The New York Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1875, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBE!: 10, 1 POLITICAL WISDOM. The Sphinx Speaks and Exposes a Pro- found Knowledge of Statecraft. The Late Republican State Convention. Diverse Views of President Grant and of a Prominent Republican Politician. Loxg Braxcn, Sept. 9, 1875. In conversation with some gentlemen to-day Presi- dent Grant spoke freely on the subject of the New York Republican Stato Convention. He expressed the | eonviction that tho action of the Convention had been | controlled by an earnest desire to redeem the Stato | from the hands of the democracy, and the hope that the desiro would not be disappointed. The New York Politicians, he said, bad now arrived at the conclusion which he had reached a year ago—namely, that the Burest way of defeating the opposition was to strengthen the republican. party by drawing back into its ranks the men who had left them in consequence of the local quar- rels of the leaders, The liberals, as they now call them- selves, whatever their strength may be, are just so many votes lost to the republican party if they remain | passive, while, if they vote with the democracy, their Bumber counts doubly against republicanism. The plattorm and the ticket, in the opinion of the Prosident, have both been formed for the purpose of coneihat- mg Mr, Fenton and his followers; and, if they accomplish this end they may benoft the party, provided no great number be driven off through tho Row combination, “Last year,” said the President, in substance, “I was assured by prominent leaders in New York that bya reunion with Mr, Fenton and his faction the republican party would lose more votes than it would gam. I presume this opinion has been aban- doned, and I hope wisely.” 18 THE THIRD TERM DEAD? While President Grant avoided any direct allusion to the “third term’ plank in the New York platform, and while the gentlemen with whom he conversed hesitated to bring it to his notice, he made certain significant re- marks which were evidently intended to refer to the eighth declaration of the platform. He regretted, he said, the practice that had grown up of making declara- tions of national policy and settling national issues in Biate conventions, The people of a State, and expe- cially of such a State as New York, have local matters of vast importance to occupy their attent:on. They are deeply interested in securing a wise and prudent State policy and an honest, economical and capable State government, When political parties con- fine themselves, in their local contests, to the trial of local issues they enable the people to vote intelli- gently on matters that directly concern their welfare and happiness, and thus promote good government. “Besides,” said the President, “only a slight degree ot importance can attach to any declaration on national issues that may be made by aBtate convention. It may Dave its influence on other States, it is trae, and this influence will be greater or less in proportion to the political importance of the pronouncing State; or the concurrence of a large number of State conventions on ‘given nationap issue may be accepted as an indication of the policy to which a majority of the States may in- aiine, But national questions can only be properly tettled by a national convention, aftera mature con- sideration of the views of every State, A republican convention in an Eastern State may declare in favor of ® high tariff, whilo a republican convention in a Western Stato may advocate free trade, One State convention may be much mote outspoken on the financial issue than another. When the national convention of the party assembles It does not study what platform may be expedient in this State and what in that, It considers tho condi- tion and studies the sentiments of- the entire nation, and acts with tho best judgment for the good of tho whole country.” Tho President's remarks were evi- dently intended to cover the “third term” plank in the Saratoga platform, and are in harmony with his letier which claimed for the majority the sole right to decide | whether thoy would, or would not, confer a third nom- ination on a President who had served for two terms. WHAT I8 THOUGHT OF THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, In a conversation with a prominent republican politi- cian from New York, to-day, some views were clicited in reference to the Saratoga nominations, which, from the representative character of the gentleman who ex- presses them, are entitled to consideration. “The most striking feature of the whole Convention,” said the speaker, ‘4s its anti-administration character, both as to its organization, its speakers, its platform and its candidates. It was a conven- tion without Roscoe Conkling, which is equiva- Jont to saying that it was against Grant and his officcholders and his third term aspirations, if he really has any, which I doubt. It was evidently run | in its inside machinery by that smart little political Hessian, Jemmy Husted, of Westchester. It is very | well known that Husted is venomous against Grant be- | tause of his failure to induce the President to make a change in the federal offices in New York after the ad- journment of the New York State Legislature of 1874, and togive him the Custom House, Husted labored hard 4o convince the President that the young and active re- publicans in the State ought to be put to the front and that the federal offices in the hands of their present in- cumbents aro of no value whatever to the administra- tion or the party. Husted claimed to be backed by Governor Morgan and George Oplyke. He certainly ‘was backed by Senator Robertson, of West- thester; ex-Public Works Commissioner Georgo Van Nort, . tho Etening Post people, and a numer of smaller fry. Grant refused to Focognize his claims, and then Husted fell back on the office of Surveyor of the Port and begged for that in place of Addison Laflin, whose term was about to ex- pire. This was also refused to him, and Mr. Lafin was paid the compliment of a reappointment, This is the secret of Husted’s bitterness against Grant, and, as | J bave said, Husted was clearly the manipulator of the Saratoga Convention. We next find Governor Morgan cailing the Convention to order, This was a matter of course, as the ex-Govervor is the Chairman of the State General Committee. But it certainly looks as if the Convention were in truth a Morgan Convention, as opposed both to Grant and Conkling. Morgan used Husted to run the Convention machinery, but he con- | troiled the direction in which it moved. He named tor | temporary Chairman Alonzo B. Cornell, THE RESUSCITATION OF EX-SPRAKER CORNELL, “Now everybody knows that the Conkling party in New York, and the President himself, are not on | Ariendly terms with Cornell. Alonzo and they are out. | When Speaker of the Assembly Cornell snubbed little | Johnny Davenport, District Attorney Bliss ond all the funky crowd, and positively refused to promote the ob- Jects they had ia view in reference to the New York | city charter, Recently the Conklingites have been busily spreading the report that, in consequence of his | serious financial embarrassments, Cornell had entirely | stepped out of politics and would be heard of no more. Now he comes suddenly to the front, handed forward | by Governor