The New York Herald Newspaper, October 28, 1870, Page 5

SOUTH AMERICA. A Free Fight in the Peruvian Congress. Subsidence of Revolutionary Movements in Bolivia. Chile Preparing for a Presidential Biection. PERU. tion—Boll im Nowe: sca, Sept. 28, 1870. ‘Vhe preliminary aebate in Congress on the Drey- us question took place on the 28d inst, For a long time public attention has been centved on his mat. ter, The press has teemed with articles respecting it, and the most absurd stories and reports regard. img the venality of persons high in office have been in civeuiation, Lhe report of the Comunttee ou Finance of the House of Deputies was seutin a few days previonsly, In this clear and very able docn- ment the advantages of the contract were put for. ward. Of Mining, receives neurly thirty per cent more for her guano than in those titaes when wie con- signing, Compactes were masters of the siiwation. The Preasu instead of being compelled to faise money for ordinary and special occasions at ruinous rates of imterest and commission, now bas funds a! ways on hand derived from @ certaim reve- ue on ters Chiinentiy more advantageo public mterest, tustead of the hungry crowd of peusioners wao besieged the Minister of Finance for the payment of iong arrears tho debis ef the Fovernment are pnactualy discharged: and, Analy, though not of the least importance, the highly satis- y condition of the Rational credit, both at home aud wbroad, is due in a great measure to the | ability wih which the French house bas managed the contract and to the well Known capitalists en- way te matter, Althoagh it was ex- pesied that the report of the committee would be favorable to the action of the government, from the fact that the. members composing it were known to be supporters of President Baltes policy, the docnment in ques Won fell Hike a Unnuderbolé in the ranks of the oppo- sition, The change in public opinion caused by the clear statements, proofs aud figures of the report Was hinpediately evideat; the hopes of the antago hisi# ol ine government fell to tue lowest point of the olin thermometer. ‘Then commenced the dis- eUSSION ds to Whether the report would be debated as if Was or whether it should be referrea again to in a committee on legislative affairs, wholly in the in- | ferosi of tae opposition, frei which It was imagined such modifications and changes could be secu fo, Gonnieract the edect already produce: P House of Kepresentatives ol the United States, in tes palutiest days, never witnessed a more exciting scene Mian occurred on this occasion, Here no memver 1s allowed to speak from hls seat, bul must ascend a itbune from whence he addresses the House. Frou tis clevated position, M. Gamio, a warlike deputy from Arequipa, gave it as his deliberate opmion Uiat the report of the Commitice on Finance was a marketable arucle, and tha price paid for it by the house of Dreyius and verninent was by no means inconsiderabe, The most extraordinary ti- MULensied; im less than live minutes M. Gamio had recerved five challenges from tho members of Scenes in Congress—Triamph of the | Goverament=Publis Eeeliag on the Situa-_ It is proved that Peru, under the new order | Itstanece known in Chile, and perha 4 to the | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTUBER 28, 1870.—TRIP merons branches, among which prominently frure the parties known as national, liberal, progressive, reform and radical, and embracing, a8 it does, many able and infnential men, is capabie of good service, as is doue Im other countries, It certuinly 1s @ great advauce on the old plan of powder aad steel, ‘The people generally regard the decision and proceedings of the commitieo with faver; the novelty of the idea, and the Rope entertained of suc- cess by the union of elements, contribute to the popolaniy of the measure, — I inking its fortunes to those of the church pariy, has lostconsiderably in 18 fold upon Lie people. it is not Known yet who will be selected as the caudi- date; among 6uch a number of aspirants fron the ranks of the different parties 16 18 almosi Lupossible ‘W elect one who will fill the fe essary requiren thelr time in mattors of fur less tinportance to ti nanon, althongi conaderabiy ta the miaority. A meeting Was held on tie Jet instant at Which delegates vom these diferent ramitications were prescut, (a decide upon a plan ol action for the approaching straggle. ‘Yue greatest | uuanimity prevailed; the members present de- | termined ( take Shel measures a& to enect a fusion of thelr respective strength, aud to select some person as their candidate on Wiom popular Opinion Dad alreacy passed a tavorabie verdict. At the same time very energeuc resoluulons were drawn up asserting ‘the purpose of the opposition fo prevent that inierference of the government 1m ihe elections tat hitherto has been productive of | So Much irouble and wrong. A general meeuing of all the prominent members of the opposition 13 | calted Jor on te Ist ot January next. ‘fais action | Is quite Loteresiny, as 1% bs founded upon the modus opera OF poluow parucs in campaigns in the United States, aud from the tact Uiatit 18 the first in South rly organized oral com- tee taking th isures and divecuiog the work. preparations are belag nade for Ure celebra- ou of he anuiversary of Chilean independence, taking place on the isth instant. Like all other Soub American republics, Chile 1s most enthastastic Hecdon dad acknowledgment of the time | when sue Was irecd from Spanish dominion, The | programme of the entertamment is nov particularly varied, cousisiiog mainly of tieworks aud milluary displa ; ‘The Viscount de Bretihard, Minister from Prance Y America, of a reguls O Chile, has been appointe ssor UO Mi. vost-Paradiol ia Washington, and will proceed to | Dis desiinawon on the Loth of October. | _ Bustness ts particularly dull, owing to the news re- ceived from Lurope. Ne transactions in dry goods ave been noted, and, although the banks have not Hanged thelr rates of discount, there 1s an appar vent ub wilungness to eater into large operations, LITERATURE. Criticivums of New Books. PALAOE AND HOVEL; OR, PuASES OF LONDON LiPte By Daniel Jo-eph Kirwan, Martiord, Conm: Bole khap & Bilss. Mr. Kirwan bas written a book whieh will doubt. Jess be read with deep interest by ail persons who take pleasure iu sensational literature; and that such persons aie numerous we know well enough, It is exceedingly questionable, however, whether a book of this kind: confers any benefit upon humanity. { Two extremes of social lite are describea by Mr. | Kirwan tn a vivid, graphic style; but these by no | Means comprise the society of the great metropolis | vrue enough, th re the most conspienous; but shall we always seek in a palace or in aden of ertme +o ascertain tie character of a people? It is a weak ness nowatlays of nearly all visitors in large cities to devote more tlue to their grandeur and to their vices than to their solid worth, The Crystal Palace is certainly more attractive to the eye than London Bridge; but the latter will stand uninjured, supporting