The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-06 00:00:00

EPIBIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. '.wow the Spanish insurrection is over and the revolution begun, says the Times, if it is asked what is to be done, the question, we must own, admits of no immediate answer. We only know that the directors of the move ment proclaimed their design of overthrowing the Govern ment and then remitting the matter entire to the will of the nation in Congress assembled. No political experi ment, we must needs say, could well be more uncertain than this. The appeal which, we are told, is to be made through universal suffrage may possibly result in a voice of the people by no means in accord with that of the leaders of the movement. The promoters of the insurrection, the active and thinking part of the nation, are in a minority ; the indif ferent, apathetic, or ignorant will be in a majority. It has been declared that not only the Queen, but all the Queen's family, must be expelled from power, and the dynasty is proscribed as well as the sovereign. But even this resolution may be, in one sense, premature, for it is inconsistent with that sovereignty of the people to which appeal upon the whole question is to be made. Neither Prim nor any other general can pretend to put limits to the will of the Spanish nation. We have read what appear to us reasonable demands in the manifestoes issued by some of the local Governments, but the great towns and] the sea ports are far in advance of the rest of the country, and some of the stipulations comprised in these documents would introduce absolute novelties into the institutions of Spain. We cordially wish the constituent legislators good speed in their work, but the hardest part of that work is undoubtedly still before them. It will be all the harder from certain peculiarities of the case. There are reasons why the expedient of a Regency, otherwise so obvious, should be rejected at once, and, indeed, looking back to the various events of the last genera tion, we can well understand why the insurgent generals should have pronounced comprehensively against the whole House of Bourbon. But if an Assembly is elected by universal suffrage, under such circumstances as the present, and in a country like Spain, it will be a body on whose decisions it will be impossible to calculate. The hope of the nation now rests on the wisest and wariest of those leaders by whom this revolution has been accomplished. If their plans are well devised, judiciously proposed, and patriotically supported, the insurrection may open a new era of greatness for Spain ; in the oppo site event, the last state of that noble country may be even worse than the first. To suppose that the various parties will' continue in agreement, or rather to believe that the generals will forget their personal rivalries and their jealousies and mutual grudges of the past, requires a greater faith in Spanish patriotism than the Standard can command. Generals Serrano and Prim, who appear to be the two prominent leaders in the revolution up to the present time, have been in perpetual antagonism. They repre sent two opposite schools of opinion and of feeling in the Spanish people. It is scarcely possible to believe that they can remain in union after the work of revolution has been fully accomplished. The new Constituent Assembly will be composed of men for the most part unused to the practice of parliamentary freedom, and divided among themselves by a thousand contending sentiments. Their decision on the first question submitted to them will be looked for with much interest and curiosity. They will have to provide a successor to Queen Isabella—to lay down the basis of a new constitution -to create, as it were, a new Spain out of the debris left behind by the Bourbons. It rests with the Spaniards themselves to take care that they give no excuse, in the name of European peace and civilisation, for any outside interference. At present they are their own mas ters. In their novitiate of liberty they are assisted by every natural and accidental advantage. They can hardly make a choice worse than their last, even although the field of selection is somewhat circumscribed. The tradi tions of the late monarchy will serve to moderate any extravagant estimate, on the part of the Spaniards, of the character of their new sovereign. Almost anything will be an improvement on the Bourbons, whose unlucky destiny it seems to be to make revolutions respectable. There is not much in Marshal Serrano's history, says the Daily News, to throw much light on the probabilities of his administration. He is an old soldier of the War of Independence, and is not far from his 70th year. Twenty years ago he was so much a favourite of the Queen that some public scandals were created by his sup posed influence over the young monarch's mind. He has played some part in most of the partial revolutions which have taken place during the present reign, like most Spanish politicians, changing sides more than once during his long career. Of late years, however, Serrano has been consistently liberal, and in the pre sent insurrection has shewn distinctly popular tendencies. His success at Cordova marked him out as the general to be entrusted with the temporary administration of the Government, and in accepting the charge he has distinctly done so as a temporary necessity pending the expression of the national will. He will select his Ministers from the generals of the revolution, and he calls on the army to fraternise with the people. Marshal Serrano is now, in fact, Protector of Spain. Is he equal to the task? Spaiu needs an Espartero with the will of Narvaez and the energy of an O'Donnell. Has it found such a one in Francisco Serrano ? The Hcraid considers it a subject for congratulation that the Congress at Dublin has brought out the real character of Church work in Ireland. Even in the most Roman Catholic districts the piety of the members of the Church has restored the old cathedrals—St. Patrick's, Dublin ; St. Mary's, Limerick ; St. Canice's, Kilkenny; and St. Finbar's (which are only a few of those important works) ; and another speaker pointed out that more than 672 churches have been built or restored in Ireland within the last sixty years at a cost of half a million of money in private contributions. Nor was the augmented energy of the Church confined to the erection of buildings. In the supply and maintenance of additional clergy, in the better order and greater number of the church services, in church music, the zeal of the members of the Irish Church was evidenced. And these observations only dealt with matters more imme diately connected with the celebration of divine service. In school societies, in the maintenance of numorpus orphan societies and asylums, the charity of Churchmen was conspicuous. The alleged failure of the Church in the missionary field was ably dealt with by Professor Tillett. Our English experience of the Roman Catholio populations settled amongst ourselves sheaved clearly that the work of conversion from Roman Catholicism was not to be done by wholesale. Much had been actually clone in the number of converts to the Established Church in Ireland, and much was still being done. But the real missionary work of the Church was the salutary, indefinable influence which her presence exercised on all the sects around her, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic. That this influence was not as great at one time as it ought to have been, was ascribed to the great prevalence of Puritanism in Irish theology—a defect the result of peculiar historical circumstances. The frank ness and mutual forbearance with which all these ques tions were discussed at this meeting are, in themselves, proof of the earnest sense of responsibility which the Irish clergy entertain at the present moment, and their calm statement of their own achievements and deficiencies will not be lost upon their English guests. The Post thinks it is pretty evident that we are coming to the appropriation of railways by the State. The experi ment on the Irish railways, which will probably be tried next year, will no doubt throw much light upon the subject ; but it must be remembered that the conditions affecting the problem in the two countries are very different indeed. In Ireland, great districts are very thinly inhabited, and the traffic arising from trade, com merce, and manufactures is not comparable at all with that in England. Even, therefore, if the