The New York Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1873, Page 5

IRELAND AND AFRICA. Governor Pope Hennessy’s Opinions as a Governor and an Irishman. British West African Expeditions to Aid Dr. Livingstone. ‘Why Islamism Onutstrips Chris- tianity Among the Blacks. Inconsistency of Mr. Glad- stone’s Liberalism. Conservative Reasons for His Failure. Treland’s Wants and Irishmen’s Capabilities— The “Home Rule” Movement, ‘The new Governor of the Bahamas, His Excel- Jency John Rope Hennessy, who is now at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, although a young man, has for a Rumber of years taken a considerable part in British home and colontal politics. Soon after graduating trom Trinity College, Dubtin, and while he was practising as a junior barrister, he was chosen to represent Kings county, Ireland, in the Bonse of Commons. While serving his constituents there he procured the ‘passage of several bills—notably the one amending the Irish Poor law, so as to allow the rearing of destitute orphans and deserted children away from the baneful influences and associations to which youth of their kind had previously always been subjected in the poorhouses. The results of this bill have been so beneficial that on his late de- parture from Cork for this country Mr, Hennessy was thanked for his labors by the Town Council of that city. Governor Hennessy’s Parliamentary Oareer was ended by his appointment to the post of Governor of Labooan. Thence in 1871 he was transferred to the post of Governor-in-Chief eof the West African settlements, which Btation he occupied when selected to be Gov- ernor of the Bahamas. In his previous executive positions Governer Hennessy has shown a rare de- gree of caution in dealing with political matters, and care to make himself familiar with the needs and capabilities of his colony. Knowing the above facts, and believing that Governor Hennessy had during his career become acquainted with many matters having interest for our public, a HERALD reporter called upon him at the Fifth Avenue Hetel yesterday. The diplomate received the re- porter cordially and announced his WILLINGNESS TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION that would not trench upon necessarily secret mat- ters of State. Remembering that the Governor had but lately returned from the West Coast of Africa, the reporter was reminded of Dr. Living- stone, and so began the interview by asking if any effort had been made to communicate with the in- trepid missionary and explorer by expeditions from that portion of the African Continent to the interior, ‘ WEST AFRICAN EXPLORATION. The Governor, in reply, said:—‘Before my ar- rival on the coast Sir Arthur Kennedy, my prede- gessor, sent from Freetown, the capital of Sierra one, an expedition to open new routes for eom- rce from the coast to the interior. The single impertant route, that known as the Port BRoko one, had become unsafe through the redato: Operations of the nomadic Hoo- Boos. Those thievish Mohammedans cloak robbery with the euphemism of war upon pagans, and keep up a ceaseless turmoil. For more than twenty years they have led a predatory life, having originally been driven to become nomads by the exactions of the Sultan of Timbo, whose subjects Shey were. They are MORE INTELLIGENT THAN THE TRIBES THEY PLUN- DE! and are such intensely Manatical Mohammedans $hat their name of Hoeboos has been derived trom ® word which occurs twice inthe first line of a hymn to the Prophet which tiey sung as they went Bus of the villages of Fuhta to begin @ wandering of thie from the unblessed unbelievers. fell, the doings of these Hooboos made necessar; Bew and unrestricted commercial route from Fala the most remote oi the places that now send pro- ducts to the coast. Sir arthur accordingly had the expedition organized, and gave charge of it to Pro- fessor Blydeu, who, by the way, though A PURE NEGRO, is a fine general scholar, being versed tn Latin, Greek, Arabic, and several of the modern lan- es. When I arrived at Freetown the expedi- jon had been gone some time. Knowing the ex- treme met f in Europe to learn something of Dr. LAvingstone, 1 immediately wrote to Professor Bly- Gen to despatch messengers from the farthest point of his journey in quest of information about the it traveller, David Livingstone. But when the rotesdor received my message he Nad alfeady began his return march to the co@st. His supplies Were #0 reduced by the EXTORTIONS OF NATIVE CHIEFS through whose country he had been passing, that he felt he could not afford the means for the mes- sengers, especially as he was returning by a second Foute and must have resources to respond to the Gemands of the cniefs along the way. Thus my de- fire to aid the scientific men and Dr. Livingstone, {€ possible, was bafied, while, at the same time, the indomitabie Staniey was about to leave, in food condition, the Doctor, whom he had, some jonths before, found heart-sick aud almost despair- ing of te; ting the theories he had lormed as to the Bource of thd Nile.~- 2 : At the same time that I gent insttuctions to Pto- feavor Blyden I also offered A REWARD FOR ANY CERTAIY NEWS of Dr. Livingstone. The news of my action spread agiong the coast and 1 soon alter received tue fol- lowing note from Mr, Charles Livingstone, a brother 01 the Doctor and one of Her Majesty's Consuls :— Steamsuir Vouta, Stunna Leonx, March 21, 1872, Duar Sin—Will Your Excellency permit me to ¢xpreas deep gratitude for your considerate kinkness in offer- Be sreward for any certain intormation from the in- r regarding my brother, Dr. Livingstone. I have Yushaken confidence that he will soon emerge from the rkness of the past few years. His last lettor, of 1369, written on borrowed paper, re resting the Naitical Almanac for 1871, shows that he an- eipated being in an undiscovered country last year, Probably at the Western Lake that he heard of, whict Inay be the source of the Congo. Should he ‘find it then Garlor to come down the Couso, ho will touch here on his Way home, and 1am sure have great pleasure In thank- ‘Your Excellency in person. ith much gratitude, 1 remain, Your Excellency’s obedient servant, CHARLES LIVINGSTONE, H. M. Consul. SERKING LIVINGSTONE UP THE CONGO. “Were no other expeditions sent from the West @oast to search tor Dr. Livingstone ?” “Yes, sir, Some time aiter the reception of the Bews of the discovery of Dr, Livingstone by Mr. ley & party was formed in Freetown to go up Congo River from Loando, in the Portuguese territory, with the expectation of meeting the ex- lorer descending that stream, The expedition Md under the command'of Captain Grandy, ite expense Was mainly borne by the Royai hical Society, as its design was to test Sir Hei whingon’s theory that the watershed, wi Dr. Livingstone was traversing with the Delief that | ey that of the Nile, Was really that of the Con; ver. “ contributed somewhat to the fitting out of the providing tents, &c., and a number of Kroo- men or Aative Rorters. For