not kuow where I would be carried to by the dictatorship. I reply to his Ex- celiency that it is not m true dictatorship, but it is an authorization which ia constitutional. Where ‘am I going? What will {do ? I aim golng to protect the temple of iberty, which is now besieged and threatened by men who call them selves liberals, aud who are so much the moro dangerous inasmuch as’ they helped to raise It, and they know its entrances aud exits, 1 am going, If 1 can, to pulverize its eue- mies, in order to penetrate triumphantly into this temple, to Mount to its dome and to plant there intact the banner of liberty, (Loud appiause and cries of ‘Bien! Bien!” repeated many {imea.) Gentlemen, what I have said other voices have alao said here. Where have we to g hat will we admit ? We have but one road—that of liberty. Ail the acts of the govermment, from the time {t was provisional until the p 4 @ to fire. resent, manifest that we have the least tendency to reaction, But Senor Cuatelar and his companions complain that the roment asks — extraordi measures to combat th not jow that the more free are the countries the more do they noed these extraordinary measures? Do they not know that even to-day the Southern States of the American Union are suffering @ military law for having some time ago rebelled against the Union of the South and Not ‘Do they hot recollect that not long ago in England, the freeat count on the earth, they took bighly energetic. measures. simply because a few Fenians had arrived in London, and that one of the latter was hung for having taken «barrel of gun- powder and blown down the wail of a prison with it? Prim then passed on to refer to his Interview with the French Emperor:— Senor Castelar has hinted his belief that a foreign sover- eign had given his vote on the election of a monarch for not emit any vote, but he declared repeat, aympathicn for our’ nation, and our affairt if ws ourselore asked his intervention. or (Cheers.) Senor Castelar also said that King Don Fernando of Portugal had rejected at one time the candidature Cor the crown of Spain, which was offered himg and that now his son, Don ‘Luis, bad equally rejected it. Hie exceliency hardly ought to’ have made the charge without underatanding really whether the government or any minister in particular had made ment collectively nor tl high diplomatist have made, eltner aa government or as Minis- tere or as diplomats, any stich offering. If the King of Por- tugal believes it right to write the letter to which Senor Cas. telar bas referred, these my words—solemn words—will ‘anawer to ull that has been said on this point, (Loud Seiflor Pie y Margall pronounced also a phrase which he ts not accustomed to use, for he is usually go temperate iu his expressions:— No. The blood which has shed will not fall upos the government, but upon these republicans, who, from the very beginning, have been exciting the masses, and wi At thie moment arg at the. front of, the insurgent parties. jalate, and [ conclude, asking the Cortes to vote the authort zation, and assuring not the deputies, who do not need iI bat aif the Spaniards, putting my _hadid upon my sword an poB my heart (sulting the action to the wor 4 and all my companions, that as soon as we hi try, as acon as we have terminated tl tion, the roment will give to the Cortes an account of their acta, and ery anew before them, * Vina la libertad!” (‘Tremen dout ‘applause, again and again repeated.) FRANCE. this offering, Neither the govern- Mi in particular, nor auy for mysel eifed the ‘The Colliery Disturbances and Trade Strikes Fatal Fire of the Military. The Journal OAciel, of Paris, givea the following information respecting the strikes in the colliery dis: tricts in the south of France, noticed already in our cable telegrams, It will {be seen that in one locality they I¢d to @ serious loss of life, @ collision having ‘occurred between the rioters and the military:— The working miners of St. Etienne went on strika some days ayo, but an arran; ent was madeé between ‘tem and the Rive de Gier Company, which consented to ralse their wages twenty five centimes and reduce the day's labor to eight hours. ‘That simke may be considered as at an end. Unhappily, some lamentable events occurred in the departinent of the Aveyron. Some miners of the Orleang pits struck, and by violence | oa bgped their comrades from working. The day fore yesterday they went in s mass to the com- pany’s office, and, entering forcibiy, seized the head engineer and dragged him to the mines witn the imvention of drowning him, notwithstanding all the efforts