experiment were to result in a partial failure, it would not prove that the system was inapplicable to England. But if it should prove a success in Ireland, it may then be thought a pity that so much time had been lost in adopt ing it. Indeed, it would almost appear to be more reason able that the experiment should be first tried in England, where it is hardly conceivable that it should fail, and then, by the light and experience gained, to decide to what extent and in what way the system should be introduced into Ireland. It looks, in fact, very much as if we were, in this matter, about to put the cart before the horse, although, even with that peculiar mode of yoking, the com bination will probably move along in a more satisfactory manner than is commonly attributed to arrangements of the kind. The Swedish and German expeditions to the North Pole have failed for the present year. Both nations, says the Telegraph, have made a gallant effort; and it is infinitely better to fail in such a cause than to fold one's hands and indulge in cynical derision. The Germania has come back —defeated, baffled, but nut in the very least disgraced. When she put into Bergen, her captain hail the satisfac tion of knowing that he hail gone to the North as far as any one except Sir Edward Parry. That great sailor, great Christian, and great gentleman reached, in his boat-expedition of E - ' , 27, the high latitude of 82 deg. 45 min. N., and only desisted when the solid ice over which he struggled to force his way northwards was itself visibly carried to the south by an irresistible current. More way than he could make by pushing ahead was lost through this terrible drift ; and all he could do was to get back to the fine old Heela, .w hick was waiting at anch or f or h i m, and return home. A few weeks ago it seemed tolerably certain that the Ger, mania would cap Parry's achievement The scanty accounts, however, that h ave ye t reached us state that the farthest northern point which she reached was 81 deg. 5 min.; so that our poor little English flag, the last time that Admiralties consented to let it be hoisted in those regions, came nearer to the Pole than the German bannem has yet been carried. Nevertheless, the Germania's wort has been neatly and swiftly done; and a defeat of this kind is only the prophecy of a victory OA the uezi i4tegctlat. THE CHURCH CONGRESS. The question discussed at the sitting of the Church Congress on the last day of the meeting was. " How the efficiency of the Church services may be increased." The paper on the subject was read (in the absence of the Dean of Norwich) by the Rev. W. Walsham How, rector of Whittington, Shropshire. The rev. gentleman advocated that the prayers should be mono toned, the Canticles and " Gloria Patri " sung. But he objected very much to elaborate, intricate, mediaeval (might he say sensational ?) Ritualism. At the same time, "an efficient service must have some Ritual. It must address itself to man in his threefold nature—intellectual, moral, and physical. We cannot provide for the 'spirit and soul' without providing also for the ' body.' The ' ministry of the body,' as the good Archdeacon Evans has taught us, is a very important element in religion. But I hold that such Ritual as it is wise to introduce should be simple and obvious in meaning, as well as reverent and impressive. It is utterly impossible to go into detail, but I will illus trate my meaning by one example. Bowing the head at the Gloria Patri is an old English custom, which in many places had never died out. The most illiterate person would discern the suitableness of this simple act of reverence. Therefore Ido not think it is an aot which can be reasonably objected to. But turning to the east in the Gloria l'atri is by no means intelligible to the illite rate. It possesses neither the beautiful antiquarian symbolism nor the prestige of unbroken custom which the same act possesses in the case of the creed, and therefore I should deprecate its revival." In making suggestions the rev. gentleman advocated the adoption of a plan by • which the daily service might be shortened on any day but Sunday ; and suggested that the order of the Gospels and Epistles should be revised ; that appro priate services should be set forth for certain days; and that the table of lessons should be made more complete.— A paper was then read, contributed by Sir Joseph Napier. "It may he more than doubted," said the paper, " whether in the Rubrics of the Prayer-book and the pro vision of the Act of Uniformity, too narrow and rigid a rule has not been adopted ; and whether in the altered circumstances of our own times this should not be relaxed so as to admit of an adaptation of service's to the condi tion and wants of the people ; whether a greater variety of services might not be provided, and a greater freedom of selection and use permitted, whereby the general efficiency of the service of the Church might be much increased. The Christian system has a marvellous power of adapta tion to the various circumstances of man." The curtailing of the morning service by the omission of the Litany was advocated. The Litany was so complete in itself that it could and should be used as a distinct service. Espe cially with regard to hymnology was some authority required. In this particular all was anarchy. Another matter was, good reading. That was certainly required. Mr. Beresford Hope next addressed the meeting. He contended for a weekly communion, where possible, a musical service, and an organised choir. He deprecated the pew system, and the office of parish clerk. The Rev. J. C. Ryle, who followed, warned his hearers to " beware of any worship in which an excessive quantity of decoration and ornament is used. There are churches at this moment in which divine service is carried on with such an amount of gaudy dressing, candle-lighting, and theatrical ceremonial, that it defeats the very purpose of worship. Simplicity should be the grand characteristic of New Testament worship. Ornament at any time should be employed with a very sparing hand. Neither in the Gospels nor in the Epistles shrive find the slightest warrant for a gorgeous and decorated ceremonial, or for any symbols except water, bread, and wine." Further, he denounced Romish doctrines—the Real Presence, auricular confession, and mere formal worship. Earl Nelson argued in favour of a more catholic use of the Prayer-book. He gloried in the width of teaching of that book, and asked that it might not in any sense be used in a sectarian spirit. " Hold fast by your Prayer-book," he exclaimed, " and use it in all its freedom, in all its catholicity. Political bodies of union are but a question of to-day. This is a bond that must unite us for ever, and, moreover, it will do more than anything else to save you from falling into the position of a mere sect, for it will preserve to you all the largemindedness and all the freedom which is essential to a true branch of Christ's Holy Catholic Church." At the afternoon sitting the Archdeacon of Dublin read a paper on " The Church and the Periodical Literature of the Day." He remarked upon the great number of pub lications, and the tone of hostility recently assumed by a large proportion of them, if not towards the very idea of Christianity, at least towards all that is positive and defi nite in Christianity. He regarded a modern newspaper as nothing more than a machinery for reducing to method the confused utterances of what is called public opinion. He disapproved of the practice of anonymous writing, and declared his preference for the French system of affixing signatures to leading articles, which he said had worked well. The effect of the present system was that the ordinary mass of readers received as the utterances of an infallible oracle what were in reality only the fugitive opinions of the staff of contributors to a newspaper. In reply to the objection that independent and vigorous writers would rather give up contributing than affix their names he said it was quite consistent with that opinion to believe that "an improved tone of journalism would probably be a cause, though not an effect, of comparative rarity of anonymous writing ; some of the offensive flippancy which existed would disappear. The archdeacon observed that "merely to chronicle passing events, or to utter the watchwords of a party, or to afford a vent for crude specu lation, cannot be the highest aim of either a serial or a newspaper. If the instruction of mankind, in any