my aid I received the ‘thanks o! graphical Society. When I left the coast party had not returned, I know mothing of the results of its search.” “Well, Governor, what were the beneficial results of Professor Blyden’s expedition into the in- terior “The discovery of an easier geographieal cause- ‘way than the Port Loko route for the transmission of products to the ‘coast was one, But tat way is @qually beset by DANGERS FROM PLUNDERING TRIBES, end those resulting from a continued war of almost thirty years’ duration. Before it can be utilized the hostility between the Soosoo tribes and a warlike Bation made up of the heterogeneous elements of gecayed. slaves and plunderers under the ban, must be allayed, The latter complex nation was organ- ized and is governed b; BILALI, A FORMER SLAVE of Atmamy " Mumfeh, chief of Twenty-eigtt ig 2 Fa 5 Kekuns, years ago Hall escape slavery, -and with other former Dondsmen, began to make reprisals upon his late master. “His force grew in strength and audacity, and the entire Soosoo nation allied to overcome him. The effort*to do this has contin- ued until now, and while the Soosoos have lessened in power, Bilall has grown and Is now more daring and stronger than ever. Aimamy Mumineh has been ruined by the war and the insolent rapacits of his warriors, who now plunder even himsell. When these combatants ar route irom Falaba will be "Event, beevere the life elements of commerce in @ continu Stream to the ite coast ‘The other good results of this expedition of Pro- fessor Biyden 19 Falaba, and those of anotyer jour- po the <s eenie Niger, are the knowledge BXTREME OF THE SOIL, Pepe only needs % iy oe int ripe h out harvest,” an 0 peuple o: the pint Hy It is ne cape dioved that the ne; are less sUsce] to inental cultiva- tion than a4 other race, yet Prolessor blyden found along his way to Falaba, several places that Inay be called TOWNS, UNIVERSITY 4m whicb the chicis were head teachers, and where the Koran and the works of Arabic writers were earnestly studied. fhe sons of several of these chiefs more able to speak French and Portuguese, paving learned those eed in Senegambia an Loango. Their inability to speak English is com- pulsory, {rom the bigotry or intense earnestness of the teachers on the coast, who offend them by their siamnhe ww convert them to Christianity. At presen’ CHRISTIANITY HAS NO FORCE OR POWER among the natives, either of the coast or the in- terior. Islamism has more attraction for them, and is spread among them by the Mohammedan traders, who, in their settiements, scrupulously ob- serve the practices enjoined by their jaith. Chris- tlauity will never have effect upon them unless it is taught by example of the many. Isolated mis- — are of no avail toward evangelizing the atives, TRADE AND RELIGION must work together, must establish settlements, eud then while the worldly develop the resources of the country, the pious, by precept and practice, may develop the latent in the hearts an minds of the blacks. In this way, I believe, Africa may become an empire greater india. The reporter, lieving that he had heard, briefly, the main facts about the West African colonies that would be of interest to the readers .0) the HeRaLp, desired to turn the conversation into another channel, As Governor Hennessy is an Irishman, he was prosaned to have decided views upon the present AGITATION FOR “HOME RULE IN IRELAND,” The reporter said:—‘Governor, what do you think of the ‘Home Rule’ movement in Ireland ¥” Governor Hennessy hesitated for a moment, but then said:—“l do not wish to express any opinion upon that matter. It would scarcely be fitting for me to do so, and I wish to avoid even the appear- ance of Raproprietys But this 1 must declare, that Mf either Mr. Gladstone or Mr. Disraeli should give them the chance IRISHMEN WOULD GOVERN IRELAND with pnacrnaaied ability aud success. When the. first Municipal Reform bili went into operation Irishmen did not evince the administrative apti- tude they have since shown. But the Power was only latent, and was soon vivi-. ned, The ability with which municipal matters are conducted throughout Ireland and the rare skill exhibited by Irishmen in executive posts ubroad prove that Ireland has 1p her the elements of good goverument, . IRISHMEN IN ENGLISH SERVICE. Even now the most important posts in Her Majes- ty’s cownies are filled by Irishmen. Lord Dufferin, the Governor General of Canada, is Irish, like his predecessors, Lords Lisgar and Monck; Sir Her- cules Robinson, Governor of New South Wales; Sir Charles Ga‘ Dutfy, ex-Prime Minister of Vic- toria, Australia, whois a man of first class ability and an honor to his country; Mr. Gregory, the Gov- ernor of Ceylon; Sir Arthur Kennedy, Governor of Hong Kong, who was my predecessor on the West Coast; all these gentlemen are Irishmen, and the best Governor General sent out to India for half a century was also an Irishman. I refer to Lord Mayo, who was lately assassinated there. These facts are a guarantee that Ireland could be gov- erned witn wisdom by her sons.” RECENT IMPERIAL LEGISLATION FOR IRELAND. “What do you think, Governor, of the recent legislation on Irish subjects ?”” “It has failed entirely because its tendency is wrong. It has served to keep Catholics and Prot- estants apart and to embitter them against each other. The Church Disestablisiment bill failed of good effeet, and has only indicated the worth of the policy of ‘Concurrent Endowment’ announced by Mr, Disraeli and Lord Derby in 1868, Sucha policy would be wise and national in ‘its good effects, These FAILURES OF MR. GLADSTONE are due to his anomatous position. He is a sincere liberal, but he depends on Roman Catholic votes ior his power. He is unlike that other great leader of European liberalism, Prince Bismarck, who is always consistent. Bismarck opposes Catholicity, which in its essence is conservative; Gladstone leans upon its exponents ior support in working out liberal ideas. In that he is inconsistent.” THE MORAL OF RECENT ELECTIONS. “What do you think are the dominant political sentiments in Great Britain at present?” “The recent elections show that Mr. Gladatone’s supporters are being everywhere defeated, Mr. Disraeli is at present the most popular statesman in England. He will at the next dissolution have a majority and then assume the Premiership. This attainment will be a proper reward for the sacri- fice he recently made of ni He might have become Premier last month, would have prostrated his party ing the post; for immediate defea certain to meet it in the House. His pre- science and patience helped him ta wait, and now events have shaped themselves to his needs. Lord Derby and other leaders of his acer f are in full accord with Mr. Disraeli, and he acted, when he declined the Premiership, with their advice.?? “THE GENEVA ARBITRATION took place while you were in Airica. It is, there- fore, a somewhat fresh topic to has Governor. As the English politicians have not yet done dis- cussing its results the matter has yet interest here.” “1 cannot but ba laud the tdea of arbitration, which originated with Lord Derby. 