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4 “NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. Trial of McHeurv for Alleged Perjury. Before Judge Benedict. The United States vs. John D, MoHenry.—This case, previously tried, and the facts in which were at the tume of trial fully reported in the HERALD, has come on for retrial. ‘The jury in the first trial, after being out forty- eight hours, stood as they did when they went out— eight for the government and four for the defendant, and they, having declared it impossible to change their minds, were discharged, The dejendant, it will be remembered, 18 charged with perjury in having made false afidavits and given false testimony agaist Edward A. Hollins, late Commissioner of Internal Revenue; Thomas Harland, late Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue; Samuel N, Pike, @ whiskey rectifier and opera Louse proprietor, and Charies Loeb, a distiller, charging thas Harland received a bribe from Pike, and ihat Rollins received a bribe from Loeb. ‘the government, in opening the case, claimed that these affidavits were made and testimony given ta furtherance of @ conspiracy formed for the re- moval of Messrs, Rollins and Harland from office, an object Mr, John A. Binckley was eager to accomplish, and that Binckley, coming on to this city to further his plans, came in contact with the defend- ant, who was at enmity with Roilins and Harland, and eagerly made the aMdavits and gave the testi- mony in question to further the common object of pet and Binckley—the removal of Koliins and ‘land. Commissioner Gutman, called by the government, wan that the affidavits in question were made fore him. ‘The testimony on both sides will be substantially the same as that given on the former trial, the gov- ernment introducing evidence to show that at the time when it was charged by McHenry that the bribes were received by Kollins and Harland neither of those parties were at the places named by Mc- Henry. and the defence will endeavor to disprove that evidence. The trial will probably last a week. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Decisions Rendered. Before Judge Olerke. Elizaneth F. Naylor vs, John H. Naylor.—Report confirmed and judgment of divorce granted. Cus- tody of child awarded to plaintimt. e James Waterston vs, Hannah M, Waterston.—Re- port confirmed and judgment of divorce granted. Custody of child awarded to plainti”, Anna M. Jennings vs. Jeremiah E, Jenntngs.— Report confirmed and judgment of divorce granted. Catharine E, Collins vs. Charles E. Oollins.— Motion denied and bail reduced to $25,000. McVeany vs. Culkin.Motion denied with ten dollars costs. The Amoaskeag Many; ring Company vs, Gard- ner et ai,—Injanction dissolved with costs. Steiner et al. vs. J. Steiner et al.—Additional allow- ance to Jeseph Steiner of $250, to defendant, Hasbrouck, seventy-five dollars. Feidler vs. Youry.—Motion granted. Condict vs, Marston.—Motion to set aside order denied, &c. Smith vs, Sonekald et al.—Case settled, Foster, &c. 1s. Toronsend Manufacturing Campany. (three cases)—Motion denied witn five dollars costs. Greene vs. Lamont.—Memoranda for counsel. Eady vs. Hobbs et al.—Motion granted. Smith vs. Spencer et al.—Motion granted. The Mayor, &c., vs. Ackerman et al.—Motion de- nied, without costs. O'Connor vs, Scandan.—Motion granted; stay until the third Monday of June next; ten dollars to abide event. Aspinwall, éc. counsel. ‘The Seco! 8. Moore et al.—Memoranda for By Judge Barnard. Wheeler & Teed Valentine,—Case settled. All papers taken by W. G. Brown, attorney, &c. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Taxation by Corporations Upon Personal Property. Before Judge Barnard. The Staten Island Railroad Company vs. The Vil- lage of Edgewater, éc.—This action was brought for an injunction azainst the defendants, enjoining them from the collection of certain taxes assessed by the defendants upon the property of the plaintiffs. It appears that the village of Bdgewater had assessed the personal property of the platntitts for taxes to the amount of $1,750. The plaintiffs set out that their general oMlces and habitations were in the city of New York, and that, therefore, they were not liable to taxation upon personal property in Richmond county; that ‘personal property necessarily followed the person and Was settied in New York. They also claim that in any event they could not be assessed, for the rea- son that their debts exceeded the value of their per- ‘sonal property and they therefore virtually had no personal property. Plaintiffs aiso ask that the defendants be restrained from coilecting an assessment of $750 on their real and personal property for schoot Sa The de- fendants, it appears, had been authorized to expend eas a sum of money for educational purposes, ut the plaintiffs claimed that they had no authority to raise the money by tax or otherwise, and there- fore could not make thi sessment. ‘The Court gave judgment for the piatntif’s on both applications. SUPERIOR COURT. Action on a Railroad Contract. Before Judge McCunn. Inthe case of George M. Chapman vs. J. Edgar Thompson, the jury found a verdict yesterday for the plaintim of $8,743 23, the value of 150 tons of railroad iron sold by J. R. Cooke to the defendant in 1857. It was alleged that Cooke was employed by defendant to negotiate an exchange of a half million second mortgage bonds of the Pittsburg and Steubenville ‘Railroad Company for @ million of first mortgage ‘onds oF the same road; that he did so and delivered hem to the defendant to complete the road. Cooke ed his claims to the plamtif, who sued to re- Cover. Piaintiul attempted to prove that the defend- ent having obtained the bonds, a foreclosure was effected on the first mortgage bonds, by which, it was endeavored to be shown, faith was broken with ‘the second bondholders. Plaintiff also tried to prove jat the road was then sold out on this foreclosure, wut subsequently purchased in for a moderate sum. ‘The Court raied out that evidence as inadmissible, The defence was a general denial of every allegation Contained in the complaint. Although the jury re- Suraed’a verilict for the plaintitf for the vaius of the dron, with interest, they rejected the claim for nego- ating the bonds, the defence in that respect being that if Cooke had been employed by defendant it Was in als capacity as president of the road, and he Was not, therefore, individually liabie, COURT OF GENERAL Sessions. Before Judge Bedford, Assistant District Attorney Hutchings appeared for the prosecution in this court yesterday. BURGLARY. Louis Blanc, who was charged with burgiarionsly entering the premises of Daniel L. Thompson, 49 Eighth avenue, on the night of the 12th inst., and Stealing fifty dollars in money, pleaded guilty to an @ttempt at burglary in the third degree. The de- Yendant had been in the employ of the compiainant ‘and he requested the Judge to be lenient, as it waa ‘another party who tempted him to commit the offence. He was sent to the Penitentiary ior three months. LARCENY. Joseph Aaron pleaded guilty to grand larceny in mbealing, on the Sth inst, ent writing cases valued at sixty-five dollars, tne property of John West, He ‘Was sent to the State /’rison for three years. THE CASE OF E. J. ANDERSON, THE LAWYER. Mr. Anderson presented an aMfdavit, on a motion to discharge the bailin tne case of ‘khe People vs. @dward J. Anderson, a lawyer practicing in this ‘court. On the 15th of April Justice Dowling com- ‘anitted him, on an aMdavit made by Teresa Hyman, who charged him