The New York Herald Newspaper, June 9, 1873, Page 5

THE SKINNED NEGRO, “Professor” West at Dover, Del. Trial of The Defence Rests and Rebutting Tes- timony on Behalf of the People. Cabinets of Curiosities and What nyt They Contained. The Insanity Plea and the Theory of Insanity. HOW TO MAKE A NEGRO WHITE. Dover, Del., June 6, 1973. The fourth day of the trial of Professor West, @harged with the murder of “Cooch” Turner, a Regro, in December last, developed a more general interest than any of the preeeding days, if the imcreasing number of spectators in the courtroom May be accepted as an indication; and the charac- ter of the people attending has not deteriorated in the least, but, on the contrary, the representatives Of the élite of the capital society have been here in fall force, Delaware's beauty has centred at Dover from time immemorial, and the examples and precepts of the dames and demoiselles of igh degree who make Dover their home Dave radiated like #80 many sunbeams to the uttermost ends of the three counties of the Diamond State. One may go to any borough in Delaware and hear of the blue-blooded young lady of Dover, who traced her ancestry back to WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, and the number of: gallants she had refused, who, im many instances, possessed plenty of lucre, Dat no blood. “Well, sir, you bet,” said my in- formant, ‘she got blood when she married, and now they live in Europe.” All the youthful elite @ the gentler sex in Delaware have that young iady’s exampie held up to them as @ pattern and a guide. Such, then, was the char- acter of our female audience this morning, and you will not wonder when 1 tell you the stern faces of the jury relaxed about two degrees under gach favorable circumstances. U wonder if it was apiece of legal acumen on the part of Salisbury that these beautiqg, graced the proceedings with their presence, THE TESTIMONY. ‘When the Court adjourned Jast evening it was @opposed the witnesses for the defence had all becn heard, and Mr. Salisbury, counsel for the ac- used rested his ease. When the Vourt opened to-day Mr.gSalisbury asked that one more witness might be heard in the prisoner's behalf. The request was granted. The Court having convened anda the jury-roll called, Benjamin E, Bennett was sworn, and testified as follows :—I know the prisoner at the bar; I was at | Milton the Wednesday evening previous to Thanks- giving Day last; I saw Isaac C. West there at ten O'elook at night, at the depot; said be was waiting for the train to go home; the train was to have left at one o'clock; West seemed very restless; seemed as if he was in a great deal of troable; there was a wild and vacant hook in his eye; 1 saw him ip Philadeiphia the next day; asked him why he hadn’t gone home to Dover Jast night; said he had some businces to attend to in Piilade)phia; his looks were the same; I believe that he was insane. Cross-examined—I mentioned the fact that I thought he was insane, that night, at the depot; I told Mr. Jones so at tne depot, ‘The defence rests here. FOR THE PEOPLE. ‘The Attorney General recalled Edward Ridgely— Ravo heard most of the testimony in regard to gathering relica; I have some curiosities—two bot- tes of snakes and some other things; they were ven ame by Mr: Fowier; 1 think 1 am a sane man; community give me credit fog sanity. William E. Fowler sworn—! am prothonotary of this county; 1 have a few curiosities; I bought a cabinet, in which was a large collection of reptiles; 1 had a piece of rope witb which Oskins was hung, also a piece of the Atlantic cable; I kept them in my saloon; I kept —_ gat tener purpose 01 ving eople an appetite, (Laughter. oe hy jou—Heard that Dr. West had a for- | tune leit him in South America; after his marriage | ‘with Mise Slay West came into my office and w were talking about the South American fortune; was yn Gd at him and said I thought it wasa good job he had put up to start such a report to t Miss Slay; West laughed very heartily; ha own West three or four years; I have been inti- mate with him; had a conversation with West a | ‘week after the homicide, Oounsei for delence asked the Court to stop wit- hess from detailing conversations. Judge Gilpin repiied that it was in reply to de- fence of insanity ana was admis-ible. Witness continued—Went to jail to see West fre- quently ; told him I would not talk so wueh if | was him; told him there was one thing about his con- fession I dia not understand, and would Itke it ¢ ed; asked him why he poured alcoh 1 on the Whiten it after skinning it; he replied that he knew that Turner was about hix office about six o'clock at night, and in case the building burned down he thought he could inake it appear the body ‘was that of a white man ii he should ever be called upon to explain matters; West seemed to be very nervous aud worried; I believe from my knowledge of Mr, West that he never was insane. + Croas-eXaihined.—Am a single man; think J know, wien the time comer, how to go te work to get a wife: know something about the way a yourg Man would go to work to gain the affections of a young ee (Laughter.) Heni Bennett.—Have known Isaac C. West about cleven years; have known him int‘mately; I was at the same schoo! With him; saw curiosities collected by Dr. West—some Indian curiosities, arrow heads, &c.; saw an arm preserved in a case im aloft over Mr. Dunning’s store after West had come home from college; saw an old coffee mill that came over in the Mayflower; I understood him that he was interesting himself in anatomy and physiology; a number of students in our sehooi made collections of relics and curtosities; In answer to a question touching his sanity Mr. Bepnett said he considered himselt sane; my inion Ol Isaac C, West evas that “his head was level.” (Laughter.) David F, Burton—I know Isaac C. West; I never thought him insane. Charles Culbreth—Have known Isaac C. West | about two years; | thought lis mind was good. Andrew J. Wright, sworn, detailed his inter- eourse with West, and believed him to be a man of gound mind and discriminating judgment, Jonn H. Bateman, cashier of the First National Bank of Dover, testified that West hau kept a bank account with the bank, have been a sane man, A number of witnesses, some of whom were wit- nesses for the defence on yesterday, were cailed, and testified to West's gencrai conduct during the riod of their several acquaintances with him. Ht ed that they had not deemed him of un- sound mind. DEMEANOR OF THE ACCUSED. As witness after witness was cailed—men of r Spectarility all of them—and swore so positive to his sane conduct and their belief that he was ai- ‘Ways sane, West's countenance fell, his mouth nally opened and his face wrinkled. He sat wilentiy, staring from the bar to the Jucages, and from the Judges to the, reporters’ stand, When his tutor, Mr. Reynolds, swore tive that he had considered West m bis schooi days a youth of more than ordinary promise, ani had always considered him as a man of very sound mind and “very smart,” Wesi's countenance assumed a demoniac glare, and one could easily see that with Mr. Reynolds’ evidence agamst him West concinded that INSANITY WAS “PLAYED OUT.” Having examined all the witnesses for the re- Dbuttal of the evidence of insanity, the Attorney General announced that the State would rest the case. Counsel ior the defence recalled Dr. West's brother, also a doctor, who testified that he oceu- a room off the recitation room at the school he place for no other purpose than study, it Daving been sought by the State to prove that rhe Feom hud been occupied by the West brothers ior the purposes of domestic economy. ‘The Court adjourned till hait-past two I’. M. PACTS OF THR CASE. The District Attorney, in his address to the jury, gald:—It has not been denied that ‘Cooch” or Henry Sarner was kilied by the prisoner on the 2d @ay of December, 1872, I shall endeavor to show bg! frem the evidence adduced that this homl- cide was murder of the first degree. On the Prisover's Own statement apprehend that there will be no doubt in your minds that ‘Cooch’’ ‘Turner was killed by the prisoner at the bar. You ‘will recall all the circumstances attending the fire at Dr, West's office. You will remember tere ‘was a jarge box in the middie of the room filled Witness believed West vo | ¢ with inflammable material and the paper poak with coal oil, Yon will remember the feeling arovnd the how one Witneve Wid us abyut pulyoe is Tay Op ® ROIS, NEW YORK HERALD. MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1873—TRIPLE SHEE? ‘AND THE RODY WAS SKINNED. The people looked around in hopes of finding some piace where Dr. West's head could have been biown, but they found instead a hole filled with fae Beiore the body could be committed to DR. WEST RETURNED TO TOWN ii) and then the body was committed to tie ground as the body of “Cooch’”? Turner. ‘The trict Attormey then proceeded to detail West's wanderings about the country, and his ap- pearing at the railroad stations, all of which has already been published in the HERALD. WHY THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED. It has been shown that this man West had an in- tense greed for money. You have heard this man paces insurance on his life. He was insured for was making arrangements to teach school for $1,200 per year, and the premium on that insurance would be about six hundred dollars per annum, When he rented his oMce he said he only wanted it for short time; that he would make or break in two weeks, You will recollect his measuring Mr. Windolph and finding the difference in their weights and measures to he very slight, He asked Mr. Windolph time and again to visit his oMce, but that entieman for some reason «id not go. Suppose the powder had been reached by the fire! Mr. West, instead of being before you to-day on @ charge oi murder, would have had his virtues re- corded ou a tombstone, and the object of that inscription @ living man spending ul gotten gains. It was almost @ success; so nearly so, that his own brother came here to attend bis funeral. It is always so. I shall ask you to weigh in your minds if it was possible this killing was done in self-defence, You lind the prisoner a strong, healthy, sober man, and the murdered man was a drunken negro, as coun- sel for the other side has taken pains to prove. (Portions of West’s confession were read by Mr. Massey, and statements alleged to ave been made by West were compared and foand to materially disagree in certain [ap ys as to the manner of the kill- ing, &¢.) hy do these statements disagree? Be- cause West found \t necessary by the time he got to Dover to get up a statement that would be more favorable to himself, The statement or confession ae to the Coroner’s jury was matured in his: mind, ‘THE THEORY OF INSANITY. According’to the laws of this State it must be clearly proven to the jury that a man is insane. From *Archibald’s Crimimal Proceedings” we learn that the law deems a man sane until the contrary is proven. It is not “queerness,” but an absence of the knowledge that wrong doing brings panishment. It has never been contended that West was incapable ol transacting business, yet he is brought here before you as an insane man. Was he incapable of knowing what was right? Was heinsane? If there is any insanity in West’s mind it must be partial insanity ; no amount of “queerness,”” no amount of eccentricity, is in- sanity. Every man has his peculiarities, but would you call every man of your acquaintance insane? You must have the best and clearest evidence in the world to establish insanity. The assistant to the Attorney General went into an analysis of the alleged insanity of the elder West. He contended that Mr. West’s (Sr.), insanity fe thse? was the result of a bilous fever and the chills, Mr. Bates will continue his argument to-morrow. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Three Years’ Cruise of the United States Steamer St. Marys in the Pacific—Tho Oid Ship at Australia. UNITED STATES STEAMER ST. MARYS, Hampton Roabs, Va., June 6, 1873. The United States steamer St. Marys, third rate, as previously announced by telegraph, arrived at Hampton Roads, Va, from San _ Francisco, Cal, June 3, 1873, touching at Valparaiso, Chile and Barbados and St. Thomas, West Iodies, eleven and a half days from the last-named port. The St. Marys has been in commission three years and four months, and was recently attached to the Pacific fleet, where she has been most ac- tiveiy employed, visiting all the principal ports on the western coasts of North and South America, the islands oj the South Sea, inciuding Australia and New Zealand, and has sailed over sixty-five thousand miles. During this extended cruise of the St. Marys, and one of no smal! risk when sati- ing among the ceral reeis and treacherous currents of the Pacific, there was not a single accident to record to lug limb, spar or ves- sel, and but two deaths, and those from natural causes, This staunch old craft is as good and strong as the day she was built at the Washington Navy Yard in 1844, nearly thirty years ago. She may well be terined the “L of the Mohicaas”— the jast of the old sailing navy—vessels that made smart seamen, andin the days when stomt canvas as their sole reliance to get in and out of port, to claw off a lec shore or work through the bele noir of a sailor's life—the “doldrums.” The St. M has ever been a@ favorke vessel with Jack; she has wel! earned her reputation as a lucky vessel. A fincr sea boat does not‘foat, and as for speed she has never been excelled. While in Fitzroy Dock, at Sydney, Austraiia, her perfect model and beautitul lines were the theme of ad- miration and commendation from those who had any taste ior marine architecture. ‘The St. Marys is well known in ail the Pacific eit » having been on the station for aden of eighteen years without returning to an Atiantic port, Few vessels have done the State such good ser- vice, and, although it is omy conjectural as to the ulterior views that the Navy Department may have in regard to this vessel, 1 venture to say that thore is DOL an officer Or man ow board who would not grieve to see har sold or broken np. When gettin under weigh from a very difficult anchorage al Callao, Pern, having several vessels close to us, and the success of the mancuvre depending entirely upon rapid working, no one doubted her bilities, and, ag she cleared both vessels ease, not | an inch in sternboard and q Kly gathering h way, one veteran and enthusiastic old a horny fists together, said, “1 tell you, boys, the old lady will do everything but talk. ‘The following is a lst of her officers :— Captain—T, ©, Harris, commanding. Lieutenants—eorge B. Livingston, executive officers, E. D, P, Heald, navigator, and H. H. Barnes. Masters—C, F. Norton, H. E, Niles, J. B. Hobson. Surgeon—G, S. Beardsley. Assistant Surgeon—A, M. Owen. Past Assistant Pavmaster—H. 7. Stanciiff. Mate W. Benham, RT. Lawiess, C. C. Has- eelbachet Capurin's Clerk—B. O'Brien. Paymaster's Clerk—F. 8. Aylwin, Boatswain—s. Coghiai Guaner—W, ©. Seymotr, Carpenter—H. BK. Philbrick, Sadmaker—G. T. Douglass. The Cruise of the Nipsic. ‘The Nassau (N. P.) Guardian of May 28 reports as follow: The United States steamer Nipsic, Captain Phy- tian, arrived at Mathew Town ov the 27th ult., and alter making a thorough, though unsuccessful, search for the Clarion Shoal, marked on the charts “doubtful” and supposed to le about fiteen mies southwest of Inagua, sailed for Key West. The Nicaragua Ship Canal Survey. -The Panama Jierald, of the 26th of May, pnb- lished the following naval report:—The United States steamship Kansas, Commauder Reed, ar- rived at Aspiuwali on the evening of the 19th inst., having completed the survey for the Nicaragna Ship al jor this Season, The Kansas wili return to own ou the evening of the 20th or next day, for purpose of taking on board Commander Lull, U.S. N., and all the officers of the expedition who wish to take passage by the Pacific mati steamship of the 25th for New York. After her re- to Aspiuwali she wiil leave for New York. The United States Congress has appropriated $30,000 for the continuance of the survey next season, COOPER UNION LITERARY CLASs, Closing Exercises of the Season—Read- ings ana Recitations. The Cooper Union Literary Class, one of the Many worthy associations that spriog trom the people and claster in the halls of the Cooper Union Bullaing, thus aiding in sulfilling the object of its venerable founder, held its closing reception Satur- day evening in the large hal! of the Institute, There Were about eight hundred persons present, chiefly comprising the friends of the class. Among them was noticeavie quite an array of fadies, and several ladies occupied seats on the platform also, The most noticeable feature of the assemblage was the routhfulness of nearly the en- tire auditory, a gray-icaded patron and admirer being visiblé only at rare intervals, The fact was interesting as tending to show that there ts acon- siderable element of youth in the city who are not entirely led away by the demoralizing in- fuences that surround them, and who take a deep and voluntary interest in mtellectual im- provement and pastimes. The exercises were light and appropriate, and were opened an introductory address by the Presitent, in whicl he took occasion to congratulate the class on the Success Which has aitended tt during the past Season, and to express the hope t when it next assembles the anguries of the juture will be bright and that time will reatize them. The remainder of the programme was as follows:—Oration, ‘wrejudice,” BE. A. Hogan; poem, “Pandora,” J, ‘ eee oration, “Love,” Dav selected readings, Professor Fro- Enlightened Kindness,” F, W. ‘Sunshine a Shadow,” Marvin i “summer,” J. J. Carolan; read- ing, il, Blood’s Leap,” James Dunne. ‘the en- tertainment passed off pleasan’ and was a happy termination to the season, le class Will meet again in October next. The following are the names of the officers :--0. W. Flanagan, President; ria pas) pier ea KE. wel Sec- retary; i. Frobisher, fessor of Efocution; Yomen Fitagerald, Gand Marsha, : ATLANTHC YACHT OLUB. of the Annual Regatta of the Atlantic Yacht Club. The eighth annual regatta of the Atlantic Yacht Club wilt be sailed to-morrew over their regular regatta course. For the past two seasons Commo- dore William Peet, of the sisop yacht Nimbus, has directed the sports of this Club, much to the satis- faction of the members, and this season he has been granted @ respite from bis laborious duties, The duties of the office will now be divided, with Com- modore T, R, Maxwell at the wheel, Commodore Maxwell is one of the most enthusiastic admirers of yachting tn the Club, and a thorough, good sailor in every sense of the word. The Regatta Com- mittee this year are:—Messrs. Edward Arnold, T. Lawrence Marceiius, Wiliam B, Davenport, B. E. Valentine and Sidney W. Knowies. The following Programme of the regatta has been issued :— RULES AND REGULATIONS, ee of the fleet, sailing m this regatta, | shall classified ag follows:—Schooners, first class sloops (cabin sloops, over forty-four feet, water line), second class sloops (cabin sloops of forty-four feet and under, water line) and third class sloops (open boats). All yachts (except schooners) will start from an anchorage off Bay Ridge, and shail be anchored in thei respective classes in lines 100 yards apart; first class sloops in advance, second and third class sloops in the rear to northward, in the order of classification, All sloops intending to sail in this regatta shall be at anchor in line, with jibs down, promptly at mine o'clock A, M, One or more members of the Regatta Committee, with the Judges, will be at the , anchorage at a quarter tonine A, M., to superin- tend the pi of the yachts, ‘The choice of posi- tion will be given to yachts in the order of their arrival; but all yachts must be at least one hun- Gred feet apart. Scnooners will be started fying as herein: r provided, All sloops may slip {nel cables on starting. The numbers which will be assigned the different yachts will be found separated. Owners and cap- tains will take notice of this, and see that they are placed sufficiently far apart—say about twelve iuches—to make them distinguishable at a dis- tance. The number is to be placed about the cen- tre of the mainsai), above the reef points, Yachts will Ny the Club fag at the main peak dur- bi big leasrs. William