The New York Herald Newspaper, April 8, 1872, Page 3

EUROPE. Wanehester Free Trade View of the Decline of American Commeree. THE ALABAMA NOT WHOLLY THE CAUSE. English Opinions on the Collapse of the Erie Ring. THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT'S APPEAL President Thiers on the Present State of Affairs in France. ‘The latest mail advices from Europe, which came to hand by the steamers arriving at this port yester- day morning, are up to the 28th ult,—iwo days later ‘Shan those brought by the Donan, ENGLAND. Decline of American Shipping—A Manchester View of the Results ot the Depredations of tho Rebel Privatcers, [From the Manchester Examiner, March 28.] ‘There is one point incidentally connected with the American claims which deserves more notice than it has hitherto received. We refer to the per- manent effect which is sald to have been pro- duced upon the mercantile marine of the United States by the depredations of the Alabama, The immediate loss In the ships actually captured and destroyed is capavle of being verified, aud has been = aown at some three miilions sterling, tnclud- curgoes as well as ships. This sum represents the direct dam: lor which we are willing to pay ifthe tribunal of arbitration should find us liable. ‘The more proximate of the idirect damages for which indemnificauon 1s claimed include—nrst, the loss sustained by the higher rates of insurance which the American merchants had to pay on their sea-going ships in order to cover the risk of capture; and, secondly, the loss sus- tained in the transfer of American ships to foreign owners. These two items fit into and sup- wement each other, If every American vessel had wep transferred to @ foreign flag there coula have been no payment of higner rates of lusurance Sepinnt war risks, and the greater the number of ships that were actually transferred the smaller must be the amount of money that was so paid. Mf, indeed, as we have been olten told, the effect of tite war was to sweep the American Mag trom vhe tace of the ocean, It is difiicuit to see how there can have been mucd loss in the matter of insurance. The truth is that with the outbreak of the war a sudden stop was put to American commerce. The egvet of the Mor- TU Tarif, the sudden enlistment of hundreds of thousands of mensor military service, and the tee mense demand of supplies sor the muiiuenanee of ihe vast armies which were soon seni tnto the jleld, Dul an effectual stoppage to trade, The supplies re- juired trom Great Britain were carried in ish ships, and these more than suificed to bring back such small supplies of American com- mModliies as could be spared for a foreiga market, The American shipping belong thus left with nothing to do, a great part of 1t was taken ito the service of the government, to be trans- formed tuto vessels of war for coast service, or to be used as transport ships, while a sn twas Soldgo British buyers, who paid the market rate, lower probably than usual, for what they bought. The entire number of ships transferred to the British flag down to the end of 1864 was 75, with an aggregate of 430,882 tonnage, @n average of 630 tons each, Lt happens that the total number of British ships lost or seriously damaged “by stress or Weather” in 1863 was 882, far more than the entire number of American ships wransterred to our fag during the whole four years of the war. Our loss by ‘stress of weather’’ was total, but the Americans sold their ships. The comparison 1s merely inct- dental, but 11 serves at !east to tilustrate the magui- ‘ude of the aliegeu caiamity. it may be observed, by the way, that during the three years which pre- ceded the ‘war 123 American ships, amounting to 47,630 tonnage, were transferred to british owners and, assunung that the same rate of transfer would have gone on if the war had not broken out, the net number of stips transferred in consequence of She war was 651, with an aggregate of 415,152 ton Mr. David A. Wells, the United States Com- mussioner, informs us that, according to tne aver- Sg rate ‘of shipbuilding in the American yards Irom to 1857, the amount of tonnage built in 1867 ought to have been 500,000, so tat the whole amount of American shipping transterred at @ price to British owners in consequence Of tie war was far fess than a singie year’s construction would have been if the unwise policy of the American govern- ment bad not prevented the naiural growth of American shipbuilding. pm These facis serve to illustrate the actual amount of damage which the American mercantile marine sustained in consequence ot the war, and justify the inference taat the American estimate of its magni- tude as affecting (he indirect claims for coimpensa- tion has been immensely exaggerated. But that estimate has been extended still further. The Americans compare the statistics of their mercan- tule marine before and_ since the war, and ascribe the enormous falling off exclusively to the depreda- Uons of ihe Alabama, Their argument ts that the American suspptng, naving been swept trom the ocean through fear of capture, has never from that time till now been able to recover its former condi- tion of prosperity. The Washington correspondent of a German paper recently contented himself with eecine ie American shipping statistics of 1871 under jose Of 196), declaring inat a sum In substraccion Would show how much we owed to Americain com- ngation in one item alouc. nese calculations are all uilt Upon an extracrdiuary deiusion. The Aimeri- cans have adopted a policy o protection whtch is absolutely fatal to tneir shipping interest, and coolly make us responsible for their own biunders. frou is now the prime articie in shipouilding, and the American tax on iron keeps up tue price of that articie to such a height as to render compet- tion with foreign shipbuilders impossible, An American shipbuilder of Wiimingtou, Delaware, quoted by Mr. Wells in bis report, says:—“If Con- gress would repeal the law taxing imported iron, or at least that which ts used in the constraction of iron ships, Our American iron ship- yards would in a singie year rival tu activity those of the Clyde, and American iron steam merchant ships be jound in every port in the world, as Eng- lish vuilt slips are now, and the commerce of our country, without which no nation can rank as a Power, which to-day lies cryshed aud flat- ‘protected’ to death would more than re- gain its former measure of greatness.” In i867 an enterprising citizen of Chicago conceived the idea of establishing an iron shipbuilding yard in that neighvorhoou, and visited England to engage Workmen and arrange for a supply of materials; ‘but, on calculating the cost, he tound that the ag- gregate duties on the arucles he proposed to im- port would range from thirty-eight to sixty-six per cent, and the enterprise had to be abandoned. Mr. Wells, in his report, dated January, 1869, showed that the diuerence between the amounts which a Liverpool and a New York ship Duiider Would have to pay in taxes, direct and in- Girect, would of itself alone constitute a fair commercial profit in lavor of the tormer. ‘This 1s the real reason Why the American shipping has declined. — Whtle the Americans ure prevented by ther tarig’ trom building ships Ciwemseives, they are aso prevented Jrom buying ships from foreign builder: Moreover, though they have no ships, they have as many as they want, for they have no commerce, and ‘without commerce ships are @ superfuity. ‘this may scom an ex- aggerated statement, but Mr. Wells makes ttin almost the same words. He says:—“The same system of checks and balances, growing out of the imdiscrimimate and universal taxation under the tariff, which we have thus shown to exist in shipbuilding, has been also