with obtaining Mfty doilars out of the East River Sav! Bank without authority. Anderson gave batl in the sum of $1,000 to ‘any indictment that might be found bj Jury, who diamiased the com Javit, hich Mr. Anthon read, set forth that Anderson was Tnpioyea by John Hyman, on the 7th of April, on a charge of abandonment, and him @ fee of fifty Goliars by & check on the East River a Bank. “Hyman #wore that be was the owner of the bank book. seems that on the night of the 10th tnst. Hyman died, and a few days after Mra. Hyman made ‘thus Legal and malicious ORAND LARCENY BY A YOUNG LADY. Rebecoa Fitch waa tried and convicted of grand larceny in stealing a quantity of ladtes’ apparei and two gold bracelets, valued at sixty-nine dollars, from Rather Haslett, 301 West Thirty-fourth street, on the Wa inst. Hee counsel stated that the prisoner was respect- s0\7 connected and that her father was wealthy, but ane bad such @ propensity to theft thas her fricuds sonid do notoing with her, sactge Bed ord in passing sentence said:—Rebecea Piooh, 6 le, indeed, a sad sight to see a young, intel- AQUAE ooking Woman as you Se ay for oan, net more melancholy fact to learn that yon, Yio are omy twenty-one years of age, have airemiy served @ term in the State Prison aut one m ‘he Penitentiary, You have just Gorn oried (or larceny, baving been caught in the and ie jira, tice to their oaths, could Have oondered a verdict other than of grand iavoeny. Conwiderag the fact that you have been Gries a canvich, and a soon as you gotout awd actme mm Gi bred and reckless manner, [ foam ita duty [owe % Te community to mete out Aaevere gonmity, Which i te State Priaou for three ore, MIT ALA. tanne! pores ‘Wat maefieted for perjury on the sernannt ve Sewman, Who & ened that the fofentant ore Giaaty @ Chergag Fin with steal NEW ing a diamond pin and forty dollars? worth of cloth - ing. ‘The parties lived together. Ader the delend- = ve his testimony the jury reuuered @ verdict hot gutity, Cari G. Thilo, who was charged with stealing ten dollars from Catherine Brosie, on the 3d of April, Was acquitted. Ly uel Baker, against whom Fag oth wenn nai Ment charging him with perpetral a the store ole Runk & Odell, No, 336 Washin; ‘Street, on the 6th inst, The only evidence inst him was that he was seen in an empty hogshead. The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty. Cliristian Studer was also tried and acquitted, the charge being that on the 11th of May he stole ninety- Seven dollars in woney from James O’Flagherty. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. Surreme Cournt—Cixcoit, Part L—Adjourned for the term. Part L.—Nos, 3620, 1062, 1832, 4936, 2540, 1460, 1486, 1488, 212, 1500, 1723, 573, 1418, 1139, 757, 1349, 1127, 617, 125, 1639. Special Term issues of Law and Fact, Nos. 359, 410, 375, 381, 383, 384, 886, 887, 388, 389, 390, S91, 892, 393, 394, 396, '396,' 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, CHaMBERS’ Reserved Causes, Nos, 62, 63, 77, 81, 103, 105, 119, 120, 125, Call 127. Surerion CourtT—TRiaL Term—Part I.—Nos, 917, 881, 921, 865, 85934, 773, 393, 689, 979, 981, 985, 281, 345, 928, 1087, Part 11.—Nos. 688, 786, 29, 128, 644, 726, 452, 686, 768, 652, 974, CoMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TeERM—Part I.—Eqnity Causes, Nos. 77, 90, 68, 162, 153, 157, 160, 125, 128, 129. Part 1 —Noa. 146, 165, 127, 160, 115, 113, 136, 142,’ 148, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.—The People vs. Hyman Ukrainski, robbery; Same vs. Patrick Han- ley, burglary; Same vs. Josepn Brown and James Smith, burglary; Same vs. David Eato, felonious as- sault and battery; Same vs. John Phillips, felonious assault and battery; Same vs §ifenry Carrier, felo- nious assault and battery; Same vs, Floyd Franklin, grand larceny; Same vs, William Stevens, gut larceny; Same vs. John Green, grand larceny; Same va. Martin Reid and Thomas Early, perjury. CITY INTELLIGENCE, Tus Waarner.—The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty- four hours, in comparison with the corresponding day last year. a3 indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, HERALD building, Broadway, corner of AnD faa 1869, 1868, 1869. 60 M 80 58 M. roy 7 M. B 12M... - 60 73 12P.M. 66 Average temperature yesterday. Ne cael Average temperature for corresponding day iast FORE. .vcccserorere 60 DEATH IN WATER STRERT.—Margaret Gilmartin, an Irish Woman thirty years of age, who 13 repre- sented to have been of intemperate habits, died yes- hotter at 410 Water street. Coroner Schirmer was called to hold an inquest on the body. Suppsn Deata.—The sudden death of Hugh Peterson, at 230 Eighth avenue, was announced at the Coroners’ office yesterday afternoon. Deceased had long been troubled with disease of the heart. Coyo- ner Flynn has the case inhand. . FOUND IN THE WATER.—The body of a man about forty years of age, Whose name is unknown, was yes- terday found by Jonn Hassin and John Hurley float- ing off the foot of pier 41 North river and made fast. ‘The remains were subsequently removed to the re where Coroner Keenan will hold an inquest lay. SuppEN DeatH.—Coroner Keenan yesterday held an inquegt on the body of James Whalen, who died sudde: the lodging house 52 Mulberry street. Deceased was intemperate in his habits, which aggravated Kidney disease, with which he waa troubied. Whalen was sixty-five years of age and a native of Ireland. Run Over Casvatry.—In the case of Owen Mul- ligan, late of No, 776 Third avenue, who was killed by being run over on Sunday evening by car No. 96, of the Third avenue line, near Forty-eighth street, as already reported in the HERALD, an inquest will be held to day by Coroner Keenan. The witnesses were not forthcoming yesterday. As previously stated, the occurrence 1s believed to have been purely accidental. A Woman DRowNED.—A woman named Sarah Stern yesterday fell into the East river from pier No. 42}¢ and was drowned. The body was subsequently recovered and Coroner Flynn notified to hold an in- quest. Deceased was about seventy-seven years of age and a native of Germany. She left her home, No, 275 Shag Street, and was seen alive no more by her friends. Coroner Fiynn gave an order for the removal of the body by the friends. Fatal RAILWay Casvauty.—Mr. Elisha Harris, Sanitary Superintendent, yesterday requested Coroner Flynn to hold an inquest upon the body of Hugh Cosgrove, who died at 131st street and Fifth avenue, at a late hour on Saturday night. Deceased Was injured by a Fourth avenue ratiway car several days ago and taken to Bellevue Hospital, from which he was removed by his wife, against the con- sent of the hospital house surgeon. The case will be investigated to-day. Tue Rakiry oF ToraL Ectirses.—As a total solar eclipse 1s not very often seen from any part of the earth, one for a particular locality is extremely rare. Thus a total solar eclipse was visible tn London on May 3, 1715; the one before that period was March 20, 1140. The eclipse of August 7, 1869, will be very large, but not total in this city; yet, as it will pass over a large portion of the United States and Terri. tories, nothing like it will be seen for very many years. It will be total at noon near Mount St. Elias for a period of four minutes; near Des Moines, lowa, three minutes, and a little south of Raleigh, N. C., two minutes and twenty-seven seconds. ATTEMPTED SAFE RopseRy.—The Vesey street entrance of the establishment of J. & 8. Fink, No, 132 West street, was at an early hour yesterday morning forced by burglars, who attempted to blow open the safe. Officer Flanagan, of the Twenty- seventh precinct, the store and noticed the padiock out of order, He at once entered the place, when he discovered that the burglars had drilled a hole im the safe near the lock, evidently with the in- tention of blowing it open. It is supposed that the burglars were frigatened from their work by the ar- rival of the officer, and made good their escape through a rear door. OPENING OF A NeW PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE TwENTY-FinsT WARD.—The new building intended for a primary school to be known as Primary School No. 16, located on Thirty-second street, near Third avenue, was thrown open for inspection iterday morning. During the day it was visited by a large nurnber of the residents of the ward, members of the Board of Education and school officers from the dif- ferent wards, At the time the, bulldmg was com- menced a fall description of ®it was published in the Hrravp. it is really the handsomest of ts kind in the city, is intended t accommodate some 500 pupils and has been fnrnissed in @ most handsome and sub- Stantial manner. The local officers have called to preside over tt, as principal, Miss Sara J. J. Mo- OalTrey, who had discharged the duties of vice prin- cipal ip one of the primary schools of the Seventeenth ward with sacn signal ability as to merit fully the distinction which has been given her by the oficera of the Twenty-first ward. This morning the recep- tion of scholars will be commenced, and there is every reason to believe that @ full complement will be speedily obtained. SUICIDE BY TAKING Po1soNn.—Information was re- ceived at the Coroner's office yesterday afternoon that Mra. Thiesie, a German woman, about fifty years of age, had died at her residence, No. 509 West Twen- ty-seventh street, from the effecis of a dose of Paris urday tor the pur- ee. ot lestraction. It appeared that Mra, yhierle Was much troubled in consequence of one of her daughters formipg an ardent-attachment for a young man whom thought was nota ft com- ion for her, and there are rumors that deceased ad other troubles of an aggravated nature which made life burdensome; bat further and more def- nite particulara Wil be developed to-day, when an inquest is to be held by Coroner Fiyon. The hns- band of deceased ts a brass finisher ana for the last twelve years bas worked corner of Twenty-fourth stroct and Tenth avenue. Jt was stated thata few days ago deceased questioned her husband conceru- lng the nature and strength of Paris green, a quan- uty of which she expressed @ determmation of = chasing for the purpose of killing rata. He saavisea her against doing so, but without effect. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, BURGLARY IN THURTY-NINTH STREET.—For admit. ting that on the night of the Zist April he assisted in burglariously entering and carrying away from the liquor store of Adolphus A. Newmann, No, 383 West Thirty-ninth street, property worth nine dollars, Henry Donnelly was yesterday committed by Justice Dodge to auswer the charge of burglary. ALLEGRD Highway Ropsery.—Joseph Rogers, on complaint of Michael Hayes, of Ne. 326 Ninth avenue, was yesterday commttied by Justice Dodge for assaniting, on Sunday night, the compiainant, and attempting to steal his watch and chain. Rogers clauned that he aad Hayes were friends, and that they were playing with each other at the time that Hayes got into a rage and preferred this charge. FeLontovs ASSAULT.—Thomas Egan was yester- day bated by Justice Dodge, on complaint of Thomas Gilbride, No. 346 Third avenue, who charges ta night stabbed him in the fon tnnoaog 6 tSrace wound. The accused was arrested by oMcer La Rue, Eighteenth precinct. Egan made a cross-compiaint, charging Gilbride with assanit and battery, Which he was also he.d for trial. ALLEGED EwpnzzieMent.—Oficer Henderson, of the Eighth precinct, yesterday arrested John D. Heakens, recently in the employ (as hesiarte Ky us Wilikens, 167 Greene street, and in_H. Sie Prince street, on the charge of embezsie- Proprietors of tuese saigons assert that YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1869.—TRIPLE while Heavens was tn their emp'or Was SUR | peeted of appropratiag money receivat over the counter. Certain biils were marked, and on his ar- rest found in his trunk, where he had secreted $522 74. A Ox Of cigars and a bottle of gin belong- ing te Walkens weee roeugnined among hs cGbcla aad seized by the olticer, the accused was remanded to the station house by Justice Dodge. THE WIDENING OF BROADWAY. Another Handsome Job—The Ring Triamph- ‘ ant this Time—Some Facts About tho Pro- posed Improvement, Projects for widening Broadway are no novelty to the citizens of New York. The widening mania, however, appeared to spend itself effectually with the last proposal to extend the width of this famous thoroughfare twenty-five feet above Seventeenth street to the Park, The originators of this idea met with so prompt and emphatic a rebuke that they withdrew from the agitation of the subject—not ex- actly in despair, but with a hope that a moditl- cation of the proposition would be accept- able and successful. We have this proposition now in the pian to widen Broadway from Thirty-fourth to Fifty-nintn street, passed at Albany towards the close of the session, without any public intimation of its scope and character. Governor Hoffman has been given credit for ex- ercising unusual vigilance and extreme caution in endorsing the acts of our State Legislature, An act incorporating the Bungtown pike road or some other such outlying enterprise in the half-settled sections of the State has been quickly vetoed by the Governor, and no doubt for all good and sufMicient reasons, but this proposal to benefit tne interests of some real estate speculators, while at the same time ite effect would be to mutilate the original proportions of an avenue of trade and travel dear to New Yorkers from the very uniqueness of its straggling outline, and known the world over as Broadway, finds endorsement and approval from Governor Hoffman. Any one who takes the trouble to study the peculiar nature of Broadway may-see that the instant it enters Union square it comes into competition with the avenues at either | side, and loses In breadth any convenience by com- | parison with the neighboring thoroughfares. Travel becomes diffused in the vicinity of Union square. Fourth avenue takes @ share at one side ana Fifth avenue at the other. The close and compact tide of trafic below Union square has no counter- part in the portion of Broadway above it, and it scarcely ever can, But even if it should we may safely 1x its limit at Thirty-fourth street. Here Sixth avenue comes in, with its splendid width of street and sidewalks, and takes from Broadway one- halt of 1ts wayfarers. If Broadway happens to be sufficiently wide for all the trafic that patronizes it at any point between Madison square aud Thirty- fourth street, it certainly gives all the accom- modation necessary from the latter point to the Park. Broadway is wider from Thirty-fourth to Fifty-ninth street than it is anywhere below, and to ordinary observation seems to de- mand no greater extension of carriage way than a street in Yorkville or Harlem. But then the advo- cates of extension say that five, six or ten years from now the upper part of Broadway will be just as crowded as the lower. This is a fallacy. If William B, Astor entertained this opinion of the future that awaits upper Broadway he would certainly have built upon it, in place of taking the adjacent Sev- enth avenue upon which