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CONGRESS. Discussion on the Georgia Bill. Speech of Senatér Hamilton, of Texas, on the Georgia Question. Senate Passage of the Deficiency Bill in the House. SENATE. WASHINGTON, April 15, 1870. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS PRESENTED, for the repeal of tae law preventing compensation to citizeus of Maryland for slaves takea durtag be war; for (he suppression of the sule of intoxicating Liquors in the District of Columoia and ajrainst a re- Vival Of the iucoue tax. Mr. ConkLing, (rep.) of N. Y., presented the me- moriai of tue American Geograpiical and Statstica: Bvcety wouching the proposed experiion W tae Arctic rewious eulosisite of tue scleaviie attain. meats of Dr. Hayes and recowmendiag le Guiploy- Inept Of bis ser Mr. PRUMBULL, (reo) of TL, pressnted a memo- rial froin A. B. Hart, Who claims a seat as o legally elected Senator fom Florida, represeatiug (has the Tepoito. tue su iciary Committee oa the subject dd not cout such @ representation of the law aud lacls of Lae Case as Lae COuLestADt Was @usllied to have, ued assing to be heard in argumeut oe.ore Uo seuate, Laid vn the tavle, Mr. / BNTON, (rep.) Of N. Y., presented a petition to Abousi tae duty oa eee and Colle and to reduve that Cb Bugar aud Miviasses, NAVAL OFF.UBRI ON THE RETIRED LIST. Mr. Crauin (rep,) of N. H., from tae Naval Com- mittee, in respouse to memorials referred to tue commitvee ivom retired naval oilicers tor their re- Storaiten Lo the active ilst, read a resuluuion adopted by the commitiee for its government. Iu the juug meut Of tie Committee Cougress ougbt not to enier- tain tie applications tor resturation or tor changes Of rabk or grade, uniess saci restoration uv change be recoumendcu vy tae bXecuuve bepirument, BALLS INTRODUCED. Mr. Scorr, (rep) oi Pa, Mtroduced a bill to au- thorize tue aucuorilies of Wasuingiou to subscribe ou, 000 vy Lis capi al slog Of tue Latuiore aud Potomac datirugs wad to issue bunds for we sae. br aa ly bie COMtive OM tue Wisiriel of Uuiuin- ib un mouicn of Mr, CONKLING the bill author'zing The Fest salioual BauK of velpul, N. Y.. tv cuauge Ais JOCHLiUU Was pibosed, Mir. DU (ey) Of Mass., introduced a bill to Bil Hy wud reduce bY raw Of posiage, tO abolish the tradeing povuese, Wo ult tue Cust’ OL Carrying tue wii aud Lo re,uiule tue paymeut of pustage. Ne gave dolice vs ts iniediiva bo mMuye thas & su0- SulUée sof (He Peuuiug bul AbOsdLUg Lue lraUdking Pel ticge, ‘Lhe Vii wakes & Feducttua of tue posi- ave LOU) uitur Mai Ouuce leters, und suvsti tutes for ibe LiduKung privilege & system of stamped CHYCUpes, Uruered WW be piluied Bud placed Ou Catwudac. aut. VW ARNER, (rep.) Of Ala., introduced a joint reso- Tut dive. ob U8 COUSUS MACS Dua DOL be requie: wuy Oatus OLNer Lian Che due pre- Beebed 1a ibe Geasus deb of 109), aud Vue LO support tele oukie ConsuLuLivN wud Ue Cuusiiutivd of tue United Swates. 2 Tuk CSNSUS LAW, ‘The bill amendalors of Lue ceasus law was taken Up aud Passvt ds aueuded LY ike SUoLLLULG OL the Seuaie Coumuibtoe, db )Puvaues bade che census Marshals shall inciuae BLUuSUUCS reyrescMUUs LUC SULVAVIuy OlllCErS, Suidiers Bie pasos Oi We War OF 4olZ, aud Luelr sUrViVig Widows, coucerumg Weir Peusious, ace ib dubs tie Lune witha Whica return sali be maue as tu PopUalion ubd Wortalily; oCreases CcOMpensuiou dud ZAVes 0 BU MursNais ead eats i abl CEU Bus¥eLUlls reyuued vy Lue GeVeULL secugM of Lhe Bet vi L390 TUS GEORGIA BILL, At @ quar er pust one v cvck Lae Georgia dill was Prococdeu Wid, a0 wk, POMEROY, (eps) OL duVucdlou Mis wuicndieat providiug a pro Rove ub Ur Geotgla, Mud CuNsuuns le tue ‘etd Meaty isutit, aeoug wd elecuon tor iL NeW WegisiWiute La N0+ve uber Hex, at Wutcl all per- Bulle Wi by bac Goust Ulva ate Eloctors Suda Oe eubiled Wy Vous, (ue picseut Le isiabure co beLauinate UpOu Che asselbuuug Ot Ms BUCCESssUr OM Deceuver dy 10400 dur MUCREERY, (dem.,) of Ky,, moved, tu defereace to Lue reigivus seub iments of a puibun or tue peo Bie vi We Cuied dimes (this Delug UO Friday), Uuit ile ceaute wow adjourn. LA bie. st. ad ual effort to fix a wade wn imette 1s A Vo.e. HAMILEON, (rep.) of Texas, made an argu- Meus ia eulurceme.t of the views sated by the Seualoe frou iauaus (oir, Morin). be sau the War Was sui foug on sn toe Souia; that tue Oniy Persvus Wu Ldd Leed disaraied in ihe domo. ch FEVEiiW Were LOE Vics OL TeDe. aULWOSILY. ‘Lue wuvpiion Of the Kingham awenumedt, Ue Leia, Would ve (ue acai Kuch oF the repusleaa party ui every Suutis We, LeCuUoe, Uuiess prudeutiy Cur tailed, evel auiueuce Would pracucaty Quudly tue lew place Cuust US Wud SOL UL MOUL Lhe Veneii- cout bieaoure Of Cougressivaal levisiauon. ie Javoreu Lie auieudiece suggesved by Al’. Urake to Tequire WsteayY suverVeutiou lor Cue Suppression vi bus sevied UpduZtOOUs, wud Geaodaced tue OeAu- teed eu vl vultage, aso aud murder now bin tue lavesy rebewious Suates. 1068 Biddle suowWeu (He LUG OF WUE upung LW esiao- dink civ gover @ab cuore, Jt Dad oven argued here Uiut Was organized resistance to tue laws Ww Ow tag bo Lu Ney O. tue Pecoustruction meas- ures. ilis LO tilsl Wits bal Like poWers uad becu dewguied to Lue commaude.s Of iil UuiLtary Geparuuedis WucouguUl bus country, abd tab tue Hiv Oi lug South Wao WLOLY exc Seualwr loud sdassachusetty (ait. Wal: du ituabeu ae tue DUavor oi Wea sburdered tuere Bice 4. surrender exceeded Our mwrtaily list ib @uy Chdaxeucur dung We War. ‘Lhis esuniate was @ Very Wivucrale vas. sux OWM Delle. Was tual Lo Jess Ulau teu thousand loyal uearts In the Souti had Ceased LO Vea siuuviY because Laey Were loya tO we County. ‘Lhe bo Viai Duauber of arrests lu ‘compare Wi (is uggiegae of criune would show tue Yo 1 BOF dupyutied by tue uaa! aru, Lae loyalists ia We South Wouid sucely Vie Lie dusi—iiey COud aul live there, ie (oe, hauutoa), Jor one, Ui ue priucip.e of tue Binghain ameadareut Prevaied, Woud vot dare revuta to les OWu commu: Lhy. 1e@ did uob vedeve aby acuve repubucso Would dare sive ere. He Knew the peopie there. he Was bora aud raised a.uong thea, had lived fuicre aii his ite awoug tem aud wey Were Ube Th ost Dluud-ihitsty seb Of Cuctroats God bad ever Pecmutves ou iis Lyuistoo.. Me. DURGMAN, (rep.) OL W, Va., delivered an arga- Meui explanatory fallutrs 1a Georgia, He duuvted Lue Prourtty Of HOW adUitiing Georgia Lo the rgnes Olu dtate, abu Led that, if udmitied, per Legisia- fure must be recoguized from its late reorgauiza- tion; Liat ibs Ler daved frou that period, all’ State Gdicers privé by (ui OLtng provisional vuly. Mr. POL, (rep.) OLN. C., criticised the anti-repub- licau features ci tie Georgia cousuiultou aud favored She propusition tor Hilary inervention by we overnineut iM Ube FOuLlhern Staces Woeo requested Y bie Slate Auihorivies. ie aturiouted the existeuce O/ the secret orvauizaiions in the Souuh to the fact that tue While majority Would Dot succumb to ihe recou- Blruction act, LUL allem) t to Override Cue Uliecn.D amenc ment aad ail Congressional lezisiatiou. ue Bald Loa’ whe ibe proteciion of American citizen- euip avroad WOouLd Le suilic.ent cause [or @ lorelgn War its Vuidicatiou upon souuiera oll equally ia- Vo.ved tue buwor aud diguity of the goverumeut, li ine State