The New York Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1870, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. No. 76 AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNION AND EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery. JOLLY BEN Bowitnr, £0. Matinee RIAN Bonoiitk— 4 2 BOOTHS THEATRE, 234 wt Edwin Boorn as Haw WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broad rn gg hh ATRE, Broadway and 13th street. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of Kighth avenue and 8d st. —TUE EWELVE TAMPTATIONS. otween feb and 6th ave.— OLYMPIC THEATRE, Brouaway.-New VERsi0on oF Bauwrr, FIFTU AVENUE THEA’ Frou. wenty-fourth st,—Fnow WOOD'S MUSEUM AND MENAGERIR, Broadway, cor, ner Thirtzett st.—Matineo daily. Periormance every evening, IBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—THE DRAMA OF THE Burnay Kine FRENCH THEATRE, Ith st. and 6th ay.—Afternoon and Evening—-Rouret buaer—Tug Iie EMrazany. MRS. ¥. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brookiyn.— Baian Bowie. ——. 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CONPEN PAGr. 1—Advertisements, 2—Advertisements, B3—Acvertisements, 4—Eaditoria's : Leading Article on the Cuban Ques- tion, Senator Sumner, the Olid Man of the Sea—The Ocean Mysteries : The Missing Ships and What is Said of Them—Lecture by Proiessor Hardinge on Man—Funeral of Robert D. Holmes— Terrible Accident—Meeting o1 the Commissioners of Emigration—New York Liberal Club—Amusement Announce- ments, S—Telegraphic News from All Parts of the World: Spanish Contradictions of Liberty, Equality and Fraternit Prince Henrt de Bour- von’s Funeral—The Vote by Ballot Bul in England--The State Capital : Another Caucus on the Charter Question—st. Patrick's Day—The Broadway Caning Affair- The Railroad Titaus—Personal Intelligence— The Storm—Arrest of Engitsh Robbers—Busi- ness Notices. G—Full rton Honorably Acquitted—Proceedings in the New York City Courts—The Whiskey Crusade—Alter the Ball: A Scene from Real Life in the Fourth Ward—Looking Out for Breakers—Opposition to New Pavements— Murderous Assault in Brooklyn—A Shocking Casualty—Meeting of the Boara of Health— The Jersey City Charter—The Newark Stahl Murder—The [atest Newark Hoax—Financial and Commercial Reports. ‘7—Wall Street Wickedness: Jackais Among the Bulls and Bears; Heavy Forgerits on the Banks—Marriages and Deaths—Adveruse- ‘The Cuban Question—Senator Sumnor, che , Old Maa of tho Soa, The admirable letter of that famous old hero of a hundred fights, General Jamos Wat- son Webb, which appeared in the T'ribune of Tuesday, on the state of things in Cuba, cannot fail to produce an etfsct upon Congress and the country. [t is written in excellent temper, impartial to all parties concerned, and, at the same time, has the true ring of American patriotism, General Webb bas had great experience in important affairs during, as he says, the forty-two years of active public life, the thirty-four years he was editor in New York, the eight years he was Envoy Extraor- dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil, and in other promiuent positions, He is like the war horse which immediately becomes inspired when active work is on hand or before him. The state of affairs in Cuba and the Cuban question was just the fleld for his ever active mind, and no one could be found, per- haps, more capable of investigating and writing on the subject. His letter cannot failto con- vince any one—except Senetor Sumner and Mr. Fish—of the strength, resources and determi- nation of the Cuban patriots; of the frightful character of the war in Cuba; the merciless brutality of the Spaniards; the anarchical rule of the Spanish volunteers; the unpro- tected condition of American citizeas in the island; the contempt for the American govern- ment; the miserable, weak and shortsighted policy of the administration at Washington, and the daty of this country in the matter. He has become a voluntary commissioner and diplo- mat at the right time, and, if we mistake not, his letter will produce a good effect in Wash- ington. The great obstacle to the recognition of the Cubans has been in Senator Sumner, that Old Man of the Sea, who has mercilessly en- deavored to crush the Cuban patriots. This visionary theorist and heartless ezotist has persistently misrepresented the condition of things, because, forsooth, he imazined the concession of belligerent rights to the insur- gents would damage his sophomorical oration on the Alabama claims question and the ambi- tions hopes he had built upon that. He would sacrifice the cause of republican liberty in America and the principles of humunity, as well as national interests, for a hobby or from selfish motives. He has ever been impracticable and amarplot of evil. The terrible bloody civil war we recently passed throuch, with the enormous debt and all the other dreadful evils resulting from it, are to be atiributed more to him than to any other public man. In direct opposition to well ascertained facts he asserted over and over again that there was no war in Cuba worthy of being so called, thut the insur- rection was played out, and that the patriot government of Cuba had not abolished slavery, It suited him to draw his information from the mendacious Spanish officials and from such false reports as have been continually sent from Havana by that agent of the Associated Press, who, as General Webb shows, has been the instrument and tool of the Spanish authori- ties. He would not listen to anything else ause it has not suited his purpose to do so. Unfortunately, too, he has had absolate intlu- ence over our weak Secretary of State, and thus, indirectly, over the President and other members of the administration. It will not be so easy for Mr. Sumner to deny the facts presented by General Webb. ments. 