The New York Herald Newspaper, May 16, 1869, Page 3

oe NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. WASHINGTON. PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT. The Election in Virginia Fixed for the 6th of July. Spanish Influence in Our Gulf Squadron. ANOTHER DUELLING SENSATION. The Appointing of Army Officers as Indian Superintendents a Reputed Blunder. THE CASE OF THE COLORED PRINTER. Wasuincron, May 15, 1869, ‘The Virginia Election—Preclamation by the President. The President to-day iasued the following pro- clamation, naming the 6th of July as the time for submitting the constitution passed by the Richmond Convention im December, 1867, to the registered voters of Virginia for ratification or rejection. The disqualification and test oath clauses are to be sub- mitted to a separate vote :— A PROCLAMATION. In pursuance of the provisions of the act of Con- gress, approved a 10, 1869, | hereby designate the sixth day of July, 186%, as the time for suv- mitting the constitution passed by the convention which met in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday, the third day of December, 1867, to the voters of the State aris at the date of such sub.2ssion, viz., July 6, 1469, for ratification or rejection; and I sub- mit toa separate vote the fourth clause of section one, article third of said constitution, which is in the following words :— Ever mn who has been a Senator or Rep tative in Conaréss, or Elector of President or Vice President, or who held oftice, civil or military, under the United States or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath as member Of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or asa member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judi- cial officer of any State, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemy thereof. This ‘clause shall include the fojlowing olticers:—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Sec- relary of | State, | Auditor ‘of | Public Accounts,’ Sec: ond Auditor, Register of the Lund Oflice,’ State ‘Treasurer, Attorney General, Sheriffs, Sergeant of a city or town, Commissioner of the Revenue, Uounty Surveyor, Cov- stables, Overseers of the Poor, Commissioner of the Boara of Public Works, Judges of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Circuit Court,’ Judges of the Court of Hustings, Justices of the County Courts, Mayor, Recorder, Alderman, Councilman Of a city or town, Coroners, Excheators, ctora of tobacco and flour, and Clerks of the Supreme, Distri cuit and County Courts, and of the Court of Hustings’ and Attorneys for tue Commonwealth ; provided, that the Legis- lature may, by a vote of three-fifths of both'Houses, remove the disabilities tncurred by this clause from any person in- chuded therein by a separate vote on each case. And I also submit to a separate vote the seventh gection of article third of the said constivution, which is in the following words:— In addition to the foregoing oath of office the Governor: Lieutenant Governor, members of the General Assembly, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treas: yns_elected to any con- urer, Attorney General and all pert vention to. frame a constitution for this State, or to revise or amend this constitution in apy manner, ‘and Mayor and Council of any city or town shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the fol- lowing oath or afirmation ; provided, the disabilities therein eontained may be individually removed by the vote of the General Assembiy :—“} di 1 have Woluntarily given no aid, pd counsel or encouragement persons in’ armed hostility thereto; that I have never sought or ac- Capted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any whatever under any authority, or pretended authority, fm hostility to the United States; that I have not yieldea a Voluntary support to any pretended, governinent, authority, wer or constitution within the United States imical thereto. And I do further swear, or affirm, that, to ‘the best of my knowledge and inpes 1 will suppor fend the constitution of the Uni States ‘enter, so help me God.” The ‘ticers betore entering ‘pon ‘thei? dulves, and’ by aif otber m an ou State oficers not included in the above provision. I direct the vote to be taken upon each of the above Cited provisions alone, and upon the other portions of the said constitution in the following manner, viz. :—Each vote favoring the ratification of the con- mitution, excluding the provisions above quoted, as framed by the convention of December 3, 1867, shall express his judgment by voting for the constitution; each voter favoring the tion of the constitution, excluding the provisions above quoted, shall ex- prose has judgment by voting against the constitu. m. Kach voter will be allowed to cast a separate ballot for or either or beth of the provisions above quoted, = nr eerar— = a testimiéfiy Whereof I have hereunto set my caused the seal of the United States to be xed, me at the city of Washington, this four- teenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the imdependence of the United States of America the ninety-third. U.S. GR By the President. HAMILTON Figa, Secretary of State. Visit of Lutheran Ministers to the President. About 200 Lutheran ministers paid their respects to President Grant this morning. They were re- ceived in the East Room. The President on enter- ing was greeted with applause, when Kev. Dr. Pohiman, of New York, addressed him as follows:— It 18 not unusual for ecclesiastical bodies holding ‘their sessions at the capital of the nation to desire to pay their respects to the honored Chief Magis- trate; but —< hereon of boring none oe an speeches opinion, “more honored in the breach that io tne eoservance.” I8} therefore, content myself with merely introducing these mem- bers of the General Synod, and then follow the ex- same of the gene neal bd a “Let ug ave peace,’’ and so I shall say, us have peace. You see before you the representatives of the Gene- ral Synod of the Evangelical Lutneran Church in the Iwenry-two synods, ayd from various, parts of the wenty-two 8) m2 ous of the Union. Toed are nok however, representatives of the whole body of Lutherans in the tountry, There are large bodies of Lutherans in the South, yet unté- constructed; others in the far West, not American- ized, and there are some in the Middle States, who, unfortunately, are not with us to-day; but all are true and loyal men. I trust the day will come when the entire Lutheran Church will be in the unity of the spirit and bonds of peace. I wish, sir, I could Telieve you from the labor of shaking hands and do it by proxy. if you would give mo a hearty shake of the hand, and then shake hands with ali my brethren here, perhaps they would be satisfied. (To this there was a general response of “No, no; we want to shake hands with him.’) The President then said to Dr. Pohiman, General Eaken and the Rev. Dr. Butler that he would shake hands with them individually. The ministers then separately epproached the President and were intro- duced and shaken by the hand. The President, when the ceremony was over, entered into conver- sation for a few minutes with the few who re- ‘Appointments by the President. The following appointments have been made by the President:— W. D. Farrand, Consul at Callao; George R. Max- well, Register the Land Office for Utah; H. C. Bennett, Agent at San