GMSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIL-NO. 172.
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all of Ma city, •
BTOVELL-I.E—Ott the 27th hitt., at the Church
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Frederick titoveleto Louisa. daughter of Chm. B. Lewis. •
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bet h Heyde, wife of the late Frederic Iluquenele, M. D..
in the 7etli year of her age
Tho relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral. from her late residence, 704
South Seventeenth street, on Thursday, .4th that., at two
o'clock
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J. Wolbert.
The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to at.
tend the funeral, tram his late residence. fill Marshall
street, on Saturday afternoon. Mist, at 2 o'clock. Inter
ment at the burying ground attached to St- John's Epis
copal Church. Funoral service at the Church. •••
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RICHARD C. RIIIOWAY. JOS, F. TOBIAS.
THE "OLD OAKtP' I.IEId.ETERY
Is ',Rusted on tire Township Line Road. at the intersec
tion or Nicetowu lane. and embraces tirsemrsizse acme of
romantically beau: Rut land. It le the estate known for
many rearm as "Old Oaks," late the country neat of John
Tucker, Eaq.
The name to taken from the greet number and unusual
thrift and beauty of the majestic "Old Oak' trees now
growing on the property. and which lend to it a charur
and appearance of permanency peculiarly in harmony
- with the purpoeea to which the ground is dedicated.
No better octet-Ron of a location for a cemetery could
have been made. All the advantages pore - creed by each
of the other cemeteries are combined lu this. It te cen
tral in lite/dim/And really accessible by good made from
ell - directlons ; It is perfectly convenient to and is but a
short distance from Germantown. Manayunk, Nicetown.
Frankton" and Brideebare. and can be reached from all
parte of Me city of Philadelphia by Intone of Blond
etrect, which Is now the mart attractive and command
ing in appearance of any avenue, not only in this city
but in the whole country, and which rs tree from those
interruptione and delays , which render private travel on
moat of our highways not only disagreeable but often
dangerous.
It extende for long dlstancee on both Nicetown lane and
Township Line road, and will have three main and oma.
mentalgatewave‘, eo as to afford facilities for Ingress and
queen' from all direction& and the drives through the
Place and all the approaches to it are eo arranged that its
era belliehments and superior advantages cannot fail to be
at once corn and appreciated by the visitor.
It in the inteution of the proprietors to make "Old Oaks"
the most beautiful Cemetery in America, and the art!".
end decoretfone the lakes, drives, walks and hortleultu
ral ornamentation, will give ft en appearance ensue.
peeped by any other ever breeeht to public notice, and
will term to allay the feeling of gloom often caused by the
eombro and funereal aspect eo prevalent in Gemetersea
generally.
The Buildings on the property are well-known ea the
most costly and handsome ever erected by private capital.
The Mathison will be used in part as a Chapel, and the
eurrom dings beautified in keeping with the character of
the place; in a word , the Proprietors wish to do away
with the feeling of repulsiveness so often associated with
Graveyards and Charnel HOMO!, and hold out every in
ducement to the friends and relatives of the departed, to
visit the grounds which contain relics eo precious to
them,
The "Old rake" will he made an object of interest to
etranyere. as vre , l as residents of Philadelphia, and while
the eolemnitY of the aceno will not be vie a ea, yet the
impreeeion will be conveyed, that death is a mere eepee
retion.and that those who have fought "life's battle." are
only resting from their labors, and are always kept alive
in the memory of their survivors.
The grounds will be open to Visitore at all hours dur
ing the day. The office of the Company is at. No. 413
Chestnut street, Room No. I. where maps and plans of
the Cemetery can be seen; applications made for lots, and
any desired information given. oeflt-rp tits
DEPAuTMENT OF SURVEYS.—OFFICE OF
a tir the Chief Engineer and Surveyor, Philadelphia,
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received at the Department of
Surveys until 12 o'clock, M., Wednesday, November 4,
for the construction of a sewer on Vine, west of Eigh
teenth street, and change the line of an old sewer. The
sewer will be 118 feet long, with an inside diameter of 7
feet. as per drawings, to be built of brics labia thirteen
inch arch laid in hydraulic cement, and such masonry
backing us may be necessary.
Bids will be received for sewer per foot linear, to in
clude excavation, brick, brick work, refilling, and all
cvork connected with the construction of the sewer, ex
cept the ma: onrv.
Masonry will be rubble laid in cement, per perch of 25
cubic feet.
Flans and specifications may be seen at the Department
of Surveys.
STRICKLAND KN'EASS.
Chief Engineer and Surveyor.
MAHLON H. DICKINSON,
Chief Commissioner of Highways.
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DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL.
—At the Chestnut this evening,the Worrell Sis
ters will appear in The Grand Duchess.
—Lotta will appear,Ar - The Firefly at the Arch
this evening.
E. L. Davenport's play, "F," or Thil
Branded, is announced for to-night at the Wal
nut.
The Grand Duchiss will be given at the Ameri
can this evening.
