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4 ’ WASHINGTON. The Spanish-Cuban-American “Diplomatic” Lie. WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH? Senor Zorrilla or Secretary Fish Hiding Behind Huge Technicalities. ” ty MINISTER SICKLES THE FIRST OFFENDER. His Despatch Showing Spain’s Desire to Borrow $60,000,000 to Sus- tain Slavery in the Antilles. CUBAN WAR STATISTICS. + Fifty-Seven Thonsand Insurgents and 60,000 Spanish Troops Slaughtered, "THE SAMANA BAY SPECULATION Suggestions Touching the Discovery of the Bones of St. Philip and St. James. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 1873. Secretary Fish’s Justification for Writ- ing His War-on-Slavery Despatch to Madrid—General Sickles’ Previous De- spatch—Cuba Wants to Borrow Sixty Millions of Dollars. * ‘The attitude of the United States towards Cuba has been a prominent topic of conversation here since the publication of the remarkable despatch » of Mr. Fish to Mr. Sickles, dated October 29, 1872. Whether Sefior Manuel Ruiz Zorilla was warranted in his assertion that he knew nothing of this de- Spatch cannot be known until it appears whether Genefai Sickles read it to him, but Mr. Fish has shown to several inembers of the Diplomatic Corps and of the Senate the following important de- spateh from our Minister at Madrid, as having justified him in writing what he did:- a [Received September 3.] , UNITED StTaTES LEGATION, } SAN SEBASTIAN, August 16, 1572. Smr—I have tie honor to transmit herewith for your information an official publication of a de- cree, accompanied by a@ report of the Colonial inister, authorizing the Treasury of the Island of ba to issue bonds amounting to $60,000,000, bear- ing eight per cent interest, and pledging for the payment of the interest and principal ef the loan the proceeds of the war tax, estimated at $5,000,000 annually, and the surplus derived irom ali other sources of revenue, ordinary and extraordinary. It appears in the report of the Minister that the Cuban Treasury owes the Bank of Havana $50,000,000—$12,000,000 of this sum were borrowed + to pay, the expenses of the several expeditions inst St. Domingo and Mexico, and the remain- ing 528, 000, 000 have been advanced by the bank toward the expenditure incurred in the present war in Cuba. The whole ameunt of $50,000,000 was loaned by the bank im paper money, and this large addition to the ordinary paper issue of the bank ($10,000,000) has, it seems, brought about, im conjunction with other causes, a grave financial crisis in that pereon of the ismnd held by the Spanish forces. It further appears that the amount raised in Cuba by taxes and lmposts during the last fiscal year was $12,000,000, The loan is to be negotiated in two parts. ‘The proceeds of the first issue of thirty millions are to be applied, first, , %© reimburse the Bank of Havana the amount it advanced to the Cuban Treasury to pay the cost of the Spanish contingent for the expedition Mexico; the second, to repay the amount advanced by the bank toward the expenditure incurred in the attempted reconquest ol Se poming ; the third, to redeem in specie 3 j,000 in bilis of the Bank of Havana, the same bel @ part of the sum loaned to the Treasury for ‘war expenses, 60 as to reduce the outstanding paper money of the bank, issued on government ‘account, to $30,000,000; fourth, the balance, say $10,000,000, to.’ be’ paid into’ the Treasury to meet appropriations made for the prosecu- tion of the war, and for the ordinary expenses ot the next fiscal year. The decree also provides for leasing the em- bargoed estates for a term not Cl six years, the proceeds of which, together with cer- tain Treasury credits and the income of the Crown property in Cuba, are applicable to the redemption of the remaining thirty millions of paper money * issued by the bank on government account. These sources of revenue have not hitherto, it is under- stood, produced anything; so that it may be pre- sumed that the second issue of bonds is reserved for the gradual redemption of the outstanding paper and the prosecution of the war. ubscriptions to the loan are to be invited on the 1st of January, 1873, in Havana, Madrid, Paris and London. The negotiation, the application of the proceeds, and the aaministration of the reve- nues sppronriated to the payment of the principal and interest are confided to a commission of fifteen persons, three of whom are to be chosen by tne dholders. You will remark in article twenty of the degree a yroyision charactereristic of all eae legisiation Tor Guba. The Captain General is authorized to suspend at pleasure any determination made by the Loan Commissioners. It will thus be seen that, after four years of war, Without quarter, in Cuba, and having exhausted i the resources of that’ rich and productive com- monweailth to sustain @ cruel conflict, Spain is about to appeal to the civilized world to lend money ona pledge of the revenues of the island to continue a struggle intended to perpetuate the slavery ef the greater part of the colored in- habitants and compel the unwilling allegiance of @ large majority of the sorely oppressed native popuiation. this relation I may state that it ap) &@ recent publication in the Zmpai official journai in Madrid, of which the Colonial Minister was director until he entered the present Cabinet, that “from the beginning of hostilities in - Cuba 13,600 insurgents have been killed in battle de guerra) and 43,500 taken prisoners, #19 firearms, },247 shards, machetes and other side arms, and 9,921 horses have been captured; 69,640 insurgents have voluntarily surrendered.” » As it is believed that all prisoners of war taken , are shot or garotted, 1t would appear, taking the total ot kilied in tle and prisoners captured, that more than fifty-seven thousand insurgents have fatien sinee the war began. The Spanish loss is not stated, but it is known from official sources that their force under arms in Cuba exceeds one hundred thousand men, and, as more than half of these troops are unacclimated, their casultie: cannot be estimated at less than fifteen per cent, or fifteen thousand men anually, making an aggregate Spanish loss of 60,000 since the declaration of inde- pendence pronounced at Yara, in October, 1869. ‘rustworthy sources of information in Madrid tend to show that this estimate would be exceeded by ythe official returns if they were published. Cay . E. SICKLES, This despatch, Mr. Fish says, with preceding ones +Of the same tenor, fully justified Bim in writing ‘what he did to General Sickles. If necessary to Justify him he will also furnish these other de- spaiches for publication rather than shelter himseif ‘behind any diplomatic subterfuges, pWredit Mobilier Encore—Who Is To Be . Convicted of Bribery t . Some of tho fourpence-half-penny Yankee Repre- sentatives are getting the correspondents of pro- vinclal newspapers who sound their praises to an- \mounce that they were never offered any of the Credit Mobilier stock. No one but an idiot would ewer imagine that they were ever offered anything , #vith the hope that their infuence in return would do-any gaod, Qakes Ames is getting a little restive under the attempts of