The New York Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1872, Page 12

10 NEW YORK HERLAD, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1872—QUADRUPLE SHEET. OUR PARES AND DRIVES. The Recent Improvements in the Parks, Squares and Boulevards—Open Air Con- certs to Continue. ‘The Conservatory in the Central Park ts now Deing rapiuly pushed forward towards completion. "The heaviest portion of the work, the laying of the @cep stone foundation, has occupied considerable time, but is now finished, and the rearing of the superstructure will be speedily accomplished, Gar- deners have been directed to plant vines atl around the Museum building (old arsenal), with a view to covering the exterior wall. This will give the old castie-like building a very picturesque appearance, and one more in keeping with its immediate sur- roundings, The Board of Park Commissioners has designated as a site for the Metropolitan Museum ef Art that part of the Central Park between Sev- enty-ninth and Eighty-fourth streets and Fifth aye- uue and the Drive, Plans are being discussed, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. The Board has designated as a site for the Amert- can Museum of Natural History that part of the Oentral Park west of Kighth avenue formerly known as Manhattan square. The Board is again discussing plans for the erection of an astronomical observa- tory inasuitable position upon the Park, The Belvidere of the Central Park will be completed ata very eariy date. To this end the repair shops, located between the two reservoirs in the trans- verse road No. 3, are being rapidly pushed forward snd will soon be in complete working o; ‘er, The Shakspeare statue ts assigned a different jee from that first agreed on, It will be placed in the centre of the gravelied area at the end of the cast aisie of the Mall, Bridge No, 26 i8 being rebuilt in rustic style, The ground east of the new reservoir, between Fifth avenue and the Drive and the margin of the Park aloug Fifth avenue from Eighty-fifyh to Nine- ty-second street, has been ordered tobe planted with shade trees along the broad walk. WHEN THE BAND BEOUNS TO PLAY. There will be music in all the public parks during the summer by Dodsworth’s Band. Should the weather continue fine during this week the first concert of the series may be expected probably on Baturd ‘The department will complete the work | the city squares, The Battery will be » paved, and considerable additions will be othe improvements about the City Hall. ‘The fountains in front of the principal entrance to that buikting will be at once proceed- ed with, The contour of the north line of the paving surrounding the Worth monument, Park avenue and Broadway is to be changed to an oval. The planting and paving of Union square, which was interrupted by the coming of the cold Weather, is now once more to be inaugurated. The ving of the sidewalks around Madison square, de- jayed by the same ca will be continued, MORNINGSIDE PARK, The Board is contemplating extensive tmprove- ments in this park, for which the landscape archi- tects are submitting careful plans. Plans are also under consideration for the {improvement of the plaza between Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth streets, and the fountain now at this place will probably be removed to Union or Washington square, THE BOULEVARD between Fifty-ninth and 165th streets is now betn planted with shade trees as far as Seventy-secon¢ street, The east side now atords a fine, continu ous drive, and the west side is being completed as Tapidly a8 possible. The bridge on the Boulevard at Macomb's Dam has been hitherto in a dangerous condition. In crossing it, when the horses reached its apex, they suddenly came in full view of the passing railWay trains, and in many cases became &lmost unmanageable froin fright, endangering the lives of those riding or diiving them. When It is Femembered that this bridge is crossed by great numbers of carriages and equestrians during the racing season at Fleetwood and Jerome Park tie urgency of epvedily remedying the defects is ap- parent. Itis now being furnished with a screen on each side of its entire length, and arrangements are being made to light it throughout with ga: The draw 1s being repaired and it is being new ly painted, NORTH OF THE PARK, avenue St. Nicholas, running in a diagonal direction from the upper end of the Park, nearly two miles, to the Kingsbridge road, will be completely graded and paved by the fall, One Hundred aud Tenth treet, bordering the northern ext be graded bety Me condition, will rd en Fifth avenue and the Boulevard, The work on 155th strect—an avenue which atfords an outlet for the entire crossing tr end of the island, and which avenue to the East River—will, it 1s exp finished by the ist of December next. nue, above 155th street, is being impro advaws ment, d, and a large share of the attention of the dopart- HARLEM RIVER TUNNEL. Surveys and plans for a tunnel through Harlem River ave being madi vey of Westchester Yonkers, The regul south line atreet, and that of nue, one of the most e in kind ever accom- plished on the island, will be complete In a few a A superstructure making a maguilic ent drive will be added at onc Sunday Scenes nnd Incidents In Central Park. “Keep Off oi the Grass” is an injunction that ts only removed by order of the Park Commissioners on the Hebres Sabbath. It consequently has a provoking significance on the Christian Sunday for the tired and worn mechanics and working people, who would gladly give something from their little savings for a good refreshing roll on the grass, on this, their only day of reereation. To these people the beautiful architecture and pleasant bite of landscape afford nearly the same satisfac- tion that the display of gold and bank notes in a broker's window gives them as they pass daily to and from the shops and factories. It is, In some sort, a shadowy vision of the green and pleasant country places, which hope and a never dispairing faith has painted for them as a haven of rest in the far away future. Even the poor toiiers living in cramped back rooms and attics have dreams in which the din and dust of THE CITY 18 Lost, and the smell of grasses, the waving of grain, the murmur of brooks and the lowing of cattle is seen and heard, while the sun sinks peacefully down on their own mystical, fabulous farm in the West. It 1s good to have some hope in the world, be it never fo sma It produces a healthy action of the mind, and saves men and women from dissipation, de- bauchery and crime, See these people as they stream into Central Park, as they came in hundreds and thonsands last Bunday. Their eyes grew brighter, their ftep more elastic, and hope dying out by reason of long waiting drew new inspiration from the bright sky, the soft, warm atmosphere, the budding of trees and the odor of grass and flowers. But these People passed by the refectories, where they were tempted by pastry, ices and beverages they could a ieee to purchase, and waudered hither and ner, ~ OVER MALL, RAMBLE AND BY-PATH, Everywhere the charm of freedom was felt only to loose its vaiue and fade before the sign presented at every turn, “Please Keep off the grass.” There Tas About, as much pleturesqueness noticable 4m the cha! the gen