The New York Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1855, Page 4

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AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon-Heane awn Tarts —Viniace Govsir, Evening—fux Fuvine Durcuman. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall—472 Broadway. BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 889 Brosdway—Buos- uae Ermorian Ornea Fuovee: PERHAWS BURLESQUE OPERA HOUSE, 668 Broaé- way—Ermorian Pemvonmancts. EMPIRE HALL, (66 Broadway—Paxonama ov Evnore, New York, Friday, April 6, 1855. ——————————————————e ‘Te Advertisers and Business People. GEROULATION OF THE NEW YORK HERALD FOR THR WEBK ENDING MaROH 31, 1855. ++ 49,620 Bunday, ‘Monday, a Teestay, 60,960 ‘Wedneréay, 54,480 Phursday, + 58,760 ia Burope or America. 'The News. ‘The steamship Baltic, due at this port from Liver pool, with one week’s Jater news trom Earope, had mot made ber appearance off Sandy Hook at a late bour Isat night. We refer to our report of legislative proceedings, and tke letter of our correspondent, for the latest mews from Albany. In both branches of the Legis- Jeture a large number of bills passed ise prelimine- yy stages; but we have no room for an extended veference to them. It is understood that the whig members of the committee to whieh was referred the Police bill, will report favorably today. There seems to be no doubt but thatthe Sewardites have fully determined to carry this measare, in spite of the opposition to the city delegation and the earnest remonstrances of our citizens. The Know Nothing State Council of Pennsylvania met at Lancaster cn Tuesdsy, and it is reported ‘that a serious schism cccurred on the question of open organization in place of the secret system. It ig said that Gen. Cameron and others abandoned ‘the conference in consequence of this difficulty. The Know Nothings of Richmond, Va., have elected their candidate for Mayor, and all their ether nominees for city offices, by a handsome majority. We publieh elsewhere another article trom the Boston Daily Advertiser, in relation to the doings of the investigating committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, at the Catholic school, at Roxbury. It will be seen that the paper alluded to reiterates its charges of the peeping propensities and ungentle- manlike conduct on the part of the inquisitorial committee towards the young girls of the school, and sscerta its readiness to substantiate its assertions to the satisfaction of the committee of inguiry which has been appointed to investigate the facta, and before whom tke editors have been cited to ap- pearon Saturday next. Some rich developments sve in embryo, which will no doub; be brought out by the testimony of the Sisters of the Order of No- tre Dame. ‘We give in another columa an important and in- teresting correspondence between Mr. J. W. Gerard and Mayor Wood, in relation to the new police bill. ‘The letter of the Mayor is a clear and forcible ex- position of the injurious effects which such a mea sure is calonlated to produce, converting the police Gepartment into s mere political machine. As the head of the municipal government he should not, be contends, be restricted in hie authority by depriving bim of the assistance of the most effective agent under his control. The police, he says, has been the main instrument by which he has been enabled to perform the acts which have secured for him so much public approved; and if their aid be taken away he predicts a fourfold return of all the horrors of bed government. Tee Board of Aldermen met last evening. A » Jeport from the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies, giving an account of the expenditures of hie department during the past quarter, waa received. A majority of the members of the Board are hostile to the recently introduced street sweeping machines, and resolutions directing the Comptroller not to pay for their eervices, and also ordering that the atreeta be cleaned by the old process of brooms and hoes, with Jazy Dutchmen at the handles thereof, were seceived with evidext satisfaction, Thes? machines bave no vote—they are utterly useless, even ina primary election—ard hence, we presume, the op- position of the Aldermen. The remonstrance of the Board of Councilmen to the bill before the Le- gielature converting the Crystal Palace into a vutcher’s shop wae concurred in. The sicop-of-war Jamestown sailed for Havana yesterday. The coast of Africa is understood to be ber ultimate destination; but it is supposed that the bas been ordered to touch at Havana to look efter the Spanish crnisers that have recently over- beuled our mai) steamers. The Legislature of Nova Scotia Has granted a charter to certain parties to facilitate the constrac tien of ap electro-magnetic telegraph line to Ea- sepe. The plan is to connect the wires of the Nova footia company with a submarine cable from Ire- taxd. Is ia demgned to open a direct communica- sion between thia city and London by the fall os 1868, Last night the fre in the Eighth district was ewused by & fire in the segar and tinsmiths stores Nos. 28 and 30 West Broadway. An sccount of the fire will be feund elsewhere, Gentle showers cf rain—accompanied, however, by & diemal fog—fell upon ns yesterday, and from a3) appearances they will continue to fall for some @sye to come. Our telegraphic despatches from various par'a of toe country also report rain. Al- ogether, 't is a timely visiter, not only on account of the relief it affords from the intolerable dus: waised