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4. EUROPE. The Murderer Traupmann at Trial in Paris and His Conduct After Indictment. Bhogland’s Relations to the Seu- menical Council as Reported in the London Press. The Landlord System in Ireland as Seen in the North, Dynastic Intrigue and Foreign Diplo- macy in Turkey. FRANCE. The Murdercr Traupmann at Trial=The Crowd In and Oat of the Court Tho Price oner Indicted, PARIS, Dec. 30, 1959. On Monday that ferocious boast tn human form, Traupmaun, the deliberate assassin of a whole family of eight person—the husband, wife and six children—was brought to trial in the Assize Court Of Paris. The horrtble nature of the crime has deeply stirred the public mind, and it ts not to be wondered at that there Was an extraordinary eagerness to witness the trial. There were upwards of 009 applications to the Judge and Procureur General, but there was only Bpsce for some 209; yes wie excited multitude gathered about the Court House, filica the corridors and overflowed into the adjacent streets, Yrom all Teliabie accoants the tend fraupmaun has main- tained throughout a callous tusensfbillily that proves him utterly devoid of all human feeling. He seems no more accessible to remorse than a wild Deast of the forest, and diifers in this respect from Most of the hardesed criminals who have preyed on human life. The wretch is only twenty years of age, &nd 13 described of “a sompre, violent ana am- Dkious character, with an tusatiate craving for Money” and of tile havits, though naturally Anteiligent. The indictment consists of thirteen articles, ot ‘Which eight are for murder, three for robbery, one for forgery and the last for using forged documeuts, Knowing them to be forged. From the tune of his @rrest the monster has persisted in asserting that he ‘Was merely the accomplice of tho real assassins, and that he merely stood by and witnessed the butche- Ties, of which he was not directly guilty. All the @vidence, which 1s copious and conclusive, proves this to be a mere fabrication, aud that he is the sole Murderer. Every step of his progress in this feartul crime has been accurately traced, and the whole Weight of guilt resis on lus single head. 11s a re- Hel to know this, aud that the world has not pro- duced another savage with similar brutal instincts Bnd the same fell craving for human blood, It is idje to repeat all tue exaggerated stories told by the Paris papers of Traupmaan’s fo in prison; for they are, ior tie most part, im such direct viola- tion of the usual discipline as to prove their uncruth. ‘The following 13 a more moderate specimen of the dally inventions of the penny-a liners, who show uncommon zea: to grauily the morbid curiosity once More aroused to ovtain every possible detail cou nected with the appaliing twagedy:—On Christmas Eve,” says one of the papers, “Traupmann was very gay, and played at cards for a supper, which he Won. After supper they danced. ‘Traupmann ca. red and gambolicd; alter which he wrestled and xed with one of his Keepers, who had the worst of it. To coasole him for ius defeat fraupmann took his porirait. He has many accomplisiments.” If this were true We should fancy the imfamous criminal ‘Was a decided favorite of the prison authorities, or that the reguiations of French prisons might be very greatly amended. Anotuer account says “he oes nop tke to be spoken to of his crime, bat often Talks of it himself, and has givea some horrible de- lulis, derived party irom a morvid imagmation.” It 18 sald that when one day he complained of iis hair being too loug they oliered to send ior a barber, but he declined aud replied, laughing gioomuy, that it ‘Was useless, since three weeks or a month all couid be cut ab once.” If half wie stories told of his private conversations in prison are at ali true it is certain that iis spatements are very conflicting. ‘This 1s naval enouh, for cuere ts uo question he 1s very anxious to escape by denials aud prevarication the fuil penalty of his horrible crime. Much as he seemed to relish tue bloody work of destroying life he is none the less eager to Save bis own. only another faintiar istaac This is that the most cruel 3 of crime of any country furnish any paraliel instance of such atrocity ag marked the details of this Irigitful massacre, ‘The indictment states that “ine woman (Madame Kinek), struck irom beuind in the neck with a long kniie, must have died almost Inimediately, but the murderer had nevertheless intlicted more than thirty wounds upon her body. ‘Ihe two youngest children had been kiiled in the same manner, The threo oth- ers had been struck down by an instrument which was both heavy and sharp, and two of them, moreovér, hud marks — of Phew fractured skulls, guiation onthe throat. rn from the sock. jaces, their ¢y ets aud welr sor ‘1 by the point of a pickaxe, the ferocity “with Which wey had been murdered’? “In the field where the murders were committed were found a knife, whien lt f y : and two t had served to commit tne er q wnd to remake the tro Belore this skeich reache: the telegraph will miorm you of tus monster’s doom, aud, perhaps, of tie tinal conles- sion of his,uil, 1613 culy to be regretted that the mildness G1 m-dern tribunals has abolished ail tat class of pull SA.ueats betber adapied to stupen- Ss erin aese than tue now in vo on this inva : endured by ine unfortuns thatthe wreica nad forty thousaud ives—one is tog poor, tuo weas” for bie Vengeance Of tie laWe Parliamentary Progress—The State of Pare ties~Orleanism—Poiitical Uncertainty and Vaciliation—Tho Credit Mobilier—Parline mentary Regime and Progress—The Weath- er in Paris. Panis, Dec. 30, 1969. It will seem very tame to turn irom the odious but terribly exciting details of (he Traupmann murder caso trial and calmly set to work commenting on the political events, however new and interesting, of the last forty-eight hours. Still, I must fulfll my role of @ faithful chronicler and be gufty of an anu- climax. The brief session called “extraordinary session,” which was meant to be limited to the sim- ple business of pronouncing on the credentials of mew members, Is over. {¢ was remarkable for “one ortwoevents worth mentioning. Thiers, the veteran statesman and politician, whose genius still defies the pressure of over three score and ten, made a Draliant and incisive speech worthy of hia great Powers in his palmiest days, The election of M. de Remazat, a stanch partisan of tue Orleanist family, was in question, though he was unquestion- ably beaten by tho Imperiaitst candidate, There 1s no denying the accumulated proofs of much elec- toral trickery and corruption. ‘The occasion was too 00d to be lost, and Thiers, who haa been lying in walt for his chance, readily ascended the tribune and administered such an cratortcal flagellation to the government as has Lot been witnessed for a jong time. He displayed ali the resources of his great talent unimpaired, and in turns aenoanced, ridt- culed, expostulatet and remonstrated, wita a vigo and th Janguage such as ho speaker in the whol Opposition could approach. If the majority had Been wise they would have annulled the election and ordered @ new ong; but y nS WH, be polit id majorities Will snap agers at minocit! d so the cloguence and facts of Thier: ail thrown aw This wenchant on the governmeut surprised a good for rumors had spread abroad that ‘8 was working round to the Napoleon dynasty, and this secmed the more hicely since the Journal des Debats, tue leading organ of the Orieanists, had a fortnight ago coiae oul with a striking leader show. ing a very favorable leauiay