The New York Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1869, Page 10

10 AUSTRALASIA Weaknesses and vices tm very much the same way that they do those of far less dis- Bageiaied opie, They had always been Signe told that "the Prince, tke the. Prince's ‘elder brother and hisgreat ancle, was a nan of doabt- ‘otony—Whalivg—The Chineve Wiganees of the Colon ful morals, ‘There is little fear now that tus in Victoria= Arrival of Sir J. Ferguson, the- Continent will ever fail under the dominion of a he- New Governor of South Anstralia. reditary potentate, ‘Tne people here have very MELBOURNE, March 1, 180% respect for the domestic virtues, and the visit of the Prince has caught them that a man ex] to the Parliament was opened on the Lith inst. with the ngual formalities, The financial statement of the Treasurer is more favorable than was anticipated, bat perhaps the accounts have been cooked in order to float the Victorian securities which have just been placed on the English money market. The revenue js estimated at £3,204,161, and the expenditure at £8,293, 042, It bas been discovered that Chinamen are accus- tamed to decoy girls to their dwellings in the “Mon- golian quarter,” and then keep them as. prisoners. One very atrocious case of this kind has lately come to light, The morally of John Chinaman and his general desirability as a ciuzen is very much doubted temptations which royal blood forces upon him can only in exceptional cases exhibit the self-control of aman of honor. ‘To encourage the Prince the Assembly has just de- cided that his attempted assassination Was the result of a plot aud that certam portions of the country are disaffected to the British government, The evidence thus lar published Sustaius the first propo- sition, but the second seems clearly made out. Two of the gentlemen who were very nent in receiving the Prince on his first visit, the fremier, Mr. James Martin, and the President of the Council, Mr. T, A. Murray, Davejust received ii that upon payment of the usual fees, namely £116, pat- euts of Knigithood will be sent out te them, Asevere storm swept along the coast during the month, and caused some haifa dozen shipwrecks of smal coasters, AM American the Martha In Victoria, He is too well Known here to be very | Kideout, had just sailed for San Francisco, and greatly respected. sprung a@ leak during the tempest, and after nar- . rowly escapiug foundering got kK into port. The A hew joss house has just been opened with great rejolcings at Ballarat East, The ceremonies were of & very interesting character. At an carly hour of the morning a large number of pigs and goats were brought up on trays in @ cooked state, and having remained for some fours as a sort of sacrificial offer. Ing, were gobbled up by the assembled Chinamen, aecompanied with Iow!s and other delicate fare, ‘the animals were dressed in a y fantastic man- ner, with wires run throug! them, and wit on their backs. The pri nsive costumes, some of storm has, however, had the good effect of termi- naling the crought which had so long aflicted the colonies, But for this timely spell of wet weather the squatters in many districts would nave lost all their sheep. AS M is they have suffered very heavily. Whaling during the past season has been ex- tremely profitable. The American bark Stephania, which was sold here a jew months ago for £500, and Was refitied by au American Sydney firm, has just returned with 1,000 barrels, paying for herself several umes over, The following American whalers have been reported as lylag at Norfolk isiand:—The nm costing as much as 200, The proceed: very much interfered | Milton, Captain Grant, tiree years out, with 2,700 with, however, b: European miners, who did | barrels sperm; James Arnoid, Captain Sullivan, not hesitate to capress their coutenipt for the cere- | uwenty-eight months out, with'2,600 barreis sperm; Bartholomew Gosnold, Captain Nichols, twenty-eight months out, with 1,700 barrels sperm; Abrabam Barker, Captain Potter, twenty-eight months out, With 2,100 barrels sperm; Emma C. Jones, Captain by &@ genuine sensaiton—nothing less thaa the arrival | Giderd, twenty-nine months out, with 1,750 barrels of the Duke of Wdinburg and anew Governor on | sperm; Hunter, Captain Chase, teen months the sauie day. ‘ibe Prince, however, only siopped a | out, with 850 barreis sperm; Northern Light, Ci few days, and was very quiet even during that short | tain Beker, thirteen months out, with 840 barre! time. Sir James Ferguson, the new Govern r, seems | sperm; Caliao, Captain Brown, three years out, with to have created 2 yery favorable in 1,060 barrels sport. There is no other hews of any mnt t. The follow. Save also been spoken:—Iopia, of - New ety es Le hueen paake on Sarees Relies: , ‘ syerP x Sperm, 200 do. black, 3,000 pounds ot e; Charles, TheFeclee Trading Compdny--Progress of the | (SY Redford, iourtean Mouths ous a0. barrels Robveliion Agninsi the French Goverument in sperm, 200 do. black, 3,000 pounds bene. New Caledonia--Intevesting Details ‘rou: Tae The ‘American bark Lady Franklin has been sold mony to John Chinawan’s face, A gold field bas been discovered at last in Tas- manta. For once fouth Austr: has had ner blood stirred hitimPhe Court of Queen Pomare VY. ie hrgeeee 1 EEG REESE SyYbNey, Feb. 25, 186% ugilated In earnest. Its settlement properly belongs The new Feejee trading and banking company have | to Queen: |, for whose benedit the kianappig has been perpetrated; but a large number of Sydney ves- sels engaged in the Polynesian trade complaim that commerce with the natives 1s dificult at the present time, and on many islands even already impossible, owing to the batred engendered among the unfortu- nate Polynesians, whose relatives have been spirited or forced away in Australian slave ships. New South Wales has on this fairly taken alarm, and for her own suke is about to do what Queeasiand if she had any seuse of public justice and honor would do for herself, The question has already come forward in the Assembly, and the discussion that took piace shows that the people here are unanimous in their determination to have this infamous trattic abolished, it was stated semi-oficially that there are DoW no less than 5,000 colored bondmen toiling on the plantations of Queensland, and in four months tuelr number had increased by 