—Messrs. Bentz and Hassler announce that, in
order to produce Mendelssohn's great Reforma
t ion Symphony in all possible grandeur and per
fection, they have obtained the hearty co-opera
tion and personal assistance of a large delegation
of the principal instrumentalists of the New York
Philharmonic Society, who will be present to
participate in the performance of the Symphony:,
on Saturday aftemoon,October 31st, in the Musi
cal Fund Mall.
—On the 30th of November Max Maretzek will
inaugurate a season of Italian opera at the Acad
emy of Music. His very excellent tronpa num
bers among its members Mme. Agatha States,
and Signor Brignoli.
—On the 9th of November Batetnen's French
opera troupe will begin a two weeks engagement
at the Academy of Musit with Offenbach's Barbs
Bleue.
—lt is said that Rev. R. J. Breckinridge, of
Kentucky, is about to marry a widow of thirty
live from the Blue Grass region.
EIIROPEAIS AkPAIRS
LETTER MON PARIS.
The npanish Revolution—.7llnister
. 1106 Ilecogsaltion—lbffect of the
Iteirolution on Portugal—The 46 Lan
itern9,—lho Young env/impute 4flatir---
A Mew - litxciternent in Pari•—The Cir
calor Railroad Completed.
[L.orseapondeuce of the Philadelphia Evenkia
Pants, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1868.—The great fact
of the day Is one which will have been trans
mitted to the American people long before this
letter reaches you. It is the solemn official recog
nition, by the American Minister at Madrid,
"duly authorized," as be says in his address to
Marshal Serrano,of the the sovereign act just
accomplished by the people of Spain, and the
consequent re-establishment of diplomatic rela
tions between the Provisional Government of
that country .and the Government of the United
States. The effect produced by the American
Government thus taking the lead in the policy to
be observed by foreign Powers with respect to the
events happening in the Peninsula, has been most
excellent. It is "intervention" in the very best
sense of the term. That is to say, "moral" in
tervention ; the intervention of an example se t
nobly, frankly and disinterestedly, of respect fo r
national rights and the deliberate judgment of a
free people upon their own destinies. One is
proud to feel that it may be said of this act of an
American Minister at Madrid, at the pre
sent crisis, that, like " mercy," it is " twice
blessed," it " blesseth him that gives and him
that takes." It reflects honor and consideration
upon the American people in the eyes of Europe;
and it affords a precious and well-timed support
to a people just struggling for a "right," as the
American Minister so well expresses it, still
"more divine" than the "divine right" of kings—
the "right" of a nation to its own sovereignty.
There can be no doubt that this action talien by
the 'American Government will be efficacious in
two ways, both positively and negatively. It will
doubtless provoke the adhesion of England, Italy
and other free powers; but it will, perhaps, be still
more valuable in another point of view, by
curbing the larking animosity which evidently
rankles in the mind of a government nearer at
hand, and which loves not the spectacle of a na
tion uprising and fraternizing with the army for
the restoration of its liberties. Complete liberty
of the press, complete right of public meeting;
uncontrolled exercise of universal suffrage—all
t hese fundamental principles and privileges pro
claimed by the Provisional Government of Spain
as the basis of the new administration of the
country, cry shame to France and Frenchmen,
and upon the mockery and shadow only of such
liberUes,which exist her. There is only °Le dan
ger to be apprehended for Spain and her people
from the generous sympathy and real substantial
aid thus shown them by America in their hour of
trial; and that Is, lest it should induce them to go
fur, and make them believe that because
America thus speaks to them and thus holds out
a hand of friendship to them,they are able to "do
as she does." In one plain word, lest it should
Induce them to think that they, too, could . at
present be a Republic. Now this would be a real
and fatal mistake; and to back My Own diet) Con
victions on the subject, I will just quote a few
lines, received only twenty-four hours ago, from
a most able and well-informed American, who
is at this moment watching the course of events
in the Peninsula from a near point of view: "The
great danger of the hour," ho writes, discussing
the chances of the future for Spain, "is that the
tide may sweep the Republic into power, which
uld he a calamity for liberal institutions, be
cuuse the intritable reaction would be preceded by
horrors worse than any yet known_ The whole
Peninsula would become involved, in that case,in
a common fate; and neither Spain nor Portugal
being prepared fer such a change, it is easy to
imagine how an ignorant population would come
out of the struggle." "Portugal," he continues."is
eminently liberal and tree, in a political sense.
Iler education was made in long years of civil
war between an absolute intruder and a rightful
claimant. The form of the contest made one
side liberal and the other despotic. Yet with all
this advantage Portugal sot ready
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'Milk; and still, owing to mismanagement, feeble
administration and heavy burdens, the people
might fly to it as a desperate resort and sup
posed means of extrication."
Such are the deliberate and weighty conclu
sions arrived at by an eminent American of long
experience of the people and countries of which
he speaks. I dwell upon this point because it
)s of vital importance for the future of Europe
and for the final predominance of American
ideas, principles and institutions in Europe.
