The New York Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1869, Page 4

4 “SOUTH AMERICA. | COMMERCE LEAVING THE ISTHMUS. An Peruvian Bids for Immigration to the Amazon. ELECTIONS ECUADOR. The Church Question in Chile. The mail steamship Arizona, Captain Maury, ar- rived yesterday from Aspinwall, with mails and passengers from Colombla and the South Pacific States. Our correspondence given below will be found to contain all the points of interest in the news by this arrival. The Arizona brings the following TREASURE LIST. J. &. W. Seligman & Co . Order. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. n sou; tas Glimate, from the coldest to th torrid, can Uereached, ‘and that the country abounds 1n game, while the numerous rivers are alive witu fish, The principal diticulty—that of this region—ia now obviated by the decree, since the overnment will land the immigrants at the place jesignated, and, besides, takes care of them unul the time for gathering the first crop has passed by. Add to these benefits the fact that Brazil has de- clared the free navigation of her Amazonian waters, and Peru followed her example, and that @ railway 18 now being projected by the most influential and Wealthiest men of the republic to connect Lima with the Pecnviag head waters of the King of Rivers, thus offering two outlets for the products of the set- tlers. Protected by the government forces, the other d: rof attacks from the Indians, who are hostile and warlike, is dimmished, and that draw- back would doubtiess: thpeys Conese. Your correspondent is of opinton, however, that it will require some time to perfect the necessarily €x- tensive arrangements that must be made in order to convince the emigrants of the benelits of the en- terprise—such, for example, a3 sending forces to the regions described, surveying and selecing the most suitable spots, establishing posts and ports, and drawing up the prospectus to be made public. Nevertheless tne idea does honor to the liberal gov- ernment of Colonel Balta, and will uncrease the de- served popularity that he enjoys throughout the republic. Since my last communication no political events of any note have transpired. The redoubtable Cap- tain Montero, the bugoear of the government, 16 somewhere in hiding, and very correctly deems it dangerous to exhibit himsel!, There ia very little doubt but that im cases of conspiracy the rosewater policy of former administrations would be completely overturned, and President Balta, in making an example of one or two of these bad, am- bitious men, would confer @ lasting favor upon his country by ridding her of the pest and eatabiishing her peace securely, ‘The news irom the South res) the health of tuat unfortunate district is much more favorabie. Tacua, that some woeks since had twenty-eight men sick daily from fever out of a resident population of not 2,000, now bas only COLOMBIA. Return of Correoso—New Elections—Com- merce of the South Pacific Leaving the Isthmue—Protestant Church at Panama— News from Bogota. PANAMA, June 15, 1869, President Correoso returned from his tour to the provinces on the 10th inst., and was well received, notwithstanding the threars that were made against him here during his absence. Great complaints are made that the elections throughout the different departments were entirely controlled by Correoso’s soldiers, and no civilians voted except those in favor of the radical party. In Panama, on Sunday, the 5th inst., when the elections took place, the entire militia force was marched up to the polls with fixed bayonets, and deposited their votes forthe government party. Only thirty other votes were polled. Outside the city walls the con- servalives carried the day as the soldiers were too busy inside to attend to them. This isa fair speci- men of how the elections are managed throughout the republic. A radical meeting was hela here some evenings ago and resolutions passed denouncing the league between the conservatives and libérals in favor of Mosquera, but only thirty signatures could be procured. It was printed privately by the radi- cal committee and sent to Bogota with a grand flour- ish, a8 the feelings of the people here. Beyond this the political world of Panama remains perfectly quiet, and, for @ wonder, we have no excitement of any kind on hand. Tt ts reported that the Panama Railroad Company are to reduce their rate of freight one-third on the Ist of July. 1tis high time they did so, as the present tari? is driving freight from the road as fast as it can. The last steamer from Valparaiso tor Liverpool via the Straits took upwards of 2,700 tons of as- sorted cargo from the coast, a large quantity of which was sent from Callao to Valparaiso by steamer. She also carried a very heavy specie list @nd her cabins were full of passengers. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company, who own the Straits line, are of taking off the steamers plying between Callao and Panama altogether, as they are losing money heavily, having only the mail subsidy to depend on now, the bulk of the freight and pas- sengers going by the Straits. They rarely bring or take from here more than half a dozen passengers, and their cargoes are rapidly falling off and will continue to do so uniess the rates by this route are materially reduced, and that very promptly. Our rainy season seems to have at length set in and smallpox appears to be abating. either for want of subjects to take hold of, or through the change of season; beyond what remains of that disease I know Of no sickness here at present. ‘The Protestant church at Panama is rapidly pro- towards completion, the roof being already on. It will be quite @ creditable building and is very well located, commanding a fine view of the islands in the bay, The committee 1a several thou- sand dollars short of funds to defray the expenses of the pene oe Dates have been received to the 18th of May by a small sailing vessel at Aspinwall. The proposition to pass an amnesty law allowing General Mosquera to return to this country Was turown out in the Sen- ate by 14 votes against 13. It had previously passea in the House of Kepresentatives by 32 votes against 12. The Senate reused to reconsider the proposi- tion, though urged to doso by the lower house. Party spirit runs strong at the capital. The great- est excitement existed in Bogota on account of the elections, and a collision among the political parties seems inevitable. Mosquera Was receiving many votes through the country, notwithstanding the op- position of the government. The regular mails were not received by the last steamer, owing, it is said, to the lowness of the river. ‘they are anxiously looked for by the steamer Bolivia, now over due. ECUADOR. The Presidential Election—Peace Restored— The Republic Too Poor to Pay the British Bondholders. PANAMA, June 15, 1869, Dates to the 26th May from Guayaquil are received. ‘The National Convention was installed on the 16th at the capital, Dr. Rafael Carvajal being elected President of the republic and Dr. Elias Lasso Vice President. Rafael Borja and Victor Lasso Secreta- ries, On the same aay a decree was issued that Seflors Garcia Morend and Asedsubi, President and Vice President, should continue acting until the con- stiution of the new government could be organized; but Moreno having tmsisted en resigning the Con- vention accepted his resignation, leaving Sefior Aseasubi at the head of the administration. Dr. Pabie