The New York Herald Newspaper, May 8, 1867, Page 5

‘NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY) MAY. 8, 1867—TRIPLE SHERN CHINA, The Star of Empire Enlightening the ‘ Fast from America. Sicam Communication with the Celestials. ity Life, Trade and Outdoor Sports in Shanghae. THE PRUSSIANS IN QUEST OF TERRITORY. de. &ec. &. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Intimate U: Between America and the Enst—Trade Notes in Shaughae—Scenes and Sports in and Around the City—Prussii Naval Visit in Quest ef Territory—English Jcalousy—France in the Corea. Suaxauaz, China, Feb. 17, 1867. ‘The long expected, much talked of pioneer ot the Pa- cific Mail Steamship Company’s new line to China has at last made her advent in these waters, and the ‘gonial and gentlemanly”—so we were wont to term them— agents of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation ‘Company and Services des Maritimes Messageries Im- ‘perintes are weeping and groaning along the Hatobas of Yokonama and the Bunds of Shanghse of Hong Kong, When I say the pioneer ship has made her appearance fm these waters, I do not refer to the troubled mud of the Yang-tae or the Woosung, along whieh this town is unfortunately situated, but to the Japan and Chinese seas and the pretty harbor of Hong Kong. The accident to the Costa Rica, of which we learned by a late English mai), has temporarily deprived us of the pleasure of ‘Doarding’such an apology for s Pacific mail ship as is the Costa Rica So we can only enjoy from hearsay the delightful sensation of a fresh Yankee triumph on the deep. Some of the passengers by the Colorado, however, after having eked out a miserable existence for a few days after her arrival at Yokohama, have at Jast reached here by the old established routes, and tel; us marvellous stories of the success of the first trip, which was comfortably made inside of twenty-two days; of hor enthusiastic reception at Yokohama, and of her subsequent “departure with éclat for Hong Kong direct, and ber other hearty reception there. We are beginning to believe that the ‘Star of Em- pire,” after having traveled as far, westward as is prac- ticable in America, is about to be lifted vigorously to- ward the East again, and that it will eventually shine as brightly for the American people in this murky spot, as it does in their own more favored land. This prospect of closer connection with America is extrem ely pleasing to the Chinese themselves. A simple request from Consul General Seward was sufficient to Chines vrais 5 seal ied "at or the Pacitie Man 80 lues Upon besmones gp Jere was that Yat functionary for the presence ships in this port; merchants and mai) agents, sbippers of silk and shippers of just ag anxious. So it may b- cctnmasuning tovdens the new American enter. enter. prige will be in the highest degree successful. o' Shou cause, Great igodenne,’* as they are or storehouses for goods, ‘acres of ground, and which in prosperous times were filled with valuable wares, are now empty, silent and unsalable. The city is not growing in the direction of the interiot of China, ‘as property fondly hoped .. oald, and crashes are so long to class them iu tne genus roor- inolined eee Under ‘il this dopression merehapts and business fond of are fe esying better times as soon as = gets easier, and tor fear of being gabbed tas a croaker'l will join them. SHANGHAE AS If APPEARS TO A STRANGER, One would hardly expect to = bap emo 80 well i weall ing place as: the European por- pen ar ba “4 nile and a balffrom the wharves of the ancient city, there is a of business houscs, or hongs, which would do credit to any European or American town. Offices for the transaction of busi- of port eoolies have been fluted up Teqardless of Haat Kwan- sycee, and are really magnificent. Stores wuere every description of Earopean and American goods may be ‘based abound; botels, barber shops, refreshment Places, rum shops, in fact, ail the concomitants of what ‘we cali civilized lie are as plenty as they would be found in any European town of like population. The ‘Masonic fraternity are expending one hundred thousand Mexican dollars for the erection of anotber ornament to the bund, in the shape of a grand Masonic hall. Tne considerable amount of money required for this architectural beautifior of the bund, was raised by sub- among the various masonie bodies in this and is a good indication of the strength aud ‘wealth of the order here. Among other =. pleasing oa im the enterprise yey ‘bere = jme movers in were a brace of thorough- Brod Yankees—Mr. Charles E. Parker of Boston, and Vernon Seaman of care N. Y¥., to whose active exertions the completion of the thing is due. AMERICAN HOUSES, ‘The houses, or branches of American mercantile houses here, are, perbmps, as wealthy as any, and certainly, more im business; and it is no bombas to «ay, more yee Chinese, Such firms as Olyphant & 5 Any Heard & Co. ; 3 i i monopoly of the green tea trade, the second and third, the great trade with the interior, by meons of the Yang-tse to Hankeou, 600 miles ito the “nowels of the empire.’’ The house of Oi: it & Co. one, bouts, and down the 7oq commanded by Yankee oificers, by Yankee mechanics. Altogether our people are making the most rapid strides in walking toto the affections of the Chinese, and ‘will ultimately be the most popolar of the g devils” with this wonderful race. ‘The Hritish authori. ties—that is the lower officials—tozether with merchants and traders, are, on the contrary, growing unpopular; and it needs no seventh on of a seventh son or an able bodied seer to prophecy trouble between the lion yellow dragon at no distant day. Britishers are ciusiveness of Chinese authorities and teadi = here the Ay monopoly,” ‘the Chinese mast be rub papers a rod of irov,” &e., being printed in small caps to gi additional bitterness to the expressions, hile Mr, Seward, our Consu! General here, has made himself very popular by a dijnified yet conciliatory course, and hay bene‘iied American interests thereby, others faye dai aged themselves by the opposite. ihe Cuinese are proud and obstinaie, aod way attempts at brow- beating them wil! never do. ‘THE PRUSSIANS IN THR EAST. Among the recent arrivals bere is tne Prussian cor- vette Viheta, thirty-six guns, from a cruise in the North Pacitic, It is ramored that she will ebortiy be joined by two of three other vessels of large class; im short, that the Prassians, for