towards the powers be. There 13 an unusual amount of mygtidcation going On just now, and it ts very hazaMous to predict ‘Where any Journal will be this day week or upon what Bide any policician will be feund ten days hence, ‘The last act of tuc extraordinary scssion made up for many previous shortcomiugs by cashierimg by an enormous vote the eicclion of Isaao Pereire, tho well knowa founder of tho Crédit Mobilier, which Involved everybody connected with it in heavy losses some tiree or four years since, save and except the unprincipled speculator in question. Undismayed by the erash of a hundred fortunes, he Complacently consoled himself for his osa of charac. ‘er by the enormous weaith he had unserupulousiy @ccumutated, but his day of hanulistion camo, and Whon he bj ‘ontery to pieeene himself as a Geputy of France, the ciy Ps200hded on every side, “You cannot ride into this House on your money JRE prawns pnd quis our signi.” Nota voice wie NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. tn his behaif, and the “sacrifice of Isaac,” as called, was consummated—a warning to all Syancial rogues in this country ab leass, Tho ordinary session was inaugurated as the other closed, aud thé Orst act as announced was the prorags resignation of the Ministers. ‘he Emperor, while Raatuly expressing his regret, summoned Emile ilivier, in just as graceful a manner, to set to work in the Bogie fashion and forma new Ministry, This is the first time sinco the coup deat in 1851 that Napoteon has called on any one to do this delicate job for him. Hitherto he has selected his own meg aud assigned them their respecuve places. This 18 admitted to be a conclusive proof that “old things have passed away and, behold, all has become new.” In other words, that personal gov@pment has seen its day and that the parha- mentary régime 18 now going to begin im grim earnest, It would be disrespectful in me at such an imposing moment wo dispiay abroad grin at the utter absurdity of what is Known as parliamentary institutions ever succeeding im France, even if any- ting Was really Kuown about these men, which is hot the case; or, even if they were about to be fairly tried, which can never be walle the Executive has more sense and skill in his own litte head than the legisiative power has or all of them pus togetuer, 1 will not explain myself to-day. but will limit myself simply to saying that. Oilivier will forma miuistry easily enough. His great diicyity will be to reject te numberless candidates for place without incurring any dumber of mortai enemies. I need hardiy say he will select none that will not be perfectly accep\- able at the Tuileries, and if [did not fear telling secrets | would not mind saying tuat lis Majesty haa ventured to suggest the best men to be selected. He knows that much better than his soi-disan¢ Prime Minister; bul sufice it, they understand each over perfectly, and while this entente cordate lasts Oll- vier is safe in his new saddle, We have asharp attack of cold weather for this miid climate and a heavy fall of snow Jor Parls; 80 console yourselves in New York, a3 our sirecta just how are none of the cieanvat, ENGLAND. ‘The Ecamenical Council—An Anglo-Saxon Rumpus and No Peace with Rome—A Dead Cardinal Dressed Up by a British SpecialStato Church DissolutionArch- bishop Manning and tho Tinra—Bishop Temple’s Case. Lonpon, Dec, 28, 1869. tis astonishing to see what a terrible rumpus that respectable and no doubt worthy old gentie- man, Pope Pio Nono, bas succeeded in Kicking ap through calling together the heads of tne Church over which he presides and holding a grand pow- wow in the gvod old city of Rome. No other living man, with the exception, probably, of the Emperor Napoleon, could by his individual action have so completely upset the equanimliy of Europe, Itis not casy, itis true, to understand what particular danger 1s apprehended from the Ecumenical Coun- cu; but whatever it may be, it seems, like tho child’s ghost, to be the more dreaded because of the uncertainty that exists as to the precise shape in which it will make its appearance, The English clergy and the English press aro in especial exer- clsed on the subject. The former are devyting all the time they can spare from their own squabbles and backbitings to prayers for Divine protection against the machinations of the Roman Pontiff and his “best bower,” the terrible Archbishop of West- minster, and the London journals are exhausting all che adjectives in the dictionary in anticipatory de- nunciation of all the Council is supposed to be going todo. To be sure, the newspaper commentators on tne affairs of the Catholic Church are somewhat Inconsistent in the course they pursue; for while they labor to prevent the eclaration of the Pope's: Infallibuity and the adoption of the Syllabus by the Council they proclaim with exultation that such a result of the Council’s deliberations will assuredly bring about the downfall of Romanism—a consum- mation they very devoutly desire. ‘The truth is that Wis movement of the Catholic Church has aroused to activity that spirit of intoler- ance and bigotry which has existed for ages, and which in former days evinced itself in the liboral use of faggots and firebrands by whichever sect happened for the time being to bave power in thelr hands. ‘The Engilsh papers have been induced by this spirit to send correspondents to Rome, whose business it 1s to throw all Kinds of ridicule on the Council and to indulge in all sorts of romancing tn order to prove that a serious division exists in the Church. in accordance with these instructions the corre- Spondent of tue hondon 7imes transmitted to that journal a ten account of an angry interview be- tween the Pope and a dissenting bishop, who did not reach Rome until four or tive days afier the pre- tended’ dispute; while the “special? of the Pal Mall Gazette made himself merry over an imaginary revival of Babel, occasioned by the varied pronunctations of Latin, and assured his readers that the discussions ia the Council could not take place on account o1 this difliculty, He gave a particular and graphic description of @ meeting held tor the purpose of considering and endeavoring to remove this unforeseen obstacle to the work of the Council, and was particulariy amusing in his sketch of the remarks of @ well-Known cardinal, at whose house the meeting had been held and wno had pre- sided over its deliberations. But unfortunately the correspondent bad fixed upon & cardinal whose name was familiar to him, but who had been dead over two years. ‘This ts the sort of trash to which the English newspapers treat their readers in their Roman correspondence. Considering the ability, shrewdness and sound Practicat judgment of the Jeading nen now congre- gated in Kome, it will be strange if they do any act Wat will weaken their Church or bring it into active conilet with any temporal power. ‘That many of them earnestly desire the promulgation of papal inialinbuity ia unguestionabie; but tuey desire it ior the convenience of Church discipline aione, and will probably so declare it a8 to muke it acceptavle to tose Who, like the Bishop of Orleans, fear that it may bo used in @ tyraunical manner and may create 4 conflict between spiritual and temporal alicgiance, Archbishop Mauning 1s painted by tue oppouenis of the Romau Catholic faith as the most biiad and in fatuated follower of Pio Nono, and the London runes to-day worrles itself oud its readers over the supposed chances of his one day sitting in the chalr of St Veter. Before he left Lonaon for Rome he expréssed tng belie? that tho ibility