The New York Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1870, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD |™ «BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT PROP RIB TOB, Rejected communications will not be ro- monopolisis who are behiod them, with the, | dmotue Judie AMUSEMENTS THI8 BV.MIN SEER ON THEATRE, 14th a. and Ota ay.—Tun Lavy GRAND OPRRA HOUSE, corner of Eiguth avenue and Sd st. —TMe TWELVE TEMPTATIONS, WOOD'S MUSEUM AYD MENAGERIE, Frovdway, core Der Thirueth ot,—Matines daily, Merormatico every er miag. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Bros OF THE GOLD Minne BOWERY THEATRE, Vowery—Lrorrta Bonota— WiGMAKERB—Doo OF Tax O1b TOLL Louss. Matinee, ways —Pirrin; On, THE KING OTH'S THEATRE, vetween Sib and 6tu ara. — wow Huwr—Toont. 4 —— THPATRE CONIQ E, 514 Broudway.—Comto Vooar 16M, NRGKO vrs, Xo.” WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and 13: street.— Mauairy Li OLYMPIC THRATRE, Broxoway.—NEw VERSION oF Maouata, FifeTH AVENUS THRATRE, T Twenty-fourth st.—! wxou. . t—PRov- | Now York as ho do ACADEMY OF MUSIC, 14th strceh—TTALiaN OrEnA— AUB! THR TAMMANY, Fourteenth strect.Graxp VARIETY ENTPRTAINNENT, MRS. F. B. CONWA™S PARK 1 & FUBSTAS. Brook!ya,— MADELING AND 10k Ho: TONY PASTOR'S OPERA {1 9UST. 201 Bow Vooaitam, NEG2O MINSTRELGY, LO. BRYANT'S OPERA Hous: BL—LEYANT'S MIND TRE! BAN FRANCISCO MI PIAN MINSTRELBEY, KO. KELLY & LEOW’s M Frow. CoMm10 Tammany Building, Mth . $85 Broa way.—ErTuto- corner 26th street and Brondway.— 1OON, APOLLO HAL ‘Tae New Hin HOOLEY'S OPRRA HOU SUPERNATURAL ILi.UeION: Brooklyn, —MINSTRELB— | HAMLET. Pi if YORK mM: SBU: MOF ANATOMY, 618 Proadway,— TRIPLE SHEET. Apri 29, isang "New You oP vidny, corr Pac, Advertisements, 2@—Aadvertisements. S—Wa-ttngton: The Last Vestiges of the Retell'on D.sa 3 ‘up; poal to Placy New York Canals Under Gov- Ni8 OF To- BAYS ernment Co sblican Sats Con veniion: Ni ti Candidates for the Cor Appeals — fhe Arcade Swin il ; r of Broadway Prop riy Cyuers to iG if for the Diath of the &eheme—T.e Fhe in Springfield, Ma-s.—Now York Orty Nows—srockly Vs—Drewn- ing Casua at ‘hnie Blow Up. 4—The M Farland Tri: The Chief of the Zribune Philosophers and the Piincipal Abi Rons with Befndwt’s Counsel; we Joun- ipMeyscat icy ig snl rte Gr sie: Inv. - i@ Board of Bx iss. 6—Cava: V > C:ptain Zacoumter in Tr nidid 3 in Sagua la Grindo—News from —Finaichu and Commercial Re- poits - j-ta@ Matiers—Toumy Hadden's Moviig Day--The Sheltering Arin—Le :ture on “Wow n in Enrope”—Marriages and Death:— Advertisem n'a. Le dne Article Ra lroad Oairage ; €rnor's Op) orwnity-—Persons Amus mon 8—T ton in gence—Amuse snouncements. News from Paris of the Wor'd: Excvemont aii Turbwence in the Po ¢ and Napoleon's Note; Pumn- the om Ar- and TT Praace; mont of tse Greck Brigand Murderers— Ri hmend Ho ror: Details of the Fatal Cas- alty im the Capital; : artrending S enes and Atfwcting Incidents—The Fasaton Course Purses—-The National Game—¥ire in Broad- way—trecholders’ Free Luach—Business S=—Aiv ris B=—-Adv riisem nnts, 19—The Bloommeiale Murder: Opening Speech of t © Prosecuting Officer at the Trial ef John J. Nixon—The Prize Ring: Second Fizzle of the Kerrigan-Touhey Fight—Pioceedings in the New Ycrk Courts—Diabolical Attempt to De- stroy Life—Saciem Jim Jubilee—Pigion Snoot- jag Mat _h—A Jeracy Jack Sheppard—Shipping intelligence-—advertisements, 41—Adver.is*ments 12—Adver.s¢mer A Lanaz Meztine of Broadway property owners was held at Mr. A. T. Stewart's. store yesterday afternoon, to take such measures and present such remonstrances to Governor Hoffman against the Arcade Railroad schemo ag may be calculated to induce him to veto it, Those present represented over one hundred million dollars. The strong character of the opposition to the bill can therefore be interred: Tur Posra. Tetncrapn.—The select com- mittee that has charge of Mr. Wasbburn’s excellent bill for the reorganization of the tele- graph system of the country has notified Mr. Orton, sident of the Western Union, to come up and make a ‘ast dying speech and confessivun” against the bill before they report it. If this is all that there is of the matter there is no harm, for neither Orton nor any other man can disprove the great advantage of the bili; but itis well for the people to watch the movement lest this invitation to Orton prove ihe cover to some new ruse of jobbery. reorganization of this excellent tribunal by a clause in the tax levy comes asa very plea- gant surprise to the order-loving people of the community. It may be remembered ihat this court was abolished by an act passed early ia the just concluded session of the Legislature, That act originated with the young democracy “and was passed by the efforts of its represen- tative men, and was in the interest of the ‘ metropolitan rogues to whom the judges of the Special Sessions are a special terror, Passencsrs’ Baaags—S avi Porators,— Vigorous collection of the revenue is a good thing, and we are in favor of it; but it is very