The New York Herald Newspaper, October 31, 1869, Page 4

€ EUROPE. fhe German mail steamship America, Captain Bussivs, from Southampton on the 19th of October, arrived at this port yesterday, bringing our special correspondence and files from Europe, in detall of our cable telegrams, dated to her day of sailing. The Prince of Wales returned to London from Qhester on Saturday, October 1¥, Bot much fatigued by the rounds of duties or pleasures ho had gone through during the previous two days, for he visited the Princess’ theatre 1 the evening, accompanied by the Princess. The Mayor of Chestor, who 18 to be hopored by knighthood—Mr, ‘Thomas Gibbou Frost— ga miller 1 an exteasive way of business, a sup- porter of the Gladsioue goverument and very popu- lar. The London News of the 18th of October says:— Bishop Groat has so far recove: irom his ainess: ci, His lordship for Roue in about a forts pany with Archoishop Maaning. tions, both caused by tira oeaith, all ie Bagisa Catholic bishops Wii take thelr seas at tue Couaell of the Vatican The General Assembly of the Luthoran Church at Pesth, Hungary, voted an energet prote tation against the Papal letter convoxtuy the Council, & document in which the Protestants are adjured to return to the bosom of the Ronan Catholte Chureh. Tho statements made by the Pope with regard to Protesianusm were declared to saecurate and defamatory, and the inbly e sod a hope 1 be able, in conju ¢ that it wor ion with the Roman Caiholic population of tuugery, to accele- Fate the progress of spiritual emancipation.” A correspondent writes to tue Loudon Telegraph thus:— Tam giad to see that some one has at length Grawn AiieDiion to the fact of @reat lakes, with the Nile iv wing trom Waem, bemg siowa in the old mi of Africa. In one of tie tarce falls of tue Doge's paiace at Venice L saw, a couple o1 years 270, @ Manuscript terresteial giobe oi, ¢ shollid tnink, about four feet ip diay er and of apparently a listinctly shown the two on whlca wer 8 IM (iesUlon, aud course of Lue Nile. ENGLAND. The Reported Rothschild Auiwrican Loan. {from the London Telegrapl, Ovi. 18.) If ateieerain frou sew Yor 4 shadow of the truth we ina our time the largest single aken place, It have onered the t per cent interest @loan sul off all tis national debt. ‘The amount of ihe principal is prot @bout £5u.),000,000 sieriing, and iu 38 something between live anu six per cent; so taat the Wasiugion autuorities Would, of course, gain by the trnusacioa touga We jean not ing’ about such im! twatiers as the sud mode of the repuyiment of the principal. Unless “tke hoth. childs” suggest a perpetual conso Stock we hardiy sve ineir advaotege, a3 hi is them to buy United States stocks in 3a) thus fo obtain the present rate of tue whole story is a fcuon, wortiy tion of the peope who got up the Gold Koom Meiodrama, Baa whose Presiaent, General Grant, has to puuilciy declare ws al uothing to de With that disgraceful oa. In tis Country d be rather sh vr, Gladstone wrote alnounce tut he bad not bought up K just before the govern ed tue lines, But actuss , ti ‘wie are otuer “men aud olier iauners.”? even now average Interest Possibly ol the inven- Will of a British Milliounaire, {irom the London City Press, Oct, 19.] will of Witham Hei Forman, Esq., mer- Sbeapsiie, and of Dorking A in the Londen Court on Instant, and the persoualty sworn under The chant, of (Qu and Doncaster, was prov the sin n street, C £1,000,000, ‘ihe executors and wustees are Williaw A. Collins, beq., Stone Buildings; Henry Kebbel, Esq., Al Haliows lane, and Mr. Geo: us Queen street, Cheapside. ‘ihe wi lis dated 1560, dnd a codicil November is6s, aud testator died at House, unoridge Weils, 2th Augu He leaves to euch ef fis executors an #100 tor . He eaves aunuities of £1,509 to each of his 5's; and to his sisters-in-law, ine widow of his brotter Thomas, and the widow of hs brotier Edward, and also a tike annuity to his brother Rich- ard Foran, aud to the latiera iurtuer bequest of $10,000, Tiere are legacies to each of his god-chil- dren, He as leit bis residence, Pipporook House, Dorking, to nis sister-in-law, the widow of his broth- er Thomas, abd in succession to otners Of his famil, and begueaths the sum of £260 a year sor the keeping in order the planiation and shrubbery; also £500 a Year for clotluug the domestic sev var Year for fuel. ‘Ihe residue of ersoual, ie leaves to his nepi rowne, ellesi 4on Of bis sist wife of diajor Alexauder Browne, The Denth of Mrs. Charles Mathows, Sr— Interesting Reminisceuves o: ths Eminent Actor—A Ghost m the Case. The Loudon £ra, of the ieth of Octuber, comment- Ing upon the death of Mrs. Charles Mathews—the other of the now living comedian, and widow of the eminent or who de ed tls itfe inirty- four years ago—te'ls the strange story as to the courtship aud marriage of the deceased annuity of Years, for their trounie in the execution The Gist WHO Of Mr, Charles Muchews, Sr., was Miss Sirong, the daughter of a physician at Exeter, In 1801 sic exhibited symptoms of adeciine. One eveniug towards the close of her brief life Mrs. } sent her husband to request that Miss , jor whom she had some time before conceived @ warm regard, would visit her on the following day. When the young actress arrived Mrs. Mathews, propped up in hed, main- tained a jivcly couversauion tll ber husband came in, who was delighted to tind her tnns able to sit np and talk to ber iriend, She told him ker present cheerfuincss Was the result of considerations which had induced her to arrange the interview. Avowiog ber conviction tat no human skill could prolong her life she adverted to her affection fur Miss Jackson, and to inst young lady's unprotected state; and then, taking her hand aud that of Mr, Mathews, and pressing boil to Ler own feverish lips in a solemn Manner, coujured them to take compassion on her auxicty aud pledge themselves to becouie man and Wile alier ber death, Their agitation was extreme. Mr. Mathews reproved bis wite with some im- etuosity for placing him in such @ dilemma, and igs Jackson, turowiug herself upon her kuees, begoughi the pardon of the dyimg woman for her Tefusal Lo comply, representing the imposstbililty of her adianciug herself to a man for whom she enter. tained no warmer feeling ih friendship She then quittea the champbe: bir. Mut- ,hews, who implored her not that he had beea aware of on, Which he attributed to something like a delirium produced by her feverish state. in tle May fvilow- tog Mrs. Mactuews’ il!ness te aicumdeath. For gotne time alter that eveut a 1 \l degree of dia- tance was ovserved between the widower and Miss Jackson. By degrees, however, the mutuni coldu Wore off and a seeing of regard was growlag up between thei, When # circumstance eccurred still more remarkable than the dyiag wowan's appeal. Mr. dlatinews’ account of his tmpressions was as follows:—“‘He had gone to rest alter a very late nighvs performance at the theatre, finding himself too fatigued to situp till bis usual hour to read, but after he wasin bed he discovered —as will happan ‘When persons atttempt to sleep before their uccus. tomed ume—that to cloze his eyes Was an impossi- bility. fie had no lignt, nor the meansof getting one, all tie family being im bed, but the nigat was Mot absoiuiely dark—it was only too dark for the Purpose of reading; indeed, every object was sul red to go Ww sleep, close, and in this state remained, when suddeniy a@ tu he restlessness @light rusting, as if of a hasty approach of some. thing Induced tim to turn Lis head to twat side of the bed wince tiie noise seemed to proceed, and there he cicarly beveld the figure of his late wile, in fer habit as she lived, who, swiling sweetly upon him, put forth ner hand as if to take his, a4 she beat forward. ‘lis was ali ne coula rejate, for in shring- ing from the contact with the igure be beheld he threw himself out of bed upon the floor, where, the fall having alarmed the house, his landlord lound him ina it. On his recovery he related tie cause of the accident, and the whole of the jolowing day he femained extremely tll and was unadie to quit his room.’ Tie remarkable fact 18 that at th hour at which Mr. Matthews was thus avecte Vision of tie same kind occurred to” Miss dackson. “The same sloepless effect,” ¢i Bays, “the same canse of ‘error, had occa sBioned me to seize the bell-rope in order to mmon the people of the house, wiich giving way t the moment, I fell with it In my hand ayou t ground, My impressions of this viaitation, as 4 5 Biated it was, were exactly similar to those of Mr, Matthews. ‘The parties with whom we resided at the time were periect strangers to each other, and living widely apart, and they recounted severally to hose about them the extraordinary dream—for such it will be called, although my entire belief will never be shaken that I wae as Cat belf awake as at this moment. These persons repeated tho story to Many before they were requested to meet and com- Pare accounts. There could, consequently, be no Goubt of the facts, and the circumstance became a matter of much general tuterest among all who Kuew us.” After auch a sympathy between the widow ana the friend of the departed wife it was not sur- bathe bing Gring re yueat should be fuiflied. n the of March, 1803, Miss Jacksoa became the of iar. Matthews, FRANCE. The Duel Between Prince Motternich and Count de Beaumont, Galignant's Messenger of October 17 gives the fol- fowing particulars of the duel between Count R. de Beaumont and Prince Metternich, Austrian Ambas- Pador In Varia, Which has been noticed in our cable felograms:— : ‘This mMooting is believed to be @ continuation of NEW YORK HERALD. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 381, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. the affair of honor which hasalready given rise to encounters between the first named and his brother on the one hand and Viscount Hallez-Claparéde and M. de Maugny on the otper, and in wi the latier were wounded, the former dangerously. In thi pronens Instance the reudezvous chosen Was an sland in the Rhine, a short distance from Stras- burg, but in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Baden. ‘the seconds were:—For Count Kk, de Beaumont, Captain Viscount d’Orcet, and Count de Gauville, & member of the Jockey Club; for Prince de Metternich, Major Count Welser- sheim, military attaché to the Austrian Embassy, and the Prince de Saigan, Count R, de Beaumont, ‘as the offended party, had the choice of weapons, but acceded to the deswe of his adversary that cavalry swords should be employed. Noi being, however, faniliar with the use of that weapon, he confined’ bimself to the use of the point, and after parrying a few thrasts from the Prince he attacked in nis turn, and ran the ambassador through the arm, near tie shoulder, The duel, of course, Imme- diately terminated, alter lasung a few tastants only. The adversaries saluted each other, as they had doae before come Z but without exchanging a word, The wound of nee de Metternich, wich had bled coptot vlag been bound up, he was conveyed to the vesidence of Mme, de Bussidres, mother of the Countess de Pourtalés, and woo ~*skles near Strusbury. ile will a formignt robably not be able to leave his room for AUSTRIA. The Insurrection Causes, movement in Dalmati borhood of Cattaro, in consequence of the oppost of the inhabitants to the new milisary 1a under the rule of the Vengtian republic. F thal the troops had arrived in their district for tue them assembled in tho piain of Grauovo, where they have been jomed by A number of warlike Mon- tenezrins from the neighdoring hls on the other side of the frontier, avd have hitherto success{ully re- sisted ail the attempls of the twoops to dislodge them. One of the Austrian detachments had eleven men wounded and three killed Ina skirmish, and tt bas been ascertamed that an oilicer, Lieutenant Rineck, who was missing, had fallen inio the hands of the revels and been murdered. Nearly the whole of the garrison of Ragusa bas beon sent by forced marches to Castienvovo and Cattaro, where it 6 to bave the The Paris Figaro publishes the following account of the “aifair’;— Prince de Metternich wished that the weapons Should be sabres; and M. de Beaumont, although in the character of the offended combatant, and there- fore entitled to the choice of ari ted, the duel look piace between ten and eleven o'clock, not at Brussels, as lias been statea, but at a short distance from Strasburg, on an isiand in the Rune, Which belougs to the Grand Duchy of Baden. The seconds were—tor the Prince, the Count de Weiser- sheim, attach) of the Emoassy, and the Prince of Saiwau; for M. ae Beaumont, the Viscount a’orcet, captaim of cavalry, and the Count de Gauvilie, & meimber of the Jockey Ciub. When they had arrived on the ground the seconds arranged the preliminaries of the duel, whieh it was decided should Hot cease Nadi the surgeon had stated that either of the adversaries was iIncapack tated, The Prince attacked bis oppoaent eagerly, and according to the rules OF the special weapon Which he had selected. M,de Beaumont, on the other hand, only parried, and, as be did not know te matagement of the Sabre, he Only made thrusts with tue point, Suddenly he fel on the Prince most furious a pierced the upper part of his right arm Vnrrongh \ibrough. Streams of blood gushed out irom tue wound, and the surgeon haviug Stated that the Prince conid not use his arm any longer, the couat, which had lasted only @ few minutes, ended. ‘fhe hemorrhage from the Prince’s wound Was 50 freut that bis face became deadly pale. ‘The two combatania, who had saluted each other before the fight, did so aiso aiter it, but without exchang- tag a word, ‘The Prince was takeu to the chiteaa which Madame de Bussicres, mother of Madame de Pourtaids, occu- Dies in the subarbs of Strasburg. His medical at- tendants have decided that he is mot to leave ols bed Jor ten days or a fortnight, M. de Beaumont, it is the gentieman who, fuding some letiers ii his wife’s boudoir the tenor of which dis- pleased him, igs amce been answering them himseif With challenges to ght, M.de Beaumont has now ou Uais Account, Wounding his man 5 sion, one of them, the young Viscount rede, being run through the lungs, and the latest victua, Prince de Metternich, having bis arm slashea seve He has an appointment to fight the Count de james, and an encounter with M, de la Kedorte 13 in course of arrangement. Several other geatiemen remain to be calbed out, and one of the conditions of the meetings 13 thas they shail be condiualiy renewed, as soon as the wounded re- cover, until M, de Beaumont or one ol his adversaries ve killed, been out thi An Unglish Report of ihe 38, (Crom tie Loudon News, Oct. 18.) In his notice of the Beaumout-Metternich duel, Since fought near Kohl, on the Rhine, our Paris cor- respondeat referred to @ lady who was not named as being the sister of Madame La Maréchale Can- robert. Our correspondent was in this instance in error, having entirely mistaken the family reiations of the lady referred to. Madame La Marechaie Oan- robert has no sisier, and we regret iat ber name should have beea improperly mentioaed in such a counection. Napoleon's Health—Stato Enuflaeuce of Empress. _ {Parts (Oct, 12) correspondence of London News.) Your readers may perhaps remember that I was the first person who, even at the end of last winter, distinctly afirmed that Louis Napoleon would never venture to resist the onward movement that was then beginning, Almost all the press of the Conti- nent took