The New York Herald Newspaper, June 4, 1874, Page 3

WEST POINT. of the Graduating Class. | | Continuation of the Beaptination THE “PLEBES” AT DRILL. | The Graduates Not To Be Deprived of | Places in the Army. | Wesr Porn, June 3, 1874, | Now that by the high and mignty decision of | those monsters commonly known in the regions or j cadetdom as examtuers, forty-five inotenstve young | men, full of ambition and with just enough talent , not to make them eligible to West Potnt favorsand | graces, have been sent home to their dear mam- | mas, and that sixty-five other young men, quite as | ambitious and witn a httie more successiul talent, | have been told that they can from his out look | Qpon the Academy as their home until further | Orders, the breaking-in arillings of the ‘“plebes’? have begun in downright earnest. It may be a | galling thing fora youth of proud spirit, who at | home was wont to wear the prettiest of clothes and part his hair in the middie and wear tt long | and flowing if he deemed it to the embellishment | of his general beauty, and to be treated by Jonn | She coachman and James the waiter as \¢ | A NATURAL BORN PRINCE, | born to command, and who was led to belleve by | the whole family that the cut of one’s coat and the weight of one’s watch guard, and not the number of years one has graced the world with one’s presence distinguished the man from the boy. It may be a galling thing, J repeat, to such a | youth after coming here to find that he is cousid- ered as amere hobbiedehoy, who has a great deal to learn—and ten times more than a great deal to anlearn—to find by bitter experience iu a few short | hours aiter being jurnished with a cadet cap that ms flowing locks must no longer flow, and that a | close fitting hirsute covering 1s a military necessity, which it is incumbent upon the oficial barber to see executed at all haz- ards. And yet what has been done for years in the past in the matter of ‘:pleve” treatment has to be done agai now as religiously as ever here, and | even the Jove a poor Jeilow may always have had | for a peculiar style of shoe, or gaiter, or habit of | gait—whicn Fitth avenue might determine all grace and dignity—must needs, as of old, go once more for nought, ‘Ihe fact is, the “pieve,” as the | new cadet 1s called, is no longer to-day what he Was two weeks agv, before he lett home; or, rather, he ig not allowed to be what he was, And what, !orsooth, is THE “PLEBE” OF THE PERIOD? He 1s not, mdeed, the persecuted wretch that the “plebe” of a few years ago was—the butt for | all the cruelties of rude practicai Jokers; the inces- Sant toller by day and by night, who carried pails of water and burnished muskets and brightened | breuscplates for the older cadets, and who was dragged trom his bed at the hour when grave- yards are supposed to yawn and ghosts Who have no regard for tie proprieties to Piowl about, only to be dumped trom a | Wheelbarrow into some ditch or tried and | condemued to be shot by a court martial assem- bled in a room made hideous by hangings of black, Wath bones and skulls as wall ornamentations, | ‘Thanks to the new order of things, the “piebe” ot vhe period ts tree trom all these trials and tribula- Uons; but one bas oniy to go down on the psain, near the barracks, in the aiternoon now to see that | he 1s yet a sight that makes tendernearted girls to | smile through their tears and even fond orotaers 1o prin that they are not ot the elect. Snorn of M18 | Howling locks, 1 he had towing locks when he first came, With the military-capas the only military Mark about him, he is made to twist and squirm | and wheei about and stand on one foot and keep his chin ubove the level of his collar and is arms | paiuiuily straigut down by his sides, and then and | there, belore j THE GAPING GROUPS OF VISITORS and aynia the snickering of small boys and the iggung oi young ladies, Wuo never nave compas- ul 1O¢ Misery 11 any shape it presents itseil, to Sieber eS. hae ascends. pod Jace unmoved, Segious, dcrerm: as though to move a muscle oLis trnily. closed mouth. or to hit ‘nis .eyeorows were @n uct puuisiable by death istanter at the mouth ofa ten-inch gun, Aud all this te be | submitted to by a young man who, when he came | here, vbelleved that he knew ali that was worth | kuowing. und that the moment he janded at the Whi ‘¢ lie Was to be bowed and scraped to by | the common soldiery, taken in band by the offi- cers aud imtroducet to the prethest giris that could pe found for miles around, and | vone lor generally as wvecame a future [pe ae Aud yet look at him now how, lor the sake of the glory that 13 in store ior | lim, le.takes tis punisiment, ior he certainly | cannot think it @ pieasure. His instructor is a | cadet of the lowest ciass, a youngster wno only & | vear ago Welt through the same ordeal and suffered the same tortures of un indiguant spirit that dared bot ‘o rebel, aud who, With a ligut cane ip wis hand, looks at him as if be meant every mo- | Meut to make u meal of tum in oue swailow, and | Wiio gives lis oraers iu @ towe Of voice so Lull of b ood-curdling menace that the wonder of it all is | that the poor Victim doesn’t drop in his tracks and | give up the gnost entirely. papas and mammas who are now hee aud who won't go home until their dear boys get on their gay beli-but.oned gray | coats! Just look ut it! Here, tuere aud everywhere Ou the plain, right under the gaze 1 the visitors who crowd about to witness the daily torturugs are te beloved pets, Who never | knew what 1 Was to be ordered to do anything belo ach With a stern little taskmaster, (ull of his own imporiance, and chafing within himself, aoubtless, because he cannot tucow into the exer. | cise Of 16 a Lite Of that “hazing”? sting and cru. | elty that Was once the delight o! the olaer clayses | Of the cadet corps, GROWLING OUT COMMANDS, one aiter anotuer, so quickly tnat tre poor “plebe” | is Lali the (iuae trying Lo go Lurough several uitter- | ul motious wii at the same time, an effort, by the Way, Which generally (uds ip positions that bring | down Upon win tae ferce ive oO. lis instructor. ‘Does he not noid bis chin high enough tat articie D1 18 Anucomy 18 taken Wold Of by the young mun with the cane and ducked up iu & Way thatis us tapid‘in its execution as it must be astonishing to the uncompiaibing OWner O1 it, Does he not step | forward and tits toes polatmg downwards at the | proper tine, he is made to stand on une loot, while the oileuding leg, swetched forward and tie :0ot S$ jlwced th position very deliberate: he mevilable cave. indeed, this breaking. Ig Wpecular One; und 1 ONe did Dut KuUW ery Cadet that ever Was had his day ol it, | and that Without it the wew comers would not be w ihey ought to be by September wu tie secne near the barracks, Made up of boys stand. ing on one luot; oF others sioopmg down, With tue facestiushed and eyes startiug out ol Weir | 8 Valuly endeavoring to touch tue toes of S withowt beudiny their limbs; o1 others ¢ throwin thelr arms wildly about, over their heaus j ti their ¢ aud again behind their cKS OL their hands come of still ocbers turning | eads tu the rigat aud to the left, accordingly | y are ordered, and going through the ys and ings with & rapidity that | ry mument threatens to tumble them ou their laces, Would indeed seem but a grotesque turce. | Huvatis nota iarce, aud eveu the pieve, aiter his | days of new cadet varaldom 13 over, is the frst tu | learn iat nis twistings abd squirmings on the plain were jor his benenit, and not jor THE AMUSEMENT OP SIMPLE LOOKERS ON from New York or eisewuere. The comments Vount-ered concerning the mistakes the poor | plebe makes by his cudet imstructor are some. | times really amusing. “You are,’ said one of Seta, Wicbin my hearing, a8 he glared tere fie pupil, who stood trembling belore lta, ready, appeureniuy, to GO DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND PE their ti ¥ vor a lorenight, 1 only told to do 80; “You are to 1e ai Oulger of Wie great urmy of the Lulted 1, aud shouid hot lose sight of that wet, | SLOPPANg ORE, oT, WIT YUUT loes sticking | ay! Do you suppose, sie, baat you can | vecume a yeneral tu tie aricy and walk aster | Wsiony Aud tiere, siz, Why alow your clin Mg down gor Cane you step out wit looking At your tect: they're Now so wttry t Jon't iyt your eyes wonde Voint can't be seen 1 a S$ fixed stiaight Leiore you. witention, sir; ele we Wil pide | you where you Will lave time to study up a utte, | 4 ian oF ougihy Mol te need so uiuEh | lig Lo. JOU Suppose General Sherman ever di hot, Why not? Phen why are Wah General Sherman, Come, | P ain. hese remarks were | tH ak, Dut in ui OF Intertu Various Movements the plebe Was reed if. And stil ad the tine, d dare | cowplining Mstiuctor wad a terrivle Ala, On Within iniusel, terce as he keep trom imuduiging in a gatuw at the awk diess and (iuility dispiyed vy is charge. Lut yet a ew duys and all this will be at an end, ane th wwhkwold youths, Wuiiormed and tie Hedged cadeis, Will bE taken IM Land ov the eauets as good iclows well wiet and Wil gO along Swill wig ly dhe as Braceuily us they ave wow veg ding awkwardly on We Ligh road that leaus to | TALK UNG FEpPUlAt.on Mm the army. As ior the orty. | five Who were wot Chosen Lo suit may ve that | O lew Will pet (@ck Ly Septetuver. “My boy Is suen | ayant voy, eared « indy say 0 Bu Univer si | a oo Wy Wedd Us lid Class, Aud yes you oupue tuled agaiwss ita} At ia tuo bod,” Tae iad | pull out the ram | about being within hating distance of | Tacks, but who come to enjoy themseives as they | | cluded. | of the Commissioners. | Inysterivus a What a sight tor the | X) | Poltce th | would consent to give any staren NEW YORK HERALD, 'HURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. parent t know, probably, that what is considered a smart boy in some schools 13 not Sinart enough for West Point. ‘foo strong a belief in the boys’ smartaess Lad much to do, doubtless, withthe sending of the majority of the lorty-iive here who were not smart enougt, THE EXAMINATION IN ENGINEERING ENDED, The graduates to-day completed thely examina- tion in engineering, and will some time to-morrow afternoon be taken im hand im mineralogy and geology, (hey having @ brief rest this aiternoon While tne second ciuss ts being examined in pli- losopby. No one of the graduates, 1 believe, las been jound deticient in engineering, and, though they ure one and ail resiive at the delay im their examination wlile the second class are being ex- | amined, they will certainly be very glad tu teel that the most dificult brauch of their studies has not made the slightest inroad upon their ranks. ; Twill state here that the class witl voi, after all, be | | compelled to go home Without any hope of getting | commissioned by reason o1 the reduction in the arniy, as 1t seems an amendment was added to the Dill just beiore it Was passed excepting the present Class from its provisions, AN ARIILLERY DRILL There waf a lignt atrery aril on the Plains to-day, Which was given ior the special delignt of | the Board of Visitors, most of Whom, you kuow, | come here to be delighted, aud are determined to be cielighted so long as they ure not wade sutterers by-any of the pleasures, pastimes or military Mantwuvres that can be given during their stay. The turd class Aeted a8 Cunnoniers and a select few of the graduating class acted as tue otticers of the battery. The guus during the drill were splen- didly handled, the changing Lonts, lorming tine, advancing and movements in coumn veing espe- chilly weil done, ‘The gredt feature about these drnis is the dismounting and mounting o1 the guns. and the firing of one round, Tou person who tor the first ume witnesses a dru! or this kid the rapidity with which the pieces are taken ull apart and put together again aud a round fired seems almost the work Ol magic, The guys used were what are commonly known as three-lich vranance guns, [tis offen acended with considerable dan- ger, us every class wien cnynges i it every year ts So ANXIOUS Lo beat the Wune o1 the other and pre- ceding Ciagses that ordinary precaution 13 not taken im handing tne pieces, lew years ago remember well that one un- lortunate cauet m the drill had one o; is arms biown of irom the shoulder, | one of his companions Who acted as guoner having pulled the lanyard bewre the other Nad time to r. Still, as a general rme, the discipline maintained during the dit is such, and each man knows iis glace in the battery so weil, that accidents are but Jew and tar between. ‘Tne vlass of 1800 18 suid to Nave periormed the tout of dise mounting and mounting the pieces agai and fir- ing off oue round in i744 seconds, Owing to the Tail this aiternoon the arill Was brought to a close belore this 1eature of it Was gone through with, THK WEATHER AND THE HOTELS, AS yet there are but very few visitors. Cozzens? Hotei at Cozzens’ landing ovens to-morrow, aud us 1b 18 the lushionable hotel ior alt visitors who are not immediately ufterested in the s.udies of the cadets, und Who are not, therefore, particular the bar- Wouid at any otter sumiver resort, it may be that We will have quite a large addition by Sacurday to | the present meagre number Ou hand of those who have irieuds in the Cadet corps and all others in- ‘The weather to-day has been quite chilly, and fires in the rooms are quite welcome. FREDDY ENGLISH FOUND. - —< The Boy Witness in the Brocklyn Excise Cases Turns Up in Boston. About six weeks ago, it will be remembered, a boy named Freddy Engiish gained considerable notoriety by appearing belore the Board of Police and Excise Commissioners as prosecuting witness in several cases of violation of the Excise law. ‘rhe boy, who is fourteen years of age, was engaged by the “Ladies’ Temperance Society’ of Brooklyn to procure evidence against suspected liquor deal- ers, 10 order to obtaiu convictions at the hands Ib was the custom of the boy to visit saloons on Sunday and puichase a few cents worth of spirits in a bottle. Eacn bottle was duly labellea with the Dame of the dealer; his address and the date of purchase. The witness would produce the liquor and swear to its purchase, thereby convicting dealers of violating the Sunday clause of the Ex- cise law and of selling to minors, About seventy sampies were pipenres ivom as many saloons, and the examinations were progressing slowly, wnen Freddy suddeni disappeared, His mother not tied the police, ne Mayor aud the crusaders o! tne ik, And # iruitiess searcn was insu. tutedior the missing boy. ‘The Cumion Council tinaliy olfered a rewerd o: $300 (or any information that woald lead to his recovery. Yesterday Mayor Hunter. beceived the subjomed letier trom Rev, Mr. Pentecost, ot Boston, iormeriy of the Hanson place Baptist church, Brookiyn :— No, 211 West Canton Staret, Wostox, sias:., June 2 Isr To are. Honor tug Mayor oF drouxwyy, N. Y. My Deak sin—{ have in my keeping a by as Ku ped some Ume ago trol anil, having Mm: scape, came to my house, ing Known of m n Brookiyn, and told ime his Usaie, through triends in Brooklyn, and learn that his siory Is true, and that you have offered a reward of $300 tor his recovery. 