Francisco; A. W. Puett, Receiver of Public Mon it Helena, Ark. Another Duel in Prospect. Another duel ts talked of here now. The belli- gerents are to be Capehart and Duncan, between ‘whom & collision occurred yesterday, as reported in to-day’s Heratp. Duncan has given his honor to the keeping of General Burbridge, who ia under- stood to have borne something very much like a challenge to Capehart. Duncan demands a fight or an apology from the gigantic Capehart, and the Jatter is anxious to apologize, but fears for his honor. Military Officers as Indian Superin tendents— Another Blunder of the President, General Order No, 49, isaued by General Sher- Man a few days ago and detailing for service as Indian superintendent and agents certatn military oMcers left out of their regimental organizations by the late measures of consolidation, i# likely to give rise to a very important legal question. Sherman's order is pro based upon the act of June 0, 1834, which provides that “it shall be competent for the President to require any miitary oMcer of the United States to execute the duties of Indian agents.” But 1t does not authorize their employ- ment as Indian superintendents. Under what authority, therefore, they can be ordered to act as superintendents i# not clear. Indeed, the express provisions of the laws seem to be against such em- ployment; for the act of 1838 prohibits army oMcers #rom expending United States moners in the civil service of the government. The question i highly important to ® big crowd of woukl be superintendents, who have been hunting up all the-dead and living statutes to find obstacies to Grant's Indian policy, and now fatter themselves they have got the Presiden; into a corner from which it will be dificult for him to emerge without some damage. They pomt to Order No. 49 as another huge blunder of President Ulysses, and hope in this way vo so cover him with confusion as to make him glad to treat for peace with even the much abused Indian superintendents, as well as the entire brood of political administrators, who thus far have had buta very meagre show in the distribution of pa- tronage. Gastronomic Diplomacy—Admiral Hoff Rev- erdy-Johnsouized by the Spaniards. Some people here say that Captain General Dulce has Reverdy-Johnsonized Admiral Hof down in Cuba. The Admiral is accused of dining and wining with the Captain General three or four times @ week, and of spending most of the time, he is actually in Havana in the company of the Spanish element exclusively. In this way, it is charged, Hoff gets his rose-colored views of Spanish superiority and constant Cuban reverses. It will be too bad if Johnson’s gastro- nomic diplomacy, which proved so disastrous to our cause in England, should also be the death of the American idea in Cuba. Modest Ambition of General Banks. General Banks is stiil here. He says the principal opject of his stay is to have @ poor painter appointed to one of the navy yards, “That,” says the General, “1g the great object of my ambition, now.” Banks is evidently becoming sareasti¢é over the general com- Pplaint about the difficulty of getting offices under the present administration. Trouble Among the Printers—Opposition to the Introduction of Colored Typos. The Columbia Typographical Union of this city at a meeting to-night received the applicdtion of Lewis H. Douglass, a son of Frederick Douglass, the colored orator, for membership in the Union. It was referred to the Committee on Nominations, A member of the Union presented a preamble and resolutions setting forth that as the applicant had been rejected at Denver, Col., by a subordinate Union of the Typographical Union, on the ground that he was an improper person to be admitted, it would therefore be unbecoming in this society to re- ceive him to membersnip. The resolutions ce.sure the Financial Secretary for granting a card to Dougiass permitting him to work until the society shall take action in the premises, and directs the chairman of the office in which he is employed to cause him to cease work. They also call upon the members to sustain the action of the Union. These resolutions were ruled out of order, and after considerable discussion the meeting adjourned until the 19th of June, when the committee is expected to report. Over 500 members of the society were present, and much feeling and interest were manifested in the matter, which it is believed will be eventually referred to the National ‘Typographical Union. Changes In the Post Ofice Department. Postmaster General Creswell, during the week just ended, dismissed a great number of clerks from his department and appointed a crowd of Mary- landers to fill the vacancies. The worst of the thing is that the unfortunate dismissed find them- selves unable to got their pay up to the time of their discharge, owing to the absence of some officials whose presence is indispensable to the operation of paying out. This is rather hard on the poor clerks, who are compelled to wait here and pay heavy board bills, when they might go elsewhere, where subsistence is somewhat cheaper. Mr. Creswell is creating much dissatisfac . ton by his favors to Marylanders, who thus far have obtained the lion’s share of the Post Office plunder. Mr. Creswell is accused of doing this solely to assure his chances for the United States Senate, to which he is looking forward with a longing eye. ‘The New York Barge Office. The Supervising Architect of the Treasury, Mr. A. B. Mullett, is making such arrangements as will secure the completion of the sea wall and pier upon which is to be erected the new barge office for the city of New York before the close of the coming autumn. There has been no appropriation by Con- gress for any other portion of the work excepting the building of the wall and the revenue dock, al- though estimates have been several times submitted by the department for completing the whole work. The rickety old building used as a barge office is the property of New York city and is leased by the general government for that purpose. A portion of the Battery extension adjoining the South ferry slip was purchased of the city for the nominal sum of $10,000 for a revenue dock and asa site fora new barge office; but no appropria- tion has yet been made for this much needed im- provemeyt, although twice estimated for and recom- mended by the department. A Generous Deed Fally Appreciated. The Honorable Theophilus Lisie Dickey, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, while engaged in conversation yesterday with Congressman. Charles E. Eldridge, of Wisconsin, in front of the Metropolitan Hotel, was approached by a femaie, who, placing her hand upon the gentieman’s shoul- der, demanded five cents as a gift of charity, by which she could reach her home at Alexandria. Tne Hon. Mr. Dickey at once responded, with the remark that the supplicant had exactly measured his ability. He gave her all he had—five cents. Holding the metallic specimen in the palm of her hand, and with a@look from her Madonna-like eyes that indicated an abiding faith in her expression, she remarked, “Sir, you must be a rebel."’ “Why?” exclaimed the astonished benefactor. “Because, sir, others are not governed by such generous impulses,’ was the quick reply, and in ap instant the woman, the lady of perception and no doubt the lady of other more prosperous days, was lost to sight. All who wit- nessed the scene were deeply impressed, and Eldridge, with his natural love for devotion to the nt, failed not to convey a moral from the circum- ‘tice. Concerts in the White House Grounds. The first open air concert of the season waa given this afternoon at the White House grounds by the Marine Band, under the leadership of Professor Scala. The weather was all that could be desired, and the attendance of Washington beauty, fashion, intelligence et tout cela was quite brilliant, The pro- gramme comprised many popular selections. For a short time during the performance the President and several members of his family apeared on the south balcony of the Executive Mansion, enjoying the music and enlivening tableau. Refreshment Cars Liable to Special Taxation. Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue Doug- Jass decides that the proprietors of the Pulman sleeping cars, if furnishing meals, liquors, wines and cigars to travellers or others, are lable, for each car on which such commodities are sold, to a special tax as keepers of eating houses under the provision of the act of June 90, 1864, and are also liable as dealers in liquors, either wholesale or re- tail, as the case may be, as provided by section thirty-nine of the act of July 20, 1868, and furtber liable as dealers in tobacco, provided their annual sales of tobacco, snuff and cigars ¢xceed $100, under the provisions in the last named section, &c. Fractional Currency. There have been no receipts of fractional currency at the Treasury during the week ending to-day. Decision in Bankruptcy. In @ case of bankruptcy in which the assignee enjoined the sale of the property of the trustees of a co-operative building association, a decision has been rendered by Judge Olin, dissolving the injune- tion and allowing the trustees to sell and bring the proceeds inte court. He held that the 4rustees under the Building Asso- ciation deeds have the power to sell, but that the assignee can dehy the account of the association and have the same audited under the deed the Property was sold, and when the money shall be turned into court the further interesting questions of the legality of the fines and penalties imposed will be considered.’ Personal. Colonel Dayton, Chief of Sherman's staf, has returned from Cincinnati, whither he was called some time ago by the sickness of his wife, General Butler is expected to return on Tuesday next from Lowell, where he has been for the past week or two. Reverdy Johnson, our Minister to England, writes toafriend in this city, under date of the ist inat., that he will leave for home in the steamship that sails for Baltimore from southampton on the 220 Inst.. He expecta to arrive about the 6th or oth broximo, FRAUDS. How Imaginary Fortunes Can be F New York Sharpers and a Few of Dodges. The Mayor’s Courtin this city, now fully under way and conducted by Marshal Joseph H. Tooker, has during two or three months past been produc- tive of much rea! benefit to many poor people who have been fleeced by sharpers of various kinds, Aside from the complaints made by parties in pro- pria persona, the Marshal is almost daily in receipt of letters calling his attention to swindles of various kinds which are carried on by persons in this clty, and which, owing to the ignorance and credulity of many throughout the country, prove highly remunerative to the concoctors and conductors, Althodgh the attention of the public has frequently been called to the existence of these various swindies, yet there appears to be people foolish enough to imagine that certain residents of New York will give them, for a dollar or two, money or goods equivalent to small fortunes. Mayor Hall and his Marshal, Mr. Tooker, have been active in exposing these frauds, yet, despite their efforts, and despite the frequent warnings given in the public press, there seem to be many ready to prove the truth of the old saying, ‘‘A fool and his money are soon parted.’? One of the most frequent and apparently most successful dodges is that styled the GRAND GIFT ENTERPRISRS. In this city there are several of these establish- ments, and from the style of the circulars which they issue it would appear that a few cents will secure property worth as many dollars. One of these, which has been brought to the attention of the Marshal, may be taken as a sample of the rest. The managers of the concern ascertain the adaress of some person, send him a note informing him that a ticket bear- ing his name has drawn a prize and on the receipt of $1 15 the prize will be forwarded to him. If he be fool enough to send the money he may obtain something worth from ten to twenty-five cents. The following is a specimen of the tickets issued by one of the establishments which has been brought to the attention of the Marsha on several occasions:— wenrvoneronssoneroveeessesersecnccerececerereee-te@ HARPER, WILSON & CO., 173 Broadway, N. Y., PLRASE SEND MEA nel 0 pay for the article, pi 5 oricers Sa a ey postage and Name, Robert Merrifield, ‘own of Coleraine, County, Franklin; State, Mass. ? Sign your name to the above, return thts order and th ge ods will be sent you by return mail or express, ele Poe anes ener be: OOOIDIOLE LOLOL ELD DE ELE In some complaints made by parties against this concern the Marsnal has succeeded in having the money §efunded, and had a person who stated that he was a bookkeeper for the firm brought before him, This bookkeeper’ said he did not think the firm would give exactly fifteen or twenty dollars’ worth for one dollar; but he did not inquire into the matter, did not know the value of the goods and did only a8 he was told, Another establishment in an- swer to advertisements receives one doliar, and thereupon sends @ notice, of which the following is Seample— plat 3 ROADWAY, New York, April 1 3 Mr. Roru—Your letter, with one dollar’ ees cies celved, for which I send you the tickets according to your order. The prizes named on these tickets will be forwarded to you on receipt of one dollar for each prize. All tickets must be returned within fifteen days. Money can be remitted to me by mail with perfect safety and at my risk. Address all orders to JAMES LAWSON, Jr., 29 Broadway, New York. There 1s anothtr concern carried on by a firm styled Hunt, Anthony & Co., at 195 Broadway, and another by Andrew Heath & Co., at 117 Cedar street, which issues tickets like the following:— seccccoovecoocroocreceresesesesesereresecene nooo icket an in ota ieeteeemegreeeemm PATENT ENAMELLED LADIES’ WATCH, 3 Marked No. 73, and valued at 815. 3 This watch is warranted to be a good timekeeper. The? aes gold plated and will wear for years equal to $"THI8 TICKET MUST BR RETURNED WITHIN 15 DAYS, ORI OOREIE REDE HE OPEC. Another curious form of “ratsing the wind” is that carried on by @ party styling himself J. G. Rig- ney, secretary of the “People’s Mutual Benefit Asso- ciation.” According to the highfalutin circular pub- lished under the title mentioned, it appears that “ten cents secures $2,000 to your family or het in ease of the death of a member in a full class.” The words “full class” aj to be somewhat enigmati- cal. From the ctrct it apy that the “Associa- tion” is divided into two one including all persons, from fifteen to si ay gers. of age, and the other class “‘husbands ir wives, from fifteen to sixty years of ” ‘The “Association 1s com- posed ot honest, hardwe , industrious men, who (ie to leave something to families when they ie. The object is, indeed, a most worthy one, and should commend itself to every honest, industrious, hard-working man in the country; but letters re- ceived by the Mayor brand the concern as a swindle of the first water, and one by which the innocent abd honest yeomanry of our land are apt to be mis DEALERS IN COUNTERFEIT MONEY flood the country with lithographed circulars, of which the following is a sample:— {Confidential.