The New York Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1872, Page 4

4 JAPAN. Horrors of the Chinese Coolie Traffic and Arrest of a Mod- ern Peruvian Slaver. Japanese Action Against the Vessel and a Serious Issue at Hand. The Relations to Corea and Diplomatic Difficulties. Return of the Mikado and the Mis- sion in Washington. SUIOIDE OF AN AMERICAN SURGEON. cL aA Set aie Pee | The Mikado’s Visit to Hiogo and Kiobe and Joy and Light from the “Son of the Sun.” Rousing Salute from the United States Ship Colorado. YOKOHAMA, August 21, 1872, The matter of the Peruvian ship Maria Luz is still occupying the attention of the Japanese _ @uthorities and threatens to assume serious pro- “ties Portions, from the reason that several questions of international law are necessarily brought into the matter, The Maria Luz left Macao for Peru, loaded with coolies, in command of Lieutenant Hereiro, of the Peruvian Navy. She put into Yokohama in dis- tress, having encountered extremely bad weather after leaving Macao. One day a coolie jumped overboard from the ship and swam to the English man-of-war Iron Duke. The officers of that ship delivered the man over to the Japanese authori- ties, who returned him to the ship. Mr. Watson, the newly-arrived British Chargé d’Aifaires, took the matter up and complained to the Japanese authorities, intimating that the coolie trafic was the slave trade in disguise aud urgiug upon them the necessity of taking some steps in the matter. Mr. Watson then quietly left Yokohama for Hakodadi, The Japanese, however, thought Proper to act upon his suggestions. They stopped the ship, and are now engaged in examining the coolies as to their treatment while on board and the nature of their contracts, That this coolie trafic should be stopped 1s the general opinion of all mankind. It is equally as in- famous as the slave trade, and although in Macao certain forms are gone through, so that the coolie shall appear in the light of a voluntary emigrant, the whole thing is such a bare-laced fraud that almost invariably the poor creature is siowed away ander hatches before he is aware that he has been engaged foralong service in a foreign country. That we do not hear of more vessels of this kind coming into ports without captain or crew can only be ascribed to the stolidity and indifference of a large majority of the coolies, But much as we may deprecate this trade, and anxious as we may be to see it abolished, it appears rather hard that Japan should have to act as pioneer in this matter. The gtave international questions that arise, and the ignorance of the Japanese on the subject of inter- national law, will most probably place them ina Very false position. INTERNATIONAL LAW AGAINST THE IMPULSES OF HUMANITY. In the first, place there is no treaty between Japan and Peru, In the second place the vessel was not bound to any port in Japan, but was forced into the port of ‘Yokohama by stress of weather. Thirdly, the provisions made by the Macao gov- ernment in reterence to the coolie trade have all been complied with, in form at least—namely, each Coolie has signed a contract for a number of years of labor for a certain monthly stipend, which has been paid them as it fell due. Now, the questions are, Can a vessel or its off- cers be tried in Yokohama for offences committed in another port, especially as the vessel has been forced into the port “by the act of God? The coolies being on board in due form as voluntary emigrants—although they almost all state that when they were taken on board they knew not where they were going—can any earthly power assume to go behind these appearances and the contracts signed, sealed and delivered? WHAT THE COOLIES SAY. ‘The cooliesalsocomplainof ill treatment, though when the vessel first arrived here it was visited by several memers of the press and the coolies were interrogated through an interpreter, and they expressed themselves then as being per- fectly satisfied with their treatment and condition, The appearance of the vessel went far to corro- borate this. Now, however, on examination, they state that they are not treated well; that they do not receive sufiicient food; that they are not al- lowed suMcient time on deck, and that they have been roughly handled by the captain and oulcers, who have in some instances cut the coolies’ hair queues off. The examination will probably last four or five days more, and the result ig uncertain, though [have reason to believe that the Japancse will release the coolies and send them back to China and then allow the vessel to go. The cap- tain has protested against these proceedings, urg- ing that he is now at a loss of $100 per day, and he was ready for sea some twenty days age. He says that he is quite willing that the Japanese should seize his vessel, and then the Japanese and Peru- vian governments can settle the matter between them. THE PRESS FOR FREEDOM. One of the local papers, in commenting on this affair, contained the following sentence :—But, in real truth, little more light is required toshow that ‘the vessel is to all intents and purposes engaged in the slave trade, and that those who sail her de- serve the fate of pirates.” The captain of t he ship demanded an apology for this language, falling in which he has sued the editor of the paper for libel, ‘This wid be tried in the British Court on the 22d instant. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES. In the ease correspondence of 1871, pub- lished by order of the State Department, is a letter from Mr. De Long, the American Minister toJapan, wherein he states that he Mad been applied to by the Japanese governinent to request the Secretary of State of the United States to recommend to Mr. ‘Mort, the Japancse Charge d’Amaires at Washington, some gentleman of superior legal attainment, who ‘Would be commissioned to come to Japan as legal adviser to the State Departinent of this country. Mr, De Loe Taid great stress on the im- ce this appointment, and strong. the American Secretary of State nd @ superior The resuit man. of this plication was the appointment of E. Peshine Smith. This gentleman, a man of about Shy years of age, had held various appointments in the State Department, from &@ $1,200 clerkship to that of Examiner of Claims. His appointment wy Mori was spoken of by the press of the nited as a peculiarly fortunate one. His Varied foe his private character, &c., ‘were all di upon, Ddestowed upon him that and go great was the praise American residents in Japan felt quite proud that a Can was to hold such an im ni jon, Ba trom his first advent Mr. Smith's course has been Such 8s to lead all foreigners to believe that those ‘who wrote those eul ic pari phe concernin, him knew not of what they wrote, and compelled ‘the Japanese to piace & very low estimate upon the American idea of superior ablilty, and So forth, As Jong a6 Mr. Smith kept himself to himself and did Pos Parade himself as a miracle of legai lore 2 a8 @ moral example, it was nobody's usiness to take cognizance of him. But since Mr. Smith has chosen to step forward, in the fey of a special press correspondent to America, a i enibat aad th rigid fine and abili- 0! and this ely done, THE MISSION IN WASHINGTON, Mr. M ut Japanes? Chargé d’Affaircs at beam iy: will by steamer receive letters of recall. haye_ heard that complaints have been qudde against hint by the oficer oi fluatice, who is nw YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1872.