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2 NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1866.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. FOREIGN CORRESP PARIS. CNE WEATHER AND THE CROPS— TNE EMCEROR'S LETTER OF MILITARY REOROANIZATION—GOSSIP ABOUT PIABRITZ—TIE BUSSO-AMEKIOAN ALLIANCE GEN. GASTLENEAU. From Our Special Corrospondent. DENCE. Pants, Sept. 28, 1666, The sun is shining; it shone yesterday. It has not rained for four days. A wet season, of which wo have not had the like since 1360, seems closed at last; but it went out in character. The equinoctial rains were rather unusually heavy, and falling upon the already full-soaked ground and swollen springs, had nothing for it but to ran direot to the streams. Hence inun- dations of the Loire, Garonne, Scine, Saone, Rhine and their aflnents, which though bappily not so disas- trous as those of 1856, have done great mischief this weok in the south, south-east and center of Frasce. The Seine here has risen gix feet above its Summer level, and rolls through Paris as muddy, if not as mighty us the Mississippi. Comigor Hesperidum fluvins regnator aquarum. Day before yesterday it floated along three corpses torn by the violence of the current from “the oozy slimo of its bed, where the suicides bad lain for many days. Often as the weather has been spoken of in this correspondence, the importance of its infla- ences justifies recurrence to the topic. A month or 80 ago, I mentioned tbat the yield of this year's bar- | vest was estimated at a fifth le-s than that of a good rage. Those best gualified to judge have since caleulated the deficit at a fourth—taking inferior qual- ity as well as less quantity iuto the account at inore than a fourth. The bad state of the ground and this inforiority of the grain are cansing also some anxiety for uoxt year's crops. Jourdier and other agricultural authoritios are urging farmer's to sow the seed of last year's gowth. Potatoes are rotting, sugar beets are all run to leaf and scragzy, watery roots, The wive will bo as bad as in 1860, and, in Bargundy at least, where they have been afllicted with hail-storms, not as abupdant. Prices of bread and meat rule high sl- ready, and threaten to rise. Some of the timid and unreasoning wish that the system, abolished a few years ago, of regulating the price of bread and buteh- er's meat by police ordinance every fortnight, might be restored for the coming Winter. Under that sys- tem, in the short years of 1 56, the baker's 801" bread, by order, at less price than it cost them—tho difference being made up to them at times by advances from the city. The case, owing to several circum- stances, is not as grave now as then; though grave enough to occupy the thoughts of our governingmen, it will not apparently lead to a recurrence of the old system: they will mainly trost to the free course of trade to tide over the difficulties presented by high rices, and the large working population. Pre- oot Haussman's unabated fervor in tearing down and rebuilding Paris, and the preparations on all hands for the Exhibition next year keeping up supply of work and wages. And meanwhilo it may be cotnted as one good of the evil that it presenis new inducements to the present keeping of peace. The Emperor’s letter to Marsbal Kandon laying out in general bis notions of a place for the mucl -tulked reorganization of the French military system, we are not likely to bave grewm reading of; though persons who should be in the way of almost knowing assert that it was in type in the Moniteur offico 8 week ago. Any gne who wants to almost know what were tho leading ideas set forth in that letter, will probably find his want met in an article in La Liberté of last Satarday, signed Emile de Girardin. That Girardin did write that remarkable article with some more than uessed knowledge of the Imperial letter, there are fn-ildl-s the internal proof, two notable esternal proofs, yis., the extreme vexation if caused at the War De- partment, and the consequent dewi-denials in certain semi-official papers of the existence of the letter. The reformation suggested by the Emperor would seem to be a.combination of parts of the Prussian with modifi- cations of the actual French system. As the letter could at most only suggest; as the whole subject is still, and will long continue to be, & subject of study at the War Office; as any grave modification of the present system must be shaped into a bill by the Conseil &' Etat and then undergo discussion in the Corps Legislatif, the writer on advisement doubtless found it better, at the last moment, to change his mind about the opportunity of publishing the letter than to expose himself to seem to change his mind a8 to its suggestions after its publication. We all knew ten days ago that Napoleon had deeply and favorably considered the Prussian system as ]on% ago as when he was Louis Philippe's prisoner in Ham; and that the battle of Sadowa had redirected his most diligent atténtion to those old studies and to the solution of theproblem: How, with a very slowly increasing THE PARIS EXHIBITION. THR DISTRIBUTION OF GROUPS—DIMINISHED NUMBER OF HORNED OATTLR AND BEASTS OF BURDEN IN PRANCE—AQUARIA, BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE— TIME TABLE—THE OFFICIAL CATALOUGE—MO- NOPOLY POR ADVERTISEMENTS—T{1E PALAIS D' IN- DUSTRIE—FRENCII SECTION OF TIE EXHIBITION— RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN ITALY. From Our Exhibiiien Correspondent. Panis, Sopt. 21, 1866. Quitting the Palace and proceeding to examine the ex- hibition of groups as continued in the Park, we find that they are three in number: ' 1. Live produce aud specimens of agricultural establish- menta, 2. Live produce and specimens of borticulturel estab- lishment Objects exhibited with view to the amelioration of the phyxical and moral cond es. Under the first head we specimens of the agri- cultural instruments and _processes, and of the agricul- tural buildings in use in different countries, working models of distilleries, refineries, starch manufactories, silk-worm nurseries, &c., &c. The means will moreover be afforded of making sgricu!tvral experiments for_the purpose of in- ternational comparison. Specimens of the ,vrinciiml do- mestic animals and insects will he exhibited, Horses, mules, donkeys, cows, bullocks, sbeep, goats, on the one hand, and on the other silk-worlus, bees, cochineals, &e. In conncetion with the subject of Freuch live stock, it is worthy of observation that, as regards the two branches of horned cattle, and animals of burden, two recent causes have acted in exactly opposite seuses upon the numbers now to be found in the country, Thefirst of thoses causes is the cattle disease which has prevailed with such inten- sity in the North of Europe, the second is the late war. It appears from published statistics that during the first seven wonths of the present year the French importations of cattle have fullén ofl 10 the exteut of nearly 50 per cent, the exportations increasing in about the same proportion; while the necessitics of the war in Geru aud ltaly oc- casiozed a demand for Lorses and mules to which France alone contributed, in the single wonth of July, 8,300 borses and 3,000 mules. The large available supply will afford the means of ex- bibiting at the soutb-casi ead of the park aquariaon a more congiderable scale than has even hitherto been at- tempted. We are promised wonders iu the way of crus- tacen and mollusca, while the secrets of the deep are to be rovesled to us in all their minutim. Oyster breediug after the most approved gmnr‘.)-lnl will "be elaborately il- Justrated; stranger still, we shall be taugit how the breed- ing and fo have in juxtaposition the oyster and the leech, two ob caleulated to make the 100 frequent guest of the 7 Fréres and the Maison Dorée pause aud reflect. bane and antidote are both before him,” ‘¢ Excess caus- ing indigestion, followcd by repletion, to be corrected by cpletion.” Such will be the order of the pensive gour- met's thoughts Undor the cuttural produce should the domestic_iusects, the bee an: addition, such objects as more stric ence and practice of horticulture. L sort of shrub und fower known will be represented. Faras the French flag is known, consular aid lias been put in requisition for the tranamission home of the choicest specimens of botanical and horticultural variety, and with the present appliauces of artificial heat to hot-houses and green-houses, every requisito degree of heat can be attained and maintained. Thero is, in short, little doubt that the world will never bave just such @ botanical show as will be presented by u‘..