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—_.. CUBA. The Havana Press on the Detention of the Spanish Gunboats. Spanish Cruelties Described by Spaniards. Prominent Americans on the Recogni- tion of Cuba’s Independence. The Havana Press on the Demand fer the Release of the Gunboats—Will the Refusal of the United States Be Considered a Casus Belli By Spain. La Voz de Cuba i tts afternoon issue of Wednes- day, November 24, says:—‘‘The true importance of the telegram our well informed correspondent in New York forwarded us and which we published in our morning edition can hardly be properly estimated at first signt, and it becomes necessary to reflect upon the probable consequences of @ favorable or unfavorable reply from the Washington government tothe demand made by Spanish Minister Resident at the capital of the neighboring republic. The New York journals, generally well imformed regard- ing these matters, say that Sefor Lopez Roberts had asked the immediate delivery of the gunboats, and our correspondent at the metropolis upon aavising us of the above also communicated the fact of the arrival in that harbor of the Spanish man-of-war Pizarro. Have these two items of news any real connection? We believe they have, and our readers will so understand it if they recollect what we then wrote regarding the object of the Pizarro’a voyage to New York—the conveying thence to Cuba of the gunboats so very inopportunely ordered to be constructed in the New York shipyards by the government of General Dulce. But this is not what we desire to treat of at the present. Let us see what are the consequences that may rationally result from the reply of the United States government to the jast demand of the Spanish Minister, Will the Washing- ton government accede or not to his petition? In the first instance, which we believe will be the most probable result—for if double dealing and foul play are repugnant in men, they are doubly so in gov- ernments called strong and just—then in that mo- ment the question ceases, the relations between two rowers, of which one—Spain—has always shown good will towards the other, will con- tmue cordial as heretofore, and no one wil have a right to complain—for regard- ing the fiitbusters we think less of them than anybody else can, Peru, which at this very moment {sn negotiation with our own gov- ernment for a treaty of peace wiil ake no reclama- uon, and the United Staves will retain that respecta- Diluty Which gives additonal force and power to nations—more, 10 Tact, than armies and navies. In the second case we cannot prophesy if Spain will consider if a8 a casus belli, The United States may continue great as to territory, but will be belittied forever tn tne opinions of otier nations, and upoa the pages of her history wil appear one of tuose blots of disloyalty and bad fain whose stain ages will never reinove. To pander to uke passions of 4 populace, led away and inflamed by the vena preaching of two or three journals, well or badly paid by Cuban reveis, they Wiil lose tne alliance of a nation that in the day of their atliiction never aban. doned thein—an alilance that perhaps to-day 1s of HO great material worth to them, but one they at present possess, aud important always for its here- volore never-lailing loyaily aud for the good faith with wich it has acted i its relations toward other countries. We repeat we are ignorant whether Spun will regard as a casus belt the retusal of Generai Grant to deliver what 1s the exclusive pro- perty of Spaniards—property that Peru has, jess taan any other nauon, aright to demand thatit should be detained after being recipients of tout noble confidence which aliowed them to augment weir navy with the famous monitors. If we suppose, though but for a moment, tiie Cabinet at Madrid should consider as an act of open hostilities a nega- tive to the demand of tae Spanish Minister, contrary as it would be to all international law, and that the Untied States should be resolved to assuine the sequences of @ war, lor which their recent great naval preparations, that our readers are already advised of, would be of service to them—prepara- tuons made with more of malicious caution tian of loyal trankness—which of the two Powers would guin most and jose least In a war necessitating Laval force from begiuning to end? Without pretending to decide the question beforehand, we believe we venture nothing in expressing the opinion that Spain would not come out of the Mght second best. We Spaniards do not velieve ourselves invincibie, nor do we entertain illusions respecting our resources compared with those of the neighboring republic; But it cannot be denied by the Americans that the advantages they bave over us in their large mer- chant marine would prove to their detriment in a naval war. In the Penimsula the peopie would fight a3 one man, aud in Cuba with desperate valor. Finaily, it not much more than half a century wince Spain showed the worid how she could van- quish @ great conqueror, and surely the American Union 1s not more powerlul now than waa then Napoleon I, 95 Treatment of Chinese Emigrants as Bad as Slavery. ‘The following decree in reference to Chinese colo- nists 13 publishea in the Ogwiel Gazette of Havana:— DKECRER RELATING TO THE ORGANIC LAW GOVERN- ING THE INTRODUCTION OF CHINESE COLONISTS INTO THE PROVINCE OF CUBA:— It being @ matter of general interest that the Chi- nese colonists, who may have served the term of apprenticeship to wiuch they were bound upon arriving at the isiand of Cuba, should renew their apprenticeship or make contracts to work with other arties, thereby beneliting agriculture and the pub- fre weal, thus avoiding idleness; and, further, that designing persons, taking advantage of their ignor- ance of the language and of the law pertinent to their case, May Dot luduce them to enter to agrec- ments Banger to their interests; therefore, by order of his Excellency, Captain General Caballero de Rodas, it is decreea:— Firet—The Chinese colonist, upon the term of his appren- ticeship having expired, or within two months thereafter, shall renew the gatue or enter into contract to. work for other par- ties intervening, in each case, in order that justice may be done, the lieutebant governor of the jurisdiction or the cuptain of the parish, both of which functionaries takin, care the organic law ih favor of the coloniss be complied with. Second—In order that the aforementioned renewals of ap- renticeship or new contracts be redacied in proper form the Rentenant governors. and captains of parishes. are lereb: required to tise therefor copies of the blank forms furnishe them by the Executive Department, October I, 1664. Third—Three copier, Vesides the driginal of each contract, shall be made, of which two shall be given to the contracting parties, one remitted to this department aud the original re- main on file at the oilice of the Lieutenant Governor of the Jurisdiction wherein the contract may haye been signed. Fourth—During the two months conceded the eolonixta for the purpose of renewing their apprénticoship or entering into new contracts they shail be employed on the public works in Frogrens in this city, thereby earning thelr living. F /th—Runaways ‘or colonists, who for any reason avold conipiying with the stipulations of their agreement being captured shall be required to work six months upon pantie works 10 progress tn the district where they may have een captured, and alterward monthe more upon the pubile works of this city, al provided their employers do not reclaim them previous ‘Those colonists Who {afl to enter into new contracts within the two montha prescribed by law become subject to article exghteen of the Organic law relating to colonists. (this lows any responsible person to contract the services ‘of the coloniat at four dollars per month and found for the torm of two years.) CESAREE FERNANDEZ, Secretary. HAVANA, Nov, 20, 1869. i INDEPENDENT CUBA. Capture of Spanish Letters—What They Cone tained=Progress of the War and the Syme pathy of the United States. {From the Philadelphia Morning Post, Dec. 2. Karly in October General Adoiphe F. Gavada—tor- merly of this city, a graduate of our University and captain in the Union army, serving on the staff of Major General Saar arene during the rebeilion— captured a Spanish mail between Cienfuegos and Sagua. The most important letters reiating to miii- tary movements were sent to General Quesada, at Camaguey. A portion of them, of gencral interest, have reached this country. They have been accu- rately translated and the originais sent to the Stace Department at Washington. We give copious ex- tracts from them. Our readers may rely on the absolute authenticity of these documents. THE CUBANS TAKE THRE OFFENSIVE. Letrer No. 1.