The New York Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1869, Page 7

TRUNGRAPHIC ‘FROM ALL PARTS OF TH Arn Arrival of the Catalouian Vol- uuteers in Cuba. MORE BLOODSHED IN HAVANA. IC NWS von me WV Udelue, Preparations for the Sailing of the Expe- dition from New Ovleans, New Candidatos for the Spanish Crown. CUBA. Arrival and Grand Reception of the Catalonian Veluntecrs—T'wo Disloyal Negroes Killed. Havana, April 18, 1869. ‘The Oataionian volunteers arrived to-day from Spain, and were received with immense enthusiasm. dae cmeed they were escorted to their barracks by Tegular and volunteer troops, and a large civic Proceasion, which passed through the principal streets, The city was gally decorated and trium- Phal arches spanned the streets on the line of march. ‘Two negroes among the spectators shouted “Viva Oespedes,” and were instantly killed. The steamer Cuba arrived to-day from Baltimore. AN EXPEDITION FOR CUBA. Preparations in New Orleans—The Command Declined by Harry Hays—General Steedman the Probable Leader—Attitude of the Gove ernment. New ORLEANS, April 18, 1869. Preparations are actively on foot in this vicinity for a formidable and well organized expedition to aid the insurgent Cubans, and it will no doubt be of @ serious character, Men are being engaged rapidly nd sworn to secrecy, and a number of brass howitzers have recently been purchased here and sent to some unknown destination. There seems to be no lack of money, but there is #0 much blowing at street corners and so much publicity and gasconade that the matter may drop ‘through from pure mismanagement. The government oMcers either cannot or will not take any effective steps to stop the movement, and No defnite instructions can be obtained from Wash- ington regarding tt. It ts stated that the command was tendered to Harry Hays, an ex-Confederate major general, who through his personal popularity among his old soldiers and his knowledge of Spanish warfare could collect around him at a day’s notice two or three thousand veterans. Notwithstanding that very con- siderable pecuniary inducements have been held out ~to him, he dectines on the ground tiat he 1s too old ‘and has too good a law practice to give it up. General Steedman remains the probable leader. He is brave, but wanting in prudence, discretion and seif-command, and if he gets off will make either a striking success or a most complete and disastrous failure. Collector Casey, who is a brother-in-law of the President, says openly that he does not want to hear or know anything about expeditions of any kind, and District Attorney Morgan states that his appeals to Washington for definite instructions are answered only with vague generalities, Marshal Herron, who has recently returned from Washington, hints that he ahail keep up appearances, but do littie. SPAIN. Balding New Gunboats for Cuban Waters Oabinet Diflerencee—New Candidates for the Maprip, April 18, 1869. ‘The building of gunboats for service in the waters of Cuba is going on with great expedition, and it is expected they will be completed and reaay to sail before the end of June next. Differences have arisen in the Cabinet in regard to the customs, and it is probable that Figuerola, Min- ister of Finance, and other members of the govern- ment will resign in consequence of the disagree- ment. It is reported that Prince Frederic Charles of Prus- gia and the Duke of Luxembourg will be put forward a candidates for the throne of Spain. SANDWICH ISLANDS. The Damage to the King Philip—Si allow La- goons on the Coxust, San FRANcisco, April 16, 1869, Advices from Honolulu to April1 have been re- eclved. The ship King Philip during a gale was damaged by fire and it will require $20,000 to repalr the damage. A heavy rain prevailed on the islands, and business generally was ain, ‘The whaleship Trident reports that several lagoons on the coast of Lower California are not so deep by six feet as they were last year, and the vessel was unable to enter them. The change 1s attributed to the action of earthquakes. Whalesiips arrived— Aurora, with 350 Dole. sperm oli;@Camille, 300 bbls. rm oll; Ouiade, 200 bbis. sperm oil; Roman, from iow ag 90 bbls. sperm oil; Ccciaent, 230 bis. wi Sailed, whaleships Active, Sea Breeze, California, OliverfCrocker, and Trident. THE PACIFIC COAST. Lagoda, Saliag of Stcoamers—The Foreign Appeint- monte—Tolegraph tothe White Pine Dig SAN FRANCISCO, April 16, 1369. ‘The steamer Golden City sailed for Panama to- dag, carrying $656,000 in treasure, of which $357,000 is for New York, $277,000 for Engiand and $20,000 for Panama. Surprise is manifested here at the indiscriminate removal of office holders in California by the new admiptisration. The appointment of the successor to J, Ross Browne to the China mission is viewod with rogret, whiie the nomination of Charies E. ‘vo Japan is denounced as an uniit one. ph line to Hamilton and Treasure City, ‘White Pine county, Nevada, is completed, Tt has rained allday. The breadstuil™ market is dull, and prices unchanged. Legai tenders, 77, MARYLAND. ‘The Fire in Baltimore—Recovery of Firemen He Aprii 18, 1800, ‘The three firemen buried in the ruins of No. 14 MoClelian alley last night were extricated this morn- ing. George W. Bentz and James W. Sommers were feached about two o'clock, the former severely in- Jared about the head and shoulders and rendered In the tert i Sommers was badty bruised terribly burned from his hips to his feet, The dedy of John McBride was reached about four o’ctock, He was dead, his neck having been broken by a falling Umber. Several others were seriousiy injured, with broken ribs and severe contusions, Chief Assistant Bogineer Wiiliam U. Ross was alive at seven o'clock to-night, Seventeen firemen were on the