The New York Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1872, Page 5

THE ALABAMA CLAIMS, The British Case and the American Demands. Opinions of the English Press on the Obligations of England Under the Washington Treaty. ‘The London, Liverpool, Manchester and Scotch Papers of dates up to Kebruary 1, which have come to hand by the steamship Republic, contain lengthy articles on the Alabama claims. The followtug are | extracts irom the promment journals of the latest Cates:— se ‘The case presented oy Her Majesty's government to the Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration, the London Times says,differs in one essential respect from that presented by the goverament of the United Btates, Not only is it far more coloriess and tem- Perate in its wone, but it is far more limited in tis scope, proceeding, as it does, on the assumption that international Jaw alone is the standard by which the conduct of Great Britain must be judged. Ac- Cordingly, part 1 coutains @ lawyer-lixe ‘statement | @f the matier referred to the arbitrators, as it is | ‘understood by the government of Her Britannic Maj- esty.”” In this statement it is forcidiy pointed out Mhat.no claims Jall witain the cognizance ‘of the arbitrators except claims ‘growing out o! the acts’? | ef the Alabama and otuer vessels, which, thougn mou ‘specitied, are indicaied as ‘iorming a distinct class,” well known to both contracting Powers. Since the only vessels in respect of Which clans had been made upon the Britisn government belore ‘the Wasuington ‘freaty were the Aluouma herseif, the Florida, the Georgia and the Snenandoan, it 13 Turther assumed that no other vessels will be the Subject of inquiry at Geueva, and it 1s then allirmed utegoricaliy “that in respect of none of them was ‘there any tailure in the disonarge of ioseruational | Ovligauons, readering Great britain justly liable to Make reparation to tue United staves.” In accept- lug, With reserve, the rues of article 6 as govern- apg the decision of this issue, the British government properly ovserves that by tne Very terms of that article the new rules are ‘to be construed with due regard to ‘such princi- ples of internauional law, not inconsistent there- ‘WiuL, as the arbitrators shall determine to have been applicavie Lo tue case.” =—‘The priuciples upon which Lue case of Great Britain is founded are em- bedied in a series of “general proposiiions,” to ve found at the commencement o; Farts 11 and TL Tt is bere maintained, in elect, that bona fide nea- Ttraity 13 luwparual, aud not one-sided or “benevo- lent;” that neutral duties are “noi aifected by con- siderations arising trom the poliucal relation which belore the War the belligereuts may have sustamed toeach other,’ and that commissions regularly issued by # belligerent goverumeut must be reé- specied, even though its political sovereignty be mot recognized by te neutral. ‘The condivions waich constitute a valid Comuissivn for “a public snip ol war,” and whe privileges wick attuca to Vesseis invesied Wih that character, are laid down with much precision, while equal care has been taken in drawing the distincliun between tuose acts Which render neutral ports 4 vase of hostuc Operations, and whose waica, Irrespective of their motive or tueir result, are ackoowiwdged by the law aud practice of nations as legitimate opera- tions of commerce. The Most mMportant of these | Propositions, however, are Luose which bear on we Cardimai question of ‘due diigence.” Iv 18 BUD. muted that ‘un every couutry where the executive 1s subject to the Jaws foreign States have a rignt to expect (A) that the laws Ve Suca as i the exercise of ordinary foresight might reasouab y Le deewed , adequaie for the repression of ull acts which the government 18 under an internauonat obligation to repress; (B) that, 80 far as may be necessary for tus purpose, tue laws be enforced and the legal powers of the goverumeut exercised, Bat foreign Staves fave not a rigat to require, Where such laws exist, that the Executive snouid | Overstep tue; in a particular case in order to pre- Vent narm (o foreign Siaies or their clizens; uor that, in order to prevent harm to foreign States or their citizens, té Executive should act ugatust che persons or property of 1udividua.s, duless Upon evir dence which would jusuty it in so acting ihe in- leresis to be protected were Its owO or those Of 18 own ciuzens."’ By parity of reason it 18 submiited that no government can ve expected io employ & higher degree of vigilance unuer a sense of inter- Dational obligation tnan civilized governments are Wont 1 empioy on ter own belli; and, more- over, that in fact governinents, like indiv.duais, Mave usually been more solicitous aoout their own security than about that of their neignvors, Such are the main points of international Jaw and practice upon which, in coimvuina- tion =with the vew frulex, the British government ress ils vinuication, No e Can peruse the introductory “stateweut of events ‘which aitended and followed tue commencement of the civil war, and of tue course pursued in relavtion thereto by Great britain aud other mariiume Powers,” witnout perceiviug how thorougnly un- founded is the charge leveucd against the Briuso overnment in the American case of “a studied ua- rendiiness or ixed pre Uspusition adverse to the United States.” lu tue Orst place, it 1s clearly shown for the hundredua time that when the jucen’s procianealiou Was issued, on the 14th of jay, 186i, @Stute of war existed wuich it was im- possivie ior Great Britain to ignore, which Prest- dent Lincoln and Mr. Seward were the first to pouty, and which the supreme Court of the United States held to be cowpicte in all respects. 11 18 also shown, incidentatiy, that at that period the United States goveryment took Ms sland on te perlectly untenabie ground, tong since @bandoned by itself, ihat vessels cruising Under tie Confederate flag were “) trates.” 40 13 curious that even so late as December, ists, Mr. Seward, in & Very insulting note to the Brazilian Minister at Washington, insists that voth the Alabama and Florida were mere “pirates,” though he deciles to justify the forcibie Culling Out of Loe Floriaa by a nited States man of war from the harvor of Baia. Another very pertinent fact brougat out in this part of the British case 18 thats great inany armed ves- seis were fitted out in poris of tue Conlederate States during 1561, long be.ore the Alabama was launched, to which may be added the fact that above twelve hundred vessels were captured and destroyed by the United states Navy tor breach of Diockade or in batule, unsuccessiul as 10 was in checking the depredations of the Alabama and her consorts, it is constantly asserted in the American case that under the regui@uons made by the british governmemi, the Untied Siates Bavy was Placed at a disadvantage in the ports ol this country and her colonies, ‘ine very contrary is maintaiued, by arguments which wppear conclusive, 10 the Brit isb case, Ihe orders of Juue 1, 1861, closing British jorts and waters against the admission of prizes auifestly told must agalist the belligerent whose cvast was blockaded; ana the subsequent orders of Janoary 31, 1862, excluding all belligerent vessels from the Hahamas, except uuder stress of weather or by special 1eave, Were expressly designed to de- prive the Coniedorates of an invaluavle naval sta- tion; though even these are perverted in the Ameri- can cage into a proof of guilty couspiracy. ‘The spe- cific accusations against the Colonial authorities ‘will doubtiess be answered in the British counter- Case. in the meantime they are traversed by anticl- ation in the British case in language as unquall- fea &8 could be desired. Itis always competent, according to the London Morning Fost, ior a State to release itseif from the obligations of a treaty by the simple expedient of- declaring war against the co-signatary, war, accord Ing to international law, putting an end ipso facto to alltreaties between the belligerents. If Great Britain does not like the treaty it has made, or sub- sequently should be unwilling to abide by the de, cision of