The New York Herald Newspaper, June 11, 1868, Page 8

8 a ee WEST POINT. Sreworks; practical instruction in making musket, rife, pistol, cannon and howitzer cartridges; prepa- rauon of strape, grape and canister shot, fuses (slow and quick match), port fire, signal rockets, carcasses, Gre bails, light balls and incendiary composition; Jeading shells, shrapnel, shot and grenades; putting wp stores for transportation; loading caissons; in determining the pressure on the bore of @ gun, the initial velocity of projectiles; in the manner of prov- img powder and when circumstances will admit of it; the operation of cannon, solid and hollow, casting ef projectiles and the usual methods of testing gun metal; and in gunnery, embracing the study of the movements of projectiles, the theory of pointing fire- arme, the different kinds of fires and their effects and the art of breaching and the composition of bat- teries. ‘The following are the subjects on which each mem- ber of the following sections was examined:— FIRST SECTION, Savage—Manufacture of small arms, Bass—Explosion of gunpowder, z Payson—lorcing and kinds of small arm projec- tales, ’ Anight—Exterior form of non. Hoxie—lectric-ballistic machine, Meteaife—ceneral Rodmwan’s plan of casting can- pon. Marshal—The Armstrong muzzle loader, SECOND SECTION. Mackall—Composition of guppower. Heath—Breaching of works, Willard—Sea coast carriages. @asey—Confederate projectiles, Fietcher—Guns now in use in the United States werviee, Hamitton—Material for guns. Morton, A, L.—Ousting breech-loaders. ‘THIRD SECTION. Morrison, J.C.—Armstrong gun and breech-loading Projectiles. Jotmson—Hotcbkiss, Sehenkle, Blakely and Par- len, eviation of projectiles, neral subject of fuses. Manufacture of projectiles. Barnett loyment of fleid artillery. Daligren—Ciassification of fires, direct richochet, reRing, plunging, &c. FOURTH SECTION. Everett—Grape, canister and shrapnel firing. Howard—Thrusting arms, Ki —The Parrott. gun and projectile. rec inch and light twelve-pounder guns, Shoemaker—The Danigren and Rodman guns, Forbush—Employment of field artillery. Waipple—The altered Springfleld musket. FIFTH SECTION. Swigert—tron mortar bed and platforu. lark—Armstrong muzzle loader and projectile. Jones—Manufacture of spherical case and sie!l. Volkmar—Seacoast ammunition and seacoast fuse, Rodman—Modes of casting various cannon. Batchelder—Iron seacoast carr! Fowler—Different instruments usedi pn pointing guns and mortars and General Paixhan’s stock trali aystem. + SIXTH SECTION. Pope, J. W.—Hale rocket. Martin—Electric ballistic machines, manner of ar- Fanging targets to determine initial velocity, Broderi ee and seacoast guns in United rvice, , J.—Spencer and Sharp’ Dith—Manufacture of cast iron cannon, Hoskins—Construction of siege carriages. Thompson—Method of breaching stone wails, SEVENTH SECTION, Soombs—Case shot. Weeks— Artillery harness. Russell, F. W.—Rifled guniock muskets. Fitzpatrick—Signal rockets. Marsh—Barman’s fuse and field ammunition, Willey—Field artillery carriages. The fast section, “the immortals,” of the class will be examined on this special subject to-morrow, after which “cavalry and tactics” will be taken up by ‘the Board of Examiners, TRE LIGHT FANTASTIC TOE. Now that the career of the frst class, as 4 class, te rapidly drawing to a brillant close, its members are allowed certain “privileges,” of which, to say the least, tacy avail (hemselves with a great degree of avidity; and one of these is visiting the hotel in the evenings and prolonging their visits after the drums deat to quarters, Of cou! even a cadet cannot be supposed to be so gifted with conversational powers as dé able comfortably to sit in very agreeable proximity to a blushing maiden of ai: summers @r more) from eight o'clock in the evening until midnight, and the consequence is that afver a great talk ammunition has been Denison, ‘arabines, amount of small wasted, or otherwise as the case may be, everybody in a gray coat and bullet buttons and everybody tn a skirt and founces the small side @f “fat and forty” seeks to kill time by some more tent means than gossiping. The means that has ind the most favor so far is dancing. To be sure there is not so much accommodation in the hotel for anything of the kind as in a city baliroom, but when @ cadet wants to dance and a pair of bright eyes are the incentive the dimensions of a room are of very ttle consequence to him so long as there is space enough to move the feet and make a single whirl, even though chairs do fall and heads are Knocked together, or Old Jadies seated = in remove corners do turn up the whites of their ¢ say it is very disgraceful. The pers Ceiforts of the dancers in the parlors had the eiec’ the other night of softening ‘the cap- tatn’s” hea «a 60, after supper, the dishes were carried ouf, the tables followed the dishes, the wed the tables, and, lo and behold, the dining room was transformed in the twinkling of an eye from a plain refectory to a ballroom, with mov- ing figures in gay attires and the strains of an orchestra failing agreeably on the ear. Now, there is positively nothing very remarkable about the dining room, when the cadets and ladies are danc- ing, that could possibly inspire a newspaper corres- pondent with sublimity of thought; but a word or two might be said about some of the ladies which they ay consider quite ungailant, It would not be truthful to ugiit in derogation of thelr personal y—for all ladies, you know, are beautiful—or of grace with which they painged over the floor or jooked up into the eyes of their partners, for that was bewitchingly perfect; but if ladies wear, on in- Sppropriate occasions, gaudy and extraordinary dresses, as a painter hangs out a beautiful signboard to be looked at and adiuired, then conument faire ? What would you think, in am out of the way