‘u single scction of the lutcrnational Exhibition of 1867, 1 propose to leave the third heading of the groups to b exhibited in the Park far my next letter, confining myself in the present to differcnt details or remarks conne with or arising out of what I have already stated in gen- eral torms. Let me, in the first place, rote the different dares fixed upon by the Imperial Commission for the various steps in the progress of the Exhibition. Lhe palace, and all the differcut buildings which are to be erccted in the Park, are to be fiuisbed by the let of December next. French artists, whose works have been received for ad- mission, will have notitication of the admission by the lst of January, 1867. Exhibitors are to be placed in possession of and per- mauently installed in the spuce alloted to them by the 15th of Jauuary. 7 From the 15th of January to the 10th of Mareh exhib- itors will oec themselves in armnging their fittings, and recciving, unpacking and preparing for the exkibitiod of their goods. From the Uth of March foreign goods will be admitted into Freneh ports and over the Fre frontiers, and thence forwarded to the Exbibition Palace, which is to be cousidered as & depot of the customs. Between the 11th and 25th of March all goods must be fina ly srranged for exbibition. O’ the 29th and 3uth of March the erlire Palace as well a8 the Park and dependencies are to be eleared, polished up, smoothed and swept. Ou the 31st of March a final examination will be made of every portion of the Exhibition, internally as well as externally. On the 1st of April the grand ceremonial of the opening will take place, The exhibition will remain opex till the st of Octol Exhibitors will be allowed till the 30th of November to clear away their fittings and remove their goods. Great efiorts are being made to push forward the completion of the official eatalogue of the Exhibition, with view to its publication at as carly a dute as poseible, Meantime the Imperial Commission has announced that, whereas, intelligence has reached it that several persons are introducing themsclves to intending exinbitors, and ing of leeches is carried on. Then we &b all cts sad of Tive produce and specimens of horti Jive more properly been ranged d the gilk-worm, and, in ¥ belong o’ the sei- fopnmion, to largely inerease the armed force of *rance without increasing taxation or diminishing rro'duotion? And Mr. Girardin’s remarkable article has added very little to our knowledge in these respects. Most remarkable it is, however, for a bold- ness that would not have been tolerated in any other journalist, for thé bardibood of anticipating the pub- lished letter of Majesty, and of directly allusive criti- vism of the Imperial author’s statesmanship—one SRR 8 Wl G Gt W Tomg e Qe ‘We long g0 vided political statesmen into three classes: Those who undertake to make an omelet without breaking thé eggs; those who break the eggs but don't know how to make an omelet; those who make an ome- let with the eggs they have broken.” As who should suy, Gov. Seymour, the Rev. Beecher, aud ——1 The man of the future, that burly, growing young American man—Monsieur Tout le Monde. The Emperor is at Biarritz where, his mind relieved from prossure of business, he is enjoying partially re- cavered health. The mere fact that at last he is *up and went, " and directly on getting there took the Prince Tmperi nd walked coram populo, bas deprived us unswsmongers of one of our precious sources of para- graphs, to wit, his health. “Then, both by cause and effoct, just because he could leave and because he has loft, the home market is sparse of new political news, How hard some dealers have been put to it to assure theu duily supply to their customers may be guessed whon 1 tell you that 1 bave seen in the Paris eorres- pondence o wrunl mu(.;t rc:pecmble Transrhenan uewspapers, plump aud owlish paragraphs got up, dn“u:d. stuffed and_epiced with only llz& muueri-]]: The Minister of the United States is at Biarritz, where Prince Gorchakoff is soon expected. Heuce we dis- sover that there are to be impenetrably profound ne- gotiations completed, confirming the Russo-American iance“consequent and extension of the Monroe Doc- trine (reversed) into the Grecian Archipelago.” Non- sense' Nonsense? Agreed or not agreed. 1 am only reporter, and in fulfiliment of my function must note: that our pretended desire for & ceded naval sta. tion in some ove of the Turco-Groek islands, the ro- ception our Fox-Monitor Embassy meets with in Raussia, the inswrrection of the Candians and the fer- mentation it has raised among all the Gireek popula- tions of Greece proper aud of Turkey, and that para~ offering them the means of publicity through books and pamrphlots, all parties interested are warned sgainst such statements, and are informed that mo work of any sort on the subject will be recognized except the official catalogue, and that this catalogue alone will be permitted to be sold withip the space over which the authe umission extends. Some i hibitors as of ve of the oflicial catulogue, this latter lon of tranes for the has also been paid to mouopoly of tie ad- the Commission: having puid, it is said, helf & mil privikgs in question. A large su the Imperial Commission for th vert/sements within the inclosed sp of the Park. Some notion may be formed of the sum likely to be derived from this source, when it is stated that the surface on the difierent walls and palings is being let iu detay for edvertisements (the right to last from the opening to the closing of tho exbibition), at an average rate of nearly §50 per square foot. This secins an ex- orbitaut price in the eyes of the uninitiated; but I am wssured by persons skilled in the science and practi publicity Wiat the article offered is not dear ot the price, and I have moreover been shown many contracts made, at the different prices, which go to make up the above- named average, with some of the most imporant com- mercial esteblishments in Paris. Among the countries which sppast exceptionally alive to the importance of the great industrial race abont to be run 18 Spwin. Tho bead Commission for the Exhibition of that country hes just addressed & circular to the several Provincial Comin's- sions, urging them to make streuvons efforts with o view o attest the artistic and industrial progrees of the country, The plans and reports of the departuicutal commitiees are to besent in by the 15th of November next, they having been invited to examine every new combination and every striking form of presentation calculated to add to the genc- ral attractiveness of the exhibition. Let the foreign com- petitors of tasteful and inventive Frauce be not intimi- dated but rather stivnlated by this intelligence, The more potent the foe, the greater the glory of the encouuter, even if 8 defeat be the resuit. 