The New York Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1869, Page 10

entrar. othing on the subject, i id not, while Mr. Williams, who TELEGRAPHIC MONOPOLIES. The Western Union Telegraph Company—Its Charter and Obligatione—Obarges of a Mere chant Against the CorporationHow Mes= sages are Forwarded and Trade by Tele- graph Carried On—Verdict Against the Come oan CINCINNATI, May 24, 1869, ‘The great test case of H. L. Dayis va, The Western Union Telegraph Company, wherein it 1s claimed by plaintiff that he was broken up in his business of commercial agent at Cincinnati by the establish- ment within the Western Union Telegraph Company and under its control and direction of what is known as the Commercial News Department, which, by arbitrary orders made to apply more particularly to the plaintia’s agent in New York, Mr, M. K. ‘Whompson, and vsrious other means, worked every embarrassment and detriment to the plaintid’s business, closed with a masterly argumeni by Mr. R, MoCorwin, of this city, as follows:— GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY—It will be proper for me to congratulate you, as I congratulaie myseit, ‘that we will see the end of ths case sometime to- day. It has been tried with energy and abiity, I may say everything has been done that could possi- bly be done $0 afford you the fullest investigation and information upon ihe facts of the case. Now, gentlemen of the jury, what is the case which you are called upon to derermine? It is @ brief case when you come to look at the facts alone. It ts & suit instigated by H. L. Davis against the Western Union Telegraph Company, in which he claims that they have, in the discharge of their duties as pubiic agents, so far damaged him in the business which they undertook to transact for him as to seriously atfect the business which he was jursuing. The Western Union Telegraph Company 4 corporation clothed with extraordinary powers, wers Which 1t was necessary to give them that they might efficiently administer the public duties devolving upon them; but at she same ume, in the discharge of those duties towards every man, the! are bound to exercise the same good faitl With their customers that you and I are required to observe in our dealings with each other. ‘You have heard the Court say in your hearing that corporations are held to the same account as indi- viduals are heid in the discharge of their duties, They have no greater rights, and have the same Obligations in law as individuals have. Why 1s this? It is because in establishing such a corporation you take away from the public what belongs to them; you take from the many a great deal of the power tuat heretofore was distributed among communities gad piace it in the hands of a tew, and the Legisla- ture has said, “When we clothe you (the West- ern Union Telegraph Company) with pow- era which before belonged to everybody alike; when we concentrate in your hands, as a corpora- then, the great right of disseminating intelligence Dy means of the subtile medium you control for pey, to the exclusion of all other people who have not the same rights granted them, you are bound to observe in the administration of your duties the same fidelity, trust and good faith that devolve upon us in our transactions with one another."’ So that if it urns out in this case, as I think it has been proven that 1 has, that the Western Union Telegraph Company undertook to convey messages for this piainuil from the city of New York to Olneinnati, mtelligence in reference om ngres | to stocks and gold and breadstuis, with the know- ledge of what they were doing as to the character of the business then being. transacted by the plaintitt, and did anything that in the stightest degree tended to thwart the object of Mr. Davis in getting intelil- gence to his customers, they are responsible for all the damage which Mr. Davis sustained, and at your hauds he is entitled toa verdict as much as he would be in asimUar action against one of his fellow citi- zens, Now, if itshould turn out, for example, that hile Mr. Davis was carrying on his business hei estern Union Telegraph Company organis itself the samme kind of business, for their own and in the inter- Fere making from New undertook in every way, communications which th York to Cincinnati or otervise, to get their own méssages ana to Prejudice of Mr. Davis’ messes, inte iity of bud faith, and should be held ‘or ali the consequences. YA, Hill, for instance, who sits here, aud myself en. ter into @ contract, in which I agree to deliver to him a thousand bushels of wheat. Now, Mr. Hil) goes to tue gentleman from whom I am to buy the wheat and induces him not to sell the wheat to Ine, and the wheat is not deliverea. Now, the law, good faith and justice say that Mr. Hill sball be compelied to pay me dauiages. It 13 be- cause the law holds every man to the strictest per- formance of his duty towards his fellow man. The failure to perform the contract on my part was on account of the act of Mr. Hill, and the law says he sball not be guilty of bad faith towards his fellow ‘men, and req ‘that he snall pay damages for any meas he may thus occasion. This is what I mean ‘when I say the telegraph company shail be held to the strictest accountably and be required to act in good faith towards Mr.- Davis, as towards all other customers. Now, what is the issue you are called upon to try? It is whetner this company, with the full knowledge of os — — “ Davis was pursuing, Was guilty of wituholding or delaying, or otnerwise crippling the messages of Mr. Davis, gotten up 6 on agent in New York, so that injury resulted to business, I take it that yoa have listened attentively (o the testimony and heard the Gepositions read, so tint it will bot be incumbent on me to read to you anything that was said on this subject; but I propose to show you by the testimony exactly what was the true po- Bition of these parties at the time this matter oc curred between item. In 1866, in the month of May, Mr. Davis became connected with the Cincinnati Stock Exchange, which was engaged in furnishing Information 10 regard to the markets tn New York to customers in this city. Mr, Davis subsequently carried ou the business himeseif for his own profit, and you heard read yesterday the contract between these parties made in 1806, in which it was stipu- laied that Mr. Davis should thereafter appropriate to hus own use ai! the benefits resuiting to subscribers from the information gathered in New York. There ts no question of the right of Mr. Davis to acquire this information by hts agent in New York and use it for his customers ia Cincinnat. His right to acquire the imformation and use it 18 the same which news- paper publishers in thus city have to obtain news aud seil it to you every morning at five cents a copy. This right belongs to Mr. Davia, as it goes to every ctlizen in this community; and, therefore, there can be no question as to the legitimacy of his business, ‘The Stock Exchange consisted of a number of per- gons when Mr. Davis made this contract, which Yesied in hum all the authority and power necessary to carry on that business, and this was within the knowledge of te Western Union Telegraph Com- pany, ald it was so admitted yesterday. Thus, You have no embarrassment on the question Gi fact, They knew Mr. Davis was successor of the Cincinnati Stock Exchange, and they knew it in all their transections with him. At this point Mr. Davis becomes owner and proprietor of this business with consent of the Stock Exebange and the sub- Let me