The New York Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1870, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, Volume XXXV_ No, 106 AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BOOTH'S THEATRE, 234 st,, between Sth ana _ Matinee at 1, MACUKTHLveming, LaDY OF Lions, WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and 1th street.— Wan Any Acuks. Matinowat 1g—Ours, OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broagway.—New Vensic Hawurr, Matinee at2, Tamers OF FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-to .—-F ROD: oe ea 'wenty-fourth 6t.—FROU- GRAND OPERA HOUSK, corner of Eighth avenue and 2d GLAM YWELVE TEMPTATIONS, Matinee at 2. AGERIL, Rrondway, cor- Periorimance every evening. WOOD'S MUSEUM AND M ner Thirtieth #t.—Matinee dui NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.— PirPin ; OR, THE KING OF TUE GOLD MINES. Matinee at 2 BOWERY THEATRE, 1 Vauirty—La Jooninsn —! ery. —MYSTERIES OF PAnis— DROVERS. Matinee at 2. THE TAMMANY, Fonrteenth street.-GRAND VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT, Matinee at 24. MRS. F. B, CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn. Exp Koves anv lain EMiGRant, TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE. 201 Rowery.—Comro Vooat.tem, NEGKO MINSTRELSY, 40. Matinee at 24. THEATRE COMIQ E, 614 Rroadw 16M, NEGRO AC78, &0. Matiner —-COMIO VooaL. BRYANT’S OPERA OUSE, oT aDBYANTS, OPERA ‘ammany Building, 14th BAN FRANCISCO MINSIRELS, &8 Broa \way.— PIAN MIASTERLURY, 0. tn pe tinge 3 KELLY & LEON'S MINSTRE! — le okRELY LS, 720 Broadway.—Cuixo APOLLO HALL, corner 28th ty THE NEW Hiveusivos. Matiace are, nt BroMdway.— HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, MINSTRELS—MAGKS AND FACE Brooklyn.—Hoo.ry’s Matinee at 215. NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourieenth street, Roun: AND GYMNAGTIC PRRFORMANOFS, dO. Matinee a 2 HIPPODROME PARIS EQuesrmian Fares. A ET. TR awe York, Snturday, April 16, “41870. NEW YORK M: SEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— ‘TS OF TO-DAY’S H2RALD. { PAGE. I—Aavertisements, 2—advertisements. S—New York Tax Levies: No Increase in the Amount of Taxation for the Ensuing Year; Provisions for the Issuance and Payment of Bonds; The Kepaving of Streets Already Paved Forbiddea; Amendments Periecting the New Cnarter; Powers and Duties of the Police Department Defined; The Question of Assessmenis for Local Improvements Settied; Autaorty of the Department of Locks. 4—Congress : Senate Discussion on tne Georgia Liu; Passage of the Deficiency Bill in the House—The Winnipeg Insurrection: Prepara- uion of the Canadian Expedition Against the Insurgents—Yacotung—The Fine Arts: Art and Art Patronage in the Old World—The Public Schools—Remerkable Case of Ovar.- atomy—Reai Estate ‘iransfers—An Irishman Repudiates tue Brogue. 6—Mexico : ‘ihe Listurbed Condition of the Repub- lic; Address of the Rebel General Huerta; The Free Zone Question—Old Werid Items—A Female Pnilippic: Victoria C. Wovdhull on the “Tendex.ctes of Government’—Homicide in the Tenth Ward—brooklyn City News— Fruit and Flowers at the Tombs—The McFar- Jand Trtal and Mrs. Caluoun—1he Sub-Treasury Frauds—kastern Ashes to Western Dust: Funeral of a Japanese Student—A (Queer Leading Article on the lailroads of tie United Seates and Their Management— Good Friday: Its Ovuservance in This City— ‘Taking Linn py the Hand—Railroad Strike aud Riol—Amusement Announcements, ‘%—Teiegraphic News from all Parts of the World; Freuch Parliamentary and Electoral Opposi- tion to the Piebt ciie; Napoleon's Reorganiza- tion of iis Cabinet; Ihe Austrian Cabr net Plaiferm; Great Fire at Medina, Oho — Washington: Secretary Robe- son Anxious to Resign His Vortfolio; Bil Jor the Keorganization of the Navy; Senator Suamnei’s New Postage Bill; loaves igauon of the Charges Against Genera: Howard—Per- sonal Inteliigence—Smash Up on the Erie Railroad — Serious Charge Against a Sea Captain—Provable Inianticia uicide in Brooklyu-—Incendiary Fires in Williamsburg— Fire in Meriden, Conn.—The Feman Scare— ‘The Druggists’ Frauds—Business Notices. S—Romance in Rea! Life: A Brooklyn Roy in Ten- nessee—Internal ievenue—Financial aud Com- mercial Reporis—Army and Navy Inteiit- Marriages and Deaths, The Captain General on the Insurrec- tiou—The School Quesiion—Advertisements, 40—New York Tax Levies (contimued from Tard Pave—Comp!ime.is to Superimtenaent Jour- dan—The tate Capital: The New York Tax Levies in the Assembly \‘ade the Special Order for Tuesday; Passage of the Bill Extending the Powers of the Marine’ Court; Defeat of the Bull Lelative to the Powers of Husbands—New Yors City News—Sbipping tutelligence—Aa- vertisements. 11—Aoveriivements, A2— Advertisements. Tug Pensy Postrace Brit. introduced yes- terday in the United States Senate by Mr. Sum- ner, an abstract of h will be ford else- where, contains many provisions worthy of thoughtful considvration. It aims to provide the people with a system of cheap posiage and to abolish the franking privilege, and in this much, at least, will be favorably received. Looxine Arrer Tue Main Ca f.