CD H H A. YOL. VI.-No. 10. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 18GG. DOUBLE SHEETTHREE CENTS. TH THIRD EDITION LATEST FROM EUROPE. More About the Battles In Bohe mia and Vcnctla. The Laying of the Atlantic Cable Begun July 10. English Neutrality Proclamation. Insurrection at Madrid. Tbe following Is tho latent news by the Pertia: THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The steamship Great Eastern, with the At lantic telegraph cable, left Mcdway at noon on the 30th of June for Bearhavcn direct. The laying ot the cable was to begin on the 10th icstant. ENGLISH PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY. A supplement to the London Gutetle contains the following proclamation by the Queen: "Whereas we are haupily at peace with all sovereigns, power?, and States; aud whereas, notwithstanding our utmost exertions to pre serve peace between all the sovereign powers find States now at war, hostilities have un happily commenced between his Imperial Ma jesty the Emperor of Atis'ria, his Majesty the King of Prussia, his Midesty the King of Italy, and the Germanic Confederation; and whereas a state of war now exists between his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria, hi Majesty the King of Prussia, his Majesty the King of Italy, and the Germanic Coniederation, and between their respective subjects aud oturs inhabiting within their countries, territories, r.r dominion: and whereas we are on terms oi friendship and amicable intercourse with all nnd each of these sovereigns and with the Germanic Confedera tion, and with their several subjects, and others inhabiting within their countries, territories, and dominions; and whereas great numbers of our loyal subjects reside aud carry on com merce, and possess property aud establish ments, and enjoy various rights and pri leges within the dominions of each of 1he aforesaid sovereigns and States, protected by the taith of treaties between us aud each of the aforesaid sovereigns and States; and whereas, we being desirous of prcervlng to our subjects the blessings of peace, which they now happily enjoy, are firmly purposed and determined to abstain altogether Irom taking any part, directly 1 k A ivaAl 1 tt 41 thu n'fli vtsiur utiltiiriniltf Aviuttnr yvx iuuii.jitjf a la nun nui jjvvt uuuu'piiT v a i r 1 1 j 1 between the said sovcieigns aud States, their subiccts and territories and to remain at peace with, and to maintain a peacelul and friendly In tercourse with all and with each ot them and their respective subjects, and others inhabiting within any of their countries, .territories, and dominions, and to maintain a strict aud impartial neutrality in the said hostilines aud war unhappily existing I between thrm. We, theretore, have thought fj fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, ij to isue this our royal proclamation. And we ! djo hereby strictly charge and command all our 1 living subjects to govern themselves accorl- Itnff v nnd in nh prvn fl ftfrict. upiit.rnlit v in nnd during the aforesaid hostilities and war. and to abstain from violating or contravening the laws and statutes of the realm in this behalf, or the law oi nations in relation thereto, as they will answer to the contrary at their peril." THE "MIANTONOMAH." The London Timet again iudulges in some complimentary remarks upon the visit of the United States monitor Miantonomah to England, and says that in allowing this vessel to visit England at the present moment, the Gov ernment of President Johnson has conferred a service only secondary to that so frankly rendered in the recent suppression of the mise rable Fenian demonstration on the shores of the Canadian lakes. THE WAR NEWS. fetalis of the Reported Prussian Victories. 'tteyram rom Berlin, June 29. The Corps of the Guards (Lif Guards) yei'.tc- lay defeated the 10th Austrian army corps, inder General Gablenz. after an obstinate gagement. The Austrians lost several thousand prisoners, some field pieces, and a large quantity of war material. Prince Frederick Charles, in con. Junction with General Ilerwarth Bittenfcld, .ionl fiirai MnnAliannmanfv KAtifanHa w aft am o aim oessful engagement with the Austrians, taking 800 prisoners. The enemy retired to Fur sten buck with the loss of 2000 men; the Prussian loss much lesi. Yesterday, the Prussian 6th corps, under General Stcinmetz, which, on the 27th, drove back the Austrian corps to Josephstadt, gain compeuea me enemy to retire alter a severe contest. Numerous trophies were cap tured by the Prussians. The Austrians were defeated on the 27th and 28th near Nachod by our 1st Array Corps; on the 28th at Traulonau by the Corps of the Guards XLife Guards); and at Munchengrantz by Prince Frederick Charles. At Traulenau the Austrians "had frnm SINM to IftClh klllnd nnd wnnndail anA lost several thousand prisoners. Our loss at the name place was about 1000. The greatest enthusiasm prevails in this city on account of the success of the Prussian army yesterday. An Immense crowd assembled before (the royal palace to-day, and paraded the streets with flags. A congratulatory address to the King was in preparation. ANOTHJTB ACCOUNT j Berlin, June 29, afternoon. In yesterday's battle the 5th Prussian Army Corps, under Gen. fttolnlnAx. wan nnnnsad hv the (1th nnH nth Ana. . . i t. " i" Jtrlan Corps, under the ArchdukeLeopold. The Jnumber of prisoners captured from the Austrian 3 corps under Gen. Gablens, in yesterday's en gagement at Traulenau, was 2000. ' In an enconnter which took place on the 26th, near Turnau, the Prussians lost two officer killed and seven wounded, besides 115 privates killed and wounded. Itoport of tbo Crows Prlaeo of Prussia. The Crown Prince of Prussia's report to the King upoa the battle in which the 6th Prussian Army Corps was engaged, states that twenty- eight battalions of Austrians took part in the col A ct, while the Prussian forces consisted of only twenty-two battalions, of which the reserves did not come into close quarters with tho enemy. The Trince adds that, considering the brilliant victory which has been achieved, the Prussian loss was very small, and did not exceed 500 to 600 men, among whom, however, were many officers. The losses sustained by the Austrians were very considerable. Altogether on both sides, about 4000 men were placed hors du combat. Tho King Congratulated. Berlin, June 29, Evening. An address was presented thiB evening to the King by a deputa tion of the inhabitants, and a serenande was given before the royal palace, during which several of the national airs were played. The King appeared repeatedly on the balcony. The crowd was immense. About 6000 Austrian prisoners from Nachod, and 3000 from Traultenau. have been sent to Poscn. What the EngUnh Papers Think of It. The London Times, of the 30th, says it the Berlin news is reliable, the Prussians have achieved solid success. The Horning Post believes the rclolclngs at Berlin are premature. The Army and Navy Gazette remarks that "the time has now come for Bcnedek to show whether or not be is a general." Hard Fighting; la Hanover Surrender of the Hanoverian Army to tho Pros. Ian. It is officially stated that 6000 Prussians, under General Flies, attacked on the 27th the Hano verian army near Langensalza, in order to cut off its retreat southwards. The Hanoverian lorces were 20,000 strong, and superior to the Prussians both in artillery and cavalry. The Prussians fought with valor. The losses are considerable. General Flies, having attained his strategical objects, resumed his former posi tion south of langensalza. The Hanoveriaus appear to have' narched northwards trom Lan gensalza thro ii ,h Mublhausen in the direction of Souderhau6eu. A later account says: "The Hanoverian army is returningby forced marches from Muhlhausen in the direction of S'lnderhausen. The Prus sians confidently expect that it will shortly be completely surrounded." The Prussians had entered Troppan without meeting with any resistance. It is asacrted that the united Austrian and Federal troops will In future march under Ger man colors. A Berlin despatch of the 20th says: The Hanoverians were being surrounded by Prus sian corps, and fresh negotiations were in pro gress for a capitulation. Another despatch of the same, date announces that the Hanoverian army surrendered at dis cretion on that day. The King and Crown Prince of Hanover, aud the offieers of the Hano verian army, are said to have pledged their word not to tieht agaiust Prussia during the present war. The officers retained their side arms, and the men were disarmed and sent to their homes. The war material was given up to the Prussians. The whole Federal army at Frankfort and its environs had set out upon the march. An engagement was expected shortly. Itavnl ErKatrmeutwn lheL.nirollGnrla. A letter to the London DaUy Hews, dated at Desenzaue, June 23, says: 'This morning, between seven and ei?ht o'clock, the first cannon 6hots were fired three slgnbl guns discharged trom the fortress ot Peschiera. Already, several hours before giv ing this notice, the authorities at Peschiera had despatched a couple of guuboats towards the Islaud of (larda, lying off the sourhern horn of the Buv ot Salo. and at about 11 A. M. others were sent up the lake Irom Peschiera to loin them. Soon after noon the inhabitants of the village of Portese, a hamlet lying in a commanding situation between Desenzano and Salo, were startled by hearing a lively cannonade proceeding Irom the direction of the lake. Happening to be pa-sing through Por tese at the moment, I hastened to the nearest point whence an extended view of the lake could be obtained, and beheld the lour Austrian gunboats actively engaging with the tmall fortress of Maderno, situated at the extrcnittv of a small tongue of land running out into the lake, and formingtbe northern horn of the Bay ot Salo. To get Irom the village of Portese to our point of vie w had occupied as less than a quarter of an hour, but in that time the gunboats had retired nearly two miles from the first position which they had taken up, which was estimated by an eye-witness at two miles Irom the tort ot Maderno. The fortress, which mounts twelve heavy Cavalhi guns, carrying from three to lour miles, was luckily garrisoned by several companies ot 32d regular artillery regiment, and the runs made such good practice that the enemy's gunboats very soon seemed to have had enotiph of It. and retired towards the Austrian shore of the lake. "Between 1 and 2 P. M. a larger paddle steamer the Uesse or the Francis Joseph, both of which carry eight guns was seen approach lmr at lull speed irom the direction of Peschiera. At the sltrht of her we, who were on the look out, had little doubt but that the engagement wrnl,l h renewed, and. razing attentat lv at the fort and the gun boats, we anxiously looked for the wh'.te putf of enoke which proclaimed the dis charge of the guns about one hundred seconds before the sound reached us. For about an hour longer the four gunboats, in company with the newly-arrived war steamer, as if uncertain what to be after, hovpred about opposite the fort, taking good care to keep well out of shot, aud continually hugging the Austrian shore. At length, making up their minds that she did not like it, the lour gunboats, following the lead of the steamer, turned tail, and made oft' in a southerly direction towards Peschiera. As the five vessels passed our look-out place, at a dis tance of about six miles the lake is on an ave rage about seven mles in breadth It appeared to us as tt the steamer was taking in tow one of the gunboats, which seemed to have been dis abled." Tho Ware of foriy-nln Yoara In Europe. A writer in the London Morning ttor says: "The following statistics read with sad interest at this moment: Between the years 1H15 and 1864, 2,782,000 men were killed la battle. Ot these 2,148,000 were Europeans, and 101.000 inhabitants of other countries. Thus, during forty-nine years, the average annual nam ber who thus perished amounts to 43,800 men, not in cluding the victims ot disease engendered by the consequences of war. The Crimean war (1853-66) was naturally the most destructive, 611,000 men having perished during its course: 176.000 of these died on the field of battle; 834,000 from disease in hospital 266,000 being Russians. 98,000 Turks, 107.000 French, 45,060 English, 2600 Italians, and 261)0 Greeks. The war ia the Caucasus (1869-60) cot the lives of 830,000; the Anglo-Indian war (18&7- f9), If 6,010; theBn slan and Turkish war (182 2! ), 183,000; the Polish insurrection of 1831. ISO.OtO; the civil war of Spain, which raged f om 1833 to 1840, 172,000; the war of Greek In dependence (lb21-29), to which Lord Byron fell a victim, 148,000; the various French campaigns in Algeria, trom 1830 to 160, 146,000; the Hun garlon revolnt on, 142.0C0; the Italian war of 1869-C0, 129,874, which last nimber may be thus analysed 90,874 tell oa the field ot battle, and 33,010 died of disease; of which 59,664 wco Aus trian, 30,220 French, 23,600 Italians, 14,010 Nea politans, and 2370 Romans. A curious result may be deduced from the above namely, that a greater number perish by the dUcare incident to a camp lite than are actually killed by shot and shell, or any other engine ot destruction. As to the sum of money swallowed up by tbese wars, it is impossible to arrive at anything approaching a correct calculation. The Crimean war cot Russia 2J28 millions ol liancs (one million of francs is equal to $2H0,000). France 1348 millions, Eng land 1320 millions, Turkey 1060 millions, Austria, tor mere Cemonstrations, 470 millions. Thus, in two years and a half, 6526 million francs wtrc spent. The Italian war of 1859 cost France 345 mil lions, Ausrria 730 millions, Italy 410 millions. Thus, in two months, 1458 millions were swal lowed up. Tho, Quadrilateral a Vlait to tho For tress of Verona. A correspondent ot the Pall Hall Gazette write: ' Juht at this moment you will, I think, be interested in an account of a visit to trie Verona lorfitications made about a year and a hnlt ago by an English artillery officer and an other gentleman, whom I will call Col onel A. and Mr. B. The officer is a (i. C. B., and a per son of great accomplishments and experience as a soldier; hi companion was apersoual friend who was travelling in Italy at the time. Ample letters of iutroduction had been furnished to Colonel A. Irom the War Office at Vienua, and he lot tno time in presenting bimeil at Maisbal Ben edek's quarters. Umortunatcly the marshal was away lor u lew days, but Colonel A. ana his trind were received with the utmost courtesy by Prince Liechtenstein, who was in comma d during his chiefs absence. Tbe party proceeded to one of the seven or eight new torts which have been built in connection with Venua since the last Atistro-ItRlian war. These torts they found to bo about a couple of miles distant trom oue another, each oi them capable of con taining four or five thousand mo, and in every possible respect designed aud completed in accordance with the latest adopted principles ot fortification. They had cost about five millions sterling, and with their formidable guns com manded the whole approach to Verona for a space of fifteen or sixteen miles. To the experienced mind of Colonel A. everything seemed perfect. "Alter the fortifications were examined, the Austrian officer pressed them to remain until the following day, to be present at certain im portant manrcuvres which would exhibit tbe immense advance made by the Austrian soldiers in the execution oi rupid movements. A bodv ot nearly thirty thousand men were to cross the river, as if under the pressure of rever-e in actual war. The proposal was ot course verv welcome, and the skill andppeed with which the manoeu vres were executed are described by my author ity as admirable, and as being almost, if not quite, eqnal to anything that can be done by the bei-t French regiments. "In the course of conversation with the Aus trian officer, Colonel A. and his friend naturally discusecd tbe affair of Solleriuo, and the subse quent peace. He told ttiem that tbe demorali zing effect on tbe Austrian army was for a t me disastrous, and their indignation at peace ma le by tbe two Emperors extreme. The Aus'iian failure was attributed entirely to the taet that Bcnedek wa9 not chief in command, and the accepting ot a detent as final while 118,0.10 of tbe best Austrian troops were within t vo days' march as simply madness. It was entirely tbe woric of che two Emperors, who had never seen tisht'ng beiore, and who were overpowered with tbesigbt ol tbe horrible carnage in a field of actual battle. No other motive was attributed to either of the sovereigns. It was simply that their feelings were horror-stricken, and that certainly the Austrian Emperor was ignorant of the false step be was taking in not consulting his own army and its commanders." FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY. Who Will be Postmaster-General? SPECIAL DESPATCH TO XVEMNO TELEGRAPH Baltimore, July 13. Well-posted parties here assert that Montgomery Blair will be again recalled to the. Cabinet as Postmaster-GeneriL The anticipated Cabinet resignations cause great consternation among office-holders and politi. cians. Acquittal of Colonel G. W. P. Smith. special despatch to evemnq telegraph. Snow Hill, Worcester county, Maryland, July 10. The tiial of Colonel G. W. P. Smith, late ot Smith's Independent Cavalry, for the shooting of William S. W. Tingle, on of the late Judge Tingle, of Snow Hill, Maryland, in a street rencontre, was closed to-day, resulting in the entire acquittal ot Colonel Smith, aud his thorough and entire vindication, the jury re maining out only three minutes. Public opi nion fully sustains the verdict of the jury. The counsel for the defense were Hon. John W. Crisfield, E. K. Wilson, Esq., and J. Hopkins Tarr, Esq. Tills cae excited deep interest Rhode Island Democratic Convention. Pbovidence, July 13. The Rhode Island Democratic State Central Committee. thU morn ing issued a call for a State Convention in Provi dence, on the 2d of August, to elect delegates from Rhode Island to the so-called Philadelphia National Union Convention. No public move ment in that direction has been made by any other party in this State. Fire In Cincinnati. Cincinnati, July 13. Cooper's blacksmith shop, Gieer's tin shop, Lapp's planing mil), and Fallon's stair-building establishment, all on Laurel street, were burned last night. The loss is $20,000, with very Ittle Insurance. Arrival of the "Virginia.' New York, July 13. The steamer Virginia has arrived trom Liverpool. Her news Is anti cipated. Markets by Telegraph. New York, July IS. Cotton is quiet at 86S38o. Flour doll ; saloi oi 4600 bols. r f -25&10 for Mate ; CB Ohio low lor uniot o oo lor western. Southern Floor has a declining teudeoev I sales ot 80J bbl. at f 0 90(al6 60. ('snsdmn flour is loweri sales oi 800 bbU. at at 8 018 66. Wheat dull and droODiug Corn advanclnn; ia ei ol 90,000 bush, t 86(a;8tio. Oats declining; sales ot 21.000 bosh, at 61&6ic. for aew Wetteru. Beef steady. Relics Six Centuries Old. The Carlisle (England) Mxaminer states that, as some work men were recently levelling the ground at the east end of the cathedral in that city, they uncovered a large numbr of stone shafts, each about five feet in length and four and a half inches in diameter. There seeoiB to be little doubt that they are relics ot the great fire of 1292, which burnt down the Priory of Carlisle and thirteen hundred bouses. TIIE POLITICAL WORLD. MORE OF THE CABINET CRISIS ALARMING CONDITION OF AFFAIRS SECRETARY WELLES DEFINES HIS POSITION. SQUINTS AT TIIE PERSONNEL OF TIIE NEW MINISTRY SOME FBIGHTFUL RUMOR 3. MUTTERINGS FROM THE GREAT CAUCUS Etc, Etc., ZJtC. Etc., Etc. The New Tork Daily News, ot to-day (organ of tre " origit al-Jacobs-J.-D. -4-11-4 1 Shent-pcr-shent peace-at-any-price-Domocracy) per mits its delectable and every reliable correspon dent, "Druid," to publish this gazette from Washington: dissolution of the president's cabinet. The Cabinet is at last dissolved. It is under stood this evening that Stanton, Harlan, Speed, and Deuison waited upon the President this morning and severally tendered their resigna tions, which were promotly accepted. Several months ago, wben ta President became con vinced that Stanton, Harlan, and Speed would not support bis restoration policy, ho conveyed to each one of them the plain intimation that their resignations would be acceptable au I were de-ired, and he has been waiting ever 9inee for them to resign. Tbe indelicacy which they manifested by reinainins lu a Cabinet where fhy were not wunted, is ouly equalled by their impudence now in resiBUtne Decause the Presi dent will Lot yield his cheri-.hed convictions and abandon his policy. WHO WILL FILL THE VACANT TLACES? Mr. Randall will probably become Postmaster General; Mr. Johnson, Mr. Cowan, and Mr. Uoolittle would be called to the Cabinet if their presoace in the Sccate was not so vitally ne cessary. General Dix will probably become Secretary of War; Mr. Seward and Mr. McCul lbch will certainly retain their places in the new Cabinet. THE RADICAL CAUCUS will scarcely be able now to agree upon any step rcsoccrintr an adjournment. The prevaleut de sire among the Hepublica.i members is to take a receBs irom now till October, and then continue tbe session till December, aud it seems most likely that this plan will be adopied. It any but the radical leaders are impressed nith tbe belief that tbe President intends, imme diately after tho adlournment of the Philadel phia Convention lu Aupust, to summon to Wash ington the members from the Southern States, and to use the army, if need be, to place them in their scats, I have reason to believe that this conviction is well founded; but when the Pre sident has once maae up his mind to take ttiis 6tep, the tact of Congress being in session will not binder him. "Mr. Jenkins," of the Herald, U quite subdued to-day. He, however, sends Irom Washington the following questionable endorsement of his sensational debpatches: THE CABINET CRISIS. This has been the most exciting day in politi cal matters that has passed In Washington since the assemblirg ot Congress. Tbe rupture in the Cabinet, the cavalier shelving ol tbe Tariff bill by the Senate, aud tbe proceedings of the Jaco bin .coudciI last nieht, have cousoired to create a furor of excitement in tbe popular mind, and turn people crazy witn speculation and anxiety. Foremost ol all is the long anticipated, long deferred, but none the less welcome rupture In tbe Cabioet. At the present writing tbe resig nation ot but one Minister Mr. Denison is definitely known to have been received, though if all tloatina rumors could be relied on, moie than half the Cabinet has afeked to be relieved fiom duty, It is, however, almost certain that Mr. Denl sou has merely set the example that was wanted, and that at least tbree others will soon follow. Those pointed out as about to resign are Messrs. Harlan, Stanton, and Speed. It whs these to whom Mr. Gat Held referred in his speech before the Jacobin council lat night, w ben, as one speaking by authority, he announced the withdrawal of one Secretary, and adued that within a week several others would follow. Mr. Denison has caused a para graph to be inserted in the Star this evening, in reference to his withdrawal, iu which it Is stated that the relations between Mr. Deni-on and the President have been entirely friendly. Mr. Denison was the Presi dent ot the Convent on which nominated Presi dent Lincoln tor a second term, and he does not conceive it to be consistent with his political views to countenance tbe call for the Philadel phia Convention, regarding tbe latter as in antagonism to the Republican party as repre sented in tbe Baltimore Convention of 1864. This is doubtless tbe ground upon which he delres the matter to go to the public, but it is a patent fact that he and the gentlemen referred to above have openly disagreed with the Presi dent recently in regard to the proposed veto of tbe new Preedmen's Bureau bill, which is doubt less the more immediate cause of the disruption, and added to this is the expression ot the Jaco bins last nieht, that no person having aught to do with the Philadelphia Convention could train in their company. These considerations apply with equal force to Stanton, t-pced, and Harlan, and strengthen the conviction that they will withdraw in a very few days. Speculation is quite as busy with the names of probable successors as with those w bo are to create vacancies. No appointment has yet been made In place of Mr Denison, but it seems quite probable that Governor Randall, at present First Assistant Postmaster-General, will be promoted to the head of the department. It has' been known for some weeks that Gov ernor Randall has been under orders to nold himself In readiness to accept a Cabinet office; but the public would have it that the Interior Department was the ore intended for him. But o . .his point you will remember I telegraphed yo two weeks airo that Judge Brown, of Illi nois, had been tendered that position. His friends still Wistfthat ou Mr. Uarlan's resignation he will succeed to the office. Therefore, naturally, Randall will take the Post Oilice. There is a generaljrumor prevalent in well informed circles that the War Department will not be immediately filled should Mr. Stanton resign, but that General Grant will be called upon to exercise the functions of Secretary of War ad interim, in connection with his com mand in chief of the army. The intimate relations existing between theso two offices render it in the highest degree desirable and important that harmony should exist, which haa not been the case tor some time past; and should a vacancy now occur, it is thought thnt ratber than vncnr the risk of introducing another disturbing element. Grant will be sssipned to the duties of the position as Indi cated until the army shall be placed on a peace footing, and tho country be restored to tran quility and perfect civil rule. The only names I have heard mentioned in connection with the Attorney-Generalship are these of Judge Stansbury and Reverdy Johnson. Montgomery Blair Is talked of in connection wiih the Tost office Department, but with scarcely any degree of authority. It is even doubtlnl if his friends will pres him for the vacancy, it being considered impolitic to do so at this time. Tbe "Inslnuative Little Villain" is sore over his defeat on the sensati mal Cabinet reconstruc tion matter. He treats the events of the past few days with sublime Imperturbability. Here are a few melodious staves from his great Con servative Republican organ need we say the Times? of to day: THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. The Republicans, in resolving that the pro ceedings of the caucus of last night should oe kept secret, met with the success which usually attends seli-denyine; ordinances of this kind. It Is due to the enterprise of oni! paper that the manner in which it procured its accounts should be made known. Its correspondent states, with no apparent desire for concealment, that finding the doorkeeper of the reporter's gallery slightly mellow from frequent potations, ho procured bis consent to crawl under one of the benches m the gallery, where he remained, and in that highly honorable but somewhat, inconvenient pobiti'on he made notes of the proceedings upon tbe floor below. Whatever inaccuracies may appear in his re port are excusable, considering the attitude he was forced to maintain, and the limited nature of (he lacilities which the doorkeeper had placed at his disposal. Another paper's report Is so thoroughly fictitious as to forbid the suspicion that its reporter was even under the bench. At all Events, not under one inside the hall. In what it says of Mr. Raymond, this paper, as usual, iaclulges in wholesale fabrication. He was not questioned as to tbe course of the Timis on the Philadelphia Convention. He said nothing whatever about any under standing with anybody that none but Umou men were to participate in that Convention. He did not admit that be had done wrong. He retracted nothing that he bad said or written, and made no promises for the future lor hiinselt or tor the Times, either in regard to the Conven tion or any other subject. What he did say might probably afford a more complete and satisfactory reiutation of the correspondent's fiction, but for the fact that the iniunction of secreev which still rests iiDonthe caueus. and upon every aicmber of it, prevents its publica tion. Still another paper's statements are about ad false and malicious as usual neither more nor les. In the appointtueuc ot the Committee to consider the state of business before Congress, it will be seen that the Chairman ot the caucus. General Banks, selected chiefly men who are known among the radicals themselves as being the most extreme and intolerant in their de nunciations of the l'rcsident. The tone of the caucus was one of Intense bitterness towards Mr. Johnson. RUMORED CHANGES IN THE CABINET. Since Tuesday last, after the adlournment of the Cabinet, we have had continually fresh and conflicting rumors ot changes and resignations in tbe Cabinet: of stormy sessions of that body on the supposed veto of the Freedman's Bureau bill, ana tne cau lor a convention at i'tii alel phia, in August, etc. It amis known that i inde finite! v after the scBion ot the Cabinet on TurM dcy, Messrs. Speed, Harlan, and Denison had remaned to the olbce ot tbe Attorney-General, and alter lecKing tuemseives in tbe room, conti nued in earnest consultation for au hour. Rumor bad It that this consultation was upon the course to be pursued bv eah of these dis attected raetnacrs ot the Administration, aud it was stated that they, being in unison and per fect accord on the questions that had agitated the Cabinet, and being iu opposition to the 1 .rulent. and tbe remainder of his Cabinet had dceiiuined simultaneously to send in their re jig nations, and thus terminate their connection with tbe Administration. It was lurthcr stated that the Executive Committee of the National Union Club had sent their circular to each of tbe members of the Cabinet, with a request that thoy would severally signify their approval or disapproval of the proposed'eouveutiou a'. Phila delphia, and that this had been a subject of mrich wrangling and trouble among the mem bers ol the Cabinet, and was In fact the iuime diate cause of tbe agitation among them. All day yesterday we had the renort here that Gov ernor Denison hud resumed, but failed to trace it to any reliable soursc. It appears now that very few of tbe above recited rumors approached the truth. It is true that tbe circulars were received, as stated; that Speed, Harlau, and Denison consulted, and tbe latter resigned; but the circulars did not pn duce a disturbance, nor was there any trouble about a veto, etc. The causes of disaffection are of a very different character from those sug gested in the rumors above set iorth. GOVERNOR DENISON'S