The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-13 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.
Yesterday the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., Field-
Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, paid itn official visit
to Chatham garrison, for the purpose of inspecting
the troom in that district. His Royal Highness,
who was accompanied by ;Major-General Lord W.
Paulet, K.C.8., Adjt.-Gen. of the Forces; Lieut.-
Gen. Sir J. Hope Grant., G.C.8., Quartermaster-
Gen. ; Col. J. F. M. Blown, C. 8., Assist.-Adjt.-
Gen., Royal Engineers ; Col. T. H. Clifton, aide-
de-camp, and other officers of the Staff, arrived at
the railway station shortly before noon, where he was
received by Major-Gen. F. Murray, commanding
the district, under a salute of 21 guns from the Spur
Battery, and on alighting rode direct to Chatham
great lines, where the whole force of the garrison
was drawn up. It consisted of the mounted A troop
' of the Royal Engineer Train, the corps of Royal
Engineers, under the command of Colonel J. L. A.
Simmons, C. 8., Director of the Royal Engineer
establishment ; the Ist Depot Battalion, under the
command of Col. J. W. S. Smith, C. 8., consisting
of the depots of the Ist and 2d battalions of the Ist
• Royals, Ist and 2d battalions of the 15th Regiment,
2d battalion of the 17th Regiment, 50th (Queen's
Own) Regiment, and the 109th Regiment of Bom-
bay Light Infantry ; the 2d Depot Battalion, com-
manded by Colonel W. Rickman, consisting of the
depots of the Ist battalion of the 2d Royals, Ist and
second battalions of the Bth Regiment, 29th Regi-
ment, 30th Regiment, 82d Regiment, and 106th
Bombay Light Infantry ; the 3d Depot Battalion,
under the command of Col. the Hon. J. J. Bourke,
including the depots of the Ist and 2d battalions of
the 10th Foot, 2d battalion of the 14th Regiment,
Ist and 2d battalions of the 22d Regiment, 34th
Regiment, and 45th Regiment, together with the
Chatham division of Royal Marine Light infantry,
under the command of Col. G. Lambric, aide-de-
camp to the Queen. The troops were formed on
the 'summit of the Chatham lines at 11. o'clock, in
mleuinns of companies, the mounted Royal Engineer
Train and the Royal Engineers, on the right, the
battalions of infantry in the centre, and the Royal
Marines on the left flank. Notwithstanding the in-
tense heat of the day the whole of the men carried
their knapsacks, as well as their entire equipment.
On the arrival of the Field-Marshal Commanding-
in-Chief on the ground he was received with the
customary Royal salute, with colours lowered, the
bands in the rear playing the National Anthem.
Commencing at the right his Royal Highness rode
up and down the front and rear of the columns, and
inspected the officers and men of each corps, the line
extending to a distance of upwards of half a mile.
After inspecting the battalions his Royal Highness
rode to the flagstaff, at which, to prevent crowding,
a considerable space had been roped off, the whole
of the bands being massed in front. The whole
force then marched past in columns of grand divi-
sions at quick time, led by the Royal Engineer
Train, with their pontoon waggons and the whole of
their engineering equipment, after which they coun-
termarched past in columns of companies at quick
time, followed by the entire force marching past in
contiguous columns of companies. This marching
past by grand divisions and battalions was effected
in excellent style, although the intense heat affected
a few of the men so much as to necessitate their
falling out of the ranks. The programme of the
day's operations included the repelling of the attack
of a force marching on the garrison from his base
near St. Mary's Creek, for which purpose the whole
of the troops had been supplied with 20 rounds of
the Snider blank cartridge, this being the first oc-
casion of the review of the forces at Chatham by
the Dake of Cambridge since they have been sup-
plied with the new breech-lowling rifle. The opera-
tions commenced by the moving forward of a strong
body of skirmishers from the Royal Marines, the
line being formed of the Royal Marines and infantry
with a sufficient number of the latter in reserve. On
the skirmishers being driven in to their supports, the
lines advanced and poured in a sharp fire of mus-
ketry. After moving in echelon the force changed
front to meet the attack of the enemy on the right
flank, the entire fore: on the ground being engaged.