—The last is heard of the young demo The other day in the Senate Mr. Genet uttered the eulogium of Mr. Tweed, and dcsived it to be distinctly und: rstood that he had never held any but sentiments of the highest respect for that gentlemin. Mr. Genet recognizes with whom the victory rests and perceives who has the disposition of the spoils. Tre Papar Avrrormies in Rome are con- siderably alarmed at the prospect of another revolutionary movement against the lay power of the Chureh. Mazzini has prepared, it is said, for an immediate ‘“‘rising.” This is an old scheme revived; but being an Italian bim- self perhaps Josep Mazzini is of opinion that he has as good a claim to father a schema as has Pio Nono. It may be. Oor Orrawa CorresponpENce, published elsewhere, furaishes some interesting particu- ‘ars of the preparations making by the Do- minion government to suppress the Winnipeg urrection, The expedition will probably «umber two thousand men, and will march to ‘the Red River territory by one of four routes, of which the oue through the canal at Saut S.e. Marie will probably be taken. As the «canal is located in American territory permis- ion must first be accorded by our government to pass through, and this brings up au inte- weating questioc of international courtesy. NEW? YORK! HERALD, SATURDAY,’ APRIL i6, 1870—TRIPLE SHEET, The Railroads of the United States and Thelr ~Managemont. Last year a bill authorizing 9 classifieation of the directors of the Erie Railroad—whereby the management of the road and the control of the company were practically placed for an indefinite time in the hands of Messrs. Gould and Fisk, the president and the comptroller of the road—was passed by a Republican Legisla- ture at Albany and signed by our present 'dem- , ocratic Governor. Before our present demo- cratic Legislawure Mr. Charles Burt, a British barrister, representing a number of English stockholders, has appeared, asking in behalf of said stockholders a repeal of said classifica- tion law, in order that the stockholders gene- rally may choose a new board of directors, Mr. Burt charging that under the management of Gould and Fisk the interests of the stock- holders have suffered and are suffering, and that there is rio prospect of relief under sald management, Gould and Fisk, thus put upon their defence, claim that the road under their administration has been well managed ; that they found it in & bad condition every way, and have put it in a good condition; that they have extended its connections and feeders, reduced its expenses and increased its receipts; that if there have been no dividends it is because of the costs of their repairs and improvements ; that inregard to this classification law the same system ex- ists in England, and that before it was applied to the Erie road it was in force in Pennsyl- vania, Ohio, Illinois and elsewhere, and ap- plies as well to the New York Central, Hudson River and Harlem lines, and that this classifi- cation system is good in securing experienced men in the direction of the affairs of every road concerned. In general terms such are tho two sides of this controversy. Without taking either side we undertake to say that the relief sought by Mr. Burt for the English stockholders he represents will not be found in the repeal of the bill in question, nor in the New York Legislature, now or hereafter, nor in our State courts, The trouble lies deeper, too deep to be remedied by State Legislatures or State courts, Nor are the evils complained of confined to the Erie road. They exist more or less in all the great railroad lines of the United States, and are beginning to be felt in the small ones. The great and overshadowing evil of all is the watering of the stock, The stock of a railway company, for instance, is twenty-five millions of dollars. But they are hard up, and though a new issue of stock or watering of twenty-five millions may reduce the shares from seventy to thirty per cent or less, the new issne still gives to the manage- ment the control of miilions, whereby State Legislatures and State courts become the will- ing servants of the controlling heads or head of the railway concerned. Agaiast this formidable evil of stock water- ing the stockholder, as these matters now stand in New York, Pennsylvania, Ulinois and other States, has no redress; but beyond the stockholders lie the greater interests of the masses of the people. And here we find in our great railway companies growing monopo- lies, which threaten in time the absolate politi- cal control of every State concerned unless they are put under the checks and balances of some geveral law of the United States. The Western Union Telegraph Company is be- coming from its stock watering and other pro- cesses a dangerous monopoly in view of the general interests of the people. Hence we advocate the merging of the whole telegraph system of the United States in the Post Office Department and as properly belonging to that depariment of the general government. In the same view of the paramount: interests of the people we hold that there wili be no end to these railway corraptions and the grasping ambition of these great railway companies and combinations except in a general law of Con- gress regulating all the railroad business of the country. Among the powers conferred upon Congress are the power ‘‘to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes,” the power to “establish post offices and post