illustrate:— eerily And, recollect, Mr. Thompson never love of the Stock Exchange, had no dealings with them, but was an employé or agent Of Wir. Davis in York to send intelligence vo the Cincinnati Stock Exchange for the benefit of Davis— Davis contracting to pay and did pay his salary. At this crisis We find vavis getting along smoothly, and, @5 Thompson said, at no tune from the day he entered upon the performance of his duties @own to the time of the difiiculty was he ever interrupted in the discharge of nis duties in any way by the employes of this co: never did @uybouy attempt to thwart him in sending his measages; never did they attempt to send them by Girouitous routes, but tuey always went to Cincin- mati by the direct route. Keep this before your minds. Now, what follows? Davis goes on with Ais business—buiding it up, maki i it profitable, so hho was enabied to give one hundred dollars more a Month to Thompson in 1407 than in 1866, because the business had grown aud he felt that it would be oper to give that additionai salary. At this point jet us pause to inquire Wuether any complaints were made at Cincinnati, not by Davis, but by somebody connected with the Western Union Telegraph Compa- » with reference to the manner in which the daties this office were discharged towards Davis. Mr, Grace swears in his deposition, taken by counsel for the defendant—Mr. Gra: ho had in charge the Office, 22 Broad street, where all messages of Mr. ‘Thowpson were sent to Cincinnati—that the first in- timation he had come to him from the office of the defendants in this case of complaints wasin April or May, 1567, and complaint was tuat Davis’ mi es did not come through on time, Kee; his before you; it is a de ‘tion of Grace's, and stands recorded there. pays tie first complaint that came to bim in New York with respect to the arrival of of Mr. Davis came from the telegraph office in Cin- cinnati, through agents of defendant's who had of this thing, and who alone could speak to from the telegraph office there. Up to ths point no complaints had been made by of the way in which business , ‘Was done in New York ana no complaint in Cincin A, Bat Bs to the manner in which m # bad been @eiivered there, Gentiemen on the other side call ‘WOMattoon’s testimony in question. He who spoke y had mach to say in regard to the inability at gentleman to Bay any Of these messages were ed. Hie said he could not of himseif state there In 18 any delay except from natural causes; but ‘Unioyen he (Mattoon) says there were a made, on 4 these complaints resulted in his being sent from Mi, room in which he received his messages for Snts ovis to another room up stairs. Why was this @x- ‘The * because there were complaints made and they inauge®*, derive they should reach the public ear? He +=“‘How do you know,” &c. What does all this ford sin? it what Davia said Badestyoo on the stand, and what Thomp- Over” fated on the stand, was true, and the “yoo who testified for defendant really they said they perintended the means that whole oifioe business, both coud not possibly know as (ches were received as did Grace, who sat ¢ in New York. Mattoon fained © me of the delay. My emp) ted to me, and they transierred um partment, and that was the cause of Wat did Mattoon mean, When ie lute were made to me simuliane- » tey occurred when thely tea nis belligerent torm? M Je by hig employes pei ew Tore a Well as by Dw wmernges went over the jaw ft was messages cameso late. The pelueneh rehus argument yesterday said there was to show that there were at New York, Sores testimony I have been you is di Set eter Wt ey ot 5 un ut Hy Fitmesses As uniiapeachable ‘aa any heard in the case—Mr, Grace and At when Thompson says comaiais were made to him in New York of delays 3 when these petty annoyances were Introd for the purpose of crippling the business of Mr. Davis; when he tells you ev he had done was with the approbation of everybody connected with the ofice; following which, these annoyances were introduced for the purpose of cri; hia, did he not say to you that there was a motive under- lying ail this, which I will ventilate to your entire satisfaction before I am ? A great deal was said by counsel with res} the time when this dimiculiy commenced, It was alleged that these de- vices were introduced for the purpose of crippling ‘Thompson’s messages, and it was said that they h occurred at a time subsequent to the time of bring- ing this suit and, theref to construe them into annoyances, You heard ine tell counsel that there was proof tn this case that the orders given, first, to send Thompson’s business by a circuitous route; second, to give to the Com- mercial News Department the right to the use of the wires, and the check messages through a formula never before heard of or req! that these were verbal orders. I told you it was so, that there were verbal orders requntng these things to be done, as well as written orders subsequent introduced. These verbal ordera have no dates, of course, and it 18 only stated that they were issued about a year before the testimony was taken. It months, twelve, or fifteen or eighteen months. it is impossi- ble to determine when they were issued, except a3 illustrated by other facts in the case. In March and April these parties have. 01 ‘ized what they call the Commercial News Depart t. It had not been full |, but was assuming the shape of a business matter. It will be recollected that General Stager, when the last mi was taken to Mr. Davis, said in his message, ‘Tell Davis to. surrender his subscribers to us at twenty-five dollars a week; this 18 his last chance; if he don’t we will make him.” Ig Davis contradicted in that statement? Not at all. . Williams didn’t contra- dict him; he only says he did not hear that conver- sation. The tel were destroyed, they bv But Mr. Davis was then fea | the power of thi great corporation, and he would be likely to remem- ber what had been said to him. Already a deciara- tion of war had been made. They had said to him:—“Surrender your subscribers to us. If you don’t we will make you.” Surely he would remember such words. He would not forget @ transaction so important to bim. It meant war— war and extermination to Mr. Davis. How could he, with no capital, no friends, expect to fight a great corporation like this when the threat came in tne form of ashot from a coiumbiad from Stager, who was a general, to surrender or we will make you do it? How make him? If he could not make him sur- render by solicitation there was only one way in which it could be done, and that was by break- 10; up his business and compelling his subscribers to come to them. Recoilect this important fact at this crisis; that at that very time when this struggle of war was made by Gen- eral Stager, they were receiving Mr. Davis’ mes- sages, securing pay for them, day by day, and yet you hear the declaration made that while we are taking your money in the performance of your busi- ness, We intend you shall not continue your enter- rise; you shail not receive these messages much jonger; we intend to break you down. Is that the language of an honest corporation seeking to discharge its duties faithfully and honorably? Is that the language of an institution that should deal alike with all men in fairness and with jusi¥es? And yet you are called upon here to be@iieve it was charitabie as well as very kind i hake this ofer to Mr. Daya he tee ee io ing his offer, but he said cause Davis knew General Stager crush him out if he didn’t take twenty- Dye dollars a week for his