The New York Herald Newspaper, November 26, 1870, Page 8

3 EIGHTY.SEVEN VEARS AGO. Sow the British Ban Away—Celebraticn of ivaguation Bay, Parade of (ho Veterans of 1812, aud their Banquot at the Continental Hotel-The Mea Who Would Have “Tit Into tho Eovolution.” tt was afier one o'clock yesterday when twenty- three veterans assembled at Military Hall, Bowery, to celebrate the eighty-Seventh anniversary of the evacuation of British troops, Twenty-three prouder men were nob In New York; twenty-three elder wen it would be dificult to hunt up; twenty. three joliter human beings were nowhere to pe secon, “Good old umes, air,” was vistble on every face, ¢ yo wrin! Was smooth with satiefaction, aud brave old enoalders struggied wanfully against the pressure of time. And such laughing, too, and stern old Band- baking and genial looks and gentle poking of mbs, and such consoling observations as, “Oh, you sly dog! why, Ws younger youre getting every da “Yon don’t look mere than fifty bale and beart, © “Are you going to marry again, Colonel? what | aboat te widew?? was the Nappy inquiry of @ tine oid veteran of scventy-eight to another | old veteran who had once been straight. ‘Nonsense, my dear boy. Ha, ha Weil, I— a--I don’t know what I may do after some ti but, he added, ceniidentially, “don't say a word of it; ma only in creaty about the affair, you under- se iother congratulatory alu eting before nd a thousa made prior to the formai At jongth, when the GOOD OLD Sov bad congregated tn Miltary Hi “Now, boys,” sald gajlant old . Raymond, aged 79, and who fought in the trays at Sandy Hook aud around the harbor jong ago, “now, boys, wike your seats and we will preceed to business,” veterans sat down In counc., There ; Abraham Da aged 7 Captain Crowley, aged 83, who nero and wi ‘a*her and grandfather | records of which he might well reel { » did feel proud; and arrayed in fuk his old sword and cocked hat, fine old gentiepiau, Which nobody These aions wer parade, Hel Knowles proud, a uniforn would den; THe OTHERS. ‘Then there were nesides, Isaac Manee, $4; Cap- tain Hofman, 76; Timothy Wheeler, 81; Ansel Titus, #0; Jobn M. Smith, 75; Joum Gessner, 81; Israel Meade, 79; Henry T. Jolly, 75; Joseph A. Hull, 75; israel Brusa, $1; William Dealing, 92; Uaptain H. B. Williams, 80; Richard Garrett, 77; Frederick Friend, S1; Peter Peck, 81; William MeCaliough, 81; Chap- jain Charles Coombs, Jerad Homestead, 77; Cap- tain Henry Baker, 73; Ensign Joho G. Sex: Vaptain William lt. Brown, 76. Tt was a splendid sight. Behind the cocked hate vf some flowed their silvery locks, and there was an expression of earnestuess oa every face, showing Wat the recollection of hard fonght baities were yet fresk and green in thely memories. Some had uni- forma—the uniforms that had seen more, perhaps, Wan history has revealed—and SUME HAD SWORDS, rusty ones to be sar dear, glittering prizes to their owners, Was started all round, and oid reminiscences were discussed in lively style. Seme had beea prisoners of war; some had fought &F Baltimore; others had heen engaged defending the Barbor; but all fad a band in at the time tne invader was driven forth. Each one having told his Particular tale—and all the old genilemen bad wemething interesting to narrato— | one NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET). THES ELECTION POOL SALES. Pay Night Up Towa—How the Elections Went, Not Hew They Will Go, A good-humored little crowd of sports congregated Jast evening at Riley’, Twenty-elghth street and Broadway, to perform @ pleasant little duty, which was no other than the collection of their litte “dues” resulting from the pool sales @n the recent election, To say that the lucky ones felt “good” would) but faintly convey the benign and generous exproseion that marked every } countenance, To be sure, they all knew they would | win, aud whe only regret experienced!was that they nad not purchased just twice as many p ols. | “But, come, boys, let's get the stamps,’ observed | @ brighteyed, sharp, shrewd little man, and | with @ merry little jaugh he prepared is ‘pouch for the reception of the much valued paper. Johnson, the poolseller, was on hand, and atonce proceeded to muke @ liberal distribution to | the winner, Those betting on Hoifman’s ma- jority of 50,000, on Mall's majority, that Ledwith | Weula get 40,000 votes, and on acity and county | vetal yole of 120,000 were pald, as the result of the | voting in each case was universally aduiltted, , following will show how the pools were sold | to elections and also a few of the payments made Hottraan’s 60,000 majority—300, $300, $198, $205, $200, $20. ‘Hall's 20,000 majority—$215, $210, $196, $198, Ledwith’ 40,000 voles—$186, $196, $192, $200, 'y and county total vote of 120,000~-$156, $150, 150, $17. ‘i Tuke was little or no excitement, as the feeling was ail the one way. ‘The remaining payments wall be made as soon as the result ef the canvas is ofl- cially aunonnced. rior THE MULLEN CASE IN JERSEY. Motion for a New Trinl—-Why Were tho Co: oner’s Papers Not Produced at the Trial t— Some Additional Points in the Cand. ~ In the case of Bartley Mullen, convicted of high- way rebbery at the Hudson County Court, the jury accompanied their verdict with a recommenda- tlon to merey. Mr. Wintleld, counsel for the prisoner, moved for a new trial yesterday on the ground that tue jury examined the contents of a purse found at some distance from the scene or the Reynolds marder, and consequently they were not wholly unprejadiced. The Court reserved its de- cision. Ma new trial be granted some new points, Inregard to the watch chain said to belong to Ep- penger, will be brought forward, which will give quite a different cemplexion to the case. There is matter covnected with this trial which is very remarkable, and whien the prisoner's coua- sel intends to bring before a higher tribunal, namely, that the records of ihe corouer’s Inquest were net produced at the trial, although the Court sent for them to the cierk’s office. Yet the case was given to une jury without affording them the benefit of these "papers, which centain abundant evidence te prove the tmnecence of Mulien frew the admissions ef Eppenger himself, Their eae wWeuld aiso place the murder of Reynolds in io @ light very different from that under which the Grand Jury viewed t when they passed upon the case on the sole testimony of the man Who was so deeply interested in himself and escaping the serious censequences of ais act. Coroner Crane states that ke laced these papers in the hands of the County ers, and the question then arises, what has become of these papers? Their production 1s a very serious matter for the prisoner, whe ig a poor young man without any friends who have infinence in New dersey. The prosecutien nailed him eompietel, Wihien the statement was given to !he jury that Mal- len beionged to a very disreputable gang in New York. Escape for him was out of the question after that. Nevertheless great sympathy {s manifested for Dim in Jersey City, and, in case sentence be passed upon him, # pediion bearing thousands of signa- tures will be sent %0 the Court of Pardons in his favor. A few humane