roads,” the power to ‘ay and collect taxes,” &c., and the power ‘‘to make’ all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carry- ing into execution the forezoing powers,” &c. Now, under these powers in the constitution, as settled in settling the late rebellion, in the establishment of the supremacy of the United States and the subor- dina ‘ion of the several States, Congress clearly possesses the authority for a general law for the regulation of commerce among the States oa our railroads, The powers recited were granted to Congress before such things as steamboats, railroads and telegraphs were dreamed of, at a time when Washington was practically as far from New York as San Francisco is to-day. If the powers then recited were held to be necessary to Con- gress in 1787, how much more necessary are they in 1870? In this new age, in fact, of rapid intercommunications of thought, passengors and goods from point to point, between the two oceans, and between the great lakes and the Gulf of Mexico, and around the world, all those old notions of the age of horse power on land and sails on the sea—all those old notions, we say, dividing States, provinces and peoples, have become obsolete and absurd. We are no longer a loose confederacy of different peoples, cut off from oach olher by mountains and riv- ers or by many days’ travel; but we are one people, and the wants of each State in such things as raiiroads, steamboats and telegraphs, are the wants of all. In view, then, of har- mony, uniformity and wholesome checks upon grasping State monopolies, Congress alone can supply these wants of the age. So, in our judgment, neither the stockholders in our rail- roads, English or American, nor the people of the several States, have any security for the future against railway stock-watering monopo- lies gave in a general law of regulation from Congress, Yesterpay THe Hovsk CoMMITTRE ON Nava Arrairs completed the bill to reorgan- ize the navy. While the number of officers is reduced by it no commissions are vacated, which will leave the force as it now stands and prevent promotions to the higher grades for some time to come, The bill settles the ques- tion of the relative position of line and staff officers by providing that the latter shall not, at any time, exercise control over @ commander by virtue of superior rank. The New York Tax) Levies. We publish this morning the texts of the New York city and county’ tax levies, both bills of which were yesterdiy made tho special order of the day in the State Assembly for Tuesday next. The total amount of money appropriated in these bills is not larger than the appropriation last year, while the rate of taxation is lessened’by reason of the in- creased value of property in the city. So far, then, @s the amount to bo raised is concerned tho exhibit is satisfactory, and must be regarded as the initiation of that econ- omy in the administration of our city govern- ment which is promised by the new Charter. The donations for charitable purposes are not large, and are wholly bestowed upon institu- tions of which New York may justly be proud and which are worthy of the aid extended to them. A large part of the city tax bill is devoted to defining the powers and duties of the several departments and to perfecting the new Charter. The Comptroller is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipa- tion of the revenues, in such sums as may be necessary to meet expenditures, but not exceeding the amount of revenues. Provision is made for increasing our water supply, for the construction of a fire telegraph and for the issuance of ‘‘tax relief bonds,” which shall be applied to the payment of State taxes and to the liqnidation of the city and county debt. One of the most important provisions in the bill is that which prohibits the paving, with any spe- cialor patent pavement, of any street, avenue or public place which has once been paved, unless by @ petition from a majority of the property owners on such thoroughfares. This section effectually prevents imposition upon our citizens of heavy assessments for the laying of pavements which they do not desire, and is an obstacle to corrupt jobs. Another noticeable feature is the section which provides that the Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks shall not receive any salary or other compensation for their services, In the way of perfecting the new Charter the powers and duties of the Police Depart- ment and of the officers and men of the police force are fully and clearly defined. For the purpose of increasing the income of the Police Life Insurance fund authority is given for the monthly deduction of fifty cents from the pay of each member of the force, and it is provided that the department may, by a unanimous vote, place any captain and sergeant on the pension roll and allow him an annual retiring pension not exceeding in amount one-half of his annual salary. The same authority is given to retire patrolmen, but the annual pension in such cases is limited to four hundred dollars, Power is conferred upon the board to appoint special officers, without pay, and to demand the assistance of the military in cases of emergency. Immediately upon making an arrest the officer making it shall take the offender before a