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

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET, ppg ' 8 ¥ previous, but, ap to the morning of his SOUTH AMERICA. death, the symptoms were not such as Lo cause aby decided alarm to the able physicians in attendance, Affairs in Central and South- western America, CABINET CHANGES PERU. in Scuador, and Chile. Movements Bolivia ‘The mai! steamship Henry Chauncey, Conner, master, from Aspinwall, arrived yesterday at this port, with passengers and matis frou Panama and the southwestern coast of America. Full details of the news will be found in our corres- pondence, given below. TREASURE List To order... + $46,479 F. Kelly & Co * Too}000 Duncan, Sherman & 30, 209 Moritz Meyer. 40,000 Wells, Fargo & Co 10,000 . August Belmont 100,000 Lees & Waller, big 4 88 COLOMBIA. Stnguation on the Isthmus—Great Fire at Barranquilla—Protestant Church at Panama, PANAMA, May 1, 1869, Political matters have never been more quiet, so very still is everything in that line one is forced to believe that the chief politicians have some plot on hand and are keeping close merely antil the proper time arrives to make a move. President carreoso continues in the mterior preparing for the coming elections. It 1s said he will not return to Panama until after the elections are over. Advices from Carthagena, dated 17th ult., says that a destructive fire had occurred at Barranquilla in the cotton warehouse of Messrs. Honisberg & Wessell, consuming property to the amount of $40,000. Nothing was saved. ‘The Union Company's Steamer America Was @ total loss at Nare on the Magdalena river, but no particulars of the disaster nave been received here. ‘fhe small pox still exists in Panama, but the mor- tality is very much reduced, and the disease will, I think, entirely disappear with the first heavy rains. ‘There have been some showers lately, and every sign indicates that in a very short time there will be a coplous rain tall. ‘The work on the Protestant church which is being erected in thi: is progressing most satisfactorily, but unfortunately the trustees in charge of the erec- tion of the building are runnning very short of funds, and unless they receive some lineral support from abroad tuey will have much diMieculty in com- pleting the work. Some liberal donations have been received from San Franctsco, and it ts to be oie in the E ern States who will to ald in advaneing the good cause. boped there ar be equally willii CENTRAL AMERICA. Movements in Guatemala—Reduction of Dues on Foreign Merchandise—Uarthquake in Salvader—New Laws in Honduras—Costa Rican Affairs, PANAMA, 1, 1869. ‘The arrival of the Panama Railroad Company's steamer Costa Rica, on 30th ult., from the Central American coast, enables me to send you fifteen days’ jater intelligence from the fire republic. GUATEMALA. The revolutionary movement in the northern de- partments, bordering on Mexico, referred to in my last had not been quite suppressed. No reference whatever 1s made to the trouble by the news- papers brought by this mail, but | learn from a gentleman just come down Irom Guatemala that several slight engagements had taken place be- tween the government troops and the revolutionists without any definite result. The scene of the trouble is some sixty or seventy leagues from the capi or perhaps more. This in a country with poor ro and poorer means of transportation 13 a long dis- tance to have w send after an encmy, and Serapio Cruz, the leader, is so intimately acquaimted with the northern departments of Guatamela and the ad joing States of Mexico, that it will be very difi- cult to cated him. ~* * The President has granted fall pardon to all pris- ners undergoing punishinent for common crimes in the Department of Escuintla who dered useful service during the late epidemic iu the town of that name. The reduction of ten per cent of the Alcabala dues on foreign merchandise imported through the ports of Izabal aud Sauto Tomas will be continued for six years longer. SALVADOR. On the nights of the 10th, 11th and 12th ults. shocks of earthquage were feit in this republic, bat no dam- age was done. The government had ordered new coins of tae denomination of dimes to be stamped. A decree of the 1uth of April allows certain debts of the government to be paid wholly in paper of the national debt HONDURAS. . Congress has been summoned for an extra session for the loth of May. indigo ts exempted for six years from the payment of tithes. The Church will be compensated for the loss of tus revenue from another source. In turee mouths irom the 12th of April Coxon Hole (now Port Medina) will cease to he a lree port. The object is to do uway with smug- gling. COSTA RICA. The papers of this republic give the text of the new constitution, Which seems to be quite # liberal one, except in relation to the law. April was ixed as the day for the leatieg swear to the new constitution. ECUADOR. Pardon of a Revolutionary Leader—Com. plaints Against a British Consul, PaNaMa, May 1, 1869, ‘The English steamer Pacific, which arrived here on the 29th ult. with the French mails for St. Nazaire, brings later dates from this republic. Genera! Ignacio Veintimillia, the leader in the late revolutionary movement, had beea released from prison on a bond of $10,000 that he wonld leave the republic by the Ist of May apd uot rev ee og mer Jompiaints had been made to Majesty's Legation at- Quito against Mr. smith, British Vice Consul at Guayaquil, on account of his having taken part in poiltical matters there, Two heavy shocks of earthquake were feltat Quito on the worting of the loth of April at filty-tive MINNHLeS past seven o'clock. PERU. her Britannte Suspected Foray from Bolivin—Voreign Cone tributions to Sufferers in Peru—A Charitable Institution—Death of the United Stutes Cone sal—Cabinet Scandal and Change. Lima, April 22, 1869. The quidnuacs here are sorely exercised about a suspicious movement now belng made by General Meigarejo, the President-Dictator of Bolivia. This personage at last reports was advancing towards the Peruvian frontier with his army, and was exact. ing loans from the inhabitants on the line of mareh, collecting suppiles, &c.; and it was reported in Lima that his object was to invade Peru, and take ad- vantage of the desolated condition of the southern | districts to overrun and hold that section of Av two o’elocs on that mor: ing, the fever suddenly increased, and in spite of every efort to ailay its force, at eleven o'clock the sufferer Was no more, At fhe request of the merchants of Callao, General Hovey, our Minister here, has appointed Eamund W, Sartori as acting Consul.’ This gentleman, who has been mtimately connected with the Consulate for some years, is esteemed by alt for ability and honor, Peruvians cannot compiain of a want of Sereapene fro toreten countries in the time of mist ne and distress, The report has been published of the sums: received here from ditferent sources for the assist- ance of those uufertupates ruined by the terrible earthquake of August last. England, naturally from the prependerance of her commercial relations with neads the list of donations with $60,000; then follows the United States, tmperfectiy re} with nearly $30,000; France, with $18,000; Spain, $2,000, and from various quarters $10,g00, making the large sum of $120,000 voluntary charity bestowed in a ume when its benefits were thoroughly appreciated, Sul more than this sum has been received, but does not figure in the report to which { allude, it haying been expended by other departments, ‘The sums have mientioned were handed over by the government to the benevolent society of ts city for distribution among the really needy of that class suffering from the visitation, This society, directed by the fore- most meu of the capital, published a comprehensive memoir on the subject of us !abors, and many items appear now for tae first time, some of which may prove interesting to the readers of the HERALD. The government, 1t will be recollected, sent, imme- diately on the receipt bf the tidings of ruin and desolation, ull the vessels that could be made ready, and oifered free passage to Lima to those who de- sired to leave the scene ot thei suffermgs and wrecked fortunes, Three huadred and seventy-six families, nuiabering nearly three thousand persons, embraced the offer, and on their arrival were were furnished with quarters by the government, while the benevolent society was charged with their sub- sistence. This society, bv the way, is very richly endowed by the nation, and is very wealthy. Since Augusu just the uniortunate people have been living on the result of the subscrip"ions raised abroad for their benefit, and now, that the money is exhausted and the government so poor as hardly to be able to sup- port ttself, orders have been given to transport as inany as choose to go to their homes m the South, Here they have been living as soldiers, a certain ra- tion furuished them daily, and a small sum of money given to each for general expenditures, physictans always in attendance, as great fear was entertamed concerning the yellow fever. Besides providing for these poor people, the subseriptions have been used 1m repairing as far as possible those puoue buildings essential for the general comfort which were ruined by the earthquake In rebuilding hospitals in the diferent towns of the South thirty-one thousand do/lars have been expended; in repairing churches four thousand five hundred. A special commis- sion, presided over by the Bishop of Tibertopoiis, Was sent to the South to collect ail the orphans that could be found, and to bring them to Lima where they are being educated and cared for by the society, until they arrive at such an age as to permit their entering service of some description, The ex- penses of this laudable undertaking amounted to Jour thousand dollars, and nearly two hundred orphans are now comiortably domiciled in one of the society’s asylums. Five thousand dollars were spent in the purchase of canvas, which was abso- lutely required py the houseiess people in the ruined and sent to them immediately after the calamity. Sundry expenses, all however benefiting the sufferers, cover the balance between the receipts: and the money aiready accounted for. the amount of good done 1s incalculable, and those noble hearts who warmed to their reliow be- jugs in this distant country and who came so gener- ously to their assistance, can rest assured that their contributions have goue far toward alleviating the sufferings and distress of those ruined by this caiam- ity of calamities, ‘A speck of trouble has appeared in government circles. Mr, Galvez, the Minister of the Interior, and the right hand man of the esident, resigned his position on the Loth ist., and the President can- not fix upon a successor to the vacant portfolio. Scandal has been busy giving reasons for this step, but it is generally believed that the resignation was caused by & disagreement between the Minister and the President respecting the award of the contract for building tig important railway from Lima to Pisco. Mr. Alvarez Calderon, one of the wealthiest citizens of Peru—and that impiies oue of the rich men of the world—made a very advantageous broposal to nt ior the construction of thus line, and Mr. Galvez, apart from his contidence in and friendly feelt for Calderon, aided the petitioner from a desire for the public good. Itseems that other views ken of the matter, and Mr, Galvez was ac- ng unduly interested tn the undertaking. This, of course, wounding his priae, the only step left for nim to take was that adopted. From the antecedents of the Minisier it is not generally cred- ited that the accusation was founded on fact. districts, CHILE. The Political Situation—Strnggle of the Charch—Indian WarAgricattaral Exhibi+ tion. VALPARAISO, April 10, 1869, Public attention is still centred on the proceedings of Congress. This body, cailed together some time since, has not yet been fully installed, owing to the want of a quorum, the members of the government party fearing to assemble lest their presence might aiford an opportunity for the opposition to carry into effect the dreaded reform desired by the people, tened by those opposing the present Only one season of the Congress has been |, and when the opposition sought to improve that opportunity two members of the gov- erniment clique left the hall, thus destroying the ne- cessary quorum, Ofcourse the press is indignant at this mode of avoiding a direct Issue on the ques- tions of the day. Almo-t ail (hts opposition to the popular will is ow- ing to the influence of the clergy. If these reformers, which have beeu already commanicated to the read- ers of the 1 LD, pass, this powerful body lose that strong financial suppors that has hitherto been ac- corded to thein by the State. Hence the struggie. ‘The Indian war 1s still more formidable than be- fore. The government forces have returned, bring- ing a larg ¥y of spoils, but the savages ap- pear to be more determined to carry matters to the utmost. Reports from the frontiers state that the Araucaulans are busily preparing to renew the war and to carry the same devastation into the regions held by the settiers, The labors of the commission superintending the Agricultural Exposition are progressing bravely. An exhaustive catalogue is being prepared, which will further aid Chilean producers in the selection of those implements best ftted to assist their necessi- ties and tend to the greater advantage of the manu- fucturers themselves. Busine+s is not particularly brisk. MILITARY NOTES. The court, of which Colonel Carr, of the Eighth regiment, is president, for the trial of Captain Wm. H. Cox, of company B, of the Thirty-seventh regi- ment, on charges and specifications preferred by Colonel Leggett, convened at the armory of the Seventh regiment on the 30th ult., andon Wednesday evening last the Judge Advocate read the charges and specifications. To all the charges and specifica- tions, which are generally known to the members of the thirty-seventh, with the exceptton the second specification of the first charge, the frst and second specifications of the second charge and fifth speciti- — of second charge, the accused pleaded not guilty. General Jourdan, colonel