1 conelude with the following statement of the actual and prospective condition of railway construction in Ttely, which cannot fail to be interesting to_travelers about to visit that country. There will very sLortly be in working order 2,944 wiles of railway. In afew days the Venetiau lines will be terminated as far as the borders of Iilyria, and 170 miles have been lateoly finished in the valle u}ll.n Tiber and the Atno. Withii two months 178 mll’l'l will be opened of tho line by Cremona, Brescis, Messina and Catauia, the completion of tLe Aretima and Ferrara and Kovigo line, which includes s temporary bridge over the Po. Within a very few weeks, lmh-pl in & month, the gxhin Minister Lavalette’s diplomatic circular re- ‘:‘s to the fatal great growth of Russia and the United States (said to bave been circulated by the Emperor's own haid)—that all these things are by many bere, with more or less serionsness, looked at and treated of in a ** coneatenation accordingly.” La Patrie (ono of the demi-semi-officious press, you know) entertained the town in its other evening's tssue with a sensation article, wherein the ingenious writer forged the apparently wanting links of the chain, and made it evident to lively imaginations that the United States and Russia were already as good s agreed on an alliance defensive and offensive, with, among other views, this immediate one of securing to the party of the first Rnn a naval #tation in the ar- chipelago, where Mr. Welles’s monitors (once towed safoly across the Atlantic) could ride (or hold up) safely, and thereby readily belping the party of gg. second part to administer ** sick man Turkey™ accord- ing to the rites of the Russo-Greek Church. Non- senso’ nonsense! I ghould say so, if I bad an opinton to give. But the sensational article of La Patrie, Jaughable and worthless, if it stood alone, does have i ncs-:'lmh ::l;h'i‘;‘lsu&y-Ameriun connection. b n. Castlent his M Q , was gone from Paris to St. Ne::a'lre. en nfifi'{; exico, with s Imperial orders. The note was etrictly veridical when written last Friday. But that evoning s telogram was sent from St. Cloud recalling Gen. Castlonesu. At the same time sbout the Moniteur pnnter “was bidden to insert the notico that the vern- ment would not it two of its army officers to become Ministers of Mexican Max. Their nomiation by Max to their ministerial offices wore without provok- ing contradiction, ten days Observe in this connec- tion that Government here has suddenly decided mot to bring the whole gang of them early next year. A fa- o Ly T nfld(m‘l“:‘m w! &ee., &o., are expla of solcxnnly Gom L'Ewrope, newspaper of Frankfort: ELV Alemugne refnite home & part of the French soldiers from Mexico this mon-bu, a8 it promised it would, but says it will o rests ov:{‘;“nng:l ldn'knl lumineu.u'rh; and rearrangements an hen he was on the pnl:fi! embarke o eived from Waabing advices fresh received from ington. To ,1 find nothing better than the appended wittily brief resuiné of the FKuropean situation, vhich I borrow L Tealie ost fuite, FA Rome eontrefalts ; L Autriche cat défaite, La Prasse et vrinite, La France puifaite, Ki ' Augleturre satistuite, ke Wiy d s capital of Italy will be conn by railway, on the one sids with Rome and Naples, and on the other with Ve- netia and the Frioul us the railway traffic of the Ital- ian peninsula will become systematized, baving for its besis two principal lines without interruption—the one 600 miles long will run trom Udine to Naples, by way of Padrs, Ferrara, Podetta, Aresao, Foligno and Kome, and will eross at the Bo“l”t:gnl station; the other line, 675 miles long, and which already unites Suzs with Lecco by way of Turin, Alexandria, Piscenza, Mod Rimini, ‘Aj Beri and Brind 1t is stated on question of & revision and modification in the railway tariff is under consideration, with a view to ita adoption when the above lines shall all be opened. i — MILAN. GARIBALDI-SUPPRESSION OF CONVENTS—NATIONAL BANK 185UE—FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE COUN- TRY-THE EMPRESS CHARLOTTE OF ROME—TIE EMPRESS EUGENIE AND THE CLERICAL PARTY— PATTL From Our Special Correspondant. MiLax, Sept. 90, 1866. The Palermo business ended about as suddenly as it began. Garibaldi has said bis brief but pointed say on the subject, and all the Bicilian cities bave hastened to condemn the supineness of the local government of Palermo, which, on its part, talks both penitently and reproachfully to the Government, It has bad stock in the human species, that it admits; but then it had #0 repeatedly warned, advised and confessed that the Government should have left troops to care for the general safety, or saut them back a long month sooner. ‘We aro jnst now disposed to abate as nuisances the four hundred and more convents of Sicily, and indeed all other convente. But these energetic movements of ours are all too brief to abate any such grand evil of the conventual system. Many of the convents will Db kept ontright, because they are schools. The fact that they teach that toleration is anthorization of sin, | that free prosses are an ir to God, that Victor | Ewazuel is @ usurper end & thief, that Plus 1X, is the repository of all authority on earth, and that by bim kings reign aud without kim are not kings, only brigands; that the Kingdom of Italy is contrary to God and His earthly personification—all this rather strengthens the position of the conventual schools; for to interefere with such schools has the air of perse- cution foropiuion’s sake, and Italy is nothing if she is not tolerant of her enemies. " : Some people say that it makes little difference whether the convent system be abolished or not—the priests do the greater part of the teaching any way. It is singular bow much control over the local authori- tjes this small and hali-proscribed class exercises. There are few towns where they do not have control of the public schools either in propria persona, ot by means of men whose cousclences they have in their keeping. InGenoa, Turin and Milan—the three most liberal cities of the Kingdom—this insignificant cleri- cal party almost always bears rule, and they bave & cunuing and shrewd efic on the system of publicin- struction, They are wholly opposed to the schools; upon principle they detost them; but if they cannot prevent the existence of the kystem, they can at least poison it by their management. “The National Bank has at last jssued five-francnotes. The blessing comes too late to be of much value, aud I only note it to remark that Scialoja is praised for his financial management on the express ground that, while making paper money a legal tender, ho rendered it impossible for people to get paper money suitable for current business. In this way, we are told, he kept gold in circulation, kept the premium on it down, in fuct, forced the publio to keep on issuing gold. The statement is probably true; and as Scialoja is a pro- fessor of political economy, and Americans are reput- ed in Europe to be utterly igoorant of that science, I commend his smart trick to the attention of those who dabble ia your currency question. 1 see but one flaw in his argument: His system enriched the money- changers at the expense of the people. Enormous sums were amassed by these middle-men, who knew the way to the back door of Mr. Scialoja’s banks, and what signs to use in order to obtain small notes. In ghort, putting small notes out of the way was the es- sential feature of the system; bnt as some notes had to circulate, for appearance sake, the money-chang- ors were given control of these notes. ¢ The general financial condition of the country is ot good. Italy imports a good deal more than she exports—about §100,000,000 more—and foreign cap- ital has not come into the country very rapidly dur- ing the last two years. The previous years were more prosperous, because & large part of the surplus labor was emploged in building railrouds, and a good deal of foreign capital came into the conutry for these en- terpris This year the wine harvest is poor, and more grain than usual will need to be imported at a higher price. Merchants epeak very gloomily of the eituation. The Mexican Empress is at Rome making love for Mexico with the Holy Father. 8o says the autho- rized version. Others say that she is in_search of & panacea for Mexican brigandage and secks Rome to study the Roman sort, that secing how it is made, sho may learn how to unmako it. There was & week ago somo strange gossip to the effect that Eogenia and Charlotte were to meet at Rome, combine with the Holy Father the salvation of those two foundering Empires, the Roman and the Mexican, and then force the elastic Napoleon to adopt their plans. 