magistrate, if any be sitting at the time; otherwise the prisoner shall be detained at the station house until the next silting of the magistrate, when he shall be conveyed before him without delay. To the Department of Docks a large part of the bill is devoted. Exclusive charge of all the wharf property is given to the department, which is authorized to make such improvements on the water front as may be necessary, and itis provided that the board shall advertise for plans for the best method of such improve- ments ‘by anew system of wharves, piers, docks, basins and slips which shall accommo- date the preseat commerce” of New York, these plans to be laid before the board by the Ist day of October of the pre- sent year, This is a most important section of the bill, and promises to give us a water front worthy of the metropolis. The fullest powers necessary to a proper performance of their duty are conferred upon the Commissioners, all the provisions being evidently carefully considered before they were adopted. On the whole the bill will undoubtedly give satisfac- tion to the public. The Fine Arts in the Old World. Our special correspondence on the subject of art and art patronage and product in the Old World, as it appears in our columns to-day under date of Paris and Romo, is particu- larly interesting. Our writer in Paris details the closing transactions of the sale of Prince Demidoff’s gallery, conveying besides the in- ferences which were produced by the distribu- tion of the works by purchase to diflerent countries and for private col- lections. The paintings of the French school brought the highest prices—a symptom of revolution in the public taste in that respect, when we call to mind the liberal and almost exclusive patronage which hus been given to the products of the Italian artists during many years. The statuary brought rather moderate prices. The collection of objects of vertu was very large and fine, the catalogue containing 1,965 numbers. The aggregate receipts of the first three days’ sales footed up $249,000. From Rome we have an elaborate and very lively special report of the opening of the Exposition of Christian Art, which has been organized and arranged in the Holy City under the patronage of Pope Pius IX. There is statuary and gold and silver and diamonds and rubies in great abundance and worked and chiselled by “cunning” hands. The galleries are ample and tolerably well filled, but cold and formal in effect, The review of their contents from the pon of our corre- spondent is both instructive and entertaining. It shows forth Rome, with the ‘“‘orphans of the heart must turn to thee;” Rome, “the mis- tress of the soul,” if we so will, but yet a Rome, like Greece, as ‘‘iving Rome no more.” Tar New Post Orrtox of this city will pro- bably make some progress in construction dur- ing the present summer, in viow of tho action of the House of Representatives yesterday on the Deficiency bill, The House agreed ‘to the decision of the conference committee increas- ing the sum to be appropriated for the work to one million of dollars, Keer rt Gomnc.—The iatest promise from Washington is that the next statement of the public debt will show o greater reduction than any month of the past. Very good. This is the sort of practical Gaance the people appre- ciate, Chueh and State im Spalamiho Ulti- ' Ly » Acablo despatch which we publish to-day gives us to know, that General, Prim has de- livered his ultimatum to the Spanish bishops. They have'not yet given in their allegiance to the new constitution. A few days since we published instructions from Rome to Spain. ‘These wore to the effect that the Spanish bishops must not ‘on any account accept things as they are in Spain. Fora year and a half Prim has waited and waited with an amaging amount of good temper. He has been anxious above alk things to stave off a’ fight with Rome. Tho latest action of Rome in regard to Spain has left Prim no choice. . It isnow war. Prlm ac- cepts the situation, He has, consequently, warned the bishops. If the bishops: prove re- fractory we shall have Spain confronting her own sorrow and all the world fully interesied in the issue, No man knows so well as does Prim that the Church and State diMoulty, which Spain must grapple with and finally set- tle before she can find peace or a fair start on a new career, is her main difficulty. Geno: rally speaking we don’t care much about Prim ; he has not como up to our expectations; but in this case he shows pluck and intelligence. The Spanish Church bas hitherto been the atumbling block inthe way of the men who now govern Spain. Woe want to see who is to win—whether the finest of European countries is to remain under tho control of the priests or whether the new ideas are to have a fair chance. The Condition of Mexico. Our correspondence from Mexico, published this morning, furnishes the reader with the latest news from that republic. The same old tale is told. Rebels everywhere; pronun- clamentos by the score, First we have Gen- eral Martinez’s address to the people of Mexico, in which Juarez is denounced as the worst tyrant the country ever had, ond the heroic Mexicans are urged to arms to preserve ‘“fiberty.” Next is General Huerta’s pro- clamation declaring that the existing govern- ment