The New York Herald Newspaper, April 18, 1858, Page 4

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Flore are afew fecw oo that polut :— New Aggregate Advertisements, R capt. 18ET — Week eoting April 11..89,734 28 SIS 344 95 1865 — Weer cadiog Apeil 10 0 14 Ts4 4 Increase... 29 12 $1,439 76 ‘Three facts indicate not on’y that the general coarse ant wanagement of the New Yorx Grratp continue to re ceive she most substantial approval of this enlighteaee commantiy , but else prove toat the geaeral trade is re- Viving and eproadicg in the proper quarters. We are aot Compelies, ke some of our anhappy anti slavery cotsm 20 Taries, to reduce the price of advertising, in order to corres- pond with the reductirn of circulation, aud chen to bide oar ory ano chagtio by offering Diustering bets aad making ridtculous assertions Ase dally journai, with @ ciroala tion over the circulation of ail the others in this ci'y, the New Yorx Jens.p is an tost'tution of the couatry, as per maocnt «6 the constitution and government, and even is mucd beter orgavized and managed than the latter, par- ticularly the legtistative branch thereof. Thus we go. ‘The News. In Congress yesterday the Senate made the De- ficiency bill the apecial order for Monday next. Mr. Foot introduced a bill fixing upon the first Monday in November for the reassembling of Congress. The consideration of the Pacific Ruilrosd bill was re resumed. Mr. Benjamin, regarding it as obvious that the Senate could not agree upon the route of the proposed road, and in view of the depleted con- dition of the Treasury and the large prospective ex- penditures of the government, moved that the bill be potpoved till December next. The friends of the bill strenvously opposed the motion, but it was finally carried by a vote of twenty-five to twenty- two. The House was engaged in private bills. The bill appr -priating $300,000 for refunding duties om merchandi-e des*royed by fire in New York ia July, 1845, was discussed till the adjournment, bat no action was taken. The Legislatare continued in session last night till past midnight, amid the scenes of confusion charac- teristic of the last hours of our deliberative assem bdlies. The bill providing for a loan of $3,800,900 for completing the Erie Canal enlargement was defeated in the Senate, carrying with it all the canal projects of the session. The Senate agreed to adjourn ut twelve o'clock last night, but the Aweembly refused to concur, and appointed Tues day next at five o'clock for the final adjourameat On Monday bills levying tolls on railroads anda direct tax for the canals will be introduced. Our reports and despatch give the latest news and re- ports of the proceedings. The rival factions of the democracy held meet ings Jast night at their respective headquarters, and nominated cavdidates for Sachems of Tammany Hall. Toe election takes place to-morrow evening. We give elsewhgre reports of the proceedings of both caucuses, together with the names of the can- didates put in nomination, and # speech of ex Mayor Wood developing his views of the state of affairs among the democracy. We learn by telegraph from New Orleans that the ship Meridian, of Boston, bound from this port for Panama, was abaodoned at sea on the Sth inst ‘The captain, mate, and two seamea arrived at New Orleans in the ship Tarquin, The balance of the crew were conveyed to Cuba. We learn from the report of the City Inspector that the number of deaths in the city during the past week was 406, an increase of 31 a8 compared with the mortality of the week previous. The fol Jowing table exhibits the number of deaths during the pest two weeks among adults aad children, dis Linguishing the rexes:— . Mon. Women. Boye. Girls. Tota Week ene April 10... 8 7% io wo 455 Week pron april 17... 107 7 Me mS 6% Among the principal causes of death were the foi lowing — — Weel entina— Apri iO Aprit 17 ade ae % There were also 7 deaths of apoplexy, 7 of con gestion of the brain, 11 of debility (infantile), 6 of diarrbora, 5 of erysipelas, § of disease of the heart 6 of booping cough, 13 of inflammation of the bowels 1 of cholera morbus, 7 of palay, 15 of smallpox « Dof teething, 10 premature births. stillborn, and 13 from violent causes, including 1 murder and 1 suicide. The following is a classification of the diseases, and the number of deaths in each class of disease daring the week > . Dracasee ie 210, Aprit 17 Bones, A 6 oy ‘ Geverstive orrans 10 Heart aad bicod veencie 16 Longs, throat, kc... MM Promarb, bowels and other Li ‘Week ending April 19, 1966... pA oo Apra 18, 1 The pativity report gives 356 natives of the United States, 74 of Ireland, 42 of Germany, 7 of England, 3 of British America, 2each of Scotland, France, Prussia, Holland and the West Indies, 1 of Italy, and 3 unknown. The Recorder passed s few cnimportant sentences in the Court of General Sessions yesterday. John Atults was convicted of receiving stolen goods,on the evidence of a young thief; and on aMdavits of a mm. ber of our leading citizens establishing his previous ood character, his Honor, with the consent of the District