The New York Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1857, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD.| SUPICD K. \Y. CORWRE OF FULTON AND NASSAU BFS. DAILY "WARAED, moo exnts Po oes. Ba RE pce eee 8 oom i KR TS 2 “| MBRALD, cory Wednesday, at (ow comis pe LONTaR) WOARRSP OND, eae Pa eg eet 9 rally paid for =~ OUR Founiay Oomnasronpents ane Pas 2aLy Regeaerer eo Year 11: lorwens ae Panzsger o ‘BO NOT © ‘ahem Of anomymews sorrespondence. We do no JOR PRIVTTSC <necnsed with avctinens, sRempmsse and der Vaxrinese rmewed sory day; sn en? resdir Hesaa, Fasity gies muropeem Melisions. Forums «KT Es 2f in. nd im the { me. 273 .*USEMENTS TO-MOBROW EVENING. BROaDWAY THEATRE. —AGOUAVsTING Sam here way —Maxaury rox Moxy Rik Wt 4ASOMR, Broaaway—Ticut Rorg Frats— Bosusts Brasco oan BOWSKY THELEN Rowers Tre CRUSADERS, On TIE Ou Man or tae Movstan- #SMOPEUS, BORTOR'S THRAYHA Mrowtway Gor Manzeninc~ Tux Two Dozzaeps, Ws bibas! rain oF aie M LaUKs ASENS’S THEATRE BSroacway—Evsnann yor ax Boocn Siam figse dvsKn SEW UL YMPH THEATRE. Srondway—Mannign Rawe- Eixc Lackk S0#001, POR TIGHES. ACADEMY OF MOBIC, Fourteenth street Iranian Org Ba—L' issih D'A MORE SLOAN MUBETE oppoms Bond w. RATA2, broacway—Tue Rivais—Car Bas , Brodway—Sonas ay oo © NGALe—GIaXD AQUARIA. OR Cowan Gas sas-—Or we BBO. UL BINTY @ WOOD'S MINRTRELE 64 Sroacwey -Brmortur Mixerama Horry MAK, MROMANIOM HAUL. 479 ‘roadway —Negeo Matovrms - Buuisrqua—MorkyY -RoTHPRS sMUSENENTS HIS EVENING. wary Onsronto ORAL SyMeRONY, &C. ACADEMY OF MTIRTIC Ponrmeeth at or fu» MarR Mur noven's ew Vor, sunday, October 4, 1887. Matis for the Pacific. NYY YORE NERALD—CALIPORNIA EDITION, The Voited States met! steamship St Locis, Capt. Hart- Btein, will leave thin port to morrow afternoon, et lwo o'clock, for Aspinwall The mail* for Oaitfornie wud other paris of the Pacific Will close at one o’elook. The New Yous Weesty Hanati—Californis edition— ng the latest intelligence from all parts of the world will be poblihed at eleven o'clock tn the morning opies, in wrappers, ree‘ty for malling, eixpence | please send in thelr orders as early as porsible The *ews. We are still without any tidings of the steamship Sta: of the West, now overdue from Asvinwall, with the semi-moxth!y California mails aud treasure. Despatobes have been received by the Navy De- partment from Capt Hudson, of the steam frigate Niagara, which lead to the belief that beyond all doubt the East India Company have made arrang- ments for useing the submarine cable. The Coroner's investigation in the case of the West street boiler explosion was concluded yester- day afte The jury thought proper, in render” ing a ve! not to cast censure upon anybody, notwithstanding they intimated that the disaster was caused by an insufliciency of water in the boiler. Two more persons were adéed to the list of d yesterday, namely, Samvel Anderson and Richard 00n. Elphis. The former died at the City Hospital and the latter at 171 Variuk street, frém hp effects of injuries received op the occasion of plosion: Toe colovization ship Mary Caroline, from Mon- Africa, arrived at Boston yesterday, with n end en steerage passengers. he telegraphic head a synopsis rovis i foners have tssued a gencra) order, prohibiting the members of the from connecting themse ves hb any rthe advancement of th orgapization. Gammen #8 compar: Dhesadne passages are less freq ta! te cuildren are wnuch less virulent. The namber ‘ a ars of age Guring the past w 8 the week previous. ‘The following table exbibita the number of deaths j 1 past two weeks among adults and chil. dren, di:tiuguishing the sexes :— Min Women ating Pom 46.86 G e pg Oct. 3 6 ry Am the principsi causes of death were th folowing :— ss 4 7 8 Maraemoe (in/aaie) ray Dropey ip we head. 18 © e . 8 Onolere \atmata “a Bronchitis a Diarrbos . “ There were 1 congestion of the brain, 8 of dysentery, 6 of typhus fever, 11 of dis ease of the heart, $ of hooping cough, 5 of inflam: mation of the bowels, 6 of surofw ’ of teething, 14 premature births, 2) stillborn, and § from violeat | causes. The following is a c eesification of the diseases and the number of deaths in each On..og the week: — Bores. joints, eo Bra ano verves General ve orgaun Heari 006 blow! vowels. Langs, throa’, ke Oid r Lriaary organs ‘Total seer or ‘The number of diath= pond Week en line Oct. Week ene ing Oot i : ‘Werk ending Sept. 26, 1887... ‘ ard Week ending Ont " The nativity table gives 3% natives of the United States, 6° of Ireland, i8 of Germany, 5 of England, 6 of Beotland, 2 of Briti@) America, and 1 France, Prussia and Wales. The colton market jesterday continued quiet, and no ales reported on the spot, whi’ ee remained? pominal Shipments continued to be made from a very limied feck on Owners’ accomrt Flour was more active. at the decline of the previous day, and incinded in the sale, 10,000 barrels for export to England. The market ciosed without further charge from the previous dey's qoots tions «Wheat wae ip light supply, and prices withool change of importance, while the pur Ohascs made of food red and white Southern wore chielly for export. Corn closed at 700. a 71iKo. Pork wes lower, with moderate sales of moes at $20 12}4 8 $2) 25. Bugyre sold to the extent of abou! 260 « 