6—Washmgton: The Colored Senator Reyels’ Maiden Specch; A Critical Review of the Georgia Question—Report of the Committee on the Trade in Cadetships—Resolution to Expel Congressman Butler, of Tennessee— Suipping Inteiligence—Advertisements. PuoTrctioN OF Pusiio Liprarrms.-—That is a good enactment proposed in Albany to punish by fine and imprisonment the defacing books that are the property of public libraries, ‘This is a mean offence that it has been found difficult to punish as it deserves. We LEARN FROM WASHINGTON that in reply to the call upon him from Tennessee and Georgia the President has no doubt of his right to station troops in the disaffected dis- tricts, but he is not satisfied as to how far they could be used in aid of the civil authorities. Iv Witt BE SkeN IN THE Report published elsewhere that the trial of Mr. Fullerton has resulted in his acquittal, both judges of the court expressing their belief in his innocence and directing the jury to bring in a verdict in his favor. The greatest enthusiasm was mani- fested by those present at this result, and Mr. Fullerton was warmly congratulated for the complete manner in which he had vindicated his character. Revers’ First on.—An event for which the country has been wailing with admirable patience has just taken place in the Senate. Mr. Revels has made his first speech. It was on the reconstruction of Georgia, and was a good enough speech, not especially noticeable for any eminent excellence nor for any defect. It gave Mr. Morton, of Indiana, a chance to drag in by the ears a reference to the poor old sick lion, Jeff Davis, in adulation of his suc- cessor that was a little fulsome. Mr. Revels has better taste than Senator Morton. Senator Morraxy’s Rawroap.—it is astonishing how much Mr. H. ©. Murphy's bill in regard to suing railroads looks like a measure for the benefit of the people, and yet it is quite the reverse. It provides that all money recovered from railroads for causing death shall be exclusively for the benefit of the persons dependent upon or related to the victim. If, therefore, the dependent family of a man killed on a railroad has not money enough to fee a lawyer, aside from the money it expects to recover, it cannot sue at all, and has no remed; Tne Narroxar Ba THE FUNDING Bir. —By a private circular addressed to the national banks, and published in our financial | column, it will be seen that these institutions are agreed on a general movement to prevent the passage of the Funding bill by Congress: for the reason, forsooth, that they would be compelled to take only four and a half per cent interest instead of six per cent on the collateral bonds which they deposit at Wash- ington. In other words, the funding of the national debt and the saving annually of eighteen millions of dollars to the people mast be defeated because the national banka, in- stead of making twenty -millions out of the wD | be laughed at, They have the impress of truth upon them. General Webb had an_ opportu- nity of getting facts on the spot, and even Senator Sumner will scarcely have the hardihood to question either the intelli- gence or statements of such u high authority. And what does General Webb say after giving details in corroboration of his assertions? = “‘L hazard nothing,” he declares, ‘‘in saying that had General Grant and Hamilton Fish been permitted to know the whole truth belligerent rights would have been conceded to the Cubans six months ago, in utter disregard of the arrogant and officious threats of Spain to consider such a proceeding on our part a casus belli,” This may be properly called the summing up and verdict of General Webb on the facts which he has given in detail. It is and will be the verdict of the American people also, General Grant, we are sure, has been deceived. In the multiplicity of his duties he has been compelled to rely upon his Cabinet, and in this matter mainly upon Mr. Fish. Blind himself on this subject, he has been led by the wilfully blind men that sur- round him. But has not the time arrived when the President should open his eyes and follow the national will rather than Mr, Fish and Mr, Sumner? This Cuban question has assumed such a phase and such proportions now that it cannot be shirked any longer by the administration without irretrievable dis- grace. If Mr. Fish and the rest of the Cabinet will not go with popular sentiment— will siill be opposed to the honor and interests of the country in the matter of Cuba—the President should dismiss them at once and form a new Cabinet. As to a war with Spain through conceding belligerent rights to the Cubans, that is a bugbear. It would be no cause of war, and would not be recognized as ilized world. such by the ci be foolish enough to venture upon such a course, let her do so. We could soon humble her pride and folly, and indemnify ourselves for the war. But it is positively humiliating to think that this mighty republic dare not do what it should from fear of war with a decrepit and third rate Power like Spain. Let us hope that Congress and the President will act together, and at once, in conceding belligerent rights to the Cubans. That will settle the question of Cuban independence, and the United States will see a troublesome matter pertaining to America removed forever from complications with European Powers. Too Turs SkrinNED.