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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 18C6.
YOL. VI. No. 31.
DOUBLE SIIEETT1I ItEE CENTS.
IS V MOT
PEL
THE NEW ORLEANS RIOT.
Mutilation of General Sheridan's
Despatch to General Grant.
THEEATS OF A BEBEL ATTACK ON
COLORED REGIMENTS.
Attempted Assassination of
Union Men.
PACES FOR A NARRATIVE
OF THE MASSACRE.
3StO. Etc.. 13 to., ICtO.. X2tO.
Dm, ftherldan'a Letter to Gen. Grant.
Washington, August 6. A despatch has been
received Irom New Orleans, which says that
much surprise is lelt in Mew Orleans at the ouh
licat.on oi a so-called despatco irora General
Sheridan to General Grant in one of t be New
York papers. I have pood authority for savin?
that this despatch is an altered and mutilated
copy, suppressing some of General Sheridan'1"
opinions, and placing him in an attitude of
Indorsing all that has been done by the Rebels.
1 hope to send you General Sheridan's real
despatch in a day or two, but until it does
appear, you may rely upon the fact that the one
published in toe New York Ttnus doe? that
gallant otticcr great injustice, and anises much
indignation among his friends.
Threat of an Attach on Colored Regi
ments Attempts at Assassination.
New Orleans, August 6. In consequence of
the threats made by Kebols to attack the colored
regiments statiot ed on Canal streer, tbe whole
garriton was u-irier arms last night, and pre
paied lor any emergeucy. So loug as the city
lemains under martial law thers will ba no
mote serious riots, but the assassination of
Union men may be looKed lor by the hirelings
1 the Mayor. Alreauy several aticmo'.s of this
kind have been made, but the personal courage
of the assailed bas shielded them iroin harm.
Every day Union lnn rre receiving norice to
leave, under penalty of assassination.
The Fe'llog In Washing-ton.
Washington, August G. General Sheridan's
despatch, da ed August 1, 130 P. M., to General
Grant's headquar.ers, will be louud to diller
materially with tbut published in many papers.
My rumor n lutive to the resignation ol General
Sheridan 1 might reiterate again to-night, as the
n.atter is very warmly canvassed in military aud
political cucles. Army ollieers scout the idea
that General Sbendun would submit to being
outranked by a lie be 1 Attorney-General, aud bo
lorced to carry out orders contrary to the in
terest ot the loyal people ol Louisiana: thu
inllueuceot editor King over the President, in
securing the deposing ol Governor Wells und
Lieutenant-Governor Voorhees, has surprised
the Union men hec, In couversation with
a prominent citizen of New Oilcans to-day,
his reply to my inquiry, "Tell me honestly, can
a quiet Union "mun live in safety in Louisiana?"
was, '"Yes, in perlect satet.y. But if hi
applies to secret scheming against an armed op
position to t lie Fe.leral Government on the part
ol citizens ot Southern States, the epithets
wh ch Andrew Johnson was accustomed to
apply two ears ago, bo would get his head
broken." He admitled the leceut breaking-up
ol the organisations composed ot Ribel soidiery,
by General Sheridan, v. as opportune. One of
th'-ir chiel aims was to rid the State of its loyal
element, white and colored As an instance,
lie cited that he und Lr. Dostie, sitting at tbeir
window lour weeks since, saw a funeral cortege
pass. The coffin was wrapped in a Kebel flair,
andaliobel batile-tlag, well used, was carried
in the procession ol civilians tollow ing. Dr.
Dostie, now dt-ad, had writteu a letter ludoisi'ig
the Loyalists' Convention ot September o.Ar.
. 2rilune.
Pages for a Narrative ot the New Orleans
Hnaaaor.
F; om the New Orleans Tribune.
O.i Sunday evening the police received their
revolvers. Tneywere.it is said, new pistols, in
perlect order. A part of tne force, aDd perhaps
all, received two revolvers each, lor when thev
came charging along Baronne Ptreet they had
revolvers in both bauds.
Orders were given to the night watchmen to
go to rest on Sunday at 12 o'clock, and to be on
hand on Monday at'C o'clock A. M. They were
to torm small squads and remain in readiness at
distant parts of the city.
At noon, the various bells of the city struck
one stroke, which was a preconcerted signal to
mass and to attack. A part at leasi of t his plan
is made to appear very clearly by the following
extract from the French part ot the liee of
August 1: "All the squads had been posted in
the vicinity of the objective point, where they
marched on as fast as needed. " The term "ob
jective point" is pretty clear. It relcrs to an
enenEivc action.
An appeal was also made by the Mayor,
through a public proclaraa' Ion to the citizens,
for wnat was called "special constables." Seve
ral hundred Coniederat"s responded to lhat call,
and were OLly disbanded in the evening, when
General Kauiz had (ak en charge ot the eo vern
ment of the city. Most of these men joined in
tlie fray. They wore as determined a set oi
ltebels as ever met together in New Orleans.
