The New-York Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1867, Page 1

" yor XXVL...N® 8031, EUROPE. NEWS BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE TO JAN. 3. FRANCE AND MEXICO. 3 TRLRGRATY TO THE TIN PaRts, Jan. —-n0on efficial) says that the rel the powers are most satisfacto will be evacnated by the French : March 1, without regard to anything the Emperor Maximilian may choose to do. e Moniteur du Soir (semi- ations of France with all and that Mexico troops as soon as — GREAT BRITAIN. ~The steamship Bremen, en ued here one day achitmen ates in SOUTIAMPTON, Jan. youte for New-York, has been de by a snow storm. Quite a number 0[.(]m of the New-York Club r¢tum 10 the United 8 her. DUBLIN, arrested he this ity from Liverpool o fow days ago from A are emissaries of the I country. nary, Six snspected persons were Jast night by the police. They came to at which port they arrived erica. It is supposed they nian organization in that ViExyA, Jan. 3.—An extraordinary session of the Reichsrath, to be composed of the newly clected | smembers, embracing the non-Hungarian Provinces, 18 convoked by patent, for the purpose of considering the constitution and condition of Hungary. i SPAIN. Spanish Government have t of four iron-clads to the Mu decided to xend a fle The Duke Strrano bas been arrested by of Queen Tsabella, —— SERVIA. 2.~Dispatches from the Continent Loxpoy, Jan sunounce that matters in Servia are assuming a threateuing aspect. City of QuUEENSTOW uchicd New-York, which salled from New-York I Bere this afteruoon on her way to Liverpool BOUTHAMITON The steamship Bata- wia, Capt. Taube, which left New-York on the 22d ultimo, arrived at this port this afternoon, and after landing passengers and mails for London, sailed for Hamburg. LONDON, Jan. 2—Eveniug.—The case of the ship Tor pado, which was seized near Callao during last Oc wpon a charge of attempted blockide-breaking, hias been upin the Spanish Court of Adwiralty, and the seizure eoutirmed L2 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. LONDON MONEY MARKET Loxvox, Jan. 2, Evening.~Fhe f quotations for American securities Twenties, 33 Tilinois Central shares, 824. Tnereased ease s feltin the woney warket. Jan. .5-Noon—The current quotations for United Btates Five-twenty ds is 73}. Consols are quiet at %y Evening.—Consols closed at 904 for money. United Btates Five-Twenties, 735 Minois Central shares, 82j; Eile Railway shares, 46, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. LIVERPOOL, Jan, 2—-Evening.—Cotton has heen in Lrisk @emand at an advance. Middling Uplands are quoted at 2634., with sales for the day of 20,000 bales. Jan. 3—Noon.—The cotton market opens firm and with unchanged prices. The sales to-day will reach 12,000 bales. ‘Evening.—Cotton hias heen active, and sales amonnting 20 15,000 bales ; the market closing firm at 153d. § | MANCHESTER DRY GOODS MARKET. MANCHESTER, Jan, 2—The wmarket for goods garis has a rather quiet appearatce, but holders are generally firm LIVEKPOOL TREADSTUFFS MARKET LIVERPOOL, Jan. vening.—~The market for Bread stuffs is quiet. The stock of wheat on hand is wmuch be low that of last year PETROLEUM MARKET LavERPOOL, Jan. 3 Evening.— Petroleunm to-day ¢ £ at 18 74, llowing are the clo United States F tve and wed — FOREIGN SUMMARLY — NEWS BY STEAMER TO DEC. 2. The wmails by the steamer China arrived in this ety yesterday from Boston. The news has been largely anticipated by our telegraphic atehies, which we now sapplement with further interesting delails. —— GREAT BRITAIN. THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION, It was estimated that £20,000 will Dbe needed relieve the sufferers at Hoyle Mill and g’ll(l' O’ the Hill, of which sum about one-fourth has n subseri The ¢ Beyond a doubt. '}lm searchers, in the course of their work, have eome npon the hody of the blacksmith and a lamp with the top o/1 1ying by his side. The unfortunate man, whose head was blown to peces, diad cone down to shoe some horses, and, oarelessly strolling iuto the workings with his un eovmcdinm. brought death npon Ioself and all she other of this cakamity, T'he terribl lliers who were rescued fron the pit may be eeneeived by the following ac it, furnished” by Moses Taylor, one of the me He says that on Thurs- day mor ved in the new seven-foot workings, 1 ards from the spot where the explosion took and about 100 yards from the shaft. The accident was made known to him_while xplosion had been placed he was pping,” or eating his lunch, * braddishi or tarred she bhim being suddenly earriod wind. He rose np instantly, and drew his coat o his face, expecting flame him. One ot his companon there was a fire in the pit, stant yesreat in the direction of th them immediately bhegs a8 they could; but' they were met by a n having Tma on in advanee, hao now returned. who told thewn that the sioke aud flames were too winlly flurricd,” said the ma I , but we went down the air road, thinking that we night be able to get to the shafi that way, When wehad got a little distance along we saw that one of the brick stoppings had been blown down, and that throngh the opening the gas was coming toward s, and it was so powerful that nd v shaft. an ed in- About ten ) 1o do so, mnning as fast who. we conld not get that way. Wa then went to the Jevel way, but conld not go far, the stink stopping us, though it wis not w0 bad there. W stayed there for a while, not knowing where to go, but the stench began 0 @ow stronger. We sat there alwost in despair, and then we went through the stopping sgain to sec 11 we conld not get through to the B ould not, and we silently turne old place. Then we consulted me to the conclusion that we must not stay there g t effort to get to the shaft. The gas was eradually growing strouger. We made the attempt—Joseph Johnson Thomas Knowl ing the way, and I b nearly last. 1 held my Davy lanp in one ban ith the other coversd wy month qud nose with Wy cowforter. Two or thiee of the fivst tumb n a6 we walked along: they v pverpowe tln E'h' gas, and we left (hew f ad. As T went ng, I saw many dead men lying on the ground, but many I cannot say. 1 was gbliged to tread ou | of the hodies; 1 trod on one, and he g ond waid, ‘Ol deam’ 1 thought 1 should ha Bamuel Baruett ang wyself were the only two oyt of ten or twelve that' got to the shaff, the o were all overpowered with the gus. How we reached the bottom of the shaft | cannot r.