1,000, This is cer- Commenced operations im a very vigorous manner. A line ef packet ships has been started to run regu- larly between Melbourne and Feejee, and a township has been laid out round the harbor of Suva, ln the island of Viti Levu, which will probably ultimately become the commerelal capital of Feejee. This 1s the harbor which was so strongly recommended to the Notice of the British government some years ago by Colone! &: he, the special commissioner sent out by the Foreign Oftice to report upon the offer of sov- ereignty ma by King Thakombaa to Victoria. NEW CALEDONIA. The French tm New Caledonia are actively oceu- the native rebellion, the causes pied in stamping out tamly a very fair beginning; at such a rate ag that of which I narrated in a letter of some three | the coi population would soon outnumber the or four months ago, The operations have | White. The matter will be the subject of along de- lite rs Rie P ba:e very shortly, and some additional specific cases been of a very indecisive character, and | of outrage will donbtiess be brought forward. The the government have their hands full in rene a SomnEY We et he gnean aa ie pee teet settieme! ener > Capt atte ug to protect the outlying settlements, The | Tiilne Arey — Cader the provisions of Tebels swoop down e how and then upon some | the slave treaty existing between the principal Pow- detached party of whites or friendly natives, and bd nd of Mie nations me Reis Bing ged er. a aie “35 elves to the su; e Bre on the wing again long before the military can | Chee ce hin aye) trafic. It has already been arrive at the sceue of ution. Gondo, the most cele- | decided on the authority of Robert Lowe and other able lawyers that the ships carrying these islanders brated and Gaugcerous fightwag chief among the . S } 2 a clearly come under the category of “slavers.”” rely has, however, been shot und bis head brought ‘Meanwhile one “enterprising” English captain, into the Wygatta sevtlement. named Hovell, together witn two of his myrmidons, are being tried for the wilful murder of three natives of the New Hebridean group., The natives had been A detact ut of sixteen soldiers have recently noe escape. ‘They had camped ona hill | xidnapped by force, and alter they bad been stowed and we unded by the hostile tribes and cut | away in the hold became obstreperous. The captain of from ail communication with the main body of | and his two worthy subordinates thereupon fired into the mob and Killed three of them, This affair occurred as far back as October last and has only just |. come to light, the matter having been told incident- ally by some Tauna natives to a Feejee missionary, ‘Tne necessary evidence has, however, been coliected, and the captain at auy rate stands @ fair chance of swinging tor lus crime. The supercargo, @ man named Levinger, became frightened when he heard that the captain had been arrested, and offered $2,500 for a passage to Callao. He was captured, however, in tune, and the three criminals are fully committed for trial. ‘The reported massacre at Tanna of eleven white settlers lias not yet been confirmed, but it is known now that they had been engaged in disputes with the natives. The story, therefore, is more probable than tt seemed before. Yhe Xarifa has again triumphed in a private race with the Mistral. The superiority of the new colonial modei over the English lines is therefore retty well established, In four races the Mistral nas won but once, and then only im a “soldiers? wind.” “Oo a wind” the Xarifa is undoubtedly far superior to her loudly vaunted antagonist, ‘It is possibie that some fine day the Xarifa or a vessel built on her lines may contest the palm with Eng- land and America, They were keptan this pertlous situation \t hours, when the natives set fire to the i sites of the hill, The detachment then Tort to escape, and by dint of wz cut their Way through the rebels only two men. TAMITI. A private letter fr Tai gives the following in- teresting Getaiis of the court of Queen Pomnare LY.:— Frome August to October the climate ts most delight- ful, and Queen Pomare 1 mother and ker son, Toma +, at Liatea, selects tus Season to cule to Papletee, Where she is joined by the kings wud queens of the neighboring isiands, and is thus surrounded by a court of princes, Once @ week tae Naperial commissioner, the Comie de la Roncicre, ree the principal oficers aud resi- dents of the tsiand; but the special charin of these parties ig the presence of Queen Pomare and her court, The Queen and her suite are dressed with great taste iu native costume. Their long dowing Tobes give grace and euse to all their movements; their wreaths of winte flowers spread through the ate rooms the delicious fragrance of the tiare con- ‘Theatrically, we are very dull. Miss Joey Gougen- ‘trast well with tie jet of their abundant bl hai. | heim, who years and years ago played in New York, In their own dresses the Talitt Women are charm- | and who still looks young and blooming, has been Ang; but disguised in European costume they jose | playing burlesque and comedy at the Prince of Wales, all their grace. Princes and princesses ali love cards | and Mr. Bartlett has just commenced a passlouaicly. Pomare plays ecarté with a prudence | star engagement. An American minstrel troupe, and a skill worthy of au old player, and does not atall | consisting of Messrs, Hassey, Kelly & Co., have ar- object to win 1 ney of th st Of her sub- | rived from California and have made one or two jects. The lad talk and smoke their cigarettes, | appearauces, but so far have met with but inditer- nt success. A good minstrel troupe, with suficient iausical taient, would, however, do extremely well. _ The blacks ave stili on the rampage tn Queensland, Near Rockhampton a sheplerd named Alfred Wilson, at Taurus Downs, has been missing for some time; he was seen last at the Bonnie Don etation with 1,000 sheep, but neither sheep nor shepherd can now be fouud. He has doubtless been killed by the blacks. The police are out trying to trace up the case, but #0 far without any resulis. Anotuer outrage of a very similar character has occurred at Lake Elphinstone. ‘The blacks attacked and murdered a shepherd who was tending tus sheep on the borders of the lake, and afterwards drove the flock into the bush. Tue police iu this case ure on the track