goverument was upaodle to protect the civzen we batioual government was not Only empowered vut was bound to lucerpose its autuority far the prompt pugisiniment Ol Lhe perpeirasors of the outrages Cow plained ol. He would accompany Uns strevching lortia of the Puroug aru of tae government With such & Course of cv cjinaton and iriendly legislation as would con- Vine Wie Soutnera people Lat tueir Interests aod $Luse of We yov rament were tdentical. Ab (he Coucius.on of dir, Poui's remarks the Senate, Dy @ Ue vote of 23 bo 25, refased to adjourn. Mr, THURMAN, (dein.) of Unto, suggested that the Feuate kuotud bow unauimousiy agree to come to a Vots on the ponding vii at dour o’clock nex Alon- oy, “chlor lo vave the right, however, to speak five minutes each on apy Lew amendment then Giuered. Objection being made to this arrangement by sev. Senu'0 8 a nuater of otuer sugg_stions were Joaude abel diecussed, and finality i Was agreed to ak) thy Moa: youe ut stx o'clock on saesday. Mr, DRAKE, (/ep.) OL di0., OUtained the fuor, and BL BX O Clucé Lue Senate adjourned Lili Mouday, FS © 4 REP 2ESENTATIVE3. WASHINGTON, April 15, 1870, THE DEFICIENCY BILL, ‘Dr. DAWES, (rep.) Of Mass., from the Conference umittee on the Deticieucy bill, made a report, uch was read, He stated that the main points in cport were four—as to the Marine Hospital at ugo, the Custom House at St. Paul, and the New t and Boston Post Offices, and offered to give t explanation that might be asked on those 4 Mu. MORGAN, (dem.) Of Ohlo, wished action to be >ostpomed until the report was printed, and criti. J the fact that the member of the Committee on ‘upriations who had reported the vill (Mr. Law- @cuce) bad not peen given charge Of tue Dill in the Cou ereuce commitice. ‘1he SPBAKiR explained that the gentleman from ‘Ome (lr, Lawreuce) was absent wien the oill was HOUSE OF NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, @onsidered in the Mouse, and thas, therefore. the chairman of the Comuitiee on Appropriations pai taken Of it, is was therefore proper wud ac 10 gil partian entary rues that that gen- vVeman (Ar. wea should have coarge of it in the sentee recon rece. He asked whether it Was e sal.giactory explanation, ir Monuas expressed self eattshed with tt, The S: BAKER asked Whether the other gentie:nan from Ohio (Mr. Lawrence) considered that his rights Nao oeen Wronged by Dot being put ou 40at conte. reuce committee. Mr, LAWKENCH, (rep.) of Onlo, repiled somewha; hesitavingiy that he was not suliciently juainted ‘With pariiamentary precedents bo Kaow Whetber thoy had geen or nom (Lausicer,) Sir, PARNS WORTH, (rep) Of LIL, In reference to the Chicago Marine tospits!, romarget that he nad very 000 Quthority tor saying toast tae oulding now be Og orectes was eulirely Wade for tac usa Go Whico at Was destlaed, Mr. Jupp, (rep.) of IL, asked Mr. Farnsworth to slate hig @uLbority. OP, PARNS WoKCH preferced to give the names of his informants lo the Oowuitles now luvesligating Lhe subject, Mr, MORGAN armucd that the House should not be Caled Woon to vole large Appropriations withoat an opportunity of ubdersauding tuem, aid he wished to have the report printed, ile regretted that tae gen lean (Mr, Dawes) had forgoiten tne role waica fe lad assumed Boe tine ayo a8 Lao guardian of the treasury, Mr, RANDALL, (dem ) of Pa., cailed attention to tho appropriation for the New York Post Olice, which the House bad th.cd at #40),0 0, which the Senate had raised ‘0 $800,000 and whicn the conterence re- port raised to %1,000,000, aad 80 as LO tue Bosion Pst ules, Mir, Daw#s explained tho matter, which was fur. ther discussed by Messrs, Butier of Mass., and Mr. Farpsworvi, tue report of the Post OMce Committees on the Suject Maving been read, Mr, BULer Of Mass., Said Ne Was taforuied that ciate report had never veva considered 10 tae cu ninities, Mr. FARNS WONTH remarked that the gentleman from Massachusseuis (Mr. Buller) unaoabteuly Knew more YooUt Lae LUsiLes4 OF a tthe Goin! iecs Of thy House Luan Lnvse Committees themseiver Know, (Laugiter.) iL Was Very Bortuge baal tue report nad not beea cons.dered tn Complies, Wuery by Was Sigoed OF SIX micuapers of 1; that thd committer covs.dered iwo aod @ haif militous as suMicient tor the New York Post Once, and ene miion for tue Boston Post Odlce, out so much m ney had aiready eon gu biudiy Speut on toose buraimgs that those cati- nates were probably tuo low. if tie Secre- wary of te Treasury uud the Vostaaster General would do their dusy under tho provision repor et by the Coulerence cum uitiee tv requie ous aad give contracts to the lowest respons:b @ petsuus, bho Cost wight De brought down Ww tie auoun ineuded by ‘ne Poyt Ulice Communities. 1 eveats, be Lhought it best tu concur mm the report of she conlereace cominittee, Mi, LaAwkeNCZ remirked thay the conference coumulitee recommended agreeing 1D & luup Lo seventeeu Senate uueadmenis, wuich tao House had rejected, aud to six addtional appropria- uous, aud said that he objecwed 0 aciiag on tue repot uness the chairman (Mr. Lawes) explaiued every tbe —unless the report Was roivrred to the Commitee on Appropriauons, He would never give bis vole vo an appropriation of $5,000.04) for avy one banding 1 tue repuvlic until We na- tonal devt was provided jor, unui the great water communications of the country were Linproved as they Ousal to be, be-ause tuey were much more oecessary Chan Chose pubitc buldtogs. Mr. UNELLL, (rep.) Of Pa, Gesized to know how long the geatieman trom Massacbasests (Me Dawes) hud struggled ty keep Gown these appropriauoas— wuetuer ve had equailed his edloris in bia direction on tue Naval Appiopriavion ill? Mr. DAWE3 replied taat be felt that he a1 except as WO Lac Appraisers’ stores la Pallsdsipaia, (dua Ver), 110 Bad thought taat be wouid lee up a lituie oa them, Mr, 4sk00K8, (dem.) of N. Y., & member of the con- ference Comuiiiee, Sugaeste d that alr. Yuwes su0uld eb the matter go over Ui tu-morrow aud let the re povt be prinied im the meantiue. Air, Dawe 841d ge had no objection to lot that woton be nade. Mr. ALLISOs, (rep.) of Iowa, made the Motion aad moved the prev.ous quesuou On it. ibe House reiused to second the previous ques- wou. air, Dawes then moved the previous question on ihe adoplioa of tie repors, Wikicu Was secouded. 