The New York Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1870, Page 4

ny NEW YORK HERALD, TURSDA EUROPE. The Herald’s Special Correspund- ence from Austria and France. Count Beust’s Exposition to the American Peo- ple and our American Aid to Order in Paris. North Germany Slightly Piqued. fhe Rochefort Riots—Their MTlu- sions and Defeat. AUSTRIA. The Vienna Press and the Hernld Special Correspondence. ‘The Neue Freie Presse of Vienna, January 28, re- ferring to the interview granted to the special cor respondent of the HERALD by Count Boust, and ‘which was reported tn our columns on the 10th of Jannary, comments upon the matter as follows:— * COUNT BEUST AND THE VIENNA CORRESPONDENT OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. The greatest American ‘paper, the New YorK HBRALD, bas a stirring correspondent in Vienna, nd publishes a conversation said to have taken between him and the High Chancellor. The of this conversation is very pointedly , and if we could accept a3 @ fact that Count seust would have uttered the words attributed to him we would without hesitation reproduce the report of the Americanjournal, It is true that much ‘Of it is well put and just like the Count, and he may Rave spoken it; but that Count Beust can bave spoken about the Austrian press in the style men- tioned by the correspondent of the American jour- nal. appears hardly possible. Had Count Beust levied @ similar judgment at the Austrian press generally it could be interred that he had something of the Metternich or Sediaitaky in him, and it could never occur to such @ sharp man as he thus to ex. press his mind to an American journailst. In tnis respect it is Inadmissable that a stavesman who ay to thank the press for so much, J By the Aus! press, can think of and ge it im such manner. Jt t& only Speorapeenensitan some that an American, the citl- zen of @ country enjoying an unlimited freedom of the press, can have invented and tell the joke that the Austrian press requires reform (someting like tne old censorship), Those who might wish to bring about a reform in the Austrian press. in the sense attributed to Count Von Beust, woula have to ve provided with more than human power. And as such foolish stuff places the whole report of the New York HERALD in @ suspicious light, we there- fore prefer passing over the American, with hie nar- rative, witnout further notice. GERMANY. The Herald Special Reports of German Die plomacy=The Prussian Legislature—Hasty Adjournment—Finance—The Cloister De- bate—The Empress of Austria—A New Critic on the Ecumenical Council—Warning to the Italian Bishop—Baron Beust and Austria. Buggin, Feb. 8, 1870. Acomic paper here, of this ‘week, contains two columns of remarks respecting the HERALD corre- spondence with and of Count Beust, [t ts very cleverly written, charging the Chancellor with being an imitator of Count Bismarck in seeking the HERALD as an instrument of spreading “lis news Gisclosures” to tne world. The whole satire betrays ‘a feeling of pique at the manner i which the Count quoted fron’ a previous number of the same paper. A proposal of adjournment has been brougnt be- fore both houses of the Prussian Diet by the govern. ment, it having thought fit to basten it on by tne wish of summoning the Reichstag, not at the close of this month, but on the 14th inst. ‘This will Rave the effect of cutting oM the pending discus sion on the Circuit Administration bili and some other bills, but the committee of the lower cham- ber, to whom the adjournment matter has been re- lerred, will doubtless acquiesce. But, strange to say, strenuous opposition comes froin t other house, headed by Count Lippe, who commands some forty votes, and deemed it expedient to cali a meet- ing to consider the question last Sunday. Such un- expected obstinacy on the part of the peers places the cane: in considerable embarrassment, as the Reichstag cannot be convened without both houses concurring in an acjournment. Accurious circumstance has lately come to light, us thataformer Minister of Finance pre- matarely disposed of half a million dollars out of a railway loan, and unauthorized by law. This has caused considerable excitement among the liberals, ‘who are determined to sift the matter to the bottom, and force government to demand an indemnity. The ex-Minister, conscious that the debate on this ques- ‘tion would cast a serious slur on his acts while in office, has qui Tetired to the sunny South and withdrawn comp! trom_ the cares of public life. His successor proved himeeif a perlect disciple of the reactionary party, for he threatens to defeat @ much needed improvement of the mortgage law by at- tempting to increase the tax and stamp duty on records and transfers; thus openly avowing thatany improvement 1n the laws must bring with ita contri- bution to the Treasury. Itw doubtful whet! the cloister debate, looked journment. Ifit does itis reported that Count Bis- marck will come to the rescue of the Eulenburg- Muhler twins, Another question, intended to be laid before the Minister of War, respecting the obnoxious custom of bilieting sick soldiers on farmers and country peo- pie, and thereby spreading infection and disease, will most likely be cut off also by tne proposed journment, s vate advices from Austria state that the hm- Dress is highly incensed at the capital city, and Ormly resolved to stay away from it as long as pos- sible, Tne return even of the Cardinal, Prince Schwarzenberg, to Prague, ts 61 to be douvt- ful, inasmuch ag his Holiness offered him the See of Sabina. A work has just ved at Turin, entitled “Croce e Spada in al tribunale del Concilio, oaservazioni de! Varroco Mongini,” which creates considerable remark. The cross and toe sword aro made here the symbols of the dualism predomi- mant in the Holy See. Under the sign of the crusa the author combats the pernicious tendency of the Ecumenical Council towards the dogma of infaili- bility. “You wish to cure,” says the guthor, “the sick world by means of the Syllabus. But im point of fact there 1s no disease existing, and if there were the patient would say, ‘Medice curate fpsum’ Pnysician, cure thyself. if with these doctrines you have failed to cure the Oid World you will be the less able yo cure the New.’’