the Tribunal of Aroitration, it can, if it pleases, render the treaty or the decision nugatory by refusing to be bound by the one or oy the other, and, in the event of the United States insisting on its treaty rights, by declaring war against that repub- ho, The same course Is open to the United States. We are now speaking ol whut eltuer country can do, but what it shoulda do ts obviously a very different question, T0.our apprehension it certaiuly appears that we nave no legal rignt—that 13 tO say, no greater legal right—to withdraw from the treaty mow than we should have in the eveut of the Tribu- nal of Arbitration veing permitted to discharge its functions, and then, 1f the decision was ac verse, to Te(use to abide by it, It is maniiest that w refer. ring to arbitration the claims “growing out of the acts” of the Alabama and the other cruisers whica sailed from British ports, we meant—what is the lain interpretation of the words—ciaims adv&nced 5 the American government in respect to “acts — that isto say, (0 things one by those vessels, But there js notning to preciude the American govern- ment in this international suit doing toat which the Hhumblest individual may do jn @ private suit— namely submitting any contention, however prepos- terous, for acceptance of the tribunal, We bave no Tight to complain of the construction which it seeks to put on the treaty. The language of surprise, incredulity or down- fight derision with which the alleged exaggerated pretensions of our American cousins upon the mat- ter of compensation are being dealt witn by the press of this country, the Financter thinks, 1s lkely to be reflected by the press of America, Nor does it seem that the discussion can suddenly close. It Js not until the question has been relegated to the Parliamentary arena that it will be thoroughly ven- lated and that we stall know how we reaily “stand” in the matter. Unfortunately, Parliament does not meet until this aay week, the 6th of Feoru- ary. the discussions which are taking lace in the press, and which wil! doubtless conut not to be deprecated, jor they ha' ood effect of eliciting public opinion, and of Smoothing the way to that calu, rational aud Muoderate estimate of the puints in dispute to which ail good men, both in Great Britain aud the United States, ultimately look, In the interval where can, We fear, be little doubt that tuis vexatious afuir Will infitcs no small viow—though we hope only & mporaty one—upon our material interests, aod shat tt will check that revival of enterprise which Was aking such happy Prowress. Already yester- ere Were mgis of acheck to business, em ally to that conuected wiih the jotroduction of Dew undertakings, Tue stock markets closed yea- lerday even with @ hesitating and uncertain appear- Buce, as thengn whey bad received @biow. They NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. = A altogether tn the best possible condition to up against any new cause of anxiety. ‘Yee American demands, remarks the Standard, seem to show that we have wholly missed our alm in the negotiation, We were not afraid of war. We Were anxious to satis(y the reasonable suscepiti- bility of the Americans and to put an enu to that bitterness of feeling which has tor nearly @ aentury @licnated from each other the two great Anglo- Saxon empires, The result Has showa that we can- not remove that bitterness of feeling. We have done all we could; we cvasented .to express regret for the escape of the Alabama and her consorta ‘under Whatever circumstauces;” aud we agreed to pay sucd dumages lor their exploits as migut be awarded by # coumperent aad 1m al t puoal, We even consented to be tried by the law sit ouht to have bgeu, dud noi as it was. We did so on Lie distinct uuderstanding that we we were admitting nO vague, direct, unuuited clams ior con- structive injury. We did so on the unier- Standing that satisfacuon ior wounded nonor, and Hot sheer pecudiury extortion or vindictive damages, was the aim ol the Americans. We flud ourselves at once confronted by a demand for a sum Which at the lowest estimaie exceevs fouriold what it would have cust us at the highest estumate to establish ine independence of the bvusn and quash all Nortnern cialms by a deciaration of war. We ind ourselves Calied upon to pay sor the last Lwo years of the war, ior to this, iu sort, the American de- Mand amounts. We aré met with a disunct atlemps at pecuniary extortlon—a demand ior vindictive damages On the most gigantic scale; and we have Ouly Wo good reason to lear that any possibie con- clusion to the inatter wil leave wie relations ve- tween the LWo countries less sulistactory tau ever. What ts perfecily obvious 13 that We cannot eveu go into court upon the American case—caunot even gamit that the trivanal bas the right to render us Tespousivie for auytniog More than the actual and immediate miscnief doue by ihe Alabama and her Consorts, or cin entertain tue question of damages for the prolongation of tae war and its efect in transierring American shipping to toe British Bag. ‘The Day News considers «the American cialis against England, as they are now tormulated, a very serious (ning for our government, but they are still more serious for whe country; aud it is high time that we should know accurately how we stuad With regard to them, It quite certain that our Ministers and Commissioners had no notion what ever that such astounding and obviously inadmis- sible demands could arise from the bases laid down | tn the Treaty of Washington; and the question re maining is whether the government have been tricked and duped by reason of tueir own disastrous | and Culpavle uesiigence or whether the American slatement of damuses 18 9 preposterons invention, Jor which no reasouaole cause Can be foun. 10 any Previous negolauons. AS a& mere prelude to. this inquiry, we may point out that the case prepared on benale of tuis couutry jor the imousal of Arvitration Was drawn up i ausolute iguorance of wnat the American cise Would be, Lae treaty itself 19 re- Sponsivie tor a purase which bas been appareatiy accepted by our goVernient Wit Muck candor und | trust, While if as alforded to the Untied Sites a daugerous argu.neot in favor uf the preposierous demands they bow seb forth. Fhe claims relerred 1) (he tribunal are Claims ‘growing oul 01 acis com. min@i by te wioresaid vessels,’ According to we Aulerican teory ese acs have grown ike tue beau-sfiik iu the fable, until their leaves and brancaes stretch over whole seas ani coutineuts, ‘the only wouder 13 that, having growa 80 lar, they did not grow Jartuer: tor inere 18 no sort Of possible reason to account for tne hmt whicu tne American statesmen have thought fit to tmpose. When once We yet away trom tue direct consequeuces of the ucts Of Lnese luur vessels, there 18 nO 1abeiligivle polat at which demands Must necessarily Sp; and (oO name suyh 4 sun as £200,000,000 18 Merely to strike at random into & heap of figures. Certaiuly it 13 a great pity that all tus Was not guarded against. Prowpt action must be taken 1u this watcer. We canuot consent to Buv- Mlt.a CerlaiN quesiion tO arvitration aud theu re- fuse to be bonua by the judgment should tat oe ; given against us, While 1b 13 @bsuiutely certain Wat this country will not accede to the wiid demauds put lorward by the Americad side, Our duty in lle mmauer is plain, stood the attitude of the United States they inust Bay SO LOW, Le.ore Ley Lave involved themselves any fuciner in Weir negotauions, and the Awericaa government must ve luiormed that @ treaty which paves the way for sUcu wisuoderstaading by the looseness of its language demauds instant and m- nute revision, Tae Awerican coasiruction of its terms 18 Out ol tue question In law and in common sense, and the Claims based.oo thal construction cannot be admitted as within the terms ol reer: ence.” The Pall Mal Gazette of the 3ist ult. concludes a long article on “Our Obligations Under the Jreaty of Washington” :— * * * — Certainly the notion that England can with propriety sabuut the admussibility of Claims lor indirect loss vw the tribunal, aud arbitra. | Tily retire those claims M the