2b Was Turiver discussed by Hessrs. oWhica- » Yoourn, Fercy and Dawes whe. the douse proceeded to vole by yeas aud nays on tue adopuou he coniereace repurt, Lae report Was adopted y Yeas 102, nays 70. ‘The Deficiency bul now only awaits tne signature of tue President, AKCTIC EXPLORATIONS. Mr. Ferris, (rep. of A. Y., preseuicd the momo- rial aud resolucions of the American Geograpaical and Stutistical Society of New Yoré relatuy vo tue exploraiion of the Arctic regions, Ts NEW YORK AND BUSYON POST OFFICES, Mr. T'witUH@LL (rep.) Of lass. & member ot the Post Oilice Committee, asked that the wivority re- POrt on Loe sutyect oi tue New York aad Bostua Post Uiices be priuted Wita tue majority report, TLE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Mr. FARNSwoRIH, ckairinan of thas committee, objected, au the House tan at two o'clock, under he rue assigning tue aileruooa of tue tuird Friday in each mouta (oO tac OUsiNess Of Cue District of voluubla, proceeded to tae consideration of cual business, Mr. CvOK, (rep,) of Ill., presented the couferenco report ou the vil to ameud the Usury laws of the vistrict of Columbia, Agreod to. Aiter disposing of @ large namber of bills refer- ring to che District of Coluwbia, tue Senate oil in- corporating a hospica! for foundiiugs ta Lhe city of Wasiiugion Was tase Irom We Speaker's table, amended and passed, ‘she Comuntice for the District of Columbia hav- tng disposed of all its reports, Mr. WASHBUAN, (rep.) Vis. appealed to the House to rescuadhe reso- tuuon for uu adjournigent over to-morvow. There were seven appropriattua bills yeu to be considered, and if they were ever going to be considered tae wouse sitould bevin Lo do 80, The business Was very urgent, and the gentiemen could feel that warm weather Was comlug oa apace. Mr. Cook moved to go imto Committes of the Woole jor the purpose ov) taxing up the vil. in rela- lon to the paying of Pennsyivauia avenue. On u count by tellers there was Noe quorum voting, whereupon, at four o’ciock, the House adjourued cul Monday, EAL ESTATE TRANSTER. a York City. n of South st, 17.1023 blog, hand i... oc pa we. 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Rare Ridge road, ns, adjoining P A Myers, 3 acres...,. 2,500 THE WINNIPEG INSURRECTION. Preparations of the Canadian Expedition Against the Insurgents~The Proposed Route to be Taken by the Troops—What They Intend Doing. f OrTawa, April 12.1 ‘The various heads of the miiitia in Canada have been in consuitation here during the past week with Teference to the Ned River expedition, as weil as the Anticipated and imaginary Feutan raid, General Lindsay, the Commander-tn-Caief, Colonel Ross, Adjutant General, and Colonel Wolseley, together with tho various stant adjutant generais, have been daging themsetves over mapa and plans, One thing has been decided upon—an expedition ts to bo sent out, and that at once, Tue imperial and do- minion governments are said to be in perfect accord onthe andject. There was a rumor that the impe- rial Cabinet had informed the Cunadians thas they Must “akin their own skunka,’ but this cannot be trae, Canada has not yet pald over her £300,090 Sterling tothe fudson Bay Company for tts imagi- ary rights, and consequently nas no authority and Can exerotse no jurisdiction in Rupert's Lan. Tr ts’ €n imperial matter, and action must and wil! be taken bythe home government, ‘hey will furnish tho nucleus of the experitio: THR AVENGING BXPRDITION Will, 1t 18 currently rumored, consist of 309 regn'ars and 700 Canadian volunteers, with @ steel batiery. 1 am, however, tnformea on very good authority that it has been deemed aavisabie to fake tho ex pedition 2,000 strong. The four companies of the Sixueth rifles now at Oitawa and some of the Sixty- ninth and Rifle Brigade will be sence with a sceel bat tery. The troops sent out from Engiand will replace in garrison those sent hence to Assiniboin, The voluntecrs will probably number 1.499, and will bo Picked men fromthe rural battalions, ‘The various Indian tribes in Canada have volunteered thelr ser vices, The Six Nations atone offered to put 890 braves tntothe fleld. ‘Mhosconts, vateva man, &o., will be selected from the Indians and half breeds in the vicinity of Fort William. ‘The whole force wil\ be under the command of Colon*! Wolseley, late Quartermaster General for Canada, Though a young man—only thirty-seven—be has seea hard service in India, the KaMr wars and the Crimea. He has been wounded seven times and carries as many medals, SEITING OUT, ‘The popular pressure on the government, the long march to bo made and the short summer season, all comoire to urge naste, It 13 pnbiiely stated that the expedition will Ban about the 8th of May. The oniy objection to tots ties in the siinple fact chat it can’t be done. and it tae trst detachment leaves Phander bay oy the 10th of June extraordinary diligeuce will have been used. THE ROUTES, There are four rouiea to the West. Pembina and the State of Minnesota, through Ameri- Cin lerritory from Detrolt, Of course tis passare of troops could not be alowed from mternational considerations, although I hear it whispered In gov- srnment circles that your Cabinet would not oe averse Lo permitting the passaze of the expecition aid they not fear popular pressure and violence offered to the truops in their passage througl we great cities, ‘The second route ts via York Factory, on James’ bay, down the river and Lake Winnipeg. | his involving the convevance of troops round by Labra- dor, and @ long delay m preparing means of trans portation, a9 well ag navigation on @ river impede by successive and formidadie Cataracis, it ly nov fre (hat the Canadian governimeat will adopt this ine, The third line is from Thunder bay, sixty miles norton of Ontonagon, on Lake Superior, across the country to Fort Garry. There are two routes here— one oy Sturgeon Luxe, and the oid canoe route along the American frontier, to Lake ol the Woods, and Laence across the swamps ana prairies to Winall peg. ASilgnt variation from this—the Hadgon bay vonpany’s Iine~has been seiccted, whica { sal! ytoceed to descrip’ One ts via L¥AVING TORONTO the troops will proceed by the Northern Ratiway to Collugwood, on Georgian bay, wience they Wil bs conveyed in steamers to Fort Wiiltam. in order to reach Lake Supertor they will, of courss be com- pelted to vass through the caval at Saut ste. Marie. ‘his canal rugs through American territory, ai- voough ib 19 but a mere lock; but 1 ain givea, to understand by the governinent officials shut hey antcipate that the United States government wul offer no ovjection to this, O1 course such permission, a8 an act of courtesy, 1s ali very well, Dab ON principle itis hard to see why, if we may pass Over One Mue Ol American Soll at Saut ste. Marie, we may not pass over a thousand miles and march over the Minuesotian prairies into Winalper trom the South, If it 1s refuge tt will necessitate a serious de'ay oa the part of ube expeditiva, to which time 18 & great object, Turougn Lake puperlor the Chicora and Algoma and osher boats wil! convey the expedtciou to Lata- der bay. Here ts siiuated the tudson Bay Coun- pany’s post of Fort William, and heve the troups will rendezvous, provisions will be s.orea. scouts col- lected, &e, This will necessivate a delay of som: consieravle duration, Tne air line to Kort Garry irom Thunder boy is 377 mies. and the real distance vo be marched over 13 450 miles. Of this apout Liv mules are to be traversed on foot, and the remaining 280 miles Ov Waier, Including Lwentyfour poctazes or places Where (ie boats must be unladen aad car- ried over the land at raoids, THE BOATS for this purpose are boing built at Toronto and Kingston. ‘Taey are flat-boutomed, square at the bow and stern, with an overlap raumug along we sides, ‘They wili be propejed by oars, and each wui contain about twenty men, So that tie force Wil reqaire at least 120 boats for the transportation of 18 inembers and followers, without reckonime Uose required for stores, Lorsas, artitery, &c. It was iniended at frst to sead On provisions in al- vance aud form depois at various points along the route, but