The New York Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1869, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY li, 1869.—TRIPLE — THE PACIFIC RAILROAD, | sitscetseshcy ste cts The Last Rail Laid and the Last pa bas rarely been equalled, if ever excelled. The ; i 5 ; 4 Hf i é E i t & : ie i i & & z ; i i a] sccompeng! music of the chancel organ, Spike Driven. echoed Sy 6 manne Sale acy on the abn at by the master- San Francisco and New York | tne lesson Linked to Each Other. Rev. Morgan Dix. : Proceeding with the Nicene creed and the chant- ing of an anthem, entitled ‘The Lord is Great,” the formal services were then intermitted by an ares from the Rev. Dr. Vinton, who, upon ascel rk le pales read a lengthy congratulatory te! im from the New York to the San \cisCo of Com- merce. This, said the reverend tleman, is an evidence that the great Pacific Railroad, begun but five years ago, is complete. This work, embracing as it does a length of 3,285 miles, and all included in an area bounded by four parallels of latitude and filty degrees of longitude, is the marvel of this in- dustrial century. It is one of the sablimest victories of peace, which are always greater than the victories of war. ‘The splendid country which it traverses will be the most important field for the fu- ture labors of the Church. Not less for religion than for trade and commerce will it be the great nighway. for exalted labor. Formed geographically as the Western territory of our country is, into na- tural basins for many peoples and diverse interests, the Pacific Railroad will unite them, ap ue make its growing: GibGREN ROS aR MB A ao est the @reat barrier of the Rocky Mountains, and on the East the AHeghanies and S:erra Nevadas have threatened the division of the Union. Now all lines of geographical demarcation must pass away; all hindrances to a common concentration of in- dustry and trade must disappear, and everything that ‘until this movement seemed to conspire against the homogenity of the American people is of the past. With the commercial grandeur of the work we join to-day the prophecy of the religious fruits which it will bear—fruits that will be seen in one language, one religion, one God. We draw in our camels of the desert, as our ships of the ocean bave been called, and the tedious voyage around the dangerous Cape of Good Hope tt an end. Hereafter the railroad velt which spans the Continent will be the recepta- cle of the commercial energies so lateiy bestowed upon the outlying seas of the Atlantic and Pacific slope. Civilization and progress will develop in in the West, the Chureh of God will grow in its In- fuence and terrivorial extent and the rich resources which lie buried in the distant West will become mediums for the further enlightenment of the race, Dr. Vinton concluded by asking of the congregation acoliection for missionary purposes upon the line of the road, It was taken up and realized a hand- some sum. A benediction was then pronounced, when the congregation disperse: Celebration of the Event Throughout the United States. Official Announcement of the Completion of the Road—The Point of Junction. Promontory Suumir, Utah, May 10, 1869, ‘The last rail is latd—the last spike driven. The Pacific Rallroad is completed. The point of junction is 1,086 miles west of the Missouri river and 690 miles east of Sacramento City. LELAND STANFORD, Central Pacific Railroad. 1. O. DURANT, SIDNEY DILLON, JOHN DAFF, Union Pacific Railroad. Hour at Which the Last Spike Was Driven Places Cnonected With. PROMONTORY Pont, Utah, May 10, 1869. ‘The last spike in the Pacific Railroad was driven to-day at five mmutes past three o’clock P. M., New York tume. The following places were thus con- nected with Promontory Point:—San Francisco, Chicago, St. Lows, New Orleans, New York, Boston and Piaister Cove. The Celebration at Promontory. Promonrory, Utah, May 10, 1869, The long-looked for moment has arrived. The construction of the Pacific Railroad is un fait ac- compli. The inhabitants of the Atlantic board apd the dwellers on the Pacific slope are henceforth em- phatically one people. I write on Promontory Sum- mit, amid the deafening shouts of the multitude, with the tick, tick of the telegraph close to my ear, The proceedings of the day are:— 1. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Todd, of Pittsfield, asking the favor of Heaven upon the enterprise. 2. Laying of two rails, one opposite the other— one for the Union Pacific Railroad and one for the Central Pacitic Railroad, 3, Presentation of spikes to the two companies— on the part of California by Dr. Harkness, on the part of Nevada by Hon. F. A. Fritle, and on the part of Arizona by Governor Safford. 4, Response by Governor Stanford on the part of the Central Pacific Railroad. 5. Response by General G. M. DopGE on the part of the Union Pacific Ratlroad, 6. Driving of the last spikes by the two companies; telegraph to be attached to the last spike of the Ceneral Pacific Company, and the last blow to an nounce to the world by telegraph the completion of the Pacific Railroad. 7. Telegram to the President of the United States. 8. Telegram to the Associated Press. CELEBRATION OF THE EVENT IN NEW YORK. CELEBRATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. Great Demonstration at Omaha. OMAHA, May 10, 1869, ‘The completion of the Pacific Railroad was cele- brated here to-day by over 16,000 persons. One hun- dred guns were fired and a procession of over a mile in length marched through the streets. Speeches were made oy Clinton B, Fisk, General Manderson and others. The city was brilliantly uluminated at night and there was a grand display of fireworks. Grand Celebration in Chicago=Speeches by Vice President Colfax and Others, CHICAGO, May 10, 1869, The celebration of the completion of the great interoceanic railway connection to-day was the most successful affair of the kind that ever took place in Chicago, and probably in the West. It was eatirely impromptu, and therefore almost every man and woman and child in the city did their part toward making it a success. The procession was unique in appearance and immense in length, which, at the lowest estimate, was seven miles. During the moving of the procession Vice President Colfax received the following despatch: PRoMONIroRY SUMMIT, DITAH, May 10, 1969, To Hon. SCHUYLER FAX, Vice President :— ‘The rails were connected to-day. ‘The prophecy of Benton to-day is a fact. ‘This ls the way to India, If there was no jammed crowd upon Broadway yesterday it was not because of any indifference on the part of our metropolitan population at the com- pletion of so gigantic a work as the Pacific Rail- road. Everybody felt’ happy over the event and expressed their pleasure in that quiet, thoughtful and dignified manner peculiar to the citizens of the greatest city in the New World. Nevertheless, yester- day flags were flying from all the public and many M. DODGE, private builaings in New York. By order of Mayor son Dt