country nook like this, where the festive season of balls and gaudy costumes is not yet, to fee a dunce orgy formed ‘at short notice in « shall dining room — unsuited to show, and most of the ladies to appear in dreases that cost their hundreds and bedecked with showy ornaments and with trains that reach half way across tie room; all styles to prevail, witn very low necks snd very high necks, with brilliants to attract the eye, with aleeves that are long and flowing and with No sleeves at all’ Well, that seems to be part of the “customs of the country’ al these dances, if the one alluded to is to be taken as a criterion, and if 60 small an afair be so fraught with show and what is commoniy called “style,” what will the grand ball of the season be when the dispiay of silks and satins and tue | ef wealth and social sanding expected panini priate to the occasion’ There were at the entertain ment given “at short not many ladles who ¢ not court the impudent giances of even a shoulder otr Fr, and who appeared without the extreme ges of the “lavest fasiion.” But how they | be NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEET. } i 5 4 bi i aoa zd = i i i i E = corum, yet and has never yet “fessed”’ in an examination w! mettle was the ‘subject. In the opinion of many the “‘plebes”’ who ne seen him and his pamiane, he ought to be “found” at 01 after which, ab | at) 3 i gi 5 E hi; rious! a t, well imagine what a cavalry drill in the rid hall here really is. of some thirty or f¢ inacharge, hy at wooden heads firing off their pee. at ail sorts of le each somebody or some Every once ina while, if you look quick enough all about you at the same time, you'll see a cadet going head over heels into a far corner of the ten or twenty horses jamping over him the mean- whil Dy wavoteunine triumph, Then a horse and his rider don’ pen to agree, and the one is as anxious to get rid-of the other as the other is deter- mined to keep his seat. So horse rears and lunges, and amid a crash of sabres and the atartl- bi Sete of pistol. shots dashes headlong to the ae |, the rider fen 4 probably a ay crushed b and @ permit to the hospital, and the drill goes on . It may be a very nice thing for the horses, but it is rather hard on the cadets, I think. But Supposing one should be killed, as one might easily if he was careless enough tw be thrown against the wall or a post by his um steed? Well, these “plebcs’? come every year, he would not be migsed! Yet it must be sald there are many cadets who like to get nold of these flends of horses to show off their horsemauship. | If they get injured no one sympathises, A LIGHT ARTILLERY DRILL. There was a t artillery drill this evening on the plains, several third class men acting as the =. and their oficers being chosen from among e members of the. Paes 3 class. Colonel Piper Girected the operations. All the evolutions that a ees of Lght guns is supposed to make in action were made with the battery, includ- ing the firing. The most interesting feature of the drill was the rapidity with which the guns were worked and the fact that the carriages were several times actually taken to pieces and strewn about the ground, apparently in utter disorder, and put together again ready for use and the gees. fired in @ much shorter space of time than it takes me to tell of it—in fact, in just forty-six sec- onds, The orders were all given by bugle sound ex- cept that for fring. ne cadets will lay aside their gray end don their white pants to-morrow, and thus inaugurate the summer season. General Schriver, the Iuspeetor of the Academy, arrived here from Washington this evening, aud General Grant will arrive to-morrow. Visitors ure fast tilling up the hotels, So are the mosquitoes. SOLDIERS’ BUSINESS, MESSENGER AND DE- SPATCH COMPANY. A Benevolent Institution—Shoddy Revived— Large Salaries to Officers and Small Pay to Men—A Smell Potato “Job¥—The Value of a Crippled Soldier—What the Public Sheuld Do. From written statements which within a few days have been placed {n our hands by responsible par- ties we have been led to the conclusion that the organization known and patronized by business men and others, on purely charitable grounds, as the “Soldiers’ Messenger and Despatch Company,” je an imposition on the public and @ means by which wholly selfish men seek to build up their for- tunes at the expense of those who by the hardships of war, while serving their country, have been made physically incapable of earning their living inde- pendent of such eleemosynary assistance as @ pa- triotic community may extend to them. When the ‘Soldiers’ Despatch Company” was organized, nearly two years ago, the public were lu- formed that the purpose of the movers was to give employment to such persons as hed served in the ranks of the artay during the rebellion, and were in straitened circumstances, or because of permanent injuries were unable to support themselves in the usual industrial walks of life. The press and the people were pleased with the idea, ding it as every way worthy of support, and while the former urged the claims of the soldiers the latter at once qoenaes them fully in the line of employment for which it was averred they were best fitted. Within the past year the usefulness of this Soldiers’ bureau to the community has been greatly extended, but instead of inuring to the benefit of the maimed employed in meeting and fully and satisfactorily car- Tying out the wishes of the community, it has simply added to the incomes of the gentlemen “who run the machine’—and a very A yoog as well as profitable contrivance it has turned out for them. As will be seen, not only are the soldiers employed defrauded tn a measure of their earnings, but they are compeiled to purchase their clothing from the “company,”’ which charges them several hundred on garments of in per cent ‘advance not superior m quality cloth or make to those on sale at the s} ‘or example, an overcoat that be had at a retail store for $5, the beneficent Soldiers’ Business Messenger and De- spatch Company charge their employés $9 50, and the same concern, while agreeing to pay each man $7 «50 per week for taking care of certain booths placed in various parts of the city, find it impossible to live under salaries less than $7,000 for the super- fntendent, $5,000 for the president, $3,500 for the secretary and $2,400 for an inspector of twenty-two booths. But this is not all, The poor fellows gaged for the booths at, as has been stated, have recently experienced a redaction of per week, the compa in its ext e benevolence, being Wholly unable to pay moi clusive of uni- form, Of course men who had sought “reputation at the cannon's mouth" were not to be thus treated witli i struck for higher wages. The vete- tw us, have made out a fair case—one to which we are persuaded every right thinking man Wili subscribe, ‘Their declarations are in substance that are realiy as follows: ain of them contracted with the very chari ters’ Comp to take charge | of the twenty-iwo boots (to inspect which a benevo- | wentieman, receives the pitlable re- tion of $2,400 per annum) ab $7 40 a week per vit it was found that $7 50 a week was equal to $82 a month, and that Was altogether too much Moucy to expend upon acrippie and clotue bim, aud consequently # few days ago an order was pro- ated by the anperintendent, at $7,000, and signed tent, at $6,000 per aunum, to “strike? k from each man's wages until the should haye been paid for garments v per Ww $. amount of #2 furnished them, and which would cost probably vont $10 at w retail store. Commenting on this al on the veterans a correspondent of this uniform the coat, which is valued % 0, an undress flannel sack, can be bought In Broadway jor $1, and the caj med at $1 85, would car at seventy-five cents’? The annexed is nis exit charge for Store Retail ov. must Have felt out of piace! Staid old fellows, who | Gowi............. talk but littie, but say that little well, called thea | Pants the belies of the evening. Whiat old fogyierm | | Vest THE CAVALRY DRILLs. | Cap. A word about the bea | Grills, That these exer. clses are very exciting and always draw a ao¢| Total... esevece ees w $ spectators to the ridifig room or plalus, w: y The writer, commenting on the above, remarks are announced to take place, NO one can deny; but | With not a little natwetd:-—"The whole affair has de- that there is # little something about their trial could | cldediy the appearance of a job.” be changed, and for the better, ts y undenlavie, | The receipis of the twenty-two booths ayerage ‘The cadets are splendid riders. that fact every at $880 por weck—that is to and one who has ever seen & squadron puvred, tn figure i low, $49 to the booth. ‘These which the first class were the horsemen, will bear tis, therefore, ‘independent of the goneres assuring testimony; bat hae there ever occurred of the “Despaten Company,” which besides a dnil in the riding tall or on. the plain | ¢upioy twenty-five messengers and forty wi ang for ® long time past in which @ cadet | Orivers, returns to ite treasury in the hood has not been injured slightly or seriously? And | Of $45,000 a year, Of this sum it is estimated that Why? The cause seeros very evident. ‘The $26,000 in ciéar profit, Benevolence can no further ment purchase thelr horses by contract and the con- tractors get those which are apparently untamable, cheap for cash, for the starple reason that whoever happens to get rid of them by selling them to the weverninent at any sacrifice feels more safe in life s2¢ limb every hour after he has made Lab ene Cavalry horses are better KNOWD qui fleation of “Victons’’ in tte severest ense. he cadets do not grumbie at the fact, but one or two raani us are of the opimon thet * can be obtained neithont Lee Which are almost as unm tb nme as a wild herd is on (he prairies, is in the hospital cadet who was injured by the od several monte ‘Pwo; cadets were hurt atthe drii yesterday by the same cause, and if the unmanageabie horse that fell with jus rider in Jeaping ad in @ charge a fow days previous, bad be | — who can tell what the con- pequences would have been, wit edge precipice a few feet ahead of him? Thue terastien thing that @ year or two ago did much to anger the life of @ cadet in tnese drilfs— recklessnesé of the officers commandin though! fe of small users of his the the squadrons, Everything that could pe of tbat could make a cadet's account in the exercises was done. Certainly that wae not the intention of the officers; but the ctroam- s#rances were all the same whether they did of not, Just think of an oMicer making @ squadron chy over two ae aie fe close together, with @ girthe of the pm loonened, to ee if in the on. Fy hed Charity ts incarnated in the officers of Unis vely organization, whieh Was chartered on the ex- press Condition that it should employ only those who served their country “In the tented feid.” Thin stipulation, however, the dainfully — overicok, BS ia if civilians pened ae pe and lemen who e1 eh eae eens sot to prove oMciais — is- & to em iow much “the were ofthe heed of the omen ne ate oa cin tea hy et pt ene ri) Ly le ‘Aad further, 08 068 of them renronserat ng agafnnt the be was told by an Oo! Pig d = uperiaendent, at $7,000, or the presi- 3 Week was as much as a le was worth, and if he would oug ts ba ar hot take that he a ptioe ee these officers ta ” @ reduction in the salaries of desirable, and the shortest way to get at this “benevolent” end uid be on the part blond pubite to give the ‘Soldiers’ Kusiness Messen: ger an Company” the cold shoulder, The Nashville and Northwestern Raitroad imbroglio continues with mo prospect pe ed ¥ ron empior tos ene