verdict be given | against her, 13 not 0 ve thought of i the rignt to Withdraw under such circumstances were claimed and acknowledged belurebaid, 1 would make ail Parties actors in @ farce; if concealed aud then acted upon, it would be frauduieot, Novhing re- mains, thea—or 80 1t seems to us—but the course we have already indicaied. Either the claims 1a question are aitogether, aud without doubt in the nuimds Of our government, beyond the iimit of the understanding, or joy are no. if they are not, there 18 nothing in the terms of the treaty to heip us. We must allow all these claims to go Lo arvitration, teaving it for the trivunal to decide how Jar the United states have suffered 1os3 Ina distinct though iadirect way through fallure of any of (ee duues acknowledged in ihe treaty ag incumbent on us. All 'we can do in that case is to bring wituto just limits the “growing-ouv” claims in every particular, and to coulest every extrava- gant or strained demand as it comes up. Tne bul must be enormous, at the vest; but we must accept the responsibly iorced on us by the negligence aud competency of our government, aud pay tne | bil, but i, on the other hand, these claims are hoisted 10 against the cleat and known intention of the agreement, then the surest, most siraigut- Jorward, most dignitied course 18 to reiuse point biank to admit them as admissibie matter for arbiiration now. What that comes to, of Course, 18 only too Obvious, We see at a glance how Thuch reasou We shill nave to rejoice in the results Of @ negotiation Whics, above all things, Was to set Ue forever a dangerous quarrel, bring the (wo Da. tions into the embraces of vrotherly love and teach the world how wars may be avoided. Even now, all that is setiled. But we Must be content to make tne best of a matter wnicn, however 1t ve regarded aud however it may end, is w grave misfortune. There 1s no happy Way Out of it—tuauks to the negligence of uur own government, But there is a better way and a worse, and though the better way is one ‘which so jar from pacifying the Americans will in- crease their anger and add tothe numoer of their accusations, itis, we believe, Just, and it appears necessary. Witn reference to the American claims, the Man- chester Guardian thinks we have @ moral right summarily to repudiate the claims for indirect losses brought against us by thé United States, but the moment we ullow that the arbitrators may decide whether the claims for indirect losses now advanced by the United States do or do not fail within the terms of the Washington Treaty, we bind ourselves to abide by their aecision. The American claims are discussed by the Dundee Advertiser, Notwithstanding the formidable cha- tacter of the claims, however, the essential point which the arbitrators are called upon to decide is— did Great Britain loyally perform the duties which devolved upon her as @ neutral during tne struggie between the Northern and southern States? As the: decision rests with arbitrators wno are as much in- terested as Great Brilain or America in having the duties of neutrals laid down on something like a substantia: and satisiactory basis, the Dundee Ad- verliser thinks We need not be [rightenea, THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON, {From the Journal des Debats.) England and the United States signed, on the 1st of May, 1871, at Washington, a treaty, the object of which was to terminate the differences which had been separating for several years the two countries, and whicn bear on two principal questions—First, the injury caused 10 Americans by tne Confederate privateers; and, second, the right of fishing and | traaing on the Canadian waters. We will leave on one side jor the moment the second question. The treaty refers the decision oa the damages claimed Ke the Uniied States to an international commission sitting at Geneva under the presidency of Comte Sciopis de Saierano, an upright and courageous man, well worthy of the popor. The task he bas assumed 1s likely to be one oO diiticulty, The government at Wasnington has submitted to the arbitrators @ caso containing pretensions which are exorbitant and tn some points impossibie to be admitted. Jt is in this light that they have been received in England, as was tu be expeetea, and the reasonableness of this estimate of them may be easily perceived, Tne claims of the American Cabinet start from the commencement of the Soutnern secession, aud may be summurized under five heaas:—Firat, the direct and cargoes by the Southern States’ privateers; second, the losses occasioned by the transfer of the American sipping trade to the british flag; third, the considerable expenses imposed on the United ecessity Of Chasing the privateers; States by the fourth, we 1 from the increase of insurance premiums; fifth, the enlar, war expenditure caused by the prolongation of hostilities, The AmericaQ case endeavors, by way oF intro- duction, to svow that even before the outoreak of hostuities, and during their whole course, Forines or rather her government, cherished evident hostilé sentiments towards the Northern States and sympa- ‘thy Jor the South, and to prove this position they cite among other testimony a summary of an alleged conversation held by an English Consul at Charies- ton, quoted from ap unpublished report in the State Department at Washington, without eves any proof of ine authenticity of this paper, which may perhaps be only one of the apocryphal document published so largely during the war by the Confede! ate press in the interest of their cause, They rete aiso, as indicating the tone of the British feeling towards toe Union, to certain speecnes of Messrs, Bright and vovden, and, instead of viewing these os oo many [gatiuguics of sympatity OW the Lf our .«1nlsiers entirely misunder. | Pert of mete tals ane Susiebines wie the ; North, they forge them inte an engine to catch the Ration and Its government in a vague onar; But all thia 18 only preliminary matter, on Ww! whe Englisn press has not dwelt with much emphasis, feeling, perdaps, the difficulty of a complete decisi euce, Proceeding to the question o! right watch England bad to recognize the Confed- erates as belligerents, the Alnerican case admits that this rightas iucontestavle, aitnough the federal vernment has not aways held that tone. It sees, wever @ proof of hostility In the circumstances under which and the inanver in which England ex- ercised the rigat. ‘Tae British contention, th repiy, ig that the Quecn's prociamasion of neutrality Was published at the instance of the partisans of the North, and in the uiterest of the North, and toat tue proclamation was deterainea bythe news of President Linvoin’s prociawation of @ DlOcK- ade and enrolment of iilitia, two tacts which, it has been heid by .the American Supreme Couri, constituted # formal deciaration of war. ‘The British goverament could not then, It 18 an swered, have delerred pronouncing 18 neutrality, issuing its immediate instructions to its agents every port, and Warning 118 subjects of the risks to which the War must expose them. Then, having ' decided on observing a strict neutrality, Englaud Was compelied to graut the southern privateers tne same Lreaument a3 those of the North, ‘The United States’ case farther makes it a charge Against Great Britain wat sue came to an agreement ‘With France as to the mode in which the laws of heutratity were to be carried ont, and (ne case finds tn this concert between the two Powers a new mark of hostile sentiments on the part of Englund. Tue answer made to Luis argameat 13 that it was abso- lutely necessary from the moment the war broke out to bring abouta common understanding of all tue neutral Powers, and that the readies means for | doing this was a preliminary agreement between France and England, whose example and infueace ' Were lixeiy to draw along in the same course of Policy the other States, ‘I'he only conclusion which | can be properly drawn from this line of conduct 13, ¢ | in fact, that the British Uabinet was not better dis- | posed to aid the North tnan tne South, and it ts reaily this Whicn 13 the burden of the unimatea re- | | proaches