vr, Hall 100 guns were fired on the City Hall Park. The Le coe hE booming of the cannon and clouds of smoke that rose upwards with each discharge attracted a goodly number of persons to the spot; but this was the only crowd—if it could be called such—seen in the city yesterday. On Wall street some excitement was manifested. The bulls, aided by the news of the being completed, managed to toss the stocks of several roads tolerabiy high, This Pameing ew York woke up calm and sereae, ‘The Pacific ilroad is @ matter of course, Every Bream is complete to receive and ship the pro- jucts of nations from and to the ‘Orient, This evening Vice President Colfax, Lieutenant Gov. Bross and others addressed a large audience at Library Hall, in which they spoke Ky eno of the great era which this day marks in the history of our country. During the evening there was aisoa general Indulgence in freworks, Donfires, illumina- tions, &c. Interesting Particulars Regarding the Tele- araphing of the News frem #remonutory Point. WASHINGTON, May 10, 1869. This afternoon there was an interested crowd, principally members of the press, in the receiving room of the telegraph office watching the instrument which was in connection with that at the junction of the Uniog Pacific and Central Railroads. The ope- rator at the latter point, about two o’clook, tele- graphed “Keep quiet; when the sill is laid I'll sa; ‘Done !’ ? Next came a despatch, “Almost ready.” Then, “Prayer is betng offered. After | say ‘done’ I will close the current, 80 you can tell "tis finished.” Another despatch announced the prayer ended and the formal presentation of the spike. Shortly after this the signal of striking the first blow was given, and then other blows, the iast rail having been fast- ened at a quarter to three P. M., Washbiagton time. The word from the operator, ‘Done,”? was pro- nounced and the circuit closed, A little bell at- tached to the instrument gave voice to the pulsation of the work, General Rejoicing in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, May 10, 1869. At half-past two o’clock precisely (Philadelphia time), the news was received of the driviug of the last spike of the Pacific Railroad. Word was sent to the Mayor and in a few minutes the belis on Inde- pendence Hall and various fire stations were rang, drawing a crowd into the streets, thinking a general alarm of fire was being rung. The eo le Soom aacertained the reason of the ringing of the bells and flags were Le pevsnig | hoisted everywhere. A large number of steam fire engines were ranged in front of Independence Hali with screaming whistles, hose carriages, bells ringing, &c. Joy was expresse im every face at the completion of the great work of the century. The sudden flocking of the people to the State House reminded one of the reception of the news of the surrender of Lee's army, when a similar scene was enacted. Congratulatory Messages. At precisely 3:16 P. M. Mayor Hall received the fol- lowing telegram:— Promontory Pornt, May 10, 1969. To Hon. A. OAKEY HALL, Mayor, New York City :— ‘The lust spike in the rail connecting ‘the Atlantic and Paci- fie by rail has been driven at 3:10 P. M. to-day. ‘A. 8. BROWN, Manager, TELEGRAM FROM PRESIDENT AMES. May 7, 1809, Hon. OAKEY MALL, Mayor of the City of New Yor Dean Sin—The Pacific Railroad, stretching from Omaha, on the Missourl river, to San Fraticiseo, opens on Monday next, connecting New York, on the Auantic, with San Frau- cisco, on the Pacitic. ‘The event is one of auch local as well as national importance that wo have felt that the city of New York should receive notice its official authorities, and thus be en- abled to join with the sister cities of San Francisco, Omaha ‘nd Chicago in tome expression of congratulation on the fired fact. Very respectfully, OLIVER AMES, President, MAYOR HALL’S REPLY. The Mayer sent the following reply:— EX®ouTIVE DEPARTMENT, Cry Hawi.) N¥W York, May 10, 1869." ‘To the Mayor of San Franctsco:— ‘New York rejoiced when, almost half a century ago, by the completion of the Erie Canal, the silver chain of Westera inland seas was riveted upon the Atlantic Ocean. The me- ulte to-day because, by the completion two extremities and coasts of an immense continent are commercially welded together. Apart from the relations of this grand eveat with Chris- tanity, oe economy, civilization and patriotism, it \ustiffew the metropolis in the pardonably seifial expectation soon become the commercial exchange of the world. Her newspapers, which have so largely contributed to this day's ‘result, must soon accustom our citizens to phrases like this one ‘The Ai lc freight train baa arrived in time,” so our fags are now tying, our cannon are now booming, and in oid Rison at the head ‘of Wall street, a Te Deum imparts thankful barmonios ty the busy hum about her church walls, Can it then be necessary: by mere words to tender you uller magnetic aympathy ? Aw for congratulations to you, plrases seem inadequate io fore- tell the full fruition of the beginning of railway intercom- munication to your golden gated city of enterprise, There- fore let the 10th of May pass into the annals of San Francisco, pemafts: 3 and every hamiet, village, town and city along the new , 48 an aUNiversary '. oss A, OAKEY HALL. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. ‘This morning the Chamber of Commerce of this city sent the following despatch to San Francisco:— New Youx, May 10-10 A. M. ‘The Chamber of Commerce of the State ot New York de- sires to unite at noon to-day with the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco ia grateful thanksziving to Almighty God, the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, on the completion of the continental lite of railway, spanning the territory of the American Union and commercia'ly uniting two great oceans Of the globe, and {n solenin recognition of the manifold bea- efits and blessings, industrial and commercial, moral and iitical, national and interoational, of thi great avenue of tercommunication. ‘The Hew highway thus opened to man will not only develop the resources, extend the commerce, increase the power, ex- alt the dignity and perpetuate the unity of our republic, but ite broader relations as the segment of # world embracing elrele directly connecting the nations uf Europe, with Aainy Will rnaterially facilitate the enligutened and advancing civiii= zation of our “f. By order of the Chamber, GEORGE OPDYKE, fscmeit A. A. LO Celebration at Scranton. SCRANTON, Pa., May 10, 1869, Scranton celebrated the completion of the Pacific Railroad by the firing of cannon, ringing of bells, whistling of locomotives and general expressions of soy by its citizens. Reception of the News in Buffalo. BUFFALO, May 10, 1869. A large crowd of citizens assembied at the Board of Trade rooms this afternoon to hear the announce- ment by telegraph of the driving of the last spike in the rail connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific, The telegraph wire was