The New York Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1879, Page 4

4 QUERETARO. The Clotilda-Do Morny Intrigue and de $15,000,000 Maxican Claim. BAZAINE, THE HUCKSTER MARSHAL, French Republican Deserters and Hopes of Aid from Uncle Sam. THE SHEAMAN-GAMPBELL FAILURE. Napoleon's Abandonment of Maxi- milian Due to Mexican Valor. THE CHURCH PARTY FAILS AGAIN, Battle of San Jacinto and Col- lapse of the Empire. A MEMORABLE SIRGE BEGINS The Hrraty's extract#trom an article lately pub- lished in France by M. Masseras, commenting upon she tragic story of Maximilian and his unhappy con- sort, the Prin » called forth much comment umong a numerous class of readers who interest themselves in the subject. The remarkable stat . too, of Judge Otterbourg to a reporter, in which he assvines that had Grant, Sherman and Minister Campbell—particularly the last named gen- tieman—carried out Mr. Seward's instructions Maxi- milian would } have zlso challenged a good deal of M, Masseras, who gives an inten of the fall of the so-called ¥ draws an unfaithfal picture of Maximilian when he paints him in the colors of a purposeless imbecile, and furnishes no truthful portrait of the courageous and ambitious Princess who shared his fortunes when that writer deli before she left Mexico, Whether the sombre sketch of the royal pair which has been given to the world by M. Masseras is due to his desire to cover his countrymen's shorteomings in Mexico or to any other motive matters now but little to history, yet it does matter a good deal to the world to know that he has not drawn true likenesses Of the ill-fated pair, Of the Archduke all that can be said in prejndice to his memory is that he wasa light minded and somewhat superficial man, but never that he was the irresolute puppet which is portrayel by the French writer's pen, Carlotta was perfectly sane and in a healthy mental condition until the glorious dream of ambition for empire which had taken possession of her soul was rudely issipated by th exisionce. Judge Otterbourg allows it to be assumed that had he been Minister at Mexico, endowed with diplomatic instead of consular powers, then all would have gone well with Maximilian, because Mr. Sew- ard’s orders, the precise nature of which the reader is left to imagine, would have been carried out to the letter. ‘The'new and interesting facts given below principally taken from the pen of Don Juan de Dios as, who was private secretary to General Don no Escobedo, the captor of Maximilian, and are theretore, incontrovertible as is the fact that the Emperor was’ tried and put to death, found that many hitherto unrelated items haye been culled from these documents, par- ticularly those bearing upon the capture, trial, efforts to save and the execution of Maximilian. Sefior Arias, as the secretary and most intimate friend of General Escobedo, knew all the motives that guided his actions from the commencement of the siege of Queretaro, and he was also cognizant of the corre- spondence which passed between the Mexican govern- ment and the army headquarters. In addition to this official source of information the writer’s own experience in Mexico at the time when the great events now treated of were taking piace, and the authoritative sources of information open to him, have atforded extraordinary facilities for filling up the details of the exciting scene with the real lights and shades belonging to it. JECKER'S ROYAL AGENTS AT WORK, The fact is not generally known that to the infln- ence of the Duke de Morny and the Princess Clotilda is due the calling of Napoleon's attention to Mexico as fertile field for exploration. Mr. Jecker, a citizen of Switzerland, long a resident of Mexico, had ad- vanced considerable sums of money to the bogus governments of Generals Don Felix Zuluaga and Don Miguel Miramon. Mr. Jecker naturally wanted the liberal government, upon its establishment in 1860, to pay the debts which had been contracted with its enemies during the three years’ war that was carried on to put it down. President Juatez could not be cogvinced of the justice of Jecker’s claim, whereupon this distinguished individual became a French subject, made out his little bill of $15,000,009, attention. jes her as a maniac and succeeded in getting M. de Morny and the Princess Clotilda to become his agents at the rt. Doubtless there were other agencics, and considerations at work—a most im- t one of which was the conv in Union had gone to piec Napoleon to invac nde, at which Frar nd the sub tion that this —for the purpose Mex: the ulterior. Freuch Emperor. The then existing remnants of the once omnipotent Church party ullied themselves With the French and subsequ ntly with Maximilian, as they would with the Prince of Darkness if he could have replaced them in power, Henee it was that, when the representatives of the iiser- avic committee composing the “Junta of Notables” went, at the sugyestion of the French & vernment, te invite Nupoteon’s satrap, th Leheved himself ican people to be his dynasty im th Maximilian to his proud wife Teached thw ancient Aztee capital amid great r ings. Freneh gold had strewn his path with flowers, and the gaping multitude, with the huzzas of a few religious fanatics wlio weleomed him, did the rest to inake the Prince feel certain that he was the idol of the pe When Muximilian took up the sceptre a French ary was in possession of all the strategic points aud strongholds of Mexico, All the principal cities and towns were in their hands, and by force of the Unanswerable argument of the bayonet “juntas” or mumittees were convened, at which nobody 1 excepting the intimate friends jaries of the moribund Church eetings was ch was Tost ty-five per cent of the In those days the representative ¥ national liberal party wore either ain tastnesses with Diaz, Escobedo, v4, Palacio or some cqnaily steadfast re- leader, or they were exiled or in prison, es of t varty who remained in the by French soldiers had about as cordielly hu places ’ intich chance of expressing their opinions as # Union man had in the southern Consequently the secret of how siat uring the late re+ an, Whe was not in firmly believed bimselt one of the most popular ¢ ders subjects, It was omy during thoee intervals when the news of a French is ears in spite of the vigilance of the Padire biseher, and the Church mates under whom he acted, that any misgivings found their way to his heart. ‘Then, besides, in the public places, along the roads trom his newly ae tured capital to the historic rock of Chapultepee and y down by the scented yroves of Cnernavaca and vwis of indignant republicans and the sed maietictions of widowed women selves betore his astonis! rows of their pressions upon the mind of the young monarch; they put him in a quandary; he kuow mot what to make Of the situation, but ‘believed that the glaring eyes and threatening aspects which met him at many corners were the manifestations of batred, not for himself, but for the French alites w supported his throne and insisted upon the payment of deckor’s $15,000,000, Could he only do without the ¥i therefore; could ho bitt support his titles nities by Mexican arms only, all would be well: old wounds must heal with tune, and the hopes of @ bright future should shine upon PRENCH SNEERS UNDISGUISED, Neither the Freneh commanders vor the French svidiers took any pains (o couceal tue contempt ~ apoleonie will that called it into | | some given line of which the one entertained for Maximilian and the other felt