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4 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET, ll ‘fhe steamship Morro Castle, Captain Palmer, from flavana the 25d 1nsi., arrived at this port yesterda, The purser will recetve our thanks for prompt do- livery of our despatches, Peculiar Election in Havana—The Politlent er Nam the ¢€ lates to Be | ivi of jious Worship | ment Directs Cessation | lection on the Volunieers— The Orne Arrival of Tro HAVANA, Oct. 23, 180% | While ttmay be justified on the ground of that plitical ny "whieh enabled the etary of State durmg the late war, ta conjunc- tion with his ‘top ucts of despot. | tsm which woula cavse the most absolute ralers of | earth to hesit iil the fact is patent that to the people of this island are to be grautel, at present, very few of tii tsand_ privileges a desire for which iay at the base of the Spanish revolution. Among the lew taings here which inyolyed some slight recognition of the people has been the election of the members 6 munici porations. It 1s trne the number of those entitled to the exercise of the elective franchise in casos has ever been ridiculously small, as, f¢ ample, the number of voters 1 the city of Havan havin 9,009 Inhabitan q but 800; and yet herein lay some slight re ition of the princip! that “the earth and t 3 thereol” were not he as it may be, but an As si ithdarawn or made yn for the Havana Ayunte On the With his Mx- moned to his , and made soleiv for t the privilege empty name. ‘The elect miento 1s about to take place. cetlency the Politi Fesidence fifty-three of th mitted to them the 1 was his graciow political govern there was no dis Dt y gree with authority nees, all of whoul are Go then § mes of of course L to disa- cellency’s nomi- tards or of Spanish sym. pathies, will be + The following are the names:—Conde Ca famerto Pulido, Juan A. Coiomé, Augustin Saivedra, Francisco Ibaiez, J Olauo, Jose Avenia qain Dew M Martinez Rtco, ria Zangroniz, Nt Troueoso, Ant y Galan, Ignacio de doval, Vicente % “wilio Monte Conill Ali this time th evidences of tie winteh, if carry way 0 re Jasi mail brow ister granting {i It has as foliows:— ARTICLE. To all the peop miaranteed the use in piu t« they profess, witlic ¢ law of 1 1 ART. also the Ant. 3. The x ent wil time information of this decree Following this 1s a communteation from tho Coto. nial Minister to the Captain General and Civil Go ernor of tue isiaud a, exhorting him to bring about all the viueh & vier of the State will uds and faults of morality wich may pretext to the rebeis for hoi-tr Touching t f {stration of the r ly passed betwe a 80 his’ E: estre, annel wnor from Spain are bri etions ol the govern » Spanis An here, and 1s ecoudin per si 1to punish all f hay serve as a Te imin- remarks re- ral and une b the Captain ¢ Intendente, wiv is endeavoring to bring them about INTENDENTR—Friend Rodas, the frauda perpe- trated in the / y give the Cuvaas reason. Ever: with robbers, OArTAIN ( ente, have known that for # |ong ume ua must keep your Mouth closed (siguifican tly piacing his lingers to his lips). Anvtuer important char in the communication referred to is t sation in the war ot tuose ac cannot be appr the part of the volunteers, | the insurgent 2 to the Captain Gener: cau ul fore ie ferovities commit 1 by The foi owing is the exact report of the number of troops arrived during the week:—On ith arrived tue steamer | ng, ten lieutenants, thirtesu eusigas, twee: Geants aud 676 med. On the Isth entered the h the steamer Guipuzean, bringing I D. Cayetano Prieto, two capta Bix ensigns, one cale 765 men. ‘These ich are 1 ai inde aiion Cazadores de Hernan Cortas, y ollicers and 1,000 men. This bat- roisned th Iuegos the Spa on board the ba consisting of f tation is armed with needle gans of the latest and most approved model. The Diarto of the 'suh announces that 2 expected here within & few days the ships of war Navas de Tolosa and ansa, bringiag @ battalion of marine infantry 6.0 marines £0 relieve (lose now engaged in the squadron. Nothing as yet, save rumors, in reference to the expeditions reported sailed from the United States. There 18 @ report curgent that the Lillian has landed her CATO On the Coasi west of Sagua. It is more probat ie Das lauced east of that place, if at all, as the coast there is In the hands of insurgents. The Spanish steamer Cuba, which arrived here on the morning of the isth, reports sighting @ suspicious steamship off Nuevitas. Republi co, of san Luis, in the district of Pinar del Rio, of the 14th, that there was reason to believe that a suspic.ous vessel had appeared off that coast. The cavalry volunteers had moved out with a view to oppose any attempt at landing, but none was made, and they returned to their houses, It iswstated here tuat the policy of the Cubans heuce- lorward will be to send their vessels to Vera Cruz and clear+from that port to this island. ‘The Spauish steamer Moctezuma left here at an early hour Tuesday morning, carrying 600 troops, doudtiess for Nueviias. The Euterpe arrived early on the morning of the 18th, and caused thereby much satisfaction to the Spaniards, She parted trom her escort, Heroan Cortez, aan early sage of the voyage, the latter crossing the Gulf Stream, while she kept inside. Arrival of Valmasedn at Santiago de Cuba— The Consular Corps Suubbed—New Plan of Operations—Operations in the Field—{nsur- gent Successes. SANTIAGO DE CrDA, Oc The armed steamer Gorrion, late Comanditarto, arrived here or 2th from Manzanillo, having on board Count Valina: of whom the most tha: can be said is, that while occupying the highest position io the ficid, almost from the beginning of the insurrection, he has managed to re tain nis popularity with those of his country- Men who would inaugurate a war of extern tion. The ecsiusy of the Catalans, who had fo! his predecessor into executions he deepiy deplored 16, 1869, na 1 can be imagined, described, The birthday of Columbus was in eeiebration at the time, but the memory of that bumble individual was Jost sight gud additional bunting was displayed and more tapers lighted, that duc honor might b of Jiguanl. In the evening the consatar their respects, but Just sitting down he t them word that he could not see the y must call again or Wait until! he got trough Teeding. They ieft their ards and withurew, and will not call again. Doubt on Of this body. in con with y, still rankles tn t ‘br Te Count tx very it of an carly ston of the Mmesurrection, which he styles “cord de quince Mas" (a tinug of Diteen days), but ag, untor tunately, he dovs not Mx adate to count from, no eflutte a canbe arrived at, It is und stood that the character of oper 8 18 to be eutirely changed, The small parties are to ber uioved from the estates, all the avaiable forces are to be concentrated, and ¢ nente of 100 or 2.0 men are to be kept constantly moving sround a fi, Iti anticipated, wu clear, the insurgents. ‘The various garrisons ay large & proporl f ther With as tauny of th into going out, will be perate cilort made to close neers as can y nt the few, and a de UP the thing at ouce, ‘The Generai’s polley, as announced oy himselr, fa to get rid of ail Lie bad men in Cuba and retain ouly the good. No douds lis ideas as to What constitutes the one or the other are somewhat peculiar and have reference en y toy al sentiments; and as bis Means of geting rid oF ( sad ones Will be Violent, we may expect a re terror bere for some time to come, aiid the presence of a few men-of war to protect tose of tie ationaliies would bo exceedingly ., hed with their eS triumph over the Spaniards will pro- ably respect no on On the 14th inst. some ten men and an officer were brought in wounded from the Aserradero neighborhood, and #4 no account of the engayement