1 cannot, how- ever, praise the manner in which the Treaty of Washington was made. Some o! the Commission- ers were unversed in diplomacy, and they cer- tainly committed several blunders. It is the opinion of many leading men in England that Sir Edward Thornton alone would have negotiated a better instrument, THE FINAL RESULTS of the arbitration eould scarcely have been differ- ent, and I believe they were just. I believe in the justice of the Alabama claims, Ihad always when in Parliament deprecated the violent feelings whose real issue were those claims, and at that time opposed Lord Palmerston’s Ministry, in which were Mr. Gladstone and Lord John Russell. I re- member the egthusiastic cheers with which the ‘Treasury Benches greeted ‘ THAT SPEECH OF MR. LAIRD, in which he taunted Mr. John Bright and declared that be was proud to have built the Alabama, I remember the earnest efforts of Lord Derby (then Lord Stanley) and Mr. Disraeli to prevent the con- servative party from giving encouragement to either side, at the time when Mr. Gladstone summed up the American war in an epigram— “The North battles for empire; the South jor inde- pendence.” All these things ised me to honestly respect the Alabama Claims, and the attitude aad argument of Mr. Adams and Mr. Evarts increased that feeling.” ‘THR ARBITRATORS’ SQUABBLE. “What is your Co Governor, of the action of Str Alexander Cockburn since the arbitration 7’? “O! course, with my previous sentiments, I do not admire it; but neither do I like Mr. Caleb Cushing’s, and’ 1 must refuse to accept that learned gentieman’s estimate of the Lord Chief Justice of Great Britain. I was opposed to Sir Alexander in the House of Commons, but I learned to respect his abllisies agg juirementa.”? VROBPEROUS IRELAND. “As you have just come from Ireland you can tell something about that country that will affect a great part of the people of New York. Is the coun- try in any sense prosperous, as is reported 7)? “Treland is, unfortunately, not prosperous, In- deed, she is the least fortunate of European coun- tries. What constitutes the wealth of the United States is neitherits fertile soil nor the materials that make the buildings of its cities, but the mil- lions of industrious hands that are here. Labor is the pene of wealth and population the source of capital. ere the Governor, taking up a report of the Commissioners of Emigration, continued :—‘This immigration is admitted to be the main cause of the prosperity of the United Stateg. The loss of these emigrants is the origin of the lack of pros- perity in Ireland, Lately I saw along the r TAK RUINS OF MANY HAMLETS, whose former population had emigrated or died out. Many tourists are deceived by judging Ire- land from the wealth and prosperity they see in Dublin and Cork. Wealth in Iretand accumulates in the possession of the few, while the bea ts stricken many go abroad or stay at home to die of overwork and famine.’? The reporter, as he rose to take leave of His Ex- cellency, said:—‘“From your present remar di what you have indicated of your previo ments it appears that you have not alter political opinions.” Governor Hennessy replied :—No, Ihave not tered them. I am, to use the words of Thom: Davis, ‘a national conservative.’ ’” ABRIVAL OF EMIGRANTS DURING THE WEEK. For the week ending at noon Saturday 17,050 emigrants wese landed at Castile Garden, as fol- lows:— Number, 56 EAST RIVER MYSTERIES, The body of a woman, apparently thi years of age was foand in the river, foot of Broadway, ‘iliamsburg, yesterday morning. The ‘was poorly clad, it was removed to Parker’s, Union avenue and Ny, th Firat street, to await identifica a fine professional contrast to his wife. Headquarters throughout Saturday, active interest in the business of the Board. When the HERALD reporter entered his sanctuary Satur- day afternoon Mr. Gardner was busy with the de- tails of his office. reporter asked him if his advent to his responsible position would be signalized by any reforms, spas- modic or substantial. He replied :— proceed legally. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. Aur. Sothern’s last appearances at Wallack’s this season will be made as Lord Dundreary the first three and Brother Sam the last three nighta of this Week, The season closes next week at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn. On Friday next Wieniawski will give a concert, preparatory to his departure for California, with his new company. He has engaged Mme. Julie De Ryther for the occasion, The Summer season at Niblo’s begins this evening with a recopstruction of the pantomime, with new scenery, dresses, dances and tricks, and the re-engagement of Lulu and of Lannier, Lupo and the corps de ballet. We have a bushel-basketful of replies to “A Lady's’? complaint against smoking in the Central Park Garden. One of the respondents, ‘A Musi- cian,” answers that he is “annoyed” by “giggling ‘Wwomen”’ when he goes there to hear good music, The season at the Brooklyn Theatre will close on Monday evening, June 2, with a benefit to Mrs, F. B. Conway. The many friends of the lady will shew their appreciation of her management of the theatre by a testimonial worthy of her aud of them. The Summer gegason at Wallack’s begins with Monday evening, June 2, when the new local pjece, “Mora, or the Golden Fetters,’ will be produced, Mr. GriMiths, of the Fifth Avenue Theatre, will ap- pear in this piece in addition to the artists already announced. Alter three additional representations, “Without @ Heart” will be witidrawn from the yoards of the Union Square Theatre. Un Thursday evening Miss Agnes Ethel re-appears tn a revival of “Agnes” for five nights and one matiuee, aiter which ‘Fer- nande” is to be revived, Miss Ethel, of course, play- ing the title part, Although there remains one more representation of Italian opera by the Maretzek troupe, which ‘will take place at the Academy on Wednesday, the impresario has effected many important engage- ments for the next season, Among them we may mention Madame Natali Testa, Mile. Di Murska and Signor Tamberiik, who are said to be secured for the Fall with Madame Lucca. A complimentary concert, to take place at Robingon Hall, next Thursday evening, has been tendered to Mr. M. Raden by some of our leading artists, The bill includes the names of Mrs. P. D. Galager, Miss Henné and Messrs. J. Grof, F. Rem- mertz. S. B, Mills, F. Bergner and Carl Bergman, with Signor Emilio Agramonte, as conductor, But the programme has a special interest in the fact that Mr. Henry Wieniawski, the celebrated vio- linist, has also volunteered for the occasion, “Monte Cristo” is to be withdrawn from the boards of the Grand Opera House after this week; but Mr. Fechter’s engagement, owing to its great success, has been extended for some time longer, and so the admirers of the great tragedian will be able to see him in other parts. On Monday