by the winds of March, bat because the moisture is wanted to stert the crops. The town elections ja Michigan recently were generally in favor of the democrats. So urgentia the want of seamen for the nave service, that the Be retary of the Navy has resolved vo offer a bounty of twenty dollars to all able seamen, snd fifteen dollars +o al! ordinary seameo, who shail en) et witbim ibe next eixty days. Coven continued fizm yesterday, and closed at en advance of abont jc. The sales embraced about 000 bales, 1,000 of which were sold the previous afterucor. F con tinned firm, and r1 higher f0T Ome erades of cotemon snd medium qualities, Housnere good white west sold at $250. Indian orm Wat scarce acd the ealee were amall; and yo) ow J % per baehel advance. There whe eeling in pork, and the marke siostd at $15 50 for mess, which was an ad vance, and Rew mete 6) $1750. Whiskey sold free. J7 ut 0 advance of from 1 to 2 cents per gallon. Preigbve were wuchanged, with moderate expage- Om account of the recent prevalence of Enrope, and especially for Liverpool, was materially redaced. here were said tobe only about five or six sbipe in port not already loaded up for that port. Connecticut and Rhode Island Elections— Prospects of the Political Parties of the " Dey. The elections in Rhode Island and Connecti- cut have been carried by the new American party, pretty much after the fashion of New Hampehire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and other States: thatis, with the active co-ope- ration of the various elements; more or less, of opposition to the administration and its weak and suicidal domestic and foreign policy. It is now perfectly clear that there will be a large anti-administration majority in the popu- lar branch of the new Congress; but it is by no means clear that it will be a cohesive and harmonious working majority. The first duty, then, of the opposition forces will be the con- sideration and adoption of some general legis- Jative policy upon which their majority may be rendered useful and effective towards the establishment of a homogeneous national party end platform for the campaign of 1856. This dark will be difficult and delicate; but it may ‘be compassed by,a total abandonment of all the old parties and their rotten machinery, and by the fusion of the opposition forces into a new progressive, constitutional and conservativena- tional organization. Again: The Know Noibings, so called, should not forget that their late series of political triumphs have been, to a great extent, achieved the co-operation of various outside parties and factions, on the single ground by of hostility to the administration. Upon the passage of the Nebraska bill, the leaders of the Seward coalition in this State, and of the Van Buren democracy, resolved to cize the occasion for the formation of a great Northern sectional anti-slavery party. The experiment was started at Saratoga, and car- ried thence to the piebald State conventions of last fall, at Auburn and Syracuse ; and it was also tried in other States. But the scheme fell through. An immense body of the conserva- tive people of the North, decidedly opposed to any recognition ef the men, the measures, or general policy of the Pierce administration, were equally hostile to the disunion, sectional anti-slavery scheme of Seward and his sedi- tious pipe-layers. These anti-Seward conser- vatives fell back, therefore, upon the inde- pendent Know Nothing conservative platform and party, the nucleus of which had continued: to exist with the remnant of the little native American party from its first fitful and inde- cisive outbreak in 1844. Instantly, with this late reaction, the new American movement rose to the control of the balance of power throughont the North; and in some States, particularly Massachusetts and New Hamp- shire, to the complete swamping of all the old parties of the day. The results of this American conservative movement have been the utter destruction of the administration, from Maine to Missouri, and an independent popular diversion, which, for the present at least, has defeated and paralyzed the sectional disunion schemes and policy of the Seward coalition. The all important test remains yet to be tried, and that is, the unity and harmony of these anti- administration forces of the North in reference to the Presidency. Will the extraneous free soil elements which have been thrown in the ate Northern elections in the same scale with the Know Nothings, and will the whigs outside of the mysterious order, who have gone the same way, adhere to this new American party and its ticket in 1856? Doubtful—extremely doubtful. In fact, there are symptoms already existing of a division of this great Northern coalition anti-administration majority into at least three distinct and separate organizations —the native American, the Northern whig, and the ultra free goil parties. There are also some perceptible symptoms of defections and divisions in the Know Nothing camp, which may possi- bly result in the old story of the New York democracy before the great battle comes on. Briefly, from all existing indications, we shall have an exciting, indescribable and most extra- ordinary scrub race for the succession ; and the three highest candidates carried up to the House will probably be so carried up more from their pereonal popularity than from the strength of the party or parties supporting them. Ignoring the administration, the demo- cratic party may possibly even yet be the strongest in the field. But should the