The New York Herald Newspaper, April 26, 1871, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. ¥ T of tho decade. Its population in 1870 did Ss Hl N G oO N not exceed —— In view of the ® | aiminisning fecundit, marriages shown by the latter—4.4 m the United Kingdom and only 8.3 in France for each marriage—and the constant! increasing laxity and changing manners of the chi luzed world, the rate of increase of tts population may very possibly continue to diminish, so that it would hardly be safe to assume, even for the United ® greater ratio for the remainder of the resent century from 1870 to 1900 than two and a If per cent yearly, and for Europe six-tenths of one per cent yearly, both tobe compounded at the end ofeach decade, It should, however, be borne im mind that a largely increased and steadily con- tinued flow of European or of Asiatic immigration mto the United States may increase its popu- lation toree or three and @ half per cent Poe Sonu, oF aren» a her gure, ¥, the oi moderate rates above specified, compounded every Condition of Life-Saving Stations ten years no poptlauon of Buzope, “amounting ia 1870 to the aggregate of 298,000,000, at six-tenths of on the New Jersey Coast. one per cent yearly, will be increased in the year 1900 to 354,917,680; that of the United States, now 3,654,870, estimated at 234 percent, to 75,302,495; estimated at 3 per cent, 84,705,049, acopins the lowest of the preceding estimates for the Unitea States for its population in 1900, being in round numbers 75,000,000, and reducing the rate of in- crease for the fifty years next succeeding to one per cent per annum, compounded at the end of every decade, and tie rate of increase in Europe to one- nalf of one per cent yearly, similarly compounded, their comparative populations in 1960 would stand in round numbers as follows:— The United States. Total.... seen if the rate in the ny 8 ey suppose, as high as two per cent yearly, decennially compounded, the population in 1950 would be as high as 179,000,000. It should be understood that by the term ‘United States’ is intended only the por- tion of America now possessed by the National Union, Itshould also be borne in mind that while the aggregate population of Europe and the United States May amount to or exceed 673,500,000, the pro- portionate amounts of each may jeraoly vary with the varying volume of immigration, On the one hand, it 1s possible that the aggregate itself may be Woman’s Right of Suffrage to be Tested in the Courts, A Reminiscence of Seward’s Alaska Purchase. Comparative Increase of Population in Europe and the United States. WasuinaTon, April 25, 1871, Attempt to Reconcile Kepublican Difficulties in New York. Horace Greeley made a flying visit to the city yes- ‘erday and spent some time with Senator Sumner and Secretary Boutwell. It is said that the object of his mission here was to get Boutwell to use his in- fluence with the President to have the Fenton fac- tion recognized in New York. Uniess this ts done ‘the philosopher regards the republican party In New York as gone up. Some of those who talked with Greeley while here represent him as strong against Grant’s renomination. He thinks it is too soon for the party to commit itself to any man as candidate. Inspection of Jersey Liie Saving Stations. largely increased, especial if reliance can Captain Joun Faunce, of the Revenue Marine | pe“biaced “on dangulse estimates: heretolore Service, has been ordered by the Secretary | made 1 ea Hecune ia be arn er Hie . | other hand, it may seriously dimin- rast acsd aphenecny paeansucBeliet 3, cAI yy ished by war, pestilence or other unforeseen Spection of the life saving stations on the coast of | gajamities, In respect, however, to any possible New Jersey and Long Island, and will leave here to-morrow, in accordance with this order, to ex- amine into the condition of affairs on those coasts, Some weeks since a full account of the operations of the life saving stations on the coast of New Jersey ‘Was published im the HERALD, and at the same ume the necessity for providing the surfmen with better accommodations and aypliances was strongly re- commended, An effort was made on the strength Of that article by the people of New Jersey to induce Congress to make an appropriation sufiictent to carry out the recommendations suggested. Congress, at its last session, proposed to appropriate $200,000 for the benefit of the life-saving stations on the coast of New Jersey, but upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury the stations on tne coast of Long Island were also included, and with this amendment the bill passed at the session of Con- Gress just closed, While ic 1s not available until the Ast of July next, the purpose of Secretary Boutwell in having the stations carefully inspected is to ascer- tain what improvements are actually needed, and in what way the $200,000 can best be apportioned among the different stations needing more eficient means to carry out the object for which they were established. Interesting Suits Before the Court of Claims— A Reminiscence of Seward’s Administra. tion. ‘Two cases In the Court of Claims to-day attracted considerable attention. The first was the case of the late E. A. J. atocha, in which he claimed damages for being unlawfully expelied from Mexico during one of the revolutions inaugurated in tae country by Santa Auna, The claim was before the former Mexican Commission some years ago, but Was not allowed. It then came into Congress and was referred to the Court of Claims. The compensation sought, if allowed, is to be patd out of a rund now in the possession of our government and re- ceived from Mexico, The trial was to take place to- day, but the Attorney General moved for a continu. ance, on the ground that further testimony was needful from Mexico, The Court granted the con- tinuance, The other case was the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company versus the United States, This is a suit for a large amount of tolls on cable telegrams sent by the government to foreign governments during Mr. Seward’s term of Oifice as Secretary of State. A motion to continue the cas? was urged on the ground of the necessity of obtaining further evidence from Mr. Seward. The Court held the mosion under odvisement, and will decide it to-morrow. The amount claimed to be due is $32,240, the entire amount of the bill for ocean telegrams sent from November 10, 1866, to October 5, 1867, belng $45,510 in coin, Included in the indebtedness 1s a despatch from Seward to Bigelow, $19,540 50, chargeable in goid, there being forty-eight words in Eng- | t@ build themselves protection levees in the rear lish and 3,674 in cipher. The largest amount, | 924 around the town. aa front raion? have been apart from that just mentloned, pald in | Fhdgeu's place is rapidly approaching completion. gold by the Department of Statejwas tor a despaten if Information