Bret attracted particular notice a few Team ago by a series of sermons delivered b y him in the old Cbnrch of the Puritans In Union square. He speaks very deliberately, though not slowly, and delivers bis sermons in a manner to give one the impression that ?they have been first written and then com mitted to memory. When be has announced bis text he closes the Bible and talks to the congregation with very little apparent exoite ment or earnestness. He is popular with his people but some of them we know think he runs too much after ''sensation" topics to be as useful as he might be. There is a good y negroes and other eril-disposed persons ?nd doubtful fight is reported as having Itekea place between a band of Ku Klux and the United 8tates troops on Broad River. feRils is unpleasant intelligence bat the most icurious feature of it is that about "citisens Who have fled." Why have they fled? Let them stop in their mad career and answer this ?question. How It Originated. The story of the cow ?nd the kerosene lamp having been the origin of the Chioago lire is squelched by the affidavits of the owners of the property, who ?wear tbat there was no (Ire in their stable that night, and that their cows were milked Itofore dark. This is unfortunate, for the lesson taught by the supposed origin of the conflagration In connection with kerosene might have been the means of saving many a human life by causing more care to be used in handling the Inflammable material. The origin of the fire, therefore, still remains a mystery. Tub Grand Cyclops. It is said that the Grand Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan of Georgia Is no less a personage than a son-in law of General Toombs, that famous man who threatened, once upon a time, to call the roll of his slaves from the apex of Bunker Bill Monument amid the flashing lightnings of Southern rights and the rattling thunders of the constitution. It must be this man and not that other man who is the Grand Cyclops of .(fee Georgia Ku Kluxes. TURKEY The Sultan About to Confiscate the Property of the Clinreh. A Conflict Between the Crown and the Clergy in Frcspect TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YOM HERAUL London, Oct 23, 1871. Telegrams from Constantinople report that the Turkish government intends to appropriate the eoclesiaetloal property of the Mosques to the use of the State. TH> liOSQUI INCOMES? PROPIKTT CLAIMS OV TUB MUSSULMAN CLEBdT AND DANQRB8 OF TI1B BE FOBM. Some short time since we had intelligence from Constantinople like to the above. It was then stated that the Turkish government had re solved to adopt measures "/or the belter man* ogement, and In some cades for the sale of the ecclesiastical property of the country," bat the terms wnich were used in speaking of the matter rendered the proposed course somewhat dif ficult of comprehension to persons who had not paid attention to Turkish nomenclature or the political situation which existed at the moment in the rorte capital. It is generally believed abroad? In Europe and America particularly that vacouf or church prop erty In Turkey Is nothing else than certain mainmort estates, held under different titles by a grasping clergy. Thus, public opinion gives an easy acquies cence to any act of vigor emanating from the Sul tan against it; In fact, it is wished that the Otto man government should follow the exam ple act by the Western Catholic nation?. In Turxey public worship is not supported at the cost of the state. The mosques, schools, alms houses, baths and soap kitchens for the poor have all proceeded from private persons, who, in order to assure the preservaiton or these pious founda tions, have, in conformity with the law, endowed them with a perpetual rent, which Is secured on freehold property designated by the donor. Such Is the consecration of the vacouf property, and such the origin of all the religions establishments in the empire. Properly speaking, there is no Mussulman clergy; each foundation pays out of its revenues some servitors called Imans, In the mosques, and the sheik-ul -Islam. In consequence or the civil rule which the Koran exercises In family transac tions, such as marriages, wills, donations, adoption of children, divorce, this person Is more the presi dent of a tribunal of appeal than a religious chief; The bolder ol a vacouf enters npon the enjoyment of it after having undertaken the following engage ments towards the foaader:? Ftrst? The payment or a determined sum. Second His direct heirs aloue have the right to Inherit, to the exclusion or collateral branches. In case the holder, who is rather the possessor of the income than the proprietor, dies without direct Issue the property goes to tne administration, which