sense of the words, is to be the object of periodical literature, it must not content itself with the humble part of echoing public opinion or repeating popular prejudice. And this consideration at once sets aside the only argumentative plea which can be urged in defence of anonymous writing. In reply to the wish that articles should be signed because men would then be able to know their value, it is said with off hand dogmatism, ' Put the painter's name to the picture, that we may tell whether it is a good one.' This answer entirely ignores the fact that an article may subserve the purpose of instruction ; and it may not be irrelevant to remind those who put forward the argument which I have quoted what were the feelings of a Reyno;ds when he first studied the paintings of a Raphael in the Vatican." He remarked that the practice of giving the author's name was becoming not "nusual, and surely the arguments of Professor Tyndall in the Fortnightly Review, in an article both opposed to revealed religion and discourteous to the clergy, were not studied with less attention because his name was attached ; while, on the other hand, he thought that much of the effect of a review which appeared in the Times on the 2nd of June on " The Life and Work of Christ" had been lost by the with. holding of the writer's name. —An interesting discussion ensued, in which the Rev. Erskine Clarke, the Rev. Pro. fessor Burrowes, and the Bishop of Derry took part. Professor Burrowes, of Oxford, said that one of the greatest difficulties which the Church had to contend with was the mass of unsound periodical literature which was afloat in the country, and which he found circu. lating not only among the lower ranks of society, but also among the higher and educated ranks of society. The influence of this literature was to be traced to a source which had not yet been mentioned—the fact that about twenty years ago a band of most highly-educated young men had gone forth into the field of periodical literature, and had devoted themselves to it as a pursuit, making great sacrifices, and determined to influence their age in the direction in which they had themselves been educated. But for this opposition the Church had herself to blame in a great measure, for she had neglected hei own opportunities.—An address by the Bishop of Derry closed the business of the session. His lordship made some remarks on the duty of clergymen whc entered the field of periodical literature. A certain class of so-called Church or High Church papers treated the hishops in a manner somewhat similar to that in which, as Herodotus relates, the Egyp. tians treated those whom they called in to embalm theiz friends. Immediately after leaving the house, they fol lowed them with the most hideous execrations, and pelted them with stones. Many able writers failed to occupy the ear of the age because they seemed to think they could convert it by insulting it. He distinguished between the spirit 'of the world and the spirit of the age, observing that the sum total of sins, of wickedness, of follies, of low desires —in substance always the same, inform ever different—these things seemed to him tc make up the spirit of the world, and of that spirit of the world the Church of Christ must be the enemy tc the end of time. But the ideas, the thoughts, the yearnings, the longings, the aspirations, the institu. tions of any particular period of time, these are the result of the spirit of the age. And if there were mud in the spirit of the age to deplore, was there not some. thing for them, the priests of God, to bless and to sympa. thise with? The love of truth as truth—the instinct, if he might so call it, that made man long for a better, and a holier, and a grander, and a more expressive worship— the noble instinct that sent forth women day by day froze their homes to cross the dreary thresholds of the poor. house, on the walls of which were written, in the eyes of the industrious tradesman, those words which the genius of Dante placed over the gloomy portal of hell-- who devoted themselves, spirit, soul, and body, to smooth the pauper's dying bed for the dear love of Christ, whc bled and who died for their redeemed souls—these were among the expressions of the spirit of the age. lie recom mended Churchmen who desired to leaven the world with the spirit of the Church to acquire a real knowledge of Chris tianity. He feared that many teachers were more anxiom to teach the Gospel according to Bacon than the Gospe] according to St. John.—A vote of thanks was proposed tc the English visitors. The speakers warmly eulogised the Bishop of Oxford and Earl Nelson. An extra-sessional meeting was held on Saturday in the Exhibition Palace, when Dr. Stewart, Professor of Music in the University of Dublin, delivey_e4 interesting J c.two 9.14 sh 2 rat p 1 4• - •• - VIE SUN, _LONDON, TUESDAY' EVENING, OCTOI3ER 6, 1868, LAW AND POLICE, THE CHESTERFIELD MURDER.—The prisoner George Hughes, alias Corley, accused of the murder of the unfor• tunate man George Kelk, on the 26th ult., has been brought up for examination at the Municipal Hall, Chesterfield. When the accused arrived he was greeted with a burst of groans and hisses, and the mob was with difficulty kept in order by the police. On the prisoner being arrested, he said : "My proper name is George Hughes. I belong to Matlock. I am not aware that I have murdered anyone. I went to Chester field on Saturday morning, and got drunk. I remember having a row with a man, but don't remember stabbing him. I had a brass hafted knife when I went to Chesterfield before I got drunk. I lost it somewhere that "night—l don't remember where. I am very sorry for what I have done, but I hope they won't hang me." Superintendent Wheeldon proved the reception of the prisoner from Superintendent Sykes, of Barnsley. Prisoner's trousers were saturated with blood, as well as the front of his shirt. The prisoner was then formally charged, and in reply said, "I was very drunk." He was committed for trial at the next assizes. GAMBLING IN THE METROPOLIS.—The police are putting into force the provisions of the new Act for the suppres sion of street gambling. At five metropolitan police courts, on Monday, several persons, mostly youths, were brought up for having played at what is known as " pitch and toss " in the public thorough fares on Sunday. At Clerkenwell the policeman had no corroborative testimony, and the prisoner was discharged; at Worship-street and Marylebone, fines, with the alternative of imprisonment, were inflicted ; at West minster, the youthful delinquents were sent to prison for four days, with hard labour ; and at Bow-street they were released with a caution. A BETTING PROSECIITION.—The recent convictions of betting men at Canterbury and Wingham were followed up by the magistrates sitting in petty sessions at the last-named place on Friday, who fined William Green, of 1, Albion-gardens, Hammersmith, London, £5O and costs, or three months' imprisonment, for plying his avoca tion in a stand erected on the ground used for the races at Dover in August. The defendant did not appear, but the case was clearly proved by Sergeant Gowar, of the Kent County Constabulary, and the chairman, in announcing the decision of the bench, reiterated a statement that the magistrates were determined to use their efforts to put a stop to the operation of " lists " betting men, which had so pernicious an influence upon society, especially the humbler classes. THE RESULT OF PASSION.—A woman has been charged at the Lambeth Police-court with having killed her little boy, seven years of age. The deceased, who was sitting at tea, had been guilty of some slight misconduct, when the mother, in a moment of passion, threw a table-knife at him. The knife entered his side, and in a short time the child bled to death. The prisoner was committed for trial. A sentence of five years' at the galleys bas been passed on the station• master at the Roman terminus, in con sequence of two trains started by his orders having come into collision, and so causing the death of five persons. The station-master has fled. It is stated that a suit has been commenced in the United States District Court against Mr. Laird, the builder of the Alabama, by the owners of the Sonora, one of the vessels which she destroyed. It is claimed that the Alabama was fitted out in violation of law, and that her owners and builders are liable for damages sustained at her hands. It is stated that Mr. Laird has funds in America which are accessible, and that they have been attached and are held liable for whatever he may be directed to pay. The amount claimed is one hundred and nineteen thousand dollars. The Earl of Shaftesbury, writing to Colonel Maude, says, " I am not in a condition, much as I approve your under taking, to contribute largely to the ree Labour Journal. God grant that the workpeoplo may bo emancipated from the tightest thraldrom they havo over yet endured. All the single despots, and all the aristocracies that ever were, or ever will be, are as puffs of wind compared with these tor nadoes of trades' unions. But I have small hope. It was observed long ago by great practitioners in democracy, 'Poplins vult decipi et decipiatur.' So it will bo now. The masses seem to me to have less common sense than they had a year ago.