5 I pray you to note that such stories fly thick and fast; but, for me, I notice that not one in a hundred comes true, and—I let them fly. The Empress Char- lotte is & spunky little woman, very fond of being Empress, and baving more pluck in her finger-nails than Max. has in his whole body, Itis ratioual to conclude, that she still hopes the Pope may save the Empire by concessions and exhortations, not to speak of the efficacy of his blessings and pra, As for the French Empress, 1 bava long believed that ehe rons the clericul pa- ¢ as the Prince Napo- leon runs the Liberal one—by ontract with the Em- eror. In this way the wise Emperor has all the po- itical strings to his bow, except those which ace broken. He is Napoleonic; the Empress worships the relics of eaints and reveres the majesty of bishops, while the jolly Prince affects the opinion of the aze wherein he lives. Webere do not expect the Ewpress to “iavercome theiron resolution” of Lerelastic-policy lord. Just now the course of the Emperor is in needs of 8 lift, and so we have rumors that dm Empress and be have quarreled. They are scattering—rather extend- ing the lines to prevent flank movements; that is all. Patti is to make the tour of the Italian cities next Winter. Venice will be oue of the poiuts included in her pilgrimage. ——— ACKXOWLEDGMENT OF VIENNESE PATRIOTISM—BARON WERTHER—PRUSSIAN LENIENCY TOWARD SAXONY ~—DISCONTENT IN BAVARIA—TUE STRENGTH OF THR PRUSSIAN ARMY. From Our Special Correpondeat. Viexxa, Sept. 95, 1864, The Archduke Albert has addressed o letter 0 the Stadtholder of Upper Austeis, Count Chorinsky, to thank him, aad the autborities and the inbabitants gener- ally, for the assistance and good will shown to the troops whilo stationed in the Province. e alludes especially to the Capital, to Vienos, and says that, ‘“ by establishing hos- itals. by ention af tha siny == . rnvaso h#l:- E,‘”&I’ammm and equipment of four volunteer Lattalions iu the shortest time, as vell as by voluntary contributions of every sort, Vienua has again given the most eloquent proofs of patriotism and of true humanity.” 1 quote this passage as & comimentary on the exceptionsl ftate—the etate of siege—in which the Capital sull is. And this state, as 1 hear from good authority, is to con- tinue througkout the Winter. Baron Werther, the former embassador from Berlin to Vienna has retursed bither to resume his fanctions. 1 have just learned from _an suthority which admits of 1o doubt, that Saxony will obtain betior terms than wers offered fore by Prussis. Count Bismark and his master, King William the Righteous, are at last inclined to sct with somewhat more humanity to their couguered neighbor. The chief difficulty hitberto was the * Fah- neneid,” the outh of allegiauce to Prussia and the Prus- sinn banner. This, it scews, will now be removed. Three sints in Saxony are to be oc ed by Prussian troops. lie change in the tone of Prassis toward Saxouy sdmits of progress in the pending negotiations, aud there is every appearance that the Kiug will be able to ome to terus without too great o compromise of dignity. According to the terms dictated immediately after the ‘truce of Prussia, s Majesty would have beex little more than chief Bur- gomaster of Dresden, and even this under Prussian su- pervision. The discontent in Bavaria is very great and is conecen- trated ou the King. There is a party strenuously working to make bis position untenable and ‘thus obhige her to ab- dicate. A book has appeared on the hardsbips of the Ba- varians in the late short campaign, Its disclosures would be incredible were they not, uufortunately, too well authen- ticated by the disastrous facts, The troops were marched about without rhyme or reason; there was Lo plan, no con- centration of force, no order, The whole campsign was & series of isolated combats, A body of troops might be fighting on a spot within a mile or two of which another body of lrwcu might be striving to hold their own against the enemy, but neither party knew anything of the near neighborhicod of the other. ‘While the inen were for days without food, large quantities of meat were buried that had become spoiled by keeping; and on one occasion 88 oxen were stolen while on the warch. Prince Clarles of Bava- rin gave on every occasion the most striking proofs of bis inefficiency; and owing to his ignorance uns indocision the brave troops were invariably sacrificed to the over- whelmung and concentrated forces of the Prussians, ‘When they had a chance they gave the foe a good lesson, and made bim feel what they wmight do had they bad & Jeader with but half the military knowledge of s non-com- missioned officer. Since 1 laat wrote, the strength of the Army of the North as it was at Koniggriitz, has been calculated according to the official documents. I t at this moment the force reported to be in Bokemia, but it has at least double that which was really there. Tho number of men wos only 280,000; of horse, including thoe train, 76,000, And yet, at Koniggritz, untf the Prince Koyal &rrived from Chlum, the army of King William the Righteous was in expectar tion of defeat. The rumor will surely have reached you of a projected alliance between Priuce Humbert of Italy and an Avstrisn Arcuduchess. From inquiries made this morning I learn there is not the slightest foundation for the report. i DUBLIN, THE FPEMAN MOVEMENT ‘AT HOMR"—ELEOTION GOBSIP—BTATISTICS—EMIGRATION, From Our Special Correspondent. DunLiy, Sept. 28, 1868, For months past the Irish newspapers have been puszled to discover something new relative to the Fenian movement at home, to euliven the dull mo- notony which pervades the Irish news.market at present, but failing in their endeavors to do 8o, the subject is given up as ‘s bad hat.” With the excep- tion of a solitary arrest, which only the present ex- tremo legal measures could warrant, or release from the horrible iron hold of our model (1) **institu- tions,” both of which incidents transpire at far distant intervals, nothing has appeared on the rle of Fenian- ism in Ireland latterly. Quo causa? The Irish jour- nalists savor too stronely of the shomeen in their every act, and, in_consequence, aro not in the confidence of the people, as the boue and sinew of the old sod are emphatically designated. The recent accounts from America of the progressive movement of the Fenians; create quite a sensation here, and the resnlt is very freely by the dif- ferent grades of eve in a raid on Canada at an early day, and some there are who nt- tach much weight to (Lo mauifesioes of Mr. Stephins 80¢ | deie relative to actual fighting in Ireland in the *year of grace” 1766, which, by-the-by, is rapidly drawing to aclose just now. The most unworthy motives have been aftributed to Mr. Stephens, since his ever- memorable escape from Richmond jail, by the Gov- ernment !mr!y, while those who have been dubbed * Fenians” (1 wonder how could I know a Fenian in the streeta 1) seem to place implicit reliance on bis every word, The Irish political horizon looks very loomy, but the issue is a matter too difficalt for con- ecture. The British army is proved to be ! tainted,” and we have it on the autbority of the late Lord Li tenant, that the Fenian organization in Ireland is more to be dreaded than despised. Whether the movements of the society at home are progressive or retrogressive ** ontsiders,” cannot possibly ascertain, for those who belong to it are evidently masters of their own minds, and neitbher Jack, Tom nor Harry will be a whit the wiser of what is going on in the ‘‘inner world.” What are stated to be the causes of discou- tent in ITreland baye not yot been removel, and so long as this state of things lasts, the _natural deduc- tion is, that the spirit of rebellion will not abate— more likely it will furtber develope itself. My opin- ion, impartially formed, is, that the real strength of the Fenian organization will not be ascertained until these dreaded beings put on the offensive (if such it “*bold Britaunia” the defensive. 3 a young Irclander *in his day,” Dublin _co ator of high stand- Parliament, is no Mr. Dillon practiced as a lawyer for some more. time in New-York, and will probaply be remembered by many of your readers. By his death a seat in the Tiritish ‘House of Commons for the representation of + gallant Tipperary” has become vacant, and Whigs and Tories aro rapidly canvassing on bebalf of the man of their choice, more than one of each political- dodgiog party having already sought the suffrages of the electors. The election is expected to take place in & fow weeks. Mr. Isaac Butt, Q. C., who 50 ably defended the Fenian prisoners during the **state” trials in Dublin and Cork, is supposed to be the suc- cessful candidate. Believe me, that eame Mr. Butt will yet cause a sensation in Ireland and elsewhere. He has become & Roman Catholic within the past few days, and it strikes me forcibly that he will yet prove an invalnerable butt—sye, o battering ram of & politi- cal nature, Mr, William Donnelly, Registrar General for Ire- land, has just issued his yearly returns. By the agri- oultural statistics, it appears that the total number of acres under all erops this year, is 5,519,678, while for the last year the avernge was 5,645,403, showing a decrease for this year of 128,725 acres. Tho 1eturns of live stock for 1366 compared with 1865, shows an inerease in the number of cattle of 245,334; of sheep, 575,671; of pigs, 187,670, with a decrease in horses numbering 12,708, The estimated value of live stock in Ireland at presest is £35,175,040. The entire number of emigrants who have left Tre- land from May, 1551, up to \Iwévrmnl. is 1,704, M7 souls, of whom 886,030 were males, and 818,857 fe- males. Compariug this with last year, the returns show an increaso of 11,933 emigrants for this year. The above are facts which do not require comment to show how mutters are going on in Ireland. ———— CONSTANTINOPLE. TURKEY DECIDES NOT TO GO INTO BANKRUPTOY—THE REVOLUTION IN CANDIA-—A TURKISH MINISTER FOR THE UNITED STATES—DEPARTURR OF THE MEXICAN MINISTER—PROMOTION OF THE FRENCH EMBASSADOR. From Our Special Correspondent. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 12, 1866, The great news of the week is that the July inter- est on the national debt is to be paid, as provided, in Octo- ber. What is better, the money for the January interest bas also been provided for. This is most unexpected news to us and to the world goverally. It has caused the Consolidés to rise some five per cent, and will do something to revive Turkish credit, especially among the uninitisted. If thismoney eamo from an increased revenue, or had been saved by a diminished expenditure, it would indeed indicate 8 hopeful state of things. Unfortunately this is not the cese. All the em- ployés, civil and military, and all the pensioners of the Government have been foreed to contribute one month’s pay to help out present difficulties, and it is announced that the Sult alary has been cut down from £85,000 to 40,000 & month. But it is generally understood that the higher ofticers of Goverment wero exewpted from the forced contribution, and it is well known that the Sultan’s salary is merely nominal, that he always hus all the money o wants, and turzs out Lus ministers whenever they fail to provide it. n abort tus Porte bas borrowed at enormous rates from the Impenial Ottoman Band aud the Socié'é Generale of Constantinople the money to meet the interest due. Thay say 10 Constantinople that President Johnson has 3 to ‘buy the island of Crete, and pay for the same in cashi §75,000,000. This would be a belp just now to the Treasury. Itisalso said that the American Consul in Creto bis promised to take command of the rebels if the Porto is not resdy to sell out, 1 communicated to you last week the appeal of the islanders to the ent, Dbased upon the interesting fact that Crete was the native place of Jupiter and Minos, in whom 1t may be supposed that we still believe. Now, T cannot vouch for the truth of wlthis. 1 havesoma serious doubts, but you are at liberty to believe it if you like. Perhaps President Johue son intends to set up Jeff, Davis there, to console Lim for bis immediste sufferings. Perhaps ho intends to wemnaport (e uegrvos to the Mediterranean, as ho claims to be “ their Moses.” By the way, was he not thinking of the ideal ¢ Moses” of the present day, rather thao of the law-giver, when he made lfl laim. But to return to Crete, cortain, whatever may be true of President Johngon, that the \'lw of Egyptis trying to buy the island, He bas to pay the Porte an incroased tribute for this island of £80,000 this year, £100,000 Beat year, sud o Increase it 5 per oent anoually for ten years. It was at oue time a dependency of Egypt, but when the course of Moh: All was checked, it was restored to Turkey. The Turkish Treasury being unusually empty, and the number of Turks in the United States being less than ever before, the Porte has just determined - to appropriste $20,000 & year to the expenses of an embassy to Wasking- ton. The bappy man who is to go on this mission has not yot been named, but I Lope that—since we aro to send & wman to the United States—as good & man may be chosen a8 the late (irand Admiral, Mehemet Pasha, who went thero cight years ago. He was a true-hoarted, bouest man —a raro thing among Turkish officials. I fancy that this new ewbessy may have more to do with rifles than with Crete. The Sultan is very much pleased with an American * needlo gun.” I think it isthe “Henry rifle. Ho tinds it superior to any European rifle, and proposes to wrm his troops with it, if he can raise the money. He is & very good shot Limself, aud has tried this rifle with his own hands. ‘The Emperor of Mexico mainteing an embassador at Constantinople, who takes rank*sbove the United States Mimister Kesident, and costs the Mexican empire at least 15,000 & ‘This place Las bitherto been Leld by Gen. arquez; but he left lust week for Mexico, as it was an- nounced ¢, for the purpose of takiug command of the Imperial forces. For the third time within a few years, the French Em. bassador at Constantinople hias beén promoted to the po- sition of Minister of Foreign Affairs at Paris. The Marquis do Moustier Las ptoved himself, in Con- stantinople, to be a shrewd diplomat, although he has been noted quite as much for his scandalous conquests aumong the females of Peva as for bis diplomatic successes. He is & man of pleasing manners, and bhe wes more than a match for Sir Henry Bulwer among the Turks; but since the coming of Lord Lyons and Gen. Ignatieff, he has cer- tainly not bad everythipg in bhis own way. Heis evi- dently removed to Paris because Napoloon wishes a new man thero, who has not commttted himself on the great questions of Enropean politics. 1 do not believe that he 18 the equal of Dronyn de Lhuys. Ho leaves Constantino- ple to-diy, and will ssume his post in Paris at once. THE INSURRECTION IN CANDIA. IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT—THR PROSPECTS OF THE CRETANS—PROCLAMATION OF THE TURKISH COM- MISSIONRR—PROTEST OF THE POREIGN CONSULS. H ATuENS, Sept. 20, 1866, The intelligence received ua to this date from Candia is, npon the whole, favorable to the insurgents. Im wit engagements bave taken place at Hiruclion, Selinon, Vrywes, aud Apocoronon. 1In the first of theso affairs the in: rgents were defeated after & desperate contest against superior numbers, but they mmply retrieved their ground at non and Vrysses. Guns, smmunition, flags, and many srisoners fell Into the hands of tho €retans, the Turks also m:!c-!flnxvuu«mnuamen ment, and over 50 in “he seco; t Vryssea the Tarkish military ohest, containing about 25,000 francs, became the prize of the victors. Notwitlstanding this transient gleam of success the mu of the Cretaus are by no means bright. Thai ar left en. ly to their own resources; large Turkish redinforce- aents are contiunally poured into the island; the Chris- {an villages are pillaged, and their inhabitants murdered. An- exed are two protosts, addressed by the consular ts of the Jreign powers to the Turkish sub-Governor of Rethymnos, re- sonstrating against the violence perpetrated by the Mussul- 1ans at that place. i, b T o Coenod ot LBoed & pocbmatio, o 3 v “anea, and has issued & ation, o tanslation of which will h:fimd below. Extremo interest is felt by the Greek publie in the ;mmn athe insurgents, and the rrival of every courler from the Inldhlmulnlly looked for. A communication forwarded b the British legation to the Athens s hoa considerably sated the hopes entertained bere of European intervention. Ine following are the protests of the foreign Cousuls men- ences I not snppressed. Bnd wysolf compelted y of the representative ——, Consular Agent.” dis, Avg. 27 (Sept. 8). r of Jesterday, (o whieh of lu fn and with an army will b T1 case such sceurs shor to lrave the post | occup, & [clendly groat powe: “M. Le Sovs Oovy you whi continue to rem: rday sttacked Christian women, who The Mussulwass threatened to ‘dwellipes; otbers, bevivg come [ vossels, afier Christious havi e to e-cape doatl Kill the Cliristisng who quit tbelr au arrancement with (ue Wasters ¢ Deen taken on board, sisy them upon the high ses. This fite yeste man Do Aambis Sivanos, who was kL ine & vossel, through the complieity of the master. Seyll Wax yestarday Gired upon, but fortonately wes vot hit Christians lylog mck inthe couvent of Tkltal were alvo massa- cred. A Mussulaian sitacked o beker, s Greok subject, who