1 stiull send the, boy to Brooklyn by my special officer, Mr. McKenzie, Shall he deli direct to yout Please telegraph. on receipt of thia, where and to whom the boy shall be delivered, Yours, very truly, GLU friend and ver the boy F, PENTECOST. The Mayor ordered that “Freddy” be sent to Brooklyn immediately, where he ts expected to arrive to-day. A thorough iuvestugation will be made concerning the ailegea abducuen o: boy, who claims to have been drugged and decoyed trom his howe, In the Boston Glove of Wednesday the boy's story and the circumstances of his reappearance are thus told:— The friends of Mrs. Fnglish had almost given up hope Banks M when Ar. D. cxenzie, Superintendent of the ut word through a boston tthe missing lad had 1a, Who is as honest appear: mK a boy as ts often seen, and who tetis a “straight story,” asserts that on the morning — alter the iTlal he was enticed by some men to a wagon in the sirectin Brooklyn where be was ed, and, mM a te Of stupor. Was carried by the cars to Boswil. Ar ed im this city, the lad, who waa entirely in ihe power of these rascals, Was again drugged and taken ont to @ lonely house on the euiskirts of ‘Brookline, and there leit. in) compan with an old man and an old Woman, the lad was closely guarded, but managed at last’ to escape, and, coming to ine ‘city, by some good tortune came tof a lodging to the’ Appleton demporary Home, on West fourth street. Mr. sieKen- gig, the superintendent, inquired into his history, and, becoming asstved that'he was the missing boy’ ‘irom Hrookiyn, asked the Kev. George F, Pentecost to write Jo Wat city in regard to the miatler. ‘ihe answer from a Mr. kiweil, kncwn to many Brooklyn clergymen, en- lurely corroborated the !ad's story until the Kiduapping adventure, aud urged upon either Mr, Pentecost or Mr. McKeuzie to come on with the lad AN OLD DIAMOND ROBBERY, to Br e 4 Serious Charge Against a New York Poe lice Officer—A Question of Identity at Stake. On the evening of August 22, 1866, a light wagon stopped in front of the jewelry store of Mr. Tice, Fulton sucet, corner of Tillary, Brookiyn, The vehicle contained two men, one of whom, a well dressed individual, alighted, and, entering the store, approached the proprietor and asked to be shown some of the fiuest diamonds, A small iray, containing gems to the value of $4,000— cluster, sodtaires, &c.—was laid belore the stranger for ¢Xamination, After the lapse of a minute or so the customer, Who was leaning over the tray, commenced sueezing violently, and pro- duced “a large #uk haudkercne: join tis side pocket, whico he manipulated rapidly bere the | eyes of Mr, Lice, Who became afecced irom some flue powder on the silk Kercules and turned his head aside, In an instant the stranger, or, to be more definite, the tinef, threw the handkerenel over we tidy, picked it up, and, bouNdIIg oUt of the oW win great speed by tus In the flight from tne store door to venicie several diamonds were dropped by tie rogue, auc these alone Were restored to the jews eller. No trace Was ever alter obtaimed either of the thiel or the other jewels, A lew days ago superiutendent John 8, Folk, of the Brooklyn police, received a letter signed “Ei win L. arvin’’ in which it was stated that one of the oficers of the kighth precinct, New York, whose name is “Quigiey,"’ is the man who rubbed the store of Mr, ‘Tice. The ange story, which I immediately proceeded to inves- | | | | audience ruse to leave. | &e. | Store, sprang ito the Wagon, and was driven | accomplice. | te | jeweller uamed and the Superintendent-repatred | to the Central OMce, New York, and jwuid the mat- ter beiore superintendent Matsell, Sixteen pu- trolmen of tie kignti precinct were attured in civiliwus’ dress And brought velore Mr, Tice, Who | said he ideutifed one oi the men as the person | who robved lum, wnd poin.ed out Quigley as the | man. At THE KiGHTH PRECINCT, In the absence of the Captain the reporter heard from the Sergeant that some of the meu had veen ordered on iuesday morning, by teiewraph from euuquarters, tuappeur in citizens! clothes : aud shortly afterwards (he Captain, accompanied by some citizens, arrived irom Headquarters, aud that was ali he knew ou the subject. WHAT THE ACCUSED MAN iLas TO 8aY. While taiking With the Sergeant tue omcer in question, Acung Ward Detective Quigiey, eutered We stution House, Aud tHe reporter asked Li he t im reerence to the dimond story, ‘Pile detective sald i=" Way is hot Wortn talking avous. 1 aeoy the whoie Wing. [have sent «bout forty men ty tue state Prison it tue last toree mons, and, of course, lust eXpect til Will [rom their iiends and anovy- mous leters, 1] have bee two years on the jorce, oud dey any wah tO attack wy Cuaracier, I never saW Mr. lice in my iMe.to my KuoWledue, and Lis recognizing me as the Uuel Of tis aiauouds is carryiig Vie joke too lin. L court all te investi- ¥ULON possible On Lhe subject. Lhave been avous (we years on the iorce and lave nud no complainta dade agalust wee Without voasting, yy re 4 tut L Wave a vod ee? Ay t tures, cousiuet ity the tie A Have beea On At! MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. Hervé is preparing an Ashantee opera for Lon- don. Mr. J. L. Toole has made his last appearance in London previous to his satiing for America. Mr. Henry Cross, of Trinity churen choir, has a farewell concert this evening at Association Hall. Miss Clara Louise Kellogg has returned to the city and taken up her quarters at the Clarendon Hotel, Nilsson and Miss Nettie Sterling were to sing at Sims Reeves’ concert, at Albert Hall, London, on Monday last. The news of the death. of Mlle. Tostée, formerly of Bateman’s Opera Boutfe Company, is conirmed beyond doubt. Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, still remains | untenanted, Earl Dudley and Mapleson not beings able to come to terms. Gye, of Covent Garden, London, has been ap- poimted director of the Italian opera houses in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Liszt is at Work at a new oratorio on ‘St. Stanis- Taus,”” and Rome will probably be the first place to suffer martyrdom by its performance. To-night, the programme at Central Park Gar- den will contain many interesting novelties. Mr. ‘Thomas’ benefit wiil soon take piace. Ruwor says the Gran! Opera House Is about to change hands and will be converted tnto a mon- Ster variety theatre, on the model of the London “Alhambra?” Even with Patti, Marimon, @’Angeri, Faure, Nicolint, Maurel and Ciampi in the cast, “Don Gio- vanni” was a comparative failure at the Royal Italian Opera, London, on May 17, Mile. Emma Albani has rivajied Nilsson in her impersonation of Ophelia in Thomas’ “Hamlet,” at Covent Garden, London. This young American ar- Uste 18 now second only to Patth on the operatic boares, Mr. P. H. Kelly, well known to the lovers of munstrelsy as Fred Williams, will this eveniu, be ollered a complimentary testimonial at the Lyric Hall. The entertainment will consist of @ concert and readings. Alfred de Musset’s poetic play “On Ne Badine Pas avec Amour” has been produced in London, and the critics say that itis a relief from the hot and feverish plays with which the stage has lat- terly been inundated, Rose Bell, formerly of Grau’s Opera Bouffe Com- pany, and Kate Santley, whilome a ‘Black Croox’? star, are the principal attractions at the London Alhambra in Anglicized opéra boufe. A bitter rivalry, Of course, exists between them, which at one time threatened serious consequences. Mme. Essipoff, the Russian pianist, has appeared at the New Philharmonic concerts in London, and the critics are in ecstasies over her. She played a Ruovinstein concerto and Liszt's Hungarian airs in a style to warrant the extravagant assertion of the latter maestro, “Where .ssipof is I am not Wanted.” Here isan opportunity for Mr. Theo- dore Thomas’ enterprise. The season at the Fifth Avenue Theatre was brought toa close last evening by the. perform- ance of “Monsieur Alphonse’ and the two first acts of “Oliver Twist.” Mr. Daly Geserves great credit for the variety and merit of the plays pre- sented during a season of remarkable duiness, He will leave to-day with his admirable company for Chicago, where he will occupy Hooley’s Opera House for one month, and will present bis whole répertotre for the amusement and delight of the Westerners, Chicago is in good luck, but wé advise the Fire Department to be on its guard, or Daly may again set the town on flre—witn enthusiasm. Theatrical Nuisances. To THE Epiror oF THE HERALD:— Shakespeare gave advice to the players, but left it to the HERALD to admonish the play-goers. While the iron is hot anotuer blow should be struck for reiorm in theatrical audiences. The man who “smiles” and the woman with the lofty | chignon are not out. There is another kind of fellow to be spoken to. Please hola up the mirror, that he may blush at his aults and mend. He sat by me the other might; pushed his way into his seat after the cur- 1aiu had risen; lurgot to. provide himself with a programme and toox mine; borrowed my vpera glass Jor x minute and kept it during a whole act, Kindly repaying mny civility by runuing ahead of the players to eXplaim tue situatiuus before ttiey transpired, therevy depriving me of their chief enjoyment. He kept up a runuing fire ol criticism in @ Vein of low humor upon the words of the play the only nuisances to be weeced | | | | | \ | iIndorsement oi ag they fell irom the actors’ lips, driving me :aaif | distracted With the effort not io neur his vulgarizy, and obtusely mistaking my scorniul sneer ior suiling approval of hig wit. He unnoyed his neighbors by rising and beiore the curtain jeil and pushed out before the Have you never met him? He 1s one of a class. Go for him and oblige yours, PUTHIMO! FIRE IN LEWIS STREET. A tire broke out last night in the four atory build- ing Nos. 57, 59 and 61 Lewis street, that ran into the block in Cannon street, causing a damage of about $120,000, The first, second and third floors were occupied by Brown Brothers, machine manu- Jacturers, Damage, $75,000; insure‘. The fourth story was occupied by Jokn Trille, paper box maker. Damage to stock $25,000. whe building was owned by Jonn b. Mecherchaum, of Philadel- phia. Damage, $12,000; msured. fhe fire ex- vended to tue Eureka Carving alilis, Nos. 62, 64 and 66 Cannon street, where it caused a damage of $5,000; insuxed, Part of the roof of the building in Lewis street fell to the sidewalk with a tremen- dous crash. ‘The horses of Hose Carriage No. 11 TOOK Irightand rau ede They were stupped by some of the men engaged on the buraing buliding. OUT HIS THROAT, John C. Smith, old, residing at Ne bookbinaer, forty-two years 106 Madison street, cut his throat last night with a razor, in a shop, trom ear to ear. He went in the shop of Kichard Grant, No. 40 Oak street, and was shaved. On getting out of the chair aiter the op- eration he seized @ razor and took ola lie. be has been laboring unver insauity for some w past. MUTINY ON BOARD A STEAMER, Three desperate characters, named Henry Grass- man, August Wolf aud Ferdinand Engleman. were taken from the German steamship Frisia by Oficer Kailer yesterday aiternoon, on her arrival at her dock im Hoboken, On & charge of mutiny. It appears that when the vessel was several days out the sailois rebeded and reiused to ooey the orders of the mate, ‘They went into’ we saloon cab afd demolished some — ol the staterouu.s, sinashing glasses and fur- niture and creating much consternation and alarm among the passengers. At lengtu the mo. jutting on his wp coat | , have been most trequently mentioned as probable | , that ; Managing railways, THE BREWERS’ CONGRESS. The Beneficial Use of Fermented Liquors as a Substitute for Alcohol—Statistics of the Large Interest Involved in Beer Manufacturing—The Temperance Agi- tation and the Praying Wome boston, Mass, June °, 1874. The National Brewers’ Congress began its busi- hess session this forenoon in Horticultural Hall, Hon. Frank Jones, of Portsmouth, N. H., Presiderit of the New Engiand Association of Brewers, wel- comed the members cordially to the hospitalities of nis society. Mr. Henry Clausen, President of the National Association, responded in a speecn of considerabie jengta, tnll of statistical information | in regard to the interests be represented and aiso to the bencficial use of fermented liquors as a sub- stitute for alcohol. TUE STATISTICS GIVEN show the number of barrels of termented liquors brewed and sold in the Stites and Territories, during the two years ending June 30, to be, tor 1872, 8,009,969; for 1873, 8,910,823, an increase in one year of 910,854 barrels, ‘The increase in internal revenue receipts of the last over the preceding year was, im the number of breweries, 123, in the aggregate; of the tax paid, $900,854, and the average per brewery, $165 86, and tais steady increase in the consump- tion of fermented liquors proceeding at the rate of aimost & million barreis a year in spite of ail the lanatical temperance agitations prociaimed | pulpits of churches and by bands of | from the praying Women, encouraged aud lostered by the National Temperance Society, is the popular Us relreshing, ivigorating and nutritious qualities. In turtuer ilustratioa of the lurge interests involved in beer manuacturing Mr. Clausen made the lollowing statement:— THE UAPITAL IN BREWERIES. Taking $10 for ey barvel of veer sold, the amount cf capital circuiating during the last ys was $59,910,523. The numberof men employe calcuiatiag one man ive 809 barrels, was 11,133 The quantity of mait used atz!, bushels per barrel Was 22.277,0574; busheis, The quantity of hops used at 24 pounus per barre! was 20,049,351 34 pounds. The capital invested in mait houses to convert the barley tuto malt, at 75 cents per bushel, Was $1 $ The number of men emuptoyed in malt houses, at one man Ww <0 vUShels per day during a maiting season Of seven moutus, | Was 3,568 men, LAND AND CAPITAL IN BARLKY CULTURE The quantity of juud required to prowuce the barley used, at 20 bushels per acre, is 1,113,853 acres; its Value at $40 per acre, $4- 4, 12 rhe number of persons employed ou agricultural land in barley culty) taking one acres Was 33, men. Im hop culture’ the quantity of hops usea was 20;049,3513¢ pounds; acres of land required to produce the quantity, 4u,099 acres; the value of such junds at $40 per acre, $1,008,960; number of persons einployed im hop culture, taking one to every S acres, 8,020 men. In this calculation | have omitted the black- smiths, masons, carpenters, coopers, teamsters, machinists, wagon builders and other artisans constantly einployed in breweries. Nor are the bottiers and retailers included, whose entire exist- ence 1% dependent on the brewing business, neither have | estimated those engaged in surplus production or to imporung. ‘rhe amowat of government revenue from fer- Mented jiquors during whe past ten years 1s $62,279,737, AT THE AFTERNOON SESSION perfected its Orgauizaiion, as fol- the blithe 3 | lows:—{ rman of the Congress, Heury Clausen, of New Yors.' Honorary President o1 the Assucia- Boke Frederick Lauer, of Reading, Pa. he report ol ic COMMITTER ON AGITATION was read. It reviewed and crjticised the revenue laws, which the committee cohsider unnecessarily complex and unjustly discriminating against raw mutertal used in manufacturing beer. The report closed as lollows:—"Political parties of all shades: will ere long, we nope, hurl all fanatical dreamers aud would-be moral reiorme:s irom tbeir midst and may not hope that tnen a new era will be Inaugurated m our entire social system. That " MEN CSNNOT BE ANGELS while in the flesn isa self evident fact, and this being the ‘case let us, as the Lrewers oi a good, Whoiesome beverage for their use (not abuse), then use all Our energies of mind and body to bring about @ regult which may, in the end, accomplish that which others have labored for tn the wrong direction, Ramely, the reformation of the masses to a taste ior a pure and harmless stimulant instead Of the poisonous decoctions which have vrought about so much misery in our coun- try, and nave given occasion lor much of the use- le&s aud fooiisn legislation for an object which moral suagion and proper limits of law can alone accomp)ish.”? raat WATSONS RETIREMENT. He Wi¥ Positively Retire on the 14th of July—Rumors as to His Probable Suc- cessor. ‘The rumors tn regard to the resignation of Presi- dent Watson, of the Erie Railway, induced a re- porter to cali on that gentleman at tne Grosvenor House, where he resides, in order to ascertain whether he was really about to retire from tue management. Mr, Watson very courteousiy, but also very firmly, declined to give any statement, saying (bat he nad great objection to being inter- viewed, The reporter subsequently circulated among the directors and leading men of the Erie Company and jound that most of these gentlemen | credited the rumor avout Mr. Watson’s retire- mient. ‘There is the very best authority tor posi- seh | announcing that Mr, Watson will retire on the idth of July, when the annual election is to ve held, Who his successur will be | it is. at present impossible to say. Among those prominently connected with the Erle Ratlway the names of Messrs. liugn J. | Jewett, one of the directors of the Pittsburg. Cin- cinnati and St. Louis Railroad. Couunodore Vanderbilt and Mr. s, L. M. Barlow successors of Mr. Watson. ign stockholders WILL PROBABLY BE DECISIVE, and, ag yet, it 18 not kuown whom they will favor ag successor of President Watson. One oi the directors uf the raudway, who begged The action of the Eng- that his Dame might not be used (us he w:shed to | avoid the olaze oj puvilicity consequent Upon its appearance im the HEXaLp,, said Mr, Watson's resolution to resign his position was irrevocable, as 1t was too heavy @load for bun and he could not bear it any longer. Mr. Watson had the copddence of the Board and his retirement was greatly to be | regretted. The report whicu he (Mr. Watson) wouid his retirement would show the Erie Rail- would publish previous to the financial condirien of way had immensely improved vindicute the course which had sued by the new management. unable tO say who would probably succeed Mr. Watson, but thought that Mr. liugh J. Jewett’s and b | chauces were as good as anybody else's, as he was | in | & man of great wealth and vast experience He thought it improbabie that Coumodore Vanderbilt or Tom Scott would | desire to add to thelr manilold responsibiiities the thueers were secured and lodged in an apartment | between vecks, ‘they simashed the door sven a terwagus and broke vat, but were again subdued. When taken berore Recorder Bolnsted they ac- cused the mate of cailimg himselt a captuin, a tyrauay which they resolved not to endure. They, will be taken back to Germany to-day by another steamer. ‘they are stalwurt young tel- lows, und will make more trouble unless closely watched, THE SALOUN KEEPERS, The Central Organization of the German saloon keepers, who of lute have formed associations in each ward to protect themsacives under the opera- tions of the Excise law, heid a meeting at the Ger- mania Assembly Rooms yesterday. presided, &nd in view of the re.usal of the Excise ‘ the laws of Ilinois, Henry Haas | Board to Ox the amount of license for beer retailers at $50, instead of $100, a& resolu- | | Won was passed pledging the members not | | | \ out any iceuse whatever until OD the subject has been received irom It 18 claimed that the present Excise law 13 so delective that the Excise Commissioners Will be Unable to eniorce It; aNd It 18 proposed to engage 1 @ legal contest With tue Board iw rete. euce to the matter, Ex-Mayor Hail and Ex-Judge Mckcon were selected as counsel ior the orgal- ization, aud will be ins.ructed to prepare an opimion ou the sugject. Martin Nachtuaun was appouted chairman of the Executive Committee, aud it was desuived that @ comuiittee Of thirty-one shall be jormed, one from euch Puilce preciuct, whose 0b- Ject ti shail Le to yaise the necessary funds, The committee will be selected irom the ditferent ward organizations, ARREST OP AN ALLEGED NOTORIOUS ORIM- INAL, Yesterday OMicer Conuo: ney's omic , Of the District Attor- arrested Frederick Evers upon an in- diciment charging him with shooting James Cur+ ran, Ue was comiitied to the Tombs without It 18 alleged thet Evers is one ut the must AMuis wu the city, aod that seven or simular tothe one nave been commil ined by lam ok laborious duties of a president of the Erie Rau- Way Company. THE ANTI-SECRET SOCIETY CONVENTION. pic uae al The Objects of the Organization—Officers Elected for the Ensuing Year—Proposed Political Organization in Opposition to Secret Sucictics. - Syracuse, N, Y., June 3, 1874, At the meeting of the Anti-Secret Society Associ- ation to day 00 persons were present. Professor Blanchard reported au act of incorporation under The name adopted was the National Christian Association, Tne objects were deviared to be the exposure, resistance and ex- termination of ali secret societies, Freemasonry Particularly, aud ail other auteChristian and anti republican agencies, THE OFFICERS FOR THR ENSUING YEAR were elected as iollows:—President, B. J, Roberts, of linnos; Vice Presidents, L. N. stratton, of New York; Jonny M. Rounds, 0; Oo; S. Be Irvine, of Jodiana; Damel Bratiey, of Vermont; J. B. Buck. hatter, of lowa; G, W, Needles, of Missouri; A. C. Chittenven, of Wisconsin; 8. B, Allen, o! Tiinois; ivanid; J. A, Conant, Green, of Massachusetts; B, Chamberlain, of Washn Cravaten, of Minnesota; o1 Connectic! + Manter, of eton ‘Territo Fraucis Gillette, of Counecticut; , and Treasurer, H. J. Kellogg; ; dames Matuews: Corresponding —Sevretary. cA. | Blanenare Lecturer and General | on Thursday Ageut, J. J, stoddard. ‘The report was adopted. THE COMMITTER ON POLITICA; ACTION reported im javor of organizing an American party to carry ot the object of the agsociauion by action OF Lhe ballot Dox. Lhe several oMcers made their annual reports, and ada 8 Were made bY Proiessur Bianchard, of Hiluois; Rev. Mr, Rouins, of Vermont; Mr. Ratiboueg, of New York, aud Colwell, of Ohio, Af Appoil ment was made for a mass meeting aiternoon Of those persons favoring political action, bider Bernard, of Jamestown, N. Paper of remiuiscences of Mason tue. He was an eighteeuth degree Masou, aud procured his jaicrmauon of Morgan's murder fom | JelloW Masous. Kev. D. P. Rutnvoue, of bata, N. y., and Rev, D. 8 Cuiwel., agent Of the Ohio State Association, made addresses strongly de- nounciug Masonry. They related persoud, expert ences Of MOD Violence, Lecuuse Of Toelr lectures, General Agent Stoddard reported 6,843 nawes sigued to petitions, to che President of te Cuited Htates, aguimst the Masonic dedication of public vulldiags in Chicago. Mrs, Matiid Gage presented the wom at $0 out Which she desired to ve recog! the plativria of Woe awerivan Sore, man to every 33) ‘Thomas A. Scout, | George Kipp, Of Micigan; Aaron Floyd, of Penn- | AND JOURDE. | GROUSSET | Their Arrival in New York—An Interview with | the Refagees-The Commune, Its Origin and Meaning —French Politics — Plebiscites and Their Chsracter—The Repub- lic and Free Education the Only Hope of France, Messieurs Paschal Grousset aad Jourde, the companions of Henri Rochetort in his escape from | | Nouméa, arrived tn this city on Tuesday night and | took up their quarters at Sweeney's Hotel, to which they were recommended by the proprietor | of the hotel in which they stopped in San Fran- elsco, Being very fatigued after their long journey they retired to bed almost tmmediately alter theif arrival without seeing any one. Next morning | they’ went out, in company with some French | friends, to transact some necessary business and make a few calls, returning avout two P. M., | when a HERALD reporter saw them. M. Paschal | Grousset was the first to come down, and, on the | reporter Introducing himself, asked if ne would | like to see M. Jourde. On a reply bemg given in the affirmative M. Grousset introduced his com- | panion. THE TWO COMMUNAL CHIRFS | are men of very gentlemanly appearance and man- ner, and impress one at once as being possessed of more than the average intetligence and education, | Paschal Grousset, Minister of Foreign Relations | Under the Commune, ts about five feet six inches | in height, of good build, with dark nair and beard, anu An eye whose quick movements and pecultarly | bright sparkle show an unmistakably souther: | origin, He is, in fact. a native of Corsica, a land so thickly impregnated with Bonapartism of the | most rabid Kind that it 1s somewhat ofa surprise to meet a promiment republican who hails from tt. His expression is frank and open, and he looks a man straight in the face when speaking, with the” alr of one whois conscious of having done nothing | to be ashamed of» He speaks with great rapidity, Dut still with perfect ciearness, There is nothing randem about his statements, aud it is evident | trom the way he grapples with a subject that | he simply gives expression to the result of mature thought and careful consideration, A good deat | of interest attaches to M. Grougset on account of a | challenge he sent to Prince Pierre Bonaparte | shortly before the outbreak of the Franco-German | | war, which resulted in the | ASSASSINATION OF VICTOR NOTR, | the bearer ol the challenge, by the Prince, Though | M. Grousset was then on the statf of the Marseil- | aise, the quarrel arose out of articles published in | Corsican papers—one edited by M. Grousset, the other by Prince Pierre some time previously. As | the horror inspired by this coid-blooded murder and the indignation felt at the acquittal of the Prince hada great deal to do with accelerating | the fall of the Empire, M. Grousset became from that day afamous man. His reputation as a forci- ble and vigorous writer is aiso widespread, and many French residents here who know his merit anticipate great results trom the restoration of two such trenchant pens as his and Rochelort’s to the ranks of the republican party in France. M, | Jourae, ‘THR COMMUNAL MINISTER OF FINANCE, ig a rather tall man, of slight build, with hair and | beard of a reddish brown color, clear, blue-gray | eyes and very animated expression. He it wag | who really effected the escape of the pris- oners, As he was simpiy “deported”? to New Caledonia, and not confined in a fortified place | like Rochefort, Grousset und others, he was sup- | porting himself by acting as accountant tn a com- | mercial establishment, and, therefore, had many | opportunities of communicating with friends out- | | side who were desirous of helping them, and used these opportunities to such advantage that his eflorts Were crowned with complete success, The interview of the HERALD reporter with the two exiles was of an entirely informal character, and they spoke freely and unreservedly, as if chat- ting with an old acquaintance. Bringmy three Chuirs close together, M. Grousset invited all to be | seated, and immediately the conversation opened, | | ‘The escape, the journey here, the itended move- | ments of tne party alter reaching Europe, the lis- | tory of the Commune, the present prospects ol re- Opinions Ireély given, M. Grousset spoke consid- erably more that M. Jourde, the latter conzenting himself wita occasionally expressing lus approval, | nations sume poiht more cicar. | Tuey had heard of M, Kocheiort’s letter, puv- lished in last Sunday’s HERALD, bus had uot yet bad an opportunity ol seeing it, Ou hearing a | sketch vi ils contents and being told of the effect | Mt bus produce@ they expressed themseives quite | satistied. Wishing to have the good opinion of a | repuvlican peopie, and believing that here, as everywhere else, a strong prejudice prevails against tiem, they are giad that suca publicity has been given to a portion of the truth, aga hope the | Fesult will be that their real peinciples, motives and Character wilin the end be properly unde: StL Relerring to the outbreak of the Commu- | na. insurrection M. Grousset said;—*"“rew people ouside France have a proper idea of the causes that led to the revolt, It is very hard for a foreigner nd how We felt in Fraace at that time, hery of any of the generals, or their cuJpabie neglect aud incompetency, waich were al- most as bad as treachery, had utterly shaken pub- lic Contidence, We did nov kKuow which side to cura | or Whom to trast. We Jeit galled and humiliated at the series of overwieiming defeats we had sus- tained at ihe hunds oi the Germans. he elections | took place im the midst of tus uncertuint, and | vistrust, While a large portion of French territory | Was stilt occupied by the German armes. A num- | ber of men, some of them bvelore unknown, und | the greater number only partially so, were elected simply tor the purpose of couciudiug peace | @nd pledging themseives to accept the repubiic, ' What did they do When they found themseives in possession of power? Finding they had a majority ol monarchists in the Assembly, they at once be- trayed the trust repose in them and commenced to intrigue for the purpose of | STRANGLING THE REPUBLIC. | They appotuted men of notoriously reactionary | principies to the command in all the principal | places and vigerously proceeded to oust all men sro positions Of trust or importance who were Known to ve repubucaus. Vinoy, the butener, Whose hands Were red wiih the biood of citizens | ol Paris who defended ther liberties ugaimst Napoieon’s coup w'état, was sent to Paris, evidenuy | sor the purpose of being On aud Jor similar work, | and O' Aureltes de Paludines, 8 noary oid monarcu- ist, Was given the command of our Navonal Guard, Such appointments were meant to pre- | pare the way jor a coup @’état, and soon fresh eyl- dence was suppiied us in the order’to DISAKM THE NATIONAL GUARD, which was the only safeguard of our liverties, and | depriving us of the right to elect our owu mayors | and municipal governmeut. Our most sacred rights wud liberties were attacked by a set o1 une principled intiguers, who should have dissolved the Assembly a¥soun as peace was conciuded, aud allowed France to pronounce for hersei! what orm Oi government she would have, by ordering: the | election of A CONSMITUENT ASSEMBLY. What were we w dv under suci circumstances? It is very eusy to decide aprés coup, aud those not under ihe intvence of the passious anu feelings by Whick we Were luduenced at the time, may easily tell Us We ought tu wave walted, iow could we ? Seeing our hberties attacked, we rose to delend Une, coud tous! On being asked about the MASSACRE OF THE HOSTAGES | M. Grousset said:—“iine hostages were killed by BD iniuriated crowd driven to uadness by the BUICHKRIES OF THE VERSALLLISTS after the Commune bad been deleated and the members of tue government had become hunted | jugitives.’? M. Jourde, who bad been listening attentively | up to this, contenting Mimeeif witu expressing is endorsement of We statements of his companion by @ hod of Lhe head or an occustoual “Oud” here | interposed and sald:—"A lew Ggures that can be | proved to be authentic will estavlish the tact, | | beyond the possivility of @ doubt, that there can | | be'no comparison betiveen the nuMmvers Murdered | | by the Parisian lusurgeats aud those assassmated by the Verguliusts. SIXCy Mt the most were kiled bya mob without any order or encouragement from the Communal government, Wiiieover 4u,000 meu, Women and children Were murdered by the | Versailies troops, acting under the orders ot their | oficers, We beiy iu prison our enemies have had | the ear of the world, and have heaped cuiumn: upon us to 2D enormuus extent, Now we are free, | and we shail let the world hear | BOTH SIDRS OF THE STORY.” | From the way M. Jourde kept quoung figures tt was quite evident he is stroug on staustics. On | the leporter asking about the Iuternauonal M. | Grousset said ;-—""Phe lateruational ivugat with us, | as diu many Other groups of men holding pecuuar | doctrines, all of Which have been saddied on us; | but we are not responsibie for their opmious of ; principles, ‘The question at issue was a purely po- itical one, and we did not tteriere with social questions.” M, Jourde here protested empnau- cauly that the Commune did not make war on capi- tai. Many Capitalists were among them, and it | was @ tvick 01 Uicir enemies to ideatuy them with Invernationalists und boctalists, N, Gkoussbr—Certaiuly; we simply wanted a | reai democratic republic, and waged no war | against either religion or society.” alter some reierenve vy the reporter to the pres- ent aspect of asaire in France, M. Grousset suid = } publicanisia in France—ali were toucned upoa and | | sof State, y term durmg which a vacancy shail - —— election shows that. The majority being c of @ coalition of diferent petted ghee 4 whose object 1s Lo crush the ki present really public, France 1s af A MONARCHY WITHOUT a MON I. If they do not bring back the King it is beeause they iear the determined republican spirit of the people, Republicanism was iormerly contined principally to the towns, but now it is making cousiderable progress among the peasants. ‘To be sure, thelr republicamisin is, a8 yet, of a very milk. aud-water kind, but that is an advance from the state of things which formerly existed. ‘Tne great trouble with the peasants ts their want of educ tion. They very often lollow biindly the priests, who are nearly all! monarchists, or the prefecta and other officials piaced over them. Education | would change all that, and there would be an end to all chance of establisning & monarchy under any iorm 1 !ree schouls were established in every district.” Regarding PLEBISCITES, M. Grousset said:—"Notnimyg 18 more calculated to ceceive foreigners than these much belauded pldiseites. They are not a true expression o! the wishes of the peo ‘The government has posses- sion of all the machinery, and itis set. to work to manufacture a pretended expression of the popu- lar will, Whatean be more ridicuious than to ask an ignorant peasantry and a timid shopkeeping ciass—‘Do you wish tliat we continue in power, OF will you have @ revolution that will upset your business and destroy the credit of the country? No matter how it ts Worded, thatis the real mean~ ing of the question. Who would be 80 foul:ah a8 ta imagine jor 4 moment that Louis Napoleon would have quietly resigned nis hold on the government ifs majority had been against him at any of tha plébiseites? A majority of the nation will vote 10k the continuance in power of any estabilshed government. Iu pléviscite were held now a large Majority would vote for tne Republic. The true way to appeal to the nation is by a DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY, The majority of the Deputies elected would rep- resent the real teeing of the nation, Thati@ what we hope for, and to that it musc come before long. The prenegr provisote cannot last. What we want in France is not simply @ thing called a rex public, with a chief officer called a president, but @ | REPUBLIC FOUNDED ON SOLID DEMOCRATIC PRIN« CIPLES, that will give the people real liberty and self-gov- ernment, establish a complete system of free educa tion, and make the conscription tor the army (res duced trom its present unreasonabie strength universal, und not a8 at present, when privilege classes are exempt Irom It.’” Great anxiety Was manifested by both to know what the American people thought of the Com- mune, and on being told it was generally very un- favorable they sald they could not wonder at it, seeing that their enemies had such ampie facilities for deiamiug and misrepresenting them. Besides, they understood, they said, that the sympathy of the world 1s always wituheld irom those who rebel against an established government except they are successiul and bave the opportunity that suce es cox mands of placing themselves in @ javor- able light. MM. Grousset and Jourde purpose taking up their residence in England jor some time and do not intend 10 go to Switzerland with M. Rochefort. Their iriends of the Commune in New