A series of interesting ma,noaavres followed, the
whole of which were directed by the Duke of Cam-
bridge. Considerable interest was felt to know the
manlier in which the troops would use their Snider
cartridges. The result showed that in future coin-
. inancling officers will require to prevent their firing
too rapidly. After advancing by battalions and salut-
ing, commanding officers were ordered to the front
and addressed by the Duke of Cambridge, who, in
the coarse of his observations to General Murray,
criticised the manner in which the troops had gone
through some of the manoeuvres. Alluding to
the new Snider rifle, he remarked that commanding
officers must give the greatest attention to the in-
struction of their corps in volley firing. With
regard to the skirmishing, particular care should be
given to prevent, the troops firing too rapidly, which
they were likely to do with the Snider rifle, while
with the ordinary Enfield the difficulty was to in-
duce them to fire quickly. In conclusion, his Royal
Highness expressed his satisfaction at the manner
in which both officers and men had acquitted them-
selves. At the termination of the review the Duke
and Staff proceeded to the lower lines and inspected
the encampment formed in the interval after his ar-
rival by the Royal Engineer Train, the teats for
several hundred men having been pitched, the horses
picketed, and the pontoon waggons made ready for
unloading. After riding round the encampment his
Royal Highness proceeded to the Royal Engineer
field-works to witness some escalading operations by
the Royal Engineers, previous to which he inspected
a portion of the batteries, parallels; and other works
thrown up by the Royal Engineers during the sum-
mer. In order to give practical effect to the opera-
tions of the Royal Engineers for exploding concealed
batteries in the ground to be traversed by opposing
troops the ascent to the glacis of the trenches was
honeycombed by mines, the exact position of each of
which was indicated by conspicuous marks. Small
charges of powder were inserted in each, and on the
passage of the troops over them they were fired by
- means of the voltaic battery, wires from the garrison
communicating with each of them. After an attack
on the bastion at the back of Brompton-barracks
by the Royal Engineers, who were concealed behind
the breastworks thrown up, the advance was sounded,
when the attacking force swarmed out with their
ladders and other implements for the purpose of
scaling the trenches separating the portion of the
garrison to be captured. During the operation of
fixing the ladders:a sharp fire was kept up by a party
of Royal Engineers, under cover of which in about
a couple of minutes the -trenches were scaled, the
Royal Engineers swarming up the ladders and
mounting the glacis. About five minutes served
• to enable the entire force of several hundred men
to enter the garrison, when the Duke of Cain-
bridge ordered the retreat to be sounded. Lime-
- diately on this the. R vat Engineers slid down the
parapet of the works, and having regained their
haters under cover of a party of riflemen the trench
was recrossed, and their escalading laders dragged up
after them, the whole operation not lasting longer
than a quarter of an hour. The Duke of Cambridge
then rode through the Hut-barracks and inspected
sonic other portions of the works drawn up ,by the
Royal Engineers, after proceeded from
Ilrottipton-barracks, where the whole of the recruits
iii the garrison, amounting to several hundreds, be-
longing to the varipus branches of the set vice, were
drawn up and inspected by him. Ilis Royal High-
. Doss brought his official visit to a close by the in-
spection of the Soldiers' Institute, one of the most
complete establishments of its kind in this country.
After partaking of luncheon at Government-house,
the official residence of Gen. Freeman Murray, his
Royal Highness left the garrison shortly before 4,
he guns at the Spur battery firing a Royal salute
as he took his departure.