this plan was dropped, agit was deemed inadvisable to run the risk of disaster to the expe- diuon from any unforeseen accideat which might happen Lo the caches of provisions. You will thus See that the flotilia will be a long and cumbrous oae, and that its progress, in the frequent loadings and unioadiogs, Wii necessardy be siow. ‘Tae most san- gue anticipate that tne march wal take tweaty-five ays. I think it will be newer forty ere the column see Fort Garry rising out of tae bosom of the sum- mer prairie, GRTTING TI woulu be a formidable, aud, indeed, an impossible Job, were Riel inclined to resist and possessed of ordinary “horse sease in miiltary matters. The river 18 wooded everywhere, At every portage trees could be felled, and from behind this apatis slowiy advancmg invader could be seriously dt. In the swampy roads, where the men must marci On foot crowded together, ambuseades are possible, and a determined leader could puaisn tae Knglish as cruelly as tue freach and Indians did Graddock. But this requires pluck, andi do not think Riel has tots. Besdes this 113 hands are full at home, He has a large minority in the settlement opposed to him, and to leave the fort wonld be to court @ rising tie moment le was away. The Indians remain loyal, aud is with the greaiesc dimeulty they can be rained from making & descent on we French hall-breed3 and utterly wiping them out. IT am told by several of the Red River people that a escent by the Sioux 13 io ve feared this sum- mer, and they say that if snch an event unforiu nately shontd Dappen there 1s groand to dread in Northern Minnesota @ repetiion of tne outrages of 1862. You will thug see that Riel has his hands fut, and ts not likely to offer any opposition to the ex dition unless tt be at Fort Garry, In fact the greas- est fear is that he may GET AWAY UNHONG. Romors are now current that he 19 packing up tia traps—and those of other people—and preparing to emigrate (o tne States. ‘This [dispelieve, Governor Suutth observed in course of conversation this mora- ing that Riel was not in the least appreiiensive of punishment for the muraer of Scoit, and thougnL himself perfectly justified in what he had dove. He Sees co taink Riel will stand it out. Besides, the goveriiment will this week send forward a party of detectives who will watt at Pembina to cut of Riel’s retreat should he attempt bolting to the States, and Uf he tries to escape into the West the triendiy In- dians will be pat upon tits tral, Cntil he 19 caugut and hanged or slosthe peopic of Yntario will not rest satisiied. gee FN Ae LRAVING FORT WILLIAM theré ig @ March of sixty miles over favorable coun- try, sabdy and wooded, to Dog Lake, near the Kaministiqui river. Here the bateaux are called into requisition and the troops must proceed by Dog Lake and Dog river, the country rising graduaily. ‘Tue lake 18 718 feet above the level of Lake Superiore At the Jourdain rapid and portage the height of iaad, 893 feet, ts reached, Through a chain of small jakes the Savanne river ts reacted, the portage beng swampy, the only one on the route, Here the level 1s 834 feet. Passing through Lac des Mille Lacs the Baril river, French Lakg and over numerous port- ages, the route zirikes Lake RKadgasikoi, thence by Biurgeon Lake Inso Lac La Croix, 547 feet avove the level, Here, in latiwude 48 40, it strikes the American jine, passes the Vermilion river {ato Lake Nameukan and into the great Rainy Lake, 445 feet. There have been gold discoveries here. The old canoe route foliows the American boundary line along Rainy river ito Lake of ihe Woods, where the iine rises to forty-eight degrees. I am, however, informed that tnere is another prac: ticabie route, aithougn one not generaiy known, proceeding up Kainy Lake by the river and chatn of lakes to the northward, entering Laka of une Woods by Lac au Pin Croche. Crossing sne great lake to the northwest angie, south of Lac Piat, the boats must be left, and there iy a marca of bout 100 miles. The first forty miles is through @ ewampy country, thinly wooded, but wit few rar vines and defiles other than what in she open prairies would be called coulds or gulches. The wood will have to oe cleared and the morasacs WRaTt FanMe. jascined {i laces. Near White Mouth river che Lorillard at, #9 8, 203 fee of Kingsbrl.ige road, 60x100.. 1,c00 | 188 a as being opened by Mi 3 NH ion road (which wi ing opened by Mr. Mouroe ay dnd Diity a,» @ corner, 14s Se ee ee ee courie aaa eet anemetinn trac a at to NKRRS, & Ashburton ay, o 8, adjoining A W Cutbill, $4x199, reached and tha frouoies are Over. At Winds past swamn and an occasional patel of wont, At Mak nt the first seitienents are reached, The Inst thirty miles are over the open prairie, gud crossing (he river at St. Boniface Fort Garry is reached. The march will be @ to.lsome one and slow. ‘Ths boats Mutat he dragwed over the various portagss by oxen or horses, No jarga expedition has traveried the country sioce, in 18u1, the Frttish troops were sont forward te quiet the Selkirk Seittement trou) eg. The portaves are conseqneniiy overgrown wiih Un. ber and wil have to be cieared. Some few of them are, Tbeveve, on American soit. Dut, unless Tam in error, the treaty of 1812 g:anta to bon countries nmion tae, Hun to fie force of regulars and yoluntecrs THURER DRE! YOLICH, unser Captain Cameron,are to accompany the exne- aition, ‘they wil be armed with rifle aus revo! ver. will ba ramet to act aa cavalry or infantry as clr cumstances demend, and will be permanantiy eta: tioned at vartona posts in the territory. ‘Tho ap. pointinent ot Captain Cameron is severely eritici4ed by 4 portion of tna press, who accuse iin of pol- troonery aud ineMeleacy, avd say that his only quatitcation tor the post Hes in tna fact that he is marriel to the danznter of a. met minister. Tie varia volunteers will bo called one for three years’ service, and it ts probable that a very large proportion of them will settiein Winuipeg. RESTORING ONDER. As s00n asthe troops have reached Fort Garry the Work of restoring order will be commenced. It {4 understood that Colonel Wolsoloy, commanding the expedition. Will assu'ng the peoviatoaal govern mentof Rupert's Land and io the necessary hanging And suooitng. estaba polies posta, and pat tutws in trim generally for penovanie setiiement ant gov. ernment, One source of posatbie troubies lies in the fact that several Americana in the town of Winul- peg are intimatey concerned ta the rebel mo mont, The Cara tian refngees aoeak very bitteriy ofthen, They say thas thess Americans firnished the insurgents with bratud aed at the outset ae jerialiy aided then by guarding the Canadian prt. soners ant leaving the wnote insurgent force for active aniy ay Yow Venveanc® on them when they get ack. and if there ds any Iynening dong tt may lead vo serious international co. aplicatioas YACHTING. The Saypuo’s Chailenge to Al) England. To Tae FDiTOR OF Tt% LONDON TOtRs:— Stk—In the letter yon kindly tserted on tie 21st st, On the adove snhject, [ endeay 1 to avoid saying anything of @ controversial charactor, and regret Mr. Douglas’ letter, pubiisued on the 234, ra quires T should reply therato, Jf that gentieman will Carefully read tha