for the Belgian Levien aud the’ Mexican traitors, who formed the aucleus of the imperial army that was to sustain the new sovereign, If Maximilian wanted any certain step to be taken Bazaine was sure to follow a different one; and if the French Marshal resolved upon plicy, the imperial yovernment was sure to thwart him all that the Emperor or Em- press conveniently could, Maximilian, who in Italy and in Austria had beon looked mp to with respect by the greatest men of these countries, suddenly found hiuself at the mercy of a blunt, tiuserapulous sol- dier, twitted bekind his back by the French Commis- sioner General Castelneau and not respected by M. Dano, Napoleon’s Minister. Under such difficult and disagreeable, not to say hunnuiliating cixemmstances, is it much to be wondered at if the Archduke acquired among the French a reputation for being fickle and inconsistent? There could be nothing in common between Bazaine and = Maximilian—-the latter was high aminded, honorable, chivalrous; the former arrogant, egotistical, brutal, ‘The Archduke set litile siore upon money save as an abstract idea, a commodity to be called to his aid when wanted. ' ‘The Marshal appreciated tully the worth of udollar, He was a money grabber, not high toned soldier, but a commonplace commercial speculator, who vulgurly enriched himself by every means within his reach. ‘Lhe merchants of Mexico City, both native aud foreign, were justly indignant at lils absorbing their profits by establishing « most extensive store, which everybody in the capital reeog- nizedas his. This was “La Ciudad de Paris,” sit ated not tar from the Iturbide Hotel. In that stor which no one denied belonged to Bazine, immense amounts of goods were sold below curr From these untoward incidents it may readily be in. ferred that when Maximilian saw the last cartridge box of the last French soldier turn the corner of the Plaza de Armas he believed there was reason to con- gratulate himself, and if he exclaimed from behind the window blind in the National Palace, ‘Now Lam free,” he was justified, for he thought himself then luaster of the situation. FRENCH FRIENDS OF MEXICO. ‘The heart of the Freuch army was not in favor of the Mexican expedition, Hed it been, the soldiers of the Second Empire would not have deserted the cugles under whose extemied pinions they had often marched to victory, and gone over to the ranks of the army whose country thi © invading. Even before the French deteat pla, on th 1362, deserters went r to the Mexicans, Foray lait siege to that , in the beginning of 186%, from five to tw niisted men used to pass over daily trom the ich lines to the army of General Comontort. The writer remembers the feelings or pride and shame which battled for ascendancy in tne faces of those brave Frenchmen as ihey descended h in tront of the Méxican headquarters in Sun colo, They all told the same story. It was this:— are republicans likey: es; not your emies, but your friends. ove ‘a republic, and hate the government we serve; but we are Frenchmen, and have to obey. Let us be friends,” ‘The Mexican government treated these men well, jed them to the Capital tree of cost, furnished them with $10 each and the means of subsisten leaving it optional with each one to settle there or take a passport to any part of the Republic, At no ‘one time were there iiore thun 40,000 Prench troops present in Mexico, but they were the flower of un army which had brayed tae mean war and con- quered at Solferino and Magenta, ‘hey fought like tigers and died like heroes. How, otherwise, could 40,000 of them have overrun a most extensive and y difficult country, inhabited by 9,000,000 of a brave people inured to war? HOPING FOR AID FROM UNCLE SAM. It was thought, ot course, that atter replacing the federal flag upon the battlements of Sumter and the high places of Richmond, Grant or Sherman would be seut down to expel the French, chase out Maximilian aud restore the republican form of gov- ernment in Mexico, When the time for action did arrive General Grant volunteered to go, but neither President Johnson nor Secretary Seward would en- tertain the idea of recommendiig Congress to send au expeditionary army against the French, This ex: plains the reason for the tart answer received by Consul Otterbourg from the man of the Appomatt who subsequently declined to be reut on a fool's ©: at P ov rand to Vera Cruz with Consul and Minister Campbell, The i knew the mission was the hoax it ed out to be, and he wisely avoided it jo American ariny was sent to Mexico, yet the French went out of it, Lut not under a threat from the United States, They teft for other reasons than those contained in the jutimations of Mr. Seward, which did not leave Washington nor reach Paris for'a considerable while after Napoleon had issued a decree recalling the army of occupation from Mexico. ‘This is a fact so well known, but not generally remembered, by th who boast about Seward’s having driven the French out of Mexico, and about that country. owing its second independence to the United States, that my oue who takes the trouble to consult the papers of those days will see it amply proved. The war of tue rebellion ended in’ the spring of 1865, and it was not till the winter of 166 that the American Secretary of State bethought himselt of sending a commission to Vera Cruz. M. Masseras says what is quite true, that the Sherman- Campbell expedition in the Susquehanna wasan utter failure. Itcould not be anything else, seemg that Campbell was armed with pmimunication for the “President of the Republic,” who was then in Chihuahua, while Campbell was on the salt sea wave off the jetty at Vera Cruz. Judge Otterbourg plores the sailing of Mr, Campbell and General Sher- anan from Vera Cruz in November, 1866, without re- ceiving an official report of his, which any one can see by the perusal of it had no direct bearing at all on the personal safety of Maximilian. It did not, in truth, matter three straws, #0 far as results are con- cerned, whether or not he had ever written it, for Maximilian was then in power at the capital, and there was no danger whatever of his life appre- hended, DID THE MEXICANS DRIVE OUT THY, FRENCH? Who drove the French out of Mexico? ‘The Mexicans themselves did it, and no other P ‘The mdomi- table soldiers of the Kepublic, badly armed, worse fed, barefooted, almost naked, without pay and upon poor rations, miserably orgunized, tor a time, and wretchedly officered tor the greater part, but with a thirst for liberty, independence and self-government in their souls Which nothing could quench, nor hunger, suiferings or wounds meke them forget— the putient, active, courageons, self-sacrificing sol- diers of Mexico were the ones who hiried the in- v ‘8 from their shores, Did the United States help them to do it? © who at all understands the question will be bold enough to say that they did. On the contrary, the United States ernment showed itselt to the friend of the French and op- posed to the best interests of the Mexicans, Wit- ness the pérmission that was given to the Fronch army officers to ship from New York to Vera Cruz an ample supply of niules, forage aud wagons, with witch to move an invading army in the territory of atriendly neighbor. Recoliect that no privilege of this nature was ever conceded to the Mexicans, and remember the stringent orders that were given to American commanders aioug the frontier prohibit- ing them from ailowing a cartridge or a rifle to pass the Rio Grande, Seizures of