The New York Herald Newspaper, March 18, 1871, Page 8

al THE PATH TO THE SEA The Canadian Commission Sptash- ing About in the Canals. ‘What They Will Recommend—A Synopsis of Their Beport—ihe St. Lawrence Canals to be Deep- ened — Probability That Government Will Geriously Delay Its Action— Hope Left for New York. Orrawa, Canada, March 12, 1871. In the New Yors Heravp of January 25 was pab- Nshed an account of the meeting of the Dominion Board of ‘rade and the recommendations of that body on the important question of canal extension, As youare already aware a canal commission was Qppointed by the government to inquire into the ranal system of Canada as It exists at present and to report on the changes desirable 1 that system, ‘the better to accommodate the rapidly increasing volume of Western trade. That body was consid- erably above the average of Canadian commussfons, Mts members being men of experience in commerce nd of position in the country. The chairman was Mr. Hugh Ailan, proprietor of the Allan’s line of steamships, President of the Montreal Tete- graph Company an@ President ef the Merchants’ Bank. He is & man of decision an@ enterprise, although arrogant and harsh, and the rest of the Commission bore about the same relation to him as the round ciphers in along sum do to the single MNgure that precedes them. This Commission held three sessions and have prepared their report, which 4s in type and will shortly be laid before Parliament. Tam enabled, however, to give a summary of its contents in THE HERALD, IN ADVANCE, AS USUAL. ‘The conclusions arrived at by the Commtssion have been correctly anticipated in these columns, but It ‘will do no harm to repeat them with such brief com- ments as may be neeessary, I shall, therefere, first Meseribe the canal system of Canada—connecting the Jake with the sea by way of the St. Lawrence, which river is the natural outlet for the teeming West, and whose every wave appeals to the North- ern States for the unity of America. The canal at Sault Ste. Marie, about which such an excitement was created at the time of the passage of the Red River expedition, connects Lakes Michigan and Snperior with Lake Huron. It passes through American territory, and is the largest and aeepest canal in America. The Cana- dian Commissioners regard with some solicitude the fact that the INNER DOOR TO THE WEST should be exclusively controlled by the Unitea States, and recommend the building of a Canadian anal at the Sault, 80 as to enable vessels to pass from lake to ocean through exclusively Canadian canals. Tiiis meets with much opposition, espe- cially from people at all prepossessed in favor of Uhe United States, and who denounce as useless ex- penditure the construction of another canal within a stone’s throw of one which will amply sufice ter the accommodation of seven times the trate now passing that point. No notice is taken of the cutting of a canal through the St. Clair flats. Such a canal was commenced a year ago, but your authorities have interfered, and ‘the question bas yet to be settled as to whether our canal is not in your territory. Should the American ‘View be correct the results will be quite as serious as those apprehended by the Commissioners from ‘the possession by the Unitea States of the canal at Sault Ste. Marie, A vessel from Chicago having entered Lake Huron has before her four routes to the sea—two completed, two projected. The fermer are the St. Lawrence canal and the Erle canal, tne latter the Georgian Bay canal and the ee OTTAWA SHIP CANAL. Tne Georgian Bay canal Would run from the Georgian Bay,an inlet of Lake Huron, by way of Lake Simcoo to Lake Ontario, near Toronto. On the map this seems to possess a great ad- vantage over the roumdabout Welland and Erie route, But the cost of constraction is so enhanced by the deep cut to supply water at the summit level Dn the ridge near Lake Simcoe, and the lockage being much greater than on the Welland route, this canal meets with no favor in the Commission, nor, indeed, with the public, save the ambitious people of Teronto, who want the terminus of everything, from Jacob's ladder to the Tehuantepec canal, at their village, ‘The Ottawa ship canal is another pretty project ON THE MAP, and It wil! doubtless, in the more remote fature, be adopted, It would run along the French river to Lake Nipissing, thence by way of the Matteawan Fiver into the Ottawa and down that stream to Mon- treal, This route is short and direct one, but the expense of constructing it through an unsettied country and the 154 feet of additional lock- age militate against it and tell in favor of the Wel- fand route. Under another system more favorable \ enterprises Of a nature 80 gigantic as the neces- sity for them 1s pressing we shall have and need this eanal—the short cut from Chicago to Liverpool. The two existing lines now remaining are the Erie Canal and the St. Lawrence route, by way of the Welland Canal, with New York aud Mentreal as the debouching points. The twe lines were com- pared in my letter published in the NEw YorK _BERALD of January 2, and an claborate et ARRAY OF BTATISTICS PRESENTED. ‘These need not be reproduced in their entirety. BHuMce it to say that the St. Lawrence route was ‘nowy to have opened egriier and to haye con- tinued aavigabfe jaier than the Erie Canal, the aif: ference in time being twelve days ayear; that the ®t. Lawrence routé was shorter to tidewater, and $hence shorter to Europe; that in miles of canal ‘navigation and feet of lockage the Erie Canal so far exceeded the St. Lawrence canals that it was giower and more costly. The Commissioners, as anticipated by the HERALD, have decided upon re- ‘Commepaing the enlargement of the existing canals “ tthe present canals were built some thirty years ago, and adupted only to the limited wants of that paiezoic age. The Lachine Canal, the short canals ‘at Cornwall, Williamsburg and Beauharnois and the ‘Weiland Canal nave a united length of 70% miles. In this distance there are 637 feet of lockage, over- come by 64 locks, The Lachine locks are 200 by 45, ‘wiih @ greatest depth of § feet. Indeed, locks 200 by 45, with an average of 8% feet of water on the sills, may be considered the average gauge of the canals between Kingston and Montreal. The WELLAND CANAL 27 locks, three of which are of large dimensions. whe others dre 150 by 27, and have a depth of 10% feet. Of late years the grain carrying trade of the ‘West has been gradually transferred from = small schooner or propeller te the large ‘upper lake” craft, with a ca- 28,000 or 80,00) bushels. Such Ma ng 0 alone OWns some sixty steam vessels, of which only jour can be accommodated on the Welland. Indeed if one-fifth of the vesseis on the upper lakes de considered small enough to traverse the Wellend Canal a liberal estimate is beimg made, and the pro- portion is yearly decreasing. ‘Already the ditter- ence is manifesting itself in the tari to Buffalo as com! with that to Kingston. But the Welland Canal once passed the navigation of the river is in barred at Kingston, where vessels must trans- ip cargo, Which Inus! again be bandied at Mon- treal. Ip view oj these dimicuities the Commission- ere recommend the reconstruction of the canals throughout, fo as to admit vessels of 900 tons, or 80,000 bushels capacity, with locks 200 feet long and forty-tve feet wide, having a uniform depth of wwelve feet on the sills. Jt is honed that the trafic now attracted by Buffalo will be diverted by way ef the Welland Canal to Uswego or, 1t 18 fondiy hoped, to Montreal, which city is to be enriched at the EXPENSE OF NEW YORK. { The cost of executing these works is estimated at about ten and one-quarter millions of doliars. The trade between the Northwestern States and Rew England is also very great, and this, wo, the Can 8 hope to divert.” The route recommended by the Commissioners 18 to foliow tne St. Lawrence down to the Gulf, then to cut across the narrow isthmus Into the Bay of Fundy, avoiding the longer and more dangereus passage through the Gut of Canso, This cana!