New-York tribune., 1869-04-17

MesSrs. Bliss and MasteTHla as Well aS lhe cOnduc
of the naval officers toward United States citizens
Admiral Gordon is here defending his before
the Committee and Mr.. Washburn Is also present at
the meetings of the Committee The members
of the Sub Committee have considered the memorial
of Bliss and Masterman in regard to their treatment
| by President Lopez made under oath to the House
last month and at present engaged the charges
against Admiral GodOn. Admiral Davis has not ar
| rived In connection with the subject of the inves-
tigatiOn Gen. Banks as Chairman of the Committee,
has received from Secretary Fish a copy of commu-
nicatiOn of February 24, 1862 from William Van
Week LidgerwOod acting Charge D1Gdires at Rio to
the State Department lin relation to events which
have recently transpred in Paraguay The doc
uments accompanying the letter Of Ldger-
wood are favorable to Washbnrn, ana
contain official memoranda of the fate of 700 prison.
ers called traitors consisting of both native Para
guayan and foreigners, and of the inhuman treat
ment to which they were subjected by Lopez The
record includes the dates from January to Decem-
Der H. 1868, and specifies the manner in which the
sentences Of death were executed whether from be-
ing lanced, shot, tortured, or from confinement in
dungeons. The record also shows that on the dates
specified the number of prisoners stated were exc
cuted in various inhuman forms, as follows:
June 18th, q June 10th. q 22d. 23d g 2sth Jqyls
iCtR 2 q i Ssn 8h & lh % aGth ,i i 2s go a2d 2h
g. 25th 4; 2sth 2; 29th a. SOtb ast, Aug 4th, 81
b AHs o Sn 5ih on h II ''s isn Sn 1sR R sSh l9
22d, s5 2sd 3!tn, Ii 96.h a. Sept 4th sth p sth,
Sept soh, q; Sept l4th' 4 18Th q lSta 8
2dI Sd 4th Il eh, IN, 2; Sth 2; 18th. 18th
18Th 2St from 2O6 n to NSy sta i9eqsye' SaGh
2lst, 22d, 23l. 29th, l. Dec. 1st 2; 10th,
nth, 20, aud l4th, 1. Total number put to death, 62
The White House was besieged with visitors to-
,Ip oI 10 ,rfor
without regard to privileged cases. The Cabinet
held its usual session. which in progress at the
time the colored emancipation procession passed the
Presidents grounds, when recess was taken, and
the President appearing at the second story window
over the front entrance greeted with enthusias
tic cheers The President remained at the window
for some time and raised his hat several times in
acknowledgement of the compliments.
Col. John A. Campbell, the new Governor for
Wyoming Territory took the oath of Office yester-
day, before Associate Justice Swayne of the United
States Supreme Court and left for his field of
duty last evening.
The Hon. Henry Van Aernam, the new Commits
sioner Of Pensions is in the city, but will not enter
upon the discharge of his duties before the lst of
May. Gov. Cox, the late Commissioner, viii hold
over until that time having tendeted his resignation,
TO take effect upon the qualification of his successor
The Hon. Samuel S. Fisher, the new Commissioner
of Patents is here but has not yet entered upon the
discharge his duties. He will leave for his home
in Cincinnati this evening for the purposes Of settRg
M his private affairs. and will return here about the
latter part of next week and take charge Of his
Rnreou ,Iudre Foote is still in charge of the
Office and will remain until Mr.. Fisher takes pos
session.
The magnificent display, last night, OF the aurora
borealis was first heraldcd by telegraph from the
Northeast, and moved southwark at the rate Of
about 100 miles an hour. The telegraph line reported
its progress all the way from the northeastern por-
ton of the continent as far south as Wilmington,
n c. At Z p. m. it took complete possession OF
all the telegraph lines leading out of New-York
city, so that it was impossible to work tho wires
for half an hour In two hours from that
time the magnetic waves or flashes OF electric lght
so to speak, reached Washington. AS the storm
passed on the wires from Washington to Boston
were taken possession of by auroral current, the
galyanc batteries were removed from the line by the
operators and the telegraph was then worked from
Washington to New-York and from New-York to
Boston, without any batteries whatever. Dispatches
10 the Press were sent from New-Iork to Boston
with no other motive power than tile magnetism
which came from the heavens.
Ofthe 1872 clerks dismissed from the Third Auditors
Office Yesterday there seven out Of II chiefs oil
divisions Tho notifications were all dated the l5tb'
and gave only five days notice 10 the dismissed. The
dismissas embraced all grades and included CON
siderable number Of well known Republicans.
Up to one o'clock yesterday the Assistant secre-
tary of the Treasury, WIN. 4. Richardson signed 100
dsmssals of lady clerks and 100 more will be signed
bv him during the week. The vacanies thus created
| will be permanent.
| RECONSTRUCTION IN vIRGINIA-INvEsTIGATIo
| OF THE NEW ORLEANS ELECTIoN-THE MA
| TIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
GENERAL PRESS DISPATCHl