That Europe is gradually sweeping into these,
uo one who lives here and looks and listens.
around him, can entertain a doubt. In another
half-century, or less, all Europe will, in reality,
be American, both in form and principle ; al
ways supposing that nothing untoward inter
venes to check the movement. But a false, and
above all, a too hasty step, would throw it back
just as far. Festtna lente : There is no other
course open ; three-parts at least of Europe still
require to be "educated-up" to Republican prin
ciples, before they are at all equal to Republican
practice. In a published ' letter io the Gaulou,
dated Madrid, 10th of October, General Prim de
clareihis object to be the establishment of a
"true constitutional monarchy, on the most libe
ral basis compatible with that form of govern
ment." And this is the very utmost degree of
liberty and self-government the Spanish popula
tion is capable of supporting, if indeed it can
bear so much.
mrX4f4
The Patrie, which has distinguished itself by
its zeal in the cause of Queen Isabella, hoping
thereby, I presume, to propitiate its imperial
patrons, twitted the Debats the other day with
the fact that while the latter journal was fulmi
nating in Paris about the "uprooting" of the
Bourbon dynasty, one of its most distinguished
writers, M. Prevost-Paradol, was accompanying
Queen Isabella, "full of respectful emotion," on
her journey from San Sebastian to Paris. The
Patric had better have left XL — Prevost-Paradol
alone. In a letter, which that gentleman has
published in reply to the above allegation,he says
that "he happened by mere accident to be at the
Biarritz station when the ex-Queen of Spain arriv
ed there,which was all he has to do with her jour
ney. And then be adds, with his usual caustic
saremim: "as to the uprooting of dynasties,' that
is a spectacle which Parisians are too much ac
customed to it home for it to be necessary for
thim to go to seek it elsewhere; and I may do
permitted to add that the Patrie and its friends
are neglecting nothing, so far as they are •con
corned, that in this respect the present generation
should not be worse off than the preceding one!'
TiMes are changed when a man can' venture to
write and publish' such 'an afiecipation 715 the
above of the fact which awaits the Napoleon dy
nasty.
Within the last few days no less than from fif
teen to twenty colporteuts have been arrested and.
taken before the pollee, for hawking about num
bers of the Lanterne. But it is no use, people wit/
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28," 1868.
have any publication that cuts up the government
cleverly and amusingly.
There has been a fresh commotion in the Col
' 'go Charlemagne, the largest public school in
'aria. The pupil named Geneat, who was ex
pelled for over-applauding young Cavaignac,
lied been promised to be re-admitted. But the
- authorities" recently changed their mind, and
'fused to reeeiVe the young man again, at the
dose of the holidays. Thereupon young Cavnig
nee himself also insisted that his name should be
taken off the roll, to which his family assented. The
whole school is indignant at the treatment of their
class-mates; and thus the government foolishly
throws a mass of the rising_ generation into ill
humor and opposition.
The entire Circular Railroad round Paris has
just been terminated by the opening of the last
section. The connection between all the
stations is ,now complete, and all heavy goods
passing through Paris can now be transferred to
opposite lines without ever entering the streets of
ihe city. This is certainly a great work, and in
connection with the central markets, renders the
provisioning of Paris comparatively safe and
easy.
The weather continues delightful—almost as
warm as summer; so much so, that residents re
turn only slowly to Paris, and linger in the coun
try, or by the seaside. The Court is said to have
decided to prolong its stay for a week at. Biarritz,
in spite of the proximity of Queen Isabella and
the offence taken at her having, in her protest,
called the Emperor ber " ally !"
LE rrE it Fato mA nIA ttSEULLES.
Affairs in Spain—Milian News—Area.
politan hatred of the Bo arbons—
Italian Rejoicing. Over the Mucci:me
of the !,punish Revolution.
Comemondenca of the Phila. Evening Bulletin].
Martenna.y_s,October 10, 1868.—The enemies of
the Spanish revolution, the ultramontane Jour
n lls, and the partisans of Isabella and Christie a
alopt, for their present tactics, a system of put,
ting everything in Spain in the worst possible
light. To hear them, anarchy and outrage rule
triumphant in the land, there is the worst kind
of mob law, and no security. These gloomy pic
tures are certainly not justified by the tenor of
the private accounts that reach us here from
Spain. Things seem going on as calmly as
could well be expected on the very morrow of
such a great convulsion as we have witnessed,
and excesses have been very few. Those at Bejar
were committed by Royalist troops. At Ante
quera a convent was sacked by the people, and
it said some nuns were maltatated. Antequers
is noted for the Socialist tendencies of Its inhabi
tants. As vet there is certainly no reason to
doubt that the chiefs of the revolution will be
able to maintain order, especially now Prim has
come to the capital. It is in Madrid that dis
order might most be feared, on account of the
number of desperate characters and poverty
stricken wretches always assembled there. But
Prim will stand no nonsense, and knows how to
make himself feared as well as loved.
The Semame Firiancirelearnsttiat all the Italian
tobacco bonds have been taken, and that the de..
wand exceeded the supply. So far as the resalts
were known, when It went to press, France had
subscribed for about 11.0,000, Italy fur 210,000,
ELgland and Germany for 121,000. If they had
not been well subscribed it would not have been
for want of their being made known, for one has
seen nothing else in the advertisement eheets and
on the walls for some time past. At the rate of
issue, and the whole reimbursed in 15 years, they
yield a splendid interest, and ought .o need no
puffing, but there is still a great distaste for
Italian securities, and moreover certain large
operators are believed to have been working, not
unsuccessfully, to throw down the Italian funds.