so (ar extended to every other branch of production that if ships availa- bie for ioreign trade were to-day furnished to hand without cost their use must be exceedingly limited, Tor the reason that the bigh prices of all domestic commodities would effectually prevent that ex- change with foreign countries Which in itself con- stitutes commerce." These facis, which are presented to us on the Highest oMcial autnority in the Unit States, suit. ciently expiain the decline im American smpping. At is all very well for the Americans to shumie out or sight the blunders of their financial policy by laying its results on our shouiders, and we do not doubt that (ie protectionist and prowcted pig-iron manu- Jacturers of Pennsylvania have found the Alavama the luckiest ship jor them that ever floated on salt water, These gentlemen liave competied all sorts of American consumers, from those Who wulld ships to those who make plougtis, to spend more by from £2 [to £2 10s, sterling per ton tor all the iron they have used thaw they would have bad to pay bul for the Import duty ob British ion; and this excessive t having been made at the cost of the national marine we can well understand how convenient it 1s (o exag- te the “consequential damages” of the Alabama. ‘TO suppose that we are respousibie for the present state of the Alnerican suipbuilding trade, or that It 18 tn the smuaiiest measure or the remotest degree iy our fauit if the American mercanule navy not at this moment tar larger than tt ever wi is one of the grossest delusions ever pulmed up an intelligent people. Ii the Americans are only ‘baliding 60,000 tons of shipping @ vear instead of 500, 000, at 18 exclusively their own fault, the natural avd toreseen result of the tariff! which they ciose to set np just at the outbreak of the civil war, tne Presidential assent to it having been one of the last oni tsof Mr. Buchanan. If they want com- pensation tor the decay of marine; if they want to be indemniyied for the disappearance of their flay row the ara a the ocean, they must levy a tax upon all who have gainea by the Morrlil tariff, the arue source of their nanonat losars. The wiser plan, however, wontd be to reform their poticy, to throw open their ports to the marketa of the world, Yo abandon the suicidal maxim which accounta tt just lo tax the many for the benetit of afew; their mercantile and then, with a faw field for phoir exertions, the 5 emterpriee of their and merchants, seconding te energy of their snipbuilders, will very soon restore to the commerce and the marine of the United States their old prosperity. The Downfall of the Erie Ring. The London Times of March 26 speaks In the fol- lowing manner of the coilapse of Krie, The article is based on the mail news which had just been re- ceived in England at the time:— ‘The Grand Opera House plays the same part in the drama of Erie ag the Hotei de Ville in a Paris revolution. It may be supposed that this Imposing edifice 1s viewed with vencration by the New York public in general, and especially by railway officials of every grade, The Grand Opera House was the Bobiest monument of Fisk's genius, the scene of his triumphs and magnificence, and the Directors’ room, from which he and two or three of his familiars promulgated their decrees, was a sacred place, to possess Which was to possess the talisman that controlled the entire enterprise. In and around the Grand Opera the storm of battle raged for two days, at the end of which Gould, the master spirit of the Ring, succumbed, capitulated @nd now lies powerless, it is to be hoped forever. His overthrow reminds one somew! of @ Euro- pean coun @ (tat, but, though well planned and ex- cuted, it was not a surprise. Gould and his party Were much wo cratty for that. They well knew What was coming. Perhaps they did not expect the attack to be so sudden, resolute and well sustained, that 1t would have such powerful support and carry With it @ public sympathy which daunted the most reckless partisans. But when the day eame they well Knew that it was big with thelr fate, Gould showed no Want of courage, but we cannot help thinking he fought ainst bope, and that mn us secret heart he felt the hour of the Rin; had come. ‘the last few months have worke @ change in New York which might daunt the most resolute ig The indignation of long-suffering respectability has broken forth against the gang who plundered the city, and the impulse has com- municated itsel! to private enterprises io which the practices of the municipality were admired and imitated. Gould and his friends knew that they had publito open against them, which 1s all in all in America, The Legisiature mignt dare a good deal, the city judiciary even more ; but there are limits which even these could not pass, and neither author- ivy would venture te ge Set itself in opposition tothe dominant impu! of the people, ‘The flow- ing tide on which the Erie Ring had sailed to for- tue has been jor some ume on the ebb, and no one knew this better than Mr, Jay Gould. Fortune, which seldom sends either her favors or her revufts singly, bad inflicted on the Ring the most serious calamity in the death of James Fisk. That very conspicuous personage nas been described as only & sort of mountebank, Who amused the public by his impudence; but he was a man of consummate courage, resource and promptitude, afraid neither of law nor of public opinion, and eminently fitted to take part in such a contest as the enemies of the Ring were preparing jor it. If he had livea we might have witnessed a still more sensational episode in the history of Erie, His death aid much to damp the courage of his con- Tederates, who, when the supreme moment came, seem to have failed in resolution. The death of Fisk had also the effect of deepening the popular move- ment against the King. It set people moralizing, and asking themselves whether men who lived such lives apd diet such deaths ougnt to be tolerated by a civilized nation as its leaders and its representa- tives in the eyes o¢ the world, The tide has been Setting steadily against the Ring for some time past, and a8 its prospects have darkened the courage of its opponents has increased. The practical effect of this has oeen that Gouid has his partisans in the direction drop off, When # punic penetrates dato such a boay it soon propagates itself. Very few men, and especially very few men who nave to deal ‘with capital, are ready for extreme courses. ‘The tendency of tuelr nature is to compromise, and to make terms with an enemy over whom a@ victory Would be almost as damaging as a deleat. Tae London Daily News of the same date also treats the subject, and in the following manner:— * * * ®* The Erie sharenolders are not the only persons who are interested in this successful revolution. It ts, in reality, only @ orilliant and successful atiempt on the part of the real owners of & great rauway to get possession of their own property. But these are transacticns in which the honor of a State Legislature and the credit of the courts of justice of a great city are involved; and by Uils victory that honor and credit will be re- deemed, The Legislature at Albany has already repealed the law which enabied these specu- Jators to defy the legitimate shareholders of the company. No future Erie directors will be allowed to issue at will bonds which are. convertible into shares, and thus swamp, as Fisk and Gould did, the dona Jide holders of stock. Gould’s last hope was in the hold he had upon the Legislature by the arts of corruption; and itis asign of the good effect already exerted by aroused public opinion that this last nope fatled. An unscrupulous use of the antul-English feeling of the provincial towns also failed; though itisa legitimate