second Moor of the building when the large chimney fell in, a ig of the building and ‘the front Wall. The building was one of the oidest in the city, end Was built of imported brick, and ts said to have been the headquarters of General Kosciusko at a period tn the Kevolutionary war. MASSACHUSE / Ts. Empressive Fanoral of a Boston Journaliat, Boston, April 18, 1360, ‘The funeral of Colonel Charios 0. Rogers, pro- prictor of the Boston Journal, took piace this after moon at the Church of the Unity, Rev. George I. Hepworth, pastor of the church, oMciating. Mem- bers of the press, of the city government, of the Sen- ‘ate and House (in the several branches of which the deceased had served the city and State), with large delegations from the Ancient ond Honorable Art. ‘the Seventh regiment and other military organ- isations, of which he had been a member and liberal were present, The church wae filled and jundreds were gathered tn iis vicinity. After ve prcvices fe the church the remains were to Forest Hil . A numerous followed to the vity line, oT, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY 4 EUROPEAN MARKETS. April. 18,— Franxrorr lies are quoted United Siuies bonds quit; five to day at 87) for the tssuc of HAVANA MARKETS. Havana, April 18, 1869, Wan .P >. tng! Be! a ‘Tho following ats {6 on! ayn vee dise for the week ¢Naing Ps. si instant:— nes Ps “4, 84 @ Sugar buoyant; No, 10 to 12 Dutcli gtandas. °<h ¢ 914 reals per arrobe; No, 16 to 20 Dutoli ssandard, iv — 114 reals; muscovados, lair to good reXning, frm At 74 a 544 reals, Stock in warehouses Li; Havana and Matanzas, 253,000 boxes and 16,0%* hhds. Holders demand an advance, Exported duricg the week from Havana and Matanzas to foreign cOun- tries, 37,000 boxes and 3,500 nhds.; to the United States, 27,000 boxes, Molasses sugar firm at 6% @ 744 reals. Molasses active; clayed, 634 reals per keg; muscovado or common, 7% reals per keg. Lard, in terces, 20c. a 21¢, pee 1b.; in 25 1b. tins, 22¢, a 23e, Flour heavy; sales at $9 76a $11 per bbl, Butter To at 85¢, a 6c. per lb, Tallow steady, quoted at 1 4c. lic. per lb. Bacon easier; sales at 204¢c. per Ib. Honey firm. Wax dull. Petroleam firm at 6 a 636 reals per gallon. Potatoes dull, quoted at $3 per bbl. Hams steady; common salted 20c, per ib.; sugar cured, 24c, Lumber—Yellow pine steady at $8 per thousand; white pe firmer at $26. Shooks— Box advancing; quoted at 844 reals; hhds. steady at 2 1234. Empty hogsheads dull at $2. Hoops—l4 leet long, shaved, quiet at $50 per M.; 12 feet long, dull at $40 per M. Freights quiet; per box of meer to} the United States, $1 50 a $1 62); per hhd. sugar, $6 a $8; per hhd. molasses, $4 a $4 75; per ton to Falmouth and orders, 458. a 47s. 6d, Ex- change—On London, 103g a 1134 per cent premium; on United States, sixty days’ sight, in currency, 2534 24! per cent discount; in gold, para 44 per cent | Dora short sight, im gold, 234 a 3 per cent pre- mium. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEM3. The Adjutant General’s ofMice of Sheridan’s Mill- tary Division will be removed from St. Louis to Chi- cago on Monday. John Lawler, one of the proprietors and origi- nators of the Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch, dicd last evening after an illness of several weeks. A fire broke out in Cieveland yesterday in the New England Block, on Broaaway, by which eight stores were more or less i ea The aggregate loss is $17,000; insured for $4, The origin of the fre is unknown, A fire occurred in bes geek Ga.,on Saturday night which destroyed the stables of Dr. Steward and the Sherman House, the Cumberland Valley Railroad depot and the News and Sentinel printing offices. The loss is about $15,000 and is sured, With yesterday morning's issue the publication of the New Orleans Crescent ceased, it having been pur- chased by C. A. Weed, for some time the real al- though not the nominal proprietor of the New Or- ing ese and the Crescent has been merged in e Times. THEATRICAL NOTES. At the expiration of Mile. Nilsson’s engagement at the Grand Opera House Patti will appear. Fisk has been negotiating with the celebrated prima donna for some time, endeavoring to induce her to visit the United States, and has at length succeeded. La Diva is to receive $1,000 a night. Owing to pre- vious arrangements it will be impossible for her to appear here until the year 1872. It will please John Brougham’s friends in this city—which is the entire population, proper and im- proper—to hear that the light-hearted comedian opened in Detroit under the most favorable auspices. The play was his own—‘Playing With Fire’—and Brougham’s Doctor Savage is warmly eulogized by the Detroit critics. Brougham’s usual little speech closed the programme, and he said he “was glad to see the place completely filled, for the sympathetic contact of susceptible elbows irresistibly and instan- taneously spread the exhilarating contagion of good feeling, and audience and actors enjoyed themselves much better than when the latter were gyrating and grimacing before a sparcely settled auditorium. In fact, he might say, without being accused of piagiar- ism from the divine Williams, who was a pretty good sort of fellow, without much knowledge of injunctions and railway scenes, and the other little adjuncts of modern drama—a beggarly array of empty benches, &e.;" and the Detroiters retired laughing, in good order. Kalville’s Kiralfy Family are dancing in London a farewell engagement, prior to sailing for the United Stites. Miles. Irma and Tostée and Monsieur Aujac have volunteered for the Brougham benefit. ‘The benefit to Mra, Bland and children was not 80 successful as it should have been. In the first place it was not half advertised. Madame Parepa Rosa will make her