The New York Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1869, Page 6

BD BUROPE weer ENGLAND. ‘The Financial Condition of the Kingdom, Lonpon, April 3, 1869. On Thursday of next week the Chancellor of the Exchequer will lay before the House of Commons his history of the Gnancial condition of the country for the fiscal year ending on the 31st of last month, ana his budget for the year to come, The retrospect will not be altogether a pleasant one for the taxpayers of the country, since the revenue for the past twelve months has fallen over halfa million pounds below the moderate estimates of Mr. Hunt, the immediate predecessor of the present Chancellor, while the ex- penditure has been increased nearly a million and a half over the estimates, The fallmg off has been in cusioms, revenues, stamps and taxes, and the increase has been occa- sioned by the settling up for the Abyssinia war. The sum of £3,000,000 granted to Mr. Hunt and by im supposed to be sufficient to square the account has been found altogether inadequate; and a nionth ago another £3,600,000 was appropriated to the same object, Of this last sum £2,000,000 have been ex- pemded in 1868-9, making the outiay for Abyssinia last year £5,000,000 and carrying over £1,600,000 to the present year. It is rumored that a yet further appropriation will have to be wade before the country gets wholly clear of the liabilities it has incurred for the tuxury of frightening a few Abyssinian savages and making King Theodorus murder himse! The result of the grand financial ext show a total income for the year 1803-9 of £ and a total expenditure of £74,656,000, leaving a de- ficiency of over two million pounds, At the close of the fiscal year 15 there was a balance in the Exchequer of £ 000. Tris being a meagre enough sum to stand to the credit of the govern ment, the preeent ceticiency has been met oy the issue of one million Exchequer bonds, to be paid out of the arrears of the income tax collected the pre- sent year, and by Treasu kiting,” or borrowing trom to mouth tou ‘tent OL another mulion, By the has been left an Exenequer delance on st of this moath of £4,700,000. ‘dhs is all discouraging enough, and it was the Siraighiened condition of tue freasury, as well as the withdrawals of gould iupment to America, that caused the liank nd the day before yes- nk of Engi Wray (o raise its rate of discouat irom tree to four percent, It is not ng that so unfavorable an exhibit, na conddence which the m eager demand tes and that the influx urope should at this Lowe will, no doubt, deaver to pul a good face on the and Will draw a more hopesui picture for the ty culue Wan he Cau present ior the year that 1s @oue. Me Will base lus bopefulness upon the tact that for Use jast quarter endlug on the 3ist ultimo We recvipis show an increase of more than seven bh nd pounds over the corresponding arter of the preceding fiscal year—an liuprove- argue is tue more likely to continue it is spread over the exicse, Sialps, Post Ottice, and indeed over almust ail ilewsof revenue except customs. There ur Lon of Uni ume be v are mauy, however, | sanguine, Who profess to find ex nai causes for the increase of last quar- ter, and Quo not eve that the sources of reve- ue Will prove any more produc.ive tiis year tian last. ‘Trade is unusually depressed, and with no ap- parent prospect of improvement. The ordinary ex- penditare for tue year which has Just commenced 13 estimated at between -elgut dud sixty-nine rmil- andto tus u the two million eign! .8t be added year aud the one = mil- sand already set apart aking a totai of some = ree millions, To Maeet this it 1s certain that the income tax mist be sill Kept U likely to leave & material deuciency Woen We reach April, 1576 lien we redect that Mr. Lowe has already hinted at ive probavie need of a still farther Abyssinian appropriation; that the condition of the United Kingdom does not just pow dany strong guarantee against ovcasioa (or extraordinary expen- rate o1 sixpence but even tins 18 ordinary ex- Oud any ling ehoouragiag im the Sof tae Lugiial goverumeat for e montis. Dhe Advance of the Hate of Discount by the Benk of Englund, articie, London Star, April 5.] 110 Which the bank has now advanced ount concludes the teria of the exceed- ingly low iveresta which succeeded the montis of panic. * * * * The remembrance of the tea per cent rate of 1866, preceded as Ulat Was by the very high and semi-pauic rates of 1564, followed as tue whole has been by unexampied depression, and the miserabie returns for capital of two end two and a haif per cent, are suMcient to establish the proposi- tiou that at present the regulation of the elements upon which the rate of discount depends is not such as to attain medium rates or ease and smoothness in ine working. And we may take for without demonstration, that the amount of gold in the issue department of the bank 1s the controlling infuence im the monetary world. if the engagemeuts of tae goverament and of the pubiic at quarter day put more mouey in carculation, or the international trade of the country, financial or in produce, requires balances to be met, in either Case the extent of the depletion of the bank's Teserve Must be traced back to the deposits of gold in the issue department. The amount of gold there stored is the measure of the currency, which caunot be increased at quarterly periods uuless gold las ta- creased, watle, as has been the case ip tue present week, if gold be taken out for ternational purposes, the curreacy must be contracted at the very time when the quarterly demands press most heavily upon the resources of the bank. The miserable master of an export of £300,000 or #0 of gold to New York, coming coincl- dently with a greater demand for money for te:npo- purposes, has made a generai disturbance of values and sbaken the confidence of the commercial community. If this were the consequence of alaw of nature, or of laws of economy Wwe ebould have no resource but to grin and bear it. Instead, however, of being accum «lated according to a law of tical economy, our stores of gold are lated by a law of Peel, which ought to have no other sanctity than its own merit. We are aware, however, that very many persons re- gard the law of Peel as something 50 transcend- ent tn its wisdom as to be Incapable of improve- Ment, and, In short, to consiltule the very gospel of finance. We venture to believe that it could be improved, and improved in suca a mancer as to add immensely to the stock of gold in the ba Engiaud, #0 as to jead to greater eqni in tue rates of discount. Kk of guid in tue Dank vaulis at (he prosen and even at the highest point of the late mulation, compared With our enormous Commerce is snail. On Wednes- day evening last, when the bank return was made up, the stock of bullion and com in bota depart- Ments was, in round numbers, £17,300,00, Now, the transa 8 Which passed learing House cune vunted to £25,652,000, and for If we bad not manag by artiiecs sto do Without money in tue &: Uement o: whole gold in the Ban of England Moent lor we . the Bank snazed to obtain amount of gold and the result Which the Bank of Er has been a remark count in tial country as comp Suppose the anount of guid in the Bank of bngiand stoud at £49,000,000 in place Of £17,500,000, tue lite transaction (he other day ica could not pr bi sending coms to An sly have creaied the enormous NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 2 SPAIN. ‘The Late Insurrection in Andalusia, Mapxip, March 28, 1869, ‘The recent Xeres dificulty was more serious than Was generally supposed. After mtelligence had come that the insurrectionists had retired from the barricades at the request of the municipal