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ake a church for himself, if he thonght tt ‘advisable to do so, * The most curlous feature of contrast in the two sermons, however, was that while Mr. Northrop spoke of formal Chistianity as very Amportant, be alluded to other organizations than his own with studious respect, and that Beecher, while saying that form was of no importance whatever, lot slip some rather unpleasant adjectives in regard to some of his brethren, The Presbyterian Church, he said, fwas ‘cold and didactic” and Episcopal cere- monies were “proper.” But what can be expected from the pulpit in which Paul is Fespectfully referred to as ‘a blear-eyed Jew?” ss 7 f Religions Forms of Keno, ‘The arrest of nearly a thousand keno gaii- ers on Saturday night forces painfully upon i the ever-spreading growth of gambling, in all its countless forms, among every social lass of our people. As we subside as a mation into a settled state of society, and the jehances of rapidly gaining wealth by legitimate {industry become fewer and fewer, the taste for illicit speculation seems to grow stronger god stronger. Quasi rich men frantically gamble in Wall street, in the produce pxchanges and at the faro table, and the less fortunate atoms of the body politic patronize ‘with no less eagerness the policy shop, the Jottery office and the keno saloon. Argument sree needed to show how baneful to our jest national interasts are these feverisy hopes that are born of the thirst of gain by hazard. ‘There is not a solitary sensible man through- out the length and breadth of the land who vould seriously attempt to defend the princi- ple of gambling. The Hxraxp has already done its best to repress this noxious vice, and the voice of flegislation has been equally decided. But the \third grand guardian of pitblic morals, the Wharcb, though stanch enough in its general Weclarations of principle, has in this matter been sadly derelict in action. The pulpit has ri Phundered against the faro bank, but church fommittees have at the same time, in common with many worthy charitable societies, made mo scruple of availing themselves of the Bame unhealthy taste for guilty specula- ion by setting on foot all sorts of pious lotteries, The ministers of Christ have, pn Sunday, displayed in vivid colors the folly pnd the criminality of gotting rich by tempt- g fortune, and throuzh the rest of the week hae filled the church coffers by the gains of fheels of fortune in “‘building-fund” bazaars. ‘Such inconsistency must, in future, be sternly woided ‘or the Church will be stained with a Freed crime. No end, however good, can onsecrate unlawful means. And we are glad tbo seo that yesterday, at several churches, jpermons were delivered in which the guilty dishonesty of gaming, in all its Protean forms, denounced in healthily vigorous language. ‘If the Church will but heartily come over to the position already taken by the Herarp and the -law gambling may soon be effectually checked. Tar Ace or Commisstons.—Verily we are the midst of the age of commissions, Be- Bides the Public Parks, Public Docks, Public Uharities, Health, Police, and we cannot Yecall how many more, commissions that ur city is now blessed with, it is refresh- fing to know that we are likely to have in addition thereto a Tax Levy Commission {probably the richest of the lot), a Gas Com- guission and a Patent Medicine Commission. Before taking the latter we suppose it must be (weil shaken, At any rate it is pretty evident phat the city is likely to be well dosed with gomuissions for some time to come, Way Don'r tn Svpscrrpenrs to the Tweed Btatue fund trausfer their contributions to the raiseworthy object of erecting a statue of the amortal Jackson in this city? Not only was Bhe 8th of January this year allowed to pass jwithout recognition by our democratic fellow vitizens, but the old hero's birthday—the 15th of March—was scarcely thought of. No doubt Mr. Tweed would be gratified in having the fund subscribed to honor him devoted to ithe purpose we suggest, and the ‘‘Boss” him- ‘welf might lend a hand. Let us have a Jack- son statue inaugurated with due honors by ‘Tammany on the 8th of January next. ’ THE CROWN OF SPAIN. King Amadeus and the Queen in Madrid. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YOAX HERALD. MADRID, March 19, 1871. His Mayesty King Amadeus returned to the city Ro-day from Alassio, accompanied by the Queen Maria Victoria, his wife. They were received with enthusiasm by the popu- The Queen has completely recovered from the Ptects of hor recent attack of illness, LUXEMBOURG. ~ UE. 1m, * orn ro Late coke of Ti Fooling Towards Fraast® A Can tid Ackiowledzmont. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BRUSSELS, March 19, 1871. ‘The recently alleged causes of irritation against th France and Prussia in Luxembourg are still wommented on both by the subjects of the Grand ‘Duke and the citizens of Belgium. Of the remarks of the public press I can report by able to the HERALp that the Gazette of Luxembourg gays the citizens of the Grand Duchy were expelled grom Paris either because the exequatur of the Wrench Consul at Luxembourg was revoked for vio- ation of neutrality or because they were among the lags Who had no means of subsistence. THE FRESHET IN MICHIGAN, Derrort, March 19, 1871. ‘The water in the Saginaw river has reached an un- Yrecedented height, it being to-day three imebes ry abovp the highest mark made last year. All railroad commnnication between Saginaw ‘and = Bay Clty 1s suspended, but ample facilities for travel is furnished by the steambvats. ‘The water in the upper streams is reported as sub- ting, The steamer Marine City, trom Alpoenn, assed Tames to-day, and reports no ice in Lake ron. FIRE IN WHEELING. WHEELY W. Va., March 19, 1870. Early tms morning the extensive carriage and ‘wagon factory of Bodley & Sons was ‘discovered to Me on fire. The buildings were entirely destroyed, with the exception of the large blacksmith hop. When the fire was discovered it Peas burving in three diferent places, showing it was (he Work Of an inceudiary. The loss on fin- hed carriages and wagons, stock, lumber, machin- ery and butidings {s estimated at $50,000, There 1s ‘an insurance of $15,000 on the Steck aud buildings, | igil to Wheellug companies, NEW YURKK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1871.--TRIPLE SHERBET. THE HIGH COMMISSION. Close of the Second Week’s Deliberations. The British Commissioners Still Determined on a Basis of Equivalents—Tho Fishery Question to be Practically Surrenceredin Order to Secure an Easier Settlement of the Alabama Claims. The Fishery Matter an Tustgnifteaut Quese tion—Facts and Figures Regar- ding American Fishermen in Canadian Waters. DATOS OT SOE The Most Valuable Catches Made Oi =, Our Owa Shores. Wasmrnoroy, March 2, 1871, The Joint High Commussion have finished the second week, of their deliberations. ‘They haye de- voted several hours every day to the consideration of the questions pending between the two countries and several bours every evening to receiving or re- turning hospitatines. They were in session Yesterday at the State Department, and in the evening the British members were HANDSOMELY ENTERTAINED by Mr. George W. Riggs, at his residence on T street, The company consisted of Minister Thornton and lady, Harl De Grey, Sir Staiford H. Nortlicote, Pro- fessor Montague Bernard, Sir Jonn A, Macdonald, Lord Tenterden, Mr. and Mrs. Howard, W. W. Cor- coran, Elisha W. Riggs, Mr. and Mrs. Riggs, Miss Kate and Miss Alice Riggs, Mr. D, Cremer, Mr, H. S. Northcote and Viscount Goderich. . - To-day the British membergof tie Commission ATTENDED DIVINE SERVICE at St, John’s Episcopal church, Thus far the busi- ness meetings of the Joint Commission have assumed the character of conversations upon different ques- tions rather than the formal discuseton of any sepa- rate subject. The relations of the two countries to each other have been considered m & general way with a view of seeing what CONCESSIONS might be made by either side before any particular point of dispute shall be taken up for settlement. The recent announcement in the London 7imes, as it comes to us by telegraph, that the fishery ques- tion will probably be easily adjusted, but that 16 is not so sanguine as to the arrangement of the Alabama claims 1s confirmatory of the state ments {n this correspondence from the inception of the commission, Those siatements were based upon THE OPINIONS OF LEADING MEN here conversant with the facts. The position which our Commissioners have assumed upon the Alabama claims is that that is a purely national question, and, being an exceptional case, 1t mnst be con sidered and settled by itself without reterence to precedents, The letter of Sir Edward Thornton, Tecegtly published in the HERALD, 18, in connection with other indications, regarded as evidence that efforts will be made fo bring in the COUNTER CLAIMS OF BRITISH SUDIECTS ~ as part of the Alabama question, The tm- pression which prevailed at first that Eng- land was prepared to offer the olive branch, aud that mere quibbles would be discarded for a candid and frank ayowal o wrongs committed and dama- ges to be adjusted, has given place toa fear that England is not disposed to make any magnanimous concessions, and that if any arrangement 1s entered into for the settlement of the pend- ing questions it must be on the basis of equivalent. It has been seen already that the Ala- bama question is one wich her Majesty’s Commis. stoners hardly hope to setti¢ ina manner satisfac- tory to the people of this country, for the British Commissioners are doubtful that even any conven- uon which they could