the tirst time in their history, are to make a respectable naval show in the East, This is Buco an extremely natural and sensible proceeding on the part of a Power iately advanced to the front rank among European governments that it really ought to excite very litte comment; but, fusny enough, this Mmovemont of the needle gunners apicion by the English aud French sia, Fiom the efforts of the Prussians | small parcei of land in the Island of Formosa for maval station, it is sarmized they have ulterior designs upon the whole island. This, in my opinion, is quite absurd. Prussia will be, next to our own government , the last Power to wrest from the Chinese Bmperor any of his domam. ‘The major of the island is a worthless wilder- oss, inbabited by the wildest kind of Chinese and a Most vicious species of tiger. It was first captured by Eoropeans about the beginning of the sixteenth century, when the Dutch seized it irom the Mosieme, and located themselves in a sort at Tai Wao, In 1662 a lamous Chinese plate named Coshinga captured it from the Duted, and, with his son, held *t for rent years, when it was surrendere? to the Emperor of China, 'Mean- . id ea Ss wernment also has an important question to ‘the Coreans, in the matter of the schooner ‘and the murder of American citizens atrocious, Until re- jat some of the untortu- ives from the schooner were yet alive; but a recent visit of the Wachusett to Chefoo has almost them. Naval officers on this station antici; under circumstances pect cently there have been about eleven hundred men for shore duty, each one of whom firmly believes that that force is sufficient to uer fractious Corea. I should not be surprised, if the job should prove so formidable as to 9 services of some great pacificator, like the Sbermaa, with « tew of his pets, ‘4 HEGIRA OF OFFICIALS, ‘The Colorado steamer will take home on her return sentative of any for Hong was unction having been wot many times. The waunds received in that service have i him for this, and he goes home physically a wreck. From Yokohama, ex. oneul Fisher takes his departure by the same conveyance, i Z 2 : i s i r 5 for the heads of houses considered it not only a bounden duty, but an inestimable privilege, to “subsist” all con- nected with the firm—to furnish rations and quarters for all their subordinates. But the custom ie nearly ob- solete, few houses now pursuing it. Nowadays, when Chinese butchers and sompenties are holding aaenien ahd advancing the price of beef almost jourly, rm eda Se rate 4 a.couple of ently “paper bunte” are, up, and a} am- ey, pe ob mount these short necked ponies, ride for mile3 across th ‘level country adout Shanghae, over the turnip patches of indigent Chinese park cteners, strewing scrap; of paper eo that: 1] may ‘traced. A bowling crowd of moanted men foliow them after a brief interval, regardless of ditches or cultivated ground, while the abused husbandmen stand by and carse ‘the maraudei bey pass ti jixture of Chinese and ah Dorrible en gd to listen to, very few Ameri- ‘reminds them too of country. But Be Pest, has: mn have redress. inch bs oho country about Shanzhae is under cultit Hiquld feraltzers are im stone cauldrons ag Tot To a new , . gether with the slime which these melee tremely & ; 4 5 é Ei working members British Admire, Kin umpires, The result of the race showed that youthful practice on Charles river or Ne a harbor will tell all through hfe, and that one of the email rivers in China is not in the category of waters wi Britannia rules, So itis im all the straight trials for superiority iu which we en- gage with men of other nity or nationality. Whether in yacht races at Hong Kong, or steamship races up and down bre coast, We br being to our superiority, or a Leavy preponderance of luc! ‘The awe Niaa steamship, a clean built craft wkich ed in every passage up and down the coust the fastest time ever made by Jardine and Matheson’s opium clipper steamers, and it oniy remained to beat her American sieamer. The Colorado lumbered trom Yokohama to Hong Kong in twenty-five hours less time pearing best before tuese Asiatics, and when they are beaten in the race I have never seen more graceful ac- knowledgements than the subjecis of the grea: Powers of Europe aro always ready to make. THE TROUBLES AMONG TSE CHINESE. Frequently the astonishing and alarming intelligence penetrates to this port from the interior provinces that the Nien Fei, or rebellions subjects, are advaucing in great force upon some important place; that the inhabi- tauts of the country in their path are fleeing for succor under the wing of the Emperor's “braves;”’ that death and devastation have b-en going but there is never auy corroboration of these exciting rumors. It takes a long time tor news to percolate through Chinese official circies, where it al! has to come, and when it does come it is colored - — the ae repiewony 3 the War Department bulletins were during the dusty days of the army of the Potomac, The Bubtime Emperor of the Celestial Empire will never have quietude throughout his vast empire; but now that the rebellion has lost its Northern New York leaders it will as futile as ours did, until some other Yankee adventurer takes up the sword in its behalf. So we are seepeten bares notwithstanding the dull times, and in all the progress Americans are equaily ad- vanced with the others in the great work of aropean- izing and civilizing the East. ‘THR COMMERCIAL REPORT. The Chinese New Year holidays, which extend through mao! 3, have compietety put a stop to ail business wie natives since the first reek io month, With the natives it 18 their annual settling and they cannot be induced to new Mrunsunions ate these Or tee old year remain unsettled, Usually there is constdera- bie pecuniary pressure during thts squaring of accounts, for a Chinaman wno is unable to carry himse!f past the New Year is greatly in credit, Sacrifices of any kind are treely made by natives in want of money at this period. From the long continued duiness in Shang. hae, the pressure is less t usual, the liabilities of most native merchants being light. Tois encourages us to expect a revival of business in imports when the chan- nels of trade are again opened. There bas been no movement whatever in American cot- ton goods, and quotations are apy agmy The stock pi iis, 1,1 jeans and 1,160 js ‘in stall request at a ominal quotation of 12 taels per ton out of the