The New York Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1870, Page 4

EUROPE. PRINCE PIERRE BONAPARTE’S TRIAL. The Weight of Noir's Blow, His Social Bearing in Paris, and the Prince’s Conduct in Batile in Africa, CARDINAL ANTONELLI INVALIDED. The Prince Imperial of France and the Soldiers of Mareago. ‘he Duke de Aumale on the Montpensier- Bourbon Duel. ‘The french Traneatlantic Mail Steamspip Com- Pany’s steamship Ville de Paris, Captain Surmont, from Havre, by way of Brest. March 26, i the alter- noon, arrived at this port yesterday evening, after an extreordmartly rapid passage of a little over eight and a hal/days, By this service the Ville de Paris has anticipated the mail report of the Cunard steamer which sailed from Liverpool the same day. ‘The Inman steamship Otty of Antwerp, Captain Teiteh, from Liverpool tie 24th and Queenstown the 25th of March, arrived at this port yesterday morn- ing. Her newspaper mail advices have been antict- pated to avery great extent by the report of the steamship Idaho, delivered on Sunday, which was published in the HeRap yesterday. The City of Antwerp brings, however, special Luropean corres- Pondence tn detail of our cavie telegrams, with tiles dated to ber day of sailing from Ireland. Advices from Rome to the 22d or March state that Cardinal Antonelli had been suffering from a violent attack of gout, which so affected the articulations of bis hands that he could not finish the Pontifical reply to Count Daru’s latest despatch. That reply will be @ courteous reiusal, The autvority for thus item is the Memorial Diplomatique. The existcace of @ ministerial crisis in Austrla is by turns aiirmed and contradicted, ‘The Paris Dévats puoiisues a letter from Rome March 21. The wrt Si You may expect to see the Council very shortly adjourned for at least six months. The adversaries of the dogma ol infallivullty, or of the opportune- ness of {ts dednition, are far from being discouraged, Thelr numver, their personal worty, and, above all, the proportional tajority of Catholics represented by them, gives (hem a confidence that the proclama- tiou of the cogma will be ren impossibie. I doubt much waether the Roman Curia will be de- terred by these considerations; the numerical ma- jority will ousidered suMl¢ient to affirm the will ‘of the Holy Spirit; aud when men believe the: selves supported by that powerfui axilary chey are Ot often disposed to pause tn their r. # In the English House of Lords, March %4, the hear- ing of the Wicklow Peera; e was resumed. The Solicitor General conunued his sumung up of the evidence on behalf of the infant claimant. When lie had concluded his adress Dr, Ball rose to reply. The Lord Chancellor said ti lordsbips would take time to consider thelr judgment, but they hoped to deliver it before Gasier. In Chambers, in London, Lord Penzance made an order on the application of Sir Charles Mordauut directing that the costs that aad been incurred by Sir Charies in the frst petition of the famous a- Vorce suit should be separated from those incurred Of @ Subsequent occasion, and ordered that the whole of the costs should be taxed, Mrs, Goderich, one of the parties in the Goderich ivorce case, already reported in our columns, was suminoned for alleged perjury at Guiiduall, Loadon, by the father of her husvand. The summons was dismissed amidst the loud cneers of those in court. At the Kerry, Irelana, Assizes, a second batch of persons charged with rot and assauit at Killarney, when celebrating the supposed viciory of Mr. Kick- Dam over Mr. Ueron at the last ‘iipperary election, was convicied. Judge Fitzgerald said ‘he regarded the rejoicings as a manifestation of Fenianism.” Daly and Conaor were seutenced to six months’ im- prisonment; Jobn Callaghan three montis; Don- oghue, Cronin, Jeremiah O'Sullivan aud McCarthy two montus, and White, Warren and Kelly one month. A great meeting of Churchmeu and others who are in favor of the support of religious eaucation by the English government ts to be held on the 8th of Aprii at St. James's fall, London, uuder the presi- dency of the Parl of Shaftesbury. A large meeting at Greenock, Scotland, approved of the Lord Advocate’s Tenure Abolition bill. An English Parliamentary paper shows that the cost of all une dependencies and colonies of the British empire at the expense of the Exchequer in 1859 Was £2,920,000. In 1866-67 the charge had risen to £4,101,365, which was reduced in 1367-68 to £3,907,000. The maintenance of Gibraltar cos: last year £420,000, and that of BMaita £414,000, “large summa, but amply repaid by the security these strong- is ive to British commerce to tie Levant and st Indies. Canada cost a sum which ywill be considerably reduced this year. The charge for Western Australia was £79,902; for South Ans- tralia, £1,975; Queensland, but ew South ‘Tasmania, and New Zealand, Intelligence from New Zealand of February 25 re- ports great depression among the colonists, hostill- ties having commenced, Several skirmishes bave taken place. Mail telegrams from Australasia are dated at Syd- ney, February 28, and at Adelaide and Melbourne Marci 1. ‘The line of steamers b sydney and England via Honoluin and San Frendisco was to commence running on the 26th March. Mr. Robert- gon, the late Premier, resigned his seat iv the Legis- Jative Body of Sydney. Parllament was prorogued pending ¢ dissolution at Adelaide, Parliament re- opened at. Melbourne. The position of the Ministry 1s considered strong. The Fourteenth regiment em- barks for England on the 10th of Marco, Business at Melbourne dull, but stock of goods large. FRANCE. Prince Pierro Bonaparte’s TrialIncidents and Scenes in Court—The Weight of Noirs Blew. By the steamships yesterday we have the con- tinuation of our mail reports of the trial of Prince Pierre Bonaparte. The chief points of the testimony were published ia the HERALD yesterday. The fol- lowing incidents and explanations occurred in court ou the 24th of March, one day later. ; The Weight of the Blow Inflicted on the Prince. ‘The President, on March 24, asked the prisoner if he asserced thai he had been struck with che closed hana, and he replied sitber a blow ora slap; the hand was half closed.” lu answer (o a question the witness declared that he was quite sure the Prince said he had seen de Fonvicile’s pistol before draw- ing his own, and added that he believed the prisoner too hovorabie a man to have made any statement to his old friends which was inconsistent with truth, PAUL DB CASSAGNAC’S TIMONY. M. Pau! de Cassagnac, journalist, was cailed, ana on arriving in the witness box he bowed to the pri- goner, who returned the salute. He then stated that he had previousiy to this event challenged M. ‘tom- masi, of the Aevanche, and M. Rochefort, o1 the Marsetiiaise, on bebalt of the Prince; that imme atcly upon hearing of the death of Victor Noir he, in company With M. de la Garde and Captain Casa- nova, hastened to the Prince’s house; that his ob- ject in going there was not solely to learn the de- tails, but to garrison the dwelling and protect a ‘woman and her children against a crowd which was id to be furions; that while in conversation M, de la Garde suddenly exclaimed, “What is thatoa the Prince’s cheek ?”’ that he then noticed @ red and ellow mark, the effect of a recent contuston; that he asked the cause, aud the accused replied that ne nad been struck. The witness stated that he was aware that the Prince always carried @ revolver in his pocket, and added, “Moreover, that was not the moment to abandon the habit, for the fact ts certain ‘that for some time past the precaution is @ useful oue.” (Movementyn the audience.) M. Floques—On what part of the face waa the bruise? ‘The Lcomnspamer Inever wae meant “ei would disputed, 1 paid no particular a 5 ba Poque— at warts before or behind the ear? ‘The Witness—All a M. Floquet—You passed the previous day with the Prince; did you not havea fencing match with bimt with carr that I Rave a greater right to blame you for taking hes into another man’s house, was the usual question, ‘Are you connecied by virth or mar- riage with the accused?” he replied:—*iHis mother had too many lovers for me to know whether 1 aim related to him or not.” A great und painful sensa- tion was produced in court by 80 grossly offensive a reply parte: crats; none of us concerned ourselves about tie acoused, when a letter from him outraging us in- t s10ns8. the dignity of the Court. de Fonvielle, which | alludea yes de Fonviclle, when tn laly, had been accused of an objectionable act which he had not committed, and of which I knew the autlor; 1 know nothing of what 1s now alleged of a rai Tilted @ fault NEW YORK —— ‘Tho Withess—Tt would have been rather diMcult ea have done so as Tuna recently received @ sword friend, M. Floquet—Was not that friend the Prince? ‘The Witness (turning round and looking Uxedly at the advocate)—What do you mean? I beg you to be- leve that thé Prince has never wisued to kill ine. (Renewed movement.) ‘The President—Witness, address your observa- Uons to the Court, and you. advocate, do pot ques- tion the witness ex: through me. ‘The witness then withdrew. Captain Casanova, officer on half pay, corroborated the evidence of M. de Cassagnac, M. Paul de C; ac was again asked where he saw the traces of blow, and be answered, over the cheek. ‘The President—Bring back M, de Casanova, Where ‘was the mark you saw? ‘The Witness—Towards the front, ‘The President—And you, accused ? The Prisoner—Before the ear. A PHYSICIAN'S CURE FOR INSULT. Doctor Morel stated that he was the regular medi- cal attendant of Prince Pierre and his family; ¢) having been sent for on the day in question thi Prinee recounted What had transpired, and asked bim what he would bave done in his place. The witness replied thay he would have killed botn the intruders, (Prolonged sensation.) The doctor stated that he remarked & bruise on the check of the ac- cused a3 large as a half crown, and that the Prince said: “Iam told that one of the persons 1s dead; before you attend to me go and see, perhaps some- thing may yet be done for him.” (Movement) ‘The bine added that he was the first to visit the WHAT M. E. ARAGO TOLD ROCHEFORT. M. Rochefort entered the court attevded by three | eee His arrival produced a sensation. He narrated the circumstances ich led to the challenge from the Prince, and explained tl he had directly and grossly been insulted, contrary vo the laws or duelling. He also stated that M. Emanuel Arago, hearing of the challenge, told him to take precautions, for the Prince was an infamous scoundrel, ‘The President here mterrupted M. Rochefort, who repiied, *I don’t Know the rrincs; I only repeat tue words of M. Arago.”” When his evidence was concluded M. Rochefort seated himself in the iast row of seats set apart 3 journalists, several of whom shook hands with ma. THE JUDGE ON AMERICAN FASHIONS. M. Ulric de Fonviele was brought into court, and his appearance caused a general movement of curiosity. He declared that he was thirty-seven years old, and a@ writer in the Marseillaise; in con. Junetion with Victor Noir, ne had gone on behalf of M. Grousset to challenge Prince Pierre Bonaparte. {fhe witness here repeated the conversation and action of the Prince as reported in our cable tele- grams at the moment.) The witness added: | heid the Prince in check with my weapon and made my way to the street, where | found my poor friend dying (movement); 1 was in @ state of great excite- bhi aud bhandea my revolver to aman who was there. Daring this recital the Prince several times made gestures of denial, stmuing sarcasticall: iiness further stated that Victor Noir was ue to the occasion, for he bad made We must show this Bonaparte wat a gentler is. In reply to aqnestion from the President as to Why the seconds were selected from persons so di- rectly interested tn the quarrel, the witness sald, “We were friends; we had no idea of having an affair with a murderer,’? ‘The accused (With antmation)—You, who make use of Orsini bombs, 1tis you who are murderers ! ‘The President, baving remarked that Victor Noir being ly twenty was very young for a second, the witness: ed that he had always tound tite deceased In auswer to further questions, M. de Fonvielle calm and pacific, stated that he was accustomed Invariably to carry a pistol avout him, even in his own house. told that be ought not to have gone on such a mis- sion armed, he replied, ‘I have also seen a Prince = a pare make thew servants beat people.” (Sen- ation. On being ‘the President—I have reproached the accused ing weapons about him. You will admit e Witness—If I had not been armed, t should not have gone there. ‘The President—Then you should not have gone at all. America has furnished us wiih many good ped) but we must not borrow such fashions from her. DEFAMING THE MEMORY OF THE PRINCE'S MOTHER. M. Py al Grousset, @ Writer In the Marseillaise, Xt witness. On the President putting the ly. fhe Procureur Général Grandperret rose and de- clared that if the witness continued to express him- sei! in such improper terms he (the speaker) should be obliged to demand the application of the law against insulters oF public justice. ‘Grousset continued—I do not Know the man Bona- ; Thad founded the Revenche with some demo- ously Was published in the Avent de la Corse. ‘The witaeas here became greatly excited, and in referring to the police agents usea the word mouchards. The President—We cannot permit such expres- ‘The tone which you assuime is offensive to Grousset—Then I will say police in plain clothes, although the other word 18 most Mtted for the clr- cumstance. THR EMPIRE, fle related his arrival at Autsuil with Santon and their meeting with Victor Noir, as he staggered wounded from tue house just as they were avout to enter. arepublican had just been kiiled by a Bonaparte, the inhabitants of Auteuil were afraid, twenty years of empire had degraded France. “On learning,” the witness exclaimed, ‘that jowlng how The Procureur Général Grandperret—I demand from the President that the prisoner shall be con- ducted back to prison and his previous deposition to the examining magistrate be read. ‘The Court, after a short deliberation, gave a de- cision in that sense, and the witness was removed by two gendarmes. Some heard, but were covered by applause from persons who approved of the measure. before Ge Fonvielle, embraced his friend. murmurs were then Grousset, on passing DE FONVIELLE’S CHARACTER, M. Cervoni had gerved under Garibaldi, with M. yho stole a sum of 1,500 francs, ‘the Presiacnt—We regret that the witness was Cited to depose to such a fact. M, Demange—We ouly made use of our right. M. Laurier—M. Kergomar oust be recalled, as an attemptis betng made here to murder M. ae Fon- Vieile in Lis honor. M. Kergomar, re-examined—The circumstance mentioned by M. Cervont is not the same as that to erday wien 1 ailirmed that M, M. Lonvet, re-examined—I look on M. de Fonvieile as & perfectiy honorable man; undoubtedly a theic had been committed at the time aliuded to, but cer- tainly not by him. ‘The list of witnesses being exhausted, M. Floquet rose to speak for M. Salmoa, Sr., partie civile. ‘The Procureur Gén¢rai Grandperret had to demand against M. de Fonvielle the penaities laid down In tbe penal code against such persons as troubled a court of justice, + M. de