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New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
THE MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE AT ST. LOUIS.

Owing to the present high stage OF water,
the work on the piers and abuments has been suspended
but will be resumed about the middle OF August that be
ing the time when the down 70 tho average
loW-Water mark. Before this work will be commenced
aOut 400 be expended other portions o. the
bridge-the irOnwork OF the superstructure chiefly.
After this the work will be the two piers In the
river and the abutment the Illinois shore The pier
this side Is FIVE feet below lOwwater mark and the river
at this point is II feet above lOw.water mark a
portion OF the that will b6 used on the bridge VIII be
faken from the EunbOat Milwaukee which was sunk by
the COnfederates Mobile and afterward purchased
by Col. Eads A portion Of the timber Will be brought
from Tennessee, Mossrs. Polk & schultice having
entered into contract with tho company ~ furnish
a certain quantity OF oak timber. The thrust OF the
arches will be OF granite Col Roberts the associate
gineer IL now In New-EngaDd selecting granite Of the
best quality The price asked for the Missouri graDte
from the quarry near Pilot Knob was considered too
high. The piers and abutments VIII be built with great
rapdty when the abatos and II Is expected that
they will be completed early in the FAN. The estimated
cost OF tho bridge including tho tunnel Is about $4,000
OOO proposition has been received from French firm
build the entire superstructure at less than the es
ated cost
The bridge at St. Charles IS rapidly approaching com
peton and have favorable reports OF the progress OF
the work the bridge at Kansas city The bridge at
Council Bluffs is also being pushed with ygor, under the
direction Of Mr.. Boomer. lSt. Louis Democrat.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
RITUALIsM IN VIRGINIA.

In the State Council of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church Of the State OF Virginia the Special Commit
tee 10 which referred 30 much OF the Bishops adj
relates TO innovations In the doctrine and wor
ship Of the Protestant Episcopal Church, submitted
port and resolutions last Saturday The report says that
these innovations which the Bishop asks the Council
10 consider the word imports, arc comparatively Of
recent origin and that the present reaction toward RO
mansIn, In which they have eliminated, does not date
further back than the year 1885" The report
concludes with the sentiment that 1t Is "mani
festy proper that any expression OF odnion OF
protest on the part Of the council should be accompanied
by plain statement OF the false doctrines OF unawfu
practices brought into the Church against which such
opinion may be expressed protest entered" This
statement given at length against the use OF the term
priest against the substitution OF baptism Tor fath
against the doctrine and OF the term real presence
which differs In material respect from trasubstantla
ton; against the use Of multitude OF unauthorized
and supersttous ceremonies" in worship "YhlOh were
cast OFF prohibited at the reformation" and finally
against the " Romanish reaction and tidal movement
tending TO more yoluIninous externalsm
Baltimore Sun.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
REVIEW OF THE COAL TRADE-THE PRh0i1N
SITUATION.

The coal tunnage of the Reading h'rri, a Sing UnG
I'm Pepnsylyania for last week was lOSoo s.9 s5c
its tnnare for the wear l455,5S9 tuhs osa ~ ofS
tnns IN corresnordi10 time last yeaT-ah Va iii
turs nm 1a,o FALLING off in tunnage IN tne Scnuy NJ
T ~ ',' e regjons Is steadily bringing uOWn Ino
iordasaB pnlv VU over last years production 70
tho sa dot Notwithstanding the snght HCiease iass
rooL h,, tbe New-York carrying companies. lue
49, - yoai PRODUCTION the current year over last oan
now OF coa about 100000 tuns, which Is scarcely
no 20 n should be at this date TO Keep up WIN Ihe
@ nole Il arnual increase Of consumption Jhe sup
oai at port Richmond is small and very NIUE
P is heinr done tere either at receiving cOal or
DuoS esses For the few that are loading, the rate
10 Boston is 50 ton There Is said to be arge
Oi nv ~ coal at Georgetown d. O. At the close OF last
,ek over IS vessels in port there, LOADING ana
awaiting opportunity to get 70 the wharves Inc pre-
eiinx rate OF freight from Georgetown 10 Boston Is
fron Phadaphia Very few OF the vessels that usually
come here for coal are coming into this port Ihey
seek freights at Georgetown Ezabethport The coal
tnnuagc of the Delaware and Hudson Canal lot e Weeh
ending on the 22d inst 623 tuns, against 36Ol tu
I'm the corresponding week last year, an increase OF
1852 tuns. There would seem 10 DO no sus-
penson OF labor among the miners there The total tn
mage by the company for the Is 0S ns aganst
s65 tuns corresponding time last yearan increase
OF l5l 1853 tuns. The Lehigh Valley Railroad company
repOrt OF coal tunnage for last week shows fang on
as eompared with last year. from the wyoming region o
$50 Ol tuns from Hazeton 1871 ~ tuns from the
Reaver Meadow Ql3l l0ltuns, and from the Mahan0y,
seq 13 tuns There is no tunnage from the upper be
high and Maueh Chunk regions. The whole tuhnage oi
he road for the week but 222 ii tuns lnsteao OF
some 1000 tuns 1t would have been had the hheIs
! "a ia inns philadelphia Ledger.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
TIE REASON OF IT.

