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. ote ae ia SOUTH AMERICA. ” POTISM IN COLOMBIA. Broken Up and its Members i Imprisoned by Mosquera. Discussion on Religious Toleration “ in Peru. Re. kee f te ‘ ‘The steamship Ocean Queen, Captain Hams, from As- inva! on the 4th inst., arrived at this port yesterday. ‘Phe fpllowing is ber treasure list:— Order...ceeee George H. Brown, of Belfast, Ireland, and Martin Belly, pessengorsjon the Ocean Queen, died at sea-on ‘Who 12:h inst, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE #cHALD. Tre Cer -adia Broke Out at Fe eee, nabrivons Both Senato1 -satives—The Anarchy Spreads ry erm Republic. Panama, April 3, 1867, fhe armed interference with Congress by President ‘Mosquera, so long predicted by newspapers and news- mongers, has Snally taken place. Only meagre reports Pave reached Panama of the conflict between the two Sranches ofthe government; and as the mails have Deen withheld by the Post Office authorities, we are left Mm doubt as to the final result of the rupture, By a telegram to Honda, dated Bogota, March 15, I learn ‘What the itl-foeling between the President and Congress has ended in the overthrow of the latter body. While Doth houses were discussing questions of national im- portance they were startled out of their decorum by the whisperéd intelligence that they were surrounded by @he soldiers of General Mosquera, and before action @ould be taken in the matter a formal demand from the President was presented that the assemblies adjourn ‘without delay. Poworless against such odds, the sossion ‘was abruptly terminated. Evidently fearing that Con- (grees would reorganize in an adjoining State, sixty-eight Genators and Reprosentatives were on the samo day @rrested and placed in close confinement, Ex-President ‘Marillo was among the incarcerated. No particulars can Be gleaned from the disconnected and contradictory state- ‘ments as to Mosquera’s future plans regarding the fede- wal government, but it is highly probable that he will @eclaro himself Dictator of the country. He may even 8 stop further, and proclaim himself Emperor of the @olombians. Such an event has been foreshadowed by ‘re action of the mobocracy tn Iate demonstrations at Bogota Mosquera has ordered the selzure of all the @eamboats navigating the Magdalena for military pur- We cannot hope for reliable information at t regarding the movements of the President, as ruling power, which, strange enough, is also the Wevolutionary one, wil] stop communication with the ‘@east a3 far as it is in his power to do so. Tt was announced ina former letter that President ns for the overthrow of the gdaiena and Panama and the fencer cag ete a have 80 ly ‘ ministration. His policy has Deen ples pony 1m the former State, and Paseen caane Rer turn. General Level de Goda, a Vencauelan by an Imetrument of President Mosquera’s, weil tm -this city forthe dishonorable rélehe played the revolution a year ago, been sent, in @emmand of several hundred men, from Carthagena to Martha. At the latter place he, together with other confidante of the Grand General, Pronoune:d the actual President of the State, Abello. The withdrew at once to the Ciénega, a strong and im- t point, where he had, it is anid, railied a largo Bember of ompee peed bel os —— to hesitate in venturng forth ving battle to the ensmy. In Rio Hacha another chieftain, Louis Herrera, was yf and tt was not clear whether he would ‘to the Mosquera party or continue to act em his own lity, as he had been working for Aimeelf ‘a good while and was left out In the distri- ‘Bation of places by the Mosqueristas, Level de Goda had left for Rio Hacha at the huad of bis troops, which $ooks bed for Herrera 35 Provisional government estadlished at Lanta ‘Martha ~seree ee Colonel Gabrie! Niera as Presideot ‘State of ee seems to enjoy three ta just now—Abella; Herrera and Nera); Aqui- Ramirez as Secretary of State, and Mariano finer of the district, But, although Neira was ‘aade President, one Manuel Morro, an iutimate friend quers, may be considered the ruling spirit of tho yaa the C, O. of the Mosquera Brother- all the coast States, This gentleman played 0 part Isthmus, ho high positions with different tea, Dut was turned out at the fast successful revolu- ‘on the 9th of April, 1865. At that time he sought ‘found protection on'an American man-of-war, went nce to Cauca, returned, intrigued, was saved by @oreign friends, went to meet Moequera on the latter's peturn from Europe, and since the beginning of the pres- eat administration at Bogota has been one of the chief @tvisers of the Executive, Neira was also a revolu- onary celebrity of the Isthmus. The steamer Rayo (formerly the R. R. Cuyler) was ‘gaid to have landed a party of one hundred and fifty men Santa, Martha to aid General Goda in carrying out bis it upon inquiry I learn that five small guns or together with a few men, were landed to pro- jar- CF rominent in politics on FREUEE torpedo boats ia process of erection from -Gepredations of either party. | The ship appears to Femaini ve trictly neutral, which confirms the prevailing she does not really belong to the Colombian but that she is to cruise under Chilean fer torpedo bonta; but they might be of great utility 1a ‘opera h flag. Cap- Wee tardan deste Martina and although 6 diacla:med Rayd at ita a, and, although he disclaime: say iden of privatoering through the Spanish Main, nie fortane, T shinky ‘will guide bim in that direction. cait be no doubt the owners of the Cuyler hum- bugged the authorities in tho United States, As the Me- eor, alter an uneventful voyage round tho world, turned @p on the const of Peru, so will the Cayler, after clear- fug her bond, be found ploughing the waters of the colora, ‘While talking of war steamers 1 will mention the fact ‘@hat the Bolivar, one of the made by Morquera. ‘while Minister to Engtand and France, has arrived at Buena. the Pacific coast, The Bolivar leit Eng- a ‘ago, but was soizet om the way by a war on suspicion of being a Chilean pri- wateer. She was finally released and has reached her bcs | = im time to participate in the stirring The Panama government has been a monument of ro- @. President Mosquera since he accession to aad it isin thie direction that hig atteation will Row be tirned. The men he installed in oilice before Beaving were turned out two years ago by reinstate them the steamers Bolivar and Co- to be freighted with troops fur Pavama at an jeathblow will be struck at tli '® enemies within the limits of President (@Qlarte), who is ee rane a ot othe ite w on over water, osiot of the news of news will probably hasten to trogpt, although some of our promi- " will retire to Chiriqui, whence eu difficult to Delisve that Olarte will hastily re- declare the isthmus independent to foreign consuls for the ruthless foo. This latter a ‘h on one side, be would the b Protection sought for other eagles Eocane Ca kenee gH ay yorty ? Gnably it would be to the interest of the er. rton, United States Minister to Colombia, has ‘the Isthmus, on his to Washington, ving Mr