Morgan, who has money enough to do as | he pleases, and who expects that the nomination | for President may yet fall into his mouth, in | which event he calculates to run A. B. Cornell for Goy- | twoor next year, After Mr. Cornell we find the perma. ment chairmanship of the Convention bestowed on Seorgo W. Curtis, Mr, Husted having been chairman of Vhe Committee on Permanent Organization, Mr, Curtis, itis well known, has expressod a lack of aho sincerity of the professions of General Grant's ad- | Dinistration in the direction of civil service reform, | and, as far as his mild, non-committal principles will | adinit, has pronounced the corruptions of office-holders #5 dangerous to the permanency ot republican govern- | ment, On the ticket we have Frederick W. Sewar passive sort of young man, buta warm friend of Gov. wor Morgan and by no means an enthusiastic admirer of Grant or Conkling; ex-Treasurer Spinner, who is just dow very soreheaded against the administration; General Merritt, who has done nothing for years but | denounce President Grant, Senator Conkling and ah; | PMicial corruptionits; Georse F, Danforth, who was supported by all tho anti<irant men in the Convention’; 0. II. P, Cornel, a brother of tho ex-Speaker, and, of course, ® aAupporier of the Morgan and Cornell move- monty W. T. Tinsicy, a republican editor, who has op- l ; This I | inst., at two o'clock P.M., for the purpose of nominat- | leaders of the crusade in Brooklyn nfidence in | x meu ae madian posed the third term polley, and the Rev. Benoni Ives, about whose principles | know nothing, Thas much for the ticket. The speeches and the resolutions speak for themselves, The State General Committes is also Morgan all over, In short, the Convention, the ticket and the platform all tend in one direetion—against the present administration and its supporters, and in favor of anew deal, with Morgan and Cornell to the front,” MORRISSEY TO “GO TO SYRACUSE. The anti-Kelly Tammany organization of the Eleventh Assembly district held a convention last night, at the Germania Assembly Rooms, Twonty-sixth street and Seventh avenue, for the purpose of electing delogates to the Democratic State Convention, at Syracuse, The following were elected:—Delogates, John Morrissey, Samuel B. Garvin and Oliver P, Buell; alternates, T. J. Barr, J. C. Marriott and James McConnell. After the convention had adjourned a meeting of the district organization was held, with Mr/J. C. Marriott in the chair, Mr. Morrissey, who was present, mado an address, in which he spoke of the con- test between him and John Kelly, expressing | himself opposed to Kelly’s coercion and the mauner in which this Assembly district had been treated, He did not propose to be any man’s slave, The points on | Which they differed were not giving places to democrats and the unjust reduction of the Jaborers’ wages. They bad nothing to give that he wanted or would accept. | After returning thanks for being elected a delegate he took his seat. Mr, Thomas J, Barr then made a speech, in which he accused Tammany Hall of ignoring the rights of the Association. Resolutions were then adopted ratifying the appointinent of the delegates and alternates just chosen, and repudiating all others claiming to represent this district at the State C vention, and, after an address from ex-Judge Gar the meeting adjourned. ANTI-TAMMANY RATIFCATION. Tho anti-Tammany democracy of the Thirteenth As- sembly district will hold a grand ratification meeting this evening at No, 263 West Seventeenth street, with good speakers. THE JERSEY AMENDMENT QUESTION. CONFLICTING VIEWS—THE CASE STATED BY EX- ATTORNEY GENERAL GILCHRIST—CHURCH PROPERTY TO BE TAXED. Now that it has been ascertained beyond a doubt that all the constitutional amendments submitted for ratifi- eation to the people of New Jersey on Tuesday were adopted, the question which above, all others vitally concerns thousands of the citizens is the operation of the amendinent relating to the taxation of mortgages, Singularly enough prominent lawyers in the five counties concerned differ as to its effect. The views of Mr. Loon Abbett, Senator from Hudson county, have been already placed before the readers of the Hxranp, He holds that the amendment will lead to foreclosures of mortgages on a vast scale, Other !awyers, like Mr, George C. Gifford, contend that the amendment can only apply to mortgages to be raised after it goes into effect. It must be governed by the general principles that it cannot bo retrospective, nor can it repeal a contract already in force. Mayor Traphagen holds, on the other hand, that the taxation of mortgages cannot be construed into an in- terference with the contract between a mortgagee and a mortgagor, which may continue in force if the former be content with a reduced rate of interest, which is en- tirely improbable. Other lawyers hold that the taxation of mortgages would be double taxation, which is for bidden by the constitution of the United States, With a view to reconcile, if possible, these conflicting views a Henan representative called on ex-Attorney | neral Gilchrist yesterday, and that gentieman’s views, which were yery frankly and plainly expressed, will be found resting. He said:—*To determine this question once und for all my plan would be to IGNORK THE VALIDITY OF THE AMENDMENT, ‘as to its alleged effect in the taxation of mortgages. Let the mortgagee deny that his mortgage is taxable. When the levy 1s made he can carry it into the Supreme Court by certiorari and let the question be decided there. Even admitting that its effect will be to tax mortgages, it will affect only those paying heavy taxes, | as in our large cities, It will DRIVE RICH MEN PROM THE CITIRS into the country districts, where taxes are light, Mort- ages held by savings banks (amounting to about 5,000,000 in Jersey City) only run irom year to year and are liable to be called in at any time. “There is one thing very good about these amendments, So much special legislation is prohibited that no rogue will find it to his taterest to go to the Legislature, because he can- not make anything. i THE LOBBY IS EXTINGUISHED. But the great objection to the amendments is that the Legislature rushed them through two sessions with- out taking the trouble to read them, much less to dis- cuss them, The haste was astonishing. You ask what should be done. I say we should cry out for a:onsti- tutional convention. That ix the proper way to amend the constitution. I was appointed on that Constitu- tional Commission, but I resigned because I felt that THE PEOPLE HAD NO REPRESENTATION there. There was nothing in what was submitted that | the people wanted. We t the Court of Errors and | Appeals reorganized, The is less deliberation in our Court of Errors than in any other court of the State, Then look at our system of representation in the Legislature. In no other State in the Union— though I am not quite certain about Delaware— has the system of representation by counties in either branch of the Legislature ever existed. See the counties in West Jersey, such as Capo May, Atlan- tic, Ocean, &e. Eight of these counties have no more ppnlation, nor have they anything like the wealth of Tudson county, yet they have eight Votes to our one on every measure you bring up. We are completely sub- ject to them. They have SADDLED US WITIL COMMISSIONS and we are