Appeared im the paper the inference was that ho Spaniards had veeu Worsted, ‘This, on inquirs proves to be the case, The troops in that locality, commanded by Cciouel D. were dejeated by the Insurgeyts, With a loss Of LWo officers and goven men kliled and fourteen wounded, On the other hand, the insurgent chief, Rostan, Operating tu Gnantauamo, has been deteatcd by the Oontra-gueriias, losing several mules loaded with provisions, &. vhe insurgents are perceptibly emboldened by their late successes in ihe Brazo de Cauto district. Only two a since they captured @ train of sixty- three mules, loaded with sugar and molasses, in eloae proximity to @ military post. The troops bur- Ges BD nd succeeded in recapturing | forty-three of the mutes, but tho remaining twenty | remained the prize of the insurgents. It 13 reported that the Cuban commanders have determined that there shall be no grinding the | vason. Wherher they wil be able to owever, ts to lemonsirated, A inyaterious disappe 13 at present oecupy: ing oubiie ation here, A Habanero named Ocampo has beea m the habit of comm here fre- ght monchs, and nily during tae last six or his bustaess and inode of living were open | own to all, yet hem r way lo suspicion, Oa Wednesday evening last he rived 11 custody upon tho steam and was panted street, n to the palace by some cont omy 4 down St, Thomas a bus since not been seen or heard of. tate that he ts 1m the San Francisco barracks, st Chat he was only kept there for & taal about one A. M. on the morning h tree others, he wes marched out | hot, Doubtless we shati get at tho | cily a truca ere long. Operations in the Vicinity of Trinidad—Signif- cant Adinissious of a Spanish Jourual—The Insurgents Pronounced Lords of the Sola Patility of Spanish Efforts Against Them— Retura of che Colama Under Colonel Quiros. TRINIDAD, Oct. 20, 1509, Ido not know that I can better describe to you the situavion of aMuirs in this vicinity than by quot- ing from a very significant aruivle of tue Lmparcial, 4 & Spanish journal of this elty, which appeared in its 17th, Let me premise that the hard words concerning the insurgents, Who are carrying on the war, according to the best light they have, are of the paper aud not my own:— Woat has passed in the neighborhood of Trinidad for the past thre it is Impossiole to believe without bavia o of 14,000 inhabitants, bas a battalion ol of bomberos (armot Dremen), aud a sec apd yet Mt and the country about is under party of Inceadlariea and assassins, who ere Not aman can go to bath tn the river be- Vista (on which the city t# situmted~ oyposite, without exposing bimself This pags, which 19 as smoukh as the haud’ and. ol reater size than issue of the 4 or captured, palm no kiiometres long and one br be the scene, day after day, of fncead{arism a assassinations which have been’ recorded in these column: nmeueing at the shop, situated out towards the riv nich we have seen burned, there followed ana bridge on the railroad; the fring of the far end of the pass; of the other bridge on payai; the housea on tho country estate of Doo Juso G, Cancer ad, in conclu 4 on laborers on the different estates | commutted without ine ption of without any being done to punish the aries and wasassins, Who only attack the de‘enccless sodtery. ‘This bas convinced us that unless the ays perations i# changed here taese burnings and other perpetrated oo thu sstate Lu Pestora ‘uin two Kilometres of this city, will continue. at the Jniparcial herein refers to a8 happening at La ‘/asiora may be summed up in A word. Yes- lerdyy a negro came 1m and reported the presence of a band o1 insurgents, by whom he had been seized and tem of crimes such as wert yesverday, w w vad Ued, Dut had Wade his escape. A detachuent ol ve went out, but did notcome up with the iu sents. They found one Chinamaa dead aud Uo mortally wounded. The latter were brought ere, and one ‘of them nas since died. ‘That the sailles Of the volunteers from this city in pursuit of the insurrects, and, indeed, the character of tho operations throughout tie jurisdiction and ouhers in Lhe Viclaity, have been woiuily tneiective, 18 cer- tain. admission 18 significaat, and shows eltuer ° Spauiards or the wisdom of the whch nies ca do nothing. fue column of 80 men, which following the late visit of Li went out on the Lith, unaer command of Colonel Demetrio Quiros, in pursuit of the m- surgenis, have returned Without seeing any enemy. ‘They marched loa point in tae mountains, which (he 1usurgeuts style the “Sebastopol of the Cinc Vilas,” but found it deserted and then returned again without having accomplished anyrhing. ‘ibe ué Old story, and so It is IL to contuaue, CASE OF THE S(EAMER CUBA, al at Wilmington, N, C.—Fifth Days The T: Proceedings. {From the Wilwington Journal, Oct. 27.] _ On the opening of tae court Mr. Davis, for the de- | fence, proposed to Introduce several officers of the Cuba as Witnesses, This meeting with objection from tae government counsel, Mr. Davis stated that In i902 Congress passed an act as to the competency of witnesses, making State laws the test of compe- tency iu tae cours of the United States in each case. Criminal cases are governed by the common law, 1 by the thirty-fourih section of the Judiciary t of ruies of evidence in civil cases are reg by the common law; thereiore, civil cases bemg provided for, th t of 1862 musi ipso facto refer to criminal cases. Every defendant is a Competent witness for his codefendant—so de- cided by (ue Supreme Court of Nort: Carolina; tut @ varty is Not compelled to give evidence which might crimiaate himself, + Mr. Phelys contended that there was nothing in the statute whicn included criminal cases, and that the iaws of the United states are not to be disturbed by jaws of che State on fis suoject. Jwize Meares contended thav such testimony was adimis-tole under the act, and that it expressly Sia tes that the rales of State courts must prevail heré, After much further argument oa this subject tne Commissioner ruled that the witnesses were com- etent. 5 " r. Gibson introduced, Mr. Davis conducting the examinauou. Witness stated he was from ulver- pool, Eng.; heard of Horaet in Halifax, N. wanted @ position and applied to Hornet and shipped a% mate, 7th or sch OL 5 lett Hali- {ax September 12, next port made was Wilmington; Was Ou board Hornet of Noman’s Land; had fol- lowed the ea for Uurty-three years, past eighteen Years a8 master’s and at Noman'’s Land; remember schovner coming up and puting men on board about eight or ten miles from shore; took in some heavy cases from auotuer sclooner, still about eight or ten miles from shore, cases were heavy; Steamer Was never within three miles of shore; no order Was given as to approaching Within a marine league; Martha Washington came ap at Fire Island, Hornet then ten miles from shore; she was only three miles at Noman’s Land at Montauk Point was over three mies out; witness went ashore in @ boat, took turty-uve minutes to go with jive oars and over an hour to come back. Cross examined by Mr. Phelps. Arrived at New York troia Liverpool and remamed fifteen days; went to Boston; stayed about fortnight; went 10 Halifax; heard Hornet wanted a man; went to Cap- tain Being; he wanted a mate for voyage to Queens town; left Halifax in four days, Mr. Phillips was on board; saw Mr. Dornin on schooner off Fire Island, laying seaward; stearned out to schooner; not the first schooner saw or made for; first was Vessel we took men off; made land at Fire Island; had about 100 tons of coal at Halifax, nothing els aly been in New York harbor once in my life; saw position of Fire Isiand on chart; had fifteen or sixteea men at Hafilax, seamen and firemen; understood from cap- tam would have men by and by; did not look