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VOLUME VIII.-NUMBER 118.}. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1869. SIX DOLLA RM A VIZ AT* THE If A TIONA I. CAPITAL. Thc Government and tho Hornet-Thc San Domingo Dnalncas-The Tcnnesacc Senatorial Election-Spain Respect, fully Declines to be Bullied. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NB?".] WASHINGTON, October 6. Tho Spanish Minister flied to-dny a protest against the release of the Cuban cruiser Hor? net: The President and Cabinet decide that the Hornet must be permanently detained, by vir? tue ofr Allele 14 of the treaty with Spain, which prohibits American citizens from com? manding privateers of other countries intend ?ed to depredate on Spanish commerce. Thc special envoy sent by President Grant to examine thc island of San Domingo re? turned to-day. The pending negotiations for the purchase of the Island, entered Into ny | President Johnson, expire on thc 15th Instant. Secretary Bontwell hos co jcntcd to speak In Philadelphia on Saturday. Dispatches from Nashville say that the sena? torial election comcB off on Friday, and that Andrew Johnson Isnhcad. Minister Sickles telegraphed to Secretary Fish to-dny that Spain declines to reopen ne? gotiations for mediation In thc purchase or for the salo of Cuba. . WASHINGTON", October 6. In the Supreme Court all thc Judges were present but Field. Thc court is hearing n gaslight case. In thc mnttcr of Benjamin Brown, EU Wood, John Halligan, Granville ROBC, Wm. Andrews anti Phillp Stonemetz, the Honv W. W. Boyce, formerly of South Carolina, asked leave to filo a motion for writs of habeas corpus, and thc motion was ordered to bc argued ou Friday next. The prisoners are charged with murder in Texas in June last, anti lt ls nllcgcd that 1 tltey are now being tried by military commis? sion. Nothing whatever is yet received herc re? garding the Tennessee Legislature. Tho New York Times Bays lt hos advices that Johnson men have been elected presiding officers In both houses. The revenue to-day ls over $500,000. ' The proceedings at Wilmington against thc Cuban cruiser Hornet were ordered by tho 1 Cabinet yesterday. I A report in circulation that Secretary Fish 1 had been notified that tho English and French 1 Governments had ordered the fleet to pursue 1 the Hornet and hang the crew ls untrue. ' The Attorney-General has rendered an opln- < lon to the effect that the Secretary of War_ < cannot prevent claim agents or attorneys 1 from prosecuting business In his department 1 In all proper cases, but that where there ls 1 reason to suspect fraud, thc light and duty 1 exist to suspend such business' Intercourse, lt 1 being proper and obligatory to' protect the 1 government from fraud. The agents or nt- J torncys should bc furnished with thc reasons 1 of&ilcii suspension in order to vindication. ' Thc opinai was given in cases alleged to 1 ufl??t^^?Rmymcnt of bounties to colored "tri?ps^uies'whlch werctnlntcd with fraud. 1 J. H. Vun Alston, In behalf of the New Of- 1 leans tobacco merchants, called on Commis- I shined Del:?no to-day, and asked that purchas- 1 ors of tobacco In Virginia and North Carolina .'may bc allowed to make shipments in bond. F The course of Mr. Delano promises relief to thc I New Orleans and Mobile merchants, as well as : P to Southern manufacturers. * i THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.. -. I . ? Ricjiuoso, October G. . | * In thc House, ? to-day, two resolutions that thc iron-clad oath bc now administered to i ....members and temporary officers of Ute House, 1 * werCTcferrcd to the proper committee when 1 lt shall bo appointed. i A protest adopted by the Republican caucus i last night was presented. It is framed with a i view to answering Attorney-General Hoar's argument, and proteste against any acts of the Legislature at this session, on the ground that i the members have not taken the Iron-clod. It was referred. The following nominations were made : For ? speaker, Zephaniah Turner, of Rappahaunock; S. r Maddox, of Chesterfield; John B. Cren shaw, of Richmond. Turner, who was nomi? nated by a Conservative, obtained 87 votes; Maddox, nominated by a Wells Republican, 41 votes, and Crenshaw, 5. Turnor was declared elected. In thc discussion the point was pressed that Turner now has an application before Con? gress for the removal of his political disabili? ties. It waa explained that, though not able to toko thc test oath, he was not disqualified by tho Fourteenth amendment. J. S. Bigge? was elected clerk. In the Senate, tho samo protest of the Re? publican caucus was presented, and a resolu? tion was adopted laying it on the table, on the ground that lt was obviously an effort to ob? st ru et reconstruction-was In plain,opposition lo thc Intention of Congress, expressed in the Reconstruction acts, and in direct violation of thc Interpretation of said acts by the adminls. trallon. A resolution was adopted informing the commanding general of the organization of the Senate. The body then adjourned. Mr. Z. Turner who was elected speaker, la a lawyer about sixty years old, and one of the first advocates of tho reconstruction acts In tho State. In 1860 he was defeated as a Union candidate for the Legislature. .