—We are sorry to see that the excellent Mr. Bergh cannot endure to While we know that he is a fair representative of one good trait in the American character, and reflects the national humanity and love for the lower animals not too extravagantly, we are also compelled to recognize that the national disposition to unbend and indulge a laugh on any and every conceivable subjects not in him, He does not laugh and cannot sympathize with those who do, This is a defect, His may be a government every year, would, in the event of the passage of the bill, make only fifteen mil- lions. Again, forsooth! serious labor, but he would perform it all the better if he could appreciate its lighter side. The man who is to fight all the small offenders If Spain should } NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1870. must bo proof against a joke, even though there be animus in it. ‘To us the little picture of Bergh with’ a white mouse coming out of his vest pocket and squirrels on his shoulders looked like a good-natured enough bit of pleasantry, and we thin‘ it a mistuko for the philanthropist to raise it by logal proceedings to the proportions of a libel. The Two Missing Steamers. The viilanous and senseless hoax whic), through the telegraphic news agency of the Associated Press, was perpetrated upon this community yesterday in referenoy to the miss- ing steamer, the City of Boston, very natu- rally excitea the public indignation, But the virtuous declarations on the part of the responsible news agency of active efforts to solve the mystery, and their offer of a reward of five hundred dollars for the discovery of the author of the canard, do not repair the mischief. The telegraphic operator who sent over the despatch permitted his zeal, perhaps, to outrun his discretion in giving as a positive fact some loose conjecture or idle rumor float- ing in the street. No such thing as this, how- ever, should be permitted in any telegraph office. The duty of every such office, where an irresponsiblo report is handed in, involving an important matter of fact, is to inquire con- cerning it in the right quarter before, and not after, sending off such report as a fact; and this rule, it is to be hoped, will be more care- fully observed hereafter than it has been by the news agency of the Associated Press. We do not, however, yet abandon all hope of authentic news of the safety of the City of Boston, disheartening as it is to think of her chances after being forty-eight days out from Halifax and no authentic report concerning her. Our latest news from the Azores Islands, however, is of the 26th of February, since which date the steamer may have drifted in there. With eight or ten days’ jater intelli- gence from Fayal, if we hear nothing of her, we shall be thrown back upon the painful con- clusion that, crushed, perhaps, among ice- bergs, or suddenly foundered in a heavy storm, she has gone down, like the President, the Pacific, the City of Glasgow and the Tem- pest, leaving not a soul or a vestige afloat to tell the point on the sea or the nature of her disaster. But still we hold to the chance of the Azores Islands, Some distrust is also beginning to be felt as to the safety of the Cunard steamer Samaria, now eighteen days out from Queenstown, bound for this port. The Cunarders have been so remarkably punctual in their trips at all seasons that where one of those steamers is concerned a detention of four or five days beyond her appointed time is a matter for some apprehensions of at least a disabling accident. But the Samaria, we dare say, has suffered nothing worse than the Smidt, and we may expect a report at any moment of her appearance at the Hook. In real stormy wintry weather the passing wiuter seems to have been crowded into the month of March, and so the lengthening of a steamer’s passage six, eight or ten days across the Atlantic is no cause for auy great anxiety. The Gricfs of Madrid and Glories of New York, Spain and the Spanish people remain in- volved in a most distressing mesh of contra- dictions—contradictions of principle, of poli- tics, of natural feeling and Christianity. The revolutionary government was based on the platform of ‘“‘liberty, equality and fra- ternity.” To-day we find by our cable tele- grams from Europe that the demand of the people of Cuba for the right of managing their own affairs is treated either with the most peremptory denial or the advice to “abandon” the island to its next powerful neighbor. Not much liberty there. General Prim stated to the Cortes yesterday that he had just been pelted with stones in the streets of Madrid. Fraternity, but in a very trouble- some shape. Prim says the government will ‘deal summarily” with such disorders in future. The Spaniards know exactly what the words “deal summarily” mean, coming from the lips of General Prim. The citizens of Madrid may not, therefore, be likely to attempt to fra- ternize with him ina ‘‘rough and tumble” man- ner for some time aguin. The remains of Prince Henri de Bourbon, coffined with Masonic em- blems, were escorted to the church by the Masonic society, of which body he had been amember. Seeing this the priests removed the church crosses and religious decorations from the coffin, and refused to ofticiate either near to it or at the grave. New York, as we have always in our columns, is not so bad aft l Our citizens would free Cuba _ befo: dinner hour to-day if they could. Ilis Honor the Mayor, with ‘“‘every other man” in the municipality, will be out ‘‘fraternizing” with St. Patrick and hobnobbing with the faith- ful children of the Green Isle within a few hours. On the 15th instant and yesterday, both days combined, the Freemasons of New York oceupied and paid for over three columns of the Hera pages in announcing the death and funeral of one brother, the late Robert D. Holn On which side of the Atlantic are the liberty, equality and fraternity? New York gives the reply. maintained TrouBLep Apout tae INsrrcrors.