individuals in the court offered to raise a subscription for him te defray the heavy expenses incurred in the two triais; but he promptly declined, on the ground that bad seme money saved from bis hard earnings, and that bis brother also furnished Mm some funds. Tne lady Wwhese house be boarded in New York, and whe is quite a handsome, respectable leoking weman of | i] Thirty-five, sat behind hing during the trial and speke Ge ymond called attention to the fact | Of him Im the highest terms. He is a beardiess matithere was 12%, Caled Attention to the fet | Song nau, of stout Lulld, and 1s unmarried, AN INDIGENT BROTARE, | —_ who, now that old age had come upon him, requ ire ‘ 1 iCES Suistantial assistance. With characteristic manl- BROOKLYN COUNTY INSURANCES. ness the velerans subscribed their respective mite: SRC ed See OS and @ handsome be mentioned th imilitary and civ! lent purpo: Dypress Ht “lude h WAS made up, ciation, which 18 both Was organized 1p 1859 for benevi~ ‘They have gronnd of ther own a Cemetery. ” said the General, © BURIED TWENTY-SIX there, nut if we hacdu’t burial ground of our own | sured for $343,000 oni the poor old tne would be laid mm Potter’s Field.” “Rouse up, my lads,” cried Captain Crowle, nine fer parade,” and the gallant old patriot, don- ning his stepped bravely ueross the feor, the his sword sounding te him like & band elightful rausi¢c, and the warriors “it's f rose and descended to the street, where General | ness Raymond, being incommant, marshalled them in | Lowber, of the Board of order, There was a iarge crowd assembled to greet thei as, Ip twos, they commenced the parade. tt was very short and nnaccompanie by music. But (here Was pienty of admiration on all sides, and AS THE VETERANS MARCHED threugh Grand street acress to Broadway they ec- sionaily received a cordial recognition. They at Jength arrived at the Continental Hotel and at once seated thewiselves at the loug table in the ventre of the ast yster sOUp Was served around jokes were cracked ad (toituin. {t was nos 4 briiliaat entertainment, bnt a good, hearty dinner, which sl thoreughiy enjoyed. Ouco uyain old times were talked over, and although no addresses were delve mutual hopes and congra- tulations were given with jucreased earnestness. Mr. MeCnilough, one of the eld soldiers, was thanked for the repast. amd after Colonel Dally had sung the “Battle of Plattsourg’ tke veterans «is persed, highly pleased with their display, THE NATIONAL GUARD. to former days it was usual for the National Guard ip out sud for all the pubite baiidings to be decorated with tings. Yesterday but two regi- ments turned eut te honor the day, aad no banners waved over Broadway. The regiments that displayed their conspicuous patriotism were the Fifth and Sixth, the former comunzaded by the veteran General Benedix and the jaster by Colone! Sheery, The Fifth, or rather @ large part of the command, were dressed = in Pro sian uniforia, spiked helmets and ail, and omade a fine appearance. The other or- gavization appeared as usual and attracied considerable aitention. Colonel Sheery marched his command downMadison ane, through Broadway and down town, and Bendix delighted the denizens of ihe cast side wilh his spiked boys of Deatchtand. Both regiments paraded late in the evening, and their excellent marching and military bearing were high mmended by the large crowd that lined (he side Walks. MILITARY PARADE AND INSPECTION, The National Guard in WestchesterPresen- tation of Colora and Review of the Third Regiment of State Militia, ‘The members of tue recenUly erganized Third regiment N. G. 8, Y. assembled at Yonkers, Westchester county, for parade and inspection, as well as to receive a stand of colors, whieh it was announced would be presente: in vehall of tue siate, by General Willtam M. Tweed, Jr. Nearly 40) nembers were present, exclusive of the efice i (he appearance of the men in their wew uniform of West Polnt Caret cloth was fe subject of many encomiumes — Abeut one o'clock im the ernoon the regiment, preceded by mounted police and a band of music, enter the village and halted in Getty square, where Celone) Fay announced che re- ceipt of a telegram from General Tweed, setting ‘orth that ewing to illness, he was compelied to Yorogo the pleasurable dnty which had been nssigned to hun, The colors were accordingly pre- sented by Colouel Fay, on the part of the State, a were received ta behalf of the regiment by the L tenant Colonel. Tee regonent subsequently marched through the principal streets to the greuna selected for the re- view, which tookiplace in presence of a large con- vourse of citizens, inclading the following stat overs of the Fifth division N. GS, N. Y.i-~ Uoronel C. D. Westbreok, assistant adjutant general and chief of staff; Colonel John Darrinbacher, chief of artillery; Lieutenant Colenel 3. Gage Berry, commissary of subsistence; J. i. Everett, aide-camp: Brigadier General James Ryder, Seveuth brigade N. G. 8.N. Y.; Major Cole, of New Yerk; Colonel Hyatt, of Peekskill, and owner notables of the National Guard. ‘The eyolations of the regiment were highly oredit- anie, comsideriog the briet period of iw existence aa 42 Organization, Flow Tiny TREAT A CRIMINALS DREAD Bopy IN Ww Naw Jnns le the compamy assembled at the Sterit's a: i the State Strect Hease were wait- ie = the ier rhe subject of the hanging of wis ‘he murder of Mr. Rowan, of Princeton, wae dh ec. ft was the opinion @f some that not- withstending the taurderer's ccimes his kody waa iyeated labutnanly alver death. Jt was taken te Princton, set up with a clad in his hands and hig picmre Waker, after which it was oronght te ihscity Auld the fesp boiled from iho penes in a seap boiler. of this city. now has the skeleien, and ils, Of New York, the skull. It was subject to discuss before an itt, Dnt wie probabiintie that he ant # t0 perform in nents for te mori. onpl e ATAU gE rut of tue i uo suck 4 meeudit 1 ek it may | frenton Emvm | ing. Dean, ‘ A Nice Little Spec | ‘Nhe connty buil@ings of Kings county, the Alms- house, Lunatic Asylum, Hospitaiand Norsery, under , the supervision of the Superintendents of the Poor, are valued at about $2,000,000. This pronerty Is in- the policies being divided between twenty-three companies. The business ef attending to these insurance policies for years was intrusted to Mr. George G. Herman (now County Ulerk elect), who subsequently transferred the bast- to the management of Mn BE. J. Water Commisston- ers, Wao is also President ef the Cora Exchange Insurance Company of New York and a very wealthy man. A policy fer $23,000 is hela im the King’s Couaty Insurance Company. This latter peiicy, Which has been running for years, is renewed each 4 According to the representations of Supervisor Crook, Mr. Lewber, upon assuming the agency, appiled to the company forthe payment of staurant. A smile pervaded every face, and | flteen per cent to himseif on the pelicy and five per cent additionat fer the privilege of permitting them te retain the business, Tne president of the com- pany reiused to comply with the request, which he considered unfair. At the last meeting of the Board of Supervisors