ofitcers and the friends of good order, aifuirs took another turn, Evil advisers were not wanting to urge the malcontents to reoceupy the barricades, which they did during tie afternoon, aud force was used to dis- perse the mob, After a brief engagement the two companies of troops carried the barricades and drove out the armed peasants and dispersed them. ‘There were a very few casualties occurring from this engagement, During the night the insurrectionary forces gathered together again, erected new barri- cades and Ueld possession of one quarter of the city. Keinforcements of woops having arrived from Seville aud Cadiz | preparanons were made to attack the barricades aud put down the insurrection, At five o’ciocé in the morning the attack was made on two different points, snd pretty hard fighting occurred at various barricades, behind which the peasantry hung tenaciously. The barricades were Carried, oue by one, by the troops, and alter a coniict of five hours the rising was eifectually put down, but not without serious losses on both sides, The troops lost over one hundred men in killed and wounded, and the peasantry many more, though It is dilticull to ascer- tain their losses as yet, because the dead and wounded have been secreted, Nearly 600 prisoners were taken by the troops, of whom 300 were de- tatnediand have already been sent to Ceuta, on the Airican coast, to be uried and punished by military law. The vigorous action of the authorities in Xeres probably prevented a general outbreak in Andaiusia, because Lie people there are ready fora fight on the question of Coascription, about the taxes un tobacco gud sait aud for most any tulug else. RUSSIA. | Death of Promisent Individuals. St, PETERSBURG, March 24, 1869, The last three months will long be remembered for the extraordmary number of deaths of more or less Nlustrious persons which happened during this short period, The first in point of time in the procession of dis- tinguished dead was General Bezack, Governor Gen- eral of Kictf. He was one of the few really and earnestly Russian patriots invested with any degree of power under the present anything but patriotic administration, After occupying several high posts he was transferred to Kiei, where his decease oc- curred, by the Emperor’s own personal and im- perative desire, founded on a long intimate know- ledge of bis political opmions and qualifications, and a deep consciousness that they were exactly what should be required of one destined to wield almost supreme power ina part of the country whose pecu- liar political situation rendered the post one of more than ordinary difficulty and responsibility. Only @ couple of weeks later, on the 6th (18th) of January, the papers were full of condoient and com- memorative notices on our talented musical com- poser, Mr. A. Dargomyjsky, the friend and scholar of our immortal Glinka. Though far from old—he was born in 1813—his death was expected tor some time, for he had been suffering severely for several years of an incurable disease. Besiaes an immense num- ber of romances, parly remarkably fine ones, two are in possession of Our opera stage, “esmeralda’ and “Boussalka;” the subject of the first 18 taken from Victor Hugo, that of the second from Pousukine. “Boussalka’ is especially prized for its high general musical qualities ana for the geauine Russian strain which rans trough the whole, Dargomyjsky, like Meyerbeer, has left a precious musical” mheritance. His also 18° an opera, “Kamennoy Gost” (“The Guest of Stone,” taken from a poem of Poushkine on the well known theme of Don Juan and the Commodore's Statue). His latier days belong to tue most heroical in the anuals of art. Searcely had the,excitement supsided which was deservedly caused by the death of tits really talented artist, when a fresh one was cri by the unex- pected aemise, on the 234 of Janf€ry( 4th of Feb- raary), of Mr. A, Noro, one of our oldest and moat distinguished public and literary men, and travellers to boot. tits public career had begun in (he military line, and very early indeed, since, when only sixteen years of age, he tougut the great battie at Borodiuo in I8L2, and had the iil luck to be wounded by a bul- jet in the lez, Which had to be taken oif, Thus dis- avled from lurther military service, he turned to more peacefui avocations in the Civil Crown service, was early remarked aud swiftly promoted, until, in 1854, he Was appointed Minister of Public Instruction and retained the post until 1858, In nis pubile capacity he tad aways been a conscientious and useful man, but itis chledy a8 @ private and a literary man that he ts Known and regreited. ‘ Not less sincere and general is the regret’ to which the death of Prince Odoevsky has given rise. Prince Kadi Odoevsky died on the L0un of March ta bis sixty-sixtn year. He was one of our oldest literary men. At the same thue he belonged to the very highest nobility of the iand, being the head, and, as it proved, the last survivor, since his name is now exunct, of the oldest branch of the airect aesvend- ants of Raric, the founder of Russia, as a political body, the next brancues alter him being those of the Princes Koltzo Mossaisky aud Gortchakou. There Was one more death in Fevruary, which should not be omitted; for it is the last act of alifeonce dread and powerful, but sunk into suc oblivion for the last ten years that mavy will have woudered on finding the news in the papers, think- ing the man was dead a long wiile ago. I mean Count P, Kieinmichel, the dreaded and hated favorite of Emperor Nichvlas, who disappeared trom the public scene as soon as AleXanuer mounted the turone, while the Adierbergs kept their exalted seat, although, to say the truth, it would be matter of some difficulty to say how lar they were more de- serving of favor than their less lucky brother par- venu, who did not excel them either im selfishness or tm insvience. He was less of a courtier, more Tough, even to coarseness, uncompromising and im- perious in his bearing, and that may bé one of the reasons why he had to bear not only by tar the greater odium of the reign of which he was one of the chiel mstruments, but also the neaviest brant of those changes im a Liberal apuit wuich signalized the welcome dawn of the new reiga. FRANCE. Present Condition ef the French TroueClad Fleet. [From the Pall Mali Gazette.| Tn the buiiding of ships of war the French have mate but lite progress during the last twelve jiouths, and there bas been a remarkable falling off in the feverish activity which a few years back reigaed in their dockyards. The marine authorit, igay think that What bas been accomplished wi Tanis them in slackening speed aad lvoking about them before venturing any further. It is now eight years ago that the French goveroment drew up a aval programine and settied the mamber of vessels which it deemed would be necessary to defend the Lonor and the taterests of the country. The feet of tue future was to consist of jorty first ciass and twenty second Class iron-clads, with thirty foating batieries, coasters, despaich boats, wooden vessels aod transports, amountog in all to 449 suipa, Ale though good number of vessels have still to be built betore this programme is completed, nearly the whole attention of the French Ad- miraity has of iave been turned to the ques on of armament. Last year a great reduction 1 the number of guns on board various ships was ie; for instance, the Mageuta. which carried y-cWo guns, had armament decreased to ten guns of twenty-four ceutimetres (9.46 inches), and a siunuar change was made in some of the frigates pat. A good deal of uncertainty still prevails as @ OXact Hurnber of guns which the various types easeis