of the Fourteenth regi- ment, has resigned on accou Nt of pressure of busi- hess. The General has brought up his regiment during the last two years to u very high standard of discipline, and the regiment will searceiy be able to fill his place from among the many aspirants for is “empty shoes," Company K, Eighth regiment, is again talking about a competitive drill, or rather of the fact that it 18 soon to be challenged by a company attached to a regiment of the same brigade, The less said about these competitive drilis by Company Kk the better, Their last effort in that line was a disgrace to the National Guard: and any movement which tay result im the same way as the last com- tive drill should be frowned down by every it mau Who has the Wellare of the service at rt. pmpany C, Seventh regiment, has been compli- a by ita captain, D. A. Pollard, in a special as to ita discipline, &c. very pointedly winds up the order by giving the “undignified eus- } tom of dru eu" a reguiar | black eve, ‘The regiment, will the country. The report ts not generally believed | ce its xixty-third an nthe . bere, principally from the re i no | Jun excursion to Glen Cov regunent, nusus Gelli between the two nations, further- | it is said, wili go to Newport, it in June ior wo more, that, without grave cause, Melgarejo, or any onegise, Would not take @ large army to a section Where it is not only impossible to obtain supplies, but, moreover, where the yellow fever would be a terrible and fatal enemy. The reason of the movement appears to be the following:—A Bolivian bishop Was some ime since appointed by the Pope, and to be consecrated and perform the usual religious ceremonies the presence of tive bishops is required, Boitvia does not rejoice in the requisite number of high episcopal dignita- ries, and General Melgarejo ordered that the Bolivian aspirant should proceed to Pano, in Peru, where the ceremonies could be duly formed, As the Boll- Vian bishop is a consin of cluded to do him all the honor possible, and will escort him to La Paz with the army, without which, by the way, Melgarejo never inoves, | This is the ap- arent truth of the matter, but the Polivian eta oa eee rere so erratic that any wild attempt me part would not cause a great degree of sur: @ government here receiver the news o ° pedition by @ special me or, Lg Mh Bo the administration takes then siring, NO doubt, to make it an exey into effect its darling project of recy army—an idea that ts geueraily © utted by those who desire the financial advancement of the country, but naturally fosterea by the men in. po: wis knowing the insecurity of public positions in’ South America, Wish to Le Well supported by bas wuets and sabres, On the 17th of the present month, James Henry McCoiley, the Consul of the United States in Callao, died at his residence in Lima, of a severe attack of As serious, de- ase for carrying witing for the que yellow fever. Mr, MoUolley had beeu sick since elgorejo, the latter con. | but it seems that | capt 10, | On at thet the Twenty-second will not go to Bos- ton during the peace festival, and that they will encamp out among the Adriondacks for two weeks, What is the matter with the Seventh reginent that it cannot go into encampment also during th coming season? Have t stone asle ‘The rifty-#ixth regiment were diilied and revi “a on the 2th ult. at ‘he regimental armory, Montagne Hall, Brooklyn, by Brigadier General Meserole. | Colonel Chapman was presented with a fine horse on the occasion. A fine collation Wound up the | festivity, a the review realiy was. | G squadron, First reginent cavalry, Captain Ham, ata dril held on the 20th uil., Won the gold medal which the Colonel had offered as a reward for the best drified company of his command. There was altogether too much liquor drunk by te squadrous tian was Roo 1 for them on the occasion. General Wilcox will soon present three medais— one of gold, one of silver and one of bronze—to ie cuptuins Who have recruited the largest number of men. Company € (City Guard) are looking for a . ‘There are many appiicanis. iy (Monday) the Sixth regiment will pa- rade in Toll untform, in celebration of ite fitty-ffth anniversary, Colonel “Ward and Adjutant Murphy, of the | Tweifth regiment, have withdrawn their resigna- ons. | Brevet Brigadier Generai Wm. De Lacy, Fourth | Tegiment, has issued avery sensible order, cating or three di on al erters to ira to the regiment, giving them to ist of June to report and recommending we ny commandants t anceiling of all their np dues, wilh the exception of haif yearly regimental Sscomsujents, ue January 1, Lso¥, EUROPE. ENGLAND. of Cnpital Punishmemt—The arried Women—How a Noble- man Regards American Morals. Lonpon, April 25, 1869, The humantty men are busily at work about these days endeavoring to accomplish two great objects— the abolition of the punishment of death for murder and treason and the disenthralment of married women, A bill las been introduced in Parliament making a radical charge in the present laws in relation to the rights of married women, and seck- ing to give them independent contro! over their own property and earnings. Of course this proposition has awakened the alarm and indignation of tnose highly respectable old gentiemen who believe that England as she was a century ago is all that England ought ever to be, and who are horrified at the thought of any departure trom the obsolete ideas that used to prevail when our aucestors wore perriwigs and carried swore by. their sides, One of these poutcat fossiis—Beresford Hope—when the bill was before the House took occasion to hold up America as a warning to those who desired to thus revolutionize the position of husband and wile under the glorious British constitution, and dectarcd, among other stupid assertions, that in one American State, as he had been reliably informed, out of every thir'een marriages ten ended in dworce, He consid. ered ike American jaws in respect to married fe males as an encouragement to conjugal infidelit, and was evidentty impressed wtih tue con- viction that) am American wife must be a person of very doubetul reputation, At the same time the condition of —warried women in England was set forth by some oi the speakers, Who udvocaied the relorm, a3 well as by the London journals in ther comments upoa th Paruamentary proceedings; and as these par! are clearly better posted In respect to society in their own country thau #eresford tlope is in respect to society in the United States, we may .airly accept tueir Statements as Correct. ‘he married wo.uan in England, they declare, has no proper protection against @ brutal or spendthritt husband, unless she should haypen to be wealthy and wise enough to secure a strict marriage settie- ment before she goes tothe altar, ‘There is, bv be sure, a recent law by whicha poor wife may, under certain circumstances, procure irom a magistrate an order which protects er propercy or earuings against a husband from whom she ts separated; but this law is so narrow and restricted in its operation as to be of little practical utility. A woman, therefore, who happens to unite herself with a