a Member from the Sixth ward presented a resolution, at the request of Mr. Lowber, to cancel the policy heid by the Kings Counsy Insurance Company. Mr. Crook aroge iu the meeting and deneunced it as a blackmailing job: a3 one whieh was gotten up sim- ply to get tweniy pet ces, Out of the company in question, or else to transfer the patronage ¢isewhere, | ‘The citizens and taxpayers at large are of the op!n- ion that Whatever percentage was to accrue from the county patronage in this tine of busmmess should ve accredited to the interest of the county, and not to any single individual orto any ring. The matter is now in the hands ef the Law Committee or the Board of Supervisors, who Will investigate it thor. only, DETENTION OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DESPATCHES AT HAVANA, ie Epiroe ov THE HERALD: ‘The HERALD, of the 22d iust., attacks the admiral commanding the North Atlantic feet for not threat- ening to blow up the Spanish sron-clads in Havana with the Saugus aud for pot demanding, by guns, | immediate reparation from the Spanish authorities in Cuba fer detaining for the space of a week de- spatches from the American government to its naval commanders. Thus is a Arst-rate notice of the old monitors and Ought to please all interested in build- | ing or selling them; aff 1% skilfolly exhibits the good sense and necessity for delivering at Key West (the Southern depot of the fiect) the mails, with official despatches for that point, instead of carrying them by Key West en to Ha- vane, It will be weil, however, to correct the misapprehension which exists in some quarters as te the authority and duty of naval commanders in time of peace. The constitution gives to Con gress and not to them the power to make war, and the regulations for the navy instruct maval com. manders not to take upon themselves the power of iaflicting punishment on any civilized nation for the Violation of treaties er international law, but in the absence of a dip! Jo representative of the United States to enter into cerrespondence with foreign authorities and ebtain and report full information ef such matters to their government. Naval com- manders ure instructed to respect the sovereignty of fereign nations, to protect our commerce as far a8 may ne tn their power and to repel assauita, but not to provoke hosuilitie: Nowroik, Thanksgiving Day. GOKFIRMATIONS BY ARCHBISHOP M’CLOSKEY. Wis Grace Archbishop McCloskey, accompanied by { Commissioners Owen, Brennan and Nicholson, and @ DUMeEroUS suite, attended at Randall's and Hart's Islands yesterday, and performed the rite of confirmation for 250 children, ‘The aistin- guished party ief East Twenty-sixth street at half-past eight o'clock, arriving on Randali’a Island at a quarter past nine, ere ® number of the children qualified fer confirmation were assembled in the Catmolic chapel. After making a few remarks upon the solemnity of the rite ihe ceremony was performed by the Archbishop and the children duly admitted within the pale of the Charch. The company subsequently embarked again for the schoolship Mercury, at Hart's Island, where about ninety children were assembled for cenfirmation. The cat ‘ism was propounded by Father Durangqwet, after which his Grace made some appropriate remarks to the children and perfermed te ceremony fer admitting these youthful Christian aspirants a3 communicants in Catholicism. A NEWARK "MANUFACTURER ARRESTED FOR ARSON. Yesterday afternoon Mr, Mathew Garrigan, whese building, No, 28 Mechanic street, Newark, was dam- aged by fire to the extent of several thousand dol- lars on Wednesday night, as reported in Thursday’s BERALD, was taken into castedy on @ charge of arson. ‘The complaint was made by the Chief Engi- neer of the Fire, Department, oased upon informa- Uon given by Charies H. Taylor, a former clerk of Garrigan, who states that the latter offered him ending | several months age $2,000 if he would fire the builds Carrigan Was held to bail’ ta $1,000 by Justice Justifying | Bergheim, The views were accempanted by an tu- HE WINTHROP LUNACY CA‘. Mr. Winthrop Establishes Hie Sanity—A Tere rible OrdealWhat Might uve Been—Our of the Sloazh—A New Lease of Lite. Somme few weeks ago & case was brought into the | courts which involved the question of the sanity or iosanity of an Old and respected citizen of New | York, Mr. Rionard Winthrep. ‘The person most aur- | prised, as Most Naturally he must have been, at the NEW YORK CITY. Miccallancous Items of Metropolitan News. "The following record will show the enanges in the ' temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- | parison with the corresponding day of last year, a8 ‘indicated by the thermometer at Hudnuvs Phar- macy, URKALD Buliding, corner Of Aun siree 1969, 1870, 1809, | motion for am inguiry inquirendo @ lucando was Bod “4 62 | Mr, Winthrop himself, and with a madaess that had £ {2 ali of Mamiet’s method in it ne combated 12 M. +41 60 2PM... 46 the motion of nis friends te have his case | Average tomperatere yesterday. -.. 47 | submitted to @ few smterested individuals, Arete Vener BE Rostiaponding iene y | He preferred, md tact, te take the case out of the hands of his particular friends, so that he might not be taken unawares, aud moved in the courts that the questien of his sanity or insanity should be sub- | mitted to @ referee appeinted by the Court. The | disposal Of moneyed relatives according to the dic tum or desires of greedy relatives, especially when amadheuse is in the perspgctive, is not a task of | sue. easy accomplishment in the free and enlight- | ened United States of America as it is even proba- | ply now and up to @ few years past has certainly deen in England; but the HERALD has, netwith- Sata neta | standing, frequently to chrontele such attempts on ‘The miniature paddie-wheel ship City of Ragusa, | int part of relatives ledilaelin’ Seeraacinty (bacticn: | which recently made the voyage from Eurepe to | | Heston, ty expected to, arrive dally at this port, | ence ‘in intustry ataeweo"ine coveted pat ot sail . b| . 1 vom | influence and wealth, We have had sever: induder, is in town, making arrangements for the | of this desire to supplant, aud enjoy, ee ‘The Board of Canvassers met yesterday in the | Supervisors’ room, im the new Court Honse, and | revised the vote in the Second district of the | Pweuty-first ward, They then adjourned until twelve e’clock to-day. On Toesday night the beot and shoe store of George West, 803 Third avenue, was broken tanto by forcing through the back entrance, by burglars, and | oe stolen te the vaine of between $400 aud $500. ‘The police Lave the matter ia band, | exhibition of the little craft, where = have net sown, in ‘the great a ANTE Wiuter alieged lunacy case, ig the demestic John C. Gobright, formerly a member ef the | drama or ine late Y commodore Meade, and An altercation occurred yesterday morning in Glass Hail, Thirty-fourth street, between one Fagan, | of Forty-seventh street, and Christopher Moore, ef Thirty-Gith street and Secend avenue, Fagandrew a revolver ana sliet Moore in the mouth, fracturing his , and then made jis escape. The ball was extracted by Surgeon