was received this afternoon from the from Seward to Gorichako®, St. Petersburg, about | Superintendent of the Marero crevasse, just below the Alaska treaty, numbering 1,833 words, and cost- the barracks. He says:—‘“ Il am happy to tell you we are getting along very well. I think by to-morrow ing $9,886 50. Itappears from the documents that deward could not sanction the items for the unpaid we will have the whole work accomplished. No direct RY pee worry Point crevasse has or pr . se | been received, which is favorable. telegrams upon any other principle than that those Yesterday Captain Smith reported he had plenty telegrams be paid for not as ciphers but as words, ertals, and expected soon to complete the Peter Cooper, in his petition as president of the tele- graph company, says the services were performed in the manner set forih, and the United States were danger of geueral famine, it may be safely assumed that, with the cereal capacities of the United States now demonstrated by experience, its 75,000,000 in- habitants in 1/00 will be rully able to supply cereal food sufiictent not only for themselves, but for at least 200,000,000 of the population of Europe. A Noble Fund jor the Corcoran Art Gallery. The claim of tné trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Artin this city for compensation for the use by the government of the property was referred by an act of Congress of May 24, 1870, to thé Secretary of War, Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State. The building was occupied from August, 1861, to September, 1869, a period of eight years, and the amount claimed was £300,000, The commission appointed to ascertain and settle upon a fair and just compensation for the use of the ground aqd builaings have awarded the claimants $125,000. ‘This amount will, in accordance with the deed of W. W. Corcoran conveying the property to the trustees, be devoted to an art fund for the purpose ot adorn- ing the gallery with the works of master artists, Personal The sons of the British members of the Joint Hizh Commission, together with some of the at- tachés, will give a ball on Friday night to their young lady and bachelor friends av the Phelp mansion, Senator Harlan left Washington this evening for his home at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Mr. Mazel, the Netherlands Resident Minister, has been recalled from this country and appointed to another dipiomattc post. THE MISSISSIPPI CREVASSE. The Break in the Levee at Bonnet Carre Un- changed—Crevasses at Several Points Stopped—Great Danger at Point Marion—New Orleans Se- cure from Inundation. New ORLEANS, April 25, 1871. Cmef Engineer Thompson’s official report says:— By some unfortunate misconception of orders in regard to establisning a iine of couriers from Ken- neevile to Bonnet Carre crevasse nothing oficial has been heard up to nine o'clock to-mght trom that point, This 1s sure evidence that no great change for the worse has occurred. Early to-morrow morning ao party, consisting of Governor Warmoth, Mayor Flanders, President McCombs, of the Jackson road, and ower officials, will visit the crevasse, Colonel Walton, Engineer of the Mexican Gulf Canal, and Captain Hatch, Assistant State Engineer, ‘went up this evening on the steamer Lee. It is said the people at Kennenville turned out work from the McDonough crevasse, in Plaquemine parish, on the right bank of the Mississippi. Mr. Decker, in charge of the telegraph, has just come from the crevasse on Dr. Parmaice’s piace, and bound by Seward’s acts in their behalf, and should eid tons it ae Sakis wen cane ota mes with mate- a riais, hese materials were sent 18 morning, make payment for transmitting said messages | “ing iong oficial letter from Engineer Van Pelt, by cable according to the tariff of charges | gated at half-past twelve yesterday morning, he then iu existence, and which were posted ; 8ays:—‘The Grand and Morgan Sea levees are safe. 1 came down by land from New Texas to Hemiios Point, The Coupe levees are safe tor this season. The crevasse at Point Marion 1s now between 200 and 260 feet wide, with about four feet of water at the bottom in front. Mr. Giyun commenced work on the jeyee on the 13th and the crevasse was broken on the 16th, He has taken all the force, ex- cept enough to keep the levee from breaking, to other piaces, I have just passed Evergreen ievee. It will stand if the planters atiend to it.” ‘The rumors of @ crevasse at Biue Stone, in Point Coupce and Bayou Sara are unfounded. The levees from Red river to these points are intact and the river is Lailt do irate ion of een yh communication has Please cable immediately now tax on friction | taken place on the Jackson Railroad. | ‘there 18 no matches works Did imposition derange manufac. | Water irom Bonnet Carre crevasse nearer the city ture or check consumption? What yield this year? | (han Hemed! Mies oye ver in. front of the city Genera! Pleasanton made tie following reply and jailing. ik Right Hon, Roser? Lows, Chancellor of the Ex- Geneval Thompson asserts that there 1s no danger choquer, Londoa:— of the city being overfowed, Tax on friction matches works well. in the telegrapi office of the War Depart- ment, whence these messages were sent, and which tariff of charges was known to the Seerctary of State at the time of sending the messages, and at the time of sending and paying for other messages similarly sent aud charged in the accounts and paid for at the tar rates as charged. The Euglish Tax on Friction Matches. Commissioner Pleasanton to-day received a despatch from the Chancelior of the Exchequer at Lonuon, as follows: Manufac- tare not deranged nor consumption cheeked. Yieid é 4 $2,000,000 per annum. NEW YORK CITY. A PLEASANTON, Commoner. = ‘The above telegraphic correspondence is the result of the recent proceedings in London, connected with the introduction of a billin tue British Paritament proposing a tax upon matches, reference to which was mage in the cavie despatches of this morning. ‘the Hight of Women to Vote to Be Tested in the Courts, To-day, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Mrs. Sarah J. Spencer and Miss Sarah A. Webster, two of the ladies refused registration at | (wednesday) evening, in the Cooper Union. A paper will be the recent election for delegate to Congress aud | read vy Professor Plympton on “Original Experiments wi members of the House of Deiegates of Use Territory 1 see tes: we by Leicester Allen, on of Columbia, entered suit by their attorney Bollers.” i Pe aioupiad tie ukentcee cet Riddle and Maller, against (he registers for Dante! Kelly and Witiiam Dougherty, fee Wal’ ktowa to enter their names en the lists of qualified Voters. | ar thieves, were arrested by some officers of the First pre- They lay thetr damages at five nuncred dotlurs | einct yest Tday, morning, at the corner of Broudway and each, and the anits brought will be daly provecnted | 5 They are