The New York Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1866, Page 8

ew hy Bts Materic! and Personnel—Superiority ef « Former Over That of All Na- tle and Faults of the Latter—Com- parative Statement of the Personne! of the Na of the Chief Maritime Powers—Thoro: y Educated Scamen Demanded by Both Naval aud Mer- ehunt Marine Service, Sc. Awell fortified coast is of greater importance to maritime nation than the inviolability of territory is to ® continental one, The territory of the latter may be errun by an invading army; but, sooner or later, that force will meet its check in rencontres with counter forces, or will be embarrassed by the harasses of the 4mimical inhabitants of the threatened land. Destruction @nd damages will occur, bat of that nature which can be quickly repaired and remedied. It is not so with the ‘wa ritime pation whose sea coast is of easy access to an ‘enemy ; for it is near the sea, or within easy reach of it, that the great commercial cities are founded, It is there dat the pation’s wealth is principally stored, that the revenues are collected, To leave the coast defenceloss abe greatest calamity may result; immense fleets of merchantmen will be captured or destroyed, mer- chandise and wealth seized, commerce rudely shaken, ‘i not annihilated. Before the invention of steam there was Jess danger af euccessful coast attacks; for the mancuvring of mailing vessels demanded time; their motion was com- paratively slow and uncertain in light variable winds. Steam cancelled theso obstacles; it attracted military aminds to the importance of coast defence. To fulfil the eonditions it became necessary to organize a strong naval force to compete for ocean supremacy—the true point of departure in a nation’s defensive operations. Special corps should be established on a solid basis, having two great divisions—the materiel and the person- nel, Most nations possess the former: the United States im a degree superior to any other. They only have to develop it to keep pace with the progress of balistic eciences, It is not so with the personnel, It does not exist. The name could not be given to the bands of god and inefficient seamen who volunteered to serve a few months, and who were grouped around the batteries of the fleet. By nature rovers, they dispersed at the end of each cruise, when discharged. A battery, whether on shore or afloat, becomes valua- Die through its pe sonnel. Matter can assnme the most ingenious forms; the personnel alone can give it the soul. ood gunners will take advantage of bad guns, but never will bad gunners take advantage of good ones tary truths which should not be forgotten. Let us bear 3n mind that without a well organized personnel, form:d by experience and discipline, the finest materiel in the world will be a useless case, a dangerous one, too, in the hhands of the nation which created it; dangerous if sent ‘out in charge of incompetent men to insure its success, for it will probably pass into the enemy’s possession. PERSONNEL OF THE BRITISH NAVY. In begivning this article by referring, first, to Eng- Jand’s naval personnel, we do so because its orgamzation is within the recollection of our superior naval officers, Kneland concluded that, “if it took twenty years to raise @ man, and ten years of that time tomake bim a R00d tailor, it took but a second to destroy a work 60 Jaboriously prepared.” To organize an effective naval Perannel it became necessary to facilitate the diffusion ef nautical instruction and a practical knowledge thereof, Ww as large a number of men as possible, in order that ‘there should always be at hand well trained seamen as a isporable reserve. England's first step in the orgauiza- thon of her personnel was the formation of a corps of gea- ‘ten gunners and the creation of a school of app ication Yo naval artillery. She next organized the Custom House force, distr:buted along the coast of the United Kingdom anto Seamen Coast Guards, They were required to pro- fect the coast against smugglers and likewige defend it mgainst foreign aggression. Very soon thereafter the ‘mecensity of a ‘Reserve Coast Guard” was the occasion ef the mustering of the Coast Volunteors, composed of the coasters, fishermen and seamen of’ the locality. While Englaud increased the oanél of experienced ‘men, rhe prepared a considerable floating material—a ‘squadron of Coast Guard vessels ected the military ports with U Batteries with the sea batteries, in a word, England interlinked her land and floating defences, By study ‘ng the organizations of tho different military of the great Powers it will be observed that each fs having its origin in the schools of application and Is by reserves, that is, by depots of Instructed men from whence to draw. In the armies of Europe 1t is so. Ie was so in England as far back as 1817, Land artillery bad its Woolwich, the had their schools and de- t# in the navy yards—naval artill’ry alone had not its itution. The uncertain future of the personel of the ins of the figet djd not tempt intelligent men to ship. jut, while thinking of the members was the head to be oo n? Why negiect the pring generation, so