900 bul, wilhow| change of moment tn prises Colles wns siendy fod jalel Freighta © ore (irm, with engagements of 10,000 bole. our for Liverpool at us of wheat a (44.074 In bege, and cotton at T 85d 4 xd To London abont 4,000 « 600 bia. four were cugaged at as. 3d. 0 Ms. Od, and perm Das 04 ng weeks it each of ! class of disease | 81887 ° 2 | _NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1857. ‘The Revalsion and its Causes. We have grown pretty well accustomed to hear that the revulsion was caused by the nefarions course of the New York Axraup. When this bold theory was first touched, we blushed at the importance which was conferred on us We shrank from the greatness that was thrust on us. We knew that this was a pretty widely circu- luted jourval; we tried to make ita good and a nseful one; but we could not believe that, in real earnest, we held the destivies of the country in our grasp and could expand or convulse credit with paragraph. It was the fault of oar modes- ty, perhaps; but we couldn't take the credit of the revulsion to ourselves. And we were confirmed in cur distrust of our imputed influence by no- ticing tha: the men who shouted most lustily that we bad brought on the revulsion were obviously the greatest fools in the community. As time rolis on, however, we almost begin to question the justice of our eelf-denial. We begin to inquire whether, after all, the fools may not be right. For, by Iast mail, we perceive that our Lordon cotemporasy, the Times, is also among the supporters of the theory that it was we who brought on the revulsion. The money writer of the Times, who, of course, hat nothing whatever todo with American bavkers in London, and is never under any circumstances inspired by this or that wealthy house which is lurge- ly interested in onr railroad securities, this money writer considers that the revulsion which has prostrated some of the largest banking and commercial houses in New England, the Central States and the West, beades compelling the banks of Pennsylvania and Maryland to suspend payment, is tue fra of a wicked combination between half a dozem immoral stockjobbers in Wall street, and the editor of this journal. We id the deed; the brokers made the money. It was, seemingly, a joint stock affair among us; when the bargain was made, we just wrote a couple ef paragraphs, and down fell banks, com. mercial houses, railways, corporate, public, and private credit. Was ever such power thrust be- tore upon king, emperor, or dominant political party? Where eball we find the like? How do the people of the United Stetes dare to sleep o' nights with such a terrible engine as this | Heraip among them? | Of course wecan’t be expected to argue that we didn’t do the job. A decent pride would, any circumstances, prevent such self de- tion as a devialof the Times theory would involve. Gentlemen who desire to believe that we killed Cock Robin shall meet with no impedi- ment from us. But it may be useful to nots, in a comparison between the phenomena of this revalsioa and those of 1837, how singularly prone men are | to imdividualize causes, and to trace every accident and event or series of events to the agency of some individual or indi- viduals whom they may glorify or abuse accordingly. When the revulsion of 1837 was in progress, aod men found themselves compelled to retrench, to sell their fine houses, their horses, carriages and yachts, and to discharge their ' troops of servants, they looked round for some one to bear the blame of the reverse in their for- tunes, and they fell foulof General Jackson. They ever thought that the trouble which had befall- «n tbem was wholly the fruit of their owa extra- vagance, overtrading. and running into debt: nor did tbey ever teriously inquire whether General Jackson could bave caused the revul- if be had wanted to do 0, or what specific had committed which had ruined the coun- They cornected, timply enough, his specie a> aud bank policy with the revulsion; aud strencth of thie, accused him of causing it. it manifeet. at the present day, that was perfeetiy sound and wi their hatied to him, and their di arse to auch an exteut that they ated Van Buren, bis suce»sor, in the covutry to the whigs ear of the present day appears to be | cer stockbrokers aod the Heratp. As for afraid that they bave made ttle by the revulsion, There are very band of illustrious and in- ive Board of Brokers—who i ca'r ore over er, ¥ | cmebir eoruptible patriots— in pay their own notes today; nine-tenths of are bankrupt, and their business is ruined. Balls and + all seem to have gone by the ; board together. If they contrived the revulsion | it was a bad speculation for them, As for ourrelves, we think it will be found as a rule that the men who abuse the Heranp rested infancy stocks, or are afraid Solid men of business, in secure cir- cumstanccs, are greatly benefitted by the course we have purtued, and from them we are in daily breathing the most fervent gra- titude for the timely wernings we have gi them. They are our fr s. We have one piece of advice to give them: don’t buy the paper of people who abuse the Henan, for they have a reason for doing eo. As for the patties on the other side the water who circulate the story that we have