The New York Herald Newspaper, June 16, 1869, Page 4

« —_——-- NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. WEST POINT. Awarding of the Diplomas to the Graduates General Sherman’s Address—Pisin Talk About Soldiers and Generals—-What He Thinks of Yachting and Hunting im the Army=—The Graduates to be Relieved from Duty on Thursday. West Pornt, June 15, 1869, The ceremony of awarding the diplomas to the graduates took place this forenoon, and was cer- tainly a scene of more than ordinary impressiveness, If the ladies who are stopping at the hotels had been consulted about the matter I daresay they would not have consented to have had the ceremony performed, as it was the very morning after the hop, But as the authorities that be didn’t see fit to consult them about the matter the diplomas were awarded, despite the fact that many a fair one who had danced herself half to death the night previous ‘was not yet out of bed, and that others, when the drums beat, here hardly able to open their eyes and their windows at the same tme in crder to see, without being seen, the gray coats on the plains. Fortunately, however, the ladies in the hotels who goto hops and who sleep all day afterwards, or come down to table late in the day looking all for- lorn, with eyes half closed, to nod over a cup of tea and commiserate with each other over “that awful headache,” are not the only ones who turn out todo the cadets honor every year; for be it known there are actually a good many people hereabouts who eschew late hours and love to see the sun rise in the morning; and they it was who, reinforced by crowds from the villages in the vicinity, formed the greater portion of the spectators who were present, ayhough ‘Tt must be said that certain papas and mammas of cadets were early on the ground tu the usual state of delightful excitement and expectation. AWARDING OF THE DIPLOMAS. ‘The Gay was ushered in by mists and clouds that overhung Old Cro’ Nest like a fall, but by half-past ten o'clock, when the cadet corps marched out for review, there was a silent stealing away of shadows across the mountain tops, and the golden sunlight streamea down upon the plain in ail its glowing cheerfulness. The review in itself was nothing more than an every day affair, the only thing that Made it more than usually attractive being the presence of Genera. Sherman, who reviewed the corps in line. This once over, the graduating class marched out of the ranks‘and, forming in a body in front of the battalion, stacked arms, while the two wings of the corps were wheeled slightly to the right and left forward, so as to form three sides of asquare, the graduates being in the centre, facing the gpectators. While all this wag going on the ladies, with their usual consideration for themselves, spread themselves out on rows of camp stools that had been placed for general use on the grass just behmd where General Sherman was seaied, and managed during the whole ceremony to keep up a bee-buzzing sort of talk that was very pleasant to those who were foolish enough to want to hear the address, THE GRADUATES. General Pitcher, after the formation of tue square, read aloud the names of the members of the class who were entitled to graduation honors, and as each one came forward the precious diploma was handed to him by General Sherman. The following are the names of those who were thus honored: Tenn. mobs, Mich, Henry P. Perrine : John W. Pullman, Charles Morto’ William F, Smith, N. ¥, Charles H. Rockwei!, Ohio, Weils W. Leggett, Ohio. Wentz C. Miller, Pa. Jenifer H. Smallwood, Fta. George B. Bacon, Til. William Rawson i = Hi Hi Henry L. Ha Arthur 8. # wall, ance H. Lindsey, Pa, i Martin B. Hughes, Pa. Wm. W. Robinson, Jr., Obie. mm Gerhard, Pa. Masou M. Maxon, Wis, THE ADDRESS TO THE G When the diplomas had ali be: Sherman arose and said My Youne FRIENDS—I am here this day at the invitation of your Superintendent and in pursuance of an honored custom, to add by my official pres- ence to the interest of an occasion that has brought together 80 many of your friends. Your academic term ot life is now over, the day for which you have waited so lowe 18 come at last, and you are about to sally forth into the wide, wide world to a large extent masters of your own actions, to bear 1s burdens and to enjoy its fruits. The diplomas this DUATES. awarded General jay ¢onferred on you, and which you have fairly : are the official testimony prescribed by law, ed by the signa- that you are orded on parchment and veriti tures of your professors, certifying qualified to be cunmmussioned as ortic of the United States. Twenty-1 have passed since I stood where yor feelings and emotions of that epoch of life ¢ kK with thes I feel strongi: ‘ds | had inclined to cut short the few ared for the occasion and to bid d ones at home that await your Even now I shall not delay you long, nor word calculated to moderate the natural i relief that the restramts hitherto tmposed that your books are cast aside for a that you are substantially free. I hope every one of you Will enjoy to its furloughr of three months that ou, aud ag it draws to a conclusion I only 1 vo pause @ moment and consider the ings of those who have already trodden path on which You are so impatient to f, so that when you reach the (first posts of duty you may be prepared to lay a sure foundation for a live of asefuiness and honor for yourselves, and to ay back to your government in services for the gr tt advantages you have received here. Your pro- fess, "8 HOW certify that you are proficient in ail the studi®, Ucemed necessary to a military education, and your aay °"intendent will tell me your generat stand- ng, which “etermines your first rank in the army. not >,"@ least doubt that each and every one e all the problems of the triangle, sure the solid contents of cubes d spheres, a “me of you may even calculate ai the whaies of thy” €clipse of the sua expected hext August; bai there .9 4 great probiem in which you and | and ail the work. a8 a deep interest, and Wwaich neither superintenden, 20F professor will at- tempt to untold, | meéa” the great pro. blem of iife, when no kiN teacher will be at your elbow to prompt aut interpret for you, and wherein the variable and unojlo aan tuties exceed in number the letters of the Greek al- paabet, Wha is to be your fate in the Boknown tut What gort of officers will you make? For- ly or unfortunately, as the case may be, you are not compelled like many a poor fellow to grope in the Cy a@ new profession, or the means you fly to the coming. that you can of — livella Your government has . ready provided for you in Ey honorabie statfon =with & laws and regulations so plain and that all may under- stand. it has taken you in youth with the ful con- sent of your parépts, and given an educatioi n id training at at you may serve it and dedicate Sook Wy ahd 5 rs in manhood bo it, with the omise of an houorabie mat: ance ond old age. You will now be called on to confirm and ratify the act of your parents, to dedicate yourself anew to the service of your country, and, to @ certain extent, to surrender al fe proportion of that natural liverty of action which all Americans prize #0 tigily. Still, you are yet untrammelied, each fur himself to choose his own course of action, and to shape your own desuny. The limits within which you are tree to act may seem narrow to au ambitious youth, yet as you advance yon wii o room and verge enough for the dis by Ps reasonable amount of energy ana talents. Should any ot ou, however, think diiferently, now ig the time 0 choose from among the various calli open to ail in this favored iand of ours 4 profession suited to your own taste and inclinations, and j feei certain your countrymen will not begrudge you the boon of @ public education Fath oniy you carry mto civil life that sense of honor and integrity which we vlatm to be the characteristic of the muliary protes- tion. I take it for granted that the great mass of she class now before me Will, like tueir predeces+ sors, pass into’ the regular army, full of hope ana ambition, determined to seek ue bubble fame at the cannon’s mouth, and resoived to