ettlement. In ume NO are The ewonnt dug De Parity cree CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, ‘Commercia] and Statistical Duta from (Cen- tral America—Death ef Mensicur De Les- sepe, a Noted French Financier—The Yellow Fever Unabated at Callao. : ‘The steamer Guiding Star, Howes, from Aspinwall June 3, arrived at port yesterday afternoon, mg x her specie list:— He Wi Tou F Probst & Co R neeeee + 26,595 TOtal. nceessceccecerereceeees +++ $290, 722 In Central America the cochineal ¢rop promises, Well, owing to the favorable weathers It ranges in Price from $95 to $105 per ceroon, . Coffee growing, which is comparatively a new undertaking in Guate- mala, is making rapid strides; nearly four million pounds were shipped during the first.quarter of the present year, valued at about $500,000, The sugar exports during the same period have been about 1,500,000, valued at $80,000. COSTA RICA 1s grumbling @ good deal at the way im which money has been recently squandered by the government in all sorts of foolish schemes. It is not at all improba- ble that the increasing discontent may finally lead to the recall of Dr. Mariano Mont ex-President, now in i Rid eee the it incumbent. Heavy rains set in, and the roads were becom- very bad. The bulk of the coffee crop has been shipped; there yet remain about 6,000 quintals in the interior. GUATEMALA, ‘The wharf at San José will be finished by the end of June, and is to be opened on the 4th of July. The telegraph is now in full-operation from the capital to Amati ‘and gives satisfaction, ‘The cochi- neal crop is progressing very favorably, owing to the extraordinarily fine weather, Prices range from $95 to $105 per ceroon. Another foolish attack has been made on the Cor- $196,777 + 67,350 mandante of the Altos by a small ty of malcon- tents from the neighhoring State of Cheapas. They ‘Were soon routed and quiet restored. She official. returns for the port of’San José de Guatemala for the months. of January, February and March show the exportations of produce to amount to about $600,000 during that period, of which the coffee amounted to $3,769,982 Ibs., valued at $450,965, and sugar 1,601,800 lbs., Valued at $80,05¥, SALVADOR, i President Duefias was about to start on an official tour to the departments of Santa Ana and Sensonate. ‘The director of the new iron wharf at Libertad had made a contract with Mr, ler to proceed to Europe and bring out artisans to carry on that work; its speedy conciusion is looked forward to ascertain, ‘The periodicals speak highly of the progress the a nt is making under the administraton of Seior Duefiaa. ‘The statistical reports for the six months ending Sist March last show that the exportations of the products of Salvador from the ports of La Union, Libertad and Acajutla amounted during that period to $2,493,840, During the same period the previous year they amounted to $2,078,736, showing a «lisler- ence in favor of the last six months of $415,104. ‘This is partly due to the increased growth of in- digo. n the night of the 14th May the mateof the British brig Hermenia ran off with that vessel, leaving the captain with all the ship’s papers on shore. ‘The ves- sel was on a trading voyage from San Francisco to Mexican and Central American ports. ‘The British bark Canton, loading sugar at Aca- jutla for London, got on the rocks on the 14th and ow lies on the beach a total wreck, NICARAGUA. continues to suffer severely from the ravage! yellow fever. The Transit is still a bone of con tion there between the government and Minister Dickinson. Seflor Aylon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, bas been sent by Nicaragua and Costa Rica as Special Commissioner to Rome, to arrange Church questions with the Pope. President Guzman has returned to the capital after a most satisfactory tour through the provinces. CHILE, A banquet was given to General Prado at Santiago on the 2d of May. It was a very brilliant affair. A body of troops sent to the south of Chile to punish some Indians for horse-stealing were at- tacked by a large force of Araucanos and badly beaten. Several assassinations and robberies have been committed in Valparaiso, which city appears to be getting quite notorious for such outrages. PERU. Mons. Edmund de Lesseps, French Minister to re died at Chorillos on the 1sth ini f yellow ver. Don Torribio Pacheco, Minister of Foreign Affairs, died of the same disease at Lima on the isth, The yellow fever remains much about the same as at last accounts—some two aoanaediae daily in Lima, The disease appears to be 8 along the coast, having reached Islay. BRITISH HONDURAS. of Monthly Steam Communication Between New Orleans and Belive—Contract Between Messrs. Spoftord, Tileston & Co., of New York, and the Governor of Belize. BELIZE, May 30, 1868, The following is the substance of a contract for the monthly conveyance of the mais by steamers be- tween New Orleans and Belize. It was entered into on the 7th inst., and the first trip of the steamers . took place on the 20th:— That the said firm will, at their own cost and charge, at all times during the period of one year, to commence on and from the 20th day of May inst., pee and to the satisfaction of the oficer ad- ministering the government of British Honduras, convey all mails (including therein all boxes, bags, or packeta of letters, books or printed papers and any other articles sent by the post to whatever coun- try or place they may be addressed, or in whatever country or place they may have originated, and ali empty bags, empty boxes and other stores and artt- cles used or to be used in carrying on the Post OfMice service which shall be sent by or to or from the Post Omice) which shall at any time and from time to time by the government of British Honduras or any of its postmasters or agents, or by the Postmaster General of the