two of notorious jung ot pick- with the view of finally testing their rights .to | Pockets who wore the cara, and Judge Dowilng sent them to eitizensitp belore the Supreme Court. Comparative Progress ot Vopuiation in Europe and the Uniied States. fhe President, curing #he last session of Con Warden Brennan, of Bellevue Hospital, by the ald of the HERALD, has succeeded in awakening an interest in his scholars, ani tay received six handsome chromoa—land and water seapes—to adorn the wails of the hospital waras. Colonel B. T. Morgan, late superintendent of the city de- livery, has been appointed Assistant Postmaster, to till the vacancy ocersioned by the death of William B. Taylor, and yosteruay entered upon the discharge of the duties of is oflice. The New York Society of Practical Engineering meet this A man named Patrick O'Suilivan, aged twenty-seven years, woo was * bateher in Cherry street, was taken in a riage to Bellevue on Wednesday last, sufering f Internal parns. He. stated that he ad heen weeating wits ress, Iu compliance With @ resolution of the Senate, anther, man and had fallen violently, and "be. vt * weved he verely injured. He lingered unt transmiéed to that body the report of Samuel B, A e died. His triends applied at the oes h certiticate to bur Reggles, delegate from the United States to the International Congress at the Hague tn the year 136% It cancludes a8 follows:— tare, PREPATORY (0 PART SECOND OF TIE REPORT ON THE COMPARATIVE PROGRESS OF POPULATION IN EUROPE AND IN THE UNITRD STATES, The preparation of tits part of the report has been Twpevoldably delayed by the necessity of obtaining ‘sowMerous statisacs of the populetion Of the various irasions.of Karope, not only at different periods, but frequently with houndaries largely changed, reneer. ing the population tables of Jittle value. It was also poewsary to await the completion of the recent census of die United States m 1870 to ebow Its pro. grest in comparison with that of the States of Larope as a whole and also separately, and the cody, and ‘dl igo of the manner In Which he was lnjurel A cout, ge ot | mortem examination showed that death was caused by BRUTALLY BEATEN WITH A BAR OF 1:09. A dispute arose between Chritian Smith, of 199 Broome street, New York, and Peter Ménahan, Patrick Gillen and Patrick Devine, workmen employed at ntine's iron foundry, corner of Lnlay and Summit streets, Brooklyn, voaterday. During the trouble words waxed hat as the mol. Ten iron, and a cold bar of the latter hi by the tiree lest named fellows, who laid #01 upon the devoted cramun of Smith rig uy fible and bleeding from bjs wounds, at the feat rutal assailants, Seelug that they had accompliahed thelr cow- arely euterprise to a satisiactory degree, they “skedaddled, espeuialy tose who are to copvibute in ot wince been jouad: A warrint waK procured for any commdezab'e degree to the tnunigration prehension @ police are on the lookout for the into the United’ States. Reserving the full rela. Fuelr victim had hls wounds dressed aud ue exibition of these jateresuag particulars aT TRY Oe for a detatied report, it may now be stated in gen- eral shat Uie vate of Increase of the poyulation of burope during the century from 1770 to is70 has | CHEAT FIRE AT PRINCETON. varied but Hitle irom one per cent yearly, or ten per Fourteen Horses Burned. cent componmied ab tie end of every decede, A tremen tous fire occurred at Princeton, N. J., on Tuesday ot ine vane = “ge hay i tf mt he ti po as morning, about half-past one o'clock, in the stables of the ‘Of the period, amin with the Are | yy, jotel, Fenrtee ed; or four decades until tie present thane, wheit It 19 | jm the prapertytot Mr, Bath, oete cea gett ee ee but tte more than stx-tent of One | total lone 1 estimated at $7,000, The ure Je supposed to have ner cout yeni. compounded the end | been te work of ao incendiary, H BOUTWELL’S BUDGET. | MURDERED WITH A RUNG. A Jocular Remark Leads to a Quarrel That Ends in Murder~The Victim and His Alleged Murderer—Evil Effects, of Beer and Banter. Financial Operations of President Grant’s Administration. Figares Do Lie Sometimes, Especially Those of the Treasury Department, A muider of an extraordinary character occurred in Wilflamsburg: yesterday morning, the victim being John Gass, the proprietor of @ lager beer saloon and boarding house at No. 39 Division and hi 4 upon the official or semi-official statements of al- . ment. Previous to the tragedy there was @ quarrel leged acts pnt forth. hy: the! Treasury Deparment at between Gass and Connors in tne dining saloon of Washington for the purpose of bolstering up the Alanson Eckley, in Grand street, near the ferry, the Nigh Wx potley of the atministestin... From’ tine to uarrel originating in a joke perpetrated by Connors tame such statements are published as tney are 1s- that was harmices in itecir, sued to let the people see the best that can be said . for Secretary Boutwell; put, at the same time, | _ 1¢ 8Ppears that there is in the saloon mentioned a powerful Maltese cat, a pet of the waiters and other os imperial a is fe cree to expose all | omployés of the saloon, that has achieved some We have been treated to several electionecring celebrity for fighting and beating away any dog that bulletins showing a wonderful reduction of the war pa papell aaa anes daghapany 3 taxes since the commencement of the present ad- I they oiten saying to the waiters that they knew of a ministration, amounting, we are Informed, to about | aoe mas could beat thelr cat. When John Connors $80,000,000 per annum. Now what afe the facts? Let us examine tne went there yesterday morning he addressed one of the walters, Ing, “I hi regular annual reports of the Secretary of tne Treas- a Ai afeardl oct ace ia ant ury. The receipts from all sources for the fiscal Pl At that time John Gass ana his friend Carlo year ending June 30, 1869, were as follows:— th were sittin, tabl pi ede 110,048,420 | Smith gat a table discussing an oyster stew, and Gass, thinking that the remark was Internal revenue. 158,356,460 Lauds... . 4,020,344 | addressed to him, said to Connors, “You cannot Direct taxes. 765,085 | 1ick me, nof one side of me,’ or words to that effect. Miscellaneous... 