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Tho Havana cable informs us that Captain
Genera d. RopAs has issued an order liLcr-
htng two thousa nd ,maacip0dos (Jpprcnticed
negroosl captured from savcrs IN the years
1865, 1856, and 1857. A more shameless
confession Of broken faith was never paladcd
10 the world Tho negroes ref, rryd ~ are
free under the treaty with England, for
which Spain received two millions Of dollars.
That treaty stipulated that these captured
negroes should lie placed under the gum.
dinnship of tic Captan-GenerHl, who was
10 loll. after their wants and cause them 10 10
taught a trade. The negro was in return
10 give Ills patron bis personal services with.
out pay hut il was distir city siipul4 tied
that he WAC at all tines 10 be considered q
free man. The duration Of this guardian
sip ard reciprocal service was limited 10y
the tr atty to five years, at the end Of which
time tho cmoaciyodo or freedman was tc
eater INTO his iull rah.s like any other ice,
man of onlpr
',lc very ortcr II Me Captain.Gynoro
SHOW how iuilwoValy this laY L.s beer
y,,L.l H. c.aIres lint tlcrc ar, 20Ot
h""..a H. nua u SLAVERY IN CuLa whom h,
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When politicians make show of Respect
ing he Sabbath, they afford gratifying indica-
ton Of improvement in public morals. Hence,
when We heard Of the touching appeal OF Col \.
J. H. DrGASNE, a citizen distinguished for his
pety, on Saturday night, in the Republican Cen
trail Committee, AN the friends Of the Admin
istration and those who still respect the Chris
tian bath, will leave this ROOM" We thought
the millennium mus; be right at hand. Our salts
faction, however. was somewhat marred as We
read that only fhy-fve out Of one hundred and
forty-seve1 delegates could be induced TO respond
to this picus and patriotic summons. And as
further on in the report it appeared that Of these
retiring S.bbath.keepcrs, tie majority, Instead
Of going home TO their yirtuous couches to
prepare Tor the duties Of SUNDAY, were s1bse.
quentiy found caucussng AMI carousing in
neigh jfing dram-shcp At . o'clock on Sunday
morning, we could not avoid the suspicion that
mad they been able to control few more votes Ia
the Convention, their conscientious scrup,cs
might have been somewhat less acute.
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Josh Billings nj steiuway Hall.

On Thursday night, a. Steinwsy Hail. the
laughing philosopher, josh Billings, will discuss the
subject Of "Milk." II Is superHuous to observs
that the great satirist and humorst, while dosirous
no doubt OF giving much valuable information On
subject so important 10 humanity at large, will no,
confne himself to the elucidatOn Of lIclol mys-
teries; but will, as il his invarisbe and rvetorate
custom, touch upon other topcs equally ntert stns
"a, for instance, War, Gridirons, PUygany Greeley,
Philosophy,
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decided not TO die because the motion for giving
him new trial has been made, and is still bitter
as when IN Court against the manage .nent Of the
prison before the tragedy was committed, and de
tends himself AZ stouty as before in the matter Of
killing the Warden, saying that he did the act in
seltdefence and would do II again under similar
rrovocation. " IL ! get new trial ought to be
allowed TO show THAT my treatment here has been.
IL you Kill man who seeks your life yon win ne
allowed 10 show the justification. So ought to be,
for took tie life Of Capt Willard because under his
treatment 1 could not i've"
Wilson'S HISTORY.
epoke 10 him about writing his life, telling him
that lis experiences in crime had been SO eyentul
that recital Of his deeds would make a thrilling
record for the public to read; and his reply was
that II doomed 10 die he should write it, but for the
benefit OF his sister, who " old aud poor, AMI lives
in Brooklyn, N. Y. There is no doub, that he has
been ohe OF the most successful burgllrs which
this country produced. From what Know OF the
man am satisfied tlat he has been a murderer before
There are some Of his escapes so marvellous, that
without tragedy they could not have boon SUCCESS
his tracks by assumed names in prison, AMI the
Wnson OF to-day IL worse villain OF
yesterday, and those having knovleig Of previous
murders committed by his hand Do not dream
that he IL tue man. In Lis written life, which be
will not surrender till death is sure, there Will bs
some OF the most startling revelations.
He mas TWO CHANCES
fer = new triAl--one on The action of the Supreme
Court and the other ON legislative action. lie firm
" believes tBut II he can get new tGl, he viii not
be convicted of murder provided he eau get his tes
umory In and " he should he given new trial, II
would be on That point-o the refusal to admit tes.
timony at the late tial--and he would set 1t in
Butho s mistaken there will be new trial, and,
Y one, only confirmation Of the recent verdict.
Meanwhile he holds MS life In his own hands He
can kin himself by starvation, and has satisfied him
self OF that and for this reason. he willing TO
live ti' the last chance Is gone The World account
Of TIE uisonct was wroug in almost every essential
particular; and the description gwen NJ the iron
cage war far from correct. II said in that &c.
count that tre cage vss Enclosed with solid granite
OF which there Is not SLAB III the uritun. Il Is sur
rounded by brick one foot thick, covered with
mort-r
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English writer's, when they attempt the
use Of American political slang, sometimes make
queer work The London IdH Nall Gasate
speaks of GERRY wandering" Parliamentary
districts, and what IS worse, explains that the
phrase originated with a " certain Col. JEnENiAn
MASDER, who, whether through genius or ex-
perience, had shown considerable ability in the
practice" The fact is, that Gov. ELBpDGa
GeRnY OF Massachusetts was the man who in
troduccd the peculiar method Of dstricting
State known as gerrymandering and it was
from bis name that the word was compounded.
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Judge Benedict and A. IT. stewards Clerh.