even- ing, June 2, he appears in the dual part of Franchi in his own play of “The Corsican Brothers,’ which is to be produced with every scene new. The an- nouncement of the withdrawal of “Monté Cristo” is of special interest to people who have not seen Mr, Fechter in the piece. Those who remember the old Park Theatre, will have associated the Slomans, husband and wife, with that establishment, for they were a great at- traction there only a short time before that theatre was burned to the ground. Mra, Sloman, who died in Charleston twelve years ago, was a rare speci- men of the Siddons school of acting. In private life, to which she retired seon after the Park ‘Theatre was barned, she was in every sense of the word an English gentlewoman, Mr, John Sloman, though a man of rare dramatic talent, was His comic talent was something to remember a lifetime. Aided by a fine voice and wonderful expression he convulsed the audience with laughter which his talented wife had left drowned in tears. He wasa handsome man, and in private life, which he sought when his wife retired, made a host of iriends, who clung to him through life. He died some weeks ago, at his residence in this city, and was buried in the Hebrew faith, to which he was a devoted ad- herent all through his life. Mr. Sloman left his musical genius as an inheritance to his two daughters, who have won a fine reputation as pianists, which both sisters practise as a profes- sion. Mr. Sothern on His Reported Practical Jokes. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— DEAR SmR—You will do me a great favor by al- lowing me to state in the HERALD that I am seri- ously annoyed by the persistent manner in which Ifind my name constantly associated with insane “practical jokes.’ I emphatically deny all knowl- edge of them, and, moreover, I consider the last one, about the “Union League Theatre,’’ injurious to any man outside an asylum for ee a oat, E. A. le ‘ALLACK’S THEATRE, May 23, 1873. THE NEW POLICE COMMISSION. A Talk with Commissioner Gardner—The Abuses in the Force—The Proposed Ac- tion of the New Commissioners—Legal Defects in the Charter—Decision of the Gossip-Mongers—A Bad Prospeet for Evil Doers, Commissiqner Hugh Gardner was at the Police taking an After being duly presented the “] shall execute the laws faithfully and energeti- cally, and, when possible, every offender and crim- inal shall be punished. But Ido not intend to act like @ buil in a china shop; neither is ita very de- sirable proceeding to act on the new broom prin- ciple.” F “J suppose you mean to suppress the gaming houses?” “Where possibie; I shall simply execute the law. My position is an executive, not a legislative one. Respecting gaming houses, the new charter leaves us more powerless than the old Commissioners were. If you gamble in your house I have no right to enter it without the warrant of law. We must You may be assured that what- ever energy, fidelity and honesty can be shown in my position will be employed by me.” “And, ag to houses of ill-fame ?? “All of those public evils will be controlled in so far as it is possible so todo, At present nothing can be done, because we are not aware oi the nature and extent of the different abuses. It 1s charged, for example, that the detective force is rotten and corrupt, and the members of it are guilty of receiving bribes from criminals, thus com- pounding felonies. We shall thoroughly investi- gate all these charges, and where true the Cyn will be severely dealt with. It 1s also reperted that several police captains receive head f from the keepers of -brotels. In such cases [ think the captain is more infamous @nd culpable than the keeper of the house itself.’” “Bat the charter itself, you say, instead of in- creasing, diminishes your powers !” “Precisely. If a man is arrested, according to the new law permitting suspected persons to be taken into cubtody, he is sued out on a writ of habeas corpus and naturally set at liberty,”’ mS Suppose the Board is hardly in working order e “Hardly. I intend to become thoroughly ac- quainted with my duties as soon as possible, and of course will be more eficieut the longer office. You may be certain, however, that I will act calmly and justly in all cases and always en- force the laws. ‘If there is @ disagreeable law on the statute book it must ve repealed; otherwise it will be enforced.” Considerable conversation follow which im- Dressed the reporter with the conviction that Mr. Gardner 1s a sensible and practical administrator. ‘He does not intend to do things which in a few weeks must be undone, thereapon confessing to crime that the police have been led, Mr. Gard- ner is apparently forty-five years of age, of fine presence, courteous ‘manners, frank and out- spoken, and, a8 he says himself, “I have no secrets and no revenges to gratify,"”” ‘The Commissioners will, therefore, proceed quietly to investigate all the charges against the different branches of the service, snd it is not impossible that several captains will lose their positions. Around the Headquarters unusual quiet prevailed, The general gossip, summed up ina line, seemed gi aa ne people have won and the politicians ve lost THE NAVAL OADETSHIP, The Brooklyn Examining Committee decided on Saturday last to award the appointment for the vacancy from the Third Congressional district, Brooklyn, to Arthar B. Tracey. The fortunate outh 1s sixteen years Ol age, & graduate of ‘ublic School No. 35, New York, and a@ pupil of whe New York Coliege, He resideg at G4 Gates avenug, ’ NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. GATHERING OF THE QUAKERS. Opening Services of the Annual Confer- ice Of the Society of Friends—Sermons ad Exhortations by Rachel Towns- end, Samuel Levick, George Turner and Others—Reason as a Helper to Salva- tion—A Woman’s Shot at the Credit Mobilier Congress—Why Not Vote the Poor Freedmen Their Back Pay!—The “Inward Light.” ‘The first session of the annual Conference of the Hicksite Friends—the meeting for the opening re- ligious services of worship and devotion—was held yesterday at the Rutherfurd place meeting house, opposite Stuyvesant Park. A very large congregation, numbering over two thousand per- sons, Was gathered in the church, Many of the worshippers had come from distant portions of this and other States, and included both old and young, ‘The venerable and kind-faced elders and ministers who sat upon the lofty seats of dignity in the 1ore- ground were contrasted in the dim light of the place, with a peculiar and striking edfect, with the main portion of the assemblage, which shone brightly with THE LUSTRE OF BEAUTY AND FASRION; for fashion it seems has found its way even into the staid community ef the Friends, as well as among those who are styled the vainer children of the world, Yesterday, unlike many days upon which this event has formerly tallea, and totally in disregard of the jact that tradition declares that it always must rain when “the Quakers are in town,” was sunshiny and exceedingly