The New York Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1867, Page 4

ARPAIRS. IN Difficulties of the Eastern Question and Prospect of a Great War. Infideis, Bussiqns and Sympathizing Chris- tians Mustering for a Final Struggle. The Spanish Elections and Position of Queen Isabella’s Throne. JURIES OF THE PARIS EXHIBITION, ke. &e ae. ae, Qur special correspondence from Constantinople aod Alexandria, dated to February 28, embraces matter of much interest and importance relative to the Eastern question difficuity, the actual situation of the Christians in Crete and the prospect of a great war, during which the power of the Turks in Europe will likely be ex- tinguished. The social condition in Egypt is also delineated in a very agreeatfle manner, and the condition of the subjects of the Viceroy, now about to enjoy constitutional govern. +ment, described. - The Paris Liberté of March 14 says:— Wo aro assured that General Prim has entered into ne- gotiations with an American banker {or a loan of two inillions of franes, on account of the Progreséista party. This bankor only delivers him this sum ia bonds, such as railroad securities, coupons, &c., which General Prim undértakes to negotiate, The Journal du Havre of March 13 reports:— Mustapha Fagit Pacha, brother of the Viceroy of Egypt, and known as chief of the “Young Turkey "had an interview yesterday with the Marquis de lier, in order to submit to him a project of cons tution for the Ottoman empire. ‘The Bavaria Gazvtte of March 8 publishes the resolu- tions of the Conference of Stuttgard, which indicate as a basis of the union of the States of South Germany the following conditions :-— 1. The fixing of a minimum per centage of the force which must be put under arms. 2, Similarity of military tacti The regulations shall agree as far as possi- ble; particularly the field signals and service are to agree. 4, The same kind of arms and ammunition shall as far as possible be adopted. 5. A common set of ma- neuvres shall be prescribed. 6. The officers shall re- ceive the same instruction. A Roman proclamation bas been issued at Frasimore offering a reward of six hundred scudi for the capture of every brigand, dead or alive, and twelve hundred scudi for the capture of every chief of a band. The Roumanian government intends to appoint a per- manent diplomatic agent at Vienna, Herr Becke, the Austrian Finance Minister, has sent a circular to the subordinate financial authorities in Hun- gary informing them that they will in future be subject to the Hungarian Minisier of Finance. A telegram from Constantinople says:— ‘Ihe demands of the Viceroy of Egypt communicated to the Porte by Nubar Pasha have met with a favorable reception from the Sultan, who does not consider them as infringing upon his sovereign rights. The Berlin Garetie Nationale of March 13, says:— There is being made a considerable movement in the Russian army. Troops are marching towards Bender, Kichernief and Odessa. The Russian government gives ‘as the reason for these movements the necessity of using @ great number of soldiers in constructing railroads, From Constantinople, under date of March 15, we loarn that the Cretan delegates were busy, in concert with the commission appointed by the Porte, with the organization of a new system of administration for the Island of Crete, and that the Minister of War, Hussein Pacha, bad set out on a mission to Crete. The Paris Constitutionnel of March 18 says:— A @espatch from Rome announces a measure which attests the good will of the Pontifical government for facilitating relations between the Roman states and the kwgdom of Italy. The transit duties on merchandise crossing the Pontiiicai territory by railroad will be for the fature suppressed, and the baggage of travellers will be freed trom the stamps of the Custom house. fhe order bearing the suppression of these duties has been received at Florence with lively satisfaction. The Correspondance Russe publishes a singular article, which pretends to explain all the policy of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg on the Eastern question. That article may be summarized thus, says the Opinione Nationale: No direct intervention in Turkey, but encouragement and aid to every Grecian insurrection that may break out. On the side of Vienna implacable hostility st anything which may be done to reconc sovereignty of Galicia with the integrity of empire. Russia has proposed to the protectoral courts a rectifi- cation of frontier in favor of Greece, on the side of ‘Thessaly and Epirus. France, without going deeply © question, bas answered that, in view of the ‘of the people of -Thessaly and Epirus, such a jon was not at all urgent, and dectined 1 Russian proposal as inopportune. Russia did not insist. THE EASTERN QUESTIO SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Conspiracies on Foot in the Heart of the Capital ef the Grand Selgnior—The “Sick ‘onching His Last Gasp--Pro- o be Falfilled—Ragsian In- an ish Austrian ernment, &c. Constantixopie, Feb. 24, 1867. The Sultan ts about to send ten fresh battalions to Candia He has plenty of soldiers of all the nationalities of the Orient around Constantinople. The mammoth barracks around Scutari, the Sweet Water and the sub- urbs of Pera are full of them, wearing a bastard uniform— fez cap, red pants and blue coat. Drum and fife resound daily in the streets, aye hourly. Recruits are pouring in from all parts of this extensive empire—from Eze- roum, Lake Vau, Mosul, Bagdad, Syria and Jerusa- Jem— young and old men coming in to participate in the straggle which is to be. They feel that it is not to cope with Candia they are called for. A war cloud is gathering certainly aod it hangs over Constantinople. The dreaded Muscovite, their hereditary enemy, gigan- tic Russia, is gathering his troops surely but quietly, and it is to guard his threatened frontier and the pride of the Orient that the Osmanlie trod the dusty higliways from bis far-off home. The edict of the et's vicegerent has been trsued, and every faithful follower of Mobammed will shed his heart's best blood before the Russian bear grasps his “darling Stamboul.” And yet a gloom hangs over them all, from the Sultan down to the rayah peasant, A prophecy is afloat that the Turks will be and arc destined before long to be driven from the Ei side to the Asiatic shores of the Bosphorus. Secret societies are held in Constan- ti nightly, which are significant indications of a mighty mn deadly conspiracy to deprive the «sick man’ of his stronghold. Two weeks ago I was travelling through the interior, and I found that the Christian Armenians of Asia Minor, residing at. Kbutaiab, Sivripissar, Sysgat, Tokat and , are tired of the iron rule of the vigoted . Their very faces, in conversing with me on the sul betrayed their rage and impa- tionce. ‘Moslem against Christian’ will be the cry, and “Allah Ackbar! God wills it!’ will once more re- sound through the fertile valleys of Anatoiia. The American je have won the respect of the ‘Turks by the calm, gentle, but unyielding manner with which all questions at issue between the respective gov- ernments were discussed and settied, All over Asta Minor, to its utmost boundaries, the ame of the American has extended. Ernin Bey, Chief of Stat! of Omar Pasha during the Crimean war, and now settled at Kbutaiah, desires the Americans, after their date war, to bebave themselves, kiss and make friends, of else, ‘‘Allaba Vof,”’ | wil not be able with my pension to buy my sugar and cotton stufts for my harem, if you go tO War again. Next to the government of Abdul Azziz the Padischah, “the Americana ig the greatest on the globe.’ Our tative at the Court of the Grand Seignior, Edward Joy Morris, is working hardin the cause of t Cretana, but pm an ae ee 4 be lately made an attempt to procure the influence of the whole diplomatic body in betlalf of the persecuted Christians; Wel noun ing to his owm Version of the story he was snubbed bi them all. “I went, according to instructions rece) on from Mr. to the British Embassy, and saw Lord Lyons, ‘Wy said, ‘I admire your spirit, and my sympathies, ristian, are with the Cretans; but — but—1 bave received no such instructions from my gov- ent, and therefore, my dear Nr. Morris, can do The polite, yet sarcastic French Minister said ‘Sorry rt jonsieur,’ and 80 on with them all.” Isee that La Franc: denies the state. ment; but these are the very words Mr. Morris told me. Our government has taken the initiative step, as she always dooa, and I hear that you are sending large con. tributions in from America to aid them, I took a trip to the island of Candia a weok ago, and saw with my own fy enough to convince me of the fo the Turk. In the of Canea there are y-seven graves rifled. rations of churches and cemeteries take place contmually, and a report, the trath of which, however, I will not guarantes, thougl its souree is such as to induce me to believe it, says that in the cemetery of Porivorlia two recently buried bodies were hung by the neck and fired at by the Turks. This seoms incredible, but it is nevertheless reported and be Leved Not long ago tho American Consul was obliged to pro NEWYORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1867.-TRIPLE SHEET. ae eck ther Hie monastery of Kalissa, almost. under his fi invasion, . ie fainthes of the Cretans flying from the troops are thrown into great misery destitutwn ; their vineyards destroyed and everyting abandoned iy which they could exist, they a, City about in mountains, living in caves an porary places theptahe fod, sudering much from fevers, but DK ing the Turkish soldiery more than what they ectually EQypr. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Americans in Eaypt—The Viceroy’s People at the Parte Exposition—The Fellah at Home— Comparison between the Egyptian and Turkish Rajah—Independent Conduct of the Vicerey Towards the Sultan-French In- trigue—Aduirs in Crete, &c4 ALexanpaia, Fob, 28, 1867. No nation in the world has its representatives ‘Scattered's0 widely abroad asthe American. Wherever there is anything or ought to be anything to be seen one Will see the genial good natured face of an American. Hero in Alexandria they may be seon daily preparing for their trip up the muddy Nile. The Pyramids, Memphis, or the “Silent City,” Thebes and other places of interest along the historical banks of the river, form the attractions which draw the young American away from the pursuit of business in his own happy land to gaze with admiration and wonder on those grand monu- ments of the glorious past. The Consul’s office is beseiged daily by our young coun- trymen for the purpose of exchanging a ‘good morn ing, sir; “happy to make your acquaintance,” to con- verse on the topics of the day, to argue about the politi- cal aflaira of America, to obtain all the necessary infor- mation for his intended trip up the great river, to seek advice from one better acquainted with the manners and customs of the country, or perhaps merely to shake bands, Having done which he lolters around the city of Alexander, his mind at ease, careless of the morrow, as if he had returned once more to sallies and impulses of chitdbood, He ean be seen around the palace of the Viceroy, wonder and admiration depicted on bis fea- tures, or taking a ride on a donkey, followed by a fleet- footed Arab youth on foot, who generally has one hand erasping the donkey's tail, while with the other he pricks and belabors the patient animal, shouting and yelling at the top of his voice. Tne American may be seen also wandering unconcernedly through the bazaars, whero he is jostied rudely by the wild Arab, the Copt, the Turk, the Moor and the woolly headed Ethiopian, but our countrymen take it all gond-humoredly. Or, perbaps he is following some dark-eyed angel in petticoats, who reminds him of a “Peri of Paradise,” while bebind him scowls the black eunuch, laying bis band on his scimetar and other threat- ening demonstrations, neither of which is understood by our young countryman, who gazes with undisguised wonder at the beautiful features of the Oriental damsel. Or, perhaps, he may be seen dreamily looking down at the muddy waters of old Nile, seeing in his mind’s eye Moses, the little infant in the ark of bulrushes, and eee- ing the daughter ot Pharoah finding the lovely boy, in- nocently smiling at the daughter of the enemy of his race, Pharoah of Ezypt. One thing after another passes in silent review before him, holding bim entranced at the stupondous and miraculous deeds performed on this river, until with 4 deep sigh, he turns around to look at the modern city of Alexandria, and finds, alas! 'twas but a dream. The Viceroy of Fart intends to send to the Exposition of Paris, among other specimens of Egyptian art, the model of a “fellah’s house,” with a building for drome- daries, &c, Ihope I shall not be forestalling the interest our people may take in studying the Nile peasant in the Champ de Mars by penning for the readers of the Her- ALD a brief sketch of the home and habits of this modern Exyptia in advance. The style of architecture of a feilan’s house” is almost invariably the same, its size varying from three to six metres square, and in height a composed of marsh reeds platéred witht cow's du compos cow's the top covering being a flat earthen roof; a hole in the reeds of about ten centimetres diameter nts a window. and there isa saa typical oa door by which the fellah enters on all fours. this unpar- titioned wigkam sleeps the fellah, his wite (or wives) and childeen, and frequently his children’s busbands or wives their children. Here also about halt a dozen fowls and two or three goats nightly se-k shelter. furniture is quité in keeping with the house. Name the hallah (a kind of saucepan}, three or four wooden 6; a straw mat, a primitive Egyptian handmill, used by the women in grinding indian corn for food; the gullch, or earthen