attached to a large gong bell, at forty-one minutes past two o’ch city’ tune, repeating strokes were simultanec made. completion cheers were given, Star Spangied Banner’ sung by the crowd, prayer offered and Sopropriets. speeches made by Mr. D. 8. Bennett, Henry A, Richmond and others. Rejoicing in St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo., May 10, 1869, The fire alarm bells of this city stmck at six min- utes to two this afternoon, in response to the blows of the hammer which drove the last spike in the Union Pacific Ratiroad, Much interest was mani- fested, and everybody was rejoiced. Celebration of the Event at Trinity Church, While the great railroad triumph of the century ‘Was undergoing the last stroke towards its comple- tion a very numerous and highly fashionabie con- gregation assembled at Trinity church to take part in the celebration ordained by the Corporation. At twelve o'clock the interior of this splendid edifice ‘was the scene of one of those audiences that seldom gather in New York. Besides the ladies, who ap- peared in their finest midday toilets, and the school attached to the church, the business man laid aside his cares, the clerk his pen and a few of the laboring Classes their duties, all to participate in the ceremo- ies of the hour, At about haif-past eleven o'clock Mr. Ayliffe sounded the sonorous chimes of Old Hundred,” “Red, White and Blue,” “Hail Columbia, ’? and several other aoe as weil as religious wi u clear atmosphere with a very noon the exercises in End of the DiMiculty with Laborers=De- parture of the Railroad Officials from Pied- mont. St. Louis, May 10, 1869, Omaha despatches say that telegmms from Echo City report the trouble with the laborers near Pied- mont amicably settled. The raitroad and telegraph officials left Echo City this afternoon for Promontor; Point to attend the laying of the lastratl, Althou; the Central Pacific officials deny that the Union Pacific could not reach the meeting point at Pro- montory Point before the 10th inst., they arranged to lay there own last rail yesterday, Explanation of the Workingmen’s Action— Their (l-Treatment by the Railroad Com- pany=A Strange Story of Inimmanity. Oman, May 3, 1869, ‘The arrest or detention of Vice President Durant vyin. seventh end elghin Sundays atter Trinity, | by his workingmen on the Union Pacite Raliroed and te folloming spect prare. se forth by autnok | excites no surprise here, where nearly all the opera- ©, God, the reator of the ends of the od tions of that overgrown monopoly are known. All carom, 0 eke poe whoa solaieet | accounts I can gather agree that the company have ote ty Ty moan the fod magnify thy glorious | treated their workmen in the most shameful manner. borders steer arin eee, LJ "the ‘ex. | Greater numbers than were needed were induced to Samed out to the end of the track for work. When ar- : Fived they had a chotce ether to. work for the com. yates reWetmenk Ticeteas | antic, ta Ouvana. was about forty dollars; going fava Sat ibe denert ay rote joenomn an the rom back by the cars was, therefpre, out of the ‘and that the ay rejoice and an the ome before d lay, in deep humility and thank ess of heart, ackno ng that Thine, O Lord, in ness, anu power, Aid the glory, and the victory, and the Tthat'is in the heaven and in ie eartht To attempt to walk back -Was certain Teath hy Indians. poor creatures Were therefore com- pletely at the mercy of the rallroad officiais, ‘The condition of these workingmen has been de- plorable for some months past. I will give one ex- ample to show how they are treated. Two wol Ia ine aRty 26 Satin,’ cndsr ace, on an juctor perulltted theme te riae to. a pont on the 0 two stations, when Prairie, half-way betwee! cal ‘the brakemen to his assistance he seized his victinas inrust ‘them from the train while going at fall i—some wwe or twenty-five miles per hour, What became of Bi creatures I never learned, Whether they were killed by being thrown from the train or by the Indians I have not heard. My informant saw them thrust from fhe train while going at full speed as here stated. SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. Arrival of the President at St. Louis—The Work te be Pushed Ahead—Emigrants to Settle Along the Road. Sr. Louis, May 10, 1869, Judge Levi Parsons, of New York, President of the Southern Branch of the Union’Pacific Railroad, run- ning from Fort Riley, Kansas, down the Neosho valley to Fort Smith, Ark., arrived here last night, accompanied by the following New York directors:— Francis kiddy, Robert S. Stevens, George Dennison, Theodore Johnson and A. H. Johnson. The party leave this afternoon for Junction City for the urpose of making an inspection of the road. e road is a feeder to the Kansas Pacific Railroad, The survey was commenced in December last. Sixty miles will be butlt by next September, and the whole road is under conttact. The company have a grant of 1,350,000 gcres of land, and B810,000 in county bonds have been subscribed towards the road by the counties through which it passes. Five thousand emigrants from Copennagen have nee their passage, and 30,000 Swedes are expected d are ae season to settle on the lands belonging to the road. AMUSEMENTS. Fiera «AVENUE «THraTRE—“ THE Weruir’s BeLL.”—This was the French opera at the Fifth Avenue last night, ‘They call itan opera comique, though it is quite as much a sentimental opera, with a leavening of wholesome piety. It does not belong to the Offenbachian school of the bouge, The story is consistent and connected and the development of the plot is something that we can almost believe in. The action takes place in a village, about the year 1704, at the end of the war of the Cevennes, on the French side of the Alps, on the boundary at that time between France and Savoy. A squad of French dragoons are on @ hunt fora gang of heretics. They halt and enjoy themselves at the house of a rich farmer, who has a farm hand devoted to the proseribec heretics and who is on good terms with a wild peasant girl who has a reputation in the village only for mis- enief. The farmer, too, has a pretty wife, somewhat inclined to flirtations—a weakness which seems to be pretty genera! among the ladies of the locality. But the shrine and the bell of an old hermit (the good old man dead three hundred years) protect the lords of the village—the hermii’s bell supernaturally ring- ing out the alarm with any peccadiilo on the part of the fairsex. The commander of the squad of dra- goons gets into a decided flirtation with the farm- er’s wife, but at a meeting near the dreadful bell it rings out the alarm. The bold dragoon, however, contrives to quiet the lady’s apprehensions and to humbug the jealous farmer, while the peas- ant girl manages the generat business, with the farm hand, of getting the proscribed old pastor and his flock over the" mountains safely into Savoy, out of the clutches of the dragoons, And the story ends m the happy union of the peasant girl and the farm hand, with a