none at ull th ' of those on the grounds as fs found in ity of American gatherings—that 1a, if we except two casual groups. Neat he Fifth avenue entrance, at noonday, a number of freably arrived tmmigrants from England were Bilting. A group of Italian sailors, probably from Genoa, were strolling along, here and there pausing for p moment, asstiming grotesque attitudesind pointing admiringly to some distant point in the streteh of Jands At two o'clock ever cupied by a picthoric German, by a Weary mother r ¢ + bay ‘ her with a troop of noisy re or by Sarah, who, dressed out recous attire and accompanied by her young inau, complacently enjoying the prospec THE MENAGRR) was the greatest centre of att Irrespective of sex, age or previous condition, ‘The favorite beast was the Bengal tiger, which was in his liveliest lumor, stealing about his cage with an evor-watchful eye and snapping his teeth like ® pair of castinets. The pauther was stu- pid, the leopards were tired and the lions | were no better than stuffed ones. Even the pretty | vebras, so much like little mules, with ail their Stripes, could only command a very Ilmited circle of very juvenile admirers. As a whole the animals ‘oud not for a moment be compared with the trees, the irass and the weather, anda littie boy de praise rto get up an excitement by Lug a mudtirtic’s shell with a feather. ency of the adults to be 4 ROWED OVER THE LAKE Was striking, ne very boat. being in constant Otnor tae the aiternoon and evening, On the to be dream tendeney of the little boys and girls iN about by the goats was evidently on dah natu, Of halla dozen peacocks only one Hh natural pride and sense to expand his yas demmurely and | ction to the people, tie The tend- | | | | th had en t ading of Manhattan | | and it becomes essential that the sights, He was looking eagerly in the direction in which the sun was setting, and carefully shaded his eyes as he bent low. Finally he |, “Say, see somethin’ over thar Jest looked lke an Injun I knew, hung by the Vigilance Committee, He was the meanest, chicken-stealin’ Injun I ever knew, and it had jest his every motion. I thought maybe as how it Was—you don’t believe in ghosts, do ye? Looking in the direction indicates ry stander saw the cause of bis alarm inastatue of one of the aborigines, and explained it to him, “It must be all right,” muttered the Fort Scott man, “they wouldn't ‘pulld a statty to him, leastways here where he ain't known, but I think I'll get picter of it and show it to the Fort Scott “folks, And he with the others turned away from the Park. NEW YORK CITY. BDuring arow among some street sweepers last night, Willlam Liddy, of 80. Ridge street, was severely injured on the head with the handle of a hoe in the hands of one of his compatiions, He was sent to Bellevue Hospital by the police. The directors of the Mercantile Library have ad- dressed a communication to the trustees of the Clinton Hall Association, favoring the opening of the library on Sundays, The trustees will ho'd a meeting during the week for the purpose of taking action on the matter. The body of an unknown than, about forty years of age, was yesterday morning found in the Hudson River, of 155th street. Deceased,. who wore no whiskers, was bald. He wore gray jacket and pants, woollen shirt and boots, The remains, which were advanced in decomposition, were sent to the Morgue and Coroner Schirmer notified, Yesterday morning Eugene Sullivan, of No. 23 Roosevelt street, and Louis Gifford, of No, 25 Baxter street, were taken suddenly ill while working at the caisson of the East River bridge, foot of Roose- velt street. They were sent to the Park Hospital. Owen Fielder, of No, 111 Mulberry street, had one of his feet badly crushed by a falling timber while at work at the same place. Sarah McClusky, a little girl eleven years of age, whose parents live at 108 Goerck street, while en- gaged in rolling a hoop in the street, on Saturday afternoon, was taken suddenly Ill, and died on Sun, day evening. Probably she was suffering from disease, which was accelerated by over exertion. Coroner Schirmer was requested to make an in- vestigation, The body of a man found in the water off the foot of Eighty-sixth street, East River, yesterday, was subsequently identified as that of Cornelius Voorhees, a laborer, recently living in Fifth avenue, ear Highty-fifth street, The remains were taken in charge and Coroner Schirmer notifled to hold an inquest, It did not appear how long aeceased had been missing from his homé, y Coroner Schirmer was yesterday called to 586 Ninth avenue to hold an inquest over the remains of Mr. Albert W. Smith, the gentleman, sixty-one years of age, who dled from the effects of injuries received on Saturday afterneon by being thrown from his carriage, corner of Seventh avenue and 126th strect, caused by his horse taking fright. A report of the aceident appeared in Sunday's HeraLy, Mrs. Smith was somewhat injured at the same time, Pather Burke, the great Dominican friar, will lectnre in St, Stephen's church, East Twenty- Eighth street, this evening, in support of the mis- sion to the freedmen, The object of this mission is eminently charitable and praiseworthy. It is to Christianize and civilize the freedmen of the South, by teaching them the right use of liberty as well as thelr civil and religious duties, With such a pleader and such a cause the lecture cannot fail to bea success. As the steamer D. L. Martin, running between New York and Oyster Bay, was passing through Hell Gate yesterday morning she came in collision with a sloop, the name of which was not ascer- tained, and struck her with such force as to render her a complete wreck, and she drifted on the rocks, All on board were saved by small boats which put. out from the shore, The boom of the sloop made a large hole in the paddiebox of the steamer and passed completely through the ladies’ saloon, which was crowded with ladies and gentlemen, but for- tunately no one was injured, Amecting of the Simon Cameron Assoclation of the Fourteenth ward was held last evening in M’KAY’S LAST LEAP. A Romantic Lover, Crossing on a Steamer from Liverpool, Becomes Deranged by Fright and Leaps Out in Midocean—Three Seamen ‘Witness It, but Allow Him to Go to the Bottom. A remarkable case of self destruction on the high seas has been reported. It appears that among the steerage passengers on board the steamship Atlan- tic, leaving Liverpool en April 18, a party consisting ofa young girl named Linsley, accompanied by her brother and her lover, by the name of MeKay, were “messing” together on the way to the West. Mc- Kay was ap Irishman, about twenty-six years of age, and by trade a baker. He had the reputation of a nice, honest, quiet fellow, and strictly tem- perate. He was of a cheerful disposition, and when he came on board was in extra good spirits. Happy, probably, in contempating the pleasant prospect of being togelher on @ voyage across the mighty deep with her to whom he was subsequently to have joined his for- tunes, and for the journey through life. McKay soon made the acquaintance of his fellow craftsmen, the ship’s bakers, and as they were rather busy he volunteered his servicrs one day, and went into the cook room to assist. Everything went on right till Saturday, when there was