brought about the revulsion, they have by this time per- ceived their error; and we only hope that the als whore credulity they have abused will receipt of lett our Tre = Turataes—Tue | Oni to know bow tbe financial crisis has affected the city theatres, which are presumed to be the Besiness ann TAR There has been a very general desire | barometers of public feeling. From the indica- 2| tions of the past week, it does not appear that | they bave been materially affected by the pres ture in the money market, aithough daring the cut eix weeke it would not be rurprising if one or two of them were obliged to suspend opera | | tions for a time. We hed at Burton's and the Broagway theatres two of the very best artite that epeak the Englich language—Mies | Chariotte Cushman and Mr. Charles Mathews. | The largest receipts, we believe, have gone to Mr. Burton’s house, and deservedly so, for Miss Cusbman is an ectress of whom every American may be justly proud. Sue is acknowledged both at bome and abroad to be the very best tragic artist either in England or the United States and she therefore merite the entirely legitimate cess which she has made on ber retarn to her | re land. This success is the more gratifying be. auce of an abeurd attempt which has been made by some of the oyster house critics to deny her claine to the position which she occupied nearly twenty years ago, and in which she now stauds with out a rival. . Mr. Mathews, in his epeciality, is a great actor, and has redeemed the fortunes of the Broadway. He has been good enough to overcome the effect of a very silly speech. We most tell him what we have eaid to several other clever people, thas it is better to leave speech making (outeide of the play) to the politicians. The saccess of Mise Cashman and Mr. Mathews is a complete vindica- tion of the taste of the New York public, and § solutes exthely the impression that nothing but the immoral drama would draw houses in this | This will throw out ot emp!osment a vast num- city. The other theatres are, of course, somewhat affected by the crowded audiences at the largest theatres intown. Niblo’s Garden, Laura Keene's theatre, the Olympic and the Bowery are, how- ever, doing their usual At Wallack’s, the engagement of Miss Heron has been a wretched failure; and it is 8 curious circumstance that the very same critics who wrote her up so ferociously last year, have now, almost toa man, left her amorg the breakers. This proves distinctly the truth of what we have eaid before, that the furore for the immoral diama was only a momentary spuam. People always come back to firet princi- pies ; in art, as in everything else, only the true, the good and the beautiful can prevail to the end. Ard in their endeavors to put down Miss Curhmen, the oyster house critics will fail pre- cisely us they have failed to put up Miss Heron. The Kew Fieid Opening in Republican Po MUcs—Proposed Mradication of tne Weeds, Mr. David Dudley Field succeeded better at the Syracuse Republican Convention last week than even many of his friends anticipated. He succeeded in getting pat at the head of the Com- inittee on Resolutions; whereas it was apprehend- ed that he would be kept in the back grouad and only permitted to introduce his propositions as an independent side movement. As it was, his raking fire of grape shot at Seward, Watteson and Weed was made from the highest stand point, the most commending position, and not trom the rear of the ranks Does Mr. Field mean what he said about lobby- ing and official corruption? Are he and his par- ticwar friends ia earnest? Let as see what he states in hie address, which was adopted by the Convention:— alreacy the good name of our country has been injured by the nteries waleh are current rea ecing (he atate of things t ‘sad ia theclty of New York There are jobbers ia krenis aud ctYer orivaie sohe nee hecgipg abvut ‘h iepation ‘apd the captoigof the : 'Wro golicit members of Congress and m the ‘Bban Stale Legixixtares, end offer to the feebe wicked w worthy inducemegg for thelr vole ena, Must Ot bFallowee to last, p the forndatio “ar institutions, Currapiion must be destroyed or it wil roy the govern mert ‘bat tere shor ld be wen of auch wiepeakable bassness as to auli ‘hema. Ives as they sell cattie ta bad enough, but thet such men should he abie 80 to deseive she peroie as to reach pinvesof crus, almost surpassee belief One woult ‘blok that bu honest pecple woud be sare to bave hoopat representa tives; ont sub 4 either (he facility wits whict we are imposed poo. or auch isthe vicw of our plan of section tat we tind many {our reprocentauves oorrapti*ls, and wha’ is more, Wo fit seimetiones, Wat those Wao ure’ been corrupted ars re ever burely thee things need on'y to be known to he corrected There ive tom remasciag. Whe fini ta ihe election of noaeat men—this woulé bs certain and com! the cacond Ines cet tain rnd comple’e~leg'slaion Tae degisiniw » renedy which premiee ineet success Ia, Orel, & difl-rent mode of Jecinlauion; and sicand penaldes agaiet wha ls call “lobby Dretty good, that, for the party led by Thur- low Weed and represented by, O. B. Mattesoa. Surely they ought to be able to wax warm and speek glowiagly on corruption, for it is a subject which they