Macaulay’s New Zealander, while he ga. upon the ruins of the former, So the virtue we pass by upheeding is more enduring than the vice to which we devote so much atrention. Mr. Kirwau has not proyen an exception to the gen- | eral ruje, Ths investigations into London society were limited to palaces aud hovels. Brown stone front houses, gaudy “hells” and shantics we isit- the ve iM question; sticks and. chairs bet of the quiet brick puilc Knew were & in all directions; the Ministers | 1 pe i : ” 7 dag! 1 et) ee MY ot Staie who were present to take part in | ROMMNg. As 4 consequence his book teems with the discussion, precipitaiely withdrew; and some of | descriptions of the great architectural Works of Lon- the crowd im ihe galeries, finding Wueir way to the | don and ot the Mitay dens of the nameless, Noor oi: the House in the contusion, commenced an assault Upon some of the mosh violent of the oppo- sing party. M. Gainio was tusticd ont by ms trends; one OF the uniortunate deputies received quite uw severe beating at the hands of vi urder was only restored by journing en masse to the lobby, w! shorty secured. The moon, however, of the opposition was de dedly lost, and the want of ski and divaity on they proceedings has gone lar towards strengihening the | already strong oplaion generally formed tu ratifymg the government coutiact,- dL. Walled upon Lo retract bis words, aod t still remains unburned. ‘The question between the American Legation here and the Pernvian governinent respecting the imunu- ities attached to the charaeier of bearer of de- spatches, bas given rise to a copious interchange of arplowatic correspondence ana to a great deal of commen In the hewspapers of the capita “he im- cltent was rejated at iength in my lust letter, put as the matier 1s of some importance 1% may be well to state that the point in question is the following:—Is » bearer of despatcues entitled .to Loviolabiuty not unly in the country to which he is sent, the territo- nes of any third power he may be obliged to pass through, but also in the country from which he carries his charge? denies tae last case, whicn ts the potut. The Lega- ion appommted a gentleman bearer of important treaties Lo Wasnington, neither he nor the Minister hemg aware of apy legal process existing to pre- vent his departure frou Peru, passports, &c., Such notice was served upon him, and he jett Peru merely by the weight of the Min ters determination to withdraw if a refusal was in- sisted on. ‘The whole matter has been referred to the Department of State at Washington for its ae. vision. Considerable excitement was caused a few days stuce by the appearance of a number of pasgvines, vr anonymous ultacks agaimst the goverameut. in tilese publicalions—which, by the way, are of - mon occurrence tn Peru—the most vioient invectiy 48 indulged in, and in this instance the President Was especially Vilifled on account of his weil know support of the Dreytus contrac:. The police ram diately proceeded to make the nece ong, d number of persons were , MOLE ol | suspicion than on well founded grounds, and Jodged at the government expense in the extensi yor oF nly Was powder cavalry | barracks at Malambo, ‘The matter is of tiself of | of Awe dive aportance, except In showing the spirit, of | the people, since the publications referred to were regarded with general disapproval. Lt really appeurs tuat the revolutionary period in the history of Peru has passed by, people ng too thorouguly cou- | vineed of the superior advantages to be derived irom peace aud the protitable undertakings now in progres: Th other matters the six days that lave elapsed since my last communication have not been tmpor wut. The pablic works, which now form the pre- dominant feature of Peru, are being pushed on wilt alt the energy and ability necessary for ther co: straction, bagineers of ‘great expe: firm ‘hat in no portion of the world ue vaities to be overcome than have been successiully surmounted on the road running from Moleudo to Arequipa. Fancy a line of track starting from a given pomt winding along precipices, passing Miwough deiiies, tirough cuts from solid granite, erossityt ms and gaps 2 those of tie Aips-—all this lor seven miles, and then return. ing to within w third of a mile from the ¢ point of departure. 111s estimated that this of the road costs nearly $200,000 per iile. to Pune from Arequipa, the continuation of the saine road, presepis great obsia: ' ail give way before the able engineers enyase undertakings, From Bolivia we have news up to the lth of present month. ‘Che various attempts at revolt vouipletely subsided, the wonle shan plons of volution lad depaiied to more congenial clint oy im other conntries to plan future nevewmen white Congress, under the presideney of the inte gent Colonel Quevedo, was busily engaged in iaany subjects of great local i . seneral Melgarejo, rely injured some few weeks since by a fall from lus horse, Nad recove ant was le the recipient of a grevi public oyutio ou his return to the capital with ois wrmy. ‘The recent treaty of commerce and estabitshing regula- ons for thé enstom house business be and Bolivia bad received the sanction of Congress, and ordered to be ratified without loss of tim Perfect peace reigned throughout the republic. Piper, witu the rst expedition of tmumigrants for the Beni, was supposed to have nearly reached jus destination. Mach tterest is felt country in this celunization scheme, CHILE. Y The Combinations for the Next Presidency— American Poiitical Candidates eral Nows. VALPARAISO, Sept. 16, 1870, in wy last correspondence it was mentioned that aclive preparations were being made for the ap- proaching Presidental campaign. Already the guv- ernment and clerical parties bave apparently dvier- | urged 1 mined to unite their forces and make battle against their common enemy. The choice of a candidate ts said to fall npon Don Federico Errazuriz, a gentie- man who has greatly distinguished himselt in sev- eral igh and important public positions. So far had steps been taken up to the date of my last leiter, and this proceeding appears to have aroused anew the energies of the diferent organizations opposed 10 the policy of the administra. fou and the retrogade proclivities of church warty, This opposition 13 comp of nie throaghont the | and coutuins upwards of 200 practical altustratir ns, | | | | | ‘The Peruvian government | After receiving nis | } Lord Knosoo, Princesses Pugnose and Aspasia, to say | nothing of aurabertess criminals, Hil the pages. Much | is written about reyalty and the aristocracy, a reat deal more About the thleves, piekpoekers and. ont vicious chara@ters of the metropuiis, and a vast di nore than Is beneficial to The moral mind about ¢ pitnted creatures Whose wine-fMashed cheeks and no simdes tell thew piuiul story. A book with Such contents cannot fail to gratify the Morbid appe- bra has treated bis snbject m about us del | as th could weil have been. book i at Agro ea manner He has also written his able, aking style, inequently ex~ cing, o¢casionally pa always