objection to General McClellan’s directors that they are interested In the Atiantic and Great Mine Ge Ratlway of Canada, An entirely new Board 1s to be elected tn July, and we may hope that from that time the world will hear no more of Erie and its troubles. But the rescue of the line is only one more step in the lustration through which the administration of New Yors 1s passing: It 1s another victory won by the great insurrection of the con- science, and honor and public spirit of New York against SUR, Coepurson, which has dishonored the State. Mt apouer encouragement to men of honor and reputation and integrity to take part in public affairs. Tne ple of New York have for Years given themselves as sheep to the shearer. in allowing the shareholders of their greatest railway company to be plundered under the forms o! law they were only deing to others as they had done to themselves. ‘Ihe rescue of «rie from the rule of the Ring 1s, therefore, only one further guarantee that the broken Tammany Ring will not be able again to close round the city; but that the whole public ad- ministration of the State has entered on a new and better era, The Orton-Tichborne Claimant’s Appeal to the British Public. In his appeal for subscriptions to enable nim to meet the charge of perjury the claimant say: “it may be that my friends, who have already assisted, will to some extent help me further; but it would be unreasonable for me to hope that, after the assistance they have already afforded me, I can fairly look to them for the large sum necessary for my defence. It a few handreds, or even a thousand, would sufice { mignt not perhaps despair; but I am charged with being @ perjurer, and am also, so it is suid, to be chargea with being a forger, which, I suppose means that { have used my own name of Roger Charles Doughty Yichborne, These foul and groundless charges Will mvolve the whole question of my identity, to disprove which the solicitor of vhe governinent, advised by the Attorney General (the leading counsel against me tn the late trial), nas retaiued the Attorney General, Mr. Hawkins, a , Sir George Honeyman, Q. C., Sergeant Parry, ir, Bowen and Mr. Archibald against me. I am not surprised at six counsel being eng: at the expense of the country; my only wonder is that the Attorney General, who will on the approaching trial have to represent the “Crown and Justice, did not employ the whole of the English bar tw crus me, to gratiiy the personal feelings he has expressed, Fortunately for me, I have many Iriends who will never desert me, and who have obtained for me the best legal assistance. But how 1s it possible tor me, utterly penniless, co aval my- Rell Of 1t, and to obtain justice, against the purse of the government of Evugland, the strings of which Wii, 00 doubt, be freely pulled for the purpose of proving me vo be a perjurer and @ forger—charges which, with others, have already been made against mie by the Attorney General without proof? How- ever, here | am,and am likely to rematn, unless 1 can find not only four persons worth £1,250 each to bail me out, but four persons who will allow all their affairs to be exposed to the public for the purpose of showing that they can at any moment pay the sums for which they offer themselves, When I have found tour such friends, | am told that the advisers of the government will then, in my case, raise au Objection to the sufficiency of my own re- cognisance for £5,000, unless 1 can prove that | am worth the amount. in tact, every effort will be used to Keep me here, Craclly persecuted as | am there 1s but one course that 1 can sec, and that 18 to adopt the suggestion 80 Many have made to me— namely, to “appeal to the British public” for fands for my defence, and 10 doing 80 I appeal to every British soul who is inspired by a love of justice and fairplay, aod who 18 Willing to defend the “weak against the strong.” Tuat Jam Roger Charles Voughty Tichborne I solemnly deciare. and whicn fact I have alreadyyproved by eighty-six Witnesses, and Wiil prove again by more than two Nundred if necessary; and that I am not Arthur Urton I wil prove beyond the shadow of a doubt by witnesses wio knew both Orton and myself, as to the tattoo marks, at least twenty-four disinterested Witnesses will prove that L Roger ‘Tichborue, was never tattoed, but that Arthur Orton was there will be conclusive evidence forthcoming. But be all ‘this as it may, true lovers ef justice will, I feel satis- fied, uever allow me to be convicted without a fair Urlal, which 1t 18 Linpossible for me to have without co el, Solicitor and witnesses on my behalf, and 1 therefore appeal to the public for subscriptions for my defence, The Washington Treaty—Lord Granville’s Keply to Mr. Fish. The London Observer of the 24th ult. (an oficial paper) gives the following information with regard to the despatch which Lord Granville forwarded last week in reply to Mr. Fish’s last note:—“We are informed upoa reliable authortt: despatch forwarded trom the Foreign OMe ne reply to the American note 1s of a most conciliatory and studiously friendly character. It 18 of great lengtt and enters fully upon the argumentative aspect of the question at issue, At the sa: > time the despatch not oniy reiterates the protes. con- tained in the note forwarded on the 3d of Fevruary as to the inadmissibiiity of the indirect claims, put states explicitly that our U eygapitasep is unaoie to submit the question of the admissibility of these claims ta the decision of the tribunal of arbiira- tion.” FRANCE. President Thiers’ ExplanationsThe Present Form of Government Only Provistonal— What Comes Next, and When—How the Poor President tn Perplexed. [(Paris, (March 23,) correspondence London Tele- graph.) To-day a iriend of me hae haa a conversation of considerable length with the President of the Republic, who profited by the op) ity to explain she present atate of affairs in France, “Many per- sons,” sald M. Thiers, “accuse me of personal am- biuon, and of wishing to maintain the provisional government in order to retain office. Surely no accusation against a public man was ever more un- just. Tam old; four or five years at the utmost will ip all probability see the end of my earthly career, Tnave no children, Although tar from wealthy, h to live upon with every reasonable low, then, can I be thought a3 seeking my own randisemeut? If 1 studied my private Wishes and comfort | would long ago have retired into private life. The monarchists blame me for wot having restored a king to France; the republi- cans say I have betrayed their cause in not having ‘proclaimed the republic, Could I have done either without bringing about a civil war? What France wants at the present day i8 peace and quiet—re- pose from trouble and agitation, as far as 18 pos- sibie, if all Frenchmen would only recollect that the present government js but provisional, and that its mission will end whenever we get rid ot the German army, they would not be so easily moved to extreme measures apd avuse of each other’s political party as is now the case. [ am severely blamed, as | said before, for maintatn- ing the republican form of government; bat would aay otheriorm be possible under existing circum- stances? Would this Comte de Chambord be toler- ated by the Orleanists, the imperialists or the re- publicans? Would the legitimists, the imperialists or the republicans submit to the Orleanist family ? Or would the legitimists, the Orleanists and the republicans submit to a return of the empire? A year or two hence it will be different, French- met will then nave had time to reflect and to decide for themselves what ought to be their form of government. It is quite possible that they may decide upon @ return to