understand. It is publicly stated that the clergyman who was detected in the se- duction of a little girl, jast turned of fifteen, at Buriington recently, was among the loudest of brawlers in his denunciations, not only of all carnal indulgencies, but of dancing and other social , amusements. We once heard a giave end learned judge fulminate a terrible charge, at the opening of his Court, on the illegal practices of playing at cards and raffliog. It was delivered to a Grand Jary the foreman of which had just raffled away asplendid horee, which the clerk of the court had won; and in the course of that evening these two worthies and the judge were seen sit- ting together at a card table playing for money, Had Thurlow Weed introduced a different resolution into the Convention, and had Matteson supported it, we could have bad confidence in their sincerity. That resolution should have | read as follows:— Resolved. That the ways of transgrosore are harder then we expected to five thea; that the rafiroad grants, Corrupily obtained, which were ao sweet on our It Warned Wo asbes in ovr deilice; ani,on tae whole, that diabonesty dw 't rey, ero balf persusded Some Bensst OF wi least te an show of virtae. | The funniest part of the proceedings of the Convention was performed by Massa Greeley. They were discussing the vomiaation of State | Engineer. General Nye appeared in the inte- rest of the plunder eection of the party. Our table and dirty faced contemporary is not ute of some grit in his composition, and. ia reply to Nye’s speech, turning with a leer in bis eye and a squasby twinkle playing about his anouth, upon Mr. George Law and the whole | regiment of that class of outsiders who were | preeené, he exclaimed, “We do not want a candi- date for State Engineer whom the contractors will come here tore nominate!” Pretty well for | Massa Greeley; hit ’em again! The “ old boots” | evidently has not forgotten that thousand dollar , drait business, in which be was wed so ad- | Vantagecusly by Matteson and the lobby at | Washington, He is evidently determined to pay off those who raked their roasted chest- fellow | ws the New Bogland clergyman did who was in- | duced by one of his wealthy parishioners, while | they were traveliifig in Canada, to take along a | little extra luggage on his retarn to the States, and who was unceremoniously hauled up, just after crossing the boundary line, for having in his poescesion two trunks of smuggled goods, | Greeley has no remaining fancy for Washington drafts on New York. But, the by-play aside, what, really, does the work of this Convention amount to? If Mr. Field's address and resolutions express the real sentiments of the party—seatiments which they intend to live up w and carry into practice—why, then, Tharlow Weed, from the position of War- wick the king-maker, is degraded as low asa hangman's dog. If the bulk of the party mean | what they eay, a loud outery will at once be made by their jouroals for the resignation of the expelled Matteron, Unless these events speedily follow, the bark of their reeolations is « vain and | foolith rending of the air, like an idle dog’s bay- | ing of the moon. Tim Comine Wister—Prerane ow Tiwe— Instead of lamenting over the embarrassments | canved by the present monetary panic, thore who | ate wire will set themselves to prepare for its | after resulta Weeping over our misfortanes will not help as to remedy them, and prudent men will not wait until they are hopelesely crip- pled to take measures to provide against the | prostration and exbaustion that must follow | them Thus, for instence, in the course of the coming wicter many of our large manufactoring estab- ishments will be compelled either to work half time or to suspend their operations altogether Tron founders, carpet manufacturers, upholsterers, wuilders, paper makers, and a host of other em- ployere, who are more or less dependent on flach timee, will be obliged for the next six or eight months to curtail their operations and to effect a retrenchment in every branch of their establish- mente, There will be very little building, and certainly very little in the way of house farniah- ing, done within that period. In most of the large manufactories a considerable reduction ot business may be anticipated, and the pressure on many of them will be so great that they will piebubly be co: mpell.d to demise all Meir Lands nuts cut of the fire with his paws. He feels j ber of mechanics, and uniess precautions be taken in time, the distress and euffering smongst the la boring population will be very great. [sis, there- fore, the duty of every employer and of every working man to prepare himeelf for this state of thivgs. Although the pres-uze of distress cannot be avoided. it may, by care, be very much miti- gated. Manufacturers, tor instance, whose re- sources are not sufficient to carry them through the winter without the certainty of stopvage: would do well to commence their retrenchmeots at once, so that they may be enabled to avoid that distroesing necessity. By putting their men on ba'f-time now, they will be able probably to pass cafely through this critical period, and thus afford to a large body of industrious mechanios some resource against starvation, This