? Under the sign of the sword he condeypns and disputes the temporal * atane of the Pope. He culls upon the Italian bignops 0 apply their joint efforts to the annihilation of tits uuholy and unjustifiable dualism. He conjures them ‘In truiy touching and imploring language to act in behalf of Italy, which would be the greatest sufferer, and calls to their remembrance the stern ween made in former Councils at Jerusalem, 1ce, Bable, Constance and ‘rent. ‘Will the Italian bishops listen vo the supplicating ‘voice of their patriotic countrymen? That is the question to be decided, the solution of which i of no ordinary diM culty. May taey listen to ruing in the concluding chapter, where he says: hile you are striving to preserve the temporal power see that you lose not the spiritual.” FRANCE. The Independent Press of America—Its Opinion of Freneh Politics Prized in Paris A National Entente by the Newspapers— ‘The Trade “Strikos”—Submarine Cubles Exe tension—Personal Discord Near the Ce* lestial Sphere. Pants. Feb. 10, 1870, TE must not omit speaking of the discouraging affect on the revolutionary party in Paris of the de- sided opinions expressed by the New York HiRaLp with reference to the shooting of Victor Nair by Prince Pierte Bonaparte. No doubt the Rochefort party have “laid the flattering unction to their sous” that the American people sympathized with all their vio- jent efforts to bring anarchy and bivodshed on France. No doubt they supposed that when two armed men entered the house of another who was insulted and struck, that there would be a great outcry in whe United States if the as- Saulted shot one of the assailants simply be- cause he happened to be a cousin of the Em- peror. They are astounded aad amnoyed to find 46 just the contrary. The American people do not justify acts of bloody violence, but they know now to distinguish between the aggressor and the aggressed, and if one man is attackedin his own house by two he is deemed justifiable in defending bimseif, whether he be a prince or anybody else, The demagogues of Paris are clearly mistaken tf they counted on the support of the order-loving and law-abiding people of our coyntry 1n thetr abomina- ble efforts to overthow all order and law simply to Obtain their own aggrandizement. Long extracts hed in the ighted to mee written rebukes given to the party of disorder here. ‘There is no doudt they have re ne cine dined the dandelions ened ant to ram thelr ‘Socialist Re- the causes of the late strike at mmifries of M. Schneider, President of has divulged the fact that jasaries from Switzerland, ani oi on order being there 18 an or, ation idle and worthless men whose o' volution simply in the hope of and inaustrious, as weil as to gulllotine the ricu and seize on their property, Every country in Earope is infested with these desperadoes, who resemble the half-famtsned wolves 1) descend prety now and then from the mountains.and prey upon the heipless sbeep of the valleys. It appears that Enlanger, the banker, has got another concession from the French government to jay a cabie irom France to Algiers, and from thence Malta to connect with the cable running thence to Egypt and from Suez to the Indies, This 1s another ws that Erlanger 1s working in co-operation with Cyrus W, Field, who ans got the privilege from the Englisn government of laring the cavle from Malta to Exypt, and so op. Erlanger says he never could have ratsed the money tn Londoa to lay the cabie from Brest to the United States but for the assistance of U. W. Field, which clearly proves that they are in secret partnership, Cyrus, the younger, 1a a knowing cove, and no mistake. ‘The celebrated astronomer Leverrier, whom I spoke of in iny last as having brougat discord tnto the celestial uarmony tuat hay hitherto prevailed in the Paris Observatory, has been removed from the post of director, and now he will have more tune to use his telescope, and, perhaps, add another star to the firmament that we ‘wot not of.” The Rochotort Agitation—Its Termination and the End of Kochefort—Promoters of the Riots and Thelr Promises—Calcalations of the Radicals and Public Ilusious—Cubinet Tact of Oilivier. Paris, Feb. 9, 1870. At length, thank gracious, we have got rid of the everlasting Rochefort, He nas been shut up for six months to the profound satisfaction of the trade and commerce of Paris, and greatly to his own delignt, for he feels that the rdle of agitator is wholly played out. On Monday last he attended the sitting of the Chamber as usual, and expected to be arrested on leaving it, and his allies nad made arrangements to get up ® manifestation in his honor. But to his surprise he was allowed to go without being noticed by the authorities, and he hid himself away till nine P. M., when he starved oif for & pubdlio meeting where Be was to preside. When he made his appearance at the door of the nail he was quietly arrested, and he gave himself up with- out any attempt at resistance. He even begged his adherents, to the number of several hundreds, not to interfere, He was conveyed Promptly to prison, where he will have time to re- pose and recover his health, somewhat damaged by the exciting life he has led for & couple of months past. The meeting I spoke of went on, the plan of Hamlet omitted, and tt was ludicrous enough to be briefly described. The chair was taken, in the ab- sence of Rochefort, by Gustave Flourens, who figured prominently at the recent funeral of Victor Noir, and who then insisted, in opposition to Rocnfort’s adv ice, in getting up an insurrection. He was compelled to give way at that time, but now he was left to carry out his terrible purpose. When he heard of the arrest atthe very door of the revolutionary sanc- wary he rose, with @ pistol in one hand and asword- cane mm the other, and declared the hour for vengeance had come. “I declare,” he ex- claimed, in @ theatrical tone, “that I rise in open insurrection, and I call upon you all to follow me;”’ wuereupon he fired off his pistol, bang, and then he turned round and seized a single police- man present and threatened he would run him threugh if he refused to accompany him. The en- thustastic witnesses of this comic attempt at revo- lution, numbering, perhaps, a couple of thousand vagabonds, shouted their delight ana they ail rushed into the streets. Twoor three unlucky omnibuses Were caught and upset to make a barricade. ‘‘Lib- erty or death’? was the watchword. No sooner, however, was the cry raised that the police were upon them than the whole mob took to their heels, and Flourens, the desperate leader of the band, ran 80 fast and so far tuat he has not been neard of since. Here’and there, at several different points, small mobs collected, crying ‘Vive Rochefort;” but they ran the moment tue police agents ed. in one instance they broke into @ gunmaxer’s and pillaged big snop, but made no use of the arms, from sheer cowardice. The result of tuis farcical effort to revive the days of 1848 was simply tne arrest of some 150 of the scum of Paris, who have been duly Jouged in jail to await their trial. Thus the last Hope of Kochefort and na gang to siir up a revolt has passed way, and now we can J how utterly groundless are the fears of those who be- lieved 1n the possivility of sach a thing as @ serious insurrection. It is evident thas Rochefort and his myrmidoms must have been the dupes of the most absurd iliu- sions as to their influence over the lower classes of Paris; for only the other day Rochefort had the im- pudence to say in hig trashy journal that, if he was arrested, 40,000 of the workmen of Pars would rise to rescue him. What has been the result? He was arrested In tne day in the very midst of his valiant army of sans-cu- totes, and the