paying heavily for what they have done, We are in as bad a condition as the people of South Car- ‘olina, What made secession possible there was the re- fusal of the upper honse to alter the representation, have on_ the authority of an old resident of that State. He said that if a vote of the eople were taken on secession the resuit wonld have n different. The voting was done by the planters, | not by the people, Coming back to the twelfth amend- ‘ment, Mr, Gilebrist A that it invelved the TAXATION OF CHURCH PROPERTY. Q. But what about railroad property? A. (with a smile) Ah, there’s the rub, ‘The amendment certainly involves a system of equal taxation as people under- stand it. The Pennsylvania Company have made a con- tract with the State to pay one-half of one per cent on their property, and by virtue of this contract they may fall back on their constitutional rights to protect them against further taxation. « THE CANVASSERS APPOINTED. TRENTON, Sept. 9, 1875. Governor Bedle, of New Jersey, has appointed Senators Leon Abbett, Hudson county; William J, Sewell, Camden county; John Hopper, Passaic county J. Henry Stone, Union county, and Hosea F, Madden, A(jantic county, as a Board of Canvassers, to determine the result of the recent election on the constitutional amendments, at a meeting to be held by them at Trenton on Tuesday, the 28thnst, The returns from the various polling precincts | throughout the State are arriving very slowly at th Secretary of State's office; but returns from seven! two out of the aggregate number of 410 polling precin have come to hand yesterday at noon, . The gencral Velief is that all the ainendments, excepting the one in relation to the taxation of mortgages, have been | adopted by at least 20,000 majority. A close yote was polled on the latter, with indications that it has been | carried by a small majority, TEMPERANC E AND POLITICS. Aconvention of the Queens County Prohibitionists is called to meet in Hempstead on Friday, the 17th ing candidates for connty offices, and taking other preliminary measures for prosecuting the campaign in favor of temperance in politics this fall, A mass meet- ing will be held in the evening in the Methodist Episco- pal church, under the auspices of the Brooklyn Tempor- ance Brotherhood of Christian Churches, and. the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, ‘when ad. dresses will be made by Mr. Oliver Cotter and other | BROOKLYN EVENING SCHOOLS. The Board of Education have decided to open the fol- lowing evening schools in Brooklyn for the bene- | fit, of such young persons as may be do- | sirous of receiving instruction in the rudiments of education, and who are debarred from attond- during the day by their employment, The | echoo's to be opened are as follow © High School, School, No. 1, Concord, corner of Washin % WN ey street; No. 6, pools, No’, No. xehool is situated on dition to the negro schools 9, Colored | The later avenue, and is an ad provided for o chools will be ape October 4 to reg sier the pupils, but the course of in y Whieh these schools ‘exeite among the boys and girls who are compelled to labor during the day. INJURED IN A FIGHT. jerday a'ternoon Abratam Wh Flushing avents, was taken to the Brooklyn City Hos pital, suffering from hemorrhage irom the nose and | mouth, eansed by a beating he received during an affray | with Joha Barrett and tin Gilfoyle, on Sanday might, | at Flushing and Classon avenues. The police are look: | ing for tho assailants | , of No. 270 | four honrs; and even with this comparative! FITZHUGH LEE ON VIRGINIA. WHAT SHE WANTS AND OFFERS-—-AN OPPOR- TUNITY FOR IMMIGRANTS—NOBTHERN CAPITAL NEEDED, General Fitzhugh Lee was called upon at his rooms, Barnum’s Hotel, by a HeRanp reporter, to whom he made the following statements in regard to the work of the Virginia Emigration Society:—“Virginia being considered the mother of the country, I considered it unfair that this great people should allow her to suffer on account of past offences. Those are dead issues, and we do not care to revive them. We wish to re- juvenate the old State, and we think the best way té do it is to develop her agricuitural resources. We can only do this by inviting immigration; we propose to offer to emigrants facilities as good or better than they can find in the West. We have no grasshoppers, no destructive droughts to destroy our crops. We havo thousands of fertile acres of land, that will produce as much grain to the acre as can be found in any other State, and they can be bought cheap And the society proposes to deal directly with the settler and not through agents, And it may as well be stated here that no officer of the society receives one cent of com- pensation, either in the way of salary or commis- sion, I must say that I am agreeably surprised at the Fordial reception of myself and associates at the hands of the people of New York, and I have yet to hear one dissenting voice in regard to our proposition for the revival of the old State, The Northern people seem to be unanimous in the opinion that Virginia should once more take rank among the leading States of the Union, and it is our firm intention by honest and fair means to induce immigrants to settle in our State, to cultivate our soil, develop our interests, and, by so doing, put the State on the footing which she had before the war. We have a genial climate, with no extremes of heat or cold, anda soil the richness of which is equal to that of any State in the Union, In regard to our State government, we consider it as good as that of any other State; our rulers are as honest and a8 able to govern wisely as are those of other States, Quict reigns throughout the length and breadth of our section, and new settlers need have no fear of bein disturbed in their possessions, or in their pursuit: o| wealth and happiness, The moral standard of our le we consider equal to that of any people in the te We are law-abiding; we punish our offenders with the same rigorous justice that is meted to offenders in the North. Our cities and towns have no record of rufanism beyond what can be found in the cities and towns of other States, “It is a popular fallacy that Northern people cannot come South and pursue their legitimate business with- out being molested, We are notin love with carpet- baggers, but we are with people who will come among us and help us to once more put ona sound basis the glorious old State of Virginia, There is nota heart or a hand in the State but what will be open and extended to those who will come, among us to buy our lands, help us to make the State what she should be,'and to be our people, Wedon’t ask a man his nationality; we simply invite him to come, to settle among us, to bo a law-abiding citizen and to grow with the State. The mineral resources of Virginia aro too well known for me to comment on. Nor do I suppose that a very large majority of those immigrants we trust will come among us will care to do more than to cultivate the soil, Our State tax is light, being only fifty cenjs on the $100, and the payment of our State debt we are going to demand shall progress to an honorable and satisfac- tory end, The society of which I am President ts composed entirely of property holders who, as I have stated before. will deal directly with the settlers. I desire to lay this fact before the people that they may draw