The New York Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1873, Page 11

i : THE OCEAN STEERAGE ABLES. Gver-Crowding, Bad Food, I Treat- ment and Blackguard Con- duct of Sailors. Men and Women Compelled to Bunk Promiscuously. A Demand for an Amended Em- igration Law. To Tp Eprror or THE HERALD: — 1 feel compelled by @ sense of duty to expose through the columns of your influential journal the treatment which unfortunate steerage passengers are sometimes subjected to in the vessels of the National Steamship Company. In doing so 1 have no object to subserve, save the good of the thou- » sands who week after week cross the Atlantic, nor am I animated by any hostile feeling to the direc. tors or oilicials of the National Steamship Company. For many years I have worked in the great cause of progress aud reform, and proved my devotion by suffering, and I theretore consider that I would be a traitor to the principles of humanity, which I have ever held most sacred, if ou this occasion I neglected to perform my duty by placing the stern truth before the public and demanding the enact- ment of laws for tlie preservation of human life on the ocean, and the more humane treatment of those who are uniortunate enough to travel as steerage passengers. With your permission I shall Place belore the public facts—naked tacts—of a very unpalatable, but most undeniable kind, and I May as well here add that I am prepared to pro- duce numerous witnesses, Irish, English, &c., to prove the authentic.ty of all my statements. It was my intention to liave travelled by one of the Liverpool steamers, but having been informed on several occasions that STEERAGE PASSENGERS WERE BADLY TREATED on the vessels of the National line, l resolved to leave from the London Docks and judge for myself, During twenty-eight days of a most tempestuous voyage I had ample opportunities of judging for myseli, and [deeply regret ,to say that my judg- ment is a painful one and my sentence—if it’ were in my power to pass one on those who are account- able.for the ill-treatment—would be most severe. The steamship Erin was advertised to leave the Victoria Docks, London, on the 30th November, but its departure was postponed until Monday, the 2d December. On that day its departure was again ‘postponed until the Tuesday, and on the Tuesday until the Weduesday, on the evening of which day the passengers went on board, but the vessel did not leave the docks until feur o’clock in the morn- ing. The public will therefore see that the National line is distinguished ior punctuality, and they wiil, Ihave no doubt, applaud the system under which young girls, delicate women and little children were kept shivering in the cold in the disgustingly filthy Victoria Docks, to receive at the end of each day that they were detained the munifcent sum of eighteen pence per adult person. About twenty males and thirty females and chil- dren embarked at London, The single men, ac- cording to the regulations, were sent to the fore- part of the vessel and the single and married women and children to the alt, At this part of the vessel THE SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS for the single and married persons were of the most imperfect and by no means of the most decent kind. There were no screens of any de- scription to conceal the persons of one berth from those of another when in the act of dressing or undressing, and it was only with considerable dif- ficulty that grown up-persons contrived to remove their wearing apparel without exposing them- selves to the gaze of the other passengers, Each sleeping compartment extended from porthole to porthole and contained “accommodation” for twenty-four persons, The convenience which those in the under berths experienced may be easily guessed from the fact that from the bottom to the top of the berth the height was only a tittle over two feet, There are many other matters of minor importance which I shall pass over, in order that I may quickly enter upon those details which shocked me and every other humane person on the vessel. I cannot, however, pass over the fact that at Gravesena, at the mouth of the Thames, no sailors were appointed to the lifeboats, the result of which would have been, in the event of any mis- fortune, that confusion would have reigned amongst the sailors, gnd no effort could have been made for the safety of any of the passengers. 1 have been informed that this neglect was a breach of the regulations, I have no general complaints to make of the food | or treatment of the passengers up to our arrival at Havre, where we took im about eight hundred for- eign passengers. From the embarkation of those poor people everything altered for the worse. Among those foreign passengers were many wo- men, little children and some aged persons, An oMcer—I presume of emigration—at Havre en- tered the numbers of all the untenanted berths, prior to the embarkation of the passengers, in order that a sleeping place would be secured for | each one; but for some reason or ovher he over- looked the fact that at the fore part of the main deck, which is immediately under the hurricane, or top deck, “bupks’’ were being hastily con- strocted. These “bunks’? were erected in the course of a few houra, on the starboard and port side of the fore part of the vessel, by Frenchmen who were employed for the purpose, and were in- tended to “accommodate” about three hundred people. In addition to those “bunks,” about forty or fifty barrels of meat were packed upon the fore fea and a considerable quantity of passengers’ uiggage on the alt of the main deck, hen all the berths in ‘THK FORE AND APT STEER. had been filled up, and filled, I may add, without any reapect to sex, as women and children were, “berthed” in. both euds of the vessel, the other passengers , about three hundred in number, were directed to Kahl § the “berths” on the main deck. Bad as the berths in the ordinary steerage are, those on the maindeck were infinitely worse; the uniortunate occupants in most cases lying ona couple of planks, with a considerable space between each plank, In several of those “bunks” I have counted as many as seven and eight per- sons—men, women and children—where by right there shouid not have been more than two se Now, in the first place, I assert that those “banks” should not have been erected on the main deck, and that it was against the shipping regulations, and La ethedad a violation of the law, to placs either bunks, barrels or luggage on the second deck. Many sallors and seafaring passengers observed to me that these “bunks” would be pulled down belore we arrived at New York, and their prediction was fulfilled, I shall now slightly digress and briefy illustrate the evils of breaking the law by placing baggage or barrels on the main deck, In the very same steamship, the Erin, on ® voyage in the earlier part of last year, several barrels of meat were placed close by the hatchway, mm the fore part of the vessel, and in consequence of being insufficiently lashed they broke loose dur- ing a storm. Each barrel contained a consider- able quantity of meat and was of great weight. Amongst the passengers in the fore steerage, where, according to regulations, she should not lhave been placed, was A POOR ITALIAN WOMAN, WITH TWO CHILDREN. At the time that the barrels broke loose this