well ‘Saied lo ie rece which felate to the moble profession of the rea? Should noy ip: olligent admiralty provide them br @ ent of Saatenction where, between cruises, see and aos could repair an wire cl wlege wh! to tle otne tite teambedlly and @ difficulty was to decide as to the choice instructors. It would not do to select them from that 0 ps d’elite, the marine artillery, because of their lack ef nautical experience and of the sailors’ judice to that branch of the service. The objection to the sailor proper ‘was his roving, vagabond dispos.tion, contempt of military exere &c. How to reconeile him to the new system ‘was the question. “By good pay, rations and hope of veward.”” Such was the answor of those whe Epew him best. By good pay a number of young, active and in- temtigent, ecamen wonld consent, once adm'tied as rea- men gunners, to re-enlist, provided occasional shore duty and leave of absence were granted th By pla’ ing over these men officers of known abinity they would ipy & solid orcani s plan was adopted. nuery ship Excellent, commission on the Isth of June, 1830. The experiments were made under the ai- nagias and Captain Sir Thomas Bastinge, the Excellent’s commander. Two years’ oxpe- sence brought forts the following order:— Apuinatty, Peb, 22 1882. ‘Their loniships have recognized the necessity of establish. dng a permanent corps of seainen gunners and a school of Plication for officers and petty oflicers of the navy. They denire to estsblish in the practice of gunnery a uniform agyoiem, which is indispensable. They therecore order. ‘The order was in substance as follows:— The Excelient’s crew will be composed of two hundred young. intelligent, able seamen, engaged for a period of hve ‘or weven years. ship will be well offloered. The instruc. Gon will consist of the Knowledge indispensable to captal ‘ef guns, quarter gunners. gunner's mates, &o. It will ex- fend to the manufacture ‘and preservation of sh'p's ord: Bator, waking aud repairing gun gear, fe. To avon nce! denta, ordnance experiments will be mace on shore. ‘The Excellent will be anchored in the most favorable post- tion for target Id hulks will be used for the pur . fo, pravent atnking they with bo moored on thet FS pracdice will "bo ae didereut ranges, with differen charges and projectiles, The greatest care will be ken to fect the men tn all that relates to the diferent calttres tn p the merits of inventions and i ¥ should not \ made 4 4 to any Improvements which, in their re required in the materiel nid in the exercises, experiments made will be Kept and will were reports to the Admiraity. fut daily actice, result o: firing of every seainan gunner, will also he latter will indicate the most compereut men to formance of the different duties oi the qunoere’ gag. eekly reports will be made to the Admiralty. A few years of experiments enlicbtened the govern. ment as to tho importance of the guunery ship, In 1899 ‘the Naval Colipzo of Portsmouth became wecessory to the scboo! ship, and received a number o° half pay e@eers destined to follow the experiments and to under- The Admiralty in xunners determined and twenty cadets of marine id a series of practical and theoret board the school ship. At the end of six months a hentenant’s commission would be the reward ooling the best seamen omols, there to remain They acted as petty ructors to guns crows, Ab Ube expire rviee they were induced to re-enlist by & per Che schootsbip statistics show from 1882 to 1 2.00 men admitted on warrant and petty oficors and two additional gunnery «hip masieoned aod ordered to craise on Tt was decided that seamen gunners shouki be encouraged to Femain in the wervice by offers of @roper inducemel we it is botter fo preserve well dried mou than to wi ruet new one In 1866, in she laitic and Black Sea, there were 1,800 seamen gunners to 8,594 guns, or one gunner for each wide gun. Atthe rame time there were under inetrue Sion on board of the rchoolehips 610 seamen.cunners Sud 270 apyreniices. Besides these eamen-gunners sere were 2 008 men of marine ortiliery destined to out af gupe crews to the pivot gone of steamers There were alse 8,900 well drilled coast guards and 660 riled searnom attached 10 the same de jarunent The ona-t guard pecetved instructions on board of line of Paitic aivips prepared for the purpore. They became ex- eriewt gunners, We will add to this foree the const vol aw \eors ond the poamen pensioners. Let us here remark shat (he pensioners are i the prime of life. The British ftyelem of penatoning—which could With advantage be the coast ectopied by ns&—induces seamen to continue their Keiv ier A man who has served trom cighteen to ty eight net ia entitled to a pension. from ny-clght Je ray-thres years, to a increased and from tbir'y three to thi to another and final increase, Py + expiration pedaion service be is entitied cownt ward duty, iy ber admirable aystem 06 fp ber seamen, gunners, count ead Foserven, an We force of not lern Norns ng Boi thourand men who competent to in ao. at URED Hote, BbID (hts ization England bas, marme artillery, and intrast her instructed men England cam command the immediate services