consent to, consistent with English pride, would receive the sanction of the Senate. The utterances of the Times goto show that this feeling of doubt concerning the settlement of the Alabama claims exists as wellin London as in Washington. Hence more attention has been de- voted to THE FISHERY QUESTION, During the preliminary negotiations, before the Commission was appoiated, sir Edward Thornton had assured Mr, Fish that it would be arranged to the satisfaction of the United States without regard to colonial opposition, and the conversations of the oittnissionera in joint session would seem to indi- cate that this 1s the idea entertained by the majority of the British members. Sir John A. Macdonald, as the representative of Canada, ix, of course, endeavoring to procure the best possibie terms for the inshore fisheries. The impression prevails that his colleagues do not second his efforts In this re- spect to any great extent, and that they would be Willing to dispose of the fishery question rarher in our favor in order to gain more unportant points for England, principally on the Alabama question. Among the many suggestions for the solution of tne fishery question which have been mooted 1s that of the United States paying a certain sum for the perpetual freedom of the Canadian fisheries. Considering the question of trade equivalents, some of the American Commissioners do not seem dis- posed to consider the privilege of free fishing as being of sufficient importance to give Canada larger trade equivalents than she enjoys at present, there- fore, the re-establishment of a reciprocity treaty 1s not regarded so favorably as the out and out purchase of the right to the Canadian fisheries, The question as to how the country would regard such a settlement has yet to be considered. It is easy to understand the feeling that exists concern- ing the question of EQUIVALENTS. In the first place, Sir John Macdonald preceded his arrival here by a deciaration in the Canadian parliament that England would not sacrifice any Canadian interests, and ‘that if the fisheries laws were modified {t would: only pe in rewurn for equivalents grantea by the United States, Next, the Canadian Finance Minister declares that the Canadian government is opposed to any present modification of their tariff, because they have reason toexpect that in the pend- Dp Geusslons here arrangements will be made by which Canada will reccive trade equivalents, that is, a revival of the reciprocity treaty, as a portion ofthe setulement, Again the British Minister writes that he hopes to succeed in getting British claims against the United States recognized as a basis of adjustment, so that from these facts itis assumed by some that the adjustment may par- take of the nature of a reciprocity treaty and the creation of a Commission before which Britisi: and American claims will be presented, and that the imitabtiity of these iritish claims will depend upon how far the United States may agree to limit their claims to the depredations of the Alabama, exclud- ing the claims growing out of the captures by other Anglo-Confederate cruisers. Indeed, 80 far, the path toward a satisfactory settiement of all the qnesttons 1s still considerably obscured. In the conversations on the fishery question the Commissioners have talked over the whole general subject, including the disputed points about the HEADLAND CLAIM, the Bay of Fundy, the Gut of Canso and the three mile coast line. All the avaliable infarmation with reference to the fisheres, including that recentiy published in the HERALD, has been collected for the use of our Commissioners, The ‘Treasury Department has supplied a statement of the number of vessels and the amount of tonnage employed in cod and mackerel fisheries. The ton- nage has increased from 68,207 in 1867 to 82,612 in 1870. The number of vessels and the tonnage now employed from different States ts as follows:—Maing, 721 vessels; lonnage, 22,452; New Hampshire, vessels, Qi tonnage, 906, Massachusetts, 1,311 vessels; 2tonnage. Rhode Island, 18 vessels; 276 ton- nage, Connecticut, 151 vessels; 3,269 tons, New York, 84 vessels; 1,624 tonnage, Total vesseis, 2,202; tonnage, 9,100,460. Jt has been represented to our Commissioners that the town of Gloucester, in Massachusetts, is wore consideraly {aterested im the fishery question than any other community, haying nearly one-third of all the vessels engaged in the fisheries in New England, This 1s shown from the statement that the total catch of mackerel from ali the fishertes of the United States in the year 1870 was @ litte less than 40),000 barrels, Of these THE VESSELS OF GLOUCESTER caught 139,000 barrels, only 22,800 barrels being caught in the waters east of Maine, or lesa than one- Sixth. In this connection at 1s stated that when our Nshermen had tlt Ucense to fish within the three mile lino, under the Reciprocity treaty, not more than one-fifth of thelr cate was taken within that line, 80 that really the privilege of fishing would amount to the one-Zith of one-sixth, or one twentieth of the whole caten, or about 4,500 parreis only, Asa mere Ya “n aw ie. QUESTION OF PECUNIARY VALUR our fisherméi#6cni fo care notuing abows tie turee inile line, but the annoyances and tronbles put upon them by Canadian laws are so considerable as to render the settlement of the questions of the basis of tree fishing in their Waters very desirable, Yet it Is said that if it be purchased by the opening of our markets to the products of the British fisheries free of duty, it will be substanttally rntuous to our fisheries, Therefore the Gloucester fahermen ear- nestly protest agatnst any barter of their Interests In exchange for so slight a pecuniary privilege, and a right only made Valuable by the annoying cireum- stance under which it ja exercised, 1t is represented that the advantage of our markets to the Caaadlan fishermen would be very great, because the macke- rel can ouly be sold on this Contiuent in our ports, for the reason that three-fourths of the catch, at least, are known as No, 1's and No 2e—that is, fat mackerel which cannot be so cured as to bear exportation to a tropical climate—No, 3~ the other fourth only being poor enough to bear thaf exportation; so that, at whatever duty, the Canadian fishermen are obliged to send their mack- erel to our market, if they catch them at all for sale, It is claimed that our al- lowing bait for muckerel catching to be exported to the provinces is .more than .on equivalent to them for the privilege of their mshore fishing. One barrel of batt is used on an average to the catch of elght barrels of mackerel. This fish 1s the fish menhaden, which do not touch the Canadian shores and are wholly in our waters, and @ restric- tion upon the export and sale of bait to the Pro. Vinces would effectually shut Unem out from ali COMPETITION WITH US because they have only @ very much interior bait, the herring, with which they cannot successfully compete. The amount of duties parl on Canadian Ssh in the port of Boston alone last year far exceeds the value of any fish taken by us iu britian =waters when the fish are in the water, forthe value of the fish when brought to market is quite equatied by the expense and cost of taking, curing and packing and the interest upon the capital employed, so thet there is no margin in the business that represents any value of the fish when swimming in the water. Upon the general question of the fisheries the British claim Is that not only does the treaty of 1518 EXCLUDE AMERICAN FISHERMEN from fishing Inside aline drawn three miles trom the coast, but that they are of right excluded from three going within miles of a tine drawn from extreme headland to headiand, tnat they are of right excluded from fishing with- in the Kay of Fundy, as the treaty excludes them from the bays, and that they are ex- cluded from the Gut of Canso, as the passage be+ tween Cape Breton and Nova Scotia is called, the Brilish preteasion being that the gut is an inland Dassapa, as Cape Breton is a part of Nova Scotia. In 184 the British government consented, as an EVIDENCE OF GOOD FEELING, to waive the enforcement of vne headiand Interpre- tation, the Bay of Fundy claim ar ene Gut of Canso pretension, but at the same time de- clared tnat these claims were held to be good, tuat their enforcement was merely watved without pre- jadice and would be resumed at any time. Conse- quently they are now @rought forward as a portion of the case, and our Coumissloners are compelled to meet them THE AMERICAN SIDE OF THE Casi as held hitherto is ademial of the head-land inter- pretation or seclnsion from the Bay of Funéy on the ground that the treaty of 1818 provides that our veesels aay seek shelter in the bays and harbors of the British possessions, and that pesitive provisions of the treaty would be rendered nugatory under the headland interpretation, as our vessels would under that ruling be in mauy thstanees kept some sixty miles froin stich harbors of refuge both on the coast and in the Bay of Pundy, and that a plain provision provides for seizing our tshermen withous the no- tice given heretofore. The general impression that the Canadians have enforced the headiand interpre. pretation is imcorrect, They have simply pro- hibited our Yesselé from going within three miles following the curvattre of the shore. The headland interpretation has not been at- tempted to be enforced for a quarter of a century, or since the remonstrance of Edward Everett when American Minister to Eug- land, tn the ease of the capture of the Martha Wash- ington in the Bay of Fundy. From thés outline it will be secu that there is ample room for diseussion in the fishery question. It is not probabie that our commissioners Will insist upon the American idea of the headland mterpretation. It is more probable that the whole question wih resolve Iteclf at last into a more simple and satisfactory solution. At present the idea among the of the treaty cannot be set aside by a forced con- struction. That as regurds the Gut of Canso, it separated, the time the treaty was negotiated, two distinct provinees, and that the subsequent union of Cape Breton and Nova Scotia cannot be rigitfully construed to limit the terms of the treaty, especially as the United States enjoyed the use of the Gut of Corso unquestioned for severai years after the date of tae convention. ‘Tbe ttree-mile imitation fol- lowing the curvature of the shore is un- doubted, but in consequence of the fishing on the coast being now for mackerel instead of as formerly for Cod, our fishermen do not need to land for the purpose of drying and curing the fish, and, there- fore, much will depend upon the skill with which onr Commissioners manage this part of the ques- tion, for it is said we might give up the right to jand and cure fish for @ modification ag to the three-mile line. There ts another point in this fishery question which will lead to lengthy dis- cussion. The United States have always complained of the ARBITRARY AND UNJUST CHARACTER of the provincial fishing laws, that they were con- trary to the principies of British common law in adjadging the captured fishermen to be gulity un- less they (the fishermen) could prove their Innocence, and in refusing any redress in case of vexatious seizures. In addition to these complaints is now added the charge that the existing Canadian law 1s even more oilensive than the former Nova Scotia enactment, in thus that it has done away = with the provision forewarning allegea trespassers. Commissioners seem to iueline rather to the plan of purchasing the right of our fishermen to tish freely in Canadian waters without restriction. That ia looked upon as an easy mode of settlement. On the other hand there is a certain POPULAE SENTIMENT against commenctifg the adjustment of our dif ferences with Kagland py our agreeing to pay Kng- land money. It is satd that neither the revival of a reciprocity treaty nor the payment of a considera- ble sum for the right to fish forever in Canadian waters Will be popaiar with our people in view of the American doctrine of manifest destiny. hoped, however, that the Commission, after a thorough consideration of the subject, may arrive at some solution which will be mutually sattsfac- tory. at IRISH EVENINGS AT STEINWAY HALL. t Steinway Hall this evening Mile, Rosa D'firina, aided by tae Ceitlo Literary Society, will give the second of the series of “Irish Evenings,” The poets and peetry, the eloquence and music of Ireland, wiil be demonstrated by choice selections, and a pleasing entertainment may be expected. FIRE IN EtHTH AVENUE. At eight o'clock last night a fire broke out on the first Qoor of the house No. 427 Eighth avenue, occu. pied by Hyman Sylverstine as @ trunk and fancy goods esiablishment, causing & loss to stock of $5,000, Insured a3 follows:—Stuyvesant, $2,000; North American, $2,000; Mechanigs and Traders’, 506, I is | ART NOTES. A Louvre at New York. (nder the happy title of “Un Louvre & New York,” the Courrier des Klats Unts gives an article in hearty unison with the applause bestowed by the HERALD and all the other city journals on the pro- Ject of establishing a metropolitan museum of art. This noble project is already In a fair way of bemg realized witha rapidtiy characteristic of the age and country in which we live. A charter has been obtained, preliminary arrangements have been made (o secure Irom tie city @ suitable Location for the requisite buildings; a bill has been introduced into the Stato Legislature tm favor of an appropriation of 1,000,000 towards the erec- lion of the buildings; subscription has been opened, which now pmjoyaw te _aboyt $110,000, and which ts ta vé paid ap 80 soon as tt shail amount to $250,000 for the ptrchase of works of art; and an important pur- chase of 174 pleturgs, chiefly of the Flemish and Dutch schools, has been made In advance at Paris and Brussels, The preseut disturbed condition of Europe, and particularly of France, may facilitate the speedy collection of works more numerous and valuable than those which usually accumulate in a European gallery in the course of a century, bre long, therefore, New York may hope to escape the reproach of not possessing a single public gallery of art worthy of coi- parison with the galleries of which not only every capital, but almost every third class city in Europe can justly boast. ‘The prospective inftuence of such a gallery in circulating sound artistic ideas, ip purifying and elevating the pubic taste and in developing the sentiment of the beautiful in its ap- plication to modern industry, cannot be over este mated, The ofiicers of tue projected museum have wisely decided, without neglceting pure art and lilustrations of its Istory, to devote early and spectal attention to the formation of a complete col- jection of examples of industrial art of all styles and eras, ‘They have alse done wisely In selecung the South Kensington Museum as a moael for the new Institution, Which will doubtiess win recogni- ton as one of the chief glories of our metropolis. Brooklyn Art Association. During the past the aMuence of visitors to "me exhibition at the Brooklyn Academy of Muste has been so great as to amply Justily the liberal prepa- Fations of this art association for erecting a suit. able art building, which has aiready reached a second story, aud will propavly be completed vy next November, Its size ts fifty by ninety feet, and {ts style of architecture will be “Italian Gothic.” The front is to be of Ohto freestone, of a light olive Unt, with ornately sculptured trimmings of Scotch freestone irom the quarries of Kenmure. It will have rooms fitted ap for the use of the life school, a room for the extabition of water colors and sculptures, and a grand picture gallery, lighted by a skylight tn the roof. Fireproof doors will connect it with the Academy of Music, 80 that both buildings can be used at the receptions, Among the pictures in the exiitbition of the past week special attention was attracted by Gifford’s “Lake Maggiore,” Bierstadt’s large “Rocky Moun- tain View,” J. M, Hart's “Wilderness” and works by William Hart, Shattuck, Colman, Kensett, David Johnson, Ogilvie, Tiffany, Bristol, Hope, Robbins, Smiliie, Williamson, Sitva and many other land- scape painters, as weil as Baliing’a powerful Noi Weglan battle scene, “King Hareld Hauffager, Bastwan Johnson's “Old Stage Coach,” Mcintee's “Danger Signal,’? and what may almost be called fis prototype by Kauffmann, “Westward the Star of Empire takes its Way,” Constant Mayer's ““Mower;’? T. W. Wood's two capital figares, ‘Calculation’? and “Cogitation,” ©. C. Ward's pretty “Story of the Buttercups,” Tatt's “Dangerous Sport,” Holber- ton’s “Striped Bass,” Thayer's ‘Wounded Lion," and last, but by no means least important, Bise pham's “Monarch of the Campagaa."* Whe Avery Collection. ‘The collection of works of am belonging to Mr. S. P. Avery, and exhibited during the past week at the Somerville Art Gallery, No. 82 Fifth avenue, wil be offereel for sate this (Monday) evening, at half. past seven ofclock precisely, The water color araw- ings, antiques, objects of art, &c., will be omered on Tuesdey evening at the same hour. On account of Mr. Avery’s early departure for Europe he parts with every work of art, without any reservation whatever. Mr. Robert Somerville Is the auctioneer. ‘The exhibition, which has daily drawn crowds of art lovers, wil! be closed at four o'clock this afternoon, “Teiight in Vermont,” by Chure! yover Plains,” by Durand; “The “apudent Critic,” by Saal, and “Cosette,” by Bougnion, are among the prinelpal pictures in the collection. Mr. T. Anpison RicHanDs, retary of the Aca demy of Design, will soon offer at public auction no Jess than 100 specimens of his handiwork, some of which have been finshed during ihe past winter, The collection wii somprise the greatest variety of subjects selected at home and abroad. Tt wil be on exhibition at the Somerville Art Gallery from Thure- day morning next until the s#ie on Wednesday, Mareh 2% Mi. Onveon Witson Is engaged on a Iife-size portrait of “our wise young Judge,” (ne vonest and fearless Gunning S. Bedford. Mr. B. F. Reinnarr has returned to New York after many years’ absence abroad. in England his worke found purchasers in the Duchess of Manches- ter, T. Beresford Hope and Str Thomas Baring. The ‘The last named connoisseur is said to have paid htm two hundred guineas for a picture measuring eight by ten inches, Mr. Reiahart’s studio is at 806 Broadway. Mr. C. G. ROSENBERG -has completed his picture of “Central vark,” and Gurney has made an ex- tremely good photograph of it. BUCASER’s “Old Virginia,” recently exhipited at the Union League Ciub House, secured special notice from the artists present at the reception om account of the boldness and ddelity with which the artist has transferred the original scene to his canvas. The sunlight which flecked the walls of a building, as well as the figures in the picture, and the shadows which fell from an unseen tree, were very skilfully managed. Bis PHAM’s “Hunted Down,” the latest and moat powerfnl production of this promising artist, will remain during this week on exbibition at his studio in Assocation building, corner of Twenty-third strect and Fourth avenue. WHITTREDGE has on the easel, in the Tenth street studio building, a Pennsylvanta brook scene that might almost spare the spectator the trouble of travelling to find its counterpart in nature, OB Haas is at work upon a new coast ecene, and most of the other artists are also busily preparing for the spring exhibition at the Academy of Design. Found in Washington Basin—A Deop Cut Over Hin Right Kye and His Pockets Turned Inside Our. ‘The body of an unknown man, of respectanie ap. pearance, apparently over fifty years of age, was found yesterday floating in Washington Basin, foot of Taylor street, Williamsburg, aud conveyed to Parker's, Union avenue and North First street, to avait {dentification. RVIDENTLY A MURDER. When the body was taken from the water blood was observed to issue from a deep wound near the right eye, and On making a further examination it was found that the pantaioon pockets of deceased had been turned Inside out, and in one of the pockets of his coat a white musho handkerchief, stained with blood, was found. The general appearance of the body led those who examined it to believe that a roobery and murder had been commitied, but up toa late hour last nigat no further evidence of foul piay was elicited. DESCRIPTION OF THR RODY. ‘The victim of this murder—tf murder it Was—was abont nity-five years of age, five feet nine inches in | stature, With dark hatr, sprinkied with gray, and full beard and mustache, He was dressed lo a brown sult and wore @ fancy fannei oversiirt, PARTIAL IDENTIFICATION. Late in the afternoon an unknown person cailea Pat Parker's and asked to be shown the body, On viewing it he satd, “That is my brother. We have only missed him a short time. “He resided in Lafay. ette avenue.” The stranger then left, without leav. ing the name of deceased or lls own. Soroner Whitehill will to-day investigate this latest bloody tragedy. THE BODY PULLY TDENTIFIED. At a late hour last night the police ascertained that the murdered man was Edward &. Conkiin, who resided at the corner of Navy and Lafavette streets, Western district. He left his home on Satur- day to collect some money that waa due him, Ue leaves 4 wite and fve hideous Herald Special Report from Kingston. The Visit of the Tennessee---Reception of the St. Domingo Commission, Annexation Feeling in Jamaica— Protection of the Stars and Stripes Desired, Exeter Hall and British Philanthropists De- clared the Worst Enemies of the islind, Prosperity Ceriain Under the Rule of Uncle Sam. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK. HERALD. Kixasron, Jam., March 18, 1871. The United States steam frigate Tennessee, Captain Temple, with the St. Domingo Com- missioners, sailed from this port on Thursday morning, leaving with us delightful recollec- tions of her visit, All on board of her were eager to reach home once more and anxious for areunion with their families, The scene on board the Tennessee when the first mail from the United States was re- ceived can be better imagined than described. Smiles and tears could be seen with both old and young, as the letters from home were opened and perused, and ‘‘All well, and send kind regards,” was a remark that could be heard on all sides. The really quite a touching one, The Commis- scene was sioners, before the Tennessee sailed, begged your correspondent here to keep the Hrranp advised of the weather, in order to prevent families from experiencing unnecessary fears, and, having promised them to do s0, I that their depar- ture the weather has been splendid, with a light breeze from the southeast. The Commissioners, with their entire party, must now say since were received with open arms by all classes; they enjoyed unbounded hospitality, and were Commis- sioner Wade was a great object of curiosity, his name being almost a honsechold word, Fred Douglass also came in for a share of the interest felt by our inhabitants in the distin- guished strangers, The Commissionera and correspondents were escorted on an exploring party. Every place that would a visit was examined, The much shown every locality of interest. picnic repay splendid mountain scenery was admired, some of the party reaching the sum- mit of the range, where they found it piercing Others went to the valley of the Rio Cobre with Dr. Newcomb ; others to the sugar plantations and coffee properties, and all re. tarned to the ship on Wednesday night, loaded with curiosities of the island, Never before did Americans receive such a cold. reception in Jamaica. On every side the Commissiouers heurd the open prayer that be and at some future day Jamaica might the United States, they expressed great surprise at the univer- anuexed = to sality of the desire. The Commissioners were frankly told, in answer to some of the ques- tions they put, that Exeter Hall and English philanthropists were Jamaica had—not but that the letter class meant well enough, but they have been and the greatest enemies are grossly imposed upon. The consequence is their feelings are traded upon by worthless, underserving persons, who find it an easier way of living and obtaining what they never could obtain by industry or any other honor- able means, The British home government, coutrary to the better judgment and advice of the local government, yields to the pressure of Exeter Hall for political ends, feeling afraid, if an op- posite course ig pursued, of agitations in Ung- land, worked up by the paid secretaries of sen- sational societies kept up for the purpose of providing pulous officers tionalists, In this manner rificed her poses. The Commissioners were assured that the United States would not be 60 easily imposed upon as England had been, and with American industry and perseverance, which salaries for these unsern- and semi-religious England sac- for political Bensa- colonies pur- always met with success, and under the Stars und Stripes every man has a certainty of re- ward for lahor. Canting hypocrites should have no place under England's rule, Deserv- ing colonists are shut out in consequence of Exeter Hall helping forward notoriously unde- serving characters, to the detriment of real worth, The Heravo 24th end 25th ult. reached here the day afier the Tennessee's of the arrival, and its St, Domingo correspondent’s The treasured as precious morsels; indeed, the letters were eagerly read. papers were BeERatp was the only paper asked for, the existence of others being ignored. The Colonial Standard contains @ long article on the Heratp’s enterprise, and says that one of the Commission Domingo Moun- thirty miles, with St. its correspondents travelled over the hondred to charter a schooner to send despatches to New York, but that she was unfor- tunately wrecked ; otherwise the families of {hoye gn board tains, one and — would nevas have been | f 7 alarmed about the Teunessee’s safety, The statement of this great enterprise quite astounded our people, who have net yet become familiar with such matters, We had a great fire here yesterday, Da match factory being totally No lives were lost, Cordova’s destroyed, The proprie- tor is a brother of the New York lecturer. The United States steamer Nantasket fa still here, The Haytlens fear she intends visiting Port au Prince, where the feeling against annexation may lead to insult, and then American retaliation will follow. PRESIDENT GRANT. He Attends the Arch 8! Philadelphia—Dr, Neal Preaches to Him ou tho Obligations of Rulers. MOLLADELPHIA, March 19, 187L. The President, accompanied by Mra. Gr. Jessie, Geo, W. Childs and A. J. Drexel, attended the Arch street Methodist church this moruing. The church was completely Giled with an tntellt- gent and appreciative audience, many of them members of other churches, baving been brougns there by a desire to see the President. Rev. Dry Neal preached vhe sermon from 1. Chronicies, fy., 9% 10. He di:coursed at lengin op the wisdom and propriety of commemorating the LIVES AND DSBS of great mento after tines. We have our hearte moved io purer worship and regenerative impuises by studying the noble deeds and the illustrious achievements of meu born te rule, to ead, and to teach the world, In this country we have no catacombs to vevive the memories of martyred forefathers, no Wert- Ininster to enshrine the dust of our stateamen, War riors, poets, historians and scholars. With us there is no Mecea for religious piigrimage ner Home Co tm spire new fealty to our faith, Bor us there are ne kingly monuments, no perpetuations of dynw ves gud Powers; but though we have had none of these, We have a history which may lead us to nobler emu lation and more contrite faith, than those of ail (he countries gone before, With us the MEMORY OF WASHINGTON shail remain forever real; with us, uo time shal ever come when Mount Vernon can be visited without exciting the noblest feelings of the patriot and, Christian by contemplating the life of the Father of his Country, and im the future, What a noble lesson will be taught the pilgrim who visits, wiih uncovered head, the tomb of the Saviour of his Country. Men are the crum- bling essences of decay and the undying monu- ments of ume. These Mil our history; these make our country; these preserve us to national security, and these, under a bentgnant Power, shail keep as as 4 nation, even asin the hollow of His hand, The preacher continued at great length, discussing THE OBLIGAT! defnining the relative duties of Christian rulers aa@ Christian people. The President retarned to Washington this evene ing. Beck's band proposed TO SERENADE HLM last night, and went to the residence of Dr. .2. Drexel, where he was stopping, bat the intermtion Was frustrated by reason of the President's absence on # visit Lo & personal friend, Mrs, Grant leaves for New York In the iaorning. 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