-. THE CURA MERRY-MAKING. WILMINGTON, October 0. The entertainment aboard tho Cuban aloop of-war this evening was attended by large numbers of ladies and gentlemen. There arc no new developments concerning the status of thc Cuba, but the public opinion ls that sho will be released as soon as an Investigation ls made. . Her release by thc United States authorities at Phila? delphia and* the British authorities at ~ Halifax, and the fact that elie ls regularly commissioned as a vessel of war by tho Cuban ' Government and not fitted ont in any United States, port, seem to prove that there ls no Jus? tification for her detention. The Hon. George Davie, ex-Attorney-General of the Confederate States,'ls one of tho counsel for tho Cubans. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. % ' The Arni Cuban coble is unserviceable; the second cable, wh loh Ianda flvo miles east of .Havana, commenced working to-day. - ' A Chinamen named Cong killed Charles Arch oe, his own wife and himself. Caused tealouay. A negro butcher also killed a white' TUE STA TE OE S I'A J?. PAIUH, October 5. RoporUi received concerning the progr?s* ortho Republican movement In Spain have beeil confirmed. Ferdinand, ex-KIng of Por? tugal, ls said to havo accepted thc throne, but lt is asserted that If this combination does not succeed within eight days, spain will bc a Re? public. Thc Cortes, meantime, have passed stringent laws, Including a suspension ' of tho rights of Individuals, looklag to tho speedy and effectual suppression of thc Insurrection. TUE CATERPILLAR. Thc Mean? of Ita Preservation and Pre? vention. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. Again wc have been Invaded by the enemy. Thc caterpillars havo spaUed us, nnd arc about going Into wiuttil' (piarte rs. Ainley et, no one that I know ol' lms#nttctnpted to discover their 'habits, their origin, or how they are preserved for another campaign. It may bo presumptuous for one so entirely u ti actj i ni lu ted os myself with thc science of en? tomology, to attempt to writb on thc subject; but I can honestly say that I do it in order to stimulate nnd elicit thc views of others, who have greater opportunities to Investigate and arrive at the facts' by personal observation. This Investigation should coramonce note. I have never 'believed that tho moth ls preserved In crysnlls In thc earth. I think that nature provides what common sense dic? tates-a dry exposure. I do not credit tho theory that they aro of more Southern origin; the fuct that they appear first In moro souther? ly latitudes, may bo accounted for by thc cir? cumstance that thc seasons there arc earlier. With great deference to those who have given tljclr opinions, I ask that my theory' may bc considered; although no great novelty Is claim? ed for lt. It is, that tho caterpillars arc pre? served herc. Of thc myriads In the different stages through which they pass, those In chry? salis only aro preserved, when a temperature not congenial to life suddenly overtakes them. Only a fraction of tho myriads ls preserved. Birds of various kinds, particularly the mock? ing-bird and thrush, do make havoc with them In early spring, to feed their young; but I think that some other reason than that they were destroyed by thc negroes must be found to account for their scarcity, which ls an admit? ted fact, cmiee would hardly open his ammu? nition on such small game. . I believe that the caterpillars appear earlier han they arc usually observed, anS assume lint about thc 16th June one may appear in a Jeld ot five hundred acres. There are 7000 italks to tho acre, rather thick planting; but vlth wider planting, the growth of plants will ic In proportion. Having assumed that only ?ie moth appears in that area about the middle if June, 1 assume that lt deposits on one or nore plants ono thousand eggs, Bay in tho .puce of a square inch; that on or about thc 3th July that thousand ls multiplied a thou? sand fold more, or one million; that on or ibont thc 28th July another brood is produced ind multiplied as the first; and it will require io great skill in arithmetic to discover how many of thc last brood should share one stalk if that five hundred acres. It may bc said all will not procreate, and for that reason I have, illowcd a .very large diminution of what is old to bo tho actual increase. ? have ' been .old by an observing planter that all did not ;o into chrysalis. I was ready to believe that those were thc males, and that impregnation waa made before they went into chrysalis. Another Old practical experienced cotton planter told me that he had observed that thc Qrst brood were more apt to settle on thc jentre thun thc edges of the field; and that may account for their not being seen sooner. I am quite willing to believe that Um re? markable disappearance of the birds \a. ogg irrcat cause of haying tho caterpillar, but I am not prepared to assent to thc.cause of their ?bsence-that the negroes kill them. Thar hu n drei ls, perhaps thousands, of mocking airds are carried North I know to bo a fact, and, os was some months since communicated In your useful NKW.s by an observer, the de? struction to