The New York Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1874, Page 3

IRELAND. "The Green Isle as It Is After Seventy- four Years of Union. ‘SCENES IN THE IRISH METROPOLIS. Decay of Industry and crease of Snobbery. In- | THE AGITATION FOR HOME RULE. Mr. Butt, the Leader, May | Visit America, | Dux, July 13, 1874. While on the voyage from New York to Queens- town, an American gentleman, a member of the legal profession, was discussing with me the pres- ent condition o/ Ireland. We were talking about the | Act of Union of 1809, which uniced the Parliament of Ireland with that of England, and the dis- | astrous consequences which followed to the traae and commerce 0; Dublin, where, during the setiiug | taken up by the supporters of tue English inicrest, the numbers reared in the country—and I believe every | entleman acquainted with country affairs will axree | hat this is so—then, sir, the taference is irresistible, n 1799 Ireland reared inore sheep than she does now; and Very nearly as many horued cattle, But in 1799 there Was scarcely any appreciable exportation—now there ts An enorinous oue. What vecame of the sheep and cat He. in other words, of the beet and muttou of 17997 | What becomes of itnow? Before the union there was a | market at home. ‘There was au irish populauon eating | meat and paving for . with an increase] popu lation, there is noconsuraption tor it at home, . Observe the production {8 not Incroased—the market only is changed, Before the union 21 was an Irish one, it is bow an inglish one. LORD ROSS'S EXPERIENCE, Tne late*Lord Rosse, io @ painphiet on the land | Question, made use of these words:—*l well reco | lect the glowing tertas jn Which several old people | were Wont to speak of $e plenty in their younger days; bread and meat and the best ale being the | ordinary peasant’s fare.”? | BRITISH GOLD AND IRISH CLASS INTERESTS, Nearly all the cattle raised {n Ireland now are ex- ported to England. To be aure John Bull, who is & good customer for solid [00d and loves to enjoy il, pays weil for it; but the gold tmat he joots up | bis butcher’s bul with, though it makes its way back to Ireland, finds its way out o: it again io the shape of rents paid to great absentee lords, who regard the attractions o1 England apd the glitter aud glare of Paris aa more agreeavie to them than the beauties of Killarney, or the charm- ing scenery of Wicklow. Long ago William Smtth O'Brien, in the se Parliament, sought to im- pose a tax on the Lrish adsentees; but thet Parita. Ment “could not see it; 1t had not the will or the wish to make Irisnmen pay & tax for spending | their money in and enriching England. This thing might go ou ttil Doomsday beiore the Parlia- meat of England interfered wo sop it. THE HOME RULERS’ CASK AND ARGUMENT. The home rulers contend that im every social de- partment of Ireland there ts depression and dete- rioration, and, judging from the facts and figures | relied on by Mr. Butt, this position would seem to | be made out. The other side of the Speen. 18 But any one travelling in remote and distant parts ott country, as wei ag in the liberties of Duolin, cannot fail to notice the mean, poor dress 0) the common people: while, if one were to draw his of the Legislature the nobility and gentry resided, for seven or eight month3 of each year, in their | Capacity-of representatives of the people, and Spent their money ireely among all classes of the | citizens, Said tnis American gentleman, When the act of union was accomplished it cut the nead | off Ireland and destroyed her capital. It took the | Wealth of the nation away to Englauna and erip- | pled all those trades that derived vitality and Prosperity from the expenditure caused by tne | residence of @ native aristocrary in Dublin.” | Your correspondent replied to these remarks by | saying that every person who had even the slight+ | est wiormation abouts Ireland and the Irish metropolis was now aware of the fact that the once splendid houses of Dubin, formerly the homes of men of fortune and position, bave gone to decay or have been | converted into huspitais, houses of refuge, stores | or public instttations, Tyrone House, formerly the residence o! the Marquis of Waterford, ts now used as the offices of the National Board of Eda- | cation. Moira House, on Ussber’s Quay, once the , beautiful residence of Lord Motra, bas been long a | mendicity institution. The palace of the Earl of Powerscourt, in William street, has been con- verted into a dry goods shop. The house of Lord Belvedere has been for several years a schvol- | house, The elegant residence of the Earl of Char- Jemont, in Rutiand square, where Grattan and the ower leaders of the Irish Parliament often met, 1s now agovernment oMce, I believe. The house in Ely place in whict: Lord Clare, the active and un- scrupulous supporter of the Union, hved, ia | tm the Jast stage of decay, almost as much forgotten | as the proud and overbearing man who once | owned it. The noble mansion of the Dake of | .einater, in Kildare street, has been for several | years used for the purposes of the Royal Dublin | Society; other houses, once gay with fashion and made remarkable by the reunions ofan intellectual | and refined society, have been deserted | by their occupants and are now fast | going to ruin, or let in tenements, where | Poverty tries hard to disguise its painful features, In place of this elegant society and those hand- | some mansions in which this society disported | itself, what have we? <A society of doctors and | barristers, who make it almost an especial study | to procure “invitations” to the levées and bails at | the Castle, where a lord lieutenant periorms the part of | 4 MOCK KING, and sees Many a on* wio has been pestering hm Jor place and ‘pension under the government of Great Britain, In liea of a native aristocracy in Dublin there 13 a crowd of doctors and barristers without practice, There are 80 many doctors residing in Merrion square that one side of it has been facettously termed “Pill Box Row.” Briefless barristers torture the govern- | ment for situations, and are sometimes saved | from almost certain starvation by convenient | appointments, It is a fact universaily admitted | here that the independence of the Irisn Bar, once | the glory and the pride of the country, is gone. With a very few exceptions no voice is now heard from that Bar pleading the cause of Ireland. The reverse was the case inthe days of Curran. In | those days the Bar of Ireland was independent; | to-day it is, to @ great extent, corrupt, and it is | most certainiy ensiaved. A barrister who is ex- | Pecting a place trom the government dare not say | @ single word in favor of home rule; dare | not attend a meeting for any object whatever, un- | Jess that object be approved by the government, | If Le spoke in support o/ any matters not sanc- | tioned by the powers that be, if he uttered 4 word | favorable to the sitting up of a parliament in Dub- | Un, he would be tabooed from the society o1 the Castile, and, in that case, bis chance o1 obvtatuing an &) pointment would be about as great as Lis chance of making milestones dance by whistling Jigs to them, Thus is a sad case, FASHIONABLE SOCIETY here 1s made up, ior the most part, of persons that are favorable to the connection of Ireland with England, and who very largely depend Upon goveruwent employ tor their income. There are, of course, exceptions to this. ‘There are re- tired merchants an: Ch oe La who want DO appointments from the Crown, and are quite content to live in ease on the weaith they have ; acquired by honest industry in traue and tarming. | One of the great diMcuities tu Ireland 18 that peo- | le are very rich or very poor, and there 13 a Juol- jh, almost disgusting, pride among @ portion of the popuiation—the sons oi men who have money— that makes them “walking gentlemea” tnstead of | ‘workers Or earners at some useiul caling. This | kind of thing 1s hurting the country considerably, and is an evil tuat has remained long uncuecked, It you ask a Dubliner, “is Ireland progressing in improvement or is it not?” “Is tue trade of | Doblin better than it was twenty years ago?’ you may be certain you will | met different answers to those questivuns. One | ‘will say, ‘Look at the bulidings that have been | Pat up and are now being put up.”” Another will Observe, “Wages have advanced; laborers and skilled mechanics are better paid than they have ever been; and as for (armers, they are rolling in | Money, getting, as they ao, enormous prives for | their cattle.” ‘This may be’ all true; but it would | seem that there is not a general diffusiun of weaith | ‘hronghout the country. A cry comes up irom Connemara that the people there arein a sad | state of distress. But it must be remembered that | the sou of Connemara is very barren, exposed, as it 1s, to the flerce and terrible blasts of the Atlan- tic an, Which ocean washes the whole range of | the western coast of Ireland. There is distress in | every country, and there is distress here; to how | great an extent it exists 1s 4question that your Correspondent Will uot at present discuss, ‘THE SITUATION AS IT WAS. In 1798, the year of the insurrection and three ears anterior to the period of the Union, Lord jare, speaking in the Irish Parliament, said :— “There is not & nation on the ‘ace of the nabicable globe which has advanced in cultivation, tn agri- culture anc in manufactures with the same apid- Aty as Ireland.” At the time these words were uttered the Par- Mament was sitting in Dublin, and the Irish novil- ity and gentry were living at hume and spending their iortunes among their own people, Whatare | they doing now? Many of them are abseutees who draw their rents (rom oppressed tenants and pend them in England or on Che Vontinent. AS IT 19 AFTER THE UNION. The union has been in existence for seventy- three years, What is the conaition of Ireland to- @ay? ‘In 1832 the Rev. Charles Boyton, a clergy- waan Of the Anglican Church, delivered a speech at ® meeting of the Protestant Conservative Society Of Ireland. He compared the number of sheep Sold at the fair of Ballinasloe with the number suid snd exported in the year in which he was speak- mg. He took the number sold in each year as a teat of the number of sneep in the county, and he took the number exported as showing that the Test were sold at home. On the 18th of November, Gorter sonuarie Cok meeting wrens Home Rute » Mr. Butt, a . Boyton’s, saias- » alluding to this speech of Mr. I will compare the number of sheep sold at the great $e aha neo and the namber exported in the Seats ine ¢ numbers for 1/99 from Mr. Boy. 4 those tor 1870 tr. ( ‘wry of Irish staustics, the ‘almanac ‘of Mr Thorne “ite: Bee SE uno or “7 allinas { Sheep sold at Ballinasioe for. 1670 met exported from Ireland tor 179)... + pon BOB exborted from Ireland for 1870. ing the same stetisiics as to horned thas;— lorned cattle sold at Ballinasloe for 1799 ... 9,900 lorned cattle sold at Ballinasioe for 1870, ‘ aera | lorned eattle exported to Kugiand for 1799. 1400 | ned ted to Knwiand ior 1970, 410,673 was right in supposing iha Fol sheep or cattle sold at the inagige 10 pe a fair comoaretivg fest of | Joolish pride must be broken down. Real prosperity | and invest their means for the employment of tae | | titled lords, ‘the tenth transmitters 0: foolisn impressious o( bie actual cond)ton of things from the appearance of the ‘heavy swells” and richly dressed jaules promenading in Graiton street and Sackville street, he would be tnclined to judge that all was gay and lovely, and that Ireianu is Low one 1 the richest countries In Europe. As your cor respondent Hus aiready observed, there 18 a cer- tain class here too proud to Work and too poor to be of any use, depending, as they do, upon smail stipends Irom rich friends and relatives. ‘nis Would come from ten of means investing their money in trade aud commerce, thus giving a chance to those around them of ceasing to ve bur- dens upon society and of finally becoming seif- supporting and truly independent, M young Irishmen of furtune would jorget that thetr tore- Jathers had kins und princes for (heir rejatives and adopt a little of the democratic spirit 80 ap- parent im the character of the American peopie, hundreds of idle hands around tuein, they would | be Sole an incalculable good, resulting in the roduction of seif-reliance in a population too long | Eept down under the irowns and oppressions of faces,” 1t does not necessarily follow that because @ man has @ title he is bad; but ii he has a title and does goo, gives employment to idle hands and takes an important share ia the work, lie cer- | tainly bas a claim to some extra applause for thus breaking througu the prejudices of caste. . THB HOME RULE LEAGUE. The Home Ruie League held an unportant meet- ing in the Round Rooin of the Rotunda on Satur- day uight, July 1L. Your correspoudent was pras- | ent, for the purpose of informing the readers of the HERALD as fo what sort of thing @ meeting of | the Home Rule League in Dabliu is, in tre early | art of the week, wleD calling at tue offices of the | ague in Sackville street, Co see Mr. Joan Martin, M. ¢. for Meatn, to whom | had veen for tae secon tame introduced in New York some few years since, iniormation Was given me that Mr. Marvin wus in London, attending to his Parliamentary duties, However, Mr. McAllister, the Assistant Becretary, received me with the greatest courtesy, aud guogequently sent me a ticket tor ad- Inission to the meeting of the League on Satur- | day. On the afternoon of that day, woen your correspondent again called at tie offices of | the League he was iniormed that Mr. | Martin had not yet returned from Lon- | don, but Mr. MeAllister Kindly supplied him with | all the public documents upon which the League relies as expositious of its principles, While | was engaged in conversation with Mr. McAllster Mr, Alexander M. Sutlivan, one of the Parliamentary | | representatives of the county of Louth, entered the Toom, and, at once recoynizing me, greeted me warmly, and said that any information it was in his power to give regarding tne home rule move- ment in Ireland he would willingly supply co tue representauve ol the HERALD, MR. SULLIVAN, the talented editor of tne Dublin Nation, stated | that he intends to pay a visit to America during | ihe approaching fall on personal business, and it | is not improbable that his voice may be beard in \ New York and other cities o the Union, rousing the Irish population to action in favor oi home rule. It would also seem, from certain observations | dropped by Judge Little at the meg™ins Ou datur- | day night, that all the probabilities ure 1a favor of i MR. BUTE going to America aiter Pariiament bas adjourned { | | Jor the purpose O/ addressing the Irish there on the right of Ireiand to self-government, Without doubt Mr. Butt