drinking vase, and a larger one for carrying wa in the of Rebecca; add to these a rude cushion, a quilt anda looking glass the size of one’ hand—and you have es flattering an inventory of tl household goods and effects of an Fgyptian villager as any knight of the hammer could present to the public, the value of the whole being from ten to twelve francs, or two dollars and fifty cents. Tt is not by jnadvertence that the coffee roasting, grinding and boiling apparatus are absent from this for the luxury of a cup of coffee is not among the bi comforts of the Viceroy’s model peasant. The haf, or night covering, is the kon article approaching bed furniture which the fellah possesses, and has for its basis cotton sewn and patched over with coarse rags, the whole forming an accumulation of filth and vermin, hence the common epithet, “Wosheck zahil la haff,”’ (your face is as foul asa fellah’s quilt) Towels’ and soap are also, of course, upkvown luxuries to the fellah, whose costume entirely accords with his other domestic equipments—his scanty and only covering being a coarse shirt, generally ragged, Giid bever washed; except by immbrsion pew tad then in the river Nile. "On such occasions the owner of the garment repores in a state of nature on the banks of the tiver while the shirt is drying. Ismail Pacha’s mode! subject, to be true to real life, should appear at the Paris Exhibition in his native cos- tume. If he does, even Parisian modistes will, I venture to think, pronounce the effect a little too near the primi- tive fig leaf of mother Eve. There are, I need hardly tell you, no such things as village schools, and the fellah has no meaus of insiruc- tion within his reach, and, consequently, possesses no knowledge whatever beyooud the animal instincts of a , the sleeping floor of whose hut may be taken as 'ypicat of his morality. Since the days when Pharoah and his taskmasters ruled over Egypt, the bondsman or fellah has in fact undergone little #r no change, and none for the better; and yet be is to be the constituent element, the basis of the new “constitutional government”’ which is about to be established here, with a view to be acctimatized in Candia, and subsequently transplanted to the European continent, (o fractify and spread even perhaps to the coveted shores of tho Bosphorus, We all know the legend of a mission undertaken by a certain gentieman in black, who, with alt his crafty ity and golden promises, failed in executing his design at the very moment when he believed his object accomplished, namely, the accidental protrusion of his tail at the moment; and one cannot help thinking that the less Ismail Pacha obtrudes his fellah on the notice of civilized Europe and enlightened America, the greater wili be his prestige in the East, and what may be of more importance to him, his credit in the West, Turkey may be poor and her peasant rajahs ty en, still the condition of a ‘Turkish village is be- mparison better than that of the Egyptian It is therefore to be boped in the cause of humanity, as well as in_ the interest of free commercial enterprise, that the plague of the cowrbach and baka! system may at least be kept within its present limits, Returning to my immediate subject, I have only to add that the building for dromedaries is not a character. istic adjunct to a tellah’s homestead, ninety per cent of these valuable animals belonging to the trading Viceroy himself, to bis pachas, or to the Sheik-el-belieths, It seems to be a foregone conctusion that Turkey must fall, Among all classes it is the theme of interest. At the divans and at the cafes they diseuss it with the great est sang froid. Therefore,.1t is not surprising that t Viceroy of Egypt calmly, even inaolently, sent to the poor Sultan an inventory of what he needed. It if not surpt Z, either, that_he withhotds the lawful tribute, for he knows thatthe Sablime Porte must knuckle down, The disinterestedness of Ismail Pacha was and is more n real, for he is a deep dissembler, as his predecessor, Mehemet Ali, was, I learn from reliable authority that he holds a firman from the Sultan ceding to him the island of Crete, on payment of a considerable sum, The exchequer of the Porte, by the bye, is now in a very low state and needs replenishing. Tt only remai for Ismail Pacha to take session of the island. It notorious fact that the French gov- ernment is aware of these negotiations between the Suitan and the Viceroy; that it approves and encourages the transfer; that it was the concurrence of France that induced Abdul Azziz to sign this act of cession, The object of this conduct on the part of the French in as. senting to this project is to secure permanently the good will of the Viceroy of Egypt, and to promote the suc- r ing ont of the Suez Canal. ta stand still in Crete, just now, if you will good deal of diplo- wads cut off for the sal there, and volunteers except a matic corresponden of pastime, troops burry oF the Christian foree continually land The barbor of Canca is a place of unusual interest at present, almost every uy Consequence being represented there by one or two veseels-of-war, Bat soou there will be stirring news FRANCE, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALO. hibition Juries—French Paff of Eastern Watering Places, &c. Panis, March 12, 1867 The ballot for the juries of the fine art section of the Universal Exhibition took place yesterday with the fol- Owing resuite:— Section of Painting, Drawing, &¢,—-MM. Cabanel, Gé rome, Pils, Bida, Fromentin, Baudry, Th. Rousseau, J. Breton, Frangals, Meissonnier Supplementary Jurymon—MM. Brian, Gleyre. Section of Seaiptare and Engraving on Medals—MM. Dumont, Berye, Guillaome, Cabet, Porrand, Soitoux. Supplementary Jurymen—MM, Jouffroy, Cavelier. Fection of Architecture—MM, if, Labrouste, A. Lenoir, Duc, Vaudoyer, Supplementary Jurymen—MM. Renaud, le Baron de Guilbermy Section of Engraving and Lithography—MM. Hen Tiquel-Dupont, Franeois, Moutlieron, Gaucher Yesterday was the last day on whieh the Exhibition was open to the public prior to the mauguration. No more objects destined to be exhibited will now be re- ceived, on any pretext whatever. A vast number of packages came in yesterday at the last moment, and 20 doubt many will arrive too late, reign for cutaneous campaign in Bosnia, for the use of his army. They Kisco (avid), ia about elgut heer Serai in a northwesterly direction, of any in Turkey in In the moat frequented jurOpe, middle of a village on the banks of the Fignitza, which flows into the Bosnia, bubbles up a maring Sromcty im- pregnated with carbon and iron. Patients are recom- mended to assist, im the operation of the waters by eat- ing bread which *is made with them. No. 3 is Bania, a Greek lox convent founded in 1400, Baniais in the valley of Leni ana about eighteen hours’ march from the fortified town of Vichigrad. The waters, in which there 1s a great quantity of soda and alum and a little iron, are considered good for rheum- atism