The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-01

Cant DO sent, said receiver In Spanish den-
.'Why notf" asked correspondent.
"Because It Is about Uuba,n said the other
.. HOW DO yo9 know you can't read Englishw
and SS e sss se .s cqSas IN n and one
.. "Great Jupiter Olympus where did you learn all
thatr' asked correspondent.
"Senor," he snrleked out, "enough for you, the
all dispatches About the 6upep question"
AND proved na a %as mat re-
respondent again:"Ias my yesterdays despatch
gone ~ In short time, alter SEARCH telegraph
man said "No. 1t IL marked SUI curse without
course)." Readers may imagine what they please
but that answer was no welcome one. Here tele
gram had laid twenty-four hours after being paid
for, because 1t contained revelations about Cuba. I
ask asked again TIL rMaye any telesrams gone q
not to have gone bu. perhaps one sas' @ 1dgas
have slipped by.n "Wouid YOU please look among
those Of to-day2" asked. Eyes, there Is one gone
pose, to translate" he volunteered In addition.
Luck being with the Associated Press, one could only
the result Of governmental and Biographical stu
pdity. The next thing to be done was to find out
what next or ask OF them to kindly return the gold
paid for despatch. '0h, we can't pay you the
money back so quick. You must write letter TO
the Director General dc Communicaciones, and en-
close the telegram receipt within the letter. said
the man In matter OF course wise, If stranger
was expected TO know the bunpling circumlocutory
style of doing business IN Spain. sand where does
his Excellentissmo live9' asked. ellis once Is in
Gale Carretas over the Post ONCE"
Much disappointed and fretful under the peevlsh
conduct oil the spanish government, went TO my
rooms to manufacture Spanish letter to the Direc-
tor General. And after this fashion was 1t done:-
NEW YORK HERALD the SeEOf Don -, with due
respect on the 9Th Of the current
senled az the cabinet central OF Telegraph tele.
gram for London containing nnety-nine words
marked by employe $40. SAID Senior knows fun well
telegram was not received in London, because it
never left Madrid. In consequence petitioner asks
gespetuosan,ente that the money be returned. This
l hope from your traditional goodness
Personal presentation with this letter was pre-
among the parasites that are fattened for show by
Excelentissimos. The big bugthe Excelentissimo
Director GeneralIwas the redoubtable Gonzalez.
opponent OF republican and proIraas'ye IDEAS. neo
catolco 70 tne core, which neo-cathoicism was
c CONNIE within form similar 10 the one Sancho
PaDaa had such tender regard for.
''Sehor Don Correspondent" said he "this let ter
VIII not DO; you must write on stamped government
paper" After purchasing sheet OF paper, with
government seal OF twelve and hair cents, and
copying the letter upon It, returned to the office OF
the Director. After waiting half an hour / was
see him until ten Of the following morning The The
morning came, and puncfual at the hour OF ten was
present with my little petition in the Directors room
Suavey the squat figure OF Gonzalez bowed and
widely his mouth expanded, beamingly, as 1t meant
to be, as he said ''SeIOr Don Correspondent call
here on Monday, and you Will get the order for your
money" Expostulatlon resentment, blazing anger
and energetic kick should have been my reply; but
wiser than any village cadi on old Nile, away in
Anatoa.
Monday Ireally don't know whether 1t wouldn't
already loot 0 BY it, ans ION aa:,a,s 10.
afsy-two hours are no equivalent. However, am
not the only Senior Don correspondent in this
plight, and as misery loves company It is something
to know that the correspondents OF the London
Times, Standard and Ne,os have been treated nearly
the same way.
a Tfntt od Stata
and the Yankee republic, and something terrible
VIII be the result OF General Sickles' diplomatic
thunder and c0mbustlble compound.
Last night was celebrated the usual reunion OF the
Permanent Commission OF the Cortes As may be
ing the American Minister'S despatch, the
sale OF Cuba and the probable recognition Of the
ans as 1h INV was
refuse to entertain the proposition or the sale
OF Cuba, and would respond to the probable recog
ships Of the navy to Cuba towards 'asphyxiating''
at once the rebellion. one member OF the commits
sion proposed that they should anticipate the
bling OF the Cortes and make solemn declaration
that Spain Will not accede TO the cession OF the isle
Of Cuba enter into treaty with any foreign Power
for the submission Of the rebels upon any condition
whatever, and to open at once an llimitable credit
ior the shipment OF sufficient troops to crush the
instruction ut once But the proposition was over
rued 80 that the Cortes should not be deprived of the
honor ana glory or initiating such o measure
Moral-Pride goeth before destruction
Ell Certdn.ep says:-"We suspect that there Is q
L
would be laudable in Spain to sell Cuba Should our
suspicious be verified We shall forthwith launch his
name for eternal execration; for before even our
own friends the honor OF the country ana OF the
revolution must be thought Of"
The widowed Princess Godoy, Donna Josefa Tudo
Catalan died at Bayonne, at the age oil nlnety-two
on Tuesday night This lady was born In the year l777
and has suffered great many viclsstudes during
her life, having played prominent part In Spanish
history. She has seen six soveregns on the throne
OF Spain-Charles ILL.,. Charles w., Ferdinand VII,
Joseph Buonaparte, Maria Christina, Isabella and
twenty revolutions.
The following gentlemen have been invited by the
Viceroy OF Egypt to be present at the Inauguration
OF the Isthmus OF Suez, and acceptation has been
sent to Egypt-Duke Of Tetuan, Deputies d. Anto-
Jasset; Engineer Lucio dc Vale. Director OF Canal
OF Lozoya; Engineer ID. Cipriano Segundo Monte.
Maria Jose de Goldo, and The writer Euseba Blasco
and o representative OF the spanish militia. All the
expenses VIII be paid by the viceroy OF Egypt.
A bet OF 5000 in gold has been made between two
Spanish gentleman that before the sG OF July 1870,
Don Carlos VII. VIII be proclaimed King OF Spain,
In Madrid, from the steps OF the Cortes Palace.
Public tranquility Is completely established In
Madrid and Tor the first time this century the Prin-
cpal or the Palace OF the Minister of the Interior
with the telegraph office. remains unguarded, save
by forty policemen, out OF which number but two or
three may be seen at the portals Senior Rivero,
ball and gancing STEEL and ejecting them rom the
premises has now boldly dared to Withdraw all
volunteers and leave the Principal without an armed
garrison. All this however, Is but gradual return
to the old system OF things. Let the least disturb
ance happen and the regular troops are put at once
IN charge and the republicans, whatever may be
their purposes, viii thus be outwitted and may be
de1ed.
commission is to sit next week 10 discuss reforms
adapted for Puerto Rico but alas for any island
under Spanish rule, It's usefulness Is confined and
narrowed by decree stating that nothing extreme
Is to be done all TO be gradually admitted only after
careful consideration and with due regard to existing
institutions. IL would be the same with Cuba, were
10 to succnmb ana agree to o reconciliation. on
the part OF spain 1t would be stipulated that Few
more Captain Generals should be permitted to be
enriched at its expense, and that oil Important
Offices should be filled by Castians
In the city OF Mela, which belongs to Spain and
is situated on the frontiers OF Morocco beef con-
tractor named Lopez Dominguez and fifteen OF his
assistants were attacked by 100 Moors on the 9th
inst. Lopez Domnguez and three Of his fellows
were killed, two others were seriously wounded and
are not expected TO live. The attack was made
within mile Of the fort OF Mellla, and had not the