should carry and the postion they sh: occupy, and hence it hes happened that some have been armed, disarined and icarme four times since the gevuing heavy me tal b i h cling with cech-loaders; they not : a board thelr vessels, but their arsenals are still busy manufacturing them, sensation of adding oue per cen. to the raie of dis- Count and depressug the Value of securiues. The thougut of adding very jargeiy ty the gold in the Bank of Lugiana ought to be particularly yraveiui wo ail Who Uphold Lie Hank wet, for its principie ts to maintaii# bullion basis, aua a bullion basis is not only theoretically just, but itis the ouly basis which the World ackvowi.dges, and the esimate of we whole world will prevali We may ve assured, against the theory of uny daiviiual. The Americun Postal Contracts. (From the Pail Mail Gazette, April 1.) The history of Our American postal c Cts Bup- plies a curious Commentary on pari ary gov- ernment. As far back a8 1500-60 a ome Hite of the house of Comm ton wi HO sUdSiites Were required “to secure a regular, Speedy and efficient postal service’ between this couutry aod North America, Another committee Of the /'ouse has jast reported stil more sirongly to tue Same efleci. Large subsidies have, however, continued to be paid down to the present time, and @ new contract has just been entered tito with Messrs, Conard and Inman, for eight years to come, at the rie of 105,000 a year, for services nearly identica lui those which the Ameri- can ove ued for avoul £38,000, wy cident tis Hew contract, Which Was exe- Culed in January, wa ed to the iiouse of Commons til the Moreh; the select commir when the House ajo turty days al- © contract have NOW elapsed. Ar. Seely has, however, given notice of his intention to bring the subject before the House. The question, it will be ov 8 nob merely Weiler the Cunard and Inman "8 are overpaid, bu: aso wh between evidence seems wo 48 made both by Mr. rly divided niry. The i «Inman th “a considerab'e portion of te cost of the American mails to Bugland Js, i fact, borne by the Briusu Post Oillee, although the receipts are equal vided between the two «fiices."” On the ower fin tbe Cunard lie has andouvted.y done tts wor Jaultlessiy for yeara past, aud the managers vy ‘Ws that without a subsidy they would have to sel ome of their fastest ana best steamers aud break Mp their prosent estaviisaments, and this mm spite Of the fact that the breech ma- chimery bas been fo' defective, and unable 10 stand the strain of heavy charges. There can be no doubt tiat a good many breech-loaders have been totally disavied during tials on board sbip, and that i many tustatces great difficulty has been experienced in charging the gun after the fring of @ few rounds. Howey the heads of the deparimeyt are either too enamored of their system to perceive its defects, or else they are un- willing to acxnowledye to the country that the 20,000,000f, voted for the re-arming of the feet have been cast into Wesea. The French authorities of course tried these guns before adoptiag them, but the experiments were conducted under the careful superiaweadence Of the inventor, and they passed diuster. “Suli it Rees Odd Liat the aruilery Commie tee should have accepted a system now almost uni versally condemed, as far as heavy arullery ts con- cerned, Without subjecting it tu the severest tests, Since Wo wrote au account of the French feet last year, the Occau has been set adoat, and will soon be ready for sea, This vessel is a litte Jarger than the Mageata, and will carry fourteen quns thas io bul Four guns of twenty-seven ¢ netres inches) and two of twenty-four centimetres (9.46 inches) in her central battery; four guns of twenty- four centimetres in the fixed turrets at each corner of the battery, and om the upper deck four bronze pieces of tweive centimerres, The guns cowtained in the turrets will be piaced on movatie platform Which Will allow of ea ce sweeping a demic cle, and this at an elevation of eight metres and half avo the water line. The Ueean will have four Bi ships, the Friediand, Marenw Suifren and Richeiion, The three tirst-namod ai been for some Ume on the stocks, but the tater, which Will dufer from the otners in #o far that it wall be propelled by two serews, has only just been de- signed. ‘he next class has only two representa lives, (ho Magenta and Soiferine. The former vessel, Wich last year carried only ten guns of the caubre judicated already, is now armed with fourteen guns, ‘en guns Jo her ceutral batwery aud four guns of 19 CenLimMelres (7.89 laches) oa her upper deck, it te im tended that the Solferino, which has as yet shipped no heavy metal, shall be armed in the same manner. ‘The next is Known ip France as the Magnauiine aud the frigates of this class were nearly all arined Jast year with seventeen guna; but this arwa- iaent has now been reduced to tweive guns, eight 24- contimaize gcne ae a pe comeimette guD8 on the upper deck. To pe belong andre, Gaue loise, Guyenne, Provence, Revanche, Savoie, Sur- veuliante, Valereuse and Heroine. After these pow- erful frigates come the Gloire, Invincibie, Norman and Couronne. fhe Gloire, when she was ft launched and astonished the naval world, carried no fewer than thirty-two guns, but pow ner armament has been reduced to six 2i-cen guns in her battery and four 19-centimetre guns on deck. We then have the corvettes of the Thetis class built for service on distant stations; the Alma, Armide and Jeanne d’Are have been leted, and che Atlanta, Montcalm and Reime Blauche have been launched. The Lagalissonniere still remains on tie stocss. The ‘Thetis carries four 19-centimetre guas in her central battery, two guns of the same cailbre in heF turrets, and four 12-centimetre bronze guns on deck. She makes from 11 to 123g knols under steam, aud is said to do well under canvas. The Belqueuse, which has been for some years in tue Pacific, belongs to the Thetis type, bui she has no yr ie Lorre me be weed four assets, ae the large Iriga ub the was ch, and they had to be reduced to two; they are also armed With a spur weighing abous twenty tons. In the lst of tron-clad coastguards sull appears the name of the Kochambeau, late Dunderberg, which an expenditure of 2,600,000 francs laid out m repairs and alterations has wade perhaps the most formida- ble vessel im the French navy, She has been iurnished with engines of 1,300 nominal horse ower and carries ifteen guns of the iargest cali- ve; it is true shat she does not inspire muca coniidence as a sea-going vessel, aud that she 18 kept laid up at Cherbourg. A writer in the Recue Conemporaine suggests tant Lo admiral would assume the remount ol allowing her to join his squadron, aud the charge loug ago made that is reiterated that the Rochambeau ts buiit of bad timber, aud would s00n shake herself to pieces; but borings made tn her bottom have dis- peiled all apprebension on this head, and tie Ko- chambeau is probably only biding her tune, ‘The other coastguard vessels afloat are the Onondaga, lukewise an American production, the Taureau and the Cerbére, whilst the Belier, Bouledogue and Tigie are in course of construction. Of floating batteries the French have a jormidabie eet—tue Devastation, Foudroyanve, Lave, Tomnante, Paixhans, Palestro, Peiho, Saigon, Arrogante, Impiacable, Opmidire, Hinbuscade, Impreguabie, Protectrice and Keluge. ‘The bateries carry ivoin four to eighteen guus, but their arwument cannot be regarded as permanently decided upon. In addition to the above there are eleven floating batteries, constructed so as to be easily laken bo pieces and put together again. These craiis, mtended for lake or river service, are kept in siore. Such, as far as we can make out, Is