The New York Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1874, Page 3

nas, HAWAII. Election of a King of the Sandwich Islands.. pivip KALUEUA Queen Emma’s Adherents on the Rampage. The Parliament Howse Attacked, Gutted, Fired and a Member Murdered. American and English Marines Landed and Quiet Restored. San Prancisoo, Maren 12, 1874. ‘The steamship Mikado brings intelligence from Honolulu that Prince Kalakua has been elected King of the Sandwich Islands, tosucveed Lunalilo. ‘The elections, x0 far as the mere casting of the ‘Votes was concerned, passed off peacefullys David Kalakua Proclaimed. King—Vio- lent Demonstration by the Adherents ef Queen Emma. SAN Francisco, March 17—Evening. A serious riet was threatened at Honoluia when the election of Kalakua was made known, A mob attacked the Court House; but the men from the United States steamer Tuscarora: and other war ‘Vessels landed and quiet was soon restored. No bloodshed was reported. Rioctous Acts by a Royalist Reactionist Mob—The House of Assembly Fired and » @ Legislator Killed—Quiet Restored by American and English Bayanets, San Francisco, March 18, 1874, Advices from Honolulu to March 8, later than | ‘the frst reports to band, show that the riot by the mob of Queen Emma’s adherents, when they Jearned of the election of Prince Kalakua, was More serious than at first stated. | When the announcement of her defeat was | i | made the mob attacked the House of Assembly, | beat several of its members—one of whom atter- | ‘ward died—tore up seats and desks and set fire to the house, when ‘the United States and British marines landed and dispersed the rioters. THANKS TO THE FRIENDLY FOREIGNERS. W. L, Green, Minister of Foreign Affairs, ten- ered the thanks of the government for the timely interference of the marines. THE MINISTRY. . Berman Widemes is now Miniter of the Interior and Judge Hartwell Attorney Genera). FEE LIVE OF THE MONARCH STILL IN DANGER. ‘The King ia still threatened with assassination. THE HAWAIIAN THRONE. Whe Two Aspirants for the Sandwich Islands Crown=—Sketches of David Kalakua and Queen Emma. ‘There were two candidates for the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom, made vacant by the recent | Geath of Lunalilo—David Kalakua and Queen | Emma. All that relates to the Kingdom is of the deepest interest to the United States. Gibraltar 4s not more the key to the Mediterranean, nor the island of Cuba to the Gulf of Mexico, than the Sand- wich Islands to the natural defence of the North Pacific. Owing to their locality and the course ‘@f the winds that prevail in that quarter of ‘the globe they are the stopping place for vessels Passing from Continent to Continent across the | Pacitic Ocean. They are especially resorted to Dy @ great number of American ships, and the number of American citizens scttled there exceeds nearly that of all other foreign nationalities com- | bined. It is natural, therejore, that the political concerns of the group which is the nearest in the | Pacific Ocean to our shores should +e carefully Watched. The death of Lunalilo was not unex- pected, and it was known that the election of his | successor would devolve on the Parliament. | Sketches of the two candidates who lately held the field are herewith given. DAVID KALAKUA. David Kalakua, the successful candidate for the throne, though not of the royal Kamehameha @tock, was in rank fully equal to the late King. He | ig about jorty years old, and has held many high offices of State. He was a member of the House of Nobles and was at one time Chamberlain to Kame- hhameha V. Inteliectually he is very much inferior to Lunalilo and far less qualified to perform the doties of aruler. David received a good common schoo) education. He is idenufied with wnat is called the party of reaction; he is firmly opposed to any interference with the independence of the Kingdom, and consequently is against annexation to the United States, This fact, Zo doubt, makes him popular with the Datives and sults the views at present of the great body of foreign residents. David is descended from the celebrated Keiwikel-Wikau, one of whose Privileges was to have lighted torches carried be- fore him in the daytime. His grandfather, Kama. nawa, expiated, in 1641, on the gallows the crime @1 murdering his wife by poison, Kamehameha IIL, who entertained strong {riendsmp jor the criminal, manifested great refuctance in allowing the sentence to be carried out; but Captain ‘Wilkes, who happened to be at the islands at the time with the vessels of the United States Explor- ing Expedition, was consulted on the suvject, and advised that the law should take its course, David is married to the widow of the uncle of Queen Emma, but has no children. He is anex- | ception to the great mass of his countrymen in being temperate. He has a younger brother much his superior in capacity, and who 1s likely to be the Successor of David if he survives nim. QUEEN EMMA. Queen Emma, who was, and remains, a con- tesiant for the succession, is the widow of Kame- haweha IV., who died in 1859. The lady is well known in the United States, having travelied through this country in 1865. She also visited England, where she was received with marked distinction, the effects of which seem to have im- pressed her mind most favorably in regard to everything British. Her Mayesty’s mother, Fanny Kekela, was the daughter of the famous English- man, John Young, the right-hand man of Kame- hameha I., and whom the conqueror delighted to honor, Queen Emma has, consequently, one-fourth Engiish biood in her veins—the remaining stream | being high Hawaiian, Young married the high | re hd Kaoneha. As a child Emma was adopte by Dr ke, 8 ad re- siding ip ithe nds, an both by | @ducation and ral disposition is well m adapted to fill high stations with grace and dig- pity. She was married in June, 1856, and in May, 165%, uve birth to @ son. This event was con- sidered auspicious 2s promising to continue a Fogular succession in the tamily. The child, wno | died young in the succeeding year, was proclaimed Reir tothe thrope, and the Queen Consort named | Fegent during lis minority in case of a vacancy. now ciulined that the late King Lunaltio ex- ssed a strong desire that Emma should be his successor, bat he negiected or refused to name her or any offer person in his wil, which he had the Jegul right to do if he were so wisposed. The heen has Muny earnest supporters, and probably would have reached the throne without dimculty had she married i ba? that Was urged) the late ruler of the isiands, er Strong predisposition tor English interests operate more or less against her claims, BASTORY OF EVENTS AND FORECAST OF CoNsE- ]UENCK: Ql 3. ‘The death of Lunaiio, King of the Sandwich Islands, revived once more a question in which the ‘United States has s very deep interest, The archi- pellago, of which Oahu jp the myst important | cessary. But the cost of keeping up a trumpery | were sutisfied with all tnis, provided a treaty of ; hear in the isiands that reciprocity or annexa- | watlan monarchs, goen <a ] ken of as | cano Mauna Loa are several ancient temples, | Kamehameha, and though now in the last stages ' NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARUH 19, 1874 of Honotuin, its chief sea- commegeenet ot the metropolis of the 1 also the great entreport between shores 01 the Pacific Ocean —Caltfor- and i China and Japan er—Hondlulu may in point of be claimed fully as much an inte; part of 1d ho K Sombs ‘Queen: to burg an ong, » Queenstown or Gibraltar is Mecxoned, The Daltea States has en every Opportunity to declare that the Hawatian group should never pass under the con- juropean government. The lave Secre- tary Seward Iaid tt down not yong, vatere he left the State De; ment that the awich Isiands came under the operation of the Monroe doctrin and a general notice Was given by that eminen' map to and ce to keep hands off, Since then Germany hae shown indication of ad- ministering upon the assets of the puppet king- dom and.ite rapidly dimappearing native popula. tion, but the pretensions of the Teutonic En, rican councils concerning the Clusters of islands that Oook and Vancouver ered. CAN PACIFIO OCEAN POLICY. has kept watchful eyes upon the Hawaian Islands, and now, as there is a contest for the throne, the United States ag has promptly sppeered Honoluiu. The late King was wedded to English interests, and Queen, Emma 18 @ sincere admirer of lish customs and pre- serves a grateful recollection of the courtesy with which she was treated in that country. The Union Jack is present in Honolulu, and it 1s well 10 bring to recollection that the commander of Her Majesty’s a Agcsg 1m December, 1872, had interviews | with the Queen Dowager, 80 a8 to luce her to take measures aaeinae the American annexation party, to which the lady was very willing to usten ‘and advance her views. General Schvfleld and Admiral Pennock. who were on the spot, had the imterests of the United states in safe kéeping, They well knew that Lunalilo ‘Was @ mere instrument in the hands of his keep- ers; that no confidence was reposed In him, and that the country Was without ahead. When the yate King ascended the throne there were several parties who did not ueem him a proper person jor the station. The young man was undoubtedly popuiar with his fellow country- men, but there were none #o blind as not to see that he was without either mental or physical qualifications to prove @ success, The best that cuuld be said of him was that he was a gentieman, and free and easy 1n his manners, and that it was hoped he would prove capable to transact busi- ness, It was admitted that he was adaicted to in- temperate habits, and to such an extentas to have necessary excluded him from all public empioy- ments and placed him in torced idleness, Mr. Whit- uey, an American, long resident in Honolulu, became the champion of the King. The islands were far irom prosperous. The whaling fleet had | entirely leit them. The sugar planters, many of whom were in debt, were vecoming more deeply involved by reason of the low price paid for that gommodit yin San Fransisco, she cher market for f jure Of coffee, once con- sidered @ staple, tailed. # THE ISLANDS are not fitted for ences agriculture, and it was aeemed that au effort should be inade in some di- rection to lilt the country up. It must be said taxes were not high. The public debt 1s only $350,000, and is owing to residents, It was incurred ior valuable improvements that were absolutely ne- Court, an expensive Judiciary Department and other silly but expensive surroundings to @ King’s ousehold, required a very consider- abie outlay, Nevertheless, the foreign residents reviprocity could be mace with the United States, And it was @ year ago @ common expression to tion were alvernatives, lt was even then proposed to send a deputation of Ministers, or the King himself, to Washington to ask for such a treaty. THE PEARL ISLAND BAY CESSION, The proposition to cede Pearl Island Bay was heid open up to a few months since. Admiral Pennock, General Schofield and General Alexan- der, who were at the islands a year ago, cun- sider it one of the finest harbors in the world. It 18 80 well protected as to make its waters as smooth as a millpond. and can be easily converted into a strong place. There is, however, a bur, or coral bank, at Pearl River, or Ewa (whieh is only ten miles from Honolulu), covered by twelve ject ot water, that it would require an outiay of $1,000,000 toremove. The point has been and now is either reciprocit, OR ANNEXATION. FREE Reciprocity, it is stated, would best suit the men Of property. It would save over $600,000 annua!ly in duties to the island; it would enbance the value of plantation lands, and would cause a flow of capital mto thecouutry. Itis turcher stated that it would make tne rich richer, and would warrant them fin spending $200,000 in a lobby fund in Washington in order to have the Senate ratuy & reciprocity treaty. Tunis latter view may seem strange a8 coming all the way irom Honolulu. It may have originated from Enghsh or French sources, but there 18 @fact very established in American foreign policy—namely, that the sand- wich Islands must remain independent or become American territory. THE LAST OF THE HAWAITAN KINGS, Lunalilo may be considered the Jast of the Ha- ‘There may be @ successor chosen under the auspices of the natives, or Eng- lish or American setélers; there may be annexa- tion to the United States eran Kngiish protecto- Tate such as formerly existed; but nol eZ can check the rapid wasting away of the popiation, who numbered half a million when Cook discoy- ered the group, and are now no more than 40,000. who many a time and gft bas been eing about to ..arrie@ to the late ruler, and Mrs, Bishop, an American lady, with | 18 seventy years of ace. others, have been candidates for the succession. ‘The tather of the last Spare a New Yorker, and the principal banker on the iflands; be was aiso a member of the late King’s Cabinet. As toere is no Salic law in Hawaii, there is no obstacle to prevent either reaching the throne, Jt was ireely stated up to a lew days beiore the death of the | King that 1t was his intention to marry Emina, but the American missionary infinence was against the move—an infuence that strong! oppoace HSK, recently the reciprocity treaty and tavored the Qominance of the tast decaying native population. ‘rhe late King positively refused, though often | requested, to name lus successor. He was in- | Quenced, it 1s said, by superstitious Views and con- sidered that any s"eps on his part to provide lor a person to take his piace would only hurry op his death. David Kalakaua, the ‘neir apparent,” was advised not to make any effort to secure the throne, Lunalilo tried toget the throne, and succeeded, and was prayed to deati by his enemies, The next one that tries will meet with the same Jate, aud the next, and so on, until there are no more chiefs left. ‘Now, if David will only wait,’’ said David’s supporters, who were awaiting Lunalilo’s death—ne is young and strong, and can afford to do so—he can by and by take the crown and TUE PRATHERED CLOAK OF ROYALTY and wear them without any opposition.” Tne mar- riages of the ruling family, it would not be proper to omit Stating, have not always been happy. she second recognized King and his wite died in Engiand, and it wal not be forgotten that when Kamehameha IV, was travelling in tne United States he was treated, unintentionally, with indig- nity by a waiter on a Long Isiand steamer, in con- sequence of his color. ‘The Princess Victoria, a | sister oi the reigning monurch, not many years since absented nerseif irom a Christmas dinner table in the royal palace at Honolulu and caused | the banishment irom the kingdom of an Irish gay deceiver who carried on business as an auctioneer at the capital. * WHERE THE KING DIED, Lunalilo, a victim to intemperance and disease, died at Kailua, the aucient home of the kings of Hawaii, at tu e are the remains of the oll Jort built by tl ‘st Kamehameha, Buck from the shore a sh stance, On the slope o1 the vol- among which is conspicuous the Tempie of Am}, one of the ancient priests. Lunalilo, weak and bent down with suffering, though stil a young | Man, sought this piace to pass his last moments. The Temple of Amt is a rude platform of smooth lava rock, on which are erected cight altars, one jor eacn of the islands, and tne whole surrounded by @ massive wall, DOW In ruins, The rocks of which the whole is built have been brought witn imm -:nee labor from miles distant, and the struc- ture Stands as a monument of the absolute control that the ancient priesthood had over the Hawa- ian people, ‘These ruins near the seashore are in- teresting a3 evidences of the reign of the first of decay still exhibit traces of their ancient strength and extent, TRADITIONS OF THE PLACE. Near at hand, across a small cove, lined with canoes, stands the house where the lace ill starred King breathed his last. Qneen Emina, the widow of the fourth Kametameha, and Ruth, the sister of Lunatilo’s predecessor, who is also Governess | of Hawaii, lived tn the same batiding. There 1s nothing in the locality to recommend it to the royal tamily as a home save the purity of the air and the traditions that cimg to it. it 6 remarka- ble to think that the iast hours of the monarch just deceased were occupied in arranging a union with Emma, who nas been very many years in the matrimonial market, and wucse personal attrac- tions are very jar from being considered in- different. The presence of American and Kngiish ships of war at Konolulu leaves en- tively at rest any danger oi disturbance in the kingdom. The Legisiature was elected on Monday. February 2, and at that time though it was known the King’s physician bad deciared there was no hope of his recovery, entire apathy @Xisted 4s to WRo should be elected in we king: dom; the natives were totally indifferent. ‘The American oflictal representatives will have to play an gets! art in the event ol revolution- ary, though doubtless bioodless, measures betng attempted. Queen Emma would be a mere trib- utary. though a@ very innocent one, to Enland, and Mrs. Kistop would certaimly be unsatisfactory to the natives, The native chief will probaoly be proclaimed King by the Pariiament elected on the va ot February but an American pro- tectorate of the islands is certainly very near at hand. TRADE WITH CALIFORNIA. The cultivation of sugar has increased enor- mously during the past twenty years in the Sand- wich Islands. Chinese labor has been introduced to aid im the development of this interest, and the planters have found in Callfornta a ready market tor the sale of the commodity. For many years ene the Pacific States have been consumers of jawalian sugar, and very extensive establish- ments have lound a profitable business tn refining it. Hides, coffee, fruit, and other articles are also among the exports which are paid for in partie manufactured woollens and cottons, liquors, boots: and shoes and turniture. The steamships plying between San Francisco and Australian ports make Honolula a Leg ped place for coaling and trading purposes, and it now appears the whaling inter- ests, depressed for a long time, are pervine The commercial relations between Hawaii and Califor- nia are intimate and extensiv id are closely guarded by our government. vid Kalakaua Would not be unacceptable to the United States as King, but there are some grounds t think that either of the females mentioned would not be so Spilsnotary to this country if elevated to the ne. CUBAN AFFAIRS IN THE CITY. Arrival of General Rafacl Quesada— Speedy Action Auticipated—Bright Hopes for the Future—The Quesadas | and the Cuban Agency. Brigadier General Rafael Quesada, brother to Major General Manuel Quesada, late agent abroad Jor the Republic of Cuba, arrived in this city on Sunday last, and received yesterday a representa- tive of the HgRaLp, General R. Quesada left New Orleans on the 11th inst., where he has been for some time. During last summer Manuel Quesada sent his brotner to Northern Mexico for the purpose of in- voking aid trom the federal or some of the Stare governments of that Republic. it was thought when Brigadier Quesada went, that his;well known infivence with a large number of Cuban sympa- thizere in the neighboring Republic would enable him to enlist there a strong force of Mexicans to i A distinguished embark In the war against Spain. Mexican guerrilla General, Aureliano Rivera, ex- pressed his readiness to assist the people of Cuba, and sald he would EMBARK WITH FROM UNE TO TWO THOUSAND MEN a8 soon as transportation could be turnished. ‘The loss of the steamer Virginius deprived Gen- eral Quesada of the means by which he hoped to carry out this formidable undertaking. Tne fall of the much lamented President Cespedes involved that of his agents anroad, the elder Quesada and Mr. Carlos del Castille, and the fhstalment of the | present Cuban agent, Mr. Miguei Aldama, in office. For these and other reasone the enterprises o1 the younger Quesada failed in the South. Brigadier Quesada states that ne is anxious to embark without delay for the theatre of war. He is in communication with the men fn the fleld, and feels confident that never at any time since the commencement of the struggle have the patriots been ina better condition, He ciatms that they have assumed the offensive, and thinks that but for the want of artillery, Calixto Garcia and Maximo Gomez would now be im possession of several Spanish strong- holds, in support of this theory he cites the state of giege in which the insurgents are keeping Manzanillo and Puerto Principe, and the sack- img of the former city as well as Nuevitas and Santa Cruz. The General has every reason to be- lieve that the organization, aiscipline and arma- ment 0} the Cubans never were in a better state. The only drawback appears to be a want of arms and ammunition to place in the hands of multi- tudes of willng men who are waiting for a chance to use them with effect. The late decrees of Captain General Jovellar, he thinks, will hasten the solution of the Cuban | fp this estavlishment the characteristics of ca. | question, Since the outbreak o! the war, five and @ hall years ago, no tess than nine Captains General have been sent out by Spain, each succeeding one of whom was expected to put down the rebellion; and now, in the last days of Jovellar’s reign, he finds himself WORSE OFF FOR MEN AND MONEY THAN ANY OF HIS PREDECESSORS. During the days oj Castellar a small Dlink o1 iberty giimmered through Spain, and among other reiorms inaugurated was tailing within something like constitutional Humits the absolute powers of the Captain General of Cuba. Jovellar came tnto power under the new liberal régime, but soon ound that with- out former despotic powers he could do noth ing, and demanded to have them pack again as a coudition to his remaining in office. One of the first acts of Serrano’s irresponsible government was to restore dictatorial power to Joveliar, who immediately proceeded to exercise 1t py proclaim- ing the isiand in a state of siege, ordering a heavy draft among the volunteers and able-bodied men in Cuba, and finally setting his agents to work in squeezing a forced loan of $10,000,000 from the people of the island. These look lke energetic, if Not prudent, measures; and the slaveowners see that Joveliar, despairing to Bek reigiorcements of men or remittances in money from Spaii, 18 RESOLVED TO “PLAY ALL FOR ALL” in the game of war. This desperate play does not suit the slgveowners, who wauttime. They want to procrastinate and keep matters as they are now, since it ts impossible to improve them. Heuce | Messrs. Zulueta, Herrera, Pinto, and the Test of the megro seliers and volunteers, not wish. ing to risk thelr heads or Jose their slaves, sent over to Madrid an application tor the appointment of General Don José de la Concha as Captain Gen- eral. Aud it would seem that the Havana ring have Sucéceded. Now Concha (the ayers of Havana) le 18 po lol ous, active officer wiio so crielly ex Crittenden, Steadman and a host of others in the tort of Atares In 1862, The supporters of slavery and unconditional Spanish rule know this very well, but they think taat almost any new course Will be | the meuns of staving off tor awhile longer | THE INEVITABLE RUIN WHICH AWAITS THE HELLISH INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY. Meanwhile the volunteers will not volungeer nor be draited, but, when they can do g0, prefer paying $1,009 exemption money to facing the hardy mam- bises in the Dun. Both Spaniards and Cubans are fleeing irom the draft, and, to cap the climax, gold has gone up like a rocket, the Vuelto Abajo Das been invaded, plantations are burned, the negroos rush over to the insurgent ranks, Castil- Man blood flows amain, and the country fs in a con- dition of chaos, Such, in brief, is General Quesada’s picture of the condition in Which public affairs are now situated in Cuba. He predicts the end to be near, and thinks that if General Concha reaches Cuba, he will be the | While saying | last Captain General of the island, ‘that of cur- | Bee the vigor- | cuted Lopez, | this, General Quesada also admits the possibility | of the war’s continuing for a year and a half or two years more, but avers that.the patriots are ready jor even so Uniooked Jor a turn of events, General Quesaca is neutral as between his brother’s partizans and the party now represented by Mr. Aldama. He has olfered his sword to the present agent of the Cuban government, and asserts his readiness to lead an expedition 10 the island at any time. ‘the General has already lapded three successful expeditions at diflerent times in Cuba, and thinks he could run in another. He states tha: the people o Louisiana are very enthu- | silastic in favor of the Cuban cause. At this stage of the conversation a well known Cuban who was present remarked that bad Raiael Quesada gone m command of the Virginius expe- dition, ne would have landed 1t in safety, Vice President Aguilera and Quesada are on good terms. The latter recognizes the tormer as constitutional Vice Presideut, but cannot look upon him im the lignt of President until ne returns to Cuba and places bimseli at the head of the gov- ernment taere. Reference was made to the sacrifices of the poor exiled Cuban workmen during the last five years, when « gentleman, who has veen conspicuous jor the services rendered to his country’s cause, said itis well known that there are about 2,000 Cuban cigar makers in the United States, These men pay cach on an average $10 per month to the agency, irrespective of who may be at the head of affairs, In the five years that have last transpired they must have paia in some $1,200,000. that this immense sum ougnt to delray the ex- penses of several large expeditions, without in- | new enterprise ts to be “All Souis’ Protestant Epts- | It seems | cluding a vastly Jarger amount that has been coi- | lected among the wealthy Cubans, from sympa- thizing outsiders and accruing out of the sale of bonds; yet in the face of all this it 1s a fact that only smaji, isolated enterprises have despatcned to the shores of Cuba. Mr. Frederick de Arnas, the well known Cuban journalist and writer, thinks—as do a number of been | others—that there is still a reasonable ground for | hope that ex-President Cespedes is still alive. The news of Nis death comes im & very questionabie | shape from Havana. The Spanish journals in Cuba | state tnat the body brought into Sanuago was that Ol a stout, bald-headed man. Cespeaes was neither one nor te other. He was avery spare, low-sized man, and wore his bair rather long, having no | signs o: valdness. The only thing found on the body that could in any way identity it with Ces- edes Was a Sock bearing the imtiais “C. M, de ©.,” | ut that might be accidental. General Quesada states that he has obtained, on legal grounds, a divorce trom his wile, aud witn her consent; also that the proceedings in connec- tion witn their ultimate separation were made somewhat notable by the denunciations of a cer- tain Mr, Lucosta, of San Antonio, Texas, who is the nearest male relative of Mrs. Quesada, BLECTRIO SIGNALS FOR FERRYBOATS, It seems strange that the ferry companies fail to Make use of that which at a smull expense can prevent the loss of lives and much property—the electric light. In the Stevens Institute one of the most splendid batteries in the worla is to be found, whose light can penetrate the densest fog to a dis- tance of more than half a mule, By fashing a sim- ilar one ON the approach Of boats the pilots could readily make the slip without the vexatious delays and dangers caused at present. It is not impro able that the business head of Mr. Shippen will soon perceive the economy Of using suci a light, at least on the Hoboken sice of the river, RIVERSIDE AVENUE, The President of the West Side Association has addressed a leter to Hon. William B, Woodin, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Cities, in Telation to the bill for tne improvement-of River- side avenue, He objects to the work being done by the Department of Parks | Blade's. Jas THE HORSE MYSTERY. The Spread of the New DMisease—The Equine “What Is 1t!”—The Distemper im the Livery Stables—The Disorder Among the Truck Horses—New Facts and Theori The new horse disease is extending its sphere of operations, and is becoming a greater mystery than ever. The horse doctors, who do not agree as to their comprehension of the matter, are pur- suing the usual tactics of their profession, prac- tised also on men or horses, of denying the exist- ence of anything which they do not understand, They do not understand the prevaient horse disease, and so they deny it altogether, or where they cannot avsolutely deny, they ignore it or poob-poon it, One horse doctor answered the HERALD repre- sentative that it was simply the usual spring | Jever incident to this time of year. Another doc- tor asserted that it was only the “pinkeye” ina moditied form. A third said that the seat of the disease is entirely in the stomach of those affected—a species of digestion. Only one had the frankness to own that the complaint puzzled him, and he did not know that anybody “exactly understood 1t,”” The horse doctors differ also in their prognosis as well asin their diagnosis, Some of the pater- nity declare that the diseage is of an essenually mild type, runs its course in @ very few days, never kills, really amounts to nothing ut all, and that the horse does not suffer at all; that 16 merely feels dull, languid, under the weather, rather sleepy, rather digpirited like a | ward poliician ‘between elections.” Other coctors, however, insist that in tuis disease the horse suffers intensely with an aching pain alvernaung with colic spasins, and that it has already prove 1n Many instances tatal. One prominent horse doctor insists that the disease is a form of fang fever. Another is equally certaim that it is a case of catarrhai fever. Tus latter opinion is rapidly gaining ground and finds. many advocates among the owners of the horses aflected who are having their animals treated jor this complaint, The number of horses affected on the Seventh avenue and Broadway city railroad hne has dim- luished somewhat during the last two days. The horses affected have on this lume been worked | pereug out their sickness, but only to a limited degre€, during their iiuess, The situation on the Third avenue, the Sixth avenue and the Eighth avenue | lines remains about the same. A representative of the HERALD has visited va- rious of the livery stables in the city during the past two days and has found that the disease has spread among them, and is increasing, rather than diminishing. the stable of Mr. Beck, No. 8% Wooster street, has been ‘gone through with,” as he expresses it, with the disorder, the majority of nis horses having been seriously afected by it, though they bave all | recovered. ‘There the horses have been “let se- verely alone ;” everything has been trusted to nu- | ture; nothing has been done by the doctor, and the vis medicatric nature has been vindicated triumphantly. The stables of Mr. Crow, in Sullivan street, have ; also undergone the visitation, though toa com- paratively light degree. About twenty horses have experienced the disease. Nesbit & Kuden. whose stables are in Washing- ton street, have been large sufferers; the majorit; of their horses having been severely attacked. tarrhal fever have been strongly marked, ‘The stables 0: Jarvis & Co., in Jersey City, have also suifered, all their horses having been attacked. Numerous other instances could be citea. In tact, out of twenty-one establishments visitea only two have been found to be exons trom the disorder. In the stables No. 517 Wasmngton street a Tather peculiar case has occurred. A horse, one of the best in the stables, has been attacked twice by the disorder within a period of two weeks. The firat time the animal was sick for six duys. In the second case the attack lasted for half that period. In this Instance the horse seemed to suf- ler almost precisely as it affected with quinsy sore throat. He reiused food altogether, avoided water, but did not lose flesh. Inevery case but this the an- imal affected became very thin, but in this instance the horse was alter the second attack even fleshier than at Bret. His joints, however, became remark- ably stiff; be was unable to move. it was as if he had been stricken With rheumatism. He did not seem to suffer any, but was throughout the at- tacks as animate as a log. ‘The horse the day or the night before is periect- ly well; when the next leeding time comes he will not eat; he wil! not drink; ms lower hind timbs swell more or less; his loins contract and the dis- order is in full force, till at Jast 1t ceases almost as pasdenly and seemingly as causelessly as tt ap- eared, One strange fact has been verified by experience during the last few weeks. The disorder attacks only horses of a certain age, Young horses and horses below eight of nine years are compara- tively unaffected by it; and females are less sus- ceptible to it than males. Out of sixty-three horses affected by the disor- der jorty-one were o¥er eleven years of age and eleven were over 24 TS of age. Outof ihe ate affected on the Eighth avenue line filfy-two were over twelve years of age, and none oO] the balance were less than seven years. Out of the first sixty-three above mentioned forty-five were males, aud of the second set of seventy-one there were filty-four males, thus serv- to show the correctness of the general deduc- } tions. Mr. Beck, who has been all his life a horse jockey, insists that 1n fhe majority of cases the complaint is simply a very bad cold, owing to the sudden and great change in the weather, from an open and iiid winter to the intense cold of last week. He holds that chest protectors could be ren- | dered available, though others differ altogether from this opinion. In all cases, so far, the kidneys have been af- fected and the loins have been constricted; there has been a shrinking of the lower parts and an inclination on the part of the animal to lie down. Nitre and saltpetre have been given in ali cases with advantage. The real nature of the disease still remains, if not absolutely a mystery, at least decidediy an un- settled point, and its future seems to be equally uncertain, Some say that the worst is over, while others, equally experienced, affirm that the worst is yet to come, and that the new disease is yet des- tined to become as widespread, if not as destruc- tive, as the epizootic. DR. PORTEOUS? CHURCH MOVEMENT. Meeting of the Committee Last Night— Reports of Progress by the Sub-Com- mittees. The committee of fifteen (less two) who have | undertaken to organize and found a Protestart Episcopal church in Brooklyn for the Rev. Dr. Por+ teous, met last evening at the residence of Mr. | Foote, in Vanderbilt avenue. Mr. Crozier, the chairman, presided. The several sub-committees reported the results of their investigations and labors. The Committee on Location have secured the Academy of Music for morning services and Dr. Buddington’s church, on Clinton and Lafayette avenues, for evening service, The inaugural services will take place on Sunday evening next at the Clinton avenue Congregational church, The style and title of the copal chureb,”’ The organizers, who are faithful to the Protestant Episcopal Church, do not intend to set up for themselyes unless compelled thereto by the contmued hostility of the Bisiop of the diocese. They will obtain the endorsement of three bene- ficed clergymen, with which, according to canon jaw, Dr. Porteous can demand recognition. If the Bishop reluses to recognize him then the Church will carry its grievance before the Diocesan Com- | it that body shail sustain the Bishop's | mittee. position there will then be nothing left but an in- dependent attitude for All Souls’ church. ‘dhe Committee on Music haye interested Mr. | Goodwin, the President of the Handel and Haydn Society, Of Brookijn, who will provide the new charch with a voiunteer choir, some of whom, as Mr. Gordon himsell stated to the committee last night, will eventually identify themselves with the new movement. Mr. Morgan, the organist oi the Clinton avenue church, has consented, tempora- rily, at least, to supply the instramental accom. | paniments to the choir for the services in that charey. The hymps to be used have sel d irom the “Songs of the Sanctu- ary,” used in Dr. Buddington’s church, and will be published in pamphiet form of eight pagcs and distributed to the congregations, ‘The committee intend to have good music, but not to make that the great feature of their service, So tar as practicable congregational singing 18 to be encouraged; but chants and solos will also Hind an appropriate place in the services, and to aid tt the choir Is to be provided with church music books. It was decided to take up the collections, aiter the sermon instead of before, so that the | financia! interests of the charch may not Interfere This is in consonance wishes also. Six ushers, who are also to attend to the collections. were appointed last evening. The members of the committee present last evening—Messrs, Crozier, Kempton, Herries, Blauvelt, Foote, iayior, Crombie, Hallock, Sinclair, Young, Hazelton, Lownsberry and Archer—paid one quarter of their subscriptions 1M advance, so as to put the organiza- tion on a sure footing, A finance and an adver- tising committee were appointed last evening. Mr. Kempton fs the treasurer. It was decided tor the present not to effect a permanent organiza- with the spiritual, with Dr. Porteous’ | ton until the church can do so according to the statutes in such case made and provided, which will be tn @ few weeks. ‘The Committee on Music is to meet at Mr. Hallock’s nouse this evening, and on Friday evening the choir will practice in Dr. Buddington’s church and on Saturday at Mr. Dr, Porteous met the committee tater + evens aad Wag pleased with their antion, making only one or two round trips a day | been | —TRIPLE SHEET. FREE BANKING 0B EREE FOOD. To Tae Eprror ov ras HERALD :— Your noble bumanity, now so much needed and #0 gratefully acknowledged by an unemployed and starving people, induces me to believe that the same él 6d benevolence will prompt you to promote the ends that will restore employment to these suffering thousands when you are convinced of the truth of such propositions as may be laid before you, 1 will briefly lay before you a few facts and logical deductions that may point to a proper, suitable and permanent remedy for the evils that are upon us. You know that up to the time of the failure of Jay Cooke & Co, manufacturing and all other pur- suits in which human labor is required were mn a state of uuexampled prosperity. You know that soon after thut event the great mass of mechanics by the failares of employers, but because the money or bills to pay for labor could noi be ob- tained. Here then, just here, appears the point or chief and mosi palpable eause of disaster, to which all should turn their eyes and attention before look- ing for any other. Men, women and children were thrown out of employment and leit without the means to provide themsctves with food because money could not be obtained to pay them for cack day’s labor, These people are now in want of em- Ployment from the same cause, and many, very many, are indebted to your active sympatiy ana money for their lives. Beyond the suffering of these pour thousands. He, many other grievances borne by our pcopic iu consequence of the sudden stop put to well paid labor. ‘This condition of aifairs has now continued more than seven months, and the unemployed buve been estimated at 2,000,000 of persons. I1 this be so tuen this estimate makes an absolute loss tu eawcii la- borer und meohanic of 170 days, The value oi this labor, M we estimate itat $2 a day, emounts to $340 for each person. Tue aggregate for the 2,060,000 will thus be SIX HUNDRED AND HIGHTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! ‘This Is @ frightfu! sum for the laboring poor ana the nation to jose, This loss must continue to work out an immense amount of misery and crime. Une-half or Oae-quarter of this great sum is large enough ‘to strike with wonder and horror the for the oppressed and indignation against the anthors o: this great crime. Here lies the cause of Stagnation io trade, the small eollections, pros- | pective and present embarrassments, suffering and starvation, more than all the disasters We are now Witnessing and will witness many months yet to come. CRUELTY OF MERCHANTS AND STATESMEN, How do our merchants and statesmen meet and answer this great and appalling fact wucn we ask NS normal condition? gold sor currency |” Us u stone,” pent.” controls and oppresses us, We call jor a restoration of the Free aa ae law, Which Congress unwisely took trom us ané made &@ monopoly in the hands of a tew favored persous. We, therefore, charge all the calamities under which We are now suffering, upon Congress. In the presence of the cause and appalling couse- quences that are here recounted we are met by & cry of ‘“‘inflution! inflation!’ And from the unreason- ing opinions found in the columns of many papers we are unable to learn what remedy they propose for the present evil. We say that when currency 1s abundant labor 18 well paid; that when money is scarce and dear the laborer starves. They an- swer, ‘“Oontraction; no inflation.” We say we want paper money. ‘hey answer ‘Gold!’ We ask for employment. They say, “Money is too acarce.” THE HISTORY OF FREE BANKING. I will now return to the cause of this trouble, We established free banking in this State In 1838, This law remains upon our statute books, Did you ever hear any one make complaint agaiust it? jas there been any cause to ask lor iis repeal? Has there been any “inflation” of the State cur- rency before It was taxed out of existence? This law of our State was wisely made the law of the | Union in 1862. It was made “free,” but unwise men caused the aggregate amount of capital to be United to $30,000,000. This they call tree bank- ing. After the whole amount had been tuken up by banks in different parts of the Union the exi- gencies of lavor called ior an increase of currency, and Congress, our wise and iberal Congress, very kindly allowed the people to increase tne mo- Nopoly to $850,000,000; but they annexed a condi- tion, ‘The Secretary of the Treasury was ordered to withdraw $50,000,000 of legal tenders. Here was @ deception practised. ne law gave only $45,000,000 to the volume of bank notes aad took from Circulation $50,000,000 of ‘legal tenders.’ | instead, therefore, of an increase 01 $50,000,000 of currency there was an actual decrease of $5,000,000, Your paper has shown by statistics that the currency in our country is less per capita than in Kngland, France and Germany, And yet we hear or éce in every papor but the HERALD tuat our currency is “inflated.” INFLANION DEFINED. On the gnestion of “inflation” i must call your attention to a jew facts. The word “inflation,” that 18 80 fuppantly used in the press, means, if it means anything, “a bladder filled with wind or gas, BDIEEDT OR. @ Worthiess thing.” Does this descrine corréctly our bank note? This note ig secured by a deposit in the national treasury of gold bearing government bonds. ‘The Tre: | urer delivers to the vanks notes for circulation, | to the amouur oi ninety per cent of the face of the bonds. Are these bonis worthless, ‘inflated’? things? ‘hese bonds now seil in our market and | in England and Germany for more than par in old, . Thus the Treasurer of the United States hoids in his possession a sdturity for every bank note that will sell for $110 in gold to redeem every $100 of bank notes. fs this worthless *inflated” paper ? ‘This “inflated” paper is not money. It 1s simply @ hign order of credit. No one ts compelled to take Their reply is, “Give us “We ask for bread; they give “We ask for figh; they give us a ser- accept in payment a note of Mr. Astor. most Woul certain” number you limit Mr. Astor to an issue of a of notes on the pretence that they will produce ‘inflation?’ Mr. Astor, backed by his hundred millions of property can make avery good note. But such a note 18 not so perlect & security ag tne bank | note, secured by a special pledge; and by a regu- lation among the banks Mr. Astor’s notes would not be received in payment for an indebtedness, 'Therelore this ‘4uflated’? bank paper 18 more val uable than any other except the ‘coined paper” of the government, Js it a possible thing to have too much of this bank paper? THE WAGES OF TOIL. curreney. Bank notes and iegal tenders are chiefly | used for paying labor. ‘These bills, thereiore, rep- resent the quantity and value of the labor oi our | country, and they follow labor and trade to every pluce ‘on the Continent. There is a flux and reflux of currency in all towns and manufacturing centres, controlled by the amount of labor and merchantable productions, The sales of tue products of labor bring back money from the mart of trade, and it is then paid to the | laborer tn small sums. These rewards of lavor generally tind @ natural deposit in the pocket of the small or retail trader, and irom him they go to | the jobber and importer in our large cities. the current goes, circles and te ae according to the great law of supply and demand. [fan employer atany place 1s not able to get seek for his manufactured article he cannot pay his work- | men, bis workmen cannot pay their store buils the retailer cannot pay the city merchant, and | thus depression in trade may be traced directly to | the want of currency in the hands of employers to | pay the producer. This chain of results is upon us now, and this is the cause that calls for your en- | jarged benevolence. | CURRENCY MUST EXPAND WITH LABOR, | The business of banking resembles the blood, its causes and effects, The blood ss the life of the natural body, as the currency is the life of the | body of producers and consumers. The blood musi | expand and increase with the growth of the body and the currency must expand and increase with the number of laborers and the amount of traMc. If you stop the blood in a limited degree you im- poverisa tue body and frequently bring on par alysis. So with the currency. The increase or de- crease strengthens or injures the body politic. The volume Of currency must increase with the num- ber of persons employed. The money that will pay for the labor of 100 men is not sufficient tur 1,000. Banking and currency, therefore, are part and parce} of ali mdustries and must be allowed to ex- pand and contract according to the great law of supply and demand ‘This business when left free will increase and de- crease 1n its volume and profts in the same way, ana will pay no larger reward for the money and labor employed than the average of any and every other business, We come back to the evident fact that the in- crease of the blood or currency having been foret- bly limited, and the body or business having grown up to the limit, she natural body and business of the country must submit vo paralysis. ‘his paral- ysis.18 upon us and will dwarf it not ki/l us unless the restriction is removed by an act of Congress. Thereiore I say we must have FREE BANKING OR FREE FOOD. THE DEFAULTER PHELPS. The Case Put Over Until the May Term. ALpany, N. Y., March 18, 1874. The motion made yesterday in the Phelps case and Terminer was granted and the case put over to the May term. During the argument Mr. Hadley intimated that $10,000 of the $15,000 whch it Is al- | leged Phelps misappropriated was used at the Utica State Convention to secure the nomination of a certain State oficer, by direction of an oMicer having control of the State tunds, superior to Phelps. lt was admitted by counsel for the defence that Mr, Raines was not party referred to, and laborers were thrown out of employment, not | bardest heart tn the land, and arouse a sympathy | ‘This cause is enough to produce , tor the restoration of the Ine biood of business to | This Is the humanity and wisaom that now | it any more than he would be compelied to | itis the | eriect credit that has ever been invented. | I will now call your attention to the action of our | ‘thus | for @ postponement of the trial until the next Oyer | 3 A MONSTER STEAMER. Suecessfal Launch of the City of Peking at Chester, Pa. A Six Thousand Ton Vessel for the Pacific Trade. CONGRESSIONAL IDLERS PRESENT, Custer, Pa, March 18, 1874. To the launching of the great ship, which was successfully effected here to-day and the particay lars of which appear fully below, was attached more than ordinary significance. But a few years | ago such an event would have been impossible, and the triumph of this afternoonis all the more | worthy of note because being a circamstance of such rare occurrence, Our commerce was inaugu- rated in 1776, but it virtually ended in 1862, We had no navy at the opening of the war, and from our merchantmen we were forced to construct on naval ships It cost @ ) greal deat of nynev; bat it did more, it desiroyed our gomumerce. At the close of. | the war we converted our naval ships back | to merchantmen. This also cost a great deal of | money, and this/alse did more—1 really destroyed | the ships thems¢tves, and for our commercial rela | | | | tions left us degtitute of even the agencies for re. spectable commercial competition. Nor ts this all, for in the conversion and reconversion just four | times as much money was spent as it would have cost to have butit a good navy at the ontset. VISITORS TO SEB THE LAUNCH. As the hour neured noontide the crowd increased, until within the boundaries of the company’s do- | main there seemed to be gathered a mighty army. As yet the special train from Washington and New York had not arrived, but on the Delaware | tug after tug came sveaming up. The revenue cut- ter, the tag Pilgrim, from the Phila- delphia Navy Yard, the steamer Jersey Biue and twenty or thirty other vessels | whose names in the foggy distance were indiscern- able, rocked to and tro on the waves, with ther decks and rigging black with human jorms. On | Board the tug Pilgrim there was music and merry making, uniformed men and tidily attired women, treading the rapid measures of the waltz, whilo | on the shore gradually and gradually every stand | Point became a hive of men and women. Op the | plers, on the balcomes, on the wharves, on the submits of factories and housetops, there seemed tobe notan inch of space which was not oc- cupied. Down the shores of the Delaware, along | the streets of the village, in the yards, and in fact | everywhere, people were jostling each other, and | complaining because they had not room to be comfortable, Then the special trains trom New York an& Washington arrived. This was but a half hour prior to the launch. The cars from Washington brought with them Senators Cameron, Ramsey, Norwood, Howe, Bogy and ex-Senator Cattell, along with several others. There also came Con- gressmen Sawyer, Barry, Young, Page, Houghton, Eldridge, Wheeler, Schofield, Curtia, Coburn and Harmer. From the Naval Department at Wash. ington your correspondent recognized Rear Admi- ral Reynolds, Commodore Jeffers, Chief Engineers Hanscon and Wood, end ‘Second Secretary of Mr. Mr. Robeson, Smith. The New York special train brought with it many of those mterested in the Pacific Mail line, namely :—President Sagej Vice President Hatch, along with J.C. Wyman and many hundreds of distinguished cltuzens from Bos- ton, Providence, New York and intermediate points, The naval department of New York was repre- sented by Constructor Hanscon, Chief Engineer Shock, Chief Engineer Henderson and Chief Kn- gineer Sewell, ‘the Navy Department of Philadet- hia Was representea by Conimandant Mullany, Constructors Edward Hartt, Steele aud Farness. A SUCCESSFUL “FLOAT.” It was only afew moments after the arrival of | these parties that the jaunch was triumphantly | made. Meanwhile innumerable boats spotted the | Delaware in the contines of an exceedimgly large | area, and all of them were ornamented with the | flags and colors of all nations. Every tug and | steamer seemed to have @ band of music on board, | and, in a word, the scene was lively and interest- | ng beyond description. The delegations of both | houses at our national capital went on board the | mammoth ship, along with many other tel: Of distimetion and note. So large was tha crowd upoy the brave vessc! that only a lew more sould ne e possibly been crowded upon ber decks. the mimic masts of the iron sip floated the | f ip floated th American flag, the Union Jack and the emblem of the Oriental realms, At preciseiy one moment t one o'clock in the afternoon the ‘shores’? ‘were knocked aside, every wedge had been driven home, the hawsers were cleared, and that immense mass of iron began to move. A slight tremor ran along her long and graceful lines, an awiul sus- pense rested upon the muititude, but the next in- stant the destined Queen of the Pacific sought her natural element without an accident or with- out a delay. A shout went up trom the people; there was a series of wild hurrabs from | the men andthe clapping of hands and. waving of | handkerchiefs from the laéies—not trom t! men who designed and built the ship, but from every goul upon the stocks, wharves and housetops; trom the steamers, row boats and tugs, who beneld in this glorious launch the revival of an almogt dor- mant American industry and the excellence ana supremacy of American skill. No sooner had the vessel buoyed itself upon the tide than the young- est daughter of tue builder of the ship, Miss Emma | Roche, breaking a bottle of wine across its bows, | christened it “THE CITY OF PEKING.” There is the vessel foating out with the tice of the Delaware, She is the largest ship that has ever been constructed upon any Continent save | one, and that one, for commercial or practical | purposes, proved atatlure, She is graceful, com- modious and buoyant, and all her lines rua in the direction of the most perfect proportions. In the | designing, the conception, building and cumpietion | of that ship no one has plied his hand who was not an American. 1t is an American ship, and none but Americans have constructed her. Her length is 432 feet, her depth 38 feet 6 inches, and her beam 48 Jeet. Her tonnage is about 6,000 | tons, She is rigged with four masts, full ship mg, With fore and ait jeger masts, She has been built for the Pacitic Mail line, plying between China and San Francisco, and sie ture | Dishes accommodation for tully 2,000 passengers. Her macninery will be buiit at the Morgan tron | Works of New York city, and will consist of double compound engines, high pressure cylinders, SL | inches in diameter; iow pressure cylinders, 88 | inches in diameter; stroke of pistons, 54 inches; high pressure, 4,500. er propelier is Hirch’s patent, diameter 20 feet, 3 inches; pitch, 80 feet; revolutions, 65 per minute, | Her speed will be 1544 knots per hour. Her boilers are ten in number; length, 10 feet 6 inches; diameter of 13 Jeet; pressure, 60 pounds per square inch, THE FRAST OF RBASON, After the launch the parties invited, consgituting several thousand in number, parvook of an Piegant collation served in the immense mould loit, in which there seemed to be noend of cold meats, salads, wines, whiskeys, brandies and cordials. Among the most remarkable speeches made upon the occasion was that of Senator Cameron, who was vehemently cheered as he came lorward, and who confined hits remarks tothe triumph of the hour and the possibilities of Americax siipbuild~ ing in the future, Many Senators present made eloquent addresses, and then the pioneer in the revival of the industry—Mr. Roche—delivered @ few earnest and interesting words. He said that as far as bis capital or influence was concerned he | would devete both to the construction of American | ships, and that although he was an old mau he yet hoped to see before he died every American mail carried upon the bottom of an American snip. The return homeward was rendered pleasant by | stories, speeches and songs. Every one seemed to feel pleased with the success, A JERSEY BLOPEMENT. | The Latest Sensation in Trenton—Two Families Made Sad. } Last Sunday night George W. Wheeling, a dealer in human hair, eloped from Trenton with a widow named Smith. Wheeling has two children, the | eldest being Ave years old and the youngest one | month. He lived with his wife up to Stinday last. The fair Venus who stole away his heart this timo is a daughter-in-law of 8. B. Smith, a banker in Trenton. Her husband, Ellis B. Smith, died a short time ago. When Wheeling was about to elope he posted a notice on the door of his store that there was adeath in the family, and he informed his | wile that his mother haa just died in Baltimore. He carried off with him about $2,000 worth of his best stock and a gold watch belonging to Mr. Hartley, & saloon keeper. The widow took with her, in bonds and money, about $1,800, the pro- ceeds of the sale of her household effects She took | with her ber boy, eight years of age, but she did not leave in the same train with her ad- mirer George. Her maiden name is Post and she isa native of Trenton. Tye balance of Wheeling’s stock was attached yesterday for a sum of $800 by Mrs. Isaac A. Dann. His wife’s maiden name 18 | Lanning and she bvelonas to a higyly respectabie le \ family,