of the guilty trive, aud it ts fully anticipated will capture em, but keep their attention riveted on the card: their pleasure is expressed at times by loud and Joy- Tul exclamations. After a time somebody sits down to tue plauo and then dancing commences, and lasis during the best part of the night. These entertain- ments used to take place on Sunday evenings, but Comte dela Roncicre, having learved that several English residents could not atieud on uat day, altered it toa Thursday, and now the large assem- blage which breaks up at a late hour testifies to the enjoyment of all. One great wonder of Taluti is the cotton and sugar plantation of Abimanono, the Jargest, probably, in the world. The esiate covers a space of about 7,500 acres, and is worked by 1,500 men, 900 of whom are Chinese, There are work- shops of every kind attached to the establishment, Toads and bridges have beeu made without help from outside, and lately a small steamer has been con- Btructed, hull and engines, on the estate. Tne boilers alone were imported from'France. The Chinese have Tormed @ perfect town on the spot, with joss house, gam ALLIGATOR RACES IN FLOAIDA, Excittng Sport. (From the Jacksonville (Fia,) Union, April 29.) ‘The guests at die St. James Hotel, neediag some excitewent in order to counteract the effects of the hot weather, instituted, theatre, : ling saloon, opinm house, cott dis Alleged Forcible Deportation of Seamen by ne «American ConsulThe Approaching Visit of the Prince—Fenianism in the Colo- othing ‘less c Ui py—American Whalers Spoken—More About Biestors, Ito by I by sheer the Poiynesian Slave Trade=A Captain and | coniiding propre hold pets, provided Two Suabordinates on Their Trial for the | tie aforesaid provr iid not be eaten up in ‘ vantime, Murder of Tha en of tho New Hebrie |e mea! dean Gronp~Yachting and Theatricais— Outrages by the Blacks In Queemla ALLIG AT Nimble Jack, by 4. W. Corncti, of Ne Boston Boy, by A. iH. Rhodes, of Bo Spotted Tau, by A. B. Ib 1, Of Jw York. maviile. business of te tions and | of this city, has received the following letter from gubsidizing private corpora! - TREASURY INTERVAL REVENUE INTELLIGEN' OB OF INTERNAL Tarver, | wel ek OFF pasmuwianOn, May 1, 1869, Retara of Incomen of $10,000 and Upwards | by Clark, budge Co. trou pwal yO} e Per Annum against them as bankera by your predecessor a8 as- im the Third District, Breeklys, Sessor of the ninurty second district of New York has raat a P been Saveereined by me. 80d the assessment of both lowing comprises the list of incomes in | tax and penalty sustained. collection y YX ail be furnished with a copy of the the Third custrict, Brooklyn, for the year opmion given in the cage bi the wollcitor of internal ending May 1, 1809, showing comparatively the | revenue, E. DELANO, Commissioner. Telative variation in individual returns forthe past | In accordance with the above letter, Mr. Cleve- pee. zeetee land states that the tax on brokers’ sales will be Babcock, David B, rigidly enforced by assessment in default of pay- ment of the tax, it the appeal to me on eo ent made 1869, pane. GW 4,352 jenain, pas Blossom, J. = BROOKLYN CITY. Buikley, EB. + 928,542 — Brown, jas THE COURTS. Bryan, Rye _ ~ ~ Baieh, James N. ren UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—iN ADMIRALTY. Peas one. F- be” A Collision Case. Barber, . — The Phenix Insurance Company vs, The Steam eden ty Bow + 15,380 voat Avlas,—Plaintitls are a New York corporation Buck, RV... ate doing business in the city of New York. Iu March, Bussing, Robert S.. + 20,071 1868, they insured for the sum of $19,500 the cargo, Reeokmipn. John. _ which consisted of Maseed, of the canal boat A. BE. era Vents we. ea Hurd while on her vyoyage from New Badger, D. v. 20,222 York to New Brunswick, N. J. Soon after Burdon, vlan. ” the Hurd and another boat and a schooner Bergen Henry Bei were taken in tow on thelr way to New Bruns ‘a, D. ay wick by the steamtag Kate, When the Kate Karr, T. T, HX aan had got as faras New Brighton, S. 1, the weather Boones, Yee Sa Wasso untavorable that she remained there over Berry, . B. en night, About three o’clock the next morning the Bened et, 11,503 ate ‘set out on her voyage, having the Hurd site, on her starboard side aad abreast of her and the Ad other boat and schooner between. ‘Her course was northwest by north, directly towards Port Johnson, pre on the New Jersey shore. The wind was blow- 51a7 ing north to northwest, the tide was flood and o1'904 nearly water, aud the night was dark. ps About twenty minutes to four o’ciock, when within about a hundred and fifty yards of ps . the Jersey shore, the captain of the Kate heard Campbell, A Fd the whi of a steamboat, which seemed to be Chauncey, 6,777 dead ahead and distant about a tenth of a mile. hey s. 2,212 ‘The baie was blown as a signal for the boats oe . toa pass on.U eof eachother. The captain Culver, A. 7,768 tie Kate lined ely answered ‘with two whistles Carey, Maria, esi as asignal to keep.on the starboard side, consider- Chauncey, D 6,273 ing It unsafe for him, owing to the state of the tide Christunas, © nor and the nearness of the to attempt to pass the Claflin, Aaron, 11,100 approaching vessel on the port side, aud be accord Claflin, Henry = ingly starooarded his heim. Within a minute after- Coriiss, E. W - wards the Approaching vessel, which turned Con! H. an, out to be the steamtug Atlas, struck the Kate Carey, B. H. 3 amidsiuips on her starboard sid her course, Cottey, John - under the iniluence of her starboard beim, Colby, Joseph. had having been changed to the southeast. ‘The Kate surtis, H.M.. — was so seriously injured as to sink in about six Comeyer, W. 11,487 minutes. ‘The Atlas continuimg her course, shoved Copeland, 4,668 0 tne Kate down upon the boat upon the port side of Clary, F. Ae a 418,019 | the tier in tow, and the one next to her caused a Dunnell, J. W 28, 639° 18,079 | barge, which Atlas had in tow, to run with Dodge, Edward = 525 | great force into the canal boat Hi By this colli- Dorland, Sidney - 11,170 | ston the Hurd had her bow stove in so that in filteen Diek, Wilham.. - 418,429 | minutes she sank in about twelve feet of water, and Delaney, T. N. - 14,052 | her cargo was a total loss, The collision, as the Duryee, P. as 21,067 | libellants allege, was the result of the carelessness nis, 22,474 5 | of the