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tended that the Solferlno which has as vet shipped
no heavy metal. shall he armed in the same manner
The next Is known I'D France as the Magn2niine
type and the frigates OF this class were nearly all
armed last year with seventeen guns; but tins arnla-
nent mas now been reduced TO twelve guns eng NJ 2a
upper deck. To this type belong the Flandre Gau-
loise Guyenne, Provence. Revanche, Savoie, Sur
veliante Naereuse and Heroine. After these pow
erful frgates come the Glolre Invincble Normandie
and Couronne. The Gloire, when she was first
launched and astonshed The naval world carried no
fewer than thirty-two guns, but now her armament
has been reduced TO SIX 2i-centimetre guns In her
battery and four 19centimetre guns on deck. we
then have the corvettes OF the Thetis class built
for service on distant stations; the Alma Armide
and Jeanne d'Arc have been completed, and the
launched. The Lagalissonnere still remains on the
STOCKS. The lheS carries four l9-ccntilnetre guns
IN ner central oatsely, two guns OF tne same capre
deck. she makes from IL 70 12h knots under
steam, aud is said to do we'll under canvas. The
Belqueuse, which has been for some years in the
Pacific belongs to the Thetts type, but she has no
turrets The corvettes had At rst four turfes like
the large frigates, but the weight was too much
and they had to DO reduced to two; they are also
armed with spur weighing abour twenty tons.
In the list OF iron-cad coaslguards still appears
the name OF the Rochambeau late Dunderberg, which
an expenditure OF 1900 600 francs ald repairs
and alterations has made perhaps the most formida
furnished with engines OF 1900 nominal horse
power and carries fifteen guns OF the largest cali
bre; 1t is true that she does not inspire
much confidence as sea-going vessel, and
that she Is kept laid up at CherDourg.
writer In the Recie COnenlOfdtne suggests tnat no
admiral would assume the responsibility oi allowing
her To join his squadron, and the charge long ago
made tnat Is reiterated that the R0chambeau IS Duit
Of bad timber and would soon shake herself to
pieces; but borings made in her bottom have dis
PEELED all apprehension ON this head, and the Ro-
chambeau Is probably only biding her time. The
other coastguard vessels ahoat are the Onondaga,
llkew ise an American production. the falreau and
the Cerbere, whilst the Beier, Bouledogue and Igre
in course OF construction or floating batteries
the French have a formidable neet-tle Devastation,
Foudroyante, Lave, ToMiante, PaiXhans, PaIestro,
peiho, Saigon. ArrOgante, lmpiacable, Opinatre,
Embuscade, Impregnable, Prolectrice and Refuge.
The batteries carry from four to eighteen guns but
their armament cannot be regarded as permanently
decided upon. In addition 10 the above there are
eleven floating batteries, constructed so as to be
easily taken TO pieces ana put together again. These
crafts intended for lake or river service, are Kept IN
store Such as far as We can make out, Is the pre-
sent state OF tue French iron-clad fleet.
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SPAIN.
The Late Insurrecticn in Andaiusin.