whole extent of the demonstration was the upseiting of two or three omnibusses ana the wounding of a le police officer. The ring- leader of this formid: movement, Flourens, has disappeared, as I said, and unless he is lucky enough to get out of France he will ve sent to join his master, but probably for a much longer period. ‘These occurrences are really #0 contemptibie as to peer were f the name £ Aa Presi oe No- ly knew anything about sera of yester- day morning gave @ description of what bad hap: pened, The only to be regretted is that the correspondents of foreign journals in Paris will probably give undue importance to these displays of ruManism, which will alarm strangers and prevent their coming to Paris. The in- dignation of the people engaged in bustness and who ave suifered heavily by the street disorders of the current year know no bounds, and they call on the governmens to inflict condign punishment on thowe miscreants who arc compromising the reputa- tion as well as the prosperity of the town. There 1s ne doubt this will be done; for the new government iw 80 secure tn the respect of all and 80 conscious of its strength that they are determined to put down all disorder aid to adiniuister wholesome leasons of disciptine on ail who seek to cause it. 4 M. Olivier, the Chief Manister, displays every day More tact, firmness and capacity than his best friends ever gave hun credit for. On Monday some of the members oi “the opposition appealed to him nos to arrest Rochefort till the end of the session; but this, he alleged, would only bring the tribunal which condemned him into con- tempt and show hesitation on the part of of the government. ‘*There was nothing political in the present case,’ said the Minister in his admirable discourse on Monday, which was one of common law. M. Rochetort had been tried for exciting the insurrection, had been condemned and must now undergo his sentence. No motive fox political ven- eance prevailed; ali that was done was to carry the law into execuuion. He had only one rule of con- duct; and that was justice. With that he hoped to seo liberty in the end founded tn France on an im- movabie basis. ‘The whole Chamber, exeept some dozen of the irrecoucilables, applauded enthusiasti- cally the unansweraple harangue. Yesterday M. Ollivier said in the Chamber, in taiking of the occur- rences of Monday night, ‘If the govern- ment could consent to employ severe measures of repression these street demonstations would not last tive minutes; but we are anxious as inuch a8 ee to spare the etfusion of blood.” The ter is right. Ais Judgment is equal to his firm- ness. Itis hardly worth while to shoot down these paltry handfuls of vagabonds, which might per- ‘chance excite some sympathy in their benalf. it is better to leave it to the police to chase them and to punish them by long imprisonment when caught, If Rochefort had asked ior a commutation or remis- sion of his sentence, | am informed by the best authority, it would have been granted; but I am also informed by some of Kochefort’s Iriends that he was really anxious to be locked up for a few months to get away Irom the fools and kuayes wilo were eternally urging him on to some fooiharay attempts at insurrection, Iam convinced, from ail T hear, that nobody in aris 1s betier satisfea with his short imprisonment than Kochefort iiliaself. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The budget of the Papal States shows a dedicienoy Of $6,020,000. ‘The daily expenses attendant upon the Ecument- cal Council, iu Rome, average 4,000 scudi, or about $4,000 in gold. ‘The municipal councils of France will probably be specialiy convokea to discuss the muintenauce or the suppression of the octroi duties, The defaulting cashier Schaerr, of the Zurich Bank, has pleaded guilty to the embeaziement of $650,000 and has been sentenced to eleven years’ Im- prisonment. Brigandage 1s holding high carnival 1 Greece, and persons going irom one city to another have to join in companies and be well armed in order to avoid captyye. A German journal asserts that before the Suez Caual can be it for reguiar navigation not less than 8,000,000 cubic metres of sand and earth must be removed irom (ne curve between Hi Guisr aud Sera- peum. A riot or strike recently took place at the gaming establishinent of Mouaco, on account of the desp: ism of the Manager, All the empioyés struck and besieged the J'riuce’s mansion, demanding the om ciai’s discharge. After due investigation the mat ira peremptoruy orderad to leave the princi. Dal THE NEW DOMINION. Snewsheelag—Aquatic Sporte—Prince Arthur’s Opinion of Americans—Commercial and Rall- road Matters—Aunexation Politics, MONTREAL, Feb, 17, 1870, News here is scarce and times dull, so thas it is with diMeulty one can fud matter for a letter. ‘The suowshocing season has commenced with un- usual brilliancy, the races being largely attended, the prizes liberal and the racing good, The Doniin- jon Club, which visited New York tn 1868, has made @ clean sweep so far, winning almost every race. ‘The Indian wonder, Keraronwe, won the two mile race yesterday in 12:30, being by eight seconds the best time on record. Although as yet undefeated he only beat Datlebout by six inches yesterday, the pair dnishing for the tenth time first and second. Harper, who holds the two champion cups of the country, the Tecumseh Cup and the Ottawa Vase, ran fourth in this race, bis time being 12:36. A letter was received in this city yesterday trom the celebrated “Paris crew,’ of St John, N. B Some talk there has been about a five mile race on the Hudson, between the Tyne four of England and the Paris crew, The Paris crew hav! beaten the world at Paris, and then having easily defeated the Wards at pecamces claim the championship of the world, ‘Choy offer to row the ‘tyne crew for $5,000 and the Championship of the World, at Lachine, seven mules hence, in July, four-oared outriggers, three miles out and home, making stx miles, if the people of Montreal will pay expenses. Tne Canadian four will row without &@ coxswaln, in the American sty.e, and the Eugushmen may do as they please. ‘There is little dount that the race will be goten up, as the Lachine Boating Ciub ts praepersng and intends this year erecting @ $20,000 club house. So much for sporting matters. There 1s litte or no social news to report, the Prince being absent at Ot- tawa at the opening of Pariament. Royal High- ness speaks in tie Very highest terms, of the recop- tion accorded him in the States, and, I believe, ex- presses his grateful surprise at the courtesy, devoid ‘a8 much of snobbery as of boorishness, with which he was universally treated. Ho hus forwarded seve- ral elegant littie pieces of jeweiry to tnose withwaom fhe became acquainted on your side of forty-five de- grees as mementos of a pleasant visit. One of tue city papers inspired with unusual vigor suggested Unat it was high time for his Royal Aighuness to “de- clare his intentions” now that be had been /éred sut~ fictentiy. Tue Prince has not taken the hint, but goes on daicing merrily without ap inspiration for a Canadian crown. Indecd, outside of a narrow circle of fanatical tortes, the idea is never mooted. Matters commercial are likewise dail. The sensa- tion of the week has beea the proclamation reduct the value of American silver after the 15th of Api by twenty per cent. ‘This measure ts strongly op- posed by the Poparality of business men, the Mon- treal Board of Trade being especially pronounced in its protest. A system of fracttonal Cone is to be introduced, As yet the rate of discount has been but sligntiy affected, bemy four and 4 hail. ‘The peopie of Montreal ure awaking not a moment too soon to a sense of tueir position, and are promot- ing railway schemes by the dozen, one of them being the Canada Central, via Ottawa, to bea link in tue Canada Pacific, wich 1s ultimately to link the Pactile and Atlantic, and to enable the Squallyamish indians of Puget to swap salmon for the cou of the Biue Noses, thus having @ change of diet, Other lines are to be built out mo the country to open it up. We are taking @ tesson from Toronto, and Dot a bit too soon, because the sceptre of commercial supremacy was fast sipping from us. Toronto, by liberally subsi- dizing lines of local railway and by doing her own importing, instead of purchasing Jrom Montreal im- porters, has built herself aay Immense and proft- able trade, increased her pi jation at iffiiented the value of property. Whereas m Montreal too many of the houses were carried on by English firms or Canadian banka, and having inadequate capital and @ market gorged by over-trading, bi: had to take in sail or go under. Every one co plains of aull times; property is falling and even ti saloon keepers grumble, and annexation waxes Bo ular, What is really wanted 1s capital and popu- tion and enterprise. Insolvency continues as much !n vogue as ever, and the banks are making money—two bad signs for business men. ‘This naturally brings me to politics. You will Notice in the Governor's speech at Ottawa his care- ful avoidance oj the American and indepeadence questions, The latter does not amount to much— never did in fact—but the American question will be pretty sure to be brought up this session. The Gulf fisheries and the Ked River tion will, of course, cause a ion, and, indeed, I heard a rumor that a more direct issue still might be induced by ered action, J have not as yetsufiicient detatia to enable me to pronounce on this, and so deter its consideration Lo another letter. Mr. Willtam Workman has been for the third time elected Mayor. No opposition was made. He ex- pects to be knighted by the ce. So did another predecessor of his, who got agilt chutn aud a scariet robe for the occasion, and remains plain Mr. Rodier to this day. In onlythree of the nine wards of the city has @ contest taken place. The city councillors generaily have been rivalliog those of American cities, and beuaving in a manner worthy of the ideal Alderman of New York, which our papers hoid up to execration as the effect of re- udlican institutions. One of them has been pub- jicly accused Of takiog @ bribe; @ second, who was elected on the moral ticket, has been convicted of etting bis cigars at the Corporation’s expense; @ hird misbehaved himself in church and made the police, who were about to interfere, arrest the cham- pion of decency; @ fourvi got drunk and was arrested at the railway station, but by influence had it re- corded on the police sheet that be, in his oficial capacity, ‘visited’? the police station. We are not up to New York pitch yet, but we are coming to it. NOISY METHODISN, “Shouting Religiow” the Religion of Heaven and Earth—A Queer Subject of Clerical Dit= ference. A discussion having been started a few weeks ago in the religious press of this city, in regard to the best and various modes of evangelizing the masses, it has been taken up by the Methodist preachers in ‘their weekly meetings, and it ts still under discus- sion. The idea has been very generally expressed mong them that past and present modes will no longer suMice, and that new measures must be de- vised. - These methods have not, however, been sug- ' gested, but probably will be before tne discussion is over. Two weeks ago Rev. Dr. Foster had the floor in the preachers’ meeting, and spoke most eloquently against rhapsodical and noisy demonstrations of re- ligion. He expressed the fear that Methodists were substituting to too great an extent these noisy ebul- lutions of feeting for the spirit aud power of religion, ana that phenes as aChurch the Methodists were losing power. Rev, Dr. Cattelle supplemented Dr. Foster's remarks just week, and on some poits of the argument took even stronger grounds. Rev. W. P, Corpitt took up the cause of noisy Methodists, and yesterday entered into a very elabo- rate Scripture analysis of emotional religion. ‘Taking all the books of the Old and New Testaments in order, he quoted text after text. from Gene- sis to Revelations, to show that emotioal, rhapsodical, ntne religion was the rell- gion of both earth and heaven. But while he did not find fault with the quiet, noiseless expression oi feel- ing and emotion, he desired that his own side should not be denounced and siaadered because of ther noisy demonstrations. _ Dr. Foster briefly repiied and said that he felt per- sonally under obiigations to Brother Corbitt for his address, but at the same time it did not touch the main point of his address, which was that in exalt- img the emotional to the highest place the profound experience of the heart 1s partially if not wholly ignored. ‘He had attended a meeting recently where an aged saint of God stood up and, with the tears streaming down his face, he satd, “I love the Lord Jesus Christ,” and sat down. Every person in the meeting wept. ‘There was theipure emotional, with- out noise, Immediately after another brother stood Up and said that many years before he had started on the hallelujah road, and by and by he expected to anchor in the harbor, &c. There was an exampie of the Zuspeodical, noisy demonstrations that he was opposed to. ‘o-day a State convention of Methodists, lay- men and clergy, will assemble in Syracuse and con- tinue in session three days,tto discuss matters of interest to the denomination and to protest against the distribution of State moneys for sectarian pur- poses and the insidious efforts that are being made to place one denomination above another. HLAVY POSTAL ROBBERY. Arrest of a Post Office Employe—Alleged Heavy Depredations. For some days past the authorities of the Post OMce io this city have been convinced that exten- sive depredations upon the mails were being com- mitted by some one of the employéa. On the occur- once of the first suspicious circumstances the mat- ter was placed in the hands of Mr. James Gayier, the special agent of the Post OMice Department, who at once set about the task of discovering which among the many persons employed