The preparations of the Mayor weie com
pleted by ordering the day watchmen to keep in
readiness, not at their respective stations, but at
the First and Second Stations only. The noon
bell was the signal for the night watchmen to
concentrate. The twelve bells that tbey were
to strike at any time during the fray was the
signal lor the charge of the reserve police. This
charge was desperate and tremendous. They
knocked down or shot on their way the bluet
men they met on the street. We will, another
time, give a lew sketches ot the horrid scenes
perpetrated on Dryades, Common, and Baronne
streets.
Mr. Dostie was shot first in the hall. He
loll. Another policeman cume up and shot at
him four or nve times alter he was down. He
was then dragged alternately by the hair and
feet, and thrown on a pile of dead bodies. His
body, in appearance liteless, was afterwards
carried to the Police Station House, and thrown
away as a corpse. Some ladies who came there
to bring assistance to the sufferers lound, bow
ever, that he was still alive. They had him
removed from among the dead, and cared for.
He is to-day In the "Hotel Dieu," with full
intellectual powers, but in a very critical con
dition. On Baronne street, a number ol horrible mur
ders were committed. Several black men were
shot when taken into custody by the police
officer". A black man who ran through the
street was killed by a bullet trom behind, and
n aa a nnmWir tf stthnra A rrt1iiirl mart
vim eacatied through, a window, was riddled
with bullets, and then horribly beaten. One
who had taken refuge under a pile of lumber
was shot at through the boards till he was
killed. A black man, who had probably escaped
Horn ibe aia building tbrougb. tbo adjoining
yards, was shot dead by a policemin; after a
while a w bite woman came and threw a ttone
on the head ot the dead num.
All this time the white bovs were shouting
and crjing "Hurrah 1" Boys, however, wre
murdered in cold blood. But they were black,
boys. Two of them weie dragged out ol a street
car by two police officers and shot. To colored
men who were in the same car were aL?o mur
dered by these policemen. Eye-wit noises to
these facta will present themselves be'ore the
Commission ot Investigation, if not murdered
before.
We have 6till numerous facts to recount. The
?m denial's will be made public in due time,
he airoc'ties committed on that occaton will
never be known in full: but we hope that the
Mili ary Commission will be able to unveil a
part at least of these Confederate horrors.
Humanity must be vindicated, or ib'S cotnmu-
ity win only oe a community oi paroariaas.
The Nlanffhter of Onr Loyal Men.
From the Ntw Or'enns 'Jribune.
Good news! The effect in the North Is
tremendous. The ltebels themselves are terri
fied at the moral impulse they have given to the
Republican opinion. The loilowing telegraphic
despatch of a fair representative of the New
Orleans "reconstructed Rebels," W. H. C. King,
of the Times, will give an idea of the impression
on the public mind at Washington. To attenu
ate the gravity ot the blow tnoy had struck at
themselves, our New Orleans politicians, as will
be seen by the despatch, tried to tersuade the
people ol the North that Dostie, Henderson, and
other victims had only been scratched. But
truth will come out at last. We should Like to
know what was the provocation allude 1 to in
King's despatches. We have witnesses to show
that be'ore the meeting of the Convention it
w as stated, as a matter of fact, by Ilebels in our
country parishes, that not one of the Conven
tioners would be permitted to leave the Hall
alive. The plot will soon be made apparent.
Here is King's despatch:
"Wa8finoton, July 81 I lio rad'ca's ero sooting
to mane (treat capital out of jour no s, while the
conseivanvcs here declare that the wliol" movement
was concerted in v aslilni'tou. General Banks is
said to have staed that the radicals wisued an
archy and bloonshed in tlio outii. It would bo
convincing proof that iho southern pcipte were not
fit to be in the Union. Ho said it wou d be a ?rcat
card lor his parti , and aircadv they art howling
tremendous. y. All manner ot rep rtsarein circu
lation In re to dai that the riot lias boon renewed
wuli tearful etTict; that Uahn and haw, as well as
.Dostie and Herders n, are dead. 1 have deniod
the?e renons, and given the fails as te egrapued to
me. I grtntlv deplore tho scenes fo recently euaced,
aud repiet that any one's lite, no matter wlia- tho
provocation, should have been taken by violence
resulting lrom riotous excitement, ihp conduct oi
the Convention people was bo d, reckless and
illecal. but the Government was only waiting tor
Bonio act of ttieirs uoen which to tound a just in
ference. Their moi'tinirs wore regarded as nothing
u ore than a debating cmb. Wh n, however, tho
false Wei s attomp'ed to give it locality, me isoros
were ready to pquelch the bastard and l s contutlior
Wo Is w 11 toon have opportunity to rosumo li s
country vis t, w here it is honed he will have plenty
ot opportunities fo mourn the crrois of a corrupt
and vacl. luting politician."
The avowal that thp Governor's sanction
gave to the call a character of legality is pre
cious. As to the allpged "provocation," tbe evidence
will ishow from which parr it came. There was
a meeting. Can a meeting bring on a liaht,
unless assailauts come on the verv spot of the
meeting and bejin the disturbance? The fol
lowing commission of investigation has been
appointed by General Baird:
President, Bievet Mujor-Guneral Mo wi ;
Colonel and Bievet Bvigadiei General S. M.
Quiucey, fclst U. S. C. 1.; Brevet Brigadier
General Gregg, and Recorder, Lieutenant
Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General George
lialdv, Goth U. S. C. 1. The Commission is
authorized to summon witnesses and examine
them under oath.