at chart on Fire Island, but knew position from inspection of ‘chart made before; said he had made & mistake; No-man’s Land was made first; was in the day—etght or pine o'clock; remained off No-man’s Land day or two; first vessel saw was & schooner, off No mans Land, under sail; we were approaching each other, With ‘No-man’s Laad twelve or fourteen miles asiern of us; land in sight; dida’t know what land it was; didn't see ar ora on schooner; we hud noue at Halifax or there, and noi till iast September, about tweuty wiles from rican coast; colors then Cuban ensign: about eleven A. M., when met ner, ied Us and said she had passengers for sme men came on board; some Were Irish; nothing sald about passage money; some of men came in here; ne Sti cases taken on; schooner seft; met another schooner there; don’ w her name; first schoon 3 ihe Pet passengers for Queenstown we ksling bailed Char- her fast; she was saw land on both few otners; Captal K; Went to her and mad ur rafles from paswenger or ni OF BiXten id then; had fing Weather for three or fier we eft Halif wind gouthwest and | weather off No-man’s Land; no trou. thirty-six hours and until y ond schoon ooner went to soatu- ward yner went owt ; saw her next suchor near Gay Head; sent a boat ok three-quarters of an boar moderate; I said noshing to captain ooner; Captain Lagrabam was witl me; schooner ) tons; she got under way, and we y ck fo steamer; after Lowlig schooner out from land; about five miles of when took hold of her; towed her to about eight mies; this was avout widn ¢ did not auchor; we an chored ana ¢ arging schooner; laid alongeide t day (Sunday); water sinooti; took four guns im cages marked dia- mona G: thu when we tc land; jan were al day I an wed about Midnight; am qal haweer from achoonér we towed Was tu eastward of schooner; the porta dy cot for guns, bus none mouauied thas Gptain Psltog lad a pilot in steering into No- Laud; the iret time befere we met scuooner nored at what I understood to be Noman’s Land; remained there from morning to evening day beiore iet schooner; three times wuchored there aito- gether; afer golng aboard thought we were going to run biockade; first en ed my bead when saw arms firet co aboard » that Were going to rau bigckade to Cuda insteat of going to Queens- town; steamer laid there Uil took arms aboard and Went after coal; next vessel coming up with Was Cai steamer; saw tug one or two miles Off; no signala set on echooner; wok schooner in tow to Montauk Pant; anchored round point at night; schooner had been in tow two or three hours before hawser broke; steamer let go anchor wituin two or three miles of ahore When she caine down from Fire Island; think were anchored oulside Montauk Point; came in for smooth water; I never Baw coast before} were from Saturday morning to Sunday morning coailng; schooner whiié here parted cabie and weut ashore about three miles off; steamer ained til afternoon aod following day; some gentiemen and few men came aboard; then steered aiong coast; hict @ steamer Of lightship; some one came on board; we then sailed towards here; I sined no art at Bea Was offered pace as ensign; accepted and received commission; uli oMcers received com- juissions garne day; had four or five tous coal Aboard steamer When came tn Capo Fear; was told there wae abont ten tons; paid no attention while loading to dates and distances; was not aware I would be made @ witness, Ke-pxemined—Witnoss | Hornet toaded; ' Treside in Brookiyn, Me. stated that he was not famtiar with the coost where thoughé taat of Montauk #oint dis- tance was three or fonr miles, aptain eorge L jieed, examined by Mr. Davis— have been In Wiiming.on me on brig Alaveia, a4 master; a SIXbeON Veurs; am acquainted and coa t about Martaa’s Vine- yard wad Noman's Lan have rup there four or five tines a year, aud been my own pilot; was once Grivou ashore at Gay Heat; remaimed ‘ashore one month, aud Was wrecking and sounding irom No- man’s Land to Head during that tine; tere ts ho anchorage within tavee miles of Nowan ; it 18 MY .Uipression that agy caplain who would rehor there, uniess driven by siress of weawney either waated to lose ls sip or get an anderwrit- er’s ob; have sounded well between Guy Head laut and “Noman'y Land, and there is no anchorage Wat aay prudeat man would use; never saw & ship anchor there; in rough weather no ship i3 sae within tiree miles of Noman’s Land anywhere; 1 know the soundings at Montank Polat: there 18 ho Aachorage within three miles of the siore, with gale the irom nortneast for auy slip drawing Move than six feet of Wacer; tie buoy lies Uiree aud bait miles to the sown of Montank Voit; no safe xachorage within three miles of shugwarp. A cross-examination failed Lo disturo tubs testimony. Court adjourced to Weduesday moraing at ten o'clock, since Saturday; ¢ hive foiowed tne with the sounding: Protest of the City Against the Action of the Government Regarding the Orew of the Cuba. (Brom the Wilmington Journal, Oct, 27.] We give below, as & water of cousiderabie intor- est, the protest eifered by Alderman servoss in the meeting of the Board of Aldermen, and adopted by that body, againss the action of the goveromens 10 turuing ioose upon our streets the crew of the steam sup Caba, a0 action anjust in ail of tes beariiy, wards both the citizens and the crew. We tink tha’ soiue protest of the Kind was meeded and is mist proper: — ‘The city of Wihnington, {n State of North Carolina, through their representatives iu Board of Alderman, {n couadil assem: bled, deaive respecs(ully to enter their protest, aud by tuls do solemnly protedt, against the, action of the general govern: ment of the Uuited States and of the ollicera thereof, in deiy- joy the men and crew of the man-ol-war Guba from’ the sald vessel, and turning loose upon the elty without notice a large body 0¢ men without meaus of support and without means of conteo!, and forcing upon the city the care and control of \hose wien at great expense and inconvenience to the citizens thereat. If the men were criminals ts was wrong 1n the gov erament to Wen loose upon an unoffendiag community such charnevors; und if they were not criminais, then chey should have been, and ought to be, allowed to remain 1a thelr quar- ters on the vessel aloresiid. Witness our hands wad seal this 25th day of October, 1869. NORTH CAROLINA. Riot Between Negroes and Federal Soldiers in isboromUabeceming Conduct of the Soldiers Towards Colored Women—Iindlgun- tion of the Negroes—The Riot—A Number Wounded ou Both Sides. y RALBIGN, Oct. 25, 1809, Followmng quick upon the beels of Governor Holden’s prociamation declaring tue Ka Klux in four counties to be in@ state of semi-insurrection comes the report of a riot between federal soldiers and the “Joyal” colored citizens of Goldsboro, it appears that for some time past the worst sort of feeling has existed between the two parties (o the combat be- cause of various indignities offered coioved femates by tue soidiers of the garrison, which a few evenings since culminated in an attack upon a colored man, who, in company wilh @ colored woman, was quietly returning from evening service at churoh. Tae svidiers, without seeming provocation, sel upon the colored citizen, and, regardless of the coumpany he was in, Knocked him down and beat him 40 badly that he is still suflering from tue injuries received on the occasion, Early on Friday last this outrage became generally known throughout the entire colored community, aud the greatest excitement and indignation pre- vailed among them. Towards night large crowds assembled in various parts of thé town, intent upon being revenged on the soldiers, against whom threats were freely uttered. Consiaerable time elapsed be- fore any biuecoat or party of