poor creature happened, unfortnuately, to be passing right under the hatch, with her children, when one oj the barrels fell throygh the opening and smashed the poor woman’s legs to such an extent that the steerage steward was for & tnoment under the im- bron fs that the mangled flesh he gazed upon be- jonged to the meat barrels, The unhappy woman died immediately afterward, and was cast into the deep—a victim of the wicked negligence of some exson or persons im authority. Several other afrels tumbled down, and it was merely an acci+ dent that there were no more victims. Now, sir, 1 think that the melancholy fate of this poor italian woman ought to have been suttictent ‘warning to those whose negligence caused it. But it would seem that such has not been th se. ‘They should have remembered that it such a breach of law and negligence had occurred on land they would have been subjected to a trial for man- slaughter, and I am strongly of opinion that in such cases the guilty partics should be handed over to the civil authorities. Of this, however, anon. Notwithstanding the case which Lhave instanced, barrels, bunks and luggage were again placed on the main deck on the t Voyage of the Erin, and Mt Was really miraculous that during the feariul weather Which we encountered the lashing did not ive way. Indeed, ir it had done so, dozens would nave be little of the danger in which théy stood, and cared jess, #0 long as ne accident occurred, The greater angers to Which they Were exposed were obscured led. The poor people, liowever, Knew | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. by the sufferings which day after day they en- dured. It was sad to see the POOR CREATURES HUDDLED TOGETHER in their wretched po shivering with coid and in many instances drenched with the water, which fell like rain from the ort. decks, Adjoining the “punks” were the “closets” for the males and females, but so horrible was the construction and as a natural vesuit so filthy was their condition that I will not attempt adeseription, Suffice it to say that they were a race to civilization and humanity. The stench from those ‘closets’ was suiticient to breed fever. While on this subject it may be weil lor me to state that all the passengers on the main deck were Joreigners, not more than two or three of whom knew anytiing of the Eng- lish language, The result was’ that the ‘closet’? set aside for the use of steerage females was fre- juented by those foreigners wo did not understand the inscription on the door. The evil elfects of such a state of tuings to female passengers must be ob- vious, and | therefore say that the imseription should be printed in several languages. Moreover, 1 say that, apart from the reguiations, which were Clearly broken, it was shame/ul to place the female closet iu close proximity to the berths of hundreds of men, From what I have already stated you may form a slight idea of the condition in which the passengers on the main deck weve, between sea water, stench and cold, not to s-eak of the hideous rookerles in which they were cabined. But they had other grievances. They were not unirequently termed “dirty,” because they seldom washed, and “lazy,” because they remained in their “bunks” the greater part ot the day and smeked and ate there. For Iny part L don't see what other alternative they had, There was no washing place, aud if there Was they would have found it diiicult to wash, in’ consequence of the rolling of the vessel; and so far asthe charge of laziness is concerned, 1 think it was even more groundless, as the passengers on tue mam deck had neither seats to sit upon nor tabies to sit at, and were thereiore compelled to rest in their “bunks” and eat there, re cluding this portion of my subject, I may men- tion as anotier proof of THE EVIL EFFECTS OF OVER-CROWDING a vesseLor placing bunks or inggage on the main deck, that the very bad weather, during the “cleaning-up"? hours, over eight hundred people were crowded together in aspace (between the cabin and galley at the alt) not capabie of giving convenient stunding room to half that number, and not aiew of them delicate women and children, who, through downrigit weakness, were forced to sit pon the wet decks. You may remark, sir, that up to this I have made little allusion to THE PASSENGERS ON THE THIRD DECK, which has been because the grievances of the main deck passengers were egy A But it must not be thought (hat the third deck passengers dwelt in a paradise or that tae regulations were adhe:ed to in the mode ol their treatment. Quite the coutrary, When we left Havre there were only three regular steerage stewards, and one of them—the most obliging and intelligent—was shortly alterwards removed to the sailors’ quar- ters. If I have been correctly informed there should be one steerage steward to every seventy passengers, and on the last trip there should, there- fore, have been at least tweive, It is true that a few o1 the male pussengers volunteered their ser- vices as assistants and were accepted as such, for which they received somewhat better food and a small sum of money on theit arrival at New York, but they were not equal to the duties they under- took to periorm and frequently got drunk and both neglected and auarreled with the passengers, This could not have occurred if there Was any discipline in the vessel and if the men so employed had signed the ship’s articles, The result at all events of this arrangement was that the food was served out with the most indecent haste, and that while the strong succeeded in getting more than their allow- ance, the Weak got none at all, 3 QUALITY OF THE FOOD. I must now refer to the food, which I am forced to describe as unfit for human use. The potatoes were black and soft a8 wet soap, with not a little of he taste. ‘the meat was so hard and bad that even tie most famished looking refused to take it. ‘The bread was tuir and the biscuit were not bad; but the tea and eoifee and soup were so disgust- ingly nauseous that the poorest pauper who has ever tasted workhouse fare would refuse to par- take of them. Moreover, many articles, including molasses, vinegar, &c., which were mentioned in the contract between tie company and the passen- gers, were not supplied atall, and if at all, only once or twice. On several occasions I have known passengers to ask politely for these articles and to receive pert replies, and I have been credibly in- formed that water, vinegar and other articles were again and again sold to the foreign passengers. Kach passenger was supposed to receive three quarts of water daily, one quart of which was deducted for tea and coffee, but instead of receiving two quarts the passengers found it difficult to get even one pint. In conse- quence of this kind oi treatment, many of the pas- sengers, especially the females, ate absolutely noth- ing dujing the voyage, and were consequently in a very delicate state when they arrived in New York. Every one who lias spent any time on water must know that the most wholesome food is essential for the maintenance of health on sea, and that it was downrisit murder to offer such food as T have described to delicate persons. The principle ecar- rica out was plainly, “Take what is offered to you or go without,’? » T cannot say one word in favor of the cleanliness which was observed, as I