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> rc SPAIN. Executive Command in the Trans- marine Colonies. Imperialist Movement for the Non-Recognition of » » the Democracy—Prince Bismarck’s Position Toward the Parliament and People. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 25, 1873. Despatches from Madrid say it is reported there ‘that Prince Bismarck refuses to advise the recog- nition of the Spanish Republic, declaring that it does not represent the true will of the Assembly, which yieided to the pressure of the masses tn pro- claiming 1t. It is also rumored that the Russian and Austrian governments have intimated that they withhold recognition on similar grounds. Executive Rule in Cuba and Porto Rico. a Maprip, March 25, 1873, Yo {8 ‘reported that Lieutenant General Picitain to be appointed Captain General of the island of Cubs, and Licutenant General Primo de Rivera Captain General of Porto Rico. fh THE EMBASSY AT VERSAILLES. ‘The Spanish government has accepted the resig- Mation of Sefior Olozaga, the Spanish Minister to France, ENGLAND. ‘The German Ambassador at the Point of Death— Bullion Movement from the Bank. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 25, 1873. Bis Excellency Count Arthur Von Bernstortf, ‘German Ambassador at the Court of St. James, lies atthe point of death. His condition is hopeless for recovery, and it is doubtful whether he will live tarough the night. The Count is sixty-five years of age; He was born in Berlin in the year 1808, and educated in that city. He has been distin- guished in the diplomatic profession for very many years, and represented German interests in the Dano-German Conference which was held in Lon- don in the year 1864, He was appointed Ambassa- dor from the Court of Prussia to England on the 17th of July, 1854, and commissioned to the same high rank by the German Empire. The Count labors under the effects of dropsy. BULLION FROM THE BANK ON BALANCE. ‘The amount of bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England on balance to-day is £308,000, FRANCE, — French and Spanish Socialists Arrested—Cadets’ . Insubordination. TELEGRAM. TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Parts, March 25, 1873. Twelve members of a secret socialist society ‘have been arrested at Ydes. Two of the prisoners are Spaniards and style themselves representatives ofthe government at Madrid. Other arrests in the same quarter are reported. CADETS’ AGITATION AND THE CONSEQUENCES, There have recently been serious disturbances ‘among the cadets at St. Cyr. General Cissey, the Minister of War, to-day visited the institution and Semtenced ten of the students to a month's im- grisonment. _ RUSSIA AND FRANCE. Wrench Republicanism Not in Accord with the Native Imperialism. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. St. PETERSBURG, March 25, 1873. ‘The Neva, a journal which was established here for the purpose of advecating an alliance between Rassia and France, has suspended publication. GERMANY. aval Preparation for a Cruise Off the Spanish Coast. TLLECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO, BERLIN, March 25, 1873, ASquadron of German nava! vesseis has been ‘Ordered to cruise in Spanish waters. THE VIENNA EXHIBITION. Patent Right Men Coming to the Post—A Sauer- Kraut Concession to Americans. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 25, 1873. An International Patent Rights Congress will be | beld in Vienna during the World’s Exhivition. It will be composed of manufacturers, scientific men | and other experts. Three American gardeners will be allowed to aise vegetables in Austrian soil to compete for agrtieaitural premiums. CENTRAL ASIA. Bussian Resolution for the Conquest and An- i nexation of Khiva. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. St. PETERSBURG, March 25, 1873. The Golos (leclares that the only issue of the ex- | Pedition to Khiva must be the complete and un- Conditional submission of the Khanate te Russian | Sway. March ofthe Imperial Russian Expedition | of Invasion. The St. Petersburg Exchonge Gazette learns from | Orenbarg that the first échelon ef the Fourth ‘attalion of Turkestan Rifles started on its march | ecress the steppes on the 20th January, in the direction of Orsk, the two Orenburg bat- aliens following it soon after. The 159th énfantry regiment was expected from Kasan to Feplace these corps, The train belenging te the Rifle battalion had been sent on in advance as early as the 9th of January, but stuck fast in the ‘now in a mountain pass five verste from its start- 1g place, and had to be dug out by the troops fol- if tytn Keang days after. Some of the train wag- ons had to be left behind even then, and the col- mmn was, at the time of writing, progressing but plewly as if deep snow across the steppes. It at Orenburg that the returm ef Khi- ese merchants to Kniva with the tidings would alarm the whole Khanate with respect to the ad- ‘vance and intentions of the Russians, y ‘WESTCHESTER TOWN ELECTIONS. Me annnal election for town officers toek place Westchester county yesterday, and passed ef in an unusually quict manner, not a soll- Bary arrest having been reported up te a late hour Rast evening. The contest settled chiefly on the @andidate for supervisor tn the various towns, that Being the most important office just now im the itt of the ie, In Yonkers Charles R. Dasen- re-elected Supervisor by a Barge jority, the democrats offering little eppo- pitien. iitiam Cauldwell, democrat, of Morris- => also elected to represent that town ina Bimliar capacity. The returns from the remaining Bwenty-two tewns cannot be knewn befere to-day. At Yonkers, the frst charter election under the mmended city charter, fer four aldermen and other city officers, also teok piace, and was characterized by harmony nd good order throughagt (ne dex. , 0 ican, was 'y, repul &y NEW YURK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARUH 26, WASHINGTON. Postmaster General Creswell on the Postal Car Trouble. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RAILROADS, PME LIE | President Grant's Promotion of His Son a Surprise to the Army, SENATORIAL WHITEWASHING. The Interior Department Determined to Collect the New York Central Tax—Appointments and Confirmations—The Vacant Kansas Senatorship. Wasninaton, March 25, 1873. Postmaster Gencral Creswell om the Postal Car Dificulty—The Department Ready to Fight the Railroads. Your correspondent called this evening on the Postmaster General with reference to the postal car diMculty, The affable Marylander, ever ready to give his views on any subject of public interest, waxed quite warm as he poured into your corre- spondent’s éar a tale of the grasping avarice of the railroad monopolies, who, in order to obtain their extortionate demand, grind the faccs of the poor and subject the people to great injury and incon- venience, The conversation was commenced with the remark— “T hear you are put to great trouble, Postmaster General, by the shabby treatment of the railroad companies. In the classic language of Tweed, ‘What are you going to do about it #" “At present we can do nothing but wait. You see the railroad service differs from all others in that we cannot advertise and call forth competi- tion, The compensation for railroad service is fixed by law, and 1 can’t vary from the rates pre- scribed by Congress, All we now can do is to get ready for any emergency. We don’t know exactly what the roads are going todo, There is gener- ally a great deal of bluster and talk before they take action. On secend thought they may change their minds about their extortionate demands. If one road won't do the postal service we'll try to get another to do it, and if no roads will do it we'll see what power we have over them, and if we have not sufficient control in the matter we'll go to Congress and ask for more power. If they don’t look out Congress will knock daylight out of them next session. The railroads don’t seem to understand that I can’t exceed the provisions of the law and fx prices in excess of those determined by Congress. Iam in a better position since the passage of the act last session in so much that I can pay for whatever services the roads may do. Iam not limited in quantity as I was belore.”” “What increase of compensation do the roads de- mand?” “They want to force us to pay for their postal cars such extraordinary prices that we can’t em- ploy them, The Western railroads are gratified by the passage of the law last session. In fact, all are satisfied except a few roads centring in New York York city. Congress has appropriated for them an increase of $500,000, and yet they seize this time to make trouble.’’ “What is likely to be the consequence if the rail- roads should pot yield and should withdraw their postal cars?” “Why, the next thing the people may dois to tear up the tracks, They are net going to be with- out their mails,’ “Cannot the government compel them to come te terms?” “The extent of the powers of the government ever railroads has not yet been clearly defined, but if the roads bring it to an issue they will find what the power of the government is. If it comes to that Congress will probably decide that railroads, being post routes, are under the control of the government and may be compelled to afford proper facilities at such reasonable rates as are deter- mined by Congress, and if the railroads refuse Congress will declare that the Postmaster General shall have power to ferward the mails in his own post cars and locomotives as often and as rapidly as the public interest may require, and then the roads will be admonished to clear the track, and not clearing it, the army will see to it thatit 1s cleared. 1 hope there will be no occasion to use er even ask for such extraordinary powers. But these corpor- ations who have received their franchises from the people certainly ewe in return certain duties tothe people. They not only owe the duty of transport- ing passengers and freight, but the still greater duty of transporting the mails with facility and despatch, and the people willsee to it that their rights are enforced.” “Will not the greatest inconvenience fall upon New York city in case the road sheuld withdraw their postal cars?” “It would cause a great deal of delay, but we shall try to do the best we can. If we could not make arrangements with other roads we should have to resort to the oid pl: and increase the number of clerks to assort the mails on arrival. If the old Dutch church in New York should be too small for this we shall have to engage another buliding or assort the mails at the depots. We are getting ready for any contingency. We don’t know exactly what the roads will do, but we are making the best ar- rangements we can. If the ratiroads should with- draw their postal cars they might subject us toa great deal of trouble and annoyance, and se- riously interfere with their own business. But him whem the Gods would destroy they first make mad, If they persist in this course they'll get a scorching from Congress next December.”’ Clayton Well Whitewashed by the Sen- ate=—Patterson Wants Permission te Daub Himself. There was more than the ordinary amount of useless talk in the Senate to-day. The mud incrus- tations on Clayton’s character have been washed away by a large majority in favor of the resolution of the special committee exonerating kim from the charges ef fraud in his election. Several Senaters, notavle among whom were Stockton, Stevenson and Carpenter, abstained from voting, on the ground that they had not dad time to read the volumin- ous repert of the special committee. Norwoed, the dissenting member of that committee, made a very able argument, reviewing and analyzing the testimony, and showing conclusively therefrom that the minority repert had “ample room and verge enough”? to stand upon. He was interrupted frequently by Clayton himself, who took exception te McConnell, who was one of the principal witnesses against him, being called his private secretary, he having merely an- swered some umimportant private correspendence from constituents for Clayton. McCennell was de- nounced by Clayten and his colleague as a leater, a man of brightness and talents, but wholly unre- lable, utterly unscropuleus and not to be believed on oath.. Norwood defended the credibility ef McConnell, he having been corroborated in great part and tn several instances by the testimony of Clayton himself, Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, said, in passing, referring:to the interruptions and state- ments of Clayton, that he had made many state- ments in, reference to the White-Hadley transac- tion not under the sanction ef his oath, and Mr. Clayton reiterated these statements, saying that “he was willing to advance to the bar of the Senate and noid up his right hand and swear to what he had said, notwithstanding that Mr. Norwood had virtually declared that his sworn