monarchy, and it is as possible they may wish to retain the re- public, But for the present there 1s only the latter, and that merely provenanal which has any chance of being accepted. A provisional monarchy would be an utter impossibility; but @ provisional re- public 13 well understood to be a means of eine together the Executive power in the country until something permanent can be decided upon. And that, I repeat, cannot be until we have paid our war indemnity, got rid of the German army, restored our credit in Kurope, reduced our expenditure, and balanced the latter with our receipts. Frenchmen, asa rule, are either far too sanguine or much too despondent, At present it 1s the fashion to say that the nation is ruined and never can be what she was formerly. If such persons would only remember what we have passed through since Sedan—during the siege of Paris, the campaign on the Loire, and the Commune—and Jook around them now at the increased and datly increasing prosperity of France, they would alter their tone, ‘Lhe ouly thing the country bas to fear Is the quarrels of her own sons, A revolution—even & partial one—would throw us back ten years. [t 18 much the same With the diferent political parties. Each one seems de- termined to destroy its own chance of ruling, Each one is so jealous of the others that it can see nothing but treason in what they propose; and each in its turn roars at me tor not being exclusive in my nominations, If 1 Appoint @ legitimist or an Orleanist to any vacant post, the republicans say I am a@ traitor to the Tepublic, If] name a republican, the monarchists accuse ine of wanting to build up a@ red republic. They all forget that, come what pat my lwission ends with the final departure of the German troops from France, and that the country will ther be free to select whichever form of government she likes best, At present the National Assembly is supreme, and it alone can rwe France for some months to come. When that ume has elapsed we shall see what the country will decide for ihe future; but my mission, | repeat, wiil then de at au end.” Queen Victoria’s Arrival at Cherbourg. A correspondent of the London Daily News, writing from Cherbourg March 24, gfves the follow- ing account of the arrival of Queen Victoria in France:. About four o’clock in the afternoon It was gene- rally expected that the royal yacnt would enter the magnificent roadstead of Cherbourg; but just as it strnck three the Victoria and Albert was signalled Irom the telegraph station in the harbor, It was some minutes beiore we could make out tne great Yacht as she Came steaming majesucally into ine dockyard; for we had very lar indeed 1rom “queen’s weather” at Cherbourg to-day. Rain and sleet and snow were what the royal travel Jers had to face in their passage across the Channel. There was,"however, at Cherpourg, at least, next to no wind atall. As the Victoria and Albert entered the harbor she hoisted the French inicolor at the peak, and the Freach men-oi-war at anchor returned the complimeat by dipping their flags to the white ensign of England, which flew at the royal yachvs main, The appearance ol the tri- color in conjunction with the British flag on the royal yacht caused the keenest delight among the French spectators. “That is how it ought to be, Monsieur,’ said one old genueman, evidently & half-pay Otficer. “if those two flags ad only been united two years ago it would nave gone hard with the Prussians.” He Was so enthusi- asic on the Anglo-French alliance that 1 am_ sure he would have embraced Me on the very slightest provocation. The yacht went on to the Arsenal landing, where the luggage Was discharged, 1 believe that Her Majesty dined on board, At ten minutes past six precisely the Toyai train, consisting of ten carriages, steamed slowly out of the private station on its way to Paris, ‘The level crossings and bridges were guarded in accordance with my friend the Sous-Prefev’s in- structions, and I saw nothing of his Yéte noire, the “gamin with @ rotten apple.” here were a few cries of ‘Vive la Ree!” but the people generally seemed to feel that the best way of showing respect to their visitor Was not to intrude on the privacy under which she travels, THE PUBLIC DEBT REDUCTION. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 7, 1872. The following 1s a statement prepared at the Treasury showing the progress of reduction of tne public debt and interest from Marci 1, 1869 to April 1, 1872:— Delt on Delton March, 1869, Aprsi 1, 1872. Five-twenty stx per cent stock .1,6U2.557,350 — $1,120,717,360 383,677,400 Other six per cent stock. 3,681,200 Ten-forty five per cent stock... 194,567,200 194,567,800 Other five per cent stock . 27,082,000 000 Funded five per cent, 188i, new S 200,000,000 181,818,965,500, 857,690,903 71,140,000 80,193,000 2775,560 s Fractional currency. i Past due notes and bonds 6,422) BA, 140,644 96,741,281 8400, 399,3-3 Less currency in Treasury 16,853,520 Net Treasury circulation... $35,545,864 Total debt, less cash.seeese. + «.#2,401,99,004 Yearly inverest in gold... 350 Yeurly interest 10 currency. ‘912,720 Total amount of yearly inter- est charge. ee {$126,369 560 $8105,904, 908 THE BULLS AND BEARS, Excitement Among Wall Street Operators— Tne Tenth National Bank To Be Prosecuted for Locking Up Money—Prominent Bankers and Stock Operators To Be Arrested for Conspiracy. Great excitement prevatied in fnancial circles yesterday as it became noised abroad that a prose: cution had been begun against the Tenth Na- tional Bank for violating the National Banking act in withholding from circulation certain United States moneys. It was also stated that several prom- ment stock operators who had been engaged in locking up money were to be arrested and prose- cuted for conspiracy under the statutes of the United States. A complaint against the Tenth Na- tonal Bank has been filed with United States Com- misioner Davenport, and = subponas issued to the officers of the bank to appear this morning at eleven o'clock to testify against the bank. As the warrants for the arrest of persons charged with conspiring to violate the National Banking act have not yct been served, it would be improper to state their names at present; wut those familiar wit Wall street can easily guess who are the propabie offenders. The fullowing is a copy of the complaint:— Siithern District of New York,—A. H. Pardy being duly syrorn. rays on information and belief y that at the Southern District of New York, on or about the fourth day of April, 1874, a large number of checks for the payment of money, to ‘wit, for the payment of four millions of dol received and deposited in a certain Banking Association known ag the Tenth National Benk of the city of New York, and that thereafter on said day and year Inst aforesaid national banking association did withhold from use a certain large amount of United States notes and national bank notes, the exact amount to the deponent unknown, in viola- tlon Of the act of Congress of the United States’ approved February 19, 1569. herefore, by reason of the premises, deponent prays this Court that the books and accounts, and also the officers and directors of said National Banking’ Association, may be ex- amined by this Court, and said bank committed to await the ‘action of the Grand Jury of the said United States for the Southern District of New York. A. H, PURDY. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES’ MISFORTUNES, The investigation into the Insurance Department of the State having elicited facts not at all compli- mentary to some young life insurance companies, the occasion was seized upon by a weekly journal tomake very damaging charges against the Equita- ble Life assurance Society of New York, The di- Tectors at once appealed to Superintendent Miller to investigate Itsaffairs and the charges made; bul, nding Mr. Miller's action, Hon, Julius L. Clarke, he Massachusetis Commissioner, and ten well known business gentlemen uninterested in the company, were waited on, and, alter making ane x- haustive examination, they published a report as @n advertisement in all the city jour ot Satur day, pronouncing the charges fal: ‘The report, which 1s signed by all, concludes:—*'And fnaliy, the unaersigned take great pleasure in bearing their unanimous testimony to the faithful and suc- cessful management by (he Trustees and officers of the society ol the great trust reposed 1p them,’? THE PROPOSED MORMON STATE. Brigham Young Throwing Dust Into Congressional Eyes. AN EXPOSURE OF THE FRAUD. The Other Territorial Delegates Abandon Utah, The Apostle Pratt Proclaims Polygamy To Be Irrevocable, WASHINGTON, April 8, 1872, The lapors of the delegates for the admission of Utan into the Union as a sovereign State are bring- ing to light a vast amount of deeply interesting matter relative to the internal history of the Mor- mons, hitmerto but little known to the public, Dur- ing their long isolation in the Rocky Mountains, the leading Mormons exhibited in their speeches and in their actions what was in their hearts to accomplish In the way of a State government over that coun- try. The publicauon of their sentiments at the nme caused some surprise to those interested in the de- velopment of the Weat that men should be so bold as to give utterance t> such extravagant nonsense as Was there uttered, but as 1¢ was only talk, with- out apy practical application, the successive admin- | istrations of the government Lave very judiciously | confined themselves to extending protection to the | Gentiles, who were intimidated by tho threats and | vulgar searing of the priesthood, Perlodically, a8 the Mormon Legislatures assem- bied, the question of admission into the Union was Invariably che winding up work of Lhe session; and on the day following the close of the federal session the same Territorial legislators have convened in the same hall, with the same oficers, and resolved themselves into the Legisiature of the provisional | government of tne “State of Deseret.” Brigham | Young was every session there witn his Executive message, and, after a few words to his brethren to «walt patiently,” the “state session,” after a couple of hours’ convention, would adjourn to meet again on the day following the close of the next Terri- torial legislative meeting. In this way the provi- sional “State of Deseret’? has nominally existed in | Utah for twenty-taree years, waiting always for the Opportune Moment to assume actual sovereignty. While there is such prodigious labor being per- formed here, and suca mysterious agencies ab work elsewhere, to secure the admission of Utan into the | Union, | have thought that some information wich has come within my reach should be known by the Senators and Representatives of Congress, that they may act with a full Knowledge of the facts when the | deny onblushingingly. ready to use every person and every influence that he can control; henoe ne has Fitch and Fuller here, Notwithstanding ‘the devotion throug’ a score of years of his brethren in Utah, he selects in prefer- ence to them to-day any one Who promises ald: bub with hig sly cunning he manages to put tis apos- tale Cannon at their head. Mr. Cannon 13 an elo- quent polygamist, bas three wives home, and as such he could not be admitted wit the halls of Congress, Brigham therefore, nominated Hooper and Fitch for the Senate, and Fuller to tho House, These gentlemen are permitted, indeed in- structed, to promise the withdrawal of polygamy, Uthereoy Utah can be adinitted into the Union. But while these politicians are working to gain ad- mission, and promising here und there and every- Where that the Mormons will abandon polygamy for this boon, I send you the fotlowing declaration of the most popular ot their aposties, Orson Pratt:— With our conscrentions views upon the subject it would be the same as if we renounced God and His Son Jesus Chri and heaven and eternal liie, To reject that whith we mi fervently believe God has reveated would be equivalent to ® complete rejection of all our hopes of future happiness, And yet, with all this before them, Congress gave us the iberty of renouncing our faith or of belag subjected to & heavy fine or imprisonment if we acted in wecoradance there- We chose to obey God rather than Congress, what is sill more, we have not the least intention o: er forsaking our religion in regard to polygamy or any other Bible principle, Coniress may violate the freedom of religious worship, | may pass laws with greater pena.ties still, yet no irue Latter Day ‘Saint wil! deviate (rom the commands of Heaven or from Bible institutions to save themselves from dungeon tortures or death. Our religion is irrevocable with us. Con: gress may imprison ‘ifty or a bundred thousand people, may rob them of all their possessions to pay the fines aulixed to their inquisitorial persecuting act; may reduce us to beggary und degraded slavery ; they may hunt our lives us the Spanish did the poor Jews or as the Roman Power did the Protestant heretics, yet the Saints will never renounce thelr faith in the great revelation establahing polygamy. ‘The “Mormon problem" js with us forever soived, #0 lar as Our updeviating, everlasting faith in plurality of wives is concetned, ‘his taith with us never will be altered, worlds without end, Here is language not spoken in haste, but writ ten with cali deliberation and publisued in their own Church organ and circulated broadcast among the Mormons; and these are not the sentiments either of a day or of any particular year or period of their nistory, but they are the written declarations Of their whole poiygamic lite, To promise now the abandonment 01 polygamy 1s but vie language of a desperate, lying man, who has elevated falsehood, prevaricavion and dissimutatiun to the position of & sacred science, Which science has been the most ef- fective power of the Mermon priesthood, No one acquainted with their history can forget tat the founder Of their faith (Joseph Smith) colabited with scores of Women—unmartied and married auke—in Nauvoo, and denied polygamy up to the day ol lis nis death, publicly a3 well as privately, while he knew tuat hundreds of bot men and women who listened to nis puolic denials knew that le Was deliberately lying, Yet such was the force aud power of the Lrg reat Witu Which Smith had sur. Tounved himsell That those “contding people” suil continued tu believe lu Mis strange story of angels and gola plates coming out of the mountain, of Which they could personally know nothing, While that of which they dit know they could hear him bo, to-day, the people in Utah Know that brigaam Young ts pedditog turougn his instruments im Washington @ palpavle false hood to hoodwink Congress, so that he may gain adinission for Utah ato the Union. POLYGAMY IRREVOCABLE. It makes no difierence what favorable personal Impression the Apostle Cannon may make upon senators und Congressmen and how much vey may beileve 1a ls personal sincerity, he amounts | to uothing in the argument, tle 18 notinog in Uta only 80 Jar as he echves Brigham Young, ana ine | Moment he dares to come in Contact with fim his plumage would be shorn, Ali the papers that he } may extipit with Brighaa’s name appeuded are of no value im the face Ot facts. No sane man can | trust another whose whole lite has been u living lie. | Brigham Young denied the polygamy of Josep Smith tor years, and wat, too, while he (i Was, a8 he asserts, in possession of the * | Won”? and was also conaiung