happy clearing up of a charge of treachery to the refugees she had undertaken in a by-path ‘to lead over. Irma as Rose Friquet, the easant girl; Aujac as Sylvain (the farm hand), Mons. Tholer as Belamy (the bold dragoon), La- po as Thibault (the stupid, old, Jealous farmer), lle, Duclos as Georgette, the farmer's pretty and coquettish wife; Mr. Hamilton as the pastor, are the prominent characters of the play. The music is delightful, and while Irma and Aujac never ap- peared to better advantage than last night, Mons. ‘Tholer, with his rich, strong voice and fine acting, came in as a very welcome acquisition. The Alpine scenes throughout are very fine, and the costumes of the dragoons and peasantry are historically satistac- tory. The choruses, male and female, are good; the music, solos, duets and choruses are, we repeat, de- Mghtful and refreshing. The whole make-up and ex- ecution of the piece are exceedingly graceful and pic- turesque. The dialogue might be somewhat short- ened to advantage, buc still, as given last night, the opera is a very pleasing entertainment. Let those who would be satisiied go and see and hear it. It has evidently been produced with great care and re- gardless of expense in every department. WAVERLEY THEATRE.—A complete change of com- pany and of the bill attracted a very respectable audience to the uncomfortably narrow seats of this otherwise commodious little theatre last might. The performance comprised the domestic drama entitled “Miriam's Crime,’? the farce of “Middy Ashore,’’ and a second farce, “Ici on parle Frangais,” with the “Love Letter Polka’? and the “Kiss Waltz,” by those pretty girls and fine dancers, Misses Betty and Emily Rigl. ‘“Miriam’s Crime’ is a touching domes- tic story, founded on the A teed burning of a will by Miriam (Miss Lizzie Willmore) for the purpose of rmitting the fortune to go to the man she loves, ut her mistaken scheme of love is thwarted by the saving of a previous will by Biles (Mr. Felix Rogers), & drunken lawyer's clerk, The result 1s the usual one, of course, and the plot is weil worked out, present- ing some very touching scenes. The quiet and chaste elaboration of Miss Willmore’s resentation of Miriam is very refreshing e overdrawn passion on the one hand and the burlesque exaggeration on the other, of which we have bad so much, Mr. rs’ Biles was an excellent and not over- sketch of the drunken lawyer's clerk, and if he would drank his legs a little more Biles would become a favorite stage toper. In the “Middy Ashore,” Miss Jenny Wiilmore as Harry Halcyon and Mr, Rogers as Tom Cringie, brought down the house. The pieces were well put on and the support by the rest of the com- pany was very fair. We were giad to see that ail were well PP, in thetr parts and did not abuse the patience of the audience by delay and undue pre- paration. The bill continues through the week, and a visit to the Willmores will be found pleasant. Bowrry TuxaTre.—The bills announced that “Who's to Win” was acted in London “two entire seasons, with the most enthusiastic applause.” Such a positive declaration invited personal scra- tiny,‘and after bestowing it upon this drama, at its first representation last evening, we are only able to say that the very numerous audience, which filled the house to its utmost capacity, was so well pleased that their comments will fill every seat for this sea- son not only, but for some othera to come. It is ex- actly what the habitues of our so-called popular theatres want. There is an adventurer and the keeper of a workhouse, a nobleman and @ scoun- drel, a beautiful woman and a betrayed wife, a “‘sec- ond sight” and a rescued daughter, and there are scenic effecta, such as the appearance of the whole scene of the murder of his wife at the moment of the death of young Edward. And the denoue- ment is actually irritating. And all this is afterwards to be followed by the “Chief of the Ghaut Moun- tains,” where again injured innocence triumphs, and where the victory of the true lover is finally achieved by the aid of an American middy anda ‘jolly tar’ from an American man-of-war, the picys constant companion and occasional protec- tor. The world has seen worse dramatizations upon the stage; but it does one’s heart good to hear the joyful expressions of sympathy with the misfor- tunes of an American sailor in foreign lands, and the shouts of joy when he at last succeeds in van- quishing his bod Patriotism may be taught in better Ways, but the lesson will never have a more lasting effect. . BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS.—These dusky favorites, after ® short absence from the metropolis, reopened last evening at their popular hail in Tammany for the summer season, with new attractions and a re- duction im the prices of admission, The troupe were Welcomed back to the city by a crowded house, not even standing room being attainable, and so well did the members of the company, individ- ually and collectively, endeavor to please their im- mense audience, that the house was kept in a con- tinuous roar of side-splitting laughter from the com- mencement to the termination of the performance, Dave Reed, the popular Ethtoptan delineator, who has been travelling with the troupe, lust night made his first appearance in Enis as a member of the company, and was three separate times recalled after his first song and dance, The great black “koh-ah-nor” diamond of American minstrelsy—Dan Bryant—delighted the audience with a number of his clever eccentric sketches; Unsworth regaled them with his banjo solos, and Messrs, Hogan and Hughes contributed in no small measure to the pleasure of the evening's entertainment by their inimitable “Virginia double shame.” In addition to the musical portion of tne night's festivities the programme for the present week contains such mirth-provoking sketches as “Jack Cade,” “Txion” and the “Bi Doctor,” not to mention the startling Raseaee of “Red Hot,” the subject of which takes the off track from (ffen- bach’s “ ie.” and, as per bill, ‘follows French verse and versions at a disrespectful distance.” PARK THEATRE, BROOKLYN.