to erect two blocks of as handsome dwelling houses as in the city, and this, too, within a few feet of Broadway. Supervisor Tweed and Peter B, Sweeny receive the credit of having engineered this bill through the islature. Rumor ae the Supervisor 13 deeply Interested in having the value of some real estate of his near Thirty-fourth street enhanced by the contemplated excension, and that Mr. Sweeny, at a point higher up, looks igine increase of his property 500 or 600 per cent; it whether the tax- payers of New York city feet dis; to accommo- date these gentlemen and the rest of the real estate owners on the street by voting an expenditure of $10,000,000 or more remains to be seen. ‘There is @ point beyond which Broadway can _ never become a very great thorougbiare, and tliat int i# Thirty-fourth street; yet it from ere that this widening process ts designed to be nlilared, Its glory and greatness really ehd at Uni squaré, abd taper gradually off to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Here tne avenues leave Broadway a shadow of what it looks like further down. Fifth avenue, for instance, takes all the ariy- ing, and will undoubtedly keep it to the end of time. It has no horse car railroad on its surface, and 1s certainly @ more attractive drive than the other. Madison avenue and Lexington, over a little to the right, make two grand thoroughfares to the end of the island, and must always be serious com- petltors with Broadway. The latier has no such rivals down town save the Bow- ery, which 1s a street of another compiexion, and attracting a peculiar class of patrons. On the ‘Whole, there seems to be no valid motive for pulit ‘Up oUF taxation an additional $10,00,000 to widen tion of @ street that needs no widening. The st evidence that any one need have of the unneces- sary character of this project 1s a look for a moment at the contrast between the houses on the twoave- nues—Sixth and Seventh—and those on upper Broadway. If the latter were really so valuable ®@ thoroughfare a@ better class of buildings would long since have taken possession of the Paes sil whereon wretched frame shanties ¢ up almost the entire of some blocks. Neither on Seventh nor Sixth avenues are any such muserabie erections as what you find on Broadway between Tnirty-fourth street and the Park, aud yet the street is wider than where Arnold & Coustable have their marble palace, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, Of course the owners of real estate on this Broad- way route anticipate a time will yet come when this eed will reach @ fabujous rate of value. To ml & project of this kind ia especially distasteful, because every foot of land which they surrender at the appraiser's price to make up the required width demanded would, in case no such widening as is con- templated took place, bring its weight in gold. ‘Wultle the bill was secagtly pending tn the ture a remonstrance was got up by property owners on the street, but no good seems to have come of it, for the bill went through and duly became law by Governor Hoffman's endorsement. ere is @ good deal of indignation felt now that those most inter- ested should be at tne ihercy of a small ciique of real estate speculators, whose real object was the en- hancement of such property as they own in the pce gig ‘and not for the purpose of adding con- lence or ornament to the oity, The pill authorizes the Commissioners of the Park to have the street surveyed and a report furnished upon which they may base a de- cision as to which side of the street itis most desi- rable to pull to ea and what line the widenil towards the Park shail follow. Messrs. Holmes Ewing yesterday began the survey in question, and expect to be hye with their report between the 4th of July and the Ist of August, The expected alterations will, a8 far as can be ascertained, pursue the following course:—Commencing at Thirty-fifta street, on the east side, twenty-five feet of the red brick block forming the triangle at the junction of Sixth avenue and Broadway will be sliced off. This will diminish the size of the block about one-third, and will cut through the Sixth National Bank, a reali estate office, the armory of the Thirty-seventh regiment, a Jewish synagogue and several chinaware stores ad- joining. The expense is estimated at $80,000. The widening wil! continue through all the other blocks on the east side, as far up as Forty-ninth street. Between Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh streets two carriage factories, asbovel making concern and & carpet beating establishment will be Knocked into “pi These bulidings being of shaliow dimensions, will be wiped out of existence. Between Thirty- seventh and Thirty-eignth streets five three story brick residences, a two story car- riage painting —_esiabiiahment, ® window shade factory and liquor store by the board. Between Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth streets three frame buildings will be sacrificed, and on the next block above two substantial brick car- riage facvories, a riding school and a few frame buildings will suffer demolition. Between Fortiesn and Forty-tirst streets two three story brick bulld- ings, two cigar stores, marble yard, liquor store, butoner's shop, grocery, paint establishment, stable and milk d Wiil be almost wholly wiped off the face of the earth. On the next block, both on the east and west sides of the street, are a few excellent buildings, the Broalway and St, Clond hoteis, The iatter is @ recent erection, and towers up to @ considerably higher altitude than any structure on the street. it stands on the corner of Forty-secona street, upon which it has @ frontage of about 100 feet. The will eave a po jam of this concern intact; but ils proportions | will be sadly impaired in ee Ite estimated vaine, ground lot included, is $600,000, It seers very great out to pull down the front of this bandsome bt Where the street is cer- tainly wide for all the practical pur- em it will r be called uj to serve. he next biock will be o @ trife, west side, adjoin- Seventh avenue formed into @ square. The Widening will next strike a jar biock at the Junction of Broadway and Seventh avenue at Forty- Sixth street, aud sweep it entirely off, incluaing & carpenter's and biacksmith’s shop, a lager beer sa loon and livery staple. Un the block higher up, the Central market—a new 4nd particulariy neat and clean institat on among our public markets—will be cut exactly iu swain, At Forty-ninth street Broad- way takes a slight easterly turn, forming an elbow that breaks the straight line frou 7 son square, At this point operations will be transferred to the west side of the street and con- tinued on this side up to the circle at Fifty-ninth aireet. There re few builal of very imposing appearance irym here to the Several blocks are entire:y vacant, and the rest have at best but # poor show of houses. The lots, howe@er, are looked them at @ upon a valuable, and the owners hol high figure. Between Fiftieth and Fifty-first streets, on the wear side, is a venerable frame building, known to old New Yorkers as a famous farmhouse jn the olden times. It is surrounded by @ green lawn, and forms ¢ landmark of some note in the neighborhood. This place will suffer from the spolier’s hand to the extent of blotting it ont of exisi- ence. The other biecks from here to the Park have but @ few buildings, of no particular value; put at the corner of Lg Kane) street and Broadway a fine brick structure , five stories high, used asa carriage Iactory, Will be Knocked to pieces, aga the