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LITEST KLWS BY CABLE AMD STEAMER.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Xh Kew Reform BUI.
The English Reform hill Iim received the
Imd( of the Queen, and is now the law of the
Jaod. Thus the masses of l he English people
b themselves, for the first time In the hlstorv
f their country, endowed with the riant of suf
frage, arid admitted to a ureal share In Parlla
Mentary governimnt. ;Tue result of the next
election will be looked forward to. with incase
interest.
John Bright and the Representation of
f Minorities.
From the Birmingham Post, August 1.
The following letter from Mr. J. Bright, M. P..
addressed to a leading member of the Liberal
party in Birmingham, was received on Wednes-
. ttay rooming:
' "My Dear Bin Yon see the vote In the Lords. It
SartUUy disfranchises Birmingham. Instead ot your
avtng three voices, or two, in a great division on a
great principle, yon are now to have ooly one. Your
lnture Tory members will pair wita me or with Mr.
Dixon, and there will be left only one vote tor your
(real community. Birmingham is now to be reduced
to tbe position and weight of Arundel or Calue
' In a great (Parliamentary division, and ibis In the
year of reform and extension ol popular power,!
You will see that certain ol the Whin Peers have
Joined this childish or nefarious scheme. It Is no
the less dangerous on that account. I bops you will
take pome tu ps to counteract this proposition. Tbe
great towns Bhould send deputations up to London
to urge the Government to maintain the integrity of
the bill. I do not think Mr. liisraell wishes to
ri'Jure the bill. He spoke earnestly against this
scheme in the Honse, and I hope he will adhere to
his own view of so grave a matter. Yen should not
for a moment dream of consenting, to tbe audacious
proposal to destroy the political weight and force of
your borough. 1 am sincerely you rs.
"JOHN BRIGHT.
'Manchester, July 31, 1867."
FRANCE.
Imperial Travel!.
Among the several missions with which the
Empress Is said to have been charged during
her visit to Osborne, was one asking the Queen
to nse her Influence with the lAio d'Aumale to
versude hlin to give up the papers confided to
him on the part of the late Kmperor Maxi
milian. Buch at least Is one of the rumors of
the day.
, A List of Royal Visitors.
Somebody has put together the following list
- of the sovereigns, prluces, and princesses who
have visited the Court of the Tuilerles since the
' commencement of the year: The King and
' Queen of the Belgians, the Emperor of Russia,
the King and uueen of Prussia, King Louis X of
, Bavaria, King Louis II of Bavaria, the King of
Wurlemberg, the King and Queen of Portugal,
the Sultan, the King of Oreeee, the King of
. Sweden, the Count and Countess of Flanders,
' the Grand Hereditary Duke of Kuasla, the Prin
cess Eugenie of Leuchtenberg, the Duke of
' LeuchtenberK, the Duke of Haxe-Weimar, the
. Dake of Mecklenburg-Hlrelltz, the Grand Duke
of Saxe-Weimar, the Crown Prince and Prin
cess Royal of Prussia, the Prince and Princess
Royal of Saxony, the Prince of Baxe-Coburg
Golba, the Duke and Duchess of Saxony,
Prince Albert of Prussia, the Prince and Princess
Charles of Prussia, Prince Humbert, the Duke
and Duchess d'Aosta, the three Princes of Old
enburg, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of
Baden, tbe Duke de Coimbre, the Hereditary
Prince of Turkey, his brot her, and the son of
the Sultan, the Prince of Hoheuzollern and his
son. Prince Leopold, tbe Prinoe ol Wales, tbe
Duke of Edinburgh, Prinoe Arthur, Prlnee
Oscar of Sweden, the Vloeroy of Egypt, the
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Sohwerin, the
Prince and Princess Adalberg of Bavaria, the
Prince of Orange, Duke William of Wurlem
berg, Count de Wurtemberg, the Grand Duke
Constantine, the Prince of Heuss, the brother of
the Tycoon of Japan; iu all titty-eight, of whom
forty-five are sovereigns and princes, three
queens, and ten princesses; this number com
prising ten kings, six reigning prlnoes, nine
heirs presumptive, and one viceroy.
PRUSSIA.
Speech of the King.
King William arrived In Wiesbaden July 31,
and met with an enthusiastic reception. . In
reply to an address presented to him by the
Burgomaster, his Majesty said:
'This is the first time that we meet under the
altered circumstances. Tbe change has certainly been
radical, and we observe It most in tbis your former
Duke's capital. It pained me to have to act as I did.
and tue decision 1 cume to cost me a great aoiouut oi
resolution; but history cannot stand still, It must ad
vance. Tbe sentiments with which you have ad
dressed m l have heard frequently uttered tbrougn
out the country, and I bope that jou have really ex
pressed tbe feelings of all good citizens. I also trust
that these feelings will become Btrouger and stronger;
my officials eball act with that object in view. Thanks
for your good w lubes."
' Blllltary Reforms.
The military Institutions of Prussia (accord
ing to a Berlin corresponded are continually
Improving. At present a new division of the
landwebr districts Is planned. This reform
has for a long time past been felt to be an
urgent necessity, because tbe division hitherto
in use cas ceased :io narmonize witu me pro
portions of population. The necessity for a
new division of the landwehr districts has
lately been augmented by tbe territorial en
largement of Prussia. Tbe chief residents have
been directed to make tbe necessary prepara
tions for tbe division of the landwehr districts
according to battalions and companies.
ROME.
The Speech, Attributed to Gen. Dumont.
From La Nation of Florence.
Very few newspapers have published a sum
mary of the address attributed lo Gen. Dumont,
that caused an official denial of genuineness to
he given by the French ilonileur. The subjoined
resume was printed shortly after its supposed
delivery In Rome, and gave rise to the demand
for explanations called lor In the Italian Par
liament: 'The Emperor." said General Dumont, ad
dressing the soldiers ol the Legion of Antibes,
"has learned with great regret that many sol
diers have deserted your ranks. No one is more
willing than I, added his Majesty, to hearken
to such complaints as may be made by the men
constituting tbe Legion. All soldiers ex
pressing a desire to return to France
will be sent back at tbe expense of the Gov
ernment, who will also see that tbelr places In
the ranks be speedily filled. But henceforward
all deserters are to be severely punished, and
a treaty will be entered Into with the Italian
Government that tbe latter may agree to
yield up delinquents to tbe Pontifical authori
ties. I trust that you will prove yourselves
worthy of France In the discharge of the honor
able mission intrusted to you by the Imperial
Government, for you will continue to be Frenoh
soldiers, although paid by the Pontifical Gov
ernment, whose temporal sovereignty you will
sustain even to shedding In its defense your last
drop of blood. You have nothing to dread; tbe
Kmperor looks upon you still as his soldiers,
and will be mindful of your safety. Though
your flag and cockade differ from those of
France, the adoption of tbe change Is but a
measure suggested by Important political
motives."
PORTUGAL.
Abolition of Capital Punishment.
Before quilting Portugal for France, tbe King
signed a law which had been passed by both
houses of the Portuguese Parliament lor the
abolition of slavery. This Important event
rave rise to an Interesting correspondence be
ween M. Pedro de Brlio Aranha, a distin
guished Portuguese, and Victor Uuro.
On the 27th of June M. Pedro de Brlto Aranha
wrote as follows to Victor Hugo:
'Why could not the little show the great the war
in iu,riMUlun f Why should they not. snuuiv i.-i
they are Utile, polul out to the poweriul the pm f
duty ' x i 1 1 ufc i i uuiuiwi.cui .iu.li uuuuiry, out
the tree of liberty bus already blossomed vigorously
n.urr it lu a small country, doubtless, but It comi...
not a slogle slave; It Is a small country, it is true, but
. rrt nation, ttlrl we have as 1 said, accomplished
a viut triumph, and It is with the utmost pleasure
that I apprise you ot It, The two houses Of Parlla
luent have at length voted tbe abolition of capital
w.....ii.iiniHut. This abolition, which has lor many
irars existed in lact. Is to-day a right; It Is already a
law. It Is a grand law lo a small country, a groat and
ebjs xawil V7 San tuawvvwTf wvi .
To this letter Vlotor Hugo replied as follow
'Havtkvilxs Hons, Ittb July. M Pedro 1a
Brno Aranha Your DCile letter ban moved my
heart. 1 bad learned the grent news, hut I have re
ceived through you lu sympathetic echo. No, there
are bo small peoples. Hut. alas I there are smalt men.
.And sometimes It la these small men who lent great
peoples. A people who are deepots are like lions that
require to be mnezled. I love and glorify your noble
and dear 1'orlugBl. Bbe Is free, tbereforeshe is great.
Portugal has abolished capital punishment I To ac
compllah this great advance Is to build up the great
safeguard of civilization. From this time Portugal
stands at the head ot Kurope. You Portuguese have
not ceastd to be bold navigators. Formerly, you led
the van on the ocean; to-day you are the vanguard of
truth. Proclaim these principles; it Is still nobler
than to discover worlds. 1 exclaim, glory to Portugal!
and to von, Monsieur, happiness.
"With eordial esteem, VICTOR HUGO."
AUSTRIA.
Paying Her Debts.
The Minister of Finance has repaid In bank
notes the whole of the sixty millions or florins
advanced to the Government by the National
Bank.
SCHOOL SUIPSABINEATNE W YORK
The Boys on Board Their Instruction
and Advantages Names of Apprentices
that Have Entered the Naval Academy
this Year Vacancies Officers.
The United States school ship Sabine how
upon one of her occasional cruises at sea to
give variety to the lives of the boys under In
struction on board and increase their Interest
In the vocation they have chosen arrived in
this port late Wednesday evening, and now
lies at anchor off the Battery. Her arrival will
enable the boys whose parents reside In this
section to visit their homes, as this privilege is
one of the many allowed them. There are now
on board two hundred apprentices under in
struction; but tbe number materially varies
from month to month, as almost constant
drafts are made upon the ship lo fill up the com
plement of boys on board the many vessels of
our navy, while enlistments are rapidly
going on.
There are several vacancies at present on
board this roomy, excellent seagoing school
ship for a number of boys who evince an apti
tude lor a Hie at sea and are anxious to undergo
a system of training and instruction that will
lit them to hold honorable positions in the
naval service or obtain admission to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, there to receive an
education suited to the discharge of the highest
rank in the naval corps. The boys are not
alone taught the duties ot seamen, but of gen
tlemen, that they may be as well versed In tne
usages of polite Intercourse as they skilled
In their profession. Under the plan pursued
there is no possible excuse for a bright boy it
he does not succeed and progress, eventually
earning the luurel wreath of a naval cadet.
The Sabine Is now en route to Annapolis to
facilitate the examination of several of the
most proficient boys on board to fill tbe vacan
cies there, as congress has made and provided
laws In this respect.- Since the Inauguration ot
this system of naval apprenticeship, only three
years ago, there have been admitted Into the
Naval Academy, as cadets, forty boys from the
Pablne. ten passing successfully their examina
tion in June last, their names being as loilowa,
and now for tbe first time published: -J. E.
ltoller, of New York, C. W. Brown, of Ctiarles
town, D. L. Worsley, of New York, J. C. Mont
gomery, of New York, S. Seabnry, of New York,
T. C. Demy, of Fredericktown, Virginia, N.
Plnckney, ot Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, H. L.
Warring, of Cleveland, Ohio, W. T. Livingston,
of New York.
There have also been promoted to the rank
of mates, United States Navy, eleven ot the
boys; two receiving this position of honor
recently. Their names are W. A. Falling and
E. F. Myers, New York.
The system of training, the naval duties, and
the esprit du corps on bond this vessel are finely
maintained by her commander, and oflicers,
and Instructors, Parents who have heretofore
been disinclined to allow their children to select
a seafaring life, for fear of its degrading; influ
ences, now commit their sons to tbe Sabine,
feeling assured that tbelr training will be of
character to fit them for Intelligent men and
brave seamen. Hundreds of spirited lads who
attend our public schools will In future be In
duced to adopt the life of a sailor, assured as
they are of good treatment at the begluning
and a certain prospect of advancement after
thoroughly understanding their calling. N. Y.
Herald.
TUE CUBA CABLE.
The Lost End not yet Found Rough
Weather EncounteredJ-A Hurricane
Feared, and the Narva Runs Into Port
Mr. Webb, the Kngtneer, Declines
Laying the Shore Line at Present
Much Excitement In Havana at the
Failure Senor Arantavo no Longer
Connected with the Telegraph.
Key West, August 13, via Ppsta Rosa and
Lake City, August 15. The Narva, while grap
pling; for the cable on tbe 8th and 9th Instant.
encountered so severe gules that she could do
nothlnK. On the 10th and 11th the Gulf was
quite rough, and no grapplngs were made. The
barometer indicated an early change, and the
pilot, who was familiar with the weather at
this season, predicted a hurricane. Tbe Narva
accordingly ran Into port here on Sunday, and
win go out to-morrow h tne weatnet is lair.
Tbe President endeavored to Induce Mr.
Webb, In the meantime, to lay the land shore
cable connecting this point with Puuta Rosa,
as the equinoctial does not materially atfeot the
sea inside the reefs; but Mr. Webb declined
doing so. Were this done the telegraph com
pany would send on fast despatch-boats to con
nect Key West with Havana until tbe sea cable
is found, as a severe hurricane may carry away
tue duo b auu tue cuuie may never De iouna.
A Havana letter of yesterday says the failure
oi tne enterprise nas created mucu excitement,
and cauea lortu mucn censure or the manage
ment.
Senor Aran tave. Inspector of Telegraphs, who.
It is known, is too liberal In his views to suit
certain old fogies, is no longer connected with
the telegraph.
Fenian Picnic and Free Fight.
Chicago. August 15. The annual Fenian nio-
nlo occurred to-day at Haas Park, in tbe town
of Harlem, about six miles from tbiscity. All
the military organizations were In attendance,
and civilians to the number of five thousand
were on the ground, uenerai Spear, of Lime
stone wage tame, was present, aua made a
brief speech to the soldiers. It had been in
tended to have several speeches, but, unfor
tunately for tbe speakers, early iu the day It
was resolved to eelebrate Donnvbrook Fair, a
fight occurred before the Feuiaus bad been long
on lue kiuuuu.uuu vuin was lhb aitrniti rnr i.riu
melee. Rows and fights were now tne order of
t he day. oiviuans tougnt and soldiers arrested
them; and beiore tne close of the day blaok
eyes and bloody laces were the rule. During
one of the melees a man, named John Leonard,
was probably fatally stabbed lu the neck by
William Burns. The latter Is under arri
During General spear s speech In tbe morning
tbe Fenians formed a hollow square about the
piatiorm, into wuiuu uuruiy citizens were
brought; but as the hollow square shortly after
got Into a fight, there was no more speaking
and the day was pleasantly devoted to Donny-
Droua.
Acquittal of Collector James, of Rich,
mond.
Richmond. Va.. August 15. The case of Col.
lector James was deposed of to-day by the ac
quittal of the accused. Judge Underwood, in
his charge to the jury, thought the District
Attorney had Introduced a good deal of Irre
levant evidence Into the case, and that Collector
James had a perfect right, just as anybody else
had, to receive a present of $1000. The fact was
established by tne evidence mat iuuu was in
nart. navment for the use of his patent separator.
lie thought Mr. James bad discharged his duties
with efficiency and impartiality, and bearing
these facts in mind, he charged the jury to And
a verdict in accordance therewith. The Jury
retired for ahont ten minutes, and returned with
a verdict oi ,lnot guilty." The Court announced
the discharge of Mr. James, who immediately
became the recipient of warm congrntulutiona
ma nig Jiiciitw,
A TALK W1T11 JEFF. DAVIS.
Appearance of the Han W hat fie Hays
We Have Nothing to Do with Recon
struction" Johnson Means Wall, but
His Plan Works . Badly Kxchange of
Prisoners History of Andarsonvllle to
B Appear Soon Negroes, Copperheads,
Burratt, Cotton.
Montreal, August 12. Through the polite
ness of General Carroll, a Telinesseeau who
hgured largely during the war In tlie Confede
rate service, and whom I had known lu 1H58 in
Memphis, an arrangement was made yesterday
morning resulting in my having au
INTERVIEW WITH JEFFEKSOH DAVIS.
Takina a carriage at St. Lawrence Hall, a few
minutes' drive found me lu front of an unpre
tentious building. No. 249 Mountain street, the
residence of Mrs. Howell, motner-ln-law of
Mr. Davis, at whose house he is temporarily
staying.
Accompanied by General Carroll, I was
shortly ushered into the presence of Mr. Davis,
Whom 1 found reclining on a lounge in nis
study, engaged in a fuinLlar oonverailou with
Colonel Pivkett, late of the Confederate ser
vice. Mr. Davis is a man or apparently about sixty
years, and if 11 were not for the lurrows on his
brow and Innumerable wrinkles Islanding bis
face, I would lake him to be a person of not
over forty-five summers. The veins of his hands
are bursting full of blood, and I shouldjudge
he wouldn't press neavier on a xaukee pair or
scales than MO pounds avoirdupois or English
sterling. He wns dressed In a very neat but
plain inauner, without any attempt at show or
the attracting of unusual attention. His hair
. ....... 1 ...-... ...if rathur .hnrl .1 ...1 mllhnl hi.
IODCUII'ICiVU. ... ....... V, .suv. v....... urn
appearance is more that of a well-to-do English
merchant, rather than the man who controlled
sreat armies durlon the war, whose word was
omnipotent In the South, but who to-day Is a
stranger In a strange land.
WHAT WAS SAID.
Visiting the ex-President of the ex-Confede
racy under the circumstances which I did,
'twould be unpardonable in me to make public
use of much that was said In a three hours'
conversation.
I told him that my visit was not made out of
Idle curiosity; that I bad not come simply to
see the President of the "Confederate States of
America;" that I had been opposed to him and
his people during the war, but that in common
Willi the mujorlty ol t lie radicals of the North,
In whose bauds the very destiny life Itself of
leading and prominent Southern men was held
and plated,! desired to hear his views on
BEC -NSTKUCTION.
When 1 broached that matter to him he cut
me rather short, though in a very gentlemanly
way.
He lauehed immodera'ely when I asked him
as to tbe opinion of the Southern people with
reference to tbe Keconstruciiou acts passed by
Congress. He answered me, however. In seven
words, and I would to God that Andrew John
son could have heard the reuly as lmpasslon
ately Mr. Davis, with a wave of tbe band,
which, although intended not to be gesticular,
carried with It an emphasis which I shall never
forget, in a measured voice said, "we nave
nothing to do with It."
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
Mv conversation with Mr. Davis was unre
stricted, and, during the course of it, I bad
occasion to refer to tbe r uttering of our
prisoners at Anersonvllle. Belle Isle, Llbby
Prison, etc., as well as to the exchange of
prisoners. Mr. Davis said that he was always
anxious to be relieved of the prisoners on his
hands. He said his ports were blockaded; that
he was without supplies or the means of ob
taining them, even for his own soldiers; and,
finding himself in that strait, he proposed to
deliver, Wltn or wimout exenange, an tun sica,
wounded, and disabled soldiers held by him.
I then remarked to Mr. Davis, "Why was not
au exchange effected ?" He stated, "There
was one man In your country wno prevenieu
It." I replied, "Do you refer to Mr. Stanton ?"
He raid, "I do not, it was ." I asaeu mm
to allow me to make use of the name and cir
cumstances connected with It. But he said,
Occupying the position that I do, it would be
Improper."
ftext, 1 commenced taming wuu uuu suuuii
an alderman from Tennessee, now loafing In
Washington. I se.'.dom so far forget myself as
to talk about men who have filled "all the posi
tions up," but couldn't restrain irom teiung
Mr. Davis that tbe controlling party lu the
North regarded Mr. Johnson as the worstenemy
of the South, and that he was the stumbling-
block in tne way oi reconstruction, mr. iavis
was quite frank In talking with me on this
subject. I may be overstepping the bounds of
my interview when I give publicity to only one
of a number of significant remarks that he
made, but Mr. Davis said to me that ho "he
lined he (Johmon) was doina what he ihouafU best
for the Soulh, but it hadresulted badly " Tuerewas
mucn tbat was mentioned in mis connection
which I am not at liberty to make use of at
present, although by way of parenthesis I will
state that no utterance was given to any ex-
t essions disrespectful to U nited Stales officials,
i tiering as widely as the poles with Mr. D4vls,
I old not hear him utter an unkind word aginast
any one, especially Mr. Johnson, and must
admit that I whs more charmed with his con
versation than that of any prominent man with
whom It has been my fortune to meet. He ex
pi esses himself for peace, and I believe him
to-day, great a Kebel as he was, less a traitor
and a more honest man than Andrew Johnson,
who has made treason so "odorous! "
HAMPTON ROADS AND CHARLES THE FIRST.
I remarked to Mr. Davis that the supporters
at our Government were sumrlsed that the
Stephens-Hunter-Llncoln-Seward interview of
imt, at Hampton rtoads, snouia nave resuiteu
as It did. He said the meeting was a proposi
tion from the North, which was freely accepted
by the South. I think In saying this Mr. Davis
Intended toconvey, without mentioning names,
the idea tbat the proposition came from a Con
servative Republican standpoint, and would be
adopted by the main body of the radical party.
Anyhow, a conference was had, terminating, as
all know, In a failure. At Hampton 1 toads, Mr.
Davis told me tbat Hunter proposed to treat for
reace on the basis ol at least a quasi recogni
Ion. To this Mr. Lincoln replied "that It would
not do." Hunter then referred to the action of
Charles tbe First in treating with tbe rebels of
Ireland that tbe King had accorded the Irish
rebels certain privileges, and that an honorable
peace bad been effected. Mr. Llnooln (so Mr.
Davis says) replied that be didn't know much
about history, and all that he knew about
Charles the First was that he lost his head!
ANDER30NV1LLE, ETC.
Unformed Mr. Davis that the people of the
North held him, as representing the Confede
racy, largely responsible for the sufferings and
deaths of our prisoners at Andersonvllle, Liiooy,
and other places. He replied that nothing in
connection with the war gave him more pairj
than that such statements Bhould be "oiaiiea
about. Without going into any defenseit e&
tenso, be slated that he believed t,u.er.ea
Providence and a Just God who righted every
thing, and that the whole matter would short y
be ventilated. I asked him how, and in reply
be said that the reoords of Andersouviue, eio.,
bad been providentially preserved . and would
shortly be made public "You will then see,"
says Mr. Davis, "who is and who is not j"e8P"0Hl;
ble for lives and sufferings." I toUl hltn it
would be little satisfaction to our own PHJple to
have saddled on them that which was at the
present time resting on and blistered Into the
people of the South. He again replied that the
whole history would in a short time become
public property, and that then Judgment could
te formed and the responsibility fastened.
I have no hesitancy In saying that Davis
recounizes himself as thoroughly subdued, and
is waiting patiently to be reconstructed. He is
desirous of returning to Mississippi, there to
soend the remainder ol his days In peace and
ouletude. He has no political ambition, and
for a man who headed a cruel and wanlou
rebellion, feels, as I believe, thoroughly con-
q "Napoleon at St. Helena was not more rook
bound than is Jetterson Davis In Canada. That
he was the leader in a great war cannot be
salnsayed; that he was afterward in the hands
of a Government which was able at any time
to have dealt with him as it chose, none will
deny; that a farce, in which Johnson, who Is
afraid of bis own life, and (Juderwood, who
dreads a lunatic asylum, are playing shyslering
aud cray parts, will not be disputed.
My candid opinion Is that Jefferson Davis
will dleanntnral death. He wai a rebel by
choice; Mr. Johnson is one by aocldenk
ABOUT Till WKQROES.
Davis said they were getting educated, and
in tbe United States were far In advance oUhe
Liberlans. Accepting their reported progress
as a fact, he thought the future argued well. I
don't think be has any superior love for the
negro, and, without looking into a man's heart,
am of opinion that, at preseut, he hasn't muoli
hatred towards them. I am more convinced of
Ibis fioro the fact that he told me be waa in
correspondence with one of his former slaves,
now cultivating a plantation in Mississippi on
bis own account, with no one to molest or make
him afiald.
COPPERHEADS.
If the conservatives of the North knew in
what niter contempt they were held by the late
leading Hebels here, or if there oould be con
veyed lo the spurious Democrats of theoountry
a feeling in which more manly traitors than
themselves were held by those who had par
ticipated In tbe Rebellion, I am not without
hope that they would "dry up." As little stock
is being taken by Hebels her, of Copperheads
at home, as that by the great Union party of the
United States In Mr. Jobuson.
SUllRATT'S CASE
I made mention or to Mr. D-tvls. He Ignored any
connection of Southern men with either the
proposed abduolion or as-assmstlon of Mr.
Lincoln. He said he would nave bee u gratified
If t he evidence of General Kd. Lee had been ad
mitted, and the despatches to him while- in
Canada made public, as It would have shown
plainly that Surratl'n mlsoion had nothlug to
do with the assassination. This U Davis' state
ment, and you can take it, as well as everything
else he said, for what It is worth.
THE CULTURE OF COTTON
on tbe alluvial lands of the South he regards as
well-nigh done away with, and expresses him
self that the most of these lands, on account of
defective leveeaee. will revert into forests. In
addition, he slated that in a few years there
would be no excess of cotton raised; that the
supply would be mainly for family use(none for
export), as was the case, and is yet, lu Florida
and Texas.
CONCLUSION.
Now that I have recited this much of an In
terview, which I said was not prompted out of
luie curiosity, i leave it lor tbe Idle curiosity or
those who may read It. There is much that I
am restrained from wrlilng which, I think,
wouiu ao gooa. xnose irom. wnoin l received It
think diilerently.
During tbe approaching Presidential canvnss,
however, some matters, alltinuuti reported by
Rebels, will be brought to light, which true or
false, will startle the country. Missouri Demo
crat. THE YELL OW FEVER.
Important Cure Discovered In the West
Indies by an KuglUli Physician.
Considerable attention is paid by tbe press of
the West Indies to a cure recently adopted by a
physician In Jamaica, Dr. Alexander Flddes, F.
R. C. S. K. It has run theroundsof the Spanish
English, French, and Danish Journals, and
everywhere metta with the highest enco
miums. Several of the Governments interested
in tbe West Indies have set apart hospital
buildings for the special treatment of yellow
fever under Dr. Flddes' process. As that dread
disease is making considerable ravages In the
southern part of the United Slates, we give the
following account of tne treatments
Calomel, quinine, and all other medicines are
set aside, as being not only useless, but posi
tively injurious; the ouly medicine reoora
meuded is a full dose of ca-tor oil at the begin
ning of the disease. The remedy of Dr. Flddes
then consists In the internal administration of
sulphurous acid, combined with the external
application of iced sheets arou nd the body when
the skin Is hot and dry, or with an occasional
vapor bath when the skin Is dry without being
very hot. The sulphurous acid is not given in
Its pure form, but combined with an alkaline
base, such as the bl-sulptiitte of soda, the sul
phite of magnesia or potash, or of ammoula, of
which the former preparation Is probably the
best, being tasteless and not likely to offend the
stomach. The uose Is twenty grains every two
or three hours, In a gloss of water.
Tbe use of sulphurous acid and the applica
tion of the wet sheets or vapor bath are indi
cated as much by the dictates of theory as by
the lessons of experience. The first is a pre
ventive against fermentation of the blood; the
two latter are potent agencies for withdrawing
poisonous matter from the body without weak
ening tbe vital nowers.
Since Professor Poll, of Milan, instituted bis
elaborate series of experiments to test the effi
cacy of sulphurous acid in arresting fermenta
tion in tbe blood of animals, and since Dr. De
Ricci, of Dublin, and Professor Burgrave, of
Ghent, repeated the same, tbe therapeutical
power of this medicine has been well known to
tbe medical profession. But Dr. Flddes is en
titled to the credit of having introduced It as a
remedy for yellow fever and several other dis
eases of the zymotic family. There seems to be
no doubt of the efficacy of this new treatment,
and Dr. Flddes will have tne credit of having,
In a great measure, relieved the West Indies of
tbe dread which Europeans have in settling In
them, besides preventing much suffering uud
untimely death; and it Is but natural to hope
he will reap some substantial benefit from a
discovery be has so generously . made public
through the West India press.
Santa Anna to be Tried
Advices from Vera Crus announce tbe arrival
of Santa Anna at that juoit, on board of tbe
Mexican brig Juares. lie was to remain on
board of the vessel, subject to further orders
from the supreme Government. The following
order for his trial has been issued :
"RkCKHTABY'S OFFICE OF STATE. Wit ivn Wivt
Buhkau. First seci Ion: By your despatch duted the
Hlh instant, the President has been Informed of the
report of Hie Governor and Military Commandant of
Campeacby, to tbe effect that General ttanta Anna
aud Don u. Vldal y Jtlvas, were prisoners in that
town. The President orders me to say that yon should
notify to Bald Governor to arraign Genera! Uaata
Anna in accordance with tbe law of 2Hb January,
1BC2. According to an aitlcleot said law tbe personal
ideallllcuilou of tbe prisoner would be ample, v Itbout
any other formality, In order lo proceed a&Iim him:
nevertheless, tbe President, in tbe free exert me of
authorisation, proposes to allow the prlsoaer tbe
benefit ot legal defense.
"W ith respect to the other prisoner, Don O. Vldal y
Blvus, the frexldeot orders that be be kept tn oloee
confinement till otherwise should be determined,
"AliaiA.
"Cbaonltepeo, July H, 1867.
"T4 the Couinitiixllng-Ueueral in-Chief of the Army
of the Kut in Mexico'
A reward of $10,000 having been offered for the
capture of General Mrquez, he was takuu pri
soner at the hacienda Paredons. .
The Springfield Case.
SprtiNQFiELD, Mass., August 16. Dr. William
H. White, the alleged abortionist, waived an
examination before the Polic? Court to-day, and
being unable to obtain $8001) bail was gent back
to jail to await his trial by a higher Court in
December. The evidence obtained against him
in secret inquest is remarkably direct and cir
cumatantlal. Brownlow on the Franchise Law.