of the gendarmerie. Already the Sub Prefect had been wounded io the leg, and the frocureur Imperial’s subsutute was severely brul and had his clothes tora, when we Prefect, arriving with @ detachment of troops, came upon the rioters, about 1,000 in number. faving then made the soldiers load their muskets before the crowd he succeeded tn reacuing the chief engineer, who been very rough'y bandied, and whose ciovbes were inrags. In the night a fire, whteh is supposed to be the Work of au ceadiary, destrored the general warehouse and vie merchandise tt con- sained. On the morning of the 8th the strike became a veritable riot; solaiers were sent to the forges to protect the smiths whom the miners wished to pre- vent from working. Irritated by this resistance the rioters ordered the troops to sheath their bayonets, threatening to disarm them. The otticer in command repulsed the aggressors with his hana, and ordered his men to bring their bayonets to the charge. At this command the miners armed themselves with bars of iron, and threw stones which wounded seve- ral soldiers and atrack the officer. Under these cir- cumstances tbe troops fired; ten men were killed and several wounded, Measures tiave been taken to prevent tho continuance of these disturbances. Scene at the Grand Opera. [Paris (Oct. 10) correspondence of London Star.) ‘The Italiens was last night, as usual wheb Pattt sings, as full as was possible. “La Traviata” 1s always @ favorite opera, and, even tn La Diva’s absence, its appearance on the play bill invariably attracts @ full house. La marquise wore the splen- did diamonds presented to her by the imperial family of Russia, and seldom has looked more fascinating; but she was suffering from tndis- position, and at times got through her role with evident fatigue. As late as five o’clock there were some doubts that she would be able to ap} » Toe honors of the evening were carried off by Nicolini, for whom last night's representation was a triumph. He was enthusiastically encored in the first act, where he reveals hig love for Violetta in the exqul- site air which commences, “Undi felice, eterea.” This he gave with @ touching pathos which evoked an encore from the whole house, while his splendid powers ag an actor a3 well asa singer in the well known acene when, maddened by jealousy, he dashes the money in Violetta’s face which he accuses him- self of having basely accepted, were fully called forth, and proved Nicolini’s genius equal to the high reputation he has acquire The duet between Alfredo and Violetta in the concluding act, “Null uomoo demone, angelo mio,” was sang by both Patti and Nicolini with rare skill and musical genius. As if 1t Were to make an amende honorable for the imaisposition which nad slightly paralysed her vocal powers, she threw her whole soul into this last scene, and ber audiehve must indeed have been fas- tidious if her rendering of the dying Marie Duplessir did not satisfy their expectations. Among the spec- tators I noliced Prince Poniatowski, prince not par drott de naissance only, but par de le He 18, a8 you are aware, an artist of the first order of merit—the composer of several operas, which Nave each had a great success in Paris. The latest production of Prince Poniatowski 13 a cantata to be executed in presence of the Empress and the other prope and areet Lagu pert red iuacrtre Leermner| at Suez during the ceremony of ol the canal. Marshal Canrobert, M. and Madame Rat- tazzi—the latter wearjng the emeralds, whose mag- nitude, it is said, ouce dazzled even the Russian Emyperor—Count Caccia, MM. de Filippi and Cee the Chevalier Sorzerno Frico, and most of the élite of the Americans, as well as English, who were de passage in Paris, crowded the upper tier of boxes, and seemed rather disappointed at not near- ing La Diva Patti on one of her best nights, and lavished their applause on Nicolini. Stelier, as the father of Alfredo, sang remarkably well, especially “Di Provenza il mar,"” ITALY. The Empress of France in Venice. {From the Journal Oficiel, of Paris, Oct. 11.) The Empress has just left Venice after having passed five daya there. Desiring to retain her incog- nito her Majeaty resided on board the Aigle, after having declined the gracious offer of King Victor Emanuel, who had placed the Royal Palace at her disposition. ‘The day after her arrival the Empresa received & visit from the King, who came to pay his respects, and the following ie that of Prince Humbert and the Prince de Carignan. Several members of the }talian Cabinet, General Menabrea, M. Minghetti, Admiral Ribottl and M. Mordini also came to pay their respects to her Majesty, who in- Vited them to dinner, as well as the Cardinal and rincipal authorities of Venice. On Sunday morn- ing the Empress went to mass at the church of Marco, Every day her Majesty visited the principal monuments, the Ducal Palace, the arsenal, the Moro- sini Palace, and some of the numerous museums of that city, 80 rich in che/s @wuvres of the great Italian masters, The muncipality gave the Empress two night fétes, at which her Majesty was present in the King’s gondola. Her Majesty landed several times to visit the various quarters of the city; and the population, which thronged on her passage, always received her most warmly. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Baron Edmund Rothschild lett Constantinople for Smyrna and Athens. ‘The working canvas weavers and brushmakers of Paris struck for higher wages, The Armenian newspaper, Mauzaoumet Efkiar, has been suspended in Constantiple for one month. The number of bankruptcies in Paris during the month of Sepvember was 182, against 173 in August. Traupmann consented to have his photograph taken, but on condition that it shall not be sold in the streets. ‘The Paris Figaro says that M. Théophile Gautier, who 18 in Italy, has married Carlotta Grisi, the once celebrated dancer. The photographs lately hawked about the streets of Paris as the likeness of Jean Kinck turn out, it 13 a soe the portrait of the illustrious Hungarian, |. Deak. The British war ship Antelope returned to Constan- tinople irom conveying from Malta to Asia antiqui- ties for the British Museum, The officers of the Ante- lope gave a brilliant entertainment on board at Theraplia, to tee oMcerf of the French and Italian gunboats in port. The ruins which have been discovered in Cam- bodia, Cochin China, says the Hevue Coloniale et Maritime, prove that the inhabitants must at one time have been as highly civilized as they are now debased. Remainsof sculpture have been discov- ered rivalling those pronicea: in Greece in ita best days. Well built bridges have been discovered in maby parts, and the expedition conducted by M. de Lagree found remains of the same and other con- structions as far as the fifteenth degree of north latitude, So extensive and numerous are these remains that they are considered to prove beyond dispute that at the time when they were built the country must have been densely populated by people rich aud prosperous to a very high degree; indeed, there ts positive evidence of the fact in the writings of a Chinese traveller, who speaks with warm admi:asiou of the lavish manner ta which gold was empioyed in the decurations of their monuments, PERSONAL MOVEMENTS, Du Chatilu 1s goriliaing the Hubites. Robert Lincoln is doing a good law business in Chicago. Frank Pierce was @ classmate of Longfellow, at Bowdoin. General Magruder repeats his lecture on Maxtmil- Jan in Boston on Monday next. Mr. Dalrymple, the Minnesota farmer-lawyer, handled 50,000 bundles of wheat this ye: Nathan de Rothschild, who occasionally gambles ts the green, lost 200,000 francs lately, at Baden len. The St. Petersburg physicians predict that the Empress of Russia will die in the course of the next six months. Miss Josephine Hutton, of Glenviile, Ala, ducts her own lawsuits, assigning as eason that the lawyers are all rogues in that part of the country. “The most popular man” in Auburn is decided by ballot for a gold-headed cane, under the auspices of the Sisters of Mercy, to be Allen Koss, agent of the prison. He received 4,300 votes, ‘The balloting realized $800. ‘The absurdity of the feminine termination, as fre- juently employed, is forcibly illustrated by a San ‘rancisco paper, which says that “ase billiardistess, Elise Holt is not @ successistess.”” John McKibbin, of Wisconsin, is sald to be tne Lad man in the United States. It 1s said, too, that Tom Thumb offered him $3,000 a year to travel with him, which offer he declined. The bones of six men and forty-six horses, sup- posed to be the remains of a party lost from Fre- mons exploring expedition twenty years ago, have been found in Southwest Colorado, Governor Bullock, of Georgia, has been severely censured by the press of the State for chartering @ special train to convey the Georgia delegation to the Louisville Commercial Convention. Montelle, the celebratea Virginia freebooter, has con- turned up again, He ts now in the western counties of the State and some startling raids upon the pas- ture flelds of that section may be announced shortly. Mrs. E. A. Stevens, of Hoboken, has donated the handsome sum of $30,000 to Princeton College, to endow that institution with a mathematical profes- sorship. An unkaown donor has contributed the same amount, Colone} William Brazelton died from the effect of a eg wound on Friday evening last, at his home in East Tennessee. He commanded a regiment in the Confederate service, and was at one time a mem- ber of the Legisiature. Professor J. R, Seeley, author of “Ecce Homo,’’ and Projessor of Latin, University Coens. London, has been appointed to the Regious Profeasorsh:p of History in Cambridge, made vacant by the resigna- ton of Canon Kingsley, Oxford, who was confined in jail at Sparta, Ga, on the charge of murder in Hancock county, an also charged with murder in Washington county, was released on Wednesday night last by a party of men disguised, supposed to be his confederates, He was to have bis trial on the next day. General Banks learned the printing trade when a the ofice of the Boston Traveller, iso worked in the same hen @ girl 'y left the Traveller office to t wookly papor in Waltham, Mass., which was carried on successfully for some time with the aid of one ‘jour”’ printer, There are rumors in Washington of a decided Senatorial opposition to confirming Robeson as Sec- retary of the Navy. It is heid that Pennsyivanta de- ves ® place in the Cabinet and New Jersey does . Senator Drake, of Missouri, who aspires to the chairmanahip of the Committee on Ni Taira, By monven opposed to Porter and, a4 & consequence, Robosva, £ > CUBA. Capture of the Privateer Lilian by an English Gunboat and Her Subse- quent Release at Nassau. The steamship Eagle, Captain Greene, from Havana the 16th, via Nassau the 18th, arrived at this port yesterday. The purser will receive thanks for favors received. Tho Cuban Privateer Lillian Captured by an English Gunboat—How the Capture Was Brought About. - Nassav, Oct. 18, 1869. We have had an act perpetrated here by her Majesty’s gunboat Lapwing which is universally condemned and looked upon as an unnecessary interference with Cuba and her course, The facts of the case are simply these:—On the 16th instant the sidewheel steamer Lillian, supposed to be either a blockade runner or a privateer, engaged in the Cuban cause, was in the act of approacuing the island of New Providence for the purpose of obtain- ing coal, when she was overhauled and captured by the gunboat above mentioned and brought into this harbor, where she now lies, I give you the facta, pure and simple, without making any comments, inasmuch as the excitement existing here ren- ders it dificult to form an unbiased opin- jon. I may, however, mention that a schooner was loaded with coal privately and would have gone to sea with it had it not been for the interfer- ence of a Mr. Diago Loinaz, who ta a native of Cuba. This person quarrelled about the price, want- img something more than tnat paid, and the conse- quence was that the schooner was detained and the steamer Lillian captured. AS far as the state of the colony is concerned, I have to report that there 1s not @ doilar in the biseie'd and that the Bahamas are in a positive state of bankruptcy, the officials of all prada are three months in arrears as to pay and with no pros- pect of obtaining any, and, as some time ago | told A) there is nothing for it put acrown colony. Yel- low fever has been prevalent and a number of deaths have taken pisces of course among the whites ex- clusively. You must excuse this scrap, as 1 write it under difficulties. Release of the Lilian by tho British Authorities. The purser of the steamship Eagle furnishes the following regarding the release of the Cuban priva- weer Lilltan:— The Cuban steamer Lillian seized by her Majesty’s ship Lapwing and carri into Nassau on Saturday last, has been released by the British authorities, the Attorney General perng decided that the government could not legally hol the vessel. As we passed the harbor of Nassau the Lillian was get! under weigh apd would be at sea in a couple of hours. The above was received as we were leaving Nas- sau and may be regarded as liabie. NEWS FROM CUBA, (ying the Cuban cl The Wavana Press on the Volunteers—In- sinuations of Cowardice=The Expeditions from the Coast of Florida—The Lilian Sighted off the Island=—News from the In- surrection—Burnlng of Banao—Death of Angel Castillo. HAVANA, Oct. 16, 1869, The fact of the supineness of that large body of armed Spaniards in this city known as “the volunteers,’’ while their brothers are fighting under great disadvantages to preserve the national integ- nity, 18 beginning to attract attention, even among those most bigoted Pentnsulars who can see