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

4 ~ SOUTH AMERICA. Details of the Hilliag of Lopez, of Paraguay. The Evd of the Paraguayan War—Brazilian Troop: Scouring the Country for Detached Partics— What is to be Done with the Re- public !—Rojoicings in Rio—Affairs in ho Argentine and Oriental Repub- Mies — Politics in Brazil. Rio JANEIRO, March 25, 1870. Toe Varagaavan war 1s at last really over. Lopes aud his eidest son are slain, together with Vico President Saucnes, Minister Caminos and va. cous officers of high rank, and amoag the prisoners made are Lopez's mother aud sisters, Mrs. Lynch and four chuuren, Generals Kesquin and Delgado nd other oflcers of rank. The scene o1 tue death of Lopes was a bank of the Aquidaodta, a smmail river woich fows from the Mouniaias at the northera froutier of Paraguay ina s vesterly direction to the river Paraguay, His pursuers Genera) Camara and 1,500 well ap- pOinted iio Graade cavairy, vad been delayed by a river ireso% On Weir Way, but Ou efecting Uhelr cros: toey pushed on with increased vigor, and on (ue 2/64 dud 28th made inarcues of seventy Lo eighty ios a day, On the ist of Mareh they came suddenly uvoa Lopez ani bes main forces, avout 70 men, who € so complevely surprived (at the gupuers had oot time fo fire their cannon i give the & 1 vefore they were cut down or ed. Lopes tal barely time to draw up his infantry waca the advance of the Brazilian cavalry feliupon them. Thecoarge broke them almost tn- Stant!y, aud they teok reiuge in the woods, where, however, Ue Spencer repea'ing rifes of the troop. ers Cau-ed them great losses. When Lopez saw, when the Niaztlian cavalry appeared, that further Mizht wis impracticabie, be drew his sword and took his pluce im the ranks of bis troops, He re- ceived a severe wound tho short struggle, and was cu upon by the Brazilian commander to surrender: vue be refuses, and a corporal cated “Chico Diobo” (Frank, the Devil), ran him through with his ance ana killed him, Thus the first fight in which Lopez took part in person, or as gen- eral, proved to be the last. ‘The Beazidaa troeps ap to the Sd, the last date re- ceived, © engasca tn scouring the country tn quest of any ‘emulaing parties, some of which bad been routed or ad sperse A party under Genera Cabellero, engaged in collecting cattle, was beaten by @ Lravilian scouting party and he barely escaped. Lopez's twats and seventeen cannon had been got, W together with many of the families that were ac- company ing teu, aad there is no provability that By of tho retugees wil! attempt to carry on hostlt- ties oreveu vushwhucking, as they are without re. sources. It ts announced that the plenipotentiaries of the allies aui of the Paraguayan government were about to weet Asuueion for the parpose of mak- Ingatreaty of peace, It ts aiso said that a general election would at an early date be made in Para- guay to President and Legisiature. dn the Argeutine Confederation things appear to be going on prosyerousiy and quietly, but a tele- gram at the just moment says that troubles bad broken out anone the numerous Itahan populatioa in the chy o: Buenos Ayres, wad that bivod was Dowling ireety. tuich felt upon the River Plate on the and caused immense % IMOSt Serious ©. We slippimy, fity-four vessels being lost r iv dawased. The waves even washed houses away ou ihe shore In Buenos Ayres, Monte 1S rapidly drilling tate its former con- dition of chronic Insurrection and Insecurity Armed fore vei imsurrecuon in the north and virtually v6 » ne departweuts north of the Riv Negro. arties have invaded Florida. ‘The goVerninent is # most powerless, but General Castro has beew ap,vimied commander in-chiel, Ne is 1 camp wytae to collect men, and the Navlonal Guard 1s to ed out, Woot WH be the resule i 13 cin is@, DUL ICIS most probabie that the foreuzn 'o Will sake measures to prevent the city of Moueviueo wing Lo# scene Of armed contic., Pe Legislature sit ontevyideo has Dot Come to a decsiun BOONE Hou Of how to pay ou bauk Ouis Which the goverument unde:- took (0 reuee.s). dud bas Consequentiy postponed the Uise lor redvem.ny them for tuirty days longer, say to ti of Apri ‘The uews Of Lupes’s death arrived here upon the Vth of March, si. wurick’s Gay, and some MAIUbAty that the cwho giled Lopez ts an irisiman bamed Louies OV imuagan, Who enusted In the Ura. giana and who, on nut of is reckies bravery, ¢ name uiuong them of Chico Dusvo, that is lo suy, Vevi draus. Of course the Braztiians don't such a supposiuon, and tie Kio Grander have bi seil-congratulating each Other aua suki g hauds ali over ihe towa in ecstasy Bi the Kiliug Of Lopes being edectea by a provin- Clalist of Uieits wud the closing Of the war effected by a Kio Urande general and Kio Graude troops. = Luts geueral (Camara) has been mae Viscount of ‘clotas aud has been prowioted to tie Tank of fleid mar- shai, besides having @ street im Rio rechrint- ened aiier iim. As for Chico Diabo, | hear a sub- scription bus been made, Waiek will Scart Lim as a first cl valiur wown South, with gold in his pocket wud ten pouads ot silver ib his bridle, saduie gud spurs. ‘Phe rejoicings in the city have been great. The Euiperoi’s iace ts radiaat; ne talks no more of abd. cauivn, and alter a grand Te Dewi to-day he is goug up to rest littuseil 11 bts summer palace at Petropolis, from waicu be pad exiied hiwsei, ducing tue whole Of the War. The Princess {operial 1s also ln a bigh state of Leatitude; sue Is Waruily abiached to the Comte Wu, aud eaccedingly proud of him, 60 that bis early expected revurid sas greatly excited her, A steduer as been charwred to send for bim, sud ne is looked tor about the gth of Apri, The Princess received two fewale Germuust ratio: sea she Was walking up we sicey roud to th la church lo attend mass, Wieu a lot of ladies and euildren waytald her And raised 0. as io her, the Colute and the @ Celera. The oiler Geuoustration was on the 22d, when a deputation 0: ladies Waited OD ner AL the cily Palace. A young lady who had just luated delivered o Dtue speecu, ana then piped the tngie note of seven DUdS Ob Various APP:OPTiate subjects, In Winch ad the ladies joiwed. having tis done their duty to the Iriucecs aud Brazil, lacy favored the populace of Rio itn a procession (iroush various slreewy @ wWisow with four sons i tuy army, vesides thee who died in ié. carrying & fay. ‘Pbese female demon- Blrativous Would U1 co. nothing Ma most ocner countries, but in brazil saci a step outside their Usual UWlrA-Virgiial prutery 13 & genuine pheuo- Menon, aud Is ehougi to wake One think the world \s really coming to au end. Une other syuiploui Ol this approaching catas- trophe is taal tue caged stariings im the nunneries bere are crying to get out. dhe sceue of tis revolt Sgalust morally aud religion 1s the Ajuda Convent. It 18 an Luntieuse bulking, every window of whicn is careluly guarded by @ checserwork of two inch frou bers. ile new bishop, buwever, trained i morality and religion by the Jesuits, saw that. al- thougn Weir windows were forty feet above the Bireets, & passer-by LUNE possi vly Bee Lie Loses Of the nuns as tuey flattened tue against the dirty glass; 50, horrified av the possible sacrilege, ne at once ordered ciose Veneuau binds Ww be ualied oul. Side ull ol tuem. However, It Would seem tbe sisiera enjoyed ihe nuse datvening greatly, or else even their nunuish Lem pers exacer vated at the hierarcute Want of trust in them; #0 the Vid Eve revuited and they managed to get their complaints brougit to the First suplic Prosecutor, This gentlemag patd @ visit to tue aubess, got ber to assembie the nuis, and