The New York Herald Newspaper, March 30, 1869, Page 4

CUBA Departure of the Political Prisoners—The City at the Mercy of a Mob of Volunteers Execution—The Authorities Unheeded= Grand Review of Volunteers by General Dulce—The Feeling Between Cabans and Spaniards—Horrible Cruelties=Details of the Insurrection—Effect of Receut News from the United States. . Havana, March 24, 1869. Ever since the oMcial announcement of the in- tended departure of the political prisoners to Fer- pando Po or elsewhere an outbreak on the part of the volunteers on the cccasion has been anticipated, ‘As you have been advised by telegraph, 1% came, though in such a comparatively mild manner that Havana has reason to congratulate itself, and his Excellency the Captain General, evidently gratified that the matter was no worse, has issued an address congratulating the people and commending the volunteers. The latter have been thirsting for the blood of “che insurrects,”’ a8 the prisoners of every class were styled, and it required the moral eftect of an order from Spain to enable the authort- ties here to ship them off. Their departure was car- ried out, a8 foretoid in the HeRaLp. The Spanish transport steamer Francisco de Borjas, Commander La Hera, was selected for the purpose and was fitted up for their reception. On Sunday morning she was brought down from her mooxings to the wharf, below the Cabanas fortification, opposite the city. ‘The war frigate Lealtad, which escorts the Borjas to her destination, left the harbor with the volunteer guard about nine o’clock and waited outside, The wisdom of placing this guard on her is evident, as had % been aboard the ship with the prisoners, the simplest accident might have led to @ general slaughter, The authorities had taken ell possible precautions against any breach of the peace, and near half-past eleven the line began to move {rom the fortress to the wharf. The arms of the were bouad and they marched four abreast, with two soldiers to each file. No accident happened, and at halfpast twelve all had embarked. She left the harbor about three o’clock, Meanwhile animmense crowd had gathered on the city wharf opposite, a large proportion of which were volun- teers in citizen’s clothes. There was for a con- siderable time an immense deal of excite ment, with noise and confusion, but noth- ing more. Finally ,an altercation of some character commenced, variously described by people present, amid which @ young Cuban shouted “Viva Cespedes! Death to Spaniards!” and endeavored ¢o make his escape in the confusion. He was, however, struck across the face by a gun in the hands of @ volunteer and was maltreated by others, who cried out, ‘Kill him! kil him!” A civil officer, corresponding to a captain of police, interfered and succeeded in get- ting charge of the man and moved with him up Obispo street to La Fuerza barracks, near the Plaza de Armas. He was followed by a threatening crowd, stigmatizing him as @ traitor and calling for the death of the prisoner, bat reached his destination in safety with his man. The, greatest excitement and confusion followed, and the plaza was soon over- flowing with people. General Dulce, who evidently feared a disastrous riot, immediately went from the palace to the barracks, into which he had no sooner entered than the gates were closed and a maddened crowd demanded of him the blood of “the insur- rect.” He was compelled to give orders for the im- mediate trial by court martial of the prisoner, and in a short time he was declared guilty and shot. The crowd in waiting outside lice captain as he emerged from the gate, and, as e moved up toward the palace, followed kim with threats and maledictions, Arrived opposite the Intendencia, or Treasury Building, he meeely, alarmed and endeavored to euter there. The crowd closed in upon him and he was hustled into an angle of the entrance, when the sentinel on duty there, exclaimed “‘s he the man who wanted to save the traitor?” gnd, with an reins epithet, placed his musket to his head and fired. The poor man leaped high into the air and fell dead. 1t is stated that the sentinel was afterwards tried and pronounced gulitiess, as ne had received orders to permit no one to enter where he was stationed. The policeman, thus murdered for doing his duty, is a Cuban by birth, named Bomeso. As stat he was uncle to the young man who was executed and whom he endeavored to save from the fury of the mob, Meanwhile strenuous efforts were made by the authorities and some of the volunteer officers # restore order. Gniy by we efforts of the latter was the crowd outside gate of erza cks prevented from entering and seizing the prisoner. The Ley on guard at the succeeded in clearing the plaza and stationed it vo preveng named Ramon Cailejar, clerk in a hardware shop, who get into an aitercation witn a volunteer for using bay. too freely, was sbot some say b; veer himself, and others by person wit in the crowd, who mistook for an insurrect. A negro was aiso kilied in another part of tne city, accused of uttering seditious cries, on = rages on persons are ried, some of a serious, Dot fatal, character; and while there can be no doubt of these m the main it is impossible to get reliable details of them. AS usual ail sorts of stories are afloat and plots by the Cubans and plots by the volunteers are every- where talked of. The former ar@accused of inciting a riot witb some end in view, what it were hard to tell, while the others are ci with getting w an excitement with a view of massacring the pre soners or killing a few Cubans. There is ilttie doubt, however, that the démonstration was unpre- meditated and resulied from the insolence of the volunteers, who do not trust the authorities and are fully aware that the city is at thelr mercy, it ts worthy of remark that though, as reported by the ards in justification of outrages com- mitted, seditious cries were uttered, such as “Viva Ces ! Death to tne Spaniards !”’ yet the foreign- ers present, without exception, insist , that noth of the kind was heard, and that the troubles all grew out of the lawless. reckless conduct of the volunteers in and out of uniform. As tie evening wore on the people dispersed to their homes and ali became quiet. On Monday morning General Dulce issued the fol- lowing address, which was scattered in ali public Places and posted about the streets:— INABITANTS OF THE ISLAND OF CupA:— T have fulfilled my promise to you. I tendered you prompt i and the eaure popwation of Havana yesterday wit- Bossed one of thone lerrivie acenes, which, though utaaniiy times whep trengo raises the dag of exterminacion, “l# ‘oola, prot of the perversi hidaon promoters of the rebellion, detente mies ee ronet the volun sgress (exist; laws. Une of these, against whom 00.8 Ww Palpable, bas paid with bie lite for bis mad tenente. "Nerd What & moment was that selected for #0 great a scandal | The very one in whic the generosity of the superior govern- ment of the nation, by means of a determined reeiution, and the respousiviiity of watch I assume, had placed la set curity the lives of many others, perhaps ‘not less gulity, but more astate apd more accustomed to reling uishiag results which hare brought oo hen the severity of the laws. Mort Temarkable example of crimin ratitude! Volunteers! Your prudence yenerday aa pro ‘solid foundation of public order; your discipline will henceforward ve another the Vigorous element to stren; _ chatea b gthen Presiige, never depre uority. To the merits of tary service, which ers’ uniformn, hero- good citizens, the Brearvers of famiiee aod property. Spain, our mother in the difvcnit and dangerpus cou: rege " ef he Aen a ee se of regeneration, Olunteers ! bi ¢ in the word of a soldier, whose blood hed In the defence of our country, all fidence not fallio i ‘This document, which ts Outgushing of Duice that were no worse, lias not had the effect of reconc the volunteers to hun or quieting the apprehensions regarded as a grateful matters on the occasion ting of those Who realize that while the “tty, incl path oto is under the control of an armel ob far worse outbreaks are liable to oce: moment . occur at any in accordance with previous announcement grand review of ai tne volunteers, inciading the colored fire brigade and the artillery, by nis Exce)- Jency took piace yesterday afternoon! Ten various battalions, in numerical order, the right resting on the Paseo el Pru in front of the public prison, and the left on the Paseo de Tacon, near the status of Charies Iil., formed the two sides of a triangle and extended a distance of not far from two miles, the whole in command of General Bspinar, the Segundo Cabo. At about five P. M. the Captain General ay Aeon in front of the Tacon theatre, which position he occupied during the ceremouies. Both he and his oflicers were dressed in the uniform of volunteers. The column soon after commenced filing past, headed by the colored militia, the fire brigade and @ squadron of cavalry. The number Present was about 11,000, After the review tie Yolunteers were formed in column in Campo de bl and tho Captain General addressed tiem as follows:— LUNTRERS—The troubled circumstances which this id has undergone—the menacing if not triumphant jesus iniquitous rebellion, and the special attention wi ich ti» of public administraion demanded of me—bas uv, Wil now, permitied me to review your battalions, Volunteers—My surprise has been 1. T congrata- Tate you on your briliiant orvantzation, and 1 rataiate our patria, because |i can rely apo the ‘number of fis armed defenders; on men like you, who, though devoid of those rigorous habits only attalied in camp life, have the advan- tage in the customs of national dignity and the conscrentious- ness of your duty as Spaniaris, “The integrity of the verri- fa got in dan, fF will t ever be in peril, The - those bawds who CO) Present security an Future prosparrty. if, some circumstances or the necensi- momen’ ud compel you to abandon your ‘our open breasts to the balls of our Somes : wi seven’ steiee Ans boar I promaae tbat to nove wil to the news from the soat of operations, In regera there is reason 10 beileve the rumor true that Daice bas given instructions tv the commanders to furnish NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. po information of their movements. ‘The reason for this may be found tn the horrible cruelties which are being practised upoa both siies, the details of witich, MU known, would doubtless cause the world to stand ery littie ig satd of them by either party, yet =o cares a hq aes of prisouers: pare bess, 1 ir imbs cut from heir botes fre and thelr mutilated trunks cut to unt happily a vii it was reached or exhausted na- ‘telded. wounded men writhing in azony’on the battle tld. are flolaned with the bayo- net or pistol ball, and prisoners. are shot down in groups and tumbied into @ pit like carrion, The worst atrocities of history, those of any nation boasting of civilization, are daily ema Jated in this nineteenta century. The bitterness of moments, will taik seriously to the sword and $0 ant Inhabitants by their for peiled to abandon the wiand, will only do so when they have burned eve: and ery es- Africans and incited them to rapine they wsist that they rendered it a desert, city tate, armed tl On the i E | ede g8; i : i if lit FF q £ i Z § H Eefeee See = eg se Lr & ee7abeee lees § z 5 z i 5 § ea 5 a Batabano we have Faestroyed tates in that jurisdiction, cent four esi jon. re arrived from rebels. The place is still besieged and random firing occurs every night along the picket line. Dates from Villa Clara the 2uth confirm the death of Lorda, the insurgent chief. The five dollar notes mentioned heretofore as hat been issued by the insurgents are tendered the inhabitants by them in payment of supplies, and they require chai id any, in gold. On the 14th the train ran for the tume from Sagua to Las Cruces. Since the action at Potrevillo the rebels had burned two estates near thattown. On a 20th 150 kee) well ts took possession of Agabama. The insurgent la Jiuminez, had presented himself for par- on, In Santa Cruz, the 20th, large supplies of stores had arrived to be sent to Puerto cipe and other Pret for the army in operation. It was re) it mmand, had Quesada, with his coi ‘abandoned =e of the north coast and moved toward the soul In Trinidad, Mantcaragua, which the troops seem for some reason to have abandoned, ‘been re- duced to ashes by order of ex-Consul Cabuda, as also the hamlet G de Miranda. The situation is much worse than has been represented, and much SSNS SPP a wey ns ha a recent! lo Viego, twenty miles mm Trin! °) 300 rebels were si and twenty-five killed, in- cluding Otto Schmidt, ex-Consul of the United States. Information has reached here from Cardenas that an expedition of some sort is expected there and precautionary measures have been taken. Seven hundred troops had left for Macagua, and reinforce- ments are expected from Havana, In the jurisdiction of Matanzas a number of cane fields have been burned, and a continued movement of troops ised volunteers indicates the ce of In Santiago de Cuba, the 18th, the government was it returning ne” arms tare from, private persons, Government has received information that a ves- sel has left the United States with 400 