which come trom Washington, Alter these pretiminary recriminations the Ameri+ can case approucues the foundation of the discus- sion—thas is to say, the manner in which England bas understood and practised the duties of new! ‘1nis part of tae document which We analyze com- | mences by eulozizing the imparuaiity of which the United States have never tuued to give | | proof in the character of neutrals in lor. | mer wars. Every one man, no doubt, write | mistory in this fasuion, but they forget at Washing- | ton, and the Engitsn press very appropriately re- Ininds thei, thas in the war between Brazil aad | Portugat out of nearly thirty privaveers armed in the ports of toe United states half a dozen at most | ‘Were stopped and seized by te orders of the gov- | ernment; the rest conuaued treely the course of | thelr depredations upon Portuguese commerce, To tue reproacues, more or less well-fountied, which they aduress to her, England replies, not without some appearance of reasou, that quite recently, 10 & tame of complete peace, tie federal authorities have allowed bands of bandicu to organize themselves Im military fashion upon the terriory of tie United Staues to invade au pillage Canada, aod tea re- turn and taxe reiuge with impunity in the places Wuere they concerted this culpaie enterprise. ‘Lhese reciprocal reproacaes ae not of a character to appeuse uuy more than to clear up the discus- Siod. Lhe lauit Of One dyes not exclude that of the other; and ii the government of Washington has Opened the Way to the incursions of the Fenians \hey are uot more excusable tn Loodon tor having Javored or for not having prevented the departure | ! | Ol the Alabaina, Wuich had been denounced as a | Couiederate cruiser. it will be proper, therefore, | Jor vne CommIssiOners at Geneva, Instead of stop: , Ping at these superficial disputes, to coutine tuem- selves to examining postive Complicity, and at tnis polut again they will ud they have co deal with grave contradictions aud dtiiculties, The Cabinet | 0: Wasuington assumes to extead its charges to all the Lon.ederate vesseis which fave inflicted josses Upoa feveral commerce, Whatever was their avowed destinaiton, te place or tae moae of their armament, or ihe. transiormauons which they uuderwent during the course of the voyage, ‘ne Sumier, for exauple, never entered aa English port, except Lo lay in a store of coal, up to the tine Wuen she finally entered Gibraltar, aad chere tinme- diately forieited her character a3 a soip-of-war, | dhe Suuter was equipped, armed ana despatched irom New Orleans. ‘tne cases of otuer cruisers, | suca @3 the Nashville, the Ketributoa, the Talia. hassee and the Cuickamauga, were analogous, Upon tnis point, theretore, Kayland repels the ¢. cessive Clalms of her adversaries, aud ie simes, | Wiuich 1 tis discussion displays & praiseworthy | impartiality, thtaks taat the claims should be cun- | ined to the four following ships:—(he Alavaina, | the Florids, the Georgia and tne Sheaandoah, in re- spect Of which the british autnoriites have not, per- haps, ful. lied the dutes of @ strict neutrality. ‘rhe American pretensions appear to us to exceed | that whicn justice requires anu the law of nations | authorizes, ‘To demand that England shall indem- | nily American commerce, not only for the actual losses which the incriminated cruisers have caused it, but also for those wahich either the increased rate Of iusurance or the transer ol American ships to Joreign hoiders, or the expeases necessitated by the pursuit of the ciuisers, have occasioned, aud then to ciaim the repayment of the expenses of a Year aud a half ol war under the pretext that England has rendered herself responsible by her conduct tor the prolongation Of host laties—these seein to be de- mands to which the Commussioa of Arvitrauon will | Not give the sanction of its authority. But, doubt less, the Cabinet of Washingion only put 118 claims | go nign in order to obtain the*compensation which | is jastly due, Itmight, without pushing matiers to | extremity, have relied simply upon the justice of the Internauonal Vommission, THE MANIFESTO OF THE COUNT DE CiAM- BORD. * The following 1s @ translation of the manifesto which has just been issued by the Comte de Cham- bord:— The persistency 0f the efforts which seek to distort my words, my sentiments and wy acts compels me to make @ protest, commanded by probity and Im- posed upon me by honor. Astonishment nas been felt upon seeing me leave Chambord, when it would have been 80 agreeable to me to prolong my stay there, and my resolution has been attributed to a secret idea of abdication. Iam not bouna to justify the course 1 have laid down for myseli. I pity those who have not understood me; but every hope based on the forgetfulness of my duties is a vain hope. I will never abdicate, After having tor forty years preserved intact the monarchical principle, tne patrimony of France, the last hope of her grandeur and her tiberties, I will not allow it to be injured in any way. Cwesarism and anarchy still threaten us, because the safety of the country is sought for in personal questions instead of in prin- ciples. The error of our time is to rely upon politi. cal expedients in order to escape from the perils of @ social crisis, Aud yet France, on the morrow of our disasters, by affirming with admirable ardor ber monarchical faith, proved that she would no, perish. People say that I ought not to call upon our soldiers to march unaer @ new flag. 1 do not raise @ new flag; I maintain that of France, and I proudly believe that it will 01 to our arms their old prestige. If the white flag nas met with reverses, there are humuillations which it has never known. I have said that | was Reform; people have pretended to understand that I was Reaction. I could not witness tne trials of the Church without remembering the traditions of my country, ‘This language has aroused the blind- est passions, By my unshaken fidelity to my faith and my flag it 1s the very honor of France and her glorious past tnat Idefend; itis her fucure that I prepare. Every hour lost in seeking barren com- Dinations benefits all who triumph over our abase- ment. Apart from the national principle of here- ditary monarchy, without which [ am nothing, with whichngl can do everything, where wili be our aill- ancest Who will give a strong organization to our army? Who will restore to our diplomacy its au- thority, to France ner credit and ber rank? Who will insure vo the Jaboring classes the benefits of peace, to the working man the dignity of nis lit the fruits of his labor, the security of his old ‘age? J have often repeated it, I am ready for every sacri- Ace compatinie with honor, for every concession short of an act of weakness. "God 13 my witness that | have only ouc desire in my heart—the welfare of France; 1 have but one ambition—to play my part in the work of reconstitution, Which cannot be the exclusive work of one party, but whicn claims the honest co-operation of every devotion. Nothing Will shake my resolution, nothing will tire my pa- tence, and po one, under any pretext, will obtain my consent to become the legitimate st of the NRY. Revolution. JANUARY 25, 1872, THE PEARL STREET PUBLIO SOHOOL AFFRAY, Coroner Schirmer yesterday morning held an in- quest in the case of John Fitzpatrick, the boy who | &xpeait! died at the house of bis mother, No. 81 Beaver Bireet, as was alleged, from the effects of violence received at the hands of James Connor, a Jad living at No. 117 Wallstreet, The boys went to the Public School in Pearl street, near Beekman, and over five ‘Weeks ago, while at in the yard attached to the school, dece: ecidentally preppee on the toes of Connor, who thereupon Kicked him twice in the region ‘of the groin, but without in- tending to seriously injure him. Jonn on gomg home complained to nis mother, and @ physician was called, and, under proper treatment, the patient was restored, Afterwards diphtheria, followed by meningitis, get in and death ensued, The medicai testimony showed that meningitis resulted from various causes. Deputy Coroner Cushman, who made & Seeecon examination