—Mr. Hennessey wants to have the Inspectors of Public Schools not appointed, but elected ‘‘as they used to be” in the times when the corner groggery caucus possessed all the power in regard to the public schools. The inspectors audit all the bills ; they must certify the cor- rectness of every account before it can be paid. Among them are such men as Andrew Mills, James W. Gerard and John Anthon, These men can be trusted if any men can; but if the inspectors are elected, instead of these men the places will be filled with peo- ple much more to Mr. Hennessey’s taste, Smarr Pracricok iN Tak SeNnate.—The House has recently set an example that the Senate ought to follow. From a hirt in the public press was caught the suggestion that there was much corruption in the disposal of cadetships, and from that originated an inves- tigation with good results. Now there is a hint on foot for the Senate. Some members of that body singularly garbled some public docu- ments communicated by the Secretary of the Interior before they would let them see the light. That garbling covers some corrupt practice, and the Senate should insist upon knowing all about it. , The Charter Tronble—Retcogression. The bill for the governmont of tho city of Now York, néo the Charter, is still in the con- dition of Mahomet’s coffin, between heaven and earth, the magnetic attraction being de- cidedly towards the lower polo; for it is ‘of the earth and earthy,” and is falling to pieces by naturul decay. So far has the dissection of the original document of Samuel T, gono under the scalpel of both houses, in caucus assembled, that there will not be a particle, of flesh left upon the bones of the unfortunate skeleton when it stalks up with a grim and grizaly mockery of dignity to the clerk's desk to be legislated upon, Members will have to send a requisition to the Dudley Observatory for the largest portable telescope, in order to discover to what particular bone a fragment of tho vital functions clings, What a spectacle! And what a disappoint- ment toa million of people who are waiting eagerly fora good government, after endur- ing for so many years the mysterious opera- tions of foreign (Albany) commissions! When the democratic party at the last election rode like a gallant ship upon the topmost wave into power in this State, the people—that is, the immense democratic majority—relied upon tho loaders, not only to give usa good city government, but to establish such a status for the party throughout the State and the country as might command a future of supremacy for a quarter of a cen- tury—a status that would have cer- tainly embraced the probabilities of a Presi- dential succession in 1872, with Hoffman as the man of the time, or any other democrat strong enough to show himself a giant in the Presidential convention. There may have been some doubt as to whether the city gov- ernment would be improved by the wholesale abolition of the existing commissions. A few of them, at least, are held in bigh regard, such 4 as the Central Park Commission and the Croton Board, But the politicians may be right and the public may be wrong, looking, as they do, from entirely different standpoints. We, however, from our own observation, are dis- posed to listen to the ver populi, which claims nothing in the temper of partisanship in the management of these two boards, That, however, is not the vital question as far as the “lost cause” (if we may so call it) of the democratic party is concerned. They had a magnificent opportunity. They created brilliant hopes. The majority which put them into power had a right to expect that this newly acquired power should be exercised under the judgment and experience of tried men, who had lifted the party up throughout the whole State from the position of a minority toa majority, A colt that bréaks its halter, smashes its stall, and, running loose, kicks up its heels wildly, is apt to do some mis- chief; but your. well-trained horse is not a dangerous animal to be trusted under ordinary circumstances. No one knows this better than Citizen Genet, for he has had some experience on the subject. Harlem lane has its lessons as well as the Senate Chamber or the caucus, There is nothing more certain than that men who assume to govern should be trained in the art of government if they hope to become useful instruments and not obnoxious obsta- cles in the way. In England, for instance, statesmanship is a science which is studied by the younger scions of the leading families, They do not step upon the political and diplo- matic stage unfledged; and, although many of them enter public life very young, as we see every day, they have been edu- cated to the business, as it were, trained by experience and moulded almost } by instinct from generation to genera- tion into a knowledge of the science of gov- ernment, Our mistake is that men who knew nothing of public life five or six years ago— whom