the pre- sent state of the Frenci iron-clad ieet. _ FOREIGA MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, Professor Lieb: ling through Italy. ‘The Grand Duke Viadimir, the second son of the Emperor of Russia, is about to visit Rome. Boszormenyi, formerly deputy and editor of the Magyar Ujsay, recently died in prison at Pesth, and his funeral was followed by 40,000 people. Numerous arrests have been made among the troops siationed in and near Naples on account of their being members of a republican society, Professor Buisson has published a brochure at Geneva, entitled “Ine Principles of Liberal Chris- Uanity,” which is creating a great sensation. Mr. Van Humbeeck, a deputy of the Belgian Cham- ber of Representatives, been named Grand Master of the Masonic fraternity in that counwy. Mile. Doumergues, who recently passed her exa- Mination as dispensing chemist at Moatpeilier, in France, has commenced business and opened a store in that city. The Bavarian government intends forming a mili- tary camp at Schweinfurt, consisting of 29,000 mea and eight fleld batteries, and great miiliary ma- hovuvres are to come olf about next September, A Huns cemetery has been discovered near Stral- sund, in Pomerania, remarkable for the periect state of preservation of the bodies, the arms and the Various objecis that were deposited la the tombs of the Companions of Attia or his succegors. ‘The National Bank of Italy is in treaty with the government for the conversion of its reserve of silver into five tranc pieces. The total quantity amounts Lo about 20,000,000 francs, and will greatly increase the facilities of trade throughout the couniry. ‘The District of Constantina ts again menaced with @ plague Of locusts, a8 Lumense heaps of the egys of that Insect have been discovered underneath the sou. A reward of 500 irauca jor every 100 Kilo- grammes has been offered by the authorities, and the natives arrive dally with mules heavily loaded, ‘the eggs are tien careiully crusaed and mixed with quickie, A farmer of Cudrein, Switzerland, while digging the foundation tor w barn, iound from 500 to ou pieces of ola money, inciuding tive gold cols of he SIxXteenta and sevenieenth centuries, two of them being Swiss, one Spanish, one Polisa and the otver Arabian; three silver of Alessandro Farnese (1o¥2), Philip of Spain (155%), and Augustus of Saxony; be- sides 660 pieces Of Swiss moncy. While the sexton of the parish church of Padstow, Cornwall, was digging in ue churchyard lately, he Came Upon ab upright piece Of granite, Axed ina {eae ol much larger size, Wich Becmed to form the ower part of a very ancient piece of carved work. ‘The foot-piece was @ large, flat and trreguiar-sided granite stone, eight feet jong aud tive feet wide, weighing neariy Uuree tons, Padstow church was buul more tan 1,000 years ago. A human monster, a iemale chlid with two heads, Was born recently at Zcrbat. A careful e<amimation has shown that the spinal coluima divides tatu two at the first of the true veriebsa, and tuas from this point two perfectly deveioped necks aud heads pro- ceed. ‘the breast is half as broad again as 13 usual, the limba simpie and well formed. It has not yet transpired in how far tue internal construction of the bieast 1s simple or complex. it appears that the clild died in the course of birth, from the pressure oi the two heads against each other. ‘The Emperor Napoleon lately visited Marshal Vail- lant’s apartment in the Tuilcrics, to view a great number of objects which had belonged to Napo- leon L., and which were lately bequeathed by the Princess Bacioccul to the Priuce Imperial. Among the ineresting articles displayed Was te tri-colored carl which General Bonaparte wore when he Visited at Jaifa the persons attacked by the plague; Lie spurs which he had on at the battle of the Pyramids; several jsnuifboxes belonging to the Emperor; also the one left behind by Lows A VILL on the tabie when he took his departure just beiore the Hunared Days; several Volumes annotated by the Emperor, an among them the “Voyage du Jeune Auacharsis en G ’ and the “Aventures de Télémaque;” like- wi quantity of silver-gilt plate used by hia Ma- Jesty at St. elena Napoleon UL examined the whole with great attention and interest. the celebrated chemist, is travel- ie SiiP NEWS AND SMUGGLING. QUARANTINE, Staten Island, ApMl 18, 1969. To THE Epitor oF THE LeRaLy:— I have been much edified in reading the reasons in this day’s Tunes why the Shipping News bill shouid not become alaw. Thuis labored article is very plau- sible, and vy petsons at @ distance from the daily scenes of the Quarantine establishment may possibly be taken for gospel; but to those resident in the vicinity of the boarding station there is not a man, woman, or even child of five years of age but will give afar different reason, aud that is that the present house of Four Brothers & Co. desire to keep all eyes from the transactions nightly and daily occurring on the bay, for fear that some single eye or pair mignt possibly expose some of the smuggling operations carried on under the piea of protection to the pubilé heaitu. @ ii the laws enacted for the preservation of the pub- lic heaith are to be enforced would it not be well for the present Health Onicer to set the example? Why did Dr. Swinburne permit a certain Israecl- itisu cigar aad liquor dealer of this village to visi tee lower qaaraaiiae anchorage at his pleasure, either by night or day, last sumer tp (ie steamers Turmished by the people of this State ior the use of the Health Officer and his assistants? Was it in order that the cigar and liquor dealer might suuf the breeze and inhale a moiety of fresh air and ¢ y benef ois health The ler hopes this is the case; but to his these visits Were invarmbly made at the Was @ Havana steamer anchored, tele- arrive, and, therefore, is foolish that perhaps Mr. Cigar-and-liquor- F lise to replenish his stock before the goods had been through the proper revenue chan- els and aiter the manner from which his stock Was jucreased from a certain Spanish f From present appearances the house of Four Brothers & Co, uave extended thetr ramifications #0 a4 to include kuropean steamers a8 well as Havana in the future. On the 9th inst, the steamer Main arrived at the quarantine boarding station from Bremen. The doctor's steam barge, Governor Fen- ton, went alongside and left the Deputy Health Orlicer on board. The barge then returned to the wharf with the news bag for tie Assuctated Press. She then took Mr. Cigar-aud-liquor-deacr of to the Main, where he remained from twenty w ces f Minutes. Now, the query 13, did Mr. Cigar-an iiquor-dealor go off for hid health or to benefit the public heaith, or did some member of the house Of Pout rovers Gesire lo replontsn bis stock of brandy, or were there any other kind J dise to be run free of duty? eee THR ALABAMA » Hee Taxper.