first appear- ance since her recent illness, at Steinway Hall, on Wednesday. Brougham plays his farewell engagement in Brooklyn the week prior to saliing for California on the 1st of June. Messrs. Stoddart and Polk have not left Wallack’s company, a8 was reported, but are allowed a brief vacation from “School,” that they may prepare for the a labor of the coming summer and fall Hopes are entertained that Mrs. Scott-Siddons may be eventually induced to play another engagement here. The Brougham benefit is set for the 26th of May. The matinée will be held at Niblo’s Garden, and the cast will embrace nearly all the great histrionic cele- brities in the city. Rumors of a spicy law suit or action for slander, brought by one ot the ladies of the old Ixton troupe against an English dame wno has just landed from the city of Brooklyn are rife, and the suit, besides vindicating the injured reputation of an innocent woman, will throw an amusing light on the devious social and domestic practices of “the profession,” which will serve for a nine days’ sensation, Jeiferson played By Van Winkle in Baltimore to an audience which filled every part of the Holiday street theatre. Professor Risley declares that the Japs shall see every phase of civilization, and will take them home via the leading cities of Germany, Austria, Poland, Russta, and thence by Teheran ‘and Damascus, Any of these places will be a pleasant change from Wash- ington, yet we fear the poor Japs won't know their own country when they do get back. Seguin, Campbell and Castle are to join the great —— organization tp the fall. Eph Horn, the old-time minstrel, had a benefit last Thursday afternoon, and sails for Culifornia in a short time. Luectlie Western is sill tn Salt Lake mesmerizing the Mormons by the magic of her art, Mr. James Hackett, who was to have opened at MeVicker’s, Chicago, is too ill to travel, and the “Flash of Lightning” is kept on for the present. Mr. Gran—not “tie” Grau—offers the Baltimoreans German opera this week at the Concordia, and Mur- dock lures them to the new Assembly Rooms by his ringing readings of war poems. There are few more agitating spectacies than to hy Murdock—one foot on arified caunon and his left hand clutching the American flag—as tn stentorian and clarion tones he vociferates *Sheridan’s Ride.” i and his wandering warblers flooded Charleston, %. C., with melody, and quite put the noses of the nightingales, bui-buls and other South- ern singing birds out of joint, and closed a success- ful and profitable engagement on Tuesday last. ‘They are now in Augusta, Ga. “The Field of the Cloth’ swings around the circle of Lagan | success at the Chesnut street, Phila- deiphia, where the gloomy horrors of the Twitche't murder seem to have leit the sporiive children of Penn ripe for fresh festivity, Katie /utnam rides a bycicle and dances a “hoe-down.” O'itierdono ts a “tumbleroniconologist,” which is quite as much as one man ought to be even tn a varieties perform- ance, and He Heas gathers in the greenbacks with suavily and grace. The Galton Engilsh opera tronpe expecta new tenor from Engiand, of whom Rumor speaks well. “Jack Sheppard’ and “She Stoops to Conquer” in Bafa Bowers ia playing @ sh tat the were 18 pl & short engagemen' Boston theatre. There was a hurrying in hot haste to secure seats at Selwyn’s by the Impulsive Bostonians when Mrs. Chanfraw’s reappearance was announced. Many were disappointed and numbers were turned away, even on the second vight of Dora, which was the part selected for the renirée of that most charming actress and accomplished lady, “Count Denkichi,”” whoever he may be, tuok a benefit at Wall’s Opera House, where Japs are ciimbing and tumbling to make a Washington holliday. Lotta plays at the Arch, Philadelphia, next Mon- ~~ Lay jadame Alboni has consented to sing in London, in Rossint’s Mass, at £120 a night, Mr. Buckstone has Miss Bateman, at the Haymarket theatre, for fourteen farewell perform- ances, previous to- her departure for America, to comtuence on Monday, June 21. CHATHAM FOUR CORNEAS, OnsEquins.—The funeral of John wsoxu. ney, locomotive engineer, who died on Thursday last, of consumption, took place from St. Patrick's church, Chatham Four Corners, N. Y., yesterday. The cere- mony was conducted by Rev. J. J. Moriarty and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Special trains were run from Albany and New York to convey the fraternity, who ina iy numbered about two hundred, and following divisions were re- resented :—Jersey Ci 3 tae 63; New Haven, * ‘ont, NO. 11; Troy, + Ho. 87; Al * 4 No. si Mreenbat ade No. 69; Rutiaua, Vie 'NOs THE PARKS. CENIRAL PARK. The Chief Ornament of the Metropelis—Une rivatled Among the Parks of Europe—Its Appearance Yvsterday—Novelties for the Present Season, There are few things over which Americans, and Darlicularly New Yorkers, grow enthusiastic. One of the few is Central Park, It is the one ornamental feature in the city in which the citizens of th® metropolis feel most pride, the one of which they boast with mo“* #enutne and pardonable satisfac tion. Its beauties hay? been recounted so often, and im terms of such enthu!astic metaphor, that the very name of Central Parx seems to have become synonymous with all that 1 charm- ‘ng and perfect in the domain oy parks. Au>erican travellers aro ever ready to admit ex el- lence Wherever they meet it in forelgn countries, and when it ‘ evident to their unprejudiced minds that “they do these things better in France’’ (and it is in France that\an American looks for what is best worth imitating), it 1s mot long before “those things” (including opéra’ bouge jand velocipeding) are done in the same way, Or even to greater perfection, here. But there 1s one thing which no