brate—and the Englist husband 1s by no means @ flattering spect- meu Of humanity a8 & general rule—becomes bis ab- ject and helpless slave. He may strip her of ail the property she pases, and Li he bas secured enougi to enabie him to indulge im the luxury of beating her, ue may, for the moderate cost of forty shillings, en her eyes aud kick her into the screets, uld she have enough independence and energy left m her to earn her own living, he may at any subsequent period, alter she has accumulated a liutie property or gactered a few household goods about her, repeat the former ope- ratiou, enter her house, take possession of all she has and once more turn her into the streets, a penni- tess outcast. Now, tue glorious British constitution which Beresiord Hope so reverences regards this as one of the rights of man, as the privilege of the stronger sex, Who, for the sake of society and for the protec- tion of property, must be recognized as the head of the famiuy. ‘The picture is painted by the hauds of British artists, and must be true to the lie, Few will be able to believe with Beresford Hope that sucn a state of society is conducive to virtue and conjugai fidelity, or that the utmost l- cense that cau be given to divorce 1s not preferable to the tightening of the sacred bonds: of matrimouy by such strong cords as these. Besides, it is a well Known fact that while divorces in_Eng- land may not be so readily obtained as in the United States, the ary separatidn Of married persons is far more valent here Chau on the other side of the Atlantic, while conjugal infidelity is unhap- pily only too common in ail ciasses of English so- ciety. So accustomed are Englishmen, indeed, to the contempiation of that vice—so familiar with its face—that some of their public journals have not beon ashamed to Link it wath the highest character im the realm; a character which all honorable foreigners revere as pure and unvlemished—as a mode! of virtue in a wife and of devotion in a mother. And itis gratifying to Know that the first lady in England syurpathyses with the women and wives of the country, and is eager for the passage of the law which seeks to raise them above the level of chattels and to offer them some inducements jor seli-respect. The jaw in its entirety may not prevail! at present, but there is no doubt that there Will be Some movement in the direction of reform, if it be only the enlargement o1 the power at present given to magistrates to grant orders of protecuon to married wonica. Proposed Atlantic Cable to the West Indies. The following paragraph, having reference to the projected cable to the West Indies, by way of Florida and Cuba, is from the Liverpool Albion of a recent date:— Among the distinguished people who arrived in Liverpool within the past few days from the United States was General W. Fl, Sunith, who, during the civil war in North America, was one of the most prominent soldiers on the Northern side. When tire war terminated General Smith, like the majority of his friends in arms, turned his attention to civil pur- suits, and for some time past he has been President of the International Ocean Telegrapt Company, whose lines extend through Florida to Havana. General Smith's object in visiting Great Britain is to arrange with Sir Charles Bright and the British and various colonial governments for laying down @ series of submarine cabies from Cuba to Porto Kico, St. Thomas, Martivique aud Barbados, and thence to the vast continent of South America, via Demerara. Subsidies in aid of the time have been already voied by most of the colonial governments, and at preseat there 1s every prospect of tne line being ready for working next year. These West Indian telegraph lines will be of great importance to the government and commercial communities of Great Britain, a8 they will bring us within regular telegraphic com- munication with most of our West Inaian colonies, while to the latter they wiil be of incaiculabie benefit in every wuy—sociaily, politically and commer- cially. The AngloeAmerican Boat Race. Lonpon, April 24, 1869, You will probaply have received through otier channels intelligence of the fact that the Oxford University Boat Club have accepted the challenge irom America to row a college four with coxswains on English waters. It need scarcely be sald that the matter is even now exciting great interest in sport- ing circles, as it is generally irded as one of the most important affairs of the kind we have had for years. The pluck shown by the American crew in making concessions to their manifest disadvantage in order that the match might be brought oif has gained them great sympathy, and they may be as- jured that when they come over they will meet with a hearty welcome. it 18 nog yet arrangéd where the race will take place, but it is understood that the usual inter-Univergsity course on the Thames, be- tween Putney and Mortiake, will be selected, ‘The Case of Overend, Gurney & Co. In the city of London Vice Chancellor Malins had before him on the afternoon of the 28th ult. the case of Overend, Gurney & Co. vs. Gurney and others, in which @ bill was filed by the company of Overend, Gurney & Co. to make the directors responsible for the loss which the company had sustained by pur- chasing ties on the representation of the directors that the business of the old firm was solvent, whereas they knew that it was insolvent to the extent of £2,700,000. The directors demurred to the bill on the ground that it did not set forth any reason for the interference of acourt of equity. The Dill oniy amounted to a prayer for damages, and a question of damages was question not for an equity but for a common law court. Mr. Glasse,who,gvith Mr. H. M. Jackson and Mr. McLean, appeared tm support of the demurrer, said the bill complained that the directors i hased the business witnout consulting the share- hoiaers, but that was an idle altegation, because the ricies and memorandum of associauion empowered the directors to purchase it on such terms as they thought ft, Mr Cotton and Mr. Farrar appeared for the piaintit’. ‘ithe Vice Chancellor, in giving juda- ment, observed that the bili did’ not make any charges of personal misconduct against the directors, but it charged them with such @ Neglect of dutyas rendered personally responsivie. The case cau court on demurrer, and in over. ruling tmurrer the court did not give an opinion as to the ultimate result of the sail. Th murrer musi be overruled, because ts A pros subinit toa court of equity the bill ¥ framed and ought to ve | AUSTRIA. The of the ess of the ‘The tollowing is the complete text of the speech delivered by the Emperor of Austria as King of Hungary i opening the Diet at Pedth, on Saturday, the 24th ult.:— MAGNATES AND GENTLEMEN. of satisfaction that | wei tis new session, the mor as [ i of the necessity of your wis wert ri pin in order to bring to an early aud suceesstul soln tion the great questions which lie 1% Ale though the last Diet has, through the settiement of State questions Which had beew pending for generie | Hons, created a #aie basia upon which the work is now carried on more easily, there Is