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6 v NEW YORK HERALD, THULSDAY, OCTUBER 23, 1869-—QUADRUPLE SHEET. EUROPE. |ge3% Buccessively adopied moderate instead of absolate regimes the Church bas followed @ directly cou- nized a3 the expression of a desire to cultivate the friendsni| of Russia. A Franco-fussian athance in trary course. Since the beginning of the present | Europe more reasons for existence than oenmary, especially, she pay been graduaily Concea- | any other, and is one which tne future is aan trating ‘ali spiritual aucnority in the hands of the | likely to bring about, unless —_uitramon- tanism and reaction should gam the upper hand to France, Wit regard to an alliance botween Prussia and Austria it {8 simpty not to be thougnt of, Even @ formal cordiality between the two courts must be of a hollow character. A Prussian paper gives the gist of the whole queauon in a recent ardcle, 1n whieh itis stated that until Austria shall bave sincerely and foly gives up all Idea of med- diing in the aifairs of Germany there can be no friendship between Vienna and Berlin. The rrus- Sians still believe that Austria not only wishes to meddle, but does actually meddie in German aiairs, tu different Ways—toat the House of Hapsburg nas niet yet resigned itself (0 the position marked out for {tby Count sismarck. Close observers of German politics are agreed that the Vienna government has not yet give Up the battle, and chat if the Southern States could be won over Austria might still come out ahead, Tha! tt? rivalry between the two German capitals exists ne one doubts. The following ex- tract from the Jorven-Post states the positions of the countries very weli~— The Prussian victory of 1886 was probably not of such # character af to effect a lasting separalion between Austria and Prassia, The vell of obivion may be drawa over the ast and one may look with hope to the fuzure. It js diiowit, Rowover, with a rivalry ia. whlch Austria. has ever been the loser. From the War of the Succession, under Marla There- sa, down to thia time, Prussia has been the most dangerous enemy of Austrla—an enemy which no saaritice count ap- peaso. Even if the Crown Prince were most iriendly to Aus- trig, it would be diicult for him to struggle against the fast rooted traditions of Prussian politics. The laurel which crowns his brow must remind him of these traditions, It was his army corps that gave the finishing blow at Koniggrat One must have a strony faith to believe in @ thorough recon ciation, * * * It is waid that Pi will mak6 no con. cession in the German question, weds The Ausiro-Fruslan jance is & spectre o| whiob mi at the tirst appearance of the sun. aie It tg to be undersioon, of course, that Austria, for appearance sake, could not be on terms of even apparent cordiality with Prassla immediately after the fatal year of 1863, Now, however, the days of mourning are passed, and it would be toolisi jor the two Gerufau capitals to be es! ed from each other any longer. Nothing is to gained b; enmity, and noching is to be lost by apparent iriend- ship. “The Crown Prince was going to the Hast; bis road lay through Austria, aud, like @ seasibie man, he took occasion to make @ visit to the Ausiian Emperor. The apparent friendship of Austria will not prevent the South German States from joining Prussia; on the contrary, may help on the move- ment, Count Beust, who, according to a newspaper report, tolda deputy to the Bohemian Paruament that he had p:rsuaded Napoleon to be more liveral in constitutional measures, may rest assured of bis josition, since the world is at peace, and be able to bring more pressure to bear on the reiractory oppo- sition tn Austria, which Insisis on rejecting consutu- tions having their origin mostly in Vienna. In @ former letter | mentioned that the Mayor of Prague had resigned in consequence of not being able to carry out certain orders of the Vienna Min- istry with Tegard to qualifying new voters previous to the recent Bohemtan elecuons. Dr. Klaudy, tha late Mayor, has been re elected by a vote of seventy- we Against ten. ‘his is a very positive demonsira- 01 The success of the Bohemian apposition, has given renewed strength to the opposition everywhere throughout Austria. In Poland Vienna ts supported by & majority of only three, and Iam informed that if it were not for jobbing in projected railroads and other such aerial enterprises even this microscopic majority would disappear. It may be truly sald that constitutionalism as now organized in Austria hangs on a thread. Radical reforms are talked of, They are the only means of Pope, tae dogmatic definition of whose personal infailibility has become a natural consequence, This tendency is to pe traced, however, ta foriner periods, When t¢ caused Important innovations, such ag taking from the laity their ancient right of naming bishops and from bishops thelr prerogative of naw ing saints. ‘The principles of each Catholi¢ party are upheld by-3 own organized set of journg!s, authors and Preachers. ‘The ultra-cterical perioaiwais ure too well Known to require specifying by namie, and M. Louis Veuillot ts recognized inroughout the world as the ieading literary champton of uleramontanisn:. Equally distinguished men wield the pen and taan- der from the pulpit on the liberal Catholic side. at. de Montalembert’s nae is at ne head of the list of their writers, and the eloquent Pére Hyacinthe has denounced the pohey of Rome towards modern society in such Vigorous terms that the catnearat of Notre Dame bas become the most fashionabie resort for Parisian ladies, notwithstanding tne un- Sparing lash whch the enthasiastic barefooted Car- imelite monk bestowed on their feminine follies also. Father Hyacintie has been reprimanded by the gene- ral of his order from Rome, and as he has not sao- mitted humbly, he may now be considered ag the founder of & new scnism. The progress of hberal Catholicism 18 most important in Germany among al classes of the Catholic population, Whose sentiments are well illustrated by Wie address of the fartuful of Coblentz to the Bishop of Treves on the danger of the ‘Uouncil’s sanctioning tue prin- crpies advocated by the Jesuits’ journal publishea at Rome, the civitta Cattolica, At headquarters the Jesuits are, of course, supporters of uitramontan- ism, and in most Catholte countries also, Rea bag 4 Belgium and the United States, wuere they Mud it their best pottcy to zo with the prevailing curreat of liberty of conscience, at least in appearance, order not to onend public opimion too openiy, Other remarkable documents on tne hberal side in Germany are (he address of the students of tueology at Bonn to the Arcabisuop of Cologne on ultramon- tane opinions, the reply of the dociors of theolcgy and canon Jaw at Munich to the propositions of Prince Hohentohe on the danger of a conflict between the Heumenicai Council and civil govern- ments, and, finaly, the letter receatly addressed to their diocesans by the nineteen bishops united im conference at Fulda in reply to apprehensions expressed by them respecting the possible couse- quences of the Council ‘The Pope's iormal invitation to the schismatic bisnops Lo take pari in the Council has proved a sig- nal isiure. It 1s easy to understand Why im coun- tries Where schism ts the State reilgion, like Russta, Greece and Roumanta, the pretentions of his Holi- ness should be cteciined, but the same has proved the case in the countries subject to Turkey, where the government would not be sorry to see schisinatics abandon ticir Kussian protectorate to raily round tae Charen of Rome. The tact is chat the long exist ing antipachy of race between Latins aud Orientais Das not yet ceased. The latter is vain of his superi- ority as an elder brother, punctilious to excess, and devoted to his traditions, Even those who are called united only attached by the sightest bond to Rome, retainmg their own ritual, pa- trnrchs aud the right of their prtests to ‘mar- ry. it 28 not entirely from docirinal objections that the Ortental Christians will not consent to became Roman Cacholica, the supremacy of tue Pope, purgatory, the procession of the Son er uirogee in the Trimity, and the modern doctrine of the Pope's superiority to Heumenical Councils are, perhaps, not such stumbling blocks to schtsmatica #3 the irrefragable fact that they are Orientals and boman Catholics are Latins. Papal Preparations for the Ecumenical Council, “he Crown Prince of Prussia in Vienna and Approach to German Consolidation. RUSSO-FRENCH INTERESTS EASTWARD. By mail from Europe we have the following com- prehensive and highly interesting speciat corres- pondence in detail Of our cabie telegrams to the 16th of October, The Eewmenical Council—Preparations for the Reception of the Pretates—Public Feeling and Opinions—Hiring Apartments and the Rents—The King ef Prussia’s Carpet Ex« pected Hourty—Milary Duty—Feeling ot the Outside Governments. Rome, Oct. 9, 1869. Although not more than two months have to elapse before the day fixed for the opening of the Council | observe, from remarks tn several news- papers, that there are sti persons incrednious not “only as to that assembly being really opened on the Sth of December, but as to its being held atal. I will, therefore, give some additional posttive details of the forward state of preparations for the Couneil m Rome, as proofs of tne contrary, before proceed- ing to the principal topte or tuts letter, whtch I tend to be a review of the feelings aud atutuae of Catholics, schismatics, heretics and ocher non-Catho- lics towards the Council. Both docurinal and material preparations are being vigorously pushed on, With regard to the frst cate- gory lam assured that nearly all the programmes of canons to be presented tor approbation fer the Council are already drawn up and elaborated, in mode that very soon notiting else will have to be done before they are distvipnted to the assembled prelates on the opening day of the Council. This ‘will be rather short notice for the bishops, as they Will not have time to study the propositions before being called upon for thelr votes; put if the great Majority of bishops can complam with justice of having too ilttle to do in tue work ef the Council the permanent committees in Rome may equally com- plain of having too mach, and as to¢ho secretary of | With regard to herctics and, non-cathollos of all escaping defeat and fatlure. ES 2 ear 2 pA categories the text of the pes convocation . the Couucli, the Austrian Bishop of St Hyppolite, | of ihe Catholte eplscopaey to the Council plainly in- Monsignor Fessler, eine: hours’ work per diem | timutes that they were never expected to take part GERMANY. hardly carries hint through bis indispensable bust | M the assembly, but merely to take advantage of ~ such 4 sviewn occasion to ponder over the error of their Ways and retara to the true Churet, within Witich tue Poniit would receive them ase tender Shepherd recovers erriug sheep. Had there been any douse on this head Pius LX.’s recent etter to Archbasiop Manning in reply to Dr, Cumming’s m- quiry whether iree discussion would be allowed in the Coune!l, would have entirely dtssipated it. in this sense an error seems to have been commiutea by the Presoyterian Moderators, Mr, W. Jacobus and wir, PH. Powler, in their recent letters to Pius 1X. on behair of “the two General Assemolles of the Prespyterian Chareh in the United States of Amert- ca” setting forth the reasons why the Presbyterians in America could not accept his invitation to par- aess. As to material preparations they are in a iuke state of forwardness, Which. wouid certainly not be the cuse if there were any hitch or delay mm the prospects of the Council, z The Pope's maestro @i casa, Commendatore Spagna, Las eagaged numerons suits of apartments in convents and in 5 houses for the poor aishops, about (oree hundred in number, who will be Maintained at the Pope’s expense. The conditions amade with the landlords vy tnis oficial are to take their apartments for eight months from the Ist of Prospects of Peace—Diplomatiste’ Theories Disarmament—The Reichstag Committee New Penal Code—A Policesitidden Peoplo— Returns of Trades Unions. BERLIN, Oct. 11, 1869. Peace, that placid picture which for several years Past partook much of the character of dissolving views, 13 now beginning to stand out more boldiy and fixedly in the background, After the events of 1866 It was generally thought that Prussta, in order to secure the spoils, would have to fight one or sev- October. Mf by some cone tion of unforeseen | Hcipat = ne eae of Ge approaching | eral more battles. This general impression was events the Council Is not held or prorogued only | Ghjections demonstrate tint Presbyteriaceis insu | Well taken advantage of by the governments of only th ynths' rent is to be patd, Jf the meet- | vita: and tenacious. Europe. Its telling effect here enabled Prussia to The Vope 18 said to be aMicted and aisappointea at the obstinacy Of schismatics and neretics; but if he expected them, at his mere intimation, to aban- don their respective creeds ¢n masse, such an idea must have sprung trom total ignorance of the real state of retigious :eeliug in non-Cathoile countries, As to Jews, Mohammedans, ei hoc genus omne, tb would be wasting time and space to treat of tueir feelings towards the Council amounting, as they must do, to perfect inditference. According to the antleipations of Catholic entau- slasts, however, the Council will offer a suMciently overwhelming spectacle without the concurrence of converted cougregauions still outside the pale of the Roman Charcn, ‘The following extract is from the leading article in the Observatore Romano of the 7th ms ‘On, how marvellous will be the 8th of December, 1869 | A thousand abbots, generals of orders, bishops, Talse @ heavy war loan, to saddle the North German Confederation, years in advance, with an enormous military establishment, a draft of one per cent of the population for three years’ service in the army, and that in time of peace. France, Italy and Austria were not tardy im foliowing suit, and hence the Stupendous increase all round of military and naval establishments. Until recently we have seen one great diplomatist enact the part ofthe knight on the chess board, Jumping all over the board, right and left, tn the endeavor to keep alive the idea of impending war—a war of retribu- tion, In this Baron Beust has been more or less successful. Clouds rose in Luxemburg, Roumania, ing lasts less than eight months rept will still be paid for that whole term, but if it lasts more the surplus rent wii! be paid monthly, I mentioned in & preceding letter that these 300 mdigent bishops, ehierly from Italian sees or foreign missionary sta- tions, wil! have their lodgings gratis and an allow- ‘ance for their table and carriage hire, varying from ¥en to fifteen Irancs a day, according to their eccle- siastical rank. Bub we shail have striking contrasts to this modest simplicity in the establishments of rich prelates like those of Austria, Hungary and France, many of whoim have already bespoken sui ptuous equipages; so that while the former will be proceeding every morning to ~he Council apos- Volically on fvot, of at most in hired caps at eiguty ventimes the drive, ihe latter will approach the Vatican in the more modern form of Hpiscopal | archbishops, primates, patriarchs and cardinals will | Greece and Belgium, but vanished without doing sanctity, Viz: a gorgeously gilded carriage aud two =" in st. Peter’s tue ingress of the King of | any harm. Finally, the European Cabinets, having a; prancing horses and as many liveried lackeys Me SOLA AEEAGH GATTE TE PALMA aE te Ee grown somewhat tired of the noble Baron’s capers, ihe vouncii hail at St. Peter's ana its dependen- | States anxious!y awaiting the day, will acciaim Fiug | 404 he himseif discovering the vapidness of his IX., when he will descend the