space on SHEET. | which tt stands. thrown tnto-ghe area of the boute- ; Yard cirole, ‘Thus will terminal the widenms of Broadway, a measure of little value to any taxpayer | of New York, save such a8 owa property on the erect or m the neighborhood, THE RADICAL SPLIT IY TENNESSEZ, Final Collapse of Both Parties—Tamuit and Confusion—No Nominations—Abominable and Outrageous Scevee—Profunity and Scarrility the Order of the Session. {From the Nashville Republican Banner, May 22.) Before ten o'clock yesterday morning a long line of men could. be erging from every street leading toward the capitol. A heavy column massed at the steps on Cedar street toward the south entrance of that monumental structure, and were continually pouring forward into the building. The porticos, en and hails were Rep ars surging, eeu minan mass. rong ito. u capitol from the front, our reporter. had to elbow himself through to the upper corridor leading to that of the House of Representatives. About 4,000 citizens and delegates were eagerly waiting to gain entrance to the floor and galleries of the Representative Hall, Turn in whatever direce tion one might he would see swarms of men exciieds ly discussing the proceedings of the previous day. The doors were swung open at half-past ten o'clock, and the dense thro! pone to push for seats im the galleries and floor of the hail, Mr. Cate, late chairman of the State Executive Comunittee; having determined to possess himself of the chair, rushed rather precipitately toward the rostrum. He suddenly halted and stroked his chin and ‘looked queer. Did his eyes deceive him or was it some mysterious phantom that had dared vo rear its horrid front here in the Speaker's chair? He was perfectly astounded. ‘There sat, bolt upright, the impurturbable Pearne, with the cool and placid air of a matronly heu on 4 nest, Cate now stationed himself upon the right of Pearne, and out came the missing gavel. The hall and galleries were now completely crowded with a promiscuous assemblage of citizens “Cate “nis ‘gavel tapped ft light th el, tappe upon ie desk and said in ‘aweak tone of voice, tht the meer ing would please come to order, e, at the same time, brought his gavel down with a more em- phatic stroke, and said in deep bass tone, “The con- vention will come to order!” PraRNE—Is8 Clay Newland, the secretary, pres- ent? That gentleman in auswer to the question, OA ‘ a reatody is th Nf tary, a. ATE—Peal the regular secre! an there is no other.’’ [clamor aca cries of order, order. Then the row commenced. A Stokes delegate moved that the convention ad- journ sine die, The motion was seconded by a Senter delegate, the question was put by both Pearne and Cate, and unanimously carried with tremendous and prolonged appiause. Pearne now left the chair. He had hardly straightened MA before Butler, looking as pale as a ghost anda little weary, hurriedly slid into the chair, and, with an air of triumph and exultation, seized Cate’s gavel and pounded it upon the desk in front. He was about to speak, when @ loud yell accom- panied by groans, jeers and derisive laughter from he Senter party, weakened his intention, The Stokes party set up tremendous howls of exulta- tion. 4% shouts of the two parties comutingled together sounded like the continuous roar of heavy musketry. So deafening and overwhelming were the thundering echoes of the demoniacal and irrepres- sible howls, that the members were compelied to put their thumbs in theirears. Crowds of Stokes men now occupied the stand. THORNBURG, of Jeiferson—I move— (Derisive laughter and shrieks. ‘THORNBURG—I move that Cunningham will act as secretary. (Bolsterous clamors and three rousing cheers for Senter, followed by tremendous cheering, groans and yells for Stokes.) Cunningham went forward amid the jeers of the Senter party and the cheers of the Stokes party. WILLIaMs—I—(Three cheers for Senter)—I noml- Leas ot xis and groans and loud applause for ter. . General James P. BROwNLOW—Three groans for the gentleman from Smith, Williams. (Groans, jeers, derisive laughter and cheers for Williams.) A DeLegaTe—Three more groans, by G—d, for Williams, (A heavy response.) A DELEGATE—Thre® groans for Butler. (Laughter and continuous groans.) WILLIaMs—I nominate Stokes. (Jeers, groans and applause.) Here followed indescribable confusion, which lasted some five or ten minutes. Calls for Senter and Stokes were loudly given. Dr. THoRNBURG—Senter was nominated yesterday. (Cries of ‘aye, aye.’’) Another noisy scene now commenced. Cries were incessantly given for Pearne and Butier. THORNBURG, of Jefferson—Gentlemen—(Cries of “take him down, take him down.’’) THORNBURG—You can’t take me down. The dele- gates will come forward. (fmmense cheering, deri- sive laughter, cat calls and jeers and cries ior Truett.) HENRY Jo1ce—Mine Got, vot a noise ish dat. A DELEGATE—I move you be sent to the lunatic asylum. A DELEGATE—Go it, Limberger. (Cries of “Order, order,” and groans.) PHILLirs—Mr. Chairman—(A volce—Oh, h—i, there’s no chairman.” Immense applause)—Its a G—d d——4 disgrace to the republican party to act in this manner. yt get Senter or Stokes select a third man. (Loud cries for Senter and tokes.) General JAMES BROWNLOW—I move that we agree to disagree, or one or the other, THORNBURG, Of Jeflerson—Mr, Chairman—(Cries for Senter). WILLIaMs—The chairman of the delegates—( Yells for Senter and cries for Lewis), A huge disturbance here ensued and the greatest excitement prevailed, during which General Barlow placed his hard on hia pistol and was about to go into an individual upon the stand. A row seemed imminent. The mass of humanity upon the floor swayed to and fro like treea in a hurricane. The police yamped over the report- ers’ table, a big crowd gathered around, and the members of the press were, fora time, compelled to relinquish their positions or be trampled under foot. Persons around the stand were seized with @ panic, and no one seemed to know which way to turn or whither to go, One pistol shot would have been the signal for a terrible riot. Horxins—How does the vote stand? 212 for Senter and 75 for Stokes. Randall Brown (colored) casts his vote for Davidson county. PHILLIPs—Let’s go to talk about doing something. A volce—“Phillips, make us aspeech.”) By G—d, "li do it. The way we are conducting ourselves is a disgrace. I am in favor of nominating a third one of “Senter, Senter,” and loud ap- piause. A DELEGATE—I move to make Jim Brownlow Gov- érnor, 80 as to keep it im the family, (Cries of “Win. A. Quarles.") Colonel BROwNLOW—Put out your Stokes and we will beat him. We intend to bring Senter before the people of Tennessee, and we will it you. General JAMES BROWNLOW—Lét every man run that wants to. TRUBTT—I move that we adjourn until we can havegcommon sense. A CoLonED MemMPniaN—We've got good sense, De.ecark—Yes, G—d d—n strong “scents.” Dr, Youne (colored), of Knox—Will you hear me for amoment? I merely wish to caution my people to absiain from all boisterousness. We have, as tni- tative peopie, taken the action of the whites as an example, I pray that you will not to-day allow thia Convention to contaminate your brains. Don’t take abitof it, If the great hero of universal liberty coald rise from his tomb and look over this assem- bly he would say, ‘Lord, Lord, forgive them for they know not what they do.’ (Tremendous applause.) The colored men who have brains, minds and energy act like men, Stand upon your manhood and quietly maintain it. Be more respectful than these white men, and to them [ mean no disrespect, who let their passions predominate over their better judg- ments. (Loud and prolonged appiguse from the whole house.) ‘The immediate effect of this short speech upon the Convention was really wonderfal. It was the heaviest rebuke the riotous proceedings had yet re- ved. Buri. gr—Fifty-four counties have cast their votes for Stokes, and I deciare him nominated. (Loud huzzas for Senter.) ApoLen Ne#uson—When was that vote taken? General James Brown.ow—Where's your com- pore on credentials? Wheu was. that commitiee call The crowd then gave three groans for Butler and three Ma for Senter, aud @ most ludicrous scene followt A TooruLEss Nraro De.ecats—Barbour Lewis, when will #0 back to Shelby? General JAMKA BROWNLOW. Get that negro a bottle of perfumery and I'll pay for it. He will dissemi- cholera if he stays in here any t Tr. A DevecaTe—Watermelon rinds for Butler's ApOLPH NELSon—There is to be a new edition of parliamentary rules published in the Press and Times, and edited hy Butier and Cate, Downes (addreasing Cate)}—We'll give you h—1 in your district, you d—n white-livered pup. You can’t go your conspiracy on us, you d—n CaTE—I ask the privilege of reading 8 despatch from Senator Sprague. (Vuices—‘‘Take him out’? “Let him read {t.'’) ‘The following despatch was then read:— Mrwruts, May 20, 1989, wet. Lone, Chairman State Executive Uornmittee, Labor nin Governor §| of Rhode Island, will arrive in Nash- rite ie ihe Non fimonera Kaiirondy and wldress the working: 01 4 ‘™ERigned by the delegates to the Commercial Convention.) General James Browniow—I move that Senator Spraguéls an abortion. (Great laughter.) SHARP, of Chattanooga—You conspirators have not got ag MUCH nerve as a louse, ILLIAMS—Mr Chairman (Vorces, “is that sweet William? ('m ashamed of him"), | move—(jeers, deri- sive Jaughter and howls, (A voice, “Who is running — Convention,” and “three cheers for Captain TowNes—Tell old Care, tho d—d d—d ‘white-livered rascal, (4 tell about that conspiracy. BaRnocnk Lewis—it’s enough to make the angels to see What rascals there are here. MYERS, Of Claibourne—We were not sont to concentrate ourselves into a riot and to be a laugh- img stock for the whole country, 1 Ca in God's Pa ga at Ay = Vonl — a hopes and ann uch conduct, Foperly ab es Va he great masses Of the repabh peo would be regarded as nothing more than a wart, it and & festerin, sore’ to Tepubiicanism. ashame; it Cororrd haye said enough. Yeus—Van we uot have @ man that can be a cD heard t—can we —— [Here the gentleman was quite overcome by emotion}. We are acting ‘ike wild men, It's tune for us to listen fo common sense. If we cannot let's adjourn sine die, you, thank you. Barsour Lewis—It seems to me that it wil! still be possible to reconolle the repubiican party, We have been digging its grave and dancing over it af- terward. If Wosmash into pieces we will put rebeia in power, cries were now made for Senter and ntinned Dave Nelson. A ‘The latter mounted a desk and nded—I would [sang that we, as one Bee of Tennessee, could row otl upon the trou! waters, and say “Peace” to these boisterous elements. But, as I haye told ‘ou before, we prefer to be the friends of D, W. 0. ter rather than have the infamy of his personal enemies, who have hunted bim in midnight con- Clave and by secret treachery. Idid not shirk the responsibilities of the late war. I went to the rebel Eeoses log shavein for months before I would @ the Confederate oath. WILLIAMS—The proposition was made to Senter this pene | that a number of the friends of Senter and those of Stokes should elect a temporary chair- man, but he refused to accede to the proposition. He said that he was in the hands of his friends, Barbour Lewis has made a lengthy speech to you. He only wants to make a cai's paw of you to run himself into favorite positions, “We have heard enough of the manipulations of that gentleman, and I listened with a great deal of Lgrode rye y a8 to the pt ition he makes. You have heard of the devil stealing the livery of heaven? Lewis professed a profound devotion to’ republican- ism in order to carry out some scheme of plunder for lumaelf. (Tremendous outburst of applause.) D. W. O. Senter was one of the men that worked for $4 = NeLSON—Look here, Williams, WILLIAMS—As for @ soldier, where can we get a bolder one than Wiillam B, Stokes? This is not the day for men to manipulate conventions. If Senter has the power, as the expressions made would indicate, to take unfair means to secure lection, why do they desire to put the high priest the Knoxville Whig, whose paper made the expression, as tempo- rary chairman? PgeaRNE—In what number of the Whig was the article to which you allude written? WILLIAMS—The article was written in that kind of a style from which the ple could draw their own meaning, (Jeers and derisive laughzer.) If preemies will mix in politics it is simply fair, that you don’t mean to admit the accusation why do your friends tatk so of it? Pearne reiterated that his religion taught him to hold fast to that which was right and just; he had no power to withdraw from the position where be ‘was placed by the Convention, Be WILLIAMS—You oame here backed by the railroad ing. Colonel BROWNLOW—Who said so? Point out the man. Point him out. WILLIAMS—Actions speak louder than words. Colonel BRowNLOw—Tbe men who came here for Senter did the fighting during the war, and the oid men who come here for Stokes are the sugar con- tractors for the Confederate army. (Loud ap- pee) You have been told by Thornburg, of jefferson, that he was one of @ committee who waited on Senter this morning, but he did not teil the whole tale. Thornb' denied that this was the case. Dr. Boynton and H. H, Thomas said that it was. Thorn- burg remarked that he could prove that it was not. Thomas told him that he could not, when Thorn- burg said to Thomas, “You are a d—4d lie.” A cry of ‘fight’? was now raised, and the house labored un- der another great turmoil. Persons were looking in every direction and lstenitig for the first shot, but in vain. No pugnacious demonstration was made. At this juncture H. H. THoMas came rushing through the crowd, mounted a desk and said that he desired to settle a question of veracity. He re- marked that he had just seen Senter, and that that gentlemen assured him that Thornburg and others did not state that they came to see him on the au- thority of Stokes, if there was a falsehood out it lay between Governor Senter and the man who made that charge, Witnesses were now called forth to ascertrin what actually was said at the interview of the Stokes committee with Senter, and the testimony seemed about equally divided, Criminations and recriminations were now brought up by various delegates, and thrown into each other’s teeth in the most reckless manner, Of this the whole convention seemed to bave tired. Many manifested their disapprobation of this course with grimaces, nervous gesticulations and impatient stamping of feet, The disgust of some of the dele- gates was manifested by low growls, the gritting of teeth, and curses in an undertone. The exposures having goue rather at greater length than was de- sired, a delegate said, with an oath to give it emplia- sis, that they would quit this stuff and go home. ‘This seemed to have been the determination of both parties, which, when it became generally known, a burst of applause fell’from the lips of the crowd, and it began slowly to move out of the hall. ‘Thus closed the stormiest political convention (or dovbie convention, rather,) thas ever assembled in Tennessee, We are glad, for decency’s sake, and the