Nahuviixb, August 16. Governor Brownlow,
in a letter, the publication of which ho has
authorized, denies explicitly that he made any
statement in Knoxville favoring enfranchise
ment of Rebels. He says ho is more than ever
convinced of the Justice of the Franchise law.
Rain Storm In Virginia.
Richmond, august 15. There has been a
heavy and uninterrupted down-pouring of rain
the whole of this day, and formidable freshets
are anticipated in the James river. Accounts
from all parts of the State Indicate a universal
rain storm.
A Hasdsomb Incomh. One of the French
papers calculates the inoome of a Marshal of
France, who is also a Minister. As a Marshal
he gets 40,000 francs; as a Minister, 100,000
francs; as a Senator, 30,000 francs;' as a grand
officer of the crown, 40,000 francs; as Grand
Cross of the Legion of Honor, 3000 francs;
total, 221,000 francs per annum, or upwards
Of 144,000.
SECOND EDITION
FROM WASHINGTON THIS P. M.
PPECIAL DESPATCHIS TO KVKN1NO TELEGRAPH.
Washington, AugUBt 16.
Damage from the Rain.
The recent heavy rain has done much damage
to property in the neighborhood of Washington.
The Baltimore morning train of cars failed to
aime, owing to ihe washing away of a culvert.
Treasury Agent to Bltha.
The Treasury Department has prepared in
structions relative to customs collections for the
Government, for William 6. Dodge, who has
been appointed a special agent of the Treasury
and Collector at Sitka. He will sail on the 21st
Inst., from New York, In the same vessel with
General liout-aean.
FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY.
The Great Deluge Immense Destruction
of Property.
SFKCIAL DBSPATCH TO TDB EVEN I NO TELBORAPH.
Baltimore, August 16. The storm continued
incessantly all last night, and until seven this
mornine, the rain fallintr in perfect torrents.
Jones' Falls rose higher than was ever before
known, overflowing embankments and flooding
several contiguous streets, in some of which
(Uolltday, Marsh, and Market), and at the Fish
Market, small boats could sail. Immense dam
age has been done by the flllintr of cellars and
washing away of stores. Boats are sailing on
Falls Point. In some portions of Pratt and
Eighth and South streets, near the wharf, there
was considerable overflowing and damage done,
and also at Centre Market and Marsh Market.
From all directions accounts of the flood are
ttrritic.
Some culverts have been washed away on the
Northern Central Itailwny, interrupting trains.
Gwliin's Kalis, the Patapsco, and other streams
are unprcccdently high, and much damage has
been done along their banks. Such a storm was
never before experienced. Rain fell almost un
interruptedly for forty-eight hours, and it is
tttll cloudy.
second despatch.
Baltimore, Aupust 16. No trains nor malls
have arrived here this morning from any quar
ter, owing to the storm and floods. Culverts
and small bridges have been swept away on the
Northern Ccntial, Western Maryland, Baltimore
and Ohio, and also on the Washington Branch,
and on the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Balti
more Road.
The storm was severe everywhere as far as
heard fiom on the Potomac and Susquehanna
rivers, and they are very high.
CALIFORNIA POLITICS.
. Letter from General Bldwell.
' At a Union meeting held In Napa on Satur
day evening. Jnly 20, the following letter was
received from General Bldwell:
Cnico, July 18. Major Wllllnm Governeur Morris
My ijvarblr: Your ntvor Isaihaud. To me It la no
matter of surprise to learn thut you are lu tbe field un
active supporter ot the Unlou cause. Your ardent
nuture will always carry you where the battle rages
fiercest. The ikaues upon uatlonal questions . are
always clear find well deli ued, and scarcely lens iin-
rurtanl than tbey were riurlDg the slaveholders' war.
tniust be evident to every impartial mind that In
this blute there can be but two parties during the
pending canipnlgn, unless we are ready to sur
render our cause, with all Its consequeDces, Into
tne hands of tbe so-called Democratic
fiHrty. the only hope of tbe Rebellion
n its dying struggle against freedom in 1SH4. As for
myself, 1 urn not prepared to weloonie such a result.
Can any loyal man for a moment hesitate wbere to
gof If be does, let blm but bear one Democratic
spf ecli and be will be radically cured, unlesa his case
be Incletd hopeless. The Copperhead candidates sing
the same old songs that cheered on the pro-slavery
Kebelllon, ahusiug Wade, and Bumner. and Tnad.
Stevens for being Abolitionists, and quoting the Crit
tenden resolution of 18U1 us to the objects of tbe war.
A nd this is all, except their (utile opposition and wait
ings sgalust tbe reconstruction measures of Congress
luille, 1 say, because they mlgbt as well undertake
to repeal the army or the Untied States, or prevent
General (Irani from belug tbe next President, as to
oppose tbem, for they are upheld by the national will.
The fact Is, the Copperhead party is almost aa much
out ol date In their political thesis aud leaching as
Noah's Ark. They are entirely behind this progres
sive age of freedom, aud must and will be defeated in
this blale. I plant myself unequivocally with the
loyal masses, i'liey must present a united front to
defeat this misnamed Democratic party; and 1 suy It
to my friends everywhere, this is our ouly bope. I
have the honor to remain, in hasie, very truly yours,
J. BIDWiiLU
Scientific Waggery. Professor Agasslz, after
a prolonged study of the vertebral column of
fishes, has come to the astounding conclusion
that "men, like other animals, have tails." Of
course, the little fact that these appendages are
not visible, either to tbe naked eye or under tbe
microscope, has no weurbt iu refuting the
assumption. Science needs no support from
sense or tbe senses. It is melancholy, however,
to think that muu, wuu all his boasted civiliza
tion and culture, is Inferior to the dog in one re
gard he has not sufficient control over bis tail
to wag it, no matter how oyous his sensations
may be. And he is equally unlucky in tbe Dun
dreary hypothesis, for the newly discovered
human tail is not suflicieutly developed to allow
it to who: him. So things look exceedingly blue
in all directions.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OrricE or thb Evbminb Tblbobaph.I
Friday, August IS, lsti7.
