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effect of this upon the political stability of the country can only be estimated in part by judg- ing how absolutely essential it is that such an immense territory as ours should be very close- jy tied together by quick and cheap communi- cations if we would preserve our present national boundary lines. Expediency is the great keynote of political economy, and itis expedient for the United States to acquire control of the Isthmus of ‘Panama at the very earliest moment, so that Operations may be immediately commenced for the junction of the two oceans. For the reasons we have named the work should be done and controlled entirely by ourselves, giving, of course, the other maritime Powers ‘its use under the same scale of tolls levied upon our own commerce. Surveys should be commenced at once, and a thorough examina- tion made for the most feasible route for the ‘canal. Above all things the Colombian gov- ernment should not, by such treaties as the one lately negotiated by Mr. Seward for his New York friends, be petitioned to yield the right of transit upon a strip of territory which she claims, but over which she has no control, Panama is in the hands of a horde of semi- civilized negroes and half-breeds, who keep it In constant turmoil. There should be no hesi- tation, therefore, on the part of our govern- ment, to alter this sad condition of affairs which has such weighty bearing upon our fu- ture. In every view Panama is a necessity to us, and our Congress should boldly declare this fact. If Colombia will not recognize it the balance of the world will. As a military, maval and national defensive outpost it is im- possible to estimate the value of the Darien Isthmus to us, and it should even to-day be garrisoned by a body of United States troops as much as any fortification we possess. MUSICAL A\D THEATRICAL NOTES, Our managers seem determined to afford the ladies every opportunity for displaying the latest Spring styles. The variety and number of matinées announced for to-day are quite enough to satisfy the most exacting, and should the weather prove auspicious there will doubtless be a large at- tendance of beauty and fashion at all the theatres, At Booth’s theatre the “Marble Heart” will freeze and melt this afternoon according to its humor. and in the evening “Romeo and Juliet’ will love and @ie for one another for the last time this season. The Théatre Frangais will be made yocal with the follies of “La Vie Parisienne,” which will be given with its original cast. This will be the last ‘Matinée of the season at this establishment, At the Filth Avenue Theatre “La Périchole” Will be given with irma and Aujac tn the principal roles. Though not sanctioned by the Board of Education, *Schooi” will be keps this (Saturday) afternoon at Wallack’s. The reorganized ‘‘Forty Thieves’ will commit all sorts of depredations in the way of singing and danci ng at Niblo’s, “The Tempest” will rage with all the fury of @rtificial thasder and rosia lightning at the Grand Opera House, “Hamilet,” as personated by Miss Marriott, will be ‘but one of the many attractions at Wood's Museum. At the Broadway theatre, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams will delight tuei friends and patrons by Presenting thein with “The Emerald Ring.” “Humpty Duinpty,” with his pale face and ruffles, will indulge in all sorts of marvellous tricks and Capers at the Olympic, “The Seven Dwarfs,” aided by a short-skirted ballet, will do wonders in the way of pleasing their auditors at the Bowery. Miss Fanuy Javapschek will appear in her great character of **fisbe, or Angelo, the Tyrant Padua” at the Academy of Music, A varieties entertainment, embracing burlesque, beh and gymnastics, will be the attraction at e Tammany, At tne Theatre Comique, Boniface, Lingard and the bleached biondes will be the leading features in «Time Tries Ali” and “Pluto.” At Tony Pastor’s Opera House “The Chieftain’s Daughter” and the comical James Taylor will re- ceive thelr friends as usual. Trained horses, clowns and acrobats will prance around the ring in the most approved style at the New York Circus. And at Hoviey’s Opera House, in Brooklyn, the “Forty Thieves” will be disguised in burnt cork and colored “School” will be kept, t0 which white folks, even if poor, are invited. Sixteen matinves are not so bad for one after- noon’s amusement in this city, aud as they embrace opera, tragedy, comedy, burlesque, pantomime, equesirianism and negro minstrelsy, it Will be seen that even the most fastidious are afforded an oppor- tunity of ifying their individual tastes. Faistati-Hackett will appear next month at Rooth’s theatre as the “fat knight’ in “King Henry the Fourth,” which is now in active preparation at that establishment. i The total receipts from the theatres, dancing Tooms, concerts, and other places of public amuse- ment in Paris, in February, amount to 1,947,038 francs, being & decrease of 244,545 francs on the pre- vious month. The mania for concert giving at court has at length reached the Urientals, The Sublime Porte has been seized with a severe attack, and the Sultan has 1s- sued a direct request to Carlotta Patti to grace Con- stantinople with her presence, and she i now en route, having, we learn, made arrangements to sing at Munch, Vienna, Pesth and Bucharest on her way. Parkes 1s so jubilant over Sophie Worrell’s success in Cincinuati that he has taken to writing tical effusions to relieve his intense gratification thereat. Miss Kate Keignoids is playing the “Shadow of a Crime” out West with much success, She opens im Cleveland next week, where she will alternate the “Shadow” with a new piece entitied “Bound.” If bringing out new dramas is a criterion of enter- Heed ‘Tony Pastor is entitied to great praise, for ardiy a week passes that he has not something new. Next week he gives John F. Poole’s latest, the “Men About Town.” “Humpty Dumpty,” or rather a namesake of his, will dehht the Bostonians shortly at the Comique. ‘The sophie Worredl combination burlesque troupe ote at the Acadeiny of Music, New Orieans, on he 19th. J. W. Albaugh, one of the best artists at Wood's Museum, will shortly appear in Montreal in the bur- Jesques of “Aladdia” and “Ixton.”