stairs carried on his gestatortal chair, and passing through we atrium Will enter that basilica where every statue, every oruament, every stone speaks of the’ eternity of the Apostolic § established by God as the founda- Uon of the Charch and soclety—where the recollec- Hons of past TrinMphs are a reasonable excitement cies will soon be completed, The great green embroidered carpet whieh I informed your readers the King of Prussia mienas to presen: to the Pope s expecied irom Kerlin, it will be placed upou the raised stage su orting the Pontifical turone and on the intervening space between the two half circles of seats for tue ‘The enclosure forming the game, we perceive him on quive a diderent tack, Now, should it really be within the power of one diplomatist, or even two of them, if we add Lord Clarendon, to bestow upon Europe the blessings of peace? We do not think 60, ‘ihe time for Cabinets’ rullog Whe destinies of nations is fast goiug by, ‘Lhis hall is to be us In body color, | 40d @ sire pledge for future triurapls witch wil | 1s not meant as distrust of the maintenance of peace, representing popes ana ott guitaries WhO most | Oly ead with the last and fMnal one, the exaitation | Jor everyting speaks in 1s favor. We would only Bay distinguisiied themselves in preceding ecumenicai | Of the Just and the horrible condemmation of their | that its preservation so far has been due to cireum- councils, In descriving the arrangement of the*| persecutors !” stances over which neither Baron beust nor council hall | mentioned the galleries on the right It remains to be seen how far this brilliant picture } Lord Clarendon hud any control whatever. Napo- and jeft for the-shortnand reporters and ofiictal | Will be realized, With respect to the numbers of | leon’s deieat in Mexico; the loss of has prestige in theologians. Besides these there ure two other gal- | te prelates who may be expectea, it seems to b Europe; his sickness afterward; Bismarck’s poiicy exaggerated, for the Writer of the above artidle p down the whole strength of the episcopacy. Doubt less ali who can come, will, as they have all taken an oath to do so, on their being made bishops. But it is calculated that from various woitives about @ third part of the episcopal boay wil be absent. AUSTRIA. leries, or iribuues—one reserved for ambassadors and persons of distinguished rank aud the other most reserved for sovereigns or iuembers of royal families visiung Rome during the Council. These personages Wilk be admitted to wituess the opera- tions of the assembly, but merely as passive specta- tors; no gencrai public will have the same privilege. {,will not repeat what 1 have already referred to specting the progress of the ouument i the Jani- Cului 11 commenoration of the Council. J have also given suilicient detaus respecting the exhibition of articles of Catholic mdustry aud art in the Cartuusian convent of Santa Maria degh Angeli, 60 that I merely alluge again to its rapid progress Lowara completion in additional proof of the reanty of everything that converges LO one central object, the convention of the Keumenical Connect. The Ponu i Keserve Volunteer Rulemen deserve Notice here, because they have applied for the ex- clusive honor of doing duty at St. Yever'’s during the Council, aud there is every reason to suppose that the Pope Will grant this favor to such a disunguisied corps. ihey ate pot yee compiecely organized, Weir nunbers only having reached 4:5, instead of 800, as Was originally proposed: bat it is to be remembered thas the recruits aré al peabers of the movility and the most respectable mictdle classes, and that they Berve without pay and provide their own uulforimns and equipments, consisting in biue tunic and trou- sers faced with green, a hat like the Lalian versag- cer With Cock’s Leathers, bud belt and Kemington rifle. Princes Lanceluttt and Aldoprandim com- luand these four companies, with the two sons of Marquis Patrizt, bat an Oficer of the Papal regular aray is to commana the enure battalion, AS a concluding argument to demonstrate that no obsiacio ts to be apprehended to the realization of te Vope’s earnest desire, | may specily tue witituae of the principal governments wward tue Holy See on tus Occasion. ey have rejected the Buvaro-jtallan programme, avoptiug instead the Which may pe resumed as follo Not to hinder cheir bishops from obeying the Pope's summons to proceed to ome and sit in coaneil under his presi- ency; not to accredit reyreseucatives to the aouncil; to observe caimiy the deliberations and decisions of the meeting, protesting only against Buch decrees a3 would militate egainst the princi pies on which the modern relations between Church ud State are rounded. Five or six Freuch bishops have promised to support the views of their gov- ernment respecting tie council as mach as 1s con- sistent with their hierarchical aliegiance to tue Pope, and to act in concert for that parpose with the French Ambassador, Marquis de Bannevilie, who is daily expected in Kome, charged, as 13 said, wiih some coulidential communications to Cardinal Anvonelli on tne #ubject. Finaily, 00 serious oppo- Bition to the Council is to be eared from any por- tion of the Catholic world. The agitation of the liberal Catholic party, to which I shai aliude more atiength presenuy, Wi)i have no perceptible indu- @uce as matters now stand, In the Catholw Chu the laity is reckoned a8 nothing, and even jp of stopping short at the Maine frontier; his iuiifer- ence towards the Southern States—all are circum- stances Which they had no hand in. Though peace 1s tue order of the day it cannot yet be considered as firuily secured. Tue death of Na- poiecn, @ change in tue Oriental question, a hasy inove by Germuuy lowards naiional union, tay soon bring on @ war. With tus knowledge at his fingers? ends Baron Beust is. supposed tO have started on his late journey, and hence tie many versions. attributed to is-mission Of peace, Wich some con- sider wound up With che approach to Prassia, while ovlers contend that he ineaus notulng less than @ revival of the Holy Alliance, According to the lat- ter opiion Austria no louger attaches aby value to sunple alliances, but alms at the establishment of an enients cordiale With ail governments, and, a8 she hopes, amoug themselves. This Would mace the customary olfeusive and defensive treaties eaurely Superducua for the future. For the achievement of this plan Baron Beust is supposed to have obtained tle assistance of Lord Clarendoa. As 8000 as the ties are @ litte more propitious we shail Lear mure of the project. it Jooks much jike disarmament and its unavoidable companion, a European Con- gress, But these two topics, like Don Quixoie aud Sancho Panza, have beeu laid on the shelf over and overagalu. A repeated jlasco has discouraged aud disgusied every one of the governments. Count Beust, however, 1s willing to grapple with general disariaument; Le would only insist upon calling 1b by anotiicr aud more diplomatic name, one less apt to cause alfront and uneasiness. ‘hus, Austria Would march at the head of @ permanent peace in Europe, if you ask how an object the consummation of waich is so devoutly wished for migut be obtalped you are answered:—Ajl the guaractoes Wanted cousist 1a he Powers’ renunciation of out- side action, This 18 to ve tie new suibooleth, indeea, if the governments would lormaliy relin- quish ali outward action a solid basis for peace Lugut be Won; that burdensome question as to who shomia disarm first migut tien be evaded and gene- rally disarinainent Would naturally follow. Sach a remuneration, 16 is thought by Baron Heuss, may be obtames frou the Vowers; tt does not necessarily imply @ congress, aad the terms could be lec to deliberation and agreement becween the Cabinets, In ail these Cheories, ongmating, it 18 said, With the wily Count, nothing Waatever is mentioned about the Pp ve seen that uisy, too, mean to e @ voice in the question of disarmament