have seen what was termed soup and tea in buckets which I knew to be uuciean, and meat tossed over the deck and aiter- ward placed in tue large cans for distribution. But I suppose it was considered too good for the “pau- pe who travelled as steerage passengers. Dur- ing the serving of the tood the foreign passengers were SHAMEFULLY TREATED BY THE STEWARDS. Sometimes they were struck in the face with the hand and again with potatoes and meat, while the language that was applied to them, and which was used iu the presence of English-speaking persons, would shock the ears of the most abandoned wretch, One or two of the passengers were seri- ously hurt, ana had to receive medical treatment in consequence of the blows they received trom the stecrage stewards, who, to do them ample justi were nearly always drunk, | have often wondered at the gentleness of the foreigners under such prov- ocation, and could only attribute it to an ignorant belie! of theirs that the captain and crew could crush them if they revolted. J must here state that it was the captain's duty to visit both fore and ait steerage twice every day for the purpose of inspec. tion, &c,, and that to iny knowledge he never did 80 more chan three times during the twenty-eight days’ voyage. The drunkenness 01 stewards and the ill-treatment of passengers is not to be won- dered at under such circumstances, During our voyage six persons, the majority of them quite young, diel—one trom fever, anotter Paes dropsy, &c., as was stated, butin my opinion from INSUFFICIENT MEDICAL ATTENTION, For upwards of one thousand persons, including the crew, we had only two doctors, and tor all the steerage females and children only one stewardess, I very much fear that the system which exists in prisons and workhouses of disposing of all cases a3 quickly as possible by a dase of castor oil or pills prevails to no smail extent on the ocean steam- shi raat all events on the Erin, The tact is, the doétors have so many persons to attend to that they are forced to dispose of all cases 1m a summary manner, One of the young men who died received no medical treatment until the day of his death, d not one of those who did die had been in the ospital.”? I feel bound to allude here to the case of a newly-born child, which was left in the stew- ard's care—not with the stewardess or mother—for twelve hours a/ter its birth, Immediately atter its birth it was slightly rinsed by the doctor and then handed over to the steward, who fed it three or four times during the night with a spoon as large as a ladie, In the morning one of the married women in the steerage washed the intant in warm water, but was not supplied with those necessaries which midwifery prescribes as necessary for the preservation of the infant's life. Shortly afterwards the child was re- turned to its mother an@ expired, In this and other cases | emphatically deny that proper medi- cal treatment was shown, and I thereiore hold that in all cases of death an investigation should take lace mto the medical treatment. I propose, and have already communicated my proposition to members of the American Congress and the British Pariiament, that an international law be passed compelling the captain of every vessel under heavy penaity to empannel a jury of twelve independent passengers, whenever a death shall occur, to in- quire into the cause of death and the medical treat- ment Which the deceased person received, 1 fur- ther propose that no oficer of the ship shall act upon any sach jury, but shail attend, if called upon, to,answer ull questions that may be put to him, And finally, I propose that ghe jury so empanneled shall have power similar to that enjoyed by juries on Jand, and that any person or persons against whom a verdict of guilty may be found shall be considered prisoners during the remainder of the voyage and shail be handed over to the aivil author- itieson the arrival of the vessel at its destination. I hold, sir, that the enactment of such. a law is absolutely necessary, and b appeal to the spirit of the American people and the good sense and humanity of their representatives to see that such a law is passed without delay, America, first in tie path of progress, will not, | am sure, be the last to interest herself in the fate the thousands of op- pressed beings, who yearn (ora free home in the Kepublic, Not only those who have sisters, wives and daughters on the other side of the great ocean, but every man in whose bosom a spark of humanity burns, Will interest himsell in this matter, Colonel Willian R, Roberts will, I believe, interest himself, and tf he succeeds ia accomplishing what [ pro- se he will crown himself with iinmo:tel glory. have such a law passed is one of chief ob- jects of this letter, and to bring about its accom. lishment [ will cheerfully travel the Union over, 0 secure for it the sympathy and support of all emigrants and their descendants, I will now make a few general remarks on the condition of the vessel, belore concluding my let- ter, In consequence of an injury which the pro- peller received at Havre and the weak condition of the boilers, along with the bad weather which we encountered, our average speed did not exceed five miles per hour, and we were TOSSED ABOUT FOR TWENTY-RIGHT DAYS, instead of having a speedy voyage of filteen or sixteen days, a8 all the passengers were assured at the Gracechurch street office, in London. In this respect, as in others, [hold that deliberate de- ception was practised to secure a large number of passengers, and the contract entered into between the latter and the company shamefally broken, ‘My impressian ia that the Erin was not seaworthy. and that if she had remamed in London until the vth wt, When her certificate would have expired, the Commissioners would not have permitted ber to go to sea Her decks were in @ leaky condition, and even the cabin was flooded with water the rough weather. Her midships were not strong, and I have very good authority jor saying that, even with the donkey engine working day and night, she made trom six to nine feet of water per day. I know little about nautical matters, but per- sons who understand them have informed me that @ vessel is in a dangerous condition that will make such a quantity of water. Her decks were siipper: and dangerous to walk upon, through want 01 sa! or sawdust, and her crew was at least shert fifteen men. In the engine room and other departments there was also a deficiency of men. Food was wing short towards the end of the voyage, and if we had been at sea three or four days longer we would have been minus bread and other articles, On the 24th ult. (Christmas Eve), as my friends had predicted, the capenters were ordered to re- move the “bunks” on the starboard side, and on the 26th both starboard and port sides of the main deck were completely cleared of the “bunks” which were erected at Havre. Where, you will ask, were the 300 un ortunates’ placed? The same question suggested itself to me when the “bunks”? were being pulled down, and on investigation I was really horror stricken to find the poor crea- tures—men, delicate women and hittle children— mercilessly huddied together on the damp and loose planks of the ‘imidships, And such @ sight! My God! The place looked LIKE A HUGE SEPULCHRE with dead bodies strewn on the floor in all