—TRIPLE.. SHHET. with General Williams, and he will to Japan. not yet been named, KADO'S RETURN. now in Europe shortly return His successor has B Hie Mi ed from his Summer tour, Ho hag travelled without ostenta- tion, and almost entirely unaccompanied by regal pom. He landea at Yokohama on the 14th inst., reased a8 @ captain in the pavy, and took the reg- ular train to Jeddo. POLICY TOWARDS THE COREANS, The Foreign Ofice at Jeddo has denied the gen- uincness of the letter published in a Japancaa pe ir, purpol tocome from the Corea; but the ental is made in a very lame manner. The be OMice says :—‘Oar first message was refused by tho obstinacy of the Coreans, The second message is now being considered by her high oficers with fear andanxiety. For this reason no one can know that an answer has been received irom her. Nevertheless it ia generally believed that the Coreans did send an answer, in no material way differing from tle one publishad. OMIM) TREATY RELATIONS ~", is The treaty between Chin id Sayan source of trouble. Japan did not like that offensive and defensive clause. Yanigivarra was sent over to endeavor to fix the matter; but he has not been able to accomplish his obj Li-hung chang re- fused to sco him, telling him he could talk the matter over with the Costoms ‘aotai, This is rather rough on the Japanese, THE LATE ATTACK ON AMRRICANS, The Japanese newspapers contain the fotlowing concerning the Kioto aduir, which I mentioned in & previous letter :— A report from Syngakan to the Lopartment of Foreign Atala tou dune *d the announcement tat. sobart (Colonel Shopard), the messenger of the United Stator; ‘ornel (Mr. ‘iurner), the Consul; Sander, the secretary QF. Conter), with Kawabara, Japaneas translator, would jepart that afternoon from Miaki isit Oautzani, a town under the authority of Syngakan, was sent trom Kioto fu fo Syngaken, which Court scnt‘out officers and guards to protect the road along which tho forcixn officers would have to pass, Inthe evening they arrived at & hotel there and after supper the mosenger ent sans lator went to their boda; but the Consul and Seorctary went out secretly to aya Kichte's h three Japanese were drinking, and whilst there a qnar- rel arose conc rning the attendant woman, whore repu- tation Is ‘a: from doubtful. in which tho two foreigners wore beaten. Tho three Japanese were made prisoners anil two high oMecers named Sakakibara and Kowada ‘Wore sent outirom Syngakan to inquire into the affray. Having had an interviow with ‘the messonger they agrecd to report from both aides to the Department of the Forclgn Ofice, after each sido had thoroughly sifted he matter. The Hiogo fracas is to be inquired into by the civil authorities, instead of by & naval court, as be- fore stated, SUICIDE OF AN AMERICAN SURGEON, Dr. N. A. Ware, a native of Virginia, and formerly surgeon in the Pacitic Mail Company’s line, com- mitted suicide by taking laudanum on the lth inst,, at Nagasaki. se wrote a letter to the United States Consul stating his intentions and reasons. The reason was impecuniosity, A CONSCIENTIOUS OFFICIAL, BUT OUT OF PLACE. Shimadzu Saboro, who is now in retirement at Kagosima, has written the Sollowing letter to tha Mikado, Last year Iwakura was sent to Shimadzu to endeavor to induce him to leave his retirement and take an important position under Rovarnnicits but he refused, on the ground that he had no faith inthe wisdom of the government as then con- ducted. His opinion does not seem to have altered materially since then:— THE AUIUST STUDIES OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS. The establishment of national principles of action and the execution of the laws. The adoption of a system of dress and strict reyulation of the outward man, ‘dhe reform of learni The careful seiec it. ‘The careful conduct of forcign relations and tho estab- Ushment ot @ clear distinction between the rights of Japanese and foreigners. he cultivaticn vu! a military spirit and the roform of army laws. he establishment of a clear distinction between the Tights of noble and mean, _ the banishment of greed, the jection of deceitiul arts and ulness. ‘The strict prohibi{ion of debanchery, and tho establish- ment of a strongly marked line between the sexes, ‘The right of all'to address the Sovereign. ‘Tho careiul judgincnt of disputes aud rightful appor- tioning of reward and punishment, The lightening of taxes and the abatement of burdens, The careful calculation of income and expenditure, The above paper contains a summary of the opinions held by Your Majesty's servant during many years, and he entertained them at the time of his short Visit to the capital tour years ago (1869), but, finding no conventent opportunity tor expressing them, and not being tavored either with Your Majesty's gracious interrogation, he was obliged to be silent. And now he. has, in Your Majesty's tour, been fortunate enough to worship the heavenly countenance, and he can no longer refrain from givin} ventto his humble sentiments, In this critical momen he can no longer sit by and look on with indifference at passing events, and though he is convinced that Your Majesty cannot adopt his retrograde and unenlightened views, still he fools that a convenlent occa - sion will perhaps never offer itself again, and ho yen- tures to make this abrupt representation. He | most humbly apologizes for his audacity, but tlie fact is that is ati a th 7 prizing of virtue, the ro- the revereuciuy of truth- by your Majesty's prosent system of government the for. tunes of thls country are duily declining; tho imperial line, which should last forever and ever, 15 in danger of fallthg into the vice called republicaulmn, aud he can seo as clearly as in a mirror that Japan will oventually become adopendency of the Western barbarians. éHo can only sigh and weep. Your ser’ t Hisamitsn awaits any punishment for his want of reverence in speaking thus freely. ctfuliy represented with real tear, and real awe and prostrations. JIUSAMMI HISAMITSU, Avausr, 18/2, The Mikado’s Tour and His Reception By His Subjects—“Joy and Light” All Round—Foreign Salutcs to the Royal Traveller—“Hurrah” of the Strangers and Native Alarm. H10G0, Japan, August 10, 1872. All Kiobe and Hiogo have been in a state of feverish excitement for the past week in anticipa- tion of the Mikado’s visit here on bis return to Jeddo from Nagasaki, it will be remembered that he started from Jeddo in June, in one of the largest ships in the Japanese Navy, with six other stcamers