} NEW YORK, No. 24 Broadway. My Dean Str--We take the liberty of writing you, know- tng that if you become our agent and follow our instructions you can make deal of money and no one be any the wiser for it. eon hand a large stock of exact copies of the genuine States Treasury notes which we wish to dispose of even ata great sacrifice. They are arran; In eack pact to ks each resent over there will be represented @5, 610. 890, 850 genulnd United States Treasury notes. Our price for one package (to con ( 5 fidential men) is $25, upon receipt of which we will send i uu, or, if ‘you do not wish to send the full “amount’ at once, will send the paci to you on receipt of $6, the balance, to be sent us as s00n as you diepose of the pack e' trust partiy to your honesty to do this; knowing at the same time you will ‘consider it to your interest to di with us further, a will comply with our rejuest. After you have ordered the pack- ‘any private instructions you may wiah will be cheerfully given. One package may be ordered C. 0. D. ten dollars, ‘the balance, fifteen dollars, to be sent us as soon as you dis owe of the package; but we advise ali to send five dollars Sirect by mail (the balance, twenty dollars, to be went after: wards) and thus save you and us express charges. If you de- sire to avail yourself of this opportunity you must do so at we will not ee to send the package after from the time you reeeive this letter. Special e packages ordered at one time. In all caxea pack- ages sent uno! ble. confidentially, DE LAY & CO., $84 Broadway, New York. ‘This is a very liberal offer, but Gumbridge & Co., No. 69 Wall street, offer to send $600 worth of ‘exact copies, &c.” for fifteen dollars, on terms somewhat similar to those above mentioned. But better than either of these ts the offer made in a circular In in Jac W. H, Datley & Co., 148 Fulton street, New Y which it 18 stated that @ package contain sumues of United States and national bank notes of the total value of $3,376 and so admirably executed that they cannot be detected by bankers will be sent for two dollars to any trusting and trustworthy im- dividual. or that three sets will be sent for five dol- lore. CLATRVOYANTS AND PHYSICIANS in number are complained of frequentiy as coming under the head of frauds. One female tn particular has been complained of, whose style of doing busi- ness is to Induce foolish married women to believe that their husbands are false to them, and Ph, bast way to punish the aforesaid false ones 18 for the wives to enter upon a life of pleasure and profit, which she can open for them if they follow her ad- vice. Then there are others who can cure all styles and complications of diseases for little or nothing, ‘The circulars of some of these humbugs are shoved under the doors of houses, and contain most flattering promises to the wearied and afMiicted. The powers of these clairvoyants are wonderful. Knowk bows submissively before their gifts and enables U to direct their powers to the good of visitors, Charts of life are given away; perfect pic- tures of past, present and future are promised for @ mere nominal price; wonderful charms which can never fail to give luck to the wearers, and ali sorts of ificent returns are offered for almost noth- ing. very fact that people carrying on such business can get along is a sure sign tha: “the fools are not all dead yet.” wg Under the head of MISCELLANROUS SWINDLBS be classed the innumerable smail jewe'ry shops, which flourish on West, Cortiandt, South and other st A petroleum companies and other concerhs, in which strangers are duped and robbed iew Yorkers, but who for by men who claim to be the most part come from the immaculate “down Kast.” Your genuine New Yorker does not as 8 eral whi stoop to such tty and dirty styles ot a8 those meni . If he intends to defraud theré some- thing bold, and what mi be termed manly, tn hig manner, but those who sneak into your purse by means of —— and bogus jeweiry and littie pettite ing dodges come from Massachusetts or ih Sanding oon oan epee Ns 9 ny o metropolis to pol ply their n jesigns sti 2 ‘_ Mayor Hall has repeatedly ex; ‘is determin- ation to wipe out, if possible, this on the character of the metropolis, and his effurts shoula be seconded by every sensible and honest person in the community. It 1s often said of a who loses nis money by investing at one of th us Jeweiry or other establishments mentioned, that it “serves him right for being such a fool; but not withstanding that fact the Mayor's Marsial has en- tertained every complaint made before him and has succeeded in recovering @ large amount of money for parties who have been swindled, The business of hearing and receiving these complaints has a sad side and often a very comical one, On the latter may be placed the Fett | letter, which will be found to refer to a firm mentioned above:— HARTLaN! ae A pad jear Sir I take the liberty Some where about Six weeks ago ‘Recd's. leiter’ (whieh Te gnclosed in thia) and also a clroular from Gum! 18 Co 69 Wale copepraing a Beek of which the ttle fs thé Magic Guide, Tat ones sent for the Book, the price was One , and reed no answer I then wrote again, about four weeks later and have recd no answer. Now to day 1 write again to them and to, you 1 the ‘the: gent me, | want you to look that np, and send me the Book for they have awindied me out of my I think Com; it In the face & eyes of the Authority of N.Y. Bhould be jolt with, I do not make aug faise statement to you ‘at all andjI want that Book that I sent for. Hoping to bear remain — from you soon I Yours ae Maniont, i fartian laine. P. 8 The Book contains 830 pages bouud in ‘cloth and “ tae shove may be taken ans talr samploct a lenge number of letters received by the Mayor and the Marshal, and from which it would appear that the parties Imagine that the officials mentioned have nothing to do but look after their (the writers’) indi- vidual cages. A number of frauds of more than ordinary importance are being inquired into by the Mayor and Marshal Tooker, and will be publicly alluded to at the Tag ou’ tume. The Mayor has caused the follqwing notice to be issued, with the hope that arties may profit by the warning given and avoid ae aron's 0 Ne jarch 27, 1869. |AYOR'S OFFI lew You To Hx Paseo or Tum UNITED'StaTEOee : Tbeg to caution strangers against New York circulars, tickets, shares and prospectuses, in co-operative unions oF itt enlerprises, of In any other pousible schern reby tangibly exist any such schemes in this sity. | Co papers which advertise them simply aid in the all pewspapers in the Union would now publiahing and reiterating this information, th ys s point of w and I think effectually, counteract the swindling inten- tions of those who will also save the unwar; A. OAKEY H. use the mails for the false pretences, ana hundreds of thousands of dollars. Mayor of the city of New York. TROTTING ON FASHION COURSE. The fixtures for yesterday were a stake with three entries and a match