To the Editor or TIE Trt6une
SIR: Has there been any course adopted in ref
erence 20 resumption specie payments by the former Sec
retary or the Congress but that has been
denounced by the stock gamblers Of your cltyi Posi
tive Philosophy applied 70 Finance" In The Sso York
Times OF to-day leads to ask the question. Attorneys
I'm our State charge what they call transfers that s $40
every time the Court SITS in other words $40 per annum,
or ESQ If they have five terms Let any man offer reso-
luton in Legislature, asking that no term fec be
charged unless a trial ia had. You will see instantly
every Attorney IN the House on hs feet ready to quash
It by Offering something TO rdicule the resolution This
thing has been so that all who get into the law
have submit and invariably have to pay from 10 to Ia
term fees previous 10 coming To trial
The matter Of trying suggesting anything In refer
TO resuming specie payments particularly IN your
city has become quite rs subject 20 rdlcue as that OF
doing away with term fees In our state Courts ASK any
rational In your city, II he don't think we should
been iu much hettCr condition had We continued 70
retain circulation under the act that's now called fa
ure and he will say yes" SIN he will udcue con
templnted resumption and, general thing the press
don't like TO be rdiculed therefore they advocate any
thing leads % continuance OF this dgraceiu state
OF suspension, Yours, Ha
HeStpOri, Conn, May 29.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03

into tenementhouse there fewer than IT death
in nine months, in q population Of sll persona
We will close this long list Of facts by two instance. q,
oyercrowded dOmiciles. In BsTter-st. in dnev ana
dirty shanty that stands alone surrounded by h egh,
persons live in space that only ss4 cubc fet
In the Seventeenth Ward 10 persons only two Of whom
are under five years Of age may be found occupying
room.
The remedy Of these evils clearly consiss rst in pr
vdnE such house accommodations as viii secure 10 each
family entire isolation from any compulsory association
with any other family; and second. In equazng and da
toutiDg the population by providing rapid cheap ana
commodous means Of transit from part OF the island
to every other part Either Of these things &one Will b
insufficient
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
THE CANADA PATENT LAWS.

In the discussion of the new Patent Law bill
in the Dominion Senate Oh its second reading ast week.
the following points Sir c. Cartier explained that
the present measure modified the former law In several
important respects. Under the former law IL was re.
0uired that the patentee should be British subject
whereas 1t is stipulated that he should only reside
the Province for year Some persons thought that
liberal measure should be passed that any person
should be entided 10 obtain patent The question had
been fully discussed In Senate and IL believed ~ be
nadvsable 10 extend the policy 20 greater extent at
the present moment. AT the time when the question Of
reciprocity was under consideration II advisable
TO restrict granting Of patents in terms Of
the bin. Mr.. Mckenzie was under the impress
sion that New-Brunswick had granted patents TO
any person. and that therefore any holding rights In
the United States also patented IN that Province Mr.
Gait urged the adoption Of provision by which an Amer
can might assign his patent TO residents OF the Pro
yinoes for limited term OF Mr. Upper regretted
that the House should adopt law less liberal Chan that
IN existence other countries He had high opinion
OF the genius and talent Of the people OF the Dominion
he did not believe 1t necessary TO protect themselves
against the inventive genius OF persons in other parts Of
the world MIR. TeY did not consider the operation OF
the HewBrunswick law TO have been satisfactory It
upon the energies Of the people Of the Pro-
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
TERRIBLE SHIPWRECKS.
THE LOSS OF THE MARGARET AND ZETUs IN
THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE-STORY OF
THE ONLY sURYIYER,