cheerful. The songs of the birds among the trees surrounding the church were in happy accord with the feeling of worship and praise that prevailed within the temple, and the assembled people seemed envel- oped in a quiet and unbroken dream of peace. Among the prominens, persons present were the celebrated chel Wilsen-Barker-Moore ‘Town- send, S@muel Levick and George Truman, of the Philadelphia Conference, and Rachel Hicks, the revered matron, who is honored with the title of the “Mother of tne Society.” The solemn silence with whieh the meeting was commenced was finally broken. Rachel ‘Tewusend Was the first Speaker. Sne discoursed eloquently upon the value of reason as a heiper to salvation, holding tis as the work of each individual, She regarded every child as being vorn in a@ state oi “negative innocence; Jesus was born in this state, and we, like him, must grow up to @ positive virtue. The child must eat both BITTER AND HONEY, in order that he might know the good from the bad. It was the will of the Heavenly Father that every one should be saved—that none should be Jost. Suffering, which was sent for our purification, Was just as © nsistent as thateve should rejoice. Every child might be instrumental in opening the eyes of the blind and bringing them to God, even as Jesus aid, for, she asked, was there a doubt that the miracics o! Jesus were performed spiritually? We must not believe that Jesus died to save us. WE MUST SAVE OURSELVES. She then drew the figure of a father sacrificing one son to redeem the faults of his family, ar- guing that it was not in accordance with sense. She appealed to the society to no longer cast this indiguity upon a living God, There was no Saviour but God, and they that stood on Mount Zion were all saviours to lead people to Goa. She closed with a touching appeal to the Society ot Frienus in behalf of the colored people of the South who are aged and sick—worn out fb slavery, and are now cast upon the world like a ship upon the sea without a rudder. Thts course of the American people—their ingratitude to ihe pvor blacks, who had earned much of their wealth for them—must meet the displeasure ol an Almighty God, Could not the rich of the Nortn help them’? Might nota parctof their unpaid production be now returned to them? Why did A HUMANE CONGRESS VOTE BACK PAY to its members and let its colored children, the old and the sick, go hungry ana without clothing, begging a crustefrom door to door, until they died, and their bones lay bleaching in the sun and rain ? Let each man labor, not for himsell, or to hoard up earthly riches, but for the poor, the aged and sick, whom God had given us. After she had concluded a touching prayer was offered up by Esther Haviland that Ged might be with them in the labors of the Conterence, Samuel Levick, of Philadelphia, then arose and delivered an address. The heart that was given up to serve God was a worshipper of God, and he would accept it. Should we turn our backs be- cause We feit we had not yet attained goodness ? Let us strive on until we should witness His almighty power and should be saved. God soloved the werld that He not only followed the hosts through tne wilderness, but had given us Christ Jesus to exemplily in man THE CHARACTER OF THE PERFECT WORK. The Scriptures were given us for our instruction, They were not for private interpretation, but were intended for the help and guidance of al! mankind. The taw given on Mount Sinai was @ lamp to the feet of the sinner. God measured His instruction to His children’s condition. How shall we be saved? Hearing of God and His Son Jesus Christ would not give to us that knowledge that is saving. WE MUST BELIEVE IN CHRIST - and His doctrine. To Him that overcomes is promised the true reward. ‘Come unto Me all ye ends of the earth and be saved." A lady from Baltimore next spoke, and was fol- lowed by an elderly gentleman, who discoursed quite lengthily upon THE NEW BAPTISM that he Nad learned to love. Being satisfied that he loved God, he craved naught alter the riches of this world, and quoted the text—“seek first the kingdom of Ged, and all things neediul will be added.” He had sought the Lord cael and be- lieved it was the duty of parents and elders to be an example to the young and to lead them upward “to seek the Kingdom of Heaven and its righteous- ness,” “The young are gathered home; the middle- aged die; the old must die; therefore let us go up in the mountain of the Lord,” and thus he sat wn. After a time of quiet and the usual notice of af- ternoon services the congregation dispersed, with the usual shaking of hands and kindly greetings. Afternoon Services, The church at the afternoon services, beginning at four o'clock, was again crowded with worship- pers, although not so greatly as in the morning. The principal speaker was George Truman, of Phitadelghia, who discoursed on the meaning of the Quaker faith. He illustrated the life and growth of the Christian by the New Testament figure ofa tree. Men did not expect to gather fruit from the trunk of the tree; neither did they expect to gather it from‘ the limbs, nor in the early Spring-time, nor in the season of blossom; but towards the close of the Summer of life they might find it in the outermost branches, ready in growth for the light and power of the sun to bring it to perfection and ripeness, So it was with human nearts and minds, He then asked what was the light which was poured by God into the soui of man? With the prisms of science the light of the sky could be analyzed into multitudinous colors; se that light which shines upon the mind (the “in- ward light”) could in the same manner be separated into its qualities. It was the love, the purity, the goodness, the charity and the grace of God; and when in tts magnificent brightness itcame aa into the soul ef man it was received by him an called by the name of CONSCIENCE— the something that told him when he was aoing wrong. Without that light there would be no real blossom at all upon the tree of fife. When it came into the soul chamber, as it did into the inner cells ol the tree, it would remove jeaiousy, hate, detrac- tion and all other corruption, as the light of heaven cured the distases and the hurts of the plant. When 1¢ obtained the ascendancy in the heart it removed or neutralized all that was bad. What should it be called? It should be named God, for He was love; ba oon {t should reign in the soul there would exist A SWEET HARMONY between Man and the Most High, The soul would become one With that power that rules heaven and earth. Here was the affinity with the divine na- ture—this light of God in the soul, He worked with iove to the purifying af the nfind, and when at last we should throW off the unclean garments of sin we would reach that blessed state in life when we would at last have perfect communion with God. All other means of attaining this had failed. This was the law of God, WRITTEN ON THE HEART OF MAN, the same light.which had shone, through all ages, from His holy countenance, and which re shines and is found new and beautiul for each day and hour. It was given us that in all circumstanees we might glorify Him, listening to His voice to direct our steps, ‘being ag little children, really and truth- fuily, joint heirs of God with Christ. No vicarious action could bly be used in the receiving and obeying of hte The reverend preacher then dilated on tne idea that instead Of our soujs being mere appendages to our bodies, a8 people often seemed to think, our bodies were only attached to the soul. The spur- itual was unqtestionably the true man. People talked of eternity as if we would know nothing about it until we shouid leave these bodies, But we were ms GROWING IN ETERNITY, and our eternal existence did not begin, but con- tinued after the death of the natural being, when our vision would be wider than now and tending toward that final state when we could glority God with perfect praise and enjoy Him forever. Man was not born an animal, with merely an instinctive force, but there ‘was a Divine force in the merest child—an unconscious power that would last long after His earthly life had ceased, The being of God entered into his nature in order that he might be His true son, and moulded him with His lov, tice and Hg into the divine lile. Then could he realize he higher grace of God, Then would each make for himself channels for usefulness and good; for these inspirations were neceived, not to be hoarded, but to be spread over the earth among our fehow men, “By this shall all men know ye are my ¢isciples, 1f ye have this love one for another.” ‘This Was that power which would BIND 80UL TO SOUL and canse universal peace—the family of man, & unit, standing upon the Rock of Ages and speaking the glory of God with one voice. Then, continued the preacher solemnly, when comes that messenger whom men call death, but a beuntiful angel I cail him, and touches these out- ward garments, so that they drop off and leave the soul clear of impediment and we, have done our r, there is no more here to be fulfilled. But we shall then feel that there ix other work beyond the rave, and we shalt know that these things are true; but we ought not to wait until that solemn mo- ment, We ought to feel that we do not step from the thresholds ot our domiciles without the purity of God wrapped around us for our protection. Then, when we have done our duty, working according to the measure of power that is furnished us, the time will come that all things will be in order and we will be fitted to go on and receive the crown in store for every one of us, It will not be from man or the Church, but from God, A SUNNY SUMMER SUNDAY. How New Yorkers Enjoyed the First Hot Sabbath of the Season—The Boating on the Bay and the Perambulations in the Park, The great metropolis was seething and simmer- ing under a genuine Summer sun glare yesterday, and people, according to their various physical temperaments and abilities, either enjoyed or en- aured the day as best they could, To that great ana peculiarly active class of citizens who consider it an obligatory duty to put op their wrinkled black cassimere pants, a shiny stove-pipe hat and a pair of reserved creaking boots it was a glorious Sun- day. That is the class that finds no pleasure on any holiday, secular or religious, except that of peram- bulation in “store” attire—they must be out walk- ing or calling on friends. To the other class, that likes to enjoy a sort of quiet, even lazy, day at home, yesterday was also enjoyable; but they could have got along quite as well with a de- gree or two less of Fahrenheit. From early morning the day gave promise o/ being very warm, though the atmosphere was generally clear and there was a symptoin of cootness in the shade. But with all its ambient beauty, there was never- theless a thick heaviness about it that presaged unmistakably the coming of SEVERE NOONDAY WARMTH, and as the sun rose into the dome of infinitude his rays fell warmer and more protuse gntil his ardent Stuiles were too radiant to be pleasant. And then out-of-door masses of humanity were everywhere astir. The processions of churchgoers sought the shady sides of streets, and as a rule went straight home at tne close of the services, instead of in- dulging in the little after-worship walks which are souietimes so extremely pleasant, Early afternoon found whole families on the move, both as pedestrians and in the democratic fashion of street car patrons. Fathers were out with the juvenile and adolescent members of the home circle, and in thousands of cases fathers,mothers and juveniles, with pocketed door keys and small satchels of provender, betook themselves to tne Centfal Park and to the various ferries for a little suburban recreation and air. The trip down the bay was eagerly sought for and indulged into avery large extent, and the Staten Island ferryboats carried larger numbers of passengers on their alternoon trips than they have done at any time since last Summer, and THE SHORES OF THAT SHINING BAY. never appeared to prettier advantage than they did yesterday. The sky was glorious in the rich, soit depth of its cerulean coloring, and where the cioud banks and pillars swept in fleecy massiveness athwart the heavens they only served to enrich and intensify the beauties of the vast expanse of blue, The green waters of the harbor flashed and shimmered in the sunlight as the cool, puffy breeze lifted their surface Into a myriad of rippling peaks, and the white sails of hundreds of pretty vessels of all sizes dotted the vista away to the dim and distant horizon. And now that THE FOLIAGE has fully borst on the trees, a bright emerald belt seems to hold the silvery field, save where, un- clasped to seaward, it lets the molten food mingle its Waters with the stormiest ofall the oceans, There were many steamboats afloat yesterday carfying away cargoes of human freight in all directions—+ through the Narrows to the sea _and Coney Island beach and down the torturous Kill Von Kull to the Jersey Highlands anc Raritan Bay, Up the Hud- son, too, between shores crested with wooded hills or rocky walls and dotted with superb vilias, the steamers bore their health and pleasure seeking loads of happy domestic voyagers; AND THE JADED HORSES of the street railroads; if they were only gifted with the power of estimating nuaibers by weight and could answer a query as to whether ail the town went to the Park, they would undoubtedly say “Neigh, moge.” The Park is in full Summer feather and foli@fe, and the Superintendent and his little army of laborers have got everything in first class order. ‘Ihe walks are tu excellent repair, the drives cleanly swept and nicely watered, the lawns and grass borders neatly mown, the swans are scraping acquaintances with all the NURSES AND CHILDREN for crumbs of cake, dnd the boat landing at the foot of the terrace, is the busiest place in the Park. The Park boatmen, in their tidy naval rig, bend steadily at the oars, and all day long the awning covered wherries glided under bridges and past dwarf promontories, making their three mile yvoy- ages about the lake, with soit gliding motion, that seemed far more ianciful than real. The terrace, now s nearly completed, has al- most assumed the handsoine bef forebeened originally designed tor it, and the grand fountain attracts the attention of thousands of admiring observers, who are only anxious to see the flowing of the waters from beneath the feet of the angel in this charming illustration of BETHESDA’S REALTH-GIVING POOL. New York has never before boasted a fountain worthy of the name either in power or in artistic beauty of design, and to thousands who have never witnessed the spouting wonders of the gardens of Versailles or of Hyde Park, or the great jet that soars to an altitude of 120 feet in the Canadian metropolis, the new and handsome fountain in the Park is a source.of the greatest wonderment. The jountain will be formally inaugurated in a few days, and the ceremonies will be of an interesting character, after which the Sunday throngs may revel in the cool mists and rainbow beauties of this exquisite hydraulic ornament, e crowd of visitorsto the Park yesterday was by all odds the largest and most diversified that has been seen there this season, and museum, menagerie, mall, statuary, waterscape, landscape, lawns, loliage and flowers, all received their due share of patronage aud appreciation, PROSPECT PARK. Brooklyn’s Grand Pleasure Resort—The Crowds There Yesterday. The first symptom of Summer Sabbath salubriety had the effect, as was anticipated, of attracting the people to their magnificent park on Prospect Hrll yesterday. The inducements for outdoor exercise presented by the warm and genial atmosphere were more than the working classes, the ‘“‘toilers of the week,” could resist, and the doors closed early in the af- ternoon upon the retreating forms of men, women and children bound out for an airing. “Ah! this is like the thing,” exclaimed the gratified recrea- tionists as they took their,places on tke cars run- ning parkward and gazed around compiacently. “A late season, truly; but glorious Summer sun- shine, at last, compensates us for the delay.’ And so it was With genuine zest and happiness that the masses made their way to Brookiyn’s grand pleas- ure ground, None of the forty thousand,visiiors during the day and evening—there could not have been less within the precincts of the grounds— regretted the $5,000,200 expended on this work, The grasa was luxuriant in DEEP VELVETY VERDURE, and the kaleidoescpic effect of the throng of gaily attired men and women, in dresses of every con- ceivable hue, moving about Long Meadow and up and down the glep was fascinating indeed. Tne icture presented was of the most cheerful color- ing and Lae itself upon the memory of the beholder with enduring depth. Happy vision to conjure before the mind’s eye amid the dust. din, heat and anxtety of “the snop” tor the enau- ing six days of labor! Over the well-kept and watered roads rol'ed vehicles of every description, filied with joyous people. ON THE LAKE, which furnishes no less than two miles of circuit. ous sailing surface, fitted thirteen cheerily-laden, brightly-painted rowboats and the *‘catboat,” “Lady ol the Lake,” the flagship of Admiral O’Brien’s fleet, The approaches to the boats are very fine and the inducements offered for skimming over the silvery waters and about the miniature islets) are “periectly irresistible,’ a8 @ belle of a bevy of fair voyagers remarked, stepping nimbly ashore trom the thwart of a boat. Not far from the lake, in the vicinity of Nethermead Con. course, the “Sheiter Cottage,” an ornate reatau- rant, furnished refreshments and comfort to the weary ramblers, The soda water fountain, ices and jellies were relished by the hundreds, and the attendance was exceilent, while the rates were the si asin the outside world, The walk from this latter point UP THROUGH THR GLEN, by the pretty cascades, was charming inthe ex- treme,. On “Cottage Hill’ stands ‘the dairy.’ Hereabout clustered hundreds of people athirst for that delicious drait of the Alderney lacteal fiuid—the finest of milk. The bill of fare was rea- sonable and great improvement over last year's management was apparent under the Bogartian me. ne view from Prospect Hill reservoir was Oy beyond all description, The harbor, lands and “the two cities” presenting such a oo gama tes a aan tly ap- ‘Thus was Prospect Park fairly opened for the Summer of 1873 yeaterday, = PERU. Presidential Message to Congress and Dissolue tion of the Legislative Assemblage. The General Condition of the Country and Finange of the Nation—Railways and the New Loan— Patriotic Parades on a National Anniver- sary—The Army and Citizen Bighte— Serious Losses by Fire in Callao— Spanish Naval Humiliation in Memoriam—Public Educa- tion and Primary Schools, Lr, May 5, 1878, The events of the past week possess an extra: ordinary degree of importance for those who take an interest in the progress of Peru. The final ad- journment of the Congress of 1872-78; the message delivered by the President to the legislative body on that occasion; the publication of the laws and resolutions enacted and approved during the session; the proof of the establishment of the National Guard on a firm basis, as manifested in the grand review of the 2d of this month, and the realization of Mr. Pardo’s darling idea of decem tralzing the local government, dare all matter intimately connected with the welfare and pro# perity of the country, PRESIDENTIAL EXPOSITION. To afford a clear idea of the present condition ef the Republic, your correspondent will make @ few extracts from the President's message, in which a comparison is instituted between the order of things and tlre chaos ing when the Pardo government entered into power, He refers to the terrible scenes of July last, when the ambitious Gutierrezes met their fearful fate at the hands of those whose liberties they had attempted to assault, and to the sub- sequent disorder resulting therefrom; the army dispersed and disorganized; the revenue derived from the sale of guano pledged for the service of the foreign debt; the sums derived from internal resources insufiicient for the expenses ef the gov- ernment, great public works threatened with sus pension by the indiscreet proceedings of tne financial agents of the Republic, and the danger of 20,000 laborers being thrown out of employment. the interests of the country absolutely demanding the steady continuation of these enterprises, and in addition to these formidable embarrassments, @ religious question was found on the tapis of more than diMcuit solution—these were the principal ob- Stacles in the path of progress when Parda undertook. to guide the destinfes of the country. The question was, Could the situation be successfully combatted? The problem is solved, and “Peru has given new proof of her in+ herent strength—thanks to Divine Providence— and to the understanding which