Attorney, suspended judgment. At the re qaest of the jury who convicted Edward A. Coleman for forgery in the fourth degree, jadgment was ene: pended. Henry Ske!ton pleaded guilty to stealing » gold watch, and was sent to the penitentiary fortwo years. We have received partial details of news from Mexico to the 7th inst, ‘Tho victory of the govern: ment forces over the constitationalists ander D>- blado and Parrodi was complete, and it is said that Jvarez and his friends were in full fight for Aca” pulco, on the way to Ban Francisco. The govern- ment had retired the exequaters of the Cyasuls of the United States, Spain and Hamburg, because of their zealous sympathy with the opposition. Minis ter Forsyth had been informed oMsially that Con- sls will not bo permitted to interfere in the loca? Politics of the country. Upto the Ist instaat the government troops were bombarding Tampico and interfering with American vessels eateriag the port. General Garza claimed ths right to prevent all ves- sels outward bound from proceeding to sea. On the 18th ult, he fired into the American schooner Vir- nia Antoinetta; she was still detained, and her cargo of fruit lust. The George E. Preseott was de- tained by the same ordersgand laid under the bat- teries. Tre brigantine Amelia P. How arrived off the bar, and in proceeding up the river was fired upon from the fort. A session of the Aldermanic Special Committee *o whom was referred the communication of Mayor Tiemann, recommending the suspensivn of Street Commissioner Devlin, took place yesterday, and continoed upwards of three hours. The committee seem to be determined to deal as coucisely with the questions before them as circumstances will permit. For this purpose they have come to the conclusion of not entering into a detailed consideration of the papers and documents in the Street Commissioner's office, por of examining any witnesaes, The course which they have agreed to adopt ie to request a re- ply from Mr. Devlin to the charges made against .| him in the Mayor’s message, and upon the receipt of this document they will consider the charges and the reply together, in a plain common sense manner, and thus avoid incurring endless controversy and unnecessary legal expenses. Such strict secresy is observed by the committee that these are the only facta which are yet known concerning their proceed- ings. The Mayor yesterday sent the papers relative to the Devlin controversy to the Grand Jary, with a view to the indictment of the Street Commissioner upon the charges specified in the communication sent in to the Board of Aldermen on Thursday last, and which was published in Friday's Heraup. He also called attention to the section of the city char- ter that declares that if a jury convict any person holding public office, the Judge of the court shall de- clare said office vacant. The ceremony of breaking ground for the new grand Receiving Reservoir in the Central Park, near Eighty-sixth street, was observed yesterday in the presence of the Croton Aqueduct Board and a large number of city dignitaries. When completed, which will be in the course of about three years, the reservoir will hold 1,029,880,145 gallons of water, New York standard measurement, and will cost $632,433 33. The contract was awarded to Messrs. Fairchild, Coleman, Walker & Brown, the next lowest bidders, the lowest bid being that of Din+ more & Wood, for $614,298 97, which was throwa out on account of irregularity in the sureties Speeches were made on the occasion by Myndert Van Schaick, Hon. Lather R. Marsh, Mayor Tiemadn and otbers. The first spade full of earth was turned by Mr. Van Schaick, President of the Croton Aque- duct Board. Our report is reserved for to-morrow. The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about 3,000 bales, on the basis of adout 1240 a 120. for middlieg u.lands. Floar was in fair demand, without change of mement ip quotations. Among the sales were parchates for export as well as for the local and Fastern trade. The opening of the canals, tt appears, bas been postponed to the 2th inst, about a weox longer tuan had deca antici- pated from previous statements. Wheat was ioactivo, shile moderate sales were made at prices given ia ac ther column. Corn was easier, Dut active, with sales of uo sound white ai 722; sound do. aud straw colored, ead white do. at 740. a 76e., and yellow at 15ic. @ 76. Pork was excited, higher and more active, with a gooa demsad for forward delivery. Saies of mess were (recly mais at $18 9 $18 25, buyer's option, thirty and sixty dayr, nud at $17 90 @ $17 95 for the artic @ on the spot; and prime sold at $1460, with small lots at$14 60. Lara sold fresy at 1 %¢ lle mm bbia, and at L2o fo kegs, Sugars wore unchanged, while esies were coafaed to about 600 nhds. aisteacy prices. Coffee was quiet aod eales limited. Fregbts exbibited rather more movement ‘or Eogtish ports, while ras were without chaage of moment. Among the eogagements were 1,600 & 1,600 bales of cotton for Liverpool at ‘y4.; obeese at 206 , and grain to balk ead wags at 43.04% 0., with cheese to London a! 30s, and ierce beef at 36. 