considerable sea on. Every time a big wave caused the ship to heave @ little more than usual—though considering all things, she behaved in asteady manner, so much so that the motion was scarcely perceptible in the sa- loon, the aft and forward parts of course had more motion—some of the cooks or bakers would say In a joking manner “THERE SHE GOES,” or words to that effect. This frightened McKay and made him Aes uneasy. Towards evening he spoke to Mr. Linsley, the brother of the young woman he was engaged to, and asked him if he thought there was any danger. Linsley told him there was not the slightest, and after a while succeeded in removing his fears and got him to bed, He slept wel) during the night, and when he awoke in the morning. ap- peared all right, and laughed heartily at his fears expressed the day before. All day Sunday there was a strong northeasterly wind and a high sea, but. still no danger. In the afternoon, however, McKay became frightened again, and ‘asked several persons ff the gts going down, They all endeavored to dispel his fears by assuring him there was no danger whatever, but still he became more frightened and nervous. At about half-past six he went into the cook room and commenced as- elsting one of the men. After sitting there nearly an hour, during which time he remained perfectly minke eligi leaped to his feet and sald, “Can 0 Out eean you go out? Why, of course you can go out,” replied one of the bakers. Immediately after this he arose, walked on deck to the side of the ship, put his hand on the rail, and, without saying a word, LEAPED INTO THE WATER, He was never seen or heard of again. Now comes the strangest part of the story. Although three men saw him jump over, not one of them attempted to rescue him or give the old alarm of “A man overboard!’ Nor did they give any other alarm until ten minutes afterwards, wien one of them, in a quiet, characteristic man- ner, informed one of the officers that some little time previously a man had jumped overboard. This was 80 contrary to the manner in which seamen usually act on occasions such as this that the officer was inclined to believe he was oa to deceive him; and after he had spoken with the other two men who saw McKay's last leap he was more in doubt than before, and did not credit the story till he looked over the lst next morning and found one man missing. The cabin passengers all shared the officer's doubts, and many would scarcely belleve it when it was officially reported in the norning, so remarkable did it seem that a man should, without reason or explanation, jump from a steamer in mid-ocean, when the act must re- sult in death. Mr. Linsley says McKay never drank; that he had no troubles of any kind that would be apt to affect his mind, and that none of his family, so far as he was aware, had been insane, There no donbt that the heat of the cook room, where he had elected to spend a portion of his time, combined with slight sea sickness and his fears that the ship would never reach land, worked unfavorably upon his mind, causing a temporary insanity, Perhaps, after all, the unhappy young creature who was so summarily deprived ot her afianced husband was more thonght of than the loss of the man. Being greatly atfected by sea sickness, the news of her lover's untimely end was withheld from her as long as possible, At length her brother informed her of the sad circumstance, and then a Bowery Hall, at which Mr. John Heckler presided. Resolutions were adopted declaring that no fault could be found in President Grant's administration, endorsing and expressing confidence in the Phila- deiphia Convention, and advancing the name of Tion, Simon Cameron as the best candidate for the Vi Presidency, chiefly for the reason that he hi shown himself the stanch friend of the foreigners who come to this coun- try. Colonel George = W. Gibbons addressed the meeting, and was followed by Counsellor MoGlone, one of the poor exiles from la belle France. Considerable enthusiasm was displayed, and a mass meeting in the interest of Cameron was announced to take place at the Cooper Institute in June, The Jewish Passover was virtually closed yester- ay, at six o’clock P. M., though the ultra-orthodox p it up for eight days, and will not close until this evening. There were sermons in all the syna- gogues yesterday morning, and the services gen- erally were of a more joyous character than were those at the commencement of the festival. The congregations were large, the music fine and the pecans fair. The only effect which the Passover has had on Israelites is to prohibit them from eating leavened bread. They could eat anything else they leased, as if there had been no such festival. There is avery strong feeling among nominal orthodox Jews to discard this cracker food altogether. They say it is an antiquated custom, which has no par- ticular meaning for those of the present day, They are, however, in favor of the religious observance of the Passover, The funeral of Mr, Paran Stevens, well known as the princlpal proprietor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel in this city, the Tremont, Boston, and of hotels in other cities, took place at half-past four P. M. yes- terday, from his late residence, No, 244 Fifth ave- nue. The sumptuonsly furnished parlors were crowded with visitors. The casket, covered with flowers, was deposited throughout the day in an inner parlor, Shortly before the casket was re- moved the funeral service sda ag te fir by Rev, Dr. Washburne, Calvary church, assisted by Rev, Dr. Potter, G church, The following were the aull-beare! R. Eno, 232 Fifth avenue; John March, 26 Washington square; C. H. Russell, 417 Fifth avenue; A, T. Stewart, corner Thirty-fourth street and Fifth aveane; Henry F. Vale, West Thir- ty-fourth street; A, B. Darling, Fifth Avenue Hotel; Amos Trowbridge, 35 West Twenty-fifth street; Frank Chickering, West Fourteenth sirect, The re- mains were conveyed by a hearse to the railroad terminus, thence to Boston for interment at Mount Auburn, OUR WRETCHED PAVEMENTS, Commissioner Van Nort is determined to put our street pavements in order as rapidly as possible, considering the lmited appropriation therefor, Many of the down town streets where heavy truck- ing is done are already repaired. Within the past two weeks Fifth avenue has been put in good driv- ing condition from Washington square to Forty- second street; the balance to Fifty-ninth street will ‘ully repaired this week. Repairs on Madison nue will be immediately commenced and vigorously pressed, Sommissioner Van Nort has made the following communication In ference to street pavements relaid by the gas companies :— DxrantMent or Punic Worrs, } Commission ex's 10%, No, 237 Broapway, w York, April 29 1872. ©. K. Gannisox, President Mutual Gas’ Li ight Company Stu—Tt Is incumbent upon me to state that the matner in which the pavers are doing the work of relaying that portion of the street pavement removed for the purpose of Jaying the pipes of the Mutual Gas Light Company ix not saUistactory to this department. Numerons well-tounded complaints are continually lodged with this deparunent, rompt notice must be taken of the same. You will therefore (AGA take immediate steps to correct this abuse of privilege, or action must be had by this