? Kelly & Leon’s minstrels will favor the Harlemites this evening with colored opera and other fancy sketches in burnt cork at National Hall. Kobert Nickle, late prestidigitateur to the Tam- many, 1s endeavoring to mystify the Phitadeiphians at Fox's Varieties, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. City Fire Limits. Acorrespondent cails attention to the fact that, although several years ago the “fire limita” were ex- tended over the whole city, prohtbiting the erection of any buildings except of stone, brick or iron, yet within the last year or two a number of new frame houses were butit, especially in the Twelfth ward, @ur correspondent Insinuates that, as the Superin- tendent of Buildings has power to grant special per- mils for the building of frame oe this power must be a lucrative one to him, or else the viola- tions of the law by his “special permits” would not be so frequent, “Mr. Kennedy, Blow Your Whistie.” Closing his letter with this peremptory injunction, “Justice” writes us to complain of the well known nuisance of corner loafers and loungers around Grogshops and groggeries on Sundays, assailing females on their way to or from church with their vugar doggerel. He says that it ts a noted fact that policemen, whose duty it is to disperse these rowdles, never make an attempt, even by ture, # stop this Iicentiousness, He is rig in call. ) Vo] Superintendent Kennedy to “blow his Whistle. Real Estate Vs. United States Bonds. In order, as a correspondent says, to stop the “crazy Properiy speculators,” he calculates that it is more profitable to invest in five-twenties than in houses at present, A house tor $15,000, paid for in paper, Tepresents about $10,000 gold, It cannot go much beyond the present fancy prices—a fall will and ‘must come to gold prices, when greenbacks will be at per with gold, and then for $13,000 paper mow paid, the owner will have a house worth $10,000 in paper at par with id, He who pays $15,000 peper for bonds, or 610,006 ‘old, will then have $15,000 gold, or a cloar gain of 3,000, Our correspondent belteves that in this cal- culation there is a good deal of common sense, and hopes that in consequence of its publication “tne whole world of prorat Speculators will atlvertise for sale tinmediately.” It may satisfy our corres- fg to learn that these “property speculators” jo this very thing already, as they buy only for the pw of selling again, just aa the dry goods dealer buys a cargo o ka-—not to keep it, but by extended advertising to sell it as fast as he can. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD THE CIVIL WAR IN CUBA. Garroting of an American Citi- zen in Havana. The Political Complications in Spain. Territorial Rights of the Hudson Bay Company to Be Ceded to the British Crown. The Steamship General Grant Burned at New Orleans. Loss of the Propeller Thames Off Cape Hatteras. FIVE OF THE CREW MISS: THE MINING DISASTER IN NEVADA. FORTY LIVES Lost. THE DISASTER IN NEVADA. Additional Intelligence from the Burning Mines—The Flames Nearly Subdued—Forty Lives Known to Have Been Lost. San FRANCISCO, April 8—Midnight. Telegraphic advices from the Gold Hill mine to nine o’clock this evening have been received. Twenty-eight bodies had been recovered. The fire was still burning on the 800 foot level of the Yellow Jacket mine. The drift was cleared this morning and a strong stream of water was brought to bear on the flames at about four o’clock this afternoon. It was expected that the fire would be entirely subdued before morn- ing. e It is now stated that at least forty men perished by thisawful calamity. The bodies which have been recovered thus far present a horrible appearance and indicate the desperate efforts made to escape in- tense suffering. CUBA. Patriots Garroted=Seditious Cries from the Crowd—The Volunteers Fire Into the People, Killing Six and Wounding Many. HAVANA, April 9, 1869. Francisco Leon and Augustin Medina were gar- roted to-day in the presence of a vast crowd of spec- tators, They both maintained their composure and firmness to the last. Leon, in mounting the scaf- fold shouted, “Viva independencia.” There was great excitement among the spectators. Some parties uttered seditious cries, and the volunteers, who guarded the scaffold, faced about and fired about twenty shots into the crowd with disastrous effect. Six men were killed and many wounded. Heavy rains have fallen during the present week throughout the islan General Blair Not Engaged in the Fiilibastere ing Expedition. Sr. Louts, Mo,, April 9, 1369, The statement received from New Orleaas that Genaral Blair is engaged in fitting out a Cuban ex- pedition in that city, is not true. General Blair is spending a quiet time at his house im this city, and has no fillibustering projects in his head. Havana Markets. HAVANA, April 9, 1809. The sugar market is advancing and the demand for speculation 1s large. Offers were made to-day on the basis of 8% reals per arrobe for No, 12, D. 5. KEY WEST. British Brig Principality Run Down by a Spanish Ship. Key West, April 9, 1869, The Spanish ship Dolores, Captain Recarte, bound from Havana for Hong Kong, with sixty return coolies on board, ran over at sea the English brig Principality, causing her to sink, ‘The master and crew of the brig were all saved. The Dolores has been towed in here, having suilered considerable dainage. DOMINION OF CANADA. Organization of Robbers for a Raid Upon Canad Banks—Card trom Dion, the Bil- liard mpion. MONTREAL, April 9, 1869, Extra precautions are being taken to watch the banks here in consequence of information re- ceived by the bank authorities that an organized robbery was to be attempted. The various bank agencies throughout the country have been notified by telegraph to piace double guards over the banks at night. A letter is published from Joseph Dion to Mr. Phelan announcing that his private business requires his whole attention, and that he cannot accept any more chailenges. Opening of Navigation in the St. Lawrence Emigration to the United States, QuEBEC, April 9, 1869, Two vessels arrived to-day from Rimouski. The captains report very little ice in the river. Pilots are leaving for the Gulf to intercept the in- coming vessels. ‘The newspapers are full of complaints on the sub- ject of the French Canadians emigrating to the States. Notwithstanding the petitions presented to Parliament asking for