THE loss OF THE MARGARET AND ZETUs IN
THE GULF OF ST. LAwRENCE-SToRY OF
THE ONLY sURyIYER
The telegraph has already reported the wreck
Alien OF Aberdeen nom sunderland. with cargo OF
Goals coke and that Of the bark zetus Capt Burn OF
vessels struck on Caribbean reef 10 miles northeast OF
Cape des Monts, during hurricane on the morning OF
Sunday the 10th inst, and went 20 pieces within Two
hours and sad relate the crows Of both vessels per
ished with the exception Of ar james Donald, mate o.,
arrived at Quebec on board tho schooner Mary Star OF
the sea 80
account OF the wreck " On Saturday night we were
running with strong wind from the j. n T. at at me & rate
feel It much as We we're running before IT, Al m on
Sunday tho bark Zotus came within haling distance
under sail and steering the same course She grad
uay went ahead OF US as she sailed faster, but when
sic got about three or four times her own length ahead
she was on the rocks It being at the time very thick and
on Ihe rocks also with tho sea making clear breach
an hour on The rocks when her main and mizzcn nass
went overheard. The sea by this time breaking
mountain hgh and che went TO pieces We next tried to
lauucn ooat "1en one w @ nv1y "a U,oAe Oh vol 20 ~
main deck when We ali got forward The second mates
eg and ribs on the night side were broke ana seven more
OF the crews limbs broken The weather very cold.
We then constructed raft OF deck panks rs they were
washed forward. Then tho foremost went We were
then fifteen souls dingng 10 the bOwsprit; then
with "a short prayer commencing ourselves 10 the
mercy Of God. Bowspnt went and MI hands
caught me by the les and hauled mo under by which
means he raised himself and let me 60. when got up
caught piece OF bulwark about three feet four inches
short time after got hold of deck beam which tOated
near got on 10 the rocks when. through some acct
fore IT, and fell very heavy three four times my
breast and fairly Disabled me. but managed to crawl
clear OF and tried TO get my feet, but had not
strength stand, the blood running down nay face.
tried to crawl on my hands aud knees, but
@ came rnsSns down and Gaed % me O IN Ror
arms 20 this cabin, whore they treatedf umo
very hndly and put to bed where slept for three
hours and walked very greatly refreshed. inquired II
any people had come on shore. They said no.
asked there any people from the other ship They
said no. They said there was none came ashore but
put some clothes against the peoples will, and
went down among the rocks to see II could any OF
my shpmates bat there not sign OF OF them.
The wreck laying dry among the rocks I'm pieces.
About 81 pershed. At 1880 struck and about lt
o'clock carried into the Canadians cabin where
every attention was paid TO mo by them
Toronto Globe. June 1.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
THE EXCELSIOR COLONY.

TO hN E0tlOT OF ING IFlOhHc'
SIR: Having heard that you have had several
inquiries made you from different parties in regard 70
the location OF Excelsior Colony, wish 10 say that
the Colony numbering $50 families have success
fully located and settled In Sewe County, Kansas just
60 miles west OF Waterye, tho terminus OF the Atchl
son and Fort Kearney Railroad We IN receipt OF
letters every week from diereht members, and all con
cur ~ stating that II IL most beautiful country, abound
ing in game Of all kinds and being also blessed with
plenty Of timber such ash, oak hickory and cotton.
wood and plenty OF water The cost OF joining our
organization simply IS, which goes 10 pay for rent OF
hail. advertising. and printing. certificate entities
member procure railroad ticket for t6, which car
rIes him 20 Watcryile Kansas IA rstcla carnage
express time. allowing him 10 800 pounds ~ bag
gage on arrival In Watcryie he viii be escorted 20 the
Colony House, his baggage looked up and finally FOR.
wardcd the location, thereby saving hotel bills and
other expenses that might accrue by staying over IA
Watcrvie might add for the information % all that
the Colony have located land under the Homestead law
iG0 acres 10 each head Of family a tho trinR cost Of
SIS for the whole. Our object now ID 10 add number
In the field, aud holding meetings every Saturday
evening for the purpose Of enrolling new members az NO
6s East Broadway AT which place we sh DO pleased 10
any person who feels inclined 10 beter hls condition.
and will cheerfuy give all the information and answer
a. questions by mail otherwise that may DO required
by parties who inclined TO 80 West Yours truly.
j. G. OCOSSELL, Sec. TX. Colony.
No. II Coddr.sk, ~ T., May 90, 1852.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
LIFE IND DEATH IN TENEMENT HOUSES.