MADRID March 2s, 1859.
The recent Xeres difficulty was more serious than
was generally supposed. After intelligence had
come that the insurrectionists had retired from the
barricades at the request OF the municipal officers
and the friends of good order, affairs took another
turn. Evil advisers were not wanting 70 urge the
maloonents to reocoupy the barricades, which they
did during the afternoon, aud force was used to dis
perse the mob After a brief engagement the two
companies OF troops carried the barrcades and
drove out the armed peasants and dispersed them.
There were very few casualties occurring from this
engagement. During the night the insurrectionary
forces gathered together again, erected barri-
cades and held possession VI one quarter OF the city,
Reinforcements OF troops having arrived from
Seville aud Cadn preparations were made to attack
the barricades and put down the insurrecton. AT ve
O'Clock In the morning the attack was made on two
different points and pretty hard lighting occurred at
various 0arricades, behind which the peasantry hung
tenaciously. The barricades were carried, one by
one, by the troops ana after conflict OF five hours
the rising was enectualy put down, but not without
serious losses on both sides. The troops lost over
one hundred men III killed and WOUNDED, and the
peasantry many more. though 1t Is difficult TO ascer
tain their losses as yet, because the dead and
wounded have been secreted. Nearly GOO prisoners
were taken by the troops, OF whom 800 were de-
tanned and have already been sent to Ceuta, on the
African coast, TO be tried and punished by military
law The vigorous action OF the authorities IN Xeres
probably prevented general outbreak IN Andausia
because the people there are ready Tor fight on the
question OF COlscrlptOn about the taxes On tobacco
aud salt aud Tor most any ything else.
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Hence 1t viii he perceived that II the steam ma
chinery, per Sc. of the Hercules, Tor example was
placed in the MISUNDERSTANDING the speed to
vary IN the admitted ratio rdDpO!r with the en-
ceterts pari6as, be over twenty-one Knots twenty
i've miles, per hour instead of The seventeen knots
which Is claimed as the maximum. And In Ike
manner II such plain machinery rs that or the
Penelope and similar vessels was substituted we
would nave nearly the same speed as at present,
machinery, and that too, in less than One-thlrd the
space And in addition to this economy IN weight,
i'll space IN money, Ia sailing power for each VESSEL
we should have leet Of war vessels oil equal speed,
while the steam machinery Of the Wampanoag leet
has rendered them useless i0r any purpose oil naval
warfare. Referring TO the description OF the Ks.la
mazoO IN the HERALD OF the Attn inst, 1t seems that
some curious information has peen furnlShed 70 the
writer OF that article. The information Is there
given that she Is to carry battery Of 'four
turrets are twentyour feet interior diameter those
familiar with sucn matters know thar the only way
10 get pair OF 2O-inch guns In such a space
would be TO break them up ana carefully stow away
the pieces. Her hull, 1t Is true, Is mastery piece
OF carpentry work-it is OF immense and unusual
forlncd OF iron bands (some $50 tons III weighn runs
i0ngitudinaly, so nrmy DOlted "that were the wood
work taken OH Sne would form an iron BRIDGE" so
far from this being the case the TACT Is that "were
the wood work taken oil this wonderful truss would
tall, If unsupported, between It's ends. by its own
tempt 70 span an opening with such an enormous
c0ntrivance IL would inevitably tumble by its own
weight before 50 much aS horse car could cross It,
AS for the engines, with their four cylinders sixteen
air pumps and 200 or 800 journals, 1t need only be
stated that, being designed a, rapport with "the Bu
be placed 0a the same shelf IN our naval museum.
NAVAL OFFICER.
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Bs00kLYN navy YAnl.

There is no truth whatsoever in the sensational
ruInor given publicity to by OHe oil the Sunday
blanket sheets OF the press OF New York. which ac-
credited the Admiral Of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
with having instructions from the Department to fit
out twenty vessels OF at this station. The story
Is utterly absurd In view Of the fact that such pro-
ceeding would be impossible, there being less
than twelve vessels OF war on this station
that could be placed In readiness for sea
In q shorter space Of time than elk weeks or two
months The only vessels at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard that are likely to be made available for i'm
mediate service In case OF emergency-that Is, TWO
or three weeks-are the following named:-Mada-
waska, Mosholu, Wampanoag, NashOmlng, Colorado,
Minnesota Wachusett, Hartford, MonOngahela,
Roanoke, Canandalgua and Susquehanna The
ronciad Roanoke Is one OF questionable availability
owing to her rolling propensries. There are very few
officers on this station who would choose her as q
scaworthy vessel The only ships preparing for sea
II the practice ship Sabine. thirty-sx guns, which
has been previously noticed in the HERALD The
MOshOlu has not been ordered to be lifted out for
sea, and Is merely having her keel deepencd. There
are about 200 workmen employed In the various
departments OF the yard yet business this station
,s far from being brisk.
Recruiting Is rapidly progressing on board the re-.
ceiving ship Vermont, however. There was nothing
observable here yesterday that could be construed
note oI warlike preparation.
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The Amcricnn Postal Contracts.