would be better than continuing a month or two louger ia full operation and then stopping short, when the rigors of the winter would render the effects of the suspension disastrous to a number of poor familes, To mechanics themselves we would say—practice for a time the most rigid economy, deny yourselves every- thing that your necessities do not absolutely call for, spend no movey on superfiuons dre-s or idie jonketing. Recotlect that the lives of your wives and cbildren depend upon yoar foresight and econowy. Every dollar spared now #1!l be worth ten when the horrors of euch a winter as that which we have reason to anticipate wi!l come up- ou you, The mechunic who gratifics uvneceseary tasies or appetites in presence of the daagers which are threatering his family, we look upon a6 criminal. As the large cities are likely to suffer most, from the number of sufferers who will crowd in upon them during the pressure of the severe sea- ron, the municipal authorities should everywhere take care to anticipate as far as possible the heavy calls that will be made upon them: Thus, wherever there are works ia coutempla- tion which are likely to give employment to the Jaboring population, steps should be taken to com- plete the arrangements for putting them into operation. It is better to pay large sums for use- fui or even ornamental works than to bave to dole them out in eleemosynary aid. By tacing the difficulties that threaten us manfully, and making timely provision tor them, we may pass over the winter without having to lament any exiraordinary aggravation of suffering. Screw and Paddle Steamers—Which are the Most Profitable? When Robert Fulton eent his first steamer from New York to Albany—just fifty years ago— he adopted side paddle wheels asa means of propulsion. Except that the wheel was not covered by a wheel house, our river and ocean steamers present the same appearance to-day that Fulton’s primitive craft did in the infancy of steam navigation. Cunard, Collins and Van- derbilt still employ the paddle-wheel, notwith- standing the facts which we publish this morning clagrly ehow that this class of steamers is rapidly disappearing from the eceap. In another column will be found some comprehensive atatistical tables that give a complete view of the different clases of veesels in use in the British navy and the British mercantile marine. It will be seen that during fifteen years—from 1842 to 1856 inclusive—there were built and registered in Great Britain 10759 sail- fog vessels, of an aggregate tonnage of 1,945,734 tons. During the same period there were built and registercd 1, steamers, of an aggregate of 415,920 tons. This gives a total of 12.294 vessels and 2,361,654 tons. Of the pumber of versels a little less than one-eighth are steamers, and of the tonnage not far from one- fifth. But it isin the vast increase of steamers beyond the increase of esiling vesuels that we see the preponderating influence of steam as a mo- tive power. During the most active tex years— from 1545 to 1855— amount of toonage of sailing vessels launched in a year increased only from 112.000 tons to 2 100 tons sonually, or about 116 per cent. During the same period the annual steam tonnage laucched inereased from 10.894 tous to $1,018 tons, being 644 per cent, or more than eight fold, while the buildiog of sail- ing vessels was but little more than doubled. Of vessels employed exclusively in the home trade and exclusively in the foreiga trade, the follow- ing figures show the actual increase and the per centege of increase during seven years, from 1849 to 1856:- TONNAGE EF THE HOME TRADE, , Per cont 1849. 1805. Increaue. Salllog + eere! + €86,726 710 969 8 Steamers. 2 64 oa0 67,616 26 ia Wt THE FORMIGN TRADE Theee facts are of the greatest significance, They chow that the foreign commerce of Great Britain is fast leaving the old luggers—tubs with such appropriate names as ‘Tortoise and Water Brniser—for the sure and rapid transit guaranteed by steamers like the Baltic, Persia, the Himalaya and the Vanderbilt. Of the supe- tiority of steamers over sailing veseels in these days of railroads, lightning telekraphs, quick sales and quick profits, there can be no question. Independent of the rapid transit and comparative certainty of arrival of goods and passengers, one fact will show the comparative cheapness of steamers. At the launching of (he large acrew col- lier, William Carey, in the Thames, the otherday, it was stated confidently by the owners—prominent men in the London Coal Exchange--that in the rapid passages she would make, with 1,500 tons of coal, besides fuel for a round trip, she would do the work of twenty sailing colliers of 300 tons each. Now, an accural: computation of the number of hands employed on board of vessels of all classes in Great Britain, exclusive of mas- tere, shows that,one vessel with another, a steamer requires a hand to every fourteen tons of the ship's measurement, while sailing vessels re- quire « Land to every twenty-one tons, At this rate, though a coal or freight steamer requires a much jess number of hands than a passenger veesel, the steam collier William Carey would require but 71 hands, while the twenty eatling vesrela of 300 tone—requited to perform the sate