Her Majesty's screw ironclad steamships the
Minotaur (flagship of Rear-Admiral F. Warden),
Achilles, Lord Clyde, Bellerophon, and despatch
• screw steam vessel Helicon sailed from Portland
harbour early yesterday morning for the westward,
where they are to cruise for a short period, the ren-
dezvous being near the Scilly Islands. The Helicon
.s.ulosennently returned to her anchorage to await
despatches before praceeding to join the squadron

a',4 a in.
The "United Slates' ship of war Alinnesob, 43,
Commodore Alden, 17 days from New York, ar-

rived yesterday in Plymouth Sound. Shehas a corn- i
plement of 622 men, with 27 officers and 46 mid-
shipmen, and is bound for Cherbourg and other
ports.
The screw steamship Lion, 60, Capt. John M.
Hayes, C. 8., was hauled into the basin at Devonport
yesterday (Monday), preparatory to being docked.

Miscellaneous Foreign News•

A letter from Rome, dated Aug. 3, says—We
continue perfectly quiet. No red shirt has crossed
the frontier nor disembarked on the shore of the
State. Whether of their own accord or under con-
straint, the Italian Government has been seriously
opposing the enlistment of Garibaldians, their con-
centration in the neighbouring provinces, or their
disembarkation on the coast of our little State.
Some 20,000 Italian soldiers are, however, sta-
tioned round the province of Viterbo either as a
protection or a menace. In an excursion I made
a few days ago to Fiumicino, situated at the
mouth of the Tiber, I found the inhabitants in a
state of great commotion. A muster of some fifty
or sixty were gathered round the mayor (priore),
the parroco, a venerable Capuchin, the French
Consul, and some half-a-dozen notabilities on the
platform of one of the medieval towers erected at
this point of the coast as a protection against
Saracen incursions. In their midst was the
brigadier of the gendarnzi and an artillery officer
anxiously scouring the sea with a telescope. In the
offing were to be descried vessels bearing the
Italian flag, seemingly in close observation of the
coast.
It seems Rattazzi has had to give orders to the
squadron of Gaeta to cruise in the Pontifical waters
so as to intercept any attempt at a descent of
Garibaldians, for which the uninhabited line of
country between Fiumicino and Terracina would
be very likely to be selected. It would seem that
the Italian naval officers arc tolerably scrupulous
in carrying out their instructions, for, on the night
of the 26-7th they stopped a Messageries
Imperiales steamer on suspicion of carrying Gari-
baldians. France has also a frigate, the Cato,
which, after a short stay at Civita Vecchia, has
been keeping a look-out at the various possible land-
ing-places.
• If this vigilance is sustained, I am assured by
persons well acquainted with popular feeling here,
there is no danger of any disturbance. We hear
very little of the Junta Nazionale Ronzana : in fact,
no one seems to believe in it. The police is ou the
watch, of course, but has no reason to depart from
its ordinary procedure. 'Thus the Giornale di Roma
denies, in its yesterday's impression, the report
which was current a day or two before, that 200
individuals who had made their way surreptitiously
into Rome had been arrested on the 23rd and
24th.
We have nearly forgotten the brigands. Now
and then, however, we hear of captures of small
bands in the mountains. The gendarmi had an
encounter with a party on the 26th, in the neigh-
bourhood of Sezze, in which the chief was killed,
Panici by name. He was a native of the kingdom
of Naples. In his early years he was sacristan of
a country church, whence he was dismissed for
stealing some of the sacred vessels.
On the following day a detachment of gendarnai
were sent in pursuit of eight brigands who were
known to be lurking about. They had, in the
first instance, given themselves up, and had for a
time served as guides to the military in pursuit of
other bands, but got tired of their change of life
and took to brigandage again. They were over-
taken in a short time and showed fight. Four
were killed with arms in their hands, two escaped,
the other two were captured. Among the dead
were the two famous brothers Andreazzi, who have
for several years been the scourge of the provinces
of Frosinone and Velletri. They were also of
Naples. Both had been tolerably well educated ;
one of them had studied civil law.