and peace. is Without going quite as far as the democrats at the Lausanne Congress We may soon sev in ce moire chical Legisiacures representatives wao will lit up their Voices joudiy aad demaad reform. ‘The same Will be the case in the Kelestag, as most probably gov { promises Of relorm Wii not come up to Loe expeciations of the hberais, and in this respect King Withan’s tirone speech, to be delivered the day alter Lo-morrow, is luoked forward to with coa- ‘apie anxy ‘The comnissi The Crown Prince of Prussia in Vienna—Con- Jectnres as to the Object of His Visit—Rus- siam Interests and Policy—The Auglo-French Alliance--Looking to Dowination in the East—German Consolidation and Force er the North, VIENNA, Oct. 12, 1869, On the 7th instant the Crown Prince of Prussia arrtyed in Vienna on his way to the Orient, and is during bis stay bere a guest of the Ku:peror. « The visitof the Prussian prince has not been the occasion of any popular festivities or demonstra- tions. No military review bes taken place, No gala representation has been given in the opera, The people have shown neither signs of welcome for nor dislike to the distimguished guest. As this visit seems to have taken the world more or less by snr- prise the conjectures as to 18 significance are many and various. Rumors of ali Kinds are going the round of European papers, such as a re- newal of the Holy Alliance—an alliance between Austria and Prussia. Not one of those rumors, however, has any foundation tn fact, and not one of the proposed alliances could be formed at the present time. The me for permanent alliances has gone by, and, even if it were not, the political condi- tion of Europe has so changed that the renewal of what was Known a3 the Holy Alliance is impossibie atthe present time. The chiof Power in Europe 1 Russia, That she will enter into any per- manent agreement for political or dynastic pur. poses NO one can lor a Moment suppose Who 1s at all acquainted With the state of afuirs sinc? the coming of Alexander iI, to the throue. Russia's policy, which is so ably carried out under the administra. tion of Prince Gortschakoff, is to keep aloof from every entangitng aillance aud turn all her attention to the interna! resources of the country. With fore.ga goveraments she needs nothing more than lo be ou vermis of amicable aad friendly Inter- course. Kussia has no interest in upholding any particular sysiem in Western Europe. Her position Austro-French, to draft a penal code for the North Geraian Coniederation met jast week, presided over very littie. The Pope and Bpiscopacy are a is Such that she can accomplish her destentes not wad if they are aineerely an dd the writhings of @ | only without the assistance of Westera Karope, bub, | by Dr. Leoukardt, the Minister of Justice. At the few maiconteuts of such comparatively low stand- if necessary, in spite of Its opposition. Though the opening Dr. Leonhardt reed a letter which he had Just ry ‘ed from Count Bismarck, and in which the Bund Chaacelior expresses lively aympatny with the Work, aud regrets not being able persoaaily to reel the momwbers of the comunssion, He adds tnat tue achievement of this work would be & vase step iu Advanve of the purposes of the Confederation, aud intimales tuat iuch Gaepends upon short apd deci sive discussion, It had Leon the expectation of tie Bund Counch, when appomung this commission, (hat it should termina (hei iapors at the close of relations between the Court of Su Petersburg and that of Berlin are of the most friendly character, @ Strong Opposition between the nationalities of tne Wo countries 13 Inevitable In the future, Between Austria and Russia an alliance 1s so improbable that Wt would be diUicuit Lo show a single reason for Rus sia’s snaking ft. The country In Europe which needs Kuasia’s friendship most is France. Thig necessity of drawing nearer to Kussia is becoming more and Frenc ing Will not stop their career, Jt 18 to be easliy un- derstood, with (he Vope’s power im the selection and promotion of bishops, that they are not inclined to thwart his intentions, With very few exceptions his ‘Will 18 theirs. tie wishes for tie Council, and so do they; and, in the new canons to be decreed, tis initiative Wil insure the great majority of their votes. 1 may now proceed to detine the dispositions of the leadiug categories of reliiouists mentioned in e beginning of tus letter, As the time fixed for | more imperative for the government, and it the openiug of the Council draws near, the senul- | would Seem that the Emperor Napoleon’ has at | the year. He, therefore, hoped that within the nients Which animate Catholics are displayed inore | lengtt awakened to a consciousness of that impor | frat legisiative period of the Confederation and more distivetiy, Catholicism 18 divided ito CWO | tant fact. With @ wnited, a powerful and an ainbl- | the common peual code would become @ law. Aa to sastiee-the tlirantonianes, as they culled in | tious Germany in the centre of Hurope, France can- | the draft itself, it will ve tine enouga to speak of it Rorthera Europe :tiey profess the opiuious | not escape isolation, if she Das nothing beter to } When comimg Up in the Reichstag next spring. ‘hough based Uy on the Prussian code, 1 differs cou- sideravly from i Hxclusive of tue imbtroductory part, 1t has only 98 parayraphs, Miing twenty-ergnt printed saeei#. The projoundness and care employed Feceived hitherto in it ‘uliramontes, reapeciing | Pope and the Court of tome of dogma, mor depend upon than the Latin race. Berweea England and France there wit! never be a warmer feeling than that which is expressed by a Cabinet entente cordial, The English and French id expecially ta Rome, preme power of the vod all dubjons pomnts | diseipiine or his d Canon laW—these are tue ac ¢ noe | people are opposed in inverest#, tastes and habits, | in this Work afe juaniies: frou we accompanying — Fe the Gavenced CAVO- | Peowle Moper vnderstanding With Russia France | documents and explanatory notes, which ail 170 The moderate or ti Catholics, on the bud gain a greater Victory over Germany than she | sicets, and, Contrary to; lormer practice of hyper- other band, w " eara n ever hope for on the battle fields of Prussia. 5 reservation aNd svcresy, Contain oficial reports apd teaching of ‘Rome, ih a proper understanding with Russia France might | correspondences Letween the Various Cabinets, He unappeniable chetates the prin in an mmense access of infaence in the Hast, | method of constracting this work has been highly respecting s¢ gover 1 nd taking the part of t eased and of Jaborious, for, WIth The Assistance of the Foreign the Churen yoral att pr Siayonie and Greek pc ous show to the | Oiice, ail the penal codes of German staves in and not the ¢ end least one nation im the Weat has a | outside the Conlederation were obtained and then fo the const ton of laymé acie tre that at ; thought for the freedom and welfare of those mil- lions of Chrisuans whose slavery and degradation yd, From this vast wm 1 built up on it terial the -russian bas, new dratt ONE OBO: Y 1 r i 0 e dipiomacy of | lete pr » been leit out and otiers amended I! nore or less formal are recognized and fguaranteed by the diplomacy lete pr pis have un 5 fative yotee of Rome pada be aad tho various States of the Coniederation wore “The Cat the recall of Baron Talleyrand from the post of | consulved on every importagt quesuon, ayer Ambassabor at St. Petersburg and the appointment At the Heidelberg conterence of German jurists Ol General Fieury in his place 1s generally recog- } tio Gratt was doviared to ve aa iaprov cement upon the Prussian code, Especial mention Was made of Moroney’ of tang euteta derived from the French their bemg German law. In this respect the attempt shall be yi " punishable than che committal of crime. The wreat severity of the code Is modified by allowing tn mauy cases Ube assumption et mildgating clrcum- Stances or abrogating the minimum of