—Yidefonso Veras writes under date of September 27, from Villa Clara, to his father in Spain:—“The msurrection continues on the increase and scourges the island, It aeetns they have decided on assuming the offeusive, and face our columns, taking advantage of anytuing that may favor thera, with their better knowledge of the country, availing Wemselves of ite rui tte inaccessible to those who are unacquainted with the roads and by-paths, AS it is not aren the government will discharge the troops here whose term of enlistment has ex- . pired, even with the arrival of the 20,000 men siiortly expected, I beg you will use all influence to obtain my assignment tothe army there to serve out the ten months | have yet of service, as by the turn mat- ters are taking out here { may have to vegelate some four or 81x years longer in this ‘Pearl of the Antilles,” papi the hoped-for day of jes pacification, which, { judge from appearances, is about as diMmeuit to ac- complish ag the squarin o motion.” a ig Of the circle or perpetual leiro writes from Villa under date September 21, to Ladulao Louro, s:—"T ain leading a hard life with this wat: which, if we are not losing ground, we make ho headway, notwithstanding ali the crowing of tne newspapers. We have much sickness and in the hospital in my charge there are 140, mostly of yellow NEW YORK HERALD as It ts called bysae Insurgents, is weeding off our penne ma frightful manner, n't trust to the new! ra to know the true condition of things here. They mei fulfil their living mission ag usual, 60 that, as I have said be- fore, we have made ho progress, and I rather think we are worse off every day. In proof of this the whole country is in ion of the rebels. One cannot go hail @ leazue out of town without surely losing his skin. If there is not some before the end of the year I wil, if 1 can, ask my leave and go home, and let some one else play out the game. All the creoles who are insurrectos in the town have become volunteers, so that we have vur cnemies armed among ourselves, which seems very Quixouc on the part of our government.’? NO COMPROMISE IN THE WAR. Lerrer No. 3.—J. Garcia writes from Villa Clara, September 2, to his friend Vicente in spain, as 10l- lows:—“There are but two partics in this island— the intolerant Spaniards and the same class of Cubans, Both are bitter in the extreme, and neither will yield; so both are suffering the consequences ‘of thelr obstinacy, while the quiet aud pacific people bear the brunt without daring to put in @ conciliatory word for fear of being misunderstood and having to suffer for it, The Pe- minsuiar element has the arms in its hands, and be 1 for Ulis reason, or because it rendered important service at the commencement of the revolution and ‘still oes 80, it certainly has subordinated the gov- ernment to its wishes, &c. We have nere a struggle 1n wich no due mediates, and certainly no one on the island could with any success attempt tt, 80 that if God in His infinite power does not bripg us some remedy the total destruction of the island 1s consummated’? WHOLESALE BUTCHERY OF THE CUBANS. Lerren No, 4.—Domingo Graino writes froin Santa Clara, September 23, to Don Ambrosio Beltran y Bel- tran, and a “You cannot imagins the numoer of deaths wil jhe past four mouths; it can hardly be estumated, What between those that are killed in action, and those shot as spies or colaborers of the revolution, in this district alone is over 300 monthly. I, with my party, alone have despatched nine so tay, aud 1 will never tire of killing,” &c. SPANISH VICTORIES ON PAPER. Lerrer No. 5.—Nanuel Faso writes trom Fortress de ia Sabana, Villa Clara, to his brother Pepe, under date of 22d of September, ana gives an account of a skirmish at Seibabo, in which he commanded a de- tacoment of troops, 8aw some of the rebels all, but finally withdrew, learing an ambuscade, &c. He says:—“In tact I did nothing, but have mace a good reputation, and stand well with the general at Villa Clara.” He goes on:—‘‘It is true that I colored up my report more than what really took place; but yeu know alido the same here. “More than half of what is done here is to write what is not true; to you I only relate things as they really occur.’? W THE PATRIOTS DIR, Lerrer No. 6.—Jesus Rivacova writes from En- crusisada under date September 4, to his friend Ser- rano:—‘On the 28th ull, we went out to pursue Cal- lijas, who was said to be wounded and hidden at the house of @ Donna Tomasa Martinez, and although we did not succeed im capturing him, as it was all a lie, we caught seventeen satellites, of whom thir- teen were immediately shot, and all of them at the moment of dying shouted, ‘Viva Cuba libre? one mulatto cried out ‘Viva Cespedes! As he did 80 a sergeant of volunteers drew his sword and ripped him open with a blow iu the side, so,that you could see his entrails, and then hacked bun up beautifuily. On the following day we shot a provost guard and another fellow, called the Masaguero. ‘These two did not say a word, Of the thirteen that we shot on the first aay there were three sous and their father. He, on seeing his soas shot, did not change color; and when it caine to his tarn, he said he died for the inde pendence of his country. What do you think of the man’s nerve? “We went on for four days, beating the brush, but found no more game. On our revurn we took of three cartloads 0: women—families of those we had putto death. Threewomen * * * begged of us to shoot them, as they preferred to die rather than live among patones.”” DECIMATION OF THR SPANISH TROOPS. Letrer No. 7.—Camullo Perez writes from Havana to tus brother, in Spain, under date of 20th Septem- ber, that he has a hard time of it; that when they Janded they d in the batalifion 630 artillerymen, aod only 115 now remain, by sickness and bullets. INTENDED EXTERMINATION OF THE CUBANS. LEITER No. 8.—Pedro Jardon writes from San Juan de las Teras, on the 22d September, to Rosendo Rivas:—“There will not be a single native left on this island, tor we shoot all we find in this country, on their farrts or in their houses; there will only be women left, and they too are all hiding in the woods,” &c. ‘the same Jardon also writes to his father, under same date, “We jeave not a live thing wherever we pass, neither people nor animals; if we find cows we kill them; if horses, ‘ditto; if we find pigs, the same; if we find men, women or children, lito; and if we Come across houses that may sheler tnem we burn them, 80 that in this war all have to pay for it, and even the animais cowe in for their Share; the men we soot and aulmals we bayonet.” A SPANIARD ASHAMED OF HIS NAME. Lerrer No. 9,—Ysidro Subirana writes from Villa Clara under date of 22d September to his brotner Salvador in Barcelona:—*“such acts are commitied that bnt livtie 13 Wanting to make us ashamed of Saying that we are Spaniards.” ALL CUBANS ARE REBELS. Lerrer No. 10,—Manuel Feraandez writes to his father, Andres Fernandez, from Calabazar 13th Sep- tember:—‘Betng natives of Cuba not one will escape, for they are ail rebeis. Biood runs here like the cur- rent of a river.’ THE KNIFE TO THE HILT. LetTER No. 11.—Captain J. Barrero writes from Cienfuegos, September 20, to his friend Diego:— “This question is a long one to solve, if it be solved at all. Up to this time everything 1s about the same, or worse than when it coihmenced, We make no gains worth mentioning, and the ranks ofthe enemy inciease all the time and the hatred of the natives greater. They call us patones, gor- riones, cwotudos, and the idea of independence and Cuba libre is mcgrnated im the heart of every Cuban, though some through fear or personal motives may appear to the contrary, &c. lam told that for the action of the 3d of June, in the pass to the Signauld, Jam proposed for major. In said action [ had my company iu the vanguard and received the fire of the enemy ambushed in the woods, causing a loss of six men in my company and one officer wounded. 1 miraculously escaped with two bullet holes througn the rim of my hat. We finally carried thé position at the point of the bayonet, with’ only the further loss of nine artillerymen, two cavalrymen kilted and several wounded. ‘The action here lasted about an hour and a half and was very trying, owing to the conuunuous tire Kept upon us. The Cubans say that if compelled to lay down their arms there will not be wanting 20,000 of them who, with dagger in one hand and a torch in the other, will make. an end of the Island of Cuba. THE EFFECT OF RECOGNITION. Lerrer No. 12.—Antonia writes to his brother Paco, under date of 24th of September, from Patrao Gomez, says:—‘‘This 18 interminable, aud when we least think the United States will recognize them ag belligerents, and this happening, we may as well take the door in a hurry. This will probably be the result, as tn all the Americas, ast. which the Spanish armies have been invariably wrecked, and time will show.”” CUBA A TOMB FOR SPANIARDS. LETTER NO, 13,—Lieutenant José del Pino y Lopez to Jose Maria Palacio, Villa Clara, 18th of September, says:—This island is a tomb for Spaniaras. Over 10,000 men have died since I came out.” . GLORIOUS SPANISH PROSPECTS. LETTER NO. 14.—Antonio writes to mis wife in Spain from Potrero Gomez, 24th September:—“ This campaign has the appearance of lasting a long time, and no one can to-day foretell the result. The 6,000 remlorcements coming will not cover one-half the losses sustained by this army. Were it not so I would be the first to make the sacrifice and stay to its termination, to see what I could make out of it.” THE WAR A SPRCULATION. Letrer No. 15.—Ricardo Cantina writes trom Comna, September 22, to bis father, Dr. Francis Cantina, in Spain, and says:—“This msurrection ts more @ speculation than anything else, and to finish it would require to have all the governors removed. ‘They are making @ fat harvest of it.” DEATH THE ONLY WINNER. Letrer No. 16.—Antonio Nabas Molina writes to his aunt from Taguaramas on September 17:—“The war is about the same as the day we arrived; we have killed a great many people all over the country, but many more have joined the msurgents,”’ WANTS TO SELL OUT. Lerren No. 17,—Francisco Mendozo, of Pachico, writing to his friend Marias, in Spain (no date), says:—."‘Phey wage on us the same warfare as in St. Domingo, and I doubt even with the 20,000 reinforce- ments coming that it, will be finished up. As long as there are in Cuba these woods there will be insur- gents, Besides, you know, no one here loves us, and aside {rom national considerations I would be willmg to sell out for @ dish of lentils.”’ Caba and the Action of Congress Fore- shadowed. The following are copies of letters publishea in the Philadelphia /’ost in response to an invitation ex- tended tothe gentlemen named to attend a grand free Cuba mass meeting to be held inthe Quaker City. We will premise the letters by giving the annexed telegram just received from Philadelphia:— PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 2, 1869, The petition to Congress asking for the. speedy recognition of the Cuban insurgents has already received over 60,000 signatures in this city, The Letters, FROM HON. Bi JEFFERSON, Ohio, Nov. 29, 1869. GENTLEMEN Your letter of the 24th inst., inviting me to attend your meeting on the 4th prox., “to concert meastires for securing the immediate recog- nition of the mdependence of the repubhe of Cuba,” has just come to my notice. T need not inform you that [ deeply sympathize tn the object of your meet- ing, and thabl would attend it could 1 do #0 with- out great mconvenience. Our government has hitherto, in my judgment, manifested too iittle in- terest in peoples struggling with their oppressors, and endeavoring to secure to themselves those righta of setf-government without which a peopie are only slaves and beasts of burden. In the weakaess of our early history such an impassive Policy may have been wise, and, on account of our weakness, justifiable; but now, in the plenitude of onr power, such & policy 13 utterly selfish, if not cowardly. The rule of national morality is not dif- ferent from that of Individual aie Should a strong man stand by wra in his dignity or in- aifference, and suffer another to rob and outi the rights of a weak individual, with fall power protect and deteud him, would not the whole world cry out shame and hold such strong man_dis- honored, if not a party to the crime? What Tight has Spain jord. it over the people of Cuba? Can robbery and injustice ripen into right by prescription? No, never. Because Sever, three oF jour dying daily, ‘The ‘Liverigdor,’ | Spaiu bas, for two centuries, robbed aud oppressed “ them, does that furnish reason why such in- justice should continue for ever? ‘The people of ‘Cuba, to:day, have the same right to govern them- selves, asking no favors of Spain, as the people of this republic have. They stand in the same rela- tion to Spain that our forefathers did vo England 1a the time of the Xevolution, and cannot this great Tepublic afford to be as generous to them as the monarchy of France was to us? Kings and tyrants have often banded themselves together in pre- tended holy, as well as unholy leagues, to uphold their power and to trample on the rights of man. Shall not the American people be a8 zeaious in Maintaining and propagating their glorious princi- pee ofright and justice as tvrants have ever been ju the destruction of those rights? But some over- prudent and timorous people wiil say the immediate recognition of the independence of Cuba will involve us in @ war with Spain. I do not believe it; but sbould such a consequence follow we shall still be in the right, If ever the time shall come that this great republic shall tear to speak a righteous, brave and generous word for the encouragement of a people struggling for their liberty, I shall cease to feel proud of being an American citizen. Such selfish indifference to the fate of others would be but a melancholy sign of the decay of that proud spirit of independence which has 80 eminently characterized our nation, and might so react as at length to endanger our own liberties, The truth 1s, the American people, without distinction of party, sympathize deepiy with the cause of the Cuban republic, and should the gov- ernment of the United States suffer them to be over- whelmed by their bloody-minded oppressors this ad- ministration will be held fearfully respousible for the consequences, as no one can deny that they hold the ey. of the bog Id of Cuba in their fg I am, gentlemen, wi it respect, yours, &c., s ese ei B. F, WADE. Taomas WessrEn, and others, FROM HON, 8 8. COX, New Yor« Ciry, Nov. 29, 1869. GENTLEMEN —It will be out of my power to assist in the meeting you have called tn aid of the Cubans. It strikes me as a burning shame which ought to be branded upon some one, that the fair tsland, so near and dear to us by associations of many kinda, should be wasted by the hands of violence and aimost reu- dered unfit for human occupation, when, under good overnment, honorable conditions and repubiican iberty, 1t might shine as the select gem of the hem- isphere. With respect, & 5. 