of fifty thousand, most of whom have cruised in her ships and undergone 4: Such @ will man an tiamense ficet, a feet wi be er and could sail in threo date of order. To the difficulty of obtaining seamen during the Crimean war, and te works on rbourg, per strength and coast defence. The force spoken of is only that ‘but England besides, over four hundr seafaring men who could be brought to efficiency by her instructing clement, England's marme corps, a force of several thousand well drilled men, is not included in the alluded to. Nevertheless, this force as an auxiliary is most im- portant. They are the police force of the fleet, com- posed of picked men, excellent infantry soldiers, and, as @ general thing, good gunners, They are frequently stationed at the guns as supernumerarics. ORGANIZATION OF THR NAVAL PERSONNEL OF ITALY. The Italian naval recruits are selected from those regis- tered in the maritime conscription books. They consist of persons who prefer the navy to the army. They are principally coasters or islanders. They are registered at the age of twelve, They are under obligation of under- going eighteen months’ sea service prior to the conscrip- tion drawings, which occur at the age of twenty, and up vo thirty-eight years in the event of absence. In Italy every man owes service to the government, and has to draw lots when he attains the age required by the law of conacription. The government requirement is four years’ active sea service, Ifatthe end of that time one voluntarily re- news his enlistment he becomes entitled to a bounty of thirty-one hundred francs, After the government's acceptance of the conscript he undergoes three months’ instruction on shore in in‘antry drills, nomenclature of guns, &. At the expiration of that time he is embarked on board of the flagship-of the department. There are three maritime departments— Genoa, Naples and Ancona. Fach department has its flagenip ‘and depot of seamen, from whence they are de- tailed for duty on board ‘of sea-going vessels, On board of these depots or flagships the men are instructed in gunnery, drills, naval discipline, &c. The best informed are the first detailed for duty. Italy bas a gunuery ship, the frigate Parthenope, organ- ized on the same system as the Excellent. From her crew captains of —_ gunners’ mates and quarter gun- ners are selected. The instruction 1s of a year’s dura- tion; it relates to gunnery and to the required ordnance information. The crew of the gunnery ship is selected from the young men of eighteen who have served in the apprentice shipa. There are four or five vessels commissioned to receive apprentices—boys of from twelve to fifteen years of ago. These boys are, as a gene- ral thing, the children of warrant or petty officers. They receive an elementary education, are thoroughly in- structed in all that relates to naval manoeuvres, gunnery, &c. They can rise to the rank of masters, seldom beyond that. The apprentice vessels supply the gunnery ship with intelligent young men. ‘The seaman gunner in Italy is independent of the men drafted in the same category; he receives an extra pay of ten francs per month. Ataly’s rezerve force is composed of the men who have not completed their term of service; they are liable to be recalled. In time of war Italy can claim the services of twenty-five thousand men, besides two regiments of marines—-‘ Fanteria di Marina,” FRANCE’S NAVAL PERSONNEL, The French man their vessels with conscripts, volun- teers, and with aspirants to commands or to (Le positions of officers in the merchant service. Every able man in France 18 liable to the conscription; if he draws a low number he must abide the consequence or furnish a sub- stitute. The naval conscripts or recruits are generally those inscribed on the books of Les Arondissements Maritime, those who draw low numbers. They inhabit le liltoral, or coast, are generally fishermen, coasters and others following the sea in the capacity of seamen, boatmen, &c. Every Frenchman who aspires to the appointment of ‘au officer in the merchant service has to serve at least two years on board of an Imperial vessel; that time is required before be can pass his final examination. Con- sequently the merchant officers of France, unlike those of other nations, are versed in gunnery, naval discipline, &ec., a great advantage in time of war,'when an appeal is made to their patriotism. In each chef-lieu des depar’- ment mariime, France has her gunnery ships, schoo! ships and apprentice ships, The system ot driliz, exer. cises, experiments, &c., is much more perfect—perhiaps too mbth theory—than that of other naval Powers, But France lacks the force of seamen. She can, like Eng- Jand, put forth an immediate and large force; but in the event of defeat she would find it difficult to maintain that force; her reserve and d could scarcely supply the demand. Napoleon saw this, and bas strained every berve to encourage apprentices in the navy and mer. chant service, to protect the fishermen, &¢, Napol on has done a crvat deal to increase and improve the naval Perjanne! of France, but seamen are not made ina day. in her personnel France