subscibers. ‘This 1s the language we hear from the attorney of this corporation. They were going to commence business themselves. Here were a large number of subscribers and they wanted them of him as a nucleus for their own business. They knew Mr. Davis had bought out the business or the Stock Bx- change and was getting along finely. They knew that if he remained in tne fleld they could not pos- sibly, in a short space of time, acquire as much business as he had. He had most of the bankers and the business men and it was of great consequence that they should be in possession of the business Davis had built up after s0 many years of labor and so much expense of money; and now this young man stands up piead- ing that you will see him compensated for the wrongs done bim by this institution. He don’t ask to paid for accidents and mistakes, but for the outrages which have been perpetrated upon him. Now, gentlemen of the jury, what were these delays? His Honor, I doubt not, will tell you that delays are not simply the fact of keeping messages back by withholding them from their destination for a age but every circumstance that goes to work to delay shail be construed by the jury as constituting an act of aelay, — takes half a dozen of them to constitute one lelay. The Court—Provided always that the delay is not occasioned py circumstanees over which the com- pany has no control. tnis company had Counsel—Of course, canoes been in the habit of sending despatches, as they of this dimeculty, were up to the time from Broad street, New York, to Cincinnatt, without intercommunication, and the company, con- ceiving that Thompson was getting an alvantage in that regard, but not more than others got, but which was interfering with them tn the administra- tion of this new business they had inaugurated, and they said, “Thompson's mé ea gO too quick. You do business wo quick at No, 22 Broad street, ad to send Thomp- and, therefore, we require son’s despatches around by No. 145 Broad- way.” Now, what was the nature of that delay the witnesses have expiained to ou. It involved necessity of a redespatching from roadway. More than that: 145 Broadway is the general office; the reservoir into which ail despatches are poured from the whoie city, so that they have piles upon pues of despatches which they lave to send in the order which they are received. Thomp- son’s despatches were to be received there and not put on top, 80 that they hae fo off fret, but at the bottom. What takes place then? There comes a des- neg from the Cincinnati office inquiring why it is ‘hat Thompson’s messages to Davis are dei ee Why is it that we cannot get these messages in Cincinnati as soon as other messages containing the prices of stock, bonds and gold are received? The answer is, because the mi ea have io be sent around to 145 Broadway and putat the bottom of the pile, and take their chances. Gentlemen of the jury, this is, to my mind, the most outrageous delay that could pos- sibly have LC trated by these parties upon the business of Mr. Davis; and it was just at that time these inquiries came from Cincinnati. Another thing: Let me say that the very mess which Thompson had been ia the habit of sending when taken to the oMce were numbered with the knowledge ofall men in the business, They were numbered, checked and marked and sent off as soon aa they reached the office, without going through the cir- cutous office of having @ clerk to number them. Bnt now comes a charge that this was doing busi- ness too quick, in the language of one of defeadant’s witnesses, and what do they do? Why, they say we will stop this. Thompson's messages must frst go the circuit; they must be numbered and sent up to 145 Broadway. They shall not go any more as they went in 1866 and during the months of January, Febraary and March, 1867. Nobody complained be- fore that it was all right there. Two gentie- men, by their diligence, nad succeeded in bailding up a splendid business by means of these facilities for which they pa'd. Thompson never sent a message that was not paid for, and all this was very acceptable so long as they did nut have this rival institution of theirown. You must recollect that Mr. Davis is not the oniy man who is & victim of this administration of General Stagers. He is but one out of many; for every one of our large cities had just such @ business conducted by one or more of its citizens, and every one of them was made to bite the dust. Not one of them is left to Wil the story, except in the way they are now telling it to you and asking redress for their wrongs. 18 it not right that my client should not only thos vindicate himself put the hundreds of young men all over the country that have veen broken down in this way. But, gentlemen of the jury, this is notall. There are various other ways in which their messages were delayed, and every one of them ls marked by the same characteristics exhibited by General Stager in the Cincinnati case; aye, more than that. said on the stand on cross-examination? hita if he had e i that first des) Do you recollect what Mr. Williams asked On, vis vept the invitation to surrender his subscribers—what aid you go there for again? And when Stager was th Cincinnati he went in per- Son, supposing lie would be more formidable to Mr. Davis than Williams bad beeu—he being the gene- ral superintendent of the company, @ general would overs; ag this young man and compel him to terms, hat took him there? Can any man doubt what it was’ It was the same business Which General Stager had sent over the lines; it was to compel Davis in some form to yield to their wishes and give up his subscribers. They had organized the Commercial News Department in New York and had not established @ good footing in Cin- cinnati, When they found Mr, Davis was persistent in goin; on with his business Vhey determined that they would strike him down. What did they do then? ‘hy, they removed from that ofice—a branch oMice which was there by con- tract with the Stock Exchange—they removed that oMce and cut lum off from one of the most expedi- tious means by which he could get his a through promptly, When lasked what bec that imstrament, when taken away from Mr, Davis’ office, the reply waa, “We took it down stairs into the Commercial Newa Room.’’ It had been placed there by contract with the Stock Exchange, and Davis, becoming their successor in business, had the mght to all ite ey ad =6when they took it away ing! aid for the urpose of crippliny bis = business. ral i# not all, and { shail not attempt to enumerate these acts, for tt would too much time; but let ine reour to one or two other circumstances to show the spirit of these parties. Iam not here for the purpose of saying that Williams proclaimed that his yarpose Was to destroy Mr, Davis’ busin or that Mr. Armstrong in manifesting his venom deciared bis object was to deceive this young man; but the spirit’ of Armstrong is seen in the fact that did not like Mr. Davis, and he let you w it from the stand, but Armstrong forgot nt important fact, vis, that his prin- cipala, Stager and Williams—for Williams lugher to position Wan Armstrong—pot only -in serving Davis as things received were delayed five, We cannot do it, Thus when deg; in the operator can put his own are you ready to say this as Tight becau wit had the use Power in its own hands to put time on thgse de- spatches to suit their own interests? How could the, send a message from No, 22 Broad street aroun to No. 145 Broadway in two, three or five minutes? a It 1s not in the power of any cy