The New York Herald Newspaper, April 25, 1871, Page 9

Belence are doing good work; and in so far as our Eighteenth ward friends are fighting for fair play and intelligent and useful tuition we ‘Wish them success. The Newfoundland al Fishes¥oa Year 6f . insted Tubliec. ‘ From Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, we ablish this morning a very interesting letter jon the Newfoundland seal fisheries and tho great harvest in seals reaped this séagon by ose hardy “‘ioilers of sea,” rre- are rails some in er ene seal fisheries which, to many of our tater, will appear almost incredible. The fleet whic! ‘went up this season to ‘the seal ice” (the ice rifting down Baffin’s Bay to the Atlantic on the Arctic current) numbered one hundred and fifty vessels, steamers and sailers, and from the vessels returned, bringing each from fifteen to twenty thousand pelts, and from the reports» which they bring of the swarms of seals en- Potintered, the aggregate catch this year will probably not be less than two hundred and fifty thousand pelts. Some conception of the cash value of such a harvest may be formed from these facts—that a vessel with a crew of sixty men, with a catch of ten thousand seals, ‘will distribute to each man of the sixty $480 in gold and allow to the captain, as his per- ntage, the sum of one thousand dollars, In Bhort, estimating each seal at only three dol- Jars in value to ihe fishermen concerned, a arvest of two hundred and fifty thousand will . equal to $750,000, . And this seal business is anitem in these Newfoundland fisheries which does not enter Into the fisbery question now before the Joint High Commission. The exports of Newfound- Yand for the year 1859, for instance, which will serve a3 an average year, were = ~" valued at. £1,105, 793 Codfish, quintals. £294,996 Herrings, barrels. see 69,910 84,955 Salmon, tierces. « 3716 17,651 Cod and seal oil, 2 91 Beal skins. 607 From the Newfoundland fisheries, considered independently of the immense fishing business in herrings, mackerel, halibut, salmon and codfish of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The impottance of hy rikeastern fishing grounds, limited to Fodash and mackerel alone, and the" yalue of our Yankee fishermen’s rights outside the marine league from the shore, are such ag to make the settlement of this question a ques- tion of peace or war between England and the United States. What, then, would be the Value to us of all those fisheries with the fnnexation of the New Dominion and all its fnland island appendages? The value would probably be not less than fifty millions a year for a few years, but not longer, for in B few years those fisheries, by Ameri- can enterprise, would probably be de- Btroyed, as we have destroyed or are flestroying fish and game of all descriptions throughout the country. Twenty-five years go the shad and herring fisheries of the ‘otomac and other rivers of the Chesapeake ay appeared to be inexhaustible; but seines and gill nets have nearly extinguished the shad and herring in those waters. The same sweeping American inventions, we apprehend, will, in a few years, exterminate the delicious white fish of our great lakes, and even the pickerel of our smaller lakes from Maine to the Rocky Mountains. Our fish and game protecting societies are doing something to arrest this greedy work of destruction; but “without the co-operation of Congress and of our State Legislatures in game and fish pre- serving laws and ip their enforcement, twenty years hence, at the rate that we have been going for the last twenty, our lakes and rivers fill be fishless and our woods destitute of e. Nay, more; the very birds which pro- t the farmer’s forests and cereals from destructive insects will be destroyed, and our fruits and crops will have to pay the penalty. {n this view we shall be content for the ime being with a treaty of peace between the nited States and England without the annex- ption of British North America, so that the American people may still have some reserves which they may share in the pleasures and ofits of fishing and hunting without going all je way to South America, Africa or Alaska. The Eccontricities of the Income Tax. The most unpopular tax that was ever in- vented to torment the public is the income tax. Jt is unpopular because everybody feels that it ‘was unnecessary ; that it was in a peculiar man- ner personally offensive. Besides, it turns out ‘hy experience that it costs the government some millions more in the year to collect it than the receipts from the tax cover. Among the curious nd very absurd details in the mode of collect- {ng this tax we may quote one instance. A leputy assessor of internal revenue in rooklyn, named Kimball, serves a notice, nd for the curiosity of the thing we will give e exact words of the notice :—‘‘In pursuance the acts of Congress you are required to make outa return according to the forms within, jand deliver the same to me at my office on or before March 1, 1871,” &c., &c. Now, this ious document is dated April 13, 1871, d is delivered indiscriminately at the houses dof residents of the