arms in transite were made on the Pacific coust, and vessels searched at the bidding of French officials, ‘This sort of tre ent does not look much like waving Mexico. then, pat her on the back, patronize, and persist in looking upon her as a thing saved by American intervention, when such is not the case, and there are no grounds for these preten- sions? The truth is that the French abandoned Mex- ico because they could not hold it. it wonld haye re- quired the presence of 100,000 men to keep the im vortant points in the country and maintain the roads open. The invaders had to largely reinforce their army or leave while yet strong enough to get out. The French treasury could not stand the necessary drain of gold, and would not give the required drain ot bl ‘The topographical features of Mexico rendered it a difficult theatre of war in which to cam- paign; and then some day the United States—which did not go to pieces, contrary to monarehical predic- tions—might intertere ip behalt of the Mexicans, The republicans were making a neise in the National As- sembl, nd these, with other equally strong rea- sons, induced Napoleon to withdraw bis troops bi fore Mr, Seward had made any demand for such ac- tion. But if Lincoln's great Secretary of State did not drive out the French there in at least one im- imense service which he did do to Mexico—he refused toentertain Napolcon’s overtures for the partition of her territory. ‘THE FRENCH EVACUATE MEXICO. ‘he French was the deathknell of who was as much of a liberal ax his royal trade would permit and the divine right of princes allow, desired to draw around his person men of ad- vanced views and liberal opinions. But the flower of this ciass was only to be round in the camp of bis euemivs. In endeavoring to infure a liberal element into his Council of State he was obliged to make fre- quent changes, nud therefore bnid himselt open to the charge of fickieness. Ouly what was lett ot the old intoteraut Chureh at strengthened by a he liberal ranks, would excepting the foreign tro imperial service after the d » Was led by the same ofticers who during the war of reform had been defeated and dispersed by the Liberals, The Archduke, thought himself a nation’s choice, was oul figurehead ot the retrograde Church party. Mira- mon, Marquez, Mejia, Castillo, Mendez and the other conservative gencrals who held aloft the banners of ir periatisin in Puebla, Mexico, Guadalajara, Queretaro, had time and ayain been driven out of the feld by the liberals under Saragoza, Ortega, Diaz, Escobedo, Corona and other » republicans were secure of the victory aya evacuated any position it to the {iuperialiste yet the knowing their old, enemies and with them, weré not long in repossessing iselvos Of those points Which the fortunes of war had compelled them in the course of the campaign to leave in the hands of the invaders. it was that carly in the fall of 1866. the republican troops began to come out trom their mountain strongholds and onward in a resietless f toward the great join hin who remained in th parture of the French, nd although when the French over was turned rue We PAN ADVANCE, The capture of Matamoros, Tampico, Monterey, Saltillo, 1h the winter of 1866-7, put the army of the North, ‘under Escobedo, in a ‘position to protect Chihuahne on its right dank and threaten the imperial- ists or San Luis on its Jett and tront. The army of the West, under Corona, soon cleured the States of Sonora, Sinaloa and Durango of the imperial ists, this enabling — hi and Eseobedo to threaten Zacatecas and San Luis, The army of the Vust, at the orders of Dt up from the ph ne of Onjaca and overran po Vera Cruz and ‘bla, permitting him to pr the final attack on the latter important strategie point. ‘The ju periuliste were now (the bewinniny of 1807) re NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY,. it rates, be- | cause no duty had been paid upon them, and thus | legitimate dealers were driven out of the market- | ‘on the stage | duced to the possession of the cities of Mexi¢o, Puebla, Vera Crus, Queretaro, Guanajuato and some other places of less note. Vera Cruz could hardly, at this lute epoch in the struggle, be counted upon’ as useful to the imperialists, fSanmuch as it was prac- tically blockaded by the republicans under General Alejandro Gareia, ‘Lhe opulent city of San Luis Potosi, which “is a strategie point of the first ‘onder, was ovacnated by the | tmperiale 1si6, | under General Mejia in December, by General Geronimo ‘Trevino, Eseobedo moved his headquarte aring the way for the | seat of government. As Zacatecas, with’ its im- mensely rich mining resources, had fallen into the | hands of the republicans, nearly every desirable posi- tion north of Queretaro and south of Vera Cruz was in their possession, But the imperialists possessed the great central States with their capitals, already named, including Morelia, CONCENTRATION OF THE IMPERIALISTS, In this state of affairs the imperialists concentrated their for 1 Queretaro, while Maximilian, assisted by the indefatigable Marquez and other well known reactionist leaders, collected in the city of Mexico a considerable number of troops destined to join Mejia at Queretaro and by 4 united movement destroy in detail the approaching corps of the repub- licans. ‘To this end Generals Miramon and Castil!o formed two exceedingly strong divisions, the former to invade the States of the West and the ‘latter those of the North. Miramon, the bolder of the two, marched for Zacatecas with over two thousand men, | a considerable number of whom were foreign troops, while Castillo with an eqnally strong column threat- ened the republican headquarters in San Luis. ‘The government of Juarez, which had recently moved down from Chihuahua, was then in Zacatecas, aud became greatly alarmed at the approach of Mira- mon, But Escobedo proved himselt to be fully equal to the critical occasion. He withdrew @ column of observation that had been sent against | Castillo, reduced the garrison of San Luis, and with these and the troops of Coahuila organized a mixed corps to intercept Miramon. The latter entered Aquascalientes without opposition and pushed on by forced marches toward Zucatecas, to which city the republican General also directed his columns by the San Luis road, having in the meantime covered this city by echeloning the troops of Nuevo Leon | and some of General Rocha’s command between it sand Queretaro, so as to stop the advance of Castillo. With his accustomed impetuous valor Miramon threw himself against Zacatecas before Escobeda’s troops, numbering 3,500 men, under Trevino and could come up. He obliged General Ausa, the Governor of Zacatecas, to evacuate that place with his small garrison and ‘took it without tiring a shot. ‘The government of Juarez was thus obliged to evac- uate its temporary capital. But Escobedo, who had not lost time, was only five leagues trom the city, and it was his determination to prevent, if possible, the imperialist commander trom reaping the truits of his ing away the rich resources that were to be found Miramon, comprehending the recog- t Zacatecas was u city which presented ies tor detence, abandoned it at once, and found himself face to face with Escobedo, who now threatened his line of retreat toward Queretaro. On the first day of February, 1867, the opposing forces met near the hacienda of San Jacinto, and the battle which bears that name was fought, resulting ina complete victory for the republicans. It was with difficulty