department Immediately under this final notice, Respecttully, GEOR: | VAN NORT, . Commissioner of Public Works, AN OLD SINNER, A Ruffian Throws Vitriol Upon a Young Girl. E. BE, Acxerson, @ printer, was brought up at the Tombs Police Court yesterday, charged by Mary throwing vitriol upon her person and endangering her life. She stated that she has known the priso- ner about four months, and that since she knew him he*has been in the habit of giving her money very frequently. On Saturday night, accompanied by her sister, she went out to take a@ stroll, and walking alon, Canal street met Ackerson, who accosted her and entered into conversation, After some talk he gave bs a @pPouhate. “Yhis brililaat bird was the ob- | her money to buy a new shawl, which she did, When c wi egctver# and had suchan ovation ag | she had got’ the shawl he asked her to _ nea hena to crow with delight, | come down on Sunday to see him at his feterday who were so fortunate | lodgings in Wililam street. She refused to ae hhetheue& bird screech will never | do this, alleging as her reasons that ) wee Another ¢ 4 fowl solong as they | she had her sister from the country staying with _— her, Enraged by her refusal to comply with his in the venine Wishes he sald le would get square with her, and dusk of evening tft wer end of | " Rin . He said ho tell of the Central Park, and he wan d to wee wil | on coming opposite 216 Canal street threw the hottie of vitriol ou her, destroying the entire suit she wore aud the new shawl Aeckerson, who is old enongh to be the compiainant’s father, could make no answer to the charge, aad was commitwd for trlal by Judge Dowling, heartrending scene occurred. She rose and stag- ered towards the hatchway, begging him to allow her to go up, but finding that he would not SHE RAVED AND WEPT, threw herself down on the floor covered with saw- dust, and evinced an unusual degree of mental agony, Atone time she vowed her lot should be cast with McKay’s, even in death; in another mo- ment she npbraided the cold-hearted men who had permitted him to become a prey to the waves with- out even an attempt at rescue or alarm, She | re- sented a most meiancholy appearance, and fc.used to be comforted. The utmost sorrow was ¢ “pressed for her by all the passengers on board, ana a sense of indignation pervaded the compan) * ving to the utter recklessness of the seamen Who aw the man fall into the water and failed to peport it in accord- ance with the ordinary rules on shipboard. THE METHODIST PREACHERS. Mission Work in Large Cities and Among the Negroes. The Methodist preachers were enlightened yes- terday to some extent on two important subjects, in which the church and the ministry are deeply in- terested, namely: How to reach the non-charch- going masses in large cities, and the evangeliza- tion of tho freedmen of the South, The Rev. Mr. McAuley, who has been thirteen years engaged in city mission work in London, in a very graphic and interesting manner related his experiences among the masses there and described the modus operandi by which they gather congregations and build churches freo from debt and make them self-sup- porting. The British plan has decidedly the ad- vantage of the American. In London the very best and most devoted preachers of the Wesleyan denomination engage in city mission work, and they receive the very best salaries paid to any Wesleyan ministers. They begin to preach on the streets in the neighborhoods in which they. desire to locate, or in a vacant shop or house, if they can get such, Davia, a young and pretty, but frail, female, with | The converts are kept togethér strictly on Mr. Wesley's plan, and are made to contribute of their means to the support of the Gospel among them- selves. Whena certain sum has been thus raised the Home Mission Society loans a certain sum to the infant church and donates another certain sum, with which a church edifice is at once erected, and as soon as the church becomes self-supporung it is supplied with regular Conference preachers. The missionary in the meantime goes to another field and repeats his work. Every chureh member is kept at work also visitit mht ‘om house to house, gathering children into Sabbath schools, anc preaching tn the highways and hedges in the after- hoons, and thus the work of evangelization is carried on rapidly = and — successfully. The best talent does not enter the home mission work, nor do those who do get the best salaries. Instead of going out into the streets and lanes for the people a store or hall is opened here, and the people are invited into it, and the process is very slow and uncertain. Mr. McAuley infinitely pre- ferred his own country’s methods to ours. Mr. Sargent, Superintendent of Wesleyan Mis- sions in the West In h ments of certain writers of books and for maga- zines in this country and in Europe as to the condi- tion of the blacks In those islands and their capacity to understand Christian morals, In the island of Jamaica alone they have eighty-one Wesleyan by Sa the membership being about nine-tentas black. valued at $100,000, and last year they raised for the support of their ministry in that city $55,000, besides sending a few thousands more to the mission fund of Great Britain. He therefore concluded that they as are other men, aki THE METHODIST BOCK COMMITTEE, This committee closed their business yesterday and adjourned sine die. after a few days return to their homes, While the sessions of the committee here have been very peaceable and harmonious, there is @ probability of a lively time in the General Conference when the quadrennial reports come up for final action, The minority, consisting of Drs. Slicer, Pike and Maltby, have @ report which they intend to lay before that body, While they most unquaiifiedly endorse the integrity and management of the agents, they As heartily condemn that of some of their employé: They present figures like these to sustain thelr allegation. That Hoffman, the faithless head of the binding. department under the previous administration, must have carried away or mitt 0 be carried away nearly as much stock as he worked up. For instance, Mr, Kllbreth’s report shows that tn 1869 there was expended for material in the binding departinent by Hoifman the sam of $52,239 to turn out $111, worth of work. the other hand, the report shows that under the superintendence of Mr. Andrews, Hoffman's sue- cessor, there Was expended in 1840 $20,498 to turn Out $80,970 worth of work, This large difference re- qui some expianation, which the majority of the committee give by stating that while Mr, Andrews turns out more bound work with a given quantity of leather, Mr. Hoffman turned ow conshderably more than Nis successor does with an equal qnantity Of muslin, They say also that it must er- | The American plan 1s almost the opposite of this, | lies, contradicted the state- | In Kingston they have eburch property | on | M be remembered that under Hoffman’s administra- tion the Concern was cramped up in narrow quar- ters in 200 Mulberry street, where they hi no chance to look pp anything; and while they do not exculpate Mr. Hoffman at all the} say that the 400 employés of the Concern had as free access to the bindery department, and to the stock contained therein, as Hoffman hi had. In the