then interrogated them in her presence. Many of them complained bitterly of the binds, which tuey suid shut out light and alr from them; aud iour went furtuer, aud deciared that ‘they were tired o1 iife In the couvent, that they had ho vocativn fur it, and that they wished to leave. ‘This deciarauon (he Pubic Prosecutor put tn for- mal writing, and the four nuns signed it. A few Gays aticr ue paid anotner visit, thts time with the Most Keverenu im charge of tbe bishopric woile the bishop is icyisialugia Rome, both went through the rvoms, and apparently concluded that the case Of the binds Was uot as Dad 4s the grumblers made i The nuns were tuen assemoied; two of tne four nuus backed out, but the other two still demanded reiease, which the Most ieverend declined io permit, as, he said, Only tne Pope could relieve the nuns from their con- ventual sequestrauidn. The Public Prosecutor, how- ever, las jaid the matier before the government, who will turn it over to the Council ol Siate fora Feport, and im about Dime Months, perhaps, a dect- si0D wil! be wade whether vans can, constitutionally, beretajed in the convents against tier will, Ifa decision be not sheived, i think it likely the deci- sion Wi.1 be i favor of the free wili or the nuns, espe- cially as the Minister of the Empire, under whose department suco institutions fali, 1s not favoravle to their maiusenauce. Pubile feeling will also be aimosit usauimous in favor of the nuns, the more that itis notorious that many oi them were forced to take wwe veil for mere Jauily reasons and in- terests Some more volunteers have returned, and be- Sween the demonstrations to them and tho rejoic- ings over the ueath of Lopez the city has been in gain costuine forthe last elgat days. Yesterday Was to huve witnessed tue great procession of Our Lord of tne Steps, but Lue clouds opened their food @ates so eviectualiy that the pricsts aud devotees thought dry skius apd web turoats and siouachs more approvriaie to ue weatier. To-day the City Fathers give tne Te Dew, tu Which cagoon aud vare to take a part. A sort of national deiwonstratioa 1s aiso anHONvesd hereatier NW im the big chaos of a square caliod the Cainpo Ot Actamnnch Aw which (ne quaye. ing tile, Lhe Polly tng drum, the trumpet's brazen Ware aud the loud ee c@nuon are Wo make the aucivub Bis Wake a Leu. ‘Lhe Senatorial elecuion in Mins Ceracs ts going QS alluost every Oue expected. Lue It8t of SIX bovng all conservauve, Even the Braatiiag “bravest the brave,” Geveral Osorio, is in a minority of as feasts two.hirds, But this is the eifect of the thorough rotiwiness of the franchise system bere, Which all parves adinit, out Gaxe care Lo maintain, The laud harry wuica 1 nouced in wy last Will Dep 40 give an idea of how Brazilian society is organized aud how tue Hranciise Works. ‘The pardes dispuunz are two of the “legitimate Indueuces,” as vue slang Of Brazi.tan politics has it, owulng large — estaieds ab avouk a — travel from Rio by rail and mule, iy reiationsulp they are respectively uncle aud nepuew; by counection they are brother-in-law, the uncle baviug married bis nepaew’s sister to keep the lay property condensed. Bota are very wealthy aud very powerlui; besides immense janded property and Lundreus of siaves ney own — yes, own 1s the fing word—huodreds of teaauts-at Wil squatted on their estates, Whom they can turn olf ab & moments Dolce; WHow Lhey protect from Justice, if required; Wao, 1a return Lor proiecion, are ready for aay (hing, trom thrashing & parish priest to shooung a judge, and who are usualy Dalional guards aad voters, Besides tuis tower stratum of dependents, ¢ack “legitimate iuilucace” keeps an oven tavie abd aways Larbors a uuMdver of bacaelgrs aud doctors at law, Magistrates, even judges abd general or provincial depaties, and similar pauper> Wed gentlemen joaiers Wao live upod bin, execute ms commands or wishes, anu, besides forming bis cours when at howe, avend bin Wherever te goes, a9 a kind of suiie or gentleman body guard, And, in addition, be 18 looked upon by the “fautly” as a kind oi ciel of the clan, Whom they are bound to serve, with or against tle law; the patron returning the service wuen required, Guay Ncansareuie are nearly Oumipotent iu thew asrtc Consider, however, a siate of soclety where the voters, wad the lower strata generally, are virtual slaves to tue iand aud negro aristocravy, yet where the goverument, by us comimaud OL ihe poilce aud natioual guard, 163 appointinens of almost every oiicial 1B Lae province, its command of tne Judiciary, by ndirect or direct powers, ils position as judge of tue validity of State und county elections, Its power to dismiss county Olliciais, dimost every Ind- wistrate and some of the judges, Cau, at its will, compieiely overwuelus local influ. ence, aud by pressing for tle army arvi- trary, uncheckea urallings of tue militia to distant piaces for months, wad equally arbirary tramped up prosecuuous, force the unfortunae voters tO go direclty against the will Of Lhe aris- tocracy on Whom they are so dependent, Imagine Wha. # state of poillicai aud social suciety could €Xist under such C:rcumstauces and you Dave a true picture of Braziuau livervies, us eujoyed by tue unud- sills of (he *Constituuoual Hmpire.’? in one region of Kio Grande uo Sui Were are 4,000 natioual guards refuged in tue woods or tue argeatine territory, fled Irom the oppression exercised upod Lucu in order Lo commaud the eiecuous i tat siruoghold Of liveraiism aud rep uulicanisun. Independent of tue siate to which electiongeriug agencies have reducea (em, aod in-regard to Which a disunguised berat says 1 a Just publisaed Pampniet Laat i the aurthern provinces it would be very wiuch easier bo call tue people tugetier io aruved revoit Laan vo induce bueM Lo Contest an elec- vo with the yovernmens, Lue Wiole of Lae pro- vinces from Maranado to Espirito Santo exclusive are In a very suflering state from the eilects of the drought, now two years steady im many parts. Whole disiricts are fumisbing, yet itis very dificult to gel food ~eut to them om account of the geueral Want Of jorage aud Waier, aad as Le piauuiug sva- sou Las been Without rain it ts eared that matters Will gO Ou [rom Worse Lo Worse. bmancipations of chiiarea continue to be the order of the day iu the northera proviaces, and tue in- bulse seems undininisiing. Liven in tie province of Kio Janeiro some gentiewen lave subscribed $1,000 to make # litte emancipation celebratiua, On the otuer daud Rio nuporied 007 slaves ficou tne horihera provinces during January aud February to Hill Vacancies cuused by Lye great Moriaiiy steadily going on upon tue plantavions, and wilca lisell Would exterminate slavery ia uvoul a Censury. ‘The Custow tvuse receipts for the quarver ending December SL last year were $10,708,522, Of whica $5,209,3.0 were from MmpOrLs aud $2,420,900 Trou exporis. Compared Wiit the saine quarter of 1sty Luere 18 aD lucrease Of 933U,000 1M Lhe export duties and of $5,450,000 in the tmport duties, Lut tus last crease arises wainly, Ut not loialiy, from tue lin- Mense clearances cilecied last Deceuwer, to aulicl- pace the increased duties aud storage dues yolls On au New Year's vay. Since the war news exchange bas risen to 205, for bank uiuety-day bilis to the mulirees, and sovere gns huve dropped from 15000 to L2\s00, Two limporiant coucessions buve just been granted. One is to a compuny to be organized by lessrs. Stepbea busk & Co, abd Logincer hevvugas to consivruct «an 6 obmpork aud) = an export aock, Wilh repwiring dock, warehouses, &¢., and railroad commoanication with tue Dow redro