Atlas and her fatiure to display the 8,450 proper lights. She did not answer tae whistle of the al Kate, as 1s claimed, to her coarge or reverse = pe et) until after the collision, It was also 30,225, el by the lil ts that the Kate was in no wa: - in fault for the collision. ‘The action: was accord- “= ingly brought to recover the amount of the insurance Ln) paid by liveilants to the owners of the Hurd. The 4,000 answer set up to these allegations was that on the - evening in question the Atlas was making her regu- Sd Jar trip from Amboy to New York, having the barge Julia in tow on her port.side. About half-past three o'clock the officers o1 the Atlas discovered a singie waite light nearly dead ahead. As no other light Was seen if was supposed that it belonged to @ vessel going in the same direction. The pilot blew a single whistie and ported the heim, when it was found that the light beionged to atow. Scon afier two whistles were sounded from the tow, as an indication of an intention to cross the bow of tae Atias on the starvord side. Signals were immediately given to the engineer of tie Atlas to back, and to the captain of the Julia to starboard his helin, gyhich was immediately done. The helm of the Atlas was also starboarded, but before her headway could be checked she struck the Kate. The respondeuts deny that the Atlas did not display proper lights, and that she was guilty of careless seainansiip. After the two whistles were sounded Fisher, A. A French, Jo Gray, G. A lan, ¥ . Green, Joseph W. Graymere, J. A. Green, R. H.. Green, Thomas Henderson, J. Hutchinson, Samuel. Hurlburt, M Hewlett, J. H. Hall, A. B.. Hazen, Abraham. Hawley, 0. F Hondlow, S. by the Kate it was claimed by the respondents that Howell, B. H. the Atlas at once attempted to alter her course Hall, George BE. and to 4 the Kate on her starboard side, and to Hiocken, Edward 14,747 | this end the engines were reversed, and the wheels Hoyt, G... 12,6¢0 | of the Atlas were actually moving backwards from Hoppel, F. J 20,186 | the time of the blowing of the two whisties unul the Hewlett, John D. 12,128 | Collision, Jt was further claimed that the it of Hatch, 8S. P.. 11,854 | the Kate was not a competent man, and that she Harway, John Wa. 16,761 = not ee Ui . It wasalso altered that Howell, T. A. 28,114 one Was visib)© upon the Kate and her tow Halsey, John, B 42,576 | when first digcovered, ‘Phe collision, as tie ond. Hougittalng, D. P. 19,996 | ents ciulin, Was tie result of the attempt of the James, D. H. 20,062 | Kate to cross the bow of the Atlas without sudicient Husted, S. Y. 10,089 | *ignal of her intention and in too close agen a eg Ketching, G. 3 her when the attempt was made. If the Kate had Knowlton, kept her course it was claimed that the collision Knapp, J. F would not have occurred. Case still on. KINGS COUNTY COURT OF S:SSI0NS. Before Judge Troy and Justices Hoyt and Voorhies, a cen = The May term of this court was opeued yesterday Lowry, R. H.. + 11,782 morning. A panel of twenty-five grand jurors was Leach, A. M. aes ordered to this court, but on being called over yes- ficioh ag ES “4 terday only fourteen answered to their names, and Mastin, E. out of this number twelve desired to be excused. Merritt, L, T. ~ Jonn Doeman, a laboring man twenty years of Mitchell, J.. - 21,227 laced on trial hat fh 7 Moore, W psd Tatitg | 28% Was placed on trial on a charge of horse stealing, MeCabe, D. 11,043 | having stolen a horse valued at $250 from Bryan Mckee. 13,261 | Whalen, and afterwards sold it for five dollars. The McCardell - 16,000 | testimony of the prosecution showed that the prison- Merriain, J. J. - 38,653 | er had entered the stabie of the complainant about Morgan, Jas. Le. _- 24,729 | @ month since, while in a state of iatoxication, and Marsnall, Wm. « 88,563 45,030 | taken the horse. Mr, [saac Marshall purchased the Marray, H. Re — 19,702 | horse aud advertised for the owner, aud in this way Moyer. ~~ 10,377 | tue animal was recovered. The prisoner was found Messenger, H. M. + 17,288 4,679 | guuty and recommended to the mercy of the Court. Morton, J Sears L073 0,190 ee BROOKLIN INTELLIGENCE, ~- 22444 ~~ pe ikiee Fines DvriNG Tue Past Montu.—The report of Noyes, J ‘62 | Assistant Fire Marshal Keady shows that during the Norris, Joho 11,813 | past month there were thirty-four fires in Brookiyn, [og tes 15,535 | involving losses to the amount of $24,309. The losses Pratt, Chas. 20,118 | on butdings were $19,085, and on stock and furnt- 26,092 | ture $6,304. The insurances on this property were Pterrepon 23,493 | $158,700. The fires are attributed to the following Poihem 12,529 | Causes:—Spontaneous combustion, 2; kerosene Price, 17,085 | @Xplosions, 2; supposed incendiarism, 2; accident 3 17,622 | 16, and from unknown causes, U1. 10,675 Serious Fiant—Two MEN INJURED.—A serious Neg oy == affray took place on Sunday night at the corner of pheipa, F.. j2'445 | Navy and Johnson streets, in the course of which Polhemus, T... 21,290 | two men, named James Donovan and Thomas Kill- — im fed made, were severely, if not fatally, injured, Dono- Peas pte ary yan was stabbed in the back and was removed to Kobbins, Bitis, 20/999 | the hospital of the Forty-fourth precinct, Killmade Richardson, € 79.973 | Was badly wounded upon the head, having Robinson, 6. © 27501 | been struck several times with a club, He opine, Amos 17,406 | Was taken to tne Foriy-first precinct, in Rodinan, ‘Thoma: 14/063 | Washington street, and subsequently removed Richardson, TH. A 45,201 | (0 lis, house in Tillary street. There are Kopbinson, J. 80,277 43.394 | two or three versions as to the origin of the fight. Wal "a 44.839 | One of the injured men says he was passing the pang ‘961 | Sbove corner with a friend, Wheu he saw two men - dijasg | beating another, and he undertook to remonstrate 16,002 ” with them, When they knocked’ him down and beat , ia him until he was insensible. Yesterday oficer Won- 1an, 20,030 deriy, of the Porty-fourth precinct, arrested a man Elevens, 3. Misacned named Robert Berry, on a charge of having stabbed ficees, D.. 2 u,ei7 James Donovan. Coroner Jones was notttied to take Snook, John ign ay 4 the ante-smorter deposition of Donovan at the Schurig, a ae Brooklya Oity Hospital. ‘Tur BoanD OF ALDERMEN.