encouragement to return and the inducements held out to do so, the rural popalstion is daily leaving in increased numbers. alight shock of earthquake was felt between eight and nine o'clock this morning, at Vienna, Ont, The direction of the shock appeared to be directly poo! south. The shock lasted about twenty seconds, INDIANA. The Dead Lock in the Legislature. INDIANAPOLIS, April 9, 1860, Legislative matters remain unchanged. The House to-day held three sessions and the Senate one, without quorums, It is thought now that the newly elected members will appear to-morrow and be qualified. Hon. A. P. Stanton, the Yo of the last House declined a re-election, and Mr. Buskirk, of Monroe county, has been nomt- nated by the republicans, The democrats held a bapa to-day, but their action has not been made ublic. Mi The Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners to-day determined to redeem 35 per cent, of the outetanding 6 per cent, State stock. PENNSYLVANIA. Railroad Tracks Removed by the Phil Authorities. PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 1809, ‘The City Councils yesterday passed a resolution rescinding the ordinance extending the time for the removal of the freight railroad track on Broad street. Pept | were last evening put to work and durin, the night the track was removed. The Councils hi extended the time for the removal of the track until duly 1, at the desire of the merchants, to enable them to move the incoming crop, signing an agreement that no further effort would be made to al, the work. Notwithstanding this agreement @ bill had rocure ve been introduced In the Legisiavure to pi pa na postponement, which the Councils ha rz ed nugatory by immediate destruction of ENGLAND. Bill Creating Life Peerages—The Hudson Bay Company Agree to Cede their Territorial Righte—The Neutrality Commission. Lonpon, April 9, 1869, In the House of Lords the bill introduced by Earl Russell authorizing the creation of life peerages was read for the first time. Earl Granville announced that the Hudson Bay Company had agreed to cede its territorial rights in British North America to the Crowa on the terms proposed, In the House of Commons Mr. Harcourt inquired what action the Ministry invended to take concern- ing the report of the neutrality commission. Mr. Bruce, the Home Secretary, replied that the government were preparing and would soon intro- duce @ bill based on the recommendations of the commission. Press Comments on the Annual Budget. Lonpon, April 9, 1869, While the Evening Standard (conservative) sharply criticises the annual budget, introduced In the House of Commons last evening, the rest of tne press are generally favorable to and eulogize the measure. FRANCE. Statement of the Bank of France. Paris, April 9, 1869, The amount of specte in the Bank of France has “decreased 7,000,000 francs since last week. SPAIN. American Monitors to be Purchased—The Establishment of a Directory Abandoned. Maprip, April 9, 1869, The government is about to send a naval commis- sion to New York to purchase monitors for service in the Cuban waters, The proposition to establish a triumvirate has been apandoned. It met with many practical ob- jections, the most formidable of which was that any immediate change in the form of the administration would tend to delay the settiement of the financial difficulties of the country. Political Excitement—Fears of Insurrection The Captain Generalship of Cuba. Maprip, April 9—Evening. Much political excitement exists in the city and apprehensions are entertained that the exaspera- ton of varty feeling will result in an outbreak of violence. The police and military authorities are taking every precaution to prevent disorder. The appointment of General Caballero de Roda to the Captain Generflship of Cuba has not been finally determined upon by the provisional government, but should General de Roda be retained in his com- mand in this country Don Isquierdo will probably succeed Captain General Dulce. Additional supplies of artillery and cavairy are demanded for the suppression of the rebellion in Cuba. LOUISIANA. Buraing of the Steamship General Grant at New Orleans—Attempted Suicide of Captain New ORLEANS, April 9, 1869. ‘The steamship General Grant took fire at twelve o'clock last night while lying at the wharf and burned until she sunk, The vessel was not insured in this city, and the loss falls on Northern compas nies. During the progress of the fire her com- mander, Captain Quick, whose mind was apparently affected by his great loss, several times attempted to comunit suicide by throwing himself mto the burn- ing vessel. Only aportion of the vessel’s cargo, which consisted of bulk gram, bagging, oils and cotton seed, was on board. That portion of the cargo on the wharf wae not damaged. VIRGINIA, Burning of the Steamer Thames off Cape Hat- teras—Five of the Crew Supposed to be Lost—Arrival of the Survivors at Norfolk. NorFouk, April 9, 1869. 7 The propeller Thames, Captain Pennington, owned by the Black Star line, which sailed from New York for Galveston at one o’clock on the morning of the 4th tnst., took fire on tho 6th of April, when about fifteen miles off Hatteras. ‘The fire originated between decks and burned the vessel to the water’s edge. The hull went down in sixteen fathoms of water within four hours after the breaking out of the fire. George Drasse, the ship’s cook; John Clethron and Charles Mason, waiters; one seaman and a@ coal passer, Who put off in.asmail boat, have not been heard from, and are supposed to ve lost. All the others at the time on boara the vessel, including four passengers, have arrived safely in the city. The ‘Thames was loaded with assorced cargo and had hay between decks, The captain “ts unable to account for the origin of the fire. ‘The Thames was buiit in Mystic, Conn., in 1862, by Mr. Greenman, registered 546 tons new measure- ment, and was owned by R. L. Taylor and others, of this city. Her arrangements for fire security were good, and she ranked Al's in American Lioya’s. WEW ORLEANS RACES, New ORLEANS, April 9, 1869, ‘The first race to-day over the Metairie course was ahurdle race, dash of two miles; four hurdles, eight leaps; three year olds aud upwards, 128 lbs.; three to fil, two or more to start, for the club purse of $500. E. Warwick's ch. ¢c. Transit, four year old, by Bleakwind, dam Prairie Flower, by Sovereign, beat J, Nelligan’s b. c. Chalinette, second, and J, Conlisk's ch. g., lour year old, by Endorser, dam by Glencoe, third. Time 3:52. The second race was mile heats, three in five; club stakes of $600, ‘The following is the result J, Conlisk’s ¢. h. Little Mack, by inp. Relipse, dam imp. by Weatherpit..... 