GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXII.*—NO. 89. THE EVENING BULLETIN. FUBLIBIIKD F.VKUT EVRNXKO (Sunday! excepted). AT THE NEW BOUiEfIN BIJILBINO, 607 Obeinml Street, Pbiladcl(|tl% ». BTTJTB i» evening BULLETIN THOafJ. l.u.ruuM« FRANCIS WELLB. The Bpxxetu U eerved to tubßcriban in the city At 18 cents per week, payable to the carriers or 88 per annum. Amebic a N Ijfe Insurance Company, Of Plilladelpliia, &. E* Comer Fourth and Walnut StS. Gg~This Institution has no superior in the United I States. ' INSURE AGAINST ACCIDENT. jmtixk .. TBAVELEBS’ IN BUB ARC E C 0„ OF HABTFOBD, COW. Assets dVer • ' ■ $1,000,000 Person, lcavlnp the city especially will feel better satis fied by bclnjt insured. WULIAD W. ALLEN, Agent and Attorney, ‘FORREST BUILDING, 117 Honth Fonrtb Street, rnllodelphla. 23 tb e tn2m ft INVITATIONS FOB WEODINGB, PASTIES 6C. A executed in a gpperior maimer, by J¥l , ,_ rwri nKKKA, 1033 CHESTNUT STREET. fe3o-tfi MAIiRIEII. GODFREY—BENNETT.—On Wednesday, 22d iu-t, at > onb Broad Street ITcabyterian Church, by Kev. Peter jstryker, D. D., Cbarltß 11. .Godfrey to MUe ErninA L B WOLF—VANDYKE -On the loth inat, by the Bey 8. H. Ute»y, Francia M. Wolf and Emma U. Vandyke, all of this city. DIED. IIENBZF.Y.—On tbo evening of 21at ln*t.. Mary, eldest daiiKhur of Catharine and the lata Thomas Henaxey. The relatives at d friends of the family aro respectfully ‘invited to attend the funeral, from tbe residence of her mother. No. 269 South Fourth etreet, on Saturday after noon, 25th imtant, at 3 o’clock. Interment at Laurel ■ HKNBZEY.—.—On the3Jth Inst,, after a ehort illness, John ML Uenizey, In the 22d year of hu axe. ' , • lit* relative* and friends are respectfully invited to attend hi* funeral* froth the residence oi his father. No. 4211 Birney Place, West Philadelphia, on Friday after noon, 24th inrtant, at 2 o’clock, interment at Laurel lit YL.—This morning, Jane,'infant daughter of John B. aud Jane C. Heyl. # * - * «_ «. * *■ HLSTON.-On the morning, of, Jalr Slet, lftSS, Alfred, eon of Samuel end BalUc 3. Hasten, in the sixth his age -» • HcIL'HINSON.-On the 21st. sudd»nly, John Hutch inson, Enjinect, CundeU nnd Atlsutlc lUllroad, »sed 87 ’Vuneral at Abiecom. N. J-. Friday morning. Fricndu are , ctpcclfully ■ Invited. (New York papers please ■cony 1 If Pe ARSON.—On the SUt Inst., Davis Peanon, aged 67 ‘ y The relatives and friend* are respectfully invited te .attend the funeral, from his lat© residence, York road, "above lUelnc Sun Village, on Friday morning. 24th lost. at 10 o’clock Carriage* will bo in readiness at 9 o’clock, a» the office of William U. Moore, Undertaker. No. 605 Arch etrech to convey the/rienda.to the houswu * oUARPLESS.-Ontbeaift imt-* William IL, eon of D. Ortley and Esther H. bharpleas, in tbe 24tb year of hie ape. The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend hi* funeral, from the residence of hia parent*. No. 40l Eighth street, on Sixth-day morning next, the 34th inst-. at 9 o’clock- ' ' ‘ _ * WiIARTON.-At Pcnllyn, Montgomery county. Pa.. on the 21 t instant, Mary Moore, daughter of the rate Moore fWharton. Br, ; ' ' • * . The relatives and friends of tbe family ar£ Invited to attend her funeral, from the residence of her brother. f>. C. Wh irton. No. 1403 Locust street on Friday momiug, 34th Inst, atlO o’clock. ' * TFiiACK LLAMA LACE POINTS, 87 TO 8100. dS WHITE LLAMA SHAWLS, .WHILESHETLAND DO. WHITE BAKEOE DO. WHITE CRAPE MAHETZ. EYRE A LaNDELL. Fourth ana Arch rta. SPECIAL NOTICES. ggf PABDEE SCIENTIFIC COUBSE LAFAYETTE COLLEGE * The ncXt'tarm cOSJmencea on THU&BDAY, September o. Candidates for adwlealon may he examined the day before * September 9). or on TUESDAY# July 2S» the day before the Annual Commencement. For circulars, apply to President CATTELL, or to Professor R. B. YOUNGMAN. Clerk of the Faculty. Jyl4tf Easton, Pa., July, 1868. office PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COM PnttADEUHiA, May 13thrl883. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.—In pursuance of res<£ tatlona adopted hy tbo Board of Directors at a Stated Meeting held tbb day, notice la hereby given to the Stock, faoldenj oftliis Company that they will have the privilege of subscribing. either directly or by substitution, under auch rules aa may be prescribed therefor, for Twonty-flve Per Cent, of additional Stock at Parjn proportion to their respective Interests aa they stand registered on the book! of Uit Company, May Doth. 1868. ~ , Holders or less than four Shares will be entitled to sub scribe for a' full share, and those holding more Shares Bhan a multiple of four Shares will be entitled to an addi. to the new Stock will berei sivedon and after May Both, 1868, and the privilege subscribing 'Will cease on the 80th day of July, 1868. ‘ The instalments on account of the new Shares shall fie paid in cash, aa follows: . . Ist. Twentydive Per Cent at the time of subscription. On or before flieBoyi day of July, 18®. . ad. Twenty-five Per Cent on or before the 15th day .of Per Cent on or before the 15th day of 3 Twenty-five Per Cent on or before the Uth day of tofthe Meondoj op shall be entitled to a pro rata dividend that may bo de clared on full share*. THOMAS T. FIRTH. myl4-t]yBosrp - Treasurer. I—- OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA AND TRENTON RAILROAD COMPANY, NO. 22J S. DELAWARE AVENUE. PiTTT.ATVFT.prnA, July 23,1868. 