6d. ‘The Kansas Conference Committee—Stroag Symptoms of a Dead Fatiure. Accoréing to all sccounts from Wasbington, the prospect of a compromise in the Kansas Covference Committee is exceedingly slim. The rimple tact that the majority of the Seaate com- mittee are unconditional Lecomptoo men, while tbe majority of the committee on the part of the House are equally committed to the “coadition precedent” of the submission of the Lecompton constitution to the popular vote, is almost coa- chusive cf a dead failure to agree. Io fact, from the compotition of the committee, and from the cross purposes of the parties involved in it, we think that we may safely procerd at once to dis enes the main question, upon the failure of the Conference s# a foregone conclusion. Kansas bas been particularly blest with State covstitutions. She has hed three framed al- ready, and before hor odmission into the Union rhe may still be required to get up the fourth. | Of the three framed, the first—the Topeks con- stitution—was accepted by the anti-democratic Bouse of Representatives at Washington in 1856; but it wes contemptuously kicked out of the democratic Senate, as lagkiag the very firet requirements of legal authority. The Lecompton constitution was tae next; bat that, although clotbed with all the legal forms and authority which the case called for, has heen rejected by the present House of Represea- tatives on the plea that it is a “ swindle” and wee not submitted to the popular vote by the Convention. The third, or Leaveaworth coa- stitution, has been worked up in Kansas siace the presentation by the President of the Le compton document to Congress. A special mereenger, direct from Kansas, has just arrived in Washington with this new volunteer consti- tution, and we perceive that Mr. Seward, in the Committee of Conference, proposes that it shall holly supersede the Lecompton programme. Bat why all this difficulty? The Topeka, Le- compton and Leavenworth constitutions are substantially the same, except upon the subject of slavery. But that is exactly where the shoe pinches. The law and the legal regularities ro- quired are all in favor of the Lecompton con- etitation. Those points being all that the Pro ident was authorized to look to, he accepted that constitution and recommended it to Con- gress. But, oo paper, it makes Kansas ® slave State, and an ultra slave State. That's the trouble To be sure, this recognition of slavery in Kansas is nothing more than ® scarecrow; but it has effectually served ite purposes ae a scarecrow among the political jugglers of Congress, North and South. It ie because of the extent to which they have used it for their sectional, factious and selfish purposes that we fear every attempt now at a common half-way house of agreement will utterly fail. The question among these juggling politi- cians of Congress ie not the question of the le- gality or propriety of admitting Kansas under thie, that or the other constitution; batil is a NEW YORK .HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1858. purely seifirb question in reference to the game and to appeal t tuch existing British laws as for the next Presldeacy. And ao it is that the | were within hia reach the same as any other in- extremest concession to the South which wit! be | dividual Peltier was tried for a libel, eplen- satisfactory to the Northern factionists of Coa- grees will most probabiy b+ acou'ed by the Southern ultras, aud vice veraa, In view, there- fore, of the failure of the desperate alternative of this committee of conference, where will the reepoceibility belong for this faitare aad the failore of all otber efforts to remove this Kauras nuisance out of Washington and from the party politios of the day? We perceive that come ot our black republican cotemporaries, probably per order from Mr. Seward biu self, are charging this reaponsibility upep the sdmivistratioe. But this wiil vot do. The reeponribility belongs to the sections! and foctious demagogues and cliques of this Con- gress, who bave, right or wrong, resolved, upon this question, to crush the adwiuistration if they can. To aecomptish this purpose toe whol+ buck republican camp, the Dou. las r-negade- and the Soutbern Know Nothiug dough faces have stuitifed themeclves by swallowiag the Lecompton constitntion with the tittle eu zat coating of the Crittenden Moatgom-ry bill. For il practical purposes they might ju-t a» well have consented to let the people of Kansas Trjvet the Lecompton constitution after their vdaitcion as before their admission; : but this, ‘unfortunately, was the policy of the administra- tiou, which they must crush or cripple and demorulize before they can perlect their plaas for the snecession. We await the final issue of the game of these factionis's aod disorganizers with some aaxicty only in regard to the settlement of this Kansas agitation.) The acministration, having secured the recognition from all parties of the only great princrple at etake, has nothing to fear. tbe Two Napoteoos--What Next ta Mur ope? Thore attentive readers of history who ar- also close observers