still much to be done to lay the foundations of a better future, and the greatest and most pressing part devolves upon the present Legislature. For the fate of nations the tutional state relations form but one part of the elements or pledges of success; the ehiet and Most enduring among those pledges. without which Lot even the best constitution can offer a lasing suc- cess, lies in the internal development of the strength of the nation ttself, ‘The development of this vitality depends upon tye Diet= YACHTING IN BOSTON. reforms undertaken in the interior, This ts the do- MALIN asstgved Lo you by Luc mterest of Lae countr, at large. It is your duty to lead the whole strengt of the nation with quick and decisive steps on to the | Phe Boston Yacht and Sue. ercat work of Tnternat retorms; to amend every re- psc so ¥ ue Covieate Growth missness occasioned by former events; to break with Spite Opposition—The Prepara- those traditions of the past which are opposed to tions for the Coming Season—Full List and Description of the Different Yachts in the the progressive spirit of the thimes, and to frame, ace cording to it and to the wanis of the new situation, Fi Now Th, jo by the Club. Boston, May 7, 1869. the institutions of the country; to develop the moral and material weight of the nation In every direction, nd ae it may fl iy geod diguity the ace Rig tg u has taken in the rank of States, as one jautically speaking, the “Hub of the Universe’’ dians and representatives of Western civilization, ans, and representatives fimo in claiming your | 8 Not folly up to the mark with some of its rival activity in that direction. ah is, above al Br are seaport cities, In the matter of radicalism in poll- question rding the adqunistratior i? | tea, religion, temperance and reforms generally she which | recommend to your serious consideration, A just, rapid, and impartial adininistration of the | '% however, far in advance of any other section of tawa hone, a She ~- reaniroment. CF a walt = pe country within the jurisdiction of President dered State, [t is, therefore, necessal . rant and the National Congress. The people here one side, he to whom the exeretse of judicial power is entrusted should be sarrounded with every gua- | #f@ industrious, and, taking it altogether, are very raniee ot apcepenannen, Sapa i aval oy good in their way; but the majority of them are nar- ficially; while on the other every row-minded and prejudiced, and are only in their be secured inst any usurpation of ju- a dictal authoritye My govern Tnent will, there- | Satisfactory element when fighting some liberal fore, Brenent i you projects of ian repent ne or progressive measure brought forward by exercise of judicial power, us well as res - | liberal and progressive men. It is on account bility of jud, In conjunction with this 1s the pro- ject of ia’y- concerting te organisation of tribunals | Of this hereditary Puritanism that yachting has of the first insane, which wes thee Ben Wn advanced so slowly in Massachusetts, Every- banals should have permanent oftic! thing in the shape of stumbling blocks and judicature, distributed according to the requirements ithe popuiations and traffic, so that every oue way | Obstacles was thrown in¢he way when a few of the find, in a sure aid speedy manuer, the judicial as- | enterprising citizens of Boston undertook to en- sistance necessary for his case. courage naval architecture and nautical science, Ata later period there will be brought before you foe dethtonal’ ‘considerauion tio bill of | 4ua When the formtdable opposition is remembered cr minal procedure, which wil Blace ieee it 18 @ matter of surprise as well as of satisfaction to interesis of society as well as the jouw | realize the encouraging triumph which the followers liberty of the individual—till now depend- t ant ‘pon insuflcient and uncertain laws and | #2d admirers of old Neptune have achieved over be eusured between ue central woven ument and those old fogies who never heard or believed in any organs of the admimustration, The receat election | other sailing craft but that in which the lamented has given you fresh proois of the defects of the | cleocaral laws of the year 1848, To remove these | Noah and his family floated around during the dciects and to reguiate the elections &. have the | great shower a few centuries since. iioerty of the electors 1s guaranteed against tae ex- It is @ fact, strange as it may seem, that the Boston cesses of party spirit, is also one of your foremost |... 6 and most promi tasks, Yacht Club was just two years in getting a Charter ‘The laws of 1548 have irensterted sue Haisiosion Trom the Massachusetts Legislature, aad when jt of the country from the representation of the former | was finally granted it was b; ve vote, ies (0 one based upon that of the people, but |s'"' ie pe aa re sa aie bse en ae have lett the orgunization of the House of Maguates P y and pl phical (Magner) poghanaons Ws wel pe het essential | speeches which had been made against it. ‘The clergy part of your legislative voll! refurin the organ pivion of the House of Magnites according to: the see foci coer: iets Alastag sine present necessities of the country, retaiming, at | Holy horror when asked to sanction @ corporation not closely identitied with some religious or temper- ance measure, and in their declamations against it most terrible and fearful pictures of dissipation along the coast of Massachusetts were portrayed. ‘They claimed that the only motive the club could possibly have was to have one or two annual cruises for purposes of dissipation, and scouted indignantly the assertion of the fact that the great purpose of the association was to encourage yacht building and naval architecture and the cultivation of nautical sctence, Such narrow-minded men were those who composed the legislative body of 1867, and although there were many of the same limited views in the successive Legis! ature they were not sufficient in numbers to form a majority, and the Yacht Club the same time, all the advantages which this upper house affords by 1s historic traditious and its connection with the highest in- terest of the Kingdom. As regards the freedom of tue press there are in the present laws two great guarantees, one of which consists in the abolition of consequently obtained an act of incorporation, and upon the 9th day of April, 1868, the bill Was approved and signed by Governor Bullock. From this time henceforward the club has ad- vanced in influence and usefulness, and the old pre- eee aguinst it are being rapidly wiped out. It 4 the censorsiup, the other that press oifences will be has a capttal of $50,000, one-half in real and the triel by jury. At the same time that these two principles are to be upheld care also must be taken that the dignity of the press be maintained, It should be provided for that in serious discussions of public interest passion must not imterfere, and re- spect for them not lost sight of, which can be done by quick punishment of all abuses dangerous to the real liberty of the press. As in tais respect article reat in personal estate, and its members repre- sent