puts It up to auction and sells It to the high est bidder, Imposing on him the conditions stipulated by the founder. The produce or the adjudication la added to the foundation, and the sum paid is evi dently very Inferior to the real value of the property, which is depreciated by the charges with which it remains saddled. In certain parts of the Turkish empire the vacoufs which have not found pur chasers remain unused and unproductive both ror the State and the work lor which they were designed. All v?coyf| are exempt from taxes, and, according to persons who know Tur key well, they embrace at least one-fourth of the whole territory At Constantinople the propor tion Is much greater, being estimated at two-thirds, uurda. in case of seizure by the State of such dedicated property it ta easy to un derstand what profound changes would be caused in the situation of families and in private fortunes by a law modifying the conditions of mar riage and inheritance. The poor most also be thought of, so that the subject or Church property confiscation generally requires the most comprehen sive, liberal and enlightened treatment by the states men or Turkey. Otherwise It may produoe in Unite trouble In the East. I ENGLAND. Deep Sea Electricity in Aid of Chicago. 1ELKMN TO Tig HEW YMX KERAUL London, Oct. 22, 1871. Toe Atlantic cable companies bare agreed to allow telegrams relating to the reliet of Chicago to pass over their wires (tee or tolls. SPAIN. Political Calculations of the Formation of a Mixed Cabinet TCLCEIAH TO TtjMEW YORK HEiULl Madrid, Oct. 22. 1(71. A rumor prevails in political circles to the efltct that a project Is on foot for the arrangement of a new Ministerial combination, in which seflors sa gas la and Zortlla and one Influential Spanish demo crat are included. They are named as being likely to ooalesoe for the purpose of effecting a rearrangement of the Cabinet. THE BONAPABTES. Prince Napoleon Safe in Cors ca. TELEGRAM TO THE HEW YOSX HESAl'J. Paris. Oct. 22, 1871. Prince Napoleon Bona pane landed at Aiaccio, Corsica, yesterday, after his exciting travel to and from Valence. There was no demonstration made by the Corsi oans on me occasion of his arrival. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. New* iron thr United Shim Astatic Pqnedrea. The special correspondent of the Dbrald in Japan, writing on the nth ot September, reports as fol lows:? There has been no change w the looation of the Asiatic squadron since my last letter. Lieutenant Commander Douglas R. Cassell has been detached from the Alaska as executive officer and ordered to the Ashuelot. First Assistant Engineer w. h. Ring is detached from the Alaska aad ordered home for examination for promotion. lieutenant Commander Walter Abbott has been ordered u^the Alaska as executive offlcer. Chief Engineer C. E. ue Valln baa also been or. dered to the same vessel. Fatal Aceldeat ea Beard the Colored*. On the morning of the 31st ulu a quarter gunner, named 1. H. Smith, on board the Colorado^ feu from the main yard to the deck while the crew were going through the manoeuvre of furling sails, and broke nis neca and inflicting other injuries, from which death resulted almost instantaneously. He was a native of the United states and aged twenty, eight years. DARING BOBBBBY OP AN EXPRE88 OAR. CAIRO, III., Oct, 22. 1871. At Union City, Tenn., last night, while the passen gers ol a Mobile and Ohio Railroad train were at supper, three men jumped on the engine and ran the train back on the track for two miles, while two others entered the express car and robbed the safe of about $4,ooo. The messenger was at supper and had left one man on guard, who was overpowered by the robbers. The tnieves eecaoed. A SMUGGLER CAUGHT IN HOBO KEN. A seaman named Frits Qiaoton was arrested yesterday afternoon while attempting to make away with six packages of cigars from the German steamer lying In dock. The custom offlcer, Samuel Barker, took him to the station house, where he was imprisoned to await an Investigation. Hmug< gting is extensively carried on througn the German steamers and the guilty Dames generally menage to elude the vixiiaooe of the authorities. NATIONAL COLORED CONVENTION. The Nation's Full Grown Wards Discussing Their liights. President Grant Endorsed? Carpet-Baggers Com mended? The American People Aaked to Extend Further Social and Commer cial Privilege* to the Negroea Columbia, S. O., Oct. 22, 1871. Tbe National Colored Convention met In Colom bia on Wednesday. Lieutenant Governor Rangier, of Hooch Carolina, being permanent President. On Thursday resolutions endorsing President Grant's administration irere Introduced and refer red. Resolutions were adopted advocating the pre servation of the