Fonvielle was then bronght back and asked for aa explanation, after which a number of persons deposed to the violent ianguage which he had used on tue occasion in question, ‘The Court then withdrew to deliberate, and after a delay of twenty minutes, returned and pronounced a judgment, condemning de Fonvielle to ten days’ imprisonment and the cost of the incident, ‘Tue proceedings of the day then terminated. VICTOR NOIR’3 CHARACTER AND INTENT. M. Delasle, @ retired officer of the French Army, stated that he had heard at the Ca¢ du Halder woras to the eect that Noir would not fail this time to do for Bonaparte. M. de fresne, proprietor of the café, heard some words uttered, and said that Noir had been engaged in altercation at his café. M. Bouret, proprietor of the Café Madria, de- posed to having witnessed a quarrel on the Bouie- vard between Noir and another man, when blows passed; but witness did not know if Noir gave or ré ceived them. ‘M. Coustantino, proprietor of dancing rooms at Montparnese, stated that he had several times been compeiied to request Noir to leave bis establishment on account of hig quarrels with persoas of the lowest clat mM de Villes, chemist, declared that he heard two pavple In a cab previous to the event, one of whom said, stick?” or closed, observed that in the preliminary instructions whe witness bad spoken of a Closed carriage. “Have you a revolver; I have got a sword- A juryman here asked if the cab was open but witness could not say. M. Flouquet ‘THE PRINCE'S CONDUCT IN BATTLE. General Plombatn testified io the courage of the Prince at Zoutcher, In Algeria. Maitre Laurier asked if the witness knew the cir cumstances under which the Prince had left the army, General Plombatn in reply said he understood a mission was coniided to the Prince. Laurier reyomed that there was no question Jon, but of @ resignation. roux admitted that the Prince had com- but said he conducted himself gal- lantly before the enemy, and that he did not resign. ieneral Piombain asked what wonld have been sate iu France if the cousin of the President of the repubiic had peen killed by the Arabs. Maiwe Laurier replied that it would have been said that ve did ms duty bravely. (Seasation in court.) The Prince here observed that General Plombain had more courage than the jaction to which the ad- vopates belonged. is remark elicited mingled murmurs and ap- Plause, whereupon Maitre Laurier complatned of being insulted by the Prince without the slightest provocation. “You this moment laughed in my face,’ replied the Prince. M. Fonvielie shouted out to the Prince from the farther end of the court, “You basely assassinated Victor Noir.” Violent protestations and much excitement fol- lowed this interruption, and a passionate altercation frose between groups in court, during which M. de Fonvielle, supported by gendarmes, was iéd out, and the Prince was withdrawn. ‘The sitting Was entirely suspended for some min- Malin Mattre Le HERALD, TUESDAY, utes, but the Prince was afterwards brought in again. The Soldiers of the First Kwpire and the Prince Imperial—“‘Any of Marengo ¢”’— “Preseut.”? Galignani’s Messenger, of Paris, March 24, reports the following affecting tncident illustrative of the Bonaparte Empire, present and past:— An interesting ceremony took place on Monday at the Tuileries, in. Me geaedt loon of the First Gon sul, where the Emperor, Empress and Prince Impe- rial received a number of old soldiers of the First Empire, presented by M. Belmoutet, Deputy, with 0 appropriate adaress, to which the Emperor re- plied in the most cordial terms. That gentieman, in directing the attention of the young Frinoe to those relics of the Grand Army, said:—‘Monseigneur, here is the past which creates the future. ‘These oid sur- uivore of the mperial glories represent all our great les, “Are there any of Marengo? (14th June, 1800) asked the Prince, “Present, Monseigneur,” replied two of the old men. In honor of the occasion the Emperor conferred two crosses, one on an old cutrassier who bad served fifty-two years and tue other on M, le Baron, for. merly an officer on the staff, author of a “Code de Relations Internationales,” published in London. On leaving the ‘ruileries the oid soldiers went in & body to the Restaurant Chatelain fur the commem- orauon banquet of the 20th March. ‘The Bonaparte Magna Charta—What the Presa Says of Napoleon’s Manifesto. The great subject of discussion in the Paris jour- nals of Marcn 24 ts the Emperor's letter to M. ile Oilivier reiative to the constituent power hitherto confided to the Senate, but for the future to be shared by that body with the Lower Chamber. ‘Tie phrase which seems to have most struck the imagi- nation of the journalists is that in which the impe- rial writer spcaks of “restoring to the nation that part of the constituent power which it had dele- gated.” The Senate will therefore ae become a Chamber of Peers, put without hereditary descent, and will In consequence exercise greater influence in the conduct of affairs, The general opinion of the document ts decidedly favorable, and some por- tons of the press go 80 far as to designate this act of the Emperor as “the crowning of the edifice” so frequently asked for. The Liberté says very little, but its observations are most emphatic:— ‘The Napoleon dynasty is henceforth founded. Who now, Sf bold enough to attack It, would be strong enough to shake it? ‘There cannot fairly ‘remain the smallest room for dis- trust in any impartial mind, ‘Those who stiil questioned the sincerity of the Braperor can no longer doubt it. The Parlement 1s also extremely strong in its ap- proval Thus:— Democracy has gained a great victory, and the national overeignty has recovered ita majestic integrality. To the Emperor, and to no one olse, Frauce will owe this conquest. The Pudlic uses the followlby language:— We loudly applaud the Emperor for having taken these resolutions. They restore to Lis authority all its prestige—to thn democratic empire all its power. They avert crisis which was assuming a threatening aspect, and from whic the Cabinet of Janiary 8 was not in ition to es alter having iinprudent’y provoked ft, ‘This is the Inst a t the personal power, but {t is one that takes a striking ven- geance on all the caluinules put in circulation, The Constiutionnel expresses itself terms:— The French Senate, aithough differing in origin and com- position from many ‘other high chambera in Burope, re- Sembles therm, howeve int; it discusses and de- cides the fundamental rei tion more deliberately, than the e minds, with good intentig patient, infer from t wat the Senate 18 hostile to the new seine, nnd g dispute the right of that ‘ausembly to the influence ft holda from the constitution itsel’, under the pretext (hat {t ia not the produce of an election, but owes its existence to the choice of the sovereign. ‘To rea. kon thas Js, mn our opinion, to misinterpret both the state of French society and the very position occupied, in virtue of the constitution of 1852, by the Senate of the second empire, We take the following passage from the Pairie:. Emperor, with the admi we of which he has given so many proofs sinc last elections, has, on the grave question of tbe constitu. ent powers, Hatened to the advice of his Ministry and sided with the liveral and moderate men who, we feel convinced, form the immense majority of the nation. |All the reaction? ary intrigues and pusilanimous suggestions have failed be- fore the high wowteness of that great mind. cle 19 More Outspoken, and in one of those ft frankness and sincerity which sometimes actuate it. pronounces its opinion without hesita- tion, saying:— ‘The imperial