'HOMAS WEBSTER and overs, Commitee. FROM HON, SIMON CAMBRON. HARRISBURG, Nov. 29, 1869. GENTLEMEN—It will be impossible forme to meet you on the 4th of December. The preparations for my departure for Washington will absorb all my time, I have long been anxious for the emancipa- uon of Cuba trom the Spanish yoke a8 one of the last and by far the most important part of our con- tinent held by that Power. 1 will avail mysejf of every proper occasion to secure the end whi I have so long hoped for and uow hopefully expect to sec speedily realized. Yours truly, SIMON CAMERON, THOMAS WEBSTER and others, Committee. FROM GENERAL BUTLER. LOWELL, Nov. 29, 186% GENTLEMEN— Public duties will prevent my being present at the mass meeting relative to the alfairs of Cuba, of which you write. if would be hardly proper in me to write a fetter upon matters to which [ am to be called to act officially within so short a time, 1am yours, truly, NJAMIN F. BUTLER. Megsrs. THCMAS WEBSTER and others, Committee. FROM HON. JOHN HICKMAN WEST CHESTER, Nov. 22, 1869. GENTLEWEN—Your letter of the 17th inst. inviting me to atten mass meeting at the Academy of Music ‘to concert measures for securing the imme- diate recogvition of the mdependence of the infant republic agCuba” is so kind in its terms and the object in view so humane and American tn 1ts character, that 1 am almost forced to say in reply, ‘Yes, 1 will be with you.” Butifeel lcanuot, Physical weakness pleads against strong inclination, and overcomes it. God knows, and { wish you to know, that it I cannot be' with you, 1 am of you, 1 love liberty and hate oppression. I would rather dle than sufer a prolonged invasion of my natural rights, We are ail men alike, aud all born free, and scilish- neas alone prevents the proper order of States. ‘The Spain of to-day manifests ten times the mean- ness of the Spain of Isavella. The present gov- ernment, if such 18 not a misnomer, 18 a disgust- ing monstrosity, begotten by falsehood on the pure body of truth. It deserves to be under the con- trol of a deeper depravity than ule late Queen ex- hibited in her atrocious acts, Prim is the pasest of modern impostors and pretenders, and. the Legisia- tive Lik a his week tools, Such combined wickedness and weakness were never ye selected as Instrumen- talities to secure a present and permanent good. If Spain should be liberated from arbitrary and unjust ower by revolution why not Cuba? | cannot forget the great command, “As ye wonld that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.’ Our government should finmedi- ately and sternly rebuke these foreign hypo- cries and recognize Cuban independence. We all hope for the tberation of the island, why should we fear to say sof I, for one, certainly do, and if] had the strong arm I would destroy all in- equalities between master and slave. Spain has become brutalized under a dissolute ruler, and ber resolves of to-day conclusively prove the fact, There has been no progress in Madrid. What Prim and bis dupes would designate progress is infamy — scathing infamy. 1 give you simply my tuouguts; they are honest. You will see tust my whole heart and mind are with Cuba. - Truly yours, with thanks, JOHN HICKMAN, Thomas Webster, Edward Penaington, Jr., Rovert R, Corson, Charles 8. Ogden, Joshua Spering. FROM SENATOR MORTON, WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 1869, GENTLEMEN—I am in receipt of your letter jnviting me to be present ata mass meeting to be held sor the purpose of concertng measures to bring avout the madependence of Cuba. The condition of my health, the amount of labor devolving upon me be fore the assembiiug of Congress, prevents my accept- ance of your invitation. Yours, truly, 0. P., MORTON. THOMAS WEBSTER, ROBERT CORSON and CHARLES S. OGDEN, Esqs., 71\ Sansom street, Phiiadelphia, FROM SENATOR ROSCOE CONKLING. Unica, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1869, GENTLEMEN—I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 17th instant, inviting me to address @ meeting to be held in Puiladeiphia next month in aid of Cuban independence. Constant occupation in committee since the receipt of your note has till now postponed my answer. My sympathies are very strongly with Cuba and with the ideas embodied in her effort to be free. In so far as those ideas can be espoused in her case, with honest re- gard for the requirements of public law, 1 trust they will be espoused in this country by government and people. It would give me pleasure toattend any Meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia held in behalf of liberty, but it will not be in my power to be present on Saturday next. Upon the question of the recognition of Cuba as a republic by our govern- ment this time 1 abstain from expressing uo opinion, [have the houor w be, your ovedient eer vant, ROSCOE CONKLING. HAYTIL. Salnave Makes His Last Move—His Steamer Pequoit Makes Common Cause with the KRevolutiouists—Forciguers Needing Aid— Is Lubin Again a Traitor ?=Salnave’s Pro- clamation. Port av PRINCE, Nov. 10, 1809. Salnave is preparing for the worst. He 1s rapidly concentrating the few forces at his command and putting up cannon in every available place. The palace is completely surrounded with fortifications, and ft is 18 said that it is his intention to pull down ail the bulidings and dwellings im tie vicinity of the Dalace, the better to. protect himself from the ap- proach of an enemy. ‘ it 18 reported that Salnave’s steamer, the Pequoit, has made common cause with the rebels, The greatest excitement prevails among the citi- zens, as the present appearance of things indicates approaching trouble aud danger. The foreign resi- dents are anticipating with feara the coming emer- gency, as there is not one vessel of war of any nation in port to protect their interests. General Vil Lubin has arrived here, and was well received by President Salnave, who immediately ap- pointed him to command Bizoton, from which place, however, he has suddenly disappeared. Produce is coming in, but business is stagnant, Exchange, 2,500, The following proclamation, which confirms the news of Chevallier’s defection, appeared in tho Moniteur (government organ) of November 6;— TO THE PROPLE AND TO THE ARMY Haytiens—After the unfortunate surrender of the army of Gonaives under the command of Victorin Chevallier, after the unwarrantable and extrava- gant acts he committed as the capital during my ab- sence at Camp Bondet, I nevertheless ventured to nominate him to the high position of Minister of War and Marine, to satisfy bis insatiable ambition and the better to have under my notice hia injurious and hypocritical movements, Shortly after, at the bead Of the army besteging Jacmel, he has, after two months’ sojourn before that city, managed, from the nature of his high position, to betray my confidence and to raise the standard of revoit atthe head of the army he commanded; without, however, reflecting that he was contributing by that act of infamous treachery to augment the evi Which for so jong a Ume Dave afiicted our un nate country, Haytiens{ it wason the 4th of this month of No- vember that Victorin Chevallier betrayed his com- Mand In prevending chat the army under nis oraers had voluntarily bestowed on him the title of chief of the popular army, in using the naine of General Vil Lubin as provisional president and in seeking, finally, to seduce from allegiance General Jean Chrisostem Ulysse, commanding the Department of the West, and Hector Rebecca, Commandant of the district of Léogane. ‘These two honorable oMicers have done their duty towards mo by remitcing me the despatcaes ad- dressed to them. They bave done wortuily, i con-. Bratulate them. 7 ‘This act, without precedent In our poiitical ante- codents, instead of enfeebiing me, adds to my sta- bility; for, as | have promised to the nation, in the face of God and of man, { Will chastise all these trat- tors; I will roy society from these ambitious men Who infest it; Will re-establish public order and national unity, in consequence Victorin Chevallier, ox-Secretary of State for War and Marine, Is placed without the pale of tug jaw. All citizens are IMyived Lo abepdon nim, and the ofMcers generally of the army are | ‘absolved from ali obedience to him. Gtven at the National Palace of Port au Prince, 6th November, 1869, and the sixty-sixth year of tnde- pendence. S. BALNAVE. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Important Meeting Yesterday—Report of the Special Committee on the ‘* De- cline of American Com- + merce”—The Cost of Shipbuilding—Sub- A stated meeting of t terday, with the presidt in (he chair, Several m: disposed of, after which MI Professor Pierce in regard river, In the report the opinion that the enterprise would be injurious to corhmerce. Resolutions thanking Professor Pierce and his assistants and approving the suggestion of Professor Pierce that an appropriation should be made by Congress to further investigations into the condition of tidal waters around New York harbor were adopted, After this Mr. A. A. Low, from the,special com- mittee on the Decline of American Commerce, read the following was held yes- iam E. Dodge, REPORT. ‘The committee appointed to conser the causes of the “decline of American commerce, and tue remedies the Chamber would recommend to Con- gress,” beg to report: — By the “decline of American commerce” your cowmittee understand the prostration of our ship- ping inteiest, We decrease of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the country, and not tnat which 1s merely local. The laws of the United States pro- tect Coastw.se traffic, and coastwise traillc 1s subject ‘only to competition from our railroad }ines; hence 1t a not iujuriously alfected by Jaws that operate as a burden upon external commerce; that is, upon sailing ships and sea-going steamers engaged in Buropean and other foreign trades. In order to a proper and clear understanding of the subjevt it 1s of primary importance to consider the change in the carrymg trade that has been ef- fected by the use of steam as a motive power. In the earlier years of the republic, and down to acom- Poratively fecent period, merchants transacting business with the East Indies, Chinaand other re- gions Sp ployed vessels of their own and owned the cargoe¥they brought to our ports. These vessels, being of small tonuage and ably commanded, were insured at an angual premium of only ball of what is now paid, Between our country and Europe, and more espe- clally between our prineipal seaports and the princi pai ports of Great Britain and France, the business was Of a different character. The cotton, tobacco and naval stores of the South were transported in “freighting sutps,” the owners of which had little or no mterest in cargo, while lines of packets running hence to Liverpool, London and Havre engrossed the passenger traffic vetween the @id and New worlas and took the lead of all com- petitors in te transportation of thé most costly Merchandise. ’ ., THE COST OF SHIPBUILDING. ‘The outside cost of the largest packet or freighting ship known to our service prior to 1585, was $75,000; and tothe construction of ove or the other inere were many contribuiary interests, Ihe carpencer, joiner, sailmaker, chandler, captain and mercnant, all had a share; and the amount of cupital required to build # line of packets wus easily obtained from these and ofler sow the profits of one vessel being quickly turned mito tue construction of another. Toe competition of steam with sailing vessels began to be feit im 1840; and, as years went on, It became imore and more severe, lerminating with disaster to the latter. in the encounter our packet ships lost the carrying of cosy merchandise and their first class passen- Gers; many Owners lost tueir money, ‘fo construct ocean steamers fustead required vastly more capiiai and very different material. The men who had combined vo build the packei ship had no sufficient interest, and could have none, to aid in the construction ol a vessel Whose cost Was made up largely of machinery and outlics foreign to thelr own means of supply. ‘oe merchants who had acted as agents and part owners were, for the Most part, educated and reared on the sea, and from prejudice, not 1ess than from a want of means, were incapable of grasping the new idea and adapting their plans to the dawning era, THR DECLINE OF OUR COMMERCE. Hence 1*, was that when the dectine of our mer- chaut marine commenced, and the peril to our sal- Ing Vessels became imminent, those who controlled the packet lines were disabled by their losses and by their prejudices alike from entering into compe- tition with companies already formed in England, who, with large capital, commanded the highest skill and. ail the appliances necessary to the con- struction of first ciass steamers, and, more than all, enjoyed the countenance and support of an enlight- enea and friendly government, The dwticuines were too great to be met, and, as a matter of his- tory, It may be repeated here wnat capttausts could not ve induced to risk the money required to estad- lish a line of steamers from New Yors to Liverpooi, the iost important route of ail, without rst obtaining the aid of the Uniied States government. Nor was any line of siwam- ers ever esiabifshed from this to a £uropean port without the atd of @ subsidy, aichough every attempt that has ever been made was inaugurated When We had a sound currency and a taruf less bur- densome than now, Even the fPacitic Mail Steam- ship Company, ebjoying the advantages of a coast line, Was tuus established, and, but for the dis- coveries of gold in Caluornia, would not have been at that early day, If at ali, without such aid, Before our sauing sips were expelled from the great transatiantic routes a new Class of vessels had come into being, known at the time as “clippers,” From @ period commencing with the year 1845. and extending to 1855, tuey were extremely prodtabie, commanding a great preference, ag carriers, between our Avianuc ports and San Francisco, and between the ports of India and China and our own coasts. These were gene- rally ships of largely increased tonnage, and, being heavily sparred, With deep keeis, were subject to many casuaities—tending greatly to enhance the premiuin of insurance. From San Francisco they roceeved to the guano isiands, or to Cuwa anil dia, in quest of return ireigits, and in all the Asiatic ports, coming in competition with the regu- lar traders, they quickiy reduced the rates of home- ward freignts, More recently the cereals of @ali- fornia have afforded einpioyment for such of these vessels as stitl remain. Mexntiine the ports of India and China have been occupied by merchant men of all nations, and the vessels formerty used by our old Kast India merchants have been con- verted into whalera, ‘the business, too, has changed, passing from the few who imported car- goes in their OWD ships to the many of every com- meretal nation, Who make up by their various con- tributions the cargo of the modern “Indlaman,’? In this transter of our commerce-to English and German houses having connections here 1s seen oue of the effects of the general aufusion of knowledge by means of steam and telegraphic communication. * CAUSRS OF THK DECLINE. With these preliminary observations your com- mitcee ara prepared to assign ag the causes of the decline of our shipping iuteresis the following, Viz. — Firsi—The establishment of foreign lines of steam- ers on ali the great ocean highways. ‘hese, by taelr superior adaptation to the conforts