The New York Herald Newspaper, March 4, 1872, Page 8

THE EMIGRATION INVESTICATION. +The Sub-Committee Mean Business—Mr. King’s Profitable Transactions—An Entertaining Ex- pose—Tweod Concerned of Course—Slip- pery Dick O’Gorman’s Indignation, The sub-committee of the Assembly Committee on Commerce and Nayigauon met on Saturday morn- ing in the commtttee room of the Commissioners oF Emigration, to pursue the investigation of we alleged abuses that exist m that department. The @ub-committee comprises George C. Bennett, chair- man; Conrad Geid, D. W. Judd and 7. J. Campbell. Several of the Commissioners of Emigration Were Present, and Mr. Richard O'Gorman, Corporation Counsel and President of the Emigration Commis. on, waiched the proceedings on behalf of nis Colleagues. Alter the Chairman had taken his seat at the head | of the table Mr, Kichard O’Gorman delivered a lengthy address on bebaif of the Commissioners of Emugration, in wiich he demanded an explicit siatement of the charges against them, and an- nounced that they were prepared to appear and answer all questions required referrmg to we abuses that were reported Lo exist. ‘The first witness called was George W. Daly, who Stated tat m 1865 and 1568 be was employed as United States devective at Castie Garden, but, m | the latter part of 1866, was discharged irom his | position. Mr. Daly told A VERY SORROWFUL TAL among Other abuses stated that the cnugrants were | charged six cents for packages tor having tuem | drawn from the yard a 1ew steps without the fence, | They were aiso charged ten c@nts per package for { Storage, and the loai of bread tor wiich wey were | charged ten cents weighed two ounces less than | (mat soid lor the same money outside. The pur- | chase of gold was also a complete swindle, che gold | Mdivator generally showing three or four per cent dower than the Wail street bulictins, fle also re- Membered a very disgracelul case, when @ young emigrant girl was taken out of te institution, robbed of en or twelve dollars ana immured in a house of 1 fame. The scoundrel Who aoducted the giri Was subsequenuy employed by the Instituliou. in Jaci, ia mr Paly’s | @piniol, everything was conducted in @ iouse and j Tolen mann | ! ! NOP AN ANCILLARY BARR, Mr. Barr, Oue of the Couunissioners of Emigration and General Picket Agent of tne brie voud, Was Wen exaunied, and Lestitied Laat tie did nob make a@uy application for nis appoimtment, and could | oniy imugite he had beea appoiled irom tue Opinion that Having a railroad wan on tue Coumls sled Would materiaily serve the interesis oi whe Mr. barr inen ¢. w 1uil explanation Of Wie wethod OF transportation for emigrants; du emigrant trains occurred we Commission aways ound fault with the railroac i | for which SPODSLOLE; pounds ol bag. y 100 pounds; as iar as ged $1 sv Jor every 100 | pouuds oi da; ithe Mrs © passen. ger #2 lor the sume amou. Class ireigat is | charged at $1 20, anu vlieu goes on the same (rain | jor whica 8 given a receipt tor their bugga Ioad company hoid tuemseiy @p enugrant is aliowed eiguty aud a first ¢ Suialo the emu THE EMIGRANT 18 MULCIED the sum Of $1 80; ine amount of irae is uncertain, but they sometimes carricu about uiteea hundred Passengers daily. dir, W. Wallach, one of the Comuussioners of | Emigrauion and schvol Comuisstoner for Queens county, lestided taat fi tid not soucit lis appoint. | meant, did 1t Wis a Source of no emolument wilat- | ever; Was geuerally ut the Gardea tree days & | Week; had noiing to do with the disoursementa, | but has ovcasionaily relieved certain (amilles whom | Mt Was Convenient to send to Ward's island; the | | purchasing agent (Klag) was appointed ai te re- commendation of Mr, Frear; had heard that he was @ relative ol rweed's; Witness objected to the ap- polntwnent of King, but was overruied. (Mr. Te Je Catppell here imterrupted the witness, and stated | tat King was a son of Tax Comuuussioner King, and | Ro relative of ‘fweed, was of the opimion wet ib , Would be of bencilt to the emigrauis li ihey couid NOL purchase tueir railroad Uckets vuishie ie Ga @en, as itmade them subject to Imposition, The Tates of fare would provaviy be reduced if tuere was | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARUH 4, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. Society, composed of # board of twenty-six irus- tees; had atiended pretty closely to the business of the Commission and protested against tue doings of Mr. King, who bought at extravagant prices; did not make @ formal complaint to ine Commissioners; is in favor of ttipg rid of the able-bodied men attera term two years has elapsed, THE MORAL PUBLIC OFFICER, Mr. Bernard Casserley then testified that he had bo connection whatever with any boarding house or restaurant; never had received any emoluments or presents; had been offered a set of diamond studs by Robert Murray, agent of the New York Central Railroad; handed them vack, and had not spoken to | | Murray since, except on oficial business; since his connection with the department, in 1847, has never received any presents of any kind; have heard Mr, ‘fweed's name mentioned in regard to some of the appointments made in the Department. ‘the examination then concluded, and the Chair- man adjourned the investigation. ART MATTERS, Studio Notes. Mr. Constance Meyer has just completed a picture of an Italian market girl in his most happy manner. A charming brunette, advancing throagn one of those riant paysages which make life so charming in Southern Europe, On her head the girl carries a basket of frult, which has been painted with care and delicacy. The picturesque costume of the coun- try, with its brilliant colors and striking contrasts, afforus the artist an opportunity to dispiay his power in the nice balancing of hues so as to give richness and strength while preserving HARMONY OF TONE In this Mr. Meyer has succeeded admirably. ‘ But | what will strike the ordinary observer first will bo | the charming ease and grace which ke has imparted | ef the management of afairs in those days, and | to the peasant girl, without taking from the air of | naturainess and truthfulness which breathes throngh the whole paimting. In the distance we see the mountains and cloudless blue sky, with its bright and clear atmosphere, which tells of the glorious summer time. We believe this picture will not meet the public eye, as a rich Southern gentle- man bought it on the easel. We congratulate him on his good fortune tn becoming the poasessor of A CHARMING WORK, Mr. S.J, Shannavsy has completed a very intér- esting moonlight ‘picture of one of the Swiss lakes, in wich he dispiays constderable power. He ia steadily at work upon a@ quict, pleasing landscape which represents “Plymouth in i871.” ‘The old home oi the Pilgrim Fatners 18 scen in the distance, not too near nor yet too removed. ‘The mind has liberty enough to forget the present and wander bacs to the vid times: when the straggimg colony lata the loandation of the great republic, of which we are all so proud to be citizens to-day. In the foreground some sueep are browsing on We ge bolts and ithe middie distance we see on ot | the numerous small lakes witleh abound in tne neiguborhood. ‘The composition ot the pieture is SIMPLE AND EFEECTIVE, and there is abont it that charm of naturainess and repose which 1s one of the greatest charms of te | modern landscape, Ju the sculpture department we notice a very plever portrait