—Tho Traveler states ti ne Of the crew of the slosegm is now on board virginia at Kast Boston. He wain travis in regard to Bngiand’s inve- = pirate. He says that the Decrnonad wi in fact, Tas tender to the Alavaina; that she li tie curonometers and other vaiuables which vad been sto.en from American ships (for the thieves were not permiticl to land them at Cher- bourg); that a few days before the fight with the Koarsarge she brought fifty men irom Portamouth fin trained gunners, who had received ther ‘aining on board the British practice ship Excelient, C= boule, ware owtien: aa When the Alabama erbor stationa ‘the gu entire control of tiem. bai SRMY INTELLIGENCE, Spley Farewell Order of Coloac! Robinson to His Comrades of the Late Forty-third Kegi+ ment of Infantry. o SEMPRA, Onde! ik Ha Bapgvanrens, Forty-rury U. 5. . A sy Forr WaYNB, Mich., April 9, 1369, } To-day the Forty-third regiment of injanuy, as an organization, ceases to exist, It was organized pur- suant to an ‘act of Congress by selection from the oiicers and soidiers of the regular army and volun- teer service who had veen wounded i the line of ther duty. Fourteen of its officers have suifered amputation of the leg or ari, and aloe and men, bear upon their persons the marks of honora- bie wounds received in defence of the Union. Thave been proud to command this regiment of veteran soldiers, and my connection with it has been one of unalloyed pleasure, ‘The associations are ended, and we are about to separate, With most of us the separation will probably be flual. * ‘A rateful country will never pores your services;’ ut unfounded prejudice and the cry of economy have necessitated your absorption, Those of you who are considered tit for active duty will be trans- ferred to another regiment. You wao have been too severely Wounded will be ordered to your homes to await orders, or be aischarged from the service. Wherever you may go you will bear with you my best wishes for your prosperity and happiness, Comrades, farewell. JNO. OC. ROBINSON, Colonel Forty-third United States infantry, Breyet Major General Untied States Ariny, comimanding. Second Lieutenant Loyal! Farragui has been trans- ferred from the Twenty-tirst infantry to the Fifth artillery, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Commander A, M. Johnson has been detached from the command of the Galena and directed to noid himself in readiness for duty as Chief of the Stair of the South Atlantic squadron, to be com- manded by Rear Admiral Lauman, Commander Livingston reese has been ordered to the command of the Galena. Naval Constructor J, Hanscom has been detached from the Portsmouth (N. H.) Yard aud ordered to the yard at Mare Isiand, Caitfornia. Constructor Melvin Simmons has been detached from the latter and ordered to the former port. ‘The Uniied States steamer Resaca arrived at San Francisco April 18 from Mazatlan, via La Paz to-day, and brings Mazatlan advices to March 31 and La Pag to April 8, with 160,000 Mexican dollars. The Resaca encountered a heavy gale durng the passage from Mazatlan, shipped several seas, smashing her bul- warks and causing her to leak alt. The United States steamer Mohongo sailed trom La Vaz for Guay mas April 3, ‘The sidop-ol-war Jamestown pat into Mazatian with cases of smallpox on board. One death had occurred on board fro. the disease, The United Staies steamer Galena, which has been fitting out at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is re- ported ready for sea, She wil probabiy leave that place to-morrow lor Hampton itoads, where she will receive orders from ihe Navy Departinent. ‘The Savatoga (apprentice sup) will soon teaye for a cruise In Cuban waters, The Unised States sioop-of-war ena, destined for the West Indié, was placed in” commission at the Portsmouth, N, H., Navy Yard, oa Friday, the loth instant, The following 1s a complete list of her oiticers:— Commander—S. Livingston Breese. Lieutenant Commander and Executive Oficer— Charles O'Neil. Lieutertants—E. M, Stedman, George W. Pigman. Masters—W. b. Newman, J. E, Joues, W. Easign—Watts. Surgeon—H, C, Nelson. Assistant Surgeon—iiovert A. Marmion. Pussed Assistant Paymasier—H, 't, Wright Angineers—First Assisiant—Elijab Laws; Second Assistants—Robert B. dines, A, B. Bates; Taud Assistant—J. 0, Lever, Boats wain—Nasis, . Captain's Clerk—Charies A, Bullock Lieutenant Stedman and Ensign Wat's are now being examined for promotion, ich jatter will, doubtiess, accord both these of ‘3 Yauk a grade higher in the service before the Guiens sails. probable that she will leave Porismouth about the oth iust., for some other place, Where she will await the arrival of another vessel, wiih wiich the Galena is t sail in consort for Admiral Hoif’s feet. This vesse! is in fine trim for service and is manned by a spleudid company of officers and seamen. The greater portion of the crew were seul on from this station last week, and are nearly all veterans of the war, ‘The United States sioop-of-war Frolic, Commander Harmony, which was ordered to return to the United States from her cruise in the Mediterranean 1s now over due at this port. She was to have sailed from Lisbon on March 29, and taough tue Frolic does pot average more than eight Knots an hour she ought cer- tainiy to lave made the voyage home In less time than twenty-four days. It 1s possible, however, that the gales peculiar to this season on the At!wnilc have im- eded her progress. lier arrival is hourly expecied, ‘The Frolic, which 14 @ paddiewheel steamer, third rate, abd Carries an armament of five guns, has had a very pleasant Cruise suace sue joined Lue Buropean Squadron inore than two years ago. She will be piaced out of commivsion at the Prooklyn Navy yard and will probably be sold by the government as were otuer vessels of Ler descripuon, The Stonm Elephants and the Lron-(iads with Twenty-Inca Gans. TO THe Eptrox oF THE HEAL If one may judge by we article in the Henatp of the 8d inst., referring to Admiral Goldsborough’s com mittee, somebody has been lounging very near the galley, and while there hoisted aboard a very long yarn. Reference is made to the steam elephants of the Wampanoag ciass. Your informant says, alluding to these vessels:—“Each vessel is provided with eight boilers, and on their trial tripa, or so many of them as have been under steam, have made au average of sixteen and three-quarter knots per hour. * * * Those who are opposed to having any vessels in the naval service 80 fast as these want some of the boilers taku out to give room for the storage of provisions, being content for this change to see their speed reduced to twelve knots. Fault 43 also found in that they have too many smoke- pipes, interfering, it ts said, with the use of the mainsail—a thing that m the steam naval service 13 never used? With your permission itis proposed to supp.ement the above with a few facts, which will show that, owing to the fallacious theories of engt- neering ‘which have been “the, thing’ in our navy for the past eight years, and which cul- maunate in this class of engine carriers, these vea- sels, ag they stand, are useless for any naval urpose. if, insiead of lingering near the galicy, your taformant had examined the vessels humseif and investigated their ormances at sea and the reports of distinguished naval officers who have had heey experieuce with Mem, he would have soon found out that ‘the old line officers’ are not so very foolish after all in thinking that vessels which were designed to play the part of Alabaimas should have room to stow provisions, and aiso, as Secretary Welles says, “they should large sailin, ability, that they might cru with canvas, an thereby economize fuel.” When the smali amount of coal carried by these vessels, as compared with the rate of consumption, is remembered it will be seen that of ail vessels in the navy these absolutely demand the highest eiiciency under canvas; yet in this particular they are the least @ticient vessels in the service. They cannot even ‘tack’ without the use of steam. In fact, daring ail the trials which have taken place With this class of ships, Wilh fresa breezes “abalv’ as well as before the beam, they have never yet been made to go through the most ordinary evolutions under canvas. As regards the Alabama, tt seems to be lorgotten by those who ad- mire cogwheo' ‘Un bowers that that stip was asmatll, handy, swilt vessel, with ample space for coal, stores and provish and also wita ‘large sailing abiiity,”” 80 that sti vas and thereby economize fuei;” hence #he coud keep the