attending as an escort. This, being the first trip of the kind ever made by a supreme ruler of Japan, was regarded with much interest, not only by Japanese, but by all foreign- ersresident in Japan, as such a wide departure from the old exclusive customs well deserved to be. Having embarked quietly at Jeddo he landed aiter several days at Osaka. He was received there with great respect, escorted, among other places, to the Mint and there witnessed the various operations of coining money. At night he saw gaslights for the first time in his life. The rooms of the building were so brijliantly lighted with gas as to dazzle him on his entrance. He ordered the lights put out. The gas was turned off from all but one that was turned down very low, and then he was in- vited to witness the operation of turning it gradually up again. He was delighted and ex- claimed, “This is gel @ heavenly light |" On his departure from Osaka for Nagasaki he pane within sight of Hiogo without stopping, it ing generatiy understood that he would stop here wn his return. At Nagasaki there were American, French and Russian men-of-war in the harbor, and they all vied with each other in decorations and 1luminations and salutes in honor of the Mikado’s visit. ENTRY OF THE IMPERIAL FLEET. Yesterday, the 9th, when expectation was near! Wearied out with watching, and nearly all hac despaired of the Mikado’s coming, one of the steamers of his fleet steamed in and anchored in Hiogo Bay. It wag now ascertained that the Mikado, at- tenaed ty the rest of his fleet, would soon follow. About three o'clock maf were seen coming. About four they anchored in Hiogo Bay. The United States ship Colorado manned yards and fired a salute of twenty-one guns. The noble old frigate presented a very handsome and !mpos- ing appearance with her yards all manned with stalwart seamen in blue jackets and spotless white trowsers, with the hig 2 pad Firines of America and the bright Rising Sun of Japan on tts broad field of pure white waving proudly and gracefully above them while the national salute was fired in honor of the Mikado’s arrival. boat was soon after (rd rae from the Colo- rado to the Japanese flagship with the usual offer of services, and with the compliments of Admiral Jenkins to the Mikado, saying if he was receiving he (the Admiral) would be most happy to call and pay his respects, ROYAL REPLY. An answer was returned to the effect that he was not receiving Visits of any foreigners now, VISIT TO THE ANCESTRAL SHRINE. It 1s rumored that this visit to Hiozo Is rather of @ devotional or filial nature. When tne Mikado landed, soon after his ship anchored, he proceeded atonce to the shrine of one his ancestors, and after spending a short time in devotion in the temple he proceeded to the Saibansho, the gov ernment house, IN UNIFORM, He wore the uniform ofa French general oficer, profusely decorated with gold lace, He rode on horseback, and was escorted by the lancers, a Japanese cavalry company of Osaka, which came over for the purpose, and by several companies of Japanese infantry. LOOKING FOR THE “SON OF THE SUN." To-day it was rumored that he would ride out to the waterfall, a beantiful cascade about two miles out of town, Many who were not so fortu- nate as to get a view of itm when he landed yes- terday flocked out om the road leading to it ‘and waited patiently several hours in the vain hope of Seeing the imperial cavalcade pass, It was finally rumored that he would not go ont till Sunday morning. In these imperial processions the Japan- ese have a dispensation from the kneelings and Prostrations which were once so rigorously ex- xeted of them. They may now even stand erect and look on their divine sovereign, the “Son of the Sun.” with only one prohibition, they must not point at him on any account. The street through which he rode from the landing place past the temple to the Saibansho Was proiusely sprinkled with clean sand, in honor nia Ing over it. The Japanese who thronged it all the way on each side regarded their super- human sovereign with looks of the greatest rev- erence and respect, in silent awe and adiniration. FOREIGN “HURTAU," Some of the ae who crowded down to the landing to see him were not so quiet and decorous in their deportment..As the Mikado stepped on shore, one of the “hurrah boys” pro. posed “three cheers for him’ and three rousing ones were given with a will, much to the dis- comfiture and disgust of Wis staid, decorous and Well-bred attendants, THE DUELLO IN ASIA. Mortal Combat Between Two Latin Race Consuls—The Dread Arbitrament of European Gallantry in China—Shoot and Advance—A Wound and Fall, Hono Kona, August 10, 1872. The old spirit of chivalry as manifested in the “noble” art of dueling is not yet entirely extinct. Hong Kong has been the scene of a duelistic ren- contre between Mr. Leon Cheoa, Consul for Spain at Hong Kong, and Mr. Torre Bueno, Peruvian Consul at Macao, who, it will be recollected, was recently tried beiore the Court at that place. DISPUTE AND CHALLENGE, The origin of the dispute seems to have been some insulting expressions which were used tn ref- erence to certain card debts, and which Mr, Torre Bueno considered wounding to his dignity a6 a gentleman. He therefore sent a challenge to Mr. Checa, choosing the rapier, a weapon of which he is reputed to be master. ' Mr. Torre Bueno, however, replied that nis right arm was too weak for sword play, and requested that the pistol (in tho handling of which he is known to be proficiont) might be substituted, ON THE GROUND. The principats, thelr seconds, and two medl- cal gentlemen (Spanish), with some others holding oMoial positions, reached the ground in due | order and at the appointed time. The ground was measured off, and Mr, Torre Bueno won the toss for the first shot at twenty-five aces. i At the signal, he fired and missed. Mr. Checa then fired at twenty-two paces, and likewise missed, Torre Bueno then fired his second shot at nineteen paces, and again failed to hit, as did also Mr. Checa at sixteen paces. Torre Bucno’s third shot, at thirteen paces, was very close, almost grazing Mr. Checa’s nose, but it fortunately went clear. Mr. Checa then exclaimed, “You see, that he intends to Kill mé{ he is alming at my head. I would glaaly fire in the air, but I dare not, as he would shoot me like 2 dog irom seven paces. So I must stop his pistol practice for the future.” WOUNDED, Mr. Checa then almed at his opponent's right arm, and the ball tookeffect just inside the joint, under the collar bone, and Torre Bueno fell, One of the gentlemen present burst Into tears, and the inedical men immediately went to the assistance of tho wounded duellist. Mr. Checa then left the ground, and Mr, Torre Bueno, though wounded, was able to walk back to the boat, and was removed on board the Spanish man-of-war Patino. It appears that the wound is not dangerous. The ball has since been extracted and Mr. Torre Bueno is said to be progressing favor- ably. The affair has