McMonnies, William H. Douglas ee J. Northall are hereby appointed The signal for starting will be given by the Re- gatta Committee on the guests’ steamer, the Ma- genta, and will be as follows:— At twenty minutes after ten A. M. first whistle, for preparation and for schooners to approaeh the starting point. Three minutes (more or less, ac- cording to wind) thereafter second whistie, for schooners to start. An interval of ten minutes will be allowed for the schooners to cross the line marked by two flagboats, Any schooner that may NOt cross the line within the time allowed will be ruled out. After @ suflicient interval (in the dis cretion of the Regatta Committee) third whistle, jor all sloops to start, Carefwl attention to this manner of starting (from which there will be no deviation) is particularly requested, to prevent confusion or error on the part of yachts, The course will be, for schooners and first class sloops, from the anchorage down though the Nar- rows, to and around the stakeboat at south West Spit (on bnoy 839), thence to and around hightship, rounding the same from the southward, thence home, going to southward and westward of beacon on Romer Shoal. For second class sloops the same course, to and around stakebeat at South West Spit (on buoy 84,), thence toand around a stakepoat near a buoy im Gedney Channel, round- ing the same from the southward, thence home, assing to the westward of beacon on komer hoal. For tuird class sloops, sume course, to and around stakebeat and South West Spit (on buoy 83s), thence home, Kestrictions.—Ali yachts to pass between Forts Lafayette and Richmond, to the castward of buoys and 15 on West Bank, both going and return- iz; around stakeboat at Southwest Spit by the ‘westward and southward, and at home stake be- tween the two stakeboats marking the line. The home time will be taken as the yachts cross the line between the two stakeboats, If one yacht of the feet shall sail the race in eight hours, it will be considered a race for every class. Atiowance is based upon length only—to be ascer- tained by adding actnal Jengta on water line to actual length over all; dtviding the total by two, the result to be the length on which allowance 18 to be calculated, The ratio ts fixed as per scale herewith, No fractions but quarter, half and even feet will be calculated, Distance of courses upon which the allowance will be calculated will be jor schooners and first class sloops, forty miles; rec- ond class sloops, thirty-two miles; third class sloops, twenty-four miles, Rule 17 of the “kegatta and Sailing Regulations’? of the Club, 80 far as it applies to schooners und first class sloops, is suspended for this regatta, but it Syed in tui torce to all other classes of yachts, Violations of these spectal regulations, or the “R, and S. Regulations” of the Club, by any yacht saliing in the regatta, may be considerca sufficient cause lor the judges to rule such yacht out of ihe regatia, or a8 not cntitied to any claim as a eom- peiing yacht. ‘The Club has engaged the steamcr Magenta for the we of members and their guests, and the jndge’s steamer wiil leave Martin’s dock, Brook- lyn, at 8:30 A. M. on Tuesday. The following yachts will probably compete for the prizes:— sOHOONKRS. te. bepherd Homans. mmodore J. K, Maxwell. Thayer. ep Mr. Fish, Mr. W. 8. Creamer. 1.0078. Alexander. Livingstone. rit Maraquita Jennie....... THE NEW YACHT PROSPERE. A New Yacht Built Upon fpceifications and Plans of Mr. A. Cary Smith. Yacht building this year has been pearly entirely confined to schooners of a smaller class, varying from sixty to eighty fect on the water line. This is vather a new departare, as hitherto yachismen ! nave generally either built a large scnooner that | required the fortune of a millionnaire torun, or a small sloop untit for sea-going purposes. Schoon- ers of about seventy feet on the water line are the happy medium, and the bniiding of sach vessels as the Clio and Prospere will probably induce other genticmen to patronize yaebting when they find they can enjoy a pleasant Summer's cruise at a reasonable expense, Messrs, Wallin & Costigan are building af their yard foot of Court street, South Brooklyn, a schooner yaelt for Mr. Charles H. Contoit, of this city, The yacht was designed by Mr. A. Cary Smith, and is being built from paper plans of his, no | | model being used. Sie is @ keel boat, but has many of the characteristics of @ centreboard boat, among Whieh is a very hollow floor, The dimensions are the following:—Length of keel, 65 fect; water line, 72 feet 4inches; over all, 83 feet 6 inches; extreme breadth, 19 feet 4 inches; depth, 7 jcet § inches; displacement, cable feet, 2,487;' tonnage, 69.62 tons; carpenter's measure- ment, 101,30 tous; draught, 8 feet 6 inches. Her spars are the following:—Howsprit, 25 feet; fore- mast, 56 feet; foretopmast, is feev; foreboom, 21 Jeet 6 inches; forecaf, 21 feet; foretopsail yard, fect; Mainmast, 57 feet 3 incies; maintopmas feet; mainboom, 48 fect 9 inches; maingaf, 27 fe maintopsail yard, 44 feet, . She will be rigged with al! fore and aft sails including & forestaysail. All standing rigging yill be wire, ‘The materials used in the construction of this yacht are the best. Her frame is of hack- matack, white oak and Spanish cedar, The plank- ing is of White oak and istreenailed from keel to water line, The deck frame 1s of yellow pine, with | hackmatack knees, and the planking is of three inch white pine, The stanchions are of locust; the hatchway: mpanionways, skylights, &e., are of mahog4n: he will have a trunk cabin fourteen which will be built of white pine, with beams, She is quite sharp iorward and has a round stern. One side of the stairs descending to the cabin Will be the oficers’ state rooms, The main saloon Will be next, and beyond this three other siate roomé for the owner and bis friends; then the gal- ley, and, beyond, the forecastie for the men. of the peculiarities of this yacht is that sho Will have no cockpit, the deck beams extending entirely across, Mr. Contoit intends ber for cruimng, and in con- sequence she Will have a comparatively small spread of canvas; but notwithstanding this, if one is abie to judge from her lines, she will not be the last in the fleet., She will be named the Prospere, and wili be sailed by Charies F. Kinner, who was master of the Idler fer the paxteight years. Megara. Wallin & Costigan expect to launch her about the 20th of this month, but July will he well advanced before the Prospere will be ready for ber trial trip. inches high, fae yellow YAOHTING NOTES, Yacht Westwind, N.Y.Y.0., Mr. Kingsland, from New Rochelle, passed Whitestone yesterday after- noon, en route for New York. Steam yacht Mystic and sloop yacht Haze passed Whitestone yestere c “Gamble Lawn” is the name of a St. Louis Pres. bylerian chureh, bot the local papers do not record ether the game moss in Voyue ainong the clect je Boker, keNO oF Jaro TAPAN. —+ A Powerfnl Feudal Fossil on a Princely Visit to the People and the Potentate. Baronial Prejudices of Schmadzu Saboro Against the Progressive Principle of the New Epoch—Grand Aristocratic Display, but Antiquated—A Tilt Against Tele- graphs, Steam and Railroads—Isthe Japanese Progress a Substan- tial Advance or aSudden Im- itative Jump !—Ameri- can Diplomacy and Industrial Right, YouwouamA, May 9, 1873, Schmadzu Saboro, the ex-Prince of Satsuma and the “Big Chief of the opposition, arrived in Yeddo on the 23d of the last month, The old man is as bitter in his opposition to the new state of affairs as ever, and he has come to the capital to see if he cannot induce the government to take a back track. To show his opposition ne refused to travel from his own province in any other mode of con- veyance but the old time-honored norimon, He was followed by about seven or eight handred men, dressed in the old Japanese style and wear- ing the two swords, a specimen of which one hardly ever sees now either in Yokohama or Yeddo, But, alas! consistency is no more to be expected in Schmadzu Saboro than it is to be from less favored and less dissatisNed mortals. On his arrival at Osaca he actually went on board of a steamer—an infernal foreign imvention—built in foreign lands and commanded by one of the hated “hairy-faced barbarians,” although the said steam- ship belongs to a Japanese company. In this vessel he made the voyage from Osaca to Tokto, never once appearing on deck during the fifty hours’ voyage. But on arriving at his destination, instead of requesting the ioreign captain to appear beiore him, to be genteelly sliced for daring to ex- ist and have his being in the sacred Empire of Japan, he absolutely made the aforesaid personage @ present of lacquer ware for having brought the vessel containing himse!f and bis importance in safety to his destination, On arriving at the capi- tal Schmadzu again put on the severe air of a mar- tyr, and the norimon was again put into requisi- tion, although-carriages and jin-rick shays were at his disposal. He was followed by avout two lun- dred men, the rest of his retainers, to the number of about five hundred more, having travelled by* another route. To see Schmadzu in his norimon, Tollowed by 200 men, carrying his baggage, his armour, &c., in the old, old style, was something Of & novelty even for the Fapancms and the sight evidently carried them back to the time—only a few years ago—when that method of travelling was the ubiversal custom oi Japan. AT AUDIENCE. Schmadzu had an interview with the Tenno four days after his arrival—viz., on the 26th ult, What took place at that interview no one can tell. There are many rumors afloat as to tue cause and ulti- Mate result of his visit, As to the cause, Schmadzu has come here upon the express invitation of the Mikado, who evidently wishes to gain over one to whom he is not a little indebted for his present ‘position, The result is donotful. 1 question much ‘whether the ex-Prince goes so far in his opposition to the reforms and innovations of the government | as he is gets credit for, If he be the able man he is represented to be he will soon see how useless it Wil be jor him to fight against the incredibie. Should he, however, be amenable to reason, and admit the necessity of reiorm and change in Japan, and could he be induced to take oifice, his amt in the capital might turn oat to be a great poon, The government of Japan requires just now a wise, intelligent, conservative opposition— not a fractious opposition, coming from those who are altogether wedded to her old traditions, and who would be opposed to everything new, simply because itis new, but an intellectual opposition that would act as a brake to the too rapid progress of the present party in power. THE PUBLIC POSITION. Notwithstanding the glowing accounts which ap- pear in all the newspapers on both andes of We Atlantic Ucean, afuirs in Japan are “hot ail couleur du rose, it weil tor the Japanese to make progress to as- been DeLoug, upon Approved of and hence, Pesuine toak Bis ravi nce e by the last American ‘mail tne aved sui received a notification from the State ment telling him that his action in Smith was ipoareet of, a8 this particular clause had been condemned, and that . DeLong had becm notified of that fact. Now this statement of the Secretary of State simply ral: questiomof ses veracity between Mr. Fish and Mr. DeLong, and Justice demands that it should be explained, Japanese Naval Intelligence. A letter from Yokonama, special to the HERALD, of the 9th of May, supplies the following report:— ‘The steamship Kuroda, built in New York for the Japanese government, arrived here in good condi- tion on the 28th of April. THE HOCKING VALLEY ASSOCIATION RACES. LANCASTER, Ohio, June 4, 1873. ‘The Spring races over the Hocking Valley Asso- ciation course commenced yesterday. The pros- pects for a successfl meeting are very favorable, although the racing yesterday was rather poor. ‘The attendance was not large, nor was there any considerable interest manifested, save in the running race, the two heats of which were sharplye contested, The first race was for horses that had never beaten three minutes, The inducement offered was a purse of $600. Wor this there were nine entries, ont only seven came to the post, After the preiimimary warming up the contestants were cailed to the core and sent off, The black gelding, Captaim Vincent, teok the heat without any difi- culty, distancing Keystone Girl, Propeller and Wake Up Jake, in 2:614j. These unfortunates en- deavored to save their distances by running, but all to no avail. ‘The second heat was taken by Captain Vincent, without any difficulty, in 2:54%. Vincent proved himself too stout for the speedy in this race, De- spite the desperate ginuing of the other horses he trotted squarely through and won the heat with ease. As the borses were making the upper turn on the first half of the mile Carrie Nicklin, a great, jumbering bay mare from Springfield, Ohio, ran into the bay gelding Governor Friend, driven by Phil Bauman, of Lancaster, overturning the sulky and causing a runaway, Mr. Bauman was dragged some distanee but succeeded in extricating him- self without serious injury. The horse was stopped at the score. By some strange decision of the judges a ciaim of foul was net allowed and both horses were allowed to go in the next heat, ‘The usual galioping and breaking occtrred in the third heat, but Captain Vincent proved himself a trump and again challenged universal admira- tion by the masterly style in which he trotted and took the heat in 2:51. Jhe following is 4 sum- mnary :— PURSE of $600, for horses that have never beaten three minutes, Jotn H, Croo! entered bik, g. Captain Vin- cent -11 F. Patterson ente: a g. Paragon. 3 2, Jonn Rodigap entered b, m. Carrie Nic 2 = ore Phihp Bauman entered b. g. Governor Friend... ; 2 M, Johnson ente: James Alexander b. g. Prop David Morgan entered br. m. Keysto: ‘The running race was very enjoyable, not only on account of the delicious squabble that arose it, the course of it, but the running was very fine ana each heat was desperately contested, Ida Osa was the favorite in the pools sold previous to the race and justified the confidence of her friends by win- ning the first heat in splendid style. Bonnie King Jorced the Fanning, closely followed by Padlock, Fancy Jane and Lite kine, a@ very blood-like leok- ing colt. Ida Osa made play in the last half mile and won very cleverly in fifty-three and a half sec- onds, Complaint of foul riding Was made against the winner, however, and as it appeared to the judges to be substantiated, she was deciared dis- tanced, to the great cbagrin of her owners and backers, In the second heat the judges were driven almost wild by the mischievous spirit displayed by the various jockeys, each being bent on securing & good sen At lust @ tair start was had, and Boume Kin throughout, th Fancy Jane, winning by a len; spare in fifty-two seconds, wh. is very At the conclusion of this heat it was di that one of the judges had made some bets on | Bonnie King. This constituted a just cause for complaint and the race was declared off, the en- trance money being refunded and the recreant judge censured, } SUMMARY, RUNNANG Racr.—Half mile heats, best three in five, for a purse of $160, Declared void, nt of with the lead, which he'held | ugh closely pressed by Padlock and th and something to | a similaie to our civilization, to introduce steam, telegraph and the arts and sciences, to learn the English and other moderna languages, to eat beet and to wear pantaloons and stové ‘pipe hats. But there is no necessity for a nal the Japanese vo denationalize themselve: order to obtain these ends; and yet itseems the Japanese are doing nothing else. Japan 4 history bebind her at least as well worthy of preservauion as that of any country in Europe ; she as hada hterature of her own which ig at least unique, and there is no more in her past that she need be astiamed of than there is in the past of any other country; and yet it appears that “Young Japan” desires at one jump to become— weil, | will Bay Anglicised or Americants If she conid be taught the good old ma: ‘slow but sure” it would be a Vast boon to b j KOCONOMIC HINTS TO A “G0-AlLE GOVERNMENT, | Another thing ja which the p requires a strong pull at the ¢ financial affairs. I venture to assert it there is | more pecuiation going on in all bran of we | Japanese government than we can boast of at Washington or New York. The government has to ) Ry five times the value of anything it purchases, | here ure now ten persous employed where one should suffice, and there is nothing but @ constant | drain upon the treasury, and with nothing coming | jn to replenish it. The currency o1 the country is | in a terribly confused state, and it is likely to be | more se before it becames improved. It is for | these reasons that it is absolutely necessary that a | wise and moderate opposition snould be developed to check the extravagance of the present govern- ment, both in ideas and expenditures. Whether sSchinadzu Saboro is a man capable of taking such a position, or whether he is stHl so wedded to his old customs and prejudices that nothing but a retrograde movement will satisfy vim, I cannot say. If he is wise he will see the position aud take it, apd not only make himself the most powerful man in Japan, but be also the means of doing his country @ Vast amount of good, If, on the contrary, he is an irreconcilable, then his fractious opposition will only jead to his own sure destruction, and “Young Japan” will run the government until it strikes upon some shoal ana— what then? FIRE INTHE PALACE AND ALARM GUNS DISCHARGPD, At about one o'clock of the morning of the 6th of May the people of Jeddo were awakened by the | booming of cannon, ‘The Mikado’s pulace was on fire! ‘The cause of the conflagration has not yet been ascertained. On the day previous, daring the prevalence of a very strong wind, there were Luree fires in digerent parts oi the city, These were, however, in outlying districts, and the fire was confined in each instance to a comparatively smail e. NeXt morning it was ascertained that a Jew hours alter the burning of the palace the Mile tary Hospitai and College were burned. It was at frst suspected tuat these several fires were the works of incendiaries, and that the perpetrators were probably tue turoulent jollowers of Satsuma, but nothing lias yet transpired to corroborate this view. The probabilities are that‘ they were all casualties, ‘the fire in the palace destroyed the Mikado’s ofiiees, reception rooma, the vale rooms of the Eipress and the quarters o1 his pqusehold, but his own privave apartments, which were in a baliding @ little back of these, and whieh were protected by a dense ve of trees, escaped. Several persous lost theif lives, the number being giver as mgh as 150, but Shave every reason to bcliove Subs is at least five times over the true re. The Mikado tamily havé revived to oten, @ palace used to be the summer residence of had fvved tp party in uropeam age, forse ee ted up part re cake, commodation of foreign guests of distinction. a ROWDY Vis?ToRS. am yo If Schmadzn Saboro hunaseit not tronbl Seats ronment, however, his followers mowt likely Wil. iH fact tiey have alteady killed two en. A party of them want down to SivagaWd) the Bowery of Jeddu, where saki Shope, gambUng »plaves' and houses of the jair Wut trail a id, and created a disturbance. A policeman Phan? the Satsuma men drew hissword nd wounded anether, from which iceman is reporfed to have died, ‘oKdbama papers pwhlisbed an acceunt of this, government efficiuls sent a communi- cation to them denying the troth ef the stor stating that the disturbance was. 1 tn drunken broil, and that notody was hurt. Th inee made in onvinced that liceinen were killed—one in- stantly, the otner dying aiew hours after the in- fiction of the wound. GUBERNATORIAL COUNSBL. IN EXECUTIVE UONGREGA- IN, * TION, The Governors he provinces of the Empire are now asseinbled at Tokio. The gathering has been called for the purpose of conkidering the financia! condition. of Japan aud to concert measures tu place it on a firmer batis. The questions ation, Of decreasi the vuinber of offi ployed, ogee ¢ incomes and revenues guar- an to Daimios, and of their debts which tue vesnegens, pea agsumed, are all to be dis- | cussed, Itif tO be hoped that among the Gover- | Rn yt oa of ree ideas who will not alraid Out ip meeting.’ Sueloane Morbo : DANATIONN IZATION, Some two @g0 Lreporied to the HERALD the case of ine Smith, an Amcricag in tie pos of tie government, who was brought bei Bees Consul and fined a tion, ‘fir ith'a deience a whats Rot am Amerivad cilizen, Duba Javanese mubiect; secOndy, tbat tis rule, Which | ave + iries into. the matier and become t | He Marrivd” are a few of this ridicuiousswarm of | Pscudo-romantic titles. 1 | ists,” whereupon the Atvenenm styles Mr. ‘Tyer- Tae Germans have an “Early German Text Society,” which fs located at Stuttgart, and wili print this year Hans Sachs, Logau, and “Die Ersten Deutschen Zeituagen,”? ‘THE Spectator bas an article on “Possible Popes,” | in which it points out the fact tnat there is no longer a Jesuit nor an ex-Jesuit in tne entire body | Mr. M. D, CONWAY'S new book on “Republican Superstitions” is an attack on the double iegisia- live body represented in Congress and on the | Ofice of President, which he would abolish and substitute an Executive Committee, Mrs. Fawcerr, wife of the dstinguished pro- | fessor and writer on political economy, was re- cently requested to jieaye @ free public reading room in England, on the ground that it was not meant for women, Whereupon the plucky lady carried the case 16 the Public Library Commis- sioners, and was informed that women have a right to use froe reaiing rooms and public ii- braries. Was Even tus mania for ad captandum, titles carried to more absurd lengths than in the “girl- book” literature of the day ? “We Girls,” “Our Girls,” “The Other Girls,” “The Old Fashionca | Girl,” “One Poor virl,” “Pnly @ Girl,” “The Kes- caed Girl,” “Three Sugcess{ul Girls” and ‘fhe Girl And how we are to have the “Ugly Girl Papers” on cosmetics, whtich have | adorned Harper's Bazar, done wp in a book. Vivent les petites Ales t Mr. Mite has left a fall autobiography, with dir | rections that it shall be published without delay. He also left behind treatises on “Nature,” “Theism” and the "Utility Of Religion,” the first of which was to have been published in the present | year. Arrangements wi’ pow'be made for thelr | speedy appearance, GaRiwaLD’s history of his “Campaign in Italy During 1860" is to be published Simultaneously in | Engiand and the United States, SENOR CasTELAR has found time to write a “Life of Lord Byrou,”* which: be has just published in Ma- | tweuty aud nine seatreriug. drid, and which is said to be one of the most origi- nal Monuments of later Spanish literature, Tur Athenum says of the London Times’ re- view of John Stuart Mil im which tlie dictun occars “To class Mio with Locke, Bentham, Adam Smith or Malthus, | is, preposterous” :—"We have olten had occasion to differ. from Mr, Mill, but we think thatthe literary public will be far from agreeing to plhce his name below “that of Mr. Maitins, and we believe that his fame ts likely to to increase rather than to decline in the future.’), A New TRAVED Speias, -entitied “he New Hy- perion,” with pumeroug ijustrations by Gustave boré, will appear m Lippincott’s Magazine, The record of the journey, Which is through France, will contain graplic sketches of scenery, manuers and customs, Proressorn D, King woop, of indiana, is writiag a book on “Comets and Meteors,’? which Lippi cott & Co. will publish, Mr. TYERMAN, Whose lifé of Wesley has had a large cirenfation, bas now istmed “Oxford Metho- man “a good Christian, with @ bad education and little knowledge of the world.” ‘A Boston JOURNALIST, Who met Miss Elizabeth Stewart Phelps, author of “The Gates Ajar,’’ “Hedged In,” &e., lately says her looks are # tlat contradiction to her writings, which seem to repre- sent her as a vivacious, healthfal person, over- fowing with hope. Far from being so, however, she ts “frail, sallow and very iN, and wears not a bright tint in ali her costume to give it a eheerful gleam.’ A Oni ix THB Pall Mall Gazette, after strug- Kling hgpeiessiy with & four-volume novel, is con- vinced that “it shonld be made an offence punish- able by fine and imprisonment for any author to write’a novel tb more than three volumes.” iB Rey. DR. Weiss Wintiams has nearly finished printing his “Dictionary of the Chinese Language,” the basis of which is the Mandaria. MR. Hi. GRAZRBROOK 18 engaged on a byOk calicd “The Heraldry of Worcestershire,” $ | imme | cal opponen' ‘gs SOUTH AMERICA, —-_—_. Popular Content in Pern and Treasury Saev cess of the New Loan, Financial Conditions and Guarantece—The Baily ways Advance—Peace Internally and Hope of Permanent Prosperity—Colonel Adolp Bale livian, the New President of Bolivia— Sketch of His Life—National Com- Ppliment to a Veteran Patriot— reaty Diplomacy with Chile, Lata, May 21, 2873, After many weeks of patient waiting the govern- ment and the community generally were giaddened by the receipt of a telegram from London, arriving here on the 17th inst., announcing the pleasing in- telligence that the Syndicate in London had ap- proved of the new conditions under which it is pro- posed to float the remainder of the Peruvian loan for £36,800,000, authorized by the Congress of 1871, and doubly ratified by the National Assembly, which adjourned on the 28th of April last. It was at one time feared that the many and simultancous efforts now being made in England by different foreign States to obtain money might, in a manner, embarrass the action of the fnancial agent of Peru; but from the sanguine hope entertained by the eminent houses in whose bands the interests of this government are placed we reasonably expect now a brilliant success. Nor should it be otherwise. In notable contrast to the sister Re- publics of Mexico and Ecuador and others of the numerous family, Peru, even in times of domestio distress and calamity, has faithfully and with the most commendable punctuality discharged her obligations to her creditors abroad. Her vast wealth, so singulariy derived from her grand de- posit, hag always been found sufMctent to main- tain the national reputation for eredit and hon- esty. Nevertheless, from the reasons before men- tioned, some little anxiety was manifested’ with respect to this particular operation; but all doubts _ have now vanished before the certainty of suecess. The premonitory symptoms of triumph were, con- foiling. The consolidated bonds of the Wepub- lic or 1870 had advanced considerably in London after the receipt of the news an- nouncing the continued tranquillity of the country and the facility with which the people themselves— om.unprecedented event in Peru—frowned down all endeavors to disture the public peace, and at the date of our last advices from London were still advancing in value. And aithough the Re- public may, in the course of a few years, trust to its own resources, it is at present in the position of many nations whose wealth must receive assist- ance in its development from the great money markets abroad. THE GUANO DEPOSITS SOCIETY, 1t will be remembered that the receipts from the sale of guano are devoted exciusively to the pay- ment of the principal and interest of the foreign debt. The following statistics may prove, there- fore, to be interesting :—In 1871 the quantity of this ferthizer sold in burope and the Mauritius amounted to 400,000 tons, representing @ ross value of £4,941,000, and in 187% the ure reached 459,900 tons, representing the gross value of £5,820,763, an increase in tons of 59,000 and a corresponding inerease in receipts of £879,%3—no ipcousiaerable sum when it 18 recol- lected that it is employed aloue in the service of obligations which may reach to from fifteen to twenty millions of pounds sterling. Even sup- posing that the revenue derived froin this particu- Jar branch might prove insuMcient for the purpose proposed, Peru guarantees her debt with the addl- tional pledge of her raiiways, her cuztom house re- ceipts, amounting yearly to nearly eight mil- lions of soles beiore the recently beeen tariff, which it is presumed w.l) augment the income from duties at least twenty-five per cent, and moreover offers her prospec! gains of two milhons of soles per year from the restriction shortly to be placed on the exportation of nitrate of soda. For these reasons the Syndicate in London, after feeling the puise of the money market, telegraphed to President Pardo that all was well, and tat the first opportunity would be improved to float the portion ef the loan referred to yet remaiming intact. HOM@ EFFECTS OF THB TREASURY OPERATION. The induence vf this good news is already ap- pears Ey engin circles, Exchange for the jast three or four months ruling at @ ruinous rate on London is now imore plentifal and easier. Op- erations of all descriptions have resumed their wonted activity, and the banks, unwilling to dis- count while the result seemed even slightly doubt- ful, are Dow accowimodating their customers and the public generally. The great secret im this favorable condition of affairs is tle confidence entertained by the nation In the prevalence of peace, The “age of iron’? bas in a verity p away, to make room for the more prosperons era of gold and increasing wealth, only to be attained by the sudden transformation which has been elfected in Peru, the banker's shovel and the farmer's plough having taken the place of the pistol and bayonet. SOLID SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT. —¢ ‘The active prosecution of the vast works of i ternal improvement now in progress is guaran- teed. Mr. Pardo, sure of @ suilicient revenue from the imternal tuxes, duties and contributions, can apply the necessary sums for the conciusion of the contracted railway and other enterprises irom the amount to be ceived from the loan, and these undertakings, destined to raise Pera to an en- viable rank uivong nations, to open her litherta concealed wealth to commerce and industry, and, more than ail, to aford Means of profitabie liveil- hood to those of her people who have up to the present time n forced to gain their bread by thelr prowens battle and revolutions, have, with the suctess of this financial operation. be come aceomplisied facts. The Republic rejoices, and her friends will unite im her sell congratula- tion. e HOLIVIAN APPAIRS—THE PRBSIDENCY AND PRESIDENT, ‘The last intelligence from Bolivia is Digniy satis- factory, although somewhat unexpected. Congress wet OL the 28th ultimo, tnd alter a careful exam- | ination of the election returns, proceeded to de- clave the successful candidate, On the firs vote Rallivfan recetved thirty-one suffrages, eral On the second, some of Cortal’s friends defected, the doubtful nine united on Ballivian and he was declared constitu. tionaily eiected Previuent of the Republic for the term ending in August, isi7, Up to very, ntiy the chances of Corral’s victory ‘Lain, but the presence of his formidable gonist on the field of action proved fatal to bis hopes. Bolivia may at last felicitate herself on the ses sion’of a ruler chosen according to the laws by the people, aud on the result of the first popular ant bloodless election ever held im thet hitherto turbulent country. S&BTOH OF THE NEW PRESIDENT. Colone! Adolfo Bailivian, the present Chief of the State, is the son of Grand Marshal Balti hose name is honorably and inseparably linked tae early history of Republic. Colonel Paliivian is about forty-five years of , Well-educated, trav- elled and jiberal in his political opinions. de- ciddd friend of progress and tully appre the benefit to be derived from the assistance and labor of fgreigners, it is probable his first steps will be the constructi piacing the interior of the State in conn the coast, and affording an outlet for, ~ berless valuable prodnets now almost tnprofitabie from the inaccessibility of their tion. Ballivian enters upon the duties of his high of- tice under the most favorable sree ah , The country tranquil, the beopie conten: politi- accepting the situation aud solemnly promising théirsupport, but afew years co and industry are necessary to place Colivia m her proper rank. HONOR TO A PATRIOT. 3 One of the moat interesting incidents of the in- auguration was the spectacle of the entire Assem- bly escorting the venerable ex- dent Frias to his modest dwelling, the: people followihg in crowds and cieeriug the no! vete: who so reins ae power Wek the assarsination of Mora! tH bravely assumed country, convalsed by the les, offered but slight inducement to ambition rave that excited by patriotisu and @ desire to serve the Interests Of the nation. THE BOLIVIAN TREATY WITH CHILE. The recent treaty, or Farber sropostd treaty, be+ tween Bolivia and Chile, by which, the latter hoped two Seqrandize a large portion of the most valuable territory of her weaker neighbor, may be con- sidered as a dead letter, Ballivian, the ident, has decidedly expressed himself inst Buch Ulle Went, having lost the co-ope: aud ally, Corral, will find itself obliged to desist from appropriating the coveted spoil. FUNERAL OFA VETERAN PELOT IN BROOKLYN. ‘The pilots of our harbor have within the past year been cailed upon to mourn the loss of several of their fraternity, Yesterday afternoon the funeral of Samuel H. Nichols, @ veteran Sandy Hook pilot, fifiy-three years of age, took ene from Grace church chapel, High street, near Gol fireet, Brookiva, the Rev, W, M. Willlan omiciating. ‘There was a very large delegation of pilots ne upon the solemn occasion. The remains were in- terred in tue family plot of the late Josiah, sou, at Greenwood Cemetery. The latter named gentleman, who was the rincipal owner the pilot boats, was a retative and friend Pe Nichols, and provided in his will for the ent of the Fewains of bis asseciate in iife as above @ plated,