Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1873, Page 4

TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TRDMS OF wm_rmnmu I_I-ArAm S U001 Wik 1§ ADVANOR). 25 200 Parts o & soar at the s rate, S presont dolay and mistakos, bo suta and give Post Off ce nddrass In full, Including Btata and County. Remittances mny ho mado ofthor by draft, oxpross, Post Office oxdor, or tn roxlstored lottors, ab our rlsk, TEBMS X0 CATY BURSORIDENS, Daily, dellverod, Bundoy escoptoa, 2 conte por waok, Datls, dolisered, Bunday frcludod, & aonts por wooks Addrons TIIE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Coruor Mndison aud Doarborn-ats., Chicago, il TO-DAY" AN TS, LEY'S THEATRE-Randolnh stroot, botween m‘;’&onnf Lasallo, Btrakoroh lnglish Opera-Troupe. *Faust." WVIOKKR'S TIIEATRE~Madison stroot, batweon e:m.‘.fi. and Stato, noinont of Lotta. ** Littla Vol and the Marehicnor MY OF MUSIO—Ifalstod atvet, batwoen Mar- hfi?fixfl Ml\}yflm. Xngagomont of the k’l.“lT\lfll\llVlO“ Birloiquo Tronpo, ** AIRAAIA. . GLODE TURATRE Dosplalnosstroat, botwosn Mad. ymy.?m St R rant of Hatty Lindon, Walting for tho Verdiot. MyRRS Dearvou Bioys," N Wabnal avanno and Trven- ok e ae Deiatian Ohiren Holiday Faie. ., RATIN'S MUSEUM OF ANATOMY-Olsrk Weati, botwoon tadiaon i Moncos: The Chicags Tiibune, Thursday Morning, Decomber 4, 1873, R 11 Monroo atrost, botween Minatrolsy and comicalitios. Returns of tho Texas clection have been re- solved from ten of the chief cities, Thoy give thoe Demoarats 3,000 majority. Of tho $26,000,000 losu-cortifioatos isaod by s Now Yark asociated banks during tho fnan- fal paniy, 814,000,000 Lvo boon canceled. The Farmers of Missouri are organizing rap- dly. It was stated at tho mooting of thoe State Agricultural Society at 8t. Louis yosterday, thas ho Grango bad mado comparatively more progross in that Biate thanin any othor, 1,100 Grangos having boon already formed, with o nomberahip of 70,000 Tha trunk-line Lotwoou Chicago and Now Or- leans 18 8o nearly comploted that in a week or Iwo one can travel botwoen tho two cities in ona tar, and with na other change than that of cli- mate, Lituo romains to bodono but to com- Dleto tho arrangemonts for tho transfor of pas- sengers across tho Ohio at Calro, Qeon, O, O. Howard, whoso name has been kept prominently befors tho public by perennfal aceusatious of fraud in bis manngemont of tho Freedmen's Burcau and tho Howsrd Univorsity, has resigned tho Presidoncy of tho Iatter jnsti- tation. Tho cause of his reliromont is not stated. Ho will bo succoeded tomporarily by Prof. Langsto: Tho recont statomont that Dr, Dollinger had, by God's mercy,” ot length sent bis humble submission to the Pope, aud had thus separatod himself from tho Old Cuthollo movement, has been contradicted by the Doctor himself, who sags that the statement is a foolish juvention, aud that his inability to take practical guidance of the movemont is occasioned by the prossing nature of his literary duties. Archbishop Lodochowski, about whom the sonteet botwoen the Gorman Stato and tho Ro- man Catholic Church rages for the moment, has tefusod to rosign his charge, ss ordored by the Government. IIe acknowledges no other re- sponsibility than that to the Popo. DBishop Ledochowski's offenso was the installation of prioats without conforming to the regulationa of tho Government for thoir exnmination, Tho Preussisches Volksblall, an oficial paper published in Berlin, coufirms tho oxistonco of & second letter of the Popo to the Emperor Will- fam, and quietly Intimates that it bas gone into tle soyal wasta-papor baskot, and that the Em- perar throw it thore to spare the Pope tho hu- miliation which its pnblication would cause him. {t would bayo been more satisfactory, howover, it tho Bmperor bad made it public, and allowed athers to ba the judges of its humilizting char- reter. The Gorman Aid Socloty, recently establlahed by the Gormans of tlis city to take away from tho Relief and Aid Bocioty tho care of the Indigont Gorman population, is recoiving o benrty support. Its appoal for help has beon wmewered by supscriptions amounting to over 3,000 in casb, and contributions of large amounts of fuel, provisions, and clothing, The large brick building fn Union stroet, used by tho Chicago & Northwestorn Ral'road for its yeneral offices, has boen rented to the-Boolety at 1 nomiual rate by its owner, and will be used as 4 Homao for the Gorman-spoaking poor. Thore {s n groat clattor at Springfield about " Chieago lutoresta ™ grabblng tho Gilman, Olin- ton & Bpringfield Railrond, sud tho effort is making to convinco the peoplo of the Stato that thero ia nothing Involved in tho case but a quar- rel botweon difterent railway companics centor- Ing here to got possession of that road for their own bage purposes, Wo do not claim to havo any special isformation on this polnt, but we submit that until tho towns and counties on tho lino of the road have boou relmbursed, under tho Recotvorship of Judgo Tipton's Court, for the bonds out of which thoy were defrauded, It will not be worth whilo to look clsowhers for 9auso of sotion, — At the session of tho Board of County Com- misslonors yosterdsy, President Ashton au- nounced tho Btandug Committees, 1o secms to havo had special agsurance of tho ability and honesty of Comnuuslonor Harrigon, that gontle- wan belng placed ot tho Liead of two very un- portant Committoes—~Judiclary aud Financo, Tho Committeo on Public Buildlngs, which will bave much influence in deciding a8 to the timo of building tho new Court-Houso, fs composed ot Messrs, Lonergan, Johngon, Hc;-flng, Bur- 3lok, and Busse, The Board received and re- terred to appropriate committoos the anuual ro- ports of tho County Troasurer and tho Buper Intendent of Behaoly, The Chlcago produce markets wero generally lowor yosterday, partially owing to the woatlior, with a amallor aggrogate of transactions, Meus pork was moderataly active, and declined 10@150 jor brl, but closed firmor at $13.10@13.15 cash, wid 814.00@14,06 seller Fobruary, Lard waos less actlve and unohangod, at 37.85@7.40 cash, wd $7.85@7.00 woller Fobruary, Meats were quict aud steady,at 43{o for shoulders, 6}{@0){0 for short ribs, 63go for short cloar, all Loxed, wnd 8@%0 for swoet pickled haws, Highwines wore qulst and firmer, at 00¢ per gallon, Dressod hoga wore dull and easler, at $7.75@7.60 per 100 s, Flour was quist and sterdyat $6.50@8.78 for THI CHICAGO DAILY RIBUNE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1873 good spring oxtras, Wheat was lesn nctive, and 1¢ fowar, cloafug ot BL.07!