is most odious; that it has done many things Huerta cannot approve; that the sov- ereignty of the States has been repeatedly attacked, and that the only recourse left is a revolution. Ofcourse there is nothing new in what Martinez and Huerta proclaim. Their asseverations are but repetitions of what ten thousand Mexicans have said before. Mean- time, while engaged in preserving liberty by cutting each other's throats, the Mexicans are allowing their beautiful country to go to the bad as fast as it can. Were it possibie for the leaders on both sides to garrote or shoot each other, or could they all die of apoplexy at one and the same time, there would be some hope of peaco and prosperity for Mexico, But as the first is not likely to occur and as the last | could only be the result of a divine interposi- tion in the affairs of the republic, of which we cannot perceive the faintest sign, Mexico bids fair to remain in a state of anarchy for an indefinite period of time. Narorgon AND THE ReEps.—A cable despatch which we publish this morning has it that the “reds” are disposed, and even determined, to fight with the Empe- ror’s party in the matter of the new constitution, Oa the night of the 14th there was a meeting of the malcontents at the house of Deputy Cremieux. The mecting represented the party of the Left in. the Cham- ber and the party of the Left in journalism. It is a fact that sixty-two provincial and four- teen Paris journals were represented. The result of the meting was a resolutioa to vote against the plebiscite, and in addition to issue manifestoes accordingly. After all the oppo- sition must do something liko this. It cannot do anything better. But this course of action, we may rest assured, will have but little effect. France is with the Emperor and the Emperor is going to win. Things are not quite to our mind, but we must bow to facts. Tho Emperor is, perhaps, more williag than are the “reds,” but the Emperor, is practical and the “reds” are not. Once more, at least, the Emperor is bound to win a} the ballot box, Stx anp A Hare Reasons Way tue Navy Yarp Witt Nor Bre Removep rrom New Yorx.—First, because Mr. Starkweather is not the man to carry such a measure through and get the yard transferred to New London. Second, because Mr. Starkweather has no influence with the Navy Department, which will oppose him and his plans to the bitter end. Hoe has put himself in opposition to the Department in rela- tion to the disorganization of the service, and has played fast and loose so often that no one has any confidence in him. Third, because we should be looked upon as mad to move the best navy yard in the country until we have built a better one up the Hudson river. Fourth, because there is a cat in the meal bag. Fifth, because General Slocum has not got the right man to write his letters for him. Sixth, because it can’t be done—the fates oppose it and policy and economy say no. Goop Fripay iy Watt Srreet.—The “bulls” and “bears” observed the holy day of Good Friday with remarkable decorum consi- dering the temptations which Mammon always holds forth, The Stock Exchange, Produce Exchange and Gold Board were closed; but the banks and private bankers were required to remain open, as the occasion was not a legal holiday. It should be made 60, however, not only out of respect to the day itself, but in order to add another to the list of public holi- days, which ought to be so plentiful as to give frequent rest from the excitement and wear and tear of business. England is a great com- mercial nation, and yet has two or three times as many holidays as are inscribed in the statutes of Now York. Philadelphia is abead of usin making Good Friday a legal holiday already. Our Legislature has plenty of time to fix the matter this seasion if so dispased. As it now stands the banking community aro greatly inconvenienced. Tuat Georata Bitz is not yet disposed of by the United States Senate, Yesterday, afier several dreary speeches on the subject, the final vote was put off to Tuesday next, Evi- dences are not wanting that the Senate begin to look upon tae case of Georgia as that of a huge elephant on their hands, Perhaps if Senators could consistently do so they would drop the bill entirely ; but it must be passed in some shapo or other, and the sooner it is the better it will bo for the republicans and, we hope, for the people of Georgia, TH “gana. eo The dreadful Fonfans are going to Canada again. So say tho Canadians, . The latest from Montroal is—first, that ‘‘volunteers from the country continue to arrive;” next, that “everything ia quiet on the frontier ;” so that it at once appears that the awful army of Fenian invasion is still in its invisible winter quarters—at least, that ‘Sister Anno” has seen no cloud of dust from the watch towers, and that there is hope the brave Canadian heroes may yet rally in time to stay the advancing ‘host. But whence is the host to come? For it would be impolite, perhaps, to suppose that the Canadian authorities, in sus- pending the habeas corpus and calling for volunteers, are counting witaout the host. It cannot be that those equal-minded dignitaries are giving way to panio and playing with the people a juvenile game of bugaboo—exciting alarm without any just reason, We cannot do