is, numerically, much inferior io England. Besides the usual instructions required and imparted to seamen of the navy, the French seamen are taught to throw up “temporary fortifications,” and to take advan’ of the obstacles of the grounds or shores landed on, RUSSIAN NAVAL PERSONNEL. Exerc instructions, &c., on board of school and gunnery sh ps are very much like those of France. The seamen are conscripted. The only marked difference in ‘the organization of the navy is, that the Russian person- nl is divided into divisions, and subdivided into battal- fons. Each battalion is composed of so many ships’ crews, In fitting outa squadron or fleet, the personnel 4s generally selected from the same baltalion—a good idea to prevent the scattering of ships’ crews, but an idea which can only be carried out where the sailor is con- scripted and has a long term of sarvice, PERSONNEL OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. We do not pretend to argue that the organization of the personnel of the United States navy is beyond im- provement, nor do we intend to say that it is equal or superior to the organizations of Europe. We know the contrary. We do ray that the first step in the right di- rection has been taken, and should Congress acquiesco in the honorable Secretary of the Navy’s suggestions, made in bis several reports, we will soon havea navy to be proud of. Jet us go beyond Mr. Welles’ time and sce what had been done for the navy, and with what result. {n 183- the apprentice system was established. Parents were led to believe that their children would receive a good nautical education; that they stood a» fair chance of a midsbipn.an’s warrant, if proved worthy of it. Crowds of bye were thus induced to enter the navy, where they found the Gunner's Daughter to welcome ther most trivial offencs, but tew, if any, schoolmasters, and no other advancement rave that to which landsmen could aspire. The tice system failed. in 185 Admiral (then Captan) Dahigren sug. the propriety of a gunnery The jymouth was commissioned for the purpose. Resides her side battery she mounted a pivot . of the beaviest calibre then u In, exercises, Improvements thereon, ail sorts were carried on with success, of prompt measures: ed thousand nery ship ceased to exist, I ir Ww les’ report of December 5, 1864, he in Mr. Welles’ report of 9 says :— ‘The organization of a man-of-war is very different from that of « merchant vessel. and thorough and com known out of na on to say that in our country the avenues of adventures are not restricted, as in foreign ; ement is given In every pan Bg the neglect of seamen as a class, of the necessit of preliminary towards their elevation. Mr. Wel re has taken the step in the fitting out of the school ah the not juced boys study, Ketter stll, it will kill the influence brought to friends and Saieetane Ineo aie Ga ae the ardor of the efleminate boys who e hardships and privacions of the school ship. Mr Welles has made several other gent lace the unmanageable ones a Welles strongly recommends the com of a gunnery «bip, experiments corps of operators for the future, tail of officers directed to travel and report naval konnery alitpe, hance “duty; simplify gunvery as much am hed be borne in memory without even Pook. Our aystem of shipping the be improved. In lieu of the three year’ system, the you ‘and intelli. gent oble seaman destined % wi instruction in the jannery ships should be required to serve five years. Asia ie gare Th expiration Of the enlistment, he rf 0 extra pay or to a bounty £0 MAY years to a pension. eT e Th inery ship could also be supplied from the school ‘orth sone Or Apron Bed whe capire ba Seeees po ition, for al} cannot fo to the Naval Echool. The children of ibe ‘ro faithfully during ener, to the schoo! einip. Indeed shop ehonld manufacture of oer hong Boatewaine eRJrgaker’ mater, 8 respect the navy PERSONNEL OF OUR MERCHANT MARINE. Our merchant service is also very deficient in respect to its personnel; amd efforts are now being made in Con- Gress to obtain a bill under whose encouragement boys may be induced tu educate and train themselves to be seamen, as in the English merchant service, The actual number of educated American seamen is very small and wholly insuffictent to meet the wants of the country; and it is beheved that a large number of skilful seamen can be eventually obtained by the means proposed Con- gress alone can remedy this evil by tule passage of a Talsea as santon upon merehaer vocals ane 19 No we uni in operation within the United States, and which by the comity of friendly nations would be enforced in other be yg of such Tay and the conseq a law, yuent difficulues attending the enlistment of as appren- tices, has eS Gest agree rented hitherto the em- ployment and boys in the merchant ser- ‘vieo, im consequence of this there has been no increase in the number of American seamen at all pro- gore to the wants of the country. If proper in- ety are nw cs) there will be era haeeiets of especially in our large cities, who wo jesire to be placed as apprentices in the merchant service, under circumstances that would insure them to be received and trained to lives of usefulmees and honor. Political News. Prosrzors or max -Dmecrony’s” Rxvort mx THE Sunate.