211 Richards and oe ch. ¢ John ii gour, by imp. ri mi Sister y ina, 2122 No. 2 to Pryor, Time—1:49, 46%, 1:52%, 1:55. Transit was the favorite in the first race but betting was light. John Kilgour was the favorite in the second race, two to one with heavy betting. : “TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. A small boat, containing two men, named William Brock and Philip Helmer, capsized off Turkey Point, Lake Ontario, on Thursday, Both men were drowned. Jolin G. Bonners and Alonzo C. Emmons were held in $5,000 bat! each, in Boston, yesterday, on a charge of passing counterfeit fractional currency. ‘The business portion and many residences in the town of Madison, Ga., were destroyed by fire on Thursday night and caused a heavy loss. The steamer Empress, while on her passage from Windsor to St. John, N. B., struck on a sunken rock spe almost immediately filled. She was run ashore Black river, where she now ties in a daagerous po- sition, Her passengers, 120 in number, were all safely landed at St. Join yesterday moruing by the steamer Prince of Wales. Anticipating an ny, opening of navigation on the lakes, the jors of Buffalo held a mass meeting yesterday to demand higher wages. Those painting and otherwise preparing vessels for spring trade threw down their tools and joined the strikers, EUROPEAN MARKETS, LONDON MONEY MARKET.—LONDON, April 9—Even- ing.—Consols close at 9344 for money and 93%, for the account. United Staves §ve-twenty bonds quiet at 83%. Stocks are quiet, je, 2436; Liinois Cen- tral, 964; Atiantic and Great Western, 30. Paris Boursk.—Paris, April %—The Bourse is Steady, Rentes, 70f. 320, FRANKFORT — BOURSE.—FRANKFORT, April 9%.— United States five-twenty bonds are firm at 574. LiveRPoon Coron MARKeT.—LiveRPoot, April 9—Evening.—The market closed dull. Midding up- lands, 12d.; middling Orleans, 1244. The saies of the day were 7,000 bales. HAVRE COTTON MARKET.—HAVRE, April 9—Even- ing. —The market closed unchi for tres ordi- naire on the spot and for middiing afloat. LiveRrooL BRRADSTUFFS AND PROVISIONS MAR- KETS.—LIVERPOOL, April 9—Evening.—Breadstulls and provisions are unchanged. LivaRrooL Propuck MarkeT.—Liverroot, April “oe closed = quies and = un- anged. London Propuck® MARKET.—LONDON, April 9— en ee has advanced 6d., and is quoted S paraoLaun MA nam “A April Pe ARK ET.—ANTWERP, %—Pe- troleum is unchanged mate ComMBROR OF THE LAKRS.—The carrying trade on the lakes has become immense, By matusticn given in the Detroit Post it appears ‘hat during the year 1868 there were 131 steamers, 112 ellers, 267 tugs, 1,642 sallmm@ veasels and 57 barges, tying on wa lakes. The te tonnage waa 630,493, and tine total value Was $24,033,000. this fleet rat Ay lone than a fifth in mamber of sail in vi tan 8 did of tue tonnage, Waa Canadians” THE REW YORK HARALD. A Pennsylvanie Paper on the Herald. {From the Lancaster (N. H.) Republican, Aprit 6.) AS @ newspaper the New York Dairy HERALD is unrivalled in America and probably in the world. Its advertising patronage 1s immense, and its news colgmns present a daily report of the condition of at- fairs in every part of the world, Ita corps of cor- respondents are thoroughly trained, and no expense is spared in the use of telegraph or ateam to forward intelligence to the home omtice, TM editorial matter is decidedly original, racy and vigorous, and pre- sents graphically every phase of public affairs. ‘Tue HERALD is now published as a quadruple sheet; and, as we have said, 18. a marvel of newspaper success. Its circulation and prosperity (both already im- mense) are daily increasing. ‘It is emphatically an American institution, A Massachusetts Paper on the Herald, (From the Westfield (Mass) News Letter, April 8.) The New Yor« HERALD is, in most respects, the best newspaper tn the country. It has an able corps of editors and thelr object seema to be to advocate the truth on all subjects. Mr, Bennett, the veteran editor, has always taken an independent course, without regard to party, and has kept pace with public opinion, We have been a reader of the HERALD lor a few months past, and have been surprised and delighted with the’ ability, tact and energy with which it iy conducted. One ieature of it Dleases us, and that is, a whole page, and sometimes hore, every Mouday, devoted to skeletons ofsermons, preached, tue day before, in New York, Brooklyn, New Haven and other cities, The Washington cor- respondent of the HekaLp is a writer of marked ability, and we doubt whether he has an equal in these United States, For proof of what we say, buy the HERALD of Conner and read it, A New Howpshire Paper on the Herald. (From the Honesdale (Pa,) Herald, April 8.} The NEw York HeRavp is certainly the greatest Dewspaper printed. Every day a triple sheet and @ quadruple sheet on Sunday. Nothing of interest oc- curs in @arth’s most remotest corner but the HERALD is the first to acquaint us with it and give us details. Its enterprise stups at no obstacle; but, with gigan- Uc strides, it keeps tar in advance in the ranks of journalism, Revolution Recommended. (From the Crisis (Columbus, Ohio), April 7.] To such an extent have the innovatious upon the corruptions jin the government and the outrages upon the laws beeu carried on by the Jacobins at Washington that even the most loyal of the organs of that party are becoming nauseated and rebellious. The New York HERALD was the first paper to bring Grant out for the Presidency and has adhered to him with more steadiness than 18 its wont. It has been recognized as the leading advocate of the measures Of the abolition party. But the HERALD, losing all patience with the robbers and brigands who rule at Washington, insensible to honor or shame, now openly recommends torcible revolution to put an end to the evils that lance the veins of the country under the false pretence of govern- ing a repubilc ‘Tie “rings’’ have wormed into Congress until its principai branch stands like a rotven log