letter severs the cable which still bound us to absolute power. The situation was besides a serious one. ‘The question of the constituent authority, once raised, re- quired Imperiously a solution. The Temps, in its remarks, puts forward the theory tuat under a parliamentary system it is “the Ministry that ought to have acted in the matter, and not the Emperor.” ‘The Avenir Nationa? ts quite discontented with the Emperor for not having gone further. in these ertainiy too Lin- SPAIN. The Montpensier-Bourbon Duel=The Duke @Aumale’s Letter. The Duke d’Aumale has written the following letter to a gentleman at Paris:— Woopnorton, EvrsiaM, March 17, 1870. My Dzan Friunp—I have at length received direct news from Montpenster, He was better and awaiting at Madrid the conclusion of the inquiry. Dr. Rubio was attending him. That gentleman isa republican Deputy for Seville; he we one of the seconds of the Infant and hosifle to my brother, but became his friend on the ground. T have been shown a letter from a Spaniard who fs not an admirer of the Duke; but it depicts the attitude of the latter in. terms which hat tears from my eyes. * * * “Who would have exclaimed Montpensier, “that I who have always been unwit- ling to learn fencing and the use of the pistol, and who hold dueling and the punishment of death in horror, could ever ? » ocunigitve done my duty and only thought of avoiding misfortune. God willed i.” [ENBI D'ORLEANS, ROME. Pio Nono and Montalembert. The Mémorial Diplomatique, of Paris, March 23, publishes an authorized version of the pronibition by the Pope (shat the prohibition did come from his Holiness is now admitted) of the funeral service for M. de Montaiember arranged by the Bishop of Or- leans. Suiamariziug a letter from Rome, which is said to have arrived just as it was going to press, the Memorial 8: 's death was tele- pon ag tt ogourred by graphed to Mo! e his family. Monsignor de Merode is obliged to keep his bed, fo conaequenco of fail, and therefore requested Monsignor :panloup to arrange (or the (uneral service. The Bishop of s eagerly accepted the task, but he forgot that it was vy, for form’s sake at any rate, to ask authority from of Kome, who is the Pope; for according to the the Bis rules of the ecclesiastical hierarchy no’ strange bishop can ofliciate without the consent of the diocesan. This foryetful- ness on the part of the Bishop of Orleans {sthe more remark- able from the (act that he addressed at the same time an tn- vilation to the Fathers of to be present at the ceremony which he was about to celebrate in the Church of the CoN st the Capitol, The Pope having indirectiy heard of Mons}, Dupanioup’s arrangements, declare: that M. de Montaiembert had rendered to religon services too great not to be honored by the flead of the Church by the celebration at t weh of Banta Maria Transpontina—the parixh church of the Vatican—of w funeral service at which he would himself be present, ‘This contradicts the report that the Pope was opposed to the periormunce of the service. ENGLAND. Miss Lydia Thompson in the Divoree Court. (From the London Globe (evening) Mach 24.) ‘Tiis afternoon the case of Watkins vs. Watkins was heard, ‘The petitioner was a widow of con- siderable means, and settied £300 a year on the re- sSpondent on the marriage. Alter the ceremony the husband persistently retused to consummate the marriage and frequently ill-treated his wile by beat tai and kicking her. he respondent's valet proved that Miss Lydia ‘Tnompson, the well known actress, was in the habit of visiting his master, and thaton many occasions he saw Te fair hair on his master’s face and coat after Missy Lydia ‘Thompson’s visits. The respond- ent left Engiand to go to America with Miss Lydia Thompson and dismissed witness, as he said he would be a spy upon him. Evidence was also given of his adultery wiih a Mrs. Douglas, which being more conclusive than that against Miss Thompson, the Judge Ordinary grauted a decree nisi on that ground, with costs. Dress Fashions at Court. {From the London Post, March 24.) Her Majesty the Queen held a drawing room at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon. fheir Royal Highiesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by tte Countess of Macclesfield, the flon. Mrs. Stonor, the Marquis of Hamilton, the Hon. C. L. Wood and Captain Ellis, and escorted by a detachment of the Second Life Guards, arrived at the garden entrance of the Palace from Marlborougao House. Her Koyal Highness Princess Louise was present at the drawing room, attended by Lady Car- oline Barrington, His Koyal Highness the Duke of Cambriage arrived a! the Palace trom Gioucester House, attended by Colc vel Tyrwhitt. ‘The Queen Wore a black moire antique dress, with @ train trimmed with crape and jet, and a diadem of diamonds and rubies over # wiite tulle headdress, wiih a long veil. Her Majesty also wore a necklace and brooches of diamonds and rubies, the ribbon and the star of the Order of the Garter, thé orders of Victoria and Albert, and Louise of Prussia, and the Coourg and Gotha Family Order, her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore train of green "satin, covered with fine Irish lace, and @ petticoat of rich green silk, trimmed with plaitings of tulle and saitm and a flounce of Irish lace, looped with bouquets of stephanotis. Head- dress, a tiara of diamonds, feathers and v ments, pearls and diamonds. Orders, Catharine of Russia, Victoria and Albert and the Danish Order. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise wore a train of rich white satin, trimmed with ringed ruches aud satin and a petticoat of white silk, with lace founces and bows of satin. Headdress, feathers, veil, dia- mond tiata and red roses: diamond ornaments. The Victoria and Albert Order and the Coburg and Gotha Family Grder. JENKINS IN A w ROLE.—A Southern paper states that Jenkins signalizes his advent into Texas by an appear ance in a journal called the Greenville Herald, A tew personal rencontres are the well known passp orts to social rank in Texas, and the Jenkins of the Greenville Herald thus gives tue title to fame of & newis-married couple:—‘'it has revently been ascertained by undoubt authority that the former husband of tbe above named lady was @ desperado and killed by United States soldiers shortly afver Ben Bio kerstai’s death.” a ‘ APRIL 5, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, y FITZ JOHN PORTER. Synopsis of His Reply to Senator Chandlor’s Speech—He is Prepared to Prove that the Charges Brought Against Him Were Unjust—Why He Did Not Offer New Evidence Befere. WASHINGTON, April 4, 1870, General Fitz Joun Porter's reply to the recent speech by Senator Chandler in regard to his applt- cation for a rehearing upon new testimony has been addressed to the Senator, with the request that it be laid before the Senate to show into what grave errors Mr. Chandler bad fallen “in endeavoring to do jus- tice to history.” The matin points of the reply, waich was distributed to niembers of Congress to-day, may be summarized as follows:— He has proofgthat Mr. Lincoln, just before his death, promised to reopen the case on production of new evidence; that he expressed a high opinion of his (Porter's) bravery and fidelity, and that he had based his approval of sentence on Judge Hoit's opinion, not having had time to examine the case himseif. Replying to Pope's first charge of dis- obedic.ce to orders in not hopper his troops (August 29, 1862) until two hours later then ordered, and to Chandier’s additional assertion that Hooker was out of ammunition and might have been de- stroyed by the delay, General Porter says:— I shall prove, when I get