reconstructed State governments and existing lawe, and the continuance in power of the republican party* also endorsing those republi cans who have come to the South from the North, and deprecating an attack upon any olass within the republican ranks. Resolutions were passed on Fridar deprecating emigration to Liberia. Congressman Elliott, of South Carolina, submit ted yesterday an address to the American people. It asks for a mora perfect recognition of the colored people in the workshops and all other Industrial pursuits, thst tney mar become proflcient to me chanical sciences, and thereby protect skilled arti sans from having to compete in tne market with workmen of Inferior capacity, and asks fr^m Con gress aid for the education of the poor ohildren of the South. It demands one standard of duty or poller for all citizens, it afllrms that the colored citizens have no desire to strike a line of action not common to the whole people, and conclndos with a hope for a speedy abolition of slavery In every part of the world. LITERATURE. CRITICISMS OF NEW BOOKS. Tim Ahrrican Traveler's Guide. Harphr's Handbook for Travkllkrs in Eiruors and tm East. By w. Pembroke Fetrldge. Tenth Year. New York: Harper A Brothers, 187X. lima, pp. 765. "Travelling," says Emerson, ''la ft fool's para dise." Without stopping to consider in what sense this oracular assertion Is true, we may remark that, or all people on the earth's surface, the English and the Americans are. par exce'.ltmce the travelling races, if we keep on at the rate of the last few years, It will aoon be rare to And an Intelligent American, at least In our leading cities, who has not visited Europe. That there is a sufflclently large class 01 buyers or this five dollar "Handbook for Travellers in Europe" to pay for the Issue of completely new editions every year Is a Mara meant proof of the spread of the European epidemic among us. For ten years has this nuge pocket-book of routes been revised and lasueJ as an annual from the press of the narpers. As the only work professing to cover the Continent of Europe which is annually Issued Its place in the category of gnlde books Is a marked and Important one, and entails corresponding obli gations upon publishers and compiler to make It everything which can fairly be exacted of such an enterprise. The work Is very full, very well printed, abound ing in maps of a certain class and generally well written. The compiler takes pains to have it known tbat he constantly resides abroad for the purpose of securing the freshest and most trustworthy Infor mation about all new routes or travel and changes in hotels and city edifices. Tnat he bas succeeded In combining Into his volume by repeated revisions more of interest and value to travellers than any other single work contains is undoubtedly true. Such a book Is and must continue to be a comfort to all persons visiting foreign lanls, as well as valuable to tnou sands belonging to the "can't-get-away club, who wish to have In compact shape some good index to the sights and scenes of the Old World. Yet there are grave faults la this work which it would be an unworthy use of the offlce of orltlcism to terrain rrom exposing. It is no part or the runc tlon of tne reviewer to Join In an indiscriminate chorus of laudations even of a book apparently well established In public favor. On the contrary, the more prominent the space filled or attempted to be filled by the work the more essential does It become that Its defects should be pointed out, In order that they may be remedied. The present issue, while omitting several pages ot matter which had become obsolete? chiefly in the portions relating to France contains about rorty pages or wholly new material. This relates especially to London and other parts of England, which are described In this edition with far more fulness than before. Many new maps of cities also appear for the first time in this issue. We must remark, In general criticism or the plan of the work, that it contains far too lew maps of special countries and routes, while it is needlessly full or plans ot cities and towns. By actual count? for we look in vain in the table of contents (or any list of maps whatever? there are fifty-three plans of cities and parts or cities and ouiy eleven maps of countries. This exactly reverses the customsry wants of the traveller, who needs constantly berore him the best route maps or every country he Is likely to visit, while the mere street plans or cities are comparatively useless to blm while en route, and very certain to be supplied In abun lantly cheap rormsln each city visited whenwanted. or what use is It to the traveller contom JSting a European tour to have his route boo* filled with