men, 300 of whom are American citizens. They have been be- ee ee ‘they will surely 01 On Saturday afternoon arrived the Spanish mail steamer Madrid, from Barcelona via Porto Rico, with 451 troops, inciuding another host of officers. The 5) transport steamer San Quintin arrived on Sunday last, with 780 troops and several officers, from Corunna via Owing to the call from various quarters of the island for reinforcements as many of the volun- pon lpm beg ea ee eh dt be sent to the fleld. Genera! Dulce in his address to the volunteers after Teview said as much, men of the ery jue of this name of je Artilleria. The rigoners sent here by Lieutenant Gov- any ernor Armifian have been sent back for him to ‘“dis- pose of” in accordance with the law. ‘The chief Alcalde of Manzanillo has, without leave from the superior authorities, come here to repre- nee Dulce the necessity of reiniorce- me ‘The recent news from the United States of the pro- ES sending of tron-clads to Key West, to be at much speculation he oe uch 8} re, are, of course, exultant, and the Spaniards # littie crestfailen. Among the Americans the propriety of before any such complications arise is generally conceded, as their lives would not be safe from the volunt and the rabble 4 SI gold has woked again. One and a quarter to one and a half pi i jum is now asked. ‘ Outrage on the American Flag=Case of the Brig Mary Lowell—Statement of the British Officer—Excitement in Nassau—The Peruvian Monitors, Havana, March 24, 1860, ‘Tile British gunboat Cherub arrived here on Mon- day evening, bringing from the Governor of the Bahamas to the English Consul General here the sworn statements of the Collector at Ragged Island and other parties concerning the capture in British waters of the American brig Mary Lowell, of New York, by the Spanish war steamer Andalusia, The Custom House officer, Mr. Walter Wilson, who had arrived at ‘Nassau in the schooner Margaret, with the view of bringing the matter to the notice of the Governor, states that he was on board and in charge of the American brig Mary Lowell, in the capacities of pilot and custom house officer, and that he had been so for a period of eighteen days, and that he bad the hatchways sealed down with the seal of her Majesty’s customs, He says:—“On the afternoon of the 16th, about twenty minutes past four o'clock, I was in the act of removing the brig Mary Lowell from man-of-war anchorage to a safer Place, known as ‘the harbor,’ when I was ordered to heave to and lower my sails by the commander of the Spanish ‘gunboat “Andaiusia, who, finding that I'did not do so at once. gave the order three times, in @ loud voice, to fire into us. Upon this 1 immediately hove to, when # boat came along- side, containing fifteen men, well armed, under mmand of two officers, oue of whom demanded mission to come cn board. 1 replied that ight do so in & private capaciiy, tat not a8 an official, and he came. We nad ‘not, how. ever, bee in conversation more than a minute or #9 when the order was given by the captain Of the gunboat for the men im tie boat to Hoare brig, which they accordingly did, and tmmediate took possession of her. I may here mention that the order, three times given, to tire into as, was not executed, becanse an officer piaced Ins hand on the cap of the gan to prevent it, 1 remonstrated wi the officer who boarded me (who, by the way, could Speak Engitsh fluently), in as energetic a manner as Was consistent wit my duty, asking him waether be was aware of the iliewaiity and gravity of the act Wuieh he was about to commit, aud whether fe knew that the brig Mary Lowell under my charge Was an American Vessel. and that sne was in Britisu Waters and ander Britisit protection: and, moreover, that I was an oificer in the empioy of ner Majesty'n government of the Bahamas? To which he repiled that he Was only obeying tie orders of tls superior officer, He then ordered me to get into the boat ant G0 on board the gunvoat, ws the commander wanted Wo ave me, With the six men that were with me in the brig, four of whom belonged to her and two I had brought from shore, f aid as directed, and was taken on board the Spanish vesse) asked the captain what his intentions were what he wanted with me, to which he simply replied that I must go at once on snore: to enavie me to do so, he gave me the boat belonging to the Mary Lowell, in which my brother, who was on board the man-of-war, with my and the two men from shore, reached the jan. Tue other four men belonging to the brig, who Were ail british subjects, were detained as prisoners on board the Spanish vessel. During the entire a i a8 thus narrated by me the American flag was iyi from the main peak of the brig until | was obi w lower my’ When it Was carried to the side of thé and over the rail. On our leaving the Mary Lowell the American flag was removed, and almost immed: alterwar is the brig was made iast to the gun! and both proceeded to sea 1a a suuthweaterly direction. Upon the arrival of the newsin Nassau tt cansed tensest excitement. ubiished In an the in! ex Pe a a e Lowell to have been so long its ports. Doubtless this fact Layee commaader ¢o believe that wink at his capture of the vessel. eral, Mt. Dunlap, on receipt to the Captain General, roe fot explanation. His that he knew nothing of the matter to the Admiral, who re- turned the same answer, e addition, that if th presented the commander of without instractions. ‘The follo' pears in the extra of the Nassau Herald, ry ra 19, referred to:— ‘The down this morning seven taco ran now at this while on bi Troms a iar gamasnse te oR ae oa : ob ‘thera, fast inte the’ vessel Sid unforiébately sunk her, by'whfen the ives Of ee on men Your conrenponear’ at Nassau, writing on the 19th, i" ing to the capture of Mal very great excitement here agains every one is crying vengeance. 