between McMahan’s gray gelding and Mr. Walter's bay gelding New York (formerly known as Ben Nolin), in har- ness. The day proved very showery, and the Fashion Course got its fuli share. From two o’clock until the finish of the day’s sport there was not a half hour in which it did not shower. In the intervals the trot- ting was done. In consequence of the rain the track was made very slippery, though not deep. A little more depth of mud would have been better, for then there would have been a better foot- hold. In consequence of the rain the stake trot did not come off, and the match alone was trotted. The signs of a storm at one o’clock and the shower and hail at two o'clock set- tled the point of a large attendance. Many who were at the ferries at the hour of the storm turned back, and doubtless many not having started were deterred by the weather and the apprehension that there would be no trot, Asa result there was a small at- tendance, embracing, however, many of the profes- sionals and habitual attendants. In the match there was muchb feeling, both on the part of tne owners of the horses and among their friends. This is always the case with the gentlemen’s nags which are driven on the road. At the opening of the pools New York was strongly the favorite, and in the betting stood 20 to 15, 100 to 70, 60 to 45 on per However, a change was shortly effected, and for a littie run Spot nad the lead, When the pair appeared onthe ground Spot behaved badly, and seemed disposed not to go even in the preliminary exercise, and when he showed a will to go it was more to run than trot. The pools then changed and down Spot went, and in one of 35, he brought only 10, Much money was staked that he would be distanced in the first heat. New York showed nicely and trotted steadily in the eh ped tory brashes. His friends backed him up unilinch- ingly, and were, met very promptly by the backers of Spot, at the long odds, * First Heat.—McMahan drove Spot and Mr. Walters aid the offices to New York. Spot drew the pole. After acouple of attempts the pair got away, with ‘Spot in the lead. He went badly about the turn, but his breaking did not lose him ground. New York trotted squarely to the quarter pole, where Spot still lead, in torty-four seconds. Down the backstretch New York left his feet and fell away ten lengths, which Spot carried to the half-mile pole, where he went in 1:29. New York on the turn got steadily to work, and drew upto Spot. The pair then trotted squarely to the middle of the homestretch, when New York again broke, and the heat was lost, Spot coming home at ease five lengths ahead, in 2:59. Second Heat.—The odds now changed strongly in favor of Spot, and tn the pools he brought 100 to 50, 30 to 15 and 70 to 40. Spot hadin the slippery mud wrenched @ shoe and New York loosened one. In a pouring shower the shoes were reset, and the rain ceasing just opportunely, tuey came up for the second heat, Spot got off in the lead and the quarter was done, wita a little skipping, in forty-four. went steady aiong the backsiretch and the half mile well together in 1:273,. Spot now worked right on, and im the mud was going @ good pace. New York also went steadily on to the head of the homestretch, and was pretty well up, but Walters pressed him'so strongly on the homestretch that he jeft his feet, and Spot strode away from him, and came home an easy winner of the heat in 2:53%. Third Heat,—The game now seemed out, and any odds went begging. After three or four scorings they got away. Spot soon took the track and lead, With the exception of one skip on the turn he trotted honestly, and led from end to end, New York breaking and behaving badly. At the distance Spot led a dozen lengths, and jogged home siowly, while New York ran over the score, badly beaten. The quarter was done in forty-three, the half in 1:24}5 and the mile in 2:5234. The following is a summary of the trot:— May 15.—Maton for $400, in harness, best three in five, mile heats, W. McMahan’s g. g. Spot.. Ie Walters” bg. New Yo Nolin). Mr. Meserole has matched his horse Myron Perry to beat Dutchman’s three mile time—7:3244—and do it in harness, catch weight. The backer of time, John Chambers, lays $5,000 to $3,000. The attempt is to be made during the month of July, on the Fashion Course. The June trotting meeting at the Narraganset Park, judging from the programme of the entries for the several purses, will be one of the most brilliant events in the annals of the trotting turf. The meet- ing will last three days, during which eight races will come off for purses amounting, in the aggregate, ‘to $20,000, In the first purse, which is for horses that never trotted for money, there are eight entries. in the second purse, which is for stallions, George Wilkes, Bashaw, Jr., and Rhode Island are entered. The third purse, which is for horses that never beat 2:33, has thirteen entries. Purse No. 4, for horses that never beat 2:50, bumbers eleven horses. The fifth purse ts for teams, and that closed with five entries. The sixth purse is for horses that never beat 2:38, and this closed with nine entries. There are eighteen entries for the 2:29 purse; and for the great event of the meeting, the $3,000 purse for all horses, eight are entered, inciud- ing George Wilkes, American Girl, George Palmer, Rhode Island, Lady Thorn, Lucy, Bashaw, Jr., and Goldsmith Maid, There never bas been such a field of horses as the above, and the race between them would be worth a voyage to Europe to witness. The Paterson races commence on Tuesday and con- tinue three days. There will be three races on the first day, three on the second and four on the third. Each day will have a hurdie race or steeple chase. ‘The course has been ing in capital order for raclug, and a guccesslql meg 39 anticipated. Sondsdone Venter ut ani the Prospect Park Fair Grounds on Friday afternoon to see Se Boy worm. Sam McLaughlin promised to show the Commodore @ quarter of a mile in thirty-two seconds. This he failed to do; but Mountain Boy did trot @ quarter in thirty-three seconds and a juarter. ame three year old filly by Independent out of Nellie, the dam of Wiilte Schepper, is matched for $600 a side, mile heats in harness, against the colt by Hambletonian out of Baby Bell. The course is not fixed upon. The filly isin the hands of Hiram we. a STeGomnelt & Thompson have arrived with their stable of racers from Chilicothe. The stable includes wae Bayswater, Joe McConnell and Lobelia, the is acing is moraing gauope with Vigor, mo’ or. ‘Numbers of the owners of fine horses and magnifi- cent equipages availed themselves of the delightful terday afternoon, and were out on the weather yest 0 Lane. eae hk of 8) was fine. We noticed icularly the foll as showing off to advan- : Parker and bay mare. Amos Little, with a fine pair of bays. ths team along pretty fast. Mr. Eliery was sendi the old blue mare. Mr. Weeks was out wil Mr. Barry was driving hie bay mare Juno anda Wilkes colt together. They make a nice team. Mr. Waltemire was driving @ very speedy roan colt, a son of the famous horse Geo. M. Patchen, Mr. Squires was behind @ dashing pair of bays. ‘The horses were attached to a handsome park phac- ton, and were moving in easy style. E. Simmons had a fine gati gray gelding. Mr. Huggins was driving a fine bay team to top wagon. « Tull was behind a very fast gray horse, Geo. Alley Was handling the reins over a tine and fast pair of bays. Mr. Fellows was driving his magnificent four bays before his trotung drag. The horses look even bet- ter than they did jast summer and seem more stylish and fast. — Spear was driving a very atylish pair of lacks, Frank Work had out his sorrel Star mare. Jesse Marsbail was behind Shark. Jacob Voorhtes, Jr.. had his bay Kentucky mare. Frank Baker, a fag-tailed team, T. H. Purdy, with gray and chestnut mare. They are fast, A. J, Van Winkle had a black Draco stailton. H. HL. Bliss, with ee. and biack team. Mr. Boreas, with brown and sorrel mares, Mr. Harker, with a brown horse. Robert Raymond, of Baltimore, with a beautiful Dal of bees RL fast, jarry Hamilton, with black and gray teams. They are good ones, THE FEVER SHIP. OMcial Report ef the Investigation Into the Case of the Fever Ship, James Foster, Jr.