Vessel.

Туре.

NO. 9.

..Cruiser

THE NEW NAVY.-Continued. Displacement. H. P. 2,000

Cost.

Remarks.

.a5,400

c$612,500.

.Building at Baltimore.

Armament-2 6-in., 8 5-in. R. F. B. L. R.; 6 6-pdr., 2 1-pdr. R. F.; 2 Gatlings. DETROIT

NO. 5....

Gunboat

1,050.

..a1,600.

c$318,500..

.Building at Bath Iron Works.

Armament-8 4-in. R. F. B. L.; 4 6-pdr., 2 1-pdr. R. F.; 2 Gatlings.

Ram No. 1.
.Coast defence..

..Coast-line battleship.

Number and value of live stock on farms; Horses, 1880, 11,201,800 $613,296,611; 1891, 14.056,750, $911,823.222. Mules, 1880, 1,725,500, $105,948,319; 1891, 2,296,532, $178.847,370. Milch cows, 1380, 12,027,000, $279,899,420; 1891, 16,019,591, $346,397,900. Cattle, 1880, 21,231,000, $341,761,154; 1891, 36.875,648, $544,127,908. Sheep, 1880, 40,765,900, $90,230,100; 1891, 43,431,436; $108.397,447. Swine, 1880, 34,034,100, $145,781,515; 1891, 50,625,106, $210,193,923. Total value of live stock on farms, 1880, $1,576.917.119; 1891, $2,329,787,770.

OCEAN RACING RECORDS.

Since the Guion Line steamer Arizona captured the ocean pennant in 1880 with a North Atlantic voyage of 7d. 7h. and 23m., records have been made only to be broken. The Teutonic, of the White Star Line, now flies the pennant, both ways, with the westbound record of 5d., 16h., 31m., made on August 19, 1891, fourteen days after her sister ship, the Majestic, of the same line, had beaten all previous records in a passage of 5d., 18h., 8m., and the eastbound record of 5d., 21h., 3m., made on October 27, 1891. The fol lowing table shows how the time across the Atlantic has been steadily reduced in the last forty years:

RECORD-BREAKERS SINCE 1851.
Between New-York and Liverpool.

sailwon,

During the summer of 1890, there was great rivalry between the White Star liner Teutonic and the Inman liner City of Paris. Both ships had the same ing day from New-York, Wednesday. First one and then the other but in August the Teutonic ran from Queenstown to Sandy Hook in what her owners claimed to be 5d., 19h., 5m., beating the record of the City of Paris by 13 minutes. This claim was not admitted. The victories in 1891 of the Majestic and Teutonic are, however, undisputed. The Teutonic's great August run beat the record of the City of Paris by 2h., 47m., and was remarkable for noting the highest average hourly speed ever achieved, 20.349 miles, the best day's run, 517 miles, and the best three days' run, 1,532 miles. Her course measured only 2,778 miles, or one mile more than the exact distance between Roche's Point and Sandy Hook, and the course of the Majestic on August 5. On September 29 she beat the eastbound record of 5d., 22h., 50m., held by the City of Paris, by 1h., 28m., and on October 27 reduced her own record by 19m.

In the last fifty years the time of the transatlantic voyage has been cut down by half, the size of the ships has been multiplied by ten, and their power and carrying capacity by more than thirty. The annexed table reveals at a glance the enormous strides made in shipbuilding and the increase in the size of ocean steamships:

The fastest single day's run ever made by any vessel was that of 517 miles, by the Teu. tonic on August 18. 1891. going west. The City of Paris in June, 1889, made the next greatest day's run, 515 miles. In May, 1889, she made 511 miles, and in February, 1889, in boisterous winter weather. 510 miles.

MAIDEN TRIPS OF THE NEW TWIN-SCREW

STEAMERS.
Course.

Queenstown to New-York
Queenstown to New-York

Queenstown to New-York

DISTANCES BETWEEN PORTS

Southampton to Sandy Hook..
Queenstown to Sandy Hook..
Antwerp to Sandy Hook..

..str. Majestic

...str. Waesland

Southampton to New-York
Southampton to New-York
Southampton to New-York
Havre to New-York

AS LOGGED.

..June, 1890, 3,260 miles ..June, 1890, 3,050 miles ..Aug., 1891, 2,777 miles ...June. 1890. 3.279 miles

The daily coal consumption of the Teutonic is 325 tons; Majestic, 325 tons; City of Paris, 335 tons; City of New-York, 335 tons; Augusta Victoria, 270 tons; Normannia, 300 tons; Fuerst Bismarck, 280 tons; La Touraine, 240 tons.

