The New York Herald Newspaper, June 15, 1870, Page 4

4 EUROPE. The American Colony and American Mar- riages in North Germany. Sad Suicide of an Amorican Youth in Prussia, Prim as the Personation of Spanish Bevolution and Rule. Race Traditions and Rural Scenes in Ireland. Our special correepondents in Berlin, Madrid and Wexford (Ireland), supply the ‘following valuable Alustration of Old Worid history dated to the 4th of June, GERMANY. The American Colony In the Northern Cone federation {te Yearly Increase United States Diplomacy and Trade--Benuty, Valor, Money and Marriage--Suicide by an Ameri- can Youth. owes BERuiy, June 2, 1870, ‘The number. of American citizens, either native | bringing born or adopted, who have taken up their perma- NEW YURKK H#RALD, WEDNESDAY, JONE 15, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, ortmes, fn Parliament has declared that he | Would inurder any ouecinas or boy —uat attempted. | to throw asione gt him, At tinea he ts as affable and fraternal a3 the lumblest republicau, at others More proud than Luctfer, In the provinces he has Persecuted with the cruelty of a Nero such as have hfurieg, the republican flag, while here at Madrid, | nn theetiag a republican procesaton, he has raise mse in nis slirrups, taken oif his hat and hum- bled himse'f before the banner oF the repudli- cans. me gases BE TAVRICKS Cie qloidll- ary of the panisiy Aoademy io find words | of suffloient force to express his overwhelming grat- | itode for the most ufioant service or favor; | on other occasions he ewhibits the basest ingratl- tude toward those who have transformed him from an exiied politician—over whose head hung the sen- tence of death—into, the chiet onicer of state, with riches, honors and titles, and kere I tender his con- duct towards the brave General Pierrad a3 an exam- ple. ‘Touching Prim’s veracity, aud-this catis to mind the story of a iad much addicted to bi A person asked Lim to tell the greatest lle he ever given uticranice to, when the boy without thy slightest hes- Atation replied, “f haye never told one in my life, sir.” ‘the other day when Nlar in Congress put Prim’s Yeracity in doubs reapecting the Portuguose ques- tion the letter bristied Up and ansyered:—-"'That when he (Prin) suid anyta thwas trac; and it was truo because he said 1 end that no pulttical consideration Would induce him to say anything but the trath, ana always ihe truth, What he could do on certain ooca- sions was to be silent, reserved and circumspect a3 became a President of the Councit of Ministers; but When be, made a declaration he would not per- mitt Soiior Castellar, nor anyone, to doubt what he afirmod.” ‘The Spaniards say, “Kl que puede hacer ten,” ‘that hat cam make one basket, can make @ hundred.” How often has Prim s'vorn on the cross of his Yoledo blade to defend this, that and the other, How often has he sworn before the ex: Isabella to defend her and her throne with ni3 last drop of biood. Who does not remember the solemn bromnlace Prim made when in bauishment to intro- luce @ world of reforms ff the. liboral party sap- hia in upsetting the then ruling Powers. low ofien bas he declared in Congress that he had NO candidate for the throne, and supported none; and yet it 13 well kvown that he las had a hand in forward almost all the candidates that have Who docs not remember that when defeat on the Duke of Genoa can- been preseuted. taunret about hi nent residence within (he limits ofthe North German | didature, ue declarcd that he had still seven kings “Confederation, or who are merely temporary visitors, 18 dally on the increase, as is evident from tho vast amount of business transacted in the Legation and | burlesque p3} Consulate here, Indeed, the commercial relations | Prim. ‘between the two countries have grown into such im- portance as to outstrip those of any other Continen- tal Power. This naturally creates a great deal of | armed warrior. Some giving a profile, Work for the Consulate, while, on the other hand, the Legation is constantly inundated by applications from those coming over here from your side, who encounter diviculties, in some shape or ether, from the authorities of their former homé, Mfr. Bancrott's office 1s far from being @ sinecure, that yentieman having cely Op hour to himself, and, conse- quently, remaining pinned closely to his post. | Don Carlos, knowing fui! well that it @Moreover, he bas his hands fuil respecting consular arrangements and others for otain- ing from’ ali the German States the legal re- cognition of marriages contracted in the United States, difticulties haying arisen im this respect, untold, po ‘TH SEVEN KINGS. the seven kings untold, the Caos, a published @ capital caricature of 8 rigged out in armor of the times of the renowned Gazman(whom he claims as hts an- cestor) and hugged crowa, Seven large mirrors placed in & semi-circie reflected the figcre of the others three quarters, and the remainder front views of the one and sam? figure of Prim clothed as Gazman. At the rot of the arieasare. were fhe to! owing words:— even K‘hgs of Guzman.’ Did pe net wai to Espartoro offering btm the crown of Spaia ab tid time he wes declaring that he supported no candl- date? Iwill, however, give Pvnu the credit of not offering it to any one that would accept it, or sup- porting any but impossible candidaies, He takes good care not to ofler the crown to Moutpenster or would be at once accepie!, He declares that the Portuguese avair came off without himself or the goverument baving any knowledge of it, much less having any hand in the matter. This may or may not be the case; but it is much doubted by the Spantards, Peo- Ple are judge i by their decds, and, thereiore, Prim must not |e surprise? if his as-ertions are doubted Respecting more especially in Baden or Bavaria, A short time | not only by Sonor Castellar, but by all Spaniards, and ago he was cordially invited to Weimar, where he Would bave had an opportunity of attending the Beethoven festival, but he was compeiled to decline On account of the press of business. the worid ai large. Prim ha3 evidently been keepin the Spaniards occupied in reviewlug a panorama. ot canditates ull he can make himself strong. The people, however, are getting tired of the show. They do not Sppear exactly to know what they want, but u'd put up with anything that had any probability As to the festival itseif, itis generally considered of leading to peace aud prosperity, ‘by the critics that it did not come up to the standard ‘of a Beethoven centenary, as too many compositions ‘of modern masters figured in the programme, tue ‘two last days only being exclusively devoied vo the of this immortal genuis. It is thus looked upon a8 a precursor of the Beethoven frstival to be held here in ihe autumn and on a much grander Harry, If the foregoing statement relative to the large Amertcan colony in Germany—of the 400,000 emi. rants who annually quit these shurcs «8 many as m 8,000 to 10,009 ate supposed to retura—required confirmation you ttve it in the fact of two American moreincse having taken pli here within ‘his wet Mr. i. T. Lee, of Boston, Mary ©. e other happy affair was the marriage of Mr. Gerald F’, Talbot, a young Eng¥shman, oficer in the Prussian army, to We eldest daughter of Mrs. H. M. Bradhurst, of Now York, The mar-lage was first celebrated at the English embassy and alterwards at the St, Matthew's church, attended by the pro- nent Americans and English here. Without dilat+ upon the beautiful attire of the bride, { may say she looked eveiy inch an American belle, and at her Bide the youtufil dragoon, ta his spiendid regimen- tals. bigs? Tormed a3 handsome a pair as could be ‘washed. if, as 1 am told, the financial aspect of the Wwe, couple's affairs is A. No. 1, they enter upon he new live under Ged auspicious conditions, | 5 AD. AS @ sad contrast to this bright picture I hive to cord the death by suicide of a young American, atling from West meng mass, Who had Deen pursuing iis musical here, at the Kuliack Conservatory ra) cient Months. in a ii ot utier despondeacy, Mos unusual In a maeeen years of gute ¥ @ went into & Wood, about four miles from Tis olty, aud deliverately blew Out Mis brains with a Pistol he had but newly purchased, ~1s evident irom the price ticket still attached thereto. On his person were found, ainong private efiects, such as Watcn, money, &c., @ po. keibook, containing auiost minute account of dally expenditures since bis ianding at Hamburg, and which saviciently deno ed lun @ jost orderly, economical aud prudent youug man. A i entry showed that he had at (lic tune a con- siderable balance in his banker's lands. l’revious to ‘The rash deed he had written letters in pencil on the Ri 8 Of the book to his reiatives, among which the following, sufiiciently explaining bis actives to hs father, wus It’s no use, faiher, I wish to make a calm and perfectly frue statement, i have been here neariy eijit mouths, and to-day I cunuot strike note upod tie pluno as it should be struck. Herr Wie} > cary ore ie 4 was Tight; {t was not to be. Dear father, do not think to harshiy of me. ‘You cannot know how hard I have tried tu yet the right ‘way, but fam drmly convinced that I should have never Played the piano as it ought to be played. und learned en- rely wrong, aud ic was too late to do everything over agam. ‘Thank you, dear (ather, a thousand times jor your love and Kindness in sending mo here, and I so wish it might have Deen otherwise, God bless you, my father, and may you for. give your son. The necessary arrangements for his burtel were attended to by*Consul Kreissman, ana he was inter- red last night in the cemetery at Charloticuburg, @ town in tne viciniy cf the ood Wiiere tie tragic event took piace. ART. Much satistaction 1s felt nore at the invitation ex- Beaded by the photographers of your city to Dr. |, President of the Photographicai Association eriin, Wiio in consequence is new en 7oule to tie Cleveland exhibition. STEAM AND UNION. The Stettin merchants, iudefatigable in their efforts to establish a steamship line between their Fort and yours, have at last succeeded in raising the By funds for the construction of two Steamers Of light draugnt, only 300 feet long, able to accommodate from seven hundred to eight hun- dred mgers. It is the intention to start these ‘vessels not from Swinemtinde, but direct from the Btettin wharves, This company goes by the name of the Baltic Lioyd. “DENNIS, THE HANGMAN,"? EXCEEDED. Acurious sequel to tag love debate in the Reich. tag on the capital punishment ciaitses has turned up in the shape of a letter addressed by Signor Porro, the hangman at Florence, to the pub- lic executioner here, ii which the aforesaid gentle- ‘Tan requests, in the beauiiful dialect of Tuscany, that his son may be cep ee by him as an appren- tice, Oapitai punishment having been accepted by the majority in the Reichstag this letier would not have attracted much remark were it not that it bore the superscription, ‘Al stgnor executore della gtusit- cia, la persona, che execule la penna captiate a Bzrelino,” in consequence of which it was handed out from official to official until it eventually reached the proper quarter. Any shertif here exe- cuting writs of attachment rejutces in the name of “executor,” hence vast embarrassment te the postal department, though finally removed by dis- covering the correct party addressed by the com- Misstoned hangman of his Majesty King Victor Ewanvel, Tho Chariot of Revolution “: the Mud—General Prim the Native “Vicar 3 of Bray”—Modest, yet Obedient to the Nattou—Parlinmentary Courtesy. MADRID, May 31, 1870. The Spanish revolptionary chariot still stfeks in the mud, and has the appearance of being likely to Stick fast for some time to come. Prim continues to be the political enigma—a problem dificult to solve. oe ts @ compound of co many mixtures that it is not + pu easy matter to discover the predominant essence. He ig like the chameleon, for if you observe him from afferent points of view you note as mauy different colors. I may be more correct if I compare him toa weatnercock, for he appezrs to move in accordance with the wind blows, revolving always on his pwn axis. The Prim axts is power and the interreg- pum. The Ministry occasionally varies its politt- val color-a shade or 60 by the outgoing or Incoming of ministers of different political tinis; but Prim ever remains on the same spot, merely shifting wk Fast” in} round a little to the breeze that blows strongest— always in his place, always in power, always “Vicar pf Bray.” To acertain extent he is condescending, Tor he is satisfied with belng President of the Coun. ; pil of Mihisters, if nothing better is to be got; but you may elect him Regent, President of a republic, King, \ Lay Czar or Grand without giving him a of eat of power. He ready given proof of ing able to undertake the rdle of any of the fore- ing dignities. He has given evidence of ihe most Xquisite feelings of humanity, und wie most bar. jus §= despotism. He has overlvoked heinous ; IRELAND. A Special Herald Tour in Wexford—Tho In- habitants, Their Race, History and Chrrace ter—Sociai Condition—Commodore Jack Barry. OILGate, Wexford, May 25, 1870. Before leaving this county, the model county of Ireland, as Wexford Is called, I wish to make a few general observations on the character of its people was married to | 4d thelr social condition, The agricultural classes Moiette, of Dallas county, Ala. | of Wexford may be said to hold, as regards wealth aad comfort, a middle position—that is, they are neither very poor nor very rich, living neltber in the squalid wretchedness which one too frequently sees in Munster and Connaught, nor in the enjoyment of that prosperity which is the lot of the Ulster peasant. This is the condition of the Wexford farmers generally, but there are ccr- tain districts in tne county—as, for exampic, the bar- onies of Forth and Bargy, in which the peasantry are weakhier Qud more independent than in any other part of Ireland, These baronies form, how: ever, but @ small portion of the county, and their condition cannot be taken as a correct or fair speci- men of the state of Wexford. Though the peasantry are for the most part poor, living, 89 to speak, from hand to mouth, yet they afé comparatively happy, and are, with a few exceptions, on good terms with their landiords, They are a quiet, inoffensive peo- ple and are not easily excited to anger; but when once aroused, aro in all probability, as proved by their conduct in ’98, the most obstinate, the most de- termined, (he most uncompromising people in ire- land. They have very little Celtic blood in their veins, They are descended, for the most part, from the Danes and Anglo-Normans, while in Forth and Bargy the people are of Welsh extraction, The Danes weie in possession of the greater part of this county during the ninth, tenth and eleventh cen- turies, and, ius'ead of sharing the fate of their coun- trymen at the battle of Clontarf, they continued here, mingling themselves with the original population. It was cn the ccast of Wexford that the Anglo-Nor- mans first landed: it wasin this couuty that they fought ticir first battles and obtained 1 Hirst set- tlements; the traitor Mac Murrogh was a Wexford man; he awaited their arrival in his castle of Ferns; the first treaty between England aud Ireland was signed in the capital town of this county; the Biarriage of Strongbow with the Princess Eva was cclebrated in the same place; so that Wexford was, in & particular manner, identified with the Danish and Anglo-Norman invasions. Of course the old population were, for the most part, driven out to make way for the new-comers, and thus it happens that the people of Wexford have, in all probability, less of Celtic blood in their veins than the inhabi- tants of any oiher county tn Ireland. ‘Tis accounts, to some extent at least, for their Cool and detcrmined Cuaracter, for their industrious aud practical habits, and for thetr adoption of Engiish manners and cus- toms, which, £ find, prevail to a greater extent in this county than in any other I have yet visited. Still, the Wexford pecple are patriotic; indeed it may be said of them that they are ipsis Hibernis Hiber+ niores, In 1798 they were the first to take up arms against English tyranny and oppression. They were the only men who could be trusted or depended on In the short-lived ¢meute of which Robert Emmet was the hero; indecd i think I may say that, after Tipperary, Wexford ranks before any otuer irish county in valor and patriotism, da0K Bany, About @ century and @ quarter ago a man was born on the southern shore of this country, at a place called Tacumshane, m the barony of Forth, whose name is well known in America aud is warmly re- membered here. J mean Commodore Jack Barry, whoa 1s, I beifeve, regarded as the first fag signal officer of the American navy. He was, it is gene- raily considered, one of the first foreigners te ‘ake the sea in behalf of the American cojonies during the war of dependence, and, as is well known, rendered throughout that glorious strugule invalu- able services to the cause of justice and liberty, hotsting the Stars and Stripes, with his own band, first to the breeze from the deck. Baity was the son of a small, and, what is worse, a@ poor, farmer, who was able to give him litile more than the rudiments of an educution, ‘The penal laws were at (hat time in full force, and Barry, who was a member of the proscilocd reliurion, felt the operation of that vile code to be most oppressiveand unjust, It may well be presumed that these la svere she sole cause of depriving Ireland, in the per- son of Fariy, of a fisterian, or probably of a cot- tier farmer, while they gave to America a heve and to Epgiaud a most implacable foe. Born within a stone’s throw of the ocean, he early becaine acquainted wiih the management of boats, and the greater part of lis ume was spent upon the sca. Seeing that it was quite impossible sor Him to rise to anything in his own country so jong as the penal laws exisied, he elabarked for America, carrying with him, itke most of tis countrymen, the bitterest hatred to Engiand and her institutions. His ex- ample ought certainly to serve as a warning to Eng- land against tic impolicy, af no. (he danger, of exil- ing, year after year, by thousands and teus of thous sands, a hostile race who are certain, sooner or later, to bring destruction upon her own head. Barry’s name is honorably mentioned in the naval war history uf his adopted country, while his lame ia referred’ to with pride by the inhabitants of the county Wextord. I was not fortunate enough, when in the Barony Forih, to discover the exact spot on which Barry was born. One oid man told me it was inhebited’ by a person of the name-of Furlong, who is a farmer, but another individual, Who appeared to me to be as re an authority as the former, said that the house in which he first saw the light was levelled halt a century ago, and the jitiie farm of his father was in- eld ga with another and much larger one, He had three brothers, one of whom died in a French prison towards the close of the last century, and another lived to a period as late as thirty years ago, dying, it 18 said, at the advanced age of 108 years. MURDER. Since [ began this letter a murder of a very brutal character Was committed within a few milcs of the place from which I now write. It was not, however, Of @ political or an agrarian nature, being, as it Would seem, committed for the purpose of obiaining the money of which the unhappy victim was sald to be possessed. ‘Yhe outrage tas, as might well be expected, occasioned the greatest excitement throughout the entire county, Particularly so as Wexforii is remarkably tree fiom such crimes, there belng only one other murder comuitied in the coun- ’ ty for nearly forty years, The victim tn this case {38 pedler, who was eccustomed to travel the countiy selling his little wares, which ho carried tn a don- key’s car; and, durmg the last few montha, a little white bullock formed part of his retinue. appeces that, altiough his means of sub- sistence were small, he succeded in collect- DAL was (00 fond o1 ing an , ing ot very one with Who he bad Sp 4 ie I wos tol’, cautig a Mangas £0 08 tase boob Sk euaeotn whe, tn es end, cost hin his life, Some persons found the donkey, car and bullock in ameadow adjoining the high road, and on proceeding rg a the fleid they found the wretched victim dead, his body lying in a horrid state of mutilation. His head appeared to be greatly battered, and two large stones werd found dezide him, coveret wth orains and bluvod. Tho face of the deceased was marked, as if he had been stapved with some sharp istrumont, but 13 supposed, from various appearances, thas tho tmmediate cause of tne unfortunate man’s death was strangulation. In his coat ones wes found an old stocking, Wien contained he sun of Mine shiliings, but some assert that this Was put there mere to divert suspicion, as it is believea the pedier carried what- ever money he was the owner of about him, A blacksmith bas been arrested on suspicion. T got a glimpse at the bafortan man’s face and he appexred to me to be dreadfully agitated. Thore is, 1 believe, very strong evidence against him, 0 strong indeed 1s lt that there a) ‘3 little doubt of his belug the real perpetrator of this awful crime. NEARLY & MODEL. Iam well pleased with Wextord. The people are Not, it 13 true, very wealthy, but they pronsnly enjoy life, tn all its phascs, more tl Wy than their wealthier countryinen of Ulster, xy are quict, honest, sincere peonles they are patriotic, inde- pendent and hospitable; but they are not brawling patriots; thoy are not fond of displaying thelr virtues; they do things more quietly and better than they are done in most other parts of Ireland, ju- deed, [ may from what I know of thew, that they well and fully deserve the epies So unani- Toner: aon lod to them—namely, (be Tmodel people ireland,’ ROME. . ‘ EA amen infallinility Botore Séven General Congrega- tionsThe Arcbishop, of Praguc, His Oppo- sition and Acgumout—German and French LoyicmThe Schema as it Was and Is—Papal Primacy~The Issue at Haud. Rouge, June 1, 1870. The Fathers of the Council! are now “knee deep” in infallibility. They nave already devoted seven gencral congregations to the discussion of the-excit- ing subject, aud upward of thirty-five episcopal ora- tors, mostly belonging to the opposition, have deliv- exéd sentinicnts moré or less hostile to the definition of the dogma so desired by the Ultramontane party. Cardinal Schwartzenberg, Archbishop of Prague, has been one of the strongest speakers hitherto, as he piainly warned the assembly that if it sanctioned adoctrie neither founded on the Gospel nor trea- sured m tradition the Church would certainly be Tent by schism, and be could not answer for the sub- mission of Bohemia to pretensions 60 novel and overwhelming. Mgr. Hefélé, Bishop of Rottembourg, also deliv- ered & concise, but conclusive, discourse, and three French prelates—the Archbishop of Paris aud the Bishops of Dijon and St. Brieux—distinguishea themselves in the orators’ tribune; but the fiery chief of the opposition, or at any rate of the Gailic cohort in it—Mgr. Dupanioup, Bishop of Orleans— has not yet spoken, and is said to be reserving bis fire for the conclusion of the debate. His speech is prepared, however, and ts of @ length to occupy the attention of the assémbled fathers during a whole stance; for the episcopal veterans do not kill them- ves with work, and oniy remain in congregation each morning from about nine till noon. While the fathers are debating | wish your read- os to obtain an exact idea of the subject before em:— < The original comprehensive schema De Ecclesia Christi, composed by the Jesuit Father Perrone, has been subdivided into several smaller schemas, which are how prosente! to the Council under the title of dogmatic constitutions. The schema of the Pope's primacy and infallibility 1s entitled “ Conséiiutio ogmaticn De keclesia Christi.” It 1s composed of @ preface, four chapters, and three canons. The prea demonstraies the necessity of affirming poldiy, atthe present epoch, the doctrine of the in- stitution, the duration, and tne natare of the paoacy conterred on Peter, and through him to all his legi- timate successors, on accouat of the attacks now directed agaist this fundamental docirine. The following are the tities of these four chap-* ters:— feito the Institu'lon of the Apostolic Primacy in it. Peter. ll. Of the Perpetuity of the Primacy of Peter in the Roman Ponti. A iLL, Of the Siguification aud Nature of the Primacy o1 the Pope, IY. Of ihe Infallibility of the Pope. In the general congregation of Saturday (21st inst.) the Tavhers of the Council were warned by the Cardinal Legate that the. tio quésilous of primac; aid infuiiviity being fatimateiy connected will each other, the fathers would not be allowed to s' pend their werk wnlil they had pero We di cussion of both of them, This is 2 meve parliamen- tary dodge to upset the opposition, whose members were suspected of haying conspired to talk against time, 80 us to make the Datta area on JAS 80 long that iofallibility could not come on the lapis before tie dog days. My last letter contained a translation of the infal- ibility proposition presented co the fathers of the Council on the 7th of March. The following is a traus:ation of the same document-m its corrected form, modjfied ording to the written observa- Uons of the fath and now xgain submitted to them for their Maal discussion and dectstlon:— Therefore, with the approbation of the Sacred Counctl, we teach and declare a dogma of faith that the Roman Pontiit to whom, in the person of tor, It was stid, among other things, by Christ, “Rogavi per U9 &e., 1a virene of Uva agsint: ance which was promised to him, cannot err when exerelsing his mission of supreme teacher of all the faithful, he deanes at isto be held as ai article of in in the things of faith and as jecte ontrary to faith, and that those judgments of the Pontiif, w able In themselves, aro to be received ant held with tite complete obedience of faith by all the faithful as soon as they shall be made nc- quainted with them, And as infallibfilty ts the eame, whether considered tn the Roman Poutiff as tead of the Church or in the universal Church united to its head, we deine, moreover, that this infaltibility extends, on the part of both, to one and the same object. But if any one, whtok God f ‘orbid, should have the pretension to go against our deiinition, tet hin know. that he has departed from the Catholic truta and the unity of the Chnrch. Iu Father Perrone’s original scheraa de ecclesia there was no mention of iu/ailibility. But now it furaia the most important clause end the one which the Court of Rome is must unxious to get voted, sanciloned aud promuigaied, as we sce by its being pushed forward out of ail order, ‘The author has added a fourth chapter to tho orl- ginal three, in which he put forth the doctrine undis- puted by Catholics of the Roman Pontits primacy of honor and jurisdiction. From these he demon- strates in this supplementary chapter, as « consc- quence, the Pope’s supreme primacy in. instraction, which he founds on the words of our Saviour, “Thouart Peter,” &c., and “I have prayed for thee, ? &c., and contirnis by the decrees of several ecument- cal counclis, such as the Fourth of Constantinople, the Second of Lyons, and that of Fiorence, Nekiper these (ek rar geere brought us to infaliibility$ is de- siie and the Jesuits’ complaisant reasoning have brought us to that great conclusion in the year of grace 1870. Fortanately, te Pope is @ little more indulgent {0 those who differ from him on this per- sonal question than he is to the opponents of the doctrines exposed In the three preceding chapters of the schema. According to the canons appended to each of those chapters, all opponents are anathe- matized, But the fourth chapter (on Personal Infal- bility) bas no corresponding canon, and hi ness sinply Geclares that those who pret contradict him on the point in question Srom the Catholic truth and the unity of the Cn: ANATH RMA, If there is to be any anathema connceted with the Personal tnfaltibility of the Roman Pout tt must evidently come from the Council 1seif. COMING TO AN ISSUE, Perhaps the Court of Rome hoped by this milder form of condemnation to disarm the hostility of some meimbers of the oppostiton; » IN Spite of all conciliatory measures, 10 is ated that there wil be about one hundred and forty non placets = e@ voting day comes. We have beet Inforined by the Ctviita Cattolica, S$ aumbers of the 2d of April and 2ist- y, that the Pope does not, in reality, re elther a unanimous vote or even & Majority n the Council to confirm eny new dogma he may choose to deflne; so that we may consider in- fallibility to be insured, in accordance with the old saying—“Where there is a will there js a way."? The impatience of the Court of Rome to get ihe infalli- bility dogina defined, and, perhaps, its unwilling- ness to take the bull by the horas cojnpleteiy, di- rectly after the objections conta Mm the French memorandum and endorsed by foreign representa- lives here, have combined to exciude from present consideration the twenty-one canons regarding the rights of the Church 1n its relations towards the State, which embody the doctrines of the Syllabus and appear in the first portion of the original Schema de kevlesia Christi, Fvery(bing is ignored now but Pontifical primacy and infaliipility; so that 1 hope ere lung to be able to report something conelusive on those two topics, THE COOLIE SHOEMAKERS IN MASSACKUSETTS, Their Reception by the Native Cordwainers. A despatch from North Adams, June 13, says:— Seveuty-five Chinamen arrived in this village to- day, to work in the shoe factory of ©. ‘f. Sampson & Co. Alarge crowd assembied at the depot to wit- ness their arrival. The new-comers looked young, intelligent and resolute. ‘They were followed from the depot to Sampson’s factory by the crowd, amid ominous hisses and hooting from the Crispins, Two men were arrested for assaulting the Chinamen with stones. Tie Chinamen were patient and arrived safely at the factory. The Orispins are deeply ex- cited, but no serious trouble 1s apprehended. Mr. Sampson will be sustained in his right ‘4 iry the ox. veriment of Chinose labor. ‘ CUBA. Tho Upton Expedition—Spanish Account of tho Capture of tho Cargo—Cause of the Failure— ows from the Insurreotion—Cos-ation of Operations—ihe Sickly Season Set In. HAVANA, June 8, 1870, A correspondent of one of tho local journals, writing from Gibara, gives the following accouns of the capture of the cargo of the Upton:— On the morning of the 26th ult., white the gunboat Yumuri was cruising along the coast, her com- marder was informed by tue master of the amalt schooner Comercio that the night previous, while passing Punta Brava, a conatderable number of valces were heard, from which he inforred that a landing had taken place on the night of the 2itn, At half-past ten the Yumuri arrived there, and eighteen men were sent ashore to reconnoitre, They came upon @& quantity ef war material, which they captured, While collecting it they were encountered by 160 of the enemy, who opened a con- centrated fire upon them, compelling them to retire, which they did, protected by the gunboat. The Yumuri immediately proceeded to Nuevitas and gave notice, returning again and cruising about the spot until the 28th, when the gunboat Huo arrived with 100 of an artillery regiment, stationed at Pueric Padre, A plan of attack was formed, in goootuance wiih which the troops, with the CFews of the gun- boats and some YOlU\cors from Puerto Padre, were landed in two columns, respectively above and below the point of previous re- connolssance, and the vessels were placed in the positions best calculated to protect them. At five in the morning one of the columns came ‘ : upon a body of the diibusters and Spéned @ sharp fire upon them, killing six ani wounding Ons, Meanwhile the other had come upon the arms and other effects and Can commenced taking them on board, which operation they continued up to half-past ten o'clock of the evening, when the risi of tae sea compelied a cessaton. A firing was kept up during the night by the filibusters, ren- dered despurate by the loss of thelr arms and other materiai. On the morning of the 29th the-baiance of these were placed on the vessels, The col- umans che rm} near -Punta Bravé, and in an excursion outside captured six prisoners, four of them wounded, and Killed one man. On the 30th the gunboats proceeded to another point near by, where, According to the statement of one of the prisoners, some eilec's were concealed. These were obtuined, and after a careful reconnoissance in the vicinity they proceeded to Puerto Padre, from whence the effecis were taken to Nucvitas, with the exception Of much of the clothing, which was in a bad condi- Uon and was therelore burned, ‘The prisoners a! epe ition proceeded from New York on the idth of May, iu the steamer Upton, ana was composed of 120 men, all Cubins, except four, who were Americans, Forty of. them were ofiiccra, Tiancisco Cisneros aud Guspar Bevancou:t were tn command, The latter landed and the other rematne with the steamer. The landing was accomplished on the nights of the 2éd and 24th with a steam launch (which was rendered useless the first passage) and the boats. Among the prisoners 1s onc who says he Was the secretary of the Caban Junta in Key West; that the steamer was pursued by a gunioat, an: fearing that sie would be disabied by a shot tue cap- tain deiermined to land without a guide or certain point, He states that ali the goods disembarked ‘Were captured, even to the rites of the officers, who abandoned them in order to make their escape the more eastly, A long jist of the captured property is given, comprising in the main such a3 was men- Uoned ta the oficial report. Such is the account. +.8 Wiil be seen, the landing was completed easily and without interference, and the entire or partial failure in the objéecta of the expedition resulted from Want of concert of action between the expedivionists and the insurgents, aud of the requisite caution when once on shore. ‘toa per-on acquainted with the Cuban character it is easy to understand the in- cessant chatter: which would be képt up, giving Botice of their whereabouts, and, as in the present case, bringing down upon them the gunboats and troops. steamer juuifo, which arrived here yesterday, brougnt tlie captured Lakes Dates from Puerto Principe to the 5th report no new operation. The names of @ great number of presentados are published. The new commanding General, D. Pedro Caro, had been Ul, and serious fears wore entertained, but was improving. The Bandera Espanol, of Santiago de Cuba, states that on the 19th of May a considerable eng: ent took place in that jurisdiction. The insurgents were behind strong imirenciments, which were ap- broached on three sides, a piece of artiliery being placed in the centre. A heavy fire was kept up for tour hours, when the Cubans withdcew. Tie joss 13 not mentioned, From Mansanillo and Bayamo dates to the 4th re- pon the roads tn an indescribable condition, render- ug All operations Impossible. The various colamns Were coining into towh. Modesto Diaz and his forces have not been annihilated, as was promised, nor has any material damage been done them. No mention 1s made of Valmascda, and that distinguished ofticer seems to have gone into obscurity. ‘The usual small encounters are reported from the Cinco Villas, In Sanctl Spiritus a considerable quantity of clothing had been captured, AQUATIC. Second Race Between the Marvari “¢iearits aud First Junier Bont Crews—The Tabies Turned-The Jauiors Victorious. bs Boston, June 14, 1870. The Scientific and First Junior crews of Harvard College had a sccond contest on the Charles river course this atterncon, The experience of the Juniors on Saturday was not satisfactory to them and the Scientifics through courcesy afforded them an opportunity of again displaylng their abliity and muscle, The conditions of this race were that the Junior crew should put up six silver cups as prizes to be contended for, and that the Scientifics should reopen to the Juniors a chance for the honors of the Beacon Cup. The Beacon Cup is alarge and valuable silver vase, or urn, upon which, on each successive year of the past ten, have been inscribed’ the names of the victors in the class races. The Scientific crew of this year have their names added in virtue of the success of Saturday last, and, as will be seen im the sequel, the Junior crew of this year have now also the same privilege. As the surface of the cup will now be- come filled with names, it is understood that this identical cup wlll not be again rowed for, but, bear- ing its honorable roll, will be placed in a proper po- sition for safekeeping in the Harvard Memorial Hall. The men contesting im the race to-day were the Bame as thove engaged on Saturday. Both boats were sent off in good style, the Juniors having the inside and giving out forty-one strokes the first minute, and the Sclentifics forty-three strokes. ‘The Juniors, when near a half mile out, began to im- prov. their position decidedly, and ere long had actually shot ahead of their rivals and Jed them in Ine, whereby the Scientifics were troubled by the wash of their lively competitors. The two went around the stake in this position. The Juniors, of course, taking the Inside and the Scientifics gettlng ov the return course about thirty seconds later The Juniors had the misfortune to crack an oar just before reaching the stake. It held, how- ever, p. aed by the leather, and aided thereafter in stee , though its propelling power was much diminished. The Scientifics seeing, as they thought, their opportunity in consequence of this accident, put on a spurt afcer rounding the stake, and in con- sequence suffered & worse mishap in breaking an outrigger, Which substantially disabled them asa working crew. The Juntors had it all their own way from this moment, and came in amid ringing cheers from the crowd in waiting, in twenty imin- utes and ten seconds from the start. This 1s the beat time on ine record of the class crew regattas on ihe Charles river course. A Scull Race on the Hudson. The long expected single scull race between George B. Springstein, of the Atatanta Boat Club; W. ©. Mainiand, of the same club, and John ©, O'Neil, of the Columbia Club, came off yesterday alvernoon on the Hudsou, opposite the Elysian Fields, Jt was to have been rowed last May, but one of the contestants became sick att the race was postponed to Monday, the 13th of June. The weather was 80 unpleasant, however, that all parties agreed to again postpone the contest for a day; and at last yesterday a Clear, sunny sky and smooth water en- abled them to try thelr skill. The prize was a gold chronograph, of the value of $200, con- tribute by members of the Hudson River Rowing Association, and the course ex. tended from the Hiysian — Fie! dock to the northward, past the coal and oil docks, a distance of amile anda half, to thestakeboat, and back, mak- ing the whole distance to be rowed three miles. Mr. Charles A. Peverelly acted as referce and starter. THE START AND RAC) At about five o'clock tlie three contestants ap- peared in their seventeen foot single scull working boats, the two from the Atalanta Club wearing crimson for their distinguishing color, and U'Neil, of the Columbia, had donned blue. 1n drawing for po- sition Mainland won the inside, Springstein No. 2, and O'Neil the outside, or No. ¥ As the boats assumed their respective positions in line, the order ‘was given to turn the stakeboat from the east to the west, and at the word “go” they ali darted forward like arrows shot simultaneonsly from a bow. It was the general remark of all persons on shore that such a beautiful and even start had seldom been had. O'Neil at once took the lead, with Main- land close behind him, and springstem keeping up with-the latter. They were soon out of sight from the referee's stand, where, atong the friends of the several candidates for the prize, au amicable discussion arose, backed by some slight betting as to the result of the race. On turning the stakeboat ing him hard. But t was evident surength was home siret Ona Jeconigl him ‘swittly, passed kim and Kopt anoad til be cane in yee THB WINN! amid the shouts of the bystanders, Springatein second and Mainland third, the latter a considerable eamennnn fe the rear, The time made was as {ol- jows:— aw, 8. a iad . 26 00 , LITERATURE. Oriticioms of Now Books, HA 1. BRIGADIER GENBRAL THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER: it ir, With Selections ew York: D. & Ff sadiler & 00. The many thousands of persons, Americans as well a8 Irishmen, who feol interested in the career of the late General Meagher, will reyotoe with us that toso trustworthy and competent a writer a8 Oaptain Lyons was intrusted the duties of bis biographer. It was to Captain Lyons a labor of love, he states him- self, iu the introduction to the work. Between author and subject there existed “a friendship cemented im yeara gone by, and enduring all days, even to the sorrowful end.” Influenced,. then, by deep, nersonal affection for his deceased friend, the author set earnestly to work, and the result is @ biography upon which Wwe can bestow the highest praise. Begtaning With a sketch of the early Ife of Meagher, tho ‘fork proceéds to a narrative of the soneal movement in Ire'and, Into this Meagher, tien yous ae tone past his majority, entered with all the ardor and enthusiasm of his character, His rare gifts of oratory soon made him a popular leader, The agitation continued until finally, in the summer of 1848, he was captured with aris in his hands tn the county of Tipperary, while engaged in an effort to arr: lo peassniry ‘against the authority of the British Crown, after O'prien's His trial, conviction and arempt ot Ballingarry, eloquent specch before betng sentenced to death, the commafation of be sentence to imprisonment for life, his extle in Var Dieman’s Lana, his cscapo and arrival in the United States, are all narrated 1n a clear, concise style. ‘The period between his landing in New York and the outbreak of the rebellion was passed by Meagher in practising law and in an attempt at journals, for which latter sprofosston, however, fle was uu- fitted, Soon aiter the secession of the Southern States and the firing on Fort Sumter, he organized the famons “Trish Brigade,” whose deeds under his leadership are the common property of American citizens, A very prominent feature in the work be- fore us is the fuil and animated description of the Peninsula bape andthe part taken by General Meagher in it. This forms one of the most interest- ing chapters in the book. art taken by the Trish Brigade in the battle of Chancellorsville is also well told. With all that followed in the career of Meagher—his resignation and subsequent return to the army, his services in Tennessee, nis civil career in Montana Territor; and the close of his life by 8 sudden death from accl- dent, we must leave the reader to become acquainted by 4 perusal of the book. The appendix is quite in- teresting. It contains several extracts from speeches of Meagher and from his writings, and closes with an autitentic statement of the sad accident which out short a career full of hope and promise. As we st In the opening of this notice, Captain Lyons has written an admirable biography of his friend, well worthy ® piace in every iibrary. We therefore repeat our recommendation of it to the piste as being as reliable and agreeable a piston, of he life of General Meagher as can be desired. The book is adamrably prmted in large, clear type, on ‘utcd pacer, and is handsomely bound. SHERIDAN’s tng! joe Sis aarp = me qnpaiga on the ng. By ‘anndolp! fe delphia: Claxton, Remsen & fel- yr. Mr. Keim bas written a very interesting book. He has chosen a subject of general tmportance, and one which, singularly enough,has never before been treat- ed in detail. Our Knowledge of what is now known as the “Indian question” ts vague and shadowy. Like the famous Schleswig-Holstein question, it 16 soterri- bly muddled up that it is doubiful if there are any men living who understand it, always excepting, of course, the Indlan agents, and they are the last per- sons In the world to whom we should go for informa- tion, Butif Mr. Keim has not made our Indian question much more intelligible than it was before he wrote, he has certainly thrown some light on the subject, and has, altogether, written a book which does him credit a3 much for the literary sktll dis- played in its writing as for tho intrinsic value of its contents, Mr. Keim’s narrative 1s the result of six Months personal observation on the Southern Pains. He accompanied General Sheridan in his famous campaign against the hostile savages on the Kepublican, the Arkansas and the Wasbita rivers, and during which, it will be remembered, that Gen- eral Custer, at the head of a cavalry force, adminis. teréd a severe chastisement to Black Kettle’s band of Cheyenne Indians. This campaign is described with much minuteness, and in a very spirited and graphic style. It was the good fortune of the author to visit various parts of the country never before travelled by terary men, 80 that all he writes is fresh Pade 1 Not only arg the events of tye cam- paign detatied for our perusui, Lut the DoOK aisucon- } tains much interesting informatioa regarding the habits and customs of our aboricines, and there 13 Also an. Sans picture of the ilfe of a soldier on the Piping. @ heartily commeyd ‘Sheridan's ‘Troopers 62 the Borders” a8 a most agrééapie work, In adaition to iis iterdry merits the volume recom mends itself to public favor by the neatness of its appearance, the excejlence of the type, paper atid binding used in its manufacture, and the admirable character of the engravings by which it is embel- lished, There is a tine portrait of General Sheridan as the frontispiece, and also a letter from the Gen- } eral {0 Mr. Keim expressing his opinion as to the best policy to be pursued towaras the savages. Ofa tolerably interesting character are the con- tents of a small book entitled “Datly Bread and Other Stories,” published by the American Unitarian Association aud intended to serve a religious pur- pose, There is undoubtedly a large class of persons to whom the perusal of these stories wiil afford great lef ern and as the stories themseives are really well written and entertaluing wecieertalty com- meud the book to the public. Nothing short of a stern conviction that we were bound to read through a novel entitied “Guilty or Not Guilty” (New York: Carleton, publisher), enabled us to reach the end of the book. In this work, which the title page tells us contains “the true siory of Manhattan Wells,” we have a melan- choly illustration of the weakness of “authors” and the folly of publishers, A more wishy-washy pro- duction we have not read for some time. It endeavors to resuscitaie the old story of the Man- hattan Wells tragedy, and quite fail We shall really be sorry if any young fledgling of an author is pained by our criticism; but, trath to tell, “Guilty or Not Guilty”? would never deprive a reader of sleep. THE STABLE GANG. Birthday Celebration—The Graduating Class “nat Home.’’ In the classic neighborhood of Bayard and Eliza- both streets, and over a stable, is located the refned Stable Gang. The members of this club comprise some first class politicians and not a few of the ofice holders of note of this city. It1s a sort of graduat- ing school Where men go in crude politicians and come out fit candidates for the bench or bar, particu- larly the bar. The reom wherein the club meets {3 not a large or clegantly furnisted one. it is, how- ever, situated, on the second flocr only, and while, therefore, it is easy of atcess, it is also well perfumed, by the odors that arise from the stable below, The Stable Gang’s meeting last evening was an Important one, The boys of the ward, as weil-as those of other wards noted for their efficiency and iutiuence on eiection days, Were Invited and were.on hand, The decorations of the room were also gotien up for the gala oceasion, which was none other than to celebrate the birthday of three members ol tae club. The names of these three who had arisen to the importance of having thelr birthdays celebrated are:—Messis. David Miller, Michael J. Shandley (brother of Justice Siandiey), and 8, F. Dewey. The likenesses of these gentiemen "graced the walls of the room and were uppropriately wreatbed with flowers. In justice to them it may be said that they are all fine looking and would, doubtless, do full jus- tice toa Justice’s position. The table was such as even ‘an alderman might smile at beholding. Indeed, all present last even- ing smi'ed as soon as they appeared and continued the pleasant operation often, 28 long as they re- mained. Nor did they slight the solids. On the con- trary, they seemed to think the “witties’’ were in the way and needed to be put out of the way as soon as possibie. There was almost everything to be had to tempt the palates of those whose palates could be easily tempted, There were broiled chicken and crabs on toast. There was ice cream and there were / plenty of _ strawberries to eat with tt. The latter, according to & geutieman present, were raised for that especial occasion. Added to these was a great variety of Truit and pastry, While from a large bowl on a side table was dispensed a decoction which even a tem- perance lecturer might haye smacked his lips over. ‘The entertainment consisted of singing and the ‘telling of stories, Mr. Lombard exercised his melo- dious voice over a few well Known airs, and a gen- teman present regaled the audience by relating tho “Dutchman's Experience at the Fire in Pitt Street’? and “Hany’ Ride.” The latter had no reference to “Sheridan's Ride,” but was fuil of fanny incidents, and served to keep the company in tie best of humor.- ‘the gentlemen whose birthday was cele- brated received many hearty congratulations, and the wish was expressed that they might yet ive to hold lucrative omecs and help to make the exvendt. Maintand wad somewint ta (rons, with O'Neli puss | tures of the city government. Matatand’s : Ineamctent to Keep hs a THE NEW REGIME. The Department of Docks on a Tour of Inspes- tion aud Observation—Visit to the Govern. ment Works at Staten Island. The Commissioners of the Department of Docks having expressed thelr intention to make another trip along the North river front and to visit the gov- ernment works at Staten Island the owners of the steamboat Mary Powell extended to the Commis- sioners an invitation to accept the use ofthe boat on the occasion, The tdvitation was accepted, and Yesterday was set apart as the day for the trip. The Commissioners issued tuyitations to a number of Igading merchants and oiticials to accompany them and see for themscives the actua! condition of the wharves and plers as they appoar from the river. There were among THOSE PRESENT besides the Dock Commissioners, Messra, Agnew, Wood, Hunt, Smith and Henry; the Quarantiue Commissioners, Schell, Bell and Barton; Emigra- tion Commissioners, Hart and Frear; Tax Coimumis- sloners, Sands, King and Andrews; Colonel Jonea, Captain of the Port; Harbor Master Bernard Kenny, Pare Gommiseloner Robert J. Dilton, Commtasioner of Jurors Douglass Taylor, General Franklin, Otty Chamberlain J, J. Bradley, City Deputy Chamberlain James M. Sweeney, Police Coramisstonera Brounan, Mannier2 aud Smith; Comptroller R. B. Connolly, Sarrogate R. ©, Hutchings, Police Superintendent Jourdan, Judges Joseph F, Daly and Dowling, Messrs. Peter Gooper, J. P. Dickinson, A. 0. Davis, Bernard Kelly, M.-‘T. Jugg and a large number of Others who are more or less directly interested im the docks and piers of the city. Shortly after eleven o'clock the handsome steamer, with the party on board, cast oif from her moorings at pior 39, fuot of Vestry street, and leaded DOWN THE RIVER, A more delightful day could not have been desired; and the beautiful weather aided the relief from bust- ness drudgery to give a zcat to the occasion, The Mary Powell, being the fagtest boat plying on the waters around the metropolis, was not long in reacn- ing Staten Isiand, Tie boats of the yacht squadron were drawn up, with sails set and ail ready to start off in the regatta. Steering in and out betwoon the yachts aud boats, receiving and giving saiutes, the Powell finally reached the Narrows and, turning, ran up alongside of THE GOVERNMENT DOCK. This dock 1s builton the plan which the Commis- sioners recommend for the city piers, and the same as the HERALD has from time ‘to time advocated as the most feasible and endurabie, A buikhead is built, and from this a bridge stretches to the dock proper. The dock was originally made entirely ox wood, the outer piles placed close together and fismly banded in position, On the outside of these piles’ is built a wall of large blocks of hewn gvanite, and the crib is filled with small stones, granite chips and cobble stones, Above this pier and nearer to Fort Richmond 3a pier built entirely of stone. The Powell lay along- side of the first mentioned dock untid the company: ou board bad suftic.ently observed the advant that could be derived from such structures along the Tiver fronts of the city, In its present unfinished condition it certainly does not look very handsome, It 1s much smaller than the city docks should be, but the Method of construction and formation is what should be adopted in perfecting the wharfage ot the metropotis. On the dock proper warehouses could be built and thus save to the saipping a great deal of outlay for jabor and cartage. Tho points having been fully studied and canvassed by the Commis- sioners and their guests, the Powell headed UP THE NORTH RIVER, the Commissioners ri | afresh the condition of the piers and the revenue derived from them by the city, Fier No. 1 is leased to tae Camden aud Ainboy Railroad; is in ood order, tully covered, and returns £1,240 to the city. ‘The piers from this to No. 12 are all private and in good condition. One- half of pier 1Z 1s owned by the city, the other hair and the whole of pier 13 13 leased to Rus- sell eo be for $14,750 perannum. Between these piers 1s the sunken crib spoken of in thesecotumns after the former trip of the Commissioners. Pier 14 1s leased to the Central Railroad of Now Jersey for $9,550 and 13 in good repair, One-haif of pler 18 ia owned by the city, and the other haif, with pier 19, 18 leased under franchise to the New Jersey Trans- tation Company for $7,500 per aznam, Pier 20 is leased to the Anchor (Glasgow) linc of steamers for $9,000 annum. ‘the dock 13 covered with a cor- rugated iron shed and is mm good order, Tie bulk- head between piers 20 and 21 1s also leased to the Anchor line ior $2,000 per annum. Pier 21 is leased tor. J. Varr for $3,000, Pier 22 is owned by the city, and together with the bulkhead adjoming, at ube rear of West Washington Market, used as a ane ground by the sireet cleaning contractor, is ina MOST DISGRACEFUL CONDITION, This fact has also been previously noted in the HEKALD, and tie Commissioners intend taking im- mediate steps to put this portion of the front, bel in a busy locality, in at least passable condition unt some permanent structurg shall be evected. Pier 27, leased under franchise the Hoboken Ferry om puay, ts covered with a cor:ugated irdu shed. Pier 29 is leased, One half to Marshall 0. Roveris and the other half to the Erie pare, Company, each haif paying 37,500 ycariy. Plers 3i to $3 belong to the urie Kailway Company, are covered with corrugated iron houses and are in good order. Pier 36: becongs 0 Fox & Livingston, is.covered with corrugated ro shed and in good order, Pier 37, owned 4 the Old Dominion Steamsip Company, in gor good order. Pier 38, owued by the Allentown line, in order, Pier 40, by the Boscon line, good. Pler 41, the People’s line, for Alvany and Troy, ts well know and is kept in excellent condition. Piors 44 and 45, leased by the Inman Steamship Company for $8,000; 46, Wiliams & Guion, for $4,000; 47, National Trans- vrtation Company, $9,309, These pters are ail kept in first rate order. For pier 48 the Morris and Essex pays $12,200; for 49 Kickerbocker lce Company pays $8,500, The docks from this poiut to the foot of Thirteenth street are kept by the city, together with one-half of the pier at ute foot of Thirtecnth sireet. The plers at the fooc of Seventecath and Higbteenth streets are leased for $1,860 each. The Twentieth street pier is kept by thecity, The Twenty-second street pier is leased for $1,400 per aanum. Pier toot of ‘Twenty- third 18 under franchise to the Erie Ratiroad Coin- pany for fifty dollars per annum, The Twea ty-eighth sireet plier leases for $1,150. The Tulrcieth street pier brings $3,700 to the city; Thiriy-fourth street, pier, ae. Thirty-seventh street pier 1s kept by the city. hirty-eighth street pter is devoted to the ‘use of the offal contractor. ‘I'he Fortieth street pier is leased to Wm. Bradly ior $1,600 per annum. Forty-second street pier is under franchise to the Weehawken Forry Company at $830 per annum, The eu of the Forty- seventh street pier is used as a dumping place by the Street Cleaning Contractor, and the balance of the pier is leased for $1,400 per annum io John Dar- row. ‘the end of Fiity-fifth street pier is also used as a dumping place, and the balance of the dock 13 leased to. Donnelly for $600, ‘Ihe Fitty-seventh street pier, Or all that appears of it, 18 of small stones; the Major portion of the dock 1s entireiy submerged, The Seventy-ninth street pier 18 leased for $310 per annum. The pter and bulkhead at Manhattanville ia leased to F.¥, Low for $100 per annam, with the right reserved to run a ferry at 130th street. The pier at 133th sireet 1s kept by the city. The pler foot Of 166th street Is leased to Mr, Low for $36 per annum, and 13 the highest pier up owned by the ‘ay A ‘hose -piers not specially commented on are in apparently good condition, and generally much bet- ter than the piers and docks on tne Kast river side. ‘The items given above were duly noted by the Com- missioners, and the memoranda taken will be used by them in connection with the surveys now being made by the dock superintendents, in making out the plans tor immediate improvement where needed. ‘The Poweil turned at Spuyten Duyvil and headed down again. On the way home a handsome collation, prepared by the proprietors of the bbat, was partaken of by those on board. During the entire trip Messrs, Henry Smith and Van Santwood, owners of the steamer, did everything th thelr power to make the excursion agreeable, and it is but fair to say that their elforts were crowned with complete success, Arriving at Vestry street wharf the party disembarked, thanking Smith & Co. for their courteous attentions and assuring the dock foiks that they had @ heavy task before them—a fact, by the way, Which they well knew themselves, BILLIARDS, Can Dion Play Forever and Not Mi Dion vs. Eaton—Dion Wins Easily. At the Metropolitan Hotel last evening a numer. ous gathering was collected aroual a standard table to witness a irlend!y contest between Joseph Dion, the incomparable, and Mr. Eaton, an ama- teur, The game was the full four ball carrom game, 1,000 points up, Dion giving bis opponent odds to the extent of 600 points. Dion, with- out hesitation and by employing his re- Mable hand in endeavoring ‘to accumulate the balls in one spot, opened the play by arun of 24 points, He made three more triais of the same na- ture, and finally, in the fourth ining, ran 300 point: not by pure nursing, but by cusbion shots, by dire carroms and draws, in which he drew out the deli- cate electricity of ihe balls and showed himsolf a complete master of minute contact. Once in posi- tton Dion commands the string. Like other players, he misses, but, unlike other players, his misses ara not made upon attempted counts, but on trials for position, He worked around the table as a Skilful artist plays upon the piano, and scomingly, - as by avoirdupois, had possession of the exact quan- tity of momentum required to count. His style ana application were superb, as three runs of nearly 300 each show. Mr. Raton had no opportunity to dis- play his powers, Dion won the game, making 1,000 points to his opponent’s 232, in less than ail hour ‘Ond ahalf, ‘The following ts the score:- 3, 80, 6, 314— Dion—24, 3, 4, 18, 300, 9, 12, 240, 39, Katon—12. 6, 30, 0, 60, 2h, 21, 33, 87. 0. 0-232, 1,003,