While the petit jury Of the United states Court
was being sworn yesterday, member OF the plnsA
earnestly begged 20 he excused. "On wha, ground :"
inquired Judge Benedict ~ am a cicrk, your
Honor In the store OF Mr. A. T. stewart and IN be
discharged if am forced TO serve" "Oh that
can't lie possible replied the judge You are
called upon to perform prbic dufy. and no
putl'le merchant would discharge you Tor thaL~
The lfirishted CLERK waa subsequently sworn.
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The Chicago Republican has a new editor
in the person Of Ms. J. .. McCrLLAGn, formerly
distinguished as a correspondent of the Gin in.
natl CommrGiGl. and more recently as managing
editor of the C'A.iaHoii Enquirer Mr. McCuL-
L,en has reduced the form aud price Of the he.
pabiican, and promises to make II an able, indie.
penlent, and useful paper. The few numbers
that we have seen since his advent have the most
encouraging appearance, and We wish him all
success in his present Undertaking Chicago is a
great field for newspaper enterprise.
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TIL NEW LHIEF OF POLICE.
james Jackson KcIsJ the Successor OF SUI
pcrintendont John Jourdnn-The Rapid
Advancement OF "a Free Acadi nav Doy.


pcriutendCnt John Jourdnn-The Rapid
AdVHncrmo nj OF IL Free Acadtm nav Boy.
The venerable Judge Bosworth, President ~
the Police poard, and b. viz 20 Of his o,fce AZ
Superintendent VI Police, having been Kcd bevopd
endurance uut his foot down yosteI a, morning.
sailed me COMMISSIONS to-cthor, and demanded
tho appointment Of Police Superintendent. Nj
Tweed-or, to Ire more precise, Mr.. Tweod's foce
Cour4lss.oners-at once won't into secret session
The conference was long, and, it is said, . .uiy
But the outside world is not permitted to know tho
seercts Of tho Police TouMis sioncrs' chamber; so
whether the excellent Judge Bosworth fought for
the advncem NJ Of his Cd 90 Gilman, now Captain
G., Police, OF MIR Manicrre pu: forward policy
doglcr in the ruise Of member Of the Y. NJ. C. \.
mgy meier be published.
At length ,Ge Commss,r re threw open their
doors, aud anuo4uced the name Of the newly az.
pointed Police Superintendent. The waiting crowd
OF pcliu0aIs new to he elective Police Chiee and
overwhelmed Capt. Eelso viii reir clug'atulatous.
soon es,dcnt Bosworin inferred ana formally ten
doret II appointment, and CAPT. Kolso aace2!o1,
and was Instantly sworn.
James Jackson Kclso WIG born IN the seventh
Wald OF tuis ,ity, the 3ist of October, 1873. 10
was pupil in TUuio School No 7, and thence was
transferred To The Free Academy, whence he cradu.
4ted with high tonor'; be- thcu went into tho oil
store OF Josiah Tracy 4 Sons nd after that became
a clerk h. The Registers once, VIII re, after long
service, hC bee ne Assistant Deputy Register and
served a. such during The tsras OF John Doane enl
Wnliam Miner. On the Gd OF January. 1sIl ho was
APPOINTED tAToWau OF Metropolitan Police and
served IA year as arrest CLERK, and was subsequently
made objective In March, 1863 after the dlsm.s
sal OF Captain John .. YOUNG, no was appointed
TOundsman. lie became sergeant ou The 9th OF
Aprl, lsO9, and captain On tho 2th OF December OF
tue sane year.
Mr.. Kelso and tho late Superintendent Jourdan
were always lust friends and II IL known that wien
th latter resigned the superintendent In July last
be tpoit, ol Captain kelsO his successor lilo is
succeeded IN command 81 the Detective fur,t by
Acting SergeAnl
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Gen. PRrM's representative at Washing
toI, Don HAMILTON FISH, docs not Ike the neas
Of republican victories III France. He fears they
may revive the republican spirit in Cuba, aud
place in jeopordy the income which his son-in.
law WsBsTEn derives from the stability Of the
Spanish dictatorship. Bribc-tai,r DAVIS has
been MISC induced to Bismarckze the State De-
Partment, and this is the more agreeable to The
Secretary, as it tends to crush republican aspira.
lions and give to his son.in.law in the pay Of
PRIH further lease Of fees.
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The BAuaueI Of The Coda.

