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

— WASHINGTON. Probable Resignation of Min- ister Howard. THE GOVERNMENT APPRENTICE SYSTEM Another “Nigger” in the Printing Bureau “Fence.” WASHINGTON, July 10, 1860, Expected Resignation et Minister Howard— ‘The Presont Minister te China net to be Dis- turbed. Wilham A, Howard, our new Minister to China, arrived here last evening from the West, and to-day bad an interview with the President, Mr. Howard has about concluded to resign his appointment. ®ince he received it he has had better offers at home, and considering all the circumstances in the case he thinks it would, be @ disadvantage to him to go to China. He hinted to the President some time ago: that he did not think he would accept the ap- Polntment, but intimated at the same time that if the President thought it important that he shouid go to China he would accept, The President then ha@ an idea that Mr. Howard would be a better representative of the United States in China than our present Minister, J, Ross Browne, and requested Mr. Howard to hold his resignation in abeyance. ‘At seems that since, that time the President's opinion of Mr. Browne has undergone some change, and if |* Mr, Howard resigns, which he probably will do ina few days, Mr. Browne will not be disturbed, at teast for the present. ‘The Mississippi Election. An effort has been made by the Mississippians to have the President try to get the action of the Cabinet in xing the time for the Mississippi election reconsidered. ‘They want {t either on the Ist of Septemver or the ist of January, either of which Would not Interfere with the material interests of the State. The President, it 1s understood, did not give them much encouragement. The Split Among the Texas Republicans. Major Moore, of Texas, is again here representing the interests of one branch of the republican party in the Lone Star State. He claims thatthe party which held its convention at Houston on the 7th ult., and nominated Davis for Governor, is the Simon Pure republican party, which sustains the administration and favors general amnesty and manhood suifrage. Further than this, moreover, he bears with him documents that indicate the recognition of his party by Governor Clafiin, chairman of the National Repub- lican Executive Committee, Another Excitement Among Government Operativee—Apprentices in the Government Bookbindery. To-day the committee of bookbinders, appointed at a meeting of their society, presented an address to Superinvendent Clapp, of the Government Print- tag Ofice, concerning his intention to put a number of apprentices at work in the bindery at that estavlishment, Mr. Clapp responds, denying the right of any private organization to dictate to the Government Printing OMce who shall be employed, and contends that in tne race for life there should ‘be no discrimination of race or color. The ground of the bookbinders is that the: number of book- vinders 1s alreaagy more than the demand, and ‘Ry employing apprentices their chances for em- ployment will, to that extent be lessened. The Superintendent, io his reply, does not see things in ‘We light of the society. Meantime the Douglass and apprentice questions in the composing room remain mnsettied. Elegant Testimonials|from a Native of Mexico to President Grant. The Collector of Customs of the port of George- town a few days ago received a magnificent collec ton of solid silver articles intended as presents for President Grant, General Sherman, ex-Secretary Seward and Mrs, ex-President Lincoin. They were sent to this country from Mexico by Sabos Yturbide, 4m behalf of @ modest Mexican who refused to have Ris name made known, and said that “an his trans- Port of delight at the abolition of slavery he was prompted to prepare these little tokens for some of the principal actors in that great work.” President Grant receives a silver coffee set of thirty-six pieces and some dressed leopard skins; General Sherman an egg boiler and holder; for ex-Secretary Seward there is an inkstand and penholder, most inge- mMously contrived, besides a call bell, and Mrs. Lin, coln’s portion of the lot is a heavy card basket, of @legant filagree work, with ‘Seflora Lincoln’’ in- scribed on the inside in golden letters. All of ihe articles are of solid silver, without any dearth of metal, and of the most beautifut finish and work- Manship, President Grant and Genera! Sherman’s Portions were delivered yesterday, and some idea may be formed of their value frou the fact that the duty on President Grant’s lot was $748 end on Gene- val Sherman’s $164. Dinner at the British Minister's. Mr. Thornton, the Britisn Minister, gave a dinner this evening in honor of Mr. Rose, the Canadian Finance Minister. Among the guests were Sec- retary Fish anda number of prominent officials. Banquet to Minister Blow. Senhor Dominco José Consalvez de Macathaens, ‘Mintater of his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, and Senhor Luis Auguste de Padua Fleury, Secretary of Legation, have been invited by the authorities of St. Louis to attend the grand banquet whicn is to be given on the 13th inst. to our new Minister to Brazit, Hon. Henry T. Blow. Senhores Macathaens and Fleury leave for St. Louis this evening and will re- turn here on the 18th, The banquet promises to be quite a fine affair. Mness of the Greek Charge Affaires. Mr. Cleon Rizo Rancabee, Charge d’A(faires of Greece, ws very unwell. He has been confined to his house for several days by @ painful atiack of erysi- pelas. Revenue Catter at Sayanuah. Secretary Boutwell has placed at the service of the Collector of Customs at Savannah, Colonel Rot, now here, the revenue cutter McCulloch, until the repairs of the Nansemond, now at Baltimore, shal; be completed. Collecter of Velasco, Texas. ‘The President has appointed John Dietrick sur- ‘veyor of Customs for the District of Velasco, Texas, vice William ©, Wagley, suspended. Regulations for the Sale Liquors. ‘The following regulations as to the sale of spirits forfeited to the United States under the provisions of section fifty-six of the act of July 20, 1868, as amended by the act of April 10, 1869, have beep issued by Commissioner Delano:— By provisions of section fifty-six, as amended, aistiited spirits produced prior to July 2, 1808, ro- Maining in any bonded warehouse June 30, 1069, are declared to be forieited to the United wg and are to be sold or alsposed of tor the benefit o1 the same im such manner as shall be approved of by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, under direc. tion of the Secretary of the Treasury. Al) spirits which were not withdrawn from the ware- house upon the payment of tax prior tw Juy 1, 1 ion of = Ferfeited will be immediately taken possession of by Collector and an account made ‘of the same and forwarded to this office, stating the time when they were warchoused and the name of the owner, if known. The Collector will immedi- ately advertise the same for sale, giving not leas ‘than tendays notice of the time and piace of such Bale by posting notices at his office and at two or more ays Places tn his district. The Collector may, if in his sence the public interests require adjourn such sale for @ period not exceeding ten days from the day fixed in such notice; and on the day ee he shall sell the said spirits at auc- tion to the highest bidder. The Collector will dle in is office a copy of the notice of sale and endorse thereon @ certificate of the time when and places Where such notices were posted; and if the spirits are contained in casks Which are but partially Milea may fil up such casks ¢o as fall ‘barrels as far as possible. Upon sale the Collector will issue tax paid #tamps covering the amount of eee in each NK cause the same to attached » and to the casks, appropriating 80 much of the proceeds ‘of such sale rt m be fhecenary to pay for such stamps. ‘The Collector will be entitied to retain ont of the balance in hig hands the amount actually paid for the storage or trans} on of the said spirits, ‘with @ commission of five per cent upon of such ye) and the balance will be deposited with Ris other collections and returned to the Assessor on form 68. The Collector will make an immediate ActOn In eagh cage to the Commusioner the amount seport of out al wea ar Pee ae y him for or jon, amount retained im a8 commissions, ther with the balance ited, and the returned 3. W. DOUGLAS, Approved by Gaonas 8. Soom Becretary of tne Preasury. $0 Weekly Currency Statement. ‘The shipments of fractiona! currency during the week were as follows:—To the national banks, $114,130, and to the United States Depository at Bal- tumore, $30,000. The Treasurer holdaéa trast for the national banks as security for circulation, $42,871,100, and as security for public deposits, $23,764,500; mutilated bank notes burned during the week, $101,700; bank currency issued for bills de- atroyed during the week, $132,592; votal issued pre- viously, $14,606,948; bank circulation ontatanding at this date, $299,780.495; fractional currency destroyed during the week, $318,600, Imersal Revenue Recetpts. ‘The mternal revenue receipts to-day were $1,405,975 and the grand total for the week $8,149,715 THE NATIONAL GAME. Keystones, of Philadelphia, we. Harvard Uni- versity Nine. Yesterday afternoon the.Harvard University nine Played the Keystones, of Philadelphia, at . Phiiadel- phia, The proposed game was to have commence d early, in order that the Harvard nine might leave at five o’clock. The Keyatones were, however, late upon the ground; so that only seven innings were resul in the vict of the Keystones, The Garvard nine wert aha ce victory ‘th cites Groinpinge been played, and even a to remain and finish the ga! to which the ila. delphians objected, as they made other arrange- ments, The following is the score:— HARVARD, e Ed Bl crororocear eanone® Kulp, Brentel, p. Alien, rf. Albertson, 1st b. Ewell, ¢. Totals, Base Ball Notes. The following article from Wilkes’ Spirit speaks for itself and will be read with much interest by ali all players:— ASSOCIATION V8. SPECULATION GAMES.—Some of our base ball clubs have taken to “jockeying” or “nippodroming”—that is, playing games simply for the gate money. Such games mi EDT riateiy be styled speculative enterprises, where! ng that great body, the public, are made to pay the fiddler for the privilege of witnessing a sham dance. The latest and greatest swindie of this kind was that of last Monday, when the Atlantica, of Brooklyn, and Athletics, of Philadelphia, exhibited themselves to an admiring public for the very small sum of twenty- five cents per capita for said public. The 5th was a holiday, and it was a certainty, weather being favor- able, to fill the Capitoline enclosure with great nam- bers of people if a good card could be sent out; 80 the above clubs entered themselves for an associa- tion game, the first of the annual series, and some 16,000 confiding but deluded mortals paid the tarif for the privilege of witnessing the play. ‘The tari was, ‘haps, the least of their suffering; for, not tanding the accommodations, the throng was so vast as to make everybody in the highest degree uncomfortable. There were thou- sands present, too, whose occupations hold them so Ughtly that, save upon a generat holiday, they never can wit ‘@ game, and to this latter class the sham game played was an: cotraneaa well as a awindle. Lest there Inay be mitigating circumstances found in the judgment of some people in the manner of bi ihe game on, they are given as near as we know of as follows:—A month or s0 ago the Atlantica chal- Jenged tne Athletics, and the ony ane ‘was the Sth of July, the game to be play Brook! ‘this Tae won 3 announced canyon skropeheen le, however, the Athietica admitted Raaciff to membership; ‘but as he would not be eligibie a8 @ plaver on duy named, and the con- tinued illness of their pitcher, the Athletics became fearful of the result. they announced these facts to the Atlantics; and, as could not break Of their engagement, pl an exWbition game. The Atlan' a fit of Sup nimity, accep the posed magna! second Offer and released the Athletics. So far asthe clube were concerned this was generous of the Atlantica, and doubly so when it is stated that under similar circumstances the Athletics refused a ponement to them two Could the matter rest here the conduct of the Atiantics would be above praises but, unfortunately, it does not, Their to’ the Athletics makes them the suc of a swindie and an outrage, and as Raving commneed an error, the results of ame. of te and tote asional votaries name e vo! . Like a magnate Atlantic Club has Of almost: incalculable ‘numbers, but whethér that power of attraction has been due more to the merits of the club as players than a pur- to deal honestly with the public ts a qu n for future solution. The concealment of the tact that such @ result had been arrived at by the two clubs, as referred to, is the part dishonorable. It reduced the affair to a swindle; and, to outrage the whole, the exhibition was mutually made scanda- lous by the conduct of the pingere. who, so far from doing their best, evidently did the worst in their wer. But the disagreeableness of this matter for- ids further remarks, and the public can judge whether we have watched their interests or not in discussing the question thus far. The Spartas, of this city, went up to Hudson City on the 6th, and ina full game defeated the Unions, of the latter place, with a score of 39 to 21. ‘The Eagles have made an acquisition to their nine in the person of Murphy, formerly pitcher of the En- deavor Club, later of the Star Club. Murphy isa good pitcher and a quiet player, and wil), no donbt, be found quite troublesome to many who may at- tempt to clip the Eagles' wings during the current season. ‘The “oficial” report of the Committee on Revi- siop of Bylaws of jthe State Association has been received, and accompanying it the resignation of Mr. Albro, of the Union Club of Morrisania, as chairman of the committee, President Voorhies, acting under some erroneous impression, appointed five members on the Printing Committee. According to the official report of the Bylaw Committee the Printing Committee 1s to con- sist of but three members. This will necessitate the re-formation of the committee by the President. The only amendments of importance are:—M: the officers (article 4, section 1) a ‘Board of Offi- cers;” creat! @ standing committee on bylaws (article 6, section 1), to consist of seven members, three to form a quofum; amending article 6, section 2, 80 as to oblige the Judiciary Committee to send to the Recording Secretary @ copy of its decision in. each case Which may come before it, within fifteen days from the date of said decision. Hitherto the rule obliged the Judiciary Committee to render and send a copy of the decision to the Recording Secre- tary within fifteen days from the date of the receipt of the complaint by the Judiciary Committee. Sec- tion 6 of article 6 ia amended so as to empower the delegates to the National Association to “fill any vacancies in their delegation.’’ A new section is in- ted as article 40, section 1, which provides that “no person shall be accepted as a delegate fro club who 18 not @ regular member of Article 10 commences immediately tion 3 of ticle section 40f old ments” is amended so as to provide that “proposed alterations, additions or amendments to the constitution and by ue fall be submitted by the Committee on By- ‘The only smendrment to the bylaws is to article 2, ‘This is armen’ 82 t0 provide that no member shall cor ore Rig ice OD any question, nor more than ‘‘ten’’ minu' 8 any time tniess by the consent of “two-thirds” the mémbers nt. Hitherto five utes of time, and for permiagion to &xcvea ous consent of bee 1 members read Pik, ne _ \e form of “omclal”’ report is a copy of last year’s masua) with amendments Fnade by scratobing out and int Words with @ blunt lead pen ‘The amend: above referred to are given as ‘ly as they cor dectphered, To-morrow the biuples Le Eagios will play their aed ame eet - hold loboken. In the even- ry will hol regular quarte: meena at Pethe Study.” Lae . sh The Mutuals will algo hota thetr quarterly business meeting to-morrow evening at the Mutual Ciub House, Broadway, near He street. There will ndoubtedly be some fan at that meeting, as it ts rumored an attempt will be CUD for the Purpowe of etfectiny & cetoreemtees ote tons, with @ score of 22 Seer tat tee SEAS et rad prsingn rhe Eokfor ona tour similar tp that of the Med They are to have a sew uniform whip" with them. It is to be bring tt back with them intact. will play the Powlatan® and on ry jay the youn ol Kiyn, atil undaontod, will play with the kxcelstors a ae pe On Wednesday there will be @ Social-Union game at Hudson City byep the Socials, of New York, aud the Uni of Hadaon Oy 3 N. J. On ae ith inat., the Kmpires wil) play the Athietes, of Washington Heights, and on Wednesday 2i8t) the Socials will play the Spartae at the Plysian Fields, obokou. ' ~ t too | ls and will carry “the that they may ‘to-morrow they Wednesday the nds, NEW YORK HERALD, THE ENGLISH STAGE. Mise Bateman’s Success in the Character ¢f Mary Warner—Avother New Theatre—The in the Theatres—Preparing to Open—The Reading Fever=Donkey Exhibitions and Loxpon, June 26, 1860. Miss Bateman’s success in Mr. Tom Taylor’s new Play at the Haymarket, called “Mary Warner,” 1s all the more gratifying for her that it is the pure triumph of her unaided genius. To the author she owes little or nothing, the story of the drama being wildly improbable and the drama ttwelf anything rather than artistic in structure; but the genius of the actress ennobles an unpromising theme and gives grace and dignity to what but for her splendid talents would bei “poor indeed.” The character she impersonates is that of a devoted wife, who, to shield her husband from disgrace, falsely confeases to have committed a crime of Which she believes him to be guilty, though 1m reality he is no more so than herself, the offence having been perpetrated by a third party, who, in deflance of all the laws of poetic retribution, enjoys complete immunity to the last. Miss Bateman’s performance of the heroine 1e alike admirable for vigor of conception and brilliancy and refinement of execution. It js instinct with genuine passion, and ‘Despeaks in the artist histrionic power of the highest order, Ina tragic-interview between the husband and the wife, whichis presumed to take place within the walis of Buxton Prison, Miss Batenian’s acting ig profoundly pathetic; nor is it less. so in a highly Wrought scene in the fourth act, when the broken- hearted mother recognizes ner long lost daughter, and makes @ passionate appeal to the child’s filial affection. That Miss Bateman’s eloquent acting comes home to the hearts of her audience is proved not only by their tears, which fall plenteously, but by the silent ana sympathetic attention with which they watch her every gesture and listen to her every word until some welcome pause in the action Permits them to give enthusiastic expression to their admiration, and then the house rings with applause. Miss Bateman’s other engagements will not allow of her performing at the Haymarket for longer than a fortnight; but ehe has already won a great success, and there can be no doubt that on her return to the United States her impersonation of Mary Warner wil! be ranked by the American public among the most brillant of her achievements. ‘The house in King William street, Strand, known of late years as the eae Hall, in association for the most part with . U. 8. Woodin and nis “Carpet Bag” entertainment, has been converted inv a theatre, to be known hereafter as “The Royal Charing Cross,” and in that character was opened on Saturday evening under the joint management of Mr, Bradwell, well known as a decorative artist, and Mr. Field, for many years superintendent of the box department at the Prince of Wales. The putid- ing has passed through many phases, hav- ing been in succession a public ball- room, @ lottery office, a Catholic chapel, a Protestant institave and a favorite place of exhibition for tumblers, juggiers, nigger melodists and “human files’? or ceiling walkers. Its present metamorphosis shows it in a very at- tractive guise, the new theatre being pretty, pic- tureaque and convenient. The amateurs who were about to take it have happily vanished—tatr weather after them and snow at their heels—and the dra- matic company is composed of proressional actors, of whom the majority are fairly up to their work, A pretty little ingenue, from the provinces, playing ander the nom de guerre of Kattlee Irwin (she is daughter of a London editor, a great linguist, not many years deceased), has made a favorable début, and #0 likewise have some other country actors, in- cluding Miss Ernstone, Miss Garthwatte, Miss Cecily Nott, Mr. Flockton, Mr. Betjammes and Mr. Temple. On the opening night there was 8 crowded audience and everythu wore @ and festive air, There was a large attendance of ladies, to whom the man- agers presented fans and nosegays. The chief attrac- tlou of the evening was a pretty littie play by Chetbam, editor of the Belgravia and a play ht of some re- pute in the manufacture domestic dramas, enutled “Edendale.” 1tis a love story, whose acene ts laid in Virginia during the late war, the lovers coming of course from being @ federal, and Phyllis, only joy. a conted- erate. Thus it nas ever happened since the days of Romeo and Juliet, and probabiy long before, the young people insisting upon investing their affec- tions in the wrong quarter. There is nothing in the plece to wound the political sympathies of any sec- tion of the audience. After some romantic aaven- tures and a deal of funny business (indeed, rather too much), conducted for the most part by nigger servants, the sweethearts are umited, and if they don’t live happy 1 hope you and I may, dear reader. An 0} ¢ sketch called “Coming of Age,’ by Mr. Carpenter, who dangd woe @ time A. a song proposing @ question wi nobody ever been able to answer, “What Are the Wild Waves Saying,’ was the prelude to the play, which was fol- lowed by “The Pretty Druidess,” a burlesque upon the trite theme of Norma, Miss Hughes piaying the High Priestess with such fantastic humor as to reach ‘‘the high topgallant” of burlesque fun, Tne ee is very well written, yet it hangs fire, a fact to ascribed to the imelegance of the mise en scene, the length of the dresses, which forbids smartness of action and : pictucsetasnens of general effect, and the want of dances and “break- -downs.’