of the Holy Father in strictly Churen ters along was desired or desirable, and regarded the summoning of the Council as an inspiration given to the Pope at this paruicnlar time for te pur- pose of harmonizing and consoildating the Catiolic Chureh at a moment when the mast powerful of 1s cnemies, the Church of England, was torn by dts- sensious and lalling to pieces o1 1l8 own volition. fle believes that the disestablishment of the Irish Chur will certainly be followed by disestablishment in Ungland, and he finds im the numerous conver- sions to Romanism dally taking piace from its ranks the hope that the High Church will soon come over ino body to what he regards as the only true faith. Tne Church of England bas certainly received some severe blows of late, and not the lightest of thom has been dealt in the fight over Dr. Lemple. Notwithstanding whe contemptible character of the Opposition to the new Bishop of Hxeter, and the dis- gracetul manner in which it was prosecuted, the fact has been made apparent that the Crown has at least the power to force upon the Church for the highest positions men of any reputation or inca pacity, and that any corrupt or profligate monarch, if aided by o subservient ministry, could commit such an outrage without hindrance, Dr. Temple is @ pure, liperal and able ran, but, as an English jour- nal remarks, had he been tne reverse of all this, no power in the Church could nave successfully resisted his elevation to the Sec of Exeter. No wonder that sensible men sce on the wall the handwriting that assures them of the certain downfall of a Church thus disciplined and governed, If i} bo a great evil for the Church to claim supremo avthority over tem- poral s.ffairs, how much greater an evil must it be lor the State to rule with absolute and tyrannical power over spiritual afaizs? IRELAND. Drive from Londonderry to Letterkenny Condition of the Peasantry in tho* Eastern Part of Donegal—Lord Lifford’s Letter on tho Land Question=The Earl of Leitrim’ Estates. LETTERKENNY, Dec. 28, 1969, I arrived here from Londonderry on Christmas Hye. There being as yet no train ranning to Letter. kenny, I wag obliged to inake use of the car which passes daily between this place aud the Maiden City, ag Londonderry 1s sometimes catied, Our “Irish jaunting car’—for such it was—lect early tn the after- noon, and [ thought I should have an opportunity of seeing a good deal of the country; but the “Larry Doolan’? of the occasion, remembering, I suppose, the season of the year, was go punctual in bis visits to certain houses along the road that it was dark hight before we were more than half way. ‘On the road an incident occurred, to which, even at the risk Of belug tedious, 1 cannot resist the temp- tation of giving publicity. young man, who was evilently More biynt than Honest, confessed that he had no money; but then, he did not think his want ofcash a suMcient reason why be should make uso of his legs in travelling to Letterkenny, Under this impresston be took advantage of the driver's ab- sence and secreted himself in that part of the car knowa as the well, in which for two or three miles ofthe way he succeeded in passing himself off as luggage or dry goods. Tho driver, however, having Occasion to remove Rome parcels from the well, imogmed there was something in 1t which he was hot previously aware of. to immediately vegan to examine the place and to administer a few rtift thumps to sho obect of bis suspicion; but the dry- goods man emitted no sound, At lest the driver caught hold of somothing, which afterwards turned outto bea human leg, and this he pulled with all bis mightand main. In due course @ body, head and arms revealed themselves, and immediately ap- peared on the road a man, who uttered not a word, but, looking about him vacantly for a@ short Lime, walked away so mysteriously that the half-scared Larry Doolan believed he was one of those “good People” who are said to be out and about on Christ ‘mas eve in fairyland. Leaving Londonderrry, our road lay for several Iuiles along the Foyle, which 13 an exceedingly pretty river and rivals, as I think, in beauty of scenery, the more celebrated rivers, Lee and Slaney, Parting from the Foyle and going westward towards the dilapidated village of Manorcunningham, our route wound through an extensive champaiga, stretching down to the shores of Lough Swilly, aud thence forming a beautiful valley to the town of Letter- kenny, This valley is somewhat abruptly/broken by several nills, which, within a comparatively small compass, greatly diversify the surface of the coun- try. This champaign in its full extent, may be said toextend from the city of Londonderry to Bally- shannon, wlong the whole eastern boundary of Donegal, stretching inward as far as @ line running trom Lough Swiily toDonegal bay. lt comprehends the whole eastern and southeastern part of the county, from the sbore of Tyrhugh on the south to Ennishowen on the north. ‘This clampaign, 1 must say, i8 one of the rlehest and best cultivated tracts of jaud 1 have yet seen im Ireland, The fields ap- peared to me, for the seasou of tne yeur, to be un- usnaily green, aad even the hilis which rose up nere and tuere wore avery luxuriant appearance. The farm houses were very neauly built, aad had all the appearance of cleanliness and comsort, ‘Most of the landed proprietors of this district have the reputation of being most exceiient laudlords; but there are others wno, unfortunately, bear a dif- ferent character, From what t have heard since I came to unis piace, I beneve Lam correct in saying that the best and also the worst landlords 1n Ireland belong to thiscounty, ‘he Marquis of Londonderry, whose estates border upon the city bearing his name, and stretch down within 9 fei miles of Let terkenny, 18 & good lavdlord, and recognizes, I am told, 1 wil ts integrity, the Ulster custom of tenant rigut. Adjoming tie estates of tie Marquis are those ol Lord Lemplemore. A few days ago an outgolug Lenant ou the estate of this novleman received for tne good wil of asarm of about forty acres, which was without @ lease and considerably racked, the sum of £500, ‘This shows the confidence which the people have iu Lord Lemplemore; for it 18 a fact that the amount paid to un outgoing tenant tor lus interest 1n the farm he is leaving 1s aetermined ina great measure by the character of the landlord, Another, and probably the most extensive, landed proprietor in the eastern istrict of Donegal is the Duke of Abercorn, the Lord Lieute- nant of Ireland under the late goverament. His Grace is universally admitted to be one of tne best landed proprietors in Ulster. His estates, not merely in Donegal, but im Tyroze and in other coun- ties of Lister, ure reputed good; his tenants are happy and contented, having lite to fear so long as they pay their rent. There 1s, however, one coin- plaint against his Grace’s management whtch J round ity general, and that complaint was that he up} ry considerably the amount to be paid to the oulgolng tenaut for the good willof his farn ‘Though Iam unable to say what the amount is that he allows, I have good reason to believe that it is considerably less taun what would be obtatned were he not to interfere. A mian of very great experience, who has been a land valuator tor forty years, tola me that he would have no difliculty whatever in getting from twenty-five to thirty pounds for the goud will of every acre on his Grace’s property. li 1s there- fore perfectly clear touat the tenant 1s badly coim- pensated for any improvements he may have effected during his occupancy, and that whatever interest he ae gaye in the soil 1s to @ considerable extent con- cated. ‘There ts in this county a landlord who has within the last year or two spoken and written upon the land question more than most Irish proprietors, 1 mean Lord Littord, His Lordship 132 man of con- siderable ability, and ought, Instead of occupyin; his time in writing letters from the wilds of Donegal, to be filling an ofice of State. But, notwithstand- ing the many speeches and letters | have read bear- ing his name, lL must confess my mability to under-- stand his Lordsnip’s poliuics. It would appear that he 1s & conservative, but anxious Lo be considered a liberal, During the last few days he addressed a letter to the London ines bewaking the number of pamphiets which are being published upon the Irish question, though he probably forgot his own letter was ap aggravation of the injury it deprecaied. I do not think he has inuch reason to complain of the pamphlets which have been recently published on the Irish question; for, as far as I know, they have all heen written mn vindication of the landloru’s privi- leges. Though he has lived for thirty years upon an Ulster property he 1s candid enough to confess that he does not know what tenantrightis. Probably his ditiiculty in understanding what Iigis ts due to the fact that tenant right has long beter banished from the sphere of tus Lordship's influence, id When he says that the holders of ian@ in three- fourths of Ireland sympathize with Fentanism I must humbly beg to express my dissent from that opinion. So long as the object of Fenianisin was understood to be tne abolition of the Established Church and the settiementof the land question [ have no doubt his Lordship’s calculation was a fair and moderate one. But wien the organization has revealed its true character, ana has given abundant evidence to show that it was as much opposed to the disestablishment of the Charch as it 1s now to the settlement of the land question, I lave reason to believe that a vast majority of those who formerly sympathized with Fenianisin now regard it only with disgust. Lord Lifford evidently does not wish to see the power of the landiords abridged, because, he says, it prevents the tenant from sublettin aud’ doing other mischier, ‘Tne Irish are al willing to admit that when a landlord's power is exercised in the interest of nis tenant 1t18 well; but Lord Lirford does not pro- pose a remedy for protecting the tenant against that power when it is used to oppress him. He has no need to go far from Ais higniand home to find an es tate upon which, by-all account, the tenaatry are in @ condition of seridom to which tue heaviest yoke of medieval vassaiage was light, at estate 1s in Uns county, and 1s net many tulles from this place. It belongs to the Lagat Hon, Wililam Sydney, Karl of Leitrim. The siavery to which the tenantry on this estate are reduccd is betcor expressed in the language of tue noble proprietor himself, or his agents, than in any sentences it 1312 my power to write, I quote the fullowing extract from an agree- meat which Lord Leitrim’s tenants have been within the last six montis compelled to sign, 1 wish tocall attention in a particular tanner to this exiract, because I believe the conditions it imposes upon the tenants are such a3 it Js impossible for tien to fulfil, thus:— Ani it {a alao agreod that the said tenant shall not, without permirsion in writing from the said 1 Leiivim or bis heirs or ugaigus, take any new roads, fences or Grains on the waid lands, or build or alter any house or bufiding thereon, or aildw to be auy house or building thereon as ing Louse save tint in which he shall himuelf reside; ¢ will not grow two waite or graia crops in succes: sion of any part of tho said Jands; or that he will not in any one year have in tli than —— acres, or diy, or break up permanent grass fields upon tue sald iarm at the tine of his obtaining ponsersion of std farm or afterwards laid down by bis; of that he will notin ‘any one year till with a potato erop any greuter quantity of land than thatwhich shail be under olber green crops; or tli with a potato crop any land which shall have been in grass or lea during the previous year, or sel) or carry olf tho said land any bay, straw, manure, turnips or mangold- warzel; and that he shail not assign, sublet, lot in con-acro Gr for & crop, or #ub-divide for grazing, or part with the pos session of the said land or any pact thereof. It is unnecessary for me to make any reference to this extract. All comment can easily be dispensed with, ‘The extract 18 sufficiently plain for the moss ordinary intelligence. It clearly shows that it is quite impossible for the tenants to live on the land, and, at the same time, to fulfil the conditions it 1m. posea upon them. That a peasantry, honest, brave noble by nature, could bring themselves to sign a document which is little preforable to a death war- rant, aud which must, sooner or later, consign them to either the workhouse or the grave, is, in self, & BuMictent proof of the servitude to which they are reauced. J do not betieve that Lord Lifford, with all bis ingenuity and experience, will be able to find an istance proving as strongly why the landlords should continue in the possession of irre- sponsibie power as this proves that it should be swept away. Butlam not yet done with Jord Leitrim. If his Lordship deserves credit for nothing else he deserves pit for his ingenutty; for 1 do not believe there ia Js another mi ntl island capable of framing at i ehda Tar the DY reasion of hi tenantry as that to which I have felorred, But it ia & inistake to suppose that his reputation for shrewdness and foresight is depending upon this solitary document, remarkable and original as it is, ‘There is another little instance in whica this novie Earl finds it convenient to ki two birds with the one stone. I Jearned from several persons whose authority 1s unimpeachable that on paying their rents the tenants receive a document which on one Bide 18 areceipt and on the other a notice to quit, ‘This document |s served upon the tenant every time he pays his rent, so that in case he is unfortunate enough to incur his landlord's displeasure he may be cast out at a moment's notice upon the roadside. Aithoagh the landlord 1s legally bound to pay haif the poor rate, Lord Leitrim, I am creditaviy in- formed, leaves the entire rate to be paid by the ten- aut. In the Londonderry Journal I find that in Fannet, on one of Lord Leitrim’s estates, there have doen no less than eighty-one cases of evicifon; and in order to prove the truth of this statement the fame newspaper publishes @ list of the unfortunate tenants who were cast out. have not yet done with this county, and 1 fear before L have done it will be necessary for me to reter to iustances of landlord cruelty more terrible even tilan those I nave introduced. TURKEY. Tho Egyptian Question at Court—Intrigue Against Ismail Pacha Despite the Suez Canal Opening—Clearing Up a Dynastic and Pollti« cal Mystery—British, French and Russiau Jntereste—The Late Firman—M, de Lesseps? Free Specch and Its Consequences=No Mise takes Like in MexicomThe Empross Eug: vie’s Almoner—Austrian Views in Dalmatia, CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 16, 1869, Notwithstanding the excitement attending the opening of the Suez Canal aud the supposed ambi- tious views of Ismail Pacha, the Governor General, or, a8 ho 1s better known through the preas, the Viceroy of Egypt, both have passed off without any serious consequences either to Egypt or the Sultan, ‘The Viceroy nas been abused by