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The Jjxte'lnsiSfectioi" StiMSHS was ijt geheraily 1 Eichecruer will Oommons liistory of the financial condition of th? co a pleasant -one for the revenne'f orthf-pas'rtvvelre' moatUs-tes fallen. oveKhalf-a-miiiioa pounds below tht'moderare Mri HanVthe immediate i i i i i i a I i beeji.iBcreasej half over revenues, taxes 'CEnstoms; revenu taxes; ihe frienfls ot draerj. alTalrs turn. malcontents bariic'a they did jised perse tfie thFWo carried 1 The object. pended In, last tie prieS riSframbred "tai.t-a yet rartiier- -dt-'ti-oops; a i Ca'dlz -'preparations were maae'tpr o'clock-in-the morning the different and cdrriedf phe-bV of flve.tiours, but not without: varlona behiatt wiucki in Wiled: the peasaBtre gifflcnit to.ascer- tain oeeause tRe- African coast, to be tried and laxri -The i cenerALoutbrealC; to.

i because the people ihere' afe ifeady for th'e; ana." He erfuVMsa'tea'pome thefGtor launched and'astonlshed no fewerthai tftrrty-TOp armament Has beeirettnceiilb the 'cprrettes Sislbuilt ttterawa, CArmide and Arc, have aQL. the uncl "jXwn i sl Itiiicrrea.rsqsie resmamsou the inr.turrets,'like ranch, are also Eons: appears the'large frigales, arid tthey -had -Jo, arm'eB Bst -in the" 1 I '-of horse. power 'ands'carflea largest. cali- r.H^^^ WKpi oeasurj: or ff bin Band to mo'trtK- to the extent or 1 tiiesesSaeana there lias Ssens-JeiKaa Bscttejiaeri-i this WSrsa bi ri Treasaryr-as Treil'as tne- lyahdrawals aamirarw-ouliPassriiae tlfe tefatai i gf 'aUowJig 11 Lj: 0 Spicy Farewell Order KoWnson of To-day the Forty-tWrtt regiment infaacry, an organlzatioai ceascsstoiaxisfcj itwasiorsamzed pur-; suaat.to act pLCottgcess by seletiioa, Irom the ofllcers and soldiers bl the; regular and vpliin- teer service who haa Deea wonadea' m.tKeSllne of theu- Eoutteau auipntation of Ieg 1 aad, iuen, bear upon their tlte roarEs ble wounas the Bnlqji: "-1 have of veteran and 4V-has been" one of 'aaaoclatlpiis are a-Wito most of us the- separation- will probably be- dual. cpuhtrj- will forget, jbiir, but unfounded- prejudice err -of 'economy.

have; necessitated Those: of --jt-. wlio are considered flt for active duty be tnuis- ferred. to another resiment. You who be'en too severely wounaea will tie biderea' to await orders, or be oischarged: rfroinf; Wherever you.Ayill..bear ou roj best wishe's for youfprbsperfe aiidTiappjness. 1 Colonel Major General- Cnved.States5-i.nay, Secona ferred-froiB tlie rlafontrjvto artillery-.

Vv to her 5 bortQm, have ciambean is -'oillj; other coastguard vessels aBoat iprbdg'c'tlonj'the a are in icbnstruelibiip" 'Ofjsbacins'" batteries. the French-have a or juariue nore controlled the cfesletr-or-the- macnmery bftnei IcteB-beanjarepeatedly cUaUeugbUcompavisoriS-tiuuUiey would- not ouli' be faster ships with tnaclUnery constructed after, the, usual old- and Trlansf'weignlnif some 250" tonaslesa-juid' ooeapitjigjvasay less spaceia the ves prfv nofcto-quawersol officera erewsifcesldes being' those.sailing quautiea. whlc'h'the laje' Secretary of the'SavjfaCates, to be es-, sentlal, and' wtthootr whleh- vessels' of arsj Asi course simply a- question of steam eveiV well rafor'aiea enguie.ef'iasbws that' ttlii wampahoag'B 1 of about oae bait -and and- likewise of Tnaehinery'of that shSp.c- "Bus case and in" order to aliQW that-itps not overstated following table, showing -tee' 'principal. features of Isher-' ood's itha'SWftiapanb'ag-- g-- plara direct such; as is used liitiie sorew.ateamera rapid'passages acrosSihe Klni.of ilarun'i 'ent. Total tQB wei Johrisoa frotB the epnimahd of i the- direeuidi-to hold readiness; for- duWsas Chief of.tue, Stair South saua.droa,;--t6 be beeniordeced; to tii cpmiaaacl-of Peihb.l'Saigott' Ecibuscade; -Tinpreg their armaiheat'c decided eleven '6" i j--'-- have: created even" irtlibaapmpr aad-that thejiaiiiEC supreme power la apart.ottherepuntry, whose jfpr-the increase ter, and who 'belieVe'tHat nue wQl'-pfove 5 proaac8v.e-'tft.

Trade'Ia psfeatpra3Dectpt penaitnre K1 -of lr jmeKSnJV: 1 1 Of." for "-Abysslhltth'i-expenaeav Borne jBeveaty-twbip? oite'opera stagey geiteralsmnsical; gaaltues ana for: the; iazr straitn trough tlie" whole; but even llkelr to leave a material deaSfencj, we, 13TO. United Kin'ga gnarahtee aiture.s,"ahd cnf'down. afe Mis fi-otn-a. -pbem ot-iRbrJshMtisSOTi tftei-well Kno'wn- thsme QLsBoii Juaa and tns: -Gominbdbre's ills: laner. days tpstte impat iteroical ur-'-tiie the l4bngOi.occuble4.bv~ boilers Cast rency KTaihe of Kind otl TM' Horses power Toial ready- for PprEsrn.ou.Ui,,:(.N.,i£.) Pl'ard.

ana toraere4: Islaad, frpin the-lattec; and ordered to Th6 T5nl5etr States steamerTftesaca arrrvectat lSazatlan.apvice3 tpil'avph. aland encbxnitefed a "tite. passage fro Mazatten, siipped-sseverali'seas; witrys irom, i occupietLby engines, 'boilers' and-. iffe rshtbnvbcd'a Plain ilireiit Plain-horizon- Jcai 6.200 oi' BSfeet: 1U PeruTl.rii Offl. cers--Whereabouts of tUe Atalnmlpa--A Uilllcult Yoyu.se--Departure for St.

Tiiomaa. HAOOJOX ISLASB: BAHAXA a. March We have beea-lyine-here at aoclior since I wrote you last, and 1 as yet have heard notliing from-our coysorte, fiie-Ti7ttt one wrecking schooner was sent to Great Inagua Island, aipposelonr; ooisprts'tciba at present, and another to Nassau, if; to get provisions and coal and to take -lieutenant- Thorn, bearer of despatcUes to tlie Peravlan Minister, that far on ills wlji north. these' Beaooaeri' yet, though we expect tlie one fi-orn Nassau -The--brig captured by the Spanish cruiser, that I mentioned ia my last anft muskets'or riflesT wlth-Other. arnis.

and ammunition for Cuba. ShfewaKcapOTrSa. heTO'inBagged island harbor and had an English. Cnstoni House officer of this place on. board aTlhe" time or capture.

Her make the Spaaiards ijajiwelljfprit. There are about twenty Cuban refugees heYeT The poor fe'lows are- scattered around- on- nearly- every-ishmd of the Bahamas. cases i of, smailpox, on aeathliadL obc'urrea'b'nb'dard from the i'. SEa'tes- sfeafder 1 hich' has sea, i BeStlrie'd Henbe' i it wai i Di peroelvea ''that' hinEryf per nef. or esaaipief was 2 Islands, and their priaclpal --business, independent of wrecMng, is malang salfe--Sme-tenths are aegroes i and They have schools, and nearly all of tUemjcafi in true nigger islands- ara.cpral^roct, ana produce very'Jittief-i-a'-few-STreet-pota-tbes but no variety of vegetables aad fruit.

Fresh beer of poor quality is brought btr to us at fifteen cents B.ibisaow:bknriag"-hara5 from." fhe we shall vfealher until tlxe idiuitced- -ratio. rappdffi with, e.a- the'-'speed- of-the" 1 Idiots (twenty- ave miles) per raai wouia nave nearly the same speed, as witlx considerably Taachlriery; aiia lea's thaii bhe space. -Aha lii aadicibii lyJai Savaiiriait rjfliotft6a15''camei 4fi list i niglit tcravow-the a 1 blocs- 1 ade bbitnil-' to Ono tl ithe-tra-nspoH; KeyesfaaoVthB'vlsiirof tat' I i gp thasteairx initehinery b.f thS'Wampanbas: fleets as-reaaefsff-'shem-uselesslor purpose: otaavatj i bat 1 tb I Sfaeli 6ainipt tell" what oiir" reception might he loss of thsKey'es wasariaost foof-' rest port thKt Sar TO-the-descrliitwa rmatwn: has'been b'eerK he loss of thsKey'es iasa; stupta aaa disastrous afiaar. of JUosia-s--W. B'sewtnaa, J.

B. Jones, W. T. Bd6S the next twtlve mooths. The Aav of the-ban Its rste i i rj' iow- inieryscBwhicn -succeetlea the months erf panic.

The-remembraace or the tea per cent rate of 1866, aaitoat was bythe very high and followed as the whole his; been by unexampled depression, and the miseraule returns for capital of twoaad I wo and a half per cent. aresnUicient to, establish the proposition that at present the regulation of the elements tho-Tate discdhut depends is hot" such aa to. attalu- rates "or ease and smoothness in the working. Aatt we may taKe rot graated, -without demonstration, that-' tlie amount or: gold the Issne department of Che banfc la.the coutroilmginiluaiico in Ifthe'cngaKemeiita government of tbe puBllc at quarter day put -more money ia circuJation, or- the International trade or the financial or produce, requires balances to be met, in either eise the extent of the, depletion ol the bant's mu3t be traced back to the deposits of gold in- the issue department. Tlie-itinotmt of cold there- stored is the measure of the currency, which canaot be increoaed at quarterly periods -unless-gold liaa-iri-' creased, while, as Jias-beun-the: casa in the preseat week, gold bu tat en out fpr International pnrposes, tho currcnoy.

pe contracted -at 'the very time when the quarterly -deaiands presa raasc heavily resouroes --of bant. The miserable raster or an export of or so -'Of -gold to colnci- dontlywlth a. greater Oemoad for moaey for temporary purposes, iiaa made a eenerai disturbance or values aud shaken -the the commercial- coaiamnity. If thla were the consequence of of- nature, or or laws ot economy equally timmiitable, wo should have no resource out to gnu and boar it. however, of being accumulated according to.

a law of political economy, oar otorea or gold ore regulated: by a of reel, which ought to" hare no other eaucaty than its owu merit. We are aware, however, -that very many persons re- card the of Peel as aomethlng'so transcendent in itn wisdom as to be lucaimble or improvement, and, In ihbrt, to constitute the very gospel of finance. We venture to believe that it could be improvoil, and improvea to such a manner as to add immensely to tlie stocK oi gold in the Bank or England, so aa. to lead to uruatcr equilibriums rates or The.stocJc of BOM la the bank vaults at the present momeat, and evea at the highest point of the late accumulatloa, compared with oar enormous commerce is small. On Wednesday ev-oalng last, when the bank return was madn up, the stock uf bninoa and sola in both departments in round Now, tho tnuwacUuns which paused the UOU--K) on.

the same day amounted to aad for the" week (wAich was short -or the usual number of business (lays), IS not managed by itrtlucial means to do wilaout money in the sct- tleoieut or transactfona, the wholo gold in the Bank of England would not nave been aofllcient for tue wants of the smglo day wo have quoted. The liaut or.Pnmee, bjr vanous-meana, tuts managed to obtain possession or morutuan aonwe tlie'ntnuunt of gold which the Bunlt.of England potutesaoa, uud tbe result bus been a rcuiaricabie iu tlie rate of dls- coaat In tljat oiuauy as couiporod with Bug, and. Suppose tho amount of gold la the Bank of stood at. ia place of, tlie liuie tntosacrlou the other day of sending corns toimur- Jca could not possibly have created the enormous seasatlon or aadiuuxne per Catit to the rate of dla- couiifana aepruaslnsr the value- or secnrltlas. The thoaght of adding very largely ta (fold tit the flame ofEoglauu ought to be partlcalatty'grateful to all wuo -trpholil the tianfc act, for its principle- ts to inaiutaitta bullion Uiisla, itud a buUlou tmaun itl" not only tucoruUcally just, bantu tlio ODIJ basis WhieU world acltDovrtcffgea, ucd tlio csLimiito pi hole world will prevail, we be asauied, against tlia tlicory of auy'iiulirJJaaL Anicrii-nn Voatitl Uia rail Mail Gazette, -April 1,1 TOO hisl'oi-y of our American postal coatraccs.snp- plhis a curious coairjacntatfy on paxllatueiitary gov- emnient.

AS fir buck as 1859-fflJ a. 'Select committee of tile House of Couiiuons possoii that ftd aaijsWlea were reauirea "to accuro arezular, aad enicknt postal service" letwfie'a' taa countty ana America. Another coinmlttce of the i louse lias joat reported still more aijoriffry to toe same eirccC large buhsMica have, however'' to be paid down to tbe present time and a new contract has jnst been catered Into with'' Messrs. Ctmard and Inman, for eight years to come at the raie of a year, lor nervices neatly Identical, it is allozert, with those wluch tlie American Kovemrncnt gat, performed for about liy sonm accident tills aew contract, winch was executed In January, was not submitted to the ilonao or tin tha 2d of: March; the select Scarcely haa'the aeservetliir caused oy the dcat tt ot WUen- a -ftesh ooj of- ESJ- aislsUiguished. 'aad: travellers to.baot.t Ills jpubuc-cateer trad begun.

irtthe- military. line, and very early sbceen years of ace, Be- the great: Borodino 10 ISliz, and. Ul to woundea Tiy a bullet in tlie leg, which be laKen art Thas dls- he hail alwaj-s beetLa.conscientipus ana useful man, butwis chiefly as -a private aha a literary iaan that heiajtnown ana Koc less sincere ana eeneral is the regret.to which the death of Prince Odoevsky.has givea rise, Priuee Kadimir'Oddevsky died on'the loth bf JSiarch his sixty-aisih year. oae of bnr oldest literary. mea.

-At the 'same itime he belonced to the vary highest nobility-of land, Deiaff tlie lieaU, it proved, the last since Uia name IB now extinct, of the oldest branch of the direct aoscend- anta of Kurte, the founder of, Kussla, as a political next Branches alter him beiagthose Princes Koltzo Mossiilsky, and Tliere was one more.death in Februarj, which should not: be omitted; for It is the last act: of life Pace dread-and powerful, but suuE into aacn oblivion for the last ten Tears that many will have woadered on fludtag the news in the papers, thllifc- tag the maa was dead a loag while ago- I mean. Count f. Kleihmlchel, the dreaded and hated favorite'. Nicholas, -who' disappeared-" from, the scene as. Alexander taouated the: throne, 'wlule.

the Adletberga :kept.their exalted to' say the truth, ft would be matter or some.aiQlculty to they were more deserving of favor tlian their less-lucky brother icar- ven.u, who did not iB-seulaliueas or in. inaoience. He waa leas of a' courtier, more rouffh, even to coarseness, uncompromising and imperious in his beariUK, aud-that may bo oae of the reasons he had. to bear not by far-the greater odium of the reign of whichjie waa ono of the chief. instruments, but also the Heaviest brunt of those chaagys ia a.

liberal, spirit which sicuaiizea- the weicoaiu dawa of the new reiga. cpnsistihg; t-Beld andr; great Ee to. cbrae off aboutaiesir: A-iCuia'bemetery hear Strat: -remarkabie "Tor" the' 'perfectV' stirte ofCBreservatioa the arrnsand-the. various objects thai: were deposited la the tprabs of the-cinnpaaroijsoffitttila EP'TOmmeat fp.fi'thfe-cPaxeraibn^.or,.Its\reaerve of; q'uautity, francs, and, greatly iaerease 7 fttciiltles traae iABSis.tants-rSobert B. spanlslf -thlnlq fherej 0 charge itdiretsvare Manca tweutj-fbur'ifeetj ito Tiie'iiistript.

ia again- menaced with locusts, as immense heaps of the eggs of that las'ect beea discovered underneath the soil. A reward -of .500 francs for every- 100 kilo- grammes has ollerea -by tte authorities, and the natives arrive daily -with mui'es heavily loadea. A farmer oT Switzerland, while digging the-loanaatlon lbr a bara, found from 600 to 600 pieces of oia money, including five gold colas 1 of the sisteeutti aad: seventeenth centuries, two of them being Spanish, oiie Polish and the other Arabian; three or Alessaaaro' committee UU not report till the 33d, when the House adjourned for tlie holidays; and. tap, thirty days allowed for revising or revoking the contract have now elapsed. Mr.

Seolyhas, howaver, given notlco of.iils JaKinMpn to bring tlio subject befora.tUo Bouse, The. question, it will be observed, 18 not wlietlicrthe Cnnard and Inman services arc overpaid, But whether tlie cost is frtlrly divided between the united atatcs and tula country. Tho evidence to Justify the assertion which 19 made oothby Mr. Soufluiiloro and Mr. that "A considerable portion of the cost the AmerUaa mans to England is, in fact, boni.e by thi Krltish Post omce, altnough tho receipts aro- equally divided between tho two oitlccs." On the oilier liana, the Cnnard line has undoubtedly done Ira work faultlessly for years past, and the manaKors warn us that without a subsidy they would havo to sell some of their fastest and best steamers and break ap tholr present establishments FRANCE.

ColltJHUm at 'tlio French Iroil-Clail the Mall Gazette, In the building of ships ot war the French have made but Uttle process during tile last, twelve months, ana there naa been a remarkable falling oir la the'feveriHh which- a. Tciv yeara baclc reiguedia their. Tho marine authorities may thmK that' what 'has been accomplished warrants them in slackcaiag speed aad loolting abopt them before venturing any further. It ia now'cteht years ago the iFrench irovernment drew up a naval programme ihe' number of veueols' which It. deemed would 60 aeceasary to aefoad the honor and tno interests Pf the country.

The fleet of tlie future to consist of forty, ilrst clasa ana twenty secoad Class iroa-clads, with toirty iloatius batteries, coasters, despatch boats, woodea vessuis and amounting In 'an. to 4f9 slaps. Al- tuouah, a good nnmber of veaseia have stm to be built this programiuc ia completed, nearly the wltoie 'attention. pr Froack Admiralty. has of late been tumca to tho queS-, tion of anuameut Last a in the number or gnas oa board variPiis ships was made; for lastauce, the Magenta, which carried fifty-two guns, had her armament, decreased to ten- guns of twenty-four centimetres inched), and a similar change was made in some' or the- frigates niloat.

or uncertainty etill. prevails aa tp the exiict of guns the various types of vessels should carry and the position they should occupy, ana hence it- Has happened that some have-been armed; disarmed- and rearmed three or four tiuitis gluce the the uoceaslty, of getting heavy inetal on board was re'cogalzed. It may De remarked liecs tBat the Wench cling with singular plMtlaacy to their they tnot- dnly contume Uj placo them on boiu-d their vessels but tlieiraraeaals' are mm'busy manufacturing flio'tn ana this spite or tlie ruct that breech mar diiinory hits been fouad defective, and unable to stand, the strain of lieavy charnei. There. ca.u be no doubt tfrat a good maay breech-loaders have been tbtuttjr dlsablea durina trutia on board snip, and that In many instances great UlllicuJty lias bcea experieaced ia chargmg tlie gun after the firing OT a few rorajda.

llowaver, the heads of tuci department are either too enamored of their system, to perceive Its defects, or cue they are- wmiag tp acfcnowledg'e to the country tuat the uo.ooo.osor. voted for tho re-arminK or the fleet have- bcoa cant iuto theaea. Xhei'rcucli authorities of course. tltosc before. adpptlas tueut, but the experiments we're conflupced under the careful superintendence or the inventor, and they passed muster.

SJtlit it aoems.pdd that lUc arUllory coiomlt- tee shonia have acccptel a system now almost uui- versally coaucmeil, as far as heavy artillery iscba- without subjecting It tp the severest testa. biuco we wrote au account ot the French fleet last year, the Occao has bueit afloat, and will noon be read j- fpr isaa. 'TliiO vessel Isa iittla' larger than tlio Magentaf ana'wlll carry fourteen euus thus, rlistri- liutod guDS or oiintlmctrcs (1C.S8 luchoa) and two- of twonty-ronr 8 5 uylcvu, 4 ut Philip or aad Sajcony; be-' sides 680 pieces'ol Swiss money, i While the sestbh of the parish church of Padstow, Corawall, was diggiogtathe churchyard lately, he came upon an upright -of graalta, fixed in a piece or much larger size, wliicu seemed to form the lower part ot a very ancieat piece or carved work. The foot-piece was a large, flat and irregular-sidea granite stone, eight feet loag and five feet wide, weigtnng nearly three tons. Fauscow caurch was built more thaa 1,000 years ago.

A human monster, a female child with two heads, was uorn recently at Zerbst. A carelul exammatiou has the. spinal column- divides Into two at.the -lirst of-the- true froui this point perfectly aeveloped aecka aud heuas pro- cceu. The Ureaal is Halt an broad agala as is usual, tho limbs simple-- and well formed. It has not yet traaspired how-far te iuteraal eoastructtoa of simple or It appears that the cluld died iu the course of birth, from the pressure or the two heads agamst each.other.

The Emperor Napoleoa lately visited Marshal Vatt- laat's'- apartment In the Tolleries. to view a irruat number, of objects winch had belonrai toliapo- iina. which were lately beiiucatliea bythe Princess Uaciocclil to the Prince impenal. Among tlio interesting articles displayed was tnc tri-colored scarr which General Bonaparte wore when us visited at jaifa'th(i'persoaa attacked by the plague; the snurs which he had on at-tlie battle of tlio Pyramids: scveral-isuatrboxea belonging to the Emperor; also the one left belilnd by Louis XVin. on tue.

taole when he took his ddparture'juBt bctore the Huuored Days: several. volumes annotated by the Empuror, and amoag-thcm the "Voyage da Jenne Anactiarsis en Crete," aad the "Aventures de Tilamacine;" HKe- wise quantity of silver-Kilt plato used liy ills Majesty at St. Helena. NapolePn III. dxaiuuied the whole with great attention aau interest.

oijca) in. uer central battery rJour gunj or twonty- rour centimetres flxoa turrcta at caoh'corner or the liattory, anil on tho' npper deck rour bf oniw pr tweivo contimoirfifl. The guns oontalnea la Mis turrets -inir le placed- on movahlo will allow of each piece 'sweeping a dcnilcir- ole, ana thla at an elevation of eight metres ahrt a half above tho water line. -Tlio Ooflan win have rour uhlps, tlie Fricdland, Marontro, Su(Tr6n Richelieu. The three flrst-hamed have been for some time on tlie the latter, which will differ from tbe otttere in SO fur Inat It will bo propelled by two screws, has only Jast been fle- signed.

The next has only twft representatives, tne Magentd Solferino. The former vessel, which lagt year carried only ten guns of the calibre indicated already, is now armed with fourteen guns, ten gnus In her central battery ami four gnna of 18 centimetres (7.80 inches) pn. her nppcr deck. It IB in- SiUP SEWS ASD SESJGSMM. Statcn Island, April IS, 1869.