the latter pikce by today’s steamer. The bes the condition of things at Bogota as etitangied. When ho teft the capital friendly ween Mosquera and the British, Chilean aad Satine eee faspended. viduals, lod by on jaonalanght on the loeal governnan’ on Peanme t a few days bug thay wore appreliondod, tried and sentenced toRbcommsan Itwat ® dloodiess allair The States sp Jamestown sailed for San » Her delay in putting 10 sen cost many lives, No other vessel ie in port, so Foor Me } @omparatively withowt protecion’ in these times. p CENPRAL AMERICA. The sieahion Guatemala reports everything quiet on the American coast Order bas been reetored in ja, the revolutionary army under Cruz having — Religions Question in Peru—Notsy Seenes Congress During the Debate--The New i #? Laws, March 22, 1807" Rotigion ie the great topic of the day, and noone thinks NEW. YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APEIL 15, 1867~TRIPLB ~ galleries were crowded with women, When any 006 spoke on their side they crowned him with flowers, and cheered, &o, ; but when any poor fellow got up to speak against their ideas, the bombardment of Callao by the Spanish fleet was a small affair in comparison. Showers of cabbages, turnips, Indecent verses, yells, hisses and whistles fell on the head of the advocate for religious toleration, until the place was, more like a pandemonium than acongress, Tho final result was, that they had to suspend the session, Om the 20th, the same thing was repeated, but with greater energy. They even cried, “Death to the heretics!” &c., 80 sat the session had to be again suspended. To-mortow they meet again, but wil never accom! eaytbing if they allow the galleries to be occupied, The proj road to Lapa about fifty miles frot bere, is still under discussion with a fai beimg carried through, It open a fins rospect of Tract ‘of country, and give the inbabitants a way of get- ting their prokace toa market. There is also a railroad Semen Sees Ot Islay and the city of Are- ut two hundred miles, which country. ‘The now constitation has not been adopted as yet, but freee Wi ithe cared Sirough ‘It1s very doubtful if it will be car 5 The Sax has bes been praised sltogetier, Ng still feeling existe against present govern! and shows itelf every now and then It is most likely caused a Gionppeinied politicians who have been turned outefcifice, fn Moquequa and Pisaqua there had been outbreaks, which, as far as we can learn, seemed to die out of themselves for want of support, for the military and the authorities wero not interested m the easly either from fear or some other reason best :xOwn ‘themselves, ery was entirely occupied with the coming Slections, which, it was, pitts oan be won bf the radical party, savas WOUId défeat Spain’s hopes for peace. ‘Tiere had been aloan made in Engiand 0: $10,000,000. BOLIVA. The town of Mejillones been declared a port of entry and principal port of the province of Atacaina, The contract for exporting guano has been approved of. From January Kl, there shall bo exported 30,000 tonsa yeer, m January 1, 1870, there shall be exported 40,000 tons a year. The government is to receive five Chilean dollars a ton clear of all charges. of each cargo orted shall be at once divided botween the governments of Chile and Bolivia, The contract isto conclude when there has been ex- ported a million and a half of tons, the Bolivian govern: 200,000, but subject to ap interest of eight per cent watil paid. Efforts were being mado to navigate the river secure, and thereby open a direct communication between the provinces of Cochabamba and Beni, A contract had been made with a Mr. Yonottt to coin money, the machinery to come from tae United States, Two more stars were to be put on the new money to an the two mew provinces of Mojillones and ‘orata All political offenders Have been pardoned, and those in extie can revuro when they please, The Russian gunboat Gornostar arrived at Valparaiso Just before the steamer left. She is intended to unite with the United States steamer Mohican and lay tho telegraph cable across Bebrings Strait. Exchange on Bugiand, bankers’ bills, ninety days? sight, 453,d. to the hard dollar, Exchange on the United ‘States, ships’ bills, thirty days, 10 per cent discount, The Excitement About Religion Unabated— Proposition to Let Out the Collection of Cus- toms—Rumors About the War in Parnguay— Commercial &c. Cg oreo Lima, March 28, 1867. Religion is still the chief subject thought of, written of, spoken ef, and, I imagine, dreamt of, On the 23d the President gave an audience to most of the principal men of Congress, to consult with them to see if they «could not find some way to allay the excitement and settle the question, He (the President) thought the best way would be to putit to the vote at once, without further discussion; but the Congressmen did not like to lose so good a.chance to display their oratorical powers, The session of the 26:h was again broken up by the noise and confusion in the visitors’ galiery. There is a proposition before Congress to let the Cus- tom House and the proceeds thereof for five years; the price not to be less per year than the net product of Iast year. The party or parties who take it have tho privi- lege of putting ten per cent ad valorem on all goods now free of duty, and forty per cent on liquor, tea and to- bacco, They are not able to raise the duties, however, on anything else, but can lower thom at pleasure. Twenty millions of dollars in hard cash are to be paid in advance, subject to an interest of eight percent; the government to use the amount in canceling al! guano contracts, and already made to be endorsed to government, ‘The steamer Meteor was finally delivered to this cov- ernment on the 26th inst, She will be uecd as a gunboat, and will carry one swivel and two broadside guns. steamer of the ith inst. we get news from the South. Buenos Ayres papers are very bitter against Pera and Chile, and say they are to blame forthe actual revolu- tion existing in that country. ‘They state that in case of ‘a war with these republics the Spanich fleet will help them to bring it to a successful issue. There is & report that they have retired from the war against hiring #4 to use all their force bee the revolution. ere is also a report of the taking of the batteries of Curnpaity by the allies. The revolu- tionary Colonel Videla has recruited m Mendoza and left to attack Cordova with three thousand men. Corre- spondence recelved-by the Consul Genera! of the Argen- tine republic in this city is almost an official announce- ment of peace with uay. In Chile the excitement in rogard to the coming elec- tions still continues. The radical papers complain that the people do not support their party as they ought. The thinking people seem to be afraid of that party, that if it gots into power it will keep the country in hot water all the time, and for that reason there is not much chance of it gaining in the coming contest, The Chile papers state that Chile is not acting false to Peru, but Peru is to Chile, aud that they