100 Cul here, all are well Cuban wy is flying from two of the cy here 1s very much juardiana remains in port. One of i i f Havana, March 24, 1869. Advices from St. Thomas of 15th inst. say that the American steamer Telegraph, of which I spoke im my last, proceeded to Puerto Plato. Luperon ‘was on board, and upon her arrival the authorities refused to permit him to land, threatening to shoot him if he did so, The steamer then proceeded to St. Marc, where on the 10th she remained, with Luperon and other Dominicans on her. It is certain that ahe is intended for the revolutionists of St. Domingo. Affairs there seem favorable to their cause. Baez has sent directions to the Consul at St. Thomas to sible; but it is noe thought robable that. auytiing Will be done, "The Diario’ of ‘St. ‘Domingo states that many merchants of St. Thomas are seriously Opposed to the treaties between Baez and the United States government, and im order to carry out their tmtentions have facilitated the acquisition of a well- Ww steamer and two schooners by Generals PI to General Luperon is to land the South and Pimentel in the usiasm a re and it is ex- paegeet that the majority of the Dominican popula- will join the movement, because they cannot fail to perceive that in case of annexation the same fate awaits them that befell Tejas, A later mentions the arrival at Turk’s Island of Generals Luperon, Cabral and Pimentel on board a schooner under the American flag, ity rym by the exiles, They were to have landed in the North, but failed in the attempt, and were making for Ja- The same journal reports tranquillity throughout the republic, but from other sources mention that the news the expedition having left St. Thomas caused much excitement, The crops of coffee, tobacco and cocoa are ve abundant and the holders were expecting prices. HAYTL Defeat of Salnave by the Revolutionists. Havana, March 23, 1869. By the way of St. Thomas we have additional news from Hayti. On the sth inst, Salnave with his forces Saecamteres the Lib oelnpenrigh — had a Faeroe le Was rou! eight pieces of cann taken from him. He lost 103 men, Otherwise nhe situation remains much the same. t Upto the 25th February the British man-of-war Jason was lying at Port au Princeand the Dart at Aux Cayes, THE LATE JAMES HARPER. Meeting ef Book Publishers in Regard to His Desth—Adoption of Appropriate Resolu- tions. A meeting of the book publishers of New York, to take action in regard to the death of Mr. James Harper, of tne firm of Harper Brothers, assembled yesterday at three P. M. at the book store of Apple- ton & Co., on the corner of Grand and Greene streets, ‘The attendance was large, and the feeling of regret which prevails among the book trade at the loss of such an eminent member and representative was expreased in the countenances and hearing of those who had assembled to honor his memory and ex- press their aympathy for bis family. Mr. Roe Lock- ‘wood was called to the chair and Mr, Smith Sheldon sppointed secretary. The chairman, after announcing the untoward event which had called them together, said:—We have assembled here to-day to pay a tribute of re- spect to the memory of James Harper. Few names are as extensively known as his. No was so well known in this and other lands, All kuew was the legen g wey of which Mr. Hi ‘They printed for others also, brother. while commenced coun! mit published he lishing on their own it, er works of si tl ac. Wayerley Noveis” and oth many We have, he said, attended the funeral servidés of ceased members of the trade, but in his (i i. er’s) opinion, his would be the most im ali. It taught a lesson he hoped all wi heed. Mr. Harper was a Christian gentieman, aud this might far to assuage the f occasioned by his loss, ne speaker concluded by hoping that ali present ay Bog live that their latter ends would be like unto Mr. Robert Carter then said he could look back upon nothing with so much pleasure as the fact that although he left the late deceased thirty years ago, aman of the world, for the last few years he bi turned his attention to the things of eternity. He went into @ church on the corner of Nineteenth street and Fifth avenue, where he heard a Calvinis- tue sermon, he afterwards told the speaker, in ailuding to that sermon he would once bave scouted the ideas conveyed in it, but now believed them to be true, Mr. Harper told him to go there, and that if he turned his attention to the eternal life he would be saved. He did not believe so thirty years but we are now nearer God than we were thirty years ago. No doubt he who is gone is in bliss at this moment, He (the speaker) was now addressing them perhaps for the last time. Three weeks ago James Haj was as likely to live as any present, The er said he often asked himself the question, “Why do I linger, when my generation is past and gone?” But there 48 work for ali of us to do. This is a warning to one and ali, and he hoped it might be regarded. A committee of three then prepared the following Preamble aud resolutions, which were adopted:— Divine Providence, death, wo remore from long and brilliant carcer of usetul- ine who by age, by experience, onorable conduet Aud the blessing of God upon his sorts, had aunined the highest position among the publishers of New York and the oom try, therefore be it olved, 0 deplore the loss of the late Mr, James Harper, wiio by ‘cess! ul career to weaith and a wide from ap bu:nbie commencement bas iliustrated rit of American institutions; who has long been = Warm and generous patron of Liu 8 public characte Without reproach, a respected fi {et nial companion, ® man of strict integrity and h i# transactions, ‘90 abounding In seta. and private virtues and a Christian spirit, Be to nuts to bimeeif the ioutma and esteem of all. ith a That we condole ‘surv) Ing members of Harper Brothers, and we tender to them and to the members o/ bis bereaved family our deepest ay mpathy in their lows. Resolved, That ft oficers of thin meeting be communicated 10 hid fasaye Mr. Charies Collins also made some remarks eulogistic of the deceased, whom he said he had known in business for twenty years, during which time the most Pleasant intercourse had subsisted between the deceased's business house and his own, He said he felt how intense must be the grief of Mr, Savers “= om who oe #0 jong ‘| Coenen le renaed his og | bt J Ld had aistuineds pbc urther resolved that out of respect to tho Book Gade, Sore pd ee of business 2 the josed to tt lock, bg faneral wilt 'e Pisce vigkiatadaly nent among those present were Messrs. Carter, George and Roe Lockwood, A. D. F, Randolph, Mr, Leypoldt, George A. a wirebeah, Wi, Wisdlevon, 0, Dildiguam abd B, THE STEAMSHIP B10, Ocoan Mall Subsidies. Wasuinoron, March 28, 1869, ‘The announeement made in the papers yesterday morning that the Senate Post Oflce Committee had fagreed to report the bill introduced by Senator Fenton to “encourage the building of steamships in the United States, and to provide for the transport of the mails to Buropo by steamships built in the United States,” has no doubs aroused public atten- tion to the importance of having this aubject properly ventilated, To enable the merchants of New York, who are the parties moat interested in having the ocean mail service performed by fast and eafe ships, to form @ just estimate of this measure, I propose briedy to point out its true bearing and objects. ‘The ture of the bill sets out with the specious pre- text of “encouraging steamship building in the United Staies,” but it ends with the true objects of these lobby companies, who have combined their forces, in hopes of carrying what they separately failed to get last session. The real objectis dis- closed 1n the words “and to provide for the trans- port of the mails in steamships built in the United States.” The three bogus “companies” combined in this Dill are the North American, which proposes to run steamers to Antwerp once a week; the sec- ond 1s the “inevitable” Commeraial Navigation Com- pany, and number three is the “American Steam- ship Company” of Boston. Now Company No. 1 has the control of a lot of old, Worthless wooden steamers, such as the Arago, Ful- ton, &c., which have been ‘ht up by 8 cap! Whose name does not appear, for an this bill can be passed it is tion will pro one. per other wi irresponsible. The juire a full and ex- ber of tickets so sold, and ¢ amount received therefor, to be made under bath, ‘and also call for all contracts made by this company with lobby and other Leer to obtain the consent of Postmaster General dail’s signature to their No, 8 has been formed to purchase the len ateamers projected at an ind! tion meeting held at Boston, when Mr. Cunard withdrew jpany’s steamers from the Bosto! ry fone t failures in 8] he old tubs of Company No. 1, been bought A ad & song by speculators, who now de- to make a market for them. ‘This is the manner in which the “building of steam- ships in the United States’ is to be “encot ” un der this act. Section two provides “that ail mone; received by the United States from ocean and inlan postages on foreign mails carried between the United tates and Europe be and hereby is set apart for the period of fifteen years, and ts authorized to be ex- pended as hereinafter provided.” The next section provides for a division of the pro rata, 4c. It also, as a ruse, [ate eg t mortgage thus to be made on the Buropean Rot entitle the contractors to indem- nity in case Congress shall reduce the rates of ocean postage. What chance there would be to carry out such @ bendficent project asa further reduction of ocean rates of postage in face of the active ya tion of three steamship companies can readily be peer hye who know how such matters are ‘What is tne use of sucha body as the New York Chamber of Commerce, if they do not look into these matters and inform Co! of all these mischiev- ous schemes to inve! it into “authorizing and directing” the Postmaster General to do acts so man- ifestly injurious to the public interesta There is unquestionably a deaire existing In Con- gress to do something to encol the establish- ment of first class American steam lines on the At- lantic, but up to this time no prominent capitalists or merchants have come forward with an offer to build and navigate the right sort of ships. ki) Possession of a lot of lobby! ‘more or Te spectable, but nevertheless mere iobbyisis, Some of the least respectable of the class are using tne names of good men as backing them, but | lcarn on applica- tion to several of these gentlemen that they knew pesping of sae Roneraes ce oe very free use made of mamem = 72T OUR oe. FREE TRADE IN OCEAN TEAMSHIPS. WASHINGTON, March 26, 1869, To THE EDITOR oF THE HERALD:— 3 At the present time, when the question of how are we to re-establish our navigation interests upon the Atlantic, is commanding the earnest attention of legislators and merchants, the annexed extract from a very interesting article on “The National Prospects and Resources," from the pen of Admiral Porter, and published in the “Galaxy” of July last, is both interesting and instructive. Yours truly, J. 8. 0. New York, in this matter of communication, as in everything else, is the great emporium. To it, as the centre of trade, are ex; ail the necessaries and luxuries of Europe, and thence depart the passengers who would visit foreign shores. This steam trade Ig TS in the past) {he Sityot New York will scarcely eat ny the ai ited business. scarcely afford facilities for If this trade is so great under ordinary circumstances, let us consider what it will be when the great Kast India trade 1s centred in New York; when an chy Wilhamsburg, Brookiyn and both shores the Hudson for miles Waiting for the india fretgnig that wil bo Grougat to for it to fic railroads. us by our ‘The it Will live to see this, if we exhibit any wisdom in our government councils, wi ce HOw to prepare for the great that is tocome, and our govern- Pare Ey merchants to 6 i es, 88 Ought oA to withdraw the restric. sels, and let us purchase the ers that can be butit on the high duties uilding, it is impossible for us to compete with feign ship constructors in building either steamers or Y The steamers now run by the Rg bullt and of superior construc. veasels, ? It may be a selfish consideration to wish to deprive our netyt bors of a share of the profits of the carry- when there are ap tly enough fer all; but as this trade of right belongs to us we should never allow such @ reflection to be cast upon our en- prise as to permit any other nation to snatch this grasp. er eS mation » ee oe mercial prosperity, as may just y little tron-bound island, = which dictates laws to the maritime world, and constantly holas the balance of trade inst ail other nations. Asa military power, she is respected by ali the world, she holds, commercially, the same position that we could hold if we woud take advantage of the opportunities that are and will be thrown tn var way. Our shipbuilding interests are so much neglected that the sound of the ship carpenter's axe ts seldom heard in ~*~. part of the Union. Over 250 vessels were desiro; by the Alabamas, Floridas and Samters, fitted out by the rebels in the late war, and $30,000,000 worth of our property has been sunk in the ocean, It should be tie atm of Jegislation to relieve those who have suiferea so heavily from the commercial reverses of the rebol- lion—reverses due to the neglect of the government in not fitting out a fleet of cruwers abie to chase the rehel privateers from the ocean, Heavy duties are now imposed on cordage, iron, o ‘and other articles employed in the business, Timber 16 higher in price and the cost of iabur more by one-third than tt was before the rebellion. To butld a vessel of 300 tons costs $10,000 more than formerly, Our ship carpenters—a large class of mo- chan almoat thrown out of employment, and hundreds of families are suffering {rom the pressure of want, When our commerce has been re-established we must protect It, A commercial nation requires an efficient navy, and although we have paid so little attention to this matter in the