a rebearing, that I put off atart- wo hours only ‘of ni ht—by the urgent Ravice of the generals of division. ‘thelr reasons ware. tne followin, ‘hat my command had reached Warrenton Juuction at a late hour, without food, very much fatigued by # lone and didicult march—the last'of thirtcen days and ui; f r that the night was pitch dark, the road = with wagon trains in considerable ‘the spirit and purpose of the order would be bi arried out by delaying the march till daybreak, because the troops would have their night's rest, and would make the march with more rapidity and fewer delays, and reach their destination in condition for immedi- ate ‘action; and that, aa we were informed, the “enemy was then retreating” from before (ieneral Pope, the neces- sity was not’preasing, and as my command would be 1e- nired towid in “driving him from Manussas and clearing the country between that and Goneaville.” The troops, already worn out and needing rest and sleep, if required to renew the march at an earlier hour than daybreak would be disabled for the service several miles beyond Bristoe. I shall prove that, though appreciating the soundness of their reasons, I was decidedly of the opinion that “the order. should be obeyed;” that “he who gave the order knew whether the ne- ities of the casg should fwarrant the exertions that had to be made to comply with It," and that 1 yielded to the ad- vice of my generals only after veing aaau the bearer of the ordegthat be bad been delayed by the darkuess of the night and the blocked condition of the road. * fabail prove that the reault showod that literal compliance with the order was impracticable; that no time was lost by the delay, but the march made ail'the quicker for it, and that Tarrived as soon as other troops commanded by aa true Bol- diers as ever breathed, coming a shorter distance and under as urgent orderm I shall prove that, when%T did arrive, there was and had been nothing for me to do, and that I remained at Bristoe all that day, under injunctions from Genera! Pope, twice re- peated through the day, to “remain at Bristoe; when wanted you will be sent for.” ‘Also, I shail prove that f knew noth. ing about Hooker wanting ammunition, and that be did not want any, and did not (ake any when it reached hin, In brief, I shall prove this charge of Pope not only faise, but frivolous, and only suggested as a makeweight to the far more serious accusations urising from the transactions of the next day. New progf is ready on all these points. Jonsidering this a full refutal of the charges laid gainst iim, based on his action at the second Bull of the 27th and gsth August, P1862, General er says that the well known ont order” to General McDowell and himself was, according to all tesilmony, McDowell’s included, freely complied with, and that when MeDowell—under the ‘discre- tion” given under the “joint order’’—elected to marcn away from Porter, taking one-half of tne whole force, he left Porter confronted by all of Longstreet’s force, double and more in number, in position selected, and, as Longstreet now writes, *¢most anxious to bring on a fight.’’ Porter claims that he desired to show this on his trial, as against Pope’s charge, that Longstreet was filty miles away, and he now adduces Longstreet’s own testimony to prove that he (Porter) was right aud Pope and McDowell wrong. He claims that MeDowell’s sesumony against him on the trial suould not have been taken, as he (Mc- Dowell) aamitted a ‘want of memory” on vital points, and had this want supplied by amember of the court; who, though acting ju- dicially 10 Porter’s case, leit the bench to testify against him. The details of the movements of McDowell's and Porter’s corps, under the joint order from Pope, as weil as the corroborative testimony of federal and rebel generals, obtained since Porter’s trial, are very full, and, Porter claims, overwheim- ingly in_ his’ favor and against Pope; and he chal- lenges bis accusers to -meethimt before a military tribunal of the best army men. With the full evi- dence he now has to present, he says, they dare not meet the truth. Porter asserts that the final and most important order from Pope, given at twenty minutes past four P. M., August 29, 1862, was not delivered to him till two hours ater, then too late to excate it; and, as this was deemed one of the most vital pomts against im on the trial, he adduces elaborate proof to sus- tain his asssrton, and goes on to show that ing to the full evidence now in hand his only was the best for his corps, but. according to the universal testimony of Lee, Longstreet and others commanding the enemy’s forces, ‘saved Pope from total capture or rout.” As this result was just the Opposite of what Pope claimed on Porter's trial, Porter asserts that if he makes good his statements by ampic and new testimony- federal and Confeder- ate—Pope’s charges fal: to the ground, and his con- viction is proved most unjust, He asks, therefore, to be heard. Referring to the new evidence he pro- poses to adduce, Porter says:— may ask ray now, I have to offer so much new evidence which shouid have been attainable at the time from our own ranke? Lreply that it was not obtainable, for the following reasons :— Fird—That the times and circumstances checked a free expression or ollering of testimony. ‘Second—That permission was refused me by the Secreta of War early in the trial to send my aids to the army at Fred- ericksburg to seo witnesses and gather testimony, "hird—that when I did send, on my own responsibility, my afdsto the army,jletters to and from them and others were purloined or opened and robbed of information. Fourth—Some wituesses, I was persuaded, could furnish reliable information in my favor; but ther names and losation I was not apprisad of; and others whom I knew Would testify to very important facta in my belialf did not Sppear iull the moment they were called to testify. ‘n the former case I, of course, lost not only the benefit of their testimony, but also the beneiit of the information they had as to what other persons could prove in my favor, In the latter ease I was compelled to produce witnesses without knowing myself, or my counsel knowing, what particular facts they were’ possessed of, and how to elicit them fully, ‘These witnesses whose names I had were all given at the opening of the court on the demand of Judgo Advocate Holt, and on his assurauce that he would secure their early at: tendance. Of these Irregularities I complained to the court and to the government. rehearing. Quoting from writes:— You say, “What business was it to him whether he was cut to pieces or not?” Otten it may be no business to an officer whether he ts cut to pieces or not. But when he is ordered to fall on the dank of one corps of the enemy in order to in- sure its deters or capture and be cannot fall on ft and de- feat and capture it, it is his business not to be cut to pleces in falling on apother much larger body of the enemy which he was not ordered to attack, and whieh, if he did attack, must have defeated and captured him and 'the army of the general giving the order. Do I not prove that I am not guilty jn not doing what I should not and could not have done. Surely I sweep away by such proof every atom of the charge, as you will see, if you study It, and leave nothing for the sentence to stand on. Again, quoting from Senator Chandler's speech, he writes:— e final point of your speech is as follows:— here {s one other point to which I wish to allude. During this very trial —duriag the very pendoney of the trial Fits Joho Porter aaid in the presence of my informant, who is man that most of you know, and who {s to-day in the