The New-York Tribune Newspaper, April 13, 1866, Page 7

FROY TUE mSSOURITO TIE PACIFIC..XAXIL Ban Erpscisce to Pefalumn—Talking by Teles graob—Farming Begions—Live Oake nod rendrones—Tlisscurians—Elcnldaburg—Tos's Mtation—Eussion River Valley—The “Ileje Back?—A Fast Ride—The Geysers—Steam. boat Kpring — Devil's Canon — Colors and Yuricties of the Mprings—Trembiing of the Enarth—A Diabolical Locality. from Qur Own Corresp Dee. 1 ¥oss's STATION, SoxoyA Co., C: On Satn ¢ g I left San Franci fittlo steemer which plies ecross the bay and wind ow' a nataral diteh, crooked as a corks: for & boat to tern around in, or for one to unigue branches shoot off from Cali vers aud bays, among the level meadows; and their on dry land, like the traditional \ wherever there is & heavy dew. At ok o steam railway for two miles, in Petaluma, three hours and a balf from Jama CreeX or bayo acd often pass anot fornia * b DATTC relograph ofiice, T found Dr. Lovejoy, the Abolitionist—a relative of W ko of Elijah P. Lovejoy, the carliest proscription. Now, when 71 to find marble white enough for tor, why have we no memorial of that young hero of Lis days, and life itself, in defense of the 1y ravcor Tred MacCrellish of San ved o loug conversation w One evening, in Sacra- Itis converse across the great r. In two years, wheu is completed, we may talk over a line 24,000 wiles in gination alone, but of every might have sung: d the world bad wrought for k the Healdsburg stage, over muddy, X prairie soll, which the drivers park-like groves of live oak. Low, flat and rich, wit Tiross v in Chicago. cisoo, W member of bis fami meuto, 1 gossiped with an sequaintance in New-York nstant, famil D to the Taph The next morning I tc foamy roads. This jet blac call “ dotted wi of Texe and e portio abonnding shaded komes, which make one forget e is in 4 now it is exc farming land, requiring po irrigation, a g 40 to 60 bushels of corn to the our right is Napa v The ceactas, its long, grows in great profusion, to Here the live oak attains per. ul tree on our continent, except in lanrel, or madroner it red, frequently e und lovelivess, The tooned with great bunches of ‘Throughout Kan. 0 bere_declare that tle band to moutl, and a field every the year, hie would even apair of bars, but ouly & gap it At 4 p.m ereditary Vi wo reached the inviting ive oaks and madrones. ( this station. e nud fust dri e circnlar valley, is the head of as an smumense bars, logs, and the bri ted_on horseb: g and e otted with Live-oak and asant farm-bouses With their brooks aud lake: ver ral wiics our path winds along & ut, known as the Hog-Dack—a aaique mounta s summit, iike a *idge-pole on & steep roof. Now the . at some points, our borses T 1t 18 just wide enougl 16 one can look down precipi- 1 foot. Two mh H sat Spring is some | oesan a atmusphere was not fa. igher then Foss's Stuti our Toad sbrapt lu the remai drove this steep grade in 35 growing accus- they epjoyed it miautes. i tomed to the breakneck puce Keenh “m_ shiver, bu of their driver, w the column of smoke from the ¢ fully 200 feet from the ground. At Iway train in motio of & great bont blowing off ber Down at the very foot of the valley, it sight of hon v the grouud, we dismoant 8icam. pads of sieam jots pufliog up frc By the hotel & pleasant, two-story-and-L white building, in r‘mm- filled with visitors, but now quite abandoned. It< umber was cut by & saw-mill buiit for the purpose a few miles Ep the ¢ twasbed away by the first freshet afterward. | RO the hote! sceommotated GO guests; 3 per day or §15 per weas, coin Platos kiver, 20 or 30 feet wide, and running westward, Sambles Langhingly down the vocks, shaded by overhanging Broos and ¥ b bank we List visited the Lrou Bpring 4 Juie b ret square. The water, in ellowish green With the Iste ely x5y to thy m i discolors ev Fali treoe 03 3 voyaze ytling iu th log bridy P svery; 80 we crossed the stream us be ipiug from Tock to rock. Then we were o Devi's Cefion, wb shuts in 8 little emptying into treatn are the priscipal Geyeers. yards up creek we reached the dath-housss. The water, pure and cold at the head of the Mreawm swl & mike svove, then hested by the spriogs, and woling by exposure to the sir, s here just warm asant bl Te steep walls of the narrow sed in bonor of his Satanic Majesty, rise from t—bare nn;n, clayey sol gh this lLa narrow path besido it, compelling us to climb ke #ipper; 1ocis, and sometiues 1o trusi the seething, uncertain wrtl Boor we mong clouds of steam issuing from the soil @ the water's edge, and thence extendiug far up the bauk, e too hot for one to bear his hand iu it ®rom the creek. over wiid, Jagged rocks, aud then & delicious Retle cascade which forms a” uatural cold shower-bath. Now eams bubbling up beride the Back some very bitter, formiug white inerustations of others depositing fise-tibered, exquisite towers of sulphur deiteate yellow or black moss. Hot, cold, and boiling ®rings are found side by wmde, each Witk its own individual Bo—biac, brown, biack, Ted, green, ycliow, piuk or gray. We passed the Dévil's Wash Bowl, the Devil's Kitehen and dher localities quite as infernal m sound, heat and smell as in Bwe. 1oe jets of steam, and the bubbiivg up of bot water curious enough; but the boiling within hundreds of cavities nd, dimly scen through_ their htile mouths, is far Ling aod impressive. The different springs emit wetios of sound: tue siugiug of & tea-kettie, tho pulpy w buge tauk of potatoes; the distant roar of 8 great o v; the cob-cracking of & grist-will; the sough of wiod; the murmur of the pine; the dash of ‘the Waves— alliquid, viorating. tremoious tones. The principal group of Brings is beside the creek for & quarter of a mile; but there @ fuily 1,000 places where steam iasues from the banks, At thes 110 ground vibrates +o as to rattle crockery i the hotel, op-third of 8 mile away. The sentient earth trewbles avd as fin terror of to the first throbs of wel back o that primeval stage when it was & form and void, ané darkiess was upon the face of the ‘he Witches' Cauldron was seven feot deep, with eircular ‘wils two or three yards scross but the lower part of the rooky 4y bas broken away, Jeaviug oply @ little, scetbing, E‘ormyukn-. Lot epough to boil wu egg. Se wo trom burned onr fingers cangbt stifling stural furuaces. At the head of the cafion, X feet up » bill is Steamboat Spring, the greatest of all. It nas ater, but consists eutirely of steaw. We climbed tie wadd orept over the brittle, yielding earth as near the wmth as we daved. Its apertare i as large s the body of 8 in wind, the enveloping, scorchig r pleasant nor safe; but its constrit rising upright for hucdreds of feet, o, Lo st ! B and its great co & peculiarly impressive, Reerussing the calion, wo ascended a high platean, several wd ynrde wide, with s broken rim. It w called the iy, aud Goes resenble the mouth of an estinet volcano. gnm the Vent Holes—two Wb 1 W B b B e Lt @ - mical; for 1 bo kiad for s , are several the Little Gey- the sca. They but really eetion of erer first have been worth ror, and 1 to approach the: o, Co e 10 very . Travelers declare that tiesc Springs far snrpa famed Geysers of Iceland, After the Yosemite Valiey, the Sierra Nevadas and the Columbia River, they are the t curious and w erful of the many curiosities and woaders of the Pacific Coast. A DR IIORRORS OF SALISBURY. — 1 at Raleigh, N. €.—The Military Commins) Probably Extinguished—Fur- ther Proceedings nt an End, From Our Special Corresponden. Raveien, K. C., Friday Evening, April 6, 1866, Since the issuing of the President s Proclamatior, an- nouncing the restoragion of Peace to the country, there is bardly & rational doubt of the discontinuation of the Mili- tary Commission before which MajorJohn H. Gee has been erraigoed during the past six weeks. OPINIONS IN THE CASE. A number of the members of the Court, the Judge-Advo- cate and the prisoner’s counsel seem of this opinion; and the last-mentioned gentleman will unquestionably obtain a writ of habeas corpus, removing the accused from the jurisdiction of the military tribunal in this city, as soon obtain olicial information from Washington, 1l be hardly probable until after the 9th instant. TIE PROSECUTION TO BE CLOSED. The Court will resume its sess ing; and as there isfuo pr Mr. Wm. E. Davis, of Cine o wituess, Mr. Junius Henri Browne, of THE TRIBUNE, remains to be mined for the prosecution, the Judge-Advocate will se the testimony in bebalf of the Government. The defense will th med, ask for another adjournment, deeming further proceedings in the case less, until they can relieve their client by ordinary legal means, in such instances made and provided. TIE TRIAL PROBABLY AT AN EN The case turns upon the construction m her the abre ilitary t o that have already been e nee of whose opiuions Y is to be tried, he must now be arre 0 ¢ courts, sinee the abolition of martisl law nullifies the uction of all Military Comumissions. My own opinion i, that after next week we shall never a1d expresse hear again of the Gee case, which has been expensive to Government, annoying and incouvenient in the ex- treme to the witnesses, and a partic of countless unuttered malediction —— New-Bronswick Politics—The Governor's Beply to the Council — A Counfederation of the Provinces — Probable Resi u of the Ministry —Arrest of a Buspected Feninn, #rom Our Special Correspoudent. ¥10, C. E., April 10, 1866, The news from New-Brunswick grows very interesting. The Globe of to-day sa am from , we aro mabled to r'e reply to cil. Tt is as f DENT AND 1 GENTLEMEN OF Uik L¥ ser: 1 will in ] it your Ad in order tbat it may be fajesty the Queen hos ot in the closer te in obe community r ot but tend 1o Lasten eflicient Gove f th urged confedera- al change in views is being brou about by the in: ce of the Crown. The Counc Upper House, being formed of men nominated by Crown, is very open to it influence, and therefore is more bow 10 its wis With the Lower House it is ent. The members aro elected by the people, ust look to the latters interests in all th Now does not ay pear to ¢ an ad- Brunswick, and b sition 1o My opinion is that & union the province tend toward & mowe rapid development of their resour The Globe ulso says that the Ministry will resign Here are i ay, the Attorney-General asked the House to adjourn k to-day, and our special dispatch positively states that the Government will resign. If the Ministry resign, confederation will certainly be carried. The President of the Hibernian Society of this city, & Mr. Murphy, was arrested yesterday at Cornwall, on fus- m of being licated in the ement & t the wower Provinees. hat he, aud those with him, usd arms and am —_— Now, this The Labor and Aid Socicty for the Relief of Boldiers’ Widows and Children. car Canal, 8 sta ant house, which not many years ago opened wide its | loors to men and women of culture and power. In its enerous space, and wealth of decoratdion, iu its hospita- pleasantiess of aspect, in its beautifal library, t .« graceful, flower-lined gallery which led to it, were ex- pressed the kindliness, the taste, the gentleness, the love of home, and friends, and books, which those who knew Iy and | the ovner 1n bis pr to Lim. Heo h i library gath- ered in America, and enriched the room with rare and | luable books. There, it was said, he conc and | wronght out those marvels of humorous delineation | which used to convulse the town with laughter, and to which the actor, Burton, left no heir. It was sad that when he died the beautiful home into which he had built his heart, and where ghostly Touch- stones and Falstaffs scemed to wander, fell into careless bands, and was disfigured and dismantled, till the slow ruin of years was wrought in a few moutbs. And to-day the grand house is & laundry, and the library is become a mangling-room. Touchstone, and Dromio, and Bottom, and Toodles, have lost all their mirth, forgone ull cust vanished from the room that rang with their m of exercises, familiar voi Other ghosts are in the house to-day. It needs not the pale twilight nor the solemn miduight to see them. They aro the transparent wraiths of soldiers starved to death at Salisbury; tortured to madness iu the pens of Anderson- ville; shot on the battle-tield; dead in hospital, armless, legless, fieshless horrors! Men who went out to the unimagined wretchedness of army life, to swift and terri- Dble death, with smiles, counting the dear claims of home | less strong than those of country, and leaving wifo and children to her loving care. A few good women, who through four gloomy years of war never rested from their labors for the good cause— giving with cheerfuluess husband, brother, son; giving lesser gifts of constant faith, of help with tongue, and pen, | and money, and needle; of service in the hospitals, and kindness in the camp—feel to-day that but half their work is done; that to the common soldier, to whom we owe it that we may speak of the Nation without shame, the honor of the Nation is pledged—not to recompense his service, which it can never do, but to acknowledge it in tender help to those whom he left helpless. They are not objects of charity. They are rightful heirs to our loyalty, our fidelity, our love. The solemn silence of the dead pieads for them as a tongue of flame could not. There are cases of suffering which the most careful beney- olence cannot reach; but, alas! every day an appeal comes up from many & sick heart which the kind ladies who form the Labor and Aid Association have no means to answer, Every day women come to ask, not bread, not clothes, not money, but work. They are honestand decent. They aceept their lonely life of toil without complaint, but they must have daily employment and constant wages, reme:m- bering that thero is no father to earn food for the meny eager mouths at home. The Association hasnot work enough. It has no money to give insteed of work. When wives and children bunger, how shall those soldiers sleep in their nameless graves ! The Society has already s lasundry in successful opera- | tion, worklug in which thess widows and daughters receive one dollar a day. It will soon have a school where the little creatures too young to work—who, poor atom- ies, in happier homes unshadowed by death and want, ‘ioge, & fow feot apart, whick | would still be lsughing babies in happy mothers' arms, ol Lo whioh sho -dAlmulfllluldnfiuI-‘h | our national pastime had no other recommendation than NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1866. bo tanght the eimpler studies, and sewing, end knitting, and basket-making, and otler light end usefu! labor. They will be given one meal each day, aod made as con- tented as possible in their school-room, while their mothers are busy in other parts of the building. There will be a sewing-roo rd partment of women's we And some of the beautiful, giry cham- bers will become hoepital where the poor wrecks which rife-balls aud perilous e:mp-ife have made will be pursed back to heathful life, if that may be; orif it be too late forthat, led by te #ands to the confines of that world which sets right tuo blunders and cruelties of this. After a little while it is belioved that this institution will Le self-supporting. At present, it is greatly in need of money. With means at its command it wight do in- calculable good. It is bitterly hard to turn mway these sad-eyed women who come beseeching hielp. As May Day approaches,and the migratory Kuickerbockers inspeet their housekold goods, will not thrifty housewives send to theso bare rooms such articles of furniture es full under con- demnation by reason of age or awkwardness? Will they not contribute such plain garments as are still serviceable, though too old-fashioned for the dainty wardrobes of the rich 7 Will the children who are growing up to leave toys bebind them, or whose playrooms are crowded with later whims of fancy, give the poor little babies who will fill the schoolroom in Hudson-st. their, very oldest dolls, their eartiest tea-sets, their primeval primers? IJlesven knows how the dim eyes would brighten, and the tiny faces laugh at sight of them! And better than all, will not the rich give money from their abundance to these poor women who have nothing 7 Not in generosity, not in benevolence, but in fulillment of & solemn trust, which it should be the lofty pride of the nation to remember! Any contributions may be sent to Mra. James 8. Gib- bors, or Mrs. R. B. Minturn, who will gladly give any in- formation conceruing the plans aud purposes of the Asso- ciation. The physique of Americans has long been s vulnerabié point for the attacks of foreigners on the weaknessos of our countrymen, aud hitherto we have too well deserved these palpable hits from our healthy out-door-sport-loving cousins of England. Of late years, however, an improve- ment has been manifested in this country in this respeet, and a reformation has been introduced which bids fair to be of great benefit in permanently removing this just cause of censure, and in bringing us uvp to the physical standard of our forefathers, whose well-exercised muscles enabled them to lay the forests of the wilderness low, and whose powers of endurance led them to withstend so man- fully the fatigues of the great seven years strugglo for in- dependence. Among the most inflnential canses of this desirable reformation has been the establishment of a national out- door sport, something we were not possessed of even so late o8 tea years ago. Of course our sports must necessa- rily be of foreign origin, as aro tho sports of England of Norman and Roman descent; but we can a8 fairly claim for our national game of Base Ball—as played in accord- ance with the rules of the * Nationual Association of Baso Ball Players”—an originality as an American institution 08 tho English can for their peculiarly national Lorse-racing. Without farther discus on this poiat, however, let it suffice that the game of Base Ball, er- focted of late years, is an American game, and one we can bonorably claim e our nati t-door sport. has Base Ball be- ket has more than any Cricket meet on come to the Amencan. In devoted admirers, and ore arden pastime known to the Euglish people. On e peer aud the peas » aud perve, al sion of co: ment and skill, endurence and sctivity, palm of superiority. In fact, 8 more de: tion does not exist in Europe than this and as regards its great popularity, th If-same Cricket records of the | thovsa played each year, which ineludo the names of lords as well as commoncrs, divines as well a8 lawyers, legislators as well as artisans, and hiterateurs @ | well a8 mechanics and peasan en hold of tha Cricket in aristocratic E mark Baso B Unreflecting aud prejudiced individuals, who el look below the surface of thin y regard Lo Cricket and Baso Ball as *“ very good things for boys, per e, or “to o hour or two on a ! but those who intelligontly investigate subjects in regard to cause and effoct, se in both these games, but espec 1 Base Ball, ans to an ond which has been gought for in vain for years past on this side the At- lantio. As 8 means of physical cultivation, Boso Ball is one of the most vogue. As & remely, also, for of the evils aceruing from the immoral as- sociations s of our cities and towns are liable to, this game merits the indorser of the b hea § of | h more will it | gland, how 1 cal? day; BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Lot R IZacke in the Central Park—The Sicam at Nas- u and Fulton-sts. Mewer, The Board met yesterday at 2 p. m., Jon~ BRICE, the President, in the ehair. erman Mas1ERsox offered the following resolution for ton i:x n:u cliarges of the hackney coschwen plying | Park: - hie uee of corches k, with the prta of Pa 310 Casino and loke sod retors, $2; e bour, 83 per Lour; wheu fof irvs oF our. Adopted. A report was presented by the Committee on Sewors di- recting