reach the topmost round of the lad- der. Tothem I shall be most happy in aiter iife to extend ajelping hand if they need it, but at this moment freed og Bead you that cheapest gift of tman—advic®> To be good officers you must be good men, true, faith{ul, honest, honorable, sover, indus- trious, and abov® all you must jiove your country and your professio With aa ardor in comparison writh which every other feclimg will paie aa the rushlight in the sun, ihe Knight of old was sald to be wedded to lis sword. This should be emblematic of the modern soldier, who suould jove his company 60 that separation would be as panwshment, For many years you must be content with subordinate positions; but even tucre you will have an admirable opportunity to study, not only from Books, but from the acts and example of your seniors, and you may even profit by their mistakes, Btep by step you must rise as older men pass away; and you should be weil prepared for each change when it comes. and many ® time will 4 realize that you have tosacrifice your best foel- tips Your strongest convictions, your cormfort, our safety, even life itself for your country or in ie interest of others, and you may have to bear in jience the flings and taunts of personal enemies, the coldness abd aversion aa) friends, and the maledictions of men whose in ferests you are compelled to cros#; but you on, sutmounting with @ steady hand Fie datigern ‘and difioulties as they arrive. Watch well the currents which mark the World's progress, Koep as far as you can ta the main channel of event, gad be very careful lest in search of present ease and immediate advant ou do not drift into some Bide eddy, there to nine? bout like a useless piece of drift. keep in view some practical, end. e of war. langerous mistake. ranks is not a block of wood or a mere unit. man like yi ing in of manhood. teristics pervade them all. war and its Kindred sciences can be pro) is. You must understand met past knowledge were vain. and labors, share their vicissitudes, pressed by them until not only enduring the march and bivouac, in the deeds of infinite courage and heroism. immortal. to England a rare school for generals, of the great mass of her people. the barren wastes and trained some of her best modern generals. develop, so essential to success northern lakes invite you cise in boating and fishing. fields abound in deer and wild game. The the boldest rider and hunter. fature armies. which of these books had learned secret of leading armies on long and cult marches, and they seemed when I auswered that I was not Marietta, G afverward 1t fell to my and to utilize the knowledge thus casually gained. Agata, in 1542 and 1550, | was in California, aud saw arrive acrozs that wild belt of two thousand miles of uninhabited country the caravans of emigrants, composed of men, Women and caildren, who reached their destination in health and streagth; and when @ thousand iaies with a single blanket as covering and a coll of dtied meat and sack of parched corn With this Knowledge fairly acquired in actual experience, was there any need for me to look back to Alexander the Great, to Marlboror or ave mies of inhabited country that lay between me and we used to start on a journey of meal as food. Napoleon for examples? Would I not rather been worthy of censure had 1 hesitated, when duty called, to conduct a well orga- nzed army, thoroughly equipped and abun- dantly supplied, across the jew hundred the enemies of our government? There was an old army rule that every officer sbouid serve with his company for at ieast three years be- fore even asking for a leave of absence or forastaf detail. Thus rule was founded in expe- rience, dating far back tuto the history of our an cestors, aud ior tuis rule I entertain a profound re- Spect that some of you may have to complain of hereafter, put I honestly believe that great and im- portant as have been the lessons you have learned at West Point, that those you must acquire in the lirst four years of actual service in the army will be equally important, and will have a more direct influ- . Do noyun- ence on your individaal fame and fortun derstand me as underavaluing educatiol ny form, most of all in the manner pursued here, or that which results from a carelul study of history and prece- dents, but that I attach equal importance to that practical knowledge that can only be acquired by actual contact with men, in camp, on the picket line and on the march, as also in the administration of affairs by which an army 1g enlisted, organized, clothed, equipped, paid and handied in baitie, if any one of you were suddenly called on to manage a steam engine in perfect order ! doubt if you would like to und: ke it, though you profess to under- stand the functions of all its parts and the principles of science by which they are governed. An army is a mucn more complicated machine than a steam engine. It 1s composed of an iniinite variety of parts, each unit beg of flesh and biood, requir- ing food and clothing, atms, atumunition, wagous, ents and almost evecyuung natural aud manuf tured, It is held together by an organization a discipline demanding great Knowledge and iabor, moved iuto action by causes more powerful than steam, and so intimately connected with the whole fabric of governm that ignorance and misman- agement would result m.@ catastrophe more fatal than could result from the explo- ston of any steam engine. Even in time of peace and equilibrium our army demands the watchfut care of trained and sktiful officers, and when aroused to action it cails for the exercise of the highest qual- jues of human nature, enlightened by stady and for- tified by the experience of a lifetime. You may hear of men born a8 generais; but | have yet to see the frst one Who has not been compelled to earn his fame by hard vooay by toil and exposure, and I should as soon look §rpertenced surgeon ‘udents or a law; it to manage a perior Court of the United States who had d through along train in the tnferior courts, as to find an officer fit to command an army in the field who had not passed through the ordeal in the minor grades of our profession. Ot course an army may be used and t4 constantly used in connec- tion with the civic adi tration of government, yet war 1s its trae elé: and battle its ull ed tS habits of ite COmponeyt parts should be al tO thgt end, more especially ia time of ¥ when there many disturbing causes at work and when the pretensions and boasts of men capnot Ee of be subjected to that stern test which thy roves the true from the ‘peg, ag? you may ead a long and active [ite citer seta it battle or even engaging in mortai strife; yet if it come upon you and ina you unpre ‘ou wil surely be adjudged derelict ana condemned accord- ingly. I hope, t ggetore, that you reaiize that you = a — . fo pro- on; a have only acqu yy four years hard i at Test Point a prac’ use of its rudiments. Yet these deemed by all men, civilians as well as soldiers, so im nt that the government of the United States founded this national academy at great cost und has maintained tt for more than fifty years through report and through evil report, and [ believe It will continue to foster and sapport it if the graduates will, as heretofore, display in their lives the virtues common to ail professions, and especially that ardeat, deep devotion to our national fag which has made it a proud emblem over the whole surface of this globe. And now, my friends, 1 will conglude race in the gveal only begun; that your offers country now ‘orl an honorable career, with the highest honora to No hia who will labor hardest to deserve thern. matter What your standing may bein your you start again fair and equal in a race where pr severance im the right will surely Win, and you mi rest assured t THE “STANDINGS.” The class standings have not but I have learned from good five, the “stars,” are as follows: — 1—Bergiand, of Hiinots. of New Y¥ of Tennessee. Pe} 6—Tayior, of District of Columbia. THE LAST PARADE will not take place until to-morrow evening, and on Thursday the graduates will be formally retieved The packing up has been almost completed, and