the opposite view of the situation, and affected to believe (or did believe) that the Emperor would consent to no modifications of the constitu- tion in @ liberal sense. My estimate of the exces- sive timidity and uncertainty of the Bm- veror’s character led me to the opinion I expressed, anid you see that Ihave not been wrong. He began by giving in to popular opinion, because he was afraid o1 not doing so; he has ended by neutralizing all his irst theoretical concessions from the same motive—fear, the fear of yielding too much. But L do not tiink that even at {ms momeat, after 30 much ttaa vecurred to prove the impossibility of the duration of the empie~Ido not think that even now you are aware of what the strengih of the anti- dynastic sentiment here has grown to. At no period of modern Freacn history las the pubitc feeling of the country been 80 unanimous or 80 powerful. It was nothing approaching to its present state tn 1830, Men who were actors in tue July revolution tell you that tt could not have had a chauce of success had the government had beforehand the slightest suspicion Of the impression likely to be produced by the fatal ordonnances, The movement of 1839 Was a very circumscribed oue compared to thas which agilates the country sow, and if you read one atter te other the famous articies of the Journal des Debats, ending “Maineureuse France! Muiheureux Roi!'' and any leader of the Kappel or other advanced newspaper of the present day you will see how im- measurably preferable was the position of the already doomed Charies X. to that of the exhausted Cvesar, who sfill fancies he can dispose of the army, and Whose name is now openly coupied with epithets such as Victor Hugo aijone dared to utter a few years ago. * * * The incontestable debility of health of the Chief of the State has virtually subjected lim to the evergy and dictatorial spirit of his wife, who rules now, wila the notion of being celebrated as a secoud Muria Theresa, The Empress is a very infe- rlor person, wit, ag [ have more than once told oe 4 Will of singuiar tenacity, This obstinacy is weld by her to be synonymous wiih power—with real strength. The principal object of ner recent efforts lus been the de saclo banislimeut of at ber Spouse's old friends and associates. She has aiwaya (siiked them intens¢ly, and for more than one reasou, and she ‘has never for- given any One of them the attempts they one and all imade to prevent her marriage with Lovis Napoleon, But she has most perfectly disguisea her seutiments, and uoti the hour when circumstances gave her preponderance in the gov- ernment the Euipreas was Irieudiy with everybody — With M.de Persigny as with Count Walewski; with M. de Morny, Wii M. Drouyn de Lhuys, with M. Yould and with di. Roaher. Her fir of real authorily has been the getting rid of General Fieury; Aud @ great sensation it creates, [tis quite true that one argument used by the Hmpress is a very strong one—the notorious absence of moral worth or pel Sonal respectavility on the partof souls Napoiea the private frie ad out-and-out adherents, Sie puts this torward now on all occasions; aud there 1s 20 defending the persons she condemns. But whom does she propose in their stead? Men politically worse, because they are utterly wanting Ma aby faith in that which they are required to uphold, Men like General Fleury, who remember the early days of the February Revolution, and What the teinper of the country then was, know what the present movement ineans, and what it may como to; besides Which, having been raisea from bothing to rank and weaith, they are disposed to do whatever may be necessary [0 preserve thelr position, and their sight is proportionately sharpened, There would be no reason why the man who mainly heiped to commit the crimes of the comp état (without whom Louis Napoleon never would have ventured to com- mit tt) might not become the lnaugurator of all Iree- dom in France; ali he ts aiming at is not losing the advantages he possesses; and once prove to him that the counury will have its old liberties, or throw off those who refuse them, and General Fleury would indubitabiy, were he minister, do everything that his own interests demanded, But the Empress’ ideas of government tend tn thoroughly different directions, In the first place, it {s, im her mind, a humiliation for @ sovereign to be dictated to by the people, and sie looks upon what ia called “firmne 4” a3 @ cardinal virtue (on the eve of '48 M. Guizot, too, sald that “resistance was the only form of progress”); and, added to this, the first duty that the Empresa holds to be incumbent on France is that of supporting what she calls religion, and forcing the yoke of the Papacy more and more upon the popuidtion. Now in all these attempts she meets With LO resistance of the so-called entourage, who are by no means Papistical, Sne hag been for the last two years trying to get rid of General Fleury; but, after the many deaths that have de- prived the Emperor of his old companions, Per- Signy and Fleury are about the only remaining ones, and the Grand Bewyer endured, Before leaving for her eastern journey, however, the Empress achieved the virtual exile of hor adver- sary. The General petitioned for Fiorence; but the Empress insisted on M. de Malaret’s remaiming there. ‘To hus perfect annoyance, then, Fleury 13 ae- spatched to Russia and the Empress has succeeded. Imperial Finance and the Revenue, A return issued by the Ministry of Finance of France and published in the Journal Ogtoiel, Qcvover 16, sllows that Cuda tig pies My France pa | the first ping montis i ear amounted th ati ane he ita ge amon corresponding period of 1868, and 918,896,000 franca in 1567, There was consequently an increase of 28,286,000 frances on 1668 and of 44,260,000 franca on 1867. Compared with last year there Is an augmen- tation on the following arucles tn miilions:—Potable liquor 4g; tobacco, 6; registration aed 6; Post Office, 4; foreign sugars aud stamps, each 3; colo- nial sugar, 24; while on the other hand there was a dimjnution of 8,000,000 ander the head of divers merchandise and coro. The amount of djrect taxes first three quarters of tho presont oer wan e100, fran sum of it 1,804,000 trates remaiding tO be coll - assistance of the war schooners Kerka and Move. TURKEY. The Empress Eugenie in Constantinople—A Native Procession to the Mosque=How Her Majesty Pressed. A telegraph report from Constantinopleof the 16th Of October supplies the following details of the interesuug events referred to above: Yesterday the Empress Eugenie witnessed from a window of the Doimabachiache Palace the unpe- rial procession to mid-day prayer at the Mosque of Bestiktach, The Sultan was on norseback, attended by a brilliant escort. Subsequently her Majesty reoelved the members of the diplomatic body and tueir wives at the Beglerbey Palace, and then steamed up the Bosphorus in the Sultan’s yacht to witness the promenade to the sweet waters of Asia, The weather was splendid aud the scene yery interesting, ‘There were tunumera- ble caiques and yachts on the water, all iy deco- rated, and thousands of persons assembled on the shore, Including the ¢ream of the lewale Turkish areblocracy and ‘Lurkish women of the middie classes in brillant costumes, on foot and im car- riages, besiles many Arabs and Kuropeans, The Empress and wer suite landed from state caiques at the Suitau’s kiosk, and there a military reception \ook piace, music oeing played by the band. Uer Majesty, who was dressed in a yellow and lac dress, and wore a yellow plume and hat aud a black lace maatilla, appeared on the balcony Of the Kiosk, and afierwards passed several tines round the sward and up the valley in an open carsage, preceded by high Turkish dignitaries on horse » She afterwards