The New York Herald Newspaper, November 9, 1869, Page 4

+ — EUROPE. British Opinion of American Treasury Finance and tho Public Debt. The Empress of France in Turkey and Greece. Brilliancy and Splendor of the Fetes in Constantinople. THE RADIVAL “REDS” MEETING IN PARIS. By mail from Europe we have the following special correspondence and newspaper mail reports in detail of our cable telegrams to the 29th of Octo- ber, additional to the exhibit which appeared in our colurans yesterday :— A Paris journal of the evening of the 28th of Octo- ber reports: ‘The state of the Prince de Metternich, after his duel wound, has altered for the worse, 30 that the Princess has been summoned from Bohemia, by & telegraphic message, to the Chateau of Robertsau, near Strasburg. Don Carlos of Spain has hired a country house between Vevey and Montreux, France, in which he proposes to pass the winter season with the Duchess, his wife, and a numerous suite. A communication from Nice (o Paris announces that Archbishop McCloskey, of New York, accompa- nied by his Secretary, Rev. Mr. MoNeirny, after two days’ stay at the Grande Hotel Paradis, left on the 2ist ult. for Rome by the Corniche road. Several American families had also taken their departure for Italy. Cardinal de Bonald las sent to the Pope and the Emperor Napoleon his resignation as Archbishop of Lyons, nis great age not permitting him longer to dischurge the duties of his dlocess. The Great Eastern steamship, with the portion of the British Indian telegraph cable to be laid between Bombay and Aden, left the Nore on Sunday, October 24, for Portlana, where she completes her coaling, and will leave the first week tn November for Bom- bay, touching at St. Vincent aud the Cape of Good Hope. The following telegram reports her pro- gress:— Captain Harry, Steamship Great Eastern, Portiand, to Captain S. Osborn, London:— Arrived here atier a splendid passage. Engines worked most satisfactorily, Steamed nine and ave- raged eight aud @ half knots per hour during pas- Bale. ENGLAND. United States Treasury Finance and the Pab- lic Debt. The London Times of the 27th of October publishes the following editorial on the above subject, of which we have already haa a@ brief notice by cabie telegram:— President Grant's Secretary of the Treasury has no Tomantic views us to the power of the more beauty of honesty fascinating his fellow countrymen into discharging their just debis. He has just been Piceaing 0 payment of the United States public debt in Goin, on the grouna of the tojury which any other policy must do to the nation uself, The pub- lie creditor, he i3 generous enough to ackgowledge, also has his rignts; but tue whole force of his argu- iment is directed to proving how petty would be tne protit the public dedtor would derive from violating thea. In itself the tact that an argument for paying & debt shouid be necessary is not very reassuring to the creditor. To hear that statesmen are defending the propriety of paying national debts 1s hardly more agrecable than to be told by a iriend that he has been defending one’s reputation aguinst certajy. malicious scaudals. If, in-reover, an. Avdlogy for national honesty bj Made’ the creditor 13 gun- crally $0 egoUstiCal as to expect to find his right to TenAMAeht figuring in a more prominent place tian tue corner to which Mr. Secretary Boutwell reiegates it, Unfortunately the questioa of the obiigation to execute the coniract between the State and the public creditors, according to the sense mm which it was understood by the latter when they lent their money, has been raised in the Union, The obiigation has been disputed so loudly, aud from such high places, that it may be mock modesty in au American poiiiician to affect to ignore the doubt. We think, however, the Secretary to the Treasury might with advantage nave upheld the positive tile of the creditors to repayment, apart from any question whether or no repayment will ultimately be for the debtor’s benedt, Possibly Mr. Boutweil considered that when it becomes necessary fora finance minister to contend agaist repudia- Uon the time is pase for appealing to any but selfish lustincts, But if mere interest is to be appealed to it 1s scarcely worth while appealing to such tran- sceudental interests as Mr. Boutwell calis to tne aid of his argument. The politicians wuo are ready to make political capital out ot schemes ior giving the creditors of the Unived States something less than what they bargained for, we appreheud, far beyond the power of appreciating such a plea as that repudiation would deoase the national charac- ter, We are ourselves entirely of Mr, Boutweil’a opwion that for the United States to pay their debt in anytiiug but com would develop in the Amer: ican people—not now alone, but in the fucure—a baneiul disregurd of right’ and of the principles underlying individual aad public prosperity. ‘fae inclination to treat pudiic obligations as binding ouly 89 long as tue one party benellis by them must, like a bame cutin bark, spread and grow with the growth of the nation. Arguiments of this kind, however, raise a jalse issue, and have a dangerous veadency te lead those for whose benoof they are used to fancy, that in not acting like rogues they will be doing something very heroic and magnaat- mous. Provided that.a nation does Keep its fai, 16 ‘ney not matter very much that it bas gratified 1ts Vanity at the same time, But it is exceedingly easy for it to slide from the belief that a parucular course Would be simply chivairous into pruden- ual calculations that charity begins @t home, and that the generous act tor which credit is taken may be put off to better times. It is not, then, from any want of sympathy with Mr. Boutweil’s patri- otic alarm as to the evil consequences or attempts to shumMe out of the letter of the compact with the public creditor that we axe sorry he did not put the plea he deduces from the high destinies of the great republic second, and give the chief piace xo the prosaic claims ot “the men who have taken the peopie’s promises.” But we think it cruel kind- ness in any American stavesman to tempt his coun- trymen inte performing 80 ordinary a duty as pay- jug their debts by telling thera that they wiil thereoy be earning the glory of patriousm. ‘The obligation caunot be put too simply and nakedly. It is a duty Which the American people owes primarily to the creditor. We will not believe that the nation, as such, requires to have auy otier reason besides tue credicor’s right pointed out to It, Argumenié of this sort are, in fact, of force neither With repudiaters nor non-repudiators. The latter would not need them aud the former would not un- derstand them. Mr. Boutwell is more succes#lul when he descends to lower levels, ana shows What ‘wastefuiness is involved in halting between the two courses. Somothing might be sald for repudiating boidly and at once the entire debt of nearly $2,500,000,000. The act would probably destroy tue whole trade and credit of the couniry, but we schemes which Mr. Secrctary Boutwell properly stigmatizes as all alike snares and deiustons bring upon the Treasury ail the penalties of dishonesty witnout any of the possivie protits. It does not matter which of the various pians mooted at political gatherings, though never inteuded to be faced upon, is the favorite for tue moment— woether that by Which the amount of interest already received by the creditor is to be set off against his principal, and thus tae debt 1 to be declared aiready wholly of Dartiaiiy liquidated, or whether the creditor ts fo be forced to accept repay- ment in greenbacks. Under any of these arrange. ments he would receive less than was the stipulated price for the help he rendered the Union tn its e burrassments, aud bis security 18 proportioual He is entitled to his larg: depreciated, interes! 