every graduate Is on the qui vive from cadet duty. for the relieving order. DEPARTURE OF GENPRAL GRANT. Boston. near Hyde Park. A Hop at Cozzens’. Waet Point, June 16—Midnight, until It closed, West Point bas seen for some time. lady Wanted to dance with him; but the General did Rot Boom inclined to be Jumping jack to all lus wood. Let your thoughts and aim aware that there exists many good men who honestly be- lieve that one may, by the aid of modern science, sit in comfort and ease in his cushioned office chair, with little blocks of wood to represent men, or with figures and algebraic symbols, and master the great 1 think this an insidious and most Science may test to a pound the strain upon every chord and brace and rod of the most complicated structure, or it may separate the component parts of every minera!; but it can- Not penetrate the hearts of men. The nolaier: = ae 3 urselves, full of feeling and passion, vary- and strength and atl the attributes As one man varies from another, 80 bodies of men vary stil more, while certain charac- The only schools where rly learned are in the camp, in the fleld, on tue plains, in the mountains- or at the Rynear Forts, where the army without which your ‘ou must come into absolute contact with soldiers, partake of their fod study their habits, impress yourself on them and be im- they realize that you 38 more book knowledge than they, but that you equal, if not surpass, them in all the qualities of manhood—in riding, in swimming, in sagacity of the woodman and hunter, and what is most import- ant of all, you must acquire that great secret of human control by which masses of men are led to Rome was great and glorious when her iegions could march their ten leagues a day, and carry their fifty pounds of baggage per man, when her proudest consuls sought honor at the head of those legions in the forests of transalpine Gaul and Germany; but she declined when these same cousuls sought ease and luxury in her marble pataces or in those exquisite Villas Which her poets aud philosophers bave made India and the colonies have bene. an the national sports of riding and hunting and yachting have preserved the physical superiority of her youth in spite of the home coinforts and luxuries No mnodern nation possesses better military academies than France, yet sreppes of Algeria. have ‘ In our favored country you have every stimulus possible to m our chosen profession of arms, The whole seacoast and to outdoor exer- The waters of Florida anda Texas swarm with fish, und their woods Cn grea! plains are lively with the Sioux, the Cheyenne and Arapahoe, and vast herds of buffalo, of which you have heard so much. The Rocky Mountains still afford an endless range to the mountain sheep, the black tail deer, the elk and antelope, and the lar-oif mountains of California, Oregon and Idaho will nur- ture for many a year to come enough grizzly and cinnamon bears to dare to the encounter ‘These are the schools in which you are destined to learn many a hard les- son of patience and endurance, and it is from these schools that I look for the men who are to lead our I have oftentimes been asked by friends familiar with orbit Hume and Jomini Me the surpris aware that [had been influenced by any of them. I[ told them what | now tell you in all simplicity and truth, that when I was a young lieutenant of artillery I had often hunted deer in the swamps of the Edisio, the Cooper and the Santee, and had seen with my own eyes that they could be passed with wagons; that in the spring of 1844 1 had ridden on horseback from to the valley of the Tennessee and back to Augusta, passing in my course over the very field of Alatoona, of Kenesaw and Atlanta when share to command armies rudiments are b tig ‘that’ your repeating that your cae oa oh bas y t your ultimate fate end lame will result froin the laws of God, designed for living men, a4 wise and beneficent and far more intricate than those which guide the dead planets in their spheres. et beep made out, ority that the tirst General Grant left here this morning on his way to General Sherman will leave to-morrow, to pay a visit vo a friend who resides along the Hudson, A grand hop in honor of General Sherman and party was given at Cozzens’ West Point Hotel to The large pariors of the hotel were used as the ballroom, and from the hour the hop opened at a tate, or rather early, hour \ this morning, they were crowded by a4 brilliant aa assemblage of “beautiful women and brave men” as There was & very large number of New York ladies of fashion present, who came up by the evening steamer pur- posely ‘to attend the hop, and the disp of elegant toilets was consequently magnificent in the extreme, General Sherman was present during the hop and danced several times, a matter of course every female admirers, and 80 way before the hop was over. ARMY INTELLIGENCE, got out of harm's ‘The Reported Frauds in the Quartermaster’s Department=Sale of Public Property at Fort C. F. Smith, WASHINGTON, June 13, 1869, It will be remembered that attention was called through the HeKALp on the 24th December last to some queer developments in regard to the manner in which public property was disposed of by officers of the army, who are accountable for its preservation, and the circumstance was related that during last summer Forts C, F, Smith and Reno had been aban- doned as military posts and the United States property sold at auction, by which certain parties realized a large sum of money. The publication of these rumors in the HeraLp naturally enough aroused the attention of Quarter- master General Meigs, who immediately ordered an investigation of the charges. The slip containing them was forwarded to General William Myers, Chief Quartermaster at Omaha, who returned the following reports, which | forward entire in order to give that officer an opportunity to place his version of it before the public: — Omar, Neb., May 6, 1269, Grvrnat—As required by your endorsement of Mirch fi, 1859, T herewith forward isis of the property sold on the abandonment of Fort C. F, Smith, Montana, with a statement of the amount realized. T estimate the value of the Quarter- master's storcs at this place at $39,475 88. About one-third of this sum would be realized if they were sold here, in conse- uence of their being stores that were transferred rom those on hand at Eastern depots at the close of the war, and having been transported neariy 1,000 miles by wagon and in Use or in store at Fort (. F. Smith for over two years, The value of the clothing and ejuipage would be about the same as that of similar articles sold at Fastern depots at the close of th» rebellion, The sum realized from th at Fort ©. F. Smith was BACB Ui. * &e., i or General, C. Q. M., &e. A, Neb., March 23, 1869, GENFRAL~TI have the honor to return herewith the printed newspaper slip (from the New York HERALD) relative to the sale of public property at Fort C. F. Smith, recetye from the Quartermaster General, rding the gener ments in the printed slip of “queer developments,” irregularities,” “questionable dealing,” “downrig! “premeditated fraud,” no reply, nor attempt to determine the wisdom of abandon- ing Forts Phil Kearuy, Reno and C. F. Smith, ‘The sale of the public property at Fort C. F, Smith having been ordered, it was published by advertisemepts and posters throughout tile country likely to contain bidders. Tt unques- tionably cost much money to transport those stores to these remote posts, There were no residents at Fort Smith, only those who made their living from their connection’ with the troops. If the individual stated to have offered the “Commanding Gencral" $40,000 for the property is the one I have heard referred to in this connection, he could with didiculty pay one per cent, on his offer. There were as many bidders at Fort Smith on June 1 as at any sub- sequenttime. There are no settlements within 2U0 mi of Fort C.F. Smith, nor “any large number of people who such material as was sold.” No stores whatever were sold at Fort Reno. I have thus stated the several state- ments made, that the small number of specitic charges may fraud,” ‘oss tnismanagement,” éc., I