bluecoats made an appearance upoa whom they could wreak their vea- ge: At last, however, some haif dozen soldiers returning to camp were mot by a crowd of blacks treble their number, and an assauit Was at once made upon them, resulung in tue defeat and rout of the soldiers alter & Severe Landing, ove of then barely escuping with his Life, All day ‘this, however, did not end the hostilities, on saturday Uke negroes coutiuued vo give vent to their feelings of animosity in angrily uttered Uureats and muttered curses, and by might the streets were iiiled by an African mov armed with revolvers, bindgeons and clubs. ‘The scenea in the streets aré said by Witnesses to have resembled @ miniature pandemonium, which, but for tue impending tragic cast given to thei, Would have been almost ludt- crausin DumMerous instances, Up to eight P. M, noting occurred more thaa the usual Noise, sou ing aud halloving of a mob; but about nine tne cite zens were startled by the reports of pistols and guns in one portion of the town, towards which there was a general rasa of the negroes. Nowa sceno of fear- fui excitement ensued. ‘The soldiers, report states, made the aitack with clubs, bus the negroes used pistols so rapidly that the “sons of Mars” nad to fall back upon their quarters, from which they again emerged armed with thelr guns. Soon a general fire ensued, aud women and children ruslied widly through the streets ‘rom the scene of the encounter, Where the houses were almost riddied with ballets, For a while everything was in a state of tumuit and confusion never before experienced in the quiet town of Goldsboro, and there was every iudication that @ bloody riot was in progress. Luckily for all the parties, those engaged and the non-combatants, the hight was feartully dark, which alone saved the lives of many. In the first en- counter, which the soldiers are accused of proyok- ing, one of them Is said to have been badiy wounded, which so enraged his comrades, nunibe) ing some eight or ten, that they at once repaired to their quarters, seized their guns and returned to the melee reinforced to the number of twepty-ilv ‘This time the tire became geueral and indiscrim! nate, resembiing @ skirmish and lasting for about ten minutes, It was impossible, at the late hour av which the affair terminated, to ascertain the actual casualties, but noue were reported killed, though @ number were wounded on both sides, The citizens, boih white and colored, feel greatly outraged at the conduct of the soldiers, and, though it is not yet known which party is respousibie forthe actual not, pubiic feeling is against the military because of their outrageous condact towards tue colored people previously. HEAVY HAUL OF COUNTERFEIT GRUENBACKS, Nearly $12,000 Captured—Arrest of the Sup- posed Leader ef the Gang of Westera Counterfeiters. {vrom the Cincinnati Evening Times, Oct. 26.) For a iong time our officers lave been awaro of the existence of an extensive band of counter- feiters, baving ita ramifications in almost ail of the principal cities and towns of the West and South, For months the United States detectives have been constantly on ihe alers, 1m hopes of arresting some of the leaders of the gang, bat without avai, until At last it almost appeared that the violators of tue law could work with impunity. Receutiy, merely by cliance, the oMcers became convinced that a man named isaac Levi, @resideot of Osgood, Jud. was one, if not the main jeader, of the mystérious gang, and after consuitacion, it Was agreed upon to keep the closest watch of his movements, whica was done, #nd, as the sequel Will suow, Witu porfecé suc- cess, From certain movements of Levi, last week the oMicers conciuded that hé was on the point of inaking & lip, and by the greatest shrewdness saw him (uke the wain and come to this city, putting up on Sabur- day last at the Walnut Street House. Knowmy the game to be perfectly safe, and to avoid tie least possible Chance, the servants of the jaw allowed matters to remain perfectly quiet until this moratn, when officer Gus Colcher and a United Stat@depaty marshal proceeded to the Wainut Street House ior (ue purpose of making the arrest. On opentug the door of Levi's room they found hum and another fellow, named Clark, in the act of asserting out and counling a large amount of green- che of the denominations of jives, tens, twenties 1iifties, For a moment Levi, Who is sald to be » inost powerlul man physically m the Btate of indiana, seemed determined on resistance, but the covliess of ine ollcers, backed by the presence of & couple of cocked revolvers, changed bis notion, and bora the men quietly consented to have the brace- lets placed on their wrists, The officers at once took the birds, with their booty, belore Untied States Coramissioner Halliday, wuo, after a prelict- hary examination, committed the wen to Lud county Jail In desauit of $10,000 bail each. Clark, tie confederate of Levi, ia s very genteci looking feliow, and the iast man in the world who would be taken for @ “whover of the queer,’ Wo look upon tid arrest as tho most important ever made In this section of the country, awit is the entering wedge toward breaking up ihe most pow- ertul band of counterieiters ever organized in the non. Levi has long been under the survelilance of the police, and, if we misiake not, has already veo a “atrecch” iu the Kentucky State Penttenuary at Frankfort. Ciark claims that he was inveigied into his new profession @nd tat be cau prove lis previous good character. ihe amount of money captured is nearly $12,000, which would have been passed upon our people Within the next few days Lad not these arrests been made #0 opportunely, A CBNTENARIAN.—The celebration of the one hun- dredth ‘birthday of Mr. Moses Wingate, of Haver- hull, Masa. urred yesterday, Mr. W. waa chosen Keopresentative from that town for several years, and Also Kerved 48 & Senalor for Essex county, ie wad one of the delegates to revise the Staie constitution in 1820; Was justice of the peace about forty-five postmaster fiiteen to twenty years from 1793— iret year avouteightdoliara, Henas been an active metuber of the Masonic fraternity sixty 81x years. Ho has filed all of the town offices, and waa ravor of the town meetings tor arlig 1 qaite good, but his a » and his preseut health is good for one so 01d,—Losion Transorips, Oot. 20, IRELAND. Tho “Kingdom of Connaught?—A Tonr In tho County of MayoSocial Glimps: the People Live--Lnad Letting, Mont and a “Agrarian Marder?—Reminiscenves of Balas Klava and the Order to the Light Brignde=- Tho Earl of Lucan and Wis Territorial Com. peersTheir Tounatry and Tart Making= “Rights” Over the Produce of the Ocean, Wesrrort, Mayo, Oct. 10, 1869. Connaught, since the moment Cromwell put foot upon the soil of Ireland, has been, in English eats, the pynonym for ignorance, barbariam and dirt, In an age like the presen’ few ask the wherefore of ignorance or its companions; but there are im all Jands and co:amunities generous souls who pity mis- fortune and cheerfully assist the poor to bear their sorrow or cross, The poor Irish west of the Shan- non have sinned grievously against religion, as ine terpreted by Heary VII, and his mighty daughter, but they ere im high favor with Rome aud are hanpy, although very poor, When the long spears of the Engiisn crushed the native factions who periodically menaced tho Pate, and sent the best deserving of the inhabitants of the same to ap- propriate and cultivate the lands of the vanquished in battle, the command to tho helpiess and pacific wae-'To h—I or Vonnaught” Virgil tells us that mo descent of the former ts easy—rnoilts descensus averni—bus the people of Connaught velteved chat to cross the Shannon was easier. They did not go to the abode of the “ptous Ancuises;” but it would be diMourt to point @ groater depth of misory than than that whch amMlots fve-elgiuts of Connaught, Rallroads and telegraphs have been introduced into parts of the obnoxious couniry; but from Clew bay to Killaia bay, via Erre’s Head, the manners of the dead past livo; the oustoms of the Irish, in the days of the haughty Protector, are as visibe as ever, and from neve to Galway, via Slyne Head, the “wild Irish’ are seen sporting knee breeches and red potticoats, ‘The “agrarian spirit” has shown ttself, shooting landioras at sight; it seems to be emuious of iippe- rary, but the latter county ts far moro prosperous than the most favored of any of tho provinces of Connaught. Barret, arraigned before the Chief Jus- tice and Judge Keogh, for tiring at Captain Lambert, of Case Lambert, county Galway, is still in cuswway; but after the late exhibition of publio opinion, when aiury—nine of whom, on dit, were lor acquittal, ures for conviction—tailed to convict hum, although Captain Lambert swore posttively that he (Barret) Was tue person wiio fired at him aad wounded bi, there is uO prospect of his conviction, The cause of Barret Airing at Lauibert i8 & mystery, a3 tae jormer lias Deen Employed in tae London Post Ollice during the past two years; but the owner of Lambert Castie ejected Barret’s jatuer some thie ago. May he not uave nursed his wrath in exile, 1¢ was proved at tue iria. that he bought a pistol at London, obtained @ leave of absence trom tie Yost OMce, and Captain Lanibert ewore positive.y that he was the man wio tired at him, stilt the jury falied to convict hin.” One of the unfortunate jurors whom rutor put down ts favoring his conviclion bas to seek protecttoa irom the peopie—the “mob” im the Hnglish press—ia the miliary barrack, One of the witnesses for the defence swore that early in the morning of the Gay that the attempt was maae against the life of Captain Lambert’a strange book- lug inan kuocked at her door and asked for bread and milk which she gave him, but declined to accept payment for the same; tnat he suid he was o ‘Tipperary maa, ana looked very savage; the prisoner was pot the wan, ‘ibe testimony of Captaia Lambert's domes- tics went to show that on four different occasions loud raps were heard at the front door, but when opened nO One Was WW be secn; but at te last one, aman, answering the description of the fipperary mau who received the bread aod milk, was seen rapidly walking away. ie bore uo resembiance to the prisoner, Disuiterested parties doubt the testimony of Cap- tain Lambert, ie 1s evidently laboring under a mis- take, Cerles, the man he swore that fired at him wil never be found guilty in Galway, unless the Crown “packs” a jury—a proceeding weil Known to Irish law viticers, “dere is a rumor that tuere 13 an orgapizaion througout Munster aud Connaught, having for its object the assassination of ovnoxivus landiords, aad that its members are able marks- meu. The alleged assassins of Mr. Hunter, at Newfleld, county Mayo, have been arraigned; all the persous arresied, old and young, five in number, havo been acguitted, When the Chairman of the Newport Petty Sessions ordered them to be discharged one of ube spectators clapped his hands, Whereupon the most noble Marquis of Sigo—a Very unpopular jaudiord—pawied out:—*I see @ centiewaa clapping ts bands; such conduct is unsceuily in a court of Just ‘ihe unfortunate Mr. Hunter was a harsh landlord, and few sympatuize wita his perf ‘The cause of is death I learn to be owing to the paltry sum of ten pounds. Mr. Huater, a3 tar ag i can jearn, in tue month of November, 185, leased some 4,000 or 5,000 acres from a Mr. South, situate near Newlleid, Simitl’s attorney, in drawing up the lease, omitted to insert the right of turfary that certain tenants of Mr. Smith enjoyed from time immemorial, but who did not reside upon the land rented to Hunter. As soon as Mr. Suuch discovered his attorney's mistake, he asked Mr. Hunter, as the terms of his lease were Tavorabie, it he had any objections wo the tenants cutting turf, as they had aiways done. Mr. Hunter, a tail, stern, dri man, said he had a very great one; Unless he Was pyid the full value of eacn sod of turt notove should be cut. Out of the 6,000 acres turf can be cut upon only 1,000, The rent paid for the same Was about sixteen pounds. Ouly 100 acres were ever iiteriered with. bor the right-of cutting turf on the 100 acres Mr. smith agreed to pay Hunter three pounds (taking turf {rom the soil improves it by preparing it for culture) whuch he did trom that time down to 1861, When his estate was sold in the Landed Estates Court, and was bougut by Dr. Gib- bings, of ‘Irinity College. ‘The doctor, when bo bought the land, was not aware that there were any charges for turfary, but finding that Mr. Smitn had paid three pounds per year he expressed his williugness to continue the payment. Hunter, as soon as the new proprietor oOk possession, determined to raise the price of the right to cut turf to ten pounds per year. Dr. Gib- bings decimed to pay the same. Hunter began to talk, When he heard of tne doctor's refusal, of in- creasing the same to fifteen pounds. After Bong ate tempt at arbitration the matter fell through, Hunter demanding ten pounds a year, Dr. Gibbings offering what was paid py his predecessor. Finding that he could not Obtain the tea pounds he determined to stop the poor tenants from cutting any more turt. ‘Yo properly underscand this proceeding we must boar in mand that the poor peasants, living as they do in @ bieak and desolate region by tie side of the sea, the turfary right is an indispensable and Klow one; they could pot live without fres, there ia nowung in the neighborhood that will burn but turf, the right to cat — turf, from mere usage, Was and is considered by the peoplo as their right. Mr. Hunter, however, con- cluded vo abolish the right and commenced an action Tor trespass against ous Of the transgressors, nained til, @ respectable, industrious man. The poor dant Was, @5 @ Walter of course, found guilty, fined five shlilings, aud saddied with forty pounds costs. Not having the wherewithal to salisly sucit an amount, Mr. linuter determined to seize the poor man’s crops. When Dr. Sibbings heard of Hunter's intentions he so far, departed irom his previously deciared determination to have nothing more to do with him that he seata gentieman to Mr. Hunter asking him to open negotiations again, and offered Six pounds year, so as to inees bim half way. Mr. jlunter perempvorily refused. He would have his “pound of fesh’’—ius costs—nals ten pounds a year. He seized O'Neill's crops; nobody in ue vounty could be got to Act as sneriil’s man to watch the seizure. He dia so himseit; stayed away from kirk on Sunday to act as bali’ on bis own behalf, In je evening be went out, and, as the sun was shining upon the prairies, a shot was beard to break the stliiiess that reigned im and near New- @ group was heard aiso; Jaines Hunter was a dvao mau in ten minutes afterwards. His Associates Speak of Lita as a respectable, taci- turn man. The poor, now that ne is dead, use Do harsh epitt at him, but they are unanimous in stating that he was a hard man, with contempt forthe Trish. An instance of bi ness’? is repeated that certainly im any community would brand him with infamy, Some childreo were arrested about & year ago for stealing apples from hia orchard. The parents sent a gentioman to Mr, Hunter to beg very hard that he wouid not prosecute them, promising to give them a sound Lge J ithe would consent, Mr. Hunter was not made of such penetrabie stuff; be was firm. The children were dned, and while tue money wus being raised spens @ week tn jail, The “firm’’ man is in bis grave, but bis murderer 1s