—The five act drama entitied “Snare, or What Can’t Money Do” was pro- duced for the first time last evening at this theatre, ‘and witnessed by aa many admirers of the drama as the house could well hold. It is scarcely necessa- toadd that the was highly appreciated, Then iis stated that MYs, DP. Bowers kode Mr J C. McCollom sustained the leadin, Clara and Sue wae @ lov! and as- fectionate hust |, who are eventually separated an artful woman, who gains her purpose by the Melville, who resol husband, the old banker, to use the money to witigh ahe had fallen heir tn eecuring Melville to herself. The opportunity offered in Aici- ville becoming involved gnd his papers falling in the posseanen, of the widow. She first endeavors, jrough others, to secure him by offering a sufficient amount to cancel hig liabilities, but failing she places the papers in the hands of other ) Who she appears as abenciactress. Several of me scenes a8 a benelac! e are we affecting, and the aH the of the best which Mrs. Con has presented for some time. It was written for Mra. Bowers, and will be repeated every night this week. BROOKLYN ACADEMY—‘“THE EMERALD RING,”— it ia only on rare occasions that the Academy of Masic is so crowded as it was last night. ‘The Emerald Ring” and the well-earned reputation of Mr. ana Mrs. Barney Williams brought together @ large und fashionable audience, Mike Macarty and Maggie Macarty were not merely well represented characters—they were realities. “Mr. and Mra, Wil- Mams were evidently put in good hamor by the magnificent house, they acquitted themselves to own and the satisfactiou of the audience. We have nothing but praise to give to the company, nor have we any doubt “The Emerald Ring” will command even a larger house in Brooklyn on Wednesday night. We ooght not to forget the cmchenae. which gave ent satisfaction to the audience. “FREE TRADE. Meeting at the Cooper Institate—Speeches by W. C. Bryant, E. Atkinson, James Brooks and Others. Last evening a mecting was held at the Cooper Institute under the auspices of the Free Trade League, There was a fair attendance, and the pro- ceedings appeared to be regarded with some inter- est. On the motion of Mr. David D, Field the chair was taken by Mr. Howard Potter, Mr. WILLIAM CULLEN Bryant was the first speaker. He said he was glad to see that con- course. It was a worthy occasion which called them together—the cause of the great mass of our population, the cause of human liberty, the cause of national prosperity, the cause of the usefal arts, the cause of peace and good will between nation and nation. All those were implied in the treedom of exchanges, We talk of free labor; but what 18 free labor if we are not permitted a free ex- change of the fruits of our labor? One man comes to another and says to him, “You shall work only when and where I direct you, and you shall work as long as I direct you.” That is naked slavery; it is justly detested, and we get rid of it as soon as we can; but under our present com- mercial system @ set of men come to us and say, “Well, you have got the products of your labor in a shape proper for sending them to market; now you shall only sell them where.we direct, and for prices which we dictate, and if you want goods for them you shall take the goods of us and at our prices,” ‘That is the sum and substance of the protective system, the plain English, the long and short, the proper interpretation of the laws which the protecttonists have caused to be enacted for us to live under. How much better is that system than the one which denies us leave to work where and when we please? The same prin- ciple of despotism 18 the ro ot of both; they are both shoots from the same baleful stock. But they who ‘were guilty of that usurpation of our rights tell us when we complain that we are hired to grumble; that we are pald in British gold. Now, he ask those present, were they paid to come to the meet- ing? Had they British gold in their pockets? He brougtw no railing accusation against those who made the charge. He might retort by saying that those who have imposed upon the country a system which has destroyed our shipping interest and made American products too dear to be exported, a con- dition of things greatly to the advantage of the British trade—are far more likely to be corrupted by British gold than any other class of men in this country, but he did not say that. The speaker then alluded to several who had supported the cause of freedom of trade, including Henry Ward Beecher, Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Henry Clay, in 1832. They all remembered how proud they were of Beecher when, during our civil war, he went to Engiand in order to enlighten the ple of that country in regard to the nature of the great struggle whicll we were making to pre- serve the Union. He went, fearless, imperturbabie, eloquent, master of his subject, took John Bull by the beard, tamed one nojay mob after another and made them listen to the brave and true words he uutered, Was he a receiver of British gold? or had all the kingdoms of the world wealth enough to buy Garrison? He honored Mr. Clay for his magnanimity in proposing that free trade measure more than for any other act of his public life. He had to make a palnful sacrifice of the pride of opinion, to renounce oid prejudices, to disappoint attached friends, to admit practically that the protective system was not the pro) policy for our country. He made all these sacrifices, these renunciations, these admissions nese iy and hike an honest man. Was Henry Clay paid by British gold? Will the detractors to whom he had referred Say as much and offer such an insult to his memory? Was there any man audacious enough to bespatter his monument with the dirt thrown so freely at us? (Applause.) The time had come to follow his exam- ple. The protective system will be a cause of bitter dissension in this country as long as it is allowed to exist. Its esseutial element is mjustice, partiality, monopoly, unequal legislation, and it cannot last. It makes dear provisions, dear garments, dear household utensils and farming impiements, dear fuel, dear houses and high rents. It lies heavily upon us after we get into our graves, for the very wood of which our coffins are made 1s burdened with the lumber duty. (Applause.) Mr. EDWARD ATKINSON, Of Boston, next addressed the audience at some length, yeas chiefly to what he considered the injystice of the present tariff. He contended that inthe present posture of affairs there wae an antagonism between the capi- talist and the laborer. . As the law now stood there ‘was no protection whatever. There could be no re- sult but inquality and injustice. There being an tn- equality in the law there must be an inequality in the fax, and the profit of one man must come from the unjust taxation of his heavier burdened neighbor. He strongly advocated free trade, for it spread universal benefit. The speaker cited several | a oe its favor; among others that of thirteen undred thousand operatives nearly one million of them were injured by the protective system. The people, he thought, had euffered long, with ignorant patience, from that system, while it greatly impeded the industry of the country. This present movement was simply freedom. Free speech, free soil, free men, free trade—those were the four corner stones upon which they would stand erect upon the broad platform of justice and equal rights for every man in the community, and then, and only then, could they rightfully claim to be the leaven among the na- tuons of the earth. (Applause.) ‘A vote of thanks Was proposed to Mr. Bryant, the last speaker, and unanimously passed. Mr. JAMES BROOKS said that a Cpe ea gen com- mittee would shortly consider the subject of the pre- sent tariff, and any information relative to it would be gladly received, as the committee would report to Congress