the Croton Aqueduet Department to close the man-hole Nas: ud Fuiton-sts., 80 68 to prevens tho i the 3 van adopted. ting n larve amoant Board adjouracd ¢ ext ot g of routine business, the m, EBOAGD COF COUNCILMEN, i v Driving Cattle Through the Sirects—The Rent Question, &c., &c. The Board met at 2 o'clvck p. m. yesterday, the President, Mr. GREEY, in the chalr, A resclution Was presested that the Committee on Ordi nances be directed to frame en ordinance prohibiting the driving of 8 larger pumber at one time than 20 cattle through oy of the streais and avenues of this city, Referred to Coi- mittes on Ordinances. Conneilman THOMAS offered the following: 1§ Aereas, by resson of the enormous rise in the prices of rents, row raoging from 5 to 100 per cent sbove last yesr's ci , while thers is 5o proportionate increase in th s of iabor, large Lumber of our laboring fs 2ens, other women s, are nOW, e near approach of the trst ¥ from insbility to procure, partuents i whicl to live rection o , inste Irendy over-crowded U ot dangerouy deise in populatio Iding to necessit; i f O ¥ hereas, There Is reasonable foar of an epidemtc of cholera doring o will become the ensul soason of warm westher, which greatly agsravated in consequence of Lae belore eationed disiress of our labating people, therefors oumittee of Five be apnofated o act Jointly with Lks Commiltes of the Board of Afdermen to luguire nto the ex- by erect teraporary buildi th ard, if such reilof be decued feusible, y directed to ptitian the Legitiatato of be e raising of the vecessery wmeans therefor, sud to oper tethod of its expenditire. fch wou ylopted. The resolution 1@ postpone furiher action fa the matter of wideniug Aun and ~uljon-sts. until the parties pgm@lg’n o further opportanity of belug beard in tye Watter, Was refer- red to the Committe on Law. ‘A resolution was preseuted and [ald on the teble, anthoriz- 1ng the payment of §500 to Officer Harrls of the 18th Precioet, for expenses incurred by bim in the arrest of the murderer of Officer Durvea. ‘Il Board then Reolred, Th fonrzed. MAYOR'S OFFICE, plsi e beck Jewelry and Europea® THme. Kecpers, Mayor Hoffman yesterday received two communi cations from persons who bad bsen, or were about to be ewindied by means of flash advertisements, out of various d to the extent of the following: of Logansport, Ind. states that this Pi AMr H. wcicuiar from o Grm in Nossau-t., in ificates for gold watches, aud that his Honor wonld fin inolosed {0 the letter the cert id. Mr. Cast de. ired his Honor to have soms person colicet these priz: e Mayor) would do so Mr. Castsaid d bie tronble, and if the prizes we: Jar, Ar. Cast wished the Mayor to retaru the in his letter, it appeared that Mr, Cast had I wateh, a Smith and W , valued (scoording to the cer- o wan to receive for 85 25 save Loguusport, desired the - . if e (1 him for euiar in questios ordered four ceriificates for son's revoiver, and tificates) ot over & Mr. Cost, not wishing to le o articles for him. Mayor o aecure t g His wediat on the receipt of the lotter, the wone w nofeto Mr. Cast, stating that he would have nothing & with the matter, s o letter from H. W. Beals of I'ces Ferry, day. In three corners yar glasses, aud in the Fight band monibs of the year. A swall por- on; silk thresd with g9 across the face of the | to the irchination of the of the * itude for its p may be 10 certs % it of no value bere. | o1, a0d coinpelled them LAW INTE - s ApRiL 12 —Bafore Justiew Ix . BUPREME COURT—Cutam ONS. m J. Ha 1, ™ Ret rees coufirned and Judgments of divores zranted Jiiohard 1. Edwards agt. Scboffer & Budenburg.—Case set- tled. ——— COURT OF COMMON PLYAS- Spnciar Teaw —Armis 12.—Bs the community. The Rev H. Everest of Bi N. Y., ins sermon on Physical Education, which he | lately delivered, made a special allusion to Base I game ** whose regulations are calculated to pr ill-feelings engendered by other games, and o which serves to attract our young mex from p repute, and to supply the right kind of exercise nent,” i has been practical 1 by several clergymen of Philadelphis, who formed themselves into o Base Ball club for purposos of d moral recreation, in imitatio the hund- | parsous who take such dolight in playing pmmons of their villages. | gest inducements to the popu- larity of our American game of ball is, that it is an out- | door sport, and slmost the only one which ladies can countenance aud witness. American ladies have hithorto been shut out from all the pleasures incident to such games as Base B d Cricket, such as the gratification of witnessing manly contests for superiority in courage, | Cricket on the But one of ti aetivity, good per and jud, t, by the low character of the surrounding and sssociations of most of the sporta | men indulge in. 1n Base Ball, however, wo have an ex- r favor which they have not been slow to s of the ion in th vantage of, as the patronage of the hund fair sex who have for throe or four years past graced Base Ball matches with their welcome presenco ean testify. It this, this fact would suffice to give it a populerity no | other recreation could compete with in the estimation of Americans. Base Ball, as now plared by the clubs of the National Association, is a New-York institution, and it differs ma- terially from the game in vogue in New-England, the latter of which within the past five years has almost bo- come obsolete. During the late war the goldiers of both the contesting armies made the game o means of recrea- tion in their camps and prison grounds, and by this means has it been introduced into the Bouth. This year th organization of a Base Badl club at the University of Vir- ginis will give the gamo an impetns in the South which will soon lead to its being one of the most popular recroa- tions in which the leisure classes of the ** land of chivairy’ are prone to indulge, espeeinlly so a8 it is & sport which the Southern belles can patronize as do their compeers of the English nobility the Cricket matches of the Col- legians of Oxford and Cambridge. In fact, whether Base Ball be regarded as a desirable means of physical exorcise, an exciting game for the masses, or & recreation which 18 devoid of every reasonable objection that the most fustidi- ous moralist could interpose, it is equally to be eom. mended to the patronage of every American citizen North, South, East or West as the most fitting game for National outdoor sport. —— e —— Court of Genernl Reanions. Before Recorder HACKETT, Two pickpockets came to grief yesterday in the Court of Genera! Sessions. James Clark, belonging to what is known o8 ** car workers,” pleaded guilty to picking poekets, and was sentenced to the State Prison for four years and six wmontbs. Thomas Montayne, avotber member of the same profession, pleaded guilty to the indictment againat L wes ‘sun lodgings at Biug Bing for tlree yoars »ix wouths. e — Suip Lavxcn.—The new steamer Oregonian, a fine specimen of American labor and akill, was yesterdsy trans- ferred from the bullders’ yard to her future mother element, the ssa. Her lannching, which took place from the yard of Mesars, Lawrence & Foulke, foot of North Fifth.st., Williams- burgh, shortly before 8 o’clock, was witessed by a large num- ber of spectators, and her easy and gracefal gliding from the stocks was o matter of congratulation to them. Mossrs. Ladd, Bradford & Co, are the owners of the Oregonfan, and iatend ber to ply between San Francisco and Portland. Orogon. Bhe 15 0 ol beel steamer of about 2,200 fons, Lailt by Lawrence & Foulke, and is of the following dimensions: iength, beam, 45 feet; depth of hold. 2 feet. Bhe is well con and has excelient mccommodations for passeng engines aro sow belng bullt st the Allaire Works,and are ve powerful, having eylinders #2 inches in dismetor, with 12 fool troke of piston, Afier ber trial trip, which will be o tue course of next Sum! sho wili be wen e S g o il be psed .cud ™ Tie Brany rv Grisnell agt. Henry Oclrickn.—See opinion erk -— RIOR C( T—Taiar Teem—Bafore Justice MoCuxy, LSPASS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY—IS A SUED REAL ESTATE? b defendant, who pi walk without sight, snd [ o rear building the plaiouil wanuacturing bie cluimed that of the stor and that the acts complained cte of the constable, nded that this was on and its rafters attached in o bullding, and that it was there disporsesse of s 1o that biamb ¢ With regard tc t} a foundation i e 10 th m of th ore a part 1o case bns b dict, which was wt cise orcupled tw plaintiff, and sas braneh of the case, and ¢ a verdict for the at 864 upou the second e first they found for the defend ant, Mr. Statferfor plaintiff; Mr. Dyott and Mr. Morrison for defendant — COURT CAL DAR—Tnms Dar. pREME ComRT—C1ROUIT—PART 1.—Short causes .—PART I.—Nos. , 1501, 10%9, 2017, \ 2020, 202, 2030, " , 2064, 2066, oURT OF CoiMoN PLeas.—Part L.—Adjourned term. Pax111.—~Oue Loor csuses.—Now. 1435, 197, 1914, 1966, 19 —_ Fiannce nnd Carrency, To the Hon, BANUE. HOOPSR, House of Representatives, Sie: Ihave the honer to address this letter to you on the subject of the financial affairs of the Government, bs- canso I entertain great respect for your knowledge, experi ence, enlargod and conservative views ou this subject. The Nou. 8. P. Chase, appoisted Secretary of the Treasury in March, 1851, had the wisda to coneeive and the boldness to propose a eystom of measires admirably adapted to oall forth the rosources of the courtry, to sustain that grest contest which involved the lifo of ®e nation. This system, u its vari ous parts, 1t 15 believed, net ouly received your spproval, but was carried through the House of Represontatives easentially by your exertions, with thare of the Hon. E. C. Spaulding of this State. The simws of war (money) were as indisponsablo to success as men or munitions. Indeed, without & command of the former, it would have beon knpossiblo to briug the latter into action. Mr. Chaso was prompted to enter upor, this bigh and almost oppressively responsible dut;, quite conscicus of its difficul- ties, by an ardent love of cowtry and an honest seal in its service. The Treasnry had ieen depleted by his predecessor the Traitor Howell Cobb, wha, fu order to withdraw the gold from the Treasury, purchesod ho bonds of the United States not dae, ot premiums of 21 anl 16 per cent. This was in con- formity with that policy of Nr. Bachanan's administration ‘which dismantled our vavy, an! dispersed our military forces to the remotest parts of the mition. Many of the banks, as woll as wealthy citizens, sentibeir gold to Great Britain as a place of safety, and the agonts f the foreign capitalists of that and other conntries withdrew avast amount of gold used here in -their extended business, taring o general disruption. (Capital is always timid.) Thoe banks and bavkers were,in this condition, ‘unable to render any very essential servie to the Treasury in this “the hour of its utmost need.” Under these circumstances, the Secretary called npon Con- ess 10 Lncresso the revenue frou imposts, aud to require pay- ment in gold; to lay & direct tix of twenty millions; and to establish an extended and vigorom system of internal revenoes including an incowme tax, He caled for losns on bonds and Treasury notes at varions rates of interest; for power to lssue United Btates notes, meking thom legal tenders, which (now aemmoaly kaowa as Y gresnhecki"LAre ellstandisy G tha declured to be the exciusive power of the United] States by this excrelse of power is that we Lave uow extended through all parts of the United States, a system of United States banks founded upom the credit of the Governwent of tho United States, as well as npon its public securities deposited with te Treasurer of the United States to secure the payment of the notes of all these National Banks; and that alwmost all the State banks, usder the operation of the act to provide s Nationa! Currency, passed Febrnary 23, 1863, have ceased to exist. By this measure, Mr. Chase gave the first and decisive blow to the most malign influence to which the admiristra- tion of our affuirs Las been subjected, by inducing Congress to pass the above law declaring that the Controller of the Car- rency “shall bo appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold his ofice for the term of fice years, unless sooner removed by the Pe- ident by and with the advice and consent of the Senate” T*.s, it 18 be- lieved, is a clear and distinct declaration, by the legislative power of the United States, that the President has not, by the «Constitution, the power to remove without the edvice and consent of the Senato, IfLe has such a constitutional power, then this act is clearly unconstitutional, because tho Legisia, ture of the United States cannot abridge any of the constitu- tional powers of the Preeident. 