at large, and I am not oracular when i stave he will coutinue to beso. May the harshoesa of such “Aria” men as Mr. Hunter be unknown henceforth is the desire of every friend of thia poor country. ists admitted by the liberal Irish public and the representatives of English jouroals nos in tue interest of the landlords that tho county Mayo has suitered more from jaudiord tyranay than any other im the country, After an extensive journey from north to south, from east to wewt, 1 can corroborate tho. statements of cleric and laymen, There does not exist under heaven a_ poorer, more industrious ana unfortunate people than the Inhabitants of this country. IT have read of nothing to equal the aqualidness and misery of the Mayo cottiera, Tho poor ignorant ‘white tras” of Georgia, North and South Carolina; the “crackers” and ‘sand eatera”’ of these States; the huis beyond the Danube and Vistula, are far superior to those of Mayo, Life ts sastained in ba os of the earth under exacting condivions. The poorest negro bus r dowed the cotton felds of Mississippi or r fields of Loulsiaua were infinitely superior cabins of “the bold yeomanry of Mayo,” iifty-eight miles; greatest breadth, east aud West, seventy-vwo miles, The population tn 1351 Was 274,820; in 1361, 254,746—lo#s, 20,084. The first man in the county in oMolal position 18 General the Right Honorabie the Bari of Lucan—George Oberles Bingham—vut no Wo the This connty 18, from north to foul relation of the first car! who died at Landen parent Te of Limerick; the of Sugo— tant dates from the demise of toe Parliament of frelaud. ‘They are both the British ai tho head of the (rish army that lett lan after the surrender of the cit: first in pipporey, the most noble Marquis George John Browa—whose bad landtonts, ‘The foruer 19 an absentec. ‘The late ver spends some time tn Irelaud, but ils tend Would much rather iis absence than Ms presence, ‘the gallant General and novle Marquis have evicted are “beyond the wave” gud tue thousands who Uresnold of eternity. ‘Tho townland of Kinadaagh was cleared of tts In- abitants tn 1847 by the gallant Gencyai, woose sub sequent explous ab Balanava, where he commanded ihe cavairy division aud ordered the Light brigade to charge into ‘ie va'loy of death,” have been pro- nouaced Maguiicent, but not willitary, AS Bo eXx- terminator he is Known in Mayo—a mun who preiers the broad acres of his es‘ates to be used by quad- rupeds instead of by human beings, He has a great desire to “thin down the population,” and, s01ur a8 he could, he has done ts best in the midst of a rt of @ county destitute of cold winter and in the li supplies. The right nonorabe and gallant general is remombered in the enmity Of many of bis coun- trymen at home and abroad, Jut ibis the actual status of the tenantry that is sought for, not alone the caprices, or worse, of the landlords, ‘1weive miles from Weasport, via the coast road, Btunda the village of Louisburg, In tae mudst of the bacony of Murrick, The Catnoiic cvurch 19 8 handsome edtice, and was built exclusively by the offerings of American Catholics—the sons of frelaud, L.presume, being the most numerous dohors, ‘Tae parish vriest visited the United States avout Seventeen years ago. aud Was very Buccessiul Iu col- Jecting subdscripions to buiid the churci tual is really an honor to his taste and perseverance, ‘The jord wnd owner of the barony, almost of Murricg, 13 the most noble Marquis of Sligo, The smatl tenant is invariavly a tenants at will, occupies from four to tea acres of arable land, wii the use of “the moun- tain,” ag he (erms tt, for as many cattle as he pos- 8e38e8, and access to & boy, in which he is permitted to cut tui tor his own use. ‘the mountain land is always poor. ‘Tho best would not turaish proveu- der for @ goat, bui some of the landlords charge ton shillings for tuis priviieve. The average vaiue of Lord Sugo’s small teuwnb farms 18 about tive pounds for six acres and ten shillings for stand- 14g room for two head of cattle on the mountain. Siacs che “pig murraia” has Ceased the pig aus been admitied Lo the family circie, ‘hey will buy for seventeen or nineteen shillings a “bermive,” in the spring, and sell tue same avChristinas for three pounds; If thoy can afford to feed the pig weil whey may obtain four pouuds. Some keep sheep, for Which they are charged two shillings and six- ponce for the priviuege of aliowlug them to wake the air upon “the — mountata’? side, which invariably gives thom an appetite that must be appeased of “the mountain.” ‘Tho hardest (ax Imposed by Lord Sugo is that of hail a crown for Une privilege Oi Cutting burs. ‘he custom ofa Iree use Of bog to tue tenaats 13 asold as the land itself, and there Is au abuadance; but the establishinents of the great Lord Sigo must be up- held, abd the scious oi (be Browne iamily must ve portioned, no matter What povercy the poor tenant may have to encounter to pay tie rent tor his 6ux Sores and tue great priviege of using “tue moua- tain. Toe cause of humanity would be benefited and literature be the gamer Wf Victor Hugo were to Visit the seacoast Of Mayo. It tus “Vuilers of the Sea,” ab Jersey, eulisted bis great sympathetic na- ture, were ho Wo visit Mayo the heart that leit so deepiy for the tshermen would weep for the ball farmer, hall Dsuerman (propery sea Wrack rescaers), Who, up Lo 4is arinpils, Wades invo the rouring suri to s.atch sea wrack (o Make manure for ols Litie Jarm; but, as u ve had not enough to do with the pittance he ekesy out acer paying his rent, he is obiiged to pay the lanaiord jor ube privilege of taking 1. Tae soil of Muyo is poor; the manure used 18 tabie @ud sea wrack, The former im many cabs covers the whole floor; in others—and utey are considered ciean—it occupies only a corner. Yhe oxcrement of we annals 13 caretully pre- served, ‘tne land is weak and needs rest from its annual labors; but the pour people cannot allow an acre to have a holiday, aad are compelied to cover i With every epecies of manure to oring tort tae rent ior the lord of the tauor and to Keep body and soul together, But gatnering sea Wrack 18 LOL OAly laborous, but dangerous. ‘tvere are two kinds— black wrack, which grows ii (a@ rocks, aud red, which in stormy weatuer is huried “Upon the crests Of big Waves aimMost bo the shure, but uever Loucies terra Jina unl dragged from its briay home by the arins of tue poor couiter, who Knows 1t8 ricuaess, and who oiten “loses his ie grasping aa arwiul of the ocean's siime. ‘To gather tae “red wrack"’ the men are obliged to go OU: 14 the Sea bo their Wists, someuMes up Lo the suoulder, aud, With an avulancue Of Water breaking over tiem, grasp an armful and bring it ashore, Often they are Knocked down and eotangled in we nasty meshes Of tue “Wrack,”’ and swept out on we rewurn of tae wave to “tue aeep, unfathomable caves’ oi the ocean. But the landiords geueraiy permit their lands to be inauured with “red wrack,"’ iree of charge. They do even better in this entight- ened ceatury—they do not ouarge for moonlight nor for rain in June, or for the “werack” that the ocean casts upon tie shore; but if any tenant burns the oiferings of the sea lor keep—which many of them do-they claim a “coyaity,”” viz, one-1ta of the price of the keep, The “black wrack”’ grows on the rocks; they are the property of tae fandiord, and tue tenant casnot get itior nocuing, because he (tae landiord) owns tue land down to low water mark; the tenant is charged from ten to twenty seilings for cuttlog tt to mavure tue isad be has to pay rent for. NOYABLE WEDDING IN PEILADELPOIA, Marringe of « Daughter of Bishop Simpson— General Grant and Lady in Attendance— Other Distinguished Guesis—The Ceremony, [From the Philadelphia Post, Oct. 23.] Notwithstanding the number