tu the office was the culprit. A careful sifting of all the facta enabled him to form an opinion on the subject, and his sus- picions centred on one Lewis Murray, @ porter em- ployed in opening and closing the mail pouches, ‘esterday afternoon Mr. Gayler observed Murray (who was then eng: in opening the “North mail’), secrete a package of lettera In a secluded spot, The package shortly after disappeared, and a careful watch being kept on Murray’s movements by Mr. S. H. Knapp, the superintendent of the mails, he was seen to open a part of the letters, he being then in a place where he must have suppdésed hit gelf unobserved. At nalf-past six o'clock, as Murr: was about to leave the office for his home, M Gayler caused his arrest by officer Walling, of detective force, and charged him with the crime, which he at first deniea; but the result of a search of his person being the funding of thirty-six levters from Poughkeepsie, addressed to various parties in this city, the accused admitted his guilt, He was joe! up to awals fuxsuer action Ly the Untied States authoritics, » YORK CITY. NEW Sunday School Teachers’ Meeting—The Russian Prima Donna — Raid on a Bagnio—An_ Editor’s Troubles— Licenses—A Mail-Bag Adrift— Robberies—Minor Crimes, The following record will show tne changes in the temperature of the weather for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of 1ast year, asindicatea by the thermometer at Hud- but’s pharmacy, HERALD Building, Broadway, cor- ner of Aun street: 1870, 22 3 18 6 erage perature yesterday Average tempt for co! last year..... ‘Tere were sixty new licenses granted yesterday by the Excise Board at a special mecting. A malibag containing letters marked New York city via Queenstown, was found yesterday at the cor- ner of Washington and Vesey streets,{aud was re- stored to the Post Office autnorities. Ata mecting of the Police Commissioners, yester- day afternoon, a communication was received from wo jags, secretary of the Merchants’ Fire Insurance Company, complaining of the manner in which property is stolen at ii while the police look on and make no arrests. Agnes Peters, a poor, destitute woman, twenty- two years of age, who nad been sick av 31 James street for some weeks past, was conveyed to Belle- vue Hospital, and died soon after admission. De- ceased is thougnt to have been suiferiug from dis- ease of the heart for some months past. Coroner Keenan was calied to hold an inquest on the body. Coroner Fiynn has under investigation the case of ®& man who died in Bellevue Hospital from the effects of extensive burns received by his clothes taking fire, caused by the explosion of a small kero- sene stove which he used for heating his room. The name or residence of deceased were not made known at tne Coroner’s office, but turther facts of the case will be developed to-day, ‘ Kate Farley, a doméstio, died suddenly at 444 West ‘Twenty-second street, and under circumstances which excited some suspicions as to the nature of her disease. Coroner Schirmer being notified held an inquest, when Dr. Joseph Cushman made 4 post- mortem examination on the body, which showed conclusively tnat deceased died from perforation of the stomach, and a verdict to that effect was accord- ingly rendered by the jury. John McDonough, of 678 Broadway, yesterday morning preferred @ complaint before Justice Scott, ‘at Jefferson Market, against Thomas Stack, a gradu- ate of Siig Sing Prison, residing at 128 West Nineteenth street, charging him, in com} with his accomplices, who are still at large, with tapping his wil of eignty dollars in money on the night of the 18th of January jast. He denied the charge, but Was commitied in delault of bail to answer. Captain William Wood, who tor thirty years has been connected with steamers on the North river, ‘and late captain of the steamboat Tnomas Collyer, while attempting to cross from the steamboat Con- tinental, lying at the feot of Twelfth street, East river, t© his own boat, fell overboard and before aasistance could be rendered life was extinct. No one Witnessed the deceased when he fell overboard, bat he was soon mi and upon search being made he was found in the water. Officers Crittenden and Dunn, of the Eighth pre- cinct, yesteraay morning arraigned Oo negroes, named Washington Sands, a laborer, fdfty-five years of age, and William B. Bennett, » whitewasher, be- fore Justice Scott, at Jefferson Market, chai in company with two confederates, who are still at large, with burgiariously entering the dwelling house of Clifton Bolton, No, 203 West Thirty-t bird street, on Saturday night last, by means of removing tne grating over the coal hoie, and stealing two car- pes valued at $160. They both dented the charge, ut Were committed for examination. At a special meeting of Women’s Typographical Union No. 1, to take action in reference vo the death of their late fellow member, Amands E. Donalds, resolutions were adopted culogizing her character aud chertshing her memory as one of their earliest members; also appreciating the stand she took in aiding the Union in its infancy, and deeply Jament- ing their loss in her death. Resolutions of eondo- lence with her bereaved family were also adopted and transmitted to her family, countersignea by Miss Kate Cusace, president, and Misa Guswie Lewis, corresponding segretary. Madefda Rogasiui, née Levitskaja, the Russian prima donna, accompanied by her husband and gounsel, appeared at Jefferson Market Police Court at eleven A. M. Zosterday. prepared to go into the examination of the charges He ferred against her by the manager of the troupe, metri Agiehom Siav- inskey, charging her with stealing $1,300 in goid from him on the 22d of December last, wuich he haa entrusted to her care for saie keeping. Owing to the absence of Justice Shandiey, before whom the examioation is take place, the further hearing in ae matter was adjourned until March 7, at the eam our. . On Sunday afternoon Samuel Moore, a young man, residing at No. 404 West Thirty-fifth street, calied on Miss Jennie Welsh, at No. 103 Greene att and allowed her to place his gold watch and chaifi, valued at $150, around ber neck. She then claimed it as a gift. OMcer Smith, of the Eighth precinct, being called in, arrested the woman and took ion of the property. Yesterday morn- ing, upon being arraigned before Justice Scott, at Jefferson Market, Moore stated he did not wish to prossuute the case, as he was only desirous of getting 18 watch and chain, which were given him, and his companion allowed to go home. Dr. James Knight, of the New York Society's In- stitution for the Relief of the Ruptured and Cripplea, says that he is credibly informed by discreet persons, who investigate before they give, that they have been called upon for aid to bury children (three within ten days) that were represented as having died at the New York Society’s [ustitution for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled. jo deaths have occurred in the institution within that