1 DIVIDEND NOTICE. The Directors have thlß day declared a Semi*Annual "Dividend of FIVE PER CENT, upon the Capital Stock. • clear of taxes, out of the_profita of the last aix months, payable on ana after AUGUST l, proximo, to which time ihe Transfer Books will remain closed. . jy23 9t5 J. PARKER NORRIB, Treasurer. PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD COMPANY, OFFICE NO. 227 SOUTH FOURTH 43TREET. PnmLDEtyniA, May 27,1868. NOTICE to the holders of bonds of the Philadelphia dind Reading Railroad Company, due April 1,1870 The Company offer to exchange any of these bonds of 421,000 eich at any time before thelst day of October next, rat par, f*r a new mortgage bond of equal amount, bearing ■*7 per cent, interest, clear of UnitedBtates and State taxes, Shaving 25yeara to run. - • The bouts not surrendered on or before the Ist bf Octo* -<Q>er next v will be paid at maturity. in accordance with ftheir tenor, my29*t octl 8. BRADFORD, Treasurer. mOBP- BAIL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA* ■JW TION, 1210 Chestnut streot. BIBLE STUDY, TKB EVENING, AT 8 O’CLOCK Subject—" Tue First Missionary Journey of the Apostle 9*aul ’* To be conduced by R. H. HINCKLEY, JR„ ESQ, All are invited. ' • • lts DTVTDEJfD—OCEAN OIL COMPANY—A Df videndof live Cento per share has been declared, payable on and alter August Ist, clear of taxes,' Books .«taeS7th,.tBJf..Jt. S «po»AW»tM :TID boyd jr _ . Treasurer. 37233527 29 81$ July 33. 1868. ftOWAKD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 AND 1530 W'*' Lombard rtred, Diapnmary Departments—Medical itraatmen land imedldnea furniihed gratuitously to the tsoor. ' W]> NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, PAMPHLBTSOWABTB paper, Ac., bongo by • P'SffJ'liSi* aosajjxp, . • No. 618 Jayne Etroot, —The New York tost, speaking of the stylo of 331air’s last letter, lays: “Whatever Mr. Blair mixes, he ought not ,o mix his figures in this preposterous way.” Pail €fcjcmufl IkMiit metico )be Hazatlou Difficulty—Particulars of tbo Blockade—Correspondence Be tween Commander Bridge of tbe Ciiuntlclecr and. Uen. Corona—Orders of Juarez, . . ... .. II tdonwondenco of the New York Tlmoa.T Havana, Salnrdoy, July 18tb, 1868.—Greaf anxiety has reigned throughout the, Republic siuco the first rumors of the difficulty between the authorities of tbe post of Mazatiau aud tbo com mander of an English war steamer. The official documents which the Government has published, although they show that the threat of bombard ment will not .be verified, far from calming tbo public mind have caused trne indignation at seeing' to what point the insolent pre tensions of the British Navy will reach. of the ' difficulty was—the en deavoring to'stnnggle some $368 .on board the British war steamer Chanticleer,bv one of its biffl cers. The Commander,Mr; Wa. W..Bridge,clainiB that the fiscal laws of Mexico have no power over those who wear the English uniform, and that even though they take'on board isecretly such objects os should only, go. through by tbe permission of proper authorities, they should not be confiscated. Be claims that on the 16th Mr. Wallace, Pareer of, the Chanticleer, was in pultcd by one of the Custom House officers o' Mazatlan, who confiscated $368 which he bid In his purse, the insult consisting in said Parser being ‘ searched, and. that be himself was also in suited on the wharf- \m some one, who- spoke English, telling him he hod no business to inter fere with the. Custom Houso-orvits'employes, and concludes by commanding tho money-re tained to be returned. This gave' rise to the fol lowing correspondence between Gen. Corona, of tbe Fourth Military Division, and' Commander Bridge: H. B. M. Wab.Bteamkr Chakticlkeb, Ma zatlan, Jane 17,1868. — Sir: As the ranking offl eer of Her Britannic Majesty on the western coast of Mexico, I have to bring to your notice tne fol lowing insult against an official of Her Britannic Majesty’s steamer Chanticleer, by the authorities of tho Custom House of this city, and also the de ten don of $368 pertaining to Her Majesty the Queen of England, a permission having been con ceded beforehand by the Custom House officers to pasß this amount. The 16th of this month Mr. Wallace, Purser of Her Britannic Majesty's s'l jnier Chanticleer, received from Mr. Fabrken. $636 lor account of Her Britanuic Majesty’s ser vice, and procured official permission to land it. A part was spent on land in pay for provisions which I had ordered. On reach ing tbo wharf with me he was seat to the Custom House and commanded to exhibit what money be had with him, and be showed tho remainder of the $636 which he had received from Mr. Fuhrken. Upon being asked if he had more, he answered no; but afterward replied he bad a little of his own, which he showed, and' it was returned. After having shown all the money, and asserted that he had no more; be was searched, and notwithstanding the permit which he carried the mps-v was retained by the Custom House officials. I submit, this question ,io your notice, and, beg that yon will order ..the return of the money. I have the honor to be, Sir, yonr tno9t obedi ent servant, , Wit. H. BwikiE. To this communication Gen. Corona replied os follows: Mazatlah, June 18th, 1868.—Air—I have re ceived yohr note of yesterday in which yon place before my notice the occurrence of day before yesterday. In reply, I have the honor to say to you that this is a matter not pertaining to my office, but according to-the laws of the Mexican Republic, it falls within the jurisdiction of the civil authorities, to whom it willho requisite for you to appeal for information, which they will duly and readily impart conformable to the laws. Sincerely yours, Ramon Corona, General Corona received, on the same day, from ;he British commander, the following: Maz.ati.an, Jnne 18, 1868 Sir — £ have rc c lved your note of . this date in whieb you state if is not within the province of yeter command to order the restitution of the money forcibly taken from one of my officers. Yon should know that It is not the costom incases of insult and robbery, committed by officials of any Government upon ibe officers or property ol the Government of another nation, to arrange such matters by a local court, and it is my opinion that the urgency of the case of which I nave given you notice has hardly met with the consideration on your Dart ihatit merited, andlfeel it my duty toannonuce