medaiiion or the respected Ameri- sculptor, Kaudoiph Rogers, who resides in This) we is by of our cleverest sty interte very much with his worldly advancement, medallion wader notice 1s on exhibiuun at Tifany’ and well deserves the attention of tae visitor: The modeling is free aud sausiactory and the treat- ment is really artistic, It has been rendered into murbie vy Mr. Cushing, who knows THE WHOLE GAMUT OF HIS ART, and therefore 1s asle to preserve tue feeling of the original model in the more beauufu: and lastiug marble. We hope to see many more works of equal merit from this taiented artist. ‘Thomas M. Cash has just Onished a remarkably spirited paimting of a group of yachts belong- Ing to the New York Yacnt Club, on an out side cruise, The vessels are seen advancing caa | Kom | sculptors, Mr. Cushing, Whose moc one 1e towards the foreground, aud the sense of motion tn the vessels has been admitaply caught. Mr Cash has @ sailor’s love for the briny deep, and there 18 everywhere such evidence of knowledge, both of the sea and the ships, as We look for mm vain 1n most oi our marine pictures, Where the artist aims only at producing some iitue, tricky effect. We regret that the artist has not carried this “Qutaide View” as far forward a3 we could wisa, but the general result has been | remarkably succeasiul. Among tho Gallerics. more open compeution. The whole expense vi off Tent, agents ang commissions to runners amounts | WW about twenty-five per cent, waich migit be | waved I LicKets Were Not soid outside oO: arden. | aut prices about one per cent lower uran tnatorered | on Wall street. Atarough estimaie, the ousiness | amounts to about one willion a Yr annuin. | Witness thought that pr. Kessler FOK VOLITICAL REASONS ONLY, ashe was a thoroughly efliciert tian and spok Enghish and Geriuan fuently. The New 1 Printing Company did work for the Commission ana charged very exorbitant p. nearly | double ordinary rates, There have been'several | complaints about the ubduction of young girls, but, OM Investigation, Lacy turned out groundiess, A | paid commission, Of about tive good men, cuuld, | ome dispense with several of the empioyés. | ‘he right men should be paid a salary ol about | $10,000 per aunoum, | Mr. James &. ledges, of the firm of fedges, | Power, Lane & Co., Loo: and sioe dealers, testified shat a Mr. F, Bacon bought goods irom their | Drm, and that they were instructed to send the bills | to the purchasing ageni, Mr. King, at the following i res: t Omuniesioners® | Bill Per Pair, | Beptember 1, 1870. #100 | Boptember 1, 110. aco Beptember 1, 18/0. 120 | 1 1 1 if 1 February 2 1 Februar, 1w! ‘April, 40 The bills were ali seat to Mr. King, by whom ue firm were paid, and then Mr, Bacon’ was in we | havit of coming and coliecting the ditference pe- | p tween his price aud that furaished Mr. King: wit- Hess understood that Mr. King frequently purchased Doots and shoes at auction, Which must have given him @ stil larger margin, as he provavly got iaem cheaper. Mr. John S, Williams, of the firm of Willlams & Guion, testified that the different steamship com- panics ana ship Owners had agreed to give a lay Bamed Nolan twenty-five per cent ior twelve months on the thercase of their profits if the Legis- Jature passed an act making tie head tax $1 59 in- Blea y 18 now collected every week; ny of the Coummtssioners re= ceiving any ben he passage of the act; about 220,000 emigranis land aunuahy, making Nolan's commission avout § 3 the opinion that af the bi dat would be of dimmense benelt to commerce and emigrauon; did hut think that i would be A WISE MOVEMENT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to take charge of emtgration. Mr. Leonard ve! Ww slated that he | 5 | a's Isiand, Mi With the ght prices of some )pomtineat of dir, <l by contracts acs | es had incre; ; Mneat and wml by the Commissioners; Irving has furnished for the last seven years; polling meat is | furnished two cents per pound cheaper this | year than formeriy; did not ihimk that | there anything uuiair in accepting | Mr. Irving's contract, but if tt was as low us any other the Comunssioners would no doubt have given Mt tne preférence, as irving always furnished good | meat. Does not viauk there are mo: mployes | Wan necessary, bus is of the opinion tat abie- | bouled men, ib good healtt, should not be allowed | to Joaf on Ward's Isiand for five year On tue | average Wards and generally commodates | about 1,000 emigrants, Has never receivea any | is with the excepuon of | salary aud living for ni Rev. Kovert Ne testt- durden on behair of 3 an very Weil satistied With the manner in which business ‘was conducted; liad always found the Commission. | ers ready to rectiiy any nuiwance tha ben dency towards the discoulort of the « te | Mr. Thomas Canary testified that be had tue cons tract for the delivery of emigrants’ baggaye through. ont the city; he had got the appointineut by lis own | application and THE ASSISTANCE OF SENATOR NORTON; ‘was interested in the business wit Lim; charged forty uts to any place vbeiow File. + wud | fiity cents to Brookiyn ana J business | amounted to about $20,000 pr ving nim | @oout seven or Cight thousand profit; was some- ues not paid by the emigrants; Senator Norica | retired from the business about two months sinc Mr. Richard U'Goriuan, the President of the Con Missioners, Lien testulied that be Was 4 regular at- tendaut ab all meetings of the Board, and was satisiied that affairs were pow conducted much more to the advantage of the emigrant than for- merly; had heard some complaints; thought it was alierwards to Sandford and b | nearly eigat miles, the old oarsman Hauks, the Treasurer of the Boat Club, ‘The activity of the picture trade in the auction rooms has im some measure iuterfered with the prosperity of the art galleries; put these will, no | Gola is bougat m the Garden vy iourditerent iirms, | GOUbt MaKe & Vigorous effort to regain taeir Old Ins | be fucuce. Indeed, the effect of tne competition 1a the trade is already becoming visible 1m the rearrange- ment of tne collections and the production of mm- portant works which had been held tn reserve. SNEDICOR'S GALLERY has becn enriched by one of those quiet, natural- istic pictures of French life by Bouguereau, in which we can almost trace a tinge of sadness. The present work 18 entitled “Norman Washerwoman.”’ in treating his subject the artist has happily caught the character of this simple and picturesque people. As 1s usual in his studies of Norman liie, the color 18 but subdued, is) about all pictures so much of the irestiness of nature combined with an unaifected simplicity that We are more attracted by them than bv more striking subdjecis, Like most real artists Bouguereau has been driven, by the emptiness of é , | modern life, to seek for subjects for his pencil tn | Ura culldhocd or among the poor of the counuy who have been least aifected by the PROSAIC TENDENCY of modern tdeas, which seems to be fatal to the picturesque. ‘two works by Thom, an American | arust of considerable talent residing abroad, deserve | #ery javal ‘Thi alieution, “the Launcn” and “the Grindstone the Influence of the French school on a vigorous and original miud., ‘Lhe same freedom and volduess of drawing wWaich 1s so striking a quality in the Frencn 59 | school bas Leen joined to a brilliancy of color which | Surry,” said Ali, son approaches to the modern Italian colorists, and, we may add, has some oi their iaulis, ‘the colors ap- to py been used pure, bui the result 3, on Uie Whole, very satisiactory. One of the most pleasing works we have seen af. ter Amperg is entitled **Mediiation.” A young jady, dr tree, witi of the fac: ‘The es sslOn Vgrove in the distance, » uted 100K8 of and the reposeiul, concentr the maiden have that suggestiveness which tells of thoughtin the composition. We ice! the influence Of some sympathetic power whic places us at on in communion With the lonely watcher, The picture ds stroug, aud dispiays caretul handing. SCHAUS’ GALLERY, Here we have @ small nuinber of excellent works, among others a landscape With sieep, by Kosa tons hear, ‘ue animals are drawn with freedom and boluness. But it 1s in the texture painting tuat the Most Loree 18 Shown. cuities of iiterature in low lue, are brimiul of humor, Pe ke ae THE UNIVERSITY BOAL RACE. CAMBRIDGE, Feb. 16, 1872. ‘The President having devoted about an four to the usual tub-sparring, the crew leit Searie’s under the supervision of Mr. Lowe, and were taken to Buitsbite, with one or two stoppages. Liere they wore allowed an airing on the bank. Qn returning tome boat they paddled to Grassey, where they eased, and then on to Pike and Kel, where they again disembarked for a short time, and rowed home by @ quarter to five. The pace was very good, but they did not appear to row so regalarly as could be wished, On the bow side No, 3 was given to curing tie water, and No. 6 was inclined to ve too quic ‘the men are evidenuy experienctng the first eilects of training, and m @ day or two @ much bet- ler periormance may be expected. OXFORD, Feb, 16, 1872, Mr. Lesley, tne President of the Boat Club, as sisted by au old oarsman, took several 1 of the crew out in tub pairs early tits afternoon, and pro veded from horseback. ‘Their rowing was still restricted to about twenty-seven strokes per minute, The hew boat, by Messrs, Salter, is rapily Prt te oats compietton, and in another fortuight will be quiie i for use. She 1s a beautiful specimen of the art Of boatbuilding, measures fifty-six Jeet four inches in length ana two feet wide, being a little narrower than tuat of last year, in which it Will be remem: bered ¢ the Oxonians were unsuccessiul, The crew are expected to discard ther gig eight for a light boat about the middle of next Week, ana will have about a fortnight’s training in a racing crait belore proceetiag to their headquarters at Patney. ‘The slight course of training already undergone has had its effect on the Weight of several of the cr: Mr, Malan, the giant o! te poat, in particular tesir Tying to Unis tact. To-morrow they will again go impossible to manage # Jarge lostitution without compiainis; had urged the reduction of the head tax, but was under the impression that the steam- Doal companies were to reduce their fares propor. tonately; has reaped no pecuuiary beneit whatever Jrom the appointinent; it was A LABOR OF LOVE; te Commissioners have been encroaching on their surplus funds since the decrease of tue head Vax, bUL 1s Of the opinion they would gu On all right MW the State would refund to them over $150,000 Which they paid as interest on $209,000 mortgage ob Quarantine property in which they have had uo luterest for We last eleven years, Mr. Joha Coonan, elilel clerk of the Landin, Burcau, testified that he gets $1,809 per annum, an has seven assistants at suluries ‘varying irom $1,000 W $1,500; could hot get on with less; bread and ovllee are supplied the eimigrants at tue lowest Fales—tive cents tor hail @ loat of bread a) live cents per cup sor cofee; bad never recer any presevis. My one of the Commisstoners, te- Mr. James Lync! ‘Uied Wat ue Was ¥resigent OF the Areh Kuigrent over the long course aad retura by Wain from Abing- don Juncuon. The London Rowing Club have accepted the chal- lenge 1 the Ataiauta Boat Oiub of New York to row a four-oared 1 on the iver Thames, tron Putney to Mortlake, the race to come off the latter end of June or beginning of July. Preparacions are in progress tor a satisfactory contest, SUICIDE BY SHOOTING. Coroner Keenan was yesterday morning notified to hold an inquest on the body of Mr. Edward uher- evoy, aman fifty-five years of age, who committed suicide the night previous in his room, at 40 King street, by shooting himeeif in the right ear with a revolving pistol, found lying beside tho body, De- ceased Nad been sick for a Jong time with consump- tion, which had gerved to make him despondent. By permission of Coroner the remains were re- moved to an undertakers, 194 Spring 8! from which place they will be buried, The inquisition ia the case will be nelg to-day, There | xd in grayish six, is seated under an ash | Two remarkabie character | | paintiugs bY Nicol, Mlusirating some oi iho dul. THE LONDON STAGE. Beauties of English Climate—Mourning Over the Lost Drama—Era of Sensations—Spur- econ and His Rivais—The Irrepressible Offenbach—Nileson the Next Star of Her Majesty’s Opera, Lonpon, Feb, 10, 1872, . The prospects of the drama are gloomy, very gloomy, just now; but there 1s nothing singular in that, for so also are the prospects of all other instl- tutions in this wind-rocked, rain-drenched, fog- draped island. Was ever known such weather? Call this a climate! You might as well call ita wheelbarrow! ° i “Arise, my soul, and with the sun thy daily course of duty run!” So sang that blessed pot of olntment the Rev. Dr, Isaac Watts, of busy bee and bark and bite memory, though tor my own poor | Part I can’t help thinking that the man who cannot manage to do his daily duty in more brillant style than the sun does his in these dreary latitudes might us well leave it alone altogether. It isa favorite boast of the Britishers that the sun never sets upon their empire. That may or may not be, but certain It ig that he rarely rises upon their capl- tal. London at this present writing is dark, dismal, disconsolate as that lake im the Helvetian Alps which 1s supposed to be haunted by the ghost of Pontius Pilate, Rain, rain, everlasting rain; a fog that you might cut with a Knife; pavements as wet as the sea, and @ breve overhanging firmament so muMea with cloud and mist that not an inch of blue sky has been visible for months past. Such 4s London, of which Dr. Johnson declared that it 1s “the best place in summer and the only place in winter.” A clear, clean conscience is that bird in the bosom which sings like a nightingale througi- out the darkest night, and were it not that the melodious songster tn question is everlastingly warbling in my breust I really know not what Would become of me in tnis Stygtan city; [should certainly go mad with despondency, but bappily the mens sibi conscia vecti keeps me as merry as a lark. We are now upon our second year of winter. I Know # man, avery clever fellow Indeed, with more | brains than breeches, who has made meteerology | the study of his life, and who ison terms of | personal familiarity with every star in the | heavens, and he knows for certain that we shall have no sumer this year, Certainly we had none worth talking about last year, We were roasung our knees before sea-coal fires 1a the mide die of last July, and there 1s no reason why we | should not be similarly employed in ihe middie | of next July, © Allah! who cares? Come what | Inay, let us keep the sunshine of the soul un- | clouded. Fate regulates all earthly things upon a wise principle of compensation, and there 18 much ‘ truth in the remark of an old writer, “If Providence | hath removed the Englisn to a greater distance | from the influence of those genial rays which ripen j the wits of Kastern nations it hath made the | Britons abundant amends by indulging them in the | conceit that they are wiser than ail the rest of the | world besides.” And truly there is not a little con- | Solation in that blessed thought. Yet, after ail said | and done, there is no denying that a climate such | as that with which Albton ts afflicted 1s exceedingly trying even to the most philosophic temper. There was @ time when, let the floods fall and the storms rage as they might, you could go tothe Play with a smooth brow and a light heart, happy in the knowledge that in the mimic world of we Stage you would tind scenery, landscapes, silvery Seas aud bright, Joyous scenes of “pastoral life.’