stateme: ‘was worthless, and had accepted McCoanell’s in preference. This little bout cencluaed tne debate, and the vote was had in Clayton's favor, several excusing themselves from voting, Mr. Antheny then calied up hia resolution in relation to the resolution of expulsion sgainst Patterson, Mr, Stevenson opposed the reselution in @ brief speech, showing conclusively that the Senate ceuld not, | and foisted with DTORHIGH. Qf PAltY. consider envtkigg byt | came gf Goggin pouicians hag grayed the subject matter of the testimony and the report, and that, allowing Mr. Patterson to publish a reply to the report of the committee in the oficial records, which the Senate had never seen, wou'd tend to render nugatory al! committee invessiga- tions. Mr. Patterson had already, he said, printed areply, which wasiaid on the desks of Senators, which contained misstatements of facts, to which the Senate was asked to give ita endorsement, and for which the oficial imprimatur of the Senate was desired, Messrs, Stockton, Alcorn end ‘Thurman followed in the same strain, the latter showing the legitimate methods Mr. Patterson bad of getting his defence before the Senate. Mr. Sherman said that the printed reply, termed “ Observations on the Report of the Committee,” contained some paragraphs hardly in good taste, but which could be termed moderated in the necessarily strong language of defense, but that he deemed it so ea- sential that a man standing im the deplorable atti- tude Mr. Patterson did before the people of the country, should have all possible facilities of re- deeming himself; that if it became necessary he would read Mr. Pattersen’s reply before tu ate and thug secure its insertion inthe record. Mr. Stevenson agreed, at the suggestion of Mr. Stock- ton, to the printing of the defence in the record if the report, which exisied only in pamphict form, was printed along with it, and was read from the Globe to show that the understanding waa when action on the report was postponed just before the close of the session, not that Mr. Patterson should have permission to file a statement against the justice and conscientiousness of the report, but that the subject matter should on some future oc- casion, notwithstanding Mr. Patterson should then be out of the jurisdiction of the Senate, be taken up and discussed. All of these Senators testified to the painful reluctance with which the commit- tee made their report, and the sense of grave responsibility they brought to bear in ita prepara- tuon. The Senate then went into executive sca- sion and adjourned at six P. M. The Contest for the Vacant Kansas Sen- atorship—Subsidy Pom. Out of the Race—Caldwell Disgusted with Poli- tes. Caldwell’s resignation has engendered a deal of speculation as to who shall serve out the remain- ing four years of the term. Caldwell did not make up his mind to commit pelitical suicide to escape hanging until yesterday morning, when his resig- nation was sent in. Conkling had gone to New York, and would not be by him in the hour of his need, and nearly all his Senatorial backing gradually fell away until, when old Simon Cameron announced that he was unprepared to face the ob- loquy of opposing the resolution of expulsion, he gave it up and stole out by the back door in prefer- ence to being kicked off the front portico, The last man that stood by him was Ferry, of Michigan. If the vote had been reached on expulsion it would have been practicully unanimous. This 1s re- garded by Caldwell as a triumph of the newspapers. Pomeroy is still manipulating the succession, but it is deemed to be without the slightest hope of even influencing the appoimtment or subsequent election of himself or any one in the State that would be favorable te him. Governor Osborn, of Kansas, and Stover, the Lieutenant Governor, are here, and come, it is thought, in view of the probable resignation of Caldwell. The former, who has the appointment of a Senator ad interim until the Kansas Legislature mects next January, says positively that he will not appoint for some time yet. He has until next November to make the appointment, and as the Governor in- tensely covets the place himself the appointment will be made with an intendment of forwarding his personal ambition in the premises. He has de- clared that he will appoint neither Pomeroy nor any friend of Pomeroy’s. There is an effort being made here by Pomeroy and his followers to secure the appointment of I. 8. Kalloch, who is in the city working the thing up, but with no hopes of success, so far as can be ascertained. It is generally understood that his action will be of a character to effectually shelve the régime of Kansas politicians, who have recently given the State such malorderous noto- riety, and by so doing create a popularity that will enhance Osborn’s chances for the succession when the election shall take place. Some neW man, re- spectable but obscure, it is said, will, in all likell- hood, receive the appointment. Caldwell expresses himself as intensely disgusted with politics and all its appliances, especially with the results of the disease when taken in malignant form, and he will never again offer himself for the slightest politi- cal preferment, Fred. Grant’s Promotion to a Lieutenant Coloneley Criticised. Army officers here express astonishment that the President, himself an army man and fully alive te army sentiment, should consent to such a mill- tary scandal asthe promotion of his son, a mere youth, from the rank of Second Lieutenant to that of Lieutenant Colonel in the army, through the mere subterfuge ef an appointment as Military Secretary to the Lieutenant General under the act of July 25, 1866, Worse than all is the enforced re- tirement, to make a place for Lieutenant Grant, of the present Military Secretary, George A. Forsyth, @ full major in the line of the army and of great repu- tation for gallantry as @ volunteer cavalry oficer during the late war, and in connection with a noted Indian battle since the war. The Lieutenant General has two other Lieutenant Colonels on his personal staff—James W, Forsyth, Sheridan’s Chief of Staff while in command of the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac, and Michael V. Sheridan, brother of the Lieutenant Genera]. These aides-de- camp beth hold lower commissions in the line to make them eligible for appointment as staff omcers. ‘TheGeneral of the Army is allowed six aides, all with the rank and pay of colonel, under the act of 1866, and has that full number now on his staff, four of the six being purely ornaments. ‘The senior is but a frst lieutenant in lineal rank, three others captains of cavalry and the other two majors of the staff corps. As general officers have no employment for aides in time of peace, the maintenance of a large and costly staff at the seat of government is resented by active oficers of the army as @ reproach upon the economy of the ser- vice, which it lays open to the charge of extrava- gapce and uselessness when the supply bills are up for discussion in Congress. More Stringent M res Toward the New York Central Ratiroad The Commissioner of Internal Revenue heard with surprise that seventeen locomotives, belong- ing tothe New York Central Railroad Company, had been knocked down to the treasurer of the company for $17,000. The efficiency of the Collec tor at Albany, who is charged with enforcing the order of the Department to collect the tax, is not questioned, but he did not fully apprehend his in- structions. Re is now ordered to distrain in the name of the United States the passenger depot or Round House of Albany and offer the same. at public sale, Should the com- pany not make a bid exceeding one-half a fair valuation the Collector is ordered to turn in the property to the credit of the United States and close the doors against the company unless they choose to lease it on terms laid down by the govern- ment. The company will then have twelve months in which to redeem it, paying twenty per cent addi- tional and ali the costs to which the government may be subjected ; otherwise the property, by the law, reverts to the.United States. The Commis- sioner saysif the compamy expect to beat the Treasury Department the mistake will be discoy- ered before the read declares another dividend, ys» ©hree New Revenue Cutters. ‘The Treasury Department will, in a day or two, invite bids for the construction of three revenue cutters, one on the Pacific and two on the Atlantic coast. The bids for the cutters for the Atlantic side will be received on the 15th and 19th of April, and for the one on she Pacific on the ist of May. The Collector of Savannah to be Re« moved for Incompetency. The Treasury Department will shortly begin an- otber reconstruction of Custom House affairs at Savannah, the authorities being satisfied that, under the existing mismanagement, both the pub- lic revenue is diminished and material injury in- flicted upon the mercantile interests of the port. Collector Atkins, the present incumbent, who was brought from the back districts of the State om the administration by a 1873.