senwnce. Alas! the Views Of jurists here are not sufficienuy elevated to adopt the far rior rule of maximum sentences only, leaving tn all cases mitigation to the discretion of ihe court. The draft 1cts capital punishment to three cases of erme, while in the Prussian code it 18 adjudged m fourteen, Without saying @ Word &bout this much ventilaved question and the pros and cons for entire abolition, we should regret (© see Capital punishment reintroduced in thos9 coniederate States, as, for instance, Saxon’ Oldenburg and Anhalt, which have previous! abrogated it. ‘The minimum of sentence to the Peni- tentiary,” in Prussia for two years, 18 but one in the dratt; the maximum, in Prussia twenty, is reduced to fifteen, ‘The logs of citizenship in Prussia always attached to a term in the Femitentiary, ts, in tne draft, left to the discretion of tue court, wach shall be guided by the character of the criminal deed, excepting perjury, severe acts of lowdness and extortion, which sbali be always visited with the satd loss, the maximum duration of which shall be ten years (heretofore It was for life). While the Prus- slan statute allows children, without regard to their age, to be sentenced for crime, the present dratt de- clares that at an age less than twelve years no crimi- nal prosecution shall be instituted, These are some of the priacipal points of differ- ence, though we must not omit to mention that even the ill-renowned articles 100 aud 101 of the Prussian code, the so-called -India rubber hate and contempt paragraphs,” have lost a little of their extreme elas- ticity, by means of which any criticism of the acts of government or @ public olticer, any political news- Paper artacle or picture or song, or, in spleasing to the powers that be, into “disturbance of the public peace and attempt to incite hatred and contempt.” ‘the modifications alluded to in the new draft, where the articles are numbered 112 and 113, only consist in a more concise wording, better deflaing individual Iability and at- taching it to tae commission of certai acts, while in the code this is left open altogether, aud hence numerous convictions under the general terms of “publicly spreading bacred and contempt’? against the authorities or among citizens. Of course no one must imagine that a penal code draited upon the basis of the Prussian could leave a doubt ofits parentage. Just as well might an Etho- pian be expected to cl the color of his skin as thatany one looking in ulis code should find other features than those characteristic of a police or con- stablegovernment, The drait, being intended for the whole contederation, which, from a judicial stand- point 18 considered as one great realin, contains in some cases severer punishments than the statutes of the several States; but as it alms at conformity of Proccedings and most eminently embodies unton and joint interest, it wilt be looked upon favorably by the national Uberals, and we have seen Count Bismarek viewing it, too, as highly important to the confederation. ‘ouching police government, adverted to above, we have a striking instance in a trial recently report- ed, wherein a former judge was prosecuted for pub- lishing @ pamphiet encitied ‘Police Rute versus Legality.” “In his defence he showed very cleariy that the Prussian people were police-ridden and must obey their commands whether legal. illegal or even criminal, Afvera pro/racted trial, and the case having been sent to the Court of Appeal, the pre- siding judges retired but for a few minutes and came back With a verdict of acquittal, The reports of the different Chambers of Commerco to the Trade Department contain toud complaints of the heavy customs levied in the United States, amounting in many instances to prohibition, The manufacture of woollen, silk and other dry goods, also furniture and fancy goods, suffers throughout the Zollverein considerabie depressfon on this account, and a large numper of operatives are thrown out of employ. In Mayence ana Hiidestein the Chambers of Commerce speak outright, and say that the vast armaments and military preparations on both sides of the Knine create so much apprehen- sion in the minds of tommercial men that in spite of throne speeches, teeming with peaceful prognos- tics, trade With them 1s almost paralyzed. Areturn of the Schuitze Delitzsch trade unions throughout Germany, north and south, and includ- ing German-Austria, gives their number at 666, the humber of members at 256,000, the amount advanced on promissory notes at 113,000,000 thalers, the assets t 45,000,000 and their net profit during the preced- ing year at 741,000 thalers. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, A fresh strike has Just occurred at Mons, in Bel- gium, where wore than 1,200 minera have left their work, The defalcations of ‘tho cashier of the Zurich branch of the Bank of Switzerland prove to exceed 1,000. The Royal Mint in London has received an order to strike off 20,000 military medals, commemorating the Abyssinian expedition. A detachment of 150 young Canadians recently. Passed through Paris en route for Rome, where they will join the Pontifical army. On New Blackfriars Bridge. over the Thames, in London, being thrown 0} to the public London Bridge will closed for some time in order to ‘undergo necessary. repairs, ‘The revenue of Prussia amounts to forty per cent of its national debt; that of Russia twenty-seven per cent, while that of France, England and Austria Tange Irom ten to sixteen per cent, The Paris Charivari, under the title of “A New Version of the Pantin Murder,’? represents Prussia Killing another victim (renen. ana putting 1t in the «rave With the former (Hanover, Saxony, &¢.) The Servian government has appomted a commis- sion at Constantinople to wait upon the various princes who may pass through Turkey for the pur- pose of assuring them of the friendly sentiments, ~ A new police regulation in Warsaw punishes the introduction of forbidden books or pamphlets witn from five ta fifteen years’ exile to Siberia, All cari- catures on the person of the Emperor are punishable with death. is In reference to the candidature of the young Duke of Genoa to the throne of Spain the Fischieiio of ‘Turin gives tho lad the benefit of a peep into the magic lantern. The scene snown 13 entitled “Over. turo, June 19, 1867,” and represefts Maximilian Jying dead, plerced with bullets. “Such is the fate of those who seek to climb on foreign tirones,’? The International of London states that the Viceroy of Egypt has concluded another loan of 85,000,000 francs, that he has forbidden the official Turkish journal the Turquie to enter Egypt and that he has caused the Sultan’s letter, which was lacarded in public, to be torn down. On the other and it mentions that the Sultan does not intend taking active measures to enforce his sovereinty until after the inauguration ceremonies of the Suez Cai nal, aN. i Tho Situation in St. Domingo—The Hartmont Loan—Threatened Complications—The Case of Mr. Hatch, Sr. Doattnao Orry, Oct, 12, 1869, Affairs on the island are in an unusually quiet state, and President Baez ts doing everything neces- sary to keep down the disorders on the frontiers, which have been so constantly disturbing big admin- istration during the past year. The opening of direct communication between this island and the United States nas afforded @ much desired means of Decoming more familiar witn a government pros- pectively 80 important to us. Several leading mer- chants have visited the States and returned with extravagant accounts of all that they saw and heard, One of them remarked, “Why, we knew nothing of the powerful and = great republic of the North. We thought it was a wild, barbarous country. So the Spaniards told us a few years ago, when we were stupid enough to believe ‘ali such lies, Spatn is a small affair compared with our sister republic.” The closer reiations of a com- mercial character have done all to effect this flatver- ing