and enchyloais,’ I have now given tourists may be tired of Hombourg, Kissingon, &c., some new names to ponder over and materials for consulting their maps, SPAIN. ‘SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD, for Members of Cor- © People to the Politi- cal Situation---A Spiritiess Aristocracy--- The Queen’s Position and an Ominous Warning from France---Family Jars of the Last Bourboi Maprip, March 11, 1867. The general elections—if so manifest a farce can be dige nided with sucha name—began yesterday throughout the Spanish part of the peninsula, The war of the elements which has been raging fearfully throughout the country, causing inundations, interruption of railway and telegra- phic communication, shipwrecks and other disasters, will probably in many places dolay the elections, for the want of common roads is so remarkable in Spain that a fow days of bad weather 1s enough to intercept the commu- nications of the agricultural voters with tho electoral col- egos. Yosterday the first election formalities took place in Madrid, and like all Spanish formalities wero lengthy and wearisome in the extreme. To-day the voting will begin, and will, or ought, to last two days. Nobody ap- pears to take tho slightest interest in the proceedings, nor are any men of political importance present, unless a fow heads of departments, governmont officials and 80 forth, may deserve the name. The two most important parties in the nation, namely the progresistas, who form the great majority, and the partisans of Genoral O'Donnell, have abstained to a man from taking any part in the election, having agroed beforchand to offer that silent but eloquent protest of their non-conformity with the unconstitu- tional tendencies of the Queen and bor unscrupulous advisers. It willbe no small difficulty for the govern- ment to get together a decent number of voters to go through their electoral farce here in Madrid and in the great centres of population; and in the agricultural dis- tricts I am assured that few will vote oxcopt the person- al dependents of the great landed aristocracy—an aris- tocracy which in Spain nas preferred to remain in igno- rance and idlenoss around the court to taking any hon- orable and independent part in the affairs of the nation. Even now that they have called upon their dependents and clients to support the government, it is not that they wish to take any part in the political organization of the kingdom, but that they hope that the new Cortes which, if one may judge by the candidates put in nomination, will be one of the most shamelessly servile, will yote away the few remaining forms which distinguish this hapless nation from the most despotically governed in Europe. In almost every other country of Europe the great territorial aristocracy have always shown a disposition to obtain, whenever a favorable no. offered, some portion of political r, other in alliance with the le orthe monarch; but a conti Spends sells ining pe, aa panish nobifity in a8 uupon them the consciousizess OF their not they have often refu ‘that sharo of which been thrust upon them in the dozen “consti- tutions’ which the false and fickle Bour- bons have successively sworn to and trampled on. The resuit of the elections it is easy to Coreseo. vy will be unamimous in favor of the government: fira , se there are no opposition candidates, for the few disputed elections will be between government nominees Bu by different Ministers. Every candidate for the deputyship bas sent in (as required) to the Minister of the Interior a written promise to vote and speak ac- cording to bis Excellency's vleasure, verbal promises of the same kind having before been broken and impudently denied, It will be a curious collection of autographs for some curious collector, these promissory notes of political serfdom. ‘That her Catholic Majesty’s Ministers mean to curtail the already very limited powers of Parliament is openly averred by the officials; that the Queen is intent upon doing away with them altogether, if not by this Cabinet, by another more thoroughgoing, iss fact that courtiers do not deny. She flatters herseif that the servile homage of the peasants offered to her on bended knee all the road when she last went to Portugal (and of which have been assured by some of our fellow countrymen who saw it) is an earnest that they would battle for ber divine rights—for such her Jesuit advisers have pro- nounced them to be. sho relies also on the army, which General tan Roman has eo carefully weeded for her. ‘Till now, therefore, all seoms, here at least in her favor. There are, however, some ominous clouds rolling towards her from’ the Freach frontier, Louis Napoleon, who permits no French newspaper to make | remarks upon his own private life or thatof any foreign sov- ereign whose friendship is an aim and an attainment, has permitted bis cousin Jerome Napoleoa’s newspaper, the Op:nione Nationals, to publish coarse diatribes con- cerning Queen Isabelia’s frailties, aud when the over zealous and biundering Don Alexandro Moro, the ~panish Ambassador in Paris, mindful of former imperial blandisbments, demanded the punishment of her Majesty's detractors, the French Caesar twirled his mustache, and told him smilingly that French news- paper must talk about something, and advised him (le perfide) to bring the editors before the tribunals. Imngine Queen Isabel's ‘soft side of the heart” dissected by a witty French advocate’s scalpel. To that consum- mafion the obtuse Asturian was about to ex] the Queen he represents at Louis Napoleon's licentious court. Luckily he was stopped in time, or Europe's cheeks might even now be expanded with laughter at the sovereign Indy’s expense, This symptom of enmity among the Bonapartes is looked on here as fraught with serioas consequences. ‘The Madrid Gazette of this morning contains a royal decree the publication of which afords another melan- choly proof of those family wranglings which are the vane of the Bourbons, Scarcely a month ago the Queen, in a sharp letter, written doubtless by the Minis- ter, Gonzal Bravo, a personal enemy of the Duke of Montponsier, upbraided the latier with counter the rumors of what she would call her fair fame, now, to-day, an example is made of the King Consort's brother, the Intante Don Hevrique de Bourbon, who deprived of bis rank of Spanish Prince, and of bis pen- sions, military rank aod orders of knighthood, His Royal Highness, though so personally insignificant that no public man will have anything to do with him, bas been publishing bis own weak effusions in the French pewspapers and trying to call public attention to his ab- surdities. It must be gall and bitterness to the ish Qneen that there is nota single member of her family who does not directly or indirectly add his or her contri- bution to the obloquy closing round her. THE CASE OF THE DAKOTA. We published some time ago an account of the sailing of the steamer Dakota from this port under what appeared to be suspicious circumstances, It was alleged at the time that a certain gold swindler left our shores on the steamer, and that there was reason to suspect the complicity of the captain. We now publish below, for what it may be worth, the captain's statement of the case and denial of his knowledge of any improper pro- ceedings:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. 