FASTEST RECENT ATLANTIC OCEAN PASSAGES.
Steamer.

Line.

Date.
White Star.....Aug. 1891,
White Star.....Aug. 1891,
Inman.
Aug. 1889,

D. H. M.

5

16 31

5

18 8

5 19

18

5

21

3

Route. aQueenstown to New-York..Teutonic... Queenstown to New-York.. Majestic.. bQueenstown to New-York...City of Paris... New-York to Queenstown... Teutonic.. White Star.....Sept. 1891, f New-York to Queenstown... Teutonic. White Star. Oct. 1891. New-York to Queenstown...City of Paris.......Inman. ......Dec. 1889, cSouthampton to New-York.. Fuerst Bismarck.. Hamburg........May, 1891, gNew-York to Southampton.. Fuerst Bismarck.. Hamburg. .Sept. 1891, dHavre to New-York.........La Touraine....... French...........June, 1891, New-York to Havre.........La Bourgogne.. .French...........Sept. 1889, 7 77 30 aLeft Queenstown Aug. 13 at 1:48 p. m., Greenwich mean time. Daily runs : 460, 496, 505, 510, 517, 290, arriving at Sandy Hook Lightship at 5:36 a. m., Greenwich time, or 1:36 a. m., New-York time.

7

bLeft Queenstown Aug. 22 at 2:09 p. m., Greenwich mean time. Daily runs: 432, 493, 502, 506, 509, 346, arriving at Sandy Hook Lightship at 9:27, Greenwich time, or 4:27 a. m., New-York time.

CLogged 3,086 miles. dLogged 3,177 miles. f Daily runs, 483, 468, 460, 460, 448, 471. gDaily runs, 411, 451, 450, 452, 450, 464, 360.

Route.

BEST RECORDS OF OTHER LINES.
Steamer.

D. H. M.

Line.
Date.
Guion.........Sept. 1882. 6 18
37
Cunard... ...Sept. 1889. 6 1 50
Cunard....... Nov. 1888. 6 2 22

New-York to Queenstown....Alaska... Queenstown to New-York....Etruria.. New-York to Queenstown.... Urabria. OTHER STEAMER RECORDS-The North German-Lloyd steamer Fulda holds the record between New-York and Gibraltar; time, 8d., 8h.; the Dominion liner Labrador, between Montreal and Liverpool; and the Pacific Mail liner China between Yokohama and San Francisco; time, 12d., 11h., 55m.

BEST TIME OF SAILING SHIPS. 1854-Red Jacket, Sandy Hook to Liverpool, 3,017 miles.. 1855-Mary Whitredge, Baltimore to Liverpool, 3,400 miles 1859-Dreadnought, Sandy Hook to Liverpool, 3,017 miles. 1860-Dreadnought, Sandy Hook to Queenstown, 2,760 miles. 1867-Thornton, Sandy Hook to Liverpool..

YACHTING VOYAGES. 1866-Henrietta, Sandy Hook to Needles, 3,053 miles.. 1869-Sappho, Sandy Hook to Queenstown, 2,857 miles.. 1869-Dauntless, Sandy Hook to Queenstown, 2,770 miles...

The best day's run of a sailing ship on record is that of 375 knots, made by the clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas. The Flying Cloud in 1851, on a passage from NewYork to San Francisco, made 374 knots in 24 hours. The best record of the Dreadnought was 367 knots.

KEMARKABLE VOYAGES AROUND CAPE HORN. 1852-Northern Light. San Francisco to Boston, 13,950 miles 1851-Flying Cloud. New-York to San Francisco, 13,610 miles to inside Farallones.. 87 1852-Swordfish, New-York to San Francisco, 1853-Comet, San Francisco to New-York...

1853-Flying Dutchman, same route and return, discharged and loaded,

1870-Young America same route, to Sandy Hook Lightship. 1888-Henry B. Hyde, same route, to Sandy Hook..

1857-Flying Dutchman, same route, to off Staten Island, inside.

1887-Henry B. Hyde, San Francisco to Liverpool, 15,000 miles.
1891-Shenandoah, San Francisco to Havre.....
1891-Swanhilda, San Francisco to Havre.........

On December 11, 1866. the schooner yachts Henrietta, Fleetwing, and Vesta sailed from Sandy Hook to the Needles, Isle of Wight, for a stake of $90.000. The Henrietta, owned by James Gordon Bennett, won in 13d. 21h. 55m.; average of 912 knots for 3.106 miles.

Among the previous ocean runs were: H. M. S. Newcastle, N. Y. to Falmouth, 11 days; clipper ship Independence, N. Y. to Liverpool, 13d. 15h.