amount of freighting in a given thme— would need 26 hands. Here is tne additional timber and cost of the vesrels, the larger capital employed, besides the greater risk, the larger insurance and the additional expense of paying and victualling crews of four times the namber required for the steamer. There are now in Great Britain 1,669 eteam voseeis, and of thege 851 ate ocean steam- ers, and 818 sre employed on the rivers and baye. Of the ocean steamers 121 are in the mail service. A full catalogue of these was given in the Henatna few weeks since. The steamers owned in the United Kingdom are valued at fif- teen millions sterling ($75,000,000), and a late account eays, “Vearels from 250 to 300 feet keel are springing up by the score, and before the ex- piouow vl muvee your We Velus ot Brition | steamers will probably be wbove twenty million pounds ($100 000 000).”’ Let us now look at the material of which these vessels are made, and the style of engines and mechinery. On Lloyd’s List there are registered not every vessel in the kiaedom, bat 501 steam- ers—an aggregate of 234.143 tons, Of these 381 are iron screw st«amers, 12 wooden screw steam- ere, 81 iron paddle steamers and 27 wooden pad- die steamers. These differ-u« sorts, with the ag- gregate tonnage, foot up as foliowe:— No, Tmnage ‘Total screw steawers 207 WO ‘oval padole seamers. 26 434 ‘Totel row steamers. . 228,537 Totel wooden sieame a. 66 The per centage of the various kinds of steamers built from 1541 to 1857 and from 1854 to 1857, and registered at Lloyd's, is as fol- lowe:— Percent Percent Percent Per cent Of each 100 steamers ‘rom 1841 to 181 +e 2 From 1864 to 1867, The steamers and sailers registered at Lloyd's are principally seagoing, and some few—French, Belgian and others, trading at British ports—are foreign vessels Here we hsve a comprehensive view of the various kinds of steamers, their nam. ber and clase, that are in use in the British Isles. Taking every steamer now standing oa Lloyd's list, and built since 1841, only 21 outof 100 are paddle steamers, and of the screw steamers 97 per cent are built of iron. Of thore built since the commencement of 1854, eighty-eight out of every bundred have the screw propeller, and before another year is out nincteen out of twenty of ail seacoing ateamers will be built of iron and propelled by the ecrew. These are eimple facts, requiring eome elabora- tion and ¢xamination of statistics to get at, but simple and instructive when brought before the mind at a single view. Will our enterprising sbipowners have any difficulty in discovering the cause of the superior activity, energy and suc- cers of British steam enterprise, compared to our own? THE LATEST NEWS. Rews from Washington. DESPATOHES FROM CAPTAIN HUDSON, OF THR NIAGARA—PROBABILIEE OF A YBLBGRAPA TO INDIa. Wasnixcrox, Ost. 3, 1867, Despatches were revcived today the Navy Depart- ment from Captain Hudson, informing the department that the Niagara had been hauled into the Keyban basin, proparstory to landing the subme:ine cablo with the massive appendeges of machinery. He sends ® copy cf a resolution of thanks from the company to the commanding and other officers of the telegrapa squadron. A poetrcript is added to his letter, as follors:—“I bave jast been informed by the Adqiral Superintendent Sir James H. s/lamridge, that he had received # telegraphic despaich from the Admi- ralty mot to bave spy of the cable larded unill further ordes. I can only conjecture, es the company have ‘abundant time to manufacture apotber cablo, that It may have been dispesed of to the East India Company for lay- img out to Indis.”” Captain Hudson also sends a copy of bis letter to Mr, Seward, the scoretary of the company, urging that thero be no delay In removing the cable and machinery from the cecke of the Niagara. Naval Court No. 1 was not {n session on sccount of the Bickneas of Commodore Lavaiette. Court No, 2 resumed the consideration of Lieut. Bissol’s case. Bui lie progress was made, wiinesses being ab- sent. In Court No. 8 evidence in Lieut. Reltl’s case was clored, and bis cofence will be read on Mondey. Tleara thai a change in the Cabinet is contemplated, aud that Charios Anderton, Feq, of Cincinnati, will be Galied to the executive council, Mr, A. Das jast written an eble vindication of Mr. Buchenan saint tho old charzs of slandering Henry Olay, just now revived by Governor Crane for electiovecring purposes. The Vew Tehuantepec Transit Grant. Wasmsaron, Ook 3, 1867. ‘The Now Orleans papers of the 27th oli. publish the do creo of Mexico (n regard to the new Tohuantepoo Company. ‘The route is to commence at the best of navigation ov ‘be Coatnacoaloos river, The rai rond is to be commenced eighteen morths after tho date of the decres, and to bo comploied at the yearly rate of twenty-sit miles and sey aly-ibree yards, vntil enttroly finished. Moanwhito the comj ary moet build and heep tn onter a good road, wiih the pecormmrys beidgos, for carriages for convey ing passengers and merchandise of smail weight, Tho sur- veys and plane are to be submited to the Minister of In- terval Luprovements for his approval. The oom say ae to ball, within two years (rom the compietion cf the road, the necessary dykes and moles in tho ports