United States or any of his officers or agents, or by the Consul or Vice Consul of her Britannic Majesty at New Orleans, in Louis- jana, in the said United States, be required to be conveyed, once in each month, between New Or- leans aforesaid and Belize aforesaid, and between Belize aforesaid and New Orleans aforesaid, by means of eMficient steam vessels of equal capacity and power with the United States steamer Trade Wind, of New York. That the said steamer Trade Wind, or some other steamer of equal capacity and power, shall and will, in an efficient, state, at five o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday, the eighteenth day after the first Saturday in each’ and every month, commencing on the 20th day of May instant, or 40 soon after any such Wednesday (but not later than the fourth Saturday in any month) as the mails despatched via New York from Liverpool in the United Kingdom on the first Saturday of the month shall have been delivered, put to sea with such mails from New Drieans aforesaid, and proceed direct to Belize aforesaid, and shall remain in the harbor of Belize six clear days, and on the morning of the following day—that is, (he seventh day from her arrtval in the harbor of Belize—put to sea from Belize and proceed direct to New Orleans, the day of the vessel's arrival in the harbor of+ Belize, if before midday, but not otherwise, to be counted as one of the #ix jay days: provided, nevertheless, that on the requisition in writing of the ofMicer administer- ing the government of British Honduras, or of the Consul or Vice Consul of Her Britannic Majesty at New Orleans, addressed to the said firm or to the captain or commander of the steam vessel Trade Wind or other steam vessel employed by the said firm under this ement, the said vesse! shall «i may be detained for any period that may be re- quired not exceedii forty-eight hou and the of- ticer administering the government of British Hon- duras shall have authority to alter the date of depar- ture from New Orleans if he stall deem such alteration expedient, but in such case one calendar month shail be allowed the said vessel to go to Belize and return to New Orleans, ‘That if the satd firm shall fail (weather and quar- antine regulations permitiing) to despatch tne suid ean Veasel Trade Wind or some other steam ves- it sel of equal capacity and power, in an efficient state, from New Orleans, in accordance with the terma of this aj ent, then, and so often as the same shall happen, the sald firm shall forfeit and pay to her Britannic Majesty, her beirs and successors, $60 per day or for a fraction of twenty-four hours which pae before such vessel sliall actually proceed on her voyage in performance of this agree- ment. That the said firm shall and will enter into a bond in the penal sum of pohcens payante in gold or ita equivalent, to her Britannic Majesty, her heirs and successors, conditioned for the trae and faithful per- formance of this agreement. And. in consideration of the due and faithful petformance of the sald agreement by the said frm, it ts ed that there #hall be paid to the said firm or to the masters or commanders of the vessels em- plo; under vais ment, out of such aide or yp from tine to time be provided and yy the Colonial Logisiature for that Pespect Of all services performed by by of twenty-four thousand doilars, Cees in poid-or {ta equivalent and in equal monthly inatai- further, that the vessels employed by the the ce of this agreement shall be liable fi ul YS he payinent of any port charges in port and gi elize aforesuit, ‘That’ the’ said firm will not, in respect of ves- pols to. De,employed under thie ent, charge for cabin either way more than $50, paya- 1e if or the currency of the place where the eee a Sani per adult, Bur more than iy yo under of twelve for freight of goods more than gi per bar- dry barrels, nor more than $1 50 per barre! barrels, nor for measurement is more than twenty-Are cent cubic foot, eri rs gh a prea r 4 fe in gold or ii ‘alent; that the said Rrm shail aud will inane. al needful : to se > t-9-4-4 FI 5 quis norm: arriving at Nomdnran, and view vores, and for the Selivery of between England and Belise, of alt yee caare. oom ‘That Base Ball Notes. Atthe Niagara Falls Tournament yesterday the Miagara Falls Frontiers, of Black Rock, defeated the Perews, of Buffalo, and the Stars, of Hamilton—the former by & score of 28 to 20 and: the latter 26 to 15. The Western. clubs are busily engaged preparing for the advent of the Atlantics, who .will leave New 1s" Natlonal, Of ATDany, i aay estine 1 Contral 1 jonal, of at i oi. — be a ‘- Rell on, June i 2, lo; June at Cievelands Mine 1k Dettolt, at Beto; dune 19, Central City, of Jackson, Mich.; June 20, Excelsior, at Chicago; June 22, Queen ots, dune 23, Atlantic, at ; June 25, Forest City, at 5 Jun ion, at St. 4 E Bt: Louis; June 90, Active, at Indianspolle, Ind; July 1, Louisville, at Loulaville, 3 J 4, Buckeye, at Cincinnati; July 6, cinelangd at dhnatunatl; say 8 Alles at Pittaburg, Pa. Mewul ien, formers" cate fielder for the Key- onen has gone to Cincinnati to join the Buckeye Club. Plenty of fun at the Union grounds, Brooklyn, E. D., this afternoon, ‘The Mutuals played against the Ortentals, of Grecnnatit, yesterday, and whip them badly, Both clabs were out in full strength. The Line | ed finely, while the Orientals dic amy nnd ivched tn splenaa netly the reverse, Walters, style wena eevee catcher ina manner ‘which ty fully sustal credit he has ever received from the HERALD as being a really fine’ player; Galvin, in We, hew position of third base, surprised everybody. ‘The other members of the nine played their positions as they cau play, and all batte Biel. On the play charity. George of the Orientals draw the yeil of Wright umpired well, but was rather easy on the itchers and batters, The score of the game is as follows:— ‘ORIENTAL. MUTUAL. FL. OR, Play Fe In O Re oat -8 02 9 o2 38 16 5 140 -12 6 3 os 2 -O0 118 oat 2032 8 302 o1i 8 248 aa 13 0 0 2 7 Totals. 