and needs of the travelling and trading community, expelled sailltug vessels from the routes that were once the theatre of our maritime success. A few years ago- these lines were iimitea m their sphere tothe ports of Boston, New York and Philadeiphta, on our own coast, but they are now extended to Balumore, Charieston, Savannah and New Orieaus, steamers are built and sre building in the rivers and harbors of England and France, to traverse the Mediterranean and Red seas by the way of the Suez Canal, thus cutung off much of the trade that has bitherto passed round tue Cape of Good Hope. For sailing vessels the route through the Red Sea is not supposed to be available, unless at too great a charge for toll and towage. Second—The supstitution of iron vessels for yes- | sels of wood. Your committee will not dwell on the superior advantages of iron hulls, as they are fully set forth In letters which have appeared in the | New York 7emes And ina recent publication by the Atlantic Works of Boston. When properly ‘con- structéd these bear we mark Al for @ perioa of twenty years, while wooden vessels, made of the best materials, will bear it for oniy ten or twelve years, and usually require rebuilding ai the eud of that period. Therd—ihe operation of revenue laws on the con- struction of vessels, whether of wood or of tron, which, being designed for the incideatal protection Of other inverests, are a burdea on this special one. When an internal reventie tax of two and a half cents per poaud was put upon cotton, it was seen to bea mistake; and Congress, yielding to the plea that 1¢ was a vounty to the foreign producer, removedit Atax imposed upon all the materials that encer nto the construction of a ship or sicamer | is & bounty to the foreigner producer, aud co-operat- ing With manifold advantages possessea by tue foreign builder, becomes pronibitory on our me- chanics, disabling them from atempting compet tion, and deterring the merchant from the lvest ment of his capital mm What appears Lo be a hopeless undertaking. Fourth—The depreciation of our currency, that aggravates the other dimcuities of the situation, sus- pending and forbidding investments, the value of Which must depend upon the price of gold. incidentally, as teuding to precipitate the decline { in our maritime commerce, combinations and | “strikes” of Workmen may be mentioned. A con- | stant recurrence of such strikes among caulkers, carpenters and others has certainly contributed to drive vessels seeking repairs trom our own ship- yards to other places, and if the determination to work on short time only and for higher wages is ad- hered to the process of restoration will be dificult and slow. THE REMRDY PROPOSED, Your committee feel that they have fulfilled the | easier part of their task in pomtng ont the cagres of the deciine of American commerce, 80 far as its | | committee FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. Judices are to be met m whatever direction relief is sought. On the one hand, the protectionist convends for @ cherished theory—resi @ change of the Tevenue and warehousing laws; On the other, inier- national “free traders” op; rtla) modifications of a system to which they object as @ whole; whlie a third class is hostile to appropriations of the public er for the advancement of any special public 00d. The protectionist fails to see that laws enacted for the benefit of American industry within our borders are a bar to the construction of ships that are to compete with foreign vessels, and the free trader, with broad and comprehensive thoughts, forgets that American Interests extend to every commercial country and demand an inter- change of postal facilities equally with the remotest parts of oup own land, Conflicting views are thus united in opposition to the most reasonable demands, aud on all sides it has come to be regarded that a concession of subsidies, tending to neutralize the operation of: laws which in reality act as a bounty to the foreign shipbutider, is forsooth nothing but & boon to a “special interest.’? Against such a construction of a claim for relief Srom burdens and disabilities unjustiy imposed your committee earnestly protest, and they press the re- commendation, hitherto urged, that Congress be asked to adopt he policy in respect to subsidies that has signalized the wisdom of European statesmen. i SUBSIDIES. Your committee regard the payment of subsidies a8 more compatible with the American system of incidental protection than with the English theory of tree wader and yet in Eagiand free trade and sub- sidies, drawn from the same parentage, have coex- asted in twin companionship since 1540. : Jn the preceding history of the “rise and fall” of our mercantile marine it has been shown that our sailing packets on the Ailantic were effeciualiy sup- planted by mall steamers subsidized by the Briuish government. The revolution thus commenced has continued to advance, and the domain of steamships is ex- venaing every year more and more widely. The field for the employment of sailing ships is cor- responding narrowed, In the western world tue Pacific Mail Company contends with the Conu- nental Railway for the traffic that hitherto has passed round Cape Horn: and in tne East the Suez Canal tireatens to cut off a large portion of the trade tuat heretofore has doubled the Cape of Good Hope. Meanwhile the paddle wheel bas given way to the propeller, and tron has obtained a preterence over wood as a material for the construction of sea-going vessels, being frm, durable and unaffected by heat, Whtle wood is subject to early and rapid decay. It 18 obvious enough that henceforth vessels of tron will mainiy coutrol trafic on the ocean; and if the United States are to enjoy a fleld for their com- merce as wide as the worid something must speedily be done to arrest the decline that 13 gomg on, to reinstate our mariners in possession of the sea and pote the pre-eminence once claimed and de- served, Jt may be asked, how are we to builid of iron? It is not easy to answer, or the answer is unsatis- factory. We do not make iron enough for other purposes, and the duty on foreign plates forbids their use. To the purcuase and registry of British built steamers there are objections of a national cha- racter—the law of the land and the sentynent or the people being equally opposeu. When wood was used in the construction of sailing vessels, and these were chipfy employed, we were enabled to work successfully against the cheap labor and cheap money of other and wealthier States; but when in the piace of sailing vessels powerful com- panies, supported by a powerful government, put afloat iines of cosily steamers, there was no organi- zation in our country able to cope with them, and such companies as were formed failed for want of adequate support by Congress, in consequence of extraordinary losses. ‘the situation 1s wore forbidding to the adventurer DOW than it was then. No better evidence need be cited in proof of. this than we discover im the fact that two propellers, built in Boston at a cost of $1,300,000 or $1,400,000 dollars (one of which has never been to sea), have been on the market about two years without fuding buyers at one-half thew original cost. if, then, angle ships could not successfully cope with established lines, nor companies with limited meaus sustain themselves’ against powerful and wealthy organizations in the years that preceded the war, how can it be expected now, when tue con- aiilons are altogetuer more adverse ¢ RECOMMENDATIONS. Your committee can reoch vut one conclusion, and it 18 this:—That our Congress must imiuave measures at once liberal and just—tmore liberal aad just than any hitherto adupted—or the sea must be abandoned to wiser and beter governed nauions. ‘The time 15 Sully come when the American people Must deteruiune, through. their representatives in Congress, whether in