Arse portion of my tetter dated tho 17ta he will flad { speci referred to hi propose? channel rave, from the Tale of Wight to Cherbourg and back, and the Aflantio race as being b13 formal challenge to all Ongiaad, and totally with. out reference to 4 later paragraoh. which sata “hat Mr, Douglas 14 ready to race tie Camoria in Roghsh and Amorican waters if T will accept thts chaileage for @ rac? across the Atlantic, demoustrates ittle beyond = waas we know—viz. una size and = power wil toll.” A remark of mine intended as referrig to a pare of Mr. Dongias’ letter of Mareh 12, tins:—" Hat you given me aby (ona Ae Onen race, sich as the Azores and back, or across the A@anito, where any superior power tio Sappho may possess would lave told in her favor, I shod have been pertoctiy willing to have given the Cambria 1u!! allowance of Lime, either ey the New York Yaent Ciabor tae English Custom douse measurement,” He Conciades hia letter by saying:—-‘The race now decided upon, wile it gives the Cambria sixty mics on her boat point of saling, ahead wind, cuta ot ‘ron Gio Sappho all chance of abeam wiad which [constler her bast poiny It may dectde whicn ia the vest vessel on a wind, bay not which is the bost all round.’ Tae genera! un pression from this remark Would 09 tuatthe praposed pee] was an unfair one, ud Lat no other had been oifared, IT may, therefore be permitted to say that, conse- quent On the invitation of tae 6th of January, i have had the pleasure of offering Mr. Douglas six series of races, thus:—No. 1 Series,—T'o b2 con- ditional uvon the -appho veing wichtn ven per cent of the Cambria’s size by the New Yor Yacht Club measurement, with tine allowances ta proporiton to the course sailed over, as per \Vighc Cluss and New York Yacat Ciub raies respectively. the A‘lantic race exceoted:—iirat, round the !s'e of Wiseht; ascond, fro tae Wight round the Cherbourg Breakwater and back; thied, from tas Wight round the Edaysionc | lighthouse and back; fourth, from the Old ‘ead of Kiosale to New York. on the 4th of July: fifth. sixth aad seventh, a sixty miles! trian: lar courao in Now York Bay, Series No, 2.—/iras, Vigne; secont, fron Cowes ronad Shervourg Bre vx wate: 1 back: tnird, from Cowes round the Eddystone lightaouse and back. Series No. 3.—Varee courses round the Nab and Oares lightships and a@ steamer or mark boat chored twenty intles out at sea, 80 as thus to form a triangular course of about fifty-three miles. Series No 4.—i'hree races of aixty mniies dead to windward @nd back tu the Chaingl; n> conditions or time al- lowances. Series No. 5.—Thres races round the Isle Vigit; NO Conditions or time allow4nces, series . 6.—Three races in New York Bay, aixty miles dead to windward and back; no conditions or tine allowances, Although he haa s2iected Series No. 4, or three races deal to windward, L canaot agree with Mr. Doagias when he savas such a course “cuts of from tne Sapphy ali chance of a beam wind.” Alealing article 1a the Field of the 19th Last. on this subject says :— ‘The course will “doad to win ward as at provent arrancod, sixty miles ‘ani rotura ty the starting point. AS #. matier of fact itis unlikely that the match wil bea“ read beat” the whole sixty milea, as {' would be coutriry to ex erience for tho win 1 to remain true to a point\"or thirteen or ourteen hours. ‘This ia ths tiie agsiumed as itkey to ba oocu- pied in beatin sixty inilos ning. a“ Nose-ender,”’ wad al the same time cov. }milerin so doing, supposlias the vessels to lay ur-and-a-half points of the wind. Uniler these circumstances we presans a station vessel will be di- rected to steam dead to win dwird from the starting point, and continue to steer In one direction until wis his steamed ¥ixty miles; that is, {2 the wind be novtueast at the ime apporatet to ntart, she will sleer northoadt. and not alter her coursa, whaiever number of points the wint may veer. (fan attempt fs made to yet a dead beat the whole way, the yachts are lisoly to be piacod in this dilemma, presuming the wind to be northeast, one yancht be oa the port tick, east balf south, an! uhe ov! if rtn hail wo iv mt'6s apa the wind sudden’: rs; and Acht on ths port task would get an w. vantaga, and woul | be an ena of the beat to windwa if the points 0. the ortvss wore Hxed, On the other hand, tf the points were not fixe, and ‘& contingency ag we hava foresha lowed oocurret, what alt be done to continus « ‘dead beat to winlward 2 Of coarse, tho only naswar will be, “Get the yachts together and start them azain,” but this might have to be done every nalf none. It the-e’ore seams Inevitable that tie polnis of tas conrse mast be fixed, an | after en leavors have beon male to Insira as far as possible adead beat the yachts must take ther chanzo. And ano:her paragraph says:— Of course wo cannot disgn'so the fact that the &: upwarda of tiventy-live per coat inrzerthaa the On 4 and 0) t is not altered by the presumed excellence of the Cambria’s woatherly Jos, Or her snperiority ta that spect, which, however, ta yet open to provi, over the Saypio, and no one Who falely consiters tie mato’ wha say that the two yachts are railing on e en terns according to the recog. nized rules of match wailing 1a force here and in America. Some few months ago a stacement apveariag in the Field that the Sappho’s captain had stated his vesse) could Dot go to windward with the Aline or Camorta. the owner, Mr. Dougias, Lugs wrote to tae Field on 618 234 of Ocwooer, (361:—~ Twas minch surprised to soo fn the Fil of the 9h of Octo- ber a statement tot eemeot that the galins master of the Sappho had adnitted that neither the Danatioss nor the Sappho was capable of competing to windwart wita such yachts asthe Cambria and tho Aline, Knowing Captain Dayton’s waboundet confi tence fa the Sappho Ck there tanst be some mistake, 1 wrote to him Iminediately, and. ra- ceived « most @mphacic denial of hin ever having made auch astatoment. Uuthe contrary, he yes his conviction that ina fair open race the Sappho would prove herset a match for any yacht in Engl ind, ‘The question at issue is nob which vesel, Amort- can or English, 18 best off the wind, dut which is the best on a wind, and the sertes of races to windward on and about the Ist of May will probably sete tins: point ina Conclusive manner, notwiiistanding my disadva: © and the disparity in size betweon tha Sappho d tne Cambria—the former by our rule being. a3 near as We can gucss, from 430 to 40) tous, 48 ALA! OBE 133. itis not my intention to trouble you with any further communication on this subject, as your Portsmouth correspondent wii be 4 voard the Cam- bria during the races, and Will doubtiess give you an able aud disinteresied report oa all the pros and cons of “on a wind and oY the wind.” Yours truly, LONDON, March 25, 137 JAMES ASHBUILY. rein, REWARKABLE CASE OF OVARITOUY, ‘Three and a half years ago, in Newark, N. J., a tumor weighing forty pounds, the growth of about ag many years, was removed froma Indy, the wife of Mr. Isaac M. Cramer, of No, 23 Milton street, by Dr. James B. Cutter, of Newark. She recovered en- tirely and before the year was out gave birth to a fine female infant. Six months azo it was discov- ered that shother ovary had