godown, The Endeavor (American), and Magelian (British), ships are up for New York with teas, bat the cargoes of neither are purci RACKETS. ‘There was a strong muster of the lovers of the game at the Racket Court in Thirteenth street, yesterday afternoon, to witness a couple of interesting matches whieh then took place. The first game was a four handed one, the best two out’of three, between Foulkes aaa De Vos on the one side, and the champion Gray and his young brother on the other. The two ex-champions had it ali their own way in this match, winaing two games straight off, and thus securing the “kudos.” ‘The score stood at the end of the first game 15 aces to 4, and in she seuene 16 to 5 sisel cae sosoenten be. twoen a rising young player, ycley « Jemmy Moore," and young Gray. The tater Aid “oot play 86 well as he has done on former occast and lost two games out of the three played. Seore—First game, wom by Moore, 16 aves to 11; second won by Gray, 15 to 12, and twird, won by Moore, 16 to 11, Afier these two matches a fdendly contest took place between Gray, Sr., and Foulkes, in which Gray appeared to have the best of it as {ar as the game went, “EUROPEAN. STEAMSHIPS, Arrival of t Haurax, May 7, 1867. The steamship China, from Liverpool April 27, via Queenstown the 28th, arrived at this port at a quarter past eloven o'clock last night, and sailed for Boston ab halt-past eight o'clock this morning, where she will be due to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon. 7, 1867. ‘The steamship Nestorian, from Li ‘on the 25th via Londonderry on the 26th ult., arrived at Quebec this | chinery morning. NORTH AMERICAN CONFEDERATION. Return ef the Canadian Delcgates trom Eng- land—Tbeir Reception in the Capital, de. [Ottawa correspondence of Montreal Gazette. } Hon, J. A. and alr. McDougall arrived here this afternoon. Their arrival was expected according to announcement and created a considerable Stir in town, The Mayor and the members of the City Council were present in their official capacity, and after personal con- ‘an address to the Minister of Mili- tia, Hon. Mr, him back, and con- gratalating him on his ich atiended improved health, and the success iho fori of hiaselt and colloagues. 1 wishing himself and came and alae for Ki co po the reception a dered to Ihinagelf'cnd colleagues, He was sorry more of them were not present; but there was an important mem! of the del important not only om ac+ count df his ability, not for his position, but also because he Sie eroenting of abe pare of the country (the Hon. Mr. McDougall.) He the Hon. Mr. McDougall could take credit for having worked for Ottawa, which paring one day, and generation would be the realbece of the leading politicians of the country. At one time they bad some misgivings as to whether Ottawa would remain the capital of the confederation, but when they saw the declaration in the imperial act the matter was placed be- yond a doubt, and those present to-day, their chil- dren after them, would still see Oitowa the capital of Britian Pema, Cuawe) He nie coy an early unity of ry © great subjects u| which bimself ava colleagues iad been engaged while in England, and which he trusted would materially tend to the development of the great resources of this country and enhance its fugure prosperity. He would only refer to one point, to which the or had go kindly drawn his attention in the address. He would say that, pe | pee fey to perfect the scheme of union, to show the world he had faith in his own princi- Bena - made a eo union Barc himself. On McDonald, he returued sincere thanks for the expressions of welcome. MaDougall” Sr cespi age Nietoam of the: os who, on ing on the car, was loudly cheored. thanked the assembly for the cordial welcome extended to them, Militia, interests of the country characterize the administration of the delegates in framing it, the confederation would never bave ooca- sion to regret its adoption, (Cheers,) The Canadian Gold Mines—A Mint for the New Dominion. In an article on the Madoc gold mines the Times remarks :—Since ‘‘coinage er falls ae the lon of Trade has already resolved upon ‘the incoming Parliament in its favor, more ly with reference to the i ice of establish- ing a uniform we in country. But if gold is <4 he one the great Canada it will seem exceedingly absurd it out of the country before it can be fitted to ernment, as soon as the confidence Privy Council shall have been constitutionally expressed ‘by the people's representatives, ARMY INTELLIGENCE, 2 The following changes are announced in the Surgeon General’s Department since January 1, 1867:— ORDERS, Captain A. H. Smith, absent without leave; Major Jotin Vansant, ‘abeeat ith leave; Mojor J. Simpson, for mx months; Major B. Randall, for two months. BREVET APPOINTMENTS. ‘ ‘To be Colonels—Lieutenant’ Colonel C. Sutherland, Brevet Lieu- Surgeons J. H. Biil, ‘Vansant, C. C. Hyrne, Clinton Wagner, J. P. Wright, ©. C. Gray, W. C. Spencer, f. 1. Town, Majors J. H. Frantz, J. J. Woodward. W. D. Wolvertou, A. A. Wood- huil, J. & Billings and Thomas McMilliu. To be Major— Assistant Surgeon Edward Curtis, All of the above ap- pomntments to bear date March 13, 1865. Brevet Major G. A. Otls, to be Lieutenant Colonel by brevet, to date September 29, 1966. RESIGNED. Major 8S. H. Horner, to date March 31, 1867. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, the Navy Yard and Rendezvous— am Gun Carriange—Preparations Teming it, Ke. The United States despatch boat Don, Commander K. Chandler, sailed yesterday for Philadelphia, to which point she has been ordered, Commander A, C. Rhind has been ordered to reheve Captain W. E. Leroy, at the United States Naval ren- dezvons of New York. Commander L. A. Kemberiey will relieve Com- mander Rhind, in command of the receiving ship Ver- moot. Captain Trenchard, who has been appointed to the New York Navy Yard as executive officer, has not entered upon his duties, but will do eo in a day or two, The United States ship Franklin, tying at Boston, is Sp commanded by Captain Pennock, who leaves to- y for that ony. ‘The officers of the Ordnance Department of the Navy Yard yesterday inspected the steam gun carriage. Shots have beon placed upon the scow, as well as rammers, and other equipments necessary for workio ems, 90 that itis poemble the trial will take piace very soon iu the presence of the Chief of the Ordnance Bureau. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, . KL. Sibley, of Rochester; W. F, Allen, of Oswego; B, F Lathrop, of Baltimore, and Alexander Ramsay, of St. Paul, are stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Theo. Jobnson, of the United States army; & D. Mar- M.D., and J. D Kinney, of Delaware; A. H. m and J. H. Dubois, of New York, are stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel. Wendell Philips, of Boston, is stopping at the St, Denis Hotel. Samuel I. May, of Syracuse; George W. Sandford, of Long Isiand, and Samuel L, Dolson, of Nevada, are siop- ping at the Everett House. Captain tain Tanner and Captain Davis, of ape Bea poe itreal, are stopping at the Ciaren- Dr Brierly, of Nevada; Col. Stringfellow, of Kansas, Mayor MeMickle, 1. B. Veree and J. 0. Phelps, of Phila: delpuia, are stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Colonel Perkias, of New York; Colonel EF, H. Taylor and Joon Watson, of Kentucky, are stopping at the Hoff- man House. Homer Ramedell, of ikeepsie; W. A. Wise, of Washington ; Seaator E. ooo Y and Jobn "puttorteld, of Ute, ‘are meen, Ato” Asser STATEN ISLAND INTELLIGENCE. Mone Trt Tarrtxa.—A boy named John McGee was arrested on a charge made by Mrs, Schaffer of stealing $2 from her money drawer, The complainant stated that she was standing in her store with ber pack turned to the entrance, and hearing the noise made by the pris- oner's opening the till she tarnea around quickly and detected him in the act of taking the money. The ac- cused was committed for examination, - ‘Tarvt.—The foreman of J. ¥. Holt Bucket Company, of New Brighton, yesterday complained to the police that on the nightof the ist of May thirteen buckets, four fire lanterns, four stanchions, two trumpets and thirty feet of rope were stolen from the house of the company. The members had been themselves searching for tho stolen property up to yesterday, bat being unsuc- Feratul they applied for the aia of the’ potioe aoe Tux Evection Iv EGewater,—The name of the suc- cessful candidate for Trustee for the Bighth ward of the Pf of Edgewater, at Monday's election, is Dennis ely. _ Cortox Srivsixa Sovta.—The Wesson cotton at anne tos Pens Ven. are now mi can supply any quantity of thread. Fretr looms (La,) inteliigencer. CITY INTELLIGENCE. BROOKL INTELLIGENCE. » ER EIETUE ‘Srausr Daranruxxr.—The Street Commissioner has Autxcep Heavy Larceny ov Crotana,—A rather sine Fae pry tet Denike Superintendent of | gular case was examined before Justice Dunne yesterday airs and Supplies, vice Charles Boice. afternoon, the parties in the affair being Frank Levie, PRESBYTERIAN Recwiow.—The joint committee of the clothing dealer, No. 60 Atlantic street, and Zacharias two Presbyterian General Assemblies, old and new | Kinstler, fe 469 Canal street, New York. It would seem from the evidence qmen, named Jacob echool, after mn Session of a week in thiscity, have agreed | Joi) Oin tit hael, pm ne since I $300 open, 'eeme reunion with remarkable unanimity. | worth of clothing at the store of Mr. Kinstler, The terms bl to go before the churches for ® year | complainant delivered the goods as directed at the before final action, residence of Raphael, No. 543¢ Ludlow street, but was Tax Pugxtx Bayxk, in Wall street, was the moneyed refused payinent therefor, when he procured & search institution which was victimized some months since by warrant ; but failed to find the property which he claimed to arrest MGMATE eutking, an séoouah ot chro Citoa; wealth have left there, Raphael was ted and tried be- appeared in the Hearn a few days ago, fore a New York justice, there being no larceny proven, ‘Tax Farwens’ C.ov.—The regular weekly meeting of | Complainant found $250 worth of the misting property the Farmers’ Club of the American Institute was held | Of ine corn gan, avy wich be identifies as part at, their room, Cooper Institute, yesterday afternoon, | will bo resumed ou the 8th inst, 1 ioe carn yi Mr. H. C. Ely, the President, in the chair, The occasion Arrest or a Fuaitiv From Justice. —A man named ‘was one of great interest to all cultivators of the soil, | Robert Ryan was arrested by an officer of the Forty-third partaking as it did of extended and interesting state- ments from practical and experienced farmers upon the culture of fruit, berries, currants, the curing of hay, and precinct yesterday on the complaint of Patrick Fitzgerald the raising and proper treatment of beos, together with the exhib’ 10d while passing along Conover street, Ryan was viewed ition of several machines designed to mate- in December last, for stealing acoat, in Justice Mans- ileld’s court, New York, but succeeded in effecting his escape, and has been at large ever since, nally lesgen the labor and cost of farming, Let of Excise Casi.—Mary Maguire was arrested for selling inquiry, requesting information upon various subjects, | liquor without a license, She was arraigned before Jus- such as the proper time of planting apple seeds, the of land, grain and stock inthe West, were received. ipecimens of maple sugar, made this spring from sap tice Morehouse and fined $30, Fire ty GowAnvs.—Between eight and nine o'clock on into sap buckets, forty years old, sent from Ver- Monday evening’a fire broke out in the stable of Mr. J. mont, were shown, and pronounced excellent; but the | A. Beardsley, Kifteenth street, near Third avenuc, Tho question of its being economical as a sweetner for the | building was entirely destroyed, involvinga loss of $700, table was decidea @ negative. Among the machines | No insurance. that received attenfion was a berry pi designed to produce, by the compression of Dorrlos, ohrrante, &e., wine of a superior quality; a spring safety seat for har- pl seemnrancne tagtaenuetine niin leasant of ri a these are entire! obviated; a wooden cane mill, considered superior to metal mills; an instrument: to facilitate the proper sharpening of scythes—all of which received the com- ing purpeses, tho. Hoors of collars aad basomeuta, was oges, the floors of an tig Bxiibited. asi ‘Taw Hisronican Socrery.—A meeting .of this society took placo last evening at their rooms, a large audience, including many ladies, and some of tho leading lights of the church, the bar, the healing art and the other professions being present. After the transaction of the ‘usual routine business the librarian read ‘‘A Memorial of Francis L. Hawks, D. D.,’ contributed by Evert A. Duyckinck, in which the career of that celebrated stu- lawyer, slatesman and divine was graphically od. It commenced with a sketch of his pro- tors, his early education in his native State—North a pe ce be 7p. through his legal experiences as a lawyer, his aga statesman, his advent asa light of the church, the able assistance he hhad rendered in the cause of education and science, and reviewed at length his labors as pastor of St. Stephens’, St. Thomas’ and Calvary charches of New York, and Christ’s church, New Orleans, The paper was quite Sucre or Waiskey ar Tarrrrows.—Inspector Bar- Tows yesterday reported at the office of the United States District Attorney the seizure of eighty barrels of Bour- bon whiskey at Tarrytown, Tenth Collection district. Seventy barrels were found on the premises of 8. C. Horton, and the remaining ten on the premisos of Smith & Morris, The barrels were branded as follows:—‘From A. M, See, 37 Dey streot; A. M. Anway, United States t bans gar and Thirty-second districts, aes 5, 1867,’ In his report In: says :— “The lacts: are that a large quantity of old whiskey has been stored for several years on the prem- iges now occupied by S. C. Horton, and that the barrels seized are @ part-of the lot, they having been branded on Horton’s premises and not at 37 Dey street, in the Foorth Collection district, The barrels lacked the “prior toSept. 1, 1866,” the ‘‘bonded warehouse, tax paid,” and tho “rectified’’ brands, TRIAL FOR MURDER. A Fatal Quarrel About a Card--The Mother of the Accused Refuses to Testify, &c. [From the Chicago Tribune, May 3,] The indictment against Emma Gravt, for the murder of Michael Sparr, in March last, in this city, was called yesterday morning in the aes Court, Chief Justice Jobn M. Wilson presiding. e indictment was brought interesting, and the andionce retired, much pleased | ftom the March term of the Superior Court. The crime was committed on the 8th of March in Phone jntellectual feast that had been spread before the house Nov £50 State ie spine of pastry pute, where the prisoner then resided, The deceased was in the habit of visiting her, and was, at the time of the homicide, engaged im playimg cards with her in the bedroom, Analtercation sprang up between them, aris- ing ay some Pai | Pe ap ed she, becoming en- raged, stabbed him with a dirk, the injury resulting in almost immediate death. i iad ‘The trial commenced at the opening of the court in the morning. The pmsoner sat by her counsel, dressed neatly in mourning habiliments, She sat quietly looking to the SOCIETY FOR. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART.— ‘A regular meeting of the natural history section of this association was held last evening at its rooms in tho Cooper Institute, Dr. 8. H. Richards occupying the chair. There was a numerous attendance of members and others interested. After some preliminary business, the chairman introduced Professor J. 8. Newberry, who delivered an interesting and instructive lecture a ground, the face being all the time averted from the won ® tho’ Matava!’ Resotrees of the. Country | Fire je ‘bystanders, as well as toward tho fl bordering on the various Atlantic and Pa- | Phere wore present in the court room an unusual nu cide Railroad Routes. The. learned gentleman | per of women, [he jury was empanelled by olev was enabled to treat his subject comprehensively, from | o'clock, when tho opening statements were made, they the fact that he had travel! examined a great | occupying bu'.« short time. ‘The statement on the part of the defendant specified her forlorn aod friendiess to. 'prefacing hie lecture with a few a) (a thnaed condition, It app a some — years since she was married, *iih onbappy resul Atter a furthe! topography of our country, and call the attention of his | jiving with her Rndtiier. wont from her husband, rv scatbacba0: ex over the valley of | took upa situation in sts city as nurse. Unprovided the Missiwsippi to the Pacific coast and the natural | with means io suppor ler child in any sort of comfort, its various respectively possessed. | she became the ini’ of the house of ill-fame whero Of the \issisalpp! valley. be spoke in glowing terms, 1. On her it was contended referring to it as ‘‘the home othe Amerienn peeiey’ nt forcibly k her, when she 16 “facilities it offered for agricalt &C. | raised the knife tofri» ten rather hurt the man. i Z : mountains themselves, and spoke of the, valleyot Cali- | 9th of March last, drug store No. 527 State street. forain as repreasaing, the sgicatara urtce of the. | Therg waa Pi Tectset end ch memmen ports State, ‘to the four termini | ing-blood. The wound was atthe right side of Of the proposed Pacific Raiiroads—Buperior City, | the juncture of the second rib with the bone of the Chicago, St, Louis and Memphis—remarking that | chest, The man died about ten minutes after he was the. Northern fowte from Superior City | taken into the drugstore. The stabbing caused death, Uttle attractions for a railroad. The Serah Collier, the proprietrossof the house in’ which route from Memphis woul be the soonest con- |'the homicide |, testified as follows:—I have structed, as it was some five hundred or six hundred |. known the defendant about three months, and I khew intles shorter than the others. It would also extend | wichael Sparr, who died on the Sth day of March; I saw through*'the ¢otton States, The professor set ites before he died at the drag store 527 Tesourgm along. the varions routes, and ro; came to the house, No. 520 State street, ferred to the or St, Louis ope as most popular at | about nine o’clock and stayed until about eleven; Emma interest. and at the conclusion a discussion on the lec- ‘ure ensued, which was participated in by several gen- tlemen, AyxvaL Meena or tak New York Exemer Fine- MEN'S Association.—The following officers of the New York Firemen’s Exempt Association were elected at their annual meeting, held on Monday evening at their rooms in Crosby street:—President, ; fobn Harrison; Treasurer, Smith. Derexniox ox tHe Hupsox River RaltroaD.—A freight trainon the Hudson River Railroad ran off the sbuflling them; she dropp % she shuttled them ey and dropped another; this he picked up too, and she told him to givethem to her; h said. he would not unless she woul said she would not; she could said me track yesterday mofning at Irvington and blocked 4 room and wen! + that was the road. The trains were in consequence detained about haif-past Netekolcissk; i ‘aid ae a hima geriiee about two hours, out; I should have seen it if he had; his remarks to VioLatioxs ov me Excist Law.