GIBSON IMMCK. Editor. VOLUME 103. frotiwulo•fr.vo:iftw:gtir-46)614 - 1 4 vvi Many of , our readers will be anxious for news from Professbr Morton's eclipse party, whose organization and preliminary work we recorded, in a previons issue„, and , will read -with interest the folloWing account of their proceedings since they left here, On Monday, the 2d instant OTTUMWA, lowa, August lith..-We started on. our present expedition a • few minutes be fore fin'clock last Monday, on a Special train, which consisted of three cars:. First and tore most, as regards Actual position, our own car, which has taken its Fall the way to this ad vane stator; alfdlicier reinains a - Writ - JAI - 1g our return, and then two saloon cars, occitpled by a paity of ladles and gentlemen, including Colonel Scott, who were on their way 'the Lakes and an inspection of the Superior and Mississippi Railroad. • Our car, that is, the one appropriated to-Onr use by the kindness of Col. Scott, was an 'ad mirable one, for which we have all conceived; after our three days' constant occupancy of it, •a. decided domestic affection.. It is one of the kind now adopted as tild standard ,by 'the, PemisylVania Railroao, and fresh from the shops of the Company at Altoona. Some of the seats had been removed, from both sides at one end, and this space was tilled up with numerous boxes, containing our three tele . scopes and, their , attachments; with photo graphic apparatus and chemicals. These had been placed there on the previous Sa,turday,so that we had only to take our seats and adjust flats, bags and rugs to our satisfaction. We made a rapid run to Baldwin; where the entire, party debarked to inspect the works of the American Steel Manufacturing Com pany there located,in which the newand most interesting Bessemer process for the manufac ture of rate! is carried on with great success. This process, as most of our readers no doubt know, consists in blowing .air through melted iron until all the carbon and 'otheritit; purities have been burned, out, and then add ing a dose of fresh iron'whieh returns a small, but needed, alloy of carbon, after which the molten steel is cast in moulds of iron so:as-to form ingots of a.convenientsize.. The niost remarkable feature of this process is the vast size and massive - weight of the various instruments and vessels employed in its execution. Entering the imposing building which rovers this part of the works, soon found our selve, in a vast chamber which might well represent the audience hail ; where:Pinto and his :pease sat enthroned to receive the homage of their infernal subjects. Beneath a far-reaching canopYof sheetArOn and each with a smaller canopy over its own head, Seemed to sit in grim repose' the monarchs of the place, the two .huge , con- , verters, massive ovoid'vessels 'of cast iron, mounted on tnmidons and capable 'of turning over backwards or forwards tinder the st i ong perbitasion of hydraullepressure. Before flied). spread olit a senti-stirctilar pit, some sixty feet in diameter, around the edge of which ingot mend& wercheitigatranged by numerous worlmen, assisted by hydraulic cranes, which rose and fell without sound or visible cause of motion, in a manner which implied intelligent action on their own part. Soon after our arrival one of the Converters . leaned itself forward Sri as tai bring its mouth opposite to a curved trough from which a stream of melted iron, supplied bya number of cupola furnaces in the - reari - ran - intrrand partially filled its hidlew maw. When a gain dent charge had entered, the trough was re -moved, :and then, the converter with the ponderous dignity of a learned • elephant was recovering its erec position, the air blast was turned on through the hoilow an' a pipe ea' taitside hott.om - Of -_ the-vessejoihere by a number of jets, it escaped into thtmolten _ . iron. This air - jet swept out of - the month - of the -converter a-torrent-I-of= sparksriwhich - reached for fiftyy feet across the - building, ' but, - UN the converter slowly - turned, was first -caught by_ _the great_eanopy_of sheet-ircntwa _ have- before:mentioned,- =and- ;then by the smaller one,which proved to be a hood leading into large chimney. This air blast,-,with a ' roar like that from a locomotive blowing off steam, was continued - for, -about twenty minutes, dining which time the flame es caping from ,the.converter.. changed its color from yellow -to white and 'lave evidence of constantly increasing intensity. The converter was then again tilted forward 'and a cluirge of melted iron which contained -a little manganese - 6,11.9 run into it as before. The reaction which then ensued caused a .moderate escape of flame from the orifice for a few minutes, after which a crucible attached 'to an inimense hydraulic crane came forward and received the Charge of melted steel which the converter by turning over poured into it. The crucible then slowly revolved over the series of moulds .and filled one after another with its charge of,metal. About eight charges of this sort are worked during the day, each offive tons, representing a value in the steel produced of some $2,,600L We next visited the blowing engines placed in a large building adjacent to that accomo dating the converters. They aril of great size and about 500,horsepower and furnish air to the converters under a. pressure of about 25 pounds to the square inch. From the blowing engines we then passed to .the 'where the- steel ingots -were being rolled out into rails. This 'department like every