opposi- tion forces secure & majority of the States, as they will undoubtedly have a majority of the members in the new House of Representatives, they will only require union to elect their man, In this general view, it is important for the opposition forces, first, to secure @ majority of the States in the new House ; because, in vot- ing for the President in the House, each State casts but one vote, a plan which makes Florida and Arkansas as heavy as New York and Pennsylvania. Next, it will be im- portant for the opposition to have at least one candidate from the people upon whom they may tnite in the House. Such a man may perhaps be found in George Law, Sam Hous ton, J. J. Crittenden, William C. Rives, or in some available and popular candidate still in the shade. The late elections do not determine the Pre- sidential issue, nor will the elections of the current year. The Presidency will most pro- bably remain an entirely open question till the spring of 1856, Tur Price or Provrstons.—Flour, it ap- peers, has risen to thirteen dollars a barrel for choice brands, and twelve to twelve and a half for good ordinary floar such as bakers use. This is higher than flour has rated in New York for many years. In 1837, when the flour warehouse of Eli Hart & Co. was broken open by the crowd, and a namber of flour barrels spilt into the street on the foolith pretext that Hart end other merchants had been concerned in forestalling the markets, and thus raising the price of flour, it sold at from $11 $7 to $i2a barrel. In 1844, during the temporary paralysis of trade which occurred that year, flour sold at from $4 93 to $5 a bar- rel, These may be considered as the extremes of the price: ard as can easily be understood, the distress was about equal on both occasions, on the one from the want of money, on the other from the want of breadstuffe, In 1837, the distress was so great as to lead to riots; in 1844, people deserted the city in great num- bers and mercantile and industria! enterprises were severely checked. Last winter flour again reached so high a price that great suffering en. waed. Durieg the winter, work being scarce, bundreds and hundreds would have ‘starved had it sot been for charity. As tbe winter wore on people began to expect that the evil days were passed, and that better times were at hav, But between the winter and spring there is NEW YORK HERALD,’ FRID’.y,' APRIL '6, 1855," COD’ Jar with Mayor Wood’s veto to the zesolu- ton of the Common Council, and agree with bim when he says “that future generations will have good reason for reflecting apon us if ‘we permitted the entire island to be occupied without reserving some spot like this, devoted to rural beauty, healthful recreation, and pure atmosphere.” And lastly we would like to know what has become of the Commissioners appointed some two years ago by the Supreme Court. Their duties have been simple enough ; and thoughin May, 1854, they promised the Common Coancil to report, they have not doneso yet. Are any of them opposed to the park? If so, they are certainly bound in honor to resign and make way for those who appreciate the work, and will enter upon it with zeal. Where are the Commissioners? Let them report at once or Tesign. Tur Late Leatsiative Frouic.The follow- ing is reported as the bill of costs of the late always a gap, during which the new tapplies of breadstufis wait for the opeaing of navigation, and the old are generally censumed. Weare in that gap at the presept time, and the conve. quence is that flour is thirteen dollars a-barrel. Asa general rule, provisions and fie are considerably cheaper at present thar they were in 1837. The following table shows the contrast:— Feb. 1837. Prime to extra, rit 1855, Of course, these figures are no direct index tothe degree of happiness and comfort enjoyed at the time. It is quite probable that the amount of actual suffering was greater at the time when flour was $4 to $5, and beef $5 87, than now, when the same articles are $12 and $10 respectively: the amount of money in cir- culation being proportionately less, The drought last year was more severe than people have generally supposed. Great exer- tions were made at the time to conceal its ex- tent and the sweeping character of its ravages. But we see them now. The high price ot flour can be ascribed to no other cause. Whether it is destined to last throughout any portion of the summer is a difficult question to answer. Many operators anticipate the usual fall on the opening of the navigation. Others question whether the supply to come on by the canals be large enough to affect the price. Under the circumstances the best plan for poor people to be guided by, is to wait, and buy their flour in small quantities for a week or s0. ‘The Central Parkh—The Mayor’s Veto. When Gouverneur Morris and his associates drew up a city map under the act of the 3d of April, 1807, they laid out a parade ground upon land then mostly belonging to the city, between Twenty-third and Thirty-fourth streets, and Third and Seventh avenues, containing over two hundred and forty acres. Their plan was, however, frustrated, and through the means of apolicy which every one must con- demn, the parade ground was cut down to Ma- dison equare, of six superficial acres. The same niggardty spirit is at work to-day ; Aldermen, heedless for the future, and with more than proverbial shallowness, look solely to the pre- sent moment ; but, luckily, we have a sensible Mayor—a man who has the interests of the city at heart—and the people of New York may yet