the people never heard of except in some small ward office—aspire to make gov- ernments and execute their provisions. We do not question the honesty of these men, Their desires may be all in the right direction. We do not doubt that Sammy Tilden means very well, andis as “honest as the sun;” but our dainty silk stocking friend must know that there is something more than honesty required to ran a party and to govera a State, and that is capacity, which seems to be sadly wanting, both in Sammy and his rongh and ready friends. Brains are not often found in silk stockings, nor in hard fists. This is the real difficulty with the “Charter.” It is knocked about like a shuttlecock. It has no master mind to direct its course through the intricate channels of legislation. It is like a ship without a rudder, a pilot, or even a competent man before the mast. St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning. That St. Patrick was a ‘‘gintleman and came of dacent people” is an indisputable fact. Whether he ever ‘‘built a church in Dublin town and put on it a steeple” is a matter which history alone can satisfactorily solve. At all events, while there breathes a.son of the Emerald Isle the memory of the worthy man will be kept as green as the three-leaved rep- resentative of his adopted land. In no part of the world is his anniversary celebrated with such pomp and heartiness as in America. The procession to-day and the many banquets and other festival celebrations this evening are sufficient proofs. There is one thing connected with St. Patrick's Day which we cannot well understand, and that is that our French and Scotch fellow citi- zens do not join in the celebration. St. Pat- rick was a Scotchman, and although his mis- sionary labors were confined to the Emerald Isle, yet he nevertheless conferred high honor on his native land and his French instructors. Therefore why should not the pibroch and the Gallic trump sound the praises of the holy man who drove the snakes out of Ireland, made her an isle of saints and gem of the sea? We have no such men, alas! nowadays, who can conquer an entire nation with the sword of faith and enlist them beneath the banner of the Gospel. Therefore it is not strange that the memory of such a man should be so dear to the hearts of the people whom he converted and that the 17th of March should be a day of gayety and joy with every childof Erin, No otherday in the year can bring out such a genuine spirit of enthusiasm as this festival develops in the Irish heart. “The procession of the various societies alone isa sight to be remembered. Let us hope that the exuberance spirits, mental and | Hinch as to the ch. otherwise, occasioned by this festival will be kept within the bounds of reason and that no untoward circumstance shall mar the present celebration, FUNERAL OF ROBERT D. HOLMES, Grand Mavonic Demonstration—The Services at Grace Church—The Funeral Cortego— Tho Ceremonies at Greenwoed, The funeral of tho late Robert D. Hoimes, who was Most Worshipful Past Grand Master of the Masonic Order In this State, took placo Yesterday afternoon, from Grace Church, with tin- posing ceremonies, proving tho high esteem in which the deceased was held by hia Masonic brethren and tne commnuity generally. Tue hearse was a very plain one, drawn by two white horses, without the usual mourning plume or aay Other sombre decorations, ‘Tue casket that con- talued the remains of the lamented dead was of massive rosewood, richly and beavily movated with silver, On the corner of Eleventh street and Broadway, in front of the St. Denis Hotel, the numerous ‘blue loages” of the Masonic fraternity, together with the Grand Lodge, the Coapter and Encampment, were ‘aysembling and forming in line to assist in doing vue last earthly nonors to their deceased fast Grand Muster, Brother Charles Roome acied as graad war: shui, assisted by tue followiig orotuers:—K. We Ouver J, Brady, W. Jono 3. Gorman, and brothers Kaward L. Gaul, Benya Loder aud David McBrien, Upwards of eighty cnapiers aad lodges for.vea 1a Lue—tue youngest Rest, tue Oidest last— tiere being, probably, not less than six taousaad Men in tie procession. ‘rhe invertor of Grace church was crowded, aud the street aud sidewalks ior squares around were Hiled with people uoaoie to gain admissivn. There were presenti tue vouy of tue church Grand Muster Juige Givson, of Suiew, N. ¥., the successor of the decoused, wud other members of the Graad Lodge; Sir kuights of the lvantoe Commandery of Knuwuts ‘Templar, anc! mauy Koyat Arco Masters. Soon alter two v'ciocs the funerui cortege entered the church—Mr. Warrea, the organist, playiug o vowmntary. ‘The coulu was preceded by the Rev. tir, Potter, Rev. W. 4. Egbert aud @ iinister from ‘Staten Island, and was toliowed py the Graud Master aud Oilers of the Grand Lodge, weariug iu | regalia, On each side of the comin were the ne dors bearers:—G. M. Jerome Buck, G. M. George W. Hare ris, G. M. Cuaries Sackreuter, G. Mi. FB. A, iuich- schoeler, Judge Joan A. Brudy, Judge Heury Alxer, Nathaniel Jaivis, nadieus W. Meigaun, - ‘he procession was taea tormed, moving slowly out of the church and down Broadway Wo Fuitoa street, down Fulton street and across the Bast river, up Faiton avenue and through Court street to Greeu- wood Cometery. ‘ihvusuuds upon Liousanils of peor Pie led the sidewalks Of Lhe sureets through whitch the surrowiut cortége passed. At tue cemetery the sulema and upressive services of we Masonic Order were performed over the remains of