The New York Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1872, Page 9

. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1872.-QUADRUPLE SHEET, fact that It took place at all im The ants have bow in their turn challenged the jolics to a discussion upon St. Peter’s primacy. iG be accep! The Tablet (Catholic organ) couples St. joseph and St. Patrick in one embrace and one article, and gives St. Joseph the lead the annexed sentence :— While Irish Catholics, then, and their childre: Pelebrate on the 17th day of this month of March ~ a emorea ary. St note great apostle, we whole ‘ople of every race and ever: id wits her vast domain, ‘are called to com te with jogtal hearts on the 19th the now ronal feast of St. Joseph, and to solicit his pow- 1 ait on behalf of the persecuted Vicar of Christ the Church he rules so wisely and so well. To avoid mistake and misapprehension, we phoula here mention that although to-day is ‘St. Patrick’s day in the morning,” it is ‘“Pas- lon Day,” and is to be religiously observed honor of St, Joseph. The Hxaminer and Chronicle (Baptist or- pan) descants upon ‘‘Our Baptist Growth,” Moting the fact that the Baptist denomination fin the United States has increased to the sam jof 18,897 churches, with a membership of /1,489,191—being one to every twenty-six of 'the total population of the country. Our Bap- ttist contemporary, with its million and « half Supporters, suggests that— The increase of the ministry should be a matter of (Bolicitude. We cannot expect that the number of wilt equal the namber of churches, if they f to “tive of the Gospel.” Buta part of the dis- ‘Parity between eighteen thousand churches an (Swelve thousand ministers ought to be remove ‘With an increase of numbers should be had also er standard of average qualifications, f With a litle better pay possibly our Bap- Vist brethren would have alittle better preach- jing, and the higher the preaching the higher 6 pay. { The Freeman's vournal (Catholic) is exer- : about ‘St. Joseph’s Society’s mission to blacks in the South,” and portrays the thea African in this way, and our staid ld Methodist must laugh as it reads :— ‘The Methodists stir as if the colored population of South, or at least a principal part, were Metho- jdists. The well known fact is that the great ma- jority of these poor Africans are unbaptized pagans, here this is 80 it ig to the me and confusion of ir imte masters, Wicked as were the means by ion th uncbristianized negroes were set loose, ose masiers who did nothing to have them in- ructed in the Christian religion have reaped the ‘ard of their neglect, But the fact remains, and, mow that the repressive hand of their masters is hwithdrawn, the larger portion of the negroes are lapsing into their heathenish practises of Voodoo- fa, diabolical incantations and hideous practices, ' The Jewish Times conjugates the verb ‘‘To \Jew,” and comes to the conclusion that “‘the ore the Jew, the more his qualities become ‘nown, the more will that giant phantom, ejudice, recede, and the Jew will be ad- judged and respected according to his merits, ke other nationalities, or the members of ther religious denominations are. The le ill finally have to give way to truth and partiality.” \ The Hebrew Leader still discourses upon ‘The Sabbath,” and informs us that it intends, @ future paper, to ‘comment upon the ends of the Sabbath River which are in nection with the mysterious transportation nd disappearance of the ten tribes.” Itisa ity they had no telegraphs or newspaper orrespondents in those days; for then the ystery would have been no mystery at all. The Jewish Messenger remarks upon the “Universal Israelite Alliance’—a grand jdea :— The use(niness of the ‘‘Alliance,” seriously threat- hee by the Franco-Prussian war, has again mani- ble sted itself in the wonted energy of the indelatiga- President, M. Crémieux, and his coadjutors. Tsraciites of Great Britain have at length de- jlared their readiness to co-operate with the ‘Aull. ce,” and have established the “Anglo-Jewish ‘a@iion,’? desigued to extead througnoat tho ingdom, and with branches at Liverpool, Manches- , birmingham and other cities, and a central ommitiee at London. The work of the ‘Alliance’? alrerdy resumed in the East, and the progress of e Agricuitural School at Jaffa and of the ordinary Schoois at Bagdad, Adrianople, Tangier and other ‘places in European and Asiatic Turkey and North (Alrica 18 reported as satisiactory. As the Rev. Mr. Hepworth to-day exchanges ulpits with the Rev. Mr. Beecher, and thus sam the folds of evangelism, so we will now lose this review of ‘our religious press ble” with a quotation from the Avangelist, ne of the Presbyterian oracles in this city :— fs B.