The hot and sckly season is almost upon rs.
We hope to escape chOlera are fortunately beyond
the reach Of yellow fever and with reasonable enforce
ment OF quarantine regulations for dangerous vessels We
may confidently reckon upon immunity from the worst Of
the dangerous epdeies But nevertheless the Summer
months come to with death their languid breezes
The wealthy may fee to the watering places the weo-
do may trust somewhat in the comforts OF
their ceanly, welordered homes and even the fore
handed" poor may find protection against disease In
occasional deep drughts from the bealthgylng atmos
phere of the Central Park But the people who i've IN
the enementhouses sure many Of he to pass very
the Valley or the Shadow and II OF some facts IN
their that would speak
1t has become axiom in sanitary science that the
mere proximity Of dwellings and cities produces
morbid, mental, and physical conditions in the nhabi
itants. II is not therefore, matter Of surprise that
these conditions should multiply at a very rapid rate
when the surface is not only oyercrowded with
buildings but the buildings themselves compelled 10
shelter population for which they entirely adequate
This subject treated at length in the Third An
nual Report Of the Metropolitan Board Of Health from
point of view which ia somewhat novel. In making the
study Of mortality in tenementhouses the records were
kept In accordance with theoretical division Of the city
into distrcts-the First District comprising the wards
lying south Of Fourteenthst and west OF CathaFinest
the Bowery, and Fourth-ave. the Second embracing
those situated south and east of these dividing nes and
tho Third including that part Of the city lying north OF
Fourteenthst The following table shows tho number Of
deaths in the tenementhouses Of each Of these districts
as compared with its total mortality during nine months
OF the year 1863 the number Of tenementhOuses in each
district compared with the whole number Of dwellings
as given in the OF 1885, and the population Of each
distriet according 10 the same ceDsus,
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
A LETTER FROM GEN. LoNGsrREET

The Third Auditor of the Treasury at Wash
ington has received the following letter from Gen. Long
street IN answer TO one noosng account Of moneys
due the United states by the latter before the war The
letter In pleasing contrast with that OF Cen Beauregard
IN answer TO similar communication:
IN. ~, .... NKwORLKLSs May 26. 1862
me Hon w CLARKE, Third dudilor Trsau1V Depdrm,nt
have the honor 10 Aeknovsgs receipt Of your vor Of the
lueloshg statement Of difference order that maJ
proper understanding Of the items charged against me and
oi ny account Is
COPY otn vouchers Of fQaaemer Lsu that have been eh,.d 10
heeouns must therefore, to send me oopy OF Of
Dete lousu MN The inJorsed for dsslong ,
and uAng le against my NECESSITY ofpnng ais
trouble up0n fV once ui the eouar0n The stirring sy,
Of the last ter hA 'd s 70 Tie loss oa great many Of my papers
having me 90 other t.ouee t. your records Sir ysy re.
sDUciiuiF fOuf most 0htdent tfA I1HHs LORusrEEEr
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
PURE LoVE AND SACRED M4RRIAGE
DIR. MARY WALKER IN THE ROsTRUM-A LECTURE
on HER oFFICE-HUNTING TROUBLES PROM
ISFD,

DIR. MARY WALKER IN THE ROSTRUM-A LECTURE
on HER oFFICE-HUNTING TROUBLES PROM
IsED.
The lecture Of DR.. Mary Walker, at Union
League Hall, in Washington, Monday evening, upon
Pure Love and Sacred Marriage" attended by a
very respectable audience notwithstanding the heat and
threatening aspect OF the weather The fair Doctor ex-
hibited one OF the faling5 OF her In stopping TO
take one more look at the glass, and II was not
till 81 o'clock that she made her appearance,
escorted TO the platform by Mrs Dr. Lock
wood. She dressed I'm fashiOnahly-cut unmen.
onables Of neat checked green silk with black lace
stripes down the side short dress OF the same matera
reaching inst below the knees also handsomely trimmed
and heavy hounco. white lace collar aud embroidered
bosom, and neat fitting No. CATERS. with war pris,
badge completed the costume The speaker opened
make t lasting and claimed that II should be cherished
and guarded as other holy emotions. In regard
women, tho fair doctor said Some men love
women children love dolls and treat them lust as dolls
are treated They dress them IN a the nery they are
capable OF dong-ht them TO exhibit until their clothes
become old and the beautiful color OF the face gone
and the eyes contracted and dim, and then Ike dolls ey
laid aside for neighbOTs dolls, or Tor more Deauu
dolls in the windows Of false societys market"
tions or there cnuld be no true love- This pO-
sition she elaborated at some length. Mutual
confidence also urged as an absolute necessity Jea
ousy often charged upon married ladies' she claimed
WAS often sOrrowIDg intcelty which they could
not prove by mans law but OF which they felt too well
assured She denounced the laws which compelled man
and wife to I've together after hatred had been engen
dered which led TO tho hatred OF the newborn child She
claimed that ~. Paul meant no such submission on
the part Of wives was claimed at the present
day. Mans laws were severely criticised and CON
demned sketch OF courtship and marriages In other
times and countries by society In different stages, from
savage To enlightened was given aud the conclusion m
drawn that there were greater wrongs perpeaeu IN the
enlig ightcned than I'm the lower grades.
We hear the fair doctor proposes shortly to giyo
OF official position when tins comes let the officials stand
from under. washington Hhliohai noPuOii0"H'
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03