on the body, could not tify that the injuries aeceased bad rece! anything whatever to do with causing death. ‘The cage was given to the jury, who found that de- Ceased came to his death from meningitis, upon which Coroner Schirmer discharged the boy Connor from custody, with @ reprimand. Connor, who freely, confes-ed to the kicking, felt very bad now that the had died, although it appear that the kicks hastened death in the least. THE WEST STREET BURGLARY. ‘Theodore Woodruff, arrested by Captain Wash- th burn and Detective O'Neill, of the Ninth precinct, | habitants—had Wednesday morning, charged with unlocking the front door of the liquor and vyster saloon of John | Keen W. Earl, corner of West and West Tenth streets on Tuesday mgnt, and stealing $1,750 mm bonds and $972 in money irom the sale, the facts of which have siready appeared in the Qay alternoon arraigned before Justice Cox, at { Jeffernop Market aud fully go uitted Jor trial the | Mot heara No | failed to | sence of his future com; BRALD, Was yester- | Livingstone, DR. LIVINGSTONE. rine | The Search Expedition of the Royal Geographical Society. The Publio Meeting in London to Raise Funds— Colonel Graxt, the African Traveller, and* the New York Herald— Contributions Received. [From the London Polparanh, Jan. 31.) Apublic meeting, convened by the Lord Mayor, in compilance With an influentially sigued requisi- Uon, Was held yesterday at the Mansion House, in support of the fund for the Livingstone Search and Rewer Expedition now being organizea by tue Royal Geographical Society. The chair was taken | by tue Lord Mayor, gam Pe on the platiorm | were:—General Sir H, C, Rawlinson, President of | | the Royal Geographical pociety; Sir Bartle Frere, | the Governor oi tne Bank of England, Admiral sir W. H. Hall, Major General Kigoy, Colonel Grant, Mr. &. 0. L, Bevan, Mr. ©, White, Mr. 5. Gurney, Rey. Horace Wa‘ler, Lieutenant Llewellyn Dawson, R. N, (une leader of the expedition), Mr. Charles ; Stephenson, &c, ‘the LORD Mayor said it had often been a matter ofsurprise to him that this subject Nad not ocen | | taken up at an earlier period; but hope, which sua- | tained them ull, had put off thac which he trusted | Was now going to be carried out in @ saustactory manner. ‘The Royal Geographical Society had not, be must say, received that aid from the goverament Which provably taey had @ right to expect, Beyond that there was another matier connected with ve goveroment which, in bis mind, was to be depre- cated very much imdeed, and that was, the refusal seal to (he Geograpnical society was not couched in ‘hat courteous language which should be used between geatiemen. As to that meeting, he felt assured it would be productive of an amount of | subscriptions which would enable the expedition | to start with a reasonable probability of success. } Wnen the extreme didicuity of communicat- ing with the interior of Africa was consid- ered he felt strong grounds for hope that Livingstone was sull alive, At any rate, iL would | be best to Know the worst, and so put an end to & state of extreme public suspense, He had received several letters irom gentlemen unabie to ve present, bul who sympatnized with the object of the meet- ing. Lord Houghton wrote to say he would do ‘what he couid to assist the expedition. General Sir H. U. RAWLINSON, In moving the first resolution, said he had hoped the Earl of Dervy ; Would nave been present to do so, but, uniortu- | nately, business had prevented him, The noble carl had written to nim:—Had I been in London L should have Made Lt a point Lo atteud gad support you to the best of my power.” The Present was @& hattonal occasion. Men of the stamp of David Liv- Ing-tone Were representatives of the national character; and thew achievements, their salety, houor aud fortunes were the national prop- erty. ‘The achicvements tended over @ period uf more than twenty years; and having extended all over the Content ‘of Airica, had excited universal aamirauon. Liv. ingstoue’s character was a study. It comprised au ULter abuegailon Of self, a Most Singular sunplicity of mind, aa honesty of purpose, combined with daanties courage and lidomiabdle perseverance, But Livingstone was not merely a traveller, an am. bitious explorer, but there was in bun a novier mo- tive. From the time he entered Alrica he felt a warm interest in the African race and in the im- provement or abolition of taat infamous trafic in human flesh wuich, so long as it continued, would piace Alrica under the ban of bloodshed and na- Uonal misery, Livimgstone was not onty the prince of Alrican (raveliers, but he was also the apostic of ; humanity. At the date of the last letter received | from him—Jaty 8, 1855—the traveiler was at the town i of Mauakoso, Where the Arabs were thwarting him in the despatch of his letters, In that commuai- | cation Dr, Livingstone satd tuirty-four of his letters | had been lost, and it was in consequence of tnat information that the Koyal Geographical Society, acting as trusices to the public, devermined to or- ganize and tit out an expedition for his relief. He- lore going further he (Sir Henry) should Like to cor- | rect an impression which was abroau, that the gov- eroment of the country were uh.avorabie to this expedition, ‘That was not tae case, ‘nat day had been piaced ia nis hand the instructions from the { Foreign Office to their agent at Zanzibar, wluch were as follows:— This despatch will be delivered by Lieutenant Llewellyn Dawson, engaged by the Moyal Geographical Socley, in command of the experition, ‘The expedition is @ private one, but Her Majesty's government take tue yreatest interest in its success have to fnsiguct you to give Licusenant Dawaon all'the advice and assistance in your power ia fur- therance of the object of bis mission; add, furcher, to au- thorize you to advance any sum required fur the purposes of the expedition within the mit of the balance of the £1,00) government grant in your hana, which, according to the ac- ‘count rendered ja February, amounted’ tu 650; and to com- Tmunicate to Her Majesty's government an account of the Progress of the expedition. ‘That was, he considered, a very satisfactory levter, and No doubt it would be @ Very great assistance to Lieutenant Dawson. The arrangement made py the Royal Geographical Society was that two young, ardeat and accomplished naval oficers (Lieutenants Dawson and Henn) should lead the expedition, and be accompanied by mr. Iivingstone—s gon of the | great traveller, a gentleman of great medical Knowledge. The Geographical Society, out of their own tunds, had given £500 towards tne expedition, and he was happy to say the amount of subscrip- uons already registered was £2,800, He had re+ ceived some very characteristic letters, and among taem one from Miss Florencs Nightingale, who said:— I send you my little mite for the Livingstone Search Fung, May God speed every eifort to save one of the greatest men of our tine, or, If dead, to save his discoveries, IF it cost £10,000 to send him a pair of boots we should send it. Kag- land too often provides great men and then leaves them to The Admiralty and the War office were assisting them and Mr. Frodsham had lent tuem a curouom- eter, He begged to move:— ‘That, in consequence ot the prolonged absence of Dr. Livingstone and the impossiviitty of communicating with him vy letter—nearly two years having elapsed since any letter or authorized intelligence has veen received trom hime=it becomes @ necessity and a duty t) wend out an ex: pedition, led_by competent Englishmen, to ascertain his con- dition and afford him relief, Colonel GRANT, the African traveller, in second. ing the revolution, said 1t was absolutely incumbent on the English nation to find out wuether be, Liv- ingstone was alive or not, ‘the Geosrapnical Society had chosen two gentiemen to lead the expeaition who were eminently quaufed to carry out tne task before them. The city of London, trade, the pro- fessions, and especially scientific men, would be benefited py the expedition, It had been stated that Mr. Stanley, the correspondent of tie NEW YORK HERALD, bad reached Zanzibar, 10 