—We do not find anything worth quot- ng]. Mayor Hall’s Trial. The decease of Juror Clark evidently breaks up Mayor Hall’s investigation in its jpresent shape. What new phase, if any at ' l, it will assume remains to be seen. So far jthe proceedings have failed to implicate the Mayor in anything criminal. The Legisla- Yure, the charter, the supervisors, the am- bitious schemes of Tammany leaders, the jroutine in the Finance Department, the stolen ouchers‘and the surreptitious plastering of the houses and stables of Tweed and subordi- ate confederates, have been arraigned in jpeeches and testimony by the prosecution. jut all these things were long ago better pre- ented in the columns of the Heratp and eer any legal fog. The people will not ibe satisficd with these Pickwickian assaults. ag doubt, if the Mayor had used more caution sifting the volume of papers and warrants javalanched upon him just after the new char- Yer began its works and jobs, he might have discovered the monthly plunderings off the in- genious scoundrels, Yet what the people ‘want is prosecution of the thieves themselves ‘and restitution of the booty. It Is admitted that the Mayor has none of it. So, now that ‘his pettish impatience for 4 trial has been an- swered, and King Death has _ inter- ‘vened to prevent its full fruition, Jet the prosecution, before proceeding afresh with this technical misdemeanor busi- ness, bring plasterer and furniture dealer, awning maker and carpenter face to face with the arch felons ‘‘who put up the job.” The Indictments have been on ice for a month 4m the District Attorney's office, and Judge {Bedford returns for the April term full of fire and with invigorated health. Scripture in Politics. There is an old saying that ‘‘Satan can quote Scripture to suit his purpose.” It is no 4wonder, then, that politicians can do the same to suit theirs. Here area couple of cases in point. An Indiana editor, referring to the nomination of David Davis as the labor reform candidate for President, quotes as follows From the first book of Samuel :— David therefore departed thence and escaped to She Cave Audullam; and when his brethren aud all ae house heard it they went down thither And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discon- Sonted, gathered themselves under him; and ne be- came captain over them; anu there were wito him About four hundred men, Tht number of men may do very well for delegates in a convention; but in a free po- littval fight a few more will be required to make a sensation, Another editor has been overhauling the pook of the Prophet Joel, and selects the fol- Jowing passages as apropos to the nomination Of Jogl Parker for Vice Prosident on the same ticket. It is supposed to be a proclamation addressed to the anti-Grant men and denounc- ing the radical heathen :— Proclaim ye this the Gentiles; prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come Beat your ploughshares “into swords and yous Brenlag-RQoRe into spears; let the weak say, I am strong. Let the heathen be awakened. Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest 1s ripe; come, get you down; for the press is full, the fata overflow; for their wickedness 18 great. Some may think that there has been enough of “beating ploughshares into swords” and “pruning-hooks into spears” in this country during the last twelve years, and that a move- ment vice versa is the one now most needed. However, there is Scripture for the labor re- formers. Letthem make the most of it. ‘For the press is not full.” The Artificial Pretection of Fruit and Crops. As the present stormy spring advances the annual fears for the fruft crop increase. The horticultural interests of some sections are the vital interests, and it has become important to all classes, the producing and consuming alike, to save the luscious fruit crop from the deso- lating breath of March frosts. Among the late and valuable results of meteorologic inquiry is a very simple method of ascertain- ing on any particular night whether frost will ocour. This is done by first ascertaining the dew point or temperature at which, at the given time and place, the atmosphere will part with its vapor, and this vapor be de- posited as water. A simple little instrament of recent invention, known as Edson's hygrodeik, indicates to any observer at a glance and without any calculation the dew point. Where it is exposed, and if the latter is considerably above the freezing point of fresh water, no danger need be apprehended ; whereas if the dew point indicated by the hygrometer is under thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit, frost may be predicted with cer- tainty, and no time is to be lost in shielding the tender plant from its nippitig effects. Unless the wind veers during the night from a point of cold to one of warmth, or vice versa, the hygrodeik’s indications are very reliable ; and in this country, by reference to the daily weather reports and predictions of the Signal Service, the horticulturist or farmer may almost invariably learn whether the wind will veer, Taken in connection with this scientific expedient for predicting frost, an American meteorologist proposes another expedient for the complete artificial protection of fruit and vegetables after it becomes known that the frost will occur. The winds, which some- times in a single night destroy the finest pros- pects of the husbandman, usually come from the north or northwest, a¥i it is proposed to protect the largest orchards by one or both of two ways :—First, to kindle fires on the wind- ward side of the orchard, which, from his knowledge of the local peculiarities, the farmer is generally a good judge, and to rely upon the veil of smoke spread over the trees to shield them. It is claimed that such a emoke-curtain overhanging the exposed area will serve effectually to arrest the radiation of solar heat from the earth and from the wood of the trees, and thus to keep the dew point above the freezing