iL. the Gumbva and Saude inlets of the » ‘The capital 18 to be $5,000,000 and the cessiun to ve for ninety years, aver which We Worss be.ong to the Datiun. ‘Tae company is to ve orgauized within (Wo years, One duck must oe fin- ished ia five years and the other in tea years. Toe charges buy be the same as those in the Custom uous? dock, The otuer concession is to Sir Charles Bright, E. B. Wevb and Wiitum F, Joues, to my a submarine telegraph cable trom Para to Rio Grande do sul, with Lranches to ail the maritime proviuces. ‘The concession 18 a cavle monopoly ior sixty years, bul Will not prejudice land hues. ‘fhe whoid Hue must be at work wituln two years. Afier tea years the wovernment may buy tue lines wt an arial ptice, aud ut tue end of the sixty years the whoi fuis to tue government. A peculiar stipa.auion ot the goverument Is Luat all the teigyrapuists suall be appointea by ie government, though paid by the company. in buth concessions itis stipulated thats repre- sentative sill reside in Brazil to recelve service of suits, and that the Brazilian courts snail Bava cou. plete jurisdiciiva. The Killing of Lopez—OOiclal Despatch frem General Camara Anuouncing the Deed. CaM? ON THE LE¥T BANK OF THE AQUIDABAN, March 1, 1570. Most EXCELLENT Sin—I write to you from Lopez’s encaupiient in (he Sierra, The tyrant was routed, aud having yeiused to surrender Was kilied belore my own eyes. 1 Ipumated to him to surrender when he was com- pletely defeated aud seriously wouaded, and baving relused he was killed. Lcongratuiate your Excellency on the termination of the war and on the complete vindication outained vy Brazil over tue tyrant of Paraguay. Genera! Kesquiu and another oiicer bave fatien prisvoers. COUNCILLOR FARANHOS TO THE MINISTER OF BRAZIL IN BUENOS AYi! ASUNCION, Maren 5, 1870. Long live the allied armies. Lopez was overtaken by the forces of General Camara on ihe leit bauk of the Aquidavan on bue ist instaai. He was wounded 10 the fight, and not choosing tv sucreader was Kiel during the action, The other and sisters of the tyrant, with several field odicers, auiong whom 1s Generai Kesquin, have iallen taro our hada. Geueral Caoalero was at another potné, and a cavalry jorce vad already outrchea agains: hb. ra. Lyuch Was uid m the woods, aud up to the moment of the above news being forwarded, whic Was immediately alter the action, sue Lad not been met with. Your bxceliency will be pieased to fehcitate the members of tue Argentine government io wy Lame, BRAZIL. Dom Pedro on a Proposition to Ferect a Statue of tHim—He Kequests that tho iMoney Subscribed be Devoted to Coustracte ing Schoo! Buildings. A number of gentlemen of Rio Jantero held a meeting recently to promote sudscriptious for erect- ing an equestrian stutue of tne Emperor. His Majesty on hearing of the project sent tne following letter to the promoters, througn the Mipister of the Empire:— S#NOR PAULINO—I read In the Diario that it {s intended to raise subscriptions for tho purpose of erecting a me. You know my (feelings, and 1 wish you to declare, as f00n as possible, that if they wish to perpetuate the remem brance of how wuch J trusted to the patriotista of the Bra- ziliags for the complete avenging of the national ponor and for the reputation of the Braziian name, in a fanuer not contrary tomy satisfaction iu serving ms country only as fultlling @ beurtfeit duty, 1 would preter that they would employ their efforts only in the collection of the necessary mofiey for the construction of buildings appropriated to” primary school euucation, and tor the tinprovement of ibe material of other Insitutions of puo- lic inatructivn. ¢ Both you and your pre Tha oken of the néed of lucation, and 1 the new era of peace, based upon # con tion of ‘he dignity of Brazilians, commence oy a grand act Of thelrown initiative,n favor of publie education, Ife Magu 19, 18705 grateful to the sentiment which prompted the statue jeured that I shall not be forced to refuse it. ‘D. PEDRO Il. THE CONNECTICUT PRIZE FIGHTERS, How They Amuse Themselves in Limbo. {From the New Haven Palladium, April 21.) Durig the frst few days after the arrest of the Charles isiand excursionista the walis of tne aristo- cratic naasion on Whalley avenue resounded wiih tne gongs ana jests of tne hwrd-visaged, rough-coking iodgers. AS oue by one the number has decreased and the days have glided by, these turbulent spirits have in @ meisure become calm. ‘There are now about ;wenty-five left under the care of Mr. Web- ster, the jailer. Only three or four roughs remain, the large majority being young laboring men who went lore for a lark, but Who unlortunately have no movey or iriends to secure their release. In some cella tare are two Gud in others only one. Once in a wile they unite In @ sung, crack jests over each oiher’s lot, blackguard the officials wio ar- and blast ine fate waich places trop bars be.ween tuem and the meilow sunlight stream- ing threugu the jail windows. Several have become very literary in their inclinations, and eagerly de- vour the contents of auythiug they can jay Lunds on in the shape of a book or painpliet. Most oi them have settled down quietly to avait their fate, of whict Wey have aot the remotest igea, and per- jorm their datiy abiuuions a4 regularly as veteran convicts, Which some vi them ready must be if their couutenances teil a Lrue story. RIDA I JAPAN AND CHINA. The Dead of the Onoida—Finding and Interment of the Bodies—The Rico Trade—Americaa Interests in the Far East—England Drifting in a War with China The Dead of the Oueida—Vinding and Inter- ment of the Bodies=The Rice ‘Trade= American Interests in the Far East. By mat! from the Far East we have our files from Japan, dated at Yoxonama on tho 22d of March, ‘The journals supply the following tuteresting and melancholy details of our cable news telegrams to the last named day. The Yoxouama Gazete furnishes tne fotlowing items:— Leaving politics to take care of themselves—for there is literally nothing copnected with foreigners to report—we bave passed perhaps the varest month for news, or anything worth special notice in a sum- mary of events, that we have ever had to transmit, We have heard incidentally that it ts the invention of Rear Admiral Rowan, on being relieved by Ad- Miral Rodgers of cue command of the Asiatic squat- ron, to return to the United States by way of the Suez Canal. We hope that he will find a suflic‘ent depth of water to allow of the passage of suco a large vessel-of-wer as the Delaware, Admiral Rowan, United States Navy, arrived in Yokonama on board the Pacific mati steamship America from Hong Kong on Saturday, March 18; his flagship, the Delaware, came tn March 21. His Excellency the Spanish Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary had an audience of the Emperor of Japan on the stu of March, and was Well received. The treaty which he came to make with Japan was satistactorily arranged. ‘The Japanese Parliamentary session passed off quietly, bardiy anything having been heard of its doing General Whitfleld, commanding ner Britannic Ma- jeaty’s forces 1a Cina and Japan, arrived at Yoko- bama from Hong Kong by the America, and In- spected the English regiment, the Firat battalion, Tenth regiment, the day alter The weather has been charming in the extreme, but fever nas been and is prevalent in the native town. Tne Yokonama Gazette adds:— ‘The large arrivals of rice imported by foreigners have alone preserved Japan this season from the horrors of famiue, and we are happy to hear Japan- ese themselves admit the great benelit thai forego trade has been to them in