80 Jong as heremains unpaid. But if it were us certain that the Untied Staves would not repu- diate thetr public debt as that Eaviand or Holland will not repudiate thetrs, the American government would be abie to borrow money at two or more percent less interest than it now pays, and with this tresh joan it might buy up and cancel the present debt, Witle the war of secession continued it was natural that the American Treasury should be obliged to pay high for money borrowed. ‘The main reason now, however, Wliy 1 1s still paying at a rate of not far irom twice a8 much Interest as is paid by goveruments with imfertor natural sources of wealth must be sought in the wanton propound- ing by American politicians of scueimes for breaking faith with public creditors, If high interest means bad security it is not less true that bad security means high interest, The security of the Almerican pubiie faith is, we believe, in reality excellent; but & liability to Nave the terms of the contract with the ublic creditor altered against his will would render he best security bad. Mr. Boutwells arguments are meant for the benefit and instruction of that part ot the American people which represents the debtors; but ali arg ments for ing public debts converge to the public creditor’ wplage a8 thelr common centre. SO long ag he receives his interest and can recover his principal he will not analyze minutely the reasons assigned for acting justiy aud honestly by him, But it is of importance, if not for the present individual creditors, yet for the general imtereats both of America and of Hurope, that the Ainerican people shoul tiie down into a frame of mind more ofneis mt with the sanctity of the Tights of oreditora than Mr. Secretary Bout. Yat the Sultan's personal, urgent request, and to-day did not accompany her, though several high funcilon- aries formed her escort, She made a cursory visit to the Bazaars and the collection of costumes of tho now extinct Janissaries, foreign embassies and legations in tio Palace of Begierbey, pleased with graceful mediately alterwards ‘This is a iormality which no Musselman Suitan or . NEW YORK HERALD. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1960.—TRIPLE SRUET. well's well-intentioned im) remark: be case at present. They must re that money borrowed ia to be presumed worth terms on which it wag origiually lent, and i$ terms of a loan are determined once for all at e timé when it is contracted. It is for interest o! European oapitaiisis that they should be able to invest money in America with confidence. A land bet nt ere toe i y nines B prot aie brig uvel undeveloped, fro! 2 the thyesrdient of capiial pes Suntries wi th large accumulated wealth. In invest apital there they become, as it Were, partners with the American people. They gain Lo receiving larger profite than they would have obtained from the same capital at home. erica, however, Whose natural resources Am but for this advance of capital must have remained idle and latent, gains tadnitely mo jut whatever implies @ disposition tn the Ainerican people to take to itself a liberty to revise the terms of @ loan, whet spe public or private, at @ later period, and to rept te the partnership based upon it as soon aa the speculation is beginning to become valuable, repulses capital, and in the same degree throws back the development of American wealth, The only sound rule to give capital cou to permeate thoroughly the Territories of the Union is that bargain is @ bargain,’’ and that it ia a suficient rea- son why the one party is bound to keep it that the other party to it has made his arrangements on th faith of its being Rent ‘This ig a principle which is perfectly consistent with Mr. Secretary Boutwell’s plea for payments in con, on the ground of the evil example which payment in gieenbacks would prove to the countless unborn millions of American citi zens; but it seem to us one which ta @ good deal simpler aod safer for State financiers to Inaist upon. TURKEY. The Empress Eugenie’s Visit and Ite More Immediate EffecteRevolution in the Gov- ernmental System—The Tour in Constantino- pleAn Imperial Escort—Trip to the “Sal- tan’s Valley?—Paris Built Charlote—Murav’s American Born Grandson—Native “Vivas?— ‘The Sultan’s Appearance and Decorations How the Empress Was Dressed and Looked— The Imperial Military Review—(orgeous Scene by Public Mlumination and Moonlight. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oot. 18, 1860, Since the arrival of the fair Empress of France at Constantinople all other subjects have been set aside, The noveity of such a visit has made a deep impression upon the minds of the Mussulman part of the population, go little accustomed to see women honored, Whether it will effect any change in the condition of the Turkish females, and particularly the wives of the Suitan and his Ministers, remains to be seen, The greater part of these are Circassian slaves, of no intellectual education, as a matter of course, and, therefore, are entitled to @ less degree of respect and regard than would have been the case had it been otherwise with them. For this, however, they are not to blame, The system ts de fective and needs a radicai change. The visit of the Sultan to Europe in 1867 wasa great event in the history of the Ottoman dynasty. It was undertaken amid much opposition on the part of his people and, perhaps, some want of con- fidence in his own. It has produced very important changes and reforms, which now progress with wonderful rapidity. Great events have great effects, They deeply impress a whole people. Perhaps no- where, more than in Stamboul, is the pubilo 30 much embodied tn the person of the sovereign. He ig uke the queen bee ofahive. Without him all would be confusion, while with him all is order and tran- quillity, This is the result of many centuries of de- pendence upon and subjection to the will of a sove- reign who has hitherto beea absolute, During that memorable journey, with the late lamented Fuad Pacha for his mentor, the Sultan learned much which ts now producing good frutts. Tuo visit of the Empress of France ts only second to it in political and social importance, and you will, therefore, per- haps be more Laterested in the recital of what takes Place here at the present time than you could in any similar event in the more civilized parts of Europe. The Empress arrived hore Wednesday morning, the 13th instant, and will take her-~d¢partnre to- morrow, the 1pu.(Luesday)—She has consented to remain One day longer than sue originally intended hasbeen spent by her tn receiving tus wives and daughters of the Suitan’s Ministers and other func- tionaries, ButI must not precede the narrative of the occurrences of the previous days, and so shall go back to where I left you in my iast letter. Thursday she paid a visit to Stamboul proper, and saw in detail the “old seraglio,” coveriug the greater part of what was once tne cliy of anctent Byzantine, the greater mosques, among which are St. Sophia, Sultans Achmat, Byagia and Saliman, and also the mausoleum Of the father of the present Suitan, Mahmoud Il, On this occasion the Sultan On Friday she recetved the where sig resides, her manner All were muca afability and the nobie, of her deportment, —Lin- 3 ste passed over the Bosphorus to the European shore, to witness the progress of the Sultan’s visit to mosque. other ruler ever neglects. The prayers or Friday are of a peculiar Character, They are tor the coun- try, the government, the people aud the sovereign himself, itis then that thus latter Aurea, in tue eyes of iis Musselman subjects, as their Cauph, a successor Of tue Prophet of God. It had been given