is the abtest orator that has ap- peared in Ireland since the days ol O’Copnel, and he certainly is as great aiawyer. If he goes to she United States and makes pubuc addresses ou tne great question that now auitates Ireland there Will be presented an opportunity of hearing a man unequalled in these days for his orilliancy and genius at the Irish bar aud in the debates in Par. | liament. ‘To return to THE MEETING AT THE ROTUNDA, eg The Round Room was full of people. The gals | Jeries were occupied to their entire extent, and the platform was tironged. When Mr, Butt made his ap,earance the whole audience, composed of at least 2,500 persons, rose as ll by electricity and cheered nim jorsome minutes, He bowed bis ac- know.edgments, bis eyes, which are olf peculiar and remurkavle briiliancy, sparkling all the wi He then took his seat. After which Mr. Charies S. | Parnell, High Sherif of the county of Wicklow, # oung geatleman of fortune and a relative of Sir Joun Paroeil, Who had been Chancellor of the E: chequer at the time of the Irish Fariiament, was moved to the chair araid a Joud burst of appiause. | Mr. Parnell is @ Provestaut, and has tasen an active part with his Cathouc countrymen in support of home rue, He is some- what nervous when he a: first begins to speak, vut as he goes on hs _nervous- hess disappears. He warms up to his subject aud utters bis thoughts in exceedingiy well chosen | language. His personal appearance is prepossess- ing, even handsome. He Is evidently » man of cuirure aud refinement. Mr. Sullivan, M. P.; Mr. Meldun, M, ®.; Mr. ©. J, Fay, M. B, aud Dr. O'Leary, M. P., on presenting themseives on the piatiorm, were cheered vehemently, Several new Members were aumitted, including thirty-two from Canada, JUDGE LITTLE, in speaking to a resolution for the admission of members, suggested that the League ouvnt to send Mr, Butt to America to address tue Irish, and counteract the assertions and statements of Mr. Froude, and evoke an expression of opinion trom inshmen and Americans favorable to homme ruie, This suggestion was heartily acquiesced in vy the meeting. MR, BUTT then made the speech of the evening, reviewing the recent debate in the House of Comions on howe rule, and declaring that, av the prevent momeut, Ireland had bot a coustitutional government, fe | instanced this by reierence to the coercion laws, observing that he had on that day, while traveling in the raiiroad train, met an American gentieman, who remarked that there were agreat many crows in the field. “Yes,” suid Mr, Butt; “bat the farmers cannot shoot them, because, under the law, they are not allowed to keep guns, except | upon license from a magistrate, and no man of spirit would care to keep arms on sufferance.” ie showed up the venomous and oppressive character of these coercive laws, which aim deadly blows at the jiberty ot the press, the liberty of the subject, and the liberty of any edi- | tor who dares to comment, iv fearless styie, upon | the action o: the government and tie executive, | and he asserted, in regard to those measures, | that if they existed in England they would in @il probability produce a rebellion. Alter | declaring that the vote in the Honse | of Cominons indisputably demonstrated tue fact that @ majority of the Irish members | were in Javor of 4 Parliament in Dublin, Mr. Butt | | | eau the words of Piunkett, addressed to the ris Parliament :—“Yourseives you may extin- uish, but Parliament you cannot extinguisn, It ensbrifed in the hearts of the people; it 1s en- throped in the sanctuary of the constitution; it 18 as inmortai as tie land tt protects; as weil might the irantic suicide hope that tue act wiich de- stroys his miseraole body will extinguish his tm- mortal soul.” The quotation of these words brought down the House. fhe honorable member | for Limerick closed his brilliant speech with @ peroration in which he expressed nis hope and eliel that they would again jiave their Irish Par- lament, representing th» Irish nation—iucorrup- tible, honorabie und immortal, He sat down amid | @ storm oj cheers and waving of hats aud hand- | ki kerchiels. W. A. M. SULLIVAN, M. P,, | who was very entuusiasticaily received, was the | next speaker, and a very able and eifective one he is. He gave Mr. Butt great praise jor the manner | in which he has led the Irish party in the House of Commons. He argued that it wasa great point gained when tie English Parliament gave up time to discuss home rule with the irish members, fiity- Hine of whom now constituted the only Irish'party that had ever existed in the British Legislature since the Union. DR. O'LEARY, M. P., for the borough of Drogheda, followed Mr. Sullivan, He 18 a stout, iow-sized man, and, while address- ing the audience, kept moving himself about not | in the most graceiul manner possible. He, asa | Catholic, repetied the idea thrown ont by the Chief | Secretary for Irelagd, Sir M. H, Beach, during we late debate on‘ home rule, that if there was a Parliament in Dabiin the Catholics would fly at the throats of Protestants, and ex- pressed ahope that the approaching 12th of July | would be the signal for universal ltoleration and Christian forbearance throughout the length and breadth of the MR. PAY, M. P. FOR CAVAN, argued that a clear majority of the Protes;agte of, | shouted with childish energy of joy. Ulster, counting Presbyterians and Dissentors, was in favor of home rule, MR. J. G. SWIFT M’NEILL in proposing a vote of thanks to the chairmat Mr. Parnell, made an important remark, He said he was a Protestant, and that he would be quite Willing [0 entrust the liberties of the Protestants of his country to 4 Parliament of Irish Ca hoes, ‘This sentitneit was loudly applauded, Mr, McNeill added that he belleved (he mistortunes of Ireland | arose irom the interfereuce of England im its amuirs. CITIZEN GREETINGS TO THE LEADER, When Mr. Butt waa leaving the meeting, at half Past ten o’clock, 1 Was close behind him. The people cheered for him again and again, and Lsaw persons taking him by the hand, and placing taeir hands on his back and shoulders in lestimony of affectionate regard, From what I observed I would Say that he is undoubtedly the most popu- Jar man to-day in this conotry, as he iy assuredly the ablest representative irom Ireland in the ing: lish Parliament. POOR CHILDREN'S PICNIC. —_+—_—_ Excursion of the Eleventh Ward Juve- niles to Oriental Grove. More ano more popular grow the children’s free excursions, That from the Eleventh ward yester- day was in many features the crowning success of the season. Almost irom sunrise the neignbor- hood of the police station at Union Market, Rous- ton street and avenue D, was orightened by the precence of hundreds of pretty culdren, in their ‘vest clotues, ready for a day of fun and frolic. At elght o’ciock the procession was iormed, number- ing close upon twenty-five hundred as happy taces as ever a summer’s sun shone on, Preceded by the Governor's Is’and Band the gay company moved under charge of the police toward we pier at the foot of East Filth street, where the barge chicago lay awaiting 118 freightage of delighted ebildren. As they marched to merry stra:ns they carried proudiy the bright gay fags and banners presented to the association by a generous and charitable lady, and were greeted at every step by a great concourse of proud and thankiul mothers, glad to see their little ones enjoying & pleasure provided by the thought/ul Liberality of \hose whose own children are not doomed to breathe heaven’s summer air in the densely thronged venement houses or in the close and narrow streets. By nine o'clock the barge was loaded. As the line approached the gangplank Colouel Williams aud the policemen under his direction rejected irom the ranks all whose size showed them to be over thirteen yearaof age. By this culling process a large company was left on the wharf when the boat was tull, perhaps two hundred, Some of these were big boys from other | Wards, who, obtaining tickets, had calculated on @ day memorable for {ree ice cream and other del- icacies, such as are furnished for the benedt of sinaller and better children, TWO THOUSAND BABIBS AFLOAT. After each child stepped on the boat, he or she | was handed a ticket for the refreshments. On counting these it was found that the excursion carried 2,113 youngsters, of thousand five hundred were under nine years of age, many of them Just barely able to walk alone. A noticeable propor. tion of these laughing bables were evidently of Jewish origin, German was the mother tongue of the general mass. A handsomer collection of that number of children was never seen together, Hundreds of them were positively beautiful in form and feature, whue hearty enjoyment lent a pleased sparkle to all eyes and wreatued every lip with grateful smiles. ‘The boys went upon whom about one | | means, and too tew callings open to them. ) must deal with | and its attendant carses | utensils fur cooking will be used, and their various the upper deck, while the giris remained below, the band playing frst for the | one and then for the other company who in turn danced, marched or sung gleefuily as | the barge glided swiftly up the East liver and’ the Sound. At every pont tae company was hailed from passing steamers and boats and from tie shore, whiie waving flags and handkercuols caught the eye at almost every moment, THE TREAT. Soon after the start each boy ana girl received a substantial lunch of fresh roils and milk. sand- wiches Were plentifully served to each going off | mand, and because competition and poor work have | | regular poysical habits and the judicious use of | the savage, Who satisiies Mis hunger with an- ‘ NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1874.—TRIPLE WOMAN AND HER WORK. FRSB TRAINING SCHOOL OF THE WOMEN’S } EDUCATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIET No, 47 East Tenth street. To THR Eprroy or ne HERALD: — Permit me to ask apace in your columns for some consideration of a most interesting subject, namely :—The present condition of working women and the eMpioyments open to them. It has been estimated that they number in this city and im- mediate vicinity over 75,000, 1 believe that the sum would be considerably augmented were it poasible to reckon those who try by stealth to eke out their scant resources, and who would feel bit- terly disgraced Were it known that they were so | engaged. The !abor of women outside of the house- hold is cheap, because the supply exceeds the de- reduced sewing prices to a starvation point No manulactarer can be blamed for this; trade prices | must sympathize with competition and the in- | trinsic value of services rendered, The misfortune lies 1 the fact that there are too many nalf com- | petent women, Without independent homes and The Cooper Union has opened to women many profit- able occupations and proiessions; but there is a numerous class unable to reach the advantages there afforded, because of lack of early education or paucity of present resources. Help for this may be found to some eXtent in the Compulsory Edueation bill recently passed in this State. The better trait of this wise law will be borne in abother generation; but just now we those souls already grown and demanding to live tueir own lives, al- | though fettered by the disabilities of ignorance These disabilities must be met and remedied i we would counteract their evil results, and we are convinced that au impor- tant agency lies in domestc pursuits, If respect- ful and faitoful service can meet the reward of considerate and Interested kindness we shall pe cetve great alteration in the condition of domestic service. Whon the kitchen forms as important A part of social economy as the drawing room it will not be aifiicuit to fill inteliigently the place digni- fled by the importance of tts ases. Most important they are, Jor upon the ablitty and disposition of the cook depend in the greatest degree the health and tranquillity of the family, Once this truth {8 recognized there will ing women of sense upon an occupation whi rather than the most menial, in the social scale, and second only in importance to that o! the mis- tress of the house, Marriage and the foundation of the family give rise to the question of comiorta- ble and healthtul living, and here begius the dury of the wife; upon her devolves the Cuoice and dis- position of food, and tne care that no waste or | misuse shall dissipate the family substance, Haif the tl health in the world could be avoided by | food. Ii we eat wisely we can live well. | Food meets the first needs of our bodies, and is to them what education ts to the mind, Whoever jails to exercise discrimination in its selection and preparation, is but littie above cooked roots and hali raw animal flesh. We can- not, therefore, too highly estimute the importance of Understanding this subject tn its various bear- ings so thorougbjy a8 to insure its intelligent treatment. We are now organizing at our training schools a series of lectures In class and practical delinea- tious of the science of domestic economy, begin- Ding with directions for the choice and purchase of the different articles of food, and following practically their economical and suitable combinatian, as well as thelr preparation ip the most wholesome and = appetizing manner. The system of instruction will ve direct and pain, and will necessitate the use of everything, the Waste o( nothing, and the indis- pensability of meanliness and panctuality ; suitabie irposes demonstrated; the selection and assimi-* lation Of ioods wiil be considered 1n direct appli- cation to the formation of a varied daily diet, at once palatable and nourishing. The elements of jJood Will be studied in their relation to the saste- hance of the brain, the growth of the muscles, the amount of animal heat requisite to a healthy | physical coudition and to tne necessary counter- | the boat at tie grove, Which was reached at , eleven O’clock, aiter u most deightial sail through the charming seener; of the East River and sound, On the return ice cream and cake of the best qual- ily Were distributed to every boy aud girl, Wio were bountilully served, though their numbers proved larger than had been expected. Leuronade by the barreliul was aisu provided. N» child of | the two thousand faied to receive a jull share of all these subsiautials and dainties, and ail were satisied with the bountilul treat provided jor tuem, WOODS AND WATERS. It wae a long, bright stream of happy childhood which crossed the wooden pier at Ucean Grove from the deck of tue Chicago. Long besore the last of the line had reached the snade the first, having disposed ot their sandwiches and piled their clothing on the bank, Were dispurting in ine blue waters of the Sound, on the pevbly beach which ironts the grove, at one of the prettivst points of Long Island. Boys, going a lite on the right, soon appeared amplibious, many of them swimming like ducks and diving like frogs from rocks and pier timbers, The girls went a litile Jurther to tue ieit, and soon found themselves, if notso faminar with the brine, as appreciative of its charms. For once they had @ cance to tumble in the flood, safely and to their nears’ content, Many, not caring or daring to sport in the waves, were s00n roaming about under tue deep shade of the oaks, nickories, eims and cedars, break- ing boushs and culling flowers as tropiies. | No damphess made the wouds disagreeabie and the city Culidren, whose hves are im close, dusty streets, fairly reveilea in the grove. Meanwiile Mr. Punch collected @ deliguted crowd in the pavilion, under the trees, wuere they taughed and More than three hours, Crammed Witi strange, sweet piecas- ures, Were passed thus in the woods and waters at Oriental Grove. HOMEWARD IN A SHOWER, Sooner than it would otherwise have done sounded the steam whistle jor tue return, This because a shower cloud lowered, <Aiter all were Sate ou board and the barge ou her way home the fierce, heavy shower struck the excursion. ralied most of the way home, but this interiered only slightly with the merry party. Their dance or march Went On tne same; equally they enjoyed the guou things placed Letore them, and none the less hey remembered with charmed Hadpess sie bright ‘pleasure day they had passed. hey came to the Third street wharf at five o’clock, where many were Met in the shower py mothers and sisters awaiting their return. As they ran, shouting and laughing, homewards, swinging their green bougs or waving their floral treasures, they wore laces as bright and glad as though no rain had been ialling. They leit the buat with smiling adieus to Colonel Williams and the otticers, It | whose care had been exercised all day lor their | comfort, and biessing the charity which had ins t- | tuted and sustained this admirable arrangement the poor children of the city enjoy a small whereb} id Open air pleasure in these long summer share oi days. THE cost. By the bills in Colone! Williams’ hands it appears this excursion cost $674 22. Tins sum divided vy 2,113, the number of children carried, will siow the cost Of a day of absolute happiness to these littie ones to have been but about thirty-two cents, Wiat other investment can show such ample returns ? The White Star Line Tenders a Wharf, The following, received by the Rey. Alvan Wis- wall, Master o! St. Jonn’s Guild, will be read with pleasure :— Waite Star Line, No, 19 Broapway, } August 1, gz, To Mr. Pennant, White Star Wharf:— You will oblige me by agers of St. Johny Quill tion ot their barge &c. On Monday the barge Harvest Home will be towed to the above Wharf and put in readiness for immediate service, Floaung Hospital for tbe toca- R, J. CORTIS TIS. Sick Children’s Fand. The following additional contributions have been Destitute Excursion received by the Rev. Alvah Wiswail, Master of St. | Jonn’s Guid, tor the care of destitute, sick children and ior the Noating hospital:— Walter H, Lewis ; $90 eas ieses 10 Samuel Roosevel 5 Fe. lus. 2 ienry “pear. Nomjluck silk 10 hen Brothers. 9 | Cast: ; 8 F, Havemeye 5 Theodore Lexgott: 5 Cash... 1 Total. ..s.s0:5 ‘$110 Amount previously ‘ac a) Grand total. $1,759 Contributions to the jund are earnestly solicited at once, and may be sent to the New Yore HERALD office; Mayor Havemeyer, City Hall; Arnoid, Con- stable & Co., No. 885 Broadway; D, Appleton & Co., No. 651 Broadway; August Belmont & Co,, No, 1 Nagsuu street; 3. L. M. Barlow, No. 36 Willian street; Ball, Black & Co., No. 065 Broadway; Judge John k, Brady, No. 19 West Thirty-tutr Henry Bergu, No. 100 Fourth avenue; Glews, No. 32 Wall street; Jones & Ryder, Ni Broadway; A. A. Low, No. 31 roe Leas Lora & ‘Taylor, No. 899 Broadway; Artur Leary, No. 73 William street; Witham Lottimer & Uo., No. 75 Leouara street; T. Otis Leroy & Co., No. 261 Water street; Andrew W. Leggat, Deputy Coliector of Assessments, New Couri House; or Rey, ‘an Wiswall, Muster of St. Jonn’s Gulia, No, 62 Varick stree: iving every facility to the man- | | dicting in #everal material points the information | given toa reporter and published tn yesterday's action of the waste and wear of ine. In fine, our endeavor will be to teach the application of phiiv- sophical common sense to the management of the household, While realizing the impor- tance a8 weil as the salety of a domestic lie lor women We cannot ignore the fact that very many of them are forever barred trom 1ts comiort aud recompense. Avart from it the aver- age female worker cannot earn what would be an iusuflicient living fora man; butil the quality of woman's labor can be improved its marketable Value will be increased, and with better work aud wages will come reiie( and strength to many a Woman Wuo DOW Wavers upon the verge of misery | aud degradation. Tbe social structure 1s infirm | which i#.notJounded in the purity of its women, to whom are givea the divine positions of mothers and teachers of men, and yet io the miast of this Chrisuan community women every day yield up ths crown and treasure of Womanhood to Save tuem- selves trom starvation, ‘That cl ty abounds among us waich permits no misiortune lo become | known without rendering immediate assistance, Li these poor girls were loreiviy brought here trom @ tur-oif land and cast between the two alterna- tives of sin and starvation, men and women would inwtantly rouse themselves to strong and sympa- thettc action and meet that emergency promptly. Are we individually tree trom ail tue responsibility entailed by the present aspect of this question of social economy’ And can we lvok upon the per- petration o: those sins against humanity which daily blot the character of this Christian commu- nity without becoming in some measure particl- pators in themy I sincerely believe that among those denominated ‘alien women” nine-tenths of the number have entered upon their wretched | lives from severest compulsion, Alas! for tne utter sadness and hopeleseuess of | the problem! “Lile needs some sulutiou even to Unspecuiative minds, and the explaining of this dreary tangle to the poor seems to lie in the a vince of that work which Christ commended to His tollowers.’’ The prosperity of a race or coun- | try endures only so long as its virtues are retained, | aud the very sacred high altar oi ail the virtues is builded in our homes. [i the taint of ignorance | and corruption festers there it will eat outward vhrough tue lamily, through society, througn the Stave, until ali are utterly rowen and unstable. Let us, then, seek to purily the source, that tne | outflowings may be full of moral health and Strength, and that the influence upon the time may be ennobling and elevating in practical and daily use. C. L, HODGES, President, OUTWARD BOUND, ‘There was 8 noticeable failing of in the number of outward bound passengers yesterday. it is | evident that the grand summer rush, so to speak, is at an end, and henceforth we may look only for the ordinary state of affairs in the way of passen- ger traitic to Europe; although, by the way, every year shows @ vast increase, The rivalry created by the reduction of steerage fares caused at first a stampede among the needy, and many having noting to do here availed themselves of the cheapness of the trip to return to the old country. Four steamships left yesterday—the Samaria, tho Qneen, the Republic