sensational and never dul, but with att Wiese praiseworthy features {and we cbeeriaily acknowledge their existence) we are rauch mistaken i his work Will arrest a vicious he government, by | sale. | Among them are “Die Wacht am Rh © | marse antiaro, ab | Marsch,” comples, MUSICAL REVIEW. Madame De Lesciusa has composed (words @nd music) @ song called “Napoleon's Drea 1,” dedicated toGeneruiZrogua. it Is for sale ab Horace Waters’ and Hall & Son's, and tho prooveis are to be de- voted to the benent of the French wounded, The Song Is pretiy, the words particularly so, and the Melody taking. The object should give it a lange Ernst Reinking, Sixth siceel, repaitahes a num. ber of war songs transeribed by Kar! Werner from the celebrated house of Peters, Leipsic und Berlin. oin,’? thrown ‘The chances of Mr, irracurls huve decubcLwitile che jmto tie form of ® mare, with a tine | dud, by & strange fatality, affecting for the most Opposing party are, jubi Ant sn thelr expected suc- | characteristic and — deseripuve —Iniroduction, | VaTt Muse locatlues which previously escaped. cess, Congress in the meaniie proceeds slowly in wal nes | Navana has been usually jortunate, and te M18 extra seasion with the discussion of copstitu. | 822 arranged both as eolo and duee for | iv ey’ within, hae eee ate Cooiate Mona reforin. Despite the worrylag marcus of | We Plano; the “Wissenbirger Stevkimarkct,’? | ages Within her ‘precinets hay en very the press the conscript fathers stil] dedght (o occupy | with s good military ring init; Saarlorieker sieges: | SUgh For mauy days past it has been hy” brilliant and imposin a; * Woersher Steg ineMective; “Mets Triumpha! Mareh,” the best of the series, WIth dash and life tn it; “Pariser Pinzug Maron (1914), an old favorite among German banda; © Songs,” cleverly strung together; and “Germania,” 4 choice bouquet of songs of Fatherland, The weil known picture of “Germania on the Rbine,’? with sword and shield, decorates the title page of each, 0. H, Dodwaith, Astor place, publistivs te follow. ing:—“the Belle of the Bali Room,” grande valse brillante, J. Ernest Perring, A truly brilliant work, witha foe characteristic introduction, taking waltz themes, worked up in the most (anrestic manner anda perfect shower of gems, ike musteal reworks, for conclusion, It is vory handsomely jot up and as an abiractve utle pay: “Les abyous et les Gini: OW)—2 80UE Which com simiplesty ‘nthe an WH) be ound to p r “My Heart Fouows thee very Bimiple and expressive, J.N. Pattison & Co, As following: “Let Me Be," eccentric sony and danc Howanl Although things of this kind Gop into the proviuce of cetueisin, yet thea ps success arede erving of a Word, ‘this 1s to “Shoo Viy” and fully a8 Uaking un its way. already found its way everywhere, fom Uhe ball- room to the curbsione. The briiiant and effective four-oand pieces by Henry Mayint Bn Avane March Powerntt Temptation 4oiKa,”” eet Hardsiip Golep? and “Broan Galop,” have met with great suceess. The same composer has also written @ charmuiny ule mazurka ML ENE “HOSE of he Sweetest Thought Mazurka. J. N. Pattt- son, ‘The acconpisied composer bas in this added one of the prettiest of rosebuds to his already large bonquet ol mazurka melodics. - “Lhe Pith Avenue G has already reached second edition, and is played by aall (ne orehesiras of New York, George Willig & Co., Baltimore, publish the fol- lowing: * Blower of tie Alp and graceful selling ofa Adieu to the Woodlands, ing in its simplicity and ct ject. Ta Tu Polka.” & tune, Li oclation Hall, publish the rottn 1 enter pretty duet. Abt, Charm- ravierisiic of Une sub+ Gen A common dancing of ats Kind Lonely r? nocturhg Gustav Lange. The Melody is very prerty, bus me Management of ib be. way: with variations, J. M. und beginners. hie. A delighifal i words equally attractive, sJubiice Overture”? A ime four-hund arranges ment, by Frederic Lux, of Weber's grand work, bringing out some of its best orchestral effects In stroug relief on the piano, “The Gazelle,” character piece. Fritz Spindler. A light, graceful litte work, corresponding with its due, ‘There 18 a springing movement akin to the footfall of the gazetie tu the yapid measares of the theine. Less On melody in 9-8 time, wi! 13 breathed i Ditson & © followtug: “Athalie, AL, », New York and Boston, publish the Pvery one is familiar with the royal mantle of music that Menavissohn threw over Racine’s woi {his published by this house ma heat and convenient form, “Moonlight Nigits, Heuer. The 1 PEC plano Baste, aud 4M these Inthe the weatel of metody and harinouy, wih that ex- ireme purity of stylé that characierizes this great jephen ot geis may be found tites Of the pruvient., And todo Mr. Kirwan justice ne | man in Mis course or lead an erving woman buck to | virtue, THE Srory OF 4 We AN’S LPR. ty Prancis Museu, D.1., wiih miuctton by Wiliam Ky Wuliams, 2.3% New Yerk: Oukley, Mason & Co. ‘Nhe eventful ive of Dr, Mason is here recorded in one OF The Tosh agrecable autobiographies we Lave read i some f Antive of England, he came to iis ged in mechani cal pars! ly entered the ministry. Asa missionary be travelled over a gr | Asia and Airtea, (hus embracing in ins career the | | owhi | before us. The | ties, ido ' pon the seventy-one y ne line | Doctor’ upon these | Tous tine i | book down to the prese | Mr | this book E.EMEN Methods Adopred—The | four great divisions of the earti. Although there tures of Dr, Masou than have sionaries, vil seem to have been fil of the interest nguishes the clear, sunple narration rca! and religioas ideas and cus- rlish working © daring the present century, and the peculiari- NCrasies, as WeIL as prasewortny tentur ol in the compara hood of the repubhe, are anke des irafed by numerous well told tucidenia. { peoples and tribes mihabiung Asia among whom Dr. Mason kibored, are and add materially to our kn rhe Nthut of « Workingman, and in looking ns Of Nis existence ly tended other mis. ot the early part of eter ive citi A and alle of the sever and Afric also given. t 46 peopl: de back mast derive as jauch pleasure from the consciousness of having spent » his days as we have been atforded cutertainment from lis narration of how they were spent, Livery May His OWS Carri L chat ien to th four ae By Praneis ent dae by New York part of | i | 1 1 i { Accounts | wiedge of | the author has, indeed, | seribner, Sixiy years ago Francis Chater pablished this | work, wud sites then “Kvery Mun His Own Gaitle 1 an WNQuestioned wuLnority im farming communities. [tf has beea revised: ab vite Win. Youatt, himseit a ated authority on such subiects us tat treated hy Spoower, SktW amt Mayhew, who have made ditions as we seh demanded by the progr Knvwledge in the diseg of of es Of enitle and ew dis- cure, The edition sole work of with hors names with Mr. voveries of means of nt combines additious aided aud which beings tue | It is impossible to mach innite by me overestimate alue of Work of this kind to Many thousaud auimais die yearly for want of iumely or proper altenGion, which the possession of would have bled their owuers to volume