Americafi wiil admit he finds vhe equal of i Europe, and that is Central Park. He wanders over France, Italy and Germany, and looks at whatever they can show in the way of parks. The Pepoli Gardens at Florence, the Park at Versailles an@ the boasted Kew Garden, near London, he finds as pleasing a4 a judi- cious admtxture of the straight line and curve, a Tich coll of rare plants and flowers and a chotee selectton of the masterpteces from the sculp- tor’s hand can make them, Hyde Park and Regent's Park, in London; Phoenix Park, in Dublim, and the Thier Garten, in Berlin, are, with the exception of the first mentioned, nearly as extensive as Central Park, but not to ve compared with it in beausy. In fact, after visiting all the parks of Eusope, an Ameri- can finds but two ges of comparison with Cen- tral Park—the park at Vienna and the Bois de Bou- logne. Thi like Central Park, have’ the’ ad- van of picturesque situation, but still, thoagh their beauties have been meliowed by time, Central Park is their peer, if not their superior, To attempt to describe its special beauties would seem superfluous to New Yorkers, who already be- eve they know them so well. And yet, after a it is not especial beauties that attract the adi es i oper - 4s, in = eee words of. “ auty for ever unchangeably bright’ which is the characteristic of Central Park rt which produces that feeling of exquisite enjoyment without satiety which enables the visitor to find ever fresh charms there, and which it is impossible to dnd in the parks of Europe. In picturesqueness of situation and in natural beauties Central Park is unrivalled. Standing on one of its rocky heights one beholds spread out before him a panorama of wondrous beauty, wooded knolls, siivery lakes, se- questrated glades, shady bowers Soa For whispering lovers made. A realm of pleasance, many a mound, ‘And many a shadow-checkered lawn . Pullof the elty’s atilly sound. Away to the east the cye beholds the flashing bil- lows of the Sound, and to the west rests on the waters of the Hudson, spread out like a sheet of liquid silver. Central Park is essentially a people's park. The people are proud of it, and thelr appreciation is shown in the numbers that flock there whenever the weather is fine. Sunday, the day of rest and pleasure for the weary ler, is the day on whigh New Yorkers resoit i such numbers to the Park. Yes- terday, being unusually warm and fine, a larger ‘number of people Visited Central Park than have been seen there this season. Crowds of orderly, well dressed, delighted citizens availed emselves of the genial weather to ramble amon > well known Walks, to revisit the well remembered spots Where in previous seasons they had loitered during 80 many picasant hours. The principal drive was thronged with equipages, equestrians dashed along in large numbers, while quite a feature was the large number of veloctpedists, who manipulated (and “pedipulated”) the ‘ery untamed steed” with more or less skill. The Park was alive with anima- tion, and, behoiding its varied beauties and its gay throngs of joyous citizens, one was reminded how sppropriate to the scene were Tennyson’s beautiful ‘Thou art not steeped in languors, Ro traneed suuntuar cali i tines The season for visiting the Park may now be con- sidered as fi setin. The trees have already put wit lakes, and everything re seems to invite booker after enjoyment, Improvements have been on which will be novel <=. most visitors. The country and supplied to the Terrace badge, ‘at the Mall, has chasteness of design and skill in execution that re- flects the est credit on the artists. Should the weather continue fine there wiil be rausic twice a im May. [¢isin contemplation to with monuments of noted men lay, it is to be hoped, is not far distant when that beautiful sp will present in imperishable marble an array of monuments to the memory of the illustrious dead, who in the brief century of the nation’s existence, have done so Coe vo give this vast republic so proud a piace in rye PROSPECT PARK. Prospect Park, Brooklyn’s beautiful pleasure ground, presented a cheerful appearance yesterday, for gay equipages rolied over the smooth roads, and the various waiks and paths were filled with men, women and children, who scemea glad to escape from the closer confines of their homes to enjoy for afew hours the warm and invigorating air of this locality. This rural retreat is now the most popular place of resort im the city, and when the scorching rays of the sun make the pavements of the city almost hot onough to blister the feet of the pedestrinns, it will then be, ho, for Prospect Park, where a protection may be found beneath the thick foliage of the trees. As the summer advances the clergymen will find their congregations growing thinner, a large portion preferring to view the de- lightfal scenery in and about the Park. It is im- possible to form an estimate of the number of persons who visited the Park yesterday, but they were numerous. The Park Commissions are progressing slowly with the work, but they will undoubcedly make @ diferent looking piace of It by another year. THE KEW YORK APPRAISERSUIP, Dana Declines the Appointment—Corrosponde ence on the Subject. The following correspondence relative to the nomi- nation of Charles A, Dana aa Appraiser of the port of New York has passed between that gentioman and the Secretary of the Treasury:— GRORETARY POUTWELL TO MR. DANA. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WAsnineton, April 14, 1809, My D@An Stn—You will have heard’ of your nomination as A) iser—an office for which, probably, you have neither taste nor inclination, and which, regarding your own clatma only, should not have been tendered you; and yet I hope you will not decline it. It is the point on which our success in collecting the customs revenues turna, and I know of no in which you can render so efficient ald to the govern- mont, If as I sincerely hope you will, I ahall tatoem It Apersonal favor, end you inny Coust upon My eon stant sup] Very trul; BORGE s. BOUTWELL. pues To the Hon, ©. ACDANA, New York. MR. ae nw YORK, My Daan Str—Your unexpected favor of the lth was oi Tt would have been more speedily an- swored but for the al Foquest with which it closes. In these: of corruption in high places as weil as low places ‘no upright citizen ought hastily to refuse such a 4 but after due consideration T find decline 17, 1869, repugnant goverament at some sacrifice of my own convenience, I trust that during the past few years I uflciently proved my readiness to clo dent pe dT ~ FX bandon it pendent newspaper, and I am that to abandon | OF neglect it for the functions you oifer me would be to —— Pi — 5 Nor 3 ean more to ui in the pure am nt administration of the Treaeut; D ment by re- Maining here and denouncing and exposing poittical im- morally than T'could do.as Appraiser by the: aost. Foalous efort to insure the faithful and collection of the custome. Very sincerely CHARLES A. DANA. Hoo. Gronok 8. BoutwRut., Secretary of the Treasury. GENERAL SICKLES AND THE SPANISH MISSION. To THe Epiror oF Tur HeRaLp:— The nomination of Mr. Sanford for the Spanish miasion strikes us with surprise, 1t was understood that Hf General Sickles declined the Mexican mission he would receive that to Spain. Por etght years Mr. Sanford has filled the mission to Belgium, and while dining and wining the Belgians the great war for the Union was progressing—a war in which Gen- eral Sickles lost a leg for his coun During the late Presidential Canipatgn General Jes was the stron, adherent of Generat Grant. He stumped the States, independent of any Union leagues, and to his efforts, as much as to any other, was the election of the General of the Army to the Prest- dency due, General Sickles was o the Mex can mission, declining which, he accepted the m' sion to Ley offered by President Grant. In look- ing over the list of nominations the first that greets him is that of Henry Sanford, to Spain, Is this just?) Mr. Sanford figs written a book on the “Uniform of the Pea Corps.’ Does that take precedence over the sacrifice of a limb for one’s country? Ithas heen the boast of soldiers that General Grant would provide for the distinguished of the army; that those who sacrificed all private considerations for the sake of the Union would be trou . What has Mr. Sanford sactiticod? WASHINGTON. THE POLICY TOWARDS CUBA. & An Iron-Ciad Fleet to Enforce Secre- tary Fish’s Demand. Why Genoral Sickles Lost the Mission to Madrid. The Senate Dissatisfied with the Foreign Appointments. WASHINGTON, April 18, 1869, Question—The Probabilities of a War with Spain, Thete continus3 to be great discussion here re- garding tye rumore.’ hostile intentions of the ad- ministration towards Spain, growing out of the Cuban revolt. It is the general impression, backed up by sems-omicial statements, that war is almost certain to be the end of the “ate outrages by the Spaniards. The reported demaxd for the release of the Mary Lowell and of the passengers taken from the Lizzie Majors furnistes material enough for all the gossips and of cours: there is no end of the stories that are floating abowt. A cir- cumstance of some significance is that a floet of fron-clads is being fitted owt in warlike fastion by order of Secretary Borie, and as Cuba seems to be the natural destination’ it 1s not to be wondered at that some considerable excitement should be occa- sioned. The two things placed side by side—Fish’s demand and Borie’s warlike preparationus—leave no doubt that the latter are intended to back up the former in & way that will tell quickly and effectually should Spain refuse to comply with the requirements of our government. A Growling Senate—The Millenniam of SMedest Patriots. The Senators will adjourn probably on Wednes- day, and will leave for ther homes in anything but good humor. There is the greatest dissatisfaction among them about the general distribution of the patronage; but more especially about the toreign appointments, judging from the remarks of indi- vidual Senators. If the public could only put its ear to the keyhole of the Senate’s doors whule in executive session, it would hear a growl boding no good to more than one head of department. All the secretaries come in for abuse from the Senators, not excepting even the polite Boutwell, or the diplo- matic Fish, The former 13 blamed probably because he has seen fit to turn out of office a number of female employés, particular friends of Senators and members, and the latier ts denounced because out of the limited number of appointments at his disposal he could not accommo- date everybody who sought a diplomatic or consular office. Nearly the entire batch of consular appoint- ments has been sent in and the committee has re- ported favorably upon @ comparatively small num- ber, because they have not been able to ascertain where they come from or who they are, much less to arrive at any correct conclusion as to their fitness orunfitness for their positions. In order to expe- dite matters, the committee has parcelied the work out after the following fashion:—Mr. Chandler, the chairman of the committee, looks after all the noml!