—The Washington correspondent of the Spring- field Republican says the disaffection of Stewart, of Ne- vada, will make it impossible to pass the report of the Obstraction Committee by a two-thirds vote, and adds:— “I suppose Mr. Sumner will be satisfied by a postpone- ment of the whole subject. It would, however, be fatal, as Congress will adjourn by the Ist of July. A majority will not stay here in the summer heat to suit the taste of a few extremists.” , Carram Fritz, or Tum Frepuxn’s Burrav.—‘‘Dixon,” the Washington covrespondent of the Boston Advertiser, reports the following :—It is proper to say with respect to Captain Fritz, who is mentioned in the Fullerton- Steedman North Carolina report on the Freedmen’s Bu- reau, that he was removed some time ago by General Howard. Usirep Stares District Jupcesmr ix Mars. —Among the candidates for the United States Distriet Judgeship in Maine, to succeed Judge Asher P. Ware, resigned, are General Shepley, of Portland, and Judge John E. God- frey, of Bangor. Secretary Stanton Reconsrrucrep.—The Cincinnati Commercial is of the opinion that Secretary Stanton bas been “reconstructed,” and that “he no longer appears a flery Mars, breathing havoc and slaughter, but, robed in the white garments of peace, and crowned with the olives of conciliation, he turns his back on the faithless partirans, who allured only to deceive, and, grasping the President’s policy of restoration in one hand, firmly and fervently clasps his portfolio to his palpitating form with the other." Towa Coneressionar Caxpipates.—The Union Con- gressional Convention in the district of. John A. Kasson, of Towa, is called for June 15, and the contest for nom- ination is narrowed down to Kasson and Major General A. C. Dodge. Rervsuican Stare Coxvention m Inuxors.—The fol- lowing is the call for a republican State Convention in Illinois, issued May 16:— The republican Union voters of Illinois who are in fa- yor of keeping traitors out of the halls of Congress and of asserting and maintaining the right of the loyal peo- ple, through their representatives in Congress, to fix and determine the conditions in which the States lately in rebellion shall be permitted to participate in the govern- ment of the United States, will meet in convention on the 8th day of August at 12 M., at Springfleld. The ra- tio is one delegate for every three hundred votes cast for Lincoln in 1864, and one for every fraction of one hun- dred and Gifty. "The committee recommend that every delegation should be full ; also, the committee would earnestly request that the credentials should show the post office address of cach deleg: it will materially aid in conducting the campaign. Tue Presweyt Oneervina ms owN Rove.—Brigadier General William H. McCartney, formerly commander of the First Massachusetts battery, has been appointed Col- lector of Internal Revenue for the Third district of Mas- sachusetts, in place of Mr. Edward L. Pierce, removed. Goverxor Mortox, or INDIANA, AGAINST MAKING WAR ON THe Presipext.—Governor Morton, of Indiana, it is re- ported, is about to make a speech declaring that it is the policy of republicans to unite in fighting democrats, and not to make war upon the President. He hopes to unite discordant materials inthe republican ranks upon that idea. ConaressMaN Huppeit xor a Rapicat.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Cincinnati Gaze'te complains that Congressman Hubbell, of Ohio, fails to come up to the republican standard. Concress Derenurxep ox War.—The Boston Traveller of the 19th says:—A despatch from Washington states that the Senate will reject all appointments of conserva- tive republicans, even when they have served in the army or the navy, in place of present officeholders, fev- oral appointments have been made in Massachusetts, but they will not be confirmed. Rervetcay Coxvexmon ix tas THrp Ituxors Cox. GresstoxaL District.—The following call appears in the Chicago Tribune of the 17th:—The republican voters of ‘the counties composing the Third Congrossional district of the State of Iilinois, are requested to send delegates to a convention to be held at Freeport, Ilino's, Tuesday, June 12, 1866, at one o'clock P. M., for the purpose of choosing a candidate for representative to Congress for said district. This district is now represented by Hon, E. B. Washburne. Iyptaxa Powitics.—The democracy of the Fifth Con. grensiondl district had a large and enthusiastic conven- tion on the 17th inst., at Cambridge City—the largest ever held in the district. A resolution was adopted cor- dially approving and endorsing the course and patriotic Policy of President Johnson for restoring the Union, and his veto message, and another in favor of just and equal taxation and opposing discrimination in favor of or against any legitimate business, No Congressional nomi- nation was made. The convent!on adjourned for that purpose to August 7, the same place. Annest ov Faaxpwrn’s Buraac Ormcens.