commenced form- ny £9) ued to gro at alarmin, ae iat son we aa ‘arge if redeceasor, Mr Cramer and her friends determined on having awother operation performed, which was accord- ingly gone by the same surgeon & Week ago Inst Thursday, in presence of some ten or more other surgeons. ‘The unfortuvate woman bore up against the agony ti! the eighth day. when she died of star- vation, She had witnessed nine simtlar onerauions, A post-mortem examination wag held to accordance with her desire prior to death, and the fact ascer- tained that she Could noe have lived more than a Tew weeks in any event, AN inisiIMaN REPUTIATES THE BIOGUE, Naw Youre, April 15, 1879, To Taos EpitoR oF THE HERALD:. Permit me to call your attention to a grave injus: Uce (accusing an Irishman ol using the brogue) done mein your issue of the i4th. Commenting upon the evidence I gave tn the Mclarland case the re- porter comments (not in strict accordance with the rules of casne Upon What No 18 pieased to torm my rich irish brogue. Now, as [ leit Ireiaad over forty years ago (v0 reason why the brogue shouid be discarded), 1b may be readily inferred that my ad- vantages tor acquifing the brogue in question mast havo been rather limitea (some emart irishmeu ac- quire the brogue very young}; aud, moreover, I tink thas tae admission ot such vulgar vudgonery (Dent turos critio) in the report oO: a trial in which an unfortunate fellow creature's Lite is at stake [ae 18 algo sentimental) ts unwortny of a journal of suck respevtability and infusave (and compuineutary| as the Naw Youk HataLy, fully (aud polite), yours, am. sir, very respect DENIS ADLER. A THE FINE ARTS. Art. and Art Patronage in the Old World. Prince Domidoffs Gallery in Paris—The Lato Sales of Sculpture and Patatings—Tho Prices—Art Exhibitions in Rome, é Panta, March 27, 1870. ‘Tho picture gatery of Prince Dewidon ts all lua ly disposed of, and tue prices given were tn many tn- Btinces extraordinary. Strange to say the paintiogs Of the Freveh schoo! brougae the highest sums, aad chiedy because there was no donbi whatever of their originality, while their merit was beyond dispute. ‘The works of Greuze and Boucher of the last cen- tury, and of Delaroche aud one or two others of tnis, were eagerly compeced for and sold very high, Over $50,000 was given in one insiance for asingie picture walle Many others ranged from $15,000 to $25,000. ‘The Italian pletures brought much jess than was @X- pecied, and which ts to be accounted tor eltner by tueir inferiority or general doubts as to their origin ality, The um total of the saes, however, cannot ‘M1 Wo Batisty the vendor, | shoud fancy, for ib ex- coeds ball a millon of doliars, There Were several ine pieces of slataary Kol: Dut tue prices fiven were moderate. The highest sui was pall tora copy by Powers, of bis famous “Greek Slave,” namely, 53,000 {ranga—uearty $11,500. The ortgioal of this beauiifal piece of seulpture is (ne property of tue Duke of Cleveland, and ta now at Raby Castic. It wasexecute! by order of Captata Gran’, of the English army, in 1844, and was after- wards sold to toe Duke of Cleveland. The first copy of tis fiue work Was made by perirtssion of the Duke for Mr, Corcoran, the banker as Wasuington jo whose gallery it stil remaina, The second copy was made for Mr. A. 'T. Stewart, of New York. The third copy was for the Bart of Dudley, and the fourth for tag Princes Demidoit, which bas just been soid as stated. The filth and last copy waich Powers 1 iteads to execute was for Mr. i. W. Stoughton, of New York. So it appears there Six statues of the “Ciroek Slave’ by Powers, in existence, three of witich are in the hauds of Americans and the rest in the noble gailories of Europe. The produce of lis single couceptton, therelove, must have been & handsome oue for the gifted artist, Since the close of the sale of bis pictures, tae Prince Demidoit has begun seiling bis uense aad wonderiul collection of oujets Wart, as these curiosities are called here. As nothing of this kind ia known with us, exceot, perhaps, among a few amateurs, IT chink it worth whtie to copy & brief description of this celebrated treasure by @ well known connoisseur, Mr. Macken- zie, Who 18 adinitted to be an expert of great erudi- tion in Chis recondite matter of relica, He sy. Whoever tas a taste for works of tue bighost art andior objecis oi Verbu geueraily, ougus ty to pay a@ visit to tie exiravrdiaary colisction of Prince Demido%, now on exhtoitiou. Tae catalogue, a large sized ochavo of 327 pages contatas not fewer than 1,963 numvers, and the gaies—stx in all—will exiead over uingteen days. (ne dispiay of aucient piale, rich caomets and porceain is of extraordinary beauty aad que mited for @ national musvain. One iniuease giass vase, covering tle Whole end Of a rouu, is filled wish Old sliver, in tue most periect preservation, not a bulge betng apparcat on any part of 4; whue another coutams comparatively madera articies. but #0 exquisitely chased vist the workmansnip exceeds tus value Of tue rick material. Most of the anciant plate is iit, and some of the large salvers are Insnen perfect coudition that Chev seein tO Lav. ouly yesterday issite from che hands of tue Work: maa, The famous service of oid Savres cutaa, which formerly veionged to the Roaan taoiily, wita afew misceiidacens picess of urea. value, (3 sceu in Con- be struck another lange of glass-covered sucives. noidseur OF NOL, everybody musi tie barmovy vf ‘colors aad ceauly oi aod one can only sixa to 1g Wo D2 browea ty dad win the decoration, chink thab such a creas! dispersed. fhe cabine's, inlatd with colored mar bies and precious sioues, ar? Bumerous aud uot per- laos to be surpassed vy uny privaie collection tu existence. Articles of Lurmiture adorued with wala cite meat the eye every Were —a Circumstance Dt bo be wondered at, a4 toe Prince Deiniduil ts 002 of tue mostexteusive owners of copper mines ty jussta. ip Oug of tue inner rooms at tue exmMuItiON are aiso tu be geen tie LWO famous Cuitouiers OF Luis X¥.'s time, veautifuily rounied a sides and ornamented win gtkled vrasses of perlest Daiah, waich the Yrince bousht—we think in i34l—when competing at a pudic saie witu ihe agent of King Louis ‘fue number is 274 Of Lhe cataiogue, a ¢ Guy, Was COUsiaered su eleva he pavers spose of it &s @ Woudrous e@xir AG piesent ia all provaouity, wat will be givea, But, Wia- sure Wo sup and exaaius the tortoise-sneil tadle, imiutd with iapis Sicilian jasper, a@zate, imocier-vi-peari, stiver, oid and colored marbies. & pi aacvel of in ceaste | work. The slay represeats a pavitc square, with fouatatus and oosiisks, aid aulmated by & Vast number of promenadet a even ounteDanks, WL their co all periectly executed aad all barmouléaog together with che nicest adapwvien of coors. the whoie is in entire Order, and inust bave taken years to exe caig, The number 1 477. The sruis, taposury, gatpar*, Mosaic aud Venetiaa glares rivai each o In beauty; and we avain, iu terminating, recomuead to all NOG by ivse the Opvoriuuiby oi LeAvidiug such a coiloction of lovely ovjecis, ior nobhiag uke ly mas beea seen in Paris since (he saics uv. Lue Devurger aud Tolikow Musueins. It is easy to see that the above racy and