The New York Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1870, Page 5

HANGED. Execution of Jack Reynolds at the Tombs. Retributive Justice---The Dying Wretch Writhing in Agony. Scenes Inside and Outside the Prison. THE EARLY MASS FOR THE DEAD. Yesterday was the brightest, sunniest day of this year, and in the sunny hours of the morning Jack Reynolds, in the yard of the Tombs Prison, was bratally and blunderingly strangied for the murder of old Mr. ‘Townsend. THE MURDER. ‘The murder was so wilful) and so utterly without provécation that, not unnaturally at the time of its committal, 1t aroused the indignation of the public, and it became @mootedjquestion whether so cause- lesa. @ murder could have been committed by a sane man. On the evening of Saturday, the 29th of Janu- uary, Reynolds, who had been for days a wandering beggar In the streets, begging drink when he could not have substantial food bestowed upon him, wan- dered jpto a small grocery stgre in Hudson street kept by @ man named William Townsend. He begged for a night's lodging, and urged as a claim to this hospitality that he was the brother of Town send’s wife. Townsend, knowing this claim. to be false, told him that he had not room enough for himself and family, and desired him to leave the store. As Reynolds did not take the dental for an answer and seated himself by the fire Townsend placed his hand on Reynolds’ shoulder to urge nim togoout. Reynolds rose from his seat, but only to kill Townsend, for with a knife he had stolen from a neighboring store he stabbed Townsend to the heart. Thisisaskeichy outline of as unprovoked and heartiess a murder ag itis possible to imagine, and for its punishment deserved the full penalty of the law. THE TRIAL. Unitke other murderers, whose crimes have startled society recently, Reynolds was speedily brought to trial, and on the morning of Monday, the 2ist of February, his trial commenced before Judge Dantel P. Ingranam. iu the Supreme Court. Mr. W. Howe was assigned by the Court to defend the accused. His defence was that Reynolds was insane when he committed the deed, but it was not established, either co the satisfaction of the jury, the higher court or the Governor of the State, and yes- terday morning Reynolds expiated his terrible and awful crime by dea h. THE DAY AND NIGHT BEFORE THE EXECUTION. The most notable event of the day previous to the execution was the arrival {rom Cherry Valley, Mass., of Joseph Breen and wife, the brother and sister-in- law of Reynolds, to bid a last “goodby” to their unbappy relative. The meeting was in Miss Foster's room and was witnessed by Messrs. Howe and Hummeil, It was a very affecting interview, and it was satisfactory to find that Reynolds expressed his preparedne:s to meet Ins God and his grati- tude to Mr. Howe for bis unwearied and un- paid exertions in, his behalf, ‘The . greater part of the day was spent !n devotion; in tbis he was assisted by the unwearled watchfuiness and zeal of Fathers Daly, Quinn and OReilly and four Sisters of Charity. A photograph of bim was taken in the afternoon and about nall-after four bis brother and sister-in-law bade him a last and tearful farewell in the presence of the genial and kind-hearted Father Daly. This-was deemed a favorabte opportunity for presenting to him a@ new suit of clothes which the Sherif. had’ sent for him; ‘he looked at them carefully and gave directions for a part of his old clothing to be given to a@ fellow prisoner. Towards nightfall he was more restiess and talked rather glibly of his peace with God. Mias Foster brought him @ little supper of boiled eggs, tea and toast, and Mr, Mark Finley, ‘whose natural kindness of heart has been in full ex- ercise towards Reynolds, urged him to eat, put he partook only of a part of the supper. Earnestly did he continue to pray for mercy, and about ten o'clock he undressed and retired to bed. There was a littie glimmering light in the cell that showed up the grimness and heaviness of the smal’ apartment. At the extreme end, near the foot of the bed, was @ small table, having upon it several prayer books and flowers, over which was suspended a crucifix and a picture of the crucifixion. Wearied with excitement, though the terrible real- lity of death was so inevitably near to him, he was soon asleep, slumbering with ali the unconsciousness: ef his own innocent infant slumbers. He did not Wake up in the night witn the effects of a feverish, ntfal dream upon him; he slumbered and slept with a repose so corapiete that it exactly pretigured the steep of deat that was soon to be upon lim. THE MORNING OF THE EXECUTION. Ahout five o’ciock, in the cold gray twilight of the eariy dawn, Deputy Warden ley awoke Reynolas trom fis slumber. In words of kindness Mr. Finley urged him to, rise at oace, and apout five o’ciock Keynolds was diessiug limself with a carefuiness that he bad never mauitested vefore. Sirapge to re- late, he had @ craving for food and asked lor some breakiast, Mr. Finley explamed to hini that it would be improper for him to partake of anything until alter the communion, The animal craving for 100d Was not without a iittie rebellious sign even alver tis explanation, but Reynolds submitted with- outa spoken murmur. Father Daty arrived at the cell about haif-past five o’clock and at once they were leit alone together, when Keynolds made con- Tession and received absolution. THE MASS FOR THE DEAD, Tt had been tutimated to Reat, wao ts under sen- tence of death fora very deliberate murder, com- mitted two years ago, tuat he might take a part in this service, and he very willingly availed himself of the opportunity. Decente, from the second wer of corridors: to the floor jomed the mournfal zoup. The service was held in the chapel of the feiiale prison. ‘To pass from the inale to the female prison 16 was neediul that the procession should wead the platform of “the gallows. and pass under the cross beam that in afew hours was to take away the lite of one im that procession. Key- poids trod those planks with a@teariess tread, and seemed unmoved by the neighborhood of the instru- meni that was to lake away bis earthly life. ‘he japel is @ rade, rough, oblong room, with white- washed wails, On these walls were oral Scriptura: mottoes, “Christ 18 Risen,” “Christ Our Saviour.” ‘The bymn Just as Iam, without one pies, with its siriking line, on this occasion so applicable to she principal worshipper, ‘To wash my soul from that one blot, ‘was printed in large characters on white calico, and occupied @ prominent place at the side of the room. Opposite the altar Reynolds kneeled aione, with his clasped and hie head vowed in devout devo- tion. It wasa small ition; there were only etx. Refennepeceenh, husero.ot them were murderers. The ittie chapei lit with one flickering candle, and as the morning sun rose its slanting rays found their ‘way on to the bended neads of the worshippers jike a halo of glory. ‘The most Dart of this mass ‘Was the of the ‘Dies Iae.”