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The New York herald., 1871-03-27
the sailing master; and beneath the compan,on wa
there Will he "A buI

the sailing l master; and beneath the companion way
there VIII be IA small but
COMFORTABLE SMOKING ROOM.
which a. liberty, can be shut or from the cabin.
Amldsnips there are two staerooms on port side,
commodlous, for ladies', attached to which are toilet
rooms Opposite 70 these is the captains or
OWNERS STATEBoOM
which is exceedingly roomy, Icing ID feet by 10 feet
In the clear, and connected with which is toilet
room 10 feet by 4 feet in the clear. 1t has also
bath tub, which is so arranged as TO be let down
under the floor when not In use. This stateroom
VIII be well lighted as the centre skylight viii open
finish win also be noticed here very large pantry
Is TO be observed next the galley port side VI
passageway forward, which Is
CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED,
al Is the galley, the latter being tted with Ice box,
lockers and all else required The galley win be
Q storeroom, at the port side OF which are rooms
designed for the petty officers, and the starbOard
twenty-rour feet In length and Is fitted with six
single and Two double Derths. This promises to
Dca
OF the yacht as It's light ana veDtilaton are excel
lent. The skylight over the cabin is exceedingly
inches in the clear. All sEyliS6ts, com6inss and
companionways viii be OF mahekany The finish Of
the cabin w be in perfect asS d really
there will be SUFFICIENT to make 1t =.
PLEASANT TO THE EYN
the uph0lstering will be In blue reps, while that
Of the owners stateroom will be In crimson and
gold. This gorgeous finish, with the surroundings
Ol library, piano ana unique cOeCtl0nS or ART WIFE
make beautiful aud indescribably pleasant place.
The
@ LADIES' SALOON
will be In blue and the staterOOms in dicerent
cO0red reps. All the carpets, to be or the most
luxurant quality, will match the peculiar finish or
each staterOom, as also the cabin andiadles saloon.
The DreadDaught will have patent steering appa-
ratus, with diamond screw,
FINISHED IN NICKEL.
The pinnacle, also OF peculiar design, will be Of like
finish. The boats, now being constructed, are OS
cedar and locust with black walnut rail and cover.
Ing board.
gold bead 256 inches from top OF rail, encircles
the hull OF the yacht and her scroll work about the
stem, in gold, is peculiarly
NEAT AND ATTRACTIVE.
Such, In BRIEF IL the yacht Dreadnaught, when
was launched on Saturday, and no true yachtman
that viewed her In out OF the water but feel
that she is at least the picture OF racing snip"
In racing trim she Will be painted pearl gray.
The New York herald., 1871-03-27

Christian Church to-day Is responsible for the pre-
sent condition OF society. You have the power TO
CLOSE EVERY DRAM SHOT,
and those places where painted desolation entraps
the youth, to make the Sabbath respected and it Is
only through lack OF energy courage and will tnat
society Is as IL IS. DR.. Newman closed by describing
the reward Of those who should devote themselves to
the best OF their ability TO the hghesg interests OF
mankind, bringing IN some very striking illusra-
tons and drawing comparisons between the
GOOD AND so CALLED GREAT MEN
or the world, and commencing the example OF the
former TO his hearers and exhortng all so to live
that at he last IL should be said to eacn Thou hast
done what thou c0uldstr
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.FFBV, ITC7
Length Of mainmast, from deck to -,

Besides these she will have small gaff toDsail, 10
be used as occasion and weather may require.
Should nothing occur Mr.. Maxwell intends that
the Peerless shah be In readiness within week, that
ne and his friends may go up Long Island Sound
ON cunning cruise. This boat will be handsome
addition to the large feet OF pleasure vessels belong.
Ing to he Atlantic Yacht Club.
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Tonnage 81 TONS Q. H.; SO TONS G. NJ.
The materials used III the construction Of this
vessel are OF the best possible character Her frame
is Of white sak, hackmatack and locust, and tho
roughly fastened. All the work has been done In
the most approved manner, rejecting great credis
upon her builders. The accommodations OF the
Peerless are Of the
MOST AMPLE NATURE.
In her cabin there are SIX berths aft and four
forward, including cosey stater0om. Her fore.
castle will have three berths, and this, In other
portions Of the boat, there is sufficient light and
ventilation The finish OF the interior will be in
white and gold, afording that agreeable contrast
which is at all times desired. The pantries galley
and lockers are very cOmmOdious Her rigging is
OF wire, and she Is fitted with patent screw wheel
for steering.
SPARRING.
The sparrlng OF the yacht was determined upon
by Mr.. Maxwell, The various dimensions are as fol-
lOwa:-
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LAUNCHING OF THE PEERLESS.