Insects and worms was Immense by one having a nest of young. ''That bird I believe to bo more destructive than' any other. But how arc wc to keep them at homo when Yankee greenbacks arc the inducement? I om quite willing that they should havo a share, if, parrot-Ilke, thc birds could be taught, and I the teacher, to warble In their cars, "robbers, murdererst aro ye all;" but such mu hs would not bc acceptable to tho guilty conscience. < ' If any should agree with mc in the theory, lt may be said, well, what ls tim remedy ? I have one, but hesitate to offer lt until the wiseacre to whom I communicated It lately, und by whom I was ridiculed,, falls to suggest u better. [Wc hope that our correspondent will ac? quaint thc public, through our columns, with thc remedy of which he speaks. Wc cannot have too much information from thinking men upon this important subject.-ED. NEWS.] THE KU-KLVX-R-LAJf. A Ghastly Apparition nnd what Came of lt-A WarninK to Dealers In Stolen Cotton. A letter from Moyes vi lia, Sumter County, dated October 4, says : Last Tuesday morning lt was announced that tho mysterous association of Ku-Klux Klan had paid us a visit tho pre ceding night. About 3 o'clock A. M., twenty-five or moro horsemen, dressed In a unique costume of long, flowing black gowns, surmounted by mute hoods, with long capos, came riding Into the peacelul little village of Mayesvllio and stopped at the ?tore of R. P. Kayes. ' One or? tho band dismounting, walked to thc door and demanded an interview wlUi the clerk. Seeing through tho window tho assemblage as they stood grim and ghastly in the hazy moonlight, ho refused to see them In spite oribe assurance that no harm wac meant. Leaving a note dated "Bloody moon and awful hour," to the purport that If the trade in seed cotton wasn't soon stopped by the merchants, that they, tho "Grand AssocloUon of K, K. RVs." would, by certain means in their power, stop H, them? selves, took their departure. * Next, the band stopped at Dr. Maye's store and called out his clerke, who openly declare themselves badly scared boys when the"8trango apparitions greeted their eyes. The same roes sago was given them for the proprietor, and whilst giving lt their bodies bowed in regular time, Increasing tho solemnity of tho scene. Then wheeling round oh tl falling into ranks in perfect order, these horsemen, with their steeds with muffled feet,' soon disappeared in the distance. - The negroes here plant cotton oh their little farms, and also steal lt, and bring both here for trade, and it being Impossible te And out whether or not lt ia stolon, the merchants buy lt ali. The trade in seed cotton has been re? sumed with double vigor, and will go on, as the merchants' notice says, so long as seed cot? ton ls an article of trade, and the threats of the cowardly crew of Ku-Klux-Klan are to be treated wuh supreme contempt, until they como In 'open daylight and provo their own seed cotton, and that lt ls stolen. We are still on the lookout tor more invasions of the same party, and Carree ls frightened almost ont of hu .even senses. . iur\:----h^P^?:^: % THE COTTON PROSPECT. Thc Probable Crop tn Abbeville-Condi? tion of the Planter?-The Fallacy of Estimates. COKEHDUIIY, October 0. TO THE EDITOR OK THE NEWS. I have recently lind an opportunity of Inter? rogating many of the most Intelligent plantera of Abbeville concerning their cotton crops, and herewith give-you tho result of my Inqui? ries. Two planters thought their Immediate sections would niako two-thirds of thc crop planted for; an occasional plantar ?wj>ed his sec? tion would make a half crop, but a vast maturi? ty of them felt sure they would not reach one-' half of what they hoped for at planting time. Without thc privilege of consulting official United States reports, (which, If Commissioner Spnrnlck .quotes correctly must bo utterly worthless,) I suppose an ante-bellum crop for this county must have benn 20,000 bales. This year, with smaller area and dc fiel ont labor, a good crop would have been probably 15,000 bales. My own Judgment Is, not moro tliau t wo- ii il li s of that amount can possibly be made, or 0000 bales. If these 0000 bales arc rushed upon thc market they will not commnnd a half million of dollars; whereas, If withheld till next spring they will most certainly sell for half as much more. But unfortunately most of thc planters arc compelled to sell. The accep? tances alone for commercial fertilizers, now due, will doubtless reach $100,000 ; as much moro will bo expended before next spring for bread and meat, and perhaps another $100,000 for other necessaries of lifo. Viewing this subject practically, Mr. Editor, I receive no.reply but echo to my Inquiry, -. where ls our evidence of prosperity ? If tho balance of thc South were Uko this county, it appears to me wo would bc verging upon a vast bankruptcy, rather than beginning an era of prosperity. Last spring you gavo yourrcad ers.an Interesting account of thc cotton crop of South Carolina in prospect?, an epitome of which would now even bo read willi Interest. Can you not induce similar reports from thc same correspondents as to thc results of their year's labors ? Wc all know that tho cotton crop of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama cannot bc much more 11 um a half crop. If thc correspondents of Northern papers arc to bc credited, West Tennessee, North Mississippi and Arkansas have within thc post two months, by drought first and then by boll worm, lost half of their anticipated crops. If these bc facts, where are the 2,750,000 bales to bc grown, that are so authoritatively pronounced to be thc cot toll crop of 1860 ? ? Tho larger half of thc cotton crop of this State le to-day out of tho field, and thc fall opens beautifully for harvesting thc corn crop. If our planters are as provident as fhey should bc, they will Immediately set to work seeding down a largely increased area of all the'small grains. An acre of land to each work animal, highly manured and sown in barley in October, will furnish more than half feed by 1st April; and oats sown now may bo harvested in May. By these means thousands of dollars can bo saved the State, which will otherwise be expended for imported corn. Will not our planters bake heed to the signs of the times? Very respectfully, D. WYATT Ant ER. [Thc cotton crop of Abbeville District In 1860, according to thc United Rtnti?i conn?, Trna 21,077 bales.-Kn-Nnva.].. PERSORA.I, GOSSIP. * -John Morrissey admits that he has lost money in Hie last. Wall street crash. -Tennyson has written a letter to Edwin Booth, congratulating him on thc production of 11 Enoch Arden." -Mr. James M. Woodruff, of Covington, Go., committed suicide, last week, by blowing his brains out With a pistol. -Thc name of General IL E. Lee ls urged in several of tho Virginia papers for the presi? dency of tho Virginia Valley Railroad. . -Mr. W. F. Mason, a most estimable young citizen of Macon, Ga., was shot and Instantly filled near that city, lost week, by Mr. Samuel Colson. -Mr. Wheeler, of thc firm of Wheeler & Wilson, ls to bc brought forward as a candi? date for thc Democratic nomination for Gover? nor of Connecticut. -Archbishop McCloskey, according to a let? ter from Rome to a London Journal, has hired n carriage and span at 1200 francs a month, to facilitate his movements in thc Eternal City. -Koo pm an selina p has appointed John Ain sbe, of Memphis, late president of the Gor? man National Bank, and business manager of thc Appeal, his agent for the Southern States. -Brigham Young calls the roll of his chil? dren every morning at breakfast. When they are all able to put In an appearance, thero aro sixty-eight of them there to respond to the call.: -Rev. Bornas Scars, D. D., has declared, in a letter to North Carolina, that no aid what? ever wlU be given from tho Peabody Southern Educational Fund to sectarian or denomina? tional schools. . ?.-Ul health ls assigned as the reason for the retirement of Hon. John Bigelow from nie edi? torship of the New York Times.' While he re? mained In that position ho received the. com? fortable salary of two hundred and fifty dollars per week. -Alexander T. Stewart, the dry goods prince, recently said to an acquaintance: "I do business to establish a principle. It is the principle of truth. I am In a state of continued warfare to prevent what are called white lies belng.told in my establishment." -A monument, which cost 425,000, has been eroded in Laurel Grove Cemetery, near Ha? vannah, ever the remalnB of the late Right Rev. Bishop Stephen Elliott, of Hie Dioceses* Georgia. On the front 1B cut the Bishop's mitre, sod in the rear the cross keys, symboli? cal of the Bishop's office. -When General Chamberlain, ?Governor of Maine, after one of the teniblo battles of the j war, lay usen a hospital couch, shot through the body, aid, os all supposed, very near 'his end, the attendants began preparations for em? balming his body, that lt might bo sent home. This was a little earlier than the General de?. Hired, and moving filmsou*, ho said: "Gentle? men, I havo made different arrangements. I invite'you all to dino with mo onu week from to-day."' -There are men, here and there, who'are ? little toe smart,' ' oven for t nert sol voa. ' There ls a will now tinde? settlement. in ? New York, in which rich old gentleman very effectually revenges himself upon.a son-in-law. It hap? pened that tho son-in-law got nome bold upon the old mao whereby he compelled him to ?ttle $100,000" 'upon his wile .(the old 'man's ipghter) before the affair was arranged. As ip duty bound, Ute Old' gentleman ultimately paid the debt, of nature, ?pd-of course the heirs were wide awake for the will... There were three daughters and'one sen, and the. old man left to the ton $1,000,000, te each of the two daughters $1,000,000; bat to tho daughter whose husband had played the trick upon him :;? >' >?:i'.,>:, i ie.,., -.. . ? ?. .'-.'Mfa '. ?.. .?.* ?Mi -\ . .".'