direc- tions, and the two lamps which burned so dinl, made it look even more like a charnel house, pen teman who lought for this great Republic dur- Ing the civil war accompanied me and said he never, during his entire career, witnessed any sight so truly pitiable. Fortunately the sea was a little calmer irom Christmas, as, in the event ot any great storm such as we had previously encoun- tered, the poor creatures would have been cast about in ali directions and not unlikely smashed against the iron sides of tie vessel. The 'midehips, where these poor people lay, had been occupied up to Christmas with some hundreds of tons ol coal. Ihave now, sir, brought under your notice and that of tue public a few of the grievances to which stecrage passengers are subjected on some of the Atlantic ocean steamships. I will have this letter translated trom the HBRALD and sent for publica- tion to frienas of mine who edit newspapers in Ireland, England, Germany, Spain, italy and France, in order tiat those cruel practices may be put an end to. As an Irishman,I take special interest in this question, because 1 cannot forget that many of my own kith and kin—the manhood and the womanhood of Ireiand—were ruined, some in body and too many in soul, crossing the Atlantic. 1am more, however, than an Irishman, Lama cosmopolitan, and I have @ heart to feel for my brethren of Germany, France, Italy and other land: and I say that their treatment was inhuman, an the vessel itself no fit place for any respectable female. What think you, sir, at your sister, daughter or wife being compelled to listen to language at which Bilingsgate would grow pale and St. Giles’ shudder? I am ‘orced through a feeling of delicacy to witvhold other matters, but I will be happy to give them before a commission, Personally I have nothing to say against the superior officers of the vessel. The Captain I found courteous; the Purser, a cuitured gendeman, Mr. Strahan (a Scotchman), the Chief sngineer, @ painstgking officer and an upright man; the two Do€tors, accomplished, and Mr. Gregg, the Chief Steward, a hard worker and truly good and kind hearted. My respect for those entlemen inust not, however, silence my tongue. ly respect for individuals has been at all times subordinate to my respect for principles, The fault seemed to be in the system more than with in- dividuals, From top to bottom there was NO APPEARANCE OF DISCIPLINE, and everything, consequently, went wrong. My desire now is not to injure any one, but to serve many by exposing abuses, which, in conclusion, I shall endeavour to summarize. SUMMARY OF WRONGS, It was wrong to delay the passengers nearty five days beyond the advertised time. Ty was wrong to erect “bunks” and place luggage and barreis of meat on the main deck, It was wrong to go to sea in an unscaworthy condition. It was wrong to omit appointing men to the boats at Gravesend, 1t was wrong to supply food unfit for human use. It was wrong to deceive the passengers by in- forming them that the vessel would do the voyage in filteen days, when in the best weather she has taken more than that time from Havre. It Was wrong to place females and children with men in the fore part of the vessel. It was wrong to go to sea without sufficient hands in all departments, It was wrong for the captain not to visit the steerage twice per day to hear complaints, &c. It was wrong for the vessel to leave London without a larger quantity o! provisions, li was Wrong that no proper screen was afforded to married persons and single women jor the pur- pose of dressing and undressing. It was wrong to supply the water in smaller quantities than were advertised. ie It was wrong not to send the sick persons to the hospitals and to give them proper noursiment. It was wrong to leave the main deck without sawdust or sand and so, to some extent, imperil the lives of passengers, It was wrong to leave the passengers on the main deck without seats or tabies and afterwards term them lazy for lying In their “bunks.” it was wrong to have closets, especially the female one, ciose to the “bunks” on tie main deck and to have no notices on the doors in foreign languages, and it was infamous to have no better Place of aécommodation, It was wrong to strike and kick passengers way were meek enough to bear with such treat- ment, It was wrong to use language which one would not expect to hear in the most depraved quarters of all great cities, Jt was wrong to serve food in dirty vessels, It was wrong to place human beings in a cleared- ont coal vault without “bunks” of any kind, on Eos | damp and loose, even for the purpose of screening an illegal act. Jt was wrong that vinegar, water, bread and other articles should have been sold to poor pas- — when they were entitled to those articles ree. It was wrong for the stewards to be often drank, and it was very wrong for the Captain not to sev that none of those things occurred, Finally, it was wrong for the National Steamship Company to enter into an engagement with each passenger and afterward shamefully break their contract. It is time, sir, that the evils as well as the advantages of the ocean steamships shouid be made known and that people in America who pay the passages of their friends in Ireland, England and the Continent should learn the duplicity which is so frequently practised, I have no tnterest in any of the ocean lines, and therefore can speak impartially; and I do not believe that passengers have ever been so treated on any other line, Let the National Steamship Company mend its ways or let it be compeiled to do so, and it will find in me an earnest supporter; butlet it follow in its old course and it will become a thing of the pas J.P, MCDONN New York, Jan, 20, 1873, THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. Why the Domains of the Late Kame- hameha Should Be United to the United States. L. . WASTIINGTOR, Jan, 24, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— About one-tnird of the way from San Francisco to the East Indies, in the Pacific Ocean, lie the beautiful Sandwich Islands, in north latitude about twenty degrees, longitude west of Greenwich about one hundred and fifty-five degrees, directly upon the route from California to China and Japan. Oahu and Hawail, or Owhyhec, are the principal ones of the group, and at this time the envious eyes of the elvilized world aro jturned towards them. I do hope, for the sake of the growth of civilization, that you will well and earnestly use the power of your paper to shape the policy and action of our government towards ex- tending to this littie group all ita protection in this its hour or day of perli; for now is the time the great English grabber will fasten ite talons upon them if it be not warned of the peril of daring to possess what the very natural laws of commerce and the best interest of the world at large demand muat be, at the very least, under American protection, or what should be more properly one of the outlying Pacific States of the United States, Since the death of the King two parties in these isiands are striving to possess themselves of the government. They are termed monarchists and republicans. It is sad to think that in these days the former should prevail, for @ petty monarchy it is indeed, with not more {than seventy thousand inhabitants to tempt the support of si state