— “Disorder, Violence and Barbarity Without Puralle??—“Cruel and Barbarous Conduct” of the Carpenter—The British Emigration Authorities Censured. ‘The special committee, appointea by the Commis- stoners of Emigration to investigate the alleged out- rages and sufferings on board the ‘fever ship,” James Foster, Jr., which arrived at this port on the 7th of March last, have presented to the Commis- sioners the following report, embodying the results of their labors, together with a report of the testi- mony taken before the committee, and which was published in full in the HERALD while the examina- tion was in progress. It will be seen that the com- mittee are fully convinced of the enormity of the offences committed by the delinquent officers of the ship, the neglect of her owners and of the British emigration authorities, as well as of the lamentable reguits of all these combined evils, as developed among the unfortunate passengers, REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE COM- MISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION, OF THE INVESTIGA- TION INTO THE CAUSES OF COMPLAINT AGAINST THE SHIP JAMES FOSTER, JR. In pursuance of a resolution of the Commission- ers of Emigration of the State of New York, dated March 12, 1869, whereby the undersigned were ap- pointed a committee to inquire as to certain charges jens made of il! hangs of passengers by the sil james Foster, Jr., on her vo} age from verpool, England, to the port of New York, your committee commenced forthwith an examination of the per- sons that seemed most capable of giving reliabie in- meee hi a comp! jowever, having been made against the owners of the ‘ahip by Join Carey, oue of the passengers, your committee proceeded to a formal examination, under oath, of such of said gers ag should present themselves, in virtue of the power vested in the Commissioners of Emigration by chap- ter 857 Seasion Laws, 1868, p. 2040, entitled “‘An act for the more effectual protection of Emigrants ar- riving at the port of New York." Your committee held four sittings at Castle Gar- den, viz.:—On March 13, 15, 25 and 29, 1860, and examined under oath twelve witnesses, named as Iollows:—Robert Blackmore, Patrick Careney, Michael Callaghan, Abraham Meyer, Bartholomew ‘Yobin, James Burke, Gritith Richards, Peter Scon- Jer, Hermann Brandt, Jacob Trem, Withmoe Morgan and ‘Thomas Roundey, Due notice of the procéed- ings having been given to the owners of the ship, they were represented at the sittings of your com- mittee by Mr. Charles Marshall, one of the firm of Charles H. Marshall & Co., and by Thomas H. Hub- bard, Esq., of counsel; and on the third and fourth stil ‘Mr, George Putnam Smith, of counsel for certain of the passengers, attended on their behalf and took part the Broce Your committee report the following facts as the result of their investigauio! The ship James Foster, Jr., of the Black Ball line, 1,428 tons burden, left the river Mersey, Liverpool, England, on her voyage to New York, on the 19th of December, 1868, a eeereneers nad been for the most part taken on board on the 13th or 14th De- ceimber, and from that time till the 19th December the ship lay at anchor. The number of steerage passengers on board was 146, Ot these fourteen had shipped as passenger cooks, contracting, in con- sideration of a reduction of passage money, to per- form certain duties on board. The actual number of the crew was thirty, aithough the fourteen pas- sengers seem to have been passed off before the emigration officers in Liverpool as ordinary seamen, thus apparently swelling the number of the crew to forty-four. ‘The oilicers of the ship were:— Andrew Armstrong, captain; Joseph Arm- strong, first mate; John mcVeity, second mate; Thomas Murphy, third mate; James Glynn, car- penter and boatswain; kdward Monument, surgeon. The quantity of provisions which each passenger was entitled to receive during the voyage is set forth in the copy contract annexed to this report. The sum paid by each steerage pe wenger was £4. The passengers who shipped as “passenger cooks” paid only £268. each, in con- sideration of which reduction they agreed *‘to clean below decks and cook for the passengers.” The ship anchored in New York harbor on the 7th day of March, 1869, the voyage having lasted seventy-eight days, being & passage of unusual duration, the ave! age time consumed in winter reas not exceed- ing forty-five days. The weather for the greater art of the voyage was rough, with head winds, (he ship had been but a short time at sea before a scene of disorder, violence and barbarity began which your committee believe to be of late years without parallel. The captain seems to ve been utterly neglectful of left the management of the ship and the care of the passengers to tferior officers. The crew, col 4 mostly of landsmen, unused to the proved Lael arco to the performance of the ordi- nary work of the ship and soon became wholly exhausted from fatigue. To supply this Sect the passenger cooks were segoree to work as - Dary seamen, a duty which they had never to perform; and even the passengers, who had paid full passage money, were compelied at all hours of the day and often in the night to clean decks,haul ropes, make sail, in fact to perform all a sailor’s duty, except go aloft. Of the provisions served out to the passengers, the pork was good, the beef was middiing, the four was Occastonaily sour, the meal was bad after the middle of the voyage, the biscuits were of two qualities, sometimes and sometimes bad. > The quantity of these provisions supplied to the passengers was gradually diminished, until, afver the second week of the voyage, it appeared to have been not more than half that to whicn they were entitied under their contract. each Saturday rations were served out for the ensuing week. Afier the third week the supply Was so reduced that it was proved not suffl- cient to last until the following Thursday, aud thenceforward, until the next Saturday's distribu- ton, two days of starvation intervened. The aliow- ance of water was soon reduced to three pints a day. The hours of distribution were i jar. For awhile the water was of good quality, hand fit to drink. But for the last flve weeks of the voyage it was salty, com of the rain water, which had falien on the aeck, and the salt spray, which had necessarily mixed with it. The sufferings of the passengers from hunger and thirst were severe. Some of them, more provident than others, had* brought on board a larger supply of food than they needed for their own necessities, and sold the sur- plus, Itisin