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6 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY‘, APRIL 19, 1868-TRIPLE SHEET. YORK HERALD NEW STREET. BROADWAY AND ANN annnnnnnngnnenneenle JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. +--Ne, 110 RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO-DAY. STREET UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. Rev. ‘Morning and evening. FE BAPTIST CHURCH, Forty-second Morning and evening. BLEECKER Dx. SAWYER. NODAL esoentE W. Pore NxAMAN CANAL STREET Davip MiToHELL. CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION.—Ray. Du. Ewes. | Evening. THAPEL OF Ret ML HOWLAND. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning and evening. Rev. THE HOLY APOSTLES, Rutgers Institute. Morning and afternoon. CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR.—Rev. J. M. PULLMAN. Morning and evening. CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS.—Rry. Dz. DrrMs. Morningandevening = CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER.—Ricut Rev. BrsHor Porrer. Afternoon, CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION.—Rrv. Dr. FLaaa. Morning and afternoon, SHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES, Ninth avenue and Bs taht street, REY. H. J- Monvos, D. D, Evening. COMTE CHURCH OF HUMANITY.—Henry Epcrn. Morning and evening. that time were the Marshal and his assistants. The case was adjourned, An order of adjudication of bankruptcy was en- tered by Judge Blatchford against the New York Mail Steamship Company yesterday. ‘The dinner of the press in honor of Mr. Dickens took place last evening at Delmonico’s. Addresses were made by Horace Greeley and Henry J. Ray- mond—Mr, Dickens responding to the second toast. In the case of certain municipal oficers of Phila- delphia, whose seats were contested by republican candidates at the election last fall, Judge Allison de- cided in favor of the present incumbents, who are all democrats. ‘The stock market was irregular yesterday. Gov- ernment securities were firm, Gold closed at 13845 The markets, with but few exceptions, were very quiet yesterday. Coffee was dull, but held with firmness, Cotton was in improved demand and ad- vanced ‘4c., middling upland closing at 3le, On ‘Change flour was in fair demand and firmer, though | -prices were not quotably higher. For wheat there was a good demand, but sales were restricted by the high prices asked. Corn was quite active and lc. a 2c, higher, while Oats were quiet and a trifle easier. Pork opened lower, but closed firm. Beef was un- changed, Lard was more sought after and a trifle higher. Bacon and cut meats were firmly held. Freights were very quiet. Petroleum, though quiet, was slightly firmer, Naval stores were moderately active and firm, Our Periodical Literature. Since the year 1741, when Franklin issued the first number of the ‘General Magazine and Historical Chronicle,” we have had in the DODWORTH HALL.—Spreirvatists. THOMAS C, BEN- NIN@. Morning and evening. EVERETT ROOMS.—SPIRITUALI318. Mus. BYRNES. Morning and evening. EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY.—KxV. G. F. KRaTEL, D, D, Morning and evening. FREE CHURCH OF THE HOLY LIGHT.—Rev. East- BORN BENJAMIN. Morning and evening. MARINER'S BAPTIST TEMPLE.—Rev. Mn. Waiditr, D. D. Morning. MORAVIAN P. E. CONGREGATION.—Rrv. A. K. RBINKE. Morning. ra NEW JE LEM HOUSE OF WORSHIP.—Lrororr ny REV, CHAUNCEY GILRS ON “SWEDENBORG AS A MAN,” Evening. ST, ANN'S FREE CHURCH.—Rxv. GEORGr PENNELL. Morning and evening. UNIVERSITY, Washington square.—BisHor SNow. Af- ternoon. TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Sunday, April 19, 1868S. IMPEACHMENT. ‘the High Court met at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, caper The Chief Justice directed counsel to state what they offered to prove by the question debated at the close of the session on Friday. The offer to prove was read, and stated that counsel would show that Uhe President's Cabinet concurred 1n the opinion that the Civil Tenure bill was unconstitutional, and that Mr. Stanton and Mr. Seward wrote the message vetoing it. The debate on the admissibility of the evidence was continued, and the Chief Justice rnied that it was admissible, put the Senate ruled other- ‘wise by a vote of 20 to 29, Mr. Welles was recalled, but the main portion of nis evidence was decided inadmissible, Mr. Evarts then announced that other members of the Cabinet were in attendance, but he would not call them, as they could only give the evidence that had already been ruled out. Postmaster General Randall, how- ever, was called and testified as to the removal of Foster Blodgett, Postmaster at Augusta, Ga. Mr. Evarts, at the conclusion of this testimony, announced that, as far as counsel knew, the evidence for the defence was all in, although they could not say positively, in the absence of Mr. Stanbery. The Court then adjourned. A few members of the House at eleven o'clock, without a formal assembling, attended the Senate Chamber, and oN ae the Speaker announced that the House would during the rest of the im- peachment proceedings meet at eleven o'clock, in accordance with a resolution adopted some time ago, THE LEGISLATURE. In the Senate yesterday the Erie Railway bill was passed by a vote of 17 to 12, Numerous other bills not of general interest were aiso passed or ordered to a third reading. In the Assembly the New York county Tax Levy was referred to the Committee of the Whole and made the special order for Wednesday. Several bills were passed and ordered to a third reading. EUROPE. The news reported by the Atlantic cable is dated yesterday, April 18. The Prince of Wales was installed