The New York Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1870, Page 4

EUROPE. French Polities-—The Parties and New : Constitutional Issues, England's March to Democracy—Ita In- fluencing Canses and Coming Consequences, Prussian Consolidation in Germany. ar special correspondents in Europe supply the following important exhibit of the situation as it ex- 1sted in France, Engiana and Germany on the 9th of April, the latest matt date from the Old World. FRANCE. The Now Constitution—Its Advont and Proba- ble Reception—Parilament and the Polltie clane—[nperial Interests and the Dynasty— Orleanism. Pants, April 8, 1870, It would bewilder your readers to attempt any history of the details that have accompanted the advent of the new constitution proposed a little over 8 week since by M. do Oillvier. I say the new con- ‘atitation, for the Senatus Consultum, a it ls pom- ously called, was nothing more nor less than such @ modification of the constitution of 1852, under which France has been governed for the last eighteen years, as to entitle itto be regarded as a new instrument altogether, It might naturally have been supposed that tus formal abandonment of the” Tate constitution, which concentrated in the hands of the Emperor all the powers of the State, and which has made the imperial government as absolute as that of Russia herself, would have diffused amoag ‘ell parties universal satisfaction ; but, sirange to say, such is very far from being the case. The new constitation consecraies the grand par- Mamentary sbibvoleth of ministerial responsibility. ‘The politicians are very well pieased with this, Iv has made, besides, anotier great innovation on its predecessors, which gave to the Senate the sole priv- uege of making any changes whatever in the politl- cal regeneration, ag declared in 1352, The new chart proposes to take tis lofty prerogative from the Senate, and in lieu of it to give it co-ordinate power 4n legislation with the lower house, which, I belteve, I stated in a former letter as the intention of the Ministry. No great objection has been deciared to hs new feature, though a very important one. But there is a clause, ‘No. 5,” as it ts called, in the constitution of the future which has evoked aa immense amount of criticism, that has swelled at last into loud and violent opposi- tion. This simple little clause merely declares that in future there shall be no change in the present constitution excepi by a plediscite—tnat is, by a vote ‘of the nation—and that this can only taxe piace on ‘the inviiation or proposition of the-Emperor alone, It 4s very natural vhat Napoleon should be anxious that Binkering with the constitution should be a rare and aiMeoult process, and that if all amenamonts to it were taken out of the hands of the politicians, and mo changes could be made in this groat compact except by the peopie tuemselves on his own move- ment, why, was in future, whatever eise might be auaiyzed and discussed, the high organic laws ol tne Jand would remain firm, intact and secure. In the interest of iis dynusiy 1t 13 natural enough ‘he shouid desire such an arrangemeat to be carried into effect, ana peopie generaliy are entirely in ac- cord with him oa chat point, for they have had enough of changes and revolations simce 1739 to earn for stability and repose. But the politicians take a very diverent view of the matter, and, strange to say, the men who cry out the loudest and flereest againet this appeal to the peopie, known here fa- miliariy as the piediscie, are tue repubiicans, They make very ingenious excuses for showimy this sin- gular waat of contidence m the people, woom they are obliged to admit are tho source of all power 1a ¥rance, but nowwing they can say or invent con disguise or palilaie the monstrous heresy that they, while professing repuvitcant oppose “an! coadema all ay to the popular judgment aud decision, What can Prove more conciusively than this that the re- publican party o: Frauce know that tae masses are against them and nat they sbrink from its being le the test? It 13 not the republicans alone, jowever, Who are opposed to the piedisctte. No smail portion of the “parliamentary party” take ex- ception to this very democratic mode of settling any unexpected modidcations that might be brought forward by theiseives, should occasion arise ana opportunites be favorabic. 18 parliamentary party in France is composed of very able politicians, who are all strong monarchists enough, but not ail of them by any means believers in the Bonapartiat creed. Not @ fewof them, { should say the great part of them, are fayorabie to the Orleans family, and I would not be at all surprised if they gota chance to spring these runaways of 1828 ouce more on the French nation. The well known Thiers 1s one of the most prominent of this parliamentary party, and the Journai des Dibals 18 recognized since long years as its ablest and most reliable organ. Both M. Thiers andthe Journal des Débats have come out in de cided and energetic demonstrations against this clause (No. 5”) of the new constituaon. What makes ail these littie mcidenta the more interesting is that the parliamentary party, with their various leaders an1 organs in the press, all threw up their caps and raised loud hurrah3 over the unexpected concessions and marvellous reforms granted by the Emperor in July iast, to say nothing ol the still larger instalments to liberty granted since tuen. It ‘Was to be supposed, then, that when Napoleon came forward a week ago with ais Senatus Con- sultum, which embraces in a constitutional form ali these abdicauions of his former powers, and which to that extent increases tue privileges and guarantees the asceadancy of the parliamentary party, they would be once more tarown into hyste- Tics *ot deiigat and would march in procession to crown the statue of Napoleon ill, Nota bit of tr. ‘They are taken all aback by this little clanse ‘No. 6,” which 10 iact, and without meaning a pun, pares their claws in a‘ivance. They foresee that this appeal to the people on the part of the Emperor may at some future day upset all thetr little plans, and defeat ail thetr most in- ento: 2d laborious manceuvres. The pariiaimen- ary party lave been hoping that some day or other they might by making common cause with the re- publican party and the red party succeed ia carrying the elections against the Em- eror, leaving him in a minority. The rst wider would all then do, having the ma- ie 4 im their bands, would be to pass a vote declar- ing tue Bonaparte dynasty abolished, and with tue law at their back they would trust to events to carry out their purpose. If civil war ensued they would be quite at taeir ease, for they know the French can not stand thar long; that the Orieans family would be called back to the throne that order might be established. These are the dreams, nptto say the dilusions, of the leaders of the pariiamentarians, but een: ig & match for them, and this piquant dittie clause, ‘‘No. 5,’ is an awful obstacle to all their maciinatio: for should they get a majority ofthe members any aay, and should they aitempt to violent bands on the national dynasty, Napol according to the constitution, would @imply appeal to the masses, and it 13 certain the echie would not be called to take is crown, aad a olvil war would be avoidea. ENGLAND. The National March to Democracy—*ketches in the Imperial Parlinment—The American Congress System—Proposal to Pay Mom- bers—Religion and Education. Lonpon, April 7, 1870. The apparently illimitable monotony of the Irish land debates in conmittee of Parliament has been lately relieved by several sharp and almost personal debates, which have aflorded to many food for re- AMection for a week, and are quite