The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-20
E u r o P E
The Navigation of the Rhine and Prus-
sian Difficulty With Holland.
Mr.. Roebuck's Defence OF His
Anti-American Speech.
British Opinion Of Nova SEQ
tan Secession.

The German mail steamship Hermann, Captain
Wenke from southampton on the sth OF September
arrived at this port at an early hour yesterday
morning, bringing special correspondence
and mail report in detail of our cable kilograms,
dated 10 her day OF sailing
The London Post OF the sth inst. reports:-
Mr. Jefferson Davis, who is staying at Alton,
SaffOrdshire present at horticultural show at
Alton Towers, the seat of the Earl OF shrewsbury
and Talbot on Thursday. There a large con-
try, and when il became known that Mr.. Davis was
present the people welcomed him with three hearty
cheers, for which he bowed his Acknowledgements.
The Independence Beige publishes the following
letter from NJ Henri Rochefort:-
had prepared for circulation in Paris on Satnr
day, September ., a number of the Ldnte,ne wholly
and solely composed from he first TO the last line OF
extracts from the political works of Prince Louis
Napoleon now NapoleOn ILL., This number appeared
20 revolutionary 10 the many printers whom asked
TO print it that not one Of them would dare TO run
the rsA oil dong So The fifteenth number will
therefore like the fourteenth, be published abroad
letter from Boulogne-sur-Mer states that Prince
Napoleon anchored his yacht IN that port, and the
officers were at the ball of the Casino in the evening
at which were observed some conspicuous ladies' of
the den,i-monde
Among the questions to be treated by the Ecumen-
cal Council at Rome in 1869 is the character of the
JesGs, as exhibited in their congregation in the
different Catholic States and the measures necessary
10 ne taken Ill view OF lhclf growing influence.
Bilbao journal states that the Queen Of Spain Is
inclined to prolong her stay the shores OF the Bay
of Biscay until the latter end of September Queen
Christina is al Gijon. NJ Catalina, Minister Of Pub
lie Works, on returning from Faux BONES, went to
see the Queen at Lequeito.
According to an official report lately published at
Berlin the North German feet consists OF fifty five
ships and 30 gunboats the former carrying 495 guns
and the latter 6S. Among the steamers are three frg
ates he King William, the Frederick Charles, and the
Crown Prince with IS guns, and one iron-clad cor
vette the ilansa) with guns. Besides these there
AdaberD with guns, five turretted corvettes with 40
guns five smoothldecked corvettes with IS guns two
avisos with guns, eight gunboats of the first
with "a guns fourteen OF the second class with rs
guns. and the royal yacht Grille with four boats at
tached. The sailing ships are-three frigates the
Gedon, the Thetis, and the Niobe) with 10 guns,
three briggs with 3s guns, the Barabrossa with guns
and three harbor vessels. There also thirty
two sloOps to each OF which are attached from
TWO to foua boats armed with guns.
telegram from GOtha, dated the eth OF September
says -
News received from the German North Pole Fxpe-
ditiOn dated the 10Th OF July, when the steamer Ger
mania had reached S0.3 deg north latitude, states
that the expedition had proceeded with its eXpora-
ton 100 miles northeast OF Bear Island where 1t
there only ON the ed of the same month and re-
NAMED until the 27th. The Germanla having taken
IN fresh water, proceeded thence In northerly di-
recton. The weather was fine.