to do it, and es- pocely i such an institution as tbat 3 where they can scarcely business at all, We despatches were sent, here, and are claimed to be signifi ‘when they were received and sent. You must look et facts for the purpose of det whether there was any systematic warfare to him down in his business, back now to the month of March, 1867, and tracing these down to last of May, let ba inane what could have been their motives for infidelity in. this and it makes no difference in the consideration of this case whether it tri claim. You are to ascertain the spirit with which these men transacted business with Mr. Daviz, and, when satisfied on that point, you will pass to inquire whether the written orders controlled them or not; and, looking at what was done under the verbal orders, you can determine their status at that time, Ido not care whether delays were made at Cincinnati or not; but I repeat that the testi- mony of Lisp | and the circumstances that sur- rounded him, and their conduct towards him, show they intended to move him from the instrument through which he got his messages, in order that he, as the friend of Davis, ht not communicate to Davis what was going. y remove Mattoon if they were dealing honestly with Bavis? Was it because Mattoon was a favorite of Dayis? If it was, it shows they were not as honest they had been, What could have been their motive in removing him? Mattoon says he was sent up stairs because he was supposed to deliver Davis’ messages rather expe- usly. And now, gentlemen of the jury, I have endea- vored to show you in this hurried manuer nothing of the nature of the testimony. Depositions are here, and | beg you, in your endeavor to do justice to these parties, not to ignore the fact that they con- tain substantiations of charges preferred—that not one particle of Femyeoord is impaired by cross-ex- amination. Grace’s testimony shows not only that circuits were established and Tompson’s business gent around that way, but it shows another singular fact. Grace says it was for the pur- pose of preventing Tompson from going there. The wire was removed from Broad street for the sole purpose of delaying his telegrams. Yesterday my learned friend commenced to say & great deal anout the benefit which tne commercial hews department was exerting upon the public mind; that business men were now able to get de- spatches at lower figures than previously; that it was @ great benelit to the public that this young man had crushed out; more than that, they argued this Was like the case of the omnibus that used to ray. from Cincinnati to Pendleton before street railways were established. Drivers com Mii the street railroads, blocked them up ax demanded damages; but the court would no%give them damages because it was only & Cags~of fair competition, and if one was more-Zaccessful than the other, it was the-“quit of the men who had not the best means for the transportation of passengers. Now, my friend, whoever put that proposition to AMUSEMENTS. Tas GRAND OPERA Hovse—PatTRig.—The second representation of Victorien Sardou’s drama, “Patrie,” tn this spacious and splendid theatre was given last evening. The first representation, on Monday evening, was prolonged #0 far beyond midnight that it was impossible to prepare before going to press anything like a full and fair apprecia- tion of either the piece or the manner in which tt ts performed, and such an appreciation can never be honestly prepared beforehand. The following is a brief outline of the piece, which is historical in char- acter and heroic in sentiment:— it takes place in the Netherlands, during the op- pression of the Flemish, in the sixteenth century, by the Duke of Alva, the Cruel, the instrament of that objectionable bigot Philip II, The sway of the Duke of Alva lasted seven Jong years, during which he murdered, burned, hung and put to the torcure no less than 18,000 victims. This ig the tyrant Victorien Sardou has chosen. The principal idea, however, is the struggle of patriota when two great passions contend for supremacy in their hearts— love of one’s country (patrie) and love of woman, The love of patrie is victorious through terrible conflicts, The chief characters are the Count Rysoor, an old man, the grand hero of the piece; his protégé, @ young patriot also, Kar- loo van der Noot; his wife, Dolores; the Duke of Alva, and his only daughter, Rafaéia, an invalid. The first act shows the Butcher's Market at Brussels, which has been transformed into a public place of execution for some Flemish insurgents, who, on sligut pretences, are condemned to die. One espe- cially is suspected of having conspired with William of Orange, and if he cannot prove that he was‘in his own home the previous night he is todie, That man is old Count Rysoor, who had positively been absent from home three days, for no other'object than that of taking measures with William for the overthrow of the Duke of Alva. Knowing, there- fore, that he could not prove he had been at home, he was quite ready to die; but to his great astonish- ment, when the Spanish captain, who is to witness against him, stands up to disclose that he had been away from his dwelling, the captain living in the same house, he witnesses to the contrary, that the Count had been at home on the previous night; he proceeds to say that as he went up stairs to bed, being rather drunk, he stumbled against the Count, who was just closing the door of his wife's bedchamoer, that the Count and he had a scuffle in consequence, in which the captain dealt him a thrust through the wrist with his rapler; strange to agg, the Count Rysoor bad-& sear on bis wrist from a re- CRB! WOUd, but not dealt by the captain, and this confirmea the testimony of the Duke broke up tribunal, leav’ and when he left the public Pi not being able to make out how the captain bad an interest in saving nis life, walked up and closely in- terrogated htm, The man still maintained his ver- sion with every appearance of veracity, adding ex- cuses for ha’ ‘wounded him and repeating the words he had overheard the one he hi jupposed you, it seems to me did not give you credit for good sense or discernment. In what respect that case resembles this 1 ain unable to see. Let us 100k at them. Davis 13 engaged in furnishing news in Cin- cinnati through the medium and ncy of the tele- graph company. The telegraph wires are open to me and you andeverybody. ‘The difference between an omnibus line and this case is that the man who started street railroads has nothing to do with ran- ning the omnibus line, He had no preference there; no stock, nothing to do with it any more than you have with my business. What is the difference? The telegraph company undertook to be fair in the distribution of intelligence over their lines, The institution is not exclusive, though they control it, but they are subject to my right to use it, The moment they agree to take my message they are bound by law to deliver it as expeditiously as possible, in order that I may have all the advantages of the business. value consists in the expedition with which it is de- livered, and especially wo if they have messages of the same nature which they may distribute in ad- vance of ours. The men wnho started strect railways had nothing to do with the omnibus line, but the tel- egraph company did take a contract from us by which they stipulated and agreed to deliver our messages, in the language of the acts of the Legis- lature of thix State and of New York, in the order they are received and with expedition. When