present establishment, on Broadway and Eleventh street, of course all this is obviated, and the Concern can- not lose except through fraud and collusion of heads of departments and employés, The committee standg divided 11 to 3, and as the majority's report has been adopted as the report to be presented to the General Conference it is very likely that that body will adopt it also, instead of the minority’s. But the entire subject wil be dis- been by a special committee of the Conference be- forehan ART MATTERS. The Spring Exhibition of the Academy of Design. There are few human institutions that are not susceptible of improvement, and even the most enthusiastic academician must acknowledge that the National Academy of Design has not yet quite reached to perfection, In the necessarily short pre- liminary notice that we have been able to give we alluded to some of the most apparent causes which just now interfere with the growth of the Academy and prevent it exercising its legitimate influence with the public in matters relating to art. The evils we pointed out are in great part such as may be remedied by the action of the artists themselves, and we hope that steps will be at once taken to make the Academy exhibitions more popular by in- troducing such modifications of the rules as will leave no excuse to artists for refraining from con- tributing. We have alreadysaid that the present exhibition suffers from the absence of pictures that ought to have found a place on the walls where we look to find a record of the winter’s art work. In the case of gentlemen who have placed their best pictures on view in _ private galleries, and sent only unimportant and even trivial work to represent them in the Academy, we can accept no excuse. These men stand convicted of want of devotion to the best interest of their profession, and have laid themselves open to the grave charge of being mere tradesmen in art, whose chief interest in their works is a mercantile one. In fact, they show themselves to be art-hucksters, not artists in the highest and best acceptation of the term. And now, having said so much in fayor of the Academy and the support that the artists owe to it, we feel the more at liberty to speak unreservedly, without fear of being misunderstood, on the conduct of those charged with the manage- ment, Immediately before the opening of the ex- hibition the average artistic mind was exercised somewhat concerning the possible and probable action of that awful tribunal known in professfoal parlance as the “hanging committee.) We ven- tured to defend them tna mild way from insinua- tions which were being too freely indulged in by a squeamish class of artistic small-bodies, who, con- scious of their own shortcomings, were dis- counting the possibilities and preparing their friends for the injustice that truculent academicians inflict on unrecognized genius, The event has mostly justified our defence of the good intentions of the members of the com- mittee, but in the case of Moran’s fine sea picture, “Outward Bound,” a great Injustice has been done in placing it in the Corridor on the outskirts of the exhibition. The work is full of power and that sea sentiment which no other American artist has caught 80 successfully as Moran. Such a picture ought not to have been turned out of doors; its merits are such that it will attract the attention of every one capable of recognizing what is good and worthy tn art, and an apparent slight, however unintentional, to such a picture does more to damage the public faith in the impartiality of the governing body of the Academy than a whole volume of newspaper puffs can remedy or efface. We have constantly contended that art should rise above cliques and petty Jealousies, and as we wish to see the Academy advance in public importance and authority we wish to see mistakes lkely to be damaging to its Influence avoided. In this instance a grave error has been committed, and we hope to see It remedied. As usual, the greater number of noteworthy ple- tures have drifted into the South Room. Doubtless fortune has something to do with obtaining a place in this favorite spot, but merit also is not without its influence, The most effective palpting in the room is aremarkably bold cattle subject, painted by a for- eign artist—S, B. Schieffelin. The title of the work isa suggestive one—“The Storm on the Mountains’— and the artist has contrived to impart the sense of disturbance in nature to the scene depicted on the canvas with admirable force and directness, A number of cattle coming down the mountain’s path find the bridge swept away by the torrent. Intense dramatic interest has been given to this incident by the almost human intelligence awhich the artist has imparted to the animals. It is in this that the chief value of the work consists, as displaying that close and earnest study which enables the artist to individualize even in the brute creation, The Sraming of the animal form is bold and full of knowledge, but the color, though Seat treated, is disagreeable and unsatisfactory. Bu what strikes us with most force is the boldness and. dramatic force of the composition, We should like to see more examples of this kind of foreign art on the walls of the Academy, for their Influence on our native school could scarcely fail to be beneficial. Two ambitious pictures by rising native artists occupy places of honor on the walls of this room— “A Seene tn Cairo,” by Tiifany, and ‘The Rock of Gibraltar,” by Swain Gifford. Both pictures ex- hibit talent, but neither of them can be considered as perfectly satisfactory. Tiffuny’s picture has a good deal of local character in it, reprod r9 with much fidelity the peculiar atmospheric effects of the East. But there is wanting the unity of purpose and motive which ought to characterize a work of this nature. Our attention is not attracted to any point; there is no dramatic story, and we are puzzled to decide whether the artist meant to present us his main subject—the group of horsemen in the road or the Mosque on the left, which forms a pet but by no means striking or important object, We are puzzled to know what the artist intended to suggest. He has iven us ascene in the East with a good dealof what is true and characteristic in the details; but the un- fortunate dilfuseness of the composition takes from the value of the work asa picture. Otherwise it possesses some qualities of the best work of this artist. The local color is admirably rendered, and there is evidence of thorough appreciation of the picturesque and poetical aspect of Eastern life. ‘he treatment of the sky is good, and there is in the tone of this picture an exquisite harmony, Swain Gifford’s “Gibraltar” is fall of sunshine and repose, The great rock looms up, like a lazy giant, out of the tranquil sea, but shorn of all its majesty and impressivencss. There is not a whit of the terested. This is but an immense mass of inert earth without any story in it, and is thefefore in- tensely uninteresting. It suggests nothing. The sky 18 perfectly serene and very poorly treated, as if the lazy spirit of the scene had exerted an evil influence on the artist. The noontide siesta sentiment that has been introduced into this work is not in keeping with the subject. We want to find something