-mmnlr- fnow that {gvaped ahout for the signal wire, but could not find it. 1 shouted for help, and I think | [ surplis of 12 willions on the budiet of 136 ration and a pittance of threepence a day fhy i men who cannot _get work, even from weekly besiege the poor-house doors, and wait hours in the' cold for a loaf and a few ounces of tea. In the srous neighborhoods in which these workers dwell, destitution now keeps long Sab- bath throngh the weeks and months. “Articles of Inxury and even of necessity are no longer displayed in the shop windows, and the hops themselves are closing, for a distress of nearly half a year's duration has involved in common rain 15,000 laborers and arti- sans, aud the small tradeswen who lived upon their custom, once busy and lflvs{x EX-GOVERNOR LYRE. The United States Service Gazette says: “The so- called * Jamaica Committee’ have, we learn, at length passed the Rubicon. They have taken out a writ inst Mr. Eyre, and mean to have him immediately The Eyre Defence Committee had cesterday, at which the defensive ed in consequence underwent tion. We understand that the tlemen have more than £800 in hand, whereas e their_opponents are as yet mainly dependent upon promises. CONFEDERATION, We are enabled to state P two days ago in v ta ¢ Canada and the Maritime Provinces had agreed upon a scheme for the union of the Provinces, and that the scheme had been submitted to Lord Carnarvon as the hasis of an Act of Parliament to give effect to the l:(’n]msul, is entirely without foundation. No scheme has been agreed to, no propositions have been laid befire Lard O4rharvan, and the whole sublect-id et under discussion, and is likely to remain so for some time, JOHN H. SURRATT. The Malta correspondent of The London Times gives the following explanation of Surrait’s escape from Malta: 1 ~Chief Se ary 1o Goy m. of the 19th of November, stating that he | ived a telegram from-the United States Cd aples, to the effect that Surratt, a econsy agaiust the life of Mr. Lincoln, was on wer Tripoli (then in quarantine, bound s P Zouave, and dressed ) by plieation was viser, who was en: and, not having tl sindon #ill the same k of he went to his office day be stated that, unless some evidence could be produced to show that Surratt was one conspirators—that the wman deseribed Consnl _was Surratt, and that he so welf responsible for awurder, or | t to commit murder—he, if arvested, d he disel 1; and he wonld the right of an time the head of was instructed (o ther there was indeed on board the Tripoli any mwan answering the description given in the Consul's letter, and in the course of the afternoon of the sume day he x‘mrh-:l that there wasan Iripoli dressed in the uniforn that Lis name, or the name be was passing | as John Agostena,and that there was nowan on hoard named Walters or Watson, or anything like those names. The Consal of 1 no evidence whate T whaole case rested on his letter or the t received, and which appeared to have b from the United States Consal Naples, but in re- gard to which there was no legal proof excluding a forgery.” IRELAND. Lord St. L v Thursday night, 8. s in his S6th year persons _ named Cummings, an and were admitted to bail to-day for having rds died fler a Drpniy, Frid at Iu; seat at Boy Thomas Fannelly, for saying he wonld drive a {-uk into the Quecnu, was arrested and admitted to The brother-in-law of O’Connor was arrested vesterday for having in his possession some letters rom Stephens. Two brothers mamed Stowell were bronght up at i1 the poliee office for having some rifles in their Ricbard Stowell was committed for trial e FRANCE. THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF FRANCE The Moniteur of Dee. 19 publishes M. Fould's finan i After stating that the iticipated ad heen SesS0IL 1 statement. wout eight willions, owing to Mexi I which appeared on the budget to the amount of 11,958,000 franes having been only partly provided for, he adds that those bonds, as well as others be : Jonging to the budget of 1864, and amonnting to | 5000 franes, which have not been realized, vemain | lio of the Treasary, and will be the snb- jeet of nlterior determination. By way of compen sation,” adds M. Fould, “1 am assured tha which have remained nnenployed will conside exceed 000,000, the sum at which the anunl, had been estimated, It is to be presumed, therefore, that the situation of 1865 will be put little modified < report continues : The year 1966 has seen the accomplishment of grave eredits events, At the mencement, the affairs of | Germany had ?'i\» rise to much anxiety, A formid able wit soon broke out, and although the rapidity upt conclusion fon of your it was cond badness of the harvest, and fi All these evils, fortnnately slight influence upon onr fi public revenue has not ¢ ) mentation will cover cert PRECIl EX PESEN imposed upon ux by events, and wlhi will have to e set right, Thus, at the Ministry of War & sum of 10,000,000 Lias been taken by transfer in order to aug- ment the equipment supplies of the troops. But those supplies, placed snceessively among the mass of the troops, will, at a later period, prody reim bursements, The maintenance of the anxilinry corps in Mexico has ¢ ates by about G,000,000. 