time of peace it 18 best to pre- pare for war. Whether, in the event of wars that possibly may come, we shall ‘be prepared witn the needed sea- golug transports and other means to sustain the houor of our fag agaist a foreign foe, as we 50 lavely maintained tt against rebellion at home, Whether, to this end, our foundries and ship- yards shall be preserved or permitted to go into dis- use and decay. Whether our mechanics shall be kept at work, sup- porting themseives and their tamilies, or turn to hew pursuits. Whetaer we shall continue to raise up officers and seamen Who are to become iainiiiar with the naviga- bie waters of the globe and accustomed to the storms and perils of tne ocean, or supinely wait for the evil day, and, 1mprovising sailors owt of jands- men, then accept with inditference the issues o1 past neglect. Whether millions of acres of our public domain shall conunue io be donated to Western railroads or our mariners on the ocean highway siall enjoy “equal rignts” with settlers on the land. Whether tue East sbail surrender everything to the West, asking nothing in return, or, parting with common possessions, iook for @ share o1 the benedits bestowed. Wnhetuer the country shall continue to pay in gold to other nationalities for the transportation of $00,000 iminigrants, largely drawn hither oy the contributions of those who have been enriched upon our valleys aii plaius, where they have tound a welcome and a home, aimost “without money and ‘without price,” or whether the vast returns result- lng from this commerce, iitherto 80 inviting, shall be made to advance the fortunes and increase te weaith of our republic. Whether, Jn fine, our people shail cross and re- cross Ocean and see and never behold the flag they love, or whether throughout the world this flag snail everywhere float the symbol! of a protecting power at home. ‘These questions will s¢on have to be answered, and in one or two Ways—either so as to munister to @ just national pride, or to perpetuate our national humiliation, * Your committee conclude by recommending the passage of the following resolutions, viz.:— Resolved, That this Chamber recommend to the Congress f the | States about to assemble the moditieation of at, built steamers may be imported froe of duty and privileged to carry the American tag, provided they are American owned aid not to be ewployed i our cous wise trade. Secomt—That iron plates and such other material for the construction of steamers aw imay be deemed advisable be admitted free of duty. Third—That on ail ship # back be returned, as upon lands; and F ‘That ample stibsidics be granted to lines ef stcam- American yards, to°the end that ac with powerful foreiga organizations may be suc inaugurated and sustained, Ali of which 1s respectfully submitted. A. A. LOW, POFPORD, ity of Committee, Mr. Low moved that the report be accepted and the resolution adopted. Ie said that if we can have steamers in no other way we had oetier import British steamers free of duty. Captain Amaros® SXow read a minority report. He gave a sketch of the various causes that have led to the deciine of soiling vessels, and advocated the doctrine of free ships. He recited the action of England to prove that commerce, to succeed, must pe free. The report advocated the adoption of free trade in ships by the the United states, If we can- not build ships as cheap as they can be bought elsewhere, then we ought to buy them abroad, Shipbuilding in this coantr. is going to ruin, and it was suggested, therefore, that such relief ought to be given the shipbutider a* to place him on a per with bis com- petilors in other countries, Captain Snow opposea the granting of subsidies by Congress, In concin- sion he oiered @ resolution tu the effect that Con- gress allow American merchants to buy foreign built ships, and also to award a premium to ship- bored on each vessel constructed in the United ea, Captain Syow said that If we do anything to relieve the suupping interests we must take such action as wonld beneiit the hambiest shipbuilder, Mr. A, A. Low replied in support of the majority report. Me said that interests of the nation were considered, not those of any one mdatvidual. Mr. SNow moved after some discussion that the re- ports be received and printed and that they be taken up for discussion at & special meeting to be cailod for the purpose. The motion was carmed and the pte adjourned to meet two weeks from yester- ay. ocurable in bond, draw- ipped for eale in foreign ers bt Report of the Congressional Committee on the Decline of the Shipping Interests. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2 1809. Tho committee appointed by Congress to inquire {nto and report upon the decline of the shipping in- terests of the country held @ meeting im the office of the Surveyor of the Port in the Custom House build- ing today, Hon, John Lynch, chairman, presiding. In the afternoon session of the Wiilam = G. Givbdons, iron ship builder, im Wilmington, Del, stated that his house had, during the past four years, been largely engaged im the construction of iron river boats to ply on nearly all navigabie rivers of South America emptving into the Awantic and several of those emptying into the Pacific. The cost was greater than it would have been to have constructed them in Great Britain, but they were of too light draught to | take safely across the Avantic, and the American models of river boats are considered much superior to those in use in Europe. Hts house cost of con- strucung iron vessels in this country i8 about twenty per cent greater than on the Clyde, the dhf- lerence being altoge:her in the cost of materials. Four-tenrbs of the cost of an iron ship is in its ma. shipping Interest is concerned, itis mere diMeult to suuwent an adequate remedy, Deeply seated pre 5 = - —————— of Europearfthat, notwithstanding the hi rice paid for it, the same amount expended w Bring equal results, and with @ remission of the duties on materials our shipbullders could successfully coim- pete with those of Great Britain in the construction of tron ships, About 250 hands are employed by his establishment. Another house in Wilmington, en- gaged altogether in the constraction of iron ocean- going ships, employed from 400 to 700 hands, John Tucker, formerly Assistant Secretary of War under Secretary Cameron, now Vice President of the Reading Railroad, stated that his railroad had had built at Chester, Pa., two iron scow collier for about, the same as the cost of construction would have been in Great Britain, They were now having built at the same works two others of @ tnousand tons each, at about the same rate, George Stockham, largely engaged in farnishing materials for the construction of wooden vessels, Stated that the cost of such materials had advanced about fifty per cent since the year 1Sd1. The Committee closed its investigation to-day, having visited and taken testimony in Portland, Boston and New York tn October. The testimony taken covers about $00 manuscript pages, and 18 now being printed in Washington, ‘The remedies urged for the great decay in Amert- can ne interests have in nearly every instance resolved Memselves inte three propositiens:— First—A drawback of the uty upon all materials entering into the conatraction of vessels and & sub- sidy equal to the amount of tne duty when Ameri- can materials are used. Second—Permission to purchase and admit to American registers; foreign built vesseis. Third—Subsidies to American lines of ocean steamers, ‘The committee to-nignt proceed to Washington, and will, in due time, report thetr propositions for the action of Congress, COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO. The New York State Poultry Society—Second Day’s Exhibition—Splendid Display of Fish, Fowls and Animals—Foreign Cocks and Hens and a Fenian Rooster-A Walk Around the Rink, The second exhidition of the New York State