different Congressmen to make him their scapegoat, and he may yet make a clean breast of his “business relgtions with them, especially Dawes, whe did not kwOw enough to invest a thousand dollars without running around the House to ask advice. These fellows now tatk about having Ames expelled from fhe House for bribery; but who was bribed? No man can be ¢onvicted of murder unless the corpse f found, or, as the lawyers say, corpus delecti. Gow, who has found the corpse? Who has been Bribed by Ames? Certainly net Dawes, Garfield, Kingham and Co., by their own showing. Where, tien, 18 the body to be found? Will Mr. Ames tell what these gentlemen either cannot or will not state? /%. K. Garrison was before the Poland Committee to-day, ami on being questioned as to the truth of tumors in the press about bis ownership of Mobiliex stock denied positively ever owning a dol- Jar’s worth of tue stock or of having any knowi- ears from semi- Lam, | cage of Congresamen being corrupted with it; that ff ne believed all the rumors in the press he would suppose every other Congressman was a scoundrel, “and,” said he, with a slow and measured voice, “I don’t know but what public rumor is right.” Bad as some members of Congress may be, this was hardly deserved, coming a8 it did from @ person who hung around the lobby the greater part of last session, button- holing and smiling on members to try and induce them to vote for a yearly haul of nearly half a mil- Mon asa subsidy for his Brazilian line of steam- ships, and it is said that he even appreached some members and ofered to aid them in their elections with money, but justifying it at the same time by saying that of course he knew they wou.d not be influenced by pecuniary considerations. How much his ‘ailure to secure this large subsidy for ten years influenced his opinion, it 1s hard to tell. Caldwell, of Kansas, Admits Paying Carney $15,000. The revelations of Governor Carney to-day be- fore the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions confirm the rumor that Caldweil paid him $15,000 to withdraw from the Senatorial contest. “1 admit it,” says Caldw ‘but what Senator has not seen that rival candidates who withdrew at the proper time had foreign missions or consulates or Indian agencies, Let the Senator who has no glass in his own electoral house throw the first stone.”? The Samana Bay Specylation. Secretary Fish remarked to-day, with regard to the acquisition of Samana Bu, | an American com- pany :—‘‘It is merely a private speculation, The government has not been advised or consulted in the transaction, and has nothing to do with it, The first news I received of the consummation of the purchase was through the newspapers.” When asked whether he knew of any scheme on the part of the company to sell Samana Bay to the govern- ment, Mr. Fish replied:—“1 know of no such scheme,’’ Passage in the House of the Iowa Lands Bill. Aiter the discussion of some trifing matters the House this morning took up and passed the Iowa Lands bill, by 94 yeas to 70 nays. It provides that the title to the lands in the State of lowa heretofore approved and testified by the De- partment of the Interior for railroad purposes, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the city of Davenport via lowa City to Council Bluffs, under the grants made by Congress according to the ad- jusuments thereof made at the General Land Ofice, shall be confirmed to the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company, and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company; and their assigns, the corporations to whom the lands were certified, This act is to be construed as conveying only any reversionary or other interest which the United States may have in the lands, and all lands settled upon in good faith and now occupied by homesteads or pre-emption settlers are to be ex- cluded from its operations, Agitating the Goat Island Job, A special meeting of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs was held this evening, at which Leland Stanford, President of the Central Pacific Railroad, presented arguments of the corporation in support of the bill, which proposes to relin- quish part of Goat Island, in San Francisco har- bor, to the company for railroad purposes. Hon. B. ©. McBuer, of San Francisco, made an argument in reply opposing the bill. Senators Casserly and Cole and Representative Sargent, of California, and Senator Stewart, of Nevada, were also pres- ent and took part in the general informal discus- sion of the question. The conimittee took no ac- tion, this meeting being merely preliminary to a fuller examination of the subject. The Discovery of the Bones of the Apos- tles St. Philip and St. James—What Does It Mean? The attention of an eminent Catholic prelate, who is now in Washington, and whois well ac- quainted with Rome, was yesterday calied to the telegram from Rome to the effect that the Pope told some visitors that he, believed the bodies of the Apostles Philip and fames were discovered on Wednesday in the Church of the Apostles. He Says this is not impossible, since they were buried there. St. Philip suifered martyrdom at Hierapo- lis, in Phrygia, where he was crucified and stoned for the faith. His body was buried there, but afterwards transiated to Rome. St. James suffered martyrdom at Jerusalem, where he was thrown down from the battlements of the Temple, stoned and struck on the head with a ful- ler’s club, He was buried near the Temple, but his body was afterwards translated to Constantinople and thence to Rome. Now it maybe asked why these sacred relics have remained undiscovered for centuries? But we must take into account the length of time that has elapsed since they were placed where they have just been discovered— the changes, the revolutions, the sackings, the pre- sence of hostile armies and the thousand and one changes that have happened in Rome within that thousand years—and we will not be astonished that these precious bodies were not discovered sooner, but rather thank the piety of the archeologist and the antiquariam, as well as the munificence of Pius the Ninth, who has all along encouraged the undertakers of so many sacred discoveries. In- deed, it could not have been otherwise than it was, as experience testified. The discovery of these sacred bodies at this late day, and particularly at this time, seems to have been intended by Divine Providence. It would seem as if the very bones of the Apostles arise now to rebuke the sacrilegious invaders of their last resting place, and protest against the indignities offered to the Prince of Aposties in the person of his successor. And as Hierapolis was indebted to to the relics of St. Philip for its preservation by continual miracles, so will Rome be indebted in a great measure to the same relics, and those of countless martyrs, and contessors, and holy virgins for its preservation and deliverance from the men who, in the name of liverty and equality, now de- secrate her holy places. New Work for Old Probabilities, The tate foods and ice freshets in the Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Delaware and other rivers along the seaboard took every one by