order to. bring back Dr. Livingstone alive or bring back lis bones. He hoped the people of Englana would not allow that honor to be carried off by Americans, (Cheers.) The motion having been carried, Sir BARTLE Frere, K. U. B., moved— ‘Thwt the expedition organized by the Royal Geographical Boorety is deserving of public support to enable it ellectively to carry out its object, He thought when people like sir Fowell Buxton, the Baroness Burdett Coutts and Miss Florence Nightingale came forward to support this move- ment, they might depend thut at the bottom ot it there was some great principle of national tumport- ance. During the few weeks that he had the privi- lege of seeing Dr. Livingstone the latter gradually unfolded to him some of the objects he placed befure himself as those to which his life was devoted, And, he must say, that in communications with any of the great statesmen of the earth wjta whom it had been his good fortune to coriespond he was never so struck ag he was in Dr, Livingstone’ case, not only by tne greatness of the object he in view, but by the extremely practical views he himseif held with regard to the mode in which these objecis were to be at- tained. He saw that if anything was to be done for Alrica, commerce must be introduced ito ft, and that could only follow such pioneers as himself, At the present moment there were the germs of a vast commerce continually starting up in at least one of the ports Of the eastern coast of Airica, and It was believed by Livingstone that it was from one of those centres that civilization would radiate into the interior, He supposed there were iew mure ractical men than the late Lord Palmerston, and @ Heed not remind the meeting how vigorously he always supported measures for the suppression of the slave trade. He asked the meeting to look upon Livingstone as @ practical Scotchman, who had @ national object in view, and who felt, as Englishe men and Scotchmen had ever felt, that eet would do nothing to disgrace England, put everything to iurther her interests, He feit assured there was great practical end to be attained by means of the von they bad in view. ir. BEVAN seconded and Mr. LovERIDGR sup- ported the proposition, which was carried, Mr, GALTON moved “that this meeting pledges itself to support the Livingstone expedition by every means in Its power.” The Rev, HORACE WALLER, in seconding'the mo- tion, said it had been his good fortune to spend some years wiih Dr. Livingstone in the interior of Alrica. He was hopeful that Dr. Liviugstone was carrying out his explorations at the present mo» ment, and with @ greater success than he at first anticipated, and that that was the reason they had from him. At Ujiji the Arabs, according to nis last letter, told Livingstone they would not take on bis letters, In another part of his lewer ne Said he was ‘going to solve one or two probiems,’? The [ae of sending out the expedition should not allowed to sleep for want of a lew paltry thougana pounds, haif the sum which, ina day, ived had | Would be squandered on an English country race course. Briefly and in highly eulogistic terms the Mayor ext introduced Lieutenant Dawson, ane me Med ea ory. eutenagt LLEWELLYN DAWSON, who was armly cheered, said Re must Bpoldgive or tho at euteng # resident in Ireland, w: aging bs a8 arranging hi ness there, Lieutenant Hen: Fen for who, being private © in the su) hunseif inners wnd habits of the in- for the ex; Possessing @ strong constituuion, iss inguag ex! ‘plored Ghows, and was in eve: tion, i no Sportsman, an excelent artist, and | ny last, not least, @ brow fy Lieutenant Daweon) coula not oe gaat eter companion & the 10 Would also accompany the ex Mon, he would have a gentleman porn '1n she Desi country, aud possessing of Livingstone ex- | ‘3 cruisers | Wasned away ippression | to the upper part of the vessel The gale then acquainted | moderated somewhat, but again increased, aud cun- he | oficers of The Kepublic, and the veha desire a | vessel in the most trying moments expedition In > it jmuch medical kuowl- | course edge. Of Mr. Livingstone’s seal in promo’ the obiect of the e: ition he need not ak, What man would cathe weno in the sei for such & Jasner? fe had received advice irom Colonel Rigby, Colonel Grant and the Rev. Horace Waller, At Zanzibar he would meet Dr. Kirk, the friend of Liv- ingstone, Never had an expedition left Engiaod for Africa under beter or brighter auspices than the one he should have the honor to command, He sincerely hoped they should be able to release Dr. Livingstone, and if 1 had pleased God to take him away lo gatisiy his friends. (Loud cheers.) sir H.C. KaWLINSON moved a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor, which was carried oy acclamation. ‘The meeting’ then closed, and @ considerabie amount of money was subscribed Jor the 1und, THE KILLING OF JOHN GLASS. Official Investigation Before Coroner Kee: Verdict Against Cosiello—ie iy Committed te the Tombs. At one o'clock yesterday afternoon Coroner Keenan took up the case of the killing of John ' Gtass in McElroy’s saloon, 109 Nassau street, early on the morning of the 22d ultuumo, The court room ‘Was well crowded, mostly with the witnesses and | triends of the prisoner; but, strange to say, netther , the widow nor brother of deceased or omer rela- tives appeared at the Investigation, The first wit- ness, Mr. Delevan, who was present all the time during the bloddy struggle, gave the most clear and direct testimony regarding the matter, Mr. William ; F, Howe appeared as counsel for the prisoner. | Below will be found a synopsis of the testimony. | Lenonie Delevan, of 111 Nassau street, deposed | that on the night of the 2ist ult. he entered McEl- | roy’s saloon, 109 Nassau street, and asked Costello | to make him some flaxseed tea, and remained there | Ulla quarter past twelve o’ciock A. M., when the Geceased came in and asked prisoner what he had | @ov good to eat; prisoner said he would have ham and eggs, and went into another room, and alter- wards heard talk in another room between prisoner | @ud deceased; prisoner came into the saioon und suid, “Thavs no place lor customers in tere;” de- ceased made some reply and came into ihe room, and hard words passed between prisover and | deceased; the latter abused prisoner saying, “You damned littie son of a 0, you ure putting on airs, ain't you?’ prisoner said, “1 am putting on no atrs; [am here to.do my duty,’ Glass said, “You are a damned thief and 1 can prove,it; you used to sleep in tne lodge;”’ Glass, in continuation, said, “You are a uniel aud ougne to be in state Prison;’? Costelio suid, ‘You kuow now jt is yourself; you Nave been in State Prisoa for killing a man; Glass | sald, “You damned white tivered pastard, you ace | the son of a w——e and | know ut; 1 kaow your mother to be a W——e;” Costello said to Giass, “You are # big snoozer and loaier, and everybody knows s tended to customers all this time, and Ulass was sitting im @ chair; there Was an oflicer in there and Costello asked him to send in an oiticer; the Oilicer, Who might have been off duty, then went | Out; the Oficer satd to Costello, “sete it yourselt;’” Costello soon went up to Glass and satd, “Vo you say taat my motier is a w—e ”” Glass replied, Glass with a knife, and the latter struck back with @ chair, and struck at him wiih tl, but missed him; prisouer then made other biows at Glass with (he Kulie; the last the witness saw ol deceased he was lying on the floor defending timseil from the pr oner With @ chair; then ran out to call a police @nd alter Wards saW Lhe prisoner on the sidewal prisoner used a long-bladed carving Knife; saw di ceased coming out of the place between two of- cers. Street Hospital, was called and testilied Lo the ad- missi0n Of deceased to the hospital and the number aud nature of Lis wounds, ail ol Whici have herevo- fore veen described in the HERALD; deceased sank aiter the 30th alt., became dehrious and aied on Monday last, the 12tb Instant irom pyemia aud meningitis, | nians in particular, Mt, aud tT will not wait on you;’’ the prisoner al- | “Yes, sie is, and iknow it; Costelio then struck | House Surgeon A. L, Van De Water, of Centre | PREVARICATING ANA’ Redress for the Capture of the Montijo Demanded by the American Minister. Note of the Government of Colombia Urging the State of Panama to Settle the Case—Insolent Indifference of the Latter—The Outrage to the American Flag ‘All Done in Fun’—Bombastic Tone of the Panama Press—Ready for a War with the United States. A. PaNaMA, Feb. 4, 1872, The peculiar doctrine upon which the govern- ment of Colombia is based, viz.: that the generak government 13 responsible for the sins of the Statea over which {i has no control, is bearing the fruits to ve expected trom it, General Hurlbut’s note to the government at Bogota insisting on a prompt decision in tne Montijo case seems to have roused up at last the vificial seélf-complacency of the cOuntry. Tne Secretary of Foreign Relations, Sefor Zapata. has torwarded @ note to the government here complaining of the want of atcention in not keeping the general government informed of the state of forwardness’ of the suit entered against the captors of the steamer Montijo, and urging that it be brought as rapidiy as possible to a termination and recommending the arrest of the captors, The note ts published in the official diary of the Stave, and has, of course, created a great excitement—among the Panama- ne note referred, 0:— UNITEN STATES OF COLOMBIA—NATIONAL EXECU- TIVE—SECRETARYSHLP Of FORKIGN RELATIONS— SECTION 1, NO. 101, Bogota, Jan, 6, 1872. To TUB SRORETARY OF STATE OF TUE SOVEREIGN STATS > OF PANAMA Un the 3d inst. the tollowing note waa receivel at this we undersigned, Minister of the United States of Amer. joa, begs to ask the Hon. Senor Felipe Zapata, Secretary of the Interior and Foreign Relations, what has been done ib the persecution of the captors of the steamer Montijo. ‘The Honorable Secretary 1s weil aware that seve by your order, Procurator fo the Corresponding authorities of we zovernment of the United Rtates of being informed ofiicially of the steps iuat bave been taken. ‘the undersigned deems It his duty to inform the Honorable Secretary that there exists in the United States much exctiement on account of the cap- ture of sald vessel, its officers and crew, so much so that both the government and people of the United States await with considerable anxiety the legal proceedings to be put in force for the punisiragut ot the maiefactors and tm viadicar on of the digaity of both nation: “In a deapatel recentiy received from the Secretary of State of the United States the undersigned 1s again instructed to call the attenuon of the Colombian government to this im- portant aifair, and to explain the necessity of proceesiny ia & Vigorous manner, but without delaving as much as possible the condemnation of the guilty parties, “Lhe undersigned begs to maniceat to the Honorable Secre- tary that he already has explained to the Secretary of State Of the United States the diilicutiew that stand lu the way of this aifair, owiog to the peculiar judicial and politieal sya m of the couatry, which di: ‘bs the free action of the na- ional governinent in this case. He has also manif he fully believes that (he [Executive power will do to aii, with the best of good falth, to cause th | have its due course in the triouvals a: the country,’ Although ou the 22d of November and 6th of December last the goveroment of that Sate was revommended to take w uestion, and algo that by tive power should be informed of the 8, 1t haa received no other communica- ruin you except that dated the Sth October lass, smply acknowledging the receipt ot that which gave an account of the claim made vy the American goverament, for wuich rea- fon ithas not been ale to give any other information to ‘The following 1s a translation of U ar Mr. Howe—No one of the wounds Glass received was necessarily 1atal. Thomas Kane, of 124 White street, deposed that’ he is employed in the mairooin of the HERALD office; was in Mcélroy’s saloon about: twelve on the night of tne Yist ult; saw Glass come in and ask for bam and eggs; Glass and prisoner had an angry aitercation. using obscene and prolane language; Glass abused pris- oner’s mother, Whom he called a w—2, Whereupon prisoyer struck Glass with a knite; Glass seized a Chair wnd scruck at prisoner, but broke the yas buruer; witness tacn ran in the kitchen to get the cook and call Costello away; saw tne parties on the sidewalk and assisted Glass Lo the hospital, Dennis Conroy, @ paper folder in Frank fort street, Was in the saloon und heard Glass and Costeilo quarreling, aiid saw Costeilo come from behind te counter With a large Kuiié in nis hand and with it bit deceased m the cheek and struck him twice more beiore Glass got oif the chafr; Giass pked up @ chair to defend himself and woke the gas Uxtures; Glass [ell on the fluor and was defending himself trom Costeilo, who sul Was cutting away at him with the kulfe; witness then ran oul to call the police, and next saw both parties On the sidewalk. Mathew Guinan, aa officer of the Second precinct, heard the cry of police and ran to McKiroy’s salvon, and saw deceased sianding ouside tue door and the prisoner near by With a knife in nis hand; took the knhe trom lim, and he said he wanted to use it inside; arresced prisoner; tovk him Lo tue stauon house’and then to the hospital, where deceased Trecognized Cosvelio as the mau who stabbed him, Coroner Keenan then read the ante mortem ex- amination of deceased, atter which Wooster Beach, M. D., gave the result of the post-mortem examina- on (previousiy printed in the HERALD); anu the case Was given to tue jury, who rendered the (ole lowing 3 VERDICT:— “That John Glass came to his death by pyemia and mennigitis, caused by wouads inflicted with @ knife in the hands of the prisoaer, James Costello, ou the morning of January 22, 1s72, at 109 Nassau streer,”’ Costello is twenty-four years of age, born in this city, and lives at 92 Prospect street, Brooklyn. In relation to the cyarge against him the accused, by direction of nis Counsel, said, “I was periectiy Justided in everything I aid, and at the proper ume Wiil so establish.” Coroner Keenan committed Costello to the Tombs for tial. PALACES OF THE DEEP. Arrival of the New Steamship Republic— Appearance of the Mammoth—A Perilous Voyage—Splendid Behavior of the Vesarl. Another magnificent ocean steamship has made its @ppearance im this harbor, under the popular ap- pellation of “The Republic.” She resembles almost in every feature her consorts of the White Star line, Which have created such general admiration, Like the Oceanic, Atlantic, Baltic and others, she is of 6,000 tons burden, and 1s fitted with engines work- ing up to 3,000 horse power. Her motel possesses beautiful lines, denoting much speed—whicn, by the way, she has shown already, having made her first voyage in an hour or so over twelve days, under circumstances of an extremely adverse character. The dimensions of the new steamer are:—Lengtn on deck, 432 feet; breadth of beam, 41 feet; depth of hold, 36 feet; load draught, 24 feet. Her frames are of angle iron, and double riveting is noticeable througbout the vessel. There are three decks of iron; tne height between each is eight feet, and these are covered with wood. She is fitted with four masts, three of which are ship- rigged. The masts are tron cylinders, with wooden poles for the colors, the height of truck avove water being 150 feet, Six massive iron bulkheads reach from the keel to the main deck, thus dividing the ship into seven perfectly water-tight and Areproot compartments, There is really a very littie differ. | ence between the construction of Republic and the other vessels of the line, which have previously been descrived at leagth. The new vessel has of course all THE ATTRACTIVE FEATURES which bave rendered the Oceantc, Avantic and Baltic $0 popular in the way of passenger accom- modations, including separate promenade decks, smoking room, Main saloon aud elegant state rooms. The interior fittings and arrapgements are jux- urious and tasteful, nothing being omitted that could in the smailest degree contribute to the | Bleasnre and comfort of the passengers. Ana