? This is the first time within my memory in that an extravaganza has ever been represented London with the female characters in long dresses. ‘The managers would do well to beware of the fate of the too modest Mr. Paul Ash, who died of shame. ‘The short costumes heretofore in vogue are fanciful, brillant and favorable to the grace and celerity of movement essential to burlesque. What would the Parisians say of “The Grande Duchesse” or the “Barbé Bleue” or the “Biche au Boy” played in long dresses? ‘The actors would have the house to themselves, At Astiey’s the spectacular drama of tne ‘Rattle of Waterloo” still appeals to the national vanity of crowded audiences, To judge from the state of the house and the applause bestowed upon the hard treatment awarded to the French nation, one might really suppose that there are thousands of people still in London who hold to Neison’s opinion, that ‘the only way to bring a Frenchman to reason is to knock him down. No great ra tu the “mounting” of the pl to his- toric accuracy, the French soldiers of the time of Napoleon the Great being habited in the uniform of the zouaves of the present day. They behave suariter in modo, but not Jortiter in re. 1 am sorry to have to report a sad falling off of prowess and heroism in the guardsman Shaw, who now only tackles four Frenchmen at atime. This, to be sure, he does in gallant style, mounted upon a milk-white charger and holding his left hand the “Upton Jack,” while with his right he throws over his four Gallic foes. But what of that? When I was a boy Shaw used to slay fully a dozen Frenchmen every night, to say nothing of felling a French horse to the earth at a single blow. We have fallen upon degene- rate days. It is satisfactory to have to records smart stroke of business on the part of one of the French horses, who, disgusted it may be at the re- creancy of the troops of his country, jumped the other night ito the orchestra and was within an ace of killing an English fiddler, We must ad- mire pluck even in an enemy. A change in the Playbill, howevsr, is announced, and we are threatened not only with farcea and bnrlesques, but with a “wondrous display of feats on the “bicycle by immensely popular velocipedeans,”” In- deed, the velo¢ipede mania Yom invaded many of the Southern and Eastern theatres, and it is no uncom- mon thing to see the stage bestrewn with unfortu- nate performers who are unable to manage the iron steed. How or get off one can easily understand, but how they get on is not go intelligible. There are races by velocipedeans now every day at Agricul- tural Hail and Highbury Bath, but the mders who treat their horses no better than themselves are rolled over like nine-pins, and only rise to fall again, even as the new moons are born to perish. Festurant perire, Shakspeare seems to have foreseen that velocipedes would come into fashion; for the Foo! in “King Lear” says:— Then comes the time, who lives to see't, When going will be dene with feet. Drury Lane 1s advertised to reopen on the 31st of st with a new play by Mr. Boucicault. ‘he Princess’ is in the hands of the carpenters and a. it will on the of August with Sted “acti Galatea,” Formes as Poly- pheci The Olympic is now to pass into the hands of Mr. W. H. Liston, late manager of the Queen’s theatre. At the Standard Mr. sothern Endera with his famous impersougtion of Lord Dun- dreary. My. John Parry, for many years the colleague of Mr. and Mrs, German Reed at their jeasant ‘enter. tainment tn the Gallery of Illust be sorry to learn, in such bad health that there is but little chance of his ever being abie to resume his professtonal duties. He is a man of great and varied talents—a pianist, a singer, ® comedian and a painter—and he has iong contrionted to the amuse. hall n-course of orguntaation Under te. BUs)cep In course of organization auspices of ie eee Ac nt Faustum sit. 'r. Domi! lurray, @ comedian whose apeci: is for imsh chi Yet Liverpooi erp one tip to Ameriow, whither hei gose for the on ie lor Denofit of his health. The reading nulsance continves unabated, and the town te still infested with so-called dramatic and poetic readers, not one out of twenty of whom has the least iaea of the art. It 19 as true now as it ‘Was in the days of Charles Lamb that ‘‘of all accom- plisiments gooa reading is probabiy the rarest.’’ “Yet there are,” says a | oan bermbetsy “four things which every man thinks himself quall- fled to do—paint @ door, drive @ mig, write a newspaper article and read a play,’ These ambitious personages would do well to bear in mind the reply of the Irish schoolmaster, re, being requirea by an anxious mother to teach hel non reading, replied magnt- fieently thus riting and arithmetic, for these are arta that may required: bat ta 18 & heaven-sent inspiration , biy Ovo ep on earth pomess it, Ope of these a SUNDAY, JULY Lt, 1869.—-TRIPLE HEET. Kembies the other ts your humble ser- vant, Mr. O’Flanagan.” Hoth Kembie and O’Fiana- gan have long smee but readers are now ‘a plenty aa blackberries and apout as valuable. Ot all the people who attempt to read in pubilc there, are, now that Charies Dickens hag retired, only two worth listening to—Mrs. Strling, whose rendering of the “Midsummer Night’ Dream” and ‘The Tem- pest’? is beyond all praise, and Mr. BoéMew, who for grandeur and variety of voice and picturesqueness Of action is hardly to be surpassed, We have nad in London exhibitions of various kinds—horses, donkeys, dogs, cats, canaries, and what not; but a new exhibition, originated, I believe, at your side of the water, is at length announced, On the 12th of next month there ts be a baby show in the North Woolwich Gardens, under the presidency of the ‘peopnictar, Mr. M. W. Holland, who offers a prize of for the finest chud. ‘The competition is to be open to all England, and the children, whose age is to be hmited to one year, are to be ranged upon cushions all along the hail, Fine babies have generally strong lungs, so that the vocal performance will propably be vigorous. It has been suggested that the exhibition take place in the parrot room of the Zook 1} Gardens, and that the mothers of the respective babies should be allowed to speak simultaneously in advocacy of the claims of their respective children; but this idea is not likely to be carried out. departure of the Galatea steamship from Sydney on the sd of April last was distinguished by two farewel! entertainments—dramatic perform- ae pepe given by the ship's oMicers and some others ched to the Duke of Edinburg’s suite. ‘The chief attraction was a musical burlesque, written by Lientenant F. H, Poore, R. M. A., entitled ‘'Cross- ing the Line.” Mr, Walter Montgomery, the well known actor, wisely purchased the copyright of the burlesque, which ta already secured loners’ Hall and wili be p next month at one of the West End theatres, will be read with interest a8 the latest fruit of a rich memory, wiien con- tinued ancionded to the last:— AN ACTOR’S DREAM, Tt has been satd, whom, when, or where I know not, that few things are more tedious or jess iuteresting than the relations of our dreams or ill- nestes, ald therefore silence on such subjects ts always