to yon if tho money is not. returned to this vessel to-morrow, Jnne 18,1 shall take measures to re venge the insult ohbwn me. Your most obedient servant, ” Wm. H. Bridge. To the above Gen. Corona answered that he had considered the matter well, and fonnd no reason to change his previous opinion on the rubject To which Commander Bridge replied: Sin: I have tbe honor to acknowledge the receipt of yonr note of yesterday, manifesting that yon saw no reason for a change in your de cision in regard to the returning of the money referred to. Tho question of the insnlt to one of my officials as well as myself, you entirely ignore. I wish to give you to understand a still greater insult was perpetrated against me yesterday even ing,and beg yon will give me an explanation of it. Yesterday, upon arriving at the wharf, to return to my vessel, I was detained by a guard of three men, and ordered to the Custom House, where, upon entering an unoccupied room, X was pushed about in a moat gross and in sulting manner, dnd both myself and an official accompanying me outrageously searched. This insult was perpetrated without even tho pre sence of an official or a word toexploin it. With out comments upon this, I ask complete and Im mediate satisfaction; first, for the gross insult shown me and through me the Government of Great Britain; second, that the official who or dered the insnlt be sent on board this vessel and punished at once to my satisfaction; third, the payment of the money takbn from my officer on the 16th, and satisfaction, for the insnlt shown him. It these reqneßts’RTe not attended to within twenty-four hours, I will take necessaiy measures to repulse the insult referred to, ana cause the uniform of Her British Majesty to be respected. Your most obedient servant, Mazatlan, June 19,1868. — Sir: I understand that the lack of knowledge on your part of the of the employes of the Bepublic in the dis tinct branches in ' which the administration is di vided is the cause of your error in referring to me, believing that I am the superior of said em ployes. To do away with 1 this error, and that fou.uso your rights in, accordance with the laws, manifest to you that i am Chief of the Fourth Division of the .Mexican Army, which happens to be at present in the State of Sinaloa, frfl filling"& special-commission to -the President of the Bepublic, and that none of the offi cials of my division had anything to do *With : that ofc wbicffyotf complain, - either directly or indirectly. Had such been the case, I should ■ have eonaidere(3;jtmy duty to have interfered, but as the matter stands, it does not pertain to me. Out of politeness, and that you may know the course'to pursue, 1 will sav that'you should direct your complaints to . tho Administrator, Frahcißco Sepulveda, and if hedoesnot'ehowyou justice, to the tribunals or National Government. > From,the.above explanations, X hope you vyiU be persuaded that I am'not the proper authority to whom you should refer, and that my character of, General-fn-Chlef does not authorize me to' identify myself with questions foreign to my military duties. ' Yours, &c., ,„ . Bamon Corona. But this reply did not ‘satisfy flnmmander Bridge, who replied that as It was impossible to obtain satisfaction from the highest Mexican au thorities for the insults offered him by -the- gov ernment of Mazatlan, ,ho must adopt other means, adding : :From;nobn ‘of ' to-day,■ June 20, 1808,,1'wjll' blockade the port of:-Mazatlan, and -capture, any -Mexican.vessels attempting to leave or enter the port; and if any resistance is made, and my re monstrances' contained in my communication, No. D, are not attended to within 48"hours,‘I will adopt still stronger means to chastise the inso- Icnce committed, as I may see fit If tho method which I Intend to adopt docs not affect yon, as your last communication gives mo to understand, perhaps you will dp me the honor to communi cate my intentions to those interested. -- Yonr obedient servant,. W. H. B. Finally, tho concluding reply of Gen. Corom to Commander Bridge contains the. following passage: , '‘.Consequent with the principle which I have taken as a rule In this affair, I decline serving yon as messenger to communicate to parties in terested, referred to in yonr lost communication, your intentions.” On the 20th the employes of tho Custom Honso fonnd hear tbe principal door a board upon which was written): ; J unk 20,1868— T0 the Inhabitants of Mazatlan: In consequence of gross insults having been com mitted against the commander and other officers of Her Britannic Majesty’s .war steamer Chanti cleer, by the authorities of Mazatlan, aha having, been denied satisfactioh for thfesc insblts, be it known, that from noon to-day, Jane 20,1868, the port .of Mazatlan will be blockaded, and anv Mtxican vcssel attempting to leave the bay will be immediately captured. The English flog, dis played from the mainmast of Her Britannic Maj esty’s war steamer Chanticleer, and the firing of a gun, will announce to the inhabitants to pnt the mselves in safety. ” Her Britannic Majesty’s war steamer, highest Olßcial ofJETer Britannic Majesty on the western coast ofMexico. ' Matters being in this state at 5.30 o’clock of the same evening, the Chanticleer sent out fonr armed boats. Which went in a line toward the wharf Until in front of the Custom House, when they stopped a short distdned from it - Gen. Co rona, in anticipation’of this, hod placed outside Lbe Custom House three pieces of artillery,under command of LieuL-Col. Adolph Riestra, sup ported by 200 men. - The chief made a brief and eloquent address to his soldiers, and while they were making all preparations for the indicated hostilities, the Engush boats suddenly turned about and returned to the Chanticleer. On the 8 2d Gen. Corona received the following from the United States Consul: Consulate op the United States. Mazatlan, June 22d, 1868 .