¢ canls, 81,063 wolior tho month, and €1,08!4 soller January, Corn wns logs nctive, and 1o lower, closing at 40c cqslt, and 403ge aollor Jaunnry, Onta woro g~ tive and stroug, closing at 847¢c cah, and 853go soller Jnuuavy, Iyo was notive and firmer nt 7%. Datley was quict and easier, closing nb $L.60 far No, 2 sud $.10 for No.8. Lhe hog trade was dull, packora boing virtunlly ont of tho mnarket, owing to the warm weathor prov- alent, Pricos woro woak at $4.00@1L30 for common to chofes, Cattlo wero moderately ac- tivo ot stondy pricos. Bleep wore quiot and onsy, The Transportation problem waa np bofers Congroas yesterdny, Sonntor Pratt prosented a rosolution asking tho Judiclary Committeo to roport whothor Congross lind tho authority to croato corpornttons and build intor-Stato rafl- ways and canaln, and whethor il hing tho right to regulato tho charges over oxisting inter-state rondschartored by the Stato Governments, Sena~ tor Fenlon basa plan for the onlargoment of the water-ways botwoen the West and the At- Inutie, It contomplates s loan of $8,000,000 by the United States Govornmont and New York Stato to bo exponded in constructing, widen- ing, and doaponing its wator-ways, Tho loan in to Lo ropaid out of tho earnings of the cansls thus improved. e —— Finaucial projects are falling with s Vallam- broslan froquoncy from mombors of Oongross, ovory ono of whom has como back from his vacation with some pot plan for making groen- backs as good ns gold by law, or enacting olagticity into tho currency. A resolution waa under discusaion in tho Souato yostorday looks ing forwnrd to resuming spocle payments in January, 1875. Mr. Morrill mado & speech in which bo advacated o complicated plan which wag suggosted, Lo snid, by a prominont fluancier of Nuw York, Abill for the vedomption of the loan of 1838 was prescnted in the Sonato by Mr- Sherman, and in the Houre by Mr, Dawes. Ben- ator Forry givos noticothat hio has a plan ror tho sottlomont of tho.fnancisl derangoment. Poor Louisians ia agnin a claimant in Con- grosa for hor rights, ‘and with the usual result. Tho recont elostion in tho Fourth Congrossional Diatrict was befors the House yosterday, on tho wotion of Mr. Cox to admit 3Ir. O. Davideon sa Ropresontative. His contostant, Mr. Gaorgo L. Smith, was armed with & cortifloate from Gov. Kellogg, dated Nov, 29, stating tbat Smith was tha duly-clocted mamber, Inasmuch s3thooleo~ tion was not Liold till the 2ith, and was ina large diatrict without railronds, Mr. Cox thought fiva days too short a Lime for any honost count, and hinted Lis beliof tbat the certificate Lind Boon got up fu Washington, Two Republican members wore accoutrio enough to vate againet Mr. Smith and bis suspiclous cortificate, but tho usunl party voto carried him into the disputed Bont. The roport of tha Secretary of the Interior says that * tho subseriptions to the stock of the Union Pacific Railroad Company smount to $36,783,000, of which $36,762,300 has been paid." Tho future historian may bo led to lnfor from this that, sinco the commoncemont of tho suit brought by the Government at Harttord, Conn., to compol tho atockholders to pay up thoir sub- scriptious, thoy have actually paid all oxcept $20,700, notwithetanding tha euit wes decided in their favor. I? this bo the truo stato of the case, tho Company must be in funds, and can well afford to.commenca paying intorest on tho see- ond-mortgage bonds, The follow who owes the $20,700 shonld bo forced to pony up, too. The other Pacific railrouds are reported to bo in the wame flourishing condition, tho Central Pacific baving paid $54,275,500 in stock subsoriptions, tho Kaneas Pacific, £9,655,950, the Sioux City & Pacific, $1,791,400, and tho Atlantic & Pacific, §19,760,800. As to the Northorn Paciflc stock payments, the Sccrotary is more cautious. Il suyathat “atock to tho amount of $100,000,000 bina beon subscribed, and certiflcatos for 172,695 #liares, of $100 eacl, have been issued,” FERNANDO WOOD FOR SPEAERER. That the Democrats in Congress aro far behind tho people at largo in intolligonce and senso of propriety ie made painfully evident from the fact that, at their late caucus, Fernando Wood, of New York, was nomivated as candidate for Spenker, No onemy of the Democrstio party could have wished it & groater humiliation -than this, It is hardlynecessary to add that the same caucus rejected a resolution denouncing the solary-grab. Fernando Wood took tho back- pey, and bas refused to rotura it, and so ald overy other membor of tho caucus who was in tho lael Congresa excopt two, Thore thoy stoad, each man of them, loudly professing theirdovotion to Democracy, snd to reform and honesty and dacency, whilo each one of thom Lad his §5,000 bacle-pay, and had elready recoived nine monthe' of tho Incronsod salary for the prosant Congress. To ask theso mon to consure tho grab was iko zsking thom to write out their own plesa of guilty; this thoy could not do. There wae more monoy in sharing with their pro- tended enomies, the Ropublicans, tho plunder takon from tho Treasury, than in boing honest - and faithful to tho people, so the caucus dotormined to brave it out, and, to mako tho thing more brazon, they nominnted Fernando Waod, and declared him their foromost man ond their fitting ropresentativo, - Tho Domo- cratio party bas undergone many tribulations, many defoats, many humiliations, but it has so far escaped the leadorship of Fernando Wood, That calamity lhos at last boon reached, and what romaiua to foliow can bo of liftle account. It would soem that theso mon Lad already mado up their mind that their days woro unwmvered. Thoy are all salary-grobbers, and thoy kunow what in tho ond of all that, tribe, 8o they rosolved, apparentfy, todie game, aud 1o passout of publio life weming tho Lnadgo of Fornando Wood, It is unueccssary to stato who aud what Fornando Wood is and bas been. His rocord, personal, political, and oflcial, Las Dbean written ; it {s familiar to tho wholo poople. It fs sufliclont to #ay that his caroer aw Nayor of Now York malo the subsoquout career of Bous Twead paraible, Custos has mado it & gonoral rule in Congross that whou tho minority party devignatus its fa- vorlte fora leading position, by voting for him for Bpeakor, such porson lu appointed & mombor of the loading committoo, provided ho s quali- fled, Upon thoe strongth of beiug the nominco of a majority of the Democratio caucus, Fore naudo Wood probably fauclos that ho will bo ap- pointed & mombor of tho Commitico of Ways sud Menus, “ho Committeo of Ways and Moans is an ngeuoy of the Iouso to which no man ought to be appoluted who has not already gained o chavacter outitling him