averting this calamity. ‘The Dead of the Oneida. ‘The Japan Gazette, of Yokohama, March 22, pad- lishes the following:—Anotner body has been re- covered {rom tne wreck of the United States steamer Oneida, that of Ensign Charles E. Brown, of Wor- cester, Mass., U.S. A. The funeral will start from the FrencheHatoba to-morrow, at three P. M. The Guzette, of March 18, remarks as [ollows:— as tbe remark of some of those woo at- the tuerais of the late Captaia Williams and the carpenter and freiman of the United States ‘veite Ouvida that the site of the graves was bad. 1e Collins have now been removed to a spot lower down. and where the monument that Is to be placed over the rematos wil! be uiore noticeanie, Of course the removal took place under proper direction, aud with every atcention to the respect the public Would demand ip such @ case. The American Fire Brigade. [From the Japan (Yokonama) Muil, Marci 12.) The efliciency of the American Brigade at rie late fires bas been the theme of universal praise. None but those who know the practical working of estav- lishments of this kind, the alteniion to detail wich ig required im ihe management of the enzine, and the courage, sagacity and discretion necessary for the ivost eilicieut empioyment of it, have auy idea of how much of these guod qualities 1s invoived mm such conduct as was displayed by ube brigade. Mr. Mais burt, the foreman, ana Mr. R. G. Waish, tie second foreman, Were as Indefatiganie in their exertions ‘as they were intelligent in their application of then, Trade and Politics in Japan. (From the Japan (Yokohowu) Mai, March 12.) Our last issue Was daied the 234d February, since which the most remarcable teature of the fortnight has been the continued arrivals of grata from Sai- gon; eiguteen Vessels have euiered tue port and yet no siock remains on the market. This Implics A grave deiicit in tue country of the first. necessary of fife and involves a iarge expenditure of the navonal resources io suppiy ib. Presuming that we shail re- ceive from first to last #& millon of pleuis of rice costiug, In round D ers, Lurce milous of dollars, 1.18 $0 MUCH ALStYACLed from the purchasing power of the country, so muce Jess to Spead I covtons ana Woullens, 10 oi} and small luxuries, It is 80 much dead loss. Aud yet it might lave been fur worse for Japan.” But for the foreizu trade tnousands would have starved outright who will now be pre- ved alive for four or live doliars a piece, aud whose lavor will suil be xvailabie Tor the service of the country. Spring 18 approacting, aud in @ lew shore mivatns the seed each of Wese men bas sown will ripen, ana vature will repay tenfold ine amount spent ieanwhile on Ris susenance. Sull We must ivok fora dull nport trade, a dragging business and great poverty in tne country, rivts from ina. bility Lo pay the taxes, and rawors of riots magni- hed into sounds of reveliion. Religion and Horticulture. {*rom the Hugo Gapan) News correspondence, in On good authority, | am informed that the native Obristiaus—wiao Ww the numver of about 40,000 were recently torn irom thei: homes, inosily from tne neiguborhood of Nagasaki, in spite of the most strenuous protests upon ihe part of the foreign re- preseniatives—have veen tius disposed of:—lo every Daimio has been ailotted a certain uumber of these poor creatures, 1a the proportion of ility tor each 10,000 Kokas of bis annual revenue, and that the whole of the Captives ave Deen thus disuriouted, Ths, i true, w equivalent to treating tuem as so many siaves. ‘Tue Darance of the kitchen garden seeds so ser- viceably sentout vy the Uniced States Agricultural epariineut, having been forwarded by tne United States Consul, Coiouel Siewart, to Bishop Wiliaaa, iatier gentiemau ts pled in distribiting them among the cotta: riers in this viein- ity, ana explaming to the natives tbeir uses und modes of culture, It would be didicuit, f iuagine, to devise a scheme by Wiich, at so trivial a Curt, so much guod Could be dene a3 1s being dous in Lis jusiance. Ceraualy, i he who has nude (wo biades of grass grow where oily ove grew velore bas proves to the humaa race, ke who ju troduces how sources Of food imio a county is de serving of tat country’s gratitude. England Drifting to a War with the Chi- neso—The Burtiogame Mission and Itt Couses quences. (From the Japan (Yokovama) Mail—English sympa- thizer—March 12.) There is but one Opinion at thia moment in China Tespecting our relstions Wilh Lue empire, and chat Opinion is, that are inevitabiy drifung inte a war, Jt matters not irom whica port we ery comes or Wwiio ullers it—Liong Kong axrees with snanghae, iankow with Ningpo and Taiwan with Amoy. Lt is one uni- sonous Chorus ied by tne Mosi experienced, Lhe Most discreet aud the Most sagacious men 1a Cuiaa. Stn gle voices raised the cry on the day that news reachea Hogind of tue despatch of the suriingame mission, alu ib galuered sirenguh witn every fresh. uuterance Of the Knvoy, aud in spite of tue ‘protes- tations he made and tue credulous entuusiasia With wiulca, probavly in ail hoaesty, but certainiy witu an utter lavk Of lusigit, be proclaimed Lue dawn of & new era of progress ln Chita, 1b bas become ue burven of every inteltiveat utterance which has been beara during we past twelve moncus and ft is oe cause We shure these views anu dread the conse quences of @ War, Walch we are certain can be avoided, that we wisi to add our voice to tioKe which reacu us from China, Nor are tno causes for Luis apprelensiou ditticutt to discover, Tuey lie in the fact thac the Chinese are retreating month by monti irom the ovitgations imposed ou thew by Lae treaty of Tientsin, add tuat as we yield to their eva- sions (hey tuing us poweriess to punish them. ‘They Will assuredly go Lov lar—wili outrage the matioual honor by some overs oct, aud, Wusting to their new arsenals, their gunboats and the Northern army, they will refuse to apologize, aud then oaly one course 1s vpen to Knglaud. We ure Very prone us a uation to accept the plea ad misericor dian; mingled wiih the fierceness of the English character there is great generosity aud tenderness, aud Asiatics soon discover tuls aud take advantage of it. ‘Tuey plead weakuess, inavility wo carry out their prowises, tho disturbance of ihe Foong Shuey, and o host of otuer excuses, whico are urged with such consummate skill that We ceo- not find it 1u Our hears to gainsuy them. We gve way on s0We Apparently unimportant point, aud from that momeut they begin to advance and ve to retreat. ‘This retreat coofirms tuem in ther policy, and no one who reuds the despatches of their Statesmen can doudt that, as iar as ther light goes, ihose statesmen are among the mest acute in the world. But all statesmen, whether European or Asiatic, will oppose tanovations of every Kind; for innovations alter the existing rela- tions Of things, involve a fresi distribution of me nauonal morat forces, and i613 long ere the old ma- chinery 18 adjusted and brought nto harmony wkh the new Weigits or springs. “And ti this is the case even In Burope, where tue prozress of sociciy 18 a law and coduition of 118 eXistence, 1auch more Is itso in Cua, where there 18 no such progress, and where limmooility 1s the real law of tue national existence, a timmodility ali tae more difficult to deai with, because in addition to the causes which have produced it, you find it in the largest mass the worid has auy exyericuce of. As we recenily ouserved, & social law, which aduite of uo exception, provides that the larger che space over which @ paricular set of — tnstitu- ous 18 diffused the greater 18 108 tenacity and vi ivy. In Europe the proviems to be acait with problems in dynamics; im China they are proviems in slavics. In ole Case YOU Lave LOdics in MOTION, fo the OLher a body at res. BUC It advERrS to us buat AP NT ptt. ew teiks the operation of our te Bisled OM, Wot rari! European bess iy Chin, [as coud to endow col- 8 to found cfatrs aud stipends ile proressors, DUb We inay ve, and Ofte 1s, becier Lo secure Lhe easy aod untaxed tvavsie of Coitogs and wollcns. LO Pe duce duties and to bring the ordinary common-viace lodividuals of diiereut nations lace to face wrth cach other, It may be douvted whether Engiaad owes as inuch to the first Kelvria bill ag she dues to th: penny post, to vie aoontion of the Cora laws or the reduction of the duty oo paper. THE MFARLAND TRIAL. Further Adjournment—Recorder Hackett * Too Unwell to Preside—The Mysteri- ous Lady in Couri—Is She Mrs. McFarland?