nothing wrong in what is Spanish. This feeling, strange to say, has found vent im the columns of the Voz de Cuba, whose editor, himself a volunteer, has always been an ardent supporter and defender of that organization. An editorial on this subject, which appeared in & recent issue, gave rige to the state- ment that the editor, Sefor Castanon, had been ordered from the island, and the statement is still persisted in, thougn he did not sail by the Spanish mail steamer which left last evening, as anticipated. As this editorial is significant as confirming the idea that the Spanish residents of thia island, with all their patriotism, do not care to go to the fleld, and as showing some little wantof contidence in the early suppression of the insurrection, 1 translate tne more interesting portions of it;— Within a fow days we shall have seen arrive fresh rein- forcements at the ports of this island, Not long afterwards ovbers follow them in auccesaion, and thus they will continue to come, without interription, until we say to them from here that we need no more. Yes; soon, very soon, shail we feel the immense satisfaction eonsequcnt on thelr being among us, and, when we go out to mest them with rejoicings and receive them with friendahip to our open arms, we shall bear from their lips that they have only left their native land in order to come (to our assistance. But what shail we, who are resting so quietiy in Havana, say to them if by chance they should ask us why it we are 0 quict while our brothers and theira are fighting In the fiela ? What account shall we give them of the 20,000 and more men who within a few months landed at tho same wharf—of the brave Catalans, the Vascongados and Madri- Jenos whom they saw leave the wharves of Spain with envy ? Are we not afraid that they will desire to know how mauy volunteers of Havana are with them; low many battalions, or, at least, how many companies wer there which accom: Panfed thein, serving as guides and demonstrating that valor nd dectsion'ty not lost fn this land, no matter how lo stay we make in it? Shall we answer them that none have gone, and that even iow none intend to go with them? Shall we excuse — oursel by Stating that we have armed six or eight battalions, to which we have’ given the name of “The Mobilized,"” ‘and which, by dint of subscriptions, we. manage to pay, aid that Wwe cannot now get a sullicient nutaberto form two more com- panies to bear the namos of Vaimaseds and Rodas?. Finally shall we say to them that at Guaimaro, four days’ journey from Havana, two of which are by land, there has ostenta- tlously, with hardihood and detiance, for the past elzht month, waved the flag of the traitora, who hold their sessions, iasue their decrees, print their papers and exercise all the acta of petty suvereiguty, when two or three battalfons would a1 fice to drive them out by kicks of the foot? Representatives and Ministers, break up thelr press, cast to ue wind thelr ir flag through the tous, papers, and 9 '* Th ish goldiers—who aiso are volunteers, for they come here by their own will solely—if perch ance they should land on a day of full parade, and could admire the instruction, martial afr and discipline whicl with pride we observe, even in the Jast of the battalions and companies of yolunteers, would they not think within themselves and say, What are these 10,000 men doing here, ao well armed, ao active, so well drilled in the management of the gua, #0 obe- dient to the voice of command from thelr oflicers, ‘so exact from the field to timidity, he. sun of the tropics had frozen instead of beating their jood Let us avoid at all hazards that such a disgraceful suspl- gion of the Havana volunteers should enter their minus. moment 1 about to arrive when, wo can show to the whole world that the citizen forces of the capital of Cuba, besides constituting an element of order, are a powerful ele: ment of combat, which knows how to preserve order in the stroets and whip the enemy ia the field; that the quiet vie- tory, if thus it may be called, which they have obtained, imposing fear upon traitors, is not suflicient, and that they know how to obtain one more brilliant fn battie, and, as the) are admirably united among themselves, they will bé so witl those the Peninsular provinces send them; and finally, if they did call these latter to their ald, it was not through feur, but only In order to finish the sooner. Strong, stinging words these, and written by one who is himself a volunteer; yet the organization will robably continue to guard Havana and let the Peninsuiars do the fighting. Of