a Knight of St. Patrick in Dubiln, the people being very enthu- siastic. The weather in England ts very favorable for harvest prospects. Admiral Farragut’s squad- ron is at sea for Lisbon. Consuls, 934 a Five-twenties, 705; a 704 in London and 7534 in Frankfort. Cotton firmer at an advance; middling uplands closing at 12'y pence. Breadstuifs quiet and steady and provisions firm. MISCELLANEOUS. ‘The election in Louisiana is progressing quietly. The white vote in New Orleans is belleved to be con- siderably ahead so far, The votes will he counted immediately on the close of the polls, and we shall probably et an indication of the result to-day. ‘The stea ips City of Paris and Cuba, of rival Nines, left their docks in North river for Queenstown yesterday about the same hour, the intention being to race across the Atlantic. The City of Paris having the first send off was one hour and five minutes ahead at the bar. The Virginia Convention adjour at midnight Friday. The constitution signed oniy by the President and Secretary, in accordance with @ resolution of the body. The State Treasurer of Virginia was suspended yesterday by General Schofield, and a new one was | appointed ad interim. The Superintendent of State | Prisons was removed, and a new set of town oficials was appointed for Charlottesvilie, Joseph Brown, for the murder of his lite daughter, Angie, was sentenced at Hudson yesterday to be hung on the 30th of May. He took the sentence quite coolly, declaring that he was innocent. Whelan has been commitred to trial at the Assize Court in Ottawa for the murder of D' Arey McGee. He was discovered yesterday morning in an attempt to escape. A policeman in Troy was shot somewhat myste- riously on Friday mght. The murder is su have been the work of burglars whom he was about distarbing in their operations, In the United States District Court yesterday, be- fore Judge Blatchford, the case of the United States vs, Joseph Bioomgart came up for hearing, ‘The ¢ fendant was committed to prison on a charge of em- wing $12,000 from the office of the Assistant Treasurer at Louisville. The evidence against the prisoner Was a tale written by him, the chief feature being a description of the plot and action of embez- ziement ch ed, Shortly after the commitment counsel moved for a writ of certiorari to vacate the arrest, which was returnable yesterday, The de- cision of the court will be rendered to-morrow, The Gould contempt case, a branch of the grea Erie litigation, was up for hearing be tare sine die northern part of this Continent many changes; but we can scarcely say We hgve been without a periodical of literary pretensions and ability. Our earliest periodicals were not by any means” destituté of talent, although most of them enjoyed but a brief existence. In pre- revolution times there-does not seem to have been any lack of literary enterprise, but of most of the magazines and reviews, the names of which are connected with that period, it is only truth to say that they appeared but to die, The tremendous power which was known to be exercised by the two great English periodicals, the ‘‘ Edinburgh” and the ‘‘ Quar- terly,” prompted literary ambition on this side of the Atlantic, and the result was the appear- ance in 1815 of the *‘ North Amerigan Revigw.” This was the most ambitions attempt which had yet been made on this side of the great waters in the higher forms of jour- nalism, and it is only fair to say that under the successive managements of such men as Tudor, Channing, Dana, the Everetts, Sparks, Palffey, Bowen gud Peabody the “North American Review” has earned a fair reputation for scholarship, taste and literary ability. High excellence has characterized many of its numbers, but we cannot say that continuously it has for any length of time lived on the same level with its two English con- temporaries, Since 1815 till now legion is the name of the periodicals which have catered for popular favor. Of these periodicals some have been good, some have been excellent, some have been trashy, and most have died. We have only had one quarterly which, judged from a national standpoint, can bear compari- son with either of the great English reviews. We are not forgetful of the high merits of the “Bibliotheca Sacra” and of the ‘Princeton Re- view.” Of these periodicals it is impossible to speak in terms too highly laudatory, but it is to be borne in mind that they have never at- temipted to represent other than sectional in- terests. We are not forgetful either of the “National Quarterly Review,” which, notwith- standing its many merits, has never justified its claim to be a national organ. Our month- lies have never been of a character to justify comparison with “Blackwood,” with “Frazer,” with ‘‘Bentley,” with ‘‘Colburn,” or even with “Macmillan,” the “Cornhill” or the other numerous monthlies which have made their appearance in Great Britain in recent years, In this respect, indeed, our so-called higher journalism has lagged miserably behind the daily press. The daily press of this country is in certain important respects ahead of the daily press of England, of France, of Ger- many, of the world; but the same compli- ment cannot be truthfally paid to either our quarterly, our monthly or our fortnightly pe- riodicals. Our demerits or shortcomings in so-called higher journalism, as compared with similar efforts in Great Britain or France or Germany, are, we willingly admit, on certain points, of easy explanation. Weare a younger people. The tastes and tendencies of our people have another direction than that of literature. We are as yet, and naturally enough, more political than literary, and more money-secking then