—Henry EB. Ludden, 93 | ber were made as though he was fooling; she knew the East Tenth street; Michael McCormick, 90 West Fourth street, and Henry Snediker, 125 Prince street, wero yos- brought betore Justice Ledwith, at the Jefferson Market Police Court, charzed with a violation of the Ex- a They were severally beld to answer in $300 A Curcx Swixpten.—A man named George T. Ferris called at the store of Mr. George R. Harris, 182 Chrisio- pher street, last Monday morning, and purchased from him abarrel oi Nquor, valued at $130, which he re- quested should be delivered at 265 Broadway. During the day the barrel was deliv: at the above mentioned place, and Ferris handed the deliverer a check for $130 onthe Greenwich Bank. When Mr. Harris presented the eheck to the bank it was declared a forgery, Ferris not having any account with that bank. Of course in the meantime the swindler had left 265 Broadway for parts unknown. Rornev as Room-matTe.—A young man named George G, Ames, residing at 24 West Forty-fourth street, it is alleged, was robbed last ovening of a silver watch and $72 inmoney by his room-mate, Franklin Williams, a driver on one of the Sixth avenue cars. Wiliams has not been seen or heard of since the money was missed. A Pecveuar Case OF SWINDLING.—An insane woman, named Mary Mechan, left ber residence, No. 222 Bridge street, Brooklyn, four weeks ago, and bas been missing Sparr at the house 514 State street ; this was, I gu six weeks before the homicide; she said they mare difficulty, but both of them were under tue influence of liquor; that she called bim some bard names about whipping a map, and the barkeeper of the saloon put her out. Nellie Stafford testified:—I was present when Sparr was stabbed; she had a deck of cards in her hand and she asked Miss Collier to toll her fortaoe; she com- menced sbufiling the cards and iy one; he picked it up and put it in bis pocket; this occurred a second tume and she asked bim for them; he said he wold if she eaid “please;’’ she refused to do this, and she said said she would cut his heart out; she went around to him to get the cards from him, and they were scuffling; I then left the room and did not return until after the occurrence, Cro+s-examination. —His words were, ‘‘You say please, and I will give them to you;”’ she said she wouldn’ she would get them without; I do not know that he made any reply to that, but he laughed, and she said she would cut bis beart oat. Ida Fox testified—I have known Emma Grant since about three weeks before ‘was stabbed; I was at the house that evening; I had a conversation with her about Sparr on that evening, about ten or fiiteen min- utes beiore she went into the room where he was; I had beard her speak of him before; she did not like him; she was with him; I said, “Is that tho Mike you spoke of?’’ she said, “Yea, 1am mad at bim, and since tbat time, Her sister, with whom ste had resided, | Will have revenge yet;” then she went in with the civerined er and wan roped toby x man cling on | fret anhtiniovoomanet tm ont Cros*-examination.—She said she had had words be- fore, but 1 do not remember her saying they had made up frieuds in; I will ewear he said she would have revenge yet, but did not seem to be out of humor; I think Cad as though sho meant what she said. Officer Thompson testified to the facts of the arrest; he made the arrest about half-past eleven her yesterday morning, and informing her that her sister nad been for the last twetve days at his residence, in Newark, N. J. This fellow demanded $5, which was given him, and then to pay expenses to Newark to bring Dack ber insane sister, he volunteered to buy tickets, and for pe emo e— induced the woman to cive him $10, with which he immediately decamped and bas not been since heard of. He wasa German, and a strauger to Mrs, Meehan. Suicips or A Luxatic.—Information reached the Coro- ner’s office yesterday afternoon that Charles Pokes, an inmate of tte Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island, bad committed suicide by hanging bimeelf. Coroner Gover was notified to held an inquest on the body. Deata Prom Insvntes,—Coroner Gover was yesterday notified to bold an inquest, at No, 31 West Tweifth etreet, over the remains of Thomas Fitzharris,a man thirty- four years of age, whose death was the result of injuries received some days since by accidentally talling from a wagon, Deceased was a native of Ireland. Lawr Exrtostoy.—Sarah Stewart, aged 22 years, and residing at 137 West Seventeenth street, late on Monday night attempted to fill a kerosene oil lamp while it was lighted, and the natural consequence an explosion was the result, and getting on her clothing which immedi- ately caught fire, aod before the flames couid be extin- guished she was dreadfully burned about the lower por- tion of the body. She was removed by ono of the Six- teenth precinct police to Bellevue Hospital. Feut Turoven 4 Hatonway,—Jas, Muicairn, a minor, residing with bis parents at No. 76 Roosevalt street, while playing yesterday with some boys on the second floor of a store in Broadway accidentally foll throagh the hatchway and injured his back dislocated the toes on his right foot. He was conveyed by one of the Twenty-Ofth precinct potics to Bellevue Hospital. FIRE IN BROADWAY. of a Livery Stable — Thirty-four Horses Killed by Suffocation. Shortly before four o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred in the basement stables No, 1,400 Broadway, corner of Thirty-ninth street, owned by J. R. Haley. The alarm was given and the firemen quickly responded. Several powerful streams were brought ; tol did not open the door be would force it in; she said she would, and finally she did open it, At. the coming 1n of Court for the afternoon session, connse! for the defendant recalled Sarah Coilier, who testified that parr @ to the house betore the defend. ant came to stay there. . @ Do you know who he came to seo there? Interrogatory onjected to as irrelevant, and objection sustained. ‘A. He did not come to see any one specially ; Ida Fox was there when he used to come; he generally spoke with me, seldom speaking with the girls unless they spoke to him; when the blow was struck they were only just inside the door; I saw defendant have a knife like the one exhibited during the early part of