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New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
THE METRIC SYSTEM.
LECTURE By PROF. DAVIES.

Prof. Chas. f. Davies of West Point deliv-
cred lecture at the Cooper Institute Saturday evening
the metric system and the probable consequence Of
its proposed introduction to this country After ex-
planning the system In detail he concluded his remarks
follows:
Let us suppose the metric fystem 20 be adopted nv
law and every other system excudedfor without such
exclusion, the whole thing wOuN be perplerity and a
farce. What folowsi We have botted out, from the
mind Of the nation the foot and AL knowledge of every
measure into which IL enters, ms u unit. We have eI
plunged the yard used IN connection with the arm
or In every family and the pace the unit and guide
Of the farmer for approximate measure, that will
not supply the place Of either Every lot OF ground
feet 'front.' oy 100 feet deep must ne described ~
folloSs: meters decimeters, ma q centr1me-
tiers front, by 30 meters decimeters aBd centrne,
ters deep Thus the description OF every such LOT VIII
require three different units and xix wOhr instead OF
Que unit and two words. In all eoDyeyanes and De
sSTptiOns OF land the translation from one language 20
the either would occasion great trouble ana dfnenlty
The old famai mile Of I760 PAGES also gone ana the
distance from Albany TO New-fork, li5 miles WIN De
known 10 .Is II known nj all 2I96S0 meters Let us
,ef how shall recognize the earth In Its new dlmeh-
.0DR, Its diameter instead Of eGO0 miles, iD round
sBDbere VIII Se IZ6720s metres and ts circumference
.Dont 39,so556 INcrcs and dccineters. The acre Is
Sno, and with q a. it, muliiplcs and snbmutpfs
Des uie commencement Jf TIE present cebipfy Ibo
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
HAPS AND MISHAPs.
Llrests in BrOoklYn last week. 4S7.

Arrests in Brooklyn last week, 4St.
Mary Murphy age 45 died Yesterday III the IOmbs
where she had been committed for nOTicatcH.
JeSse Stivers age s.. an English bOaTder at the
room.
Simon Lorenz. n chemist employed at REYNOLDS &
c. oorworks Bookn committed suicide Saturday By taking
William Dooey. age 3j of East Ninetyseventh-st.,
f the Ba River yes'ers at the foot Of Nneieghh and
drowned.
Thomas Murray. age So. while intoxicated, early
80 Easi SIteeuths St. and fatally injured.
A frame shanty at Thirty-fOurth-st. and Fourth
Of tool. was burned on saturday night Loss 500
HID Hunt of No 1863 Wooster-st., New-York
w.. s IeoSa % GgS ca. s if1a nae IL Tas sent to The c Hospital
A satchel, containing $1,000 in gold some jewery,
lard A. Haney the steamer south Carolina lying al fes No. % H.
Thomas McCarIoll, age four, of No. II Kng-st?
was run over IS Of the S1th line yesterday and had both
les terribly mangel Hogan dhyer Of The arrested
VIM DAILY of No 419 East Sixteenth-st., driver of
No IS Of the Dry Dock line fell from the oni platform OF l car
to c' Bellevue sn'Ds Hospital ,ep tsi -' '' WV -''
John Callahcr and John Murphy, fellow tenants at
was & 30 sa5 n the 6scs By MP Tie latter
CalloheT taken to Bellevue Hospital
A horse attached to a wagon owned by John Lyons,
Yesterday sternoon and at Ihray End lTeni th5
vehicles smashed and the animas somewhat injured
Frank w. Helberg, age l6, of No. l52 Bleecker-stp
ouarei YESTERDAY. the corner Of Mulberry and Jereys with
boy named hattie Winters Of No n Most and
oO stabbed the side BY the latter The lssaisnt escaped
Charles Breen, age 25 residing at No. $ Hamilton
Brooklyn attempted suicide by jumping into the river at s Allan
Dock He hshed aud The Hospital w ham Warren
Of No. 80 Faye fell overheard yesterday the foot Of
Twenty-frst-st, Brooklyn, aid wss drosned.
FIRE broke out. last night in the rear room on
foor Of No Bedford st.. occupied dwelling by Harvey
wilkins Loss 500; insured the Greenwich Fire Insurance Com
psny 0r The AOo damaged slightly by
Baiiding owned by John McllhsIy loss, $500.
The main gas-pipe in Fourth-ave, between Eigh-
tsb Nneieen south Brooklyn eIplge last evening with
considerable Sidewalk and the
fragments all directions The shock heard distance and
windows the vicinity shattered No lives lost
frame dwelling, occupied by j. V. Banta and
Mrs Lfer and stable the q, secondsve and One hundred
andtHent lrh damaged ~ 200 by FIRE Saturday night
The barge Eva laden with 40 bales Of hay burned the foot
o. bAst Thirty gts night Both and be
longed TO Andrew Bo,s barge 1900; hay $1,000
VIM. Albert of Company X, Sth T. S. Infantry,
Gently ed by oourtmsa charge Of obtaining BY false
tenos has been sentenced Mcdowell years
men he htsn, Penentsy Robert MeSuey and Luen Lste
of the S Infantry stationed Davd Island having been caught
ure % ping TO desert sentenced by martial to imps
onnnt m Gen Mcdowell has bard
prisoner, opg dunug hi, period seven
elshhs Of their monthly pay.
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
tAlnouneemesu !
BURNETr's CoLoGNE-Best in America.
TIE LARGEST WORKSHOP oP THE BODY