On July 4. 1870, the schooner vachts Dauntless and Cambria started from Old Kinsale Head, Ireland, for Sandy Hook Lightship for a £250 cup. Cambria won in 23d. 5h. 17m.; Dauntless's time, 23d. 7h.

On March 12, 1887, schooner yachts Coronet and Dauntless started from Bay Ridge for Queenstown for stakes of $10,000 a side. Coronet's time, 14d. 23h. 30m. 46s.: Dauntless, 16d. 1h. 43m. 13s. The Coronet's owner was the late Rufus T. Bush, of Brooklyn. The Dauntless was sailed by Captain Samuel Samuels, of the old clipper Dreadnought, and owned by Caldwell H. Colt, of Hartford.

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
(Address letters to the secretary.)

Alabama-Hist. Soc., Tuscaloosa.
Alaska.-Alaska Hist. Soc.. Sitka.
Arkansas.-Ark. Hist. Soc., Little Rock.
California. -Hist. Soc. of Southern Cai.,
Los Angeles. Soc. of Cal. Pioneers, San
Francisco. Cal. Hist. Soc., S. F.

Colorado.-State Hist. Soc., Denver. Connecticut.-Hist. Soc., Denver. NewHaven Co. Hist. Soc., New-Haven. NewLondon County Hist. Soc., New-London. Tolland Co. Hist. Soc., Tolland. Saugatuck Hist. Soc.. Westport. Fairfield Co. Hist. Soc., Bridgeport.

Delaware.-Del. Hist. Soc., Wilmington. D. C.-American Hist. Assn.; Columbian Hist. Soc.; Philosophical and Hist. Soc., Washington.

gustine.

Florida.-Hist. Soc. of Florida, St. AuPublic Library and Hist. Assn., Macon, Ga. Hist. Soc., Savannah.

Georgia.-Macon

Illinois.-Chicago Hist. Soc., Chicago. Hist. Soc. of Joliet, Joliet, Ill. State Hist Soc., Springfield.

Indiana.-Ind. Hist. Soc., Indianapolis. Hist. Soc. of the County of Vigo, Terre Haute. Vincennes Hist. and Antiquarian Soc., Vincennes. Madison Co. Hist. Soc., Anderson. Borden Institute Hist. Soc., New-Providence.

Iowa.-Hawk Eye Pioneer Assn. of Louisa Co., Wapello. Iowa State Hist. Soc.. Iowa City. Masonic Hist. Soc., Cedar Rapids. The Aldrich Hist. Collection of the State Library, Des Moines The Muscatine Academy of Science and History, Muscatine.

Kansas.-Kan. State Hist. Soc., Topeka. Labette Co. Hist. Soc., Oswego. Marshall Co. Pioneer Assn., Marysville. Old Settlers' Assn. of Clay, Riley and Washington Counties, Clay Centre.

Hist.

Kentucky.-Ky. Hist. Soc., Frankfort. Hist. and Scient. Soc., Maysville. and Scient. Soc. of Mason Co. Hist. Assn. of Filson Club, Louisville.

Louisiana.-La.

Rouge.

Hist. Soc.,

Baton

Maine.-Bangor Hist. Soc.. Bangor. Maine Hist. Soc.; Gorges Soc.; Me. Genealogical Soc.; Me. Genealogical and Biographical Soc., Portland. Sagadahoc Hist. Soc.. Bath. York Institute, Saco. Pejepscot Hist. Soc., Brunswick.

Maryland.-Md. Hist. Soc.; Johns Hopkins Univ. Hist. Seminary: Soc for the History of the Germans in Md., Baltimore. Anne Arundel Hist. Soc., Annapolis. Harford Co. Hist. Soc., Belair.

Congrega

Massachusetts.-American tional Assn.; Mass. Hist. Soc.; Archaeological Inst. of America; New-England Historic-Genealogical Soc.; Boston Numismatic Soc.; Webster Hist. Soc.; Boston Memorial Assn.; Boston Memorial Soc.; Military Hist. Soc.; Bostonian Soc., Boston. Universalist Soc., College Hill. Dedham Hist. Soc., Dedham. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assn., Deerfield. Dorchester Hist. Soc.; Dorchester Hist. and Antiq. Soc., Dorchester. Hist. Soc., Lexington. Old Residents' Hist. Soc.; Old Residents' Hist. Assn., Lowell. NewEngland Methodist Hist. Soc.. Malden. Antiquarian and Hist. Soc., Newburyport. Pilgrim Soc.; Plymouth Soc., Plymouth

Hist. Soc., Rehoboth. Essex Inst., Salem.
Natural History and Library Soc.; Hist.
Soc., South Natick. Old Colony Hist.
Soc., Taunton. Weymouth Hist. Soc.,
Weymouth. Rumford Hist. Soc., Woburn.
American Antiquarian Soc., Worcester.
Hist. Soc., Winchester. Soc. of Antiquity
(T. Dickinson, Librarian, Worcester). Hist.
Soc. of Watertown, Watertown. Danvers
Hist. Soc., Danvers. Berkshire Co. Hist.
Soc., Pittsfield. Ipswick Hist. Soc., Ips-
wick. Manchester Hist. Soc.. Manchester.