—Gen. D, Ramon Corona — Slr: Together with the English and Prussian Consuls I directed a note to Captain Bridge, of Her Bri lannic Majesty’s war steamer Chanticleer, telling bim that this was an undefended city, and that a bombardment would cause great loss of life and property, and we hoped that ne wonld ask repa ration in a more gentle manner. In answer, the Captain said be wonld abstain from bombarding Lhe public edifices only on condition of receiving do fresh insults, but that he wonld continue the' blockade until reparation was given him, or he received orders from the AdmiraL' I have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, Isaac Liphson. United States Consul. Although Captain Bridge qualifies the first pro ceeding with himßell and officer as an insnlt, he aoes not deem it snfficiently clcaranddemon- be an actual Offence, for in his first tioteabe merely demands the restoration of the money, without expressing a wish for any other satisfaction. By no means would it be just for the authorities of the Repnbfic to concede to the command of Captain Bridge that the employes who offended himcjn the 18th of Jnne shonld be delivered to him on I 'fidaid hik-vessel; and chas tised to his satisfaction. Neither can it appear jnst or conformable to the laws of nations that ihe Commander of tho Chanticleer should Upon his own authority, blockade the port of Mazatlan, and much less- 'bombard an undefended city. Although through foreign intervention in Mexico, the relations between the Republic and England are suspended, it docs not follow there must be hostilities between the two countries. On tho contrary, it has been anemia the constant policy of the Government to give no motive for com plaint either to the Governments or subjects nf those countries, bnt always to treat strangers from whatever country, not only with justice but whether they reside in ib e.Republic v or wish to come. Observing the same principles In respect to the events at Mazat lan, the Government cannot consent to any ir regular proceeding, for although willing to make all Decessary sacrifices, the dignity and rights of ibe Republic-must be maintained; nevertheless, the tacts will be duly examined in order that ilthere bave been any faullß committed, justice may be shown to all parties. To this end the President issued the following order through the Cabinet minister : First, that the money forcibly taken from the Purser of the British steamer be held in deposit while the Government receives necessary informa tion from the Custom House, in order to decide if the Government itself can return the money, or if it wifi be indispensable ta submit it to judi cial decision. Second, that the employes of the Custom House who interfered in - the affairs of Jane 16 and 18 be placed at the disposal of the District Judge of Mazatlan, as well, os the em ployejwho gave orders for the execution of those acts, public notice being given every , eight days if the state of the case. Third, employes wifi be -eparated from the service till the matter is finally decided. A letter from Heidelberg to the Evening Post tays: Xt was no sooner known that the American Minister had arrived at the Prlnz Carl Hotel than the learned faculty of the Wniversity (who are nearly all decided politicians) and the other lead ing citizens hastened to salute him and urge his accepting some public ovation. The next day he mubt be at tne ceremonies at Worms, whither the King of Prussia and the statesmen and diplomats generally had already gene; but the enthusiastic Heidelbergers argued that he conld return at night for a public supper, and depart again early the next morning for Worms, where the celebration Was to continue threugh three days. He did so, and the supper was eaten with no little eclat at “the Museum,” a large edifice on the University square. The University Faculty here is a host of itself, aDd I doubt whether one of them was absent— the elite of the foreign and the permanent society of the town were there, and the hours, uatu after midnight, sped away with real German en thusiasm. Privy Councillor Bluntschli (many of these Professors are connected with- the govern ment, nominally at least,) who is- Professor of Politics in the University, presided- He eulogized in emphatic words Bancroft’s recent treaties, and spoke of the kindredship and ever-growing sym pathy between the United States and Germany; not failing to draw out the parallelism of their respective histories, so far os the doctrine of “Unity” arid nationality is concerned; and toasted Bancroft and the “brotherhood” of the American and German peoples. When Bancroft rose to reply, the Americans present were prond to find that he coukTclo so in fluent German—a. rare accomplishment ofonr, foreign ministers. A learned professor of “com parative grammar’! in the,:Universlty remarked to me that the speech was perfect German with the exception or - the gender of a single small - word—a small lapsus which none but a “compa rative grammarian” probably would have ob served. The statesmen at Berlin; gs.well as tho King himself,haye-expressed their satisfaction in haying there/ '' at . last, .' an Ameri ; representative I who /can discuss the affairs and politics of his country with them in their own language.' He' spoke of the great epochs of modem German history, and their in fluence on America;. the.Keformation now being celebrated at Worms; the times of Frederlck the Great, &c., and the obligations of /Amoricii and. all tho world to the German Vaferland; ■:Speeches followed from Dr. Otto, Professor'Cleavoland, of 'Philadelphia (in English);' Professors Freitachke -ana teller—the latter tho.pro-rector of the Uni versity—and the heartiest good?fellowehtp pre vailed between the German and. American parti cipants, tiff the ‘ , Bmall J honrB”,warned them away. W. H. Bridge. --More mammoth teeth and tusks have been dug up at Big Bone Springs, Kyi •' •: • OUR WHOIiE COUNTRY. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY *33, 1868. Bancroft at Heidelberg. POLITICAL [For the Philadelphia ErSning Bulletin.] THE DFinoCBAiiG CONVEN CION. A CAMPAIGN SOra. For a brief space of time I ask your attention, To heat a fine story abont a Convention, Where rebels and copperheads, Democrats all. Had a "high old time” jointly at-Tammany Hall. Whilst the Pendleton men held the wolf by the ears, The Women's Convention was greeted with jeergj And impenitent rebels a platform dictated, Which their treason and malice abundantly sated. There was Chose, who was ready to pay any 'price To cany the vote, and he formed this device— Tears the wool off he’d’worn all his lifetime, and tries, To pull t!de same over tho Democrats’ eyes! I’m sorry to say this trick was derided; Onr man must be dyed In the wool, they decided. Mere varnish of treason won’t answer, they cried- So Johnson, and Hancock, and Hendricks, they ' tried. ’ -■ ' And Packer, and Parker, and Church, too, and Blair, Till this high old Convention began to despair; And lobbyist, copperhead, rebel and schemer Gave the cause up for loßt, and voted for Soy monr! Governor Seymour at Home. A correspondent of the Hartford Evening Poet, writing from L - tica, New York, the home of Ho lutip Btymonr, giveshls impressions ofthat gen tleman in'a long ietter, from which we extract the following : They call Seymour up here indifferently “OraUon Seymour,” “Rash Seymour,” ‘‘Rachel Scymonr,” and ‘‘Old Jelly Fish.” The Seymour city residence is a lead-colored brick honse; with wide, double-chimneyed gables. Here, when he wishes to .catch a new fish, or spring a coilp d’etat upon anybody, Scymonr acts tbe part of the In triguing host by giving a dinner. Attacking the man’s belly, he fotks him in the conscience after a while, and the assassination is complete. When a blacker conspiracy is to be broached, the conspirators hie to Deerfield, or hide them selves in Bagg’s Hotel. The liquor interest, the railroad ring, the canal people, are all represent ed. They make the slate and tap the rosy, and tbe Democratic masses of the State never say ‘ Nay.” A clammy dictator of the wills and bal lots of the Democratic party, he has never raised his eyes from the contemplation of his owd for tunes. Love, children, society, woman, have no joys to him. His education began and ceased when they pnt a "slate” into his hand. His de portment, street manners, courtesy, or what ever it may be called, iB no implanted amiabil ity, bnt only a part of ins - political re straint, conned like a lesson to take him to the head of tbe .class. Bis nature is too feeble to make him eminenteven in|insincerity.Strong men go on and carry the flag qt conservatism, and make enemies by their earnestness, but Mr. Seymour only waits. In all this time of action he is at Deerfield writing a speech, full of sweetened lnkewarmness,and when his bold associates have stumbled, disagreed, or served his destiny, be hold ! from hisjambash our placid, philosophic statesman comes to gather the sheaves of other men. His convictions arc nil ; his power of de cision is nihil. His speeches are notablefor their lago-like tact to awaken discontent and promote public infidelity, while they suggest no relief, for the plain reason that Mr. Seymour has no opinion whatever. He is a timid lawyer, who gave np the profession because ho had neither nimble nor profound qualities to give him abiding place among his competitors, nor moral eourage to give nerve for the fair conflicts of wit and educa tion. He quitted the bar as a sick man quits a jarring chamber, not from any delicacy of or ganization, Dut from sheer want of plnck and conscious inaptitude. He is intensely selfish, very stealthy, earnest for power, reckless of fame. He worked like a beaverfor his nomination, as every body in Utica knows, and he declined it before It was offered to him. As a President, he will narrow and belittle the destiny of the CT-ontry, truckle to the chanticleer vanity of the rebel cnivalry, make our Northern character con temptible again, monumentalize the rebellion, ahd carry ns into the lost ditch of dishonor. He will be bully-ragged by his advisers, give Bill Tweed and Pete Sweeney ail the Indian con tracts, and make the mighty recollection of the conquering armies mightier by the impotence and drivel of his succession. A Rebel Slander Refuted* The Savannah Republican has the following : The Macon Telegraph having published the story of the Sweat Box torture as applied to the priso ners in Fort Pulaski, to extort evidence against the Colnmbns prisoners, and having stated upon the authority of a citizen of Macon that Genera) Meade had admitted the trnth of the report cur rent in the papers, the editor was called upon on Friday morning by an officer nndor orders from General Meade, who demanded the editor’s au thority for the statement contained in his article. The order of General Meade directed the officer lo arrest the author of the report In regard to bimsell in case he Bbould persist in his statement. The editor gave as his authority Mr. William B. Johnston, a well-known citizen of Macon, who publishes the following card: “Macon, July 17,1868. —Editors Macon Tele graph: I have been called upon this morning by Lieut. James EUis, as authority for the statements of an editorial article in your paper upon the subject of torture inflicted upon witnesses in the ABbbnra trial, held in confinement at Fort Pu laski. Your article is based substantially upon the statements I made in general conversaton In your hearing. I heard Gen. Meade make, as I thought, bona fide statements in substance as you represented. They were made in a private bouse is Atlanta, in the presence of a li>dy and her little daughter, to the latter of whom the conversation was chiefly addressed. General Meade denies making such statements as actual facts, and as I have no intention to coll his ve racity In question, I am forced to conclude that what 1 took for serious statements of facts was mere badinage, playfully addressed'to the little child with whom he was sporting at the time, and that I was thus misled m tho premises. “In your article you said the torture had been applied to Marshall, Betts, and a negro. No names were mentioned by Gen. Meade, nor did I so Ptate. “The conversation in your hearing was not in tended for the public prints; and I hod no idea it would be published. “Very respectfully, “Wsi. B. Johnston.” Black Democrats In tbe South. The lollowing paragraph, from a Louisiana rebel paper, the Alexandria Democrat, illustrates the precise ampunt of hatred that the Domacraey have for negroes when they vote the Copperhead ticket: “Xt is no use any- longer disguising the fact, patent .to all; that the. colored Democracy of Bapldcs is now , a fixed Institution, alivo, wide awake, in reaX.fiead earnest, and with a local babltation-and“nattre~ Not CObtent witff'the Lamothe Barbecue, they'got up a Ball, a rousing Ball, on last Saturday night. Th'oy were grati fied and honored by the proprietor of the Ice House placing - at itheir disposal the fine and large Ball Boom in' hie Hotel. We must candidly admit that thls.qlement of the Democratic party of Bapides is far ahoad of anynew organization we ever witnessed befQre in our parish. Their Ball was really a well gotten up and handsome Affair.” XU© Dirtiest Tbmff [From tho BL Louis Democrat.! ■ When General Grant left Washington to-comc West he was followed by a sneaking spy in the employ of the New York World , who wrotedirty letters of personal abuse to that paper about the General’s trip. Tbo only fact which thfe hired Mieak really discovered daring his joaraey, 4 was that three glasses of beer were actually, taken into the car which General Grant and the party accompanying occupied, but . whether tho said beer was consumed by tho General or by others °f the party, the smeller could not positively state. The same contemptible spy, after trailing around after the. General, when ho wont to viAit relations in Ohio, and Ending nothing bad t©»re port, wae finally observed and accosted by a friend of the General, and the fellow admitted that he was sent by the World to find out what he could to the discredit of the General, but that he had orders to report nothing in his favor. During the war, this same World made a great fustf because the Government employed detec tives to track men who were engaged in plotting treason, and called ft mean and dirty, and con temptible business.- And yet this same paper sends a hired spy after a man, not engaged in plotting treason, not dangerous to the very life of tbe nation, but honored by the whole world as Its foremost defender and champion—-a hired to drag tbe gutters for miserable slanders against the fair name of the faithful soldier, and under orders to import nothing in his favor! The particular individual selected tor this dirty job is named Schuyler, and ho is now in or about this city. He ( was at the Planters’ House re cently, and it is said that he is still spying about in the neighborhood. Of courso nobody will do him any harm, for we are a law-abiding people here, but it wonld be amazing If any gentleman should condescend to associate with'him. General Grant crs*a Strategist* From Mr. Charles A. Dana’s new "Life of Gen eral Grant” we extract the following. Mr. Dana’s position as Assistant Secretary of war gave him facilities for observation that another person conld not have enjoyed : “The attention of the reader has already been called to his rccommendatien"bf a united com mand in the Mississippi Valley, snd to the tardy action of the government in carmng this recom mendation into effect. It is hardly necessary now to say that this combination was the foundation of all our substantial victories, not only in the West, but throughout the entire theatre of war. Fort Donelson was won by celerity, audacity and heroic resolution; Bhlloh by stubborn and uncon querable heroism; Vicksburg Dy the most bril liant and original strategy, by rapid marching, judicious combination ana self-reliance, which remind one the invasion of Russia by Charles XII, or of the vigor displayed In Bonaparte's campaign of 1796; but it ’ must not be forgotten that Charles lost his army at Fultowo, ana that Bonaparte did not, cut. loose from his base and plunge headlong Into the interior of the hostile country; but by a judicious and well-formed plan ol operations, he broke through the enemy’s fines at such a point as to retain Ms communications with Franco constantly uninterrupted, while by rapid combinations and severe battles' he drove these lines belore him. But Grant, in the Vicks burg campaign, boldly threw himself Into the midst of hostile forces, leaving an army entirely behind him, until he had seized the mostimpor tant point in the theatre of operations, and-then turned upon and defeated that army, arid drove it into the fortifications from Which it was destined never to emerge except at. the will of Jts conqueror. The closing victories l of the war were won by a rare combination of military agencies. The consolidation of four vast terri torial departments into one grand military divi sion, enabled Grant to concentrate at Chatta nooga a splendid army, heavily outnumbering the enemy; and it should bo romombored that Providence favors strong battalions. By a series of strategic and strong tactical combinations, these superior numbers were so directed upon the field of battle as to take the .enemy at disad vantage, striking him in flank, and actually get ting cToser to his base of supplies than his base was to his own headquarters. “The Atlanta campaign and the march to the sea; selection of Bherldan, and the formation of the middle military division; the consolidation of the Western cavalry; the establishment of the military division of the West Mississippi, under Conby, followed by the campaign of Mobile; Bherman’B grand holiday excursion and picnic party through the Carolines, again severing the southern territory, isolating and scattering its armies, breaking its communications, and eating out the vitals of the Confederacy; and lastly, but not least, the magnificent campaign of the Army of the Potomac, from the Rapidan to the James, and from Petersburg to Appomattox Court House, bear ample testimony not only to the grandeur of Grant’s conceptions, but to the heroic and unshakable resolution with which he carried them into effect. There was no defeat in all this, no hesitation, no doubting, but the clearest comprehension of the ends to be aimed at, the most careful preparation of materials, and the most perfect confidence in the men and moans by which they were to be attained. “No modern general except Bonaparte ever wielded Bnch vast and prolonged power; and not even that great conqueror displayed such re markable sagacity in his organizations and selec tions of subordinates. Massena and Sonlt wero driven Irom Spain; McDonald was overwhelmed at Katzbacb; Marmont was defeated at Mont martre, and Napoleon himself was driven from Rnsßia, beaten at Lelpsic, and, finally, after a se ries of unaccountable blunders, was hurled from blB throne, recovering it again only to repeat his blunders and meet an ignominions fate. “But Grant knew that no genius, howover re markable, conld sufficiently command the na tional armies in a war of Bnch magnitude without the assistance of lieutenants who could be trusted ‘to make their own orders’ for the emergencies that were sure to arise. He therefore gave more thought to the proper organization and direction of armies upon the vital points of the enemy’s territory ana lines, and to the selection of men competent to command them, than to issuing the detailed orderß oi the battle. Neither Sherman, nor Sheridan, nor Thomas, nor Conby ever failed him, and had circumstances enabled, him to de vote himself exclusively to the command of: the army oi the Potomac, he would doubtless have displayed, as much skill in the tactics oi. battle as he did in the strategy of campaigns. : “The quick judgment by which he discovered the enemy’s plan to evacuate Fort Donelson, and the sudden resolution which he based thereupon, to attack at once, are evidences of something more than aggressive temper or mere brnte cour age. The tactics of Lookout. Mountain, Chat tanooga Valley and Mission; Ridge have nevor been surpassed. The tactics; or. more properly, the grand tactics displayed during the overland campaign, are worthy of the highest commenda tion, and had the execution of details been as faultless as the conception of the movements, there would have been nothing to regret. But it was precisely in the details with which Grant studioQsly avoided interfering that tho greatest and in fact the only failures took place. Grant’s conduct at Belmont, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vickßbnrg and in the Wilderness was all that conld have been wished, and shows beyond chance of dispute that he possesses In the highest degree that ‘ two-o'clock-in-tho-moming courage’ which Napoleon declared to be the rarest thing among Generals, while his conception and execu tion of the Vicksburg campaign arp proof'that his judgment is in exact equilibrium with his courage. His unvaried course of success through lour years of warfare shows that ho is entitled to be ranked ln ! the category of Generals who never lost a campaign or a battle, and the easy simpli- : city with which he did the most extraordinary thiDgs, points strongly to the possession of re markable genius for war." . —The Memorial dee Pyrenees announces the death at Pan of Madame Jadot, whose nialiien namowaaJcanne Bemadotto. and who..wa;,j--tho niece of the late Charles John XIV., of Sweden and Norway. She had attained the ago Of 70. - . ■ ■ ~ F. I. EETHERSTOtf. Miste FRIGE THREE OfltfTS. FACTS AID FANCIES* —-One of Frank Blair's victories— When fie took Rye. —Blair calls Seymour “on angel.” Whoi dbek Beyfliour call Blair? .. Gustave Dore was so Jealous that Nlfeson jilted him. He still thinks her a-dore-ole. . —Bonthem papers call Beymour a “patriot; 1 * evidently having In mind tho Pat Riots in Nfe# York five yearn ago. . if U gre . at rivalry as to who is the' Wickedest Man in New York,”’spoken of in a - recent publication. —The I that Andrew Johnson has used sd much In his speeches was- an eye to the Demo cratic nomination. It has been knocked out. —A ton of colter paper, it is stated, Is made daily at one mill In Pittsfield, Man*. Certainly a-necks-traordinary amount. ' —Senator Doolittle has arranged four corps for the Democratic campaign. . The people wul re tinae them to one corpse in November. —ln a speech delivered In Indianapolis m Au gust, 1860, Frank Blair “stigmatized the Demo crats as hell-hounds.” —The annual story of men carried over Niagara Falls elicits the devout aspiration of an exchange that they may be hackmen; —•The Alaska Htrald is a paper off eight pages, printed in Russian and American type andktn- KUage, ill parallel columns. ' ~ —John B. Gough has received'moro than elgSt hundred applications for his services aa a lecturer the coming season. —lt is sold there Is a man in Connecticut 70 years old, who has lived all his life within fifteen miles of Hartford, yet has never seon>that city. There is a bare possibility that ho may be blind. —An organ grinder perpetrates the innocent fraud of holding a sheet of music before him. Unsophisticated young ladies are surprised at his proficiency In reading and playing from tho “notes-” .. —A plan Is proposed to bring London -and New York within seven days of each other, by means’ of fast steamers between Valencia and St; Johns, and connecting railroads. ’ ’ '.'