is neatly printed aad bound, bestow, showing loriis of disease and treatment, e Ast Norman Lockyer, Ame . edition. New York: D. Appleton & C ‘This elementary Work on astronomy is so admir- ably written Cat while it is adapted to the wants of | the begimer if will also be found useful to persons advanced mi tie study of the sctenee. A new arrangement has been adopted, by which the book is begun with the stars, In reference tothis arrange- mit Mr, Lockyer says, in the preface:—“It may be hab UNS treatment Is objectionabie, as it re- daces the mental gymnastic to a minimum; th is right, therefore, that I should state that my alm throughout the book has been to give a connected view of the whole subject rather than to discuss any particular parts of It; aad to supply facts and ideas founded on the facts, to serve as a basis for subse- quent study and discussion.” On the whole we are inclined to regard these elementary lessons in astro- nomy with much favor. The incorporation in them the | of the most recent astronomical discoveries adds ereatiy to then valine. the | ) Schamann. | Coronet,’ teacher of the pinio and take: High authoriny | An Scboobs aunt conservatorie } The mad seene toon publistied by Tis hou PUCPOSe itis pullished, & i homus We “thumiet® is also hot for what nuplos ty or for reference, Christind Nico has taken ont the best ol | The copyrights 10 Hus seene—liat is, no one else in Kurepe-or Minenes can Mug i. She alone can infuse passion inf@ poor Ophelies uroken utterance “Ou Voules yous Aller’ ivcarole, Gounod, Miss Kellogg andother pocne @onne have ade the pub pL eiyrhrral litte song. ing Macheth,? bariow fanciful idea, Weill carrted out Mereaiia, are very yuod. “Royal Sougs Walizes.” Johann Strauss, Thomas has inwie the New York public faiuiiar with the unrivalled waltzes of Striuas, aud this is one of tie striking in the bong List, psy Lue,” chorus Jor mixed voices. Robert Herve ts an acinirable selection for our Irgeal clubs. The part Interwoven Yr. Boot. A » words, by O. Sone wee and ne with master skill and present acon effectiveness, farrehild & Dwyer peolist in ther cheap edition | of popular gems, uiier the name of the *Musteul pleas “TL Love. But Must on tne Rhine.” “Fron-Prou’s Dream of Home. composed by Miss ida Kdwiy, Ban exquisite bile melody im triple lime, With Variations corresponding to the claracter of the work. On the litle page is a land-ome [iho- graphic likeness of Miss Agnes Kthet. und ialf-Dime series published by Ben- - Hitehcock, Beekman street, is fast ap- proaching the thousandth nymber. This s Little ity nie by Sedew! Hed Who,” and “The iains every vocal and uistrimental piece of a popu Jar natire. THE WAPRGE WAY Watet Thie at Market be . A young colored Jad charged by George Mortimer, of 35 Lispe with waking a waten valued at tventy-tiv from IMs poeket on Wednesday ment. dled his unit andl was held fov tial ard st dollars: Jackson de- Vennis Connor, of 28 Pesbrosses street, ineving | Nbdibed 4a usEal MHANLITY Of Wluskey, eailed atthe | house of Alice Saow, 52 Wooster street, and changes that while there he was robbed of Wis waten, val at forty tive d Ail the ieinale bourders we; ¥ mol ANTHLY auy 0 HELE ba my ota arraigned yeste able to | wuiL of wy 06 bal on tes of @ a whie conversing lostday uight, *, Was addres oF sii Browlway, iown on Wee ean Ainity John Moors, vith & wiv raer oF person Who lafurined tiny that le wis a polite own fi ieee he refused wud in ci to pay pul convey jum vo the stat ant Moore did ot hav { but guve ms watch, valued att P security to the hegns’ ofieer. After detiverina’ up | tus property Moure gave adeseriptou of ihe party 1 to clive Keilly, of the Filteepih precinc', who | subsequently arrested a weil Koown tet named j James Durty, wias Cul, of 428 West Pwenty- | stveet, Upon betmg ignel wt cour morning te compiamant reused ta ident prinouier and be Was disciarged. It is sapposed that Moor vered lis property avd therciore did nut nm Pery | en Who are interested in the riising of eattie, | ' | \ | | luake & Cuurge against te yrisener. William Pextain, of No. s7i tndson arraigned yesterday rheruing on the charge jug a gold wateh, Vatuod ab $150, from Kens Dickerman, of No, 189 into n gutter on Weane state of imioxicalion, trial. Detectives Evans and ninth preciuct, arrested Horns and Robert White, Tuomas A. Harris, oF charged with picking Thompson street, who teil niet while ina beastly TAL Wate Corn aiible Mulligan, Will etl, Thom apiaint of General st Thirty-lirst street, Ket of & gold watet upon « Ai } and chain, valued at $350, while riding ii a Fourth uvenue car, The prisoners, Who are Known as pro- Sessionits, Were locked up in order to produce the complainant, Who is out of town. THE VELLOW FEVER STIL. Governors Island Jealousty Guarded. kept up on Governor's Isand. Phe two causes which | po ee i" Of whatever 1 "¢ ‘or their @) occurred last Sunday again aroused the viguance of | jorted tor the vonstienen s 8 that are in the authorities, and the greatest precautions are taken in the landing of the mails and the transport. ing of goods from the tsiand. One of the kite cases reported resulted in death Wednesday morning at West Bank. Things are progressing so favorably at the hospital that the official = report is now 01 forwarded once a week. Dr, Carnochan states that the qharnutine will not be raised until the Board of Heaith are perfectly satisfed that there is uot the slightest danger of infection. Dr. Morris says that there ts no immediate intencion abolishing the strict watch kept on the island, so that tu 1s very probable that the inhabitans will be longer m durance vile than they expected. Uutil we nave a few more cold days they mur enioy New York at a distance, otpourrs of War | -wsoug suag by Nilsson; | puaerncy anak | | | ex tort | CUBA. \4 Second Hurricane in Cuba~Great Des ruc- | ton Throughort the Vuelta Ab»)o—Reports | of Vessels on the Florida Coast~De- | eree of the Regent Concerning | Importation of Vessels, } HAVANA, Get, 22, 1870. | ‘This island hes been visited by another hurricane, | Sgual in destructive power to Chat of the Tun Inst, | huown Ciat ite Jesnie Pathers bere, who are men of | Very eXteasive scientiie atiatnmenia, and who, for | Years, Dave been in the habst of careful study of the changes in the weather and of making and record: | | Ing Meteorological observations, predieted another hurricane, and so muck Confidence was felt In the Prediction tut cayeful preparations for it were made, From the 17th ih was observed that dark, heavy looking clouds were passing over the elty and the barometer commenced falling rapidly. The Vessels fa the harbor were notified of the Probable approach of stormy and the naval Drecauuons Were taken. On the evening of the ; 9M the Wid set into biuw very Jercely, and by | eleven o'clock Was blowing a wurrieane from the | southeast, Which conthived unUt six of the folowing | mnorning, ‘Phe gusts of wind eontng at rapid inter- | WS Were of greal power, and heavy rains fell | during the night. {618 the opinion of the more in- | telligent persons