snccer: Fwomelr, chased from their bouses by the Mussal- 1t the siree's where their lives are in danger. The lent. entablintmeni—bos beeu sacked, the sick a-d the aged wowen who d refage there are destitate of suy protection. Beveral of Bave fied to me to scek assistance ; thelr et 1 am unaware as to bow fur these fict 0 you, and whetber the Goverument intends to save tiese uniisppy porsons, and of sailir Consular prevet the return scones, Heoceive, ke, — weent,” Thie following 18 the proclamation issued by Mustapha Pasha, extruordiuary commissioner of the Sultan : Cretina{lia Mojeaty the Sultan, the sugust Sovereign of us all Bae dispate bed twe bicher with full powers, in order that [ may e L5 you Lis generous tnientions, ‘oguizauce of your logitimate whkta. " fTaving lived in the taland of Crote, for more than 30 years, T cen- sider it my secoud count T bave mever failed to praise and ap- 53 thedioocn of s inhabitants toward our Sov- ‘therefore, that [ should wish the settlement of Squility and prosperity. and should desire to sssist iy person the realization of the fuconteriably gvod dispostions of His Majesty. Thus aichongs st a very sdvatced ege, 1 bave cousidered this mi-sion x40 honor, ‘and_ bave come amoog you with sstisfaction’aud cous apoken to T1is Majeaty of your fidelity and your obedisnce, o preseat condition of afiirs. no doubi, arose from & ding, and thet after having seen you, and leammed all that wssed, | woud submit to bim utire truth, Persasded you [ et taw, | have considered it & duty imposed upon me | foel Lo testi’y well of you. 4oor of justice is completely open to you on the part Wishes. bad wou 1 am ready to hesr your legitima rogress and facililes und aariculture, the wolution of important questi ivew for soclal rig 1M jo.ty ardentiy devires. om me in every- of our Augist sovereizn. Coua to te with fol contidence, to commerce tive to public education, guarantecs to be individual sncority—these are all uiatters 1 Do no doul that 700 wil ud compieta aistance g toucidog these poiuts, [Laving seen with my own eyes that, owlng to the want of confi- ir b to it wy daty to to_you the regret with which our king ot siyoreign has learned {hoe fact ol ila 18 s ol (me. the lamentable enter- w. fr o povalbly from foar cased by £he thrauta of tarbe: "ou will thws secure tha happiness aod security of us il by, and do wot endanger yoar country sud d perbaps sll Who attempt to & iguers, they style themanlvos whils the; the wland, an want to derive profit from your troubles. ~As they will not participate aintenance of order is coutrary to in your misfortunes, sud se the their taibulant projects. they wish isarder amoag you, sad 10 make use of you as tools [n tuet T remind yoa in & patesnal their threats cannos have any 4 will usderstand that youE groatest aeming are these men, who, Ty tre aid of falsehood and pertdv, lesd sstray your minds, and mot 'you from your comwerce, your sgricoltore snd yonr trade, bark you in entarprises iwbos lawue will be faalto you fulsstoods and theso inatigatioos, o only divi ug. and yo affect. the Imperial Goverument caunol in tuy way tolerate louga'fon of te present situstion, so prejudicial to the people. and it certainly will not fall to punish thowe who persiat fn_their resistance, u order to de he population thet ha emained faithful from thelr opprosst P fV ia for thase ressons that, in obedisnce to wy form: | or m His Majesty the Sultan, avd prompted by my sincere affection for this conntry, | eddress you this advice, fa the bope you will basten to profit by thls high proof of the Twpertal e that yon will soon cotne to me to try and blob out what bas taki lace, sud thet you will mot, throngh useless obstinacy, cast yourselves in'o multifoid dengers. | can only wait five days from this Jate to see the impression my friendly sdvice will produce apon you. If you do no* obey within this term I take the necessary mieas ures to restore tranguillity to the isiand, and to protect tle Life; bonor, aad property of the b'e inhabitanta. " Eaa, b Djo-::fi'im 1283 (14eh Sept.). 1866, Maveraraa Naru Pasma” - —— SYRIA. WESTERN ASIA SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE—PROGRESS OF BEIRUT—POUPLAR EDUCATION—THE PRESS—A NEGRO PROFESS0R—~THE ARABIO LANGUAGE. Our Special Correspondeat. BrmruT, Syris, Aug. 18, 1866, In this age of ‘‘ Western” ideas, Western tenden- cles and Westorn progress, when the human race, like a youth migrating Westward from his father's bome looks upon every- thing Enstern s essentially efete, decayed and dying, it is well to let the world know that the East still lives. Wostern Asia bas bea asleep for ages but is waking again. Tt may be because it is ** Western,” bus it is sbowing signs of life. "The cradlo of the race and the birthplace of relixions may yot do some good, if Dr. Cumming will only adjust his arith- TMetio 50 a8 to postpone the final consummation a little longer. The City of Beirut in 1840 had o population of 12,000. In 1864 it has #5,000. ‘This would be called progress even in further West. Damascus, Aleppo and Jerusalem are growing but slightly. Peirut is growing t their expense. and edneation in the seaport of Asncient Pl #igns of more than pristine vigor. 'This little with its miniature harbors, once held the commerce of the world in its grasp. Now thirtoen lines of European steamers are in coustant communication with Beirut, aad telegruphic wires connect it with London and Caleutta. In the reign of Justiniun the law school of Beirut had & world-wide celebrity. To-day seven of the largest and most imposing edifices in Beirut are inatitutions of learning—four of them Protestant, two Papal, and one Greek. Of the four Protestaut institutions, two are under American auspices, one Euglish, and one Prussian. Of the American schools, one is & girls' seminazy, & boarding- school of n bigh order, with fifty boarders, who puid during the post year more than a thousand dollars for their board and tuition, Though the teachers are all natives, o American need foel ashamed of this most flourishing school, whether it be in respoct to the beautiful edifice which 1s its home, or ita ad- wirablo internal discipline. The other is the Syrian Protestant College, with whose name many of your readers are famillar, and to whose endowment not few of them have contributed. Some may say, of what use is o college in such a narrow, con- trac d as Syris, which is but & mere geographical point unl the mlbpev’ l{ :d'“m” s s t may be replied that o geogrs, nt ma, ocen- g s and n‘;n aunpo-lu ImhyS ris ng a hua- ter of & very large sphere ; is the center of the Arubic-speaking world. Moye 1 dred millions speak this language, from the borders of China on the east (there ure mosques and Arabio books in Pekin) to the Atlantic Ocean on the west. They think, speak, and write in Arabie. They must be civilized, educated and Christianized, if at all, through the medium of this language To the Moslem 1o book b Anspired niless it be in the sacred Arabic. 1f West- ern Ideas are (o coter this mass of humanity, aud give it life, they must first be put into Arabic ; and it must be pure Arabic, correct and classical. The land where the language is purest must be made the base of operntions. That land is Syria. Herw at this central point, between Cairo, Bagdad, Aleppo and Damascus, the modern Arabic foel, are naiive scholars who will guard with jealousy the purity of their owa tongue. Hore it was ftting thst Amorican Christianity should conoen: trate fis energies in preparing in classio Azabic a trausldtion of the Bible, upon which two of her ripest scholurs, Eli Smith and Cornelius Van lI?cI. Isbored for 16 years, aided by missionaries throughout the Kust. wnd produciig s the result one of the most accurate translations ever wade from the origiual Hebrew and Greek Soripture; a translation admired aod sccepted by obammedans themselves, who look upon it ns & sacred book luv lost, and but recently restored to the world, fow thht this book s finished und printed, and when an Adns Steam Press is printing aunually millioos of pages of useful books in Beirut, it is the proper time o open & Upiver- sity in this city to which youth from all Arabic speaking uation- alities shall be luvited, to study in their own tongue the wits and sclences und religion which once lourished ia the East and ok are now given