millions of wealth, The rooms of the club are on the corner of Tremont street and Pemberton square, and comprise four or five in number. They are elegantly fitted, and among the attractions are a library and a rapidly growing museum of models’ and inventions in nautical science. They are kept open day and night the whole year round, and are eighteen of the Press law of 1845 is in inany respects insufficient, public order requires that its deficiencies should ere long be remedied. The right of meeting must also be regulated, so that this fandamental right of constitutionalism may be placed under the protection and control of the law, and a line drawn as to the obligation of government tnterfereace. ‘The last Diet has passed alaw concerning the com- mutation of tithe on wine. It will be one of the duties of the present Diet to abolish the remnants of leud- alism, yet prenereee the sanctity of property on the basis of sound political and economical principles. The late Diet has, by its law upon elementary schools extended the blessings of public imstruction to the entire population. But by this only the first stone has been laid toward the whole edifice of public in- struction, aud the highest interests of the nation de- mand also the regulation of the higher spheres of studies, in which the citizens of the State can obtain superior instraction in the several branches of art and science, occording to the progress of the age. resorted to largely by the members of the organiza- There will be laid before you, according to article | tion and their friends visiting the city. sixteen Of the law of 1867, several international trea- Preparations for the present season have not yet tes concluded with forelgn powers for your sanction. | been very actively commenced, and the reasons for itisan absolute necessity to regulate the industrial | the delay are twofold. The chiet one is that the relations about which we have partly defective and | spring has not advanced so rapidly here as it has in pariy no laws at all. The impulse given to enter- ew York, two hundred and thirty-six miles south, prise and the prosperous state of commerce renders | The other cause of apparent apathy 1s the pro- wincumbent that the companies formed by share- | jected peace festival, which comes the holders should also be governed by anew law. My | middle of June—almost the exact time when governiment wil introduce the necessary billsin ré- | the annual review has heretofore taken place. gard to poth these subjects and several others con- | In consequence of this latter interruption it cerning the preservation and augmentation of na- | 1s now contemplated to defer the review until tional property. You wili have to decide on | the very last of June, and then have the annual re- the projects of law respecting the construc- | gatta follow about tne Ist or 2d of July; and tion of several railway e3 and also public | then on the Fourth—the Yankee nation’s great carni- works and river jaws, which will give in | val day—the craits composing the fleet will unite in their practical results a fresn tinpulse to the material | another regatta for the customary prizes offered by well being of the people. Your constitutional ac- | the city of Boston. Then, after a few weeks’ respite, tivity will also embrace the financial esumates, in | will come the annual cruise of the squadron, which fixing which you will, Iam convinced, take good | 13 in many respects the chief feature of the annual care that the economy of the State be well balanced | history of the club. The course sailed for the regatta and the finances of the country placed upon a safe Coo will be in the bay, in the neighborhood of the basis. f must here call your atteiition to the neces | forts, and can be reached from the city considerably sity of reform in the system of texation (Steuer- | inside of an nonr. Concerning the annual cruise, wesen) which forms one of the most Sy es there has yet been no definite conclusion as to where elements in the prosperity of the kingdom. ‘The dis- | the squadron will Se Reet ig not unlikely that New cussions of the Diet will offer you a favorable oppor- | York and points fart south will be visited by tunity to draw closer that legal union which the late Diet ‘has re-established between Hungary, Croatia Sclavonia, by sentiments of reciprocal brotnerly some of the larger yachts. At the present time the majority of the yachts are housed and mp repairs and refitting for the ve and attachment, 80 that they may share the nding season. Within a fortnight or three weeks, burdens a8 well as tbe glory of those legitimate | however, many, and probably ali of them, will have measures on which the common weal and greatness ¢ been launched, and then the nautical sports will be of the united countries of the Hungarian Crown de- | a8 numerous as they ever are enjoyable, There have pend. been large additions to the membership roll of the MAGNATES AND Deputies—You are face to face | club duriug the year, but the fleet has been only Wilt an important period of transition, Besides the ce tet increased as yet, but it ts likely that it wiil beforementioued tasks there are many others await- | be in the course of a few weeks. The Sprite, owned ing you yet. To surrender everything that has be- | by 5. D. Nickerson and C. W. Gatloupe, is among the come untenable in past traditions, and create at the | acquisition of schooners to the squadron. She ts 77 same time institutions corresponding with new | tons, old measurement, and about 42 new measure- ideas, is the double and inseparable problem the | ment. The only sloop added is owned by George B. soiution of which you have to overcome. This sifting | Durfee, of Fali River, and she is named the Elaine. of circumstances requires great efforts and time, | She is of the general style of sloops predominating for the difficulties in the execution may be aug- | 1m the fleet of the New York Yacht Ciub; 1s 37 tons, mented not only by clinging to remembrances of the | old measurement; 52 feet long, about 18 fee; past, which support even that which has no life | beam and draws a trifle over four feet of water. The In Itself and prevents new creations; but also, | only saie of yachts belonging to the club has been on the otner side, by too great hurry, which will | the schooner J. Q. Adams, which was purchased not take into account existing facts, and | from Kay lmn erage of Boston, a few days since, cOver the fleid, which ought to be sown, with | by C.D). Macomber, of Boston. ruins that prevent further action. The right sense of the nation, its moderation and wisdom, will no doubt take the right road between the two extremes which Willlead us to more prosperous times. The friendly relations which we mattain with all for- eign Powers give us the assuring prospect that the peace and tranquility which are required for the ex- ecution of internal reforms will remain. God biess your de! Peraons. Under the burden of your work, inay you be fortified by the consciousness that it 1s | the welfare of future generations which is in your Hands, and that, although at suca periods patriotic devotion enjoys but very rarely the gratitude of | Curlew...