The Stock Market opened very dull this morn
ing, but prices were without any material
change. Government bonds continue iu steady
demand. July, 1865, ft-20s, sold at 108. 10'
was bid for lO-iOs: lor 6s of 1881; 1074rJ
107 for June and August 7"30s: 10'JJ ior 1864
6-2Us; and 110 forl8C6 6-20. City loans were
ali-o in steady demand; the new issue sold at
1H, a slight advance.
Railroad sbures were the most active on the
lWt. Philadelphia and Erie sold at 28129, an
advance of 4: Camden and Amboy at 1274128,
nochanee;and Pennsylvania Railroad at 63$.
no change: 28 was bid for Little Schuylkill; 62J
for IU'Hiliitej 67 for Minehill; 40 lor Elmlra pre-f-in
d; 24 for Catawissa preferred; 63 for Phtla
delpliiaaud Baltimore; and 43 for Northern
Cpntrsl.
In City rasen?er Railroad shares there was
nothing doing. 194 was bid for Thirteenth and
Fitit-t ': -4 or Soruee nud Pine; 46 lor Ches
htiti n V. u i;it; 66 tor West Philadelphia; 13
for 11 ' n viue; 30 for Green and Contes; 25 for
Oirani ' -. Ut.-vfc and 35 for Union.
Jlank r u r.;s were firmly held at full prices,
bnt we 1 '; cf no sales. 107 was Old for Seventh
Mailniiai; !" ior Philadelphia; 141 for Farmers'
and a!e li. u ofl; 100 tor Northern Liberties: 68
ler IVun Township; 694 for Glrard; 95 for West
ern; 3' j for Manufacturers'; 110 for Trad s men's:
70fort'ity; 44 for Consolidation; and 62J for
Ct mmonwealth.
Can ul shares were unchanged. Monis Canal
preferred sold at 111; 46 was bid for Lehigh
kavl. ution; and 16 for Susquehanna Canal.
Qm nations of Gold 104 A. M., 1404; 11 A. M.,
1404; rJM., 1404; 1 P.M., 140J.
T ie New York Tribune this morning says:
"Moi ty continues easy, and It Is with dltlloulty tbat
bun 'md nu for their baiaucea at tuut percent.,
iitK. I vuues Lorrowlug a MUd collaterals at 4
per cent. In commercial psper no change. Tbere la
a iteadv demand for currency from the mierior ...u
at the same time a large anionnt of compound notes
coming from tbe country for redemptino. The 7 ;n
re also coming bere for conversion In conMde-sMe
amounts. Tbe deposits of tbe city banks, from
several causes, are expected at the next statement to
show an Increase of magnitude and great strength in
IckrI tmlpm In the next two statements. From Sep
tember onward affairs will naturally change, and
during the remainder of the year the hanks will be
stile lo maintain the legal reserves upon a much
smaller movement than the present."
The St. Louis Republican of the 12th Inst,
sajs:
The volume of business Is still below general ex
pectation, and notwithstanding active operations
during the early part of the week In flour, wheat, aud
corn, and a decided recovery In provisions wituto the
past two davs, we cannot resist the conclusion that
genrrr.l trade has been dull, and the average of
prices has scarcely bnen preserved. In merchandise
departments there has been very little doing, and as
the accounts from the country, of Its unwillingness to
buy, and tbe marked indisposition of farmers to sell
tbelr grain, except at about the average of i for tail
wheat on their farms, are not calculated to auilaaa
those who have been expecting an aotlvere sump
tion ol business upon tbe harvesting ot the summer
crops, there has been lean disposition among mer
chants to relinquish than we have noticed at any cor
responding period since the disruption ol trade at the
beginning ot the war."
The Milwaukee money market of Monday is
quoted ss follows:
The Money market hns been very easy dnrlne Ihe
week, the banks readily discounting all good short
paper at III per cent. The ollerlciirs In the street have
been very Mghl; the quotation for money outside ot
bunk la 15 percent. A fair amount of demand Icus
baa been placed on Oovernmeutn at 7 per couU"
i'UILADKLPHIA STOCK KXCIIANUE S.U8 fl)-HY
Beported by Debaven A Bro., No. 40 S. Third street
FIRST BOARD.
tiooo t-'Xm '5.Jy.cp lns,S 10 sh Morris C Pf lit
SliiO City a, lsiew....lui s
I.MH) do. New. .ll
.'li.'lou Pass, I series 10'.'
fjoon t-a s, 8 series, r.lost
15 do 1 1 1
1 sh Cam Am T
8 do.........m
2 do.....ia
24shPennaK-
8 do....... b
20 do.. s2
liiOsh Phil ft J&....D3U. 2
100 do........... S;i
iJi'OO di c.103'4
(i0 do e-li.s'ii
li'MIH) do..............10S,i
rii iu ra cp as.. ss
XiOO do 98
Jtsb ThllaA Tr.....125
Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern
ment securities, etc., as follows:!. 8. 6s of
1881, 11141114; old 6-20s, 11340113$; 6-20s,
18C4. 1094110; do., 1865, HO.JfiflllOJ; do., July,
108A108; do., 1867, 10841084; 10-40s, 102
lt(2;7-30s, Aug., 107SO1107J; do., June, 1074O
107: do., July, 1074107. Gold, 140j($140j.
Messrs. William Painter Do., bankers,
No. 36 8. Third street, report the follow
ing rates of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock :
0. 8. 6s, 1881, 11142111J; D. fi. 6-20s, 1862,
llHi3113i; do., 1864, 109110; do., 1865,
llOJjilloj; do. new, 108.Jl0bi; 6s, 10-40s, 102
fJil02J; (J.. 8. 7-30s, 1st series, 1074107i; do.,
2d series, 1074107; 3d series, 1074il07i;
Compound Interest Notes, December, 1864, 117J.
Messrs. De Haven 4 Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ei
chanee to-day at 1 P. M.: U. 8. 6s of 1881, 111
111J: do. 1862, 1134113; do.. 1864, lU9i(
110; do., 1865, 1104lloi; do.. 1865, new, 1084
1081; do., 1867, new, 1084'fajlQ8J;- do. 6s, 10-40.