that Miramon, accompanied by an escort of dragoons, could excape, taking the nearest road to Castilio’s headquarters. Zacatecas was at once reoceupied by the Juarez government, wiiich soon aiterward established itself in San Luis Potosi pend- ing the siege of Queretaro, and. the republicans, now possessed of considerable elements of war, were able to bear down toward tho central strategic position of the latter city, The army of the North, under Esco- hedo, approuched from San Luis, and’ that of the West, comutanded by Corona, advanced from Jalisco by way of Logos, Leon and Silao, ‘The battle of Ban Jacinto had practically decided the speedy fall of the Empire. snecessful manauvre by cart military MAXIMILIAN TAKPS THE FIELD, It was at this exciting period that Maximilian, thinking his presence with the troops around Queretaro might turn the tide of war, lett his capital atthe head of 4,000 men, accompanied by General Marquez, and marched toward that, for him and his cause, fatal ag 3 At the same time the imperial- ist General Ramon Mendez came cast from Morella, bringing with him 3,000 veterans belonging to the State of Michoacan. Cxs- tilio, being obliged to cede ground betore the adyance ot Escobedo’s army, fell back upon Quere- taro, so that at the commencement of the siege the ill-starred Archduke found himself at the head of 12,000 men, the flower of the old conservative party, who were still fighting for the Church, but under the imperial flag. ‘The umted strength of ‘the republ.can forces was ubout twenty-seven thousand inen of a!) arms. These were composed of the Army of the North, now confided to the command of General ‘Trevino, consisting of the two divisions of infantry ded pectively by Generals Sostencs ud Francisco At and a division of y, at the orders of General Francisco Aguierre, The Army Corps of the West, headed by Gencral Ramon Corona, was made up of the divisions of Jalisco, commanded by General Manuel Marquez; the division ot Sinaloa, at the orders of General Felix Vega; the division of Michoacan, led by General Nicolas Kegules, and the Third intantry division of the Army of the North, under the directions of Gen- eval Silvestre Aranda. General Escobedo commanded in chiet; General Corona was his second, General Jesus Diaz de Leon became adjutant general and General Francisco Paz discharged the duties of com- mandant general of artillery. THE IMPERIALISTS OFFER BATTLE. It was natural to suppose that the experienced commanders of Maximilian would endeavor to mect and deteat in detail the aggressive columns of the republicans before these could concentrate in front of Queretaro, but no great efforts were put torth for this purpose. At Apasco, on the Guanajuato road, a few leagues north of Queretaro, the imperialists made a demonstration in strong force against the advance of Corona, but finding their right flauk threatened by a supporting movement on tue part of Escobedo, they retreated to their tortified outposts. On the Sth of March the army of Maximilixn was drawn up in line, its right wing resting on the Cerro de San Gregorio, its centre on the Cerro de la Campana and iis left on the Garita de Celanya, d in this position offered battle to the republicans. Escobedo wisely declined the challenge, and the mon- archists retreated behind their fortiiied lines, which from the beginning of January they had spared no effort to strengthen, From the Sth of March the Dblockade—for such it was rather than a siege—might be considered as tormally established, and the im- perialists confined their efforts to au active defence in the course of which they made a nuanber ot so! ties that were conducted with the boldest valor and greatest vigor. Indeed, the republicans themselves acknowledge that if the besieged had promptly profited by the results of thir efforts on the 2th of April, Maximilian and hix troops, or the greater portion of them, might have escaped toward Mexico; event which would have been dis- astrous for the tiae being to the republicans, In more than one of these rude passages at arms Maxi- milian had borne himself so bravely that his army, represented by a deputation composed of General Miguel Miramon, Tomas Mejia, Severo del Castili Pedro Valdes, Ramon Menez, Manuel R. Arellano and Mariano Reyes, decorated him with the medal of military merit, which he had decreed to the army, and asked him to wear it on his breast us a sign of their devotion and his satisfaction with their efforts, INVIOLABILITY OF TELEGRAMS. ‘The Baltimore Sun publishes an article on the ques- tion of the inviolability of telegraphic despatches and says that ‘there is a very gencral feeling that the Potter Committee, in deciding to go into an inves- tigation of the cipher despatches, has taken the proper course as tending to make its inquiry into the Presidential election thorough, So much notoricty has been given to the cipher despatches, and so much mystery surrounds them, that no investigation would be perfect that did not include this branch of the subject in its scope. How it is that the despatches of the republicans have not been forthcoming, while those of the democrats have, it would be curious to inquire, thongh it is difficult to see why confidence should have been betrayed in either case. It is the duty, therefore, of the Potter Committee to yet at the bottom of the divulgence of these despatches, apart from the charges and countercharges of bribery and corruption in connection with the Presidential election. This matter of the disclosure of telograms is one of serious moment, The cipher despa be investigated: though supposed to be in the eus- tody of the Western Union Telegraph Company = found their way, in the sh: of @ translation, into the columns ot the New York 7rivune, the head- quarters of the Western Union Telegraph Company ving in the city of New York. It is of special in- terest to the public, iu view of the confidence re- posed in telegraph companies and the fact that tele- grains entrusted to their care ought to be as inviolate as letters committed to the mails, tor the Potter Com- mittre to ascertain how those cipher despatches were obt. ued. The New Youk Henato, in discussing this subject, quotes the Revised Statutes of the State of New York to show that tampering with telegrams is put in tho statutes on the sume footing as tampering with private letters, * * * * “It is well known that the late Mr. Orton, a8 Presi- dent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, ob- jected in the outset to surrendering to a committee of Congress the telegrams, whether cipher or other- wise, Which passed North and South trom friends of both litical parties during the pendency of the Presidential question in the returning board States. iu the hands Did he finally i them confidential of any one? And, whether he did or did not, how is ia it that the Trilune yot hold of the original demo- cratic deapatches, and what became of the coufiden » republic : ig the Linann's against the practice of cousidering telegrams as public propert the Sun tomarks very ap! Talat purte have decid tween parties, are as sacred Our courts recognize tho right to call for telegrams in suite at law. But even tuis right is limited. It is not a rov- ing one. But so long as the originals of telegrams ate in the hands of the telegraph companies, they, Veing the custodians of them, are responsible tor their safekeeping, and if ou any account, other than a legal mandate, they surrender or tirow ope telegrams to third parties, they are yuiity of a Ha grant breach o: trust, and shonla be punieliod to the Tullest extent of the law. The duty of the Potter Committers will not be performed until it has pushed its inquiries into tho way in whieh the cipuer de+ spatches wore (with aud show upon whom thie eenanre «! quo SENATOR BAYARD INTERVIEWED, - [From the St. Louis Post and Dispatch, Jan. 16.