their own conclusions. We believe that, as our State progresses, the people of the North will fee! the progression and be benefited, We can pay our debts if we succeed, and wo can afford to enter your markets once more and purchase those commodities from your manufactories that are hardly available, ox- cept umong the laboring classes of the South, Another thing that recommends our State to immigrants is our accessibility to the principal markets of the Union, Our water and inland facilities for reaching these mar- kets, it is well known, are not surpassed by any Southern State. “In regard to the negroes I consider that those of Vir- | ee are as intelligent and industrious as can be found, here is not the least insurrectionary spirit being ox- hibited, and the negrocs deeply deplore the late troubles farther south, There is a friendly spirit existing be- tween labor and capital, but we lack as much of the lat- ter as we havea surplus of the former. The negroes are being educated and are beginning tocomprehend the fact that. upon their own exertions must they de- pend for their support and advancement, and, under- standing this fact, they are at work industriously and honestly. “In regard to our free school system, I consider it quite up to the standard of the other States, and we intend to maintain it so, and not again to have the cry go abroad that ignorance is the bane of the people of our section of the South. We desire to place our- selves in such a position that we shall bo looked up to. We want good fecling between all sections, and we aro willing to work to promote that feeling and for the general public good. In our desire to meet with suc- cess we are aware of the fact that we cannot sit with folded hands, bat must work to obtain the precious boon, and this we are willing to do, and we cordially in- vite immigrants and all others who desire to come’ and settle in our State. We promise them good government, a hearty reception, good free schools, cheap and fertile acres and a climate the fame of whose salubrity is worldwide. mineral springs in the world. They are casy of access from any part of the State, and the extortionate prices generally found at places of resort by pleasure seekers or invalids are not the rule at any of the Virginia springs. I desire particularly to bring these facts be- fore the Northern pubiic, for, as I stated before, wo neod capital, and capital we must have; and it isin a great part from them that we expect to getit, Ifthe people will come and see us they will find these state- ments true, and I have no fear bnt that they will stop. All we ask is that they como and satisfy themselv:s.’” THE POST OFFICER VENTILATION, phen tetncr ah The necessity for an improvement of the ventilation in the basement of the new Post Office has already been referred to in the Hxnaxn, but np to the present the steps that have been taken to remedy the evil have been most ineitective, and what is still being done will prove equally so, judging from existing indications, The arch- itect, when he designed the building, evidently forgot this one thing necessary to the hundreds of men who are compelled by their duties to stay for hours in this section of the structure. In order, however, that no mistake should occur in regard to the temperature, or any chance of misrepresentation on the part of the employés who might have some grievance to ventilate, a Hunany reporter yesterday visited the bnilding, having in his possession one of the most approved thermometors, with which to test and record the tem- perature of the three lower stories, viz.:—The ground floor or general delivery department, on a level with | tho street; the basement, where the newspapers are sorted and the mailbags stored, and the sub-basement or engine room. On entering from the street at one P. M. the thermometer recorded in the corridors cighty- five degrees. Inside the partition of where tho clerks aro at work the glass showed one degree lower, On de- sconding to the basement the temperature was found to be the same as above, but there was noticeable 4 most offensive and oppressing heat, with a singularly disagreeable smell, clearly betokening the deieteriousnese of the air. The men here were all stripped to their undershirts and vests, and yet were | sweating at their work “hke so many bulis.’’” In fact ; it is not to be wondered at that several of the men cn- | gaged on this floor have had to be carried out, over- come by the oppressive and foul air, The water closets on this floor, too, emit a most disagreeable odor, which: combined with the stench arising trom the stacks of old and damp mail bags also stored here, produce a condi- tion of affuts more readily conceived than described. It is true efforts aro being mado by the opening of a number of orifices in_ the air shafts and elevator pass- ages to let off the foul air, but, as far as can be under. swod, no attempt is to’ be made to lot in a fresh supply ef new air, This latter, however, might be readily done by making some open gratings in the side of the entrance ways and at the edges of the sidewalks near the walls of the building, The men all complain bitterly of the badair, It should also be mentioned that tho gas on the floor is always kept burning, which docs not tend to improve the general condition. Indeed, at six o clock last evening the foulness of the air was almost intolerable to the reporter, who was glad to es cupe tothe upper regions, At present there are but | two boilers at work for the elevators, but when the whole num these beng are set going for heating he sub-basement, wh be on the ba floor none can tel conceived that & sojourn there would som blo a stay in an oven heated to a high degree. nirposes, and t the condition will Dnt it can easily bo hat resem. A visit to this sub-basement showed the temperature to be tho | same as the floor above, but with a still worse air pre- | \iling. The thermometer on the basement floor was onsuited each hout trom one o'clock to six P. M., in- register obtained was as follows :— ; two P. M., S4 deg.; three P. M., 83 P.M, 84 deg. ; six P.M. stated, was rapidly on this floor work in three shifts of cight hours each; that is to say, there are three different sets of men working for each twenty- short In. hor they are scarcely able to stand the work, Some- thing should be done at ones, DANGEROUS HORSE CAR ACCIDENT. While J. I. Rowald, a resident of New York, was riding on the platform of a Union Hill horse car, on Woudnesday night, and as the vehiclo was rounding tho corner of Lewis street and Bergonline avenuo, he was hurled suddenly to the ground and came near losing his Ife. The wheels grazed his head, which had already badly injured by the fall, | He was otherwise be carried home, The recklessness of drivers in pulling the car so suddenly round tho ‘urve, and the Jack of due precantion on the part of the company have already been the occasion of dangerous accidents on this line. We have in our State some of the finest | ENGLA AND SPAIN. 