—The Trial to be Resumed on Monday. Lis provisrons were Its 3 ule proseass of ‘The appearance of the court yesterday morning was indicative of considerable uucertainty on the part of every one present as to the wial proceeding or not. There was not quite so eager a rush for seata until a few minutes before eleven o'clock, and then the court room was comfortably filled out not crowded. The absence of leading counsel on either side was the frst indis- tinct intimation that the Recorder was not suificiently convalescent to resume the judicial chair, Mr. Gerry, who was present, was appealed to, and he said that he had no positive informauon, but ue was under the impression that the trial would not proceed. A minute or two after this was circu- lated among the press men Judge Davies entered, with @ spring overcoat on, and, although he took his accustomed seat, there was 8 significance in uis not removing bis coat. He was soon followed by the District Attorney, and tal) doubts as to an ad- journment were dispeiled by the APPEARANCE OF JUDGE BEDFORD, who immediately took the Rocorder’s seat, The court was opened by the crier, the jury sworn, and aiter a short private consultation of all the counsel engaged in the case, standing in @ group on we floor. THE CASE ADJOURNED TO MONDAY. Counsel sor prisoner, addressing the Bench, said— My associates and myself agree to request the ad- journment of the court till Monday next, at eleven o'clock A. M., and ordered to have It so eniered on the minutes—tue three Counsel for the defendant, the District Atturney concurring, ON account of the indisposition of his Honor, Recorder Hackett, that, therefore, this court adjourn till Monday next at eleven o'clock. Judge Garvin—I consent to this, and desire to have 1 recorded on the minutes that its Honor, Recoraer Hackett, ocing Unable Lo continue the court, had therelore adjourned the court till Monday morning next. Counsel for prisoner—We consent to that. The minute can be put tn bot forns, 50 as to make it pertectiy securs Judge Garvi minutes. Counsel for the prisoner—Make it as strong as it perlecuy can be, Judge Bedford—Let the order ve so entered and the court be now adjourned ull Monday morniug next, ab eleven o'clock, CAUTION TO THE JURY. Judge Beaford thea cautioned the jury not to con- verse with any person on the merits of the case, and, U possibie, to avoid reading tue newspapers, Suould any person atvemp? to converse with tiem on the subject, or force any allusiou to iin their presence, 1 would be their duty to report tue par- es, aud Wey would be dealt with according to I desire to have it so entered on the There was then a gencral break up of the assem- bied throng; but tue ladies, of whoi there were a goodly auuiber, were evideutly greauly disappointed, The bevy of iair women included A MYSTEKIOUS LADY, whose appearance ut the court has made ber the eynosuie of the neighburing eves o1 her sex, ‘That appearance is so distinguished Ubat 1 18 not remark- avle that it should eXciie atleution, Yesterday morning the mysterious lady arrived about twenty minutes past ten o'clock, and took her seat in the tnird row of chairs assigned tor the ladies. It was whispered contidentiaily that tus lady bore @ resemblance in feature to Mrs. McFarland; but tuose im court who were mos¢ familiar with that person denied that any resem- biance existed between the adics, That she does resemble the photograph of this celebraved lady, that ber figure and height are similar, and that the hair underacaih the remarkab.e chiguon she wears 18 exactly opposite in color to her natura hair, and tuat, Inadvertentiy, she threw aside the light furcovering from ber neck, aud displayed uw brovcn having & colored photograph of #4 geaticman whose face resembled that of thelate Mr. Richard. son, are facts nat came within the ouservaiioa of niore than ove pereon im court, WuO oad reason tu beleve that MKS. M’PARLAND I[AS BREN. PRESENT at the trial for several anys, bul so disguised as to Hie Le eyes of hose Who Were familiar with her but to Wiom the precincts Of ihe court, where tue fatner of ber children was oo trial tor his fe, would be the last place where they would expect to find her. The laay, whoever she was, Was a reader oi the Zrivune, ano had a copy ol that journal i her band, and, although she sat with periect case and freedom, she was careful Lo be busily engaged in reading the uewspaver if any wandering eye Was direcied io the place where gue was located. Later inthe day the satisiactory anuouncement was made that Kecorder Hackett bad sv much tn proved in heaith that there i3 little douvs tas he will preside on Monday. JAMAICA, Death of Mr. Wheeler, United states Consal— Departure of Governor Grant—Sieam Cone nection with New York—‘'ounage Dues Censed. Kingston, April 8, 1870. Mr. Wheeler, the United States Consal im this city, this forenoon very suddenly. Tne flags ub the several consulates and on tue vessels of war and shipping generaily wave been hall-masted all ihe afternoon. The funeral takes place to-morrow, Sir Joua Peter Grant ieaves this on the 25th inst in the brivsu ial packet for Eng and, on six inontus’ leave of absence, He has been on a tour of Uke soutuwestern parishes, and everywhere he was received with the greatest demonstrauions of welcome. Hie visits the ue of the Morant bay Massacre next Week on board one of her Majesty’s vessels of war. A proposition 18 on soot to induce the Royal Matl Steam Packet Company to ran a line of steamers be- ow this island aud New York, inaking a run to Santiago de Cuba aud back to Kingston, so as to convey the British mats, whlch at present travel on board & Spanish mail steamer, subsidized by the brush government to the extent of £2,000 per an- num, benween St. ‘thomas and Cuba. ‘These vessels, as now proposed, would ve arranged 80 as to con- nect with the British mail steamer on Its Way to Coun, and the British mati packet Lrom Colon on 1s way to Plymouth via St. Dhoni: ‘The tonnage gues on Vessels arriving at Jamaica ports ceased to be levied on and since the 1st of April. OLD WORLD ITEMS. Four voleante craters have been discovered in the isiand of Caeduba, through one of which mud, strougly tainted with petroleum, buboles up, ‘The military post of Wuikemshatea or Jade of the Norta German Contederation 18 nearly completed, and will be formaily opened avout tne close o1 May. The election of Mr. R. W. Crawford, M. P., a3 Gov- ernor, and of Mr. George ‘Lyall as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, took place on the 6th of April. Baron Stackelverg, the Russian Minister at Paris, has undergoue a very paintul and exhausiing opera- tion tur carouncie, Dr. Ne.wtop reports that he wall recover, It