out that she would be there in some couspicuous posi- tion, Wheu the pudlic hoped to see ner, but in this many Would have been disappointed, as ail could not reuch the sput, ‘Lue Suitan, ou tus day, leaves the pal- ace with quite @ large escort. Tue Aunusters of War, Marine, Police, Ordnance and Omer Pacha, tao pow vetsrad Commander-in-Chiet of the army, would be ID attendance, He is also accompanied by all the ers Ol lis palace, who form a distinct corps irom those of Wuat are calied of tue “sublime Porte.” ‘They are mostly secretaries, chamberlaws, a@ides-de-camp, equeries, euuuchs, tc, From wwe palace to tae Mosque, Whicu ls aesizns visiting, if by land, lines of soidiers form a guard of honor, ‘th this case he goes on horseback. Four finely capuri- soued horses and state carriages follow him. If it be at a distance and he must go by water, he pro- ceeds in @ state barge, rowed by twenty-four men in peculiar costume, He has two of these barges aud one follows lim empty. He rarely ever revaras in th: Same maunex, and finally does not go buck to his palace, bus Visits some of the more interest. jug parts of the Bosphorus, When ae has Kiosks, or examines any public edifice under construction. Un the present ovcasion bé accvuipanied the falr empress on @ Visit to the “Sweet Waters” of Kuro: in carriages, and then, in barges, to the “Sweet Waters” 1 Asia, on the Bosphorus. The former is at treinity of the Golden Horn, on 4 stream fresh water, which gives rise to the name, In future “vous doxces” signifies fresh water, aud thus the appellation given to the spot py the foreign Cliristay population of Pera aad Caleta, The one ii Asia, Opposite the famous cas- tles of the Bosphorus, is Known in Turkey as Geuk 500, or the “Heavenly Waters,” and nere the trans- lation ia correct, At the latter piace, as well a8 at the former, the Sultan lias a palace, called by the people of the country only a kiosk—a common sum- mer house—though both are triple the size of the welt Known “Wuite House’ of our Presiaents at Washington, and far better looking in point of archi- tecture, At Geuk Sou the Empress fouud a large concourse of ‘Turkish ladies collected to see ler, all dressed in their very best and ornamented with costly jeweiry. She partook there of luucheou wii tue Suitan, On Saturday the Empress visited that part of the Bosphorus shores known @% Hunkian Escalasee, otherwise the “Sultan's Valley.’ Jt 8 situated on the Asiatic side of the Straits, at the toov of the highest elevation of eltber shore, called the Gtanv's Mountatn, Lom the sumunit of Which there 1s a magni- ficent View of nearly the whole of the Bosphorus, the city of Stanboul in the distance to the jet, and a wide expanse of tue Black Sea on the right. It is the saine spot where the famous ship Argos, contalaing Custor and Pollux and many other of the worthies who figure in the Classical Dictionary in particular, and mythology in general lauded and put ashore those who Wished to figut the King of the Country. As vhe jatter is said to have been kilied ta the scufle it is supposed that his mortai remains were interred on the summit of the neiguboring heigut, and so gave to 1c its present name, ‘The valley is & vast p.ain filed with trees, and down its centre fows a litue brook of fresh water. Av some distance from (ie straite it makes @ wuro nortuward, so that, being surrounded on two sides by high hulls, 1tiorma quite an amphitheatre, Ail tho slope of the Giant's Mountain was covered with the tents of some 00 troops encamped there for the ovcasion of the review got up for tne entertain- ment of the Ewpress. Far up the valley, near tie hills on the right, the Suitan has had erected one of the most beautiful ana picturesque kiosks which has been seen 1u any part of the word. It is altogether of an Arabesque character, in rose and gold, of two svories high and quite open i fronw A stau way runs to the upper elevation. All of the interior 18 of the same style, the curtains red or dark rose, with gold fringes. Even the papering ts of the game; ali most harmoniously combined with ex- quisite taste. tt reminds one of te Alhambra in miniature, and for its architecture carries the spec- tavor back to the time of Richard the Lion-fiearted and Saladdin. Just such an one, it may be suppose: received Francis I. of France and Charles, peror of St me on the spot renowned in history ts “The Field of the Cloth of Gold.” in place of tournament, of an assemblage of knights, | &c,, the two sovereigns here sat side by si he one ail that is beautiful and fascinating 94 a femal and the other remarkable for meniiness an noble figure, brought together for peaceful pur- poses, Indecd, when We allow our memories to a8 @ concession to rd interview of his fair Empress with the 6 Sulta is fall of signifeans importance. It shows A tot: cn in the Ty Nepoleoa, and @ disposition an ice with Tarkey uptavorabie to tue prevénsions of Russian schemes in the East. It te said here that from reasons of a Political character the Russian government exerted Ql of ita 1uduence at Paris to prevent the visit of tho pea prens te Constantinopie, and only succeeded in indhcing the French government to consent to favor her pilgrimage to Jerusalem, where exists @ con- Unuous conflict between the rival Churches of the East and West—the Catholic and tho Greek. |= The two soveroigns reached this pavilion in open eo. each drawn by four horses, the work of & rig tradesman, who is the Suitan’s coachmaker. ‘dhe borges, a8 well as their harness, are Buropean, and the former as ine as those of any sovereign in the world, But a few years ago the state carriages of the Ottomay Court were gilded chariots, much resemoling those of the 6 of Louts XIV., or even still further back, and drawn by horsea Sapanaonad with the gaudiest of materials, Many, indeed, were even huge wooden vehicles, all of wood, without any springs, and drawo by oxen. Even during the reign of the father of the present Sultan the ladies of the imperial harem made their excursions 1 these same equi called here Arabas, The change nas been 38] and great, and marks the progress mado in such matters. Ali of the coachmen and outriders are uchmen, dressed in tHe Oriental livery of the ultan—full trousers and richly worked vests and jackets, somewnat of tha Zouave character, need scarcely be added that all wear the tes, @ woollen cap of Turkey, a another evidence of the progress of reform an advance- meat here it may be state. at the Bmpress and the Sultan sat side by side in the same carriage—he on her left. Intront of the Sultan was Ismali Pacha, his Ambi lor to France, and opposite we Km- press Prince Murat, the Franco-Amerioan grandson Of the ill-iated Kipg of Naples, He is a tall, tine- looking man, showing off to considerable ad- vantage his hussar uniform of red pantaloons, short Jacket and famed Poiman cloak thrown over his left shoulder, the whole surmounted by a tall bearskin eap. Porty years ago the Sultan would not have dared to appear in such company in the presence of his people, and much leas of his soldiery. Now i was evident that all fully approve of his conduct, and frankly participate im the hospitalities oifered by their sovereign to the beautiful E£m- of France, As he alighted from carriage and offered her bis rigut and so ascended the stairway to the upper floor avilion, there Was an immense shout of @pproval, and even of admiration, from the vast crowd spread over the valley. Even the Turkish women, in their white veils and variod colvi cloaks, clapped their hauds with joy and exciteme: @ud cried out in uO measured terms, sachalah! Machalah! <Agarin, Afarin Podishakrimezt which may be interpreted, ‘Bravo ! bravo, our noble and gallant sovereign |’ Indeed, no one couid mils- take the vast