The New York Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1871, Page 4

follow: aati CONGRESS. Congress Lookirg After the Railroad Interests. Animated Discussion Over the § ator Elect from Georgi The Way Doubtfn! Bills are Bu: the House. d Through Protecting Members frem Wo- men Lobby SENATE. WAsRINGTON, Feb. 13, 1871. RESOLUTIONS OF THE ORIO LEGISLATURE, Mr. THURMAN, (dem) of Ohio, presented resolutions of the ‘Ohio Legistature, requesting Congress to pass no more land grants for railroad or other corporations. Jou SOLUTION. Mr. FENTON, (rep.) of N. Y., from the Committee on Finance, reporied back resolution author- fing the Farmers’ wt Baward, Ny Y., to ebange its location Passed. UTHERN RATLROAD. p.) of Obfo, presented a memorial ask: es for the Cincinaati and South road through the cb ts u Nr. pase of the be prop obstinate - fon of @ road desired alike by opie ae & means of communication. Phe memorial was orsered pr HOMEBTS Be Mr. PoMEROY, (rey ommittee on Pub- He Lande, repute le bonorably dis- charged soldiers nd orphan chil dren, to acquire hon Biales, with amendments @ assignment af Lom ‘the » a ds of the United rovision allowin, ‘Beedful regulatio garding the ceola oara r At one o'clock the Senate, Yok up the joint resolu Be taken by HB. a. Alien, righ. Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of Ill, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, proceeded to show that Mr. Miller had recelved @eren more votes tor S. than his colleague, Mr. Hill, had been elected by peraoas Sata m Of & qualified iller’s service tm the revel rd h the practice ta rto seats in the RGIA SENATOR, ing to a previons order, ing the form of oath to as Senator from yuse and of Mr. @ test oath. Mr. Miller w t, and thou, ong others Farron, when rupnin candi e Cousiitutioual Conveation, He that Si at of the ‘present con- ution dro. fated its adoption by the peop he disposition of similar ases was then rederred to by Mr. Trumbull. It was ci Miller was not obliged to take t tended by some that .\ wath of July, 1s ntonded to be a He would not ciscugs that ques. jeved the test onth repeal bill in the hands nt covered the case, He hud brought forward yedite a we ent of the question. Senator du 9 ng of law, Aefence aid to preser ency of Cong their election b For 0: , delivered along legal argu- jectiouable to every element and in denial of the legality of his election. Mr. CARPEYTER, (rej uly, 1882, flier, uucodstit n t had His ottence, t ravatiug ertm cn issued by Pres entirely obliic ‘the rebellion, for which be was n mate, wae the while the constitution sub: take his seat, the a pardoned, sially entitled the claimant t 84 prohibited him from so jo show the unconsiltutionality a that Mr, Miller 9 over popular eandi- erals, because he nt ole Was not gener: not know of it watt) very re imself from an imputation upon He ex- lained that bis without is knowledge, jaciuded fa ® bil with | m did know he labored under to that ot Thomas. wcis of kinduess to with any intention of ass Dr. Miller, bad opposed sec nasist rec: by rep Mr MonTON, Jer wax void election. oath had be passed the of tarée mem ers of the Senate to been procured npon the repres the unanimous approval of the to say that the repeal of the ered his ease similar x done Enever ause. His colleague, i Waa a struction, and could not have meh Was a fraud upon the | Senate. He did no: say it was so intended, but in eifect It was a fraud. Mr. Soorr, (rep.) of Pa., corroborated th tatement of erred t Wa pitied to Le considered to which no objection was made. sed to the poiley indicated by that repeal be took ission of the Present claimant, i jermed the sip te, Tead trom the Gio hw ¢ had also made a | ne did not charge fraud upon ae Of a bill of 80 much conse. shout general notice, jusiltied rton did not eup- 3 bill was, ly)—I ‘undertake to say if the ing he heard what was untrue. beard it from a member of the committee. reiterated that the member making such a _ more minutely the cir- of pill through both defended the test oath repeal on passed surreptitiously. He a regaratog from the charge 0 ‘agreed with Mr. T Senator from Indiana ie the advantages to uence at the other end becoming slaw. But it Winest measures of this administration. After further discussion by Messrs. Thurman, Scott and ‘Howe the Senate voted upon the pending question, which ‘was upoo ordering the will to a third reading, which re- eulted—yeas 28, navs 20, as follows :— 'YEAS—Messrs. Wiair, Casseriy, Col fon, Flanagan, Fowier, Hwnt Joranon, NeCree alsbury, Sawyer, Scott, 8; ton, Trumbuil, Vickers and Wilso: Wars—Mesirs. Abbott, Ames, Brownlow, Buckingham, Chandler, Cragin, Edmunds, Gilbert, Howell, Morrill of ‘Vermont, Morton, Nye, Osbora, Patterson, Pomeroy, Kame jtearns, Stewart, 5: per and Warner—20. “Vessrs. Bayard, Carpenter, Serman and Wiley, in the afirmatlve, paired off with Messrs, Conkling, Hamilton of Texas, Cameron and Pool, in the negative. ‘The bill was accordingly read a third time and p: The Guif Steamship Corbett, Davis, Fen- 'd., Harris, Hill, Howe, elk, Hobertson, Koss, ockton, Thurman, ‘ip- sed. ubsidy bil then came up as unfin- fshed basiness, when the Senate, at forty-tve minutes past ‘ix, adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wasuinoron, Feb. 13, 1871. OPPOSITION TO RAILBOAD LAND GRANTS. Mr. Cox, (dem.),of N. Y., presented petitions from citizens of New York against railroad land grants, and for appro- priation to the American Printing House tor the Blind, BILL8 INTRODUCED AND REFEREED. By Mr. Worexre, (rep.) of N.¥.—A proposed amend- ment to the Southern Pacitic Railroad bill. By Mr. Cop, (rep.) of NX. C.—To protect loyal and peace- able citizens and to perpetuate the evidence of losses sus- tained m the war of the rebellion; providing for the appoint- ment of @ commissioner in each county in Alabama, Arkan- sas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Kentucky, to take weance of all Kn Klux outrages. ‘The bill, which was « Jong one, baving been read on the demand of Mr. NIFLAOK, Mr. i yg A Wis., moved that it for yeas and nays. The motion was nega: Swed by bs to 144. the bili was then Feferred to the Recon- 1) iittee, ing of the bil! and the voting oocupied all that was Of the morning heur;; the object bet Railroad bil! irom cot ‘ore the House, is were intro iud- vi other bil duced and referred, inelud- the re BL (rep.) of Ohio—Requiring information 3 de ad piven hy Congres (othe several Winton Tor the n. F becoses, rep.) of Tenn.—To preserve the peace ta the neveral States and Territorieg. hy Mr, ABPRR. (Fep,) 0! Mo.