—The Board of alder. men met yestorday afternoon, the President, Aider- man Bergen, presiding. Alderman Clancy, of the staithers, C. Snow, Stephens, stone, DW Stohiman, P. A Fifth war, presented a petition from the Navy Yard Schwienring, H Ferry Company for a lease of the ferry slip at the pete? “pi foot of Hudson avenue for the term of ten yoars, Some little exeltement took place afew days ago by N. Hymes, of mong the American resid uey, in refer. ure at two in thre among : nT - y vt First Heat.—The alligators, after some belligerent @nce to a charge brou c United States | qemonstrations, got well off togetlier, making good Consul in the Assembly. J bie member e quarter pole. Spotted ‘Fail bolted the put the following questions to the Colonial Trea- to the consteraation of the lady spectators, a 1 i and timbly m ed the ad= 4 monster three-quarter pole Gazelle *n | and Boston Hoy both dashed among the spectators, a your Bae ¥uneler , | causing another amusing panic, but were soon re- to this port. @ that they were best-u on the uead | Stored to the track ‘and made desperate efforts to aying pire and tied up by the thamos to the rigging. | Tegain the lead mbie Jack, however, came im > ain the fap wiuner, closely followed by Chainpion Maid. Second Het?,—The atiigators took the track well ; and ali got a 00. { start, dashing off tn tine style. All - - were neck and neck at the three-quarter pote, bat t ort, 1» fre bowrd 4 pote, bat in Seeerree veces Fs coming down the homestreteh Chainpion Maid took the stream, bound for Caillornia, the lead and held it to the end, closely followed by Tout of the colony. &e: Mintle Jace. government to bring the © Third Heat—Nimble Jack got the lead tn starting The whoie inatte , has bd out to be | and Mm) id Wt throughout, Champion Maid comiug in of very little Importance. ‘ihe men mutin z SUMMARY, on the high seas and were placed in trons, On the nie Jack ; ship's arriy Sydney the captain reported the | Gh: on M case to the Conaul, and that gentiemaifiat once ship. | Spotted ail.. ped them to San Francisco (at which port they had X sve ‘ Joltied the ehip) for trial. second race wilicome nee Alfred has again arrived tn the colonies feet tong Ww ie aia and will be once more im Sydney in a few P “ steemnatansentineey t He is expected to reach here on the 12th THE LAND GRANT BUSINESS, inst, the auniversery of his attempted assassina- . F the Chicag: ion. Huw stay in New & Yales, however, 15 no [From the Chicago Tribune.) tion. Tis stay in New South ‘Weles; however, 1s not During the three weeks the Forty-lfst Congress Anticipated to be along one, This time he is to Le | was in session there Were introduced in the Senate received simply as the captain of the Galatea, and | and te House of Representatives bills granting land ® special request has been sent out that the colonial » aud money to railroads, canals and wagon roa/te to an onprecedented extent. The ialiowing esti of the grants made by Wiese bills nas been publi government Will hot incur any expense on his 2c. Count. One would huve thought such @ Tequest » Sonat seo Would have | erfuiiy acceded to, but the | Y Senate bls: ure present adm sked the House | a rdiroads 161,424,440 tor ‘See Boas $19,000. Strange to say, | fo cennlon yan a0 He Same body which fist year voted away ‘To wagon roa’ ‘ 8,594,000 100,000 Of public money to entertain their | “one grruse iis prope a od Dew found sensation squabbiet for nine hours upon ‘To raiironda. 908,000 1 po paltry $10,0 ©, and at las the amount was | ro can: owe 0090 HNC 0 hal at an Tw as now bee . afforded a fair opportnnt eis cee, | Add sen “ pectnlary vaine, and one itisuperadie obatacie to the ‘ Way of life ever acceding to the wishes of a cern | Grand totale... : Wealthy minority here (or ‘athe In addition to these dor the reported Wishes) and being established as Viceroy of the | proposed to give in national bonds 99,200,000, ant Australian Confederation thus crops up to the aur. | the House ills $16,900,000, or an agiregate of hondy face, ‘The people aiready gruimblo at the salary of | of $114,900,000, These do not include the money and the Governor—27,000 a year—and they Would wever | otter suosidies to steamship lines. Previous (0 tins consent to go beyond that—no, not even for royalty | date, the goverument has. denoted for railways Atsets, 184,618,000 aeres of sand, or au extent of land equal iy the way, it is as well to mention that the Prince is by no means spoken of in the same terms as he Was during his first visit. The air of mysterious | ied thar once surrounded hin in the colonial ind haa wern off, and people now discuss bia to the surface of all New Gagiand and the States of New York, New Jeri Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mary: ‘and, Delaware aud Virginia. Kortunately for tie country, tie President inay Ue relied upon to arrest, “star ae be Cau conscientiously do so, this whole Sproul, vee 18,988 ‘The Alderman offered @ resolution that the lease be Sioan, A. K ranted, Alderman Whiting thought the city Smith, Jos. ¥ jal no wer to grant a lease of that Sloman, S. Ht ° —_ Kind, Alderman Clancy said the city had Sheldon, Henry _ granted thom @ iease ten years ago seilick, D. C. - and it had juet expired. It they had the right to ao Spear, Ro... - it then they certainly had a right to do it now, Scuroder, D. A : Alderman Whiting held that they should advertise Stannard, it, and give it to the highest bidder, After some Taylor, Dewitt _ further discussion the iease was granted to the + 16,743 Company at the nominal sum of six per cent, 9,200 Thowas, M.D, “4 * ‘The Corporation Counse! sent tn a communication, in answer to @ resolution passed at the last meetin, of the Board, setting forth that he hud moved for an Injunction to restrain the Brooklyn Gaslight Company from making a dock at the foot of Hudson avenue. On making Inquiry in the matter ho found that the Gaslight Company were not en- Vernon, Thomas Van Wick, it. J. Vernou, S... 4 ‘aon | Croaching wpon the property of the city, Waterbury, Janes 27,414 | The motion was denied, Alderman Armfeid, Wiatgen, ¥ of the Thirteenth ward, stated tat in 1864 woow a 41.837 | @ charter was granted to the People’s Gaslight Wordweil, ©. W 16,267 ‘ompany, and they located at Hunter's Point; that Weed, We il.. 10,480 ey had only existed in namo since that Walters, Hora ialasa @ until recently, when they leased some property Westfat!, John ‘aso | inthe