of passing eveats cannot but be struck with the many coinctdenc-s observable in the career of the first Napoleon aod the third. From the start, the nephew seems to have kept in view the policy and system of his uncle, and to have been full ot those “Napoleonic ideas” which elevated a Corsican eous-lieatenant to an imperial throne. Ever in biwtbort career the preseat Emperor has encountered many difficultics, and im tated many actions recorded in th~ life of the Capo- ral Viole, aud in the progress of events the co- iacidences may continue to be as curious, Both while sizing by force on absolute power have always avewed themselves the friends of liberty and the champions of the people, and both have received large mejorities whenever they have bad occasion to appeal to the French electora, There are three of thes» coiucidences worthy of note: in the frequent attempts at assassination, the interference with the freedom of foreign na- tiona, and the efforts to detach Russia from any system that migbt endanger the imperial dyoas- tiea In 1800 Napoleon came very near being assassinated at the Opera house by a baud of Jucobin conspirators, at the heed of whom was Arena, an ex-member of the Council of Five Hundred snd deputy from Corsica; Ceracchi and Diava, two Italian refugees, the former # sculptor, who, under pretence of model- ing the bust of the First Coasal, pro- posed to drive a dagger through his heart. Auotber of the confederates war Topino Lebrun, ao historical painter aud pupil of David, aad there were several other “entbusiasts of low condition” engaged in the scbeme. The plan faikd through the vigilanve of the police, bat -the circumstances 0° the plot were vot revealed to the public antil the subsequent more remark- able attempt of the royalists, with what was termed the infernal maohiae. This destructive engine, the inveution, according to Fouche, of 8 person vamed Chevalier, was exploded on the evening of the 24th of December, in the same year, in the street St. Nicaise, as Bonaparte was driving tothe Opera with Lanaes and Bessieres. While slumbering in bis carriage an explosion took place. “ We are blown up!” said the Con- sul, #8 he awoke amidst thunder and flame. Two or three bouses were badly injured, twenty pertons were killed aod fifty-three weunded. The intended victim was saved from death by being two seconds of time beyond the moment of the explosion. The next memorable attempt wos that of General Mallet, who, during Napo- Jeon’s absence in bis Rursian campaign, pro- jected and partially succeeded in overturning his government While under the restraint of the police for former political offences, and an actual occupant of maison de santé, he procared ® forged decree of the Senate aanounoc- ing the death of the Emperor, the abolition of the imperial authority, and the establishment of a provisional government; the document apparently attested in an official mapper. Escaping from bis confinement, drese ing bimeelf in full aniform, and accompanied by # corporal in the guise of an aid-de-caatp, he obtained the control of the troops, seized Sa- vary, the then Minister of Police, ordered the tocrin to be sounded, and bad nearly established bis quarters in the Hotel de Ville. While on his wey to the Place Vendéme, however. he was suddenly encountered by General Hullin, recognized by the Chief of the MilitarpPolice, captured, and in a. week afterwards was,shot with twenty-four of his associates in the plain | of Grevetle. This affair gave the Emperor more uneasiness than any other attempt ever made against his life or authority, and led him to separate bimself from his retreating army and burry beck to Paris, Louis Nepoleon has had many similar expert- ences, and the last attempt on his life reminds us ot the infernal machine in many of its cir- cumstances, and the disastrous consequences to a large number of innocent persona In 1802 tho royalists, who had found shelter in England, wero very active in their opposi- tion to the First Consul, and one of their num- ber, Peltier, established 9 newspaper in London, (U' Ambigs,) in which he made Nwpoleon the sab- ject of the most bitter and violent attacks, and which were much relished by the Bri- tish nation So infuriated became Na poleon that he , made « peremptory demand on the British government that the at- tacks of the press should be discontinued, and that the French émigré» be sent out of England. It was Lord Hawkesbury, we believe, who, in replying to the notes of the French Envoy, M. Otto, asserted theee memorable principles, still of authority enough to send Lord Palmerston into retirement, ‘that the French government must have formed very crroneous judgment of the dirposition of the Britieh nation and of the charscter of ite government, if they have beeo taught to expect that any representation of a foreign Power will ever induce them to a viola tion of those rights on which the liberties of the people of that country are foanded.” Bo hapurty wae obliged tu abandon this attempt, Gidly defended by Mackintosh, and though found guilty, wa pever brought up for sea- tence. He