Herrera has been appointed Secretary of State and Foreign Adfairs, and Dr. Gabdiel Garcia Moreno Secretary of the Treasury. On the 13th Garcia Moreno, then President, issued & decree declaring the republic no longer in a state of war, and allowing all political prisoners or refu- gees to be at liberty to return to their homes except certain military men engaged in the March vorelt, but the terms are such that few people will demean themselves by accepting them. Imprisonment for debt is abolished except in certain cases. A decree has been issued establishing punishment for the breach of public morality. Ecuador has just declared that she is not bound to meet her engagements to British bondholders because the country is too poor. PERU. Important Decree Concerning Amazonian Col- onization—Liberality of the Gevernment— General News, Lota, May 28, 1869. The following very important decree has been published by the government here relative to the colonization of that portion of Peruvian territShy laying about the headwaters of the Amazon:— The government will concede a free to na- ves of this country or to foreigners who may desire to nettle in the Amazon region. The local authori ties will distribute the public lands to the settlers, in accordance with the laws of Peru. The government will furnish to the immigrants, before commencing their voyage, all: the agricultural and other neces- sary impiements gratis, the local authorities supply- ing them with seeds, 4c. ‘he pensioners of the State who may desire to em1- grate tothe Amazon will, in addition to the above- mentioned rivileges, receive their pay in the place of their sectiement. The payments will be made by the department treasuries, according to the estab. lished custom. The government concedes a month; = pony of eight soles (nearly eight dollars, gold) ‘or six months to the foreign or Peruvian settlers, a sumMictent time in which to gather the first harvest. The prefects of departments will open a careful Tegister of the number and nationality of the settiers, together with all important circumstances that may cour. The emigrants obii themselves to Jeast four years in ae Apsasonion regions tho MY who receive money for their passage to the country of the Amazon must commence their vi within three Months from said receipt; those who fail to do #0 must return the passage money and pay the ex- penses they may have occasioned the governm ent. To insure the faithful fulfilment o1 the preceding clause the emigrants must file a suMcient bond. The tmportance of this decree and its extreme Uiberality Will De seen.at a giance, It ts the inten- tion of the govertiment to authorize its consuls in the different European and American nations to con- ‘tract with the emigrants and to make known the ‘Vast resources of the district referred to. This, how- éver, will be extremely diMocuit from the incomplete information we possess regarding that country, We only know that the Indians residing there wear an enviable quantity of gold ornaments; that the most valuable drug and dyestuffs are found there; that timber of great importance abounds; th: phere are open valleys, well watered, of virgin two or three. Great destitution preyaile throughout the South- ern country, the inhabitants ruined by the éarth- uake and paralyzed by the fear of the terrible fever. The forernment has done all that could be done to assist them, it, of course, being out of its power to ‘eae each separate individual suffering trom the ‘ isaster @ sum of money sufficient to repair his josses, From the want of a custom house at Arica, the port through which Bolivia receives ail hec suppiles, and which was completely destroyed by the earth- uake and sea bore, the gneat benefits derived from that traffic have almost entirely disappeared. Now that the fever is abating the goverament can pro- cure laborers to go to this Qangerous spot, and will at once proceed to reconstruct the Cusiom House, mole and other buildings necessary for te commer- cial movement of the place. CHILE. An Ecclesiastical Trouble—The Impeachment estion Solved—Disastrous Norther=Gen- eral News. VALPARAISO, May 17, 1869. An interesting conflict between the ecclesiastical and judicial powers has been the subject of general conversation for the past week. The question turns upon the oath prescribed when a bishop 1s about to be consecrated. The form of this oath 18 the same that existed under the Spanish domi- nation, when the appointment of the high church functionaries was neld as a special privilege by the crown, and since the time of the struggie for inde- pendence this oath hus been exacted by the govern- ment of Chile from all bishops who have been con- secrated within the limits of the republic. The Holy See, however, refused many years since to acknowledge this privilege of the crown as an in- heritance descending to a sovereign State, but was willing to concede the right to any republic on cer- tain advantageous terms. Hitherto there has been no special trouble, as the bistiops nominated by the Chilean government have always met with the ap- probation of the Pope. Now a bishop who isa veritable representative of the Church militant ap- h, the laws of the Church, but time asserting his willingness to subscribe any form consistent with the constitution of the country, in which the particular form has not been prescribed. The government immediately notified this truculent personage that he t retire to his diocese, but that his income would not be paid by the govern- ment. This determination caused a tremendous ex- citement among the Church party, and meetings ana violent arucles are now the order of the day, to stir up that portion of the populace under clerical ruie into an organized op) ion to the Executive. A Cabinet Counct! has iO called on the subject, and ‘until the decision is known it 18 impossible to form ‘a conjecture as to the termination of the affair. The newspapers and peopie generally support the gov- ernment. The long-mooted bomen sae of the impeachment of the Supreme Court for various alleged mgh crimes and misdemeanors has been finally settled by the committee declaring the accusations un- founded. The people generally, who under- stood that the political portion the affair was the proposed nomination of Mr. Errasuriz, the Minister of War, for the Presidency, have heartily endorsed the decision of the com- mittee, and the affair may be said to be of the past. Suli tts effects have been unfavorable for the pro- moters of the scheme, since their popularity ts lost, and the party to which they belonged—the Caurch— has to bear all the burden of the flasco. In others matters relative to politics the country 1s at perfect tranquillity. In a repubiic like Chile, when the income of the government is not ficiently great to tempt the ambitious or needy, and where real patriotism and love of country exists, there is little daager of any formidable outbreak, except, as on Beet ions occasions, when the conduct of eon Executive justly exasperated the whole re- public. On the 13th and 14th instant Valparaiso Lay ae enced one of those dangerous northers that have made her name obnoxious to maritime men. Fortunately the premonition of the storm gave nearly all the vessels ample time for pre- paration, and many of them, including the ships of war, left the harbor. Consequently but little damage was done to the shipping, the principal tn- jury being inflictea on the pubiic