Her Dimensions, spnrs and Canvas-Dctails
of Construction.
Quite Unexpectedly, and In the absence OF her
owner, the centreboard sloop yacht Peerless builo
for Mr.. j. Rogers Maxwell, Vice Commodore OF the
Atlantic Yacht Club. was launched on Thursday
morning from the yard OF the Messrs. Poilon Broth.
ers, Brooklyn. 1t
WAS INTENDED
that this vessel should be sent into her natural ele.
mont on Saturday and at the same hour as the
Dreadnaught, but circumstances Of no moment to the
public caused change OF programme. The Peerless
was built after model furnished by her owner and
under his personal supervision. At first sight,
when on the stocks, she did not present
great perfection Of outline her bow being very fut
and her masts placed unusually far forward; bus
therein her owner
CLAIMS GREAT ADVANTAGE,
holding that she is Just full enough to hold her wen
up under heavy pressure OF canvas, which win be
brought upon her forward by having her masts
placed in the position determined upon.
There was but little ceremony In connection with
the launching Of this boat, there being but
EIGHT OR TEN STRANGERS
present, and these congregating at a momentia
notice. In the water the Peerless looks much better
than on the stocks. and It is q question II her
owners expectations may not be fully realized.
The dimensions Of the Peerless are as follOWs:-
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OF the Dreadnaught Will be Of the most convenient
AMI comfortable character. There will be O main
cabin AFT 10 feet 10 inches In length, IS feet 0
inches in width and Z feet between ceilings The
finish of this will be IN hard and fancy woods with
French polish. There will be fireplace In the for
ward end Of the cabin, to be finished In nickel,
while t.Ai - ~
THE MIRRORS 80
will be OF elegant pattern and tho sofas the entire
length OF the cabin On either side OF the after COM
panionway there wiz be Two stateroos ala0 one for
New-York tribune., 1871-04-12
FRANK BLAIRS PLATFORM.

Whether the Democratic party shall fight its
next Presidential battle on the basis OF acqul-
esceDce in or resistance to the Enfranchise-
ment of the Blacks, is n question to be
answered by itself, with primary regard to its
own interests and prospects, If it could make
the fight with equal chances of success, we
have no doubt that nine-tentls of its mem
bers would decide to take Frank Blair's Broad
head letter as its platform, and, treating the
XIVth and XVth Amendments as utilities,
regard its success as the end of Negro SUI
frage. But there are many Democrats who
protest against this as insurng a repetition OF
the defeat of 1868; and these insist that their
party accept those Amendments as valid and
will uphold Negro Suffrage accordingly.
What we ask of the party is clear decision
between these irrecorcilable positions and
frank avowal of their choice. The party can
not ride at once two horses caIeering so wildly
in opposite directions.
The Daily Globe of the 9th inst. contains the
full report of Gen. Blair's speech in the Sen
ate on the Sd and 4th. We find therein some
important avowals which were not indicated
in the teegraphic summary published by us
next morning after they were made. For in
StanCe-tren. DlalT says.
This country now very much in tho condition 1t
was in l7oS-99. The who are now welding power
are OF the same school in politics those who then 80
much abused their hgn trusts. They also endeavor-
ing to accomplish their objects in the same way 1t is
true alien and sedon laws now as them but
the late enforcement acts infinitely worse. But
worst OF all the daring and audacous usurpations
attending the reconstruction measures and their
offspring, The fraudulent amendments TO the
Constitution, on which they now chiefly base
their further encroachments upon public liberty.
At the last Presidential election the usurpers
wero sustained by apparent popular majority through
out the country but the DISTINGUISHED voters excluded
then tho polls by these usurpatiOns were more Than
enough have turned the scale and counterbalanced
that small majority As 1t was majority would then
have been found against the cause OF tho Constitution
II the tmidy or indeity Of friends had not placed He
contest i an attitude which ie1 nothing worh ghng
for"
This is plain language. Is the XVIII
Amendment a part of the Constitution not
Are the Blacks legal voters, or, are they notf
On these questions, our politics must hinge
until they shall have been disposed of. Gen.
BLAIR asserts that the XIVth and XVIII Amend
ments are "fraudulent.n If so, they have no
legal force or validity. He says the Demo-
Gratis lost the last Presidential contest by "the
"timidity or inidelty of friends, which placed
"the contest in an attitude which left us
"nothing worth fighting for" We all know
what that means. Does the Democratic party
propose to fight its next National battle on this
ground or mott The country anxiously awaits
that party's explicit decisive answer.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-12