point. Or, where it is pos- sible and convenient, te evaporate water in large boilers ranged on the windward side of the fruit, which, it is thought, will prove even a better preventive of deadly frosts arising from the radiation of heat, not only from the soil of the earth, but from the fibres of the plant. The ascensional movement of air ovar the fires or large boilers would, it is con- tended, serve to divert above the tree tops the current of frigid and frost-bearing air. In the longitudinal valleys of Switzerland it has been found that the coldest currents descend close upon the ground, and the Swiss villages are generally built on eml- nences rising out of the side of the mountains, and bounded on both sides by gorges and ravines, into which the coldest descending currents turn aside, In the moun- tainous parts of our country this fact might be taken advantage of in the artificial protection of fruit by the means just suggested. The effi- cacy of these means is attested by the dis- tinguished physicist Bousingault, who states that in the plains of Cusco, in Peru, especially on still, clear evenings, the Indians set fire to heaps of wet straw or brush, and by this means raise clouds of smoke, which prevent frost—the smoke acting as a mantle to the earth, enabling it to retain its warmth during the night. It is also well known that the peasants of Chamouni, In Switzerland, do the same precisely if their crops have not ripened toward the end of the season, burning green wood on the two sides of the enclosing moun- tains of their valley, the smoke of which, form- ing in the middle a cloudy canopy, ef- fectually obstructs the radiation of heat into free space and protects the growth of the sum- mer. The Signal Service, if properly devel- oped and extended, as the people are now de- manding of Congress, will afford all the in- formation necessary for the immense agricul- tural and horticaltural interests of the conutry, and prove of as great and incalculable benefit to them as it has already proved to the mer- cantile and shipping interests. OANADA, ‘The Mechapics of the North Agitating for the Nine Hoar Law. TORONTO, Ont., March 16, 1872, A mass meeting of mechanics was held last night to take steps in favor of the nine hour movement, Mr. Trevillick, the President of the United states National Labor League, addressed the meeting. Resolutions were adopted memoralizing employers to adopt the nine hour system on the Ist uf June. THE WINTER IN NOVA SOOTIA. Hattrax, N. 8., March 16, 1872. There was nother fall of snow here last night, Traffic on railways is complecely suspended. The supply of coal is running short at the dock yard, and private iia areg giving what they can to destitute people. The 1088 oi the bark Lily Parker, at Sable Island, whioh was telegraphed to the New York papers, Is not believed here. NAVAL OBDERS, Commander 0. T. Harmony has received prepara- tory orders to command the mouth. Lieutenant Commander George W. Wood, Lieu- tenants Jobn Tuieweil, Matthew Bolles, John M. ‘and Edward W. Staray; Ensigns Watawright Fat and Kipert Gd. Serry, Coaries &. Caliuhan aad Joun H. Moore ordered io the Portsmouth, and on her arrival at Rio Janeiro to report for duty on board the Lancaster. Lieutenant charles M. Thomas, to tae receiving slup Potomac; Lieutenant Commander Edward A. Walker, from the Bustoa Navy Yard to tue Ports- mouth, to eur the Lancaster as executive oficer on 0. wil also take passage to Join the et w Ubarenant Coumander F, ¥. irextne, m the receiving ship Vermont; Cicoutenant W. Swindurn, from tne Michigan; Basign William B. prigas, from the New York Navy Yara, and Bu- almo Arar P, Saas (9m We Hostea sau Xerd, A PRISONER OF WAR. THE SWAMP ANGELS AND THE HERALD. One of Our Correspondents Said To Be Captured by the Outlaws. In the Clutches of Steve Low- ery and Boss Strong. The Desperadoes Sond a Polite Messago to the Herald. They Won't Hurt the Correspondent, but Will Hold Him a Week. North Carolina Chivalry Exqui- sitely Dlustrated. The following despatches were received at the Heratp office last night :— Wiiminaton, N. C., March 16, 1872. To tne New York Heratp :— The following message was given to the conductor at Moss Neck by one of the Lowery outlaws :— To rae New Yor« Hzrarp:— We have captured your correspondent, Will not hurt him, but will keep him a week. Boas is not dead. his STEPHEN X LOWERY. mark. His W. X STRONG. mark, Witness—A. B. HENDERSON. Secomd Despatch. Rionmonp, Va., March 16, 1872. I learn from Wilmington that one of your correspondents has sent a note to the Western Union office at Wilmington, enclosing a special despatch to the Heratp, signed by two members of the Lowery gang, and asking the manager to forward it. He also sent A MESSAGE TO AS WIFE, informing her of his capture; that he was with the Lowerys, but safe. They intend to keep him a week, but have given him assur- ances of safety. This despatch is said to be endorsed by your correspondent as true, I may have more particulars at a later hour. Third Despatch. Witmixoron, N. C., March 16, 1872. Intelligence has been received here that a gentleman, supposed to be the representative of the New York Hxratp, who got off the train at Eureka depot, near Scuffletown, the day before yesterday, has been OAPTURED BY THE LOWERY OUTLAWS. He was seen at Moss Neck depot to-day with Stephen