to tho Lonorable dlu- tinotion, It is no part of tho Bpeakor’s duty to appoint mon on that Qommittes moroly to patoh up tholr roputations, Thatisn dogradation of tho Commilteo, nud tho Bpoaker liay no right to {mpose upon it in that way. To put Fornaudo Waod on that Committeo would be disrespeot to the Committeo itaelr, an fudigalty upon tha 1louso, nnd an inanlt Lo the country, Wo know it s somewhat difieult to fIll up even he minority of that Committee with oxporionced, able, nud roputable mou (akon from the Demo- cratio party na now represonted in the Iouno, But nothing can justify tho appointment of Tornando Wood. Mr. Beck, of Kontuoky, Mr. Cox, of New York, Mr. Holman, of Indisun, or somo othor oxporienced membor of unsullied reputation, might prnpnr@y bo selected for the Committeo of Waya aud Moans. But wo look to Spealter Blslne to give us somobody besido Tornando Wocd, —— THE VILLE DU HAVRE, * Woremomber no disastor at soa or on land that has made 50 deop nn impresaion upon the publicmind na tho sinking of tho steamor Ville du Havre, In epito of the diatance at which tho catnstropho ocourred, and tho largo proportion of foreignera among tho loat,overy one scoms to roalizo the full horror of the sudden and re- morsoless ancrifioo of human life. Tho lator ac- counta of tha dieastor are nol caleulated to loss- on {ts rovolting character, for it bocomes ap- parent, a8 was suspootod at tho vory flvsf, that tho wcollislon botwoen the Villa du Havre and the Toch Eaurn was the rosult of n want of discipllno on the sloamor, and a orimfnal nogleot to tako tho ordi- nary precautions that might Lavo averted the disaster, If this suspicion shinll bo sbeolutely confirmod, tho eatnstropho will tako on new tor- rors, for tho loss of 226 human lves will then have beon a sacrifice to the provailing reckiess- nesa of tho time. We must always tako the chancos of lightning, storm, hurricane, tornado, and othor disturbancos in Nature, wherovor and howevor wo travel. But whon to thoeso is added tho risk of incompotant or rockless scamnnship, the assurance of eafoty is comparatively slight, nnd disastor is moro likely to bo criminal thsn accidontal, To say that & purely accldental eollision be- tweon a stonmer and a sailing-vessol at soa {8 utterly impossible, {s not, wo boliove, an unfair proposition, Tho very expauso of ocean, and tha inflnitesimal proportion of it which two ves- sols plow in their progress, rondors it almost im- posgible. In addition to this, tho trans-Atlantio ateameara profoss to have such thoroughness of organization, discipline, aud ~pplisnces as to suroly avert it. Tn tho cese o€ a sailing-vessel, its course may be wrestod from huiann control by adverso winds; it is managed by = losa numerous crow and furnished with inforior ac- coutroments; itis more likely in s hundred ways to bocomo unmanagoabla, This ia attested by tho fact that sailing-vessels are given the right of ‘way over stesmers under the common law of ocosn navigation, Alerge and woll-appointed steamer, on the other hand, has steam powor to check as well ns propel, to veor around af tho shortest notico, and to answer the command of its officer with the docility of an automaton, 1its officers and crew are numerous and well paid, and sup- posed to be experionced and educated, Mon aro not overworked, and the wafches are changed froquontly coough to insure vigilance. Theso things aro among the advertised advantagos of & firat- claan ocoan-stoamer, together with tho most completo life-saving apparatus in caso of accl- dent. Tho circumataucos of the late collision cloarly shows that, if tho Ville du Havre had beon supplied and navigated according to thia programmo, tho catastropho would bave beon averted. Au unevoidable collislon could only ocour to & steamor in opon sea in a condition whore the fog {8 80 dense that nothing can bo scen, and he storm go violont that nothing can be Lieard, It there ia moroly a fog, thosteamerhasits whis- tles, cannon, and othor signals with which to warn other vesgels of its location ; 1 thero 1s a atorm and a fog, it has its lights, rockels, and still othor signals. A denso fog and n violent storm cannot occur at tho same timo, as the fog is slways local, ond muat be soon seattered by strong winde, And, as ‘s matter of fact, tho Villo du Iizvro was too far cast to oncountor fogs, The conclusion that thore was gross nog- loot somewhoro is therefore inevitablo. It is stated, in fact, that the sailor on tho look- out on the Villo du Havro now maintains that ho sighted and roported a vosacl fen minutes Uefore the collision. 1If this is truo, nothing but drunkonnoss, incompetence, or demoralization in the discipline of tho force could bave made a collielon poesible, From proseut accounts, inef- flciency on thoe part of the oficor in chargo and ® goneral lack of discipline appear to be the ex- planation of the disaster. Tho lack of discipline ia fully confirmod by the wild confueion which preveiled on tho steamer after she was struck, oud the destardly seramble for boats on the part of tho erow. It is also attested by the Captain's Froposal, aftor tho Loch Earn had rescued tho survivors, to tranafer bis crow to the firat stoam- or thoy mot and leave tho presengers to look out for thomselvoe. It is said that the French Government will inatitute an immediate inquiry into the causes of tho disastor. Thore ig reason to boliove that tho inveatigation will bo thorough, aud that the ‘punishment for any eriminal negloot or recklosa- nosa which may bo proved will bo prompt and smple. Wo hope this may bs so. Thoro are only two woys in which the management of Atlantio passongor stoamers can bo controlled in the interest of publioc safety. One ia tho sovere and prompt punighmoni of the men who neglect thelr duties or who bava assumod responsibilities for which they oro unfitted. The other is & refusal on the part of the public to patronize steamship compauies under whoso mansgement demonstrated inca- pacity or noglect has resulted in disastor, Roth thoso correctiven should bo applied whounover tho reaponsibility for loss of life can be traced to inefiiciency or rocklossness, and to this end tho mont thorough and impartial officlal investi- gation {s necessary, The French Government has tho roputation of probing such cases to tho bottom, and we hope the Ville du Havre collision will not be an excoption, A correspondout of the New York Z'ribune, roviewing tho history of tho Unlon Truat Com- pauy of that city, atatos some faots which place it in o very damaging poaltion. It was chartored in 1804 as n trictly trust company, composed of mon who