- One day" (of the week now concluding), says
the Senzaine Finandere, "they fell to 52 05 ander
the presence of some powerful illwill, rather
th. , n try m any political or financial causes."
Our letter from Naples has the following:
bpaninb al:taut. an
,you may well imagine, have
absorbed the attention of our Neapolitans for the
isst fortnight, for more than any other Italians
are they interested in the fall of the ex-Queen Isa
bella, cousin of Francis IL, her mother having
been a sister of Ferdinand 11. Her very relation
ship to the oppressors of Southern Italy secured
tor her the suspicion,. if not the positive dislike,
.)t those who had so long suffered under the Gov
ernment of the Bourbons; and this feeling has of
late grown into great intensity from the sinister
reports which have been in circulation. Whether
true or not, it has been stated and commonly be
lieved that, in the event of a war between France
and Prussia, diplomatic engagements had been
entered into, according to which the French
troops in Rome were to be replaced by 30,000
Spaniards. The report possibly was not more en
titkd to credit than any other canards
which are constantly flying about; still,it was be
lieved, was commented on freely in the press, and
would be, if realized, it was declared, the signal
for a general uprising of all the Italians. Recent
events, therefore, in the Spanish Peninsula have
had a more than common interest for our South
erners, and the expulsion or flight of Queen Is
abella has been received by them with exultation.
It is a heavy blow to the hated family who form
erly were in power here; it upsets those Imperial
arrangements, if such ever existed, by which a
people whose dominion in the South forms one
of the most melancholy portions of its.hiatory
were again to encamp on its frontiers; and, above
all, it paralyzes those reactionary efforts which
were made with the hope of receiving the positive
or moral assistance of Spain. From 1860 down
to the present time, that country, or the govern
ment of that country, has been regarded as a
menace to Italy. Several of the ableet, and cer
tainly the most respectable leaders of reactionary
bands came from Spain; and from Spain, accord
ing to public belief, a continual supply was to be
expected. Malcontents and brigands took refuge
there, and np to within the last three weeks
Spain, in certain eventualities, it was believed,
was to send an army to Rome. With all these
facts staring them in the face, and more or less
probable reports hanging over them like a cloud,
the fall of the Bourbon dynasty has given the
Southerners new life, and has awakened here a
general feeling of exultation. Of course it is a
terrible checkmate to the clerical party, and those
schemers who were always plotting for, and who
professed to believe in, the restoration of Francis
11. If Spain garrisoned Rome, it was to. take
advantage of the general discontent, and bring
back the ex-king, or, as has been lately asserted,
his step=brother; - thu - Comte - GitgeritL — NO - Wall
these sari guinespeenlations looksad enough, while
Liberals of every party are rejoicing in the
thought that the Bourbons and the Pope have
lost in the saintly Isabella one of their most de
voted supporters.
TIME REVOLPTION IN SPAIN.
Interview of the American Minister
with the Duke de la Torre—Remarks
of Mr. Hale on the Occasion—How
the American Government' is Be.
carded.
mum]; Oct. xO, 1868.--In accordance with in
strnetions received by ~ telegraph, Mr. Hale,
later of the United States, obtained an interview
- yesterday - with the Duke de la - Torre, Presiden
of the Provisional Council,. and Don Juan Alva
rez de Lorenzana, himister of State, to whom be
delivered a speech acknowledging in the most
formal manner the existence and the legality of
the new order of things In. Spain. The following
HE3L4EILS_OP 51E. JOHN P. HALE.
Mr. President—By command of my govern
ment, recognizing the fact that the people o , "
Spain in the exercise of ,gtat high prerogative
which rightfully pertains to every people, have
fundamentally changed that system of govern-
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meet, in the name and on behalf Of the govern
ment and people of the United States of America
come to offer their congratulations on the quiet,
filcient and thorough manner in which this great
change has been effected. A government claim
ing to be founded on divine right has been over
thrown and a government founded on a right still
more divine, the right of the people, has been
established in its place. As Spain was among
the Bret of the nations of the earth to hall the
advent of the United States of America into the
family of nations, so now, in grateful return.
they make haste to congratulate the Spanish
people on their political regeneration. In thus
establishing diplomatic relations with the gov
ernment over which your Excellency presides, I
recall with pleasure the fact that the United
States and Spain have never bad any differences
which diplomacy has not been able to reconcile.
I hardly need add that in the present circum
stances no effort of mine win be spares Jur
strengthening and rendering more cordial the
sentiments of sincere friendship and good-wit]
"now so happily subsisting between the two na
tions.