of Coatsaccalos and Veatcza, and buill immediately the works nocszsary for discharging vessels, The govervment grants the necessary land for depots, tations, 4&0; Alto tbe use of material from private Innds by tadempiying the owners; gives tho exelastye pripllego of trapaporiauion and the power to levy tolls and transit doos hot eactoulrg Ofty cen's & lenguy each passenger nor ons por cont s league for precious moimls; the goveramess to ox scl BO import du ies nor oontribu.ion exoe zt tweive conis for each peckage and passenger, payable monthly; tbe government to protect the line, but confer no rigs of trace on tie Isthmas; tho privilege to last sixty years, ‘and tbe government io receive fifieon per cemt o4 the wot revenues whenover thy dividends sre declared. The company assumes tho pay ment of $6C0 000 to Falcon Bet, loaved Sloo & Co , with intorost nmi da-uages; slo tho delivery of ail the mails slong the line, and aieo ihe ‘voyance of all officers, treops,emplo; és and agents of the governmec: grasa, but metals and domestic merchandise are to be conveyed at twonty per cont loss than tho rogn- ler rates. The government is to bave two directors in the Board, ana may estadlish erpionage on tho progress of the work. The company is to coustruct no fortification, nor give passage to armed forces, except on consent of the goveremont, but shall dir charge ite employ 61 when Cetoo'ed amoggling, and com pel passengers to obey the revenue laws. Tho compsay ‘im not to transfer or hypothecate privileges without the Conrent of tho government. Tho line in to be free for tuansportation of the inbabitants of (he whole worll; bat thoes who aro not citsens of neutral countries are to bo oberged 26 per cent extra A third of the stock into be reserved for the people of Mexico for four mouths. Fo reign sealed mail bage are to be respected by the officiate ‘The nayigalion of the Coaizacoalocs is to be projocte! by the Mez!onn flag for the company's purposes. The Antelope Uutward Bound. Poetcamp, Oot. 3, 1887. ‘Tho steamor Antelope ee'led from thle port for Liver peo! via Halifax and Newfoundiand, at five o’clook thy aftercoon. Rurning of a Propeller avd Freight Ware: house. Sawovery, Oot. 9, 1867, ‘The propelior Ropablic, of the Now York and Erio Rall. Tead line, wee bnroed a) the Southera Mioh)gan and North. ere Railroad dock this afiernoom. She had « fall cargo of rolling freight and five elon, wbicb was conmmmed. Sho wan partially lesured, The large freight Mo of the raliroad company cangbt fire from the pro; and wae destroyed, with a portion of tls contents. Tho botiding wa ineured for wife, Rocawerar, Oot, 9, 1867 Jobn B. Roberteot, carhire of tiie Kaglo Panik, bas boon | Indicted by the Grand Jary for altoupting to destroy tae Life of bie wifo by polson, Rom rv enys that of twenty. threo Jarore, oply two wore oppored tow Bill, Roberson fav0 bail this morn ng. Death of Swo Hiremens Prrmneno, Oot. 3, 1867. Two firemon,camed B.M Kineaid and Wm. Mar oll, lnjored ata fire yeateriay hy tho falling of walls, diod to-day. The Maine state Mair. Barcon, Mo, Ost. 8, 1867, To day (he Maine Sisto Fair closed tts third exhibition by 8 trotting mach for #20 premium. The conditions of Whe reee mere Diet two im tareo, free to all horven raised and alwa «owne! t2 Maine, The premium was takes by Lady Borgbam, owned by A. Bodge, of Winthrop. Time: 2:45, 9:44, end 3:46. A second parse, free to all horses, was taken in three straight beats by Hargy Walton, ax. hibiied by J. 0. Wallow. Time: 2:44, 2:42, and 206 ‘Doe rain of vesteraay rendered the track bea>y. Oa ime ‘whole the State Fair has proved highly satisfactory, ‘The Mational Hone Exhtbi-ion at at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Henry Fuller, of this clay; Eijjab Simmons, of Albany ;and Peter Dubois, of New York, soting os judges. Flora was to ha-vess and Lasest under the sadaie. Fiore had the pole and won tn three straight beats. Time, 2:893¢, 9:32 and 2:82; Lancet wag bardly a length behind either time. There was eight or ten thou and people present Markets. PHILADELFHLA #TOK BOARD. PRLADELPHL, Btocke beay ben ing Rail read, 19; Morris can 10; Log oland 3 vais 1 88 56 Cotton. —Rales to day wotetions are Sachnoged aiding 1s ES a the week, 10,600 4 . deore inte am com! 10, ‘faved rece’ pared Flour “all'st $6 9. bales ote $3,010; stock tn port, 60,600. be. declining, Red, $1 06. hite corn, 72360. Lard dull nd ceciined Xo: barreled, 16340, ' Ster og Coffee, 3 Burton’s Sheatre—Miss Cushman’s Romeo. Women frequently play the parts of men in real Iife ‘with effect, but on the st» such attempts are generally failures. We how no soverer test to which au actress an submit her powers. The physical attrivutes of the mexos are 80 widely different that even where the soa- denw of nature belp to diminish the distance between them, the line of demarca ion Is still (00 marked te per- can attain In the representation of male charactors oa the stage, can only be said to be a distant approximation to the conception of the playwright, It may, noveriheless, be as bighly Gnished and as admirable as an artistic effort, ‘as the rendition of the same part by a thoroughly accom Plished actor. Indeed, considering the physical difficulties that are to bo taken