? When the tollow- ing verse of the hymn was sang Reynolds joined init as well as he could; he was tly touched with ite , and it too deep @ personal meaning for even not to appreciate its significance:— King of dreadrul Who dost freely justity, Fount of pity, save thon me, , When the wondrous from Job in the last Gospel whieh closes the mass, “I know that my Redeemer liveth,” &c., was read with marked em- phasis by tue priest, a’dead silence prevailed, and re seemed to be an unconscious but unspoken wish that to oneat least of that congregation this tatbful saying might de speedily a fulfilled prophecy, THE RECCURN TO THB CELL. The noiee and rumble of life’s busy day and the hum of a shouting crowd outside the prison walls began to make themselves heard within, Reynolds did not heed it, aud on hig return to the cell en- ol iu silent prayer witn Mrs, Johnson and Mra, Kiley for about twenty minutes. The Sisters of Mercy shortly afterwards arrived and continued with him until about eight o’ciock. At this ume the prison, which had been for some time as silent as the grave, had thts silence ‘broken by the measured tramp of a comp ol police, who, from ‘he Sixth precinct, under Captain Jourdan, had been placed inside and ontstde of ihe buuding. Admirable order was preserved during We entire proceedings injthis well Commanded force, THE SHERIFF AND Ey PRISONER'S COUNSEL. Soon after the arrival of Sheri! O’Brien and Under Sheriff Joel OU. Stevens, who arrived, wita a number of deputy sheritis, about half-past eight o'clock, Messrs, Howe and Hammel were introduced to the and there they ound Father Lay and Rey- Reynolds, im reply to questions of Mr. Howe, preased his readiness to meet his Creator, and Mr, Mowe, shaking hands with him, said wo Rey- NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. ' ” to rpc anc, mae pee flea Reynolds’ spiritual condition, Resiyccapaegity 738 POUIOMING, cate rf jo hes pin so many < bas given up this ghastly business, and Mr, sii Be Rosenberg, a deputy sheriff, volunteered tne unde- sirable duty, ‘This was accomplisi in tne presence of the Under Sheriff, but not without the remark from Reynolds that the rope was @ little tight, and it Was loosened a litue for him. It was observ. able that in making this remark Reynolds had the silly smile on-his countenance that fas been the baming cue to all who have made his character a study. THE SCENE The preparations were made in an angle of the Prison Wail, in the sunniest corner of all the paved Space between the outer and inner buildings of the prison, The Tombs, like most prisons, 1s not all coniprised ina, singl@ edifice, and cubis fact may partly be comprehended by the view of it from witn- out, At some points here are against the street sec. tions ot building; at other points only sections of wail, Inthe centre there 13 also a massive stone edifce, and between this and the outer buildings or walls there is @ paved irregalar space, catled, we suppose, the prison yard. A quiet part of this yard isin the angle at the corner@of Elm and Leonard streets. Here the ‘gallows tree” was so plsbet that when the prisoner should stand under it with his face to the north he would Dave the wall of the building on Leonard street at his back, and the wali of the building on Elm street at his left hand. Into tuis corner seemed concentrated ail the sunshine that the bright April morning poured on the prison. Across the whole corner a square awn- ing was stretched at some twenty fees from the ground, But the sunshine seemed to find its way through the white texture of this obstruction and down benind it at the sides where it was not close to the wali ana under the edge that Napped a little, and 80 peeping, dancing, streaming down imto the cor- ners, gave Lo the scene a cn gre quite at va- riance with the purpose in hand. Is there some .in- evitable suggestion Of gayety aad holiday-making wherever an awning is stretched in the sun—a sug- gestion go inevitable that tt even overpowers thesense or thought of the trageay the morning may cover? 1s an awning only # flag ed down at the corners, and is the human wind always ready to be carried away to some remembrance of gayety and rejoicing when cloth of any ry re yeep the sun? 1B APPARA’ Unaer this Bening arose that chotce h of society and law, “the gallows tree.” Ti were two uprights of an altitude of about twelve to fifteen feet, and a cross beam passing from one to the other of these, Set in the middle of the crosstree was & pulley, and at tne corner toward the east, where the crogstree and the upright were j Was another pulley. le both these pulleys a ro passed, one end of which dangled in the gesting to the spectator an accurate guess of where the prisoner's head should come; other end passed down the beam to the victim’s right till 1t was lost to sight behind an enclosure of planks. Behind that enciosure the rope was under- stood to be attached toa weighs, This weight was held in place by a cord, and when that cord should be cut by the wiow of an axe the only thing 10 stop its descent would be the prisoner's body with his head in the noose, On the end the cord that dangled between the beams there Was a small iron hook. with a spring catch, There was a piatforin, so-called, forthe murderer to stand upon, which consisted of a foorng of Pied simply laid down on tae pavement of the yard. THE CHORUS. At the murderer’s side, between him and the wall On his Jeit, were three long tabies and seats lor the reporters, Out in front of him te paved space ran all the way to the wall on White street, and here were gathered all the spectators, Kept at twealy feet from the gallows by a platoon of policemen. An- otner platoon Kept Open at one side a narrow lane by which Reynoids was to pass frou: a door In the prison on Elm séreet to and across the space in front Of the spectators, With all the preparations thus made the people and the reporters waited with decorous quiet, and Lhe pigeons dew across irom house to house, and tie nad organ oul m the street did ample justice to Su00-Fiy,”? and crowds of people on ue New Maven depot stretctied thelr own necks in vain to get a gllmpse of the show, while the warm, bright Aprit sun streamed ou ail, making the background of as gray, gloomy granite bright as marbie with ts blaue. THE ENTRANCE. At twenty tive minutes past nine there was a move- ment in the crowd down oOpposiie the door of the prison whence the prisoner was to come; all the hats were off ina moment apd @ group came forward into the open space. In advance was a tall, surong man, ana immediately behind him three together and benind these an wader sheriff, the doctors and other functionaries. Of the three together those at either side, were priests perhaps, the middie one was Keynolds, He was a mere boy in stature and so slighty built that his weight was probably not up- ward of 100 pounds. His head was cer- taimly not above shoulder of man in front. He was a person evidently with none of the sensibility that would enabie one acutely to feel such @ pusition. He was therefore quiet enough. He was quiet rather than calm, and kept up lus presence without any effort. He stepped across tue open space as he might have stepped up to the bar to piead bis deience against a charge of petty larceny. Although he evidently did hot appreciate his relation to the scene as criuuaals of finer nervous organization provably do, to no one Who saw nin could it possibly have occurred that the tae tall he Was unconscious of that relation or incapable of comprehending its plainer sense. His commonpiace features bore a suvdued expression, indicating Just e the least emotion. But this did not drive aw: peared the type of tle half-grown ruttians that in- fest the city. The only point of diffe.ence was that tuey have commonly an air of empty btraggudocio or chronic defiance. They dety society in the step with which they