. .... ?rtv.'iTtjv : -a -?:, . . . nothing inoro thnn n receipt tm tho $100,000 paid to her smart husband. ? -The following "curd," from P. H. Sterns, appears In the editorial columns of tho Now horn Timos: "Having been intruded upon while attending to my duties ut tho Times office, I take this occasion to say that I am tir? ed of having every person who happens to be In n fighting mood step to tho doo? and ask nie out, and this ls to inform all who have already done this thing, and such ns expect to do so hereafter, that I do not advertise to be a prize? fighter, and have never carried, nor Intend to carry, concealed weapons, but that I shall con? tinuo to defend this paper and its friends against all attacks, without fear or favor; shall not consult tho tastes of any pugilist, but rather bc governed by asenso of Juitlcc toward myself and those whose principles'I advocate. I shall contlnno to walk thc streets of this city af my leisure when I have oc?anien to do so, and no threats of chastisement will prevent me from going where I have occasion to In the discharge of my business." THE ILL-FATED l' ill VAT EE lt. Tbs Hornet Under a. New Vam? - and 'Mil Ht fl - HOW Sh? WUK Pu rf ll Cl Hld, Transferred and Started - Stirring Scones at Sra-High Hopes before She wu Nabbed? A correspondent of tho New York Herald, who was on bonni the steamer Hornet during lief short and unlucky cruise under, the Cuban flog, writes to that paper an Interesting ac? count of tho manner In which that vessel pass? ed into the ?uhan service. After noticing thc seizure and subsequent release of the Homet by the British authorities at Halifax, he con? tinues : Shortly after her arrival at Halifax, Mr. Leon Lafitte, now one of tho officers of - thc Cuba, wns appointed by Mr. H., who found that lils attention was required lu another piuco, as tho supercargo of the ship. Power of attorney was given him to proceed to Queenstown or any other port and to sell thc steamer to tho best advantage. Her machinery having been repaired, a Aili crew shipped, and plenty of coal being put on board, ibu Hornet Balled, with a-fair wi ml and under a Mill head of steam, (rom Halifax, at 8 o'clock on Sunday night, thc lit h September, with her supercargo-the nominal owner-ana two passengers on board. No time Aros lost In weighing ancltor after all the necessary prepa? rations bad been made, and wc stood out of the harbor at a slashing rate. | The next morning, alter tho decks were'Washed and everything made taut, the land being dimly seen In thc distance and far lu our wake, one of thc passengers, after first swallowing a cup of coffee, handed him by a ghostly-looking steward, to steady his nerves, approached tho supercargo, who was nervously pacing thc deck before the wheel, and spoke something in a quiet tone-. Some conversation- followed, and then everybody understood that negotiations were on foot for tho purchase of tho vessel. The- passenger proved to ho a duly accredited agent of the Cuban Government, who was prepared to offer Bitch terms to thc supercargo as contd not bo refu ned short of m ad nea? Thu .supercargo, having the Interests of tho owners in view, closed with'tho offer, and tho money being paid down, a formal transfer waa made. I did not ascertain tho amount, nor have I since; but judging from tho size of the roll, of bank bills placed in the hands of the smiling super? cargo, lt must have been large, ?rho.bill uf salo was signed and delivered "at. sea, Sep? tember 31, 1809, In tho prisenoetof/iwoAir moro witnesses." The Hornet wns thon dc-* clnrcd tho property of the Itepublic of .Cuba and her conrwi wns Immediately altered to sulL.4., circumstances. Tho ncxVtfay, noir ? mr out at sea*, we Bighted" a jtcapoUor. ?ginsipJWuT, nnd standing toward her, wo*''were Burprlsed to find that she waa a vessel Umlieft before us with a number Of men from Halifax, who wore duly transferred to our'decks and received with three times three and a tiger. Hardly had these men finished fraternizing willi our hitherto limited crew whon on tho disc of the horizon a white speck, which grew into thc form of a full-rlggcd ship, disclosed itself to our view, and airar an hour more, aided by the sharp sou'easter which sprung np in the meantime, we mn alongside her, and found, to our unspeakable satisfaction, that she had on board a number of Parrot guns and a large quantity of ammunition. Although thc sea was rolling heavily, and the white waves jumped against lite sides of our craft In Impo? tent fury, the officers set about the task of transferring thc precious cargo, and before thc sun hogan to blink and wink over tho disturb? ed sea, behind which ho was apparently sink? ing to rest, everything was on board andtUPp crfy secured. Some difficulty had evidently been anticipated by the officers of the Hornet at this critical juncture, anxious Stances being -cast from the quarter eek on the curious, gaping crowd that filled the waist and forward part of the vessel; but the result proved that there was no occa? sion for anxiety, To a man the crew were in full sympathy and accord with the officers. They had not been consulted regarding the change of destination, but when open mouthed guns begun to creep slowly on the deck from th e creaking davits, and they were called upon to assist In stowing them away, they did so wil? lingly and with hearty cheers. It was mid? night. A few stars blinked from under dark masses of clouds, the waves dashed madly past, as In sympathy with the excitement which every officer and man experienced, and the wild wind loose among tho taut shrouds whist-1 tied merrily. The pale beams of the moon fell athwart