of the history of a famons place like Gibraltar suggested in @ picture that purposes to set it beiore us, and this we miss alto- gether in this work, whi rise is meritorious enough, The atmospheric effects are good, and there is much of the same harmony of tone that we noticed in Mr. Tiffany's picture, Tait’s “Autumn Morning on Racquette Lake,” 18 an ambitious, but scarcely successful, work. Such are just as capable of moraland intellectual culture | Maming trees as he has painted in the foreground if ever, seen in nature, and the foliage, without a trace of gray in Neither are the deer studies, | are very seldom, | mass of brilliant it, offends the eye. | whieh form so prominent a feature in the compost- | thon, as well studied as bonny ought tobe. Hazy | effect lu the background has been well caught, but | the mass of gray cloud only serves to make the bril- The members who have | Nant foliage in the foreground the more offensive | hot been elected to the General Conference will by the want of harmony in the picture, Brevoort’s “Moosoolamoo” 1s a quiet, but forci- ble composition, strong and decided in color, Shattuck hasan important landecape, which he calls “Midsummer.” It is fall of repose, but there isa want of nnity In the composition, and the color 1s somewhat too greens | Winslow Homer is represented by some half dozen works, all of which are marked by his stron; Individuality. Two of them deserve especial notice—“"The Country School” and “The Rainy Day in Camp.” The color in both is strong, but dis- agreeable and inharmonious, absolutely wanting in gradation, Mr. Homer seems unable to recognize or avail himself of half tones, and the result is great crudeness in his color. This is the more to be regretted that he possesses leut power and impresses, though he fails to please, us, Tiere is a rude and Incomplete merit in his works which cannot be ignored, and the only thing that, puzzles us is why an artist that can do so well canflot do better, It cannot be that t, Homer thinks it better to paint with pure colors and Ignore all the demi-tints, If the cause be simply want of technical power in the manage- | Ment of his colors we fimigine that some close study would enable him to congrats the dimculty, “The Country School” is a quiet, truthful picture, full of character, the sunshine eifects Ing especially happy. “A Rainy Day in Camp’ has more concentration and dramatic power. It is Simple and trathfal, but withal full of force, telling its svory directiy, and ina manner to be sentiment of the Gibraltar In which we are most in- | | no matter when played. comprehended by the meanest Rndentteniing, The misery and the fortitude of the soldier's li! are seen at a glance ; besides, the subject 1s more in kee! with the manner of the artist. His raw colors do not appear so harshly in this picture, be- cause their rudeness and decision have much that is in keeping with the scene. Homer has one great qualit wi most of our figure painters lack—he draws passably well, making his personages to ait or stand, as the case may require. We are not usually concerned lest they should slip off the canvas and hurt themselves by falling on the floor—a dread that affects us in many instances. But the defect of color is very serious, and ought to be remedied, “Forming Under Fire,” by Julian Scott, is a spirited battle plece by one of our soldier painters. The composition is a little scattered; but what is lost in dramatic effect 1s siived in truthfulness. It is one of those pictures hat only those who have seen fighting can thor- oughly appreciate. Still, the artist ought to learn that it is sometimes necessary to aban- don literal _ truthfulness sake of unity and dramatic effect. Horace Vernet af- fords an excellent example of treatment, in which the exigencies of historic truth and dramatic requirements have both been consulted without either being sacrificed to the other. But- Jer, also a soldier artist, has a mnvited dog picture. The are well drawn and full of action, A rtrait, by Ames, is treated with boldness and eedom. Its color is remarkably strong and bril- lant, The most successful picture of the native school is Gifford’s “Santa Maria della Salute.’ This old Venetian church is bathed in a sea of too rich gray, — espe- Y, in oid’ chureh, would have been desirable; but in the soft, warm sunset, we are inclined to forget everything. As a bate of color harmony we have seldom secn any- hing so delightful. It isasunset poem. Portraits by Constant Meyer offer a pleasing contrast.to the stiff and formal treatment adopted by some artists, ‘Two young ladies are seated in a landscape. The group is well composed and the whole forms a charming picture, independent of its portrait char- acter, which gives it special value for the friends of the young ladies, There are many other works of merit, which we will notice on another occasion. cial, Selou’s Jerusalem. The exhibition of those striking pictures of tho Holy City, which have attracted so much attention, wiil probably close in New York this week. We be- lieve that a number of the inhabitants of Brooklyn are anxious to have them exhibited in the City of Churches, and in order to comply with this generally expressed wish Mr. Derby has made arrangements to close the gallery on Fifth avenue and Twenty-second street this week, The Vanderlip Collection. An interesting collection of paintings is at pres- ent on view at the Somerville Gallery, They belong ‘to Mr. Vanderlip, a well known patron of our native artists. For the most part tho collection is com- pc of American works by prominent men, hough European art 1s also represented by several excellent examples. ‘he collection will remain on exhibition until Tuesday, May 7, when they will be ispoged of by public auction, THE NATIONAL GAME. A Fine but Somewhat One-Sided Game— Defeat. of the Mansfields by the Mutuals—Score, 12 to 0. The first championship match of the season in this vicinity came off yesterday afternoon on the Union Grounds, Brooklyn, E. D., in the presence of about 600 persons, the contestants being the newly organized Mansfeld Club, of Mansfield, Conn., and the Mutuals of this elty. The result of the game was extremely distasteful to the visiting club, from the fact that the ‘Mutes” did not allow thema single run with which to adorn their score. They are, however, somewhat used to such treatment, having recently been served in a similar manner by the Troy nine. The reader must not infer from this fact, though, that the Mansfield Club is not a good one; for it is. Tho signal defeats that have overtaken them since they left their homes in the Nutmeg State should have been expected; for they started off on the tour without having had any practice whatever—the whole nine never having so much as appeared on the same field together—and commenced operations against the Troy Club, than which there is not a stronger in the country. They have a good pitcher, a very fine catcher, a first class short stop and third base man, good second and first base men, and a fine out field. All they want, then, ig practice, without which a nine can never do well. Their fielding in yesterday's game was good, with very few exceptions; but they were utterly unable to bat Cummings’ pitching. Tho Mansflelds, however, wiil not be