The city of Rome itself has completely returned
to its normal condition ; our visitors have all taken
their departure ; the wealthy classes have as usual
gone into the country, as well as the members of
the corps diplonzatique, also many of the Sacred
College. But we hear nothing of the Pope's visit
to Castel Gondolfo. The cholera, or the illness
which goes by that name just now, has been more
violent this week, and has carried off more than
eighty victims in poorest localities. The Pope has
put a sum of 25,000 lire at the disposal of the
parish clergy, for distribution among the most

suffering.
Padre Gigli has sent in his resignation. He
will be succeeded either by Padre Celle of
Bologna, or Padre Spada of Rome. Padre
Carvelli will be succeeded by Padre Salvini of
Rome, a distinguished theologian.
M. de Sartiges left to-day for Baden (in Swit-
zerland) to take the benefit of the waters. lie
goes nominally for three months, but he is not
expected to return. it is thought he will be re-
placed by M. de Malaret, who now repre-
sents France at Florence.
General Dumont left with M. de Sartiges ; he
takes his report of the condition of the French
Legion. lie advises raising the number of com-
panies in the Legion from eleven to twenty, and
sending back to their regiments in France those
who are affected by the climate or attacked by

nostalgia.
I have just received the report of the little army
of the Holy See for the year 1867, which had not
been published the last two years. The number of
officers and employes in the service is 584, or 63
more than 1865. Of these, 410 are Italians, and
only 174 foreigners. The majority of these are, of
course, in the Zouaves and in the Antibes Legion.
The Lieutenant-General is Prince Orsini, ap-
pointed in February, 1850. 'Of the 45 generals
and superior officers, 28 are Italians ; 9, French ;
6, Swiss ; 1, German ; 1, Spaniard.
There was a drawing on Tuesday of 653 certi-
ficates of 1,000 franca ; 634 of 500 francs ; and
1,323 of 100 francs of the loan of 1860-64.
I select the following from among the numerous
traditions of the Centenary, which we are conti-
nually hearing. When the Bishop of Limoges was
here, he presented to the Holy Father the chaplain
of the Convent of the Good Shepherd, who laid
at his feet a casket containing a small sum in gold.
This, he said, was the offering of the nuns of his
order ; they were very poor, and unable to draw
on their community funds, but they had collected
their hair and sold it, and this money was the pro-
duce. The Holy Father could not conceal his emo-
tion at the message.
The excavations always going on in various parts
of Rome have lately brought to light on the Palatine
some terracotta lamps, ornamented with a device
not heretofore met with among those supposed to
be of the same date—namely, the fourth century.
In the centre hollow is the figure of our Lord, with
cruciform nimbus, trampling the serpent, whom
Ile is also piercing with a lance surmounted by
an ornamental cross which Ile holds in His right
hand ; at His feet are also another hideous reptile,
and a lion, the whole subject obviously illustrat-
ing Psalm xc., v. 13. Cay. Rossi mentions that
he has only. met one other example of the subject
in the first five or six centuries. The object of the
immense number of these lamps—far exceeding
the requirements of domestic use—which are con-
tinually being met with, has long puzzled antiqua-
rians. Rossi suggests that they must have been
employed for illuminating houses on occasions of
public rejoicing, and that those I have described
above, from their Byzantine treatment of the sub-
ject, and the position in which they were disco-
vered, may be supposed to have been used in
celebrating the victory of Constantine over Max.
entius., 1 have myself seen lamps of this forts
used in modern illuminations: ranged along cornices
and labels of windows they have a very brilliant
and sparkling effect.
Among the most remarkable discoveries of this
year, besides those to which I have alluded from
time to time, has been that of the lost catacomb of
Balbina, which has so long been searched for in
vain. The entrance has now been found in the spot
pointed out by the conjectures of Cavaliere Rossi,
between the Porta San Pancrazio and the closed
up Porta Ardeatina. It will belong before it is
fully explored, as it is as extensive as all the already

known catacombs. Many relics will doubtless be
found in its recesses, although it is known to have
been pillaged by the piety of its early visitors ; it
is also the latest used of the catacombs.