graphic description of the handiwork of past ages of yreat ai tistic exce'lence dowbuess must Aave vesn written by an enciustastic lover of articles of vertu; but as @ proof that tins Clas of persous is not ouly vecy large in Veris and Europe, ous very rich, 1 may meution that stuce tie above was written the {inst day's sale has taken place and the service of Sevres china 3poken of B90Ve, COusisUNg Ot s0.Ue 156 pleces—ali ief6 Of tie original service Consisting of 00 pieces —was sold for the enormous 8.uin Of 265,00) francs-- 351,009, This service vil ered paiuted and bore the erpuer of ine famous Cardinal Kooan. who was Sad to have wiveo ble celebrated necklace to Marie Autometie. Tots Cardinal was a gay fellow, and besides spending all ne couid get hold of his tmmeuse reveuties mnouged to run tato deeo dept. Phe fact that this lovely porcetain oe.oaged to aim, 80 Well known tn the romano fistor: of the last century as well as its own beauty, accounta for tue very bigh figore given for ita possessiou. The tivat three aay of sale aro over and the sum total amounted to (he ebormuus Bum of 1,220,116 francs, or $249,000, There are still sfxteen days of sale left. and if the resuits are auytning like what Has bean reauzed up to inis i fesl sure tue Prince wil nave mate & thing of nig collection, though a intliloa more or ieas cai be Of litule object to aim, i fancy. valiippe. tne price that Vieigalie again as much ever you do. be lazuu, carriages and als, COs aul Crowd The Art Exhtbition in Rome—“Christian Art? as Shown in the Holy City—statuary, Gold, Silver, Diamonds and Rubies—ihe Contri- butions and Contributors—A Herald Review of tbe Scone—Sculpture aud sculptors, fent and Modern. atte Rome, Maren 23, 1870. Order has been brought out of chaos; the exhivi- ton of Christian art 1s Open im the Holy City, Tac Basilica of St. John of Lateran exhibl: cradle of mictat with @ base of malacnice, with the infant Saviour. ‘The nimbas ts an inch or two frou the hoad, aud has two largs dlanonds and ruvtes setinit, Itis@ very fine plece of work. Tnere are two very valuable chalices, one incrusted with dia- mends, the other scudied with coral. A missal bound tn red velvet and adorned with golden raised Hzures aud at each corner @ large amethyst—a pregont from the Pope. ‘Two chasubles aud a pluvial magnidcenly worked in silk aad gold—presented aiso by the Pope—a gigantic ostensertam of unsurpassable grandeur and design, The rarest stones glitter from top to bottom, lapis lazull bind the upper with the lower parts, and clusters of garnets, each one not larger than wren's eye, are wetas if they fell trom the circular Cluster of stones near the receptacle for the Host. The cluster ia composed of turquoise, gar- nets, ametnyst, ruby, emerald and topaz, and so large that they have attracted great attention from connoisseurs. Two crosses of stiver, plated with goid, and of curious Workmanship, are admired on account of the many scenes taken from the Old Testament engraved uponthem. An aitar piece of silver embroidered in goid ts very attractive. A Roman citizen has four bas reliefs of red wax in this apartinent—“The Cure Of the Ten Lepers,” ‘Tho Ephesians Carrying to tie Feet of St. Paul the Superstitious Writings to be Burned,” “St. John the Baptist Baptizing Our Lord,” ‘Christ in tae Midst of His Discipies.” Red wax being a new invention tne above have @ place in the apartment of the Basiitca of St. Jon of Late- ron, ‘The apartment of statuary is mot up to public ex- pectation, and tucre hay been a great deal of prudery exbibied in arranging thein, as some of the female figures were a | nude about the bosoms. The Arat isa sumali figure of 5t. Cectila, a copy of Mad- erne’s, There ard a number of * Virgins and Ubtid’ end “Immacuiete Coaceptions” @t more nan orul- mary Joan of areia atioenia Ueonee group ch terra cous : jacob ofenatie Crinodocea, 18 cepltal, two Eucorus busts, Sts, Chiaia aud Pranclsof Assisi, weil done. i Youth ts a fine piece of Ene figure at ats vee sculpture, 9 yOudg prophet h iD the sinister @ partly folded scrolt upon which are ‘hig writtuga in Greek: — iaiiaaninal The peoplo that walked in ‘to them tuat dwelt la the regiou low tearinon, * * * But there come forth @ rod out tue rout of Jesse, and # flower ahall riso up cutof bis root. Tho dgure ts life-size and excellently cut; the few tures regiar and expressive. A small Azure of pt Jonn the Baptist sleeping, tt rely, A staiue of atucco of David in his youth a4 @ fine expression, ‘he mail of tue warrior beoind him; the situs and stones at his teen A grand statue representing La scienza Divina, alle. gory of Davte’s Keatrice, t§ beautiul. Tue pose is Very fine, sue face turned upwards aud the drapery exceedingly grace Ml, Tae Wreabh tat encircies tae brow is ligater tu color tian the Nair and ts hand somely cul. Upon the base are inscribed the foilow: dug iaes from tae great poot’s “Divina Comedia! :— Hontrico tutta meli eterne ruste fissa cus gil oceb! stayu ed 80 10 Jet Le Luch adie di lassie rewnote. A Colossal group in plaster, “Placing our Lord ty the Tow,” oy Wilsam Ackerman, 15 not historica’ly correct, ‘The figures are geod, lowever, duind tung uew 10 Cae cructixion, descent, & appeart to bed great uovoy Wik our moderu sculptors. 1 (ey Would Ue natural and less dramatic tuey woud make more nouey, Which Ik appears 13 Of Mure 1ud portades (han lo mdse reputaion, chevalier Lombardi has & young girl, representing Purity, NOXE CO Lie COiOSsHi Zroup, reimarkaviy beau thu. “This @CUSt's Woras Appear tO be the best im tig exmiviion; but Where are some Of BenZoni’s Laat equal i lacy do not excel tuem, Bowl of tae hive Seut Keveccus and LOtH are excelent. Lom. card's represeuts Wer im tke wLutude of ooserving isuae—Beugzon’s, Wuen Veiled aud presented to hia, ‘Lae Cages iook and yrace Of ue (Omer bs & match for Lue modesty of che ta tal cosining wuurui Ls iauiliess—Lbe drapery of the latter dbey are veyond doubt tue two vest 1a the exiloition Of imoverus. ail zroup, tie *Piodigat Suu received by his ta olasier— Very e008, jall de Ayurre, & Syaaieh sculptor, exhvits @ good sigue of D4 Luis woudagd ir & Co. of Mouacd, Bay . have sent & ii CLUCHIX OD, Lue Madonna dad ot. Joug, we ib 13 one of tuose gruucs seen Io villace arsave tor paint, Avy ordimacy auy S8COUd Clb Smt ae try i aah gh wood churches and r carver coud © b vue as goo; house patter Would orawuMaab ib Deu A Work OL bie tasb ceubury, oy br: oF Mantelplece ofudineui— Sopra Caine tue most orginal wud bac dnest work I tae Collec. .ont, a frame 7 ig Gon of statuary, Ab uaites all Che emvleus of ine spivitual and temporal power, Lae aunty arms of (ius Vi, aad ailegorical Ligures i the saape of @ Irae. 1b 18 a very lagedious atair and weu doue, A suail Dguce of allouaed Angeio's saloses,”” to ainnasier, 14 excelent. Civse bo 1b 1s a Cundelabra sormed irom aw spieadkt column of red Civoitiad waroe, Wii Vase wud cap. 1b IS Lhe property ul Jardiaal ero, A Jac sinue of Trajon’s columa in palembino mar. blogs Very DandtOe LOe sCoues La Lue Lie Of tue Kinperor, a4 tuey Were cub by His Hd.wirer, Apoilu dorus, upon the most deauliful Of ah tae cuiuinas to ouor v: Roman geucrais ever ordered DV ine Dene ale dud Kuman