the local press of this place to hig full content, and every effort was made to secure his removal in favor of bis very affectionate brother, Mustapha Fail Pacha, now residing here aga member of the Privy Council of State, Ho has, however, set all of‘the rumors of war and of hts intended declaration of independence at an end by accepting the entire commands of the pultan, given to him by his Excellency Server Effendi, tho Governor of Stamboul, There has been an apparent mystery in the whole aifair, which 1s only now being made clear, You will have been aware that at the termination ofthe repellion of old Mohammed All Pacha, the founder of the present Egyptian dynasty, the gov- erninent of Egypt was made hereditary m his family, and has since descended to the actual incumbent, Ismail Pacha, Tho latter a few years ago succeeded in prevailing upon the present Sul- tan, Abdul Aziz, to extend this privilege to his own children in a direct line, and thus preventing the Buccession falling to his brother atterwards. The right of the inheritance was guarantecd by the European Powers, which prevented Mo- hemmed Ali Pacha’s troops from marching upon Constantinople in 1832, during the reign of Sultan Mahmoud II., the father of the present Sultan; bus this new favor to the sons of Ismati Pacha has not been guaranteed by these same Powers, and can therefore be revoked by the Sultan whenever he shall see proper to do 80. Ismail Pacha 13 well aware that is brother, Mustapha Faz Pacha, has not and never will accept of the act which thus Gisinherited him from his patrimony, and that ne constautly labors to have itchanged, ‘To effect tha he spends large sums 01 money, And subsidizes the press Lo Write up @ colldnuous crusade against aim. in poiat of fact the act of the Sultan in favor of ismail Pacha’s citidven, and against his brother, 13 contrary to Islam holy law, and therefore not popular among Moslems generally. Tne conduci of the Viceroy, by alarming tue Sultan and ais preseat ministers, as been explained as an attempt to threaten @ breach o1 the peace between hunseit and the Sultan and set all Europe ina hubbub, any of which, the varied interests of France and Engiand in Egypt, aud Russia amoug te Slavic people of tie Uitoman enipire, Would come in collision and probably produce @ final conflagration. None of them, OF, lndeed, any of the great Huropean Powers feel any eumity agaist the Viceroy. On the otner hand toey ali probably wish him well, and are fuily Willing to see him continue to retain and enjoy all the priviicges and favors actually bestowed upon jum by his own sovereign, the Sui As none of these have been as yet withdrawn they could not but feel that he 1a3 a full right to enjoy and maintain them fgainst Ue intrigues of wis brother, whom the Sul- tan has pleased to diswberit, sy threatening a rup- ture, and consequently a war, the extent of which migitt disturb the peace and tranquillity of Europe, he cudeavored to induce Burope to accept o1 the Other alvernative, viz., to guarantec to him and bls children the government of Egypt, and so place him upout an equal footing with the two other Turkish rinces of Servia and Roumania. Now that the vi eroy has accepted the Sultan’s commands, sent by Server Effenal, tt 13 fally beveved that England and France have consented to use their best influ- ence with the Sultan 0 declare the perpetuation of inheritance in the family ot Ismait Pacha, under their guarantee. Thus he has gatued nis point, and need be ander nO apprehension hereatter that hts brother can prevail upon the Suitan to withdraw bis iinpertal iradeh (a sovereiga command) in favor of his son. As to the details of having the recent frman reaa publicly for the information of the “people of #gypt,” by a little management the number actu- a.ly present on the occasion migut be very simited, perhaps to a “favored few,” and a3 the Viceroy can Inake up his own budget of revenue and expenses the result may be readily imagined. Nothing more is heard of his iron-ciads, whicu, with his Chasse- pots and Kemingions, were ali to be given over to the Sultan on ins paying for them. All of the distinguished personages who attended at the openmg of the Suez Canal have dvparted for thelr ‘respective homes. Even the Earopean ainbassadors Who left Constantinople for Kgypt for the same purpose have regained tnelr posts here, with the exception of Sir Harry Elliott, who has gone to, Egiand on @ leave of absence. It was weil known ‘that he was to have returued here im case afiairs grew serious between the Viceroy and the Sultan. It is said that be informed the Viceroy that if he pushed matters too far, aud so gave rise to an open conflict with the Sultan, the Brivsh govern- ment would be compelied to sustain tue latter, in wich event France would scarcely support nim in @ personal matter, ‘~he speech of M. Ferdinand do Lesseps on the occasion of the opening of the Suez Canal, in which he spoke very harshly of the policy of the govern- ment of the Exiperor of France im Egypt, nas brought hint to harm and lost him the positon of a Senator and the title of Duke of Suez. This now celsprated yentieman has been rather too ardent a partisan and advocate of the Viceroy, and, peraaps, even gave hia greater: assurances of the favor and supnort of she Emperor than he was authorized todo, He also, perbaps, assumed more of the glory of the great caual than was entirely agreeable to tue Emperor, who in his late speech betore the Senare and Chamber omy alluded to him as a “French. man’’ (without & name), France, however, i3 too deeply embedded in the lands of Egypt to allow the canal to become » failure. Yhis woald bea second Mexican mistake, and the few adaitional millions needed to secure its success will, without any doubt, be forthcoming. The protection of the beaunful and good Empress will Lardiy tail M. de Lessep3 in the hour of need, and he yet may become aduke, and the enjuns (child) wuich he has just married (as the almoner of the Empress, Wh) per- formed the ceremony, rather strongly culled the young lady) be also a duchess. ‘nis alfponer, by ube Dy, 12 Bald to be @ most jovial “old rouster’? of # French Catholic bishop, fond cf a good botile of Bordeaux and a taie afler dinner, even if a Itttie too spicy for the ears of a prelate of the in- faible Church of Rome, It is sud that he even swears @ littio when over excited; aud his own speech on the opentug of the canat ck how great and good were tis reasons to the Kuedive. What ho then said soine of the speeches made im anotuer part of the World, Which need not be here nated by name— mace up more of quanuty than quailly—ana will scarcely be hanced down to any otuer posterity than that ofthe Viceroy tn the aunals of tus reigu. Probably the venerabli de Bauer will nexe bo heard of in the great ne enical Councti of om wiitcn Is to deciue on the infallibility of the successor of St. Peter and the perpetual virginity of St. Ma The insurrection of the Dalmatians agai Austrian govervument has been brought to a o! their submission. he ailair was a muisziuded one, and could not terminate oikerwiso than in harm to themselves. There 1s no good reason to suppose tia uy for gn government was conceracd in it, and that it originated fa any other cause than an in- disposition of tae people of Dalmatia to be drafted duto the Austrian ariny, ‘They are a naval peopie, who farnish excolient sailors, but never have had apy miultary tasi Lest tue affair there should, how- ever, exi¢ beyond tho frontier into ‘Turkey tie Oltoman government has sent a large force, under the command of Dervish Facia, one of its most popular oftict to prevent coutingencie: ‘The Jamous old ‘turkish Commander-m-Chief, Omar Pacha, bas recently been allowed by the Sultan to retire [rom tie service On @ handsome pension. His health is very fcebie and he seldom leaves his house. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, Besides being lighted with gas, the streets of Paris require 1,539 oil lamps. : ‘Tho village of Sardon (Puy de Dome), France, has been almost entirely destroyed by fire. Anaged mendicant has been arrested at Bayonne, France, who carried $3,000 in gold about his person. ‘The number of emigrants that left Switzerland for over sea 1n 1868 numMvered 9,762, of Whom 4,755 came to America. : A pian ts favored by the Russian government for the purpose “of pushing the culture of cotton in Central Asia. =“ The old bridge of Ponte a Mare, near Florence, re- cently fell into the Arno from damage caused by the late heavy rains. Deporte ‘om the Prusgo-Rysstan frontier state chart conrors of Mion Of War are con- tinually entering ‘la. The amount of subscriptions received in the year 1869 wwards completing the Cologne Cathedral footed up 181,283 thalera, ‘The Happet of Paris mentions that ail the Span- ish repubiicans have been ordered to quit that cily and remove to Nautes or Tours. The storekeepers of Rome are disgusted because the meeting of tne Ecumenical Couucu bas only caused an ifux of 15,000 strange An explosion of torpedoes recently took place in the Pyroteclinic scuool st Touion, killing seven per- sous and seriously Wounding several. " Mexico boasts cleven mints for colulng purposes, nine of which are farmed by private matviduals aud two are worked by government oMclits. ‘The London Bible Society has sent 6,000,009 reals, or about $600,000, to Madrid towards the coustruc- tion of a Protestant church ia tat caplial. The. clerical journal of Vienna, the Vaterland, has been seized for criticisingahe action of the govern- ment in reference to the last workingwen’s demon. stration, A report hes been spread in Paris that the beaut! ful skip Paris Port de Mer, which cailcd from Pars direct, some two months back, hag been lost off the Cape of Good Hope. . A passenger steamer on the Lake Constance, in "Switzerland, receatly exploded, by which four tourists and three of the crow were drowned und several persons Injured. Domiciliary visits have been made by the police of Montpeilier in the houses of seve Polish residents in that town, and two Poles have been arrested. The reason for these harsh measures ig not yct known in Paris, At Singapore the planters have fonnd that the kill- ing of Ugers has been attended by the greater pest of an increase of wild hogs, which destroy the crops. Ong English planter Las, therefore, become @ prd- Legion Of tigers to pealore the balance. CUBA. Address: of the Captain General to the Inhabitants of the Island. Dxplanation of Spanish Reinforce- ments and Increase of the Navy. Arrival of Gunboats at Wavana. HH OFFICERS. The steamship Eagle, Captain Greene, from Havana onthe 8th Instant, via Nassau the 10th, arrived at vhis port last evening. ATROCITIES OF SPA’ New Yenar’s Address of Captain General De Rodas—Explanation of the Reinforcements and Inmcrenso of the Navy—“All Spain Wishes a Hand In?—A Proclamation from Santi Espiritu=The JnsurrectionArrival of Ganboats—Plan for Protecting Estates. HAVANA, Jan. 8, 1870. Among the strongest reasons for disbelieving tho oft-repeated assertions of the Spantsh authorities and press that the insurrection in this island ts in- significant and on the point of suppression is the fact of the constant arrival of iarge reinforcements from Spain and increase of the naval force in these waters. His Exceliency the Captain General has the sense to appreciate this, and accordingly in a New Year's address to the inhabitants of Cuba, recount- lng the situation, he gives an explanatioa of this seeming anomaly which at least bas tae merit of plausibility. It may be summed upin afew words a3 rollows:—‘‘ You coud do it, but all the provinces of Spain wanted a hand tn it.” The following is a trans- lation of the address:— INHABITANTS OF CuBA—At the beginning of the ne year, in these days of congratuldtious and re- bis WAL great satistaction that your chief (ates YOU Ov account of the notadle change in everyting that reiates to this territory. ‘Ibe dan- ger bo the peace of the island, radically disturved by & part Of Lue Datives, Who, if at first cloaked the bas- tard ambition that guiaed them with alluring pro- grammes, ceased When at jast they threw aside the Inass, declarmg twemselves the aposties of arson and extermination. in view of the iecuad thumphs Javorable io the cause of order, justice and right, names syponymous with that of Spain, had, at ine ending of the year 1869, the dissipation of the Mlu- Sions of those diragged into the rebe:lion was a nat- ural consequence. ‘the summer, fatal to Europeans tn these latitudes, passed without having vo caront- clo a single defect to our army, nor have fevers, sun und rains combined preveated it from occupying sections of the island where ordered, aduiuis- terlug at the same ume severe lessons to the rebeis, and always gainiag Mere credit in overtak- ing their adversaries than in tighting them. On two occasions—Las ‘funas and Santa Cruz—the rebels attempted the offensive, and you all know the severe Fecepiion they met at’ the bands of @ few sicK soldiers that garrisoned those potais. It was then When despair blinded the rebel partisans even to the point of their prociatming 28 boly and just the use of the assassin’s dagger and locendiary’s torch, reducing their country’s wealtn to ashes i order to Tebuild the social fabric, and irom then dates the presenting of thousands thai dally escape tbe no- made life and horrible misery to ‘whic they were subjected by violence aud intrigue, crowding or protection beneath the tutelary wyis of this govern- ment—Dbeneatn the flag which in Cuba is symbolical of sure and certain progress. ‘The rebellion 13 re- duced to partisan bands that roam oyer the mountaiaous abd uppopulated part oi the island. The elewents at baad were more than sul- ficient to have subdued it, nevertheless powerful Raval and military reinforcements have arrived. Do you know why? Because our brothers in the penmsula, who kuew and applauded your sacriices, have wished to sbare them, aud that all arms of the service and all the provinces may be represented here, giving thereby a proof of the unanimity of their senuments respecting Cuba, thougn they diter amoung themselves upon other questions. For this reason, though the isiand 1s occupied militarily, martial law bas not been prociaimed, ana the civil authorities and tribunals continue to exercise their functions. For this reason the jails are empty. For the same reason insurgents present themseives in such numbers aud are received as brothers thatin the rich district of Ciaco Villas the army 18 left with- out occupation. ‘The fleet that encircles the coast aud serves ag a formidable nucleus in the seaports 1s destined to destroy the hopes of those who stili ex- pect aid from fliibusters, salaried and recruited from tue-dregs of society, though tue 1mportant declara- Uons of tae ruier Of @ irieudly nation have retarded in@ great measure these expeditions. Tue rural police, scattered among the sugar and other estates, are to ve te guaraians of property acquired oy 80 Mauch toil, These torces, with te army and navy, render impotent the proposition of destruction, aud reuder facile of :ealization the desire of our country, likewise that of every noble heart—that of suorten- ing the horrors of War and limiung them to those Who resist the taw. Volunteers, your unbounded patriotism, your noble aspirations, the seli-lenial with which you have firmly aided the autioriies reader you wortay of my Kind congratulauons, Soldiers and sailors, you have again upheld the honor of Spanish arms. Your consianey i work, endurance of fatigue, your rigid discipline, the gen- erosity with Walch you uave succored Une orphan and the ubforiunate, Withont inquiries, aud even when knowing them to be enemies, are virtues woich buve ot escaped my nouce, and being your ge: a3 Woli as of your brevhren in arms, tie volute !g me with pride. 1 thoak ali, and paruculariy iose Cuban mulitlumea who, taking part tn your acuons, have magulued teeir loyaiiy; and why should f novardenuy congratulate you, merchar in fact all Who compo: is Worthy people? Work lngimen, anxlous tur p you Offered even your lives to Gad the war. Citizéns, you readered eiil- cieut ald, profering resources to goveruament as one man. Lovers of your countey, you have elevated its credit 1 @ manner that Las LO example in bistor: Preserve this prectous union, Which is your strength; fear notuing from the fuvure. With the help of Ged, Whom only unthinking men despise, and that of honest men, your Uapiain Geuerul hopes soon to pacily the islaad and cougraculate you anew. CABALLERO DE RODAS, HAVANA, Jan. 6, 1870, As piausible as this is 1t may well be doubted uf Spain, in the present bankrupt condition of her treasury, and with the embers of revolution burning all over her home provinces, at any moment ready and likely to burst into a fame, would go to ali this immense expense of men and treasure if there were no necessity for it and only for the purpose of ar- fording equal gratification to the people of these various provinces. A significant admission is found in the statement that this climate is fatal to Europeans in tho summer, meaning thereby that military operations caunot be carried on at that time. Though this is patent enough it has been denied, and its truthfulness, thus admitted, shows with What intelligence tue Cubana depend on tho climate as their most powerful ally in keeping up the war. His Excellency ts care‘ul to ignore the inethod of warfare adopted by the insurgents, and from which Spain has suffered £0 inuch in the pagt, and judges the operations by the rules applyimg to ordinary contests Im the fleld, As to the rest, it is Dut p recapitulation of the same old, old stories, and aaa fio Dew Dope to # near termination of the tu- sutrections-- rent . oe Pine cee Apropos of proclamations, tlie spt ae Gene- valor Santi Espiritu, Zacarias G. Goyneche, not to be outdone by this chief and cheap method of warfare, has issued one to the people of that jurisdiction and the world asiarge, Ho states that tho necessary forces have been concentrated to crush outsthe germs of insurrection which still remain in that lo- cality, It gives aloug resumé of operations during the past month, made upof attacks ou encamp- ments or bands of insurgents, the usual two or turee killed, and arms, horses, &c., captured. The smparciel of Trintaad, 1a @ parilal review of the situation, published on tho 6th, says the estates nave continued crinding with sufficient freeaom during the past fifteen or twenty days, Fires in the cane have been few and quickiy extinguished, De- tachments of troops have established themselves at various points 12 te lulls of the jurisdiction, for the purpose ol being better enab! to operate against the enewy. Several columns w4e constantly moving through the cistrict, ‘two msurgents, named Rod- riguez and Lugones, respectively, have been shot. A Trinidad letter of the Sth says:—"The insurrection Js growmg worse, {f anything, and all reports to tie contrary caunot be relied on.” A lotter trom Remedios reports an encounter with 200 insurgents not far irom thai place. They had three killed. Correspondence from Holguin, the 30th, epeaking Of the lorce which went oul recently under the command of Schor Morales de las Rios, to atiack the insurgents in the hill of ViJaru, saya that Do particulars of tile expedition are Known, butts 13 understood that the chief does not intend to abandon said hiil until the enemy are completely ex- terminated. From Cienfuegos we learn, through Spanish gources, that five additional estates have been par- ually destroyed In that jurisdiction, ‘The press makes 20 mention of theze, as the destruction of an estate seems to be regarded like tho joss of a battle. ‘Tho following gunvoats arrived here from New York yesterday:—Noa. 1, 2. 5, 5, 8, 7, 0, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,17. No. 4 arrived afew days since, Tacyel were recelved with much enthusiasm, The Captain General and suit went out beyond the Morro Vastle op a small steamer to meet them, and they entered to the music of scveral hands, surrounded by small boats decked with flags, and amid the en- thusiastic vivas of the populace, which lined the shores, The Captain Generel made @ visls to No. 4 during the afternoon examined her, making numerous inquiries concern- ing the machi an ‘bow in the harbor a now 1e the tron-cl vi a wre pang ane rigates, Uerons, eee Naras de vals us ne some ts ota has month a comm! com: of Messrs. Colome, More, Pulido and erbers, Was nominated by the Captain General for the purpose of reporting your plan for guarding the various sugar estates located in exposed situations, The practice now in yogue of allowing the planters to arm men for thas urpose has many objectionable features, not the least among which is that {n this manner a large boay of reckless adventurers are thus gathered to- getner in squads over the country, not responsible to military autnority and disposed perhaps at any tme to take the law into their own hands, The commission reported @ few days ago that the best method is to increase the mounted rural police by enilstments irom the regular army of those whose term o1 service nearly expired and who may be disposed to enter the organization voluptarily, Should this plan be adopted the aificulties of the situation will doubtiess be overcome. The mounted police on the 1siand now number 4,000 and ‘enjoys an excellent reputation for discipline. Starting rumors in reference to affairs in Spain have been rife here within a few days, For exam~ ple, that Prim bad retired from the government, errano beeu declared King and De Rodas called home to command the army. ‘ The Way tho War ts Carried On Cuba— Murder of fnnocent Citizons—Murders and Robberies by Spanish Oficors—An Old Man Chopped to Pieces and Thrown at His Daughters, SANTIAGO DE Cuba, Dec, 31, 1869. Valmaseda’s contra-guenila force has been dis- tinguishing Meself lately in the Hongolozongo and Canto districts, and have caused to disappear some twenty persons, several of them estate owners of some standing and, if not French subjects, at all events, of French descent. One of these, a man named Lacrait, was seventy years of age, Another, namea Laterrade, lived on a small estate and had hired two Spanish volunteers to protec it* and him from the rebels. His death is attributed to a certain Menendez, an officer of the contra-guerillas, who, it is said, shot him and the two volunteers, in order to plunder the estate, and burned their bodies, Don Hugento Stable, an old and wealthy planter, has also aisappeared, and with him some six white men en- gaged*on his estate, and though it is given out by government partisans that he has been carried off by the insurgents there 1 little doubt that he bas gone the same road as the others, The