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4 THE THREE EMPIRES. — The Imperial and Ministerial Meetings at Ischel and Gastein. Prince Bismarck on Russian and Austrian Af | fairs—The Peace Negotiations at Frankfort— The Outrages on German Soldiers in France-Sale of War Booty— The Prince of Wales. FRiNXPORT-ON-IBE-MAIN, August 21, 1871. Rarely has Europe had such an era of purely political excitement as we are Just now passing through. rom one end of the Continent to the other the journals are filled with detalls of the imperial, royal and ministerial mectings iu Bavaria and Austria, Me political bearlugs of the railroad troubles in Roumania, and the uneasiness thereby caused to the “Dying Man on the Bosphorus;"’ and, in Germany herself, the approaching conflict be- tween ultramontanism and the German States, Of course, all these questions form part of the ais- cussions at Ischel and Gasiein, wnere, especiaily, the posttion of Prince Charles of Roumania must be patched up somewhat, That a war may spring up trom this matter 1s not at present evident The whole Sclavic and Koumanic elemeats dwelling along the course of the Danube have a chronio inclination to causing disiurbances among themselves and their neighvors; and the meeting ot tue two statesmen of Germany and Austria will pro: | bably decide Prince Charles as to his future definite course, The meeting of the two imperial heads at Iscnel is greeted by THE GERMAN PRESS, almost without exception, as the sealing of the bond | of frieudzhip made during the course of the German- | French war, when Count Beust, leading the German element in Austria, Was not loth to make advances toward a thorough reconciliation beiween the two great Powers. The Berlin oficial Provinzial Cor | respondenz says that the embrace of the two Em- perors must not be “considered as a mere expres- sion of personal friendship, but the pledge of a cor- dial understanding between the two countries, | year that the | Suspicions were entertained last rst action of a Germany united under the leacersmip of Prussia would be a war against Austria, But events have proved the falsity of ail such prophecies. Tne hope 1s conddentiy expressed that the harmony of the two governments will form a new security for the peace of Burope; and the present state of affairs, as well fs the personal characters of the two Emperors, adds a welgit to these promises which cannot but couvince the prdiic opinion of Hurope.’? Were not Austria's internal condition so vastly improved now from what it was In the days of the old German Bund we might call the meeting a humiliation to Austria; bul the fact bas been long admitted by the Emperor Francis Joseph that only since he was driven out irom the lealership in Germany nas he been able to pay due attention to that conglomera- tion Of nationalities that go to make up the Austrian empire. We may consider the story of the desire of B! marek to annex the German provinces of Austria ) for the present at least, mere idle talk; indeed, though te German PREMIER ONCE PITHILY REMARKED that the Anstriay capital must eventua’ be re- toved to Pesth, he 1s himself aware that the Ger- mans of Austria are strongly atiacned to the Haps- burgs. Prince Bism rece} lin an interesting conversation the future poiicy of Austro-ilung give you the substance. with Klapka on ary, Of Which I will Bismarck told Klapka that the Austro-Hungarian policy must frst of all be one | aignation on the part of the Apprentic Boys, and | of internal strengthening, and to this end advised | great rejoicing on the part of their enemtes; but | that Pest-Ofen should be made the general capital, “People err very greatiy,’! ascrive to us a desire provinces of Austria. to annex the German We do not strive for the ex- tension Of cur outer borders, nor ald we strive for | {tin 1867, ‘Uke course of events and not our own In- tentions ted to our unity with South Germany and brougit us back Aisuce and Lorraine. ‘That the German provinces of Austria live with us in peace and iriendsbip; that our janguage is nearly everywhere undersivod on the vorders of ne tonarchy; Uhal we have, so to i this is @ poweriul & of Germany he dati ns to our uD to Russia a alt us Se lives the the German is tid to ne added, Ausiria | into account, pot rian nationalities ood relations betw : not be endangered. annot be fores im to Aust for & 1 “who dream to take failing to pi puly tie imierests Wuich th bave in common, but, before ties ad a mmou for nearly © hundred heavy in the balance.’ ch Views as these, then, we can- yeen the two eeling at Gasteln, Eyeu Bis however, does Not rest eutire contidence 1 i marck, the juture ruler of Russia, Whose hostility to ¢ tany 18 much diseuss ya thorn in Rus: din the p ia’s s here. There is | dé in the shape of tne Germans in the Bultic Should Ger tuany insist upon tne ality principle, ; upon Which sie laid so much stress wheo annexing Alsace and Lorra oi the Baltic provinces c cold, Thereiore a natural jeat Russia as to then the Germans ot be left out in the y Oa the part of GERMAN INTENTIONS and, perhaps, a litte hurrying up o: the Russtantz- tng process (here being carried on. Tne Evangelical Aliance has here, unlortunately, opened up a sore Spot in Russian politics, and wiever read the Ge. nevan address to the Emperor cannot have teen surprised at rince Gortchakoit’s auswer. Probaoly the rrince’s reply will hay vwn the American vraneh of the Alliance that 1 wonld have been mucit better to have worked independent.y of the European branch; aud next time they wil do better to avoid pubilcity. Addresses irom London or Geneva do aot smell very sweet to Russian uoses, and despotic culers do not like tobe taught their duties, It ts also confidently asserted that the present ecclesiase dieal diMicuites will form part of the ministerial dise cussions at Gastein. In oiticial cir n Berlin tt ts thought that Austria aud G vill make com- wou Cause agalust Rome. ¥ unieh, en roule jor Gastein, Prince Bismarck had an interview, last- wi ' jag over an our and a hal the Bavarian Min- ister of Cultus, Yon Lutz, e same subject. Of ue conversation nothing 10WD. THE SUPPLEMED TIATIONS, which have ukfort ever since the signin, P here, received a Mporacy stoppage @ short time ago, arising from dicunes counected With the customs regulations for Alsace and Lorraine. The themselves severely nettled at time, paruy on account of the 1ecent outrages to German soidiers in France, partly on account of the disturbed begotlanons, “The German corres PONEN the English organ of the German Premier, aid that “France had always shown in the confer ces, bot at brussels and Franafort, a teudency to one sided dipomacy, Frenen stavesmea dewmand- tog everything and offering notuing tu return; per- Uinaciously aavancing their own claims and deat to every proposal (hat implies reciprocity In concession, Thus (he part played by tue German einptre in these hegottations is to be restricted to the performance of acs of inberalliy and cisinterested complalsance, for which it must expect no other equivalent than empty plirases, uetans wud the duration military occupa. tion might have been discussed at Frauktort with profit lo Wrance; aii the new advantages gained by the Ver lave Veeu sO Many successes for its poltcy, and could pot bat consolidate its position; but no vaiue seems to be set on them by the French vegotiaturs unles obtained gratuitously. Day by day Germany is assatied with fresh demands for increased facilities of ment, besides reduction of the eifective forces aud the COSTS OF THE COCUPATION; that Is, she is to restore good naturedly the