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6 EUROPE. Radical Reform in France and the Platforms of the “Right and Left Centres.” MM. Raspail, Rochefort and F. de la Roquette on the § Count Bismarch’s Defcnee of the Wrar Policy Against Austria. The King of Prussia on Religion and Infidelity. A Papal Allocution and Organization of the Vatican Conucil. EUROPE. The Inman stoamship City of London, Captain Tibbitts, from Liverpool ou the oth and Queenstown the 10th of Deceuiber, arrived at this port at an early hour yesterday morning. The Cunard mail steamship Russia, Captain Lott, from Liverpool on the 1ith aud Queenstown the 12th of December (Sunday), aryved at this port early yes- terday morning. By these arrivals we have our European files and special correspondence from Europe, in detail of our cable telegrams, Gated to the day of sailing of tbe Russia from Liverpool; the newspaper mails hav- ing been delivered atthe HenaLp buiiding soon aiter eight o’clock A. M. The Empress of France, since her return to Paris, distributed to the ladies of her acquamtance rich presents brought from Egypt, consisting of shawis and stuffs from the Levant, jewels and objects of curiosity. Among the persons most favorea were the Duchess ue Mouchy, tne Marquise de Las Mar: mas, Mme. Canrovert, the Piincess d’bssiing, Duchess de Malakod and Mine. Careite. Aletter from Berne states that tho reduction of the rate charged for telegrams in Switzerland froin one frane to fifty centimes having led toa great increase in the receipis, tue Federat Council has de- termmed to exiena the service, and twenty-two new hues are to be constructed. “Already Switzer- land,” says the write des with Belgium the credit of possessing the most comprebenstve tele graphic system im Lurope.” The London Times says it was stated that the English goverument arranged to take over tne telegraph system on the of January, and that the payment of £5,115,048 compensation woney to the companies w made some time between the 28th of January and the Stn of February, 1570. The cargo of the steamer Brazilian, ‘rom Liver- pool to Bombay, which was lightened to enaole her to pass through the Suez Canal, was brought to her at Suez in barges at tue expeuse of the Canal Com- pany. This will be done in ail cases where the ver: have to ve lightened. Tue following passage regarding the spanish Crown jewels appears in a letter irom Madrid to tue Paria Unive In 1840, when Qneen Christina abdicated the re- gency, she only carried wiih her what sue had bought aud patd for wiih her own mou s to Queen Isabella, what her Mayes: of appropriating was legaliy he: as been leit veiind in tie’ capital of Spain, Prado, Granja and Aranjuez, is quite another til ‘The adininistrator Ortiz of Pinedo shoulda ve weil iniormed on Luis bead, and he Gughs to know what ww say on the point. The Paris Constitutionne? selzes on the occasion presented by the date of the loth of December to pass a high eulogium on tue Emperor Napoleon's mode of governing France since the time be was @lected President of the republic in 1848, be bas beeu accused That wien tne At the centenary fe of the Order of St. George in Bt Peversburg the Czar, ia an address to the Knights, spoke of the good relations existing ve- tween that country and Prussia. “in consequence,” be sald, “of the faitiful fraternity of arms between the two sovereigns, he had sent the Grand Cross of St. George to King William, aud this latter nad, in return, fo warded to him the analogous decoration of the Order of Merit, which co person in Kussia had ever before been honored wit.” FRANCE. Tho Imperial Statement of tie Sitnation. A telegram from Paris dated on the 10th of Decem ber says:—ihe biue and Yelluw Books were dis- Widated to-day among the members of the legisia- tive body. ‘Ine jacter contains uine documents re- lating to the Ecumenical Council, the latest bearing date the loth of November last; eiguteen relating Ww the nationaliy law in Tursey, a report of Nubar Yacha, a report of the fcreigu commissioners, and cignteea cexpatches on the question of capituiauons on Bgypt, two despatches ou tue Buropean commission in reference to the Danube, Alteen referring to Tunis, eighteen to Japan and eight to genera: and ¢ominercia: matters, Most of tiese COCUments Concern CumMUNIcaliONs already | known lo Wie public with reference to the United States. The Yellow Book says the election of Gen- eral Grant could not cause any modifications of the iriendiy rejauons we entertain towards America, Without being concerued in the q How in whe! the Cabiuet of Waslington hes been engaged witn European goveraments we could ouly uesire a pacific solution of these difficulties, and we have taken every opportuuity of making known ow wishes to that eect. The wisdom of the govern Mente concerned has jusuced our hopes, for none « tue complications which were feared bave art Alluding afterwards to the diMeuty betwe ana tir fie, the Yellow press ettlement, as al termina eo Lraziland Parag Where the h goverument lua not aba i the strict re it had imposed upon itself. Wita regard to Komethe Yellow Book contaius me follow fug:—ibanks to the tranguiliity whic prevatls in the Pontiiical Staces from every part of the world w Where the lope has convoked il. Most of the sed on tuat ore the jurisdiction of tue p const 4a waAnifest @ in kom Vatioun stions W “9 Lol come swera, a fact elween ie rs a Present and past centniies, The government of tue Emperor, + ig, consequently, tie tra dittonal priv ¢ sovereifus o France has pived ene ig We deliberation | of Connell sonding 84 auivassudor acciedited Ww that asembiy. This deieruimation has oppeared to lt wo be more In conformicy with the spiric of the age of the pre relations between Un Our inte 4s not, however, to reimay capable of influencing g tion of every country. ‘Vie Am: peror at the Court of Rome wail be sary, to communicate to the Hon with regard to tie progress of tie Muport of the reeolutions adop government would eventually give iu legisla Necessary powers lo protect the basis of ov law, but We have to muca confidence in the wis dom of the prelates ussembled at home to wink hat they will fuil to act consistently With the nece aities of our time and the legitimate aspirations of modern nations. pub Ailuding to the commerctal relations of France | vk MENUONS Lhe su imports om Frew roment oF Washin: With America, the Yeiow # pression of the sarcharge vesse 4, but regrets that tos ¢ ton has nol tecoguized Wie auvaulages of uterine tHonai tree trade, | ‘Tne Blue Hook, reterring to the position of affairs at home, simply draws aivention to tue 1a Una, 106 withstanding the autmared nature of the polemic cvup by the elections, the voting passed off amid an deniabie order and regwiarity. it then, alter ex- Piaining the changes resuitiig n tie Senatus Consultum, refers ia tie following (erms Wo Commer: cial matters: —Several great ecitres of wade have raised COMpIAINIS BgAINt Lhe trexiles of commere The government Will enaeavor to pursue a course which, while suowing (he necessary con sideration towards juleresia worthy of every soucitude, shall at tne sar ime afford securiiy to our internauonal mercontiie trans- actions, Which have uever ceased to develop under dhe system inaugurated fn Iscc. We may uope that the slagnation, Which bas becu fel, as much im Bag. jand a8 io France, Wii not stop a movement which tends towards the