state of feeling, and it is on the merenae, ‘The treaty between this governmen’ and Hart- mont & Co., of London, for a loan of £420,000 ster- Jing 18 pubilsned. ‘Out of this amount the Dominican government is to pay Hartmont & Co. £100,000 ster- ling for thetr disbursements, risks and In quality of commissions, The governinent here engages to pay ‘£68,000 sterling for twenty-five years for Interest and extinction of the loaa, In plain terms, thia peculiar financtal operation amounts to this—the Dominican government actually receives, in cash, £281,000 sterling. It has already an account of £40,000 ster- ling against the joan, consequently there remains but about £220,000 sterling to be paid to the govern- ment. in addition to the hypothecation of customs and other revenues, it ia understood, upon good autho- rity, that the government has conceded by special treaties all the valuable woods and undeveloped co: Toines on the peninsula of Samana, and also the ano on the island of Alta Vela. step on the part of the Baes governinent Is looked upon with grave aonbts, Advices of a private nature premise that the loan will prove a failure, I think itis time the United States government were looking to its own Inte- rests In this island, if it really have any serious notion of a proposition looking to the acquisition of Samana, or perhaps the entire island, with the popu- Jar approval. The American fever is evidentiy growing, ough the proposed loan 18 not likely to strengtien a reciprocal fecling in the United States. ‘The case of Mr. Davis Hatch 1s receiving attention. ‘This citizen of the United Statea wi ig at Bae rahoma, whither he went as agent of a New York company, having in view the working of the exten- sive saltimines of Hoyba. The port of Barahoma has for some time heen “debatable territory” between the government and the revolationary faction. 1¢ was heid three months by the iatter, when they abandoned it and the troops of tho government took possession. When they in turn evacuated, about the end of August, Mr. Hatch was taken with them to Azua and there placed under arrest, He was afterwarda transported to thia city Placed in close confinement in the Cuarteles, in order, It was #aid, to take bis declaration. Mr. Hatch was placed on board ® War schooner, taken back to Agua and there tried by court martial and sentenced to be shot on the 2d inst. A messenger sent to this city with the proceedings and senience Was at once de. spatched on return to Azua with @ pardon to Mr. Hatch. The anxiety of five days’ suspense has had 4 severe eiiect Upon HF. Hatch’s miad und health, ST. DOMINGO. CUBA. The Cuban Questian= The Case of tho Hornet— Her Release Doubtfal—Necessity of Decisive Action in Cuba—Prosp:*ts of Recognition, Wasuineron, D. C., Oct, 28, 1869, The government having fulfilled its obligations towards Spain as @ friendly nation, the case of the Hornet bas been almost dropped, except to see that she does not find her way ouce more to sea. If the friends of Cu a desire to have a test of the legality o1 the act of the government in seizing the vessel they will have perfect freedom to take any measures in that direction that they may deem desirable, The general impression of the government, however, seems to be that the vessel has undertaken to violate the neutrality on the part of the United States in the pending strugule between Spain and Cuba; that under no pretence of privileges or immu- nities under certain circumstances or stretch of the spirit or letter of the law can she be presented in any other light than that of an object of final seizure and subject to condemnation. ‘The decisive action of the President in the matter was the result of his own conviction of the Inimical character of the Hor- net. If there be any possivility of Spain appreciat- ing this additional evidence of the desire of the Executive to act impartially in the struggle it must Dave a beneticial elect in calming the excitement stirred up in the recent overtures on the part of the United States to bring the Cuban question @& speedier and less sanguinary conclusion, ‘The administration is determined to adhere to tts policy of non-intervention until some satisfactory evidence be presented showing more tangible mdi- cations of an early nauonal character assumed by the piaurgsa cause. The reports irom Cuba in pos- session of the government are as yet by no means satisfactory to the Cuban side of the question, Al- though they are mantuilly holding their own against @ diversity of obstacies they are making no visible approach to @ victorious overthrow of Spaaish tyranny. ‘the defection reported, and which seems have some foundation, in the patriot ranks is having a very damaging effects to their interests, and has unfortunately para- lyzed their best eflorts and caused tiem to lose pro- Dably the beat season. of the year tor their mode of warfare. The woral effect of fhe reinforcements from Spain, though their numbers are considered largely over-estimated, may dampen the ardor of the triends of Cuba, it is thought here, however, that for all the opposition of these reinforcements Le eee independence of Cuba will not be dis- rbed. ‘The resumption of active oparaions is looked for With considerable interest by this governmeut, and it ig zenerally admitted that this will determine whether Cuba will bea free State or a dependency of des- potic Spain, ‘The crisis caniiot be very remote. One powerful and determined eifort of the Cuban forces and the opening of communication with the outer world, 80 ¢hat something official can be learned, seems to be ailthat delays some decisive action b; the United States. Certainly the time ior recogni- ton, and history supports the proposition as a gene- ral principle, would be alter some marked event, something showing the elements of nation- ality above the feeble effort of a weak and unsteady faction. Such questions a3 that of Cuba often take very sudden turns, and in event of a well deitvered and effective blow the probabilities would be m favor of a most satisfactory step ou the part of this government, The Merciful Projects of De Rodas—Secret Orders to Shoot Ali Suspicious Personas Robbery and Butchery—The Reinforcements from Spain—National Anniverspry, Havana, Oct. 16, 1869; A paper entitled Supplemento al Laburante, ta the interest of the insurrection, has been quite exten- sively circulated through the city during the past two weeks. Its leading article is'a cursory yet very energetic résumé of the situation from a Cuban point of view. The foilowing extracts are trans- lated for the benefit of the readers of the HERaLp. Speaking of the public circulars and reserved orders of Captain General de Rodas, El Laborante does not believe in the merciful intentions of the spanish head centre, a8 may be seen from the following:— Circulars of General Rodas have been pubiished prohibiting tue putt: to death Of any one without being firs: tried; but the reserved orders of the same General Rodas which have been received by tae governors and chiels of columns ‘to shoot witnout trial any whom they may deem suspicious” are not ublisbed. No one doubts that the circulars pub- ished are complied with und the reserved orders complied with faithfully, Thousands of country- men are already counted as assassinated. Those most exposed are those who possess property, which 1s distributed among the assassins, The persuasion of theirs that the more Cubans they kill the fewer sol- diers the insurrection will have is the cause of this infamous butchery. By robbing and killing they transiate the celebrated prograinme of justice and moranty. In reference to the soldiers which Spain sends out here, certainly shabby enough im appearance and without arms and accoutrements, El Laborante thus expresses itself:— If we have to form an idea of the power of Spain by the soldiers she sends us, poor, indeed, must she be. It is true they are all young men, but it is also true they all come