From the Pail Mail Gazette, April III
The history OF our American postal contracts sup
plies "a curious commentary on parliamentary gov
ernment. As far back lsJJ-6O select com
mttee oi the house OF commons passed n resolution
that no subsidies were required ito secure regular,
speedy and efficient postal service between THIS
country ana North America. Another committee
of the iOuse has just reported stili more strongly
To tne same elect Large subsidies have, However,
coniinued 10 be paid down 10 the present time and
new contract mas just been entered into with
Messrs Cunard ana lnmsu, for eight years 70 come,
at the 1ale of @l0j,0OO year. for services nearly
ldenucai, Is alleged, with those which the Amerl-
can government get performed for about f3s, 900.
by sue accident this new contract. which was exc
cuted IN January, was not submitted to the House
Oh COMMONS till the ~ Of March; the select
COMMITTEE ddnot report uh the 2Jd, when the House
hJodfneh lOr tue hOildays; ana tae thirty DAYS al
now elapsed. Mr. Seeiy mas. however, gwen notice
of his intention to bring the subieet nefore ths
House. Tie question, N will be observed IA mot
merely whether the Cunard and lnnan seryices are
0verpald. bu 50 whether the cost Is fairy dlv,ed
between The United states and this country me
evidence seems TO Justify the ASSERTION which
~ made both by Mr.. scudamore ana Mr. Inman ihai
ga considerable portion Of the cost OF the Ameri n
Post Oiiice, alth0ugh the receipts are equally al
vlded between the two .Gices." On the other hand
the Cunard line has undoubtedly done It's WORK
1aultiessy Tor years past aud the managers warn
us that without a subsidy they would have TO sell
some OF their fastest ana best steamers aud break
Ny thelr present establishments.
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G2MY NTELLsGEyCE.
Spicy Farewell Order Of Colonel Robinson 80
His Comrades Of the Late F0sty-ihird Hesi-
ment of Infantry.

GENERAL ORDERS-S0 IL.
HEADQUARTERS, FORrY-rHIHp Y. .. iNFASrhf,
FORT WAYNE Mich, April ?, 1869. J
To-day the Forty third regiment ol in!ahtry as an
organizaton ceases exist. 1t was organized pur-
suant to an act OF Congress by selection from tne
officers and soldiers OF the regular army ana volun-
teer service who had been wounded IN the line OF
their duty. Fourteen Of its officers nave suilerea
amputation OF the leg or arm, and all, officers and
men, bear upon their persons the marks OF honora-
bic wounds received III defence OF the Union.
have been proud to command TINS reslmenI vi
veteran soldiers and my connection win ~ mas
been one OF unalloyed pleasure. The associations
are ended, and we are about TO separate. "tn
most OF us the separation will probably be nnai. "A
grateful country will never forget your services;
but uniounded prejudice and the CRY OF economy
have necesSltated your absorption. Those ol you
who are considered nt for active duty VIII be trans
ferred to another regiment. You VINO have been 100
severely wounded VIII be ordered 10 your homes 10
await orders, or be discharged from the service.
Wherever you may go YOU Will bear win you my
best wishes for your prosperity and happiness
Comrades farewell. JNO. O. ROBINSON,
Colonel FOrty-third United States infantry, Breyet
Major General United States Army, commanding.
Second Lieutenant Loyal Farragu has been trans
ferred from the Twenty-trst infantry to the Fifth
artillery,
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the nsw masTea 70 RUSSIA AND THs sscaETAY Of
LEGATION.
IFrom the PhiladeIphIa Press, April l9.l

From the Philadelphia Press, April 191
Pennsylvania seems 10 nave acquired tradit0nal
claim the t. Petersburg mission, and IL u Hraty.
Ing 10 feel that the historic prestige O our Common
wealth IN that important quarter will be SO well per.
petuatcd. Governor Curtin, the Just confirmed
Minister, and Mr.. Titan j. Coffee, the new ap.
poIntee for the Sccretaryship OF legation will ably
sustain the reputation acquired for us In the strong
ministries Of william wilkins, James Buchanan aud
George NJ. Dallas. Whatever charges may be brought
against Governor Curtin by different wings of our
party organization his representative position as q
rennsy lvanian cannot be challenged. HIS name and
reputation are inseparably allied with those OF the
commonwealth In It's darkest hours OF trial and Its
proudest record OF devotion and loyalty.
Mr.. Conee s thoroughly known ~ the bar OF the
State and country as an accomplished lawyer, admt-
rably auelined by education and political history for
this important secfearyship. Az Assistant Attorney
General oi the United States his knowledge OF inter-
national law and usage has been already conspicu.
ously tried and proven lie bnnps 70 the service VI
the government In this new position no untestcd
tilcps,
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SIP NEWS AND SMUGGLING.
QUARANTINE. Staten Island. AIrQ Is, 1866