works now being erected in the port. The mole in process of con- struction was completely demolished, together witn the embankments and walls near it. The old wharf was also carried away, and & number of small boats and launches broken into pieces by the force of the waves. The amount of damage sui by the fa ernment will got be covered by ¢100,000, and the private loss probably half aa much more. The steamer Magalianes, about starting for Ku- rope, was — to postpone her voyage, not being able to er or passengers receive cargo on board, The Agricultural Exposition continues to be very successful, 1t1s greatly to be regretted that the manu- factures of the United States are not better re sented, since the number of orders received by eng. lish houses for agricultural implements prove how beneficial the Exposition has been to the build- ers of that nation. Some of the contributing countries are evidently in the dark ing the precise character of an exhibition of this de- scription, New Granada send! as her quote of cultural instruments or products, the portrait of her president and @ panorama of ner capital city— Bogota. Peru ts represented by some native wines, made from the celebrated Italia grape, and some very fine specimens of refined sugar. The list of premiums, to be shortly awarded, will give the best videa of the magnitude and character of the fair. The most lively interest is displt by farmers throughout the republic respecting the new improve- ments tn agricultura! implements and machinery. An important decree been published by the overnment afd will soon receive the sanction of the Senate. All materials to be used in the con- struction and repair of vessels are declared free of import duty, together with provisions, clothing, &c., intended for the use of seamen. This measure wil) no doubt, add considerably to the prosperity and importance of Vaiparaiso, and may counterbalance, in some degree, the dreaded effects of the northers. + A SENSATION BY A PRETTY YOUNG QUAKERESS. tom the Columbus (Ohio) Journal, June 21.) SP lady, dressed as a Quakeress, & prominent railroad oMMfcial re over the road, good ted tyat she was engaged tn nei to do much good. be Mic york was explained, The peculiar character and, askil ated, the gentie- asking the gous lets to ¥ wuseted’ This man proveeded to fill out a pass a8 Cys was handed to her, but, stating that anv Could not read, she handed it’ back, The gentleman ! ad the pass—allowing her to go to any on the whole line of road at any time within 40° month from date. The lady, to his eu , dropped on her knees and prayed earnestly for some minutes. The act did not surprise as much as her sweet tone and beautiful language. Most beautiful thoughts were expressed in well chosen words, and the woman seemed to yield to the spirit of the mo- ment. in her own language the spirit moved her to thank God for putting #0 @ man in such a place. She said she haa been an idle, frivolous girl, dis- posed to tenors the teachi and customs of her people, but that, uneducated as she was, she had de- voted herself toa good work and nad accomplished much, and h to accomplish much more. This is the incident as it occurred. Be the woman whom she may produced quite an excitement in place: where generally there is too mach business for any- thing in the romantic Way. Svrcipg IN Herkimer County.—Last Saturday morning Mr. Charles Ingersoll committed suicide at his place of residence in Litchfield, Herkimer county. I April the death of a much loved daughter greatly increased the feeitngs of despondency to which Mr, pt has been subject for some time past. jay on he did some light work about his premises, and after breakfast went up stairs and hung bimself to one of the rafters by pal Ch clothes os The terrible wares was made by oungest daughter, a girl twelve years of age, ‘about half-an bour after the father tefl the breakfast table. The manner in which he had ar- ranged the rope showed that he was firmly intent upon taking his life, He was found in @ half sitting postare, with his feet resting om the floor, Mr. In- wersoli was fifty-three years of age. He leaves a wife and Ove children. Albany Argua, June 23. t A entered th oe © esterday and" ton for one month. $I missionary work, and PORTO RIC Elections te the Certee—Emoute Among the Troops—Alarm of the Governmont—Arrosts ot Prominent Citizons—Suppression of News PoRTO RICO, June 8, 1569. The elections nave at last taken place here. The liberals, ag I told you in my last, were placed in such @ condition by the electoral law that their defeat was unavoidable. They, therefore, resolved upon abstaining themselves from any participation what- ever in the matter. The Spaniards remained thus, to their great joy, undisputed masters of the situa- tion. Being no longer hetd in check by the liberals, the necessity of union ceased and division sprang up among them, Some desired to have nothing changed in the actual mode of government, and others wished to gee the isiand held under still stronger ties, find- ing its present condition too free. The latter party presented among its candidates Admiral Mendes Nutlez, the man who bombarded the tmoffensive town of Valparaiso; General Pavia, the butcher of hundreds of ifnocent victins duriag the Lares revo- tution, and Nicasio Nayasenez, a Spanish judge, who manifested the most cruel nature during the same insurrection. If this party had triamphed I cannot foresee into what furtner state of misery the isiand would have been driven nor how much blood would have been shed on scaffolds. Fortunately it was not so, The most liberal—if they can so be called—of the Spanish candidates were victorious at last, and their theories—slavery forever ana no change in the actual mode of government—are sure of reigning for an undetermined time over Porto Rico. The Mberals in the meantime stood apart, contemptu- ously regarding the strugz!e and scornfally telling their opponents that their deputies would arrive at Madrid just in time to shut the doors of Congress. On the 7th ist. the battalion of Valladolid, on entering its barracks at St. Jonns, broke out into open mutiny, shouting Viva la Republica! The sentinel was instantly snot, and one of the officers who stepped out ou hearing the noise was also kilied by the mutineers. Notwithstanding the vio- lent beginning of the outbreak, it was easily put down. The ringleaders were immediately secured, and Will soon be shot. The battalion was then formed and harangued by General Sanz, who said that the soldiers were not guilty, for they were only tools in the hands of some hidden persons who induced them to revolt, He also said he would not shoot the ring- leaders until they snould inform him as to their ac- complices among the Sys ‘This affair has. the greatest anxtety here—every native sees the sword of Damocies Hanging over his head. On a similar occasion two years past General Marchesi availed himself of an equal occurrence to get rid of a dozen men whom he feared, banishing them. The natives have, therefore, just motives to be afraid now. ‘The government is in a great alarm, and nobody knows way. There is a man-of-war in Mayaguez, while another one 1s cruizing along the coast. A column of about 100 men has been sent to Cabokojo, and that part of the coast is Kept under strict watch by columns of soldiers who cross it in every direc- tion. Four cannon have been sent to the fort or, Mayaguez. Twenty thousand cartridges have been