Michigan-Mich. State Pioneer Soc.;
Pioneer Soc. of the State of Mich.,
Lansing; Muskegon Co. Pioneer Hist.
Soc., Muskegon; Wayne Co. Pioneer
Soc.; Mich. Hist. Soc.; Pioneer Soc., De-
troit; Houghton Co. Hist. Soc., Houghton.

Minnesota-Minn. Hist. Soc., St. Paul. Mississippi-Miss. Hist. Soc., Jackson; Hist. Soc. Univ. of Miss., Lafayette Co. Missouri-Mo. Hist. Soc., St. Louis. Montana-Hist. Soc., Helena.

Nebraska-Neb. State Hist. Soc., Neb. Univ. Hist. Assn., Lincoln.

New-Hampshire-N. H. Hist. Soc., Concord; N. H. Antiq. Soc., Contocook; Nashua Hist. Soc., Nashua.

New-Jersey.-N. J. Hist. Soc., New-
ark. New-Brunswick Hist. Club, New-
Brunswick. New-England Soc., Orange.
Passaic Co. Hist. Soc., Paterson. Salem

Co. Hist. Soc., Salem. Vineland Hist.
Soc., Vineland. Hunterdon Co. Hist.
Soc., Flemington. Somerset Co. Hist.
Soc., Somerville. Burlington Co. Lyceum
of History, Burlington.

Fe.

New-Mexico.-Hist. Soc. of N. M., Santa

New-York. - American Archaeological Council, Am. Ethnological Soc., Am. Geographical Soc., Am. Numismatical and Archaeological Soc., Am. Philological Soc., Genealogical and Biographical Soc., NewEngland Hist. Soc., New-York Hist. Soc., Huguenot Soc. of America, The Holland Soc., U. S. Catholic Hist. Soc., New-York Acad. of Anthropology, New-York City. Historical and Forestry Soc., Nyack. Onondaga Hist. Soc., Onondaga. Onondaga Hist. Soc., Syracuse. Minnisink Valley Hist. Soc., Port Jervis. Oneida Hist. Soc., Utica. Watertown Hist. Soc., Watertown. Westches'er Hist. Soc., White Plains. Jefferson Co. Hist. Soc., Watertown. Rochester Hist. Soc., Rochester. Mohawk Valley Hist. Soc., Baldwinsville.

North Carolina.-Hist. Soc. Chapel Hill.

Ohio.-Hist. and Philosophical Soc. of Ohio; Soc. of ex-Army and Naval Officers; German Pioneer Soc., Cincinnati. Western Reserve and Northern Hist. Soc., Cleveland. Ohio Archaeological and Hist. Soc., Columbus. Licking Co. Pioneer Hist. and Archaeological Soc., Newark. Western Ohio Pioneer Ass'n., New-Carlisle. Vinelands Hist. Soc., Norwalk. Asntabula Co. Pioneer Ass'n.. Jefferson. Sandusky Co. Pioneer and Hist. Soc., Fremont Pioneer Soc.. Madisonville. Geauga Co. Hist. Soc., Chardon. Mahoning Valley Hist. Soc., Youngstown. Pioneer Soc., Marietta.

Oregon.-Pioneer and Hist. Soc., Astoria. Oregon Pioneer Ass'n., Butteville.

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES.-Continued.`

Pennsylvania-Library of the Archives of the Moravian Church, Bethlehem. Hamilton Library and Hist. Assn., Carlisle. Hist. Soc. of Franklin Co., Chambersburg. Bucks Co. Hist. Soc., Doylestown. Lutheran Hist. Soc., Gettysburg. Dauphin Co. Hist. Soc., Harrisburg. Linnaean Scient. and Hist. Soc., Lancaster. Crawford Co. Hist. Soc., Meadville. Moravian Hist. Soc., Nazareth. Newport Hist. Soc., Newport. Hist. Soc. of Montgomery Co., Norristown. Am. Philosophical Soc., Hist. Soc. of Pennsylvania, Numismatic and Antiquarian Soc.. Friends' Hist. Assn., Catholic Hist. Soc., Presbyterian Hist. Soc., Am. Baptist Hist. Soc., Philadelphia. Hist. Soc. of Pittsburg and Western Penn., Pittsburg. Bradford Co. Hist. Soc., Towanda. Wyoming Hist. and Geological Soc., Wilkesbarre.