here that the force of the storm passed over Havana at a very considerable altitude ant that the comparatively Nttle damage cause a here is owing to that fact he fotlow- { img details a reporiedimOu the Cabaile. | rin wWhart the zine was blown from the roof, aud several smail harbor boats attached thereto Wore lost, and at the other wharves slight Guage Was done, At ile Custom House landing a number of harbor boats were destroyed and a large ski belonging vo the frigate Gerona The coasting schooners lying ut the wharf Paula sufered some slight injuries, Vnree fighters, loaded with nour, pork, lard, &¢, went lo pieves, and many of ‘th beats belonging to vessels in the Harbor were de- stroyed, Considerable damage wag dove among these vessels, Several anchored near Casa Blanca Were greatly injured. ‘Ihe beautiful steam launch | belon, ‘ustom Hot has disappeared, ‘The Dark Fir Veters and the schooner ting Star, which were dis. charging lumber at ihe anchorage, In trout | of thy Cabafias fort at iv o'clock AL M. | i dragging their anchors, dvitting | auce ef Ue harbor, ‘The anchors | aught ta the chains of the guard sup, causing tbat vessel to swiug out into the channel, but without detaching ~ her from her moorings. They rewatne! im this position until morning, when great efforis were made to obvain a tug to goto their relief, but without succes. At teu o'clock the Guiding Star broke loose and was driven | by @ heavy sea upon the cowst of the Cabanas, where | her bottoin was soon knocked oul and she became | “total wreck. The Florence eters escaped with | slight damage, ‘The British hark Madras, at a pone | An the harbor known as Gama, discharging coal, was hy the force of the wind einbayed tn the whart, Where she still remains. ‘The damage tp the city is msignite Mned fo the destruction Of a few (ees i Jury to some houses, While Havana hes been thes sortnnate, el the destraction has been Seariul, slight in- | Owlag to the tn | si ary », | terraption of communication and the stow move- | aad thea of, obinder. . Very, simple | mente of thisipeonle but few deually fave renoucd h Dar Sptudier. ‘The barbarous | US+ Tis Known, however that the damage im that character of the inetody is retained, bat tne ar- | Heh and populous | section k Vuelta | rangement gives it an atbractive appearance. ADAG, cwaiGre. thie/-Choldess 10 ts bas | Sweet-Scented “Violet. Sptnier. A, lovely | bed Very great. A gentlouwn who apon Thur melody, delicately and artistically handled, j day went out upon rh wesiern road, .ove Song.” Spndier. ‘this’ is one ot the | leatllog to Pinay Col Big a0) far, ae Bae | prettiest of this casket of x: for the setting of an | Christobal, reports the scalivn houses on the - | extremely simple, un pret rhstie | THd beyond twat potor fis all destroyed. One fund @osaer-Uae MARL the cohiposer's poetic spirit, | VC them had been carried a disianes of halt» ante | over the country font its fomndaons., So great a | | destruction of property has taken place thak many | Wealthy persons tive been impoverished, Employes on estates im thes icininy iy, Who arrived here trom thence 0 report that the gale eansed in the town and rordiiy fo informa. Hon received, Vie ntore distant estates had been ens (rely desolated, it is stated that the village of San. Diego de Jos Baios, in the distret oc Sau Cristobal; ee greatly frequenced by invalids, for its warn has been entirely swept away, re bs Every Teason to KUPpose That four of the. cities on Whe south coust have snfered greatly, At J ano the Weter rose fifieen feet, Mooding a greater portion of the town ind casing great Injary vo the houses and trees, Tho steamers whol were LE § | tWo great military lowers of Hurops ) bes ht, being con. | | description i tinted spi where | HEET, et that thin law shal! be res eMLS Dw SLR TORS From the Camaguey—Heavy Raine—Seareity of Fuel—Insurgents Confident=The Opera- tious. PUERTO PRINCIPR, Oct. 10, 1870, Matters are not improving in tia section of the island, and & general feeling of despondency ts ap- parent, The rains have been extremely heavy of late, and military operations bave heen but few and ' unimportant. ‘There is & great scareity of | Vegetables and fuel here, and the prices | are four times as great as in normal limes, We hear but little that is reliable trom the insur. gr. bub ib is evident they are not discouraged, nut ave determined to Keep up the fight, coufidens that something wil ultin advantage. The Spanish foreés couuune scouring the country when tie weather will permit, ocea- sionally killlog on insurgent, destroying the thatched houses of the country people and driving off the ‘They are occasionally attacked by the insur ith Varying success, ‘This, and nothing m0 ately turn Up to their THE BRAVE AND THE PAIR. American Works of Charity—Fairs for German and French Wounded—The New York Foundling Asylum and Other Charites, ‘The wall of the widows and orphans of the calam- itous strife on the felds of devastated France, and the groans of the wounded in the war between the evoked a sym pathetic feeling tn the benevolent hearts of our char. towns of the Rhine to chastise the to onlg scowge, and the admirers of France, rushing to arme tn defen were equally cager to show their un by their works of charity, our native citizens were neither indifferent nor inactive. ‘The canse of humanity was ably sustained, and the suferings of th mis of Prussian aud French aggression were weil re bered, AS has once been said and of 1 quoted, “Charity begins at home, bub dees not end there,” ‘The axiom is well understood by the benevolent of this city, for which contributions for the widows and orphans and the sulferiag wounded in the Kuropean war ave been and are sill lavishiy thrown into the lap of charity fthose institutions and objects of merciful consideration in ony midst wre held ba watontul care, Along the most worthy of the many enevelent culerprises now claiming the of our citizens Is that of the Ger ‘air, oat the Thirty-seventa — regument junetion of Sixth avenue and Broadway Was Seb Ou foot by our G nh eltieus Lor the purpose of musing funds for the relied of all ty wounded within the German Ln Tue results, far, have been most eneouraging, and wie euce: prise promises to be quite suceessfal. Over $00,000 bave been collect 000 from tickets and silos and $15,000 from su ptions, There has been no Jlmess shown tn the managewent of the fair, hing connected Witn ti Is admirable, and the Armory a4 it is to-day will repay & visit. Hy the rooms oF the fair offer special at- raclons two good and too huuwrous for juinute lent Napole- enthusiastic of the republic, chantable 0 1 ERENCH NATIONAL BAZAAR, under the Management of a ladies’ Commitice, also promises excellent result It will be supported by our most respectable French citizens, and will no doubt pe largely patronized by tae gene: Mme, Mourrailia, tae secretary of the P minitlee, akes the aiictil announcement that ie openmg of tie fair, whieh 18 to be held in the suine building Where tie German Fair is now held, jas been Celinitely ixed for the Lith of pext