they neglected todo that, or undertook to deliver any- thing in advance of us, they violated the law and subjected themselves not only to a suit for damages, but in my a their charter could be taken away from them, ‘ause their obligation was that they should deal with all men fairly and alike. They vio- lated the laws as much as though they had takena message Of another man and sent it over the lines, inasmuch as Tompson’s message lost its value. In one case the telegraph company was an agent or trustee, bound in faith towards Davis in trans- mission of his message; whereas the man who ran the omnibus has no complaint against the man who started street railroads for violating any obligation toward him or the law. There was not, then, any simuarity in the two cases, and the argument must be treated as of no force. But the gentieman says they were doing great benefit to the com- M™munity—that they were reducing prices— that, in short, in establishing this enter- prise they were not doin it for their own profit, but solely that the public might be bene- fited, Now, why did they offer Mr. Davis tweive hundred dollars year for his subscribers? Were they worth that? If not they would have been very far from offering it. Can you say that Davis is not entitled to compensation because he has not shown figures representing his loss or damage? Why, there stana the res longer and bolder than their telegraph wires; in fact, they offered him one thou- sand two hundred dollars a year as a bonus for his subscribers for the privilege of furnish the de- spatches without = expense to him. Who can joubt they were worth one thousand two hundred doliars? And yet the gentleman tells you the pur- pose was not to advance the interest of the com- pany; they didn’t want money; no corporation ever wants money; they don’t charge anything on rail- roads or for telegrams; they all do business for nothing. This is the way the gentleman talked. Mr. Orton, the president, being telegraphed to on the subject, said he doubted much the policy of the thing, and since then they had found out they had an elephant on hand; that it did not as much as he thought it would, and he was willing to give it up. Does this look a8 if they were anxious to ran this business for public good? Who ever heard of the Western Union Telegraph Company doing busi- ness for nothing upon the scale here represented ? They are clever, good men; I know them well; but they are working for a corporation diat has no soul, but a very large pocket, and they seem to be labor- ing industriously to fill that pocket. now wish to call your attention to @ more signifi. cant argument than any I bave stated with respect to the ielegraph Company's doings, You sit here to org judgment on this young man whose business as been destroyed by this company. You are hero for the purpose of hoiding the scales of justice and determining whether this corporation shall deliberately go to work, in the spirit of bad faith, aud, in violation of lawful duty, destroy his business in order that they may be proticed. I read to you the otuer day an agreement made between the Associated Press in this city and this elf-same company in which the monopoly of this business is assumed to themseives, to the exclusion entirely of the Pp and this Associated Press is at under bonds ana uired not to give out any telligence of this sort. ey are not even allowed to sell it or give it away except through the pubile press. They not tell a friena the gold or stock quotations, for fear they may take advantage of their information and make @ little profit by it. Now, why ia this? 1 it because this company wants the Public to be benefited? Is It because they don't de- sire that the press shail give the intelligence out and ve Re arg ‘as public benefactors, but desire to re- tain that credit to themselves? They have the exciu- sive right to control and use this intelligence for their own profit, so that you and I who may Want this intel. ligence shail be under the necessity of gene it ot them, and paying ices for it. monopoly and can say to the Assoclt Press, “ We don’t intend that you shail exercise the right of sell- ing any item of intelligence.” The truth 1s, this is the closest corporation I have ever knowh in my life, as you will see by their contract, which I wiil now read :—"The Telegraph Company and said As- soclated Press agree that they and ° their agents and employes, and ail parties furnished by them with ews for publication, and their agents and empioye! wili not at any time sell, or in any way dis of, for private use or otherwise, any commercial news or market reports or quotations, or use the same in any mauner, except for publication im their news- Pp 8s jory, after being out three and ao hours, returned @ verdict of $3,000 o coats. On the first ballot they stood two for $10,000, four for 00, five for f°, nd one for ‘nothing at all. The lawyers for the Western Union m & motion for a new ti on the ground that th erdict was not in accordance with the evidence, and that the Court erred in its charge to the jury. In concluding this great case it may be wellto state that very little puolicity has been given by the Western press, in consequence of their not having any individuality, ag the Telegraph Company holds thein in its power. To prove the fasertion, we give @ clause from the by- jaws, drawn up by one in the interests of tne company, to the effect that the Cincinnati press will “pay into the treasury of the Western Union. Company $60,000 per year, in pay- ments of $6,000 per month, and that the Telegraph Company bind themselves never to distribute news or quotations of any kind.” The press are held olely in the power of the Telegraph Company, and dare not give publicity to anything derogatory to the company, through fear of having their heads cut off. It has been ascertained, from reliable authority, that after this year the press will ignore the tern Union and support other Irs. The rrussian Reichsrath has rejected the proy tion of the committee to maintain the provisional arrest of M. Mende, accused of having created a riot oe eeeoee and a ae by fa de Bonnigsen ing the imimediate release of the prisonex w. Carried by 407 Wo 0, nT to be Rysoor say to his wife, Some one evidently had visited her the night before. The suspicion was terrible, It became a certainty as he pondered over it. His wife, Dolores, had a lover; he would seek her and accuse her. He does go, and she does not deny the charge. She rather yer rejoices in her guilt, for she confesses that she only married the Count because he drew her from a lowly station, but she had always had an aversion for him on account of his being ® Protestant, while she was a Catholic, he is Flemish and she a Spaniard. She re- fuses, however, to teil the name of her lover, and When the old tian, Who Lad raised the poor girl that she was before her union with him to his own rank reflects on her base 1ngratitude, he threatens to k1ll her paramour, whoever he be, wherever he nd him, and flud him he will by the scar on his hand. The lover is no other than Karloo van der Noot; he has been led away by the fascination of Dolores, who passionately loves him, without ceasing. nevertheless, to reproach himself for the ill return he pays the old Count, for the treachery he is carrying on for his vile abuse of the confidence placed in him. Karloo, William of Orange, and the Count Rysoor meet the same night to concinde their arrangements for the insurrection, The rendezvous given was in the city of Brussels, on the ramparts, which