guage. Would 1t be worth while for one OF
our monster journals, reeking with the records
of adultery and crime, compiled to cater 70
the taste Of Reddy the Blacksmith and MS
kinsfolk in higher circles, to try milk cure
such as this 7
What would such remedy do for the re-
ligiOus wOrld7 The first messengers of Christ
went out without purse or scrip or q second
coat to preach the good tidings to the poor.
The most popular messengers nowadays draw
their salaries by the tens of thousands, and
deliver their messages in temples which cost
(Or are in debit half million OF dollars.
The poor remain outside; but, as one OF these
modern apostles said the other day, 1.-The
"God- -fOrsaken rich have the Gospel preached
"to them, and it is high time they were
"attended to-" There is good deal of sbrewd
wisdom in that view of the case Yet it would
not be amiss, perhaps, if the milk cure was
taken into these costly folds and tried on both
shepherds and sheep.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-12
THE UOFFUAN HOUSE CASE.

The progress Of the law of partnership which
allows of the formation of limited partnerships.
has been very favorable to labor; for it has
enabled capitalists to put n given amount of
money into business, and in this way to aid
especially energetic young men, without risk
ing any more than the amount invested. In
the Hoffman House case, which was recently
tired, IN effort was made to give a retrogade
direction to the law, making the partnership
relation most dangerous one TO enter into.
Two men, Mitchell and Read, formed part
nership to keep hotel-tho Hoffman House.
They agreed, to begin with, that the partner
ship should continue certain length Of time
to wit, until May I, 1S1-and then should ex-
pire All this was inserted, in plan language,
, in the original articles of partnership, which
both the partners signed. Read, wlllTg
to continue the hotel business alone after the
expiration of the partnership, hired the
premises and took leases of them, to com
mence running after the cOpartnership should
have expired. Mitchell brought a suit against
him. demanding, not that the partnership
should be continued, but that the new leases
should be held to be partnership property, and
sold for the benefit of the firm.
The case was tried before the Hon. ID. p.
Ingraham presiding Justice of this dis
trict The learned Judge said that he found
no case precisely like it in the books, but he
decided it in favor of the defendant, Read.
Any anxiety which has been occasioned among
partners by hearing that such suit had
been brought will be relieved by this
decision. People would be afraid to
enter into partnership if they were
not to be able to regulate the term of its
duration by their own mutual agreement; or
if it were held that during its continuance they
were to be perfectly paralyzed as to making
any provisions for future business, to COM
mence after the end of the partnership. The
principle which Judge Ingraham has estab-
lished seems to us sound one, and of great
importance to the business community
New-York tribune., 1871-04-12
NeW'2}otk Daily gribm,re,
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 12. 1871.

Fighting was renewed at Paris yesterday, without
material success either sdea &Another deputauon
with concatory proposals has been sent from Paris 10
Versailles All the foreign Governments have expressed
sympathy with the Versailles Government. England re-
eommends Prussia interfere for the restoration OF
order at Paris.
In the Senate yesterday resolution was introduced
looking TO the revision OF the present system OF taxa
ton Tie Amnesty bill was received from the House
and tabled The KuKlux bill was debated. but vote
was not reached. In the House the deficiency Dill
was discussed, but without result
The Irving-Weed trouble in the Assembly mas peeh
settled the late Assembyman receiving unanimous
- - oensure - A violent snOw-stOrm prevailed IN
Iowa on Sunuay. Il. conference atfo
kill has adjourned sine die. - terrible rain-storm
visited Pottsvle, Penn, yesterday, doing much dam
age The emigration to Kansas this season is I'M
precedentedy large.
Horace Greeley presided over meeting held In Demilt
Hall TO advocate organized colonization == The Bar
Association discussed the question Of the exOrbtant
foes demanded IN the municipal Offices - Gold, ll03,
IlO9 uOi. Thermometer, $50, 90, 52'.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-12
THE MILK rERE.