other about the establishment Is re-, rnarkable for its extent, beauty of construc tion and size, and coMpleteness of appoint ments. Returning to, the cars we found dinner ready, and-discussedthis , important subject while riding Over the road beside the Susque hanna at, an easy pace. , After dinner visits were exchanged bet Ween the railroad, inspection party and our owu, and thageneralplan opeintions to be pur aued:r,naoluid.r,the-accessible pifirtitnisi of our apparatus-were shown to Mr. Scott and a number of ills party. -' At Cresson all landed and Oiled an ex "cellent , supper at the hotel, 'an aboutl ten o'clock we again entered our car and began Ito make preparatiens for 'the night by turn. Ingthe back of each alternate ; seat .into a ;horizontal position and supporting it there by 'means of cords which we had provided for the purpOSo.• Our first night was not ;a ',very comfortable ,ohe - owiiig to our want of practice in sleeping on the road, most being,restleswand. oblivious only by linatchem . Irly"lo passed through Pittsburgh about 2 A. M., and were vividly inxpeciaked by some glimpses of Vast smoke °lends lie lip with the lurid flames of furnaces and waking tires. Unless we see it again by daylight our'; ideas of Pittsburgh will be rather closely associated with Dore illustrations ofthe,.lnfernus. During Tuesday wo rolled 'Over a mono tonous country, seeiningly• drowned mit:by excess of rain, with a sprinkling oflog-houses and many Uncultivated tracts, and with fields ' ' '"*"'..!-N't..i: - .l,trzia_. ..•:, - J2-_,:,____ - .: - . , _,:-••-",_ _.•, _- - - -I, ___- , • •,, ..„, -,. ..----_, -... ,- -, - . ••, ..,-- --,--, ••••. •-••-- ~ _ - - , - ~.: - , -= • ' --- -- .' '''''f' L '''' -' ----- 2' :l ` 2 " - '''' --- i ''';' , -'' - ''''' .. - ,.., 1 :., ' ; ' -''';' 7 " , Z%•.,• - ;A•i , 0. , -1..7, rl" ' ~.k , - ", , ,5. 1- ",t". , ' ' '' " `,, '' ' 1 - - ''. - ' ' : ' I .' ' ' '' ' ' -- ', ' ' ' ".' ' '''. 1 6' , •, ;: •:) • ;=‘; 2‘ I' '1 ..,..•.'- , •-• '- ' ' f‘. ''-' '' -• ." ''', .....,' 'T ,•'• ''. I , •.. ' ••- .I '- , ' ' ' `CV -..•- - , I• r - ' ' • , • 'J:: ..,), i '.=k , r ',: ' ' ''' • •,- , ," ,- ,E" s,' , > .•,•• .. ~• - -,, '' ~ ,c, . . . , , •:, - - I to , t , , i , -- , , ~, , ,_ _ ~• . , , . , , J f , k ~, . ','` - ,* , , , , , , l l ! - * ~. • ' of unsuccessful corn, suffering for ,Avant o f Towards dark we swept over the Marshes and meadows adjacent to Chicago, and soon came in sight of the " .1 4 iike Michigan. Here we had an:exeiting race with a; train on the ,Lake Shore Railroad, running parallel-_to ours U. e. Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad) and beat them handsomely, and with the fresh bloom of, this success sailed proudly into Chicago and were switched off from the rest of our train at the junction of the. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Here we were met by Mr. Horton, from the office of Mr; Robert Harris, General Superin tendent of this road, who kindly explained what was to be iione ,with us, and when we had been_carried to_the depot of, his road,con, ducted us to the Tremont House, where we took supper,and alter an effort to see this great city in the dark once more entered our travel ing house, and thanks to bur improvement' in e.ducation enjoyed a comfortable night's rest. By about eleven the next morning we found ourselves at Burlington,'. where we deposited the High School telescope, with its party, con sisting of Prof. A. M. Slayer, Mr. 0. "Wil lard,3lr..T. Mahoney, Mr. 11. E. Phillips and Mr. 0. H. Kendall, as well as Prof: McClure and Prof. Gumniery. Finding that Prof. Coffin had made arrange ments for- sending the rest' of the party.ti at once, we again started, abandoning with re gret the promised wash and refreshment to which we had been looking forward for some hours. By one o'Cloek •we reached Mt. PleaSant, where we deposited the UniVersity telescope with my special party, consisting of Mr. E. L. Wilson, Mr. James Creemer, Mr. H. C. Clif ford, Mr. IV: V. Banger and Professor E. C. Pickering. Mr. J. Corllutt, the well-known photographer of Chicago, arrived hereto join us according . to promise last evening. The remaining party then voyaged on for some fifty miles to this place - .(Ottumwa), viliere.they at last found rest and freSh water, with a. good chance of applying it ; and have their apparatus all in condtion to operate if the sun, which has refused us even a glimpse for the last two days,,willunly give them the chance. . All now hangs upon the conduct of the clomis,.Und:we pray most devoutly for their removal. • . , - • The Ottumwa party consists of Prof. C.' F. Billies. Mr. J. C. Browne, Mr. J. Zentinayer, Mr. E. 3loelling and Mr. W J. Baker, with the telescope from the. Pennsylvania College" at Gettysburg. We have been most kindly received by the people of Mt. Pleasant: 'The Mayor of the city, Mr, A. C. Strawn, has put the fair. grounds at our disposal, arui we have adapted one of the building's there standing to our service, and oftbrs of assistance have poured in Upon \ lts from all directions. , Mr. Yates, Telegraph Supentendent at. Burlington, has put the ri wires of his' line at our command, and Mr. J. W. Bromley, at this station, has promised to lake charge of our electric chronograph during the eclipse; so that Our only anxiety and. - ptayer is for sun. HENRY MORTON. OTTUMWA, Aug. 1, IC total eclipse of the sun was witnessed at this place to-day by Professor Alexander, of Princeton College, who, with an army of assistants, was commis sioned by the Government to observe andpho tograph the phenomena. The day Was entirely propitious and the experiments and observa tions were successfully made. Three nen'atives,, of the total obscuration were taken by the photographers, and a dozen more of the partial stag of the eclipse. - • ..• • Prot Alexander, together with Prof. Coffin, who was stationed at Burlington, will make an elaborate report to the Navy. Department of the result of their observations. A distinguished party of Englishmen took observations of the same phenomenon at Jef ferson, lowa. • During the totality_the planets Venus, Mer cury and Arcturus were distinctly visible. EVROPEAN'AFFAIRS. ROME. Hastening Pletpaystioltis for the council or si7Glierical MillUorufire. The Pali Mall. Gazette learns that not withstanding the heat, the .great:-ftt ac tivity is shown, pushing forward theystruc tures erecting in St, Peter's for the CEcnmeni-• Conneii The architect Signor—V-espig is daily attendance, and he_is kept_ at high pressure - hythe-Pope:-A—circular-has been addressed to the bishops, enjoining them to,ehoose coadjutors to discharge their duties :during their presence at the CounciL to give facilities for such. arrangements that the Pope nomitutted so many bishops inpartibus in the last consistory. , The COuncil will sup pess several religious orders and uSeless con gregations, and many communities of women. It will also forbid religieuz to accept the func tions of parish nests, requiring these last to be secular schola p rs. Cardinal Mattel, Dean of ,the Sacred College, is dangerously ill. He lately made his will, . bequeathing his immense fortune to his near relations. He leave,s a mil lion francs in gold, and half a million in notes. Connection .Iletween- EnEland and the Continent—Projects for Grossing the British Channel. The Daily Naos discusBCS the different modes of crossing the Straits of Dover: The scheme of o tunnel is feasible; but the cost,. £10,000,- 000, puts it out of the question. It has been calculated that to make such, a line pay it would be necessary to have about)000 .pas seekers a day, making the journey between `France.anitEngland at a cost of Rye shillings a head ; and this, too, in thee of the competi tion of the steamboats, which could easily be Made very formidable. There are only two other plans serioittly mooted. One is that of a— tubular.- railway sunk in the sea. Of this one can say nothing till the project is more matured; But one won ders much why the simplest and Cheapest of all theschemes makes such little way. •The little boats now in use are a disgrace to ' us. We ought to have large vessels in which a whole train might be shunted; and in which passen gers might have comfortable accommodation, no matter :what the _weather. The difficulty lies on the Calais side of the channel, where the harbor is insufficient., If wecould have such a pier on the French side of the Channel as we have - at Dover we .• could then place large steamera on the line, but We cannot till then. FRANCE: Important Doelmention of Itt.,Thilers. Thiers t -according to the Tamps, said re cently in the Conference Hall, in the Chamber of Deputies: "Personal power is at an end; its dayis past not only in Prance, but in all Europe, (Icii,ernments whiclr do not cora pre bend this are blind. it'is only the free insti tutions. of England that will to-day, satisfy natians,'and• it 'they cannot come across the Channel they will come across the ,Atlantic." Threatened Diesolutton of the Chamber. The dissolution of the 'Chamber, says the Temps, lit again 'epoken-of Its •likely-to:follow the prorogation:, It was:the , opinion which prevailed on yesterday among a, number of the Deputies, assembled at the Chamber.. "It is the commencement Of the dissolution," said , one Deputy to another who had said to him "Au revoir. M. D'Andelarre replied,,‘‘Who 4nowsr , . —There is alarge tribe of Indiaus livingin the' central part of.loWe'.• They are :the quawkies, and ~ number about Tour hundred:' They own about three hundred,aeres . of land,; 'near Oxford, Tama county. . The, Squaws , cultivate the laud, while the men lounge at their ease. AiILADELPHIA MONDAY AUGUST 9, 1869 CUBAN AFFAIRS: . . - APlrtfeadination by • President At a date of July' 7th the following was promulgated: • . -• • Cunikiis: We cannot ignore the happy sue . cesses_which.bave,accrued since-- - Aprilr 10th , and those which followed at Guaimaro. There was organised all- the elements of the revolu tion in Cuba under one government.. There : it was where,we,acquired the - right to be cognized dndependent nation by - the civilized world. •-: . • --. We are not ignorant that, although the' or- . gans of our, enemy publiah. much ,against us, our successes, have followed so swiftly - that we are now, rid - of Oar oppresSora throughout all the country of the Eastern and Central. Dc pa tines s of tb - 6 - 1 - sland. We are absolute infla ters in the country, while our - Spanish enemies .are. being decimated in the - large cities by disease and famine, and when they obtain' food they Inuit go with thousands of men in . order. to 'noted the little that, they may oh- Main. Their soldiers are deSerting and joining us by the hundreds." With great reduction of her resources Spain has notas yet seen a single illusion achieved. '• The organization of the country as an inde; pendent Nation is being rapidly consummated in tooth departments; that 18, , while we, are establishing the departments .and regulations of a republic we keep march With the neees sary requirements of our war. Imitate, my coimtrymen, the patriotism wbich you observe in the Depattinents. 