99% 9 seed 8B INNINGS. Clade. Ie, Md. Be Mth.” GUL Btn, dh, Sth, BR I i a ae o 8-9 vv a 9 8 HR 1 4 23 8 Umpire-—Mr. @, Wright, of the Union Club, Scorers—Mersrs. Hartman and Johnson. ‘Time of game, three hours and forty minutes. Matches to Come Of. June 1i—Sock and Buskin ys. Quill and Scissors, on Union grounds, Brooklyn, E. D., at one P. M. June 12—Atiantics ys. National, Albany. June 12—Eckford vs. Oriental, of New York, on Union grounds. June 18—Matual vs. Star, on Union grounds, June 13—Union, of Morrisania, vs. Star, of Pleas- antvi Unions take the eight A. M, train from ‘Twenty-sixth street. June 13—Atlantic vs. Central Ciyy, at Syracuse. June 15—Atlantic vs. Young Canadians, of Wood- stock, C. W., at Niagara Falls Tournament, June 15—Union, of Morrisania, vs. Mohawk, CapI- toline grounds, June 18—Active vs. Rose Hill, at Fordham, June 20—Union, of Morrisania, vs. Star of Brook lyn, Capitoline, ALLEGED IMPRESSMENT OF AMERICAN SEAMEN. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Captain Leavitt. of the American bark A. C. Adams, reports having been disabled at sea throngh the following circumatances:—After leaving the har- bor of Aspinwall, and when about eight or ten miles at sea, she was boarded by the first lieutenant of the United States war vessel Gettysburg, accompanied by a first lieutenant of a Prussian man of war. He demanded a portion of the crew of the bark on the ground that the men were deserters from the Prus- sig war vessel, The men were taken away and the bark was compelled to proceed on her voyage with only two seamen able to do pote the second mate and one seaman being sick at the time. After an arduous voyage Capt Leavitt reached this port. Is it right for our war vessels to impress sailors at sea for other nations? JW. O. TRINIDAD DE CuB4, June 2, 1868, REAL ESTATE MATTERS. Sale of Broadway Lots Yesterday. Succeeding the large sale of Brooklyn lots on Tues- day, yesterday was rather @ dull day at the Exchange, the transactions being only remarkable tn including the sale of three Broadway lots, viz., Nos. 537, 639, and 541 Broadway, being the site of the old Chinese, lately Barnum’s, Museum, lots are the depth of the block running through to Mercer street, each 256x200, and equal together to six city lote. The at- tendance was not remarkable in point of numbers, although noticeably composed of solid men; whose faces have been faiiliar at all the important sales this year. Bidding was active and spirited, and the property put up in a parcel was knocked down at Eyer We give below particulars of this and other sales:— BY R. H. LUDLOW AND CO. Slote ws 75.2 nof Spring st, known ‘a8 Nos 637, 539 and 641, cach 261200 and containing in all about 18,000 square Tt...... 9432, BY A. J. BLEECKER 8ON AND GO, 4 two story and basement brick front houses and Jot Nos 92, $4, 96 and 9% Ludlow st, ea, bet Bi Delancey ats, each 20x50; lots 20x87 $15,000 mortgage, Lewis’ Friedman, Omicial Transfers of Real Estate Yesterday. TRANSFERS IN NEW YOUXK CITY. Pitt st, © 9, 997.2 (tn of Stanton, 826x7; Silfolk st, 6 8185 {i's of Rivington, 253100, 4th at, em, 160.6 0 of Bank, 20x76. ith lot No 81 10x100.4 5. % eof ith wy, 20.1 ft @ of 2d av26xi00. w 1,000 Nom. 1,500 235 Nom. 7th 305 137th wi " ait ats 6 S00 fh @ of 11 Ao ole Nos 9 at Bd aren w cor of Lithia, ToNeait0 5,000 ww corner of 111th st, 12649x)00, 3,009 Sth a, # e cor 122d and 6.8 of 122d at, 150 ite of Bis 000 Sth av, W 8, 62.8 fbn of 26th wt, 16.121 LEASES REOORDED IN South st, No 223, 2 Waverley piace, 4 TRANSL uke te * is COUNTY —NROOKLY: Adelphi st, © m, 197.910 « of Fulton ay, 202100... Ainaiie st,'s 8, lot 134 Powers’ map, Willlansnb ‘Amon at, b 9, 125 ft w of Vandery 1 Amos st and Vandervoort ay, n Elliot place, e», 40.4 ftw of La Keap at and Marey av, ne coruer, 2ox1W0. Hed jegn st aud Sti yy ‘bux200 . jewel 200 few of Nassau av, Riri 1,500 Parker at, To of Morg ‘2W0x100 .. Parker st a Bennett at, nn, Penn st, Penn 295 ft w of Vandervoort ay, ft w of Harrison ay, i8.6x100. 2.42100 TE iz : 2,900 Vandervoort 1m 8 toa 4.198 Troop ave bb Ma of Gerry mt, idsbuertesiovison Throop av, 66, a ‘J . Mt ; ryey ‘ 50.231 Woodiand adjolulog Gerritvon's Co ‘LEASE ARCOMDED IN LROOKLYN, Remoan at, Ko bt rear shop, § yra per RA Ps ots OB, wk, Wd, 83,6, a, OV sees se ON Hae z Ee S acres, with buildings, adjoining Chas OAK NECK, 5 acrne estate of Peter Cook . APRINGHIFLD, 2 worse, with butldtgpy moar Merrick road and adj Riders 1,800 A MA! Gord st, w @, lots 1 to Foard ive. HUNT! Pinshing ioe 3 tn 1 tama 1 aod Tae, Monmouth at vi ‘a\POr aoe Pa eat year. South Tet at, 08, 1 ti WOnOKEN-<WeSt HOROKEN, Adains st, 0 9, lots Jeannette et dh pap ot Bo 8 4, iota 6, 2, block 11, © MUD8ON CITY, 68, 400.6 fh 8 of | a *, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, WeEpwespay, June 10—6 P, M. ‘The gold market was frm and moderately active closing quotation was 130%. ‘There ‘was a brisk bor- rowing demand for coip, and loans were made at 2 @ 5 percent t aBnum and 1-64 per diem for bor- Towing. The Clearings amounted to $24,257,000, the’ gold “balances to $1,484,573 and the currency balances to $2,278,015. The Cunard steamer took out about three quarters of ‘a million in specie. The coin disbarsements of ‘the Sub-Treasury in payment of interest on the public’ debt were $69,000 and the conversions of seven-thirty notes into five-twenty bonds aggregated $1,198,550, De- spatches were recetved from Washington to the effect that the President had offered the Secretaryship of the Treasury to Mr. W. 8. Groesbeck, of Cincinnatt!, and that there 1s a pro- bability of the latter accepting the appointment. The report, however, excited little comment, and it ‘was without