realize their wishes for a Central Park. There can be no doubt that a great majority of citizens entirely concur in the Mayor’s veto of the resolution of the Common Conncil -cur- tailing the dimensions of the park. This reso- lution proposed that instead of Fifty-ninth street, Seventy-second street should be its lower boundary, The park was also to be narrowed down—in fact, reduced to a mere strip of land, which would be situated (for the present at least) in an almost uninhabited part of the island. The Mayor very properly ob- serves that the passage of such a resolution would be a blow to the whole scheme. ‘The arguments in favor of havinga park of the size originally contemplated are numerous, and have often been presented in the columns of this journal. As an ornament alone @& is worth the expense—as a place of recreatia@for our citizens it is worth the expense, and as a necessity it is most decidedly worth the ex- pense. That New York must one day become the largest city in the word is now beyond sa peradventure. That, in the natural course of events, its population, before a centary has passed away, will amount to three millions of souls, is also equally clear. Toshield, in some degree, such vast numbers from fatare sickness, pestilence and misery, is in the power of legis- Champagne. Two hundred and seventeen dollars for cham- pagne--twenty-six dollars for brandy! And then they went back and passed the Maine Liquor law. It was the “ sober second thought.” What a reaction! A Heavy Snort From Vinaisia.— The munici- pal election in Richmond was carried by the American ticket on Wednesday by a majority of 1,223; Gen. Scott’s majority in 1852 was 842, Loss to the Pieree democracy, 381. At this ratio of loss and gain, the Old Dominion is lost to Mr. Wise beyond all recovery. What is to be done? THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Won-Arrival of the Baltic, Saxpy Hoox, April 5—10 o’elock P. M. The weather is very thick, and raining steadily, There is-no appearance of the Baltic, and we think it wholly improbable that she will be heard of to-night. ‘We have a small steamer laying off the lightship, walt. ing for the Baltic, and shouid she arrive there to night, her news will be despatched to the city by telegraph or otherwise. : Brom Washington, BLAVEBY IN OUBs—-IM?ORTANT ERROR IN A TRANS- LA. TON. Wasnivtoy, April 5, 1855, The views of the Spanish Minister of State have deen entirely perverted by translating the Spanish word de- Jar into “continue” instead of ‘cease’? Correct that, and it foliows that Spain has no idea of abolishing ala- very in Cuba. The Spanish paper the Presse misrepre- sents Luzuriago on this subject It is now said that Teylor’s forgeries will not amount to over five thousand dollars. Latest from the State Capital. ELTRAVAGANT EXPENDITURES ON THE CANALS— WHERE 18 DICKINSON’S BEPORT ON PILFERING?—— THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATORS—THE POLICE BILL—THE 10E MONOPOLY, ETO. Aupany, April 5, 1865. The keeping in repair the first section of the Erie canal bas been let out to contractors for five years, for the sum of $43,000 a year. The persons who have under- taken the job are Abram Vernam, of Livingstom county, and Charles Sherrill, of Washington county. In connec- tion with the Erie canal proper, the contract compels them to excavate the Albany basin, an erea of eighty acres, to the depth of seven teet below low water mark, and keep itin that position. This 19 the section of the canal which cost the State one hundred and twenty thou sand dollars for keeping tt in repuir during the last year and there is strong presumtive evidence that an addi- tional $20,000, which should have been placed in the same column, was charged to enlargement. Now, this shows a difference of nearly one hundred thousand dol- Jars apnualiy. Now, if thiscan be saved, or seventeen miles of canal, how much can be saved on eight hundred miles annually Will Auditor Schoonmaker, before he retires, take hix slate and pencil and cypher this up? Canal Commissticner Fitzhugh is a partner of Mr. Speaker Littlejohn in the canal proceeding busines at Oswego. By the report of the Canal Commissioners, it will be seen that he has discovered the way to run the expenditures into the ground, so as to mate it seemii necessary to impose Sivatien ta tue ralioata =e people, We give a few examples -— OSWHGO CANAL, lators today. Their’s is the responsibility. | Expended for repairs in 1853.. .. $8,440 63 Let them, then, be admonished by the experience phi 1h ++ 28,627 77 of the past, and not believe foolishly in the su- periority of their own wisdom. Above all, let them take heed how they deprive our toiling thousands of the blessing of health. In all the thickly populated cities of Europe large parks are held to be of paramount importance—nay, of vital necessity. Our facilities now, for se- curing a central, and essentially a popular park, are great; ina few years they will have passed away forever. There can be no just esuse or reason why New York should lag be- hind the rest of the world in this particular. If ours is to be the first metropolis on this or any other continent, it cannot attain such a position without some exertion on the part ot its citi- Zena. Financially—as a question of assessment— the whole matter is but a trifle. The Mayor io his veto values the lots at $500 each. Donb- ling that sam- a very high estimate—the az- gregate amount in round numbers would be about seven millions of dollars. Deducting four millions for assessments on property