only pledge she holds for her security, in ber turn, she bas @ proposal to make—and, after ail, her principal wish is to obtain some concessions in favor of Alsatian Industry—the representatives of France turn tu vain to thelr instructions, Which op Uiis pout are altogether sleut.” This may ve taken a4 the oMclai account of the dimicuiues, which have been heightened, perhaps, by the reports of the outrages perpetrated upon the German troops. Germany now vemands that these outrages shall Le pul a stop Co, assuming, WIth justice, that DetWeen actual hostilllies aud peace there 14 ud wlernediate stage. Smariing under these outrages the Cross*Zeituny, of Berlin, (he Mimscterial organ, recounts the events at Pougny, where the German troops were fired at [rom several houses, and charges the French oMciais of (he city Will) baving some knowledge of the affair Lelorehand, aid says:—"if tie autuoritics do not take decided action ta sach cases, anu If we do not get guaraniees against the repetition of such organized butcleries lu Frane bhen the war is again opened,”” Probably the: words tt that induced the Reichs Anzetye few days afterwards, to @isclasm auy governmental gonnection with the ordinary editoriais of the Cross Zeitung, and that such views must be credited to the editors of that journal, and not to the govern- went, Nevertheless, such events as this at Pougny ace doing & great injury to France. We are assured to oe tee circles in Berlin she question of wuing the German army of vocupation Was There Is no doubt that we of y had ia ber | he said, ‘when they | Say, a civilization in | | Which several persons were injured. ailles government on tlis ground would | When, however, | a | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1871.~TRIPLE SHEET. neon sertonsty discussed. Germany ts in no par- ticalar burry to “move out.” as we say, and she is now determined to give the French negotiators as much time as they wish to come to terms; for tt matters not whether the peace details are conciuded this week or next, as far as the security of the same betag Carmed out is concerned, and, tu other words, the French are told that ©tiey wil have to come to sheer senses at last,” and we sooner the beter for brance, PRUSSIA’S WAR OOTY, Prussta 18 just commencing to dispose of her war booty ana to oapuze some ot her newly acquired forts, The Minister of War, Von Roon, recently hat an interview With tue Kaiser, in oma, while on his way to Metz to christen the French forts, We learn Vhat the sorts of that city will in future bear t.e hames of the most importunt German generals. It Js presumed that instead of Fort St. Julien we shalt | now lear of a Fort st, Moltke, and the inscriptions on the military edidees, which say, “Begun under the Emperor Napoleon, 1867,” will be completed With the words, ‘to Prussia’s deflance—ended, 1571, to Germany's’ defence.’ The sale of captured cliasssepots and cannoa 13 going on briskly, and we would advise any German church in America | till wishing metal for a beli to beg the Emperor for afew old cannon before they are all disposed of, Cannon have even teen sent to Austria for such holy purposes. We are iniormed that a favorable oppor unity has just been offered for dtsposing of 50,090 neediegans to Japan, The Prussian government te now engaged in testing the qualities of revolver Tiles, sucn as have long been used In Switzerjand; and it is thougat that the chassepots can be turned | to good advantace by Prussia herself, The number of French rites captured during the war is stated at 560,000, of these 209,000 alone coming from Stras- bourg aud Metz, Prussia has still immense quantt- tes of old rifles captured in 1866, found tn the ! arsenals of Hanover, Cassel, Dresden, Prague and elsewhere, and tuese will now be sold as quickly as possible. The 1,500 eld cannon captured during the war are exposed to the weather, tiere being no place for them in the arsenais, The Prince of Wales passed through Frankfort esterday, en routé for Kissingen, The Prince does not enjoy much favor in Germany; the people simply stare at him without cheering. It cannot be par- ticularly flattering to the hetr of England to find himseul so negiected in Germany, especially when he remembers the reception that the English gave the Crown Prince of Prussia. The Princess attended i FAMINE AND PESTILENCE. The Horrors of Hunger and the Spread of Dis- eass—Condition of Persia, Hun- gary and Rusia. The Famine in Persia, {Correspondence of the London Daily News.] Sarraz, June 23, 1371, The famine tn Persia may now be said to have almost come to an end, but the distress caused by it will continue for yet along time. In the Province of Fars the crops are being gathered in, and the price of bread, the principal fooa of the poor, hag fallen considerably. Here tn Shiraz only a month ago six pounds of barley bread cost as much as sixteen pence, and often none could be got at all, even at that price; at present that quantity Is sold for four’ pence or less, But there aro not many of the poorer people who can buy bread at even this comparatively low price. All their property, excepting only the most necessary clothes, has long since been so.d or exchanged for bread; and it is but too evident that starvation will be the fate of a greatmany more. On the road from Bushire to Shiraz one can see at many places half | interred bodies; at @ caravansary, about thirty | miles from Shiraz, many people, it 13 stated two hundred, died of starvation in about a week. Kaze- Toon, a town eighty miles from Shiraz, is balf de- populated; many of its inhabitants went to Shiraz, | Bushire, or other large towns, and great numpers died, On all the roaus and highways crowds of beggars 10 the last stages of destitution waylay the | wavellers, Sanguinary fights, often resniting in the | loss of life, take place over the carcases of mules, donkeys or horses, which died on the road, an robberies with violence are very frequent. the Passion Vay at Ober-Ammergau yesterday. IRELAND. Party Feeling in Ireland—Offerded Orangemen and Catholic Combativene:s—Unsafe Ul. ster—Tho Impartial Spencer and i the Irascible Irishmen. DvuBLrn, August 22, 1871. The state of puvlic feeling in Ireland at this mo- ment is truly alarming, and may well excite the just apprehensions of the English government, I am unable to recollect a time when the public mind was more agitated and unsettled and less reconciled tothe English connection than at the present mo- | ment. This may seem strange to those not well conversant witn Irish affairs, but most assuredly it 1safact. There is not a sect or party turoughout the country—whether Cathollc or Protestant, whether liberal or conservative—that 1s not DISCONTENTED WITH THE PRESENT STATE OF THINGS and opposed to Mr. Gladstone’s government; and this feeling, as I pbserve, 18 becoming stronger and | stronger, partly on account of the growing opinton in favor of home government, but chiefly in conse- quence of a series of blunders committed during the session, the most serious of which, undoubtedly, was the outrage in the Phoentx Park. The Orange party are dissatisfied, and the national party are no less so, and both are dissatisfied with one another, wuile Cardinal Cullen and his followers thiuk tat Irelaud 1s greatly neglected in regard to the question of primary, mvermediate aud university education, WHY THE ORANGEMEN ARB DISSATISFIED. The Orange party are dissatisfied, and why? Be- cause their celebrations have been lately suppressed by the Irish Executive; and this is considered a great hardship. The sappression of the anniver- sary of the relief