hin woo fad beeu 80 muca honores by tag tracernity ta tis luvame, The Most Worshiptul Grand Master, Juige Gibsou, oiticiated vy reading the funeral prayer. In Memoriam Proceedings in the Court of General Sessions. ‘The business of the day having been disposed of, Assistant District Attorney Fellows rose and ta a neat address moved that the Court adjoura vut of respect to the memory of Robert PD, Holmes. Mr. Wiliam fF, Howe rose aud delivered a brie: and tit- ins euldium of the deceased. Judge Bealord said in reply:— It was my good fortune to be personally as well as profes- sionaily acquainted with the bite lamented Robert D. Holmes. As 4 man Le Was, indeed, moat excellent company. Art who Knew him loved to be wii nim, cor he was generoi hearte?. His death has ¢ noteasuy filled, and to his mauy w wit be irreparable. As a lawyer he ranked high at our bar, and in the death of Kobert D. Holmes our profession has lost one of its brightest ornaments. His processional carver has lett an example worthy o¢ emulation. It is ® season to unquestionably the great fact th y aud perseverance, together with a noble heart generous hand ever willing t triend the friendiess, wiil complish much and win many friends. In respect to memory ley th iy ourt be adjourned a: entered accordin n order #RRIBLE ACCIDENT. A Young Womun Crushed by Machinery in a Factory in John Strect—Caught in the Shafting—A Stern Iuvestigation Needed. A most lamentable affair, resulting in the aimost instant death of a young woman namea Margaret Kane, occurred in the envelope manufactory of George H. Ray, located on the top floor of the pre- mises No, 77 John street, about tiaif-past nive o'clock yesterday morning. At the time named tie clotues: of deceased, who was employed there as enveiope folder, became entangled in the machinery, aud in an instant she was whirled around a shaft with feartul velocity, crushing her skull and scattering the brains over the floor; ner body was also badly crushed, aud death must bave been instantaneous. A girl Who mL00d by and witnessed the occurrence at- tempted to save her unfortunate companion, but tailing, cricd for heip, gad in an instant the most intense excitement prevailed among the girls, more than «4 hundred of whom were employed in the premises. Wefore tie machinery could be stopped it wus tound necessary for & man to run into the adjoining building aud throw it out of gear; but im the mean. time some ten mmutes mast have elapsed. When the remains were removed from the machinery a most shocking sight was presented. ‘The young women for a time were unable to continue weir labors, and business Was parulauly suspended. De- ceased Was sixteen years of age, & native of Lreland, and lived with her parents at 236 Seventh street, between avenues B and C. Coroner Flyan was notified and gave permission to the relatives of deceased to remove the remaius to the residence of the distressed parents. A thor- ongh investigation will be instituted with the view of showing wheter the shaft around which the Clotues of deceased Caught was properly protected, and if tt 1s not to place the responsibility where it properly belongs. Sergeant Blair, of the Second precinct, Who sent an officer to the factory iminedi- ately after the girl was killed, can without much dif. iicuity secure the attendance of the necessary wii- nesses. COMMSSIGNERS OF EN.GRATION. The Ward Island Riot—Superintendeut Wells Exonerated— Ni 1 Italian Emigrants De- frauded of $1,260. The Commissioners of Emigration met last night at half-past seven im the Library Building, Univer- sity place. Present, Vice President Winston, Com- wissiouers Sissinger, Lynch, Kapp, Loutreil and Smith, Tne Financial Comiittee audited bills amounting to $14,100 82, and a check for that sum was ordered to be drawn. The Committee on Ward's Island reported 2, 132 emigrants on the istana at preseut. They also reported that they had in- quired into the causes of the late riot on the island. ‘Toey bad examined John H, “s brought agaiast him, Js explanations were entirely satisiactory, and they exonerated hin irom all blame." They had mspected the bakehouse, kitchen, barracks, bathrooms and basement, and everywhere they Jound cleanliness and order. ‘The report of this com- mittee was accepted, and, on motion of Commus- sioner Bissinger, it was resolved ‘that the Board has the fullest confidence 12 Leonard W. Wells, Su- perintendent of Ward’s island, and takes great pleasure in testifying to ihe itegrity and eficiency with which he has discharged bis duties. ; Superintendent CassexLy called the attention of the Board to tae fact nat nineteen Italian emigrants had been defrauded of nearly $1,200 by European agents; they purchased tickets for San Francisco from Bagint at Genoa, and were forwarded by Messrs. = srown o., of Havre; the over- charges amounted to $1,186 50. It was ordered that the generat agent forward to tue Secretary of Stuie ab Washington and to the Italian Consul the affidavits retating to these frauds, and that he urge upon them the ne- cessity of taking measures to suppress this atuse. ‘The Committee on Lunatic Asylums siated that ney had made no arrangements for hullding the new asylum on Ward’s Island, but were now considering the plans submitted by various areuitects, there bemg Ov further business the Hoard adjourned. WEW YORK LIBERAL CLUB. A very valnable paper was read last night at the above ciub by Mr. J. Wilson MacDonald on the “Arts of the Ancient Egyptians.” There was a very large attendance, and