sup- posed to be benefitted, there will remain a ba- lance of three millions. This, by the act of the 21st of July, 1853, is made payable by city stocks at five per cent, reimbursable at forty- five years; itis secured by % pledge of land, will form the best stock in the world, and will, without doubt, command a high premium. The annual interest will be $250,000, just five per g Dething brethren in ad out of our Lagisbeters cent on the present taxation, so thata person ‘etre whigs of the ccmmittee to which was referred the New York Police bill in the Henate, will agree to re- now paying $100 a year in taxes will then pay it. This is contrary to expectation, as Senator $105; or, calculating the population at seven er, thovgh a j= ay not supposed to be vo rn ONKIDA RIVER Expended lor repairs in 1863, Increase Here are y by which the Treasury hae been depelted. These are presented as a sample of the management of the past ear. 7 "The expenditures of this first section produced the Pretended claim of Fenator Dickicson 1m the early part of this session. “There bas been pilferiog tuere,” said he, ‘and I want a commitiee to investigate—I care not whether the superinvendent be whig or demoerat.” Well, the Senate yave him a committee, placing bimselt at the head. And this is the Jast we hoard of the mat ter. What caused the ceasing of that Senator’s sten- torion bellowing—what ‘ epiked his artillery?” A long controversy bas existed here, as t2 whom the keeping in repair the bridges over the Albeny Busio, be- longed’ Grand juries bave indicted the Pier Company, ond also the CanAl Commissioners. One of the bridges has jong been in a dangerous condition, aud the Common Council of thir city reotntly, pea ed an ordinance closing up the passage acroas it, The suit between the Pier Compagy nd the Canal Com: hich means the State, was carried upto the Co ff Appeals tor final adjudication, Tha court having viewed the quee- tion, have come to @ decision in favor of the State, which will be soon made public. So the Pier Company will be compelled forthwith to commence rebuilding the Colum bia street bridge acrosa the Albany Basin. A delegation of some fifty members of the Mersachn- setts Legislature vinited the capital this morsing. They were acmitted upon the floor of bots houses by resola- tion It does not appear that they had any espscial watters to communicate, Belog all Kao jothipgs, they were treated quite cavalierly by the leading parti- sane of our State administration. The reason of the | coldness exhibited by the Sewardites and democrats | proper, was well understood by the delegation, They departed, after a visit of two or three hours, apparently gratified with the hospitality extended to them by the e] th fi hundred and fifty thousand, the costs to each | ton % ie Wve Menstor, ove" iving” th ‘ne ‘Sint f Catt sand the otherin Herki ither of individual will be thirty cents a year, diminish | Su can vo st all soqualnted with the question, ore $0 ing, of course, as that population increases. The park which it is intended to establish in New York has also this advautage over the tks of all other large cities in the world—it is geographically central. Its lower boundary on Fifty-ninth street is the same distance from Bleecker that its upper boundary on 106th street is from Harlem river. At little expense a stream of water (superior both in beauty and size to the far-famed Serpentine in Hyde park, London,) might be brought from one end to the other, and, as an ornament, it would exceed anything of the kind in the world. The pro- posed park bas other self-evident advantages— evident to all, we should rather say,@xcept the atin Meanie \ , Aldermen who legislate for the city’s | sare or Pendant nl HAVANA—THB weal. : YELLOW FEVER. It has been well observed that the scheme is comp 9 Cy ae not indebted to speculation for its origin. The suctived trom Washing he which A xasteemes” 4 authors were not actuated by selfish motives— eee pecet San ped a been detached, and the supporters can hope to reap no pecuniary | sranted three months furlough. profi: from its success. On the contrary, om cong ae See Naserital, Bier a og Red who have been most zealous in the matter have | '#ve been five deaths. on!y had the interests of the city at heart. The ‘The Ship James Che fees, even, of the Corporation Attorney have been waived, and his services are given gratis. On each snd every ground, then, we entirely report a law for the goverament of the city of New York, whose streeta they have scarcety ever entered, apd the wishes of whose people they are as ignorant as the Japanese. The mammoth monopoly ice bill, which parsed the | House under such suspicious circumstances, remains | dormen’ in the Sen Another bill passed the House yesterday amending the general incorporatioa acts, 60 as to inchude the ice business. This knocks the special ebarter asked for by the New York and Brooklyn Ice Company into s cocked bat. ‘The House of Lords have not yet sent tu their taxation ultimatum. Another caucus is held to-night, and if any- | thing like amity prevails then we shall probably learn to morrow how much the people ere to be directly taxed, ard the manner in which they intend toopen the constitution and let out its vitals. COURT OF APPEALS. ALBANY, April 5, 1855. Evening session—d 22 argned, Calendar for April 6th—Now. 16, 48, 2 1, 63, 64, 67, 27. 