elaborate ground plans or suoli minor cities as Stockholm, Pisa and Glasgow, when he looks In vain In Its am ple pages ror a map or France, or Germany or or Italy f One more remark on tho subject of maps. Why li it that neither in this guide book nor In any English or American issue that we nave seen there nas not i yet been adopted any or the first class work that characterizes the German handbooks of travel r J Why cannot the admirably clear, sharp and beauti ful cartography of Wagner, at Darmstadt, or the not less admirable lithograph of Justus Perthe's msp establishment at Gotha be availed or to illustrate our best guide books? Let any reader contrast the beautiful map work In even the cheap German haudbooks (as In Bedeker's "Switzerland," for example), with the muddy appearance or the maps of Great Britain in "Harper's Handbook of European Travel." In the former the outlines or every district stand out clear and sharp; the rivers and lakes are finely colored in blue, the mountains are delicately shaded in brown, and the roads and railways are faced with a masterly clearness that leaves nothing to be desireu. In the latter, though the map work is executed In London (bearing the Imprint of "Stanford's Geographical Establish ment"), there Is great Indistinctness and falntness of outline; no coloring whatever 1s used, and the names of places are sometimes almost indistinguish able by the naked eye. Yet these maps are rar above the average round in American and English guide books, so lamentaoly wretched Is the standard or such things with ns. We regret to notice, as we have done in all for mer issues or this work, a very considerable amount or puffery or Individuals and firms engaged In busi ness. Thus we are informed, on page 93, thai "the most rashlonabie tailors in London arc Messrs. New Bond street. Nearly all the best-dressed Americans abroad are their customers." This state ment, twsldes being absurdly wide or the truth, is In outrageously bad lasto in a work making any pre tensions to be accepted as a fair and Impartial guide to travellers. What confidence can wc placc In Mr. Fetrldge's Judgment or foreign places, hotels, Ac., if we are to be continually reminded that his book Is lull or advertising dodgos or the most trans parent description? There is one piece or advice to travellers for which the editor or Uiis work will not receive the thanks of American Ministers abroad:?1 "The author would reiterate his advice, by all means, in visiting or passing through a place, to call and pay your re spects to the representative or your country." And, by way or snowing every traveller bow to do It, he paradm a list or diplomatic and oonsular agents realdent abroad. However It may oe with consuls in the smaller oiues. it is certaUtfy very uuuwee ?ary encroachment on the time of foreign Mutators to hue every countryman who chances to set his foot in Karope, in no public character, baton private business or pleasure, running tnem down or ensuing them up for personal attentions. The list tliat is glvon, moreover, of these oflRclals, is extremely Inaocurate, and has not been revised for years. Mr. Sheilabarger is not our Minister Real dent at Lisbon, whatever Mr. Fetrldge may think, nor Edward Joy Morris at Constantinople, nor a C. Andrews at Copenhagen; nor Is Rev. M. J. Cramer Consul at Leipsic; nor la It. B. Van Valkenburgh Minister to Japan. In the portions of the work devoted to Prance, and especially to Paris, the necessities of the times have led to great retrenchment of matter. And we are happy to observe that this has operated to the better ment or the book in every respect. Whole pages of complimentary flunky lam concerning the great Em peror Louis Napoleon which appeared In former edi tions have been eliminated. It is true that, In mak ing elisions and substitutions, extreme awkwardness results In some cases. Thus, on page 203, which contained a long and deUtied description of the ceremony of a presentation at tne Court of the Em peror, the reader flnds a whole paragraph gouged out as with a chisel, while what went before and after is left in a ludicrous non ?