past we mi do better in the future, The navy of England has kept pace with its commercial ma- rine; indeed, but for her great arm of national de- fence Britain would no longer havo her great com- mercial mi Her national ships ore spread all over the ocean, affording protection to the smailest vessel that carries the British fag. The size and character of the English men-of-war are such that they command respect from all nations, and their commanders afe supported in every act tending to the protection of British subjects or British interests, While we have been frittering away all our re- sources on doubtful experiments and spending meer millions on frightful failures, England, takin, 9 vantage of our experience, has marched rapidly to naval pre-eminence; and although the ixsue of the fight between the Merrimac and Mon:tor reduced her for the time to an inferior naval Power, she now stands, as sho bas done for hundreds of years, the of the seas. The millions we have spent Us nothing tn the of 8 nay, feu We could. wovert the’ riuhte ual. have have with been violated by Engiand—the nation which helped to drive our commeros the ocean, Our navy must bp rebuit on a new system, with new plans. After fectng our ehips we must adopta ratio by h the size of our navy will be in proportion to the size of our commercial marine. ‘Yhat is, we muat 80 many tons of naval vessels: to 80 many tons of bommerce, and #0 many wo @ proportional numter of tons of naval vesse! At present we aré in no condition to assert our rights, and @.thoug! we have nominally a number of vesse's on our naval register, vet few of them could render any service ® Vessels of war on te ocean. all the stations are entirely at the mercy of ono or}wo heavy iron-ciads such as are found in the Engigh and itrench navies; for such vessels as these waild destroy our entire force in a very short time. jet us hopo that there will not long be cause for ‘ety, and that instead of talk- ing war against a tation that could do us irrepara- bie mischief in th) event of hostilities, we nay by diplomacy. We can, at least, ing our rival in commer- ur @ navy, and then motto may be Nemo me tm- pune ldcesstt, D. P., United States Navy. BROCKLYN CITY. counts. tee UMTED {TATES DISTRICT COURT. Infringement ona Patent for a Sewing Ma- ino Guide. Others.—This was m action to recover damages for fringement patent ed jaintifr Mi: ten <a ment eee Bbohine mutace, detied the infringement. The jury the plaintiff, assessing UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. Befce Judge Benedict. The folowing pesons were arraigned on indict- ments found by tty Grand Jury charging them with meer nener onion without having paid the tax, pee all of yhom pleaded not guilty:—Owen loore, A “yt Smii Charsell homie Adie Janes he as, Tout Riley, cnntiah F. Rall. Mr. W0m.H. Hollis was ‘as counsel for Adlam and Mopre, and was sot down for Friday next. SUPRERE COURT—SPECIAL TERM. —s Decisions. Ty Judge Gilbert. George N. Eatonet al., Executors, vs. Albert Reed and the lyn.—Judgment for Reed is ts against Keed poe Albert Reed vs. Aaron M. Lyon the City of Brooklyn, Judguent for defendants. SOURT OF SESSIONS, Before Judge Tro; and Justices Hoyt and Voorhees. }RAND LAROENY. A German, ansvering to the name of Gustave Gott, was tried yesterdy on the charge of stealing on the night of the 13th ¢ February last from E. B. Chi man, & fellow border in-a house at Greenpolut two suits of clotha and a gold watch. He was guilty and sentened to two years and three months in State Prison. ria? ALLDGDD BIGHWAY ROSEEEY. john York, 2 mm about twenty years was tried on a charge of highway robbery. Te alloged victim was Patrik Crow,-who testified that while going home on the night of February 3 he met the risoner and wen! with him into a drinking place gold t, vhere they had drinks together; Crow, before leavng, lent York two dollars, taking from ‘his pocket wien he handed the money to him about fifty dollarsmore; not | after Crow started home, and just ashe reached own door, a blow from behind brought him senseless to the ground. biti was chayed with dealing this blow. Jury BROOHLYN INTELLIGENCE. Fatal, SHOOTIN} ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held on the body of John O'Hearn, who died on Saturday last at his late r@idence in Van Brunt street. from which it appearsthat the deceased received the in- juries on tie 22d inst. which led to his death by the seta hotaTd eft 'ng ar hi ata or hi Bouse. A verdict of death from accidental causes was rendered. SINGULAR SursIDE.—The Coroner of the Western district held aninquest yesterday upon the body of the late Samuel D. Brown, of 165 Johnson street. From the testimay elicited it was shown that the deceased, who vas fifty-nine years of was in apparent spirits on Saturday even! ‘when he “4 with his family = paake shneut ten o’clock that night the unusual disappearance of Mr. Brown caused some slarm among the members of the household who immedisiely instituted’s search His hes were all found in the house, Dut no trace could be discovered of his pre- sence. Finally his son, Mr. G. 1. Brown, went out into the yard, and with a long pole felt about the cistern, where the foun: was { ro bricks w foun whsrett and His ag ati § fh be fn ey ir Pe alt the rash act. the jury was in accord- ance With the facts, cal ‘BROOKLYN COMMON COUNCIL. ‘Tne regular weeXly meeting of the Board of Alder- men was held yesterday afternoon, the President, Alderman Bergen, in tie chair. ad Alderman Whitney presented a communication from John Naddie, of No. 63 Fulton street, setting forth that during the prevalencé of a aya which oc- curred on the 234 of November, 1! ‘yp the vicinit of his place of business, he was brutally sulted and seriously injured bya band of tum in the service of the city as firemen, his assa! members of Engine Company No. 1, and leg having been broken by them in three places, thereby laying him up. The writer appeale: asking compensation from the city for the loss of time n tated by the character of the in- Juries thus received. The expressed the opinion that the city could not protect citizens Inst the action of such ies. The only redress to be had was w the prosecution of the persons who com- mil the assault. Alderman Ciancey spoke favor- ably of the reputation which the company men- uoned has hi tore sustained, and discredtiing the statement that the assault was committed by mem- bers of No.1 Kogine. He moved thatthe commani- cation be returned to Mr. Naddie. After some fur- ther discussion the matter was laid on the table. Mayor sent in his veto of a resolution pre- viously adopted awarding the contract