in our pathway. ‘They gathered froim the debris of the war, from the wreck of our commerce, from the national debt and from tke many evis that the last eight years have engrafted upon us all the elements of financial and consequent political cor- ruption, have rolled them under the wings of that angi d bea, the Senate of the United States. Upon this body the {1ERALD begins its assault, and has some weighty words upon the subject, which we reproduce. ARMY INTELLIGENCE, General orders just tssued from army head- quarters announce the following depots of the Quartermaster’s Department as general depots:— New York, Philadelphia and Schuylkill Arsenal, Washington and Jeffersonville, Ind. The officers in charge will report direct to the Quartermaster Gene- ral, All other depots are under the orders of the commanding geverais of the military departments in which they are situated, By direction of the Secretary of War the route of tavel to the Pacific coast 18 fixed by the Pacitic Railroad, and $200 advance mileage will be paid to oiicers under orders from the Hast to California, Oregon, &¢., or vice versa, upon application to the Quartermaster General. NAVAL INTELLIGENC. ‘The United States steamers Nyack, Powhatan and Kearsarge were at Valparaiso, Chie, on March 10, The United States steamers Tuscarora and Dacotah were at Callao, Peru, on the 22d of March, All on board were weil. The Tuscarora was expected to leave for Valparaiso a tew days after that date, for the purpose of meeting the Admiral commanding the squadron. ‘The sloop of war Cyane, for some months past storeship at Panaina, sailed from that port for San Francisco on March 25, The steamer Resaca was daily expected to take her place. The United States steamer Gettysburg arrived at Aspinwall trom the West Indies on the 25th ult. She celeved the steamer Nipsic, which sailed for the Cuban coast on tne evening of the 29th ult. The United Stases storesuip Purveyor arrived at this port yesterday from St. Paul de Loanda, on the west coast of Africa. It will be remembered that she left the United States in July last. The follow- ing is a list of her oficers:— Commander—Oscar F, Stanton, Masters—James M. Forsyth, George F. Wilkins, navigator; James A. Chesley. Mates—A, E, Bateman and A. R. Hawks, Paymaster—)). B. Batione. Assistant Surgeon—M. ©. Drennan. The Purveyor brought as passengers, Paymaster E. Putnam, late in charge of United States nayai stores at St, Paul de Loando, aud Paymaster’s Clerk R. R. Colburn. Ciuef Engineer John H. Long has been detached from special service at New York and ordered to the Saugus. executive officer; Henry D. Macy and Brooklyn Navy Yarc. Now that the prospect of an emergency arising for an increase of our naval squadron in the West Indies is apparent, and the government has deter- mined upon sending additional men-of-war to that station to protect American interests, an error not heretofore noted has been brought to view in the policy of placing War vessels in ordinary which could not be made available with thatexpedition which is most essential to prompt action. The mistake re- ferred to is the ill-advised custom heretofore indulged in by the Navy Departinent of housing vessels upon their return trom a cruise before perfecting needea repairs and placing them in condition for active ser- vice wherever necessity might call for tem, In the opinion of many officers of distinction and experi ence it 18 not judicious to fit out vessels in a hurry, or, rather, tinker them ap, as is too often done when @ sudden and immediate order is made for their equipment at the aavy yards, All vessels have to be repaired eventually, and the proper time to execute these repairs is when they return from @ cruise preparatory to being laid up. sueh, a course, if pursned by the government, would be @ source of economy, and one which would greatly augment the strength and efficiency of the ship. Rotten timbers should be removed as soon as practicable in all cases, The action of the salt water upon the iron bolts about a veasel causes the metal to corrode very ST and rots the timber, which decay feeds upon i'self and extends to such a degree as to materially impau the strength of the parts infected. Hence the propriety of removing all decaying timber and replacing it with that which is sound, ‘At the Brooklyn Navy Yard there are no less than twenty-one vessels-of-war of all rates now in ordt- nary, comprised in the following | list:—Wampo- noag, Madawaska and Nashoming, first rate, steam screw sloops-of-War, four sinoke stacks; armament of fifteen guns. Moshoiu, second rate, steam screw sloop-of-war, twosmoke stacks; armament, thirteen guus, Coloraso, first rate, steam frigate, screw, forty-four ans. eiainnesota, firs rate, steam frigate, forty-three ne. eNusquehanna, first rate, steam frigate, sidewheel, fourteen guns. Hart fort, second rate, steam sloop-of-war, screw, weniy-one guns. hy Monongatem, second rate, steam sloop-of-war, screw, seven guns. Canandaigua, second rate, steam sloop-of-war, screw, seven guns, Roanoke, iron-clad, three turrets, first rate, six Wachusett, steam sloop-of-war, screw, third rate, nine guns, Algonguin, steam sloop-of-war, third rate, ten guns. (Dickinson’s failure.) Shawmut, fourth rate, steam sloop-of-war, screw, nine guns. Fee fourth rate, steam sloop-of-war, screw, eight guns. Huron, steam =, fourth rate, six guns. Tate, steam gunboat, one gun. (EX- Memplus, third vite. sailing oreshtp, fourth rate, th elie! ip, fourth rate, three guns. Tage Maria, Gatalpa and Cliuton, fourth rate, two uns each. L ‘The satiing frigate Sabine, second rate, thirty-four gu, ison the dry dock dnd is being titted out for seas Within a year past, freight cara on the Contras road, between Utica and Syracuse, have been rob! of goods tw the value of between $100,000 and 200,000, The guilty parties have been arrested ag the former place. ‘They are Andrew Fay, sevoateen yeara old; Jonn Baker, seventeen; Samuel Riekerby, saves, ‘and Peter Tnelen, savonteem, they ail FRUGHTFUL TRAGEDY (N AENRESOTA, A Mother and Four Children Killed with Au Axe—Tho Father and Murderer Insauc. {Chicago (April 9) despatch to the Philadelphia Even- Ad ing Telegram.) lespatch to the 7Twnes irom St. Paul gives the details of the horrible murder witch occurred on Wednesday morning in Oakdale