into account, we question whoher tte success of the woman is no} entitled to ihe higher meed of praise. ‘The oharac'er of Romeo, of all those bequeathed to ug by the genlus of the { nmortal Eoglieh bard, offers perhaps the fairest chances of successfa! experiment to an actress of marked powers. It isso full of tender sentiment—ts so wheily engrossed by i iove, and passes se repidly from the exuberance of bappiness to the ravings of intense and passionate grief, that {t presemts to us the picture of a mind rather e‘eminate than other- wise, And yet, strange to say, this was one of the charac ters in which the powerfully developed and mstouline gentus of bo cléer Kemble, Caries Young and Macready was seen to most advantage. The fact goes to prove what fs usuaily considered a solecism in art—that a picture may be secon to nearly equal advantage under two different lights. ‘When an actress like Miss Cushman attempts « part like that of Romeo, it argues an unbounded confidence in her own powers. She has not only to do justice to the concep- tion of the dramatist, so far as a correct reading of the role is concerned, but she bas siso to render {i through « medium unfamdll r to ber habits, and in a costame strange to her. To do this even respectably is evidence of more than an ordinary show of talent, to achieves wouderfal moccest in the ¢iTort is proof tbat the actress possesses genius of the highest order, Miss Cushman bas not caly done all ‘bis, bot more—she gives us a reading of the character which ie peculisrly her own, and which al- though on pone of the great histrionic models, is not the Jess as perfect ard effective a plore. Mise Corbmsii's perforwasce last nigdt fully justified the exoomiums bestowed upow hor in this charsvie* by the Tendon press. It was full of passionate fire, of pathetio earnes'ners and concentrated energy, without once verg- ing {ato the violent and nolay extremes in which medicare talent is a t to take refuge. Ii wool! beimposstble to give greeter effect to tho character, allowing of course for the physical disadvantases under which Miss Coshman labored, Of soe Jullot of Mise Susan Devin we hays ouly space te my afow words, Ii was somewhat deficiont in tender. pecs and delicacy of erprestion, Dut was nevertholess a | creditable performance. Mra. Gughes’ nurse wes a care- | Sally Grished picture, ike everything that Indy does, Of | Mr. Fisber's ‘‘eroutio it 1s needless to say that 1h wae an exovedingly happy performanee. ACADEMY oF Memo.—An olegant sxored in which one bundved and tventy performers will take Part, ia to be giver s) this houve to might. Tae selections comprise the grand orator! of “Stabai Mater,” Bostho- ven’s “Pastoral Symphony,'’ ce, To-morrow erouing we aro promized a repetition of ¢ ir d’ Amore.’” Whe Curt, ‘Tho raving week It ovcr, and nothing has oocurred war- | thy of note except the two mile race of Wecnesday fer the proprieton’s puree, in which wore Shocoo, Parashate, Naanle Lowis and Obarley Ball, In this race there were four acmirably contes\od heats, and all ran in exoollest time. The four mile race was « disappointment, the three milo race & fallaro-~ Parachute, oro of the two horses to contend ~ baying broken down in the two milo race referred to shove, bat the infary was not ditcoversd until too late to notify the public of the casualty. A milo reco was mubstiotod, to satisfy those who were deformined to 208 a race ofsomo kind and two beaten borses of the West- chester stake of Wednesday wero brough: out and yan, making © yory good raco tn caplial mo~1:61}¢~164}6. The majority of those prossnt wore, howovor, disratiefied; faitores in the two mostimportan events of the meeting | being too much for them to overlook. As the tanie of the community im the United States wtil be natiafled with nothing short of foar mile racing, it ia to be hoped that all horses brought hero may be able te ram One and two mile racing, however ewift ft may be, is not Inoked upon im this country as qullldiemtty attractive, and will pot draw—and alone will never preve Teraunerative. All the sporting reminiscences of the pee- ple sro associated with grost four mile events—guch, for inetanoo, an the race botwoen Fcllpso and Hoary, the particulars of which every ono is familiar with; that be- tween Fashion and Boston, and #0 on to the end of the obapter. Thore i# nothing connected with mile or two mile Fnoing that peopic care anything abou—not » single interesting tnedomt—it ie merely looked upon as by play. Bot 8 four mile race ran by the best of the country bas @ pecndiar charm abovt {\ vet will always prove stirae- Live to the masses. Tt was an npfortanate clroummanoe tad Charleston was disabled on Monday, eo that mld mot Ton ngaintt Nicholas, Had he been ali right, one Mupposed oe was on the morning of ths race, have rere one of the most briliiaat rans that ever took place in eny In'lince—North or Soath. Nigholas wae ia hove run for ® man’s life, end to was Socident tomt befel bim. As it s3% qt ge oft fie ever produced, vicies with Eolipeo, Wagacr, Gray tom, &0, 3. Is i ovatidently in the South that will beable to beat bim—! offere of m match having alread, of Nishoies, which wei wereut cogagements. petitor for Nicholas, we would rio next epring—aad