—the Baie Verte Canalis also recommended by the Commussioners, They also advise the deepening of tne canals on the Lower Ottawa river and the Obambiey and Richelien canals for the better accommodation of we lumber trailic ween Ottawa and Whitenall. it is @ Mttle curious that the claime of the CAUGHNAWAGA CANAL should have been so completely ignored. This canal ‘wouid be @ short cut from Montrea! to Lake © ab, With Only twenty-five feet jockage, as roundabout way through the Lachine al, down the Bt. Lawrence, up the Richelien and Ubrough the canals to St. Johns. In distance, time and expense the saving en ali trade between Chicago and the Eastern States Would be material, and New ity of r Ke cannot pass through the Welland locks. NEW YORK trated by his predecessor, Sir John Rose, in tak! would be brought nearer Chicago by five days =o Onampiain route than nm the Erie canal, ‘Of course the ter 7} Politicians and the people erally are indulging in om GOLDEN DAY DREAMS of the most brilliant nature over the transforma- ton of Montreal into @ city of three New York power and the lavish pouring into the lap of Canada of the tolis of the Western world, It is true that the grain trade of Montreal has quadrupled itself with the last forr years, and that that city pow has a grain export trade one-third that of New York. The wonder ts, I think, that with ail posseased by Mon- the St. Lawrence rou treal has pot long since distanced Gotham, Jt is, @ little strange, too, that, with all this fnerease of ore ic business in Montreal continues depressed and its papers are flea with advertisements of insolvents. Take Notre Dame street, from one end to the other, and new firms are found—the old ones are im the gazette, ‘The five leading retail dry goods houses of that city were Morgan’s, Morrison's, Bowte's, Dufresne’s and Merriul’s. ‘The Orst and last alone stand; the others have gone under within the year, So it 1s in every branch of business, Men like Mr, Allan have mace money—his bauk has profitea—but the rate of wages is no higher, the cost of living is no less, and manu- facturers and property holders are idie and losimg money. It must be taken Into consideration, before you BLOW. UP THE HERALD BUILDING and migrate to Montreal, Quebec, Patagumpus or any other ‘‘commercial centre” of the Dominion, that New York advances all the capital to purchase and move the Western crops, and that the current of freight must flow in the same channel as the cur- rent of exchange; that New York bound vessels carry cargo both ways, while Montreal craft often carry ballast or a cheap freight to return with wheat; and, lastly, that to reach Montreal the still danger- ous navigation of the Gulf and the slow and expen- sive river passage have to be encountered. Unaer American auspices Montreal will become the ontport of Chicago and Duluth; but for costly express freights, passenger trafic and the bulk of the co: merce, not alone of the continent, but of the world, New York must ever remain the heart of America. But to return, Because the Commissioners have recommended certain things, and because the people want them, and because they are of them- selves desirable, is no reason that we should con- clude that these things will be done. Indeed, their paeeene necessity militates against the probability of their IMMEDIATE ACCOMPLISHMENT. In the first place the present government has on its hands the Intercoionlal Railway, which is not to be Hnished til 1873, and tor which $6,000,000 are appro- poses this year. We are pledged to survey "he ine of the vanada Pacific Rallroad at once, and speedily to commence the ratiroad it- self, We have Maniioba and Columbia to organize, and the islands in the Gulf to bring into the confederation, and it 1s possible teat we May—in view of the threatened secession of Que- bec—have to unite the various provinces into one State, doing away with the local governments. In view of ail this the canals will have to wait, It is significant too that the estimates for the year ending June, 1872, appropriate $624,000 tor the canals, of 000 are to be devoted to the Carillon ch on tne Ottawa. Sull more significant is the omission of the canals from the Governor's speech at the openiog of the session, Treating the canals to a commission instead of taking direct jJegislative action 4s a delicate way of dropping the question DOWN AN OUBLIETTR into an ‘ss of words in which will be lost all acuon. Commissions have been established here 80 Seas. to find a missing $100,000, to inquire into Mr. 8. B. Foote’s mucilage at twenty doliars a pint end red tape at a dollar a yard, and have ended in reporting that this existed and that should not be done und there an end on’t, that we have grown Suspicious of the Machinery, Perhaps the real ob- ject of the Commission 1s t0 create a stir, to show the people how rich the canals could make them, and, by @ lavish expenditure of words, facts and figures to convince them that the short cut to Cathay liés in voting for the Ministry at the general elec- tions in 1872 It is natural that the government whose public works have been useless and non-productive to the country should desire to make a great fuss at Its exit wito some scheme of real service, apd to carry its next election on tae canals and Pacific Railroad, ee tree last on confederation and the inter- colonial, If the work of camal extension were undertaken m good faith 1t would deal a severe blow to the Erie Canal and to Buffalo. But, if by the end of 1872 Canada gives any sign of practical action, and she cannot move sooner, it will then remain to be seen whether, at the hands of the peopie of New York, a counterstruke js not practicable, taking up some grand idea of the HERALD st me and opening the Canals free of tolls to all sea bound grain. The Finances of the Dominion—Receiptes and ExpenditaresTie Growing Debt—Reckiess- ness and Extravagance—The Policy of Re- taliation Adhered to. Orrawa, March 13, 1871. The Minister of Finance having made his annual budget speech and enunciated the policy of tne goy- ernment, and the public accounts and bank returns being befcre the public, I am enabled to lay before the readers of the HERALD a brief review of the financial position of Canada. The receipts for the financial year 1869-70, ending on the 30th June last, were $22,874,411, composed of the following amar ‘VENUE, Customs and excise.... $12,953,834 1,006,844 Dominion notes. . 2,649,353 Property and special receipts, .. 1,736,598 OPN ACCOUNES........00eeee ee seeeeees 2,976,234 Total... se reeeeeeereeeecer screens 1 G22974,411 Including open accounts and deducting the mount of money raised by the issue of notes, the net revenue ts $18,488,459, For the same period the expenditure was $22,030,766, as follows:— Public debt, interest, &¢..... sees $5,513,546 Legisiation, police, justice, &c.. + 1,565,875 Militia. + 1,245,972 Subsidi . 2,558,604 Post Ofice and mail service. 1,151,980 Coast service and fisheries. © = 280,994 Public WorkS..........6 + 937,869 Customs deductions, &c. ° 124.578 Re lemption ef debt.. . 48, 6: Northwest Territory. + 1,821,887 Public works (capitol) dances ~ 1,808,217 Other open accounts and gniscellaneous MEMS. . 0006 escveces setses. +» 3,602,738 ‘Total ttseeve eee + $22,020,766 Thus, while there is an apparent surplus of $753,000 the country has paid out $3,532,000 more than she should have done, since in her income she has in- cluded money received from the sale of assets and the creatign of new labilittes, ge vo ais dor a te Doininiof, Bearing interest at from four to six per cent, Is put down at $93,717,000. Deposits, notes, &c., bring it up to about $107,000,000, ‘old. ‘This 1s equal to about twenty-six ‘dollars, i, per head of Population, as agsinst hasnt} jollars, 78, in the United rat wits hee gold, nit States. bi thé Canadiam-debt ts Increasing at the rate of eighty Cenis, gold, per head, per an- uum, the American is being reduced by $3 16, cur- rency, or $2 75, gold. Add, that everyone knows how your debt was incurred, while out’ répresents the deficit of thirty years’ growth. The following figures May be of interest, showing the debt o! Canada (Quebec and Ontario) for the last thirty years:— 4 LADDER OF INSOLVENCY. 85,280 1857 sseesees 187 see 99,585,000 The financial policy of the government may briefy be described as laying hands on all the loose change of the country and spending it on objects best suited to themselves. ‘rhus the — of gov- ernment savings banks attached to the Post Office Department has drained the country of about $2,000,000, on which four and five per cent is paid. This isso much capital absorbed. Again, by cem- pelling all tnsurance companies te deposit funds With the government, a further sum of $4,460,420, 4s also absorbed. It these deposits were for the special PROTECTION OF CANADIAN INSURERS. there would be some color of reason about the mat- ter, but they may or may not ba applied for that purpose as the depositors elect. The Banking act, compelling all banks to hold fifty per cent of the amount of their circulation in government bonds, Was justly branded as an act to force a loan to the government of half their issue, The Banking act of last year was meant to authorize the issue of Canadian gree.backs secured vy the creation of bonds to an equal amount, thus guaranteeing one debt by incurring another. A raid is now being made on the savings banks, whicn it is proposed to turn into the hauds of the government, makin, them also transfer agencies, and in effect banks o! issue. In brief, the financial poticy of the country is the absorption of capital by every avenue possible, the creation of a government bank and the witimate depreciation of the currency tu proportion to its in- nation and the exact state of the country's indebted- ness, This tendency is causing serious apprehen- sion. By the way, a8 several Canadian papers are de- fotine | the commercial prosperity of the Dominion from the rapid increase of te volume ol currency, it may be weil to state that the circulation is about $33,000,000, or eight dollars per head. ‘The national Danks in the niueveen Staves north of the Ohio and east of the Missouri have @ capita! equal to sixteen dollars per head, without including banks under State charters, and in New England, contiguous to Canada, the national bank capital is thirty-seven dollars per head. ‘The estimated expenditure for 1871-2 is $25,682,372, Of about seventeen per cent increase. Of ‘ths the debt takes $6,667,100; $7,846,000 are devoted to pub: lac works, of which $6,000,000 are to be spent on the International Rellway, $1,500,000 for the militia and $2,650,000 for subsidies to the provinces, Sir Francis Hincks, in is speech o! Friday even- ing, when bringing down THE BUDGET, was not happy, He defegded the swindle perpe- the advantages claimed for and | HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1871—TRIPLE- SHEET. money advanced by Kngiand to build the ier tional for the purpose of redeeming Canadian bonds, ‘thus flying in the face of tne statute. He derived gratification trom the fact that Canada imported thrice as much manufactured goods from England as the United States did in proportion to population, Mr. Cartier yelped applause, stating that “One Canadian vash as goot as tee Yangces,’? seemingly remembering the day when her Majesty’s govern- ment valued bis bead at £500 sterling and ovilvieus of the fact that the prosperity of a nation is not to be gauged by the amount she purchases in any one market, or indeed in all, Ile seemed to forget that the States, consuming as they do more per head than the Canadas manufacture Jargely, and send 000,000 & year of their surplus, To return, Sir Franets Aimeks then read a long e: tract from Macauly to prove that a national debt was a NATIONAL BLESSING. For the year 1869-70 he reckoned on a surplus of $1,090,000, the customs revenue having exceeded | the estimates by about sixteen per cent, For 1870-1 he placed the expenditure at $15,900,090, and the revenue at $17,270,000, claiming $1,370,000, which’ might’ be increased to $1,800,000 W he could save enough. For 1871-2 the total esti- mate was $25,682,009, of which the actual amount chargeable to income was $16,346,000, a very large amount. He anticipated a fall, ing of in customs of $500,000, a sup’ plementary estimate of $300,000, and an appro” Priation of $500,000 to introduce a new (decimal* System of weights and measures, which would re-) duce the surplus to about $700,000. This was a very favorable result, and it might be thought that the government should make a more extensive re- duction in taxation, It was not expedient to re- duce taxation at present. The duties on coal and flour would be removed, and discretionary power Would be asked, so that the Governor in council might from time to me add eertain.raw materials used m manufactures to the. free list. It would be most unwise to alter seriously our tariff while nego Uations were pending AT WASHINGTON, Machinery which could not be manufactured here Would be admitted free, and a duty of one dollar and nfty cents per cora be placed on hemlock bark, 60 as to prevent the stripping of the trees by Ameri cans. It was significantly added thata large expen- ditare would largely increase the national debt, and that consequently Canada would again have to be- come a borrower in the markets of the world. The speech was a weak one, and is only notice- able as show ng thatthe anu-American spirit still prevails In the councils of the government, and that al defieits of a still more serious nature are an- t's answer was a masterly one, character- ized by all thos e exceliences which have made hira fully the equal of Gladstone tn financial debate. He censured the government for adopting the danger- ous heresy that a national debt was a national bless- ing, and pointed out how the commercial progress of England had been made IN SPITS OF HER DEBT, Dot in consequence of it, It was a poor policy to continue taxing our people because a commission Was sitting at Washington. under the halluctnation that we were exerting a pressure in America, The government was monopolizing and con- troling the capital of the country to a most dangerous degree, Throngh savings banks banks of issue, insurance deposits and other schemes the government was drawing to iself all the spare capital of the country, thus creating a treasury deceptively full and whieh tn- vited extravagance in public works. Tne govern- ment administration had been neither wise nor economical. There were two classes of expendl- ture—one authorized by statute, one controlled by government. The latter had increased forty-five per cent since 1866, thirty per cent within the last two years. A heavy expenditure, such as was projected, would induce inflation and general speculation, and so hurry the country onward to FINANCIAL DISASTER, .The regular expenditure was increasing more ra- pidly taan the revenue. We should come to a crash ere ‘Jong, and when the evil day came the people would find that the largest portion of the sources of the country’s prosperity was imvested in the debt and not available in the emergency. After criticising the budget in detatl, he moved a resolution express- ing alarm at the financial state of the country, that he might record his vote against the present danger- ous state of affairs. A long debate ensued, The only noteworthy state- Ment was that of Mr. Tilley, Minister of Customs, to the effect that the reduction of the duties on coal, wheat and flour weuld weaken the hauds of the Commission, and would be unwise, as the result of the Commission would probably be a commercial treaty. Myr. Cartwright pointed out the danger of a policy tending to inflatien. When trouble came we should have a sum of $12,000,000 of our debt on call which we could not meet. We ba tending onward to another crash like that of 857 Mr. Galt's motion was lost by 91 to 35, about one- third of the members being absent at the local elec- tions at Ontario, The tariff was amended so as to take off the duty of five per cent on the fifteen per cent list (which had raised that to 15%), and the House adjourned. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN ITEMS, Anew journal entitled Alsace and Lorraine has been founded in Bordeaux. ‘The town of Plombiéres, in France, has been nearly destroyed by the Prussians, The French General Durrien had both feet frozen off during the retreat of Bourbaki’s army. Two Court balls will be held in Brussels after Easter, on the 10th and 17th April. Mazziul is now the editor of an ultrarepublican journal in Rome, called La Roma del Popolo, Father Hyacinthe left London after the conclusion of peace to rejoin his mother 1m Paris. The ancient statues in the Cathedral of St. Denis have been horribly mutilated by the Prussian sol- duery, Horses were on February 28 still so scarce in Paris that carriages were pald seventy trancs for a day’s ride. With the exception of six infantry regiments the whole French army will be dissolved and then re- organized. ie Four hundred and fifty thousand valentines were sent through the London Post Ofice on February 1: to different parts of England, : As a curious incident It 1s related that the French General Faidherbe and his victor, the Prussian Genera] You Goeben, were intimate friends before the war. The Agricultural Society in France, in concert with the Royal Agriculturai Society in England, has formed a committee for receiving subscriptions to the French farmers’ seed fund, Black marble slabs, inscribed with the names of all those National Guards who have fallen befere the enemy, have been placed in the vestibules of several public buildings in Paria, Seven members of the French Academy are de- puties to tue National Assembly. Tney are as fol- lows:—Victor Hugo, Thiers, De Laprade, Duke of Broglie, Dupauioup, Vitet, Jules Favié, St. Mare Gurarair = A corps of the Gardes Mobiles will be'sent to Al- giers, where a military academy similar to that of ‘St. Cyr is being erected for their instruction, Om- cers of the Moblies will in future be appointed, not elected. => 2 The initrallleuse has existed in china for centa- ries, A Jesuit missionary of Pekin gave a descrip. tion of it In a book published in Paris as far back as 1782. The design which accompanied the descrip- tion resembles greatly the French mitraillense. Four hundred and ninety-one vessels passed through the Suez Canal during last year. Of these 814 were English, 74 French, 3 Egyptian, 26 Austrian, 18 Ottoman, 10 Italian, 3 Portuguese, 2 American, 1 Zanzibanan, 8 Spanish, 1, Danish, 2 Russian, 1 Greek. The receipts of the company amounted to 5,072,098 francs, An anti-slavery meeting was held in Madrid on February 15, General Sickles, the American Minis- ter, made a speech, which obtained great applause, He said he had lest one leg in fighting for the eman- cipation of the blacks, and that he was ready to shed his last drop of blood for this cause, The people of Maita have addressed @ petition to the Queen of England, asking her to protect the rights of the Pope. The Queen replied that she will see that the liberty and independence of the Holy Father be observed. A new quarantine regulation has been issued by the Russian government for vessels entering Russiam ports on the Baltic. No vessels coming Trom Barbary or any other Turkish possession on the coast of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea will be admitted unless provided with a clean Dill of health, issued at the place from which they started, and countersigned by the Russian or some otter consul in his absence, Two officers of the Paris National Guard, Lieu- tenant Colonel Piazza and Commander Branet, were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment eaca for hav- ing during the night of January 27 assumed the functions of a general. They were defended py M. Emile Flourens, brother of Gustave Flourens, who has been sentenced to death. Prince Metternich’s creaentials as Austro-Hunga- rian Ambassador to France have been renewed. It is believed that a Russo-Turkish rapprochement Js on the tapis, The French Consul at Lemberg, Gallicia, has puo- licly thanked the Poles for the sympathy they have shown towaras the French nation. ‘The Governor of 9 Russian province decided the other day that the old ukase forbidding Jews to nave Chrisian servants Was still In force. The Minister At St, Petersburg, however, reversed tDis decisions a surplus of | ST. DOMINGO. Keeping House in Dominica—The Town of Azua—A Queer Customer—A Country Seat— The Washerwomen of the Country—Offi- cial Banquet—Colored Callers. Azva, St. Domingo, Feb, 17, 1871. My last letter was writven immediately after the arrival of our overland party at this place, and my impressions of the place at that thme were not at all favorable; for we were quite fatigued from our travel, hot and dusty, and were compelied to sub- mit to certain annoying delays which we thought might might have been avoided, Since that time, however, General Valentina Baez, wio is the Gov- | ernor of the town and a brother of the President, has pald us such marked attention as to obliterate all our iirst feelings of unpleasantness, KEEPING HOUSE. We have been furnished a house for our residence, which 1s hardly yet completed, belonging to Mr. Givbs, who 18 a 80n of the Treasurer of the Baez gov- ernment, The house is like nearly all the others in the town made@f the palm slabs and thatched with ‘Une broad leaves of the same tree, It has five rooims, all on the ground floor, and the floor 1s a mixture of | earth and cement, which ferms into a fine dust, covering our clothes with It, very much to their de- terloration, Mr. Gibbs, the owner, resides next door, and has been drunk ever since our ar- rival, which renders him Misgustingly fumiiar and officious with us, We at first took our meals at the house of a large raw-boned French woman, who professes to entertain strangers; but we soon dis- covered that said entertainment consisted princi- pally of large bills, equal in amount to those of a first class New York hotel, and as we were not dis- posed te pay such a price without the corresponding comforts and advantages thereof, we determined to cater for ourseives, and have consequently engaged the services of an old negro, whose name 1s Fran- cisque Africanns St. Yomingo Loanzo, and who was brought from the coast of Africa when young. ‘Ihts old man, who understands about as much English ‘as would enable him to get himself into trouble, is our cook and general housemaid, and performs nis duties about as miserably as we could well desire. Then we have another servant, furnished by the Governor, who attends to bringing us water and a few other duties, and who amuses himself by pack- ing into his haversack everything eatable he can lay his hands on. Thus we get along beautifully; we have delegated one of our party to attend to the swearing, and get along quite harmontonsly. CHARACTER OF THE TOWN, ETC. The houses are, with few exceptions, constructed in the manner I have described—ef palm slabs and thatched with paim leaves, firmiy secured by thongs made of tough vines. This kind of roof forms the best possible protection against the heat ef the sun. ‘There are no glasses in the windews, but heavy shut- ters are fastened at nigkt. At the eaves, which ex- tend some distance over the sides of the houses, there 1s @ considerable space for ventilation, In some houses the floors are planked or tiled, but in most cases they are of well packed earth. The cook. Ing is done either in the open air or in outhouses, the fuel being charcoal. Hammocks are almost uni- versally used for sleeping, bedsteads being a great rarity. A few chairs anda coupleof rude tables generally complete the furniture. The streets are laid out at right angles, are quite wide, but ex- tremely stony and poorly cared fer. The population of Azuais about 1,509, and about every filth house contains a shop, where are offered for sale a few groceries and fruits, there being but little variety in the stocks, The inhabitants are Mostly mulattoes; there are, however, a number of blacks and afew Spaniards, The town is situated about three anda half miles back from the Bay of Ocoa, or, as the particular bight at this place is called, the Bay of Tortuguero; and although there is @ gradual ascent from the coast, the town Is really in a valley, the high range of mountains which ex- tend along for miles parallel to the coast forming a splendid background. 4 CHARACTER, One of the persons I met and to whom I had a let- ler of introduction was Don Antonio DuqQuesnay. Don Antonio 1s about fifty-five years of age, but has undoubtedly seen as much of the world as most men of eighty. Spare and round shouldered, withasharp eye and sharper nose, he looks like Don Quixete, and does not illy resemble in character that remark- able adventurer, After knocking about the world, tryiug his fortune in almost every country and cli- mate— not excepting California in 1849—he has finally wound up by landing in Azua, where he Js engaged 10 the humanitarian scheme of teaching the young natives the rudiments of their language and the ele- mentary branches of learning. It 1s asingular sight to witness this man, who has undoubtedly possessed @n adventurous and restiess disposition, settied down here, with a dozen or more half naked little urchins rs him, almost worshipping him as they repeat lis formulas of wisdom, and receive, with a proper degree of contrition, his well adminis- tered castigations, for the Don believes in a proper amount of weil applied physical demonstrations of authority. He has about forty scholars, all told, and he states that nowhere lias he ever seen greater ea- gerness to learn. One little chap of about six years wrote a good hand at the Don’s dictation, and per- formed some good arithmetic examples, With all his eccentricities Don Antonio 1s doing a good work among the people. His charge for each pupil is one dollar per mouth, which is usually pau in pro- duce, A MODEL PLANTATION, On Monday atternvon, at the invitation of General Baez, we took a ride in the surrounding country. We were supplied with excellent horses, and about three o’clock our cavalcade dashed out of tuwn with a bugier in advance and a considerable escort: accompanying us. Although the sun was quite hot, the thermometer indicating about eighty-five de- grees, yet a splendid sea breeze prevented our feel- ing any oppressiveness {rem its elects. Our road was beautifully shaded aud in good condition. On both sides et) fe ee an whieh, boundaries ee the dir- rent planratio ich Were growing suga anes Wehetes, OF, tohatco, cocoanut oranges and sweet potatves, Woe turned into one o} these parloaure where some men were at Fefreshed onfselves with sugar cane and 01 milk, which latter when the page are fresh trom tne tree is a delicious beveragé, ing kéiarkably cool. Alter gur refreshment we again dashed forward, otir horses now getting well warmed up and travel- ling splendidly. Leaving the main road we went some distance over a bridie path, and soon came to the sight of ancient Azna, for ihe present town 18 only about 120 years old, the orginal town, which was built by the (acaba in the early part of the sixteenth century, having been destroyed by an earthqnake, and, as was usually done 1m Buch cases, the inhabitants, fearing to rebuild in the game spot, moved to another location. The foundation of an ancient church is about all that we could see of the ruins. It was apparently o! good size, as the walls were at least four feet thick. A beautiful stream of water flows near by, and the We passed a plantation be- and entered one occupied by lere we bepeld a scene of tropica! luxuriance which would be ditiicuit to sur- pass. Long avenues, smooth and well swept, passed through vast fleids of sugar caxve, whose long blades swept away on either side as far a3 the eye could see, Bananas and-cocoanuts and all the tropical fruits were in profusion. Borders of immense cac- tus of several varieties lined the avenues a8 we ap- roached the house, and two immense tamarind rees, filled with fruit not gnite ripe, stood near the door. The house itself, although not what would be called stylish at home, possessed all tie com- forts and Juxuries required {in this delightful climate. Immediately surrounding it the walks and orives were well defined, carefully swept, and adorned with a great variety of flowers In full bioom. We were Introduced to the proprietor, Sefior Marchena, who treated us with great civility, and took great pride in showing us through his grounds. ‘The plantation must have contained from 800 to 1,000 acres, and was in the highest state of cultiva- tion poxsibie with the implements used in the coun- try, they being hoes and axes, I have not seen @ plouzh in the island, The whole place was thoruughly irrigated and drained, and the soil was everywhere of the richest character. Many of the canes were twenty feet high and from two to three inches in diameter, We were assured that they Would not require replanting for years; indeed, we were shown some which General Baez stated were planted before he was born, and he is fifty yeare old, The sugar 1# of the best quality forrefintng, although the means of granulating it here are very :mperfi With such natural advantages of soil and however, what could uot be accomplished wtroduction here of tae ordjuary appliances of civilization ? We yailoped up one drive and down another, meeting some uew attraction at every turn, -A sugar mill!, of an old and inferior make, was in Operation; & rum distillery and other buildings per- taining to the piace evideuced care anu attention, Yet! am satixfied that Sefior Marchena could net, with his imperfect means, make use of one- half of his growth of cane, and in. crusn- ing not more than two-thirds of — the Juice could be pressed out, Notwitustanding this, and the fact also that owlng to incendiarism dur ing ‘be occupation of the country by the Spaniards he suffered nvany losses, he ull Be amid all dificnities, and earnestly prays for annexauion to the United States, 1u order to secure protection and thus ehabic Lim to develope his qnierpriscs. Under the ctreumstances I deem him a model of persever- ance. It was quito dark as we entered the town upon our return, having made @ circuit of at least twenty miles. NATIVE WASHERWOMEN. I started off alone one morning for ® walk ber | the river, and it peing quite early I was reward by a novel and picturesque sight, On both sides of the stream were women squatting close to the edge of the water, with clothing laid on round stones, hammering away upon them with broad padales, this being their barbarous method of washing, My Appearance rather startied them, and I could bear the term “4mericana’ very frequently, At & cer- tain point up the stream the washing ceased, and above that there were numbers cf men, women and children filling casks, bottles and every concelva> ble kind of vessels with water for drinking pur- poses. It is thus carried around through the town on donkeys and the heads of women, and sold, the price being about five cents a cask. Leaving the river, I struck mto the chapparal which hned the banks, and-wandered for some Ume amid narrow shaded waiks, across which va- rious brilliantly plumagea biras were fitting, mak- ing musical the atmosphere around. Among’ them J noticed two or three varieties of numming birds, who would poise themselves for an instant and then dart away like lightning. The cool morning air Was quite Invigorating, and returning to the stream 1 turned homeward with @ keen appetite. As I passed the washerwomen 1 attem, od to converse With some of the best looking of them, by using mongrel language accompanied by signs, atthe result was hot particularly satisfactory, and I re- turned home feeling convinced that aga Spanish linguist 1 Was not a success. “A STATE DINNER, General Baez Invited our overland party, together With General Sigel, to take breakfast with him one morning, which, however, was more of a dinuer than a breakfast. We accordingly went to his re- sidence about eleven A. M., and fonnd everything in readiness for entertainment. lis residence is No better im character than any other in the town, and in fact appeared unusually dilapidated, A number of dignitaries were present to grace the oc- casion, among whom were generals, alcaldcs and others of Migh rank, ‘The meal was well served aud weil cooked, consisting of the following course: First, a wrifle of cognac; second, vermicelli soup; third, roast beef and {ried bananas; fourth, tried pork and Massachusetts potatoe fith, roast chicken, lettuce and native potatoes; sixth, roast turkey with water cresses and pepper grass; Seventh, pam cabbage dressed with boiled eggs} eighth, omelet with hashed bam; ninth, Spanish figs and raisins; tenth, pime apples and oranges; eleventh, bananas and cantelopes about a loot long; twelfth, coifee and cigars; thirteenth, Dominican brandy, which was a distillation of chain- lightning and aqua fortis, During the progres= of the meal we had various kinds of French and Span- ish wines, and the whole aifalr was of the most drs- fingueé character, We did not rise until four o'clock, having been five hours, which was as good as could be expected from this country. Various speeches Were made, and a general conversavion ensued on Annexation, as well as othcr affairs of generalin- terest. We entered into minute explanations re- garding the way in which our government ariairs were conducted, detailed the nature of our school system and endeavored to impress upon them that we considered it one of the moat important con- comitants of a true repubitcan government, Great interest was manifested by the company, who seemed anxious to ud out as much as possible of our internal affairs, and expressed their greatest en- thusiasm im favor of aunexauon. One general stated that from this time he wanted to be cone sidered as under the orders of the American govern- ment, and desired to have the flag immediately Talsed. Kverything passed oft satisfactorily, aud Was quite & success culinarily, 5 DUSKY VISITORS, Since our arrival at this place the news has spread over the surrounding country lke wildfire, and the people are impressed with the idea that we have come to raise the American flag without delay and complete aunexauion. We have received crowds of them daily, ihey having donned their best clothing and flocked to our quarters with eager haste, greet- ing us with smiling faces, outstretched hands and a hearty ‘Buenos dias, Senores,” to which we re- spond as heartily as the annoying circuinstances will permit. As, however, these spontaneous expressions of the people furuisi us with the best evidence of their true feelings and their unanimous desire for aunexation, we consider them of too much im- portance to be treated lightly, It is nighly amusing sometimes to witness their ludicrous attempts at. personal decorations preparatory to visiting us, every variely of costume being produced for the occasion. AS @ general thing, however, they are neat and clean, and whether their clothing consi=ts of pantaloons Only, or whether they sport the addl- onal toggery of coat, hat and shoes, tieir demeanor is as respectful and graceful as can be Imagined. They are shaded in compiexion from almost white to @ pure ebony, the predominating color being a mulitto, As is usual, there Is @ premium upon the lighter shades in the social circle, they forming a sort of an aristocracy, which, however, 1s entirely social and not political. Some of the females have remarkably fine features, showing a large infusion of spanish blood, which particularly develops Itself in their dark, piercing eyes and graceful carriage, IT Nave seen some of these women carry immense burdens upon their heads, balancing kegs of water aud other articles wituout the assistance of their hands, Whenever circumstances will permit they dress the uselves with taste, and are as mouest and as fond of the usual female adoruments of jewelry, &c., a8 you will Und anywhere, The men are mostly well formed, lithe and active, and invari- ably good horsemen. ‘The women aro quite indus- trious and labor cheerfully from morning till night, and I have little doubt thatif the men were not so continuaily interrupted by alarms and invasions that they also wouid be good laborers. ‘This country would be @ paradise for the strong- Minded women, and | wonder that seme of them do not emigrate here; for usualy the marriage rites consist of a sort of mutual agreement to live together until either party is dissatlefied, when they can amicably become unmarried, the woman taking possession of ail the personal property, which here comprises almost everything, a8 very lew have any realestate. This system appears to work very weil if one may judge from the few signs of discontent manifested on either side, The father is compelied to take care of his children, however, under the Code Napoleon, which is the law of the land, and 1s strictly enforced. They require but little care, for 48 800n as they can crawl they care lor themselves and fight their own way pretty much thereafter. They runentirely naked until they are six or elght yeara oid, and are then ‘provided with some slight garment, more to indicate them age, ap- parentiy, than to proiect then from the weather or to hide their persons. At fourteen the boys are required to enter the army, where they continue the remainaer of thelr lives, When there 1s no actual necessity for their immediate presence they are allowed to cultivate the soil or aitend to any other avocation by which they can pro- vide for their physical wants, Tieir army pay is a Joaf of bread or three plantains and. a pound of meat a day (when {t can be procured) durmg their actual service in the field; and unless they can be blessed with cnough peace to earn their clothing by their labor they must go naked, ag the governinent does not propose to clothe them or pay them any money. Ag there 13 generally a little war- fare on band, they are not very well clad, Can it be presumed, therefore, that with such prospects before them this people shouid muke much progress in agricultural or other pursuits? Give them stability in their government, permanent peace and some en- couragement and instruction, and I believe they Would become prosperous aud industrious, WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE, Meeting of the Cackling Hens. The New York Woman Suffrage Socicty held its regular session yesterday afternoon. Quite a large number of ladies were present, as well as a few of the stronger sex. The Rev. Dr. Clark, of Harlem, who was to read a paper, being absent, the society took up the question of property as related to women, It was thought that women should have one-half of their husband’s property, to do with as they chose. Women should have a chance to succeed or fall if they want to make an experi- ment in business. Men snonld uct have a right to give their property by will to any but tae wife, Tho question was asked whether proj Tights could be secured by women without the ballot. Dr. MARVIN thought it wicked for a man to leave his property to reMgious institaitens to the neglect of his children. Tue ballot won't etfect these things unless Were is @ public sentiment back of it, MISS SMITH thoaght that the principal use of the ballot would be to open women’s eyes to the fact that thelr talents should not be confined to the petty details of house- hoid labor. Such work can be done by subordinates as weil, and it 18 poor economy for intellectual wo- men to give their time to domestic details. A lady thought that women might as well vote as petition. The laws have been changed tn the State of New York by petition, tll women have more rights than men in some respects, ‘The ladies had some SHARP THINGS to say about the diniculty that wives have to get money Jrom their husbands; and en wilowance was auivocated by some, while ‘others thougiit that this ‘was not the better way. Women are in the hubit of picking thelr husbands’ pockets and resorting to other expedients to get the money they need, Mrs. BARLOW, Wino has lately come from the South, referred to the large nutuber of wemen who are car- Heng" on the work ol large plantations. She wished that women would stand by each other, and not be Jealous of each other's success. She gave an inter- esting account of a woman's work on Harker Istand, nine miles from Beaufort. Miss Bell went to this island seven years ago, where she found 350 people, not more tha a dozen of whom could read. These POOR WHITES depended upon fishing for a living and were in the Most miserable state, Miss Bell has taught them to cultivate the ground and brought them to a ligher condition, Dr. Sheldon said he had come to the ecting hoping to learn something, but he hod been disappuinted, Tne gentieman went on toshow that the jaws are now in favor of women ‘n this State. He thought that ‘men o8 a rule were willing to give women haif of their wealth, and that women have far greater ower than men, inasmuch as they have the educa- jon of the rising generation, Women can make just such men ag they have a mind to, He was will- ing for ey to vote, he! i didn’t believe the ballot would be of apy use to vem. AD enthusiastic gentieman gave this speaker & jae his wind,” after wW the meeting ad- journed, ‘rhere was some confusion at various times during the meeting, the ladies not bemg aren i hore cariosyts to nee the ceremonies in honor of atric! ieee ataneant: A PICTURE OF MODERN SOCIETY. Adultery «la Mode—The Story of a Baltimorg Belle and a Man Abou: Town—Caught in Flagrante Delicto—A Double Divorce Makes Everybody Happy. The looseness of marriage ties In modern soclety isamply illustrated by the following event which took place a few weeks since:— About eighteen months ago a gentleman of hand-! some mien. and good address was introduced into a family of high standing. From reasons of delicacy and on account of the social position of the parties the full names are withheld. The head of thi family was Colonel H., of the staff of the present, Governor of Maryland. His wife, Mra. H., is de- scended from the oldest patrician stock of that State and the possessor of a large fortune in her, own right. Besides these distinguishing advantages @ peculiar interest has been attached to heron ace count of THE ROMANCE OF HER BARIER YEARS, She has not only been famous as one of the leading! belles of Baltimore, but also on account of he ’ “secesh” procitvities, for which she has been ae inmate of several federal prisons during the sate war, 1¢ was she who had made her way through’ the federal lnes in order to deliver to General Gil- more surnamed *‘Light Horse Harry” the sword of honor for which subscription had been got up by some ladies of Baltimore. The federal authorities, however, refused to see thts chrvalrous deed in its Proper light, On her return she narrowly escaped imprisonment and was kept under close surveillance! for some time afterwards, As the reader will see, the antecedents of this lady were in keeping with the further development of her character, Mrs. Colonel H.—or rather she who was, but Is at present no longer Mrs. H.—is the happy mother of a grown-up son and a charming young lady of sixteen, herself engaged to a young gentleman in Brooklyn, The name of the hero of this story also begins with an H. In order to avvid confusion he will, in the course of this story, be named Lothario, Well, Lo- tharlo himselt was @ married man of thirty-six, but looked much younger than his age, Hig wife lived in St. Louis and was PINING AWAY IN COLD NEGLECT while he was wasting his substance in idleness, Lothario succeeded in insinuating himself into the good graces of Mrs. H., who, at the mature age of thirty-four, still retained all the beauty and freshness of youth. This was no dificult matter to do, as the Jady herself made considerable advances. The cold formalities of the first meeting soon melted before the congenial warmth of a familiarity that tore- boded no good to THE PEACE OF MIND OF THE COLONEL, who for @ considerable time reposed in fancied se« curity, trusting to the plighted faith of his interest. ing wife. As the“acquaintance ripened into intl. macy the Colonel became, however, uncasy and sus. picious, His wife, with tho skilful dissunulation of her sex, contrived to quiet these suspicions, and Lothario became tne fixture usually called “WRIEND OF THE PAMILY.’? About a year ago, six months after his Introduction, Lothario came to this Though of good social standing he Ww: not & man of wealth, le =hhad )~=obeen fooling away nis time, and had now to do something lor aliving, He soon obtamed a }O8I- | tion In a large establishment, A lively cross fire of letters was kept up between tne two lovers. Amon; the voluminous correspondence whica was after- wards found there were billets which teemed with! expressions of tender passion, The two lovers) fairly exhausted che vocabulary gf endearing terms, and, as it were, smothered one another with affection. This state of things lasted for some time. About two months 2go the lady, her husband and Stasis young daughter, who had the full bene, to! first’ cil THIS BEAUTIFUL MATERNAL EXAMPLE, came to the city and engaged apartments at one of, the first class hotels, AS may be well imagined Lotharlo was duly intormed of their arrival and int iis quality of friend of the family paid his devoirs to the Colonel and his wife. The dull presence of the husband, however, stood between neart and: heart and interfered w anything beyoud a ire diy and harmless conversation. Lovers can communicate with one another without the aid of words. It is to be presuined that SECRET GLANCES : which escaped the eyes of the legal possessor of the’ lady were exchangéd and brougnt about the de- sired understanding. Matters were now hurrying to acrisis. It had come to be the case that the lady became so passtonately fond of Lothario that she thought she could not live apart from him, be was iuduced to overstep all social barriers in. order # TO GRATIFY NER GUILTY PASSION. ; After a short stay in New York, Colonel H, and’ family Jeft this city for home. A week afterwards Mrs. Hi. agaim came to the city, this time alon and engaged @ room at a very large hotel Toward dusk a gentleman of pleasing exterior called at the very same hotel and inquired for the lady in question. He was ushered mto her econo Early next morning the Colonel, who in the meas time haa provably smelt a rat, armved, and alter duly entering bis name asked to be SHOWN TO UIS WIFE'S ROOM, The polite hotel clerk complied with his request, and ordered one of the serving men to show the gen- Ueman to roem No. —. To room No. — the gentle- man was accordingly shown. On arriving at tho oor of the aparunent the Colonel, Whose suspicions had already been aroused, heard ‘a whisper and the sound of @ male voice coming from within. [is suspicions @f his wife's infldelity now grew into certainty, and it only remuined to him TO UNMASK THF GUILTY PATR. To carry out his design he requested the serving man to knock at the door on the pretext of deliver- ing a letter. The man did so, and the door was une locked and epened just wide enough to allow a fe- male hand, which was held forward, to pass through the opening. The furious husband could centain himself uo longer. He pushed the door open and beheld his wife in undress her paramour im bed. Here was a prima Jacte case of crim, con, OY, a3 the French say, a flagrant déit. With A VOLLEY OF EXECRATIONS the Colonel proceeded to pitch into the destroyer of his happiness, Lothario, with a remarkable pre-; sence of lua, saw at ouce the full extent of the plight in whtch he was placed, and at the same timo, sought for means of escape. With amazing coolness. he ordered the Colonel to “clear out,” and to enforce his argument HE DREW A REVOLVER, threatening to shoot him if he did not vacate the a@partnient. The husband took this forcible hint, and made lox the office at the greatest possible sp ed to fe heip. Lothario had just time enough to slip up iis puntaloons when an angry voice and steps of several men were heard to approach. He gathered up lis clothes as fast he could, darted out through tie nearest pees, ran down stairs, and found himseif breathless and panting in oue of the yards. Here a cook of French nationality met his bewil- dered gaze. With money Lothario thought he coula go to the bottom of the man’s heart and be piloted out to safety. He accordingly took out a ten dollar Dill and held tc forth, IMPLORING THE GAUL to show him where he could escape his infuriated adversary. Lotuario, however, mistook his man. ‘The Frenchman, who saw before him @ man with- out hat, shoes or stockinge—tor Lotnario had noihing on but a pair of pantaloons and an under- shirt—with a bundie ef clothes under his arm, took him for a thief and thought by bts capture to secure a beter reward, per chance an advancement. He pounced, therefore, upon ihe gentieman “in undress’? and shouted with all his might, “You are a teet! I take you to de proprietaire; I take you to de offece."?. Here was a dilemwa for Lothario. Something was to be done, and quickly, too. Without much ado he KNOCKED THE NOISY FRANK DOWN, rushed a nd brought up in the laundry. Here he was confronted with the iaundry gis, who had Just come to work. Woman's ineart 1s open to pity if not to avarice, To make tugs, however, douvly sure, he flourished the aforesaid ten dollar bill in a wild and excited manner, imploring them to show him some back door through which he could get out. The terrified laundry giris fied at his appreach, tninking lum some escaped lunatic. ‘They left nim ib utidisputed possession of the apartment. He pus on the necessary Clothes, and, after a few minutes’ search, luckily found his way into the street. Bus here the story does not end. The course of love never ran smooth, bu: ove defies all obstacics, ‘The lady, who had to bear the full brunt of the Jolonel’s bitter reproaches, apparently made it up with her husband, and was Induced to return to Baitimore. But a short time alter her arrivat there she, by some underhand means, OBTAINED A DIVORCE r from her husband and hurried back to New York into the arms of her beloved, who in the meantine had also contrived to get a divorce from his wife, There was no bar now between their happiness, The long wished for martiage was consummated, and the happy pair, accompanied by the lady's som aod charming daughter, sailed In one of tie Cunard steamers, and are now on thelr way to Europe. u ete ae ) POUGHKEEPSIE BoaT CLUB.—At oa meeting of the members of the Shatemuc Boat Club, held Tuesday evening, Dr. Charles L. Houghton was elected secre- tary, and Floy M. Johyston treasurer, to fil vacane cies leit by the resignation of the former secretary and treasurer. The oilicers of the club as they now stand are:—President, Tristram Cofin; vice presi-« dent, Aaron Innis; secretary, Charles L. Houghton; treasurer, Pioy M. Johuston; executive comruittee, William @, Mili, John R. Roosevelt, George 8, Bure =, fhe clnb now numbers over filty members, and is in & hag? Am rous condition. They have undoubtedly the best and most conventent voat house of any club in the country. No Ku Kiux IN Texas.--The Galveston News of the Oth inst. says:—On behaif of the entire demo. cratic press of Texas we deny the existence of a single Ku Klux in the State, and challenge any man “ pring evidence of the existence of ong