certain that no new circulars from the depart- ment were needed to make more stringent the examination of the baggage of passengers arriving at this port from beyond the Atlantic— “gn examination that is a nuisance at the best, TRELS, 720 Broadway. —Fnow | “NEW YORK TFRALD, FRIDAY, APRIT 29, ————— Arcade Raflrord Outrage—The dior ernor’s Opportunlty. | There Ig consider.bie anxiety to kaow what: Governor Hoifinsn will do with the Areado Railroad bil, On one baad, tho mon of straw who ary incorporators, and the power- ful rai'road capitalists, speculators and) Albany lobby and country logistators Who are Looking for ticir reward, are lateasaly exsited All that inde co, done to accomplish their. object,» Where thoy caniot reaoh the Goverhor direotly they will) try tod» so inifrestiy, in order to obtain his sigoature to tais infumous. moasur:. On the other hand, the people of Naw York, who want to prevent the spoliation of Broadway— that beau ifal and princfpal thoroughfare ‘and centre of business of the city—aud the pro- perly holders, who have five or six hundred millions of dollars at siake, are anxious to avert the outrage and wholesale rob- bery contemplated by the Arcade bill ani its projectors. On ono sido area few speculators and railroad moaopoiisis, with a great railway king at the head and back of them, who his, the vauating ambition to appropriate and rule +3 the railroad property under his control, On the other sids are the mass of the people, the holders of the most valuable property ia the city, the representa- tives of the city in the Legislature, and the most important business interests. On which side will Governor Hoffman place himself? There can be no question as to his duty; and looking at the hig and indepoadeat position he occupies, at his vetoes of other outrageous | railroad schemes, and at his prospect of e!eva- tion in the future to a still bigher office ia the country, we cannot doubt that he will voio this most infimous of all the measures that have come before him. The public are not well enough informed, perhaps, of the enormity of the outrage to bo perpetrated by the Arcade Railroad bill, for it is cunningly framed to cover up some of its bad features, though the contemplated destruc- tion of Broadway is sufliciont to arouse indi yna- tion. The Governor, however, will understand the secret purposes of the conspirators. He be- longs to the city, was raised to his high posi- “tion from it, and no mun knows botter its wanis and interests. Then he belongs to that echool of poliies which believes in the direct repre- sentatives of s community having a right to! control their affairs, Will he permit the igno- rant or purchased country members of the Legislature to spoil our cily and appropriate the property of the citizens, when our Sena-, tors and members goneraliy voted agains: the! proposed spoliation? Is the great city of New York to be at the mercy of thes» iqnorant and corrupt men from the rural districts? But we enid the people wero not fully aware, probably, of the extent of the enormity contemplated in the Arcade Railroad bill, We mean by this that the public squares and parks, as well as our beautiful Broadway, are to be given to unprincipled speculators—to men who baye no public spirit or pat im, and who would sacrifice the best interests of our cili- zens to make money. Tho bill is 80 ingeniously framed that they can take the public ground at the Battery, the Ciiy Hall park, Union equare, other public squares money and misvepresyatatioa can do will bo! avda portion of Central Park. In fact, it p'accs our city'in the hands and at tho mercy of a few grasping railroad monopolists. Té enables thom to destroy the most valuable business property in the city and to divert the current of business in other channels in which they have secured a large interes!. It is the most stupendous ard iafamous jo» ever con- cocted in this metropolis or passed by the Legislature. We have frequently of lato shown that the railroad power of the country is becoming stronger than all other interests, than Siate Legislatures, and, in somo instances, than Congress itself, Here we have a caso in point, The magnates of the New York Con- tral, Hudson River and Harlom railroads have -controlled the Siate Legislature at Albany and proved superior to public sentiment. This ® notable example;. but we might show how absolutely the Pennsylvania Legislature is ruled by the Central Railroad of that State, how the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad controls the State of Maryland, and how other great railroad monopolies do as they please. The rapid tendency to consolidation of nearly all the railroad interests of the country in the hands of a few trunk lines’ and a few railroad kings points out the danger that lies before us. Every business man, farmer, statesman, merchant and laborer, will be at the mercy of these monopolies. They can tax the people everywhere in travelling and in the transpor- tation of produce and goods as