Thirteenth ward, where they proposed to Whitehouse, 14,192 | erect & gas Works. Hie now moved that the resolu. White, Alex. ¥ 18,126 tion granting them permission by the Board of Alder. Woodran - 21,801 | Men’to lay as mains through the city be rescinded, Washing! Al ee 31/866 | ‘The motion was alopted. A resolution was adopted Wal ve 12,204 25,049 | that a commiitee of five be appointed to snake pre Whe al 15,430 Panne for the celebration of ine national day of Wood, A. dependence. ‘The Board then adjourned, Wheatley, aT t Aeceanien tase Whelehou ; Wattenous ROBBERY OF A WATCH CASE MANU. Woodruf, A. FACTORY, Wymann, Te. Whiting, Geo, ‘ a Weupl . easton of the Principal in the Affaire Woo | Carions Discovery and Developments. ‘The facts have already appeared in these columns that Gustave Kind!, the man arrested by Superin- tendeat Warren, of the private detective po Collector Cleveland, Of thy Thirty-wecona district NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1869—QUADRUPLE SHEET, Ico egeney) of this city, and Detective James Tuly, Of the ‘Third precinct, had made a confession of his complicity in the roobery of the safe of Messrs, Wheeler, Parsons & Co., at their watch case manu- factory, State street, Brooklyn; but the fall results of this acknowledgment have not been given. As they are of considerable interest they are now pre- Sented. It appears that on Friday last one of the parties left i charge of Kindt’s house and household effects, at No, 11 State street, Brooklyn, while engaged in removing his goods to @ safe place for storage, had occasion to reach something upon asheif, and to accomplish this he had to step upon the window sill, When jumping off again the board forming this sill was loosened, and tipping up a piece of the Woodwork below it became displaced. Falling to the Moor it disclosed a valuable collection which Kindt had hidden there, consisting of three of teen watch nuggets gold, six! oases and two gold seal rings. ba and cases were ry of the property n from Messrs. WI » Parsons & Co.'s safe in January ask and the seal rings were stolen man in Pearl street, Kindt’s secret hoard was soon emptied and the contents, valued at $5,000 in gold, transferred to their proper owners. On the following day (Sal the fact lay Saturday) ot the discovery was communicated in such @ man- ner to Kindt that there was no poasibility of his con- cealing the facts any longer, and he at once made a fuil confession of the crime, saying that the de- tectives had performed work, and he could do nothing now but make @ clean breastof it, ‘The following form the principal incidents:—He stated that the plan was made by an associate and himself to rob the safe, and it had been the intention to perform the job on Christmas night, but the keys on that occa- sion were not all in accomplice’s hands, Before Kindt and his confederate ventured, the first accomplice, had by rehearsal of the matter convinced him that he had found the combination and could actually lock and umock the safe. His accomplice obtained the combination by taking oif the plate inside the safe, which covered the lock. On the night preceding January 1, 1869, Kindt and his accomplice went to the corner of Witlow lace and State street, where Kindt remained until his companion had opened the door of the factory; then he entered the lower part.of the building. Ina few minutes the accomplice handed down a heavy pare cel done up in a hand towel, and then came’ down himself with his share of the plunder ina bag. They quickiy separated, Kindt going by car to Paca ave- nue, where he dug a hole in the ground with a knife ane buried his portion of the property (one-half), le subsequently exhumed the gold and melted it on his kitchen stove. What the accomplice did with his half has not transpired. Kindt confessed, among other things, that he had || robbed his employers of different amounts in gold even during the time he was operating upon the Jock of their safe, as previonaly described, ip met at the $90,000 which he knew to be behind the doors, ‘Phe firm’ have now recovered one-half the amount stolen and there is.a eabeptiney that the re- | inainder may be found at no distant day. 1 ‘The trial will transpire during the present mouth. | SUBURBAN INTELLIGENCE | NEW JERSEY. Jersey City. New Oity GOVERNMBNT.—Last night the different || municipal bodies of Hudson county organized. Mathew Monks, the new Police Commussioner, was also installed in the room of Thomas Gafiney. ‘ THE ALLEGED INCENDIARISM.—Hermaun Damas- chasker was arrested yesterday on the charge of | being concerned in the attempt to fire the Iquor tore occupied by Charles Busch at 225 Wayne street on Saturday might. Busch was arrested on Sunday, He had, it is atleged, insurance to the amount of $1,800 on the preuiises, Tus HARboR MasTEeRs.—Messrs, William Taylor and John Geraghty received their commissions yes- terday as harbormasters, in accordance with an act passed by the late Legislature. Their duties will consist in regulating and stationing all ves- sels within the limits of Jersey City and Hoboken, removing ships that havegdischarged their cargoes, and Aaivsing all utes between masters of yes- seis in regard to the location of vessels. ‘Their fees will be half a cent per toa on domestic and one cent per ton on foreign vessels, ‘They are empowered to appoint inspectors who shall inspect ail sheep, cattle aud hogs. Hudson City. OYER AND TERMINER.—The May term of the Hud- son County courts will commence to-day, Judge Bedle presiding. AS soon as the grand jury are em- Panelled the court will reader @ decision on the ap- oa fora writ of habeas corpus in behalf of octors Biank and Voelker, of New York, who lie in Jail op, Lae cnarge of proceriag au abortion. QUARRYMEN ON A StRIKE.—The laborers employed 1m the quarries of Hudson City struck for ai advance of wages yesterday from two dollars and a quarter to two dollars and a half per day. They gave notice of thetr intentions three weeks ago. The men marched through the streets in the forenoon and de- meaned themselves in an orderly mauner, Tue BoatD Or CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS met yester- day. The Committee on Buildings recommended the erection of a building 20x36 feet and two stories in height for the use of the Boulevard Commis sioners, the cost not to exceed $3,000. It was re- ported that there are fosty-one inmates in the State asylum chargeable to Hudson ceunty. Mr. Flatt reported that the movement in favor consolidation had made great and that several influeatial mea in Hudson county were about to organize, in order to insure the suc- cess of the measure next Uctober. The complaint of the Newark Board of Health in reierence to the meadows was pronounced by the Freeholder from Kearney an electioneering trick to defeat tue bul fur dyking the meadows, Newark, A Samrce or Jaxsey Jus®ce.—In the Court of Special Sessions yesterday John Colbert, an alleged notorious New York burgiar, one of the three who had such @ desperate tine with the police about a month ago, and who pleaded guilty to breaking and entering, Was sent to State Prison for seven years, NATIONAL CONVENTION OF GooD BRETHREN.—The annual Convention of Good Brethren, an organiza- tion of Germans that has been in existence for about tem years and numbers about sixty lodges and 10,000 member, was held in this city yesterday. Delegates to the number of about forty-flve persous were present, and tfse represented the States of New Jersey, New York, Pennsyivania, Maryland, Ohio and District of Columbia. The foliowing ofiloers were elected for the ages 2 year:—G. M., John Otto, of Newark, N.J.; U.G.~M., Jonn Drell, of Philadelpuia, Pa.; G. Ch., Philip Rott, of Philad ory G, S., Francis Heuse, of Newark, N. J.; G. john Zachaias, of Philadelphia; G. Con, Phil Hopp, of Baltimore; G. Seu., Charies Warcht or Elizabeth, N. J.; G. Stew., Joha Minez, of New York, The reports of tie Finance and Statistical Com- mittee showed that the aifairs of the society were in a flourishing condition, The next convention adel phia. Paterson, PAINTERS’ STRIKE.— Yesterday the house painters struck for an advance of fifty cents per day on their wages, making ther pay €3 50 per day. Several employers immediately acceded to the demand and it ts expected the others will soon follow their ex- ample, Annest ON AN OLD INDICTMENT.—About four years ago ® man named John Mullen was indicted for stealing a gold watch worth $125 from one John Wall, Muller Jeft the city jmmediately after the rop- bery, but coming b yesterday he was promptly arrested by & constable and placed in limbo. HistoricaL Sociery.—The regular monthly meet- ing of the Passaic County Historical Society was held in Paterson last evening, Among the papers read was an interesting report of the Paterson Im- provement Association; a sketch of the eariy his- tory of Paterson by the late William Wrirht, &e. The society proposes to hold a ‘feld meeting” or scientific excursion in June, Passaic County Covrrs,—James A. Calvin, for petit larceny, Was sentenced to twenty-five dollara fine and costs yesterday afiernoon. Benjamin J, Coie, indicted for rape and convicted of assault, was fined $500 and costs, The same defendant was fined fourteen dollars and coats on two indtctments for fornication, Charles Jackson, assault and pattery, Was flued fifty dollars and cos je soutence of N, J. Greene, the warden of the jaf, for ett inter. course, Was suspended and the prisoner was released under bail, Other prisouers received light seatences for minor offences, Trevton. STaTs PRrisox.—In accordance with the provisions of an act passed by the last Legisiatare, five insane convicts confined in the State Prison were removed to the State Asylum yesterday. Ten prisoners were received from Burlington county. A Noroniovs Countenrairen ReCAPTURED.— Avout two years ago @ notorious counterfeiter, named Foster, escaped from the Trenton jail while awaiting trial. Nothing was known of him since esterday, when he was arrested at Philadelphia conveyed to Trenton last evening by United es Marshal Pluminer, Lick IreMe.—Yesterday afternoon Joseph and Margaret Phillips were arrested on a charge of selling whiskey and beer on Sunday in contravention of the State laws. A man named Peter Canield was are rested on @ warrant for comynitting an assauit and battery on a woman named Mary Higgis, The Mayor deferred the heating. Boany or Epvcation.—This body wilt require $22,000 to defray the current expenses of the present year for educational purposes in this elty. They Will also petition the Common, Council yA A Reg oval Appropriation ot for Gro lols wiureon te erect two mew sohool bunses, Beate wht dont See a seat te 400 and havo to be supplied by the city. ALLEGED INCENDIARISM.—Late OD constable Mears arrested three boys ages of fifteen and eighteen years, named ves. Were committed to the county jail to await the tion of the Grand Jury. WESTCHESTER COUNTY. Tas RvB NECK MuspgER.—Acting, perhaps, on a suggestion conveyed in the HERALD of last Satur¢ day the remains of Gilbert H. Robinson were yester¢! day exhumed by direction of the District Atto: and a post mortem examination made by Dre. man and Lounsbury, Tho results of ther will be laid before the Coroner's jury, whith ; sumes its investigation of the ‘lous er! oe morrow. up to the prosens no clue has obtained which might aside the hideous now screening the perpetrator. ArrgrreD SUlcIDE AT Morr HaveN.—While boring under the effects of a proionged ‘spree, Michael Rock, a teamster, living on 187th strei near Harlem bridge, wied to end his life by himself yesterday morning. Havi bought of new a Tock fastened it to oe ‘the of the use where his family live, and once went through the preliminaries for, own execution. He was discovered by his land) who cut him down before life was extinot, aith blood was flowing freely trom his nostris. After co" his senses, Rock his unal expressed del to kill hunself “before morning” —a: to this end endeavored during the day to purcl Jaudanum at ditferent stores, he maws tends anxious to have him taken charge of by the autho Degap Bopigs oF A MAN AND Woman Founp Mount Vernox.