believe that Peru’ intends to accept the mediation of the United States, The report is that the agent who made the Joan in England for Chile promised peace as one of the conditions of it, The press state that the government is bound in honor to support itin that case, That would be a good excuse for breaking the alliance, ‘The papers speak of a new guano island discovered about eight hundred miles from the coast, and say that the discoverers are asking the protection of the United States. The guano is abundant and of good quality. BOLIVIA, ‘The government is busy laying out the new township of Mejillones and establishing a custom house there. It will, no doubt, be a considerable place bofore a great while, The cart road between the cities of La Paz and Tacna had been commenced. Exchange on England, ninety daye, banker's bills, 453d. to the doliar; Uniled States, thirty days, ship’s bills, 934 por cent discount, Defensive Prepuratt: Still Geing On—The Naval Etiquette Affuir Still Bothers the Al- Hes—Fatal Submarine Experiments—Regat- tas Between Men-of-War’s Bonts, &c. Vauraratso, March 10, 1367, Ther is nothing new relating to the political situation, Tho rolations of the allies romain the same, and evtry- thing is drifting along in very much the same atylo as has been the case for the last year, It is generally ad- mitted that the Spaniards will return for the purpose of renewing hostilities, and work is being accelerated on the fortifications and in the repairs of the Chile vossela, Guna are being mounted on the new fortifica- tions with all possible despatch, but I apprehend that if the Spaniards return very soon they will find tho bay of Valparaiso in a very weak condttion. The elabo- rato character of the fortifications has delayed their completion an unreasonable longth of time, and will probably prevent their being put in a proper condition for defending the city for many months. About twenty guns are now in position, and the remainder, numbering about one handred, atl of large calihre, lie along the beach where they were landed. ‘The proposition of our government to facilitate an amicable adjustment between the allied republice and Spain remains in satus quo, Nothing has been heard from Bolivia and Ecuador in respect to the propostiion; and the unsettled difficulty between our South Pacitie squadron and Peru, relative to saluting Admiral Tucker's flag, will probably further delay results to an indefiuite period. Admiral Dahigton bas fully oxplained the position aswimed by our squadron to the Peru. vian government, and it now remains to be seen whetbor Pora will insist upon making an international quarrel with the United States, Our men. of-war stilt salute the Peruvian flag, oxcepting only the penoant of Admiral Tucker; but Peru has directed that our flag shall not be saluted by her guos at all, and Admiral Tucker has ordered his officers to have nothing to do with the Yankees, Chilo has not taken any do- cided step in the mattor yet, being disposed to wait until the recent despatches gent to our government by General Kilpatrick oa the subject can be heard from. How the matter will terminate is a serious consideration, Chile will undoubtedly follow in the footsteps of her ally in suspending courtesies to our flag, unless some afrangement is soon made, and Americans on this const are ant! ously awaiting the termination of the discussion between our representative and the Pert vied government, The main question to be decided je shall Poru put it of her avy a maa who is an unpardoned rabel, aod ject. to the heaviest penalty tnflicted by the Inwa of the United States, After the bombard it and while the Spanish floot was at Callao, Scsreas, Tos in Valpa. Taiso constructed a sab-marine boat for the ot at of ‘the. Spaniah fplying torpedoes to the in the bay he took with film into eight friends, After Bed wah bows ening abouta Mi s ots had gone to the bottom, Late in the afternoon She mall ss ete rem came in and fired a gan pear the spot where the boat had dizapy As the small boals were passing to and from the steamer with passengers, Ac., bubbies were discovered rising upon the surface of the water where the submarine boat wag last seen; and as these came up at regular tatervals in small numbers it was supposed that the party was still alive, and hearing the Steamer’s gun, and knowing that @ great would be going to and f ro, was signalling ejecting air, A diver belonging to one of the men-of-war was at once sent an our’s anxivus waiting he retarned with the intelligence i hi that the boat was on the bottom, in thirty- three fathoms of water, Chains and cables were immediately attached to the boat, and repeated efforts were made to raise her, but without avail, hor bottom seeming to have been sucked inte the oozy bed of the sea and become firmly fasteved. All night and the next day until afternoon the bubbles kept coming up like signals, sometimes not appearing or helf an hour ata time, and then enly rushing up for atew seconds with great The foehng of the populace assembled to rescue the party from their ter- rible fate may be imagined; but what must have been the reflections of the men during those awful hoursa' the bottom of the bay, knowing, as they did, what little hope there was for them. They could have heard the divers working on the sides of their boat atéaching the chains and perhaps felt the strain as the cables drew taut; but as tiine spod away without their being rai despair worse than death must have taken jon them. Doubtless they tried to signal through the sides of their boat to the diver hammering outside, but he in +nis diving dress could hear nothing. The aperiure to the interlor was so smal! that but one person could pass through it at a time, and that very slowly, so that if an attempt were made to escape by that means all would inevitably be drowned, Aftermany bours of laborious efforts to raise the boat the hoisting machinery broke, and the attempt was necessarily abandoned. About the middle of the afternoon of the second day the bubbles commenced:growing fainter and more raré, and before sundown entirely ceased. The boat still lies where it went down, and ngers arriving by the steamer are told by the boatmen, as they row towards shorey the painful story of those ten men’s fate, and of the fami- lies who stil! mourn in Valparaiso for their fathers and brothers in the iron coffin at the bottom of the sea. The presence of the allied squadrons of Peru and Chile, numbering about a dozen men-of-war, the United States steamers Dacotah, Mobican and Nyack, the Eng- lish frigato Topaz, and the Russian corvette Gorvnstai has made the bay quite lively of Iate. There have been soverel small boat races between the boats of the several vessels, in all of which the American boats have came out winners, A great boat race is talked of now, and will probably take placo ina few days. The American officers are confident of victory in the race, and are pre- pared to stake large sums on the speed of their boats, hope to have an account of the race for tho next steamer. The