the chair was taken by the presi- dent, Mr. Weable. The estayist spoke of the great value of the commission sent out by the Euro- pean governments jor the exploration of the monuments and the inscriptions thereon jound in the valley of the Nile. He also expressed an opinion that the discovery of the slab of granite, with its characters of triple languages, named the “Rosetta” sione, a copy of which is in the New York Museum, wis one of vast importance to the historian and bterogiyphist, for it proved to be the key to the picture writing of the Egyptians. The paper was highiy laudatory of the Egyptians, and assigned a very bigh place to her in history, It received the warmest approval of the club, aud was very largely discussed, Marshal Tooker yesterday heard the following cases of swindling by means of the envelope game, and in each caused the money to ve refunded:— Leopold Bauer against John Lacy; complainant lost lorty-Six dollars. Jacob Watson against J. Collins & Co.; complainant lost fifty dollars, George Andrews against Johu Lewis; complainant lost $128. A. L. Robveris against Cuaries Thompson; complainant lost $200. Fred. Schotman, of No, 275 Broome street, was crushed to death by a bed press i Hoe’s foundry vesterday. THE OCEAN MYSTERIES. The Missing Ships and What is Said of Them. eee ane Shameful Hoax on @ Sorrowing Public—Ne Tidings of the City of Boston — The Absent Steamer Samaria—The Ram Atlanta—Night Signals and Distinguishing Marks, Few seasons in which, as the poet says, ‘‘Sca-bora gales their gelid wings expand,” have shown such a number of well known and precious freighted ves sels lingering far beyond their time as the prosent, Aocyclo of gales seems to have travelled from norts to south, and marked its path by probable disas- ters of more than ordinary character. On the north- ern route, for instance, there is the ill-fated City ot Boston, about which these crueliy bogus telegrams of sae arrival first aroused sinking hopes ‘only to have taem bighted. And as every preparation had been madejon the arrival of the frat despatch to fire a/eu de joie of cannon in the City Hall Park, the public interest may be regarded as yet keenly alive vo the fate of a vessel so long missing. Cuugratula- tons were recelved onall sides, and the company’s oMce was thronged with people auxlously inquiring particulars, In the Superior Court Judge Barbour announced her arrival and Superintendant Kea- nedy’s face wore an unusually cheerful expression, but became quite black when the second report ar- mived. These cruel blunders are very singular, and reflect uiseredit on te Associated Press, which auows tive to be hoaxed in this unwarrantable manner. ihe general agent, Mr. Simonton, who bas offerea a reward ior the detection of this marine Joe Howard, says:—*The /alse report was generally creaited im London, and our agent Was unremitting in elfurts to get informacion or particulars und, in response to & telegraphic laquiry, he learned fiom the Inman oifice wuat the rumor was unfounded.” ‘Lue object of tuese false reports 18 4 mystery, aad the only conjeciure is a atteupt to iuiluence iisur- ance. due agents of the Cunard line have received no Gilings of the “auwuria yet, aituough the outgoing Vesseis from Great Brit aud tue Linited States are Keeping @ sharp look oOuv for these beniguted wan- derers over the Waste of waters. In fact, since the prolonged and unaccountanic decention of these two vessels even the slightest delay in the arrival of a slenmer Causes palalui aDXtety, aud rumor proguos- ucates digasver. it secms strange that a company sv Successful as the Cunard suou.d lose & vessel sim- uilauevusiy With tHe iuman, Whose paadle-wheeied sleuuers, “more suscepttvie Of oviug damaged by soul Weather, arrive on tine. THE SAMARIA 13a first class screw steamer of about 2,400 tons reuisier, and Was built on tue Ciyde in 1863 for ihe Cunard Compauy, a8 & passenger and freight boas. Her iunneis were painted red with a Uiack lop, Wiereas those ol the City of Boston are black wita & red vand aud Darrow Diack top. She 18 nol B fast boat, a8 ue three trips wade this yesr show, the iirst taking twelve days, the second fourteen, the tuird eleven, and now in this, the fourth, she has been out siatecd days. On one previpus passage, however, tue ume occupied wasfuurteén days, ana anotner steamer Oi this line, & sixter boat, too! eighteen, Ub account of this uncertainty sie Was rarely employed as a mani carrier, but on the preseat trip she is bringing & British mail Sue left Laver- povl on the 20th of February, and reported ub Queenstown on the 27th, She is commanded by Vaptain Harrison, in Whose @fiiciency as an oilicer tne company repose every contidence, and brings some two hundred passengers aud a general cargo of hight dry goods, &c., all consigned to the agent of tue Cunard jie i’ New york. ‘ne Inman sveamer the City of Wasnipgion, which left Liverpool five days later than the Samaria, arrived ou Yuesday, but brought no tdings of the missing vessel. Along the various rumors 13 one to tie eifect that she tas broken down during the late heavy easteriy wales, aud the captain has probably headed her towards England, under the impression that as soon: as the easterly winds gave ceased the westerly gales would set in, and by the time they were over he would reach land or be witiin the route of passing vessels, who would report tie state of the vessel and have assistance sent, TRE NIGHT SIGNALS AND DAY MARKS. In order that the uumerous readers of the HERALD connected with maritime affairs may in fuiure be alc to distinguisa aud report correctly, a copy of the signals of tie vessels Of te various ocean ines is here suojoimed. ‘Two rockets and one blue light, it forward, red light amidships, blue ‘The lights ail to ve burning at the light aft and two roc! same time, ‘Gvion Lint,—Blue light forward, blue light amidships and bite light aft, all burning at the wame time. National Line.