are cov- ered with snow. lores, determined to rain her husband, stealthily follows him, an unobserved to his conversation wi solves to betray their secret Alva. Anything to rid her from the Count is welcome. minutel; follow; but, in he alludes to a third conspirator, and, on cross exam- ination, lets out that Karloo is one or the band. As goon as she discovers what she has done she retracts all her charges; but the Duke, secure of his prey, desires her to be cast into m, and, while she 18 safe rushes to the Hotel de Ville and arrests Count Rysoor, with his colieagues. William was not at the Hotel de Ville; he was outside the city, waiting, at the head of a smail army of 6,000 men; for the belle ringer was to give him asignal. It had been seitied that, if the voor was discovered, the man was, oo sounding mi dnight, to ring forth a funeral dirge; but that, if the Count Kysoor and Karioo were sale, he was to peal out a festive tune. Just before the Duke of Aiva had surprised the insurgents and ar- rested them @ splendid scene takes place be- tween the Count and Karloo, Both were ther, with eager hearts beating for the deliverance of their countrymen, the Count, then ignorant that the bo; warrior was his wife’s lover, persuades him on this solemn occasion to put himself in bis stead at the head of their friends, humbling himself by saying that he was now old, his hand unsteady, and he be- seeches the ardent young fellow to accept his he | sword, with his blessing, adding that all depende: on their feats this night, which should be directed by a aan J head, not trusted to so old a commander as himself, whose school was less impetuous, Just ai he holds out his honored sword and as Karloo ad- vances his hand to take it the old man sees the scar trite and stung with remorse, imploring his efactor to stab him. ment the biade frembles in the Count’s hand, his features writhe with revenge; but if he killed Karloo his country must die; none couid lead the men on but Karloo, and, with magnanimous clemency, he pardons him. The Count ris led to “the question,” where he ts to be tortured, but before the executioners can Jay hands on him he kills himself, desiring Karioo to tell Dolores that he forgave her ere he died, and making Karloo swear that whoever the traitor be who has disclosed their plot he will kill him with the knife that he then plerces his heart bene with. When Karloo ascertains that Dolores was the female Judas, he has therefore to stab ber, which he does, and then with one bound throws himself into the same burning fate which was awaiting tne vic- tims and conspiritors. Another + feature in the play is the character of the old bell-ringer, repre- sented as burdened with a large family, he their only support. The Duke of Alva jires him on his life to go up to the steeple bells, and, according to his agreement with William of Orange, to ring the festive peal which would allure him and his men in the city to be slaughtered by the Spanish sol- diery on the ramparts. The old man, half palsied with terror, looks ready to do anything to preserve his precious life; but be is no sooner in the steeple than, Pulling alt ine ropes, his patriotism awakes, and, instead of the joyous tune which is intended to be the loss of his cause, he gives forth the funeral dirge and his brains are dashed outon the spot. The final tableau, which represents the condemned on their way to execution, the death of Donna Rafaéia, the tears of her stern and cruel father, who had forbid- den all tears and yet weeps himself, and Karioo rushing in to die with his friends, the conspirators, 1s full of thrilling effect. Ee throughout are superb ana are directly copied from those used at Paris, The fol- lowing is the cast:— Couns yon Flem: W. Couldock Captain Karloo.. § Patri Frank Mayo Marquis La Tremouill cl Mr. Geoi Duke of Alva, Vicegerent of Philip Ii. of 8 . ss Mr. F. 0, Galena.,.... Von Strapen Flemish patriots Sornsatlle; & dumb Spanish trampete ir. itr. W. H. Donna Dolores... Mra, Glaastane Donna Raferla. Blanche Grey Sarah Matheson. jadame Ponisi GUdUIO...++00066 Spanish The immense success of “Patric” in Paris hag made this drama the absorbing theatrical topic of the day. Here it must lack one strong element of success—the ‘ness With which anti-Napoleonists seize upon its vivid picture of Spanish tyranny as an occasion for manifesting their abhorrence of what they deem the despotism of the French empire. The single word ‘massacre’ sumices to let them show that they have neither forgotten nor forgiven the second of mber, And many another word or phraseyin “Patrie,” as weil as the very title itself, serves @ pretext for demonstrations of oor pas sion. ere, however, the intorest of the drama must depend mainly on different elements—on the verisimilitude of its deiineations of a ported with which an American historian (Mr. Motley) has familiarized us and on its unexaggerated develop. ment of @ father's tenderness relieving the cruelly ofa Ce oy and of the confict between patriotism, & hasband’s jealousy and the fury of uulawiul love. Not ean fully jromre the literary merits of a foreign original, and an American audience, leas patient in many respects than a Parisian audience, must eaaire much merciless cutting down of this piece pee emanating, the first linpression that it 14 ntolerably long. he inverest of au American audience In “Pattie” 13 enhanced by the juices action Which Im sustained throughout wl 80 far lost admiration for the Peltor an nok to the although irrele- in when MI, ‘Morlaceht and juction, at once a Messalina eed and the voice first created the part, is said become beg de emotion, But why e it necessary to expose of an er Ciperog of wen screaming ans Hamlet's memorable advice to me may Blanche Grey plays the part of Rafael graceful languor. Her death scene is poignant, Mr. Frank Mayo, as Captain Karloo, vinces his qualities as an actor, but in his oe ty NOt to Overact falls sometimes into the oppo- jumed life and stepped picture-frame in an old 5} gallery. He justly bears off the principal honors of he performance. But we must not omit to mention Mr. G. H. Clarke, who makes the most of the minor part of La Tremouille, and deserves the applause he receives for approach more nearly than any one else in the company the ease and Vivacity which constitute the cl ‘of the French style of acting. on. Mr. Delille’s faithfol and authorized versi “Patrie’ y rs ie drama, when aie wo wuthe the itstOr ol ant e i} — pointed United States Minister to Lonaon, We or the French ramatist has seat by Me Dell fo th American histortan:— hou rcaate iy PARI, March 29, 1869, Hon. J, LOTHROP MOTLEY: — to the United States to DEAR SIR—My friend, who ve a “Patrie,” e known to you itude. T studied much Iments of admiration and gr my seni in my youth the history of the sixteenth century, and more particularly that of the reli ‘and can thus appre- elate the great merit, of your superb “History of the Nether. lands.” ¥ should be ral, afr, did I not seek the occasion tote) you how much I owe to the study of that work, which never left while I was writing the to you not unworthy the ‘professor who pre- ‘my drama, which I hopo, sir, may seem of the deur of “Ree subject or of aided at my labor, I take the liberty of that cation of “Patric! when Is published. "t ahail be prows to place your name on the title page before my own, thus aas0- a trad Docent, sit, Whh the reczwed expeeaiton Of may adm ew ration that of my'sincere respeck. if VICTORIEN SARDOV. ~ TaMMANY.