'of . Government' and second it with your aid. Count upon the' zeal of your leaders, and prove that you not only desire to be independent but meritorious. flumes M. DE CESPEDES, President. Celebration of ,the FoUrth of July. hi - THE FIELD,TRINIDADDIVISIONJUIS 3. Goieral Orders.—Captains" of. Companies will see that their commands be allowed to cele brate in a becoming manner the nicety-second atiniyers.ary of the Independence of the United States. Those who are fighting with us on • this beautiful part of America should receive some manifestation from us to recognize that memorable day to the first people of the New. orld. Independence and Country ! GETMAN BERRIOB, Adjutant-General. The intercepted Leiters of . Ceapedes-- Revelations of Cohan Affairs. The following are extracts from letters to - Cespedes interempteil by the Spanish authori-. ties at Havana. At date of New York, April 20th, Mr. Commissioner Valiente writes : "When I returned from Havana with Figu eredo, I remembered that all his efforts to ex cite the patriotism of the Havanese proved that they did not have any,and he has not for gotten that we had more trouble to get over to our side Morales Lemus than any one . else-- a hard effort; but there is no one more deaf than he who does not :want to hear. I am forced to confess that, in Matanzas, I ob tained a result that I should have never been able to obtain in Havana." "The first Junta at Havana was centered en hrely in the person of Miguel•Althima,with six or eight advisers, and among these; of course, Jose Antonio Echeverria. Two ideas occu pied, before all others , this Junta: Lidepen deuce, 'which they had . looked upon- , with horror, and , the sugar crop which .had not commenced being gathered and which they desired togarner. In my opinion these men `put themselves at the front in order to stop the revolution. To the' first, said that we should struggle for our independence, and we ought to make an effort; that,afterwards,there would be,time enough to think of a vile and cowardly annexation ; and, further, while the crop was - being gathered, if large sums of money should be sent to the United States with which to buy the things we needed and have them sent to the East, there would rise up soon after in the West strong and powerful elements which would make •the movement irresistible at Havana; and give the death blow to Spanish domination in Cuba. When the second Junta, was formed, and I had re ceived your authority in the matter,much time bad been lost—a terrible persecution had arisen, and -many people-had - left. All that I learned at Key "West was that the Junta had been dissolved, and I wrote to BiOrales Lemus, who held • the most inexplicable influence with the Western people of the isle, to reunite the ._scattered fold and pot himself I at, the head, venturing - as I . did to promise that you would approve my action in the premises. ot-hereat-lastanct - to - niy - surprise-found that two nionths?-time _ had_been spent inform rug a Junta as numerous as a CongreTS, ---- that - Jose Valiente held the general power of at. rtorney from our Government, - and-that there -was-much intrigue being shown,-the-object of which was to get him out of authority and to put - -3lorales -- Lemua - in." - "Sefton - Valiente merita_the__ confidenco_of__ the... Government, and he ought to be confirrufed in his pci - stand there - should be given him, in detail, all ne cessary powers ; if he has lost your confidence remove and appoint another. think the 'ether' should not be Morales Learns in any event. As you are far away from here I 'Venture to give you my opinion with respect as how the posts abroad should ' be assigned, _ viz. : Jose Valiente should be• General Agent, and his Secretary ought to be Hilario Cisne ros; having theright to discharge the duties of the first in case Of absence or sickness; J.ose, Morales Lemus, Embassador to Lon don and his Secretary, Francisco Ayala; Porilrio Valiente, 'Minister to France and General Agent for Spain; Francisco Fessor, Embassador at Washington, and his Secre tory Domingo Ruiz y Alcantada; Pedro Santacilia, Minister to 'Mexico, and his Secretary, `J. C. Zenea; Francisco 'de P.-Bravo, Minister at Hayti and. St. Domingo; Antonio Fernandez Brarnosio, Minister to Venezuela and Colombia; Francisco Ruiz, Minister for the five republics of Central Ame rica, and I offer myself to go out to work in Peru,'for whichplace'lleave to-morrow with out fall, authorized provisionally by the agent here, and by the Junta at New York. , This confidence I permit myself to hold with " Car los Manuel Cespedes,. and I ask a thousand pardons. To theDietatorl will make no obser vation, but will give him to understand that I will obey his directions without (vestion." AMBROSIO VALIENVE. Gen: Grant's Sentiments. .1"r. Domingo liniz •im suppose(' to have written the letter of which the following is an extract: • "I went to the headquarters of Gen. Grant, and not "being able to see him, because he was . much occupied, received notice, through Cone of his aids, that he would see me on the. next (lay. - I sent bini your note. * * * I could not see , him on the day , indicated,: because, as his Adjutant told,rne; he was sick. The same officer returned to tell me, two 'daya af terward: that the' General was pleased with your communication, and that he sympa thized with all his heart toward, our cause, but that he could