change which has come over the pub- lic mind, feelings and sentiments, even of a religious character, among all classes of the people of Con- h stantinople, and , too, within so few years. The Sultan and Caliph has lost none of his political and pa prestige among his people by his voyage to iniidel lands and his Christian mode of respect aud gallantry towards the infidel Empress. ‘To the leit of the platiorm on which the Sultan and the Ewpress alighted, followed by all of tue ladies of her sulte and the French and ‘Turkien officers connected with her here, the Grand Vizier, nis Highness Ali Pacha, and all of the other Mints- ters of the government stood in a line to receive them, in full uniform. The Sultan was not in unl- form, and ened wore on lis breast his own Decora- tion of the Othmanit ia diamonds and the Cegion of Honor presented to him in Paris by the Emperor, He is full six feet Eien rather stout, bat of a fine, manly figure. His beard was short and perfectly biack, but one could remark that the hair on the back of his head ts slightly tinged with gray, owing to the frequent attacks of neuralgia, trom which he has sulered for many years, aud which has given Tise to the unfavorable reports abou’ his sanity. His countenance is full of animation and intelil- gence and his dark Diack eyes are very remarkable for their expression. The Smpress was dressed tn a rich silk of lilac color, covered with deniclie, and she wore a small cap or bonnet, also trimmed with lilac ribbons. Her tall and now quite slender figure is perfectly upright, Her face shows hor forty-three years, out 13 still 1atr aud beautiful, and no one can soon forget the sweetness of ita expression when she speaks, All that General Dix sald of her at his fareweil banquet ia Paris ts strictly correct, and no one ean see her withoat loving ter for her sweet face, if not also for ue? géntleness and benevolence. Shouid she visit the United States-—and it is said that sha wishes very much to do so, and to pass over the gigantic Pacific. Atianuo Railroaa made by the American people—I pe sure that she will galu the hearts of all who see her. On reaching the place assigned for them on tho upper part of the pavilion, tue Sultan Look his seat to her lett, Two capacious armchairs of silk, worked tn gold, received tiem. The ladies of her Suite Were furnished with seats to their leit and the gentlemen stood up in gloups behind them. Duriny their stay the Grand Vizier and sometimes sinull Pacha served as interprecer to thelr Majesiies. ‘Yoo Grand Vizier is a man of smali stature and is remark- abie for his very quiet and modest demeano: is, nevertheless, a man of great intelligence stance the decease of the late Fuad Pacha, conducts the whole affairs of the empire as the Suitan’s a/ter ego, or deputy of full powers. Actual occurrences at Constantinople fully show that he ieada the progressive parity and does all be can to promote salutary changes in tae political as well ks the social condition of the goverainent and people. The only one of the Empress’ suite near her was Prince Murat, I may cre add that the Empress has @ small negro boy in ner suite, sented to her by the Viceroy of type during one of his late visits to Paris, She has lad others, but the climate of France has been faial to them. To this one sie is much attached. His priu- cipal duty is to carry a smali cushion for the back of the Empress. Since her arrival at Constantinople this co.ored page has seldom been seen, tor reasuns unknown; 1b was because there was no place sult- avle for him in so exalted an assembly. | Soon after they had been seated the diplomatic corps assembled in @ portion of tue pavilion to the rightof the impress. Tie ambassadors and their ladies were perinitted to approach and oiler their respects, and the latter took seats near to ber arn chair, No foreign representatives of leas grove than = ambassadors had this atiention siown ‘them. A } few minus later the Sultan’s Own band of music | drew up opposiio F, M. on the plain, aud began to play the weil Known atr, “Vartaut pour la syrie.”” Immedit! erwards Omer Pacha, the of the Ottoman nisier Of War, and thelr siaits a position In troops now with their oilicors and music, tuouga did not play. The infantry came first, next we ariii.ery, and lastly te cavairy—all in ex: ent conailion. During their passage the Sui- | tan’s band piuyed Marches, wo witch the Loops kept guod tune. AS eaci platoon passed by it cheered the Suitan and hjs far guest. fn this way some 26,000 men, of the three branches of the army, passed in review. ‘The cavairy were all In the Uir- cassian costume aud looked unusuaily wetl. The aruilery also, each piece of cannon drawn by six black horses, tola Well lor the ordnance department. ‘The oMicers ail saiuted witu their swords, conclusion Omer Pacha and the Serask and bad the hoa the Suitan and Wie Siapress, and a'thong | 3 were pot heart by outsiders, thore 13 n0 doubt but that they were suitable vo the ovr i up the vailcy and ascended the | heights where ti tenis were situated. ‘The effect | Was very handsome, and gave wo the pageant quite a multary feature, ‘Their bands played lively marvies and toeir arms glistened in the sun. Tne encamp- ment itself bad bg | picturesque appearance. On this same spot, in 1832, were efcamped the forces sent by the Emperor Nicholas of Russia, in company with an immense naval force, to protect Sultan Mahmoud If, against the invasion of histhen rover | venerable comuman’ the Seraskier, or maren past, the latter Pacha, old Mohammed Aliof Egypt. In the lapse of thirty-seven years Waat changes nave taken place! Mabmoud aud his successor and son, Abdal-Medjid, have slept with their fathers. A 8 third Sultan reigns tu their place, And yet it ts remarkable that the successor Of the old Pacna, also long since iu his tomb on the banks of tho great river Nile, gives trouvie to this sovereiga and por- haps will require ali the morai force of the fair Wine | press to appease and calm bis troubled spirit. ‘The Suitan and his guest ayatu re-entered the car- tlages and drove down to the edge of the Bosphorus, amid the acclamations of the immonse assein bly cok ted ia the valiey, to a Kiosk erected there on asiignt | Sievation by a former Vicervy of Kgypt and subse- uently presented to the late Suitan. It is ratuer a Leduice, butt of red marble from Egypt, and nargable for its taste or archivecture. It, however, came into play at the present time most appropriately, All of the Sultan’s, Ministers and aome ol the diplomatic corps dined there with the two sovereigns. er than tie aun had set, and ihe suadows of the night had falien upon tie Koxptirous aud its jofly el vations, ali the principal summer buildings, palaces and oiner edifices, began to illuminate witn thousands of lamps. The slopes of the Hillk of Europe and Asi were lit up WIth torches and fires, extending from the water's edge to their very suinmits. ‘Theencampment of the troops aiso was brilianuly iit with an immense number of lanterns, Never was this magatiicent stream 60 favored by nature and art, for the moon anu there Was the sit Sea, to give freshn people still remain valley,whore, many had to pasé the whole night & la belle lune. Aitor the dinner was terminated and the Empress took up a position in the esplanade m frons of the kiosk, the fireworks commenced, giving to the spectaci ppesrance of splendor never be- fore beveld auywhore, Indced, it 1 only on the Bosphorus that such an enteriainment Is practicable. At the spot in question 1 la some two miles in width, on the right the bay of Bayukdier, and on the left that of Beyoos, tu which the allied land forces of France, Kgpyt, Italy and Turkey iay at anchor previous to sailing for the Crimea during the siege