the expeditions re- ported sailed from the coasts of Florida and other Points in the United States we hear nothing, good evidence that thus far tay have escaped tho vigi- ance of thecruisera. The British brig Amelia, Cap- ltain Goce, which arrived here on the 12th from Car- aiff, reports that when about 120 miles east of Matanzas she met the Liltan steaming eastward at a tremendous rate, The Amelia passed in close prox- imity to her, and her men and guns could be plainly seen. Probably she wiil lay in wait for the Spanish Correo, which sailed from this port last evenim, News from the seat of insurrection continues mea-| gre. The papers have published extended accounts! of and comments on the burning of the village ot Banao, in the jurisdiction of Puerto Frincipe, by the insurgents. The facts, as given by the Voz de Com- ercto of Sancti Espiritu, in its issue of the 9th, are as follows:—On the dth inst. the insurgents burned the Villa of Canao, In the midst of the tumult which excited them they entered the house of Don Filo- meno Marin, a petty magistrate, who was absent in Las Tapas. Not finding him, they seized upon his ho wife, who had her two children, of ten and twelve years, encircled in her arms. She resisted a separation from them with most agonizing acreains, and the ‘‘Mambises,” unabie to tear them from her, killed them with machetes, cutting one of them in twain. Thejoficial account states that the place was burned by insurgents, who were repulsed from @ fortided house by ninety men. After burning tae town they left it and were followed by the troops, who killed several of them and captured some arms and horses. Severe small encounters are reported in Santi Espiritu. Twelve persons bad presented themselves for pardon. The Trinidad /mparcial of the 10th states that the death of the insurgent chief Don Angel Castillo is oMcially reported. It took place in an encounter between the imsurgents and troops, me and place not given. It states that after the trenches occupled by the Cubans were abandoned eighteen dead were found in them. Lesca had arrived at Trinidad, almost incognita, had remained one night and then hurried away to Cienfuegos. There had died most unexpectedly at Trinidad nis Excellency Don Felix Iznaga y Borrell, Gentie- man of the Grand Cross of Isavel woe Catholic, of the Bedchamber of her Majesty and Colonel of Cav- airy. If { mistake not he was the fatner of the Regent Serrano’s wife, Th Santa Clara has been executed the insurgent chief Mendoza, condemned by # council of war. Some insurrecta tbave presented themscives to tit authorities in that city, A great inundation recently took place in Sagua la Checa, caused by the heavy rains. Tye corniiel id many houses in the country were destroyed. The sale of the househotd furniture, carr! £ i Le ea pet sows for the 18th, n indefinitely postpon The properties of fe rollowing persons, resident in Santa Clare, have been embargood:—D, Jose Koias, } Tam, sir, yours obedientiy, | Farique Machado Ramos, Eduardo Machado Ramos and the mulatto Glas Sanches. Rumors of the Landing of an Expedition at Mariel. Havana, Oct. 16, 1869, A8 I close my despatches | learn there is a report in general circulation that an expedition bas landed at Mariel; but tt is not probable that point would be selected for disembarkation. The wires are said to be cut from that place, and there has unquestion- ably been some disturbance there which has givea rive to the report. THE GIANT WONDER. Where It was Discovered—The Main Quose tion, Is It a Statue or a Petrifaction® seit Unsettled—Dimiculties in the Way. {From the Syracuse (N. Y.) Journal, Oct, 21. THE LOCALITY OF THE DISCOVERY. The Newell farm, upon which the recent famous archwological discovery was made, is located on the Weat side of Onondaga Valley, about tree-quarters of a mule in @ westerly direction from the village of iff and about thireen miles from this city. ‘The dwelling 1s a modest little white wooden house, standing close to the road. The barns are of moderate size, suited to the wants of a small farmer. ‘The place of the discovery is about a dozen roda from. the road, and directly in the rear of the ‘These premises are at the foot of what is known as Bear Mountain, whica rises abruptly at the west of the Newell dwelling. The small white tent covering the now noted spot where the discovery was made can be scen On the approach by the my distance of about a mile and a half. Looking down into the valley as this attractive spot is being ap- Prouched the shelter tent is in plain view, with roups of men in ita vicinity, and in the road