not, in the present state of things, receive me other than as any other gentlenian: He . invited me to visit . him as such, and said he would be very glad to see me- At the moment of the arrival of your dispatch another one reached 'me•from the Revolution ary Committee ! of Catnaguey E authoriaing C. Carlos de Varena y Varona (now also at Paris) and myself to grant letters of marque and 're prisal. , However, Your authorization did not accompany this dispatch, and we await it Wrench Interest in Clinui Affairs. • • The Count (le .F,averniere, acting as French, Miniater at Washington, left,Newport a feUr days ago, and had an interview on 'Saturday ;with the Spanish Minister, Setior.Roberts:'at the Albemarle Hotel,. in thi ns city,"on =matters pertaining to the present condition 'of Cuba. The Spanish Gunboats. It; is stated on high diplomatic. authority OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. that 'the gunboats lately Seized- are' aetuallv known to be intended for Cuba. The:Sliattisli squadron of large vessels now in tbese , watersj 3t 11 38 soon as relieved by them, be sent to theXernvian coast, to force , that nation to: .0.0; eeptany,terins of peace-which may be offered. -oready mentioned in the 'Tribune; these lighydraught gunboats "areeminently" ell fitted: , for patrol service' in• the intricate' w bays and inlets of the Antilles; which Were many'. years ago the t•afe refuge of .pirates 'arid Slavers. • - "lbeJunta andliheir Friends. The Junta have addressed a letter of thanks: to the - Republicans of TennesSee, and to the Grand Army'of the Republie;for their warm expressions of 83 I:apathy with the cause of __Cithan_independence. 'ha-runtor—publis in , thu'.Trihnne over a week ago that Cuban expedition was ;about :to leave a Floridian port under the commaud.Of an ex-, perienced American officer, has been fully con firmed. It is reported' that the Juntaare about to make a protestatien"to the 'United States Goverument against any project for the - pur-• chase of Cuba. The leaders declare they lime no desire to buy the island, nor'to ilee it bOughe 'by - any one 'else. They are confideut of ob taining it soon" without the incumbrance of a heavy debt. \ ague report,s are atloaCliith re gard to the departure of a • Cubanexliedition, from a Northern port within :the. next six' ,weeks. The relea.sed filibusters and their lead ers have lately become Divsteriously quiet. SPAIN A.IIID CUBA: . Important Itttergewor Secretary, ..Fish with Dlr. iloheris. .The N. Y. Herald contains the following: • -- Upon the arrival of Mr. Lopez - Roberts at ;.Washington as the ' accredited representative' of the indefinable government of /Spain that gentleman called at once upon the Secretary of State, and a lengthy - interview' had covering the whole question of Spain and Cuba. Air. Roberts made various propositions, and in his enthusiasm asked some things tat- necessary and even beyond what might be ex-. petted ota strong and independentnation. Mr. Fish responded that the United States Government bad already made up its mind' what course it would pursue in the struggle, and that it should continue - Co preserve a strict . neutrality. , That he must understand 'that both, the government .and the people of the ..United States were in sympathy with the movement of the people of, Cuba ; that the pits face' personal feelings had taken' a stand which it 'would sustain, and it would •preserve • towards Spain the same rid as it would towards Cuba; that dig United States would not interfere in the con test,. except that the ha; hors and rivers of the United States should not be used in which to fit out hostile, expeditions, and that 'measures would be taken to stop all such violation of the nentralit3,-*laws. The Secretary . plainly told Mr. Roberts that the tendency of all 'the islands and countries' lying adjacent to the United States was towards a unification with our system, and whatever might be the result of the presellt struggle Cuba,for instance,would sooner or later come under the authority and constitute part of the government of the United States; that he, did not think this was to be accomplished in a day or in a year, but the re -stilt was inevitable ; that the time:would come the United States would find it to its interests and security to take' possession 'of these countries if necessaryand organize them' into permanent communities' under a secure form of g9vernment and. surrounded by re pnidiean ,A.t.rinch time as the convenience of iiieUniteit'filiates dictated this policy would be enfOrced.At present,bowever, the Government proposed to adhere to its neutrality. - • • ' Although the. SpaniSh Minister did not fail to take the suggestion from the Secretary that the Uffited States was then acting in the in terest of Spain and against its own sympathies, which might Some time take a turn, it appears he inaugurated - himself a-Idolation. of that very neutrality which lie 'exacted froni the United States Government in repressing all efforts on the part, of certain_indi,. victuals to send aid to Cuba. Though the gov enament was perfectly cognizant of the build„„ _i no. of a fleet of gunboats in American waters,it had no official knowledge of the fact nor the uses to .which it was to be put until recently. When official inquiry was made as:to the future em ployinentof these vessels,which it Was known were not for the United - States service, it was drst leaintA as an - of finial fatt-thatthey-were heinlconstructed-Amcler...icontracts_hetweenz_. g_ the builders and the Spanish Government, through their representatives. The Spanb3h Minister had - asked - neutrality and he' had re ceived it. He responded- to this act Of kind ness towards Spain by attempting to fit out a fleetin American -waters. Mr. Fish sent for 'Mr. Roberts, who'_ failed to appear. Thinking he might be out of town he sent again, but once more the - diplomatic Castilian kept clear. It was very evident Mr. Roberts was very much in the condition of .the person whohad nothing; to say on a cer tain occasion. On last Friday, a week past, the Secretary, being about to leave Washing ton in company with the President for New York, turned the matter over to the Assistant Secretary of State, J. C. Bancroft Davis, with instructions to seethe Spanish Minister. .It does not appear, however, that he saw the Assistant Secretary either. He left Washington for New York, arriving during the presence' of . the President in the city on a day's sojourri , after his visit to Long Branch, it was supposed that the' representative of the confused state of af fairs in Spain was about to lay his own *confu sion before the President, but he never went near the President. At the same time he was within two hours' ride by rail, or within about the same time by Kat, which latter method might have proved a ,refreshing oppor- tunity of visiting the Secretary of State at his elegant home . at . Glenclyile. Here, surrounded 1 by the beauties of Highland scenery, tinder the shadow of old Fort Put, in full - view of West Point, under the influence of other associations of a historic 1 and military nature, d not to omit the genial hospitality which w uld dofibtless have re ceived him at the im 4 of the Secretary him self, the whole que tion might have been thoroughlytalked. ON .r, and it might have • been arras edin co deration of an attempted -violation o the neu lity laws of the United States, that the said g vernruent would confis cate and take possess n of the fleet in ques tion. But no Span Minister made his ap pearance.- - arrest, as - , -'l'' 1 The question invol din the.arrest, as it is considered by the , go . rnment, of the Spanish armada, is a very pia one. The Secretary of State determined. t' _ maintain a -neutral positiiiii. , In doing s, he detained expeditions fitting.-out for Cuba, din many instances, at the request of the 8 • nish Minister, delayed the sailing 9f vessel! engaged, in, legitimate trade, as it was afte ards proven. .Now the other side of the pie -Won begins to operate. Spain undertakes to 1 ild a fleet of -boats, iu American yards. i Sp 'n is recognized as a government; • and un er 'ordinary chem . °, stances might 'be p , '*fted to go on with, her work. But then happens to. be, as the. Secretaryof State aptl terms it, a dormant war between Spain and Pe u. Now. Peru and the I United States areas.. , od , friends. - as Spain, and the United States, lid probabiy- more so. So if the United States - revents Cuban filibus tersi-from leaving 'her ' ' arbors because 'Spain and the United Statese at Peace, the same rule acts equally well: , '" favor of Peru and' against Spain because emu= and the United States are the'heet of ,fr lids. ;It VMS, a. piece; of extreme aad7A!xpero; , eiiherteightedueoBDn the Pait . iif :Spark to ov'ci look, this- thing, or it ' is trifling With the digii of the United - States" to annoy the Secretary State with protesta tions against almost .ev i y,- vessel that 'clears for Southern waters for fear that it might be used against that "Ever Faithful C . ..) Isle," and then, under the very nose At& the authorities, attempt to do the oamb thing herself, against Peru.. , • „ . The Secretary of .State is ttio•_wise • Strategy. --- Possessiiig till that equinimity of mind and temper necessary:in - a diplomat and a statesmen,' hebbservessagaelottsly and care ' fully, andacts prudently .and •,dt the' timely moment. He well , observe/I to vour, corres .pontlent:—"The• gavernment had its obliga; tions to perforin towards Peru as \ well as, to wards Spain. Some moutha ',since the. ; Peru- • - via n government tittieliaheti from thiS-g.overn -ment two monitors: . The Spanish 'Minh:ter ;protested, on the'• ground' that these; vesSeLs niight - hetiSedirr - they ask, them. - The. Spanish Minister recog . sized the continued existence-of a state. of war between, his own government and that, of ,SubSequently, the. Peruvianmonitors `were pertained to leave, having entered, into an agreement . With the United 'States ' that. :those vesSels should not be used' againstany power with which the - .-Vnited States was at I . .peace - until • should have anchored . in „Peruvian waters. According. to the last tie , ' Counts Ilave received in regard to : these ves- Fehr; and I watch tlieni elpsery;'' continued the Secretary '; enithatieally. - "they were. at Rio •'-Janeiro, - making all possible haste for their OWII waters. tow. these Peruvian monitors were;aliowed to sail outhis agreement, and in addition bad the Svritten• statement ,of the • Spanish Minister that he wassatisfled that the fleet should be allowed to go." . • • Growing still' iiMre.earnest, : .phe Secretary • continued: "If the Peruvian gove,rament had played falSe I would. hare sent afieet after the vessels anil brought theft' 'brick or . destroyed them.- Now, here is the case of Spain. • Be tween Peru and Spain,•as I have 'said, there now exists a war in-a dormant state; but how' soon it Mar heroine thtgtallt I cannot say, _lt ,is probable very soon. The ..recognitiou by 'Peru of belligerent rights on the, part of the uprisen people of Cuba is likely to open the • war anew.