the evening, and told her to put it in ber trunk and she did so; at tne time of the occurrence I noticed nothing peculiar in the manner of the r. stated by Mr. Jenks that he had prisoner, At this point it was intended to have introduced the motwer of the prisoner to testify to the former course of the girl. Since the ad- Journment of the court, however, the mother had de- serted the cause of her child, so tar, at least, as to lea forber home in Indiana. He bad, therefore, no tes mony to offer. The argument of the case was very brief, and the jury retired at three o'clock to deliberate upon a verdict. ‘After xn absence of an hour and a half the jury returned a verdict of mansiaughter, with five years’ imprisonment in the Penitentiary, AFFAIRS AT CLEVELAND, O10. Fire and Cold Wenther—The Elk Outrage Re- pudiated by Fenians, d&e. Cinvenanp, May 7, 1867, 0. W. Crowell’s cooperage, in this city, was burned last night, The loss is estimated at from $5,000 to $8,000, of whieh $3,000 is insured. The weather here is very cold, and this forenoon a hail storm is prevailing. At @ mooting of (he Tara Circle of the Fenian Brother- hood that body repudiates the act of the mob in the late ouu ‘on the British schooner Elk, denying that it was Bara! to bear on the dames which were confined to the stabling | done by Fenians, fn the semreees ‘The hae Les reas anyone STIG INTELLIGENCE from en extricate out of thirty. Dome! 3 five confined therein onl; one was saved; that was ee owned by Dr, Winters, Tue poor animals were The authorities of St. Louis have hit upon tho killed by smoke suffocation. Thirty two horses were | novel ideaof disguising a member of the police force in owned by Mr, Haley, the other two were owned by Mr. | woman's garments and sending him to those localities J. Folk and Mr, H. Wolf, valued at $500; not insured, | inthe city Where respectabio ladies are insulted by Mr Haley estimates his loss at $9,000; insured for | loafers. result is that several of the loungers are in oustody. $4,000, ‘Tue damage done to the building is about $150; in- sured. The stables, it seems, had been closed ata quarter past eleven o'clock the night befere, The night watch- man on the first floor was alarmed by smoke coming was The town of Tupelo, famous in war annals, has been selected for the seat of justice in tne new county of Lee, in Mississtppi. Randell Hont, LL.D, Professor of Commercial Law, Criminal Law, and the Law of Evidence, in the Law Do- through the floor, That the first intimation, be . he received of the + that on ‘stablo | Partment, has been elected President of the U! ty door he fou re ‘mpomttle to outer, 2 mabe the | of Louisiana by the Administrators of the University, - smoke being too denee to permit him. meta | A cheese factory company has been formed in Brook- fire is at unk but is to have been Ti, The mac! is Worked aoe nown, supposed ba) , ‘hinery by an engine of 400 MUSICAL AND TH An organ of novel Splendid tone and ruinees and power in the dispasons, four banks of keys, com- pases from © C to 4, in the manuals of from CCC toF, in the pedals, sixty-two registers, each running through, clear, effective oboe, trumpet and harmonic flute solo stops, two thousand eight hundred and eighty-two pipes, and many ingenious mechanical improvements, has been built for St, Bridget’s church at a cost of $20,000, on the order of the pastor, Rev, Father Mooney. The shapes and decorations are Gothic, illuminated in the medieval style, the pipes in front glistening with parti-colored devices. Crystal lilies with flaming gas petale and quaint mirrors form arches in front, and above the player stand the statues of Saints Luke, Cecilia, Bridget and Patrick, with angels between, all carved in the highest atylo of art, A perfect four and half octave chime of bells, thunder, nail and other effects have been added to the organ. It is one of the finest instraments we have heard im any church in New York or Brooklyn. Mr. Kendal left the Haymarket theatre at Easter. Accompany formed in Paris to work the Thédtre du Prince Impérial has been declared bankrupt. Nos Bons Villageois goes the round of all the theatres in the suburbs of Paris, It is now played at the Théatre de Grenelle. The engagement of Miss Menken at the Gaité termin- ated at Easter. She proceeds, it ts understood, forth- with to Vienna, The Pirates of the Savannah, in which she played, has now run a hundred nights, The drama by which it will be replaced is by MM. Eugene Nus and A. Brot. Its title is Le Testament d’ Elizabeth, The favorite actress, Miss Nelly Moore, has left the Haymarket theatre. She appeared on April 28 at the Prince of Wales’s theatre, Manchester, whereat she ia engaged to play the heroine of the drama by Mr. Watts Phillips, Lost in London. It is Never Too Lato to Mend will shortly be produced at the Surrey theatre, with the same scenery, &c,, a8 at the Princess’s, Mr, Calhaem has been engaged to play his original part of Jackey, his impersonation of which ig one of the first in its class on the modern stage It is stated that Mr. F. B, Chatterton, tessec of Drury Lane theatre, bas taken initiatory proceedings to bring an action against Mr. sims Reeves for damages for breach of contract, the latter gentleman having declined to ap- pear in the drama of Rob Roy, for which he was engaged for twelve special representations, La Vie Nouvelle, @ five act comedy of M. Paul Meurice, has been successfully produced at the Odéon, Ite plot turns upon the fortunes of a young man of very dissi- pated habits, who, having failedgg an attempt at suicide, leads thereafter a chequered life, attempting, with the aid of friends, to recover the position his misconduct had forfeited. The principal parts are said to bave been splendidiy played by M. Berton, Mile, Periga and Mile, Jeanne Essier, The difficulties in the way of the performance of the pieces of M. Victor Hugo are being, one by one, re moved. A committee, consisting of MM. Camille Dou- cet, Edouard Thierry, A. Vacquerie, Paul Meurice and Paul Foucher, has deliberated upon the arrangements. It is at present intended that the Comédie sbali produce Hernani on the 1st of June, Mile. Favart playing Dona Sol, M. Bressant, Don. Carlos, M. Delauny Hernan) and M. Maubant Ruy Gomez. Marion Delorme will be played during the following seagon, Beauvaliet will play Don Salluste in Ruy Blas when that piece is pro-- duced at the Odéon. ‘On April 6, the troupe of Japanese