were presumed to bo modols of busi- news vistue and fittod to aasumo tho trusts which bad hitherto been hold by private guardians, Investments in speculative stocks wore prohib- itod, and not moro than $25,000 could be held in the noouritios of uny private company, Depositu wore authorized to the extont of 5,000,000, and fonns woro limitod to 0,000,000, the capital boing $1,000,000. The manuer iu which the affaira of tho Compauy Lave boan sdminlutered, snd the spoculations in whicl it has eugaged, aron sufficlont commontary upon tho style of busiuess vittue to which theso trusis woro con- fidod. e JUDGE TREAT'S INJUNOTION DISSOLVED. Indgo Tront yostorduy Mssolvad tho tewnorary injunction grantod in the oaso of tho Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Railroad. Tho rond thero- fora vomatny {n tho hands of tho Recolver np- potntod by Judge Lipton, of the McLonn Cirouit Coutrt. That Rovelver will continuain possosyion until tho fina) dotorminntion of tho suit instl- tutod in the Intereut of tho towns and countics which have subseribod and paid their bonds for $508,000 of the eapilal stock of tho Compauy. Tho final dotorminatlon of the cause involves the discovery whothor the payment of $4,000,000, in stock and bonds for the construction and equip- mont, which coat only $1,600,000, was not o fraud upon tho municipal stockholdors; and whethor tho §1;400,000 capital stack given away by the Diractora to tho Pennsylvania Company whall not boe canceled, snd the control of the Compouy rostorod to thoso who alone gave o valuable consideration for tholr stock. The pooply of all tho towns aud counties fn thig Stuto who havo baon swindled out of tha capltal stock in tho various railronds for which they lave giveu their bouds asud mortgaged thoir property con road {n the legal procoedings against tho Gilman, Clinton & Bpringfiold Rail- rond Company thomode and monner fu which thoy ean proteot thomselves againgt tho swind- Hug oporations of tho rallrond managers. All thoy have to do {8 toinform themselves of tho facts, apply for” rallef to thowr local courts, and have tho frauds iu tho menagement of tho com- ponics set aside, and the roads placed under tho control of the lawful ownors. Tho cost of this reliof is trifling compared with tho amount of proporty at stake. It is o quostion whethor the §18,500,000 of railrond stock held by theso mu- nicipal corporationa shall bo snnihilated, or whothor the rosds Dbuilt {n part by that monoy shall bolong to those who paid it, or by some othor partiea acting in corrupt collusion with local managors, If the towns and counties aub- mit to bo robbed whon the remody 18 within their reach, thoy cannot complain, THE ILLINOIS RAILROAD LAW, A gontlomun wroto to Tur TRIDUNE, & fow dnys ago, that, sinco July last, thoro bas beon & falling-oft in Chicago trado to the more distant wostern and southern counties of this Btate to the amount of 26 per cent, and very naturally attributos it to tho rostrictions ef tho Rail- road Inw passed Inat wintor, This effcct of tho Iaw, 8o far ns Chicago ia concerned, was fore- scon, and, as it did not dotor the Legislaturo from adopting the pro rata polioy, it is not likely that iv will, standing alone, induco the Legisla- ture to abandon it. But as it is now protty ovi- dent that tho trade thus diverted from Chicago hins gono to citios outsido tho State whore the law is not operative, it is proper to inquire whether somo chango may not bo mado in the law without doing moro harm thsn good. In faot, the pro rala provisions of our presont Railroad lnw aro likely to como beforo tho ad- Journcd session of the Logislature on the issue whether the bonofits of tho systom outwoigh the damages or not, As railroad Jogislation s still oxperimental, it is cortainly tho duty of the Leg- islature to colloct aa completo evidenco as posai- Dlo of tho notual workings of the present law for tho purposo of ascortaining, after trisl, the defects and thoir intltences, Itis by no means certaln that tho groatost oppositlon to tho pro rata feature will not como from tho shippers and farmora instead of tho railroads, We pointed out prior to the passago of the law that its pro rata provisions were caleulatod to destroy gompetition. Take, for instance, the Chicago & Alton and the Illinois Central Rail- ronds, both of which run from Ohicado to 8t Louts, but ouo of which s longer than tho othor, If tho Chicago & Alton bo forcod down io its minimum tariff,—~that is, tho lowest rato st which it can carry frolght at & profit,—the Illi- nola Central must givo up ita through business altogether. Bo of all other competing linos, thus shutting out from the benefits of competi- tion such cities or districts as would otherwise be possossed of them, cither by renson of natural location or otherwise, It soems to be o fair question, therofors, whother it 18 right to interpose a statute to deprive certain localitles of the advantages thoy havo by virtue of their location, or communities which have ox- ponded large sums of money to securo competi- tion, This is tho quostion that must bo exam- ined by the Legislature more fully in the hght of tho experience furnished by the working of the law up to this time. It may be sald that tho law Lins not bad a fair trial,~that tho railroads have worked togother to mako it odious. 'This may be true, and, if true, somo changs should be mado to render it cortain that it will havo a fairer trial horoatt HOUSES FOR THE POOR. Among all the funuy propositions of the Prosident fn bis Annual Mosaago, the quocrest i8tho suggestion that tho Government shall build houses for tho Cabinet, and all poor por- gons who now recoive commutation for quarters orrent, and that tho BStates do the same thing for thoir poor Bonators, Thoro is much thatie original, inoohorent, startling, and profound in this vory remarkable document, but this propoai= tion doserves tho palin for all theso gualitios, and, if thero wore no other atriking clisracteris~ tic mbout it, this would stamp the wholo as unique. Conceding that this suggostion is seriously made, aud that the President did not propound it a8 o joko for tho hard times, it la worth con- sideration, The Prosident bas already posses- sion of a house furnished by the Government. Tho poor Sccretaries of the Tronaury, State, War, Navy, Justico, Intorior, and 1’ost-Oflice Dopart- ments must come next, requiring soven houses, Thoso army and navy oflicers who draw commu- tation for quorters must also haves cottage aplece, and tho Btates must furnish seventy- four residencos for thelr poor RBonators. But why stop with the Cabinet and