--To reduce the duty on tm. ported Wool; @iso 1g relation to tue bridge across the wourt corer 8b Fort kaapeawori #90 w Julat speslaiion of | in which young men calllog themselves knights, be rejected, | lastevening in Liederkranz Hall, Fourth street, to x to. prevent the Air | city, the Missourt Legislature against further land grants to rail- By Mr. Woopw xp, (dem.) of Pa. —To regulate the draw- ing and summoning of jurors in the United States Disiric t ‘and Olroalt Courts. By Nr. Cox, (dem.) of N. ¥.—To provide for additional yonilservice to Brazil. Referred. He sald the object of the Dill was to snpply cheap coffee without additioual coal, and there was no sulmidy im the bill, hy Mr. Porrest, (dem.) of N, ¥.—In relation to goods in bond. Referred. ‘TUT STRAMRR TENNESSER.® Mr, SARGENT, (rep.) of Cal. presented a communication from the Seoretary of the Navy In relation to the steamship ‘Tenuessee, intimating tuat the department does not entertain | any apprehensions as to her eafety, and that no t 08 } inay be reveived of her before the arrival of the Tybee at New York. EN INVADING COMMITTER ROOMS. m,) of Ark., rising to a quest eaoldtion, reciting that a numbe had taken anion, teu days tion and Lal immediately tor the room of the Committ J questing the Speaker to take step (hose women, Con eon © SPRARER did not age that there was any question in- ve in the reaolution, sod aid net kuow that any Li he. bad he would cheo 2 the matter. f Ky., moved to sui repiiialing the ideas contained 19 & be President as to the supposed siml- {ty between the political tuatiintions of the empire of many and the United States. Nogatived, RIGHTS OF FRANOHISE. Mz, BEN@HAM moved (o suspend, the rules and bring be- fore ihe House the bill to amend the act of May 31, 1010, to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote In several Statea, Agreed to, and the bill was made the special order for Wednesday, after the reading of the jour. ‘Dal, the vote to be taken at four o'clock, without any dilatory motions. INOMEASED PENSIONS FOR TOTALLY PIGALLED SOLDIFRS, Nr. HAY, (rep.) of ill, moved to suspend the ruigs and to pass a billihereasing by forty per cent the pensions of ail sioners Who bad jogt the alght of both eyes or who bad rs vice. Mr, BERJAMIN, (ep) of Mow ald that the subject was be- fore the Committee on Pensions, which would soon report bill; he therefore hoped the motion would be rejected, The motion was rejected, PRES ‘The SPRAKER j deat in reply to a resolution offered some days ago by Sargent, and showing that the aid of the militi Untied States had been given, by order of President Jolin som, 2 civii authorities of California, at an’ elec- (uere in 1888, on the request of the Governor of that age from State, ‘The suggestion w de by Mr. Brooks, of New York, and Nessra, Wood . that troops had been sent to New York to inter requisition servation In the election there without any Yew Yi and a like ob+ by Mr. fen- dull, bs The House, at haif-past four, adjourned. A CAPITAL CARNIVAL. The Coming Pageant at Wasiingten—A Mase querade Procession, A Tournament, Races, Balls, &ey &c.—Admirable Arrangemests of the Committeo—The Biggest Thing of the Year. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 1871. The all-absorbing topic 1 Uhis city Just now is the Fete or carnival which is to be held on the 20th and 2istofthe month, The idea originated in the fertile brain of Mr, A. H. Sheppard, of this city, who en- listed the sympathies of several prominent business men in the project. A public meeting was.held, the matter discussed, and voted feasible, an organiwza- tion effected, committees appointed, and ail went to work with a will. A room was chosen for the head- quarters of the Execuilve Committee, the services of an energetic and responsible citizen secured as gene- ral secretary, and then the arrangements for the details began, The time chosen was before the adjournmert of Congress, in order that visitors from abroad might have a chance to see the legislative bodies in session, as well as participate in the festivities. The next point to be made was to secure a reduction of fare on all the railroads. In this the committee have succeeded even beyond their expectation, nearly every one of the rallroad companies connecting with routes lead- ing to tae city having agreed to issue HALF FARE TICKE?S, good for ten days. sy this means citizens from the West, North and South witl have good opportunity of visiting the capital, Having secured the reduc- tion in rates, the committee determined, as far as possible, to protect strangers from exorbitant charges, and accordingly sent circulars to the prin- cipal hotels and boarding houses asking that a state- ment of the mumber of persons they could accom: modave and the charges per day be sent them. A record of this is now in the possession of the com- mittee, and on application to headquarters will be shown strangers, in order that they may know ex- actiy what the charges of the different piaces are aud govern tnemselves accordingly. The Commit- tee on Decorations at once went to work in a bust- nesslike manner. They propose tat on both nights of the see the entire avenue from the Trea- ¥ to the Capitol shall be iluminate had a branch burner with seven jeis made of the lamps on the avenue; ten thousand linea Cainese lanterns will be sfrung along te distance, flags and embiems wil be siretched from tree to tree, calcium and electric lights wil! be used, andor the second night a general tilumination of the business houses and dweilings along Pennsyl- vania avenue will complete the fancy scene, At the corner of Sixth street and the avenue ‘A MONSTER ARCH 1s now in process of erection. Itis a single span of 120 feet, the centre bemg ninety feet clear from the ground. It wiil be festooned with appropriate de- sizus, Surmounted with an American fag and Wiuml- naied wito thousands of gas jets. A brilliant pyro- tecnic display has also been arranged for each night, and ihe articles are now being manui ed by & New York firm. They comprise @ number oi new, origmal and appropriate designs, the concluding re- on one night being a grand representation tington on horseback, and the other night a sized figure of the im- 0 4 their poruion of the ceiebration shail exceed any lar affair ever given in tue United States. They have hired and had manufactured over three thou- d costumes, and are sare that each one of them Will be used, The costumes comprise every concelva- @ comic or grotesque idea Which could be sig- ed. There will be maskers on foot, maskers in carriages and mas! on horseback. Aji the Ger- man societies have been myited, and will give a re- presentation of the mauguration of the female Pre- sident m 1873. There will be a guara of honor, con- sisting of infantry, cavalry and artillery, all