- The war then beeorties. flagrant. Peru entered into an agreement not to use her fleet purchased' bere until it had anchored. in Peruvian waters. The case is Stronger in the . instance of Spain. Spain is builtling thirty gun boats. Those , gunboats will be sent to. Cuba, and will form a floating wall of defence around the island. , These thirty gunisiatkwill relieve the ferny-two war vessels, forthat is all they have I. tlik coastguard ditty. The next thing we would hear' would be this Whole fleet bombarding the ports of Peru; preying upon her commerce andpreventing trade. :All this towards aconntry,at peace with -the T.Tnited Si*ates; and all on account of. the thirty gun belatS 'built, in our waters" COntintied the Secretary.; "I do not expect to take command 'cif the Spanish nary; and direct What shall he its operations.- I have'enough to'do at home. But Ido eat propose' to let those' thirty gunboats leave; and if they do • leave, except -with :an-, ' thority, I will send afterthem a force which may be somewhat Surprising. It was'quite evideritin the - SedretarY'S man ner that lie sees the questiouassuming a tangi ble shape. Spain has her hands. full, ,and if she cannot refit and reinforce her fleets with Vessels built in the United States she cannot do it as well or arc economically elsewhere. In confining her to the' strict neutrality which - the United States has a.ud will for the present' observe, - she will not, gain ,strength: It is ; not. the intention of • the- government to interfere .with Spain, but it 'Will entbrce its neutrality. The. Secretary is thoroughly A Ameriban n his ideas of policy, and, while he does wish' to violate any ,of our national obligations it is certain - be :will not lose a chance of glorifying •leis country and his adininistration by•addingto its possessions where prudent. As he told the Spanish Mini - ter, -‘.‘ all• these • countries will: belong to us sooner or:later " is the theory of his policy, and we may expect, under the auspices of this true Amencan doctrine, 'the accomplishment of wonderful results. . • • It will be remembered that the settlement of the War between Spain and Peru was left to the arbitration of the United States. The Secretary ot State proposes to bare the matter taken up during the coming winter,.• and will appoint Omer either in December or January wheatlieViestion. shall be properly adjusted, provided the parties do not withdraw in the meantime. " •- ROMANISM IN AMERICA: Islt Inimenslitilrinrihmreafil .17. - 21hough:the: Oath°lic--Church-InAhisieouutry is increasing in numbers and in wealth; iti•in creaSe is not_relatiVely .So _.great as that of other churches, and is in fact mainly owing to immigratiou. - And even - the supply froni that source is rapidly falling off, for, as statistics show, the Protestant untmgratlcon into the .country -far-,outnumbers-the -Catholic. - The Universe, the leading Romanist organ, - admits this fact in the following article: • It is perhaps quite legitimate to boast with snug self-satisfaction of the growth of the church in America. But for • our part we doubt it. They would doubt it in Rome if they knew the real figures. The church in America is, in truth, a sad church. It is all,. as a priest said in our laSt number, a section from the bleeding side of Ireland, and it is not able to retain what it, gets. Look! in one city alone it loses, at a Single stream,' twenty thousand souls! Who, in presence of such a• dreadful truth, can say that the church here gains more than it loses—that it even preserves its natural integrity ? For the twenty thousaud in one city alone, does •it gain twenty thousand throughout the whale remainder, of the coun try? Ali; no! no: no l. hail the poor parents of these twenty thou sand children remained at home in Ireland, there had been no loss •to the faith, because though they had died early, leaving nothing to their children, vagrancy in Ireland does not entail the low of faith. Such is the holy char acter of that'country, that the tire of faith is always aglow in it. And New York' is not the ; only via cruets , the church has in America. Philadelphia is not much less populous than New York. How many •children are lo::t to the faith in •,this honest Quaker city every year? Count up our great, cities. There are New York,, Philadelphia Boston, Baltimore, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Chicago,Pittsburgh, Charleston; :Wa.shiligton,..etc„ and to these may be added an immense number of very populous minor places. Taking the figures of New York to be correct.; anti the authority that gives them is reliable, it, is a certain' fact that notaiiss than two'hundred thousand .baptizedr chikken are - lost ,every year to the+faith ii•igtilieriO: • • , How tree. the gr e at Archbishop Kendricic was when he inamtained_thatthe, church here: is constantly : lo4lg More than it gains - ! What does it gain? Emigrants, nothing but, emi grants. What does it , lose?, It loses every' year two . hundred thousand of the children of these sarue poor emigrants. What can be more unfortunateor degenerate than that?,- Two hundred thousand Irish -children—the: best Catholic stock in the world—Jost every year I Talk of your converts ,'your growth of liberty towards , Catholics! . Well 'may 'Ainerican Protestants be liberal to the Catholic church, -- . when the latter loses every year, for :their ad vantage, two hundred thousand. (these figures are much top low) of the best Catholic stock that ever received baptisiii. , , Nothing is. out :of `place' nnnatu ral or more heartlnss than the loud boast made 'for the Catholic' churchhere!! ' ' - • . Atlai to 1;1 'Ow are inadassi the question whether aaediter ought taliaalice a public ac-, kn,owledgnee*,,pf pretkent of , whisky. If. :Southern, , editor§ get.to zp.o*,g.' aeknowlecig-• meuts Ivhenever hey have pro yentawhisky, there will be less news than ever lu their pullers. F. I. FETIMMit. Pal3lilier. PAtqg.TIIR.E,E 'CENTS rAirmsAtaioAhraig ti'Ft cat is cruelty to nails ty qp treal, and costall0: " • --It xlll take :eighteen mouth,' ~to, Viunic .13.cara's statue at it. - - " • —Barely, gives thiCagq:'three. eelts English opera In October.