The Church of St. Hedwige at Berlin, ambiti-
ously intended ai a model of the Pantheon, was
the scene of a most interesting ceremony a few
days ago, on the occasion of Prince Edward
Radzewill, second cousin to the King of Prussia
(his grandmother Princess Louisa of Prussia being
the• king's aunt) saying his first Mass ; it was
crowded to overflowing. Ilis father, Prince Bogulas
Badzewill, has long identified himself with all
Catholic good works in Berlin ; one of his brothers
entered the Society of Jesus at Munster a few
years ago, and one of his sisters joined the nuns
of St. Charles Borromeo at Treves last year. The
family of the Radzewills is descended from the
ancient Grand Dukes of Lithuania.

By a telegram, dated New York, August 6, we
learn that the debt of the United States is now
$2,511,000p0. On the 30th June, 1866, the
debt was $2,650,538,238 10c. ; and on October 31,
1866, it was $2,551,310,005 72c. The statement
of the public debt on the first February gave the
figures $2,543,340,748.
Tennessee is in a very disturbed state. What-
ever may have been the origin of Kentucky, the
"dark and bloody ground," Tennessee is earning
its right to such a name. Turbulence and disorder,
lynching, murders, and open fights reign para-
mount. Argument is met with a pistol-shot, and
shooting on sight is the order of the day. The
Governor is the notorious Parson Brownlow, and
the state of the country may be imagined when
such an unscrupulous chief rules, and the judgment-
seat is filled by men such as Houk. The State is
divided into the fiercest factions, who meet armed ;
the opposing leaders stand on the same platform, and
are shot at for giving utterance to their opinions,
while the shooter is himself shot by the supporters
of the speaker among the mob. Then a great com-
motion follows ; the crowd splits, two sides are
formed, and firing becomes general. On Tuesday,
23d July, a meeting was held at Rogersville. Mr.
Emerson Etheridge, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, addressed the black and white assemblage.
Mr. King, a Republican, gave the lie direct to a
statement made by Mr. Etheridge. To this Mr.
Etheridge replied with severity, on which he was
fired at, and a general scrimmage followed, when
two persons were killed on the spot, seven mortally
wounded, and thirty others severely. At Knox-
c
ville a Conservative meeting was held in a publi
hall ; the proceedings were interrupted by cheers
for Brownlow, when another fight took place, and
two negroes were the victiins. Another negro
was shot dead for shouting for Brownlow
at a meeting of the opposite faction. If
what Judge II Jul: said be truly reported,
the condition of Tennessee can be better imagined
than described. A man charged with a felonious
assault was brought before him, and though the jury
found the prisoner " guilty," the judge sentenced
him to pay a fine of but 5 cents. In addressing the
defendant he is reported to have remarked :—" You
damned rascal, why didn't you kill him ? He is a
rebel and ought to be killed. If you do your duty
you will kill him yet. lam inclined to send you to
gaol for not completing the work. Rebels have no
right to come into courts in this state. No Union
man who kills a rebel shall ever be punished while I
hold this court." The cable informs us that the
the Republicans have carried the election, which
means that Brownlow has been re-elected. The
news by the Cuba, which is to the 30th July, or
three days later, is to the effect that in consequence
of apprehensions of serious election riots in Ten-
nessee Federal troops were being distributed to
preserve order, and Brownlow's militia were ordered
to be under arms. The citizens also were generally
armed. It was reported that the negroes in some
counties would be intimidated from voting.
The Washington Government seems to be ac-
tively engaged in securing territory. It is stated
that negociations are in progress for the transfer of
the island of St. Thomas's, and the Times corre-
spondent says that the impression prevai!s at St.