went on toot among the Turkish ladies, and aiter reuaining several min- Ules 1H Conversation with chem embarked with her suite in a stale Caique, rowed by fourieen men. On the beiuva Co the Boglenvey Palace, the grounds were lighted up, and tie ivon-clads aud men-ol war ‘up the narbor were Himmlaated, French Report of the Scene. A telegraphic despatch from Constantinople tn the Paris Figaro, say: The review which took place on Saturday at Beicos, in Asia, was ove of.the finest sights 1 ever witnessed. ‘The troops were massed in & charming valiey under tie shade of gigantic trees, The Sultan arrived with the Empress, f. Ving her his arm, and gonducted herto @ pavilion Of great splendour. Twen- ty-tive Uhdusind men, cOmmanded by Omer Pacha, then flied off, the appearance of the troops being superb. Notwithstanding the great distance from Constantinople an enormous multitude was collected on the eights, Thousands of Turkish women were also present, displaying their spleudid costumes under a biazing sun. In the eveniag, after dinner, there Wus @ aisplay Of freworks at Heicos and the Bosphorus was ilhioNnated, No language can de- scribe tae splendor of the spectacle. On Sunday the Kimpress went to Pera; the atreets and windows were crowded with spectators and the houses decked out with flags. ‘The recep- tion given to ber Majesty was of the most cor- dial description. After mass the Empresas re- ceived at the Embassy the French noiabilities and religious communities, and afterwards visited the house of We Sisters of Charity and the French hospital. The Mayor of Pera received her Majesty under a splendid triumpnal arch. In an address which he pronouncedg he made a graceful aliusion to the conduct of the Empress during the cholera at Amiens. In the evening @ grand dinner was given to her Majesty by the Suitan, who also invited the Ministers, high State functionaries aud heads of Le- gation, with cieir ladies, Apart from the omeial world the only persons invited were M. Bouree, Jr., and his wife, Pera 13 niuminated every evening. The weather is magniticent, A Message from Napoleon Made Up in Paris. The varis Figaro’s special correspondent at Con- stantinopie Lelegraphs that the Empress has won the hearts of the,Turks by her grace and afehility, He adds that her Majesty has received the loliowing telegram frum Complégne :—“My health 18 good, but we are very dull since you left; the house is sad without you. I pass most of my time with baby.” SUEZ. The Caual Opening Fetes—“First Rate Times” for the Invited, Accounts from Egypt hold out a doleful prospect for all Ue visitors ob their way there just now wo happen not to be invited by the Viceroy, All the guests of nis Highness will have nothing to do but to enjoy themselves—their board, lodging, car- riages, camels, donkeys, &c.—every thing, in short— will be provided for them; but those who go out on their own hook will do well to ponder on this por- tentous announcement in the Gaulois:—“At pres- ent the price of beeisteaks at Cairo Is fifteen francs a pound |’ RSONAL MOVEMEXTS. Kave Murphy, the ‘jumpist,"’ is a man. ‘The San Francisco Sorosis numbers seventy-five, A Devroit girl of the period wears a “plug” hat and carries @ cane, ‘There was but one burial last week at New Albany, Indiana. MeNutt, Miss., has an outlaw who graduated from an attorney-at-law, Down in Mississippl they call a colored mana “fifteenth amendment.” ‘The Chicago Rogues’ Gallery aiready contains the portraits of 864 persons, Gregg Harper, @ negro tn Jennings county, Ind, 18 124 years old, The Siamese twins are announced as an attraction at an Indiana county fair. A Momphis jury acquitted a traveller who shot and kiiled @ hackman for overcharging him. A Boston oMtctal, who should have tno services of the “schoolmas‘er abroad,’’ posted on a door of tho Coliseum, to save answering questions, an announce- ment that “No, 83,451 drawed the Coliseum.” A man in Catro has invented a spring to be at- tached to the feet by which a person is relieved of the labor of walking to a great extent. He claims that his invention will enable a man to walk ten mules an hour with ease. Among the solid men and women of Providenco, 1, are Robert H. Ives, assessed for $1,195,800; George Hall, $175,060; Alexander Duncan, $1,224,200; A. EF. Burnside and wife, $130,000; Byron Sprague’s hetrs, $177,600; Amos C, Barstow, $440,000. James G, Smith and wife, $130,000; Kari P, Mason, $545,000; Senator Henry B. Anthony, $53,000. Concerning Jefferson Davis, the New Orleans Picayune says:—Mr. Davis will not and cannot,under any possible circumstances, be induced to enter into the politics of the day or accept any position in public life, As to this he is content to be of the past; aa to works of inaterial usefuiness, he desires to be of the present. A villain named Hovey, clatming to be very rich and @ minister of the Baptist Church, recently mar- ried his ninth wife in Missour, on the strength of which he borrowed money, got drunk, and then con- fessed to bia last victim that he had eight other Wives and intended to have another before the Of conrae hia last wife left bim im- month was out. mediately, and the officers are now on his track. Passengers Sailed Yesterday, Haver avy Brest—Steamship Pereire—-Wim de Lance; Ward, Mrs M Ward and vy E Sorin, Mr Van: Ward, Mr. Mayer, Mra K.Swilt, A 8 Peabody, 8 4. Bost. M Wentworth, Misa F Went fon, 0 M Thompsou, Mr Poirier and servant, Mrs PI Mi HBA Brush, © I Bromiay, } nd Mra Jas Barron, dren and two nurses; Mixes Savigne, J worth and Iady, Jobn G , Mise Clemens, Mii Mr ‘Mie nt arenes A jancrott, Alte EA Ward, Mre Mr and Mra George Kemp, th Leont, Mra (ve, Mien FH, T Colonel Weaver aud indy, Miss ein pson, Miss FE Simpson, Mr Abel Guy. Mies KL Bosworth, Mra Duncan, Mr Richard. son, Miss Richardeon, and Mra Goodrich, Miss Dexter 1 iota two maida of Mrs Dexter, Mr a Baldwin, Mr P Chouteau, Mr it Mr HE Oreveling, PL Foy, Mra 0. Paschal Fouchet, Sheldon 1 Mra Camac and {nfant, Mr Dr Hy 0 Chapman, 0 W © Bishop Layuchy Bishop Lamy, Jas Biddie and wil Stewart, child and nurse; HJ Budington, NN Gora! of Mrs Murphy, Mre Bradford and Louyitt; Mise Mra J D Henry, two maids to Mrs Cam: Rey Mr Harris, Mr Landroy, ed Ee 4 ‘Mra Guerin, Geiger, Mr F a O Haine, Gear; raver [, M O'Callaghan, Mr and dron. P Rever, Ambroise Hermit rt, Kev Menzerno, Rev Mr Demors, Rev Chas Seghers, lier, Rey & M Hickey, mother and nephew Mutbach, 8 Absls, Adolf Abels, Mr Taseon, Bloau, Miss Blown, Mr Alderman, And ‘A Rondout, P Pogzorj!, Mr and Mre Mr and Mrs Dugos, Rouchel, Mre Coutollier, Mr and Mes in Dalmatia — Exciting The Paris jJournais of the 17th of Ootoder supply the following report relative to the tusurrectionary Serious disturbances nave broken ont In the hon 0. on the 9th Insi, the district was placed ina state of siege by (ne Austrian authorities, It appears that the inhabitants claim exemption from military service 1n virtue of cer- tain adcient pri\ leges granted them while eae purpose of obtaining recruits, several thousands of Specific bustuess was the adoption of a plan for mis- sionary operations, the organization of the churci ik worth and Misa Susie Wentworth, Mr and Mre Murphy, six children and B Murphy, C C Thomp- lchon, four chil- kinshaw, J Garrell M "Neeser, Mr E A Bradford, wife and child; Mr Schmidt, Miss Arnold, Mr and Mra r F Dexter, Master G Dexter and MraW Ae er, Mr Htichard, three chlidren and nurse: Mr snd Mra ih, maida E Robbins, , Rev Geo North: Rov A Beckers, Rey Jorgensen und two ohil- Marnier, Jolin A Sirenua, Jous Agramonta, M Adeiber Babptesta, Rev b Ral Mr Giasar, J Mons and Mme ‘ow Casio, Anthony Casio, John ¥ Phelps, WH Fuller ‘Mr and Mrg ‘Therme and obi Fanchettl, J Mr and Mrs Crommer and obild, RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Retigious