of fashionable mar- riages that take piace in Philadeipia, but few reach the notice of the public. Not so with the one that came off last evening at the Spring Garden Methodist Episcopal charca, Twentieth and Spring Garden streets. We understood that it was intended. that this occasion should also be kept quiet; but then that was impossible, as two weeks since it was announced that President Grant would visit this city, and as & matter of course baba Geni wanted to Know the object of his coming. In this way the secret Was let out that he, with his wife, was to attend the marriage of Miss Anna Simpson, a danghter of Bishop Simpson, to a young gentieman of tnis city, J. Kiley Weaver by name. ‘The date leaked out, and our readers can well imagine the dense throng of people who were attracted to the vicinity of the church in the hope that they might witness tae cere- mony, and if not that, to take o look at the ladies as they passed from the carriages to the edtfice, However, they found the doors acubly guarded by policemen, who, in sharp tones, Cemanded a card of admission, and woe be to the one who dared to pre- sent himself without that necessary document, ag he was hustled quickly out of the way. VHH CURIOSITY OF THE LADIES. As usual, the ladies gre: exceeded the gentle- men in point of numbers, and it was curious to note now ae they were 1a thelr efforts to get ito the building, and finding that tmpossivie, they wanted enly to get within the tron railing surround- ing the church, but the policemen were inexorable, aud they were compelled to turn and be jostled about, until one would think the iife had been forced out of them, THE CROWDS OUTSIDK THK CHURCH. Although the ceremony was announced to come off at eight o'clock crowds of people began assem. Dilng in the Vicinity at as eariy an hour as six o'clock, 80 that by the former hour at reast 2,000 people had collected. ‘Those who happened to have been fortunate enough to secure cards of admission experienced the greatest difficulty in effecting an entrance, 80 great was the jam, and many a lady who had spent several hours in arranging her tovet found that all her labor to make herself look “Killing” had been spent in y However, th of tie 800 tickets Which had been Issued succeeded in got- ting in, and by the time they were ail seated the auditorium was welt illled, though not at all crowded, THE DOORS THROWN OPEN. The doors were thrown open about nalf-past seven o'clock, and when once mside the visitor was taken in charge by one of six ushers, Who were ia Tull dress, white kids, sprig in buttonhole, and po- litely shown to @ & ‘The greatest order was ov- served during this proceas, and the rusting of the tratied silk dress Was distinctly audivve m all paris of the house. THR DISTINGUISHED GURSTS. Just a few moments prior to eight o'clock Mayor Fox and lady entered by means of the rear door and Look poseeswion of oue of the front pews, Which had been reserved for the family and special guests, Shortly alter General Eagan, in full uniform, and jady, Were shown to a seat. ie was followed by Gencral Moorciead and indy, Among the clergy- Men present we noliced Rey, W. J. Stephenson, Rev. Alfred Cooktnan, Rey. Dr, Newman, of Washington, D. C.; Rev. Dr. Vurbin, of New York; Rev. Dr, Nes bitt, of Pittsburg; Rey, Messrs, Gray, Torrance aud Castle, of this city. THB RNTRANCR OF GENERAL After all had been comfortably ted Charlea A. Jarvis took his place at the organ, and soon pealed forth some delightful strains of muste, in the midst of Which there was a considerapte flutter among the audience. ‘ihe excitement was occasioned by the entrance of President Grant and Indy. The curious had beew disappointed, as the Presidential party, consisting of himself, lady, General Dent ana Senator A. G, Cattell, had surprised everybody, inas- much o# they came into the auditorium from the rear of the chancel, sud only those who occupied front seats were given the opportunity of seeing the Presideuy and bis wile, The General and Senator Oaite:l were infull dress; General Vent was in uni form, and Mra, Grant was neatly attired ina biue i CO ad Diack lace mantle and a landvome white ounel onaN THE AUDIENCE WAITING. ‘The audience bad been waiting impatiently for over half an hour, whea the organ began playlog Mendelssolu’s “Wedding March.” This was the nal that the bridal party had arrived, and everybody was on the gui vive. ive BNTRR THE BRIDAL PARTY. ‘The doors of the centre aisle wore closed, and as the last notes of the march were dying away they were thrown open and (he party began marchin up the aisie, First came the bridesm roomsmen—Miss Khia Simpson and Mr. J. C. Lucas, ‘a3 Amelia Vorner and Mr. Adawis, Miss Elia Pusey and Mr. Smith, Miss Belle Morrison and Mr. Greene, Misa Carrio Weaver and Mr. Patton—followed by Mra. npson, leaning on tho arm of tho room, and Bishop Simpson, who had in charge the pride. The latver wore white silk and point lace, ‘The dress was made with an exceedingly long yet Graceful traju, Of course there Was tho usual bridal ry Yell, which completely bid the face of the wearer from view, ‘the tiidesmaids were simuariy attired, Mrs. Bishop Simpson wore a steel-colored silk, her hae was trumined with a becomug spray flowers, THE OHANOELn The chancel had been appropriately decorated for the occusiou, In the ceulve there Was no adoro. ment, wate at eituer end ware pigced rustic arbors 40 which rested bird cages and vasks diled with flan, a OR Oar, bone m whiten ape people, were ne sho; janes paced the cha! one end vo tne omen nn? cre IN FRONT OF THR CHANCEL. ee As the bridal party reacued the front pews they bey Sapte chanoet, whea the brie ieft He a i ache look ber position alongside TOR CRREMONY. Shortly thereatter Bishop Janes advanced to- Ward the couple und “began the beauittat and solemn ceremony, whi ery similiar to that usea in the Episcopal “Church, The responses Of both the groom and bride could be ieard distinctly all over the ciurcn. After the benediction the party flied out of che church, and, having entered the carriage, proceeded to the resilience of Bishop Simpson, No. 1,307 Moun’ Vernon street, where the reception took piace, con- tinuiag from nive o'clock to eleven, Presiden Grant and lady were among the callers, THE PRESENTS, Which were displayed in un upper room, comprised Over 100 articles. of Witch silverware was the prin- ctpal feature, There were also several checks, on@ of which was tor $500, THB PARTY TO LRAVR THR CITY. ‘The groom, having been appointed to a consulship in Southern Italy, will take his departure with his bride ior n13 new fleid of labor to-day, ‘They will be accompanied by Bishop belting wad lady as far ag New York, and wii leave tb city in steamer for Europe on Saturday. LITERATURE, Reviews of New Books, METEORS, ARROLITES, STORMS AND ATMOSPHERIC Pubsomyna. From the French of Zurcher and Margollé, By William Lackiaud. Mlustrated with Swenry-thzee flue wooucuts, by Lebreton, New York: D, Appl.ton & Uo. On subjects more scientific and consequeatly more useful this, the second volume in tue series, is worthy @ place in the “Library of Wonders.” The Volume contains twelve chapters, devoted to “Mé- teors, Aerolites. Storms aud Avmospheric Pheno- mena,” each of which is as entertaining ag could be desired, There 13 so much in these subjects that the careful perusal of them opens an almost endiess fleld for reflection and study, The various phenomena of Nature, mysterious to the 1guoraut, become a sim- pie “matter of course” to those acquainted with ber laws, We no longer feel alarmed at thuader storms and whirlwiads; displays of meteors cease to excite superstitious wonder. In this book there is everything to incite the reader to a closer acquaintance with these