either. High literary and artistic tastes have only as yet in the world’s history been developed in old communities and among that class where wealth has been a fact, where leisure has been enjoyed, where the mind has been highly cultivated and where the developed mind has sought easy and agreeable exercise. In our national history we have not yet reached that stage of development. It would simply be absurd for us to compare ourselves with the British, with the French, with the Ger- mans, not to speak of the Italians, who must ever be spoken of as at once the parents, the custodians and the exponents of all that is highest and noblest and best in literature and in art. If, however, our country is to be worthy of i left on the nations; if we would prove to the world that now is and to the world that is to follow: if we would have the future of this people to be as great ds it ought to be and as it is capable of becoming; if, in brief, we | | ing that we are as great intellectually and | morally as we are territorially, then we must | have regard to our current periodical literature. By our lit our own f re and our moral and religious character before the world. This—and we say it with sorrow the particular in which as a people we have fallen and still do fall miser- ably short. The character of a people, it has often, but not too often, been suid, is to be determined rett in the Court of Common ing to the continued absence of Mr. Gould Albany on the plea of illness the proceedings were ad- journed until Tuesday next. The exarination tc fore Referee Redfield, which was to have sumed yesterday, was also postponed ii consequence of a stay of proceedings having been intery ‘The wramat En mand Evans, distillery in 1 resisting nts in Pel Hi avenue A for al Collector P ruary last terd tw testimony th the duty of the , eed Hlielt dis ter and government 4 was up b Commissioner Osbora ye ut it was keepers to ernment resist persot and that they did not know (hat the part by the literature on which it feeds, Our quarterly, monthly and forinightly publications are, rightly or wrongly, ome and ssontative of #, if they represent anytl oute overtlow the thinking and rej minds the jour the e men of the thon men of leisure—th the d ire who hav once to means the express the be ‘the prevailing thou » the thinkers liv » Th whether had chit, hether ighta, ether a are a fit resisted at. | of the dominant thoughts of the leading aud If: if we would have our impress | would prove to all nations and to all time com- | nature we are at once determining | supposed to be the | fashionable people of the hour. Quarterly, monthly and fortnightly publications are luxuries. Luxuries are the enjoyment of the few, but that few are always the flowering and fruit of the dominant thoughts and feelings of the hour. It is, therefore, a fair and just conclusion that the moral and religious senti- ments which find favor in these publications are the governing sentiments of the day. If this conclusion be accepted as just—and we know no reason why it should not—we have no choice but to affirm that in regard to morals and religion we are as a people in a most unhealthy state. We do not speak rashly when we say it that our periodical literature, with a few soli- tary exceptions, is immoral ina high degree, and that its influence, if allowed to go unchecked, will prove destructive and ruin- ous in the extreme. When a periodical such as the ‘‘North American Review,” which claims to be the representative organ of the American people, speaks of such a man as Theodore Parker as another Messiah, and places him on the same level with Jesus Christ, we cannot wonder that the smaller fry should be equally irreverent and more unblushingly impure. We could name periodicals which have been exten- sively bought, which have found a place upon the most genteel tables, which have been handled by most delicate fingers, which have been read by lustrous eyes which were the index of pure and untainted souls—journals which contained articles which, in spite of an apparent moral ptitpose, were filled to reple- tion with the deadliest moral poison. We have no desire to make ourselves offensive by men- tioning names, but there are only a few, a very few indeed, of the magazines and reviews now courting public patronage free from the charge. The Southern Elections, The South Carolina elections, involving the ratification of the radically reconstructed State constitution, a Governor, Legislature and mem- bers to the lower house of Congress, appear to have gone. pretty thoroughly radical, The re- sults could hardly be otherwise under universal negro suffrage in a State which numbers four hundred thousand blacks against three hundred thousand whites. In Louisiana, from some splits and dissen- sions among the republicans, the results of the elections in progress are doubtful, although it is probable the constitution will be ratified, from the general turnout and fusion of the republi- cans, Blacks and whites, radicals and conser- vatives on that question, against the opposition party. In Georgia, where the registered voters on the two sides are nearly equal in numbers, and where the elements in opposition to the radicals are prepared for a vigorous fight, there isa fair prospect for a general radical defeat. The elections come off this week and are to continue for five days, beginning to-morrow. In North Carolina the elections, beginning on Tuesday of this week, will last three days, on ratification of new constitution, choice of Governor, Legislature, &c. As the republicans have two tickets in the field, radical and in- dependent radical, and as the registered white voters in this State are ina heavy majority, the presumption is that for the offices involved the conservatives will carry the State. The Florida election is also close at hand, but there, from the majority of the registered blacks, the result will most likely be radical throughout. The Virginia and Mississippi Conventions are just closing up their arduous labors, Arkansas is on the way to Washington for admission into Congress, while Texas is only about to begin the work of framing a radical constitution ac- cording to the pattern pregcribed by Congress. What has become of Alabama we hardly know, though we suppose she is held back to be slipped in quietly under President Wade that is to be. There are, however, so many hitches and diffi- culties and troubles to the radicals in all these Southern elections, that we fear the task of setting the States concerned right side up will be more than a match even for “‘Old Ben.” The Central Underground Railroad. It is tobe hoped, now that the Legislature has passed the bill incorporating the first underground railroad, that the work will be | proceeded with and promptly completed. Ilitherto projects like these have been carried through by politicians for no other purpose than that of virtually blackmailing the pro- | perty owners of this city. Whenever a few respectable men could be induced to place their names to schemes of a similar nature the lobbyists have seldom failed to carry the measure through the Legislature, and after- wards to levy a round sum upon interested parties, and then nothing more is heard of the | matter We have not forgotten the famous | scheme of destroying Fifth avenue by removing the elegant and cosily stoops in front of the residences on that fashionable street, and the remembrance of that attempt at blackmailing serves as a warning in the present case. It is, however, gratifying to observe that among the names of those who comprise “The New York | City Central Underground Railway Company” are several belonging to gentlemen of well known energy and integrity. Mr. W. B. Duncan, J. B. Johnston, J. 8. Schultz and H. W. Slocum are gentlemen who will not permit their names to be used by politicians for un- worthy purposes. They will doubtles see to it that the provisions of the bill ave faithfully car- ried out, and that the road is built in as short a time as practicable. Such being the case, we feel hopeful that the Underground Railroad will not exist upon paper alone, and that the act of incorporation wil! not be used to blackmail the numerous property holders along the route, who may object to the underground plan, As we have remarked before, the proposed road is not an objectionable one. It traverses a section where property is not so valuable as that in which the arcade project lics, and its construction will not interfere with the com- | merce of the city to any considerable extent. If it is a feasible plan, and if it can be erected | within five years, then let the company go energetically to work and construct the road, | and let such men as Mr. Duncan and Mr. John- | ston keep a sharp eye upon its management, lest it become a stoc The | seasities of the city for rapid means of com- e end of the island to the nt to all, and it is desirable ription of road be built that will Hall to s xing concern, ne munication from ¢ appe that some de: ) other are enable persons to travel from the City | Havlem bridge withia ao hour, Underground Railroad can supply the necessi- ties alluded to, by all means let it be con- structed. But we desire no humbuggingftrans- actions, no Wall street speculators’ corpora- tion. If the company desire to benefit the city they must act fairly and squarely and push the work forward to aa early completion. Religious Revivals. Our religious newspapers report a marked increase in what are known as “revivals” throughout the country. The number of mem- bers of the various denominations has greatly increased and is daily increasing, the people of the rural districts particularly expressing conversion and ‘‘joining church.” If we take the trouble to analyze these religious revivals we discover that they arise almost solely from our present disordered political as well as social system. Indeed, it may be truly asserted that even as in politics a struggle is going on between the advocates and supporters of the constitution, laws and civil government on the one hand, and the representatives and uphold- ers of revolution, with all of its excesses and political debaucheries on the other, so is there an existing conflict between the pious-minded and the votaries of that new social order which was born of ballets and spectacular dramas. And if we carry the simile further we may say that, even as in politics the opposing elements increase in strength every day, so in this religious struggle do the antagonists increase in number and importance, The religious revivals to which we have re- ferred are not confined to any particular de- nomination, but are occurring in every creed and class of Christianity. Men, women and children throng the churches and camp meet- ings, and there in penitence and sorrow pledge themselyes to live in the future more in accord- ane With divine intention and divine law. But how can We regard these manifestations of reviving interest in the spiritual when almost side by side with them we find lasclviousiess and sensuality flourishing in high and low places, while our places of amusement are ren- dered profitable to their managers by the repre- sentations of scenes whose whole tendency is to break down the barriers which virtue has set up before society for the laudable purpose of restraining the animal instincts of mankind, and when