QUARANTINE Staten Island. AI,ru Is, 1862
To THE EDITOR OF THE IiERALD:-
have been much edited In reading the reasons In
this days Times why the Shipping News bill should
not become a law. THIS abored article IL very plau-
slbe, and Wy persons at q distance from the daily
scenes OF the Quarantine establishment may possibly
be taken for gospel; but 10 those resident In the
vicinity Of the boarding station there Is not man,
woman, or even child Of five years Of age but Will
give far different reason, and that that the present
house OF Four Brothers Co. desire to keep all eyes
from the transactions nightly and daily occurring OH
the bay. for fear that some single eye pair might
possibly expose some OF the smuggling operations
carried on under the plea OF protection to the public
health. =
il the laws enacted for the preservation OF the pub
lie health are to be enforced would 1t not I've well for
the present Health Ofrcer to set the exampley
itish cigar aud liquor dealer OF this village TO Visit
the lower quarantine anchorage at his pleasure,
either by night or day, last summer IN the steamers
furnished by the people Of tins state the use Of
the Health Oilcer and his assistanss9
Was II In order that the cigar aud liquor dealer
might snuf the sea breeze aud inhae q moicty OF
fresh air and thereby benefit 0ls healthp
Ihe writer hopes this 10 the case; but 10 his
knowledge these visits were invariably made at the
ufne there was o Havana steamer anchored, tele-
graphed or due to arrive and, therefore, IL foolish
enough TO think that perhaps Mr.. Clgar-and-liquor.
deacI might Lac To repenish his stock before the
goods had been through the proper revenue chan
nels and after the manner nom which his stock was
hh.Ieaseu IRON "a certain spanish frlgate.
FROM present appearances the house or Four
BfOtheTs co. nave extended their rani1cations
~ to include European steamers as well as Havana
IN me future. On the 9th inst. the steamer Main
arrived al the quarantine boarding station from
Dre'nen. The DOCTORS steam barge, Governor Fem
ton went alongside and left the deputy Health
Oihcer on board. The barge then returned 10 the
Wnafi Win tha news bag for The Associated Press.
Sne then LOOK Mr. Cigar and-liquordca.er od TO the
NAN. where he remained from twenty to thirty
minutes NOW, the query is did Mr.. Cigar and
iigncraealcr go OF for his health TO benefit the
pubic neaitn, or did some member OF the house Of
fOur DrOthers desire 10 repIenlsn his stock Of
brandy, or were there any other kinds of merchan-
| disc 10 be run free Of dutyf
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THE ALABAMA AND HER TESDYR.-Tho Boston
Tf0reer states that Of the crew OF the AIaba ma
is now on board Tie virginia at East Boston. lie
tells some pain truths regard 10 EpQsndis inle-
rest In the pirate. lie says that the Deernot ld WAS
In lact paid tender TO the Alabama; that she had
on board the cJron0meters ana other vaiuables
which nad been st0en from American ships for the
thieves were not permitted 10 land them AT Cher
bourgl; that lew days before the fight with the
koarsargo she brought fifty men from Portsmouth
lhngland), trained gunDers, who had received their
training on beard the British practice ship Excellent
10 work the guns; that these men, when the AIatama
lett Cherbourg, were stationed ut the guns and had
entire control OF them.
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AN ATrEMpT At WHOLESALE MuRDBR.-A fellow
was put on the afternoon express tram on the Boston
and Albany Railroad at Natlck Saturday afternoon,
anu 10 be revenged he attempted to throw the next
train down of the track by placing rail on the track,
but failed. He made another attempt on tie train
whic left here at half past ten saturday evening" IN
The same manner but the rail was thrown OF by the
cowcatchcr, and the train was saved from destruc-
ton. The watchfuuess and care OF those on the
train resulted but narrow escape. The villain
was arrested and should be made 70 endure all pos
sible suntrnQ allowed by law as q penalty for ms
cTlIne.- Worcester SPY, Ap1'ti ~.
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The Gold Gamblers.

A Washington telegram i'll the Baltimore
Sun says that Mr. WILSON, of Iassachu-
sets, intends at the next session Of Con
gfes5 TO introduce ca bill providing that
any person who shall engage in buying OF
selling gold, and shall fail to deliver the
"actual coin, shall be punished with heavy
" fine and imprisoned" But how will his
ministers of justice ascertain who delivers
gold and nho refuses to deliycr7 Such a law
would be about as eficacious as the anti.
duelling law Of Virginia, which makes all the
parties to duel criminals, and leaves none
TO be witnesses. Mr. WILSON does not OBJ
3eet TO the sales OF gold, but to the refusal to
deliver it. A law to punish any man who
should offer to sell more gold than he actu-
lily had in possession has been suggested by
New York Journal. Both propositions are
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A Horticultural Address,