6, 1865. ‘The owners of the ship James Cheston ‘Teeeived intelligence of the arrival of her Captain (White) at ‘Wilmington, N.C, but as yet 0 details av to the cause ef her abandonment. |, this giganticenterprise is already subscribed, and that | evening, at the Reform Dutch Church, in Grand street ‘| declined the nomination for Alderman ef « tv. Trouble Among baggy Nothings at Lan- Lanoasran, (Pa ,) April 5, 1855, ‘The Grand State Council of the Know Nothinge, which met bere on Tuesday, broke up in grea: confusion this afternoon. The cause of the difficulty was maid to be the opposition which was manifested vowaris open organization of, and on uccount of public opinion run- ning counter to secrecy #0@ oath-bound copspiracies. Messrs, Cameron, Johntov, and General Irwin Jeft this morning in disgust. SBERE sine te ries WO ‘The present week is known among Roman Cathollos and Episcopalians as the Passion Week, so called from the pession and death of Christ, which occurred, if the chronology be correet, at this time of the year. Of late years the observance of these sacred days has beea much, negiected, even n Roman Catholic countries, and have been suffered to pass almost unnoticed; but more recent. Jy. owing to the efforts of a new order of monke, knewn us the Redemtorists, a revival of the interest in all that relates to Christ’s ruffering and death bas been mani- fested. It is remarkable that, while in this country a strong anti-Roman Cathotic feeling is sprieging up, even where it was least suspected, in France, and on the Contiment, Gn increased interest is being felt in those old religious ceremonies and observances, which every one had sup- posed had lost all vitality, As it may be interesting to ourreaders, perhaps a slight sketch of some of those days, apd the manner in which they were formerly ebcerved, would not be out of place here, * SHERE THURSDAY. Yesterday in known among Old Country ptople, ag Shere Thursday, also Maunday Thursday, and is 20 called, as an old homily has it, -‘for, that in old father’s days, the people would that day shere theyr hedés and clypp theyr berds, and poo! theyr heedee, and so make hem honest ayenst Easter day.” ‘The word Maundus has reference to the oh custom among the Kings of England, of washing the feet of poor men, in number equal to the years of their reign, and giving them shoes, stockings, and money, This was im imitation of Christ’s washing the feet of the disciples, ‘This eustom is still observed by the Roman Catholic Kings of Germany, and is known there as “Fusswasch- upg, or the Washing of the Feet.”? An old post thus quaintly describes this ceremony:— ea aa IRR Victory of the Know Nothings in Rich- mond, Va, Ricamonp, April 5, 1855. ‘The Know Notbings bere bave elected their candidate for Mayor, carried both draneber of the city council, and also elected all their city officers. ‘The vote for Mayor is as follows:—Josep> Mayo, (K. N.,) 1,971; Colonel Manferd, (dem ,) 1,710. The vote for the other officers is about the sume. New Haves, Conn., Apni 5, 1865. The democracy of this city fired one bundred guns on the Green at sundown this evening, iw bonor of the election of two democrats to the State Legislature from this city. Success of the Democrats in Michigan. Dernorr, (Mich.), April 6, 1865. ‘The democrats have carried the great majority of the town elections in this State. ‘The Cinelnnati Riots. Cinci~nati, April 5, 1856, ‘The Americans held a large meeting bere last night, and passed resolutions dewouncing the late outrages on ‘the ballot boxes, and disapproving of all unlawful pro- ceedings. ‘The city is now quiet. And here the monkes thelr Maundie make, with sundry From Nova Scotia. i‘ pga THE TRANS-ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH company cuan- | D4 sgnes of great humilitie, and wondrous pleasant TERED, BTO. Haurrax, April 5, 1855. ‘The Provincial Parliament has been prorogued. The application of the New York and Newfoundland Telegraph Company, for a charter to build a competing line of telegraph through this province, was not acted upon, the mover having ascertained that nearly every member of Parliament was opposed to the project. The Ech one tbe others feote doth wash, and wipe them clean With hateful mind, and secret fraude that in their hearte doth lye— Anif that Christ with his examples, dia these things ire: And neta help our brethren here with zeal and free enire Eck one supplying other’s want in all things that they m Qi Provincial Telegraph Company was willing to grant | A® He himself a servant made to serve us every way. the Bevivininay’ Olsipaay arity Yeiecawe aa 2 stralt be] Jeeves doe walk, and pottes in every place proper facility for the despatch of such business as they Woerewith the boly fathers oft to pleasaunt dameels 8. may bring to the Nova Scotia lines, which interest every part of the province, from Sidney to Yarmouth. Previous to the adjournment of the Legislature, an important charter was granted to Mc. Charles Archibald, Messrs. Brett, and their associates, of London, which is designed to facilitate the constraction of » trang-Atlan- tic electro telegrapb, to connect the wires of the Nova Scotia company with ® submarine cable from Ire- lard. We understand that the capital necessary for The rites mentioned in the above are certainly very singular; but we must enter a pious disclaimer against the intimation contained in the last two lines—that the holy monks had anything whatever to do with “ples saunt damsels,”’ or that anything improper occurred be- tween them, To this day, Shere Thursday ia blessed im Russia, and the Archbishop of Moscow washes the feet of twelve monks, to commemorate @ similar act of humf- ity on the part of