5,500, (4001 pear in the char out of r-vl‘[nununw which quence of sudden and unfore the funds of the Army Pa der of the Commander-in- Mexican rnment, and drafts upon the Conmis- 1 of the Finances of Mex at Paris, winch have ained un; At the Ministry of the Interior 00,0001, have taken by transfer, in order to sist the Lyons operativi This sum will be repla to the credit of the depar it To these unforesee expenses must be added varions miscalenlations in the estimates of some of our yeceipts. Thus the un- nuity of 7.500,000f., due by the Mexican Government, has not been paid, M. Fould cites some other instances in which re ceipts have fallen sbort of the amount at which they were estimated, hut says that the revenue from indi- rect taxation for the first eleven months of 1866 has vielded an inerease gof 50,000,000, and of when compared with the corresponding period of 185, He has every reason to hope, theicfore, the budget of 1866 will be balanced without ficit. This reenlt the Minister says, will have been obiained without checking the progress of public works, upon which an inereased snm of.12,000,000 has been spent. M. Fould points out as Worthy of remark that, while other countries have been afflicted by hnn‘m‘hl disasters, France has had no commercia "lemlvm- money haying been cheap and capital ahivdant. With regard to the reetified budget of Minister thiuksit is reasonable to expect an ceipts to the amonnt of 60,000,000, This sod only o m_and the v ancial positic | to inerease, en necessities upon rin Mexico, by or- s to the NEW-YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1867. the budgets of 1868 for the new organization of the army, although the high commission, of which your Majesty is chairman, has prepared a bill which has just been subjected to the examination of the Couneil of State. It was very difficult to estimate the char- &es upon which our finances which will be occa- sioned, and your Majesty has decided that they shall De the subject of special propositions when the recti- fied budget of 1968 is presented. There is every rea- son to believe that we shall th spose of resources more than sufficient, Thave indeed stated that the estimated increase of the receipts of 1867 over those of 1865 will exceed 90,000,000 Are we not therefore, justified in reckoning npon at least a similar increaso n 1868, and even in mmnF that our caleulations will be exceeded as they have heen in 13667 To this valu- ation about six millions of other resources have to be added. Again, we shall no longer liave to provide for the expenses of the occupation of Rome and the Mex- ican expedition, and the eredits open will diminish in the budget settlement by the ordinary annul- ments. | Finally, the local resonrces of our éstablish- wents_in_Coeliin China are improving every year, and will allow ns to reduce the subyentions furnished to onr colony, Due allowance m for this expense, we shall, I think, enter upon _the rectified bu 1868 under the most favorable conditions, This ex- cellent position will by legitimute fruit of the and the pe ing efforts that vour Maj- sty has imposed upon yourself in order to maintain in all their anthority the salutary rules of order and economy in the management of the state finances, Already the Emperor has ured, by new legisla tion, the regular and progressive course of the amor tissement of the public debt. He will soon be able to less useful. Indeed, the expenses, wisely prepared ptly considerable in 1868 v to realize the id which you are complish, v ion of the charges which upon the tax- we of e resources to public instruction; still wore energetic impulse to be given to all the works of general utility to be ¢ cuted upon the te ¢ of the empire. Y, prmit yonr ¢ up Jon Y ) esty will also find in these surpluses the means of ling for the expenses of the reorgani nxict rization of s may have bee zation, they will certainty is pe Lsolely by the 3 nee upon a footing con- Whatever tl hanges are inspiv for placing the forces of ¥ sistent with her position in nd with the velopment of the milit forees of other States, it any eanse of uneasiness, the in the consolid of its military lgee for its security mr M py inflnence our resox already so fruitful, will continue to develope them- selves, and, managed with prodence and firmmess, they will insuve our financial prosperity upon still woie solid bases. PR, ITALY. THE PROPOSED AREANCGEMENT LITWEEN THE RING OF ITALY AND THE POPE, e believed in Traly to be the bases which the Italinu Governmeat The followi of the arra has proposed to the Pope : 1. The Italian Government will bring in a hill do- claring Florence to be the definitive tal of the kingdom of Italy. 2. The cardinals will be declared prin of the kingdom, and will get from the Italian Treasury nble the salary they now recerve, The inhabitants of the Pontifical territory, with the exception of Rome, to declare by a plebiscite whether they will rewain subjects of the Pope, or uuite themsclyves with the rest of Ttaly 4. Rome to leclared a relicious which th s generis, ministrativ L snbstitn in the course f the negotintions a swall terrtory to Rome. cal troops to be discharged and the ign soldiers to he sent ava . in Howed to eniist in the Ttalian anny treaty to be binding only during the Pon te of Pius 1X. Pins IX. to acknowledge Vietor Em. of Ttaly, aud, instead of going into to come to Florence to crown the King of It & dtaly wi power, to the civil will bestow o 1 A new Florenc the Gazetta d'Itolia, pob lishes a letter from Rome, dated 1900 Dee., which : Ponti tifiea K ta, as a Cathe Catholie a 1 _contribute its qu which eil jour the ¢ and Papal Governments, tion, was held yesterday evening. present were Signori Tonello and Cal ntonelli, and Mgr. Franchi, The sulje e ¥ beearis t under dis cussion was that of the nomination of bishops to the cision was arvived at the I { « s expressed great satisfa ccch delivered by King Victor Enuan at the opening of the Italiun Chambers, CONYOCATION OF THE PISNOIS OF THE WORLD. addressed an ivvitation o the tholic world to assemble at Rowe sees, but no CATHOLIC The Pope ha bishops of the in the month of June, 1597, to celebiate the eighteenth centenary of the martyrdom of the Apostles Peter and Paul, ond the canonization of several martyrs, confessors and virgins, ——— PRUSSIA, THE PRUSSIAN CHANBERS, 20 adopted the of Schleswip-Holstein, The Chamber of Deputies on e bill i fo the incorporation Iy to its ado| Connt Biemurek gave the [ailuy the of Avgustenbury of Prissi. deciared to b laid great stress upon Prussia’s right of eonow an enemy with regard to the proposed vote in Neith d that, after matnre considera 1 Governient had agreed to the Lat subject by France, in order fons, and toavoul en which bad been and Sehleswig, 1 THE CANDIAN INSURIECTION, Viexxa, Dee. 21.