surprise. The dissolu- tion of the snow and ice in the upper courses of these streams was not made known from the mountainous regions of Pennsylvania and New York, where the break-up began. This fact strongly suggests additional work in the future for the Signal OMice. As it is now equipped its slender pecuniary means entirely preclude the possibility of planting stations in the gorges of the Alle- ghanies for observing the descent of such ice floods as have recently swept these river valleys with such great damage to bridges, railroads and other property. The river reports, as they are called, are now extended only at rare intervals on the Obio, Missouri and Missis- sippi rivers, but it is thought they might be of great utility im ice freshets and Spring floods to multiply the points of observa- tion so as to include the headwaters of the principal seaboard streams, whose sudden inunda- tion has so often spread, in a single night, unex- pected ruin and desgiation. It is said by compe- tent judges that these streams carry their floods at the rate of about forty miles a day, and at this rate they would give ample time for telegraphic warning. It wili be a matter of popular regret if Congress does not provide adequately for such ob- servations by the Signal Ortice as will enable it to discharge its proper functions, among which hone can be more important than the above mentioned. Miss Anthony in Trouble Again. A police officer to-day appeared before the Police Court for a warrant against Miss Susan B. Anthony, President of the Weman’s National Suffrage Association, for giving an exhibition or entertainment to which an entrance fee was charged without a license, the officer saying that he saw money paid at the door of the Lincoln Hall, where the Women's Agseciation was holding a night session. District Attorney Cook, upon learning of the matter, said it seemed to re- quire action, and requested the Assistant District Attorney to take whatever measure it required. ‘There will be a consultation of District law officers im the premises, é ; A Mysterious Union Pacific Bond. An anonymons letter was received at the Treas- ury Department this morning fom Auburn, N. Y,, containing a coupon of a Unions Pacifie Ratiroad bond, $35 value, No explanation dcecompanied the letter, The amound was passed into the Treasury avo~ OBITUARY. Death of Lord Lytton, the Distin- guished Novelist. Lord Lytton, better known to the world as Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, whose death is just an- nounced by cable, was born at Heydon Hay, county of Norfolk, in 1805, The strong literary tastes of his mother, who was heiress of the Lyttons of Knebsunth, Hertfordshire, greatly contributed to the formation of his mind, his father having died when the future Lord Lytton was yet young. The family from which Lord Lytton sprung was rich, respectable and not altogether destitute of hered- itary honors. About the close of the sixteenth century John Wiggett—his progenitor in the male line—acquired certain lands in Norfolk. fortune favored John’s progeny, One of his descendants mingled his biood by marriage with the Bulwers of Dalling; a second inherited the estates ana took the name of that ancient family, and a third— General Bulwer, of Heydon Hall—espoused t* heiress of the Robinsons, who had succeed the acres and assumed the name of a grand knightly race—the Lyttons of Knebworth. 1: General had three sons, and of these the youngest is the celebrated personage whose death, after a most remarkable career, is now announced. One of the distinguish- ing characteristics of Lord Lytton’s hfe was his reverence for the memory of his mother, to whom he was accustomed to say he owed all his love of literature. It was in the room called ‘Mrs. Bulwer Lytton’s,” in the ancient and magnificent family seat in Hertfordshire, that he did most of his literary work, and the feeling which dictated the character of this room is best told by the following inscription over the chimneypiece:—This room, long occupied by Elizabeth Bulwer Lytton, and con- taining the relics most associated with her memory, her son trusts that her descendants will preserve unaltered—Liberis virtutis exemplar.” + LORD LYTTON’S EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION, Lord Lytton was educated by private tutors, but afterward entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1826, He gained the Chan- cellor’s prize at the University for English versifi- cation, by @ poem on “Sculpture,” in 1825, and the next year published a collection of youthful effusions, entitled “Weeds and Wild Flowers.” His vacations were occupied by pedestrian tours through England and Scotland and a jaunt on horseback over a great part of France. But he was always a man of fashion, and while figuring among his equals, or those who deemed themselves such, the sumptuous fellow commoner of Trinity Hall contrived to make driving his own horses and other juvenile eccentricities compatible with in- tellectual pursuits. LORD LYTTON’S CAREER AS A NOVELLIST. The remarkable career of Lord Lytton as a poet and novelist began nearly fifty years ago. %n 1827 he published a poem called “O'Neill, or the Rebel,” and in the same year his first novel, “Falkland,” ap- peared anonymously. In 1828 “Pelham” was pub- lished, and, notwithstanding its originality and power, was very adversely criticised in many quarters. Almost every year thereafter he gave the world some new literary work. But, notwith- standing the difference of opinion among the critics as to the merits of his second novel, for which at first there was some difficulty in finding a publisher, it was generally admitted that the author was a man of no ordinary powers. When “Pelham’ had been followed by “The Disowned,” “Devereux,” “Paul Clifford” and “Eugene Aram,” Bulwer wisely called a halt in his career as a novelist, and, for a time, ap- peared before the public as editor of the New Monthly Magazine. To that periodical he con- tributed a series ef papers, which have since been published in a collected form, and entitled ‘The Student.” The reason he assigned for becoming editor was peculiar, At least he 18 reported to have said that. he merely did so to show thata gentleman might occupy sucha position. While exercising editorial functions he was engaged with his ‘“ngland and the English,’? which was pub- lished in 1833. After having stood the brunt of the abuse whick this clever and caustic anatomy of the national character brought upon him, Bulwer broke ground with his romance, “The Last Days of Pompeii,” which was followed, as tine passed on, by “Rienzi,” “Leila, or the Siege of Granada,’ “Calderon, the Courtier,” ‘Night and Morning,” “Day and Night,’ “The Last of the Barons,” “Zanoni,’’ “Harold,” “The Caxtons,’’ “My Novel or Varieties in English Life,” “What Will He Do With Ity’’ and ‘‘A Strange Story.” LORD LYTTON AS A PORT AND DRAMATIST. Large as was Lord Lytton's harvest in the field ef fiction, the wider expanse of poetry and the draina Was net left ungleaned. His first play, e Ducness de la Valiere,” failed, but ‘Richelieu, “Money” and “The Lady of Lyons’? were, on tie other hand, remarkably successful. In 1842 “Eva, the Ill-Omened Marriage,” with other tales and poems from his n, appeared, and at a later period the ‘New Timer” and “King Arthur,” two clever poems, were published anonymously, Upon “King Arthur’ Bulwer had expended m thought and laber; and when hia identity with author of these poems was 80 generally insisted en that he felt there was no choice between the indis- cretion of frank avewal and the effrontery of flat denial he wrote :—‘d believed, whether truly or er- roneously, that my experiment wouid have a fairer chance of justice if it could be regarded without ersonal reference to the author; and, at all events, it was clear that I myself could the better jadge how tar the cxperiment had failed or succeeded when treed from the partial kindness of these dis- posed to overrate, or the predetermined censure of those accustomed to despise, my former labors. Whatever influence of good or ill my formal aie tion of these ioundlings may have upon thei fature career, like otner adventurers they must, therefore, take their chance in the crowd, happy if they can ee their father's foes, yet retain his friends, and, irrespective of either, sure to be judged at last according to their own deserts.” ‘This poem, remodelled, 80 as to be in fact an en- tirely new production, was the last literary work ot hus lifetime. When the Guild of Literature and Art was formed Bulwer wrote for its benefit a drama, entitied “Not so Bad as we Seem,” which has freqnently been acted by the amateur com- fang A of which Mr. Dickens was the chief, as also y protessional performers; and he, moreover, manifested his strong sympathy with the trials of those not so highly favored by fortune as himself oy cy a ha from his domain a site for a hos- pital for decayed artists and men of letters, THE CONTROVERSIES ABOUT LORD LYTTON'S LITE- RARY MERITS. The literary merits of no writer of modern fiction were more flercely attacked or more warmly de- fended than those of Lord Lytton. He by turns filustrated fashionable life, chivalry and perk tried the dramatic, the didactic apa narrative style of novel, and it is worthy of remark that his latest novels were his best, most truthful in spirit and most healthy in moral tone, ‘*Falkland’* was in every way reprehensible. In “Pe}ham” violations of social and moral obligations are spoken of as matters of course and exalted and beautified by the highest coloring of sentiment. “the Dis- owned” displayed more power and a loftier elo- quence, Always a hard worker, the character of his Works grew better as he advanced in years, and in the iatter part of his life the Lendon Times summed up his character in the following pregnant septences:—‘‘He has delighted a whole generation by the novelty, variety, ingenuity and grotesqueness of is inven- tion, ie has an unlimited command of ail the characters of common life; a dandy, a high- wayman, @ scholar, 2 swindler or a Jesuit, all low from his magical pen with equal fidelity and facil- ity; he has ransacked history and culled all the choicest fewers of fiction; he is a political writer of great vigor, a poet of some merit and originul- ity, and has won such laureis as a translator hope to attain, He is, besides all this, a bri! debater, and illustrates the dry debates of po! with @ profusion of epigram and antithesis to which no other can lay claim. A liberal in his youth, a conservative in his riper years, he has seen both sides of the shield, and knows which is silver and which is golden, He has ransacked ancient times jor fresh subjects for his genius, and revived the picture of the corrupt Empire of Kome, with its Wit, its «lissolutencss and Inxury, at least as vividly as any modern painter of ancient manners. Such a man comes armed at all points, and there should seem to be no subject on which he could be taken at a disadvantage.” LORD LYTTON'’S DOMESTIC INFELICITIES. Lord Lytton’s married lie, like that of seteral of | his illustrious compeers in literature, was rendered unhappy by the disturbing influence which is pret- Uly termed the incompatibility of hushand and wife in every case where the pane are of high station. He was married in 1827, when his literary Ie had just been tinted with the first flush of appreciation, She whom he selected for a wife was aiso known in literature. The interest excited by the union of two such gifted persons was much enhanced by @ morbid sentiment, caused by the knowledge extant that both of them were in deli- cate hei The description of them written at the time by “L. E, L.” (Letitia E. Landon) increased this sentiment. Lord Lytton was described as “pale and ee eee ae bride was depictea as sur- passingly lovely. And there came to many who read tis an entranci vision of two beautiful beings gliding through life, reluctant to leave the light. of each other’s presence, and made almost unaware of the proach of death by the love that possessed them. tas time passed and the weak couple grew in strength, wuiar interest in them, except as author and anthoress, departed, and was oniy revived by the story of their separa- tion, \8it Bdward had lost hia “pale and fascinat- jug” appearence, and the tender tine of Lady Lytton's checks, that had been describea at her marriage as “like rose leaves crushed on Hage A ‘| had spread over her countenance and given her the florid complexion of a healthy matron, when, in 1836, that event was announced. The atten- tion that was thus called to the life of the mntel- lectual couple was short-lived, Lord Lytton settled on his wife an annuity of £400, and she retired to privacy while he continued to tread the silppery ways of politics, Soon Lady Lytton found that her expenses could not be met with her income, and as her husband advanced in worldly prosperity she began to utter complaints, to which he gave no attention, Becoming angered at this indiderence toward what she deemed her sufferin.s, she began to use her pen against him publicly, and she issued | several novels and pamphlets, wherein he was depicted in any but pieeeng colors, This course was continued for years, but its lack of etfect toward her desired object urged her to adopt dif- ferent tactics. im the Spring of 1858 Lord Lytton became a Cabinet Minister, and his seat {n Parlia- ment ,for Hertfordshire becoming vacant, it | was cessary for him, in accordance with custom, to meet his constituents there in order to be rechosen, Lady Lytton, then residing in Taunton, Somerset, hearing of his intention, determined to confront him before his supporters, charge him with his crueity to her, and thus defcat his re-election, She circulated hand- | bills announcing her intention, and thus gave his friends SOLE Na BIE, to defeat her in it, She ar- rived ertford’ early on the morning of the ce Having asked at what time the hustings e place she was told at twelve o'clock, intee proper time was eleven o’clock, This will | Cal¢@ation was given to her by her husband's c it} WHO Wished to avoid a scandal. | Conse- «| Willer Ladyship did not reach the hustings til’ he slection was over and Lord Lytton was just lost aegis speech with a fervent tribute of admi- ratio the womanly beauty exhibited in the car- riage. .bout his stand. Advancing toward him she caugut His Lordsnip’s eye. He immediately left his station and went to the house of a friend, As he disappeared she cried out “Coward!’