THE LARGEST WORKSHOP oP THE BODY Is
THR LIVER, TRoN IN,
BLOOD ACT, AS
sEyERAILYA SICK HEADACHE
sFssAroSs HANDS PEzr.
coNPASED Tng
MACHINERY WELL BOTH MIND AND BODY
ARB DoRDERzD, Cross AND RKErFur
FINDING To PERSON
CONDITION DR. D. JAYNEs pills REcoSNEsDEo
THEIR sTNuLATISG LIVER sooS RgcovEEs rs
Perform PROPER FUNCTIONS
CosTyESEls crREp AGGRAyATISG SYMPTOM,
BIIIOusSEss REMOVED. SOLD EyRRYwHsKE.
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

lido not wish to inform Won reader Dr. won other
man hs discovered enei that Consumption when The a
ere Ia will al diseases whether Of nd body
estate mse men and leave death to ps for want d
,rk and 0eaue hl.s'nl Paras,
shall Le sieshOn. lou have hear enoaft
tia, nd II hmahusse Bat when eU you thA br sase, =,
tr Rer civ ,os.y the worst Of CaIarh We he
only that which sAoa-sN esp ie.ny 20 WI pay -" &c
that cannot AparPe giving symptoms s' "'
irfornst cu ssu ftee sidress THIS rmsl, ~ n,n
SOLD BI MOST DRUGGISTS ~ AL PARTS Of TIE Nohhp
Price Sent BY msi r9sipss cn rverpi ~ siE "n
four ppek,ge dollars Beware 81 contereir hi
shons See that private stamp which PS.', ,.,s
the odtsdf keheHteT nh u b-
s.snp .sued uurel Goemmen ezPr.sh oi n
nv medicines la. po~trsit AMI address AMI the Soni'
OF G.nu0sns engraved upon No. aud Hsed not r
ssuied BY LaYe and others representing Nc's''" -
m s.yr am The on, that bas the kbo~oe nd rsn'
10 m,Snsn. The genuine Catsrrh Reae and never
t,.,.l 70 y. tLi. T. v PiRRCB N. b..
t53 3SeDeca st.. Bufale n :
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
THE GERMAN GUNBoAT METEOR.

The German gunbOat Meteor, which arrived
at this port Friday evening and now at anchor OF the
Battery excites attention in consequence OF her fight
with the French vessel La BOuyet outside Havana last
November The meeting OF the two vessels not pre-
concerted has been previously understood but was
entirely accidental, the Meteor coming up with La
Bowel l2 miles from land and both vessels after an
change of brOadsides returning to Havana for repairs.
The Meteor has been on cruise OF two years OpOro,
and the Cane Verde Islands the of Venezuela
and more recently in the West Indies She left Havana
two weeks since touching at Charleston her passage
north Her officers are Captain. Edward knOrr; First
Officer f. Kuhn; Second Officer, F. Bendcmann; Doctor,
Wiedemann; First Engineer Pfeer, Second Engineer
Glomsda. ana PuIser Reimcr. The officers and crew
number IS.
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