Lackawanna Inst. of Hist. and Science, Scranton. Lutheran Hist. Soc., Harrisburg. Rhode Island-Newport Hist. Society,

Newport: Hist. and Economic Ass'n,
Brown Univ.; R. I. Hist. Soc.; R. I.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Hist. Soc., Provi-
dence.

South Carolina S. C. Hist. Society,
Charleston.

Tennessee-Tenn. Hist. Soc., Nashville. Texas Hist. Soc. of Galveston, Galveston; State Hist. Soc., Austin.

Vermont-Middlebury Hist. Soc., Middlebury; Vt. Hist. Soc., Montpelier; Rutland Co. Hist. Soc., Rutland.

Virginia-Southern Hist. Soc.; Va. Hist. Soc., Richmond; Hist. Soc. Eastern Va., Eastville; Hist. Soc. of Roanoke College, Salem.; Petersburg Hist. Soc., Petersburg.

West Virginia-W. Va. Hist. Soc.,

Morgantown.

Wisconsin-Milwaukee Pioneer Soc., Milwaukee; State Hist. Soc. of Wis., Mad. ison.

SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

A society of the male descendants of soldiers, sailors and conspicuous patriots of the Revolution, formed to encourage the celebration of Revolutionary anniversaries, the preservation of records and relics and perpetuation of the memory and spirit of the men who established popular government in America. There are 28 branch societies, in all the New-England States. New-York, New-Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska. California, Washington, Oregon, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. Total membership, 3,800. Originally organized in California, July 4, 1876. The several State societies organized a National Society, April 30, 1889. The present officers of the National Society are:

President-General, Dr. William Seward Webb. New-York. Honorary Vice-Presidents-General, Rear-Admiral John L. Worden, Washington: Luther L. Tarbell, Marlborough. Mass.; William Wirt Henry, Richmond, Va. Vice-Presidents-General, General Horace Po ter, New-York; Jonathan Trumbull, Norwich, Conn.; General Bradley T. Johnson, Baltimore; Albert Edgerton, St. Paul; Colonel Champion S. Chase, Omaha. Secretary-General, Lieutenant J. C. Cresap, U. S. N., Annapolis. Treasurer-General, James Otis, New-York. Registrar-General Dr. George Brown Goode, Washington. Historian-General, Henry Hall, New-York. Surgeon-General, Dr. Charles E Briggs, St. Louis. Chaplain-General, Rt. Rev. Charles E. Cheney, Chicago.

SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.

This is a rival organization to the S. A. R. It has seven State branches in NewYork, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New-Jersey, Iowa and Georgia, the last four containing only enough members for organization. Total membership, about 1,400. The first society, that in New-York, was organized on December 4, 1883. The General (or National) Society was organize on April 19, 1890. This society, while no more rigid in examining the credentials of applicants than the S. A. R., lodges all power in the Board of Managers and refuses to admit to membership men not employed in occupations supposed to be suitable for gentlemen. General officers: General President, John Lee Carroll, Washington, D. C.; General Vice President, William Wayne, Paoli, Penn.; General Secretary, James Mortimer Montgomery, NewYork; General Assistant Secretary. Timothy Matlack Cheeseman, M. D., New-York; General Treasurer, Richard McCall Cadwalader. Philadelphia; General Assistant Treasurer, Arthur Henry Dutton, Boston; General Chaplain, the Rev. Daniel Cony Weston, D. D., New-York.

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

A society of woman descendants of soldiers, sailors and patriots of the Revolution. President-General, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison. This society will make an exhibit of colonial relics at the World's Fair.

Island;

SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. OFFICERS-President-general, Hamilton Fish, New-York: vice-president-general, Robert M. McLane, Maryland; secretary-general, Asa Bird Gardiner, Rhode treasurer-general, John Schuyler, C. E., New-York; assistant secretary-general, Thomas Pinckney Lowndes, South Carolina; assistant treasurer-general, Dr. Herman Burgin, New-Jersey. The office of the secretary-general is at Garden City, L. I.

The society was founded by American and French officers of the American Revolutionary Army after the peace of 1783. Baron Steuben presided at the meeting for organization. The constitution was drafted by General Knox, and declared that the