back by the West with added luster, and 88 if 1o demonstrate the necessity and valuo of such an institu- thon in Syria just at this era of the world, & learned Poofessor from College thousands of miles away toward the sunsettin has recently wrived Lere to study the Arabic langusge, H wrrival produced a profound sensation. Youug Syria wus taken wack. Old Syrin, respectable and conservative, wiped his pectacles to take another look. Iere was & man who had ome thousands of miles to study the Arabic. This was strange. Te was a learned Professor. ‘Ihis was iutervsting. He was rl:ln«n:’,- mflh-l and Tlmllzw" hlnl ""'"""""”}jm’ ‘:nn:'do-, ight s spoke the English langusge without s tinge o forelgn Fods oy spoke iu public with great eloguence. This was temarkable. But he was a black wan, black as s Mount Lebanon raven, and in his passpogy it was written ‘' of unmixed African blood.” ‘Ihis wes sstoubding. Not that Syria had never seen a black wan before. Black slaves swarm in the whole East. JBlack men and women, black boys and girls, ser- vants, cooks, ms, soldiers, &mm boatiaen, slaves Just brought from the Upper Nile with the brands frest on their cheek and forobead, es in Moslem families aod slaves in Clristian, Greek, and Papal funilies. But a Negro Professor, o refined, educated, learned, eloquent man, had never been seen befors, and he was the observed of all observers. There are among the Moslems black men who study law and theology, and I'have secn in Damascus o negro captain over a Cowpiuy of white Turkish soldiers, and thero is umost no prejudice here agninst color, but the Arabie word for & black man is “ Abd," which means & * slave,” and yonng Syris had to be d that this now-comer into our Syrian city is to be called not ba," but Khowadji or Moullim, as he is 0o more a slave than the rest of ns. « ‘When the first surprise was over, and the Professor had ;nlrllv settled down to the study of Arabic, we found that Lo is rof, B. W. Blyden of Liberia College. But what does he want of the Arabic! This is his answer: The Moslem tribes of interior Africa, from Nubis and Soudan, are surging west- ward with thelr laaguage and religion, and ovrlowing the borders of the Liberian Republic. Tradors come among the Liberiane who speak only Arabie. The missionsry zeal of Liberia for the conquest of those inland tribes of Africa is met with the obstacle of a diflicult for and that luma. the Arabic. Prof. B. says that, other things being f:;on e, he could travel from Liberia to Cairo direct with no uage but the Arabie, und that those millions of luterior Africa, throngh that belt of th it Continent, look upo the Arabie lan; as the diving books are sacred but those in Arabic. pos in the stroets gave him, before he left Liberia ia May, & fow sheets of Arabie manuseript of his own writing. The writing 18 in the old Arabio character in mse in Syris centuries and the language, though cvidently written by one not wnhmmmr,hnmhmmnw aud consists chiefly (oslem formulas of praise to and prayer. f. Blyden's mission to Syria is for the purpose of ltnzh‘ the principles of the Arabi for & I\mlrmod. and then making definite lrrlnEmn'nh for the gx‘ln‘ of eeveral Liberian youths 1n the Blerut College to learn the Arabie, and afterward return to Liberia to labor among the interior tribes. Surely hero is remarkable fact even for this remarkable age. Hero is Western Alfrica calling to Western Asia for help, and o new avenue is opened for ptmrln‘grllgm into the darkness of that mysterious coutinent. The o Seriptures aro ready, Arablo printing- presses are doing their work, an Arablo University is founded t this seat of influence, and now pnpils will come in from the shores of the Atlantic, from the bauks of the Nile, the Jordan, and the Euphrates, and nmmwu«‘ bt and bless- above: Ravayuscs, Candls, Aog. 26 (Sept. 7.) /M. 13 Sous-Oorvarssun | Tre masacres comtied by the nve Museuliians o Lhe environs of the town since Monday last, the ige of houses within ite preciicts arkd in the outakirts, bave mede (i nore sorrowful impression wpon me because they beve takea Pl under the eyes of the adminiatration and the regular army, The efts plundered bave been publicly sold. In several villages in errons the churches have boen destroyed aud the mages broken, by in { Calelr. I'u:- n:l Atalpopoulon, Priné, Pevivolia, ncked. town srmed Musulinans forced their way ';."n aviug broken open the doors, and they will uo everything *acn o coudision'of sfalry couniry provided with suthorities b fng in their path. 1 kuow not whether Prof. flyden has at his disposal the means for carrying out his schemo for sen these young men to Syria; but if not there are surely Ll philanthropists enough in America to put the enterprise beyond all danger of failure. T must reserve for a future letter what is to be said about the present political state of affai rs. Tug Evaxiya STAR DisasTER.—We are informed by Mr. Harris, passonger on the Evening Star, who was saved, and whose statement was given yesterday, that an error was mnde in that rej wheroby be was made to say that the k place upon **the g of thead." # The entire 4 the matn ite, heo cortulorates | ing of the ! increasing demand for Ler serviges hore, she Las been un- | 8blo to fuldll carler, e ——————————— BRAZIL. R 5.7y RIO JANEIRO. THE PARAQUAYAN WAR—STRENGTII AND POSITION OF THE ALLIED ARMY—LOPEZ'S ARMY—PORTO ALE- GRO'S CORPS D'ARMEE--ANOTHER OLOUD IN THS HORIZON—THE WEATHER—LOSS OF A BRAZILIAN BTEAMER~-COMMERCIAL. From OuzjSpecial Correspondeut. Ri0 JANRIRO, Sept. 8, 1888, Since my last by the North America, four steamers have arrived from Montevideo, and to everybody's disappoiat- ment not one of them lias brought any cheering news irom the seat of war, Reports of preparations being sctively mado for & muhm-mhumdmm,flmu . glorious 'imwll going to be won, are ell too stale and enly tend to infuse discouragement into all clusses and cause the is- difference, slready too noticeabls, to becowe more general every f the fleet wonld only prevent Lopea from guarding himeelf t an ascension o?lga river by the Allies, it Would be ® ploasant and doubtless a very useful diversion from the apathy which they have lain for so long s time. But no. Few sons, or none, understand the Brazilian Admiral's plans, 1 think I may-safely venture to say that he does not feel the res- usibility of bis position, and seeing o Paraguayan fleet te ght. attaches uo importanee whatever to all the nsigni floand means of defense wlhick Lopez las, with the greatest ‘pam ance, been accumuluting in and sbout Curupaity, Tt is to be hoped Viscount Tamand will not in his turn be disa) when, baving to co-operate with General Mitre's army, he will find himself unable to get his ironclads within range of the Paragueyan stronghold of Curupaity. By the best information that [ have been able to obtain, the allied army numbers bout 3,000 men, Theve i3 a demand for renforeements, but they come in very slowly ; volunteers tha$ presented themselves i thouswids wb lirst, do not come forward now, even in hundreds. Dunug the last month ouly “, this city for Corrientes, sad they were meu from nearly parts of the empire. The position of the allied army, with the exception of & short streteh of the left wing toward fhe bank of the continues the same as after the July buttles, wifich T’ Lopez reports as glorious victories gained by his brave . Victories or not, it has taken the allies more than six weoks % recover themselves from the etlects of thewr victory, and prepars for another advance. Yesterday, 7th inst., being the anniversary of the i ence of Brazil, it is confidently expected here that Gen. doro would not let that day piss fly without signalizing is some daring movement aguinst the enciay, if Le did not do ee before. "All kinds of specnlations are indalged fn, by stay-at-home soldiers, in re; to the number of troops that” Pariguay oas still muster; the most reasonable calculations on the u’“ put it down ‘at 30,000 or 35,000 men of all arma; r and much other trustworthy information, however, make xu'- Army range from 12,000 £0 50,000 men. foolish story has been current at Buenos Al that the Brazilian Government has sent instructions to Gen. Polydere 1ot to lose any more time about Curupaity or Humaita, bug te take Lopez prisoner at once and send lim to this city. ‘The newspaper that first