The New York Herald Newspaper, October 29, 1870, Page 4

4 EUROPE. Minister Bancroft’s Letter to Count Bismarck. Tho Princess Louise and the Mar- quis of Lorn. Sketches of the Youthfal Pair and History of the Royal Marriage Act. CRONSTADT DESOLATED BY FIRE. Prince of Wales’ Speech in Edinburg. Toe Cunard steamship China, from Liverpool the 14th and Queenstown the 16th of October, arrived at thls port yesterday evening, bringing oor special correspondence and mail Hies from Kurope, dated to the day of sailing from Engtand. Three hundred of the Papal Zovaves arrived in the Mersey October 14, from Rome, by the Italian steamer India, Tae men were received py the Earl of Denbigh aud severai other frienas, The English nd Irish portion landed ta the afiernoon. The Liverpow Post of the 15th of October says:— We acre now asked to believe that the Empress, at Caleslhurss, sae quite surprised at the arrival of Bouryakt in Metz, and that she Lad nothing ‘whatever to propose to hun asa plan fur seourt ue the restoration of the imperial dynasty. At Wil- Delmshone Bourbaki is regarded as a wonemaniac; ot Chiselhurst, it is said, he is looked upon as a gen- eral wuo has Deen made the victim of % hoax. ‘Mr. Russell “Ball Rao,” of the London Tims, and Count Bismarck disagree upon a matter of fact, the fact being the statement made by the ex-Emperor tu King William after Sedan. Count Kismarck said that Mr. Russe!!'s report was pure invention. The North German Gazette, tue oMcial journal of the confederation, says only “that the report was slighy inaccurate,” and confirms Mr. Rasseli’s statement that the authority he had for the narrative “was of the highest kind.” ‘The detat's of the war, which are contained tn the English jouruaia two days later, have been antici- ‘pated in all their main points by the HeRaLp epecial folegram reports from Gay wo day. Count Stapisias Liszezyaski addressed a letter to the London Standard urging that Russia intends at- tacking Constantinople, and the only way sie can ve prevented 18 by @ Polish tasurrection, waich it 1s ‘the duty of Eagiand to foment Ate final meeting of the Engiish Church Con- gress, Hari Nelson presiding, the subjeet of Christian unton was discussed, with reference to the Roman and Eastern Churches, Reformed Churches of the Continent ‘aud Noncoaformists—the Rev. 8. May, Canon Freemantie, and B.shop McDougal belag speakers, Ju the af eraoon the Rey. Goldsmith Midd read » paper Ou “What practical steps cau be taken owards the reunioa of Nonconformists with the charch.” ‘The bishop of Peterborough said “it was of no nse vo talk avoutunion with Nonconiormista until they Tecognized the idea which Noucouformisis bad formed of the Cuurch."” Anrong the papors recently found im the Talleries sone giving ap account of 2953,000 invested in foreign fads on account of Napoleon. It la dated December, 1505, “An order,” says the Lyons correspondent of the Londoa Times, “compelling ali the priesis to serve 3n the National Guard, under penalty of three days’ Amprisonment, has filled the clerical body with con- Sternation und dismay, in consequence of a still more audacious and sacrilegious act on tte part of the municipality, who are reported to have sent an order to serve in the Natlonal Guard to no leas @ pefsen tan the Archbishop Iimself. As might be supposed under these circumstauces, priests are rarely tobe seeu.’! ) All the Londou morniag papers contain leadera on the approaching marrage of the Princess Louise With ifs Marquis of Lorne. Jon is univer sally expressed that the Queen his giveu her consent to the match, the Princess being deseribed as “the flower of the royal house of Euglind,” and Lord | Lorne, as the future head of the house of MeAllu:a More, being considere! weil Wovtay of molding the high postion of the Qree Main lab We The Minister of Public Instraction in Maly has, during the last few months, sent to the National ‘Library 0! Fiorence more inan two hundred volume aud pampilets, printed and !tnographed at Cairo by Signor Castelli, who has pre. “i them to tue Italian government for that purpose. During eighteen years Signor Castelli has pubiished in bis establishinent at Culro more works in the Arablan Jauguace than many Italian editors have published 1a Itaijan during the same period of time, German Kieaia shipping companies are entering into time Clarters to employ nurth country Engiish Steamsiips to run upon the stations usually occa- pied by tleir own veaseis, in trading from North Geran ports to Antwerp and other places on the Gontinest. The Aamural, beionging te the ‘Tyne | company, {8 now irading between the Hanse Towns | { { { { 1 Savista wud Aptwerp. The Fad Mull Gazette speartug of Fugiand’s policy towards the Continental belilgerents suys:—~ We object to the resolut Fngiand to a ‘“sirictiy ¢ France, because ite, too, What is ineant by a “str, u which seeks to commit Heusive alliance! is @ iisle tly des with ng phrase ve altiance’ Which must begin by atta: Who is to undertake Voat, H tue Germans are bexten back by English aia, Pnglaud wil be avie to be “no party to dvading en inch of Germa * Germnay might immediacel attack asia way? which could oniy’ b ! vepelied by s the war inte Ger How to tind bread for 1871 ts now a que: highest lwportance in France, on tas point are made by several Fy It Is pro, ood that erops of ie f tatoes, beans, Xe, aside for the pr ty import yaad ihe invite “These should be and the ground sows with ¥ prietors of mulberries in t ey of the Kadne have been intending to remove tie trees which have been unproductive for tue last ten years, They might now cut them down snd sow corn iu the Vacant spaces,”* The London Sporting Gazette ture between Lord Paimouth wud his waiuer, which arese in connection with running of Wheatear m the Oaks, wiihout any reference what ever to the mare's defeat in the Cesarewiltch. At Mat Dawson's reguest, nis lordsh!p’s horses in tram. fog will be removed from Heath House; bat nothing has been decided respecting their destination. The cattle plague before Meiz and Paris bas ex- tended to sheep. in consequence of the ill health of Lientenant General Gluemer, the Minister of War von Bayer livs again temporarily assumed the commaut-in-chief of the Baden division of the Federal army. “ The Loudon Standard is authorized to give a com. Plete coutradiction'tofihe statement contained inthe letter of the correspondent of the Nets at Tours, to the effect that the Empress of the French was cog- nizant of tie manoeuvre by witich Genera! Bourbakt was induced to quit Metz. ta the & great part of the sou, mentions & rap. GENERAL BUARNSIDE’S jish Report of His Visite to Paris. {Tours correspondence of London Times.] General Buraside will go into Parl; again to-mor- row, Octover 8 Count Bismarck likes him, and, iudecd, there are few persons of any nation wito will not be vouched by the cordial nature and upright ness of Vue man, by lus solid good sense and kindil- ness of uature, aud py lis clearness of perception, YnIBarred by afoctarion, gelfishness or aNy aifectil- Von Ol Butiesmansuty, which 1, perhaps, therhighest diplomacy. Unt Bisnarck has a penchant for Americans Certain high slawp. Hesaye:—4 like Feli-made men. It in the best aurt of manufacture ijnour Whether General Duruside has @ df- piomatic imssion in tne ordinary