even the literature of the day, in- stead of elevating the morals of its readers, tend, by a species of disgusting pruriency, to carry ffs as low as possible in the social scale. Is this revivai and this retrogression the pre- cursor of a better and a purer religion than we have yet enjoyed? Shall we eventually reach that point when, satiated by the Puritan- ism of our present religious system, and ren- dered sick and cloyed by an unhealthy morality, the fabric of our present society will be utterly destroyed, and from the ashes a new system will arise which will lead us nearer to the mil- lennium and nearer to God? Spring Races at Jerome Park. The spring racing season is about to com- mence at Jerome Park. under promising auspices. A short time since Paterson was the fashionable resort for the patrons of the turf, and the Jerseymen exulted in the antici- pation of having an American Derby in their neighborhood. Their hopes were doomed to disappointment. The establishment of Jerome Park, and the brilliant manner in which the races were conducted there last year, changed the American Derby course from the soil of New Jersey to the picturesque neighborhood of Fordham. The sad accident that occurred at the hurdle race at Jerome Park last year made such equestrian pursuits unpopular on account of the danger connected with them. In England, where both horses and riders are trained in hunting and steeple-chasing, the chances of disaster are considerably lessened. Here the inexperience of the four-footed and biped representatives of the turf renders steeple-chasing in any form extremely dan- gerous. It is the same as if a bull fight were got up in this city d ’Hsxpagnole with an ordi- nary Western bull, a couple of rat terriers and a Washington Market butcher as matador. The patrons of hurdle races will, however, be delighted to hear that this season there will be patent hurdles used at Jerome Park which will do away with the possibility of danger to horses or jockeys from this source. Conse- quently we may expect to hear of daring feats performed at the next races, and every one will be anxious to test those patent hurdles. The fact that fifty-eight horses are in actual train- ing for the next meeting at Jerome Park, to say nothing of those at the private training establishments and other public courses in this vicinity and those from the West and South, is a sufficient indication of the brilliancy of the spring races at this favorite course. The Erie Railroad Slaughter. One of the worst features in the recent slaughter on the Eric Railroad is that it could have been avoided. The managers of the road were fully aware of the condition of the track ; they had been plainly informed, long prior to the occurence of the accident, that miles of rails were worn out and positively unfit for use. Ignoring the dangers of which they were warned, the management risked on stockjob- bing and wasted in the courts enough money, perhaps, to have repaired and made the road safe for travel. The struggle, then, with Mr. Vanderbilt was the principal cause of some thirty or more persons losing their lives, and a yet larger number being either maimed for life or sustaining injuries which will cause them much suffering for months to come. We allude to this feature of the disaster because similar slaughters are likely to cecur on other roads from just the same canse. It is notorious that nearly all of the railroads in the United | States are in the hands of stockjobbers and speculators ; men not for the sake of the business they do, but for the sake of profits accruing from speculations in their bonds or stocks. How liable, then, are we to record more of railroad slaughters similar to the recent one on the Erie road! There may be great profit and ex- citement in manipulating railroad secur : but of what comfort are these things to the relatives of the unfortunate beings who lose their lives, to those who are physically injured ? Among the Porit Morality In olden times the Puritans of N Ingland were furmous for the rigidity of their morals, In the excess of their religions zeal they hung Quakers and burned women as witches, we Siner If the Central | thea they have become strangely demoralized. that they are managed by these | As evidence of the fact it is only necessary to refer to the developments in an extraordinary divorce case now in progress in New Haven, Connecticut, the hub of the veritable ‘land of steady habits.” In this case we find evidence that the husband, a reverend doctor of divinity, had beaten his wife until she must have re- sembled a prize fighter after a severe mauling, and that she herself was habituated to the unladylike habits of smoking and drinking ardent spirits. The testimony of the servants shows a shocking state of morals among the household. There is also another story just ventilated of the wife of some other Connecticut divine, who, it was reported, had decamped with some forty thousand dollars of her husband's funds; but she publishes a card, in which, after exposing a terrible state of domestic infelicity, she denies the statement only as regards the amount, she alleging that she jayhawked but eight thousand instead of forty thousand dollars. Verily, all this exhibits avery bad condition of things in any com- munity, especially in one so starched and punc- tilious as moral New England. The Prince of Wales a Knight of St. Patrick. The Prince of Wales was installed a Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick in St. Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, yesterday, with solemn religious ceremony and courtly pomp. A procession in which the united nation was represented, extending over two miles in length, accompanied the Prince from Dublin Castle to the church, which was filled with a brilliant assemblage of wealth and beauty. The municipal dignitaries of Dublin and all the other chief cities and corporate towns of Ireland were present by invitation. The route of the procession was closely lined with soldiers. Notwithstanding the aspect of caution conyeyed in this general display of troops the people turned out in vast numbers and were quite enthusiastic ; so it may be that e angient capital of Ireland will prove to the ritish Crowit What the city of Pesth has just been to Austria, a ground rendered still more sacred as the place of reconciliation for two conflicting nations. After a sound of trumpets and the proclama- tion of his titles, rank and style within the walls of the cathedral, the Prince of Wales was invested with the ribbon of the Order, as in the case of George the Fourth, in the pre- sence of the people. His late Royal Highness Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, who left England after the death of William the Fourth, and died King of Hanover, as well as his Royal Highness the present Duke of Cambridge, were at different times enrolled Knights of St. Patrick; but by action of a chapter, and not in the same public manner as George the Fourth and the Prince of Wales. Indeed, the Duke of Cumberland was scarcely known as an enrolled Knight, and it has been questioned if he valued the honor very much, as the Parliamentary records of the English House of Commons go to show that that gentle- man entertained the most radical ideas of governmental change from Ireland just previous to the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne; being no less than a plan to alter the succession and seize on the crown himself by means of a revolution, to be produced by the Irish Orangemen—of which body he was Grand Master—and he worked to an end by certain political parties aided by means of fanatic religious ‘‘cries” in Great Britain. Having failed in his grand object it is not likely that his Grace of Cumberland esti- mated his dignity asa Knight of St. Patrick very highly. The Duke of Cambridge remains a worthy K. P. Persons of the order of nobility only were present at the installation banquet yesterday— a rule which excluded the vast numbers of churchmen of all persuasions, a class which has really troubled Ireland for centuries. PROSPECTS OF ITALIAN OPERA IN THE METROPOLIS, The amusemént public of this city are very peculiar in their.ideas of musical and dramatic entertain- ments, and very different from the patrons of European theatres. They are resolutely opposed to having the same dish served up to them at all times, with slight variations, which managerial caterers have often found out to their cost. Constant noyeity and variety in opera, both as regards works” and artists, must, therefore, be the first care of an ém- presario in this city. It will not do to present season after season the same unvarying round of operas, with the same unchanged cast. The adoption of this course was one of the causes of the failure of Italian opera here this season. Whenever an at- tempt was le to introduce something besides the everlasting viata,” “Fra Diavalo” and “11 Barbiere, comer was presented in such a sorry guise that a failure was the inevitable result, Take, for instance, the production of “L'Africaine,”’ “Romeo and Juitet,"* “Robert le Diable,”* + and the ‘Iluguenots” within the past two y he first representation of each created a stir for the moment and attracted a large house; but the wretched and disgraceful mani r in which these operas were paced on the stag, and the ineticient east assigned tueach, soon thinned the boxes and stalls, leaving only the unprofitable host that tay be constantly seen at the Academy. Then the narrow minded selfishness, dictatorial annoy- ance, tinpertinent interierence with manager and artists, and Monopoly of the best seats on the part of the one hundred and ninety-nine and @ half stock- holders, sill further disgusted the public, Itatr opera, driven from the Academy, took refuge at Pike and for sowe time its prospects were very favorable. ‘The operas were produced in better style, the artists were in better voice, and the entire auditorium was at the service of the public. The management, however, committed the fatal error of permitting 4 fluence to gain ground at the new opera hon: Messrs. Pike and Harrison had cut loose entire from all association with the rival opera house its one hu and ninety-nine and a haif operat leeches, assumer the sole control of their own es nl ic suftering no employé to dic on their own business, and re- on the public, the success which their etforts would have been still re r. ‘The future prospects of Italian opera in tuis city depend upon the advent of that rare curi- ity, aM opera manager who knows his busine: has suicient pluck tocarry that Knowledge into active We have all the other materials here—capital, intelligence, artists and an opera house. ‘There is a mine of artistic talent lying perdu in the metropolis which a keen impresario would st. bring to light, Let all who take an interest in the lyric drama keep a sharp lookout for the com- ing manager whenever the auspicious time for his reign arrives. As tt is now, the elements of Italian opera here are in a chaotic state, and it would be useless Lo expect anything from them. ‘The brilliant triumphs of American artists tn Eu- | rope form & remarkable contrast to the disorganized state of the opera here, Adelina Pattl, the brightest star in the artistic firmament of Bagier or Gye, Mrs. Jenny Van Zandt, Miss Kellogg and a dozen ott artists are signal