expansion and fusion of the gene eral interests of tue (Wo peoples—a movement in- duated by the Imperial government, With regard to Gergiany the Bue Book says:— «The position of affairs iu tie North German Con- federation and the state of South Germany has not uudergone any perceptible change. We have not dircovered im the question which has engaged the atiention of the Gerinan Cabinets daring ine past year any motive to abandon the reserve which we observed io the face of the changes brought about beyona the Kine. NEW YORK HERALD, FRI have never ceased to be of a very friendly cha- Tacter. It ig announced that the report upon the finance Situation wili be published at a later period, Raspail and the Kadicale—Legislative Debates. A telegram from Paris of the Sth of December re- ports thie In to-day’s sitting of the Legislative Body M. Raspail i on the table a bil signed by himseli aud M. Henri Roehelort, proposing decentralizauon in auairs of local interest, und centralization in mat- ters oi general miter The chief provisions of this bill are:—That the communes should be autonomons; that the election of the Municipai Councils should be Held every Luree years and that of the Mayors every year; that tue islative Kody shouli alone be empowered to seltle matiers of general interest and shoud ooly agree Lo & War When necessary for the detence of te country agaist iniquitous aggression; Wat 1a case of War the Legisiative Body should appoint te generals of the army, which sould be composed of all citizens irom tweuty to fitty years of aye, and suould have the ight of electing its own oilicers; tuat there should be but one single proportionate tax. The Chamber will decide later on wuat course Shall be taken with re erence to this bill. The verification of the doubtful elections was sub- sequently resumed; that of M, de Soubey rad Was Op- posed by M. Juies Simon, on the ground that the position of Deputy is incompatible with that of Direc- tor of the Credit Foncicr. M. Forcade de la Koquette, the Minister of the In- terior, in defenuing te election of M. Lrnest Dreolie, Gelivered a speech, in which he saia;—"Ine ZOVEINMECAL Wishes 0 Estaolish true Hberiy, UM possi- ble, with the assistance of all, It 18 aware of we danger by which liberty is threatened, but (his dan- ger it faces with resolugon and confidence, ‘the M. government intenas now to make It its glury (0 fouud: hiverty. In Cais Cass, though Its predecessors have suceumved, the government of the Ewmperor sets up a Claim to be mole suceessiul, better qualiied abd more resolute, It jooks back with respect pou its past of eighteen years which have given hberiy to the country, but at the same time it intends to marca onward and make the ewpire the detiniuve founder of uberty in France. {is resolution is not @ Iresh tucident; 1b Js the result of acts which have succeeded oue an- other durtog the last ten years, But to estabiish Inperty two conditions are necessary—pradence and Orniness, ‘Ihe couutyy docs not want a revolution; it Wants a liberal but strong government, and vuis it shall bave, ‘This is the tdea which the Emperor, in iS speech Irom the throne at the opeaing of this session, summed up in ihe words, ‘For order 1 wil answer; aid ie im saying liberty.’ The speech of M. Foreade de la Roquette was re- ceived by loud and proionged cheering. . Jaies Favre thereupon rose, and said he took note of the declarations of the Minister of the 1n- terior, but saw @ Uagraut contradiction between his liberal speech and the demand that the eiectiun of M. Dreoie snouid ve ratities ‘The Cuamber, vy 171 Votes against 77, declared M. Dreolie duly elected. Manifesto of the Right Centre. The followmg is the manuesto of a number of Depuues, alike couservative and liberal, cousiitut Jug What Is catied ‘The ila, or Righe Centre,” and of which M. Emule Olivier iorms part:— ering that the dvtles of the representatives of the nating is to set forth the wishes of public opinion; consider. dng that in the ore! uk among such aspirations ‘the sine cere application of tie parijamentary system, which 1a the necessary lori of the gover 3 01 tue country by Itseit under « monarchy ; ing that such @ eye Miphes a free press and Gnu homogeneous and respoasible ministry aut a compact majority around princi- pies cleasly marae! out and agreed tu; the wodersigned Deputies, without intending lo reject new rel the notated, declare that for the pre- weord to require: — At howe,the abrogation of the law of public on to revelve Jace salaries for more than uminution of @ system of deceu- nstitute on the largest possible basis /OLNHUNG, Canton and departmen s, and the obiigatury nomination of 6 yor trom among the jem- bers of the Mun. ai Council. ) elec.oral reform eifected before renowal of the Legislative Body,uaving for object par- ulariy to determin aw the number and exten: of the riptions, and to protect freedom of election. emtion of arty ve of the conatitution cf t ersonal liberty fs con private dweling has jury to poliiieal of- ‘The’ suppression of the om newepEpe ement by a postage e Suppression of the privilege accorded to tl nals Waich are to receive judi- riy of superior tnstruction. A the working of the commerctal nt endeavor to find ouk means to tual and physical situation of the (Wollow the signatures in -uiphabetical the autonomy of ( mppiu mimities by th atert number, fr) What the Left Centre Says. On its side, the Lert Centre, at another meeting held at the Grand Hotel, heard the iollowing report read, as drawn up by the Marquis’ a’Audelarre, 1a tie name of (ue committee nomiuated to prepare a Programme Of political conduct NrLEMEN—We had undertaken the work which you had entrusted to us, and this task was rendered easy by vour previous deitberations, when we received @ programme raw Up aud signed ‘by @ great number of our coueagues, The analogy between that document and the one which, pre: ed by one of those acting with us, had more particularly your attention, ie auch that, in analyzing tue two, para by paragraph, we were able to prove that they cou- fained for the miost part almost identical features. We can, theretore, only regard with entire satisfaction 60 grest « humber of our coeagnes aMirmii wiple of Varia meutary government —one which bi ya been our own, and we shall be bappy to pursue with them its sincere ani complete application. Neverthoess, our brother depu- tles wil bave observed that the execution of this play, notably in the case of reforms which reiate to the ei cireumseriptio gray » the nowmation of M. take place t changes iu the coustitution, and tey desire, without doubt, as we do, to demand from the goveri~ ment to use its init, to wake the cuuntry hencetosta par- ih all the constita- ate by means of the representatiy ual modifcations wich may be thought necessary. ‘Ibey will think with us, doubUess, that the provisional aston Sudieated in tueif proposal for the nomination of Mayors will not give to the communes an ado uate participation in the cholee of thoes ‘and that without law, ober wiwe so necessary vantonal and departmen there is a organization, ent by specta great an inte ueceasity to provide for efore you your committee ia ¥ your resovutions and your previous votes. It is same Influence when it affirms in con- care and most active solicitude cetsity of union and accord between ull elements of the Liberal and conservative parties. The conclusions of toie report