Bona- tora? I theso pentlomen are eutitled to & house, why aro not the squalid Representa« tives, Auditots, Comptrollors, Commissionerw, olerks, and the Capital polico entitlod to them alio? If the Goverumont builds o houso for poor member of the Cabinet in Washington, why should 1t not bulld houses also in London, Parls, and other citios, for our suffering Minisetors? What's the uso of belug peuurlous snd isoan about the matter? If the Government is golug to do the gonteol thing, let it bo done all round, and lot sll tho psupers have housos, If itis liard for a Cabinet oflicer to poy ront, it 1 still Larder for somo of the Cousuly, whe don't make onough out of their foos to pay for their olerk lire, As & mero msatter of national pride, in fact, It is moro fwmportont that wo should look well away from howe than at home, Any mao may wear soiled luoen in his own house, but when he {a out In company he is ex- pooted to iavo ou a cloan shirt and a bosom pin., By tho namo tokon, tha ropresentativo of thin grent and glorlona country iu London, for fn- stanco, should bo so housed and appointod us to il tho Dritish breast with admiration for the magnificent atyls of living, which thoy must im« medialoly concludo ia chnraclorlstio of the Amorican poople, and for the high-tonod ntylo of tho Government, which allows its reprosenta- tives such n» gorgeous lay-out. A handiomo liouso for Secratary Lisk fn Washington would bo wortliloss na an advertisement compared with n hotel for Mr, Washburne in Paris, Having finishod all tho houses, the next thing 18 to turnish thom, If it s right for tho Glov- ernmont to bulld them, it cortainly ought to fur~ goos nbroad ; no tidinga; years roll on ; protty widow consoled with & now father to hor ohild ; Enooh Arden hoors of it in Australia ; o sigh of rollof; Euooh marries likowiso ; moves to bis old homo with now wife ; appy rounion of the two families ; divoros disponsed with j villago goclety nccopts tho £ituation; all, parties mue premoly contonted, 1lore fn an opportunity for n modetn Amorican poot Lo taka the anils out of Qreal Dritain's poot-laureate’s old-tashioned and abandoned romance, m———— T'he King of Italy, in Ina rocent address ot tho oponing of tho Itallan Parliamont, congratulated tho conntry upon the domonstration that Romo could bocomo the Capitsl of the Kingdom with- ulsh thom, The Prosident has bl houso fur- ninhed at tho publio exponse, and, it tho Goy- ornment should go into wholesslo house-buid- ing, thoro is no renson why It should not fur- ulsh all tho houscs also, and give tho Cabinet s liandsome sot-ont of carpots, furniture, and plato. It might ontall considerabla expouso, but that can bo provided for by an glastio cur- roney. Inlaying out the plan for this new Govern- mont Building Assaclation, the Hougo of Repro- sontatives has been treated vory shabbily. The Prosident bolloves ihat, i the Govornment will provido the Cabinet with residonces, the various Statens will bo encouraged to do the same thing for thoir famishing Sonators. This, however, is vory doubtful, There aro somo States fust ménn onough to rofuso to do unything ol tho gort ; womo of thom aro too mean; momo of them might build o plain woad cottago; but vory fow would do aunything handsomo. Tho result would bo that lero and thero o Senator might got & handsomo houuu: but the gront majority wouldn't hove amny at all, and this would cause & groat deal of wrangling nd hoart-burning. Tho Iouso of Roprosentatives is loft out in the cold entirely, for what reason it is difticult to say. This fs o slight whicl tho mombers of that body have good reasou to resont. They do moro work thao the Bonators, and don't get any more back- pay for it, and why thoy should bo deliberately ignored, whon thero is free rent lying round loose, wo cannot undorstand, Ihe report of Mr, 8. J. Kimbal), the Chief of the Rovenue Marine and Life-Saving Sorvico, shows that tho principles of Civil-Bervice Re- form have not only been practically adopted thero, but have contributed largely to the efil cioncy and usofulnesa of the Department. In nddition to tho usual oral and written oxamina- tions, tho candidates bave been practically tried in tho use of the instruments and tools of thoh: profonsions. Tho promotions in tho servico bavo boon made according to meridnd qualifi- cations, and all appointments and promotions have been decided upon the compotitive plan. Ar. Kimball says that, * whatevoer mey be thought of tho practicability of the application of this plan to tho Civil Borvice genor— ally, it Dhas certainly in tho revonuo marine been productive of the best ro- sults.” Presidont Grant, in his late messago, oxbibits the same anxioty as in his previous mossagoes that Congross shonld take up the sub- Ject of Civil-Service Reform, and provido for its permanent and practical adoption in all dopart- monts of the Government. 1t i truo that tho Presidont has not always practiced the virtue he preachos in this respect, but it is manifostly the duty of Oongress to take him at his word, and congtruo his occasional diadainof the prinel- ples of the reform as consequent upon tha failure of Congress to sustain and encourage Lim in the effort 1o have tho roform recognized as an esgontial fosture of tho Qovernment, Tho ovidonco of the excellonce of the roform as ap- plied to tho soa-coast sorvice should strengthen the Prosident’s repeated recommeondations to Congress on this subject. Claimants aro now rocognized in Great Britain 18 the followers of = legitimato vocation, and this new branch of industry has already ob~ tained wo Biroug & fooling thero that atock com- panios aro now formed for the purpose of prose- cuting the olsims, The latost claimant is the Countess of Dorwontwator, who claims to bo tho truo descendant of the lady of Francis, Esrl of Dorwentwator, and real owner of tho vast and valuable Derwontwator astatos, which are now entailed and under the control of the Trusteos of Groenwich Hospital. Tormal suit bas beon brought against theso Trustecs, At the samo time, the Countess of Derwontwator hiag lonsed to a joint stock company (limited) tha royal- ties on the coal-mining, coke-burning, and fire- brick-making dono on theso estatos for thirly yoors to como. Tho capital of the now Com- pany is ouly $2,600,000, snd tho shares are put low enough for eversbody to bave o chance, As & matter of courso, tho Company will have to prosocute the suit of Derwentwater vs, The Trus- tees of Greenwich Hospital in ordor to 8o~ ouro its rights, and henca it is really anorganiza- tion for tho support of tho clalm. 