|Geo. Baird, Boston. the contemporaneous worid, the thanks are more | Jlectra...|J. H. Sears, Boston sure and imperishable whic! given by posterity ise. we to all those perseverant workmen of tis great trang- | Flmpse- tormation. I declare this Diet opened. VELOCIPEDE NOTES. The fine weather, and in fact the warm days of | Clitheroe; ‘The squadron, as now composed, is as follows:— SCHOONERS. *, Pune. Nan. | pow yo oSmunoy | oath i Bosto: the past month have had no injurious effect upon | Gite. a dees the veloce riding fraternity or upon the pastime. In | Bila .....|J. Boston fact the indications are the reverse of what was pre- Foosten: dicted; for the great sensation has taken a firmer | {rene hold than was antictpated upon its devotees, It was the belief of all the anti-veloce people that “the thing” woula have died out @ month ago, but Instead of that, new halls, tracks and arenas are site bemg inaugurated all over the country and tn this | A,Moies../Sam. Shove, Pawtucket, #.1,|60 (12 6) 4-| city comparatively few of the original Schools have pombe _— ‘The tropical foiks also have a “hankering” after pote nit Sl rag BOD op week a ent of veloc! was si jamal West Indies, from city. Ward, Cortlandt seme cumeets mommcs! ames = ora! | lawe! Ik Seecl etl ata. SEsreei Ba! At a recent election of officers of the club for the ensuing year the creel Tne were chose: a ning. Vice Commodore—Eben Denton. Secretary—Thomas Dean. street, also sent three to Montevideo, to the proprie- Treasurer— Ai us Russ, tor of a public park in that city, who Proposes wuse Measurer—D. J. Lawlor. them on his grounds, and it ts only a few weeks Trustees—Benjamin Dean, Arthur Cheney and Sereno D. Nickerson. since the Hanlons sent @ number to Mexico. Professor “Ab’? Brady's immense ai now being buils at the Stetson House, Long Branch, will cost $15,000, He will open about the Ist of June, with fifty first clasa velocipedes. The Brooklyn Velocipede Club was organized, with fifty members, on Friday evening, and a constitution and by-laws were adopted. Frank Swift, who 18 matched against Fred. Hanlon, Regatta Committee—Thomas Manning, D. 8. Stone, Augustus Lothrop and H. B. Jackson. Among other matters of business transacted at the late meetings has been the adoption of an oMctal seal of the club, Lt 1s circniar in form and a trife larger than the silver dolar coins, which Will possibly be remembered a “te of the most venerable readers of the H&RALD. rode fifty miles Inst week at the Oswego rink in The inscription on tte surface nearest the hours 17 minutes. This beats Walter Brown's Boa- | Oller edge is “Boston Yacht Ciub, Incor- ton time considerably, and Frank was to do the | Porated April, 186%." The principal portion of the | surface is occupied with a trim little schooner, at full sail, and immediately beneath the waves over ined mean - & gliding so smoothly is tne ito Oo ub, in ¢ pamicry fy) ie teat valent ese words:—"Artremos Pu ‘he tull dress uniform of the club ts beautiful and attraetive, as dis played Tor puis occasions. The coat is of the frock pattern, navy | blue, faced with the same, lingd with biack silk, double breasted and with two rdivs of large size gilt buttons, The pants are of navy bine or white drill, according to season or circumstances, and the vest is of the same. Shoulder straps embroidered in gold are also worn, and the cap, which is of navy bive cloth, is ornamented with a gilt monograt aim bey Ras distinguished from each other by the diferent devices upon the sho Stripes upon the sleeves, strut isso Appended to the sailing regulations the club has also a new theory of meastirement which it has adopted. It has been observed, the appen- dix Bt that when sailing yesscis of equal length are driven to their greatest. speed the superior poe the best proportion of breadth, or depth, to length, in any one of them is not 60 appa rent a9 when sailing with a lighter breeze, and con+ sequently less propelling power applied by the sails, i the breadth or depty of a vessel is increased 3 bry Ati gy and she is capable of car- nount OL sail; v1 Breathor a the resistance of lag througe tis wa Also increased, so that that there may not be any gain in speed; and if carried to excess there ig certainly @ great loss of speed. As a general rule, then, the speed is not increased by increasing the » distance in jess time at the Rochester rink on Saturday night. He made 750 circuits of the Oswego rink to Complete the fifty, miles, No American rider has yet equalled the time made by M Moret, @ Frenchman, at Carpenteas, France, | He was the winner there ina race metres ( or 1 mile 77 yards), in 2 minw He has often accomplished 12 Kilometres (7 miles and #00 yards) in 30 minutes, auc L090 kKUometres (62 miles aud 260 yards) in ‘The New York near Bicec! | ‘roaby street, | ‘Uh great dclaton ‘thurs. | day evening last, in the of & large audience, | including raany ladies. Pearsalls, W. HM. Ruse sell, E. H. Carlton, Frank Morrill, Pray, the Tiiton brothers, Selden Chase i. 8. Ferry, of the Astor \ elocipedrome, Gtliesp! jabsters’? were present on wheels, Chase, of tie Astor Velocipede Halls, Vesey street, ia getting his class of lady riders into good shape. A new foor will be latd in a few days and some fine performance is expected. An accomplisued veloci- pedestrienne, has been engaged, and will appear in a variety of acts on the ordinary bicycular Veloce, commencing to-day, Next Thursday evening the Pearsall brothers will give another grand entertaininent atthe Gymnacy- clidium, and prizes will be awarded for a fast race, a slow race, riddng Without using the hands and nee yelovipede ridti ge veloc! ding academy was opened on Monday last at Harlem, Third avenue Sha 130th aireet, by Brassington & hed Fancy riding, “tag, Bg ug the handkerchief, &c., were the tions. going through the ai ‘Those who like the largest rink im the country should not forget (nat the Empire City velocipearome closes about the midale of this month, breadth or depth. Neither th Pit Dy iy Rt » depend on breadth and depth as elements of speed, and they should have nothuy to do with the measurement ot veqsels, so far as _ spi cerned. And we will find that length ts the only clement that should be taken into account Lig Among the clerks in the Dead Letter Ofice in Wanhington eee Mi Amos Kendall, who ap- oin im e he was Postmaster General under | uring vessels for thi Sackson, over vatry years ago. Amos is now worth | depth, area of aati, ‘Non 1b of eovoust fa over @ million and isa rank democrat. His brother | and making them of such e tons as will lethally Teast ped TOF, the youd { tas paver Progresso” neyond a i, g00, el we we wane. safest vessel and one better adapted to all kinds of weather and waters than auy other, some relation between the length and speed of fast vessels, of different a we have @ basis by which the approximate speed any different sized vessei may always be found, and the pengee allowances determined, 1 be ob- served ta boat 6 feet long ws capable of sailing 5 miles au hour; one 16 fvet loug, 61¢ miles; a yacht 27 feet long, 8 miles; 82 feet, 8)¢ miles; 