move, in the manner of raising tne hand, in the tone of their words. There was none of this in Reynolds. Neither had he the epilepuc face, THE TOILET. On his head was a black cloth,or headdress, with the cape or cow! that was to cover his tace drawn by a cord across is toreliead and thrown backward, His arms were pinioned by a cord drawa around each above the elbow and passed across his back. His hands clasped @ small biack crucifix and bis hips were moving as If in prayer. ‘The noose was giready on his neck. It was a small cord with @ heavy Knot adjusted under the ear, and on the loose end of this cord was a sinall’ iron eyelet proper to be fitted to the hook at ihe end of the cord that dangied trom the gallows. As he came put 1t Gould be seen that the noose was drawn just close enough to keep the knot in ity place under his ear, and it was said that when the noose was put on in the prison and drawn pretty suug be had exclaimed, jestingly, “Don’t make it too tignt,” and tout, in Consequence, 11 Was loosened @ lie. UNDER THE TREE, stepping without any assumed indifference, and with scarcely perceptible emotion, across to bis Place under the rope, with a priest at eicher side of tum, toe three iminediately kneeled down in final prayer, the gallows funcuionaries Kneeling with them. in @ lew minutes the others arose, but Reynolds contiaued on his knees wat the tall ingn witn Jew- ish features’ stepped up, placed nis hands on the muraerer’s shoulder and spoke to hun, He then stood up, and the contrast of his height with tnat of the man benind him made him seem more a boy than ever, ‘She tail mau snapped tue iron eyelet on the noose Into the iron hook on the rope that tad been dangiiug i the aur, and for AN AWFUL MOMENT Reynolds glanced around on those before him, with fis Lands clasped ag well as lus pinioned eibows would permit, aud watted tor bis death, ‘ihe tail man threw over his {ace the cow! that was over the back of his head and drew the cord of tue black cap down to tts place, und in @ second was heard from behind the screen of planks the blow oi ine axe on the cord that retained the welgat in its place. At the sound the body went up in the air to sucha beight that the doctors could just handily reach up to the victini’s wrist to feel his pulse. He was not jerked up with any considerable violence. He seenied, indeed, to be rather easily ified from his feet and carried up as if by @ spring to the place @t Which he stopped. . This was at twenty-nine min- utes past nine. He was quiet for a minute, Then nus clasped hands were separated and his fingers felt again for one another, and his hands were car- ried up as far as the pinioned elbows would permit. For two or three minutes then the whole body was moved in 8 cotvulsive effort to take air into the Inngs, and the Lands became blue, indicating that there Was no longer any red blood in the body. He was dying simply from the embarrassment to respl- ration—dyipg by suffocation, At one moment there was strong backward bending of the body and legs—so that the whole was like part of @ cir- cle, of which tue front of the body was the convex- uy. In five minutes the muscuiar movement had ceased. In seven minutes the pulse was impercepti- ble at the wrist, and the body was lowered so that she heart was on @ level with the doctors’ heaaa, that they might judge by auscultation whetter it nad ceased to beat. It was neaung then, wih an occasional heay, As the slight figure dangled in the air the retrac- tive muscies of the legs drew the fect so that the soies of the shoes were visible. They were well worn and down at the heel of either side; and of the wear was periaps made by the very steps that carried the wearer to poor old ‘Townsend’s litte shop, The hanging of thie man was A SHAMEFUL FAILURE. itis @ law in physics that a descending body gathers force as it moves. Atits start, therefore, \he force 18 at @ minimum, yet itis at its start when it te sup) do Jerk tne victim first from nis feet. ‘That force applied, as in this ae is expected to break the victim’s neek, ‘The force is still more re- daced by the elasticity of the body. No man’s neck will ever be broken by the Tormbs apparatus. When the vertebral bones im the neck are lorcibly and sud- denly dislocated death takes place in a second. The Dones rest upon Ove another and form part of a tube, through which passes the spinal marrow. When these bones are forced from their places their edges crossing one another with the spinal marrow be- tween act on that marrow as the edges of scissors act on any soit tissue. No death can be casier or more sudden than one 80 caused, and that is the death the law means. Reynolds’ death, on the con- tary, Was barbarous and cruel. The first fatiure was in the apparatus—the second was tn the noose. In fac there was no noose. A noose is a loop mace with a running Knot. The Knot must stip and draw the loop tight as weight 1s applied. The gnot on Reynolds’ neck aid not ship. His weight was held in the halt open toop of kop The knot in such cases siould go behind the ear under the ‘base of the skall and with that bony support draw on the throat, so as to compress the windpipe and ail the large blood vessels. Sutfoca- tion will then killin izom one to two minutes. In the case of Reynolds the knot went in front of bis Gar PUG Under the angle of his left jaw, and mot be- , tious Of any character, but, on ing drawn tight it left on the side of the neck an open iriangular space. in which waa the jugular vein and the left common carotid artery. “Circulation through the orain was therefore kept up, and the man simply died by strangulation of the windpine. ‘This was a case of hanging, if there ever was one, in which resuscitation was quite within tho limit of Dossibulity, THE CUTTING DOWN. ‘There were present at the execution Coroner Flynn and Deputy Corover Shine and a number of medical men. fore Reynolds was cut down it was the opinion of these men that tor thirteen minutes alter Reynolds had been “jerked up he had @ conscious existence. His body was, how- ever, cut down in about iwenty minutes after the cutting of the cord, and on tue removal | of ve black cap bis features were in | repose and very little changed. Yhe body was | placed In @neat casket and ap immortelie in the form of a cross, made of evergreens aud White roses, was placed by Mr. Howe on the breast 0: ynoldas, and the lid of the easket was clo ‘Tue under- taker, Mr. Dowd, of St. Francis Xavier Catholic chureh; had the body conveyed to the carriage Woich was waiting inthe yard. The carriage was then driven to the Tenth strees ferry, where 1t Was Met by Keynolds’ brother and sister, who were in another carriage, and the mourniul party pro- ceeded to Calvary Cemetery, where ine last offices were performed to Jack Reynolds, oh BE Movements of Captain Gen- eral de Rodas, Cool Reception of His Excellency in the Central Department. Conflagrations on the Increase Throughout the Island. General Puello Relieved of His Command. ‘The steamship Missouri, from Ravana, the 24, via Nassau, arrived at this port yesterday morning. She brings the latest advices of the progress of affairs in Cuba. The purser has our thanks for favors re- ceived, Avother Tremendous Proclamation—The Cap- tain General Addresses Himeelt to the In- surgentsSerious State of Affairs—Pucilo Relieved—General Carbo to Succeed Him— insurgent Aitacks and Successes—Jordan’s Departure Reported=The Usual