Some Of our physicians have discovered, or
borrowed, new mode of cure lately. What
ever his disease, the patient is put upon diet
solely of milk. All kinds of nutriment belong
ing to maturer nourishment are absolutely for
sworn, and the body goes back to its primal
nourishment; and consequently, it is claimed,
is born again into fresh strength and beauty.
A certain Jerseyman, who in prosecution of
this plan drank over 400 gallons of butter
milk in the last year, is reported to
have risen a young Antinous from
tho relics of his grosser self, like
the eagle which renews her youth. Now, why
not carry out the principle into manners and
morals What if the milk cure was tried at
Washington, and our legislators modelled their
deliberations for a week or two after the
fashion of ignorant savagesf "The aborgines,n
says Hildreth, though subject to violent gusts
g of passion, wore on all public occasions a
grave and reserved aspect, and exercised
strict command over their feelings with a
dignity and decorum akin to that of the
ancient Greeks. In their councils precedence
/" and the most marked Difference were given
"to seniority, although grave respect was
"paid to the words of even the youngest and the
I" most insigniicant.n These barbarOus chiefs
had not learned how to drown the voice of
speaker opposed to them by nOdding their
heads together with forced cackle of gossip
and laughter did not greet each other i'm the
grand council of the nation as damned black
guards and scOundrels and never, we imagine,
forgot the respect due to their own manhood
so far as to advert to the arguments of a gray
headed old man from whom they dissented as
the piping and whining of imbecile and un-
honOred old age"
Would it be worth while to suggest the
milk cure to our fashionable women What
II they went back to the prmeval ways Of
their great grandmothers If our young la
dies were taught to control a household of
servants with frmness, Judgment, and sweet
temper, as well as to bake, brew, churn, and
sweep themselves, and to weave their own
chest full of dainty linen for "plenishingn
before they were allowed to marry, would
they find it as wholesome training as the
present one of bed till noon flirting, waltzes
and champagne till after midnight 7 Which
OF tho two would most probably fit them with
strong, -breathed bodies and pure souls
for their new duties of wifehood and maternity
There are the newspapers, too. The first En-
gsh daily journals were written by the first
scholars in the kingdom for the eyes of gen.
tlemen and ladies. They attacked the man
ners and habits of hcentious court, with a
pure morality, force and poignancy of wit,
which dealt mortal blows to its weakness and
corruption. They remain still to be studied
as specimens of tho finest satire and humor,
apd tho most exquisite English in the Ian
New-York tribune., 1871-04-12
suspect. than their diplomacy has over pro-

suspect, than their diplomacy has over pre-
vented.
II occurs to Us that the precedent just fur
nisbed by Count Bismarck affords our Gov
eminent good pretext for asking Germany
first, and, if successful, other European and
South American States, to put an end to the
feudal distinction hitherto made between Min
listers Plenipotentiary and ambassadors, ana
to ask that the foreign representatives OF this
Republic should enjoy all the privileges ac.
corded to the diplomatic representatives Oh
any other nation.
1t is to be presumed that such an applcauoh
from our Government at this time wouid Do
regarded by the German Court as sustaining
them in step which may receive an unfavor-
able construction from France, and which,
with such support, they may be Wiling 10
extend to other Courts, OF rather the other
that Is the English Court, which is, we
believe, the only one represented In Berlin
now by an ambassador.
The example of Germany, II given, would
soon be followed by the other European
States, who are getting little tired of the
heavy expenses incident to embassadorlal rep
resentation from which they no longer draw
corresponding advantages
New-York tribune., 1871-04-12


kindly catholic, devoted selfsa cri6cng servant Of
humanity Father Taylor nobody ever called him
Mr. has left behind him memory precious fra
grant, and OF kind not too in this strange
world of ours Quick, ready, always prepared 10 do
his best, and full Of enthusiasm Father Taylor could
afford TO have a dislike for written dscourses Men
of this exceptional class rather uncharitable in
their contempt for manuscript The truth ia. there
can be no infexible rule about the matter. Soma
clergymen must write their sermons OF give I'd their
sermons altogether; and, quite as a matter Of tasta
we are inclined to prefer sermonizing from notes.
Some excellent clergymen would never hays been
able to train Themselves to extemporizing-Dr Chan
ming for instance. After ALL there is nothing spec
ally extemporaneous about such sermons as those Of
Robert Hai-the fruit Of the most elaborate prepa-
ration and delivered from very full memoranda.
But if minister can got along usefully in the pulpit
without writing his sermons much the better for
him.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-12