unarmed, naked, without shoes and hat What does Spain wish us to think of her when we behold her poverty &.d her misery? Will she exact of usour admiration, or, better, expect our contempt? In direct contradiction ao we find what her papers tell us and what we ourselves see, They spesk to us of thetr inextinguishable riches, ana wo alone can contemplate the spectacle of her misery, For God's sake, for God’s sake ! no more Quixotism, Let the truth be told and let it be confessed at once and forever that Cuba is to Spain as the heart ae man—her main artery, without which life is impo: ble. Let them not have scruples in saying that with- out Cuba Spain cannot live; she tannot fill the ext- gencles of her extravagances and of hee govern- meat; that Caba ts indispensable to her in order that She may annually extract millions of dollars, and which are sent to Spain; that Cuba is what clothes, shoes -and arms those ridicuious hordes: which she sends here to fight against our aspirations of being free and independent; that from the re- sources of Cuba, and alone of Cuba, she draws the wherewith to fight against Cuba. And now, is this to be rich, strong and potent? Come, come, that will do, Upon the national anniversary of Cuba it dis- courses as follows: — All countries have a day inthe history of their existence waich brings to them a remembrance of & great victory or of a terrible calamity. Cuba has also hers, and-at the dawa of the aurora of October 10 calls to memory that on the borders of Yara. There, where the unfortunate Hatney teil a victim wo the Spi 18h Conquerors, Was raised the standard of our liberty and was sounded the first cry our people gave, anxious for independence against the oppressive race that kept them in ignorance in order to profit by the same. Ah! potin vain has the con- tempt ofthe whole worid taiien upon Old Spain, while considering that, possessing 100,000 bayonets, the moral foree of a consiitutional goverament, be- ing master of all the communications and using at her pleasure the prosperity of her subjects, she has not been abie in tweive months of an wnequal contest to obtain any ad- van over @& handful of patriots — who, without other arms than their valor, nor other food than that which they take from the enemy, have Tanged themselves inio the battio fleld, tinpelled by atriotism and ardent in desires of seeing free and appy the country whtch gave them biru. Great has the victory of our brotiers been, and even sup- posing that which 8 impossible, that our Ladepeod. ence 16 not consummated, the people of Cuba will always merit the remembrance of the hero) - fices and incessant cons ancy and the cry of admira- tion of all free countries. Yor that reason the iouh of October will be, more so for us, @ day of imperish+ able memory, and 80 much precious blood spilled in behalf of our liberty will be strongly yey ay remembrance by al sous of Cuba, The tribes of Hatuey, which for the space of more thaa three cen- turies cried for vengeance, in contemplating the aurora of October 10 return quietly to their eternal resting places, and the curse of thousands of inartyrs: sacriticed by despotism fail inexorably upon brosen down Spain, ave atthe same time the holy cry of liberty resounds, potent and vigorous, throughout the whole of Cuba, dural for the 10th of October | diurrah ‘or independence! THE O48E OF THE CUBA. Day’s Proceedings—Continuntion of the Examination of Witnesses. [From the Wilmington (N, C.) Journal, Oct, 26.) David McDowell was introduced a3 & witness on bebaif of the governinent. Mr. Phelps conducted the examination, On being sworn the witness stated that he resided in New York and was by occupation & aveainboat hand; was employed tn September last on the tug- boat Martha Washington of New York; about tho 22d September the tug ivit pier No, 9 North river, after taking on boara ten or fifveen men; a Mr. brown was m charge of the men, who came on board about seven A, Mj tng went to pier 49 and took on board twenty more men; then went to pier No. 8; nothiug occurred there; went to pier 10 and got orders to go to pier 29 Bast river; Witness did't go round to Base river with the steamer, being leit ashore at pier 10 North river to tell Brown the boar had gone, and then went across the city; arrived at pier 2) found the tug not there, but met a man Damed Sam Greenwood; waited wll the tug came back, then got aboard and went to va 26; this Was Weduesday moroing; the Martha Washington alter that got orders to go down to Coney Island; got there at five I |. and leit there at midnight; while there about twenty men came aboard; went and anchored of in the stream, and while there they came on board irom small sailing boats; weighed anchor and weot off to Fire Isiand; afer the Japse of about an hour saw steamer; tug hoisted fag With initials M. W. as signal; NO colora were set on steamer; the steamer waa black ant with side- Wheels; sce BAW her im the stream here; she 13 called fhe Cuba; the Martha Wositngton then went back to New York; stayed there Gil that might: gut Davk on the wilerhoon of Friday; Mx, Brown was in Fourth ch of the men carried to Saat ro’ fivemen on board, Mr. tm charge; came on board after the men; Greenwood was first in charge ef the men; he was the pilot of the tug; then went to Coney Island dock, and from thence to the steamer again: steamer was about same distance off Island as before; after laying off there @ short time the tug was sent io the direc- tion of Fire Island to look for @ schooner, but could no} tnd her, and returned and saw that steamer had got her in the meantim witness could not teil the name of the schooner; would know it if he tt mentioned; the name of James Predmore was calied; he said that was the name; steamer wanted tug to tow schooner; capialn refusel; wit: ness didn't Kuow who gave the order, thought was Brown; Brown came aboard and tug returned to New York; when she lett steamer was get- ung & hawser to schooner; got pack to New York Saturday evening; date not recollected; started out again Monday afternoon and went down through the Narrows to Sheep's Head Bay; Brown and another man came on beard; laid here tll small boat came off with sx or eight men; shipped some provisions; went to steamer which then lay inside of Montauk Point at anchor, about one mile trom lighthouse and im the Sound about half-mile from suore; this was on Sunday aft rnoon; saw nothing but schooner on the beach. thougut it was the Pred. more; iad masts out and was nearly abreast of steauier, (Witness Was hot familiar with localities here) Then went. along side of steamer and = made fast; ut on board the pro- visions and men; Brown went on board with small valise; tug remained about two hours and Jeit; Brown and ‘Greenwood came from steamer with four or five of the crew; then went to New London, Conn,, landed Brown and Greenwood, took on & Sound piiot aud ieft for New York. (dere the coun- sel for detence objected to the deciarations of Brown and Greenwood oa leaving; sought to be drawn out by the government. Though these might be a part of the act the parues were not deiendants here, ‘The Court ruled that the act would only be considered.) Witness resumed—When pilot was sipped in place of Greenwood tug went down to New York; wit- ness arrived in Wilmington Monday morning of last week, and before leaving did not go to steamer after lime stated above; got order to come here a3 & witness; nothin: said to him about pay; left New York at eight P. M. Saturday; Shields came with him; @ wan whom he did not Know came to his house after him and told him he mast come as a witness: since coming to Wilmington had siad aboard of revenue cutter in the stream, The eross-exammation was conduct by Geo. Davis. Witness stated that he d dn’t go with we tug trom pier 10 North river to pier 20 Kast river, and could tell of nothing that happened on tha way; when he first wont to tne Hornet it wag Thursday; found her off Fire Island, about