they please. They cam make the people pay div'dends on stocks which have been inflated or watered two or three times over. They have a greater power of taxation thaa the government of the United States, and the material interests and progress of the country are more under their control than under the government at Wash- ington. They are entirely irresponsible, and, as corporations have no souls, they can have no regard for the public, They study only their own interests, The State Legislatures, as we havo geaid, are their crea- tures, Congress alone can check the growing evil and regulate the railroads of the country, Itmust come to that. There is no protection for the people but in that. The railroads are the great arteries of commerce between and among the several States, as much so as the lakes or our magnificent rivers, and Congress has the power under the consti- tution.to regulate that commerce, Indeed, it is iy of that body todo so. We need a general law for this purpose, and it is impor- tant that such a law should be passed before the vast power of the railroads takes posses- sion of the government at Washington as it has at Albany aad over other State govern- ments, The question is, shall the railrond kings govern this republic, or the people? Goop ror JourDAN.—The vigor of Superin- tendent Jourdan in his operations against the latest proposed prize fight is on encouraging promise that under this 7égime we may see the last for many a year of the expeditions of bands Our Custom House organization is bad in its i detective departments if it cannot prevent ) smuggling without overhauling the baggage of every lady or gentleman on their return home from their vacation trips, ofruffians to scenes dedicated to the barbarous sport of mauling humanity. No prizo fight expedition can successfully leave this city it the police choose to stop it, and that is evi- Gently Jourdan’s choice, The Coming Judicin) Election. The Republican State Convention met in Rochester yestorday and nominated a full fickot for tho coming elvetion for Jud sos of the Oourt of Appeals. The following shows tho rival tickets of both parties :— Baniord bs Cheb, Martia rove: Kuins \- Veoxham, + lhapal lo, Wulitan | Allen, Both tickets ure unusuaily strong, which is the more satisfactory as, whatever the result Of tho election, both tickots will’bs represented onthe beach, the minority being atlowed under the now judiciary article at least two of thy seven members to ba chosen, ‘The strength of both tickets, while it gives promiso of a fair and well contested rac», thus also guarantoos an-unusnally capable and brilliant bench. The repudlicins evideatly intend to do their best in the coming glection, and to improve all the chances which the democratic split and the new hegro voters may givethem, In the Con- vention yesterday they rathor went beyond the mark in doing excessive honor to a colored delegate, hurrahing and cheering wien that abashed fadividual voted, and in other ways conveying the idea thus ho was a huze ele- phanton their hands, and that they were afraid of not amusing him enouzh, We ad- vise these gentlemen to read agnia Mr. Dow- ning’s letter to the Hegaxp, and bear in wind that the colored man is not altogether a new thiag in polities, Congress Yestorday, Mr. Samner, who is evidentiy feeling about blindly for some new #8 idject upon which to exer his great powers, now that slavery is abol- ished and reconstractioa noarly flaished, took up the obnoxious word ‘‘white” yesterday for want of something better and urged the Judiciary Committee to report at an eurly day his bill striking that word from the Naturalization laws, As there are not more than ten foreign born negroes im- ported into this country in as many years, the subject is not of much importance, although the principle may be good, Scuator Gilbert, of Florida, who, it appears, has had his seat contested, was firm'y pianed there by the report of the Judiciary Committee. The regular calendar was called und the Senato devoted itself with commendable assiduily to the smalicr and more tedious details of legisla- tion. The chief bill on the calendar was one which was passed providing for a board of naval officers to examine into the grievaaces of those officers who were passed over in pro- motion, Senator Robertson, of South Caro- liaa, in'roduced an amnesty bill, which, though not as general as could be wished, is still more satisfictory than any we have yet had. The House was unusually dull. Mr, Jenckes’ bill for the establishment of a Dopartmont of Justice was passed. Two more contested elvc- tion cases irom Louisiana cams up, but they wero disposed of in the same manner as the Sypher case, being sent back to be t over again by the people of the Stale. It turn out to be a fortunate thing for legislation gen- erally, however hard on Sypher, if his case shall have induced the House to change iis previous policy on contested elections alto- gether and adopt the system that Sypber has pioneered, The Tariff bill was again dis- cussed, with continued disaster for the iron protectionists, Tor Spanisa Tarong.