Lowery and Andrew Strong and appeared to be guarded by them. Hehadone of their rifles strapped to his back and said he was their prisoner. One of the outlaws handed to the conductor of the train — A DESPATOH DIRECTED TO THE HERALD, signed by Stephen Lowery and Andrew Strong, but supposed to have been written by the correspondent. The purport of this des- patch is said to be that be was THE PRISONER OF THE GANG, who intended to retain him until they were satisfied that be was not an imposter. The opinion generally prevails that HIS ATTEMPT TO INTERVIEW the outlaws may result seriously, and many believe that he bas pot his head in the lion’s mouth, The outlaws are no respectors of per- sons, and their treachery is proverbial. VIRGINIA, Minister De Long and Henry Bergh in Riche mond. RICHMOND, March 16, 1872, Minister De Long and ex-Governor Randolph, of New Jersey, are in tnis city. Professor flenry Bergh, of New York, delivered a lecture im the hall of the House of Delegates to- night. Governor Walker gave a reception this evening to both branches of the Leyistature. Special Agent Fethersbridge, of the Post OMce Department, has concluded his investigation into the conduct of the Richmond Post Onice, and re- turned to Washington to-nigut. ROTHERMEL’S PIUTURE OF GETTYSBURG, PHILADELPHIA, March 16, 1872, The Legislative Committee in session here heid @ meeting this morning to hear arguments from Philadelphians to regard to placing Rothermel's picture of the battle of Gettysburg temporarily in one of the buildings in Fairmount Park until the fireproof art gallery is erected. POISONED BY MISTAKE. Mapison, Wis., March 16, 1872, Alexander Campbell aud wife, old residents of Poplar Grove, ll, were poisoned yesterday by drinking accnite, given them by a druggist in mis- take for whiskey. Mr. Campbell livea but a few hours. Jt ls thought his wife will recover. THE LOTUS CLUB, The annual meeting and election of the Lotus Club was held at the club house lastevening. Mayor A. Oakey Hall, the retiring President, presided at the meeting. In opening the business he begged a little indulgence, and, feeling that he nad obtained ft, proceeded to congratulate the members upon the great success of the ace of New York clubs, which commenced with 168 members, and now numbers over two hundred. He believed a ciub should be run as an oligarchy, and though not @ man to talk of “rings,” as he hat been ruined by a “ring,” the besc way to do, ke be- heved, was to forma fing first which should con- trol the institution, and let the remainder be made up of the growlers, Hereafter he would be content to aid in the growling, Wishing the club prosperity in the future he closed his short speech. A recess was declared to give the tellers a chance to finiah the count, but as the delay was a long one the interval was beguile by some excellent singing. At midnight it was understood tnat Henry U. Stebbins and John Brougham had been elected President and Vice President, and it was further ae. that Mr. Stebbins would withdraw from the office. @The report on the directory was not expected be- fore morning. w Quite @ number of prominent gentlemen were present. TELEGRAPHIO NEWS ITEMS. ‘The International Society will hold @ celebration at the (lobe Theatre, Chicago, ‘avon. T. Ciark, of fi ., leaves Chicago on Monday for Japan, to direot agricaltural experimente, Captain Anurew Heath, the oldest Freemason in the State Of Maine, died at Bath yesterday, aged uinety-taree, The Monteom Mass.) Guard, Ninth ment, have Issued noneleeae, B} virlil for the ‘aatioual ‘shacapisansip, ead for Crom GOW) vo 61,006, FRANCE... President Thiers’ Opinion of the National Re- lations to the Holy See and Religion. Communist Terrorists Executed—Marshal Ba- saine’s Case—Death of an American Ex-Legislator—The President on the Parliament. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Parts, March 16, 1872. OONDIGN PUNISHMENT OF RED-HANDED COMMUNISTS. The Commission of Pardons having rejected the appeals of Fedel, Questel and Girard, the three Communists convicted of murdering hostages, they were shot this morning at Satory. MARSHAL BAZAINB’S CASE. The Legislative Assembly Committee on Vapitula- tions, which has been investigating the field con- duct, during the late war, of Marshal Bazaine, and Particularly into the circumstances of his surrender of the fortifications of Metz, has finished its labors, The Committee formally submits to the Assembly the report to which reference nas been already made, recommending that the Marshal be tried by court martial. DEATH OF AN AMERICAN EX-CONGRESSMAN, Adispatoh from Cannes announces the death in that town of Mr. George Eustis, formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana, and later private secretary to Mr. John Slidell, woen he was Vonfederate Commissioner to France. DEATH AND HUMAN DESIGN FOR DEATH. M. Cochin, Prefect of the Department of Seine-et Olge, 1s dead. M. Cremer has challenged M. Saisset to fighta duel. ANOTHER UNPLEASANT REVIEW. The Duc de Grammont has issued a pamphlet re- viewing the recent struggle between France and Germany, and showing that “Prince Bismarck had devermined upon going to war’? with France. PARIS TO BE FORTIFIED ANEW. The Assembly Committee on the Defence or Paris have submitted a report condemning the present system of fortifications around the city, and