Poultry Society, at the Empire Skating Rink, was fairly maugurated yesterday. The show of fowl, fish and animals is already unusually fine, though many more specimens are yet to arrive. On enter- ing the vast wooden building one is fairly amazed at the variety and volume of noise that strikes the ear from every quarter. Dogs bark and snarl in their crips, geese cackle, roosters yell, ducka quack © and the band stationed on the right hand side of the entrance assist in the general hubbub. Tne deep ’ bay of the fine ploodhound, in the row set apart for canines, is answered by the short, snapping bark of @ dozen small, but turbulent, terriers; high stepping, Pompous Shanghae’s joudly proclaim the respect- ability of their ancestry to listening hens; Bremen towl and African ganders roar defiance ang fill the air with the noise of their contentions, and ared headed “Fenian” rooster, all the way from Limerick, makes bis neighbors quake with his pas- sionate and continued demands to be let out of the dungeon where he 1s “cribbed, cabined and con- fined” to demolish the fowl Britisher opposite, The behavior of the different birds and animals ts an amusing study, Walking down througn the building foreign rowis first attract attention, both from their great size and their many points of excellence. These are in coops, arranged according to their order, s0me coops containing two and others a3 Many as three birds. The fine collection of cocks and hens of the Creve Coeur variety, bred from im- ported steck by Messrs, Hamilton & Kirkham, chal- lenge admiration, They are by far the finest in the exhibition, A numberof birds of the La Fléche breed, exhibited by the same gentiemen in another part of ihe house, were imported last summer, They are jet biack, of large size and splendidly crested. ‘The ‘white Cochin tow! exhibited by Hudson Bothers are also wortiy of mention. But it would be useless to attempt a detailed description of the many varieties Of those birds, both foreign and do- mestic, on view. Passing on irom this department the visitor approaches te stand where tie most interesting bird in the entire exhivition is caged. ‘This is the crested Yurkey, belonging to Mr. Gavit, the secretary of the society. The variety is exceea- ingly rare, and this bird 18 valued ata very high figure. Kabpits, guinea pigs, ducks, pigeons, game cocks, turkeys, bronze and butt; wid fowl and pea- cocks, squall, cackte and cali from all sides until tne visitor is almost demented. In noble conarast to these chattering and veiling creatures are two dig- nified baid eagies from the Park, who gaze from their rickety crib upon the speciators with sieady unflinching eyes. One of them got loose on the evening before last and few A hopped about the building to the great discom‘ort ol allthe rowdy roosvers and boisterous ganders, and scaring the poor little doves aimosi to death, He was secured, howevez, after a vigorous hunt and then the roosters roared exultingly, tne gan- ders nearly burst twelr sides in uproarious merriment, solemn “Brahmins” chuckied, au the ducks and drakes quacked in hearty laughter, and even the big and litte dogs barked in sympatay. there were not many persous present yesterday, the weather being very unfavorable, but those who who were enjoyed the exuibition exceedingly. The owners of the birds and auuais gave all the information asked by the visitors and explained the duferenc varieties with as much unction as a horse traier would display in detailing the points ofa «two-forty.” Ii was quite amusing to observe tue motious of some of tue stately roosters while being inspected. Heavy, plump fellows of imposing trout would step to the grating and look siieways at the vesitor inquiringly, woe tall, haughiy birds of aristocratic ancestry staiked as far back as possible. ‘ue littie fellows generaliy bristled up und showed fight, but the “Fenian,” already mentioned, placed himsellin a “boxing” attitude, und faced the interviewer in wrath. A disvussion took pate between a fat citizen and & lean proprietor of a coop of turkeys as to the real value of the representatve of the Emerald Isle as food, while otaers present were watching the demeanor of the “Fenian” rooster, which was very entertainiug. The jean gentleman said that “that ‘ere cock was too bony for the table, and was a bard, tough cuss, that no cook could make any- thing of;"? but the iat citizen grew eloquent In prais of te bird, aud was In the middie of a tine disserta- tion on rooster soup, whea the indignant Fenian ped his wiags and Uttered a terrific yell, waich mnded through tue place and was answered by a n tie uatained ganders near by. voster in the hard times:— or his posterity nil tamerit fal re hoarse suout fr Like Sam Lover iy crow in carly The bitter wrath, . rh ry nearly nded toward chicken broth, His own ‘The coltectiou of dogs 1s very good, and is in itselt well worih a visii to the exbloition, Tae machiue for artiflenm. cuvaaon of lish, which is near tue door, vesting. Mr. J. H. Slack ts the aquac 4 charge, and exhibits cimens of trout from the ova by the process of hua ul Not tar from these giass ca a he coops oi Mr. Philander Wiliams, Whose dark min owl ace well Worthy inspection; and also t Houd exhibiced by Hamilton Kirk- haw, wi PERSONAL MOVEMENTS, Spurgeon has got the smalipox. even candidates aspire to be Mayor of Memphis, rnside has gone to Burope on railroad vusivess, twelve naval oflicers survive who tought ia On! 1812, General Breckinridge vouches for @ land prize scheme. “Bugmaster General” 18 another name for Stave Entomologist in Uiinois. ‘Three bands of Indians remain in Florida—tie Seminoigs, Uchoes aud Miccosukies, ‘The eldest son of M. de Lesseps has just been ap- pointed attaché to the French Hmbassy at Beran. A Texas freedman went mto a blacksmith's shop with his coat tall pocket full of powder and made a hole in the root, The Marquis of Bute has signified his intention of subscribing £1,000 iowards the building lund of the DoW Glasgow Universtiy. M. Rochefort bas just complied with the formalt- ties required lor folinding # new daily journal ia Paris, Lhe name js to be tie Marseiiatse, General Gantt aud Colonel 8. W. Williams hada scuie, on the wid wit. in a Littie Rock court room. Gants strack Ue low and the LWo Were qulokiy separated. Mr. Drake, Who put down the first oi! wei? tn this country, is not dead, a3 has beea stated. tne disc dernek and engine stil staud over tae Well and are very carefully preserved, Mrs, Join Engitsh has sued the city of Keokuk, Towa, for Hier husbaud, at night, went oi an embankment there some time ago, and was found tie Heat morntag dead, ‘The “Khedive,”’ the title applied to the Viceroy of Faypt, 18 We Arabian equivalent of “King, aud was conierred by the sultan upon Ismail Pacha and his successors in 1867, Ismail Pacha was born in 1816, aad lis Leir and probavie successor 18 bis son, a boy of six years of ago, Krupp, the great manufacturer of cannons in Prus- sia, who employs over 17,000 hands, has acquired so much weaith that he intends putting up a family residence wiich 13 Inveaded to surpass in magniti- cence any royal palace in Europe, ‘The cost 1s esti- mated at several millions of dolar. Toe MURDER at Ricaror 'T.—Goff, ‘ Spector of Customs, who killed ‘a man pees 118 at Richford, \t., last week, has been commitied to jallfor trial, ‘The St. Albans Messenger says Mr. Golf came from Massachusetts and has resided in Kichford since the war. He has been engaged in teaming between that place and St, Albans and in Various speculations, For six moaths past he has been an inspector of United States customs, He is past thirty-tive, has a wile ang three chilaren and nuimprous relatives. He is spoken of as freaky and peculiar; perhaps not qaatrelsome, but quick. He terials. American javor is 60 MUCh superior to thas Was an unsafe man to carry concent pons. ferved during ie war ie us aa in