reputation of the State, to draw the curtain upon these unsightly orgies. THE NEW TAX COMMISSIONERS. ‘Tax Commissioners’ Ofice—The Exits and the Entrances on the Official Stage—The Newly Appointed Commissioners’ Debut—No Imme- diate Change to be Made in the Subordinate Onices. The new Tax Commissioners, to whom has been confided the greatest oMcial trust that our State or municipal legislation can confer on any body of men, yesterday entered upon the new sphere of duties devolving upon them as such commissioners. Their début, anticipated for some time, and generally understood ‘to come off when it did, was not calculated to ex- cite any very great commotion among the old nabitués and employ és of the office. They knew the storm was coming. Like the dwellers in the plain, whom the avalanche threatens with destruction the moment it 1s let loose, yet live on under the shadow of the coming danger, 80 the ofMice-holders under the old régime held on fast to their seats and their desks, yet conscious of the coming blow that will make them go forth to seek fresh fields and pastures new. And yet the change is just as disastrous to most as if the mandate for their immediate decapitation had gone forth. The fact that as yet no changes have been ordered is not to be taken as a favorable sign, for the exigencies of our municipal government demand that the change must come. What requires a change in the governors requires change in the governed, and so the coming fate of the subordinates is as in- evitable as that which bas aiready overtaken their late chiefs, There was, on the whole, however, considerable excitement Manifested yesterday morning in the va- rious labyrinths of those catacom}s known as the Tax Commissioners’ ofice when Senator Thomas J. Creamer, William H. King, ex-Senator George H. Andrews and Mr. Nathaniel Sands, the newly ap- pointed Commissioners, made their professional entrance on the scene and took formal sion—in the name of the great controiler of all things municipal, if not mundane, Richard B. Connolly—of the office and all things a [keno thereto. The youthful democratic mator Creamer headed the army of occnpation and his associates seemed to admit the one thing which Cassius Was so anxious to conciliate Brutus with, that though they were “older” soldiers they were not “better.” After picking their way through the gk recesses of the office, with the aid oi innu- Terable gas burners, the commissioned quartet, emerged into something like light again, when they Teached tho cribs known as the oifices, looking out on Chambers street. Here @ brief consultation was held, and from here went forth the cheering announcement that the services of the guillotine would not be called upon for some time to come, This was @ most welcome Teprieve, affording, as it joes, time forthe present attachés to bring all the influence they can upon the arbiters of their offictal fate, e new Comm! Ts are pretty weil known to our citizens, Senator Thomas J. Creamer, though quite a young man, not ha yet reached his twenty-seventh year, has nevertheless reached = Sromemn a aos be of oe = sing legisla cl ie went to the State capital for Mr. r has already sorved in the state Legislature, three of these In the Assem- bly, with such marked ability and distinction thac at ae of his third term in the House he was All by @ triumphant y and returned bany as & member ew house, acme ant oa cnie ae bd ; ly closed Senator Creamer an active part, facilitating the business of the cummnittees of Winch he waa a member, and of ever prompt attend. and quick p ive ative Faculties, He is thoroughly conversant with manictpal affairs and ts identified with and an active promoter of every movement teuding to the commercial and in- dastrial perity and progress of the city, the fneans of Jensen: and decreasing the i burden ot mseif an taxation. He will, beyond doubt, Seon nomnCal, energetic and capable commis Mr. William H. King, the other democratic mem- ber of the commission, fis very lar and wide) known throughout the city. Halling from the Seventi ward, his great stronghold is there, and he is all powerful ainong his party. The See commissioners are ex-Senator George H. Andrews and Nathaniel Sands, the jatier poas formerly a member of the Citizens’ Associa on. The commissioners found the machinery of the oMce working well and easily, and they will keep Ali the present employés at their several desks for fome time to come, Of course a terrible pressure is Pepages to bear uj them for oMice, and to meet this the present office-holders must go sooner or later. ie Le (geen for. the .various deput: commissionerships and clerkships have taken t commissioners by,surprise, So ‘Astounding is the number of patriots anxiots to put themseives in the fae before all others that the commissioners hardly, ow how to select the right men for these poate of emolument, if not of honor or danger. After ® couple ‘of hours spent in examining into the working of the office generally, and making inquiries on va- rious points relating to tne hi juties oan we devolve upon gh and the oMce settied dow Qquietude. THE SPANISH MIN STZRS DEFENCE. To THe Eprror oF Tram HeRALD:— Ad atrocious libel, signed by Horatio J. Perry, sp peared in thé.New York fridune of Maroh 7, charg- ing me with abusing my franchise for the importa- ton of goods free of duty. I should not have felt myself called upon to answer, had I not seen, to my utter surprise, that the journals of New York give credit to falsehoods. so outrageous that their im- probability appears upon the face of them, Can ig be seriously believed for a moment that I, coming to Spain a stranger, ignorant of the language and customs of the country, shoulda immediately commence relations with a commercial establiah- ment for the importation of merchandise under my diplomatic franchise? I desire now to give you all the facts in this case, and as the falsehood has been widely circulated and my conduct severely orith cised, I trust you wilt give equal pubiicity to the refutation which I propose to make at this time, and let every one who feels any interest in the sub- ject judge how far I am obnoxious to just censure in this matter. When I came to Spain I was, of course, unacquainted with the people, their lawa, manners, customs and language; but I felt great confidence in the friendship of the Secretary of Lega ton here, he boing @ native of my own State, and indebted, partially at least, to my recommendation for his position, With how much justice I relied om him the following narrative will disclose, it being impossible to find a furnished house, § Was obliged to take one unfurnished, and Mr. Perry explained to me the laws of Spain on the subject of importations of furniture, &c., free of duty, by members of the diplomatic body—a Minister being entitled to import articles, the duties on which should not exceed $7,000; a Chargé d’Affaires $3,000, &c., and described to me somewhat minutely the steps to be taken to enable me to use and enjoy the privilege thus given by the laws of Spain. After hearing him somewhat at length, I said to him in,substance, that as he understecd this matter perfectly, and I knew nothing about it, he having had the experience of fomibing nis own house under the laws, he would obiige me if he woud take the whole matter into his'own hands and manage the affair forme. To this he assented. I ve him only one caution, which I impressed im most particularly, and that was in te the amount—that he should be careful to fall below rather than exceed the amount usually drawn by