ordered. All these warlike preparations ure cause of continual wonder to the natives, who begio to look somewhat contemptuously on their oppressors, saying that if they are so much afraid when every- thing 18 quiet they would uot wonder to see them frightened to death if a revolution broke forth. The government not only alarms the population with this fo ge | preparation, but commits the most unheard of atrocities, insulting and perse- cuung the most worthy aud respectable men in the island. Dr. Mangual, Mr. U. Cancela, Mr. J. Arroyo aud Mr, J. Chavarri were put in a horribie dungeon because ther delayed somewhat in ing certain taxes, and were kept in this miserable condition until they managed to pay. They were then taken to the Corregidor, Colonel Balboa, who called them reveis and insulted them in the most offensive man- ner. One of these gentlemen specially was so ill- treated by Mr. Balboa that he immediately fled for St. Thomas in a fishing boat, fearing to be assas- sinated. The same Corregidor banished a Domini- can writer by the name of Bonilia, editor of a Mayaguez journal, because he opposed the offictal candidates, seizing at the same time his printing office. These unnecesvary violences look very much like a sues man’s last and unconscious efforts oat The Office continues keeping away from us all information on Cuban affairs. Tne government eee seems, that the triumphs of the insurgents ould induce the Porto Ricans to revolt. No news being in ulation but that thought convenient by Generel everybody believes the insurrection at an end. The natives fook desponding when they hear that Cuba is again in siavery, and become des- perate, thinking their feebleness will never overcome the Coreen which Cuba has not been able to van- qual VENEZUELA. Claims of Ameri Citizene—Prodigality of the Government. Caracas, June 3, 1869. Ata consultation of several American claimants who had awards made in their favor by the mixed commission unaer the treaty of April 25, 1866, they resolved that the HERALD was ‘the best means of conveying tneir grievances to the President and Secretary of State at Washington. It must be remembered that many of the claims adjudicated by the mixed commission had been of long standing, say from twenty to fifty years and upwards, and had been pressed upon the considera tion of the government of Venezuela by along succes- sion of American ministers, viz:—Williamson, Hall, Ellice, Shields, Steele, Eames, Turpin, Culver and Wilson, accredited to this government; but the suc- cessive governments of Venezuela have become cal- lous to every demand and remonstrance. They are always prepared with multifarious excuses, in them- selves unfounded. They fnd means to get uj id carry on revolutions, and the chiefs of the defeated as Well as the successful party accumulate large for- tunes from the spoils. ‘The Congress lately in session increased the mili- tary pension list to avout $100,000 per month. Gene- rails with $300 ions per month to squander at the gaming table, while the suiferings of widows and orphans and other claimants go unneeded. Thus it may seen that those who have committed depredations against the lives and property of American citizens are Rampered and rewarded, but never punished. No less th 200 generals, like vampires, are Sucking the heart’s blood of the nation, and whose services have only been to make revolutions and counter-revolutions, not from aby patriotic motive, but for power and . It is understood that on the last day pefore adjourned, in secret session, they advised that the American claims be resisted at all hazards, ‘The government of the United States becoming tired of the machinations constantly practised by Venezuela to thwart the.pressing demands on her by the American ministers, finally succeeded in mak- ing @ treaty to ize & mixed commission for the decision of the claims pending between the two governments, and the smount to be awarded, made le to the United States government by Venezueia in ten annual instalments, with interest at five per cent. The first instalment of $126,331 became due the 6th ot February last, with six months’ interest ($3,133), maxing a total of $128,464, payable unaccoun| sent day has been made on the government of Vene- guela either for principal or interest. On the 5th of Al six months’ more interest will be due; and if the government at W: allows these sums to accumulate the more difficult it will be to obtain payment. If the American ee nt refuse justice to her own citizens to favor a spendthritt and unworthy government—if government it can be called—she should assume the permert of the Ameri- can claims, for she has made herself virtually liabie for the same. Among the claimants are widows and pean tt Sage Seay to and ~~ have been mardei yy Military desperadoes, who go unpun- ished. Venezuela has abundance of revenue to mest all her engagements, save toe ings; and “a a that cen sing and won't sing must be made to ng.’ PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. List of Americans registered at the banking house of Drexel, Harjes & Co., No. 3 Rue Sertbe, Paris, for the week ending June 10, 1969:—Philadelphia—Mr. M. Weaver and family, M Miller, Mr. J. P. Mr. John F. Orne, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Mereditn A. D, Jessup, Miss ©. Jessi Ps iy (. Hammond, Mrs, . Hf. Alday, Mr. Amoq ir. des Hammond, Rev. Dr. Mr. Richard Jennings, C. Janentzky, Mr. L. M. Whilidin, Mr. and Mrs. Huddy, Miss jarrett, Mr. R. W. Henry, Mr. Alexander Jose Antonio de Lavalie, Mr. Richard . Edward Rosster, Mr. and Mra. F. T. Fratley Smith, Mr, P. A. Hinck! re. W.-f. Wilstach, Mr. B. F. Fergaso Mr. ane irs. F. A. Hoyt, Mr. 0; > 1. Bamberger, Mr. F. 8, R ¥F, ‘ctinman, Mr. Theod. Wern- Mr. and Mrs, J. Q. Feil, on and family, . R. Russell, Mr. . Scull, Miss B. Cle Miss FE. Danning, Mrs. H. J. Newhall and d: Mr. Charies W. Morton, Mr. ©. G Mr. Walter 8. Massey, Mr. W. Massey, Mik’ M. R. Mas- sey, Mr. F. C. Yarnall, mrs. F. ©. Yarnail, the Misses Yarnall, Mr. aod Mra. McGregor itcheson. New York—Mr. Henry Arthur, Mr. Jonn \". Deering, Colonel George G. de L. Byron, Mr. H. 8. radford, General Aaron Seeley, Mr. U. E. Groesveck, Wt. John Ross, Mra, J. inson Smith and family, WM" and Mra, J.B, Mackensie, Mise Adrienne Webster) Miss H. P. Willtams, Mr. end Mrs. Charles W. Darhing, Mrs. 8. M. M ” Mr. J. 3. Rogers, Mr. Edgar’ 5. Hyatt, Dr. Cock, Mrs. E. 4, Gardnar, Mr. James Ay Brown, Mr. and Mra, B. R. Alden, Mr. Francis Uakey, is 4 ayy H. tig i Md Patchen, r. Jowep! . Patchen. New Jersey—Mr. D. Hols- man, Mr. Clark Fisher, Mr. A, Maurice. Harris burg—Mr. J. R. Bly. San Franciaco—Mr. and Mrs, 8, P. Dewey, Mr. Chrystal, Mr. B. H. Randolph, a era Henry L. King. Battimore— irs. G. D. Clark, Miss ©. Parker. Massachusetta— Miss H. A, Huribut, Providence—Miss A. Washington—Mr. OU. M, Reed. Bloomington—«i Mueller, St. Louls—Mr. Jona Whittaker, Wilming- ton, Del.—Mr. Levi U. Bird, supply of lifesaving apparatus on board of passen- THE BOARD OF HEALTH. ger steamboats, At tine seagon thousands of people annerathhdnmpennnnan <n eedanae plossare steamers suet ply om a ‘The Dog Diticulty—Il-Bred Care to Suffer— | Gechiod sunicient for the. cus or regular busi: ness of a boat would prove utterly inadequate ifa An Offal Boat in the East River—Life Saving oe wer Were to occur when her saloons and guards Appliauces—Interesting Heports asd De- were crowded with an excursion party, made up in tattn, & great measure of women und children. A wise ‘The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Health | foresight seems to imperatively demand that special was attended yesterday by all the members—Preal- provision be made against such wholesale calamity ag may take place at any day during the warm season, J am respectfully your obedient servant, A. B. JUDSON, M. D., Assistant Sanitary Inspector. 