Of Sebastapol, At about nice o'clock the Empress embarked 1n one of the Suitan’s yachts to return to her palace of lielerbey, wiiowed by @ perfect feet of steamers of the Ottoman government, those of the foreign embassies and others belongiag to sev eral private companies, ali filled with passengers. Even ail the small tugboats and private launch ateamors Were present and joined in the suite of the Sultan’s guest, their masts and yards lit up with many colored lam) As her Vease! moved slowly down the stream, fire- works were sens up [rom Howling platiorus at @uchor of the Palais Bourbon, composed of about a hundred mdividuuls, 1 was promptly dispersed oy the ser- | gents-de-ville, but withont any violence. ih deep neh go bon rio the | 6 or e uest ape tacle which the: offered was mos other portion of the universe. iitinicabte in GREECE, Tho Empross of France in Athons—Reception by King George—Magnificent Scene. ‘Tho correspondent of the London Times in Athens, writing on the 16th of October, records the arrival and reception of the Empress of France in that city tn exienso, thus:— Partly, no doubt, owing to the change of weather but algo toa want of harmony between the ees and the host, the visit of ine m1 passed off but coldly. ie Empress wishe: to be received, so to Agee, en Jame. The King was resolved to have a staté reception. 80 betwoen the two a system of mutual concessions was adopted which quite satisfied neither party. They say the real blame lies on the ladies of the aristocracy here, who had determined that their frais de towetie should not be wasted. From ten o'clock on Tuesday morning the streets through which the Empress must pags were crowded—the Street of the Winds and the Street of Hermes and tue numerous balconies were degorated with fags and bunting of ali nauions and gnlaras one enthusiastic housckeeper, on a background o! many-colored carpet, had Iastened on Sogreving of our illustrious visitor, fanked by others of her host and hostess, @ proceeding whiol excited as much amusement as admiration, The Empress, who ar- rived in the Pirwus at nine o'clock on Monday night, and shoruy afterwards received a visit of congratu- lation from the King, landed in state at about cleven o'clock the next day. The energetio Mayor of Pireus had arranged @ very elegant decoration at the landing place in the barbor—a double row of white Doric columns, connected by feos toons of evergreens. At the railway stations, at either end, @ tastefully ornamented pavilion, linea with shrubs and flowel had been erected. We, im Atiens, were almost tired of wait- ing when the pie coriege appeared; 1t was too cold for an animated reception, and in the confusion of expected festivity the municipal authorities had no doubt forgotten the every day but most necessary operation of watering the streets. Two royal car- rlages-and-four conveyed the Empress and the Queen, with the King aud Prince Joachim Murat and thelr immediate suite, to the palace, and from thence the Empress proceeded at once to the French embassy, where she shortly afterwards recejved a formal Visit from the King and Queen, Karly in the afternoon she returned to the Alyle, to dress for the state dinner, This was very successful; 120 persons were present, the representatives of the European Powers, whe Ministers and thetr wives, and most of the celebrities of the War of Independence—such as General Church, Adinirals Canaria ond Boulgaris, Commoundores, Hadgi-Petros and others, One couki not but admire the sovereiga tact with which the Empresd, in the presentations alter this dinner, addressed those who, in the glories of past struggles, or the not less arduous responsibilities of more recent administration, had acquired a name of European celebrity. Unfortunately I have not qualitied for the office of court miliiner, or I would have satistied the curiosity of ladies in England with whole pages from the Journal! des Modes, The Queen wore pink, and the Empress blue silk, trimmed with rich wuite lace, ana the latter a tara of very fine diamonds. One dress | must especiaily mention, worn by the wife of the Minister of Educa- tion, as ib represented the national costume, a scarlet velvet skullcap, with blue tassel and goiden gland, short blue velvet open jacket, covered with gold lace, and @ skirt of silver tissue, The whole effect was most gorgeous, but slightly marred by the fushtonaole leagib of the train, About nine o'clock the illustrious visitors started to return to the Pureus, remaining for @ quarter of an hour in their carriages to watch tue Ulumination of the ACropoiis and of the Templo of fheseus. ‘The illuminatioas were excellently managed, The old Square Venetlan tower, which guards the southern Angie of the Propyiwum stood out above whe rest of the ruins, alternately in a biaze of white and red, In the P.opyimum itself, in the Lrecthwum, with its beautiful porch of Ouryatides, and the nore mas- sive columns of the Par.henon, the white and read Bengal lights werc “admirably biended from outside and iisiae, and by the contrast, that harmonious proportion which ia the chief charm of Greek arcaitecture, was brought out with more than noo: day clearness. Below, the ‘temple of Theseus, the Tust periectly preserved ef all aocient remains, was lighted up tn the same way. Just as the glories of the past were dying away in darkness a thousand colored stars were tired from thelr midst, and go the ageant ended. At the Puwus the whole quay was iighted up: the ship of the French admiral was out- lined trom deck to topmast with jets of flame, and each vessel in the harbor, according to its size, gieamed a farewell to the departing quest, We may hope that intercourse of this sort between the young Athenian kingdom and its older brethren in Wurope will now become more common—in the visit of the i’'rince of Wales last spring, the English may fairly be said to have set the good example. Tnuuences of this sort are not vo be he de in deal- ing with @ people especially affecced by outward snow, and gratified with the idea of being included among the Powers that rule our Eastern hemis- Phere. They may be means, among others, of educating the people to @ sense of its possibie - tuon and coasequeut dutics Iu the comily of nations, FRANCE, Phe Day of the “ed? Domonstration— Sceno at the Poluts of Modern Revolution. From Paris, by mail, we have the following reports of the progress of the day of tue 20th of October, that named ‘for the radical “eds demonstration in the cit; Tone whole day passed off most tranquilly, the only demonstration being on tye Place de 1a Con- corde and neighborhood, and even there everything was of tho most inoifensive character, ‘The follow- ing is a brief acconnt of the appearance of the localt- ties in the vicluity of the Chamber towards the time When # manifestation might have been ex- st OnE.—Up to that hour only a few per- re to be seen on the bridge, and four depu- tles only appeared in the Palace of the Legisiative Bouy, namely, M. Bouru i. Gilloatet, M. de Saint Paul and M. Dugué de la Pauconnerie, ‘These gen- tiemen made but a very short stay and d eparted. A QUARTER TO TWo.—It was at tuls hour tat the Emperor appeared on che terrace of the Tuileries’ garden and was loudly cheered. Two o'Ci.00x.—M. Gagae came to make his de- jie placed himseli at the foot of the Obciisk, aud as soun a3 about o hundred persons had collected be pronounced a specch, in which he declared that the happiness of the country consisted iu a complete reform of the present syatem, that IL the State bodies ought to be extirpated, and particu- larly he Legisiative chamber. He ended by vocite- rating “Down with the Legisiative Body i” ‘This harangue was received with ironical applause and laughter, some persons even throwing him sous, as il toa Monnteban.. A sergent de ville then told him to moye on, which he . 