—The inimitable Leffingwel; after nearly a year’s absence from the city, made his appearance at this house ‘Monday evening as the gushing Cloriaga +n burlesque of “Cinderella.” The house, though not crowded, was nevertheless com- fortably filled, and it is almost needless to ada that Mr. Leffingwell in his character of the “Girl of the Period,’ was accorded a generous welcome on this, his return to the metropolitan boards. Mr. LeMfingwell, as an eccentric and burlesque actor, is too familiarly known to the American public to need any lengthy notice on this occasion. Suffice it to say that, like good wine, he im- proves with age, and that, like good wine, he is both relishable and enjoyable. Since Mr. Lefingwell last pr enh in public in this city he has travelled from the “Hub” to the Rio Grande, playing In all the princi- pal towns and cities that lay in his route, and always large and appreciative audiences. He now re- turos to us improv voice, gesticulation and artistic finish, and ranks to-day as one of the best, if not actually the leading, eccen- tric and burlesque actor on the American stage. cee enon we do not consider as being one of Mr. Mngwell’s happiest characters, and will therefore defer a more lengthened mention of his merits and uliarities until we have again seen him in such characters as Romeo Jafller Jenkins, Beppo, &c. Miss Leona Cavender, a young and dash- ing little actress of the Mi Mitchell school, made her first aupeeesuee in this city, in conjunction with Mr. Mngwell, upon this occasion, as the abused and ill-used Cinderella, and established her- self at once, and almost without an effort, as a fa- vorite with her audience. She is a charming and vivacious little sprite, graceful in her actions, modest to a fault, and is, furthermore, possessed of a swee pleasant voice, which she uses with muck skill an ood judgment, Miss Harrison made an excellent ce Poppetti, and, with Miss Cavender, rendered emMficient support to Mr. Leffingwell. The other cha- ractera in the piece were only mediocre. For a first representation the performance passed off in a very oreditable manner, and Mr. LeMngwe}i and the ac- tresses above named were sevéral times rewarded with the hearty plaudits of their auditors, Clorinda ‘will be the principal attraction during the week at this establishment. BOWERY THEATRE.—Something of the grand old furor that used to attend the personation of Mazeppa by that erratic but brilliant genius, Ada Isaacs Men- ken, showed itself on Monday evening last at this theatre on the appearance of Miss Kate Fisher in this character. The house was densely filled, and its enthusiasm was"undounded. Miss Fisher has @ bold, dashing style, that wins popular- ity. She showed it in the opening scenes in per sword combats, in which, by the way, she proved herself an adept in the use of this weapon, but it was more pre-eminently conspicuous as, bound on the back of the “flery, untamed steed,” she was coming at seeming breakneck speed along the ruggedest of paths, up the steepest nicer, ead id re Robo of aes tol seam in ry e jo Be the extreme height of the theatre, altogether the highest of equestrian heights ever attempted in this drama before in this hog It Miss Fisher brought down the house, her horse “ Won- der” brought it up to a corresponding pitch of enthu- siasm. This equine dramatist understands his busi- ness hiy, and, though @ one-horse actor, does not seek to curry favor in any underhanded way. He bore himself with di ished mien and took the aj nad aoe his Vent 4 aon % . haminity. unnecessary ve jot ot fs familiar drama. lt is ‘ult of exoit scenes and merry interludes. The pi finely put on the stage and with an excellent cast. Mr. Doud, as Abder Kain, King of Tartary, played with rare skill. Mr. Rooney, as the ste of the household, was grotesquely humorous. ‘The lece in every respect Was @ decided success. At he close Miss Fisher was called before the cw when she made a brief speech of thanks for the cordial ting with which she was received. Con- cluding evening of Breaeing entertainment was the drama of the “Oid Tray,” already so well known to the Bowery patrons, in which Mr. and Mra, Edwin Blanchard and their dog Carlo piay 80 ac ceptably the jeading parts, Stapt THEATRE.—Risley’s Imperial Japanese troupe of gymnasts are now performing at this thea- tre to well filled houses, The new feature of the en- tertainment on Monday evening was the Introduction of the Delave family, who went through @ number of very clever tricks. The transept fight from one of the upper tiers of the theatre toa trapeze set over the stage was a fine exhibition of gymnastic skill, and, though lacking origjnality, performed in 80 skilful @ manner as by down a hearty round of applause for the youthful performers. Our old friends the Japs, particularly little All Right, are, a8 usual, entertaining and clever. To-morrow evening oy open for a short season at the Brookiyn Academy of Music Tas Park THEATRE.—There was a full house at the Park theatre, Brooklyn, last night to witness John Brougham’s burlesque tragedy, called “Much Ado about @ Merchant of Venice.” Mr, Brougham took the leading part, Shylock, a shamefully iil- used Hebrew gentleman, and was lent company at this place, The piece was eee by the ‘gudiel from the hearty bursts of laughter and applause, The performance concluded with the drama of ‘The Robver’s Wife; or, The Coiner’s Doom.” Mr. Brougham remains at tuis establish- ment duriag the remainder of the week. Masical and Theatrical Notes. Edward Eddy, one of the few Bowery favorites of the olden time who have come down to us covered ‘with glory and with vigor unimpaired, is playing o series of heavy tragedies this week at Donneily's Olympic, Brooklyn. The theatro-goers of Brooklyn needed just such a'vigorous tragedian as Mr. Eddy to @rouse them from their lethargy, The current of tragedy at Booth’s will be turned from its usual course this afternoon, but will again flow back into its customary channel in the evening, and will glide on uninterruptedly for the remainder of the week, ‘The Phil- harmonic Society on that day will give & grand concert at that establishment, and Mr, Booth in propria persone will read Lord Byron’s beautiful poem of “Manfred.” The performance is given by the Philharmonic Society as a sort of com- Diimentary acknowledgment to Mr. Booth for ser- vices rendered the society by that gentleman at its last ind concert at the Academy of Music, “To what base uses may we come at iast!’ The late Broadway theatre, where “Lear” once raved in all his glory, where ‘Juliet’? loved and the fair “Ophelia” madly sang her sweet young life away; where thousands and tens of thonsands of our ctii- wens have had their lite’s blood quickened tn their yeins through the medium of A comedy or farce, is now in progress of demolition. A band of carpenters, determined —— “Jeaving not a wrack behind,’ are now removi the racks which held the scenery, and are fast obliterating all traces of ite departed glories, its echoes will soon be awakened by the aristocratic tramp of the “tape Pe best stride of t instead of the famijer and stately “knight of the sock and buskin’? Manager Nclonough, of the Memphis, St. se extent. Laura Keene and “her popular New York pany” (?) will favor the Tnborruptible citizens Albany with two delightful performances on ne: Thi lay and Friday evenings. On the first she will endeavor to teach zt them “School,” and on Friday evenlag Ft wi along on his operatic career upon the mudd: of the Mississippi, from New Orleans to St. which latter city io S800 6 prend conees oe: night, He has everywhere well received in t! South and has always been greeted with crowded At Guage tas leas! 28 0 if einatto ures of vac mn, to prevent from beltie spotted by the smalipox” before ‘were tocome up to the ae ‘The trou; numbers twelve persons—four mi and eight females—all said to be quite handsome. If they re- cover irom the-etfects of Dr. Swinburne’s vaccine matter, they will make thetr first, ce in “Hic cory Diceory Dock” on next M evening. ie sale of seats for the new opéra boufe season at the Théatre commences to-day. 