10241024; do. 7'30s, Aug-., 107il07i; do.,
June,1074'gil071; do.,July,1074(?51074; Compound
Interest Notes, June, 1864, 11940; do.. July,
1864, 119-40; do. August. 1864. 119-40; oo.,
October. 1864, U8J1185 ; do.. December, 1864,
117117i: do., May, 1865, 116j117; do., eng.
1866, 115i1164; do., September, 1865, 116S
115J, do. October, 18B5, 114jU5i; Gold, 1404
1404. Silver, 1334135. 2 ;
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Friday, August 16. The Flour Market,
altbongb a shade better, is excessively dull,
and prices of low grades are entirely nominal.
Tbe borne trale purchase only of choice old and
fresh ground Flonr, which are in small supply.
Bales of 900 bushels, Including superfine at
7 758'25; old stock and fresh ground extra at
!S-25a10-50; Northwestern extra family at tlO0
II 60; Pennsylvania and Ohio do. do. at $103
1250; and new Wheat do. do. and fanev at
$11-60I2 60. Rye Flour ranges from 7 75 to
S"25. No change to notice in (Jorn Meal.
There Is a firm feeling in the Wheat Market,
and a steady demand from the mlljers for fair
and choice lots, bnt in consequence of tbe
limited offerings the transactions are compara
tively small. Hales of 2000 bushels new Penn
sylvania and Southern red at $2-252-3Tr 600
bushels old Pennsylvania Rye sold at 8145.
Corn Is In better request, and held with more
firmness. Sales of 4000 bushels yellow at I1-20O
1 22, chiefly at the former rate, and 4500 bushels
Western mixed at Sl-16l-18. Oats are in fair
demand; 600 bushels new sold at 70o. We Quote
at 8(48oc. for old. 1600 bushels Barley Malt sold
at f 160.
Whisky Nothing doing.
" UTEST SHIPPING IHTELLIGEHCE.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA ............AUGUST Id.
STATB Ot THIIMOKITIl AT THB BTVBVIlfe Tri.B-
7 A. if-.. T6H A. M ..7gja P. M ' , 7f
For additional Marine New tea Third Foot,
t CLKAKED THIS MORNING,
Bchr B. C. Bcrlhner, Bureess, Boston, X. a. Stetson A
Bohr Moses Patten, Harding, Bangor, J. E. Baxley
Bchr Paugussett, Waples, Washington, Davis, Fates
Co.
8fr A. Brearley, Mullen, Baltimore, J. D. Buoft
Bl'r W. Wbllldln, Klggans, baaairaa. J. D. Kuoi
Bt'r Leader, Mullen. Chesapeake, J. D. Kuolf.
ARRIVED ThTs MORNING.
Bchr Blast, Parker, 4 days from Bridgeport, with.
Stone to captain. - wuu.
Bohr D. V. Btreaker, Vangllder, from Boston.
Bobr D. Pearson. Pearson, from Boston,
Bchr M. O. Moseiy, Urann, from Boston.
Bchr A. H. Edwards, Burners, from Boston.
Bchr O. O. Bmith, Barrett, from New York.
Bchr M. Patten, Harding, from Wilmington, Del.
Bieamer J. B. Bhrlver, Uennls, 13 hours lrum Mali!.
more, with mdse. to A. Groves, Jr.
b learner A. Brearley, Mullen. 18 hoars from Baltl.
more, wltb nidus, to J. I). RuofC
Bieamer W. WhllldiQ, Klggans. from Sassafras, with
Peaches to J. t. Kuou. '
W1 AT QUARANTINE.
.,...e?m.ahlp.:?e"drlcl' Hudson. Howes. from Havana
Urday. tC" rrlveu .uarealine yee-
frrtvspon&mr of the Philadelphia XxehatuM.
,a SSritSSSS Jfeft'p ZTrTZ
andrL?h?t WM.yfHmlamfa'i' " Bristol, a.
w&i&tolli&SSSU?" Yr,t f0r Washing'toa'. .
NhwT wrt u2 l,uubu'-8 l't this evening for
New York, wllh peaches. JOSEPH LAFETltA,
Pr, T MEMORANDA
Dli "isfu? ne Bouul1"- for Bremen, passed ,
22d uft.1r'UC" Albei' Bl,emu. hence, at Kingston, Ja., .
PrBovrueCu0ci)1flh1lntn,,1,C fcr ladelphla..alled from
LrJ E0'0"!,10;,110". hence, at Boston yesterday.
ie.K,,ly- hence, at Gloucester nth lost.
rirt VXA: lke'burg, Terrelh Westmoreland. Klce; .
Sence flin'lnsi ' ftlUadelphla, sailed from Provl-
H,thl!nst08eph Hy' Halhwayt hence, at Wareham
Bchr K.' W. Hamilton. Smith, for Phlladelphla.salled (
from Portsmouth loib Inst.
Bchr Goddess, Know, hence for Pawtucket, at Provl-.
deuce Hi b Inst.
lucbrHattle Bampson, Blake, hence, at Portland ISth.
Bchr M. W. Hunper, Hupper, hence for ProvldeBoe,,
At Newport Uih lust.
BchrsG. Pales. Nlckerson. and M. G. Farr, Maloy,.
hence, at Providence Htb lost.
Bchr Bllver Lake, Maiibew. hence, at Portsmouth!
lllh lust.
Bolus Addle Drown, and Clara Rankin, hence, a
Eeunebniiliport lath inst. . .,
Hours Flight, Crowell. and 8, L, Stevens, 6tuOlr
bence, at Gloucester lath Inst. , ,
Bchi Brandywlne, Ireland, hence, at Bristol UlA
"boIi" Open Bea. Coombs, for Philadelphia, cleared at
"Ers" Pafaguu': Bhnte; L B. Wing, Endloott; and V7.
Paxou, hence, at Boston tb Inst.
DOMESTIC PORTS.
WW Yob. August le.-Arrlved, steamship Deo.
mark. Thompson, from Liverpool.
Hieauiaulp Uaiuraoula, y.ulen, from Hamburg,
Huro.ua lulverlaud, Plume from Bruitul, E
liawue Hulid, AlUn, hvui lo Janeiro,