was immediately established between the governors and the gov erned. The first grand step was te insure the internal security of the ceuntry. That has been accomplished by the creation of the National Guards—by making the people themselves the de« fenders of their rights, and by abolishing that odio us militarism which had been the curse of Peru since the early days of her independent life, The second necessity has also been careiully re- garded by Congress, A law has received the ap- probation of Congress by which the district and municipal authorities are no longer appointed by the general government, but are named by the people, thus providing for each town and city of cers acquainted with their wants, interested in their advancement and zealous ia the discharge of their duties.” From the able measures adopted by both Houses of the Legislature respecting the financial state of the country Mr. Pardo is sanguine that the difficul. tles ae sitiation will speedily disappear, and remarks:— On our assumption of power the national cyedit wag threatened by 4) issue of a loan which had been twice offered, but ret Md. Public works had been contracted. for sums greater than those appropriated fer their con- struction, An internal debt existed for a considerable amount, payable on demand. The guano products were mortgaged ‘to our foreign bondholders. In a word, @ monetary crisis Was imminent. BOt the peril has been, averted by your prudent and wise action in the premises and from the assistance received by my government from all classes of our countrymen, from the most powerful banking institutions ‘to the —humbles artisans. You have insured the — interests o our foreign creditors; tho honor and good faith of Peru, always regarded abgoad with that respect which our yerupalousexuctitude merited, are sate. You ha also found a means for covering the deficit noted in estimates tor public works, at in some instances the e: isting contracts have been modified in a favorable man- ner tor us, Regarding our income derived trom other sources than tat of guano, by your legistation you have augincnted the too moderate tariff of duties which has hitherto been in force, and havé, by the adoption of the, law restricting the exportation of nitrate, created an item of revenue which will prove of much ‘importance. The deficit which now appears in the budget tor the two yours of 1878 and 1874 will at the end of two more yeara have disappeared. The authority givem to me te issue government bonds, bearing a rensonable rate of interest, will enable us to suce MY, contend with this heretotore doubttul problem. ‘The resolutions passed with respect to uumigration will forward that movement, placin, power of the {mmigrants all the requisites to soil by their labor, and our pgpulat their habits their blood. Fruittul in results will be the laws which have met with your approval, extending some of our principal railways: guaranteéing an inter on the capital cinployed in laying acable trom Panama im the rich our tion Gy their ideas, to Payta, and our prosperity will be increased by the con- ditions attached to the Mast with Fort the lutroduction of Chinese labor to tl for the equitable and humune establishment of this tr my government is now in diplomatic treaty with the Cablhet at Pekin. This 1 a résumé of your most important labors. You can now retire to your homes, leaving the Hepublle in @ very different staie trom that in which you found it, PATRIOTIC APPROVAL OF THR BXECUTIVE PROFES- SION. ‘This exposition has received the sanction of all parties, Even che opposition press, naturally enough endeavoring to shield the government of Colonel Balta from the reproaches made by Pardo, was forced to admit that the facts alleged by the President respecting the actual cénditien of affairs were by no ineans exaggerated, ANNIVERSARY OF SPANISH NAVAL HUMILIATION, The seventh anniversary of the signal defeat of the Spanish fleet at Callao, on the 2d of May, 1866, was solempized in @ most unusual manner for Peru. Hitherto no government has dared to aris in the hands of the people, feariul jest their exasperation and djscontent might be shown in @ mode little calculated to insare the stability of its power; but Vardo, confident in the affec- tien and support of his fellow citizei has been busily organizing the Nattoni Guard since the month of December last. On ti zd inst. twenty-one battalions of militia, number- ing in all about six thousand five kundred men, armed by the State and generally uniformed py their colonels, selected trom among the most dis- tinguished inhabitants of Lima, appeared on pe rade and were inspected by the President and his Cabinet. The sight was extremely interesting; every class of men was represented in the ranks. Well disciplined, for every Peruvian from the unfor- tunate civil wars which have desolated the country is acquainted with the use of arms, the battalions presented an excellent display, but the moral effect greatly exceeded that of the mere physical force. The reguiar army of the Republic amounts to about two tiousand men, a figure lower than that of any previous administration, the number of troops maintained being barely sufficient to garrk gon the principal cities and seaports. This cen- clusively demonstrates that the present is the government of the people. PUBLIC EDUCATION. Another gratifying inctdent during the celebra- tion of the anniversary of the national victory was the formal in | of aprimary school, designed after those of the United States ‘and established by Dr. José Antonio Garcia, of Garcia, for many years Peruvian Minister in Washington, Mr. Pardo pre- sided at the ceremony, and in the course of nis remarks advoeased the formation of & societ; througnout the Republic for the purpose of foui ing similar educational establishments. The ides was eagerly accepted and a large number of gentlee men immediately inscribed their names as mem- bers. DISASTROUS FIRB IN CALLAO. The only shade on these rejoicings was a severe conflagration which took place at Callao, on the night of the 2d, burning down about half a square of the principal street, with a logs of 1,000,000 soles, The jewelry store of E. Reullinger, an American ein 4 entirely destroyed. Insurance incon- sideral DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. Between five and six o'clock yesterday morning &man was found in the hallway of the boarding house 30 South Fifth atreet, Williamsbarg, covered with blood and apparently iifeless, He was re- Moved to the Fourth street station house, and Rolice Surgeon S, J. Brady found an ugly wound in sowed in *prefusion. ‘The surgeon dressed the irgeol wounds and brought the sufferer to consct: When ne said that his name was Frederi in of meister, a native of Rh tnd ai id shat he inflicted seit with & Clasp knife, in Fam act er in Het ig his existence, le ‘and failing 60 0D recently arrived from Germany, a If it had been sharp, the wor to be inflicted wold Mave Pi We APB + rusty and intended otanbanco