month. vrangements thus jar are complete, and the jadies acknowledge Unit they have been ably assisted m their andertaking by a number of French and Amerean gentiemen, A coumiitee, composed ol aw number of prominent artists, has been formed to prepare the decorations, snd the services of Mr de Lussan and M. ©) rs Von Guele have bee Secured to muke proper arrangements for the mnsic. ‘the following is @ jist ot the ladies who have been selected to preside at the duverent tabies:—Mmes, Vietor Place, wile of the msul General; Rh. Ogden Doremus, Aines Van Ward; Mile. Bloasie Mmes, W. A. Budd, Hed. Alien, A. Charvet, dn Alker, A. HL. Lazarre, Le Rochetu mon Pieot, Lasalie, Jinel Pery, Bigot, Nash 4 8, Bouillon, Lebueu: | Miles. Lecleveq and Auvert. | Phe foliowing jadies hay ) ceive contributions outside Lespinase suv Us been dele of New Yor Washington, Heigats, be Camean,statea ervilly, Philadelphia: Ruta, Phthadel- wl LO Te. anchored in the port gol up steam and sell Uheit anchorage, Wiking reluge between the Keys neat Ure bay. From @Quibes that name had susered greatiy, hi Hon shows these to be injury Was very stall. eXtend as far east as Matanzas, as the b that place make no mention of it, to that point 1s down, | ‘The steamer Colnmbia, Captain Van Stee, arrived | here from New York about two ck on Tuesday isth, She reports te tuliowing vessels ashor ¥ coust:— 2 Wiles below Jupiter Nght an herma- ulite Dg, Nigh and dry; stripped; tents erected | on shore. {Twenty mies south of Jupiter large shiv ashore; Ken np; beach strewed with timber; no person sight near hey | Ten mules north of Hin: | horne ashore: broken up: people i tents on. th nh. Columbia stopped and seni boat to the surt, aud received two en Who swam out. The others would not venjure, ‘They reported plenty of pr visions among the weecked. The steamer Missise sippt had passed two hours previous and had ttken the captain on heard to land hin at Key West, whither he went to obtain @ schooner for assistance. Five miles south of Hillsboro a three-masted schoone! abeth Borden, or Burden; further south another schooner, and a ship or bark, with only the foremast standing, atl ashore. At Cape Florida a schooner ashore, and at Ragged Key a large siup, with a number ot wreckers around he | er informa. aud tbat the ty cad not ters from ‘The telegraph | bre boro bark William Rath- the hospitals have recetved er pulieliis, i the cholera + relat an end, ‘The physicans aise | report no'eases, The Caviain” Gene ‘ ag muted the sentence «i (0 be shot by court . late Governor of Santiagn de , has arrived here en rovie ior Spall. Senortia Conception Aguero, a young Cuban poetess, elgnfeen years ol age, daughter of Fran- wo, is in prisog in’ Pherto Prin Me amusement, blended with indigua- tion, has heen caused here by w& sensation report | which was cligaiied by a place ina New York jour nals editorial columns, concerning Caban lidies beg rehed > street handcuffed, of their being hooted at and insulted by tie voluuteers, all of whiet the 38 nO siiviow of truth. ‘Ti ) Onban jadies who have beeu sont here have, ac ling to thet own statements, been treated be | | withe ¥ ans! constueration, amd | ore ta Mle Wherever they chose, here or do the States. In Puerto Principe and some other places, however, they have been treated with { great in lgnity by the Spaniards, the Uficial Gu eetees af he 14th inst. published the } following: ‘The Minister’ of the Ultranurine Department ted to lik Exceluncy we Superior Polltieal de jer date of the Ba December last, the foliowing order UK EXOKLLnNoY—Tae following decree haw. be ssued on this date. As Regent of the kingdow and incon socmity with the proposition of the Minister o: the Ultra marine Department, ad in accordance with the Ministerial iL T dearne ae follow 1. ‘Che importation of vessels, eer of wood or » 18 permitted tp the islands of Gaba und » Kien on ayment of the rollowing dutes:--On veuel of woo! nd of a cay i pding 10) tons of one oh 8 D0 pe on Wooden vessels, tron | tons. BO per ton: on those of WL tone aod } iron butlt veazels of any banten, #2 60 per to | The vew AX onnage of the gis retery | be understood to be the number of tons, of oni | ath, which they measure absointely ander dec any deduction whatever, but the duties nioresu ton comprise an Inde the duties eorrespor tools and ng to wll th referred to sion is hereby sn OF overhanited 4 4, ission is ) ist vessels to tree 2 anish subject “lg and I Code 4 hereby annulled fi conned AT. f. Spaninh vessels miay b hands thatthe owner and the efent, ia conformity with the art oC the Ordinances of Matriculn the articles first and. fourth of the | November, 1867. When, in a foreign owner cannot find @ sudicient aumber to form the crew, the Latter may be cigners, with the convent of the Cousin 10s, Ant. 6, The materlls of x)i kinds the constriction, eureening or rey Ly disp0 section ten sy wud Witte Doereo of the Bein | avineg steam engines and marine steam botlers, of whatever system ot horse power will pay the duties marked in the tari, bot the latter shall be returned to the builders or manutacturer on th tion, and on proot being farnisned by them of ( tion ‘or employment of aid anaterials'in the aforesaid ing of repair of veasels, engines or boilers. Arv. 7. For the return of these ariies the weight or volume of the materinin or articles sbait be caleatated, 19 avcordauce with the tari, aovording to the welgit or volume of the work done or completed, x0 that the ditties corre: ‘spaniing to the waste material er those which shall cor MPpliction of mld mates thats teen seet Bal ls shall acorue to re Given at Madrid December ty 1663. a ISCO SERRANO, FRANC ot aa Of the Uittamarine Department MaNuri. By His Highness’ order, 1 comm Your information and the consequent effecta, And Hin Excellency having determine! vn the Sd of Janu porta bruld- for have reports that the vajiey of | Nas long beer a deside | alfeenoon the tr, New Jersey; Si. Ament, No. 214 Heavy WKLY TE. Ww YORK § Ty ESDLING HOSPITAL um, and ne Dovier home charity could possibly appeat to the benevoient. it is the intention oF ‘the Sisters ef Charity, whose deeds Of disinterested, sell-sacrifiemg goodness mn rescuug the victims of maternal rashu trom cruel deaths need no eulogy to erect a suttanie ist. tution which will enable them to carry on thelr be- vevolent work 50 nobly begun, The Legisiature last’ spring passed au act ieasing (hat portion of ground situated between Sixty-eight und Sixty-ninth streets, Lexington and Fourth ave nhes, as a site for wh asylum, and promised $100,600 towards it erection, provided a similar sum be raised by contribuiton, ‘Thus it remains only for the friends of the to come forwara with their open purses. An oppor- tunity will be afforded them by the sisters on ihe 7th of next month, when a greatsbazaar or fair will he held at the armory of the Twenty-second regi. ment, Fourteenth street, in this city. ST. MARY'S CHURCH Far, The fair now in progress at Williamsbridge for the benefit of St. Mary’s church, which !s in process of erection, promises to 