naturally been the subject of a great deal of comment, and the general feeling is very strongly agatnst the whole proceeding, which it 1s to be hope willnot be allowed to form a prece- dent [or the settlement of disputes in Hong Kong. THE TELEGRAPH 10 AUSTRALIA. Receipt cf the First Message Direct from London—Uongratulations to Queon Vic- toria and President Grant—The Wire Suddenly Dumb. SypNEY, New South Wales, August 3, 1872, Tho roejoicings consequent upon the recelpt of telegrams direct from London to Australia, and the congratulatory messages .transmitted from the antipodes to Queen Victoria and President Grant might well have been postponed almost sine die, Like its Atlantic predecessor, the first Australian cable became dumb alter an exhibition of its capa- bilities. When the announcement was made that tho line was interrupted it was accompanied by the assur- ance that the Maintenance Company’s steamer was on the spot, with all tne appliances for repairing; but as this was nearly a month ago, and the break still exists, it is supposed that the task is not so easy as at first supposed. Raising a cable from the soft bed of the Atlantic, and searching for tt amid coral reets, are yery different matters. ‘The latter may prove a work of greater diiliculty than was anticipated by the projectors of the line, SANDWICH ISLANDS. Grand Volcanic Eruption and Ap. pearance of a Tidal Wavc—Cabinct Resignation. gentlemen, HONOLULU, August 31, 1872. The following are the most important news facts which I have to chronicle for the HekaLp:— | ed Olympian A grand volcanic eruption has burst hon the sumuuit of Maunaloa. A column o/ fire 200 feet high is constantly playing in the air. A tidal wave was noticed on the 23d August on Oahu and Kauai. His Majesty's Ministry has resigned’. The new Cabinet leaves out the late Minister of Finance and substitutes Mr. Robert Sterling, late of the Bureau of Public Works. The late Minister of Voreign Re- lations has been offered the Attorney General’s port- folio, PROPOSED SPANISH-AMERICAN JUBILEE. fo THE Epiror OF THE HERALD:— The 9th of December of 1874 will be just halfa century from the famous battle of Ayacucho, fought in Peru, where the joint army of Colombia, Peru, Chile and the Argentine Republic, under the com- mand of General Sucre, gave the last and most brilliant blow to Spanish domination im continental America. The writer suggests that the semt-cen- tennial anniversary of that day should becelebrated by the whole Spanish or Ibero-American family in the city of Lima, where, precisely by that time, will be finished the Peruvian Palace of Industry, the erection of which-was commenced some years ago At the suggestion of Sefior Pardo, the present Chief Magistrate of the Republic of Chile, The writer thinks that something new, useful and amusing to all should be attempted. The Spanish people in both continents are exceedingly back- ward in point of regular physical education, and it is time to stop gambling, cock ‘fighting, cock beheading and bull fighting, the only amusements now popular in those conntries, The writer therefore proposes an exhibition of all the healthful, physical games and sports of the world and the establishment of improv- games, to be performed at regular periods, where masterpieded of art, moritorious works and actions and victories on the arena shall be rewarded by the hands of beauty, and all sorts of encouragements presented to the well deserving in every department of labor, tending toward the improvement and happiness of mankind. The social and political ends attained by these means are not only a better popular education, but aiso the promotion of a healthier activity, of more in- timate intercourse and of peaceful brotherly fee!- ings between all the sections of the Iberian family, leading finally to an alilance based on the hearts and convictions of the people, and not on laws, treaties and other paper bonds which, so far, have proved weaker than Gulliver's lillipntian ties, The HERALD cannot se its hearty approval to this truly philosophica ‘a, Which ought to be con- renial to the ake of the chivalrous and noble, yut so miserably ill-educated and ill-governed Spanish race. The descendants of the Cid and Isabella, of Balbow, Magallanes and De Soto, of | Camoens and Calderon, of Bolivar and Sucre, can- not be inferlor to any effort of intelligence and | virtue. They have pald so far very dearly for the prejudices and blindness of their leaders, and for the grandeur of their mountains and ro- mantic solitudes, where they have remained for centuries almost cut oif from the progressive move- ment of the world. But, thanks tc onr steamers, railroads and telegraphs and to the invading spirit of Northern enterpri: hey begin to jeol thelr po- sition and to aspire to nobler ends than despicabie Political offices and laurels won in fratricidal strife. The suggestion, if adopted, would do a great deal to arouge them to thelr true mission; and the New | YoRK Heraip, for whom mankind 13 one family— and the progress of any of the branches of the human race is a benefit to ail—wonld not fall to herald to the world the inauguraticn of a new era in the life of our South American brethren, Weare tired cnough of their daily pronuneiamentos and massacres, and it would be a reves to our feelings to see signs of a better existence and more Christian Sd brotherly pursuits south of our Mexican fron- jer. PB. THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY FAIR. The attendance at the Westchester County An- nual Fair, near White Plains, yesterday, must have proved decidedly gratifying to the managers, it be- ing estimated that nearly eight thousand persons wore present, Thus far, the exhibition has proved decidedly successful, at least ina financial point of view, the receipts for admission alone being consid- erably in excess of former years, After expibi- tion of roadsters and draught horses, wi evoked a few exciamations of adiniration on the part of the spectators, the remainder of the day was de- voted to testing the relative speed of three-year- old horses. AS these trotting matches, however, elicited bo “ee bg worthy of mention the interest which such field sports ordinarily attract was chiefly confined to that festive and knowi: class which generally congregat»s around the pool seller. ‘The fair, which wili doubtless be largely atveuded to-day, is expected to close this evening, | undiscovered; but OUBA. The Royal Spanish Financial Decree Relative to the Island Debt and Its Relief. Public Works Projects—Custom House Control and a Commercial and Official Quake—New Bules and Regulations for Importers— Trouble All Round—War News from the Field—The Horrors of Slavery— Social Roform—Execution of Hospital Surgeons, Ameri- can and German, Havana, Sept. 13, 1872, ‘Tho oMcial Gazette has published the royal decree of the 11th of August relating to the debt of the Treasury of this island and Ita oxpected relief by the issuc of $60,000,000 in interest-bearing