'Thesea- son will last but for two weeks, commencing with next Saturday evening, and be the farewell flicker of the douge luxury at this establishment for at least # year to come, AQUATICS. University Race. : LONDON, May 13, 1869. This match, the preparations for which have not commenced on this side the water, ana which, con- sequently, is as yet exciting comparatively little interest, is likely to prove a considerabie bone of contention between the two sections of the Cam- bridge University Boat Club. It will be remembered that the original challenge was sent by Harvard University to the Oxford oarsmen, and that aftera great deal of negotiation, caused principally by the scruples of our men, was accepted; the arrange- ment being that @ four-oared match should be rowed on English waters with coxswains. Harvard, how- ever, was not satisfed with one opponent, but im- Mediately sent another challenge to Cambridge. Thé boat club of that university at once held a meeting, at which the American letter was read, to the effect that the Cambridge men should contend in the same heat with the Harvard and Oxford crews Tham re ne cna'leu age Was oanted oonaidonall, Thames. The cha! ny) but strong opposition has recently been among the older members of the club to meng A ment. They contend that it would be manifestly an- far that one foreign boat, @ that of Harvard, should have to row against two home boats lké those of Oxford and Cambridge, who might, withuut any attempt at unfairness, work unwittingly in' each other’s hands, to their own advantage and disadvantage of their opponent. _ It is proposed if the Harvard men are anxious to row agaiaee best four in England, the w: boat at the Hen ley regatta shouid be selected. At that mecting will be crews from Oxiord, Danbetiae and Lon and the older members of the Cambridge Club opinion that it would be far more fair and sattafac- tory if Harvard were pitted Against the winnérs. A meeting of the ciub is to be held at an early di and Mr. J. Chambers, its ex-president, will propose resolution to the above effect. The Harvard Men at Their Work—The Extra Crew—The Oxford Crew,as it Now Stands. (From the Boston tog rt 24.) Conversation with those most likely to know elicita the fact that there is little doubt as to whi 0 the substitutes to accompany the Harvard “our Burope in case Mr, the fourth place, as The Anglo-American seems quite likely to. ‘e mean, of course, Me Fay an Willard. Joseph Story Fay, of this eity, @ member of the Harvard Law ool, 18 twen! years old, stands over five feet eleven inches, to-day about 167 pounds, and will dor scales at not far from 158 pounds race, if in his best “fix.” He has had quite a experience as an oarsman, having taken eight races, and, as he is now rowing “stroke” the law and scientific crew, is in for one or two more before he sails. It will be remembered that he and John ‘Tyler won the aouble scull race the re y Boston City Regatta last 4th of July, in the u dentediy iast time of fourteen minutes and twenty: four seconds, beating several ere pairs, and ot only once last year did he “get away ‘ard, Josh’s brother, but even caught Walter Brot in one race when the latter was out of train! beat him easily. He is of hag Boy not broad and particularly sound look. All admit of @ high order, and had to the Harvard rane which he is fi there would be little doubt that he. ay: yet, one of the four. jardner Goodrich Willard, of the better known as a rower in 1866 since, his athletics meanwhile hay on the ball ground. Few base been till lately, ead, that he is, or has 2 Harvard University = and few will stamina and grit. His and jaw, looks as if hewn from oak, and we that he is daily showing just the qualities every who knows hii or has seen him would expect in wreparatory work for the crew. He has bis ack the sinews on as they used to be packed o. and he is not backward in the packing, wi the hard work of the last two years in 4erent important positions in his famous “nine’t kept him very strong “‘on his pins.” He Soene’e jock PHig in the boat as of the othér men, he is becoming more able to “keep his side up,’? and, with ten weeks yet to work in, there is lit doubt that he will be @ most suitable man to almost any in the crew that may a ouling. This week should and undoubtedly settle of the three or four who are fit for i place, aus, Ei er UR as telegraphed last week, for some Soexpeney * crew) an exceedingly his wind and pluck been more fast son does not, as it stands now, cont oldest oar of this year’s cight-oarea aud one of two most powerful men. We mean, of course, the last acceptance, Mr. Frank Willan, A days Wi tell why, but till then the men of Harvard can Joice that the enemy isn’t likely 9 be — 80 r3 ‘as they expected. Mr. Benson, the Ww, and Darbishire, the stroke, will, in all probability, ead! weigh less than the lightest man in the pone band = a ha Ka Fm mer) Spo my after the race this s) with Cambri spoke Mr. Tinne as “a ‘whole. team in Rot of Mr. Darbishire as good, though not a aot ir. stroke,” of Mr. Willan as “a reliable oar” a Yarborough as “awkward, but useftil.”’ Benson it sald that he “did not seem to yf place,” and spoke less and less favorably of the Unree of the eigiit, . ‘The Oxford four preparing for the Inter-University race stands now:— 8. D. Darbishire, of Balliol Coll e) J. O, Tinne, of Universit Col ” Sig . A. ©. Yarborough, of 3. W. D. Benson, of Balliol D. (bow) D, A. Neilson, of St. Mal ve Ccliewe, (Gox.) Universities will gentiemen residing m or near Lond reputation that Is oy ony to oiten containing the fastest of Britwh oarsmen, We believe that were a baiance struck all the contests between this club and those of Ox- ford and Cambri the Londoners would show much oes — or —— anu 4 men, haye rowed longer together, vary the! Jess and, though lighter, seem to have steel in thelr composition. "The Harvard men not decided yet whether, if the terms of detter prove favorable, they wiil it not, and they are doubtiess wisel use of and cons ay aap | time in weight the case. But are made of we ha‘ ig U t if we know the stui jarvard little doubt that they w’ up the gauntiet, and may they not it it, THE HARVARDS AT WORK. Everything avout the Harvard crew ; arly looks @fy couraging, Work ts done as i] one cally, and if Mr, Loring is ox: ing of hie none the leas #0 melt, they all Know that he is himself, “Mr, Simmons, a8 — is up to we and it takes a first rate to ki stroke that he so well sets, We do not many Dolls, the ‘Job's comforters” of all men, English, American or vf dd the crew can devote themselves wo tence an on tne Fiver, wo have little doubt that the that one of the men, already @ fine scholar, 18 Sver study? will be dispelled, ‘Whether this crew will take part In the city re- Fae ne or nie domidg Ai 10), but we have indie doubt that It Mr, Gilmore's abounded en ey! wee me vg? Kd oie _ =e rt @ four-oared race jubilee rat ot Cae oom har tirana } | Ww woul second none, best of any vals who might come on wo & plove.