4 complete success, Ju 1s patronized by all classes, without distinction ot religion, and a committee, on which are represented both Catholics and Protestants, have volunteered their services to the esteemed pastor, Rev. A. Kin- sella, to collect aud receive contributions. The fol- Jowing ure the names of the gentlemen:—Me: William ©, Havens, Peter Briggs, Jamey MeNanara wand Daniel Cash. MIRVEAND = JOChEY CLUB. arity BALTIMORE, Oct, 27, 1870. morrow, and the pool at WIth abxious bidders The first race wili be over We will have four vac rooms are crowded to-nt on the horses entered, hurdles, and Biddy Malone, Oysterman and &. B. Con- noliy are to run, Biddy 1s the favorite at even against the field, ‘ihe second race will be a sweep- stakes for three-year-olus, a two mile dash, wh: closed with ten nommitions, but mn as Kingfisher is in it and will run, none but Midday will Oppose bin, and there is no betting on te resi. It isa foregone conetusion. that Kingbsher most wii third st | two mie dash for ail ay 300 pounds. Five horses have entered . COMprISILe fenton, Hayy Proplet, dr., and au. dr, Edentou has the eal: tw the berting. forth race will be mile heats, for wh have entered. ‘These are Fine Kelipt Ann, Ortolen, Ensigi, St. F » Planet cole and Limber Jin is the favorite. Good racing is aot W horses will start in the four mile heat race on Sacurd ‘ienelg, Helmbold, © Niagara, rrie Atherton, Abdel-Kader and THe Which 18) as large @ field as ¢ aried Mua race ai iat diss | tance, BALTEMORE, Oct, Yr M. Mr. Baboock fas just annonne start Helmbold in the four 1 that he will not nile heat on Satur. ity. FLEETWOOD PARK. Owing to the inclemency of tne we sing advertised im Wier yestorday Ne HERALD to close the Oetober trotting meeting at Fiecwwood Park has been postponed antl Tuesday next. piu and 2 the tn The that have thus been deterred ar 9 horses, the former having ten entries and latter eight entry The mrerest #ttached to races is more than ordinarity exhibited, and, Onl a Pleasant day be the fortane of tin By nl ab the postponed time, there will a lar lendance vo withess the respective struggles, ‘The oe for ie three-year-old files has been postponed low Che course—a good day and track, PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUKOS. «tiay. should the we for the f track in a falr condition, a trot of the most mnt ing nature will come of at ther be propitious and the es this course between the wy stallion Ge Wilkes snd the bay mare Amer: , Mile heats, best three in tive, to wagons, ra purse and stake of $2,000. The race wil at & goodly assemblage, many of whom Will be the gentlemen veterans of an oid school who desire to witness ® trot upon its merits, and to this end they hope the result will tend. PROGRESS. OF THE West, —Forty years ago Detroit contained bot 2,222 inhabitants; 1 now bas almost 80,000, Thirty-seven years agé, when Michigan was adinitted mio the Union, it had jess. than 200,000 inhabitants; now it has almost Ronee Forty years ago, in alt tiat region between Flint and Mack- naw there were but 25 whites, where today are settled over 240,000. This is in people. Its wealth of forest, son, magnificent mineral deposits ana COMLMETCHA position ave DUT KO C@RIV BhAbed, Olan even { FOUR YEARS IN SING. Summing Up of the Jackson Case and the Re. corder’s Charge—Counsel Attempts to Con- done for the Indignity to the Court— “Waiting for the Werdict”—Jackson Found Guilty of Manslaughter in the Third Degree The court roo f we General Sessions was crowded yesterday by parues interested in the fate of Thomas Jackson, Who was being tried for killing Archibald Dougias in the Plrst ward, It will be re- membered that all the evideuce was taken on Wednesday. At the opening of the cowrt the senior counsel | proceeded to sui up the case for the accused, He | discussed at yreat length the law defiaing murder | and the various grades of homicide, and then pro- | ceeded Co review the salient points of the testimony, | claiming tat Jackson was not guilty of wilful murder. Upon (he reassermotiog of the court District Attar ney Garvin proceeded to address the jury in behalf of the people. He commenced vy alluding to the important question prevented for their determina- tion, remarking that on these occasions the sympa- ties of jurors and spectators were with the living mean, forge\ling that there was another man who lived in heaith and strength, whose Ife ought not to be taken away without a just caus fie (tne District Attorney) was not there to | bang the prisoner, but simply as a minister of jus | itable eitfzens, Organizations were — formed, if possible, to aid the jury in coming ' anpeal issued, and the whole machinery | ty 4 righteous ueluson sregarding the fare of 7 of evolent action, whieh previous expe: | tne prisoner at the bar. He would not do Jackson renee in our fratriclaat strife commanded, | ay injustice for lis right arm or for Ms life. ‘The was putin mouon, And while relatives and triends roused Was an officer of the General Sessions of the gallant men who sailed out from the historic | 8 the time of the occurrence, and had often heard tus Honor the Kecorder-who adorned the position which he ocenp'ed pass Judgment upon convicted felons, aud Was (uorefore pre-eminentiy fitted, above every olher baa arrvigned for an offence, to under- stand what were tis rights and duties, The Dis triet Attorney then proceeded Lo show trom the tex Umeny of most of the witnesses and from the pri- soner's owa statement Uiat Jackson deliberately took the life of Dougior, | Mr, Garvin contended that every man of common | Seuse Knew that tis Was not @ Case of justifiable homicide or of self-defence, and also maintained, With ultiost irresistible logie, force and éiojuence. that the evidence woud not warrant the jury ik zeae. the crime to mansiaughter. At the close of the District Attorney's address the Recorder charged the jury as follows: GENTLEMEN OF TH JORY—Thia trial ts boat lowed and finally #ubmitted to you, ‘Thomas Jackao tudieved for the shootiag of Aréuibatt Dotglas on the October, 1869 th the Firet ward of the eity of New York, re sulting ‘in bis death. Under this indictment be may, if" toe eyidesice to your minds ustify tt, be evavieted of liner the two degreca of murder, or of the third or fourth degree | Of manslaughter, or he may be acquitted uyon the ground o justifiable or excusable hointelde, Murder In the first degree, wo tar ab It can have application tothis Garteilar vate, i the kein beiny when Dob jusiitiale or es citsabl nuder the head Of mausiaughter, and perpevated with » premeditated design to ellece death, ‘The premeditated design must be eom fore the act of killing, and must precede the wit, but vo particular space of tine is necessary to intervene between the completion, conception of lie design aud its execution to be of # human jo nor coming {ia y formed Ifa periected design precedes the act itis smauzier, ‘Thi ia | muraer in the firs. degree, and for this offence tie prisoner tx now on trial. Murder in the second degree emoraces #! h are not included in the