crime for which these men have suffered is simply living on their estates and looking after their own interests, and thereby interfering with the com- mercial operations of the military authorities, who’ are in the habit of appropriating large quantities of produce and selling it intown. Indeed, the idea is seriously entertained by many thatit is the inten- ton to frighten away from that qaarter as many white men as possible and to kill off the rest in order to seize upon the cocoa and coffee now ready to be for warded to market, This supposition would seem monstrous and incredible but for the well known rapacity of Spanish oficials, of which almost daily examples are seen. People residing in this city have seen coffee arrive here which the knew ‘was picked on their estates and sold for account of some commissariat officers, and dare not say @ word, as it would insure their deatus. It 1s said that the Governor of Manzanillo made one man buy bis own cows, in @espite of all his remonstrances and the proofs he ozfered that they were already his pro- perty. The great opening, however, for plunder ts in the despatcing of convoys. When muies are ree qutred to take food tnto the country the governmens sends armed soldiers into the streets, who by force rob the people of alt the mules they can find, in many cases taking the mule from a loaded cart, leaving the owner to get it home as best he can. The great mas3 of these animals never come back again, and douptiess government 1s charged with their hire and the proceeds placed 12 the pockets of the officiais. The same system 1s pursued in the couatry. “You will furnish — carts and the ne- cessary number of oxen for the use of the commis- sariat or the service in generai’ is the style of order issued, and both are taken away from their work on the estates to attend probably to some fancied re- quirements of the nearest ensign or Heutenaut—for, this district is now a military pandemonium, and’ the lowest oflicer in the urmy has power of life and death over nearly ali its tahaoitants, On an e3- tate where an officer is quartered he 18 absointe lord, ana in case of anything happening which he does hot like threatens to sivot the owner ot overseer. Numerous instances of small tyranny are mentioned. On one estate the officer wanied to send a messen- gee on @ private errand to Guantanamo, some ten or teen leagues distant. The owuer and overseer informed him that none of the negroes knew the way. ‘Very well,” he responded, “then one of you will have to go;” and the matter was comproraised by obtaining the services of egro on ul adjoin- lng estate acquainted with the road. A wealthy and respected citizen of this place receptly went to inspect his sugar estate, and began his conversation about business with the overseer in French, when the officer told him to shut up his gabble and talk only Casithan in his presence, Near Palma Gorlana lived an old man named Vival, Wit 013 two daughters, in a small house by the roadside. He was well known to ail the military commanders, Who was wouft to stop at iis house, and would usually Jeave niin @ littie biscuit or bacon With which, and what thoy Were euabled to raise from their garden, tlie family maintained themselves, refusing ol/ers of some Oificers to escort them inw Palina, a3 they considered themselves quite safe Where they were. iteccatly, a Captain Guaman, of Valmasedas’ contra-guerilias, came that way, en- tered and took possession of the house and began treating the young women with the greatest inso- Jeunes, Tiring of this and observing @ pet poodie of theirs, he had it cut ur two aud a portion of 1 thrown at each of the girls, Gratitled at the eriect Of this little joke and Warming at tie sight of blood, though only @ poole’s, io nad tie old man dragged into the garden and there literally Chopped to pieces, and is reported to have carried his arity to the extent of throwing bits of tue father at tae daugh- ters. He then dragged the wretched women with lum to Palma, forciug Mem to wade a river on the way while perspiring from thetr walk. Arriving ut Palina an oMicer friendly with the Vivals, seeing the two girls in tiis wotul plight, remonstrated with Guzman, who, tn response, told lim to mind his own business, as thig was lls way of settling the jasurgents. ‘Tomas Stable, brother of Eugeaio luereta mentioned, recenuy left here to inqulre into the fate of lis brother; but Lenever reached Cobre, whither he was bouad, and itis supposed he, too has beea murdered. . ao, ‘These incidents are but samptes of what is going on in the country constantly, and show the dendish cruelty with whicn the war is being carried on against the Insurgents. ERIE EXULIS. Tho Erie and Atlantic and Great Western Difiiculty Settled=Ono Line, One Manages ment, One Destiny. Much surprise was occastoned by the fact that the enterprising princes of Erie made no attempt to dis- turb fhe harmony of the meeting recently held for the fpurpose of reorganizing the directory of the Atiantic and Great Western Railway. The mystery of this ‘‘masterly inactivity” 13 now dispelled. For some days past active negotiations have been car- ried on between Messrs. Gould and Fisk and the par- tes principally interested in the prosperity of the AWantic and Great Western line, and an arrangement has been finally concluded be- tween the “high contracting powers” by which the Atlantic ana Great Western is placsd under the sole contre! of the Erie Railway Company. ‘This arrangement, besides meeting with the hearty approval of the ee parties in either mterest, is endorsed by the direct sanction of tne courts of New York, Penneylvania and Ohio. By the new arrangetadat the Eric Railway Company pays thirty per cent of the gross earnings as rent. ‘Tho lease is aimuar to that made last spring, with the exception that it contains the ample guarantees required by the brie Railway Company that the thirty per cent shall be apptied for the benefit of the bondholders. Having thus preserved their line unbroken between Cincinuau, Cieveiand and New York, the Erie chiefs lave taken “On to Chicago” as their next war cry. THE TRAASFER OF JUDGE LEDWITH, To Tar Eprrgn oF THE HexaLn:— We ail remember the proverbs about curses coming home to roost and engineers belug notsted by thelr own petards. I have observed tm your cole umns notice of a serenade to Justice Ledwith, aud of several speeches mada in sympathy with Lim om secount of hts translerto a district different from thatin which he was elected. Allow me to state, tm ‘connection with the proverbs and these circum- stances, this fact, that in January, 1864, @ caucus o¢ democratic justices was held, & witch & motion Was tiade to wangier Judge Mogan frou. the lower district, in Which he was elected, to the Harica district, and to bring Judge Connolly down to the Tombs, and that at the caucus Justice Ledwith was one of the thread Who Voted for auch transfer. If, therefore, he 13 4 victim at all ho is now a victim to his own Invention. : But, after all, is there nota manifest propricty in A police justice being transferred from the districs through which he has passed an election of sovere contest, and in which it may be safely presumed that he may, @3 a politician, have made pledges aud pro- mises Which, a3 & judge, 1) would be indelicate for him to perform? it seems to me that far from Nr. Ledwith being regarded as a martyr, it was justiy due to the public that his associates should put it out of his power to perform by his judicial actioc in the district in which i was veh any pledges ‘which he may haye made as a politician. AN OLD Lis DEMOQRAT.