any perceptible effect either im the Gold Room or on the street. Senator Sherman, from the Senate Committee on Finance, yesterday re- ported, with amendments, the bill in relation to'a uniform gold and silver coinage among all nations, and.in so doing he recommended its postponement till next session, The bill fixes the weight of the flve dollar piece at 124 9-20 grains, troy weight, which is at the rate of $6 20 to the French kilogram and ottier coins in the same proportion. The welght of the silver half-dollar, is fixed at 179 graine and other silver coina in proportion, bat the coinage of one dollar, five cent and three cent pieces is to be discontinued. Foreign coins issued in conformity with this standard are to be a legal tender, like our own coins, which, in like man- ner, are to be treated as such by all the nations that conform to the new system. Should the bill become a law as it stands its provisions would take effect from the Ist of January next. It is not expedient, however, for this country, under existing circum- stances, to take hasty action in this matter. While we are in a state of suspension we have little or nothing to gain by the proposed change, although the principle upon which it is based is a good one. If the re-coinage exerted any material imfuence in this country while the Legal Tender act remained in force it would probably be to stimulate the export of our coin, and this should be discourged until we are in a position to profit by the return flow of coin from Europe, which we are not at present, except to the limited extent covered by our foreign exchanges. In Europe, however, the work of universalizing the coinage may be prosecuted in the interval with advantage to the world, and with the resumption of specie payments in the United States there should be nothing to prevent our joining a move- ment, which is decidedly one of progress, des- tined to be of great. and permanent bevefit to all the countries concerned as well as to civilization itself. Money continues in superabundant supply, and loans are made to the principal dealers in govern- ment securities and other first class firms at thre per cent, while the general rate on mixed collaterais ia four per cent. The dulness of trade is reflected to some extent in the small amount of mercantile paper which is being made, and the b@st grade is in demand at from five to five and a half per cent. The diminished activity in’ government securitics and the moderate requirements of the Stock Ex- change leave the banks with a large unemployed surplus, which they will probably be driven to use in the purchase of United States bonds for the sake of making interest. This plethora of loanable funds has not yet induced-the outside public-to become a buyer of railway shares, but the bull cliques show considerable boldness in their operationa, and a courage we might say worthy of a better cause than that of. trying to entrap outsiders for the pur- pose of unloading upon them at prices far above the range of real yalues. To-day there has been 8 firm but semi-stagnant market, owing in part to the absence of many of the brokers and other professional speculators at the Je- Tome Park races. Nothing new transpired in rela- tion to Rock Island, the affairs of which company, in connection with the tigation growing out of the issue of the forty-nine thousand shares of new stock, appear to be as much unsettled as they ever were, and the injunotion served upon the directors and others concerned yesterday morning effectually re- strains them from carrying out the programme put forward by the representatives of, the stockhold- ers at Chicago. To-morrow the new Stock Clearing House 1s to commence operations by clear- ing New York Central, Erie and Michigan Southern, after which the list will be extended as rapidly as possible. It is organized under the title of the Bankers and Brokers’ Association, and its sphere of usefulness will, it is promised, be commensurate with the wants of the Stock Exchange. The experi- ment is regarded with interest by the members of both boards, who are equally entitled to the facilities it may afford. ‘There is no material change to note in the market for government securities. The dulness previously referred to continues, but there is a good investment demand from the country and moderate purchases of the exportable bonds are being made by the foreign bankers. A fractional decline in five-twenties in London caused prices to drop off in the afternoon about one-eighth per cent, but there was a good de- mand at the reduced figures and at the close the market was strong. The fact that prices have been 80 well sustained under the prevailing duiness is a sign that they have a strong undertone, and that with the resumption of activity renewed buoy- ancy will be experienced. The latest quota tions on the street were as subjoined:— Coupon, 1881, 116% a 116%; 5-20's, coupon, 1862, 112% @ 11244; do., 1864, 110 @ 11034; do., 1805, 11044 a 110%; do., new 1865, 1125 @ 112%; do., 1867, 112% a 112%; 10-40’s, conpon, 105% a 105%; 7.30°s, second coupon, 1095; & 1095; third do., 1093 a 109%. At the commencement of business the stock market was duil, but stéady, and at the early session of the open board the transactions were very light at about the closing quotations of yesterday. At the first regular board there was no new feature developed, and New York Central closed 4 lower than at the same time yesterday, Reading 3, Cleveland and Toledo M, Northwestern 34, Milwaukee and St. Paul 14, do. preferred 14, Pacific Mail \, aud Western Untun Telegraph X, while Rock Island was ‘4 higher and Fort Wayne \%. Government securities were dull and steady. At the open board at one o'clock the mar- ket continued dull, and Rock Isiand sold at 103%, New York Central 15445 and Erie 704%. At the second regu- lar board