18H MAIL STEAM- action” S8ID TO HAVE THE OUTRAGE Le SHIP EIDER BEEN DEMAY |) The following p La Independencio Cuban patriots: The British government the (omanded from Spain, in the matter of Venegas at Porto Rico, the removal from office of Captain General Lanz, of that island, the immediate surrender of the prisoner Venegas and a salute of twenty-one guns by the Spanish fort to the British flag. If the said prisoner has been shot a money indemnity will also be demanded. SKETCH OF THY CASK. Colonel Louis Venegas was a native of Porto Rico, of advanced republican ideas, and was formerly a volun- teer, When the Spanish Republic came to an end he left Porto Rico and resided for some time in St Domingo, where he published several articles, in which he criticised rather severely the Spanish mode of proceedings in the West Indian colonies, Rumor says that he was an embezzler of government funds, but this may be mero idle gossip. Venegas, wish- ing to visit Kingston, Jam., telegraphed to his friends to expect him by the Royal Mail Company's intercolo- nial steamship Eider, The telegraph wire passes through the whole length of Porto Rico, The authort- ties there thus became aware of his probable approach, and on the arrival of the Eider at San Juan, Porto Rico, the Captain General, Don José Lauriano Lanz, sout on board, notifying that Venegas must be given up. Captain Crompton refused to comply, and the Captain General warned him that unless the Cuban was given up the fort would fire on the Eider, HOW VENEGAS WAS SURRENDERED, “The gunboat El Lince,”’ says a Heratp correspond- ent who was a passenger on the Eider, “took a position in front of the English steamer, her decks cleared for action, the crew armed with rifles and her gun in posi- tion, A commissaire then came on board and reiterated the demand for Colonel Venegas on bebalf of the Span- ish authorities as a thief and a deserter. The Captain replied that voluntarily he would not surrender Vene- gas, but, as he was not prepared to resist force, under the cirenmstances he would surrender the passenger under protest. According to the regulations of the company it was necessary to disembark all the passen- gers in order to make use of the right of protest. The Spaniards, in order to avoid the responsibility, coun- selled Venegas thatin order to prevent a coniliet he should declare that he had voluntarily given himself up. This he refused. It was then urged that he should be | given up under the treaty for the rendition of criminals, ‘The Captain iinally declared that he yielded to force and protested against the act. This consummated, the com mander of the Lince informed us that we were free, and We proceeded on our voyage.” WHAT ENGLAND WILL DO. It is believed that England will send a squadron, or at least a number of vessels, to Porto Ri A number of ramors are afloat concerning offence against Spain, but the most credited one was that he had absconded with the public funds while in tho military service. THE CLOSING SCENE. ‘The unfortunate man was brought ashore, and af- terward shot, althongh all the foreign consuls pro- tested against the butchery. No news of the arrest and execution was allowed by the censorship to be transmitted over the wires. As an illustration of the BEI published yesterday in he Sew York organ of the country the following extract is taken from the col- uumnns of this paper referring to the matter in ques. tion:— [New York Herald, August 13.) “The Spaniards in Porto Rico are reported to have committed another of those outrages which have made the Spanish namo hideons all oyer the world. When are these needless and bloody sacrifices to cease? In the present instance there secms to have been no ex- cuse for the murder, and we shall seo whether the British flag is any protection to life. It is time Spain was taught her duty under the law of nations.” WESTCHESTER COUNTY FAIR. AN INCREASE OF VISITORS TO THE GROUNDS YESTERDAY-—-ADDRESS BY HON. JOHN JAY AND OTHERS, - The Westchester founty Annual Fair, now being held near White Plams, was well attended yesterday, the number of visitors being estimated at nearly 4,000 persons. Notwithstanding the favorable weather and the increased number of premiums offered by the Society of Agriculture and Horticulture, the exhibition of live stock and industrial products falls far short of that witnessed of late years, The display of fruits and flowers is quite creditable, and forms not the least attraction on the grounds, There scems, however, to feminine domestic industry and art. In he equine department are several noble animals, which have not failed to elicit admiration; but the stock of horned cat- tle is unusually small, and is almost exclusively con- fined to imported breeds, There was not a little disappointment felt by many of the visitors at the non-appearance of VicePresident Wilson, whom tho managers had fully expected would be present to address the assemblage. of Mr. Wilson, however, the President of the society, Mr. Elliot C. Cowdin, prosented to the expectant crowd Hon. John Jay, late Minister of tho United States to the Court at Vienna. Mr. Jay, in the course of his address, said that the exhibition of horas and stock, of fruits and flowers, of ‘vegetables and grain, of agricultural implements and machines, all indicate the advance of that American agriculture which not only scatters plenty over our smiling land, but which constitutes ‘the hope of hungry’ millions beyond the sea, and which, while blessing those who enjoy its fruits, confers comfort, maniiness and dignity on our agricultural exti- zens who produce them. of our intelligent and travelled countrymen that an advantages which belong to the people of our Republic, | and especially to the rural classes, devoted to agricul: ture, until he has observed the dition of the agricultural populations of Europe and compared the working of our institutions as regards the wellbeing of the masses with that of the governments | of the Old World. After quoting the opinions of such eminent authorities as the Baron De Hubner, who represented Austria in the Congress at Paris and who recently «visited America, the Baron Licbig, the Count de Beust and the Co whom had praised the superior presented for the advancement of the masses in this country—the speaker —_ continued :—“It | is to this spirit of advancement which originally in- | spired our institutions, and which our institutions in turn so sirikingly encourage, that we owe the agricul- tural societies which, like this association, bring us together, without regard to religious creeds or political | preferences, in a common effort for the common good, t is not simply that our fields may be better | tilled and made to yield a larger return, but that the agriculture of our great American | farm may be worthy of the American people, and that the agricultural classes, which form the bulk of our population, may advance step by step, sharing the ad- vantages that follow new discoveries and new inven- tions in agricultural science, Our Republic, like the | Roman daughter, helps to sustain the parent nations of whose historic past our ancestors were a part, and | among whom we still count our kith and kin. The demand for our corn and provisions bids fair to in- crease from the military policy which on the Continent is converting nations into armies, and withdrawing so | large a number of agriculturists from the work of pro- duction, to play with pomp and circumstance, and siege | and carnage the—-game of war, At Vienna the premium | for superior execution, which, for the harvest of death, was awarded to the cannon of Krupp, was | justly accorded for our better harvest to American reapers.’’ Before concluding his address the speaker gave some interesting statistios regarding our national | prosperity. Brief addresses were also delivered by Messrs. Cyrus W. Field and John O'Connor Power, Member of Parlia- ment for the county Mayo, Ireland. THE MARY E. DOUGLAS, A VOYAGE FROM PARA WITH YELLOW JACK. Yesterday evening the schooner Mary E. Douglas, | from Para, on which four deaths from yellow fever Dock, Brooklyn, after having been thoroughly fumi- gated in Quarantine, by order of Heaith Officer Vander- pocl Last evening a Heratp reporter called atthe office of Mr. B. J. Wenberg, owner of said schooner, to ascertain particulars concerning the death of the hitherto unknown passenger, Meoting there the Captain of the Douglas the latter made the following statement :-— took command after tho captain, mate and steward had died at Para, LT went on board on Friday and on Saturday wo sailed. The passenger who died was Thomas Charles Scott, a native of Hull, England, andan engineer by trade, He wished to work his passage here, and, as he was able to steer, I brought him with We went out from Hull to Para together in the lish steamer T! a, belonging to the Atma- y (limited), of No, 1 1 was mate, ve all the wag had earned for the trip, so, as I before said, I consented to bring him along with me. Ona Monday night, while he was at | the wheel, he complained to we of headache and a pain zon Stean 8 Union court, B Scott managed to , ah in his limbs, so 1 told him to go and lie down and he He, however, got worse and ellow fever de- when I saw that he had the When would soon be better, worse, and unmistakable symptoms of veloped themselves, and black vomit I ki it was all over with him, he was dead we sewed him up in can a watery’ xtave. L “drowned’? touched, bedding, clothing, &o, tried to fumi- gate tho ship as’ well as T could by sousing the place with kerosene, putting hot irons in vinegar, and mak- ing an infernal stench generally, Yellow Jack did not attack any more of us, thank God, passengers, Viz, tWo mon, one woman, two little girls of eight and twelve years, but as they can’t talk Heng: lish, and 1 can’t “parley vous,” [ can’t tell you their going or where they camo ro all Preach, and that they }, have mow lett the ship, egas’ | horror this cold blooded assassination caused in this | be amarked falling off in the quantity and quality of | ,| parent, In the absence | It is the common conviction | American can hardly estimate aright the blessings and | nt Andrassy—all of | opportunities | have occurred, came to her moorings at tho Atlantic } I brought five | iT5,-TRIPLE SHEET. | COLOMBIA. TREPIDATION IN PANAMA—ARRIVAL OF NEW YORK RIFLES AND CONSEQUENT ILL FEELING— PANAMA’S DECLARATION OF WAR—UNPLEASANT POSITION OF ¥OREIGNERS—BUSINESS PROS- TRATED. Paxama, August 31, 187 The people of Panama and the Isthmus continue in a state of trepidation and anxiety, their fate depending on the result of the conflict now going on between the States of Magdalena and Bolivar, and the federal government. If the former are conquéred it will then come to be the turn of Panama and its authorities, As this State is virtually at war with the government of Bogota, of course the authority of the latter has ceased to exist. The President of the State, who is ex officio agent of the federal government, can no longer bo recognized as sneh; and the administrator of the national treasury, Mr. Fajardo, was removed from his office, and the State authorities are trying to intercept any funds that may come directed to him to be used for war purposes, ARRIVAL OF NEW YORK RIFLES. On the 23d ult. there arrived at Colon from New York some 500 rifles, purchased there by government agents, to be forwarded to Bolivar, to aid that State from being obliged to submit to the federal forces. Captain Simpson, of the United States steamer Omaha, on being informed of the fact, requested the American Consul at Aspinwall to prohibit their landing, as being intended to be used dgainst Colombia, with which the United States was at peace. This caused a great deal of excitement in Panama, and no little ill feeling toward foreigners in general. Captain Simpson finally with- drew his opposition to the landing of the arms, which were eventually shipped to Bolivar. THE ENGLISH CONSUL APPLES FOR A MAN-OF-WAR. Mr. Mallet, the English Consul, has asked for an English man-ot-war to be stationed at Aspinwall. PRESIDENT PEREZ TO FIGHT IT OUT. The State of Cauca has endeavored to mediate with the general government in favor of the rebel States, though withont any good effect hitherto, Prosident Perez seems determined to bring them back to their duties as sections of a federal Republic. He | bas called for an imereaso of the army to 30,000 men, 80 that if he gots them the war on the Magdalena will take on lively proportions. It is said the ultra-conservative State of Antioquia will join its forces with thoso of the general government in making the federal power respected. At all events matters are becoming complicated in the extreme, and no one can tell what the end will be. The real attitude which the government of this Stato bas taken will be best shown by the following, which was published in tho Official Gazette:— DECREE DECLARING PANAMA AT WAR. The President of the sovereign State of Panama con- sidering— First—That the sovereignty of the States of Bolivar and Magdalena, guaranteed by article 1 of the Treaty of Confederation of May 8, 1863, has been attacked by troops of the general government. Second—That the federal troops which have invaded the State of Bolivar intend to come on to the State of Panama, thus menacing her sovereignty, Third—That a decree was issued yesterday in reference to ‘complying with article 2. of | tho national constitution,” in order to lend assistance to the States which have been attacked, with the consent of tho Council of State and in accordance with his constitutional powers decrees :— Arricte 1, The State of Panama is hereby declared ina state of war against the national forces invading the States of Bolivar and Magdalena. Art. 2. All the effects, constitutional and legal, of this present declaration will endure until the 21st of September nex. Given at Panama, on the 2ist day of August, 1875. GREGORIO MIRO, The Secretary of State, J. M. Beruvpez. WILL THE UNITED STATES INTERFERE? In this state of affairs what ought the United States todo? A new doctrine has been broached on the basis of the note addressed by Minister Scruggs at Bogota in 1873 to the then Secretary of Foreign Relations on the occasion when Admiral Almy landed a force to protect the transit during an armed contest in thts city. Mr. Scruggs said that the United States government had guaranteed to Colom- bia tho possession of the Isthmus, but left the obliga- | tion to protect the transit entirely to the latter. It was | agreed that 200 men, at least, should always be sta- tioned at Panama for that special purpose, No such force exists here at present. The State being at war with the general government would regard the landing of a United States force just now as an invasion, under the pretext of guarding the transit. The ne- cessity, for vigilance, if not interference, in order to guard the transit from harm was never more ap- Ifany further doubt is allowed to prevail in this matter foreigners at least will have to look to their respective governments