Russian corvette Gornostaig, Captain Lutke, which arrived here a few days since, isen route to the Amoor river, to pariicipate im the explorations on the Russian telegraph lino, Some of the officers of the corveite were on the frigate Olisabu, with the Russian ficet in New York, three years ago, and retain very happy memories of their reception by the Americans, The French steam transport Rhin arrived here a day or two since with about four hundred French troops on board from Acupuico, Mexico, The ship will remain here a week or two undergoing slight repairs, and pre- paring for her long voyage to France, General Kilpatrick, ‘Minister, starts to-day ona trip to the North of Chile, visiting the copper mires of Tamaya, the silver mines of Charnacillo and other places of interest among the Cordilleras, People Peacefully Inclined, but Ready For War-—Eilection Circulars aud Platforms in Chile—Chile Said to Have Got a Loan.in England on Condition of Making Peace—A Great Raffle, &c. Vauraraiso, Chile, Mareb 17, 1867. Nothing has been done yet respecting the proposition made by the Government for a settiement of the war by convention of ministers from eaoh of the belligorents to assemble at Washington in April. Chile has main- tained profound sifence on the subject since receiving the proposition, and is still waiting to hear from her sis- ter republics. The Mercurio saya:— The circumstance that tho ramors of a truce have quite vanished in (hile, is @ reason which we can add to others for believing that the Yankee Intervention is at present the last resource of diplomacy. But, we may be aliowed to express a doubt as to its definitive success, ‘The allied governments, although they may be pacificaliy inelined, as the complete inaction of the allied squadron ever since the with- drawal of the enemy proves, view with alarm every ar. rangement tending to a peace, Public opinion is at present an unknown sea, which it is n to navi- gate with the sounding lino in hand. fhe situation is mnch more difficult inChile than in Peru. The mect- ing of the, constituent whence the government has to draw its inspiration as to the nationat ‘will, will throw a strong light upon the subject as to what line of politica ought to be followed. «1a Chile we are on the eve of the election of a congress, and it is blo that the ernment will mot determine its Course until it be able to explore we'l the ground. The difficulty between our squadron and Peru relative to saluting, so far as we have learned in Chile, remains as when I last wrote. Your correspondent in Pera will doubtless give all the intelligence from that quarier on the subject, The affair is a serious one, so far as our relations with this coast are concerned; and it js to be hoped that an amicable adjustment will be speedily arrived at, Chile has not taken any steps in the matter yet, having expressed a desire to aw: he rosult of the Jato explanations made to our govern:nent, the partiou- lars of Which the Herat has already received. ‘The.clections take place shortly, and in viow of the youth of this little republic, and the progress she te making, I give the platform of the Electoral Assombly of Valparatso, tho most powerful political organization in the cou; In addition to promising various sala- tary refy contains some provisions of rather a novel cl Tt is as follows:— City Councils.—There is to be no interference on the i of the government or iis agents im City Councils ‘urther than that defined by the constitution. Law of Elections.—Extension of the suffrage oy = ite exercise, Equality of votes. Public joting. Right of Meeting —To guarantee it by restricting the authority of the agents of the Executive. Law regulating tie pres.—To mitigate penalties To establish for each offence degrecs of guilt \o be deter- mined by the jury. Tho responsibility of tho editor to cease the moment he produces the author. Natimal Guard.—General enrolment. The appoint ment of officers by their subalterns, Educa'ion.—ig gratuitous diffusion; to be made gradually compulsory. Taxes.—Their equitable assessment, No restriction on industry. Ordinary Legislation. —Absolute respect for the elvil Jaw. Abolition of capital punishment and flogging. Public triat of causes, Yo which the Assembly added the following:— The Union of Americu—To use every effort for ite realization, The Patria, in commenting upon this platform, says:— In that pt forth by the Electoral Assembly of Valpa- raiso, which wo pubtish in agother columa, wo deem it our duty to direct the attention of our readers to two points :— First,—To use every endeavor to induce the Spanish: American States to setie by arbitration all questions they may have pending with ono another or with the other States of America and of Eorope, and a refusal on ‘the part of any of them to acquiesce in that pacific and reasonable solution to be regarded as a casus belli, Second—Tho establishment of civil marriage for dis- sentors. It {8 ceriain that tho firet of theso ideas is dificult of realization if we cousider the inhumanity which still mark (he relations of States with one auotuor,and the manner in which power{ul nations abuse their strength, But if we take into account the interest which the Spanish-American Republics have im allying themseives for their common defence, if we bear in mind that every war underiaken recently on this contineat by European Powers bas terminated to the disadvaniage of the eggressor and proved detri- meatal to commercial interesis, aud especially i we con- sider that powerful Siates are guaranteed that thoy will always have justice done theni, it will be seen that it is not a watter of such great disticulty to Insure the triumph of a principle go rational aud huuiane. As to civ marriage for dissentors wo need say nothing. Let it once be estabiished and its importance will soon bo adiuiited, The new loan of $2,000,000 contracted in London has caused a favorable impression among finaac'al men, and the future of the exchequer of Chile ts looked more hopefully. It is rumored here, howev the loan involved a promise on the part of the agent of Chile that peace was about to be made, and no little dis. satisfaction has been occasioned by it, The goveramont of Chile occupies @ peculiar position, Those who fur. nish funds for carrying on the war, consisting principally of foreigners, are in favor of an immediate settlement, either through the good offices of England and France, the United States, or any other respect: able Power, Those who controt elections, who have & powerful voice in Congress, and sway (the massos are for fighting it out on this or any other line if it takes ten years. If the government makes peace there is an end (0 its popularity, Ifit pers sists In carrying on the war, in epite of the friendly in- tervention of other Powors, the supply of tunds ceases at once. That isthe sum of tho matter, and we can only wait to see which horn of the dilemma she will wltimately take, The graat raitle of the property of Mr. rican railroad millionaire, is now goin; articles to the amount of $700,000, divided