district, without being ad- ‘aressed to any one in particular. But we see Abat the paper requires—in fact, demands, ‘under penalty—that a return to the Assessor shall be made just forty-four days before the paper has been issued. In other words, the taxpayer is asked to perform a miracle, and ‘taxpayers are not adepts in that business. What's farce is this? What a comment upon the whole system of the income tax? However, we have the consoling instruc- ons from General Pleasonton that people who gre entitled to the privilege of the two thou- dollar exemption, which leaves them no Bast re are not required to pay the lathe. fo these papers issued by hr. agse atteuu. assessors or deputy them up or return them, or Bbout them in any way. But there is a little feo these documen alls and oth attached to the issu, ts, which accrues to the Kim- er understrappers, and an Ie other little dovovur to the Messenger who serves them ; and this may be ¢ @re worried in prewytecy ig rege ¢ be 3 ceniricities, but it is also one of the eth ances, accompanying the enforcement of the income tax. Will not General Pleasanton issue an order to his subordinates to cease annoying ‘the publio unnecessarily in this manner ? ors, either to fill hother themselves * eg _suppose os ton of PE Re ME te RT ee ANEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL The Mississippi Crevasse. The break in the levee at Bonnet Carre, just above New Orleans, through which a vast volume of water rushes with a roar like er, piling itself up in the middle in the form of an arch, of which the centro is five or six feet highor than the sides, and flooding tho rich lowland, cotton and sugar plantations of Orleans parish, is the most serious crevasse that has been reported for many years. The torrent has cuta channel through the levee six hundred feet wide, and steadily, foot by -{o0t, the great levee continues to crumble into “ waters. A continuous body of water éxténds from tho Migsigsipp! to Lake Pontchartrain, Many miles wide ahd eighteen feet deep, transforming New Orleans into an island, and threatening the northern railroads that have their termini in that city. To understand the threatening nature of this oveifiow, which {s considerably more serious than the flood tides which sometimes sub- merge the cellars about West street, it must be remembered that the lowlands of Louisiana, which are by far the greater portion of the State, are much below the flat of the Misssis- sippi. The land upon which New Orleans lies is so low that the water in the sewers runs away from the river, and so flat that there is not a natural knoll a foot high in the whole city. The river itself runs along a slight ridge of land to the Gulf at the rate of six or seven miles an hour. The low country through which this tremendous river ruus at this tremendous rate must necessarily be guarded by dykes and levees, and accordingly all along its two sides, from Cairo down fo the inouth, a distance of over twelve hundred miles, heavy earthen walls, averaging about twenty-five feet in height and one hundred in width at the base, stretch along the shores to keep it within bounds. Befote the continuous encroachments of the treacherous current and the undermining of water rats and frogs these dykes become frail and insecure, and, on the recurrence gf the yearly spring freshet, which vexes the Father of Waters on his route to the sea, they are sure to give way at some of these in- secure points, and, onge given way, the thun- dering tide, dashing in ‘4 continuous heavy thud against the opening, soon widens It and cuts a clear way to the open fields and low- lands beyond, Before the war these occur- rences were not very frequent, the planters all along the lowlands being required by law and self-preservation to keep personal supervision over the levees in their immediate front, and to put every negro in their service at work upon any threatening or insecure place ; but very disastrous crevasses occurred neverthe- less. Now, crevasses are quite frequent and quite disastrous, The levees have not been repaired, except imperfectly by the State of Louisiana, since the war when they were very much cut up by rebel riflemen in order to make earthworks and embrasures from which to fire upon Union transports. Nor are the planters as fully empowered to put the negro laborers at work upon them as formerly, the latter usually protesting against any extra labor not “‘put down in de contract.” The crevasse at Bonnet Carre commences about forty miles above New Orleans, and covers the narrow neck of land that lies at that point between Lake Pontchartrain and the river. Thero is nothing, therefore, to shut out the flood. from the city except its natural decrease of depth and absorption by spreading over a great space of ground; the dykes, which it is tobe presumed the su- thorities are hurriedly throwing up against its approach, and the falling of the river. Our special despatches state that it is beyond con- trol, and that it has been gradually increasing in depth and width. The danger to the city of New Orleans is considered very serious; and we may well think so when sucha body of water as this is plunging like the rapids of Niagara upon it. Tnere Is Not Like.y to be a very exciting local contest the coming fall. The members of the Legislature are to be chosen, and that’s all. Even the Common Council have had an extension of their tenancy of the City Hall ; and as for Sheriff, Comptroller, City Chamber lain, the heads of the Departments of Public Works, Public Parks, Public Finances,.Public Charities, Public Police, and so on, the people are relieved of any especial responsibility in the premises. There is no occasion even for them to be concerned about members of Con- gress, or Presidential Electors or anything of that sort the coming fall. It will bea fine season for the culture of chowder parties and cabbages. Taz New Comet.—The announcement of the discovery of a new comet, on the 15th instant, by Professor Swift, in Marathon, N. Y., is confirmed by Professor Hough, of the Dud- ley Observatory, Albany, who first saw it on the 18th. This’ will probably be called. the “Swift” comet—an appropriate name. With the recent extraordinary meteorological oc- currences this discovery of a new comet by an observer in the interior of New York is rather an interesting event to savans. It is asmall affair thus far, like the Winans fuss, but it may be the herald of some grand demonstration in the cerulean vault yet to be made. Nor a CONUNDRUM FoR THE GEOGRAPHICAL Soorrty.—Where is Lawrence ? Personal Intelligence. Speaker Blaine, of the House of Representatives, 1s sojourning at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. : Mrs. Pauline Wright David, editress of a woman's rights journal in Providence, has apartments at the St. Dents Hotel. Mr. 8. looper, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, ts stop- ping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Representative John Beatty, of Washington, and Senator Klodgett, of Georgia, are at the Fifth Ave- nue Hotel. Judge R. McCorvine, ot Washington, is tempora- rily at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Mr. W. I, Barnum, member) of Congress, of Con- necticut, and General E. A. Merritt, of Potsdam, are ‘at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Mr. C. W. Montgomery, Speaker of the South Caro- lina House of Representatives, has arrived at the ~ ants Hotel. “-« Beach, ex-Mayor of Troy; Mr, George er Sits “saaghusetts, and Mr. Frank Morey, ta hav B, Loring, of Mae. ulsana, have apartments dl member of Congress, o. - i Te at the Fitth Avenue Hotel, Br: An “seed The St. George Hotel, corner ot .. Twentteth street, has changed Proprietor. P. Richards, of the Belmont Hotel, having purcha. the establishment. The st. George will be ran on the American plan, but Will have a restaurant con. vale” {efor the accommodation of transient YO ye THE ROUGE REVOLT. Continued Bombardment of Neuilly, Clichy and Porte Maillot. THE VERSAILLES ARMY REINFORCED. mon oa The Prussians Stopping Supplies En Route for St. Denis. Reception of Paris Freemasons by M. Thiers. A TRUCE AGREED UPON. Torpedoes Placed in a Railway Station in Paris. VERSAILLES REPORTS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The Attack Not Yer Commenced—Bombard- ment of the Insurgents—Reinforcements— Charenton Not Evacuated—Suppliesto Paris Stopped—The Fire on Valerien—M. Thiers and the Paris Masons. . , MSS. Th es YSRSAILLES, April 24, 1871, The expected genéral attack upon the insurgent Positions around Paris has not yet commenced. THE INSURGENTS BOMBARDED. Fort Mont Valerten continues to cannonade Neuilly, Clichy and Porte Maillot. The firing is slow and deliberate, and some of the shells still fall within the ramparts of Paris. REINFORCEMENTS, The army of the Assembly 1s being continually re- inforced. Many uew troops arrived yesterday and to-day and were at once forwarded to the tront. "s+; CHARENTON NOT EVACUATED. The rumor that iite Frugsians have evacuated Fort Charenton, and that it has been occupied by the government troops, is oMcially contradicted. " SUPPLIES ‘BY WAY OF ST. DENIS STOPPED. « It 18 reported that in consequence of difMculties between the Prussians and the Communists, the former, who still hold St, Denis, yesterday stopped at that point all supplleg for Paris from the north. THE FIRE ON VALEREIN The insurgent batteries continue to reply to the fire of Mont Valerien, but their fire ts feeble and in- eflective. M. THIERS AND THE PARIS MASONS. President Theirs has given a reception to a depu- tation from the Masonic lodges of Paris, who asked on behalf of the people of tne capital for an armis- tce, In reply to their request, M. Thiers said Gen- eral Ladmirault had power to grant a truce when- ever it should become necessary, but that ihe Com- mune could never be recognized by the government. THE PARIS COMMUNE. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Cluseret’s Report—Immense Defensive Frepa- rationsAn Apology—Churches' Reopencd. Parts, April 24, 1871. General Cluseret reports to the Commune that a suspension of hostilities at Neuilly bas been ar- ranges, to date from noon to-day. He also reports that affairs at Asmieres are in an excellent po- sition. DEFENSIVE PREPARATIONS. There were no great movements of troops yester- day. Immense defensive’ measures are in prepara- tuon. Torpedoes have been planted at the St. Ger- main and Versailles railway station, and batteries erected in the Rue Castelane, i AN APOLOGY. The Comnmne has apologized to the gas company for the recent seizure of its cash assets. CHURCHES REOPENED. The churches of St. Roch and St. Sulpice have been reopened aad their curés released from m- prisonment. GERMANY. Prince Bismarck’s Financial Pressure on France. The Empire “Inflexible” as to the Payment of the War Indemnity—National Honesty the Best Policy—Throne Sym- pathy With Dollinger. TELEGRAMS TO. THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, April 24, 1871. ‘The proceedings of the North German Parliament are not only interesting, but of a very important character. Prince Bismarck stated in the Chamber to-day ““hat, although the French should pay the first in- stalment of tue indemnity immediately, tne forts north and east of Paris would nov be evacuated until the final treaty of peace was concluded. The negotiations at Brussels made slow progress, the French trying to better the conditions, but Germany was inflexible, The movement of the Commune en_ talied sacrifices on Germany, but she would not meddle with the internal affairs of France.’’ i» Authorized. BERLIN, April 24, 1871. The Parliament has passed the New Loan bill, embracing the items which are intended to cover the more immediate churges of the war. The bases of the calculations go to show that the old Prussian State, exclusive ot Hohenzollern, spent, in the nineteen years from 1849 to 1867, the sum of 2,864,000,000 thalers. From 1849 to 1854 the annual expenditure averaged 116,000,000 thalers; Tho Imperial L from 1855 to 1858 16 amounted to 134,000,000 thalery; from 1869 to 1863 to 156,000,000 thalers; irom 1864 to 1866 (Danish war), 174,000,000 thalers; irom 1866 to 1567 (German war), 245,000,000 thalers; while the year 1866 closed. with a disposable surplus of 29,500,000 thalers, which. has been swallowed up with most ofthe revenue which has accrued to the State since, and a heavy North German war loan substituted instead, At the end of 1820 the national debt of Prussia amounted to 218,000,000 thalers; at the end of 1867 it was stated at 286,600,000 thalers; but as 102,500,000 had been invested in railways, 33,750,000 thalers had in reality been paid off. The receipts have risen in the above period to the following extent:— Direct taxes, from 19,330,000 thalers to $1,250,000 thalers; indirect taxes, from 24,500,000 thalers to nearly 33,000,000 thalers, Tne government mine, foundries and salt works yielded 1,250,000 thalers in 1849 and 3,750,000 thalers in 1867, Siace this latter period the budget has been mostly anticipated, and ll previous ‘Treasury calculations were obliterated by the occurrence and continuance of the war with France. Royal Sympathy with Dollinger in Excom- munication. Monton, April 24, 1871. ‘The King of Bavaria has written a letter to Dr. Dollinger, deploring the sentence of excommunica- tion pronounced against Lim. Heart Buroings and Aiter Jealousies of the War. Hampera, April 24, 1871, In consequence of ® disagreement between the “angh and Germans the transports which were ~ here to convey the French prisoners back to ~ pee goliged to return vo Havre empty. hi. waitin, France hav M suc. mY —y en ENGLAND. The Lucifer Match Democracy in Movement. Tumultuous Protest Against Premier Gladstone's New Tax—Exciting Scene at the Approaches to the House of Cottmons—The Crowd Noisy and Vehement and Dispersed by the Police—Parliamentary Op- Position to the Budget. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 24, 1871. Chancellor of the Exchequer Lowe's revenue in- come plan of imposing a tax on lucifer matches and Wax lights—as it was set forth in his exposition of the items of the Budget a few evenings since—is ex- ceedingly distasteful to the people. The report of the discussion of the proposi+ tion in the House of Commons has already produced an excited opposition out of doors, and the move- ment 1s popular and likely to extend. The manufacturing and operative interests within the walls of Parliament are equaily dectded against it, I have to report to the HERALD by cable telegram to-day that an immense number of match manufacturers, with their employés, bearing petl- ions against the proposed excise duty on match lights crowded the neighborhood of the Parliament building this afternoon and blocked up the ap- proaches to the House of Commons, A strong force of police was on the ground, and succeeded in maintaining order, although the crowd ‘Was noisy and turbulent. A large procession from East London ap- proaching the Parliament yard was dispersed by the Police to prevent danger from the accumulation of such masses of people. to, Ata Insjde phe House of Commons Mr. George Dixon, mémber for Birmingham, gave notice of a motion against the tax on matches, Mr. Dixon at the same time argued to demon- strate the fallacy of Mr. Lowe's reasons for expect- ing a larger revenue from the increasing activity of the cotton factories and the diminishing price of cotton, The sum total demanded by tne govern- ment, he said, was inordinate and unexampled in a time of peace, Other members denounced the proposals of the budget as “unduly interfering with every depart- ment of industry.’ Mr. Lowe repiled. he Chancellor pointed to the postponement of the Army Regulation bill as calcu- lated to diminish the demands, and remove tue fea- tures of the budget which were objected to, but gen- erally defended his recommendations, and espe- cially that for the lucifer match tax for tho reason that “tat impost bore equally on all classes of so- ciety.” MERRY ENGLAND'S SAINT DAY. The Anniversary Banquet of the St. George’s Society—The Dinner, the Guests and the Speeches—A Pleasant Evening and Exuber- ant Enthusiasm. The St. George's Society of the city of New York celebrated the cighty-tifth anniversary of its existence last evening by a banquet at Delnronico’s. There were about @ hundred and fifty guests, and in numbers and enthusiasm alike the dinner sur- passed all its predecessors, The banquet Itself was 1n Delmonico’s usual inimitable style. Among the guests were James W. Gerard, General MeDowell, Joseph H, Choate, Dr. Vinton and Lord Walter Campbell, Sir Edwin Thornton and at least one or two representalives of the High Commission had been expected, but pressing business at Washington in connection with the Alabama claims and the fishery question placed it out of their power to attend. Mr. Jon G. DALE, the president, in proposing the first toast of “The Day ana All Who Honor It,” alluded to the extremely satisfactory pecuntary con dition of the society. He urged upon the members, however, the duty of bringing in as many recruits as possible. Mr. Dale concluded by referring to vhe marriage of the Princess Louise and the Juint High Commission. He trusted that the labors of the latter would remove ali causes of diMcuity between the twe countries, s0 that ‘‘hence- forth Great Britain and the United States might go hand in hand, each glorying in a common _pros- perity and jointly diffusing the principles of civil | and religious uberty throughout the world.” The second toast of “The Queen” was hailed with @ round of hurrahs of thoroughly British vehemence. The President of the United States was also honored with a very hearty and noisy outburst of applause, Dr. Vinton proposed in a few humorous remarks the next toast of the “Memory oud genius of Shakspeare.” He began by saying that he did not beileve in Shakspeare. Me was of the opinien that no such person ever lived. There was.a volume of plays ented “Shakspeare’s Plays,” but that Shakspeare was a myth was clear from the fact that no one knew the right way to spell nis name. It was a strange thing that he, @ parson, should be called upon to speak. for a play- wright. He believed rather in St. George than in the Bard of avon. He believed that such @ person as St. George really lived, and that he realiy killed a dragoa. Dr. Vinton closed by Saying that he had Mad personal experience of ths praciical good effected by the St. George's Society. Ke was constantly being appied to by English emi- granis, and he ‘sent them to the St. George's society, and there he knew they received the relief they needed. Mr. R. G. Waits, in responding, warmly de- fended the personality of Shakspeare. He briefly referred to ‘tle supposed birth of our immortat bard on St. George's day, and then dilated for fiiteen minutes on what he said he had always regarded as the most salient aspect of Shakspeare’s .life—his character as a thrifty, prac- Ucai business man. Shakspeare did not write tor fame or for anything else but money. He had but ene aim in his literary career—to make a for- tune and retire. The ‘Sister Societies” were next toasted. Mr. Robert Gordon responded for St. Andrew. He said he saw so nany fuiniliar faces around him that he was tempted to think that the members of St. Andsew were now chiefly celebrating the saint day of St. George. The day Tor petty jealousy. between Scotchmen and Englishmen had passed. In litera- ture especially every sentiment of national irrita- | tion had faded completely away, and this present year—the centenary of Scott. doubted not would be honored with the same affectionate enthusiasin by Englishmen as by Scotchmen. Speeches were also made by Mr. Macmeahon, for the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Mr. Choate, for the New England Society, and Mr. Mount, for the St. Nicholas, Tbe remaining toasts of the “State and City of | Now York,” the “Armies A Navies of Engiand and the United States,” “Tne Press,” and “The Lasties’’ also received their usual meed of honor, The Kpetdes | Was agreeably interspersed with songs and glees. At midnight the guests dispersed, to re- assemble again, itis to be hoped, without a single gap in the ranks, a year hence, ROBERTS’ RECEPTION. Serenade to the Gallant Cougressman from the Fi A large gathering of citizens from the Nineteenth ward assembled in front of the residence of Colonel William R. Roberts, corner of Sixty- | fourth strect and Lexington avenue, last night, | with a@ brass oand, for the purpose ol sere- nading him and expressing the satisfaction they felt in his representation of the constuuency in Congress. Shortly after tne band had opened the pro- ceedings with some Irish and American airs, a depu- tation from the ward arrived and read an address to Mr. Roberts, expressive of their admiration of his conduct in the national Legisiature and promising him a warm support in the future. The cominittee, headed by Mr. Koberts, then proceeded to the steps in front of the house, when Mr. Roberts replied to | the address publicly. In the course of his remarks he REVIEWED THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS which had come betore the Legislature during his stay in Washington, and said he went there a demo- crat, but he had returned doubly so, He denounced | in emphatic terms the course of the administration, and poimted out plainly the evils which would mevitably result to the country trom the policy which was being pursued. The entire number of gentie- men in front of the house Were then invited to par- take of the hospitatities which were prepared for them. A number of speeches of weicome and con- gratulation were then made by minent citizens or the Nimeteenth and other wards, which were gratetully responded to by Mr. Roberta, The committee was composed of Messrs. Crim- mins, DeCourcey, Mr. Swiney, ex-Alderman Rus- sell and John Kenne ent gen- Among Une pro 25, 1871.—QUADRUPLE SHEXT. { finanelal dificulties, hanged himself to-day. THE WEST INDIES. General. Havana, Ay Til 24, 1871, Francis Tolme, @ well known mero,ant, died to-day. e Governor General Valmaseda left Santi Espiritu to-day for Ciego de Avila, HAYTI. Steamer Hornet for Sale—Annexation Excite. ment Subsiding. PORT-AU-PRINCE VIA HAVANA, April 8, 1871. The Hornet ts again offered for sale. She will pro- babiy be purchased by the Dominicans, Tne excitement over the question of the annexa- tion of St. Domingo is subsiding. ‘The project of a loan for the purpose of redeeming the currency and establishing specie payments is strongly discussed. ST. DOMINGO, More Fighting Between the Forces of Baez and Cabral. St. Dominao, April 12, 1871, ‘The troops of Baez have again defeated Cabri Several indecisive engagements between the forces of Luperon and those belonging to Baez have taken place recently in the northern provinces, ENCENDIARISM IN SYRACUSE. Tho Borning of the Bennett Stores—A Witness Swears They Wero Deliberately Set on Fire—One of the Alleged Incendiarles in Jail. 4 ‘ tae» Syracuse, N, Y., April 24, 1871. In the case of Erastus F. Teft versus the Merchants’ Insurance Company and thirty others, now being tried in this city, F. P, Vedder testified to-day that Adam Fralick, Samuet Bennett and Mr. Briggs deliberately set fire to the Bennett stores, which were consumed on the morning of the 27th December, 1869, Vedder's —_ store adjoined Bennett's, The suit was brought to recover $116,000 insurance on Bennew’s goods. This evening Adam Fralick was arrested on the charge of arson tn the first degree, and 1s now in jail. The case hag created intense excitement in this city. The Crouse House was situated over the Lennett stores, and seventy persons were sleeping in it at the time the building was set on fire. WESTERN RAILROADS. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railrond. Cnerorau, Kansas, April 24, 1471. R. 8. Stevens, general manager of the Missourt, Kansas and Texas Railroad, accompanied by the officers of the company and a party of gentlemen trom New York and Kansas, arrived at this place to-day en route vo the Indian Territory. The Missour!, Kansas and Texas Railroad has twenty- two miles of iron laid in Indian ‘erritory and ninety-five miles graded. They will lay about nine miles of track per week during the next few months and be south of the Arkansas river by July 1. Advices from Northern Texas state that large quautlues of cotton are awaiting shipmeut by this road. itis estimated the number of Texas cattle sated north this season will reach half a million. The company are building extensive yards for tue receptton of cattle and have supplied all the necessary facilities lor their reception, A datiy line of stages now runs from the end of the track to El) Paso Via Sherman. Indiana Railrond Enterprises. INDIANAPOLIS, April 24, 1871, Articles of incorporation were filed with the Secre- tary of State to-day for the Lake Erie, Evansville and Southwestern and Evansville, Crawfordsville, Kokomo and Toledo Railroad. The former will be built trom Evansville to the Ohio State line at-Col- lege Corner, conneciing with the Lake Shore, Louis- ville and Sou thwestern Ratlroad. JICIDES AND ACCIDE! A Hanged Himself in Oedenspurg. OGpENSBURG, N, Y., April 24, 1871. Manassa Frank, a prominent ary gouds merchant of this city, who recently became Involved in some His business troubles caused him to become Insane. | ried over the falls aud drowned. Suicide by Drowning. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 24, 1871. A man named William Dawson, employed tn the North Star Woollen Mills, deliberately jumped off the suspenaton bridge here this morning and was car- He had an oppor. tunity to save himself while in tie stream, but avoided tt, A Lady Accidentally Shoots Herself. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 24, 1871. Miss Ella Knapp, of Clinton, near Prescott, Wis., accidentally shot herself a few days since and diod instantly. Killed by Lightning. PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 24, 1871. The house of Mrs. Emeline Bullock, in North Re- hoboth, Mass, was struck by lightning Saturday af- ternoon, and Mrs, Bullock was killed, *The St. Louis Suicide. Sr. Louis, April 24, 1871. The man who committed suicide on Sunday by “drinking iodine of potash ata public bar has been identified as William F, Jones. His widow lives in Rochester, N. ¥. WEATHER REPORT. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasninaton, D, C., April 24, 7:30 P, M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours, ‘The barometer ts beginning to slowly recover on the Pacific coast. Heavy snow has prevailed since Sunday night im Western Nebraska. Cloudy and threatening weather, with failing barometer, has been experienced during the day from Minnesota to Louisiana. The.reports from Texas are not received. ‘The area of highest barometer has moved eastward and now extends from South Carolina to New Jer. sey. Clear weather has very generally prevailed in the Eastern and Middle States, and with partial cloudiness on te takes and Southern States. Probapuittes, It is probable that falling barometer and cloudy and rainy weather will on Tuesday be geuerally ex- perienced from Michigan to Alabama and west- ward; nortneast-winds on Lake Superior and fresh. winds and partially cloudy weather on the lower lakes and the Atlantic, THE KNIFE IN PATERSOA. A serious stabbing affray occurred in Greene street, Paterson, on Saturday night, in a house of lui fame kept by & Woman named Burris. A quarrel took place over a game of cards, and ended in the stabbing of one of the party, named Michael Tallent, He was severely cut in the nqpk, the gash gets from the ear around to the frohit of the throat. Hi the knife been sharp it would without doubt have severed the artery. Tailent’s chances for recovery are favorable. All parties concerped were drunk at the time of the afray. Tallent’s assailant has not yet been captured, although the police are upon lis track. WaR DEPARTMENT, | THE SUPPOSED ABDUCTION IN JERSEY, In the case of Mr. Vonah, the Newark liquor dealer, who was suspected of attempting to abduct. @ young girl, of West Newark, or rather in the case of officers Masser and Crane, and Conductor bragg and his engineer, of the New Jersey Railroad, who were arrested on Vonah’s complaint, a hearing was heard in Newark yesterday, which resulted in the policeman being held to bail on a charge of false ar- rest and imprisonment, and entirely exonerating Mr. Vonah from any wrong intention towards the. girl, Crane is an employé of the New Jersey Xailroad, ARMY INTELLIGENCE, ‘The War Department publishes the opinion of the Judge Advocate@encral that the sentence of an en- | listed man should always specify “dishonoratve dis- charge” where such is the intent or ts called for by the nature of the oifence, but a discharge from the army 18 in nO cage Lo be made to take effect untik alver the period of confinement Axed by te sen tence. temen who addressed the serenader: John POOL SELLING. Muiilaliy, Colonei Costello, E, L. Carey, J. Cole, P. — ©. Curt, P. Harcett, B. Jelany, O'Donovan Kossa, There was but asiim attendance last evening at Dr, Powers, Mr. others. ‘The festivities were continued to a lave jcGuinness' and a number of | Johnston’s, corner Twenty-ciguth street and Broad- hour, everybody seeming ag highty pleased with od reception 48 cH biog ee was with he greeting sco on ke fetura trom he fleid of iis faba : wi et way, to. altend the selling of pools for the races to Conte off at Fleetwood Park, and but twa poois were i hich are as a Belle Orange, $105, 8] George, $3. #10; Cushing, $11; George, $4: ou nee, $10; Belle Orange, NEZUELA. Herald Special Report Via Havana, Tyrannical Proceedings of Blaneo—The Country in Arms—Prospect of Another Revolution. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Havana, April 24, 1872, We have dates from Venezuela to the Stfr inst. Guzman Blanco, the present ruler of that republic, has imprisoned several persons, members of the best families of Cuarco, The imprisoning of Pedro José Rojas has caused & great sensation among all parties, and it is feared that many sustainers of Blanco are abandoning him, : Oligarcas is in arms and in full possession of the Ature and eastern part of the republic, Troops have been sent by the government to attack them. General Pulgar is continuing his disorders in Maracaibo, and is suspected of conspiracy against Blanco and in favor of General Do- mingo Monagas Sutherland. General Galan is organizing an expedition on a large scale at Curacao against Pulgar. The government of Curacao tried to effect » loan from foreign houses in that city, but was unsuccessful, the foreigners fearing that the arbitrary: and tyrannical manner of governing will be the cause of a speedy downfall. Blanco has levied taxes on all and every- thing. The decree granting the privileges of the coasting trade to foreign vessels has been recalled, causing great consternation among the mercantile community, Troops Returnisg to Laguayra—Gazman Blanco’s Friends Turning Against Him— Quesada Receives a Large Sum of Money, but Blanco Will Not Aid Him. Caracas, April 9, 1871, The largest portion of Pulido’s army has re- turned to Laguayra from the west, where peace is again re-established. It is generally supposed that Guzman’s own partizans are working to commence a rebellion to over- tarow him. Quesada remains at Caracas, having received 6,000 pounds from Casanova, an emissary of the New York Cubans. Casa- nova has gone to St. Thomas, and thence he will go to Aspinwall, there to meet the steamer and return to New York, There are no indications that Guaman will aid Quesada. (Norr.—The above despatch proves that there was no truth in the rebel report that Quesada had landed with an expedition on the , Ep: Herarp.] south side of Cuba. THE FRENCH RELIEF. Mile. Othilie Bousson, who has been so indefatigae ble in securing supplies and relief for the suffering people of France, on Saturday shipped on board the Pereire two hundred and fifty bags of seed grain, of from two to three bushels each; twenty-two cases of clothing, nearly all new; nineteen barreis of potas toes and one thousand pounds of salt meat for the relief of the suffering population of France. Since the departure of the Vereire Mife. Bousson has re- ceived six bushels of No. 1 spring Wheat from Mr. J. B. Lane, of No. 38 Pearl street, and & case ot clothing from Miss E. J. Launay, Mowrytown, Ohio, which Was deiivered free of charge by Adams Ex» press Company. VIEWS OF THE PAST. APRIL 25, 1865—Rebel General Johnston surrendered his forces to General Sherman. 1854—Filteen firemen killed by the falling of a burn- ing building at the corner of Broadway sna Barclay street, 1849—Parliament House and other butldings in Mon- vm treal, Canada, burned be a mob. 1607—The Dutch feec defeated the Spanish fleet in the Bay of Gibraltar. 1599—Uliver Cromwell, Protector of England, born. MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Westphalia will leave this port on ‘Tuesday for Plymouth and Hamburg. The mails for Europe will close at the Post Ofice at half-past eleven o'clock A. M. Tue New York Heratp—Fdition for Europe— will be ready at half-past niue o’clock in tho morning, Single coptes, in wrappers for mailing, six cents, A.—For a Stylish and Elegant Hat Go Ta ESPENSCHIED'S, Manufacturer, No. 118 Nassau strect. A.—Phaton’s New Perfume. I LOVE you. I LOVE Wu. I LOVE You. For sale by all draggists. nl intent boil aha MPION SAFES, 251 Broadway, eoruer Murray street. An Elegant Sait of Fine Flowing Hair sa multitude of imperfections CHEVALIER'S LIFE © HAIR bears the highest chemical authority im As a hair dressing sands above comparison, Restores gray hair, stops its falling out, increases the growuUs of the weakest hair. Bold by all drugilats, A Bargnin.—$2 50 Hats Reduced to $1 50. Cheapest Hats ever offered at rotail, Caps, 9c. Bargains im Born! Hate, Specialty, Gontlemon’s Silk Hats, 84, ©. JOMPANY, 12 Cortlandt street. Eureka Mineral Water, Saratoga ">, superior to all of popsla and diseases of liver Kidneys. B, J. 7 Hudson River Raliroad: depot, Varick street, Elegant Offices to Let—In Knox’s Buildinzs 212 Broadway. It Is Not at all Surprisi American. gentlemen are o cally rawornized abroad, ba the peauliag elegance, style and tinisly of thelr Hats. de they nearly all purchase them at the woll-known emporium of KNOX, No. 212 Broadway, corner of Fulton street, Missinquolt Spring Water—As Infallible emedy fox kidney, aiseases and all impurit gs of the blood, J.T. HENRY, No. $College place. Nicol & Davidson, Salesroom 686 Broad- way, tactory No, &Gireat Jones atreet, Re ‘are co! ringing out new "Chandeliers and Gas Fireares tn. Cilasa, Bronze, Giit and Ggmolu. The Milt Gold Jewelry Company Have appointed the proprietors of the wait known and orizinak One Dollag Store, 667 Broadway,, their sola Agents im America for the sale of the MILZON GOLD JEWELRY. ‘The only place now in the city to reocure the genuine Miltom Jeweley will be at the Original Deilar Store, andor the Grama Centeal Hotel. One-haif of their magnifiaent show rooma will be devoted to the exhibition and sa ¢ af these goods, ant every promise made to the pubile by the Milton Geld Jowelsy Their place of business ts coptioualiy Alle with the best clase itizena, purchasing the Miton Jewelry and aisy other Seana that nee equally cheap that can omy, ilar Store, which place of du Original One Deveration lor oved three years, that time the bargares offered ta publi, have n erent. It {e indeed, arent na howe Offerah maguiaceas goods sold for ate dollar d thi cletors of the One Voline Stora ouly that teain to Ye fable Wo apply sueh goova for oxo dallar. i Recommending SIOLLIAN HALO Aad Wo restore the Hesitation iw LS VEGETABLE ure cure for dandrad