em- ployment of Congress, and whose word I would take as soon would most men's—thongh 1 told him T would not use his name, but I will give his sworn testimony, taken down within two minutes ufter the utterance wis made—Fitz John Porter sald in his presence, ‘I was not true to Pope, and there’s no use in denying it? To me such evidence seems scarcely worthy of notice, for the person that makes a siatement which, if true, is #0 damning at of his name is not wort! sented by you, it 1 cannot concei that such eviden They gi ditional grounds for a Senator Cuandier’s speech, he ny eflect upon the 1! of thom being lawyers, who know would not be admitted: before any tri- iy reply to you, sir, is that the statement, by whom- soever made and however festiGed to, is false in every parti- cular. Aside from my general character for retience when in tue army, I certainly had no inducement to lo pending my trial and falsely assert in any one’s pr What General Pope was forty-tive days in endeavoring to prove. Where was this reliable witness then? Why did be uilt? What re- I am ashamed to offer, to be compelled to offer an argument against assertions ‘so palpably contrived and so wholly unsustained by probabil- ities; #o wholly at variance with my whole life and conduct. ‘You say that aiter a careful investigation for forty-five days the court unanimously rendered @ verdict against me. This may have been so, but you cannot know,Jt unless some mem- ber has violated his oath, “not to discover or disclose that vote unless required to give evidence thereof (which has not been done) before a court of justice, in due course of law.”* But, if true, the question is not what the court did decic but what would be now decided with the new evidence I bi to present; and you must know that the decision of that court does not affect the justice of my demand that the new ‘evidence suall be heard th my defenc ‘The document concludes as foliows:-— Piain and honest minds will look with suspicion upon oppo- sition to such a request, especially when the request is made by one whose life las been spent as an ollicer in the service of the government, and whose record wili not auifer by con- trast with any of bis accusers. Plain and honest people wiil Inguire, do now inquire, why auch violent opposition, to my being heard, and (o the hearing of ail the testimony? 1 as ts ‘asserted, the reopening of the case will ouly deepen the pub- lie conviction of the justice of my punishment why abould my enemies, and they alone, oppose it? You know that a divided public opinion as to the justice of my conviction is not what General Pope and others would like. Why not, then, seize upon this opportunity, if General Pope lias #0 clear # case, and fix and fasten the stigma forever? Is it not due to the “truth of history" that hejuatice of my condem. nation abouid be made so palpable that the scores of our most riotic and most learned men, with more than half of our jeading and Influential journals, will cease thelr advocacy of my case? {etc not due to General Pope and “the truth of history” that so admirable an opportunity as my rebearing would present should be made available to show what bis Hees 1n life was at the time of his Virglain campalgi think that he was sorely misunderstood by the country at that time and has been since; and you reassert that but for bie conduct--his campaign, that, as jon the relief of McClellan, by deal of fooling," would have ture of Jackson, the destruction of Long- Street and the end of the war. Surely if all this glory was Tost to General Pope by my conduct in {t just to him to with hold the facts from an incredulous public Neither General others who oppose my simple heard tribunal known to eamparan wa iy) with the suspicion fixed bpon Smnination because hens THE CITY OF BRUSSELS. ATerrible Rumor as to Her Condition Whea She Left This Port-Was She in a Fit State to Go to Sea Who Will Be Responsible if the Ship is Lost!—List of Her Passengers. ever gi but pens aro active in my '; sustained by the ‘and tried friends who have not turned upon me in adversity ; but best sustained by my ever present and never failing faith that # just and gengrous people will not permit my wrongs to go unredreased, I shall go on to the end, obtaining my Justill- Eation from the government that owes 1 to mo, oF leaving it, if God wilis ity u legacy for my children to demand and ob: tain, Respecifully, FITZ JOHN PORTER, It has transpired that among the endorsements General Porter has in hts behalf ts a letter from Gen- eral George H. s'homas, agreeing that the cave should be reopened, and that if done, Porter would, 10 his judgment, be vindicated. THE LODGING HOUSE HORROR. The Suffocation of Three Mon—Lnvestigation Commenced Before Coroner Rollins~The Origin of the Fire Still a Mystery. In the matter of the lodging house horror at No. 14 East street, on Sunday night, in which Eaward Brown, John Montgomery and Charles Smith, all middle aged men, were suffocated in their rooms on the fourth floor, caused by a fire which mysteriously occurred in one of the rooms on the floor below, an inquest was yesterday commenced before Coroner Rollins, at the Thirteenth precinct police station. Captain Ulman and Ser- geant Weed were active in securing the attendance of witnesses, and soon the station house was crowded with persons interested in the result of the inquisition, Some one present intimated that Wil- liam Sweeney had occupiea room No, 8, on the third floor, in which the fire broke out, and that while there he wi smoking a pipe. aptain Ulman sought out Sweeney, who evidently had been on @ @runken spree, but the inebriate dented that be had been drinking at all. He bad been placed in room No. 8 while intoxicated on Sunday afternoon, but left there two hours before the fire broke out, Jobn Carney, proprietor of the premises, and Charles R. Cupy, bartender, were totally ignorant as to the ori; of the fire. Cupy says there were three beds im that room, one of which was occupied by & waiter in the house, but he was absent at the time of the fire, aad neither of the other beds had been astigned for the night and were not occupied. Neither Carney nor Cupy seemed to have the most distant idea about the fire, and the most probable wueory as to its origin that couid be advanced was that some drunken man had dropped or thrown a lighted pipe or cigar in the room, which was unlocked during the evening. The probabilities of having the mystery solved concerniag the fire are quite remote, but Captain Ulman, who has the matter tn charge, will exert himself to the utmost to procure testimony which may show how the fire occurred. ‘Three witnesses: were examined and the substance of their testuanony ‘will be found below :— Patrick Donohue, foreman of Hook and Ladder , There was considerable excitement throughout the city yesterday, based upon the report published in the ‘HERALD of the disaster which befel the steamer City of Brussels at sea, The com- ments made on the recklessness of Captain Kennedy in proceeding with his disabled vesset when only three days from this port were by no means complimentary to that individual, and the indignation of the many persons who have Iriends on board the steamer was a matter of course very great, ‘There are well authenticated rumors that the steamer left wis port in a very much disabled con- dition, and if they should prove true 1¢ 18 to be hoped tuat the proper authorities will take due cog- nizance of the responsidle parties, Congress lately passed a law on this subject of allowing vessels to go to sea in an unsafe state, and if it has been violated in the case of the City of Brussels it would be well for