examples of American genius. Mrs. Van Zandt, although young on the stage, has already sung in “La Scala’? im Milan and Warsaw, and is en- gaged for the present season as one of the leading stars at Covent Garden, whence she will proceed to. the Imperial Opera House, St. Petersburg. Yet this isan artist that the narrow nilnded selfishness of the Academy of Musie jords prevented from giving her country the benefit of her talents. ‘There are many cases in which American artista lave not been able to find justice in this city and have been obliged to seek it in Kurope, where it was ungrudgingly ex- to them. It is gratifying to find that Loadon, | Paris, St 1 sburg and Italy rebuke the one hon | dred and ninety-nine and a half General Boums who have her ore frowned down native art. Let us hope that their reign is at an end, MORE Drinking PouNTAINS roR THs Crey.—An additions! supply of drinking fountains for th } souls during the forthcoming sultry season is to be estat Assucia!iou, ty | shed in this city by the Drinking Fountain | THE ERIE RAILWAY DISASTER. ‘SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Further In Facts—The Condition of the Wounded—Twenty-six Deaths—The Amount of Life Insurance Upon the Dead— A Clue to the Unknown Corpse. Port Jervis, April 18, 1868. Every train from the east and west brings in one or more persons in search of friends wounded or supposed to be among the victims of the Carr's Rock disaster, Of the wounded who were quar- tered in the hotels of the village many have so far recovered as to be able to return to their homes, Of the fifty-six domiciled at the Delaware House but twenty-two remain at the present writing. Ali of them are doing well, with the exception of W. P. Decker, of Elmira; 8. B. Fair- man, of the Elmira Advertiser, and R. Ray, of Middletown, who are seriously injured, but will pos- sibly recover, At the Minisink House there are now about ten of the wounded. The most seriously indisposed is Misa Mary Sterling, of Genesee, N. Y., whose head and eyes are fearfully bruised. She has been insen- sible since the accideat, and has not spoken nor opened her eyes since her arrival in the house. Mr. R. P. Beecher, of Wellsville, N. Y., and Mrs, Sarah A. Bebles, of Genesee, have arrived to mint- ster to her wants, but her death is hourly looked for by the physicians, who are administering stimu- lants to the sufferer. Mr. Henry Hendlin, of Dan- ville, N. Y., is very low. He complains of severe pain and internal abuses, and is re be sinking rapidly. The plysiciaus report twenty-six deaths up to-day, those killed, whose bodies were recoyered, leaths have occurred since yesterday’s report. The Sppcarenee the Delaware House is that of @ hospital. It is crowded to its utmost capacity with, the wounded and their friends who have arrived to cludin; take cl of the vic! On the walls of the hall. are posted the names. of the woun im the office @ descriptive list of articles found at the scene of the disaster, and upon every door a placard requesting visitors to refrain from going about to the rooms un- less called as friends or in the discharge of duties as nupes or attendants, . il the bodies have been identified with the excep-’ tion of one marked No. 5, which is so badly burned that its sex cannot be ascertained; but from effects that were ign eee it ap) that the vic- tim is @ man. e following is a description of the articles found on the clothing of the deceased:—A red flannel undershirt, with white pearl buttons, about an inch in diameter, and side pocket in the anit which 1g bound with black; a black silk cravat, ‘Th railway officials hope to effect the identification of the body by these articles, The offi of the railway company are doing all um thetr bower £0 make the wouuded and their friends comfortable—paying their hotel bills, providin, ical attendance and furnishing transportatiofi. Conklin, dispatcher of trains, and Mr, Guppy, Aasist- ant Superintendent, are dividing thelr time betweem the wounded, the forwarding of bodies to their ia homes, and furnishing information to anxious friends. ‘The ‘insurance companies suffer severely by this accident. From a careful estimate made by Mr. roadhead, President of the village, It appears that hé Jnsurance which the companies will be compelied to pay 8 about 325,000, as follows:—On general life, 30,000; on acci en life, principally in the Hart- ford Passenger rince Company, $20,000: and open as compensation for, damage, estimated at 25 If the statemen er week. Pee 4 yi ts of passengers can be relléd tpon the killed will largely exceed the number so far re- ported, They agree that the burned car was crowded at the time of the accident, and calculating three to Aséction the number could not have been less than forty-two. Of these but seventeen are known to have been killed, burned to death or escaped. This estimate is coniirmed by the conductor gnd Mry Douglas, Division Superintendent, who put the nui: ber of passengers on the train at two hundred, 6* forty to each car. It is more than probable that some of the bodies of the victims were entirely con- sumed by the tire, as was the case in the Angola disaster. ate ae T have the authority of a responsible gentieinan to whom they were made, and who at the time com- mitted thém to paper, that the following statements were given (in subsiance) by the parties:— 4 C. V. Tiffany, of Danville, N, Y., one of the wounded, in conversation has stated that he wasin the rear sleeping car, that Was burned. He entered it a6 Elmira, in company with a friend, Henry Hendlin, of Danville, .N. ind asked for berths. ey were informed by the oficer in charge that there were but two unoccupied berths, in