bonda, In conformity with the general run of laws and decrees promulgated by tho Spanish government and referring to this is!and, the articles of this decree are of the same nature—numerous, con- fused and so ambiguous in the wording that they have given room for various interpretations, and have in general been very unfavorably received by the press and general public, The Diarto, the recognized organ of the Spanish capitalists here, advises a suspension of public opinion in regard to tho provistons and convenience of this decree until it has been fairly discussed and ventilated. It fays:— The first Issue of bonds will not be made before the Ist pf woxt January, and then only in cava their realization convenient to the intercats of this {sland (this last sen- tonce being significantly printed tn italics), and wo havo yet four months in which to reflect over atid, discuss th advisabilily of this measure; and then taking into ac- count the projected levelling and equalization of tho esti- mates of government expenses and the condition in which by the end of December we may find the insurrection. ¢ junta upon the debt will Sarsally examine the ques- tion, and we are of the opinion that it will not advocate the fssue of asingle bond unleasits necessity or convenience is Justifled. ‘Tho sixth article of the decreo mentions Payment to the Spanish Bank of cortain sums duo it by he Treasury, in Vonds; but from. our information we cat state. that there is ne probability of this operation boing carried into effvet, and therefore the bonds for that spe- cial purpose will not be issued. Rogarding the redemp- tion of bank bills, this will be effected according to pul lic convenience, the same aa regards the issue of bonds, to easury, to be applied to be leit at the disposition of the the war estimates, The Diario recognizes the fact that this is a question of the most vital importance and interest to Cuba, and one that must be well studied before being decided upon, and advises its readers “‘nct to build castles in the air.” ANXIETY OF THE INDUSTRIALS, Ata meeting of the morchants and mannfac- turers, which took place at the Palace Wednesday aftornoon, to appoint the two persons from each of these classes who are to form part of the junta to be establisned under the provisions of the decree for the sottlement of the debt andthe execution of its preliminaries, Seflores Eugenio Moré and Pedro Sotolongo were unanimously elected to represent the merchants, and Don Vicente Galarza and Don José Goner the manufacturers, The City Council (Ayuntamiento) also met Thurs- day in extra session, and appointed the five mom- bers of their body who are also to form part of the junta referred to. Messrs. Julian Zulueta, Mamerto Pulido, Marquis de Almendares, Apolinar del Rato and Agustin Suaredra were the ones chosen. PUBLIC WORKS, ‘The completion of the Venti aqueduet also formed a subject of their deliberations, Three plans have been presented tending to hasten its com- pletion, But concerning the issue of the bonds referred to, the feeling against itseemsa to be 80 strong on all sides that the opinion is general that the decree will not be carried into effect, or at least with so little acceptance that its value as a measure of relief to the island will be rendered practically null. CUSTOMS DUE3 AND INCOME CONTROL, The new Intendente General of the Treasury, or chief finance oilicer of the isiand, Don Mariano Cancio Villamil, since his arrival here, at the same time with the new Political Governor, has dis- layed so much zeal, and by his storn and inflexi- bie bearing and the stringent orders he has issued, caused considerable consternation among the merchants and importers of this city, and Cus- tom House officiats quake in their boots, not know- ing how soon they may be declared cesante, which means dismissed for political or economical rea- song and left without a salary. The conference which the Intendente held tast week with a number of the principal importers and others served him to declare his intention that, wntle his administra- tion would aid (?) commerce as much as possible inits operations and transactions, he expected that commerce would ald him in his efforts, that every dollar duc tha treasury would enter its cof- fers, according to the lawsin force; that the govern- ment was disposed to punish to the fullest extent avy oMcer Whoshould in the least be wanting in’ his duty, and aiso his accomplices; and as almost all the ordinary and extra taxes wore used for the exponses of the war, the authorities were determined to consider and pun- ish as “injldentes,” or disloyal, every defrauder or smuggler. The increase of the already heavy duties, both import and export, was hinted at. The merchants, as usual, made avowals of their loyalty and their willingness to aid His Excellency in every respect; well accustomed to this line of policy, as adopted by all former intendentes, who upon thelr arrival give an air of honesty to all their intentions. However, His Excellency has since issued rather stringent rules regarding the capatazes, or Custom House brokers and wharf clerks, and the period during which goods might be ailowed to remain in bond, and interpreted existing rogutations in the severest manner, For a new Intendente to have his whims and caprices concerning the admialstration of public business, and entertain the fesling of a new broom, which is roverblally sald to sweep clean, and to come to Juba full o| ot intentions to correct ali abuses and revolutionize the financial system of the country, was no new thing, and hes always been expected when a change of this oMicer occurred in the island, and the Custom House officials and im- porters haye ulways been preparod to put up with the generality strict rules and regniations of a new Intendente, assured th: tit ren) pot lark tongs for as soon 18 hé pordeived the Way the “thing” was done, he would go in to secure bis share of the plunder—always the lion’s share— and endeavor to make his fortune before & change of Ministry occurred in the ctom of f It is Beene] acoat avon as been the custom 0: ner Intendentes. But it was en- tirely a eke yee all Tatendinte anould play . Wd sl so long and ppcar to be in carhest; an ye rse adopted by Villamil since his advent as pret the knowing smiles and significant shoulder shrugs of the Spanish merchants. He has removed a@ number of vistas or appraisers, it is sald, only on account of their connection with his polldical Party opponents in Spain, and also a pum- ner of vetty oficials in the customs. Withal, he has recentiy begun te appeint to oNice persons who. are not generally asceptable: notably so two a, pratsers who are encausados, or have criminal suits pending against them of mal-admiutstration of their offices tder former appointments, He has appointed sefior Lamagttera chief of the body of Custom House officers. This is the person who has often held the same position under former Inten- dentes, NEW RULES AND