—Faithfully yours, Shaftesbury." The " Edmunds Scandal" case will shortly again come prominently before the public, in the shape of an action for libel, to be tried during next Michael mas Term, by a special jury, in the Court of Common Pleas. The action is brought by Mr. Leonard Edinun&s against Mr. Greenwood, Q.C., the solicitor to the Treasury, to recover damages for an alleged libel contained in a joint official report made by him and the late Mr. Bind marsh, Q.V., alleging defalcations iu Mr. Edmunds's accounts as Clerk of the Patents. The particulars of the alleged defalcations the public aro already acquainted with, but par ticular interest attaches to the pending trial on account of the witnesses who 'will be callod by the plaintiff in sup port of his case, including amongst others several ex-Cabinet Ministers. ELOPEMENT AND MYSTERIOUS DEATH.—A few weeks since a well-to-do person named Jelley, largely en gaged in the South 'Wales coal trade, and a residentof Here ford, caused considerable sensation among its inhabitants by eloping with a young lady over whom he had been appointed guardian. As he did not return, his creditors laid hold of his effects, and an assignment was made for their benefit. Jelley and his wife had previously become estranged, and on the assignment being effected she found herself and her family left dependent upon their own resources for a living. It was suggested to her by her friends that if she appealed to the Hereford board of guardians for support they would soon find out and bring back her fugitive hus band. She acted upon their advice, and on Thursday last Superintendent Davies, of the Hereford city police, visited the metropolis, where he found Jolley and the lady living comfortably together. He was much astonished to find himself in the presence of a police-officer, and alarmed when he found himself a prisoner. He desired to be allowed to retire for a few minutes to change his dress, which was not permitted, and, subsequently, he told the officer that if he had only given him one minute he would have had his corpse to convey back to Hereford. On Saturday, Mr. Jelley was taken before the Hereford city magistrates, charged with having left his wife and family, who had become chargeable to the common fund of the union, and he was then remanded to Monday for the appearance of his wife, who, it was said, did not wish to arpear. How ever, about eleven o'clock on Saturday night, Jelley, who was a remarkably fine and well-built man, was said to have been suddenly taken ill, and before a medical man could reach the Hereford city prison he died in one of the cells. In the neighbourhood of the Borough-road there is a beerhouse, called the White Hart. The usual and inevitable drunken row took place there some time ago, a fight being the result. A man inter fered for the protection of his brother, and had the end of his nose bitten off for his pains. It seems that there was a great amount of biting in the business, and that the man who suffered most had bitten his opponent's thumb. The combatants appeared before the magis trate, who pronounced a decided opinion that the whole affair was a very savage one. Taking such a serious view of the matter, he fined the defendant who had bitten off complainant's nose 205., remarking that one was as bad as the other. Whatever provocation the defendant had received, he took an extreme course, for it was given in evidence that the prosecutor would be disfigured for life. There was no counter-summons, or the magistrate might have dealt with both ; as it is, the loss of a nose is valued at 20s. All we can say is, that this is very cheap and very nasty. Browes Trist, gilder, and Elizabeth Rogers, servant, were bent upon having some amusement at the Alhambra. The attractions of the stage proved insufficient for the lively couple, and they supplemented the entertainment with a display of their own. Pieces of paper were lighted by them and dropped from the gallery on to the audience below. The managers of the palace very naturally objected to this novel feature, and gave the offenders into custody, when the female offender protested against such an indignity by scratching the policeman. They were locked up, and the next morning made their appearance at the Marlborough -street Police-court, where they received a lecture from Mr. Tyrwhitt, and the woman was fined 55., the man being discharged. When it it is remembered that there were 5,000 persons present, who might in a moment have been trampling each other to death at an alarm of fire, it will be thought that the punishment was very inadequate to the offence. Such fully is little better than crime. The new gold diggings at Gympire Creek and the Mary borough goldfields, in Queensland, are represented to be very rich. They are not, however, " poor men's diggings." Most of the gold is found in reefs which can only be worked by the aid of capital. But there can be no doubt that many of these reefs—and new ones are being disco vered daily—contain much gold, some beyond all prece dent. A large tract, holding out promise of precious deposits, remains to be explored. The news by the River Plate mails chews that the operations of the war were being concentrated round Tebicuary. The fortifications of liumaita on the river side had been completely demolished, Timbo had been evacuated, and the navigation of the River Paraguay was free as far as Tebicuary. One important considerattilon appears. It is feared by the allies that Lopez will withdraw to the impregnable position of Cerro Leone, fortrmiles from Villa Rica, thus prolonging the campaign. inelefulitely if • • the Paraguans remain steadfast. PROGRESS OF ELECTIONS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) Mr. Seymour addressed the County Agricultural Society at Saratoga, but as he carefully avoided politics, devoting himself wholly to agriculture, the circumstance does not enter into the political cam paign. This reticence was rewarded by the har mony of the meeting and the many courtesies he experienced from political opponents. Even the attempts of his Democratic friends afterwards to draw a political speech from him failed, though he thanked them from the balcony of the Union Hotel for the compliment of a serenade. He would ever remember with pleasure his visit to Saratoga, and that in the time of an exciting election they were able for a day to lay aside differences of opinion, and unite in discussing measures calculated to benefit the interests of their common country. He concluded by introducing a gallant soldier who had maintained the character of the State of New York on many a battle field, Gen. Gordon Granger. Gen. Granger came forward and said that Mr. Seymour, as the foremost statesman of the country, had come there to speak on agriculture. It was not proper for him to speak on politics now. General Grant says, "Let us have peace." He believed that voting for Seymour and Blair would bring peace. The crowd dispersed with cheers for Seymour and Blair. Mr. Seymour, however, is reported to have said at Albany that he bad no doubt of Democratic suc cess. Indeed, his confidence remains unabated, and appears to be shared by many of his friends and advisers. They assert that the political symptoms never were better than at the present, though we imagine, that like the Times correspondent, they must sleep a week at a stretch. Mr. Seymour asserts his large experience and that of his friejids in elec tioneering, and their conclusion is that the Demo cratic ticket will be successful by a majority of 300,000, including the vote of the Southern negroes. The New York Herald, however, does not see things in the same light. That indicator of public feeling