near yy are seen many teams ana vehicles waiting the partes of visitors. The number of curlosity seekers who have iuir this novelty since ita discovery is estimated at Evecrape. and still the tide continues, without indications of immediate cessation. We have heard of no visitor who has not elt himself fully recompensed, and many declare thut it ts the most interesting spectacle they have ever witnessed. THB PROPRIETOR OF THE WONDER. The fortunate Mr. Newell 18 apparently about thirty-five years old, a good natured, homespun sort of farmer. He has been in moderate circumstances, the contented owner of the small farm he resides upon, which has been the property of the family tor several generations. He 1s familiarly known through- out the vicinity as ‘‘Stubb’! Newell. His reputation 1g that of a sober, industrious and worthy citizen, and hejis generatly esteemed as a right good fel- low. All who know him are giad that he has met with hig present good fortun®, His friends admit that he has been greatly excited over the great dis- covery by which he is the beneficiary, but scout the idea that his mental balance has been dis- turbea, That the extraordinary good luck which the Newell family has stumbled ‘upon has had some effect, iashown by an incident related by a iady visitor from this city. She was hungry after hor tong sae from home, and made inquiry for dinner at the house, when she was curtly informed by one of the women folks that they didn’t do such things now. HARSH REPORTS IN CIRCULATION, There are some rumors flying about the adjacent country which reflects severely upon the parties who are the gainers by the discovery. ‘here are indivi- duals who do not hesitate to charge fraud and hum- bug, and who cite circumstances that indicate some basis for these. allegas- We have yet to leara anything that gives sufficient ground for these charges, THE MAIN QUESTION—IS IT A STATUR OB A PBTRI- FACTION ? ‘I The controversy regarding the origin and nature of the wondertul Object 1s nowhere more earnestly prveccnied than in the tent where the exhibition is eld. The subject is closely canvassed by the dis- putants, by whom ail the visible evidences bearing thereupon are cogently presented. The persons in charge ail appear to be advocates of the petrifaction theory, although they do not obtrade their opinions nor express them at all except when invited so to do. ‘These persons are friends and neighbors of Mr. Newell, who, at his request, have undertaken to ald him in the extraordinary situation in which he flnas himself placed. It is allegea that a very decided majority of the members of the medical profession who have visited the locaity are on the aide ot the theory of petrifaction, But the advocates of the theory that it is a work of art are both numerous and intelligent. We have lis- tened -to very abie and learned arguments on both sides of the question, and there are tacts alleged that strongly support the two opinions, it would seem that the vexed question might be very readily determined by some of the decisive tests tha are applied in sach cases. Buta dificulty has been interposed in the way of such decision. The proprt- etor Of the statue, or petrifaction, has since Sunday steadfastly refused to peruut an y close examination by men who are specially competent to apply tests and form opinions. Dr. Boynton, who was early present, and availed himself of his opportunity, is probably the only scientific investigator who been allowed to scrutinize closely. His conclusions are entitled to weight, and he states frankly that he stakes his protessional reputation upon their correct- ness. But his decision ts not fully satisfactory, and the investigation and determmation of other savans are necessary to settle the matter to general satisfaction. WHY A DECISION 1S NOT REACHED—COMPETENT JUDGES REBUFFED. We were much entertained by the relation of a conversation held between Mr, Newell and one of the ables. men resident in Onondaga county, who has enjoyed the advantages of a scientific education and 1s well qualified to pass judgment upon the character of the wonder. He had visited the tent, and from outside the railing inspected the wonder- ful object, but the attendants declined to allow him even to pur his hand upon it. He then sought out Mr. Newell and modestly preferred a request that he be allowed to go into the trench and make an examination. Mr. Newell replied that this couldn't be, that he wouldn’t allow everybody to handle it, for it might get broke, and that only some men who knew about minerals could be per- tmiltted to Investigate. The