RECULATIONS FOR IMPORTERS. Animmense quantity of merchandise hac been allowed to accinralate in the storehouses of the Custom Mouse, waiting antil the Intendente should somewhat reiax his strictness and Rive an uae tunity for the goods to be passed, and the probable short catries of fast} of the importers to remain he Inteadense has “blocked”? this game by his regulations of tne 6th inst, in which, aster stating the damage done to the ser- vice aad the state ofdelay in the entries of the Custom House and the obvions necessity of dimtn- ishing the number of days aliowed merchandise to remain in gratuitous deposit, he decrees that the extra two per cent Imposed on eniries declared after forty-eight honrs’ arrival of the vessel bring- ing the Rocun shail be applied during the thirteen days-following such arrival. The consignee shall in ail cages explicitly state the quality, kind and quantity of tie goods. The 100 days formerly allowed for gratuitous deposit of merchandise in- tended for consumption is reduced to forty-fve, ane thirteen bore are allowed to declare the mer- chandise already entered into the government storehouses, The Intendente also araaioen the regulations concerning irregularities in the manifests, and the fines consequent npon such are so severely im- posed as tc Awaken general indignation; notably 80 fa the cases o! the merchant steamers coming into this port, which geaeraily have to pay a fine for, in alaiost every case, an anavoldable omission or slight irregularity, generally twenty-five dojlars for each case; but the Intendente chooses to put this ine upon every line of the manifest. This pro- ceeding has caused a representation to be made to him by the agents of the principal Ines of steamers, protesting against his action and re- questing a reversion of his decision in many cases, His Excellency 1s Perea ey troubie all around, and, instead of promoting business and benefiting the Stato, ig really embarrassing it, with @ consequent damage to the general interests of commerce, WAR NEWS FROM THE FIRLD, The news received from tho chp htt & als. tricts is very desultory, and et ap Od importance is reported to have lately occurred. Private reports state that the insurgents continue active in the Central and Eastern Departments, papas await- ing and taking every opportunity to make raids ry the posts slightly guarded by Spanish troops, The patriots appear to bo still strong and not to have lost any faith in Micawber-like, the; the ultimate wait for some’ to turn up, to 80 ar them in their insurgent and killing ten and wounding ms es their number, and prisone: correspondence, Qrearms and horses, eh BXKOUTION OF SURGEONS—AN AMERICAN AND A GER- Tho folio 6th ieee ond MAN, news comes from Gibara, dated the details another instance of the Towards the latter of last month t of tho Ma- seat in the Taca\o tains tanzas battalion mount an insurgent its were its director, two pony one mn Amaricas, other a Germany). two Hef meas feet gS ac etal om, ecuted ; pasado armas, ans pee oy sepa porlas ‘the Spanish Havi From the same town. complainisare made of the want sare wal P dissatietac he taking away from the bataltions of troops, which are DS formed wil others Oa TH: Pore pe 1 of Torrenteros ned “had doen abandoned, and the fore built a month ago destroyed. Ot ther hand Sam, which had been threatened by the enemy, had been fortified, All the volunteer forces of the district, including those af ad dor te meot on the sth at Hol- gh to tho solemn inaugura- n of the Casino Espanol of that city, to form in review and to receive the crosses and orders of merit lately awardod thom for their bravery and abnogation in. de- fend ng the honor of Spain and preserving the national Integrity ; history, however, hag as Zot, no record of tho deeds of these hgroes, except of such cases as the one re Bitten above, Tho drouth still continues in that juris- liction. HORRORS OF THE SLAVE SYSTEM, One of those occurrences which so fully demon- strate the horrors and evils of slavery on this isiand lately took place on a tobacco plantation in the Vueito-Abajo, owned by the widow Mendez, and which has alarmed the entire district, It appears that the slaves on that plantation were determined tohave no overseer over them, and at a signal from one of them ail fell upon and brutally hacked to picces with machetes the young man employed in that capacity, After committing the murder oe presented themselves to the local authorities, their machetes still dripping with the biood of their victim, and in a body confessed the deod. Pendin; the determination of the law they were imprisone: fora day and then conducted to Pinar del Rio under a cavalry escort. A GOOD OUSTOM, BUT ALMOST EFFETE. In conformity with ancient usages the Chief Magistrate of the Supreme Court has cited all per- sons who have any just cause of complaint against the late Superior Political Governor, Captain Gen- eral Antonio Caballero y Fernandez de das, for inferred damages or injustice committed against them by him or the authorities representing him, to appear and substantiate the same within sixty days, or else forever after hold their peace. It is, however, not likely that the brothers ero, Goicuria and Ayestaraén, who were garroted, and large numbers of patriots who were shot by his orders, will make their CY leit ht against him within the sixty days. The posting of these cita- tions on the street corners is generally a matter of some little ceremony, a deputation from tne court, accompanied by officers and a detachment of mill- tary, formally and erent sticking them up on the walls of the public buildings. SOCIAL REFORM. The government is continuing its rata against vagrants. Wednesday morning a batch of seventy Were sent to the Oabafias Fort, proceeding from Pinar del Rio. Twenty-five arrived to-day from Matanzas, and eighty-three more are to arrive from the same city. Others are daily expected from other points of the island. So soon as they ar- rive they are to be sent to the Trocha, subject to strict regulations, and will be forced to work for the good of national integrity. SINGULAR SUICIDE NEAR BALTIMORE. fete ab a Two Brothers Deliberately Shoot Them- selves Dead on the Washington Turn- piko—A Sad Ending to a Prolonged De- bauch—Full Particulars of the Deed. BAcrimorg, Sept. 19, 1872, On Monday last two dead bodies were found, about two miles from Baltimore, under circum. stances that gave rise to a suspicion that they had been murdered, and the whole city became agi- tated over tho mystery that’ hung about their tak- ing off, Both were found with pistols by ‘their sides and bullot holes in their heads; but their bodies wore 80 much decomposed that they could not be recognized, and the conjectures a3 to the manner and cause of their death were as various as the people that talked of this strange affair, THE CASE WORKED UP. The case was given to Detective Orane, and this evening the following facts have been unearthed in relation to one of the