28 tn relation to the steamer jon so far as it relates to the oa of John Ross, and charging me or (he owners of the vessel with improper conduct, Th = went out in ballast, consigned to Messrs, Wright and Co., of Rio Janeiro, for sale for account of Warren Leland, the owner, and her duly certitied by the Bra- zihan Consul, she having neither freight nor Messts Wright & Co. advanced $1 to0, and Mire Wood. ruf $11,800, for which they held the vessel as collateral security. These advances were required to relieve the vessel debt and to furnish her outfit, T delivered the vessel, after o rough , tothe consignees, who sold her, by virtue of their power of . 'T had nothing to do with the sale, ask of you the favor to corregt the misrepre- sentation, and to ropairas nearly ax Piossible the great wrong you have done mo? EDWARD S, HARDY, Late Master of stenmer Dakota. New Yous, April 2, 1867. Avotuen VAIN Atrevet fo Sacrrie orr ture Monrat Con. —Nellie Ward, the abandoned mistress of several promi Mich jers, having recently failed in her third attempt at suicide, in Detroit, went to Ypsilanti on the 27th of March, and then to Dearborn, Micb., on the 23th, whore, after eating a hearty dinner, she tried to shoot herself in the heart with a pistol. Tho ball glanced aside, and made a painful but not mortal wound. The wretched girl resolutely concealed her condition for eight hours, and when discoverett asked only for polson, declaring ber inflexible determination to de by some means as soon As possible THE COURTS. COURT OF APPEALS. A Proceeding to Establish Certain Trusts in Favor of all the Reformed Dutch Churches of the City. Before Chief Judge Davies and a full bench, Various motions to dismiss appeals were submitted. The Attorney Genera}, on the Relation of Nicholas J Marvellus, Appellant, vt, The Ministers, Elders and Deacons &f the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York, Respondents, This is a proceeding by information filed by the Attorney General on the relation of Nicholas J, Marsellus, as a minister of the church located at Green- wich, in the city of New York. Its object 1s to estab- ish trusts in two several Is of real estate, which are alleged to be held by the defendants in favor of the relator, as a minister of a Reformed Dutch church, in common with all the other ministers of the churches of that denomination in tbe city of New York, and to compel the application of the income a from such real estate to the support of relator and all such other ministers, From the printed case it is stated that there are three Dutch churches in the city; one in Lafayette place, one at the corner of Twenty-ninth street and Fifth avenue and another now being built on Forty-eightb street and Fifth avenue. These are in the enjoyment of a revenue of about $150,000 a year, derived from two wills, one of which was made in 1694 and the other in 1723. All the entitled, under thoso bequests, to share inthe beuetit of en u 1080 to in the bene! that fund. This is an information filed on the relation of one of the ministers of these churches to compel the application of this fund to the support and maintenance of all the ministers of the Dutch formed churches in the city, as being the original design of the donors, Ar- gued and submitted. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT—IN EQUITY. Liability of a Surety for the Fulfilment of a Contract. Before Judge Betts. Smith & Baker against Brewster. —This ts a suit of some interest and importance to members of the theatrical profession. It arose out of a contract entered into be- tween the plaintiffs, lessees of the New York theatre, and Sallie A. Hinckley, the danseuse and principal in the piece called Cendrillon, to the performance and fulfil- ment of which contract on the part of Sallie A. Hinckley, the defencant, Brewster, became surety to the plaintiffs, ‘The contract as set forth in the affidavits of the plaintiffs recites that on or about the 2d of November, 1866, the laintiffs entered into an azreement with one Sallie A, Hinckley, by which they agreed to give to the said Sailio A. Hinckiey for three months the exclusive use of all the company, orchestra, mecbanics and attachés of the Now York theatre and the exctusive use of all the machinery and other appliances in the said theatre for the produc- tion of theatrical plays therein, and also agreed that the said Sallie A. Hinckley should receive -the entire gross receipts of each night’s performance in said theatre dur- ing the said term for her own use and benefit, in consid- eration whereof the said Sallie A. Hinckley agreed to pay to the plaintiffs for the rental of the aforesaid privileges the sum of $600 per week, in advance, on Monday morn- ing of each week, and to assume the entire responsibility and payment of the salaries aad remuneration of the company, orchestra, mechanics and attachés; and also all bills for gaa, painting, advertising, internal revenue, and any and all expenditures, ordivary and extraordinary, that might be incurred in the production of the per- formance and carrying on the business of said theatre during said period; and also to t and keep the contracts then existing between the plaintiffs and their employés, and to retain the services during said term of the plaintiffs, and pay for the same the sum of $100 per week; that since said agreement went into effect there have been at least sixty-seven theatrical performancos in said theatre; that the gross amounts received there- from have varied in amount at each portormance, and that the same have been received by tl laintifty and placed to the credit of the said Sallie A. Hinckley, and that they have made many and large payments on ac- count of the eaid Sailio A. Hinckley for the services of the employés in eaid theatre; and meds 08 account a ma " nian various items — speci in_said agreemen have also paid out and expended on account of the said Sallie A. Hinckley in discharge of the obligations assumed by her in the said agreement a large sum from their private aod that ina true and just accounting between the jntifls and Sallie A. Hinekley there will be found to be due from her to the the sum of $4,: 48; that the said Satlie A. Hinckley terminated the aaid agreement on the 16th da) of }, 1867, and saifed for Califormaon the of March, leaving her covenant and engagement unful- filled, teaving no property in the State of New York, The piaintif’s thon state in the affidavit that on the day and date of the before mentioned contract the defendant Brewster, for good considerations, undertook and pro- mised the platntiffs that if the eaid salle A. Hinckley shovid at any time make dofault in keeping and per- torming all the covenants in said agrooment the said de- fendant would pay to plaintiffs all such damages as they bas susta'n thereby. pon this promise and obligation on the part of the peepee - pede ape ae Haag yneond him and applied for a writ of ne exeat republica, pearin, that he intended to sail for Califoraia per nent steamer, The writ was aencediogty, issued, and yester- day he was arrested, and, in default of bail, ho was or- dered into the custody of the United States Marshal and lodged in Ludlow street jail. At this stage the caso stands at present. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COURT. The Prussian Extradit! Case—Tho Charge Against Philip Henrich. Before Commissioner White. The further hearing of the chargo against Philip Hen- Tich, tate Secretary of the Rhenish Railway of Cologne, in Prussia, of having committed in that city forgery to the amount of $8,000, was resumed yesterday at three o'clock before Commissioner White. The full particu- Jars of this case wore published in the Herat of Sunday. Mr, H. D. Lapaugh, counsel for the Prussian govera- ment in the United States, conducted the prosecution. Baron Guido von Grabow, the Prussian Acting Consul General, was also present. ‘The prisoner was dofended by Mr. Charles Wehle. Mir, Lapaugh intimated to the court that he was ready proceed with the examination. Mr. Charles Weble said he had only that day received a note from the prisoner, written the day before, re- questing him to undertake his defence, He had not ‘me to read the papers in the case, and he therefore re- quested that there should be an adjournment for two ‘weeks more, especially as the prisoner had not had an opportunity to communicate with his friends and obtain the necessary means for conducting hi: defence. He thought that under these circumstances there should bo an adjouroment for the time asked. Mr. Lapaugh sard that while the Prussian goverpment was anxious that the privoner should have every possible facility for his defence, he must oppose so iong an ad- journment, as he thought the dofence of the prisonor could bo prepared in a much shorter time, He had no objection to the adjournment of the cage till Monday. ‘he Commissioner said that, as a mattor of course, he would at prizoner every opportunity to get ai evidence that he might be able to procure on his behalf, ‘but he did not think it necessary to adjourn the case to 80 Inte a day as that named by the prisoner. He would, therefore, adjourn the case to next Monday, and in the meantime coursel for the prisoner would ean oOp- portunity of examining the papers on which the prosecu- tion was baged, and if any question arose as to the ad- Sree lity of those papera, it could be raised on the earing. The case was then adjourned to Monday next. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. The Erie Pool Im Discharge of Jos. B. Stewart—Huyck Still Held in Detault of vines Before Judge Barnard, Jas. C. Kennedy, Receiver Merehzn's’ National Bank, vs. Leonard Huyek and Jos. B. Sleos(, —The argument on the motion to vacate the order of arrest in the case of uhese defendants came on yesterday at twelve M. before this court. Lacien Birdseye, of counsel to the defendants, held, upon affidavits and other documentary evidence, that the statements set forth in the affidavits of the Comptroller of the Currency were false as to the fact of Mr. Stewart ever baving been understood or in any way accredited with the management of the Merchanta’ National Bank, ‘and that 1t was false, as stated in that affidavit, that he bad in any manner whatever participated in any em- bezzlement or mal-appropriation of funds beionging to the bank. With reference to the charge of attempting a, to conceal or Ro pe nyo any funds whatever of the bank, or ae ever belonged to that had ever invested a dollar in In fact, that this was derived from collaterals peloogiag, to Mr. Hayek m Stewart which were in the bands of Mr. Huyck previ- ous to the date referred to, and 2 a ‘appropriated to 1s Knowle = 234 ing by I were wise sul to any claim on the part of the recet the bank; that it was an easy matter for him his claim by pe proceedings, and that it necessarily ‘an offence in Mr. Ste seek to bg tid se yt from mo Hayck, to which he as muel t receiver. It was further argued aud “coon ‘as far back as July, 1860, Mr. Huyck made known recoiver that be (Huyck} had those funds invewed {i Erie pool, and that they were his private meane, not ibe p ty of the bank. He also agreed with Kennedy that if be would prosecute the matter amount sbould be held subject toa certain stipulation as to this indebtedness to said bank, should they at any tite be ascertained to exist; that Kennedy thereupon employed Messrs. Birdseye and Crosby to issue an attach- ment against Messrs, Drew, Fisk and Bolden, which was cord Before the attachments were served countermanded the order, and directed 8 satisfied; that Mr. Huyck he affairs of the radios Feesth aS gaze as he further proceedings were towed. It was also argued to this utter want of any just foundation for the criminal charges implied and set forth in the ivits of Hul- and the fact that the claim bad self long ago been handled and rejected by the pla tut before the court, that the action was tramped up by Daaiel Drow, Fick and Bolden and Dudley Field merely had broadly c counsel with a copy of the facts which were in no wise iff or his counsel. by Sterne Chittenden, of counsel for the.| plaintiff, in opposing the motion, that the National Cur- Tency act makes the national banks the financial agents ernment has & prior jew of thejuiutter, there being — cause for believing that the money plundered from bank went into the Erie pool found under this combination in New York, there was need for most dili- gent inquiry as to what became of it thereafter. Have these men contracted an obligation to the bank in fraud, or One as to which they try to dispose of property with intent-to wrong the bank? The qiestion of Huyck’s participation in the fraudulent inception of the bank; the abstraction of the funds, the use of part of them in the ‘so-called “pool.” Up to this time, counsel said, he had to rely only on partial presentation of the evidence to be brought as to Stewart’s con- nection. His statements as to the cree are that before a notary, the former of Huyck in broker- ing, there appeared, while he was at Saratoga or New: port, one whom he avows afterwards to have been his on the original certi general intimacy with Huyck, jail, and the confession of a judgment of nearly $200,000, At the close of the argu- ment the Court ordered the discharge from custody of COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before Recorder Hackett. The District Attorney was in attendance in court yes- terday and disposed of a large raped acaate It seems that the Tombs is unusually at