*quUur, as follows:? Most travellers will be anxious ror a presentation to the but witnessing tne magnificent state apartments In all Iheir brilliancy, as ail persons presented attend the state ball ou the same evening. A similar surgical operation has been performed on the page following, with a result almost equally bunding. While great pains hava been taken in some places to bring the work up to the present time? a chronology of the Franco-German war being lntrodnced, for example, Into the description of Paris? other anachronisms are left wholly wlthont correction. Thns the old descrip tions of the Tnileries and the Hotel de Ville are re printed at length without a word about the burn, lng, though we are assured In the preface that the work is brought up to May of the present year. Un der Switzerland nothing is said of the railway to the top of Mount Rigl, though it nas been In successful operation for many months. The twenty concluding pages of the work, which are devoted to the United States, are Btui more crowded with blunders and anachronisms. The Information conveyed was musty, If trae, ten yoars ago, but is now utterly be hind the times. In fact, the whole matter relating to the United States should be left out, as out of place In what purports to be a handbook for travel lers In Enrope, and its place supplied by new matter. Of what benefit Is it, for example, to keep spread ing belore the travelling public, In annual editions, such misinformation as the following:? That "the Harper Building, with the new County Court House, are the onlv two complete fireproof buildings In New York" (page 710); that the population of Chicago la 100,000 (page 726); that the suspension bridge across the Ohio, from Cincinnati to Coving ton, *'ls in a fair way to completion" (page 728); that the principal hotels at Saratoga aro Union Hall, the United States and Congress Hall (page 732); that the principal theatres in Boston are the Academy of Music, Howard Athenaeum and Boston Museum (page 730); and that by the Newport line, from Boston to New York, travellers take the steamer at Fall River for .Vetvport r Thb book of thh Ka8t and OrniR Poems. By Ricnard Henry Stoddard. Boston: James it. Osgood A Co., 1871. 16mo., pp. v., 249. Though tie title u a misnomer (the poems called "The Book or East" Ailing but a few pages, and those at the end of the volume), there Is good stnff in this little book. Here are poems of love and war, personal poems, poems of society and poems of literature and mythology. Through all these runs a pure taste and a felicity of execution, which, with much that ts Imitative, and little that is original or very striking, renders the work pleasant reading to anch lovers of the muse as are not always in fastidi ous mood, and who do not Insist that nobody shall sing save they who Know "to build the lofty rhyme." Bapbir'8 American Book op Rbadt Made Speeches. New fork: Dick A Fitzgerald. Tae speeches in this volume are well enough in their way, but thoy cannot save It from being em phatically what theologians call "a work of super erogation," at least In this country, where "the gift or gab" is unhappily universal. good substitute for the book would be a conspicuous placard in the scnool room, with this inscription:? "speech la sil vern but silence is golden." LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. Mark Twain's Nrw book, now la pre3s in Hart ford, will be a description of a trip to California in the flush times of 1849, with humorous reminiscences of the gold excitement, all of which he saw and part of which he wa& Louis Fiqcibr's New Book, "The Future Life Ac cording to Science," will be published in a transla tion by Roberts Brothers, of Boston. Miss Edna Dean Proctor, of Brooklyn, well known as a writer of graphic prose and melodlons poetry, has In press "A Russian Journey," descrip tive ol a tour of over a year performed by her in the vast and progressive Russian empire. J. R. Osgood A Co. will bring out the book. A Niw Pork, entitled "The Wanderer," by Wil liam EUcry (.'banning, nephew of Dr. Channlng, is In the press or J. R. Osgood A Co. Mr. Grant's "History of the Newspaper Press" has appeared in London, and the Athenarum says It Is "loosely put together," though Interesting. What else could be expected or tlie autnor of "hair a hundred volumes f" "Memories of thi British Mrs bum" Is the title of a book soon to appear rrom the pen or Mr. Rob ert Cowtan, long an assistant librarian In that use rui institution. mr. E. A. Freeman's "History or the Norman Conquest'' Is to i? completed soon by the Issue or a fifth volume. When will he complete his "His tory of Federal Government," the first volume or which was published as far back as 1863? Messrs. o. P. Putnam A Sons will soon complete their publication of the late John P. Kennedy's writings by nls "Political Papers, Occasional Ad dresses and Miscellanies." Gordon Ccmmino, the ATrlcan traveller, has published a new book entitled "Wild Men and Wild Beasts; scenes In Camp and Jungle." Amono tub Multitude of private libraries, more or less valuable, destroyed In the Chicago Ore were the collections of E. B. McCagg, rich In philology and English literature; John Y. H caramon, notable for Ha large collection of Swedenborglan literature; H. L. Monroe and Perry H. Smith. Mrs. a. D. T. Whitnky'8 