sea without visiting port for very long periods of time, and at the same time keep out of the way of our clumsy sloops propelled by Isherwood engines. The ingentons suggestion that the Wampanoag class are to maintain a supply of coal by repient ing theit bunkers from tue voids of colliers aap to be couvenienuy distr.buted over the opuen y enemy amounts, in fect, to @ practical ad- mission from tho Steam Bureau chief himseif that owing to thelr great consumption of coal as com- with their inadequate supply nearly all of their time would of necessity be taken up in mak- ing port for coal, and then by the time they had reached the cruming ground agaiu looking out for another harbor where tuey could repienwh their bankers, Of course, owing to their wont of “large sailing ability,” instead oi being abla to make these cruises after coal under canvas, aufl “thereby economize fuel until & sultabie opportunity was presented to wi ” their steam power would of necessity be almost continually employed, Referring to the report of Captain Nicholson, of and also the report of Mr. Isher. inates, made after a run down the coast with fresh breeze abatt the beam,’ It is seen that her bonkers full of coal would be ex- wed, under full power rate of combustion, in five aud one-third days, ai of course, at half power, in less than eleven days. Now when tt is remembered thas the coal used on this trip was of @ species not used in our naval steamers, and for which nearly doubie the market price of the coal wis paid, in order to have a supe- ie deceptive purpose of tia trial, it ts quite safe to assert that under fnt! power these vessels Will empty their bunkers in les# than five and onder hall power in jee than ten days. these facts before him it must be evident to ‘al affairs that in order that ‘come op to a reasonable standard of effictency, in view of the end im their construction,” the intentions of the late Secretary of the Navy should be fully carried into effect. These intentions the late S ocretary himself exp! slates when he says to Congress, as hag been be! quoted :—“It was also an object that they should possess large satling ability, that tuey eratse with canvas, and therehy economize fuel.” flow these loventions have been fi by the manipuintion of the late Cilef of the Bureau i 0, 1869—QUADRUPLE SHEET. of Steam Engineering is understood by every 50a man in the navy. And this sactiiice Ot saiung and, in fact, of every quality which a ship use should possess, is wholly unnecessary, and it ts-due oe to the theortes of marine engingering Ww! have controlled the design of the machiuery of these ships, It has been repeat deinonstrated by un- chaile! comparisons that they would not only be faster ships with machinery constructed after the usual old and well tried Slama, weigi me tons less and occupy ne sary ene space in the ves- sels, but that they could also have carried a heavier battery, plenty of siores and provisions, much more coal—and that. too, where it belongs, in the hold, not in quariers of oMcers and crew—besides being fully rigged, and possessing those sailing quaiities Which the late Secretary Ol the Navy states to be es- sential, and without which vessels of this class, carrying so littie coal, are practically useless, As for speed, it is of course simply a question of steam wer, and every Weil informed engineer knows that @ maximum power claimed for tae Wampanoag’s engines can be developed by far simpler machinery, of about one-half the bulk and weight, and likewise of about one-half the cost, of the machinery of that ship. This is the wuole case in @ nutshell, and in orderto show that it is not overstated the following tabie is given:— Table showing the principal features of Isher- wood's Wheel machinery of the terrageen$ fleet, and of plain direct acting machinery, suc! a3 is used In the serew steamers which make such rapid passages across the Atlantic:— Name of vessel... -| Wampanoa; Hercules, huad of engines. +| Isherwood's [Plain direct act- cogwheel, ing. Kind of bollers. +|Marda’s pat-|Plain horizon- ent. tal tuoular. 4,960 8,000 operatio: 5 1,260 1,000 Length occupied by engiues, boilers and bre room, 175 feet. 122 feet. Number of furnaces . Sy we Cost in United States si PERCY. «9 $679,600 Name of vessel Hellerophon. | Penslope. Piain directact-|Piain directact- ng. ng. -|Plata “Rorizon-| Plain borlaon- tal tabular, tal tubular, 6.200 4,103 580 55 feet. 20 Kind of engini Kind of botlera., 871,200 Hence it will be perceived that if the steam ma- chinery, per se, of the Hercules, lor example, was placea fa the Wainpanoag—estimating the speed to vary in the admitted ratio en rappore with the en- gine power—the speed of the Wampaneag would, ceteris parivus, be over twenty-one knots (tweuty- jive mules) per hour instead of the seventeen Knots which is ciaimed as the maximum, And in like nner, if such plain machinery ag that of the jope and similar vessels was substituted we would have neariy the same speed as at present, with considerably less than one-half the weight of machinery, and that, too, in less than one-third the space. And in addition to this economy in weight, in space, in money, 10 saltiug power for each vessel, we should have a fleet of war vessels of equal speed, while the steam machinery of the Wampanoag tivet has rendered thei uscless ior any purpose of naval warfare, Keferring to the description ef the Kala- mazoo in the HERALD of the 4th fast, it seems that some curious information has veen furaished co the writer of that article, he information is there given that sie is to carry a battery of “four wu-inch guns, two for each turret.’ As _ her turrets are twenty-four feet interior diameter, those familiar with such matters know that the only way to get a pair of 20-inch guns in such @ space would be to break them up and carefully stow away the pieces. lier hui, it is true, is a masierly piece of carpentry work—it is of immense and unusual streagth; but the reader is informed, ‘a periect truss sortned of iron bands” (some 250 tons in weight) runs longitudinally, 30 irmly bolted “that were tie wood work taken olf sae would form an iron bridge.” So far from this being the case the fact is that “were the wood work taken off this wonderful trass would fall, if unsupported, between ity euds, by its own weigit, Indeed, if & railroad engiaeer should at- tempt tO span an opening with such an enormous contrivance it would inevitably tumbie by its own weight betore 80 much as a horse car cou!d cross it. As lor the engines, with their four cylinders, sixteen air pumps and 200 or 300 jourvals, it need only be stated that, being designed en rapport with “tie Bu- reau,” and under its sueitering wing, they deserve to be placed va the same shelf in our naval museum. NAVAL OFFICER. BROOKLYN RAVY YARD. There is no truth whatsvever in the sensational rumor given publicity to by ose of the Sunday blanket sheets of the press of New York, which ac- credited the Admiral of the Brooklyn Navy Yard with having instructions from the Department to fit out twenty vessels of war at this station, The story is utterly absurd in view of the fact that such a pro- ceeding would be lmpossible, there being less than twelve vessels of war on this station that could be placed in readiness for sea im @ shorter space of time than six weeks or two months. The only vessels at the Brooklyn Navy Yard that ave likely to be made available for im- mediate service in case of emergency—that 13, two or three weeks—are the ote | named:—Mada- Wwaska, Mosholu, Wampanoag, Nashoming, Colorado, Minnesota, Wachuseit, Hartford, tov otien- toy Roanoke, Canandaigua and Susquehanna. e iron-clad Roanoke is one of questionable availability, owing