while there has been every attention lavished on the cabins and saloons, the steerage quarters are relatively worthy of commendation, being well ven- ulated, spacious and cneertul, ‘the Republic, named fo honor of the United States, was built at Beliagt, Ireland, by Hariand & Woltt, and was LAUNCHED ON THE FOURTH OF JULY last. In all respects asei calculated to Win @ host of admirers, and w: ‘orthily divide the honors with her sister vessels, Sue left Liverpoul on the 1et inst. and Queenstown the day following, in command of Captain Digby Murray, Commuaore | Of the feet, and proved herself @ spiendid sea boat. The most sanguine anucipations formed of ner ability were fully realized, and from first to last she showed herself stanch and buoyant, riding easily | pe Pegs Ahab) Sie Rnaniooe gente motion, | wy ous One, and the log | shows that the vessel encountered a succession of © | HEAVY GALES AND FRIGHTFUL SRAS, The Republic, however, behaved excellently | throughout. It appears that on the tnird day out | the ne was the sea. “At umes,” says the | Jog, “it blew @ perfect hurricane. Strong worth. ‘Wweaterly gales followed, and on the Sil 1St. th storm became go violent aud the sea rose to such @ height that all the ship’s boats except one were and considerable damage was done ly. Hook, Vnued unul The Republic sighted won oped | eat terms of Commander Murray uF of the ut im yea= raised, | The Repuyia oy dock sioruy witer Ove to her Sued Tues sue was Jospected by & large cou | OF Visitors the ooel coe, | aud stated he had taken 1 at the request of Wuliam cordially | Culling, propticlor of Wese also arrested charged Wita receiving stolen goods, tae were bot arraigned before Justice Cox, at oy Hurlbut except that the suit must have already com- enced. Farther, that on account of this wretched affair of the Montijo the United States government has refused, as you have already been advised, to enter into an afranyement with this republic, as hat already beea aonouuced, con- ceding advantageous conuitions tor the payment of the balance remaining from the lademnizations conceded for the riot of arpa, 1t HOW presents a vew claim for the sum of $94,465 for damages aud injuries caused by the aloresaid | capture. another reason why the government of that State should spare no pains in order that the autuors of that serious crime, whose contequences to the country must have been foreseen by them when committing them, should be submitted to judgment as speedily as possible and arrested as s000 a8 the sta ¢ of the process demanded ft. ‘The President of the Union expects that the first Executive Magistrate of that section of Colombia, carrying out as he has hitherto done the uigh duties of his position, will give all | constitutional aid and co-operation in order that the delicate affair may have speedy and just fullilment, FELIPE ZAPATA. RAVINGS OF THE PANAMA: PRESS, ‘The semi-oMcial paper of tne Stave, the Voz det Ismo, came out tis morving (February 4) and gives us the benefit of its comments On the note,” as Well ag on tne “situation.” ‘It bas been whis- pered,” it says, “that Minisver Hurlbut had notutied the Colombian government. that (he, United States wil uo longer guarantee the uedtralty of the Isthmus eitner against a foreign or a domeatic enemy; and further, that this same Minister Hurl- but had in the most barefaced manner given it ag his opiaion that, alter suct a decluraion (deciara- toria), Columbia would lose the Istumus belore a year had expired, And this is considered disgrace- lui to the great republic and protector of ali the Spanish American republics.” People here pretend not to see or understand why the United Staies make such @ fuss abuut the Mon- ujo, The capture was all done in fun bv the young gentlemen wao a8 conservatives get up @ revolution to “regenerate their country,”? In such a holy mission What signifies thc Moutijo, and what harm could ve done to the American fag? The quesuion has nevertheless been submitted to the | tribuuals here In obedience to instructions trom the | general government; bat juuging from tie town Talk about it the whole affair was regyrded as @ sort of farce required by the general government to allay Yankee pertinacity. f£ have already’ tor- warded to you the opinion of the State Attorney on the criminal suit ordereu to be imsututed against the captors, that in his Judicial opinion there was no cause to seud the case lo tial, and that, as for punishment of the captors, why, the induito, or general pardon, settled all that. The fact ts, that the people here, inheriting tte pride of the Spaniard and none of his industry, look om every attempt to make them or their government “pay up’ as @ concealed attempt to rob taem of their country. -If beaten, they cry out weakness; if not Urea ond ey return bombast and insolence, The Voz copseuently consoles itself and its read. ers with Uuis reflection, that ‘df war shouid arrive out of all this, aud come to disquiet and trouble our peace, the ever dignified and noble Colombia will be found ready and at all nazards do her duty.” 3 THE PORT MORRIS MURDER, Tho Prisoner Found Guilty and Will Be Sene tenced on Saturday—An Accomplice Pleads Guilty. Wiliam Grinder, the Port Morris murderer, was convicted of murder in the secoud degree at Mor- nstown, N. J., on Wednesday night. The jury re- ured at four o’clock in the afternoon aud gave their verdict against the prisoner ut ten o'clock P. M., alter having been out six hours. The Court House was toronged in the meanwuile with peo- ple, and the various saloons in the town were filled with farmers from the ad- jacent country, all gf whom awaited the verdict of the jury with intense eagerness. At the Madison House—an antiquated old mansion of Revolutionary times—near the public square, seve- ral heavy wagers were made on the action of the jury. Precisely at ten the cgnstable in waiting was notified that the jury were i readiness to give in their verdict, The door leading to the court room ‘was opened and they all eniered. ‘the prisoner, Grinder, Was then vrought from bis cell and occu- pied @ seat facing the judicial vencu, guarded on either side by a constavie, Juilge Dalrymple entered a few sevonds alterwards aud took his seat also. He was soon foliowed by tue counsel ior tue prisoner and the State and a throug of excited persons, Who scrambled for positions, ‘The oid jorm of toe jury “iooking on the prisoner’? @ud that unfortunate individual looking on the jury was goe through with, and tueir verdict was give, Vid t— e, the jury, say that we find the prisoner at the bar, William Grinder, guilsy of murder ot tue second degree,” &c. Al the conciusion the counsel for the defendant usked to have the jurors polled, aud upon the clerk Calling tue name of each juror be auswered, “Guiity.? Grinder was then remanded to the county prison, and awaits sentence, Yesterday Kiizapeth Johnson, indicted as an ac- complice of Grinder in the maraer, pleaded guilty to assault and oattery upon John burns, who was present at tne time Foster was killed, She will be senteuced with Grinder, whicd will provably take piace ou Saturday, ‘Tue peuple of Mortistowo are ‘Well pleased with the verdict, as Griuder is cousid~ ered # dangerous character, Many ol nis country. meo—wh» look upon hum as a wariyr—roamed through the city at alate hour and were exooed- ingly volsterous on account of the result. It is inti ed that the counsel for the prisoner will en~ ‘or to effect an arrest of judgment tn order to secure @ new trial tor his cleol, ALLEGED THIEF AND RECEIVER, Herman Maynack, @ clerk in the employ of Mr. Hopke & Co., No. 96 Wall street, Was arrested by Detectives Bush and O'Neill, of the Niown precinct, Wednesday, upon complaint of his employers, Although she was necessarily not going 1 f| barrel. ot mad wcasion a fine | charged with stealing oue barrel of sugar from their being @ gaye rea or 300 ales, ho pasacbyers speaX in the | a foot of Perry street, valued at $30, The risoner, Who is @ Young man, aumtted the charge, er beer salcom at 420 ki reet, Wao paid hima 5 for it, Culiag was jederson harket, youerday, aud locked WD LOK WlAld,