sense of the term or not is more than J can assert; bat Il think he has not, though it would te very surprising if he could 0 IN aud Out Of Paris, Bee bi. Jnies Pavre one aey nd Count Bismarck another, without exercising | Gume sort O1 polilical imfuence, His own wisuog | MISSION. SISA IUTINENA eg nahn, Ee Seer eee te ae ly nee eS | Sketches of the Princess Louise nnd ths Mure churactertstics of the Campbells, and the peculiar ; yellow tinge of his hair, which tradition has tong associated with his fan nd bis singularly open | the royal caste, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, UUTOBER 29, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, dash MN taba ona tt ae ae Z ‘would certainly be for peace. He ts not at all indif ferent to the change of feeling produced uw the United States by the proclamation of a republic and the overthrow of the Emperor, who dared to inter. fere with the American continent and to aim at the creation o a throne in Mexico. It would be menve triumph for America if the. United government could be the intermediaries in 8 Degotiation; but General Burnside has no offiotal relation lo the government, and 1s not in any way accredited to Prussia, the North German Confede- Tation or France, His return after conversations with M. Bismarck Will produce ® certain effect, but the mala object of ils presence relates to private atfairs, MINISTER BANCROFT. Biswarcl’s Congratulations and the Reply. Mr. Bancroft, the American Ambassador at Ber- lin, appewes, siysa London journal, to sympatuise 88 Weimiy with the Germans as his colleague at Parls does with the French, Connt Bismarck having couvratiulated him ou the recent judtlee of his doc- Wrate, he sent tne following reply:— MY Dean Count—I was equally surprised and gratified to hnd that yn, while ongaced tn the task of rejuvenating Burope, should have found time to send fendly vou: gratulation oy go long ante’ to me it ‘Inde t, a he live in a tine when ti who | Itked Peace above everythin, and dificult lubora, expected to clone their carcers in peace, are acqltir- ing frest military renown in @ defenmre war, which tue most daring imag{natior vd three mouths are putti p the hest way towarda realization, fore, gratefully the good wishes which are ¢ advauced age, for ‘separated eternity by narrow span, 18 ‘this year of the Brestest importance on the eurth, They are veterans who are carving on this German war to its goal. You, indeed, are young, but Hoon already belongs to the rencrable, Moltke is only twenty-three daye youiger than myself and pressed from our King surpasses us all inyears and youthfulness, May Ynot be proud of my contemporaries? “Continue to honot me With yuar esteem during the short period witich remains to me, THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. Union of the Priucess Loutse and the Marquis of Lorvemthe Marringe Act. The marriage of British royalty with a subject, says an English Journal, though common enough in some previouscenturies, bas been illegal during the last 100 years, except the royal peraonage intending to contract such marriage has received for it the special sanciion of the sovereign. ‘This was stringently laid down in what 1s known asthe Royal Marriage act (12 George III., cap. 11), which was passe@ in 1772, at the instance of King George IIL, who was indignant at the marriage of his brother, Willam Henry, Duke of Gloucester, im 1766, with the widow of Earl Waldegrave, an filegitimate daughter of Sir Euward Walpole, His brother, Henry ¥#rederick, Duke of Cumberland, in like mauner had offended tho King by bis marriage in 1771, with Liay Anne Luttreli, danghter of the Earl of Carhampton, and widow of Mr. Christopher Horton, of Oattonhall, Derbyshire, It is well known that the late Duke of Sussex braved his father's displeasure, aud. in defi- ance of that enactment, went iarough the ceremouy of marriage with the late Lady Augusta Murray, secoud daughter of John, fourth Earl ef Dunmore, first at Reme tn April, 1793, aud agam at St, George's, Hauover square, after tue publication of bans ou the 6th December following. His royal Highness, having been Iefs a widower, married, secondiy, Laay Cocilia Letitia Buggin, a daughter of Arthur, second Earl of Arran, now Duchess of In- verness. In the like manner George 1Y., while Prince of Wales, is said to have contracted a secret marriage with the ceiebrated Mra, erbert; but 1p wone of the above cases was the royal sanction riven tothe union, In the previous century King ames JI, had married ae his first wife Lady Anue Hyde, daughter of the Lord Chancctlor Clarondon, but previously to thet time no member of the Toy) iamaly of England, siriculy speaking, had con tracted a mariage with a subsect Rince the reizn of Henry Vill. Princesses have been imsiiuetively obedient to family law, and we Go not tind an in- | stance Of a daugater of a living crowned head mar- Tying @ subject later than tho reign of Edward IL, tive centuries since. Maritages between princesses and subjects have oceurred since, but af most in five cases, and all under peculiar circumstances, The Princess Eliza- beth, auughter of James I. and widow of the King of Bolemia, 18 Understood to have privately married Lord Craven, at wise house, in Drury lane, ahe died a few months afier her return from exile with hor nephew, Charies 1.; but the circumstances of the marriage are extremely opacure, and the Qneen was entirely releai from royal contro}, The Princess Mary, sister of Henry VIII, took the iret teuch to the indignation of Ler brother, of marrying Charies Brandop, who was sent to fet-h her back from France om the death of her husband, Louis XIi.; but the pecuilarity of this cace ts alco obvions. Henry VIL permitied three of the daughters of Edward LV, and sisvers of his own Queen to marry the heads of the families of Howerd, Qourtenay and the now extinct Weties; but Henry Vii. never iuily recognized the logality of the royal title of bis fathe-iu-law. We must go ward ILL. to find an instance of an occa- @ throue bestowig @ Gaughier vpoa a k to pant of th subject, of Lorn. ‘The Prov says & London Journal, whose fait tismal name ts Lonise Caroline Alberta, sixth child and fourth deughter of her Majesty, was born ou the isth of March, 1848, 90 that she is Dow In her twenty-third year:— Jonn George Edward Henry Dougias Sutocriand, Marquis of Lorn, 8 the eldest son of George, eighth Duke of Argyll, Be was born in 1545 and was edu- cated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1866, mmediately after attaining his majority, ho visited the West Indies and tic Spauish Main, and upon his return published the results of his journey in @ volume entitled ‘A Trip to the Tropics,” whict was very favorably received gt the time by the critics and the puolic, In 1865 he was returned to Parliament tor Argyleshire, in the liberal interest, end in the same year he was appomted private secretary, without salary, to his father, the Secre- tary of State for India. He stil, we believe, hoids (hat post, and in addition te the performance of the duties connected with it he is a regular attendant et the sittings of ibe House of Commons darlag tic session. Lord Lorn possesses in a very maiked degree the striking personal and handsome tace, m: iim conspicuous in apy assemblage in which he may be present. He has not hitherto appeared promtnently tn public, and has seldom spoken inthe House of Commons. He has, however, given evidence, in the few speeche which he bas made, of an ability far above the avi rage. Hitherto he has resided with his fathei Tuverary and Argyll L arpden Hill, As chief oF Uke Most powerinil of the clans “the Maccuilam nh ‘D people not inferior to those besiowed apon r ity. The pre- sent Duchess of Argyll, the motuer of Lord Lorn, is the daughter of the lave Duel of Sutherland, who was for many yeurs oue oi the Queen's warmest ersoval iriends. On his movier's side Lord Lorn S nearly related to the Duke of Sutheriand, the BMarquis or Westminster, Lord Blantyre and the Marguis of Kildar fon of the Duke of Lein- fier, His sister » of Lord Percy, eldest | son of the Duke of Northumberland. Wh The London spe sty 18 greatly exetted hy the news that the Queen, following the precedents of the Stuaits, the Tudors, the Plan. tageneis, but breaking the traditions of the House or Brunswick, has siuctioned the marriage of Princess Louise with the Marguls of Lorn We believe the concession, for we suppose it Is 4 con- cession, wil be @ popular one, though, as we have argued, it may involye some odd consequences, and will diminish thot charm of si euess from Onunary mankind which adhere We trust Pariinament will show 1 approval of it by. voting the Princess at least as Jarge 2 dower as her sisievs, the more go 4s the alil- ance will be a great political injury to the Matquis. ‘The English people is the aost unreasonable im tho orld. It decided!y approves the maten, but it wil ver afterit allow Lord Lorn to obtain high oftce. v His appointment hereafter, say to we Ind royally, Wowd be instantly denounced as yon. Cow THE PRINCE OF WALES. nl Visit to Edinburg—iteception by the | People and emason Suciety—lae F of Flodden Field. Adiaburg (Oct. 13) correspondence of Londen Times.) Thies day was observed rs a general holiday I Edinburg, on the occasion of the Prince of Wales laying the foundation-stone of the pew Royal In- frmary. The weather continued dull ail day, but from early morning rain had ceased tomfall, and, although the absence of sunshine lessened te brile liancy of the day’s proceedings, there were no un- Javorable elements to spuil the pleasure of the great Concourse Of spectators. ‘The route followed by the procession was abont a Mile and a has in lent, and along its entire line, fs well as elsewhere in the city, fags aud other decorations were profusely dispiayed, The Masonic lodges which took part in the procession—i70 io humber—assembied in Chariotte square at one o'clock, ‘ihe Masous present numbered above 4,060, and among them were several representatives of Englisn lodges. Jimmedtately in front of the Grand ge, at Freomasou’s Hall, in George strest, the blue bianact, a historic Nag borne @t Flodden, was carned by Lodge Edinburgh Journeymieu, No. 8, guarded by a body of halberdiers, The Prince was accompanied in his carriage by Lord Dalhonsie, Giand Master, and Lord Rossiyn, Deputy Grand Master. ine Princess, who also joined tue procession at Freemason’s Hall, occapied @ carriage with Lady Kossiyo, Lady Walden dna Colonel TTeesanle. Previous to the arrival of the peveessivm ai the site a number of public bodies, in- cluding the corporation of Edinburg, the Untversity Guthor.t1@3, (he Managers of the Royal Infirmary, &c., crossed from Hertot’s Hospital and took up their Cee: within the enclosure. Around the site of the founaation stone extensive galleries had been erected, which were filled with @ brilliant company, including the most preninent citizens and a large number of ladies. At the commencement of the ceremony the Lord we cl cl an vv wi the Prince’s arms aud the arms of the hovel Inar. mary. A hermetically sealed botue was then placed in the rae of the under stone, with a brass plate uatrating the style of his Royal Highness the paepoes bt the building to be erected. The og spread the mortar the upper stone was low- ered iro its place according to proper Masonic form, The Junior Grand Warden applied the plumb, the Senior Grand Warden applied the level, and tho substitute Giand Master applied the square to the stone. ‘The Pr.nce then the stone three Knocks wilh his mallet and sald. lay the Aluighty Architect of the universe look down with benignity upon our present undertaking and crown the edifice of which we have now tald the foundation with every success,’ The comnncenls with Mowers and corn was then handed to the Prince, who emptied the contents upon the stene, afterwards pouring a libatiou of oil and wine from Massive silver vasce, ‘The Rey, VALENIINE Fattnrut, Grand Chaplatn, then read the usual Masonic prayer in the ed ternis:—"Praise be to the Lord tmmortal an Eternal, who formea the heavens, the iounda+ tion of the eurth, and extended the watera beyond it, who supported the piltars of nations, and inaintains in order and harmony surrounding worlds. We ftplore Thy aid. May continued blessings of an all bounteous Providence be the lot of these our native sbores, and may the Almighty Ruler of events deign te direct the hand of our gracious sovereign, 60 that she may pour down blessings upon her people, and may that people, living under sage laws and under a free goverumeni, ever feel gratclul for the blessings they enjor. “Tee cheers were thon cailed forth and heartily given. The Price sald—My Lord Provost, Most Worship- fal Grand Master, my Lords and Gentienen—I beg to retura yen, my Lord Provost, my thanks for the kind words in Witch yon have addressed me to-day, Tcan assure you tat 11 has been a source of great ees to me, a3 well us to the Princess of Wales, to come te Edinburg, though only on a fiying visit, to take part in the interesting ceremony Of today, It has always been the wist and desire of the Princess and mysel!, 19 the various duties which We lave to pi form, to discharge those duties in such @ way as May be conducive to the happiness and welfare of the community at large—(cheers)—and I can assure fou, gentiemed, I feel that the work in which we ave in Cugaged to-day is one which wiil confer @ great and ‘tasting beneft on the community. (cheers I sincercly trust that this Royal Infirmary, he foundation stone of which we have laid this day, may continue prosperous and successful, and I wish also prosperity to those who have undertaken £0 good a work, Tue infirmary, a3 you are all well aware, gentlemen, 13 entirely kept up by voluntary contribuuons, and it has thi great advantage, that it wil recetve all classes of peopie and ople of ail countries. ‘There 1s nothing better tuan that. Gentlemen, J teel convinced that with ine Lord's help this infirmary will prove a lasting bene- fit to the city of Edimburg. (Cheers.) I rejoice to hear that her Majesty the Queen has give a donation, and I feel sure, afier that exampie, many large do- Nations Will follow. Ailow me, my Lord Provost, to thauk you for the trowel that you have given me to-day, and in turning to the brethren whom [ see be,ore me, allow me to expiess to them how gratl- fying it 1s to me to have us day periormed my first Masonic act in Scoulaud. (Cheers.) 1 shali not for- fot the honor conferred on me yesterday, the nigh honor of being made [ep of the Masonic cratt in Scotland, (Cheers.) beg to thank you all deeply for the kind aud cor Jal reception you have given me to-day, I cau assure you 1 suail never jorget tt, (Great cheering.) On the call of the Lord Provost three hearty cheers were then given for the Queen anu also for the Prin- cess of Wales. ‘The Grand Master (Lord Dalhousie) then called for three cheers from the Masons tor their royal and illustrious patron, Which were most cordially given. Ofing to the fallure of a barricade at the entrance tho cenive Was iconventeutiy crowded with the Masons during the ceremony, and at its conclusion there was a geaeral scramb/c to obtam possession of the flowers uind corn that had been thrown upon the 8 tone, The Prince and Princess of Wales drove off in the same carriage, returning by tie origimal route to the Douglass Hotel. The Masonic lodges returned algo through the streets, which had been lined by the military in garrison and by a large number of the local volunteers, Tho whole of the day’s proceedings. passed off Without accident of any sort. RUSSIA. Croustadt Desoleted by Fire. Our European files of the 15th inst. report as fol- lows:—A fearful misfortune hag desoiated Croustadt. Sixty-two houses have been reduced to ashes in the course of a few hours, More than 2,000 peopie be- longing to the poorer classes have been left without shelter, The Orphan Asylum of the town, the pres. bytery of the Churcn of the Epiphany and a small biilding belonging to the State, in which Was a depot of naval modcis, were burned. Three sireets have been entirely destroyed. The fire commenced on the evening of Sunday, September 20 (October 2), at 11 o'clock, and at two in the morning the witoie of the district above named was one iminense mags of fre. ‘The fire was pot ipgstered till 81x o'clock, and on Thursday even- ing ft had not been completely extinguished. Ac- cording to the first estimate the loss must have 800,000 rubles at least, Wiihout counting the furni- ture destroyed, whieh must have been considerable, The house property was covered by insurance. The greater part of the houses were mhabited by workmen in the powder mills and workshops of the port. THE RUSSIAN ARMY. Massing Near the Prath. A corvespondent of the Dzienntk Poznanskt soya that he has just returned to Lemberg from Podolia, ‘Where No fias paseed the whole of the summer, and that, although there is not much iadication of special military preparations, the troops are 80 stationed along the frontier that 100,060 ten could be marched across the Pruth or into Galicia at ® very short notice. The oiticers are very hostile to Germany, and they expressed thelr an- Upathy in. #0 open a inanner that the government had to interiere, There 1s no doubt, says the cor- respondent, that the latuer is on very good terms with Prussia, and the generat Impression in thi army seems to be that a new Turkish campaign uininent, Russia now haying her hauds free through the defeats of France and the connivance of the Ber- lin governm Her only opponents conid be Ans- tria and nd, nelther of which would, m the opinion of t Jans, be a serious Obstacle to the Tealization ot plans. NAPOLEON THE FIRST ON CITY DEFENCE. A correspondent of the Londen Times extracts ie following from the Afth volume of ihe “Commen- taries of Napoleon J.7;— How wilt you~attempt to fortify n town with an immense circumference? You wiii need elghty or 100 armed fronis, or 66,909 RO'diers as a gerri- son, 800 or 1,000 gunsin battery, But 60,000 soldiers areon army. Wold it not be better to employ such aforce in the field?) This objection has eiten been made against great fortresses, but it is false, becanse It does not recognize the distinction be- tween a soldier and aman. No doubt it would be necessary to have for the defence ef a great capital 50,009 or 60,000 soldiers, At a period of misfortunes and great calamities States may be deficient im soldiers, but can never want men for their luternal jelances. Fifty thousand men, with 2,099 or 8,000 guuners, May defend 9 capital, and keep out an army of 806,000 or 40,000 men, while these 50,000 men in the open fiela, if they are not trained gol- ders commanded by experienced oMcers, will be put to tight by 8,000 cavairy. NAPOLEO the! NIS NOVEL. Among other papers fonnd at the Tullertes is the araft of anovel bythe Emperor. Itis a story in- tended to illustrate the advanteges of the impertal system), The general character of the plot will be gathered from the following passage, which has been translated by a correspondent of the Loudon News:— M. Benol, an honest grocer of Moon street, went to America In 1847. Aller having travelled in the region which lies between the Hudson and the Mis sissipp! he returned to France tn April, 1868, havin; assed nearly niueen years abroad. He had hearc distant rumors of what had occurred im France since 1848, without belug sole accurately to estimate inese changes. Some French refugees told nim that France groaned under & despotism, ang that he Wouid return to find degraded ond impoverished that country which he had left in so fourishing a con- dition under the reign of Louis Philippe. Oar friend Benoit accordingly arrived at Brest in the transatlan- tle packet. He enters the harbor full of prejudices, een and apprehensions, “What are these ves- ecls?” he asks of the first sailor he meets, “so black and ugly compared with the beantiful sailing ships Lieft behind me.” "Wty, these are the armor-plated Vegsels, the invention of the Emperor. Clothed in iron, they sre proof against waet; and this trans- forsaation has destroyed, to a tain extent, the naval supremacy of Bugland.” ossibly; but 1 regret oat old ships witb their masts and picturesque sails.” . He seea,the crowd going towards the mayor- alty to the elections Astontsunent at universal snifragée, Astonisbment at the railroads which per- me: France, also ut the electric telegraph, lunperial romancist now conducts hig hero to Paris, and shows him the embellishments of tue city id its forttfications. M. Benoit goes to buy certain taciea; he is aimazed to flud thom #0 cheap, owing tothe commercial treaty. Me fancied the} writers in prison: an error, No disturbance no een prisoners; no exlies, And so the simple enoit 1s carried avout, until he ts convinced of the beauty and perfection of Wie imperial syatouy, | charged cored, inchudin; GERMAN LOSS IN THE WAR, ‘The oMctal Prussian Staatsanzetger' has hitherto published seventy-one correeted lists of casualties in the united German armies, extending to the 4th inst, aud including the losses before Toul and Strasbourg. From these a correspondent has com- piled the folowing particulars of killed, wounded and missing:— DeEap.—Generals, 2; colonels, Meutenant colonels and majors, 43; captains and Heutenants, 477; en- signs, costs, sergeant majors gud bandmasiers, ; SeTgeants, corporals, men and trompete! 736; privates, 6,746; surgeons and hospital assist ad (ROD COR DREGEEM, . Total dead, omcers, e 1 "WOUNDED.—Generals, 7; colonels, Meutenant col- onela and majors, 99; captains id licutenanis, 2 1 sergeant majors, &¢., 490; sergeants, &¢., 2,038; surgeons, 86; hospital as+istants, 3 pr vates, 29,447. ‘Total Wounded—1,553 oflivers, 32,945 nen. 133) —OMicers, including 1 colonel, 13; on- signs, sergeant yer. 5; drum major, 1; ser- geants and corporals, 97; privates, 6,860. Total miss- , 124 officers, 6.460 nen, ‘otal German losses to the 4th of October, 2,194 oMcoers, 46,450 men. ‘The number of French “killed and wounded,” no ste belng published tn France, ts not known, DROUYN DE LHUYS. Remarks on the Condition of France. M. Drouyn de Lhuys was @ guest at tho annuat dinner of the Royal Jersey (British) Agricultural and Horticultural Soctety. * In replying to the toast drank to him as President of the Société d’Agriculture de France, he was very deeply aifectod, and said that the atate of his feelings would not permit him to dwell at such length as he could wish on a subject which engrossed so much of bis attention as that of agriculture. He satd:— You cannot expect from me, in the melancholy circumstances to which my presence among you is attributable, any very extended or flowery speoch. I may well adopt the language of the Hebrew children of old, and say, “How can I sing & song in a strange land?” Me- thinks I hear from afar, while sojourning here, a stranger among you, the din of battle and the snrteks of deata 1a my beloved country, Methinks I see in the dark perspective long days of havoc urg- ing their destructive course, and briliiant squad- rons mowing their bloody way Eirongh embuttled hosts. Pardon me if for ® moment J have cast a shade of gloom over this smiling scene, As your guest 1 express to you my sincerest gratitude for the cordial hospitality accorded by you to me as President of the Sociste d’ Agriculture ae France.” The honorable gentleman's remarks were greeted With loud cheers. MISCELL £008 FOREIGN ITEMS, The water famine in Alyth, Scotland, has lately been so great that only “a drink per head in tweuty- four hours is supplied.” When “Buccleuch and Queensbury” (the duke) wrote from Dalkeith to order wire fenving, tie manufacturer addressed his unrecognized Grace us “Messrs. Buccleuch and Queensberry, Daikeith.’? - The freedom of the burg of Montrose has been couferred uyon Hercules Scott, Esq. It wii! be re- collected that in India several years-ago he occupied @ distinguished oifice under the government, At the Giasgow Circnit Court, on October 5, Samuel Wutsoi Dempster was sentenced to ten years’ penai servitude for having forged and uitered four bills of exchange for sums amounting to £554, ‘The foundation stone of a new church was laid at Omagh, Ireland, on October 8, by the Duke of Abver- corn. Mr. John Ejiott, of Tarbert, county Kerry, Ire- land, sou of an Owner of property there, bas been fired at and severely beaten ashe was returning home. Mr. Kiliott was accompanied by a man named MacMahon, who warded off a final blow eimed by the assailant or he would bave been killed. It appears the property bad beea in chancery for many years and und-riet. An tacreased reat was demanded and some of the tenants were threatened wilh eviction. A woman named Cape, who keeps the Post OMice, to which is attached a provigion store, at Uastleder- mot, near Carlow, has been ru murdered by a shopman in her empioy. The a a was a Widow and had reiused the addresses of the murderer, who attacked her with a koife. She was tearfully cut about the head, throat and besom, and in Eying to protect her mother @ daughter of the deceased hud four of her fingers cut off. The man. was appre- hended at once, aud declared that 16. was his 1iten- {lon to kill the deceased and ater destroy himself. On October 10 a large French man-of-war, while hotiy pursuing a German merchant vessel, got upon tue cross sand oif Great Yarmouth, England, Her Position was seen from the shore, and sieam tugs ‘Were specdily despatched to her ass stance, but be- fore they reached her she floated of the sand and steamed away tothe south. The German veasel stosequonily put inte Yarmouth harbor, October 3, while the Tyne steamer Selina was at sea of Shields Harbor, in search of vessels, a carrier pigeon dropped on board. Jt was picked up, and found to be shot and inadying cOndition. Upon being examined its wings Were found to be marked with cyphers, It 13 supposed to have come irom Franco, as the cyphers appear to be French. The Rhenish Courter makes merry over the war map with which the French officers were suppiied a3 guides in the campaign “against Pragsta,” ania copy of which has been forwarded from Sedan. ‘The Rhine, judging it by the scale on which the rest of the country 18 represented, would bo nearly five matles wide, and does not rise, as is commonly be- Heved, in the Alps, but proceeds from the Luke of Constance, Which, moreover, has oo tributary from Switzerland, Two extraordinary cases of elopement have jnst occurred at Bower Madden, ‘Thurso, A tribd of { tinkers were lately bivouacked near the houses of two smali farmers st the place mentioned, when it happened that two young fellows connected with the tribe succeeded so far in captivating the hearts of two of the farmers’ daughters that an elopemevt was planned and carried into etiect. It 1s supposed that the young womeu and thelr swarthy charmers have gone to Orkney. A man has been pusy about Woolwich and Plam- stead, England, engaging boys and giris to go to Birmingham, promising them consiant employment in eartridge making, at good wages, Only those who have been accustomed to the work in the Royal Ar- senai are accepted, as the work is described as “ar- gent,” and there ts no time for mstructioi ut it is said that a3 many as 600 hands can be taken. Octo- ber 11 the agent started by rail for Birmiugham with about fifty boys, but left representatives to collect both boys and girls, the latter being in most request. The Mayoress ef Chester (England), Mrs. FP, A. Dickson, has, in accordance with an old custom, been presented with a silver cradle, she having given birtu to a boy during the mayoralty of her hosband. The cradle was subscribed for by the citizens, Mr. Dicksou's fs the first mayoraity during hich the old custom has been observed at Chester. ‘The westimoniat consisted of a stiver centre piece, with two side stands, on a plateau of silver glit. The cost of the plate was £250. ‘The cradie itself, which is no larger tian & wainut, ts suspended from the centre piece, and 1s after the fasnion of 9 pauti- lus auell. Specimens of the Australian nut were transmitted to the Oxtord (Engiand) meeting of the Royal Horti- cultural Socteiy by Dr. Hooker. The Gardeners’ Chronicle says:—It will be seen that the fruit in question has a leathery rind, like that of @ walnut, within which is a hard, woody stone, enclosing the large nut-like seed. The flavor of these nuts is Inily equal to that of a Kentish flibert. The Staatsanzieger publishes an ofictal summary of the number of sick, wounded and cured in the Geriaan armies siice the commenceuréut of the war. The number of sick and wounded registered by the proper depariment is 64,450. These soldiers were received in 1,188 hospital and ambulance reports, forty-eigut being military hospitals and ambulances: and the remainder those established by societies and private persons, The convalescents who have re- uurned to their regiments, or have been sent into the interior, number 4,597. The wounded who were dis- a few invalided soldiers, number 8,863; 518 wounded and sick have died in the hospitals. Tue leach per cent are—s.44 convaiescent, 600 cured, 0.18 invalid, 0.98 deceased. A correspondent