to pay some attention to an interoceanic transit, which duty, according to United States authorities hero, has been given up by their gov- ernment. As a consequence of the state of war declared to exist another decree calls for a forced loan of $100,000. GENERAL NEWS. The other day a number of raw, ignorant country- men from the fields of the Isthmus were driven into the city like a similar number of cattle, to be trained to fight in a dispute that they have no idea of nor interest in. The United States steamer Richmond has not yet ar- | rived in this port, She left Callao on the 23d. The | United States steamer Omaha is still here, The English vessels-ot —the steamers Woodlark ‘and Bullfinch—were at Barranquilla and Sayanilla watching the course of events, | The Bolivar State steamer Vigilante came to Aspin- wall and left again on the 21st with arms and muni- tions for the rebel States. The general tenor of the news from the seat of war is contradictory, and most people in Panama are ata Joss to think what has really happened and what may come. In this state of feeling any doubt about having protection from the United States vessels is far from being consolatory. The government of Panama is determined to perse- vere to the last in the course they have adopted, and a | decree has been issued stating that the government | will lend without deiay all necessary assistance to the States of Bolivar and Magdalena against the aggressions by the federal forces which threaten the sovereignty of | said States, In the meantime business is prostrated, Tho people in the interior are afraid to bring provisions for sale to Panama from fear of being pressed for soldiers. REPORTED SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES—A TREATY PROPOSED BY THE NATIONAL Gov- ENNMENT—TWENTX-TWO MEN-OF-WAR AT BUENOS AYRES READY FOR THE PROTECTION OF FOREIGNERS, ASTINWALL, August 31, 1875. The General Transatlantic Company’s steamer Louisiana arrived this morning from Savanilla Sho | brings intelligence uf a suspension of hostilities between the national forces and the reyolutionists, under com- mand of General Santo Domingo Vila. It is stated that the national troops, consisting of 1,000 men, with a few cannon, opposed the State troops, and the end of the revolution was certain, when, on the 23d inst., the national general, Reyes, and Santo Domingo Vila entered into a treaty, subject to ratifica- tion by the national government, This will give Santo Domingo ample time to Teil &c., while ‘an answer is | waited for from Bogota it ts also stated that the | national government proposed tho treaty with the | States and agreed to pay, all war expen: The consuls on the Isthmus are instructed by the national government at Bogota to take care of the transit, as the national government 18 unable to do so at present. Her Britannic Majesty’s steamship Bullfinch has gone up the Magdalena River. | “Twenty-two (?) men-of-war of the different nations, drawn up in line of battle at Buenos Ayres, are ready, at a moment's notice, to bombard the town, should out- rage be perpetrated on foreigners. Everything remains qniet on the Isthmus, awaiting the result of the negotiations up the Magdalena. Private advieos report that the State of Antioquia ro- fuses ¢o comply with the call of the general government for 3,000 men as its “‘contingent of blood.”’ The State of Santander is reported to have declared against the general government. | The despatch boat Vigilante, from Aspinwall, with 500 | rifles for the State government of Bol had arrived at its destination. CENTRAL AMERICA. GENERAL QUIET PREVAILING—HUNTING DOWN THE RIOTOUS ROBBERS IN THE SAN MIGUEL AFFAIR. Pasama, Angust 31, 1875, Tho latest dates from Central America state that | tranquillity provails throughout. Honduras was quict. Nicaragua had agreed to pay a subsidy of $6,000 a year to the Pacific Mail Company In order that their steamers should tonch at tho ports of San Jnan del Sur and Corinto. The navigation of the lakes by steam was to be re-established. A good many of the goods and other articles lost by the mercbants of San Miguel, Salvador, in the riots of | July 20, 21, and 22 having been recovered, the govern- ment has named acommission to inquire into the nature, marks and ownership of the goods, &c. With respoct. to the women who took part in the atair of San Miguel, the. Boletin says:— “These infernal furies excited tho fen to commit all Kinds of excesses, and were particularly distinguished for thefts and robberies, even to robbing the families that formerly employed them, and from whom they received many favors.’ The banditt! in San Miguel | Bad dispersed in all directions, Almost all the arms the barracks hed been recovered. the goods found amounts to about $100,000. On the 27th an organization was set ‘on foot for the pursuit and trial of the erimmals, Numerous patrols under officers were spread through the towns and villages in search of bandits. A great many of the latter were captured, and many leaders of them have been shot. On the th of June fifteen rebets were shot and some eighty executed, ECUADOR, CHILI AND PERU. Panama, August 31, 1875. Advices from Ecuador state that the country is at present quiet. How long it will remain so no one cam tell. At the time of his assassination President Moreno had been re-elected. The Vice President is in charge until & now President is elected to fill the vacancy. caused by his tragic death. Elections for the Presidency of Peru are giving rise to frequent disturbances, The partisans of General Prado and Admirai Montero never meet but they have a bloody fight. Desperate street fights have lately e. the departments of the Cuzco and Arequipa. He is said to be pported in Cu and, strange enough, his in Puno and the total echpse of the then ois still very busy i threatening Indian outbreak were almost simultaneous, The ludians have buried the hatchet, at least for @ time. There has been another attempt to get up a revolu- tion at a town called Castilla, near Arequipa, It wat suppressed by the police and the leader killed. A rumor had been circulated that the exhibition wonld not be opened on the 16th prox., but at a re. cent mecting of the directory the Minister of Finance, who was present, took advantage of the opportunity to stato that the report was entirely without foundation and that the exhibition would be opened without fail om the before mentioned date. CUBA. THE REBEL DEVASTATIONS—VALMASEDA'S EMe ERGY AND POLICY—A FRENCHMAN ASSASSI- NATED BY VALERA—SHARKEY SENT TO ST. DOMINGO, Havana, Sept, 4, 1875. Since my last we have been favored with the latest data from Cienfuegos and the other invaded districts, and our merchants begin to think seriously of the fate of the sugar crop in this section of the island, where the rebels have already destroyed nearly one-half of the estates and are now engaged in burning down the small farms and driving the faithful “guajiros” into the large interior towns, where their services can be of no use to the Spanish authorities, whereas their presence inthe country might prove detrimental to the rebel cause. The natural result of this new and unexpected attack on the lukewarm Cuban will be to devastate the country immediately ade joining the large sugar estates, which are not self-sustaining, but, on the contrary, depend as ageneral rule on the small farmer for