of Derry was atteuded with the | pest results; there was some disturbance, great in- ‘on the whole the Executive bas reason to con- gratulate itself upon its timely interference in preventing the eusion of biood; sand I ; have reason to know tnat this crusade 1n- augurated by Lord Spencer against party displays will be rigorously followed up. The anniversary, as 1 informed you, passed over in a comparatively quiet manner; but the Orangemen were deeply offended, and smce “the 12th” they have veuted Uneir spleen in a varlety of ways. In Enniskillen, for example, a party of Orange- _ Men paraded the streets on a late occasion, playing ~«o tunes and indulging in oie until tley were | Catholics, hen the -avourant | ensued, 1m | In Coleraine, too, stones were thrown by au Urange mov and the Catholic chapel in the liitie town was wrecked. In Claudy @ day or two ago, at the mouth’y fair heid tuere, a row took place between tue parties, which would have become serous but for che timely intervention Of the poi Tue fight, happily, was pul au end to; but late in the evening, when they were returaing home, shots were fired irom a wood on a number of Catholics, and one man received a ail in the Toot. He was iinmediately carried to the hospital, where he was shortly afterwards visited by tie Mayor of Derry, who ordered his depositions qo be taken down, Similar other outrages are expected to take place, end douvtiess wil take piace, while the present | state party feeling continues, Under these cir- s It is evident that life 1s very msecure !n and, mdeed, i will be very dificult, if not vle, for the government to put e3 of the law so long as the crim- inals are scleened trom justice by the public. This | is equally true of both paruies. When a member of | attaalad a v severe fight | | either purty violates the law he is never at a loss | jorhali a dozen, or even a score, if necessary, to prove on Oath that he is innocent, THY CATHOL! The Catholics of Ulster have no confidence in tne Magisirates, every One Of Whom belongs to the | Protestant religion and to the Orange Society. They | may not, some Of tiem, be actual members of the cooiederation, but they all sympathize with its alms | and objects; and wheu party quesuons are to be decided the Urange Society will not sufier much by their judgments. The Catholics expected that Lord O'Hagan, who 18 @ North of Ireland Catholic hime seli, Would do something in the way of reforming the magisterial bench, but up to thepresent he has done nothing, or next to Dothing, to lavor the views of hus coreligtonists. ‘To my own knowledge he was lately remonsirated with by an Ulster Catholic bisnop lor Wuat Was considered his neglect of his thren of the north; but he said he was, to a great extent, powerless In tue matter, inasmuch as that the dilferent candidates for the magistracy were | nominated by the Lords Lieutenant of the various | | countics, and that he could only appotnt such as were recommended to him by the proper autnorl- | ties, This, however, 18 regarded as an evasive answer, and alihough, toa certain extent, true, stil | no Ohe doubts that he is master of the situanen | and can do what he likes, The Catholic inhabitants of Dunngannon feel so indignant at te conduct, or rather, | should say, at | the inertness, of their magistrates, that they Dave | demanded an inquiry. And their demand has been | complied Wiui, A commission has been issued py | the Lord Lieutenant, and an investigation of the siriclest character 1s at present golug on in the | city of the Irish volunteers, One of the witnesses, | the Very Kev, Dean Silene, parish priest of Dunn gannou, gave it as his opinion that so long as party displays were allowed “there never would be sincere peace, charity or good will | existing among the people,” and Sergeant Arm- | strong, Q C,, one of the counsel engaged im the ine | vestigation, sild of Ulls remark, ‘entirely concur- ring in the admiraoie sentiments you have so weil ex ed, 1 Will Hot ask you a single quesuon,”? | TUB NATIVNAL PAKTY—ITS GRIEY ANCES, | The national party, like the Orangemen, think themselves aggrieved because they are not allowed to have thelr party demonstrations, but, strange to fay, although they consiuer they have a right to hold their meetings and processions, they are greatly rejoiced ifat the Lord Lieutenant si Pressed the anniversary of the rehef of Derr. And the Graugemen cordially reciprocate this feei- | og, for they were highly Gelighted at the | | &ction taken by the Exective tp reference to the now | celebrated meeting in ihe Pheonix Park. The ‘angemen, | cau Say from experience, were tie Ouly party In this country who did not sympathize Willi (he peopie in the collision in the park, and the nationalists Were equally ovdurate im reference to the abortive display on the 12th. Oniy for what | occurred in the park 1am quite certain that the ac: | tion of (he Irish Executive in regard to the reiief of | | Derry would uot have been so decisive; but It was absolutely necessary fo; (he Lord Lieutenant to be ' consistent, and, to do him jJusuce, be acted toward bow parues im a similar way. ‘This, however, they do uot lke, and, come what | may, (ney bave made up their minds to be revenged. | How they Intend carrying out the threat J am unable to say; Lut it is Dot aiMicuit to see that they are bigily incensed, Jn hundreds of ways their | anger displays itscll—sometimes by throwing stones al (he constabulary, al other times vy threatens | to bold another meeting; but at all times they are striving to thwart aad annoy the government mw | every way they cau, THE Grark OnoP IN MISSOURI.—The grape crop | Missourt this year is large beyond ali precedent. The st Louis Democrat adirms that each vineyard sive language, | At Ispahan the crops, whicn are rather promising, have not yet been gathered in, A large arrival of corn tended atiy vo lower the prices, and good bread costs there at present ten pence the six pound weight. At Teheran the distress is still very great, and will probably remain so, The crops are very bad indeed; hardly any rain fell during the winter, and none in the spring, and everything ts burnt up, At Yezd and Kerman the famine raged more than anywhere elise. In a letter dated Yezd, April last, it ‘was state | that corpses had been resorted to for food, and eight authentic cases of children having been killed and devoared by their parents were enumera- ted. Forthe relief of the Quebres, or Parsees, of Yezd and Kerman sums of moucy have heen collected in India by the benevolent of the Parsee _ religion, The British Minister at Teheran does much towards alleviaung the sufferings of the poor at that place, The Persian frontier expedition, under Major General Goldsmt now on their way up country, distribute rice an barley or wheat at each station they pass; but these are almost the only instances of any relief having been’given to the poor, The Persian government shows the utmost possi- ble apathy. Last year, just when the famine began, it at several places increased the taxes on gardens aud arable lands. The prices of garden and feild produce immediately rose twenty-tive per cent or more, and the laborers’ wages decreased propor: tionately. In some cases the consequences were even worse, The following is an tnstance:—The proprietor of a large garden could not at tie moment pay the increased tax, and the governor of the district the ground was in had the water necessary for irrigation cut off and led to another garden, In a few days the first had nothing in it but dry, yellow plants. The water was still kept away,and ina monthall the lemon