New stort, under the Utle or "Real Folks," is in the press or J. R. osgood A Co., Boston. j. T. Trowbridgb, tne popular novelist for the juveniles, will soon publish "Jack Hazard and His Fortunes," a atory ror every boy. Mrs. george Lcwr, or Boston, is said to M the author or that remarkable book on insane asylums entitled "Behind the Bars." Libbl Sum have been brought against seven Ger man authors and Journalists by Count Benedettl, whose fault or wnoee misfortune it was to hasten the declaration of war by Franc* agamat Germany. Louisa Mfihlbach, tne novelist, has the honor to oe one of the sued. As tne Prussian tribunals have to try tho cases M. Benedettl may net more cost than damages. Madame Rattazzi has written a new poiitleo romanilc book, entitled "Les Mystores dn Second Empire." Lord St. Leonards, now ninety-one, has been appropriately honored oy the dedication to him or a new book, entitled "The Secret of I/ong Life." Rls Lordship wrote, as Edward Sugden, slxty-aix years ago, a famous book on Vendors and another on powers, both or which are among the law textbooka frequently reprinted. Edmund About, It la said, receives the largest salary paid to any French Journalist? 40, ooo iranes per annum. ScnooLs of TrrooRArHT are established in most cities oi Germany, and so groat is the excellence, com bined with cheapness, attained in the t) pographic art, that multitudes of English books, designed for English circulation, are set up and printed in Germany, at the order ol London publishers. Such j technical schools have little or ao existence la tag I Una of the united WASHINGTON. Return of til 0 President to Hia Winter Quarters. Preparations for ?bsehjing the Transit of Yeaas. The Cuho of PnymWfftor Paulding. Washington, Oct 30, 1871. Tk* (Utorn mt the PreiMrai. The Presidential party retained Here this morning from their New England tour, much pleased with the cordial reception which they everywhere met on their journey. Some or the gentlemen who accompanied the President declare that he has every reason to feholtate himself on his popularity with the New England people. These persons also speak or the absenoe of Senator Sumner from all or the demonstrations as exceedingly marked, in view ot the fact that nearly every prominent public man within reach or the Preiudent's rou'.e took occasion to meet, and In many instances to accompany the party. Now that the executive branch or the government is back to Washington ror the winter we may expect active preparation ror the coming session or Congress A number of Senators are already here, and every day adds to the list ot arrivals. A Cabinet meeting will probably be held on Tneaday. Tbe Approaching E'lipae ot the Hon? Prepa rations of (he Helen lints. The United States viU not partioipAte with tbe governments of Europe in making observations or the total eclipse of the snn on tbe 12th of December next. Tbe corps of obseryers at tbe Naval Observa tory would cheerfully have accepted the Invitation of the British astronomers, but owing to their ab sence last year in making observations or ibe eclipse in Southern Europe the work of tbe Observatory is very much behind, and they alone oonid have been despatched nnder orders of the Navy Department, oar government failing to make provision (or an expedition to Asia. Toe corps of professors who were in Southern Europe last December? Messrs Simon Newcomb, Asaph Hall, William flarkness an1 John R. Eastman? have, in addition to their regular duties since tbelr return, had the additional work or preparing reports or tbe observations made on the occasion or tbe la?t total eclipse. Besides, if these additional duties had not been Imposed upon them, a greater duty has been assigned two of the principal professors, Messrs. Hark n ess and Newcomb, now engaged In making experiments in photography to determine lis value for astronomical purposes, this being the first pre paration for making observations of the approach ing transit ot Venus In 1874. It will be visible only in Australia and along tbe coast of China and Japan, and as it Is the intention of tbe Dnlted States to send a very large scientific expedition to this portion of the globe ror the purpose of making the most extended observations, the Navy Department desires to take the lead on that occasion, as it did on the occasion of the total eclipse of the aun in August, 1890, ana Decem ber, 1870. Congress, at its last session, designated Admiral Sands and Protessors Newcomb and Hark ness, or the Naval Observatory, and Professor B. F. Pierce, of tbe United States Coast Survey, and Pro fessor Joseph Henry, ot the Smithsonian Institute, a Board under whose direction all money appropri ated to derray tbe expenses of the preparations for tnis expedition Bhould do expended. It has long been a dispute among scientists whether photo, graphy is of trustworthy servloe in making astro nomical observations, and that science may have tbe benefit or their tests, the first appropriation of $2,000 will be nsed in the most careful experiments tha' can be made. The report of the observations of the total eolipse in southern Europe last December, made by the Naval Observatory professors, will be the first pub lished b y an y of the corps of observer* sent to (he Mediterranean bj the leading: nations of the earth. The work is now complete in the hands of the gov ernment printer, and the first copies are expected to be ready for distribution on the 1st or Novem ber. It will contain an introductory aritcle from Admiral B. F. Sands, Superintendent of tne Obser vatory; Professors Simon Newcomb, Asaph Hall, William Harkness and John R. Eastman, or the Ob servatory, and Captain O. T. Tnpman, or the English service. It will be a volume of 13? quarto pages, well illustrated, and will contain much valuable in formation. The most Important report In the forth coming volume will be, as in the one on the eclipse In I860, fiom the pen of Professor William Harkness. He was stationed on the isle of Sicily, and his line of observations were nearly the same as followed at Des Moines on August 7, 1869. in this report he ad vances an original opinion concerning the physical construction of the corona or the sun. He says that after a thorough discussion of all known facts, he bas come to the conclusion that, when seen in a clear sky, the corona la purely a solar phenomenon, pro duced by a vast body of incandescent gaa which surrounds the sun and is erupted rrom It in the same manner as the red prominences. Of this Pro fessor Harkness was fully satisfied at the conclusion of his last observation, and that opinion has been confirmed by the careful examination of the reports of the most eminent observers who have directed their attention to what has so long been known as the astronomers' puzzle. Tli? Cane of Major Paulding. In connection with Ike (lodge defalcation, Mate menu were reoentty made which do Injustice to Ma jor Paulding, formerly paymaster ln|tne army, who, in 1M6, waa tried for an alleged violation or an order In baring transferred his deposits from the First National Bank to the Merchants' National Bank, which institution soon thereafter failed, the government losing tne entire amount of money. In. atead of baring (>een tried as a defaulter, be waa, according to the finding of the Court, especially ex onerated from having any personal or Interested motive in mating the transfer. Neither la it true that ne waa ever In the Penitentiary, nor did the Court's sentence so remand him. He waa ordered to a military prison for a year, and waa in Fort McHenry for three months, when he was re leased by order of Secretary Stanton. Hod it been thought his action la the removal of hla deposit waa anything more than an error of judgment it seems qnite certain the penalty for the lorn of $276,000 would have been something more than the one Im posed, which waa merely nominal confinement within the grouoda of the garrison on parole. It waa ahown that he never used for private purpoeea a dollar ot the |l?o,ooo,ooo entrusted to him, and went out of offloe poorer than be was when he en tered the service. PrssHHlta la the Ra*alan Leratloa. Mr. Boris Danzas, First Secretary of the Russian I Legation In this city, baa been promoted to be Coun- J cilior of the Imperial College of St. Petersburg This advancement, however, will not Interfere with hla dutiee at ibe Legation. Mr. Boatwell Left lor New York to-night. Tkr Analo-Anerlraa ('?atari* elan. The rooms of the United SUtea aad BrtUafc Ooav> mission have been neatly furnlahed, and apartments dealgnated for the Court, the Commission, and the Secretary. The Commissioners are now prepared for business, bat the session will not be rnaamed until the 5th of November. la the noontime, In structions and the necessary utanxs aUl bo furnished to all who may dealre them. 1 h? Civil narvlea Caaasalnaiaa was yesterday ens seed la cooaidertag spatial cases of exemption from the proposed systeca of examina tions Tor office. fatfiia. The Acting Comtalaeiooerar Patents yeeterday ex. i tended the patent oi John P. Manny, of Rocktord, ill., for mowUig machines, and refused the appllca tlon of Nicholas Whitehall, of Ohio, for the exten sion of tvSsTiai Ap?ariua* on tteaaiboata. Tite Boonl of Steamboat Supervising Inspectors #er? yesterday occupied in discussing aad exapuu-. t inc life- preserving apparatus. MARTIAL Li WIN SOUTH CAROLINA Relgrn of Terror Among the Citizen*. THE FIGHT WITH FEDIBU. TROOPS. Wholesale Arrests bjr the United v Slates Marshals* t'OI.WMBI*, 8, Oct. 31 tm. There been notbiag definite received here MP to the reported eondict between the eiumt <**4 toe United 6um troope at Broua Kiver. Parties cUum l>( to be in dtltetnl confldewte assert that me citt nm or Kn Kiins met with a repulse, tiougn ther were armed witr* Winchester sines. The military, however, deemed I* neoeesary to send for reinforce menu, wbicu woatdf warrant the- belter that tber met wltb a determine* resistance ou the part or the alleged Kir Klux. Accounts centlnae to ettate that tm* relitn or ter ror increase* is Soartanbm*, Onion an? York coun* tieo, and that tiie populace' are tiioroogaij demor alized. Wnola families are ftylng the .stale, and women and children are so far the greatest sufferers by the proclamation of martial law. Arrests of citizens Mill continue, nntll nowneSrlr every prominent man in the imMrrectionary coun ties is Imprisoned ami guarded by tue mlNtary. Nineteen citizens were brought hero to-day and lodged In the Jail. United .states Marshal Johnson says that about sixty mere will be Mronght down to-morrow In charge of a strong detachment of troops. Cavalry is chiefly wed In making raids and arrests. A private soldier has been imprisoned at Yorkvllle for advising citizens to fly and avoid arrest. Im prisonment and the Albany Penitentiary. Attorney Oeneral Akerman vim ted Yorkvtile about a week since and instructed the Marshal, his depu ties and the troops as to the course to be pursued, after tho proclamation of martial law. MUSIC AND THIS DRAMA. Announcrmenia. Nllxson to-night at the Acadomy. and a jam. Sothern at Molo's as Lord Dundreary. Miss Cushmau appears as Meg Merrilies as Booth's. ??Aggravating Sam" and "The Nervous Man" are the attractions at Wallace's. The St. James Theatre (Apollo Hail) opens this evening with a flue operetta and vaudevHIe com pany. '?Pocahontas" will be presented at the Union Square Theatre. Wuchtel in "William Tell*' at the Sfadt. Miss Jennie Ilugbos sings at tbe Comlqne. Almc6 brings out "Fieur de Tue" this week aft Llua Edwin's. lie Cordova lectures for the Chicago sufferers on Tuesday, at Association Hall. Dan Kice announces the last week of the Parts Pavililon Circus in this city. Mrs. Conway produces Augustln Daly's "Divorce" tn Brooklyn to-night. Mine. Parepa-Rosa sings tn "The Messiah" at Ste;uway Hall to-morrow evening. Santley sings at the Brooklyn Academy on Friday. Forrlfi Note*. M.I1M Amy Sedgwick maile her reappearance oa the boards of the llaymarfcet Theatre ou the Ml of October. A new bonding after the style of the Alhambra, Leicester square, has been complctod at Brussels, ana was opened laat month.. Tagllonl baa prepared for the Court Theatre ot Berlin a grand allegorical ballet illustrative of the late campaign. Three hundred young virgins Berlin are to appear in the uniform of Bismarck's White Cuirassiers. On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of in* appearance on the stage of PrJlnieln Franzista Henr. or the Court Theatre of Dresden, the King sent tM distinguished actress a costly present, and her col leagues presented her with a silver laurel wreath. Tne officers or the Royal Artillery have relieved thedulness whlcn prevails in tlie garrison during the autumn nunu'uvres by giving a draniatio enter tainment at the soldiers' Theatre, Woolwtoti. The pieces performed were "Miity White" and "Little Toddlekms." and the principal actors were Caputs Ne wail. Captain Ouchtcrlonv and Lieutenant de Lacy Lacr. They were assisted by Mrs. Poynter and Miss Hughes. Liszt has flnisned his grand oratorio, "Christns," and sent the manuscript to Vienna, where the work is to be executed. It is divided iuto three parts and fourteen characteristic scenes, thus mapped out:? L introduction. 2. Pastoral and Annunciation of the Angels. 3. Stabat Mater speciosa. 4. Song of the Shepherds at the 'radle. 5. The Three lioly Kings. 0. The Ha notification. 7. Pater Noater. 8. The Form inn of the Church. 0. The Tempest. 10. Entry into Jerusalem, il. Tristls est auiiua nieo. 12. Stabat Mater dolorosa. 13. Easter lljnuu. li. chrutt La risen. Personal Intelligence. The Hbbai.d special correspondent In San Pre* cIsco says:? We have among the recent arrival* Mrs. Lucks, sister of John Bright, tne English states man and reformer, sne intends to make a tour of the world before returning home. 8 lis leaves here for China shortly. VIEWS OF THE PAST. OCTOBKR 23. 1870 Scli'esi adt, France, surrendered to ttie Pro* mans alter a severe bombardment. 1802- Prince Alfred, of England, was declared of Greece at Athens. 1850? Tne Canton forts in China attacked a by the British. 1641? 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