at the opening m December. There ‘waa every hope that a @ and acceptable tariit would be reported. In conclusion, he observed that it was a great Ce ay America when the great way ‘was opened to Francisco, a distance of over three thousand mites, under one form of govern- ment and one series of laws, He thought it not in- opportune to move the following resolution:—“That the opening of the great Pacific Railroad to-day, connecting New York and San Francisco, be recog- nized as a pledge not only for one country, one con- stitution, one destiny, with a due regard tothe revenue, but for the freest sort of a trade with all cuuntries and all continents.” (Applause.) Mr. LieBeR followed, in some remarks upon the present protective system, which he condemned as unjust and unsatisfactory. ‘The meeting then adjourned. GREAT FIRE ON BROADWAY. Lows $60,000 to $70,000. At ten minutes before ten o’ciock last night the alarm bells prociaimed a fire at No, 620 Broadway; but as there have recently been so many false alarms rung by members of the Fire Com- missioners’ Board for the amusement of their friends and to test the activity of the department, the firemen were not as prompt as usual. When the Fourteenth precinct detall of lice, under Sergeants Brown, Polhamus and ney, arrived on the ground, there was but litte indications of fire; but a moment later dense volumes of smoke began to pour out of the second and third story Winaows of the four story marble front build- ing No. 20 Broadway, occupied on the lower floor by Kingsburry, Abbott, Gay & Co., hatters, and on the three upper stories by 1, & M, Glaser & Uo., dealers in hats, caps and furs, By eleven o'clock Captain Gatland, who was con- fined to his residence, put tn an appearance and took charge of the officers of his precinct. Simul- taneously Roundsman Thatcher, of the Fifteenth precinct, appeared with a detali of effective meny who, wit the police of the Fourteenth recinct, rendered the firemen valuable services, A Rew moments later a detail from the Eighth Med under command of eater nt Williams, took chal of the west side of Bi way, and permitted the pu lie qyreeny, under the plea of beng guests of the St. Nicholas Hotel to enter the lines. One of the oMcers of the Eighth—Sipp—who conceived the idea that things were not being properly managed, plied his club vigorously upon A citizen who was protected by one of the Fire Department badges, but on being remonstrated with apologized. Later in the event ng corgeens Williams cleared the street ‘on the Eight inct side, and the was con- fined to the building in which it broke ott. ‘The loss Of Messrs, Abbott, Gay & Co., was fnily $5,000, which was fully cov in- surance. That of Glaser & Co., who occupied the upper stories, and who had a valuable was fully $56,000, which, it is understood, ‘wee Tully covered by insurance, At twenty minutes after twelve the fire was under the control of the department, but it had reached the fourth floor, where the di poosicertag, the vaine of the stock, will be from $5,000 to $10,000 sectio The insurance of these parties were not ascert, 5 ‘The foreman of Engine No. 20 was suffo- nd for twenty minutes was Considers ina recovered. cated, Sot condition, 5 e engines leff the scene of the conflagration at fifteen minates past one this morning. Loss up to that hour $70.00. SHEET. 3 THE STATE CAPITAL, |! vottirseststart a terse lawrence a DHE CANAL BILL. ‘The te in the Assembly amend- ments to the bill for and extraordinary repair posing @ tax of three-quartets of a mill involves ap expenditure of about $1,500,000, THE STATE EXCISE LAW. ‘The report of the conference committee on amend- ing the general Excise law °o as to retain the Senate ihe gun rally wa'tolans wal open ale or beer for ten do! was ie Mon dissented. : Se esl to incorporate the Bre’ v New York, was pe . seed ines Geak: GUN CONTRACT INVESTIGATION. On motion of Mr. Van PELTEN the Judiciary Com. mittee upon investigating the gun contract Was ex: cused from reporting this session, and have leave te sit during the recess, without expense to the State. THE TAX LEVIES. The report of the conference commuttee on thé tax levies was received, The report of the city levy was concurred in—18 to 13. Yeas all democrats and Messrs. Yan Petten, Williams and Mattoon. Nays all republicans. YEAS—Messrs, Banks, Beach, Bradley, Cauldwell, Crew mer, Edwards, Genet, Grabam, ‘Hubbard, Mattoon, Morris Murphy, Nichols, Norton, Pierce, Tweed, Van Petten and Willkarns 18. ule iromphrey, enuedpr Morgan, Nicks, O'Dotnels Fal jumpbrey, Kent icka, O'Dounell, ine 'Parkawand’! ‘Thayer 43. a The report of the committee of conference on the County Levy was read and concurred in by the samé vote as the City levy. At forty-five minutes past ten, the levies being dis. sed of, a concurrent resolution was adopted to ad- journ at twelve o'clock midnight. COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE. On motion of Mr. THAYER & hew committee 0: conference on the Canal al one bill was ap- pointed, a8 follows:—Messrs. Thayer, Morris and Hubbard. Recess for three-quarters of an hour. ADJOURNMENT. Messrs. BRADLEY and CREAMER were appointed a committee to wait on the Assembly and inform therm’ that the Senate Was ready to adjourn. A comumitice was also appointed to wait on the Governor. At twelve o’clock, midnight, Lieutenant Governor BrAcn, after a few words of farewell, declared the Senate adjourped sine die. ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE. The City and County Tax Levies Passed. The City Levy Reduced $1,800,000 and the County Levy $600,000. Passage of the Twenty-third Street Railroad Bill. Governor Hoffman Sustained in Several of His Vetoes. ALBANY, May 10, 1869. Legislation, weary and long drawn out, which should have terminated on Saturday night, and un- doubtedly would have, but for the stubbornness of a few Senators who insisted upon adhering to their own views of the tax levy, and non-concurring in the opin- jon of the House Committee, was brought to a conclusion to-night. At ten o'clock both houses agreed to the report of the conference commitees on the city and county tax bills, The reduction in the city tax levy, as it comes from the hands of the committee, is $1,300,000, and in the county levy $600,000. The re- port on the city levy passed the House by a vote of 94 to 11, the report on the county levy by a vote of 88to15. The Senate also concurred in the report, and the tax levies as amended are therefore a fixed fact, which the taxpayers must carry as they can. ‘The SPEAKER appointed the following as the com: ‘The scene in the Senate during the discussion this | mittee of conference on the tax levies:—Messre, La morning on the tax levies was exciting and earnest, | Bau, W. W. Campbell, Hitchman, Gleason and Senator Folger proposed that as the committees ap- | Irving. pointed by both houses had reported that they could ‘The Assembly took a recess for half an hour. Not possibly agree, the question wus at an end and BILLS