? and, turning to the people, for fiiteen minutes rehearsed her suiferings on account of his action. This circumstance was unpleasant in its conse- quences to herself. it engendered a belief that she had become insane; and so, shortly after the inci- dent, she was conveyed to a private asylum for the insane, at the instance of her husband, acting under the advice of physicians. It may be that Lord Lytton was deceived by these doctors as to the state of Her Ladyship’s mind. It is charitable to believe that he was so deceived, and, as he acted almost entirely under the direction of his solicitor, there is some basis for the belief. Tne incarceration of the lady excited much indignation among her friends in Taunten, who were sure of her sanity, and a great aegree of interest through- out the Kingdom. An investigation of her mental state was immediately made, and, having been pronounced periectly sane, she was allowed to reside with her son, LORD LYTTON IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Lord Lytton’s name underwent two transmuta- tions. In 1844, having succeeded to the estate of his mother, he exchanged by royal license his s| name of Bulwer for that of Lytton. He was created @ baronet in 1838, and in 1866 he was gazetted Baron Lytton. These honors were as much politi- cal as literary distinctions, tor he began his politi- cal career very early and it continued almost to the end of his life. In 1831 he entered the House of Commons as member for the boreugh of St. Ives, and immediately took a place among the ranks of the reformers. In 1882 he was elected by the city of Linogin, which he continued to represent until 1841, twithstanding the fact that he acquired, throl all these years, very little parliamentary influéuce. In 1841 he was a candidate for the borough of Lincoln, but was defeated by the'con- servative candidate, and he was again beaten in 1847. He, however, re-entered Parlia- ment as a member jor the county of Herts, in the general election of 1852, as a supporter of the Earl of Derby, and distinguished himself by his opposition speeches. As an orator he was pol- ished in his speeches but not in his speech. Nature, | 80 bountiful to him in other oratorical gifts, denied him the faculty of distinct utterance. A letter writer, speaking of this defect, said:—“Whether the defect be one of palate or tongue or lips it would not be easy to Say; but those who have sat opposite to him at yarns dinners, when he has harangued large audiences, have found it impossi- ble to follow him throughout, although sitting in front of him at a distance of Only five or six feet. To listen to Bulwer Lytton is therefore one of the most tantalizing of oratorical enjoyments, All that is heard sharpens the zest to hear more, Of so carefully considered and highly ele- vated an oration you would not willingly miss one word. In moments of vexation, in which admiration is largely intermingled, you ask yourself whether a Demosthenic regiment of pebbles and seashore ought not to have been pre- scribed for the young politician.” He had other personal misfortunes, among them deafness, stitf- ness of the joints and a crook in the back. In spite of all thesé drawbacks, however, he was eminently successful, the secret of his success lying in his resolution and labor. Heseems to have adopted as a@ motto the energetic declaration of one of his dramatic characters, “There is no such werd as fail!” ‘He will never be a dramiatist,” said his de- tractors, when his first play was produced, It had cost him @far jonger period of toil than that fort- night which suificed to begin and finish the most skilful and pathetic of all modern tal comedies—the “Lady of Lyons.” surpassed even Sheridan’s “School for Scan- dal” in its first “run.” His popular- ity presently eclipsed every precedent. “He will never figure as a politician,” men claimed, when he first hazarded himself in that ca- pacity. Yet he soon played a distinguished part in the House of Commons. “He will never be a ere it was said, when he first entered the House of Commons. He shortly afterwards de- cided the House on @ memorable occasion and on a vital question bs @ Speech which electrified all who heard it. Edinburgh will not easily forget that in 1854, nor Glasgow that in 1857, it was le whose accents made their crowded academic halls vibrate to eloquence at once the most ornate and the most impassiened with which they had ever echoed, THE CLOSE OF LORD LYTTON’S CAREER. Even up to the close of his life Lord Lytton never tired of work. His literary labors would have con- tinued for years to come if his lite had lasted. But within the last few years he took less interest in politics than formerly. In June, 1868, he became a member of the Derby Cabinet as the successor of Lord Stanley in the office of Secretary of State for the Colonies, He was, before and afterwards, a supporter of the Earl, and won, by party service, Le ety be with which he was gifted, and which he doubtless, in some measure, owed to the patron- age of his leader. His political reputation, how- ever, is not as lasting as his literary fame; for while he occupies a lower place in fiction than either Thackeray or Dickens, he showed more ver- satility than either of them, and his works wil not cease to be admired while sentiment continues to charm. His son, Mr. Robert Lytton, better known as “Owen Meredith,” the author of “Lucille,” suc- ceeds to his title and estates. Samuel R. Graves. Samuel Robert Graves, member of the British Parliament for Liverpool, died in that town yester- day morning. He was taken from life suddenly, in the fifty-fifth year of his age. Mr. Graves was born in the year 1818. He was the second son of the late William Graves, J. P., by Sarah, daughter of the late Samuel Elly, Esq., of New Ross, Ireland. He was educated at a private school in New Ross, and, in the year 1848, married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Haughton, Esq., of county Carlow. He applied himself to study at an early age and subse- quently to commerce, and was very successtul in his operations in trade. He became an extensive British merchant and shipowner, and was a director of the London and Manchester Kai)way Company. He was author of a book entitied “National Dan- yl and of the brothare “A Cruise in the Baltic.”’ t.Graves was Commodore of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club in the year 1870, He was elected Mayor of Liverpool in the year 1861, and was also ap- pointed member of a royal commission to inquire inte the management of lights, buoys and beacons, He was returned to Parliament for Liverpool, first, in the month of July, 1865, and re-elected by the constituency in November, 1868. On this latest oc- casion he polled 16,766 votes. In politics he was a liberal conservative, EPIZOOTY REDIVIVUS, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis Attacking the Horses. The ill-fated quadrupeds that labor so well for man are not yet destined to perfect health. Whether as a consequence of the fatal epizooty or not the disease known as cerebro-spinal meningitis has seized upon several horses. A large number of the animais have been observed to drop sud- deniy beneath the yoke and undergo symptoms nut unlike those of apoplexy. The car compames don’t seem to have witnessed anything of ft yet, but several truck horses have been stricken, so that it was thought better to shoot them than to let them suffer such intense agony to no purpose, THE EPIZOOTY IN NEVADA. Virginia Cry, Nev., Jan. 17, 1873. The epizooty is reported to-day as having ap- peared at Eiko and among the horses of the stage lines from Palisade to Eureka and Hamilton, from Minera! Hill to Eureka. On the latter line twenty seven horses are affected. No deaths have yor occurred, THE HATTERAS AND A LEAP PROM THE To THe EpiTOR OF THE HERALD: — In your editorial article of the 16th instant, headed “A Leaf From the Past About Naval Ships,” although pointing out very adroitly seme of the inherent defects in iron vessels, that they were lable to foul or to become, when not heavily plated, easily destroyed, @ mistake was made in stating that the commander of the Hatte: in his report, said “the Alabama was comparatively unharmed.” ‘The rebel account stated that she was damaged to the amount of roche id, Fifteen planks were removed and tt took thirteen days for the repairs. | it was with great dimcuty that her pumps could keep her afio ‘aptain Semmes almost despair- ing of Lines to make port. Captain Semmes ‘was amazed at the audacity of the commander of the Hatteras, with such @ mere shell of @ vesse), giving him battle. Yours, &c., y MARTIN KALBFLEISCH. ——_——— The Ex-Mayor of Brooklyn at the Point of Death. Martin Kalbfeisch, ex-Mayor of Brooklyn, who laid in extremis at the point of death at midnight last night, has filled a very important part in the history of the county o1 Kings and the city of Brook- lyn during the past twenty-four years. He has dis- charged the duties of very many and high trusts from, that of Supervisor of the town of Bushwick to that of Mayor of Brook lyn and member of Congress and gained the esteem of the community and of a circle of friends which is almost of national extent by his firmness, probity, honor and honesty. He has been a pru- dent and industrious man, Although almost con- | stantly engaged by the necessities of public life, he found time to attend carefully, during along period, to a large and rapidly extending business, which developed into an immense manu- facturing establishment, This was managed with skill and judgment, so that the veteran citizen of Kings became a very wealthy man, and has con- tinued so. He was blessed by nature with a vigor- ous constitution, but during the past few years his health began to fail, and he has alled and recoy- ered at intervals, but not to any very serious ex- tent, for some time prior to the advent of the assault of disease which has almost terminated— probably has terminated—his earthly career, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. Martin Kalbfeisch was born in the Netherlands, at Flushing, on the sth of February, in the year 1804. He was sent to school at an early age, and received @ thorough, solid, useful education in his native town. His mind was of an enterprising turn; the local surroundings oid-fashioned and dull. vation or exercise of his commercial genius. Consequently he determined to go abroad. In the year 1822 young Kalbfeisch embarked for’Pa- dang, on the coast of Sumatra, in an American vessel, the Ellen Douglass, of Salem, Mass. On, ar- riving at Padang he found the Asiatic cholera raging and therefore re-embarked for Antwerp, where the vessel was sold, and, at the request of the captain, an American, accompaniad him to France, where they engaged in commercial operations together, for tour years. During this period his inclina- tions ied him to look upon the United States as his mture heme, and, accordingly, in 1826, he car- ried the project into execution, Upon his arrival he found himself obliged to accept of any em- ployment that offered, until 1836, when, hav- ing accumulated sufictent means, he was enabled to establish a color manufactory at Har- lem, where he then resided. The high prices at that time paid for property induced him to sell his place and locate in Connecticut. This move, now- ever, proving unsuccessful, he was induced to re- turn to the environs of New York, and finally de- termined to locate at Greenpoint, Long Island, as offering the best facilities for the prosecution of his business. Te settled there in 1841, His family be- ing numerous, he found the want of a schoolhouse to be a serious drawback, and immediately applied himself to remedying the want. He organized the district (comprising all of Greenpoint up to the line of Remsen street), got the use of an old school- house near the Bushwick church, repaired it, and obtained the services of a teacher, Mr. Norman An- drews. He soon had the satisfaction of seeing a new school erected at Greenpoint. As Mr. Kalbfleisch’s business expanded the want of room compelled him, about twenty years since, to remove his factory to its present location, between Met- ropolitan and Grand avenues, Brooklyn. For many years he has made the manufacture of acids a specialty and has continually in- creased the extent of his works until they now embrace several acres, and are the most extensive of the sort in Ameri The business—conducted for some years under the firm style of M. Kalb- fleisch & Sons—some years since | pen into the hands of the latter—under the m style of M. Kalbfleisch's Sons- Kalbfleis having amassed suflicient fortune to enable him to retire. He has always taken a lively inter- est in polities, and, although for many years ahard worker in the democratic ranks, did not aspire to office. Circumstances, however, made him, in 1851, a candidate for the Snpervisorship of the old town of Bushwick, to which office he was elected, and which he heid until the town was con- solidated with the cities of Brooklyn and William burg. In 1863 he was appointed one of the Co: missioners to draw up a charter for the proposed consolidation of the cities of Brooklyn and Wil- liamsburg, and acted as President of the Board. In 1854 he became the democratic candidate forjMayor of the consolidated city, but was defeated by George Hall. In 1855 he was elected Alderman of the Eighteenth (Brooklyn) ward, and served in that capacity until May, 1861, when he became Mayor of the city. He served three years as Presi- dent of the Board of Aldermen, and at the last time he was elected Alderman received all the votes but one cast in his ward for that effice. In 1862 Mr. Kalbfleisch was elected a Representative to Con- gress from his district, and in 1867 was re-elected Mayor of Brooklyn, In the year 1869 he was again nominated by his party, and ran against William Mayo Little, who was the republican candidate. He came out of the contest about seven thousand votes ahead of the Street Commissioner on the same ticket with bim- self, and received 5,000 more votes than any ether democratic candidate. In his last term ef ofice he ave great'satisfaction to the taxpayers of the city, but as his