—The Wash. ington Evening S'ar says :— The statement made in some of the newspapers that the President has ordered the arrest of officers of the Freedmon’s Bureau engaged in cultivating iands in the South goes a little too far. The President bas di- . E. Strong has been order, Judge Advocate General bas been instructed by the President to make out charges and specifications against these officers, with a view (o their trial before a court martial, Maixu Drwocratic State Coxverniox.—The Maine De- mocratic State Convention will be held in Portland on the 26th of Jane next, to nominate a candidate for Gov- ernor, elect @ State Committee and to transact any other business which may be deemed expedient. ‘Kaxeas Cononmeoxat Caxmopare.—Captain George C, Bingham is anounced as candidate for Congress in the ‘Sixth Missouri district, “subject to the decision of the District Convention.’ The district is now represented by Hon. R. T. Van Horn. Mr. Bingham supports the Presi- dent's policy. Minsover Ravicas.—The Radical state Executive Com- mittee of Missouri Nave issued a long address to the party urging it not to give way to conservative i ences. Poumes or rae Surname Covrt.—The Washington cor- respondent of the Chicago Tribune pretends to have as- certained that of the Judges of the Supreme Court Messrs. Chase, Miller, Swayne and Davis agree with Congress, and Messra Nelson, Griez, Clifford and Field agree with the President as to the position of the Southerm States and matters connected with reconstruction generally. ‘The correspondent finds in this equal division of opinion the reason why the Senate is reluctant to confirm ae Judge Mr, Stansbury, of Ohio, who agrees with the Preai- dent, and would give him the support of the majon(y of Corse, —Mr. the 66th year of his age. Panera th (vaday) ahernoon, tllpun one ane tet aE St mes s sy Ane, the beloved wite of Teter Mt Deslon of John and Ann McQuade, in the (er cher Marriage and Deoths, ue Leond Toon) The alumni dinner of the E i i i : a A boy, eighteen wilted Louisa oi old, mamed Joba Whi y., on the I7th, by a blow, struck by a negro named rt Kens shor wes Kendrick, with a shovel. The The trustees of the Indiana State Normal School, at a full meeting, located that institution at Terre Haute, in consideration of $50,000 cash and $35,000 in real esiate, woll located, a donations, The officers of the New England and Vermont State at Bellows Falls on annual fair of the Agricultural Societies held a . It was voted to hold New Engiand Soctety at boro one week later; but the fair of the New York State Society at Saratoga occurring at the same time it was deemed best to: the time and hold it in connection with the New England Society. ‘The Boston Journal of the 19th inst. says:—The ship ‘St. Joseph, which arrived at this port a short time since, took ‘on board while loading at Liverpool a box marked ia. ror ofticer bn) panciagl it was requested to stow it in a dry place, and in case he a] aD; danger from fire to tbrow it overboard. "It was accord- ingly stowed on deck in aconvenient spot. The captain, however, considered it a dan; article, and soon af- ter leavii the weather growing boiste: he be- Came inore excited about it and detetinined to get rid of it. The mystenous box was aft and pitched overboard from the atern of the sbip. The moment it struck the sea a tremendous explosion took place, throw- ing up a huge volume of water and threatening destruc- tion to everything within a radius of its power, but for- tunately no was done. It is not known what the box contained, but it is generally believed to have been filled with nitro-glycerine. The American Seamer Society will hold a fes- tival in Chicago from the 13th to the 17th of June next. Competitors will appear from all parts of the United States and from several parts of Europe. Accorps of workmen are preparing a portion of the Seven Pines battle tield with a view to its conversion into a National Cemetery for the reception of the federal dead who fell on the fields of Seven Pines, Savage Sta- tion, Frazer’ Farm and Malvern Hill, ‘Tho cometer: contains twoor more acres, bot has not yet been enck About eleven hundred bodies have been disinterred, ced in neat coffins and given decent Christian burial. ery few of the bodies disinterred were recognized, and they were buried, the headstones of their graves claiming them ‘‘ unknown.”? The disinterments and re- interments were being made at the rate of about fifty per day. The Cold Harbor National Cemetery has been completed and dedicated. It contains upward of two thousand dead, eight hundred of whom are known. A negro riot occurred in Mobile on the afternoon of the lth instant. The negroes hada ype at one of their churches to consider the subject of sending to Washing- ton a delegate to represent the interests of the negro toldi‘rs In the matter of bounties. At this meeting » ctgag-eoment arose, and the affair ended ina row. One negro was shot and it is thought mortally wounded, and several others were injured by clubs and brickbats. The police quelled the disturbance and arrested the ring- ers, The Hartford Courant of the 19th says:—The vacancies made I, ene strikers in the foundry of the Russell & Erwin ufacturing Company, at