Astor House-The Hon. James NJ; Ashley o. OF
s,h,o - ST. NicholSs HOtet-The Hon. @, W. Kendall
NJ - of Nevada, Ex-GOv Patton of Alabama. Gen. +:
pu. U & A., A Msrdock OF Mississippi, T. h crane oi
Maryland, and Dr. Donald Kennedy OF Ro1bury Mass'
-. Grand Central Hotel-The Hon. l. 7. Poland, M;
G. of Vermont, the Hon. y. NJ. B. Young, NJ; ~; ~
f3Sorga, Gen. Grenvile NJ. Dodge OF Iowa, ana W ~"
Leeds sheriff, of Philadelphia, - ST. Denis Hotel
N r. Locke petroleum V. Nasby) of Toledo. =====
ESerctt HouseEThe Hon. A. Keith OF Halifax. -
Fifth Avenue Hotel-Judge Gray OF Elmra Ben req
woodworth OF Washington and Z. c. Bailey OF Yer
,oo,t - Breyoort HOuse-Chares T.. n. kortrlshtl
S,sish Consul az Philadelphia, EXGOv. Lawrence OF
,s,ode Island and j. Francis Fisher OF Fhdaeoi pn.
e" Clarendon Hotel-Mrs Scott-Siddops and MAJOR
,lnb and family.
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
NEW,JERSEY.
jersey CrrY.-Tbe Chapel of Centenary NJ.

JERSEY CITY.-Tbe Chapel of Centenary NJ.
D. Cruz D., Pavoua-ave was dedicated Yesterday. The
l.~y 4. t. Br.e. Presiding Elder conducted the ser
vices The Rev. j. b. Wakely Of Newburgh preached in
tie morning The Rev. DR.. Brown Of New-YorE ana
IBr Ds. 'r President If Dickinson College, preached
AZ tgr evening. ven thousand dollars collected
dining the dpy....Decciye Connolly arrested Patrick
Euc susan cir}, .ostciday, Oh charge OF DlgaIny
PATEEsoN.-Mr. John RyIe, President Of the Passaic
NUtcr WORKS, writes 10 TIRE TRIBUNE that If the city
purchase, the works they will furnish net income OF
ESQ ptr The iron works controlled by r. O.
Bcfkvl.E viii establish branch at Schenectady this
psO The auction sale Of real estate In the Wilsst.
tESt resumed Saturday. The proceeds thus far
wi reach $1,000. Tie regular meeting OF the Board
o. Aldermen Viii occur tonight IL Is expected that the
DeL litc members viii refuse TO take part in the pro
Ceeflg, Iuasuuch the Republicans have refused to
sel -OWi dge eXAldermaD Kelly as O member OF the
Psehni Board me pOst-oice moved on saturday
sis aid viii transact business in the latter place today
Toe rooms aFc D-cn leased for five years, at 81 PER
st hewc Colt and Church sts, will surpass any block
@ Los hcf OOrc constructed in this city. The fronts
nie Of ron IeestOne and brick. The Delaware Lacka
wanna ana western Railroad Company Will open to-day
q last through nhe OF DrOadgduge cars 10 OswegO.
fralhs iiom New York VIII over the BOonton Branch
.eAd IL Midland Railroad will be opened today TO
beOhIingdae.
HtckEssAcK.-The effort to organize bank is not
~H 10 prove successful this year. The Extension
h%Ei"ad 10 erecting seyerai new depOts.
ht"ARK-fsaae McCatchey was racing on R,oad.
= fSay, when his vehicle came in collision with
esf 1ge and was shivered to atoms. He narrowly
r~eal~l efCus injury and was arrested and fined ftr
iht 1taihIdy- .Tne Rev. Mr. Eddy OF the Woodsde
t1.lth church, has received call to BroOkli d,
81, INC new pulpit In St. James Roman CatlG-
,G ttuIcn, was blessed fast evening Bishop Bayiey
"a Religious EdacatOn.". An Arab laborer
s.s s 81 a. embanhmeut was brought b. st. Michae e
,,ni ~ plans OF the new Music Hal have be-
shs it h proposed 10 push the bunaing rapIS'~fo
~'s, ahe new Hal VIII be erected Oh BrOad.s... 4
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
TuRuIING STORY.

The NFWYoEK WEEKLY, which viii be sale b. the newsieae
Monday will the opening chapters Of terrible story o iy
The history Of Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl Death al
Wheel admirable picture Of tie capital labor
illustrated every day midst the Of who make
cents aud often cheated Of that. Tie tale l. from
the pen Francis Smith esp Of the editors o THE NEwfoSS
WRgRY 0 Maggie the Charity Child" the most p0pI
appeared weekly pss pat We
anticipate Nj SMITHS WORK decided and. mets success
New STANDARD.
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

go. The Directors Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
have approved the lease the Morn, Canal Phsburh Jey
directed submission the stockholders for the
question: when with the approval Of majority the property will 81
the Lehgh VALLEY COMPANY the Canal Company having
proved of DE ease AMI directed rs eIscuii0n.
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