present, and it is neceseary that the chief prosecuting officer should give his personal attendance to the cases so as to relieve the prison as speedily as possible, The Grand Jury brought in a number of indictments upon which the prisoners were arraigned CONVICTION OF A FASHIONABLE SHOPLIFTER. Mary’ Hyman, who was jointly charged with Louis Smith and Catharine Lennox with grand larceny in stealing two pieces of silk valued at $400 from the store of Bartlett, Berry & Co., on the 9th of March, was tried upon the indictment. The other prisoners have been disposed of by the court, Tho circumstances against the accused, who was dressed quite genteclly, were that she was in company with the others; that when the other female prisoner was detected stealing the silk she endeavored to hide her movements by spreading her crinoline, and that when arrested sbe ad- mitted to the officer that Smith called on her the night before, and she went to the store for the pu of stealing silk, Tho jury rendered a verdict of guilty of an attempt at grand larceny. BURGLARIES AND LARCKNIES, George Henderson, indicted for burglary in the third degree, pleaded guilty to an attompt at grand larcony. On the xght of the 16th of February the store of Whit- fleld Case, 191 Third street, was broken into and two coats, valued at $80, were taken and subsequently found in the prisoner's possession. He was sent to the State Prison for two years. and ix months. Samuel Johnson was tried and convicted of grand lorceny in stealing two pairs of sleeve buttons, valued at $47, from the store of Tiffany & Co., Broadway, on the 21h of February. His accomplice, William’ Lewis, pleaded guilty last month. James Wilson (colored), indicted for burglary, was convicted of an attempt at grand larceny.” On the night of the 26th of February the tailoring establishment of William H. Ro! 39 Union place, was burglariously entered and a quantity of cloth, valued at $1,500, was atolon, A pawn ticket was found with the prisoner, which led to the recovery of one pieco of cloth, which was identified by Mr. Roborts. District Attorney Hall said that Wilson was no doubt tho dupe of experienced burglars. Joba Laffior who was jointly indicted with Wm. Armstrong for burglary in the third reo, pleaded guilty to an attempt. It appears that on the night of the 16th of March, the millinery store of Thomas Redding was entered, but fortunately the prisoners wore seen before any = Pre Series A skeleton key and a jimmy were found 4; ir - ancy Jobenon, reo wan indliouse for stealing from a room in the St. Nicholas Hotel. on the 1st. instant threo dresses valued at $200, the property of Ainsley H. ‘Wyche, pleaded guilty. ‘The prisoner attempted to sell A eon eb bial arpa to an attempt at burgla jose; tity to.an rglary, the store of Adolphus V Magerhaus, No. 145 peog tf on the 24th of February and worth of fancy articles stoien. John Keffer pleaded guilty to an attempt at beg Fy! in the third dogree, be having on tho night of the of February buigiariously eutered the premises of Jacques D. Hegeman, at which time $14 worth of sundry arucies were sidlen, W. Walker and with a sinter sinecn tes tag ireaind an attempt. It appeared that on the nizht of the 16th of March, they tenet a a a a ut r Schtnere thawis ware fouul petked up realy fer r6- third strect, and at! to take his watch. plea Carlen Ht pleated gull to stealing $00 from Wil ines 4 Fourth street, on the 9th of oa apg ik, 168 East ‘These prisoners were each sent to the Penitentiary for one yar, George Johnson, charged with passing a forged order for $60 worth of clothing to. salesman in the store of prewast, ploaten g tn Fans 7 ne foes der 7 4 to ry in U ree. He was sent to the Fentvontisry for six months, Before adjourning Mr. Hall called the attention of the Court to a number of cases where counse! for prisoners moved for their discharge for various reasons, such as difficulty in procuring the attendance of witnesses, want of sufficient and in some instances an entire ab- sence of testimony. The District Attorney consented to their discharge, and the Recorder coinciding with bim, small colony of accused perties was set free. SPECIAL SESSIONS. Before Justices Dowling and Kelly. In this court yesterday the presiding Judgos aisposed of forty-eight separate cases, of which nineteen were charges of aseault and battery, seventeen petit larceny, seven violation Health law, four violation Excise iaw, and one cruelty to animals. The only cases of any goneral interest wero the fol- lowing :— William Dowling, convicted of beating and kicking a young girl tn the street, was fined $50 and sent to the nitentiary for three months, David Horth pleaded guilty to killing a bat in ex. tenuation eard the animal was sick and had io badly treated by the neighbors, and tbat it was only out of kindness he killed it. Tho Justices, not appreciating his philanthropy, sent David to ruminate for ten days in the City Prison. breaches of the Excise law, Owen McMahon was fined $30 and ten days’ imprisonment, Bernard Gier, 56 Frankfort street, was acquitted, the evidence being insufficient, and Frederick Huner was fined $90, on con- viction, for the same offeuce. _— COURT CALENDAR—THIS DAY. COURT OF APPEALS. 83. Guernsey va. Guernsey, 91. Bilven vs. Hudson River 85. Osborn vs, Robbing Railroad Company. ‘86. Wesierlo ve, De Witt. as hog Syr. B.& 0, 87. Mallory ve. Tioga Rail- % rond Company. 94. Merchant vs. Bronnell, 88. Ely ve 9 95. Moore vs. Manwaring. 26, Neweil vs, Wheeler. 96. The Poople ex rel. Dann 89. Deviin vs. Brady. ‘ve. Williams, 90, Emerson vs. Bledkey. pr Scrnen CocrtT—GarxenaL TerM.—Enumerated mo- tions Nox. 1, 2 4 6, 7 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Non-enu- merated motion’ No. 28, ' Enumerated’ motions con- tinued, Noa, 13, 337, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 3, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. 05, 08 ooo 34k, tease ai, oS, 1171, oes, 1 1, i 1105, 1231, Tig, 2023 807, B87, 408, Part Now, 918, 1276, 1150, 1: 1050, 1049, 1102, 758, 964, 1134, 570, 1200, ‘377, 1148, 1 1600, 1 SUPREMB_ COURT. 1. Teru.—Nos, 144, 145, 199, 131, 194, 176, 161, 162, 163, 164, 166 to 175 inclusive. Suramue Covrt—Cuampers,—Nos, 11, 17, 31, 49, 94, 120, 122, 128. Call commences at No..130, Common Pueas—Part I.—Nos, 661, 662, 632, 644, 378, 607, coy 634. 652, 356, 360, 646. cry ', BROOKL Nos. 26, 35, 43 to 46 inclu sive, 47 to 60 inclusive, Count oF Ssstoxs, Kixcs Covxty,—McDonald, Crow. ley and Ray, indicted for burglary; Gates, Carey and bu Grant, Jago and Redding, burglary; Jobn Shiel parcieey ieeha Flaherty, burglary; Han- ley, Driscoll, Durn and Williams, conspiracy to commit barglary, &c.; Charles Votey, forgery; Francis C. ‘Wright, grand larceny; George Graham, petit larceny, BROOKLYN COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COURT. Alleged Heavy Fraud by an Internal Revenue Officer—A Deputy Collector Charged with Embezziing Nearly 810,000. Before Commissioner Newton. The United States vs, Joseph Crocheron.