it to be enforced first as last, Bring up @ Lest case and see what the law amounts to, The following letters would seem to confirm the rumors referred to:—~ New York, Apri 4, 1870, To THe Epiror or THE HeRaLp: As an additional evidence of the total disregard which ts paid by some of the steamsntp Jines to the comfort and satety of their passengers, I assert to the best of my knowledge and bellef the City of Brussels left port with her propeller seriously crip- pled, one of the flanges being broken off. The erratic Captain Kennedy having delayed bis arrival here by a somewhat obscure aud unexplained mis- sion to Hailfax, there was, I presume, no time to pub tag macoivery In order prior to leaving port. Pro- bably my information is incorrect, and the Inman Steamship Company 1s in a position to deny my statement, if not, {and many others, no doubt, on both sides of the Atlantic, having dear relatives oa board, would lixe to hearsome Jostidoenon for send- ing the City of Brusseis out of port in such a con- dition, and in heavy weather at that, forit blew a fall gale of wind on the day and night previous to her departure. Yours, respectfully, ALBERT ASHER. New York Crry, April 4, 1870. To THE Eprror oF Tite TikRALD:— Having read the account of the perilous position of the steamship City of Brussels, I hope you will do me the justice, as Well as te peopie generally, by luserung this letter, I was a passenger by her trom Liverpooi and am not surprised to hear of the loss of the propeller, ‘The story that we went Into Haliuax to put on shore an invalid suffering with smallpox was to a certai extent correct; but tae real cause ‘was to take in coal, which we ran short of in conse- quence of having broken our propeller—one blade compiletety off and another made useless. This con- sumed the coal, and had we not run into Halifax we should have been obliged to come into New York No. 11, deposed that he went on the fourth | under sail. It really is too bad that Messrs. Dale floor of the building, where the fire was, to } should allow the ship to go away with only ove blade look around, and on opening the door | anda half and the ship generally worked too hard. of the second room he came to saw | you say the “culpable part is Capiain Kennedy's a man lying on the floor: the man lay with his head against the door, and the witness ordered the door to be removed from the hinges and the man was carried down into the street; the other two men were curried down by more of my men; none of the men showed any signs of life; had these men been sensible at the time of the fire witness believes they mignt have escaped; there were hall windows in all the rooms, ana they could have escaped down stairs had they peen awake; there was no lire on the stairs; they could huve escaped through rear win- dows; the man the witness took down stairs is known as Smith, Edwin J. Russell, attached to Hook and Ladder No. 11, deposed that he found the body of Joun Mont- gomery 10 one of the rear rooms on the fourth floor lying on the bed; there must have been fire there, as bis ly was partially burned on the back; this room, I think, was a dark one. James H. Casey, Hook and Ladder No, 11, testified that he broke open tue door of a room on the fourth floor with an axe, and found Eaward Brown lying conduct, 1 think the culpable part is due to Messrs. J. G. Date & Co. tor allowing the sitp to go away disabled. Lam, sir, your obedient servant, A. DOWNING. The following are the names of the steerage pas- sengers on board of the City of Brussels. The names of the twenty-six cabin passengers have already been published:— Miss Kate Kane, Wiillam Forrester, wife, twh chil- dren and infant; Joseph Ballow, Thomas Campveil, Kuward Harris, James and L. Keith; Joun Timouns, Thomas Rapper, W. H. Richards, John and William Blewett; Stephen eee ', Charles Angean, Edward Hastings, 4H. Leary, Henry Ward, Daniel Neill, OC. Collins, wile aud child; Daniel Desmond, James Ty- James Pownter, James Neunan, D. Lorngrgon, rd Giles, John Ganous, Jonn Briggs, Thomas Taylor, wife and infant; Joseph Ganous, Thomas Swkley, John Birkenhead, W. L. Brown, Ellen Roach, James Butler, John Horan and child; James on the floor; another man was found lying near the | Leignvody, James Howard, Join, ‘Thomas and bed on the floor; did not notice that elther of them | Catharine Vaughan; Mrs. Smalley, Mary Mc- was alive. Mullens, Mrs. Morale, James and Levy Iris Coroner Rollins, having other oficial business which required prompt attention, adjourned the further hearing of the case till Wednesday after- noon. Relatives and [riends appeared to claim the remains of Brown and Monigomery for interment, but no one calling for the body of Smith, it was sent to the Morgue, wnere Warden Brennan will retain it for a limited vneclage for iriends who are expected to come torward, James S. and C. Jansen; 3. Gillespie, G. B, Sea- nons, James McOarthy, James Hanoul, Stephen Donnelly, John Butler, Robert Waelan, James Royle, Ann Jones and two children; Samuel, Hannah and H. Hale; Edward Jones, N. GS gy , William and H. Gough; J. M. Henry, Edward Buroull, Edwara Cannon, H. Stuart. James Green, Edward Carroll, Mrs. Biake, Mrs. Leighwrignht, H. McGuire, John H. Dawson, Wullam and Mrs. Adgerly; Willlam Catherine Best, Alexander Wilson and ACCIDENT ON THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. Narrow Escape of Auna Dickinson and Seventy-five Passengers. ALLENTOWN, Pa., Aprii 3, 1870. About seventy-five passengers, including Miss Dickinson, who had lectured the evening previous at Wiikesbarre, took the quarter-past eight morn- ing train yesterday for Philadelpnia, the rain pour- ing down tn torrents, and with the snow fast disap- pearing from the mountains, causing the Lehigh river to run mad with the flood. The train when within tweaty miles of Mauch Chunk station, moving rapidly on the down grade, the locomotive struck an enormous log, twenty feet long by two feet in diameter, demolishing the cow- catcher aad turning it under the forward trucks of the engine, throwing them off the vwacks and destroying a telegraph pole in the vicinty. ‘This immense log was turned lengthwise of the track by the concussion, comlag in contact sidewise with the ——_ and, passenger cars, making av excavation of several febt in depth in the earth and rock aiong side of the track. The engineer discovered the log when witina a hundred feet of it, on rounding a curve, and biew the whistle to down brakes. ‘he brakeman and conductor stuck to the brakes during the ups and downs of the train, fle engineer deserves much credit ior sticking to his engine, having reversed 3t, thereby saving Lhe whoie train from being thrown down a bauk thirty feet hygh inio the flooded river pe- low. Miss Dickinson rematued seated a8 Cool as a veteran of the old Sixth corps under dre, whue other ladies were resiramed Irom ieaping out of the train to certain death by one of the male passengers. ‘The train was detained some two hours aud another eugine atcacned to the train at Mauch Chunk. OLD WORLD ITEMS. ‘The abolition of Import duties on #alt and fish ts advocated la the Belgian Chambers, Preparations for the grand Industrial fatr, to be heid at Napies next autuma, are in raptd progress. The Gazette de Venise gives a glowing description of the obsequies of the Veutewan sculptor, #raucesco Bosa. Genoa city is building some splendid new docks, with subtcrranean apariments for the storage of petroleum. The number of messages from postal telegraph Stations in England for tue weck ending March 5 ‘was 147,206. ‘Fhe quantity of mait used in the United Kingdom 1 1867 was 47,880,000 busuels, e@cl making eighteen galions of beer. The 5,000 miners who were on a@ strike in Silesia have ail returned to work excepting 600, woo have left the country. ‘The Pantin tragedy, including the execution of tne murderer Traupimann, has been represented on wwe stage in Hamourg. 