New Britain, are being rapidly filled by American workmen, As yet ‘none of the strikers have succeeded in getting situations. The price paid is more; but the work turned out during the day is double that of the same number of hands em- ployed before. According to the Omaha Republican, the le of Nebraska will decide in favor of State organization mg very large majority on the 2d of June. From present in- dications the constitution will receive a decided majority in nearly every county in the Territory. The junior class prize debates in the Brothers in Unity and Linonta gocteties at Yale College took on the 16th instant. Prizes were a’ in the former society to James @. Flanders, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Joho W. Shonalter, of Minerva, Ky., and Wallace Bruce, of Hills- dale, N. ¥., and in the latter to W. B. Harding, of Put. ney,’ Vt.; F. M. Sprague, of New Haven; A. £. Lamb, of Worcester, Mass. ; L. T. Brown, of New Haven, and E. W. Clarke, of Arcade, N. Y. A German, named Charles Scholtz, was committed to Jail, at Chicago, on the 16th mst., charged with adulte anda double murder. His wife testi that he hi been living in adultery with a woman in thi house, and that he threatened to kill her ifshe ever plained of the matter; also.tbat he had ki two of their childron as soon’as they were born, binding her, by awful threats, to Leap Fe. accused occupied a re- spectable position as a in cabinet ware. In Philadelphia, on Wednesday afternoon, about five o'clock, as a young girl, named {.ouisa Theobold, aged eight years, in company with her cousin Allen aged three years, was passing along the paveme! southwest corner of St. John and Canal her little cousin, who was wth her, fall diately summoned aid and had him taken to her father's residence, corner of Third and Poplar streets. A doctor was called in, who found a cut on the child’s left shoul- der, which he supposed resulted Trom the hittle fellow striking harp substance as he fell. The child eank rapidly, died on the followin: Coroner Taylor was notified of the case. He to the house of Mr. Theobold, with Dr. Shapleigh, hs surgeon, The latter made a post. 4 body of tne child. It resulted in the disco. minnie ball, which bore evidence of having been scraped to fit a smooth-bore musket. The little girl, Louisa, who was in company with the deceased at of the accident, says that she beard no report of @ pistol or gun. Persons residing in the vicinity, on being questioned by the Coroner, stated they Leard no report of a weapon at the time alluded to. ‘There is a public fund at Boston, Mass., of the follow- ing Di —The fund was left by Benjamin Franklin when he died in 1791, and then of £1000, and was to be loaned to married mechanics, under twenty- five years of age, at five per cent. interest, eg ood them & start in business, The conditions of th were ple enough in Franklin's days, but bave, in modern times, become rather difficult to comply with; and thougb at-first loana were contracted, the amount being limited by the provisions of the will to £60, ications diy only « portion of one unpeld bost’ regarded an good, only & of one un , an which is outstanding. Young mechanics under the age of twenty-five, who are married and have served a regu- lar apprenticeship, are not very numerous; and those who are embraced under the provisions of the will as legal applicants, are not in these times apt ta be materially benefited by a loan which would be inade- quate, even at five per cent interest, to man much of a business impetus. The fu to $110,166. Franklin estimated that at the end of one hundred years, in 1891, the fund would amount to $655,000, 000 of which was to be applied to pubiic works at Boston and the balance be let out on the same conditions as the original fund until 1001, when it would amount to 305.000, $15,000,006 of which should ‘en to the State and the balance to Boston, itis al, by icious investments, his expec- tations may be reali: Two counties in California are expected to produce five years hence a wine crop double the entire yield of the United States in 1860, which the last census put at 1,700,000 gallons. A shop for preparing armor for ships by bending, Planing and Gti 6 plates of iron, has recently been completed at ic arta Navy Yi and furnis! with the best machinery im the country. two bundred thousand loos menced at the yard and ye oe Ror conty fn formed by the civil engineer of the yard during the yom- jog year will Le four hundred thousand dollars. Pa of the 18th imst., records the death of Charles Al Im, lato Recorder im thet chy, in Mexico, on the 28th wit. The suspension bridge across the Ohio river at Cin nati ie at a cost of $1,760,000. The length of the main span is 1,067 fect. The Connecticut Legisiatire has 8 dill provid. img that no man over seventy y age shoald make ‘The irreverent member who introduced it ought out for bears, 3 27 i f ¥ i i PREE% i F Ey ike ri 33 ze : i He ie nt | hi id i 3 3 aaett ved ite iit ii peneromes wares era ems SHIPPING NEWS. canine meweme its of Ocean Seonmnten. ‘ are forwarded by every steamer in the regular lines. The steamers for or from Li call at