and orange trees it contained, to the number of 12,000, were dry firewood, Two Persians—the Governors of Meshed and Yezd—have not shown themselves quite so in- | different asthe rest of their countrymen. They | both distributed large sums of money among the poor in their districts. The Shah, since his return from Kerbela, has be- come a true believer, indeed. He 1s now totally in | | the hands of the Mullahs. I hear from ‘teheran that | he has sald to one of his ministers that the Euros peans ought not to be permitted to goioto the streets when rain 1s fading, foraram drop might splash from European on to a Mussuiman and «efile t latter. Stories the people's mouris, and, even if exagge- | rated or not true at all, cannot but cause bad ' feeling between tae Mohammedans and Christians, | The Europeans at present in the Shalys service have rather anxious Umes to look forward to, ‘They are threatened with dismissal ai any moment, and have had their salaries hardly, i at ali, paid to them during the last two or turee years, Since the Suah has heard of the result of the late war he feels no more confidence in the officers now iustructing his troops. He says, A Prussian officer or nove!’ and & Prussian oficer he wil have, A Prussian colonel is being or has been engaged to ; mstil toto the Persian soldier the strategy of Mar- | shal Moltke, and, perhaps, Bismarckian annexation. | Of lovai news we have here the death by cholera a month ago of the superintendent ol the Euglish tel- egrapha, the passing through lust week of the Seis- lan or Persian trontier setiiementexpedition, under Major General Soldsmid, accompanied by Captain Lovett and Captain Bean Smith, both of the Royal Sugiveers; the arrival last Friday of the Vall, Kas- | Sen Khan, sent bere in the place of te disgracea | Assefsud Dowilel, now af Teheran, ana the rovvery | of sugur, grain, Cashmere shawls and siiks to the | like this are in | | | value of £3,000 from a caravan on the Bushire road. | The cholera appeared in April at Busiilre, left tet | slowly travelled na to PesetZ, where tt | town und sly Guswe Were only avery few fatal a wu UTPOZ, aS Well as the whole province, 13 | and cautious, | posited on ligtters, and thus the iron incubus was STRUCK A REEF. The Guerriere Thumping on Ugly Rocks Off the Itallan Coast. Her Marvellous Rescues and Wonderful Expert- ness Shown by the Officers and Crew—Splendid Hospitality of the Italian Government— What a False Chart Did for the Noble Vessel—Her Propeller and Stern Hawzsers—Italian Mathematics— Present Status of the Ship. LecHorn, August 16, 1871, | timbers remained intact. deen torn off and that some of her planking anjom jug the Keo! had been ground ta, but that her floor Inside calktng a9 tt ex- isty in the United States naval construction was lere tested, None of the inner skin bad been disturbed ; hor had any seams been opened. The dead wood filing also preserved its original position, ali going to show good coustruction and aurable work. But ABOVE THE WATER LINE there were many serious defects. Her water ways had broken on deck im one place, @ knee had snapped aod there was an amazing display of rot- tenness in the upper timbers, With the exception of a few volts driven from the keeison up through the bottom of the bovers and the ground in timbers from the keel for several streaks outboard no great injury tad happened to the Guerrieve, The entire damage is about fifty thousand doliars; but it wiil cost twice this amount, or $100,000, to replace the rotten timbers exposed by this accident. ‘Tae ship is now beyond danger, though the Italian constructor, by docking her so that it 13 wow neces- sary to bind her stem to stern with astout rib-band near tho water line and tnen to raise her by Jack- screws, certainly committed an error, Had the ship been of another model—that is, with great hea rise—it is impossibie to say what might have been the result. ‘The question now comes up,. One of the noblest of American men-of-war has suffered acruel but happily not a fatal accident. | The Guerrtere, as the readers of the HERALD al- , ready know by telegraph, ran on areef thirteen miles from Leghorn and was severely injured; so much so that she 13 now docked i the finest basin | of the Mediterranean for repaws. I have taken | pains to inquire about the accident among the ofl- cers and to ascertain, through other sources, THE FACTS IN THE CASE. During the past year the Guerriere has been upon an extended cruise up the Mediterranean, visiting Alexandria and all the important poris, and tho officers and crew have been received with a nospl- tality that has seldom been accorded to an American man-of-war, | Returning from this succession of feasts, tne ; Guerriere was coming under steam and sail toward | Leghorn, and had already moved between the island of Elba and tue Itallan coast when she struck the treacherous Vada Shoal and ran her prow upon one of the worst reefs of Western Italy. ‘yhe muin point is, WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT and what have been the injuries sustained by the ship thereby? It was between,three and four in the afternoon and before the first dog watch. The navi- gator was on deck with his charts, furnished by the Savy Department, and was directing the ship to- ward this port by cross-bearings, taken upon land objects and from the conspicuous lighthouse situ- ated on tho land side of the reef. It should be understood by the general reader that in approaching port without a pilot on board— and none was on board in this instance—it is left to the navigator to shape the siip’s course according to such charts as have been given him hy the depart- ment, The navigator of the Guerriere was one of the most intelligent in the service, He laid down his line of sailing toward this port with every ad- vantage that an official could have, for land was in full sight—only six miles distant and to eastward— and the weather, though rather heavy, wiih a freshening breeze, offered no impediment to a per- fect understanding of the ship’s position by local geography. The Guerriere was going along at eigut knots an hour, the navigator aud captain be- lieving that vhey had cleared Vala Shoal and had more than a mile to eastward, when near four o'clock the Guerriere was tripped up forward, and she drove ahead with violent {mpetus upon the reef, her bows beating upon the rocks, thumping and thréatening to crush THE MAMMOTH FRAMEWORK of the frigate. “Fighting Tom Stevens,” as he ts | kuown in the service, and further known as an able | but ready seaman, saw the great danger of the vessel and the necessity for quick action and fine judgment. Of course he reversed | the engine and all sail was throwo aback, but the Querrtere stlll hung upon the nasty reef, Keeping up | the monotonous and deadly hammering away. The captain, still cool and cautious, and feeling, like the true sailor that he is, that the very ribs and vitality of that ship were as his own, gave orders TO LIGHTEN HER INSTANTLY, and all hands turned to and worked. The gun deck battery, which consisted of twenty-two nine-inch shell guns, each weighing 9,000 pouads, was pat in condition for dismounting. The guns were hoisted out through the waste ports and de- shaken off, In the meantime boats had been cleared away. uficnors nad been put down astern, and hawsers secured to these anchors had been Jed through the | viol block, the purchase was multiplied on deck, and the fall finally led to the capsian, But the Guerriere remained fast and WOULD NOY QUIT HER SEAT. How iree of the eptuemic, At Teheran it bro t 1n the beginning of May; atthe