the government has resolved to fortity the points occu- Pied by the German troops during the siege of the capital, The Relations to the Holy See. Paris, March 16, 1872. His Excellency President Thiers had an executive reception yesterday. When the formal presentatio#s were completed the President entered into conversation on the sub- ject of the Roman question and its fnfluences and bearing in the policy of the republic. During the course of his remarks he maintained that ‘Cath- Olicism 1s @ tradition and an element of strength to France.” Presidential Profession to the Papnl See. In this M. Thiers reiterates the expression which he conveyed to the Pontiff, in @ despatch which he transmitted to the Vatican last year, on the com- pletion by His Holiness of the twenty-fitth year of his Pontificate. The French President then wrote as follows;-— Most HOLY FaTHER—Tho French Catholics salute With respectiul joy the twenty-fifth anniversary of Your Holiness’ Pontificate. In my capacity of Chief of the Executive Power of the Frencn republic T associate myself with their sentiments, and hasten to make myself the interpreter of their wishes, Like ghe 1 have admired the nobie firmness with which Your Holiness has constantly shown yourself supe- rior to the events which God has permitted to occur during this long succession of years. Adversity could not overcome you, and has but illustrated the ness of your faith and the tet) of your apostolic virtues, France also, tried by misfortune, has found great consolation tn the generous charity of your paternal heart. She offers you the expros- sion of her gratitude, It is for me a distinguished honor to be at this solemn moment her faiunful in- terpreter, and to be able to lay at the feet of Your ca ew the assurance of her profound respect, of hef lively gratitude, and of the araent wishes that she cherislies that Pius the Ninth may continue tor long earapeoine Tak memorable Pontificate, The Chief of the Executive Power of the French repub- lie, THIEKS, M. Thiers in the Parlinment—Cabinet Ex- position of the Financial and Commercial Policy. Paris, March 16, 1872. During the session of the National Legislative Assembly to-day President Thiers made a speech, in which he insisted that the Committee on the Budget should promptly decide upon the quesuon of new taxation. His Exceliency satd:—“The delay of the com- mitvee in making their report upon the subject was paralyzing to the government aud tothe trade of the country.” M. Thiers also presented the definite proposal of the government for raising 55,000,000 francs by the taxation of textiles and 56,000,000 on other raw materials, The proposal of the government gave rise to a warm debate in the Assembly. THE PRESIDENTS SALARY MAINTAINED AGAINST HIS ASSAILANTS, The National Assembly to-day rejected a resolu- tion proposing a reduction in the allowance of President Thiers, It was proposed to reduce the amount by one-tenth, GERMANY. Archiepiscopal Excommunication from the Clois- ter in Cologne. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. BERLIN, March 16, 1872, His Grace the Most Reverend Archbishop of Co- logne has formally excommunicated Professbrs Hul- gers, Knoodt, Langen and Rusch, of the University of Bonn, for their rejection of the dogma or Papal tnfallibility, SPAIN. Royalist Aristocracy Retiring in the Face of Radicalism. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. . MapRID, March 16, 1872. i The Duke de Montpensier refuses to become a candidate for the Cortes at the forthcoming elec- tons. ITALY. Prince Napoleon Bonaparte at Court—The Mir- sion to England. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Romg, March 16, 1872. Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, who is now in this city, had an interview to-day with His Majesty King Victor Emmanuel, his father-in-law. THA EMBASSY AT THE BRITISH COURT. His Excellency Marquis adorns, Italian Minister at the Queon’s Cour in London, denies a report now in clroulation which alleges that he intends to resign and return to Italy. RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN MINNESOTA, * St. Pav, March 16, 1872, An accident occurred to the up train on the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad yesterday. The ladies’ car was thrown from the track and rolled over an embankment. One lady, whose name is hot given, was fatally injured. Several other pas- sengera received slight injuries. EUROPEAN MARKETS. Lowpow Monzy MARKRT.—LowpoN, Mares 1:80 P. M.—Consols closed at 9424 for money ‘and 9274 for the ac- Sra taag Leon, Suse, tercforiicy, SoMa en U76: BBOR"R, orFanig Bovnsn Yasin Mareb 160A. M.~-Rentes opened LIVERPOOL COTTON MARAR?.—LIvERPOO!, March 16— $:20,7; Actus coulon, market closed, frm, Middiing. up- nds, td, : mi Orleans, 11igd. w L1i4d. ‘The sales of the for speculation Baga ¥¥e MARKET.--Live: March 1s. 6d. per cental for RPOOT. fhovisrone 1 Wenaave it ero by , ARKET, =LAVERI 261.00 By. Ue 0. ver gw. bs ie ding day bave been 13,000 bales, including an ort. ENGLAND. An Iron-Clad Naval Vessel Ashore in the Medi- terranean—A War Frown Directed To- ward the South Paciflo— The Cotton Supply. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 16, 1872. Eight thousand one hundred and eighty-nine bales of American cotton were landed at Liverpool to-day. RUPTURE OF RELATIONS WITH AN AMERICAN RE- PUBLIC, It is reported that the governments of Her Bri- tannic Majesty and the South American republic of Uruguay have come to an open rupture and that friendly relations between the nations have ceased, An [roa-Clad War Ship Ashore. Lonpon, March 16, 1872, A telegram from Valetta, Malta, reports that the British iron-plated man-of-war Lord Clyde, twenty-three guns and 4,067 tons burden, is ashore in the Mediterranean, near the island of Pantellaria, ‘The naval authorities at Valetta will send assist- ance to the Lora Clyde. Scene of the Disaster. The tsland of Pantellaria, on the edge fringe of which the Lord Clyde lies disabled, 1s situated within the government of Naples. It lies sixty miles distant irom the west coast of Sictly and 100 mites east of Kalybia, Tunis, It 1s wholly of vol- canto formation, presenting vestiges of craters, with lava, hot springs, pumice and so forth. ‘the shape of the island 1s oval, and the circuit thirty miles, Pantellaria enjoys a small trade in the ex- Port of oll, wine, fruit and a little cotton, CUBA. Dr. Howard and a Sentenced Insurgent Sent toa Penal Setdement—The Vandalism of British Sailors. TELEGRAM TO THE REW YORK HERALG. Havana, March 16, 1872. Domingo Giral, wno was sentenced to death, but whose sentence was subsequently commuted to im- prisonment for life, and Dr. Howard left yesterday in the Cadiz steamer for Ceuta, @ Spanish penal settlement on the west coast of Africa. The remains of Captain Adams, iate of the steam- ship Morro Castle, were carried on board that ves sel to-day, to be sent to New York. A large funeral procession accompanied the remains to the whart, A suit for damages has been instituted at Matanzas against the #ritish Nagsbip Royal Alfred, her crew having destoyed the better portion of the Stalactites in the cave of Bellamas, and also the bar- room at the entrance of the cave, Personal Intelligence. General S. A. Duncan, of Washington, 1s quar- tered at the Astor House. , Senator O. ¥, Ingalls, of Troy, is domiciled at the Sturtevant House. General £. Lafarre, of Washington, 1s stopping at the St. Germain Hotel, Dr. J, Ridgley, of the Unitea States Army, is at Earle’s Hotel, Congressman William H. Barnum, of Connectt- cut, is among the late arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Adjutant General James A. Cunningham has quarters at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Ex.Congressman Ezra Cornell, of Ithaca, 1s so- Journing at the Astor House, A. P. White, President of Cornell University, is domiciled dat the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Colonel James H, Howe, General Manager of the Chicago and Northwestern Rajllroad, 1s a guest of the St. Nicholas Hotel. Ex-Congressman R. M. Price, of New Jersey, has rooms at the Astor House, Colonel H. 8. McComb, of Delaware, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr. William J, Florence, the comedian, is among the late arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Governor Hoffman yesterday arrived at Clarendon Hotel. Congressman 0, W. Barrett, of Chicago, {4 so- journing at the St. Dents Hovel. General J. R. Trimble, of the United States army, 1s a guest at the Metropolitan Hotel, Congressman Alexander Mitchell, of Wisconsin, 1s temporarily residing at the Hoffman House, 'Thd Rey. William M. Taylor, formerly of Liver- pool, England, will preach his second sermon as pastor at the Broadway Tabernacle to-day. The at- tainments of this gentleman make hima worthy successor to the Rev. Mr. thompson. He first came to America on a short visit for recreation, but was induced during his stay to fill the place of Dr. Rk. 5, Storrs, who wasin Europe. At his departure he ras accorded the thanks of and received substantial marks of favor from tbe con- gregation to whose needs he had ministered, ‘When the Rev. Mr. Thompson vacated the pulpit of the Tabernacle, its congreghtlon was inducea, by the great ability displayed by Mr. Taylor in his dis- course delivered during his visit, to look to him to become the successor of that fine scholar and ora- tor, Mr: Thompson, even, was anxious to be suc- ceeded by him, and upon arriving in England went to Liverpool and urged with successful result Mr, Taylor to accept the call. Mr. Willlam H. Hall, who has been manager and electrician of the Cuban cable at Key West since the opening of the line in 1867 until recently, has accepted the position of Manager of the Brooklyn and New York offices of the Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Company, and enters upon his duties to- morrow. The experiences of Mr. Paul B, Du Chaillu on his return froma successful lecturing tour in the New Dominion and his fellow passengers by the Euro- pean Railway were novel, even if not peculiarly agreeable, For four days they were detained in bleak pine forests by ice and snow on the track, To relieve the tedium of this tlme concerts were improvised, and M. Du Chaiilu delivered a leture on his experiences in travel, some of which were of a character to compel his hearers to believe theirs not the worst possible situation, Many engage- ments to lecture which M. Du Chaillu had made he has been compelled to break by this and a previous detention of four days in St, John, N. B., where he was snowed in. FOREIGN PERSONAL GOSSIP. —Professor Huxley's health is greatly improved