wns, however, too smal? game for Napoleon, who bad the mortification to perceive that it was he who bad been tried rather than Peltier. Who does not perceive that the late diploma- tic intercourse between France and Eagiand bas recently turned upco eimilar points? Lanis Nu- poieon, bisColcnels and bis Munister have com- plained of the facilities afforded in England to the enemiee of his throve; bas sought their ex- etusion not only from tbat country, but Swit zeriand, and bas in reality demanded a change in the principles of the British laws nad consti tation. TF siting in this, he is now left to such existing statutes ar may apply to the conspiracy ot Oreini, Berosrd avd Ailsop, aud doubtless with po very good feeling. The recent interview of Louis Napoleon with the Emperor of Russia at Stattgards also re- minde uscf these of Napoleon L with Alexna- der at Tilsit and Erfurt. The eolossal power of Rwesia is really the only obstacle to the re vivnl of the continental system of the first Napoleon ehould it again be attempted. An al- liasce with ber would plsce the Eastern World st the mercy of the two Emperors. So the first Nepoleon thought, and so the preseat Na- poleon wey imagiue. There is one coincidence not yet ocourred— the attempted invasion of England On oom- ing into power the present Emperor, in some of bis manifestoes, alluded to the probability of the time when certain old wrongs would be re dreseed, and be was understood to have iu wind the predictions and the wrathful legacies of the Exile of St. Helena, Should such aa idea lurk in bis mind, either as aa inheritance or un adroit ercape from interual disorder, and there be fartber attempts of the Brutuses, 60 called, of France and Italy, it is not impossible we may yet witoees the most remarkable event in mo- dern times. Steam has now nearly equalized the marive power of the two great nations; gocd machivery and well served artillery sre now the common property of both. If Lord Nelson were again alive, his talents would not now be practically as valuable as when he kept the Boulogne flotilla at bay. Then sails ruled the sea, but now it is steam. Who can tell what would be the result of the departure of three or four divisions of large steamers at night from the coast of France, carrying a force of fifty or sixty thousand men, convoyed by fighting squad- rons to keep an aseailing enemy in check? It is impossible to foresee tho consequences of such an enterprise. The English people themselves do not shut their eyes to its possibility. It is Montholon who tells us that the first Napoleon always considered the invasion of England practicable. What does the second Napoleon think of it? We may see. It is well known that the coast defences of Englaod have not kept pace with the modern improvements in the art of war, and even the great Wellington bad his moments of anxiety as to her future safety. Tnx Street Commissioner Ficnt.—It will be teen by our colamns this morning that the Mayor has sent all the papers in Devtin's case to the Grand Jory for an indictment. The fight for the spoils of the Street Commis- tioncr’s office will be a desperate one—natu- rally #0, because it is more productive of pick- ings than any office in the State. [t is far more important to the incumbent than that of the Mayor or any other official; for the Street Com- missioner’s Department embraces a variety of otbere, and controls a great deal ot money. There is the bureau of the Collector of Assoxs- ments, the bureau of Lamps and Gas, the ba- reau of Repairs and Supplies, of the Superiaten- dent of Woarves, Superintendeat of Roads, and Superintendent of Street Improvements ll there subordinate offices bave been placed under the authority of the Street Commissioner by the cbarter of 1857. The Street Commissioner, in fact, has now the disbursement of over three millions and « half s year—balf the entire ex- penditure of the city. So that the post is worta fighting for. Ic ie in the Street Department that nearly all the rogueries of the last five or six years have been goitg on. About three millions a year may be enfely set dowa as the rate at which the city is plundered, and the greatest portion of this amount finds sn outlet through the different buresus of the Street Department. But the Street Commissioner does not stand alone re- tponsib'e. Tho Comptroller bas the issuing of the bonds and warrants upon which all the monty is paid, and the frauds which have been growing with euch frightful rapidity for some years past could only be perpetrated either with the connivance or through the ignorance and careleseness of the Comptroller. The loose fashion in which the financial affairsof the city have been conducted in Mr. Flagg’s time seems to have thrown the doors of his department open to a set of fellows who ‘know but too well how to avail themselves of the neglect. ‘ The revelations, euch as they were, of tho late investigatidns sbow this to be the fact, and suggest at once that Mr. Flagg is incapacitated | for his office and in common justice to the over- taxed city should retire. With regard to the developements