the fat and pudding-headed authorities of the happy New Dominion the injustice to admit such @ supposition, The very fact that they ave pudding-headed men is against it; for is not a pudding stuffed with all sorts of good things, and would it be a good thing to pile up all the taxes of this hur- ried defence without any occasion for it? No. It must be sot down as certain that there is a host—a host of bloody- minded, awful, destructive, savage Fenians on the march from somewhere against the peace of the New Dominion. Nobody has seen the host, but this only makes matters worse; for is it not universally recognized that there is no danger so terrible as invisible danger? There is, however, a Fenian Congress in session in Chicago, and there is an individual Fenian rampant in these parts who maintains a stan- dard of revolt against the Fenian Congress, and declares that he will wage war against Canada on his own account because the Con- gress refuses to open hostilities. Is it pos- sible that this is only a ruse to cover the pur- pose of the Congress—to send men over tlie frontier forthwith? We commend this hint to the Canadian government in the hope that it will cause still a little more fright, for the fright is very funny. Indeed, we hardly know whether the Fenians or the Canadians are the funniest in this awful spectacle of a war with no army in the field. It is hinted that there will como from all this a guast military organ- ization of the Canadian people and the con- struction of military roads, and that it will jus- tify heavy taxes. Perhaps this is the point. Jobs are sometimes put up in just this way, and it would be quite in Canadian character if it should eventually turn out that the Cana- dian authorities were ia collusion with the so- called Feniang and had conjured up « show rebellion to justify heavy expenditures, Tne Memory or Byron.—Mrs, Boecher Stowe has done famously in the way of keeping alive the memory of _ the author of ‘Childe Harold” ‘‘and other poems.” It is now proposed to help his reputation by the delivery of a lecture upon the life, character, virtucs and tender and exquisite beauties of the great departed poet. Captain Mayne Reid will undertake this task. Captain Reid was intimate with many of the most intimate friends of Byron. He knew them in their clubs and in their most vivacious moments, and hence is well qualified to talk understandingly upon the subject he has chosen as the textof his lecture. The curiosity of seeing a gentleman s0 well known ‘in the annals of sensational and practical literature as Captain Reid will not excel the interest that has accumulated around the name of Byron by the very remarkable develop- ments of a few months past. Let Captain Reid have a royal audience. Perry Srrroep.—Perry, the junk pirate and murderer of the resolutely honest watch- man, Hayes, is finally found guilty of murder in the second degree. With this much society perhaps should feel grateful, as it was the re- sult of a third trial. The fact that the man was found guilty at all was due to the honest common-sense ruling of Judge Barnard admi'- ting the dying declaration of the murdered manas part of the evidence. This declara- tion was ruled out before, and owing to that ruling it was then impossible to convict, The case is not given up yet by the counsel for the accused, and we suppose will not be till he is pardoned out afier a short term of imprison- ment, Wasuinaton Rumor has it now that Secretary Robeson is soon to retire from the Navy De- partment. He,is said to have entered the Cabinet for the sole purpose of aiding in the re-election of Senator Cattell, of New Jersey ; but as that gentleman has no longer a chance for continned Senatorial honors Mr. Robeson has no further motive for remaining at the head of the navy. ‘This, of course, is mere gossip, and may not be true. If every time within the past six months rumor has spoxen of achange in the Cabinet somes ono of the Secretaries had gone out of it the administra- tion would be sironger to-day. We Poustisu this morning. the story of the career in Tennessee of a scamp hailing from Brooklyn. If he is not crazy he deserves to be putin the State Prison for twenty years, His desertion of his amiable and virtuous wife and her two children and bis marriage with a leader of the Nashville demi-monde exhibit oa his part an amount of depravity which reflects severely upon human nature and upon the moral lessons taught in the City of Churches, TAKNG WM GY THE HAND. The regular monthly meeting of the Seventn As- sembly District Union Republican Association was held tasi evening at No. 813 Broadway, the Presi- dent, Joseph Forbes, in the chair. Reports from several committees were read and a few new names aaded to the roil, after which the following resolu- ons were presented and unanimously adopted ;— Resolved, That the colored voters of tie Soventh Assembly diatrict aro hereby cordially {nvited to unite with this organ- Meath \d aro hereby assured ization, an of akind Reavived, That a cummittce lon, of three be uppainted to con- fer with our colored fellow cittzens of sald district, with » view of effecting @ union of organization and forces for po- litical action. A litte unimportant business was then transacted, alter waicn tbe mecting