of the London Times, writing from berlin on the Jst of October, gives tne following account of the works for the defence of Paris:— From the energy displayed it may be expected that by the ime the heavy artilery arrives the eai'th- works that are to receive it will be ready. He adds:—The 98 bastions of the mata ramparts, each about 400 metres Jong, are defended by from eight to ten 12-pounders, Gates and gallyports have gans of heavier calibre mounted on cast fron carriages. ‘The total of the guns on the main ramparia is re- ported at 1,226; of the detached forts in front of the matu ramparts Charenton has 70 guns, Vincennes, 117; Nogent, 63; Rosny, 66; Noisy-le-Sec, 57: Romain- Yillo, 40; Aaberviliers, 6 bt. Dents, 52; La Briche de st. Davis, 61; Mont Vajerien, 193 Iyay, Vanvres, 45; Montrouge, 43; cetre, 40; Ivy 70. These digures include the guns of the out- works attached to the various forts. It has been the unantmons opinion of even the “oldest nnabitant” that a pig Was incapable of sas- taining itself for any length of time by swimming, ee ¢ fact that from their peculiar mode of using their Jorelegs the sharp hoof Wouid cut their throat. ‘The following will tend to disabuse such impres- sions:—The tugger George & William, Hanter, of Lowestoft, when seven miles off Southwold, picked up alive pig. Poot “piggy” had had a long swim, for there was no vessel to be seen near the apot. Mr. Spencer Perceval, the barrister appointed to revise the list of voters for the city, recen'ly resumed his sittings at the Court of Common Picas, Guild+ i when Mr. Louis Birnsting), 20 and 21 inghatl street, claimed to be registered. Mr. C. Smitii ob- jected to thé claimant ou the ground that he was an alien, The claimant said he was born in Hungary and had come to England when very young. Ke afterwards went to Australia, where be remained for many years, hy virtue of an act of the Colonial ae a residence of a certain period in that colony mavuraiized him and obvained the rights of @ British subject. The revising barrister said tne cage must stand over until the claimant could prove to \ bis saldsfaction that this was the case 2 KnSING A BURGLAR. Tho Trap Gui "vlsede—An Ignorant or Partisan Jury Censn"? the Guvemith—Is a Man’s House His eae A Bullying “Politician”? ~ ‘The friends of George Tweedie, the man killed by the explosion of a trap gun last Monday Might while attempting to force an entrance to the gun- smith shop of Joseph PD. Agostino, 201 Rast Twenty-third street, appeared at the City Hell yesterday morning to watch (thé inquisition proceedings before Coroner Flynn, Agostino ‘was present, a3 were also many of his irtends Captain Cameron, of the Highteenti precinct, sald he knew nothing derogatory to the character of de- ceased up to the time he met his violent death, but heard that he was an industrious man, and liad been employed as several places in the ward. As the in- Vestigation proceeded AN UPTOWN POLITICIAN, who sald he had no authority to speak for the rela- tives ef the Ceceased, although he desired to, was permitted to say a few words in pehalf of Tweedle, and after the verdict was returned by the jury this politician became undnly excited and char- avierized the act of Agostino as one of murder, 8a7- Ing at the same time that he should sce the case waa presented to the Grand Jury, ONLY ONE WITNESS. OMcer Winsh.p was examined and a synopsis of his tesumony und the verdict of the jury Will be foand below, Tuc onicer testified that on day morning lact he was cailed into the rear yard of premises 201 East i'wenty-third street, aud there Tound the decease| lying under the window with his head badly sbattered, there being vio0od and brains scattered peout the body; on examining the shop the witness found a Springie!d musket planted on a block, with the muzzie of the weapon Pointing upwaras and iuhin a few incnes of tho Shutter; @ string Was attached to the trigger aud also to the shutter, so that if the Jatter siould be forced open the musket would explode. saree at he on being yuestioned admitted th: placed the gun in the window, ana ve as his reason for doing so that his place had been broken open two or three times or attempted to be forced in for the purpose of ropbery; the wit- ness is of the opinion that deceased wasin the act of forcing the window at the time he was shot; the yard was surrounded by a fence some nine feet high and secured by a gate which was securely fastened with a lock; the cnigel and broomstick ahown to the witness were found lying near the body of deceased and doubtiess were used in attempting to break open the gunshop. THE RELATIVES OF DECEASED had no witnesses to show that ke was atthe wine dow, where death so suddenly and unexpectedly overtook him, for a legitimate purpose, aud the Corouer gave the case to the jary, who, afier a brief deliberation, rendered the foliowing verdict:— “That George Tweedie came to his death on the ‘24th day o1 October, 1870, by @ gunshot wound In the head froma trap gan, while forcinly opening the window of the workshop of Joseph D, Agostino; and we censure him for baving piauted said trap gun so.” On the finding of the jury Agostino was examined. He ts forty-five years of age, was born 1 Sicily and lives at 161 East Twenty-second street. He sald, iu reiat.ou to the matter, ‘I am not guilty of any criminal inteat in causing the death of the deceased.” Agosiino, who was under bail, then cf the court with his friends, A SIORY OF THE SA. Rescue of the Crew i da Abundored Ves- sel=Statement of the Cuptain of the Creacent City. New York, Oct, 27, 1870, To THE Epiror OF THE HERALD:— As your paper has given the only correct state. Ment regarding the attempt at towing in and the abandonment of the bark Inez, from Maracaibo for New York, and that very bric/jy, I would respect- fully ask the privilege, through your columus, of giving a more expilcit uecount of the affair— more especiaily that some of onr duily journais may see how litule they Know about some matters which they printed. On Septe:ber 18, about noon, on my passage from New Orleans to New York, between Cape Hatteras and Barnegat, I mado a bark a little to the west- ward of my course, with the Venezuelan flag at the fore and the English ensiga down at the mizzen. Kept off and hatied. Asked what waa wanted. The reply was, “Am leaking and wish to be towed to New York.’ Withont any farther parley lowered one of our lifeboats, the sea being too heavy to risk getting near enough to throw a ine. In oe hour's ime had his hawser of six inch and ours of nine loch fast and parcelled. Supposed that they would hold to tow her across the Western Ocean. In this I was disappointed. I shaped my course for New York, it being too thick to run for the Dela- ware, making about six miles an bour, wind fair and sail on both ships, but such a heavy easterly swell that the bara’s hawser paried about an hour aiter we took hold of her. Just pelore night the steamer’s hawser parted. While hauling tn the end to keep it clear of our propelier wheel, the bark shot up ander our lee, the end of her fiving jibboom. striking cnr midship boat davit, carrying away all her head gear to the knightieads, She then fell off clear of us. At the request of the only mau on board who could aes English we sent a Lifebeat and took them all oif, even tosa monkey, ‘The crew were thirteen Iu number, After taking them 6a [ sent my frst ollcer on board, with my boai's crew, to ascertain how much water she had in, and If n leeking badly to set her lichts and we would lle by her until morning. Atcignt P.M, he returned; re- orted less tha two feet of water in her, an old ull, not over two hundred tons; cargo nothing but logwood. However, we made all preparation to He by her till moraing. Found I was shoalt v/s ‘Water fast, & gale increasing from the norineast, if T succeeded in getting the bark in I would have to coal at the Breakwater, with a fnl! cargo and a falr number of passengers. I felt I had rua risk enough to save so little property. All the lives that were at stake were on board my ship, 80 at twenty minutes past one on the morning of the 19th, leaving the bark Inez to her fata, I bore up for New York. She was afterwards picked w by @ schooner and sailed into the Breakwater. Had it not been for sixty fathoms ot hawser that I left hanging to her weather. bow she would have been on the beach before daylight, When I arrived in New York J had only eight tons of coal in the bunkers; found the Inez had been a condemned ves- sel, and was pleased to think that 1 had tried to dono more, and any oue can see that what I did was ne- cessary, As to the facts of the above I would refer the datly journals whe have been so strangely misled to the proiest of the captain of the bark Ined. Respectfully, GEOEGE L. NORTON, Master of steaiaship Crescet fON, IVRER STING SCHOOL CEREMINIEL. Retirement of Mr. David B. Scott trem the Principalship—Speeches by ‘Trustees aud Members of the Board of Kducation—Pree sentation of Testimonials. Mr. David B. Scott, for twenty-one years principal of Grammar School No, 40, at 227 Kast Twenty-third street, as given notice of ts inteutton to retire from that position on the Ist of Novembor. Being Gesiroug of manifesting their regard for him, the teachers and pupils of the school, as weil as former puplis and severai distinguished frleuda ¢f education, met in the large hall of the building yesterday afiernoon to take part in the exercises commemorative of the occasion. ‘There were about 1,000 boys with thelr friends as- sembled in the hall, avd the following gentlemen made speeches:—Mr. Junn F. Trow, Chuirman of the Board of Trustees, Eighteenth Ward schools; Mr. James W, Gerard Inapector of Eighteenth ward schools; Mr. Charles H. Smith, member of the first Board of ‘Trustees. Mr. oF Ris, former President Board of The schoolmasters go haud in haud Education, said: with human progress in ail lands where the English language 1s spoken. Iie had heard Mr. Hughes and other distinguished men im Englan HY nd in the House of Commons for the edneation of the lower classes. These men hold up our aystem of education a%4 model and labor to introduce it there. The projession of the instructor is a grand profes- tne huieoe ernie our Faget te ond hen ne Of the Highteenth ward the speaker bade get faremelt os ntwenth ir. JAMES PARMAR, Commis:toner of Highteen Ward Schools, and former pupil of Mr. Scott, sala the teachers in this ‘conniry ure of @ higher stamp than in any other land, He ventured to say that the instruction at Grammar Schoo! No. 40 is comparatively supertor to the edule cation of West Point, Judge Richard L. Larreinore, President of the Board of Education, said Mr, Scott Was bold as a lien in the line of duty. Mr. Law- rence D, Kiernan, Clerk of the Board 6f Education, and formeriy pupil of Grammer School No, 40, sald:—Thanks the exertions of Mr. David B. Scott, and some few men Jike hiul, we can pomt to our school system as the brightest jewel im te coro- net of our liberties, Mg, Peter Cooper, Bernard Smyth, President of the Board of Education; Mr. , Patnain Smit, Mr. Thomas Hunter, President of the Normal Colleg aud Mr. Henry L, Slote, ex-trastee of Sevent ward, were among those present. Mr. Alexunde S. Webb, President of ihe Coliege of the City of New York, cordially welcomed Mr. Scott to his new Position of Head Master of the Introductory, Depare Ment, New York Cullege. Afier an appropriate Speech Mr. William Wood, Comuntssioner of © Mon Sohoois, presented to Mr. Scott, #8 a testt- Monlai from the jmpils and teachers of the School, ® gold watch and chain, soveral Dieces of jewelry, statues and two vases fitted With flowers. Mr. David B. Scott replied: This mark of your kinduesa has moved me to the very depths Of my nature. Work 16 ihe only thing which énnobles man aug woman, and | nave tried to do earncsé and honest renty-one Years ATS Fereknes coos vows to xor've this ward faiibfully. if L have not performed these vows, Lave perform » Of tha nobie army of young men batt i some are outed ie ‘he od deep, uu a Urtbute all the wood 1 anes bee yen io but I at to the sup) 1 recei vg Fueadon, Aintough 1 leave you anal ati Greater honor than ‘ying t in Barna cated THE RICHMOND FORGERY CASE. Anarene ‘tal and Conviction of Ex-Mayor and United States Commissioner Chahoon— History of the Case. RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 21, 1870, ‘The irial of eX-Mayor George Cahoon for forgery ant utterig a forged note of $7,000, which has ccoupled the past week in tie Hustings Court Was concluded last night and the case was given to the jury, which this morning returned into cours with @ verdict of gullty of utterimg @ forgery ana assessing tle puutshment at four years in State Prison, Though an outline of this remarkable case, which bas developed an amount of the most unbiush- iug swindling and infamy on record, has already been published in the HERALD, it is again necessary to give a bricf HISTORY OF THE BWINDLE, Some elght or ten years prior to the late war @ foreigner named Solomon Haunstisn came vo this city and worked at his trade, which was that of a@° cordwainer and shoemaker, Tan the year 1849 he was stricken with the gold fever, which then raged, and, like thousands of others, went to California, where he succeeded tn accumulating an amount of money, with which he returned to this city, Part of nus Swail fortune he invested in real estate, and with the remainder he opened a barroom aud restau. raut, doing @ thriving business unul HIS DEATH BY SUICIDE, which occurred in July, 1841 Wile ina state of @eliriam tremens the vaforiunate, though quiet and successful Swiss (for ho was a uative of Switzere Jand), shot himself through the head with a pistol, in the house of a mulatto woman, with whom he cohabited, At his demise he was found to be without heirs, aid being intestate his property ac- erued to the State by its estabushed lawa and statuty, being Valued at about eight or nine thou sand‘Uollars, Those who knew Haunstten speax of nim as an orderly citizen, a maa of intelligence aud remarxabie business capacity. His property Was then taken possession of by a well known citl- zen here, named Richard D, Sanxay, as curator of the estate, in whose hauds it remained during the entire period of the war, no adjudication of it being had, ‘Shas the matter rested; years rolled by, and, in the heat, excitement and comparative chavs in which the couatry was then luvoived, Haanstien, the suicide, and his property entirely escaped the memory of even those oltizons Wao wore familiar ‘with the case, GEORGE CAOON, the accused, who 