made by Conover, of Dévlin’s alleged complicity with the frauds in street opening and grading, they have only exhibited a specimen brick in the bullding, the founda- tion whereof we sball never reach as long as the present system of municipal government is in operation. Five thousand dollars here and tea thousand there are nothing out of the pile of plundered wealth accumulated by various Tthodes through the medium of the Street De- partment. We may expect to witness one of the most deeperate cumbuts for the spoils of office ever known, about the Street Commissioner's depart- ment it is golden guerdon for which a cavalier may well splinter » lance, Plutus aud Mercury, the god of gold and the god of theft, are the deities presiding over the battle field. Tar Centrat Pank.—Every day's growth of the city deepens the necessity for an extensive park through which our people may breathe the pure air of heaven unpolluted, and in whose beantiful glades they may find relaxation from their arduous labors in the stifling atmosphere of the crowded metropolis The Central Park promircs this relief to our citizens when it is finished. How soon that will be depends upon the activity of the parties entrusted with its management; but at the present rate of work- ing we fear it is destined to be long way off. At first there was a great deal of excitement and bustle about it. The Commissioners were appa- rently very active. Woon vacancy occurred Mr. Belmont was at once sppointed to fill it; yet we do not see that the work is progressing very repidly. It is true that » hillock is beg cut down here, and a hollow filled ap there, and & wall laid at another point, but considering the exigency of the case the progress is mise rably slow. They manage these things better in other large cities, When Louis Napoleon uo- dertook to convert the Bale de Bologue ivto a poblic park, it was truckless forest, almost a wilderness; yet in a twelvemonth it blossomed like a garden—the desert was tranrformed into charming land-cape. Here it takes the life- time of a generation to effect the same object, and for the simple reason thas every pubtic work is made a job of, If an individual uoder- takes to build a store or « dwelling house, or to lay out his grounds, the work proceeds Ike en- obantment, But when the ame thiugs are to be done for the public service, it takes an age to accomplish them, The Commissioners of the Central Park must bestir themsetves We can- not afford to wait a balf century forthem The longs of the city are congestive aud want imme- diate relief. Tue Oyster House Crrrics arrer ULiMAN.— The unanimity of the journals in relation to the able direction of the Academy of Masie by Mr. Ullman bas given to their articles an air of sameners which was rap‘dly degenerating into commonplace, It is therefore quite refreshing to see that there are two exceptions to the geae- ral rule. The first and most oitter opponent of the little Napoleon of Irving pluce is a “one borse” weekly paper, and tbe second is a “one horse” daily (Freach) journal. These pundits pour out their phials of wrath upon the head of the maneger without stint. The one horse weekly attempta to stir up popular feeling against the opera bells, and claims that it has originated the bill against masqnerades tbat bas passed the Senate, but which will not probably be reached in the Assembly. Botb these fiery fellows are exceedingly angry be- cause they have been excised from the free liat. The Chevulier of the French one borse daily boldly announces that bis bank account stands £0 well that be can afford to pay for Lis admie- sions, and it is to be boped that he will extend his liberality to bis butcher, bis baker, his tuilor and bis laundress. He assumes the atti- tode ot Brutus, aud is willing to sacrifice him- self tor the snke of the “liberty of the press.” He reminds the Napoleon of the Opera that the Capitol is only one step from the Tarpeian rock, and evinces # bloodthirsty inclination to throw him over. The ove borse weekly thinks it would be a good idea to send Uflman to the penitentiary. Really, between the French Chevalier who wants the blood of the manager of the Aca- demy, and the one-horse jourvalist who menaces his personal liberty, the little Napoleon is in @ bed way. He must have committed some great crime, this Uilman, according to these public avengers. The patrons of the Academy are not, we fear, aroused to a dae sense of the fall measure of bis turpitude, otherwise they would not fill bis establishment every night as they do. We are afraid that they sec that the attacks are simply personal, and have nothiag whatever to do with the merits of the perform ances at the Academy. They believe that the trouble arises from the débris of the oyster house critios, who, with the artists, formerly managed the Opera The artists were particularly dis- gusted during the last season because Ullman resolved to direet the Opera without consulting their whims or cxprices, and without submitting to their extortione—in fact, to demand the value of the exorbitant ealaries which he paid to them, so far as he