—The Vienna papers publish the following intelligence, dated Athens, Dec. 15 (via Trieste): “The British gunboat Assurance has hrought 510 Cretan fugitives from the provinee of Selino to the Pirwns. Gen, Kalergis transmitted the thanks of King George to the Captain of the cnnboat. The British Minister promised to assist the fugitives in case the means at the disposal of the committee should prove insufficient. 'he Greek steamer Panhellenium has veturned maged from its seventh voyage to Candia, mul the captain-of the steamer has been congratulated by the English Minister. Intelligence from Candia an- nounces that the insurgents had failed in an attempt to capture the fortress of Kissamos. Koroneos and Zimbrakakis were uniting their forees, and Mustapha Pacha was also effecting n concentration. Gieg discouragement prevailed among the Egyptian troops. Fresh proposals had been made by the Porte to the Cretans, but had been refused, “The British vice-consuls at Pirens and Athens have been appointed corresponding members of the Philo-Cretan committee, The appointments havo been accepted with the approval of the English Minister. The ana papers also publish intelligence from Constantinople to the 15th inst. sfating that the Viceroy of Egypt is abont to send two fast steamers to 1 will be sufficient to mect all extra xpenses. Amang these expeuses that of the War Departuent is esimated at 47,000,000, and the Navy 1t 50,000,000, OWing Vo the dearness of proyisions, the necessity of supplyingehe army with new muskets, and the navy with new sans, the transport of the army from Mexico, and the maintenance of estalr that some ove in the upper level b 1 uted, Barmett foll ‘l-m!:}"h.h ngth inse do not reinember auy iing o own home -y g DEATITUTION IN THE SHIP-BUTLDING DISTRICTS OF LONDON. The ship-building diatricts of Poplar, Cany Town, Bromley gnd Linchouse are present suffeving under & ealawity unparalleled the history of the conntry sine the cotton famine. and in the bistory of the “HipDNilding trade dnrir the last thirty years, The T 3 Wigram's, - Sasmuia'a, Duudgeot s o 1hs. St Tron Works, many of them wh 006 hands, have closed the P and skilled mechanies, the pi mlm iphailding country in the world, ae breakin, soigs Wby wullwuseswd f4 A papas . Millwall, " s, il Jislunents in the extyeme cast, M, l"gnklgm.b that thesd And SIheE éx r& Kpehsis ilfilch conld ot e i e ""“fl Twas 0505 | torageen will bo fully met by the recvpts, an says it i a subject of congratulation that this sucreaset ex. penditure can be provided for without Yaving re course to new taxes, or aloan. In the ordimay bud- get of 1508, M. Fould estimates an excess of reecipts over expenditure of 121,000,000, The extraordinay expenses will amount to about the same sum. Among fliese the Ministry of War figares for 15,000,000 for new armaments and artillery works, being an in- erease of 10,500,000f, upon the sum alloted in 1867, and » Mill en '!"m“ni’-,:x em- | the Ministry of Marine for 15,500,000f. for the trans- formation of the naval artillery, being 5,000,000 more than in 1867, The report concludes as follows: 1o will b emacked b 20 vaovicden s made refinforce the Wlockade of the is and of Candia. It was rmored that Fuad Pacha was abont to he sent to Candia, and wowld be intrusted with full poweis. ———— ONDENCE. SLAND, AN EXCITEMENT—SPECULA- TIONS CON JAMES STEPHENS—TIE 111+ TER OF FENIAN GEN. MILLAN—MILITARY PRFTA- KATIONS STILL GOING ON—AMERICAN NEWS IN IRELAND—THE FENIAN PEIVATEER=—A §PICY COR- ymn‘::r.umxcu, u:. &c, o gas DUBLIN, Dec, 22, 1566, Tho Bajef in the promise of James Stephens that he would b« i) tin g on Trish goil this year,” is still on the Wane. Yeg there is timie enongh before him in which to mak good his words. The faith of many of his conntrymen w, }im will abide until the shiles of evening darken the firt day of January. If by that time the Green Baniay jg not, flying over an in- siwksis foree, Jamen Stevhosy, who “ weus up ks States | It is | rocket” in the estimation of Trish revolutionists, will *come down like a stick,” and there will be an end of him as a political leader. Ho had then better seek out some part of the world where there are no Irishmen, and spend_te rest of his days there in ob- seurity. Only in such a place would he be safe from the vengeful feeling of the men whom he has disa; pointed ; only there would he escape reproach and be spared the taint of having brought a world of need- less and profitless suffering on brave hearts that trusted him. . = Bnt, though his failure to appear on Irish soil within the spe. ified time would be ruin to the char- acter of James Stephens, it wonld be a very fortunate cirenmstance for Ireland—for the country is in no condition to attempt an_insurrectionary movement, and the few men who might follow his lead in such a movement would only march to certain slanghter, The Government is at present too strong and too well u~ga|wl for them. However it may be with the O. L R—who has put himself in a dilemma by his fl, ches, pledge: nmli rotestations—it wonld be no shame to the Fenian or ation in Ireland if they declined to fight at this Jmeture, and resolved to “keep their powder dry” for a better opportunity. 