for repairing wells and pumps tn the ‘i weilfth ward for the sum of $669. The Mayor ts of the opinion that the welis in question, which have not been use for years past, should be filled up, and further useless expenditure in this item of expenses thereby avoided, Alderman Whiting, from the Committee on Public Buildin, d, recommending the award of the contract for ies? the Forty-seventh precinct station house to 0. E. Lackey for $1,555, e Com- mittee on Station Houses reported in favor of leas- ing @ building on the southwest corner of Van Brunt and Sullivan streets, Twelfth ward, for the sum of $1,500 per annum, said house being suitabie in their jad it for the use of the subpolice precinct of he Forty-third which it 1s proposed to establish in that . Acominunication was submitted from Police Captain George Rhodes, expressing @ prefe- rence for a building on King street, which he con- sidered @ more desirable location. The rent of the latter is $1,400, Alderman Bergen offered a resolu- M4 to the tion in favor of the latter, which was carried. A C01 lon was received from William Rich- ards 4 tor of the Atiantic and Fifth Avenue Ral lation to the resolution of the Boara railroad companies to reduce their nts to five cents. He claims that it five cents each to carry adult pas- of the roads, and in support of this ition qd6tes from the last published reports of Broo! City, Brooklyn and Jamaica, be Kalb ey Isiand (Simith street) aad Broadway Brookiyn, and the Third Avenue Railroad as the most proiitavie. The results arrived at mm these reports show that at a ro- duction of one ceut ¢ach, or one-sixth of its cash passenger i, even the latter receipt company would fall short of paying its ex- penses over $42,000 on its year's business, The fig- ures in support of this position are cited by Mr. Richardson, who in conclusion offered to surrender to the Common Council the roads operated by him, with their equipments, upon the retera of the amount of bis cath investment, provided the city will urantee that ail adult passengers shail be carried for five cents each, with suificient accommodations for travel. The offer to remain open until the ist of dune next, The communication was crdered to be printed in the minutes, The Committee on Ferry and Water Rights sub- Mitted a series of resolutions Loop the Hud- son Ayenue Ferry Company to run their boats agata, and directingthat the obsivuctions be removed trom tae foot of Littie Dock street, THE FIFTEENTH AM:WDMENT. Nine States have ratified and two rejected, so far, the fifteenth amendment, as follows: —- Ratifications—Kansas, February 27; West Virginia, March Wisconsin, March 5; Illinois, March 6; Michigan, March 6; Maine, March 11; South Caro: ie arch 11; ‘kansas, March 10; Pennsylvania, ch 26. . Total, % eyetions Georgi, March 18; Delaware, March 18, Total, 2 In addition to the above States Rhode Isiand, which will certinly ratify the amendment, on Marca 24 postponed the consideration uutli May, and on the same day the new democratic Goveraor of New Jersey submitied it to the Legisiature of that Stace. ‘To prevent the indiana Legisiature from giving its assent the Ty’ number of the democratic taem: bers of (hat ma! recentiy ye? ‘This proceed. bas del bat wiil prot ot deiew u aforable notion of tat Stat, since * Close of the Exumination by the Commission~ THE FEVER SHIP. ers of Emigration—Further Corroborative Testimony—A Tale of Uuexampled Horrors * on the Broad Ocean, At three o'clock yesterday the further taking of testimony in the case of “Carey againat the ship James Foster, Ji was resumed at Castle Garden, in pursuance of adjourament, before Commissioners McElroy and O’Gorman, Mr. George Smith waa again present to watch the proceedings on behalf of @ number of passengers, and Mr. Hubbard con- ducted the cross-examination of witnesses on behalf of the owners of the vessel. The testimony elicited, while it corroborated that of ail previous witnesses, and went still further, and disclosed some of the most sickening detatls of murder, brutality and starvation on board that “ocean hearse,” the James Foster, Jr., which it ts possible to conceive. There were three witnesses examined at length yesterday, whose evidence, given in a calm, unpre- judiced, straightforward manner, could not fail te impress one with their truthfulness, especially as it agreed almost to a notch with what has already been fully puplished in the HERALD. Below will be found the principai facts.in the testimony of the last witness, Who was @ passenger cook on board, and throws more light oa the matter than has yet ap- ‘TESTIMONY OF THOMAS BOUNDEY. I shipped on board the James Foster, Jr., on her last voyage, as passenger cook, and was afterwards converted into an ordinary seaman; I signed a boek at Hart’s, No. 81 Waterloo road; I did not know the ship was to sali in the morning, and he sent bis mam with me on board at eleven o'clock; I was never on board a ship before; Mr. Hart's under agent, Mr. Prior, told me I would have to clean between decks and cook for the passenger 8; he would not aliow me to fetch sigh Utensils nor yeta water can; he toxd me I would be in bed every night, and that I would be served from the ship's ey; I brought some and superior with me for a change. Commissioner 0’Gorman—Was any inspection ef the crew or made when you went on board? A. Yes; tue day we weighed anchor, whick ‘was the 18th of December, 1868, we were called aft, and one John Williams, under agent for Mr. Tracey, of the Black Ball line, of Liverpool, was passing by, and he said to me and another young man named Colson, ‘God d—n it, why have you not got a mon- key jacket on to make you look something iike a sailor ?”’ we said we fran pear clothes — good enough sald, ere is & man coming om board he is ® detective, and if he asks me where you are gomg or ng ike that, tel! him you are, working your passage like @ man, but don’t teil him you paid any money!” that lead me to think I was swindled out of my money. 