pnenomena, Every chap- ter 14 @ fountain of instructtoa. Tne tuird and fourth. fre especially to be @ommented for tueir accounts ot “Rain, Sow aud Wail”? and “Paenoinena of the Glaciers.” Ponderous volumes are admirably cone densed In these chap’ers, Another, which should not be overlooked, Is devoted to “Dust in the Atmos. phere—Dry Fogs,” and 18 most instructive. In fact, the voluwe is throughout of a character calling tor the tughest encomiams, It 13 writien in an excel- lent siyle, 18 profusely and handsomely illustrated, and, ia potut of mechanicat work, 18 admiradie, Whether so considered for the Sake of tne clear read- ane type or for tue handsome binding of red and gold. Her Masrsty’s Tower. By William Hepworth Dixon, Second Series. Viuladelphia: J.B Lipe placott & Co, Thus volume of Mr. Dixon's account of the Tower of London 13, in our Judgemnt, far superior to the first, which, in the main, was coutlaed to 9 narra- tive of Jacts with which most readers were already acquainted. In this second series we are given tha history of the famou$ plots and conspiracies daring the reign of James L, which culininated in the preparation to blow up the King and Parhament, commonly known as the “Gunpowder Plot.” We have here, for the first tine, a connected. story, with all the Inks complete, We are shown how Cecu and the two Uowards (afterwards Nara of Sufolk and Northampton) sold the honor of their country for cash to Spain, working upon the mind of the miserabie egoust of a king to further their dis- houorable ambition, The ruin of the learned Sir Waiter Kaleigh, and that of the noble and chivalrou: Lord Grey, by these schemes, ts tola with grea minuteness. In reierence to the “Gunpowder Plot” Mr. Vixon vakes the view held by ail ll eral-minded + meuse injury it did to tue Catholic faita, alter vawkes’ arrest and the publication of the con.» sirucy, must have been perceived by all aware of ule plot, save by tae enthustasts whose cea! rendered) them bind to the consequences, From beginnin, to end the account givea here of this importan event in the uistory of England 1s graphic and ex- citing. Weare inclined to demur to Mr. Dixon's omission to distinctly acquit Ann Vaux and Helea Brooksoy of all crimial intercourse with Father Garnet, who, when on the point of execu- ion, explicitiy dented the truin of all the reports which bad been spread abroad re- garding their connection. There ts no doubt, how- ever, that the conduct of the priest made him sponsible for all the scandal. Hus intercourse with these devoted women forms a most romantic chapter of history, and has only been paralleied io later ayn ty the case of Lord George Gordon and his cu puy escaped the slanders which destroyed that of Ann Vaux and that of her sister Helen, ‘The measures Latte to destroy the Catholic including the heroic Percy, who disdained to eg his life of the King, are narrated with numerous new facts. Continuing, we have the sad story of Lady Arabella Stuart, the cousin of James, and the victim of that ‘learned’? monarch’s jealousy and tyranny. A purer, tenderer creature than this unhappy princess never lived. Her passionate love for the man she clandestinely married; hia base in- difference: towards her when he discovered that the marriage Would not advance his fortunes; his safe escape to the Continent, where he never gavea thought to the foud woman, who, when recaptured, felt @ momentary happiness arise from the beliet that he was safe, aad the final sad scene in the ‘Tower, where for 80 many months she lingered geatl harmless Iunatic—until death came ten- erly at leugth and took her away, combine to form @ touching romance tn real life, In marked contrast with the career of Lady Ars ° bella Stuart was that of Lady Frances Howard, of whom it has been said that she was the loveliestand worst woman in England in her time. The cold- blooded manner in which her uncle and mother, and, though to @ less extent, her fa:her, traifickea with her virtue, and her transformation {nto a crea ture of vileness, whose Leauty was as fatai to herself ‘as to the Earl of Somerset, are facts which the stu. dent or history has long been aware of; but invercat 18 added to the story as narrated here. Full detail much fuller than wo have seen them before—are given of the manner in which the murder of Over- bury Was brought avout, and the denouement quite exciting, The book euds with tue final release of the guilty pair, and the close of their lives “in poverty, in loneliness, tn matual scorn,” i Whether as @ contribution to literature or as an addition to the history of the reign of Janes L, this book {8 deserving of the most cordial welcome by the reading public. The Nappy style in which itis written gives it all the charm of a romance. His. toncally tt ig ® most valuable production. Mr Dixon, 11s to be hoped, wlii not delay 19 continuiug the series, CunistorHerR KeNprick. His Life and Adven- tures, New York: @, P. Putnam & Son. So seldom do we meet with @ really enjoyable 4 particular record, We have a story here which mas the merit of originality joined to a thoronghly inten esting style, The hero, wuo Is made to tell them, are, on the whoi very entertaining, It was @ queer idea that, and good one to mtrodnee chapiers in waten the family of Christopher criticise the story as {t progressed. t From the moment he runs away from home to hit marriage, after the usual diMculties and tribulations, <— with Bather, the pretty girl in the “dark green lama frock,” the vtiention of the reader is ro tained, ‘There ts no deep plot to develope, no mys terious labyrintus to explore, no tangled tareads to unravel, Which i# Souretning or are sometiings to be thankful for. ‘tne story, therefore, a8 we have iotumated beforo, will be thoroughly enjove, appreciated for ita novetty and originally by da a Life, Ry the Tua Ixttiacs, A Story of Modern Life. By Baroness ‘tanphoeus, Ytuladeipuia: T. B. vover- son & Brothers. Many years ago, when this novel waa first pub lished, it met with @ great success and was pro- nounced by competent critics one of the moat Gntertatoing of fictions, Ita reperusal after 40 long atime w! jource of real pleasure. The story w conspicuou! ita fidelity to life. All of tne charac- fora are drawn to nature, Which is more than can be said for most of the novels of the presens day. ‘The narrative 1s entertaining, the style smooth au agreeable and the denonement precisely what tha reader would have desired 1t. This 1s one of tua best works that Mesars, Peterson & Hrothers have republiat ec aad, aside from the novels of Scott, Dick ackeray, Keate, George Eliot and ‘one or two others or ag must always rank the first places of ih literature, as good as ms thing ttat our publiders are presenting to the public in muitifarious forms and editions. A ORREK GRAMMAR FOR Broinners, By Wililam Henry Waddell. New York: Harper & Brothers. In his preface to this littie book, the author, who 18 Professor of Ancient Languages In the University of Georgia, saya that his Work “is an attempt to bo precisely What 114 name ltoports—nothing more, aad nothing jes It 8 ® “Greek Grammar for be- ginuers.”’ We take pleasure in commending It aa one of tho best elementary Works that id bo placed in the hands of a beginner. Its cnie! is lus absolute simpiicity, Kverything of @ charac ' caiculated to embarrass the student is tinal and the atady of the language necessarily elunplifl in consequenoe., 1 novel that the perusal of one isan event worthy of ve i dy historians, tuat ic was the work of a few English 9 Caholic Zeuiots, On their own responsibility, and | unaldad and uncountenanced at Rome. The t= l_Jewess attendant, whose reputation hap- fi % “Life and Adventures" of the y | nf

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