Don PILTT, whom many Of our readers
will remember as the Washington CORE
spondent of the Cincinnati Commercial,
delivered on the 22d instant, before the Ilor-
ticultural Society Of Ross county, Ohio, an
address which is certainly unlike any other
we have ever read. lie commenced by say
Ing that be knew "nothing about horticul-
ture." 81 know as little" said he, "about
90 horticulture az SAM CARY does of Democ-
"racy, or PEARSON DEovNLow Of Heaven.
:" [Laughter."
lie then defined horticulture as "the art
Of cultivating gardens" confessing that he
got that definition from WEBSTER, and said
that ApAu and EVE were horticulturists,
and formed themselves into q horti-
cultural society. Something Of their
''tastes yet liuger among their descendants.
"The fg-leaf, for example, said he, has re-
appeared, after an absence Of some thou
"Sands of years, in the shape Of bonnets,
"and is quite visible to the naked eye on a
"clcar day." Renewed laughter.l lie re-
presented MILTON as being 60 lazy that he
never got out Of a garden. he then exec
rated DOWNING, the celebrated landscape
gardener. One OF DoN's friends employed
an admirer Of DOWNING to lay off his gar
den, and then went to Europe, giving his
new gardener carte blanche. On his return
lie saw what he in wrath showed to DoS.
off" he cried, "you can see any sense or
''beauty in that, you must be scientific
Landscape gardener. l thank God that |
am not" DoN says he learned from his
friend thot our credulous people became
possessed of barbarous ideas through the
fundamentally of DOWNING. He proceeds :
81 had seen the quaint, stony, and pic
turcsque country houses of France, the cot
tages of England, moss-covered and vine
clad / had marched through the pastoral
valley Of the Shenandoah, where the most
beautiful country God ever created is framed
in by mountains; and saw the old-fashioned
white houses, with projecting gables and
chimneys on the outside, almost hid under
forest trees; and they all conveyed to me a
sense Of comfort, with feeling of admira-
ton for the beautiful. But what there is in
the Downing villa that is not pillainous
cannot make out, A house that is not q
house, but 4 show place. There is no feel
ing Of home about the concern, and it looks
az III bIIiit In cell and r,aipfad and .,7yftied
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The so-called metropolitan journals"
Of New York scarcely ever touch a consti-
tutional question without showing how
little they know of such things. The World
quotes from the Constitution Of Virginia to
show that HORACE GREELEY is not eligible
to the Senate of the United States, as if not
knowing the fact that the Constitution OF
the United States declares that each House
Of Congress "shau be the judge of the
- elections, returns, and qualifications, OF
''its own members"
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We have received from Messrs. WEST L
JOHNSTON copy OF the "Political Manual
for 1860, including a Classified Summary of
the Important Executive, Legislative, Ju-
dcial, Politico. Military, and General Facts
of the Period from July 10, 1868, to July 10,
1869. BY EDWARD MCPHERSON, LID,
Clerk of the House of Representatives of
the United States" 1t is "a valuable pam
phlet Of over 1s0 pages.
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he impossible to distinguish those who spe-
cu,ated on a mere margin from those who
sold gold they had in possession. Nobody
carries gold about the streets-by the million
Of dollars.
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DIED,

DIED,
On the eeth instant, GEORGE W., youhges'
child Of George and Sarah f. Planz.
We loved our little GEORGE.
And would have wished him stayf
But our Fathers will be done,
And shining on this day.
Weep not for me, my parents dear,
I've gone to rest, yon need not iear'
Ny stay was short, rs You may see,
Therefore prepare to follow me.
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Mr.. GREELEY is in favor Of the Admins
tration keeping its hands of the contending
parties in Texas and Mississippi. In the
course of his article on the subject he hits
NJ. SUMNER rap:
"Mr. Sumner, we infer from his last
speech, would do nothing until they had
so!emnly declared that they repented OF
taking part in the rebellion. This may be
craftsmanship it strikes Us as the obstinate
folly Of a martinez or q child"
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DRUGS. 1IEpsCENES, &c.

TUST RECEIVED, A FRESH SUPPLY
eD of Comstock's Rational Food, Extract Beef,
Robinson's Patent Barley; Gr9tes, ana arrow
go 90 No 42T Broad street.
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DUPONT'S GUNPOWDER, in kegs, half
~ kegs quarter kegs, and canistcrs: 4 full as
sor,iacnt OF this celebrated POWDER, sporting
and blasting always on hand and for sale ~
Z. j. ). WORKMAN CO.,
sc 98-3tawow Agents.