ORDERED TO A THIRD READING. there could be no further action taken on the tax | yor the construction of a railroad on Twenty-third levies. This absurd position was soon abandoned, under pressure of the arguments of Messrs. Creamer, | Street, the charter to be sold at auction, Hees Gents sn moreny ing ne i. ree mete Mr. FREAR asked and obtained unanimons consent of the President of the Senate, the vote being a tie. | ) 9 Anew conference committee’ was accordingly ap- berg ae or Leeann and the Upon reassembling the Assembly concurred in the jointed, composed of Messrs. Creamer, Genet and Williams, A committee of the House was named by report of the committee of conference ou the Canal Appropriation bill; also the State Excise law. the Speaker, pened Os Messrs. La Ban, Hitch- man, Judge, Campbell, Gleason and James Irving. tec + o’cloc! Millions of dollars being Involved in this business, | Necess ll four pale mii no doudt the Speaker used due discretion in the - ¥ tte conference Selection of the committee, especially with regard to Fi ht at gh ie Tee le the members from New York city, Messrs. Irving | Gown the city levy $1,300,000 and the county levy about $600,000. The report of the city levy was and Hitchman. Dire threats were made against Senator Williams for accepting a place on the com- | Goneurred in—94 to 11. The report on the count? levy Was concurred in~-88 to 15. mittee. Mr. Folger was personally offensive in his hie ree aoe ae ee ate aiton gun | _ the Senate bill to protect the fishing interests on declared that every republican in the | L&ke Ontario, its bays and entrances, and the river State would denounce and —revile him ; | St Lawrence was passed. that he might as well place himself on ‘i the top of a pole to be pelted by the whole people of the State as to accept a position on the committee, Mr. Williams, however, siood firm, the influence brought to bear upon him for tho past two days being probably strong enough to sustain him against the wrath to come. ‘The Father Matthew Temperance Institute, No. 1, of Brooklyn, fared well at the hands of Mr. O'Keefe, Ri who got the sum of $5,000 inserted in the State ; “ i y , one 4 i? whose jurisaiction extends over the city as well as Ligad bul towards the payment of its indebted- | the town for all town purposes. So long as the city " _ continues # part of the town it is not right thac any ce See artoct ue terug oon Of the duties and powers should be devolved upon stoutly, saying that he had no faith m a measure 1n- the ward supervisors, whose jurisdictions are much troduced at this late moment, for what cause he | More limited. | a epee ee vee cn Knew not, ‘The locality was in his strict, and he | sustained by @ Senate new that none of his constituents desired that the cours a FB Dill should pass. ‘The franchise of this road is to be | _dessrs, Rich, Husted and Ferris were appointed & sola tu the highest bidder by, the Commissioners of ready to adjourn; and Messrs. Hixon and Miller Be cate gS Ng for horse cars from | wore also appointed & committee to form the Gov- h , " the same. ‘The Governor has signed up to this moment no | SHO" Pf * ome r. JACOBS Called up his resolution instructing the Jess than 798 bilis, which have thus become laws. Canal Board to Inquire into the expenditure of the The Governor's vevoes of the One Hundred and | 4, Y 7 uilding for the State a grain elevator in Buitalo, ‘Twenty-fifth street and the Avenue © Rallroad, the | Yonted—43 to 24. bill providing for the appointment of President pro | “S3R°Cominittee of conference on the Canal Ordi- tem of the Metropolitan Police Board, and the * 4 a og ! nary Repair Appropriation bill reported their failure Oswego Piers and Docks bill were sustained in the | Yo agree. Laid'on the table and the bill killed. Senate. The Governor has reason for congratula- ADJOURNMENT. tion upon this endorsement of his sagacions policy. Farewell speeches were made ‘by Messrs. Selkreg, ASSEMBLY. ALBANY, May 10, 1869, On motion of Mr, HARTMAN It was resolved that, if the Senate concur, the Assembly will adjourn sine die at \welve o’clock to-day. At a quarter after el was received from the Governor vetoing the bill relative to the assessinent rolls in the town of Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence county. The Governor says the bill 1s a needless interference with the duties of the town assessors and town supervisors, which are regulated by the general laws. The city of Ogdensburg 18 a art of the town of Oswegatchie, and its citizens ave their share in electing supervisors of the town, By concurrent resolution communicated to the | yugqoe ©: bell i Jacobs. The S| ', Mr. Assembly through Senators Bradiey and Crowley, | S8dz@ Cisapbell and sacobs. gg the Senate notitled the House tuat the Senate had Younglove, made the closing speech, and at 12:20 finished its business and was ready to adjourn. declared the Assembly adjourned sine die. mig = time the pow by ina rar ouvnat age AM and rather noisy mood and! very neafly arrived a the pomt of decorum licensed by the usual BILLIARDS. Sastom of er session; bat there was Deer ag Se ey ae ignity enou in the parting §hours for Match Between Dion and McDevitt. Mr. Selkreg to pay a just compilment to Govergor | 4 r.ctch for $600 came off at Irving Hall last night Hoffman, whose action, from ali the vetoes, he said, “ entitled him to the good opinion of the people of the | between John McDevitt, of New York (who held at one time the champion's cue), and Cyrille Dion, of State. A committee was a poeta to wait upon the Governor and acquaint him that the House was Montreal. They played the French three bal! game, 300 points, each carrom counting one. There was @ ready to adjourn. A similar committee was sent to the Senate. At midnight the Legislature of 1869 ad- ame, ree? die in the best of spirits, with mutual | pretty fair audience present, but seemed small in congratulations, ‘About five o'clock this afternoon, whilesome work- | CoWParison with the crowds wno filled the hall men were @ house on Spruce street, near | afternoon and evening during the late tournament. Dove, in this city, the house fel) and some portion of | The game was opened by Dion, who failed to count, it strack @ young girl, about seventeen years of age, | ang fated also on his next two innings. McDevitt made three points on his first inning, and for his next twenty played much better than his competitor, which is saying very little. Dion in his twenty-nine mamed Bliza Jane O'Connor. She was instantly killed. An mquest was held on the body this reuse innings had failed to count seventeen times, and McDevitt eleven. The game up to this point was and the jury rendered a@ verdict in accurdance with the facts. utterly devoid of interest, many of the spectators leaving in apparent disgust. There was hardly a NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. man present who ever had a cue in his hand but thought he could do as weil himseif. After the thir- tieth inning each player