shows symptoms of swinging round the circle, evidently more anxious to be on the right side, than for consistency. When Democracy began to rise in national estimation the Herald was early in its abandonment of the Republicans, into whose views, after the failure of the Chase nomination, it had fallen. Now it says "if Grant is elected it will be in spite of the Radical Congress and its policy, and not through any aid it can extend to him." This is what the Spectator's correspondent, "A Yankee," affirms. But that the Herald does show a tendency towards the Republican party is a strong proof of the present direction of public opinion. It is said to have lately lost a very large measure of support, and we suppose it is bewildered by the eddies and whirl pools it meets in its endeavours to reach the full flow of the popular current. The Tribune, on the contrary, if we are to believe its own figures, must rapidly be rising. Within a few days, if its figures are correct, it increased its circulation from 275,000 to 301,000 copies. As suspicion gene rally:attaches to these " whopping" figures shouted out by ourselves, it goes into a minute detail, giving the number taken in each State from 120,978 in New York to 42 in Arizona. The election in Maine is of course hailed by the Republicans as a great triumph. The latest news comes from the Boston Advertiser, which gives returns from 346 cities, towns, and plantations, embracing all the State incorporated for election purposes, with the exception of about 100 small places which will not swell the majority very materially. These returns are mostly official, and show that in the 346 towns there has been cast a total vote of 121,290, Governor Chamberlain hav ing a majority of 21,214 over Mr. Pilsbury. This majority is above the estimate of the State Repub lican committee, owing to the unexpectedly large increase of the Republican vote in the smaller towns. The remaining towns may bring the total vote up to 127,000, and give a Republican majo rity of between 22,000 and 23,000. The Senate of Maine will be unanimously Republican, with the exception of the delegation from Knox county, where Democrats were elected. The dominant party will be stronger in numbers in the House of Representatives than it was last winter, while in the list of members elect, but one or two names of Democrats of any prominence in public life can be found." General J. L. Chamberlain has been re-elected Governor for the third time, and the Republicans return five Congressmen as follows : John Lynch, Samuel P. Morrill, James G. Blaine, John A. Peters and Eugene Hale, Messrs. Lynen, Peters, and Blain being re-elected. The Repub licans likewise elect nearly all the county officers and a large majority of the members of both branches of the Legislature. The value of the victory lies a good deal in the way of putting it. " The Demo cratic party is dead," cries the New York Tribune ls of struck eonlinbgy success ," shouts screams — Wo " World, " The shouts the the Tribune. " See them caper,", roars the Wor/d. " n hat a fright they must have been in !" Look at indications rebels e be this picture, and on that : From the American. f From the National Intern- gencer. Maine. . Grand and Glorious Victory. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp—the Boys are Marching. Grant and Colfax Endorsed, Twenty-two Thousand Majority. Vermont Fired the First Maine. Democracy Victorious. Immense Republican Losses. The Majority Reduced 10,000. Radical Majority in 1866 27,687; in 1868 only 17,000. Great and Unexpected Democratic Gains. Shot. Maine Responds with a Broadside. Rejoicings Over the Result. The Jacobins Virtually Defeated. A Democratic Gain Suffi cient to Insure Success in October and November. Democratic Gains, 14,876. Radical Gains, 4,850. The plain fact is that the men of the Pine-Tree State were canvassed from one end to the other, and instructed on the questions at issue by orators of both parties, the Democrats spending the larger sum. Pendleton himself stumped the State, and there are not, it is said, five hundred able bodied men in Maine who had not attended several politi cal meetings since the beginning of August. The people then decided on the questions before them, as the children say, " out of their own heads." Many interested in these elections have read with care a letter which appeared in the Spectator, Aug. 29, from " A Yankee." The Round Table, in its issue of Sept. 19, comments on this letter in a lead ing article, fully endorsing all its statements, and asserting that notwithstanding present appearances, the truth of " A Yankee's" prediction will even yet be verified that " General Grant will not be elected unless political changes which I do not now look for take place next November." The Nation "sup poses Pennsylvania to be safe for the Republicans on the 13th inst., and though the loss of that State then would not injure Grant, the carrying it would make the November election a mere formality." This paper bears out what we state in our leading article—already in type when it reached us—" that Pennsylvania must yet be set down as a doubtful State, but as being on the whole a good deal more likely in October to go Republican than Demo cratic." Colonel Forney estimates the Republican majority at 30,000, but his figures are said to be wholly unreliable. Senator Cameron's idea is that the majority will be between 15,000 and 20,000, but these are Radical figures and not worth much. The nominations have been carefully made, and with an earnest desire to steer clear of last year's mistake of putting an inferior against a superior candidate, and trusting to party strength to carry the election. Regarding Ohio the Nation says that there is no doubt about it and Indiana returning a Republican ma jority both in October and November, in spite of the former's neighbourhood to Kentucky, superfluously abounding in Democrats, and in spite of its absurd law to allow votes to residents of only 20 days' standing. Nebraska will vote next Tuesday. It has, however, but one Representative and two Senators, therefore its electoral vote is only three. We have discussed in our leading article the States which vote on the 13th inst., when decisive indica tions will be given of victory or defeat, unless they split more equally than expected. On the 22d West Virginia will vote, and while electing the State officers will show how she intends to throw her five electoral votes. _ The Republicans of the 18th New York Dis trict have nominated Stephen Sanford, of Mont gomery County, for Congress. The Hon. John 11. Ketchum has been re-nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the 12th District, and the Hon. Wm. H. Kelsey for the 25th - District, New York ; also the Lion. Alexander 11. Bailey, of Rome, for the 21st District; the Hon. William B. Allison for the 3d District. The Republicans of Kansas have re-nominated Sydney Clark for mem ber of Congress, though he was strongly opposed on account of his repudiation notions ; also the fol lowing. State ticket :—For Governor, General Jas. M. Harvey; Lieutenant-Governor, C. V. Esk rydge ; Chief Justice, M. Valentine ; Secretary of State, Colonel Moonlight; Auditor, A. Thomas ; Treasurer, George Graham ; Attorney-General Mr. Danforth ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, E. M‘Vicar ; Electors, Messrs. Anthony, Kalloch, and Horton. The Delaware Republicans have nominated for Presidential Electors General Henry Dupont, Major J. R. Lofland and Isaac M. Fisher ; and for Member of Congress General A. T. A. Torbert of Milford, a distinguished Union soldier. Both parties have completed their nominations for Congress in Missouri. They are as follows : Dists. Republicans. Democrats. Rep. maj. in '66 I. Wm. A. Pilo Erastus Wells 11. Geo. A. Finkleburg...James J. Lindley 3,310 111. John F. Bush *Jas. R. AN:cum:lick f 11l IV. Sempronius H. Boyd-Charles B. M'Afee 4,154 V. Samuel S. Burdett ...John F.Phillips 3,533 John IL Stover John P. Ross _ VI. *Robt. T. Van Horn... James Shields VII. John F. Asper Mordecai Oliver 6,962 VIII. John F. Benjamin ...John F. Williams 1,532 IX. David P. Dyer William F. Switzler l7B * Renominated. f Democratic majority. t Vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Joseph W. M'Clurg. In Georgia the Republicans have made the fol lowing nominations (Democrats italics) : Present RT. Maj. Dists. Nominees. Members. Last Spring. I. J. W. Clifft J. W. Clifft IL Wm. P. Pierce 111. John H. Caldwell ...... Wm. P. Edwards 1,215 IV. James Fitzpatrick Samuel F. Govo l6l V. Charles 11. Prince Charles H. Prince ... 