RESIGNATION. Yesterday morning Governor Denison sent to the President his resignation as a member of the Cabinet, to take eflect whenever Mr. John son notifies Mr. Denison of his acceptance of the resignation. As yet no such notification has been received by the Postmaster-General, and it is believed severs days will elapse beiore the President disposes of the matter. Tbe causes which induced Governor Denison to take this step are purely political. He Ireely and openly avows bis high estimation and personal regard for Mr. Johnson, and asserts that he knows that the President is actuated by pure patrio isiu and a sense of duty as he understands his obligation nnder his official oath and as a citizen of the United Stales. Nevertheless, Governor 'Denison. finding that the President is opposed to the proposed amend mtnts to the Constitution, while the party in Ohio to which Governor DenUon belongs, and to which be leels bound te adhere, is iu favor ot them, and finding also that the President favors the call ior the Convention on the 14th of August, while the Postmaster General la op posed to the convening nnd put poses of that Convention. Governor Denison felt that it was his duty to withdraw from the Cabinet. Recognizing, as he docs, the impropridty of a member of that body remaining wben he dis covers that he is not in perfect accord with the sentiments ol the Executive. The determination to withdraw from the Cabi net was formed by Governor Denison while he was upon a visit to his State some two weeks ago, and his action was not governed by any thing that ba? recently taken place in his con nection witb the Administration. Nothing of an unpleasant character has ocourred between him and Mr. Johnsou or anv member of the Administration, and. as before stated, the resig nation of Governor Denison is placed entirely upon political grounds and the tacts that I have already set lorth. A Man Who Will Not Leave the Cabinet. MB. WELLES ENDOBSBS THE PRESIDENT. The following is a copy of a letter from Secre tary Welles to Senator Doolit.le, approving the call for a Convention: Washington, D. C, July 11. Sir: Your note of tbe loth Instant was received vesterdav. I cordially approve ihe movement which has been instituted to sustain the Administration in main taining unbroken tbe union ol tho States, and I recognize in the call which you have sent me the principles and views by which the AdmUils- ration has keen governed. The attempt m made to destroy tbe national integrity by secei siun, or the voluntary withdrawal of a St at 3 from the Union has been deleated, and war hat forever extinguished the heresy of secession. un tbe suppression ot (be Rebellion, measures were promptly commenced to re establish those fraternal relations wmcn una ror Tour years been Ictetrupted. Tbe po'icy initiated by Pre sident Lincoln to restate national unity was adopted and carrid forward by Piesident John son, the States which had been in Rebellion were under this benign Dolicv resuming their legliioia'e functions. The peoplo had laid down thsir arms, and those who had been in insurrection were returning to their alle giance. ine constitution naa peen vindicated, ana the Union was supposed to be restored, when a check was put upon the progress to national haimony and prosperity thus dawatng upoa the country. On the assembling of Congress all efl arts towards union and nationality becamo suddenly paralyzpd, the measures of reconcilia tion which the President had, from the time he antcred upon his duties, pursued with emi nent success, were assailed, andthelr beneficent purpose to a great extent deleated. Attempts were made to impose conditions precedent upon States beiore permitting them to exercise their constitutional righ'S. Loyal Senators and Representatives from the States which had been In rebellion were refused udmit tance Into Congress, tle people were denied the right'Ul constitutional representation, and eleven . -States were and are excluded from all rarticipa tlon in the Government. These proceedings, which conflict with the fundamental principles on which our whole governmental sytein is founded, are generating and consolidating sec tional animosity, and it long persisted in must evettuate lu permanent alienation. . I iejoice, therefore, in a movement which has , for its obect the Union In om bond of love of -the peoplo of our common country, and which ' invites to council and to political action the citi zens of every State and Territory from the At- lautic to tbe Pacific, and from the lakes to ' the Gulf. The centralizing theory that the loal and qualified Senators and Represen tatives from eleven States shall oe ex cluded from Congress, aud that those States and ths people of those States shall not partici pate In the Government i3 scarcely less repug nant thnn that of recession itself. Propositions to change tho Constitution and unsettle the foundation principles of our organic law. to change cur ludicial system in such a manner as to destroy the Independence o( the States bv Insidiously transferring to the Federal tribunal all "questions relating to. the "life, . liberty, and prosperity of the citizen." To change the basis of