—THIPLE SHERT, be utterly incompetent; and as his inter- ference in local politics has been as inju- rious as his neglect of his appropriate duties, he is to be set aside by general consent. The vacancy caused by his impending removal wil! probably be Med in accordance with the spirit, if not the let- ter, Of the civil service rules, An Ex-Keb, in the Chair. General J. B, Gordon, the new Senator from Geprgia, was temporarily called to the chair this morning by Vice President Wilson, and presided over the Senate a short time whiie the Vice Presi- dent went out, Thists the first time that an ex- Confederate has filled the Vice President's chair, Nominations by the President. ‘The President seut the following nominations to the Senate to-day :— Viee President's RB, Hayes, to be asurer of the United’ States Dic ; Cheney Rk. Prouty, to be vollect Cus. toms 86 Saiveria, Texas; Join A. Campbell, of ‘Territory; Wyoming, to be Governor of Wyoming John Minor Rice, to be Professor of Math in the Navy; 5S. Hammond, of New Jerse Agent for the Indians of the Colorado liver Agency, Arizona; J. A. Tomar, ef Ari- zona, to be Superintendent of Indian Aifirs, Arizona Territory; James A, Somerville, of Alabama, to be Reociver of Public Moneys at Mobile, Ala.; John M, Farland, of Mickigan, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Detroit, Michi. ; atica Y, WO De George Ingalls, of Hlinois, to Le agent for the Bi- Ute Indians in Southeastern Nevada; BB. Eggleston to be Collector of Internati Revenue, Second District, Mi: Yet Renjamia F, Wall to be Collector of Internal Revenue, Nimth District, Massachusetts; Frank White to be Collector ef In- ternal Revenue, Seventh District, Indiana; Alonzo B. Carroll to be Collector of Internal Revenue, Second District, Missour james KR. Hoyden to be Collector of Internal Re ue, District of Wash- ington Territory; Heury M. Taylor to be Collector of Internal Revenue, Third District, Texas, Confirmations by tho Senate. Tho Senate, in executive session to-day, con- firmed the following nominations :— Hiram K, Stilley, Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of North Carolina. Registers of Public Lands,—G, T, Stearns, at Mo- nile, Ala; W. W. Martin, at Independence, Kansas, Receivers of Publte Moneys.—E, §. Niccolls, at x Midridge W, Littie, at Kansas; E . ‘t . Y.; Brad- ford T, Simmons, at Johnstown, N. Y.; Nathaniel G. Smith, av Flemington, N. J.; Jacob R. Lovell, Phillipsburg, N. J. Promotions in the Navy.—tioutenant Com- mander George A. Stevens, to be a Commander; Captain George M. B, Clitz, to be a Commodore; Commander stephen B. Luce, to be a Captain; Licutenant Commander Peatty P. Smith, to bea Commander; Master Charles '’. Forse, to be a Lieu- tenant; Commander L. Davis, to be a Captain; Captain Andrew Bryson, to be a Commodere; Lieutenant Commander Cornelius M. Schoen- maker, to be Commander; Master Boutelle Noyes, to be iieutenant; Ensign Mahon, to be a Mas- tor; Master Edward kK. Moore, to be Lieutenant; Ensign Kossuth Niles, to be Master; Second As- sistant Engineer William Allen, to be First Assist- ant Engineer. Treasury Balances, The following balances were in the Treasary at the close of business to-day :— Ourrency...... e, eerie | Special deposit of legal venders for the redemption of certificates of deposit.. 29,440,000 Coin... 63,220,879 Coin cerifca es Outstanding legal tenders. 