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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 -» •
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40l Eighth street, on Sixth-day morning next, the
34th inst-. at 9 o’clock- ' ' ‘ _ *
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fWharton. Br, ; ' ' • * .
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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, •- •" ■