15,064 VI. John A. Wimpy John 11. Christy VII, James Atkins . * Democratic majorities. The new State Constitution decrees that " the elec tion of Governor, members of Congress, and of the General Assembly, after the year 1868, shall com mence on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, unless otherwise provided by law." A question has arisen whether an election this Fall is legal. In answer to an inquiry, Governor Bullock says legislation is necessary to order an election. The Republican nominations for electors in Louisi ana are as follows, the first two named being at large and the others for the five Congressional dis tricts : B. F. Joubert, M. A. Southworth, A. L. Lee, J. M. G. Parker, D. 11. Reese, Cornelius Do nato, and 11. R. Steele. The citizen's Washington correspondent thus writes of the Democratic candi dates in Illinoisi:—" The Democratic candidate for Governor (Hon. John R. Eden) is a sound, prac tical, earnest, and energetic man, of Moultrie Co. He represented the Seventh Congressional Dis trict in the Thirty-eighth Congress, having been elected by 1,358 of a majority, whilst at the previous election Lincoln carried the district by over two thousand. General Jesse D. Phillips, of Montgomery County, is the candidate for State Treasurer. General Phillips entered the Union army in 1861, as Captain in the Ninth Illinois, was soon promoted to Major, and during the war re ceived rapid promotion. He was in the thickest of the fight at Fort Donelson. At Shiloh he was wounded three times, and had his horse shot from under him. At Tupello, Florence, Nyatt, Resaca, and throughout, he bore himself like a brave and gallant hero." It adds that " considerable grumb ling was exercised by the Radical employes of Con gress when they received their pay for the month of August.. From twenty to thirty dollars was exacted from each employe for the general corrup tion fund. This is the second levy made upon the employes during the present year. The same exac tion and for the same purposes is going on—though more covertly and secretly—among the departmen tal clerks—four-fifths of whom are opposed to the Democratic party. The next Legislature of New York State is to choose a United States Senator to succeed the Hon. Ed win D. Morgan, whose term expires on the 4th of March next. The State Senate holds over until next Fall. It consists of 17 Republicans and 15 Democrats. The mem bers of the Lower House are to be chosen in November. This year the Assembly stood 73 Democrats and 55 Re publicans. We must gain nine members to secure a United States Senator. To do this the best and most popular men should be nominated by the Republicans of each district. The nominations thus far made, with the maj' rities at the last election, are as follows (Democrats italic):— Dists.' Rep. maj. j Dists. Rep. maj. Broome. 1 William Ely Cattaraugus. 1 C. V. B. Barce f772 2 Wm. H. Stewart 142 Cayuga. 1 *Charles H. Weed 796 2 *Sanford Gifford Chautauqua. 2 *W. S. Cameron William B i0 7 .-stacer. Chonango. 1 Charles PearSOll... 98.2 Cortland. Madison. 2 Leon'd C. Kilham 242 Niagara. 1 *Rans'm M. Skeels f 246 1 Hiram Whitmarsh 1,255 Delaware. 1 Bonj. J. Bassett ... 613 John 7'monshend. Onondaga. 1 Jas. V. Kendall 558 2 Moses Summers 58( 3 Miles B. Mick - at 316 2 John Ferris flo Ire. B. Kerr. Dutchess. 2 Wm. W. Hegeman flB3 Ontario. IV m. A. Ross. Erie. 4 B. F. Smiley fsoB Essex. 1 *Samuel Root Franklin. 1 *Edm. F. Sargent... 733 2 George Cook Orleans. Elerkitner. 1 Marvin Harris 1,090 - Oswego. 1 Benj. Doolittle 2 *James D. Lasher 214 3 N. B. Smith Otsego. 2 Clifford S. Arms t6l 1 Erasmus W. Day... 583 Jefferson: St. Lawrence. 1 *Geo. M. Gleason 1,937 2 *Julius M. Palmer 2,121 3 *Alex. H. Andrews 2,338 Schuyler. 1 1 *Cleo. Clark 1. Jay Dimick 1,196 2 W. W. Butterfield .1405 Lewis. Steuben. 1 Chester Ray 2B 2 Samuel Mitchell ... 812 Suffolk. Madison. 1 W. M. Carpenter... 1,420 *Renominated. f Democratic —New York Tribune. 1. W. A. Conant .... f 491 Tioga. 1 Lyman Truman 510 Tompkins. 1 *John 11. Selkreg 918 Wayne. 1 *ElijahMeK. Glenn. 458 Westchester. 1 Claiborne Ferris ... • Wyoming. 1 Marcus A. Hall 1,189 majorities. No opposition. NEW AMERICAN INVENTIONS. America sends some new things in inventions. Captain Ericsson undertakes to supply a new fuel in place of coal, and a new motive power instead of steam. For several years lae has been experimenting with a view of collecting and concentrating the radiating heat of the sun with which, so to speak, to heathis furnace. Atlength, at the beginning of the present year, he was able, according to his statement, to construct three " solar engines," of which the first was driven by steam formed by the concentration of the heat of the solar rays ; and the other two by the expansion of atmospheric air, boated directly by concen trated radiant heat. His experiments show, he asserts, that the concentration of solar heat on loft. square, or 100 square feet of surface, developes a power exceeding one horse's power. We are curious to learn the exact nature of the concentrating mechanism.. It would be difficult, we should say, to secure the new fuel on a rainy day, but it would be a stupendous discovery if its use were limited to days of sunshine. Mr. Dellamater, proprietor of the iron works known by that name, declares that the enterprise is already a success, and that, "before the termination of the present season bread will be prepared from flour ground by the power of the ' solar engine." Hitherto, however, Captain Eriesson's ingenious caloric inventions have not been found available on a largo scale as practical machines. A still more interesting discovery is that of Mr. J. H. Mower, who, we learn, is about to visit Eourope to secure the patent right for which tho caveats have been filed in the United States. What ho professes to do is to convey messages without a wire under water by a sub merged machine. The principle is not disclosed, but he affirms that electric currents can be transmitted through water, salt or fresh, without deviation vertically, or from the parallel of latitude. The difficulty from the unequal level of the tidal waves in the two hemispheres will be obviated, it is claimed, by submerging the appa ratus at sufficient depth. Ho and a coadjutor have already tested the invention. Selecting the greatest clear distance on an east and west line in Lake Ontario— from a point near Toronto, Canada West, to one on the coast of Oswego county, New York—at his first attempt lie succeeded in transmitting his message, without a wire from the ;submerged machine at one end of the route to that at the other. The messages and replies were con tinued for two hours, the average time of transmission for the 138 miles being little loss than three-eighths of a se cond. What he undertakes to do is to establish telegra phic communication :between Spain and Long Island at an outlay only of slo,ooo. [ADVERTISEMENT. I —Holloway's Pills.—The Grand He quisites.—Nobody will deny the assertion that for luau's comfort and happiness, pure blood and a soand stomach rank amongst his first requirements. Both may bo safely and inexpensively cured by these admirable pills, which act gently on the weakest frames and cause no violent shock to the most sensitive system. Holloway's pills have proved themselves competent to deal constitutionally with those infirmities which descend from parent to offspring, which often mar the brightest prospects, and throw a con stant gloom over youth. These pills purify both the solids and fluids of the body, and by that salutary process rouse every organ to perform naturally its proper function— every nerve its proper duty. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) Mr. Longfellow, the popular American poet, is now, as is generally known, an honoured guest in this country. One object of his coming is to superintend the publication hero of his forthcoming production, entitled "New England Tragedies." This is the first of Mr. Long fellow's works of which he has been enabled, in conse quence of a recent decision in the louse of Lords, to se cure a copyright in Great Britain, and we understand that Messrs. Routledge and Sons have acquired the sole right of publishing the work, on terms so liberal as to have given the author much satisfaction. The volume will ap pear on the 10th October. Clarence S. Wason, of the Boston Advertiser, and Samuel F. Richards, are about to establish a weekly paper, "independent in politics," in Charlestown, and George 11. Smith is to be the local editor. A new London penny " weekly" is out to-day, called the Free-Labour Journal. It is designed to supply a cheap medium of intercommunication between em ployers and operatives of all denominations. It aspires to promote harmony between the employer and the em ployed, while forwarding the interests of both. It says— " The Free-Labour Society, the views of which this jour nal will advocate, has the names of upwards of 14,000 workmen on its books, comprising no less than 154 different trades and callings. In addition to which, it is supported by some of the leading firms in every branch of industry. This alone will render the Journal an invaluable medium for advertisers, inasmuch as their announcements will meet the eye of employers and employ cis in every trade. And wo have, therefore, no h'sitation in recommending advertisers to take advantage of our columns." The New York Citizen has changed hands, having been purchased from the estate of the late General Hal pine. It now throws itself wholly into tho Democratic ranks. Hiram Calkins is the editor, and it is clear from its issue of Sopt. 19 that he intends that there shall be no mistake regarding the policy of the Citizen. Tho Spirit of the Times says :—Miss Kellogg has come back from London in the managerial custody of Max Stra kosch, who will present her to the public fresh from her European triumphs. After the next season she returns to Europe, under the management of Maurice Strakosch, Patti's manager, who has engaged Miss Kellogg for four years from this month. Mapleson will not come to Ame rica, but will go to Dublin, which is nearly the same thing, as New York is doubling every sixteen years. Talons, like Mrs. Micawber, will never desert Maple son—so, she goes to Dublin, and away goes the stock holders' dream of winter. There is another chance for Maretzek now, and the Pawnees may yet be deprived of their opera, in which case we may expect another In dian war, for Lo must be amused. The interesting facts of the above paragraph we glean from the enterprising Season, which issued an extra on the arrival of the great news.—The past season at the Boston Theatre was a los ing ono in spite of the admirable acting of Mrs. Chaufrau, who played "Dora" to the delight of the Bostonese. Mrs. Chaufrau has been re-engaged at a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars a week. Our managers haVe been dere lict in their duty in permitting ono of the few good leading actresses in our midst to be captured by the Puritans.— La France Musicale gives a curious list of the refresh ments taken by distinguished operatic artists between the acts. According to our contemporary, Madame Sontag affected sardines, Madame Dorus cold veal ( 1 .), Madame Desparres warm water, and Mademoiselle Gruvelli Bor deaux mixed with champagne, Adelina Patti drinks beer, Mme. Sass eats beefsteaks, Mme. Gabel devours pears, 3111 e. Trebelli munches apples, Mlle. Lucca sucks pastilos and bon-bons, Michot imbibes black coffee, Troy swallows milk, and Marro smokes cigars.—Lotta opened in Boston in "Little Nell," and drew full houses. Edwin Booth is announced at the Boston Theatre on the sth of October.—liitty Blanchard, who was in the Flash of Lightning,' has returned to Boston, and is at Selwyn's. —Miss Jean Hosmer is playing `The Poor Girl' at Willard's, in Boston, and gains much applause. She is billed for a historical play called Mary Tudor ; or, the Queen, the Mechanic, and the Jew.' Le Sleur Barbo Bleue has been to see his 11357 palace, which he occupies on the 12th October, and avers with uplifted hands that he never saw so magnificent a dramatic structure. The other artists are equally pleased, and Pike's Opera House is in a fair way to carry off the musical honours this winter in ona of the greatest cam paigns known to the profession. It will be a high tribute to Mr. Pike's genius if he vanquishes the Academy stock holders on their own ground ; and from his energy, per sistence, and liberality, we look to see him do it." Gen. Ponce, of Panama, who, about eight weeks ago, overthrew the lawful Government, has in turn been ejected by Correoso, who has been proclaimed Provi sional President, and other revolutions were anticipated. By direction of the President, a Court of In quiry is appointed to inquire into the nature of tho trans actions of Gen. Dyer, Chief of Ordnance, regarding accu sations against that officer contained in the report of the Select Committee on Ordnance of the Sonato and House of Representatives, submitted to the Senate on the 17th of July last. Mary E. Ackerman obtained $4,000 from her father, James Ackerman, on a suit for libel decided in New Jersey, on the 12th September. it appears the young woman persisted against the wish of her father and step mother in encouraging a young man, and left the house in spite of their opposition, taking shelter with a neigh bour. Through the Sheriff she succeeded in getting her clothes, and it was then that her father uttered the words which led to the suit for libel. Tho jury had to be locked up all night before they could agree on a verdict. The Moscow Gazette states that the hereditary Prince of Greece will receive the title of Duke of Sparta. The New York World asserts that John Allen, the reformed " wickedest" man, is a Republican, which the Tribune denies, repudiating the convert. The latter hopes that " if the process of regeneration continues, that it will bring him over to the Republican faith; but the justice of history compels us to say we regret that the ' Wickedest man in Now York' is still a lusty champion of the Demo cratic party." Hiram Ketchum, the newly appointed collector of Alaska, has been in Washington to receive instructions on the organization of the revenue service in that terri . - tory, preparatory to his departure for Sitka. Two special agents of the Treasury Department accompany him, and he is directed by the Secretary to make a full report of the condition of the country, especially as affects revenue, and to report what additional officers will be required to carry out the revenue laws. Later reports announce his de parture. Governor Crapo, of Michigan, is seriously ill, and General John A. Logan is prostrated with fever at Joliet, Illinois. A Working Women's Association has just been formed in New York, with the following officers :—Presi dent, Mr. Tobitt ; vice-presidents, Augusta Lewis, Susan Johns, and Emily Piers ; secretary, Mrs. L. C. Browne ; treasurer, Susan B. Anthony. Speeches were made by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others. Professor William N. Rice arrived at New York in the steamship Napoleon 111. from Havre on Sunday, Sept. 13, and reached Springfield next evening. He will enter upon the duties of his professorship at Middle town the present term. The Springfield Republican says—" Silas C. Her ring proposes to sell at auction, October 27, his property in Brimfield. It embraces a farm of 110 acres, with a house 40 feet by 75, fine thoroughbred cows and horses (anion; the latter the famous Blind Tom,' 25 years old,) carriages, and all farm implements, outlying lands, and buildings. Some of the steeds have trotted inside of 2.40. Everything is first-class, and will compare favourably with similar appointments of the most princely estate in any section. Mr. Herring proposes returning to Europe." Mr. Jarvis Raymond, father of Henry J. Ray mond, editor of the New York Times, has just died in De- troit. The bodies of Lieutenant Dyer and wife, lost with the Fredonia in the recent South American calamity, have been recovered. heir children were boarding at _ James S. Grienell, of Greenfield, Massachusetts, for three years chief clerk of the Department of Agricul ture, and for the last three years an examiner of patents, has been appointed chief clerk of the Patent Office, in place of Gen. Stout, resigned. M. De Champs, the French interpreter attached to the Chinese Embassy, will, it is said, soot return to Boston to marry the widow of the only son of Harvey D. Parker, proprietor of the Parker House in that city. Captain David Elwell, who commanded the ship Endeavour, of Salem, Massachusetts, at the time she had the honour of being the first American vessel to pass through the Straits of Magellan, is still living in Salem at the ago of 80 years, and his two chief officers at that time, William B. Smith and Daniel H. Mansfield, are also resi dents of that city. • A court of inquiry, presided