with other women besides his Own legal wile. question of Utah's admission comes up tor discus- sion in the National Legisiature, With that duty beiore me I shall endeavor to be scrupulously exact 1m my quotauions from authoriues on the subject. THE TERRITORIES BEFORE CONGRESS. There are nine Territorial governments at the present time, besides the District of Columbia, but Utah is the only one pressing with persistency for admission Into the Union, An enabling act was extended to Colorado two years ago by which that very Wealthy and prosperous Territory might have obtained admission into the Union, but with the Coloradians there has veen no pressing hurry. The | early Stasenood of Nevada has not been so very encouraging to the other Territories, and they wisely bide their time till they have the requisite population to assume the obligations, responsibilities and ex- penses of a State governmen:. For years back the Utah Delegate has been un- remitting in his effurts to convince the Delegates of the other Territories that they should “wors to. gether,” and “hang together” to obtain everything they could agree upon for the benefit or thei several ‘Territories, and by his very affable and gentlemanly manners he seems w have been gain- ing an accession of strength from the union of his brother Delegates. It was through the instructions ; of Brigham Young and the unremitting labors of Mr. Hooper that the Territorial Delegates com- bined and obtained from President Grant the promise that hereafter the federal appoint- ments should be made from residents in the Territories, excepting for such ofices as Governor, Chier Justice, Associate Justices and the Unitod States Marsnal. That being successful, Brignam instructed Mr, Hooper to unite the Delegates upon the vexed subject of the jurisdiction of the United ‘States Courts in the Territories, and up to the com- mencement of the present session the Utah Deles | gate had been ver, successful with hia brother Dele- gates. A TERRITORIAL DELEGATE DEFINES HI3 POSITION. Onthe 29th of January the Hon. Wm. H. Clag- gett, tne newly elected Delegate from Montana, in- \roduced @ bill covering the questions in dispute, and limiting the operations of the United states District Courts in @ manner that would have been very satisfactory to the Territories and com menda- biy just to loyal citizens everywhere; but the bill 1s objected to by the majority of Congress, on the | score that there is a@ condition of things in Utah different from that im other ‘erritories, and that that which would be proper ana just to the eigut other Territories would be unwarrantable in tho | ninth Territory. Here comes @ discrimination on Which the nation needs enlightenment. There 18 nothing gained by dodging a difficulty, and sul less by double dealing and deception. I¢ 1s far better to meet facts face to face and dispose of them with open irankness, As citizens the peo- ple of Utah have undoubtedly equal politicai rignts and are entitied to the same consideration as the citizens Of any other Terrirory, but they nave as- sumed an attitude towards the nation and the gov- ernment that cannot be overiooked at the present moment when they are “demaading” admission into the Unton. Mr. Claggett in this bill referred to assumes @ position which would favor the demanas | oi Brigham Young that his Legisiature had a right | to elect & Marshal and’a District Attorney for the Utah Courts, and consequently he would have just such a jury of nls brethren as he desired to try hm for the violated stattes and murders for which he stands indicted; bat perceiving the wrong that it would be to that portion of the citizens of Utah on whom Brigham Young has always sought to wreak nis Vengeance and to crusn, Mr. Claggett, now in the possession of fuller Iniormation avout Utah, comes out ana declares that bis own bill shonid not be made applicabie tu that Territory, On this point ap important discussion 1s early ex- pected. While every principle of democracy would sustain the extension of the same ineasure of po- litical law to Utah as to any other Territory of the Union, it Is equally certain that tacts must be con- sidered as well as theories, On Unis Mr. Claggett is very positive: — It is conceded by all that th exceptional in its nature. A legisiation should accord with fa: subordinate to theories, it Is clear thal the rule should be pro- vided tor by genera! and the exception by exceptional legis- lation. If this exception exists tn Utah, then strike Ut from the body of the bill. The people of the other Terri ries are not responsible for the condition of things in Utah. It this sorely-needea relief i to be denied them—because, to | make Utah an exception would be to militate against the | theories of members of Congress that all legisiathon for the | Territories should be general in its appiication—then are taey | puul » hed for their ubedieace to law, a preminm offered ior | its violation In Utah, and protection, the price with which | the government purchases its right to the allegiance of iis | citizens, 1s wrongtully withheld. To provide this necessary Jegisiation for the | Territories, in which @ millon and a half of cit. | zens Would greatly rejoice, eight of the ten repre- sentatives are unanimous in the opinion that if the inclusion of Utah endangers the passage of the bill Utan should be cxcepted from its operations, to waich Mr, Claggett added emphatically shat his own views were tnat the bill should not be made appil+ cable to Utah, THE FACTS OF MORMON HOSTILITY TO THE NATION, A member of the House sald to me to-day:—Ii | the Mormons and their frieads should come here with a constitution embodying all the principles of Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, I woula oppose the admission of the State, for,” said he, we know that their professions would be hypocritical.” This | distrust, without regard to party, seems to be the | revailing impression here, Now, waat are te facts’ Brigham Young 13 @ fanatic, the very em- bodiment of # despot of the Middle Ages. He be- lieves in a mission to establish @ theocratic govern- ment, He believes that Christopher Columbus was inspired and urged on by heavenly influences to discover tnis Continent; that in course of ume, when the colonists revolted against George IIL, Washington was raised up, like a Moses, to deliver them and secare their freedom, and that Joseph Smith was @ second Messiah vo redeem America and the rest of the world with the Mormon Bible. But Brigham’s fanaticism takes care of itself, He believes that Heaven heips those woo help them- selves, And consequently it 1s Mis right to preside over the United States and, if ne can help pim- self to that position, ,to subjugate all Christendom vo bis will: that is his point. He believes In the end Justitying the means, and he is determined, at any sacrifice, to 'Y out nis purposes, He despises Gnd bates the Genuies as ne hutes Lucifer, but is ndition of things in Utah is tateamanship demands that instead of making facia Seven years ago, when Vice Presideut Colfax ad- | vised hum to get a revelation tor avandoning poly- gamy, he was im ihe zeulth of iis power and Swayed an undisputed sceptre. Urigiai tuen | could promise uorming, but with smoot and oly | tongue told the Vice President how picased ne | Would have been had polygamy never existeu, lor } Mt vad been such a very severe trial to im: voor teow! He could do nothing then put “obey the Lora,” The nation had just then eud Ratlroad was not built nor were mines of Utah discovered; vus now th is united, the res of government the hands of a@ strong man, Gentiles are pouring into Utah by tens of thousuuds, and Brighain sees the government slipping Larough is lingeis aad the United