since he leit England. —M. Kouher’s partisans in Corsica killed one of Count Posso di Borgo’s electors and wounded the man’s son. —M. Vincelette, Superintendent of the Beauport Lunatic Asylum, has been knighted by his Holiness for his services in the Papal cause. —General Von Schweimtz, the Prussian Minister at Vieuna, is engaged to Miss Jay, daughter of the American Minister at the Austrian capital, din, who commanded the party who set fire to the Tulleries, under the Commune, and poi @ chemist named Coq, has been sentenced to jeath. ——The Premier and Mrs. Gladstone entertained the United States Minister and Miss Ppanck, ie Marchioness of Ripon, and a select party at dinner recently. — Rear Admiral Arthur Cumming, ©. B., has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of Her Majes- "g ships and vessels on the East India station, vice A. Cockburn, deceased, the @—"leurton 1s the name of tne gentleman who ‘was recently shot dead in the street, in open day, at Saint-Etienne (Rhone), The murderer 1s @ man named Chanéac, formerly a sergeant-de-ville. —The Archbishop of Cambrai a short time ago delivered to the Papal Nuucio for his Holiness & sum of 187,000f,, resulting from various collections made at Christmas, and from offerigs received in eth es harie: recently while bunting oO 3 Kerr nt with he” Windsor Garrison hounds mes with serious accident. While leaping & hedge a noses fell and enh ada Mal oe head. Her ladyship lies in @ very precarious Sree nish radicals are strongly opposed to the coaiition Cabinet of Seor Segasta. They have Placed all ite Segastino members under ban, and Sworn to use every political means at their disposal the Dunlapmont of We reQoKaAdch Collector Arthur and the General Order Warehouses. ‘The following letter has been addressed py Cote lector Arthur to the agents of the Cunard, Hamburg and Bremen steamship lines: — Ovstom House, New York, March 16, 1872. The order relative to the disposition of une claimed goods arriving at this port will go ite effect on Monday next, and as your company ie therein authorized to designate any bonded warehouse of Class 8, sivuated tu the district in which your vessels land, as the warehouse for the storage of unciaimed goods disckarged from such vessels, I have to request that you will accord- ingly make such designation from any one of the following bonded warehouses of Class 3, situated in your district, for the storage of unclaimed goods arriving by your vesseis:— CUNARD LINE. Francis Squire & Co., Nos, 281 and 289 Weat streets Tl. J. Meyer, Nos. 393 to 497 Greonwich street; H, Je Meyer, Nos.’ 54 to 58 Laigh' street; George K. Leet & Co,, Nos, 386 and 386 Greenwich street; F. M. BLXby, Nos. 409 and 411 Greenwion street, BREMEN AND HAMBURG LINES. Squires & Co,, 151 to 195 Leroy street; Leet & O@. Leroy and West streets; F. 8. Livingston, 502 te 510 West street; Miller & Oonger, 516 to 620 Washington street; Doan & Co., 501 and 502 Wash- ington street. in this connection, and in view of the facts that it is rumored that attempts have been Made to mfuence your designation of such Warehouse by representation that @ certain se- lection would be gratitying to me or to the “Custom House authorities,” I dese to toforu you now, as I have heretofore stated to you verbally, thatif any such representation has oeem made to you it has been entirely without my knowl- edge, authority or approval; that 1 do not propese vo interfere, directly or indirectly, with your selec- tion Of such warehouses, and that itis iy parttou- lar desire that you consult only your owm wiskes and interests in the premises, I beg to add that my order of the 9th instant as- sumed tne designation of the warehouse known as (Hoboken or Cunard) stores on tne New Jersey side of the North River; provided, the control and managoment of the same be made to conform to the condition expressed in my order 1m regard therete. Lam, very respectiutiy, C, A. ARTHUR, Collector. Similar letters to the above, with the exception of the !ast paragraph, were sent to the agents of alt the other foreign steamship companies. BATEMAN VINDICATED. The United States District Attorscy of the Southern District of Ohio Not Proved Guilty of Official Misconduct. UINCINNATI, Ohto, March 16, 1872. At the conclusion of the investigation into the oficial conduct of Warner M. Bateman, United. States District Attorney for the Southern district of Ohio, George W. Sage, whose articles in the dally papers led to the investigation, and who has been conducting the examination, said he de- sired to state that although the allegations of fact ta publishing the articles to which the inveatigaiom was directed had been supported, he believed, with» out exception by the witnesses whove testimony ap- pears i the evidence in chief, he taought tt but an. act of Justice to Mr. Bateman, and due himself, to say that by other testimony in the case some of those facts had been negatived and others 0 quali- fled and modified as to remove the unfavorable con- clusions whicn these facts might in themselves war- rant, and that he was satisfied that upon tne test- mony altogether the inierences of official miscon- duct or improper practices had not been sustained, Mr. Bateman, in reply, sata:—‘Mr. Sage’s conduct of investigation has been fair, and such a3 any per- son intent upon arriving at the truth would pursue. I think he bas been misled by erroneous information and scandal tadustriously propagated until he, with other citizens havi +g no ill-feeling towara me, was lea to believe it. 1 am not disposed to ascrive to hin any improper motive as the occasion of his communications to the papers. LADIES AS PREACHERS. Sr. Louis, Mo., March 16, 1872: A largely attended meeting of the ladies of the Methoaist churches of this city was held hore yester- day to discuss a pian naving in view the admission of women to the pulpit as preachers, Re- porters were excluded, but it has transpired that, after two or three set 8) hes and general discussion of the subject, a committee was appointed to draft @ memorial to the General Con- Terence, to meet soon at Brooklyn, N. Y., asking that body to sanction and provide for the ordina- tion of women as ministers of the Methodist Churoa. Some of the first ladies in the clty were present at the meeting, and took part in the discussion. NAVIGATION OPENING ON THE HUDSON. NEWbURG, N. Y., March 16, 1872, The steamer River Queen reached here, without accideat from ice, at five o'clock this afternoon, from New York on her way to New Hamburg, being the first boat through for the season of 1872. She Was saluted along the river by the blowing ot whistles and ringing of bells. Navigation ts lully open to this point. Beware of Guesses in the Dark.—The man who does not understand the nature and diseases of tho hair cannot prescrive for It, PHALON, who had made the subject his study, prescribed for It forty years ago. The medicine was his CHMICAL HAIR INVIGORATOR. It can never be superseded, for it combines nutriment with medication, and produces # state of perfect and vigorous health in the scalp and fibres, Sold by all druggists. A.—In Announcing the Introduction of the spring style of Gentlemen's Dress Hats ESPENSCHEID woud remark that it is the most costly fabric of {ts kind that he has ever presented to the public of N When the original model was perfecte: that he determined it shoul shine all competition abroad, but eclipse ail ite predecessors athome. He therefore oifers the Espenscheld Hat for this season asa nearer approach to the yet tn contour, ma- terial, finish and classic taste than anything bis unequalled manutacturing facilities have heretofore enabled him to pro- duce. ESPENSCHELD, 118 Nassau street. 3 A.—Dougan’s Spring Styles of Hints are Marvels hod Beauty avd Blegance, 102 Nassau, corner of Aun street. A.—Gents’ Spring Style otf Hats Now Ready. LEAHY, Manufacturer, 145 Fulton street, A.—Rupture, Hernia.—White’s Patene LEVER TRUSS. The bes Cures warranted. Cc. AU M. ‘144 Broadway. A.—“‘Coosamption Ar di Permanent- 4 benefited by using Cod Liver Oi.” HAZARD & CAS- ELL'S COD LIViK OLL is the purest, sweetest and bes A.—This Morning—The Russias (vapor) Marble Baths, 25 Kasi Fourth street (near the Grand Cen! Hotel), receive gentlemen. bathers from 7 to 12 o'clock. ‘The most healthful, extensive, luxurious and popular Baths oa this Continent, A.—Gent’s Hnta, Spring Styles, nt the New Hat “Eatublishment of P. ERNENWEIN, 143 Nasaau hear Spruce, At 563 Brondwiy.—Novelticn in Men's and Boys’ Hats. Special notice.—Gentlerasn'’s Drews Hate re- tailing at wholesale prices, 251 Broadway, corner Murray stroat A.—Royal Havana Lottery.—Extraordinary DRAWING of April4, 1872. Tickets sold by J. B. MAR TINEZ & CO, BANKERS, 10 Wall street; box 4,685 Post. ofice, New York, A.—Ontarrh and Denfness.—Cure Guarane teed.—For deafness, the PATENT ORGANIC VIBRATOR. ble, removes singlug notses. rsona to hear distinctly ab church or public assemblies, ‘Treatise on Deafness aud Cae tarrh, with means of cure, sent free, Dr. 7. HUNT STILLWELL, 13 Clintcn place, Eighth at, N.Y. Asplowall, William H.—His Portrait, Bio- hy and Character in April number “PHRENOLOGICAL. FJouiNaL,” ‘Be. Newsinen have tt. 8. BR. WELLS, 389 Brondway, New York. A.—Watts’? Nervous Antidote.—Let Those who desire s permanent care for severe neuraigio pains (a the teeth and face appeal to Mr. ALONZO BUESK, the geme demanly Clerk of Part 1, Court of Common Pleas. Batchelor’s Hair 'ye=The Best ia the world ; ROR pertont dye; harmless, reliabie, instaatane ous, Atall dri Barry Du Bhery’s Revalenta Arabica Food, for Invalide.—The most nutritive preparation ever offers: t the public, REVALENT& CHOCOLATE, a mort deitgntis beverage. JOHN F.’ HENRY, Ages, Diamond Ena ol Watches, |S. GKORGE C, ALLEN, 1 Broadway, near Fourteenth st Havana and Keniucky Lottery Drawtawe, on fle. Circulars sent free. fi sera BATES, 194 Broadway Id n Fluttering Tale, but Truth Ape Ps pay for genviemen to buy thew epriug Late ie at KNOX'S, 313 Broad ray. by Em ‘sicians—On Moen ta es ei ereal Incapacity and Nervous Debility, sont free. GLINTON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 147 Bust Filteeath sh Mothers, During Your Child's Second Sam- mer, you will find Mrs, WINSLOW'S SOUTHING SYRUP an invaluable friend, NeedIea for all the Sewing Machines at O@ice Bartlett Needle Works, 669 Broadway, corner Prince street. P| He. ree ort Saat Guo En es BAKER SEWING MACHINE COMPANY have removed to 788 and 788 Broadway, corner of leath treet, ‘al Hav Lottery. ez hated and information furnished ; the Niches raton patd for Doubloons, all klads of Gold and silver, went Securities. KR & OO.) Bai TAY! ean Wall street, New York larger ey,