Christ. Qoop FRIDAY. ‘The appellation of Good which is given to this day dose not denote any particular merit in the dey itself, but arises from the fact that, according to the current theo- logical beliefs, Christ’s crucifixion took place on the Fri- day before Easter, and the name is given to denote the Dlessed effects springing from that sublime event. It ia in England alone it has this appellation, its ancien’ title being Holy Friday. Services, entitled the Tenebre—that is, darkneas—are tung in the Roman Catholic churches. to-day, also on its eve and morrow. The lights are ex- tingu ished, to typify the supernatural darkness attend- ing the Redeemer’s agonizing death, and towards the end of the service a solemn silence is observed, which at length is broken by a loud crash, to betoken the rending of the veil of the temple, as related in the 27th chapter of Matthew :— And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, F And camo out of tke graves after his resurreetion, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many, There are many vl! + uperstitious connected with this day, One was a custow among the Kings of England of ballowing rings, with much ceremony, the wearer of the work will be pressed forward with all’ possible expe- dition. The projectors entertain ne doudt of complet> success, and ex} to open a direct and instantaneous commupication between London and New York as soon as the fall of 1858. Probable Arson and Murder. Provipence, April 5, 1855. A bouse occupied by two elderly ladies, Mrs. Baker and Miss Hamlin, in Burrville, was burned yesterday af- ternoon, and both the inmates were found dead. It is there has been fou! play. Coroner’s jury returned « verdict that the females e murdered by some person or persons to the jury unknown. The New Jerscy Legisiatare. Taunton, (N. J.) April 5, 1855. ‘The Houso passed to-day, over the Governor's veto, the following bank bills:—Freehold, Woodbury, Hunterdon, and Perth Amboy Banks—ell by » three-fifths vote. ‘Ihey are all new eharters. The Hunterdon Bank is s change from the ral to the epecial law. The joint meeting came ofl. Commissioners were ap- pointed from every eounty. There was uo election for State Treasurer and Bite pepon. keeper. The fectious could not unite on both offices, although the democrats were some six or eight in the minority. A resolution was finally carried Satiours without day. Concurrent reso- Jutions then passed to adjourn both houses sine die to- morrow. The old State Treasurer and keeper of State prison will bold over. From Boston. THE WEATHER--THE MANNER IN WEICH A Fast Day | Which, it was said, would not be affected with the fall- 18 CELEBRATED, ing sickness, There is such a ring now in Westminster Abbey, which is reported to have been thus hallowed by good King Edward. This foolish notion has not yet died eut in Eagland, for we, are informed that aa late ns 1638, Suffolk, instances occur where nine young men each subscribed s crooked sixpence to be wrought into a ring to cure a young girl afflicted with the cramps. ‘There ia another old notion that on Good Friday the witches had a convention, and met at “Pendle water syde,”? The following is an old charm for curing the dewitclet:— Upon Goo* Friday I will fast while I may, Until I bear them nell Our Lord’s our bell. ‘The eating of Good Friday cross buns is also 4 curious old custom, and probably has some connection with the Matzoth, or Passover cake, of the Jews. The following odd lines have reference to this matter:— Good Friday comes this month: ‘The old woman runs With one or two a Penny hot cross i Whose virtue is, if you lieve what's said, ‘They'll not grow mouldy like common bread. But enough of this, Next Sunday is Easter, when the arisen Christ will be hailed with rejoicings and festivities thronghout Catholic Europe and Russia. Political Intelligence. RHODE ISLAND ELECTION. The following returns of the vote for Governor, em brace the entire State, except Cumberland, and the two island towns:— % Bostox, April 5, 1865, It commenced raining here thie afternoon, with tndi- cations of @ settled sto:m. Religious services were held in most ef our churches to-day, but the audiences were rather thin. The stable keepers have done an excelien’ busipese to-day, and the theatres this evening are well filled. From st. Louis, EARTHQUAKE SHOOKS—THE BSUSPEXSION OF PAGB AND BACON. Two slight shocks of earthquane were reneftly” felt shocks o} @ were rensib) here ladt night. The suspension ot Messrs, Page and Becoo did not cause much excitement here, News from St, Thomas, DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS BY FIRE. PHILADELPHIA, noe 6, 1855. A letter has been received here from St. Thomas, dated the 13th of March, which reports the burmag of the Custom House there, and also the sdjoining warehouse of Mesers. Whitmore & Co., with all its contents. This Jona in put down at $50,000. It ia supposed the bulld- ings were set on fire by an incendiary. Weather Reports. PILaDELPuIA, April 5, 1856. It bas been raining here since eight o'clock this morning. Baurmorg, April 6, 1865. ‘The weatber bere is clondy and mild. There was a slight fall of rain early this morsieg. Bostox, April 6, 1956. 