Purdy. A portrait bust ef Peter Cooper, executed by Ames. Van Wart, has been presented te the Mercantile Library Association by Mr. Marshal 0, Reberts, Mr. Cooper ts an honorary member of the Association, and has always shown himself te be one of its most steadfast friends, ‘fhe bust wili no coubt be placed in the library building, in a conspicuous A private exhibition of a series of stereopticon views illustrating the topography, history, costumes, mianners and customs of the Hely Land was given at Association Hall last eventing by Mr. Samuel teresting lecture explanaiory of the histery and in- habitants of Jerusalem. ‘The exhibition was | ©! thoroughly appreciated. LS John Fagan, whe shot Chris, Moore on Thanke- giving evening, in Glass Hall, East Thirty-fourth street, was arrested yesterday und taken to the Yorkville Police Court, where he was held to await the result of Mooré’s injuries, ‘The injured man will not die; at least, that 19 the opinion enter- vaned by his attending physician. Atanearly hour yesterday morning a fire broke out tn the lager beer saloon of John Kohl, Ne, 203} This isuuether ‘healthy sign that no combization Seventh avenue. His loss was $500, upon which | of selfish les CaN NeW, as in times past, const there is $1,200 insurance. Thejoss on the second { relative, friend or tor te the dreadful }im! floor was $250, divided between Johnn Neil and | heretofore destined for those unfertunates who James McCaffrey, eceupants. The loss on butiding | tood in the way of the enjoyment ef heirs or lega- is about $1,000, The tire extended to the drng | tees Mr. Winthrop has escaped the terrible net store of Dr, Goodel, N “1, where ah oxplosign | spread fer him, aud is énjoying to the top of ms thvolving a loss of $250 occurred, bent, and with all bis faculties unimpaired for such enjoyment, the goods which the gods and lis own energies and labor prepared for the winter of bis days. He won thew well—may he enjoy thew le Washington press, will deliver a lecture en Tuesday | pee) later, in i re cuse ts = beers ‘The latter ‘3 ‘ | on bis own volition, but with the aid and assisiance evening next ‘at Gibsen's’ Hall, comer Broedway | 0° a. tude (lend, stdaahen to him, and Photio too ana Twelfth street. The snbjeet of the lecture 18 | feartul ordeal to’ witich he would have been sub- “Personal Experiences,” and gertaluly Mr. Govrigst | jected had he once fallen into the clutches of his is @ geaticman Who should be able Lo untold on eX- | toes, appealed in time te the courts for protection, waerdinary narrative, The wgis of A) courts was yi around hun, as % tPA Hee yr it ever wil! be threwn around these wh tl Charles B. Forrester, of No, 116 Nassau street, waa protection, and the case ef Mr. Wutoe woe arrested yesterday afternoon and taken velore Ju ee Mm arse the roms of MY, Tee of the isa Cll AE Wo ™ nyyP | Court of Common Pleas, “The fact of Mr. Winthro tice Cox, at Jefferson Market Pelice Court, charged | own de moulin F respectable ‘position in soci, With engraving a plate to manufacture labels tn Nats | ana tne additional fact that there was a large amount | tation Of those employed by a London rm of preperty fivolved, threw @ good deal of interest }| Celeman, mustard makers. He denied the charge, | preunt the case and caused tne referee to give ji a , but was held for examination, goed dea) of bis attention, the resylt of which fas ween the follewing report on the reference! RFERRE'S REPORT, Tdo respectfully report that? have beeu attended by the said Richard Winthrop and his couusel, and by the committee of his person and estate and their counsel, aod that I have taken the testimony of such Witheases us were produced before me, whether in Support of the prayer ef the petition er in oppe- sition thereto, and that such proofs are annexed hereto and form a part of my report; that | have had frequent and scrutinizing interviews and con- Versations wiih the said Richard Winthrop, and that such Conversations were calculated te elicit evi- dence of kis sanity. I do, therefore, repert, as my opinion, founded upon the said testimony taken by me, and my OWN e@bservations ef the petitioner, that ne of sound mind and fully capable of tak- ing care of person = an preperty; and that he has been ef sound mind and capability since the month of August, 1870; aud I do advise that he be restered to the care of his person and property, according to the prayer ef his petition. do (ar. ther report that the said Richar@ Winthrep has been, since the issuing of the commission and te appoint- ment of congnittees of his persen ne te, left Lirely to his own personal efforts, ahd without any iraint, te provide for his own living and prote¢- tion, without receiving any pecumary assistance froin his estate, and entirely without the care and a aliention ef bis commitvees; and that the intelli- gence und energy sown by the petitioner under the circumstances of deprivation and neglect afford, tegether with the tesiimony taken by me, satisfac- tory proof ef his ability, not only to take care of mmaself and his property, but te sustain timseif by his own exertions, All which is respectfully submitted, NATHANIEL JARVIS, Jn, Refereo, New York, Nov. 25, 1870. The flags on the building of the Department of Pub- Me Werks and on the City Hall were at half-stat, in memory of Mr. Thomas Grain, Deputy Superintend- ‘ i pat a 7 ent of Repairs and Supplies In the department. At ALLEGED FELQNIOUS SHOOTING, noon, howe! he fags on the City Hall were run 2 ‘yacuatton Day, but en the building | One of Mr. Bergh’s A; sg oy ef Broudway and’ Park place the fay Ayre | remained at ‘ai-stan. This, ef course, caised'a | at a “Vantantical? and Fatally Wound n Horse. great deal of comment and inquiry, aad there were very low who cont satisfactorily expiain bi, , While a company of mounted ‘‘fantasticnia,” styling themselves the Ka Klux Klan, of Mott ‘The ladies’ fair of the Sutfolk street German Re , Westchester connty, were gyrating through formed chureh, at the hall of the German Young | 4#¥e? epee : Men’s Christian Association, held doring the weer, | Me streets i at pa 08 ipereliny Ptah han proved to be the great attraction or the neigh. | * IAX-*yed persomage, named Sydney H. Con! berhoed, und the success of the fair Ik deeded, under the skilful management of the lovely maidens in charge of the tables, and espectally is this the case tn the art department, where the hkenesses of King Willam, Von Moltke and Bismarck prove tnvincibie in the hands of the fair as in the fields of war or diplomacy. This eventog the fair will close with a grand musical entertainment, ling, representing the authority of Mr. Henry Bergh, arrested one Henry Finge) while in the Tol riding a lame and attenuated specimen of the equine species, From what can be ascertained it appears that Pingel) was quietly accompanying bis custodian In the direction of the Town Hall, when some members of the company interfered, demanding ta know why Conkling wished to deprive the man of his liberty. when the necessary amount of ball was ferthcoming for his tature appearance, Fearn, some hostile act op the part of those aroun ALLEGED RAILROAD