performers, who hove been giving their cntertainment at the Floral Hall in Covent Garden, attended by royal command at Wind- sor Castle, and gave.a special display of all their extra- ordinary feats and’ illusions. It being the birthday of Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, a numerous aad distimguished company bad been invited to the castle, and they witnessed the playing, which lasted from three - to five o’clock, and was much applauded. The 'wete accompanied by Mr. J. Mitchell, Mr. E. ‘W. Grant and their manager, Mr. Nimmo, Mr, ‘Williains officiated at the pianoforte, Mra, Get Lander played Elizabeth at the Walnut, piealetphis ed the 4th inst. : Lady Don concluded her highly successful engagement fat the Arch, Philadelphis, on the 4th, She will be suc- ceeded by J. W. Wuliack. THE ESTATE OF SENATOR DOUGLAS. The Agent Sued by the Executors on Allega- tions of Frand. [From the Chicago Teibune, May 3.) A bill has been flied on the Chancery side of the Cir- cuit Court of this county, involving serious charges against a well known fellow citizen, in reiation two the estate of the late Senator Douglas. The parties to the bill are Adeic Williams, widow of Stephen A. and her Lorre 4 ond Robert M. and Douglas, minor The pon ga are Nicholas P. MN @. Vail and William 3, Carother. ‘The stating clause of the bill sets up the of Mr, Douglas; the heirship of the widow and the children; her righ the estate and ne of the deccased, the right of the children ie, Mr. , to the remdue. This a was made by the will admitted to pro. at the October term of the County Court of 1861, Dantel C. Rhodes, of Cleveland, Obio, being ap- poinied executor. During the month of April, 1863, an inventory was filed, with a supplemental inventory at the April term of 1 Claims were presented and ap- proved to the pene of $8,489 and the executor Feporting no personal property proceedit Wore instituted inthe Clroult Cours for leave to sell tine real estate for the payment of the claims allowed. Upon a decree being made the estale was sold, and enough was realized to pay ail the claims. The bill now alleges that the executor resided at Cleve- Jand, Ohio, and that the others of comy (8 resided ‘at Washington, D.C. ; that they, until May, 1863, had no agent or attorney in I\linois, but about that time Nicholas P. Iglobart, it is said, applied to Mrs. Williams, in the city of Washington, to uted the agent of herself Mr. Dougias’ children, The offer was dechued, until, it is charged, by specious pretexts, he induced a change of the decision, it being daumed that he would be able to save a amount of money for her, which would otherwise lost to said estate; that he was well ferinintes with the creditors of said estate, and that thé creditérs would reaize @ greater portion of their demands if the cnil- dren and widow of Mr Douglas were to be benefited thereby ; that Igiehart also stated to Mrs. Williams that she po several valuable claims for dower, which he could dispose of to great pect ry advantage for her; and that {f the rea! estate of Mr. Dougias was sold he could buy it in for hér benef: ; that he knew of several persons to whom he ould dispose of portions at prices: largely in excess of what it would bring at public sale, PA a en excess owe ve 3 ie © bill then charges that the defendant, Igt during 1864, opened negotiations with the phe imme | for a compromise of their claima, representing that such compromise was for the benefit of the heirs, who were very poor; that said claimants, having been porsonal friends 8, consented to make a compromise, and of Ridgely for $1,508 54 was sett! far and an assignment of the claim made las Iglehart Vail, The claim of <herman et. al. for $386 14, it is claimed, was sottied for $100, and a similar assignment of the claim made over to the same person. The claim of Davis tor $2,000 96, it is likewise averred, was settled for $500, and an assignment mado to Nicholas I. Vail, but dotivered to Igiehart. The de- mand of Sauter for $4.464 20, it is charmed was adjusted for $1,600, and the claim uerigued to Vai ‘hich assien- Ment was delivered to Igichart, The bill aileges that ‘Mra, Williams resided at Washington, m a state of Fonte ead poverty, and unable to advance the money for the purpose of setting said claims, but that the executor, Rhodes, is a man of large means, and offered to advance willing to do it all himself; that be had plenty of money ‘at his command, which he was willing to use to advance her {nterests. ‘Tho bill charges, however, that Iglehart did not inform complainants of the settlement of the claims and their assignment to him, but kept the matter secret, and in September, 1864, he appeared before the County U and claimed the allowance of the entire claim—$8,791,06, which amount he received from the executor, in viola~ tion of his ph It is also claimed that at the ex- ecutor’s eale Iglebart bid off # large amount of real osta'e at a nominal price, the sum bid*being about $1,400 for property which it is al 000; that at tho sale Iviehart steted that he was buy- ing the caid property for the benefit, as he expressed ity of the widow and children of Judge Douglas. Tho compiainanis allege that a declaration of trust was executed by sald Jal hart be'ore the executor would minke bim a deed of the Property, to the effect that sald parchase was for the benefit of Mra. Douglas and her bee yy it Pg by that said Igie! has dis. posed of somo the property at ‘that no account has been ned with contpiencen” the prayer of the bill asks that an account may be had of the property sold, and that the title to the remainder may be vested in them. NORTHWESTERN BRITISH AMERICA, The Rumor of the Transfer of British Terri- tory to the United states. San Franctsco, May 6, 1867. The Victoria Colonist, the oldest and most widely Circulated journal in Vancouver's Island, British Columbia, says editorially, under date of the 90th ult, that “Nine out of every ten men in the colooy, under hele present ‘state of wretchednoes and poverty, would welcome annexation to the United States. re. marks are called forth by the rumor that Engiand is About to sell her northwestern American possessions to the United States, OBITUARY. r R. Clayton, of Mississippi, died recently wee eer to bie motte ta Georgia, ‘Bho Mobilo Advertiser of April $0 announces the death pain Roger A. Heirn, who for the last or of & Century wan wel tzown ad the commander one of the