. _
To this his Excellency the Duke de la Torre,
President of the Council, replied as follows :
Mr. Minister: Nothing is so grateful to my
beartogh receive in this solemn act in the name
of the Spanish people the felicitations that %Tier
Excellency has directed to me for the use that has
bem made of the prerogative eanulaung !ruin
its sovereignty. Having completed the first part
of the work, having destroyed the obstacles that
constantly opposea themselves to the planting of
the, institutions that the nation eagerly desired.
theinew order of things which by means of the
exercise of that same sovereignty has been raised
up in a liule time, above that which has before
existed, merits even in its day. I am assured, the
approval of your government and the sympa
thies of the United States. Agreeable and
opportune in an augmented sense Is the
teraembrance that you invoke, and damn.
that in these circumstances needs and no
eoubt will merit the assistance of all the nation
that love liberty and have to consolidate it, ac
cepts with peculiar appreciation that of those
pullers which, like the magnanithous United
States, has no sacrifice that it will not make to
inaluttun intact its tree institutions. The diplo
matte relations which, by this official act, are
continued between your government and that I
have the honor of presiding over will be to-day
mach more Intimate and cordial. as It Phonid tit!
between two people which have never had differ
' ',Lea mut weie nut amicably arranged, and Luat,
respecting the same principles of sovereignty
exercising them successfully to establish
every one, alter its national peculiarity, its
institutions in a manner permanent and de
finitive.
The interview was extremely cordial, and the
Spanish Ministers expressed their gratification at
the stand taken by the United States. They felt
that it would have a beneficial effect on their re
lations with the great Powers of Europe. Cer
tainly the influence on the people as far as can be
observed at this time has been excellent. It en
courages them to go on with the good work that
enjoys the sympathies of so powerful a nation as
the United States. Mr. Hale iecalled the fact
that Spain was the first to recognize the United
States, and it was no more than a sense of justice
and gratitude would dictate to reciprocate. It Is
EtippoEed that the representatives of other na
tions will lose no time in following the example
set by the United States. No one doubts that this
Ministry represents the people of Spain.
Spanish Desire for a Ruler.
A Madrid correspondent writes:
"It must not be supposed that the principle of
attachment to a central authority, and to a mo
narchical authority by preference, has yet been
destroyed. Spaniards are sick of the Bourbons,
but not of the throne. An odd illustration of
this is reported from Barcelona. When Prim
made his triumphal entry there, on Saturday last,
it was noticed that be still wore a crown in his
military cap. When somebody asked why be
did this now the general replied pretty drily that
be should continue to do so till further orders
from Madrid. This is interpreted as a sign that
to Prim at least the fall of Donna Isabel de Bor
bon (as she is now styled) does not mean the fall
01 monarchy in Spain. What is certain.however,
is that there is a large and active Republican
party, and the danger now to Spain lies in a pos•
Bible conflict between this party and the constitu
tional monarchists. You meet observers fre
quently who regard the present respectable state
of things as temporary, and look forward with
anxiety to the meeting of the Cortes Constitu
ye ntes. For a time the adjournment of a dual
settlement and the appointment of a "Directory"
may, we think. secure order. But when the two
tendencies clash, will the minority give way ? Is
there not a danger of civil war—unless some
monarchy can be established, liberal enough for
Republicans, and capable of governing ably in
the national interests ?"
The Spanish Chancellor of the Exchequer, Se
nor Fignerola, has issueda decree, which appears
in the Gazette, abonshing the ociroi mines
throughout Spain and the adjacent ]stand;. To
replace this source of income, which was esti
mated to produce about 2,00,000,0.J0 annually, a
poll-tax is to be imposed upon all persiins of the
age of fourteen and upwards; the impost to be
classified according to the value of toe houses
they inhabit, and the grade (so the telegram puts
it) of their families. The poor, we are told, will
nut be subject to the tax.
The First Victim of the Revolution.
The corre,pondent of an English paper writes
!tom Madrid.:
'The body .nt Senor Vallin, who was shot
during the first days of the rising at Montero,
having been brought to Madrid. was buried here
V( E terday' with mach ceremony, three Ministers
ix i lig present on the occasion. Marshal Serrano,
in his speech over the grave, said Vallin was as
sassinated while carrying out a most difficult
mission which had been entrusted to him. The
speaker was interrupted by some persons pre
sent, who cried out, ' Vengeance, vengeance!'
Marshal Sertano replied. ' Let us leave the work
of punishment to the justice of Heaven.' The
speec was much applauded."
The Jesuits.
The-London Teleyrupla pronounces the Jesuit
to be now less a danger to civilization than a
nuisance, and thinks that the Spanish Junta has
done a good morning's work, at once good for
the nation and for the public treasury,in effacing
the Jesuits at such short notice.
Disastrous Floods and and Intiodit.
tions in North Italy The Bernar
dino and Spingen Broken and the
istroplon Road Destroyed.
Advises from North Italy report that serious
floods and inundations have taken place on the
southern slope of the Alps, causing great devas
tation and the loss of many lives. Previous to
deptember 27 rain bad fallen Incessantly for thirty
day but on that day a terrific storm
oceured, causing—uvalanches that swept en
tire villages betore them. The valley of the
Po is entirely inundated. The fearful effects of
the storm commenced at Faido. Roads were
washed away by the torrents descending from the
mountains. Tho viflee of Giornieo is partially
washed away or buried from twelve to fifteen feet
under masses of mud and sand. The whole vil
lage ot Bodio was swept through by the torrent,
and many of the remaining houses were
crushed by an avalanche, killing twenty
persons. The valley of the. Ticino has
been devastated and every vestige of cul
tivation removed, many parts being now but
huge masses of rock. The St. Gothard road is
deitroyed in several places; the Bernardino and
Splugen are broken, the great bridges destroyed
and the Simplon road 12 covered for many leagues
several fathoms deep in water. On the Lego
Maniere the Water has risen to a terrible height,
many ofand the large houses are inundated to
the second story. The railway station at Arona
is submerged, and only the roof, and the tops of
the telempkpoles are 'visible.' In North Italy
the only practicable road' is now over the Mont
Cents. lievexin the memory of menthes such a
calamity lieenrced. •
A letterfroM ,Lejmago - gives the following de
tails of the inundation of the Adige: "The dis
a -
ster Occurred on the night of the 6th at a spot
REPLY OF TUE DUKE DE LA TORRE
Abolition of Duties.
ITALY.
celled Beveraramearly opposite the corn market.
At one in the morning the drums announced
that the peril wee becoming menacing; at three
a renewed beat and the sound of trumpets,
mixed with cries of 'Save yourselves!' brought
the fatal news that the waters had forced a pas
'age. To describe the heart-rending scenes
which followed would be impossible. In an in.
taut the water reached the first story of the
houses; the gates of Montoya and Boschetto were
thrown down, and two frightful torrents poured
along the adjoining streets. Happily the stream
took the direction of Vangadizza and spread in
the valleys,bardly reaching the village of San Pie
tro. Most of the shops and warehouses are de
stroyed, the merchandise lost and the furniture
dispersed. Entire families-are actually without
bread. The neighboring villages received the
distressed inhabitants, and clothed, fed and nour
ished them as well as they could.
Garibaldi at Gaprera•
A correspondent describes a visit lately made
10 Garibaldi at Caprera. He saw Garibaldi at
eight o'clock in the morning, just after he had
,owe out of hie bath. The General was calm and
friendly as natal. Ho said he felt better in health,
tan that he was growing old, and that like an old
-hip which has sailed long, something is always
viving way about him. "Sometimes it is a plank,
sometimes a nail; but the good-will helps the old
' o '" alone, and if my country should call for the
Itu* plank, I will willingly offer It."
we fatuity treat him with the greatest care.
Allof them are engaged in agricultural and do
mestic pursuits. Menotti is an excellent farmer,
laboring daily at the plow or hoe. The harvest
in the island has been a very favorable one, and
there is more corn than the colony wants. Gari
inklol hen aiso obtained 3,100 litres of wine from
his viveyards; unfortunately he has not been so
successful with hie sheep, 200 of which have died.
The shepherds on the Island are treated by Gari
baldi like his own children. The other day, hear
ing that the widow of ono of them was lying ill
with fever, he ordered her to be taken out of her
hut anti brought into a healthier house next to his
wn.
POLITICAL.
THE NEW REBELLION.
The Reign of Terror in Louisiana.
—The New Orleans Republican, commenting
upon the monstrous outrages perpetrated In that
city against Union men, says:
It is not to be questioned that in nearly every
instance of conflict between the two parties in
our midst which has occurred within the last
two years, the ex• rebels have been the aggres
ors. Nor is it less certain (we regret to say)
that, though these outrages-have been - committed
by people of the rougher sort. no protest has
been made by those who ought to and might ex
ercise a better Influence.
If it is painful to the prejudices of the defeated
party to see the negro enjoying freedom and the
tranchise, and by his political affiliation with
white immigrants from the North representing
the party whichgave him those advantages, se
curing a preponderating influence in public af
fairs, it should be remembered that these are the
natural results of the war, and that what has
been lost by the bayonet can not be regained by
the bowie-knife. So far from bettering, their
condition by these ruffianly tactics, the 'long
suffering" people of the South (as they hypocri
tically call themselves) will find that they will
only make matters worse. Northern immigrants
will not be thus deterred from the exercise of
their political rights, and the time may come
when even the patient negro will rouse himself to
verify the unfounded accusations by which his
oppressors seek to justify their blood-thirsty
course.
—l'ne same journal says:
The last few days has witnessed the arrival in
this city from the country parishes of many citi
zens who inform us that they cannot with safety
remain at their homes.
At St. Martinsville, a refugee informs us. the
Democracy announce their intention not to per
mit a "white nigger,"as they pleasantly term any
white man who chooses to avow himself a Re
publican, to walk the streets.
At Shreveport the same sentiment Is reported
• qually strong, and white Republicans from that
region are daily arriving among us.
It is an existing tact which Will be denied by
iew that mew of the parishes of this state can
a man avow sympathy with the extreme views of
;ho Republican party and live exempt from in
ti:lt and danger.
To allow thuself to be forced into a quarrel is
practically to consent to his own death.
The colored men are so intimidated or hindered
that, , n many parishes, the election under exist
ing circumstances would prove a farce.