3 A little girl was bitten to death by an enraged donkey at Galuzzo. fhe animal tore open her throat aud trampled upon her. The King of ltaly had a grand hunt at San Ros. sore on the 16th of March, when twenty stags and eight wild boars were killed, “A History of the Prussian Realm and People under the Hohenzollern Princes” 13 vhe title of a work by Licutenant General Von Cose:. The project of @ grand indusirial exposition at Turin on the occasion of the opening of the Mount Cenis tunnel gains favor on all sides. The local authorities are collecting the bones of the Italian and French soldiers wiio fell at Selferino, aud placiug them in one national cemetery. American ships have been greatly damaged by ice im the river Weser. In one case $30,000 gold salvage had been ovtained, and in another $75,000 are claimed, ‘The Pontifical gevs d’armes and Swiss carabincers had a bloody collision in Rome on Sunday, the oth of March. Several badly wounded on boty sides, Jealousy the cause, Pilgrims to the sacred places in Orissa are to pay Increased tolls to the Bengal authorities, who have resolved to make them hieip to keep the roads in or- der by these contrioutions. A new abbey is to be erected among the wild Black Mountains, and the corner stone was lald on St. Patrick's di he first real monastery, 16 is claimed, in the Engush Church since the Reforma- won. London city paupertsm increases. The number of paupers int that city in the second week in March was 174,760, 10 contrast with 149,175 for the same hed Ae 1889. The indoor poor were 37,537 agaiust 5 The failures of the usury banks of Naples bave brought some government oficiais to grief, They had deposited public funds in those institations, and bay mauagers of several have fled with the whole capital. ‘The Israelites in Russian Poland are compelied by their abject destitution to emigrate into Prussia. At Memel the Jewish community have opened a large asylum and hospital for their reception. The Russian Consul at Kuldscha, in Eastern Siberia, nas crossed over to Sze-cliuen, With a view to ascertain the disposition of the peopie and the likelihood of their supporting a scheme to estaolish & Mercantile route between thas province aud the Russian territory. to Mr. Dale, and which was brought to this city by the Idaho, according to the latter gentleman did not vouchsafe any extended information as to how the loss of the propeller occurred or as to when he thought the vessel would, under sail, getto Liver- pool with the wind dead against her. This, to say the Jeast, is rather extraordinary. It may be thas Captain Kennedy knew perfectly well that the agents of the Inman iine on this side the waler were aware before the vessel left tnis port how the propeller, im its then damaged condition, would break oefore reaching her destination. If this beso he showed hig good sense in not lniorming them of what they had every reason to expect would occur under cer- tai circumstances; that is, if the statements made in the above letters be true. ‘There 1s no reason to believe that the steamer is positively in danger, but if it should so happen thas she would in a gale prove unmanageable under salt and go down, there will be an awful responsibility to be accounted for by somebody. THE CHINESE COMING. What the Cigar Manufacturers of New York Propose to Do—Cheap Chinese Cigar Makers to be Brought trom San Francis Every one who isin the least connected with the cigar trade in ts city and elsewhere east of tue Mississippi gdoes, willingly and unwillingly, admit that tus particuiar and extended branca of home industry is at present, if not wholly at a standsull, yet mjurionsiy disarranged. Lhe strife of the cigar makers’ unions, a3 branches of the Gene eral ‘Srades’ Union of the country, with their em- ployers, the manufacturers, is not the cause of this; but taxation has mach to do with it, and the estab- lUshment of large cigar factories at Key West, wit cheaper labor than can be obtained here, has also contributed to the present state of things perhaps more than 1s generally taken into account, CAUSES OF THE PRESENT STRIKE. Some months ago a meeting of the largest cigar manufacturers of New York was heid, at which a committee of the Cigar Makers’ Union were present, It was then agreed that there was no intention at that time to reduce wages, but that both thegem- ployers and the employed, each by means of their extended organization throughout the country, would press upon Congress, with the aid of monster petitions, the necessity of au 1mmediate increase of the duty on imported cigars. This move failed of success and several firms, employing nearly six bun- dred men, proposed a small reductiqn of wages. ‘This was refused by the employés and the strike fol- lowed and still coatinues, Tne immediate result of the strike and the cessation of manufacture which necessarily came, Was @ great increase of the impor- tation of cheap cigars from Havana. One steamer alone brought a militon and @ half, and the Pol delphia market is said to oe fairly swamped by this arsicle, depressing prices still more. But neither r THE CALIFORNIA CIGAR MANUFACTURERS at San Francisco Jose the opportanity of profiting oy the state of affairs im the cigar trade of the Kast. By the Pacific Railroad they sent their agents to all the ‘lerritories and States between the Kocky Moun- tains and the Mississmpi river, some of them even going as far east as Chicago, and underbid in these markela the Eastern manufacturers. Our manufac. turers saw at ouce the danger of being cutéof from that vast trade almost aliogetuer. The reason why san Francisco can thus undervid the Kast 18 alleged vo be CHEAP CHINESE LABOR. It is stated on good authorivy that there are now from 2,000 to 3,000 Chinamen employed in the Golden City of tie Pacific at cigar making. They were in- structed by experienced foremen, nearly all of whom have beep spectally sent for from Havana. These Chinese have heretofore worked under con- tacts, which are now gradually expiring. One large ‘firm in this elty, which bad established a branch in San Francisco some years ago employs nearly 500 Chinamen, the contracts with whom will terminate soon. ‘These Orientals are sain to be the best adapted people for cigar making. Some of the largest factories there employ no other bands, ang the Lest brands of Havana cigars which reach this larket are rolled by the nnnvle fingers of Jona Chinaman. Hence several of the largest houses en- gaged in this trade bere have it in contemplation to, IMPORT CHINESE TO NEW YORK from San Francisco, and it is proposed to make & first trial shortly with about 1,100 of them, a number which it 13 believed can be easily induced to cuange their domicie from the Pacific to tie Atlantic shore on sufficient security of adequate compensation, which would range, ac raaaee from eight to fourteen doliars per thousand, according to quality. The manufacturers here REGRET THE NECESSITY, but they believe that other remedies are scarcely open to them. ‘they consider it wrong tn principle that skilled white labor should thus be brought into competition with the Chinese and the Malay. Yet they seem to feel constrained to make the experi- Ment, in order to save themscives from financial Tuto, being ground down, as between the upper and nether millstone, between the oppressive, oven destructive legislation of Congress, on the one hand and the exactions Of trades’ unions on the osmer.