Services To-Day. Rev. Charles B. Smyth preaches this morning in the Eleventh street Prebyterian church, between Second and Taird avenues, on “Marriage.” At the Chureh of the Kelormation (Protestant Episcopal) in Fiftieth street, Rev, Abbott Brown Wii hold services at a quarter to eleven A. M. anda quarter to eigut in the evening. Bishop Snow wilt preach in the University, Wash- ington square, this afternoon, at three o’viock, on “The Time and Manner of the End of the World,’ At the Everett Rooms Miss Nettio M. Pease will speak before the Society of Progressive Spiritualists, at hulf-past ten A, M. and half-past seven P, M. Rey. N. H. Chamberlain deitvera the first of a course of elght lectures on “Tho English Reforma- tion,” at eight o'clock th:3 evening, at Zion church, Madison avenue, Rey. Dr. Verren will preach this morning, at half- past ten o'clock, in the French Church du St, Esprit. Rey. George Hepworth will preach in the Church of the Measiah, Park avenue, thts morning and even- ing. Subject tn the morning, ‘Tho Unitarian Idea of God.” A series of discourses on “The Family’ wiil be preached on Sunday mornings in the Spring street Presbyterian church, near Varick street, by Willam Aikman, D. D, Topic to-day, “The Family Relation; its Beauty and Blessedness.'* A farewell missionary meoting will be held thia evening in St, Peter's church, State street, near Bond, Brooktyn, to take leave of the Rey, Witham J. Boone (son of tho late Bishop Boone), who, with his wife, will atl on Monday next to join the mission in China. At the Oalvary Baptist church, Rey. Dr. G. 0. Lor- rimer, of Albany, Will preach at half-past ten o'clock in the morning and at half-past seven o'clock tn the evening. At the Yorkville Presbyterian church, Eignty-sixth street, the Rey. John MacNaughton will preach this evening, at half-past seven o'clock, on “Christianity, Rome and Liberty.” Rey, Sidney A. Corey, D. D., will preach in the Murray Hill Baptist chapel, Lexington avenue, cor- ner of Thirty-seventh street, at half-past ton A, M. aud hall-pasi seven P, M. Services will pe held in the Forty-second street Presbyterian church, by Rev, Dr, Alexander, at half- past ten A. M., and by the Rev. Dr. Scott at half- past seven P, M. F The Rey. Dr. Tyng will preach this evening, at hall-past seven o'clock, in the Holy Trinity church, Harlem. Tne Rev. Dr, R, S. Foster preaches to-day in St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church, Forty-second Street, near Sixth avenue, at bail past ten A, M. and ‘at half-past seven P. M. ‘The 1Osd anniversary of the John street Methodist Episcopal church wili be held to-day. Tnere will be a jovefeast at nine o'clock A, M.; preaching at half- past ten A, Mf. by the Key. R. L. Dashall, D. D., and at two Py M. a reunion of all the old pastors’ and members! children and graudchiidren. A reunion prayer meeting atsix P. M,, and at seven P. M. sermon by the Rey. D. W. Hartine, D. D., of ‘Tren- ton, N. J. The Rey. Dra. A. H, Vinton, J. Cotton Smith ana Henry E. Montgomery will address a meeting to be held in the interest of the Evangelical Education Society, inthe Church of tne Incarnation, Thirty-fifth street and Madison avenue, this evening, at haif- past seven o'clock. At the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Twenty-first street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, Rev. G. F. Krotel. D. D., will preach this morning, at half-past ten o'clock, on ‘The Protest- ant Reformation.” The Rev. George F, Seymour will preach at the Church of the Annanciation, West Fourteenth, this evening, on ‘Tne Church of the Enghsb Reforma- tion.’ Amorican Misslous—New Departure of the Church of the Disciples=The Followers of Alexander Campbell Organizing for the Evaugelization of the World, LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct, 25, 1869, A snow storm from the South waa the meteorolo- gical event of the last week in this latitude, and tn, the midst of Its astonishing whiteness there assem- bled the Twenty-first Annuat Convention of the “American Christian Missionary Society,” the work- ing arm of a church based on the tenets fulminated by Alexander Campbell, of Virginia, one of the most remarkable theologians of modern times, and a man of acknowledged ability and power. The body met forthe frst time south of the Ohio tiver under circumstances memorabie in themaelyes and calculated to put to the severest test the princt- ples adopted by the founders of the Church, In the frat place the meeting was had tn Loulsville, on motion of Dr. Wintirop H. Hopson, pastor of the Firat Christian church in this city, and lastly, the for the avowed evangelization of the world. At the twentieth anniversary meeting committee of twenty wea appointed to report the plan, and the men composing it were selected witn a view to re- feoting the national mind as embodied in the organ- ization, And just here it is to be noted that the dis- ciples number in the United states and Canada half) a milion of people, intelligent, industrious, thrifty, self-reliant people, distinguished for a thorough) knowledge of the Bible, and in thetr creed a strict adherence to its teachings. This committee was:— W. T. Moore, of Ohio; W. K. Pendietou, of West Vir- ginia; Alexander Proctor, of Missouri; W. A. Bela- ing, of New York; RK. R. Sloan, of Ohlo; Enos Campbell, of Lilinols; T. W. Casky, of Mississippi; Isaac Everett, of Ohio; J.C. Reynolds, of lilinois; J. S. Sweeny, of illinois; Joseph ping of Pennsylvania; A. EB, Meyers, of West Virginia; 1). Dugan, of Ne- braska; W. HU. Hopson, of Kentucky; G. Bartholu- mew, of Indiana; A. K. Jones, of Missouri; W. L. Hayden, of New York; Edwin A. Lodge, of Michigan; U, Ebert, of Michigan; N. A, Walker, of Indiaga; J, B. Grubbs, of Kentucky. Those ai all acquainted with the great names tn the Chistian Church wilt recognize in this array some of 118 burning and shining lights, men remarka- bie as thinkers, speakers and writers, Moore, of Onto, is the editor of the Christian Review, pub- lished in Cincinnati; Pendleton, of Virginia, 1s a near relative of George H. Pendleton; Everett 19 editor of the Christian Siandard, also pubushed in Crocinnati, and is characterized by great vigor as a writer, while in the pulpit he exercises a great influ. ence a3 @ preacher; indeed all theae men might be singled out for eminence if the observer were to confine himself to the limits of thelr theological sphere; Dut those named specifically have made some mark in the greater world outside. Before passing now to a notice of tho proceedings of the Convention, which in fact involved a new de- parture of the Christlaa Church, it becomes neces- Sary to take @ general survey of the ground upon which tt stands and a view of its composition In the light of American politics, Alexander Campbell, the acknowledged head of the Disciples, as they call themselves, was a dissentient from the Presbyterian Church, and after Hghting his way through dificul- ties dating back to his first appearance on tho stage of active life, say ® careor covering half a century, he finally settied down into the creed that the only essential to salvation in the Christian life was a be- lief in the atonement of Jesus Christ and a profes- sion of His name among men after Immersion in water asthe outward and visible sign. Tho Bible standard was raised, and without any other require- ment than its prescribed laws Campbell pathered around him thousands of believers and the Curistian Chureh began to exist. Its members are popularly known as Oampbell- ftes, but this designation they reject, and claim the name of Disciples. Up to last weok they had no Church government, no system of missionary operations, and, as a body, no co-operative plan. Each — copgregation was & law