and show of suc! an absurd miniature. itis devoutly to be wished that it should become a republic in fact, Ca a it has a Legislative Assembly or something like unto it. We know how the kingly power is wielded to abuse this, These islands are one of the garden Spots of the world, Spring and Summer following each other with tropical regularity, Under proper culture every foot of sou will return @ wealthy cro) of sugarcane, Tropical fruits abound, and the cli- mate causes these istands to be the resort of invar lids, with alinost certainty.of returning health, wish the time and money expended with the view of obtaining possession of the islands of St, Thomas and St, Domingo had been given with the view of keeping @ controlling interest in the Sandwich Islauts; then, indeed, would the people of the United States have cause to congratulate them- selves, We want to use no trading corruption to pos- sess Ourselves of these isiands, although we might, with Uo een set us by England, readily bring about this. Many hero In this city predict that ere General Grant's administration passes from power tive foothold will be had in the West Indies, 0" I hope you Will not favor such possession until those beautiful islands of the Pacifle, directly upon the Manifest posting, course of our commercial interest towards the East Indies, shall have been, if not a State of the United States, a8 least under our protection, We should not hatt fora moment in our dipromatic course. Non-interference of an: foreign Power in the control of affairs in the Sand. wich Islands, looking to the possession of the same, should be distinctly nid down a4 @ cass belli, a3 im te altars of Mexico. Let se Sandwich Islands be now formed into @ republican a. ment and the natural course of events will cause re eon to be one of the States of the United It is to be hoped that the legislators at the Capi- tol of the United States will now see the want of & 'Y, for I think the nation that makes the great- est Show of naval force at Honolulu will carry the preponderance of influence in directing the atfairs Of these islands, I read in your paper of the sad condition of our naval vessels, and hope you will sound the alarm in time and increase our navy by vessels at 1east, if not by officers and men, so that we may be able to give commerce? and our citizens all_ the protec- tion they may want, DEFENDER, MEXICO. President Lerdo’s Policy in Projecting a Plan for a Change of Cabinet, paatahielsey Lozada’s Rule of Terror in Jalisco—Provisional Bondage, with a Communistic Division of Proporty in Prospect—Savans’ Honor to Eleciric Science—Bandit Kidnap- pers with Numerous Victims. Mexico City, Dec. 31, 1872. President Lerdo still retains the Juarez Cabinet againsteall rumored changes, and it isexpected will do so for the present at least, Numerous candi- dates for the Vice Presidency have been put for- ward, To the list sent in my last correspondence (16th inst.) three have since been added—General Porfirio Diaz and General Mejia, Secretary of War in the Juarez Cabinet. We have before us as prin- cipal candidates Generais Ignacio, Mejia and Vicente; Riva, Palacio, understood as properly belonging to the “Jnarista’ party; José Maria Iglesias, formerly Minister of Justice in the Juarez Cabinet, but retiring trom it with Lerdo, and who may, in consequence, be called a “Lerdiota;’’ Seflor Miguel Auza, tormerly Governor of Zacate 4 as independent candidate, while General Porfirio Diaz will receive the wa support of his numerous: friends as the sole Porfirista, With reference to Cabinet changes generally it is thought that Lerdo may have his own method in “putting off the evil day ;’’ for, with the necessary accompanying changes of officials and employés appertaining to the late administration, even his popularity will hardly withstand the revoiutionary tide that will set in against him, and a few months at furthest may form the boundary of his bright presidential dream, LOZADA’S OPPOSITION IN JALISCO. Affairs in the State of Jalisco are far from satis- factory. Lozada continues to reign supreme, still defying the authorities of the federal government. Seiflor Manchaca, the representative at Tepie of the house of Barron, Forbes & Co., remains a prisoner in the hands of Lozada, and tt is feared that his lite may be sacrificed, Mr. Heaven hasbeen placed temporarily im charge of the house, The commis- sioners who recently arrived here, sent by Lozada, have been informed by the government, tt is under- stood, that submission to the (ederal authority must be conceded to on his part, and that the state of horrible anarehy that has prevailed for so many years in that neighborhood can no longer be tolerated. An order has been issued by Lozada for the contiscation of all the properiy of such persons as shall leave his canton, and it is said that the order hos alre been carried into execution against many wio have ted, in anticipation of a bloody strife so soon as the federai, troops shail make their appearance, The plan of P dent Lerdo with reference to this arbitrary chief has not yet been developed; but it is believed a vigorous cam- ign will soon be commenced against this heart- ess insurgent, who has for 80 many years bid de- | fiance to the government authorities and held in such terrible bondage the inhabitants of the dis- trict over which his reign has been supreme. The principles of communism are already bemg illas- trated in. the division of the property of the rich among the poor and ignorant of the neighborhood, Governor Vallarta, of the State of Jalisco, has sent a despatch to the federal government asking for assistance against Lozada, and it is ramored that an answer has been returned to the same Governor that, as the affair is a State matter, he must take the responsibility of an attack. Lozada, on his part, promises that, with the first shot fired his opponents, he will execute Seflora Manchaca and destroy the property of Barron, Forbes & Co., and finish by distributing the property of the rich among tne poor, This, it is thought, he will with ease aceomplish, as he has in his ranks and at his disposition an immense force, estimated, It is rumored, as high as from thirty to torty thou- sand, “With the well-known characteristics of this savage leader, should such astate of alfairs be- come inaugurated, the reign of terror and blood- shed would be horribie indeed. We give an incl- dent of late occurrence as illustrative of his char- acter and of the power he arrogates to nimself as supreme dictator of the province over which he has constituted himself chief, At an encerta ment given at the house of Barron, Forbes & Co., of Tepie, not long since, a difficulty arose between two young men over a young lady present, which resulted in an immediate duel in a garden adjoin- ing, in which one of the combatants fell, mortally wounded, Subsequently the fatal occurrence was related at 3 dinner table at which Lozada sat, and who exclaimed, with some sharpness, “ila! ha! so we have gentlemen of perfumed gloves among us,’’ and, turning toa priest present, ordered him t shrive the survivor of the duel, at the same time giving orders for his execution on the following morning. The poor priest attempted a remon- | strance, but was importaned by his friends to quietly obey orders, lest the great chief should find in