the deck, and In the shadows undor | tho bulwarks forms of men hauling and labor? ing nt tho heavy metal were dimly, seen mov? ing about. Cheerily the voices of the men rang outland cheerily were they answered by tho officers, encouraging them, but.working.like Hie rest. As each gun came on board lt was christened by the sailors. " Here comes Gin'ral - 'Grant, bejabers I" cried . a lusty Hibernian, baining on a rope for the bare life: "Jr.mp along, old Farragut." cried another. Jumping himself to clear his .toes of the impending muzzle; "Viva C?s? pedes V yelled a Cuban ,n ocstacy, as tho bur? nished back of a splendid piece was seen over the bulwarks. Ana so the guns were christened by the men who will use them for Cuban Inde? pendence. ' The guns having been secured and tho am munition properly placed, the men congre? gated round the officers, the officers under the flag of the Cuban republic, ' flying from the peak, and the Hornet was re baptized the ''Cuba,** while her sharp prow was boing turned in the direction of the enemies of tho infant republic, manifest destiny and the Mon? roe, doctrine. The first man-of-war In the service of Cuba, she yielded to tho bmeeze, and with sails'and steam plunged madly forward ot the rate af eighteen knots an'hour. Her officers say she can mako twenty-two Anota on a wind with* foll head of steam, but except in case of greavraergenoy, I don't wish to see any such speed myself; tho vibration is enough now to shake the teeth ont .of any one les? determined to lwld on to his mastica t?o II than your eorresponuYmt. As wc.may all ?be hanged one of these <aays, I wish to state li? re for the Information of, (ha Span Wi au? thorities that Ur. Leon LttflrW nVenUUedfto be strangled more than nnyboiy else, he having first run up the fla* with the- Bingle star on the ? go?tl shin Cuba, Fdo not think lt safe I?Ahls letter te he too particular in my description of tho ship, for obvions reasons, and have pur .poselr omitted to mention many matters of Ju? te re?t, lest our cruising ground should be tbs-' cove red, , When, however, our track boco raes . ill uro 1 noted tilth the flam es o f Imming Spanish ships, fiarther 'concealment wai be unpoaes sary, and I will then* Ii opportunity ls. afforded me, send yow a IOPK arid nunnie *^count,. I may perhaps, obtain pe r ml sajon before ? clase to send you tho roster of IL? Cuba, witta short blographlcaraBBtices of flach of the prln Cipal officers,, but at tito present moment everything ls so much la confusion lt would be impoirinblo to approach tho proper officer. I will content myself now by stating that the. Cuba ls well armed and. equipped ?nd com-1 mauded by a distinguished o meer, who won his epaulets in tho United States Navy, and who atm held a high position intim service of tho defunct Confederacy. .rff 1 We are now steaming southward, and bo fore many hours our t ms ty guns will belch forth oar mission li t*ie gulf In thunder toics, T te Cabs Is ntfj llab'o lo purerlit by Un'ted States emisora because shotted u United States port In ? perfect ly legal manner, entered ii fort'l^u port, and wns subsequently armed mut manned on the high Kens by ti foreign govern nient. Nor ls Hbo liable to pursuitToy British nien-ol'-wnr. because HIIO lett Halifax lcgully mut with full permission of the Hill II i authori? ties. Timi she WIM armed, mannell nilli equip? ped nt ?eu mill duly transferred from une owner to a not her. ts adm lt te il. All this Wils perfectly within tho law ol* nnllons. Then nguiu tho Culny hi a regular man-of-war, be? longing to a government recognized In fact, If not In law; tho officers each and every one have received their commissions from the Executive of thc Ciibnn Republic, and wear thc national uniform, therefore she cannot be considered a pirate by any nation. It Is really-one of those coses where there Is no? body to blame and nobody ls responsible. The Cuba will go Into commission in A Cuban port and afterwards commence operating. In concluding this hasty letter I will add as the result of my observations and inquires, that thc officers arc gentlemen, und arc not only sldlled anti tried veterans, but men of charac? ter and edi mat lon, and Uni' thc most perfect discipline prevails on board. J j TUE OCUMENICAL COUNCIL. Text ol* thc Pope's Answer to ?lie Appli? cation oftlie Rev. Dr. Camming to be Heard In tbe Council. Thc English papers publish thc following translation of tho reply of the Pope to thc lei? tet of tho Rev. Dr. Cumming, already briefly poticcd In our cabio telegrams : POPE PICS IX "TO OUR VENERABLE BROTHER HKS RV EDWARD. ARI'll HI Sid il' OF WESTlftK f yr ER. * Venerable Brother, Health and the Apos? tolic Blessing-Wo have seen from thc news? papers that Dr. Cumming, of Scotland, has ln 3itlrcd of yon whether leave will bc given at IO approaching'daniell to those who dissent from tue Catholic Church, to put forward thc arguments which they think can bc advanced In support of their own opinions; and that, on your replying that this is a matter to bc deter? mined by the Holy See, he has written to us upon the subject. Now, If thc Inquirer knows what ls tho be? lief of Catholics with respect to the teaching authority which bas been given by our Divine Saviour to His Church, and therefore with re? spect to Its Infallibility in deciding questions which belong to dogma or to morals, he must know that thc Church cannot permit errors which it hos carefully considered, judged and condemned, to be again brought under discus? sion. This, too, ls what has already been made known by our letters. (Viz : Thc Let? ters Apostolic of September 13, 1808, addressed "To all Protestants and other non-Catholics.") For. when wc said, "It cannot be denied or doubted that Jesus Christ Himself, In order that he might apply to all generations of men thc fruits of His redemption, built here on earth upon Peter H?B only Church, that ls, thc one, holy. Catholic and Apostolic Church, and gave to him all power that was necessary Tor ' preserving whole and inviolate thu deposit - of faith and for delivering tbe same faith to all peoples, and tribes and nations," we thereby signified that Hie primacy both of honor and of ju? risdiction, which was conferred upon Pe? ter and Ins successors by the Founder of thc Church, ls placed beyond thc hazard of dispu? tation. Tills, indeed, is the bingo upon which the whole question between - Cat h niles and all who dissent from them turns, abd from this dissent, as from a fountain, all the errors of non-Catholics flow.. " For Inasmuch as such bodies of men are destitute of that living and divinely-established authority which teaches mankind especially tbo things of faith and the rule of morals, ana which also directs and gov? erns them tn whatever relates to eternal salva? tion, sb these same bodies of men have ever varied in their teaching, and their change and instability never cease/' If, thereto re, your in rpilrec will consider either the opinion which la hold by. tho cburjch**s. to*be infallibility of lt? 11 i%?Ti i I i-'a.aJ..j,*miuiv.... ?nv-.. ? faith or morals, or what- we ourselves have w^*Mi> rr^rsscuiig the-tnlniacy ami - teachteg omhorltVpf Peter, bc will at once perceive that no room ?an be given at the Council for the de? fence ot errors which have already been con? demned; and that wc could not nave invited non-Catholics to n discussion, but have only urged them "to avail themselves of thc oppor? tunity alf' riled by tills Council, in which the Catholic Church, to which their forefathers be? longed, gives a now proof of itu close unity aha invincible vitality, and to satisfy thc wants of their souls by withdrawing from a State in which they cannot be sure of their salvation." If, by the inspiration of Divine grace, they shall seek God with their whola heart, they will easily cast away all preconceived and ad? verse opinions; and, laying aside all desire of disputation, they will return to the Father from whom they have long unhappily gone as? tray. Wc, on our part, will joyfully run to meet them;and embracing them with a father's charity, we shall rejoice, and thc Church will rejoice with us, that our children who were dead have come to lifo again, and that they who were lost have been found. This, indeed, we earnestly ask of God; and do you, venera? ble brother, join your prayers to ours. In tho meanwhile, as a token of the Divine favor and of our own especial benevolence, wo most lovingly give to you and to your diocese our Apostolic blessing. Olvon at St. Peter's. In Rome, this 4th day of September, i860, In the twenty-fourth year of our Pontificate. POPE PIUS IX. JEATHElt HYACINTHE'S 1'HOTEST. HI? Letter In Foll. Die following is the text of the letter which, as we were advised by cable, Father Hyacinthe has addressed to the general of his order in Rome. It will ba seen that the attack of the distinguished preacher ls directed exclusively against what bo considers evils of the admin? istration, and Bot, os hoB been stated, against any of the doctrines of his church: My Very Reverend JAuher-During the five Sears of niy ministry at Notre Dame de Paris, espite the ?pen attacks and secret accusa? tions of which I have been the object, your es? teem and confidence have never failed mo for a moment. I preserve numerous testimonies of them, written by your own band, and which were addressed os much to my preaching as to myself. Whatever may happen, I shall hold them In grateful remembrance. To-day, how? ever, by a sud dc n change, the cause of which I do not seek In your heart, but in the intrigues of a party all powerful at Rome, you arraign what yon encourage, you censuro what you approved, and you require that I should speak a language or preservo a silence which would no lo?ger be Hie entire and loyal expression o? my conscience I do not hesitate an instant. With language perverted by a command, or mulila ted by reticence, 3 shall not ascend the pulpit of No? tre Dane. I express my regret for thia to the In? telligent and.courageous Archbishop who hv given his pulpit to me, ant sustained me them agalnstlhe bad viii oj men or women ol whom I sholl speak nt tim proper time. I express my re? grets to the Imposing audi tory who surrounded me there with-lite attention, Its sympathies, I I was nearly going to say, Its friendship. I weald aol be -worthy of the auditory of the Archbishop, of my conscience, nor of God, if I would consent ?to net before them In such a rolo I I separate myself ot the some time from the convent In which I have resided, and which under the BOW circumstances that have happen? ed to me renders lt tor me a prison of the soul En acting thats I am not nnfalthfrd to my TOWS. I have promised moaastlo obedience,'but lim? ited by the honesty ot conscience, the dignity of my person and - my ministry, I have prom? ised under UM benefit <of that superior law of Justice and of royal liberty, which ls, according 1 to tho Apostle Si Jame?, tno proper law ot tho Christian. It ls for the more perfect practico of this holy liberty that I came to ask-at tho cloister. Bow more than ten veera ago, In the elan or an enthusiasm free of all human calculation, I ?hall not venturo to. add free of all the Ma? nton of youth, if, in exclm nco for my sacrifi? ce*, I am to-day offered chains, I have not obi y tho right bat tho duty to reject them. The, present hom* ls solemn. The church passes through one or the most violent, dork, and deelslve crises of lt? existence hero below. For tho first time In three hundred. years an (Ecumenical Council ls not only convoked bat doctored necessary; suoh ls the expression of the Holy Father. It Is not In such a mo? ment that a preacher of tho gospel, were he the last of au, - eon consent to remain M. th? MUM dogs of ? Israel, unfaithful guardian*, whom tho prophet reproaches as nimble to bark. Cann mitti, non valentes lairare. Tho saints were never silent. 1 nm not om* of them, but, nevertheless, I bolong to their ruco, Klii sanctorum sitnuts, mid I "haves ulways boon ambitions to pine? my stops, my tears, and, If nocessury, my blood, lu the trucks which they have lort?? I raise, thorcforo, before tho Holy Father and thc Council, my protestation as Christian and preacher against those doc? trinos and pr?cticos, cullin- themselves Ro? man, but which aro not Christian, and which In their encroachments, alwuys most auducious uml most baneful, tend to c him no tho constitu? tion of tho Church' thc basis ns well ns the form of lier teaching, ami even tho spirit of her piety. I protest aguinst tho divorce, as im? pious as lt ts Insane, which lt ls Bought to ac? complish between the Church, who is our mother according to eternity, ami tho society of thu .ilni'toontli century, of whom wo arc thc sons according lo tho times, and toward whom wo huvu also some duties and attach? ments. I protest turalnst this more Radical and dreadful opposition to humau nature, which ls attacked and made to revolt by these false doctrines In its most indestructible and holiest, aspirations. I protest above all against tho sacrellglous perversion of Ibo Word ortho BOD|of Godnlmsclf, tile spirit and thc lotter of which m e equally trodden under foot by the pharisaism ot' tho new law. It is my most iirofoiiniLconviction that If Franco In particu? lar, and thc Latin races In general, are deliver? ed over to social, mond and religious anarchy, thc principal cause Is without doubt not In catholicism Itself, but In Ute manner which Catholicism lia? during n long lime been un? derstood and practiced. I appeal to trje Coun? cil about to meet, to seek for remedies for tho excess of our evils, and to apply them with as much force ns gentleness. Btu If fears In which I do not wish to share', come to bc re? alized, If thc august assembly has ' not more liberty in Its deliberations than it has already In Its preparation, If, in a word, it ls deprived Of the essential characters of an (Ecumenical Council, I will cry to God and men to call another truly united in thc Holy spirit, not in thc spirit of party, and representing really thc Universal Church, not thc silence of some men, thc oppression of others. "For thc heart of tho daughter of my peoplo am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on inc. Is there no balm in Gilead ? Is there no phy? sician there * Wily, then, is not thc health of the daughter of my people recovered ?"-Jere? miah, viii. In fine, I uppeal to your tribunal. O Lord Jesus 1 Ad litton Domine Jesu tribunal ajipello. It is in your presence that I write these lines; lt is at your t'oet, after having pray? ed much, reflected, suffered, and waited much, that I Bign them. I have confidence that lt mon condemn them on earth you approve them in heaven. That is sufficient for me liv? ing and dying. Cn. HYACIKTUE. Superior of thc Barefooted Carmelites of Paris, second preacher ofthe order lu thc pro? vince of Avignon. Parls-Possy, September 20, 18G!). Special Notices. pSB~C ONSIGNEES NOTICE.-DE? SPATCH LTNE.-Thc Brig Adelaide will discharge cargo Tuts DAY at Union Wharr. Goods not call? ed for before sunset, will bc stored at risk and ex? pense or consignees. No claims allowed arter goods leave thc wharr. OCt7 1_WILLIAM ROACH A CO. p&- NOTICE.-ALL CLAIMS AGAINST British Schooner PETREL, Shanks Master, must be presented at our office THIS DAY, before VJ o'clock, or they win be debarred payment. J. A. ENSLOW A CO., Consignees, oct7 1_No. 141 East Bay. pgr CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP MANHATTAN are notified that she ls Tins DAV discharging at Adgcr's Wharr. 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