dennitien of awurder in the trst dh ant wil be beld to inclade cases of unjustidable and unlawfal and inexeusaole killme characerized by premeditated design or by mo remediation beyond an intent Ww, produce eat, but nob by that degree of enorinity, wilfuluess and premeditation which marks the coinmiesion ut murder in the frat degre The line of distiveon between murder in the first degree and io the secoud degree is not very clearly deiined io the statute, aod somecbiag i left to the sound and inteligeat jwigment of the jury 1a fixings the degree of the crime, Madslaughter in the drat te net applicable to the facts of this cave. Perhaps not mansiaueh= ter in the second degree, thouglt one division of it, the klilia- Of a human belug without a Weniga to effect death, ie the heat of passion, but ina eruel and wnusual manoer, might possibly be ‘contended to embrace it, but as manslanghter in the third degree i "the oifence, except that it ia Killing accompltabed ‘a dangerous weapon, fustead of a crue! and unnsiral man , I present that aspect of the offence to you ae better adapted to the facts of this case than manslaughter In tan second degree, Alter reading the deiinition of excusable or justifiable homicide, luk Honor continded:—bvery athe= Killing of a batman beiog by the act, procurement oF culpa: ble pegiigence of another, where not justilable uor excae sable, nor murder, nor manslaughter of «higher degree, manaianghter in ihe fourth degree. The ceauure which ticularly distinguishes rans laughter from murder is the a’ sence of a dexiga to eilect death. Applying thexe detnitions to this particuiar case, if you believe the prikoner, Thomas Jackson, killed Archibald Douglas " withont legal jusilication’ oF excuse, and with & premeditated design bo effect bis death, he guilty of murver in the first degree, aecording to the enormity of the act and the degre of premeditation with which {wax perpetrated, I! doug without a desivn to eifect death, but In the beat of vasa aod with @ dangerous weapon, then het guilty of mu! slaughter im the third degree. L have read to you the defir Hon of manelauchter in tbe fourth degree, and | the test - mony. shall jusiuy it you may tad th cused guiity of thie fi ‘on ean also, gentlemen, in the eases of murder wl ' 2 specific ert de | tide given to you, if you believe the facts tb justify sich ev viusion, acquit the prisoner on the ground that ti was either sustifiaisle or ‘The Recorder then stated the respective theories | Of the prosecation aud the defence, and real tie testimony given by Toomas Jacksoa én erlease from Sot the oficial stenograpier, Hie Honor } up the question of seit-deience and quoted the case of the People vs. Shorter for the guidance of the | jury. ‘The several requests of counsel were charged, | With one or two shght modificauons, and the case | Was given to the jury at a quarter to four in the | afternoon, As soon as the jury retired to thetr room the senior counsel rose und endeavored to atone for (he unpar- donable and wanton attack made upon the integ rily of Recorder Hackett on the first day of the trial, | by attributing to hin in honeyed words tie highest degree of magnanimity aud fairness in his charge to the jury. die took an exception to the Recorders ins ructions respecuing murder in the secona degree. ne spectators lingered in ana around the court room while the jury were deliberating upon th verdict, and the most intense interes: was many fested by the Iriends of the prisoner as wo what | Would be the resuil, Some aiirmed thas the Re- | corder was so magnanimous in charging all the pots of the prisouer’s counsel that the jury woud disagree, While others feared that the telling thouga briet speech of Juage Garvin woulda te the fata noose around Jackson’s neck. After being absent one bour the jury came into court and rendered a verdict of guilty of muan- slaughter in tie third degree. The prisoner wil} be sentenced nextterm, The highest penalty that can be lmposed for this grade of homicide is im- prisonment in the state Prison for four years. Jackson seemed to be periectly satished with the verdict, for he cordially thanked Mr. Kintzing, tis | counsel, for his ett / OUR MODEL cum Ube | FARE | Six Months’ Work—The New Fire ‘Telegraph—Great Decrease Vires. ‘The Fire Department as at present administered is certainly the model department of the Continent, Mf not of the World, and 1s deserving of the generous enconragement of the public and the msurance com- panies, Since the opening of the new tire alarm | telegraph in Mareh jast the loss of property from | fires nas largely decreased, “i rarely does’ a fire | attain such headway that ib cannot be suppressed. With a view of giving statistics on tue subject « HEKALD reporter applicd yesterday to Me. George H. Sheldon, of Fire Marshal Mcspedon’s office, Trou * whom the following figares were obtained, They Will show the comparative losses daring the last sik Alarm in Losses and months, as compared with the corresponamg months of just year: | Month. 1859. 18T0. { April... Ne + $426,075 $210,086 May + 299,003 201, 00 June 49,782 244,680 duly 131,800 Augus' - 87,900 Septembe 382,050 { Decrease, . At will be seen irom the al | crease in losses on fires m the past six wonths haw been Miore than half the total cost of esivolishing $201,225 hove table that ihe de. the alarm telegraph. The Commissioners tu, tate themseives upon the result of win experiment, but has proved a great suc Saving property, and no dowot Life. It must be remembered that the 1 present only extends as far north street. Nearly ail the large fires oc point, along the line of the wires, where manulac tories are located. Of the losses occurring during Ihe past six months four fires where the ay loss Was $258,000 were above Fourteentt sircet. ai number of fires in the last six months were 5% agamst 405 in the corresponding period for sast year, or @ decrease of 107 fires. PROTECTION FOR EMIGRANTS. Justice Dowting on Wednesaay received the follow | tngietter, which ts only one of hundreds recentiy | received by him on the same and kindred subjects; — dadge DOWLING: Your Honor would do a publi¢ service by taking the initiauve in a movement to protect tie poor emigrants from the West on their habs Ay Europe and elsewhere from the snares of -the shat and emigrant swindlers wio meet then ym their arn valin Jersey, both at the Erie and Central ae aud decoy them to dens Mf the vicinity of the First and Third wards, where, by alland every description of stratagem—the belt bogus exchange and coniidence game—they rob them with periect mpu: nity. Few complaints ever reach you, as the dupes seldom discover they are defrauded until wo late often not until when out at sea. Those sneak thieves seem to be familiar with the police, and since the death of Superintendent Jenrdan ‘are vecoming bolder and more humerous, notwithstanding a re- cent act of the jature which bears upon this Species of heartless Knavery, That such a class of scoundrels should be tolerated in any community as wbame and a diserace. Ay feller was au os, In