27,752,820 Connors, who was apparently im liquor, as were also Gass and Smith, talked back, and after afew words Gass jumped up and strack him, giving him @ black eye by the blow. THE MEN CLINCHED, and after a struggle between them Connors left the saloon, and meetng officer Keyser askea him to ar- rest Gass for assaulting him. The officer tola him that he could not do so, as he had not witnessed the assault, but advised him to go with him to the station house and make @ complaint there. Con- nors agreed to do 80, and accompanied the officer some distance, but finally concluded that he would make no complaint, ‘The officer then left him, and nothing more was heard of the dii- culty until about an hoar or so afterwards, when the police were notified that & man Was assaulted in First street, near South Second strect, three or four Total..... av e00 + $370,943, 747 The receipts for tne fiscal year ending June 30, 1870, were as follows:— Customs....... Internal revenue Lands....... Miscellaneous... Total.... $194, 538,374 186, 128,859 +$411,255,477 Previous year. 370,943, 747 Increase of tax..... seevee $40,311,730 Instead of a reduction of taxation we find that during the year ending the 30th of June last there was extorted from the people in the shape of taxes over $40,000,000 more than during the year previous; in fact, the exact increave was $40,311,730 42, very nearly $1,000,000 per week, Let us come down six months later and sec if matters mend, The receipts of the national govern- ment from all sources of taxation during the agx months ending the 1st day of January last were $200,198,351 35. The receipts for the corresponding ix months of the previous year were $199,246, 722 19, It Js plain, area tae oe was Lb teeen of taxation up to the 1st day of January of the present yoar, Buty bu ene ‘contrary, a steady” inckeaser kur | ‘The police, having been notified of the death of ig the future any more Aopelul. Gass, arrested Connors and Smith, and they are It 1s estimated that the goth of June next will show | detained to await the action of Coroner Whitehill, that there has been raised from all sources of tuxa- | WHO ordered & post mortem examination to be tion during the fiscal year that ends om tnat day | held. The inquest will probably be hela to-morrow $110,000,000 more than enough to pay all the ex- | evening in Justice Yoorhees court Toom. penses of the government, and the interest on our | John Connors, or “Long John,” as he 18 famiitarly public debt for the year, called by his acquaintances, 1s represented to be a ‘the unnecessary tax, or excess over and above | duiet and unassuming young man of previous the requirements of the government, has been avout | 8004 character, and none who knyw lum $100,000,000 per aunum during the first two years of | believe that he was capable of commit. President Grant’s administration. The extortion of | Une , the evidently premeuitated murder for the third year bids fair to be increased ten million dol- | Witch he 13 heid to answer, He made no lars or more. And yet we have official bulietins and | @ttempted to escape from the police. On the con- speeches without number snowing a great decrease | Wary, Wuen ho heard that he was suspected of tne Of taxation! The burden is rendered all the more | Murder he started toward the police station to sur- grievous by the certain knowledge that the enor- | Tender himself, and was arrested while on his way. uous amounts thus extorsed are not properly used. | 89 18 represented to have Leen a genial and kind- pome days ago the Treasury Department furnished | hearted man when sober, but when under the milu- the Washington correspondents with an official bul | nce of veer passionate and quarrelsome. He wis blocks from the saloon alluded to, and on repairing to the point indicated they found Gass lying on the sidewalk in an insensible condition, HIS SKULL BEING FRACTURED bya blow from behind witha cart rung. He was immediate'y removed to the Fourth street siation house, and was attended by Police Surgeon Creamer. He was then sent to his home, where he continued m @n mnsensible state until nine o'clock, when he expired, THE ACCUSED, Jetin, Wich Was telegrapued to the press ail over | & native of Germany, and leayes a wile and three the country. It stated that during the first two | children in good circumstances, woes years of his administration President Grant had re- Smith, the companion of Gass when he received duced our public debt $204, 754,413 09, and thereby | 118 death-blow, says that all he knows of the occur- decreased our annual interest burden exactly | Tence is that while he and Gass were on their way “$11,587,461, Mostly in gold.”? home @ man came behind them and struck Gass on Now, in fact, there 1s scarcely truth enough in the | the back of the head with @ cart rung, and when whoie bulletin for a foundation. Where it is not | Gass fell the man ran one way, and he (Smith), wholly false the facts are distorted almost past | fearing that he would aiso be assaulted, ran away in recognition. ‘the whole thing 18 @ fraud upon te | #nother direction, He is unable to say What kind of taxpayers. my the murdaeces 1s, and has Be Knowledge - his fhe real truth is that up to tle 5th inst., or size or general appearance. He was so seared, in- ae first two years and ue month of ik adnan deed, according to his own story, that he fell twice tration, President Grant has, through bis Secretary | Wile running away. of the Treasury, extorted from the taxpayers, wi- necessarily, over aad above the requirements of the government the sun of $217,349,698, which has been OSLTVARY. expended in eiorts to pay off our national debt be- ———eeeeeeeeee fore it became due, but Which has been so badly Emile Deschamps. managed that only avout half that amount of the debt hus really been paid, Up to the present time only $126,927,600 of our national debt has actually been paid, and our an- nual interest burden has been decreased exactly $7,601,656—no more and no less. ‘fhe money has been expended by Secretary Boutwell as follows:— Premium ou bonds bought. Bounds bought for sinking fun Bonus pata (special fund)... Our special correspondent in Paris reports the death, at Versailles, on Sunday last, of Deschamps, the French poet. We are somewhat uncertain whether the deceased is Emile or his brother Antoine, as both are or were poets of eminence, Nevertheless we venture to suppose that Emile is the one referred to, as his reputation so far exceeds and overshadows that of his brother that he is the Money expended..... *s3,;8227,249,698 | one generally referred to when “Descl Only the amount of the 1 ber Ls ly referred to when “Deschamps, the Ly Uh ie special fund can be re- poet,” is spoken of. pe fide as the paid up portion of the national debt. TT Emile Deschamps was born in Bourges on the ‘ue bonds purciased for we special fund are at once destroyed, the interest stopped and the amount | goth of February, 1791. He received a brilliant edu- cation at Paris, and on terminating bis studies at vs the principal properly deducted from the puoiic the early age of fourteen gave evidence of possess- ing the genius which, in after years, made his name famous, In 1812 he composed a patriouc ode, en+ titled “La Paix Conquise,” which attracted tne attention of the first Napoleon, About this time he employed his time tu aiding his father in the management of his property. On the return of the edt. Every dollar, on the other hand, that ts turned into the sinking fund largely mcreases our burden of taxation, It adds to our interest burden tie ditier- ence between siinple and compound interest, aud practically doubles the principal. During the past two years there has been paid from the National Treasury the sum of $6,849,750 an terest on the sinking fund. In short, we have be paying sometning over three muliion dollars per year THE PRESIDENT IN ST. LOUIS. He Declines a Public Reception—His Visit En- tirely Private—Visit to the Carondelet Iron Works—Entertained by Henry T. Blow— The President’s Departure for Lafayette, Tn St. Louis, Mo., April 25, 1871. President Grant and his private secretary, Gene- ral Porter, since their arrival here have been cor- dially and quietly recetvea, having refused a public banquet, which was tendered them, The President has been the guest of William H. Benton, a wealthy private citizen and an old acquaintance. Yesterday the party, accompamed by a dozen prominent officials and politicians, visited several of the noted farms in the vicinity of the city, espe- cially that of the President's, which contains five hundred acres, and with the improvements is valued at a quarter of a million dollars. In the evening pubiic levees were held at Mr. Ben- ton’s, and ay Indian Commissioner Robert Camp- bell’s, where several hundred of the prominent citl- zens called upon the President. This morning, through the courtesy of Thomas Allen, President of the Iron Mountain Rauroad, President Gran tand a party of fifty invited guests, one-third being democrats, visited the famous tron furnaces at Carondelet, eight miles south of St. Louis, The party spent several hours in examming the works and witnessing the process of manutfac- turing the mettal at the Vulcan Works, which was decorated by a thousand fags and crowded with citizens of the vicinity. The party was entertained in seeing a discharge of twenty tons of molten tron. After the examination of the various estabiish- ments the company were invited to the residence of Henry 1. blow, late Minister to Brazil, who lives near Carondelet, A magnificent dinner was provided, to which ample justice was done by all. The President entered treely into conversation with every one present, and ali were pleasantiy enter- tained. President Grant was called upon for a speech, ana appointed Mr. Blow as proxy, who spoke upon the iron interest of Missouri, its growth and future development, and its need of governmental en- couragement. He especially claimed that @ pro- tective tariff, fixed and permanent, upon tron im- portations 1s necessary for the further development of the resources of Missouri. Mr. James B. Eads, engineer of the Illinois ana St, Louis bridge, was called and briefly re- ferred to that mammoth enterprise and its importance to the West, Late tn the even- ing the party returned to St. Louis, and @& levee was heid at Mr. Benton's until the President, at ten o'clock, took the Wabash and Toledo Rail- road to Lafayette, Ind., where he spends a few hours prior to returning to Washington. ‘This visit vo St. Louis was solely upon private business connected with his real estate interests here, He will spend ten days in this city on his return from the proposed visit to the Paclic in September, AMUSEMENTS. Boorn’s.—"‘A WINTER'S TALE.”’—Robert Greeve's old pastoral romance, ‘A Pleasant Historie of Do- rastus and Faunia,” would hardly be recognized in the delightful creatton of Shakspeare, “A Winter's Tale,” which combines in itself ail the absorbing and entrancmg elements of the tales of the ‘“Ara- bian Nights,” with a Robens-like puinting of oppo- site characters and contending passions such as only the great master could portray, Every- thing seems to brought together in this play to produce an harmonious as well as kaleidoscopic effect, It is essentially a play of strong contrasts, put even these contrasts are made to contribute to the harmony of the struc- ture. ‘A Winter's Tale’ was produced at Burton's theatre, December 22, 1851, with Dyott as Leontes and Mrs, Warner as Hermione, Hence, twenty féars have aimost passed until tts rovivai. ‘This length of time makes it a decided novelty to the general public, and the fact that scenic preparations for it commenced with the first opening of Booth’s theatre wade It also a subject of much special com- mentand interest, After two years of preparation and long and thorough rehearsals, the first perform- ance took place last night, ‘Ihe cast was the fol- jowing:— Sictlians—Leontes, King of Sicilia, Mr. Lawrence Barrett; Mamillius, his son, Miss Suste Glassford; Camilo, cup bearer to Polyxenes, Mr. A. W. Fenno: Antigonus, an old lord, Mr. D. C. Anderson; Her- mione, Mrs. Ada Clifton Mollenhaner; Perdtta, her daughter, Miss Bella Pateman; Paulina, wife to An- tigonus, Misg Mary Wells; Emelia, Miss Livingston; Lamia, Migs Vuitee; Hero, Miss Cave; aspasia, Miss Whitlock, Bohemmtans—Polyxenes, Mr. W. E. Sheridan: Flo- rizel, Mr. A. Pitou; Archidamus, Mr. H. Hogan; The Old Shepierdy Mr. ©, beuel; Tae Clown, lis son, Mr. i. Patemman; Auwlycus, @ rogue aud a pedier, Mr. Mark Smith, Owtmg to the extreme length of the first night's performance of such a play, and the linpossibifity of giving the various deiuils the necessary smoothness and attention, we cannot tow present a carefully considered criticism of the acting, but wili defer it until auvther performance shail be given. ‘The scenery, mounung aud accessories are tully up to the promises of the management and the expecta- tions of the public. The first scene 18 the vestibule of a Sicilian palace, with a distant view of Mount Ema and the Bay of Syracase, and the second scene, a grand banqueting hall. The second act opens with the Queen’s boudoir and closes with a prison scene. The interior of the theatre of Syracuse takes up th tunird and the fourth 1s occupied with the wilds of Bohemia. The magnificent statue scene of the last act is too weil known to need comment, The incidental sungs and dances give a pleasing variety to this romantic story. The house was crowded compound iuiereston the paid up portion of our national debt, the Treasury electioncering butieting ail ihe while forming us that the Interest ceased the very instant the bonds were paid, Secretary Boutweil informs us in his last monthly debt statement that he has paid $6,849,750 toterest on the sinking fund, On the other hand, Acting Secretary Richardson, in his offictal elecuoneering bulletin, dated Trea- sury Depaitment, April 5, 1871, gives us to under- staud that the laterest has ceased on ali the bonds purchased, and that our interest burden has been reduced $11,537,461 per annum, Mr. Boutwell 1s for once correct and Mr. Ricnard- son in the wrong. The reduction of our interest burden is but $7,001,656 per annum, not $11,537,461, Bourvons the young man, who hated them intensely, manifested his animosity, not only by his verses, but by bringing dowa the police upon him for going to the fortifications of Vincennes and offering, in the name of the people, a poem in honor of General Damuesnil. The annoyance to which he was sub- jected he revenged with some sharp verses, It was not, however, till 1815 that Desciiamps really began his literary career. He had, up to that time, made jitue reputation, ‘The prose artucles he had written were not of any imporiance, and lus verses were scat- tered in the pages of the periodicals, admired each by @ little circie of readers, but unnoticed by the as he erroneously states. If the $217,349,698 that | masses. During 1818, however, he produced, in hit has been unnecessarily extoried from the taxpay- | eraly partnership with M. Lavounche, two comedies, ers, and expended inthe purchase of bonds, nad | entitled imours de Florian’ and “Le Tour been properly managed, the reduction of interest | de Faveur,” which were erormed mo would have been six per cent in gold on the whole | than one hundred times, and which gave to Casi- amount, or $13,040,981 88 per annum. Through | mir Delavigne his idea of the “Comédiens.” Vicious legislation and Executive mismanagement Soon aiter Deschamps took part in the great strug- it falls short about half. gle between the classical and the romanuc schols of We have opposed trom the first the policy of ex- | iiterature, standing in the frunt rank amoug the in- cessive taxation for the purpose of paying the na- | novators. He founded and directed, with Victor tional debe before it Is due. We coula have had | Hugo, de Viguy, Nodier and others, La Muse #ran- our own way tle whole $217,000,090 that has been | gaise, mm wich he inserted several morgeaur of unnecessarily extorted from the taxpayers wouid | poetry, remarkable for their grace of expression, now be in the channels of trade tustead of the ‘Trea- | and some literary prose articies, which he signed sury Vaulis, Where 1t is So badiy managed by Secre- | Le Jeune Moraliste, and of which &@ biographer says ry Boutwell, We have characterized this extor- | that their wit did not destroy their reasoning. These lon as the poltey of the administration, President | articles were collecied in 1846 and pubilshed under Grant has encouraged and sustamed pis fpunce | the ule of “Le Jeune Moratiste du Xixime Sieclé,”? minister in his opposition to every measure for the | His “Etudes Frang et Ei 7? reduction of taxation, Had he exerted himsel: half | peared in 182°. One Of his most noteworthy per- as much for te reduction of our taxes as te did to Tormances was his trauslation of ‘ihe bell,” of jorward the questionabie scheme o1 annexing st. | Schiller, waich had been declared antransiatable, Domingo tie oppressions complamed of would have | and the piece of the “Kowances sur Roarigne.” le been loug ago removed, Deschamps also made ms name popular by his at tacks on the reviews, and by some novels und some criticisms, all of which were 1a y received by Among these were “Appartement a Louer,” “Une Matinee aux Invalides,” “Paul René,’ “Mea Cuipa,”? &e. He gave equally to ail the journals his literary productions, Al’ of mis writiigs are noticeable for their fins and elegance. He iso did much work in phe way of writing preiaces to the lives of | authors, aud was the most kind hearted and ser- viceable of French men vf letters, ever extending a helping hand to young debutants in literature, Without counting “Ivanhoé,’” an anonymous opera in prose, and the libretto of “Stradelia,” written for Niedermayer, @ great number of De: amps’ poetical composivions have been set to music by the masters of lis day, such as Rossini, Belni. lia | Malibran, &c. in Lsid le transiated, with M. Biaze, the poem of “Don Jaan,” and itis saad that he aided M. seribe in writing the “Huguenots."? WARNING TO SHIPMASTERS, Violation of the Quarantine Laws—Arrest of ‘Lwo Captains who attempted to Trick the Health Authorities—Tbeir t unishment Justly Deservi Tt will be gratifying to the citizens of New York to learn that Health Officer Carnochan, through his vigilant subordi- nates, has commenced the present quarantine sea- son of the port with the same commendable and characteristic energy he displayed m the man- agement of this tmportant post during last summer. That period was marked bya few designing shipmasters ‘and not over honest merchants ty whom their vessels were consigned by endeavors of divers type, yet parailel in the |“ “\mong his other Works are translauons of “Remeo measure of their criminality, to evade and violate the quaran- | and Julie’? aud “Macueth,” these two dramas, tine laws having espectal reference to the protection of the | wito prelaces and commentaries, forming the first pinces of a million of people, and thus subject | Volume Of the edition of bis we . His “Po sies pand death for men, pecuniary gain, and | Ges Creches,” published in 162, contains a collection unswervind purpose ot | Of Lagitive verses. One of his fluest pieces 18 that abating these evil latent the mind | Composed on the Occasion of the birth of the Priuce desviation that might have ensued aperial, He aiso made aumerous translations irom sis Sauber 0k Wins sore eranslanian hee Wy axe sir Walter Scott, Shakspeare and other Enuiish tere the story 18 « twice-told tale, They Know tue law inthe | | If M. Deschamps cannot rank among the great cases ur abould, as well ne they do tberr vesels; | poets of th rid, lis position ia very little behind 1 this, there ave m: tains pos: | Unem. ses are Notably sweet and elegant, disposition as to use every suilortrick | displaying tue poeuc genius combined with that te vain in the endeavor to disregard it, Such was the | mental culture. Of lato years he seldom wrote. | hat renienus ene Age had crept upon him, and though tis mind re- hauied | Matned as clear asever and could grasp the beaut: ognized ag | Tul ud Weave it into charming verses, his plivsical reumspect | strength Was almost broken and le was compelied to avoid MWe jatigues of labor as much as possible. Hut he Works he has left behind wul live many years aiter him, and will hold no obscure piace iu we lieratury of P.auce, conseque The quar each year due wotice in given of the faet, yet to all ship ina mpectiv by just auch sneering dit FY y bat the manner In which anil taught that heir pecullar games Jeaitiinate, will doubtiews cause them to In the ture. ‘The little didiowlty was this — ‘Captain Harvey Robinson, of tne schooner ter, and Captain Studams, of the schooner Caroline Rrehale; from Georgetown, D. G., both bound to uriigeport. éniered wis port’ Mi t. and with sneaked up to the © vier the Bro without xubmitting to an examination Tt waa evident from their manner of J. Monroe Campbeli. A despatch Irom Catro, I., announces that | Monroe Campbell, contractor of the Normal University butiding at Carbondale, while superin- tending the howstiag of material at the butiding on Monday last. was struck by some failing joists, and aied from the injuries he recetved, shore, the health authorities operating they imagined they bad weathered the vigilance of | y led accordingly, but the re | J, suit of this marine diptomacy did not jusuiy much merri- tbe lyna-eyed ofliciuia and ebi ment, A steamboat was despatched atter them anu the ves- | ayia were taken back to the quar anchorage. Oficer | rman, ot the Quarantine Pollce, arrested their captains, and Yesterday they Were taken before Judge Garietty ot the Euge- water Police Cour er the” charg tempting vade the henth | the prisoners i gauity to e re + ne oles but wubmitted in de that tney | WAS Well Kuown in this city a yrant of the law, As it was their first offence the | Was atone tine the heaviest cotto spiens view of the case and fined them twenty- | York. wut warned then that any futur oue year he «in question would be more Kev ere po n is said bo have controlled a Jarger pi vu of the cotton crop than any single inaividua | tomubseribe mynelf, yours, very tr penalty fy cates of this character isa fine of 1,000 and tweive months imprisonment, quite enough, vo | ‘ad or has ever controled. He was of comparativiey huaible origin, bUE rose PY lis OWA NMEdded exer Joudt, fo deter these or ike disposed Salk Waler gentlemen Trom reveating the of) ence, » tions to ailluence. last night, and the frequent appiause testified the appreciation of the public and gave Mr. Booth en- couragement to hope in the success of his liberal enterprise. ACADEMY OF Mvsic—-OnPHEONIST Srrinoting Frsvival.—Mr, Jerome Hopkins gave his annual Springtide festival last night before a rather large audience. He was assisted by Miss Cassie Renz, s0- prano; Mr. Albert Lawrence, baritone; Mille. Zephyrine, pianist; a slect body of Or- pheon singers and @ small orchestra, The programme, besides many — classicul worke, coniamed works by Jerome Hopkins, Sassford and Anthony Ret, Jr. The most interesting tea- ture was the superb rendering of “Ouro Nome,’ from “Rigoletto,” by Miss Renz, in which she sang up to G sharp in alt (with head voice, of course), every note being clear and well defined. Her voice 13 of Superior quality to the generality of American soprant, but its cultivation is of the st limited: description, Mr. Hopkins deserves ‘h eredit for nis energy and perseverance tn making these de- ser, ing echvols of the Orpheons a success. Barney Williams, The immortal Barney, In whose veins flows the blood of Brian Boromnhe, and who has been, per ec- cellence, the exponent of Hivernian drama for over athird of a century, leaves América in the Scotta next week with his talented and accomplished wife for a long period of absence. English managers have at length prevailed upon Barney to cross the Atlantic and quit for a time the scene of his greatest triumphs, With Florence, the Pub Brierly and Oben- rejser of the age, and Mrs, Florence, who shares her sister’s popularity, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbams will bid adieu to the shores of the great repablic and vanish in the London fog, to the regret of their my 1 iriends and admirers. The following correspondence explains itsell:— THE INVITATION, New Yori, April 4, 1871, Banvry WinttaMe, Esq DAR Ste--Understanding that you intend feaving for Europe on the 8d prox., the undersigned, sine of your many friends aud weil-wishers, desire to teaticy their appreciation of your worth as a citizen and the generous thy always ivnded by you and your estimable lady to the needy and sring OL your protession, by « complimentary toxtimonial at the Academy of Music In this city, on some eveniny to be specitied by you when we ean have an opportunity of ia, Willtatns @ hearty and farewell greeny. akey Hall, T. Hoffman, John R. Braty, Henry ©. Murphy, Charles E, Loew, Wiliam Cauidwell, Siro Del- monico, H, W, Genet, J. Townsend Connolly, M. 7. Bren- nab, Peter B. Sweeny, D. Quinn, Hugh Smith, Wm, ©. Trapha- », Richard B, Connolly, Nathanie: Jarvis, Jr, William M, feces, Thomas J. Creamer, Charles P. Daly, Willian Litehman, F, W. Loew, Thomas C. Fields, Michact Connolty, Joseph Dowling, Robert Cy Huiebings, John livey, Albert Cardozo, John Brougham, Jolin J. Bradley, Michael Norton, Lester Wailack, W. J. Ficrence. THE REPLY. GENTLEMEN Never have I been impresse ! with a keener nense of gratit nt occasion, when my wie and inyselt bi you so kindly # com- ation, when We are abo nit the land so thoroughly ured t by our artistic wa neitis on her pareby blood, on mine by adoption, ant consequensy in both by the ecnobling pride of nationality. may candidly sny that your letter only adds another long catalogue of kindnesses invariably received by Mrs. Williams and myself trom However, it is unavoldabie that I should quitting our cout for 80. lon asarily fp your bands, deciine it. In & period, the business 1 liams and myself occupies our time so thor should be anabie either to do justice to ourselses or the warm kindness of our irienda, May I therefore trust that in the sorrow of our parting irom you, without a word of adie upon the mimic scene, where you lave so often ap- plauded our eiforts, you will give us a God speed, and with ‘an ardent desire to feturn to our frends whose appreciation gurd We #0 highly value, Gentlemen, | have the honor WILLIAMS, and WESTERM RAVICATION. A New Route tor Trans-Mississippt Products Water Communication with the Lakes, MILWAUKER, Wis, April 26, Is71. ‘The steamer Lumberman made a trip from Oshkosh, Wis., to Prairie du Chiea, via the Fox and Wiscon- sin rivers, in sixty hours, She found good water the whole route. Should canal communication be opened tu the lakes, this will form an importot water communication irom tho Mississinpt river cash 3 CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, Important and Interesting News from Panama, Winderful Discovery of Coal and Oil Near A® Pinwall—Another Revolution in Colombia— The Stato of Chiriqui in an Uproar— Panama Threatened—Tho War Be tween Salvador end Hondurag Ended—Complete Defeat cf the Latter—-Earthquakes on the South Pacific Coast. ASPINWALL, April 21, Via Kingston, Jam., April 25, 1871, A wonderful discovery has been made of coal mines and oli wells thirty miles from Aspinwall, ‘The mines are reported to be inexhaustible, and the coal is said to be of a superior quality, equal even to the best imported. The government has givento the discoverer an immense Cract of laud. The rains are heavy, and the heat is excessive, There is another revolution in Chirtqui, and this time Tomas Herrera is the leader. Six hundred revolutionists have proclaimed him President, The insurgents recently captured the American steamer Montijo, The United States steamer Rescue has gone to recover her, The insurgents also captured the town of Las Tavlas and made prisoners of the garrison, President Correso escaped from the cita- del, Panama has been fortified, because of appre- hensions of an attack on the city by the insurgents. The impressments for the government service caused quite a riot in Panama, but quies now pre- vails, Advices from Bogota state that forty houses 10 Villa Valencla were destroyed by a conflagration. The war between San Salvador and Honduras ts ended, The former holds the territory of the latter, having defeated the army of Honduras everywhere. General Hatruch has beea made Provistonal Presl- dent. Intrenchments are constructed in the streets of the capital, from which the chief families havo fled. San Miguel was captured by the ailied rebel forces of Honduras, Hatruch’s army, it 1s reported, has been decoyed into the mountains of Honduras and their retreat cut off. Several earthquakes have recently taken place on the South Pacific coast. The Indians of Terra del Fuego murdered the captain and three sailors of the brig Propontis while in the Straits of Magellan, The Araucanian Indians are prepering for a gene- ral attack on the settlements. Two raids nave al- ready been made, in which several persons were killed and a number of women were carried off, Chile and Peru have granted the necessary con- cession demanded by Mr. Leigh, preliminary to lay- ing the telegraph cable connecting those two coun- tries, Acompany hasbeen formed to run steamships between Callao and China, All the stock 1s sub scribed. Later information greatly increases the amount of the losses caused by the overfow of the rivers of Peru, Additional Intelligence—Ex:iting Elections im Bogota—Progress of the Nicaragua Ruile roud—nzlish Seamen Murdered by Ine Gigys-Valparaiso Shaken by an Earthe quatce. * ASPINWALL, April 21, Via Kinaston, Jam., April 25, 1871. Advices from Bogota to the 20th ult, state that the elections are exciting the people, und everybody seems anxious to become a deputy, There are dates from Nicaragua to the 25th ult. A survey was completed of the railroad to connect Lake Nicaragua with Masaya. News has been received from Panta Arenas of a terrible tragedy near that place. The captain of the British ship Alexandrina and a boat’s crew went ashore and came in conflict with the Indians, who murdered them. The [ndlans then put off in canoes for the vessel; but those on board, alarmed by the yells of the natives, made sail and saved themselves and smp, The body of the captain has been found, There were two wounds on the body and the legs were cut oif, No trace has been found of his com- panions. An English war steamer 19 expected to go the scene of the tragedy and chastise the In« dians, Dates from Baranguilla of the 17th ult. announce the capture of the robbers who stopped the mais near that place and took the treasure. They con- fessed their goilt, and informed the authorities where the treasure might be found. The announcement is made from Valparaiso, Chill, of the 34 uit., that the “foot and month’? cattle disease, which has prevaticd 89 extensively lately, 13 disappearing. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Val- paraiso, As the the noise whieh generally pre- cedes the earthquake was heard thousands of people ran into the streets terror stricken. The walls of churches were cracked, while the services were holding, and a panic seized the congregations. The steeple of the Church of St. Augustine was knocked out of plumb, and may have to be taken down, ng JERSEY CITY POLICE COMMISSION. The Guillotine Again at Work—No Irish Necd Apply. The Police Commissioners of Jersey City held another meeting inst evoning and the guillotine was again brought into requisition, Sergeant fryan Harney, after twelve years’ police service, was unceremoniously dismissed, and a “walk+ tng guager"”’ on the Cunard dock, who never even handled @ baton, was appointed im his place. Jersey City never produced @ better police officer than Harney, His case, however, is not worse than that of Sergeant Jarvis Avres, wio bas been In polfco service in the city fom nearly twenty years. [He was never ‘listurbed during all tha poiltival changes in the city, aud though one of the most elicient 0 8, and yet im the vigor of life, he was reduced tothe ranks. Captain Jordan wad Serges nt Farrelly wera laced under the axe the very lirst migat of the removals, joraan waa formerly Ouiet of Police, and hi on bis record. W Vue ollice of chiet elective he would be hore of the people by’ an over: whelming Farrelly waa aiso ao excellent was an Irishman, and the flat ha men on the force, OF & majority o an, who had only recently been promoted for meritorious services, was the hext on te proserived list. Then came Voyne, Captaia ai others, all, with Robinson, Sergeant O'Connell and three ur four exceptious, beng Lrishinen, At alate moel swere presented from several for the appointment of certain force. Among the pet Messrs. Woibert, F: for the prominent citizens as men police silence and ¢ Up one of the Commissioners (be sappishly, “I wonder they do not ask meni." Mayor O'Neill bas become sy thoroughiy disgusted with the acts of the Commission that he las made up big mind toadiere to bis promise of withdrawing from all fure ther participation in te meetings. All the prominent men in the republican party, without an exception, condem: the proc! of this” junta, whi bring irretrievabie disaster ¢ rept fall, The ingratitude of this conclave ww: without whose support lw not obtain power meantime all ocracy were split up are becowing ied, aud there is a growin, aetermination on tie part ot those democrats who raise the repuviicans to power last fail to drive them out next tall. This conaviidation of the democracy is dug entirely to, the high-hauded aud outrajcous proceedings of the Voice Com mivsion, A BANK JOSTLER. A Push for iwo Huncred and fifty Dollars in Treasary Noves. Isaac Lawrence, of ? pace, no where,’ was arrested yesterday morning and taken before Judge Dowie, at tha Tombs, charged ty Heary H, Smith, No. # James street, with stealing $250 in currency from bis person, Smith had just drawn the amount from the Tradesmen's Kank, corner of Ronde street and Broadway, and was leaving with it {na pocketbook placed Iu bis 1ustde coat pocket whea Le met she wisouer on the stoop of the baa! Tue latver came wo my ih company with two vther men, aud “jostled” Blue ‘At the saine time be feit a pull at bis inside coat pocket, He kraspea the sieave of the prisomer's coat and Was too late to save the money. Ha hand iy 4 ckly. Ua bet Che of amorsantaed gi tueir organizadion: ucovssful ind, He wae ‘ston, 1a detwult of $2000 being of th held to a bail. ‘Three boys, Living 1a Cherry street, while playing about dock foot of pier i East river, yesterday morning, 4 covered the body of an ankuowa mag, abont thirty-fivd ars 0 ating in the water, an, making 1 fadty Fouled the Sereath preciuet pollee. ‘ay the body front the water a woul Was discovered on the back of the hendy bur whether 1. Was received Letore or after death remains to po determined by & postmorten examination, which will be mave by Dr. Marsh at the Morgue, Coroner Young bas the sein charge, Deoeaset was ive feet eit inches in height With black Lair aud whiskers, aud was dressed in cloties %