13 related by marriaze to a weil known New York editor, is native of that State, bat bis parents removed to Virginia and settled to Botetourt county while he was a@ child, aud he was raiscland educated there, At the breaking out of hostilities, following the example of a great many others whose ryinpatnies were with tne North, he leit the State and remained ab- sent until the conclusion of hostilities, When peace had been resorted Cahoon again came to Virginia, aud was for a considerable period Com: monweaiti’s Attorney {or Elizabetr city county. From that piace he migrdted to Fiorlda iu the spring: of sus, Where he became acquainted with Willaur H. Gieeson, late Lieuteuunt Governor of that State, and ia December of the sane year, returaing aga to Virginia, he settled in this cliy, where he wad regarded aa & Carpet-bagger, and engeged in the dubious practice of jai. in May, 1893, he was ape pointed Mayor of tials ee Genera! Schofleld, aad @ now holds the oftice of Commissioner in Chan+ cery for tiie. United States District Court, whica ap. poiniment he received from that notorious le; empyric Judge Underwood, As the facts in the forgery case, in Which Cahoon Is. the principal cha. racter, have been developed by the evidence for the defence at the trial, itappears that soon after he came here, m 1365, a man caine to lis law Ofloe and ave him for collection A BOND FOR $7,000, pagans on demand to John W. ‘Tompson, executed y¥ 3o,0m0n Haunetien, and tits bond was endorsed on the back by Joho W. Tuompson 1a favor of Wan. Glecson, his’ assignee. It was attempied to, be Proved by the defence that the man who gave ‘Ca. hoon this boad was nained J. C, Jones, and witnesses testified that such a man had endeayored to borrow Mlency On the sais bond fro two curbstoue brokers in tls cliy, Cauvon gave a memorandum ofthe bond to Thomas R. Bowden, then Attorne: General of the Stats by military appoiutment, and requesied likn to sao Mr. Sanxay, the curator of Macosten's estate, und ask him to settle it, Bowden took the bond, which he regardea with evident sua- picion, to SunXay, 28 asked, who pronvunced the claim & damned swindie and said he would not par it. Bowden notified Cabooi of what Sanxay said, and told kim he would have nothing more ta do with the case. Cahoon then, In Juguary, 1867, brought suit on the pond against Sanxay, curator, Ktruuge to say the lauter person for some reason had changed his mind as to the spuriousness of the clainy; for 19 March, 1367, Cahoon obtuloed a judg- nent for the Whoie amount of $7,009, Sanxay put {ino plea, ana atiowed the case to go by de’ault, thougi Le bad employed Mr. Johnson H. Sands, r} prominent luwyer nere, as his avtorney tu the case, chaos making w third conspirator im the acknow- ledged swindle, This sult was brougut in the pame of Wildam Gleeson, assignee of John W. Thompson ys. R. 1, Sanxay, curator. Haunstien having left no personal property it became necessary in order to subject ms Peal estate to the payment of this Judgment to obtam a decree of the Chancery Court for Wat purpose. ‘To that end a bil was dled tn tho Cireutt Court of this city in April, 1867, asking for such a decree. This bill was in the handwritig of Mr. Joinson H. Saads, Sauxay’s lawyer, and was filed by him, a8 counsel, with tue knowiedge and co-operation ef Catoon, Tue de- cree Was obtained and the proceeds of the sie Wore ordered to be pala to George Cahoon, attorney of Williain Gieeson, assignee. in the proceedings in tals Guapcery stut Richard 8. SanxXay, tae son of the curator, Was appointed special Commissioner to sell tue property, ‘This he did, realizing $4,996 74, and that sum le paid over to Cahoon, whose re- t. 8 Counse) for WiiliauGleeson, 18 filed among documents ip the case in the Clreulé Court. hit additiou to tuts record evideace Lnere was also filed #® power of attorney from William Ciee- son. autuorizing Cahven: to reeelve and receipt tor the mouey, Thus, the decumenis atone bring togetiicr Liesé conspirators to choxt and deiraud the State out of $7,;00—Cahoon, Sauds and the two unxXays, by means Of a bound which they kuew to be forged, supported by other forged documents ia the najocs of parues Wio had no existence, and by A niust Laluinous and systematic mode of swindling, ‘The elder of the Sanxays having died the ocaer three are charged Wiih forging aud utreriug a forged bond, und win a Conspiracy to cheat and defraud tho Commonweaith of Virgina. Aucther claracter who merits some descripiion as t! PRINCIEAL WITNES in the case fs one Samuci MM. Pag gintan, Who caine to reside 10 thi he commenced vusivess a3 a bak but, being pos- sessed of low conmiag, unserupulous, and bse: a uvprincipies, he began the Ce tice of saW aimoug the negroes in the Mayor's Gourt, where he becaine noved after the fashion of a Tombs shyster, AS soon ay mulitary District No. 1 Was established this precious speci- men of the legal fraternity Was appointed prosecut- tng attoruey for no fess than seven untortunate coatics Which were destitute of a lawyer who could take the tron-clad oath. in Noveniber of the same they 1867, he was also appoluied escheator and he came fainiliar with the Hauustien case ti ail tte dctatls. He wzs first made acquainted with the facia by Mr. Rowden, the Attorney General, who toid him the note was a forgery, and that the whole Inatter was a swinvile against the Btate. ‘This con- versation with Bowden communicated to Cahoon, when tho latter, sougit Page and wid him he wanted to Rave a talk ‘wits him about the matter, but under 9 PLEDGE OF MASONIG. SECRECY, both of them beiug Masons. Page very readily ac- quiesced, ag he saw there Was a “good thing” to be mae out of it, and any twinges Of conscience he inight have were easily smothered by the imposed recy of the mystic order, Which thus protected iy. Caloou told Page he wanted him to assist him In obtaining @ prominent appointment from the Inilitary, for which he was at that time an applicant. He requested him te stop all proceed: jn regard Vo the escheating of Hauasticn’s property to the use of the State, and said to Page that if be made ung noise aveut it just then . SCHOFIELD WOULD NOT ATEOINT HIM MAYOR, Page, like an Innocent Magonio lam), could not see it in that light, buc sald that if Cahoon would come down handsom@y with husk money he (Page) would postpone it as re he could. Cahoon pals this witness, who should have been in the prisones’a& box, $700, and by this ceutract both these parties confessed thetr guilt as Conners to defraud the State. ‘Lhe escheat proceed: ero BOP; and Cahoon was made Mayor of the,city of Tbpesbade= A sad but truthfal Se of = eet Oe upon.the people ef Virgtua by ty 3 tia espoi tas been claimed that this Caboou case was military despoiisga. Lb POLITIOAL. PERSECUTION, wnt that is notfrne, for it was first unearthed by & newspaper gbrrespoudent, whe brougit it tu the notice of dezec Ive Witlam F. Knox, anc that oitlcor effectualiy,/wurkea the case up to its present state, Indeed, tt, Is stated that in order to stide the evie dence ij‘was once proposed to “put up a job” on Knox, and by subor.ed testimony send him to the eniténtiary, where he would be barinléss against The conspirators, out this failed, owing to the keom pefcepiion and anceasiug Vigilance vf the ollcer, He is a Vir- ity 10 1566, where .