} Meeting the reporter at the door Senator Bayard motioned him to a seat, and in # perfectly unreserved manner spoke of* the miserable weather, saying:—I regret that it should have been so unpleasant during my visit here, for, although I have been a number of times in the vicinity of the city, it is the first time T have visited St. Louis. I had a great desire to see the town, for it is a fine, large and strong city—« strong city. Besides, I am familiar with the town from the fact that a number of my old friends from Delaware formed a kind of colony here, and I naturally have a very friendly feeling for St. Louis. “What is the political outlook in Delaware at the present time?’ asked the reporter. “Everything is very quiet and peaceful there,’’ ‘was the response, “During the last election the re- publican party really had no organization. In fact, they placed no ticket in the field, bné a portion of them formed a greenback ticket, and the only demo- cratic opposition was the greenback ticket. You ree we have a prepayment of tax in Delaware which forms a qualification for voting, and the negro vote is, of course, solid republican, as it is in most States, ‘Vhis latter fact has, perhaps, done as much as any thing toward injuring the republican party, as the expense attached to an election necessarily fails upon avery few. Yes,” added the Senator, in a very re- flective manner, “it is some time since the republican purty have elected anybody in Delaware."” “How has the resumption of specie payments af- fected your State, sir?” “Ob, there 18 no difference there from what there is in most other sections of the country. As soon as persons found that they conld get as much gold as they wanted at the banks they began to deposit it, and the banks have received more than they paid out. My own opinion is that there was a great deal more hhoarded than was generally supposed—hoarded in small sums, as people who had any, either durin; or since the war, heid on to it with the feeling that 4s long as there was a premium attached to gold it ‘was safe to keep it. ‘They had seen gold us high three to one during the War, and who could say but what it would go np again? ‘Chis was the feel- ing untila gold dollar was worth no more than a paper dollar. Then people were perfectly satistied that it was no longer worth while to keep their gold idle, “As to the effect upon business? Well, I feel all that is necessary now is for contidence to be restored in order to have prosperity returned to the country; coniidence restored, and the outrageous system put au end to of embittering one section of the country toward another. When this latter happy event shail teke place there is no reason why we should not enter an era of prosperity all over the land.’ “Senator Bayard, what do you think of the pros- pect of General Grant being the nominee of the re- publican party in 18807” was the query. “It would seem at present that he was the choice of the repablican party, that is the choice of the managers, It is very discreditable that such a sys- tem of advertising shouid be resorted to by the fol- lowers of General Grant, as it he was some kind of merchandise. It is such an undignitied way to bring him into notice.” “Then the talk about his restoring specie pay- ment. The fact is during the eight years of his ad- ministration he did more to render resumption difti- cult of accomplishment, or impossible, than he did to bring it.about. 1fwas during his administration that the demant notes of the ‘freasury were increased by re-issue atter cancellation from $356,000,000 to 000,000, and that without any legal right. regret to see the movement on foot, for to me it signities that the parties who prepare it are prac- tically admitting that our popular torm of govern- ment is a failure. “fhe principle laid down by the founders of this government, claiming that the people shall rule themselves, is to be substituted by one new and foreign to the genius of our institutions—that the ruling power shall be from without, and not, as was intended, trom within—that is, to substitute an iu- voluntary for a voluntary system, His nomination would only be the signal tor renewed confusion and trouble throughout the country, In the South the negroes alone would yote for him, and the people everywhere know his policy and ideas of administra tion, for*they have tried him for two terms, and know to what desperate straits he has brought our atfuirs already. I believed that there was more peace and harmony throughout the country when Andrew Johnson went out or office than when Gen- eral Grant retired from the Presidential chair, and this ayitating of the question is only having a tea- dency to unsettle the business of the country, I un- dersiand trom one of the morning papers,” added the Senator, with a sinile, ‘that there is « queer story of trying to make him United States Senator trom Mindi. “But then it is impossible to say what the feeling will be in 1880. There is a long tiiue yet to pass be- fore any Presidential nominations are made, and be- fore then public opition may fluctuate yreatly both as to men and measures, and it is impossible to pro- dict anything about it. ‘In fact, I almost regret hav- ing ex deoes >A y views on the subject. You see I have a place to speak from, and prefer to do it in the Senate Chamber,” A BITTER CONTROVERSY. LIVELY CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TWO WELL KNOWN VIRGINIA GENTLEMEN. Mr. R. H. Glass, Jr., manager and junior proprietor of the Petersburg (Va.) ost, is waging a bitter con- troyersy with William E. Hinton, # Virginia State Senator, In the correspondence just published Mr. Glass alleges that on the 4th of last November Mr. Hinton imade # speech in the Petersburg Academy of Music, which was afterward revised and printed in pamphlet form and circulated throughout the State, charging in effect that the editor of the Post was deeply in debt and that he used the columns of his journal for personal and malicious purposes, Mr. Glass, Jr,, sent a reply to a Richmond paper, which was declined, as the editor did not wish to take part in the controversy. On January 17 the young man printed the “repiy” in his own paper, and among other things he said that Hinton was in The article closed with these debt aud did not pay. n hypocrite wit! wie, rely their dearest in- terests would have suffered and the honor and integrity of the district and Conmonweulth been shamed aud jeored bj the admission to « seat in our national councils of an inal vidual who t rates the robes of # Virginia Sona- tor by ® rape upon the purity and sanctity of the ballot and by an infringement upon the Laws of his country. Before this card was published a copy of it was sent to Mr. Hinton by a friend of the author, where- upon he retorted us follows :— o ring the late Congressional e1 . As he makes this attack as a cowardly cur would I ma: be excused for treating him in that character—a low bre dog. While I have not seen that courage. ur gontieman! red me the present State laws to ows, as does 1 wi fo! a gontleman to meet his or their assaults in Just yo as they might choose to make the 1G, San. 16, 1ST, W. E. HINTON, Jn, FURTHER PARTICULARS. (From the Portemouth Times, Jan. 18.) Parenspuna, Va., Jun, 16, 1879. At alate hour last night @ magistrate of this city, in the absence of the Mayor, from information re- ceived, which led him to believe that Mr. I. 4. Glass, Jr., of the firm of It, H. Glass & Son, publish ers of the J»st, a daily morning papers published in this city, aud Captain William E. Hinton, Jr., were about to leave the State with hostile intentions, issued warrants for their arrest, which were served ‘upon cach of the parties, who appeared before Mayor Cancron this morning. From tue evidence elicited before the Mayor it appewrs the inference that a duel between these gentlemen was about to take plice gaived circulation from # rumor that an abusive card was about to be published by Mr, Glass in reterence to Captain Hinton, growing out of the recent political canvass. Alter heating wll the evidence in the exse the Mayor discharged the accused upon the ground that the testiouy was imnsuillcieut to Justify dim ia binding them vver tu keep the peace. A BABY IN A WELL, (From the Sacramento Union, Jan, 11.) At Roreville, a few days ago, the little son of a widow ludy—a child three or four years of age— while playing near a well, ‘ell into it, His fall was observed and parties ran to his reseue. It was found that he was on the surface of the water, which was about twenty feet deep, clinging to some- thing and apparently unhurt. ‘The people cast about for means to save him, but tound that the well rope ‘was not strong enough to sustain the weight of a man, and it would be dangerous to the child, to say nothing of anything else, for any one to try to dle- ascend, While « messenger was hastening for a strong rope the well bucket was placed within the child's reuch, and he was directed to yet fito it and hold on to the rope. Thy litte fellow, in an effort to do as ho was told, put his feet on the edge of the bucket ul clasped the rope with his hand; then those above him commenced to draw him up. It was moment of intense suspense; scarcely a breath was drawn, as With exceeding care the rope was handled aud the bucket graduaily ascended with the brave child clinging to it courageously, At he lost wis hold and tell he doubtless would perish, tor it was almost too much to expect thit he could fall twice Into such # perilous place and escape. But gradually the bucket ascended, slowly and surely, and when at last the boy was where he could be revched and a strong hand grasped hint there was a grand shout of reliet from all. And the gratification was inerewsed wien it was subsequently found that ue was uot burt a bit, JANUARY 20, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. THE MISSING BOSTON LAWYER. LEFT NRW YORK ON NEW YEAR'S EVE—-NEVER HEARD OF SINCE—THE SECOND MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE ON A FALL RIVER STEAMER— HERZ0G AND WOODMAN. Newvonr, R. L., Jan, 18, 1879. The relatives of Mr, Horatio Woodman, the missing Boston lawyer, have been in town for several days making inquiries relative to his whereabouts. They offer a reward of $200 for his body or for any clew which will tend to solve the mystery. Mr, Wood- man, it is rumored, had been financially embarrassed for some time, and he went to New York to endeavor to raise money to refund’! amounts owed by him to | estates in Boston and vicinity which he had charge of and to clear off old scores growing out of his pen- sion business. It is said thet he met with little or no success. He embarked for home onthe steamer Newport, of the Fall River line, on New Year's Eve. The only person who knew him on board the steamer was the barber, who hes a place of business in Boston, where he had often shaved the missing man, and while the steamer was well on its way to this port he (Woodman) eutered the bar- ber shop and chatted quite pleasantly, He inquired of the baggage master as to the time that the steamer would touch at this place. He informed the agent that he desired to see a party in this city, but he hesitated to remain over, as his wife expected lim home on the steamboat train. He, however, wrote a note to his wife and intrusted it to the care of the baggage master, who promisod to forward it by the railway baggage agent. He was seen about half an hour before the steamer arrived here, but has never been seen or eyen heard of from that time to the present. DESCRIPTION OF THE MISSING MAN. He was about five feet four inches in height, with full, long gray side whiskers, the rest ot his face being clean shaven, The top of his head was con- siderably bald, and he had an old and scarcely per- ceptible scar on one cheek and a round scar on the it shoulder. He wore a suit of dark brown diagonal cloth, dark blue overcoat, laced shoes and dark blue gaiters, pearl shirt studs, eyeglasses with toxtoine- shell rims, gold watch and chain of black and gold links and a pair of dark kid gloves. His friends do not beliove that he committed suicide. ‘Che authori- ties here have the mutter in hand. They have scoured the city, and the shores are being searched, as itis thought that his body may drittup. The officers of the boat state that one through ticket is missing, and this, without doubt, is the one pur- chased by Mr. Woodman. EFFECTS FOUND IN HIS STATEROOM, ‘The purser of the boat on making his rounds after the boat had arrived at Fall River found Mr. Wood- man’s stateroom door open. ‘The bedding wax dis- ordered and @ satchel and s! ‘1 were found on the floor and their owvership was not kuown until one week afterward, when they were identitied by his rel- atives, who had arrived at Full River for the purpose ot making inquiries. The letter which he wrote to his wite was duly received, It was briet and con- taine4 no mention of financial troubles and gave no hint of a prolonged absence from home, formed her that he was detained at Newport upon business, but would return home the same day, His wite thought nothing of it at the time, expecting to see him on the evening of January 1. The whole affair is shrouded in mystery. If he lunded at Newport he would have been likely to hi taken the effects which were found in his stateroom, Some are of the opinion that he fell overboard acei- dentally while sutfering from an attack of vertigo, while a few believe that he was the victim of tual play. That he will turn up all right is the opinion of many who know him, A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE. No tidings have ever beeu heard trom Mr. Solomon Herzog, a prominent New York business man, who ‘was last seen on board of the steamer Bristol, of the Fall River line, in the early part of December, He was on his way to New York from Cambridge, Mass, where he had gone to sce a real estate broker relutive toareal estate transaction. He, too, was seen just before the steamer touched here on her way from Fall River. His family offer a reward of $500 for the recovery of his peaye dead or ulive, or tor informa- ot which will lead to the discovery of iuis where- abouts. MISSING FROM HOME. Inspector McDermott was yesterday informed of the mysterious disappearance trom his home of James Orton, nineteen years of age, of No, 413 West ‘Twenty-third street. At- two o'clock last Saturday, it being the birthday of an elder brother, his mother sent Inm on an errand to a jéwelry store at Twenty- third street and Sixth avenue, where he received valuable articles of jewelry.. Ho failed to return and has not since put in un appearance. The missin