eight or ten siles—this was when the men went on board; returnmg to New York, the tug went te pier No, 8; left Friday night agam and went below the Narrows, Whea cther men came on board from sail boats; steamer was then about the same ais tance off Fire Istund; went back and next timt found Hornet tuside of Montauk Point at anchor about half mile from shore; witnessed remained op the tug as a deck band up to October one, and made no other trip to Hornet; was not famtiiar with coast thereabouts; when in sight of hornet at Fire Island, while she was picking up the schooner, she was tw or three or probably jour or five miles of; at no tune When the men were going on board was she lest than eight or ten iniles frou shore, Jon Woolford (colored) war called back on the stand by the government counsol, and in reply to questions said he did not know the name of the captain of the dornet, but if he saw him could recognize him. Being requested to look around the room, he pointed out Mr. Esling, master of the Cuba, as the cuptain of the Hornet, Mr. DL. G. Worth was introduced, and the exami- nation conducted by Judge Person, On being sworn Mr. Worth deposed that mis business was that of a suipping and comumission merchant in this city; he knew none of the oilicers of the Cuba personally, but he had met with one, whom. he sy poses is an officer of the Cuba (captain Ingravam), at big house im this city two or three weeks ago Sunday; it was before the vessel came up; Captain Ingraham said he wanted to get coal Lor a steamer below in distress, and wished 1¢ delivered inimediately; witness declined todeliver Mt on Sunday, but fluaily agreed to doitver to boat ready to receive it midnight; appiucant sald he would give two dollars more per ton than tne pric€ asked (ten dollars) if delivered immediately; wit ness sull refused; he was told that the name of the vessel was the Gettysburg; witness didn’t see ap- Dlicant alterwards; he didn’t get the coal; men went down to deiiver it, but the officer didu’t call; the steamer was said to be bound from New York to New Orleans; Captain Ingraham was dressed in citizens’ clothes, aud was accompanied by the chief engineer of the steamer. The government here offered in evidence tempo- rary register No. 73 of the Hornet, also register No, 74, and wanted to show that Mr.’ Ksling, a citizen of the United States, was master of the Hornet at thé te the register was taken out. ‘The government here Closed its testimony. The counsel for the defence contessea ignorance that it would close so s00n, and asked an udjourument til) next day. The court then adjourned wl Tuesday moraing at ten o’clock, Preparations for Dismantling the Cuba— Stripped of Ship’s Supplies. [From the Wumington (N. C.) Journal, Oct, 26.) Under the personal snpervision or the United States Marshal for this State, 8. ‘I, Carrow. assisted by Deputy Marshal Ned, preparations were modé yesterday for dismantiing the Cuban man-of-wat ‘Cuba, forcibly setzed by che government last week, A flat and a small tow boat were carried alongaiue in the aiternoon and @ considerable portion the ship's supplies taken off. These are still being removed and stored in one of tie warehouse attached to the Oustom House. It 1 the! proposed to remove the powder and shel on board to some safe magazine—in all robability to Fort Caswell—and then tow ‘he steamer up to tbe Custom House wharf, where the work of dismantiing will be com: pleted pa] removal of the guns, 4c, There are now on board tire Cuba 8,10) pounds of loose pow: der in the magazine, besides numerous percussion shell and cartridges. ‘Too much care cannot be ex. ercised in their removal, and none of this ammunt Vion inust be allowed Lo come within the city limits, Jn this action we understand the Marsnal is acting under orders from Washington. But one more act im the drama ts to be performed—the condemnation and sale of the vessel. Whether the government will await the due process of law through the courts or conclude its arbitrary action by one more arbk trary still remains to be'seen, Valuable Testimony for the Defence. WILMINGTON, Oct, 21, 1869, ‘The trai of the oMeers of the Cuba was resumed before the United States Commissioner this morn ing. James Dennison, one of the engineers; Davis, one of the marines of the Cuba, ana Captain Maffett and Captain Bolles, both old naval officers, were examined for the-defence. The tesumony was very favorable to the defendants, and greatly weakens the evidence of Gordon, the principal witness tor the government. Davis testified that he had Offered twenty doliars to give evidence against the ship. Tho impression is very geueral now that the Otlicers WL be discharged, SEIZUAES OF GOODS BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS. Secreiary* Roatwell has promnigated the follow Ing, with a view to putting a stop to the alleged Sharp practice of customs oMcers and ovhers:— TREASURY D#PARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 1869, It has been represented to the department that it 1s Not unusual for customs OMcers to make @ separ Taw seizure of goods liable to forfeiture for the sane Violation of the law, and to return cach as an inde pendent transaction, thus preventing in many cases the deduction of the duty which the law requires in case of the forfeiture of imported merchandise ot A groater Valne than $500, on which dnuies have not been paid, or In case of a release thereof on payment of its appraised value or of any fine or composition in money, [tis the manitest intention of the jaw thas alt goods seized at the sane piace or on the same information at different places, for the same offence of any one person or firm, shall be regarded aa one and the same forfeiture, All such goods must theres fore be returned as one setzure in the Collector's report of Hines, penalties and forteitures, although they may have been seized at different times. Cole lectors and other cnief officers of customs will make careful Inquiry Into the facts relative to each case of seizure reported to them, With @ view to the obse! ance of this rule, and will severely punish apy at templ on the part of their subordinates to divide & forfeiture Into parts in order to increase thelr shares al Lie expense of the United States. GEOR 8. BOUTWELL, Secretary of the Treasury, THE PARAGUAYAN COMMITTEE. Rear Admiral Davis’ Testimony. Tho Sub-Committee on Foreign Affairs hoid thetr usual session at the St. Nicholas Horel yesterday morning, and the investigation Invo the alleged treat- ment of Messrs. Bliss and Masterman was continued, The only witness examinea was Admira! Davis, who at that time commanded the South Atlantic squad. ron, He denied that either Bliss or Masterman had been treated as prisoners wiule on board of his vessel, He stated that they were mere visitors on board, without any recognized position, and tiat they were merely under surveillance while on (ue Paraguayan river, to prevens them trom communi cating with the shore where the allied armies were encamped, He further said that he 1 no cont: dence whatever in Mr. Bliss, and believed that if te had been able he would have communicated with the shore, He also denies tho indignities they say they received wile on board the Wasp, and as to ther confession he gaye no opinion, but does not think that Biss was tortured a4 he describes, DARING Exrress Ropeery.—Samuet ©, Milla agent of Weils, Fargo & Co, in this city, rey ceived a telographic despatch last night from Mr. ‘Woodward, te traveling agent of tae company, who is now at Baker City, stating that anovher high way robbery had tasen place. .t seems that lit tne stage had crossed Snake river, at Clark's fevy, it was attacked, and the treasury box, containing $ was captured, Mr. Woodward, who Is yory fal m following up these robveries, Will wo doubt be able to capture the thieves as well as tieur booty, The outlaws ih that region seem deteriiined to maintain their reputation. —Porland (Or on) Herald Oot,