—The defendant, Crocheron, was charged with embezzling moneys amounting in the aggregate to nearly $10,000, and be- longing to the United States, while he was acting as Deputy Collector of the First district, Staten Island, from the middie of June, 1864, to the latter part of February, 1866, Crocheron was appointed for the town of South- field by Collector G. F. Carman, of that district, and during the time be served in that capacity his duty was to collect the taxes imposed according to the Internal Revenue law, from which, it is alleged, he appropriated to his own use the amount di rendering himself guilty of the crime of Defondant’s pecuiations having .been tppointed i ry gd oa a lor Collector Car: ee lnstiated a actio alee the securities of the alleged defaulter in a State court to recover the amounts leged to have been embezzied; but for some reason the case hung of until it seemed that the trial would of Est on to argue at considerable balding, We ‘a collector himselt je for all moneys collected, performed by any of his deputies, and for Bion of duty-on the part of any of Mr. Allen, Assistant United 5 this bald Tepe Commissioner Newton, after ment on both sides, decided in favor of Mr. Collector Carman was first testified as to the mode of that the assessor sent in to him collected, which were in tura sept to the de; tors, who were charged with the amounts ent py \davits ly ited to tl . if approved the Commi <Internal Revenue. Witness exhibited an abstract of amounts Pry to the credit of defendant, but eens lid not go toreveal any part of the frau From the testimony of the following named appeared that they had paid over to defendant for at various it the amounts designated :—I Bs 1866; E roratt, Edward’ Underbiil, $28, January, 1868." ‘The rece! were shown and identified. Defendant admitted that had received $94 from A. W. Peabody, in September, 1 She hearing was adjourned unit tho ot instant when the was irned unt Crocheron is held to bail in the sum of $10,000, CITY COURT. A Lawyer Sues a Claimed Former Client. Before Judge Reynolds. The only case of any interest that came up yestorday was that of a lawyer named T. J. Clute, who sued one Edward Simpson for the enormous sum of $75, claimed to be due him for services rendered defondant in 1865. The defence was that Clute had never been omplouss. and whatever Jegal business had been done for det was pertormed by another party. The testimony was very conflicting, and the jury returned to court shoruy before five o'clock, unable to agree upon a verdict. will resume their deliberations, however, this morni Clute managed his own case. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Tar Fovaeta Drsrrior Potrcs Court.—Pending the de- cision of the Supreme Court in the matter of a maa- damus issued at the euit of Justice Connolly, directed to Police Superintendent Kennedy, requiring him to re- voke the order addressed to police captains respecting the disposition of prisoners in the Fourtesnth, Nine- teenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-fourth precincts during Justice Connoly’s sitting at the Fourth District Polios Court, or show cause why the same should not be va- cated by order of the court, argument in which is set down for next Monday—Justice Connolly, in order that the business of this court might not be interrupted, and to provide for the propor care of the md and privi- leges of the citizens in view of the establishment of a lice court in this district, has made arrangements fis associate Justices to have a_ magistrate preside in stead during the tnterim of a of tid i 5 % i z Z H i it 100, 1865; difficulty between himself and the police au- thorities, whose will ee See order and avoid the wenience to citizens otherwise arise, Justice Kelly, after a lengthened of eight weeks, retired at the cicee of the idst.:mo since which time Justice Ledwith has been i. the place of Justice Connolly, notwil ba the police captains of the various precinets above dience to published order from Police | oes Sot buntnens as tases tk peas a vided for in the clerical force engaged; while at the Police Court there has been no business viz:—hearing applications difficulties, to the time of the presiding magia- trate ‘and the clerk ’ ALLaoEp Conriwenct Orerations. —Yesterday afternoon detectives Davis and O'Reilly, of the Sixteenth precinct, Second avenue, on suspicion of being the pérpetrator of a series of frauds ia collecting money under false pre. tencea, According to the statement of the officers, Hortz, who lives in good style in Second avenue, and ia nd aw liquor dealers ia the city, representing being ego mare egies» use rr H 4 iy HG Hf i ; ; | i i Pocketaoox Sxatcano.—Peter Broke and William Canfield were yesterday arraigned before Justice Dodge, charged by Mrs. A. A. Landon, of 178 Waverley place, ith baving stolen her pocketbook on Monday even inst on rhatteenth streot. were secured oes they could manage to escape, and on the complaint were held to answer in default of $1,500 bail each. Atteaxy BorcLary.—Honry Johnson was arraigned yesterday at the Essex Market Police Court, charged on complaint of Matthew Winter, of No. 158 avenue A, with having effected a burglarious entry into the ses of the complainant, a lager beer saloon, the ous, and stolen $5 50 from the money drawer. Justice Shandiey committed the accused for examination. Ax Otp Case or Assacit.—James Lowe was yesterday held in $1,000 bail to answer the charge of having assaalted officer Connor, of the Thirty-first precinct, on the 19th day of August last. Lowe struck the officer on the head with a stone and injured him so much as to render him unfit for duty for a long time, } Atrcrp Axsox.—Edward Thornman was brought be- fore Justice Dodge yesterday, charged with having fired the shop in the rear of 109 West Thirty-first street, om Monday night last. Lewis Stich, who keeps ashop tn the front building at the above mentioned place, testi- i fled to having seen Thornman go into the sht with him a bag of wood and sbavil and weet wren te Thornman jet the fire was di He was commit- ted for trial wi THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The following letter from Dr, Harris mortality, was sent inte the Board of afternoon :— In the week ending March 30, there were 408 deaths in New York, including 65 in the 37 being inmates of the island there were 156 deaths, not including the mortality " the Kings county institutions. the would be estimated as equal to 26.56 = sive of the island institutions in New nite? . weste Hitt i #3 have Ae i i i it 2 i i iF 5? ff I 3 2 3 3 Ky z l z Fs z : 3 : z population of the city suifers a rt by one cause and another, while the decent! housed and clesaly, though pope the Fifteenth ward, onjoys # salubrity scarcely equalled in any rural village. It is possible to make the health standard of the Fifteonth ward the standard for the city, summer and winter, B. BARRE