1 aps they will take that course, whatever ineit s their present leader may address to the personally or by deputy—for the immense preponder- ance of power which the Government has on their sidde is by this time apparent to every one—even to the most enthusiastic u}ln!h patriots. The letter of . Millan, \ appeared in some of \pers on Dec, 8, turiied up yesterday in the Dublin journals, and created a sen- i i It ix a heavy and most damag. pbens. Some of the Fenian party Millan, catise ; cments in bis and as such e ing blow to Mr. St Tiere cast a doubt upon the bova fides of e has ot been true to th st and assert that but, bowever that may be the o D r Lappencd bulnnvnunltolfll b of Mr. Ste yhnnn as the publication of this let » has only one way of clearing himself of the iwputations which it easts on him, and ths showing bim- self in arms inse the British Government in Trelavel, What o desperato alternative I mentioned in a late dispateh that the ped the Dublin garrisons, overnment as if for a 1 provisi siege, with bisenit and salt n Recent advices from the South state that the same course is_being pursted with regard to the Cork barra. Really the Goyernment wonld seein to be the wtost frightencd Here iphs party in the country. are pars n froni the Dublin papers of this day, which show that defensive arations are still going on. of engineers are employed in Portobello r's Bush barracks making altexations in and loop-holing certain of the most salient parts of | it is believed that a few picces of be pla b of those baitacks, 1l s arrived arti and Begp vesterday from iy wost of which will be Junded at Dublin, and repove early date to the different positions which they intended to oecnpy, The vessel will then proc to Quecnstown with ortion of the caigo inte for Cork and otler places in that neighborhood.” Now all these thizgs are being done in consequence of the ti o Government by L an insurrection ni it they onght ¥ inarectionar) just the reverse, for lis words b w whole anny of red-coats, horse, foo and 5o pendered that temporary suceess which at on time might have been achieved, now a matter of - porsibility. Mectings of the magistrates and_the loyalists are going on all over the country, and moreover thy, parties are providing snd distributing all possible A;.Imh'h Most of the arms and | nition s from fime o time i fransilu were in tended for theso parties. Thus, on Thursday, at the Kingsbridage Terminns, Dublin, the pelice took pos- seadon of o huge and ey fcdrossed 1 | shopkeeper in Cork, which 1 contain arms. Ou opening it they fornd a of swords and nets, twelve rifiesof the patiern, thie aud i s with | Cork harbor. On Wednesday sixteen | powder were seized on the Mulligar way; I darc sy asiilar explanation will be fortheonnig in this | coaser and the property may be allowed to be for- ded Lo its desting . tis very amuosing w0 ob- the warlike tone adopted by some ot the - ntry when speaking at those loval meetings. Not one were in the fi | ple to fight for teem. They know well t vieious land system of this couutry is at the bot of all the tronble; they know that”a formidable in surreetion would endanger their propertics, but the trick i to keep thos fact ont of sight and to taik the poorer prople of their eveed and party as if all had & conmon interest inpatting down these wicked revolutionisis, They are wethier unsueeessfully, s ment of a bitter sectar | the people—which 15 useiess work bad work, | for the only suwie reliance for the Jandlords and the | loyalists in'this conntry is to be found in the regular rees of England ¥ @ stir has been e of them would risk his skin if the Feniaos 1, but they wish to incite other pec ! th t ved rge ated by the news re looner, with feom America th an American po ave heard sueh reports more than once be found they had nothing in them, yet somehow the preseut narm- tive seeins 1o have anair of reality abontat, 11 the story be troe, the gallant fellows on bonrd the Estelle have started on a perilons adventure, and they will requiie great skill and great daving to bring them v through it. More 11 seed not say, Jest the awiul persona, ublin Castle the Irishi corresponden erican journals shonld disapprove of my sentiments ; and surely you would 1 he least ! Presson [reland which lately appeared in ‘Tue noese, has n | mnch talked of here, Tt nestn its * heart, and [ are by 1y adnnred, and it 18 re- I for that outspoken and noble declaration of kindly sentiment toward his conntry., Of the practical service rendered to the canse of L ity and justice in Ireland by such writings no an doubt ; for it has become quite plain that wertinent of this eoun- it whieh British i will henee take into their caloalations, and which 1o sall effect npon thei That portion of the President’s Message which re- fers to the Fenian mo ent has also given much action, beeause of its implying clearly that the s agitation is the result of bad relations long in existence hetween the rulers and the ruled in Treland. iry n - ation with perfect p ¢ fucts are looked upon by the Irish people as matters of great bnportance, for | they are convineed that, with America for a friend on their sid, and will hardly find herself free to carry on the * stwmping out 7 process in this coun- v;; s nded to her by some of her advisers at the pr ful to Tn passed s for the Kennedy, o ¢ correspondence Las 1 Mr, Edwond De Ta Poer, oandid, representation of W rd, and Si Landed proprietor in that quarter. It ap, My, De Ta Poer had waited on Sir Edward o solicit hiis vote and int latter s shionld not have t [ r Bdward, | to suppose Mr, De la Poer to be a Feni date in his first letter asserts that h of two gentleme e, but thought it so absurd and ridieulous he would not have tuken any further not i for his having lately learned that Sir E heen gving an onnt of the inferview to several persons, and ng that he, Mr. 1 denied the el o 1 I wiaid ho, “at once re you as to whether wade, T will be fo reply from ¢ tement, whicl [ 1o stigmutize as a most gated falschood.” Sir Edward, in reply, admitted having made the statement, said he would not have wade it had Lo not been quite certuin of the fact, said Mr. De la Poer's denial of the charge was not lircet or positive, but wns only an evasion, and d e still believed there was some trnth in it Whereupon De la Poer firesup and says: * Unless you now by letter withdraw the charge you have made, 1 shall lm"’mfl'd very reluctantly fo transgress the rules which should govern a correspoudence hetween wentlemen, and to suy that 1 cousider you to be an assisplll jivard (-Siumjulum- alumniutor, and 1 lm\'-;}f‘l to leiin by the notice wi la PP ¥y & take of thi unnicatipn whether, dition the above, the stain of cowardice not be t «i-l 1o your name. This letter will be lymded to vou by my friend, Mr, Mansficld, sho will await your reply for 24 hours,” My, De Ja s ** friend ™ iud 1o sticcess in his negotiation ; Sir Edward would neither apologise nor fi';ht. De 1a Poer then wrote to ga{v he had put the matter into the Lunds of lis solicitor, when lo, presto! forth comes a most abject apology from the Baronet! Ho says he feels he has Dbeen in the wrong. He u:knuw,l;‘;fiu his error, ex- presses his deep rogret, is convin that the calum- nious report was totally unfounded ;' he did not intend to convey the meaning that on re nfi'fl his words haflndnmbeumunlywdhhlgn tion of 'hfl:fla B agknowledaoy tiat & wan who is opposed W . had got to | s that | axyibune, iug, on principle, should bé‘v‘ary careful how he gives instlt. And &0 on. What wonderful conversions! What sudden changes of opinion those Jegal gentle- men do succeed in bringing abont at times, just by afew plain sentences, couched in what one would call a very dry and formal style of Jaugnage. ———— CANEA. THE TRAGEDY OF ARKADI—SITUATION OF THE PLACE— DESPERATE FIGHTING—HEROISM OF THE CHRIST- TANS—TERRIBLE. SLAUGHTER. From our Special Correspondent. CANEA, Dee. 3, 1806, News of the tragedy of Arkadi will have, long ere this reaches yon, startled the world into recoliections of Missolonghi and 1820, and may perbaps have worked something like conviction in the minds of European statesmen that the Cretans are in terrible earnest, but to us, almost within sound of the explo- sion which consummated the affair, and conscions of the barbarities and despair which give such awful significance to the Cretan ery of Liberty or Death, it has come with a shock like an earthgnake. For a week after the fight we heard confused and contradictory rumors of it, of mines and desperate fighting, we saw the steamer come to bring to the Canea hospitals the wounded who no longer found place at Retims, but we could get no reliable news as to the nature and result of the conflict, Finally we got sufficient details to know in its full meaning, if not its full amount of woe, the saddest, most piteous episode of this stiugyle, 4 Arkadi is & monastery which dates its founda- tion 300 years ago, the present building havieg been built by the Venetians nearly thre centuries ce, and so strong_that it was impregnable durin m 18 wars of Venetian and Turk, and Tur and Chuist. PRICE FOUR CENTS. INTERNAL REVENUE. —— COMMISSIONER WELLS'§ REPORT TO THE SECRETARY 0X | THE TREASURY. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF SPECIAL gmnflumun OF THE REVENUE, To the Hon. Tvem MCCTLLOCH, Secretiry of e o the Hon. HUGH 0) g “ik: In accordance with the’ Act “,‘:"}..Lu,,.., ting the office of fl?mnl Commissioner of the which m\a:!all tha “ux: mdamm{he e from t me, rej ’lw:»u?’{?wc«ugmw er in the form of & bill, otherwise, such modifications of the ratcs of taxation, of the methods of collecting the Revenues, and sueh cts pertaining to the trade, industry, comwmerce, or ition of the country as be may find, by nctunl obeer tion,-of the operation of the law, to be conducive to 1) lmhflc Intercat,” the undersigned has the lionor to subm be following report, and would request that the satie, approved, be submitted to Congress: INTERNAL REVENUE. Tax on Brokers’ ales.—Oue of the most secessful fications effected by the Act of July 13, ‘which substituted in place of & general stock brokers of one-twentieth of one per cent, pay: wonthly, a tax of one one-hundreth of one per by means of stamps affixed to the bill or’ m each sale; abeavy penalty being provided for the livery or reception of any bill or ‘memorandam of sale without the necessary stamps affixed. The sioner is now happy to report, thut the operation of present law 15 most satisfact all but univers: enue from this creased, K Stamp Tax on the Sale of Fermenled Liguors.— report of the Revenue Commission, submitted Februar 1566, established, almost beyond a doubt, the fuct, th the Government was defrauded in the eollection of wi Jegitimate revenue from fermented liquors 10 the of abont 40 per cent, involving an ubsolute anvual about 2,400,000, To remedy this, the aet of July 13 provided, that, addition to an obligation im| don the brewer W a monthly return of the products of his through the Greek war nde- pendence. It'is situated in” the midst of a beautiiul plain, at the foot of the slopes of Mt. lda, to the vil- I:u.' in which, some half dozen in number, it fur- pished protection in danger and assistance in want, It w u«immuui e among Cretan monasteries for the i arities and benef) e It was at times the headquarters of the Cretan i of the volunteers under Coroncos, and the policy of the d. ; and that of at the sau om Retimo, ouly a few how the 15th of November, aud nastery unperceived. ts aud the funilies of little aiimy, it was hope: pha 1 shia set out fi h from Arkadi g at night entered the There weie in it only the p the villages in number 540 sonls, of whom 348 were women _and children. Some attempted to es- cape, but finding retreat cat off, returned to the con- vent, preterring to share tho result of the fight to being taken prisoners, sha wene about 12,000 wen, to meet whose attaeks the Chais- tians haud less than 200, pricsts and fathers of the families mostly. They declined to swrender, and finding that any attempt at esealiade ov surprise wis uscless, the seut to Retimo for artiliery. which was sent bim, the next day he sent for nents wnd more guns, so that at the lust Le had 26 guus and two mortaws, winus thiee guus bust, and 16,000 men. Th vent having been cut off from communica- i no news could be seut edition, and neos, who w bsent o there was 110 bopr numbers if he h fought the bat Toop-hole so encrgetically Turks speak of it us like an Encop of which never was seen in Crots was effeeted at the great days the 200 heroes air, firing from window mid inately that the baitle, the like third day a portal and an an Mussulmans The gute 1 which are ar mfih.