Milwaukee and St, Paul common was weak, but with this and one other exception railway shares were firm. New York Central closed 1% higher than at the first regoiar board, Erie %, Reading \, Cleveland and Toledo \, Northwestern preferred , Milwaukee and St. Paul preferred 4, und Pacific Mail %; while Milwaukee and St. Paul was 15 lower and Ohio and Mississippi %. Government securities were dull and @ fraction lower, At the open board at half-past three the transactions were unimportant, and Erie sold at 70%; New York Cen- tral, 134%, Rock Island, 103%, and Reading, 93%. During the remainder of the afternoen stagnation prevailed, and at the close, at & quarter past five, the quotations were as subjoined:—Pacific Mail, 96; Onto and Mississippi, 2939 20%; Atlantic Matl, 31.433; Quickstiver, 26% @ 27%; Mariposa, 6; Mariposa pre- ferred, 8 99; Western Union Telegraph, 28)¢ 0 38%; New York Central, 1344 1343; Erte, 1014 @ 104; Reading, 93% 8 03%; Michigan Southern, 80% a 80; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 67% 8 87%; Cleveland and ‘Toledo, 108 & 109; Rock Istand, 103) & 103% ; North- western, 6954 @ 003; Northweatern preferred, 813; » 81s; Port Wayne, 131% @ 11134. \ The foreign exchange market continues very dull and the supply of commercial bills is yery light, Bi ’ bills on England at sixty days are quoted’ &t 110.0 110%; at three days, 110% 8 110%; commer- cial) 100% 0 100%} bills on Paris at sixty days, 6.15 & 6.12 )4. The Bank of England statement for the week end- ing May 27 presenta the following totals and changes from the return of the previous week:— ete Increase... ie Increase 20,847,680 Invrease., Paget the account:— % geonrities.£13,204,567 Increase, ..£16,861 i Governm:' Other securities..,.... 19,272,816 + 92,408 otes unemployed... 19,216,090 Increase... 163,880 ‘The amovat of potes in circniation in £95.600,606, ‘The Bank of France also continucs to gain im Von, and the aggregate held by it on the 29tB wt. ‘Was £47,913,000. ‘ Consols and American securities were quoted thua in London to-day and on the previous dates men— The Harlem allway Company has declared a four per cent dividend on its common and preferred. stocks, A Chicago journal of Monday thus Jocal money market:— prmererRnanelal affairs in is market month it, Money, a8 was shown by ever before been go abundant, and. th is that it has, as yet, been the means of de ogtaptl movement in prodi sass, und the general tendency Sbllgadens instead Of to borrow more, The receipts for customs and the ments and balances in the Sub-Treasury in ‘Telern to ho pay- ony for the expired portion of the week have been as fel- lows:— cays db Custom House, ————Sub- Treasury.-_——, Receipts, Heceipts,. Payments Tune 0::""saslss. “Toos'ore eet T08 June 10,. 304,000 3,731,751 - 706,868 The exports (exclusive of specie) from New York to foreign ports for the week ending June 9 and since the commencement of the year compare as folowe with those in 1866 and 1867;— 7 1866, - ‘1867. 1968. For the week.,.. $1,943,494) | $3,820,587 546,370 Prey. reported... 98,154,413 83,301,741 498,590 Since Jan. 1. .§100,007,007° $67,221,028 $70, 044000 SALES AT THE MEW YOW STIX EXCHAY3:, Wednesday, Jane 10—10:15 A, M. Soo? Cage: ES soo Merchants Ul Wipes BW NX Cen B 20000 do. 10000 Virginia 6, new 10900 N Car 6°, new, 15000 Missouri 6's 5000 | do... <4 oall 1000 Mo 65,11 &8tJo tes 5000 NY Central 6's, *83 1000 Cht NWeon cv bs Et Benes: ~e T 920000 U: -20's,0, 62 1124¢ 100 pare SI 0001. 56's, 5-20,0°60: v0 U aS 10 Sw do. 79000 Tr n, 7 3-10, 24 800 doe SSEteessessseseeses COMMERCIAL REPORT. WEDN Espay, June 10--( CovxoN.—There was only a moderate amount of business consummated in this staple to-day and in some eases efur- ther slight reduction in prices was granted, the market closing heavy at the quotations annexed. A lotof middling wae sold from dock at 29}gc. The sales comprised 1,739 bales, includ~ ing 1,000 for export, 88 for speculation and 696 for spinning. Uplands a Mobile and New Orleans gens Mem and Senos. sg 2B a s 28g 29 ng 80 3045 mal au 315 32 Corrsr.—-Rio was in more demand at about former prices, 8,000 bags ex Gerhardina on privateterms. Other kinds Fema Recel 4, bbls. ‘6 be eat 1ouee8 Go-corn, Shae Sos The market for State and Westerm nominally lower to seta ~ Wheat was vei re 17,800 bushels at $2 19 tor No. 9 spring, § $266 for poor white California. was dull and prices were about Ic. lower, he ‘sales 000 ty ‘At $1 08 a $1 10 for new mixed Western ‘$1 15 for white Western and $117 for white py were in moderate demand ; 50,00 bushels wore soldat 86¢-5 afloat Rye, though quiet, was om. A small lot comprising 400 bushe.s, sold at $2 Bar.ey malt firm, with sales of 2,50) bushels State at $2 45, wae. dul! and pominal. FREI@nTS.—The bef yo Soules = and Mies’ ane Ive eamer, y Font ak the Bde nd. 250 ite rT Ra Spt HRT ES ; igri she i cope aera leum to Hamburg at da,; one with 3,00) bbis. do. to fou orders at 68. a 58. 6d. and one of %7.0 bbls. do. same voyage om private terme. ‘UNNIES.—A sale was made St Si, bales ean we Boston, at I. | Cloth was dull and nominal HAY was in fair demand at 8c, (or shipping, $1 108 9148 for retail lots, 81 for Jong rye straw and tort HEMP remained dull. We quote Manila 10%¢., gold, jute Mote codified to rule dull and henry ot 3. a de." 500, for 1887 crop, lo, a Ze. for 1866 do, and 26e. a Ibe. for Bares ian, 01 8.—Thi ‘ket was quiet and prices were in bny~- era’ favor, The Wock of moat kinds ls large. ‘The sales were e private ales denn ots to December, do., R10R.— Carolina wae stendy at I n iercen at Ilo. Rangoon mas “adr etad Tie, Salen aga c.0 yc. gold in bond, RARINE was quiet. '@ quote common ing to prime 17340, m There was an improved ‘ reseed pag We wu aad ee hate io, do, at Ihe. 8 tiie, f ge, el ¢. for Cuba and na moderatel at ‘ite. for yellows) Ne ® wae Gall, Grose wete dvi beh