Thomas's that it would be ceded to the United
States as a naval station. It is also positively as-
serted that despatches relating to British Columbia,
to the cession of which we alluded in our last issue,
have been passing between Washington and London.
'I he inhabitants of Vancouver's Island are reported
to be strongly in favour of annexation.
There is little of interest regarding registration
in the South. Branches of the Union League,
ramifying over the country, are active on the Re-
publican side, while the Democrats are listless and
apathetic. The negroes are in a great majority, as
the whites, though urged by their newspapers, do
not avail themselves of their legal right. The returns
from Louisiana give 71,930 negroes, against 37,248
whites; while Alabama shows a negro majority of
25,000. The Arkansas Republican Convention
adopted the Louisiana platform, including the re-
peal of the cotton tax and the repair of the levees by
the general Government. A convention of planters
iu Session at New Orleans, before adjourning
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A vessel loaded with railway iron, drawing 181 feet
of water, has lately entered the port, being the
deepest ever yet taken into the harbour.
The Chicago Tribune gave rise to a curious libel
suit, which has been settled in even a more curious
manner. Mr. ilerritt Smith, the generous negro
philanthropist, in one of his liberal moods became
a bondsman for Jefferson Davis. Mr. Smith, who
had spent his life and his fortune in the cause of
emancipation, ought to have been allowed more
latitude of action than the Chicago 7 ribune was
inclined to give. In commenting on Smith's course
the Tribune described hint as a pretended lunatic,
stating that on the occasion of John Brown's
raid that gentleman had feigned insanity to
escape the consequence of being connected with
that mad expedition. A suit was brought against
the proprietors of the journal, the damages being
laid at $50,000. All this is sufficiently intelligible,
but the strange part of the story was the way in
which the dispute was settled. The Tribune re-
tracted the charge, admitting and bringing forward
proof to show that Mr. Smith was not a pretended,
but a real lunatic. In consideration of this hand=
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some concession, the prosecution was abandoned.
We have a specimen of Mr. Smith's madness in
the following letter, written by him to Thaddeus
Stevens :—" Would to God that Congress were so
just and wise as, at this very session, to lend
$50,000,000 to the Confederate States—to each of
them so much of it as would be proportionate to
her population, and to what she has suffered front
the ravages of the war ; the share falling to each
State to be distributed throughout her territory in
the love and pity of the North for her, would
vk in
loans upon adequate security. This, by proving
the heart of the South, and would thus produce a
true and lasting peace between them." But Mr.
Gerritt Smith has furnished the public with still
better proof of his madness, for he has not only
given away all his fortune, but-actually announced
his poverty to the world. It is possible that
posterity may estimate Gerritt Smith by a very dif-
ferent standard from the present generation, class-
ing him with such men as Howard.
The heirs of the Ingraham estate met on the
24th of July, at the Astor House, New York. The
estate claimed is one of prodigious value, embracing
the site of the City of Leeds, and extending six
miles, so as to include many adjacent villages and
hamlets. It is estimated at more than £20,000,000
sterling. Many members of the family have for
years past been prosecuting inquiries, which were
on the eve of success on the breaking out of the
war. At a previous meeting a reward of $20,000
was offered for the discovery of the will. The adver-
tisement was successful, the document being found,
but it remained for the family to raise the money,
which was the, object of the meeting. It was

thought that the instrument will give them im-
mediate possession, as the land is without an owner,
and many of those at present in possession are
anxious to obtain a secure title. Among the heirs
is Prentiss Ingraham, who was lately correspondent
for this newspaper in Paris. It was resolved at the
meeting to raise this sum, get the will, and to take
possession of the town of Leeds at once.