1t is expacted that the new claimant will bo ready to proceed by the timo tbe Tichborno suit is sndod. [ —— The London correspondent of tho New York Times, in roforriug to tho alarming increase of railway acoldenta in England, afirms that the statistica of casualties for the year will bo ap- palling, and that the large majority of thess accidents aro due to tho parsimony of the com- panies, who are keepiug down expenscs by mak- ing all they can out of rotten lnes, It {s atated that guards, porters, and engineers aro worked continuously twenty, and ovon thirty, hours, As on instanco of this, Mr. Bass, tho grent brower, who is intereating himselt very actively in tho matter, states that not long ago o signal- man who had boen on duty for thirty-six hours was neled whon bo slopt. lo replied that he put on the pointe and signals, and then took a nap, trusting to the telograph-bell to wake him, It tis falled, thon there was the ongine- whistlo; and if this also failod, then the englncer would, porhaps, aond the firoman to look aftor him, The result of such wrotchod management aa this is that accidonts have ocourred almost dally for soveral waeks past. Inview of the many different plans for sn 4 plastio currenoy " suggosted by tho President and Bocrotary of tho Troasury, and the difloulty of comprelionding thom, a correspondent sug- goats to us tho use of gutta-porcha jn the manu- facture of groonbacks. This, ho says, would givo us an olastio owrrency that the peopls sould undoratand at all ovents, and one whioh would bo aqually effective with the presout ourrency for moving tho orops. Mr, Tennyson's voralon of Enoch Arden was vory poatio and pathatie, but a little town calted Cheshire, in Conuccticut, offers & modern - provement more in keoping with the splrlt of tho ago. A happy marriagoe ; union blessed with one childj sad parting when bappy husband out involving the diminution of the indepond- onco of tho Popo fn tho exarcian of his apiritual functions, and iu his rolations to tho Catholia world, The Popo, it will be romomberad, insists upon considoring himself, and having the Zaithe ful cousidor him, a prisoner, deprived of his proporty and rights by Italian aggrosslon, Tho King and the Popo certainly have very difforont ways of rogarding the matter, though it muat bo conceded that the former has tho moro favorable opportunity for taking a cheorful view of tho eitustion, e ——— Porhaps it would not be fair to ask tho Presf- dont whothor, it ho had tho power ho now rake for to voto soparately any of tho itoms in s gen- eral appropriation bill, ho would have vatood that portion of the last bill which doubled his own salary, sllowing the rcat to remnin asit wag, Suflco it that ho had not the power. R, NOTES AND OPINION. It was only a hundred thousand tho Govorn- mont loat by Clews; but then it lost Clows, which balaticos tho account—New Yorl Graphic. —Quito & number of our merchants aro ro- colving their goods marked ‘' Davanport,” and ave arrangements wado for feaviug thom on thia sido of the rivor, thus evading the Illinols freight tariff, which l¢ much above that of othor Btates,—Rock Island Union, —Wo must have roform—gonuine, hoalthy roform in every branch of the public sorvice, ‘L'he powor of the monopolies—railroad, bauking, and commercial—must be curbed. The gentla- men with Tom Bcott's railrond-passes in their poclets must not, if they wish toratain or regain tho coufidence of the people, voto ua ho divects them to vote through his agents in the lobby.— Washington Republican, —Reformors must sock to do thoir work out~ sido of tho old [l:lurt‘{ linos, Groator aud louder the ovor are tha domauds for rellef from this outragoous deapotism of party organization, or, rather, _disorganization, — Lawrence (Kan.) Standard. —The Chicago Times awears to a_circulation of upwards of 35,000 for tho daily. We wouldn't believe it i£ old Statey would wwear ta it 35,000 timey, on o stack of Bibles higher than the Times building, and reiterate it with lis last gasp.—Galena Jazette. —It {s noted with pleasuro that tha Hon, 8, 8. Cox and Judgo [folman withdrew from the Dem- ooratio caucus of Reprosontatives whon that bady refused to agrae uot to nominate any sal- A}:y- r’nhhormchuknr.-—b}ningflcu (2. State egiater, —The Chicago Journal says that ** President QGrant’s luck consists in the Tact that he i truly & gront man—ono of the groatest men America bas over produced.” Tho Journal man must ba after n foroign misslon nt lenut ; but whatover it 18 io wanta, if ho will put it on o postal eavd and sond it on at onco, Ulysses will doubtloss attend to fte—Delroit Free LPross. now fesuo will delay the resumption of 8pacie-payments for years, but moy stave off the final crigie & whilo yot. Bo long as tho Govern- mont floats millions of irredeomablo papor moro than we need, the flnsnces of the country will bo in an uusottled stato.—Oherokee (1a.) Zimes. —Sonator Towe, of Wisconsin, has aleo con- cluded that ho ought not to accept the appoint- maut of Chicf Jusatice, even if it wera tendored him, sud deolines in p note addressed to o Wis- cousin papor, Wo don't think Bonator Howe was ever in much danger of an invitation to loavo tho Bonate Chamber for tho Chief Justico- ship, IIo standa in more poril of being rotired frowm the Senato to the nhades, otc., for his ad- vooaoy of tho *back-pay grab," in the late Wis- oonsin canvass.—Pitsburgh Telegraph. —The differenco botwedn Drother Craig and tho editors whom tho Seafinel complaing of is this: Brother Craig pretended to givo up his pass, a8 an improper thing for one like hum to uso. After be hns sccomplishod his purpose of otfing on tho Supromo Bench, and tinds no further need of deferring to ublic opinion, ho accepts his freo pass again and all the personal bouofits that acerue fromit. No editorin the Stato, that wo know of, ever denied using a pass ho biad one, and none of them confessed that 1ro was, or could be, improperly influonced by tho poascssiou of ous, In other words, if the cditors complained of wore in Eonscsu!on of passcs, they owned up like mon, and didu't act the hypocrite, 18 this model Supreme Judge soems to have done. —2coria Transcript, —Congressman Garfiold is supposed Lo have DLadly injured himeelf with the ultra-Administra- {ion party, aud the Prosidont, by his courso in his public specches this fall on {he fucreasoe of palaries, whorein ho has boldly ayerred that, if he was oulpable for voting for tho bill, Andlly the Prenidont was at least as much to blame, in that ho siguod the bill and mado it 8 law, Con- grossman Dawes, it 18 uudoratood, has also iu- curred tho displossure of tho Administration by tho [ukowarm courso he has pursuod eince tho sdjournment of Congress. 