worthy of being exalted to the rank of a good jest forever. Among these incidental discussions, which have somewhat annoyed the government, who are anxious to make progress with their “great” Irish bitl, was one that accidentally brought the United States Congress into the foreground and subjected it to much criticism and-observation. One of the most advanced demo- rats on the government side of the House, a cham- pion of the rights of the working classes and general ameliorator of the wrongs of humanity, has taken 1t Into. Bis head that members of the English House of Commons shouid be paid for the services ‘whieh they render to thetr cons:ituencies, Mr. Tay- Jor is his name, and he has a personal following to the extent of exactly twenty-four gentlemen all told. Feeling convinced that the practice of the United States and other countries was preferable to that of Great Britain, the honorable gentleman moved for eave to bring in @ bill 10 pay members of the Lower ‘House of the Logis!ature the sum of £500 per annum ‘tn consideration of their labors as the people's rep- gesentatives. He dwelt much upon the beneficial giitet that bad resulted from such a practice having a Followed in other countries, held up America as & model and exemplar of the world, insigted ‘Upon ‘she injustice of gentlemen betng expected to spend their strength for nanght in the interesta of the na- tion, and laid special stress upon the fact that unless his proposal was adopted real workingmen could Dot enter Parliament and the full effect of the Household Suffrage act would not beachleved. Tne speech was remarkable, not on account of any tu- mult in itself, but becausé of fts betag the cause of tumult in others, notably o in the case of a well known nobie lord, whom [ suall at once proceed to mention. FORD BURY ATTACKS CONGRESS. First of all I nad, perbaps, better premise’ shat Lord Bury is son and heir of the Earl of Albomarie, that he is an enthusiastic volunteer, that he ts young and impetuous in his speech, and that he represents the debatable city of Berwick-upon-Tweed, one-half of which is supposed to be bulit in Scotland and the other half in England, Lord Bury, I must further inform you, has travelled a great deal, and, considering bis years, is quite a small Ulysses. Like his friend, Sir W. Dilke, the proprietor of_our great literary paper, the A(hen@um, and diminutive Lord Milton, the rich Yorkshire landowner, he has trav- elled in “North and South Ameriky;’ and has, ac- cording to his own account, kept his eyes open and carefully treasured up what he has seen, He con- siders bimself a great authority upon American aub- jects, and whenever any such is under alscussion he 4s always very anxious to tell tue House what ‘came under my notice in Canada,” “how they managed these things when I travelled m Texas,” or “what was done upon this very subject when I had the honor of being entertained by the chief politictans of the repuotic atthe great clty of Washington.” Brimful he is of all questions that have even a col- lateral bearing upon America. Mormonism, Hud- son Bay territory, the Oregon water boundary, the Pacific natlway, freed negroes, ocean postal con- tracts, the Irish in New York, the polloy of Grant and Sumner—those and other topics of a kindred nature are all equally acceptable to him; and he is never backward in striving to enlighten the English Parliamentary Boeotians upon them, and upon tne general soctal aad pofitical conditions that prevail upoa “the other side of the herriog pond.’ Mr, Taylor's bill and his frequent references to the United States naturally afford: him an opportunity of sounding the gamut of nis knowledge to the top of its compass, and he eagerly seized the advantage. WHAT LORD BURY SAID OF CONGRESS, This was not by any means complimentary. At the outset of bts speech he struck the key-note of disparagement by expressing a lervent hope that English poltucs would never sink to the disma! level of American politics. Spite of her Bribery Commis- sions’ inquiries, perjury prosecutions, Waterford Clection riots and Corrupt Practices’ acts, Great Britatn, according to the noble lord, was, tn the matter of her Parltament,.a!l thas was pure, up- right, patriotic, ‘“virtuousest, discreetest, best.’” ‘The Untied States, on tae otier hand, was quite the reverse, and, indeed, was 4 warning to be avoided rather than anexample to be followed. ‘hose who sit below the gang way, in the spot where, before he took office, John Bright was wons to soar into eio- quence over American institutions, took exception by audible murmurs to Lord tsury’s view of the mat- ter and tried to discourage him by vocal marks of disapprobation. ‘Ihe lusty tory squires, however, cheered him on, and the noble Ulysses, thus encour- aged, proceeaed with bis diatribe. “Pay your members, forsooth ? cried he in accents of rnetorical horror. ‘Listen to the voice of one who has been in many lands; of one who has seen many peoples ani climes and customs; of one Who has been at ‘Jerusalem and Madagascar, and North and South Ameriky.’ Listen to one who bas had experience, and do no such thing. Payment of members ig the root of all evil. If you pay your representatives you will prostitute politics—tile freo, pure and patrioiie politics of England—tinto @ trades and you will bo eaten up of corrupt law-givers and time servers. Look at France! Look at America! if you want to degrade all your instituuions, to Lolat political touters into the ascendant, to destroy the influence of education and reflnem nt, and Inaugu- Tave the reign of the revolver and bowle Katfe, pay your members, and let honorabies and rigt honor- ables scramble for the fithy lucre, that perisheth, ag they do 10 tne United States.” HOW LORD BURY CONTRASTED AMERICA AND ENG- LAND. “No American of posttton or intellectual eminence will acknowledge himseif to be @ politician,” cried the noble lord. ‘He would feel himself degraded it you were to call him such, and he consequenily Keens aloof from Congross aud its evil infuences.’? And baving pitched his argument in this bign strain he weut on to show how It was that the svience of government had fallen to such a miserably low ebd in the Western repubiic. What ts known as “lobby - ing,” it seems, was very much practised there. Honorable Senators and Representatives were not above “having they palms greasea” to induce them to support or oppose certain measures, Corruption reigned alike in high @nd low places, and public opinion was vitiated, Kven in the matter of their travelling expenses, it appeared, the unhappy American poifticians were not free from corruption. This part of his philippic the noble lord illustrated with a story which be sald he had picked up in Washiagton. A grasping member of the chamber of Representatives, according to the iegend, deter- mined to make profit out of his traveliiag money , and it entered into his heart to charge just five times the amount of the real railway fare. “How is this? inquired he whose duty itisto audit the accounts of the Sena- tors, ‘The State where you come from 1s only such and such @ distance, and the travelling expenses can only be so much. You have pat down more than you are eatitied to.”? *Al,’’ repiied Mr. Sena- lor, “that ts quite true, but 1 came round by Cape Horn.” | “ven supposing you did so your charge 18 one-half more than I¢ ougit to be,” was the response ol the imperturbable auditor. ‘Pardon me,’ re- joined the casuistical Representative, ‘that is all very true, but I came in a sailing vessel, and as there was a stiif bead wind against us we had to reef and tack aboat for along time.” That, my Lord Bury thought, Was a most discreditable state of affairs, and that was what England might come to it she Mmtroduced the system of paying her politictana, “The refined, the educated, the Superior class will desert Parlament and your great national Sanue- drim will be given wholly up to the vulgar and cor- Tupt,” argued his fluent lordsiip, Naturally the House laughed a the story, but some of the more prudent tnougat either that the traveiled son of Albemarle had been “hocussed” or that he required the proverbial surgical op :ration in order to appro- ciate & harmless Yankee jo! THE PRSMIER GET In spite of nis mar NTO DIFFICULTIES. ious pariamentary ma jority, and the undonbied influence which Mr. Brigat’s presence in tke Cabinet has given him, slr. Gladsione’s lives have by no means been cast ta such pleasant piaces as iis friends and adorers could have wisied. First of all the “great” Irish Land bill bas got intoa rut, and all the efforts of the oficial teamsters cannot get 1t whipped out. The tories, wao at tiie commence- ment of the session were disposed to grapple the measure to their heart’s with hoops of sieel, have now openly repudiated it, and are expressing their deep regret that they should ever have supported it, They are fighting it to the deatn, section by secuion, and howling aud gnashing their teeth like the his- torical legion tuat dweit among the tombs. Such an outpouring of wratn and general speechification there bas been thatthe progress of the bill has almost come to a stanustill. Sir. Gladstone ts in despair. His cherished act, which was to have passed amid ‘he sounds of parliamentary sackbuts and cymbais, senatorial huzzas ana general, panygeric and con- gratalatiou. threatens to sttetch to the Greek Kalends or the crack of doom. He has been in all manner of moods over the fact this week. He nas been angry, he has been vexed, he has been de- jected, he has spoken in terms of appeal, le has spoken in tones of remonstrance, he has threatened, nehas stormed, he has been in despair and tribu- lation. All to no purpose, however. Fastin the rut of clause number three the bill. remains, and there for some time longer itjwill con:inue, upwards of sixty other clauses meanwhile watcing to be con- sidered. No wonder that Mr. Gladstone, looking at the prospect, should at oncs become defiant and dolorous, and hint, as he has done, that if the legis- lative machine does not move faster the tinkering of the question of Irish land reform will become a task as endless as that of Stsyphus, HOW THE TORIES HAVE HELPED THE PREMIER INTO THE DIFFIOULTY. ‘This is very easy of explanation. The government proposed an amendmeat giving to the tenants not only compensation for improvements, but also for mere occupancy in the case of eviction. This propo- sition acted like @ charm upon the dormant con- servatives and stirred them up to nigh wrath and in- dignation, “You are creating a new right,” they shouted. “You are interiering wiih the rights of property. You are recognizing simple occupancy as ropei¢>. You are doing what wili upset the whole fant jaws of the United Kingdom.’’ And so for two nights the shriek went on, led off by wily Mr. Disraell himself, who hurled the full shock of his foliowers against the Ministry, only to Dave them swept bac in defeat, “Your biil,”’ argued that rignt honoravle gentieman, “awards seven years’ damages to any tenant who 18 put out of his holding. Your bill further makes simple disturbance of occupancy a jast ground for compensation. What will be the consequence? Why,a tenant may remain on bis farm and pay @ rent of ten pounds a year for seven years. He may then misbehave in a way that-shall cause the landlord to evict nim. And what happens next? Why, the teuant puts in @ claim for compensation for seven years’ occu. ancy and gets back the very seveniy pounds which te had paid in rent. He off rejoicing, having haa tne use of the farm for seven years for nothing, and the landlord 13 left to hang bis harp upon the willows and bewail bis hard fortune.” Admirable a3 was the reasoning, ingenius as was the argu- ment, Mlustrated as it was by all Mr. Disraelt’s bril- liancy and adroitness, the House refuged to ligten to the voice of the charmer and the government tri- umphed, Clause No.3 gives damages for wrong eviction, and there for the present the ‘rhe Irish national party are in rap- tures, but the conservatives are resolved to fight the rinciple to the last, and are throwing out hiuts as “what the Lords will do.” THE NON-CONFORMISTS STRIVE TO THROW MR. GLAD- STONE. Mutiny has been smouldering in the radical ranks n ever since the opentog of the session, and more than once of late Mr. Gli hag been smitten in tue house of his friends, ‘usted with whe transparent alliance wht formed with the tories when he first Educa’ bul and partly repelieq conservative oD and more consideration Lf Will go off into open revolt. Twice or thrice, indeed, have they done so, and Mr. Gladstone +4 warned that it is ‘tinsate wa osme swith 10 things with too high @ hand, even with such a cominan ling majority AS he hs at O18 back, On the question of education inthe first insiance they broxe quite away from their allegiance, and compelled the Ministry to toss the tories overboard and considerably moatly the bil, Kiusned with this success, which gave them @ taste of their strength, they in their tura leagued themselves with the conservatives, and ac- tually defeated the government in a piched parle jury itt dn cdueiaa ts Crete hale» hoe. rit lng ever the bolder as they proceeded, their next move was to force the Ministry to accept two Dills, which, though small in tuemselves, were heid to be #0 objectionabie in the good old Patmerstonau times as to cause thoir systematic rejection, One of these measures is. to ave dissenters the right of burying thelr dead accurding to thetr own cecemo- nies in the consecrated ground of the Church of &ng- and, and another is to give dissenting bodies the power to compel landowners to sell them land for sites for ther chapeis. Tea years ago such couces- sions to the Nouconformists wouid have been de- rided and scouted; but, as L have irequently had oc- casion to remaré of late, we are moving fast 1a the levelling curection, A ROW OVER IRISH EDUCATION. Asif Irish land bills, Irish coercian biils, Irish up- roars over the dismissai from oifice by the govern- ment of cercain justices of the peace, and Irish party P lon acis were not enough, the House was the other evening suddenly piunged into a fleroe and acrimonious discussion of the much vexed question of the higher class- education ol Irelaud. ‘There was quite a storm, and it coo raised oy the Dissenters, who are bent upon showing Mr. Gladstone that they have the strength of a yiant- and intend to use tt like @ giant. Primarily, the hubbud had its origin with the tories; out the Non- conformists, who lave a knack of making even the wrath of their adversaries to praise thom, took ad- Vautago of the opportunity to promote ther own purposes, Hitherto Trinity Volloge, Dublin, has besa closed to Dissenters and Koman Vathoiics, ag far as the taking of oogpons and the nolding of fellowships is concerned, No institution in Great Britain bas been so thoroughly aud so Dapereaiy: conservative in its character or has m guarded wita more sectarian jealousy, The oldest of old tories Rave throughout formed its governing body and im posed upon ali candidates for its honors the strictest Vests and suivboletus. All Who entered its gates had to swallow whoie and without compunetion the odious thirty-nine articles and ali their actributes. Suadenly, however, tt entered into the heads of Lhese fanatical exclusionisis that they would throw Wide their gaies aud receive with open arms whom- soever should present themselves--Jews, Koman Catnolics, Egyptians, bond or tree. They said that they would cast aside all old wad:tious aud grant degrees and fellowships to all creeas and deuomi- nations without iavor. Having got tuts lengin they Waited upou Sir, Gladstone aud asked hla to cary Out tuelr views by legisiation, WHAT CAUSED THE ROW. Such a spectacie a3 the old tories of Trinity Col- lege, Dublin, beseoching the Premier im ii3 own residence to popularize and liberatize academical education tn Ireland naturally createa astoumsnin and caused men to ask what Was is meaning. Much time was spent in attempting a solution of the prov- lem, but noue was found tili the subject came to be debated iu the Louse. Tuen it was discovered that the conservatives wished to make out that Mr. Gladstone Was coquetiing with Cardinal Cullen and was making the Catholic voce secure by holding out promises ol & chaiter to a Roman Catholic univer- sity. In order to bring matters to a crisi@™nad thrust Mr. Gladstone on one or the other horn of the dilemma they got the dissenters put upto moving a motion asking the Prime Minister to carry out the prajer of the Trinity College memorialists by enacting that the University should be {reo to ail religious persuasions. Upon that resolution there arose quite a Dounybrook commotion. Blind Mr. Fawcett, an extreme repub- lican, moved it, and clever Mr. Plunkett, a conser- vative of the despest dye, seconded tt, and in a few moments after the debate began the far from un- Wonted spectacle was presouted of exireme tories and radicais being ranged in united opposition to the Ministerfalists. The former hoped to get Mr. Gladstone to declare either for or against the Catnolis vote, in either of which cases he would have been in a “Ax; and the Jatter noped to get what they haa ali aloug been Mniing for—free ‘and untettered education, By acceding to the reso- lation the tories feit that the Preuier would disap- point his Cathoitc friepds, who want a university of their own; acd by opposing it the conservatives hoped to have the opportunity of declaring that we head of the government was in league with the Pope Qnd was going to graoia charter. Mr, Gladstone, however, disappointed them so far py reiusing to commit himselt to either side. he fell into a rage, declared that if the resolution was carried he would look upon it as a vote of “no conildence,” aud in quite a passionate way a(tirmed that he would leave Dunself free to act upon the matter as he thougut broper. Ulumately the deoate was adjourned, no less than twenty-eigat of the Premiers followers voting against hua, it was felt by all, however, that the question will yet form a very sorlous rock ahead of the Ministry. GERMANY. The AntieUnion Agitation Souti—Frilaro of the Movencnt—Prussian Policy and Local Con- cessions—Krankfort City ProgressAmerican Securitics and Finance. FRANKFORT, April 7, 1870. The agitation against the Prussian alliance and the military estaolishments in South Germany have ended, as every cool-minded man nad foretold, by a signal defeat of the agitators. In Wiirtemberg a change of ministry has taken place and some relief of the military chrages have been promised, which could easily be conceded in these peaceable times; but at the same time it has been declared that the treaties with Prassta will be upheld, and as the great majority of tae people are contented thereby the vio- lent demagogues have troubled themselves without avall. In Bavaria things will take the same course; the military expenses will undergo some reduction, but in the main nothing will be changed, as the government will not enter into a policy by which it would be reduced to ‘he inevita- ble alliance of Austria. ‘The events of last week in this latter country, are not of a nature to render her alliance coveted by other States. The poly- glotism has succeeded in breaking up the liperal ministry—the ministry of citizens, as 1t was called~ and their successors wit, at all events, be noblemen whose jiveralisia has yet tobe tried. The German party in Austria, the only one on whom the State can rely under all circumstances, who commands five-cighths of the wealth of the country, and who bears the main part of the burdens of the Stato, has succunived under the pretensions of the Poles, who should be giad to have evaded the miseries of a Muscovite rule, and of the Czechs in Bohemia and the Slavonians in Styria, who can only pretend to @ mock nationality, asthey have no hterature of thelr own, and as then’ idiom 18 not under: stood beyond tue narrow districts they live in. In the Grand Ducay of Baden a whole series of liberal laws bave veen enacted, which render this country @ pattern of a seli-governing peopie. It 13 not possible to have more liberty than there under any mouarcitical government, and even Eng- land, with her antiquated laws and forms and tn- carnate aristocracy, canuot boast of @ similar siate of things. Our town continues to prosper, and the great Profits which have been made here by investmenis in American funds at low prices begin to transpire. The large hotnouses, palinen gardens which nave been built by voluntary subscriptions and filled with the plants bought of the Duke of Wassorla will be opened on Saturday, prove one of the greatest orna- ments of this town. alfa million of florins have been made over by voluntary contriputions to the magistrate for the construction of an opera house, the old theaire being maintained for plays, A large number of new buildings will be raised this spring, a3 the population 13 increasing by @ large influx from other parts of Germany. Realizations in American’ funds have now ceased, and prices are well maintained. With regard to mortgage bonds, the last issue of $5,00v,000 Uregon- Caliiornias at 7234 has been successful; but with this the igsues appear to be at an end for the present. The market 1s gintted with tiese securities, and from all other piaces subscribers bring ther stock here on the market. An issue of $2,600,000 Port Royal bonds has found very litue favor, and has not been filled up. Prices are drooping, and the differ- eut kinds of stock are offered, some of them being supported by the promoters, Should the conversion of American bonds pe suspended for this year, new ican railways have a very poor even tie — continuous " issues of Austrian, Hupgarlan and Russian rail- ways will be stopped thereby, as these capitalisis will stick to their American bonds, qa te contented with the revenue they araw there- from, anda do not look out for more, Some new bauks have been started recently, one at Hamburg styled the Commercial Bank; another at Berlin un- der the name of Deutsche Bank, and another at Carlsruhe, the Badische Bank; the last one having the privilege of issuing notes, maintains herself in ower, While the two others command no premium. forelgo exchange continues high, while money 13 cheap enough; discount 2 per cent. It 1s vory likely that the numerous calis which will be made on not fully paid up shares will ratse the rate of in- terest. As yet all the new issues have failed to make au impression on the money market. THE CUSTOM HOUSE, A Scare Among the Clerks. An unusual excitement was created in the Custom House yesterday afternoon by @ rumor that there ‘Was soon to be a wholesale decapitation in the clert- cal departments; but, on inquiry at the proper headquarters, it was ascertained that the rumor had no foundation in truth. Tnis announcement ‘wiil relieve the clerks from considerabie anxiety as to their offictal shoes, as when the Custom House had closed for the day the report of the decapitation was generally believed, ‘ ‘as, for example, that iu belalf of the Mexico and Vera Cruz and, therefore, the President has thought it might accord ance of the law for another year, gatont portance ts the opening of canal through, the commends Congress to tuke th the present pericd of ita sessions. report whl tonal reforms, the Exscuttve be! congolldation of our institutions and ald 1 securing the peace ot the republic in the future, in your deliberations, prosperity may be ob:aiced. usual one. the front to consult with the government on tne fu ture movement of his forces. filry-five rebels, has submitted to the government, Tne ‘Treasury Department of lately published a tedious article, from wuich it ap- pears that in the month of June of the year 1806 Whitcomb, of New York city, who have proposed to foreclose the mortgage on account of the non-pay- meut of the moneys lent to Santa Anna, and they desire the government to put them fu possession of the hacienua, cussion of the case by the government, and may ence to the petition seat by you to this oll The above claims, of course, do not include the foreign debt, but rather pertain to the domestic APRIL 23, 1870.—TRIPLE. SHEET. has MEXIOO. escent a oc wantof Of the true position try, are be acting teved to M of Gen- | in ihe matter. Mr. Ru pie ke ysphage wid to ee 9 tas matter Rumero fur sayain hls report, ’ represent to Co Bhi has ok lout vecasion to ingress Pp Canal—Financial Matters—Tho Free | fi'his opinion the interests of tue nation wost nnper a H Zone—Aristocratic Thieves—The Revo- rlously require thas the of free exportation L lution—General Intelligence. phe ian ome important and it and, Pate tions on the subject of the bei interests of the are also set forth, of which more hereafter, 5 Mexico, April 4, 1870, The following {s the President's message to Con- gress, which opened on the 1st inst. It will be ob- Séryed that the canal question has become an important one. The message 13 in general similar to previous ones:— * coun! as wal the public debt, Solty fle news has reached here again of the arrest of Angel Santa Anna, son Of the ex-President; Arriaga, Leon and other rebels in the State of Vera cer o vi rélary of War that he had ord Santa Anna ana leases: hus fellow hot, in accordance with the law It on me to-day to tulate Congress upon there | of tne Neen neal 1869. The number of military During! pour very shone voeea ay (ized by the qoustitutien | executions of late tas been Very great throughout which | or fo San Lulx and Zacatecas haw been | the republic, ‘The news from the interior relative to prompuly effectually repressed, We can with reason | the movements of the rebel generals and thelr forces ope in the future, relying with the fullest confidence 48 very limited, ordiug Lo most reliable informa- upon the national good will, and the frm support with whieh | tion Cadena and wtactinen suill have forces in the fleld, ee ing ele ets en er jsutioate | though reduced in number, and the policy of the been for long time provoking » civil war, ring and | leaders is not yet developed. n of the ‘ . ; theloas, tho; left, taolated, ft 3 holoas, thoy, are left isolated, the aoneral_ reprobation of YUCATAN. the and condemned by all good Inte that hopes for the future of Mexico lie legal order, The army bas fought with loyalty’ and valor, and the national esteem. After having destroyed the principal forvea of ‘the revolutioniats it haa aotire sued those which rematu aud some small banda which sti rt themselves under of rel Cony conferred upon the Executive important faculties, and decreed the suspension uaranteea for a proper period, Jn order to secure biisumont of peace. Upon now returuing this truat to Gon reas, it 18 a satis(action to the Executive to manifest that he as hades the least possible use thereof, endeavoring to fulfil hin duty faithfully, Tae Executive ts able to say that he has only made use of these faculties in matters relative to the or- anization of the army aud in declaring the responsibility of ‘At the sania time he has been careful to respect eo D fm peace and BAR BTS. BOGOR The Indians in Yucatan—Scarcity of Corua= An Act of Piracy. Havana, Aprit 16, 1870. Dates from Merida to the 10th have reached here and contain little of interest. ‘The State authorities are aoing alt in thelr power to alleviate the two calamities which aMict the country, namely, the war of races and the scarcity of grain. Re; ing the first, the troops manage to keep back the Indians and they have been able to perpetrate no new out- rages of lave, and to relicve the latter the govern- ment has been asked to allow the importation of on zon det Pued: der the head of “Piracy,” , : “4 azon 0, under the head of ‘ Queretaro and Zacatecas to be in a state of siege but it has | nos tne following:—“The Custom House autuoritios ‘State: ry Proceed to the election ia the Staten of Guaretsre ‘had Zace. | @t Sisal recently captured ® schooner while in the Fecas act of disembarking contraband goods aud sent a of oficers duly nominated there. guard of ten men aboard of her. At mianight the With reference to the public Treasury, the Executive has not made use of the faculties which Congress conferred upon | captain weighed anchor and went to sea, carrying the guard with bim,’? bim; nevertheless, during thia time ali the vartoua brauches PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. of administration’ have been properly conducted, without making any irregular exactions, without anticipating the {mposts and taxes, and without making any contracts or com- promises which leave a burden upon the Treasury. ion bit have alse been goatiakea as far as possibler aod tis 4 Dapumul af the suveshinen ipmat aan ant seen ‘suspende Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. Alfred Seymour, of Ottawa; EB. M. Lissignol, of Paris; J. C. Lee, of England, and J. M. Barpara, of Boston, are at the Brevoort House. General James Sprague, of Minnesota; Amasa Stone, Jr., of Cleveland, and W. P. Hexford, of the United States Army, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. W. P. Balch and H. B. Hayes, of Boston, and Mr. and Mrs, E, Andrews, of Paris, ares at the Grand Hotel. General Franklin, of Hartford; Captam Watson, of steamship Palmyra, and George 1. Steadman, of Cincinnati, are at the Hoffman House. Professor Gilmore and Professor Anderson, of Rochester, and’ George W. Pently, of New London, are at the Albemarle Hotel. Judge A. Pope and Jacob Underhill, of San Fran- elsco; V. Spaiding, of White Pine, Nevada, and Rey. G. C, Ellis, of Boston, are at the Filth Avenue Hotel. General Young, of Cincinnati, anda J. Munroe, of Paris, are at the Everett House, Mr. Upperby, of the Royal Artillery, and J, ©. Price, of Phiiadelpnia, are at the Clarendon Hotel, 8. D. Hobson, of Geneva; E. B. Richardson, of Cincinnati, and E. H. Salisbury, of Chicago, are at the St. Charles Hotel, 3. §. Campbell, ot Salem; G. Estis Hubbard, of Port au Princé; 8. B. Vromans, of Philadelphia; J. T. Dennison and G. G. Presby, H. McK. Herring and P. Fisher, of Baltimore; J. N. Knox, of {ndiana; 0. G. Warren, of Buffalo, and F. Hendricks, of Syracuse, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Major G. M. Lauman, of Pennsylvania; Colonel W. ©. Squires, of Ilion; E. I’, Randolph, of New Jersey; W. H. Swift, of Washington; H. B. Titus, of Virginia, and W. F.. Slater, of Massachusetts, are atthe Astor House, H. L. Whitridge, of Baltimore; George Prescott, and B.C. Rumsey, of Butlalo, are at the New York Motel. e rebols. individual rights and has maintaived intact full liberty o! prest, no! even directing, u the case of some abuses there! he proceedings authorized py law. It was Rocestary ti tablish mitary authority, declariag the States of Jai Kafiroad. At the same time the proper amounts for tae establishment of new telegraph lines huve been set apart, as, for example, those of Guerrero, Morclia and Durango,” In order to mest these obligations, ‘ainong the greater of which have been those required for military operations, tio fortunate circumstance has occurred of thelr having been demanded during tions mouths of the year in which the greatest amount of impost duties 1s roceived. ‘The equalisation of the national revenues with the n tional expenses will mezit, without doubt, the principal tention of Congress in this portod of its sessions, waich specially designed for the discussion of the Appropriation Dil. Thograve importance of this matter and the necessity of uot disregarding the various branches of administration are increased by the danger of new disturbances being oc- casioned, which will bring about immediately most painful crisices for the people and all kinds of evils tor society. ¢ law passed by Vongress a year since for the prosecution ot highwaymen and kidnappers has served efecwually in diminishing very much the number of these grave crimes. Untortunately, thor yet occur some cases o( kidnapping, with public opinion that he should recommend the continu- Among the projects of general utility that which {s of the Isthmus of ‘tehuantepes for the puspose of openiag commu- nication between the two oceans. A report has already beea presented on this subject, and the Executive especiaily re- is into consideration during If it be possible also for Congress to occupy itself upon the fcr haa boen presontod with reference to constivu- Neves it will benefit much the Receive, citizen Deputies, my sincere wishes for prudence Tn order that great good and national ‘The reply of the President of Congress was the General Escobedo has recently arrived here from Abraham Plata, with the nation has Jeneral Sania Anna mortgaged ths hacienda of incero” to Messrs. Henry G. Norton and Virgil ‘The following ts the result of tne dis- be of interest to some of your city readers:— SECTION 2 The President has been informed with refer- King that the hacienda of Encoro and its appurtenances be placed at the disposition of Messrs. Houry G. Norton and Virgil Whitcomb, of New Yorg, to who it was mortaaged by Antonio Lopes 008 tn Prominent Departures. W. H. Seward, Jr., for Auburn; General Burnside, for Rhode Island; Judge Nelson, for Poughkeepsie; J. A. Ordway, ex-Governor (Bullock ana Colonel E ©. Bailey, for Boston; 0. E. Steele, for Buffalo; General Casement, for Ohio; General Pickett, General Stone, General Rhett and Colonel Jenifer, for Fgypt, per steamer City of Washington; Jonn Mac Leod, ex-member of the Canadian Parliament, for Montreal, and Gordon Mac Leod and biide, on a bridal tour. de Santa Anuaas securliy for she amount of #760, bonds and obligations, which he issued in June, 185, accord- ing to a writing to that elfect walea you sent therowith, and asking that every contract for the transfer of this property be suspended, or that any other dispozitign of it which the government migut be able lo make be suspended, and the samo President on viowing of your petition and the letter ac- companying it holds this opinion :— ‘Firt—1hat the property which belonged to Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was soquestered, as decreed in the law of tho 10th of Janiui in accordance with the results of the judginent which the same law ordered should be given for crimes against the country. Sesond—That afverwards {t was definitely confiscated, in conformity with the law of the 16th of August, 1833, for the crime of treason. ‘Taird—That for Antonio Lopez de Santa Anua to pretend to mortgage the hacienda of Encero in the city of New York to Messrs Heury G, Norton and Virgil Whitcomb, was ray tes ally, as he was not the owner of the said len Fourth—That the favalidity of said act resulted not only from the causes mentioned, out from the fact of sue mort- gage not Lipps denver registered in conformity with the lawa OF itexico, which are the ouly ones that can be applied to cases in Which Interested parties propose to exercise any ight over the property mentioned: in virtue, therefore, of the writing which in the name of said gentlemen was presentod to the Secretary on the 18 of M for the, ms men- tioned therein, the President has resoived that he cannot com. ly with your petition made in behalf of Messrs, Norton aud Whitcom®, of New York, and that the supreme government finds it highly Sitting to alienate the property called Encero, in conformity with authority of the law of August 16, 1863. Indopendence and itverty. ROMEO. MEXICO, March 22, 1870. The Revisea says:—“More than twenty families abandon Mexico and leave by the next Frenca steamer.” Tiais makes room for more Americans of enterprise aud capftal. ‘the Correo de Lotavento announces that persons urriving from Vaya Vicente say the hidden treasure of Guatimocsin con- gists of 500 “varras” of gold, valued at $10,000,0¢0, ‘The excavations pave revealed noviing as yet. A Provestant religious paper has been esiabushed in the caplial, cailea La wstrella de Belen, which 13 to be the spokesman of the evangelical movement iu Mexico, waich continues to inake progress ainong tie people, secretary Romero’s Treasury report is published. Among the topics discuased the following is found in the sree Zone:— Congress saw proper at the last session to approve, in the form of a resolution, not merely the continuation of the Freo Zous in the State of Tamaulipas, but its extension into the States of Chiiuahua and Coahuila, ‘The opinion of tho Ix. elicate subject was minutely set before Con- aise! which took place at that time, ‘The Executive etiil hopes, from the patriotism and sound judgment of the House, that upon « renewed discussion of the inatter it will determine to reconsider its former resolu- Personal Notes. Iv is rumored that there 1s trouble between tne bridegroom whom Anna Dickinson is going to lead to the altar from Rhode Island and herself, She wants to know how much money the father of the blushing bridegroom is going to settle on him. The New Bedford Mercury says Jim. Fisk, Jr. .is not satisfied with the honor of being colonel of the Ninth New York regiment, He stated, a day or two since, that there was one other distinction that he craved—that of being elected deacon of a church in bristol, R. I. Miss Redden (toward Glyndon) is a deaf mute. A Chicago correspondent says that she wrote chatty and newsy letters from Wasbington toa St. Louls paper without hearing a word or taking any part in conversation, Which may be a very general custom among chatty correspondents for provincial papers, Henry Ward Beecner, m the Christian Union, ia even more itberal, speaking as to his religion, than he is with his premiums to subscribers. [le advo- cates gunning, and treats pleasantly of the gun as an ‘4nstrument of amusement and profit in the hands of private citizens,” and even saya that “cards and dice may be used innocently.” The sphere of woman is enlarged in (iroton, Mass., Where we learn that a young lady 1s tue tele- graph operator and freight clerk at the Groton Janction depot. In addition to performing the duties of those oMces with profit to her employers and great credit to herself, on Sunday she is the church organist, and renders church and classical music with tasie and feeling. Miss Maria McDongall, daughter of Governor McDougall, of Winnipeg, attended on her father during bis atteck of smallpox in Ottawa, st the risk of contracting the loathsome disease. He Is now almost well. Thisis the daughter who watched at Mr. McDougall’s bedside when he lay at the pointot deatn in England; who Se jnnteares to share the comparative discomfort and hardships of the Norti- west with him, and who braved the rigors of the winter journey from Pembina along with the ex- pelled Governor. List of Americans registered at the offices of Messrs. Maquay, Pakenham and Hooker, American bankers in Kome, on March 19:—George 1. Abbey, United States; J. B. Ames, Boston; W. L. and Mrs, Andrews, J, aud Mra, Arnot, the Misses Arnot, B. F. Avery and family and Dr. J. ©. and Mrs. Barron, New York; Jol and Mrs. Basoun, United States; D. B. Batione, Philadelphia; Miss Beach, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Blake, United States; Miss N. M. Bradbury, New York; Mf ‘ooklyn; Mr. and gress dur tion, and will think proper to decree the abolishiwent of the “Free Zone” in Tamaulipas, or at least to limit that privilege in such manner as the interest of the Treasury and legitimaic tvade require. On the subject of claims against the Treasury Mr. Romero announces that since the 28th of Feoruary last the totat amount presented for liquidation and ayment has been $2,913,827, of which there have een Kecognized $5,954,947, and of waich there have been rejected $5,306,396, leaving pending $15,562,484, debt. On the general subject of the public debt your Geiss aie mnust for the present content Rimself with giving you Mr. Romero’s text, fur- warding you his sermon in a later letter:—“From circumstances kaown to all the pablic credit of Mexico 1s truiy lamentable.” (Vide report, page 16, | J. Dawson, United States; Edward Delano, New pf. 46.) York; J. A. and Mrs. Dresser, Mra, W. N. Fairbanks ‘The scandalous fact has Just come to light that | and , A. A. Fairbanks, Boston; Clinton B. Fisk, some of the sous of the most wealthy families of the | gt, Louls; Dr. W. H. Fitch, Rockford; Mr. and Mrs. capital Lave for some time been associated together | Freeman, New York; Mrs. 0, Goodwin and family, a8 a band of church robbers, and some of them, it 18 | Boston; Kev. Albert Z. and Mrs. Gray, New York; supposed, have accumulated iortunes thereby. A | Misa A. G. Gray, Boston; Mrs. E. Hamilton, Balti- week since severai of these broadclothed gentle- | more; F. H. Hartwell, Michigan; Mrs. W. Heath, United States; N. Burchard, Clayton, United States; Miss. Ella Crane, 3 men were arrested, and among them young | Geo, J, Hoifman and John P. Howard, New York; Mauuel Benitez, whom the Paria readers of the | Miss Huntmgton, Boston; Miss Kelly, Georme Kemp HERALD will remember during the occupation of | and family, T. ©. Kendall, Daniel R. Ken- Mexico city by Bazaine and his army. At his pri- | gall, the issea Kendall and H. J. Lawrence vate residence, on the principal street of the city, | and family, New York; J. Lawrence, Chicago; several gold and sliver objects pertaining to the | Francig Low, Boston; R. McClelland, Michigan; churches which had been robbed were found, and | samuel Mactier and Miss Mactier Baltimore; Dr. A. subsequentiy a large number of accomplices have | G. ew York; W. G. Moorhead and famliy, been arrested, and aii are in prison awaiting Crial. ‘euant Nelson, Baltimore; Mrs. Oliver, It is said that the mother,of Maauel Benitez offered | poston; J. A. Pomeroy and family and M. D. bie ofcers Who arrested hin $10,000 if they would let him off, The ordtaary virtues of life are becom- ing @ rarity. The rumor reaches us that Plac.do Vega had finally succeeded in collecting a considerable force about bim and was threatening the port of Mazat- Jan, Where, it was supposed, a con: ‘able amount of funds was accumulated. ‘The rumor also iy current that the troops of the government at that place were insufficient to resist the advance of Vega, and that the effort was being,made to secrete the money there and permit his entrance, Ifthe above be true, tho government has, undoubtedly, marched troops to at- tack him. But the impression had prevailed here that Vega had noinfiuence and less money. The fore- going rumor therefore requires confirmation. ‘The news had reached here that a few of Vega’s irlends in San Frauctsco were attempting to organize a iorce and raise funds in that city to aid nim, but it has been supposed that the local suthorities and the 3 Potter and family, Cincinnati; Mr. and Mrs, T. B. Rice, and Misses Rice, Chicago; G, E. Robinson, United states; J. D. Russell and family aud 8. M. Selby, New York; Mra, L. F. Small, Baltimore; F, W. Sthith, United States; J. H. Stauffel and family, New Orleans; W. H. Swan, New York; P. J. Terry, United States; Mr. and Mrs. H. T. ‘Vorrey, Philadel- phia; Mrs. John Wayland, New York; Mrs. S. W. Williams, United States; Miss Wilson, Baltimore; Ross W. Wood and Miss S. L. Wood, New York; J. Wyman and family, Cambridge, POWERS’ GRECK SLAV:. To THE Hprror oF THB HERALD:— Your Paris correspondent, in his ietter of the 27th ult., and Charles Chisel, in his note of this morning, relative to Powers’ Greek Slave, are both in error. Mr. Powers Informed the writer, while in his Flor- ence studio in 1867, that the original Greek Slave was in England, in the possession of Lord Hongnton. ‘The slave in the possession of Mr. Corcoran, of Washington, was represented vin that conversa- tion to be @ copy. Mr. Corcoran had some diMculty with Mr. Powers relative ‘to a bust of hi , made subsequently, and tt is given out in Washington that Mr. “Powers calls the Corcoran slave a copy, out of ill feeling. Mr. James bb, of New Orleans, never owned the original reek Slavé. There are five copies of the Greek and every ow! 1 the priests and the Sttueuand, of ue Vipgn yNSontends that ne aloue a SECT OFIGINAL SELL. D. LANDON, Mexican Consul at San Francisco were fully aware of the movement, and were ready to nip it when the attempt should be made to carry out the design. Daring the Congressional recess the Executive ant his immediate friends have beeo making an extra- ordinary effort to modify the opinton of several in- fluential members of that body on the question of tne Free Zone. Not an inconsiderable number of the niembers were fostering an idea that they could not vote for its abolition without conceding that they were in the “leading strings” of the United Staves, and rather than permit such an idea to extend they preferred to lose their own revenues on the frontier and centinue or even extend the zone. This night- misre about in “the leading strings a be United States” is fearfully prevalent in Mex YACHTING. Shall Sioops Compete for the Cup of °51?—About Fast Time. ‘The following communication upon the entries of sloops forthe coming contest between American yachts and the schooner Cambria for the cup -of 1851 speaks the mind of many sloop owners; but, on the contrary, does not agree with the sentiments of those who sail schooners. Owners of the foes schooners belonging to our best clubs maintain that in light airs and smooth watera the Itttle sloop can work all around @ ponderous schooner, and that ins Tegatta where there are apt to be so many local dis- turbances of wind and tide the experiment of per- mitting the single-masted gazelles to compete for the “Challenge Cup” wouid be dangerous to success, without being a fair test of relative merit :— New You, Aprit 18, 1870. To THR Epiror oF THE HERALD:— As there 13 considerable dissatisfaction manifested among the sloop yacht owners of the New York Yacht Club in regard to the sloops being. ae rived of the privilege of entering wost the Cambria this coming season for the “Challenge Cup,” {.beg leave to say a fow Words, or rather write a few | io order to present the caugo to all who may be con- cerned in the coming race, also to the frienas of the owners of stoops, a8 well as the owners themsely: througn your valuable columns. I have read all that bas been puvlished in your paper in regard to the “Challenge Cup,” among which articles was “rhe conditions on which the cup was sented to the New York Yacht Ciuo by = modore Stevens,” one paragraph of which runs similur to this:—‘‘Apy yacht will be allowed to compete for the cup between the tonnage of 80 and 300 tons, New York Yacht Club measurement;!? and judging from that it seems to me that sloops, a8 well as schoouers, should be allowed to compete for that national trophy, In the race in which the America won the cup she was obilged to race against cutters (which apswer to the purpose of our sloops), 4 weil a3 schooners; but as soon as the un is to be on this side of the Adiantic the sloops are astounded to learn tnat they are to have no more fun by its occurrence than to look on, whereas if justice were done to them they would, alike with the schooners. be participants inthe sport. It 1s an unde! fact among @ number of the yachtmen that the schooners are treaved with too much partiality; or, in other words, the sloops with too much inditter- ence, and are consequently ruled out from a great deal of sport which they might enjoy. One sloop racht owaer, if not more, nas leit the New York facht Club for this very reason, and it 1s hopea that the ciub will rectify this sad if not t1apolite and in- different way towaras their brother yachtmen, and so change their present proposition that some of the leading sloop yachts may be seen leading the squad- ron to the windward stakeboat (as they have ale most invariably done in past races) in the commg race for the Cuallepge Cup wita the Cambria. A SPIRITSD YAOHIMAN. bs Fast Time. Agentleman writes the following note, claiming that twenty knots were made by the ptlot boat A. B. Neilson, No, 21, The more experienced and older seamen will hardly credit this assertion, for it makes the schooner sail twenty-five geographical miles an hour. Some afirm that this speed is imposstble. Certainly it is steamboat and nearly railroad time. It must be said that measurement of speed by the log is otten deceptive, for there may be errors in the knotting, in the log chip,an eddy astern which may cause @ very incorrect and tn- accurate emount to be recorded; the line may fly from the reel under the pull of a subtle cur- rent, or there may be mistakes in tho half minute or fourteen second glass, to such an extent that sixteen knots may be measured ibirty. It was claimed by vhe late John ©. Stevens that the sloop Marla made twenty knots (about twenty-five miles) ranning down the Sound. At all events, this is the fastest time made by any American yacht. Controversy has ox- isted as to this logging, but none belleve the speed to have been less than eighteen knots (over twenty-one miles) an hour. The Maria was a sloop of heavy tonnage, carrying an 1mmense spread of canv: APRIL 10, 1870. To Tae Epiror OF THE HERALD:— In your columns of yesterday in beat of the bistory of “Yachts and Yachting” you mention the fact of the sailing qualities of one—t, é., the Alico— Which made sixteen knots, &c, Tnatis not by any Means the fastest time by a sailing vessel, The pilot boat A. B. Neilson, No. 21, in the summer of 1854 averaged over twenty knots {or four successive hours. At twenty minutes of two, one afternoon, sie was located off Southampton, L. L, and at ive minutes of five P. M. anchored inside of Goat Island. ‘This vessel was the late George Steers’ last effort in the yacht or pilot boat line, and was an exact model of the late pilot boat George Steers, ey A was ten feet longer. She was sparred very lightly for @ vessel of her class, and for sea service, had she been @ yacht. J hardly think ber model has been im- proved on or her time beaten. ‘The celebrated slip: re ship Red Jacket, built in Boston and sold in mndon, made her passage in 1854 to London in something less than thirteen days, and ereraes, as one time eighteen knois. The Nellson was projected and suj vended by me, and I feit ‘pride in navi her retained in tnia harbor; but from circumstances over which 1 had no control she was, just previous to the war, sold tothe New Orleans pilots, and I understand 1s now for sale. I vrust that Vice Commodore Bird, or some other friend of yachting who knew about her sailing qualities, Wiil see that she 1s again returned to this port. Spar her as she should be for sailing and I doubt if the wood has grown that will com} with her in point of speed. Now that we intend to compete with “all England” for the “America’s cup,’ let us re- member that George Steers’ pride, a8 he termed tt, ig still 1a existence, and can be purchased for less than will “ft out” a yacht nowadays. Respecsrully, ARWY INTELLIGENCE. The fotowlig oMcers of the army, unassigned, have been ordered to report to General McDowell, President of the Retiring Board, for examination:— Second Lieutenants W. G. Sprague, George E. Judd aud RK. C. Breyfogie. Second Lieutenant Martin L. Brandt, Seventn tn- fantry, has been dropped {rom the rolls of his regi- ~ ment, and awatis orders. Second Lieutenant Henry A. Irgens, unassigned, 1s transferred to the Seventh infantry. Captain A. G. Whipple has been ‘ordered to duty as Indian ag at the Hoopa Valley agancy, Cali- fornia, vice Lieutenant J. L. Spalding. VAL INTELLIGENCE, The Schoolship Mercury at Norfolk—The Monitor Terror to Remain in Hampton Roads During the Hot Season. Noxrrouk, Va., April 21, 1870. About 200 boys from the wrecked schoolship Mer- cury are now comfortably quartered on board the Cnitea States receiving ship New Hampshire. The United States double-turreted monitor Terror remains at anchor. It was supposed she would go to sea immediately with her convoy, the United States ship Mercury. It 1s now believed that the Terror will make her headquarters at Hampton Roads during the hot season. She will there be In readiness to proceed to Cuban waters at any time should occasion require. & Detached aud Ordered. Wasuinaton, April 22, 1370. Commodore Henry Walker has been detached ir m the command of the naval station at Mound City Illinois, to taxe effect on the 30th iust., and will be relieved by Commodore William Smith. First Assistant Engineer A. Hf. Able hag been de- tached from the Plymouth and placed on waiting orders, The order detaching Lieutenant Commander Sn T. Davis from the Plymouth has been re- yoked. Recruiting Resnmed at the Breoklyn Navy Yard=Vessels Fitting Out for Active Ser- vices. Recruiting for the navy, which has been sus- pended for some time at the navy yard in Brooklyn,, 1s resumed, orders having been received from Wash- ington to reopen the rendezvous on board the re- cruiting ship Vermont. Before recruiting was closed there was a great preas of men offering, and now that ibis resumed they are beginning to present them- selves, but not in great numbers. There are not enough seamen at this time on board the Vermont to man a tug. The Plymouth, whicn has been res. cently repaired and refitted, is at Portsmouth waiting. for.a crew, and the same may be said of the Con-. gress and Snenandoah at Boston, the Brooklyn at 4 delphia and the Saratoga at the Brooklyn yard, in Maddivion to these troubles the Naval Academy practice squadron has not a single msn. ‘At the Brooklyn yard every effort is being made ta fit for sea the Tennessee, which, it ts supposed, will ve ordered to European waters as the flagship of vice anal nae Who, it 13 expected, will leave some time during the summer. ‘The Guerriere i nearly completed, and has already been designated as flagship of the South Pacifi squadron. it is reported “hat Captain Spotis will command her, and some ‘st her otier officers have been already designated, among them Surgeon P. J. Horwitz, late Chiet of tr.¢ Medical Bureau of the navy, who wil go out as flerg sul . itis hardly prov- able, however, tuat ‘the Guerriere will be ready to gail before July. Captain Woolsey will retieve Commander Kim. berly of the co-amand of the receiviag ship Vermont early in May,