dians at Niobrara on the Missouri, which recalled
vividly the journals of Zesberger and Heckzweder'
The Minnesota outbreak of 1862 interrupted rudely
the abors of Riggs and Williamson of the American
Board and of Hndman, a deacon of the Episcopal
Church. The devotlono of the converted Dakotas-
of Wabasha, TaOpi and Good Thunder-not only TO
sofa frontier was noble record Of Christian princl
pIe and heroism. narrative of the Sioux mission,
including "a tribute to the memory of TaopI ~
Bishop Whipple has recently been published at PM
adelphia under the direction of Mr.. VIM. WelSh'
Chairman of tho Government Indian Commission,
ST. Paul, MINI, May 26, 1869 J'"'"
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
REUNION OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
TO the Editor Of The Tribune

TO the Editor Of The Tribune
SIR: Will you have the kindness to give
publicity to the following which Ia OF considerable inter
eat to very many OF the officers OF the Army OF tho Poo
mac; "The Eew-Jersey Railroad and Transportation
Company have very kindly made arrangements by which
delegates TO the Reunion OF the Army Of tho Potomac TO
be held in this city July from Western Cities and from
points, on the line Of tho Pennsylvania Railroad and
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad who have paid full fare
vania Railroad, Camden and Amboy Railroad and New
Jersey Railroad will be returned free upon presentation
before the 18th Of July Of tho proper voucher for pass
age This arrangement covers only those persons coming
from the West over the line OF the Pennsyvana Railroad
OF this arrangement will be published In a few days"
have the honor to be, very respectfully your obedent
servant, FRED. T. LOCKE.
Brevet Brig. g.-Genr U. g. Vols, Sec. Er. Com.
NeD York, June l. 1869.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
MRS. TENNEY.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR In The Tribune Of the 10th, you say I'VE arc glad
TO notice that in Michigan Mrs Tenney widow Of Prof.
Tenney formerly Librarian of the State has been APP
pointed to the same office" You make slight mistake
in calling her the "widow" Of Prof r. She is HIS wife.
Prof Tonney Ia not dead and made very efficient Libra
ran for many years. and quite capable OF doing again
The way IL came about this; During the late session
OF the LEGISLATURE Prof TenneY was sick and unable to
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
FREE TRADER IN THE PROPHETIC LINE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR: In Letters of Traveller" by W. c..
Bryant in Chapter KILL pages 31S and 3l9, is predic
tOn of Free Trade which has hardly come true 1t Is
written at Easton, PENN Oct. "a, I846 after visiting
rong.mill on the banks Of the Lehigh: ....
tariff the would think II costs the
as per make they sell for go per tan
sell for considerable and make money SO TevoIes ths
cycle Of opinion Trny PeHncdntdH Uho queoHe1
A policy Of Protection would hare ben ootsd upon as SORT g ee
osiy Hoo ne bIoom> and stabb0ys ak Free Trade Whd pI
th<y taik tVsntv years hence Q865)f
And now what do they taki and, II iron cost $40 per
tun in 1sI6, what does 1t cost In with gold at pre-
miumi Yours, ONE OF THE MILLION.
Hetp- York May "a, 1859.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03

discharge the duties OF his oce when his estmable wife
stepped into the Library and remained for days and
weeks and proved herself fully competent for the place
She gave such general satisfaction TO the members OF the
Legislature and the Governor and Others that when the
Governor sent name for State Librarian, 1t was that
of the tcie and not the husband and the Senate unan
nousy confirmed the appointment. Salary $500 per year
This act OF Gov Baldwin gives general satisfaction as
we'll also his appointment OF several ladies as Notares
Public" In tins State.
It is regarded as an Acknowledgement OF wOman's
10 office Yours w.
DeiroiL May 81, 1862
New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
FINANCIAL FOLLY FOR A FINANCIAL CENTER.
To the Editor Of The Tribune

SIR: In the Boston Correspondence Of New
York journal Of the 2th Of April is stated that Mr.
w. Webster the newlyappOinted United States Consul
General TO this city, in place Of Mr.. Murphy, has no
qualifications for the post except that he brotherin
Of Gen. Butler who got him the appointment; but
that he possesses many dsqualhcatons Other letters
received here Boston that Mr. Webster is i'm
bued with currency Reputation notions Of Gen. But
ler and so, moro unfortunate appointment to this
city could not be made in view Of the fact that many
hundred millions OF our bonds arc held hero. f. H.
FTafkIOrton-the. Nam. May II, 1869.