evidence, that in this sort of traiic, one of the passengers paid one shilling for one bis- cuit, aud In another case six pence was paid fora “noggin” of water. All these privations seem to have been without any sufficient cause or excuse, for on the arrival of the ship at the port of New York, we ly of meat was not yet alto- , there was plenty of fresh water still in the tanks. The number of passengers on board was less than the capacity of the ship to accommodate them. The ely cae a for cooking were defective. There was only one stove in the cook’s galley. In this the fire was lighted sometimes at eight A, M., sometimes not until two P. M., and sometimes the fire was put out by the orders of the carpenter, for the ly of compelling the famish- ing passengers to do some sailors’ work about the ship. The power over the passer vested in this man seems to have been anlimited. He presided over the serving out of provisions and water, and bo gr showed favor tow: some of the passen- gers and hostility to others; sometimes throwing the food of the latter on the wet deck and spilling even their scant; supply of water. Severdl of the crew, worn out by ill usage and exhaustion, died during the voyage. The passenger cooks and passen- Pee ee cel to Ba shi i the conduct of the carpenter tow: e of these passenger cooks seems to have been oruel and barbarous. “It appears a the evidenve, a copy of which is here- to annexed, that he was in the habit of beating them with his fists, with ropes, with belaying pins or any other weapon that came to his hand, so that from Cy of this ill several of them ¢ first mate aiso beat the pusser ‘The captain refused to | to any complaint and treated remonstrance With insult, Your committee are advised that the carpenter, with two of the other inferior officers of the ship, are now in custody and awaiting their trial on im- dictments found it them in the United States District ae district of the State of New York, ces alleged bas mitted by them against certain of the of this ship on this voyage, and their trial Is likely to take place next month. rom fia forbear to make any "ow ob- les in the way 0! ir . tion of the cl it The captain of the ship and rat mate have died on shore since the arrival of the ship in port, victims to a mall t fever which broke out on board, and which had its origin (ear t in their own tnca- rane. neglect or misconduct. The person who acted as doctor on the voyage seems to have been pen vere om and cata in ity i tek in hos- were shamefully neglected by hu out from time to time of @ ration of castor oil to eaca of the sick seems to have been the extent of his medical services; and the only an sd operation ing been perform alluded to in the evidence as havii ed by him was the ampntation of the finger of Join Gilmarun, a pi iT, @ shoemaker’s pincers being the tnstrument used, and lays after the operation. terror on board of that ill-fated ship. Of ey that were young, strang and vigorous when y first came On board, four died on the passage. Of those who survived, some were scarce abie to ‘ger ashore, 80 faint were they from hunger and ex- haustion. The foregoing statement wil! serve to give your honorable Board a general idea of the condi- ton of the passengers of the ship James Foster, Jr., m this most unfortunate voy For further de- tails your committee refer to the copy of testimony annexed. The ill treatment of her crew your com- mittee have not spectaily inquired into, a8 not belt included in the subject td a a | ue by the of this State, above a A bt Emigration are empowered to make. The committee beneve that if their proceedin, this matter have effected no more than to attract to this subject the attention of the pablic en’ bot here and in Europe, much good has been done, ii the patient dying in two It was an actual reign of to speak of the ae ve ie te ae taken by and perpetual Pg beexing redress Uy civil Proceedings. In seeking for the causes of these disasters, your committee are Willing to make all due allowance for the unusual duration of the voyage at the moat Inclement season of the year, and the demoralization and confusion which are but too apt to follow the continued laber, 3 ‘and exhaustion io which oMfcers and crew must subjected. Careful end thorough com- Piance, however, by tue proper officers tn Liver- 1, With tue veuefivent provisions of the English ‘assengeracts of 1865 and 1863, would have gone far to prevent much of the sutering to which both crew and passengers were subjected. In these acts provisions are made for the examination and survey, y an emigration officer, of the provisions and water; for proper facilities for cooking; for the number ant qualification of passenger cooks, whom the act re- quires to be « faring’ men, ‘and for the manning of the ship with an efticient crew, to the satisfaction of the emigration officer. Your committee are una- ble to see how, unless these requirements of the British law had been evaded or openly violated, the calamities of this voyage could have occurred, The principal security against the recarrence of such evils is to be 1ound, perhaps, in the rapid dig- continuance of sailing ships in the carrying of imml- grants to this port and the institution of steam ves- sels in their stead. ‘The story of the misfortunes of the James Foster, Jr., will, itis hoped, tnerease the tendency in that direction. It is the manifest duty of ship-owners to exercise great care and caution in the choice of the officers into whose hands the care and government of pasengers across the Atlantic may be entrusted. It is at best a dimicult and » delicate office, reaniring, perhaps, a larger share of patience, good temper, forbearance and kind feeling than is commonly found among men educated im the rough school of a sailor's life. And yet it is hard to ine any situation in which men are more completely helpless, more completely at the mercy of those who may be set over them, or have juster claims on the sympathies and charities of. their fellows, than ers in emigrant ships. ‘The estabiishment of an efMicient police on the Ki whic! by whose means injustice and cruelty may be er and Drevented. 3 a meeaero wards janthropy has as yet made progress. Muck Must still depend on the humanity of ship-owners and the careful choice they make of their agents. Your committee leave to suggest, as subject for the consideration of your honorable |, Whether the enactment of fone such provisions as to el + ships, as are to be found in the Britigh nger acts above referred to, would not tend to the protection of passengers across the At- lantic and the increase of their security and com- forts. The subject is well worthy the attention of the Congress o1 the United States. When it is re- membered how much of the present population of the United States is made up of 11 ts or their uunmediate descendants, aad how much of ite wealth, enterprise and pros; iy has sprang from their labor, nothing surely should pe lett undone by the country which they have chosen for their home which could vend to make their voyage to these shores as convenient and as easy as possible, and impress them in advance with the provident care for their wellare displayed by the country in which their future lives are to be spent and to whose ad- “ancemer* their future babors are to be devoted. RICHARD O'GORMAN, P. MCELROY. FREDERICK RAPP, New York, May 12, 1869. YACHTING. The American Yacht Sappho—Review of Her Defeat by the Cambria—Prospect of the In« ternational Races in England This Summer. To THE EpITORS OF THB COMMERCIAL ADVER- TISER:— In England (remarks one of our most prominent leading papers) “it has become a little the custom to claim that the victory of the America is balancea by the deleat of the Sappho,” It is but fair towards our English brother yacht- men to notice that Hunt's Yachting Magazine, the best authority on the ‘deteat of the Sappho” and nautical topics generally, honors the custom above mentioned “more in the breach than in the observ- ance.”’ In the September number of that periodical for 1868 the editor says:—‘‘We bad long urged upon the yachtmen of England sity for recovering the prestige unmistakably lost on that day, when the Majesty of England was informed in terse language ‘that the America ‘was first, the rest (eight cutters and seven schooner yachts) nowhere.’ The result of the race on Tues day, August 26, 1868 (the defeat of the Sappho), is, however, Very far from accomplishing this triumph; to call such an event the greac American challenge yachtrace tasks our inventive grammatical powers to find words adequate to its correction, and in our philological distress we must take the nearest size sabstantive to plug the shot hole, and merely write the word farce, ‘the great American challenge yacht farce.’ The article then proceeds to describe ‘a race between four British clippers, accompanied fora short period by an American yacht, said to be of rnenad ‘speed, and (said) to have arrived from New ‘ork specially to challenge the best English yaebta of the day,” * * * but that we can claim the slightest credit as against America for the exhibi- tion of a 25, beyond the spirited alacrity with which the challenge was accepted, we utterly deny; (our) sea racera expected to see the challenger ex- hibit even some feeble portion of the powers warranted such a challenge, es! coming from @ representative of such a world-famed yachting station as America now boasts in the bay of New York; to bring such a vessel asthe Sappho as the Tepresentative of the modern school of American yachts, &c., savors so much of @ practical joke upon common sense that we think it requires some ex- plavation. (“Some explanation’ may be found in the April number of the Yachting Magazine for 1868, page 158, from the New Yor HERALD.) Mr. Hunt very judiciously declined being ‘‘voped in” by outsiders to a farce of “Much Ado About Nothing,”’ and closes the article py gtving, with humorous comment, the followiag imen verse of some doggerel upon the victory of the Cambria over the Sappho, by a Cowes boy poet or some “forecastie man ashore on leave:”’— The Cambria’s a sweet Engtish clipper, ‘An invineible, thorough sea boat; And her crew? "Bach man hitching his waistband, Cry sure (she’s @) terror afloat. As to being a ‘‘thorough sea boat,’ Jack has, pro- bably, since given a ‘‘Hitch” of different mmport, for it has been currently LS cde that di the following October cruise of this renowned clipper % proclivity for diving became so unequivocal and pracuical as to bring the waves of the ‘Bay of Bis- O” up to her foremast, and resulted in giving “McRaisey” @ neat and not inexpensive job im “<fling - the hollow of her bows to get more buoy- ancy.’ It 1s but fair, however, to admit that the game ‘nautical feat” left no doubt, if any before existed, as to her being “surely a terror afloat.’ At any rate, such she proved to all on board. Avery recent and interesti summary of tm- portant external alterations and supposed improve. ments, with internal costly adornings, to this clpper Of deservedly spiendid reputation, informs the pub- lic that among other triumphing pictorial reminders nellti her dining cabin, enjoyed by those whose under the Campria’s mahogany, is a fine oil painting of the “Discomfture of the Sappho,’? quite opposite to the ‘Felo de Se’’ of her namesake “of Lesbos birth and Leucata fate.” i A great American painter of former and almost ancient days begun what he intended should prove “a great picture,” but # curtain concealed it from the eyes of all visitors—for the reason that its com- pny depended upon some ultimate developments. it may be @ question whether the ‘‘nautical delinea- tion”? before referred to ought not to have been so led as to invoke @ kindred caution, and induced, st leas Keeping it veiled, awaiting future disclosures? Under all the circumstances Mr. Hunt assumed the right attitude in relation to this chal'enge yacht race, and should the Sappho, for the first, properly handled and appearing as one of the representatives of the New York Yacht Club in foreign waters, beat mely every Eng- lish yacht competing with her—whether around the Isle of Wight, about the Channel or out in the more open sea—the veteran and esteemed editor of the Yachting Magazine may fird his most useful inter- national yacht record appealed to for authenti- cating the fact t prudent and knowing yachts. men did not tulate themselves “that the yachting prestige of England lost io 1851 had been regained in 1808; that the victory of the America ‘Was balanced by the defeat of the Sappho.” That the hypothesis of the future performauce of the Sappho does not involve Protesting too much for the lady may be fairty counted upon, from the fact that her liberal and Viseriminatiag owner, Rear Commodo} Douglas, has permitted Mr. Robert Fish to assume the sole responsibility of improving and putting her in complete racing condition. Mr. rge L. Lorillard has also devolved on Mr. Fish the more easy duty of the Meteor's success; and upon Mr, J. B, Van Deusen Vice Commo- qore ta a rely for enabling tle Dauntiess two whatever m: requit of her abroad, pdt pad] to hear that the Dauntless has made of the same character with the ad- yarous one ‘ , others in ‘ jatitudes,’? that th yachtman Lord Dufferin; that the Sappho has consributed to the Fachting Maga- So me n snows” of a cruise in the Mediter- ppropriate signal, te fag of the show with her ropriate signal, New York Yacht rot ia the waters of the Celestial i swahtogether, the three yacht club racers of 1869 will represent our marine, and the prominent institation to which they belong, creditably as did the signifi- cant trio that marshalled for them the way in 18¢6, ‘and the tribute won for the club by that little feet— as conceded hy the popular ag | authority be- fore referred to—will again merited, and illus. trate the justness of tie compliment, as now recalled with most pleasant memories of public and social kindness and hospitality. “tne New York Yacht Club (yet in its infancy) may justly boast of its members and vessels, and hag proved itself in bones and sinews and material worthy to contest with us the supremacy of the world. The untiess, Meteor and Sappho will no doubt realize an equally cordial reception as that which greeted the ‘Henrietta, Fleetwing and Vesta, and must experience something more of an active de- monstraiton. ‘Time cohering with place, and place with wishing, from those who have invited them to @ contest for the supremacy of the young ona THE BOSTON BILLIARD TOURNAMENT. Boston, May 15, 1869. ‘Moday was the fifth day of the billiard tourna ment, This afternoon J. T, Murpny beat R. Davis— rapa, eons, arg he ee, i a L\ secon: beat L. 3, root 400 0 2 The. sinner averaee Te the wine ‘Brod vis-—600 to 815, Dalween Murgny and rofusr vest to 300, Winner's av: