The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-07
Opinions Or IN. People,

correspondents signing himself "Dinwiddis, write
rs communication on the cause OF desertion in tn,
regular army He ascribes to harsh treatment on III,
part Of ofcs and the want q wholesome food in sum
Client quantities Tho following ID the amount Of food
| each soldier gets at bis three MEALS
pork four ounces bread Dinner-one quart bean soup
without any beaus-known a. bean water Ave ounces
oss ana four Ds.d p
Of fegving food for healthy man to subsis TWEEN.
ty-four hours
As remedy correspondent proposes that the pro-
visions be placed directly the hands those ff whom
they intended and that company funds" be abol.
shed altogether
"A True spritualist" objects to classifying such de-
voted and respectable spritualist as Judge Edmonds
with such charatan as Colonel Goodwin. Our cores
ponden states that there but three regularly
nized societies Of sprtualists In this city, under the
laws Of the State viz Tho First Society of Spiritual
lists OF the City Of New York, holding meetings at Dod-
worth Hall; the Society Of Progressive Spirituaists,
holding their meetings at Ebbit Hail. and the Society OF
Christian Spirituass at Lamartlne Hall. These soce-
ties hold their meetings every Sunday, morning and
evening. They have no cabinets or dark rooms no
tying Of mediums tipping Of tables they discard
every species Of immortality seek for divine truth
lieve In the Immortality Of the SOUL the life everlasting
with eternal progressing, but not the resurrection Of the
body.
az D. ST. Newarker, writes to explain that the
celebration Of tho Fourth in Newark was not small
sar at ALL that the Veterans Of 1912 were out; also
soldiers Of the Second, Fifth, Eighth, Twenty sixth,
Thirty third and other New Jersey regiments with their
warwon and bulletrddled fags the First and Second
State Rifles, strong company composed Of returned vet
erars, the Fire Department the Irish benevolent and
temperance societies. &C., 30, the whole concluding
with an eloquent Grafton by Colonel McKee, Of Ken.
lucky.
IL b. u" writes in terms Of rapture about the beau
ties and virtues Of Avon Springs twenty miles south Of
Rochester number OF nne hotels ready to accom-.
modate pleasure seekers and nvaids. The drives and
landscape represented delightful new trotting
park adds to the attractions Salmon trout abound In
the lakes in the vicinity and famous trout breeding
pond, capable Of producing million and half Of trout
per annum s among the rare curioses OF the place The
Fourth was celebrated by horse fair, fireworks, &C.
tx" furnishes us with an interesting account OF the
passages Of the United States monitors Miantonomoh
Monadnock-the former TO England from New York and
the latter 10 San Francisco from Philadelphia Neither
Of the vessels designed by Mr. Ericsson but the
contrary, the plans which they built were dsap
proved by him, who predicted they would result in fail
The plans Of these successful monitors
from the Bureaus Of Construction and Of Steam En-.
cheering Of the Navy Department. All the machinery
WIN eAcepuon VI inc engines Oh the
Monadnock was designed by the Bureau Of Steam En-.
cheering. The Monadnocks engines are according to
the patent Of Mr.. Ericsson The reports from the
trials Of the two vessels give she following results
TO which are added their dmensions-
KiantOnomoh Monadnock
Length on deck In feet and inches.. 257 259s
Breadth on deck In feet and inches. $40 ga
Draught Of water in feet and inches. 1876 1913
Immersed amidship section In So II. 729 $50
Displacement In tons. .............. 1901 1905
Speed In miles per hour ........ &c 90
per minute. ..................... A2 500
Pounds Of coal burned per hour. BOTS 225
From the above IL appears that to propel the vessels
equal speed the Mantonomoh required nearly twenty
seven per ccntum fuel than the Monadnock which,
the latter vessel had thirty and half per centum
resistance, left gain Of three and half per centum
In favor Of the Miantonomoh