- celly astic establishment, and to the: tians withdrew when the troops had trance, mid kept up the fire from the doos dows on the enviny, who wiw pushed in in increasing masaes, At this fime, son ticipants say that a small mine or magazine expioded, killing abont 130 of the troops, who reeoiled and left the place m a of the combatants d cach other; the he found that the wout to take him, The rest, retreating at town of the guminos, where were and children, aud under which wn brains when to the most of the women was the powder ina troyed, with all the tivops 1n th | distant re wers 3 sick and wound women and children who escaped th plosie priest o1 a neichboring convent, who had surre o the { recerved protection from him, w murdered by t ptisns, incarnate ficnds, who spare nothing that 18 Claistian, The survivors, except #ix who were shot down in | coldd blood becanse they had European costumes on, by a mercy without paraliel i the whole wa s prisoners, and ked, with insults and abuse, to Retimo, where y of themn arrived half dead, the stronger earrying the eloldren, of whom meny were infants, lefi orphinns by che disaster; some only three or fonr months old. After the fighting was all over, the Cretan Mussul- ns with | tapers went amongst the dead to | | if any Christwn stil breathed, and all who | showed any sigu§ of life were dispatehed without | merey, for hliged A few Greeks held the stone mill of the ) urks we The losses of the troops Retimo is filled with the wound have rec f whom surgeons iaving been injured by the explosion, | Not less thian 5,000 and some say 4,000 of the Mussul wans have been Killed or badly wounded in the affair, and an unwonted gloom is on the faces of all their compatriots here—no exultation of yictory can be seen, y that Mustaplin Pasha raged hike a | ; wonuded 1 | no one dared | ortaily nded. Thirty-six ringing in the woun ground around the Conveut is strewn with 15k dle vt take a grim satisfaction in the result, ison of Arkadi only suttered what most of re wilbmg to sufter when it con | warst, The veligious hostility is such solution than_ this becomes improl: Christianity of E 5 50 Dike its Mo & there seen chanee of their falling out over woniserible Cretans who could not bide the time of England and ice to have their three-century wrongs righted CANAD. —— N & BY TRLPORARH O TR TR QUEnC £100 has been received from the Empe Napoleon, through Col. Denny, for the ef of the French Canadian sufferers by the great | | Appropos of the ocean rl, : 1 v that llhu l:mi-n. ath, v laden, o the trip from Quebee to Glasgow, Scothuud, in 15 days. y | An Ottaw spondent has reason fo believe that natian Mimisters will vemain ! Confederation act is earried iament, and that the Hon. John A, Mc- 1 be offered a baronetey. | uittee appointed b nebee Board of | o ingmre nto the bility of Winter navigation on the St. Law River, report thut the project is possibl r certain conditions that could be 1 during the mouths of and Febrmary, and the preminms on steam- g December and March would probably (,l\i hich would render the scheme practi- throngh I ugatnst Griftt wid Knapp, o bouds, dudizg Berthdot v waterial whether the Douds were stolen here or in New. . The defendants’ application for diselurge 18 rejected, Another potition for dlsclinge 18 en deiibers by Judge Mok, The inquest ot the bady of Newhord, killed ratlway accident, I8 adjourned until Friduy donee fends to sliow thit hlame resia ol 0ue or hoth en incers, the train baving been séuted without orders frmu the conduetor, NavaNzk, C, W, Jan. 5,—The DAssenger train of the e .|Ilur Lrgge S ment that it wis n wuldged betypen ik L uxes. w FLLEVILLE, Jui. 8. —The Merewry says some very fine apechinens of gold bave beeu broy {’nl lnwtlw\lllu‘i’ from wdoo this week, Notwithstandiog the cold weather Grand Trunk Rallway coming terday ran off the | Ye camsed thereby, inasmuch os a such G, track threo miles easi of L 1 squence of a bioken | 171t COME s soon as the crop of 1867-8 ST be axeer i) sudl, Tho post-office ene #as smashed and the mal con- | the nso 11 sarely follow i el ductors L » ntTow estpe. Otie of theun wis so tightly | en 5 will allow she ah LEADEES it 2 D be cut out L knt Ui, s well as of muny other less obfestional 0 ono ously hurt,™ * o o / | tax itself should be paid by the atfixing of an adl - puper statup to each barrel sold and removed from the place of wanufacture, with an_additional that the stamp should be canceled by the re sumer. The Commissioner is able to report that the plan, s a8 hias vet been tested, is, substautially, & sue needs only the general adoption, on the ers, of a proper adhesive material for affixing the to the barrel, and a selection of Iuspectors wmore “"q or cons and horest than many now holding office, to wake it tirely so. S0 far 18 can be judged from the retarn of beer staim) g and delivéred 10 the department, from Augunt): © 5,195,520, hogshead, barrel, and tri otal value of §1,85,855—the roven the present Uscal year, ie Ly to b by : caretul revision of the law regulitd ing the mannfacture and sale of disiilled spivits, sl the collection of the tax thereon, was made h{. grves al il last session—the system recomipended by the Kovenue Commission being substantially adoyte % leading festure of this system, was the placing of each di Iuh-xf under the surveillance of & Govocuuss § Tospector. It was, howe: rseen by the Revew Commission, that the establishment of some eheck upw the Inspectors themselyes would be mosy expedicss, ab the form of a supplementary bill was mwnllfii‘um ported, wuthorizing the appo'intment of distriet e 10 be termed, ** Superyisors of the Revenue,” whose waty, coupled with that of a general supery ision of all reyeine officers, wes partienlarly to see that inspectors of dise tilleries, breweries anud tobaceo sanufactorios, a loeal weighers and gaugers, were transforred or “ro " from time to Oe, Tromm oue m.uum-mnhu an 1w t, to another. The econsideration of this generally protested against by revenue officers- and more especially