strangest suicides that have ever taken place in this or any other country. Two young men, Germans, and brothers, named R. and G. Muhler, of New York, tortoise shellmarkers, came to Baltimore somewhere about the 15th of August, They were bountifully supplied with money, and they dispensed It freely at drinking saloons and at some of the fashionable bagnios of the city. From their manners and appearances, the impression was produced on the minds of the detective force that they belonged to the fancy, or to use thelr own words, “They were not allright,” On the 16th of August they purchased emigrant tickets over thé Northern Central Railroad to Steubenville, Ohio. DRINKING AND DISSIPATION, For some days afterwards, until the 24th of the same month, they remained in this city, probably indulging freely in the dissipation which its saloons afforded. As @ natural consequence their funds ran short. They made no secret of their situation. Remarks were dropped from time to time in differ- ent saloons, which indicated that they were brothers and family dificulties hema them: also that they had spent nearly all the money they had, and one of them said to the other that they had scarcely a dollar left, and proposed that the’ sould buy pistols and Keil themselves. The rail- road tickets which they had purchased were fre- quently exhibited in the restaurants of the city, and it was noticed that the elder brother always had charge of them. DISAPPEARED, On or about the 24th of August they disappeared. Prior to their departure they visited a small sho; on West Baltimore street,where firearms are sold , CA pepe role ail a ae (ebb re 0 pistol other a pistol of 1a re, but of the same pattern. They, tinted to Beveral parties in Baitimo-:e that they were rep to ge up 8 oer stich Sf thelt on the Raltimore and Qhio Rallroa suit het batiod obo ah Ska ickets told them that they ecouta go all the way to Cincinnati with the tickets, but they intimated that they did not propose going further than the station they had mentioned. ie rest is leit to ‘onjectare. From what is already known these § men must have strolled out on the Washington road, on the evening of the 24th of Angust,with the oe intention of putting an end to their ves. - THE SCENE OF THE SUICIDE. They walked on until they reached a small spot of underbrush, about two miles from the city, a Secluded spot, It was grown over by the heavier shrubbery, which forms the base of Maryland for- ests. Scrub cedar, blacklaw and May bushes fur- nished a dense thicket, where the saddest and most unnatural of deeds could be consummated. There, gag in the darkness, forty yards from one of the most conspicuous highways, they shook hands, moved a few pace: other and simultancous bullets crashing through thelr brains, P tions in which their bodies were found and the surroundings leave but little doubt that the above was the precise Manner in which they killed themselves. Their bodies were about tielve feet been lying exactly in the situations ia which men are Iikely to fall who shoot themselves through the head, Thelr clothing Was not disordered and no indications of a struggie were apparent. The skulls of both had been pierced by bulicts. Tie dress which they wore corre- sponded with the attire which pérsong familiar with them in Baltimore had seen. apart, bid adicu to each ae UNDOUBTEDLY SELF-MURDER. The positious of the bodies with reference to each other negatived the idea of @ ducl, and the mere supposition that two men could stand twelve fect from each other and put a bullet through cach other's brain at the same moment is so prepos- aly to deserve consideration. ‘The terous as sc: piatet of the larger pattern was Hying at the right and of the man whose head was perforated by @ bullet on both sides. The smaller pistol was under the arm of the man, whose skull was pone- trated in but one piace, {ndicating that he was shot by @ smaticr bullet. As stated above, the nap, when they left Baltimore, said that they were going to 4 station on the Baltimore and Unio Rali- Toad. Persons at this point have been telegraphed to by the authorities, and positive information as to whether these two men ever visited that station will be received, There appears to be little doubt in the minds of the detectives that they have hit upon the right parties and that two men have so- lected a mode of committing suicide the most start- ling ever recorded in the annals of any country, and which exhibits a carelessness with reterence to the itere sad to contemplate even ta this age of remarkable events, THE BAST RIVERS DEAD. On Thursday last Miss Hannah Dycker, while partially deranged, left her home, No. 136 Ainslie strect, and her body was found last evening in the East River, foot of South Tenth street, Yesterday afternoon the body of an unknown man, from twenty-five to thirty-flve years of age, clothed in canvas. its and dark ‘jacket, was found floating in ‘the dock, foot of North’ Fifth street, Williamsburg, by ‘Thomas Corwin, of the schooner Taritl, roner Whitehill took charge of thé body, LIVELY TIMES IN BRAZI Exciting Elections to the Imperial Parliament. “Sixth Ward” Scenes—Ballot Staffing, Stam Speaking, Bayonet Interference, Broken Rio Jawerno, Angust 2, 1st." ‘The past weck has been one of perio bel dental to the national ‘election for deputies to the lower House of the imperial Parliament—the Ag- semblea Géneral—necessitated by the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies last Spring by imperiag Proclamation, at the time when the’ ani between this Chamber and vhe Ministry culminated in a vote which resulted tn a large majority againes the Ministerial policy. Tho Ministry must go to the wall or the Emperor must dissolve the Chambérag and as a personal and political compliment to Mr. Paranhas, the Visconde do Rio Branco and tho Presly dent of the Imperial Council, through whose exer+ tions and policy chiefly the bill securing the aboll- tion of slavery was passed last Autumn, the Empe- ror dissolved the Chamber of Deputies, and hence this election, The polls opened and the voting be- gan last Saturday, the 19th, and has continued through the week, Though there are some features in common between rr AN AMERICAN AND A BRAZILIAN ELECTION. yet much of the machinery here is yet awkward and stupid, and the sharper ones do not hesitate to ‘use the ample opportunities which exist to secure the result wnich they desire; while the bulk of the people walk up and deposit their ballots with am air of dignity and an appearance of sacredness ana faith in the purity of the affair which the result by no means would justify. The government oMictals are not slow to wield the enormous power in their hands to attain their own ends, and yet the elec- tions at times are sadly to their chagrin and dis- comfort, The elections take place in the churches an@ begin on Sunday, and scarcely more exciting are some of the scones in the Sixth ward of New York city tban are here to be witnessed in almost every parish. The Brazilians are a remarkably excitable and mercurial peopic, and the simple questionii of a vote by the vigilant guardians of the poi from each party will tustantly occasion an excitement which it would seem as poping but blood could allay. An excited crowd immedlately gathers around the table upon which the ballot box rests and where sits the Inspector Superintendent, wearing his sash of office, the mili- tary officer who, with list in band, is reading the names of those qualified to vote, and others, Whose duty scems to be to watch over the performance, and in two minutes papers are scattered, many self-appointed orators jump upon the table and harangue the crowd, already intensely excited and VOCIFERATING AND SHOUTING and flourishing canes and umbrellas, and thea a Squad of solaiers rush in and make use of their sabre bayonets, and it is amazing how tew are injured—many times none at all—while at other times serious injuries are effected, In this way Dr. Diaz Cruz was so seriously injured last Monday that his life is despairea of. He is a prominent citizen and an active liberal, and no doubt his death will make him a political martyr and affect, to the detriment of the government, the election. As soon as definite returns are inI wiilsend you the result of the election. MINISTBR JAMES R, PARTRIDGE. The American Envoy to Brazil sailed on the 18th of last month, in the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany’s steamer Cardilhera, for Europe, on @ four mouths’ absence. The health of Mr, Fareridgs being somewhat affected by his residence in Br: he deemed this absence necessary to a complete and perfect restoration of his health. in Rio certainly hope he may find in his somporans absence the sound physical condition which see! to be dented him here. During his absence Colo- nel R. 0, Shannon, the Secretary of Legation, holas the popolngme it of hay and the duties of the ost could not certainly be left in better hands. ‘he unassuming kindness and courtesy of Colonel Shannon have won for him hosts of friends, not only in the diplomatic corps, but among unofficial natives and foreigners as well, while his familiarity with the language and his earlier residence here enable him to fill with uncommon ability and satis faction the position he now occupies, n AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR. en Forty-First Annual Display—Arrange- ment of the Hall—Increasing Attend. ance of Visitors—Inventions and Im. provements. The forty-first annual exhibition of the American Institute is now fairly ready for the public, and compares favorably even with the excellent dis- plays of former years. The managers of the exhibi- tion have succeeded in making arrangements im the building (the well known Rink, extending from Sixty-third to Sixty-fourth street, Third avenue), which have given an excellent symmetry to the entire hall, The body of the paler the alcoves along elther side are Weil tified by éxhibitors,? and the tables and stands arranged in such good taste that the eye is pleased with the varied groups. On entering the hall a group of statuary presents itself, and im a direct line with this, in the centre ofthe building, is the orchestra stand, which is elegantly orna- mented with flowers, while farther, down rises up @ huge figure representing a “Snow Queen,” this surmounting ® mammoth marbic soda fountain of beautiful design. Back of this, in the new exten- sion, is THE MACHINERY DEPARTMENT, which ia always considered of the greatest impor. tance, The entire. machinery is worked by one engine, with five lines of shatts, There are. to be seen here stationary engines driven steam and heated air, water engines, water wheels, steam indicators, bollers, pumping ma- chinery, machinery for working metals, for work- ing in Wood, for preparing fibres and tissues for the Panu sture of tools and for grinding grain, &c. ti interesting object is a steam indicator which traces a line on a white ground, showing the in- crease or decrease of pressure ot steam, Side 0 by side are two ‘ping machines in compe: being an cntiely new invention, and both being ot immense power. 9 ‘a =” a eneaetys wie fay an epaanes dg pai is the department 3 3 Wek ee its HDUCATION, which contains some interesting groups. Thore are ®@ few fine painti! Of Canvas, & nuMbot of e: opt lent ph pha, plain and oooredy from Gurnéy’s, Brat te and other well known pliotographers; en- grav! , Uthographs, some pieces of sculpture and a@number of interesting small pieces, are also exhibited here. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE DWELLING, located on the south side of the hall, is supplied with a full stock of household Paice ae and aifords an attractive opportunity to housekeepers, evening, from @ cooking stove to a nail, is ex- ed. ‘On the south side of the hali the visitor is sure to be attracted by the display of DRESS AND HANDICRAFT. Rats and bonnets, boots and shoes and eve other garment used by ladies or gentlemen, al done up in the very choicest Cia catch the eye, and the ladies linger here with evident satisiac- tion. Sewing machines, knitting machines, jew- elry acy variety of handsome articles are also displayed, Th the department of BREMISTRY. AND MINERALOGY, on the south side of the hall, there is a variety of articles, Which, if not the prettiest to look at, are among the most useful in reality. There are candies, wax and such like; drugs and medicine: leather, india rubber, porcelain, china, giasa, flow meal, piints, preparations for staining, &c. models of apparatus used in chemical works, the laboratory and for making gas, Many interesting things are to be seen tn the de- partment of AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE. The groups of plants and flowers are pretty. There 1s quite rood show of fruits, Here also ts a varie! of farm! implements—ploughs, dizgers, cuiti- vators, rows, hotiouse appurdtus, mowers, reapers, svythes, churns, .c. A Mo ald department is that under the jc head 01 “INTRRCONMUNICATION,”? to be found on the north side of the buliding. groups here include locomotive engines, cars, car- tages, wagons, sleighs, models of ve: for navi- gating the ocean, rivers, lakes antl cai electrio pee ea and apparatus used in Date | overland and submarine telegraph lines; han machines and materials and implements used in printing, Sones and advertising; ilre engines and apparatu: ic vor some days past the exhibition has had an in- creasing attendance, especially in the evening, when the hall is lighted. There ts music every evening, from eight o'clock to ten, and for an hour or 80 im the afternoon, the large hall veing thas mwde a pleasant promenade. THE METIS INVESTIGATION, Boston, Mass., Sept. 20, 1872. W. E. Sheridan, of the Glove Theatre, gave his testimony to-day In this city before Messrs, Burne ham and Fill, United States Steamboat Inspectors, relative to the Metis disaster, of which he waa@ survivor. No new facts were elicited. The ae a ee eT eee