period, and 1f they had they would have been properly cared for by the society, as ig the regulation of the insti- tution. But one patient has died in the institution within the past six years, as patients are not re- tained when supposed to be incurable. Sergeant Killilla, accompanied by the officers attached to the Second District Court squad, last night made a descent on the shebang of James Charlton, No. 81 Greene street, and succeeded in arresting the proprictor, inmates and a large party of havitues of the den. They were conveyed to the Eighth precinct station nouse and locked up until this morning, when they will be arraigned before Justice Scott, at Jefferson Market, and disposed of. The complaint was made Louisa A. Moore. a colored woman, residing at No. 12 York street, who charged him with Keeping @ disorderly house and assaulting her on the 16th inst., striking her on the face and body with his fiat, injuring her severely. Mr. John Carman, agentieman fifty-seven years of age and a native of this country, was admitted to Bellevue Hospital on the morning of the 12th inst., suffering from a fracture of the spine and other inju- ries received by a box falling on him. Mr. Oarman was at Fulton Market for the purpose of selling sume produce, andin passing under a hatchway through which goods were being lowered @ box slipped from the sling and crushed him before he could es- cape, Mr. Carman waa carried to the hospital inan ambulance and subdsequentiy expired from the effects of the injuries received. Coroner Keenan was notified and took charge of the case, Deceased lived in Baldwinsville, L. I., where has left a family. A largely attended monthly meeting of the New York Association of Sunday School Teachers was held last eventng at the Fourth avenue Presoyterian churen. After tne usual order of exercises a Scrip- tural lesson, conducted by the Rev. R. R. Booth, D, D., was given ta the audience on the parable of the vineyard. The Rev. 5. H. Tyng, Jr., then adaressed the meeting on piety in the teacher being the secret of Sunday school success. The reverend gentleman dwelt particularly on uhe magnetic influence of con- viction im the mind of the teacher and its effect on the child, He spoke to the ejfect that what ts well conceived can be clearly announced, and also tat the mere reiteration of precepts without winning the sympathies of the child were unavailable. The audience dispersed after singing a hyma to the air of “Home, Sweet Home.’ During the trials yesterday before Commissioner Bosworth David L, Stone, of the Journal of Com- merce, charged officer Powers, of the Forty-first pre- cinct, with improper conduct. The complainant stated thaton Tuesday evening, week, he attended the Academy of Music, in Brooklyn, with his family. Leaving the carriage outside he ordered the driver and gardener to put is under cover, ds the might was very stormy, aud return by the time the opera closed. On coming out ne found that the accused bud arrested his driver &nd taken the carriage to the station house. He subsequently learned that the driver bad Y, FEBRUARY 22, 1870.—-TRIPLE SHEET. iaced his carriage on vate crosewalt used Etaioon keeper, ate wocaas he rfused coon was .. "The officer proved by witnesses «hat he was requested by the proprietor of the saloon to remove the ; that the driver retused to back up and he him, Judgment reserved. ‘The geological section of the Lyceum of Natural History met last evening, Professor Newberry in the chair. Mr. Giloert stated some interesting facta, “goundings on Lake Ontario, which tend w show tase the modern lakes have been than at gn of this some remarks calling attention recent investigations made in Fran upon meteorites, their composition and origin, France one had been found entarely formed of tron, and one in Algeria formed entirely of stone, while in Chile one had been discovered cousisting of the two former substances mixed in such a way as to show that all three were at Fey Soaps ees Sam aged mass came irom some globe wi c er ‘atraufied.. The character of meteorites, it had been shown, were also chauging. Formerly they had been ail tron; now they are ail stone, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. Judge E. M. Paxon, of Philadelphia; Rev. B. McManus and Rev. &. P. Wadham, of Albany; R. P. Noah, ot Washington; E. Darling and W. H. Keogh, of the United States Army; J. . McManus, of Ari- zona, and A. C. Redden, of England, are at the Me- tropolitan Hotel. W. J. Gordon and T. R, Scowden, of Cleveland; J. Brooks Fenno and 0, W. Peabody, of Boston; Sam- uel Bowles, of Springfield; Dr. L. J. Jordan, of San Francisco, and Dr. Thomas Crane, of the Weat Indies, are at the Brevoort House. Colonel Robert Lenox Banks, Theo, P. Cook and Mrs, Governor Hoffman, of Albany, are at the Clar- endon Hotel. . General W. B. Tibbetts, Mayor Beach and Colonel Walker P. Warren, of Troy, are at the Hoffman House, General W. T. Sherman, of Washington;’Dr. 8. W. Jones, of Boston; Colonel J. D. Weed, of Virginia; W. G. Fargo, of Buffalo; Captain Davis, of Nassau, and H.G. Pemberton, of London, England, are at the Astor House. Captain Samuel Brooks, of Steamer City of Brook- lyn; Dr. W. Sloan, of North Carolina; Dr. Mac- Lennan, of Cincinnat!; Thomas Dickson, of Scran- ton, and Mrs, Governor G. ©. Watker, of Virginia, a tye St. Nicholas Hotel. 8. Bateman, of New York; Dr. Davidson and R. Jordan, of London; R. E. Sibley, of Virginia, and H. ©. Gardner, of New York, are at the New York Hotel, General C. C. Van Zandt, of Rnode island; General George A. Forsyth, of thé United States Army; ex- Governor J. H. Clifford, of Massachusetts; E. Onap- pell, of Connecticut, and C, M. Yeamans, of Massa. chusetts, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. sf B, Mcllivain and H. W. McKee, of the United States Navy, and W. H. Forbes, of Boston, are at the Albe- marie Hotel. Isaac Buchanan, of Canada; General A. H. Sedite, of Chicago, and J, M. Mackay, of Great Barrington, are at the Everctt House, Major General J. C. Kobinson, of the United States Army, and E. 0. Mathews, of the United States Navy, are at the St. Dents Hotel. Major 8. L. Berry and Major Addison Weed, of the United States Army, and Captain KR. B. Dakin, of Buffalo, are at tne St. Charles Hotel. Major Webb, of Obio, and I. V. Ten Eyck, of Penn- sylvanta, are at the St. Elmo Hotel. Dr. D. M. Stinson, of Albany; W. D. Powell, of St. Thomas, and J. B. Hyde, of Rome, are at the Irving House. Prominent Departures. Count Colabiano, Charge d’Afairs. of Italy, for ‘Washington; General Baird for Albany; Willis Rus- sell, Professor Peirce, J. M. Barnard, and J. M. Beebe, for Boston; Governor Alcorn ana P, Gardner for Washington. Miscellaneous Personal Mo Lady Franklin has gone to Valparaiso. Cardinal Antonelli is proprietor of the Hotel di Roma, Fifty out of 100 students in the Minnesota State University are women. Grand Junction, lowa, has presented ner first native citizen, a girl, with a corner lot. ‘The Board of Aldermen of