Encoun- tersAn Interesting Letter from Donato Marmol. Havana, April 2, 1870, ‘This capital has for some days past been in a fever of anxiety as to the resuits of the Captain General's visit to the Central Department. Tuat fever is now uliayed, and the results are before us. Dissatisfied with the winter campaign, which, under Puello and Goyenectic, was to annihilate the in- surgents, and did not, he heroically comes to the rescue of his bewhdered generals, proceeds to Puerto Principe, accompamied by a bril- liant staf, Napoleon Arango, the great Presented,and adetachment of tue Gulas de Rodas, and issues a pro- clamation, It isa well written document. It con- tains many of those large words with which the Span- ish language so much abounds. It represents the olive branch and the sword, It paints delightful pictures of case under the aominion of Spain, somuch cele- brated in all times for its mildness and the horrible effects of her wrath if once incited to it—which she has not been yet. It announces that a vigorous campaign 18 to be Inaugurated, in sublime indtiter- ence tothe fact that the rainy season, when cam- paigning 13 mpossibie, 1s at hand, and his soldiers, already feeling the deleterious effect of the climate, are beginning to die of the cholera. Whether it will frighten the insurgents almost to death, which is not probable, or be received with equally sublime indifference, which is, the public can judge for itself, ‘The Captain General has relieved Puello, who for some time has been an object of derision to his Officers, and it is understood that on the return of his Excellency here the Segunda Cabo, General Carbo, will be sent to tue command of the Central Department. D. Francisco Javin de Varona, a stock farmer, who bad resided in the country, was on trial in Puerto Principe for disloyalry. Dates Irom Santiago de Cuba to the 25th states that the bombevos (armed firemen) of that city had offered to garrison the estates in the vicinity, and so enable tae troops thus employed to be used against tue msurgents, Some few smatl encounters are reported, slowing the presence and activity of the Insurgeats. The Bandera ssparot publishes two or three letters from General Donato Marmol, written fier is successful at tack upon and destruction of the estate Las Chivas. A translation of them is annexed. From tue Cinco Villas and the Eastern Department come the usual reports of.encouuters, but they are without interest. The oid story of the embarkation of Jordan for the United States has been revived, 'T! Commandant of Sania Cruz, in a telegram, gay: Antonio Gonzalez de Varona, who recently presented himseif to this command, has assured me that we Chief Jordaa, the so-catied General-in Chief, has em- barked near Guanaja for the United States. No one attaches any credit to tis, however, ‘The tnsurgents have appeared near St. Domingo, in the jurisdiction of Sagua, and forces irom the city of the laiter name ana trom Remedios have been Sent out against them. ‘The jollowimg are the letters of General Donato Marmol herein referred to:— Lipzeacina ARMY, DIVISION OF CUunA, ¢ HEADQUARTERS IN EL MIGIAL, March 19, 1870.5 To Citizen FREDERICK W. RAMMDEX,’ English Consul in tuba: — ia the attack upon the hacienda Las Chivas, made by the forces under my command on the 13th inet, was made prisoner the English citizen Charles Daguin, employed on wall estate jn the capacity of machiaist. Although the nadon which you so worthily represent in Santiago de Cuba has not found it conven’ 1p 0 this date, 10 recognize the sacred right whieh justifies the Cubans in’ throwing off the yoke of despotic Spain, nowwithstanding the thousands of aacriices which we have made the last seventeen months, I beileve tt Just not to proceed aguinst the citizen Daguin, and have di- Fected that ue faunedintely be placed at liberty, and at the same time that he be the bearer of the present communica- tion. ¥ wust that the course I have herein paraed will con. tinue to be observed by the Cubaus, and though England has not recognized the justice of our revolution, 1 do not dount Trow your iilustrious judgment that you will wae your intiu- ence that the English nation shall at least mtercede with ferocious Spain that the war be conducted according to the righty of nations, bumantzing {t, and that she should not con- tisue in her sapguiary system of persecutions, without quarter towards defenceléss women, old men and’ children, who bave committed no other crime than having made com: mon cause with the Cuban patriots, Wali you ve pleased to acknowledge receipt to me of this communication I offer to you the assurances of my consideration and re- spect, DONATO MARMOL, Major General of Cuba, id ‘The following is a letter to the wile of Mr. Rams: fe MIGIAL, March 16, 1370. CITIZENESS SUSANA DY LA TORRE bt W. RaMsDEN :— Mx FRigsp—fhe opportunity which presents itself to direct a communication to your husband I take advantage of to write these lines, I do sot propose to give you an idea of the conduct of our enemies, for my poor pen is not suflicient the task. The Spaoiards bave couverted themeetves into terror for the old men, the women and children, whom iy cruelly p te, arid whose bodies remain unburied, food for animals. 1 accept with indifference a war with tne ene without quarter; but I see with indignation that Spanish rage vents itself only on these unhappy creatures. ‘our sensivility would be excited to tears {f you could know the disgraceful acts which in the field of revoiution afflict our dear Cuba. the correspondents which until now I bave bad in that day silent, perhaps frightened by the constant Noreats of the ferocious volunteers, ‘The faviiable person of ‘the representativeof England can render services of great value to the Cuban cause, recei 10g my communteations aud forwarding them to their destination in a foreign land. To you as a Cuban I eptrust the forwarding of thin measure. In abn pie oe will contrivute your part to tae freedom of our ister Cuba ‘ Salute iu my name, affectionately, all are ti ‘our family, &e. NATO MARMOL. Another letter of same date from Marmol to Tneo- dore Brooks, of tne house of Brooks & Co., in San- ago, 18 pubilsued. It aeems the estate ‘Las Chivas”? belongs to a widow Stephens, who resides abroad and has been held inviolace heretofore, owing to au arrangement with Brooks & Co., who had te estate in charge. Marmol complaius that this arrange- ment had not been lived up to. and so the estate was destroyed by order of the Cuban government. Don Kanardo José Nattes y Casas, a well-known Cuban of this city, was shot this morning for disioy- aity. He was formerly connected with tne Holetlin Commercial of this city, Was educated in Connecti. Ge lived for a considerable time in the United 08s Arrival of the Captain General—A Cool Re- ceptionFires Throughout the Jurisdiction An Expedition from Nuevitas—Heavy Loss to the Troops—Families Declining to Free sent Themselves—The Cholera, Nvrvrtas, March 25, 1870. Hig @xcellency we Captain Genorai arrived tere on the 22d, accompauied by a bruliant siatl, a devach- ment of the Guias de Nodas, and Napoieon Aratigo, the traitor, He immediately entered the train which was in readiness, Arango taking 2 seat in the same car with him, and soon after siarted to Puerto Prin cipe, His Excejiency was very coolly received here. The customary honors were paid him, but not @ single viva greeted him nor manifes- tue con trary, much seeming indifference. This was no douvt the result of nis arriving in company with Arango, Who is very obnoxious to both parties. 