SWIXDLE. OMcer Brennan, of th: Jefferson Market Court him, Cenking Lee age and warned the a “ ont reat rederick W. {| Wes against moiesting him im the exesution of his SDSS TCR ECAY OGTR. Bienen eee reer 1ST daty. At this mement whe Bergh representative Bodstein, at his residence, No. 64 West Nineteenth street, upon complaint of Ermest T. Hesse, of the corner of Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street, who charges that on the 6th of July last he represented that he was a member of the executive committee and a shareholder im the New Jersey Railread ana ‘Travsportation Company, and upon the payment of $475 he weuld procure for him @ postition of restau- rateur for the ruad on or belore the 1th day of Octo ber last. Hease, belleving the money and h until five day: take possession was stunned by & blow irom a stone, which struck him on the head, causing a slight effusion of bieod, In nis bewilderment Conkling them sired at Fingel, who was standing about ten feet from him, the ball imissing the Jatrer and lodging in the breast of & horse. uring aseene ef indescribable eontuslon which follewed Conkling wus arrested by eficer Kelley and taken before Justice Fallen, who held him to bail in $500. to appear and al rr the charges: agaist him. Accordingly the case was breught up yesterday aflernvon, when the used, having watved @xamination, was ordered by Justice Fullem vo find bailin the sum of $1,500 to await the action of the Grand Jury. Owing to the necessary ponds not haviag been filed the accused was sill locked Tepresentations, pald the rd vothiag mere from the prisoner or the day appointed fer him to of his place ef business, when | visited the prisoner and was informed that anotuer person Was endeavoring to get the place, but npon the payment of fifty doilars more he could procure the place for him without doubt, promismg fo place hit in possession ef if by the Sth of November, ‘The additional money was paid, bat Bodstein falling to make good is represeulations, tessa visited Mr. W. Karkin, superintendent of the | Fond, ana was informea by him chat the representa e, tious made to hit were false, and made for the pur- last @ase before the federal court in Nash- pose of defrauding tum out of bls money, as Bod- ville Monday, before ‘uljeurnment, Was, one of stain ewned no stock tn the read and was not a | ine inowt Important corporation cases ever pro mnember of the executive committee. He denied thé | sonted to a ceurt in this State-—the Mempnis, charges before Justice ( 1 Jetorkon Market, but | Ciurksville aud Louisville Raliroad Company and Was held to batl in the sun of $1,500 to appear for creditors, In paukrupicy, A voluntary petition exammation, rads Was fled by the company in Leste yah ee aan sor of May, 1868. ‘The company was declared & ALMOST A CATASTROPHE, haiikipr ote Tath ‘of diy, kok) Noticen were " : i). | issued by the mossenger to the crediters ef them to The Centre street bridge of the New Jersey Rall- | appear betore the hegister in Bankruptcy, at Clarks. rew Newark was the scene, yesterday neu, of & | ville, on ihe ith of August, 1568, To Choese one or thriling sensutien and (he miracuious escape of | 10078 assignees. On ihatday E. H. Kast, ax altorney dozens of men, wemea and children, Attached to | ac cyarksville, and fled Ms reason of protest, In Bub- the regular twelve meridian train from New York was a Washingten sleeping couch, which somehow Jutoped the track at the curve just before reachiog stance alleging that ihe Memphis, Clarksville and Loweville Ratiraad Company could not take the bridge. On the train went, dragging the coach Uirough every obsiacls, such us Lelegraph poles, the beneiit of the Bankrupt jaw passed the 20 of &c., until the bridge was reached. “Down brakes” March, 1867, 6. A. Henry, ak president of said com- pany, and J. Batly, their attoruey, at the Same time uppouring before the sald Register, in- was whistled, bat bundreds of persons held their ners mght to the bank- breath, expecting surely that the coach would be dragged oom the bridge and then tumbled over into the river, Happily, hewever, the sigual upt law, iey certified the question up to the District Court of the United States to be was obeyed with remarkab ¢ celerity, and before the traia had got twenty feet on the bridge it Was stop. decided vy Judge Trigg. And thereipon Judge Mumphire. now fer the petiuoner, moved the Court for leave to diswuss the petitton out of the bed. Nebody was hurt, though a great many were | Bankrupt Court, and as altorney for the receiver rendered in sible with fear, at Jeast for & short | lusisted that a raliroad corporalion could not take while, The effect on the-e who witnessed the Ind- dent can better be tmagined than deserved, UNDER THE WHEELS, up at a late Nour in the afternoon, SOUTH BAILROAD LITIGATION, Important Suit—Several Milli Involved, Li eg Memphis Avala: Nov. 22) the benetit of the Bankrupt law. Hon, Join 6, Gault, attorney for te executors of Thomas H. Calloway, deceased, and as attorney for Hudson, two of the large creditors of the Memphis, Clan ville aud Lousville Railroad, resisted bet motions stone: er Patrick . made by Juage Huraphreys, insistiag that the rait- As onecutter mamed Patrick Bellew, living road corporation is bntiled to the benefits of the at ‘Tuckahoe, Westchester county, while at-! Bankrupt iaw; thar thelr petition flied in the cause tempting to get on 4 Harlem Railroad | poh the ane Ae RD tia Gels a e: @ a ie ing Ol pol t tact ¢ Soa spe Py Wwhhenlh: Welat Baaeanovee bankruptoy, fds, uaving wen €eclared 2 ‘hank. his ower limbs, crushing them ina shocking man- | TUL on the 4th day of Luiz, ise, they cannot ner. ‘the unfortunate min lingeved until yesterday, | dismiss ui ‘ ali the creditors, and that he, as attorney for gail creditors, dissents to the dismissal of said peti. tion, Judge Humphreys mi his argument ou Saturday evening, and Judge Gault his on Monday, Both were eiaborate and cxceedingly bie. argument of counsel ep both sides the Court held when he expired. Owing to the absence of impor- tant witnesses Coroner Bathzaie gave a permit for burial, and adjourned the inquest until next Mon- day, Deceased was about forty-fve years old. IN BAGHDAD. SITY “BUS LIN the question under savisement and for surther i lve determination. Millions ef dollars are involved in American City Railronds in the City of the the case, and the decision will be looked to with Calipts. - -- [From the London Telegraph, Nov. 7. Js there a piace in the woria ro is-would s¢am, LONG ISLAND ITEMS. 