began to do a little better, but McDevitt still kept far in advance of Dion, At the forty-foarth inning the game was called, the score standing McDevitt 101, Dion 53. Arter this = began Cy Rind bg FI = next = m4 > ” the score st eDevitt 137, Dion 100, On his im the oMce of Justice of the Peace at Lowville elahty-seventh inning Dion made a run of 18, which was first considered. The veto was sustaincd—23 | won him the first applause he had yet received, and tol closed up the gap conaiderapty: but ia his next . seven innings he either fatled to count or made not The veto of the bill to authorize the appointment | inore than four points. McDevitt, however, had @ of a president pro tem. of the Metropolitan Board of | run of 20, much the highest made thus far, and Police was sustained—17 to 5. which again lengthened the distance between the The veto of the One Hundred and Twenty-ffth | players, Soon aiter this the game was called and street Railroad bill was sustained—23 to S—Messrs. icDevitt had 203 and Dion 143. After this McDevitt Cauldwell, Genet and Matt % feli off considerably and, the next call showed him The veto of the Avenue C Ratiroad bill was sus- | put twenty-four potnts in advance of Dion. and this tained—23 (o 3—Messrs. Cauldwell, Genet and Mat- | was reduced to sixteen points on the 196th inning, at which time the game for the first time began to look doubtful. Soon after this McDevitt got in a run of 27, which once more widened the gap and reassured the friends of McDevitt, But this assurance SENATE. ALBANY, May 10, 1869. The Senate met at nine o'clock. VETOES SUSTAINED- On motion of Mr. FoLGer the veto messages of the Governor were taken from the table. The veto of the bill relative to filling the vacancy toon. ‘The veto of the bili in relation to filling vaqancies of justices of the peace in the several towns of the State was brought up. Mr. FOLGER thought the Governor partly right and partly wrong, and favored | was of not long duration; for Dion got a good ran passing over the veto. The veto was sustained—15 | and be; to close up again with nearly every tn- to 15. ning. MeDevitt began to get nervons and played ‘The veto of the bill to incorporate the Oswego Pier | with less skill than he had before shown. He, how- and Dock Company Was sustained by 24 to 2. ever got a run of four, which left him but one to fet THE TAX LEVY. to win the game, and he seemed certain of getting Under the order of messages from the Assembly | that in the same run, as the shot was Mr. TWEED called up the question of concurring in | an easy one. Me tried it and lost. the amendments to the Tax Levy bill. Dion followed and — brought his score Mr. FOLGER raised the = of order that the | up to 298. At this point the excitement was most Senate having agreed with the report of the confer- | intense, The balls were so placed that the shot was ence committee, that they had failed to agree, and | not a dificult one. Dion, however, was affected having discharged the committee no further action | somewhat as McDevitt was. He considered the shot could be taken, and that the biil is dead. well before he ventured uj it, but to no purpose. ‘The PREsIpENT overruled the point of order. It was lost. McDevitt had another chance, and as Mr. Fo.aer appealed from the decision. he advanced to the table the house was deathly still. ‘The Chair was sustained by 16 to 16, ail the demo- | It was easy to see that he could not make a winnin, crats and Mr. Mattoon voting yea and the repubii- | shot. He tried it, and, as all feared and almost cans voting nay, the Chair giving the casting vote. expected, didn’t succeed. Dion had one more Mr. Fouger raised the point of order that on & | chance, and coolness enough to profit by it. He made uestion of sustaining a decision of the Chair the | his two points, and the game Was his, The play was ident cannot give the casting vote. | finshed at twenty minutes of one. Such was the Mr. MURPHY took issue thereon. confidence in McDevitt at one time that bets on him ‘The CHArR overruled the point of order. of fify dollars to fifteen were without takers. The question being on concurring with the As- semby amendment Mr. MORGAN asked for a division of the question so as to vote separately on the propo: sition to appropriate twenty per cent of the Excise to. for what he termed sectarian schools in New — the third and fourth prizes, was playea yesterday . cwernoon between Snyder and Foster. It was the ition was discussed at some length by | SWeTHOCE ny rete organ and Murphy. ‘ — dest game of the tournament, the loser making @ ‘Mr. MORGAN withdrew his request for a division. | higher average than had been made by any player a by 328 The Tournament. ‘The fmal match, which was to decide the award of Mr. TWEED withdrew his motion to concur im | before, not excepting the winner of the cue Assembly amendments, | the second prize. Foster won the I Mr. CREAMER moved that a new conference com- | points, maxing, ‘an average of 38%. Shyder’s ave- mittee be appointed, Which was carried —17 to 15; | rage was 20. Foster's best run was 402. Snyder's ‘Mesers. Matton and Van Petten voting aye with the | best were 249, 123, 120, 117. The winner of the democrats, game received the third prize and the loser the our ‘Mr. VAN Perren said he voted under a misappre- hension, and moved to reconsider the last vote. REIT MASSACHUSETTS BILLIARD TOURNAMENT. Boston, May 10, 1869, CROWLBY thought this was idle, and satd that The Massachusetts billiard tournament for the it fas evident ~ nestion mong Cg MORGAN compromise wag in| Se repebiinn have only to and by the championship of the State commenced this after- noon at the Olympic theatre. The games to be played are 600 points each, push shots barred, the ir. TWRED sald there was no remedy for the mupromise. ‘Mr. FoLagr said the compromise must be in the Senate, and not with the Citizens’ At tion, The motion to reconsider was lost—16 to i¢—the President voting uo; Mr. Mattoon voting no with len nament The first KE jocrats. Wil and William A, iene PRESIDENT appointed the following as such “Tobin, and eta conference:—Messrs, bs Creamer, Genet, ig and thy se 4 Foiger; the latter declined, and Mr Stanford was runs 12, 4, ‘was appointed; Mr. Van Petten deciiped, and More Mr, Williams was ‘appointed, m Iie Tate , ‘Mr. O'DONNELL moved to instruct the committee — 4, ‘8 runs, ‘ to insist on the nal Senate bill, or on the Asgem- in the en the first waa Diy bill as Hy its committee, "Lost=16 to | and Tobine won brite Forme 16, Mr. Mattoon voting “no” with the democrats; | The wMner’s average was 11 1-2 ye the Chair siso voting “no.” Tuns 51, 27, 83, Tobin's highest runs, 0, The Senate took & recess until this afternoon, The next game was between Williaa 5 * and e | and was won by the former, 600 to 47}. Winner's awaiting the conference committee's action. LARE ONTARIO FISTIBRIES. | average was @ and his highest runs 48, 68, 4% Day Mr. O'DONNELL introduced a bill, Which was im- | highest runs were 38, 45. oo