1¢ is stated that he will remain in Puerto Principe few days and promisea to make the Joya) of this city @ short vieiton his return, On big arrival he uad the pleasuré of witnessing an immense fre that was raging along the coast in the vicinity of the es- tate Desengaios, belonging to Sefior D'Pedro Sanchez Doltz, late British Vice Consul here, the butidings upon whieh have been entirely destroyed, The fires 1n this locatity and extending all the way to Puerto Principe have been innumerable of late and little save fire 15 seen or thought of. Passengers coming down on the train mention that fires were observed on both sites of the rattroad, and the gar- risom occupying Punto Pilon, eighteen miles from Puerto Principe, were compelied to abandon the Jace on account of the devastation from fire there. bese are the combined work of the troops and the msurgents, On the 19th a column, about 2,000 strong, under command of Colonel Aguilar, left here to scour the country, taking the direction of the Baya, Los Desengafios, Santa Lucia and other farms and estates along the coast. On the firstaay the insur- gents burned the plantation where the troops were 10 rest that night, and ordera were then given by Coione! Aguilar to burn everything on their march, winen orders were duly fulfilled, as during the tour days they were out fire and smoke were continually seen along the coast. They acknowledged @ loss of five on their return here, but { am assured by @ Cata- jan volunteer who was with the column that oat of 600 of his regiment, forming @ part of the force, sixty had died, some from fatigue and others from insur- gent bullets, From the satne informant I learn that they saw but one of the insurgents dead. ‘he Cubans, as usual, kept up a running fire, Keeping out of 61 of the troops, and greatly demoralizing them by firing upon them from concealed localities, Arango’s Address to the Cubans. El Fanal, @ poiitical paper puolished at Puerto Principe in the Spanish interest, reproduces the ad- dress of Napoleon Arango to bis fellow insurgents, whom he bas recently deserted in order to throw himself upon the clemency of the Captain General de Rodas. The document appears in the fanai of the 29th of March, with exuiting comments by the Span- igh editor, and is In substance as follows: — Arango commence his Jong letter to the Cubans by stating the manner in which Holguin, Puerto Principe, Cinco Villas, and other districts failed at first to second the cry of independence raised by Ceapedes on the lth or Octover, 1868. Arango, con- vinced of the heterogeneousness of the Cuban popu- lation, and foreseeimg the miseries about to tall upon the island, united in the protest forwarded by Puerto Principe to Cespedes protesting against his course, and holding him alone responsive to terity. Nevertheless, Cespedes proctaimed Cul independence at Yara, although he and his compan- fous were destitute of acti¥, ammunition and provisions, had no idea of the realities of revolution and rashed on unthinkingly. Tims first impuise of popular entausiasim took the gov- ernment by surp: and gave we patriots the vic- tory at Bayamo. ‘the galiaul Camaguars joined their Bayawan brethuven, and Arango went with them, representing Puerto Principe, but with views: different rom those of Cespedes. However, he had hardly reached the Eastern Department ere he saw ' and Was satifed tat wwe people had bilndly into souictning the end of which he could foresee. He, then, at once began to agitate tie idea Of Changing the watchword of mdependence for thal Of adhesion to tae revoluuonary programme of Cadiz. tle even persuaded Cespedes to adopt this view, and when, subsequently, the latter dia not carry 1t out the reason he assigned was his fear of not being obeyed by Nis Couvudes in the original movement, 40d to Puerto Principe, and there, § his error, he called togethera Junta at Ole pas, Which he ipduced to adopt his spectal of the case, and it appointed’ him General-in-Chief, to conter with Gener. da. Me found the Laster indisposed to make 9 neessions nati! authorized to do so by lus government. Arango ten obtained four Gays’ prolongation of the iruce, and called another convention at Minas, which agreed in sentiment Wijh the preyioys ove at Clavellinas, although An actual vole was omitted by request of the Cannao delegation... Arango went to work against the con- tinuation of the war, on We additional plea that its supporters were arbitrary jn imposing thelr opinions upon others, Mere tne Don pleads his own case at length, and cites the acceptance of Dalce’s conces- sions by Bayamo, Las Ulavellinas and Las Minas as @ proof that the country aesired peace. He then goes on to denounce Cespedes as a self-consiitured dictator and the Congress of Puerto Principe as utterly unauthorized. <A few deputies of Cinco Villas, he says, organized the present government, which should rather pe called the Venetian tian the Cuban republic—a handtal of men undertaking to represent &@ million and distributing the offices among themselves. He then Zaps accusation upon accusation against the Junta, viz., vioience, anarchy, Pillage, tyranny aud “playing with the lives of men us though they were pnt files.” He then eniarges volammously upon the power and the clemency of Spain, the unconcern of the United States, and his own sound judgment, compiete tufor- mation and spotless patriotism, and thus winds up:— BRETHRAN—No more tears, no more blood, no more ruins} Return to your hearths, and let a fraterual ¢mbrace forever unite Spanlards and Cubana and combine our eiforts to make this beautfful island, which {s the pearl of the Antilles, become the pearl of the whole worid, With Luis he offers them amnesty in the name of De Rodas, and dates the document Maren 28, THE MCTHODIST EPISCOPAL CHU New York Conference—The Case of Widow Van Cott—Vore in Favor of Lay Delee gation. The New York Conference of the Methodist Epis- copal Church met yesterday morning at the usual hour, Bishop Janes in the chair, and the Rev. Milo Couchman made a prayer. ‘Tue Bishop then intro- duced the Rev. Mr. McKay, of the Troy Conference, who made au address, Mr. Onarles McCabe was then transferred from the Ohio to the New York Conference, Reports of committees were presented. Appropria- tions of $7,825 to superannuated ministers, $3,675 to widows and orphans and $300 to effective men were recommended vy the Committee on Necessi- tous Cases, ‘The amaons widow Van Cott, who has been itiner- ating over New Engiand, laying down the Methodist law upon her own responsibility, then came up for the action of the Convention, the comunlitee to con- sider her case making a report, which was laid upon the table. {t was reported by the Kev. Mr. Osborn that the Pougukeepsie districl was in a highly proaperous conuition, contriputions having increased rapidly. ‘The all absorbing question of LAY DELEGATION then came before te Conlerence and considerable discussion followed; but it inaliy passed to a vote, and tne ballot stood 141 10 favor.of to 50 agains! the Innovation. Lay delegation, it will be remem- bered, hag occasioned a great deal of controver- Slal writing among the clergy, and for upwards ola year the subject has been Warmly canvassed, It 18 @ move to change the organic jaws of the Church, and originated in the Genera! Conference