24,643,500 358,669,997 ART MATTERS. inn, Ie ee sett Pictures—Second Mvening’s Sale. Mr. Somerville possesses the advantage of hay- ing an alert sense of humor, and it was this which contributed greatly to the pleasantness with which last evening’s sale at the Association Building passed off, The audience was almost, if net quite, as large as that of Monday evening; but the bid- ding was, asa rule, less spirited, Certainly many of the prices realized were very low, when the beauty and value of the pictures are taken into consideration. Below we append a complete list. Independent of the intrinsic interest of such an auction as this, the feeling has been pleasurably enhanced by the beanty of the hallin which the salcs are held, and by various little unusual refine- ments in the decoration of the platform. This evening is the third of the series. The following prices were last night obtained:— Coast Scene, Narragansett, $280; At Rowayton, Conn., $204; Afternoen in Bergen Park, Colorado, $125; In the Woods, Goat Island, Niagara, $110; In the Vale, $135; In the Mountains near Idaho, Col., $110; Near Newpert, R. 1, $240; On the Coast, Newport, $130; Study of Autumn Trees, $400; Con: tentment Island—Study, $100; In the Forest, $70; Niagara, $90; Maple and Birch’in October, $175; On the Artists’ Brook, North Conway, $100; On the Hudson, near Newburg, N. Y., $160; Wood Scene, $110; Niagara, below the Fails, $65; Mount Pelh- grin, from Calerens, $55; Road in the Woods, $230; ‘he Path and the Brook, $160; Near Sunset—a Study, $115; Hills in Mist, $130; Study at Beverly, Mass-, $130; Sketch at Valmount, Col, $80; Lake George—the Narrows, $310; Lake George—Tongue Mountain, $450; interior Bay at Newport, R. I., $800; Adirondacks, $75; Hudson River, looking north from Dobbs’ ‘ $120; The Mountain Bridge, $290; The Coast Scene, $100; Rocks—A Study, $50; Bald Mennt Eliza- beth, Adirondack, $135; Cascade in the White Mountains, $75; Hudson River, Dobbs’ Ferry, $375; Niagara Falls,’ $150; Narragansett Coast, ' $310} Franconia Scenery, $110; North West Bay, Lake George, $135; Mount Mansfield, Vermont, $100; The ‘Adirondacks, $230; Border of a Brook, Catskill, $210; Niagara, $100; Narragansett Coast, $350; Cottonweod, Missouri, $75; The Rapids, Ni $140; Haynes’ Kauterskill Cove, I, 3 The River Arno, Mountain Brook, $200; Niagara, View, Lake George, $160; The Atlantic Coast rs 9 Branch (oy a Ween $125; Shrewsbur: let, N. J,, $200; Pine Woods, Conway, N. H., $160; English Lake District, $65; The Wreck, $180;’Study of Rocks, $140; The Sca at Nahant, $190; Near New- port, R The K L, $160; Point of Rocks, New- port, $240; Rocky Brook Cascade, 5300 5 ‘he Cliff—A Composition, $90; Portage Falls, $70} Winooski River, Vermont, $205; Cascade in Rocks, near Lake George, $100; Near Sabbath Day Point, Lake George, $330; Picnic Rocks, Darien, Conn., $210; Near Newport, $325; Bluffs at Newport, R. I.. $130; Stream in the Woods, $105; New England Scenery (b} fter= noon—A Sketch, $75; ton Falls, N. Y., $55; Conway Biufls, $51 near Boulton, Col, $80; The $65; Twilight, $70; Autumn Study, A Sketch, $40; Sketch near Valmount, $75: Newport, looking toward Narragansett, $80: Study of Trees, $100; Sketch, $55; The Road to the Village, #40; Genesee Meadows, $75; Homestead Road, $90; Mount Desert, Me., $155; Study of Rocks in the Woods, $85; Study, $40; Niagara, Below the Falls, $50; ‘A Gray Day, $210; ‘The Com- ing Storm, Chicorua, N. H., $210; Arcadia, $160; ‘The Meadow, $80; On the tan River, Adiron- dacks, $230; Reminiscence of Lake George, $275; Darien Shore, Conn., $120; A Study, $150; Bren- ton’s Point, at Newport, R. J., $260; Mount Desert, $130; Landscape (by W. A. Gay), $60; On the Hud- son, $205, Schenck’s Water Colors To-Day. Schenck’s Art Gallery, in Liberty street, has veen decorated during the week with a number of ex- cellent water-color drawings, imported by M. Knoedler & ©o., successors to Gonpil & Co, Among the names of contributing artists we dis- Reinhardt (of Dusseldorf), Louis Lait, Cicery, Toozer, Lari- mer, Agrassot, Reynauld, A. W. Mearshall, Row- ‘ootham, Divdin, Von Bremen, Hardy, Tadema, Cartwright, Zamagois, Whymper, Richards, Bel- lows, Vibert, Tusquiets, hme, Marx, Muhlig, Tanck and Berchére. The pictures will be sed to- day at noon. SALE OF THE STEAMER ORESCENT OITY. The well known screw steamer Crescent City, owned by the Atlantic Mail Steamship Company, ‘was sold by auction at pier No, 4 North River, yes- terday, by United States Marshal Harlow, to pay the debts of the company, which has been declare insolvent. There were only three bids made. Mr. Alexandre, of Alexandre’s line, bid $25,000 and another gentleman $40,000, tain Starbuck, who lately bought the steamers Morro Castle and Co- lumbia, offered $60,000, which was accepted. The