—Coroner Bathgate, of Mot held an inquest at this place yesterday on the boi of a colored woman named Ellen Pell, who wa: found dead in a field near Chester Hill on the p: vious day. Deceased, who was about fifty ol lived a long time in the neighborhood a aoe & sup) rt by washing, living, it 18 said, with her hi id in the African portion of village. Her neigubors say that she we out on Saturday evening to purchase dress, and although she did not return it has been shown that her husband exerted himself ‘find her. When discovered about half a mile fro! ‘the village by a watchman her clothing was into strips, and the dress. rn she purchas was found with her shaw! many yards distant fro! wi she a medical lay. before @ partial amination of the body had been concluded the jury rendered a verdict “deceased posure, brought on by intoxication.” ‘The same Coroner also held an inquest on the bot .of an unknown man found dead oa Sanderias noon by @ gardener in the oop ley. of H. A. Bow inan, living about a mile from vi hite plaid. Hi ere mn fn it hurt Wi |. He was apparently about thirty ye: ofage and is sup welt hat marks vict was given that “death was caused b, superinduced by causes unknown to the jury.” reimains were givenin charge of the poormaster, are now awaiting identification, To THe Epiror or THE HERALD;— In a question which involves the dignity of a great nation a policy of concillation or delay can hay; only disastrous results, At such a time a wise state manship will not hesitate before the consequenceg which its action may.deterimine. If justice and th outraged honor of a people are on one side, tire evi of a deadly and protracted war on the other are no! @ sufictent reason ‘Yor submission. The na’ tional prestige 18 lost im such a by inacticn, Is will be generally believi that a people which submits quietiy to a wrong, does no more than protest against It, is afraid draw its sword, and may therefore be {usulted wit impunity. ‘The result is @ succession of wars, intq which the country is plunged through the lack of energy Of ite government in the first instance, which would be impossible with a great people, tame endurance of every kind of affront. The state of our controversy with Great Bricain at present open to three solutie;s, Either oud peace at any ire, which would result in evils we have just pointed out, or @ posipe! ment of action to a more favorable opportunit; or, lastly, @ declaration of war on a refusal to act cede to our demands, The first, we believe, has n a single supporter outside the peace denominations’ the second is the one which, 80 far, has met wi most favor; the third ts desired by the Irieh part our population as eventuating in the possible in pendence of thelr country, and by a few impartial thinkers, who regard it as the only one compa’ with the @igaity of the nation. We will pass by tlig! first as unworthy of consideration, and state our reasons for holding that the second w nei honorable nor expedient. When at the commencement of our civil war th capture of the steamship Trent might nave led the armed intervention of Great Britain, it was versaily felt that the cause of Le snd was too UriG compared with the importance which tts effect unquestionably have on our affairs at such a cr, One war at a time, was the opinion of all parti and the administration acted wisely in declining make @ casus Vellt out of a small point of interna: tional law in which the national honor was not ~v, yd involved. ‘he fitting our of the Alabama, its depredation: on our commerce and the 140 Of the were questions which could not be dectded at th moment, for- it needed time to ascertain their portance as well as to jadge them dispassionately. Now, however, there is no longer any such reasot for del; The Paces have formed their opinion the subject, and the rebellion has been sup; What, then, ts the good of waiting? It be t the administration is afiaid of a war with Ei land = single-handed; that it betieves the course to be to wait wutil ste is eng in hostilities with some other Power, an then seek redress for our grievances. Such a polic: unworthy of a great pation. Ld we are afraid of war with Great Britain because we believe we al not enough to cope with her, let us at acknowl our inferiority. {t would be in bet! taste and likely to result in humiltatron to than the assumption of @ power which we do not possess, But if, as we believe, the People are co! scious of their own strength and do not dread enter upon @ just war with any nation whatsoe the maintenance of their honor and the righteor ness of their cause demand that they insist upon I mediate redress of the wrongs they ha’ ‘That war with a country so closety united to us al Eugiand would be a great caiamity, not to the combatants only bat to the entire world, we do ni deny. It would not be right to conceal such a irected desire and the RS a) of national a. we are ready for war now, we may possibly « it; f we confine ourselves to negotlations an aoa. pd) a8 the seed of btw causes dispute and only make es the occasion needs isa firm and dignified policy, Let our Minister be instracted to lay oar deinand before the British Yoko pend With ail courtesy, bi at the same tine Without concealing the consequea ces of a refusal to«a to them, follow! this course we may possibly obtain a speedy sett ment ofour claiins while we maintain the dignit, of our position. Andif war should come, we need. not fear to meet ft, ved as we would be the justice of our cause and the nyt oa or power, Relying upon these, we can afford to o! Great Brittin tie choice of peace or war, WEWS FROM JAMAICA, Kixaston, April 15, 1 Sir Bryan Edwards, Chief Justice of the island, ‘t au resigned his appointment, Noone Is yet named his successor, Ilo will remain in ofiice till his cessor comes out or 1s appointed. Major General O'Conner, O. B., commandor of forces on this island, gives up his command on a goth inst. om Cubans are leaving this for Santiago d@ aba. The Spanish mall steamer between this port, San Martha, Carthazena and Aspinwall is withdraw from the trade, SINGULAR Case OF HypRornonta.—About five Abodt ten years of tae, was uitten oy wdog. Th out ten years of wand won healed eid’ ho Turiner attention wal required. Within afew days past, however, tt ‘ain become painful, and on yesterday mornin, Was atincked With @ disease which his’ phyal clares to be hydrophobia. THe has the ben best medical men of the city, and sible the horribly fatal result averted. A “mad stone” having been yee! from Lineoln, was applied this morning. It slight adhered tothe wound when first applied, but at not extract any virus, so far as could be observe and soon became detach ‘The patient two severe sre Us morning and another violent about neon. At two o’¢lock he was mu easier, and-comparatively free from pain, However, raptdly sin: and grows weaker hour, —sprinanetd (1. theglaters Avra,