have been adopted unanimously by those present. (Here foliow the signatures). From these ocuments it may be aMirmed that the fasion 1s a frit accompu. In adding tne tlurty-sevea deputies of the last paper to the 114 of the former a total uf 151 vote: rained, acting in the same po- litical sense. in Oller words, @ /acuamentary ma- ¥ ls coustituced. Parlinmeniary Parties. The Partsadwesse publishes the following:— In consequence of the movements which have taken piace, the Clussification of parties in the Chawber aud their pectve sirepgth are as fol- lows:— The right centre, which 1s the constitutional progressive party, composed as ia known of the majority of the Li and of fifly members o/ the right, for since Mouctus new iwembers Lave adhered tothe programme o: Un he Jegal number of de faking the uumber of 18 generally the HaAimum voting, the absolute majority will 6€ 133, ithatofa liberal Cabinet ia accord with the ruling opinion of ihe country nearly 200, while \eav- ing Uhe Batreme Leftand the radicals to tueir sys tematic Opposition, President Granvs Message. ‘The Paris Debate is lost in admiration at the pros- peet held oat by the Presidentof the United States of paying off the immense debi of the country witoin @ reasouable time. The writer says:— What ts most striking In this docament ts the pas- sage relating to tae Onaucial condition of the repub- lic. ‘Ihe surpins of the receipts, which amount to $57,000,000 over tue expenses, Which are only $21,000,000 18 for this year 254,000,000 francs, Thanks: lo the resources ofered by the annual excess cf revo- nue, the day can be foreseen when the public debt wil be re . aad if might be so entirely 1p ten years, adds the Preside if a cetermination was taken to angment by new imposts the sinking fond composed of the above sui leit disposable, and Which Is mereasing year after year in considerabie proporuons. With such @ prospect there is no oc- casion to impose other taxes. Here, tnefore, is a Svate wich, lastead of always having recourse every year to lowns, 1s occupied in paying back those con- tracted Ina Moment of eriets, and which can look lorward to the complete extinciion of ite Habiliues in # not divtantfature. This is indeed a spectacle ajvogeuber extraordinary, and ove which we muss ross the Atianuc to witness, GERMANY. William of Praysin on Religion and Totidelit the King of Prussia of the Provincial Synod of mong Whom was remarked Baron de ei, formerly President of the Council of 4. The Protestant clergyman Wolbliug, Who the deputation, expreesed in fis address i that Meaven tight long preserve his the Evangeleai Chureh and realize ‘the jons relative Lo the reorganization of that receiy Majesty royal i boay. King Wiviam replied in. the following terme:—“1 thank you for your good wishes, and on my side I demre that the work commenced under the auspices of peace may be accomplished tranquilly. For the Church tt Was necessary that something should be done to reassure men's minds, for we have many enemies; 1 Go hot aliude to the Catholics, If we ace no longer WO believe that the Messiah is the Son of God, what will occur? Sacred precepts will be noul- ing more than human apporisms. That is why L lew my Wish to see yuu arrive pacificaliy at the atisfactory termination of tae work you Lave com- of Prussian Policy= The Secret Arrangements of France and Austria, Our relations with Germany The North German Correspondent of Berlin, OO known as the organ of Count Bismarck, publishes tue foliowing defence of Prussian polic! A political and semi-biograpnica! erticle im tne last number of the Bitnourg Wew, bearing as Litic the Dawe of the North German Chanceilor, professes to reveal the motives and congiderauons by watch the King ot Prassia was tnduced, im is6", to declare war wih Ausiria, We must acknowicdge that we rise {rom a perusal of this article with « fecling of disap- pointment, it would not have been out of place, we believe, if the writer, instead of composing & Jarrago of unfounded rumors, commonplace super. hemutes and glaring improbapiliiies, Nad giauced ever so brigdy at tbe Politicul, social and religious diftereaces which from the tine of frederick If, if we Go not choose to go farther back, Wad drawn be- tween the Lwo leading States of Germany a lue of dowarcation tat separated them more efectually tnan a froutier river or mountuia cain. An English writer night have come to the coiclusion that it Was impossible for Germany to be perpetua ly dom- nated by an ultramontane power such as Ausiria novoriously Was UD ll 1860—a power WhIco saw ta tue subjugation of Prussia not merely tie hurnilia~ ton of a real, but a triumpa over fre: thought aud Une evfectual crusding of political and religious 1d- erty Irvin the Baltic ty the contines o! Ltaly. Had the wrier in the Baywurg ovww done somethlug More (ian skim the surfhiece of past and contemporaneous history he would lave found very didlerent reasons for the War of 1s66 (tia Une ina. gnary resvluuoo of Count Bismarck, fouudea on ao personal pique. to annihilate Austria. ‘the Prossian We ure assured, in order to excite the in- diguation of tue King against toe Cabinet of Vienna, eliployed & Whole stat Of Writers co allack and irri- tave Austria ta the Prussian sem.-oilicial jouruais, ana when the Austriaa press, naturaly provoked, DAY, DECEMBER 24, 1869. RED RIVER. EARLY HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENTS, The Hudson Bay Company’s Royal Charter. Transfer of the Territory to the New Dominion. CASUS BELLI. THE VT ATTITUDE GF THE PARTIES, PRESEN The Insurrectionary Commander- answered insult by insult Count bisuaurck laid be- tore Lis Majesty the counter-agsauits of tle Vica- nese Organs, While Carefully con ealing trum fin the provocative articies published 1: Berlin. ‘here are some things that louk Jar too ingenious to be rue, and Uns 18 one of wuem. A Writer in tie Sucvaday Review thinks i not mproyavic wat King Wiham may read this article, and ynakes la- Senioug speculations about the teciiags of wis Ma- jesty when be learns for tye firat tune tue suppressia veriiaus Wat has been 80 UnscrupuloUsly practised upon bhna, * ™ * [Had the writer of the article in the Zuin- burg Review caretuly toliowed (ie listory of the present century he would have aicovered that from tne year of the liberation of Germany tli 1860 16 Was always Austria who sougnt to curtail the just rignts of Prussia, and conunuaily forced the goverument of Beriin to adope a defensive policy. At the end of tue flerce struggle from 1813 to Isto, I Which Prus- sla sacrificed $0 much for the sake of Germany, WO, we asd, endeavored to Weaken lier by Making a patchwork of her verritory and giving her afrouuier ulmost hnposstbie to defend ? It was Austria, When 1 March, i949, ae King of Prussia was elected Em- peror of Germany, who set her fuce ag aiast ath uniou, auc insisted on reviving tie decrepit and su- peranuuated coniederacy ? Austria again. Woo made wurealy ta Uctuber, 1860, With Bavaria and Wurtem- berg for the humiliation of Prussia? Who bat Austria? By whom was Prussia driven to take part MA the execusion against Schieswig-Hoistein—a couniry which she dud herself liberatedy By Austria. ‘luis was tae policy of Schwarzenberg and As (rule; Prussia was Urst to be debased in the pub- hie opinion of Lurepe, and then to be dismembered, It is wel known 0 n® mitiated that Venice had veen ceded lo Fi ance before a shot