Mayor M 'nroe and fleueral Baird.
From the Mew Orleans Tribune.
We beg General Baird to read, in Parton's
book, the letters of Mayor Monroe fo General
Butler, for which the Rebel Mayor was deprived
ot his ollice. Tuey are written in exactly the
same spirit ns bis last protest. One could easily
believe that this protect is but a copy of the
litter to General Butler, that Mayer Monroe
expiated by his exile to Fort Jackson.
Who Id RvNponNthle for tbe Riot?
From the New Orleans Tribune, August 1,
The Maor himself does not dare to place the
responsibility upon the Union parly so appa
rent is me crime to do nxea upon the iteo els. '
He speaks in his proclamation ol liots "precipi
tated" by the meeting of the Convention. If
"precipitated" they were to happen sooner or
later, which means that the massacre of the
Union men was a premeditated th:ng. ter which
tue occasion oniy was wanting, xne assembling
of the Convention furnished the opportunity.
Suppose lhat assembling was illegal or irregul ir,
H couia oe stoppeu ny process ot law. There
was no use to iiuve recourse to assassins.
No provocation whatever came trom the
Convention itself, whose members were quietly
sittine in the ball, or trom the atteudance.
The 2 wtfs itself, speaking ot the origin ot the
riot, acknowledges that the first policeman who
made a rush among the colored procession
acted on a wrong impression. That Journal
says:
"A white man who was standing on the
neutral ground loklng on, was shoved aside by
one ol the treedmen, and stepping uponthecurb
stopc, fell, The policemen in the neighborhood
seeing this, supposed that the white man had
been struck, aud advanced to ariest the sup
posed assailant"
Now we must add, oh information received on
the spot, that the white man "shoved aside" by
a colored man bud tired a pistol into the pro
cession, and wounded one man, who was brou4ht
into the Mechanics' Institute. Who was the ag
gressor ?
The whole narrative of the limes is highly
suggestive, and cannot conceal the true charac
ter of the riot assassination ol black and white
Union men. We make lor the enlightenment of
our Northern lrionds the following extracts :
"It is our painful duty to record the occur
rence in this city, yesterday, of one ol the most
disastrous disturbances of the public peace
which ever disgruced our city, and attended
with more loss of life and maiming ot b)dy
than any similar occurrence in the history of
New Orleans."
Then comes a p!iraraph which clearly shows
that the colored poople gathered arouud tho
hull of the Convent on had no arms, and did not
even exiiect that they could be under theneces.
8ity ol detending the'nisplves.
"At first there seemed to bo no disposition on
the part ot the negro throng to interfere with
tho policemen in the arrest of the prisoner; the
negroes, affrighted, packing themselves together
much as a flock ot scared sheep."
And they were butchered like sheep.
Again the 'limes savs:
"A lull occurs in the tiring, and the front is
now comparatively quiet. The police do not
outer, notwithstanding a lull in tho lire, and
the negroes who come out of tho front door, as
well as those who are dropping trom lae win
dows, one by one are attacked and killed
many of them notwithstanding the eflorts of
the police. To see the negres mutilate! and
literally beaicn to death as they sought to
escape, was one ol the most horrible pictures it
has ever been our ill fortune to witness."
Again:
"Chief Adams and all his subordinates were
everywhere upon the scene, seeking to prevent
violence at tho hands ot white citizens, who,
armed with sword-canes, clubs, and missiles,
attacked the escaping inmates oi the building.
Only when a prisoner attempted to escape was
lie flj-ed at, though tlicre la testimony of Bme
firing at prisoners by policemen that was both
w anion and, a it appeared, uanecessary."
Here we e tbe police officers firing at prl
sol era wantonly and unnecessarily. Here also
we ate tbe white flcbcls arming thetnelves
with anord-canes, clubs, and mlssllei to attack
delen?eicfs Union men, attempting to escape
Item the building.
Foi over two hours this heart-rending pcene
was continued.
"One negro fell," says the Times, "and beaten,
covered with blood, near the fence. Another
and another fell, killed while the police were
bearing him off." ,
ApRin:
' There were many amng the crowd who
were drunk and intiirlaied, and who attacked
even policemen who were escorting away pri
soners, besides, in many instances, killing the
prisoners."
An investigation will only reveal particulars
of the most shocking and most atrocious Kind,
the character ol the riot is already sutliciently
ascertained bv the very words oi the bitterest
enemy of the Comention.
Our prophecy of the loth of December, 18G4, at
the tunc ot the Gleason case, is now coinpleielv
ful oiled. We sid then: "But, for every Union
mau in iho city, the lat t verdict i a warning.
In the event as lmoossible as it mav appear
that Rebel rule should temporarily be re
established heie, we can foresee the tdte o th"
trends ol the Un'on. Then there will be no
more lustice, no more pro'ection tor them than
ior the bated negro. It will bo lawful to pursue
them in the street-, drown them, k 11 them; and
no. jury will be louud to convict the murderer.
Let the Ubion men understand the case."
An Appeal to Uenrral fcherlrtan.
Grneral Sheridan is tntticci'y. In spite of
the smooth toueued praise of the Rebel papers,
he is the hope of"the Union men. General, do
not deliver the friends ol the Union into the
hands of those blood thirsty i lave-dn vers who
murdered our bre.hjen at the Military Institute.
I'eimit a lovnl m-.lltia truly loyal without
distinction of color, to be organized. It 1s
clearly seen now that protect on is necessary.
The miliiaiy rule cannot he perpetual. Le the
Union men of the city be organized, and arms
be put into thPir han is.
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.
Large Meeting ! 1 r uinu I Temple, Hon
luu 8peecti of N'DHtiir Wilson ou
Sgro SnirrK tie Ilenouuexit tho
Pttbldeut the I'hlladvlplil Conven
tion Hoot) I'p of Hi ttli tuiprtacadit,
and WnlK Fni.K- I lie K. Niaten
HI nut Adopt tbe ttvuatitiiMODal Amend,
m t-iil, fcif.
Boston, August 6. The Tremont Temple was
tilled to its lull capacity to-nieht by the enthu
siastic friends ol universal Irecdom, for the pur
pose of listening to the views ol Senator Henry
Wilson on rhe present smte ot the country .
The meeting was ostens bly for the ourpose of
raising luuds for the theological educa ion oi
the emancipated race, and considerable of a
fund was raist-d lor this object.
Hon. Mr. Wilson was received with a Ave
iuinnas round of applause when he wus Intro
duced, for which he returned hissiiiccre thauks.
lie accepted if. he said, as a tnbuie to the op
pressed race who hud strumled to make this
country a great Christian cumruouwoiilth. He
believed their appeals should be heeded by all
who havp the good oi the country ac heiiit.
While they had broken the shuckie of the
slaves, they had not subdued tue hearts of
the slaves' masters, and what they should now
do was to convert them both id brain and
lienrt. Fie believed thut slavery was wrung
from the South by power alone, aud we must
now do the work which war had not done, aud
that was lo chautre the naiioi al couscieuce aud
heart to the belief that the black mau is qual lo
the white, ana deserving ol his privileges, boih
morally and socially, mid he would go tor toe
amplest guarantees tor building thni up and
elevating their every position. While he loved
the black man he did not hate the white, but
would stand up for elevating and educating bun.
He did not despair of his country, for all was
not lost; but they would triumph as sure
as there was a God in heaven, lor during the
last six years they had done nothing but march
irom victory to victory, ruey nau accom
plished the emancipation of the oppressed race;
but there was yet as great work to be done. He
then alluded to the disappointment which they
had met in the adveut ol President Johnsou to
the chief magistracy ol the nation. He had
turned his back upon the men who elected him
ana tne principles wnicn tieouce protessed, an I
vias now tne instillation ol leading Rebels, lie
had even put the revolted States OacK into their
n.iinagement, and in consequence ol this the
loyal blacks aud whites ot the South are now
tiMler the crut 1 hoofs of confirmed Rebel". All
this he said oi Andrew Johnson withorrow. The
demand for e qual suffrage lor the blacks as nexi
touched upon, and the promises which the Pi esi
deut niaoe that the rights jf therace would bi
granted. But there next came "mv ooliev.''
which was the result ot interviews with rein
stated Rehel editors who were ambitious to have
Congress wiped out. The temporary obstruction
of the Freedmens Bureau bill and the Civil
Rights bill was first lamented by tbe speaker on
account of the veto, and be then rejoiced over
their passage by the two-thuds vote of Congress,
and expressed it as his Deuel that no
combii ation ot men could ever overthrow
these great measures. He believed that here
utter thev would elect a Congress faithful to
libeitv. and a President who would not betrav
them. The Philadelphia Convention, he said, was
a conglomeration ot unpardoned Rebels, Copper
heads, and flunkeys ot the Whig partv. He was
glad there was to be such a convention, for it
would : how that the people who have made this
nation grand, powerful, and free are not to turn
it over to Vullaudigbum, Ben Wood, Alexundcr
it. Mephens Jim Uoolitile. and their associates.
The Republican nail y, which halbeen turned
imon bv Andrew Johnson, was one. Iia said.
which hail done more for liberty. Christianity.
and the elevation of mankind than unv o her
party which the sun ever shone upon. 'Massa
chusetts was represented by such lllus rious
men as binion P. Harrison, and John L. SaiIi.
Such men as Governor Bullock and John A.
Andrew were utterly forgotten, and this was
true of every Slate in the Lnlou
But notwithstanding all this, we believe the
Republican party would triumph gloriously. He
believed in the bual adopt ion of the t'oustitu
tionnl amendment; that Tennessee would give
sulli age to the black man; and that the people
would elect men to Congress who would admit
ouly such States into the national Government
ps would favor unlveisal suffrage. In brlet,
they would compel tne late Rebels to adopt the
(.;on st i tut ion al amendment; but while doiue
this they would be true to the great principles
ot liberty.
An Unrepentant Rebel.