of the Methodist Church, which body voted, as was requisiic, by a two-thirds majority in favor of per- mitung the question to be yoted upon by the clergy. It requires. thyee-iourths of the clergy to sus- tain the amondment of the lay delegation, and the probability is Dow that the whole measure wil be defeated by from twenty to 100 just this number faihng short of the fourths pecessary for ratification. Not, above oue-dtth of the jaity of the church have expressed any conviction for or against, and the question, afver long debate, will die of apathy. Many regret tus, as Birong efforts have been made, now proven un- availing, aud the change possessed no luterest (or the rank and file of the vast Methodist brotherhood. The Conference before adjourning exawiued the characiers of the clergy im detail, In Memoriam—Memorial Services for the Late Bishop Thompson. The death of Bishop Thompson, which occurred a short time since at Wheeling, V#@, where he had been presiding at the General Con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal church, was commemorated yesierday in exceediugly impresgive services at St Paul’s Methodist Episcopal church, in Fourth avenue. Bishop Janes presided, aud the exercises were participated in by Revs. J. Y. Bates, J. A. Roche, 8, L. Ferguson, M. D. C. Crawford, J, H, Barclay and D, Curry. A solemn voluntary having been played on the or- gan the Rev. Mr. Bates read portions of the s9ih Psalia, of the 11th, 21st and 27thy ghapiers of St. Jonn and of the 4th, 18th and 18th chapters of ist ‘Theesaiomans, Prayer was then offered by Rev. J. A. Roche, after whieh the 937th hymn was sung:— ‘There 18 ap hour of peaceful rest. ‘To mourning wanderers given; There 18 @ joy for souls distresced, A aim for every wounded beart-- ‘1s found alone in beaven, Eloquent addresses were delivered by Rev, Dr, Crawiord and Dr, Curry, and the services ciosed with (he Doxology and benediction. ARMY INTELLIGENCE, INGTON, Apti1 8, 1870. First Lientenant ©. B. Read, Eleventh infantry, has been ordered to join tis regiment in the Depart ment of Texas; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel George polger, Paymaster, ordered to duty as chief pay- aster of the Department of Texas; Captain George B. Ruseell, unassigned, is transferred to the Seventh infantry; Captain Edward Bloodgood, unassigned, is directed to proceed home and await orders. By | direction of the Secretary of War, Brevet Major Generals, Wager Sw and Alexander S. Webb, and Brevet brigadier signed, will repatr to eneral Julius Hayden, unas New York aud report lor ex- mination to General McDowell, Presicent of the oe Board; A Surgeon J. Ss. Sempie ig ordered to duty at Fort Porter, Burtalo, to reheve Surgeon J. C. Batley, who will repo: for duty in te Departwent of Calornia, J The Paris Constitunonne, EUROPE. Progress and Sweep of the Revolution in Religion. The Crowned Heads and Cabinets and the Catholic Church. What France, Austria and Spain Say to the Pope of the Council. ‘The German mati steamship Main, Captain Otern- dorp, from Bremen the 26th and Southampton the 29th of March, arrived at this port at an early nour yesterday morning. The Main landed 706 passen- gers. Captain Oterndorp also delivered our special European correspondence and a newspaper mail report in detail of our cable news telegrams dated wo her day of sailing from Eng! and, Mgr. de Forcade, Bishop of Nevers, who arrived in Paris at the same time as the Marquis de Banneviile, left for Rome to resume his seat in the Council. The young Prince of the Asturias arrived in Paris trom Hytres, where ne went to see Queen Christina on his return to Rome. He will go back to the Col- lege Stantalas, A meeting of the French Parliamentary Deputies of the right centre was held at the Hotel du Louvre, the Duke d’Albufera in the chair. Sixty-five mem- bers were present, but none of the ministers attended, The object in view was to examine what line of conduct ought to be followed on—First, the Constituent power; secondly, Electoral reform, and thirdly, the nomination of Mayors, Under present circumstances the first was put aside as unnecessary, the conduct of the Emperor meriting the highest Praise. As tothe second subject, the Deputies de- cided unanimously, minus three votes, on opposing any attempt at a dissolution. The French Deputies of the left centre also assem- bled at the Grand Hotel, the Marquis d’Andelarre Presiding, The subject to be discussed was a series of amendments which the chairman had the inten- Won of proposing, some on the budget of receipts and others on tnat of expenses. The meeting, now- ever, did not seem Inciined to accept them, being of Opinion that since fifty-five bills emanating trom Deputies have been submitted to the Committee on Parliamentary Initiative—quite enough to occupy a whole session—everything snould be avoided that could prolong the iabors of the Committee on the Budget. The Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria presided over a council of ministers in which the question of electoral reform was discussed. His Majesty pro- nounced ‘without reserve in favor of direct suf- frage.” An aqjournment was adopted, in conse- quence of the impossibility of counting on the sup- port of two-thirds of the Chamber, General Nicolls di Robiilant, of the Italian army, was appoined Prefect and military commander of the province of Ravenna tn the place of the late General Escomer, murdered. The new Senatus Consultum of France is the eighth since the consuuution of January.j4, 1852. ‘Tne tirst was on November 7, 1852, and re-established the imperial dynasty in favor of Louis Napoleon Bo- nhaparte, nomivated Emperor of the French under the fitie of Napoleon JI. Several of the Paris journals state that the opin- ton of M. Thiers on the Emperor's letter 1s as fol- lows:—~ Well,” sald an irreconcilable to the ex-Minster, “what do you think of the document?” “1 con- sider,”? replied the tlustrious statesman, “that by acting in tbat way his Majesty aeprives the revolu- tion of all its weapons and renders tt more and more impossiolé, And, to speak my whole mind, I think that the greater the change In the Emperor the more is the merit aud the real grandeur of the resolution which he has taken.’ M. Emmanuel Arago declared In the French Legis- lature that he had not the slightest recoliection of the insulting observation relative to Prince Pierre Bonaparte which M. Rochefort attributed to him when that witness gave evidence before the High Court of Justice. M. Raspail had a serious relapse. In Ireland “Mr. Robert Young, to whom the late Lord Derby granted a pension of forty pounas a year, in consideration of hig literary services, was found dead in the Derry Lunatic Asylum. The de- ceased had his head immersed in a bath of water, and rested with his hands on the floor. Mr. Young had beep an inmate of the asylum for about two months. Mr. Charles Hall, residing at Stanspridge Earls, near Romsey, England, committed suicide by shoot- ing limself through the head with a pistol. Anxiety respecting an arbitration case in which he was con- cerned Was supposed to have disturbed bis mind. At the San Donato collection sale in Paris the two chiffoniers, Louls XV., brougnt 21,000f.; two cande- Jabra, 35,000f.; two groups in bronze, Jupiter and Juno, 41,000f.; the shree lustres in rock crystal, 43,000f., 49,000f, and 61,000f.; the pendule, gilt bronze, Louis X1V., female figure and