How Democracy tai 10 Carry New VOrli
032111
The Tribune of to-day contains the fol
lowing :
The following contains a frank avowal of how
the Democrats of this city intend to " count
Hoffman in should the Re publicau majority in
the rural districts be greater than the honest
Democratic majority in this city:
To the Editor off' Th. Tribune:—Col. John
Thompson, 01 New York city, epokeilat Dundee,
Yates County, on Saturday evening, Oct. 24, at a
Democratic meeting, and after assuring them of
their certainty of electing Hoffman, undertook
to prove by mathematical demonstratiorthow it
was to be done. He said : "We have registered
140,000 now in New York city and hove two days
yet to re./inter, next Friday and .aturday,and shall
regt.'qtvr- 80,000 more. Now, you - (Repub
licans) never polled over 37,000, and
we will give you 10,00 more, and
overcome that if you can! We have learned a
little arithmetic too, for in 1866, 1 sat with
Horace Greeley,"and the returns that should have
been in from the rural districts by 9 P: 1,1., did
not reach ns till they (the Republicans) knew
just how much majority it wanted to overcome
the Democratic majority of New York city."
Now said he c We intend to keep the returns of
New York city till we know how much majority
we want to elect Hoffman, and you see, said he,
we have the thing in our hands. HAWK.
DUNDEE, Oct. 25. 1868.
(ov. Seymour's Disloyalty.
Mr. Junius H. Hatch, of Buffalo, sends to the
.Vex 1 . .)-/: Herald the originals of the affidavit
and letters printed below, substantiating Gover
nor Seymour's disloyalty at the outbreak of the
Rebellion :
NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 1868.—The floe. Junius
11. Butch, Buffalo : Dear Sir: You ask me for
an account of what the late Judge Chas. H. Rug
gles,
formerly of the Court of Appeals, said of
Mr. Seymour's loyalty.
Soon after the Rebels organized their govern
ment at Montgomery, Alabama, and published
their Constitution, 1 met the late Judge Ruggles
in the city of New York, and he said in my
presence, at No. 12 Wall street, that Horatio
Seymour stated to him that he (Seymour) thought
the - Montgomery-Constitution was a great deal
better than ours, and that we ought to overturn
the rotten concern at Washington, send our New
York representatives to the Montgomery Govern
ment, and bring that up to Washington and go
on under it. Mr. Ruggles added that he had for
merly acted with the Democratic party, but he
could no longer act with a man or a party that
took the position In relation to the Rebellion that
Mr. Seymour did. Yours truly,
DEXTER A. HAwk.n.as.
A F FIDA4IT.
Cal , AND COUNTY OF New . Yogic, es.—Dexter A.
Hawkins, being duly sworn at the request of the Hon.
Junius H. Hatch, deposes and says that the allega
tions in the foregoing letter are, as• to the state
ments of the late Charke 11. Ruggles, true of his own
knowledge.
Swom,to before me thie lith day of October;
DANA L. rtimamm. Notary Public -New York city.
WE. HATCU TOMB: HAWKINS
Nuw Yome, Oct. 22, 1868.--Dexter A. Haw
tins,- Esq., in. Court: I • thank you, in behalf of
the'American people, for what you have so kindly
and promptly done for them. -
Consent by the bearer that I may print your
statement in the Now York Herald, and you.shall
have their and my grateful acknowledgments.
Yours, &e., Joules H, HA•rcti.
Drzvrzie A...tlAwgtms.
F. Z. FETHERSTOY. Publisktr:
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FACTS AND FANCIES.
At the Window.
BY . THE AUTHOR Or "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTZIG.
• MAN."
Only to Ilslen--11sten and wait
For his &ow firm step down the gravel walk;
Po hear the click click of his hand at the gate,
And feel every heart-beat through careless tat:
Ab, love is sweet when life Is young!
And life and love are both so long.
Only to watch him about the room,
Lighting it np with his quiet smile, •
That seems to lift the world out of g loom
And bring heaven nearer me—for awhile ' ',
A little while—since love is young,
And life is beautiful as long.
Only to love him—nothing more;
Never a thought of his loving me•
Proud of him, glad in him, though he bore
My heart to shipwreck on this smooth sett.
Loves faith sees only grief, not wrong,
And life Is daring when . 0 young.
Aye me! what matter? The world goes round„ _
And blies and bale aro but outside things:
I never can lose what in him I found,
Though love be sorrow with half-grown wings;
And if love ilies when we are young,
Why, life is still not long—not long.
And Heaven Is kind to the faithful heart;
And if we are patient, and brave, and calm,
Our fruits will last though our flowers depart;
Some day, when I sleep with folded palm,
No longer fair, no longer young,
Life may not seem so bitter long.
* * * • * H * *
The tears dried up in her shining eyes,
Her parted lips took a saintly peace;—
Hi• shadow across the doorway lies:—
Will her doubts gather, darken, or—cease?
—When hearts are pure, and bold, and strong,
True love as life itself is long,
—The "Last Minstrel."—A singing shoe-maker
—Holy men—gravediggers.
—John Allen's place is for sale or to let.
—Well read people—Peru's.
—The Canadians have subscribed 88,000 for
D'Arcy McGee's widow.
—A Vermonter has grown in seven years a
beard three test and a half long.
—Six thousand dollars I. the price of a seat in
the New York stock board.
—"Shall we wear corsets? Never !" sari Mss
Anthony's Revolution.
—How to prevent a conspiracy from leaking
oat—Let the plot thicken:—Perch.
—Pascal, the king of Parid restaurateurs, is
dead. The hope Is expressed that the recipe for
a famous soup of his may be found among his
papers.
—The Count of Chambord; Henry V., is repor
ted to have written very severe letters to the
Queen of Spain and the ex-King of Naples, rep
rimanding them for allowing the Count and
Countess of Girgenti to visit Napoleon.
—A New Hampshire editor,who has kept a re
cord of big beets, announces at last that "the
beet that beat the beet that beat the other beet,
is now beaten by a beet that beats all the beets,
whether the original beet, the beet that beat the
beet, or the beet that beat the beet that beat the
beet."
—Mr. Peter Cunningham, whose Shakesperean
forgery, in the shape of the "Revel's Book," has
excited so much attention in England, recently,
is a son of Allan Cunningham, the Scottish ,poet,
the friend of Sir Walter Seott,and the head work
man of Chantry, the sculptor, for many, years.
—The glaciers of Chamounis are araduntly di
minishing, which fact is accounted for by French
savants to the increasing moderation of the tem
perature, caused by the removal of woods, the
clearing of uncultivated grounds, the opening out
of roads and ways and also to the removal of
hedges.
—An English paper says: "The Rector of
Whitby has just issued invitations for a series of
prayer meetings, with the view of 'supplicating
the gracious protection of Almighty God against,
the 'cruel and wicked proposition' to do justice
to Ireland in the matter of religion."
—The Italian Government is sparing no ex
pense in making the port of Spezzia complete
and to place it on an equal footing with Cher
bourg and Toulon. The harbor is one of the
finest in the world and can safely contain the
united fleets of Europe.
—The ex-Empress Charlotte is quite prostrated
and she only revives at Intervals to utter fear
ful cries. Burdened by two invalid children, one
mad and the other dying, the health of the
Queen of Belgium threatens - to - ---kreak
and she is only buoyed up by her maternal
feelings.
—During the Czar's recent visit to Warsaw,
races were instituted, but as no private par
ties took part, the whole performance fll
into the hands of the soldiers, who. acted
under command in the same manner As at a
review. The military department was crowded,
but all the seats were vacant in the civilians'
stand.
—The 'Museum of Anatomy of Naples has Just
received from an officer of the Italian navy, a.
Peruvian mummy, of the Inca race,who inhabited
this country at the time of the Spanish conquest.
It is seated, with the hands resting upon the knee,s.
It is not as black as the Egyptian mummies, and
is enveloped with the bark of a - tree.
—The following inscription on the bead-board
of a grave in the Sparta diggings. California, Is
old but good: "In memory of John Smith, who
met with wielent death near this spot 18 hundred
and 40 too. He was-shot by his own pistil]. It
was not one of the new kind but a old fasherned
brass barrel, and of such is the Kingdom of Hea
ven."
—The latest story of the earthquake comes,
by way of St. Louis, from the Pacific ocean,
where a trading vessel has found a whole archi-
Opelago,whose Islands are diamonds and emeralds_
neisland, 70 by lo miles, is a particularly fine
specimen of emerald. being without ftaw. Aa
the smallest diamond in the lot wPiglied 20a
tons, and they couldn't break any off, the crew
unfortunately brought no specimens home with
them.
—A party of ten men from Lawrence, Kansas,
were recently attacked by seventy-five Indians
near Fort Lyons. and robbed of all their stock
and valuables. The Indians also took captive
a lady and her infant child, who were with the
party. The lady had the money with her belong—
ing to the family. She wrote the following to her
husband on a card, which was afterwards picked
up "Dick, Nellie and I are prisoners. They are
going to keep us if we live. Save us Upon can.
We are with them. Signed, CLAII,I BLAIR." The
child was sleeping in its mother's arum when they
were captured.
—The plot of 3L - Flotow's new opera,
Two Composers," appears, - from -- a - short - sketclr --
given in several of the French papers, -to be of
the very slightest. A certain kapellmeister,, at
tached to some German prlncelet, is so jealous of
rivalry that it is the object of his life to keep all
other composers at a distance. But he isladucett
by his daughter to retain the services of a young
musician of talent, and he ends by bringing out.
his rival's opera and giving his sanction. to a
union with his child. It is. said that thallbrettist„
M. Gene's!, has had a hand bathe compa,sitlon of
the nitiffc,iireider that the title of the operkmay
be doubly justified. . ,
—The Sam Francisco Golden-Era Trolill hes the
poem read by Oliver Wendell He es at the
Chinese laniquet in Boston, with the following
comment: "It is all well enough to get off such
stuff in Beaton, where Chinese • labor la never
likely to come into competition with that of 'Um
native toilers Of the Hub, bat It doe:et sound - .
Well in this latitude, where the evil threatens the
most serious consequences to all branches of in
dastry. It is our opinion that were the geplrous
Holmes to „pay San; , : Francisco a brief watt, he
see what a liberal supply we already have of
these "Brothers from the Flowery Land," and
would very materially modify his Mao about
opening "ye gates of gold."