into tour hundred lots. There are but two reaily valuable prizos— the city aud country hoases—ono valued at $80,000, the other at something over $400,000. ‘The smaller house bas been drawn by ticket No. 062,931, but no one knows ze i wont older, Tho larger prize will be drawn fo This ing the Freach man-of-war Lucifor arrived here fr sag vg A French tron-ciad ram aiso arrived to-day Montevideo, on her way to the Foetal ay She brings no news of importance LJ e Spaniarda, the following from the Valparaiso Price Currcit ni ke ae esa ie a the past fortnight have sg ivortesenmy conceal’ Wl trent . Rice is extremely scarce great demand; are quite nominal. pine Met, ry, the Ame- off, It involves NOTES ON NEW BOOKS. eee Mr. Paul B. Da Chaillu, author of “Explorations in Equatorial Africa,’ has brought out & second work under the title of “+A Journey to Ashango Land,” which ts less amenable to criticism than the first volume that bore his name. He had obviously prepared himself more thoroughly for his later than for his ormer penetration into Equatorial Africa, That be has added largely to our imperfect knowledge of man and nature in the western part of that strange region is admitted by Pro- fessor Owen and other competent ecientife Judges, And if the present narrative of his adventures is less mar- velious, not to say Munchausen-like, than the first, it has the advascage of giving more accurate and, perbaps, more relisvle details about the Gorilla and other anthro- poid apes, about the rude people whom he visited, and about the physical geography and climate of Central Equatorial Africa, We say “perhaps more reliable,”” for it is a singular fact that recent explorations have often verified some of the most incredible tales of the ancient travellers, and it may yet be found that Mr. Da Chailin’s first descriptions of the Gorilla were by no means due either to an inventlye genius or to hallucina- tions. Mr. W. Hepworth Dixon’s ‘New America” bas rapidly run through several editions, It is unquestionably one of the most readable works on this country ever penned by an English traveller. Mr, Dixon, editor of the Atheneum and author of the ‘Holy Land,” “William Penn,” &¢., was led last summer by “aome studies. of past times to the James river and Plymouth Rock.” Ho says:—‘T went out in search of an.old world and found anewone. Kast, West, North and South met with new ideas, now purposes, new methods—in short, with a Néw America.” It is this New America which Mr. Dixon undertakes to describe. He remembers that “the men who planted these free States—doing the no- blest work that England has achieved in history—were spurred into their course by two great passions— a large love of liberty, a deep sense of religion; and,” he adds, ‘in our great plantation liberty and religion ex- ercise a power ovor the forms of social and domestic life unknown at home, What I saw of the changes now being wrought in the actual life of man and woman on the American soll, under the power of these master pas- sions is pictured in these pages.” With this object in view he begins far out West, in the city of Atchison, and does not lose sight of it throughout the whole tour. He takes epectal pains to give what is really a complete, detailed account of the most singular doctrines and the most audacious experiments which he finds at work in the heart of solid societies and conservative churches, from Mormonism and Sbakerism and Spiritualism and Women’s Rights and abolitiomsm to Pantagamy, from Salt Lake City and. New Lebanon to Oneida creek, An intelligent foreigner often seizes upon salient points in the mass-of details offered for his st dv by anew people in a now country—points which the people themselves may have overlooked or may not recoznize aa indices of their “manifest destiny.” But he may aiso sometimes err in exaggerating the importance of such indices, And we aro quite sure that Mr. Dixon i@ mistaken if he considers either Brigham Young, or Mother Ann or Fatligt Noyes or certain other strange characters, whom he studied, to be typical representatives of that huge, chaotic ama!gam of differ ent races, which is gradually assuming shape and consistence under the name of the American people. Nor do we regard his philosophy as very profound when he speculates upon the origin of American ideas, so- called, and traces almost all of these—from the notion ofa Great Spint to the sentiment of State rights—to the unsuspected influence of the aboriginal mbabitants over tho white settlers who have driven the former from thetr hunting grounds. Mr. Dixon solemnly inquires: “What man can doubt that Indian ideas on witchcraft, on plurality of gode, on the migration of souls, en the presence of spirits, ou future rewards, have entered deeply into the popular mind, and ave now affecting for good or {ll the course of American religious thought?’’ Dr. Oliver Wendel! Holmes has suggested that tho white man, under the influence of the climate and soil of this country, which was never intended for his residence, is ‘aabjected to phystological changes that aro narrowing his jaw ahd otherwise Indfanizing -bis body; but it was reserved for Mr. Dixon to staat the idea that his mind and soul are also Indianized. Schinberg’s “Imperial Map of the United States and of Canada” has been prepared from the latost and best authorities, suc’) as the United States coast survey charts and maps, the exploration maps of the War Department, the maps of the United States Land Office and Canadian Crown lands Department, those of Keith, Johnston, Peterman, Boyé, &c. It embraces the most recent geo- graphical and hydrographical points of interest, includ- ang the principal battle grounds, the railroads, railway stations and canals, Like the very convenient ‘Travel- Jers’ Series of Pocket Maps,”’ in which @ scrap is de- voted to each separate State, this fine, large “Imperial Map” is executed in a style higuly creditable to the skill and exporience of Mr. C. L. Schénberg, the well known inventor of acrography, or relie? engraving, And in these days of high prices its very choapacas fs an addi- tonal merit. Mr. Edwin James, of the New York bar, and one of the framers of the recent English bankruptcy amend- ment, is the author of a work indispensable to the la yer and merchant, entitied “The Bankrupt Law of the United States, 1867, with Notes and a Collection of American and Eaglish Decisions upoa the Principles and Practice of the Law ef Bankruptcy.” The object of the author has been norto print a cortaia number of cases, but to deduce from the American and English de- cisions the principles which regulate the practics, Theso are intricate and complicated, and Mr. James has en- doavered to make them of easy and ready app ication. All the leading American decisions upon the Bankrupt laws of 1841 and 1800, so faras they are applicable to the provisions of this act, are synthetically arranged. ‘Tho familiarity of the author with tie American au- horities, and the industry with which they have been eeclecied, aro surprising. The clear and lucid style of the work will facilitate the author’s purpose of sup- plying @ treatise on which the practition@ can con- fidently rely. No onsis more thoroughly qualified to write such a treatise than Mr. Edwin James, who, while ‘member of the House of Commons, introduced, in eonjunction with Lora Westbury—ihen Attorney Gen- eral and afterwards Lord Chanceller—the recent bill to amend the Bankruptcy law in England. The work is published in single handsome volume. The “ Diamond Edition’ of Dick ems’ complete works now includes two additional volumes, “David Copper- field? and ‘Our Mutual Friend.” The remaining vol- umes are to be issued in the same neat aud convenient style, one volume a month, until the series shall bo complete, We are sorry that we cannot praise tho ‘original iNustrations” by J. Eytinge, Jr, This clever artist draws weil and often throws fun or sentiment enough—as occasion requires—iato his destgns; but np American artist can illustrate Dick: do this one should have beea born ai the sound of Bow bella, But Mr. &ytinge must be con- tent to fail in good company, for Gustave Doré and Ga- varni before him failed—for a similar reason—in attom pt- ing to ittustrate English authors, Gavarni Frenchified and Doré Doréfied all the English faces which they tried to draw, and Eytinge finds his types in Sam Slick, ‘down East” old maids and pretty Now York school girls, not in,the pages of Dickens. “Bybil’s Second Love” is 80 soporific a novel that wo could searcoly believe it to have been written by the author of the charming story of ‘‘ Nathalie,” if we had not read the name of Julia Kavanagh on the title page, ‘Wo confess that we do not feel tempted to read much more of these “three volumes in ono’’ than suffices to inform us that Sybil’s father isa Mr. Kennedy, an Irish- man, who buys a picturesque property near the wild sea coast in order to build mills and make rape oil; that Sybil at “sweet seventeen’’ is doceived by a bogus uncle ‘and siso by her intimate school friend Bianche, who steals away Sybil’s lover, and runs of with her father; that Bianche is an unlovable stepmother, and that the bogus uncle marries Sybil after all. If any readers wish to fearn anything more about these uninteresting cha factors, let them bay the book and fall asleop over it themselves, Lest, howevor, they might never reach the moral of the story, we will add that {t seems to be this: ‘(Happiness te no abstract, unchanging truth, What am] Movements for the Drainage of the Swamp Between the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers—The Tidewater Company Versus the Iron Dyke Company—The Modus Ope- randi of the Rival Companies, &c. . The rapid growth of the cities and towns of New Jer- from pee tee ground for tel iablemaeinus: benateest ones ceok #6: 1a: tie of See einngniad he Senet gested for draining and filling up the marsbes and low | Pisce of George Peabody, was made by a grounds which.pessent bearier te the enwand march of |, Whose name hes become so dletingaiahed for bis: gifts, especially for the furtherance of educational ests, and for the moral, social and physical of the masses of the people of this country ead England. Ten years ago, at a former visit to this country, he rev fused all other invitations—from Baitimore, Philadel phia and other cities—whicb hastened to offer him the first public reception in thie coum limited resources of the city. ridgo on which Hudson City, Bergen, West Hoboken, with other villages and townships, stand, we come to & swamp which challenges enterprise and opens a field for ‘accepted from the citizens of capitaliste, Thousands of acres are annually lost for bid aflas sip hie wot dines misma want of reclamation, andare of no use to anyone save ped hoe the one which takes. place. next week im in the miserable crop of salt hay, which must often be | Georgetown, the birthplace of his mother, previous to gathered in before dried and seasoned to save it from | nig final departure for where be expects to re the rain floods and spring tides, maip pnt year, ue saree him again by the SAR SOAR COMPARE, ohne day was peantiful, and the unusual interest of thé was created by an act of the Legislature, passed April 4, | occasion crowded the streets.of the lovely little town, which presented an unt animated appearance. 1866, for the parpose of draining the tidewater marshes | whlch, prositiel Mt Salton tn various agai of 5 adjoining Newark Bay and its tributary streams, 20 as t0 | town were formed in n and marched through. reclaim and bring into uso a tract of land cover- hr streets ie the ee eae alsa bya musi tng about one-fourth. of the county of Hudson and } Ste 0%.t9 Universalist church on Maple which, that portion of Union county lying north of } was crammed to overflowing. ‘The entzance of Mr. Pose Eltzabethport and south of the southern line of Essex | body, accompanied by prominent business men of Bose county, comprising several thousand acres This com- | ton, and famtly friends, ee Ae Se ee pany consisted of D, S, Gregory, Jr., of Jersey City, and | teachers did not endeavor to suppress, which lag several othor gentlemen of tried alflity, the capital | long after he had taken his seat upon the stock being $1,000,000. The act. authorized the appoint- hymo foretinc was — SS after — Loge eat i whic the the ment of three commissioners by = Justice of the feat philentoropiet ae . : y Miss Annie Allen, who was tem yoars. ago among the little children who participated ia first reception. Addresses followed from Rew Mr. Fletcher, teacher of the High School; Mr. John D, Phile brich, Sup-rintendent of Public Schools in Boston, and by the prosiding officer, Rev. Dr. Braman, after which, amid a stillness that was remarkable, x, Peabody ads dressed the gathering as follows:— In addressing yeu on this occasion, my yoann tenees I am most fore.bly reminded of an incident which haw often recurred to my memory in connection with my reception by the citizens of this town more than a dozer: years ago, Returning with my sisters to the cvening after the recept'on, we were driving steadil along through your principal etr. sire our drive suddenly drew up his horses, checked by a very unusual obstacle—a chain of little children, with firmly looked hands, extending quite across the street and yiel not an inch to the formidable approach of our i They had taken this method to ‘secure the presentati of their welcomes and their beautiful bouquets, As said, 1 have often thought of, the incident since, and alwayg witl pleasure and deep emotion. f have Wome dered what has become of all those little linksin th Supreme Court to enter into a contract with the company for the porformance of the work. For the payment of this contract the commissioners, after making the con- tract and after the reclaiming of the lands specified or any part thereof should have been completed, an assess- ment should be made upon the lands so reclaimed. The operation of a power so unlimited as this evidently was gave rise to some alarm among the property owners, who accordingly repaired to Chancellor Zabriskie and caused an injunction to be iasaed restraining the company from further proceedings, A motion to discharge the im junction afterwards Baving failed, it was made per- petual, and the company brought’ the case into the Court Gf Errora, where the decision of the Chancellor was affirmed, These decisions, together with the veto of Governor Ward when the bill was referred to him (though it was passed over bis veto), wero such @ stumbling block that the bill was amended, but before it could be pnt through the act was repealed in the Senate and afterwards in the Houso durmg the past week. This ends the Tidewater Company. Their pian FE 3! embraced the construction of acanal and bank skirting | pretty li:tlo chain, No doubt somo of the little hands the river. to the width of one hundred and tifty feet, | there so firmly clasped aro now still.and cold in detieet with snice gates at. certain distances, so contrived that | bot many I trust are alrea y busy in active duti atlow tide the gate would allow the water in the canal | lightemtug the cares or labors of their domestic circle to flow into the river till the same level was obtained; | aud perhaps among that little band word when the riso of the tide would keep the gates | some of those whom I now see before in the higher departments of and soon to take their places in the busy ie ih fast and prevent the return of water to the canal. This scheme wovld cover a frontage of from sixteen to eighteen miles, aud is termed a ‘“catchwater drain.” | ing from the ordinary term of human Tam The origiual bill comprised portions of Essex and Ber- | now older than many of you will ever be; but T am stile gen counties, but these were abandoned by a compro- | fond of the sizbtand the companionship of the youn, mise with the opponents of the measare. and Tam now glad that associated with the last woek ‘THE IRON DTKN COMPANY. my in my native country will be memory In the meantime another company had been formed | this assemblage and of my rae ge you today, for the same object, though with aa entirely diferent | -When I have recrossed the ocean I shall not forget you, mode of procedure and less objectionable in all its fea- | but be happy in belioving that you are striving to. moore tures. ‘This was tho Iron Dyke and. Land. Improve- | the full benofit of the excollent schools and teachers ment Compeny, whose agent is L. B. Driggs. This | this town, as well as the library and institate which are company require no charter, but porpose to | established for your further improvement; and Task you, carry cut their design not only with the con- | toremember, my young friends, that I look to you te sent but the concurrence of the landholders, | see to it, when I ‘am no more, that all these sourced The first step is to buy out the land to be reclaimed, and | of instruction are faith(ully iransmit'ed to those whe come after you. I have but little advice to you. Your parents and teachers are much better fled to judge of your needs of that kind; but it {s safe Ca say, endeavor constantly to practice ee Pome ak honesty, votualit; a fidelit duty. fs) iad to all, e n ~8 Beware of (3 in the event of success in their operations the increased vatue of the land will be an ample indemnity for the ex- nditore, Ali 2,300 acres have been purchased ‘rom Mr. Jobo M. of Hoboken, agent for the heirs of Joun G, Costar; from 800 to 1,000 acres from Mr, Lathrop; 150 acres from Mr, Anderson, and other por- tions, amocntng to nearly 6,000 acres, comprising the vices and the meadow land in ‘Kearny ‘townsbip.” On the land for everyone Urus sequired the company will proged to riment. jistinction without = ‘The advantage in their favor 1s that they own money instead of forcing an assessment Prove unjust as well as disagreeable. This proposed ‘plan, though at first sight coatly, poss ou KI ig! a sevses many features which en‘itle it to superior con- sideration, and should it succeed the result will a thers. merits rather than the fruits cultivate the Christian virtues io ee wid and sth greater in ‘even in this wor! a come. Farewell. ‘At the conclusion of the address, Ff iH ueeful legson to large farmers and contractors lic | rupted ofien with loud bursts of applause, ‘God save the works. Large iron plates are sank into the earth until Queen” was sung, after which @ large wamber of the they reach a bard bed of earth or sand, — alternate eS, especially the children, were taken by the plate having grooves at both ends into which those.on | hand by Mr. Peabody, some of wi and @ach side slide with facihty, By continuing thus | affection wi He passed the church with to avy length an iron wall is furmed, | the ‘God bless you” aud cheers gathering, and ‘the escape of water through the grooves at high | was conv: i, with his party, to the fine residence water boing insignificant for all purposes, while at low | Mr. J. Silvester, chairman of the of arranges water it is obviated by the deposit of mud coating the whose he was, dyke i a deep vein, and which, from the nature of the soil, will, after a short time, furm an impenetrable lining similar to the slimy deposit known io England as bine clay. The promoters of this scheme are confident of its success, and presage its adoption at large both for cheap- ness and durability, The cost, it is est will hardly exceed fi/teen dollars sn acre, It was on such rep- resentations that the Legislature interfered between the RIVAL COMPASIES, Governor Ward, in his veto of the Tidewater biil, ex- pressed his entire disapproval of the priociple tha avy body of men or even the State can dictate to any pos- sessor of property what particular mode of culture, improvement, rotation of crops, &c., he shall adopt, as subversive of that freedom of action which our guvern- ments, guest About three o’elock another audience, Sompcicinn citizens of the bye deplete ied pe assern| in th lower part of the church, called Gothic Hall, to their testimonial of esteem and tude to their dis- Uinguished townsman. Loud and long continued apy Plause greeted his second ersten @ touching and cloquent introductory address was: vered by Dr. en gy yrs the address at his Public reception in t! country. Mr. Peabody again appeared welled btn eo bar although suffering from severe hoarseness, which. ened at times to stop hia speech altogether, delivered ig’ ‘@ voice remarkably clear and firm for ® man seventy- years of ace, the following address:— Not far from this spot, afver an absenceof 55. ment guarantees, em| the company | years, I received the first greet! g of the of farther to compel payment and indemnify themselves | old town of Danvers, entering your funits ba teat wight for such operations as they, not the rept, may | autumn morning throngh a most beautful floral deem fit, and thus arose the possibility possessors | and surroun: by thousands of faces foreseeing such exorbitant assessments would part with | with smiles of welcome. That day, all their at {ts present reduced value to | changes of the past ten years, throughall the cares and the company who would thus become pro- | anxieties, or the pleasures and the honors that have ate prietors, and be able to dispose hereafter of the lands ata high figure when thoroughly drained. Both com- panies favor water pumps, but for cheapness the wind eutiful day of early spring, I am to meet mill is Mkely to be adoy Tn several piaces the water | again with kindly feelings for ri portions of our must be pumped out into the river, so tl in this oid town, unimpaired by the Inpse of the years that ticular the plans were similar. It is entirely at the On account of my early departure to seek my, option of property owners whether the iron dyke system ona new and larger field my youthful associa- will be ewployed on their lands or not, wero necessarily more cl SANITARY RESULT. with my immediate neighbors in my native Fortunately the number of inhabitants in this marsh is few, and tho cause is to be attributed not more to the danger from floods than to the visitation of that de stroying angel fever and ague. Tho immediate cause parish; but from the remei of her many worthy men at that time, and from a per sonal acquaintance with her citizens ince, your own pore tion of the town still bearing the time-honored name of of this pestilence is still within the realm | Danvers must ever be inseparably connected with @ of — and there are some, even denizens | deep interest on my part. It affords mo great satislace of this | {il-favored locality, wiio question the | tion to believe that my efforts to promote the interests conclusign th: ampy nds aro the exclusive | of education among you have been thus far possessors of the malady. The sum total of the experi- | and I thank vou all most sincerely for your cordial oo- ence of men who have devoted some time and attention | operation with me in developing the ractical work! and advantages of the institution for ‘which ou are oat to the subject is that the miasma arising decayed vogetable matter wh: process of decomposition isa | to erect acovmmodations. I feel confident both proximate cause of this discase, aud Hudson City, built | and the Institate at South Danvers are in ows hill, is cited asa case in 7 Ore man, living | faithfal hands. and that they will be transmit anim. near the Passaic river, at East Newark, poohed the no- | paired to many generations, It is fitting, my tion that there is any sach disease in the marshes | friends, that the work of education ahould be: on the left bank of the river. But of the entire | carried on in this ancient town and 3, that we number of families who reside between the no discredit to the ancestors who inaugul that work, eaio and Hackensack rivers, in. the vicinity of the | .The first landhotder of Danvors, John Endicott, was the swampy traci, bardiy one will be found thas has not | first to suggest the system of frec common schdéols to been visited almost annually by the pestilence. On the | which Massachusetts owes so much and froth which the whole, then, setting aside thé question of land improve- | little germ, p'anted in this very town two hundred ang ment, the experiment cannot fail to secure the comfort | fifty years ago, bas wo up to bear froit— and well being of whole families in the district and of | not alone for this lity and State, bat it generations unborn. In a humanitarian point of view, poor ne its branches more and more widely, and is the Legislature deemed it wise to remove ail obsiacies | shedding iis blessings on overy portion of our great to the working of the schome, and even tem) sac- | country. Tome, my frends, tne old town of Danvers cess will moct wth generous logisiation at the next ses- | still reiains her boundaries, aud although now divided im sion, as the success of this will necessitate measures for | name and territory I hope and believe that this ma the extension of a similar system in the vast swamps her only division; and that the sister through the other portions of the State. “ _ ag wala work band in band, their only rivalry bemg which 3E2s make the surest and moet satisfactory progress in a promotion of knowledge, inte!ligence and morali ALONG THE HUD3ON. Todall futare generations. Shseld thet kied Peyeidores who has hitherto spared my life permit me still agaim to fad ll within, the ‘od town bappor Gilted td. prec, nd all withia tow: SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Dperows, nce forpediing, eaniac the eae ot Pea eae: vitte 0° meee at Obi iid Murder—Ilnees | Wieter labor of education; and should I not be thus of Admiral Farragut’s Sen—More Robber. fes—& Largs Force of Men Discharged at Parrott’s Foundry, Cold Spring. Povcnersrere, April 13, 1867. On Friday, a Ger named Frits, who resides at West Newburg, madd a horrible attempt to murder bis step-daughter, @ little child six years of age, He enticed her to a lonely road, and when near a stream of water privileged [ hope none the less fervently that the work will go on, and that my eave ee both te section#, may be ever eminent in virtue and intel! in respect for law and good order, aud in for i pallies, a ed B. our whole country and ishing int; good government, of morall- — religion. ait me ther arduous series of hand shakings was through by the distinguished gentleman, and sible manifestation of affection and esteem fellow townsmen and women, } At theconclasion of the celebration he returned te knocked her down and beat her with a heavy stick. i Bal Ho afterwards jamped upon her, After he though? ii"@ | He teares tor Washington Gr om the 18th insta to: had fled he raised her from the ground and was dragging | recel @ the portgl of Queen Me 5 peat we jest for bim: and th In the her to the stream to throw her io, when a man who had ia for England, rn ih Bale’ wwttin law tise Besa observed the whole transaction at a distance, and who the poople of whole country. was hastening to the scene, made his appearance, Fritz, ————————____—_ ld bis a ‘the bod; id i So bending his spyrenth dropved, Moe body and ab DOMESTIC TELLIGENCE, in the hands of the proper authorities, The child now Mr. Jesse Glawson was stabbed and killed by Dr. Jas: Barron, in Clinton, Ga., on the 2d inst, Pe re et ira Praga’ non a ing serlonsly il at We See oe Tormer 8 ying serfously ‘est Point, The Admiral arrived there yesterday. Sean or the p-=t court They a4 too, elderly a eee po pg FO ey Maernrira the | men and friends, and the killing occurred ured ta Gdrinking ry the of the Hudson River Railroad ticket office at | {rolle withont any Slade vn teiy, gormmech aa by the Oakbil, nate survivor. At Inwt accounts he liad not beom At the latter the thieves brake into the room and two large portmanteaus and ‘would out the ticket agent’s money drawer, Sooner ayo hg Delleved he attempt to ‘scape from the Ta or the various cities and towns along the river will ry pelied to form a conbinati James D, Hammack, the of the well thieves, The scoundrels are operating ita tnore daciey, | Feataurant bearing iF aame io Washragions dead manner than ever betore known, and everything shows | _ The Governor of New Jersey has inted Colonel & . Adjutant General of thé ‘in place ome