boy, 46,500f., and two tall bubl presses, Louis XIV., 121,000f, The total cas) amount of the three days’ sales was $04,075f, A Paris Journal of the 27th of Marci says: The Russian fluances seem to be tn great disor- der The Government Messenger, an oMcial journal, has published the buget for 1570, and 1s statements snow that this year again the expenses wil not be met, The totat deficiency during the last eight years, including the present ope, 38 not jess than 149,000,000 Of roubles (3f. 76¢c. each). During the last five years 125,000,000 have h expended on the yutinuation of the railways, which sum mereases amount to be met to 265,000,000 of roabies. = ROME. The French and Austrinn Notes on the Schema—What is Said of the Papal Re- plies. {From the Memorial Diplomatique of Pana, March 23. Our correspondent at Rome calls our particular atieation toa fact which, according to a version accredited in diplomatic circles there, mast neces- sarily have modified the Pontifval reply to Count Dara’s despatch, The Austrian Ambassador to tue Holy See having deciared to Cardinal Antonelli that the Cabinet of Vienna, whtie piacing itself in me same point of view as Krauce for the appreciation of the consequences hkely to result from the adoption of the twenty-one canons by the Council had no in- vention of accrediting a special envoy, the Cardiual is Supposed LO have seen tue propriety of urawing up tus reply to France tn a language calculated to allay the common apprehensions of the two great Catholic Powers, leaving aside the question of an ambassador on which their opinions diverged. The Papal an- swer, When closely examined, constituies at once a direct reply to France and gu indirect one to Aus- tria. The despatch of Count de Beust, who was who firsi to protest againgt the twenty-one canons, was, aithough of & confidential character, accompanied by @ menace of a nature to make a deep impression onthe Court of Rome, as the Austrian Minister plainly declared to the Holy See the frm intention of tne imperial Pyne to interdict the promulga- tion in Austria of the decrees issued by the Council. {From the Paris Patrie, March 29.) Count Daru, in big pote to Rome, commenced by explaining the French government felt itself obliged to depart from the postion of com; ab stension and rigorous meutrality which it pad at first ud opted with regard to the Council; that determina- ton Gad originally been come to under the supposi- ton that the Assembly of the Fathers would confine itself to the circle Of questions purely religious and theologtcal, @ domain in which Cabinet of the Tutleries considered 1 had no right to interfere, and in which it admitted the question of mialiibiity. The publication by the Augsou Gazeume of vie twenty-one canone “de Ecclesia appeared to the Emperor Napoleon's government to modify io @ singular manner the ground on which it bad hitherto taken ite stand. Those resoluuons touch mixed matters, with regard to which the Frenen Ministry thinks it 1s pot justided in maintain. ing the neutral and expectant attitude tt has pur- pored to susiain, The answer of Cardinal Antoneili is, as we have already sald, long and aviy drawaup. The principal points to be extracted from it are that: firstly, i does not contest the authenticity of the text of the canons published in the journal mentioned above, and, second!y, tat it opposes to the appli: cation of France to be directly represented at the Connell @ series of vague reasons, wien, however, Go bot go 80 far as a categorical and defini: tive refusal. The Cardinal inuinates that a meaning has bean given to the statutes in question whicn the Court of Kome bas Never attributed to them; (hal necessity exists for distinguianing In these matters between the theoreticul aud absolute side and tue practical and relative ene; that the Church, being a spiritual socieiy of Layne mmsutution, it'has the duty of presenting to the consciences of its fock solutions Of all the problems wuick offer therse.ves to the human inind; but, ue adds, that the exercise of tis spiricual right in DO way implies that (ie Clivch bits auy luiention bo interiere m pulidcal questions, Cardinal Antonelli’s Note to Napoleon, of Mareb 27, states that 5 a @ that the reply of the Holy See to Count Daru's last despatch bas arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. The documens, which has a certain development, 18 said to be writ- Ven in the italian jaoguage ‘he same journal gives the following summary of its Contents:—Cardinal Antonelll! does not contest the authenticity of rhe canons: published by the Augsburg Gazi, but he maintains that they Dave not the ‘bearing which she Cabinet of the Tutleries seems to attribute to them. He re- Marks that (be discussion im the Council may canse them to be greatly al'ered, and he deciares that, at all events, the Church does not in the least think of Meddling th political guestions. ‘Tals being the case the Cardinal asks whefner ihe canons de Keclesia are Teally of such 4 nature as to cause the French gov- ergment to devinte from the poiley of reserve and abstention which, unut recently, 16 had thought an to follow, and he expresses tne hope that, after such explanations, Count Vara will no longer consider Nimself entitled to instscon tne demund contained m his note of the 20th of February, In short, tue answer does not bear the character of @ refusal. The Holy See is more intent now on defenuing the furure work of the Couuch ainst interpretations which if considers erroneous than on contesting the rigut of the French Cabinet to act as it has proposed, SPAIN. Cc inet Position Towards the Papal Council. M. Sagasta, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, sent a circular (Mareb 28) to the diplomatic agents of his country, the following being one of the principal passages :— ‘The notes addressed on the 19th November last to our repre- sentatives a: Kome and Munich clearly traced the path tne joverament proposed to follow in everything concerning feumenical Council, Faithful to ite priacip.es, jealous of te suthority and sure of ite strength, it does not wish to inter- fere in af'airs which are not of ite competence, butt eannot ‘an, tolerate avy invasion by a fai mb aul of the at- tributes pecullar to lucie Thee mm 9f wormip heving the Btate hus nothing to been prociaimed in the Penta do, either in favor of or tn oj ition to the doginas accepted by the various religious communities es 101 ities, so long as no preten- yh exinta to have those doctrines sanctioned or recognized by the civil power. Napoleon’s Magna Ubarta—French Opin of the Letter of Constitution. Gallignani’s Messenger, of Paris, of the 29th of March, in summing up the opinions of the Frencn city press on the subject of Bonaparte’s letter of Magna Charta—already published in the HEnaLp— remarks as follows:— The Peuple Frangais, the Pudlic and the Parle- ment are mistaken wien, with (he tuteution of sow- ing division among the members of the Cabinet, they intunate that tne reform promoted by the ministry, but of which the Chief of State was the initiator, was decided on independently of the Coun- cil. The real facts are that Count Daru and M. Emile Gijivier, with the formal con- sent of all their colleagues, appiled themselves more particularly to inform the Emperor of we state Of public opinion relative to vue constituent power, and to thus prompt is Majesty to decide on ‘he measures Which be has definitively adopted. Aa to M. Rounher, the statement 1s correct as made by the Peuple Frongais, that he was one morning, tn the early part of the week, informed by the Ein- peror, aud in presence of M. Ollivier, of the intention which Was to be carried out by the letter to the Min- ister of Justice. What 1s, however, untrue 18 that (ie country is indevied for the Senalus Consultum to,an understanding vetiveen the 1oriaer Minisier of State and M, Euilie vilivier, ‘The Monitews touches on this subject in the follow- ing terms:—~ Certats journals, with « zeal worth: sist in maintaining that M. Kouber bi in the elaboration of the re! concerning the attributions ofthe Senate. Thus the Peupie Franca » thfake it proves tue fact by merely pulsing the two following questions Yes or no—was there or was there nota conference he'd at the Tuileries between the Minister of Justice and the Presi dent of the Senate, in presence of the Emperor only! Yes or no—had the Ministers, before Monday evening, any kuow ledge of the piau agreed upon ? We answer, yes. MM. Oilivier and Rouher met in presence of the Emperor, who was destrous that the Minister of Jus- tice #uould explain to the President of the Seuate the work already compieted, #0 that the latter should not bear of it only by means of the official journal. As to the reform itself it fe due to the collaboration of the Zmperor with M Olivier, Dara and Buffet. Ifthe Peuple # ancals wants know tore, we may add that Pri f bis induen re. We b of w better aa taken an bel f the iat the oa! tieable reform was a partition of powers between the two Chambers.” In reference to the same matter the Liverté says:—- Ta it true that M. Rouher gave in bis resignation, or wished to do 80? Such is the question now being discussed in ait political circles. We can reply, No! ‘The former Minister of State bas watched with au wflentive eye, but as an uninter- ented spectator, ail the inte events, and he is at the present moment deeply engaged in the economical and commercial question which is so dear to him. He is up at sixevery morging, and works until noon, comparing the numberless documents which he has addressed to him from ths world, suspending his labor only to rect After break{ast he walks for an hour jn hi he has not to preside over any committee plies himself to work again until the evening. pleased with such an existence, and appears to have no de- sire to change it. The Siécle comments on the proposed changes, al- though not by any means in a contented frame of mind. It says: If we are to believe, it observes, the new constitution ‘differs from or Improvement I! be definitive, “No public power,” gr France, “having the right to modify it, no one will have any interest in discussing 11.” This doctrine {a unquestionabl conforailty with cervain ideas expressed in the But we need hardly add that this pretension to a Ainitive” she bases of our political organization ian Magrant contradiction with the sovereignty of universal suffrage. The Seuate can, if itplenses, take @ fancy to aeclare the stitution fmmovable and incapable of revision. Its d » rent. The right of re- vising the constitution ly that of discussing it, lan forced consequence of the principle of national sov- ereignty expressed by the universal vote, Any prohibition more oF less legui would be just as powerless agalust the ex- ercise of this facully as was the famous interdict promul gated by the Senatus Consuium of 1866. All the restrictions that the Senate may vote on this subject might be just so many impertinences committed against the national sover efgnty, but would have no title to be regarded in serious Nght. The Le Creuzot Strike—Exciting Causes. The Paris Cloche pretends that the new strike at Le Creuzot has been got up by the police as a diver- sion to the trial at Tours, That journal says:— A social agitation which will cause a revolution inal! the economy of labor and capital f« preparing itself, not only at Le Creuzot but in all France and throughout Europe and America. ‘That the partisans of personal rule should think je to prevent it by the employ of sabres and muskets ‘air of the government alone. But the workm men jolotly inter will become gradumily established, An Outside Conspiracy and Not Labor Rights. (From Galignant’s Messenger, Marca 29.] A telegraphic despatch from Le Creuzot states that wie workinen in tue forges remained at toe posta yesterday. They received their pay and ap- peared this morning at their Occupations as usual. The workshops are sull tui-Danded, and potwiti- standing the etforis of the leaders tue inierruption of labor 18 confined to the mines, The number of the men who went down this morning is rawer greater than on saturday, but many are stili absent. No complaints ofja nature to produce the strike have been produced before the director. Toe movement, therefore, preserves ts characer Of @ conspiracy quite foreign to all questions of labor. Calm continues lo reign at Le Creuzot, and not- withstanding a certaia number of abstentions |avor has been generally resumed In the uuues. In tie Workshops it bas not beea interrupied. M. Schneider on his arrival weut over the entire estabdlisiment, accompanied by M. Bouillet, his secretary, and was everywhere most cordially received by tuc nen. AUSTRIA. Church and State—The Relations to Rome, ‘The Northvastern Correspondence speaks of a memorandum which Cardinal Rauscher, Arch¥ighop Of Vienna, ts said to have presented to the Holy See, both in his own name and tu that of several Aus- trian bishops, deciaring that the Court of Rome, by @ conciliatory attitude towards the Austrian govern- ment, might tnsure to the Catholic Church im that country the preservation of important rights, walle the hope of obtaining @ compiete re-establisnoment of the Concordat could only illusory, inasmuch as no Austrian Ministry, even although composed of sincerely Catholic statesmen, Would venture to up- dertake #uch a restoration. ITALY. OmMeial Reports of the City Riots. Ht the Oficial Gazette of Florence, March 26.) ‘he government having serious indications of an &pproaching repubiican movement had warned the authorities of the towns where disturbances were robapie. Those anticipations were sot without foundation. On the same night as at Pavia, in Piacenza, about &® hundred individu A@pproaciied the barracks Venting seditious cries, invited the soldiers to open the gates, aud then attempted to break them down. ‘This attack naving futled, the rtoters took to fight. ‘TWO arrests were made, The population feels jndig- ant, and ali is at present tranqu Yesterday morning, at Brisign near Facnza, & band of about seventy individuals, naving collected, proce towards Boiogna. The inte! ygence from Bologna states that a plot has been formed to iniro- duce into that town several armed young men; but the weasures of precaution taken by the autborities, and the preparations o! the police, caused the pro Ject to be abandoned. The city of Bologna 18 reas- sured by the measures adopted. The population has remained a stranger to the movement, and aii is now quiet SECTARIAN SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS. This adsorbing topic 1s to be Considered in a State council for political reform, called to Tweddle Hall, at Albany, on the evening 6 next, and to continue through the Gay ani ¢ of Tuesday. Several hundred deiegates « tes and sects and from every quarter of | are exvected to be presently mn ay baw