circulated this piece of information assures its readers that they need not have the remotest doubt of e truth, as it has scen a copy of lbeull-lnutnmflnmllwntfl‘ the war-office in this city.” Tt is lm’prini‘llnfll that the reader said copy did not see the point, or he would have takea it fow '?l‘“ it really was—ajhoax. he Rio Grande t: under the command of this General are not 10,000, as ...Efl before they crossed the Parans; they consist of 3,500 infantry and about the same number of cavalry 3 the latter have bee incorporated with the army, while the ‘mer have been ordered to march to the bank of the take their in Tumandaré's ships for a descent on Care- me‘ They will be compelled to land & way below that fortress, on accout of the little water in the river and the tor- pedoes and palisades that has been placing in about that neighborhood for the expected visit, which eam hardly be delayed much ow, becanse, everything being in readiness, it was deoided by the allied commanders that advance bo made simultaneously and at once. By next mell will mhflyht&hh{myommflnfiflflm&' has been struck ; or, more probably till, that the are pre- paring themaelves yet. And o is Lopez. It is & well-known fact that the Empire of Brazil, owing, & presume, to its form of government, has never Lad the sympes thies of the Repuviics of South America—not even of those which are now its allies. Active underground work has been sfih?{ on for some in Buenos Ayres by the Ministers of Chili, Peru, Ecuador Bolivia, the issue of which has just been made publio in form of diplomatic notes addressed by the envoys of Pera Tolivia to the three allied powers, protesting agaiust the triple allfance, Bolivia claims that the integrity of her territory l8 :‘Ifihld ;PPON pmrffh.lzloflg ;‘h: rare \lll'vllfln'l}.l.‘fl the s 00 ut the t_preity plain e B e e waa "Orchl Gavernimeaty withdraw from that alliance and leave Bruzil aloue in the lureh. It would uot be at all surprising if future events should take such & course. It iy even said that there wre Bolivian in the Paraguayan army already. Chili and Ecuador ba beea more reserved 8o far, but it will not be long before e B ebebbuds Do hd gt ey o bt asge actly the gratitude a it to ex] niticant neighbors, but it is a fact, nevertheless. The weather bas been extremely severe this Winter; {a the northern Provinces raln has failen so heavily and continualty that many of the rivers have overflowed, causin fl"‘ m 10 farmers and disappointing a large number of the in exhibitors, who Lave boen unable to bring forward their pre ducts to the provincial Fairs, or exhibitions, as they are tormed. here. One more steamer 18 to be added to the long list of lonses that Brazil has sustained during this war. On the 20th ultimo the San Francisco was totally d by the accident is attributed by some to & throwing away & lighted eigurette in the part of the ship; by others, to a stroke of lightring durin gevere storm Wint was ragiog at the time. In spite of eflorts made by the crews of several men-of-war, little or noths stean transport at Buenos A boy careless! ing could be saved from the ill-fated IML T\'w. from Europe continues to exerc .Wm on our money market, and business in generall is Py igrls were sold yesterday nglisl severel ‘were at ) preiaium of 12 pet cent. The coffoe market closes or about & TEXAS IN 1866, To the Editor of The N. ¥. Tribuna. Smz: As you aro 8 historian, and your journal is usnally a correct chronicler, I beg leave to [correct some of the statements which I find in regard to soveral affairs in thie morning's issne, and also to explain others. Aud, first: ag 10 the statement;about the'* Wooden legs,” sud the dome tion of lands to Rebel soldicrs. You may add to it anape propriation to remove the body of Gen. A. Sydney Jobaw son, who fell st Shiloh, and briog it in the Btate cemetery st Austin, As Johnson's only error in life was that whiek ended in his h, the only significance in this is the die- position to show, by legislation, the appreciation of thoss who perished in the struggle against the nation, The tas on the whole le for this intry and df s b sl Pl fagely, o, et faith. uthern loyalists are to bo taxed to give pea~ sions and heroic honors to the Rebel chiefs and ot it would be mm{ t that the United States should as sume all these obligations at once. Then, as to the ‘“school fund for the benefit of white children only,” the Convention of Texas, by organic law, dodicated the whols $2,000,000, derived’ from the sale of territory to the United States, the tenth of the revenns derived from the taxes upon negroes aud their labor, e since the aunexstion of Texas, and the 3,500,000 acres land donated to the several counties, together with the vast University fund to the benefit of fhe White childrem. only! But it’ was provided that, should the negroes be taxed for education, they might share the benefits of thed tax. The same coustitution excluded them from the of sad from being counted in the basis of lative representation; but it did %in them some rights fn court. ‘The President approved this mode of reconstrue tion, although it carried indemnity for every manner of offense in the name of military and civil Confederate asuthority, including the confiscation of the property of loyal citizens of the United States. With such an g:oul the legislators of Toxas believe themselves fully indorsed at Washington. And you will remember that Judge John Hancock, whoss history occupies most of your article, headed the delegas tion to Washington, who the President that all things had boen well done, notwithstanding Le failed 4o got the Convention to doclare the Secession ordinanee *null ab tnmitio; ” but they eaid that, like Slavery, it hed been made void by force'of arms. And hero [ wish te convey & statement in to Judge Hancock. He was not ‘s Rebel who fawnted by the way,” but, more 88 Gov. Hawilton states it, ** aUzion man rlafio y way.” Ho opposed Secession and the war; heTun more 8 in giving sid to the Goverument of the United States’ than any of the *traifors to treason” in Texas. Hood length fled the ecountry ucder the senso of impead- ing danger to il ; and be brought with him soveral valuable young men to the Upign £o, was only after the surrender that Lis Jeficm to Unton commenced. He violently o) President Johnson’s amnesty proclamation, dtllm‘: amiltonProvisional Blavery in Tcxu,‘?polnun , the onal Government. He My Policy” after thag Rebel- ernor, and, inde only‘oeunc the supporter of policy had placed the deut at the head of the ion,” Ile may have been mollified by a Rebel nomi for Governor, which was designed to defeat the Provi: Governmeont; or he may have been lured by the (not hrp') to be made United States Senator. Ho had de clared his purpose to repesl the Freedmen's Bureau, the Civil Rights bill, and the Test Oath. The whole moral ig that the Texas Rebels are dotermined to support no ome who can take that oath. Their betrayal of Judge Ham cock, whom they had designed, only proves what would do for President Johnson if dty had the thu T adge Robert, wio was sictsd Sank g 0 wos Senator, was not t of tho Reconstruction, but of tho Secession Cour vention, which de, Houston and captured Twiggs He did all be for the Rebellion as a supernnmerary colonel and a conscript judge. He was & member of the Reconstruction Convention, and having sdvocated all the narrowest and most defiant measures, be is of ail men the most fitting s} 0 of the President, a * loyal represea~ tative from & loysl State.” That is, he did all he could te d'::n .::‘mnti and regrots as much as and whose acts appear uafavorsble » light, that ho did not succeed. i lh: ‘ricult::t Texans have made s0 bad & record. Hed A enco ment it would e v g o ol g ) Taxas. PErsoNAL.—Miss Susannah Evans, the Cambrian Ore- torees, who has obtained for herself, in the most unobtre- sive way, and by sheer force of great natural abilities, @ very extensive reputation as 8 public speaker and leotures in the cause of Temperance, and upon other subjects of & useful and social character, and in which, from her earliest cars, sho has beon achieving steadily, for such purposes, ;reut results in this oounlr“;.‘ mm.lyy fot !o: E: whl“: perform engagements there that Lave been awaitin, arrival for some three months past, throughout Britain and Treland, and which, owing to the constant