IT WILL DELIBERATE SALLOwNEsS, MOTH-
PATCHES, SSBrRS CoARsESgs &C., and give msTtehse com
JeIon great HAGAN BALM will pepetuae the
bloom youth years. What the Balm to the complexion, Lross
CgLEBArED the hair II the hair grow
luIuranty eradicate, iuIuf prevents the hair from falling ont
turning gray.
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

The Burglar ShO was caught through the
agency Of H. HoLSE BURGLAR ALARM TELEGRAPH in the house Of
n e esq and who up YESTERDAY by
Bedford for be should bsve
listened Alarm Bel and len instantly Bad for tie business, be
caught burglars sl take notice. l. HOLMES, Murraytt
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
HOME NEWS.
TuR WEATHER
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.

r,ruARKs-April 20. 1Slo-A hernometcr AT ~ me- u
n a M, 6So IL y. m, oVH Aprl ~, aeN, w. or
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

OLD SOAP.-Dry, hard, and economical Fol
sale BY the boz By JAMES PYLE. $50 WashingtoDsL
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

"COL. HARTE's BANTY MIGGLEs w-Native ge-
MUS forever Subscribe to SUrToss LBRARI 2s h
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

TO THE LADIEs.-NOw is the time to free the
complexion Moth Patches freckes and Tan By using PERRY
NOM FRECKLR LoIOs. IL reliable and harmless Prepare,
on, By d. G. PEHRy. Deruatolsst 49 Bond HewYor Sob
by Druggists even where.
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

PHRENoLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS daily at 3S.
BrOsd-.y showing talents defects and best pursuits pointed
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

A SURE REMEDY FOR CuILLs AND FEVER
AIBK's AGUE CUKE falls.
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

REMOvAL.-Wilardi Harvey, dealer in imported
and domestic Papers Tnes Ih1s and COrAge 800 Broadway
70 a. FTankADsL, New.iOTk.
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
NEW.YORK STATE REGISTERED POLICIES,
SECURED BY PLEDGE OF PUBLIC STOCK, LIE TllB
CIRCULATION OP NATIONAL BANKS

AREGCIAR BULLETIN Of the REGISTERED POLICIES Il tho
NORTH AMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY is published
The every Tuesday morning These Bulletins
Registered Policies and the Of the
Securities pledged and possession Of the state 0f New lorf,
through tie Insurance Department a. required By lsw.
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

"BRET HAYS LUCK OF LITTLE BREECHEs -
Literary Aen take ANGELS TURKH BATHs Lexington Twebtybl
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
TO TEE PUBLIC.
THE NORTH AMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPASl bars 49,
special public conhene upon the system Of nnss ~ INTRO
iaoet and uow pracicei By il 10 al else., kIogna'
TIE REGIsTRaTI0W OF PoLICIEs.

Amidst al the in the public Press and eeshere ia regard
Insurance been denied soy eomps'ent 70 give -
opinion that 30 long Rerye value Of Is Policies are sPs
the Conp,sy Is solvent and the protection d the insured complete
By placing a the Reserve value in the hands of he STATE
thereby obtaining h indorement this Company that end
All are desired and urged the evidence selected from he b't
authorities give the subject hoongh examination " n"t
Company Of the Insurance Department " Tie Ne
Tie result u sncH inquiry viii be a conviction that
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

II. n. SQUIRE's, % FultOn-st., New York, is
place reliable WATCHES 6ne choice
ELAY, ESGLIsH Diamonds specially.
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
STATE OF NEW-YORK.

Superintendent BARNES, y Y, sss his report FOR s-
The question of security concerned Poy duly Iei
this Department probably Lie Insurance Policy that can
be issued by a corporation"
Superintendent G. ". MILLER y Y In hs report for s's
There non-regi-erng companies bat Which ert
them selves vh items assets up required Hha
would be entirely unavailable deposit under the registered policy
TEN There many sbo believe that this should D., made CON
puso public demand that the Lesltgre oi pro-
vide this protection those interested IN life Insurance"
NUTUALITY.
The NORTH AMERICA PURELY INITIAL, the Capital ''ia''
ing been recently pa stockholders end les place Ted BIZ
pohcybo!ets surplus Henceoh all the pro S be DIVIDED among
the latter after . NEW PLAN OF Contribution odnna,e bg
this Company
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
REGISTRY IS SAFETY.

However suy other contract q insurance may be that
NORTH AMERICA has the additional force and value de'a oH
eolegrrrut .upl rntenlenee and TesponsbLty Of the
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
READY TODAY
THE GREATEST ROMANCE 0l qHE AGE /!
We happy that in No. "a Of the
New-York Weekly,

READY TO-DAY,
we lave eommeneei The publication of local calculated 10
shahe society vii Affect ali cascstbe high and the
low The rich and the poor-ecau willie r. properly speaking
mspec 8, j. fall Of he realities he and deals with individuals whom
We see every day contains indeed truth than fiction
f the mind Of man mas never ye, such and atrocities
~ srana the hapc.s WORKING is great ces This
New-York tribune., 1871-05-01
THE
ECONOMICAL MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE co.
or PROVIDENCE RI
CASH ASSETS NEARLY ONB MILLION DOLLARS

Tbt enrphsng COMPANY entirely from the old fashioned
requirements and long vogue with Lie Companies
policies follows:
lat Positively nonforfeitable after only premium
I'd. No EXTRA charge te lives Of fensleA
I'd. Free permits 70 ohces Of the Army and navy
<h Free permits foreign shener The nsGod
desire
This Company number, It's Board Of the
and wealthy Of the Umtod
Of good Of IL saairs and justice the
a.
MAJOR G.s AMBRosg BURNSIDE Governor Of Rhode Island
Hon. WIN. sPRAGUB q. g. Senator from Rhode Island
Hon. HENRY B ANTHONY, u X Senator from Rhode Island
JOHN CARTER BROWN esq Of Brow l. Ives
EARL y. MASON, esq Of Providence, r. l.
The Branch Once VI tie Company the City OF New fo scalsd
No l57 BROADWAY
wber. information be obtained reference " the vsned abs
Of Lie Insurance.
SIMON BUCKLIH President
g. q. hcKEI8HT Vice President
Hh T. P0rfEh, seeretAu.
T.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-01-18
AN About a Comet.

To TUE EDTroR OF THE GAZETTE
Hall on the Rampage" is the polite and ele-
CANT heading Of a small article IL large type, in
last weeks Adrersissr, in which that paper in
trodaces very reasonable letter from Mr. II. Ii.
Hall to the Sydney Herald, regarding the pro-
posed arrangements of Webb and Holaday &
Brennan for the Australian steam line. When,
however, be says Here lie portentious utter
ances, cannot help thinking that the types have
got mixed-not because the word porten.ious"
is not to be found in my edition Of Webster. for
we know that the word is an original invention
Of the Adrerfise1. and was used in a previons
number in an equally happy manner. but because
the sentence is so much more applicable to bis
next article. headed -All about Comet" 1t is
true the Advertiser does not appear quite certain
whether his comet correspondent is quizzing hlnl
or not; but then. if the rigmarole which follows
is joke. why then-we miss the point Of ii, that
is all. Whilst if he means that veritable comet
is coming. our astronomical friend Flitner can
make neither head nor tail Of it. notwithstanding
that the one is 10000 miles wide, and the other
100000 miles long.
| have carefully read the Would-be scientific
F" utterances of this correspondent, and the
conclusion have come to is, that they are por-
teniious"-no word in the dictionaries could so
well express the style Of them. for behold a cor
respondent Of the p. @. A. adversises great
comet which '-may collide with the earth on the
2lst March, or .wane." Il hope it will "wane' J
and knock it "at least three hundred thousand
miles from, and in a direction ut right angles
with its orbit" that's nothing J and then conde-
scendingly undertakes to calm the Tears OF the
non-scienti6c readers" . Portentious." indeed
Nav we not each exclaim with the poet.
81 feel, feel, feel,
/ feel like a morning star"
Surely. Mr.. Editor. it is the Adrerfiser that IS
"OS THE RAMPAGE"
P.S. Suggestion for the next edition OF Web
ster:
PoRrENrIoUs: Adiecire. Partaking OIL or as
suming the por,entous.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-01-18

HAWAII VS.. CH1SA-Hawsiians are naturally Of
pacific nature, but that they be reused to com
bativeness is evidenced by an incident which oe-
cured on Saturday last A native boy entered the
store ofs Chinaman on Nuuann Street for the pnr-
pose Of purchasing some shirts. The oblgiug Cees-
tial submitted large stock Tor bis inspection. Be-
ing rather fastidious in bis choice not one Of those
be bad yet seen, tempted him to purchase. johns
stock of patience, as well as Of shirts, becoming
exhausted, be ventured TO express doubt wheth-
his eostumer had the wherewith to purchase, and
ended by saying that be did not wish to deal with
Kanaka boys Indignant at being called boy, and
grossly nsuited BY the insinuafion Of his want Of
means, the boy couId not control his outraged feel
ings springing at John, he delivered well aimed
blow his Proboscis, sending the Chinsman to the
other end OF the store. The police called in,
aud the pugiIist marched of TO the station house
Afier being in custody few hours. he was bailed
out and his father ater lecturing him severely, in
terviewed the ChInaman and settled the matter
amicAhly.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-01-18

Osthe arrival of the KilaueA on Saturday after
noon, the espiauade presented scene seldom wit
messed. An immense crowd Of people, anxious to
learn the result of her mission, congregated the
wharf even before the steamer entered the harbor.
As she neared her dock, the crowd, unable to con-
troll their feelings at the sight the weatherbeaten
faces on board. gave vent to hearty cheers, which
returned Justify from the steamer. The inqui-
ries as TO whether "all were saved" being an
swered 10 the affirmative, cheers were again renew
ed The crowd did not disperse until after the res
cued crew had safely landed on terra frDaG. The
whole party-ineluding the men who had been sta
toned at Midway Island-numbered eighty y-eight
persOus
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-01-18

CARD.---we the undersigned officers Of the late u :.
Steamer Saginaw desire to gratefully acknowledge Tor our
selves and on behalf the the kind aud eonsderae
which Captain Long and also Captain Harrison and
the officers Of the Kauea have performed the service Oh
eving and bringing US to this port
We are confident generous and humane intentions
Of the Hawaiian could not have been entrusted
to better hands, and sincerely hope that their services nay
ever be as fully appreciated by their official superiOrs they
are in this by ourselves.
(signed) Montgomery scard, Lieut.. COmd'r. Cemd'g.
j. X Coggswell, Ensign and Ex. 0nicer.
Perry Garst, A. II. Parsons, Ensigns.
A. Frank, Asst- Surgeon
George II. Read Passed Asst Paymaster.
Jas. Butterworth, lst Asst. Engineer.
II. c. Blye,
John J. Ryan, 2nd "
II. Main,
J. Godfrey,
@. d. Foss,
O. II. Robinson, Mate.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-01-18

F5vE MINUTES WIN BIsNAKck.-(From our spe-
cial Correspondent ~ bad a chat, last night with
Bismarck. We smockeda cigar together. He talks
uureservedly Of the war; says be has no secrets
Ebout it; Why should he have anEg 1t is every
body's business as much his own. told him
thought be was a fool to stick out for Alsace and
Lorr1iue. No, be said, be was not fool; be
knew well enough that Alsace and Lorraine
would be more plague than profit; but the pub
lie opinian Of Germany demanded those Provin-
ca and real public opinion, another thing from the
proposition Of toe gentlemen Of the pavement could
not be disregarded. even II it were despised The
German pnblic was the fool. not he Well, said
now ii's Pity; for see what a risk you run. Here
vii BE- Winter coming presently, and in another
fortnight you wiH have to fight General November
Il is quite on the cards that you may be attacked
with iuaueuza. or even dyseutery, not to mention
cholera aud typhus, and forced to beat a retreat
through hostile territory in frost and snow. like the
great Napoleon; By great, mean great benefactor
Of his species; uhen be was compelled to cut and
ruu irom Moscow. Then, after all. you would be
Obliged 10 eouclude peace with the French, at the
besi EPon equal ters and in that case said don't
yos see. old fsllows-
whats said Bismarck
Why then. don't you see, explained, you will Of
couse lose your Indemnity. Hadn't you better
make peace while you sure Of thAts That never
struck ne before. said Bismarck tell you what,
you are deneed clever fellow, and your head is
screwed on the right way. Yes. We might make
sure 0f the indemnity nOw; at all events ecud col
lar the French Fleet. IN go to the King iirectly,
and tell His Majesty what you suggest. \ splendid
idea dear bor be ADDED slapl,inc me on the hack
Goo.-bye for the present. but drop in sgain soon.
] Shouldn't Eouder II your hint hss important con-
seQuences Before yon go. give me another OF those
cIEars-
A sensible fellow, with nothing like pride about
hil OF stnck-up notions, ard quite capable Of list
e1ing 10 and apprecaiing good sdvice, is Bismarck.
sha not be Il all surprised 10 hear 10 dav two
that peace has been conelnded the basis Of In
demnity. the demolition OF the forts and, for the
rest. continuance N aaf4 qao.-Pnlch.