attired in female costuuic, and the President, supposed, of course, to be the ambitious Mrs. Woodnail, will be mounted in a triumphal car, surrounded by any number of counterieit sixteenth amendments, TRE CARNIVAL PROCESSION will be preceded by a buttalion of amateur police, 100 in number, rigged ont in fall uniform, with a adge, baion, &c. Lhese impromptu guardians will aved by lacs ranging in age irom ien to ght Iroin three to four teet; 8 the ol¢ in a@ shoe, Mother Hubbard end fairy 8, with which the imaginauon of each citizen been fa: ar since the heyday of youth. here will be carpet-baggers, Sherman's bummers, Capitol movers aud an endiess variety of jngle masks. The equestrian exercis il be Bela velween the hours o1 two and four each day, and Will consist of trotting matches, a show of flue stock fiud equipages aud such other exercises as may be For these it was thought best not to but instead a number of prizes, such as eder po | fine buggies, zold and sliver mounted harneas, roves, &c. Another feature will be GRAND TOURNAMENT, blankets, whips, rs from Virginia, Maryland anJ the District will par- ucipate. It wilt ditier from the ordinary tourna- ment in that, instead of tilting for a single ring, the riders will have “to go for’ three of them. This will be followed, of course, by the orthodox custom of crowning the Queen of Love and Beauty, the whole concluding with a select ball. During the two days the entire city will be enlivened by a grand or- cuestra. All the bands in the vicinity have been engaged for the occasion, and such as are uot In tue procession will be stationed at given polats and dis- course choice music. There will ve TWO GRAND BALLS given under the direction of the Executive Commit- tee, one a full dress Civic and the other a masque- rade. The tickets to each of these are to be sold only by subscription, ana both promise to be exceed- ingly briliant. In addition to these a number of other balls wiil take place, the most prominent of which will be at the Corcoran Art Gallery, tue pro- ceeds to be devoted to the Washington monument fund. Among other incidents will be the military procession and review by Generai Sherman, the best drilled and equipped organization to receive a stand of colors, valued at $1,009, or that amount in money, a8 they may elect. ‘The intervals will be filled up with goat races, foot races, games of various kinds, for all of which ned have been offered, 1n order that an opportunity of witnessing the sigut may be afforded at every available point raised sents will be erected. To these a small fee sufficient vw cover the cost will be charged. A number of dis- tinguished visitors have been invited to become the quests of the city during the two days, and many of them have signified their Soceptance of the invita- tion. The cost of the affair willbe about $40,000, and there is no doubt but that it will be a rich treat fer all who attend. The afternoon of both days will be observed o# a holiday, the departments and schools being closed, and @ number of business houses, including all the banks, have agreed to close their places of business at twelve o’clock each day, ANTICIPATING PEACE. The German Citizens Preparing for a Great ,,, Demonstration. A mecting Of influential German citizens was held make preliminary arrangements, in antictpation of & speedy termination of the European war, fer hold- ing 4 grand peace demonstration and festival in tis A commiittes Of five, cehsisting of Messrs. Wesen- donk, Soloman, Kuhner and Schedier, was appointed to seleot a full committce of 100 from the different German societtes te make ali necessary ar- rangements for the demonstration and draw up a programme of the festivities. This committee will go to work immediately add have ali ready for the demonstration ty gome off ROOM AS UCACE ld Bro- claimed, LITERATURE. Criticlems of New Books, Woven or Many TuREaps. James R, Osgood & Co., Boston, 1871, ‘The first publication of a new old firm, honorable in years and still more honorable tn reputation, that, born old, like Tim Linkinwater, is gradually coming down to all the energy of Ove-and-twenty. When Carter & Hondee estabhshed g book store on the “old corner’? In Boston they builded far better than they knew. Baptized anew as Ticknor, Reed & Fields, transformed later into Ticknor & Fields, changed by the wheel of time into Fields, Osgood & Co., and finally, by the retirement of its senior part- ner, assuming tts present name, the firm of James R. Osgood & Co, inherits more brains than almost any other pubiishers in the world; for it ts to them that we look for the English poets, even as far back as Chaucer; for De Quincey, for Tennyson, for the Browntngs, for Scott, Thacke- ray and Dickens; for many another English author; for Hawthorne and the majority of America’s cleverest writers. Why, with an announcement of new books im which are to be represented Emerson, Lowell, Whittler, Bryant, Holmes, Mrs. Stowe, Parton, Bayard Taylor, Whipple, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Kate Field, Dickens, Hawthorne, Trow- bridge and others, James R. Osgood & Co, should make their dirst appearance in the modest gard of yetlow-covered literature can only be accounted for by the Scriptural dogma of the last being first and the first last. “Woven of Many Threads" 1s “a novel by a lady well known in art circies in this country, and for many years reatdent in Italy.”? It 13 always good to hear of an American novel, for novel writing does not seem to be indigenous to our soll. While Eng- land actually spawns tiction, much of which is good; while Trollopes people the circulating libaries and furnish smati talk for all the spinsters in the United Kingdom, England’s own cousin, America, brings forth little romance with infinite Jabor, ‘There's a destiny in wiese things, gentlemen,” and it is hot our destiny to give buth to @ Thack- erey or a Dickens £0 long as we are busy making history. Uutil the good tume coming we must be contented with what the gods, or at jeast the publishers, provide, Thats, contented if We be not book reviewers. Had we nov become en- tangled ta “Many Threads’? we should be content, Sidney Smith being quite rightim maumtaining tnat it prejudices @ writer Lo read @ book before review- ing it, and we are not content because itis one of those books which it is impossible to thoroughiy condemn. It stands upon that border line be tween good and indifferent which 1s the despair of conscientious critics, You are inclined to say to the author, saying !t somewhat fearfully, “Go and sin no more,” and you are likewise inclinea to amlably whisper, “If you feel writing: to be your mission persevere, and the future may produce desirable frait.”* We are inclined to be amtable because “Woven of Many Threads” is evidenuy the work of a cultivated woman, writing satisfactory English and appreciat- log the beautiiul. We are more incimed to be severe, because we see no evidence of a greater motive power than culture, appreciation and a certain facility born of much absorption of other peopie’s tdeas, It is @ book written by an “American lady” (is it not better to be an American Woman even in an advertisement ?), but it is notan Amencan novel. It is English of the Hag- lish, The characters, when not romantic and Italian, belong to the English aristocracy and gentry, and Americans only figure in the garb of several vulgar parvenus. This in uself 1s Bo crime against art, although there is Ho reason why Americans showd not employ home material even in far distant Rome; but what str! us most forcibly 18 the authors artistic insine You may praise hat book if you will, But the acent of irle wiil hang round ft sill. It is the old, old story, of which English publish. ers stand in such mortal fear as to condemn unread romances the 3 of which are laid in Italy. First, there are Paris, the Louvre, Fontainebleau, Versatlies and Pere la Chatse, with appr disquisitions on pictures, Louis XIV., Ms toinette, Rachel and Abelard and telotse; thence we are ta! to Marseilles and treated to a Murray's tidbits; and then we are launched upon te eternal city. Santo Spirito, San Michels, Villa Aldobrandini, Capella del Coro, the Pincio, Ponte Mollie, the fountain of Egeria, San Onofrio, with Tasso for a moral; the Colisoum, St. Peter's, Guido, Guer- cino, Fra Angelico, San Souci, near Naples; the Biue Grotto, a littie flavor of revointion with Gan- baidi and battles of Castel Fidardo and Ancona, and behold the threads upon which the writer has strung her characters. And the people are as well Known as the various interesting localities which they visit, guide book in hand. ‘There is one brunette heroine, porn for suf- fering, ‘a Cario Dolce type of beauty,’ and another herome, all bloade and sunshine, who commits sul- cide, as suc natures—never do. Both are equally beaunfal, both are foils, and both drive Roman so- ciety more or less mad. There is heroine number three, a tovely Italian girl, with the cus- tomary wonderful eyes, who is betrayed— as usual There is a Lady Dinsmore, with a “hidden, corroding grief.’ who binds her aching brow with aromatic vinegar,” as aristocracy should; there are several nuns, a governess, of perfect deportment, &c., &c. There are three cor- responding heroes, one English and heir to large estates, handsome of course, whom we “know for our own’ even to the forehead, which a premature baldness haddcit a little bare; the second is a liber- tine, Prince Conti, beloved of the blondes; the third isa supposed Roman foundling, looking like Cim- abue, Raphael and Parmigtano all In one, and pos sessing & marvellous voice, that sings In the Pope’s choir as voice never sang within our recollections of Rome; ail tue angels 1a heaven seemed to sing with him. There are a noble French villain and an intellectual Scotchman, who on all necessary occa- sions does the cicerone and the heavy bric-d-brac business to perfection, et voila tout. Given the romeutic situations, the author manu- factures people that will into them, The situa- ons are dramatic, consequently the people must be bronght to grief, And this 1s what we mean in accusing the author of insincerity. The book is not a natural outgrowth, and we contend that no book showd be written unless it be to tell some new thing or to tell. some old thing etter than it has been told before. Remove the characters under discussion from their loved and well-worn frames, and the interest would in great part vanish. ‘Tole, rable as they are they have not sufilcient body to stand alone; and a novel depending upon situations for its effects is no better as literature than the conventional melodrama. Because a cultivated woman travels and knows @ little about mastic and painting it does not follow that she should write a nevel, Nay, we contend that the tendency of the superficial dilettante who rushes into printis bad. It leads to one of the worst species of cant, which is artcant. Noone has a right to touch art in never 80 trifling a criticism who cannot speak with profes- sional authority. Sentimental theorizing over the works of the old masters, rhapsodies over Lamar- Mne and Listz—theorizing and rhapsoaizing in which false ideas invariably predominate—are no more nor less than exasperating to the real artist. The social pests of to-day are the men and women who go about as authorities on the strength of position, general culture and enormous feeling of superiority becanse of a few years’ residence in Europe. Do they ever recall the lines of the poet Cowper? How great the fool that’s been to Rome Excevda the foo! that siayed at home. We say, emphatically, away with such authorities, and when they air their sentimentalities in book form, away with the books. Noone dares to dis- cuss carpentry who does not possess the knowledge of the carpenter. No one dares to touch mathematics who cannot solve its problems, Be- Cause art is not an exact science shall it be taken in vain? One of the greatest mistakes of Hawthorne's life was presuming to become an art critic and tarnishing the beautifal romance of “The Marble ¥aun” by praise of the work of certain artists with whom he was on terms of intimacy. Hawthorne's jndgmentin art Was worthiess, yet modest ag was his genius it could not percetve the wrong thus done, In Hawthorne this was but a spot upon the sun. Im the author of “Woven of Many Threads” there is no compensating gentus, 4 Italy is dangerens ground, and none but the best Opd gromveat PhOMld YaBch Jt, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. too many times. A Do Stael, a George Eliot, a Hans Christian Andersen may claim it as tnoir right, Thomas Adolphus Tro!lope has, by lone years of in- timacy with the Italian people and thoroughly teath- ful dehneation of their characteristics, shown bim- self master of the situation, Even the author of “Mademoiselle Moré’ wrove with considerable autho- rity and no little interest, but in “Woven of Many Threads” we see nothing more than a conventional jay igure, upon which the author has hung some very nice clothes and sentimental speeches, Instead of trae local coloring, such as renders “Ro- mol" little less than marvellous, we are treated to the old peppering of “out ensemble,” “moyen age,” “dolce Jar niente,” “maestro,” “catia raggetto,” “povera contessa,” “grande passton,” “beta don- na,” “cerlamente,” as though tke substitation of a few foreign words for good Anglo-Saxon conshiiuied the diiference between English and Italian romance. I is all false and consequently not to be endured. “Hast thou suffered {?" “No,"? “Then this book is not for thee,”” is the quotation borrowed for her tile page by the author of “Woven of Many Threads.” We have sufered, yet this book is not for us. The “lady” must first pat | asice the affectations of the diletantte before she can look for the respect of common sense. The pub!ishers shed lustre upon the book, not the book upon the publishers, and if we cannot extol this tirstvorn of James R. Oagood & Company at least we can hearlily admire the neat and artistic monogram in which the new old firm makes its dcbut before the English reading world. Tag American Racing RECORD AND TURF GIDE FOR 1971, edited by W. G. Dorling, is a valu. able work for racing men, and shouki be In the hands of all patrons and lovers of the turf. It 1s a complete record of the racing in the United States duriug the year 1870, with an index. It also con- tains the entries for stakes in 1571 and 1572, laws of Tacing used by the diferent jockey clubs, &c. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Six banda of female minstrels are warbling through the country. New Orleans Is perplexed about the new Varieties theatre, a3 to Its most suitat ite, Lucy Rushton has taken her “Red Hands"? to Troy, and there is no Cassandra there to warn the ‘Trojans. ‘The Sooty City on the Alleghany has lost Fechter and gamed Adams, who has uot yet sown his “Wild ats.” ‘The heathen Chinee 1s on the war path in Massa- chusetts, with musical instruments of the most ear- splitting kind. Theodore Thomas and Miss Anva Mehlig will treat Philadelphia to some rare classical music on Wednesday and Thursday. Couldock and his daughter are charming the peo- ple of Denver, and @ deputation from the town of Greeley has waited upon him. Kate Field's lecture on “Charles Dickens"? proved highly remunerattve in Indlanapols last week, and there are demands for it everywhere out West. Mme. Seebach played Adrienne Lecouvreur last night at the Stadt for the last time, and this evening the fine play of ‘Uriel Acosta” will be presented, Jonn Murray having killed off “Rip,” is now com. mitting ‘“Ireason” in the country. Noone bnt “A Man Without a Country” (the second tlile of te play) could do such a thing. Ned Davenport has given up the legitimate in the Quaker Clly and treats the broadbrims to a specta- cle, by way of paving the read to the “Black Crook. ayor Fi the theatre to see I 5: s nders has ordered a carefl survey of nd amusement halls m New Orieans, are aivarded for egress in on any cause. “Hamine? WirouT HAMLE:.—The only parties benefited by the failure 0: ime Nilsson concert at ‘Terre Haute are the newspapers ad the Opera House Company. The latter has already received three nights’ rent, with a good prospect of a fourth night. Henry Drayton, as the dying Marcel, in “The nots,’ at Boston, a few nights siuce, mingled na laugiiter-togeitier, because a siray the stage and frightened a lady so that she dropped her opera glass upon the shiniug bald pate of the z trombone, Who rose to bis feet quicker t ie men pay their debts, and disor A one of the second vio- lins, making altogether a murth/al sceue of operatic death. Echoes ‘rom Abroad. Tom Thumb and his better mite are in Spain, Madame Sasse, of the Parls Grand Opers, has been singing in the “Huguenots” and the “Africaine”’ in Italian, at St. Petersburg, with signal success. Phelps, the English tragedian, at one time very prominent on the London boaras, is reported to be 80 broken in health that he cannot live long. Lorizing’s opera, the **Beide Schutzen,” has been revived at the Berlin Opera House, as also Gluck's “Iphigenia in Aulis," with Frau Mallinger as the herotne. The Jilustrirte Zeitung announces the success of George Sand’s drama, ‘‘Le Marquis de Villemer,” at Vienna. The German translation by Sonnenthal has been most skilfully written. Rubinstein, having beeu deprived of hts com- mission to write an opera for ihe Imperial Lycenm ‘Theatre in Parts, is touring in the Kast. At Odessa tits great artist realized the enormous sum of 2,400 roubles at two concerts, The sum total of the receipts at the late Vienna Beethoven centenary festival ainounted to 32,000 florins, exclusive of 5,000 forins contributed by the municipal corporation. The net profits are to be devoted to the erection of a Beethoven monument. At Brussels M. Faure nas been singing in “Guil- laume Tell.” ‘Romeo’ was announced, with Mile. Miolan as Juliet. Nothing more ts said at present about tie revival of lierr Wagner's “Lovengrin,” while the production of his “Fliegender Hollander” 1s postponed sine die. COMFORTABLY CLOTHED, A Smart OMcer and on Clever Capture—A Burglar with Severa! Pairs of Pants On—A Gent Who Does Not Seek Notoriety. As Roundsman Croker, of the Twenty-ninth pre- cinct, was walking down West Nineteenth street at two o'clock yesterday morning, fhe saw a sus- picious looking character standing on the stoop of No. 163 with a big bundie under hisarm. Croker thought there might be something wrong, and questioned tne man, who said his name was John Ennis, that he resided in that house, and assured tae officer that the parcel only contained old clothing be- longing to himself, Croker didn’t believe the tale, and arrested Ennis and took him to whe station house. Mr. Ennis’ parcel was examined and feund to contain @ quantity of new clothing. Mr. Ennis was himself examined, searched, and was (guard- ing himself against the rigor of the weather) found to be wearing four pairs of “pants,” one pair on top of another pair. Eunis was locked up, minus three pairs of the “‘pants,”? Early yesterday morning Croker discovered that a tailor’s shop, kept by August Leitheisir, at No, 40 East Eighteenth street, had been broken into and a quantity of clothing abstracted. Croker paid a visit to No, 143 West Nineteenth street, found a man named Theodore Johnson asicep in Ennis’ bedroom, and @ quantity of the stolen property lying on the bed. Orok wrested Johnson and brought the clothing to “the Market,” where both the priaoners were arraigned. ‘The tallor identified the coats ana several pairs of pants, &c., and Judge Cox com- mitted the prisoners. While the ailldavit of OMicer Croker was being taken Mr. Jolson expressed a wish to see the HERALD reporter, The representative of that paper was quite willing to be imterviewed, and the ipter- view proceeded as follows:— Mr. Jonxsox—See here; ain’t you a reporter? Ruronree—Yes, sir. Mr. Jounson—Yes, but that ain’t what I mean. Ain’t you a reporter for the HERALD? ReronTER—Yes (very short this time). JouNSON—Well, look here, of course you know I'm innocent? Well, 1 am innocent, any way, and [ don’t want you to put my name in the paper, as it will harm me. ReporreR—But there are many other gentlemen here, representatives of the press, Who are sure to report tls case, fouNSON—Uh, I don’t give a damn for all of them; but I don’t want my name in the HERALD. It 1s needless to say that Mr. Johnson’s wish or de- mand was complied with. it 18 also fair to state that the only evidence against Johnson (who does net desire notoriety) ts the fact of his beinga room mate of Ennis, and the additional fact of several articies of clothing being found on his when their legitimate abode ‘Was we tallor’s shop No. 40 East Eighteenth strect, Judge Cox committed both the innocent (’) Mr. Johnson and the nonchalant Mr. Ennis fer trial. Ennis hag already secn the interior of the State ine vane Bhortly before two o'clock, yesterday, John Ryan, a man forty years of age, while at work in the saw- mill of William Manzers, Forty-fourth street, North river, was almost instantly kiled by being struck with'a plece of wood which flow from the saw with great violence. Dece was carried to the rest- dence of his sister, 457 West Fortieth street. The Atrocious Conduct on Board the Neptune. Moro Particulars About tho Case—Suffering and Cruelty—Statement of Captain Peabody— The Caso in tho Courts. “There is nothing that runs on the land but swims in the sea’’—and certainly 28 would appear from re- cent developments that some of the brutality which is held in check on land, either by a deep-seated awe of society’s dreadful scowl or a mortal dread of the iron hand of the law, gives free reins to its grossness on the deep and becomes @ hideous monster; its unbridled passions sweeping ali before them; no barrier to stop the way they give full Vent to all their fury. The polished mask of urbanity aud politeness worn on shore 1s rudely flung aside at sea, and the GLARING SKELETON OF THE BEAST in all its deformity stands forth in bold outline, striking terror into the hearts of its crouching vie- tims, ‘They do not see the graufled smile with which the owner's hand ts grasped; but they feel the infurate lash upon their backs or the brutal club that knocks them senseless. When the terrible Inquisition was im force and men were toriured to reveal the know- ladge they were supposed to posses those which seemed the most insignificant punishments were the soverest, The most refined und exquisite cruelues are those that froma pin’s point etincelate through- out the body, making a man to wince and groan from the sharp needle pains that shoot through every nerve aud artery. The whack of a mariing spike, the dui, heavy thud of a belaying pin, though they leave a bruised or discolored mark, a man scarcely {eels them in amoment of excitement, But the POIGNANT TWINGING OF A FROST-DITE could goad a man to madness by its prolonged acutencss, Out upon the broad expanse of sea the entire re- sponsiblity—the whole control—is centred in the commander. He guides the tnsensate destinies of the ship, the safety of ali the souls on board depend on him. To his care 13 confided enormous wealth, and in his experience men place unbounded faith, When this man so trusted, so implied in, makes of the nar- row precincts of his vessel @ pandemonium for those most inferior under his command (for tt is well understood the immediate subordinate officers enthusiastically emulate the conduct of the captain) and transforms himself into an arch- devil, standing on the quarter deck making the men dance to the fire of their own suffering, and, heedless of their agony, drives them on to labor they are ant for, It is time such Goings had the broad Mght of day let in upon them with a !full force; and if these tnhuman brutes cannot be “whipped naked throug the world,” they must, at least, meet the scora of every honest man tor their ATROCLOUS CONDUCT. It is not alone the captain of the gooa ship Nep- tune that has abominably used his men. Tie mate and second mate, reiisaing his delighiful example, have done their utmost to carry out the amiable disposiion of the skipper. Accord- ing to the story of the men who are now iai@ ep in hospital the severest of their trials began one morning some three week ago. On the previous evening It commenced to snow and freeze at about 81x or seven o'clock, thick particies of trozen snow tailing fast over the sip taroughout the migut. In the morning the yards, foot ropes and rigging were covered wiitt rough, haid ice, aud about eight or nine o'clock the captain ORDERED THEM ALOFT. This the men say was entirely unnecessary, as the ehip Was in good ailiog order at the Ure, and if he had only walted until the afrernoon the sun at mid- day Would baye meited all the ice whicn had gath- ered, and they could have gone alort and done thetr duty) without entailing upon themselves ail the misery they have suifered since; be- sides, they aliege they were only ordered uno the rigging to put the vessel inw shipshape, which could very well have waited, One mai (JoUNSOn) Was sent out on the jidbvoom, and though he complained 1s footing was insecure aud he could take no hold with his bands, wich were bitten by ihe frost, they kept film there mnul his work was done. ‘I'he men all complained to the capiain that they were frostoitten, but he took no notice and kept them steadily at work. Johnson, speaking for himself and the’ others yesterday m the first ward of the Centre Street Hospital, stated when lie went aft Lo sow the captain lis hands he put soime kina of salve on them that MADE THE RAW FLESH BURN and stink to such an extent that when he went be- lew the stench was uubearabie, and he was ovliged to Jeave the forecastle and come on deck again, and holding his bands extended from him, resting on Whatever happened to ve near, try aud SNATCH A LISTLE SLEEP STANDING, leaning against the windlass or the bulwarks. On going below the heat muiddened them, because of the quick transition Irom the extreme cola to the heavy, confined atinvsphere of their perths, and they were unable to slecp a moment, Still the cap- tain made them take their regular Wateh and turn at the wheel, although with every twist of it they left @ portion of the skin and raw flesh upon the handles as they passed away from them. One poor wretch, more unfortunate than the rest, called Francis Alboy and a native of Bermuda, whose FEET WERE HORRIBLY MUTILATED, was obliged to get up on deck at midnight in bad weather, piercingly cold, aad hobble his way along the deck, ankle deep in salt water, without shoes, forced to grasp the stancheons and'rigging to sup- port himself from the agouy of his feet. Another man, named Williams, who was suffering so severely With his arms that he could not leave his berth, the captain came and pulled out of bed, forc- ing him to stand on the poup lor four hours, as he was entirely incapacitated for work, Gilbert Magies states that a fortnight before the ship entered port they were on the mam yardarm one night stowing the mainsail, ana because he couldn’t grasp the Canvas quick enough the second mate Kicked him, This officer is descrived by the eight men now in hosplial as being only second to the captain in fils brutal treatment of them. He has KICKED AND KNOCKED DOWN several of them during the voyage. As another in- stance of iniumenity they were subjected to, Wililam Olver says last Thursday might the ship was just putting about aud as they couldn’t get in the slack ofthe braces fast cnough the yards swung back, when the second mate got in a towering passion, and, he being the nearest, got Knocked down. Another-inan complained that the captain beat him severely for using some scraped potatoes as a poultice to his wounds when the captain had or- dered jinseed meal fer hit. All the mep Insist there was no necessity for forc- ing them to work in their condition, as tie ship worked the passage out with eighteen men and had twenty-five hands coming home. Wullam Brown and another seaman have entered Civil sults In the Marine Court to recover damages jor cruelties inflicted on them by Captain Peabody and lis mates, on board the Neptune. Brown has also made afidavit before Commissioner Shields that the mate beat him and the captain several times threatened to throw him overboard. jThe men were all removed last evening at five o'clock to Bellevue Hospital. STATEMENT OF THE CAPTAIN. Captain Peabody, master of the ship Neptune, called at the HERALD office yesterday afternoon to explain his conduct towards the crew en we voyage, out from Liverpool. He denies all the statements made by the men, and declares he didn’t abuse them in any Way whatever. ‘The men, he says, got frost- bitten while standing about the ship. He had no dimcuity with any of them except one whe tried to get excused from duty because he HAP A BOIL ON HIS ARM. This man he compelled by force to go on the look- out. The greater number of the men got injured through their own fault and by endeavoring to shirk their work. There were but seven passengers on board, and tue law did not compel him to have & doctor with that number. ‘There was always a suf- fictent Puppy, of medicines. Those men who were injured had their wounds poulticed and dressed, and the very best care was taken of them. The captain further states that had ne supposed any of the men were ill on board the Neptune when he went ashore on Saturday he would have taken care of them, The Case of the Neptunc’s Officers in the United Staten Commissioners’ Court. The charge of cruelty alleged against Captain Peabody, of the ship Neptune, which has startled the community as anether terrible outrage at sea, came up yesterday before Commissioner Shields, who went to the City Park Hospitel and took the depositions of two of the seamen of the Neptune, plying between New York and Liverpool, and who made aMidavit that they were cruelly beaten by the captain on the recent voyage to this port. William Oliiver, ® negro, deposes that about the 1st of Fob- ruary one of the mates struck him with his fists and kicked him while he was on the yardarm. Edward Kelce,-elso ® negro, states that on tho lst of February {tin Captain bein and the assailed. sallor on the mit, nas made'n doposttion that he also was beaten in @ cruel manner by the captain and the first mate, they having struck him with their fists and on the head with a belaying pin. Upou these depositions Commissioner Shields issued a warrant for the arrest of Captain Peabody, and Mayo, first mate, and Shields, second mate of the Neptune, which 13 how moored at the foot Beekman street, near Fulton Ferry, The warrant ‘was entrusted for execution to Deputy Marsala Crowley and Robinson. They proceeded to the vessel, but did not find the captain. They, however, succeeded iM arresting the mates, who, on bel taken ashore, were greeted by cries from a lar, crowd of people—“Hang the 802 of ——."" “tere a rope for you.’ About five o'clock last evening the mates were brought before Cowmissioner Stiiwell (in the ab- sence of Commissioner shields, who lad just gone home), and held im default of ball ta the sum of $5,000 each to awalt an examination to-day. ‘The first mate stated that he never struck any of the men, and that he had given his own clothes to some of them, Who had gone ashore with them on their backs. He wanted to have an examination ad s00n a3 possible, as he did not tike to Ite 1n jail. The Commissioner—If Commissioner shields a hoid an examination to-morrow (Tuesday) you be notlied, BROOKLYN COMMON COUNCIL. Street Lighting too Costly a Luxpry—A Re« duction Kecommenuded—An Appropriation for the Wrter Board—Honors to tho Irish Exiles. Atthe stated session of the Brooklyn Board of Aldermen, held yesterday afternoon, a communica. ton was received from Mayor Kalbfeisch, calling the attention of that body to the urgent necessity of speedy action relative to curtailing the expense of lghting the streets. At the expirauon of the pre- ceding year there was a deticiency of nearly $200,008 on this account, which had to be raised in the bud- get. To defray the expenses of the current yeat $550,000 has been raised in the taxes, and unless the subject receives immediate attention the Mayor saya “we may look for another deficiency of about $200,000.’ ‘This amount will swell the amount of mozey to be raised Ww pay for LIGHTING THE STREETS, to be putin the next annual budget, te nearly one million of dollars. From 154%, the Ume gas was ine troduced into the city, up to 1862, a system of pare wal lighting of the streets prevaiied, “A reductiol inthe expense might,be mnade, it is set forth, by nol lighting aii the Jataps On streets Where they are in too close proximity, or where they are Scarcely needed at all, on Third and other streets,” On the principal business streets the lighting could be delayed until the time of closing the sto and thus a considerable saving be made, ‘4 reduction of the size of the burners mi prove sufficient to accomplish the object.’ competent person, it 13 suggested, should pe em- ployed by the city to sausiy the Board that the quantity of gas paid tor is really consumed; and also that the quality comes up to the required standard. The city pays $14,000 per annum for re- pairiug lamps. This sum, his Honor pbeliev Would be reduced one-haif, ff not two-thirds, if matier Was thrown open to coupertion, The communication was re‘erred to the Committee on Lamps and Gas lo report some plan to keep tho expenditures within the limit of the approprepria- tuon, $500,000. Ata previous meeting of the Board the Water and Sewerage Commission sent in a commantcas tion aking lor an appropriation of $375,000 for the purpose of completing the work on. some sewers, constructing a pond, repairing eugines, &¢. terday the appropriation was granted, THE FENIAN RECBPLION. Alderman Nowa olfered a resolution, which was directing the oMmicers in charge of the ree ye public bulidings to display the fags and trom the stad’ on ‘Thursday next in honor rec to the Irish patriots. Alderman CiLancy, chalrtian of the Committee om Fenian Keception, stated that it was proposed and arrangements had been made to give a banquet to the exties of Erm at the Pierrepont House on Thursday evening, after the procession. ‘Toree thousand dollars has been subscribed as & fund for the tatter purpose. Of this sum $1,600 was donated by the Democratic General Committee of Kings county and $1,000 by the members of the Board of Aldermen, Yes THE BROOKLYN WATER SUPPLY. A Scarcity of Water Anticipated—Measures to Prevent it—Only Twelve Feet of Water in the Keservoir. ‘There is at the presentitime a depth of only twelve. feet of water in the Ridgewood Reservolr, instead of twenty feet, the ordinary measure, Notwithstand= ing there has been a constant flow of water from the Long Island springs a steady decrease has been ape parent for some time past, which has given rise to anxiety on the part of the authorities, who stave that the reserve supply ts only suMicient for fye dave consuinption at the rate now current. The Engineer ofthe Water Department yesterday submitted the oles communication at a meeting of the Water jourd:— = * GrNTLENFN—-In view of the continued lowness of the springs on Long Island, und the scarcity of rafn this autumm and Winter, it is necessary that we shoud use all means pos- sible for the prevention of waste in the city. 1 beg leave, therefore, to sitzgest that the Board notify the podite that on and after the 154 inst.) and until such time ag hey may be notified to the contrary, the water will be shug t the Reservoir at ten P. M. and let on at six A. M. each day, and that inspectors appointed therefor in each 4 sbull examine all water fixtures In the respective houses in their district and report ali defects or leaks inthe same and ‘any unnecessary waste of water. A penalty or ine to be imposed in each case to be stated in the notice to the public. “Respectfully, J. W. ADAMS, Chief Engineer. A resolution embodying the suggestions containeg therein was adopted. on JERSEY CLERICAL ETIQUETTE. How an English Doctor of Divinity was Trented by His Newark Brethreu~They Invite Him to Speak and Thea Want to Kuow if Ho is an Impostor—Salt as a Hae manizing Agent. ‘The clergymen of Newark are great sticklers for etiquette, but the etiquette 1s of a very peculiar character, a type that the French would probably term outré. Yesterday, in accordance witg pre vious invitation, Rev, Dr. Cather, an eminent English divine, and agent of the English Christian Moral Science Association, met the clergymen of Newark in the lecture room of the First Presbyterian church for the purpose of giving them his views on the association he repre= sented, and the best way of advancing the objects thereof. Besides the clergymen there was present a sprinkling of prominent laymen, Scarcely was the meeting organized when Rey. Dr. Findley, who for several weeks past, along with Dr. Fish, has been A SILENT PARTNER in the Hammond revival movement, arose and sug- gested that the correspondent of @ religious paper In Belfast, Ireland, had stated that Dr, Cather was not what he represented himself—the agent of the English association. Dr. Fish then Jumped up and said that it seemed to him very wreng to place their visitor in such an unpleasant position just then, He thought the best thing to do would be to appoint @ committee to examine the Doctor's credentials. ‘To this Dr. Cather responded that while he appre- ciated the Kindly motive of Dr. Fish, and was will Ing to meet any investigation of the charges anony- mously preferred, at any proper time and pI either before individuals or before a committee, he could not regard this assembly as a court of judica. ture, with authority to pass upon him, and he thought that the charges should not have been alluded to in his absence when he could just as well hava been sent for and an explanation asked for. He did not recognize the authority of the meeting to make A PERSONAL MATTER of what was not @ personel matter, and said that even if the charges were true, whici he denied, that the principles he advocated were none the less value able. After some further discussion the Doctor ad- dressed the assemblage. He hoped that those who had not lost faith in a fellow worker would pray for him. His object was, he said, to bring Christian —, Lege ad oe ee . The way Le were done was to bring le toget ata social meal. He thought peopl EATING SALT TOGETHER had a hnmanizing influence, and it would have made him happy if he had caten salt with some of his audience. go that he could have found himself in some sort undor the protection of their hospitality. ‘This timely rebuke was hugely relished by the ma- pas of those present, and applause might nave en induiged in but for the somore, religious cha- racter of the building and most of its clerical occu- pants. After the Ductor had explained the work- ings of the association in England, and delivered himself of an address that pleased all, Dr. Findley again rose and brought forward the UNPLEASANT CHARGES, insisting that the accused should be afforded an oj portunity to defend himself. The Doctor himsel after others had protested against bringing the mat ter up. said he would not be tried by a miscellaneous meeting, but asja clergyman of the Methodist Church he could aloue be tried by his Logg te to thi judgment he would willingly submit, beound the meeting to a close. Mrs. Dr. Jones gave the introductory to a course of lectures on ‘‘Phystology, Health and Disease,” tn St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal church, yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large audience. Thd¢ lecture was exceedingly interesting and full of ex: Mrs. Dr, Jones haa one of th¢ and e first mate, Bartlett S. Mayo, beat | cellent thought. bin ith thelr fists and threw bim out of tae cabin, | nest apparatus m the country—a deaniiful colleo aaa as tue asked (as Ect | Sal Su wl santaala ap eich Wao rr to go 8 wi she CARIaIA persons ous and ! trea, pion to be given on that*day by the city * enc