York wilh tender them @ banquet, but they do not know as yet whether they wii! accept it. The probability is they will not; but till they have had ap op. portunity of consulting with their friends they sanngs decide anything as to their iuture Mlove+ ments. ROCHEFORT INVITED TO MONTREAL MONTREAL, June 3, 1874 Henri Rochefort has been invited by the Inath tute Canadien to lecture here. HAYTI. —e——__—— President Saget’s Proclamation to the People and the Army—His Retirement’ from the Chief Power of State and His Reasons for the’ Act. WASHINGTON, June 2, 1874. The subjoined proclamation, which was printed in French, has been received at tae Haytian Lega. tion in this city to-day and was translated. Itis an able document, o1 high moral tone, displaying a@ republican stateamanship and patriotism which are not often excelled, if indeed equalled, in more enlightened countries. From an educational stanapoint, to aay nothing of its rhetoric, it will be ound entitled to respectinl consideration and commendation. LIBERTY —EQUALITY—FRATERNITY—REPUBLIC HAYTI—PROCLAMATION, NiSSAGE SAGET, PRESIDENT OF HaYTI, TO THE PEO PLE AND TO THE ARMY :— A fact without precedent in the parliamentary anuals of Hayti has just been produced. The Chamber of Kepresentatives finds itselt powerless to uuste With the Senate in order to constitate tne National Assembly charged, uccording to the terms Of Our fundamental agreement with, nominating & chief Who ought to succeed me in the Presidency of the Republic, Alarmed at this state of things tue representatives now in the eapital and the Senate have stopped the resolutions which thi Jast named body has sent forward to me by whic! J am invited by them to continue in tue exercise of executive power until the wme ri iy xed by the constitution, and until the nomimauioa of or | the President of Hayti. However praiseworthy may bave appeared tae Motives at dirst which Nave: caused these resold. uons to be taken, Jar irom removing the embar- Tassments of the situavion, they can only serve to cause new dificuities to be added. I thereiore do not know bow to accommodate myseli to them. & Iractiou, no watter how cousiderable, of the Repe resentatfve Chamber has not the power to de- hiverate upon and to check resolutions which nave a@ constitutional Caaracter. Such acts ought not to be considered as the expression Of preierences: or of feelings Which every citizen has the rigit to address either to the executive power or to either ol the two Legislative Chambers, No more can the Senate take to itself a decision of that importance and bestow powers which it has not, Tue National Assembly itseif will be without character to prod. long the exercise of the executive power in the Juce ol the formal terms o! the constitution. Hayuans, alter four years of Presidency, during which | have done everything in my power im order to conduct to @ saie port Lhe vessel of State across numberiess dangers which have by the force of circumstances been ‘spread along its course, God hus biessed my efforts, Lhave arrived at the close of my Presiuential career with the satisfac. tion of a chief who has negiected nothing which would estavlish peace and the tranquillity of the public on a solid basis. My whole le bears wit hess of my respect for the laws and institutions of my country. 1 shall not belte the pust. On the puint o1 retiring now to private lie | shall never «dusnonor iy whitened hairs by any act waich my political conscience would tinally reprove. Haytians, the coustitution which las created the present situation does not olfer us the means of extricating Ourselves trom it. Lf it 18 true that, Observing Our Inndamental agreement, it is only 1m the case of resignation, death or impeachiweut that the-executive power can be conidded to the Councii ou: the Secretaries of State, 1t is evident that, no one of these circumstances prevall- ing, tt is by a cleur interpretation of its spirit, by precedents and by the constle tutional ‘reason of things alone, that we can find a mode of egress out of thjs diiculty. But whue the constitution provides, in a clear and precise manner, Which does Lot permit, even in spirit, of auy doubt nor matter jor luterpretauion, tne date Of the retirement of the cnet uf execu- live power, 1 would, thereiore, be Ulegal to try by more or less ingenious means to go beyond that dute in finding Some purely imaginary pretext in the constitution to the coutrary, Thereiore, citizens, the 16th of May is the ir revocavie date at which | must surrender the powers with waich I have been entrusted. If shall not go beyond it; but, availing myself of the privilege furnished me by the constitution, lnow declare by uy present act that resign the Presie dency of Haytl. The Council of the Secretaries State will act by virtue of ths according to the constitution. Haytians, the National Assembl cannot reconvene itsell in order to proceed witl the ele m Of a President of Hayti ‘hose whe have given & command ure now found powerless to lull their own command; the Senate hag lormaily recognized this. lu this critical pass it therelore, only leit to those commanding ta recover now the power which tiey have caused to be entrusted only to the Chamber of Kepresenta- lives and the Senate. It is witn the people, the source of all power, to do what ne deliberative body in the State can now execute, ‘The suvereign peopie in this case wili not expert- ence Woat it is to be accused of Violating the con- sutution. Exceptional means must be employed 1D eXceptional sittations in order to re-establish | the jreedom oi insit uuons, Consequently | sur- render all power to the Council of the Secretaries ‘rhe people will finally be called in that manuer which will be deemed most wise to ex- press themseives upon the nommation of him who hail be called to she chief exercise of executive power, Haytians, my fellow citizens, im acting asIdo now, iconform myself to the principles of public vight and to the Will manifested by # deputativa Oo; Weil known citizens irom the captial. | pul the jutegrity Ol the State beyond the reproach of hav- ing Violated the consutution, or o: even having actempted to violate it. 1 fave, moreover, takem every proper measure to secure peace aud to guurantee suiety tu persons and property for the exist in the Presidential. office, by iivesting as Com- mander-n-Cmef of tue Haytian Army General Michet Domingue, who 18 known by the emiment services Which he bas rendered to nis country, by Mis patriousm, and by the jact that ae is already entrenched im the preverences abd sufty ce majority of lie tellow citizens. 1h wished, Jeliow citizens, to give you by Ul ig, di tionaL testimony of my sincere iove and Fraucade, T shail be both happy and prowl if To carcy with mae 1M Wy retirement the convicuon Of Having justified the confluence which you have always exnibited towards me, and which I nave ever ambitiously 0 to obtain. ¥ laverty forever! Independence forever! Pua lic order jorever! Our insuituuous forever! Given atthe National Patace, at Port au Prince, May 14, 1574, 1n the seventy-firet year of indepeme dence. the President, NISSAGE SaQET, Bore dec. 8, LIANTAUD. pecretary of the Me “rhe present a | soumesy, aud baowe ria We ital *Bhory partial 1 Secretary of War, ot tatetior, de Jh. Latoram, Beareuaiy oC Finate, de KECMLaaIS \