and the Victoria—all well freighted with mercbandise aud @ lair number of cabin passengers. The new steamship City of Ricumond, of the Inman line, was unusually crowded both fore and att, ana toward tnree o’ciock, the hour announced for her departure, the wharf presented an enlivening scene, All the other steamers leit at an early hour, but in wait- ing lor the United States mail the City of Ric! mond was detained until the alternoon, and as it was impossible for her to cross the bar be.ore dark, Mr. Nicholson, the general passenger agent, intimated to those on board that tie vessel wouid not leave until eignt o’clock this morning. Sne looked exceedingly trim and neat at her whart yesverday aiternoon, and will doubtless scud over the Atlantic in true Inman style. THE OLERICAL ROMANCE OONIRADIOCTED, A communication from Amenia, Dutchess county, has been addressed to the HERALD, contra- | issue, under the head of “Another Clerical Ro- mance.” From this letter it appears that the | person who figures in the report as a Methodist Episcopal Se Meare and pastor | of @ large congregation at New Orleans, is not and has never been @ clergyman of any denomination, being a bricklayer by trade and for ears @ follower of “Boss” Shepherd at Wasi- ington. The entire account of his meeting with the second wite is fabulous. There was no Hight, no clandestine Marriage. The meeting between the two wives Was not of the boisterous nai ure de- scribed, Their behavior attracted some attention in the neigiborhood, and on this slender founda- tion was based a@ story given to the HERALD'S representative which tends to make the misdeeds ola commonplace bigamist compromise the repu- tation of @ church, THE OLTY TREASURY. Comptroller Green reports the following dis- bursements and receipts of the Treasury yester- day :— DIBURSRWENTS, Claims paid—Number of rants 2. amouut- Total number of warrants, 186, amounting to....$87,919 ROKLETS, Ri From arrears of taxes, assessments and Interest... $6,717 Fromm collection of 19, Pay rolls—Number of warri Assexsmonts and Interest. (335 From market revts and te ‘8030 From fees, &c,—Public Administrator... 1,963 From licenses, Mayor's otfice. 156 From tees and fines, Diswrict Cor 1 Total, $28,700 | sociations and the conservative influences of the | country about twenty years ago. | Wasan especial favorite, and no distingué reunion SHEET. THE WAGES OF SIN. Adventures of Louis Maximilian Van Eeten, the Forger. Hle Attempts Suicide by Laudanum. CHANCES OF RESTORATION. History of His Crimes and His Romantic Career. | Louls Maximilian Van Eeren is a name that will be long remembereu tn the police annals of this country—so prolitic tn tts record of forgeries, mur- ders and criminal adventures of every kind. He was a nap of marvellous powers; he possessed a wonder'ul personal magnetism; his brain de- lighted in combinations which should belong rather to the lovers of chess—only be used men as pawns and knights, and not the “graven images’? that should represent the game. The world was to him @ vast chequer- board in the game of life, and ‘men and women merely players.’ He was born of parents in the upper station of lile in Antwerp, Belgium, and it is the saddest commentary on his unlawlul courses that his old gray-haired father was ashamed of him, His education was of the most liberal character; all advantages of tutors and govervors were agorded him, and when he outstripped the youth of Antwerp in his studies | congratulations poured in upon his parents, who | little dreamed that the brilliant youth would | render himself famous only by his crimes, Alas! that such heaven-born genius should be buried in a dishonored grave! At the age of twenty-five Louis Max Van Eeten | seemed to be the favorite of fortune. In the old | cathedrai city of Antwerp no honor seemed too | | high for nim to achieve, no mercantile success too grand. But there was an odd humor always cher- | ished by the brilliant adventurer, and that was | that a “pent-up Utica confined bis powers” in the | | city of bis birth, and so he sailed for the E! Dorado | of all bright spirits—New York, The New World | to him contained boundless opportunities for | achievements undreamed of in the steady old city | of his nativity; and so, bidding farewell to old as- | Old World, be arrived in the metropolis of this Instead of de- | yoting himself to legitimate mercantile operations | he seemed, from the commencement, to believe iu | the power of chicane over that of honest effort, and we note the result. He brougnt to New York | two cargoes of miscellaneous goods and seemed to | have made a@ successful venture. He was encased | in the panoply of respectability tn the shape of letters {rom the oldest firms in Belgium, and other parts of Europe, the authenticity of which, of | course, Was not suspected, and at once entered into the society of the éite of New York, who were only too glad to welcome a dis- tinguished foreigner with utilitartan ideas, | He was bland of speech; his mainers petokened a knowledge of polistied society, in fact, be was au | fait in all those delicate arts which woo the senses | and lull suspicions to sleep, With the fatr sex he | was compiete without the presence of the lion of the | hour. He waé not long in discovering in the daughter | of one of we Schmidt family—of the old Kate } booker stock—an aMnity; and although the young | girl mentioned Was engaged to a Very wortny ¥entleman to be married it was not long bere | Ube lascinations of the young Belgian supplanted | the older suttor, abd they were engaged to ve married, ‘The wedding toox place with all the ¢clat attend- | ing such celebrations in the od times, aud tue | bride and groom sailed tor Hurope, fooweu by the Colgratuiations of all their triends and relatives save one. This geatleman, a brother of tue vride, haa his suspicious aroused as to the character of | the husband, and these terrible susp cious were i by the Knowledye ol some irauduleat | tions Which bad come to his knowledze, | and were directly traceab.e Ww the bridegreom, | Who had so recently carried away his sister in 8) triumphanta manner, Armed with the prouss of the young mau’s criminality he foiowed the | loving = twain—four days alter —s their | departure—in the steamer Arctic. Ar riving in Burope he discovered — that every credential, every letter of recommendation | Van Keten had brought to America was iorged. Sick at heart, he knew not what to do, bat at length resolved to go to Autwe-p to discover, if possible, the status and surroundings of the | jorger’s jamiy. Herve he was mes by the iather of | the cuiprit—a fine old man, with many sorrowa | whitening his hairs—who conessed to him that | his son—this same Louts Maximilian Van keten— | had ruimed him, and well-migh brougat bis gray | hairs in sorrew to the grave, | Tracing the wedded couple trom point to point, | this bro.her at length found them im London, where the man Was living under an assumed | name, Concealment ts the trst sign of guilt, How | this brother's heart was wrung when he discov- | ered his pet sister tu be the lie companion of a | man who bad forfeited all claim to wie mercy of men can only be Known to him, He persuaded Van Eeten to come back to New York, and assured him uf he meant to jead an honest life that ne | would assist him todo so. The wedded pair re- | turned to this city; the relatives held a sort of | jamuy counsel—a gathering common enougn in | Europe, where affairs of social import are dis- cussed; but such was the crait of Van Eeten that betore the brother arrived he (the cuipgit) nad persuaded the jamrly that he Was a persecuted | Man and that the cmivalrous brother was hound- THE SECUND ACI IN THE DRAMA, It was not long before an establisument was started in Bowling Green. OMces were sumptu- ousiy titted up, with “Van Eeten and Company, | bankers,” “Van Keten & Co., European agents,” | “Vessels wanted,” &c,, upon the plate glass win- | dows, Pt ee to the passers by that anoth great firm had consented to open au agency in | New York, to connect their busiaess with Europe. | Owners 01 vessels—1t Was dull time—were anx- | ing him without cause. Now comes | er lous to charter their snipe to sail to Hong Kong, | Liverpool er Cape of Good Hope. Van Eeten was ready to charter them all. One day @ commission meychept called 0D a Old South street shipowner end said :— “Do you know Van Eeten & Co. ?"” “Why?! was the response of the wily old ship- per, Wno was looking out himseil for @ chauce to employ his idle vesseis. «Because | have just chartered a ship to them to go to South America.” “Don’t do it!’? gaid the old ship owner, “they @re not good |’? The merchant left the office determined to let | Van Keten & Co. severely alone, but he had not | gone five minutes before the shrewd (’) touth | Street shipper—thus learning Van Eeten wanted vessels—went over and chartered three ves-eis to the firm jor the West Indies, Before two weeks Van Keten & Co. had twenty ships chartered, sent out to various ports with stone, ballast Or rosin, OF some such stuff, and, as no payment Was to be made to owners until the | ships rerurned with their ireights, tt was not long | before the victimized ship owners discovered they | were at the mercy of the swindiers, and in order to be relieved o1 their contracts—ot return voyages with all attendant expeuaes—they compromised with Van Keten & Co, and paid them about $40,000 to cancel the contracts, During all these weary years—years full of heart- burnings and mortificanons to the devoted young whe and her family—this man pursued his netari- ous practices, He was incarcerated in Ludiow | Street Jali tor eighteen months, and after that fre- | Phd the fashionabie watering piaces such as aratoga and Lake Mahopac, by his plausibility and great inteiligence rendering himself a pleasant Pweg eae and gaining the friendship of | some of our best citizens. About five years ago, | however, commenced @ series of crimes, the con- summation of which ended in HIS DISGRACE AND FLIGHT, He had been discovered by Captain Thomas | Sampson, Of the detective force, whose special duties lie in the detection of Wail street frauds, in eat 7 to pass raised checks on Fisk & Hatcn, the bankers. He was arrested ou this oc- casion, but such was his address and craft that the case was not made out against him and he was released. Detective Sampson was absent srum the city Jor two days a short time alterwaras, and during this time Van Keten went to Jay Cooke & Co. and sold them a $1,000 United States bond (genuine) and received their check for it, which, of course, was properly certified, &c. He raised the amount of this check to SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, and repaired to the office of Wells, Fargo & Uo, to | invest the same in rairoad bonds, disarming all | suspicion by asking time to examine caretuily the coupons, &c., see if they were all right. The Iraud, of course, was soon discovered, the de- | tecttves were apprised, Sampson went toa house | | known to be frequented by the swindler, on | Twenty-eighth street, and ail that was found ot | Van Beten was his whiskers, Me had taken a Pacific slope. A short time afterwards the Bank of California, | diction, | the raliroad station, | sign of animation was given, | sign of lite than. previously. | @ Siate Court, | ately Francisco, was defrauded by receiving a \ Siovven United States bond which had. teen “raised.” The New York officers were apprised, but they did not at first suspect Van Keven, be- | bey thought 000, and haa Wells, Far; able that considered a | Moved to thi $10,000 risk was too small for him to take, They did not know what they subsequently learned—that the money stolen from Wells, Fargo posited in the vaults of tae a aranty and Indemuity Company in thiscity. The career of Van keten in California proves him to have possessed consummate ability as well us arctic coolness, His lodgiugs were in sight of Police Headquafters, every officer was khown to him-by eight, and their rol call must have been listened to by bim With a sort of grim Ralisfaction. This man was an outlaw; but he ew York wa detying the world with & bravado wi had something of the heroic in it, When the note Of alarm was sounded he bought tickets for pulco, The Caii- fornia oiflcers were sent to Los Angeles im Lower Caufornia to intercept the ship. Instead of suiling, however, he went on shore again in San Francisco, tore up bis tickets and remained within the smell of the Kitchen of Police Headquarters. Eventually, however, le went to Acapulco, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Kingston, Jamaica (but never leit (he snip at this latter port, Kuowiug of the ex- tradition treaty with Englana), taen to Havana, aud fually landed in New Orleans, IN THE TOLLS, United States District Attorney Detecuve Noah Davis sent Sampson to bring him back to this jaris- The task was @ uificult even a dangerous, veraor Warmoth aided the officer. Judge the detective not to arrest Dim im urt, dhe moment Van Eeten was released on tue charge velore the latter Judge he was served with the Warrant on the New York, charges while he was surrounded by ns couns and iriend’ No sooner was the process deliv= cred than @ writ Of habeas corpus was thrust under the afficer’s nose, The detective ac- cepted service, and said he wanted to see the town and would be back in an hour in court to answer. The prisoner Was pul into + carriage, beulud @ pair of last horses, aid then ensued 4 KIDE BETWEEN LAW AND JUSTICE. The carriage was followed by another and a man on horseback, ‘The chase Was Kept up in the devi- ous streets of New Orleans for ap nour, At length, by a fortuitous turn, the pursuers were leit be- hind. Four negroes were nurriealy thrust into the carriage, which drove on; the officer, with his charge, plunged into a cellarway, aud as the Gar- riage turned the next corner the man on horseback was alnost alongside of if, From this cellar the otticer got apou the roof of the budding, scrambled over several more and was received finally by & man pamed Weil, from which place they reache Here @ yard of red flannel on the top of & long sugar cane stopped tie train, aud the oficer and his prisoner weve en route. Al Jacksonville the tram was boarded by & gang, who demanded where the kidnapped man was. They Were a rough looking set, with scant clothing aad well-armed men of the ‘border. ‘The omcer pointed out the prisoner as the detective, aud claimed to be the prisoner Mimsei!, saying he was Well treated and wanted to ceed, & piece of strategy not denied by Van Eeten. Whiskey was surren lered a3 a peace offering, the majesty of ississippi law Was satisfied and the train sped to North. jut little more remains to be told. Van Eetem Was tried, Convicted, seut to prison jor pine years aud $9,000 fine, pardoned by Governor Dix, who, 1 was rumored, exercised mis clemency on ‘account ot Some prison revelations to be made by Van Beten, and no sooner haa the culprit been par- doned than he reported to Detective Sampson a& his house, th THE ALLEGED SUICIDE. Louis Maximilian Van Eeteo, the famons bond | forger, having taken @ dose of laudanuin in Hud- sou County Jali, some time between eight, o’clock on Friday evening and six o'clock Saturday = morning, «aud being in apparent’ danger of death, @ HERALD reporter went to tha) jail to ascertain full particulars o! the attempted suicide. The unoriunate man was stretched naked on a mattress tu the witness room, sur rounded by a crowd of prisoners and jailers, who were busily engaged, under the directions of a couple of doctors, in shaking, rubbing’ and slapping him ail over the body with a view to, keep him awake, A galvanic baticry was in tull operation, and the man’s body Was made to feel its effects in a Way that ought to give an appear- ance of life to a corpse; but beyond a dnil, stolid stare, and sn occasionat half uttered and almost indistinct groan, no The body was quite red and sore trom the eifects of several hours’ in~ cessant robbing and slapping, and the knees were’ cut trom falis which occurres in making attempts to force him to walk. A scrubbing brush was applied with relentiess vigor to his feet and sometimes even to tne softer portions uf bis body, and it was evident from the appear-' auce of increased animation in his leaden stare and the hall-stifled groan, accompanied by & nerveless effort to move the arms as If to escape the pain, that his sense of feeling was sull pretty strong. Alter several hours’ | continuance of ths work @ short rest was taken, and no sooner was Le left to himself tham he relapsed into a heavy sleep, snoring with ® pecullar moaning cadence. He was then litted up, and five prisoners moved him about the floor, with a view to make him walk, one of them grasp- ing him ughtly around tae body from behind, two more hoiding up the shoulders and head and the other two putting legs through tue motion of walking. ‘Tnis was one of the most extraurdimary processes that could be tmagined, = and would be laughable in tue extreme Hf the object was not to save a human life. He was jerked and bumped and heaved In a way that would have Shaken the iiie out of aman of weak constitution; but it only seemed to do him | good by irritating him and keeping bi awake, which seemed to be the great thing des sired, This was continued til the prisoners got tired out, when he Was again stretched on the bed, only to fall asleep the instant lie was left by himself, Dr. Stout, the County Physician, gave t¢ as his opinion that the effects of the poison were now over, and that be only suffered irom exhaus- tion, A quantity of beet tea, with an ounce. of brandy and fliteen grains oi ammonia was them pumped into his stomach, and he showed more At a quarter past. seven yesterday evening bis pulse was beating at the rate of 108 per minute and his condition gave more reason Jor hope, though not suMcient to warrant a decided opinion as to the probability of his recovery. He was first noticed about eight o’clock yester- day morning, Shoring very loud, and on tue jailer trying to awaken him it was discovered that some. thing was wrong. On Deputy Juiler Ryerson being — called he foun a smali bot. tle having traces of laudanum — besive tue bed, and immediately summoned med- ical assistance. As this could not ve procured lor some tine the poison had time to take effect, and itis even probable that it was taken on Friday evening When he went to bed. On the arrival of the doctors an emetic was administered and tha treatment above described commenced. Captain Lees, of the San Francisco detective force, who is here in the capacity of United states Mar- shal and mage the arrest, does not beheve he in- tended to commit suicide but that he must bave been in the habit of taking laudanum, and on thi occasion took an overdose without invending it. He accounts tor hig having the Jlauda- num by supposing had it in bundle he had with him when rrested. Captain Lees thinks the cieertulness of dis~ osition evinced by Van Keten the day. pefore the supposed suicide is conclusive evidence of the absence of any wish to Kill himself. He explains 018 expression avout “going | beiore a Judge to-morrow that would give him a Jair trial” by his saustaction at the prospect of being tried in a United states Court rather than in against which he entertained @ strong prejudice. THE WAX IN CUBA. It would seem, from fecent advices, that the, insurgents are still carrying on their aggressive Operations with relentiess persistency. The old worrying mode of assauit con inues to be in favor, and, while the Spanish soldiery and volunteera’ are at all mes “under arms,” their opponentg Apparently succeed in taunting and delying them, under circumstances which prove conclusively the ineMcient meaus which have veen adupted to Suppress the rebellion Of an oppressed people. Plantations are burned at will, provision traing are Captured with ease und raids made Without joss or detriment to the invadin party. Mr. Wz. I. Spec, who has jus! | returned from a tour through Cuba, states that om the 4th ult. a party o; insurgents attacked Fors Lookout, aboat six miles irom ‘Trinidad de Cuba, and killed sixteen Spaniards, Alter doing a@ much damage to the utile jort as the space of on hour would permit thet they retrea‘ed to the mountains, A lew Lis gota succeeding this adven- ture they made a raid on @ large mue train in the Vicinity Ol Trinidad de Cuba, and, atter a brief skirmish, captured it without the lo-s of &@ man. Duwing the month of June the insurgents des Stroyed an extensive plantation pear Santa Mal ‘The news War despatched to santiago and troo, were at once ordered to the scene. Meanwhil under cover of darkness, the insurgents, evidentiy on a raiding tour, hastened toward (ne Morro Castle, | which commands @ prowinent position at the en- trance to the hatbor of Santiago, and cutting down @ sentry as they passed by, seized the gov- | ernment boats, crossed over to the other side, where they quickly demolished the huts of th pilots and fed to the mountains, Not many di atterwards a party made a raid at Cumberland, Harbor, destroying several huts, and, doubtiess b; way of bravado, fired at tue Spanish man-of-war Arapiles Which Was anchored near Guantanamo. Alter ali, then, tt appears that the war is veing prosecuted with energy on the part of the ineur: gents. Mr. Spec states that many of the Spanish soldiers have been ordered home, THE GIRL BABY HATER, Henrietta Weibel, the little girl who attempted to destroy a baby at West Farms, as published in the HERALD yesterday, had not veen removed from the Tremont police station up to uine o'clock last$ evening. Since the youthiul prisoner was come mitted by Justice Wheeler, in default ot $1,000 bail, to await the action of the Grand Jury, Captain Steers has been anxiously await. ing tae of the Tomvs prison van to convey her to New York, where sha can be taken care of by one of her sex. Le 00+ cupted herself yesterd: A alternately laug! i crying ead Foading “picture papers’? consi jarnished her by the Captain, who has showa her every kindnegs in hig power. The girl's mother has not deen to see her since the arrest took place nor have, tn fact, any of her reiatives, as it 18 Uns derstood they are ail exceedingly poor. It is probs would-be baby burner will be res, ‘Tombs to-day,