? There was a ume when the transition from the Snow fields and icebergs of the Arctic circie to the | golden orange gardens and silver olive groves of Southern Itay was not @ change pleasanier or more complete than Irom the cold, bieak streets of Loudon to the warm precincts of a well-lighted theatre,where one of Shakspeare’s delighttul comedies, , Like it” or “fhe Midsumuer Night’s Dream,” tor | example, was being performed; but those com/lort- | able days have passed away, never, apparently, to return. Immortal 1 baita | WHAT A CHANGE HAS COME OVER US | The muse of the drama now fulfils her ranctions, even as Mrs. Commodore Tennion, in “Peregrine Vickie,” performed her religious dutes, with | | | } | | *rancorous severity,” and no play that does \ not pbristic. wilh horrors has the = slightest ; chance with the town, The scenes must “sensational,” that 19 to say, terriiic, blood-freezing, huir-stirring; and one or more of the dramatic personages 1oust be chucked oui of a window, thrown down & well, run over py a rail. way train, pitched into the seething sea, flung from the summit of a precipice into the yawning abyss beneath, or otherwise Inhumany treated, if the play 13 to have arun, Inthe absence of these ter- rors the drama, let its itterary pretensions be what they may, is received with cold disdain, and soon passes into oblivion, Nothing can be gloomier or More distracting than the aspect or anairs vut of doors in this Siberian weather, You seek comiort at the play, and what ao you ind? ERA OF SENSATIONS. You go to St, James’ Taeatre to see “Les Pauvres de Paris’—the poor of Paris, squalid and Tayged, shivering and cowering in the midnight blast, or | skulking In cellars and garrets; you go to the Lyceum (oO see & murderer, maddened with remorse | In a snow storm; to the Adelphi, to see & poor devil | ad herd foremost from the turrets , Notre Dame into tae street below (quis mem- inveniet ? quis oxsa 2); to the Olympic, to see a Woman In white wandering amid grive- SLULES O &@ MOC Hight, and everiasungly crop- ping Up Under Circumsutnces ihe most appalling; to | the Queen's to see the stage coaver into a vol. cano turowlng up sheets Of fame aid a food of is what We have come to in the Ibis a Suite of things utterly | land of Shakspear | are two charming genre pictures in which we trace | discreditable to the nation—a reproach and a scan- | dat to ine boasted intelligence of ie age; and | having said so much, there | ieave it. “ine man | WhO sp hould have one foot in the jaw of Mahomet, and tam | Very inuch of the sauie Way of Unuking, bo having | Sposen tie trutie | will now e’en gallop away as ias¢ as my sicod will carry me, making no further allusiog 1n this letter to (he degeneracy ertaer of the | cCuiuale or Lhe stage, bul COutenuug myself witn | praying tor you, dear reader, evea aS that priest prayed ior Lord Lexingto: ad Almighty turn ful ui from you und your lamlly, and make us all jess melancaoty.”? Luere has been little change of Jate i the play- Duis ut any of tae London nouses. RELIC OF BOXING NIGHT, At Drury Laue they are sult doing capital busl- ess Wilh Mr. 1. L, Blanchard’s pantomiuue of “Loin ‘Taumb,” which las outuived the festive season in Whose special service it Was origmaily produced, aud LOOKS stl aS tres and Vigorous as It ooked on Juxing Nigut, whew it Was represented for Lie frst | ume. “Bua, “sure denique Sines,” there are himits to wll Lainys, even to the Most presperous of panos luiihes, wid the day, or rather the night, 18 at hand Wien “Lom ‘ihuup’ will have to give way to “Amy Kobvsari,’? which will be revivea with great Spicndor of scenery and costume, Mrs. Hermann Vezin succeeding Miss Nelson as the representative Of tue herome, aud Mr. J. C. Cowper appearing as Var rather Coiily ow the fi fully since ‘len anu se pubite night by uignt. and eutiusiastic, aud the play will douvtiess good service to tue Munayer’s exchequer, 13 Uiat at had been put in aud actors, scene painters and stage mecuanists were ali at sea on first night bortunately tor the manager he was rich enough to weather the storm of ulesuck and quietl uue, Both Wiad and Wave he is having 4 delightiul sau of it, st Light, has ralited wonder. ns tO ErOW tu Juvor With the do dequately rehearsed, ve WOW 10 1s iavor What a fine and wwe play tun. A poor manager could not e atiorded io wall, he would Nave gene to tae bowom long ago. Mr. Lion Boucicault’s comedy of “London Assur- ance” jilis the Vaudeville Theatre to overdowing every night, superseding the necessity for the pio. duction of several novelues whicn had been in preparation. One of these novelties 1s a three ace buriesque, by Mr. HM. Reece, enuued * Days of Pompel!!? written, o« cour, Ure play at tue Queen’ ‘The hew piece, Bateman, recently prod tre wit 80 much succ upoa the London board: NEW THEATRE. A theatre Is about to be erected in the immediate vicinity of the Kiephant and Caste Inn, at Newinge tou Causeway. ‘Chis pew play-nouse will be under the very nose of the greatest pulpit orator of the age, the Rey. Mr. Spurgeon ol blessed renown, who, 1013 authoritatively asserted, Wears out a pulpit cush- Jon regularly every mon dv Will be curious to re- mark what effect the on of @ theatre bencatp tue very Shadow of the Tavernacle will have upon the redoublable Bapust who atiracts such large audiences tu the latter edifice, Mr. Spurgeon should take kindly to ihe players for ne is nimself the greatest comedian of the age. A collection of the Juuny things he says or is reported to say in is sermous would pe a book tui as laughable as “Joe Miller? Kitty droll stories are always afoat respecting his strange sayings and doings. ‘bbis 18 One Of the pest of them:—It is narrated that ayoung minister culled On him @ hittie ime ago, and being of a very moriest disposition, refused , In derision of fien,” by Mr. Richard at the Barnsiable ‘vue » Will shortly be producea 2 to give bis name, “Vell Spurgeon that a servant of tie Lord wishes to speak to him,” was the timid request addressed to Ule servant. ‘Tie reply attributed to the Gamber- Well divine is characteristic, “Tell nim J can’t see hitas im busy with his Master |) Myr, Sputgeon, notwithstanding bis great histrionic wers, has viten spoken sughtingly of the drama, buf it 1s to De hoped that he will be wiser for tne future, seeing iat @ good play never hart any one except the man thet Rood ale hurt, and that’s the man that could oi get Ite Mr. Nauion will shortly open the New Royalty ‘Theatre, i, Anderson has veen appointed Treasurer Mr. Je of, che Covent Garden ‘theatrical fund, of | eYe he Last Days of Pompell,”? which was received | The audiences are now urge | The tact | bide the turning of tne | anid | thiug it is to be rich! “Money makes the mare go’'— | fhe Very Last | crowds to Islington to witness an opéra boufe by Otfenbach, entitled ‘“Genévieve de Brabant.” pak Napoleon, Princess Clotilde and Prince Murat have been among the most recent visitors, it 19 rumored in theatrical circles that Mr. F. B. Chatterton ia about to retire from the lesseeship of Drury Lane, If there is any truth in the saying, “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown,” Mr. Chatterton’s head must be in anything rather than a comfortable condition, inasmuch as he wears DO fewer than three crowns, being manager not only of Drury Lane, but also of the Adelphi and Prin- cesa, He 18 a man of ability and eaterprise and one who deserves well of the playgomng public; but It may -be easliy believed that the simultaneous direction of turee first class theatres makes de- mands upon his time and energies hardly consist. ent with the comfortable enjoyment of lle, He might as well be married to turee wives—a perplex- ing situation, if 1t be true, as I am agsured by & married man of acquintance, that it 18 nO easy matter to keep one wile in order. I give the ‘on de’* avout Mr. Chatterton’s retire- ment for whatitis worsh, What 1s certain 1s that Mr. F, Strange has finally decided to secede from the management of the Royal Alnambra, an estab. lishment which he has elevated from an equivocal condition to a foremost rank among the London play-houses, Myr, Strange has taken a lease of the Surrey Gardens, which he intends to open with ex- traordinary splendor as a place of both indoor and outdoor amusement early in May. ‘Yue indoor busi- ness may be all very weil, but unicss the weather marveilously improves the eutertamament “sub Jove asserto” Will probably involys those who par- take them in the penalty of rneumatsm for life. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA AND DION BOUCICAULT. Arrangements have been entered into with Mr. Boucicault to take the direction of Covent Garaen theatre fur dramatic anu spectacular entertain. Ment, wich will be produced in September next, The season 1s to extend over @ period of seven months and the evenings’ performance 18 to consist eutirely of a fairy spectacle written by Mr. Bouci- cault and musicaily illustrated by Offenbach, At the close of une next Italian opera campaign sey- eral changes will be made in the front of the house to iucrease the accommodation atforded to te ublic, ‘There will be an enlarged pit at two siu- ings, and*at this sum, one shilling and eighteen peice, LWo thousand seats will be provided, Box and orchestra staus wLl be from three to six sill- ings. ‘The number of private boxes will be reduced, all gratuiuies will be abolished, aad ladies Will be al- lowed to wear bonnets, an absurd concession now tatiney no longer wear anytaimg worty of the name. ‘the Duke of Edinburg visited the Haymarket Theavre a night or two ago, and while expressing his gratification at the performance of tei hart and Galatea,” assured Mr. Buckstone of his inten- tion to redeem uis promise of taking the chair at | the next wunual dinner oi the Royal General ‘Iheat- Tical Fund, to ve held in the course of the spring. Air, J. 5. Clarke is expected to return to Eagland and resuine his position at the Strand ‘fheatre early next month, Mile, Nilsson, after her American engagements, which will terminate next spring, wil go to Madrid accompanied by ‘lamberlik, who 13 becoming a miullioanwre in Havana, and remain there til the end of Sey tember ab one of the summer theatres with which that capital avounds. White pertorining a8 Joun of Arc at the Sunder. land ‘Theatre Mrs. Rousby was taken suddenly ul ani the perlormance had to be discontinued. She 1s, happily, progressing towards recovery and has gone lo switzeriand, A new play by Mr. Watts Phillipsis m rehearsal at tae Olympic, HER MAJESTY’S OPERA, The programme for the ensuing season of Her | Majesty's Opera promises to Oller even more uhan | the usual amount oO! attraction, Pending the resuit | Of we liuguuon with the new theatre in the Hay- | jnarset, Mr. Mapleson has again secured Drury Lane, Which theatre, a3 has beeu already proved, is capaole of being converted lio @ most brillant “sulle Wopera.’’ The season will Cumnence tu April and the company will bean tnusuaily strong one, me:uding Mile, Curistine Nilsson (whose eugage- ment for the season is now sigued), Miles, Titens, Marimon and Srevelii-Bettin, Mine. Aloont (wa0se return to the lyric stage will be heartily we'comed), ‘Will also appear in a inited number of performances, Mr. Capoul will come back irom America to fulul an engagement, and last, but by no means least, Signor M. Costa will again wield the 04/on, an ample | assurance that the pand and chorus Will leave | nothing to be desired, aud tiat all the operas will | be produced with’ tie utmost completeness, Mr. Mapieson has also engagements pending with some new artists, of Whom yreat things are expected. Daring the season Cimarosa’s opera, “il Matri- monlv Segreto,” will be given with an exceptionally attractive cast, mciuaing Miles, Nilsson, Marimon and Alvonl, The magnificent dresses of the* 250 coryphées who take partin the pantomime of “is)ue Beard” have been sold to Mr. Calvert, lessee of the Prince!s Ie- atre, Manchesier, The proprietors of St. Peters+ burg Opera House were auxious to obtain pusses- sion of these fanciiul costumes, but the English | upper ten tousaad are rushing jm eager! | doas speed, and their records do not vary the quarter , More often than aay of the others, Manager vutbid them. oa Cuarles Matuews is at present staying at ice. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams are on_a tour through {taly. Snould the heaith ot Mr. Willains conunue tounprove, it is probapie tnat he and nus wile will appear in London 1 Seprember next. A rumor has been afloat for some weeks past and Nas obtained such extensive circulition as to war- rant allusion to 16 I pols as to a topic of general | conversation. It. is stated that a German prince, allied by marriage to the royal amily of England, | has eloped with # London actress. 1t 18 to be hoped that the old saying, “Common report is a common lar,” will hold good in this case, wad that the report Will prove Lo have no more substantial foundation thau may be furnished py the morbid anxiety of gossip-mongers to account tor tue non-appearance | Jn the public papers of tue names of the Prince aud Princess during the illness of the Prince of Wales, and from that time to this, HORSE Speculation Is becoming quite active among gen- Uemen interested in tarf matters in relation to the horses that will probably be entered for the 2:25 purses whien will be offered by the various trotting | associations this spring. The merits of the numér- ous trotters of that class are freely canvassed, and | it seems 10 be admitted by all that the prospects are good for the most brilliant elds of horses to come j together thathave ever been witnessed on our tracks. So nearly equal in speed are these horses that the excellence of condition witl be the essential element tomsure success. There is notthe differs ence of a second in the recorded time of nearly all those that will be entered inthe 2:25 purses, Far more interest is excited for this class of trotting horses