On Monday, 22d July, the testimony for the
defence in the Surratt trial closed. The last evidence
tendered was that of the Roman Catholic priest,
Father Boucher,who concealed Surratt in his house
in Canada. From his testimony he was at first igno-
rant who Surratt was. On discovering his name and
character (as he held him to be an innocent man)
he did not inform against him. This witness en-
deavoured to throw discredit ou Dr. M'Millan's
character, but as they were shown to have quar-
relled, and the priest had an evident leaning towards
Surratt, what h.: said had little weight. Since the 22d
ult. the Government has introduced rebutting tes-
timony, and the witnesses for the defence have un-
dergone the same dirty process of lying aud slandering
as those for the prosecution. One witness swears
that he ferried Surratt across the Susquehanna at
William's Port ou the 13th April. Others show
that a person could have left Elmira, New York,
on the 13th April and be at Washington early next
day. At any rate the fact is certain that at. least
two unimpeachable witnesses swear that Surratt
was at Elmira on the 13th April, and a larger num-
ber still swear that he was in Washington on the
14th. The weight of testimony is on the side of
the prosecution, but there is enough in the evidence
submitted on the other side to puzzle and perplex
a jury. The general impression appears to be that
if the jury act honestly on the evidence before them
they will convict the prisoner. But as the trial has
assumed a political aspect it is not likely that the
jurors will agree.
The University boat race between Harvard and
Yale came off at Worcester (Massachusetts), on
Friday, the 19th July, resulting in a victory for
Harvard. The course was three miles—the time
18 minutes 3,1 seconds, being a vast improvement
upon that of last year. The winning boat is 53
feet long, 20 inches wide, with a 7-inch tresselled
back-bone. The Yale boat is 49 feet long, 22
inches wide, with a 31 inch back-bone. The former
weighs 175 the latter 1601bs, and both are of
Spanish cedar. No accident occurred, in which
the crews this year were fortunate, but the inroad
of young men into the quiet New England town
gave rise to some serious disturbances, as they seem
to have used the greatest license with the persons
and property of the inhabitants. It is to be hoped
that Worcester will take measures next year to
enforce order and propriety, and if a few of the
ringleaders in the recent outrages received the
punishment they deserved, the young gentlemen
w.uld be taught a merited lesson of self-control.
The Russian commissioner detailed by the Tzar's
Government to give over Walrussia to au officer
appointed from Washington, is daily expected in
New York. General Rousseau has been selected
for this duty, on the part of the United States.
Congress has not yet appropriated the sum de-
cided on for the purchase, which may create a
delay. A steamer has, however, sailed from San
Francisco with a surveying party on board, to
make a topographical survey of the coast both
of the continent and of the adjacent islands. An
officer from the Treasury
accompanies the party
to organise the affairs of the revenue depart-
ment. In connection with the sum to be paid
to Russia for the cession of the territory, a curious
application has been made by the heirs of Captain
W. Perkins of Worcester, Massachusetts, who
have petitioned that the sum of 5385,231 be with-
held from the amount, being due to the estate of
the deceased captain. It appears that during the
Crimean war Captain Perkins supplied Russia with
gunpowder and firearms, for which no payment has
been made, a debt which Russia has persistently

Plomb, Consul-Geueral at the city, w ill act as minis-
ter, as the Senate fai'ed to nominate General John
A. M'Clernand, uhtise name was submitted, though
Mr. Otteubury's was not presented, iu spite of Mr.
Seward's known desire.
We are informed that cholera had disappeared
from Monte Video, and is visibly decreasing at
Buenos Ayres. General Lopez has succeeded in
raising a force in the United States of Columbia,
and has taken the field against General Santa Aosta,
who deposed Mosquera, and still keeps him a pri-
soner. Elsewhere we give an article from the
Standard, of Buenos Ayres, containing full particu-
lars of the war in Paraguay.
It is statel that Austria is prepared to join the
International Monetary Union, and that negocia-
tions for that purpose are shortly to be opened at
Paris.

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

the Papacy. Their fate recalls to our mind the
case of the Deicide Jews nineteen centuries ago.
Ilow true it is that history repeats itself. Let us
pray for these unhappy people in the words of
Alanzoni