80 odd to ride ina "bus as Bagdad? Nevertheless, rg 1 omnibnses are about to run in the city of the Caliph On Wennesaay cyedieg, © burgiat was’ fonud they have been ordered at Birmingham, from the | secreted in the cellar of G. W. Bergen, ai Freeport, midi ‘ad Wagon Company--eight tramway ¢ -*. tW® | He came near being shot. id BLX Second Class—ud nsiruciors are en the point of Respatching ihe carriages for service | 4 highwayman named Smila has becn captane a at Freeport, His accomplice eseaped, but will no in the metropolis of the Arabian Nights? Entertain- Z udt soem be apprehended, as the odivers ure on mente Ballway Sains up and down Ne J iis track. at Athens, and telegraph wires between rac Mounts Ebal and Gerlzime ee scareely 60 The people of Rast New York aro agitating the incongruous at first sound as a tramway on | feasibility of incorporation tn order to Prevent ty Amer'can principles inthe bazaar av Bagdad. One | absorption by Brooklyn. would half expect to see Sinbad the Sallor getting Mr. Grosjean, of Woodhaven, ha« granted the in te go down to his ship, and asking small change right of way to the Bay Ridge Ratiroad Company. Tor one of those diamonds which he got frem the 6 sloep Annie, which wemt ashore en Hog eagles’ nests, or the three one-eyed Calendars | Island, leaded with coal for 3, 5. Reap, has been put might be fancied climbing together en to the knife- | afoat with much damage. board, whe any tali-veiled figure might be Zobelde, John ©. King, of Bridgehampton, ated a and the dignified personage beside ker in plain | tninip measuring thirty-four and oue-haif inches in clothes her lord and master Haroun-al-Rasctia, on | circumference. one of hig anonymous expeditions. The dream Mrs. Margaret Pell, a widow lady, living at Sheeps- would vanish at the cry, “Any gent for Bagdad, | head Bay, has succeeded in grewing cotton trom Bagdad, Bagdad? All (me way fer two ptastres.® | Texan need, with very gratifying results, The co But what an “eighth yovage” old Sinbad might in- | heads were very large aud fuli, of fl ii dite if he could come over through the Suez Cagal d were raised within three hundred y and feick (howe tramway onsnibuses himseifs weaghore, deep interest. we NEWS FROM CHINA. Consequences of the Christians’ Massacre—A Riot Mordorer and His End—Nativist Placard for Excitement—The Protestant Church at Fat-Shan—-Amoerican Missionaries—Mr, Soward’s Visit—Government Inves- tigation of the Outrages--Sketch of the Imperial Com- missicner—The Fliods in the Yangtze. By the China and Japan mail at San Francisco, | Sud thence overiand to New York, we have the fol | lowing, interesting details of our telegraph news re- ports from the Central Flowery Land:— Thero is @ report. from Shanghae thas the rot murderer of Ma-Hxin-Y¥1, Ohang- Wen- Yang, refused to eat anything and starved himself to death. The officials, 1618 said, were so anxious te get a confes- ne ee a ERA roey ported ape prayed him to e ‘ wed 0 Rim, but he obst el refused to eat anything, and died, crud HOW ANOTHER RIOTER TERMINATED TIS LIFE. A hiben-hsing-’sz named Po-3z, & notorious leader in the riots, was the other day brought before one of the mandaring; refused to confess, was punisted, &c,, but remained obstinate. Saia the mandarin, “its no use; we kKuow you are guilty, and I'll have your confession if L dié for ti.” The fellow saw it was ho use, and replied, “Well, Tean’t give tt you to- day, bub Will to-morrow,” “All xight; L will have you brougiit before me te-merrow.? ‘The min had hardly back to prison before he managed to get possession of twe jarge needies, with which he Plerced his heart. His body has been given up to } his fanaily RIOTERS’ PF CARD ABUSING TSENG-£WO-PAN, POSTED IN TIENTST (Literally trausiated.] (We) cherlshed (our) Ratred (for) ven years, (And then) got (eur) revenge; (We) killed (the) devils (and) burnt (thetr) houses; big inty for the marquis as for a tiger. ho (could have) known thas he was un old pichin? Or roughly versifled—though with a change of metre-~ We nursed our hate ten years, Then paid our seores We killed the devi And Lurnt their stores, We thought to see our chief A raging beast. Who could have thought he waa A beggar pries: ? A NATIVISY PAMPHLET. We have, says @ Yokonama ‘journal of the 22d of October, received a few sheets of a translation of Chinese book, now in press, which has been eircu- Jated in the north of China and has had no little in- fluence in the eastern part ef Shantung, aud per- haps elsewhere, in exciting the people against foreigners. Itis dificult te make selections that will give am adequate idea of its contents, as many of the most characterisuc parts are not ft to appear in our columns, It is entitled “Death- blow to Corrupt Doctrines—a piain Statemeal ef bacts."’ Though more especially an attack on Ro- man Catholics it is reaily, and indeed avowedly, it all foreigners, and It openly and earnestly advocates their expulsion and extermination, Tho following extract, which appears a8 @ postscript by a irieud of the auther or compiler, will be interesting as showing the eect which its pérusal ig intended to have been upon thys¢ for whom it was prepared: Mz friend who compiled the preceding treatiee, accom- plished his work by investigating » great roultitude of boo! and making use of a large experience and observation His statements are clear as the light. The snaple pad of them is sufficlent to makejone’s heart abudder and bis hair tandon end. Kven the vicious and uncultivated cannot Haten to them without dread. Hence the production was pul fromediately Into” the hands printer ve warning 1 ail, so that those living within ‘our seas may, when’ they see it, gnash their teeth Although you are uot permitted mn, The immediate effect will once be set right, and in the fuiure our doctrin firmly established, Will not the advantage accruing to all Errow the Talve doses ub is worthy of bee jug styled a (ollower of the ‘ot this tite fairly earned by my friend and papil, the writer of this ‘rvatine? “f PROTESTANT CHAPEL DKSPROYED AT PAT-SHAN, ‘By the China and Japan, mali we hear that a Pro- teatant chapel, tu the well-kuewn city ef Fat-shan, a shert distance ah riyer from Canton, has been {Octover 13). de t by a mob. It appears that chapel had just been completed, and the Chinese converts connected with’ it cele- brated the occasion by @ feast te which they invited their friends. Whother following the express direction of thetr foreign teachers, or these advanced views of the domestic relations which Christiamty has everywhere developed, the converts and their friends and familtes sat dewn promiscuensly, and began to eat and drink, men and women sitting at the same table, ‘This becom- ing known outside was considered bighly indecorous, aad this view of the case being, no doudt, studiously and skilfully worked on, a meh collected who ied Aispersed the fealive assembly and demol- ished the chapel. THE AMERICAN MINISTER 4ND TNE MISSIONARIES. It is reported on goo@ authority, says a Shanghae journal, that Mr. Low, the American Minister at Pekin, has, en reflection, felt called on to give the Teng-chow missionaries more pans advice than wi recently ascribed to im. That Is to mayt instead” of advising them to submit re- from the scene set te their expulsion of ten years’ labor and go Lome te America he now advises them to turn to Teng-chew: and by way of producing & salutary impressien ou the wily tmandaring Whese artistically femented threatenings and warnings led them to take to Might, he authe- rizes them lo request the commander ef the first United States vessel-ef-war that reaches Chetoo, te convey them back to Teng-chow, and to take mea- sures to Secure some guaranter that they wil be Tree (rem molestation in furure, MK. SEWARD AND AMERICAN