by those from the Southorn distry of New-York—and 1o action was taken in reference (o by Congress. The experience of the lust four months,, ol tie working of the spirdt and tobucco laws, have, hows wever, demoustrated the necessity and importance of (e enactment of some such provision s was contaiued in p‘a bill i question, and the Special Commissioner unites wjt the Comuisstoner of Internal Rovenue, in carresth 23 Y Vel commending to Congress an early cousideration ol { suhjeet. With th the ma 1 iy be found & ssion supplied, i existing law rog e stilled spirigs, will pro | features, w it iq practicable 1o wake it; but, us WGICR DOW #tan neither this nor any other law, for th 1 of L revenue ou epirits, can be ofber than a comparative e L Aol SN panic, but were ordered in agan, and the fightin the | SN 0l e oements are subnb |t inquiries b conrt wis kept up six hours, they say, frow the_time Pt g o oy oy g 1 was entered. The ground of the o that those weay the ¢ ground | he investigations of the Keveon | moy, ®ho inte conrt covered - with the Turkish — dead o be about forty millions of guilon: | tay meat at Trabolgan, situated near the entrance to | and bt the Christians too wusted from which, with a tax of two dollus jed 0 ks of gun- | seeing all w0 be Jost, and ve should acerue an annnal revenuc of eighty mils dollars. The resuit, howeyer, the Luxt i shows that the entive revenue which the Gover inent actunlly received from this source was iess thi thirty willtons of doilars ($29,198,5%); or, in_other wosd 1 v three gallons that paid the tax, five evaded | of “spirits I 1) 1diing the more pertect orgunization and W o stem, the Govermupen?t re mstance should aiso he noted, nawmely, llxq uternal Revenune . 1 ncing Jiune 50, 166, with a tag i #2 per proof gallon on distilled spirits, only 4766, Liorq thay it did for the fisenl year ending June 3, 18, wheq oI 20 10 60" cents per gnllon—the wgy regatq 168,578, and TOF 1864, $29,431,795. | istrated, iy die mainly to tw causes: first, tie extremely high rate of the Lox: end] L0 certain radieal evils connected with the i ministradion of the law. Al experience shows that ever excess 1 tax containg within ftself the elements o its own annuiment. The Comuissoner, therefore, v but redxpress the opinion of the lute Revenue Comom s ston, that # speedy reduction by Congress of the tus o Alekilled Apirits, 5 81 Der gallon aa . mahuumy wonld resutit in benefit, not only 1o U reveuur, bit xleo W the morals of the conutry Bt the evil which militates most seriously aguiist the productivencss of the tax on distilled splii W Which arises trom the adoption, many years sinee, on th part of the Government, of a rational policy which make the appolutment tion of revemie officnie. de pendent upou other nees thn tioss of compof o seharge of duty. The josses whicly HOW aceruiig. to the revenue lect the tax on distilied spirits ther urticies, are of an wmount als execed belief—the losses on tobaceo nlowe, i a th d, and a) re #ingle seetion of the countr; missioner by & mos exeues Of 820,000 ¢ the incompeiency, e ony ity of efficials, no one who has had any expericnce i e SUper vision of our revenus systeus cai for & monen doubt, and the whole sub PviKiuE reanedi, meastires requires and deserves the imumediate and di Bl 1 both the Legisiative and Exocative 1 party s N |§ ry, b of the Revenue Comm) ary, 1960, attention was called 1o th At st that tine stundard hydrometer b bees 1 und presc 1 for use under the Intern: rtalning the strengthof lgquors prepar & the tax on the same, and that in conses m, A very large anpual loss of The matter having bee fon of the Seeretary of the ‘Treasary, brought t it was ) m to the sclentifie committoe ahoy nan N whose 1o adation & modification of (1 Tralles” hydioweior bus boen adonted by the lh-,mr; el preseribed as the stondard insivimest for (1 alloffiecrs of the Internnl Revenue 1 % are oW in the course of distr ion, with u new hook of tables, prepared in t wider the direction of the Superintendent of the ometer In - question, s graduated 1Q i it of Proof spirits at a standard tem, nre according 1o exact experimental data, aud is o y convenient pattern; while the table give the v s when the spirit §s proved at any other than 1h pdard temperature, and also the allowances nevessi e to1 cBADECS in \oiuLie. Tux on Raw Collon 1 the Teport npon this quest io AL e Jast session ufl)«illxlvx @ rax -:Ilh ot five conts per pound was recommended, it w pecame evident that such a tax could not Le froposed On 1o reach uny considerable quantity of the old o at the End of the war. and that whatever G Was huposcd would apply only to new erops, e by Uon Of s not excecding thiee conts wivs svoosiod. At this 2 the Commlssioner Lelieves that the (s may be 0 T0r 010 0r twe years, or until the agm P ot the world shall yield a surplos of eof tow, Wit 1y 10 the production of cotton in the United S el Iection of an squal amount of revenie woil sed upan other branches of indosiry. e arrives when the tax on cotlo per N0y become i serions hupediment (o 118 ) duetion, there cau be little donbt that it may be entiy repealed without endering the Imposition of any sl tonal tux iecessary In order to provide for the loss —The taxes on el i e Ve Of moe Aoy ¢ Taxes on Walches, Plate, wiatches and plate are prody the people, and trouble aud expanse to (he Governuw: Aug is still Koing on lu variow 3 of t vhiski is commensurate with ®ny Teve rvable f O ot o kg o of e | Chtan, - Thee s s Rereiore Scnandad mines, Wit a Viow of glving the gold-teaving district o Prosecution ndnwdl wnder the -’A‘h~o:-nmm’ thorough {vestigation, Rloner renews the recommendaf Ao D mission for the e ishment of sioe, 1 fo STABBING AFFRAY. Sho prolinyna ey o e th BY TELEGAFM T0 TUE TRISUNK. Tt (lvun:: the United Sta Louvisviiie, Jan. 8.—A terrible stabbing aifray oc- curred 0n oue of the New-Orleans lovees a fow days ago, n whieh Vietor Lauson was fwmediately killed and his ther Muriane dangerously wounded. Three s (e ent IF"’R D0 Vs londe o et | B vt a el CUSTOMS DEPA) Tn the Customs