youth is a son of the late William Orton, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company. REV. MR. K PLAINS, HE DENIES THE CHARGE OF HAY: PROCURED A TROTTING MARE UNDER FALSE PRE- TENCES. On Saturday evening the Rev. T. T. Kendrick, of Brooklyn, E. D., surrendered himself to Constable Hurley, at Jamaica, to answer a charge of having ob- tained possession of the trotting mure Maggie Briggs by false pretences. Mr. Kendrick saw by the Henan of Saturday morning that Charles Skidmore, of Ja- maica, had made this charge against him and had pro- cured @ warrant for his arrest from Justice Betts, Mr, Kendrick was assigned to @cellin the Jamaica Jail with the freedom of the corridor, but preferred the exclusiveness of his cell. Mr. Kendrick received a HxnaLp reporter courteously yes- terday morning and made the following state- ment:—“I saw Mr. Skidmore three times with reference to Maggie Briggs; he held her at $1,000, He had the note of a person payable to himeelf for $685 93, which, with the acerued in- terest, made it $600. The individual alluded to told Mr. Skidmore that he would give him that note and his personal note for $100 for the mare, if he would bear half the commis- sion due Mr. Archibald Johnson, who was the broker in the transaction. Mr, Skidmore insisted that I should bear all the commission, Then Mr. Johnson lessened it, I showed him the notes, and he gave me a letter to Mr. Skidmore saying that I had arranged for the commission and for him (Skidmore) to receive the notes and turn over the mare. I was given the mare on the 4th of January, under a fuil bill of saie, after having indorsed the notes as Mr. Skidmore de- sired. One of the notes was due, I think, February W and the other Murch 20. LOOKING FOR ONE ANOTHER. “Mr. Skidmore promised to mect meat Mr, John- son's the following Monday morning, the 6th, with the pedigree of the mare, but did not, and I went to Jamuica expecting to tind him at home. He had gone to New York, Mrs. Skidmore said, and she thought ho had taken the pedigree with him; but on looking she found it wrapped up, and said he must have for- otten it. Iseut a postal card to Mr. Skidmore that ¢ should leave the saddle and bridle that had been louned him to take the mare to city, at Mr. Jehnsoh’s on thi next Thursday, the 9th, The war- rant sec to have been issucd on Wednesday, the sth. I was ut Mr. Skidmore's house that day and livered the saddle and bridle und the pedigree (which Tonly required to #how to a mu » desired to pur- chase the marc), but he said not a word about a war- rant. Lwasat Mr. Skidmore’s house again on the Lith, when he asked me to go with Limon the 1th toa man on the corner o: Thirty-tirst street and First avenue, with whom he expected to trade one of the notes. I learned in New York of his having been looking tor me with detective: and on the Mth wrote to him, saying that L was gusted with his conduct and would not meet him, 1 sold the mare and transferred the bill of sale to Mr, Dennis, of Williamsburg, on the ith, the day bef the warrant was issued. So far trom having obtai the mare by false pretences, there never was a aquarer business transaction, Leven 0} 1 to give Skidmore a note for $600, secured by real ostate, in exchange for the $595 95 note. Mr. Skidmore claims that the horse was obtained by talse pretence in that Kendrick represented that Johuson had seen and approved the notes and writ- ten @ jetter to him to conclude the bargain, whieh, Skidmore states, Johnson absolutely denies, Mr, Kendrick denies that he owed Johnson $200, and says that it he did owe him that sum Johnson could by secured hinuselt, as he now hes in his stable a th oughbred Alderney bull of qreater value belong to Kendrick, Mr. Kendrick’ telegraphed yesterda; for his brother aud General Tracy, bis counsel. He ‘will have an examination to-day, WAS WILLIAM CADMUS MURDERED? Goroner Parslow yesterday empanelicd a jury in the cave of William J, Cadmus, whose body was found on the Communipaw shore on Saturday, and then adjourned the inquest until to-morrow evening. The circumstances surrounding the death of Mr, Cudmits are so suspicious that his family and relatives are of the opinion that he was murdered, Sergeant Michael Simmons, of the Kourth precinet police, Jersey City, who is the dead man’s nephew, said yea terday that he left Mr, Cadmus in this city on Friday morning. At that time he had with bim as found in his pockets, across @ log near Jeraloiman's boathouse, ut the foo! of Communipaw avenue, and the head was within about three inches o: wat His bat) was Iying about firty yards up the shore, There were no foot. prints in the snow leading to the hat or body, and this the 1au's friends construe into evidence of tHe and then The body were sattement that he was murdered brought in a boat the only morks of violence on a small serateh on the back of the hvad, a discolora- tion on the right temple anda small indentation in the middle of tuo i ‘Chis last mark, Qoroner . might have been Parslow said made by @ sand club. ‘The desd man’s friends in Bayonne, where he were yesterday greatly excited over his death, and @ thorough investigation will bo made, Mr. Cadmus resided in avenue C, and had a a] family. He was fifty years of age ane won.eaidt to be worth about $100. The boly has been re- moved to his late residence, and County Physician Converse will make a post-mortem examination of the remains to-day. A, T. STEWART'’S KEMAINS. DENIAL OF THEIR REPORTED RESTORATION— REASONS WHY MR. HILTON DECLINES TO TALE TO REPORTERS, Notwithstanding the efforts that are being made by one or two of the morning papers to revive the rumors of the alleged recovery of Mr, Stewart's re mains a thorough investigation of the mattor by the Henacp reporters has failed to confirm the reports alluded to, At the same-time it is possible that the stolea body has beon restored, and there are many people who believe that one of the most convincing proofs of this is found in the persistent reticence of Judge Hilton in regard to the circulated reports setting forth the restoration of the remains, This, however, would seem to be a a somewhat unfair inference when it is remembered that Judge Hilton has frequentiy assured members ot the press and others, that inas- much as the robbery of Mr, Stewart’s grave was a crime which affected society at large, shouid the re- mains be recovered he would at once give the inlor- mation of such circumstance to the public through the press. ‘MR. HILTON’S RETICENCE. , While endeavoring to elicit information on the sub- ject of the sensational rumors already indicated a Henaup reporter yesterday atternoon called upoi entleman who has for years been on a familiar foot- ing with the Stewart family. During the interview which took place this gentleman said that when he first saw the published statement setting forth tho recovery of the remains he applied to one who is inti- mately connected with the household of Mrs. Stewart, asking if there was in reality any ground tor the re- port. The answer, accompanied by a significant shake of the head, was, ‘None, whatever.” In his opinion, the gentleman said, the rumor has prob- ably arisen from avery strong basis for hope in Mrs. Stewart's mind a short time since that the body would soon be forthcoming, but as yet that hope was not in any measure realized. As regards the question of identitication in the reports of the recovery of the body, he continued, there is a very significant silence about the piece of velvet which was