To fiLE EDITOU OP THE have boon much edified la reailinij tue reasons in this day's why the Slapping Ixewa bill should not become law. This labored article very plausible, and by persons at distaace from the daily scones of the Quarantine establishment may possibly be taken. for gospel; but to those resident lathe thp u'oardics station there la not a man, woman, or even child of, flvo yeara or age bat will different reason, and that is tirat tbe present noose, of 1'our Brotnow i Op. deske to keep all eyes from the transactions nightly and aaliy the" bay, for fear that some single eye or pair might possibly. expose some "of, the-aiauggirhg operations" carvlea on nad'er the plea of protcctiou to the public health.

If the laws' enacted for the prcscrvatioa of tho imbue hcaitliuroto be unforced would ituot be won ror the' pf esent Sfeatth Cfflccr tp set the example Why did Dr. ijwinburae" permit a certam Israel- itish cigar and. de'aWr or this village tp vjait the lowor griarkritluG at hla pleaaui-o, ioltfier by night br day. Tast suaiiuer in the steiimera ruraishea-b'y tne poofie of.ffita: Statp fbr the use of thu' flcalcn Officer and. hia; Waa it in Pnlor chat the cigar aaa linuof dedlor miglit snail- the sea Dree'z'e fthd iu'ditle a moiety of fresh air and tficreUy Ueudfll.

nitf healfh Tho wrltir hopes tuts la 'tne case; bat to his knowledge thcjc visits were Invariably made" at the time there was a Havana steamer aacUoi'Od, telegraphed or due to arrive, ana. therefore, Is foolish cnough.to thmk that perhaps Mr. Cigar-and-liciuor- aealer migiit like to replenish bis stock before tile goods had been through the proper rcveaue cliaa- itcls and alter trie manner from hla stock waa from a certain Spanish frigate. 1 appearances the House of BrPthera txi. liave 'extended their ramiilcations ao aa to include iJuropram steamera aa well aa Havana in tho ruture.

On the out mat. the steamer Main arrived at tho quarantine boarding station from Uremen. Thedootor'a ateaiu barge, Governor Fenton, wont alongside and left Deputy Health omcer on boaril. The barge then rotiiruotl to wharf with the hews biig for the Associated Press. Hlie thiw took MK ott to the- Main, where he ruiu9.iiied from twenty tp thirty- the fjucry is, did Mr.

CiBar-and- Uquor-ilealer go off for his health or to bencflt the public health, or-ditJ some incnilier of tlie' House oi 1'our Ijrotliora deaire lo his stock pf brttndy, pr were tlierc aw other ktuija pi mcrchan- ais.e tp.pernnfi-eoot TflB AWBAHA If Bofifori Traveller atutou that ono of tho crew or the Alabama ijj now on board tua Virginia ai Jiast Ifbstoij. ile tolls filfrtu trutlia iu regard to Knitlahd'a Into-. rest in the pirate. lie saya that tho Deeriipund was, In Joct, a paid tender to the Alabama; that sue bad pn board the chronometers and QOier valuables which Had been stolen from American ships (for the thieves wero not permittoii to land tucm at cucr- bonrg); that a few days before the fight with the Kearsargo feha brought flfty men from Porlamouth (Kugland), trained gunners, wlio Had received their training on board the lirttish jiractice snip Excellent, to work the enns: that these men. when tue Alabama left Cherbourg, were stntloned at the guns and liaa entire control of A.jBnliocB_;- lieutenant 'Stedman aiid.

Ensign being examined for idbubtlesa, accord--both these officers rauk a grade service berorerthei'Oalenasailsi' -probable that, she, the, 20th for some other she'ivfll await' 'the arrival of' an'atlietfveaseVTrtSa whlea.5«ie sail Ivessel ia in fine trim j'or service anaJs manned.by aplendid'-company- -cf officers 'land' 'aeafmeh. Ttie- i.greaters-pprtipn 'of i-tfie crew were'-saiit are-aearly; ill veterans -of- the- 7 j. TheBhitea inaraxohy, td the CTnified from her cruise in t-ae. over Sue at tins port Slie was'to 'have. Hailed from though the Frolic does not -onuett of-iEpa-baada'J.

ruts llohgltuaiiiaUT, so ilrmly bolted "that were the wotfd" iworSta i keH from isrtha): f.fwece ithe wo'tS'taketiVpfrthis UaM'titL -its eads, tweighC: a 1 -tempt to made tlfe voyage Home in less tune than tweniy-fbur days. -It 15 possible, however, that tne galea peculiar seaaoa on the Atlantic have iin-' progress. Her arrival Is hourly expected. The Frolic, is. paddlewheel; steamer, third rate, anaarrlea an armament ol'ffive (funs, has had pleasant cruise since she jplaed ttte-Kuropcaa years 'She will be placed out-of cpmmisaion.

at the Brooklyn Navy Tard and win probably'be sow by the government as were.other vessels of Tuo Steam Elcjtbunta and the To THE. Enrrpit op Triii: If one may judge by. the.article in the of the 3d to CJoldsborough's committee, someuody had been near galley, and while there hoisted abpacd.a-very long yara. Kelcreace, is itutdc to-tiie steaia elephants of the, AVamrJanoaK cktaa. I'our lufprmilnt says, alludiug tp these ycssei' "ii provided wltii ei'giit ana their ti'ial-" trips, or.

BO many of.thcia, as have been-under fitcaaj, have made auaverage of. sixteen aad three-quarter Ttnotsper hour. xiibao who are oinioaed to having any vessels In the naval service so fast as these waul some of the bpllors taken "put to give rpbai for tlib stora je of provisions, being conteat for this change to see their speed reduced to twelve knots. Fault la aieo found ia that they have too many stnolic- plpes. Interfering, it ia said, USD of the mainsail--a thing that In.

the steaia naval service 13 never used 1" With your permission it is proposed to supplement the above withafeiv facts, which iviii ehow that, oiviag to the fallacious theories of engineering which have. been. iu our navy, for the eight years, and which cul- luinate in this class of engine these fiela, as tliey ataud, arc uselcsa any naval pnrpoae. If, Wstftad of near, the galley, your informant Had exanilued tho Vessels himself aud investigated their porlornctncoa at aea and the reports of dlatUigriiSiicu uaval oillcers vrlio Imve-iiud practical experience rt'itli jfcein he woiild nave ao'ori fonad out that "tlid bid llrte oilicera- 1 are not ao foollah after all in thinking that vessels winch 'wflro dcaigaed tp play tlio part of Alabamus should have rooai to' stow proviaiona, aad also, Secretary Voiles says, "they should possess largo sailtair ability, that they might cruisS with ca'iivas, aha thercuy economize fuel." Wltehthii small amouat or coal carried by these vessels, as compared with tho rate of consumption, la Will be seen that of.all -vessoia in the iiaVy theaa absolutely demand the highest efllcien'cy unfler 6anyas; J'et ia this particular thoy are the least eflTcfeat veaae'13 in the, aervice." They cannot evch ''I'acK" without the use or steam. In fact, during' all the trials which have tafeen place witk tills class of Slilps, with fresh brcezca "abaft" aa well sia beforbthe beam, tlicy have ueveryct made to-go through- the ordinary evolutloua uudcr cavfla.

As regar-da the Alabama, 1C seeiaa bo by those who admire cogwheels-and jVfanin taut tliat-ahly Was amail, handy, swift with spaee for coal, stores and provlaloaSi and also wlta "larRo sailing ao that ahe could "crusa lyitii oan- vas aud thereby.economise: fuei;" hence shu could keep the sea without visiting lor very loug periods bf and at the same tlino Keop but of the way of our oliimsy slocim propelled ly lahticivobd Thfc iiigonlona. auug'eadbn thirt the Warupaaoag classi arc to niaintaiH a ounply of coal by reiiieaiiiu- tlicic, buiilcera front tne nolda of coiiitifa aup- pojea tp bo conveniently distributed over tlio ocbaii trie enetay uriiouiits, in fact, to a practical Admission, fi-o'm tho Steam Bureau chief u'imaelf that- owing to t-licif great coiisuiuptioh of coal aa cbin- parcd with tfi6ir inaa'e(iuato aupply' iicajiy all of their time would or necessity be taKdh. uo la uiak- lag port for coal, ana than By' trie tune tliey had reached the cruising ground, agiitn loofcmg out for another 'harbur they, could repTGnfstl their buakei'S, Of coarse, owlng'to their want of "largo sanrn'if 1 luatend bf being able to make these criiisqa after coal under aiwl "thereby fucl iintn a aaitabio. opppriualty'waapreseiited'to use their Bteatn ppwer would pf necessity be almost continually employed. Referring to the report of Cnptaln 'Nloholaon, of the Wampanoait, and also the report ofMr; lahar- wood'a three subordinates, inade aowa tlie coast with' "afresh brecixeabatt the beam," it is seen that her blinkers full'of coal would boex- Jiauslcd, under fnll power rate 6f comiiustion, in five itud ono-tlilrd' days, of course, at hair power, in less than eleven days, Novr when it is remembered that the coal used on this trip was or a spcolps not used in out naval stoamers, itnd for neatly double the market price or the coal used in the navy was paid; tn 'order to havo a superior artible for tha deceptive "purpose of.this trial, it ia anlta -Bare to flsaeit tlmt under roil pciwer.thoso ves-iolilwiu empty (heir iumKers ID Iraj t.uan tlva days, and under nail: power In'lesa thai) ten days.

With mesa Jaeta before him' Itmjisttoe evident to tho merest tyro In naval'airalrs that in order lliat these V639CI8 should "come up to a raasiomible alftndard of efficiency, In view of the pna sought in tlicir construction," cue Intentions bf tne fato Secretary of tlie should be fully carried into effect. These intentions the la(o Secretary himself explicitly stales when ho says to Congress, as has been before was also nn object that they should possess large sailing anility mat they mfght eruiso wreh canvas, aiid timroby economize fuel." How these intentions hava been frustrated by the tftafilpnlatlon of tiio late Chief or tup Barean tweizat-b'efbfe so iauch as a horse "car consdr it Asfor the with' their four ejlindera, aixteea, :air.pumps-and 200 -journals, it need -be" 'stated chat, being designed 'en and nnflerjts selteHas. wing, -be' ba the same self iri''puT hiuv Captain: most.awkward attempt3, 'anally' was 'ardercd to "aesisc by Captain Carraua. -at' tw-b i sfgnar' was- again mado take the moniBorjiri tow. ini jBoi3r- teet.

pilot) weat. to Saaches.aad., re- the 1 captain -thats-he 'ccmld" with'lierfecti safety 'ateer the' Keyea Tr 'near enough to the monitor, to easily-pass thfrllnewt! isauches'a answer was, "So, sir; b.usuiess ia.aa 5 am ca.ptain (Japtatn'Da: Berts' -Minlstertoia 5 Pensacola yoa would in euiergeacy be advlsedi-bj uow-J. feel. i tell.ywi,that Hy.oe ''stop th'e hea'aw3y bf tu'ls-stennerwheirto wladflrara BerKdrlRJotttP There is no 'truth whatsoever in" the 'sehastlonali- 'publiclfcy to by on.e''0f the blaaket press of New Torttr credttea of -'the 'Brooklyn! with havicginsttnctioas: from, the Department to fit statlo'n; utterly ab3ura4a view of the a proccediag: be Impossible, there. "jietas: la as than that twelve vessels of- war on coma -be In readiness: atatlon.

sea in apace of tlme.thaa sutweekapr-two- The. only vessels at the! Brooklyn -TSavy" Tard that are likely to bfrrttiade: 1 mediate service- iu case'or emergency--ttiat is -two 'or three wesks--- are- following, Hada- waslta, "Mosholu, Wampanoag, Nashomtilg, Colorado, Minnesota, WachuseU, Hartford, MouPngahela, Koanoke, 'Caiiaudaisua Susriuehauria. iron-clad Uoaaofceis one or questionable availability, owing rpllmff propeaalclea. -There are'vcry fewl omcera on, 'tills who would "coose her asa' Ofie brity ships preparing for. aea iH'tUC practice ship thirty-sU waich- has Ijee-u previously noticed in tne Ttie Mosholu has not been ordered to be fitted ptit for sea, aud la merely having h'er keel 1'here are about 1,200 -workmen, emiiloycd la the vanoua departments or-tho yardj yet business oa this atatioa Is far from beluK urlsk.