On Friday, the 2sth inst, the Italians Of New
York viii CONNIE norate the uni1cAtion Of Italy by
great ball and magnificent banquet in Apollo Hall.
Mr. Jauch the artist AMI professor, viii eheerully
seize this opportunity TO further enhance tie groas
geuuwu q. hi culinary capIbility md lehued taste"
at least. 50 he say .--by prcr1ring dishes which
only the inhabitants Of flysium are suoppsed 10 on
JOY. The Germans would call this eia G5tier(r,AS
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The Couri,r-JoNIRR assures "the rcd.hot
chaps that there is not so much Gre and brm-
stone, hell and damnntion, among sensible poo
pie as they think" All because Gen. BREcxIS-
RIrGg has had Gen. Banks as a guest at his house
in Kentucky. Tie same paper adds that " Gen
BANKS is most amiabe and accomplished man.
and most liberal politician" Which is true.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-18

C-n. JONI A. LOGAN is said to be n can
didate for the Office 0f United States Senator
from Illinois, in the place Of RICHARD YATES,
whose term expires in March next. Gen. LOGAN
is now a member of the House Of Representa-
tiyes ffoLl the State of Illinois nj large, and has
attained avery distinguished position in that body
lie is man Of great native yigor aud originality
of mind, His course upon the Cuban question
has been such as to rerder him great iayorite
with all the friends Of universal freedom.
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Tho victories of the French Republic ex.
a,peTatc MI. and Mrs. BoSArARrg. They have
mdulgcd in thc illu on that the triumphant entry
Of King WHLAy Paris would pave the way
fug their return Tuieries hut they would
seen to have bee taken. How much noblor
the feelings Of the Orleans Princes, VIII rejoice
over every victory and mourn over every defeat
Of republican France, and who are but too hNppy
To shed their blood for her protection. The Or
LEAFS family lave, moreover, contributed large
amouAts for the relief of wounded soldiers,
while the b, ArARTEs have not given ore single
cent. Yet EuGsSIs and her husband are reveling
in boundloss wealth and luxury, while the people
;hey plunged into war and calamity are exposed
10 dcsti,ution and suffering.
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Nine. J,m.l,s VIII Amin.

The suit by Jones aud olhcra, children aud
grandchildren Of Maria Jonrs set asile a. assGn-
men, by them To Nelson Chase, oi their tcrcst in
tho property Of Nine. Jlnel, as her heirs, on tho
ground OF fraud was called sc teriay in the specil-
Term " the supreme C0ur.. before Jldgo BARNARD
the ttid wls postponed until Tri,ay, on aCcsuBt VI
tbs Lluess OF some o. the pisiAtili.
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Tho sun tie most Respectable Puper ia
New York.

FToin ne Nef Iaptr, ON NoctV
One rule, which is never doviated from IN.
der any circumstances docs Tux suSs colduc-
tors honor, That -, that no story which cann''
he told without Introducing even suspicion Of
pruricncy can find 40 way into the columns of
Tnt sun, no matteI how important a piece If
news It MAJ be.
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Damages for Hfeach Of Promise.