was reported in the diocese of Exeter that the Rev. Charies Voysy, on his resigning, wiil be pre- sented to a valuable Coraish living by ‘a very broad Church” layman. The extenc of the area under cotton in the Nofth- Western provinces of india has been cousideravly extended during the past year, aud the staple of the Croup 1s said to Dave linproved. Marsnal Prim has sent to the French Emperor 20,000 cigars, gilded at both ends and decorated with B@gilded N. ‘they are worth one aud a@ bail francs apiece. Napoleon bas sent im return two Sevres vases to Prim. The Grand Federal Counoll of Switzerland will ex- tend aid to the railroad line througo the Spligen pass whenever the success of tue St. Gothard enter- prise shall have been assured. Tuey have granted 1,500,000 of fraucs to the latter. * A Paris paper thus characterizes the Piebisci- tuim:—“Neither delegates uor intermediaries will tnterfere; it will pronounce direct on the appeal of whe Euperor, This is where tue really democratic cuaracter of the monarcly founded vy Napoleon LL. appeais. ‘Yhe British Minister at Athens protestea, on the 6th of Apri, against the loau of 9,00v,000 dracumas contracteu recently by the iicllenic governmeut, on the ground that, in accordance witn the treaty of 1832, Grecee ts bound to pay in preterence the loan guaranteed by the three Powers, Tne Schwiibiscie Volks Zeitung has an articie on the dissolution of the Wtrvemburg Chambeis and tie modification of the Minisiry, it thinks the real importance of the late chauges 18 clearly shown. by the eXclamations of Lhe uitiamouiaue Great German Volksiialt aud whe Beobacnt ‘They are @ guaran- tee that the military law of Lod3 will lot be repealed and consequently tiat the aldanoe with Northern Germany Will be preserved. SUMNT, THE COURTS. Tho Rights of a Po'tmaster Defined—Important Decision as to the Legality of Detaining Fraud- ulent Communications—Counterfeiting and Smuggling Cnses—More Railroad Litiga- tion~-The Rioter Burke in Court— The Fortunes of a Thiof of Color. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONENS’ OFFICE. of Postm Joges—Bogus Letters Authorized to be Detained, Belore Commissioner Osvorn, ‘The United States vs. Patrick H. Jones.—The facta sot forth in this case were as follows:—W. F, Mar- tine, said to be a lawyer, having an oMce at No. 15 Nassaq street, issued circulars throughout the coun. try stating that he would furnish imitations of national greenbacks, which were almost as good in appearance as the genuine ones, for twenty- five cents each. He requested that tne utmost secrecy should be observed by correspondents in ad- aressing him, One of the parties to whom this cir- cular was issued forwarded it to Mr. Gaylor, the special detective agent of the Post Office. Shortly alter the receipt of this communication some 1,500 answers to the circular came to the Post (fice directed to Martine, Under the iustructions of the Postmaster those letters were ordered to the Dead Letter Departinent. Martine, as alleged, called upon the Postmaster to ascertain why nis letters were de- tained.. ‘ne Postinaster informed him that he had The C received such information whici led bim to believe that the letters im question were answers to a bogus circular, and that he was, therefore, authorized to detain them, Martine denied having issued any gach circular. Whereupon the Postmaster informed him that be might take what he (\iartine) considered a8 lis pr vate correspondence, or, m fact, all te letters, pro- viding all answers to the circulars were returned. Martine declined that proposition, and at once instl- tuted a oriminal prosecation against the Postmaster tor the illegal detention of his letters, ‘The case Las been several times before the court and the evidence has been thorougaly gone into. Ex-District Autor- ney S. U, Courtney, with Mr. Phelps, conducted the couse on the part of Postmaster Jones and Mr, E. James for the compiainany. Commissioner Osborn in rendering bis decision yesterday said:— ‘the facts disclosed in this case and the questions of law have been hurriedly considered by reason of great preesure of official duties, and what views I here expre.s are the im- pressions receive | (rom a hasty perusil of tue opinions of the Attorney General on siuiiar questions. Two or three cases have bev cited, one of whicn has & marked applica tion to the question thyolved in this case. Sue Fuzoo City Fost Ollice case (volume 8, Attorney General's opinion’) related to printed maiter the design and tendency of which ‘are (0 promote insurrection tn @ State, ‘the opiatoa ot the Attorney Geueral seems to be coniined to acts of treason and domestic vio and does nut apply to lesser off of feand and jemeanor. Abie and argu mentative as the opiicn is, the subjects disoussed, the views presented and the questions solved do not have pertineacy the case in question, The case of mory & Co. (volume 9, ‘Attorney General's opinions) ig more direct in point. “Ahere ‘itorney Genera; deciares that the right of the Post Ouice nt to make regulations which will prevent the e from being prostituted to purposes of fraud has been denied, The Postmaster General has the i to order the non-delivery of letters to persons Wao are carryiag on a system intended to cheat and defraud the public, “At the same thine great caution should be cxer- eiged, aud elear and convincing proof of fraudulent intent should be made known Lelure a postmasier should de: any letter or reiuse to deliver the wame to the person dressed, ‘To inycet a postmaster with power to inquire inte tue character of each man’s correspondence before he de- livers the letter, fn order to protect the ‘tepartment trom be Jy, used ag a clannei for erame and immorality—such power, 1 apprehend, would never ve subuiittod to by the peopic. But when outside informatio javle_ and trasiworthy, reaches the postmaster that certain parties are carrying on a system of fraud and crime bythe use of the mails and when wich a system has been orougut to the knowles; 1 the Postmaster General, and he {asttes instructions or reg lations wtaining to the same, whic e Not Inconsisient with the stataies, I hold that the postinaster is bound to obey such fastructions and if in good faith carries them out and reiuses to deliver levers which Le bas reasun to be ieve con tain /raudulen; and immoral matter, to be circulajed among the people, for purposes of iiligit gain, and does not break the seal oc or otherwise tamper will said letters, but merely detains them in bis cusiody, calling upon the party demanding or senuing the sune to’ satis y hin thas said mail ‘ier 18 in violation of no Jaw of the United States ov the Slate, aud showing to said gw luresses the ev.douce te has of their fraudulent character, the postmaster sh vid not, in my opiniun, ve held erfminally respousible for sucn ai exercise of discretion, He may mace bimself Hab.o iad irae ‘ages Lo the party agsrieved, but thesuaiawiul detention ts to be understoud ag acting with crimiau inteat or reckless Judgment in the discharge of his duty and exercising the Tunciivas of lis o! Jo this case the postmaster had al- most conclusive proof that the leiters addressed to'the cou- plainant were answers to* a circular, issued and circulated by complainant, tnfamousiy ' audacious 4 propositions, etal who prevends to call bn + facis in this ca: ip my opinion, abundantly justived the Postovuster in de taiuing the letters addressed to complainant, and the good faith of the Postmasier was rhown When c the reasons why his lcttera were stoppe plainant thougit he had any busin number addressed wo him be woud over and elect such and evidence shows Us: formed him th promise to swee to the circ ielused to do. He de snterview, but a.terwards ¢ weurs he dit,and ada i aud eiroulat.d it tor c, and for the purpose of this cate, with the fostractlous ces master General to the detendant to detain and send Ww the dead letter office ai loters connec! er wi the Postmaster of their the time complainant faded isis ietiers, und veloped on the exai on beiore we, T cheerluliy wustaly the action of the Fostuaster and howorably acquit bin of any criminal or improper couduct, and discharge him under theve proceedings. Passiay Counterfeit Money—Techuicalities of the Law. . Before Commissioner Shields, The. United Sites vs. Jaco’ 2”, Cooke,—In Uns case an elderly man of the Jewish persuasion, named Moses Goniperta, Importvuned Lue delendant, & mer- chaut at N Washington strect, Lo purchase a painting. The defendant handed him a couaterfert weuty dollar note, Knowing it to be such and at the Uine of passing it informing bin of tue Tact. Gou- pertz accepted the pole, but returpea next day dud demanded genuine mo.cy, whic, however, Was relused. ‘ine defendant was arresied, and ihe evidence having been given be was beld to await tue action of ine Grand Jury, tue Commissioner hold- ing that alhouca tice muy huve been no cri: intent, the passiog Of & countecieit Hote, Knowing Io to de Buch, Was au vilence In tie eye Of The law. The Cedior Pays Gis Li The United States vs. Juco Silveste ant, who had been arrested for non-payment oO: spectal tax, had becn released after a night's impris- onment on payment of Lie ax. Smuggling Oib The United States ts. Hail & Ruckel.—The de- fendauts, druggists, currying on business in Green- wich street, were arrested on a charge of smuggling bay ol. The Case was adjourned Ui (ucsday next. SUPFRIOR COURT—TiIAL “TEM —PART 2 Another Railroad Accident. Before Judge McCunn and a Jury. Abraham Scheib vs. The Dry Dock, Kast Broadway and Battery Ratlroad Company.—kor the past thre: days Judge McCunn tas been doing a rushing bust- ness in railroad accidents, resulting in verdicis against the compavics in handsome amounts, The present case, however, which cue up yesterday, Was an exception, ag tie jury found for the deicnd- Anis, Jb appears (hat tae ‘pidluud In Ulis case gor On one of tiie delendanis’ cars, waving with ui & lange pacaage, tor vue carrying of which we conductor demanded paywent, ‘Che plampi stuted that he bat not mouvy enough to pay for more toan ls own fare, aud requested the coa- ductor to stop the carunti ue gotout. Tue evi- dence on behalf of the plainwil suowed that whe he Was in the act of getting off the conductor gave hina push, wuich caused him to fall froin the o; dud disiocale Is suouider. ‘Tae testimony ior tne defeuce tended to show tuat the car Was stopped at piaiuntif’s request, aud tual te conductor aid not push him at all; but that im cousequence ol the sireet being slippery aud the plain carrying the heavy package the injury resulted. SOUAT OF GEHESAL SESSIONS. Lieutenant General Burke, the Notorious Leader of the Riotersy in Court—He Charges a Peaceable Citizen With shooting Him— Prompt Acquitel of the Deiendant—A Leander of a2 Gang of Colored Thieves in the Eighth Ward Sent to Sing Sing for Ten Years. Before Gunning 8. Bedford, Jr., City Judge. The first case tried by a jury yesterday was an in- dictment for felontous assault and battery preferred against Bartholomew Donatue by Peter J. Burke, who swore that on the night of the 7th of last Decem- ber, while he was in @ liquor store on (he corner of Twenty-sixth street and Ninth avenne, he had a dil- ficulty with a man who belonged to the “Hardy” party, and that the prisoner, without any provocation. fired twice, indicung a wound in tae Jef breast, ‘The wound was not dangerous, for- Burke was out that same day electloueeriug. Mr. McClelland, who defended the accused, sunjected Burke to a rigid cross-examination, when the signill- cant fact was brought out thas Burge was the notori- Ous leader Of the rioters 1u 1263, wuo rode on @ white horse, brandishing @ sabre, through the sireets, Lue counsel asked him if he was not fauiilarly known in this community as Batke, the rioter; to which he fippantiy repiied, ‘Yes; it is a name | appreciate, too,” He admitted that he had beeu tried aud con- victed of riot in this court, und senienced to the Penitentiary, and tuat since that time be bad beea nub echaracter, a arrestea ior assaults aud batteries, and ‘nat when Mr. Donanue eutercd the place le said, “I was looxtug for you last night.” A bum- ber of witnesses were examined on both sides. ‘The defend: who was proved’ by his empioyer to be arewarkabiy peaceable man stated tiat ou the ight veto.e election he accumpanied a friend into { Dwyer's saloon, when Wurke jumoed olf is chuir and said, “Donabue, I nave been lookim ror yous"? Burke bad @ quarrel and siruck a wan Yo Was In Loere, aud aa a crowd o. men were approghing ULM while he stood quiclly at the our CurkGnade on aliempl lo strike bim (Donuuue), and Knaing We desperate Character Of the nian he ured thepistol in Bell delggee; be Voiuotariy deinvered niuostt up ab the station house and fold cue sergeant Lucrircuin- Blauces Of tie occurrence, sir, MeCle laud pictured the trighttal careete the notorious Wurke La grapaie Siyie, and at te con- clusion of his speech there was cousideravy ap. piruse in court, Assistant District Attorney Tweed said tyat ti did noi aopear there to defend mea like Jurké, Wiied the rioiers some yours azo Bud iMsiiguted the fir. ing of dweilinas. He loosed upon such men yh disgust and horror, bis UULY being Stay to ge thal Lae lives aad propert yoi citizens were proteced by the entorcemeut of ie law, ‘Aller @ Clear aud tmpartial charge by Judge Be, ford the jury rendered a verdict of not gudity with out leaving their squis, James Warner (colored) was tried and convicted of roubery 1m the iirst degree, he waving On the L3b Of bis month, mM company With @ crowd OL a8s0cl- ales, entered # sujoon in Sullivan surect dod robved the barkee,gr, Wiliam Muler, Of & watch. It ap ared irom tie Lestiuuuay Liat Lhe prisoner and nis rieuds had several driiks 1m le place, wh.co they reiused to pay for, and that when (he barkeeper Shreatened to puc tiem out tue rowdies sinasied we bottics and tue windows. wad Wound up Witt se saulung and robbing tne barkeeper. Waraer was Ot arrested at the time, but wien Caplan sicDon- etl and @ detective subsequentiy sousat to Wke bun into custody ue made a desperate resistance. Alter the reodiuion Of tue veruich wie City Judge bau an interview with Capiain Mevonuell, Wu0 gave his Honor @ sketch of tue crisuial career of we prisoaer, Judge Bedford, in passing sentence, said:—War- ner, you have been indicted for roobery, and cae jury very properly Ou tae evidence found you guiliy. ‘ou are a @X-Cconvicl, baying served out two Leras op the island. Captain McVonnell telis ne taat you are the leaver of a gaug Ol Colored Lhieves, aud, to use hig expression, you Wul seal aayting you can day YOur dands upon, it about tune vo break up your mang und to teach the colored gad wn.te men of Unis c.ty What Wf they violate the law they will yet tueir just deserts. 1 sfall wake un exainple o: you aud send you to the Suaie Frison lor mine years aad SiX Mouiis at bard iaoor, Ricoard Moloney and Mathew Kane (two litte boys), Who wele cllarged with stealing, on tae zd of November, @ horse aad Wagon, tue property of Chrisuan F, Wetzel, were acquitted, tug circum. stances showing that they fuund tie uorse near Jones’ Woud, Charles sinith was tried upon a charge of laiceny from the person, Wiliam Ashweil testiying that on tne 13th insé. the accused took sixty-ilve Uuilars Out O1 bis pocket, A number of witnesses proved tual the complainant was very much intoxicaicu, and the accused having proved good character tne jury rendered a verdict of not guilty. ANUTHBR PIOKPOCKEE PUT OUT OF THE WAY. John Burns picaced guuty to larceny from the person tn stealing, on the 9h tst., from Miss ienzel & pocketbook containing six dollars. Judge Bed- ford, in passing senien waved that the prisoner was an associate Of ticves, aud that on the day in question while the lady Was walking Unrough Geand street be snatched her pocketbook, Suvit a reckiess violation of the iaw merited imprisonment in Ke State Prison tor four years. CALENDAR FOR TO-DAY. The following 1s the calendar for to-day:—The Peopie vs. James Henuessy and John Aiexander, robbery; Same vs. Jouw D, Currie, incest; Sune vs, Joseph Woll, John W. Woods, Willian Lynea, Kd rd Wilson, Juius G. Sounger aud Joho Morumer, * burglary; same vs. John 0’ Lovie (four cases), Ob taibiug goous under false pretences; Sauwe va Same, grana larceny; Same vs. Martin Caliahag, felonious assaulé and battery; Same vs. Euzabeun Melvin, Charies F. Koerner aod Mary Reardon, wraad larceny, A STERY OF THE RIVER, The Death of Captain Scott-Post Morten Examination on the Body=No Fracture of tho SkullSingular Cireumsiantial Evie denceDeath Caused by Drowning. The mystery attending the disappearance of Cap- tala Thomas Scott from bis scow ou the night of the 4th ultimo has been partially dispelled by inding the body duating of Ward's Isiand, which 1act was heretofore published in the HERALD. Captain Scott, of the Tweilth precinct, ou being Informed that a body Nad been found, suspecting 1 Lo be that of the missing captam, tmmediately despatened roundsman Lent to Ward's isiand to view the re- mains and take @ minute description of tuem., In the ves pocket of deceased was founa $38 70 m five and tea dollar wills, postal cure reney and coin, and beputy Coroner Cush. mau, who soon made iis appearance, discovered a etter mn one of deceased's pockets dl- rected to "Mr. ‘thomas Scott, 09 South street, New York, Meare of br. Joan A. Bouser.” Tints letter, written by Mrs. Seote, seemed to be conclusive evie fence that the body Was inas of Captata Seutt; and with t view of wakias ath roush @ 12 LOD tue remain, uuved lolve .orgue. Un the augut Ma disappeared frou bis woat the lay of ie ioot of I23ta sweet, on the Westcwester side of the Bust river. Vue tolowmy morning Ws uax aboard Lue vessel was found to have beed brokea vpea aad riled of us contents, watch fact excited strong suspiciuas against Charles Kice, Who had veen In Me. oukec's employ as waster of ascow, Tas night of Captain Scot's disappearance Kice Was sce an wis "ont , duu when arrested on susyiciun vera! articles belonging Lo Whe missing naa were found m_ possessiou of Rice. On Monday last tue prisouer, Wuo haa previousty pleaded gwity to steale ing riggimeg from tue ve: he commauded, and whieh belonged to Mr, ouker, Was senteaced to 8 four anu @ haif years iu Sing Sing, to wiica piace he was immediately trausterred. Yesterday morniug Mrs. Scou, on reading the New York pape im Youkers, discovered that the ody of her insoand had been found. Later in the day she appeared at the Morgue, with oer infant cluid, and on belng enowa the body lastanily recog. nized if as Luat of her sate ausband. Lt was with great dauleully that tie aimo-b irauue wowan coud be Induced to leave the remains go that the surgevus could proceed With buetr duties. Leputy Coroner Joseph Cushman, and Dr. Clark, ofgHouston street, then made post UOrteut CX- amination, and found a scaip wound, two icues in length, ou the back of the head, extending to tue bone; anoter oblique scaip woand was discovered over wie left eye, both of wick wounds may have been received alter death von opening the bead it was found the skull bad not voen fractured, Most of the literual organs pre- sented % heallny appearance. Ja the opinion of the meoical men, Irom tne history of the case, dean was caused by drowning. 'o-uay & jury Wall be eu rone. Schirmer Ww! anelled to view the body, udjoura tbe investigation cul Monuay next, at wi Hie the wituesses ure expected to pe in ailendance, Jt will be shown in evidence that on the day Scott disappeared he was drinking lo excess ab several riem and was inueh jutoxicated, and Wc is possible Uhat in endeayoring Lo go aovard his boat late ab night he tell overbourd and was drowned, Kice was with deceased tor a time during the after- oon, but IL does NOt Appear tal they Were toxetavr late at night, and’as yet it has not appeared that any iouble existea between thea, Deceased was about vuuly-two years of age and a native of Lreiaud. RUPGLRS FeMALE COLLEGE, Exhibition of the Junior Class of 1870. Yesterday at two o’clock the junior exhibiiion of the class of 1871 of Kutgers Female Coliege took piace in Si. Paui’s Reformed church, Fortiech street and Reservoir square, Long bejore hour named for the exercises to commence Fortieth street was biocked up with carriages, and still otaers Kept roll- lug up and aepositing.they burdens of weil dressed. wen and women. Witnia the church the scene was surpassingly beautiful. Everywiere were flowers, From the celling they depended in rustic baskets; on the plat form, around ihe piliars, on the gallery, everywaere they were displayed in gorgeous profusion, aad the air was laden with their sweet periume, At two o'clock the church was crammed to its utmost ca- pacity, crowds having to turn away from the doors after vainly endeavoring to obiain an entrance. Among the prominent citizens on Lhe piatiorm were Henry M. Peirce, President of Rutgers Female Col- lege; William A. Daring, Dr. West, of Brooklyn; G. Warren Geer, Dr. Upham, Moses Chamberlain, Ed. wards Hail, M. D., aud the Rev. D. Conant, of Brooklyu. ‘The exercises were opened by the Rev. Mr. Kitt- ridge, Who delivered a snort prayer, alter which tbe chorus, “Uuiversal Praise’? was sung by all we pupils of the cunege wita une effect, Miss Chariove C. idall thea came forward and read the salutatory in a clear and beautiiuliy modulated voice, whuse careful gintonations denoted a Knowledge of elocu- tion periectly amaziug 1 one so young. A duet irom Donizetti followed, given in fine style by Alisses Brown and Livan, two young ladies, who deserve much credit jor tueir careful aud nuisued singing. “Nothing Great Lightly Won’ was tue ttie of an essay read by Nuss Letitia M. Geer. Miss Geer is naturally gifted with a splendid read. ing voice, Which 13 highly cultivated. Her reading of the essay was received with rapturous applause. Tne great tnusicul ieature of the day was the quar. tei, “i Know a Bank,’ sung by Misses Miles, Mcin- tyre, Thoms aud Speed. ‘inese young ladies entirely removed rou ive sphere of amateurs. They are artists, aud Jar beyond many professional ones that “we wot of.” Too much creait cannot be awarded Mrs. 8. Jar. dine Smith, under whose direciion 18 vie whole musical weparimeat of tue colieze, Mr. D. J. Dine mond, the accomptished professor of elocuuon 10 tue college, has much reason to be proud of his pupiis. Of the sixteen young jadies of Lue cla 181, WhO sung or gave recitations, Waere ait vid weil 1b Would be invidious Wo mieution names. fice 10 to Bay Liat they refecved muc. credit oa the selves aud their tea hers, After tue chocus Terrie,” oy the whole college Mr. Wilham A. Da And Dr. \\ est preseuted eaca vf ( Duan g cuachagts Wy HEL @ Leaullfui Louguel, When (ne & Ooger rary » With @ orayer.