peovie, are faiLniuily coviel aad ur with wood riul skill, Tne lower scene 1s, a8 ail visitors to ome KUOW Une passage Of Lhe Lanuda on 8 bridze of boats, and tue leading Incidents in tae bucian Wats. A vase Of geeuo aniico of the suv le used by bie ancients Has On top the Christiag monovram. ‘the s.des are cuvered WHA Ane dts re ers, grapes Bid birds, teuits and Mowers. A Perus gtan exh vits & marols a.bar of tue Byaantine styl witch ts very fue. Five candeiavra of warhbie, formed as spiral columns, are carved with flowere aad lestooued Win Truiis, Bud Laud With Mosaics, One aliracts Brews atleutiou. ‘ihe stem represeucs @ vine Stak, Near the socked lor the Candie tbere arg ouncoes of grapes, Cul frou @ species of marbig much clesier ia color whan tue stem, A creeper entwines the stil, Or stem, and uuiles with tie xrape vuncnes. Two caerubs are seen to steal hs fru. Ove enadies the over to ascend by, WUAC THO LO 3 Cali, “osbriig a vack.” Tae one 04 Lop lias throwo duwva & dunes to we vae be- iow, aad anocher ouncu id eutangied in the stem aud creayer. fae pec Nyures are excedentiy cut ia witie maroi¢, are part of tie Wuole, allhoush the stem 18 uen darker in color. Lombardi extito ts @ vel.ed young lady, which ne calis “aiodesty.” i618 ago, Bad Wis parcaased Cue Ursy day. Ute toids of tae veil are 80 exquisitely cut aud toe feavurcs so Weil preserved Uae it Mas aeceived wany a& a distaice, Lue “Goud shep- a,” the Pope ia tie aliitte Of giving Lae apos tote Diessing, the “Madvaua O° Sorcuws,” sual figures of vur saviour, bus ries, Pepreseoung bua itoly Family; copies in miniature of diiaat An- xeiu’s “Lit Piet,” 1a tae cudpel of Lhe saue Rane mM ot. Peser's; Mary cite Most ituly, aud tue Saaiis- 3. ma Mauouns are 1a apuudaace, and many o¢ teat guol aad Many ot above In sdiocriLy. A large group in piasver “ur Lord giving Sient to the ian Wo Was born Bilad "13 eXceiieai aud Lull of caaracter, A smal statue, “St. Jerome Meditating Upon Death,’ 18 very good. 6@ 124041 18 the sculpsor, as Ne 13.0! Che NeX One Wh'ch 13 rowarsable for its natu rainess, rhe Biessedyirgia asking St. Agua, net motger, Lor au expianation of tue Propavcy of satus.” ‘POE salut respouds that God wloue can make It, ‘ne Madonna, by the game, contemplating the embiems oO! Lhe passion, Is @ good Work. c naan @ Jaécov aad a Dodusifai full gare ot Or ‘atvent has &co‘09 al figure in plaster of “The Pops Deuning the Dogma oF the Laaaculats Conception.” Ihe ikeness 14 fait, ine posture stil, UL tae Vesix moats are fainfuily copied. jhe daugater of JOdu Dupre, of Florence, extrbits ast, ft, sh togchaaed., if tae iaiy oe a novice in the woJolling art Ber work 13 very goud; ti avs, 1013 Commonplace, ‘fav exutdition of sculpture is anworthy of Rome. It ought to have oven betier. There are (ew works of grest merit, Ihe tace s, Bit xcuptuce ts pagan as Well a8 Vuristiau, au1 indufereat. if you pease, the exibition would vave oesa more cretitabie to Kowe if its Cartstiaaity was se; apart, ani paganism also. A deparimeat Would Mave satived to suvw us wat the modera4 have done tor reigion; wootoer would enabie us to see What the pagaas ave done, AN Cxiipiion without uny iinty to the sujects would tave attractet thvasauds ani rare worcs would have been vrouzhé iorts, As it is ths affair is @ Tauure; but moacs aud priests aud bishops attend itand ave piessed at the numoer Of sain. tiey see in wood and stove, Out tae pudiic don't aps sreclate 1b as they wouia if 16 were an extivitiou of works Of art. Many ot the madounas. virziis aad satats are a3 devoid Of Cuaracter as the Haures on atonvsioue, Lyrosin theart of scwp.ure douoe less uve been tryin’ ther * 'preniice Rainds! co inake sonetitig for ieat. ‘the whole assortineut of sculpiure io0Ks ike a big advertisement, The few vood Giings in It save tt from a fallure. Curistian artis vey goou; bul art, pagan and Curisuaa, is veiter, Rimmer’s New Picture at the Cooper Ine stitute Gallery. Dr. Rimmer, Director of the School of Design at the Cooper institute, has completed a paintlug upon the subject of “Cupid Relating his Adveatures to Venus.’ Although “the subject has been treated heretofore by able masters, we doubt whever it has been more successfully managed than in the present instance. The harmoay and warmth of coloring throughout, the boldness and dep‘h of the shadow and the reaily ex- quisite beauty and briliiance of the centra: lights, show that Dr, Rimmer bas siuuted closely tne meth. ods of the old masters, and his own genius has en- abied him to avoid ther errors. The pa niing has been purchased by @ wealthy connoisseur tor $10,000, A report that Dr. Rimmer is about to resign his post- Von as Pirector of the School of Design, we hove for the sake of the culture of crue art 1m tins city, 18 not correct, THE PU:LIC SCHOOLS. Superistendent Randall to Be Entertained nt a Banquet. ‘The resignation of Mr. 8. S. Randall as Superin- tendent of the Public Schools of this city has lett Vacant @ position which it will be dificult to fit with @ successor worthy Of the outgoing oMcial, His many friends who have, like him, worged for years in the cause of common school education, know this fact as well as most other pevpie, ana, being Cesirous of entertaining Mr. Randall at a pubd- lic dinner, where the “story of baties fuughv together can be pleasantly gone over again, nave fendered him a “public expression” of their “high sense” of hia services in tha agreeable form of a banjuet, The following correspondence relates to the invitation gud the acceptance: — Naw Yonk, April 8, 1870. Samugt. 8. RANDALL, Eag., ci Superinvensent of Com- mon Schools of the City of New York. — W tndersigned, commissioners, inspectors, trustees, aud others of the common sehouis of New York, a A that, after sixteen years of ‘of public education as the bend ©: the great system of this city, and in the beight of your uso- rulness. you have thought proper to resign your high position, fee: that we cannot allow the opportunity to without tendering to you sume pudjic expression of our high seuse of your services, We, therefore, ask of you the favor of accepting from us ‘an invitation to pubie dinn teh time and piace may be most toyou, We are, with great regards, nur friends, alfred Moore, James Koll, Hoven B. Perkins, John Heoxer, Andrew Mills, Henry Kiddie, William Joves, thomas F. Harrison, S.A. Calkins, Nachaniel Jarvis, dt, Anthony Je Oliver, Robert Mottunts, Richara 4, Larreaore, Saunuel A. "Douneii, Joun D, Kovinsun, Chares Piace, ‘9 Orrtor, April M4, 1870. GENTLEMEN —Please accept. my best thanks for your kind ‘appreciation of the services | have been enadied to render to the puviic schools of the city of New York. Such piureca: thousand fold for the devotion of the beat the ii of common school @Jucation, vael( the pleasure of ace mors meeting you, {n accordance with your kind request, aud, If agregavie ta you, wil do soon chursday evening next, the 2st inst, as ee hour and place as you may gnate. Very respect fully your obed sectscyl Ae 8. RANDAL Messrs. Aurren Moore, J. W. AD, A ‘MORE and others, ‘Sommeission sr, laspectors, Teachers, at. ‘Tne dinner will take piace on the 2iat inst, a she evening, wt tie Metropuliian Motel. OE ELlea F i