351 SraNTON sTRRET, NEW YorK, June 16, 1869. To WiuLiam E, WoRTHEN, Sauitary Engineer Me- tropolitan Board of Health:— SiR—In reply to your iuquiry concerning the coat of furnishing life-saving apparatus, Booording to the specifications of the Metropolitan Board of Health, hereby offer to furnish complete sets at the rate of twenty-seven dollars foreach set. Yours respect- fully, JACOB BAKER, The Sanitary Superintendent made the following report on the health of the city:— In the week ending Saturday, June 19, there were 49ideaths in NewYork and Brooklyn. The public insti- tutions gave 87 of these deaths in the former and only 6 in the lattor city; 28.14 per cent of the total mortal- ity in New York, and 34.72 percent of the total in Brooklyn occurred in children that had not reached their firat birchday; and 62.45 per cent and 64.59 per cent of the total mortality in the respective cities occurred im children under five years of age. Measles destroyed more lives last week than in any ous week for three years, 36 deaths being ol to this malady in New York, and 19 in Brooklyn, Its course has been marked by unusual fatality the past twelve weeks. In that period 245 agnor have perished by it in New York, and 101 ne Cholera infantum has dent Lincoln in the chair.” Assistant Inspector Ingrata reported that the American India Rubber Company permits steam to escape from under the sidewalk in front of their premises, thereby endangering life and health. Re- ferred to the Sanitary Superintendent for his report. A suit was ordered to be commenced against cer- tain parties in Peekskill for herding pigs in the cen- tre of that town. Dr. Smith, trom vhe Sanitary Committee, reported upon a letter of Mr. Bergh, on the subject of tydro- phobia and the impounding of dogs. The report says"— So far as these questions interest the Board of Health and afects its action it 1s sufficient to say:— First—That the cause or causes of spontaneous hy- drophobia are unknown. ‘Second—That it occurs in all countries at all sea- sons of the year and in both sexes. Third—That it is provegaied by ceomseon the 1s, by the bite of animals ted with rabi Fourth—That 1t is most prevalent tn districts where there ia the largest number of roving, uncared-for do; Fyn —That a single affected dog will cause a wide- spread epidemic where dogs run at large in great numbers. ‘Sizth—That the most effective preventive measures adopted against hydrophobia are those which reduce scarcely begun its summer's the number of rode ot vagrant de work. Only 6 deaths were charged to it in New The committee, therefore, recommended that an York and 7 tn Brooklyn; and the total mortality y by diarrheal disorders amounted to only 47 in cities. Phthisic pulmonalis and the total mortality by lung diseases reached the lowest point for the year last week. Only 70 consumptives, or about 9 r cent of the whole death list, and only 163 deaths 4 all Kinda of pulmonary diseases occurred in wu two cities in the week. The mean tempera- ture was at 72.83 Fahrenheit; the extreme range was from 84 to 58 degrees Fahrenheit. In Breslau and several other German towns smallpox has assumed the character of an epi- demic, At no former period in twenty years has there been such prevalence of loath- some malady, From information received from those and the other cities of Europe, we are warranted in stating that in no other great city in tne world is smallpox more completely under con- trol than in New York. Vaccination is again proved to be the only adequate safeguard when the con- tagion is \hreatening. ‘The presence of yellow fever in hospital ships in the lower bay and its occurrence in West Indian vessels, will not entre the public health, for it is controlled by the simplest of me. namely, ab- police quarantine and disinfection of all infected TATISTICS OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND STILL BIRTHS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THB WEEK ENDING JUNE 19, 1869. Total number of births certifled by apres + 252 Total number of still births certified by phy- ordinance de prepared by the attorney, for the de- struction of all roving, vagrant dogs not in the cus- tody of a master or owner, roaming at large at ali seasons of the year. A report from the chemist, Dr. Chandler, in refer- ence to the manner of manufacturing gas by the Manhattan Gas Company, was read, stating that he had visited the place, but had not had time to con- clude his investigation. Reports were made regarding an offal boat lying off the Brookiyn shore, which tt 1s claimed is one of the most offensive nuisances prevalent inthatcity. Re- ferred to the counsel for an order of abatement. The following reports of Dr. Harris and Sanitary Inspector Judson were received and read:—' METROPOLITAN BOARD OF HEALTH, June 16, 1869, } ‘The subjoined report of Savitary Inspector, Dr. Adoniram B, Judson, upon the conditton and useful- ness of the rescue apparatus and stations for saving life at the watersides is respectfully submitted to the Board for the purpose of giving information which is much desired by the public. With more than one hundred miles of populous watersides, the Metropolitan district needs to have these simple appliances for saving life extended to every point that is much frequented by the public during the hot season. And as 15.8 nos negenaary, siclans. es os tir eenenh enapenn wets ooense or desirable that the Board of Health should bear ail | Total number of persons married and legally cer- the cost of supplying the rescue ap) tus, | have re- tifled by clergymen and magistrates........... 308 quested the Sanitary Engineer to find out the lowest terms at which good sets of the same can be furnish- ed by shopmen. ‘The lowest price per set yet offered 1s twenty-seven dollars for the whole, well finistied and lettered. Probably other shops will soon be able to supply the apparatus at a still cheaper rate, but these facts are mentioned simply to encourage the adoption and supplying of the means of rescue from drowning at every place of resort and exposure by the river and baysides of the Metropolitan district. Dr. Judson’s report contains suggestions that seem worthy of the Board’s consideration; and as the last seven years of his professional ile have been spent in naval service under the government, it seemed desirable to have him make this first ay eae tion of the rescue apparatus which the Board rally provided last year. He has not yet ascertained the total number of lives saved by these new means of rescue, but we are informed that at the station in this city alone no less than thirty were saved before the commencement of hot weatier; in other words, more than one Itfe for every station in this city in the first nine months. If the Board will permit I will cause the aj tus which is now suspended iu ferry houses in this city to be removed to other points of exposure whiere there is great want of the means of rescue. 