the only club that will have cause for complaint in this particular during the present season; for without doubt Cum- mings {8 the most dificult man to bat tiat ever pitched a ball, Martin, whose style of delivery is wholly different, not excepted, By a reference to the score it will be sean that the visitors earned but three first bases. Tenof their number were victimizd by Hicks behind the bat, who played his position without an error and made one very brilliant catch of a dificult short-bounding foul ball, for which he was warmly applauded by the assemblage. Hit the ball how they would, it was sure to go up in the air almost every time, provided it did not foul, so that twenty-one of the twenty-seven men put out were captured on the fly, If this does not show effective itching nothing does. In seven of the nine, innings the Mansflelds were retired in one, two, three order, just as fast as they could go to the bat, and at no time during the game did they get 4 man pee second base. Indeed, the flelding on the part he Mutuals was almost perfection, but two errors being charged to them, and one of these was quite why Sedat Start and Eggler bore oif the honors at e bat The following is the score, the column headed “£.” indicating the errors made by each player :— morvar. MANSFIELD. Players, RAB E.P.AR. | Players, HBT. P. A.B 1 6 3 1 Hatileld,2b.3 220° 2 0° Clapp, Btart, Int b...3 1 Buttery, Pearce, & 8.1 0 Bently, p.....0 Exgler,c. f...2 9 Murat, 34°69 9 Cummings, p: Bechtel. ?. 0 Boyd, 3d licks, MeMalien,r. Totals.....12 14 15 a7 Totals... INNINGS. Ist, 24, 8d. 4th, 5th. 6th, Tth, 8th. 9th. 8 0 @ 0 8 5 0 0 1-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o-0 RUNS TARNED EACH INNING. let. 2d, Bl, 4th. Sth. Gth. 7th. Bh. Wh, o 0 o 2 0 0 we 0 OO 0 2 1 o eo 2 ee ee 4 Mr. Ferguson, of the Atlantte Club. Time of game—Four hours and thirty minutes, A Game Between the Boston Red Stock- ings and the Olympics. PHILADELPHIA, Pa,, April 29, 1872, A base ball match between the Boston Red Stock- ings and the amateur Olympics in this clty to-day ‘was witnessed by about 1,500 people. The playing was excellent, She score stood—Red Stockings, 15; gignintcs, 8. Runs earned—Olympics, 8; Red Stock- ngs, 7. Base Ball Notes. Saturday next the Baltimores play the Mutuals on the Union Grounds. It now appears that owing to an understanding between the managers of the various professional clubs all games must count as champlonship games, Such being the case the contests between the Mutuals and Baltimores, as Well as those with the Olympics and Nationals of Washington, were -for the whip pennant, and not mere exhibition games, Therefore the f tind be- tween the Baltimores and Mutuals next Saturday Will be the third of their series, Wednesday next the Athletics of Philadelphia Play the Baltimores, at Baltimore, On Thursday the Baltimores and Bostons try con- clusions in the Monumental City, and on Saturday the Athletics and Bostons play at tho Quaker City. Pools will be sold on each of these games at John- son's, corner of Broadway and Twenty-eighth street. AID FOR ANTIOCH, A number of gentlemen interested in all matters of charity met in the smal! lecture room of Associa- tion Hall, on Twenty-third street and Fourth ave- nue, last evening, to take into consideration the pressing necessities of the people of Syria since the Tecent great carthquake there. William E, Dodge presided, and Mr, J. Augustus John- son, late United States Consul General for Syria acted as secretary, Among the distinguished ntlemen present were Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, W. A. oth, Christopher R. Rober and Dr. H. By Smith. Mr. Johnson gave an interesting account of Antioch and its Lhe er I the habits of the people, the temperature of the climate, the probable present progress of the annual crop and the facilities for forwarding sup- plies, and demonstrated therefrom to what extent and in what haste aid should be furnished, He ln that it was not necessary at Ee to send much, but that it was very desira- ble to send some at otice. After some general dis- cussion, & committee of eight gentlemen were ap- ener to take steps for securing contributions ‘om our citizens, In the shape of money, to be «lis the Americon missionary, Dr, Powers, to the sufferers there, The fol- mtlemen compose | the hy ag William A. Booth, chairman; William. F. eee J. Augustus Johnson, David Hoadley, Christopher R. Roberts, James Brown, f. Taylor Johnston and W. It. Aspinwall. Subsequently the name of John A. Livingston wag added to the list. The commit. tee will meet on®Wednesilag, at eleven o'clock, at the rooms of the Importers and Grocers’ Board of Trade, on Pearl and Wat strects. J. Augustus Jobnson ig treasurer of the committee, and coatri- tributed by in Antioe! lowing butions mav be sent to him at 26 Exchange place. ses scmiluiaceaiie e iain ] "OUR COUNTRYMEN” IN GERMANY? German Views of Schurz and Sumner—Theiy Little Game Seen Through—What is Thought of It—The German-Ameri- can Consular Convention, Berum, April 15, 1872, As was recently predicted, the motive of the Schurz-Sumner arms and ammunition squabble be- gins to be understood here, especially by the liberal organs. Tho conservative organs, reluctantly yielding the ground at first taken by them, inge| niously cover their retreat, They speak of Mr, Sumner as @ man of honor, though, during the late war, he was a fanatical opponent of Germany. Schurz, likewise, is a man of honor, who loved Gere many’s cause as much as Sumner hated it, After having, in a manner similar to this, established the good character of these heroes, the leading cohseys vative Journal heaps “ifs,” “buts” and “nayg* about them in the following way:— fj Both may have been influenced by a REGARD FOR PUBLIC MORA! butit cannot be altogether denied that ‘ney, the most prominent opponents of the present tration, have stirred up this matter in order to ate embarrassment and OS gi A new: pings constellation. But even if this inference did wrong their movement gives rise to other unple} sant Impressions, It seems that they went a ‘or! with negligence which is not to be liticlans of long experience, Theif assertior ve, one after the of futed, pey now are in a position by no means ible, ‘ The whole job has an appearance of foreign intrigue, in which Senators of the United Stated allowed themselves to be trapped, Eyen th started the thing may now wish that the; neve done 80, At all events it must be admit ni Examination bill was merely &@ manceuvi politicians frequently resort to in excited The lengthy milk-and-water apology winds up saying that the whole affair was notso much for exposare and punishment of a wrong as for po! cal purposes, which, after all, failed to obtain desired effect. With this prelude we now pass on to mention ANOTHER OF “OUR COUNTRYMEN,’’ abona fide one, recently returned from Go! where he was well known as a lawyor and grant commissioner. We speak of Mn Pred Kapp, who, after having successfully run for seve: minor commercial and municipal offices, has ni brought up as a member of the Reichstag for tha Erfurt-Salzwedel district, and made his maidet ‘speech before that body on Friday, on the occasion, of the first and second readings of the CONSULAR CONVENTION BETWEEN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES. fy