—Bine light, one rocket and a red light. Anchor Line.— Red and white lights alternately. ran teauehip Comuany (Portiand Line).—Blue t, white rocket, and red rocket in succession, ‘hk Linee—Blue light torward, white light ‘amidships, Light aft, exhibited sunultaucously- ‘No th German Lioyts Line (Bremen).—Biue ight forward, blue light aft, with two rockets at the same time. Hamuurg American Packet Line.—Qhe roman candle, rocket and one roman candle, with about one minute between ench. Nee York and Linton Line,—Rocket, blue light, and rocket. Reuger’s Line.— Blue ght and red light amidships, and both burning at the same time, ‘These vessels in the day time may be distinguished by their smokestacks. Tnose of the Cunarders are painted red with a biack top; the [Inman black with a white band and Diuck Lop; Gulon, dlack with a red band and a nar- row black top; the National, white with a black top; Auchor, all black; Montreal, black with aliernate bands of white, red and white, with a black \op; French, red with @ black top; Bremen, black; Ham- burg, black; New York and London, white; kugers, black, Ali the vessels in tois line now are side- wheel steamers with white padd le-boxes. If shipmasters would make a note of these signals they would ofven fiud them useful, and could, wien perhaps they least expected, give such information as would aliay the anxtety of people on both sides of the Atlantic. THE IRON-CLAD ATLANTA, sold by the United States government to an agent of Salnave, the late President of the Haytien republic, 13 the last announcement in the list of lost or missing vessels. From private sources received here yester- day 1t appears that a short time after the execution of Salnave the Atlanta, under the name of the ‘Irt- umfo, arrived off the harbor of Port au Prince, but the oficer in charge, hearing that the purchaser had been executed, and no one came to claim the vessel, departed and rendezvoused around the Bahamas or some of the islands on the West Indian archipeiego, and consequently It would be very difficuit to hear Trom her. She is believed to be all right, and no doupt by this tme negotiations for her purchase have been entered into by Saget, the successor of the unhappy Saimave. ‘There need, therefore, be ho anxiety regarding her, as she now probably 1s safely riding at anchor in some snug Weat Indian harbor. The Reported Arrival of the City of Boston ac Queenstown Still Current in Loudon— lts Falseood Clearly Demonstrated. Lonpon, March 16—5 P. M. The report of the arrival of the steamer City of Boston at Queenstown is still current in this city, and has not yet been authoritatively denied to this public. An edition of the Glove, just issued, prints a despatch, dated at wublin to-day, asserting the safe arrival of the missing steamer at Queenstown. Our Queenstown agent, in reply to further inquiry, telegraphs that there has been no sign of the City of Loston there, and no vessels arriving there re- port having sighted her, This despatch is later than that published in the Glove, which must, therefore, be false. All Points on the South Const of Ireland Heard From—No Tidings of the Steamer. Lonpon, March 16—11:80 P. M. A Gespatch has just been received trom Queens- town, which says:— News has come in from all points on the south coast of Ireland, but there are no tidings of the missing steamer City of Boston. Stormy Weather on the Atlantic. LIVERPOOL, March 16, 1870. ‘The ship Margaret, Captain Roach, trom Savannah January 22 for this port, has arrived. Captain Roach reports that be experienced dreadful weather. He encountered a cyclone, in which his vessel suf- fered some damage. The Canard in Philadelphia~Great Joy Fol- lowed by Deep Sorrow. PHILADELPHIA, March 16, 1870. ‘The reported safety of the City of Boston was hailed with universal joy, and crowds of people gatu- ered around the bulletin boards. One of the evening journals published an extra containing a sensations despatch that the steamer had broken her machinery on the 24th ult., approached to port under sail and had been delayed by frequent heavy storms. The contradiction Of the report was a severe biow to the iriends of passsengers on board the City of Boston. LECTURE BY PROFESSOR HARDINGE ON MAN. An interesting lecture on man was delivered last evening before an inteliectual, though rather slim audience, by Professor Benjamin Hardinge, in the new Hall of the Young Men’s Christian Association, corner of Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue. fhe lecturer spoke in @ conversational manner or the properties of animal and vegetable life, contend- ing that there was acertain degree oftuartz aamixed both, avithout which they could have no existence. He spoke of the practice of medicine in our day, condemned the use of calomel as pernicious to te human body and mind, and cominenied sarcasti- cally on the fact that a large audience could never be got together to listen to the elucidation ol a sub- ject such as he had related, notwitistanding that that subject had an intimate connection with tei * very existence and well being.