LETTER rilOM EX GOVERNOR 1IABBIS, OF TKNNESSFK,
Cohdova, Mexico, July si. I have nothing to
sav ot nn self except thst my health is excellent,
and 1 work harder every day than any treedman
that vou have. I hope and expect to make
myseif comiortable here ere long, aud expect
to live und die in Mexic6. I have nothing to
regret In the past except the blunders which
lost us our independence. My own course was
taken from a sern sense of duty, and long and
sober reflection confirms and strengthens me in
the correctness ot tbe opinions on which 1 acted.
"A ilcb for those that lor me,
A imlle for those that hate."
Most truly your friend,
JSSAX Gi IlABJtI9,
LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS.
f fflelal Aanonneeiuvntof the Aeeeptaoee
of I he PruBiilau t'ondliloun by Anntrla.
At the opening of the Paris Bourse on the
2tth ultimo, the following official notice was
posted up:
The Minister of the Interior requests tho
Icmmlrsary oi Police of the Bourse to Imme
diately a sue known the subjoined inlormattoa
'Austria accepts the preliminaries ol peace
already adtultUd by Prussia. The Plenipoten
tiaries oi these two powers rue assembled lu the
Prtssisn ' headquarters for the purpose ot
negotiating an armistice. The defluitive reply
of Holy is awaited. That power has declared
its acceptance ol the preliminaries in principle."
1B Ik V ALLETTK.
Ptlnee Napoieon'e ItlMioa to Italy.
Milan July 20) Correspondence of the London Newt
Prince Napoleon's visit to headquarters has
excited a gooa deal ot interest. He is reported
to have su d thai his own mi-sion was entirely
contingent on the success ot lhat ot Benedetti to
the King oi rru.-sia.
Tbe Two tiermanlesi.
It is somewhat premature to undertake to
niaik out ano ceitiry the future of tbe iwo great
Geimanic groups which are toleiably sure to
aiise liuui the ruins ot the. Bund sirucs: down by
the vo.ee ot Prussia June 15, lHiitj, and by the
aims ot rrussia less Uan two months subse
quently. Lut the following table oi the popula
lioisot Gim.auy, north and south of the river
Mam, which is sei lo'tli as the future bouudary
line bet ecu the Piussiau realm, with its depen
dencies, and the South Geiman Confederacy
that is to be, may be tound bo h useiul an I
liiteieslmg. it represents the population returns
oi the German States down to the eudot the
ear 1601:-
PRUSSIAN OMIMANT.
Prussia 18,497 458
H 105,410
hubovci 18 00.J
Iwo lle -es ( ISiMM
Dunmh Ducniee 674 660
Liuiiewitrf. 36ibh)
iwo A tcklmbu.pe 7085A)
Odcnlurg 805 dd
! ur t-axon lucn e.- 78bS10
lwoAiihalls 19; 143
Nassuu 471 701
iwo bcnwaizuouigs 140 802
1 wo L. Plies 141.7 J
Iwo Ktusen loti4JJ
htimlnrg 24t)4iO
l.ubick 6142(j
Bremen t. ... 97 Y2)
transfer: 88,612
uaidtck 69 460
LicmcLsiom 7. 16 J
Total 20,073,978
SOUTU GERMANY.
Bavaria 4 986 758
vturteu,btrv 1 8iJ.872
Bauon 1 4M,020
Hctse-lsurinsniui 8dl) 720
Total 9,136,2t)8
Bv such a divis on of Germany it will be seen
lhat Prussia wnl be put in control of a popula
tion not gieatly iuierior to thnt ot Great Britain
und Ireland, and superior to the population ot
uaiy, even alter Tlie unnevation ot Venetia.
'the popuuttiou of Austria, after the cess ou ot'
Venetia, however, would still be nearly ten
millions greater than that ot Prussian Germany.
and not more than two iu.luous less than tne
l opulatiou Of France.
Untlbaldl and the Italian Yolnnteern.
The Florence pupcrs of the 20th ultimo con
tain the tollowiiig order ot thedayjut issued
D.y Garibaldi to toe Italian volunteers:
Italian oiunteers: we have passed tne
trout er erected by diplomacy, but not marked
by nature; in occiip iug the Treutino you are
still upon Italian sol. You will have the con
solation ol rei-toring it to liberty, or rescuing it
irom foreign iapine. nut to render this lotty
mission possible, no light sacrifices must be
niede; you will make them. Neither the long
inarches among these precipices, nor the
lutieiies, nor the priva'ions, will weaken your
mviucible emnt. Those who have followed me
at the appeal ot the country come, I hooe, with
i he oen berate determination not only to tight
without lear, but to sutler without comolumt.
The volunteers should set an example.
1 need nor, tnereiore, exhort you to treat with
kindness this excellent population that Austrian
tyianuy could never bend with threats nor cor
rupt Mihtlatiery; the lovous welcome it accords
vou attests the Instinct of kindred, and f urnishes
the most eloquent contradiction to the ignorant
and prcDjeoitated calumny that would throw
suspicion upon its patriotism. It immed atelv
teeis tne joy oi being free with that orfonsider
iuii you as brothers. I am certain that none of
you, in disregard of my recommendation, will
tarnish Italian horn r with acts or words of
brutality that I am determined to punish in
exorably. Johkph Garibaldi.
Headquarters op Storo, July 14, 1SU6.
Claldinl'a Plan Nluixter Komers of
French lulrfrene.