adjourned. A RAILROAD STRIKE AND RIOT. Nearly éne hundred Javorera on ths Dutchess and Columbia Railroad engaged in a hand-to-hand Oghe at Pium Point, near tue Hudson River Railrona junction yesterday, It appears that @ nuraber had struck for wages. Taey had been setung $1 50 per day aud wanted $1 75. Some Hudson River Katlroad men making their appearauce a figat lollowea, during waick clubs Were ‘yed aud @ German baaty beaten. a¥ 8000 a8 possivie tho | bosses separated Lue gangs, and that eed the mda ITS OBSERVANCE IN THE CITY. Services in the Various Churches—The Exercises of Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. Good Friday was opserved by the business com- munity yesterday a8 a sort of half holiday. ‘The City Hall and other departments of the city government were closed, together with the Produce Exchange and gold and stock rooms in Broad street, and te police courts and coroners’ oftice transacted no ousi- nees after twelve M. The Custom Honse and Sub- ‘Treasury were open as usual, but many down town eatablishments were closed aud business of all kinds Was quite duil throughout the day. Most of the churches whose denominations observe the day were bung with biack, symbolic of the darkness woich overspread the earth at the ninth hour, aud all the services were of the most solemn character, TAR CATHOLIC CHURCHES were especially noticeable for their ceremontous ob- servauce of the day. No lights biased upon the Diack Oraperied altars of the Roman Catholic churches; no masses were celebrated, but priests and clerics, vested in solemn black, intoned ihe mourniul oitice of the Passion and in procession brought back to the bigu altars the cibortums con- taining the Sacred Host, which had remamea for twenty-four hours in the beautiful repositories or symbolic tombs, After the sucred species had been received by the oMiciating priests at the close of the service the ceremony of THE VENBRATION OF THE CROSS was observed with the utmost devotion by the vast throngs who crowded the churches, Rich and poor, elegantly dressed ladies and bumble servant girls, proiessional and business men and humbie artisans, in@ mingied stream, crowded up tne asics of the ys numerous churcnes to kueel around the altars and teauty their adoration of a crucified God by kissing the emblem of ais crucifixion, held in the hands ot their devoted priests, But the insiruction was not entirely symbolic on Good Friday. A few sermous were preached, ut ou strictly spiritual subjects. No Political @iiusions distracted tue ateniioo of Licir Hock: from the peniteniial exercises uf the occasion. ‘rhe Key. Dr. Starrs, the Vicar General of the urci- diocese, preached at Si. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. His text was taken from the Lamentations of Jeremiah 1, 12—*0, all ye that pass by the way at- tend and see if there be sorrow like unto wy sorrow.” ‘The sorrows of Vorist in His Passion was the theme. fie eularged—first, upon the euormiry of ain in producing such suffering 1n God's own syn. Second, upon the aud meekness with which those sufferings were borne, turnisiing @ model for our imitation such as coula scarcely be conceived, and, thirdly, upon the conildence we suould feel in tue love 0: 8 reueemer Wuo could so vear the load of siu for our sakes, and with such uisintereaied love aie jor us @ shametul aud His discourse was 1181 to with the profoundess Btrentiun by the tmmeuse congregation that crowded the pews and thronged the aisies of tie cuthedral. Vicar General Starr was’ assisted by Rev, br. McSweeney, Deacon A. MoCailerty, aud Sub-Veacon Father Phelan, who were the turee wuo sang the Passion; and aiso by Kev. Fainers) Gd. i. McKeon, M. J. Keath aud O'Fiaherty,of Troy, J. Kearuey acting a8 master of veremonies, AT ST. STEPHRN'S CHURCH, on East Twenty-eigath street, the attendance was very large. ‘ine services were conducted by Kev. Dr. MoGiynn, and cous: of singing the Passion, adorauion of the Crows und the other Catholic ser- vices inciuent to dood Friday. ST. PETER’S CHURCH, on Barclay street, was aiso crowded, the aisles and pulpit were draped in mourning, und Kev. alichast J. Farrell preached an lnpressive sermon on tue sutternigs of Curt on the cross. sf, FRANCIS XAVIEWS CHURCH, corner of sixtventa stree’ and Fifth avenue, was filled by.edense tnrong, composed princ;paliy of la- gies. ‘ihe serviees were Very solemn, and the con- fessionals were llied tarougaout tne day by pevp.e eugaged in preparing tor vueir Paschal communion AT THE CHURCH OF ST, ANTHONY, in Sullivan strect, the full rubrical ceremontal was performed. Tus churca is under the pasioral care of the Franciscans and Father Guerridt, In tae mora- ing the huly sacraient from we repostiory to the altar, ab watch the mass 01 the “Presanetitied Mysie- res” Was pertorined, an imposing processivn sang impressively the /auge Lingua aiter tue Gregorlan style, nizing deat. AT THE JESUINS CHURCH the matinsof Holy Saturday, kKnowa popularly as tue oltice of Tenevra@ were chaunted at hall-past five. A large congregation wus preseut, and when ali the higuts in the great Wianguiar candiesuck were ex- tugulisned, the Bened.crus was sung With fue eifect, ‘The sermon was preached upon Lie mystery ef We day by the Rev. Mr. gyi a J. grinity cifvRcH. At