could get it. He succeeded in this, aud was master of the situation, So the old quarrels between the sopranos and the tenors and the barytones snd the fiddlers broke out over again. [t was a shame that a prima donna could not have all the applause she wanted, and it was @ general cause of complaint that the artiste did not receive all the money that was taken at the doors, These were -departares from well settled precedente, and a few of the old oyster house critics rashed to the reeoue of the distressed singers, That appears to be the foundation of this terrible imbroglio, and the tecret of the one horse attacks upon the direo- tor of the Academy. As the publio pays no particular attention to them, however, it is borely poseible that he will not be thrown over the Tarpeian reek or sent to Blackwell's Island just yet. In the meantime, as things are very dull just now, we sbonld all be thankful for this little infusion of vinegar exuded from the heel of the oyster House critics, It freshens things up amazingly. Brookiyn City News. MURDER OF A WIFP BY HER HUSGAND—ARRESt OF THR MCRDRRBR. About beif past four o' stock, oa Friday afternoon, « man uamed John Kelly, who bas been but a fow days oat of the pevitenvary, went to the house of his wi 'e, Rose Kelly, io Navy street, rear Prospect, where ho m™ his wise, and after apply fog insulting opittfets to her, rushed at ber witb a koifo and ‘nflioted Ove wounds, ope of which was #uffictent 10 cause death, which oconrred at the bos- pital yesterday morning. I: appeare that tbe busbaad, some two months siace, being out of work or too lazy to work, applied to the Superintendent of the Puor for assistan se, and was sent by Uber instigation to che penitentiary for two months. He bad frequently ascauited bis wi'e, and abo was threaten. tog W compiain of bim for avaguit and battery when he wee pent to of been a vagrant Daring bis ab serce eho did best #be could © su horsolf a4 three children, aod foaring his abuse on ebe went to ber meters in Navy street, near Prospect, where sbe was at the tine the crim was commited, On his retura t© Brooklyn,oo Friday evening, he fouad bia wife at her tie reridence, and afer cli her witb incotrtancy jarde bim aud applying ‘nauitiog opi theta towards ber, he drew a knife and stavbod her five times, inflicting injaries from which abe died on daurday morning Both thighs were cot across ant both sides were piorced, from tbe leftof which the bowels protruded. ‘She was also cus on one of her banda. tune toe blows were given. The cause of the whole diMoulty aj The murdered woman » And proceeded to order a poet mortem examination of the body, which revealed the Tollow img face :— ‘was one wou sd In the fore of the right thigh ‘and one on the fore part of the ee oe C7 abdomen, Jongth , 8% return to ber THE LATEST NEW Important from the National State Capitals. | POSTPONEMENT OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD Defeat of the Canal Measure: the Legislature, &o., &e., Our Special Washington ion, ‘THD KaN8A8 OONFERSHC COMMITTRE—HaNTA 4 SOHEMES— OFFIOBKS OKD*XKD TU THE W 48 imi MAOBDONLAN— APPOINTMENTS BY THE Pets Wasmtsaton, Aprit 17, 1 ‘The joint Committee ef Confereuce on Kaosas a: mally this morsiog. All preseat cave Mr. 3s; Nothing was done, the chair man o% being prevared port. It will moet aga'a oa Monday. It is believ« by the abiest politicisas that if the Senate bil we Ported now it would pass the foase; and it is ve that aoy material msidca ion will endanger its pa Letiors received here trom Vera Cruz of atau state that with ‘he kixteen officers, lea‘ers iu a pr: Senta srpa Move neat to Meaice who ware arrest board the British steamer Dee a Tampico, on tas su letters were taken with them tonding wo show that Avpa bad entered into ap arracgement with spain t jugare the Mexican republic aud to estavtish « moo OF to mare tt a toreten dependency, ‘The steaw friga’e Wabash te now preparing for tt Giterrancen equedron ab the Navy Yard, Brovkiyn. following are ber «flivers:—Fiag O@eer—k A F letie; Copteio—Samue Barron; Lieotenania—O, RI ger , Silas Bent, Thomas G. Corbin, Wateon Smite A Beesett, BE W Beary and Joba Tay'or Wood; Sc Of tbe Feet— William Johoson; Passed Assistant Surg J. Racenstewm; Avsistact Surgeon—J, 8, Kitobon; Fogtreer—B F. Garvin; Firet assisteat Eog'ocers— Paterson and M. Fletcher; Second Assistant Fogta: E,W. Menmng and J. B. Kimball; Taira Aseisvan giceers—J. W Thowpson, G. 8..N. Tower, M. HE and JH Butler; Chaplain—Joun Lee Watson; Pure George Harris, ‘The following officers bave bern ordered to th» si war Macedonian, Gttiog out at Boston for the Medi gean:—Captain U. P. Levy, Lieutoosnts a D. Barret R. Morgan, F. A Roo, Ovoar O Badger, ani W. K kins; Sorgeop James Palmer, Purser J. V. Bleecker Mr Raveom H. Gillett, principal law ass'stent office of the Attarney General, bas resizoed. the following appototmerts Dave been confirme t Senete:—C. D. B. Feasseugen, Co lector of the Casto Now Bedford, Mass., reappointec; Mogea F O.te11, of York, appraiser of merchan ise under the art api March 2 1*61, vice 8 D Dillaye, removed; Chi Davie, of