his main sup- plies of sweet potatoes, yams, corn, &e. The Spanish columns, in consequence of this step, will be forced to carry their provisions with them, and, as they are un- provided with wagons, this will prove a serious ob- stacle to their rapid movements when the winter cam- paign opens, In the meanwhile, such estates as are not properly garrisoned are attacked and the machinery broken up or the buildings destroyed, VALMASEDA’S ENERGY, The same policy is being carried out in Villa Clara, Santi Espiritu and Remedios, and it is not hazarding much in saying that the government will have no crop to collect taxes on this year from this section of the island, Valmaseda displays great energy in forwarding to the most exposed points such forces as he can collect from the various convalescent depots, but the greater part of these men are still too weak and emaciated to be of much service. He has also hurried on the completion of defensive works in all the small villages and sugar estates and, relying on the promised aid of 12,000 veterans, he thinks Colon and Cardenas may be saved. Time, however, will best tell the tate, Bands of organized cavalry raiders even now are riding roughshod over parts of Colon and moet with but little opposition. A few hours’ march from Cali- metre, where the last heavy force was seen, will bring them into the city of Cardenas, unless checked. Our Hayana volunteers stationed along the lines have seen nothing of what transpires, their mission being simply to do garrison duty on the sugar estates, undergoing but fow of the fatigues of a soldier's life and returning to Havana about as wise as they were when they left. THE NEXT CAMPAIGN, ‘The question then naturally suggests itself whether the next campaign, conducted by Valmaseda in por- son, will prove more successful than the previous one or not. We do not wish to be considered a prophet, but we will adventure to assert that the Spanish forces can never do more than drive the rebels back into the plains of Camaguey, where they will foil any ate tempt at further subjection. Will it pay Spain to sacri- fice 20,000 lives and enormous sums of money solely to secure a small crop of sugar for a few partisans who have the glory amd reap the harvest from being faithful subjects to the ruling powers in Madrid? Even the Diario de la Marina seems to participate in our views, and in its supplicant article last Sunday almost begs the dreaded — “*Mambi’? to stop in his career of lire and destruction and submit to a peaceable settlement of a'l difficuities, The Cuban insurrecto is no longer a coward, but on the contrary of- ficially declared to be bold, brave, daring, and tobe munch fearod. Mounted on his’ fiery steed, and armed with the sharp-edged machete, he is pronounced to be superior to the Spanish regular. “This isa confession, but not an honest one, for it bas been wrung from the un- willing old Spaniard by sheer hard fighting. ‘The posi- tive successes obtained by the patriot forces in the last campaign, from which Valmaseda retreated in disgust, will spur On tho rebel chiefs to renewed activity, and wo again say that Spain will never subdue the Cuban rebels. OUTRAGES ON FORKIGNERS. The rumors rife in this city last week in reference to outrages committed on French subjects have been tullj confirmed, aud both the British and French consu have asked for a war vessel to protect foreigners trom. nersonal violence, One Frenchman by the name of Ricandoas was brutally assassinated by the order of General Valera, He was arrested on suspicion of hold+ ing intercourse with the insurgents and taken from his plantation a short distance and shot down without form of trial. Other foreigners were threatened with the same fate, and even the vico consuls of France and Groat Britain were somewhat afraid to forward the news to headquarters for fear Valera would have them summarily executed also. It would have been far more creditable to this valiant renegade from St. Domingo, serving in the Spanish army, to have made a bettor fight in Guantanamo when attacked by a handful of rebels than to wreak his vengeance on defenceless for- eigners. ' General Ampadia leaves here to-day for Puerta Principe, having obtained from Valmaseda money,’ horses and provisions for the starving inhabitants of former rich capital of Camaguey, What will the New. York Co>ans think when we inform them that four- | ftths of the inhabitants of Puerto Principe are fed from the government soup houses and the geberosity of the Spanish soldier, who daily shares his scanty rations with the abandoned and aged parents of the Cuban rebels? The support of the 40,000 paupered denizens of Puerto Principe has now become a peony if the gov- ernment still insists on keeping them within the forti- fied lines, ‘There is no work for them to do, no land to cultivate, and starvation will soon reduce the populae tion or force the authorities to allow them to pass the lines. General Ampudia begged hard for a few soldiers to tll ap the gaps in his shattered columns, but was intormed that every man was needed in the Cinco Vilias district The line of the Trocha ig the scene of daily cavalry’ skirmishes, gnd the rebelg oppose every obstacle in their power to Prevent the gow- ernment from closing the loopholes made therein by Maximo Gomez and his generals. ‘A TERRIFIC THUNDER STORM. ‘This city was visited on the 2d inst. by one of the most terrifit thunder storms that was ever witnessed of this island. The fearful display of naturo’s artillery lasted one hour. Several buildings were struck and & Spanish schooner twice in the space of ten minutes, the last time setting fire to the cargo. Assistance waa promptly rendered and the fire extinguished. We un- derstand there were no personal accidents, but joim with the ladies in. their prayers to avert such @ magnificent display from this city in fature, A MEXICAN WAR STRAMER IN PORT, Yesterday the Moxican war stoamer Indpendencia | entered this harbor, and saluted the fort and Spanish navy. Tho salutes were promptly returned, and the usual complimentary visits made, This is the first time that the flag of Mexico has ever been saluted in this port, Tho vessel is under the command of British officers and crew, and is bound to Vera Cruz to be turned over to the embryo Mexican navy, SHARKKY SENT TO ST. DOMINGO, The famous American murderer Sharkey has been sent away to-day on board the Spanish steamer Mar- sella to the island of St. Domingo.: This relieves the chief of police of a great nuisance, and settles the ox- tradition question finally. ° CUBA LIBRE. Last evening Seftor Tuna, editor of tho Cubam patriot newspaper published in this city, received the following news from Havana:— Tre patriots have burned eighty houses and much valuable property in Santi Espiritu. Brigadier Gens eral Cobalios has been forced to transfer his headquare ters from that city to Remedios, The Spanish rest dents at Santi Espirita are very desirous of makin terms with the patriots, Onr men are in tho best spirits and feel certain of ultimate succes MANGLED ON THE RAILROAD. Yesterday morning a boy named Donnelly, nine yeare old, left his home on Pine s reet, Jersey Cl y, and woe to pick coal on the Central Railroad, He had tiled bia basket, and was crossing the track at Johnson st when he was struck by a passing trae aad borril mangled under the wheels,