- nations, trom the Western States; Mr. Corbett, of Oregon, does the same thing for the candidates from the Pacific coast; Messrs. Kellogg, of Louisiana, and Spencer, of Alabama, have charge of the appoint- ments. from the Southern States; Mr. Conkling looks after the Middle States, and Mr. Buckingham, of Connecticut, hunts up the records of the New Englanders. Every man is, of course, supposed to know all about his own section, or if his informa- tion does not extend beyond the limits of his own State he can, and almost invariably does, inquire of the Senators from whose Scate the nominee hails. ‘Think of the amazement of some members of the committee, who, after turning over in their minds for hours the name of some candi- date, and wondering who he might be, goes to the Senator who represents the State, and asks, “Who is John Smith or Tom Jones?” as the case may be, to meet with the curt reply, “Don’t know, sir; never heard of him.” ‘1 thought he was your ap- pointment, Semator,”” modestly persists the commit- tee man. “My appointment ! I haven't got a foreign appointment under this administration, though I have asked for several.” ‘Well, then, what shall we do with this man? asks the committee man. “Reject him, reject him, of course; I don’t want him charged to my account.”’ This ts a specimen of the daily experience of the members of the Committee on Commerce in their search for knowledge under aifmfcuities. Under these circumstances but one thing can happen, to wit, that a large number of the nominations now before the senate for consular appointments will be rejected. The fact that the Senators themselves have not been consulted about these nominations does not contribute anything to- wards putting them in good humor about their con- firmation. It may be noticed that a large number of the parties nominated have been credited to the several Territories, Heretofore it has not been cus- tomary to select from the Territories for foreign ap- pointments until the States had their quotas. Sev- eral of the States have not even been recognized with a single appointment in the selection made by Mr. Fish. It hes beon discovered, however, that in the case of some of the States which have received more than their share, Illinots, for instance, resort has been bad to carpet-bagging In the Territories, sq that the surplus Of the friends of Washburié aid other powerful men with the administration might be taken care of. This may perhaps account for tae fact that some States have not received their full share, while others have none at all, Madrid Missiou—How Sickios Lost It—The Acquisition of Territory by Purchase Siili a State Department Hobby. Apropos of this Cuban question, some interesting facts calculated to throw light upon Secretary Fish’s policy have leaked out. It seems Fish, though at first opposed to war with Spain, for the reasons in- dicated in @ former despatch, has all along been th favor of the purchase of Cuba. Mis idea has been that Cuba could be bought for @ good round sum, and that, after all, it would be the cheapest way of soiving the difMicuity. To go to war, he believed, would be a more expen- sive way of obtaining possession of Cuba than toac- complish its purchase by peaceful negotiation. With this purpose before him Fish induced Presl- dent Grant to throw Sickles overboard and to pick up Sanford as the man for the Spanish mission. Grant had promised Madrid to Sickles, of that fact there is not the slightest doubt, bat Fish talked the matter over with Graot and finally got his endorsement of Sanford. In his argument with the President Fish talked pretty much in this style:—“Mr. President, I feel satisfied we can accomplish the peaceful pur- chase of Cuba; but the negotéations must be con- ducted with the utmost skill and the coolest jadg- ment. Sickies ta able, but he is quick tempered and impetuous, Under strong provocation he might spoil all our negotiations by an untimely display of anger and disgust at the conduct of some of the Spanish agents, Sanford, on the other hand, is remarkably . cool, shrewd and wary. i know him thoroughly. He has great busness tact and extraordinary control of his tem- per, He has also considerabie experience already asadiplomat, Such a man we want to conduct ne- gotiations for the pnrehase of Cuba, and, thorefore, I ask for Mr. Sanford’s appointment to Madrid. The acquisition of Cuba by purchase, even at what at first may seem an exorbitant figure, will prove the most economical matter in the end. War with Spain, coupled with England and France, who would be likety to espouse the cause of their sister kingdom, would involve us in vast outlays and re- quire new and great sacrifices from our people, who already suffer quite enough.” This is about the substance of Mr. Fish’s argument, and it proved strong enough to cause the President to yield, though he haa already pledged in the most positive manner the Madrid appointment to General Sickles. Of course I give these facts now, not as intended to indicate the present policy of Mr, PRIL 19, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. Fish, but what it was before he made up his mind to deal with the question in accordance with the popa- lar wish, That Sanford would be a more skilful person to manipulate a delicate negotiation than Sickies ig not conceded in well injormed cireies here. Sanford ts generally known here under the soubriquet of the ‘*sewing machine dipiomat,” from the fact that he 1s largely interested in contracts for ‘ae manufacture or sale of that very useful inven- tion, which has superseded almost entirely manual stitching, He 18 not credited with any largeness of intellectual Rowen, and as @ diplomat is only particularly celebrated as @ successful dispenser of good Mianers which captivated the gastronomica of fus“gners. This is believed to be a capital way to overcome aldermen or members of Congress ; but to gaina great point in diplomatic strategy it is not regarded as prowisely the thing, People say here that it was not very sc cessful in the matter of the Alabama claims, and