43 feet, OE miles; 64 feet, 11 miles; 125 feet, 14 miles, and @ clip- per ship 216 feet long, 17 miles an hour, If we take any of the above lengths and extract the cube root, multiply this by 3, and from this product subtract 1, the result wiil be found to correspond very nearly with the speed per hour. ‘yhen let M = number of miles per hour, and L = Tength in leet = if (length on deck + twice igngtt, on water), we will have the formula for maximuny apeed, M=93 4/L—1, which appties very weil for any size, from the smallest sailboat to the largest clippers. tt would have to blow much harder for a large ves- sel to obtain her maximum speed than a sinalf one; and in @ race it is supposed all have the same amount of wind; so fora to construct a taple for allowance of time, the above formula would give too great specd for the iarger vessels, and ti 1s bes. ter totake M= 24 \/ L. From thisit will be seen that the speed of a boat 8 feet long would be 5 miles. an hour; one 27 feet long, 744 miles; 64 fect, 10 ules; 125 feet, 12}, miles, ‘The time in hours in going & mile would =3 iE the number of seconas in VL going a mile = time in hours multiplied by Soha 3600 1440 " 2hvL VL" Let T = number of seconds per mile of a boat L feet long, and T’ number of seconds per mile of a boat L, feet long, then weir difference of ume per eae 1440 14 0 “Allowance” = T —'T’ = i738 4 a VL VL By observation it has been found that the differ- ence of tune in going any fixed distauce, of simi- larly modelled vessels of different sizes is very near the same, whether they are goimg at full speed or very slow, provided both have an amount of that they could carry to the samesirength of wind. ‘The tollowing table shows the time a yachi 110.6 feet long would have to allow yachts of leas length in sailing oue mile. It is calculated by the formula, = 1440_1440. VL VL in which A represents the allowance, 1 the tength of the yacht whose allowance is to be computed and L mn this case 110.6, or the standard length, fv will ive the same allowance as the table in the “Boston ‘acht Club Book of 1867:— TABLE OF ALLOWANOR PER MIL, Standard, 110.6 feet, [orate Comet | -svonur 2 > SHLRS Saescscs Sereveness sEDeRSRRI SEER REENES == Sessosccce RSE eessaeeeessersacaseesa~ Ses ape sb opps va RS BS SDD RD ES NORE NOTES SOD, SRRBRESSS SES SR PL ELSLSE LEER ERE ESE SS 2 GUS HER ONE CSRNNE aaa nen eee n anaes: PESEZERRSASASEEE AT Maiaia dere ena pe BERERESELERSEsS Stree SSI ST! 2 fat caw oom eae eocccosesoce S wes SataSa ee aa Sine Seas eee sete: | SURSEEE RSA SEER ERAS wae seSEESNeEE, = es To reduce ayacht’s time to the time for the stand - ard length find in the table the number of minutes and seconds corrresponding to the sailing length of the yacht and multiply it by the distance in miles salied; subtract this product from the actual time, as illustrated by the following examp! Distance sailed... Tete ree mre Correetio' 130 45) 119 18 so foun to's ssl to Bi “alta “o Tlmeot revura eig|15 67 64|15 87 27 i 0 ;, 87 19/5 16 97/6 817) 6 15 7] 4 7 BO Gorrediont 1 80 45(1 19 12| 1 6 3] 113 2] 058 48 ‘Time for standard] 4 06 34] 8 67 15] 4 214] 4 145) 9 55 38 ‘The South Boston Yacht Club—Its Past # tory and Fature Prospects—The New C! House aud the Different Yachts Comprising ndron. ~— pa Boston, May 7, 1869. Scarcely had the Boston Yacht Club commenced to prosper before the nautical fever became con- tagious, and its first ravages were over in that sec- tion of the city known as South Boston. One short year only was the Boston club in existence before birtn was given to the South Boston Club, and it is to-day almost as healthy, if not as wealthy, as its senior. It boasts of about seventy members, and the roll is being increased almost daily. The men generally are mechanics Who have got the required qualities for pulling and hauling, and also possess a natural taste for yachting, and during the coming season they propose to gratify that taste most abundantly. The club was organized in February, 1868, and within avout a month aiterwards a special meeting was called and a determination united upon to have erected a suitabie club house, This needed acqui- sition for their convenience and comfort was a reality in the succeeding June, and the grandest Kind of a grand bail was one of the memorable fea- tures Of 118 dedication. The building is spacious and substantial, and has the additional merit of bet located directly upon the beach, in the neighborh of City Point, and while it ts secluded and free from intruders it is nevertheless accessibie from the most distant part of the city, by horse cara, inside of au hour. An unobstructed and pleasing view of the whole bay can be had from any of the rear or side windows, and many gather around these tor this aye during the pleasant seasons of the year. aii aot aad aay eva ute ie soci e ut winter ‘monthae did the yachtmen ana their dad friends “trip the light fantastic’? until the sm: hours of morning. The lower part of the building is divided into compartments, in which the boatman keep their small boats, store their spare rigging, &c. Directly south of the clab house, within # few hundred feet, runs the channel, where depth of water can lay from the The beach adjoining the build- ing, being under the control of the club, affords elegant chances for hauling tip in the fal, overhaul- ing in the winter and jat.nching tn the spring. Preparations for the present season have not been = actively commenced “| but during the re- maining tew days of May Will be lively times, and with the advent of the summer month of June, every one of the little craft will have been and ready for service. The review will probably come off in the latter part of June, and during the balance of the summer there will be a couple of regattas, and possibly a week or a fortnight’s craise of some portion or the whole of the squadron. The following are the different yachts now belong- ing to the club;— Name. Owners Acorn. Meena. 6 Ariel. 13 |. Downtog:. Garris. ¥. Bibber. ‘| darrier Dove. |T, Barker. Tabor. | W. Ha 6 J. Greer, FY Poter M 5 File W._ Kilner 7 Grephoutd,.'|O. M. Ongier...: ” J.g. Adams... D. Macomber. 10 Ja 1. Lutted. .. $ A. Meredith. u a . i 5 Phantom. Fy Eagamore. w Stariight. un Bansuee » 5 Ciithroe.. 9 5 an * following are the lately chosen officers of the Conmmodore— Jon Greer. Vice Commotore—E, 3. Wright. Permanent § ‘etary taxon Prensurer Bawa ion, te Pletce and %, ye vard-=Rben Eines. 7 F POISONING AT GENESEE COLLEOR.—A on eae font at Lima writes us that Dr. steel, President of the Genesee College, recently gave @ jevee to which ninety-three Invitations were issued. About thirty of the number who atvended it were taken violentiy tll before the next morning, and 16 was found (that these thirty were those who had par- taken of the first ice creata which had been served. ‘The utmost alarm prevaiied and every physician sible to obtain was summoned to the attendan.@ of the sick. The physicians all Ig Sa that the symp- toms of the patients indicated the certain presence of arsenic, aud it is believed that some person pot- ae the tce cream, The aifair igure in mye se MUTT Ne a) uroor ah, Aly