township, tea iniles from that city. A farmer named James B, Grey, Well known in that section, in @ fit of insanity killed his wite and four enildren, the latier consisting of two boys, aged eighteen and eight, and two girls, aged five and three years. ‘tue murderer was about forty years old, a large and powerfully built inan, and has many relatives in the neighborhood. He has lately been suifering from deafness and grew insane over it, The deed. was committed apout daylight. The neighbors heard Mra, Grey scream, and going to the house found the wife and four children cut to pieces With an axe, and the murderer endeavoring to hang bimself, He was arrested and lodged in St. Paul jail, where it required three or four men to bold him, in answer to inquiries he would only reply, “1 kilied them ail with an axe. Ob, hang me.” ‘The wife was murdered first, being cut in the head and stabbed severai times, The children were then murdered and placed in a row on the toa, their throats 50 badly cut as to nearly sever the head from the body, The murderer had evidently clopped their heada with an axe, mutilating them so as to render recog- nition almost impossible, The prisoner, at intervals of the paroxysms of maniacal fury,made a statement detailing the particulars of the murder, He says bis motive was that he feared he was coming to poverty and the family would be lett destiute,and so thougit it would be better to send themio heaven at once. ‘The prisoner tried to beat his braims out several tunes by jumping against the sides of the cell. UPORTANT CONTESTED WiLL. CASE. [From the Alpany Evening journal, April 8.} The case of the last will aad testament of Mrs. Ann James, widow, ls now being contested beiore the Surrogate in this city. Tae testator made the following bequests:— ‘fo her nephew, William Clark, $2,000 and one-half of certain furuiture and silver ptate. To her niece, Phebe Thorn Fuller, $2,000, all her wearing apparel and Jewelry, and one-half of certain furniture aud silver plate. To the four children of Frances S, Wilkie, formerly of Elmira, $2,000, to be equally divided. To her cousin Anna D, Cook, ot Glenville, Schenec- tady county, $500; to Maria and Cornelia Beekman, of tue same place, $200 each; to Elsie Ann Dickerman, of Albany, $200; to Wm. Xichurdson, New York, $1,000; to Maria Hewson, of Albany, §200; to the Second Re- forined church of thecity of Albany, $2,000; to Chas. A. Richardson, of New York, $500; to the Albany City ‘Tract and Missionary Society, $500; to Maria Clark, daughter of Jaimes Clark, deceased, of Albany, $1,000; to John Clark, 800 of John H. Clark, $1,000; to Catharine MeGee, her domestic, $200, provided she be living with testator at the time of her de- cease; to Alice Lamb, another domestic, $100, upon the same conditiou; to Sarah Maria Brown, $200, upon the same coudition; to the General Synod of the Reormed Protestant Duteh Church of North America, $2,000, to be invested as a iund, the inter- est of which 13 to be applied for educating young men for the minisy, and which is to be known as the “Ann James Fund;” to the Albany Cemetery Association, $200, the interest to be appliea to the care of her cemetery lot; all moneys that may be in bank to Jobn H. Clark and Phebe Ann Fuller, ghare and share alike; to the Baptist Ministerial Educa- Uonai Society of the State of New York, $1,000, the interest to be applied in edu- cating young men for the ry at Madison University, Hamiiton, N.Y. fund to be called the “Edward James Scholarship,” and needy students who are members of and recom- mended by the First Baptist chureh of Albany to have the preierence; to the ‘New York Baptist Mis- sionary State Convention” $1,010, fur tue aid of needy Bapuust ministers and churches; to the relief fund of the “Reformed Protestant Dutch Church’ $1,000 for the aid of needy ministers and churches of that denomination, All the remainder of her real and personal estate is bequeathed to her executors, in trust to be sold, and the procecds to be divided as foliows:—One- fourth to the American Baptist Missionary Union; one-fourth to the Foreign Missionary Society of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church; one-lourth to the American Baptist Home Missiouary Society, and one-iourth to the Domesuc Missionary Society of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, ‘The executors are William Richardson, of New York, and George L. Steadman, of Albany. ‘The estate 1s estimated at about $75,000. Messrs. Peckham &-'Tremain appear for the con- testants and Mr. 5. O. Shepard for the proponents. ‘The will 18 contested on the ground, among others, thai the testator was notof sound and disposing mind, and that she was under undue restraint at the time of making the will. ‘rhe deceased was the widow of Edward James, who for many years held the position of Assistant Auditor of the Canal Department, HEREDITARY ABILITY. The Judicial Lights of Massachusetts, {From the Boston Advertiser, April 6.) The subject of hereditary ability has attracted some attention in Engiand lately, and a very curious letter was recently pnblished in the Times founded upon Mr. Foss’ tavles of all the English judges trom the eariiest times, showing in what a number of instances several members of the same on often in direct descent, have attained a high position at the English barand have been appointed to the bench. A similar list can be formed irom the judges of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, and, in pro- | Pope g to theirnumber, perhaps quite as remarka- le as that which the industry of antiquaries has discovered in Fugland. From the list published i the Manual of the General Court for 1369, page 136, it appears that between 1692 and 1775 there were thirty-three judges of the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province af Massachusetts Bay. Among these were taree Cushings, two Sewaiis (both chief jus- tices), two Lyndes (also chief justices), and two Hutchinsons, and members of the distinguished families of Winthrop, Dudiey, Leverett, Quincy, Sal- tonstall and Oliver. Since 1775 there have been forty-iwo justices of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, from whom we have selected the following names:— Jon Adams, the irst chief justite, and the second President of the United States, whose family 1s