eleven o'clock a iull choral service was heid at Trinity church. An iiumense cunzrezaciun was ia stiendance, and hundreds were unsvie to obtain seats. Wii che exception Of bhe processional ant recessional hymns, tie music Was aimost entirely Gregorian, ‘lhe Vente, sBenebene aud Beneuiwius were rendered in tho etghth, turd and. frst tones respectively. During tue oifertory a motet oy Gounod, “Word of God Incarnate,” was given vy the clotr, ana the anthem was hyun one of “lymns, Ancient and Modern.” The lessons tor the day were read by tie Key. Dr. Oguby, wud Litaay was losoned by the Kev. Mr. Witppie, and Lue Kev. Dr. Vinton preacued the sermon. GRACE CHURCH was filled with its usual wristocratic assemulage. Key. Dr. votter preacued in the moraing. Tue ima. sical programme cousisied of Venie, Greatorex; Gloria, a9; Benedicius, d0.; Hymn 231, Scuu- man, and Hymn 56, Mason. ST, GEOKGIS CHURCH. Stuyvesant square was large atiended on the oc- casion of anduai coudrmation services, whici have been beld tn tus church 0a Good Friday for many years. Tne Bishop occupied the chaucel, aid the Kev. Dr. Tyng, the Kev. Morris A. Tyng and the Rev. Mr. Stephenson read ihe services, Dr. ‘Tyng preached ube sermon, alter wiica a large Dumocr of Caudidates were confirmed. The bishop mado the usual address to these candidates, and alter the Stuging of tae hymn, ‘My faith looks up to thee, the congregation dispersed. In this charch it 1s nob customary to slag the caaticies on Good Friday aud the music Consists Of seections of appropriate hymos, AT ST. ALBAN'S CHAPEL the usual Goou Friday services of tne Protestant Episcopal Quuren, with the excepuou of the cross and cauvles on the aliar, were ceiebrated. The sacred edilice Was crowded to its utmost capacity by a {ugilonabdie and ailentive cougregation of devous worshippers, ‘ine rector, the Key. G. W. Morrell. as-isted by the Kev. Messrs. W. B. Noyes and Downe, oMfictated. There were three services during the day 3 foliows:-—Maiius ab nine o’eluck. consist- log of the ordinary morniag Good Friday service, Li- cluding the Litany and reproacues, foiowed by au eioguent sermou vy Father morreil, the foundation of tue discourse being tue gospel Of tne day, Si. dunn, xi. Abt hall-past Lweive o'clock the service of ihe “three hours’ agony” was held, afier whica tue rectur delivered seven short discourses, cuca being ou one of the seven jast words of our Saviour. between each discourse an sopropriwe hymn was sung by the choir and congregauon, ‘Ihe alcar was heavily draped tm emblems of mourning. ihe cruciix aud cundles bemg wiso covered with thick foids ot biack crupe. At Dight there was anotier service, wwe even sung and sermon ateight PM. PLYMOUTH CHURCH LBCLUKE KOOM. The usual praver meeting and lecture took place in the leciure room of Piymouth church, Brooxlyn, lust wight, and was a a crowded; the pariurs adyoluing the house were flied with worstiippers uaabie to optata seats in any ouuer part of tac house, Mr, Beecher, in ofs talk, Said Lihat the eve! ing ol the day lurnished the subject of conversa aad salu tha’ to the disciples the aeath of Ci must have been an overwhelming fact to ther winds, ciouging ali their hopes aud bailing ail their aspirations. sdowiag tie paralielism oi this in the aie ol Christ's disciples to-day he, im one division of lis subject as 10 tie ‘causes inat led to this despondency, showed that it arose very ofién trow physical causes. A conversation arose on this aspect Of the question, and Mr. Beecher insianced @ number of men Wid, by reason of in- terior bodily conditions, ertner carried about with them @ Welaacholy or monomania that was the great olight o1 their life. Le mentioned, as tlustra lve of this, Ricuard Baxter aud Proiessor Stuart of Avaover, Who tor twenty years was going to dic always. He knew anotner man who had a chronic bad temper, waich was traceable to overteeding, and duecily he leit off beet steaks his temper went away also. ‘There was another case of aman who Grank tea ana coffee lmnoderately and who had We notion of continuous temptation; bat he ceased to drink tea and coffee and the Vevii Jett off temp ing om. HOLY SATURDAY. ‘The services of tunis day are verv lengthy, begin- Ming as early as eight in the moruing in most of the churches, Rubrically, $a the eariy ages of the Churck, tne services of Holy Sururday were celebrated at midmghs. in honer of the time when the angel came and rolled away the stone tron the door of thé wepuicpre. In to-vay’s service tue , Paschal Candie, typical of the Resurrectiou, 16 highted and bi and many ether symbuite ritea are celebrated. ‘{o-morrow EASTER SUNDAY ‘the ehurches will be stripped o¢ their mourning, and tne, great holy day, commemorative of a nsen Saviour, wit be celebrated wit ui the glorious po: and ceremony that the Cauveh of Rome uses on her festival days. ihe most elaborate orchestral music wiil assist in the solemn high masses Ol al Lia churches, and Ky/i* and Gloria and Hosanna ti Ev- ceixis wili ring throug the sounding atsies to Wo accompaniment of hatp3 and organs trumpes aud cymbais, sweet viols and silver tates, Good Friday in Puilladelphia. PHILAVELF HA, Aprii 15, 1820. ‘This being a legal holiday the banks, tie boara ot Brokers aud @ portion of the wervautiic houses are closed.