end of that month heariy @ hundred persons died of it dally, bat at | present it has almost disappeared, i At the present time cotton is very cheap here, the | Six pounds seiling for seventeen to twenty pence. | Opium will be very dear; many crops of the poppy | have failed and at some places whole flelds of that | plant have been carried away by the poor people | for iood. Tie Famine in Seuthera Hungary.” {From the Vienna Presse.) Fearfal misery prevails in the most fruitful parts | of Hungary, The Temes Banat ts called the “corn | chamber of Hungary,” axd this designation Js ap- plied to a district where, indeed, fruitiuiness sprang outatevery pore. But this state of things has be- longed fora number of years past to history. The ““rultful” Banat is about falling to material ruin. And who must bear the sin of bringing about this condition? Only ten years ago the Banat was a dis- trict that rejoiced 1n good, well-kept roads, which enabied the farmer to bring his produce w the market, where trade and commerce, man- uiacture and industry prospered, and every- Where the prosperity of the inhabitants, the material well-being of the people, was evident. The itelicctual condition of the people was pro- gressing; the schools of the Banat, especially the German ones, were the best in all Hungary. But now allthis is different. whe roads have fallen to decay. So ruinous are they that horses suck in the mud on them, The rivers have been neglected to be Tegulated, and the consequence has been that the high waiers have brokeu through the dams and thousands and thousands of acres of the most pro- ductive land are now under water. A third o! tne Banat to-day is a ‘desert of waters,” Whole dis- tricts Which were reciaimed under the Emperor | Karl and Maria Theresa, aud since then have been free trom water, can now be navigated with boats. | And since misfortunes never come singly, | tremendous rain storms and floods have | destroyed the rest of the field and gardea | fruit aud the vineyards, There are districts where the hali has cleared the toliage from ali the trees. To | Uese miseries came stil another, While the people are thus sufering from natural causes the govern- ment has put in execution lor arrears of taxes. It 1s a sad fact that many villages have arrears far ex- ceeding the value of the property; more especially | is this the case with Servian and Roumantan com- munities, The cattle of the peasants are now taken | und sold for these arrears. The sum obtained does not even cover the costs of execution, ana the pea+ sant fs left a beg: Pauperism Js frightfuily on the increase; for, withthe rain of the agricutture, trade and industry are also vrought duwu. The Choiera in Russia, In some places the proportion of deaths is very high, At borisogiebsk, a town of 12,000 inhabitants, for @ short time 150 persons died every day. This is in the government of Tambof, wnich has suffered more (hao auy other, In one village in Voronesh | seventy persons have died out ol a population of 200, and at Nyni Novgorod one day every case | proved fatal, This result is not surprising. Though | We government functionaries, do what they can they are everywhere thwarted by the ignorance and | superstition of the lower orders. Jn some places the people are panic stricken ana do noihing, lookin, Upon the scourge a8 @ divine punishment to which they are bound to submit, In others they rely entirely on the interposition of Providence, and go dn crowds to the holy communion. Many of them try to charm the disease away by the most gross superstitious observance Everywhere there isa Want Of medical aid. In the district of Novokoperski ere Is only one doctor for a popuiation of 40,000, and beh to visit patients who are forty or fifty mules distant from each other, From veérsia we hear that cholera las almost disappeared at Teheran, but it ts raging Ms on the Russian frontier, In | the Caucasus they are beginning to understand how the Cholera is to be mec When It crosses the Persian fronuer. At Bakou a commission Of cieauliness has | been named to purify the town and to prevent the sale of unwhoiesome food. Similar boards are to be @ppoinied ip other parts of the Caucasus, In St. | Petersburg the number of cases has considerably | diminished, The iast returns were thirteen new | cases And Keven deals. in Moscow eighty-seven | hew cases and thirty-two deaihs were reporied in | the last dally bulieuDa, THE MEANPST MaN.—An Interesting case was | tried before an Evansville (Ind.) jusuice a tew days | ogo. AmAn named Dugan had been killed vy a | dn the st will turn Out about double the number | of pounds produced jast year, If the consumption could be correspondingly eniarged ail would be Well; DUC Such Is nol the case, tor last year the en- tire crop Yrought to the grower an average of not . lege than cigas gents per pou runaway horse. A subscripuon was taken up for the benefit of the widow and chiidren, Jolin Du- gan, brother of the deceased, collected the sau- keriptions and kept the mon claiming that tua brother was indebted to h at the time of his death, On the trial the widew obtained judgtaent, and Lie Charitable Jota lad Lo disgorge | periments in ; God willing, that this should not be, and for seventy- | Bade rapidly | our officers and men, and likewise more ability to | out mentioning names | may say that they all be- | other words, it 18 a fair average fora vessel of the | she arrived at Spezzia preparalions were at once Every seaman will appreciate these beautiful ex- | sealmansnip, especially since they ; were performed with marvellous rapidity, and, without doubt, finally ‘saved one of the finest frigates of our navy. Alter the battery was takea out the ship waa iuriver lightened by removing all her cables and stores; her topmasts and Lopgailant- Inasts were cut down and ail except her main and | Tore yards were put Over the si/e, and tuese two | spars were preserved for the.leavy tackling, Mag. | azine und shell rooms and shob locnxers were | cleaned out, aud half of the coal on board was also | discharged. In the meantime the Guerriere rapped away on the knotty ree/, as if ambitious to go to pieces, but Captain Stevens, with all on board, determined, two hours that heroic crew worked as they may never be required to work again. And thus these 850 men tolled on uaul Mr. Howard, AMERICAN CONSUL AT LEGHORN, who had been informed of the situation secured the co-operation of two Italian steamers, Wheu they for Vadasboal aud took the Guer- It 18 so seldom that Americaa Consuis | distinction that it ts pleasaut to | Tiere in tow. earn any particular say tat if the United States were in the habit of bestowing decorations Mr. Howard would be en- titled to such reward. But before the Italian vesseis had arrived the Guerriere had floaied od, and from this pout begins ANOTHER ACCIDENT. One of the stern nawsers had become entangled with the propeller, ang thus the vessel was unxpie to use its steam power, and hai to rely upon the | aid tendered by the [riendiy steamers from Spezza; | otherwise the Guernere could have gone into port Without assistance, ana the dreadful injuries she has sustaimed, according to public report, would have been no more than the very common affair in le navy of “rau aground in the mid waich,”? As the sequel shows, or will show, this mistortuae to the Guerriere Was probably one of the best acci- | dents that could happen to the service. It demon- strated at least the wonderful seamaniixe facility of save the ship than is common among the other navies of the world. Marine science was furthered, | not retarded, by the Guerriere’s