Yesterday in thc Court Of Common Plea, be-
fore Judge Van Brunt Nary ,ciaul, gooG- ok.
ins German SRI of %, sued John Bauer, aged %, 10
recover & OGJ Tor blelch 81 .rom.-e II marriage.
She recovered so Me HcbaUtz was u servant ot
h""'s'. "'.st.s, i's.ss .s sAs uisl
Y.Lu. BAu II
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to check divorce fguuas. They have ordered
that hereafter the conplainnpts in all divorce
suits must sign the lii, with their own hands, or
that their solicitors mgst Gle their written aa-
,hori,y, before decree ear be taken. So all de-
Pendants who desire 10 enter appearance, waive
service CT confess de- ll;, must 40 50 10y an iu-
srument in writing, aoknow edged IN open court
and signed by thci. solicitors. These orders
will cfccuelly put a check 10 the business of
obtaining fraudulent divorces, which has hitherto
been great ounce ofncome ~ scodnurelz Of the
legal profession il that city.
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Trot,ing on Union Conrsc.

There was u tot yesterday on Union Course
by two genucmen's horses OF Wlamsburgh
There was good deal Of interest in the affair, and
all the hors,fnen and gentlemen f,nCicrs VI that
burgh were OUT TO witness It. It Wa a mat, :
between 4, Patcson's (foi Tho owncn sorr'l geld,
Ing The Major and l.. :. SRnmi-s cor the ul,urrl
on The Major beloIo Tho start but ne Was easily
beaten by Venture IN three heats, greatly " tau Us.
Punishment OF his owner ana friends
mattel 500, milo hcats, 3 II ?. n harness.
/. s. -annih's C .. venture.
A fGItersCus T. m, MN.r. ..............
Iuuc -'"T, ~, ''s.
To dag thore Nll nc tHo It., sat Fleetwood, both
match,S. un o r.ny there VIII De stake n
soNHu hurs9s - LwuH course, auJ IN Frilay viii
h' troucd y match lur 9ltOD, to Wagons, bi GoH1
tmtl Mad and Gco'Be MARus, o. Prospect laA
.NurHA.
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and paid by this time; but, as II is, they are
likely to remain for some time to come, unless q
satisfactory overture for their arrangement should
come from England.
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TIMOTHY J. CAMPBELL repcate lily ap
pcared on The Hoor OF the Assembly chamber last
winter with an abandoned creature on his arm
Ho now says that TamnGny must give him a
denomination. Do MessIs. TWEED aud SwaEYY
hcAT2
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Mr.. JAMES Lucas, an old and skilful op-
orator in he Police Telegraph oHice, having in
Gu tue displeasure Of the Tsmmany Ring ~
W ganst Mr. MASKRRs in the Republican,
riot on Saturday night, was removed from office
Yesterday.
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II is stated in the London TinCS that the
Duke pE GRANoNr speculated heavily at the
Bour-e upon the rruss1n war The old rake IL
sure to make money out Of the misiortuacS Of his
country. Another Of the BoN,rApTg galley .birls
suRT, has just arrived at WiihclmsL5ho from
st. Petersburg in state Of destitution, and is
now eating the crumbs which fa f. IN tic
prisoners table. All thee men are good eaters
and drinkers, aud nothing could be more c4lcu-
lated TO induce the Russians 70 make pence than
the dread Of impoyerishing themselves by feed
ing NAPOLEON and his b. companions
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If the Police Commissioners wanted a

II the PoliCe VommissI0neTs wanted an
honest man to succeed JoHS JouRpAS, why
didn't they appoint either Capt. JEREMIAH Psrrr,
Capt. ions CAnGRos, or Capt. Ina s.
G.rLANpY Their record is clean. The
fici that these men are Republicans should
have been no ohjco en- for the Republican,
such as they or, have majority
Of the Board. Detective KLiso moy be
avery good man; hut his domination does not
inspire the pubic cJnfdouc. that wo.ld have
been pircd By he nomination o.; either Perry,
tANucE GAELASr, IEpENt, or NM. Indeed.
lie .s said to have bcc deeply interested in liz"
operations Of pt. JouH 5. loyNe's notorious
r'gr.
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The local authorities in Carmel, Putnam
county, New York say that the Daniel Drew
rethoiist Episcopal Church Of that place needs
wlitewasAinr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-18