—Spain still wants a king. Many names have been’ men- tioned, but one afier the other has beon set aside, Two new names have been men- tioned within the last few days, The one is the venerable Esparlero, the other is Princa Frederick of Prassia, who figured so promi- nently in the late German war. Serrano has just given another proof of his disinterested- ness and true patriotism. If Prim will consent he is willing that Spain should become a re- public, We see but small chance for either of the two new candidates. Espartero is too old and Prince Frederic is a Protestant anda pro- minent member of the Hohenzollern family, A Protestant king in Spain is not yet possible. A Hohenzollern on the Spanish throne is an impossibility so long as the present Napoleon rules France, Montpensier’s chances are not good. Spain is not yet ripe for a republic. As yet we do not pretend to see the end of the Spanish revolution. As it docs not matter much we can afford to wait for further light. We expect much trouble before the Peninsula has found peace and prosperity. Tat Nationat INpUsTRiAL Exmrertioy.— Oae of the measures adopted during the late session of the Legislature was the passage of a bill, incorporating the Industrial Exhibition Company—a corporation which has made promises of achieving something that shall be a great national as well as a world’s fair. They say the money, seven millions of dollars, ig all subscribed or guaranteed, and that it is in responsible hands. This being the case, then, when will the company get into working shape, promulgate its plans, tell the people who the corporators are and give the public an fdea of what the result will be? The scheme, if properly carried out, is a capital one, but the people want to see it inaugurated, and will then prepare io do worthily their share towards its culminating success, PURIYING THE Brxon AND THE Bar.— Among tho final acts of the late session of the Legislature was tho passage of a law au- thorizing the Commitiee on the Judiciary to investigate cases of alleged corrnption upon the bench and within the bar of New York, and report to the next Legislature, This is a nice little job for the Judiciary Committee, and will afford the robustious, indefatigable and talented Tom Fields, who is chairman of said committee, a rich opportunity to ferret out some of the abuses that are reported to have crept into our local judiciary system, and to apply or recommond aremedy. The com- mittee will no doubt facilitate their operations by calling for persons and newspapers. Tox PLEBISOITUM AND THE Pourtto MEET- 1NGs.—The political mectings for the purpose of discussing the plebiscite have commenced in Paris and throughout France. As will be seen from our news of this morning they have beon turbulent. ‘Vive la République” has beeu loudly and frequently expressed. Olli- vier, so recently 80 popular, is denounced as a renegade anda traitor. At the closo of the meetings the ‘Marseillaise”—tho old, danger- ous sung—was sung, It looks bad; but things are not so bad as they seem, Young France likes a bit of fun as well as other young folks; and political mestings are #0 novel in that part of the world that a little fun was ‘to bo oxpectod. It is » signifloaat fact that (here was no rioting, Our Commercial Marino. Somany Jeremiahs have bowailed the loss of our commercial prestize as as maritime nation, and so many calls for rellef have gone up toan apparon'ly heedless Congress, that, the subject seems almost threadbare. Its importance, however, is such that it cannot bo overlooked without great and permanent injury to our prosperity, and: greatness, Our |. ship yards ave deserted, and tho skilful mechanics who have produced the many beautiful vessels which wero once the glory! and pride of America are seesiag other employment, driven to it by lack of work in tho departments to which thoy have devoted} their best energies and. talvats, Tae fact of the decay, nay almost total wreck, of our com- merce being admitted, let us lool into some of the causes of this prostration so humiliating to our national pride and so disastrous to our prosperity, Tae main eanse was undoubtedly the results of the piratical cruises of the Alabama ani other English built Confederate privateers, not so much from the number of vessels which they actually destroyed as from those that they drovo into the service of other nations, Our fast clippers were obliged to take refuge under the English and other foreign flags, and we who could not protect them have ever since kept the door shut in their faces when they sought to come back to their old allegiance, By our short-sighted- ness in this respect we have driven the vast bulk of our immen © carrying trade into tho hands of our old commercial rival, and she has been prompt to profit by it, By her liberal registration laws, and the many advan- tages she offers to shipowners in the way of procuring stores, she has taken our trade from us, Alter centuries of experience as the first maritime nation of the world her policy is to encourage her sbipping interests to the greatest extent. A large and powerful navy, couslantly cruising over the globe, is ready to resent any insult offered to her flag; her nrerchantmen, seeure in tho national protec- tion it affords them, are to be found every- where. Her laws protect the saiior in every way, noble hospitais are ready to receive the disabled tar, and the coast guard is kept up mainly to afford’ refuge for deserving officers and sailors; for in a country where s0 many articles ere on thy freo list smuggling ia an nuprofitable business. Her naval officers are sure of a liberal pension, and the nation-makes their children its wards. Her saips ars per- mitted to draw all their stores ous of bond free of any duty, and in every way she is ulways seeking to help aad foster her shipping interesis. Liberal subsidies encourage enter- prise, and the result is that Great Britain stands to-day before the world with the most powerful military and commorcial marine in existence, What a contrast to this liverality is our own short-sighted policy! lt would sem that our lawgivers thought that going to sea was the ‘most foolish of all pursuits, and it was their duty to discourage any Americans from pursuing so senseless a caliing. Instead of liberally encouraging shipbuilding, as England bas found it her poticy to do, they have placed every obstacle in the way of the man who foolishly attempts to send a specimen of his country’s skill to other lands. Instead of trying to in- duce men to submit themselves to long and laborious training to fit them for serving their country afloat they try to disguat the few naval officers we possess by constant and conflicting legisintion regarding their pay and posi- tion. By heavy taxation of every article that enters inio the construction of a vessel they seek to render the the shipwrights’ an obsolete occupation. By niggardly withholding the money necessary to keep up our navy yards and to repair our men-of-war they seem de‘ermined to let our cruisers rot in the yards, so that wo shall no longer be put to the expense of manning them. By way of protecting American inlerests abroad and vindicating the national honor they put down our navy so that foreigners laugh at our threats, and thus the American Coasnl, who is the accredited agent of this great country, was actually afraid the otier day to go ashore iu a Cuban port... Yor particulars see the case of Consul Phillips in the port of Santingo de Cuba. In carrying ont this policy they will doubtless give Farragut and Porter the.same lesson they gave to Sherman and Sheridan the othor day, by telling them, prac- tically, that they are of no use, and are only tolerated in their present positions in obe- dience to popular sympathy. Whero England would give a man rank, position and wealth, as «token of the national gratitude tor his ser- vices, we give him a command, it is trae, and then, by way of honoring him, go to work and cut-down that command in every way, and finally tellhim that the position he hus fairly wrung from us by his exertions don’t amount to anythiag after all, thus adding another illustration to the proverbial ingratitude of republics. Now, puttiag aside the question of justice or gratitude, is all this good policy? Is it wise to drive work from our ship yards? Is it good policy to give England our once large and flourishing carrying trade? Can we afford to see our power laughed at, our representa- tives insulted? Can we, staggering under an enormous debt, afford to drive a stream of wealth from our shores by foglishly forbidding | the springs from which it grows to flow here? | Have we lost our once sensitive pride in all that was American? Let Congress answer no, and by wise and liberal legislation foster our navy and revive our broken commerce, and bring back the days when our flag was to be seon in every port and our sails on every sea; when a Yankee ship and a Yankee crew was the favorite with shippers and was supe- rior to all others in speed and safety. Don’t “protect” shipping out of existence, but give our merchants and builders fair play, make our naval officers secure in their positions, and give usa navy that will make us respected and which, in time of need, will bo able to defend us at home and to preserve our dignity abroad. Provide homes end asylums for our disabled sailors, tell the man who consents to devote his best years to his country’s service that when he is old and broken down she will not ‘their sorrows together, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEE. forzet him, Do not grudge honor and reward to the heroes who have won victories for you. Do not laugh at-our yachtmen, who are en-, riching our naudcal knowled ze with beautiful models, but encourage them to cruise rbout our shores by opening our ports and by setting aside all restrictions, Let our merchanimen drqw their stores out of bond and try to help, our navy, of which we are all so proud, and ‘restore to us our commerce which we are so fuolishly driving away. ‘ The Disaster in Richmond, Tho doa havo boon taken out of the ruins of the old State Capitol, and the funeral ser- vices are being held. ‘Tho whole city has for- gotten the bitter partisan excitement which brought most of the victims to the place where they mot thelr death, and all—black and white, rebel and radical—are mingliny The housos of busi- ness are closed and the doors are hung with crape; the bells of the city are tolling, and funeral after funeral files slowly alony tho streets, Tho body of the colored Sena'or (Bland), was taken to the depot, and fol- lowed by whites and blacks, Governor Walker and ex-Governor Wise have both; delivered addresses of condolence to the crowds of people about the Capitol building, and tho Legislature is holding informal meei- ings to express its sorrow. Througiout, the ill-fated city grief has encoeeded political strife, and the harrowing culamity seems to have levelled with the earthly bopes of the dead all the political differences of the living. One moral of tho sad disaster lies in the fact that care or foresight might havo averted it. Tho building in which it oc- curred was nearly eighty years old, and the timbers and walls were warped and out of the true level, It seems that some time ago the condition of the whole bnild- ing was examined by carpeaters, and they reported that it was safe. Tue examination evidently was not thorough, or tho lates disaster would have been averted. The system of a thorough examination of all buildinzs so old as the State Capitol of Vir- ginia should be instituted and enforced at once, and inspectors of buildsags in all cities should be held to a strict account. Tue Anounisnor or Canterbury, England, is about to teader-his resigaatioa of tne epis- copate, oa account of serious illaess. The mitra and the crogier are too heavy for the iman-—a rare oceurrence ia the history of the Church, Aorivity IN Financia, anp CommeroraL Ci2z01.es.—The revival of business in the various branches of trade in the meiropo is is a matier of encouragemont to all classes of the commu- nity. Tho widespread dulneas of tho winter has given place toa salutary briskuess pro- phetic of good times during the remainder of the season. Certain Wall sireet philosophers are pluming themselves on the belief that the great slir down in their region started the wheels of business everywhere, but the people themselves began to move weeks ago, when they forced us to issue triple and quadruple sheets of the Hznaup. Tacy saw that prices all around had undergone a great decline and took courage to buy for the reaction which has commenced in the commereial world as well as iu Wail street, Waeat is up ten cents a bushel from the unproductive prices of lust winter, when in the general panic begotten of the villanous gold conspiracy prices generally fell below their real standard, Now, let gov- ernment keep gold down and all prices will become steady and business go on with safety and confidence. Greror AND Tax Brigann Murperers.— Greece, England and Turkey are in a Caris- tian humanitarian alliance for the punishment of the Greek brigands, murderers of the for- eign tourisis3, The governments wish to secure the capture of the entire band. Half of the number havo been already arrested, Seven of these were beheaded aad five others were likely to share the same fate. The Lords Clarenden and Caraarvoa express the most firm determination to have a complete investigation of the ontire matter of the tragic aifuir, The Sultan of Turkey is almost equally energetic in the cause of justice. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. Colonel J, D. Collins, of the United Stites Army; Jadge Gwinniss, of Elmira; Dr. W. ©. Hurd, of Coa- nectieat; Judge W. A. Biaine, of Chicago; James Jackson, of Wilmington, Del.; Judge Butts, of Provi- dence; Colonel J. A, Thayer, of San Francisco, and Dr. Dodson, of Washington, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Vaptain J. Jaques, of Virginia; Bradley Barlow, of St, Albana; Thomas Page, of Chicago; J. E. Sawyer, of the United States Army; 8. B. Daniels and Bure Van Lorn, of Lockport; George Innis, of Poughkeepsie; W. A. Greenwood, of the Cape of Good Hope, and George Maney, of Tennessee, are ut the Astor House, ries Hi. Sherrill, of Washingion; Richard Hilliard, of Buffalo; M. 0. Hill, of Pittsburg; G. G. Hoskins, of Attica, and R. R. Bridges, of North Caro- lina, are at the St. Nicholas Motel. Captain T. A. Holt, of China, and Charles W. Rand, of San Francisco, are at the irving House. George Hf. Pendleton, of Cincinnati; General Dun- can V, Walker, of Washingion; E. M. Underdowe, of Hngland; W. W. Whitney, of Boston, and W. Turn- Lull, of New York, are at the Clarendon Hotel. Professor Silvester, of England; Captain G. Down- ing, of San:lusky, and Dr. E, R. Malcolm, of Toronto, are at the St. Charles Hotel. L Hume, of Poughkeepsie; W. T. Seymonr,‘of Georgetown; R, J. Hazard, of Providence, and C. H. Mathews, of Schenectady, are at the Si, Denis Hotel. Judge Dunlevy, of Cincinnati; ex-Governor Eng- | lish, of Connecticut; J. H. Schoenberger, of Penn- sylyania; Lieutenant Page, of Washington; J. J. Robinson, of Connecticut, and E, 0. Moran, of Rhode Island, aie at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. James G. Engitsh, of New Hampshire, and Heury K. Horton, of Boston, are at the Albemarle Hotel, A. Van Vechton, of Albany; &. A. Buck, of Buf. fulo; Jom McDonald, of San Francisco, ond J. b. Enis, of Philadelphia, are at the Hoffman House, Prominent Departures. Congresrman W. H. Barnum, for Connecticut; Henry A. Tilden, for New Lebanon; Amasa Stone, dy, for Clovelind; S$ Douttard, for Buffalo; Dr. G. B. Lindeman, for Penusyivania; Colonel W. 8. Fish, for Montreal; Colonel J. Iugiesby, for Washington; Colonel A. Fuiier, for Boston; B, OC. Rumsey and Edward Treavott, tor Builulo. Personal Notes. The Washburnes are fast getting religion, An other: | one—maaing two aliogewer—has decilned to run tor | ‘Congress. Boston ts going to support and educate the three orpiian ciiflaren OF Captain Williams, of the Oneida, We suppose, of cour 08.00 Clalwis Hind. ‘The women of the town in Coancil Biuffs, Iowa, are taxed to pay all the school ‘ex;ens.s. Rather an Sy LOrunate urrangement Of biXwuon, we suoutd ton AMUSEMENTS, eee Cunrstine NILS30N.—The: s been a grent deal of talking and wid speculat‘on among mangers for A cou dle of seasons past regarlings he queen of song at iho prewmt day, Christing Nitsson. Hardly au entrepreneur of hot» Dut a4 deofared bis unalterable {is Ndou to secre ths preckous prize 10¢ America at ai haziris, ant Inuumerable agewia have wended thoir way tothe Od Continent, armed with money aud instructions to accompiish this undertaking, The Pence of Brie sentan envoy extraordinary and mitulster p.nipotentiary, wath miligne at his com mint, and o' ler poten of the stage used siomlar measmes to caytare the Swedish Nighs sale, tas cho daovan Lb gemaae! for th irenressth a brothers Strakes to Win the viet Before ihe Vast’ electric motes the warring’ Carlos Pait cle on the vebehtot aa ot ths American pubic, and bel ihe lar Cardlarrice take her Chins to by may ¢ sof wae Mat tar in a ate of m aud won ler whe hers c2esser sonll be, ing née 1S Dus C1 @ rose wig Crbe hic Car sine Mi go. is coung tthe ful. fe is a positive fat Ua’ ehe will 8a. irom Bio ee 8 and wilt commence & SeaseD Of Cone stn t ¥ Rote ee ens of that inonih, 8 rasosch) ¢ oe » have ia tie ascen me #'s @ Maaitsie bis tly, Lagranve ant Br nol, ther Ketlo ¢, next Cartotts Pottt ant aow, te greaiest ut al. Nisouw Cae ho batre uois eff rls were male py, ihe tWaanage- men of te Inver Opr., 5 esr, to sé cure Nilavon fo" Burove, bit tas) 9 tors Strakesn were (Limp afb rot well cone tel fhe. Mies Ntsaon’s e wage nentis for one h unired nights, ai Yt.e rate of $1,610 in gold por night. ORJAN Bxistert1on —There wad a oodly array of the congrezatt p of Sf. G orze's cLurch lest nl ni to har Wilt ma, Wilcox aud Whitey periorm on Jardin’ new organ, Tho mstrument 13 a ‘tay ma nficen! ove, taving Over sixty Bo ana e:tey ‘faultless im rogard ty be quaury oO tne in each oomoination, ‘Tue orgentats, wo Wich we may al &© taleatot oul er, brought oub ail the resources of th: oO wan w tie tuLete tent; und inQcame Mavzo Nl exo sled horse a ner re: cering of © atorio sziecuonsa ler ilhe sopra. vo co Was ono vf tue prias.pal foaturss of the cov- cert. STZINWAY HALL-—Mrs, Rae's Conceat.—This ad- mir bie art st halsone vey a ceptable ar ists to assist Ler lat » git, Roncon\ an! his dau sit r, Sa- rarate, the violin st of fw Patti brouve; Wermer, 006 o’ourb stvo no lists, and tie intimitani: paniat, M ss Metlig, appeared tn the.r best ee tlons, My. Reed's voc ts ti muciof ts old power aad Siveetness (0 tol O° those days waen sue first tauwat AM nw tan wha the .ocu wockiof tie great ms ters are. The @udionce Was appreciative, Wf nob large. ASSOCIATION HaLt—Bergngws Conoanr.—This celebrated Vijiino iti had a meduuesized concert for his bene it !aicni ht Mrs. Jeanie Kempiou was sick ant ihe efo © the vor.) poireef bie ente:ta p- had ty be cisuvened with bat ihe ims swinea- tal part of We pro With, uct a ti 6s re Was Vv MM erestiog, Veodore ‘Piomas Mis, ka, MOseuth | and t © revowne | venefdorare, an Goueeri Caunot wi. toe asucres, Mie MelLit sobs Gal tid dee ry tran ior pion OF bad ee Mate) Ou0 os the east luteresting of PLADL VS Worsss Masicu! nad Taeatrical Notes. On Monday ne\t Ms Lydia Taompsoa appears at Nibio’'s 1 anew Graug wiriltou e.pressiy ior her by Dumas, pere. It is cated = -*Mosq iw," a slave boy, and Mss Thompson plays tue tule role, At is oft. e “Pench Spy” and “¥ re FI” order, t hes ces la din Soi Amonica and Par.s. le Ole 13 admirable in its Proteaa changes, MoXee Raokin and Neti Wara rar: cat lo ih: pice, The s-euery, Mounting aud eects wil be marveilo is, Miss Leo .a Oxveider will play “ALanio 8 Ln a on: 9. Bro icbam's vracad, at tae Pook f Brooklyn. shortly. J: was wren Her Wa ttst got an aamer val hk the Lonion criti s Pie! cat i. voco "a jueiaile and t umpe like,’ pat coutead thay He ba ota misical tea Mm us bead. Cariotic Patt 8.48 jor igo Jacctro on May 23, 1m the sieame* Sui Au hoa. ‘Tue 4 nua coucert 0 wae American Musical Font Sos.ely tac 8 plics ae ibe Academy of Musicua May 2k. A private cone:rt was efven on ‘Tuesday evening at Dr. Wards, inwido. the Chidrens Kod ty ine Mivarde Musica: Clup, assisé d by th: eminent pianist, R. Vilaio.a Tae pro ramm: consis.e | 4! Bele tons rou — pesora- auce wos bth Brookiyn Acauemy ot iuste ihis evepine. ts or Patti, neto ys, Us Arion pecicty and @ Lest Of o hor ers 8 WIL pp as Lightning, Wind avd Kain After Meat—Lass of Lite and Property. The oppressive het of yesterday, as might have been ex,ected, was followed by a severe storm of thunder, wind aud rain, Charged wiih ele: ricity and filed w.th patuered Vapors, tae c\vuds broxe frm thelt moorings ub five v'c.o°k, aul careen.us fast athwart tie sky dasaed tojecher by tie ‘orce o: rus.ing air; heavy peas of thunder revere aid and rumbled roan! aud ad of wat rie upon Lhe swellering city. Sheet forked 1 gutnins pre. ceded eavh reverberatius sound of thunder, aad tae skies were at 60.10 MOUuE itd Bll aviaze W.th ire, whi e torrents of water cours d Uiroigh tre air eta. ‘The storm Was §\ddei aut severe, did cared lu a in .ie and property , the full exteat of whlca is eb to be Known, Tue bud.og owned by Puck Brennan at she 0: B ghty-iourth s reet and Beowiway, 8d scupicd Dy tue Lairiy-tirat proee ne! poice, KOE vepatts, wed own, It was ut ately no one wa; lujure |. A age number oO. workmen, engaged in ‘he cousiru tion od. @ trestle brides at tas out o. domed ‘Tuurt,-irs. suteet ior the Hud on River Rat « Coupany, seeing the sion a roa Ning, be seriedty Jeb We bFluge. Oue Al.chael Shecue, @ c.rpeutel, dwelling mn Forty-irst si oe re ‘e0 8 aveaus, who rema ned bebt id, lost his tite, i rei down We cuurs structure, Kit) " stanly, aud caasing & 1035 of $2,000 or $5,000 to he company. ‘On Long Island and 1a New Jersey the storm was very severe, but the Casualies cau-ed by its suddea descent, though supposed to be many, were Dut re- ported up to a jate hour last might. BEL‘CICUS CONVENTION IN CHICAGO. Tue Pilgrius in Session—Political Resolutions Adopted—The Masonic Tabiet on Piymouty Rock. Cwr0a00, April 28, 1870. ‘The Pilzrim Memoriat Convention to-day adopted a@resolut on to appoint @ comonstee to set forth, in @ condensed form, the characteristic teas to which iho Pfigrims gave power by soil- denying devotion and to whose continued alvocavy and application the Convention 1s solemnly ple \zed beiore Gol and man, Professor Bartictt and Drs, Cbaoin, Bacon and Post were appo.nied sucn cou- mittee, Resoluiions were also adopted declaring that as the Pilgrims recognize! & pious mimsiry a8 the right arm of power of tie church, there can ve no more iiting memorial in their honor than thas durin ‘its ann.vers ry @ Suin of not les. t) $ 1,009, ove) sho.ill be raised in aid of the recognized the ‘logical seminaries of our Congregational churches, 80 a4 10 @ jadi sh these on the proudes! ani mos! per.iane.t basis; recognizing In the erec ton of tin c onal pla ed Congregational Hose in Bos oa tora valua, public brary of our de.omination and aca pr (4 nent home for ail our be nentiy wo.thy of liberal by Coogregational cit. zens in ail parts of ihe jan. ind \hanking God for the Siampe Of bie Piin'iples Of Our lah rs in ‘he lat for freeing of the blavks and for rolent soci 1e8, us enil une ‘option of 6 iteenth amenament. A replition earnesly requesing th; Pie rim Society of Plymouth t» remo.e the jasonic tablet on the corner stone of the nation en monume tt to our forefathers on the pos in tht then spt and Pan iples were qui in pt en us of Masoury, piovoxed awa n itwas fnulvio Fi ed inde.ini ey ts to be aed vt Cine sly conside the qua hid secret suctedes, M x udu of Lhe reiation of the “paw TELL.GENGE, ~ Beevet Cotonel Joseph n Collins, major unassigned, has Leen orderea from Spain to New York and to report ior examination be ore ihe Nein ing Board. Second Liew!enant Thomas 8. Briggs, unassigned, Ja transferred to the Fourteenth infantry. Secor Lieutenant Thomas V. Deary, of the First ariilery, has restaned, Surgcon H. Rk, Wirts is reii ved fom duty a3 medical director of the Depart.ueut of the Cuber and aul ord-red to duty as medica: dire-tor o/ the Departines * sa! iM Lola brevet Major W. H. will, when the Depart. ment of Aliska ni ciaconanaed ‘oport fur duty wa ‘me Military Division of ihe Paciic. AVAL sATELLI Lieutenant J. M. Forsyth i is detacted from the re. | ceiving sitip Potomas, and Master J. A. Cicsley rom ving ship Vermont, ani or e:ed to the Sau- er J. A. Vaugiin, Ensign W. Hi. Jaques a “ seigitus En aueers KR. J. Beane Dea er dewmched sfom Wie Sa.yus and oO home, Surgeon A. L, Gelgn ts ordered to special duty at Now York.