unto itself, and performed its works 48 it saw fit, ‘Was seif-sustaining and self-regulating and looked to no ecclesiastic authority and acknowledged none gave the great ‘Head of the Church,” Chriat and Him crucified, ‘Tits was all very weltin the earlior days of Alex- ander Campbell, and, indeed, up to the time of his death in 1860 in his native Virginia; but the late war, the greatest eye-opener of modern centuries, showed these people at once their power and their weakness, They saw the churches of their denomination in the South and Southwest, ing nearly three hundred thous: cants, presenting all shades united In their essentials; all shades of the “black repubiican’’ tq the ‘dyed in the wool” democrat, and gathering into their bosom men of gare natural abilities, vigorot but independent thinkers, [bods speakers, schooled in the pro- fessions of law and medicine, all ablo to accom- ited wonders, but likea drove of stampeded horses Incapable of usefulness until placed in harness and properly driven, Fortunately enough for these people there was a Clause in the constitution of the society strictly pro- hibiting the introduction of politics into any meetng of the church, and with charac. teristic rigidity of obedience to a rule once adopted they observed thia one faithfully, But what @ picture the Twenty-first assembly pre- sented. re were men who only # few yours ago saw themselves arrayed in bloody conflict against each other, yet owing allegiance to the samo religious faith; men who knew that thelr brother delegates wore even then at law sor the recovery of damages dogo to property during the war, which Ay. alone number. vested one with military authority and Sepryred. the other of She political hts of citizens. vory business of the day was commenced under the tnvo- cation of God's blessing by an eminent minister, wud, during John Morgan's famous raid through Ohio, rode with the chieftain and sustained bim and his command witi the spiritual consolation which lus oMlce of chaplain guthorized him to dispense, while sitting by his side were men who not only occupied similar position in the uy , but packed their ministrations by unerring rifle shots and well directed bayonets. Tae very church they held couucil in was under the pastorate of Jolin Morgan's ex-chaplain, Dr. Hop- son, is strongest adjnuct tn the spiritual fleld was Professor Burgess, President of the Northwestern University at Indianapolis, Ind., who out of a cap- tainey in the volunteer service was raised to @ briga- dier for distinguished patriotism and valor on tue field, but declined the honor, content with his record; @ man who, next to General Gartleld, of Ohio, also one of the Disciples, shines among the brightest in the West, and maintains a forward position in the ranks of progress, With all the bitter recollections of the war, with a spirit of individualism strengthened by contest and strife in the various religious organizations out of which they came, but, above all, after a quarter of a century of non-government, the representatives, lay and ministerial, of the American Vartsuan Church from every State, but most largely from tie South and Southwest, assemble hore fbr the adoption of a plan of government, ‘two days of avxious expectation and tmpatient walling preceded the report of the Twenty. It was elaborated with much pains; every word in it was Weighed in the balance of the nicest reason, and amid breativiess silence in an auditorium contaming nearly 500 delegates the report was read, The docu- ment would take up all the space tnia letter occu- pies, but the pith uf it all, as far as the outside world cares to know, was embodied in one item, which read:— As our whole financial system is based upon a operation of the churches, we recommend that each church, over and above the sums it may contribute for misslouary work under its {tiamediate controf, give a pledge to pay annu- ally to its district teeasurer a detinite sum for other mission- ary work, and that one-half of such contributions may be un- der the control of the district board for missfonary work in the districts, the other halt to be sent to the State board to be divided equaily between it and the general board for their re- spective works. And this, as an amendment:— But this recommendation not to be considered as preclud- ing a diferent distribution of funds where the church con- tributing shall #o decide. Yet, strange to say, this was only adopted after a protonged and heated discussion, in which the Soutnern deiegates lea off witn characteristic pom- posity Of manner, aud in the florid style pecuilar to speakers south of Mason and Dixou’s line. Accustomed, sheclogieny to accept nothing un- authorized by a “Thus saith the Lord,’? and goner- ally to reject first, ag the best preparation for accent- ance, the assembled wisdom, experience and iudg- ment of the disciples tore themselves anew with disseosions over the simplest problem and the easiest yoke ever borne by an organization. The Southern delegates, to @ man, reasoned tho thing away in @ mist of argument and rhetoric till it lost all visible shape, and, not to ais- please them, the Northernors listened aud con- ceded much, apparently for the sake of ar- gument. It was reserved at last for the sustained power of the Northern mind to bring order out of chaos, and to onforce the unanswerable logic of the recommendation. Prol. Burgess showed the body that they had no system, and that, while the very wisdom gud abkity of the whole Church combined were taxed to produce one, the impromptu thoughts of the Convention were work- log w tear it to pieces. Except tue plan proposed was adopted, the Convention had better adjourn Without day, and then the American Christian Society would cease to exist. The oferers of amendments and substitutes and the movers for postponement were stumped and sat sent, Light broke through the obstinate understanding of the opposition and the plan went through unanimously. Tue congiomerate mass became concrete, and ties to-day an accomplished fact, solid and enduring for future usefulness to build upon, ‘This departure of the disciples from previous indirection will bring them to tie front of the movin, army of Christian workers the world over. Endowe with great natural powers, and unfettered by creeds and dogmas, which limit the operations of most relt- gious organizations, they feel more than ever inborn power and the impetus of renewed and unified strength, The Church is now organized without ecclesiagticism; tt is co-aperative, without affect- ing the treedom of any, and goes forward tn its career of missionary labor, which contemplates for its ultimate the evangelization of the world. eral co- Presbyterian Union. (From the Washington Chronicle.) ‘Those interested “in ecclesiastical movements will remember the great interest felt throughout the country last year in the proceedings of the Old and New Schooi General Assemblies of the Presbyterlan Church, looking toward a union of the two bodies, The basis of union, doctrinal and practical, agreed on by the committees in conference, it will be recol- lected, passed both bodies. It was then to be sent down to the presbyteries of each denomination to be voted on direculy, Returns from more than two- thirds of the preaoyteries have been now received, and the union 18 known to have been ratified by more than the required majority. According to the terms of their respective adjournments the two General Assemblies will meet iv Pittsburg, Novem- ber ts to count the ballota and declare oficially the result. ‘This consolidation of two of the largest Protestant bodies, which will undoubtedly be followed by the absorption of many smaller bodies of kindred faith, perhaps, indeed, of the entire Caivanistic element ot Protestantism, is an event of no small moment to either the religious or the secular world. The historical significance of the movement can- not well be estimated at this moment. Of one thing, however, we may be certain. Under its preseut organization @ mass of disjointed sects, Protestant- ism, as @religion, caanot take its proper place in history, either a8 positive power or as a prepara- tion for some further aud better development. he Present nrove is a good step forward—a getting in readiness for action. Stolen Thunder—An Excitement in Church Circles. {From the Philadelphia Telegraph.) Some few weeks ago it was announced that one of our most popular divines, who, with bis youth and eminent oratorical powers, had made himself a national fame in the evangelical circles of the Epia- copal Church, and whose loss to our city has been the cause of much mourning among our fashionable people, was about, like the Magi of old, to go East, The pulpit of Holy Trinity has, since the departure of the former rector, been supplied by what are known tn clerical circles ax wanderers and by the irreverent as wandering minstrels, bringing recollectioas of “Jim Bags” and his execrable clarionet to the frequenter of the playhouse, A Sunday or two ago a@ young clergyman made his appearance in the pulpit and deitvered a sermon tbat astounded the congregation. Visions ot the glory of young Brooks and @ reputation equal to that of Pére Hyacinthe floated before the minds of the devout. The organist played the congrega Uon ont, and the comments on the bonnets and tae dvesses of the gay throng were silenced amid the loud plaudits of the young divine, whose sermon combined doctrine and discipline in so masterly a manner, The same gentieman preached en Kpiph- any im the aflernoon, and there again astounded the congregation of that church with hts eloqueace, He took his departure alnid the warmest thanks of those who had felt their religious zeal increased under tua spiritual sermons; but a lite disappointment was to follow. A lady who nad occasionaliy visited Holy Trinity during Kev. Mr. Brooks’ ministry on account of bis uncle, the illustrious Wendell Phil- lips, and who was a@ true Bostonian, familiar witn all the sayings of the Illustrious Dr. Channing, sent a note tne next day to the warden of Holy ‘'rinity, stating that it would not be necessary to print the sermon of the Sunday morning previous, as tt could be found in the selected sermons of the Rev. Dr. Channing, the shining light of the Unitarlana. The page and volume were given, there it was found. A similar exposé was made at the Epiphany, and the congregations were no wiser, as the ocour- rence was kept quietly concealed by the few ac- uainted with the facts. The big explanation is that the young gentleman who did the piagiarism did not expect to stumble over a Boston female theologian while Wearing his borrowed piumea. The Synod of South Carolin The Synod of South Carolina met in Chester, Octo- ber 20, From the Reporter we learn that the Synod 1s composed of eighty-six ministers and 144 churches, ‘Tuo boundaries of the Synod are co-extensive with the State and {t includes four presbyvories. The Synod 14 connected with the General Assembly (Old School) of the Presbyterian Church, South, which extends over the territory recently acknowledged as the Southern Confederacy, besides the State of Ken- tucky and a hopeful expectation of being reinforced by the State of Missourl. The formation of the Southero Presbyterian Church was caused by the political schisms among the Presbyterian churches pane oo from Which they separated in Decem- , 1861, Another Clergyman in Trouble. ‘The trial of the Rey, Colin C. Tate, of Columbus, Ohio, for violating the law of thé Episcopal Churc! was commenced in Columbus on October 26, The charges against him relate exclusively to his manner of conducting the singing in public wor- ship, He put his cholr into surplices, and, more- over, had them enter the church in procession, sing- ing the psalms and hymns at the commencement of the service, and go out in the same manner at ite close, ‘There t# also a supplemental charge of per- siatence in this practice after being forbidden to do 80 by the Bishop of Ohio, The whole case turns upon the question whether the canon peg ed pricsta to obey the “godly admonition’ of their bishop obliges them to follow hig directions on points concerning which there 1s no written pro- vision, Religious Notes. Episcopal mission stations have been established fo all the towns tn Dakota. The rumor that Rev. James Stone, lave President of Hobart College, has become a Roman Catholic ts authoritatively denied in the Episcopal bo ei Dr. Rovert J, Brockenridge has resiqged his pro- a fessorship in the Danville, Ky., Thesiogical Semi- nary, Tho Russian government has seized the “Peter's Pence’ contributed in Poland for the Pope, Thero are 700 Baptist churches tn Missouri, but the Central Baptist says that there are not more than two dozen who have worship every Sunday. The distinguished Jesuit, Father Bapst, has been made Provincial of the order, and is now residing at the college in West Fifteenth street, A cordial welcome and reception were given him yesterday by the facuity and students in the college hall. The report of the Hvangelical Lutheran Synod shows 997 congregations (Kansas not reported), 591 ministers, 91,720 Communicants—a net giln of #474, lal amount reported as expended for ali - ous pury 3 is About $466,000, - bei ‘The Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episa- copal church will convenein Richmond on the 10th of November. Bishop Doggett will preside, and among the distinguished ministers irom abroad who will be present are Rev. Dr. Munsey, of Baltl more; Key. Dr, Redford, of Nashville; Rev. Dr MaEOrE irate ea and Rev, Dr. Sariy, learn from the late report that Maine has 240 Congregational churches connected with ‘con- ferences, of which 57 have pastors, 86 stated sup- plies, aud 21 are supplied by licentiates, membership 13 19,969, of whom 3,516 are absent, and 546 were added during the year on profession. | The real gain, ater deducting deaths and emigration, 16 174. Maine bas an active Home Missionary So- clety, which supplied preaching at about 100 ations last year, Vermont does a similar domestic work, with 49 aided churches and 19 itinerant tigld: ‘There are reported ivé churches, with 18,593 mem- bers, of whom 3,127 are absent. On profession 866 were added, and tiere ws a net increase of 423, THE PARAGUAYAN WAR. Gencral McMahon’s Report Riddled, New You, Oct, 29, 1869, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In reply to the Associated Press despatch from Washington, whitch appeared yesterday, as embody ing the views of General Martin T. McMahon in re gard to the character and probable results of the Paraguayan war, I have written a communication which to-day appeared in one of the daily papera of this city, Bat inasmuch as the Hakanp’s Washing- tou correspondence, appearing in your issues of yes terday and to-day, contains further expressions or opinions from the same source which I cannot pass unnoticed, Iam constrained to ask the courtesy of your columns for a statement of tho case against the bandit of Paraguay and a criticism of the views of the diplomatic apologist for Lopez. That General McMahon disagrees entirely with his predecessor, Mr. C. A, Washburne, in his opinion of Lopez, is well known to the public, and those fe- militar with the course of General McMahon cannot be surprised that he should declare that “Brazil is wholly in the wrong, and her object is to absorb all the small South American ropublics and to extend the empire of slavery." ‘Those who are acquainted with the character of the Brazilian government and with the origin of the five years' war betwee Paraguay and the allled Powers know thatthe facts are directly the oppo- site of the statements of General McMahon. All Americans who have ever resided in Brazil know that that so-called empire 1g @ monarchy only in name, aud that Dom Pedro Il., so far from being an @n absolute ruler, has less real power than the Preal- dent of the United Staves, They know that the constitution of Brazii is as = ral as that of Great Britain, and far less vitiated by inherited abuses. They Know that the leaders of public opiuion in Bradil, with the Emperor at their head, have long since doomed the insutution of slavery, and that it only exists in Brazu unwll the necessary measures can be pertected for itsspeedy abolition, They know that Brazil, in the filty years of her iinperial existence, so far from being an aggressive Power has never gained nor sought to gain by conquest a single acre from any one of the eight republics which border upon her territory. They know that the only foreiga war which Brazil has sustained previously to the present one resulted in 1825 In the dismemberment of the empire by wwe revolt of the Cisplatine province, which, with the aia of Buenos Ayres and the coun- tenance of France and England, established its lade- pendence as the repubiic of Uruguay. They know that in 1865 Brazil had that feeble republic completely at its mercy, and that, far from reannoxing tt, or even curtailing ita limits, it gave tts aid to build up @ completely independent and self-sustained govern- ment in Montevideo. in short, the old cry of “Mon- archy eucroaching upon republicanism” in South America is completely without foundation. In respect to the ee war, Brazil, while agree ing with the two allied republics Lo continue the war uatil the overthrow of Lopez, solemnly bound herself by weaty to respect tue independence of Paraguay, and now that nine-tenths of that country has been rescued irom the grasp of the tyrant, Brazil, in tuil harmony with her allies, has redeemed her pledge by allowing the Paraguayans to 1orm a government of their own, Whose permanence is guaranteed by treaty. The allies have carried their magnanimity to the excess of permitting @ Paraguayan govern- Ment to be elected by the popular suifrage of the ay men who were recenuy in arms in support of pez. As to the origin of the war tt 1s a demonstrated fact that it was beguo by —— and piratical ag. gression on tue part of Lopea. Minister McMahon cannot deny that in December, 1844, Lopez invaded aud occupied the deienceless Brazilian province of Matto Grosso, after seizing upou an unarmed Bra- zillan mall steamer, on board of which the Presl- dent of Matto Grosso was proceeding in full peace to his destination. Bimister McMahon not deny ‘that this Was done without even the formality of & declaration of war; nor can he deny that in April, 1865, Lepes poured his troops, in the midst of — found peace, upon the adjacent Argentine province of Corrientes, seizing upon two Argentine vessels of war which were jying at anchor in the port of Oor- rientes, utterly unconscious of the “impending crisis.” Minister McMahon cannot deny that the officers and crews of these vessels have perished to the last man in the prisons of Lopez, by processes best known to himself, and that the same fate betel another Argeative mail steamer which arrivea in Asuncion about the same time in utter ignorance of any approaching War. Minister MoMa- hon cannot deny tuat before Brazil apd the Argen- tine Repubiic couid collect their wits frictions pez the astounding violation of the laws ot war, occupied the Argentine province of Misiones and poured 16,000 veteran troops into the Brazillian pro- vince of-ktio Grande. He caunot deny that at (io same time Lopez bad in readiness a formidal squadron equipped for the avowed purpose of seizluy upon the fortified island of Marun Garcia, ab thi contiuence of the rivers Parané and Uruguay. cannot deny that all these territories were practi- caily annexed to Paraguay during the period of thelr occapation by Lopez, nor tuat the object of these piratical procedures of Lopez was the found: tion of an inland eumpire, witn Lopez as apaolug monarch, at the expeaso of ali the countries bord ing upon Paraguay. will go turther than this, and say that Minister MeMahon cannot successfully deny that the empir of Brazil has been the carly and constant friend of Paraguayan independence. Brazil was the firs! Power to recognize that mdependence. She aided Carlos Antonio Lopez, father Ol the present Diotator, to establish the routine of biy improvised gover ment; sent him as counsellor one of her wisest an most disinterested statesmen—Sonhor Piments Bueno—and presented tne young Paraguayan repub- lic with a spleudid fleld battery, to enable it to hold out against the annexation policy of Rosas, the Ar- gentine Nero, In the discussions of her unsettled questions of boundary with Paraguay Brazil bas pushed forbear. ance to the extremest Imi en silowing Para. juay to occupy territories which had been in dispute for & score of years. Brazil is NOt, per s6,a mk tary Power, and had never dreamed of 9 war with Paraguay, until, sorely against her will, aie Mery forced to take up arms to dofend her own bomet from unprovoked aggression. Then, and not ti then, did she vow the overthrow of Lopez, and, wit! her two allies, sie bas steadily persevered throug! the severest strain upon the blood and treasure the empire to vindicate her insulted honor, She hag spent hundreds of millions of dollars and poured or the biood 160,000 men to drive the baudit Lopes the “last ditch,” and now that success is vi tualy attained Minister McMahon thinks that ti allies are avout to abandon the contest. Let him think so, A few tore weeks will end the tragedy, but not in the way he anticipates. At the latest advices the accounts most favi to Lopez did nos attribute to him more than men. To this pasa is now reduced the woul aa monarch of @ vast inland empire, But Gen McMahon is fertile in resources, and comes valiant to the rescue, Be bebe te that rapes was way upon in Ascurra by a delegation of Payague indians, who tendered him the services of 7,008 warriors to assist in resisting the Brazilian invasion. This is certainty most important, if trae. aoe I um supposed to know something abou the Indians: of South America, especially those of Paraguay. Ihave been Intimately acquainted with the Payagua tribe of Indians. have known all their chiefs and head men, and have collected a vo- capulary of their lal , ‘The tribe las never within ‘the prevent century numbered 500 souls, Upon that fact 1 stake my reputation as an ethnolo- gist, that belug the capacity im which I am most de- sirous to be known. The few dozens of warriors who were all that belonged to this tribe were all con- ripved into the service of Lopez long since, and have shared in the general extermination of ninety-five r cont, which has befallen the entire forces of thor ig there oa, other tribe of Indians in Pai Moe ca McMahon can fall . fy him to mention any. ite bY several other Vege upon which J am desirous of touching, especially upon the alleged un- friendliness of the ailles to our government, but this letter bas become suMiciently extended, and I mu close for the present, PORTER ©, BLISS. Furope contains forty-four diferent nations, num- bering In all 285,000,000 of inhabitants, The unived annual expenditure of the various governments amounts to $2,210,000,000, or $7 75 per head. Allow- ancea to crowned heads amount to $45,072,000, or sixteen cents per hoad. The armed forces cost the sum Of $613,104,000, or, per heaa, $2 15, Intercat payable on lar io debts Amounw To $572,520,000, or, er head, $1 84 Tho pudlic debs of Kuropeamounta 16,069, 208,000, makiug B51 per head,