1 would also respectiully recommend that the duty of providing rescue apparatus and tustructions be urged upon the local authorities in villages and places of resort by the watersides of the district, Very respectfully, E. HARRIS, Sanitary Superintendent. MAYOR HALL ON THE COMMISSIONS. Mayor Hall has caused to be transmitted to the Buard of Fire Commissioners the following commu- nication, which explains itself:— Mayor's Or¥icg, New York, June 22, 1869. To CHARLES E. GILDFRSLEEVE, Secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners: I have the honor to’acknowledge receipt from you of the following request addressed to the Mayor:— I am instructed by the Board of Commissioners to invite youto name a day when it will be convenient for you to meet with the Board of Estimate, as provided for in chapter 249, Laws of 165: The ae has already orally declined to attend. Lest the Board should misapprehend the message, or lest the or should be suspected of any disre- spect to the rd, or of anything revolutionary gf disorganizing, he desires me to give his rea- sons, and, in doing so, to indulge on his behalf in some explanatory digressions. The local author- ities have, on repeated occasions, claimed, and still claim, the right to fix their own estimate for their own expenses, and are willing to accept the sole respon- sibility. That which they claim for themselves they desire to extend to others. The Board of Fire Com- missioners is a legisiatively appointed commission, and it solely expends ita moneys, it solely audits its own bilis, and the law of its existence provides money without the necessity of applying for ‘‘legis- pio, the Sienerany MurnoroLiTAN Boanp OF iatve iogroting” or oginative i main. : 1g clear, therefore, e Commissioners 0 in METROPOLITAN neeiTune 1 800} fairness, to take, as the Comptroller and Mayor E. Hanis, M. D., Sanitary Superintendent Metro- | Oust fh consistency to concede, the right to litan Board of Health: — d. it is true that the law makes the ra—In obedience to your orders I have carefully | *Pen’: oiler and the Mayor meinbers of the Board inspected the apparatus at the rescue stations estab- | or timate. Their attendance, however, is not lished by the Board on the waterside in the lower ‘7 . necessary to make a quorum. They might be ever 80 much opposed to what the Commissioners wish; nevertheless, the latter would have the power to overrule them. Therefore the Board can lose nothing by their absence. The declination is neither disrespectful nor revolutionary. It was certainly very kind of the Legislature to give the local authori- ties the oaus of sharing in the responsibility of rais- ing money which they were neither to audit nor to spend after it was raised, and then to Cs them aay voice in the discipline or government of the Fire Board or in its doings. One of the members of your Board (as the Mayor understands), very good navuredly, not long since, said that it was not consistent for the latter to op- pose comaitasions which he had years ago, a8 an in- dividual, favored and tnstigated. Allow the Mayor, as good naturedly, to say that neither as an indi- vidual nor as a politician nor as a iawyer did he ever instigate or favor the present system of State commissions. It 1s true that as a lawyer, in 1857, he assisted in the preparation of the Metropolitan ' Police bili of that year. But the idea of the first Police Com! jon, as everybody should remember, districts of New York city, and have tne honor to re- port as follows:— The a] tus consists of the following pieces:— First, ¢ he grappling pole, out seventeen feet in le carrying at one end a ree-pronged grap- rate tron, with widely extended curved biades, and ‘at the other end a few fathoms of line, to guard against the escape and loss of the pole when in use. Second, @ heaving line, kept constantly coiled for instant use. One end of the line ts armed with a small grappling swivel, for the recovery of bodies beyond the reach of the grapplibg pole. The other end of this line is fur- nished with a wooden float, to facilitate the heaving of the line and to enable the swimmer to see to grasp the line. Third, ajladder provided with a rope, to prevent its escape, to two strong hooks for at- tachment to the edge of the pier or bulkhead. The ladder enables the operator to descend to the water and to lift the weak or lifeless body on to the wharf. Fourth, the apparatus is not complete without a copy ofthe Board’s brief and printed instructions for the resuscitation of the drowned. This ap} us was devised and constructed by | never con jated an isolation from it of officials officers of the Board tn the absence of models. The | who were locally elected or locally appointed. “Oy leces are admirably ada} to the pur- | the original Metropolitan Police bill the or was not only allowed @ voice in _ police matters, but it expressiy commanded that id pee . oe should aeons, and obey all corporation ordinances app! le te police pf health.” The sucoeediag ‘olice awe’ cand against the remonstrances of many original friends or counsel of the first act), Omitted the Mayor trom d nt pl ponte for which they were bogey Together they form @ life-saving apparatus which ni scarcely hanes to make it answer the peculiar require- fs of our waterside. ‘The following is @ statement of the pieces at each station and the condition of each piece:— BESCUR STATIONS ON NORTH RIVER. Pier 1, foot of Battery place, Camden and Amboy boats— | administration, and by quietly re; these Grappoling pole, heaving line and ladders; all in good con- | words, “to obey,” totally Temeved ae lice from Pine 10, foot of Carlisle strest—Grappling pole and ladder; | SBY municipal legislation. the original theory of the Police Commission was that the relations of the superiors and members of the force to each other should be entirely direcied by and come under the exclusive discipline of the Board; but that the rela- the ladder broken; otherwise the ap jus is in good con- dition. Pier 16, Liberty street, New Jersey Central—Grappl pois ladder ‘and a set of framed instructions for prin jon; allin eS tions of the police with the puodlic should be gov- Sortiandt Jersey City, forry—Grapp! eattl ma eh Tr erage NE | erm by mates and orainanken ing ine, ladder an. dition ‘con “4 Soon afterwards avy addition of a definite and er 2, Warren street, Nicaraugua office—Heaving line in alding State aes for the police was continual- good condition. * ly thwarted, that when the police needed no Pier 30, Chambers street, Favonte ferer Grappling, pote, longer to obey the ordinances, And there was no line, en ees a pin uy fo hulding in | supplementary legislation in thelr piace, the usurpa- progress ; apparatus remo' | tion over city # by the Superintendent jegis- ier $4, Harrison street-—Grappling pole, heaving line and | lating throug! general or tal orders became ladder; in condition. often ingeniously emphatic, However, to condemn Pier 50%, atreet, Jersey+City ferry—Pole, heay- | whatever conflict 18 feotnees with local govern. ing bine, eee on eat Pe mor d] 2 Le scsceeckty Company eat by the re nate, comntanesons, distorted Pin “f e origin: lan as they are, it is not neces- Grappling pole, ladder ‘and framed instructions; In good con- | gary to moot discussion upon the motive or equita- pier 47, West Houston street, National Steamship Com. | Die right of the State Legislature tn wholly withdraw- Grappling beaving line, ladder and framed copy so many Vital municipal concerns from th a Pt inetractions ‘uss broken, ise In good condition. ticipation of local authority. Because ail un rejud iced Pier 5) ey sre heaving line, ladder and | men who investigate the workings of the Albany commissions appreciate that their action is defec- tive, not so much by reason that they are independ- ent of the city autborities as that each is independent of the other, Political sympathy has so far in their history invited between them a species of cordial co- nt A . Pier —, Gansevoort street—Dumping ground —Pole, b tng tne, ladder and framed set of insiractions; ali in good condition. REACUR STATIONS ON RAST RIVER. " rappliny ihe. coll Pier 1, foot of Wh street, South ferry—Gi pole, heaving line and ladder. The box containii ration; but this latter is not a » Bf bearing ‘hoe ‘bys ferry boat lost overboard, Chasity of their organization, Should the police ae. oe tide Sogatas lipo, heavii line gnd ind. thorities, from lousy, Or pique, or malice, refuse a, Grapnlng ae rescuing "a boy, Heaving | to ald the health, fire or excise officials in & dread line ts broken, in condition. emergency there is no power to com rocal fssuistance and duty. banreape capacsatamy ‘ould have been ostensibly fair for the “a is in 4 be ‘® more convenient situatio: Pier rt, north tide” Gomaag it Foe and laden, ‘two | “it w fathom of rope missing. ta good condition. tare, when it had determined not to re peal the com- m 12, pear Old slip=Grappling vole and hearing line. 18 | inissions, to have allowed some one municipal oMicer ope I, lietreet ferry—Grappling pole, heaving line ana | & Ute peg in the deliberations of the metropoll- lager. {n good ¢ * tan boa @ territorial del participates in ‘Pier my ling pole, heaving line a1 the discussions of the House of Representatives), seaeer, n food ug pote, ing line and even if such officer had been denied a vote. For ex- PEs fartford —Arappl y beavis ample, the Recorder might be ex officio in the Police ogee: oo oceans tory Grappling pole bearing | board he te an oficial who necessarily obtains con- line, Indder and of tna of ror resuscita- | tinuous experience in police matters, and he practi- tion. All in good . cally directs the results of police action. The City He f 9, Cathering rappling pa Judge might be ez oficto an Excise Commis- 143, Rutgers street—Pole, ioe, Iedder and instructions, fia Tegal ‘es rience. tO. by Mmodiont’ yore ot 1 te 64 toe eurget—Heaviog line and framed instruc- | the Board of Health—a body that always walks upon u ree of litigation in Whatever action it takes. ous rower gup—Heart line and framed instrac- ae oom —— ~ —, Croton Aqueduct Engineer § ti Fier —. Grasse oar Ora ing. pale, haarine ine, ladder Parke with whose dslnge sno fenae toae ‘cotaie nad an inet se reservoirs of the city are #0 largely connected. The It will be seen that the loss by exposure to weather, | ytreet Commissioner might be an er Fire accident, wear or theft has been very slight. It 18 | Commissioner. And the Mayor might exercise over gratifying to observe that the humane purposes of | ai the commissions the like approving or disap- the Board are the people of the water- | proving action that he ts allowed over municipal le- eppreciated side as is evident from the fact that scarcel, worth has been stolen where so much mi been exposed within the reach of every reby. ‘These stations, Which were established last August, have been eminently useful in saving life and bring- ing relief and comfort at atime when ® quarter of & finute is of momentous value in the struggle for fe. 7 1 ly recommend that each of the stations which do not already have a full set of apparatus be with it want adime’s isiation. ‘The Mayor could at ali events only do the arm of compelling reafirmatce of measures (by the same vote of original adoption) after he had invited toward them pubile attention and press discussions. Nevertheless propositions for even such small acts of participation have often been presented to the Legisiatare, but have been always rejected th the influence of @ majority of the metropolitan ota: missions, whose members naturally prefer power per se. I trust these explanations and digressions will fd reepectfur 1 beg toadd that afver full aud free . fall and free consultation of the fiapor with the Comptroller of street, North fiver; and that along the entire water: | the city, who has also received a sii aide of the Metropolitan distriot points be se- | from your the latter encirely cotieldes with ois eeae lected for the establishment of reserve stations | munication. Very lly, your obedient ser- pled pa phd most exposed tothe | yant, CHARLES 0. JULINE, Chief Clerk. In order to increase the eMelency of the apparatus now in nse f would re 4 that the length of Naporism iN Vingtnta.—At Charlestown, Va., one the heaving line be reduced from 160 to 100 feet; that | fa ily seers to have monopolized the oitict The the wooden float attached to one end of the heaving | love of holding office sometimes runs in f lea, as Une be ited a wren ‘scariet; that @ round box for | for instance, President Grant's, but all are not so containing the coil o! Ua & aiways ready | fortunate. The Chapline family, of Charlestown, for instant tse be sunaittuted for one now in | however, seems to an exception. There are use, Which allows the line to become od Joseph A. Uhapline, Judge of Cirouit Court: knotted, and that the ladders hereafter ered be | William A. Ohapline, Clerk of the Circuit Court; 1. made a in this connection | beg leave to ask your atten. tion to the great limportance of matntalning a proper ‘Thomas Chapline, Deputy Sheriff; Isaac On Bry Amesnor; Little Fjowte Uhapline, clerk ie ost LS “YELLOW JACK." The Yellow Fever in the Lower Bay—Its Ravagee—Necemity for Precautious—Dr. Swinburne’s Quarantine Fleet. Eight miles below thia city, in the lower quaran- tine waters, the dread marauder of the tierra cali ente, the Yellow Jack, imported directly from the sugar coast of Cuba, is holding high revel on board the hospital ship Ulinois, Of course this unwel- come and deadly visitant came as usual like the thief in the night, without herald of his approach, without warning and, certainly, without pity. The place where he is now feasting in grim luxuriance ig just below the easterly end of Staten Island, tm the lower harbor, near the newly erected nospital quarters on the West Bank, strip of several acres, where a large building has recently been com- pleted to receive patients from the plague ships of quarantine. Accommodation is proviaed for about @ thousand patients, but if only a small num- ber, aay fifty or an hundred, are on hand, they are to be removed to the Illinois hospital ship and the passengers, if there be any in a state of sound health are transferred from the vessel in which they come to the West Bankgconcern, where they remain until all danger is supposed to have passed away, until their floating conveyance is pronouncedtout of danger and gone through the ordeal of fumigation, and until Captain O'Rourke, head doctor, cook, car- penter, &c., of lower quarantine, deems the un- happy emigrants, sailors, or whatever else they may be, to have thoroughiy expiated their reckless indifference to infection. The HERALD has no such motive in view as seeking to create alarm at the thought of yellow fever being within so short a distance of the city and all tue elements of heat, filth and densely packed tene- ment houses here in our midst, prepared with opem arms to welcome any such visitor, but there is mo one who can question the propriety of this paper arousing from time to time the people of this per- flously crowded city to the necessity of using every precaution to save themselves from the fate that other communities more favorably oir- cumstanced suffered in former times from @ mere overweening sense of security. The United States steamer Saratoga was the first, as it should have been the last, to introduce the yellow fever to our harbor this seagon. Cuba furnished the secds of the disease, and the unhappy reault so far has been the death of seven gallant seamen and the illness of as many more, with the likelihood of others in the progress of the warm weather developing symptoms of the epidemic. The bark Maggte V. Hugg, of Baltimore, ten days from Matan- zas, with sugar, had two cases of fever on board, Samuel Brown, seaman, was removed to hospitat, dangerously afflicted; but the other case, by quick and skilful treatment in the beginning, is now in a state of convalescence, Yesterday the United States steamer Penobscot, from Havana, steamed up the harbor, but though there were no fever cases de- veloped on board the Health Oflicer’s boat thougot it just ag well to take hoid of the man-of-war and bring er back to realize the delights of quarantine. Or those who dled belonging to the Saratoga since Saturday iast were John Henry, of England; Samuel S. Blodgett, of Ogdensburg; James Anderson, of New York. Of those who lingered up to yesterday were William Watson, of Boston, Mass.; James 3. Corsa, of Solon, N, Y.; Frank Craus, of tee tten apprentice. The latter are on board the Llinois; the former, with their companions who went before them, sleep their last sleep in the Quarantine Ceme- tery, near the end of Staten Island. Tne bark New York, from Matanzas, on coming into the lower bay was found to haye two cases of yellow fever; but neither being of a malignant type the proper course of treatment soon put them in a condition of convalescence. These vessels are detained for observation by the Health Officer. What course of observation Dr. Swinburne inten pursue is known only to himself, Let hia lease observe that if no real case of yellow fever ex- ‘on board some of these vessels no possible can arise from keeping a crew of sailors or a load of immigrants in close proximity to a reeking hospital Pao under a blazing sun, in a condition of inertia an ‘with every predisposition to contagion from the circumstances ‘surrounding them. ‘The Health Ofticer’s flag now waves tn all its glory tive yellow in the lower quaran~- pper quarantine fs dese The present lies four miles below. Tne Andrew Fletcher, tugboat, passenger vessel, pags and general prowler and privateer has just been ad- ded, in connection with the Four Brot to e fleet. The latter was wed to ti lower bay yesterday, looking a8 demure and innocent as though she never carried away in cholera coffins, at ‘dead, of night and the lantern ore cn eee 20,000 thousand cigars or thereabouts baited West India arrival. To draw a distinction as to which ts the most fitable between the Fletcher and the Four rothers, would be dificult. The latter, in the ca- pacity of smuggler, could net no inconsiderable for- tune @ year, and the other in the character of universal tow and passenger boat for the whole har- bor might easily raise an income to make @ poor man —_ Throw in the Governor Fenton tugboat, and the trio combined can beat all the other Suge in the port on the question of making money. This will be a poor season for the commerce of New York, Merchants will have their ayes cone signed anywhere else rather than submit longer to the enormous exactions of quarantine officials. The absurd imposition of allowing no tug but the Health Officer's to tow @ vessel from quarantine to the city is grievously felt; but that of compelling a vessel to hire lighters notoriously in the interest of the qua- rantine managers to discharge their cargoes in the upper harbor 1s the most oppressive of all. The cargo put on board the lighters is delivered at the in some wharf in New York juss as it would be if the vessel itself were to go up tt her pier, and yet the only plea offered for putting @ vessel to the immense expense of em- ploying lighters is tnat infection may lurk in the cargo, and it would therefore be dangerous for the ship herself to turn it out on the city piers. Where 1g the difference? None, of course; but the motive for this curious arrangement is found in the Health Officer's oft-repeated declaration that he took the ition he now holds to make money, and that he'd d—d if he didn’t, having no professional reputa- tion to lose. Perhaps the Board of Health has some reputation at stake, and will show in the next ac- tion it takes what opinion it holds of Dr. Swin- burne’s precautions to preserve the health of thus metropolis from foreign epidemics. A LEGAL JOUST. em A Bellicose Disciple of CokeA Woman ia the At the Tombs yesterday Judge Dowling was called to adjudicate upon a case of rare interest. Edward D,. McCarthy appeared as complainant against John D. McGregor, charging him with assault and battery. Both, as is well known, are lawyers; the latter, ta addition to being a lawyer and at one time Assistant Corporation Attorney, having gone out as colonel of the Scott Life Guard, and served with distinction during the war. Each had friends in court, mainly representatives of their profession. Accompanying Mr. McGreggor was also a policeman. “Well, state your case,” said the Judge to the complainant. “Ll was seated at a desk in my office at No. 6 Pine street,’ the complainant went onto state, “when Mr. McGreggor came in and handed me a letters there's @ letter for yon to read, he said to me; & can’t read it now, I told him; but you must read it, Pegs MoGreggor; I wiil not read it now, I re- miethe letter was not @ challenge, was it?” tuter- rupted the Judge. “f don’t know what were its contents, I didn’t Tead it,” answered Mr. MoCarthy. “| told him it was about a lady he had maligned,'* interrupted Mr, McG ir. “Pleagg wait; you shall have your say soon,” re~ marked the Judge to Mr. McGreggor, and tbe latter at once subsided into silence. “Go on with your statement, Mr. McCarthy.” “Pil give you a minute to read that letter, Mr. McGreggor said to me,” continued Mr, MoUarthy. “You can’t force me to read it, I told him, an@ peaks ge he assaulted me, when, after striking me several blows, which he did in id au friends interfered and rescued me from him, and for a policeman and had him arrested.” “What became of the letter?” asked the Judge, Shoe — to dwell with special interest on this poin' + don’t know"? answered Mr. McCarthy. either do |,” said Mr. MoG: La ow, What is your story ft” ‘ald the Judge to the i states,” said Mr. alle Lge! P ne “T gave him @ letter, as about @ lady he haa arly delicate McGreggor. “1 told him it was maligned. This lady stands relations to me, Lhad told him previously that £ had been told what he seid about her, and he wished to know who my twas. 1 told him @ any explanation, ” and 1 assaulted Nim assault, then,” spoke up the fe in Welt Bi must give bat! for trial.’’ How m rhe amall amount of $300.'" It was finally arranged that as Mr. McGreggor had ne to give bail he might go on nia own Ro ong eenoe. toappear for trial this morning at the Court of Special Seasions. Svrt Agarnat O1# Bowt Dis! —The anit at St. raul, Minn., of George W. Moore against oie mn for an old printing bill, has beea dus