Florence July 20 Correspondence London News
I think that I mav venture to tell you that
tbe plan upon which Cialdini is now acting, tha
of making norlhwara between Venice and the
Quadrilateral, while leaving tho laitor to the
left, was the plan originally advised by the
Prussians; aud that the competing plan so dis
astrously preferred to it was the scheme of the
French and ol La Marmora. These facts,
together with the manifest injudiciousness ot
the latter plan, and with the too evident reasons
which made an Itaban defeat desirable to the
French, are causing very uely things to be
whispered about. But I am most entirely per
unded that La Marmora is an upright and hon
orable man, though J think that it Is likely
enoueh, that he may have been inaocently made
the tool ot French designs to any conceivable
extent.
The Italian Biavj Ofllcial Aeconnts or
tbe euKsgtmeul OH" tbe Island of
Llfitta.
THE AUSTRIAN ACCOUNT.
Vienna, July 21. yesterday morning the
ltaliun fleet, composed of twenty-three ships,
including the ram Affondatore, aud twelve lrou
clad irigittes, was attacked olf the island ot
Lissa by the Austrian squadron, under the com
mand ol Admiral Tegeihoff.
lu the couri-e of a severe action a large Italian
iron-clad liigate was suuk by the Austrian iron
clad Ftrdiiurnd Max, and another Italian frigate
was blown up. All on board these vessels
were lost.
The Austrian liue-of-batfle ship Kaiser was
surrounded by tour Italian ironclais, of
which she ran down one, and forced the
others buck, losing in the engagement her
loremast and bowsprit, twenty-two killed and
eighty-three wounded.
The Austrian squadron has sustained exceed
ingly little dumagc, aud is quite fit for action.
After several hours' lighting the Italian fleet
was rinven buck, pursued by the Austrian
squadron, and the island of Lissa is thereby
relieved.
The Italians made three attempts to disem
bark troops near Comisa, wnich were each time
successfully repulsed by the garrison.
Zara, July 20. The Italian fleet renewed the
ut ack on Lissa to-day, but without result. The
Italian fleet was then attacked by the Austrian
squadron under Admual Tegetliotf, and altera
very sevore engagement, which lasted for five
hours, was forced to retire In the direction ot
Ancona, followed by the Austrian squadron.
TUB EMPEBOE OF AUSTRIA ON TUB NAVAL VICTORY.
Vienna, July 24. The municipal authorities
of Zara have sent an address by telegraph to
the Emperor oi Austria la reference to tue late
naval engagement at Llsso, which dwells upon
tbe old fame ol Palniatm, and declares it to bo
the wish of the Dalmatians that the blood just
shed may more firmly unite thetn with Austria,
and thai theli connection with tbe Empire may
remain undisturbed.
The Empen r replied by telegraph as follows:
"I return my m st cordial thai.ks to Zara for lis
patnotic communication. The Empire regards
ibe heroic devotion of the faithful D ilmatians
with pride, and never could 1 harbor the thought
ol permitting so worthy a portion of tne Empire
to be separated from the, Austrian iMoples.
Your tldelitj to mo and my love to you form an
indissoluble bond between us. God ble-s Dal
mafia, and may He al o ttrengthen mo In tbe
fulfilment of tho paternal wi-hes which, in the
gratitude of m heart, I offer lor the welfare of
the inhabitants of Dalmatlal"
THE ITALIAN ACCOUNT.
Florence, July 21. The following official
account ot the naval engagement between the
Austrianaud Italian fleets, dated the Straits of
Lisa, July 20, ha" been received here:
The Austrian squadiou not having made Its
appeal unco, as expected, on tbe evening oi the
lMh, some ot our iron-clad vessels lorced their
way yesierday into Iho Port St. Georges. This
morning disembarkation commenced, when the
naval videttes s guallcd that theenemy's squad
ron wab in sight. The Italian fleet put out to
meet them, and a buttle commenced.
Admiral Persano bosted his Hag on the Affon
datore, and bore down upon the AnsrriaD fleet
ubdera heavv fire. The stern of the Austrian
Admiral's ves-el was destroyed. The tight was
verv severe. We lost tue iron clal lie a' Italia,
which the Admiral had left, a. id wh ch sun&
liom a collision with tho enemy at the com
mencement ol trie battle.
The Iron-dud gunboat Pakstro caught fire,
and the commander and crew rel used to leave
tho vessel. She ble up amid their cries ol
"Long live tbe King! Long live Italy!" No
oi her vessel was lost, or tell Into the enemy's
hands.
The Admiral renewed the attack upon the
Austrian squadron, which retired to Lesina
without waiting tor our fleet to come up, and
the Austrians continuing their retreat, the
Italian squadron remained mistress of the fceue
ol action.
The damages sustained by the enemy are considerable.
Fur her Intelligence is expected. The crew of
tne i'c a' nana were nearly an picked up Dy the
Vitorio Emanwe.
Evenin-r. Further information received here
from Lissa reports tnat one Austrian man-of-war
apd two steamers were sunk by the fire ot the
Italian squadron.
AMERICAN WAR CU1MS.