States federal juuiciary | holding him to answer for a bivod gore damuiug in | its stain and more tormenting to his soul now than the clotted life-blood of ule royat Scot upon ; the hands of Macveth. ‘that 13 te secret oO tue falsehood. Brigham Young personally is despised bv thou- | Sands and tens of Lnousands of his Own people, Wao | would rejoice Lo follow him Lo his grave; for he bas | @postatized irom the first faith ol the peopie and ; done nothing for years but build up & dynasty and ; @inass all te wealta and secure all te land | throughout the Territory that he could conveniently | get ms name over. But ne 18 tolerated pecuuse | Unose who dare to think of him are powerless and , are now looking with sohicituue to the Congress of | the United States to protect them against tie hand inat crushed every one who dared to dispute nis word. Any promise, therefore, short of the publica. uon of the revelation suggested by Vice President | Coifax 13 only @ delusion and a snare into wiicn Brighain is alluring Congress. If he has got tiat revelation Jet him publish i, and the nation can give him creait for sincerity. | Ina etter pubilsned tu the Salt Lake Tribune, from the pen of Mrs, Stenhouve, the author of tie expose of polygamy, the day after Brigham made his people pass through the farce of vottug upon the | consutuuon of the proposed “State of Deseret,’ | that lady urges the women of Utah to rise up in tne dignity of their Womanhood aud protest against tue falsehvod which Brigham was trying to palin upon the nation—a faisenood that might gain him a re- newed meu 1 them, to the degrading position of concubines of | convenience. A memorial to Congress setting fur | Unis faci, signed by several hundred ladies, 13 now | here. | WHaT THEY WiLL DO WITH THE “STATE OF DE. SERET.”? The HERALD'’s opposition to the admission of “Deseret,” aud the Clear exposure of brigham’s | plans, meet with universal commendation, and, | confirmatory of the HERALD’S statemenis, | sead you an extract Irom a paper that was puotished in tuis city by the order of Brignam Young :— It is our desire to see Utah organized asa State, that ail relivions may be equally protected, by wholesome laws, that the Mobaminedan and ueache | enjoy eqyal privileges with the Christian in their | instituuohs, which at present are denied th State governments, and which are grea’ bu tion from many nations. These anll-Bibl | laws should be done away. It isto be nop e becomes a State, will never disgrace herself with svc Maberality, but that she will unfarl the banner of liberty w | the Hindoos, the Chinese, the Mobammedan aud all other | nations, without compelling them to break up their families | and to divorce ali their wives but one, and to succump to the bigoted institutions of apostate Christendom. * * * It | Utan be admitted as a State she will most undoubtediy see that the rights of the domestic institution are not trampied upon by religious bigotry ; that no {liberal laws are exvacted to prevent emigration from poiygamic nations, Years atter this declaration was made there was a@letter published to the HERALD, April 15, 1808, 1 | Which LWo apostles stated that cuey could not be listened to tn Wasuington, na reported that | Senator Stepnen A. Dougias tdld them | would be vetter to burn our memorial and consa- tution and return home than to present wen under the present hostile state of feeiing im Congress: and througnout the country; and that if any wan attempted to advocate our admission the measure | Would be voted down, twenty to one, by the le peovie.”? These aposties added:—'‘Tne oni, ton to our admission into the Union that came to our knowledge Was our peculiar religious institu- uons. At this very time Brigham was thundering out against the nation avd preaching to tie Mormons in Utan:—lt tne women will tura from the coi. | mandments of God and continue to despise the order of Heaven (polygamy), I will pray that the | curse of the Almighty may be close Lo thelr heel: | ana that it may ve ro!!owing them ali the day lon | “Now if any of you will deny the plurauity of wr and continue to do so, I promise tuat you wili damned.” With such language as this preachea from his Tabernacle and published by bis newspapers, what Congressman to-day dare advise the nation to listen tothe haif-expressed promises of Brigham Young to abandon polygamy? bGrigham dare not abandon it, tor that act would be the repudiation of the foun of Mormoaism and the acknowledgement of his corruption, Joseph Smith once regarded by his people as a fraud, that would be the eud of Mor- monism, and Brigham knows better than to adduce to (nat conclusion. What J have written is but the reflex of facts with which Cougress can become familar. They are patent to every one who has studied Mormoa his- tory, and weil may the Hon. Willtam H, Claggett, of Montana, conclude that there isa different condi- tion of things in Utab from that of any other Ter- ritory. ‘This Jetter will open the eyes of Congress- men who are not open to manipulation, a 0 | ‘be THE WALLKILL VALLEY RAILROAD BRIDGE, Ronpovr, N. Y., April 7, 1872. The crossing of the first train over the Wallkill Valley Railway bridge was celebrated at Rosedale yesterday. About five thousand people were pres- ent, including many prominent men from various points in the vicinity. The first train over con. sisted of an engine, tender and seven cars. ‘fhe test Was completely satisfactory, the bridge show- - no signs of weakness, fhe bridwe was began in August, 1870, and was completed last January. It is omit of iron, im Ave spans, supported by heavy stone piers and abut- ments, and tron columns, [1 is 150 feet high, being the highest span bridge ra the United States, and 1t4 total length 18 988 feet, It cost $225,000. The Wallkill Valley Railway is now completed to that point and the track is ready for the ratis to this city. The road. 1s expected to be Hnished Wo this Place In about two months. OPENING OF BUFPALO RIVER. BUrrALo, N. Y., April 7, 1872 Buffalo River opened this morning, The tug Compound cut through the ice from Union Dry Dock to the lighthouse and retarned. No ice 1s to te seen this mde of Windmill Point. The ward ram and weather are rotting the ice fast age of power at the price of reducing wo- | in the dignity of wives, as he had twugnt | “that it | \ harb OUBA. Bloody Encounters Between Spanish Troops and Insurgents. Exeeution of a Captured Cuban—Remonstrances of the Chinese Against the Law of Enslave- ment—The Pomp and Ceremony of Holy Week in Havana—4 Boat Bace Betwoen the Crews of the ‘Worcester and Terror. HAVANA, March 31, 1872, The news from the Insurrectionary districts 18 devoid of that interest which has chwracterized it at other times, Hardly any mention is made by the | Havana journals of what occurs In the interior, nor are the movements of General Valmaseda cnron- icled. The absence of the former from the capital | encourages his political enemies in their imtrigues ; for his removal trom the chief command of the | Island, and it nas been lately rumored that apon his | return from the lnsurrectionary districts some de- | Monstrations wil be made by the voluuteer element | to precipitate his removal, However, the Count before his departure for the seat of war wa3 con- fident tuat vy ms personal supervision he would be enabled to quell what remains of the insurrection before lils return to Havana, ; e According to the last reports the band of Insur- gents commanied by the mulatto, Jesus Diaz, which @ Jortnignt ago yersistently endeavored to pass the military cordoa, has veen completely dispersed, and many of his followers have surrendered. Among tne Killed ts reported Jesus Diaz himself. Vicente Garcia, with his band, bas been quite