the remonstrance suficient cause for his own condemnation, SAVANS’ HONOR TO MORSE'S MEMORY, The Geographical and Statistical Society of Mex- ico held a special meeting on the evening of De- cember 21in honor of the late Professor Morse, Many of the most distinguished literati and states- | men of the Republic were present, and took part in the ceremonies, Ignacio M, Altimiranio, the secretary of the society, gave a biographical and statistical discourse upon the illustrious Professor, Seiior Justo Sierra read a well written poem, dedi- cated to his memory; Sefior Antonio Garcia Cubas, the geographer and statistician of Mexico, read a historical sketch of telegraphing in Mexico, and Seior Ortiz read an teresting article on the same subject, accompanying it with iilustrations. Presi- dent Lerdo de Tejada was present and made an impromptu address in honor of the great in- ventor. KIDNAPPING AND ITS VICTIMS. ‘The fearful plague of man stealing {6 still num. bering its unfortunate victims, and it would seem without a pate The Revista Universal, of De- cember 25, publishes a list of twenty-eight persons (the names given in full) who have recently suf- fered at the hands of the kidnappers in the districts of Chaleo, Guanajuato and Orizava, and foreach of whom ransoms of different amounts have been demanded. As in all cases the demands were not complied with many of the unhappy victims were sent to their last accoun THE DISPENSARY DEMOCRACY. Secret Meeting at the Office of the Big Judge—“Encouragement,” but Doabt- ful Harmony. The great minds now so deeply disturbed by the demoralization of the democratic party and who have shown such @ determination to heal up the wounds and purge the party of corruption, and also for the purpose of keeping those ideas well | in mind, organized in a dispensary, assembled on Saturday afternoon in solemn conclave to perfect their great work, Among these noble reformers is the great Ciceronian Jerseyman, who, alter being decently “waked"’ and politically buried in Paterson, turned up in this city under the old Tammany régime as Public Administrator; then there is the ponderous Judge Connolly and numbers of others who have been heretofore men- tioned in the HERALD. The meeting yesterday was an injormal one, hela at the ofice of the “Big. Judge,” for the purpose of receiving the lists of seven delegates from each Assembly district to form a general commit The names were not handed in, however, d althou it Was stated | that every district looked “enco Le, it was | evident that there was some little undercurrent of dissatisiaction. After some significant though subdued conversation the body adjourned to meet at the cail of the Chair, | DANGEROUS SCHOOLBOY BATTLES, For a long time past the boys attending the | Hoboken Academy, in Fifth street, have been pelted cruelly with vartous missiles by ruifians at- tending public school No. 2 and by other youths residing on the meadows. The Academy boys fre- | ueutly attempted to defend themseives, but sel- oar With success, Some of them being severely cut at various tim: The police rarely interfered, but have al length been compelled, to prevent probably fatal conticts. On Saturday the miscreants re- newed the combat, whereupon four of them, P William Valentine, Warren Conkimn, Michael Connor and McNally were arrested and lodged tn prison to await examinatio: The man John Geroltz, who attempted to shoot William Anderson in Hoboken on Friday night, was arraigned before Recorder Bohnstedt on Saturday, but, inasmuch as Anderson declined to prefer a charge, His Konor fined each of them tor drunken- ness and disorderly conduct, In justice to Mr. Unrein it ts proper to state that tie amir took jace notin his hotel, but m that of L. Weiss, and it was the latter gentleman who chivalrously vented @ brutal hociuide trom taking place. ' AUSTRIAN PATENT LAWS, An Answer to Mr. Hotchkiss on the Interests of Inventors at the Vienna Exhibition. WHAT AUSTRIAN OFFICIALS THINK. Liberal Safegnards to the Owners of Valuable Patents--Light Fees aud Full Protection.- Vie To Tne Eprror or THE HERAL! Sim—I have read in your paper of Novem- ber 20, Mr. R. B, Hotchkiss’ letter, the perusal of Which has caused me much pain when I saw suchan honorable and influential organ of public opinion a8 yours permitting statements to be made which represent the state of the Austrian Patent laws in an utterly unjust light, By frequent intercourse I have had with our Patent Ofice I have obtained a pretty good insight into the practice adopted there, and can assure you, sir, that it Is a very liberal and equitable one, wherefore I suppose that Mr. Hotchkiss’ account must be in a great measure founded upon a misun- derstanding or erroneous information, The Austrian Patent Office ought not at all to be imagined as being arranged upon a grand scale, like, for instance, the Patent OMlce of the United States. One of the sections of the. Minis- try of Commerce, comprising one Councillor and two secretaries, together with @ recorder and a copyist, is charged with the whole management of the patent business, Under such conditions it is easily understood that the Parent Oftice, fully ov- cupied us it is with the current business, cannot even think of controlling the working of patents, and, according to the literal text of the law, only one instance of working the patented article within the past year is required, and a second instance of working the same within the two years following is suflicient to preserve the patent for the space of iy three years from invalidity for default of work- ng it. As regards the government fees, their amount can only, then, be called more considerable when the patentee will claim the longest legal term of protection—that is, fifteen years. In such case, of course, the amount of nearly three hundred and sixty dollars 13 to be paid. But for the first five yeara of protection the total amount of premiums taken tegether is only about fifty-one doilars, and the applicant is at liberty to pay only for one year at once, and have it prolonged trom year to year until the end of the fifth year, making thas only a slight expense of about ten dollars a year, From the sixth till the tenth year each pre- mium is twenty dollars, and with the eleventh year oniy begins the premium of forty dollars per an- num. Let me now pa 4, Dee, 23, 18 83 to the special law concerning the protection certificates for objects introduced to the Vienna Universal Exhibition, which law ap- ears altogether insumctent to Mr, Hotchkiss, and is condemued by hin accordingly. 1 am ignorant of the grounds upon which Mr, Hotchkiss has founded his uniavorabie judgment, for his asser- tion that the law in question does not confer to the inventor more rights than those given him by the regular Patent law cannot indeed be taken in earnest, On urging the aforementioned special law, the question was to procure for the exhibitor, free of expense and by means of a proceeding as plain as possible, the legal protection of a patent; to obtain that a written application stamp, duty free, with the description of the invention annexed thereto, 18 all that 18 needed, Upon this applica- tion the exhibitor will receive, duty free, a protec- tion certificate, having the legal lorce of a patent till the 31st December, 157 Ifit is Mr. Hotchkiss’ opinion that the protec- tion should be more stringent than that coutained in the old law, It would have been very desirable had he expressed in plain terms what kind of stringency and additional protection he meant. The real essence of protection lies in the pro- hibition for everybody to counteriett the protected invention, and the prohibition will always be the same whether the penalty for infringement be more or less rigorous, ‘The specitication of the invention presented by the exhibitor will be kept under lock and Key, according to the provisions of the special law, in all cases When the exhibitor asks for secrecy in his application, Now if, in spite of these precautions, foreign visitors to the xhibition should be enabled, simply by the contemplation of the object: exhibited, to counterfeit the same in their own country, 1 think this arisk inventors will be exposed to under all circumstances, and which he cannot avoid if only a single sample of the object of nis invention be, executed and brought into circulation, I trust to your kindness, sir, to bring these re- marks as soon ag possible to the knowledge of your readers, and am very anxious to see this expiana- tion attain its purpose; that is, to dispel the unta- vorable impresssion woich Mr. Hotchkiss’ commu- nications may have produced, I am, sir, your obedient servant, Baron SCAWARZSENBORNY, WOR SALE. A® oO R SALOON FOR SALE.—INQUIL! 4A” Bowery, corner Fourth street, ater one o'clock, BLISHED STEAM LAUNDRY FOR © unsurpassed, well known, exte Tare investinent; chance to ma articulars at 23 Chainbers street. GEORGE W, SIMERS? Store Agency. LARGE AND FIRST CLASS OYST: on Sixth avenne tor sale, doing a very ugation. #$ Filth avenue, R SALOON large aud A paying business; will bear clos» SOREN’s 8 Store Agenc, FIRST CLASS LIQUOR, LAGER BEER AND JA Billiard Saloon, five years” Lease, northeast comer ¥ ada street and Sixth avenue; sold on account of jeath. \ =FOR SAL 41. avenues o and Depot Cigar Sto} in Brookly: LIQUOR STORES ON ALL THE business streets, and opposite ferries also Restaurants, Oyster saloons, Hot i Iso Corner Liquor Stot MITCHELL'S Store Age 3 by, 17 Cedar ste FOR SALE CHEAP’ # locations; also a Produce Commission ngton Market. Bakeries, etior 7 wire at Was om secur", Business, Drug S\ores, Hat stores, MITCHELL'S Store Agency, 7 Cedar street, HOUSE, DOING A GOOD BUS) 3 40 roduis; low rent; very good loc: SON, CRANK & CO,, 1,205 Broadway. I AKERY FOR SALE—DOING GOOD BUAL best of reasons for selling. Apply at HUYLER corner Eighth avenue and Jane street. ] AKERY FOR SALE—WEEK@Y REC q over the counter; rent, 0 per mont fixtures first 3 Apply on the premises, street, Brookly #, $200, ALT. brice, $600 ; ot ‘Court Bakeny FOR SALE.—LONG LEASE, CHEAP RE ‘owner retiring from business, Apply to I. &. TATE, 69 West Thirt t. RE—SURROUND! PercHwER. 6 NDED BY TWENT tenementhouses. This isa good chance for tho Fight man; fit for pork or beet store; rent $20 per month. Apply at 521 Bast Fifteenth street, Your, YARD FOR SALI ness; long lease ; low re 62) See —DOING A GOOD BUST Apply to URPUY, nd avenue, corner of Thirty-tourth GOR SALE. L, NEAR THE CITY, DOING large and proiitable business; also a Coal Yard, making money and very desirable. JOIN BLAC stre ,12 Chambers street, TED DRUG AND rk city, located bee | LD ESTA near New and doing cash Ia, notain and generator ail complete ; pi Fcription trade one ot the best In the city and increasing every year; long lease at low rent; the ‘strictest investi- gation solicited aud easy terms to responsible partion, Address, with real name and address, JOHN J, SARD, New York Post offic VOR SALE—IN WASHINGTON, tablished Restaurant, doing the eliy, on Pennsvivania' avenue; long lease, low rent. ‘The proprietor is retiring from business and can ofler spectal inducements to a first class restauranter. Apply to ©, R, COLE, 24 Pent avonue, corner Twenty-third streot, or address GEO, W. DRIVER, Washington, D, C. Dy AN OLD-ES- the iargest business in RST months gc estate. Europe cause of with CHARLES 3. smal, th av amount required. Apply to D. GARRISO, 1 Fx SALE—THE STOUK, FIXTU Will ofa prosperous, wt Mid Y Middiand Railway: or address HIRAM POR, SAB-COAL YARDS, BAKERIES, RESTAU rants, Boot and Shoe stores: long leases; cheap rents: trade of Brooklyn or surburban property. Apply to ISAAC E, TATE, 59 West Thirty-first street, near Sixth avenue. Fok Ales BUTCHER stor, street, one door trom Sixth avenue; rent $29 a month, Apply at 40 Sixin avenue. Must be sold this day. YROCERY STORE FOR SALE—CHEAP, APPLY KT at A Greenwich avenue, FAOTEE FOR SALE NEWLY REFURNISHED: WILL aoeommodate 36 people; one of the first resorts in the State of New York. For full p address R, 0. JENKINS, box Sud Post’ ottice, Mass, VERY IMPORTANT FOR FARMERS.—A LARGE LOT of Bi Spronds (screenings) for sale at low rate at the Brewery, 501 First aven & ROAKE’S, CORNER OF WATER AND pe atroutn =A large ass tunent Engines, ui rm angers, evs 1 c. hand, of ressomatte lauren’ et oo iL MACHINERY, _ R SALE—A PAIR OF SHEARS LAR 5B Or to cut 24g-inch tron; one Merrill 1,200. . ieee M ing, and one 4#-inch Lathe used buta short tind and good as ‘Address FERGUSON, 89 Wintus -tr JOR SALE—ONE OF GREEN & SON'S (MANCH ter, Engiand), Patent Fuel Economizer's consietine of 128 pipes, each $ fect long, with scrapers and gearinat an eet lol wi iol s 8 be Bitr Poet omee.” saalbsiaa 10) ALE—THRED LOCOMOTIVE FLUE BOILERS, in “good condition; manufactured by Woodrutt Beach: each 22 teet long by 42 inches diameter, wit! three full sets of grate bars, safety vaives, steam and wi ter gauges, ac. Inquire at hat inctory, Nostrand avenue, rth of Myrile avenue, B OR SALE—ENGINE, BOILER MACHINERY, AND ecessary Fixture: for kindling wood or other manu= ng business; also Lease of three full lots and sul~ stantial brick building, “For full particulars apply to THOMAS G. BENTON & SONS, 89 West street. FOR 5, D + ail complete ; must be sold, ) West street. ws TO BUY AT ONC ILER AND E ine, from Sto 10 horse power, new or second han. ASBESTOS FELTING CO. erneur slip, New York. 16 Front street, near Gouy~ S, &C., WANTED. In this City and Brookiyn. V ANTED—UNFURNISHED, FIVE OR STIX ROOMS sor housekeeping, ina private house; Re clined to be inquisitive heed vot answer. Address Herald Uptown Branch ofice, 1,265 Broadway. WANTED—A HOUSE, NOT LESS THAN 18 ROO in the vicinity of Waverley or Washington pla Call on or address Lt __ HOUSES tora private hoarding house, RY, lot Waverley place. te CORPORAT ON NOTICR, YY the own upants of all houses and lots, improv ands affected thereby, that the following have been completed and are lodged in the ot Roard of Assessors for examination by all persons inter ested, Vizi— 1. For regulating, grading, setting curb, gutter and flaca enty-second street, trom Eighth avenue to Huda F regi 1" ‘outh ith avenue, between Canal’ str verley place, 4, For sotting eurband gutter and flagging Fifty. street, between Venih and Eleventh avenues, 5. Por setting curb and gutter and flagging nerth sido of Fitty-fifth street trom Seventh avenue to Bro S 6, setting curb and guiter and tagging Fittteth h avenue to tenth avenue. waiks in Eleventh avenue from -titth street, n pavement in Delancey street front and Was arte izian pavement in Willett street front ivington street. For laying Belgian p; roadway to Fourth avenue. 11. For building sower in Washington street, betwee Charies and Perry streets. 12, For building sewer in avenue D, between Thirteenth and Fouricenth streets, and in thirteenth street, between, avenue Cand avenue D. 13. For building extension of sewer at foot of 18th street and Hartom For building underground drains on block bounded sth and Fitty-seventh streets aud Filth ave~ Madison avenue. building underground drains on block bonded seventh and Fiity-eighih streets and Fifth ave~ Madison avenue, . For butiding basin on southwest corner of Seventy fourth street and Lexington avenue. 17. For building hasin on northwest corner of Seventys seventh street and Lexington avenue, 18, For building basin on northwest corner of Eighty seventh street and Lexington avenue, ementin Astor place from y Fit nue an 16. 19. For building basin on southwest corner of Eightys fifth street and Lexington avenue. 20, For building basin on northwest corner of Seventy-. Lexington avenue, ‘or building basin on northwest corner of Seventys ninth sireet aud Lexington avenue. 2. For building basin on northwest corner of Eightioth street and Lexington avenue, 24, For building basin on northwest corner of Bigty-secs ond strect and Lexington avenue. 24. For building basin on northwest corner of Bightye fourth street and Lexington avenue. 25. For building basin on southwest corner of Eighty~ fourth sireet and Lexington avenue, 6. For buikling basin on northeast corner of Montgome ery and South streets, 27. For building basin on northwest corner of Gouvere neur slip and South strec 28, For building basin neur slip and Sonth street, 29, For building basin on southeast corner of Twentieth, street ana avenue A, 30. For buildiny basin on southeast corner of Twenty< etand Bighth avenue, For building basin on southwest corner of Eighty* street and Fonrth avenue, y in on southeast corner of Thirty+ th avenue. uilding basin on soucheast corner of Park place. wich street. nilding basin on northeast corner of Park place Wich street, ts embraced by such assessment include all the several houses and lots of ground, vacant lots, picces sad, parcels of land situated on jes of Seventy second street, from Efghtte erside Park, to the extent of half the block ing streets, sixth street, from First avenne to ne A, to the extent of halt the block on the inters cting streets, 3 Both sides of Sonth Fifth avenue (Laurens streaty, from Canalstrect to Waverley place, to the extent of haik the block on the infersectiny streets, oY Fifty-fourth street, between Tenth and enth avenues, of Pifty-fifth street, from Seventh avenna eighth street and 21. F northeast corner of Gouvers fourth stre aven 7. West side Fifty firth stre &. Both sides of Delancey street, from Bowery to F r, to the extent of half the block ou the intersecting streets, 9. Both sides of Willett street, from Grand to Rivingtore street, to the extent of half the block on the intersecting: st Eleventh avenue, trom Fiity-foarth to treets. 10, Both sides of Astor place, from Broadway to Yonrti: avenue, to the extent of halt the block om the intersecting treets. wT Hoth sides of Washington street, from Charles tat rry street, 2 Roth sides of avenue D, between Thirteenth aud s, and both’ sides of Thirteenth street, vk Cand D, to the extent of hall tue erty hounded by the east side of Fourth avenue and Harlem River, and’ the north side of Lue street and soutl side of 12th street. 14, The biock bonnded by Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventie streets and Fith and Madison avenues. 15. The block bounded by Fitty-seventh and Fifty-eightle ots and Fifth and Madison avennes. The block hounded by Seventy-iourth ani thira streets and Fourth and Lextigt 7. The block bounded by 8 eigtith streets and Fou ik. North side of eighty. Lexington avenue, and from Bighty-se with side of Lighty maven te, ‘The block’ bounded by Fourth and Lexington aver nues and Seventy eighth and Seventy-ainth strects 21. The block bounded by rth ant Lexington aves reth streets. Seventy~ Seventy n avenue ie |. trom Fourth tr st side of Lexington avenues ht ith stre nues and Seventy-ninth and 22, The block bounded by Fou tl 1 Klghty-first str of Eighty-second stree to Lexingto eof Lexington ave~ nue, between bight, whty-third streets. 24) The north side urth street, from Fourtl® de of Lexington aventieg enue, and between Eighty-tourth and Bighty-ftith streets, 25, The south side of Eighty th street, (rom Fourth, to Lexington avenue, and west side of Loxington ayenue,) n Kighty-third and Eighi jh streets. fhe orth side of south st between Montgome slip, and cast side of Montgomery nt and South strects. tpomery t fi between M. and north side 0 block, between M treet and G . The south uth street, from Gouverneur slip to half the block ‘kson street. 20. The south side of Twentieth street, halt the block bea tween avenue A and avenue B, and east side of avenum A, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. ‘Wo. The south side of Twonty-seventh street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, SL. The south side of Highty-sixth street, half the block between Fourth and Madison aven ‘32, The south side of Thirty-iourti street, between Seva D k place, between College placat Greenwich street,and half the east side of Greeng ich street, from Park place to Barclay street. M. The block bounded by Pork place and Murray ‘and Greenwich street and College place. All persons whose interest are affected by the aboves Named assesements, and who are opposed to the same, or either of them, are requested to present their in writing to Thomas B. Asien, Chairman of ¢ cae te wee bey fice, i Chatham street, pirty day rom the date of this not von TROMAS B. ASTEN, FRANCIS A. SAN JONN TYLE: JOUN Mea Board « Overoe Boarp or Asspssons, } New Yous, Jan. 2), 1873. § CIGARS AND TOBACCO, ANOLAS OF HAVANA TOBACCO, BQUAL TO at SHO per Moe , Maiden lane, \ “ISTANDARD AMBRE BILLIARD TABL Ps « and the Phelan & Colender Combination Cash. fons, factured an saie only by the.nventor an & atentee, H.W, COLLENDER, suce sssor to Phelan Cole nder, 738 Broadway, New York. VREAT DEMAND FOR W. Hi. ¢ c J bevel Billiard Tables, with janey's patent sieck o best and cheapest; new deste wire cushions; are Tables complete for $20; also second Mand Tables co plete for $10. Call and exainine. Warerooms 40 Vesey street. 85 MISCELLANKOUS, Hg Hot 8 AND RESTAURANTS,—FIVE AND TEN cent All sizes; best and cheapest stock in aur New York. THOMAS turers, 0 Maiden lane, RAYNER & » Maautuce __ EUROPE. RAND'S ORIZA PERFUMES, 207 Rue St. Honore, 27, Paris Epecialty tor preservation of benuty, ESS, ORIZA and ORIZA LYS, Pisin ynes perfumes of various bouquets. Sold by ail reriumers, Druggists and Hairdressers LEC eis ASTROLOGY. A FORTUNE POR ALL WHO CONSULT Miss WEL- LINGTON—Reclaims dran Miaathtul bushel aud wives, tells of thier business, good lick snd lnehy Numbers, brings together those long separated, al ‘Twenty-cighth street, near Fourih avenue, RRIVAL — EXTRAORDINARY,—WONDERFUL ropean Business and Medical Clairvoyant Seances, 142 West Twenty-firth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. Astonishing revelations concerning every thine mH, fortunate marriages tortold, Likewise ex- hibited; names revealed, recaleitrant husbands claimed ; lucky numbers fhrnishud. fees a cents a $1, Geutlernen inadinissibla,