was fired tn 1868, and that on June 12, af that year, one day aster the lel- ter of the Emperor Napoleon to the Minisier Droiyn @Liuys, &@ convention was concluded beiween Ue Cavineis af Vienna and Paris, according lo wich France, after the overthrow of Prussia, was to be tideiinified by COonpensations, or, in other words, by the lef Lank of ie Rhine, The 12th June, 1866, and no dexcerous legerdemain practised with news- paper ar.cles, forced King William toa war with Ausiria for the purpose of saving uls kingdoin from dismemberment. Ot tuese Important 1acts We writer lu the Ed nowrg Review seems to have veen ignorant, tur we cannot believe that be wittingly suppressed them. ‘thus explodes, like other ougbies, tie tale that King Willam was inveigied lato war by Count Bismuares against his own will, and solely 1n couse- queuce of a deception and a misunderstanding. Young Bismarck After a Duel. A Berlin letter of December 10 gives some further details reiative to the stay of Count Bismarck in that city. Tue writer says:— The Couns left Varzin im consequence of a letter from tue hing anuouncing the dangerous state of the Mintster’s eldest son, who had r ved about a turtnigit before several wounds oa the bead in a duci with sabres. A delay In obtaming proper sur- gical aid brought on erysipelas, which greatly alarmed his wedical attendaats, fhe parevis were hastening to the vedsiue of Weir son; but on arriv- lng at beri chey learned, as you are doubtiess aware, that @ favorable change had taken place; the Countess cousequently went on alone to Bonn, Wile tne Count remained in the capital, where ne 13 at present, ‘The duration of his stay ig suil un- certain, but he is expected wo return to Varzn, as Lis presence here 18 not absolutely necessary. ‘fle Whi, however, probably remain co await more posi- tive ueWws aa to Lis son's scale, ROME. iuaugurattionOficers of the Holy Office. ROME, Dec. 9, 18@%. In my last letter I gave a sketch of the ceremonial of the mauguration of the Council on the sth inst. 1 now add a list of the grand ofMicers of that as- gembiy:— GENERAL CUSTODE (KERPERS) OF THE COUNCIL. Prince Coionns and Prince Orsini, Assistants at the Pontitical turoue. BECRETARY. Monsignor essler, Bishop of St. Hypolitas. UND SKCREI Monsignor Lows Jacobint. ASSISTANT SEORETARIES, ‘The Canons Santor and Jacobint. _ NOTARIES. Monsignors Pactiict, Colomoo, Sincont, Pericod and Bartoun Tie Council ASSISTANT NOTARIES. Advocates Paliotin! and Santi. SURUTATORS. Monsignors Serafini, Nardi, Fellegrint, Dialtt (of the Sacred Kota Tribunal and Cawera), Criscolori, Muntaul, De Fal aux amd Nina. PROMOTER: The Consistorial Advocates De Deminicts Tosti and sail. MASTERS OF CEREMONIPS. Monsignora fervart*(prefect), Marunneel, Bales- tra, Kicc, Romagnol, Bucel, Cataidt, Tortal, Ac coramnboml, = Sinistri, Riggs, Gatton, Bacciaetu, Toga and Masai. usaers. Monsiguors Folent (prefect), Nosel!, Stonar, Bas- tide, Paliotu (carmerieri segreti of tis Holimess), Peril, Gallot, Pegnaal, Vorsack, Suvestrt (uonorary camerleri of ifs Holiness), * These oMcials proffered their oaths on Thursday morning to the Pope in the Sixtme Chapel at the Vatican, Where @ preparatory synodal assembly took piace, attenducd by the cardinals, patriarchs, archbishops and bishops aiready arrived, to whom lis Holiness addressed a brtef oration, allusive to the duties they were about to asau ihere 1s some diilicuity about the precise place to be occupied by Wie two Roman princes during the Council—the Heads of the two patricia houses so long at feud with evack other—Colonna and Orsini, ‘They ha the right of standing on the rove’s piat- fori at ail Pontiical ceremonies. But the Council isauextra afar. It is not yet decided whether their excelicucies will be admitted imto tne actual Council hall or only im the lateral balls during wie general sessions, I have 40 many details to communicate respecting the proccedtugs in tue Coanci and their preseribed forms Unat [ uaust reserve my letter on iat subject. The Pope’s Allocution to the Bishops, A lester from Rome of December 4 say The Pope addressed an allocation to the assemb'ed Distopa in the Sixtine Chapel. He assumed in the opening tuat the Council had been calied to provide suitable remedies for the many cvils that have luvaded the Courch and civil society in these days, Hon bave to be rescued and preserved, and the Apostoue See alone can doit. He spoke of all the tripulauon be had to suffer for Clirist, and the con fort he found in the presence of 80 many brethren bound by every consileration to be perfectly unt with bia. Bot enuclpated disanion, blindness, Wor.dliness, stupidity and # disposition to be offended at doctrines diMcuit to the human reason or humbitng to hunian pride, There were sti amoung us the counterparts of those low-minded folk of Galilee who lett ihe Preacuer because Hts sayings Were hard. fle even expected the echemy sowing tarea, and causing divisious in tne flock. fie fe.t himself like the Apostic to (he Gentiles, in datly contiet with them tnat are within as Weil as them that are with- out. The burden of everything wad thrown upon him, and he looked for comfort where he could, lu these trials aud adictions ho naturally identified hinaselt with his Master, When otners left that Mas. ter, tue Apostles would nr Whor else coaid they 0 to? He had the words of eternal rney went about with iii always, everywhere, oniy leaving to return; however differing among them- seives, yel one with itim, 36 he nuaplored ail to fur- get diy avoid them thas cansed offences, to come tothe ceutre of unty—ine House of the Lord, the Mill of Zion, the Heavenly Jerusatem, He besougnt all vo be of one heart and one mind, and assured them that they who were of Gol would hear Dis co now, It was no neutral or mioderate course that he could be content with, Jhucy wio were not with Him would be against Hiro, for their allegiance would be sharply teed. ‘The proposition to be made, 80 he implied, would be such as to leave no doubt Who Were the friends aud Who the joes of the Apostolic See. Pius IX. 18 wont to apeak warmly and emphati- cally, and he was not wanung to Us occasion: but it Temaius to be seen waether even te Catholic world will carry its sympatny to the extent of sacri- feing al! ite convictions and abandoning the use of reasun for his sake, Upon this point i may observe Wat every day and every hour one hears of bishops Who are disposed to think for themselves, and are expected by their focks to do 60. People talk of Lue democratic associations of the American bianopa, There is even an Kngiish biebop who has read enough and thonght enough to be avicto call his soul bis own, Ag for the French bishops, they may easily nud their piace in the Allocution above mé toned. The Pope, ali say, can command a majority; but it 18 Ome he dare Lot use. in-Chief. At the close of tnis decade, crowded with stupen- dous events on the American Continent, 1b 18 espe- clally interesting to study the relations of the United States with adjacent peopie and to contemplate their future, In the last ten years the hisiory of this country has ben made respicndent with achievements in behalf of civilization and human progress. An unparalleled war for the preservation of repubiican government has gives freedom to 4,000,000 of people and established beyond question the perpetuity of the Union. A foreign Power that had erected a throne upon American