Ministers, Mr. Perry, then, having taken sole charge of this matter for me, I felt much relieved and gave everything wy to him, having not the sightest fear that th: confidence thus piaced in him would be be- trayed. With what propriety 1 have relied on Mr. Perry's honor let the following facts show:— Mr. Perry made every Sppncenon: for the free ad- mission of by me under my privilege himself; his applications were uniformly written in the span- ish language, and every article for which admission was desired particularly described and always signed by me when presented to me by Mr. Perry, withoat my even gy od contents, such confidence had 1 in his honor, d this petition for the free admis- sion of goods of. the 1st of October, 1566, Wlich he 80 particularly describes, was written by bim,*like all the others, and likewise signed by me without my knowing the contents. Immediately after readu Mr. Perry’s statement in his letter of March 2, I wi to the State Department and asked to see all the Be titions for the admission of goods under my diplo- matic franchise, They were at once shown to me, Jexamined them in the presence of two witnesses familiar with the handwriting of Mr. Perry, and we all saw that every one of these petitions was writtem in the Spanish and m Mr. Perry’s hand- writing. Mr. Perry states that “Mr. Acensi said that he had been charged with this affair, and by the im struction of the Minister, the wishes of the govern- ment being enurely conciliatory, it had been decided to call me, and by me te communicate these things to Mr. Hale as the mode least wound- ing to his pride and best calculated te arrive at the object proposed. I at first declined to take any part in the matter, but considered afterwards that it was my duty.” ‘To this | remark that it was a pices of great forbearance and mag- nanimity on the part of Mr. Perry to decline to take any part in censuring me for an act that he and ne one else had performed. And it must have beea @ great sacrifice on his part to be obliged to break the Matter to me, as he says, ‘‘as kindly as possible,” of this breach of propriety for an act for which he oniy was responsible. When Mr. Perry was informed, ag he says he was, or this irregularity or breach of pro- priety in making these requests for importations, did not common honesty require him at once candidly to say to the government oflicial, “You are wrong, Mr. Hale knows nothing of this matter. He gave 16 ‘ali into my hands, He bas done noting about im- portations except what has been done by ine in bis name. If there is any censure it does not fall om him, for he has had nothing to do in this affair save what 1 have done for him in his name and behalf.’ Especially when Mr. Perry was made aware, as he says he was in 1887, “through a reliable channel,” that a Cabinet council had been held to consider what was best to be done in view of the repeated complaints from the ofticers of the customs of we abuse by Mr. Hale of his franchise for the importa- tions of articles tree of duty;” especially, | say, was it his duty to have made this explanation, which he alone counl give. As concerns myself I had no agency, direct or indirect, in the matter of importa- tions under my diplomatic privilege, except to sign unread petitions in the Spanish language written by Mr. Perry, and presented to me by hii for my sig- nature. It woula appear, then, if any goods were imported in my name for a commercial establish- ment in this city, noder my diplomatic franchise, as Mr. Perry asserts, since all the petitions were writ- ten by him, he undoubtedly knew their destination and the commercial establishment for which they were imported, and on whose cvedit and for whose benefit they were sold. Again, Mr. Perry 3:—‘T confess I still hoped also that there might be some explanation. In this 1 was disappoint I broke the matter to Mr. Hale as kindly and even tenderly as possible; but bis agi- tation did not permit him to make any reply.” if for “agitation” he had substiiuted the word ‘‘as- tomshment” there would have been some truth im this assertion; for 1 was surprised—extremely so—to learn, as I then did for the first time, that my confidence had been betrayed; that the man whom [ had trusted: to make these communications for me to the Spans government had played false and made petitions im My name for goods which were not for me, were never received by me, and had been, as he now says, introduced for a commercial establishment. The statement of Mr. Perry that, at his bin, beacon I ‘immediately addressed a letter to the comierc! house in question, who, it seems, were in posses- sion of still another order furnished them by Afr. Hale,” &c,, is false. | had no knowlodge of any such house ag that named by Mr. Perry aa Calle Capellanes, No, 10. The only establishments which I knew were the two houses—one for furniture and the other carpets—who were engaged in furnishing my house, neither of which was in the Calle Capellanus, 1 requested Mr. Perry to address @ letter to the merchant who was supplying me with cat our- tains, &c., revoking one order which he still had for importations in my name. Never again did I trust Mr. Perry with the authority to mntroduce any ae for me under my franchise, and I have never of any complaint made since then. ni Were 1 #t ali desirous of eniering upon this kind of attack which Mr. Perry has adopted, | have long since had ia my possession @ Hst ot his own importa- tions, which was given me unsolicited by a person who had taken the pains to look them up, which amount to $6,176 in six years, and im which list figure nine carriages, eight of which were imported in the short space of three years. Also there appear by list sixty-seven boxes of wine, But enough 18. On the 1st day of April last, at the of Mr. Perry, an attack was made on me in the costae, upon which no action was had or expected. But it furnished him what he sought, ay opporta- nity to send a telegram to the New York press con- taining the following paragraph:—"La Politica, Ser- Tano's organ, declares that it knows facts relative to Mr. Hale's smuggiing, which it describes as tious, and insists upon having the documents.’ this attack there was something might be met. Accordingly I at once sent the ex- the next day he promptly seat me a reply in Spanish, next day he promptly sent of which the following ive literal translation:— tor of La that his iad occu way that the note indicates, pleasure in laying before you you my desire that you may preserve this | ‘Ocoasion it might be useful to you Aaa hint 1 reiterate to you the sseuranese of my high considerstion frien ‘our ent egrvaaty dow Ky PHO. 10. MADRID, April 97, 1969. 1 trust I have disposed of this matter of ‘ing bronght against me by the Secretary of this tion satisfactorily to ail who are wilting to know trath; and ft ts for such only I write. Whatover other charges falsehood and malignity ma; cate and Publish, I agla maysell Li ie — when they are known. pec r OFF FOP SSUN f. HALR. and A CHAIN OF CATTLE FROM TEXAS FOR THE Norrn.—The Waco (Texas) Araminer anys that for two or three weeks past the chain of cattle and horse droves crossing the Brazos at that Sg Scttie ma tbes hones mans we for Northwestern ities, MAILS FOR EUROPE The Cunard mati steamship Australasia will leave ‘this port on Wednesday for Liverpool. ‘The mails for Kurope will ciose at the Post OMee at twelve o'clock M. on Wednesday. Tux Naw York Heraip—Edition for Rorope— ‘Will be ready at half-paat ten o'clock in the morning. Single copies, in wrappers for malling, six coatn