1d, leaving the money benind. He is an old man with white hair and hav- lug the appearance of belog touched tn the head. TUREK O'COLOCK.—A group formed on the Place de Bourgogne, at tae entrauce of the Court of Honor Notinug more occurred in the western part of Pa- ris worth recording. Along tue line of the bouie- vards and the Faubourg St. Antoine was every where found the most perfect tranquility, At no point was there the slightest trace of agitation, AUSTRIA. Luceptionand Progress of the Dalmatian Insure rection—Aid from Herzegovina to the Bul- gorians. The Paris journals of the 23." of October supply details of the origin, progress and objects of the Dal- matian insurrection against Austria a3 follows:— The Constitutionnel says:—“A telegram from Vienna taforms us that the insurrection tu Dalmatls has not been suppressed, and that the Kmperor Francis Josepa deiayed for one day his departure for Constantinople in order to meet at Vesth his Ministers In council, At that moeting the measures to ve taken were to be resolved on. It appears taat ia Vienua but a limited faith is attached to the promises of the Priace of Montenegro. It is certain that the Dalmatian imsurgonts are reimtorced by large numbers of the inhabitants of Montenogro aod of the Herzegovina. hey some days back made @ diversion towards the frontiers of Albania, but tiat chaoge of ground will not be tong favora- ble to them, The Ottoman authorities have taken all necessary measures to prevent an incursion upon ‘Turkish tertitory.”” The Patrie reports:—“We understand that the Otto- man government bas made numerous arrests In the Herzegovina and Albania. The leaders of a move- ment which, was to have extended over the two pro- vinces corresponding with the bonndary of Cattaro have been arrested. Those leaders were conducted th to the fortress of Janina, where they are at present detained. Their arrest has’ led to dis- coveries of important stores of arms and ammuni- tion brought from without, and has established beyond any doubt the existence of Pansiavistic movement, which, according to the authors of the rojected rising, was destined to extend successively, fraependentiy of the eircle of Cattaro, to Bosnia, the Herzegovina, Albania, Servia and Montenegro. The accounts sent from ‘Constantinople lead to the opinion that the situation ts improved; but, if it were to become worse, 8 combined action would take place on the part of Austria and the Porte, which have just entered into convention, by which ‘@ large body of soldiors is to be massed immediately on the Hungarten frontier and anotner on that of Turkey. These forces axe If necess + with vigor and decision, in order to oneral insurrection, which if 1 expaaded Might open ern question and endanger thd peace of Europe." Bulgarian Sympathy, At the moment when the Atlantic cables inform us that whe rayas of the Herzegovina are jomiug errr ae the t 3 in will be the ‘tolling aressed ‘by tha. tur Sree Cae Fecameaae fc al Grea Bearer cee ie Baar tat — aud effectually put au end to any talk of ‘‘an- returns of the ‘Treasury Department show that the am of Americal Oanaaa (rom oho and Pouneyivenia) pict ste Bia, aut: was tons, of @ gold id not one dollar of this amo nt would BRoTHsks—The moment has com¢ for us to open our ada if rho Canadian goverafnent im- eyes; let us therefore be vigtiant and on the’, out, Wher- | posed @ duty of afty cents 8 ton on i ever we turo our ate! to But insylvaua i regards ati ty objects. Lot and ‘without au {ts religious 3 own, 40 as no longer to have to, vonal ani ariote cl what tt is to \t for one’ fully comntzanh o¢ the induonoe slastics, fore, brothe: sacrifice to obtal ri our Tidopenienoe, an fering Sarsolves to be intl ‘wo see all populat: Surecived eso: ot us opiumence ‘show ourselves in the ge with boldness, he Bulgarian tending f iil woska No, rine Guurah of is ‘e'our duty tp max clergy shithated by ‘ow aktto | lotus dread tective as it 18) P Kelle : bis tl in Quixotte, has recourse to abs fa and bomaaaig I telegrams in the newspapers and silly outcries Mr. Kelley, of course, 1s no advocate of anne: tion, for tet would bring Nova, Scotia coal equally into competition with Pennsylvania coal; but uusos the ary to try and throw dust in the eyes of the i = H gi F 2. S ‘and the victory aed sprung from tho midat of our nation and imbued wit ublic, Let us have chea| spr . Pp coal, even if it lowers the b Ning of [mater 3 ‘Brotheraiet the oe, of ora 4nd | dividends of the Pennsyivania bloated coal corpora- garian brethren, and we shall the more ly succeed fn | “Ons. ving this problem, 1 popuisiions nite their streagia and After this energetic appeal Luka Voukalovitch the clergy of Bosnia the Herzegovina as caring little for the cause of the people and much more devoted to thelr own stigmatizes in strong 1 able ng langua: stomachs, German Report. The Fremdenbdiatt of Vienna has the subjoined:— A letter from Zara, reproduced by one of the Vieuns earned states that everything bad been for view of an armed insurrec- tion at Oattaro. The attempt to recruit young men for the service of the landwehr ia said to have been only a pretext, impatiently expected, tor the revolt, 8 long time organized in All on @ sudden the most im points were occupied by companies of rebels, each about sixty strong, and the discovery was soon made shat the able-bodied population of the territory had victory {s easier when act for'a common object. THE ATLANT! AND GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD. A Little Unpleasantness Between James Mce Henry and Charles Francis Adams, Jr. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN Sree ger Oo., New York, Nov. 7, 1860, To THE EpIToR OF THE HBRALD:— I snall be obliged by your giving room in the HBRALD to the enclosed correspondence. JAMES McHENRY, CORRESPONDENCE IN JAMBS M’HENBY AND rtant astrategical CHARLES F. ADAMS, JR. To CHARLES F. AvAMs, Jr., Esq., Brevoort House, New York:— Sin—In your ohapter of Erte your refere! for some time past beep divided into bands, which | and my atfairs is based on such serious e! that ad, hp ay r. een their leaders, a Moscow am desirous of giving you an opportunity to with. journal @ short time ago contained ti hrase, “NO | draw or correct it, | shall have much pleasure in too high @ price can be pald to of Austria’s journey to the East that the Dalmatian tngurrection occurs very sea- sonably for the vie’ ITALY Feeling Towards Napoleon as a Liberator. The Rinnovamento of Venice of October 21 pub- lishes an artiele containing the following passage:— The Empress of tho French and the Prince Royal of Prussia have passed through this city, It 1s, deed, sad to see that there should exist in Italy men who do not blush to pour imsult on Napoleon 111,.— on the only friend this country has in the world, Without him italy would not now be what she is. Consequently we must not stifie the voice of con- ratitude. Tbe debt we owe to the Em- ‘rench 13 80 great that it should have rendered eternal the alliance between the two nations. Alas ! the result hag been just the contral The reply may be made thas the burden of gratitude solence and peror of the has been too heavy to bear, weight has produced in Italy two great anti-Piedmontism and anti-Bonapartism. nation has been ungrateful toward Piedmout and Cavour on the one hand and towards France and And yet to those two countries and to those two men Italy is indebted for the interview of Piombiéres and tho victories Ma- genta and Soiferino—that 1s to say, for her inde- pendence. There are, however, among us {rrational men, who are incessantly repeating that Napoleon be- Villafranca, that he wished to humiliate ‘us in ceding Venetia, and lastly, that it is to Prussia alone, who 1# 80 disinterested, that we ow Napoleon III. on the other. trayed us liberty, PrP Thi IRELAND. The Polit! A special meeting Dublin was held on ‘ prasided. Tho ‘Lown Clerk read the following communtoa- HAWARDEN, Chostor, Oct. 18, 1869. My Lonp—I have had the honor fo receive the va or, tlon:— fying address of the Lord Mi of the city of Dublin, It will tion to my colleagues, of such unquestionable munfotpality that thelr conduct itis to myuel authority as Situation and Land Tenure Rev- olution—Mr. Gladstone’s Letters. of the Municipal Council of uesday, October 26, in tho cy Hall, to take into considoration the reply of the Right Honorable W. KE. Gladstone, M. P. d. dress of the corporation, adopted on she last, and to transact other business. Tae Lord vent the Emperor ‘one must admit | Calling on you at any time or place most convenient to yourself, jonsidering the gratuitous assault made on me, I hope you will appreciate tne courtesy of this re Awaiting a reply, Lam, most truly yout y AMES MWoHENRY, OLARENDON HOTEL, NEw YORK, Oct. 27, 1869, To James McHENRyY, Esq,, Ularendon Hotel:— Sin—Your favor of to-day has just reached me. I shall be happy to see you here at half-past eleven o'clock to-morrow morning, or if this does not suit your convenience, at such time on Friday beiore noon a3 you will name, 1 shall, of course, be most happy to rectprocate the courtesy of your note. I have the honor to be, &c,, oO. Fy Al JR. BREVOORT HousE, Wednesday evening- No. 31 PEMBERTON Square, Boston, Nov. 4, 1869, To JamMAS McHenry, Esq., New York:— Sin—I have to acknowledge your favor of the 29th ult., with enclosure, which I have been unable to attend to until to-day. Since seeing you on the 28un ult. | have maturely considered the barag aph you refer to a3 obnoxious in my “Chapter of Erie,” and have examined my notes as to the statements there made, Iam still of the same opinion in regard to that passage aa when I saw you in New York, The substance of 1 ts gratuitous and unnecessary. Had my attention been called to it in preparing the paper, I would have stricken it out. I will now, if you desire, cheerfully withdraw it, provided my so doing can in no way be construed as an endorse- ment of the course pursued in the affairs of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. Insisting, as I must, on this limitation of my writ- ten withdrawal of the paragraph in question, | feel bound to give my authority for the statements made in it. It contains, as I understand, three offensive paragraph: First.—The reference made, as you suppose, to yourself, as one “the study of whose career would read as the tale of some Arabian night.” I can hardly imagine that this requires explanation. Your success, socially and financtally, in London was, I believe, on all sides acknowledged to be unprece- dented. Both in England and this country ¥ have often heard it reforred to in almost the words used by the highest authorities, and I am still of opinion that my language was not unwarranted on this point, or, indeed, 1jurious to you, Second.—I speak of the financier 1n question as leading the Royal Sxchange into wild and unlimited investments. On this point 1 must refer you to tne balance sheets of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, to the report of the Bank of London of February, 1869; to the memory of the famous British capitalist tour of 1805, and to the columns of the Money Market Review for May, June and en ghd Third.—I refer to the Atlantic and Great Western Railway as a “bubble Western road.” a in- ‘at insupportable litical faults; Yes, the our » to the ad- 334 Aggust yor m8 your distin know nares: wished fam not ig- regard to legislation 3 norant of the fact that the receipts of that road are for Ireland during the past session of Parliament {s approved in the capital of that country, We acknowledge ourvelves to | Stated to have been over $5,000,000 a year, nor do I ‘a solemn obligation to deal best of our ability | desire to conect you with the eccentricities which to the pirit of tice and equality ate other subjects not have warped the management of its affairs in this pily adj ‘And in the arduous work before us we | country, which, as you forcibly remarked to erive groat enoouragement from the confidence which has | mo, aro ‘@ disgrace to America. A ‘bubble’? been sogorde Toprosenvatives by the people of ench of threa united kingdoms. ‘In revard (0 at I one mt, a release of the portion of the Fenian prisoners still in confine- possesses ol a gO ment, I respectfully refer your Lordship to the ccompanying not, is presented to the public in such @ manner ag to the copy of & letter which I a of the meetings on re been more agree: selves at liberty to give effect t. confident, on the most honora! rived at dur conclusion witho bearings that anxious consid many f interest by your colle ave the honor to be, ‘and obedient servant, The Right Hon. the Lonp to us have rman of committees connected with the earliest portant subject. had wo found our- ‘8 desire, grounded, we ar motive. We ocounts, and not least on account of the benevolent ‘tn it that has been expressed by jues of the maseeeipet body. eda santa lord, your ship's fa! ‘al aon ee GLADSTONE. Mayon ov Dusiin. THB ODD FELLOWS’ SOCIETY OF CORK AND THE PRISONERS. The following memortal on behalf of the Iris! prisoners was forwarded to Mr. Gladstone on t! |. P. Maguire, M. P.:— To Tum Rragy How. Wiuutam B. GLADSTONT, M. P., or October by Mr. Firat Lord of the Treasury :— Sin—We, the members 01 Fellows, Mai solicit you that sho may bo families. ‘We humbly hope sympathy, particuta: it nobie society established for totally excluded. As 8 non-political society, we are firmly convinced that an act of clemency, under the present olrcumstanoos, would tend to disarm disloyal persons, aud bind in bonds of love and do- votion to our sovereign tho grateful pouple of thia country. Praying the Almighty may spare you long to your ¢ jo carry out those wiso and be measures you have so nobly and successiully inaugurated, we aro, air, with great respect, your most grateful and de: JOHN J. STACK, Provinclal Grand Master, and enable you voted servants, Al Deputy Provincial Grand Master. i Provinclal Corresponding Secretary. To which the following reply was recetved:— No, 10 Downix Srunet, Witrer Atty) My Dean Sin—Mr. Gladstone di your letter transmitting the memor cal prisoners from w Giadstone wishes me to assure regrot that her Ma jest; of thetr so becoming a mat before them. Lelie J.P, MAQuiRE, Esq. M. P. 16004 the Indey heater Unity (Cork dist jowerful Influence with her fractously pleasod to remit our suffering fellow countrymen now in pegal servitude tor olitical offences, and reatore thom to is appeal will recet proceods) from & ho relief of the tressod of its brethren, whose frst and most obe:ished motto {s charity and from whose meetings and councils politics are lal Emigration to AlgerinBonaparte’s Coloniza- tion. (From the Cork Constitution, Oct. 27.) Tho frst vatch of Irish emigrants to this French coloay will leave Queenstown to-day by one of the Cunard extra steamers, which has been chartered for the purpose by the French government. The emigrants get a free passage, and iD yes 7 evening upwards of one hundred, mate and female, The steamer’s destination is the port of Bona, which ts about ufty mites from the place A Catholio clergyman will accom- pany the einigranis to their new home. were booked, of settlement, CHEAP COAL, Tricks of the Pennsylvania Monoplists. WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 1869. To THE EpiTor OF THE HERALD:— Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, a member of the Com- mittee of Ways and Means of the House of Repre- sentatives, attempted last evening quite a coup @etat against his fellow members on the committee. Coere is reason to pelleve that the committes at thoir receut conference at Boston agreed to recom- mend a material reduction in the duty on coal if not Mr. Kelley suddenly made his appoarance here yosterday and endeay- ored to see the Presiaent and wara bim agalnst the ite admission to the free Hat. le), most, respectfully res me to thank you for pn behalf of tho Odd Fellows’ Society of Cork. Mr. you that itis with sincere Ministers have feit that their sense juty does not permit them to comply with a desire which has doen expressed with rutch evident sincerity and vin the memorial which you have laid me, yours very faitnfully, addres to create erroneous impressions as to its prospects, either by statements of what is known to be false or the suppression of what is true. In this class of en- terprises I cannot but place the Atlantic and Great Western Katlway. Ido soon the strength of com- mon notoriety, of the literature of the case, some of which ia before me, and with whieh you are doubt. less familiar, and, finally, on the private statements of iny friend, Mr. Jamos Robb, for a time President of the road, and who I feel at liberty to name, aa f know he bas made no secret of his opinions. I plat wish to know any particular incidents on which base my aenauage: I will apply to Mr. Robb for nts permission to make them pubitc. 1 shall now be happy to withdraw the offensive paragraph, on the expressed ground that it was gratuitous and unnecessary to the treatment of my subject in hand. I uave the honor to be, &c., ‘CHARLES F. ADAMS, Ju. CLARENDON Hore., NEW Yor«K, Nov. 6, 1869, To ©. F, ADAMS, Jr., Esq.:— Srr—1 have your letter of the Sth, enclosing one of the 4th inst. ‘Iam obliged by your withdrawal of the offensive paragraphs, and regret you have not done go in a better spirit. I told you that your error was io having given consistency, over an honored signature, to the very scum of scandalous gossip floating ia London, and you persist in It. What your opinion of myself personally might be 1told you was a matter of no consequence, but I sought the withdrawal of statements injurious to @ great enterprise in which thousands are interested. ‘That investments in the Atlantic and Great Wes- tern Ratlway had any important influence tn disturb- ing the Royal Exchange Ideny. It was a pleasure to many ahd convenient to others to associate ite operations with the financial disasters of 1868, but tae fact 18, not one person or institution was “ine vrs solely by advances to the Atlantic and Great estern. You intimate that you were justified in calling the Atlantic and Great Western Railway a *‘bubble road” because It was presented to the public in @ manner calculated to create erroneous impressions as to its prospects, [hope you do not mean that I at any time misrepresented the position and prospects of — this railway as | have understood them from the day of my first connection with it to the present time? “Common notoriety” 13 not @ suiicient basis om which to found wild and damaging charges. You have given heed to anonymous scribblers, Had you known the source from which has flowed the ribald literature you treat with 0 much respect you would have shuddered to associate your name with it, I Hin aoe that the project of the Atlantio and Great Western Railway was introduced tn blp a i 1858—not by me—with the active assistance of the American Ministers in London and Paris, su} by letters from the President of the United States, from governors—one of whom ts now Chief Justice of the United States—and ex-governors, members of the Cabinet, of Congress, of the judiciary and of the several legislatures through which the railway was to be constructed, and from leading American bankers. It thos assumed @ national importance. Its present position 1s therelore unquestione ably o national disgrace, and will clove the markets of Kurope to any project until the high testimonials recited. are for- gotton or justitied, But I belteve that alli—even the most flattering—representations as to the future of this company will be justified. jure ni re is due to executive improvideace. When falthiully worked in the interest of tbe public and the rie~ tors, 1am, ag ever, confident that the: r wilh femue,sluceavo fai Ihave te honor, Boy" It had no ne BC, JAMES McHENRY. MOVEMENTS. Pittsburg has the champion vagrant. He has been committed to the almshouse annually since 1848, One of the stoutest advocates for keeping the Bible in the common schools of Cincinnatt is. a Hebrew gentleman of education. The Peorta (li) Aldermen are paid one dollar apiece for each meettog. Analarming increase in ‘special meetings” Is reported. It would have not ur- your lordship, and indent Order of Odd fajeaty the Queen, ye Rententer oi ely homes and your kind yotion of a k and dis- try, cont MILUBRICK, BERMINGHAM, te 22 1869. yoliti- Por, in B. GURDON. up to tera} direful consequence which would ensue if to be the reason the monopolists im Pennsylvania were no | Necessity, not compliment, is er betrays longer “protected” in their coal and if by | why ex-Secretary Seward 18 travelling throng! the admis 101 their coal at than they now have to dience of pay. annexation of Canada. The question of cheap aati annexation, which deserted, and Mr, rat buch more weighiy an may to pay two doliars on over; tinue to ft wiil be co! also bat eho even & of Nova Seotia coal tho public at large, and the poor especially, were enabled to buy ‘om two te three dollars a ton lest Not the President, he rushed breatniessly to Newspaper row, on Fourteenth street, and got some of the good-natured scribes there to telegraph off a buncombe despatch ag to the dreadful effects. upon the reveuue which a remission of the auty on coal Would entail, and, above ali, that it would absolutely havo the effect of poatponing—only think of it '—ine Mr. Keliey evidentiy believes thet the public are foois to be bumbugged by such absurd claptrap. tuel any siu@ as to its effects upon or will be obliged to produce realistic reasons betore he ‘Will be able to convince the consumers of coal 1 United States thas it ie to thelr interest to continue ton of coal they consume for the benefit of the Pennayivanta “horse leeches.’ Ab @ matter of fact it ls well known that if we con the exorbitant exists on faraign coal that the government in aelf-derence, 1 (ed Ene 4 It ia stated that Canadian duty of rey gona a ton wilt slooosa ul e Ameri- {co with an escort of 300 cavalry. ‘is Eastern potentates make most. beas! Viceroy of Eaypt has just presenved to em, ine Ring of fay, adotler small menagerie. The Ohicago Svenska Ae ae Ke ion Boecuer ar utom, all fraga Amet pe St Ahy ps inom det and Ly hr aed leder’’—all of which Is doubtless very flattering to Brother Ieecher. made his, abortive Boulogne When Louls Napoleon mada on Ogptatn Purgeiter, nts. “High- obtaining an au- a oxpedition Me te troups at thab place. ° Puy: / cannot be set | geliler wa 8 oat only” ih not, I doe’t know you. only conspirator in you. It 13 useless for you to talk may not be | here, Clear the barracks.”” ‘The death of tls a announced at Parts. Tie has been In tl " yor since the Boulogne affair, bat never re- ) ‘any promotion. is ymarteat girl lives at Port Onolda, On Lake. aon an, and catches $309, worth of wrout and, wiitedsh ip two months. iden hor fishing re+ the 170 this season tor bs ator anda Sorhtea, pi ot fy herself and sister, Lay a Rarcabip seeK unknown mt she nll go out in any blow, afd come tn with fall sails. Her ‘white mast and blue,pennon aro known by 16 along the goaat, ts salute Ber in pi bo aemniug hott 0 att reud recognition, fi . eet goventoon’” &u0? orman, r :