that though it overcome oid Reverdy it had not the slightest effect upon the American eagle. The Colored Ministers. J. R. Clay, of New Oricans (colored), was nomi- nated to the Liberian mission by Senator Kellogg, of that State; but Mr. Clay having declined, Senator Kellogg then secured the nomination of F. E. Dumas (colored) for that position. Perry Fuller’s Correspondence with Ewing. __ It ts said there are two letters in the Perry Fuller- Ewing correspondence, relative to the New Orleans Custom House, and the plans to defraud the revenue, which are even more spicy than the one already published. For some reason these letters have been suppressed by both parties to the lawsuit now pend- ing; ut it is asserted they will have to be brought out before the case 1s closed. Assay of North Carolina Ores, The Director of the Mint, during a recent visit to Charlotte, N.©., obtained specimens of ores from different mines in that vicinity, which were assayed at the Mint in Philaaeiphia with the following re- sults:—~ No. 1—Gold, $16 50 per ton; No. 2—$90 50 per ton, and silver, $11 50 per.ton, No. 3—Gold, $15, silver, $3 per ton; No, 4—Gold, $90 50, silver, $4'50 per ton; No. 5—Gold, $9 per ton. Personal. James I. Christie yesterday received a promotion to Assistant Doorkeeper of the Senate, SECBLTARY BORIE AND THE RAVY DE- PARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 16, 1860, What senseless outcries have been raised by the rebel papers in relation to various nayal matvers and reforms inaugurated by Mr. Borle, Secretary of the Navy. It would naturally be expected that the administration of General Grint would be misrepre: sented by the New York organ of the Bohemians, and that bis measures, no matter how good they might be, would be condemned; but it is rather queer to find a person like the newly made Appraiser oftne port of New York opening his broadside oa the Secretary of the Navy, and using language in re- gard tohim and his manner of conducting affairs eatirely unbedtting a professedly republican paper. In every step that Secretary Borie has taken he has had the beat legal advisers and has been goy- erned by the laws of Congress. The whole country has been crying out against the maladministrauon of naval affairs for tue last four years, Four hun- dred and eighty muijions of dollars were spent by the Welles administration without producing a single ship of which the country could feel proud. It ts a well known fact that if we were to be threatened with a blockade of the port of New York at this moment by the Spanish authorities, in consequence of apy misunderstanding with them, we have not the means to prevent them from _ bottling us up completely. It is well known that our navy was full of abuses of all kinds; that the department was squandering money in every direction in the civil branches of the ser- vice, and that there had been no attempt made to check it. The moment, however, that an honest Secretary of the Navy attempts to reform these abuses he is attacked, not only by copperhead papers, but by those who claim fraternity with the republican party. Some democratic editor remarked that if that was called good republicanism he would rather not have such papers as his friends, ‘When secretary Borie entered upon the duties of his office President Grant ordered to duty at the de- partment @ naval officer well known to the country, of large experience in matters relating to his pro- fession and whose loyalty and zeal no one could doubt. The President has of course a perfect right to order any officer of the navy upon any duty he may see fit nm the line of his profession. Hie has a right to command the professional talents of the highest and lowest in the navy. ‘There couid be no more certain way to discover and correct the abuses of the navy than to piace an expert with the Secre- tary, Who Could point out to him the places in the Augean stable where the besom was most needed, commands the confidence of the country eater degree (leaving out the copperheads) than Vice Admiral Porter, This officer was among the first who took up arms agatoast the rebellion, and he commanded the Powhatan, the first vessel that made a hostile demonstration against the enemy. During the whole war he was actively employed and was connected with aimost every important naval expedition If sent as a leader or as a coadjutor he never gave up his command or rested until after the surrender of Lee. What better person could Presiden Grant have selected for the Secretary of the Navy to con- sult with on first entering upon the duties of an office that must be an enigma to a civilian, no mat- ler how many years he may hold it? Itis asserted, without fear of contradiction, that Mr. Welles knew a8 much of the duties of the office when he first took charge as when he lett it. It may be remarked by the uninitiated that Secretary Borte had the bureau officers to fall back on, That would have been a very hard cusiion to lean against. Secretary Weiles fell back on them for eight years, and the result was $490,000,000 added to our national debt, without even a sound tug to show for it. President Grant did not want any such falling back as that, and he tovk the proper way to prevent it, The result will prove his wisdom, It 13 & Well Khown fact that all the bureaus of the y Department, with one exceptivii, were asd with Johnson men—men who were opposed Grant and his ministration, and they are as hostile now to all his measures as men can well be Who hold their positiong by a very slippery tenure. They are not tie men on whom Secretary Borie could rely to ald him in the Herculean task of correcting errors, and the ques- tion 18 asked by more than ove person interested in the welfare of the navy “Why is it