The discussion was opened by Deputy Schleiden (Schleswig-Holstein), who eulogized the vasitnad as one much needed, but he regretted that tt been drawn up in Berlin instead of Washington or. New York, where the German Ambassador or thé Consul General, much better versed in the pecds llarities of American law, might have been con; sulted in its framing. This objection, however, was at once removed by the German Plentpotentlaryy Koenig—who, together with Mr. Bancroft, drow up the treaty—by stating that virtually said treaty: had been drawn under the supervision of the Ger- man Consul General to America. Mr. Schleldeny. having remarked that it seemed to. him as if THE RENOWNED AMERICAN HISTORIAN had paid but little attention to this matter, he was replied to by Councillor Koenig, who pertly said:—“If the gentlem an complains that the Eng- lish wording is not prectse and elegant I must confess astonishment that he has not, rather sai that of the German text. The convention originally drawn up in English, and it ition ol er, been re! readily perceived that the German is a translal As for the English wording, it is similar to that other treaties between America and other powers; and it is fair to suppose that the American Plenl- potentiary has 4 SUFFICIENT COMMAND OF HIS OWN LANGUAGE. In his further remarks on the treaty Deput Schleiden complained that in lieu of “real estate the word “property” was used, and that in nats 10 of said treaty the words “he,” “his? and are used, unaccompanied by the correspo! feminine pronouns. fs After makin everal other criticisms of thi nature Deputy Schieiden expressed the hope that his honorable friend, the member from Salzwedel the best versed in American laws—would embrace the opportunity to enlighten the House. } ‘This brought the new-fledged member, Mr. Kapy to his feet, and gave hima chance to again \¢ fest his INTENSE LOVE FOR AMERICA. Asa matter of course the astute lawyer opened; by greeting the convention as an evidence of great progress, and, step by step, pounced upon what he considered its defects, both as to form and contents, In_ rediscussing the points raised by Deputy Schiciden as to the difference of meaning between “property” and “real estate” he could not forega the satisfaction of attempting to show that in the treaties concluded between the two countriei since 1735 America had had all the advan- tage. “We,” he exclaimed, “can acquire pr movable Broperty in the United States, but no estate, Our Gerinan emigrants and German heirg have suffered for more than eighty years under this. disadvantage. I don’t blame the Americans. for having successfully taken advantage of our spor ance, but I belleve the time has come to meet on this issue, and to show them. that we know, hg: extent of the meaning of ‘real estate,’ ° At this time, when our consuls are to be put on an even footing witli those of America, a false transla- tion is laid before us, as false-as if gotten up inten+ tionally. I beg the House, previous to voting the convention, to amend it-by substituting the word ‘real estate’ for ‘property.’ “As for article 10, I would haye wished in it's clause protecting the citizens of both countries against fraud, and providi indemnity in cases where frauds are committed by officers of govern- ment. Gentiemen, with us such athing does not easily happen, and when officers of the judiciary commit defalcation—though I know of no such @ case—the Court Is responsible. It foll that AN AMERICAN INHERITING IN GERMANY cannot lose anything, the State Is his surety. Itis’ ‘not so in America; the United States no such responsibility. In a case ct? own prac- tice in New York the administrator of an inherit. ance who represented the heirs, cieayprares, about ten years ago, with a sum of $200, Our German countrymen lost from twenty-five to thirty< thousand dollars by it, and never recovered a cen There is no suing the State. If we cannot obtain from the United States—and I don’t believe we can— a concession to the effect that they shall become responsible for the frauds of their o} we ought erhaps, to indemnify ourselves by deman hat our consuls, upon payment of legal taxes, become the custodians of German inheritan This question is not unimportant, because the taxes often eat up one-third, and even two-thirds, of the whole. Poor people sutfer the most by it. In an instance of my own practice an administra- tor of a poor servant girl’s property charged her heirs five dollars per month for storing a savings bank account book; hence the heirs, for eighteen months, the legal period of his administratio! Wee to pay him $90.” (Laughter, “Hear near Mr. Kapp, in closing his remarks, which in no in- stance reflected very favorably on the land which was to him an asylum and a home for years, ex- ressed his astonishment that article 17 (protecs jon of trade marks and labels) should have beem embodied in this convention. “That which ought to have been added, as of importance to consuls, is a clause permitting them ‘to acquire real estates That right, up to the present, they have had only im. part, and I could name you instances in own experience where consnis had to contend with all manner of diMcultics, It took the present German Consul General in New York an effort of from six to eight weeks with the State Legislature in order to obtain leave to buy himself a house, an aim culties had to be settled by a committee at Albany before he could obtain a pel so self-under- Stood in all civilized nations, WHAT HE HOPED, “T hope that this convention may be the: perma of an extensive commerce and navigation treaty between us and the United States—a weal ie which the various complaints here made Terry Conny Noes roptieg that i the mak. Pri les the interests of the two imust bo ing of treaties that not afl that one party desires can be obtained from the other. ‘The interpretation and legality of treaties in the United within the province of the judiciary, and it would not have been desirable adopt clauses which courts might have decided illegal or ineffective, The word “property” occurs fn all American con- sular conventions, and is understood to mean real estate, Ina few St 8 only foreigners are deprived of the privilege of owning real estate, and it would have been impossivle to obtain a timely alteration of their laws for the framing of this convention. | Deputy Rabenan having pointed out an error in rection 10, Count Bismarck replied that it was evi- dently an omiaston on the part of the printer, The debate closed witha cefinition from President Delbruck regarding the exequatur of German con- suls, explaining when it stati reat in the Emperor. and when in the territorial anthorittes, The treaty now awaits its third reading. MORE VITRIOL THROWERS. James Johnson, residing at 108 Bowery, on Sun- day night caused the arrest of Harry: Menyille, by OMecer Tlarnett, of “the Eighth precinct, who charge te struck him several blows in the face with his fist, hit him on the cheek and threw @ quantity of vitriol in his fuee. ‘The prisoner was arraigned bofove Justice Ledwith, at the Jefferson Market SRT tied ae morning, and ‘up in default of $600 bail to appear for ge ——CCCCCi‘(CCCC(C(C(t;t;(C;tété#ééé#é#éwéaeeoewawawaooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee