The New York Herald Newspaper, June 21, 1871, Page 4

4 CHINA. | Departure of the United States Squadron for Japan. Prospect of More Trouble at Tien-tsin. HORRORS OF T.iE COOLIE TRAFFIC. Trouble at Tien-tsin—Departure of the American Fleet—Another Coolie Outrage—Edict Against Lotteries—Completion of the Hong Kong aud Shanghae Cable—Shooting Affair. SHANGHAB, May 12, 1871, The American ficet left this port for Nagasaki on ‘the oth inst., where they are to meet prior to start. ing for the Corea, iis Excellency F. F, Low was on | board the Colorado, Magship of Admiral Rodgers. The whole Asiatic fect is to join the expelition ex- cepling the jot, Which Is undergoing repairs. Mr. George F. Seward does not accompany the expe- dition. We have nad q iite an mterva lof silence lately as to the late Pen-isin massacre. Ever since that terrible affatr occurred Lhe journals in this place have always fallen back upon it a3 @ sort of reserve for their edl- torial fire; but for about two weeks they have been sient upou the suvject, But they came very near ———— | others escaped to Hong Kong. of that craft to convey them thither, seem to have listened to the suggestion o1 the man Kao, In any case, they rose, killed the cupiain and several of the crew, and tarnel th p back to China, Where some of thein succeedea in escaping. ihe tragedy was not, however, atan end. ‘The Nouvelle Penelope was a Frevca ship; the French Consul at Canton asxed for and obtained the execut on Of six- Veet Of the cooiies Who had escaped to land, A Chi- nese gunboat brought them down from Canton, and landing them on a Chinese island within sight of the windows of uouses in Macao, there these sixteen men were, on the 7th of February last, with the pomp and circumstance of a grand ceremony, a8 on ‘a gala day, in the presence of hundreds ol specta- tors, beheaded by Chinese headsmen, Even here the matter did not rest, One more lortunate than the he pressure brought to bear ou the Viceroy at Cantou lea him to make an tnforinel demand for the :endition of the man. ‘This demand was forwarded to Hong Kong throu:h the British Consui and placed by the Colonial Se» retary in the hands of the Police Magistrate. The man, Kwok-a sing, was confined under the anthority of an old ordinance, pending his rendition under terms of Keying’s treaty of 1843, a document which, as not re-enacted by that of Tien-tsin, has now A Lf becoine null, Fortunately, the man had friends able to assist him, who employed Mr. Francis as his attorney; the lawer appiled for & writ of habeas corpus, and this led to a protracted trial, the judgment in which has just been deitvered by the Cluef Judge of the Supreme Court of the colony in favor of the Chmawan. In Speaking from the bench the Judge remarked that itis notorlous that the cost of the salabie articie “man,” laid down in Macao, 18 about sixty dollars and under elghty dollars; the price of this same ar- C aan’ in Callao varies from $350 to $450; jecessful voyage on this average exceeding some $5,000 profit, The Nouvelle Penelope, more- over, Was not an excep ional ship; on the same authority we learn that an estimated average of 1,000 emigrants per month leave Macao under simi- lar regulations; but thelr cases not having come within the ju:t-diction of a British court of justice We have not the same authority lor What measures: are taken on board, The Judge aninadverted in very severe terms on this traille, and said that the time had coue for a si to be put to a trade which the experience of si three years especially has shown cannot be ci on without barbarities which the mud shud. ders to think of. We at least cannot be indifferent it th a having a chance to write about another tragedy that very early happened at the same place. | A coupie of officers of Her Britannic Majesty's steamer Salamis went out riding one day through ure siieets o: Tien-tsin. One of them took a hunting crop with bim, a sort of stick about two fect long witi a leathern thong at one end of it. With this he began slashing at the dogs rght and leit.) A mandarin, in his chair, happening to pass along, the officer, by accideut, missed a dog and cut into the chair. The ofticer apologiz d, and the mandarin passed on, | Ap less ume than it takes to write it an infuriated | crowd of Chinamen gathered round the Englishmen | and commenced throwing stones, brandishing | Sticks, &¢., aud the matter looked pretty serious. { But the maadarin, who was only a short distance bebind, hearing the tainult, retarned and rescued the Briushers, Mad he not done so the probanilities are that the foreigners wou.d have been killed, Mr, Fettock, the Uritish Consul fur —, who 1s on his | to what has become a bloton our common humanity. For this case of the Nouvelle Penelope is uot te only one, We all remember the case of the ill-fated ship navigated from the coast of Peru to Japan, the fate of Whose crew 1s still & mystery. We are a3- sured that within a short period some six or seven ships, carrying some 3,000 Coulies, have been burned or otherwise destroyed, with an enormous loss of life, both of the so-calle | emigrants and their crews. “Will men,” adds the Judge, “who believe there is a Providence uot see a Nemesis in these events 7”? A shooting affair took place in Shanghae a few days ago under the following circumstances, Some verses had been published reflecting on a Portuguese merchant named Xavier, Alinough he | lad no legal proof as to the authorsuip he feit morally convinced that a Mr, author, Meeting the latter in the street on the 23th ult. Xavier struck him several times in the face with a horsewhip. A friend of Xavier's being with him, and who aiso had felt aggrieved on account of the verses. Da Silva was the | Dublished, Da Silva had both arrested on a charge of assault and brought belore the Portuguese Consul, Xavier was fined one dollar and the case against Fonseca dismissed. As they left the court Fonseca | demanded of Da Stlva an apology on his own ac- Way howe, «ud to whow I am tadebted for the par- ticulars of this aifair ‘rom a letter ne received from | Tien-tsin, informs me that the people there are ex- | ceedingly hostile to toreigaers yet, and it would re- quire but very little to cause them to rise against the foreign population, Everyihing 18 apparently quiet now, and we ail sincerely Lust will remain so, | But it only requires just such a spark as that occurs j rence of the 5th to rouse a conflagration, From Foochow we iearn that the smallpox 1s raging there. »everal cases have occurred on board ! her Majesiy’s sieamship Zebra, The Toutai (Gov- ernor) bas 18-ued a noufication to the people urging Them to be vaccinated, anu sirongly recommending the effects of tuat course. Telegraplic communication with Hong Kong 1s | now complete, the break in the cable having been | Tepaired, and communication has been perfeci eluce | the 10th inst., on Which day it was opened to tae | pubic, Tbe charges are four dollars per ten words, | 81X dollais for tweuty words aud three aollars for every additionai ten words. With the exception of the distance between ong Kong and Singapore we are iM direct telegraphic communication with Lon- don, The Shanghae and Hong Kong Company huve made arrangements for the despatch of through | telegrams to ail parts of the world via Singapore, | merely adding thelr own cuarge to the British In- | dian Exter sion Company’srates. The laying of te | cable between Stugapore and Hong Kong was com- | menved on the 17ta of April. aud probably in iess | than tour weeks telegrapuic Commusicaion hence | to Londou wii be couipiete, The Peninsular aud Oliental and Meseagerles Ma- ritimes Cumpunles Dave announced a furtuer re- | duction 1u tie Fates of ireigit for slik to. tals seven per ceut to Marseiies and Loudon, aud taels | 7.60 to vars and Lyons. ‘Tue former coulpany also | offers Wo lake Wrough Ireigat to New York at weis | nine, Tue Rev. Dr. Yates has accepted the post held by | the late Dr. Jenkms of luterpreter ty the United States Consulate Geue al. | Lotieries have been raging to quite a great extent | han hae. as the Chinese ure great gambiers It does Hot take Much Lo imduce them to take chances in these schemes. ‘They uve yeneratiy gotten up by foreigners, and tie tickets suid to Chmainen through ‘he cowpradores. this siate of things | Seems to liave created quite a condition of demorali- | ton auiong the natives and has called forth the | folloW.ng prociamatious irom tae wagisirate: | Chu, timar prevect, expectant sub-prefect and ucting chief Ve Of Sbangtae, issues the following proclamation in @ matier Of strict prouloition, | ‘The magistrate bas seceived a despatch from bis Excellency the Intendani, stating iat Lis bxcedency been in: formed that the Mo-tuug ana Kiun-p'ing foreign hongs hav placarded the streets with handoil ing totter: Styed respocuvery i e rigeon Lottery? and the ‘For: tune-making Lo! minisston wiuuing numbers. This is simple gam- e they theme. ves deriving a pr deaue th pd noth . reign merevauis who have opened hongs and ware- 8 Of respectability and ,ood iamilies— they sboulu im tuls way tempt Peopie to break the laws is avery wrong procedure. ‘The inteudant is therefore sending a despatcu to tae (ons General for France, askin, him to give orders (or the apprehension and punishment of | the offenaing partes, and to prohibit similar practices for | the fulure. It is nis’ further duty to forward a copy of that despatch tothe magistrate, and to reavest hig also to pr bi ro€ ama:ton the evil herein complained o} 1olt by publ Iu Wb the above instructions ft as the magis to insie this rigorous prouivition. He furtuer ALS On thr military, people and socal constab ‘and all, to a.tend, as iu du.y bound, jouk, aud not be tuvetgled ato Cuy pai ny lottery tf More. The local constables ure authorise |\o send in to the te any magistrate the names of a.l those temptin in che way above mento each obey with tremulin, ton, This proclamation had the effect to cause a good deal of excitement amoung Ule lottery dealers. One lottery, Which bad been originally govten up for $2,000, al One doliar per Uckel, owing to this wet nket could only wet olf $4) Uckets, and this sum Was drawn for in amounts pro ortiouately reduced, The drawing Was attended by a couple of hundred Clunese, aud had couciuded when oue or LWo nade the di-covery that ticke:s hela by them were not en- tered ma list which was posted and which pur- peopie to gamoie | be punished. Let A special proclama- Oppose not, orted to conan al the numbers Wrawn, Another Ist drawn out In “Engle, however, Was compiete, and (he omissions iu (ue Cuinese one Oniy uumMbered | Unree or four, ut suspicions Once aroused spread Tapuily, anu the discovery being made tat the fors eign manager of the loitery haa left the premises it | increased, ull we schrugs (money-counters), thor: | | | oughiy alarmed, wiought it pradcut to reure. A complaint was ‘mauve at the police station by the aggrieved mn seut | at once to concern, incluuing = & sae $540, aud | In @ short ume the ioreign agent :eturned, having | merely leit to attend to olber Lusiness, Conildesce Was rest Aud paymicut of thy inuing numbers Was viade. Under the workin; Cf Fie proclamation quoted above Wree men ar for buying lotiery tckels and condemned to the punishment Of the Cui ne (@ Hoge Woouca collur fiiung ighuy around the neck), 1 the leuor of the order m rigidly ep Orced 1. WH provabiy effec: Lie co: ete destruc ion Of hese peruicious Jouery scheme Anotuer case las been tried in Hong Kong and has brougat to tight »: facts of that in- famous cvoiie tratic ‘hat is sv in; carmed oa in Aiacay, With, We are sorry to beieve, the connivance Of the government onicials, Ou the 30.1 of Septem. ber last there sailed trom Macao a French sbip calied the Nouvetie Peneioye, Peru; she had no cargo ou U Chinese, deuominated eugra nally undergolag engagements tor a term of years to work in Pera. These emigrants had veea for some time taken care 01 16 Lhe barracouns of Macao, frora Which they Were trausporied to the shure under military goverument; thence shipped of in boats, each one of wiich bad Portuguese sidiers on board, armed With muskets and Uxed bayonets, and Hoaiy placed on board the Nouvelle Penelope. The ar- Tahgements of Luis ship Were In Curious Coinctlence with the first part of the tale, fhere was @ barrier | across the deck, abalt the mauunast constructed of strong Wood [yur luches square and seveu or eight fi “There were two open barred dvors ening aft in the barrier, and there was @ cannon t each door, Wilh tue tnuzzie pomnted forward.” The cooliés Were not alluwed fo pass aft tue barrier, where (uring the day @ seutry stood on duty, At night they were confined to the hold of the ship, one of the crew keepiug watch at the batchway. Aft ol (oe barrier slept the Captain aud crew, who, im aidition to the two cannon men- toned above bad twelve muskets and bayunets, some vound for Callao, 1D rd, but carried 310 ts, Who Were noml- swords and revelvers. fle suip, mereover, carried y of gunpowder and grapesnoi. Betere Wing the harbor one of the emigrants jumped erboard and (ried t swim to shore. He was cap- turea and brought back to the shop, Three days fierward, out at Sea, another jumped overboard ud was drowned. A‘ he same time some twenty or thirty of the emigrants on board were crying. They said they had been kidnapped. and @ man vaued hao-kudg-imau Was seeking lo comfort them, * Do not ery, my brothers; in two days wore we shall go back to Clima.’ The 310 emigranws on board tae Nouvelle Penelope, not apparently so eager vo proveed to Peru as Was Wwe master | his decision. 1 | that caa work, by putting him | above reg | clty. | stables have not escajed the disease, _ count, and presernted him with @ written paper whih he requested him to sign. La Suva reineed, when Fonseca assaulted him with a horsewhip, Da Silva drew a revolver and fired five shots at his assailant, tour of which took fect. Sull the wounds were not very serious owing to the smaliness of the weapon. Da Silva was arrested and piaced in jail until the 10th inst., whea he was brought up for trial, The prisoner was sen- tenced to three months’ imprisonment and ordered to find two securities of $500 each to Keep the peace for two years. Tue sentence, in my opinion, was se" and it seems to me the Consul was biased in Had he fined the first assailant for a breach of the law, the second assault woultin all probability not have occurred, and in using the pis- tol against nis seconil assault he really acted in self defence. Da Silva has appealed his case to the Gov- ernor of Macao, ‘The number of poor foreigners nas increased lately to such an extent that at a meeting of foreign 1s held on the 1th ult, it was decided to take Steps to erect a house of refuge for destitute foreign- ers, The evil had become so great that it 1s not an unusual ching to see on the streets a ioreign mendi- cant. Some toafers, of course, prefer this mode of getting their bread to honestly working for it. A man Who Was discharged sume time ago from the police force, has been heard to boast that he can lnake Wo doilars @ day by begging. When the house of refuge is completed we hope to see this evil done away with, by Sareea every vagrant to hard labor, and those who can’t put in the refuge. The tollowing are the rales adopted, and have beeu assented to by the Mauicipal Councu: 1, That a house or houses be stved and furnished to accom. modate twenty men, to Fe ealiea & House of Refuge, in which any destitate forcizners may be lodged aud maintained with- Out relerence to nationality aa 2. That the inmates shali conform to the following regu'a- jons 8. The house to be kept clean and the washing and cooking pervormed ty the inmates, 4. The house to close at nine P.M. from Ist November to Bisi March, ap at ten P.M. from ist April to Slet October, at which hour the inmates rust be tn the ho: . Each inmate wili, on risinu, neatly fold his bedclothes as may be directed by the person in charge; the hour of rising to be, in summer not later than six A. M. and in winter not later nan seven A. M., oF at such other hour as may be or- dered by tue Munieipal Council for the per‘ormance of work, 6. Kiotous and disorderiy conduct will not be permitted. 7. That each inmate may be required to labor six hours in the day at such work as may be directed by the Municipal Council. §. Any person wilfully destroying the property of the Poor Houne to be prosecnted. ¥. Any inmave refusing or neglecting to comp!y with the may be expelled by the Municipal Council, With concurrence of Consul. 10. That ove man be pafd ten dollars permonth to take charge of the house; he wiilsee that the premises are kept clean and prevent anything being stolen or wilfully destroyed. 11. An oiicer of police will visit the establishinent daily to see the regulations carried out. 12. As regards Unding employment for the inmates, the Couneil recommend that they be emploved m filling the water carts, or shouid this be considered not wtting employment or Rot suiclentiy regular, that & part of the waste ground in the settlement (with consent of the owners) be cultivated as & market garden, the proceeds to be sold towards the ex- peuse of the Poor House. THE PECULIAR PLAGUE. Disease Still Prevalest but Dec Cases Reported Y. sterday. The plague which for weeks nas been attacking the beasts of burden upon whom the migratory residents of New York dally depend for a motive power to enable them to move about with any de- gree of comfort, and which so far has defied the most astute delvers into the science of “horse physiology,’’ 18 still present in some parts of the It is not, however, so alarming in its cha- racter as it has been. Almost every railroad and stage line stabie in the city has been visited by this disease, Which the knowing veterinaries dencminate “spinal meningitis,” and a large portion of the animals attacked nave died or been killed when it ‘Was discovered that the case was hopeless. Private aud many valuable roadsters have fallen victims to the singu- lar scourge. It 1s gratifying, however, to know, from the inquiries made yesterday, that the disease is on the decrease and frit some stables has en- urely disappeared, Sixteen antmals were placed in hospital at the Sixth Avenue Railroad stables, and all recovered except four. There have been no new cases there since Saturday last. At the Second Avenue Railroad stables 150 have been stricken, and all but eight are convalescent, and the plawue has taken its departure. At the stables of the Third avenue lt ne three horses died yester- day, and the ital bas two new and four old cases under treatment, one of which will scarcely surviv A horse velonging to Mr. bell, of Marlem, was taken Wi'h the disease yesterday and died in two hours. ‘The Fifth Avenue Stage Company, it ts reported, are suffering severely {rom the scourge, but its oificers reuse to give any detatls. On all the other tines the disease bas dtsappeared or materially abated, The veterinary surgeons differ as to the character of the disease; but a gentleman who has veen much interested Im the progress of the disease, and Wio 18 @ Man of experienc among eorses, makes the following Interesting statement of the origi of the disease:—The disease ts not, as was at lrst supposed, a matady of recent origin, bat has long been known In Algiers and other parts of nortuern Airica, where the horses have, from ume to time, suffered severely from its eifects, The Bedouins term it boraiz, and attribute it to an in- flammation of the bowels, caused by an inhalation of the sands of the desert, The endemic has also mauve at different times irigntful inroads among the cavalry of the French army stationed ja Airica. a ‘ench designated it as au inflammation of the and call it paraphiegie, Their treatment injection of turpentine and sulphate of zine, with boluses of tar balls administered at short in- tervais, which are said to be very successful, The pecuilar character of this disease has, of cour-e, awakened the curiosity of scientific men, and a consultation of eminent veterinary surgeons Will shortly be held, when the much vexed ques- tlous may finally ve settied, Tho “THE PAPAL JUBILEE. Telegrams from the Vatican to the St. Vincent de Vani Society in this Couary. The following reply to a congratulatory telegram from the Society of St Vincent de Paul, in the United States of America, on the occasion of the Papal ju- biiee, Was promptly forwarded the same day by the Cardinal Secretary of State:— To THR SOOCIFTY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL IN THR UNIiRD STATE OF NORTH ANPUICA~Thanks and the pa- ternal benediction of the Holy Father. To a similar telegraphic felicitation from the Cath. ollc Union west of the Atlantic, with assurance of sreeung to the Pontiff King, and with affectionate congratulations that his mi jous Pontificate had attained the “years of Peter," the responding tele- gram was eqnally prompt and paternal, conveying Ih the kindest terms— Thi to the Cathoil tauir'cecerous work, * Uae ts America Stee JAPAN. | Prospects of Trouble in Empire. the THE EXPEDITION TO THE COREA. Rear Admiral Rodgers and the Representatives of the Press, DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS. Financial and Commercial Affairs. YOKOHAMA, May 21, 1871. The aspect of affairs in Japan has not materially changed since last mail. There are still evidences of dissatisfaction on the part of the smaller princes, and the breach is widening between Satsuma and his late confederates. Troops are still pouring into Jeddo; they almost all show the crest of Satsuma. Choisin is said to have to have fled from his palace, and is not in his own province, Prince Arima, a daimio whose revenue amounts to 200,000 kokus (equal to more than 4 million of dol'ars), has been giving refuge to allthe Samourin lately belonging to Toza, Choisin and Hizen who were discharged on account of their revenue being reduced to one-tenth of their former allotments, and who are ready for anything. This action of Arima’s, whose province is im the island of Kisnin, has created quite an excitement in Jeddo, and an order has been issued denying him and bis men the privi- lege of coming to Jeddo, The guardhouses of the capital have been muluplied and, from the appearance of the city, one would suppose that an attack is expected, It is useless to coniec- ture what combinations may arise or what the issue may be. Foreign ministers know as little about the intentions of government officials or Japanese princes as the latest foreign ar ival, The reports one gets from Japanese, who, from their positions one would expect to know something, only puzzles one the more, for they are directly contradictory. One thing is certam, that if war does result the great combination will be against Satsuma, Whetuer he has succeeded in gaining over to his side the Fo- Kugawa clan is not yet certain, although many cir- cumstances favor the supposition. If he nas not, then he certainly has a hard road to hoe, ani even if he has effected a reconciltation with the party of the old Tycoon he will have his hands full, provided his enemies can hold together long enough to strike one heavy blow. Butwe cannot do better than awalt events, but strongly opine that before two months are over there will be a general war through- out the country. On the 18th inst. the long talked of expedition to the Corea left Nagasakt under the command of Rear Admiral John Rodgers, accompanied by Mr. F. F. Low, Minister Plenipotentiary to China, and hts sec- retarles. The fleet consists of the Colorado (fag- ship) forty-five guns; Alaska and Benicia, twelve guns each; Monocacy (doubie-ender), six guns, and the Palos, two guns—showing a total force of sev- enty-seven guns, and carrying about 1,500 men. Ac- cording to the instructions received from the Secre- tary of State to Mr. Low, the documents contaming which have been published in Furope America, China and Japan, the object of ihe expedition 1s to en- deavor to make a treaty with the Coreans, From the fact that these oMcial documents have been so widely published it could not have been intended that the expedition should have been kept a secret. That itis a most important mission, destined to bear important results to the commercial world, and that it will ultimately lead, no matter how it may now terminate, to the opening of the Corea, as Perry’s expedition led to the opening of Japan, can be matiers of very little doubt. The instructions as published only go so far for the American officials to express to the Coreans the desire of the Untied States to enter into amicable relations with Corea. Should the latter positively oppose such overttres I am ied to believe that instr.ctions are posilive to take no aggressive steps now, but after having de- livered the letter from the United States government to the Corean the fleet is to leave with an intimation very much like Cato’s threat to the Senate, “To go, but to return.” One thing, I believe, the Admiral will endeavor to insist upon, and this perhaps im- mediately—a promise for protection to shipwrecked mariners belonging to the Unite! States, Inumation has a.ready been sent to the Coreans, through the Chinese government, of the proposed coming of the fleet, and the question 1s, will the Coreans show a@ hostile front, or will they allow the Americans to enter their harbors and deliver their written request? The reception given to the French- men a couple of years ago should almost lead us to decide that they will adopt the former course. It ts said that they feel very elated at having driven away the French, and feel capa- ble of ‘dicking all creation.” On the otner hand, the American force, although in European eyes by no means a formidable one, 1s vastly supe- rior to that which the French took with them, and the courage and coulidence of the Coreans in themselves may ooze a iitile when their eyes are directed towards five men of war such as the American fleet is com- posed of, One thing 13 certain, that although the mission is to ail intents @ pacific one, we doubt very much whether Admiral Kodgers will leave, i at- tacked, Without showing the Coreans @ sample of Yankee gunnery. In ihe letter of the Secretary of State to Mr. Low the latter was directed to consult with Mr, George F. Seward, Consul General for the United States in China, through whom the attention of the govern- ment was first drawn to the advisability of altempt- ing to open the Corea, The suggestion wa; in all respects a wise one, In the first piace, Mr. Seward has been twelve years in Cuina, and has devoted himseif during all that time with ali the assiduity and energy of which he is possessed, and with rare talent and capacity to unravel the mysteries of Oriental politics and the study of Oriental charac- ter. But it would have been still wiser to have leit | the whole of the negotiation to Mr. Seward, for Mr. Low possesses neither the knowledge, capacity nor breadth of view sulted to @ diplomat. That Mr, Seward has been consuited, according to instrac- Uons, | have no reason to doubt; but Iam sorry to say, much tothe disappointinent of all American residents, Mr, Seward does not, as was expected, accompany the expedition. What his reasons are for keeping aleof I cannot say; for the order was positive to Mr. Low to request Mr. Seward to accom- pany him and to consult him upon ail measures con- hected with the mission, Jt is quite possible that Mr. Seward did not agree with the course proposed by Mr. Low, supposing Mr. Low to have acourse tu view, or that he deciined to piny second flddie in an affair, when In ali fairness he should have led, With the expedition several civilians have gone. Admiral Rodgers selected among otners a scientinc entieman and a photographic artist, Dut, strange say, Ree excluded all members of the ress. hy it is diMcult to find areason. Had it en a secret mission then he could scarcely have done otherwise; but, as before stated, aii the oficial correspondence has been pubiished far and wire, the objector the expedition is definitely stated in the let- ters to Mr, Low and Admiral Kodgers, as likewise, as nearly a8 possible could be told, the course to be pursued, {rit were @ secret mission tuen clearly ho one outside the navy and diplomatic corps should have been allowed, and even then it would be dim- cult to keep the operations of such an expedition secret When the execution thereof 1s to be entrusted to about 1,500 men, Wno are, 1L 1s to be hoped, in the enjoyment of the two faculies of peeing, ans see- ing. But Admiral Rodgers, when he refused per- mission to correspondents for American newspapers to accom) any the expedition, 1p the teeth of letting other civilians go, vouchsafe.l to give his reasons for 80 strange and contradictory an action. We believe Admiral Rodgers to be a brave and able officer, but we sincerely hope for his sake that whenever he is called upon to explain any action to the Navy De- artment HS deat will not serve him s0 scurvy a irick as it evidently did in this instance. The prin- cipal reason why our worthy Admiral thougit it dangerous to have ne vspaper men around him was, that they, chronicling ail the} and heard, might iuform the Coreans what he had done or was doing in the Corea. I do not like to use the word “absurd’?or “ridiculous,” in commenting on an action of so high @ personage as rear admiral in the United States Navy; but just now | am at a loss for other adequate adjectives ‘to express my oat, Perhaps the Admiral labored under she impression that all the Coreans could speak brn od fuenuy, or rather what all correspoudents could not only 8 Corean, bat Were algo giited with the power of «divination, for he was further afraid that his “future purposes’? might be disclosed to the Coreans, I[ sincerely hope that Admiral John Rodgers has better contro: over his tongue than he has over his pen. Then another Sein argument adduced by the Commander-in- Chief of the Asiatic squadron was that what your correspondent wrote for the New YORK HERALD might get back to the Corea through the Oninese, an Cay bg a I fear an undeserved, com iiment both to the HERALD and its correapondent; r, although I have the utmost faith in re HERALD and tn its Hon. 1 can wgaroely Matter mrsel that the Chinaman finds as much pleasure in reading the HeRaLp, with his tea, even tf reference 1s made to China, as ie would take in some other literary produstinas and even if tnls were so, considering he fact that about four months ‘must neces- sarily ela before he could get an account in English of what he had probably read at least /our- teen weeks previous in choice Chinese or Corean, I doubt much whether he would oecome very ex- cited over what he would read. No; take them all in all, the Admiral’s reasons were not certainly such as should be adopted at Annapolis, we will say, a3 samples of logic—at least not ordinary lozic; we know nothing about naval logic. ‘The Aiinister’s reasons were equally as deep and well woitliy tne careful study of the diplomat. I said reasons, when, in fact, ouly one was lortncom- ing. Several gentlemen connected with the pross o! Shangitae bad desired to join the expeditio: some ol these genullemen had expressed adverse opinions to Mr. Low’s course in the fen: tsin atfair, Mr. Low being an American and their opinions being anti-Low, «7rgo tiese gentlemen were autt-American, and, therefore, should not join But it might be is, it caunot ap- 2 € papers, as follows:—That the Shanghae gentlemen, being members of the press and anti-American, all other members of the press must be anti-American. The press must be exciuded! This may not be good common reasoning, but I have a very strong n0u0n that itis Low-dipiomatic reasoning, Isaid above that a photographic artist has gone with the expedition, Certain conditions were stipu- lated, which, ag Jar as 1 could learn, amount to this—that before he could use his sketches as he should please the first set struck 01 was to be pree sented to the Department at Washington; the second set WAS TO BE SET ASIDE FOR TUE ADMIRAL, and the third set should be ozfered to some Amert- can newspaper bel re 1¢ should be offered to anyone else; and even for this slight recognicion of the Claims of the American press we should ali be grate- ful to Admira. Rodgers. That the expedition will be a successful one is the sincere wish of every American, And though we have a right to feel as ral Rodgers m thus exc.uding the press, We feel as- sured that as a naval oficer, should occasion require it, he will acquit bimselt with honor—but logic is certainly not lus torte, It 13 also to be Lo,.ed that the government will rot have canse to regret that it entrusted such an Lapor- tavt measure as the opening of the Corea to the ex- Governor of Calitornta, Whitie the fleet was In Shanghae flve shipwrecked Coreans were brought mo that port. Admiral Rodgers took them on board the Colorado, with the intenuon of conveying them b cK to their own country, as an evidence of ae intentions, and also to show bow shipwreckes people were treatet by civilized nations, But the Corcans were alraid that conveyed home in this manner they would jorlelt their hberty and perhaps their lives, They therefore begged hard to be allowed to remain In Nagasaki until they cou'd,6nd an opportunity to get back to their own country by themselves, probavly in such a manner that the Corean outicials would be Unaware ot their 80) ura in a foreign country. They were consequently allowed to remain in Nagasaki, and the American Consul was requested to see taat they were properly cared for during their stay. If possible the fleet propos to do some surveying of the coast—provided, of course, the Coreans con- Sent. AS itis pessible that their stay wul be a short one, provided everything goes on smoothly, and should an answer to the request of the Americans be promised in & reasonably short time the fleet will go to Cheefoo until tue time expires tor their return to the Corea, But it is mot altogetier out ot ie question that everything will be amicably settled at thelr first visit. By the steamer that leaves this place to-morrow for San Francisco two foreign Mintsters, who have been represent.ng ther respecitve geveruments for several successive years in Japan, take their depar- ture to proceed home. One of them is Mr. Von Brandt, Minister for the North German Confedera- ton; the other is Sir Harry Parkes, Minister for Great Brita. The former has cut no very particu- lar figure, and has, thercfore, attracted but very lit- te attention towards himself, 1 believe that, although a man of no very positive character, be bas made @ good minister, and has given general satis- taction to his German fellow countrymen. But Sir Harry Parkes has played quite a diferent rol, Taken from the consular service while com- paratively a very young man, in which capacity he had served in China in times that were by no meaus tranquil, be came over to Japan as Minister Just at the time when that country was wakin; up from her long slumber and was fooxtna towards the oider nations of the worid with sometuing like curtosity, Possessed of a considerable amount of energy, a firm will, fair knowledge of mankind, he was enabled to take tac Jead in ministerial circies almost immediately upon his airival, and he has retained that position even up to the present day; not because of any extraordi- nary diplomatic ability or lar-sightedness, but froin the’ possession of qualities mentioned; and sti!l more because every other mimister here was iuferior in capacity to himself, During nis whole caieer here he has carried his pots; not so much on account of his own prowess and ability asit was owing to the teriness and incapacity of his culleagues. That he has done a great deal of goud to his countrymen cannot be denied; but to the general foreign com- munity of Japan his course has been disastrous, Mainly through his efforts and co-operation the oid Tycoon was dethroned—the only redable man of the great men of Japau who was favorabie to tor- eigners, From that change Japan has not yet recovered, That the revoluuon brought with itsome good results is an unceniabie fact. But these are superficial. The evils wrougut thereby are deepei greater and more enduring. Guided by the tempo- rary interests of some of his countrymen, and his own personal ambition to be considered the first foreigner in Japan, he persevered until he gained his poimt. And the consequences are the trade of Japun is almost dead, the couatry overrun with an unpopwar aud unreliable currency, aad a civil war threatening, more blasting ani more fraught with evil than the last. nat sir Harry Parkes did not himseif dream how far his machinations would lead when he commenced his intrigues with Satsuma and Choisin [ fully believe; but having once com- menced he was determined to stick to his sid unto the bitter end. I said that he had r tained fis influence up to the present date, That assertion must be slightly amended, He still sits at the head of the council of ministers, but in the last four or five months he has lost mach of his prestige. For the first time in several years America nas been represented by a minister who, whatever other good qualities he might or might NOL possess, at least had a mind and will of his own, and Was not to be hoodwinked by even Sir Harry. Therefore Mr. De Long’s position was equal to the Englishman's, Besides tts, Sir Harry, for some reasons that I canuot properly solve, nas lost much of his influence with the Japanese, Thus his star of asceudency Was just about to set. For several years back he has been looking with longing eyes to the mission at Pekin, now occupied by Sir Rutner- ford Alcock, and snould the change be made, we thiuk, in spite of Sir Harry’s muntfold fauits, it would be one for the better. ‘Who his successor in Japan will be has not yet leaked out. ‘The Christian question, which has given rise to s0 much diplomatic correspondence between minis- ters and home governments ts sull far from having been satisfactorily settled. The native Christians are still undergoing all sorts of persecutions, and the government seems determined, if possible, to root out Christianity from the native Japanese. If the accounts that] have beard are but half true, the sufferings of the unhappy wretches who have lis- tened to the teachings of missionaries mus¢ be horri- ble, Separated from their homes and families, nait starved, forced to do hercuiean tasks, suspended down craters of volcanoes and tortures seem to be their only lot. And [ heard to-day that among one Jot smallpox had been introduced among them by inoculauon, and a crowd were kept huddled to- geiher until the fell disease had done its work, even the dead not being removed from the contact of .the living! Is this tming to goon? I have nothing to say of the advisability of missionaries propagating the Christian religion among the Japanese. Bat as they do it with the sanction of Christian governments, surely It is barbarous to stand quietly by while they are being thus punished. The missionaries of Japan, irrespective of creed, have combined and intend sending one of their number to the different Western governments to represent the condition of affairs existing here and to pray for material ald to stop these outrageous proccedings. We lope they will succeed, or else every missionary should be pronibited irom attempt- a to make another single convert. ‘he twv Japanese belonging to the military class who were captured and unprisoned for o muruer- ous assault upon two gentiemen in Jeddo on the 13th of January were sentenced first to degradation ‘wo the common rank and toen to death by strangu- Jauon. A third man of the same class has been convicted of being an accessory to the crime, and has also been degraded aud sentenced to ten years’ penal servitude, The following proclamation has been issued by the Japanese goverument in relation to the matter, and hag been posted throughout the empire, #0 say the State oficers:— On the night of January 18 certain persons wounded some : pecho, fa Kanda, Vigilant sear Ned, they have been xed documents, ‘eign nations is a matter of the Rigvety moment, and bis Majesty has therefore Issued repeated pro- clamations on the subject. That such acts should be com- ite of them mot only involves the credit of the government, but ism disgrace to the country. Every measure must be taken throughout the Jurisdictions of the Fu, Han and Ken (all city governments) t6 prevent the occurrence of such offences, * Third Month, DAIJOKWAN (Council of State), The Imperial Mint, that only lately was opened with 60 much (giat at Osaka, has already stopped coining, the machinery being taken down to make way for some ol greater power. It 1s strange that the old machinery was plenty powerful enough in. Hong Kong. 1 do not like to say that it is a “job, although it has ail the appearance of one. ‘The Su- perintendent of the Mint at Osaka ts the same gen- Ueman who had charge of th it Hong Kong. He has informed me that it is more than likely that all the devices lately adopted tor the comage will be changed, as will ‘the stand. ard. This will of course necessitate the recotning of all the money piece made ud the purchase of new dies. J failed to fearn whether tl changes. originated ae the Japanese or with the Engiish superintendent 1s Danish Majesty's frigate Fordenskidd arrived at Nagasaki on the 8th inst. from Shanghae. Dur. ing their few day's stay the oflicers the vessel ‘were engaged in making observations and surveys ud taking sound! in anticipation of a erived of the Nagasaki section of the Great Northern Telograpu cavie, which is expected in Naga- gaki in about two months, By that time, in alt probability, the caoie will Bave been laid be- (tween mineenere and Hong Kong, thus making & sircall of telegraphic communication complete mn Ni 1 (through Asia, Rurope and America), ‘The North German bark Mauritius. Captalg Pever yieved at the action o: Admi- | NEW YORK HERALD WRDNESDAY. JUNE 21, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. $e, Hs sen, was totally wrecked at Swanel Island of Vesso On the 2ist or Apri iast. Only the chief mate and = mcomen were saved. No further particulars have ‘The pilot schooner Grassie Lyon has been chartered to visit the Ladroue and orner islands in search bf the schooner Juita, an account of whose suppose! loss I gave you io my last letter, The terms of the charter are that if the scuooner re- a Url any: pit the Canryhe or eked PS ssing schuoner, she ia to get $5, not only $1,600. ai & Specimen of @ good pevlestrian undertaking Iclip the ‘ollowing from the Hiloxo Nwx:;—The dis- tance ts nearly 600 English miles, through a country that no foreigner has ever been before. At about eleven o'clock on Thursday night inst two akonina wrought to the bungalow of wr. Koribals, HN. | .’s Consul, at Hiogo, a Dutch salior. ‘This man, it turned | Out, had been found by some Japanese oilicials, making his Overland from Yokobama, und had been passed on by them, under escort, by way of Kioto and Usaka. ‘The man had been a godown ‘keeper In Yokohama, but being out of employment and unable to pay ‘his passage to this “port, he, with more » pluck oy - Genco, Pdetermnta “to truace ait the wa Poy | Toad, Tse journey, he states, occupied him twenty-four days; ordinary male pedestrians do it {n thirteen and women | in seventeen, we have heard. Gur adventurer states that he met with the kindness all the way he went. and at the casties of two priaces, where he applied for assistance, he was feasted most sumptuousiy, On arriving outside Of the sacred clty be wastaken charge of by some yakonins, indly, and 10 the Kioto hote.s. avo made no complaint to ut will, we believe, require the small ex- penses incurred by the man's escort to te refun ‘Thi we hear, will be done by Mr Korthais out of his ow! his vovernment not providing for such occurrences. hope no one will be 80 fooinardy ay to venture on so risky a {euruey again. It was more by good iuck than judgment nt the subject of our iemarks got iiere in savety. | The gov ernment may not care the joke being repeated. Had {t demanded the punishment of the offender in this iustance, the Consul, we presume, must have complied with ite re- quesi COMMERCIAL.—No improvement whatever can be reported in the import market for manufactured gooas, and prices are altogether nominal, so that the quotations sent by last mali will be equally sutt- able tor this, The sik market 1s unchanged, there being no business whatever done, except among natives, The tugiish maul, it is true, took about 723 bales, of which tully 650 were shi ped by Javanese | themselves. Holders of silk are willing to realize at Teduceu rates, but the news irom frauce being so gloomy an almost complete suspens.on of business may be auticipated, in tea there has been very little doing. Since the 6th mst. the market may be considered closed for the season, and no parcels of the new crop have a8 fe appeared in the market. As the weuther has been very favorable we may expect @ good crop. The Percy Edwards started on the sth for San fran- cisco, carrying 114,799 lbs,, and the Oslo, lor New York, on tue 21st. 330,447 Ibs, No vessels are on the verth. THE TROUBLE IN CORE! History of the Affair—Admiral Rodgers In- structed by the Navy Department to Puni: the Natives for the Massacre of Americans in the Wrecked Ship General Sherman—Tho War to Go On—Description of Corea and the Corenns. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20, 1871. Five years ago the American ship General Sher- man went ashore on the Corean coast, The crew were captured and horribly treated and tortured, some being put in cages and carried around and ex- nivited to the natives. One of the men escaped, and, reaching an American man-of-war, detailed these atrocities, Admiral Bell, then in command of the Asiatic squadron, sent the United States steamer Shenandoah to the Corean coast to inquire into the matter and demand redress. On approaching the Corean coast the Snenandoah was fired o1 by shore batterles, manned by large numbers of Coreans; but as her commander had no orders to return the fire he left and reported the matter to Admiral Bell, Here the matter ended, until Admiral Rowan, in the Delaware, took com. mand. He left this country with orders to settle up both tae Formosa and Corean diiticulties, When he got on the station he found that the Formosa matter had been settied, and before proceeding against the Coreans the department sent word for him to await further orders. No further orders were given him, and when Admiral John Rodgers sailed in the Coio- Tado it was understood he had full authority to de- mand redress trom the Corean governinent, and if it was refused, to chastise tnem to the extent of his ability. With thts in view, he carried in the hold of the Colorado @ battery of fled pieces, a battery of Gatling gunsand otter means of ighting on land, having (ull powers in the matter, As the initial step taken by Admiral Rodgers has excited considerab.e interest throughout the couo- try, and as there will probably be other and greater didicu)ties encountered beture the question 15 finally settied, It may not be amiss to state something about the country which our navy has undertaken to chastise. Corea 13 a kingdom on the eastern coast of Asia, northeast of China, comprising an area of about 90,000 square muies and a popwiation numbering irom 10,000,000 to 12,000,000. It comprises a peninsula 400 miles long and 150 miles broad, the adjacent isiands and part of the neighboring Continent. ‘Tne total length of the country from north to south ts some- Wnat less than 600 miles, between latitude 3520 and 43 north. The coast 1s rugged and barren, and tne northern portion cold aud mountainous, but in the western part the climate 1s more geulal and the soil more fertile. the government ts despotic, and though tributary to China and Japan, the freedom o/ its action is un- controlied. The army of Corea 1s estinated at 640,000 men, and the navy 300 vessels (war junks), carrying from ten to twenty guns each (old twenty and thirty-pounders), ‘The political organization is similar to that of China. The archipelago of Corea is a group of small islands in the Yeliow Sea, on the west coast of the peninsula of Corea. The islands are chieily granite, and some of them rising to a height of 2,000 fect above the sea, the navigation in Corean waters 13 both dimtcult and dangerous, and comparatively little is Known of the channeis, Considera.le anxiety ts felt to hear from Aamiral Rodgers, as it Was fully expected he would make anotuer attack upon the Coreans the day after the date of his last Gespatch to the Navy Department, It is the opinion of competent naval oilicers here that the combined forces of the European govern- ments now on that station is not sufficient to meet and punish the aggressive spirit exhivited by the Coreans. THE NEW STATE CAPITOL, ALBANY, N, Y., June 20, 1871. The Capitol Commissioners have issued tne follow- lowing order of proceedings at the laying of the corner stone of the new State Capitol on the 24th inst.:~—Music by Sullivan's band; Introductory ad- dress by Hamilton Harris, Chairman of the Board of New Capitol Commissioners; prayer by the Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Halley; reading, by William A. Rice, Sec- retary of the Board, @ list of historical documents and memorials to be placed in the corner stone; address by his Excellency Join T. Hoffman, Gover- nor of the State; depositing the box containing artl- cles for preservation in the corner stone by the Gov- ernor; music by the band. The ceremonies of laytug the corner stone will be performed by the Grand .ouge of Free Masons of New York, M. W.. Jonn H. Anthon Grand Master, Benediction will follow and conclude the exercises ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM SING SING, Sino Sina, N. Y., June 20, 1971. Three convicts—named John Wilson, James Cox and James Ward—made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from Sing Sing Prison this morning, at eleven o'clock. They were at work in the quarries, and seeing @ grocer’s wagon stan ting in the court yard, and having @ favorable opportunity, they. Jumped into the wagon and drove out, passing the guard. From fifieen to twenty shots were fired at them without effect. Warden Russell immediately ordered out his reserve guard and started in pur- suit, and in. twenty minutes the prisoners were cap- ‘tured in the woods, on the road to Tarrytown, one inile from the prison, When captured it was found that Joon Wilson was shot inthe thigh, the pall breaking the bone. The prisoners were heayily froned and conveyed back to prison, A suit of citizen's clotnes was found in the wagon when cap- tured, Wilson was sentenced May 20, 1870, to two. years and six months. Cox was sentenced Feb- raary 25, re to ten years. Ward was sentenced February 24, 1868, to ién years, THE GASS HOMICIDE. Conclusion of the Coroner's Liqurst=Cennors Held to Await Action of the Gramd Jury. ‘The investigation touching the innocence or guilt of John Connors, who was arrested on suspicion of striking John Gass on tne head ig Brooklyn, E. D., and thereby causing the dea‘h of the latter, was concluded yesterday afternoon. OMicer Simmons testified that when he arrested the witness, James Walsh, he did not mention to him or any ame else in his presence what he was arrested for. George Be- dell, a cartman, identified the cart rung with which jongea to, the fatal blow was struck as having him. James E. Burns, who kept a paper stand, testided ‘Vhat he saw that @ reward of $000 had been oftered for the murderer of Gass, aud that James Walsh, the boy witness, caine to him and inquired wheiher the reward had been claimed yet. Witness asked if he Knew anything about it, and he replied, “Yes; @ little.” bubsequeatly the boy sald he was only making believe, and that he never saw Gass. ‘This terminated the exanunation, and John Pag oy: the avoused, was held to await the action rand Jury. He said that he was twenty: seven years of at No, 174 North Sixt 1,8 native of Ireland, resided fireman, He pleaded nat gulity to We b, aL Was by OccupAllon & ODATE® THE KINGDOM OF STAM. The S"orems King on His Trav:ls—Proposed Visit eo Europe and the United State:— The Results Expected, es ~ BANGKOK, March 31, 1871, His Majesty the So,reme King of Siam for tne first ume in his life has "ft bis Kingdom under the entire ruling of Chow Phys’ Sti-Surawongse, Regent of Siam, for a tour of reconn.!8sance to Singapore and Batavia, His Majesty swamed away in his splendid yacht Regent, Commander S. H. Poole, fol- lowed by the sluops-of-war Siam Supporter, Enemy’ Chaser and Impregnabie, on the 9th imstant, and arrived in Singapore, after calling in at several of, the ports on the coasts of Siam, on the 16th instant, where his Majesty and suite were received with every Lonor due to their exalted rank. The smali feet, with his Majesty on the Regent, left Singapore en rou'r for Java on the 23d, and are expected back to Bang<ok in fifteen days more, His Majesty being a lughly intellectual young man, Wiwsexpected that after seeig the beauty of the Eng ish and Netherlan.is model settlements oe wilh cause great improvements to be made in miserable- looking Bangkok, while merchants seem to be of opinion that his Majesty's visit abroad will tend very materially towards opening up more exteusively the resources of the country. Next yeur, in March, his Majesty intends paying a visit to the City of Palaces (Calcutta), and after that proceed on to Europe and A verica. This, if carried out, will tead very greatly, it 1s my opinion, toward doing away With slavery in Siam, and the labor of the country, instead of being entirely in the hands of Chinese, would leave a chance for the miserable slaves to show what they really can do when the yoke ot the tyrant master 1s cast off (rom them, Washington's Birthday was kept up bere in gal- lant style, the missiouary element being present, drinking 10 waier to the commemoration of the Father of lus Country. WARD'S MONUMENTAL STATUE OF SHAR» SPEARF. On Saturday, July 1, the colossal statue in bronzs of Shakspeare, by J. Q, A. Ward, is to be placed, with appropri.te ceremonies, upon its foundation, ibe corner stone of which was iaid by Mr. J. M. Hackets in the Central Park on the three hundredth anniver- sary ofthe poet’s birth, the 23d of April, 1864 It will stand on a pedestal of variegated marble, pre- pared under the direction of the Commissioners of the Department of Parks. Atthe time oi the com- pletion of the model of this statue the HERALD alluded to it as perhaps tie most impor- tant producion of recent American art, The pvet is represented in contemplative attitude, the head inclined forward, the right hand clasping @ closed volume, a passage in which may be sup- posed to have suggested a train of thougnt shaping \self to living charactors in the “vook and volume of his brain.” ‘The head bears a suilicient resem- blance to that of the bust in Trinity church at Stratford-on-Avon, which huudreds of thousands have gazed upon, and which must be a likeness; but it is no literal or servile copy; ior it ts the result of & collation of many portraits, The ‘‘fineiy arched forehead,” which characterizes the Stwratiord head, 1s preserved, The tace and figure are full of vitality, and the picturesque costume of the Elizae bethan era, which lends itself so well to the re- quirements o1 the artist, is satisfactorily treated. The short cloak falls im graceful folds; the doublet does not wholly hide the anatomy of the chest, while that of the lower limbs Is revealed by the closely fiiting hose, The details of the drapery are not ovtrusive, ani the avteation of the spectator 13 rivete:t on the powerlul spiritual expression of the noble features. The work, ag Mr. Dartvage truly remarks in, Ws eloquent description of icin that popular ton eet The New and Od, extudits evt- dent progress in the artist, and isa bappy promise of future achievements (rom one who 13 yet in the lull vigor of mannood, Wiltn the probability ot many years of study and labor belore him, and whose modesty would lead lun to inscribe on each of his productions jac cbat, nov fee’. ‘the model of Ward's statue of Snakspeare has been cast by Messrs. Robert Wood & 0o., of the Pluladelphia Brouze Works, whose iuterests In New York are exclusively represented by the Composite Jron Works Company. ihe moulding and tintsiig of the cast are fur superior to anytiung of the Kind heretofore done in tis country, and iuily equal to the finest work done at Munich or elsewhere abroad, It weighs about 1,000 pounds, and is nearly eight feet Ingh. ts mounting, ‘unitke that of so many other statues, discloses no *‘unseemly seams, ’? betraying Wiere the lead, arms and legs have made im erfect connections with the trunk. ‘the ehasing 18 perfect, aud the execution of the entire work establishes the position of the manulacturers in the front rank of artistic workers In bronze. From. their estabiisument came those other highly creditae ble works—the stutue Of Sedgwick, by Launt ‘Thompson, at West Point; that of Perry at Newport, and that of the Seventh Regiment Soldier, in Central Park, by Ward. and the Lincoln statue, by Brown, at Prospect Park, in Brooklyn. They aiso have now in hand the new equestrian statue of Scott, by Brown, Wich is to be er dat Washington. It 13 happily Manifest that henceforth no necessity will exist for sending statues by American artists to be cast ta tue founuries of Europe. THE IXViNG BUST. Programme for the Unveiling at Prospect Parke The life-sized bust of Washington Irving, presented to the Prospect Park Commission by ex-Congress- man Demas Barnes, for erection in the great pavitc breathing place of the City of Churches, . will be placed in position and unveiled with considerabie ceremony at five o'clock on Saturday evening next. The bust is the work of J. Wilson McDonald, tha sculptor, of New york. The following $s the pro gramme of exercises oi ed for the occasion:— usic, Address by the Presiding OMicer, A. A. Low. Presentation to the Brookiya Park Commissioners by Mr. Vemmas Barnes, Unveiling of the Bronze Bust vy the Sculptor, Mr. J. Wilson McDonald. Music, Acceptance of the Bust, in the name of the Brooklys. Park Commissione s, by Commissioner J. 5. T. Stranshan, President. Music. Address by the Kev. Henry Ward Beccher. Benediction by the Rev amuel T. Spear, D. De ‘asic. Seats within the enclosure will be reserved for in- vited guests. Carriages will be allowed to stand at the rear of the seats on the line of the bridle roaa, Cards of admission for invited guests will include ladies, Should the weather prove auspicious the indications are that a very large assemblage will be gathered within the Park precincts, WEW PUBLICAT ON> BECEIV-0. From J..B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia:—“Tom Pippin’s Wedding,” a novel, by the author of “The Fight at Dame Europa’s School;” “Travels of a Doce. tor of Physic.’’ From T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia: “Hans Brettman in Europe,” by Charies G. Leland. “Davenport Doune,’’ by Charles Lever. From D. Appleton & Co. ‘Light and Electricity,® by John Tyndall, LL.D., F. R. 8. From Clark & Maynar ‘An Historical Reader,” by John J, Anderson, A. M. From John Murphy & Co., Baltimore:—“Patron, Saints,” by Eliza A. Starr; “The Holy Communion,” translated from the French of “Hupert Lebon,’ by. M. 4. Garnett; “fhe Love of. Jesus, or Visits to the, Blessed Sacrament for Every Day in the Month,’’ by Bev. v. Gilbert, D. D. Magazines:—Lippincott’s and the Evlectic. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. The Board of Supervisors met yesterday afternoon, Mayor Halt. presiding. A number of bills were. ordered to be paid, among them that of the Coro-. hers, amounting to $14,180, for the three months” fees ending March 30, and that of the County Clerk, for serviges and sbursemeats, amounting to $2,384. ‘The committee to whigh was referred Mr. John Foley's claim for $1,000, a8 salary aa Supervie; sor for the six months ending Juue 30, 1870, and fOr $326 (with $is6 interest) for expensa incurmed by lidgation ia trying to estab lish his wight to she office of Supervisor, whicl was coufrmed by (he Superior Court, asked to be discharged, as.the questioa of Mr. Foley’s right to a segs th the Board was ati before the courts, and no acuon could be taken upon the bill, Accompany- wg the Conyuittee’s report was the legal opinion of Bichard O'Gorman, Corporation Counsel, which stated that if Mr. Foley had the right to aseat at tho Boara, by bem daly elected, he had also the right to clalm the salary, but that hé had no claim what ever to reimbursement for expenses incurred in seeking: to establish the val any of his election. ‘The Board adjourned to meet on jonday afternoon, next. “DROWNED IN THE HUOSON, Troy, N. Y., June 20, 1871. Walter Johnson, aged foarteen years, and Stephon Whitman, were ishing froma boat at Stiliwater, Baratoga county, on the Hudson river, yesterday, '. when the boat drifted under the falls of the dam and capsized. Whitman swam ashore. Thomas Doran, aged twenty-two years, jumped in to save tho boy, venmere Dis Was seized with crauips aad bot Were drown