Queenstown, ex- cept the Canadian line, whick call at. Londonderry." The Seamers for or from the Continent call at Southampton, FROM EUROPE. Loaves " Port of New York, May 20, 1866. U8 steamer De Roto, Acting Aiea 8 steamer cting Boggs, Eastport. Steamship Vicksburg, Beandella. orto Cabello April 25, Laguayra May 7, and St Thomas Ith, with mase and passen- feo Smlth & Dunning “Had heavy northerly: gales the wf v8. Steamship Geo Cromwell, Vail, New Orleans May 12, with mdse and passengers, to HB Cromwell & Co, 13th inst, 4:3) PM, on the bar, at Pass, passed steamship Maripoxa, hence for New Orleans; 19th, at 3 PM, passed large quanti: ties of bale and loose hay, laths, &c. The GC has experienced yery heavy weather; was hove too for 12 hours off Cape iatleran, Steamehie. Saratoga, King, Norfolk, with mdse, to G Hei- neken & Palmore. Bark Dunholme (of Sunderland), Turner, Cardiff, 49 days, ey pa ig a a on the: , spoke ry Femina tat ‘a Bark Amalie (Prus), Silberschmidt, Bremen, 58 days, with mdse, to Win Salem & Co, Bark Burnside (of Boston), Taylor, Marseilles, 68 days, with mdse, to Crocker, Wood Bark Lord Baltimore (of Bermuda), Losberg, Rio Janeiro, 80 days, with coffee, to Pender it Bros. April 7, lat 27 04, Jon 81 20, signalized ship Aquilla, of Ban Francisco, standing Bi U6th, lat 12 30, lon. lon 3245, spoke brig “Hady Ellen,” from 10 Janelro for New York. Bark L Willis Rich (of Stockton), Panno, Clenfuegos, 28 nt. 6th inst, off Gun for Bos. tor mainboom, partly burnt; same i. bs oy pores Wwalee, epparemay atl ped to a ery manda (Aust), Lindemann, Ye ith Goffes, to Punch Meincko& Wendt, nnn Sao Brig Hattie E Bishop (of Hacpsweil), Hutchinson, St Pierre (Mart), 21 days, with sugar, to ‘Trujitto ‘ Vining. | 9th inst, lat 27 10, lon 28, spoke schr Virginia Price, from Wil. imington, NC, poe Se. 7) aad day, brig Richmond (of itka, Brown, Guankca, PR, 21 days, with molasses, Bi ‘a en Nevis (Br), Forrest, Gla Bay, 14 da} ith is (Br), Fo: 08 A it] coal, fo F E Bradshaw. is sipalk Rerurxep—Ship B ir, Cardenas; ted aa far as Sawyer, hence April 20 for 3 proces lat $3, lon 61, when amallpux broke outamong the crew, and one man, George William colored seaman, died, and two others are now down with returned for medical assistance. BELOW. Ship Caravan, Marsball, from Liverpool, with rudder head one, Ship City of Liverpool, Hatfield, from Liverpool. Bark Old Dominion, from noe re Wind at suneet 8. Marine Disasters. Bare Karnursx (Br)—The Port Spain Gazette (about April 24) has the following item:—The brig Emma, at Port Spain, Trinidad, from Philadelphia, reports having picked up at sea, in an open boat, Capt Cullen and five seamen, of the bark Kathleen, which vessel was abandoned in a sinking condition. The Kathleen was from Liverpool for Galveston. Another boat, containing four men, is yet missing, Brig Lavy ov rng Lage (Br), mith, from St Jago bound to alifar, ith sane, Dat into Kingston, Ja, let inst leaky, May 19—The barks Templar, from Bal- timore for Buenos oe) with general cargo, and the Ina. bella C Jones, trom Baltimore for Rotterdam, with tobacco, lost their anchors in Chesapeake Bay during the hear north: easter Ins a sen; after and now lie In the Roads. r be ee Fortress Mownor, neo Launcurp—At Rockland 15th inst. by Ben, in Late! Jr, Bon, harque Emma C Lichfeld. "the tno 9: diane and wan fully sparred, riaged and c ee eaiiee brag es equipped for sailing when launched. Wednesda; wih fog New Orta san yard of ae Pope a et Mac! inst. from the ya 8 Pe a Comy, schr Kalmar, Of 156 37-100ths Pope - nag tons, owned by ‘Wilton The following table gives a su: of the vessels | Ey oa ead latest accounts from eceb of those ports oe Ise BBs Sle lee wlio else hip Louis Walsh, free Genes for Callao, April 12, 1p the Stralig of Gibraltar. r from Messina for New York (not as be- fore), ae ry lon 19 30. Portiand, from @ Southern for Bos. '. Of Pire Ti . Sitshe tat cne peers unknown Carrying away the brig’s bowsprit and doing other damage. Foreign Ports, Parmowrn, Ja, May 8—Arr echr Setagawa, Bryant, New {ivames, PR, April 2%—In port bark Louisa Cook, for Kixdstom, Ja, May 1—Put in, brig Lady of the Lake (Br), Smit! nd 5 . Bid April 27, sai Pitieeiase ae nee, So Peco rael. do via Morant Tad Thip Helen Clinton, Sprague, Boston (aot Nor, as reported” we in M— Cd Isabella (Br), Dav ‘scl hevtrly (Br), Pow sie” Ries ed Heamerh Bt Louse, ver ate ‘New fem Kenney. loads Norton, Ror, bare Aaphodel thew, of Bostcn, ia tone). ones, Hew Orleans; echt C L Vandervoort, Baker, itso etatede Cae yee im pae fe We Orleans, for Ey Ears See the head of bee ca May I7—Are gehre Eastern Belle, Haley, (or Reaburrrect Forest) Merril, WYork Ne M Steamers Mariposs, Quick, Wea fs ey Gir Stas hein, i TAG coke aa’ Wheeler, D 3 to. 18 Tort Lewes rt ENGLISH AND FRENCH —A.— FRAT AS Just the and Aireet, Soe oR ae fay ot house Alt warranted aa repro- EDWARD D. BASSFORD, ss Cooper {natitn TAYE, WAVE & BOX OF DALLEY'S MAGICAL in safe and a certain 1, corner store, rtrector.—t Cuts, Broivea, Corns, ‘Banions aed ‘Sha ores? fall duggists ot 28 cerita u box. ‘Depot ae Cedar street, lew York. 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