1t secms that the Administration or Grunt faction are very willing that {hoso who voted for the grabshall go dawn, but that thoy aro unwilling that Grant should be pulled down with thom.” But that is Grant's crowd, and ho ought not to dosert them, ag they did bottor by hfm than they oven did by them- golves. They doubled his “pay, and thay only increasod their owa one-half.—Peoria Democral. —(Qrant hoy determined to appoint G. I, Willinms, the presout notoriously weak and vu- £t Attornoy-Goneral, of bis Cabinot, to the posi- tion of Chief Justico of the United States. Nothfug would have shown tho statesmanship of the I'residont bettor than thia appointmont, In his excessive peouliarities ineppointing, Gen. Grant Dbos won the roputation of bomg a8 ignorant of tho responsibulitios of his high pre- rogattya a8 ho is mulishly stubborn, This last appointmont capa tho olimax, That the place 20 lately ocoupiod by tho groat Chaso should bo doseoratod by Attorney-Goneral Williams seems too groat an ‘insult for even an Amorican to sub~ mit to. Butthislanotall, It also transpiros that Col. Darstow, of Kentucky, i to take Attornoy-General Willisma' place,—an appoint= ment 80 odious that we forbear oriticiem. 1t ia tlirough such statosmanship that the Presidont liopos to raceive Lis tlurd term l—Aadison { Wis.) Democrat, ~If tho President should borrow a leaf from ono of bis prodecossors, and annouuce in his fortheomlnfi messngo that ho had decided—in view of tho hard timas, the general raduction of wages throughout the country, the necessarily lieavy expenditures and diminised rovennes of tha Government—not to touch a penny of the extra $25,000, it would be tho groatest hit of his Adminiatration. Tho American Ppnpln, ‘alwayn impulsive and often nbsurd, would cheor him to tha echo. The now sulky and disgruntled or- ghus would vio with each other in laudiug bis patriotio solf-sacrifice, Ilo would booomo again for tho nonce the most popular man in the coun- try, DBut Gon, Grant, although, as we beliove, a woll-meaning man in the main, quite as good as Lis party, and better then many of tho oldor and abler politicians who surround him, is uot in tho habit of voluntarily relinquishing money, Quite tho unulnrly(.-—b)m'ny[lt‘l& Mass.) Republican.s ~—Eff Perkins writes to the Graplic from Y'arro Haute, Ind,, that the war cloud ia very great in thoue purts, e statos that Adjutant Sterne sayn ho fought all through the lato War, some- times on ono side and somotimes on tho other, ond, ruther thaw see America kneoling at the fest of Spain, he would gladly welcome war—war to tha linife—and accopt o Paymustership, He i 80 enthusiastio for the cause that, in case of no vacanoy lu our army, ho has "’“’u“lll’h“‘ for place on tho ataff of & Bpanish Genoral, —T'he new Ohief Justice was an old-line Dem- ocrat, In the days of I'ancy, ho supported the Dred Beott view of politics and lnw, Originally a New Yorker, born in 1848, Lo foliowed Blr, Grooley's advico to Eo West, and sottled in Wis- cousin, whoro Le became a looal Judgo, Mr, Pleroo appointod him Chiof Justico of Oregon, and Mr. Buchanan rotaned him, The War camo on, Ho wasa patriot, joinod tho Ropublicaus, got into tho United Btalos Bonato, thonco en- tered tho Cabinet, aud now olimbs into tho place made {llustrioua by Marehall, Taney, aud Ghase, [la is a lucky politiclsn,—Loufsuills Courier-dournal, —The filibustor editors, who have been tryhlg to canonize the barbarian who disgraced the Confederste cause by hin shooking ‘inhu- manley to tho soaldad and drowning soldlers at Korb Bl. Charlos, have ignominously falled in thelr undortnking, It wasn mattor of wondor to othor nationd that our profructed civil war waa enrriod on by both sidos with 0 striok a ro. gard for the recognized rules of clvilized war furo. ‘T'ho world ind naver bofore witnesved the spectacle of o domontio war on #o largo o Aealo, and whon tho nerlmony of the goctionnl contro. varily whiah precedod ‘it in_cousidored, it nocma amazing that so litlle inhumanity snd willfa! nnmltf marlked the conduct of the combatanta, But while such wan the prevailing charaotor of the strifo, thore wero mon ou eithor side who disgracod tho onuso they protended to rorvo, There wore scoundrels in tho North who an- riched thomsolvos at the exponso of the gallant soldiets in tho fleld, and there wero ohlcers on both sidas who abused their authority, and por~ potrated upon defensclans women and capitired pelsonora nalg of inexgusnblo barbarity. Capt. I'ry sooms to have been cowardly as well oa criol, Aftor giving an order to his mon to mur~ der thoso who wore swimming from a dirabled gunboat, e fled to tho woods and was taken Vrivoner after ho was shot in tho back.—Sh Louis Lemocrat, A MONITOR AT SEA. Thoe Powhatan and ManhattaneSinrg from the Delaware REFreiliwiicres Rough Wenther=-Disgraceinl Contte ton of the Monitor--Cheup Contrace tors? Woritaad'he K otura, Unfted States Steawser F'owchatan (Nov, 28) Corresponde ence of the New York Times. ) Wo are back agafn within tho Capencf the Dol aware, just outside tho breakwater, sud in sight of Lowes, At 746 p, m., Wodnesdny, with the monltor Manhattan in tow, we dismissed out rivor pllob and posted out to mon, the weather boing tino and the night starlit. The monitoy Dind bokaved vo ry woll in coming down the Dolas waro Day, rolling and pitchivg lttlo and ateoring with rendiness, and Auring Wedueg: day night thera was little trouble in gotting het along. DBut yesterday morning a fresh wind sprang up from tho southwest, proving quite squally at timos, sud at 5:16 a, m. tho Muubnt- tan eignaled to the Powbatan to slow dorn, ro a8 to oqualizo the strain upon tho two towing cables, At 8o, m. the wind from the soutiwest way slronger and mare squally, and the sea could e seen breakisg m floods over the bow of the monitor and sweeping hor whole decl Green gens struck square aguinst the twrt and dashied over into it. (We learned afcorward, in- deed, that thowo seas hurled (he men trom' the wheel and loft hor nacontrollable.) deanwhila slo mado bad weathor, nol minding Ler Lol rondily, and roliing and plungivg very uue onsily and hoavily. 'We obsorved thut the men of tho DManbmfian wern ongaged in clear- ing lior boats, as it proparing for an emer:zency. Wo could sco, too, that her veutiatoin lind been washed away. ‘Lho wind was nlmost dond againut the course wo wore pursulng, and nlthough tho Powhatau breasted it with euse, it wan very ovident {hat it was too much fur the mouitor, At 8:05 8. m. Capt. Doaumont siz- nalod totho Manlattan tho question: *‘Ave you leaking ?” Lioutenant Commandor Yates signalod in mgly: “Wo aro leaking under tur- rot chambor, but pumps aro Jn,;alng und clesr hor nearly s fast a8 sho makes.’ Alter obearving the labored movements of the Manhattan for some timeo furthor, Capt. Lioaumout gra lually put the Powhatan bofore tho wind, to ozso the monitor, and at 9:20 changod the comrzo to nvorth, northeast. Ab 9:80 s, m. tho come mander of the monitor signsled: * Cau- not go head lo mom; bilges oro mot froe.” Powbatan signaied ack: * Inform ma whof yoit can continne on psuags withuus dnn- gor to'yoursolf.” The reply from tho monitor was: T undorstand ; I will lot you know ug soon as I ean." At 10:20 the Manhottan signaled, “Ihoro will bo sorious tronblo if wu go Yoad to #oa ; wo tako in wator” Powbatan ingui * Whoro would you tako in water most hend to son " " Tho rc{zly was, “*Ove, under turret-chamber,” 'Che Powbatan ! this thno changed course to duo norsh, ob' C| cotosguo Day, At 11 o'clock the Manhattan sigualad, “Think itadvisable to roturn toBreak- water,” * Powhaton respondod, ‘¢ Wo are bound there," Abont flve minutes aftor tho Manhattan gigualed, “Wo haye found n place whera wo can soo doylight under turret.” Theva was now no “doubt about it that the monitor should bo got out of tho rea na goon as possible if wo wished tosave hor. Nevor- thaless, at 12:45 p, m., Capt, Beaumont inquired, “1If tho wind moderates, and hawls to tho wast- ward, will you be in eondition to proceed un our prasnge south 7" Commodora Yates ropliod, * The condition of our bilges is such as to mako it impossible.” At 2 p, m. we sightod Capa Hnuloyi\su. the wenther being overcast and nqual- {{ with the wind still from the southwort, At 4:30 p, m. stoppad o tako a pilot on the Man- hattan, and at 5:16 p. m, cast anchor just out sido the broakwater, within Capos May and Hon- Jopen. Wa cast off tho hawsers by which wo towad the monitor, and sont men in buats to aseist bor in taking thom aboard; but it was found impossible to taks on one of them, whicl waou buoyed aud sot adrift, to Lo taken up to-duy, The monitor stenmed slowly to a position insida the breakwater and thore anchored, Immedintoly after we anchored Capt. Beau- mont took a boat and wont aboard the Munhat- tanto ascertain her condition, He found her Ieaking badly everywhere, Oiticors and men wora all wot from Lead to foot, and thoir bed- ding, ete., wus soaking. The water had froded overything, aud was sl poaring i, Ono of the Rup{; {-ang)ul.‘x to the boiler wan disublad, snd the bilge-pumps were choled with coiys and shavings lefc thors by the workmeu of Crnmp & Son, tho coutractors who bad repaired tha veu- sel, ANl but ouo .of lLer ventilators bad been washed away, snd onaimmenso flood that poured into the turrot had esrried away the log-boolt, Some of the 450-pound shot in the turrct had lacome loose, and rolled about to the danger of cushing ovorything that came in their way, and it was found jmpossiblo to rccuro them., When it was found that the loakago was 80 bad, Commandor Yatos, just botoro tho 1 latan changod her course before the wind,or.lered the hoats t0 bo oleared, and distributed lite-pro- sorvors, oxpocting to go down within twonty minutes, But tho decision of Capt. Beaumout iu chipnging his cowmss, and thus essing tho wonitor, saved her. While the seus wus bieak- iug ab its worst ovor the bows of tho Maubhattan, and against ber {urret, rushing in both under and ovor, Assintant Engincer Johu Lowa aud o sorman, with groat daring, ventured down with acablo, which they succceded ju adjusting around the buse of the turret on tho outsido, to aid in koeping out the water, Mounwhilo, blankots oud clothing wore packed on the m- torior of tho base for the sama purposo, It is not nt all likely that tho Manhattan in Ler prosent coudition “will be ordered to Koy West, If sho should, u dissster will surely ocour, Bhe must return to Philadelphia for repairs, and will probably go out of conmmission for awhite. Curges both'loud and deop ars showored upon tho Philadelpbia contractors who so imperfectly did tho work for which they wero so woll paid by Govornmont ; while grent praise is accorded Comuwander Yatos, his_oflicers, and men, for thoir gallant conduct, Commander Yates him- solf sposks {n tho highest terms of tho boLavior of all under him, T'he Manliattan Las no break- water, and the top of ber turret {s straight up and down, instead of being shapad like an in- vartod bofl. If theso dofocs were romadiad, che would labor less in tho sea and ship less wator, as w1l authority agreon, But, at best, sbo is un- fitted for rough seas, and brave mon ought’ nov to bo sout to moet doath in her like ratée In & hole, Tha opinion in vory generally oxprossed that monitors ehould bo used oxclusively for harbor dofouses, or ak tho entrandoe to bays and rivers, and that thoy sliould bo constructed where thoy could reach thia points dosignod for their uso, without ven- turing to sen, 'They are exceodingly uncomfor- tablo, aven if kopt dry: but it soems impossibla to keop them no, and the lpravnlllug dampuoss roudors thom very unhenlthy, The Powhatsn hiaa had much experience in towing this class of yosuols, and saveral of her ofiicors have served upon thom, Capt. Beaumont himself carried tho Miantouomoh across the Atlantio and back, It ia true he aponits iu high torms of that vessel, but all the other ollleors conour that they would leor to stay out of nny monitor. Some of liom, howover, aro much bottor than othens, and whora tho work of their construotion and repair is faithfully and skilltully dono, lite in them I8 eudurablo, Dut tho Maunbattan sesma to be the worat of hor claus, aud has always borue a reputatlon for ill-luck, Boon after we came (o avchor last night, the Pinta, Commander H, Gowingo, cane alongaides, and inquired of Oapt, Beaumontas to the adviss h}lhy of putting to soa at_once for Koy West, ‘Lbe Captaw c wtvica was adverso to tho venture, aud tho Pints sioamed back bohind the broake ‘water to wait until thin moraing, ANUATTAN TO DX RESURVEYRD, ; TOE AL Witmington, Del, (Lec, 1), Duspatoh to the New York 14ines, Tho Powhatan and Manhattan arrivod bers about 10 o'clock to-aay, The lattor ia atill loak- fug badly in tho stoorage, und on the possage up tho river took hoguheads of water in under the turrot, Capt. Lee Davis arrived on a tug soon tary of tho Navy for a full resurvey of the mou tor. It will probably take several days to x;o&: ber, 'The Powhatan will receive further oxderi to-night or to-moirow, 4 auow-stora has bew in progreas here all day. after we anchored, with orders from the Bourj