Virgima, to be a Chapiain in the Navy, vice McKenney, deceased; Aigervon 8. Garrett, of Va, Assirtapt Surgeon; Joseph Wilsca, Jr., to be a Sur promoted; Jobn W. Sanfor1, Jr.,ot N.C, and H B. Of D.C. te be Assistant Surgeons; Chas. Eversiiold, Surgeon, promoted; thw. J. Chariton, of Ga., and L. Lowndes, Jr., of Maine, to be assistant Surgeons; Jackson, of Mich., Robert H Clark, of Del, aad J. B forth, of Ml, to be Pursers; Samuel Arcbibald, te Chief Engineer of the Navy. &o. Mr. Foor, (opp ) of Vt, withdrew bis resoiatioa the Senate re-assombie on the first Monday in Nuveo and tptroduced the came proposal in the shape of a whch was read twice and laid over for futere eideration. ‘THR DRYICTENCY BILL. Mr. Hunrer, (adm ) of Va, made an carnest ende to bave the D- ficiency bill taken up Meeers. Fmmenspkx, (opp ) of Mo ,and Tromncit, (¢ of Ti, equally earnestly opposed taking |; up act! Senate sbal: bave time to consider it, Me. Ferecudea ing Coat We somwistravon khacw of these pecessitt: Jupvary a8 wel as tt doee pow, aod fr Trum pull at that o belief exists that mocd o this defcieacy arwes' Contracts cotered into without saucuoa of lew, aad | ® usurpation on the part of the gorerament ie quark Su army tn Kapras, aod semaing apother to winter ic Rocky Mountains Pwal'y we bill wes made the special ordor for oc. cck op slopcay, Mr Bale previonsly moving to aa by adaing a recuon, tat no contract sdall be beec-t entered uito by avy cilicer of the gverament excep der law, oF under an ati0d a tequate for wat Ment The act of May 1, 1820, #0 prowises, exept ie Quarter master's O« parvment ana ter. Hae's amoads ta intended to cover that omission ‘THK PACIIO RALLROAD BILL Was then taken up. Mr Bexsam, («dm.) of La., considered it obvious the Serate cacuot agree on aay route = With « dunvot: treasury, oars aod prospec tve expenses, be could thik that sepators i@agice they can pase the bili would therefore move, as & Lost Vows, that the fart copaideration of the subject be p stgoped tl Lecea Mr. Gwix (adm ) of Cal, would consider such «+ AD InCicaLoD Lbat the admuwistratioc doce mot tateac give aDy aid to connect the Atiaatic with the Pacis, a8 8 violation of ali the pledges of 1566, Mr. Jounson, (adm ) of Ark.. said the apirit of sect allem w& 60 »troog that Were & Do hope Of a rou e uffe Justice w the south. He wouls tacrefore vote w postp the subj ct ul December. Mr. Hovston, (opp ) ot Texas, moved that the Easi term'nus of sho soa; be in arkansas, Opposite Memp Tennessee, ano *poke in favor of tbe El I’aso rows Mr, Browwnicx, (opp.) of Cai., remiaced tne ada tration opponents of tho bill thatthe vote of Cai’er Was given to wr, Bucbanen on the feith of @ I’sciflo rarire As to a0 extreme evutbero route, we might as we I tas railroad to the moon, inasmech as it Wind cont an rq emount tocarry the ruad from douta Califorum w Sea Fr cco. Mr. Iverson, (adm) of Ga, was in favor of thec Struction of tbe roed, and believed it constituuoam Make euch 8 coutrect. Gorerament now payx oae citi three buvdria thoarana dollars annually for carryiog mails from toe Ads ti to the Pacific. Tous, oefors sai years it will Dave expended, at the prenent rates, millions, while the raiiréad will coet only weary ‘Which is "be Most ecoporice: the wud toe voae can jucge. Mr Iverson then explamed tis pina, wb bad been voted down. It was @ compromise line, tne Sioux being 00 the paralie! of Chicago, the middle of lipe being within reach of St. Lowe ant the south, or 1g tBe Rito Grance somewhere at Aiboquarque, mi bs c Dect with the Texan lives, thus giving & capect.o & pols plccmerny: pmwy AS erg the North offered bat Mir. GneKn, (adm.) Of Mo, did Dot like to moar ths ta raised on this que lian of the North aod south for ¢ Treason thet if the road was buili at ail it wii be for « interests of all He velieved that tne pablic sentinens the North itself ould sustain thu view, and tas ¢ North would do “justice, though the heavens ‘ali.’ ean dave but one road, hence the centrai roate off Bearty equal justice to the North aad souta. Toe cow Of he truk sipe is Comparatively waimportaat to th: pe He wterest, but the location of the tormio! if tmooru: Dill locates the Western terminus at saa Prasci« but leaves « floating margio for the Retern. [ne reas that no Eastern terminus is Hamed Is Because OAM Og © Perticalar terminus would Daserd the love of we bi bile be wished to co operate in the great work of co Bection Wi.D the | ecife, be could pot do it wth this om preeson, which was virtuily efreud. If we demgne Sab Franckeeo aa the Western terminus, le us Govigas the Eastern, or specify veitaer Mr Wrison, (Opp ) of Mare., eed that the sectimeat the Stato of Waevectinestia ches unaoimiry to fore of the Pacific Reiitoad, ano he would ay taat sho bat + tbe subject none of tne sectional feeling #arch she br been royreseuted as ba: Tae perpic 1 Maxsacd setts are & commercial and manufacturing people, favor of the best route North or south, for wnicher way itma be it will benefit twom Bat be would vot the matter, for the regeon that we bave no.hic pon, ts & diversity « i Fase Hel ta ist pie rill ite tie