Wiimington, N. C., is composed of three white men and five negroes. Dr. William Prescott, of Concord, N. H., has the dress sword which General Washington wore at his marriage. The Romans criticise the Archbishop of San Fran- cisco because he comes from aland of gold and yet wears 8 silver Cross. ; Among the female lecturers is Miss Henrietta agua we 16 blind, in Minnesota, and Matiuda Bliad, wi not blind, in England, ‘The Jowa Legislature has a strong infusion of the military element. There are twelve soldiers in the Senate and twenty-seven in the House. ents. THE ORANGE HATTERS {ts Alpha and Omega—Brief History of the Dispute Between Workmen and Employ- ers—The Strike Ended and Work Resumed. The strike among the hatters of Orange, N. J., was brought to a close yesterday, about one-halfthe men having resumed work and the remainder to do like- wise to-morrow morning. In the first place the trade numbers between thirty and forty shops and employment is afforded about 1,200 persons. Of these about 350, or one-third of the whole number, are females, who comprise the trimmers. The bust- ness done in Orange amounts to about $20,000 per week, or $1,250,000 per annum, For several years past the makers and finishers of each shop, having resolved themselves into separate societies, agreed on a uniform scale of prices, Within @ few months, however, the makers agreed that no hats, no matter what their Ring br quality, should be ‘sized’ for less than niné cents, though they had been doing work all along of an inferior, common quality, for six and seven cents, For good work of a fine quality they obtained as nigh as sixteen cents. ‘his, added to other trifling points of dissension, generated unpleasant feelings among the men and the bosses. ‘When the differences came to an open rupture the Men struck. At length the Mayor of the tewn, Mr, George J. Ferry, who is himself largely engaged in the trade as a dealer, was unanimously called upoa by the bosses to give nis views of the points at variance. He did so, and strongly advised a compromise, He argued that while an em- pioyer had a perfect right to employ or discharge whom he pleased under ordinary circumstances, still they, a8 an association, nad no right to proscribe @ number of men, ashad been done. Such a course, he thought, was nothing short of conspiracy. At firat the bosses were not disposed to take this view of the case, but after awhile they tell into line with the Mayor’s way of thinking, and it was agreed that while they would still maintala their association, they would expunge from their role the proscription section, On Saturday last the concession was agreed to by the men, and the makers resumed work yesterd: FREE SCHOOLS FOR EVEAYBODY. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In consideration of a!l the arguments pro and con, for the reading of the Scriptures in the public schools, I cannot refrain from making a few sugges- tions, which I feel eutitied to a8 a taxpayer. A petition was received from the trusteea of the Seventh Ward Public School “praying that the study of the Irish language be introduced into the public schoois and that the harp and bagpipe, both sym- bolic of Gaelic and Scotch, should be substituted ior the piano in the wards Where these nationalities predominate.” ‘This 18 right, and T am truly glad to see such sen- sible suggestions; but 1 do not think there should be so mucu partiaiity in the use of the edu- cational fund, since ali nations are repre- sented in the tax list. Now, I say that in con- sideration of the truly conservative, compromising spirit, wiich seems to abound 60 profusely in tne management of all our institutions. I propose the rite of circumcision be also introduced muvo the pub- lic schools, as au offset to our Hebrew brethren, ag they represent @ body of 40,00u taxpayers. And why should not their religious tenets ana ceremontes be just as much respected and observed as Roman Catholics or any other religious sect? I believe in doing a little of everything to please everybody. Negroes should by all means be admitted mnto the public schools and free college, and professors of tue Ashaniee and Cungo languages be at once intro- duced. They number at least 30,000 taxpayers and are entertained by the Presideut of the United States, Colonet Forney and many others, and are represeutative in she legia- lative halls of the States and general govern- ment, aud why should not their nationality be re- spected. This coogiomeration would act.so fipely that very soon no nationality would predominate, and wisdom, equality and fraternity reign supreme aud equally great; that great desidecratum which the New England mind has contended so vigorously and so sucessfully to establish at the South will become a national boon, The meeting of the Board of Eaucation on ‘Thursday was extremely interesting. ‘This question was briefly discussed, and I would Dow call thetr attontion to the grave suggestions brietly sot forth ia this article. ABRAHAM ISAACS. SPRIKE. BROOKLYN CITY. The Swill Milkmen and Mr. Bergh—Cruclty of @ Father—Inhumanity of a Landlord— The City Fathers in Council— Seeking Death. Mrs. Mary Sinnett, who attempted to commit sul- cide by cutting her throat with a razor, early recovered, ‘ag Marea The City Fathers adopted a resolution yesterday calling upon the members of the Legislature to abot- wh the office of Inspector of Buildings. Rachel Revelin, a German woman, 59 years of age, attempted to put an end to her troubles yesterday afternoon by jumping into the East river from one of the Bridge street ferryboats. She was rescued Se. ane to her house, 18 Eldridge street, New A short time since a committee was appointed by the City Fathers to go to Albany and beg the mem- bers of the Legislature to patch up the city charter. A resolution appropriating $200 to pay the expenses was adopted, Yesterday the Mayor vetoed the reso- lution, Daniel Dugan, a resident of Cherry street, New York, employed as a laborer at Pierrepont’s stores, foot of Clark street, Was seriously, if not fatally in- jured yesterday afternoon by being struck on the {een by the elevator, beneath whicu he was stand- img while 1¢ was descending from one of the upper Shore Be was removed to the Long Isiand College ip Several milkmen who had been arrested at the ia- stance of Mr. Bergh, presideni of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, appeared before Sustice Buckley yesterday to answer the charge, that of keeping cows in a crowded and unneaithy condi- tion, Waoich has the effect of rendering the muk undt for use. The Justice refused to recognize the rigut of Mr. Bergh to appear, and dismissed the case. The Board of Aldermen met yesterday, when a lengthy communication from Street Commissioner Robert Fury was received and read, The document was fatended as a reply to some allegations which Alderman Whiting, of the Twentieth ward, had made concerning the purchases of lamps and lamp- is ior the city. Alderman Whiting says that the treet