3 The weather here ie fine and spring-like. ‘Wasniyeton, Apr'l 5, 1855, The weather bere is warm, apd it bas bees raining ently aliday. Markets. PHILADELPHIA @TOOK MARKHT. PHILADELPHIA, April 5, 1865. The money market is easy; stocks are dull. ‘Peadiag 421¢; Morrim Canal, 143; Long Iniand &. K., 10); Penn. : R. Ri, 44% ; Pema, State 6's, 87. Majority for William H. Hoppin, American, 8,160. BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. Baumions, Aoril 5, 1855. At the cat#le market to-day, 500 beau of beeven were oftered, of which 160 were driven eastward, 50 left oves, and the balance sold at prices ranging from $4260 $5 50. Hogs were in fair supply, aud sold as $7 © $775 per hundred. thaniel B. Durfee, American whig, in the First di ict, and Bevjamim J. B. Thurston, American demoerat in the Second district, are elected to Congress, With the excep- tion of a democratic Senator and two Assemblymen in the town of Gloster, and a whig Senator and democratic representative in Foster, the members elected to the General Assembly are Know Nothings. CONNECTICUT ELECTION. The vote for Governor is all in, with the exception of eleven towns, and stands as follows :— Marine Affairs, Portronement.—The steamsh'p Union, have been cevpatched for Havre next Se sail until Monday next ; Dutton, Ingham, Miner ‘Toe Srkamsnie Geo. Law, for Aspinwall, anchored Phe , whig, mm.’ Amer’ a erus 4 jartford, (complete: x 6,151 5,580 last evening at Qaarantize, owing to the rhick weather, | Porttenms (complet ass Stes ‘ Loss oF THE ScuooneR Taser axp Py New Haven, (complete). Cxxw.—Capt. Maleolm, of the pilot bo 5,847 4/946 Middlesex, (complete). 2,373 tervelt, No. 19, reports baving falie Wacrem: hrs ies te i tr Teazer, of New Yorn, on tne 26 Litebfield, (but 4 towns. 2/570 2617 ing W.N.W. about one mile, capsized, and Fairfield, (but 2 towns) 4221 2920 the small boat, under her lee, holding £1 i > po = eae ya wreck, The wind was blowing a gale at the time, so | 70%! (11 towns wanting) 8,638 = 26,012 26,085 As far as heard from, nineteen Americans aad two democrats are elected to the State Senate, and one hun- dred and forty-nine Americane and twenty-mx democrats elected to the Assembly. PURITY OF THR ELECTIVE FRANCHISE—ELECTION IN KANSAB. We learn by telegraph that the majorities for the pro- slavery tickets at the election, on the 30th nit., in Kan- sas, varied between two hundred and eight hundred votes in each district. The number of legal votes in the Territory, according to the census just taken, is about two thonsand six hunfrea, There are seventeen die- tricts, and if we allow an average (admitting the report to be true) ef four hundred majority in each district, he majorities alone would amount to nearly three times the number of Irgsl voters. In Lawrence City, the popu- lation of whico three weeke before the election was about six hundred and fifty, men, women and ebildren, there were ten hundred and thirty-three votes cast. Tho cllowing telegraphic despatch, from Indi poe, Mis souri, which we find in the St. Lonle Republican, will explain, to aceriain extent, where the voters cama from The despateh is dated March Slst, the day after the election:-— i Several hundred returning emigrants from Kansas have just entered ourcity They were preceded by tue Westport ard Independendence brats bands. Iromedi- ately following the bards were about two humdred noree- men, inregular order. following these were one bundred acd fifty wogons, carriages that it would bave beer importtbie for ther have eur- vived more than half an kour longer. They were near- ly exhausted when taken on board the pilot boat, and were supplied with dry clothing and brought to the city. ‘The schooner probably sunk, as che was nowhere to be seen the next morning. The J. A. Weetervelt lay at wnouor at the time, but seeing the perilous ion of ‘the schooner, slipped her anchors and weo: down to her assistance, , CANvALTIRS TO BosTo Vassris—Aceording to the list of the Board of Trade, Mffty.four cavualties have happened to Boston vessels from the let of Jannary to the 1st of March, 1865, inclusive, ae follows — Strandec—b ships, 7 brigs, 2 ecoomers.......21 (Of whieh 4 bark: ree br.ge were concemmned. ) Damaged by coil hips... FY Diemasted—1 ship, tion damaged—I #bip, 4 bake... ks were conder sed, ) Arrived at (Of which Totalissese "Jersey City News. Law and OnpER MMeerixo —A meeting of thore fo favor of “Temperance and Law ard Order’ is called for this Tue Pym axp Harrison Trove —' Georgeive,” anew a, the muric by Maseé, a well kwown Freach com. wil be produced on Monday next, at Nibio's, by and Harrison troupe. This will be their lart appearance ia this city previous to ther depariure for Poston, where they perform « long engagement. ‘The object of the reoeting in to promote the chances of the election of those candidates to b@ voted for on Tues. day next, who will discourage liquor eelling. Hepson County Banx.—The following gentlercen have teen re-elected direstors ef the Hudvoo County Bane :— D. §. Gregory, Jobm Cassedy, M. Armetrony, Jobe Grif . Morrell, C. 8. Jenkipe, A. becker, J A. Anderson, M. C. Morgan, one Samuel Wer Caasedy wan re-elected Presidest Trump Warp Wiio Tiekst.—Samuel Whitlock having > ¢ Third ward, the nominating committe bave paced the anu of Henry B Insley, on the ticret irevead Finn, ~The drog store of ¥. B GxvMAN EMIGRATION —Accordiog to late advices from Hamborg, a spertal committer concerning emigrasi soon to be established im that city. This commitiee wil ew regulations for the better protesting d will be formed of three mem ers of the co @am'nsteation. and two of the ptt No 9 Newark avenue, was on fire twice yerterday worning early. but ore cheme baw ne dorbt orig: netad war extinguished oo beth iccar h @ fom pace of | trom the messures latety taken both in Fr: I water. thie country, about the rame imp >-tant mt + SS Stee SSeS