soil bas been compelled to abandon its scheme and with- draw its army from the Continent. The shores of the United states have been inked by telegraph with the Old World and the West Indies, @ railroad has been stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific, steamship lines have been estab.ished with the great ports of Asia, anew country has been added to the Union, and last, but not least. the anaexaion of St, Domingo completes the brilliant catalogue, Scarcely has the Suez Canal oeen opened by nations that have needed its advantages for centuries, when Young America directs her energies to tue Isthinus of Darien and promises to open a new highway tor the com- merce of all the world. Whi.e these wouderful events are transpiring the mind naturally reflects upon the tendency of all this progress, and studies the neighboring foreign States and provinces ailected by them. To the caretul observer of history 1t ts self- evident that the jurisdiction of the United States, Which has been extending with such marvellous Traptdity, must eventually cover every part of the American Continent, and that the tendency of ad- jacent countries to annexation is a3 natural as the laws of gravication, THE RED RIVER COUNTRY. ‘The recent rebellion in tie Red river country ts in entire conformity with their principles, and though it may at present have no other deiinite object than resistance to the mode of government sought to be established over it by the New Dominion of Canada, the Insurrection is none the less significant of new political relations. Very little is known by the American people of the character of the vast coun- try north of the boundary line. The popular idea is that all the territory above the latitude of the great lakes 13 @ barren, frozen wasie, coverea with snow aud 1¢e most of the year, prodiciive only of a few hardy antmals and shraos, and inhabited only by poor hunters and Indians. Such isnot the case, The isothermal features of the American Continent are very peculiar, The topography of a country governs its climate to a very great degree, and in some of the valleys of the nortuwestern Territories, sheltered by lofty mountain rauges and open to the sun, @ temperature is found scarcely more rigorous than ‘that of Virginia. ‘rhe country stretching northwards from Minnesota and Dacotah Territory possess2s this characterisuc, and has large tracts of arable soil ready to yield abundant harvests. But the great features of this section consist in mines of iron, copper and coal; in forests of magnifi- cent timber, and majestic Jakes and rivers comma- nicating with each other, tuviting enterprise to open one or two short canals and create a highway for large vessels [rom the far West to tue Atlantic. This district 1s remote from Canada, with 9 large tract of uninhabitable country between, while the markets of Minnesota are close at hand and its prodactive regions are but the continuation of those valicys into which the ude of Western emigrauon is so steadily flowing. With these facts m view the Ked river rebeilion assumes importance and be- comes worthy of serious Observation by this country, THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY. The history of the furmatuion of those settlements can be briefly stated. In 1070 the Hudson Bay Company was formed under @ royal charier from Charies the second, which granmed them ail the country north of what was called the divide, where the waters eeparate to flow nor and south, The only consideration to oe given for tis charver was the royal prerogative to certain game, and a pledge t discover the nortawest paysage. [The first tiem amounted to nothing, and the company ex- cused themselves from making expiorations after the pussuge on the ground that it ver would ve avallabie tt found. During the first twenty yeara of the company’s exist- ence its profils from furs were so great that notwithstanding losses susta:ned oy the capture py the Freneh of some of Caeir estavlishinents, amount- ing in value to £118,014, they were enabled to make @ payment to the proprietors in 1654 of fifiy per cent, anotoer payment In i685 Of tity per cout and in 1659 @ payment of twenty-five per vent, in iodo the stock Was trebled, without any call being made, besides affording to the proprietors & payment of tweaty- live per cent ou che LhewWiy created stock. From l6v2 to 1607 The Culnpany Jost property to the amount ot £97,000; butin 1/20 their circumstances Were so im- proved that taey again trevicd tus capital stock, with only a call of ten ver cea [row the proprie- tors, On this siock iney Datd divideads averaging mine per cent for many years, showing profits ou the originally subscribed capital siock actually paid up of petween SIXIY and seventy per ceny per anaum Trom 1690 to 1800, @ period ol 11) years. Up to this tume the Hudson Bay Comp: ed a mo- nopoly ot tbe fur trade, and reaped a rich har of wealth and imfuence, In iiss the North Company Was formed, having us headquarters at Moutreal, aod soou rose to such for.uidabie power as lo make tue territory which the two compa- mies traded in a scene of feuds aud bioud- shed, involving the destruction of property, the demorahizauion of tue ladiwos and the ruin of the tur trade. In 1821 & union touK piace be- tween the two companies, under tue tide of the Had. son Bay Company, The afairs of tis company were managed by a governor-i-chief, sixteen cinet factors, twenty-niue chief traders, five surgeons, eighty-seven clerks, sixty-seven posimascters, several hundred voyageurs and a jurge nuuber ol temporary employes of diferent grades, awountiag in all to over §,000 persons. ‘The Governor-in-Chief exer cised a general control over tie whole imterior management in British America, tnd was assisted by & council, Cousistiug of tne Chicl oMicers of the company, Whose deiveraions were conducted inseeret, The whole powerel this organization Was directed toward preventing the formanon of any settlements other than of fur traders within tuetr terrivory, as agricultural operations wouid ta- terfere Wilh game. An attempt Was tiade in sul, under the patronage or Lord Se kirk, to forma colony on Red river, but the hostuiy of the Fur Company, executed te its traders and Indians, broke up the aud the colonists sought refuge in the fori. BDU th nsollakuon of the two compani & few settiements were permitted 6 tnrive, but their agri- cultural operations were limited to f very small scule, Affairs rematmed 10 this condition many years, until the tide of Wisconsin and Minn Heuced to Now over the border into the far settlements, and restiess ad- Veo (urers Docame HUMCKOUS through all that section. Grodually the fur tusimess boceme less remune tive, and the Hudson vlnpaby saw that their controt over the country Was becoming Weakened; and LWo years ago tuey sold to ihe Canadiay govern: gent, for tac sum Of £50 009, ail ther riguts and b4is i the Northwest lecritory, reserving to tue agricultural tands adjacent to ite trading posis, “igration to Michigan, THR CASUS BELIA The most yvaluab.e part of this territory 1s mclnaed in the Ked river Country, and comprises ah area of over 1,600,000 geres of arable lund. the Red river, rising la the central part of Minnesota, flows north. Ward through tis country, avd on its bunks and tributaries numerous fourisiing settlements bave been formed, After (he purciiase of ce territory by the Dominion of Canada, arrangements were at once made by that government lo take possession, ap- pouted MeDougall Lieutenant Goveuor of we Ter. Mtory, and seit out survey to subdivide whe pubilc Jand. The scutiments of the settiementa re+ specting tis action are ruily OxXpreased by & cor. respondent im Penioina on tie border, who Writes, September 27, as foliow You have doubticss learned through the pudlic press that fome time since the Hudson bay Company anu tne British government eatered into an ayreenen. wuereny It ia atipne jaied that the Dowinion of Onnada sal acquire certala y in vhe Nortuwest Ferri. Land,” upon tie payineat 0: the Dominion goveroment to wald company 0. tue sit oF LIU00. ‘Lhe Domioton bas xeceuted the vers and J uaderstand , and Kichelieu rivers, and the enlarging of bas over the money. At any rate the Dominion has anted Mr. McDougall, a prominent Caiacian ake Man, Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Ter- ar. whose arrival here is duly expected. The Dominion government has also sent a number of people an ans) are townahipping aud subdividing udiic lands. By anact of the Dominion Parliament the seutenant Governor is to be ugsisted by a legislative coun- cil; but, mark you, said council Is to be appointed by the Governor. And itappears that a pack of hal’-famiabed vets of the government are to be tmported {rom Canada to act.as lawslvers for the Ked river people. The Sted river itiement has popuiation of from 16,0. to 20,000 sou!a— Thafans tot countel.. ‘The peau never been consulted with reference to this trausfer of government, and this attempt of Canada to cobble them has arouse! almost unu- sual indignation in the British Ked river country, and tho people are united tn opposition to the Dominion government, ‘Tue people demand the ‘ollowing guarantees :— 1, The right to elect thelr own Legislature. 2. That the Legislature shail have power to pass an act of a local nature by a two-thirds vote over the velo of the Ex- ecutive. 3. No law of a local nature to be binding uniil #anctioned by the Legisiature, 4, A Sree homestead and pre-emption law. 5. An In:tan policy calculated to Insure yood wi in the Territory. 6. All the executive, legislative, civil and military ex- 10 be paid out of tie and quict pentes, for agiven number of year Dowinlon Treasury. 7. An appropriaiion to be expended in the internal improve- ments in the Territory. ‘Alter placing these guarantees beyond peradventure, then the proposition of annexation tothe Dominion to Le submit- ted fo a vote of the people. ‘The people are fully organized, and a frontier people aro always aimed und e nipped. Governor will, ou his ar. rival, be forbid, und, 1 ueed be, prevented, the discharge of y Of the functions of his oftice, save that of drawing his pay from the Dominion ‘Treasur; fore you rutcule t idea of 15,00 peuple defying the great Canustan Dominion jease take Into consideration their geograpisica! position and be fact of their being backed up by very powertul bands of Jndian rriorg, Suppose that the Dominion should attempt coercion; how Is she to get an army inty the Red river country Not through United States territory, of course, Vie @ Superior, Lake of the Woods and throngh the to Ked river would not be thought of, much less gitveimpted. |The only route open to them wor! ue by whip to York Factory, on Hudson Bay, and thence cu) miles by way of ennoesand numerous portages, By tuis route ft will re: quite overa year to transport oue eonpany and supplies, f inueed the entire command be not cut oif by the lading before reaching Lake Winnepeg. ‘The people of the Brisish Red river country can with linpunity dey any Power save that of the United States, their ino.ated anu aliost Inaccesst- ble position rendering them quite ingepenuent of Canada at t, delegation from the chiefs and head men of the British Chippewa indians bave text the sletter to be han to Governor McDougall on his arr! NEAR Prwpina, D. His Excellency, Governor MoVOUGALL Sik--T'he undersigned represent the Chippewa Indians, who own and occupy a large portion of the conutry knowa as the Hudson Bay Company Territory, or Rapervs Laud. We take the libercy to iniorm your Ixcellency, on your ar: rival on the internationsl boundary lin odivthe hame of our people to request your Excellency to remain afew days ator near the fort of the Hudson Bay Company, near Pem- bina, in order to aford our chiefsand old men &n opportu- nity to meet. your Excellency in general counci!, taat we muy learn irom you the intention of the government yon Tepresent ren pecting our people and ‘our land, We have heard that the said government has pur- chased certain ‘interests’? of the Hudson Bay Com- ny, but we have not been informed what those interests” are, Said ‘intereata’’ could not have been lands, for the e{mple reason that sald company (according to the statement of our vid men) obtained from our people only the right to occupy fora time a certain district of country on aod near the Kedriver. White men have been sent by tho yovernment your Excellency represents, wud have been Nividing our territory into email lots, for the purpose, as we ave told, of selling them to white men, Ant witthis ty being done without consulting us, without teaty stipalauons an as though these lauds already belonged to your government, Hence we insist upon a general counell and a ful and emits factory understanuing before your Exeeli inthe name of yollr goverument, assumes possession of this Territory. Our people greatly prefer to maintain friendly rela- tions “to your Excel.en and = the yovernmeat you ropreseut, ‘and we wel know that this can only be done by athorongh and amicable adjustmen: of our respec: tive rights by a written treaty. Our peovle know that we have the righis, and we are united as one man ia the deter- mination to defend them at all hazards; and for the sake of our peopie, as well as for the best interests of your Excel- lenoy and the goverument you reprosent, we trust that our rights wiil be fudy reapected and that we may be able to ex- tend to you the right hand of fellowship. “On our own be- ha.t, as well ag Wie people we ropreseut, we beg your Excel- Jency will accept our kindest regards. ne CHA-WA-WE-ASH, From the above you will percelve that “Lay the poor Indl. an,” te making demands that poor McDougall )s utterly una- bie'to comply With, on account of his limited authority. And nothing short of a very liberal government, independ annexation to the United States will satiaty the watte people. COMMENCEMENT OF MOSTILITTES, Governor McDougail arrived Pewbina from Canada on the #0th of Seplember jo the mean- time military companies had been organized and guards placed On 2tl the roads aud passes leading tw Fort Garry, the beadquarters of the settie- ment. On tue 2d of November a company of Ked River cavalry surrounded the Hindson Kay Com- pauy’s fort near Pembina, where Go nor McDou- gall and stai? were quartered, and notified the party o leave the ‘Territory by nine o’ciock the next morn. ing. ‘the Governor demanded a parley, but was in- formed that tne troops had come to execute an order and not to hold a council. Vrompulyyat nine o’clock on the 3d the troops entered the stockade, arrested and securely bound Wiham Hallett, guide to Colonel Pennis, Surveyor General, whereupon the Governor and party made for their horses aud wagons and evacuated the fort without furiber warning. The entire party recrossed the international boundary and encamped on United States soil near the piace, out of range of tne enemy's guns. immediately after the Governor and party had re- crossed the boundary a portion of tie troups started for headquarters, taking with them Hatlovt, the pri- soner guide, while the captain, with the residue of his command, went ito camp near the imerna- tional boundary, to observe tie movements of the expelled onicials, A provisioual governinent was formed by the in- surgents, with Joon brace as president and Louis Riel.e commander-in-chief of the military forces, then numbering several hundred men, aad Fort Garry Was seized by the insurgents and occupied by Provisional Governor Bruce. Atlas remained in this condiuon for several days, the Fngiush, Scotch and French sett.ers all supportuung the lasurrectioa and the Americaus remaining neutral. On the Ltn of Novetnber Governor Melavish, *of Assiutboin, Issued a proclamation denouncing the seizure of public and tN property vy the insurgents, charging the insurrectionary forces tv disperse and closing as foliows:— You are dealing with a crisis out of which may come in- ealcwable good or immeasurable evi, and with ail the Weight of my official autuority, all the iutuence of my tndi- vidual position, let me iioally charge youto adopt omy such means as are lawiu!, constitutional, rational and safe. WILLIAM McTAVISH, Governor of Assiniboin. The Governor was immediately put under close ard by the Insurgents, and Captain Canpbell, of jcDougali’s party, upon atvempiung to enter Fort Garry, Was arrested, sent to Untied Staces soil uader guard, and forbidden to recurn to the territory upon any of being shot. The goods and provisions of the ludsou Bay Company were seized to supply the in- gurgents, and the whole country orgauized agalast the Canadian authorities, On the vik of December the Hudson Bay Company's fort near Pembina was seized by the insurrectionists aud several ol Gov- ervor McDougali's party were captured. At last accounts from the seat of war the forces under Rielle were m_ possession of the whvle ied river country, but there were reports that the Indians were being rated by the Canudian auihori- fies aginst the settlements, and serious apprehen- Slous existed that mm case of active war betweeu tac settlers and Canadians the Indians might join in and inaugurate extermiuation of all the whites. It 18 also stated that itis not the inteution of the Cana- dian government to complete tue purchase of ihe Northwest Territory until next spring and not until the Dommnion is able to assert is authority by the presence of aa armed force sent m oy the way of Fort Wiliam. Jn the meantin tve liudson Bay Company 18 to Conduct ailairs ia the Territory. THE COMM a r of the Insurrectiovary forces, Louis Rielle, ts a young man about twenty-four years of age, was born at Red river, from poor, but respectapie parents, and is of. pure French ogi. Thrtecu years azo bis education was placed under the care of a bisaop, Who sent bun to tho beat elagaical col. lege in Montreai—ile same where General Dix was educated. He remained there nine years asa student and displayed such taient and obtained such success in liceravure that bis professors and protcetors wished him to enter their community. Declining to do tits they withdrew trom him their protection and he proceeded to Minnesota, remaining alter- nately for a period of two years at St. Pant and St. Anthony, occupying the position of clerk in grocery stores. Nov being suc: cessful in mercautie life he went to Red river to raise Tands to fit Himself for the bar, and after veing ayear inthe country finds bimseif at the head of tue military for of the insurrectionary terr.torv, Hie js regarded as possessing great aviily, and has ‘the confidence of ali the settioments, ANNEXATION. A glance at the latest maps of that country will convince the most sceptical that tae future of tue Red river country i indissolubly connecied with that of the United Suates. Its emigration is received tnrough Minnesota, and ail ns finan. cial interests and social relations are with the United States. The present Snsarrection May not directiy resvit in annexation, but it is a Jink im the chain of events which are to souner or later bring ati of this Continent under American jurisdiction, The creation of the new Domiiion of Canada was one step in that direction, and the independence of the Dominion now beng earnestiy fougut for by the iberal party In Canada Wl be apecdily followed by anion with the United States, Among the most weiguty cousiderations Which conspire to bring aboul the apsorption of Canada by the United States ts the vast water com- munications, requiring but litte capital to be made complete from Culcago to New York. With a ship cunal twenty mies jong, between the Octawa river and the eastern tributaries of Georgian Hay, anomer thirty miles ia length, between tho st Lawrence the canal from the head of Lake Champiain to the iudson, large vessels coulda ply between Chicago aud New York, With @& saving of $00 miles on the urstauce now traveiled over by smali craft from tie West. The coal, copper, timber and future ugricultural menes of the Ked river country must Gud a market In toe United States, and the 1ufuences of trade alone wilt eventually unite the two countries. The upper lakes are navigadie eight months in the year, and when the rich plains of the great West have become a little more crowded American enterprise wil seek virgin fleids elsewhere and flock to the undeveloped riches of the far North. The Red river peopie are a@iready nm a temper to vote for Annexation, and it 18 not improbable that this revellion may hasten the event, aud be the entering wedge po the euure breaking up of british rule in America, Fach member of Con gets 3,150 pounds of Agricultural Report, 981 pounds of Patent OMmce heport and 1,14 poands of Congressional Glove, For these, solid an waste paper, five cents a pound, he will receive $263, quite @ snug lithe sum, CUBA. Increasing Activity Amon the Insurgents, The Spaniards !?ceparin; to do Something. ANOTHER GUSHING PROCLAMATIO The steamship Eagle, Ca ) Green, from Havar the 15th, arrived at vbis port yosterday with lates mail news. The purser will receive our thanks fc favors received, The Vighting at Mogoie~The Spaniard Making No Headway—(onfirmation ¢ Landing—Details of the insarrection=Ru mored Capture of a Moxicau Maneof-War Havana, Dec. 18, 1869, It {8 evident that the insurgents m the jurisatetic of Santiago de Cuba are tigisting with more obs nacy and success than they have since the wi began. Indeed, the Spaniar!s seem to make 1 headway against them there, notwithstanding the Ole repeated boasts of victories and the conseque: cosing up of the msurrection, ‘They succeeded alt a hard struggle in gaining possession of one poi in the extended Ine of fortifications known ag tt Mogote, but held it only a few days, and retired ju aa che Insgargents were retutur uy 2,000 men, wh Withoat the firing of a stot, reoccupted Dositions which their enemy lad captured wi so much blood and treasure. A private letter fro! Santiago de Cuba contirms us ‘acts, only expres: ing the opinion that the “Mugots’? bas been oco pied by the Spanish troops in no part. As says tt letter, “it ig stated that the trvovs uave fallen bac on St. Luis, but though 1t is evident some moveme! of the Spanish force has tascn piace, not unde stood, this 18 not credited.” ‘Che letter also co ins the landing ac tie mouth vi Lue Baconao rive ‘Yhe fever had Drokea out ia epitemic form amon the regent recently arrive, valied the Marine 1 Jantry, and the deaths were numerous, ‘The week just passed Has nol ovea prolific of tiie dout, ‘Lhe chiess and Oiicecs 0: Wie Cataian volar Wers who arrived on Che loth jiave been duly féte ‘ashe First battalion of tivvans volunteers Das gol to tue Pinar del Kio to relieve toe Second, whic for Ube pase thirty days bas veca recreating amt the caneilelds of that agrevabie loeahty, it ha done no fighting, but has si,anitsed Its stay there shouting ten men charged will: Lie assassination ¢ two local Volunteers sume tiny siace, The pape here simply mention vie udair without ing any particulars—always a suspicious cl cumstauce in Spanish joarualism = when an suo0ung has been guine of ‘Yhe followin details have been lurnteled wic;—Tweaty men of t town of San Luis, 1n the Vuellu Abajo, were arreste chuiged Wilh the murder Mieativucd. On lovestig tion ho proof whatever couii b> brought again) them, ‘The commanaing oilcer thou informed the} that if he did not tind out wo were the murdere| dy would shoot them all, aud ii accordance wij tne threat he ordered i0ur of Lica to be tak belund a wall, By orders Wie soldiers fred yy the heads, leaving tne impiession with the othe who heard the shots, that Wey iad been Killed. Al oluer jour Were taken lu tic sate mauner, wh some Of the remamider Ceciticn lucy Were notg Wo be shot fora crime Lucy were uot guilty oF, a SO tesuifed against ten uf Lue jarly, Who were al in reanty. Tue segunda Cabo, General Carbo, from the Cin| Vilas, teregrap hs of one or two cacounters and th INnsUPeuls ID CoNsiderad.c MUutves are presenti themseives, The lusurgeats receuuy atiacked smali place Las Tunas, iu Sunl Lspritu. They wd drives ou, but it bas pecu Luvugul necessary LO Be] an additional force there, aud (he volunteers of Bi tanuer, recenily arrived, lely sor tual poluton mornitig of tae Lota. ‘ A lecter rom Trinidad the 15ia says:—A faire 4 Unue wuch ihe same iu Luis iuvvalily, Worse 1! tung, 48 the Cubans do mure deuliag than fe. un Varivas encounters are reporiva in Kemedios, in ¢ of which twenty-one deatis and iwenty-fd wounded of iusurgeuts ure reported. ‘Thee Nazureno and Kelugiv mM tha, district have b burned. In Lagua an insurgent cuiet and 200 p had presented themselves iv ihe aucuorities, ’ OWwiug to Lhe exigeuctes oi Lic service the volt teers o1 tis Cily Ouce more are yurrisuning the fol With the excepuon of Lie Cauanios, Ata mectiag of the planiers, witch took ph the gubernatorial palace ou ihe 15th, & propostt to estabush a naval police ior protecwon Of estat iw be paid for by a contribuuon of noc more tl three per cent oy net products, Was adopted by clamauon, The property vi Douna Maria Cespedes, Wife of Dou Auicho Letumend, Dow Siding in New Orieaus, has besa couliscated, The tollowing disposition Lis besu made of po} cal prisouers:—Sent to Ceuia, bv. Fedrico Mari obdgedl Lo Change residence in island, D. Joaq Jesus Lima; placed at Lueiy, WD. Juan Valdes ‘Tomas Garcia ‘ A Sagua paper has a story of a Mexican mi War belay Captured Off ot. vago ae Cuba by the ff nando ei Catolica, Tue furuic: tired inio the undo, as says the accouni, vat tue return fire 4 aged Ler macainery, wud sie Was taken, wil hands. The story, douviiess, grew out of the tion of the daytien steamer aiucianae, mentions @ previous letter, A comission [rom Various p o1 the Cinco Villas bas urrivet iiere to uo honey General Lesca prior to lis departure for Spain. Arrival of Volunteers=sickacss Decreash Preparations for the Serthcoming C: puign—Expected Visit of the Captain @ rai—General Paclio’s reciamation, Nveviras, Dec, 16, 184 Since my ast nothing ss been done In the of tightiag in this vicinity, ite “Battalion Va tarios de Madrid” arrived here on the Sth an the 7ch lett in the train for Puerto Principe, At) latter city and enviroas nutuiug of particular has occurred of late, sickucss is somewhat creasing, and active preparutions are being m commence @ Vigorous Cruside against tne ty Beuls 4s HOON AS SUicIeNE LAMbers of fresh tr wrrive, General Vueily, Coumuauing in Ling de; meal, receatiy made & tour of suspection ap the various detachments aivag Lac rullroad, arry bere on Ute 10uh and rewurutag tw Puerto Prin} the fo.owing day. Preparauons are being made to receive the tain General De Rodas butt here and ub Puerto cipe, Tumor saying that oe coutenplaves an q visit to tis interesting aepar NO prepuratious Whatever are bcing made on Ol Luc eSidued IM this Vicluily Lor ine present sf crop, anu, Undoublediy, nut w bug ead of iE De EXPOKLEd, Us Was Lhe Cise last year, G.ose ULs letver the train bas just acrived, brin Generar Vueho’s prociaiuaion preparatory new CAMpalgn, Whica 1 eacivse. PROCLAMATION OF EUSELIO TUTTO, PENTRAL DEPARCMES ty AND Vue Ve eR the enemy, supposition that exe broken up by ti sen Uo alt sorts With been fighting for U six mouths and whid tue in this deparcueat, 1 is mecessary ay CONMAN ARMY vision wader thy command having been recup by the forces which have lacey arived and will be m by thy aduicioaal augincntadton vi (ose Who Are Bho} cule, We Wil be enavied to 49 ut wish the Hag Cnat Iauuly hy iag aa becomes it (rica we gories wated It quired 1 aa pare of the work ‘Tho war whi be tase W suit an enemy who will mhow Lis uve to Our heroos Gu. WuO Is AlWaye Ansan Duraing aud coMMALNg 4 B.cs os atociunn Crhmes| War wuicu Lprupose lo make will, cocrespondenty doubt it, to the coutdence wi u the Genera-ia-Ch the army Las given me anu to tue sactLices which Spi her loyal uuers have nade, dhe people wii sroma'my authority all the Hon watch they deserve. ‘Lue army and volunteers w low me wherever it is necessary, Wath withuut truce oF ter ave @xterminated thos who kaye tiougnt asleep tah parivusta. BUSEMIO PUR PRs P A Reminiscence of “ihe Kulghts of the G Cireie—A New York Kiru: Guiled by| Sam Bright? In the fore part of July, raging in the South, a man at Hun sville, Ind, signed himself as “H. Sam Bright,” secret some Union organization there, Wrote on Lo Mel Co., 242 Broadway, dealers i firearins, statin the Cnion men In and arotnd Huntsville rather a Gdangeruis positon owing tt hostile — attiiude assumed towards — the: “the Koigats of tae Golden Cirele" ower Kindred spits, and requested that pi the vaine of $240 siould be Joi warded at once wb din provecuing huused and trend order jor the Weapous Was signed by Hrigh now appears to have been wa mytuical charad secretary Of aN organizalioa Of Union men av Vilie, aud he staien Liat cash would be paid f on deuvery. In ovedenceto this order the were forwarded, packed tm the Usual Wi marked “e. 0. VD.” Un thelr arrival, howe’ puch man as Mr Lh win Bright? bo found, aud the pistols lay at th Way cepot for severai days, at the exp ol whica & letter was placed in the Post Og Gressea + bain bright,” but tailed to kendciian, ‘The ageut of the company, ab Vile, tea opened the box, and to! iy the g Pisto's Luey discovered nuching but straw and Withid. Oa this Stace of facts plalnulits no’ recover from the company the vaiue of the pr I. Was coatended, ou tie part of the defen the pistow were abstracted Irom the box, tue dereudauts Were not, theretore, lable. duage fugrahatn, however, took the oppost] of Lie case, and ordered a verdict for the pial the sum of $48 9,