President, down to his death In 1Sh3 at the
ripe are of TO- is part of our National history.
The eloouent promoter and inspircr of our
second War with Great Britain, he was ever
afterward the Jealous and influential ad-
vocate of Peace; the master-spirit of re-
pcated Compromises whereby tho "irre-
"pressible conflict between Freedom and
Slavery was prevented, while he lived from
involving his countrymen in bloody collision
and the foremost champion of Protection to
Home Industry, of the systematic Improve
ment at National cost of Rivers, Harbors, and
artificial means of intercOmmunication between
diverse sections and States; in short, of that
AMERICAN SYSTEM, which tended in every as
pect to free Us from dependence on foreign
nations, and render us an intelligent, power
ful, populous. and happy people.
Henry Clay is no longer with lis. but his
principles remain, and the considerations
whereby he upheld them, though no longer
enforced by his glorious eloquence, are still
weighty, and both principles and arguments are
still cherished by admiring millions. Never a
dispenser of Federal patronage, Mr.. Clay's
power over his cOuntrymen was that of rare
gift of magnetic OratOry, the outflow of a
genial nature and magnanimOus sOnl. Many
others have nobly and worthily achieved fame
in our National councils; but, after those of
Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, there is no
name that will shine brighter or more en-
duringly in our civil history than that of
HENRY CLAY.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-12

We have, perhaps, the most tickle climate in the
world; and disastrous are its effects upon our
nerves. brains and stomachs, to say nothing Of our
lungs and livers. For example, mark the meteoro-
logical eccentricity on the 9th inst. at Portsmouth,
n II. Thermometer at sunrise, 29o; at noon 7o'.
On the 7th in the morning 400; at noon so at sun.
set 500 How is it possible to preserve physical or
intellectual comfort under such circumstancesf How
is it possible to prevent catching cold-how properly
to regulate cothng;or the opening and shutting Of
doors and windowsi Some fastidious persons
reckon it cheap and vulgar to introduce it into con-
versation but what is more important to our mortal
frames, and in measure to the immortal portions Of
U.s. than the weather.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-12

Mr.. Irying's destruction of the fraudulent
Democratic majority of one, IN the Assembly
at Albany, promises wide results. MIR. irving
builded wiser than he knew. Albany reports
announce Mr.. Tweed rs puIpoSlng to abandon
in despair his Two Per Cent Tax bill, his Reg
istly bill. and his bill for holding the State
and limited States elections on different
DAVIS. But Mr.. Tweed is not a man to sur
render at the first reverse and we beg Repub-
LEANS not to accord too much faith to reports
of this nature We shall be free from the
danger of these iniquitous measures only when
we are free from the iniquitOus Legislature
which has proposed them. Meanwhile the
present cXigency demands of our Republican
members that they stand shoulder TO shoulder,
and act hencefOrtb on every import
ant measure AS one man. Let us have an
immediate caucus on the Two Per Cent bill,
the Registry bill, and the other disputed mea-
sures. Let us have a vigorous line of policy
agreed upon, and let every man constitute
himself a committee to watch and expose the
slightest detection. From this hour until
the adjournment Republicans expect every
representative they have in Albany to be at
his post, sick or well, and to vote in unison
with his party. Watch the man who, on any
excuse whatever, votes with the Democrats,
or fails to vote. There can be no possible
betrayal of the party at this crisis.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-12

Louisiana correspondent describes new deyel.
opment in the art of "how-nOt-to-do-iF practced
at Fort Jackson. There is draining machine kept
at work there on the Government reservation, night
and day. yet the ground is under five or six inches
of water during most of the year, beginning with
early Spring Nothing excepta dixie, it is said, will
keep the water out. But all this trouble is never
seen by the engineers because they are only sent 70
inspect and report in Winter, when the river is low
and the ground dry. 1t is supposed that the OK
penditure which the draining machine requires In
one year could pay for dixie that Would perma-
nently supersede it; but it seems to be nobodys
business to suggest an innovation upon the estab-
lished routine.