Earl Derby's PokHIou rowardN th "Ala
bsina" and Other Claims In England
Ihti lirltlMU Neutrality Lann to be
Revised.
In the House of Corumous. July 23, Mr. White
wished to ask the Secretary oi State lor i-oreiga
A flairs whether, lookiug to tne conspicuous
good laith and irieudly fee ing ot the Govern
ment ol the United Siates towards this country
in its recent conduct to the Fenians, her Ala-
Iesij's Government was now pieparcd 10 submit
idl claims und matters in dispute betweeu the
to powers tj an arbitration mutually ac
ceptable '(
Lord Stanley I agree in the opinion which
tbe honorable member has expressed as to thu
fiiendly and honorable feeling that has been
shown by the ovemmcnt ot the United States
with regard to this Fenian atlair. (Hear.) I
uui veiy anxious, it possible and I can speak
lor my ccfleagues as well as myself to do an
tumg lhat is reasonably possible to remove any
feeling ot irritation or bl soreness which may re
main inconsequence ot c rcumstauces connected
with the late war. But with respect to thee
claims 1 am alvaid I cannot give him so precise
and io positive an answer as he may desire.
With regard to the most important of thoe
claims a lull discussion has tanen place between
the Government, ot the United States u'id those
ho preceded us in ollice. That discussion was
terminated six or seven months ago. aud during
the.veiv short t.me I have been in ollice
those claims have not been revived. They
involved questions oi considerable per
plexity ana diincuity, aud, i need not
add. tuat I have had a very short time and verv
little leisure to consider them. In any case it
would be premaiuie on the part of the Govern
ment to say immediately what answer wenhould
be prepared to give to claims ol that kind wheu
they are revived, until und unless they are pre
lerred. Perhaps I may say that, with a vlesv to
lessen, it possible, the probability ol such ditfer
ences arising in luture, it is tho intention of the
Government to advise her Majesty to issue a
rojal commission to inquire inio the working o''
the neutrality laws, and, if necessary, to ievise
tneso laws, luueeis;.
(See Eighth Page for Additional European News. )
Victor Hugo has written the tollowina letter
to M. Lacaussade, who recently published a
critical article in tbe llevue Francaise on Hugo
cons dered as a poet:
"Sin I knew aud I highly appreciate 1 the
poet in you. You reveal the critic to me. One
ih woitliy of the other. One feels lu what you
write you have practised the great art. 1 have
just read your admirable and protound essay on
n y poetical works. 1 disagree with you on
more than one point; but I am charmed,
touched, and at times stirred to ravishment
by tbe many loity qualities of philosopher and
artist displaced by you io these lew pages. You
have two great qualities without which no
mind is complete. I mean contemporary senti
ment and eternal taste. You understand the
nineteenth century, and you understand the
ideal. Hence your power as a critic, your pene
nation as an arnsr. Peoplo now-a-da.ys talk a
great deal of taste, and those who talk of it
most aie those who have tne least ot it. They
ure engrossed by a local and ephemeial taste,
the French taste of the seventeenth century.
They cannot appreciate what I have just called
eternal taste. Therefore in fhe name ot Boileau
they emasculate Horace, and in the name of
liacmo they deny Kschylus. To bring back
lieiaturo from this false taste to the true
tase which goes from Aristophanes to Shaite
speare, and from Dante to M diero, is the office
ot a mind like yours. Who says office, says
mission; who shjs mission, says duty. Con
tinue your gieat work to aJvance tho Ideal. I
H ank' jou tor myself, and applaud you tor all.
''Victor IIuuo."
France possesses 01 regular theatrical com
panies, England 87, Austria 34, Prussia 32, Italy
24, and Russia 15. Tbe towns which have the
most tneatres are Pans, w hich has 40; Loudon,
20; Naples und Milan, 13 each; Rome, Brussels,
arid Turin, 10: Berlin, Vienna, and Florence. 9
(this compiises the concert-rooms of Vienna);
Madrid, Venice, aid Genoa. 8; Seville, 4; Lis
bon, Hamburg, Amsterdam, St. Petersburg.
Bologna, and Verona. 6. There are In Europe
1 180 theatres, although there are ouly 298 distinct
companies. Out oi these 4 only belong to
Greece, 4 to Turkey, 3 to Roumauia, and 1 to
Servla.
Since the outbreak of the war there has been
a considerable decrease in the number of Dutch
vessels of small tonnage iradiru with the north
eastern ports of England, and it is said that a
good deal of tonnage is laid up there. It seems
that the Dutch Government Is reluctant to alio
seamen between eighteen and twenty five years
of ago to leave the country just now, and in con
sequence, the rate of wages in the merchant
service is high. There Is an Improved demand
for British ships to take cargoes out to Holland,
but on account of tbe alleged prevalence of
cholera In the principal ports seamen are re
luctaut to go."
THIRD EDITION
FROM WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL DESPATCHES TO KVEM1NO TELEGRAPH. ,
Washington, August 1.
Foa ik !.
A special fog signal has been ordered for East-
port, Me.
internal Revenue.
The Internal Revenue receipts yesterday
were $1,828,752-19; for the week ending August
4, $3,803,345-12.
National Bank.
A certificate of authority has been issued to
the First National Bank of Clarirsvllle, Va.. to
commence business on a capital of $100,000.
No circulation is allowed nnicss some further
provision is made by Congress.
The Flsiierla.
The captain ot the steamer Wtnooslci. lately
cruising in Iho fisheries of Nova Sc jtla, reports
be boarded 500 smacks, and was ia the company
of 760 vessels. Two-thirds had taken out English
licenses, misuiideri-tatidiug the recent treaty.
He estimates the catch"s will not be as satisfac
tory as in former peasons. ,
lllsnlNkippi Lunatic Awylum:
Governor Humphrey, of Mississippi, reports
to General Howard that the Insane Asylum of
that State is so crowded that he is daily com
pelled to refuse admission to white citlnens, and
Is therefore unable to provide tor the imbecile
blacks. The reverses of the war, the bank
ruptcy of the peoplo, and their present suiTer-(
fngs tor lood and clothing, are thought to be
tbe reasons for this increase ot Idiocy. '
Virginia and ti l.tl southern Con
veuiiou.
The Union Central Committee of Virr.dnia
meet to-nieht at Alexandria, to perfect the or
ganization of the radical party, to prepare the
way for the selection of delegates to the Sep
tember Convention, and to make appointments
for speakers, who are to visit the States North,
at the solicitation of Loyal Leagues and Union
organizations.
(Senator Cole and the Johnson Conven
tiou.
Cornelius Cole, Senator elect for California,
named in the Associated Press despatches as a
delegate to tbe Philadelphia Convention, called
upon me to-night, and states that snob, use of
his name was wholly without authoiity, and
fbat he will not be a delegate to the Philadel
phia Convention of the 14th instant He is not
willing as yet to enter into full political affinity
with Northern Copperheads and Southern
traitors. Of the delegates at large name! not
one of them are Callfornians.
Mr. Nrg-ar'a Claim.
The large farm of tbe Hon. Joseph Segar at
Hampton, Va., has been occupied by the Federal
troops since 1801, now five 3 ears, neither the
rent fof which, nor the destruction and use of
personal property, valued at $10,000, has he
ever been compensated lor. At present he is
unable to obtain indemnity, OA'iDg to the ruling
of General Meigs, that a claimant must not only
himself be loyal, but that his claim mu9t origi
nate in a lojal State. This decision is being
considered by the Secretary of War, as it affects
the vital interests of a large class ot Dniouists
whose only dependence was necessarily taken
by our troops, but who have been unable to
obtain redress. The proclamation of peaoe of
President Johnson on the 2d of April, 18C6,
allows about four months' consideration, but
back of this date it is claimed compensation
cannot go.
FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY.
Acelrtent to Madame Bonaparte Rob
bery on the Washington Railroad.
SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE EVENING. TELEGRAPH
Baltimorb, August 7. Madame Bonaparte,
widow of Jerome, sister-in-law ot the first Napo
leon, and aunt of the present French Emperor,
fell down tho stairs of her residence, in this city,
last evening, whilst going to tea, breaking a
small bone ol her right wrist, and bruising her
forehead. Bhe is doing well this morning, and
in no danger. Mr. Marshall, a Washington
lawyer, had his pocket picked, while coming
from Washington last evening, of nearly eighteen
hundred dollars in greenbacks.
LATEST FROM CINCINNATI.
Cholera In Cincinnati Steamboat Ex
plosion A Large Oemocratlo Majority
In Kentucky.
Cincinnati, August 7. Twenty more deaths
from cholera were reported at the office of the
Board of Health yesierday. Total deaths from
cholera since August 1, 79.
The steamer General Myrtle, which exploded
at Bethlehem, Ind., yesterday, belonged to the
Cincinnati and Louisville mail line, and is the
first serious disaster that has happened to this
Compacy. The total number of killed and
wounded is not yet ascertained.
Returns from Keutucky indicate a Democratic
majority of twenty thousand to thirty thousand.
The Cholera in St. Louis.
St. Louis, August C.-Somo twenty cases of
cholera were reported to the Board of Health
since Saturday, mainly persons from the South.
The general sauitary condition of the city is un
usually good, and no serious apprehension is
felt of the disease becoming epidemic.
Cable News Expected.
Aspr Bat, August 7. The Dauntless has not
arrived, but Is hourly expectel with London
advices, via tho cable, of August 6 and 0.
Arrival ot a Steamer.
New York, August 7. The bantiayo de Cuba,
from Nicaragua, with California dates of July
15, arrived heie But night.
Maikcts by Telegraph.
St. Louis, August 6 Flour and Wheat are firm,
at unchanged pricei. Corn heavy; mixed aud
Jellow, Ca6o.; wtuie, 76fe0o Oats lower t3&rt)
4o. riovmone aotive, with an upward tendency,
but not. quo ably hi her. tj ock oo hand Aorustl.
270.000 lbe ot dry sated and smoked sidei; 130,000
llig.l Rhoulden; 134 000 lbs. plain and turar-ootted
bams; 7300 tibls. Mm Pork. Whisky sua" at C2 2J.
It is gratifying to learn, by a late Australian
Eaper, that "at Wagea Wages there has lately
cen a grand corroboree of the aborigines,"