commienaable, Yet t am about to act in direct opposition to this advice, my only excuse belng the extraordinary nature of a visit made to me by “Queen Mab,’’ One evening, during my brief engagement at the Olympic theatre, in 1849, under the management of that unfortunate lessee, Mr. Watts, I dreamed that T had committed some dreadful crime, for which 1 be- came amenabie to the law and was condemned, to death. I was, strange to say, in the green room of the Olympic, but comparatively at large, though waiting for “execution.” My grief and distress were excessive. Various persons were passing in and ont, among whom was Lady T., the wife of one of the Judges, to whom I was personally known. [ap- proached her. She spake soothingly to me. thanked her and hoped she would make my regards acceptable to Sir T. N. T., and assure him of my inno- cence, regretting he had not been my judge, and ad- ding that—for had he summed up, of course, accord- ing to the evidence, the jury must have acquiited me. Here the tirst part of my dream ends. In the second part the late Mr. G. V. Brooke passed throngh the bvefore-named green room, where I was still at large, but “biding my time,”? and some one in- troduced me to him. {J had never seen him up to the time of this dream on or off the stage, for I had never acted or rehearsed with bim. He held out bis hand to me and left the room, ‘Thus ends my dream. Now for the strange (to me) coincidence. On my way to the Olympic the morning after my dream, to attend the “reading of a uew piece,” I met Lady T. in Piccadilly. We chatted together for @ brief ume, during which I named my having seen her ladysuip ina vision the previous evening, ana how singular it wasmy having met her so far from her residence, and at so early an hour. We parted with the usual “good morning, and kind regards to all at home,” her ladyship going west and least. I arrived in due time at the Olympic, and while the parties summoned to attend the reading of the new pene were assembling in the green room, Mr. G. V. Brooke entered, although he was not required for the reading, and was introduced to me. I was greatly astonished by the exact resemblance he bore to the Mr. Brooke of my dream. How. strange, thought l. First Lady T., and now Mr. Brooke, both concerned in the previous night’s dream. But more remains behind. I forget the name of the piece then and there read tothe parties assembled. But still more strange (as I thought, to render my dream complete), the part assigned to me wa: one in which for i oat comumutted, I was condemned to be executet ts gonu Phill 1 will be hanged if it was not 60. So much for a dream. fa. AND THEASRICAL NOTES, Sangallt dances in Paris next season. Jim Jubilee, Jr.'s, wharf matinées are an immense success. “Flash of Lightning’? Daly 1s nightly shining at the West Point “hops.” Miss Lydia Thompson &* siowly recovering from her recent severe iliness, Tayleure, the lion tamer, is cultivating muscle and squashes on Long Island, Leo Hudson and her horse “Black Bess” are Mazeppaizing the ‘‘broadbrims” of the “Quaker City.”* FA Leater Wallack has three new dramas for next seagon. Like Oliver Twist, he 1s in London looking tor “more.” Manager Jarrett’s “Sunday school” scheme is a failure. ‘The parsons failed to back him up pro- vey. Van Winkie Jefferson is teaching young ‘‘Rip” how to sieep. “Rip,” sepior and junior, are pro- gressing rapidly. Lemogweil, with his nce Clorinda,” de- parted last night overland for Caiiiornia. He is ad- vertised to appear in San Francisco to-morrow week. Firefly Lotta and the Elise Holt buriesquers are also on their way towards the Pacific slope. Mr. and Mrs, Barney Williams have closed an en- agement with Barrett & McCullougn to play in San ‘rancisco next fall. Edwin Adams starts for California at an early day, to fulfil a four weeks’ engagement at Maguire's Upera, House, San Francisco. John Brougham opened at the California theatre, san Francisco, on last Monday evening, appearing ley Copperfield” and “A Genueman trom Ire- land.” The Waverley theatre, which closed on the ‘‘glo- rious Fourth,” reopens to-morrow week, with an American burlesque troupe, under the management of Mr, C. Percival. The Wallace Sisters’ ‘‘vurlesque combination” still continue to meet with success in the western part of we State, ‘They appear at Syracuse on the 14th inst ‘Tnig is the last week but one of the seascn of Bry- ant’s Minstrels at their cool and cosey liftie fall in the big Tammany wigwam. After closing in this Be they te to the Arch street theatre, Phila- de) api for two or three weeks. illy Fiorence will do the comic Dutchman for us ext season. He has been to see three heavy come- Gies ip Holland, and will favor us witn his dialectic version of them as soon as he returns. Mauager Moss thinks that pantomime is the worst kind ot nonsense. He not long since expended some tnousands of dotlars on the “dumb show” luxury, but would not indulge in it again even were it tobe offered to him free of cost. Mr. G. D. Chaplin, assisted by Miss Annie Lockhart, is playing “School” in Salt Lake City. Tue peace- ful “Sainte” of ali classes nightly receive instruc ton. Lettingwell has added two new comic dramas, en- titied “Billiards” and “fhe Victim of Circum- stances," to his repertoire for the coming season. Jonn Ff. Poole, the indefatigable gentieman who writes & new drama for Tony Pastor every week in the year, has just finished a new pantomimic drama for Marietta Kavel. We believe this is only the second drama of the Kind that has ever been written 1m this country, and both are by tue same author, California Theatricals. San Francisco, on the evening of the 30th ult., had asensation in the way of @ performance of ‘Rose- dale,” in which the principal character, that of El- Hott Gray, was sustained by Mr. W. H, L. Barnes, son of the late General Barnes, of Massachusetts, and one of the most talented lawyers of the Golden City, who on this occasion made his ‘‘first appear- ance,” not with the intention of adopting the atage ag a profession, but for the purpose of aiding the treasuty of the Mercantile Library Agsociation of San Francisco, of which he is at present the vice president. The papers of San Francisco pronounce his attempt @ great success, aud the veteran actor, John Brougham, who waa present, said that it wag the finest ‘first appearance” he had ever witnessed, and thet not one man in every 50,000 could have done #0 Well, The following speech of Mr. Barnes, upon being called before the curtain at the con- clusion of the performance, fully explains his rea- sous for appearing on the stage, and his action ender the circumstances cannot but be deemed highly creditable and praiseworthy:— LaDINS AND GENTLEMEN—I should be glad to pre- dent to you something which might ftiy represent my feell on this occasion. It ts impossible, I once heard &@ man say he should goon the stage be- cause he was too lazy to do anything else. He made amistake. Ican truly say it is a and paifistaking, and, as pursued by this most ad- pares company, 9 Tose honorable profession. I cannot let this op] nity pass without expresain, ar ee sense obligation to all the members of tals theatre, from its chiefs to the hambiest sub- ordinates. fam giad to have learned to respect at once their art and them. if any man thinks the proiession of the 6 is an easy one lef him ty i} { bave made this humble efort tn behalf of the association with wich I have been connected — oficiall for the past four years, and I see before me at least one hundred men who could give one thousand dollars each to the ort and perpetuity of the Mercantile Library leas efforta or sacrifice, | may say, than this efort has cost me. Will you pot sustain and main- tein this brary for your children, givii them the blessed refinement and otltured society of the do- ings and Aayii of the world of thongit, and to their children them? I believe you will do it— that this evening bas ee wie ® movement which will place M Library Assoctation on a firm foundation, and at last male it a great free library, bearing i influence wherever the Kpgiieh lencuege we read OF epoken OD this Coast. THE TRAGEDY BY AN INSANE WOMAN. Coroner Rollins Makes an Investigntion—The Verdict of the Jury~Mre. Deane Sent to the Luuatic Asylum. The recent tragedy at the house No. 432 West ‘Thirteenth street, which resulted in the death of Mrs, Susan Lamoroux at the hands of Mra. Rosanna Deane, ber daughter-in-law, while laboring under temporary aberration of mind, a report of which has already appeared in the Heap, was yesterday the subject of imvestigation before Coroner Rollins. Subjoined will be found a copy of the tesumony and the verdict of the jary:— TESTIMONY OF MI. DRAN?. George Dean being duly sworn deposes and says deceased was my mother; Mrs. Rosanna Dean is my wife; she has been acting strangely tor a long ume; about tive years ago it was that | first noticed any insanity about her; the duration of these speils were not over a day or 80; she Was not vio- lent, though she was considerably excited, bat as time elapsed both the period: of attack and her excitability increase she has made threats of violence, bat they were paniges a8 harmless; Dr. Clark has attended her ai the whole thine of her insanity; in March last she had a very severe attack; the doctor said if they increased in violence that she woulda have to be ut in some asylum, but since that time she has @ great deal better, my daughter almost always being able to contro! her; yesterday I did not notice anything unusual in her manner; at teashe seemed quiet; inthe worning abe went out, and when questioned as to where she had been, it was nol ’$ nusiness; after awhile she sald she had been to Jefferson Market: deceased resided in the house with me; after tea, between six and seven o'clock, | went on the stoop vo ait and left my wife in the basement; soon atter | went up the street to my stable, and whiie there was toid by Mr. Davis of the occurrence; I returned immediately to the houge and found deceasea on the third foor, back room, lying on tne floor by the lamp; Lexamined her and found that she was dead or dying; in the meantime I sent for a doctor, who pro- nounced life extinct when he arrived; my wife ap- pears not to know gogo what she has done; the hatchet she used has n lying around the pee @ long time and used for splicing kindling wood. ‘TESTIMONY OF MR. DAVIS. James M. Davis, deposed:—I live in this house; noticed Mrs. Deane has acted very strangely; came In contact with her very selaom; [I occupy the second floor of this house; last evening, between eight and nine o’clock, I was in the front room with my family, reading; hearing some litle rusting I looked up and saw Mrs, Deane standing in front of me witha hatchet in her hand and looking very wild out of the eyes; she said, “Mr. Davis there has been a murderer in this house, kept here to murder me, and you have harbored the muraerer;” she raised the hatchet and walked towards my wife, seeing which I jumped up, grasped her hand, and took the hatenet from her; after taking the hatchet from her she said, “1 have settled one, you can go up stairs and sce if] have finished her;’’ while holding the hatchet in my hand she grasped it, and with dim- culty I got it away from her; at this time her daugh- ter came in and mqutred what the matter was; I said your mother had a hatchet, which I took away and gave to the daughter, not supposing Mrs. Deane had used it upon her mother-in-law; after the daughter had taken Mrs. Deane out of the room it oecurred to me what she said about finishing some one up stairs; my wife said she had not done any- thing up there, a8 Mrs. Barker is up there; however, I took @ light and found deceased in the back room, lying as described by Mr. Deane. I then notified Mr. Deane of the occurrence; the daugnter generally being able to manage her mother; I told the family a year ago that there ‘Was n0 certainty when her reason would become de- throned and commit some act of violence to herself and others; from what I know of her condition 1 consider her acts perfectly uresponsible and believe the act she committed to be the result of insanity, TESTIMONY OF DE. CLARK. Patrick J. Clark, M. D., deposed:—i have attended Mrs. Deane ten years for mental derangement, which was slight at frst, but as tim peeereen ashe nas been worse, though [ did not consider her dan- rons until about one year ego, and then | advised er family to have her taken care of; I have not attended her professionally since that time, though Thave frequently y poor. her about the house when calling here, and then she appeared quiet. Mr. Edward A. Borden, living in the same house, in main rated the testimony of Mr. Deane. POST MORTEM EXAMINATION. John Beach, M. D., made a post mortem examina- tion on the body of Mra. Lamoroux, and found eleven abrasions on the left side of the neck, one penetrating tne all of which ap| to have been made with a dal! mstrument. mn opening the thorax a large quantity of blood was found in the pleuretic cavity which escaped Irom the subclavian artery by jpeculum of bone from the clavicie penetrating the artery; the clavicle, second and third ribs were frac- vured, and three or four cervical vertebre. Death, in opinion, was the result of internal hemorrhage. ‘The case was then submitted to the Jury, who ren- dered the following VERDICT: — “That the Susan Lamoroux, came to Aer death by injuries received at the hands of Mra. Rosanna Deane, while suffering from a tit of insani- We farther recommend that the said Rosanna ¢ be placed in some proper institution for the ingane.”” In compliance with the above recommendation Mr. Deane and bis friends immediately conveyed the unfortunate lady to the Bloomingdale .Lanati Asylum, Daring the investigation and, in fi ame the anne of Cy joody cee pe appeared perfec ‘norant of her act, which go suddenly terminated the existence of an innocent and unsuspecting woman. Deceased was over seventy-aix years of age a: native of Newburg, Orange county, this State. M Deane is forty-six years of age. RUTCHERING EXTRAORDINARY. ty. D ie ever G Some two’hunared jolly butcher boys assembied at the Bellevue Gardens, Seventy-ninth street, yes- terday afternoon, to witness a caif-killing match, for $500 a side, between Larry Gallagher and Frank McCuen—two promising graduates from the sham- bles of the Nineteenth ward. Regarded as “sport”? the affair was a decided failure, notwithstanding its novelty; but considered in the light of a trial of pro- feasional skill It was as mnocent an exhibition as a Ploughing match. Man being @ carnivorous crea- ture, the animals upon wiich he preys must be killed somehow or other, and that admitted, even Mr. Bergh will agree that “when ‘tis done, then ’twere well ‘twere done quickly.” About four o’clock the aforesaid jolly butcher boys ranged themselves “all of a row’ in front of the open shed in which the work of slaughter was to be performed, and Messrs. George Darby and Edward ureggy, ale) been appointed judges, and Mr. ‘Thomas Brassell referee, signal was given and the unfortunate calves were aragged into the pre- sence of theirexecutioners, Although the affair had been advertised as a “great calf-killing match,” it turned out to be a calf-dressing match. The killing came off, of course, but that part of the business ‘was preliminary to the trial of skill, and the rival knights of the cleaver had no hand in it. A party of helpers seized upon the bleating calves, ten in all, tied them by the hmd legs, hung them by the heels, five on Gallagher's ook and five on MeCuen’s, and then bh cut their throats—the calves’ throats, of course. ‘There was nothing remarkably pleasant in the sight of those ‘ten headless trunks as they writhed and Ra. ena over the severed heads which appeared to be arge fee pool of gore below, but although several of the fair sex were among the spectators, no one fainted. No sooner were the calves pronounced dead than the carcases were taken from the hooks and depos- ited in front of the competitors. The men were now called upon to take up position. Seizing a hindleg apiece with their left hands, and drawing their knives, the men declared themselves ready. The word “go” was given at half-past four, and the match commen The keen blades ripped rapidly along the brown hides, severed the knee-joints at @ stroke, and then the skin was stripped off and the process known in the profession as “iegging” was pleted. The helpers tien hoisted the carcasses on to the dressing hooks, and the work of “round. ing” commenced. The men worked with marvellous celerity, and handied their twoils as deftly as the most expert of anatomical professors. First a straight cut from end to end, then a “tear open,'’ splash to the ground came such of the internal ar- rangements a8 are unfit for food, and then the operators punched vigorously at the parted ribs, bent back the sides, fixed them with w sharp wooden skewer and commenced festooning the cau! over the hind quarters and putting on the finishing touches. McCuen, who was the favorite, worked carefully from the start; bis opponent made “more haste,” but, as it turned out in the end, “leas speed.” MeCuen’s backers to come out ab toftime. His “legging” was considered cnlariy elaborate, but MeCaea Kept cool and did his work in his own fashion. Gal- lagher was slightly ahead on the first calf, “Quish- ing” im eight minut tnclading the time taken in “legging” the other four. The men Gnished their second calves at the ame time, about five minutes. ‘The fourth calves were finished in four minutes and the men started even ov the jast two carcasses. Rip, cut slash, tear, trim; at it they went t a manner which elicited hearty shouts of approval from the now excited and then MeCuen drove his knife into the post and threw up his hands as a sig- nal that his was done. A second ister and (al- lagher finished too, The jolly butcher boys who had been delighted spectators of the contest gave a tre- tmendous cheer when the referee announced McCuen the winner, both in point of ime and superior work- manship, he having dreased his five calves in the unprocedentediy short space of twenty-nine minutes and @ half, counting from the word ‘go.’ Galia- gher, Who was only a little way behind his oppouent, bd time or workmanship, was also loudly chee! be CRro?s IN FLORIpA.—Cotton is in fine condivon and looking and doing remarkably well, eapeciaily where it has well worked. There is more rain than ta heaithy for the weed, and reports continue of pres- ence of the caterpiliar, Corn 14 made and & good crop will be |. Thia ia the case throug out Weat and Middie Florida, In the east and south corn has suffered much from drought aps the crop Will be very sbort.—Fiuridian, June a thought he was ig too much fine work’ “would be seen 3 HEMPSTEAD PLAINS. Mr. A. T. Stewarts Offer to Purchase the Lande—What They Are and What He Intends to do With Them—Feeling of the ‘Town People on the Subject. The pretty little town of Hempstead, which t# pleasantly situated on Long Is!and, about twenty- two miles from this city, 1s just now in a wonderful state of excitement. It is a very old town is Hemp- stead, and many people who live in the big city and never give a thought to anything outaide of its vaet limits, in all probability never heard of the place be- fore Monday, last when no lesa a person than Mr. A. T. Stewart made it the “observed of al! observers’? by his letter concerning the purchase of certain of the unoccupied lands which the town calls its own. It will be remembered that Mr. Stew- art, in his letter $to the town commissioners for thesale of the lands, mentions the fact that his attention had been directed to a notice cailing a public meeting of the electors of the town to ratify and approve a sale of the lands for forty-two dollars per acre, and that he was willing to buy all the lands that were proposed to be sold at the price of fifty- five dollars per acre, and thac npon the conveyance of the property to him he would pay the price in cash, The offer of forty-two dollars per acre to which he referred, it appears, was made several weeks ago by a Mr. Harvey, of Tarrytown, N. Y., but, m order that the whole subject of the sale of the lands by the town ‘may be properly understood, it may be as well to mention certain interesting facts connected with the history and condition of the property itself. THE LANDS are situated north of the town, and comprise & little over 7,000 acres. The soll 1s of the very richest material, being for the depth of six feet below the surface of that peculiar black kind which prevaile to such an extent on Long Island. There are no hills that would have to be levelled in order to facili- tate building, nor great hollows that would require filling up to meet the necessities of public thorough- fares, although in a few places there are slight “ginkings” with sandy bottoms. The southern ex- tremity of the lands is about a mile from the own proper, and the lands extend to the diswunce of ten miles towards this city, and their average width 1s two miles and a-half. The plains, as the property is called, originally comprised 14,000 acres, which were given to tne town by Queen Anne for pasture lands; but, by a peculiar mode of fence advancing, known only to the adjoin- ing landholders, the 14,000 acres in the course of time became beautifully less and smail by degrees, until 7,000 acres bad been snugly fenced in as pri- vate property by the church-going farmers who had the bad luck to have their property too close to the public domam! Up to the present time the exten- stve portion of the plains which escaped the elatches of the pioneers of the town has always been used as @ common pasture land, and, strauge as tt may seem, capitalists have been slow to estimate its real value, forgetful of the fact that it lay but a score of miles from the metropolis. However, from time to Ume during the past twenty years, efforts were made by certain of the townspeople in authority to have the land sold for the benefit of the town, but at every election the anti-sellers came out ahead. It was finally discovered that the strongest opposi- tion to the sale of the property came from certain men who live near the swamp lands adjoining the town, and who were fearful, if the plains were sold, that the swamp lands, from which they