administration led toa desperate strug- gle between himself and the Brooklyn Ring, growing out of the extravagant expenditures, to which he was resolutely opposed, and more par- ticularly his determined opposition to the new Hempstead reservoir, when his term of oflice ex- faved his party set him aside, and, running on an independent ticket, with Samuel Booth as the re- publican and the big ra incumbent of the Mayer- alty, S. 5. Powell, as the democratic candidate, he was defeated. His defeat, It was said, was due to the fact that he came late into the fleld, hesitating somewhat about de- claring himselfas an independent candidate, and thus encouraging the republicans to hope that the division would enable them to run in their man be- tween the two democratic contestants. At the close of this campaign Mr. Kalbficisch retired to private life, taking care of his exten- sive pecuniary interests, but at the same time keeping a sharp eye, as usual, upon public af- fairs. Previous to the recent State election his name was mentioned for Gevernor as candidate of the democratic party, but his old-time ore. nents in Brooklyn would not hear of this, and his name was not brought before the Convention. At the Jast election a large number of his fellow citi- zens of the Eighteenth ward of Brooklyn urged him to allow the use of his name for the Aldermanship of the ward. To this he gave his consent, but a dread of having him in the Common Council to oppose his old foes was 80 great that everything was done to defeat him, and as his years were so far advanced as to pre-* vent a vigorous campaign on his own part he dia not succeed, and he has lived iu a sort of easy, Pad watchful, retirement since. Mr. Kalbfeisch has been a genial companion in private life, and his presence on the grounds of the Jerome Park race course has been always hailed with joy by his many friends among the active patrons of the American turf. CUBAN SLAVERY. Sd HS aL Indignation of New York Spaniards Over Secretary Fish’s Diplomatic Core respondence—Their Furious Telegram to Madrid. The principal Spanish merctants and influential Spanish residents in this city are greatly excer cised on the subject of the diplomatic correspond- ence, lately published in the Henkatp, whien has taken place between Secretary Fish and General Sickles, Minister at the Court of Madrid, in which Mr. Fish demands of the Spanish government the abolition of slavery in Cuba and Porto Kiivo. To reassure the Spanish government on the subject the following telegram has been sent to Madrid by Spanish residents of New York, several of whom, it muy be remarked, have taken ou! their naturalization papers, and are now citizeus of the United States. The following is the text of the telegram, which was sent on the 15th instant :— To His Excellency the MaRQuiIs OF MANZANEDO, Madrid :— We, the undermentioned subscribers, have re- solved to send you the following communication, which you are authorized to use in any manner that you may think fit:— To THe We, resident Spaniards of New York, feel indignant at the grave offence committed agai Ish sovercignty and independence and the jniogrity our country by the official communication of My. Fish to Mr, Sickles, under date of 20th of last Octoler, protest Most stronily against the interference of any’ /oreign Power in maiters of Spanish rule. We believe also that the captious pretexts employed by Mr. Fish spatch do not represent the teclings or sentit mertcan people, who cannot fail to look upon most pernicious for the mercantile and moral 1, Cuba and Porto Rico. He found no home opportunity for the culti- | Carlos Marte, Juan M. Ceballos Pedro Ceballos, M. Echeverria & (0. J. A. Pesant, Felictane Latuse Ramon L, del Vaiado, Felix Miranda, Juan G. Posada, uan Ruiz, Enrique Gutierez, Jose F. Navarro, Ramon Palanca, A. Luricaldy, J. Bensusan, R. Herques, R. V. de Flores, A. Trava, Emilio Buch, Arturo Ccyas, Francisco Liadé, a R, Ferrer, ‘redro 80 in Janer, Onotre Miranda, res Moreti, in Mirand) re Cerven’, inten Garreta, Luis Solano, Ceferino Alva Tonquin Liera, Fi Ei J.J, Almirail, perio, 1 F. Auja, Francisco Garcia, Sout Garcia y Garcia, Pedro Calvet and others. \ It may here be remarked that the majority of the signers above given are under the belief and appre- hension that Samana is to be teed by the Cuban patriots to a great extent for the equipment of fili- bustering expeditions, OUR TRADE WITH CANADA. (Bote Bee a A An Important Meeting of the Dominion Board of Trade—A Broad View of the Commercial Relations with the United Stater—Steps Proposed for a Now Commercial Treaty—Sneeches by Members of the American and Canadian Boards, Orrawa, Jan, 18, 1873, At a meeting of the Dominion Board of Trade yesterday Mr. Hamilton Hill, of Boston, Secretary of the National Board of Trade of the United States, and Mr, Henderson, the British Consul at Boston, were admitted to seats. SIR JOHN YOUNG'S RESOLUTION. Respecting reciprocity with the United States, Hon, JouN YouNG moved the tollowing resolu- tion:— Whereas the National Board of Trade of t ‘ited States, both ala meeting held at St. Louis and lately in New York, resolved to exert its legitimate © in- fluence to promote a measure — for Feriproont trade with the Dominion of Canada on a broad, comprehenst and liberal baris; and whereas the Executive Council of that Board were instructed to me- morualize Congress in favor of the appointment of @ com: mission to act in conjunction with the State Department to negotiate such a treaty; and whereas, it is the opinion of this Board that more extended commercial relations with the United States would be highly advantageous to Doth countries; therefore Resolved, That the Executive Council be instructed to memoralize the government in favor of the appgintinent of a commission to act with that of the United States, if it should be named, or to take such other means aa Will best respond to any action on their part to carry out the treaty of reciprocal trade with the United States. Mr. Youna proceeded to say that every effort made by this country to cultivate good commer- | clal relations with the United States had been cordially responded to by the goverment of that country. He gave a history of the mannerin which these negotiations had been begun and completed. He believed that ali relaxation of past restrictions had been of great advantage to both countries. Unfortunately the Treaty of 1354 was abrogated in 1865. But two years ago, on an invitation from Boston, several of our merchants went to that city and hada conference with the United States Na- tional Board of Trade, ‘the conference was @ pleasant one and resulted in showing a strong dis- position to meet the Canadians on the tanieoe the same feeling was manifested lust year at the conference with the National Board of Trade held at St. Lows; though there was some ditrerence of opinion as to what the treaty should be, there was No difference ’as to the DESIRABILITY OF RESTORING THE TREATY. The same spirit prevailed again in the National Board which met in New York this year. Lf there were to be a new treaty many things would have to be considered, « If the registration in the United States of Canadian