going on ihe Vada Shoal, and, as the reader wil! fnd further on, THE SURVEYORS OF COAST LINES, the builders of liguthouses and the makers of charts may be brought to arealization of the terrible re- sponsibility which they undertake in Jocating dangerous spots in the sea. Wildly formed-out maps and false lines of safety laid down by bee ment surveyors have already cost many ships and very many lives. Nothing could have been more admirable than the | oY With- PROPESSIONAL EFPICIENC of the younger officers In this delicate crisis. haved with a devotion wiich can only be found where a good captain commands and a close and thorough organization exists, It should be under- stood that during these seventy-two honrs, while the Guerriere Was grinding away upon Vada Reef, 4t seemed almost @ miracle to save her. Jt wus only fidelity and enthusiastic love for the vessel which preserved her, Captain Stevens dectared his intenuon to stand by, aud Uf she went down to go down with ber. As the ship Moated off with several feet of water under ber heel 1 Was found that sie made only SEVEN INCHES OF WA’ AN HOUR, and this 1s what satiors call @ “heathy leak,” or, in size of the Guerriere Wherever she might be, To tne great satisfaction of ail hands the vessel put her head towards Leghorn appareuUy uninjured, When made for DOCKING HFR. Plans of her bottom were seni to the ltatian naval constructors in order that they might prepare ihe proper cradie ip the dry dock, Ji is creditable to he authorities of the station (hat every facility was offered; for beyond the ship's veing an American man-of-war she had earned such a just celebrity fyom ber elegant Jines and geueral trim condition that universal sOlicilude was shown throughout Bpezzia. ‘This good feeling and international fellowship did not, however, prevent the Jtalian naval constructor om docking the Gnerriere 80 low that no bolt juld ve driven in her bottom; in fine, there were only a few feet be.ween the keel and the bottom of tue dock, ‘This was a ANOTHER AND A VERY BAD APPAIR; but Justice compeis me to say that it was Ttaltan mathematice—a mistake of the sane nature that England her Captain, and similar to those | Which figure up @ false dis} ement for Monitors until these Iron cofMfus are all but submerged, BE MOST EXCITING MOMENT tragic career of the Guerriere was when once | docked the water was drawn irom tbe basin and her lines were gradually exposed, Thousands had gathered to see where tne good ship had been wounded, As the water lowered ana the Guerriere in th | irr WHO 18 RESPONSIBLE for all this trouble? I suppose this witl be solved before @ court of inquiry, and that court must exon. | erate the captain and his navigating omicer, for the charts were followed, and when the Guerriere should, according to them, have been tn nine fathoms of water, she hung on Vada Reet. Bearlugs taken after the accident, and by the Italian authorl- ties as well, showed that Captain Stevens was right, according to his charts, but that the charts were wrong; but being the charts of the Navy Depart- meni, aS & Naval officer remarked, ‘she Struck by orders from Washington.” Bt es sha reat is on thang oon r jr the‘r leeward side, LA che ke sce The AMooimento (of Genoa) newspaper has & long, article expressing sympathy tor the captain an Severely condemning the naval authorities for not building the lighthouge on the outboard extremity of the reef, which 13 @ Narrow rock, one mile long, with deep water ali around, Soundings aid not in- dicate its presence; nor were there any deceptive currents in the vicinity, As’ soon as the coustructor’s report 1s ready the beautiful Gnerriero will be immediately repaired and wiil again be queen of the Mediterranean coasts; and every American feels proud enough that though our officers have shoals and reefs and all the ele- ments of nature and even charts against them, they sult can turo a very uuhappy accident into a very opportune occasion for the display of expert and ready seamanship. Perhaps any other vessel hung upon Vada Reef would have gone to pieces, THE COREAN EXPZDITION. To THE Eprror oF THE HERALD:— Although late news has been received from Corea I trust the few facts [ mention about the first move- interest to your readers, The information comes direct by letter from an eye witness high in com- mand in the expedition, The expedition was not conceived, nor has it been carried out in an aggres- sive spirit. It was intended by our government to open a friendly intercourse and trade witb that de- pendency of China. been unfavorably criticised, but it is to be wondered at that simiiar steps have not been taken by our government at an eariter period. A glance at the map will show what @ prominent and at the samo time dangerous part of the Chinese coast is formed by the large peninsula of Corea, It ts certainly im- portant thet an endeavor should be made by our government to secure @ proper recognition at the hands of the Coreans. It was with this idea that the President sent his letter wita the expedition, expressing his feelings ol amity and his hope that a friendly mtercourse would arise between tho two counties, Tne ficet, states my informant, had the greatest difficulty in approaching the Corean coast, dense and impenetrable fogs enveloped it most of the time, only lifting for a short period, at inter. Vals of days, suiticiently for the feet Lo seize the op- poriumity to feel its way along. The diferent ves- sels comprising the fleet were tuus ior most of tie time unable either to see or signa! each other, and 1 was most fortunate that Dope were lost upon the almost unknown coast. On reaching the mouth of Sait River, leading to the capital of the councry, nu- merous Junk-iike boats, Hlied with naitves, dressed somewnat ilke the Chinese, were seea, Who appa- ; Tentiy troubled themselves very littie in observing the movements of our vessels, but busied themselves in fishing and in the gathering of sheli fish, ‘the “chaps” upon the shores of the river also seemingly took but itttle notice of the presence of our flect, though at night sig- nal fires. were lit upon the hill tops to noti the country back of the presence of our feet. Sur- veys aud soundings were made for some distance ‘up the river, under the supervision of Captain H. 0, Biake, frou which charts were made jor present and future use. Upon the return of the surveying party the fleet moved slowly up the river. Admiral Rogers’ flagship ancnored about twenty miles up the stream, the remaining ships, being of Bot quite oo much draugil, sucauling SUuie Ten miles further up. Tae Palos and four steam jauuciies under Captain Blake proceeded ten miles further up the ver makurg soundings, Upon their passing tie three forts spoxen 1 in the first oficial despatch, and which were situated on rising ground com- manding the river, an exceedingly Herce tire was pou ed upon our boats for about Hive minutes. The Coreaus upon the adjoining iiltops aiso opened upon our men a miscellaneous fire. Only one of the forts could be raked as our vessels steamed past, but irom it “the chaps were sent flyimg from Ueir guns over the hill.’ On returning, afier attend. ing to our wonnded, all three forts were well raked, | bub it elicited no response, ‘the chaps” evidently being sausiied with, the Maiity of the gun- powder that nad aiready munistered. It is ae through force to ace Ment character, and it Was the intention after the first engagement to await firther msiructions from our government before passing up the river. What Js to ve accompilshed by the expedition must be done within ine next month, a3 the dense fogs and the inclement weather will then preveut furiher operations, My iniormant states tuat the Coreans ave extremely fine looking men and are of com- manding physical proportions. ‘They are made of dierent stuff from the Chinese. My tnformant states that in the second fight they fought with ex- treme desperation. Nothing saved our men from great loss but the taccuracy of the range of tueir guns. EB. A, H. anything of a perma- THE UNION HOME AND S0HOOL., Visit of General Burnside to the Institution Cheers and Tigers. General Ambrose E. Burnside yesterday afternoon paid a visit to the Union Home and School for the Orphans of Soldiers and Sailors, at Carmansville, at which time and place he was formally recelved by tne lady manager and Girectors, and by General Alexander Shaler, General Prosper M. Wetmore, Colonel D, Archer Pell, Colone! Hopper, Mr. George Wilson, Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce; Sefior Escova, of Cuba; Benjamin W, Hitchcock, Mr. Hoyt, ani others belonging to the civil list. At tle time Of General Buraside’s arrival the cluldren were all gathered in jthe large schoolroom, and, a8 he entered, the lady who presided at the organ struck up ‘Hail to the Chief.” As soon as ail were scated General Wetmore proposed that the children give three cheers for General Grant, which were given with a will. One litie fellow, at the end ot the three cneers, sald ‘Tiger !"* and the others, supposing that it meant some more cheers, gave them. Then the children sang some songs, alter which General Wetmore made a short speech intro- ducing General Burnside. ‘The General’s speech was brief, expressive of his happiness at seeing them 80 WELL CARED FOR and so happy. He toid them tiat they were the na- tion’s wards, and that the nation would see that they were properly cared for, Three cheers and a ger were given for General Burnside, and Gen- eral Shaler was introduced. He made a very happy speech and was rewarded -by three cheers. The last speaker mtroduced by General Wetmore was Colonel Pell, and his speech, the longest of all, Was Seasoned With three cheers and a tiger, After Ulese exercises were concluded the visitors were shown through the house, and everything bewkened comfort and discipline. Tue ies are particularly proud of their mechanical artment and take pride in showing i. “Don’t forget my shoe shop,” bald One Of the indies, And that expressed the feel- ing. The boys were drilled by their commanding olticer In frontof the building and were reviewed by General Burnside from the baicony, and he ae- clared himself pleased and complimented them highly upon Wier proficiency, A bandsome banquet conciuded the entertainment, A GOLD ISLAND IN THE WEST INDIES. {From the Paterson (N. J.) Guardian, September 6.) Some three mouths since a simall island in the Caribbean Sea, known as the Bimita and avout eight nundred ines eonth of Trinidad, while beng explored, under the direction of Agassiz, was found to contain gold. The rock is quartose, and quietly a few individuals obtained possession of the island, and these Individuals—all Americans—will not dispose of any inierest, although last week several offers irom English capitaiists in London were received, iniormation having reached them throngh the Custom House, as 1s supposed, although every arrangement had been made to keep the mat. ter a8 quiet as possible. The gold is free and easily amalgamated, and io purity in veins in the quarté Forty different veins have been discovered on we island and five are now being worked, and the ore is being received from ships at the Centreville Works, im Greenville, in Hudson county. The works are running night and day. The ore 18 now, with very imperiect machinery, vieldin, $0 per ton, and they are only getting one-third ol the gold, but the “tailings” are being saved, with tne view of running them through the improved machine beg contracted for, All the gold ore geen by onr reporter, Who tested the specimens just skettied om her ways the crowd looked in vain for & sprained hull or broken ‘back bone,” and the sailors looked in vain to find her “hogzed.” Her lines remained accurate and her symmetry was still perfect «in no quarter was her frame weakened or paralyzed, Ut was found that Ker faise keel pad | as dumped out on the wharf, will iat $180 per ton, ‘This great discovery is believed to bo hkely to build up a very important enterprise in Hudson county. The ore is a4 rich as tus Fohest ores of Caltfornta aud Veuezicla ments of our fleet may not be entirely destitute of { Know that the expedition hag | estimated by my lafotmant that ten small steamers | and 3,000 men wouldBe reauired if we desire | THE GREAT SOUTHERN CYCLONE. Additional Accounts of lts Ravages. Full Particulars of tho Loss of the Steamshsp Mississippi—Statement of Captain Henry— The Voyage of the Cortes, {From the New Orleans Picayune, Sept. Messrs. Low & LupwiasEn:— GENTLEMEN—The steamsip Mississippi was driven ashore on Hillsborough Rocks, forty miles south of Jupiter light, during a hurricane, on Thursday night last, August 24. The ship will be @ total loss. Some of the cargo can be saved, No lives were lost, We leit New York on Saturday, 19tn August, and had bad weather all the way out, Passed Cape Rat teras atthree A, M. on Monday, 2ist. Passed Fry- ing Pan Shoals Monday night, at ten o’clock, By Tuesday, at daylight, it was blowing a gale from the southeast, the ship rolling heavily and shippug big seas. Set the topsails, close reefed. Blew away forestaysail, At noon I was waited upon by some of the cabin passengers, with the request that the ship might be put into Charleston. I quieted their fears, and by midnight the wind had moder- ated. On Wednesday nigit, at ten o’clock, we passed Cape Carnaveral; wind fresh from the east and @bad searunning. During the night the wind freshened and the sea got worse, At daylight close- reefed and set the sqnaresatls, At forty minutes peat eight A. M, Thursday passed Japhet hght ouse; Weather threateuing and wind incres Av noon furied the squaresails, The storm mereased very saptalys the sea was ranning high and the ship rolling deep and shipping vast bodies of water, Keeping the deck flooded; set the storm trysall and hove the ship hard by to, east to north, wind then about north; slowed down tie engine that the ship might ride easy, Ateight A. M. the barometer stood at 29.56, Attwo P. M. 1 judged that we were on the nortnwest edge of a revolving storm, whose track was to west-northwest; secured everytht for the worst; made the sails well fast and got all Lhe spare spars and grate bars ready for a drag. by tnreo P, M, it was biowlag a fearful ae and still increasing. The wind hauled to the northeast, the stip going Bo better than when to the souta- east, The sea ran lugher than | ever knew It todo befure, and the decks were full of water all the time; got the drag over the weather side with @ hawser. At three P. M. the storm trysall blew away ; from the hoops; the sea was becoming confused and | breaking over the ship constantly. By four P. M. the cabin skylights were waslied away, filling the | cabin with water; the passengers were engaged bailing out the water; the quarter boat was blown across the deok and stove; the quarter railing and stanchions were washed away. ‘Ihe man rail, on both sides, was compietety torn of, fore and aft, and all tae bulwarks gone. ‘The ice side was under water and the sea running down the engine room, | As the steam was gotug down J ordered ail the | Steam possible to be put on, so as to keep up off the | lee shore, At three o'clock the pilot house was broken ia on the weather side, hed the litter | down. The windows and doors and parc of the midship house were stove in. The tee boats were | torn away by the waters to leeward, snapping of | the davits as though they were pipestems, heavy sea swept over us, Which washed @Way every sky- ; light and ratlng from tue midship house, senda | about six tons of water down the engine room an | fre room. The engine was almost stopped for want of steam. The weather boats and beans davits and ali the wreck was wasied to leeward, Put weaiher cloth in male rigging, The drag struck the wheel and had to cut it away from the ship, | While cutting it or I was struck by a sea, which dislocated my shaulder. Several of the craw were injured by the sea and drifting wreck matter, At about the same tine the starboard waterway broxe io two; the bats on that side of the deck were opening. The ship was unable to lift and had all the appearance of iy a At seven P, M. the ship was a wreck, I ordered the passengers to prepare for the worst; each one was Jurnished { with a life jacket and fastentngs. 1 judged the ship | to be off the beach, To wear the ship was to Insure destruction, Our only help was in the Gulf Stream cutting us off by striking against our starboard bow, All Lands were working thelr best to save the vessel. I knew that if she foundered every: soul would be lost. Our sole resource was in ruuning her ashore. i was just preparing to wear to the westward and cut away the foremast, when, at about eight o’ciock, she patd off to southwest. The engine did no good whatever, the fires having been Washed ovt. Shortly alier she struck heavily. 1 and the first oficer were lashed to the piece of sail on the Jee side of the wheel. The sea broke over her tnost fearfally. 1 ordered every one to secure themselves. id made an effort to Bet to the cabin, when @ sem struck me and washed me from the midship house | te the lee side of tie cabin, 1 batled the cabin, ous got no answer. My leli arm was lashed to iny side, which lett we in a very weak state, 1 managed to | get on the poop deck, where I fouud the chief ene | gmeer. Imanaged to get into the cabin, where & | found all the passengers praying. The cabin lights | Weie wasned away, aud the prospect was horribie, | The passengers were ordered to remain in the cain, | aud to Keep on batling. Light was made and [ gow | on deck, and crawled along tie Weatier rall to the | forecastie to see if the crew were ali right. Ltound ) them ail under the iorecasule, I got them all inte | the cabin and surnisbed them with life Jackets and | lashing, and kept ai hands bailing the water from the cabin. The sea was breaking over us awiuily, the ship striking und Jamming over the rocks ail the Ume. J was airatd she would break her stem, buge dn and fall over on her side, but she did nobly. At eight P.M, the baromer was at tweniy- ; Mine, and the sharp lightning denoted t | Close proximity of tue storm. it passed to the southwest of us. Many of the crew and passengers ; Were injured, but not badiy. ‘The steward’s army Was broken, All the night they workea at keoplag the saloon free from water. About three A, Friday the barometer went up a littie, At four , M. it began blowing ia squalis, au indication th the worst had passed. At daylight I found tuat we were on sbore, our boom Close to the beach, our sierh in six feet water; the storm attll raging. © | Sent two men ashore with a block and rope and got | a life lime ashore, with a chain on it, and so sent all the passengers on shore. Worked aii nigat, Got all the crew off, some sails, tents and provisious. On Saturday evening saw @ steamer conung from the northward, Sent tie mate oif to her to see if tne steamer would land him atSand Key, so thathe mught bring us assistance. ‘Tho mate ree turned afier having boarded the ship and reported her to be the Cortes, Captain Whit man, The captain sent me wora that he would wait alt night If necessary and take all hands of, He sent bia boatin, We had two boats of our own, Wich we repaired, and sent off all the pase sengers and fifteen of the crew. By tweive o’clock We had ail hands on board. L left on shore to take care of the property the mate, engineer and some of the crew untii my return, | am going to Key West to procure assistance, return to the ship and save alll can. The ship is broken in two on her starboard side amidships, from rail to tho waters She Is full of water aft, und can never be gotten ot The conduct of Captain Whitman was most noble. He has treated every one of us in the most luimane and generous manner, giving up his quarters an } clothiug to us all. W. P. UENRY. The Voyage of the Cortes, We are indebted to Captain S, Whitman, of tne steamship Cortes, for the following report;— ‘Thursday, August 24, commenced with a fine breeze from noriicast, sky overcast, all suti set, | Steering across the Gull from Florida coast, At uine A. M. made lind about fifteen or twenty ues south of Jupiter, wind increasing, ordered topsatl reeteds at hall-past two A. di. the Wind increased to a gale, clewed up topsatl unit loresuil, the wind increas and the barometer kept falling; at ten A. M. took | in all sail and hauted ship of siore, wind being om shore, blowing hard from cast-northeast, with heavy sea running; at eleven A. M, it was viowlng a per- fect hurricane; at midnight the gale was terrivie, accompanied by lieavy rain, and it was Linpossible to tell the sea irom the sky; the ship wae plunging aud shipping great quantiies of water, The deck load, consisting rincipally of machinery, broke Joose, and shipping @& heavy sea, the ronnd houses and both scutties forward were Ciurled away, and the fore- castle and steerage were flooded, At this time the Wind and Bea were most terrible, The sales were biown trom the gaskels, and the machinery on deck. Moved about, breaking tl im pie slaving the ship's rails aud tearing away the deck hatch coaine jugs. In order to save the ship, Which was being much Injured, it was considered advisable to get the machinery Overboard, Which, Wilh much exer- tion on the part of the oMicers and crow, Was accom plished, On Friday, at seven A. M., Uo sloru, Was so fearful that to describe it 1s linpossible, At tem A. M., same day, 25th, wing bauied to southeast; kept the ship before the gule, running opposite to the direction of our course; running with te stream unui Saturday, 26th, “At 12:00 P.M. Unat orl Jupiter bore west tiree miles. Weather fue. Win from south, git At four P.M. wind changed to the east. At seven P. M., 26th, off Hillsborough Iniet, saw sieamship Mississippl,ashore and wae boarded by her mate, Sent out our boats and took on boaré her passengers, oficers and crew. Put Cuptain Heury ashore at Key West. SMALLFOX. Trenton Board of Health. At the meeting of the Board of Health in Trenton on Monday night the smallpox visitation was re- ported to be checked, and the city was resuming tts usual health, Dr, Rogers, a member of the Board, said he had taken the trouble to visit all the under- takers in the city, abd found unas only seven deatns had occurred all Uirough the visitation; while Dr. Coleman, President of the Board, said that the death rate had been smaller since the sinall- pox scare than in any Corresponding period of time for many years past The Board assed A resolution that an ordinance ramed and submitted to the Common Council, making every physician Mabie to a fine of $250 who does not report i Case Of COntagioUs diseases In his practice. Dr. Woulverton reportod two new tases of amallpox since the last meoting of (he Hoard, Out the general ODIMION Was Liat (Wo dauges Was pas