to her rolling propensities. There are very few omicers on this station who would choose her as a seaworthy vessel. The only ships preparing for sea ig the praciice ship Sabine, thirty-six guns, waich has been previousiy noticed in the HkRALD. The Moshola has not been ordered to be ftted out for Sea, and is merely having her keel deepened. There are about 1,200 workmen empioyed in the various departinenis of the yard, yet business on tis station is far from being brisk. Recruiting is rapidly progressing on board the re- ceiving ship Vermont, however, ere Was noting observable here yesterday that could be construed as @ uote of Wariike preparation, T&E BUREAU OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING. New Legal Tenders and New Fractional Cure reucy. WASHINGTON, April 18, 1569, The Congressional Committee, composed of Sens tor Edmunds and Congressman Halsey, have made a roport in relation to the condition and operations of the Bureau of Trinting and Engraving up to March 7, 1969. Another commuttee, appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, have looked into the books and all the papers as well as material of the bureau, and have also reported everytning in proper condition, The publication of the report is with- held, as it contains many detatis which it is not to the interest of the government to make public. The following facts of interest are allowed to be stated, Under the new administration the bureau, headod by a new and reliable aud efficient superintendent, George B. McArtree, bas already grown into real vaiue and importance, as now the greater portion of the government snoney will be printed there, The new arrangements entirely preciude fraud. The checks and balances are plain and comprehen- sive, and cannot be misunderstood. The superin- tendents and assistants make out daily duplicate reports of all work,done ip their respective divisions. One goes to the cufef of the bureau and the other to the cnief of division in tue secretary's office. The copper plate printing division of tis bureau is betng refitted and the various divis Ons reorganized, As it is proposed to tssue a new description of paper woney ‘gg eo for the purpose is now being Imanafactured, paper maker and clerk represeni- Ing the government has cnarge of tie mill, and the contractors can work only wuder their supervision, Vart of the legal tender notes will be printed out of this city and the remainder here, 16 is now in- — to print all of the fractional currency notes ere. ‘The same plan has been adopted in regard to Whiskey and other siamps made for the use of the Bareau of Internal fevenue. In the Secretary's bureau a counting room for the blank paper ts in operation, While a simtiar one will be in use in the printing bureau, and the same, with the money alter It ia made, except that Lie counter check room is in the Treasurer's bureau, The hydrostauic presses, about ninety in number, Wiil be abolished, and in thetr stead roiler presses Will be used with greater economy; no steam is re- quired and the greater safety of the putlding from explosions t# thus obtained. The employes, nen and women, of the bureau, in the various divisions, have been furioughed until the 16th of May. During this interval ail the ma- chinery wiil be put im perfect repair and everything prepared for @ iresh start, « hw to call in the fractional currency. No more of any of the series will be printed. Tne style of the legal tenders or greenbacks will be en- urely different froin those now in eireulation, and as they supply the place of the old the latter will be withdrawn. A set of books will aiso be kept, in which wll the trausactions of the bureau will be re- corded, and no ditlicuity will be experienced in the way of making the proper imvestiygzations at any time, The old machinery not required will be di of, and aii useless dies and plates destroyed, Itis grate jying that the printing bureau, under Mr. McArtree, Js about to be made not only a asefal, but an eco- nomical; branch of the Treasury Department, Tt ta also very satisiactory that there is @ prospect of a cessation of the inexplicable transactious so fro- quently charged against the bure: AN ArreMrT AT Wi0LPsaL® MuRDER.—A follow was ff the afternoon express train on the Boston and Albany Raliroad at Nauck Saturday aiternoo: and to be revenyed he attempted to thoow the nex train down off ihe track, by placing @ rail on the track, but failed. He made another attempt on vie crain whic leit here at hait-; ten Saturday evening, in the same manner, but the rail was thrown oif by the cowcateh the train was sived from destruc. tion, The Watch{ulness and cate of those on the train resulted m but OO pad escape, The villain Was arrested, and should be made to endure all pos- sible suffering allowed ik a8 @ penaity ror his erline,— Woreesier Spy, A\ cea OMA aes THE PERUVIAY MONITORS. Voyage ef the Mouitore—How tho Trans- pert Was Sunk—Iacapable Peruvian Ofi- cersWhereabouts of the Atahualpa—A Difticult Voyage—Departure for St. Tuomas. Moniron Manca Carac, RacGep IsLanp Haksor, BAHAMA ties, March 20, 1869, We have been lying here at anchor since I wrote you last, and as yet have heard nothing from our consorts, the Atahualpa and Marranon. On the 1vth one wrecktag schooner waa sent to Great Inagua Island, where we suppose our consorts to be at pre- sent, and another to Nassau, N. P., to get provisions and coal and to take Lieutenant Thorn, bearer of despatches to the Peruvian Minister, that far on his way north, We have had no returns from either of these schooners yet, though we expect the one from Nassau hourly. The brig captured by the Spanish cruiser, that’I mentioned in my last letter, was irom New Yor, and had on board 3,000 muskets or rifles, with other arms and ammunition for Cuba. She was captured here in Ragged Island harbor and had an English Custom House officer of this place on board at the time of capture. Her name is the Mary Lowell. The people here are very indignant, and say that the British government will make the Spaniards pay well for it. There are about twenty Cuban refugees here. The poor fe'lows are scattered around on nearly every island of the Ba- hamas. There are about 300 inhabitants on the Ragged Islands, and their principal business, independent of wrecking, is making salt, Nine-tenths are negroes and mulattoes, They have schools, and nearly all of them can read and write, though they speak English in true nigger style. The islands are coral rock, ana produce very little—a few sweet potatoes but no variety of vegetables and no fruit, Fresh beer of poor quality is brought off to us at Mfteen cents per pound, It 1s now blowing hard from the east-southeast, and we shall probably have rough weather until alter the equinox. The schooner Sophia, of forty tons, formerly a Savannah pilot boat, came in last night to avoid the storm, She is probably a block- ade runner, bound to Cuba, but nothing can be found out about her, as the crew wisely Keep thoir busiaess to themselves, I have no doubt the loss of the transport. Reyes and the visit of this mouitor te Narapjo, Cuba, will Chuse some littie talk in Now York; but at the time the Reyes weut down the Manca Capac was nearly out of coal, 80 there was no other way for us but to go to the nearest port ior fucl. We were not aware at the time that Naranjo was in the hands of the liberals, Had the Spaniards boen there we cannot tell what our reception might have been, The loss of the Reyes was a most fool- ish, stupid and disastrous atlair. The captain of the Reyes (Sanches) 18 & commander in the Peruvian navy. He i @ native of Peru, with more indian than Spanish blood in him, and, i think, the most cowardly, incapable man what ever attempted to take charge of a vessel. On the sth lustant, tho senior ollicer (Captain Oarrelia) of the monitor Manca Capac, made signals to thé Reyes to take him in tow. Captain Sanches made several moat awkward attempts to pass the line and finaliy was ordered to desist by Captain Currelia. The next day at two P. di. the algae was again made to take the monitor in tow. Captain Du Bois (leet pilot) then went to Captain Sanches and re- spectiuily offered his services, assuriag the captain that he could with perfect saiety steer the Keyea near enough to the monitor to easily pass the line, Sanches’s auswer was, ‘No, sir; | Know my business and am captain of this ship.’ Captain Du Bois then said, ‘Well, sir; the Peruvian Minister told me in Pensacola you would in emergency be advised by me. Now I feel it my duty to tell you that if you stop the headway of tals steamer when to windward of the monitor you will (il near her) arift on to her, while if you keep to leeward you cannot easily get foul, ag this vessel will drift a great deal fasier than the monitor.” Captain Du Bois uiso advised him to attach a buey to along line and run ahead of the monitor, aud they could pick tt up. Bi no; Sanches replied, he kuew his business an wanted no advice or interference. - After several more unsuccessful attempts, during which we came near drowning the boat's crew that were th 3 wo get the line to the monitor, Captain Carrelia sent word to Sanches that he would keep tue monitor lyiug still, aud that the Keyes must come near enough to send him the line, and that he wauted no more cuild’s piay. Captain Sanches tien starved the Keyes abead, ran to windwatd of the monitor, made a hali-circle and came down before the wind and sea heading directly for the monitor's stern as slle jay at right angle with our course. To the aston- ishment of everybody, wien within 200 yards of the monitor, Captain Sanches ordered the engine stop- ped, the Reyes lost steerage way, and was drifting head tirat directly toward the monitor, Captain Du Bois then shouted to Captain Sanches, ‘Sir, you will Jose this ship, Back her, sir, back her, or she 1a lost.” Captain Sanches answered, “No, no, she no strike; go ahead fast oa the engine.” ‘The bell was rung, and alead she went, siriking the monitor on the stern and getting @ hole in her own bows, as large as a farmer’s gate. This stuptd act cost the lives of seven brave men, aud the Peruvian govern- ment not jess than a quarter of a milion of duliars. ‘the Reyes had nearyy all the monitor's ammunition, and stores of every kind for year on board. Her oficers and crew lost everything except the clothes on their backs at the ume, Capiain Sauches was the first man that got in a boat to leave the sinking ship. Calling into the boat tie most of the Peruvian oilicera, they abandoned their yessel before there was four fect of water in her. Wheu taisneet was im Pensacola the majority of the American officers wanted to leave it on the geound that the Peruvian oilicers in command of the transpor® were tolally mcapabie of haudiing ‘the steamers,and that it was dangerous to sall under such commanders. How well grounded their fears were (iis stupid act has proved. Mr. Garcia, We Veravian Minister, insisted on the American oilicers going with the feet, and assured them that mm all times of danger or cases of emergency the Peruvian otllicers would = giadly avail themselves of the greater experience aud superior seamanship of the Americans, We have no doubt that Mr. Garcia thought a4 he spoke, but he did not koow his own countryinen. With two or three hon- orabie exceptions the Peruviai oficers have ignored the Americans entirely, not suilering them to have the least voice tn the discipline or duty of the ships, aud with the exceptions above mentioned they are the most ignorant, assuming and incapabie set that ever attempted to carry ou the duty of a slip. Under the present management tats neet will never reach Pera. Althouga the present senior oimcer, Captain Carrelia, Is a seaman and a geutie- man, he has no help thut he can avail himself of. ‘Mis officers must nuld positions acco vo their rank, and ignorance seems to increase with rank among them. As soon as the Marranon comes here and we get our coal and provisions from Nassau we shail start for Samana’ bay, Si Domingo, stopping at Jnagua island wo pick aR the monitor From Samana we wii it ble to vowing two Mmanitors, and tuere await orders the Peruvian Miuister or from the Peruvian govern. ment, Oue thing is certain; these monitors cannot +4 as far as brazil without a towboat each. We ave tried the Manca Capac thorougaly, and she cannot make anything against a duubie-recied sali breeze, wilt the usual sea that accompanies Bat where the transport is to come from that will replace tie Keyes nove of us yet know. The Ainer> Icuns, Odicers and crews, are thoroughly disgusted with the voyage, and would oy tase their ieave of the whole aliuir if they could get discharged. The men have lost all confidence tn the Peruvian ofl- cers, and their murmurs are loud aud dee; MARom 24.—Yesterday our schooner returned from Inagua, with news that the monitor Athauaipa and trausport Marranon sailed for Cape Haytien, 5t. Do- soingo, On the 14th inst, Would stop a@ day or two there and then go on to Samana Bay, So we shail probabiy sec no more of them until we get w St Jhomas, where we must try to go, Without otiier help than our own sleaes, We shail start for Samana Bay as soon ag our coe! aud provisions come from Nassau. ft will be a hard pull ior this monitor to get 600 mnie Lo the eastward against the tradewiud, swell and carrent; and tn worst feature of the witole is that we lave two crews on bowrd aad not bouts enough to carry over one- hall of them should an accident occur. Captain More, of the Atahualpa, broke his orders 10 separate ing from us; but the Veruvians care very little for the orders of a superior. Tneir naval discipline is curious at ieast, ‘heir social and political siandl at _ seems W iaxe precedence ut sea of all nav. rank. APRU, 2.—Our coal schooner has arrived from Nas. sau, and we start to-day for St, Tuomas, touching at Samana Day, st. Domingo, if necessary, for We shalt have hard work to steam up again trades, but u the Wind shoud be ight we may suc ceed in reaching St. Thomas in ten days, We shall wait at St. Thomas until we get another steamer to tow this monitor, You shail have fuil particulars from there, THE NEW MINSTER TO RUSSIA AND THE SECIETARY OF LEGATION. From the Philadelphia Freee, April 19.) Pondayivents acems vo huve acquired # traditional claim to the St. Petersburg laission, and it is gratiys Ing to feel that the historic presuge of our Common wealth tn that im ‘quarter Will be 80 Well pers tuated, Governor Ouruin, the just coviirmed inster, and Mr. Titan J. Coifee, the new ap- pointes for the Karyalp of Legation, wil a # arena he ee jon acquired for us in the st n pacreae © ‘liam Wilkins, James Buchanan George M. Whatever charges may be brought against Governor Curtin by different Wings of our party organization his representative ition as & Vennsyivanian cannot be challenged, His name and reputation are inseparably allied with those of the Commonwealth in its darkest ours of trial and ite proudest record of devotion and loyalty, Mr. Coffee is thoroughly known to the bar of the State and country as an accomplished lawyer, aami- rably quelified by education and political history for ‘this Important secretarysitp. As Assistant Attorney coe - ihe a mane hia Knowledge of titers national law an as beon already ously tried and proven. He brings to the sotvioe of the govermaent in (ils new position no antested enti, Avia