••• —Small vices are :spending., ' Men, ~tvome!rt , . and children all over the 'Country took CT Fraoldng on Saturday.. ' • • " ' -During the eclipse on SaturdaY - "BaileY'o , Beads" could ;be distinctly seen at Me south eatt corner of Twelfth and Chestnut:streets: • =The. sharks - which ' frequent northena waters are entlsely.bitrialess•and remarkably - timid. - ,• • .•• ' • —Tb Ore is no prospe.cttbat Florida will vote ; to let ,the Western part Of .the State' annex. itself to 4114hotria. . . • 14okini,at an . eclipse. why eught2you to told' the smOked glebe' close to yout nose? •iteiiiiikeszniitch better. . —'±he'Fr r otkaitit siiident4i of .Breidaii have .calledtitieeting ttr mite stiliscriptions for tha •Protestanfs Spain. . , —Loud ha's incireMedinyalne froui thirty'le Rfty ver cent. all through, Alabagia . within ;a . —Peaches sell' in Houston, Texas', 'for. fifty •to seventy-live cents a bushel, and, they are very : large, ripe and delicious:- • • —An old lady in Darby get ready for' the eclipse on Saturday by,smoldng seven pieces of looking glass. for obseryations were, not completely satisfactory. • , • • —A. Detroit woman , carefully took offher bonnet" so ..as not to .get it Avet when ,she drowned her Self, which she then proceeded =AAmerman haeinvented an apparatus tor watering horses'at work. BY pulling a line, water flows •from a tank on the wagon through bit into thea animal's mouth. • The pay-roll of thetnilitary company front Pittsfield, for doing honor to President Grant at the Peace Jubilee in Boston, amounted to • $5lB 54. • —One of the best - "locals" in the West is said to be the female reporter of the Jefferson, Down Era. She is particularly good in" her descriptions of prize-fights and,dog-tights • • —Wheelbarrows have ,come down to us through six centiwies,and have hardly exppri enced-an improvement since the HMV Inven tion. Long way fora wheelbart6w —The superintendent of the Ctoctigofpcilioa gives public notice that hereafter he will'au_p • pyess every gambling house found open•in• the —Grinding a c'at's tail is an, amusement of a Cincinnati youth, and when a humane: old gentlemaninterfered with it the other-, day,. the playful child knocked - him; flown with a 'brickbat and, continued to grind : • ' —.A . gond old ‘conundrum iip e ited by a baby elephant in loiri.“ Th'e .little•boaat i , so we are atonred,wandered'away'and clitabed a tree, "from which it was only recovered by: cutting down the tree. .1 , , : • —Mrs. Betsey Jackson, of Roalteiter, .1•1'. H.; • 82 years old, recently walked four.miles t 6 pay her taxes'. The Manchester 'Mirror. • inc,uires: "If she can walk so o far to do that, how tar can she walk to collect a'debt?" " . , —A letter. froM:St. Petersburg,: static that Komisarow; the peasant who haved'tlie life of the Czar, did not commit aikido btit"waa murdered by being hanged in his own ..hottse, and that several persons have been arrested as accomplices in the crime. • . • ' • pharniaey• .has ',just been opened at 31ontpellier, France, by Madame Deureergue, Bachelor in Science. This, is the first estab lishment of the kind in Frat.l9, under the 11.-, rection of a wernan. ' •.; —A man in Michigan:turbo bid the .irdsfor= tune to have a finger erusi44. n lll 4 decided upon atupufatiW: , ,T, accom plished by holding 61001,0 • e maimed' iinfer while a neighbor gari,it aldpw , with a country girl, after makiUgsoine_pur,- chases at a stare inNew Albany, Indiana, wao • asked by the clerk if he could :do', anything more for her. innocently replied theinaiden: "Oh no,sir; unless you; will be kind enough to go out and milk the old mare, for I rode . her from home without the eolt." , • %, I, —A letter *ore Jerusaleni„ in the Allgemeine Zeitu»g, says that the fire' which broketeut h - e - Chawrci - ,the NatiVity at7l3aldifehei.;:ap pears motto have becn-accidentale-A-few da,ys— afterwards the star belonging ,to the ;Latin Church was•carried off from he ethiseerated--- spot; -- The Smile letter says the &dam has ordered the Streets of the Holy - City to he Made - passable an undertaking - the practicability of which at is added) those wbo know the streets of Jerusalem will-be disposed to doubt. —Oppenheun, the Egyptian , banker who made recently, a sensation in Paris by his magnificent entertainment given in honor of Ismail Pasha, began his career in the East as a pedler during the Crimean war; when he in gratiated himself with an Egyptian Pasha,. who on his death' left him•a vast property, the possession of which, howevet, has' been more • than once contested by the legitimate heirs of Oppenheim's benefactor:,' —The Dank of England's system of mysteri om and almost imperceptible dots, varying upon ; each, note, and known • only to the , offi cers of the bank, might •be