Commissioner has been cheating the city out of about $100,000, more or less, and this Mr. Fury endeavors to disprove. Jonn Brownell, residing in the basement of 185 Prospect street, subjected his son, @ boy eight years old, to the most cruel and barbaroug treatment on Sunday night for tasting some of his liquor which he had left in ee on the table. After be; and er the i he held him jn 3 tuo of woul all prol uave drowued him #4 ot the “bolo; Mou ‘che man was ar- rested aid locked up to answer, and a physician had to be called in to attend to the unfortunate boy. Coroner Jones held an inquest yesterday over the bodies of a pair of twins, prematurely delivered through fright, The mother of the infants, Mrs. Caroline Clayton, occupied apartments in the house of @ German named Christian Witvenfield, in Marion street, near Patchen avenue, and her husband being unable to pay the last month’s rent, the amount of waich was thirteen dollars, Wittenficld went inte her rooms during her husband’s absence and frightened her so that she became ill. ‘fhe jury in their verdict censured the accused severely for his conduct, and the Coroner comuttted him in detault of $500 ball to await the action of the Grand Jury. SUBURBAN INTELLIGENCE NEW JERSEY. Jorsey City. FERRYBOAT ACCIDENT.—The Desbrosses street ferryboat golden ran into the slip on the Now York aide with great violence yesterday morning and haa @ portion of the guard railing torn away, but no per- gon was injured, on Freemen’s BALL.—The annual ball in aid of the firemen’s fund for the benefit of the widows and or- phans of firemen came off last evening at Cooper Hall, which was gayly decorated for the occafior ‘The attendance was very large and select, as 18 ev: the cage when this noble object is in view. The guests commenced to arrive in carriages at half-past hine, aud continued to pour in at iatervals tll half asteleven. They were received by Mr. Charles L. rugier, chairman of the reception committee. Paterson. ANOTHER Exre ACCIDENT.—On Sunday night two men were run over and killed on the Erie Ratlroad, near the Bergen tunnel. One was so terribly mangled that death must have been instantaneous. ane other was seriously injured and ee in @ short ime. - ‘Their Dames were Not ascertains Hig TipE.—The heavy storms of the past few days have swollen the Passaic river toan extent unknown for nearly thirty years past. ‘Ihe falls now present a truly imposing appearance, and the dashi Spray sprinkling the rocks for many feet around, has created @ most beautiful series of milering. wigckens e jety dam, @ short dis- tance above, in ordinary times making a fail of five or six feet, is now scarcely puble, so great is the volume of water pourt over it, like Oil in ite smoothness, Temperance Island, near the West street bridge, is aimost entirely submerged. The actual rise‘%n the river is estimated at from five to sx feet. The road to Little Falls, and in other directions along the edge ol the river, 18 overflowed in several places—tn some localities as high as the body of a wagon. Several houses along the river were completely surrounded yeslerday morning, although no casualties or damage of any account 1s reported. ‘The river has subsided about two feet, and is falling rapidiy. is WESTCHESTER COUNTY. RawRoaD ACCIDENT.—Charles Kingston, while proceeding to his home at Morrisania, from Wil- Hamebridge, ‘last Sunday, jumped from a Harlem Raliroad train and sustained acompound fracture of the thigh. He was discovered some hours alter- "— conveyed to his residence. The residence of €. V. Folin, at Fordham, caught fire yesterday morning through the ignition of some matches by a child, and was consumed before any aid could be rendered by the Fire Department. A small portion of bedding, saved from the flames by the Tremont police, was ali that escaped destruo- tion. Lows $3,000; insured for $700 in the Westches- ter Insurance Company. Fires—Tae INCENDIARY AGAIN.—Between two and three o’clock yesterday morning some wretch fired the carriage house of Mr. George Janes, in St. Anne’s avenue, East Morrisanta, causing the total destruction of the buiiding,gwita its contents, to- gether with barns and greenhouses adjoining. For- tanately no live stock were on the premises visited by the incendiary, as the owner has been absent with his famuy for some months. The loss sustained is about 36,00, which 18 partially securec in the Westchester Insurance Company. POLICE RAID ON A BAGNIO.—At a late hour on Sunday night several members of the Morrisania po- lice madé @ descent on a notorious den situated in Second street, near Washington avenue, at the above place, and which has long been voted a nui- sance by those living in 1t8 vicinity. Although the coup de main was executed with effective precision, a few of the startled transgressors beat a precipitate retreat through the rear windows of the dingy abode and escaped. The police, however, succeeded in Conveying to the lockup six of the inmates, name- ly:—Sarah Wright, Rachel Woodruil, Aun Laheriy. George Myers, Philip Wright and Jonas Foltz, al of whom had a hearmg yesterday morutog before Jus- tice Hauptman, who remanded them for sentence. A FowL OONTEST—WESTCNESTER AGAINST NEW YorE—VicTORY FOR THE FoRMBR.—Tne admirers of cock fighting in Morrisanta are at present chuck- ling over an exciting ‘‘main” that took place at # house kept by one Rogge, on the corner of Bost hj road and Benson street, in the above village , a nig ortwoago. From among the meagre particulars ascertained It appears that Westchesver county wi “pitted” against New York for the sam of $600, ex- ciusive of individual wagers. Although fiftecu “birds” were produced for the admiration of tue spectators, only nine battles were fought, out of whica Westchester won seven, causing the New York fraternity to draw off their ‘‘ohickens”’ tn de- spair. Here the questions may pertinentily ve asked, Has Mr. Bergh no agent in Westchester county, aud bave game roosters any “rights” which the Soctety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Auunais 13 bound to respect ? pict SR NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Lieutenant Commander A. T. Sneil, is aetaches from torpedo duty and ordered to the Ossipee. Lieutenant Commander William M. Maclay 1s de- tached from the Observatory and ordered vo tho St. Marys. Lieutenant Commander Edward Hooker ta ordered to duty as Receiver and Inspector of Stores in the Bureau of Yards and Docks at the New York Navy Yard. Ensigns Charles A. Adams, Andrew C. McMechan and J. Blocklinger are ordered to duty in the Pacitic Fleet. Rear Admiral Lanman reports to the Navy Depart- mentirom the flagship Lancaster, at Rio Janeiro, January 13, his arrival there on the 6th of January, seven days from Bahia under sail alone. The Ports- mouth was at Rio Janeiro. The American Minister, Mr. Biow, visited the Lancaster on her arrival. ‘The St. Marys, Commander Harris commanding, ‘was placed iu commission a¢ San Francisco on tae 12tu of January.