INTERESTS. (From the Shanghae Conrter, October 11.) Some days ago we expressed vu hope that tne ar- rival of Admiral Beare might lmaugurate @ more vigorous Fogel ia China on the part of the United ‘States, € are glad Lo get something to strengthen our hepe in that direction. Jt is said that when ) Mr. W. H. Seward comes over from Japan, where @ remains for ten days, he aud his nephew, . GF. “Seward, United states Consul General, Will go nerth tn the Colerado; and we have goed reason tu believe that the result of a consulta- Uog between the the Admiral, the veteran statesman and the Consul General will be qto put an end to ali uecessity for American citizens at least surrendering, during the winter, the Tootloids they have obtained ju the north of China, The Masascre’e UnventigationSkeich of Nug-Jih-Chang, One of the Chinese Com. missioners. Ting-jih-chung was bora in the pretectare of Chaon-chow, district Feng-shun, in the prevince of Kwang-tung, in the first year of Tnou-kwang (1821), His pavents were well-to-do people, and young Tg Ket a fair education, but never took a higher degre? in the competitive exaounation than Ling. sheng, @ degree between Siu-taat and Kujen (or between I. A, and M. A.) He afterwards purchased a stua)l ~ pesition into the rank of Tso-tang er Iien-cheng (Assistant D'strict Magis- trate), and was promoted from this to be Che-hsien Ue province of Kiang-si. On the ap. Taiping rebeis ne deserted Ins post. and was degraded, After some time he was again recommended by 'Tkeng-kwo-fan and held ter some tine 9 seeretaryship under Li-hung- chang. Li soon perceived ‘Ling to be an en- ergene roan and quickly recommended Ini for promotion, so thas by 1868 he rose tothe post of Taoutat of Shamgiae. He held tis Post vill N65, When he was promoted to be salt GCoumissioner at Yaugehow, La 1867 be was ap- pointed Pantat of Kiang and in 1868 became footai ef the same provin which post he holds dow; thongi he has for the present been summoned (o Ticntsin lo assist in settling the grave complica- Hons with Loreiguers that have arisen Out of the unassacre, Ting-jth-chang is a man of uilddle size, short- necked, round face, with pretruding cheek bones 1a & ray Mustache. LHe seems to have the good of the peop Ct heart, and looks sharply after tae oltcials, not allowing any squeezes. He is very active, and looks personally after afairs rather than | (rusting co underiings. For this reason be 1s not Hiked by the ometals im * general. le also understands foreigners = better = than most ol colleagues, and seems to realize the alue of introducing foreign arts and sciences. While faoutai at Shanghac, he estae- lished ® school tor studying the English language, | and has now several of the pupils of that school | empleyed in translating Colton’s Aas. Ln bis own yaren he has also introduced many articles of fur- nituré, c., of foreign manufacture, which one does hot Kee used by ether mandarins. [1 lls disposi- tion be hot tempered, and @ mah who stands no hambug. when Ting was Taoutat Slonghae he exhibited mauy of the char- ristics above referred to. He sedulousiy cuitivated the acqnaintance of foreigners qualified to give him new ideas on matters Of finance and General administration, and carefully studied from } a practical point of view the worklug of foreign | Methods of police and government, with a airect View to tho improvement of his own. And he seemed a8 willing to give as to recelve Information. When the present admirable system ef municipal gove ernment under whieh we live was being claborated, Thany most valuable hints fer that departinent of it whict relates to the Chinese living within {ae settlement were receives trom Ting, With a view to asvertain from personal observation the con- dition and sentiments of the people or the honesty and eMclency of his subordinates, he used often to visit places where be Wag least expected in the guise of a coolle or beggar, imitating the practice of “ihe golden time of geod Haroun al Raschid.”” ‘The (ruit of this nataral energy and foreign expe- Flence has been seen in the superior tone of his re- cent proclamations and in the unexampled vigor with Which he is pursuing the Tentsin murderers, The Pekin Gazette on the tanndation Upper Yangtse. Oo Tang, Governor General of Szeckuen, ! thaton tue Cast es the provinge tie piuct# sieuaied D ot the on the bank ofthe mver have all suffered severely by a food, He has aiready deputed Wel-yuens ta examine into the particulars and see What can ba one for the suiterers, but in the meantime ho bese Tespeetfully to report upon the matter thus:— ‘ Your servant has received reperts from the fol lace: ant 00); Mo Chow, Uniang Peh Ting, Pan Hie, bang Bhow (all in the prefecture of Chung ae oats “uu Chow (in Chang Too-f00); Chung rrr (Both in Chung ‘Takng-{00); Wan want Chowetfog}.” @og and Oo Shan (all iy The Prefect of Kweli Chow has also reported the following effecs;— ‘at g in the sixth month after the tn (3th July, 1870), there was a ceamene caatinclae | Ing daily fall of heavy pouring rain, ‘fhe river broke through its banks for @ considerable dlstance: (for several tens of changs, The walis of along the banks of the Tiver, the and the tortified camps were stroyed; the fieids of the people and thetr houses were all overwhelmed ‘Tue peopie being, ; Unable to escape, great numbers of wera. drowned, In the case of the two Hlens of Pang-oo and Oo-Shan, the waters completely surrounded, filed the cites. The granaries, treasuries and tue archives were all destroyea. In Kwel-chow, the only place whieh escaped destruction, was the yamen of the Che-fu; — the other ollices were all destroyed. The officens and the people for the most part escaped to a y place outside the city. The country peonis hastenedy | to save their lives by running away. For the pre~ sent it only remains for us to endeavor to comfern ‘the people of these aflicted disuricts, by raising # subscription and opening the storehouses and dis-! tributing to the sufferers. ; Your servant, laving received and examined into this penues, finds that tae flood under considera« tion is much more severe than in any former year. | From the extreme point Nanchung and Ho-chow the extreme point at Go-Shau and Chia-kow 1s @ dis4 {ance of one thousand and several huadred I. The n+ habitants along the river bank are mostly very poersi Having suddenly mei with misfortune, not only, have they nothimg to eat, but they have no piace of, shetter, Although tne local magistrates have al-~ ready devised plans for assisting (hem, yet, as those who have lost their all are very numerous, it will be extremely difficult to assist them all. Onder, these circumstances your servant, as seon he tad received ‘these the F make use of the government he rellet of the distressed. He has also ed @ special commissioner, with instraction® spol, and, having carefully ex~ the ease and divided the suf- consulted = with to aniined into ferers Into classes, according as their loss has been more or less severe, to, in conjunction with the locat magistrates, distr) distress ute liberally to and comfort the fhe rebuilding @f the ruined city walls, ‘anaries, treasuries, temples ps, by giving employment to the destitute, Will serve instead of more gratuitous help and thus the people will be comforted and wiib gradually regain their former conditien, In @ report from the Toong Chwan Taow (the Taoutai of Chung Ching, Kwei-chow and Swet Ting) to the Governor the Taoutal saya that the food was most severe at Fung-too. He further states that several of the gentry, having nade thetr escape, had laid a complaint against the. Magistrate of Tung to the effect that instead of stop ping to the last te look after his people he had aq once got on board his boat and fled to the Pen Sux Shan Monasiery. The complaint having been found, to be well founded, the Magistrate is dismissed. NEWS FROM JAPAN, .* sy, Danish Diplomacy im the East—A Military Mission to Europe—The Mikado’s Fote~Avp Honest Omicial. Our files from Japan, dated at Yokohama on the 16th of October, supply ¢he following interesting items of news:— < The Danish reprefentative in Yokohama, Mr. Schwartz, signed qith the Japanese government a treaty similar in Bil reg) to those existing be- tween Japan snd the other Eurupean Powers. The contmutd eccurrenee of robberies, attendee with more er less violence, tn Yokohama, callet en loud demand fer preventive measures on a of the government. The Japanese government was debating the prov priety of sending an eficer to Europe to visit the scenes of the great Euro; conflict. The officer Wweuld not be of nigh and his duties merely Ye report to his government the result of his ebsor-* vations, He will probably be rg (oie by Sbioda, well known as an accemplished ihtérpreter,. tn beth the English and French bi a ” The Yekohama Mat of the ef September says:--Engiishmen are very fond of talking of the “dignity”? of their neutrality. We are sadly afraid that just new the ‘‘d: ” of England is an artici of home manufacture, and fer home use eniy. i ‘The birthday of the Mikado was celebrated on the 1ith of October, in Jeddo and Yokohama. The shipw in the harbor were Mmen-of-war saluted the imperial fag. A review of Japanese troops took place at Yokehama before several high functionaries from Jeddo, and the Con- suls dined with the lecal authorities, Im Jeddo the €onsuls were entertained by the efficiala of the foreign settlement and the Ministers dined at Hama- go-ten, with an uncle of the Mikado and the high government efficiais. Baron \’Kint von Reedenbeex, the Belgian Minis- ter to China and Japan, has ceme to Yokehame etn Pekin, aud leaves for a temporary sojourn ay 10. ‘The Chevalier de Calice, the Austro-Hungariar Chargé d’Afaires for China and Japan, lelt Yono- buma fer Pekin. ‘The Japan Mat! of October 8 says:— ‘The typhoen of Sunday last was one of shert du-\ Tauon, but of great severity relatively to this lati. tude, Oy the evening of Saturday torrents of rain feu, tne depression of the barometer was marked, ‘the temperature rose gradually, but steadily, and on Sunday morning at eight o’clock unmistakable signs of a coming typheon deciared themselves. ‘The air was abnormally warm and stifling; the clouds’ lookea angry, dense and gray; the wind, already’ risen to a gale, seemed malignant and revengefui, and the thick haze and torrents of rain denoted only wo plainly to those accustomed to these convui- sions, that danger was at hand. The duration of the storm was very short. It was hardly a typhoon until mune A, M., and at two P. M. all was over. A SINCERE REFORMER OF GOVERNMENT—DYING FOR. HIS COUNTRY. On tho 27th of September a Samurai of the Kago- shina Han (Satsuma) named Yi xt ima Shotard, unpelied by a desire to amelierate the government and by a praiseworthy anxiety to make some return for the penefita he had received from his country, Presented te the parliamenc @ memorial con- taining ten articles of counsel for the times,, and requesting that it should be entertained, even at the cost of his life, he proceeded Straightway to the frent of his Yashiki and there with repeated gashes cut his belly open. Fortn- nately, before life was quite extinct, a fellow clans~ man saw him, and, by the application of remedies, brought him to suficiently te whet motive had impelled him to the comm: y the deed. In reply the aying man handed him a copy ef the memorial, Which was thus sure to reach. the notice of the government, and immediately ex- pired with an expression of joy beaming on his countenance. HAYTI. President Saget and Minister Bassett Exe janging Courtesies=-The Country Quiet, but Trouble Expected—The Sumner ‘entice monia!. Pont AU PRINCE, Nov. 11, 1870. ; Immediately after the return of United States Minister Bassett by the steamer City ef Port au Prince be hastened to present himself to President: Saget to pay 2 complimentary visit. The President,; | after expressing bis pleasure at seeing him back at DJs post, stated it was one of the greatest wishes of his life to see & continuation ef the friendly relations which had existed betweea hia government and that of the United States, and he ; hoved that the intercourse between the two conn~ trles might still be yet largely developed. He hopeé that the revenue, which was becoming more buoy~ | ant, would allow certam modifications to be mada in the custems tariff, which would increase com« merce with the United States and operate favorably in the tnterest of both repubdlies, aay | In replying to the foregoing Mr. Bassett said that | he felt highly honored at the cordial reception given, to him on his return, and he felt pleased to echo tha expression of good feeling towards the Haytién na- lion which President Grant has so lately expressed. touim, He aise said that words were not necessary: to sabslantiate this, for his government had repeat- edly — evine their good will towards tha: people of the public with reference to the reduction of auules, An elegant Innckeor took place shortly after, which was at- tended by the ofictala, and toasts were given for the United States, President et and Mr. Bassett. The following Sunday, after the review of the troops outside the town, according to the Presl- dent’s regniar custom, he proceeded to the honse of Mr. Bassett, accompanicd by all the troops and headed by bands of music, returned Minister Bas- sett’s visit. President Saget was accempanied py his stai? of officers, all un (ul uniform, . ‘The country is perfectiy tranquil, thé coffee har- vest has been very plentiful, and large shipments are taking place in consequence, While peace pre- valla business always flourishes, and it is hoped that * the civil dissensions Which have existed so leng kere are now at aa end. 4 a There is a repert that the Salnavist# on the Dommmican fromtier are in league with parties in St. ‘Thomas, and that vessels are being fitted out at that port to make an attack upon this town very shortly- The government vessels are placed ina line of de- fence in case the report sheuid prove to be ht ‘The aubseriptien to the Sumner testimonia' substantial form, and will amount to & ni. All classes ate largely contributing, President down to the huimblesty who gives his inive te thts fund. Mr. Sumner's efforte sn true, trating the annexation scheme are remenwere Here Wit Le Nittle feelings OF MTAeLUdes