visitor stated that le believed he knew something about minerals, and that ag he had seen and examined nearly every important work of the sculptor’s art in this coun- try, he thought he was competent to reach an intel- ligent conclusion in this instance. The answer by tue stolid Newell was a fat refusal. Many others, including educated and experienced physiologist, physicians and surgeons, and other scientists, met with the same rebufl. We do notstate these things merely to find fault with Mr. Newell or his Ragen] for we are not certain that they are liable to be hel responsible for these things, but to show the general public why the question they take 80 much interest im remains unsolved. When Agassiz, Hall or some other distinguished scientific investigators shalt have come, examined and rendered judgment, the mystery will be unfolded. Patience must be exer- cised meanwhile, AFRICA. The Reported Safety of Dr. Livingstone. To tHe Kprror oF THE LONDON TeLRGRara:— I mentioned to a gentleman at Plymouth that “the last T heard avout Dr. Livingston [ betieve he was said to be at Lake Taganyika,” but I did not a: when I heard the news, as | cannot remember—it may have been months or a year ago—and my in- formant may have heard it for months before he told me, and [ do not know what credit was at- tached to the information. 1 deny being the author of asingle word about the rice or the Europeans (I never before heard that Dr. Livingstone bad Euro- peans with him), or the dates of the letters. What was said on these subjects was said in my hear! by another person, 1 was surprised to hear tt do not kuow whether it 18 correct or not. Icon- sider it was indiscreet, to say the least, to publish to the world, without my Knowledge or consent, a few remarks made in conversation upon a subject about which there is 80 much ignorance and oe Oct. 9, 1869, Perceiving that a correspondent states that ne mention was made in his correspondence from Zan- albar of Dr. Livingstone, I may state that a week since I received a letter from that place, dated Se; tember 10, in which the writer states that news had, about @ fortnight previously, “come in a letter to some Arab about the Englishman in the interior," and, as Dr. Livingstone ie the only Englishman, tt must mean him, He had not previously been heard of for eighteen months, and this letter, 28 near as could be made out, was about four months bus these people have not much idea as to dates. It was odd Livingstone did not write himself; but they expect @ caravan from the interior in about @ month, when doubtless news will be heard from the great traveller himself. Yours, &c. A FAVERSHAM, Oct. 9, 1869, (We believe that this report is not without some show of real grounds; and the result is awaited with renewed interest,—EbITOR OF TELEGRAPH.) To THE LONDON STANDARD: — It is much to be regretted that private conversa tion should be perverted and retatled for the pur- pose of sensational articles aud rox to catch tld public attention, The real statement ts as fol- Ws:— My daughter, who has been four years at the Central African Mission, with Bisho) er, landed with Mr. and Mrs. Lea at Falmouth on Wednesday morning, October 6, from the Hamburg ship New Orleans, atter a very protracted voyage of more than seventeen weeks from Zanzibar, and proceeded the game day to Plymouth, to the house of rend of another daughter to pass the night. Mr. Lea accom- panied her from the station, aud in the course of 2 tion Dr. Livingstone’s name was mentioued, My daughter st no one bs- lieved bim io be dead; at least, whea me natives knew quite well there ey, Tet ate OD a country, and that would pro- bly be Dr, Livingstone, and in conversation Dr. 's name was mentioned. When Mr. Lea rose to e the host walked to the hotel with him and re- turned rather late, stating he had been to the News Office to give the report of Livingstone, very much to my daughter's annoyance—begging he would not report simple hearsay; but the host repiied it was roper and should be done, and was shortly fol- lowed by the editor, and a course of question and cross-exainination, with taking depositions, fol- lowed, and my daughter's entreaties and remon- strances have apparently been of no avail, but dis- regarded, My daughier states there is no such furor in Zauzibaras in England about Dr. Living- tone, and 4 mean advantage bas been taken of @ private conversation of travellers, tired and weary ‘alter 60 long & voyage, to publish without anthoruy observations msae in unsuspecting confidence, Yours, &c., . W. JONES, 09 KENNINGION PARK ROAD, 8, E., Ooh 0 1869,