cut or torn from the coffin. ‘This would be even better than the plate fur the purpose of identification, as this bit of velvet, could it be pigdaced, would, in his opinion, conclu- sively establish the identity of the parties in whose possession it had been as being the grave robbers, On being asked what he thought of the reticence of Judge Hilton on the subject of the reported recovery ot the remains, he replie? thet he thought it was quite compatible with the theory that the body has not found. He said that, to his knowledge, Judge Hilton has been working continually a.oug every clew thut had any likelihood in it of leading to the restoration of the remains, and that he is still at work. Judge Hilton, he said, has contradicted many rumors and reports regarding the outrage on Mr. Stewart's remains and has now made up his mind not to say any more to newspaper reporters until the body hus been recovered and deposited in its intended rest- ing place at Garden City. That, he added, was his opinion of the reason for Judge Hilton's taciturnity and his refusal to say anything to members of the press. Regarding the rumor that the remains had been within the past few days secretly® conveyed to Greenwood Cemetery and there placed securely in a vault until such. time as the crypt at Garden City shall have been finished, the writer called upon Sani- tary Superintendent Dr. Walter D. &. Day for the pur- pose of ascertaining whether any permit had been granted for the transfer of Mr, Stewart's remains to Greenwood from this city, or from this city to New Jersey. Dr, Day appeared surprised at the question and said that no such permit had been given. CONTROL OF THE WIGWAM. INDICATIONS OF A COMPROMISE BETWEEN TAM- MANY AND ANTI-TAMMANY—WHAT A PROMI+ NENT POLITICIAN SAYS. ‘The movement to form a General Committee so as to consolidate the elements of the den:ocracy op- posed to Tammany, and the attempt on the part of their leaders to get possession of the Wigwam by means of the Tammany Society, are regarded by some shrewd politicians as an indication that these efforts, before they proceed much further, will be met by overtures for a compromise. A well known adherent of Tammany, who shares this view, in spenking to @ HeRALD reporter on the subject, sii “I feel confident that something is going to be done, and you will agree with me, if you will take an intelligent look ‘at the present situation. Let me give the points o you in the order which will lead you perhaps to entertain my opinions on the matter. “J, Mayor Cooper undoubtedly represents the anti-Tammany democracy as one of its leaders, and he not only sympathized with the movements to capture the Tarniuan Society and to form a yeneral committee out of all the anti-Tammany elements, but he has largely assisted in both. The men en- gaged in these movements are among’ the principal advisers of the Mayor. . Comptroller Kelly, who is the head of the Tam- many Hall organization, is aware of these facts, but he has nevertueless placed himself on record as pers tectly willing to co-operate with the Mayor in cone ducting the business of the city government. “3. There is @ general cry raised by the democratio leaders in favor of a union of all the e'ements of the party, so as to recover their lost power next fall, Governor Robinson is in favor of it, and several in- formal propositions as to how it should be brought about have been made to him, “4, Mayor Cooper is, I believe, at loggerheads with General Chester A. Arthur in regard to certain ap- pointments, and especially im reference to the re- moval of Mr, Lindsay I. Howe trom his position as Commissioner of Accounts, although his retention was requested, us Mr. Howe himselt says, by Sena tor Conkling, General Arthur and other lights of the republican party. as. All files tacts, to my mind, indicate that # compromise will be’ made with the anti-Tammany leadera. Ldon't see how it could be possible for the head of the Tammany organization to co-operate officially as Comptroller with Mr. Cooper as Mayor, during office hours, and both gentlemen in the eve ing go to their respective headquarters to fight each otuer politically. Mr. Cooper can hardly afford, in my view, to remain in an isolated position, in whic! he may have the enmity of General Arthur on the one hand and of Joun Kelly on the other. “Then, again, look wt the trouble the Tammany people had with Nelson J. Waterbury when he tried to capture the Tammany Soctety some years ago, At that time the vote was comparatively close and Comptroller Kelly barely obtained sufficient support to win the fight. Mr. Waterbury and his friends then developed an smount of «trength that was nob expected by their opponents.” ‘TWO LOAVES OF BREAD. Harris Marilsky keeps a grocery store at No, 42 Forsyth stroet, and last Saturday night about eleven o'clock, while he was in his living apartments in the rear, two men entered the store. He heard a noixe and, rushing in, was just in time to sevone of them eseape and the other crouch down behind the counter. ‘Che latter was captured and two loaves of bread were for secreted under his cout, Otticor O'Leary, of the Tenth precinct, took him in charge and at the station house it was found that he was a deat mute. He gave his name as Leroy Peters, no home, In the Essex Market Police Court yesterday” morning Judge Kilvreth had the prisoner read the compliant. In reply he handed the Judge # piece of paper, on which was writton, “Judge, Your Hoaor, me and my friend went into th ore to buy some crackers and cheese, when this Jew came out aud locked the door aud beat n Marilsky denied beating the prisoner aud further said that his account book, containing $5, was gous. No money, save forty-seven cents, was found on the deaf mute. Peters was held in default of $300, MUTINY OF THE SEPOYS. AN EX-BRITISH SOLDIER ON THE MANNER IN WHICH PRISONERS WERE TAKEN OFF —A DIs~ TINCTION WITH SOME DIFFERENCE, BUT NOT MUCH, ‘New York, Jan. 18, 1879, ‘To rae Eprron or tHE Henaty:— Having been # British soldier I beg leave to take exception to an expression made use of in a HkRALD editorial of the 17th inst., headed “Maskacre of the Fugitive Cheyennes,” relative to the Kast Indian mutiny of the Sepoys in 1857-58, namely :—"To ram living men into the mouths of cannon and shoot them into space.” Such a thing would be unparul} leled in the history of the civilized world, and woul indecd have made Christendom, stand aghast with hore ror, Lam surprised at this late date to read such a states ment, which, if founded on tact, I could scarcely have tailed to hear, having been connected nearly all my life with the British army, and having had wmong my brother officers and friends a lirgo number of those who fought during the mutiny, some of whom would have oference to such a barbarous mide of excenti in a description given to jue by ab eye-withe pon ity father) of some of these ox tious, both in the Sutlej campaign and that of 1867+ the men were simply tied with backs to the cannon’s mouths and then blown away—not rammed in aliye, Doubtiows the words are used figuratively, but then how many of your numerous readors are there who will not but read them literaily and thereb do injustice to an army which can searcely be chary with inhumanity, even when it caused to be bluowa from guns men who had brutally outraged, tortured and buried alive helpless women and children at Cawnpore 1 trust you will kindly correct auch statement, hich many mombers of cl irelacaleredthtotsl thie bad b; ibieking