annually gather very profitable loads of hay, would aiso be put ander the hammer, and that they would thus be robbed of an easy Way of making their hving. The cool-headed foiks of the place. on this discovery being made, went to work quietly among these anti- seliers, and every election afterwards for several years showed @ decrease in strength in the opposition forces. In 1867 the town election occcurred and the question of the sale of the lands again came up to be voted upon. ft ‘was held on a rainy day, and those who were in favor of the sale—no doubt profiting by the lessons given them by the New York “ring” on such matters and on such days—tarned out 10 full strength and got wet to the skin, but had the satisfaction of winning the day by the startling majority of twenty-five votes. NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE SALE of the property to Mr. Harvey, of Tarrytown, for forty- two dollars an acre, were, of the consequences of this vote, entered into soon alterwards, and on the 25th of last month a written agreement between that gentieman and the commissioners appointed by the town for the sale of the lands was drawn up and daly signed and sealed. One of the conditions of the agreement was that $25,000 of the price should be deposited by the purchaser with the United States Trust Reg in this city, to the joint credit of the town and Mr, Harvey himself, to be applied to the purcuase money of the property in case the electors of the town should accept the offer. In fact, the gist of the agreement was that oue-ttalf of the pur- chase money should be paid in cash and the balance secured by bond and mortgage. ‘The agreement when made was considered a‘ liberal one by the townpeople, but they were left entirely in the dark aa to the pul or objects to which the land was to be ieppiea. it Was rumoured after the the si; of the document that it was the inten- tion of the purchaser to make a cemetery of the plains, and a feeling of distrust among the people on this account was very quickly engendered. It ix true the rumor may have had no foundation whatever; but it had its effect for all that, and every - body was impatiently awaiting the town election, which 1s to take place on the 17th inst., and on which occasion Mr. Harvey's offer is to be accepted or declined, when Mr. Stewart's letter fell among the town commuasioners like a bombshell. What MR. STEWABT’S INTENTIONS could be in desiring to purchase the lands the gooa townspeople were at a loss to know, and, of course, rumors of acres of tenement houses and “public charities of a like character”—to use Mr. Stewart's own words—were rife about the town. In order, therefore, to assure them as to what his intentions really were he wrote @ supplementary letter, under date of the 6th tnst., in which he stated that his only object in seeking to acquire these lands was to devote them to the usual purposes for which such lands, 80 located, should be applied—that is, cpa them by construct img extensive public roads; laying out the lands in Is, for sale to actual settlers, and erecting at various points attractive builali and residences, 80 that a barren waste may speedily be covered by a population desirable in every respect as neighbors. tax-payers and as citizens. In fact, should he obtain the property, Mr. Stewart intends Ww lay it out somewhat alter the fashion of Englewood, with broad avenues and streets, and villas which the richest will not despise, and which are to be sold at nominal prices The plains, as he says in his ietter, he does not intendto convert into anything like a settlement for the poorer classes; but, on the contrary, for persons of means who are desirous of becoming actual set- tlers on the place. Every accommodation in the way of raflroad facilittes he intends to have pro- vided, without regard to cost, and, besides having » double track direct to this city, be wit see to tt, as far as in him lies, that trains are run as rapidly ana often between the city and the new piace as may be deemed necessary, Of course it is not known in what way these Trallroad facilities wil! be obtained, whether by the construction of a new railroad or the perfection of the one already in operation, It is, however, perfectly well understood that there will be good railroad connections between this city and the setticment. In the opinion of the town folks the great merit of Mr, Stewart's offer is that he 1s ready to pay the whole smount in cash, and te tact that he has expressed his willingness to expend several million dollars in improving the property, has certainiy a very great attraction in the eyes of ail the taxpayers, and the charitable portion of the community tn particular, as two-thirds of the purchase money 1s to be converted tato government and other bonds for the benefit of the town, and the other third for the benefit of the schools. It is, how- ever, not yet decided as to whether Mr. Stewart's offer will be accepted or not, although chere is but little doabt but tuat a majority vote will be thrown tm favor of nis proposal. There are those who con- tend that according to the written agreement be- tween the commissioners for the sale of the land, and Mr. Harvey, Mr. Stewart's bid cunnot pe con- sidered at the special election of the 17th inst,, but the following extract from the law in relation to the sale of lands by the town would seem to Indicate quite otherwise:—“The electors are hereby authorized at said town meeting (that of the 17th inst.) or special meeting, to accept any offer or proposal witich may be made for the purchase of said common lands.” In order to assure mo ge ond ‘hat in case the bid of Mr. Harvey was rejected, that Mr. Stewart would full his promise to the letter as regards the purchase money, the Land Com- missioners expressed a desire that a certain deposit a8 a formal guarantee of good faith, should be made With some responsible person in the town; and it the following letter from the well kpown architect, Mr. Kellum, that a deposit hax already been made 1m compliance with the desire of the town trusteea:— To THE Evectoxs oF tie TowN or Hrursreay I certify that Mr. Alexander T. Stewart, of New York city, has deposited in my hands fifty thousand dollars (850,000) in cagh as security for the performance of aoy ayreement made with him by the proper public authorities of tho town of Hempstead ior th he plain lands. JOUN KELLUM. Hemrsreay, N. Y., July 8 1869. As matters now stand it would seem as though the election on the question of tie sale will result in @ defeat of the Harvey agreement. Tie people of the town and iw tmmediate vicinity, every man of whom is a taxpayer, have naturally enough nv serious objection to their property being improved by the operations of omg on land in the im- mediate neighborhood of thelr own; and, althougu there can be no doubt about the fact that the plains will be improved in some degree, no mavier what capitalist succeeds in getting hold of it, the genera! feeling appears to be strongly in favor of accepung Mr. Stewart's proposal. people know very litte, if , of Mr. Harvey, but they do know Mr, Stewart’s reputation, means are adequate to out any an which he enters upon; Yadging from the way his propoaai is spoken of at present, tney feel con- vinced that his object in the lands is nos. that Rie m ive that of at getting, but that he is actuated by far higher Bobler considerations, There may lave viace on Long inland called “