too ceiebrated to need spectal mention. William Cushing, the second, chief justice, and afterwards judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, @ near relative of Nathan Cushing, judge 17¥0-1800, and of Caleb Cushing, judge 1852-53, and afterwards At- torney-General of the United States, and of Robert freat Paine, judge 1790-1804, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Jedediah Foster, judge 1776-79, was the father of Dwight Foster, chief justice of the Common "icas and United States Senator from Massachusetts aod of Theodore Foster, United States senator from Rhode Island, and great-grandfather of Dwight Foster, judge 1566-69, Francis Dana, the fourth chief jnstice and Mints» ter to Kussia, Was the son of Richard Dara, judge of the provincial Court of Common Peas, and nephew ol mund Trowbridge, the ables) and most learned of the juages of the provincis! Superior Court: and was also father of Richard Henry Dana, the poet, grandfather of Richard Henry Dana, Jr., one of the present leaders of the Boston bar, and uncle of General George Kinnaird Dana, of the Eng- lish army. James Sulitvan, judge 1776-82, and afterwards governor, was a brother of General John Suilivan and father of the late Hon. William Sullivan, ‘fheophilus Parsons, the fiftn chief justice, was the father of Hon. Theophilus Parsons, Dane Professor of Law in Harvard University. David Sewall, judge 1777-89, and Samuel Sewall, the sixth chief justice, were near relatives and descendants of Cluef Justice Samuel Sewall, of witchcraft celebrity. Stumeon Strong, judge 1501-5, was, we believe, near relative of Governor Caleb Strong, and w: father of Solomon Strong, judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas. Theodore Sedgwick, judge 1802-13, and previously speaker and senator in Congress, was father of Kobert Sedgwick, and grandfather of Theodore Sedg- wick, two distinguished members of the New York har. " Miss Sedgwick, the well known authoress, was his daughter, Daniel Dewey, Judge 1514-15, was the father of Charles Augustus Dower tates ne and ason of the latter, Francis Henshaw Dewey, fs one of the resent ju of the Superior Court. The late yaniet Dewey Barnard, of Albany, minister at the court of Prussia, was their cousin. Levi Lingoin, judge 1824-25, and afterwards gover. nor, was the son of Levi Lincoin, Attorney General of the United States, and brother of Enoch Lincvin, governor of Maine, Marcus Morton, judge 1825-40, and afterwards gov- ernor, was the father of Marcus Morton, one of the present ju of the ‘eo Court. Ebenezer kwood Hoar, judge 1859-69, and now Attorney General of the United States, ts the son of the late Hon. SamuelHoar, of Concord, and brother of the Hon. George Frisbie Hoar, member of Con- grees trot Worvester. ‘They are grandsons of Roger Sherman and frst cousins of the late Governor ger Sherman Baldwin, of Connecticut, and of William jaxwell Evarts, lately Attorney General of the United States. Seth Ames, one of the present judges of the court, is the son of the celebrated Fisher Ames. ‘This list is necessarily “aie can particniarly im relationship on the female side, and possibly in one or two instances incorrect, but it iss! larly strong Ser tn support of the theory to which we refer- VELOCIPEDE NOTES. Velocipedes.are manufactured in Charlestow, 8. C., remarkable for neatness and finish. Savannah, Ga., has @ colored velocipede ciub. There are twelve velocipede schools in Orange county, this State. ; Ithaca, N. Y., has a veloctpede association, Some One says it ts “imore conducive to.nealth’? to wore the veloce by reating the sole of the foot on ho treatie than by using the hollow of foot. He's ped-anttc, It looks a little better, that’s all. There are eight veloci, halls ang schools tn the Ctiy of Churches, and the people of that city want the Park Driving Association to “arrange matters’ so that the Hanlon challenge sbail be dooided on their ground, if accepted. Cammeyer’s AMpaicyciotheat gon is a magnificent Ld for exercis! but they noise is awful when “hotlers,” Frank Setying, the ball to aser, is running a host of two-wheeled ci ts at ais Wiltevt's ra House, & D. He might degiare war againal the King of Scythia if that scion of monarcby were not de- fun, 7 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. A Maw Ron Down.—Last evening Henry Keesou, @ laborer on te railway track, om the corner of Sixteenth stree’ and Third avenue, was run down and had a leg broken and other injuries inflicted by @ butcher cart criven by Charles Gilbert, living core ber of 125th stret and Third avenue. Toe wounded men was takento Bellevue and the driver arrested. MysreRious DeaTu.—At half-past nine o’ciock Jaat night a cobred woman named Eliza D. Shields, living im rea: 141 West ‘I'wenty-tith ser was taken sudden: tl! in the street and conveyed to a drug store in Sixth avenue, where she died. The Coroner waa aolifed, aud am inquest will be held to-day. A Carrentin Kittep.—At six o'clock yesterday afternoon Coinell Bumgle, aged fifty-one years living in Wes; Eleventh street, between West and Washington sireets, fell from the roof of the Girard House, where he was doing carpenter work, and bin instantly Killed. An inquest wil! be held to- SeRious Limp CasvuatTy.—Last evening a gaso- line lamp, located tn the residence of Patrick McLaughlin, op Third avenue, near 128th street, ex- ploded, creating a consternation among the occu- pants During the excitement some of the turning uid came in contact with the clothes of Mrs, McLaughlin and Hester Crum, who were badly burned. The loss to the furniture and buliding was about $100, MAILS FOR THE PACIFIC. The steamship Alaska will sad from this port on Saturday for Aspinwall. Tue mails for Central America and the South Pacitic will close at hulf-past ten o'clock in the morning. The New York Hera.p—Rdition for the Pacific— wit! be ready at half-past nine in the morning, Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, six cents, THE WEEKLY HERALD. The Cheapest and Best Newspaper in the Country. The WEEKLY HRRALD of the present week, now ready, contains the very latest European news by the Cable up to the hour of publication; also Telegraphic Despatches from Cuba, Mexico and other points. It will also contain the Current News of the Week; the Fashions; Amuse ments; Varieties; Foreign Intelligence; Facetia; Set ehtific, Artistic, Sporting, Religious and Literary Intelligence; Washington News; Editorial articles on the prominent topics of the day; Uur Agricul- tural Budget; Reviews of the Cattie, Horse, Dry Goods and Boot and Shoe Markets; Financial and Commercial Intelligence, and accounts of all the im- portant and interesting events of the week. ‘TERMS :—Singie subscription, $2; Three copies, $5; Five copies, $8; Ten copies, $15; Single copies, five centseach. A limited number of advertisements tn- serted in the WEEKLY HERALD. A.—Pocket and Table Knives, Carvers, Razors, Scissors, &c., wholesale and retail. é. CURLEY & BRO, 132 Nassau street. A.—To Remove Moth Patches, Freckles and Tan from the face, use PERRY'S MOTH AND FRECKLE LOTION. Prepared only by Dr. B. C. PERRY. 49 Bond mreet, New York. Sold by druggists everywhere. A.—Neuralgia—Rheumatism.—John W. Hare den, 56 Bank street, cured by Dr. FITLER'S VEGETABLE RHEUMATIC REMEDY. Depot 704 Broadway. American Waltham Watches—The Most Re- liahie timekeepers made. For sale at lowest New York prices. T. B. BYNNER & CO,, 189 Broadway, N.Y. A Good Reputation is a Reputation Worth having.—In conducting a business it is more desirable than an immense capital. A man who bas the reputation of making the best articie in his Nae in the market, and selling it at as low a rate as other dealers sell @ poorer ‘quality, 18 ak ways sure of having a goodly number of customers. Thus ft is with KNOX, the Hatter. For manya year he has toiled and labored to be the leading merchant in’his business, And well has he succeeded. He is acknowiedged by all to be the first and foremost. yles are invariably the neatest and best, His eiyles are everywhere copied after. If you desire anything in KNOX’S line call oo him, corner of Broadway and Fulton street. He will be suret o suit you. All Railway Travellers 2 ani ali New Yorkers looking for homes in the county should read im THE TRIBUNE of MONDAY, April 13, a aeeply interesting article on the Railroads Around New York, The Country They Run Through om thirty to orty miles on each line), The Kestdents onsne Lines, The Fare They Charge, ‘Tus Accommodations Aforded ‘And the Advantages Utfereg Li Decently at Moderate Cost. Also, a valuable Table o con with Railways Around ondo to All Who Wish to A New Tack Measurer, Marker and Creaser for Sewing Machises. < AE New Your, Peb, 27,1580, We have usedeight of your valuable Tuck Measurers and Creasers With our Wheeler & Wilson Machines, op Messra, FULLSS & BARNUM :— Jaconet, Naisook and Muslin, nine hours per day, for the jast three nybths, with the most perfect success, and doubled the amoux of tucking. We have had one in use seven months. SOPHIE COOK, io chstge of machines at Sterns & Weil's, manufacturers of tucked goods, 52 Lispenard street, New York. The sbove use is more than most families will use g | tucke ina lifetime. Cetificates can be multiplied indefinitely. ‘These tuckers (and all the others in the market) may gem in operation on nearly all the machines. An experienc lely is in charge, with expert operatdrs, to do lirst clas, fucking to orde Price $3; by mall, 83 90. ‘There is a fortune for some one {nm this invention, 1 in both England and France, where patents are jsecured. Canvassers, male or female, can make from $3 to #19, per > day. 1. W. BARNUM, Sole director of sales in America and Europe, at 63 Eread. way, third door below Bleecker, New York. American Velocipedes, $60 to $100 conch’; . the trade and schools supplied at factory prices; me outac- turers licensed. STEPHEN W. SMITH, 30 Wiliam ctreat. Balch’s I. X. Rye Whiskey, Distilled fo copper stills in Pennsylvania, by former distillers, in the old fashioned war a1 #175 per gallou. Call and cxamine, @ Delivered free of charge. ats BALCH BROS. 129Greenwich atreet. Bridal Flowers and Veils—A Speciality—— New sivies, rich and elegant, just received. ) A. BRAITEAU & CO., formerly Holdermann's, 24 Bond ss. | Circulars of Every Description and Noticem to attend meetings printed In the neasest possible mapner, an hour's notice, and twenty-Gre. per cent less than at Say other similar place in tie city, et she METROPOLITAN J¢ PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, 97 Nassau streat. Cristadora’s Unequailed Mair Dye.—Sin® 1 and applied at bis Wig and Scalp Factory, No. $ Astor Ulaue 4. David's Sprivg Stylo of Gentlemen’s, Ha ts, 299)g Broadw: ene Duanc street. Established | The Metrepolitay ; Printing sie fate Job For First Ciass Printing of Evo Dew -ripe tion go to the AMetropoitan Job Printing Establishiw oot, yt Nassau st) yes. For Geats’ Stytish Hats Ga tq Vaily Fulton sirect,diew You * » 141 Gourand’s Marvellous Itai Me ticated SOAP will wiaure to. any lady using Neg? shite skin and rosy checks. The medicaments of which composed are of such ¢, powerful nature that the hast of cea feouy dhe- remonte, such os redness, roughoess, tan, 8 burn, aal- lowness, fo sckles, pimples, tetter, salt rheum, &e | my defury them, jenving the skin white, soft ¥ Jhothe teen ad altogether lovely. Neither mae 4, wite nor ould we any other emollient in 2 ¢' lavations. 450 Brow way. May 1, 48 Bond street. Libr aries Sm bought ; 100,000 books on hand. " ae LEGGAT BROTHERS, Ativertisements for the New J - RECEIVED aT THR. Crk Herald NTILY OF LOCK P. a. a Dt Rit ATS O'CLOCK AM,“ MIERS AT THE BRANCH OFF M3 FULTON STREET, BRO Jk Only Known Kidneys. Soid oy ork. ‘N. ‘_ Missisquot Springs Wetew ) Femedy for aancer and all diseaseso( ¥ druggiste. Depot, 585 Brosalway, Now Neatness, Economy and Wespnich Cor in the exe ution of order = Metrepa ian Job Pristine eae liabunent, 97 Nassau street. Patents Obtained by Munn & © row, New York, Twenty-thme years’ exper structions how to proeeed sont, free by mal Pamphiets, Law he weith meatnesy, Quickness. Nad di Gao , Exoontog jespateh, t » went r at the, rn) INTING Eos ‘ MENT, 97 Nassau stroes, RINTING ESTABLISH pit. cette) Bugine Com-No Water 1 ee eee Meng eeumtce, no enyineer required. 49 Royal Havana Lottery.luformation fare nished ly act o meee | remsing MOEVTIRA & O0., 816 Canal aicaey P ers? Genuine Razors Razor and fing Pocket Cusiery. “Not Antor House merase The Famous Corner-97 Nass Street, ‘corner Fulton. The Megrypolitan Job Printing Astablishment. elegant ata’ i fre beauties in eyie wud uniat.