over by General Silas Casey, was ordered by the President to meet at Watertown (Massachusetts) arsenal, Sept. 21, to examine into the nature of and necessity for the arrest of Brevet Major A. R. Buffington and Brevet Captain Phelps of the Ordnance Department, by Brevet Brigadier-General Kings bury commanding at Watertown Arsenal. The new Queen of Madagascar has abolished idol worship, and openly declared her contempt for the idols and their priests. The Queen herself has not yet espoused Christianity, but the impetus given to the work of con version is reported to be such that "the Christian churches cannot contain the crowds who flock to hear the Gospel." _ Two Armenians have arrived in Richmond, Vir ginia, as agents of the Turkish Government, in search of lands on which to settle a colony of 600 Armenian Christians. Senore Garcia, the new Peruvian Minister, was presented to the President, on Tuesday, September 15, and the usual friendly and complimentary speeches were made. Colonel L. B. Gregsby, of Kentucky, has been appointed a deputy collector for the port of New York having charge of the transition merchandise between the Atlantic and Pacific States. The upper portion of the residence of Jas. Gor don Bennett at Washington Heights, New York, WO burned on Thursday, Sept. 17. Damages $20,000. Mr. John Taylor Johnston, President of the Cen tral Railroad of New Jersey, sailed with his family for Europe, on September 19, in the steamer Napoleon. ifs purposes to spend a year abroad, and in the meantime hi o duties as President will be performed by Mr. S. Dillon, the Vice-President of the Road. The Tribune says that Mayor Hoffman is not running for Governor of New York, the real Democratic candidate being Fagin B. Sweeney and Tweed Sykes; and if elected a $6,000,000 new Court House may be looked for in every county of the State, a new Harlem bridge over every mill-stream, and a $l6 arm-chair for every private in the National Guard. "If," adds Horace Greeley's organ, " Mr. Hoffman wants to give a spice of interest to his campaign speeches, let him give us the full particulars of the bargain under which he became the pro perty of Sweeney and Tweed." A CABINET.—The New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer indulges in the following specula tion about the Seymour Cabinet :—Socretary of State, Edgar Cowan, Pennsylvania; Secretary of War, George B. M'Clellan, New Jersey : Secretary of the TreasurY , George H. Pendleton, Ohio ; Secretary of the Navy, David G. Farragut; Attorney-General, Charles O'Conor, ew York ; Postmaster General, John Quincy Adams, Massa chusetts, or W. L. Sharkey, Mississippi; Secretary of the Interior, Charles Haight, California. The representative Chinaman of California , Chun-Lock, better known es Chy-Lung, recently died in San Francisco. He settled there in 1850, where he esti' blished an extensive mercantile firm. Just before his death he expressed his intention of visiting New York and Chi" cago on the completion of the Pacific Railroad, but seized with dropsy, he obstinately adhered to Chinese treatment, and his five celestial doctors finished him off I like a true son of the Flowery Empire, at the ago of 53. Chief-Justice Chase is in Concord, New Hamp shire ; the Hon. James G. Blaine is in Washington ; E% - * President Pierce is recovering ; Ex-Governor Curtin of Pennsylvania is at the Albemarle Hotel, N.Y. Judge G. O Munger of Rochester ; Col. L. T. Woodruff, Mobile ; and Col. J. I French, Boston, aro at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Gen. 11. H. Baxter, Vermont, is at the Brevort House' Capt. Baker of the British army, and the Hon. D. Wood, Syracuse, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. The speech of the Hon. John Hillyard. Camera in defence of Whelan was, as might have been expected from the leading lawyer of the Dominion, a masterpiece of forensic eloquence. He endeavoured to show that the evi donee of Lacroix was untrustworthy, but the story wa s , too direct and clear to ba neutraliz e d evan by th e s kill 0 1 the most able advocate. Whelan had done much by 1115 incautious language to render Mr. Cameron's task impcf.' sible, for it was in vain for a lawyer to strive to prove his innocence when he himself admitted his guilt. Whelan declared, on returning condemned to his cell, that no on e could have seen him shoot Mr. M'Geo. He danced a how pipe and behaved outrageously. Patrick Blackley, latelY arrested for the M'Gee murder, is said to be insane. Be ll will probably be accepted for Eagleson Enright: 3110 - phy most strongly protests that he (Whelan) did not shoot M'Gee, but knows who did. It is expected Murphy wi ll make a full confession. The New York citizen says :—Governor Fenton , after spending several days in New York, and getting tb ° affairs of his party in a general muddle, has now gone to Chautauqua county, to increase the muddle there. Charles E. Smith, editor of the Albany Express, has been PP" pointed his Private Secretary, vice Colonel George S. Hastings, for three years. The former private secre tary who held the post has left the Executive Chamber , and accepted a positio n u n d er th e B oar d o f H e alth . New York." The same paper informs us :—" George IV, Demers, the editor-in-chief of the Albany Evening Journa is absent from his duties on account of sickness. Georg e Dawson acts as his "sub," aad, contrary to his usual custom, seems to be losing his temper. He is fairly boil ing over with rage on Mayor Hoffman's exposure of Racl i° cal rottenness and deceit." General Charles E. Lippincott, doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, is the Radical candidate for State Auditor of Illinois. It appears that the captain and fourteen others of the 35 persons on board the Hippocampus were saved , but we have not been able to procure their names far publication. . _ Captain Sherard Osborn, the Liberal candidat e for Birkenhead, opposes Laird of Alabama notoriety, who' we hope, he will sink with a few broadsides as the her seage did the privateer. Considering the injury done to this nation by Mr. Laird, it is surprising that he can WO the audacity to offer himself as a representative in Parll ment. As he commands the bodies and souls of a lot of Birkenhead men, we fear that the gallant and distinguishe d naval °facer may not be successful. Rear-Admiral Yelverton has been appointed by the Admiralty to proceed to Geneva to meet the commis' sioners of all other foreign countries chosen to arrange system by which an exchange of prisoners, in the event ° a war, may be arranged. GOOD FOR ALL.—A satisfactory solution of th e dispute between Mr. William Scully and his tenantry h t ' fi been found. Mr. Moore, M.P. for Tipperary, has, it i 4 stated, purchased the property, allowing Mr. Scully tb improved value of the laud. Gerritt Smith has given Oswego $3,000 for pub• lie improvemeuts. One of the greatest finds of Phoenician an d Greek antiquities made of lata times is described by a ea' respondent of the L evan t H era ld . I t i s ' a t t h e village cf Dali, in Cyprus, the site of the ancient Idalium, the naPi tal of one of the four kingdoms, and the site of one of th e largest temples of the Cyprian Venus. [t is the American Consul at Larnaka who has profited by this discovery of lb peasant. The surface covers a Greek burial-place of seve n or eight acres. Th e G ree k graves are on l y a b ou t three fee t deep ; but six or seven feet underneath come numerong Phoenician tombs, all oven-shaped, and closed in With large blocks of stone. On these being removed, the nit within is often so foul as almost to stifle the labourers al; ployed. In these vases with Phoenician inscriptions an d statuettes of Phoenician women are found. The numeron4 articles, Phoenician and Greek, include gold ear-ringt medallions, finger rings, statuettes, necklaces, &c. ; bracelets, rings, spoons, coins ; copper and bronze spea r heads, lances, battle axes, mirrors, rings, fibulas, tripoc% cups, cooking utensils, statuettes, coins, &c ; precion4 stones—cornelians, amethysts, rubies, agates, some wel l ' cut scarabel ; glass cups, bottles, plates, unguentarie ol lachrymatories, ornaments ; limestone statuettes of Venl ig .' votive offerings, life-size heads, statues, small sarcophagi+ sepulchral columns, figures of animals, terra.cottas, tuettes of Venus, groups, vases, cups, animals, heads an d busts, statues, votive offerings, lamps, &c. Some of the painted vases are three feet high. 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