The popular Englishman, Mr.. THOMAS
IiuGurs, has been in Boston, lecturing upon the
Alabama claims aud the general state Of feeling
between England and The United States. Mr..
HuGurs is missionary Of peace and goodwin,
and al that no has &. say is TO be received with
tie greatest consideration, As for tie Alabama
claims, they had better be settled as soon az pos
Lilo, not because the United States will ever
n..Ac war 10 enforce them, but because they viii
fran M irritating element ~ any complications
that may hereafter oriac between tie countries.
II Hc lad had nn Administration worldly a the
n.mg. tAIY Yo-.4 GuuL.!g.s have n s.illpd
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The Gully fah ever seen with scales on its
eyes is said to be III Gen. GRANr's Cabinet,
Washin0ton
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WY don't the col1red VOTERS move against
| rrwArr !. Woopsoru. tAc Republican cauti-
date f,r GoycrrrrY Az. Va = also ia favor Of the
| African slave 'rade2
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The Hon. GIDEON WELLS has published
in the Geidyy ar ccount Of 80 discussions and
action of Mr.. LIScoLN's Cabinet respeetpo the
relief of Fort Sumter and Yr. Pckcns in 1861.
la this article Mr.. WELLgs .riously duplicates
DR.. SEwARD. II charges J a with having ell
tered into private ARA cement with certli =
representatives. Of the Southern rebo. w. in whc,.
he bound himself that no tempt should made
to relieve Fort Sumter In the eudeayor to exc
cute this agreement, Mr. WEI = gives - to n
dcrstand, Mr.. SEWARD vas guilty Of double
dealing toward President md toward the r"
mainder Of the .Jinet Having procured from
President LINCOLN, as Mr.. WELLEs informs W D
signature to certain papers Of whose
teuts Mr.. LINCOLN was not Az re, Mr.. SEWARD
employed these secret ? pers for tho purpose
OF sending the steamer Powhatan. which had
been intended for the relief Of Fort Sun :.
upon an expedition to Fort Plckens. OF this use
Of that vessel neither the Sc, otary Of TIC Navy
nor the other members of the Cabinet had, ac-
cording to NJ. WELLEs any knowledge until after
it was all over. They supposed that the Pow
hatan was to be employed to relieve Fort S1"nt.
| when in fact she was seat by Mr.. ST. .., ..
| virtue Of these secret orders, OF whose nature
| the President who signed them was himself not
aware to the rclefof Fort Pickeps. Such is the
| general charge made by Mr.. WELLEs, aad il opens
a very interesting chapter in tn history of tho
rebellion. OF course the question will not b.
allowed TO remain where it is. hr. SgwARD lnn,-
self will doubtless reply A. soon as the accuse.
| ton reaches his notice though, as he is now in
| China, It may be some time before he can he
| rh MpanXyhila NO lat
W. c. MEGs, the present Quartermastcr-Gen
of the Army will deem it proper to state what ho
knows upon the subject; and, as no was the
officer who had charge i the expedition to Fort
| Pickens, and was aware Of oil the orders and ar.
rauqcmens relating to the subject, there is no
doubt that he will be able to tell tue whole truth
Of the matter, and to complete the narration, Of
which Mr. WHLLEs has only furnished us with q
part. Thus by degrees the real history Of the
| great rebellion comes TO the public knowledge.
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in his stomach followed almost insantly by slight
paIus through the system, and rapid heart beating
his heart fairly jumping into his throat this start
lLL sensation being very soon succeeded by a h IN
lever. though the perspirauon then began 20 appear
ana barring a barring feeling In the stomach w Z.
sCp says he was In no pain and there "a been no
pain since TO speak Of though hn says lie foe!s weak
M II ririg non, bed of sickness, but eels that he
- slowly gnining strength, and will before many
days be himself again. He hi, lost ,ot over h'een
pounds II Ash during his long deprivation aud is
now eating more substantial TODD than mush. he
choosing to TAKE tiat at lrsl because Of It's hLLt
catlartlC nature.
THE yOOD
When hc h'' h. sub 'au. M aud he ,llrcs that he
has no Wu't To ind VIII that placed daly u his crI
since ir was 'akeh h;ok ,Acrc.
IL 4d! Lu LJ asst, ~ lI-t ~ gILli,at That Au
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rnE ExHERiEvcE or WILSON,

Gccoi ding 10 his own story IL that he suffered fear.
fully on Tho fourth or nlth days Of his fasting and il
PEELED to take a drink Of water. There was sucn a
craving hat be could not endure II, and, whether
removable for the oct Of drinking or whether II
Was an unconscious prOceCi ding, he being controlled
by an Irresistible Impulse as insane persons often
are he Ia unable to toll all he knows ~ that he
tho water, and, ait0r taxing II, lis hunger len him
The first ellt Ct upon Wilson, when he took his
mush and mCla Tor the first tiTne during his IDS
was pleasant; but soon tlere came