1t is believed that the exercise of the power of removal from 1826 to this day, making the offices of the Government *the spoils of victory,” bas degraded the country by corrupting the political parties and the people. Mr. Calioun sald, in 183 ina report to the Senate, speaking of the power of remov: “Were o preminm offered for the best means of extendin this power of patronage to destroy the love of country,” an in & word, o prepare for the subversion of liberty and v liskment of despotism, no scheme more perfect could be devised.” ‘Webster, in a speech in the Senate, 1835, said: * An erroneons interpretation was given to the Constitution in this respect by the first Congress. * * The unlimited power and to take it away gives a power over the -ars of & vast moltitude of men. * * When favors auted muy be withdrawn at pieasure, there 1s ordinari- urity for personal independence of character. * * Iy lwt Blind devotion to a party thus takes the place of the sentiment Sf genuiue patriotism asd 4 bigh and exalted state of Public uty.” N0, 77 of The Federalist, written by Hamilton: 1t has been mentioned, as one of the advantages to be u:i pected from the codperation of the Senate in the busin appointments, that it woold contribute to the stabllity of the aiministration. The consent of that body would be necessary to displace as well us to appoint. A chenge of the Chief Ma iatrate, therefore, would not occasion s violent or so general revolution as might be espected if he were the sole disposer of uffices.” ety iyl These are kigh authorities sgainst the right of the Presi- dent alone to remove; aud the deplorable consequences of the exercise of that power. The experienceof our eountry conclu- sively proves its debasing conscquences; and thusto Mr. Chase is dne the distinguisted merit of having induced Congress to give an interpretation to the Constitation which forbids the exercise by the President of that assumed power. As to the ** greenbacks,” and moking them s legal tender, the courts of last resort in New-York and in Pennsylvania have decided that thoy were so made in the ezercise of a con- stitutiona! power in Congress. That taey were absolutely necessary whea they were issued, there cannot be a doubt. Tn- deed, it may be said tbat, although tbis measure bas been much censured, that no other has been suggested which could havo rendered the vast service this did. The people certainly received the notes with confidence. The experienceof the ad- ministration of the Treasury during the war of 1812 is sugges- tive. Treasury notes, bearing interest, were then suthorized by Congross (ot legal tenders), The consequence was they could not be adopted as currency. Mr. Dallas, the Secretary ofthe Treasury, requiring the corrency necessary to meet the expenses of the war, wrote to 1d Jonathan Burrall, one of the mest experienced and intelligent bankers in New-York, informing bim that be intended to propose to the banks in the different States to take the U. 8, Treasury Notes in exctange | for thotr motes; Mr. B., tu reply, urged bim not to do so, say fog hio banks in Poston will not_make the exchange. Some ose i New-York may. Tross South aud West will, because their notes are far {uferior as & circulation to yours." The Secrotary persisted. The experiment turned out as the intelligent and experienced banker predicted; and the United States Treasurs beld for years afterward the worthless bank notes it geceived in exehange for the Treasury notes, The reports from the Treasury from year to year were simi- lar to this: * Balance in Treasury, ist Jan., 1532, §——, which, howerer, includes the funds, estimated at 81,400,000, rep- resented as mot effective. Mz, Chase also rec of February, 1 mended, and the Congress, on the passed an act by which there was a fund in gold tobe applied to the payment or of the public debt, which fund was suflicient, if strict- 10 the terms of the act, to extinguish the bt within 34 years. that to the system of measures suggested ved Ly Congress, is due in a great 1tion of this gigantie contlict, and potes Lad not been i the banks rs would have been crushed. lamented President and illustri- tary of War, to the Secrotary of the Navy; to Quartermaster-Gen. Meigs for his untiring astry and eergy in the management of one of the most difti- us of the War Department; and certainly not less honor is 0 Lim who had the wisdom to devise and the 20 to recommend the adoption of a system of measures omprebensive, and which have been so emineutly success- 1 Lisve the houor to be, with great respe. Your obedient servant, Jases A. HamiLrox, ly applied accor: “ entire” public I am o by Mr. Chase, 8 measare the sg that if tho ** lea o ful. New York, March Na FORMATION OF TWO MORE FOREIGN SQUADRONS. elligence. The orders from the Navy servico us o flagship the Pe Hartford class, is probably formation of & new foreign squadron, to be known as the e Paciic 8quadron. The cruising ground of this squadron will probably be from Panams_along the west const of South America, theneo southward and westward, including Zealaud, Australia, Tasmanis, and the islands of th Certainly 1 be one of the most i ting cruising grounds of any in the world, and one which hitherto has been rarely visited by our vessels of war except for exploring purposes. The parts to be visited will be Panama, Callao, Valparaiso, Taleap- bart Town, Auckland, Mon- Kotomah, and various other places in « Mills Giroups, Marquesas, Bociety and Friendly Islands. This squadron will probably consist of seven vessels, of second and third-rates, and will compare favor- with the squadrons of other naval powers in those will be larger than any of them. It is also reported that a now squadron will short)y be organized, to be known as the Indian Ocean Squadron. As yot we have not been informed what vossels will com- posu it, but it will probably eonsist of about five vessels of second and third rates, This new cruising ground will comprise the vast oceanic basin separated from the Pa- fic on the east by Australia ludllmAlh\lleAr(‘hlP-!lngm nded on the south by a line drawn from the Cape of d Lope to Bass Strait, divided from the Atlantic by Africa on the weat, and inclosed by the countries of Asia ou the north. sea ports are Caleutta and Bom- bay in India, Malacea in the Asiatic Archipelago; Aden, Mocha and Muscat in Arabis, aud Zanzibar aud otber lesser ports in Africs. The presence of a number of war vessels of the United States in theso waters will be of much servies to our mer- chants, 08 it will make the passage among the islands and throngh the Straits much more safe than formerly, and broak up the piratical expeditions which have of late beon 0 frequent in that locality. The climate in this quarter of the globe is delightful, the scenery beautiful, and a two or threo yoars cruise in these latitudes in one of our fine war vessels will be an interesting event in the lives of our uaval oflicers. With thess two new additions, the strength of our foreign squadrons will be as l'ulln‘-::u y Department to prepare for cola, o fine vessel of the tho first step toward the Guna. Euro) ¥ 102 Paci 13 20 Brazilian a9 [ Enst Indian 5 51 ‘West Indian 7 86 South Paciti 7 bout 80 Iudian Ocean, sbout. 5 about 60 Total..............58 636 HOME SQUADRONS. v Total.. 332 Tire THOMICIDE DY THE WX-KEWEL GEN. Foknzst.—The following are the details of the recent homisido by the ex- Rebel Gen. Forrest, on his plantation in Mississippi, as witnessed by a gontleman who acted upon the coroner's Jjury. The letter is addressed to the editors of T'he Mem- phas Post, a loyal paper: BUNPLOWER Miss., March 31, 1866, Allow me to give you an account of a serious and most_un- fortunate affair, which trauspired here this afternoon, Geo. Forrest bad Just returned, about 4 o'clock, from the landing, and noticing from the paper that the oholers was reported fl Mobile, went out to the quarters aud set the freedmen—who bad been ellowed to quit work at noon—at work cotting drains about the bouses and cleaniog up the premises inhabited by them. A freedman by the name of Tom Edwards passed along and was told by the (feneral to fix up about his quarters. He made no reply, but passed into his room and, with Lis kuife in his band, ‘commenced enrsing and abusing his wife, The General followed him and told him must not mbuse and whip his wife, that vot allow it. Tom replied be would whip his wife wh ased. The Genersl sald: *If you dou't stop an ut up, “hflt.ll‘ll{l:: 'm&l‘ broom,"” givi biwm, at the same 3 Wi i s b e G i e s amount of over £423,000,000; and of equal and more permanent importance than all other measures, be assumed the respon- siblity of calling upon Congress to exert the exclusive power of the United States to provide national currency, through s national banking system, which was intended to be extended toall the States, Imay bere remark that this was held and the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United Btates; by Presidents Madison and Jefferson; and that 8 consequence of on one of his fingers. The General then grasped an ax ing by and struck Tom a blow on the bead, which killed bim. Tarrived st the scene about 6 o'cluck, and about & bundred of the freedmen greatly excited, and dispe tomob violenee, Afterward the Genersl came out and them a speech, the affair and stating the and vmmulnr\1 to ‘ml examination. While some the negroes exbibited an city that not two io a th white wen would slow, , the ot efforts of some of the LR T most intelligent aud better of wen, and they finally dispersed to await tare. These are the facts, a8 I saw and beard them, e SUNDAY, April 1, 4 p. m.—The following is the verdict of the e ha Sary of toquest, summoned Ve, the Jury sum 10 view the body of Tlomas Edwards, & negro man or freedman, Doun oy Swosa. (od thag theseld EAWartS swoe toHis in the afternoon of the 313t ult., from & blow on the back the head delivered by N, B. Forrest, with an ax, during ew aliereation between said parties, arising from the interferemsg of said Forrest to prevent the from sbusivg Lis (the deceased's) wife. ——— Execurion or WiLLiaM GRADY FOR THE MURDES oF FrroUs COLLINS AT ELZAVETH—~SCENES AND INCTDENTS.~ William Grady, who was convicted of the murdor of Fergas Collizs in August, 1664, suffered the extreme penalty of the law on Wednesday, at Elizabeth, N. J. It appears thad Grady and a companion of bis, named George Dixoo, were om their way from New-York on the eve of the murder, and whes nearly arrived at Elizabeth overtook Willlam Grady. Some disorderly conduct was indulged in toward the m mee —the result of Grady's and Dixon's intoxicating indulgencies in New-York. Coliins, who seemed to be quietly toward his house, eitber unintentionally ,..8.: :run one the rowdies, or, as I3 more probable, was kocked against one of them, was violently kuocked into the ditch, where he was brutally beaten and kicked until lifo was extinct. body of the murdered wan was ered inan ede Fe afterward discove jacent creek, where it bad been dragged by the muse derers, who tius scomed to ba suffi sense in thus endeavoring to hide the victim of 001!"11 ‘The Coroner’s inquest threw 1o light on the perpetrators the erime, and hr.&y for the time escaped. He soon afterward enlisted in the New-Jersey Volunteers, and_entered on sotive service. While sick at Goldsborough, N. C.. during the ravings of delirium he disclosed several facts which aroused suspicion, snd led pot only to his own arrest and trial, but te that of his companion ia erime, Dixon, who was foun w of murder in the second dogree, and sentenced to the Prison for 20 years, in which institution e is now und his sentence. Grady was tried in December last, ilty, aud sentenced to be hm‘d' ‘When Grady became a his fate he devoted bim: assiduously to the aicention things eternal, and desired to see 1o other persons beside big own relations and most intimate friends. Among the were his lamenting fatber and mother, whose daily distress be- came more indescribaly lutense s the awful moment of execu- tion approached. ‘When visited by the Deputy-Sheriff last Tuesday, and while that gentleman adverted to bis approaching execution, he made the only request solicited durmg his confinement, vis, that be wight be allowed to select bis own swt of clothes when he appeared ou the scaffold, Grady, up to the last, protested bis innocence of the crime for which he was about o sufler an ignoblo death on the gal -~ 101 o rose early on yesterday morning, and at 9 o'clock partoolt of & hearty breakfast, which be scemed to relish as much o8 @ men who hiad yot & long life to enjoy. ‘When informed that the hour ulyexmm«m had arrived he celwly arose and eeded to bid farewell to the other ¢rs, and immediately placed birself at the di of Cgt cers. He was then yeconducted to his cell, w) he of the sacrament. His father stood beside him, and the intersiew which took place was most piteous and heartrend- ing, during which the uafortunate criminal stru hard to suppress bis flial emotions, The officers and present re- treated from the truly sorrowing eceve. The last moments having now arrived, the arms of the prisoner mlmlnul. after which he walked manfully forward to meet lis doom, fobe lowed by the sheriff and deputies. When arrived at the gal- lows, which is the same that Ellsworth suffered on at Nowarlk, the religoas services were ed with, Whenthe were ended, Grady, facing the sudience, spoke in a clear lled to hu.to-dx. L4 say that I have to suffer for George Dixon, who knocked the victim down and kicked him. I did not kick him, but have t@ suffer. 1 frecly forgive all those who have sworn falsely against me on my trial. I freely forgive them.” ‘Lue sheriff, baving read the “death warrant, performed the fow remaining ceremonies of pulling the cap over the culpris'e tace; the rope was adjusted rapidly, the grating bolt e and Wiliam Grady's immortal spirit had sped before its tor. Animmense crowd witnes the execution, and served a considerable stillness. Grady was s young man Hie was a native of Ireland. e ——— ANOTHER GREAT ORGAN.—The musical publie, both of New-York and Boston, have for some months bees awaiting in impatient expectation the completion of & gres$ organ, which the Meassrs, Hook of this city bave been engaged in constructing for the Rev, Henry Ward Beecher’s church i Brookiyn. The organ is now complete, and has been on em Libition for several days past at the manufactory, where ample opportunity bas been afforded those interested to hear z udge of its merits, under the skiliful manipulation of Dr. J¢ 1. Willcox. This instrument is the largest ever built im America, exceeding in size the organs in Tremont Tem) and Chureh of the Immaculate Conception of this city, Yinll, Worcester, made by the same buildcrs. Il the merits of these organs, and the per culiarities of construction and voiciug which Lave given $8 them their great repatation, but the best features of the ern French, German and Eoglish organs, with new stops meckanical epplisnces, are here introduced, modified and i proved, in accordance with the lnrge ex co and practies Which this firm bave enjoyed. The resu't is an Jrges “ of the nawe, 10 the possession of whick the society for whom | is intended may have reason to rejoice, for cemain it is nothing comparable with it exists at present either in Nowe York or Erooklyo. “The case is of black walvat, with er of burnished the Tuba pipes—surmonnted by bells, like those of truwpets—grouped together, projecting from the top on side, with novel and pleasing effect. The design is one gular beauty, combining the most familiar features of val architecture, and we are pleased to observe that the tesque features 80 prominest in some rece organs bave been carefully avoided. The piete maunals, wits pedal of full com m @ atly has fox t contaius, pipes and 65 stops, which are dis) the fol ner: 15 in the greas organ, 15 in the swell, 9 in the solo, 7 pedal, and 13 meckavical. There are. fn a combination gemh, and & grend crescendo mov: means of which the valve of every pipe in the organ may gradually opened or closed at the will of the performer, out at ull disturbing the combination which m-{ be in use ad the time, and operating alike on each manaal singly, or all coupled togetber—an indicator placed in_front always the exsct number of registers in use. Four.new are introduced for the first time into an American which we can only name, witlont describing in detail, the Euphone in the swell, Tuba Mirabilis and Voz Angelics i the solo, and Violone in the pedal. the wasd Many novel asd vaigable wechanical of which has been 80 wuch felt Litherto, are bere tending performer, giving him that freedom 1rom labor and constraint, and to the facility in excoms greatly to relleve the tion so necessary for the fullest expression, whether in impree visalion or in rendering written MI:VM“"“ In coripass. it extends from the C, technically termed 33-fool €, which is a1 octave lower than the lowest C of & grand piane- forte, 10 A in alt, an_octave Ligber than its highest other words, its cowpass is two octaves greater thaa thatof @ full scale graud pisno. Inall the mechanism of this organ, whick is most ingea ously arranged and skillfully constructed, the movements are made by puenmatic power, the operation of the keys, valves opening to lhulrl. and the slides upon the chests. all being effoct v small puneumatic engines by delicate trackers, traversing its length, breadth, and bighty ubd concentrating within easy grasp of the performer. The power ia supplied by a bydraulic engine, which sets in ane motion four patrs of huge bellows, of different pressures, each for the tiree manuals an i theso are assisted in their operations by combination reservoirs arrai afier the most approved French method. These blowers are automatic in their wetion, gwing energetio and forolble motiegy when the full organ is m‘ or casy aud gentle, scarcely move fog, 1f but & single stop is drawn. One can herdly realize the amount of labor and in, required to perfect so large\an organ with its mulf complications, and it Is only when we comj suc! ‘with the productions of bygone years, in which the Kkeys required to be beaten down singly with the fis haviog & motion of several inches, and where, instead of the harmonious sounds now produced were only heard rough formed notes, as uncouth as the meclanism which contr : them, that we can appreciate fully the advance made in thie wonderful art. We understand that the organ will be lmlldhuIY fl down, packed, and '"JF to its final destination in Ply Cburch, where it w ready for exbibition in about em weeks. (Boston Traveller. ——————————— THE LORD ROBBERY. o i Relonsed on a Writ of Habeas Corpus— Only $917,000 of the Stelen Property yoo Recovered. - BostoN, Thursday, April 12, 1866, Hod. Annis, the party recently arrested I"::_ t’l.ujpfl Lord robbery in New-York, has {nn released by Judge Chapman of the Supreme Court on & writ Labess corpus. Anuis tus been under the charge of Chief of Polies Kurtz, but without any logal document for holding him. 1t is asserted that only $217,000 of the stolen property has been recovered. 4 4 i ; —— A case recently came nr‘befam the Georgia hoochie Superior Cvurt, which is interesting on account of the pee culiar nature of the Judge's charge. Thesuit was that of against Wilson, to recover the value of the negro bired Bussey to Wilson for 1862, It was_alleged that irl Dirned through the negligence of Wilson, trom the ofocks e which she died. Tbe defendant claims that be had the hire of the girl Prosh dent's proclamation, I Iaintiff bad no further rij Court charged the , first, that if the accident i e LIRS s S N R t ol lldtg‘l!i hlwldnflllh.mu.ln“nrl? negligence and carelessness of Yalo Colle, wlll- The Yale College facult; open & -h for students next tei é.u being to farnish good annn:lloodn::tm nvfllm‘,'hnmnldfi ¥ succens 1t Wi probebiy oo o gumeral et Ao m by the te ' fos.the sake their em The Supreme Court of Errors at Hartford, Conn., bas reversed the decision of the lower court in a Shaker of guardianship, which bas been loug time in litigation. widow left harichiidren with the eufleld Shakers to be sup- ported till they became 15 years of age. Since then she has agein, and now elaime Adl-umulhmllhmmmhni ing In !u&a ) hrea foth