than any other, owing to the majority of them being young, and promising greater speed than was deveioped by them last season, Many of these horses never trotted untii last year, when thev made their appearance in tue green purses. The following will probably be the contestants for all the 2:25 purses offered throughout the country :— Chestnut gelding Judge Fullerton, sorrel gelding Triumph, bay stallion W, H. Allen, biack stallion ‘Thomas Jefferson, sorrel mare Susie, sorrel mare Nonesuch, gray mare Sea Foam, bay gelding Harry Hariey, black stalhon Charles E. Loew, bay gelding J.J, Bradley, gray gelding Royal John and gray gelding Lotter vecuilar interest centres on Triumph, Judge Ful- lerton and W, HH. Alien, as it is thourht that any of these three clippers will be able to trot In 2:20 when cailed on this season, They all made their débuton the tack lust summer, showing tremen- NOTES, of a second. They have all proved themselves , stickers, and when the time comes for them to | square away on @ good track we expect to see as | fine a race as was ever trotted. Willlam Randeiph drives Mr, James Melville's gray circus horses Kagle and Dolman in the Park every pleasant day. They make a very noticeable team, and are as showy in the Park as they are in the ting, George Ives drives a “natty? team of bay Ethan Allen mares to a very fine halt-spring jagger-seat top wagon. These mares are fast on the road or track and make atine team for a gentleman. Mr. W. H, Harbeck as a fine stable of trotters, but his favorites seeai to be a pair of browa mares, which ne shows up in the Park and on the avenues They are good ones and a man should be proud of them, Mr. Henry J, Howara has a team of brown horses that are trouting very fast. They seem to be tree from vice and are charming roadsters, In anticipation of a lively and exciting spring new horses are being looked after, old ones ex. changed and new wagons, harness, &c., are taking the place of the old, and the late inertness in horse matters generally will soon give place to bustle and activity, We have entered the first spring month, and soon will be seen the green tender grass peep. | Ing above the eartn, the new-born Jambs playing inthe ficids and the robin-redbreast tilling his sweet song in the meadows, and then the road- man's heart will grow glad, English Kacing Notes. Atthe (next meeting of the Jockey Club Admiral Rous Will ask the opinion of the club on the follow- ing question:—“Whether @ person starting more ‘than one horse in @ race 1s justified in choosing and declaring which he will try to win with, and inor- dering the jockeys of the other horse or horses to pull up in order to allow the selectea horse to win? ‘ In the event of this question being answered in the atirmative Admiral Rous will move the resoln- lon of the late Duke of Portland, which was unant- mously agreed to in 1838, viz.:—**Phat it is the opinion of tts club Moa fee ts necessary to declare their extrem: disa of horses being started for races without tl intention on the part of thely owners of tryin +0 Win Wilh tem.t? \ | ness, finish and expression, but not with her ¢ | power which 80 oftea Suemway Hall and presented Chopin, Beethoven | | and Liszt in glowing colors, | ul for two weeks, and will go thence to MUSIC AND THE D24MA. Fourth Philharmonic Concert. The programme for the fourth concert of the Philharmonic Society during the present season (the thirtieth), which took place on Saturday evening atthe Academy of Music, contained the following works:— Symphony—No. 2, in E minor (first time)....0.+..--. pea to ee wr 4. Allegro furioso, Arla—From “Iphigenie in Aniis” . Mr. F. Re Concerto—For the piano, in A minor, With orchestral accompaniment, Overture—“Coriolanus” Arla—Hrom the opera, & r. F, Remmertz." Les Preindes—'Poome Symphonique™.... Of course the principal feature of interest was the mew work by Mr. ¥F. L, Ritter, a musician of high standing in this city, This gentleman was con- ductor of the New York Harmonic Society for many years, and he has been a valuable contributor to musical art by his lectures, literary and musical « Works, and especially by his songs, which aro worthy to be placed beside those of Schumann and Schubert, His first symphony, which, if we mis take not, Was played here at one of Thomas’ con- certs, displayed talent of a high order; therefore high expectations were formed of his second symphony, which expectations, we regret to say, were not ‘fulilled, It is probably too much to expect entire originality nowadays trom orchestral composers; but we expect, at least, cleverness in plagiarsing or ee ag the ideas of others, It 1s not everybody who can steal judiciously and make good use of the 7? Mr. Ritter’s Work is @ curious and illy put together patchwork of Schumann, Schubert, Spohr, Mendeis- sonn and Liszt. We might refer to others from Whom the main ideas in this work were borrowed, Ritter lante; g but those whom we have mentioned will suitice. | ‘The scherzo, which, oddly enough, 18 joined to the first movement, is the best movement in the symphony, and yet Schumann wrote @ work, called “Overture, Scherzo and Finale,” which 1s very like it, The andante is very com- monplace and entirely different from movements ‘under the same name in standard symphonic works. If the composer had leit the ideas which he bor- rowed from Schubert’s symphony in C in their orig r inat form it would have been better for this move- | Ment. A weak Imitation Oi the boisterous eflects of Liszt 1s Introduced In the finale, but the master mind is wanting. It may be that Mr. Ritter suner- ed 1 the interpretation o! his work, for the Philiar- monic orchestra has become very careiess and slovenly of late in the renderin; known works, but the composition itself will never command the attention or admiration of a’ true musician, The orchestra gave the Magnificeut overture of Beethoven a fair but not vigorous nor tnished renderiny, and in “Les Preludes” (the best work ever written by Liszt) tue brasses neutralized the excellence of the strings and reeds, We do not mean ww dis+ parage the liveral use made by the composer of Ube brass instruments 1a this work (and when did Liszt ever write without an avundance of trampets, Trorns and trombones 7), vut we object to the harsb, unmusical tone produced by the gentlemen in charge of this department in the Philharmonic orchestra, Miss Mehlig played a work witch ts of the most interesting character, and in which the orchestra plays even @ more prominent pare tian the piano. Jt is written tn Schumann's best style, and when urst imtrodaced here, was received with deught aid satis- faction by the musical public, Miss Mehlig on Saturday night played with her accusiomed ne: tomary fire. We listened In vain for that clectric thrilled ghe audience at With the exception of the beautiful cadenza, in which @ halt dozen mo- tives are tugeniously and artistically combined, and which Miss Mehlig rendered with spirit and expres- sion, the fair pianist was tame to a degree in iver toterpretation of the work. She was consid- erably mitertzred with py the boisterous orchestra, which drowned some of her best passages. The reeds, such as the flate, clarionet, oboe and bas- ; 800n, played at times as if they were taking part in a symphonic work and notin a piano concert. Mr. Remmertz was the only vocalist on the occa- sion and he gave Agamemaon’s song, which com- mences the opera of *Giuck,” with an artistic finish and dramatic expression that the.aria was scarcely deserving of. Why the Phuharmonic Society does not try to secure for their concerts the very vest vocal talent in this city can only be accounted for vy the fact that they are not willing to pay for good arhists. Parepa, Nusson and = other great prune donne are beyond the financial reach of the society. The audience on Saturday night was smaller than usual and exceed- ingly apathelic, ‘Twenty vacant boxes and over one hundred vacant seats in the orchestra and Parquet testitied to the waning popularity of these concerts, We trust that a vigorous efiort will be Made by the members next season to bring the society back to the high standard which 1s attached | to the name Philarmonic. ‘the fifth concert takes Place on April 6, the orchestral works being the “Heroic” symphony of Beethoven, Bargiel’s over. ture to “Promethens,” and the overture, “ingal's Cave,” by Mendelssohn, Mr. Bergner, violonceltist, Wilt be the soloist on that occasion, Metropolitan Gossip. Dan Bryant announces an immense bill for the week. Davis, the ventriloguist, 1s still at the Union Square Theatre, “The Veteran’ Is still the reigning sensation at Watiack’s. “Cinderella” 18 the great attraction at tne New York Circus. “The West Point Hazers’? hold forth atthe San Francisco Minstrels. Dollie Btawell 1s the star of the evening at the Park, Brookiya. “Ixton.”” with the Worrell Sisters, is still crowd- ing the Comique, Mrs, John Wood appears at Niblo’s this evening | as Pocahontas. Lew Rattler, James Collins and Charles Clark are the latest stars at the Thirty-fourth Street Theatre, Fox appears as *‘Humpty Dumpty” this evening, at the Olympie, for the s9zd tme, “31x Nights in the Bowery’ is the latest at Tony Pastor’s. Miss Anna Mehlig commences her matinée piano recitals at Stemway Hall on Wednesday afternoon. The last week but one of “Divorce” commences this evening at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. “Budalo Bill’’ 1s in its third week at the Bowery, its success being overwheiming. The last nights of “Julius Caesar” at Booth’s are announced, This evening Mr. Creswick appears for the first time as Brutus and Mr. Edwin Booth as Cassius. ; The last weeks of “Marriage,” at the St. James, will dount draw to that theatre all the admirors of Mr. Mackaye and the Delsarie system. Mile. Anna Cave will appear in “La Maison sans Enfants” and other French prays, on Thursday next, at Robinson's Hall, on Sixtcentn street. Dr. Damrosch and Mr. Pruckner give the fourth | of their charming soirees of chamoer imusic this evening at Steinway Hail. Hartz gives magical seances and dispenses the newest tricks at nls conjurmg headquarters on broadway. Mile, Christina Nilsson commences her fareweil engagement at the Academy of Masic this evening as siignon. “Bel Demonio”’ has haa a successful ron at the Brookiyn Theatre, On Monday evening this ple Wil be substiiuied by ‘Maud’s Peril.” This is a four act arama, wriiten by Watts Phillips, originally Played av the Adeipal Theatre, London, aod was a great success, at one time, at Wallack’s. ‘The story is of the thrilling, intense, domestic school, and will be interpreted in the leading parts by Mr F. B. Conway, Miss Reeves and Mr. Frank Roen ‘Phe scenery and appointments will be entirely ne leanings, Etla Wesner commenced in Baltimore, at the | Provincial Front Street Theatre, on ihe 26th ult, Pagann!, premier dauseuse, has been secured to open at the St. James Theatre, Boston, on March 4. Tda Vernon, who has been travelling with Fur- bish & Wiiion’s Company of “Divorce,’”’ has been very ill for some ‘ime, Lucile Western commences a one week's star en- gagement in Kocnester on March 11, ‘The Fioreac appear there April 1, Caro'ine Richings commences the dramatic se: son in Boston at the St. Janes Theatre on Ung 4th of March with the “Enchantress.” Henrietta Irving joined the Wilton & Furoish “Divorce” paviy at Meadville on Vebruary 23, to take the place of Ida Veraoa, who leit on account of sickness, dohn Meech produced the “Black Crook” at the Triznbie Opera tiouse, Albany, N. Y., on the with TOY. Lupo will be premier. ‘The Snow Brothers, witht their per-orming dogs, also appear. The Johuny Alien aad Little Mac combination opened at the Academy of Music, New Orleans, i Tuary 17. Miss Mary Stevens is with the com AY ‘They opened In Mobtie February 26 lor one Week, thence to Memphis and St. Louis, Tne Mahon Sisters—Lizzie and Annie—are stil Playing ut the GJobe Theatre, im Chicago, where t have become great favorites. Aunie has created a sensation in the song of “Killarney, Which she sings in the play of “Sain Fane.’ “Little Nell? opened at the St. James Theatre, in Boston, on Monday, February 26, under the mnnoages ment ot Mr. Johnson, Chariotte Stanley, a favorite leading woman, plays the principal part in the piece. From Boston the company goes to Bridgeport and then to Chicago. Mr, and Mrs, W. J. Florence play through the Fastern circuit under the management of Furbisn & Wilton, with Robert E. Stevens as business mana er. ‘The company consists of Eawin ‘Thorae, Mary Grader Willis Page, Joan P. Sution, George Jonn- Duiield, Cathoun Jackson, Furvisi, Wil- S. ie ae ea Morris, so favorably known through the West and the Eastern States, produces at Albany, In the Capitoi Theatre, on Monday, the 4th inst., a new play, entitled “Bianche Vavaseur, or The saint Of Blood. It 18 of bag iegitimate sensational schvol, a D: a sabre” better kuowa as ‘ i | mouth, and so far the symbols of vicwry have de | ! ‘of even the best | is unparalielled ! ! never would have been believed capable o1 Teaching ! to witness the ract | lated, and so it provea; for, as the boats hove ini | the AMERICAN SBAMEN ABROAD Boat Crews of the United States Steamers Wad bash and Plymouth on Their Muscle, Another American Boat Race Off Villefranche The Men of the Plymouth Victorious— Hard Work in Dirty Weather— Other Races Arranged, many UNITED STATES STEAMSHIP SHENANDOAH, Orr VILLEFRANCHE, France, Feb, 13, 1872, t If to possess a supremacy signifies richly deserved—something reaped by toil and dustry—and if to keep that utle through ap) and training deserves commendation, then # barge helonging to the United States steamship mouth merits these enviable distinctions, racing barge belonging to this vessel was form owned by the Guerriere, and is the same one whi defeated the Saco and the Shenandoah at 5; and won whe sweepstakes at Marseilles over Richmond and other war ships, now some since. Crowned with so many viciorious wre she was bequeathed bythe Guerrtere to the scended with the bequest, Notvery long ago she vanquished the whale boatof the Juniata—py odds the finest pulled race of the season—wi! in 17m. 20s,, by some eight seconds—discance mile and seven-cighths,a@ heavy sea running the time. The whale boat pulled but twelve oars the barge’s fourteen, but this ‘act redounds to credit of the Juniata. Indeed, itis much to be gretted that the particulars of this contest were preserved, for it was a splendid and exciting one long tobe remembered, But to-day to di the first race beat of the flagship—to worst ner int the conflict by ihe alarming ana overwhel oddg of forty-seven seconds, and that, too, in presence of the whole squadron—why the audacity, | THE WABASH’S BARGE, be it remembered, is the same boat which formerly; i belonged to tho Colorado, aud which perfor prodigies in the English Chanael, Later she fell! heir to the Sabine, and at Cherbourg defeated thet fastest boats of the combined English and Frenchy | fects. She, too, then shows blue blood in ti direct line of racing descent; aud, though the si guiferous apparatus may have admitted some to cause lis present murkiness, we proper stimulants may resiore the. original tnt in all lg cerulean richness. THE CHALLENGE between the two boats originated in the usual ayy and as ali competition begins—viz., by some one unhking that be has something betier than any one! Who was the particularly opinionated indie: casion does DOL appear; data through the regular symptoms to it advancing height wud decime, was inaugurated to conie Off ab three P.M. to-d fourteen oars, 1 beam; draught, incues aft, ~ ‘ine Wabash's barge push J feet J Inches in length, 634 L with crew, 2v inches forward, ‘The names of her crew are as follow:—4) CREW OF THE WABASH. Henry Nelson, coxswain; Francis Draper, Jai Shanley, Edward Creasy, George Anderson, erick Seedsman, John Clarke, Michael Dineet, bows, E, Katener, Richard Mckewen, Michael We Richard Ford, Garrett Fiemme, Thomas Perry. i ‘The crew was trained and coached by Midshipman) Sumner c, Paine, of tac Wabash. The Plymoutn’s barge (ate the Guerricre’s) 1s Im) length 82 feet 4in.; beam, 7 leet 410.; draught, with crew, 14 mches forward, 19 inches aft, The names! of her crew are as follow :— 5 CREW OF THE PLYMOUTH. Starvoaré—Henry Mahony, stroke; Herman Wit Andrew Spatn, Thomas G. Fuller, L, F. Johnson, Wiliam Ford, Charles Winters, bow. Port—thomas Honeyborn, siroke; James Kelly,| Thomas Devine, Witiam McIntosh, William Lew! ‘Thomas B. Fields, Robert Coniey, bow. The coxswain ts James Wylie, who is admi adapted to bis post. This crew was coacned ant tramed by Royall K. Ingersoll, Master, United State Navy, attache oO te Piymouth, Tne pu selected was Charles ©, Cornwell, Master, United States Navy, attached to the Wacnusett, THE RACK The distance to be pulled was about two lan Miles, from separate buoys, ending at a common atakeboat; stakes 1,0001, & side, Making @ purse O 3,000, | ‘Tae rivai poats Were towed to Uielx starring) buoys by the sted launches belonging to the fe spective ships, anct were placed in position at 3h 6in. 303, ‘The Weather was as wretched as could dreaded, barring a regular gale. Kain was fallin sharply, and quite aswell was felt throughout the whole Harbor. ‘tne sea told on the tune, but not on the pace, for the stroke throughout the race Wi terrific, At exactly 3b, 8m. 308. the boats got aws with a clever, fair start, At the commencement thq Wabash’s barge nad the bad fortune to unsnip ond var and break anduer, and notwithstanding thesq accidents held her: piace for about a minute, but Jrom Uus to the score the Plymouth’s boat steadily all along bottom of the harbor, The reat difference was the boats, for both crews pulled about the sam number of sirokes; indeed, at one tine the barges counted careiully by the watch, were driving two strokes to tne minute, and at no time ieil belo’ jorty-eight. Mere flesi and blood, some years ag f tls pace, at least holding tt tor any length o time, but here was the evidence of one’s own senses, and the fact remams establsned. The en thusiasm should fave been dampened somewhat b; the Weatner, bul it was not, and when It will ont, despite this influence, tt may be regarded accepted as genuine, ‘The crews cheered as crews will cheer, no matter who is ahead, for recognition of bones: extort is electrical. The whis tes Ol the steam launches screeched and shriel aniicling the ear aiter the manner of all disa able sounds, The boats were not so very dis ; but the driving rain obscured the view so much thi it could nol be determined from the snip lor a fe minutes which ovat was ahead. It was precon cerced that the game cock and ensigu—the fel ‘aphic emblem of yictory to the Piymouth—shoul e elevated at the bow of her launch tf her boat wi ad, 80 that so far the silence on board of he profound, and conjecture more than usuall conjectural. Zhe writer nad gone to the Plymout and was straining his visio! at the almost muperceptible specks in thy distant waterscape, wheo Lieutenant Relie who was in an atittude of intense dq votion—on his Knees, in lact—with @ glass ap} rently glued to lus right eye, suddenly burst Into. apostrophe to the whole planetary system, couple With appeals WwW various ovher powers, includin Jove hinsel/, in the manner ana form follo that is to say—"By Jupiter | our boat's alead.?? A’ adjuration so solemo as this could not be vig clear sight, the Piymouths was ahead, and mm tained its advantage Lo the finish, where It tosse’ oars at 3h. 22m, 508., winner Of te race and pure — in 16m, 203, | rs ANOTHER RACE IN PROSPECTIVE, The Wavash’s boat came along, a very dad set ond, at sb. 23m, 37s.—lorty-seven seconds beni winner, flushed with victory the pale | | barge pulled through the squadron and tossed | cheered at eve 1 | | | stup. ‘rhe chailenge was answe by the Brooklyn, Which sent a boat alongside t Piymouth lo arrange the terms of @ race to come atan early day. i fe Brooklyn's barge has defeat the whaieboat of the Sherandoal, and ts undout edly a very tine boat, but her abillly to deieas of the Plymouth is more than questionabic. Ne Ver Ons. CASUALTINS, SICKNESS, DEATH, For the iniormuation of the friends of the de it wouid, perhaps, be as well to state that on ¥ ruary 3, or ticreapouts, Edward Parker, & quart: gunier on board of the Wabash, died of eryst) and on the 10th George Bailey, aged nineteen an ordinary seaman ou the same snip, Was by a fail from the matntopsail yard arm engaged in turlivg Sati, —soth vodies were in the Httle cemetery at Villelrancne, the chaplal of the Wabash oiiciating on the occasions. ‘rais is the last, or nearly the last, day of t} carnival, Few of ihe travellers have gone ‘o Kot 1s customary; but all amusements will be great rlalied as the Lenten seasen draws Gigi. morrow, indeed, is Asn Wednesday. So larewell the caraival lor another years RAID ON OBSCENE LITERATURE, Late Saturday afternoon Anthony Comstock, 464 Broadway, applied to Judge Hogan atthe Police Court for a warrant against several Aun. Nassau street book dealers, whom he charged offering for sale bawdy and obscene literatare, desired paper wasissued and placed im the hand: Captam Ward, of Ute Second precinct, who mad descent on ibe establishments of James McDerm 76 Nassan street, and Bennet) & Co.—the part} ‘composing the ira are Gharies and Wim. Broot 16 Ann street, where he attested the propriet and their atiaches, Whom be wok to ine stat house and locked up, Yesterday they were t vetore Judge Hogan at the Tombs Police Court, in detault of $600 ball each were socked up. two Brooks live ut 216 Smith street, Brooklyn. FSi BURNED 10 DEATH IN A STABLE, On Saturday evening Moses Jackson, a lad twel — years of age, in the employ of agentieman ] stables his horses at 415 West Thirtieth si that) at the stables and remained there so lon; he night was stormy and finaliy concluded, agreeable, (0 slay ali nignt Accordingly Went Into tae loft and lay down on the have fortunately, av one o'clock yesterday morning, & broke out in the stables, extending from 415 gad they were entire y consumed, aiter whigh, Bremen discoverea tie rewains of the poy burned almost toa crisp, Captain Cai the body tw be sent to the Morgue, Young was notified. peceneet a ee lived near tho corner of Firat avenue, ‘