ditferent sections, Mrs ‘Tiffany took a berth in section six and Mr. Hendlin one near the stove at the end of the car. Mr. Titfaay states that No.4 berth contained four passengers, the opposite berth three. He distinctly recalls the faces of twenty-two m the burned car, and he is un- der the impression that the total number in the car ‘was not less than forty. Mr. A. Paliner, of Ripley, N. Y., was in the rear sleeping car at the thne of the accident, Ho was awakened by the jolting of the trucks upon the ties. When the car struck the culvert it separated— the top sliding off. Palmer was thrown out on the breaking up of the car and deposited upon the culvert, from which he saw the burning of the car below. | He is under the impression that three of the emp oy‘s of the company escaped at the same time. Of those who escaped from the rear car, Mr. Palmer saw but one person—a young lady—who was injured. His impression is that there were in the car at the time of the disaster fully forty pas- sengers, calculating three to a section, C. P. Adams, of Randolph, N. Y., believes that the train was thirty-two minutes late at Belvidere; it was again detained fifteen minutes in the open country in the Valley of Chemung. Later in the night another detention occurred at an hour not known, but east of Susquehanna station, where saw the train hands rush out to learn the cause the detention, These detentions materially dis- turbed him and kept him awake during the night. Having a presentment that something would occur, Mr. Adams was on the point of leaving his berth when the train took the fearful leap. gentle- man was im the second sleeping car from the rear, and first remembers the motion of the cars upon the ties after leaving the rail, then the fearful plunge to the valley beneath. He asserts that at the time of tue accident the train was running at an unusually high rate of speed. " ‘tr. Austin Woodruff, of Randolph, N. Y., in conversation makes statements that corroborate those of Mr. Adams, Mr. Woodruff was awake most of the night, and is, therefore, a capable authority. Dr. Wim. Linsley, of No, 22 Lafayette place, New York, was tn the forward sleeping car at the time of the accident, awake and standing upon his feet. He knows the train was running very fast, as it was with dimiculty he could keep his feet in the car owing to its oscillation. Mr. A. S. Tryan, of Le Roy, N. Y., entered the middie sleeping car at Elmira and was awake nearly tie entire night, At the time of the accident he had awake for nearly two hours. His impression is that the train was running very fast, The train had been detained a number of times, and it seemed to him that the conductor Was running to make up lost time, After the catastrophe Mr. Tryan found himself in the creek, Was carried up the hill and saw atthe scene of the accident a sign board warning engineers to run slo" {Mr. Conklin and Engineer Green explain the fact of this sign board being there in this wise:—Lasé winter mua Were employed at that point in blasting ToCKs @nd the board was put up as a warning to rs of day trains, and never removed.—Re- 4 R. Moncrieff, of New York, was in the mid- oping car, and says it Was so crowded he could not secure a double berti. Miss Hoyt, of Chenango Forks, says the train was running so rapidiy that she expressed her tears of danger to her father, who is ainong the killed. A moment after a gentleman sitting near, whose con- versation gave her the impression that he was a railway official, exclaimed, “What does this feliow mean by rauning so fast round these curves 1’? ihe above fact gieaned from the survivors seena to place the facts beyond a doubt that the train was moving at a high rate of speed, and that the number of passengers in the burned car, whose escape has not been accounted for, is very large. The gentleman who made these notes ts confident that he hag cor- rectly reported the statements of the passengers whose names are given, The body of Mrs. Deck closed in a hand- some rosewood coffin forwarded te Eimira, where it will be interred to-morrow. The other bodies now lying in the dead house at the depot will be forwarded to their friends as soon as ordered. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. A correspondent calls attention to the fact that the snow and ice have disappeared and yet no effort ia being made by the street contractor to remove the | filth from our thoroughfares, and suggests to remedy the evil by placing the whole matter under the con- trol of the Police Commissioners. An engineer writes us that he has invented @ new railroad for Broadway, whieh will oceupy but four feet in with, to run from the Battery to Union square. But one track Is to be used for the cars going and coming, and passengers will not, he says, be compelled to leave tho cara, as it is onty a change of cars, This is not quite clear to us, but we presume it 1s to the inventor, Who has subnrittert tris plaus to the Legisia- | ture and but awaits the consent of that august y | to commence building the road at his own expense, A laborer in Chicago says that it is reported in that city that there are placards posted in the etty of New York stating that the pay of laborers in Chic is 4 per day. ‘This he denies, and warns the working. 1en of this city that it is a dodge of railroad agents and contractors, gotten up for the purpose of swindling f his fare and giving thin the alt there, of either | ‘ He further ja » laboring classes of Chicago are at present out of employment, Duriwa Tan Past | | TRANSMIssIon orf Srercre | » transmitted to he total amount ype from this p Was $1,57ok OF this amount $7 nto France aid the reuutiader ty Liverpool and | Loadon,