make ES ‘The facts are these, in brief:~My first instructions to sell the stores at Fort C. F. Smith were received May 9, 1883; on that day I instructed the publishers of the Teepittiion at Omaha, Neb.; the Nonpareit, st Counell Bluffs Towa; the Argu’, at Cheyenne, Wyoming; the Trine, at Denver, Colo- rado; the Demoraf’ and the Pos, at Virginia City, Montana, and the Gaztic, at Helena, Montana (ail daily papers but one), to insert the advertisement six times. To the Mon. tana papers I sent the advertisement by telegraph. I caused large handbills to be posted at every railroad and stage station from Omaha to It Lake City, and thence at every stage station to Fort Shaw, Montana. A more general publication would have been absurd and more promptness impossible. The stores at Fort C. F. Smith were valuable to 8 garrison stationed there, or to civilians, could they remain in that country. They were worth transporting to Fort Elhs, but they were not of such value as to make expedient to hold Fort Smith until autumo, and thus postpone the aban- donment of the Powder river posts, or else to subject the troops to the rigors of winter in a severe climate, as would have been the case had Fort Smith been abandoned in Sep- tember and the other Fg consequently at a later date, The holding of Fort Smith until autuma would probably have caused serious Indian troubles. The abandonment of these Power river posts was: fmperatine, and the disposition of the public stores at Fort C. F. Smith’ was necessarily the first step. a ean There was but one bidder, as the HERALD man who lt his Indian connections. ‘Tue property was not sold m lump, but was bid on article by article, and the sale occu- pied sixteen days. ‘The purchaser of these stores had two trains of fifty and fifteen wagor The first train left Fort ©. F. Smith for the Gallatin Vailey atout June 2%, and on the 7th of July was attacked by 200 Santee Sionx. The second train was attacked twice while en route to the post August 2, and twice thereafter. One train was surrounded by hostile Indians, the stock captured and the destraction of the train threatened. At the risk of his life the purchaser of these stores went to Red Cloud's camp, and with great dificuity in- duced that chief to release the train on the payment of 810,000 worth of grocerics, tobacco, &c., purchased from the” post traders at Forts’ Phil Kearny and C.F. Smith, and obtained a guard of Indians to escort the train to its destination. The purchaser was compelled to pay his train men unusual wages, in consideration of the perils to which they were exposed. it must be remembered that at least 200 met have lost their I{ves from Indian attacks in this vicinity, including those killed at the Phil Kearny mas- facre. ‘A train conveying two companies of the Twenty seventh infantry from Fort C. F. Si re attacked every >. F. Smith day while on the road. Indian hostilities prevailed about the posts that were being abandoned, and two subalterns of the y barely escaped with their I Aas Th stores wouid be valuable in and the fact th: was but one bona fide bidder widence of the risk at- ton ding the transfer of the purchused stores. The proposed sale was anticipated in Montana before it was announced, and the advertisement was thorough and ample. the opinion of Major E. B. Grimes, Acting Q master, who was on the ground aud au fer of stores from Forta Reno and Phi le, w distance of over 300 miles, that it would have been to have abandoned these stores at Fort Phil Kearny others to Fort Steele from Eastern depots. My opinion coineides with that of Major Grimes, especially when it 1s considered that the stores sent to these posts were of those on hand atthe end of the late rebellion; that they tot ‘nil Kearny, it will apply with greater foree to the stores at Fort C. F. smith, being 140 miles (goin, and returning) greater distance. The stores at Fort C.F. Sinith could not have been transferred to Fort Steele, or any other Post on the Union Paciie Railroad, without loss to the gov- eroment. The frivolity of these charges will become more apparent ‘as the facts in the case are better known, and they seem to bave been written in a spirit of recrimination, Respectfully, e-. . WM. MYERS, Brevet Brigadier General, Chief Quartermaster, kc. THE NAVAL ACADEMY. Report of the Board of Visitors—How the Midshipmen are Trained and What They Cost—Important Suggestions, WASHINGTON, June 15, 1869, The following is the complete report of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy UNITED States NavaL eer} ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 4, 1869, To the Hon. A. E. Borie, Secretary of the Navy:— Sik—The undersigned, appointed to “attend at the Naval Academy during the May examination as visi- tors, for the purpose of witnessing the examinations of the graduating and other classes and of examin- ing into the state of the potice discipline and generai management of the institute,” have tue honor to re- port as followsa:— The Board mbled May 20, the day designated, held a session ch secular day up to this, the aay of graduation, attended at ail public exercises of the midshipmen, and either as a board or by com- mittees witnes¥ed a portion of nearly every exami- nation of all the classes. We have not faiied to ob- serve carefully the general tone, bearing and air of all connected with the institution in ail exercises and at all hours, whether on or off duty, nor to look inthe condition of the grounds, bi apparatus and appurtenances of all pag to the thoroughness and vigor of the govern- ment Since the late war the grounds have been en- larged, both by purchase and by filling up on the water front; the chapel. new quarters and several other butidt have been erected; the former resi- dence of the Governors of Maryland has been pur- chased and converted into @ commodious lit and superintendent’s ofices, and the grounds hat been iy improved. In whatever it ts viewed the institution exhibits clearly the effects of the profound interest Vice Admiral Porter has felt in it and o/ his very vigorous and able administra- tion of its affairs. Tae officers and miashipmen manifest a justifiable pride in the prosperity of the Academy, are jealous of its honor and sincerely de- sire its continued advancement. The general im- preasion we have received is exceediagly favorable. The Academy appears to be answering well the purposes of its foundation. from the records that duriug the superintend of Vice Ad. miral Porter the purchases of land, 1 old Governor's residence, the St, Jonn’s and the y Hui farm, hav about 150 ac’ costing about special appropriations, there have becu erected the steam building, the chapel and the new quarters, And we learn that by savings from the annual ap- propriations for the Academy (under the head of “for various purposes”) there have been bullt a block of two tenements for oMicers’ quarters, the laboratory building and @ small edifice used asa photographic gallery. Other buildings are to pro- ress, The amount of money expended since the war upon ali butidings, Including the wholly new and ihe alterations, Is about $226,000. Between the old and new lands of the Academy lesa section of the town containing, perhaps, tweive acres, coverea by @ cheap and not very desirable class of tenements, Looking to the future of the institution, the Board without hesitation recommends that this tract of jand be purchased. ‘The possesstons of the Academy will then be in one body, with a sufficient area for ali time for labor aud recreation. The classes in practical seamanship naturally attracted our early attention. The orai and writ. ten examinations were satisfactory, and not lesa #0, were the practical exercises in ail that pertains wo handling suils and spars. The introduction of steata has only added to the requisites of a good oMce, It hasnot dispensed with the necessity for vice have no midshipmen, the Board suggest that the nating. claes be distributed among those ve there to perform the actual and necessary duties of midshipmen for atleast a year, or until they are juired in @ higher grade, to which they atl only after a rigid ex: jon. Wika, noe = than bom o%2 twelve on vessel that Would Supply's want that is (ele be more usotu to the government, and at the same time be ac- quiring more pracncel experience than by the other method, ‘The theory and tice of gunnery must be attractive to the ys who desires to ve worthy of his profession, and the Board was gratt- fied but not surprised by the successful examina- tions in the recitation m, and the admirable target firing with the 'Y guns of the Santee. The mortar practice was also good. ‘The drill on shore, with sixteen boat howitzers, showed perfect familiarity with the work, and was @ brilliant exhi- bition in maneuvering and tiring, ‘The Board also witnessed a satisfactory exhibition of naval tactics, representing ip small its the different orders of steaming and sailing fleets, divisions and squadrons, to be observed for battle and other pur] and of changes from one order to another, The midship- men appeared before us as a battalion of infantry on dress parade, and in battalion exercises, performing all the ordinary changes of front and formauon, marching and changing column and line, and win- ning irom us and all spectators the most enthusi- astic praise Beyond expressing tts approval of the course of instruction and its satisfaction with the results, the Board has nothing special to remark concerning the examnation in mathematics, astronomy, ne tion, surveying and natural and experimental phito- sophy. The department of steam enginery presents more of novelty. Vice Admiral Porter constructed the edifice known as the “steam building,” in which amarme engipe, complete in all its parts, even to the screw propeller, kept ready for use and frecly open to the midshipmen, under competent super- vision, affords them every facili.y for practical study. The department is we!! supplied wih models and drawings, an, stages of construction, contains boilers im severat The graduates were very upon any of the sktil in handling sailing vessels that brought so much glory to the American navy in earlier days, This is obvious tothe midshipmen themselves, as their Zeal 10 this branch shows, It is also clear that tne Academy can only give a th retical basis wi limited amount of pract training. ‘The regulations of the Academy already that no roidshipman shail be entitied to hig amination for promotion to the grade of an until he shal have served at sea one year as a mid- shipman and engineer, after passing his graduating examination. Jnasm: aa sending them on a year's orutse in one vessel continues the style of instruction they recetved on the practice ships, as under-graduates, and Wasmugh oe many Qf ur yeaHels lb aptiyo wer thoroughly examined, oraliy and tn writing all the ordinary problems of steam, apd w gitired to show that they could personally run atid Povern the engine. The text-book in use, “Main and Brown upon the Steam Engine,’ an English work, is manuestly untit, being deficient in some respects and erroneous in others; and we ure informed that much time 18 consumed in correcting its errors and jecturing upon Linportant topics which it does not touch. Many parts of the engine are designated by names not in use in thiscountry. The subject of heat is very briefly treated, and the theory advanced is not accepted at the presert day. If contains no analysis of American coals, nor any table showing their relative efficiency. The dozen lines devoted to anthracite coal contains several inaccuracies. Tt coufesses that its rules for tinding the efficiency of engines are of little use. It has no listof our ships, and its long list of British ships contains the names of many that are not in the service; and its table of engines in ships makes no meution of the boilers attached, which are the real exponents of the power of the machine. We do not doubt that some capable officer could be selected to prepare a text book on the subject, which would be very valuabie, not only ie the Academy, but to many other Amert- can schoois. aprinltbsed ain We doubt if any institution in the world affords by te fagilities for tne theoretical and practical study of steam and the steam engines, and it has seemed tous that they might be made of much more aivant- age to the navy and tne country. We think that iurther efforts should be made to carry into eilect the spirit of the act of Congress “‘providing for the education of naval constractors and engineers."’ The navy will annually require additions to the Engineer corps, and the officers of that corps could not be better trained elsewhere. If the regulations for the admission of cadet engineers are such as to defeat the object entirely they can easily be modified, 4 In the department of ethics and English studies we see nothing calling for special remark tn addition wo general commendation. . The Board was very much pleased with the oral and written examinations on the constitution of the United States, the law of nations generally, ang the relative rights and duties of beiligerents atid neutrals in time of war. It frequently hap- pens that our naval officers appear the sole re- Presentatives of the government, in circumstances Tequiring the most prompt and energetic action, as well as careful and accurate judgment, and it is'‘im- portant that all who hope to deserve the command of suips should be well grounded in the a 10 question jo ie principles of the laws _ likely to come such emergencies. In connection therewith tl Board freely praised the progress of the graduates in the French aud Spanish languages. Of course, 1p these as in many other branches, it can only be ex- pected that the Academy will start the scholar u: lis course; but so far as the work is attempted it 1s certainly very well done. All the drawings of the midshipmen—right line, sketching, perspective, topo- graphical, chart and mechanical—were exhibited to the Board, The general average 1s exceedingly good, and there are many examples of marked ex- celience. In committing to the government the absolute control of several hundred youth, the country has a right to expect a careful regard to their moral and religious culture. The obvious difficulties of the case in a State without a church are met as well as they can be. In the regular course provision is made for familiar lectures by the chaplain upon “the ground of moral obligation; our relations to God and consequent duties; personal duties; the chief relations of men to each other in society, and the duties thence arising.” Di- vine "Service 18 periormed on Sunday in the tasteful and commodionus chapel on the grounds, at which “it is desired that all shail attend.” The stadents are excused upon a wriiten request from their parents or guardians, based upon reasons of conscience, but they are required to at- tend other services, if such are held in the town, in accordance with their views. Daily prayers in the chapel fifteen minutes before breakfast are ordered by the regulations; but for various reasons, which we are informed are tem) ry, this has given place to a brief invocation at the table. We think it pre- ferable that in a place where the honor of obedience and a faithful discharge of duty are so well taught im abher respects this daily act of worship should not be overlooked, and we are convinced that it is not weil to prescribe, a3 we find it is done, that at ail other hours on Sunday save those occupied at the chapel students “ i copform to the pre- scribed hours of study.’ The judgment of the wisest physiologists, a3 well as the moral and re- ligious sense of the country, requires that Sunday shall be aday of rest from all unnece: labor. We do not believe that this infrmgment of the rule finds die compensation in the additional progress made in study. The Monday morning recitations do not commence until eignt o'clock, and they can easily be so arranged that suiticient preparations can be made on that morning, Conscientious scruples are carefally regarded in other respects, and wey should be in this, in ac- cordance with the customs ot colleges generally. Very commendable attention is paid to physical health and training. Hours of study and exercise are rigidly prescribed. The rooms are piainiy furnished. Subsistence 1s determined upon by a board of three officers selected by the superin- tendent, and is furnished by a commissary of long experience. An officer presides at the mess. tavie as Inspector and officer any Bathing at regu- lar intervals is required, and the best facilities are furnished at other times at @ t1 charge. The lice of the ground and build! is admirable. Fovacco in every form and ane liquors of every description are positively forbidden. Regu. lar instruction is given in small and broadsword exercise, and ail are required to submit to gymnastic training. Ball playing aud rowing are pe as the Board had excellent evidence. The result of all this care 18 a remarkably fine physical development, with instauces of supe- rior gymnastic skill and | h and @ very satis. factory general condition of health. During the year, out of nearly 400 students and officers there has been an average of only about two per cent ex- cased from duty by reason of ill health, which has usually been of slight and temporary character. The reguiations speak of the importance of the art of swimming, to which all would yield a ready assent; but we fod that owing to the multiplicity of other duties, and the occurrence of the annual cruise from June to October, no tustruction and no opportunities are afforded. This sees to the Board a defect im a system of physical culture, otherwise almost Yoon als and the Board invites atten- tion to the matter. ‘The hospital is wi nexogonebie, so far as it goes, bat the Hoard is dk of the opinion that it 1 greatly insuMcient, It can propery accommodate only twelve patients, and including the detacnm: of marines, the various Crews 0: vessels generally at this station, and the employés of ail descriptions, there are many hundreds of persons who can claun attention trom the Medical Department. [tis pro- posed to remedy this, a8 the Board of Visitors have repeacedly recommended, by the ae of anew hospital Upon the grounds lately purchased, We renew the recommendation of previous boards, that the principal naval ofXcers of the academe stail be Kept on duty here for four vears instead of three, with a change Of one-fourth of the «obalt annually, in order that there may be with @ class, up to®its graduation, @ portion at least of ita in structors with whom It commenced its course, It 14 possible that the Academy may soon furnish sonusily more officers than the diminished navy re- quires in time of » The Board would never- theless maintain at least the present number of stu- dents. Provabtiities favor thé supposition that if thia nation should soon again be involved in war the chief contest would be upon the sea. In case of a surplus above the immediate necessities of the service the rules restraining resig« nation might be relaxed and some plan be devised ol giving an indefinite leave of absence without pay, subject 1o a cali to duty in an the aes the Academ, Speaking in the interest of 1 the Board nears with great Tegret @ rumor nin’ Vice Admiral Porter may leave the superintendency at the close of this agademic year. His services here have been of inestimabic value and cannot be for- gotten. He has infused into every dey jent viva. y, energy, @ Just pride and @ determined spirit of proj and deserves the cordial thanks of every friend of the tostitution, ‘The commandant of midshipmen, Captain N. B. deserves an acknowledgment of the tn- oe ane sound judgment with which he performed his laborious duties, His supervision unceasing, and he enforces the 1d Aiscipline of the tnstitation with a tact which, without sacrificing fidelity, excludes all appearance of harshness, It he olor, We cloge by saying in all Neartiness and site Sear Teena Toes Netarer tts sett nescemy, Ly ie Naval G H. PAULDING, fear Admiral and Presideut of the J. R, GOLDSBUROUGH. Commodore, U. 8. N. JOS. KR. HAWLEY, of Connecticut, E, G, PARROTT, Papeaie. U, S.N. W. J. ALBERT, of Maryland. WM. MAXWELL WOOD, Surgeon, U. 5. N. D, 0, HUMPHREYS, of Alabama, CHAS. N. LORING, Chief Engineer, U. S. N. S. B, CHITTENDEN, of New York, WILLIAM H. WADSWORTH, of Kentucky. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON, June 15, 1869. Rear Admiral Craven, under date of June 2, re- Ports the distribution of the vessels under his com- mand as follows:—The Pensacolu, in the Gulf of California, is expected to return to San Francisco June 13. The Ossipee and Resica are at the Mare Island Navy Yard repairing. The Jamestown sailed on the 7th of April from Mazatlan for Panama. The Cyane is daily expected at San Francisco from Panama. The Mohican was to go into commission on the 7th inst. The Saginaw is at Mare Island. The United States ship Onward arrived at Callao after a three months’ cruise, during which she went as far to the eastward as the Island of Juan Ferdan- dez, and visited Valparaiso twice and Talcahuana once, ‘The following is a list of her ofticers:—Com- mander, Milton cae Oe Commanders, F. Davenport and C. H. Craven; Master. Williain A. Morgan; Ensigns, Day, Pendleton, Remy, Paul and Taussig: Paymaster, J. Hamilton; Surgeon, Ss. F. Shaw; Commander's Clerk, Apthorp Van den Heuvel; Pay Clerk, J. S. Kidder. Midshipman John H. Manley has resigned. HUROPE. The Hamburg steamer Cymbria, Captain Maack, from Hamburg the 2d, via Havre the 5th, and the Cunard steamer Cuba, Captain Moodie, from Liver- pool the 4th, via Queenstown the Sth, arrived here yesterday. They bring detatls of cable telegrams up to dates of sailing. Anewspaper published in Prague announces that the ex-Queen Isabella of Spain intends taking up her residence in that city permanently at the end of the month. The protocol signed at Constantinople July 23, 1868, relative to the admission of British subjects m Tur- key to the right of holding real property, was puv- lisned on the 3d inst. in a sessional paper. The German Customs Parhament was opened at Berlin on the 3d by the Kingof Prussia, who said that the demarcation of the territory of the Customs Union would shortly be settled, and the legislation Of the Unton introduced into certain portions of the Hamburg and Prussign territory. The éléctions for the Legisiatife terminated June 3. The result 13 entirely against the old Bulgaris Ministry, without, however, being so favorable to the conservatives .as to the party of Rom anderoz. Advices from Athens state that none of the Cretan refugees now remain in Greece except those—esti- mated at 4,000—who do not mean to return to thelr homes. om ines The Vienna Presse of the 4th inst. asserts that the attempts which the Viceroy has lately been making to obtain a general recognition of the neutrality of the Suez Canal were initiated by England, and that Aus- tria and Prussia fall in with the Viccroy’s views, while France is opposed to them. Eleven policemen have been charged with man- slaughter for their conduct in suppressing the dis- turbance that arose at Derry on the occasion of Prince Arthur's visit. One has been discharged and -ten have been committed for trial. A second dis- turbance of no mean order took place ‘in court dur- ng the inquiry, owing to the differences of opinion among those who sat on the bench, The French agent at the island of St. Thomas has been sent to Mexico without any official mission. M. Bardel will hotd no direct or oficial communication with the government of Mexico. The people of Belgium are congratulating them- selves on the birth of a prince ot the biood royal. But a few months have clapsed since a stroke fell upon the royal House of Leopold II. There is now @ successor to the crown and a prince for the people, ‘The attempt of the Belgian Senate to tamper with the bill of the lower House for the abolition of im- prisonment for debt seems to have failed. The Uhamber of Representatives on the 4th rejected the altered bill and adopted its own original measure, by which the punishment 1s completely abolished. The /talia Militaire, of Florence, announces that three training camps will be established this year in Italy; one at Somna, in two periods of a month each, in July and August; another at Verona, also in two periods, and a third at St. Maurisio, for a term of Torty-five days, commencing at the beginning of Au- gust. The Levant Times, of Constantinople, says:— At a Council of Ministers, held on the 27th of May, the Roumelian Railway Convention, as amended, was finally confirmed, and Daoud Pacha leaves posi- tively for Paris shortly, by the Varna or Marseilies mail steamer, in order to complete tue ratitications with the contractors. Twenty thousand strangers were, it is said, in Worms during the great Protestant Conference which has just been held there. The delegates came from all parts of Germany, including Austria, and there were some from France. The declaration which the Conference unanimously adopted protests against the Papal Encyclical of the 8th December, 1864, and the Syllabus, as being incompatible with human intelligence and subversive of State govern- ment, ENGLAND. The Alnbama Claims Before the House of Lords, On the 4th inst. the subject of the Alabama claims treaty was brought up before the House of Lords, The subject was introduced by Lord Srratrorp DE RepcitrFe, who had placed upon the paper the fol- lowing notice—to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty for copy of any treaty con- cluded between her Majesty's Chief Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of the United States goverument of North America re- spectiag the so-called Alabama claims be laid upon the table of the House—said, however, that his object had been anticipated by the prompt production, since the conclusion of the Whit- suntide recess, of the rs for which he bad intended to move. is Object in rising upon that occasion was not for the purpose of pro- voking @ discussion prematut upon @ most im- rtant subject, but im order to draw a contrast be- jween the knowledge possessed by the press and the aa ae with respect to a very delicate question, and to seek to have that discrepancy removed. ‘AL the same time, as the papers to which he nad referred had only reached him at noon that day, he had not as yet had an opportunity of investigating their conienis in @ manner to justify more than a brief reference to the subject. He should, however, reserve to himself the right, if necessary, of return- ing to it upon a future occasion, and dealing with it more fully, He could weil conceive that the govera- ment had had to contend with the greates: poasivie dificuity in the matter. On the one nand they were pi by the desire to maintain peace, and to prevent te interests, he might say, of the whole world from being jeopardized; on the other, they had to consider what was due to the honor of the country. And therefore, when the fitting oppor- tunity arrived he certainly should not be disposed to criticise with severity any seeming shortcomings im their policy, bat, on the contrary, to extend to them every possible indulgence. Within the last few days tidings had reactied this country which it was hoped would have @ most beneiiclal eifect upon the progress of negotiations, whenever they should be resumed. According to the jast accounts trom America the monetary eifects produced by the ex- travagant absurdity of the speech delivered by one who, having acquired some reputation, ought th more have weighed his language well, had been suc- ceeded by @ calm. It wast impossible to deny that every possible sacrifice ought to be made to bring out a satisfactory Conclusion of the crisis; but, at the oe all, the national houor must be kept steadily in view. Although fettered himseif by no party ties, be must say it had always been to him a subject for the deepest satistacti a satis~ faction which he hoped to carry to his grave—that, no matter what the goverument in power, tue ques- tion always uppermost was what was due to the na- tional honor. ut another circumstance whieh tn- duced him to hope that a vetter spirit might prevail in the negotiations between the two countries was the arrival in England of @ gentieman of great iiter- ary reputation to represent the government of the United States. Having had the honor of some ac- quaintance with that gentleman he felt perfectly as- sured that @ spirit peace aad conciliation would be Infused by him into the negottations, and that this country would have the satisfaction of finding that one whose character and whose attainments they all admired would prove instrumental in ce- menting {rieudly relations between the two coun- tries. ‘the Bari of CLarenpoy (who was heard with great dificulty) was understood to say were were reasons to Which it was unneceasary to allude wi & discussion tipon recent proceedings relating the negotiations between this country and the gov- ernment of the United States should hot take place. ‘Theokiog hi nonie friend for the moderation of his t has to the board, from the observa. tions of its comparatively short stay, that he 1s aasisted by @ body of gentlemen exceedingly well ified ‘for instruction and government, Ali the officers hi been very active and courteous in exhibt explaining all things that come within our duties, We have endeavored ty over: look nothing, and have stood ready to fraukly Griticlse and FeComMend changes Uf occasion should tone, he must express regret that the phpers had not reacted his noble friend wotil that morning, ak thougl at the ame me he was unable tg accoums for the gelay. With regard, however, to the tmpu> tation that hemppercrs fiad been furnished with information which been kept back from the Legislature he could only assure his noble friend that as far as he was concerned there was no founda- tion for it. Parliament, in his opinion, had a right to the fullest information at the earliest opportunity respecting proceed! of such high importance as these, and therefore his noble friend only con- suited him before giving notice of his motion he should have told him that it was necessary, a8 that the papers would be produced immediately after the Whitsuntide recess. At the same time, perhaps, it might be permitted him to give @ short account of the contents of the papers, javing stated that the late government as Weil as the yee government: had had to encounter this difiiculty, the noble earl said Lord Stanley had offered to refer the ques- tion of the Alabama claims to that ultimately tue proposal were brought iy Mr. Seward declining the offer, It was under those circumstances that Mr. Reverdy Johnson ar- rived in the country, giving utterance not merely to the most friendly professions, but animated by the most sincere desire to bring about an honorable ad- justment of the difficulties which had in. Nor was Mr, Johnson influenced by @ sentimental view of what was due to the similarity of origin of the two countries, but by the consideration that the daily increasing common interests of both had their foundation in the endurance of peace. Notwith- standing that the opinions of Mr. Johnson in this sense were notorious throughout the United States, his appointment as Minister to England was by the Senate, altiough aimost every other appoint- ment of the late President had been vetoed. Upon the 7th of October a convention was concluded between Lord Stanley and Mr. Johnson on the question of naturalization. To show the spirit of conciltation evinced by his noble friend he should state that he was willing to have the condition inserted tn the Prussian treaty, aud to renounce the necessity for a tive years’ residence. the principie of expetriation being substituted, Upon the 20th of October Lord Stanley and Mr, Johnson entered upon the consider- a‘ion of the Alabama ciaims, when Mr, Johnson pro- posed that two commissioners on each side should be appointed, to whom ail claims should be referred, and that some government should be appointed to arbitrate between them in case of difference. proposal was put into more formal shape upon the 20th of November, and Lord Stanley signed the convention. Well, two a after, Mr. Johnson re- ceived a telegram from Mr. Seward, “Convention accepted; except the place of meeting.” Therefore, in the first instance, at all events, the convention met the approval of Mr. Seward. It was not until the Ist of December that information reached Eng- tand of the nature of his objections. So that upot the very threshold of office her Majesty’s present government were met by this diMiculty. They were told that Mr. Johnson had departed from his instruc- tions, and that he had misunderstood them, and that the President thought several articies of the conven- tion were inadmissibie. Under those circumstances: the responsibility rested with the government either of insisting upon the convention being laid before the Senate—by whom they knew it would be reject- ed—or of undertaking its modification. In both cases there was the likelihood of their motives pein misinterpreted. However, it was ultimately foun that the objections taken by Mr, Seward were More in form tian in substance, aud ac- cordingly upon the 14th of December he (Lord Clarendon) signed a convention with Mr. Johnson, which would be found among the papers laid upon the table on Monday last, However, both conven. tions were now dead and buried, and therefore no useful purpose could be served in disinterring them. But now to come to the vention of the ot January of ne Bea ge with Mae, tite gption he beueves Svery impartial person would @ that all tiat was podsib{e was done to meet the Wishes of the American Minister, Indeed, 80 far was the desire of this government to bring a pain- ful Soateoyeny. to a close manifested that im the opinion of some coucegsion was carried beyond its iegitimate limits, But he ought to add that while the treaty was der a= sideration Mr. Johnson bad come to him amd Geefated that his government had a claim against British government which must be made the 41 ject of a supplementary article. Upon the 13th of April the hews reached him that the American Sen- ate lad refused to ratify the convention. With re- spect to the speech of Mr. Sumner, deliverea upon that oc¢asion, while he deglared that it was much to be regretted, he thought that too much stress ought not to be laid upon it. Althougn the Senate supported him, there was no reason to beiteve that they coincided in the extravagant claims which he ut forward. Perhaps it was better that he should lorbear from criticising those claims. Tue practical genius of the American people liad enabled them ul- tumately to form a correct estimate of Mr. Seward’s statement, At the same time he thought that both Mr. Johnson and Mr. Seward had rendered much ser- vice towards the maintenance of iriendiy relations between the two countries. Mr. Jounson, at those public meetings which he so delighted to attend, evoked in the most unquestionable manner the friendly feeling which this country felt towards ihe United States, while Mr. Sumner, ov the other hand, had elicited from the press of this country—gas repre- senting every shade of opinion—a respofise that, however much the people of England valued fricndly Telations with the United States, there was one thing they valued more, and tat was tlie national honor. It only remained for him to say he was unable to prophesy what would be the eveniuai course of events, while he expressed his earnest desire that the crisis might receive a satisiactor, and honorablo solution, Having made some observations | complimentary to the new American Mini whose instructions, however, he had no kn, edge, as he had not yet seen him, the noble Earl conciuded by expressing a hope that the reticence whica he had maintained had been rightly appreciated. The Fatal Riot in Wales=Collision Betweeo the Troops and the Mob. The English papers of the 5th tnsc. contain full reports of the riot in Mold, Fiintstire, on Wednes- day, the 2d inst. The following is taken from one of the London papers of the oth:— A terrible riot has occurred at Mold, in Flintshire, by which four persons were Killed and others were wounded, The accounts of the fray whicn have reached us are somewhat fragmentary, but follow- ing 1s a tolerably succinct narrative of tis melan- choly ail Recently some disorderly proceedings took place in connection with a strike a% he Leeswood Creen pit, near Mold, Notice had been given of a redue- tuon of wages, and the meu, entertaiming the notion that the manager of the pit, Mr. Young, was the cause of the notice being issued, set upon him and rather roughly treated him. Last week the colliers of the Green pit, their numbers being swelled by colliers from Coppa, Nerquis, Coed Talon and other places in the district, attacked the nanager’s house, carried all his furniture and placed it ac the whart of the Padeswood and Coed Talon Brauch Ratl- way, with the intention of seuding it oif to Birken- head, or anywhere else out of the district. Mr. Green, the manager of this part of the London and Nortuwestern Railway Company's line, how- ever, on heart What was about to take place, packed off all the empty trucks that were ou the wharf, and the consequence was that the goous liad to be left on the spot all night, being secured from damage, however, with a liberal supply of tarpaulin, Subsequently there was great excitement in Mold in consequence of William Hughes, a coilter—one of eight men against whom warrants had been tssned on the chi of assaulting Mr. Young—having been apprehended and taken into custody. There were in the town a large throng of men, estimated at 1,000, with sticks and clumps, threatening to resoue the prisoner. They waited outside the police station for about two hours. The prisoner was being conducted between three or four poitce Ollicers from the station to the County Hall, when the greatest roughs and young peor of the crowd rushed upon them and rescued the prisoner, who Was at once conducted out of the town. The prisoner Was shortly afterwards brought back, and reicased On bail to appear next day. ‘Two of the eight colliers charged with assaulting Mr. Young were on Wednesday brought before the magistrates, and a determined attempt was made by a great mob of pitmen and others to rescue them from custody. As there appeared every probability of the police being overpowered a detachment of the Fourth regiment was sent for, from Chester, and soon ariived, under the command of Captain lake. The number of the assailants increased every mo- ment, and at length a determined attempt was made to rescue the prisoners. Stones were thrown in showers at the military and police. The telegraph ofice, in which the police and some of the soldiers took refuge in charge of the two prisoners, was broken to pieces and made a total wreck. Scarcely a window of the train on the ratiway was left whole, but the prisoners were conveyed into one of the ci in safety. The Riot act was read by Mr. . B, Trevor-RKoper, and the military, after showing great forbearance, commenced tiring. Two persona were shot dead, and two died afterwards. One soldier was seriously hurt and casualties are nume rows. LABOR MOVEMENTS. The WaitersSeven Hundred Dollars Missing. When the waiters commenced their strike they had a large fund of money—somewhere in the netgnbor- hood of $9,000. A committee was formed for the purpose of paying out the weekly dues to members on strike, who had control to a certain extent of the moneys of the union, On one occasion $1,800 were drawn from the bank and on another $1,300. Om squaring accounts it was found that $700 were miss. ing, which the financial secretary declares “disap- peared around that table"—meaning a table around which the strike committee transact business, The Inetmbers are very ind about the matter, although tro president of the society says le will be able to “settle tt all right’? Very few of the men have obtained situations, and r next week no further pecantary aid will be given them by the society. — The Women’s StrikeA Fanny Resolution. The cap makers have been engaged in a strike for two woeks past, they having demanded an advance of twenty-five per cent on the old scale of prices. Both men and women are engaged in this business, and it becoming apparent that the men could not succeed tinless the women struck, steps were taken to organize the latter. This has been successfully done, and yesterday the female cap makers met at Pythagoras Hall, in Canal gtreet. At this meetii [age ood wore made by W. F. Brady ana others, the following fanny pg ge assed :— wi a the ott ig to st cout with tee