built ships could be secured it would be a great boon, Moreover, though we ad- mitted American vessels to our canals, our vessels were still excluded from American canals. Again, while the Washington treaty granted the free navigation of the St. Lawrence forever to the United States, Lake Michigan was only made: free by that treaty tor ten years, He was the first person who had ever sent a vessel trom Montreal to Chicago, and that vessel was seized, though, he had previously not been aware that} the Lake was not free to us. She was, however, subsequently released by Secretary Walker upon representation being made that there were no differential duties in Canada against American vessels or goods, This was a very im- portant thing, because most of the cargoes which reach Montreal trom the West came from Lake Michigan. He concluded by saying that he thought it was to the honor of Canada that an enlightened sense of self-interest had prevented her, notwith- standing the report of the reciprocity treaty, from making any change in the terms on Which she re- ceived American produce. The single alteration made in our fiscal system was the Imposition of duty on the export of sawlogs. A VOICE FROM THE LOWER PROVINCES. Mr. ‘DEVEBER, Of St. John, N. B., in seconding the resolution thought the sympathies of the Lower Provinces, where he came from, were the same as here. hey desired to be a shipping country, to have free traae in shipbuilding and in the coasting trade. In the matter of lumber we sent to the United Kingdom, the United States and Southern countries in 1865 $2,399,014 worth, and in 1873 201,268 worth, ‘The details of this statistical nt went to show that since reciprocity was. suspended our trade in lumber with the United States lad nearly doubled, while that with Great Britain had rather diminished. The lumber trade, he believed, indicated the state of trade in other articles, 80 that, however desirable reciprocity might be, we were independent of it. He would with pleasure second the resolutions. REMARKS OF MR. HAWLEY, OF DETROIT. Mr. HAWLEY, of Detroit, thanked the Board for the kind manner in which he and other represen- tatives of the American Board had been received, expressing at the same time his regret that the President of the National Board of Trade of the United States could not be ‘present. He had re- ceived, however, a letter from that gentleman te: tifying his sympathy with the subject of recipre free trade with Canada, and saying that he had already mee ie the subject under the notice of the President.and Secretary of State. Mr. Hawley then alluded to the resolutions; to the feeling of the National Board of Trade of the United States at New York, and to the subsequent expressions of the local boards of trade. All of these were favorable to the renewal of the treaty. He also mentioned the desire in the United States for the enlargement of the Canadian canals and the admisston of Americans to use them. He re- ferred particularly to the Caughnawauga Canal as a thing in which Americans took the great- est possible interest. He also declared that the sentiments of Governor Dix, com- municated to the Legislature of the state of New York, met with large response generally in the United States. After alluding to the increasing number of bridges and tunnels be- tween the two countries he said these things evi- dently pointed to the necessity of increasing the commercial intercourse between the two coun- tries, He concluded by & renewed expression of ener and compliments to the Dominion Board of ‘ade. During the course of his remarks he also men- tioned with honor Mr. Gerrit Smith, as a great promoter of reciprocal trade. HAMILTON HILL, OF BOSTON. Mr. HAMILTON HILL, of Boston. spoke in a simi- lar sense. In the cuurse of his remarks he said it Was true that the trade between the twe countries had not fallen of, which might be said to be a rea- son against a change. But, he asked, if this had been the case without a treaty, what would have been the result if the trade had been free ? Mr. HENDERSON, of Boston, alsoreturned thanks, A BROADER VIEW BY MR. WILKES. Mr. WILKgs, of Toronto, spoke in tavor of a reso- a lution favoring the reciprocity treaty, and inted out that since the repeal of the treaty the con- dition of the international trade had very much changed, and not in a direetion supposed to be favorable to the United States. During the exist- ence of the treaty he said the exports to Canada from the United States were largely in excess of the imports from Canada. Since that time the exports from Canada had ereey exceeded the iports from the United States. He concluded by saying that in case of a new treaty being adopted Canadians would not object to include in the list of reciprocally free goods many articles of manu- facture, such as boots and shoes, sewing machines, cloth, musical instruments, &c. Mr. Wilkes’ resolution was adopted, MURDER OF A SOLDIER. Mysterious Death a Mutilation of One of Uncle Sam’s Boys in Blue. Newronrr, R. L., Jan, 18, 1873, arly this morning this over-quiet city was alarmed by the report that a soldier had been murdered on the road leading to Fort Adams. An officer was immediately despatched to the spot, who found the murdered soldier lying flat upon his back ina gully py the road side, cold and stiff in death’s embrace and bearing marks of violence. A coroner was sent jor, and upon his arrival the body was uncovered. It preg sented a most sickening sight. The clothes were badly torn, « sieeve missing, and pantaloons pocket turned inside ont; the neck bore a scratch or two, as if from @ choking, while the right side of the head, between the car and eye, was badly bruised. An examination of the clothing was made, but notking but a few worthless trifles were found.. The deceased, whose name is William H, Harrison, is about twenty-five years old, a member of Bat~ tery A, fifth Artillery, who ealisted in New York last Fali and was brought to Fort Adams. Friday the men were _ off, and a number of them came to Newport. The streets were Rites Eee last evening and the police had their hands fail, Harrison 18 supposed to have been tn several drunken fights between some of the boys in bive, which took place near the gas house, This may have led to a future fracas on the dismal road, and& the absence of money from his pocket has a look of robbery. He had about seventy dollars when he leit the fort. He may perchance have spent his funds, and, being knocked senseless to the earth, have died fi drunkenness and the long ex- posnre. The affair has caused a good deal of excitement in this city, and is decidediy mysterious as it now atends. Opinions seem divided as to whether it is merely death from liquor and simple assault or aright murder for the purpose of piunder. The er’s inquest wiil be held on Sunday, when } Co | fomethiag more definite wiil be ascertained. RAILROAD ACCIDENT. CINCINNATI, Jan. 18, 1873. An Eastern bound passenger train on the Toledo, | Wabash and Western Ralflroad ran off the track near Antwerp, 6., on Puss night, severely in. Juring the conductor and faval Maye vide injuring @ b1 man. , ‘ Annmber of the passengers were considerably bruised,