1 asked one of the the tugboat who that man was, and he told me he was a commissioned oMcer; for the first week we got our provisions very regularly, and Ihad no cause of complaint; atter that it was different; when I was detailed to do other work than cooking, I told the mate ae fora sengel and Swe pogpds, ive; he sald I would have to work as a sailor till I reached New ‘ork; I worked on deck as a sailor; I have seen ngers, in several mstances, turned out work at two o'clock Er ter passenger close by the galley door, and khock him against ar) he fell on the he neue him with his clenched fist; |saw the car- ter strike several if have the charge of five men's all i hit ve nger cooks; te doctor aided in i 100; 1. baw the carpenter beat two men above 2 Hic bp the: jassenger cooks; I wi ence ous of Abraham Bradley; 1 im beat red saw hi above shi times with bela: und! pins, ropes, and even kicked him wher he was down; in fact, you could not seo his eyes, his face was so much lacerated with kicks; on the last occasion Bradiey was in bis bunk bed; I saw the carpenter come and pull him out; he did not have time to put on his boots, vest or hat; all he had on was his pants; he knocked bim down and kicked him, and the man was removed to the hospi- tal and died in @ couple of days after; I helped to sew him up, and at the sewing of him up I could not see his eyes in his head; they had arrest he had not given the carpenter the slight pro- vocation; the en ie, ill in = tes ef a rd the carpenter ask some money from the ot pers nger cook for whiskey and he gave him halfa crown; I heard him ask him again for more money and he said he had not got it; he beat him severat times after this anti! he was stupid; he beat him ‘with belaying pins and ropes; belaying pins were the rincipal things used; the oF man inte ospital; one time I heard the roars of one John Gil- martin, @ man who had his foger hurt, and my ship- mate came in and said, “fhe doctor has cut of Jack's finger with a.shoemaker’s pincera;" he died in two s after; I saw the last beating that a man by the name of John Stokes got, and the last words he told me were that the ter had killed him; he was @ passenger cook also; no matter whore the carpenter would meet this man he would beat him with a belaying pin or with his Bees Eee Sane ne area habe I ‘ote close Passengers’ galley: him with ‘a belay! ‘pin until the blood Towed ol ty RH Se fellow im, why do you thew iim tb etrixe yout “Ob,” he said, “there would be ten or twelve of them at me;” I told him to speak to the captain about it, and when he did I fin the captain say, pod son of a b—h, you will more hefore F ;” 1 gaw last ating that le it; the carpenter came a be To meat on j¢80d put it in his mouth around eat eats hy why dg you not go knockéd Stokes down a night ¢ brute; he then ert g Tninu. on the atichor chain for fecting po Was Not pb shake two packages of him; he was all tu a jelly; there man on the ship than John Stokes when he came v._ board; he was not sick of fever; neither was the other man who died; this was before there was any talk of fever; at this time they used to amuse thein- selves, but with hungry beilies; I attended the sick Tan @ bone in the hospital, although I was not obliged to lo it; hospital was o@ ular hy the sick than could not take, them vod wore their boots on them, and others were there with their clothes on that could not take them off; there was an awtul stench there; a man named John Talber, a nger cvok, died ‘there; I saw the doctor beat him and hand him over to the ter to put him under the pump and he died two days after; the doctor beat him to make him work and he ‘was not able; I saw the doctor drunk nearly every time 1 met him; I was not sick woen I came on board; Iwas one of the strongest men on board oe witness now presented a very stril contrast this testimony); 1 coud catch jarrel of four and run ail over the ship with I have not been sick since I came on shore; I was sent to Ward’s Island, but the next er after I arrived there I was crying for bread. (The witness here corrovorated the other witnesses as to the short aliowance ot provisions, &e.) Ll went to the mate about a dozen times to complain about not getting enough provisions; he said:—*Not a G-d d—n one of you son ofa b—; told him one time'l was staggering with hunger; “Weil, he said, “get your mates, and I will give you some,” 1 did 80, and the captato, when he saw us, said, ‘What are these fellows doing there?’ the mate sald, “I am going to give them some biscuit,” and the tain said, “Not a G—d d—n bit,’ there was pienty of fresh water on board when we came to auchor im the river here. Cross-examined by Mr. Hub>ard—My business is miner and pump fitter; this Colson that I ap: ke of was a carpenter by trade, @ very respectable and in- telligent man, and he belonged to London; he is overboard long since; the carpenter killed him; if the ane eke oo} catch liquor or get it for nothing he would drink it; | don’t know how many Germans were on board. (The further cruss-examination of this witness did not cause him to deviate in any. par- ticular from his direct.) Witness—1 wish here to contradict a statement made by Mr. Marshall to the eifect that the crew of the vessel numbered forty-two or forty-three; that ts not correct, for there were eleven of those passenger cooks; to tho best of my opinion there were only thirty-one seamen on board, The witness algo testitied that the captain had been out of sight for three woeks and was not to be Pac the jast part of the Voyage he Was about at mes. LOSK OF THE EXAMINATION, Commissioner O’Gorman—There have been now about a dozen witnesses examived in this proceed. ing. The authority to examine witnesses in cases of this kind was granted by the Legislature at its ses 8100 1a 1868, and the obiect of the law was to le the Commissioners of Emigratton—f to aatisty themseives 4s to the treatment of tae Linmigrant pas sengers under their charg ad, secondly, to receive the teatimony of passengers in case any Charge of in- jury to them was inade, and to perpetuate it vy fling their depositions in the County Clerk's ‘oiticn, Beyond that the Commissioners have no power, and the evidence now taken is to serve for any partics who may choose to assert their claims by civil action. It seems to me that, a8 far as the Commissioners are concerned and the committee which ts now siting, we jiave gone far enough to enable us to rey npoa this case, and | see no necessity of continuing these proceedings any further, At the same time, Tsup- pose that any party desirous to have testimony per- | oe ol in this matter can secure the aid of any Jommissioner by due application, and that one of the Commissioners Will be will- to faciiltate any surther investigation into this matter. As far as (he commission are concerned {seems tome they have done their duty, The Statute does not contemplate that this should be, m any Way, a trial of the case. It is merely to facilitate ny parties who choose to aval ot the teatimony 40 taken and perpetuated, and which might not be other- Wise attainavie, or, Hubvard—1 su; that remark appites to the owners of the ship as weil aa to the myers t Commissioner O'Gorman—I have not examined the siatave ay to thot. iad he © proceedings here terminated, Com- tnlssion Was dlasvlved,