not demanded of them that they resign?” Secretary Borie, on his entrance into office, found himself brought face to face with a dimicuity that bid fair to disorganize the navy—viz., the contro- versy between the line and staif on the subject of naval rank. It was brought to his notice by the commission appointed to codify and consolidate the laws of the Unitea States, who were acting under the direct orders of Coi , that the rank con- ferred on the staif officers by Secretary Welles was in direct violation of law, and that so long as the tmade by Mr. Welles existed he (Borie) was particeps criminis in breaking the law. Secre- tary Borie 1inmediately referred the whole matter to the highest law oiticer under the government, havin, first consulted the Naval Solicitor. The learn opinion of Attorney General Hoar has been submitted to the pubitc, and has not been dissented from by any person ‘except staif oMfcers, The latter have emptied their venom into the columns of all newspa- pers that coula be bought up, and not content with attaeking the Secretary of the Navy in language un- worthy gentlemen, they have assailed Admiral Por- pani yee of all Lng Bivona and misrepre- sent 1m in every pdssible wr. Ro sooner was Secretary Borie instalied in office than it was brought to his notice by the chief of ba- reaug that he was violating a law of Congress by okey pa pay at the navy yards for eight labor. in veep nesarasly ovourred to the Secretary that three pecks do not make a bushel, and that even a law of Congress could not bring about so undesirable a result, He therefore con- sults the law and finds that it reads as follows ‘The hours of labor and the rate of wages of the emplo; in the navy yards shall conform, aa nearly as is consiat with the public Interest, with those of private establishments fn the trnmediate vicinity of the reapective yards, to be deter ¢ commanday mined Ql an revision of he Secretary of the Navy. Under such raling the Secretary could not con- sistently allow ten hours pay for eight hours labor, ‘aud so he ordered that the law should be res; and at the same time granted ten hours pay to rit those who would do ten hours work. There was no suffering brougit about among the employes in the navy yards, They were only obliged to spend two hours longer in their workshops, earning l.onest wages, instead of passing a portion of that time in & lager beer saloon or at a political meeting, where money was gotng out of instead of into thelr pockets. tis very fine for Congress to pars laws by which a portion of its constituents can give three pecks of corn for the price of a buyinei; but it should recollect that it i playing with the money of the people, who are bowed ¢.own by heavy taxes, and who do not care to see & “mail portion of the mechanical force of the couy,try receiving ten hours for cight hours work, while miliions are laboring fourteen hours for sx hours pay. Cou- ress has no more right to Make such a use of the ible money than it has to play faro with it. yne thing is Khe certain, the Senate did not con- firm teir ution, ard Secretary Borie stands approved in the Churse suggested by chiet of bureaus. the various discussions that baye taken place have been charact veriaed i tn ee mt | Stir Paeesh Ska SORE saa ~ by a bitterness that nas led to dirty No matter how hostile a newspaper be eet tue New York Bohemian organ with all its abuse), Would not descend to such personalities as $ been Porpetraved Without the Joney peace some of those who have found ves to succumb to law and reason, Wile unworthy articles have emanated staif oficers abusing the administration of and the line officers, the latter have said nm return, They have quietly ie all showered upon them, well knowing that whole matter came to be ventilated and laid the public there would be an entire rev union. Why these people should have Ii Secretaty Borie ana admiral Porter into their rary compositions it is hard to say. It only Prove how demoralized the navy had become the late administration, wuen Micers of one can unite in abusing the head of the departmént the second onicer in rank in the service, merely cause they cannot have things all their OWD Way; is it because Secretary Borie felt himself bound revoke & regulation that was contrary to Was admitted to be so by a majority of Officers? Fiad there yot been a difference of between (hese gentlemen and the Secretary Sung im the Navy Department would have covdeur de rose, Mr. Borie would have been the most Charming nian in tie world and Admiral Por- ter the right man tn the right place. AS it is, it matters not what senseless cries are raised, the 2qval auvhorities will continue to up the dust that is hanging over everything in the service. Those Who s'and im the way of reform or who do not assist in carrying out General Grants ideas of honesty, effteie ncy and economy will follow in retiracy those who ha Ve already led the way, we are quite confident tA at in less.than six months the navy will occupy @ P\2%8ttion which will retlecs honor upon the country aa 4 add to its reputation at home and abroad. EG uel i E z Hie 5g sine i g OBITUARY. Captain George W. Doty, 0 aited States Navy. On Saturday last Captain Ges ge W. Doty, of the United States Navy, died at his ra sidence in this. 7, He was a native of New York, and was appointed from this State to the naval ses'¥ace on January 1,, 1833, On the 8th of July, 1830, he yevelved his war- rant as passed midshipman and? far some time’ served as acting master on board tie frigate Deta- ware, of seventy-four guns, May 1%. 2ess, he wap commissioned @ lieutenant, and as such served om several vessels of war until June, 3852, when he made his last cruise. 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