is rayidly prosresslnK OD ooar( tne re cfiiviiig aliip Vermont, however. -There wna uotlimir obKyrvabie here yesterday that could be construed as a note of warlike preparation. --while gem aa tnls.vesaeXSfiJrdrjft'.a great deal faster, eapta.ni'Ira Bbra also-'JidvrseaMtm'te I aid pick it Bat.r tep'liea, jwanted- n'b "advicff of 'Afcer several iinore-nnroccessTal aueniptai'auring which taeac drowning, the bpaHs crew-' trjiag.s.tOi;.} iget' tae liae TO tliemo.uitbr,.Captain,.Carrelia..seat.., iwor'iJ Satictes thai would-keep The" monitor and stliat iaiea lleyes'--must corn's send Him the he wanted-no cliiia's play." Captain Sauches then started the, i Reyes afieafl, rta'lo windward ijf'the la the. and directly momtoc'a i la'yat 'figrit apgle witTi "bur" course. To tho.

astba- ilshrneht of- everybody; when witlu'n-209 yafds'of tlie i T3E New Ea; OP Tenders and f'riictional Cur- April i.3, 1809. Tlie Coagreasional Goihmlttep, compqaed of Sena tor Edmunds and eongressaia.a»Hai9e:y, have niaue a report in relation to the coaaitiou aiid operftilu'ixa of Bureau of Muting -and Engraving 1 op to March 1809. Another' 'cPmtnittee; appointed by the Siicrotary of the- Treasury, liavo looked into the books and all the' papers'' us as matcrlai of tho bureau, and have also- reported everything In propsr Tile publication of the report field, its it containa maiiy details wlilcll it iff apt to 'Interest of tnc -gdveruihen't- to' mak public. The following facts of interest' are alloyrod to be tJnaer tne new adrriihistfirtion the by'anew aud roliiilo and efncient' superintendent, Georgb'- itrcAf tree, has. already grown Into real value and importance, as- now the- greater portion of the government ruoney will be" printed there.

The new arrahgehie'nts eiitirely preclude fraud. Tue tfliecfcs aud balances' n'r'e plain and comprehensive, aud cauuot be misuuderstpod. Tlio fluperin- tentlents ana" 1 asSistaritg liiaK'e oiit dSny'a'npticato of alt.worli.done Urtueltfrespdetlve Oac isoca to clner or the bureau itnd the other to' cniorbT 'division "In tlti B'tcre'tary'a ofllce. Tho copper plate printing dlvlslSn of hi reiuted and l.ne'yarious divCJions As it Is proposed to Isaue -a new description of, papermoncy tlie paper for tlfe pur'boss rib'w b'fihg manaroctnred. A pap'or nVftkdr and c'lere Ing tlio gMverument lias cnarse pf tlm TDlllj and thcr douti'actors can work Paly under their, supervision.

Fart of tne legal tctadsr iiPTca will be; nrthtcci out of city ana the remainder nero. -Ifrfa-noiVln- tuiKied to print all of the fractional currency notes here. The same plau has been adopted in regard' to" whtaKey aud other -stitldpa made for the 1 tiso of tliu Bureau of Internal Kpvcnuc. the. Secretary's.

bureau, a couuCjitg.fooiri for the blank paper is la -rt-tiire' a sliAfiaf oiie will be (n -uso tho printing bureau, and tho saiiio; with the inohoy alter It is made, except that tho couutur check-room fe lu ifto TfertSnfef-'a Bu'reau. Tlie uydrosfettiB presSea; alioiit 'ninety itfJinmber, will be aboiialiedj and in roller prcasea will.Uo used with greater economy; no atoam Ia required and the 1 greater safety Pf the' building 'from' explosions! is tuna ObtiflnM. Tae employes; insu ami women-, of- the buroaui in the various have been fuftoughod until May: iyurnrg tlrta mtdrvai' all tfi6 riia- (flilrioTy will Depui fh psWce't rapafc antfil'vorytfifriK prepared for a ircaii start. It is proposed to call in the fractional currency NaTOPreor aay ot tho series" will' lie printed Tiie- pf the. Ipjal.

tenders: pr greenljacks- wilUse entirety dllftrent from, tbtae hpw'in circulation, and as they supply tlie'place of the latter withdrawn. act of books will also bo kept, In. which ajl. the transactions of the bureau will bo recorded, an'd 'no ddllciiliy will bo erperttfnc'ed'Iri the way or malting the proper investitfanons at auy'timer Tlie old maciilnery not required will bo disposed of, and all uaulcBS dies and plates destroyed. It la grati- lyiiig' that tho printing Imfetfu, 'under Mr.

McArtrco, la about to be made not only 6cb- rioruicali brauch of tho Treasury U.opavtment. It. 14 also very satisfactory' that thorp" is a prospc.ct of a ceSsatfon or tho ihoiplicablb ttanSactious' so fre-" ijtiently churgcd tho bureau. lily KRTirouu ui. ouMiiiiny and to be rovengcd lib attempted to throw the next train down ofi'tuu track, by placing a rail on the track, but raited.

He mSdo aabther attempt on the iraiu WHIP left' here at naif-past ten Saturday evening; In tlio name but tun rail was thrown orr the cowcatcher, ana tlio train waa saved from destruction. Tlie watnwulness and carp of those PutTio irafn resulted 'm but a narrow escape." Tho villain and slio'ukl bo made to endure all poa- i aibie suiTsrinx allowed uy law aa a penalty tor ills I 18, Reyea lost, ateerae and hSaa'ftret tlie monitor. Captain "Du JB6i3 eoett ahoutte to Captain Saa'chea: you' will loae thlS'-alrip-. air, uo go ah'ead aat Pa' the The belt waa 'rung, aad went; atiikins 'the monitor 1 on 1 Btertt; aatl setting hole USE bowai large aa a fariuer 1 stupid- act cpst tlia lives of seVca brave'uien," Jlad tile meat nbraess tBaii ii'ijuarter ofa mlllloh of doflitrs. tThe.Ke.ycH had neariy all, the monitor's i and.

atorea of every kind for a year on. officers and crew loat ev'srytllmg-except the clptliiSa bn.their backs at tiaie. Captain aiieriea was" the. flrst man that boat i ship. Calling into the- boat-the moat uf the 1'eruviau bmcers; they abandonca' their vcasiir befbrS thBrO waif four feet-ofiwa'ccr lit llCT.

When'this majorltyiof tho Aindrlcau oillcerS waated. to leave it on the 'officers In' cbnimiiaa pf the trariMjiorts' were totally 'incapable -Pf 'hatidUng- 4.he tUat it was dauguroua to aall: uuUec such tioiuiuafidura. il'ow wen grounded their Jtcara'. wetu -this'stupld 'act' Tuts proved. Sir.

'ffarciar'tfie I'liruvtjin; uiaistedi.ofttne Arnencan- onrcerff 1 gutUK i tlie Beet, and assured ttieui that in, all times of danger or caaua of emergency the -Peruvian, otllcera '-would ''giailty avail IhdrrKBivea ot the if renter; experience- aad: aUWrlor pi tlie Aiuerlcaua. have no doubt that ifr. G'arcia tiibiigbt aa tie spoke, but did ubt know fria own cdtrutrymen. Wrth twP or tlirce 1 hon 1 bniblo exceptions the Peruvian oillccra havis.lgnpred 1 the Americana entirely, aot suu'eriug to Uave the least voice lu the discipline or duty "or the ships, aud with, tlie exception's jibove mentioned the most assuming and. incapable aec over attempted to carry- oa tho duty ship.

Uudbr the preaoat uiauaKeineat Uila iieet nofer' r6ach 1'eru. Although the present' senior pmcer; Oaptitln C'arreDar la a seaman ana. gentM- iuan, he hasaor help, that ho avail Uiuiscll; of. Ilia offlce'ra iliuat hold' pPsiCiona aiid igiiofanca to' uicreasft- with rattle Aiaoag-liifcini; sooir.a3 the Marrarfion. comes here aucr we get our coal and provisloaa from -Nassau we ahan sxt for Saaiail'a at Inagua istoiid: to pieK up tne mbuttor -Atelruaipa.

From prdcccd St. Thoinas, If to do so with one two' monitors," and tlierc aWa'lt Orders' rfprn the ftoni- the meat. -One thiugis! theserhouttors Cannot go aa far as urazlt. without a towuoat have ttted tlie Manca Cupa'c tuorougnry, aud dhd dariflot ina'Ee 'aiiytiirng'agafnata with tho uauul aeo- that accouipaica it. But wlicro the transport Is to comu fcoui that will I'ejllace tup iieye's mwe'pf us yeURnOtV.

The Anier- IcailS, offldertt sai taarougllly dlstoaeted witii the voyago, aud would gloUly take leave. df the whole affair if they could jjut diacharaed. The iftrvP- lost "all ebafl'Wnce the" i-Brtrvlah offl- dcra, ana fBoir. mnriiHirii at toon 'aeepv MABOH- 'esterUay our achopnec returned from Inagua; wfth uew's that the monitor Athuualpa and tritispoTC -Matt aftpn- saifed for 5 ilayttetf, St; fj.b- ihingo, on the would atop thcru- and then gp on to tip we shall probably sea no riiore of tliem until' we (iet to Bfc Thbniaa," IvHere we? mrrit "id 1 without other help own stca'm. We ahall atart for as soon ua oar coal and IJrovlsious come frbni Nitaaau.

It Vv-ill'lie a hard' liull for-thia tnonitot to fett" 080 miles (lie eaatward against, tiro traclewlud, swell. aud' andi tlie" worst feature of tho whole ia that we liayo twp.pfewa, on Board' and iioC bbafa" e'n'oiigli t'b carry over piie- h'aif Pf tlidiri snbiild' a'fi a'ccifteh't occur. Oaptain Moro, or the Atahua-Ipav broko his orders fit scparat- ing from ua; but the i-eruvjana caro very little for. the order's of a sqper lor. Their naval' discipline' curious at re'sst Their sbclul rfiW poi.trcitl ataading at home seema lo taite inrtxoacttce 1 6 aea of all naval AritTL Orir boiitls'c'n'bPiier has' arrived fftftu Nassau, and we autrt rof Sfc I'fiottias, all cCed roashiriS Stt Tlibiiias' wait at St.

until we get another steamer to tow tfiis mbuitor. Tfou shall have lull particulars MIHiSTER TO. RUSSIA Alia TIME i)F IJCAnsylvanla acema to iuve aciiun'ca a traditional claifn to -the' St: Pctersburit mission, 'd'nd 'It is vratilvr- laii to foci that the hlatbrlo preatlge or pafc Commonwealth in that important quacter-wni be HO well ter- pelWatftd. Goy6ruor Giirtin. luo just conjiraied and Mr, Titian J.

tho 'hew ppmtee'rorthe Secretaryship or wlil-abiy tlic.reputatipa apduirea lor pa in strong rfilniatrles.br, James Bucftanan aud QcorgftM.Dallaa.' Vfhatovef ohafgos ni'ay u'ffbroiight airaiust Governor Curlin by ilin'oront wings or our party prganizatipn his representative aa ieiinsylyan'iah cannot oe'challengc'dr tn's name anil reputation are Inseparably allied with those of the Commonwealth ia ita darkest hotirapt trial ana prpudeat record or devotion and loyalty. Mr. Coiro'e la thoronghly to tno bar of the State and country an an nocompllshea lawyer, aamt- rably qnaliued by education and polltlcftl history for this important Hecreiaryshlp. Aa Assistant Attorney Ceneral or the United his knowledge bf nntiontll law and lias bSon 'already ppnspionij Ously tried and proven- lie lirmcs to the government- iu this new kosHion no talcnia..