vig- orously followed up by the Spanish troops, accord- ing to their accounts, and chased from pillar to post The Spanish offictal reports of the recent operations against Garcia have no hesttation in acknowledging the instant shoote ing of whatever prisoners they imay make. Private letters report an encounter which took place on the 18th March in the jurisdiction of Las ‘Tunas between part of the vattalton “Vale | maseda,” attacked by a superior force of insur- gents, The lormer sustained the attack and re- peiled the enemy, who leit on the fletd flity-two Kliled and eight wouudea, The Spaniards confess a@ loss of twenty-seven to themseves, Killed and wounded, I 18 Weli to state that these private let. vers referred tu are written by Spaniards, as filty- two Killed to eight wounded appears disproportion- ate, The Spaniards aiways say they slaughtered large ‘numbers of Cubans, and some allowance must be made for their *ueendrado putriotismo? (refined patriotism) as they cali it, On the 2ist inst. Jose Maria Garcla, a native of Sancti Spiriiu. was executed at that place for com- plcity with the insurrection. ie was recenuy captured at Zara py the Civil Guard, (HE WRONGS OF THE CHINESE For some ume past the free (%) Cn | in this island, and particularly In se coionists this clty, have | been endeavoring to have a suitavie person and | properly recognized to represent them in all their demands or transactions with the gov- ernment, Since the recent appointment by the authorities of a Board of Junta Central of Colouimution, spectally constitated to supervise the Chit nd having lawtui jurisdic. uon over them, of whicu the [omer notorious slave dealer, now Excelentisino Sefor Don Jullan de Zu- lueta, was named President, the need of sucha person has become more apparent, and foally bas Tesuited In the Climese of tus city and the country generally fixing upon Mr. Adolio >, Strauss and peutioning the government to fave him regalarly wppointed as their represeniative wih the govern- ment and betore tne Board of Colouizauon, It will be remembered that the object of this Junta was to | make laws for We importation of cooltes ito this isiand, and to Jorce tose who had already served their frst term of servitade into making uew con- tracts, find guardians aud masters to respond for them and tuetr good behavior, or 10 leave te coun- wy ab their oWh expense. Yne eusiaving of tne Chinese, through tue laws made by the wembers composing this ooard, 18 a setiled jact, us ali former lays tor the goveruing of tne Chinese were disre- | garded, Mr, Strauss has displayed much Zeat for | the Chinese aud acquired thei contiucace, The | government of tie isiaad bas approved (ici selece f-llon, a8 wil be seen vy the Lollowing decree pub- hashed 1a the Oficiar Gaze A number of free Chinese domidéiled names and in name al, having er pointed by the General Ayet, tor the purpose of representing thea in wli cases in whica they Lave business with this government, to avold the injury they suer ou account of ignorauce of the iaws of the country, the anny themseves in the Spanis and thé bad faith of many specuutors. tis has been pieased to approve th r forename agency, and the appointmenc in tuls caphal of Mr, Adolfo D. Strauss, a8 Geoerai Agent, who shail be sub, to the regulations to be made for we | must pe approved by this gover | understood that the ageucy In question Gas no oil: re | racter nor other object than ty represent the Asiatic colo. | musts wno voluntarily wis to couude to it the seiticrent of | their atiairs, HOLY WEEK IN HAVANA. According to yeariy custom Holy Week passed With the Usual pomp and religious spiendor, Tuurs- Gay, aller morning services. ail couches and other vehicies stopped Tenuing, at least wituia te city lumuts, anu the uuiversal stlence tended to crease | he's nity Of the Oecasion. in the iiternoon | tne Acting Captain General, accompan.ed py | his stad and nuabers of oflcers ana omiciais, | Visited @ numoer of caurcnes, inis is |; aiso & general practice, and the streets . | may be seen, upon yois day, fiiied by alt | classes of society, Who make tt a point to visit the | diferent churenes, in | tions or p } Priday aiteruvon the procession took piace with the usual pomp aud display. Ou both eveaings we | Plaza de Arinas was crowded almost to tmmovabil- iy by people to listen to the military bands dis- course religious 100 But Saturday morning the | Scene changed. Atten o’ciock, tae hour ab whitch Judas is supposed to bave hung nimseif, tae salutes irom the forts aud vessels of war, the fring of guna, crackers and } pistols; ringing of vetis by the churches, clanging of mule carts, omalbuses and carriages mito Havana, raitiiog of tia pans over the paving stones, the mo- tive power being dogs and their tails; the shoaung of lite negro boys with effigies of Judas, woica | they atterward haug on the lampposts, wave gen- eral nouce it the Holy Week was over, and trade and commerce would assume their usual sway. | ‘this morning We usual procession vo cqebrate the resurrection took piac ANOTHER REGATTA | took place yesterday aiternoon. Ever since the Russian Prince's regatta, 1 waica the cutter of the mouitor error got beaten by Wat of the flagship Worcester, there las existed a Cousiderapie amount of soreheadeduess on tae partot the Terror over their deieat, and, plumag themselves over the for- mer @Xplolls ot Lheit boat in the waters of Key West , they Cluilienged tie Worcester to anotuer trial, which came off yesterday afternoon again lo thelr compicie discomiture. ‘Lue course was from the mouth of the waroor opposiie the Morro. up tne bay two and @ halt miies. ‘The cutter of the Worcester led tvom the start aud arrived at the stakeboat forty-three seconds anead, | @inid consiveravie excitement, noise and chesring trom tue sips. ‘The yardarms and rigging were covered by the “iars,” yelling, clr ug and waving Vheir caps to encourage their messmates. The Spanish war irigaies Gervua ana Arapiles | Were recentiy got ready tu great hurry, aud sailed | on Thursday evening. Thee destinauon Is La- guayra, in Venezuela, and their vuject to demand SAUISIACUON LOT Insults vitered Lo tue 5, wulsi, Consul at that place. ° | Among the recent arrivals by he steamer Havana, | from New Oricaus, were Admiral Ingietew, of the | British Embassy at Washington, and sisaop H. Be. Whipple, of Minnesota, trout the House of bishops, P. %—1 have tits moment been Mmormet through Cuban sources that @ Spanisn columa nad @ severe cncouater with the insurgeats near Mane vanilo, ‘The Spaniards exhausting their aumuni- tion, they Were set upon by (he insurgents, under Modesto Diaz, with macnetes. Seventy-seven Spaniards are reporved to have been xilled. | The foregoing 18 not posluve, out comes pretiy Well au- thenticaied and is generaily believed. NEW YORK CITY. The friends of the Hebrew Beuevolent Orphan Soclety are avout to celebrate the Oftieth anniver- ary of the society, and all the patrons desirous of sary cipating therein are desired to express their wish, by letter, to Mr, Simon H. Stern, the secretary, a Lae Mary Mulshenogh, a child two and a half years of age, Whose parents reside at No. 3 birmingham sireet, died yesterday from compression of the brain, the result of injuries received by accidentally fa down two or three stone steps on hursday ast, Coroner Schirmer was yesterday called to the Morgue to hold wu inquest on the body of Paui Schaerfer, a German, twenty-one years of age, who died in Charity Hospital. Deceased was a framer by trade, and some tatee weeks ago, While at work at the Charity Hospital, Blackweii’s Island, he fell and struck his bead On apile of rock, and was fatally injured, Mr. Schaerer, Who was a single man, lived at 227 West Tuirty-trst street.