representation, which was one of tho difficult and delicate comgromises of the Convelton of 1887, wben no Hates were excluded trom representa tion; to change the existing and wisely adjusted distribution of power between tho d liferent de partments ol the Government by transferring the pardoning power in certain cases from the execu tive, where it propeily belongs, to Congress or the Legislative oranch of Government 'o which It does not legitimately peitain to incorporate into our Constitution which is to stand thiough all time, a proscription of citizen who have erred, and who are liable to penal'ies under existing enactmen's, by disqualifications par taking of the uatur of ex post tacto laws and' bills of attainder. These propositions or changes aggregated as one, aud calle.l an amendment to tbe Constitution designed to operate on the people. The people and States which are de nied all repiesentatl'-iU or voice in the Congress which originated them, are ot a radical if not revolutiouary character. Tbes3 and other prcceediugs and tbe polit'cal crisis which tbey have tended to produce, justify, and nemand a convocation of the people by delegates Irom all the States and from the whole country. Tbe President has labored with devoted assiduity and fidelity to promote union, har mony, prosperity, and haopines among the people, but has met with resistence, misrepre sentation, and calumny, where be bad a right to expect co operation and friendly support. That the great body of our people are earnestly and cordiallv with him in his efforts to pro mote the national wellare I have never doubted, notwithstanding tbe hostility cf malevolent politicians stimulated by party organizations. Verv respectfully Gideon Welles. Hon. J. R. Doohttle, Washington, D. C. Dinners at the Tuilcries. For some time past (wiites a Paris conespoudent) there have frequently been seen at the imperial dinner table a tho Tuileries high provincial function aries, such as prelects, presidents ot courts of luw, procureurs-gcneral, etc. This is a custom rfcently inaugurated 'by their Maiesties, who desire to know Individually as much as possible all the high officials ot the departments. Thus, as soon as one ot them arrives in Paris, as he ordinarily goes and leaves hia card at once with bis Minister, notice is immediately given to the Emperor, who soon invites tle personage to dine at the Tuileries. At the table the latter is usually placed by the side of the Empress, and prf sented to the Pnnce Imperial, who, since the return from Compiegne, has always dined with their Majesties. The Emperor converses freely with the guest relative to his province, and listens with interest to all details concerning It. Champagne Statistics. Statistics recently published show that thirty millions of bottles of champagne are annually produced in Franoe, and are thus apportioned: Africa, 100,000; Spain and Portugal, 200,000; Italy. 400.000; Bel- fiura, 500,000; Holland, 600,000; Germany. ,500,000; Russia, 2,000,000; France. 2,600,000; England. 6,000,000; India, 6,000,000; North Ame rica, 10,000,000. This calculation leaves 1,200,000 bottles unaccounted for, and takes no note of the billions ot interior wines which are foisted on the unwary as veritable champagne. The Nsw Bible House in London. The esti mated cost of tbe new Bible House in London is twenty thousand pounds. The money is to be raised by special applications, so as not to sub tract trom the ordinary income of the society. The raising of the money promises, Irom the wav it has begun, to be a work of no small labor and difficult). Instead of raising it at once by the liberality of wea.thy friends ' In the metro polis, as was done bv the American Bible Society, applications are made in the provincial towns. Garibaldi and Gavazzi. Garibaldi has sum moned Alessandro Gavazzi to assist in the care of the military hospitals in Italy. These two distinguished men have frequently been associ ated in serving their country in their different vocations. They were together ou the walls of Rome when tho city was besieged by the French in 1849, and again dunes tbe successful cam paign ot 16U0, during which Gavazzi was ap pointed President ot the commission for tbe succor of the wounded. A Nw British Colony. A bill before the House of Commons provides that the Straits settlements the Island of Singapore, Prince of Wales Island, and Malacca shall, at a time to be fixed by order lu council, cease to be a part of India; and her Majesty in Council may establish laws and constitute courts lor the ? government of these settlements. The tranter rout the Indian to the home administration is made at tbe desire of the merchants in the settlements. Albinoes. There is a poor man in Brighton r Enpland, who has five children, three of whom are perfect albinoes. The lather's complexion is dark, and the mother's nearly black, and both belong to families of dark complexions. Gifts. The Duke of Beaufort, whose horsa Ceylon this year won the "Grand Prix de Paris." has given 7600 Irancs to the poor of the twent i arrondissementa ot Paris, and 2500 frauoa to tha English Protestant Church, of ChanUll
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