—An exchange wonders why genuine princes ■and millionaires find so much trouble in getting wives; while bogns counts and barons have au the beauty Of the watering places at their feet. —lt is said that so much of Alexander 3inith’a first poetry was composed over his manual work, i. a., the designing of .patterns, that one of his employers assured the biographer that thfr “Life Drama” was written “at my expense, sir. every d—d line of it.” * —lt 1b said that there are more flies andmos qnitoeßin Maine this summor than for many years. A gentleman who has just returned from Moosehead Ltdie his party were obliged to give np their fishing excursion and leave for home on account of these pests. —ln 1867 the [Government Savings’ Banks in Great Britain and Ireland received £4,877,264 de posits, paid out £2,248,510, and were computed to hold as capital £9,749,929. In 1863' the re ceipts were £2,704,733, the drafts, £1,026,201, and the capital £2,37C,8‘28. ■ 1 ’ —The comparative merits of Grant and Shop man being under discussion on a Missouri'steam boat last tall, Gen. Frank Blair,, who was present, was asked his opinion. That gallant soldier promptly and characteristically replied: “By G—d, gentleman, Grant knows more than Sher man and all the rest of them banged into one —Tho series of public breakfasts announced by Queen Victoria to an untimely end. Nobody seems to understand exactly what tho trouble Is, but there are to be no'mbre. It is generally understood that something occurred during the late and only “breakfast” to Induce the Queen peremptorily to countermand her or ders. Some Bay that she caught sopae of her ladies in waiting flirting Improperly with the cavaliers in attendance amid the shrubbery of the palace gardens. —ln Indiana they have a way to stop a don key’s braying, which consists In tying a heavy stone to the animal’s tail. He can’t bray, they say, unless he cafi bring his tall to a horizontal position, and this beiDg Impracticable when the weight isjittaehed, the bray Is suppressed. It would be a good idea to obtain a bomder of a ton or so In weight and attach it to the “claw-ham mer” of the White House. If the experiment should prove successful, it might be repeated In other quarters, with both public and private ad vantage. —Notwithstanding the long and enormously ex pensive war in which Brazil has been engaged, the credit of its government has been sustained in the most honorable manner. Taxation has been increased, and money has flowed so freely into the treasury.that its present deficit is under $9,000,000. The dividends on Its loans are as punctually paid In London as when the empire was at peace, the sinking fund which is rapidly amortizing these loans has not been suspended, the guarantee on Its railways is regularly and faithfully met, it owes no money In Europe, its five per cent, external bonds are worth mnch more in the market than those of many European. States, and Its six per cent, internal bonds aro quoted at Rio at 87y£. —Dr. Richardson, of Springport, New Yosk, made an interestingexperiment at the MedioaL Convention recently held in Rocnester. In-in vestigating the causes and nature of eruptive diseases he made the following experiment: Ha took a piece of fresh beef, and put it nnder.pura water, where he let it remain seventy hours*. By this time the meat bad begun to decomposer and was far from being agreeable either to the taate or smell. Tho doctor then took a single drop., of the water, and examined it under the microscope. He discovered in it numerous minnto animals all in a lively state. He estimated that a cubic inch of the water contained ovea.iwonty thousand of these beings. The doctor* at thia stage, deliberately swallowed four ouncas of the water, and soon afterward opened a vein in his arm. In the blood that issued forth he discovered a number of living organisms precisely similar to thope in the water he drank, Thisstatement was made before the Convention, and If it failed to convinco the auditors of squeamislmess.on the doctor’s part, it must, at all events, Lave satisfied them of nls dovotion to science. —The following are said to be the exact con ditions of the marriage settiemeiut 5 agreed to be tween tho Marquis de Canx and Adelina Patti, or rather exacted by the Baron Rothschild, as. the guardian of the latter: . : . The sum of 500.000 francs,, constituting the whole of the Diva's fortune, is to bo placed in trust for the benefit of herself; and children. The principal is not to be touched, under any clrbam stancea whatever, Mile. Patti herself oa’jr enjoy ing the interest thereof. • aa One-third of her future earnings is- to be set aside- in the same man ner, the remaining two thirds to be used as her Jhusband and hefsbff may decide. j.- The father and mother of the biYde are tohave each a pension of (1,00 0 francs, whichla to be allo cated out-of her income. Tins proposition is honorable to Mile. Patti, whose of i daughterly affection > have * always shown them selves superior to every othwr consideration. The Marquis d.e Cans ashed to have the sum of 450,000 franco set aside for the payment of the mortgage on ‘tds estates, hut on thfcpoint the Baron do Rcithsehild and Maurice Strakosch were inexorable,, ao that the property will have to be put up for sale unleas the creditors of the Mar qulecetj Bent to wait for the chance of repayment rfiorn Adelina’s tutnre eannngs, a contingeneyiiot very probable from the known spendthrift habits of ner future husband. . It is calculated that at present Mile. Patti earns about 400,000 francs ayear, which, with prudence, would soonehable the Marquis to pay off his debts. Accustomed, however, to live at a rate far above his income, it is not likely that he will bo induced .to pat each a restraint on his tastes as will 'cnahlo him to accomplish so desirable % result, •- •" ■
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