Crescent City is an iron vessel, and was built in Boston in 1800 for Weld & Co. THE STEAMER CITY OF HAVANA SEIZED, The steamer City of Havana, belonging to the Mexican Steamship Company, was scized yester- day on @ charge that the owners, F, Alexanare & Sens, had violated the new Shipping act by not procuring their crews through Captain Duncan, the Shipping Comiissioner. “The vessel was leased aiter being bonded, Her owners state that they have disregarded the anthority of Oaptain Duncan under an order iasued by the Secretary of the Treasury on February 7, which empowered them to ship their own crews without payment of fees to the Commissioner. They claim ib the latter has no power over them whatever. ‘THE MURDERER PRALICH RESPITEM SYRACUSE, N. Y., March 25, 1878, flenry Fralich, senteneed to be hanged on Friday fer the murder of Peter Schaffer, was to-day granted a respite by Governor Dix until April 18. ‘The respite is granted in order that testimony r liscovered may be cor The tease ol ; On the get $75: Scene | ' 2 ws bill referred to the Kings county delegation, to aed if they cannot agree upen the provisions, report ' at _ time. The bill was then referred aa pre; posed. Introducing the City Charter to the Senate. BRILLIANT SOENE IN THE OHAMBER Chagrin at the Postponement of the Expected Debate. Rel Bae EE Legislative Action Relative to Some Familiar Railroad Bills—A New City Rail- road Project, ALBANY, March 25, 1873, ‘The Senate chamber waa crowded by a distin- guished and even fashionable audience to-night, to witness the opening tilt of the charter tournament. All the Senators, except Ave, were in their seats. Ames, who has been sick at home ever since he was elected; Allen, Graham, Palmer and Tweed, who denies that he has @ seat, and, therefore, really ought not to be counted, It was the fullest Senate that has been gathered together since the election of Conkling. ‘The galleries were overflawing, The ladies’ gallery was so filled that two young ladies, by the gal- antry of the doorkeeper, were conducted to the floor of the Senate, and there one of them unwit- tingly ensconced herself tn Senator Adama’ seat, that gallant Senator being out of bis seat at the time and herolcaily remaining so until the fair in- truder had withdrawn, THR LEADERS, On the floor also were a number of political mag- nates from the city. Tom Murphy led the party of “ina,”? and was clesely backed by Geo, M. Van Nort, Hugh Gardner, Chester Arthur, Addison H. Lafin, John O’Brien and the ancrushed Davenport. Dexter A, Hawkins represented the cheerful association called the Council of Municipal Reform and was backed by H. N, Beers, Among those “not assigned,’ so to speak, were Sinclair Tousey, M. B. Field, ex-Senator Lent and Hugh Hastings, All drifted about the cloak rooms, dimly impressed with the notion that they were influencing legisla- tion in Some way not likely to make them the ob- ject of an investigating committee. TOM MURPHY had at first modestly refrained from the privilege of the floor that is granted him, for various rea- sons, and stood among the unknown masses in the gallery, pinned against the wall like a beetie, An observant doorkeeper discovered him, however, and fixed a stool for him inside the railin; Trence he was subsequently transplanted to the Olerk’s desk, but the heavy curtains overhanging that sanccum disagreed with his fair complexion, and he managed soon after to transfer himself to a seat next to the resting place of the Licutenaat Governor. LIVTLE DAVENPORT appeared at all the doors atintervals, impaled him- self with one arm on the corner of the railing nearest to him, and glanced a erCnnRy, half tim- idly around, as if atraid Johnson might go for him on sight. Dexter A, Hawkins satin the rear with two copies of the charter before him and a roll of manusctipt amendments sticking out of his coxt- tail pockets, busying himself studiously im correct- ing the proot of the charter from his own new cop 2 Lieutenant Governor, on CALLING THE SKNATK TO ORDER, announced that a Senate bill, Nu, 297, was the spe- cial erder of the ening, and that the Senate would resolve itself into Committee of the Whole. Thereon Senator Winslow, from the Eighteenth district, Was called to the chair, Senator Woodin, who, in parliamentary usage, ‘fathers” the bill, re- quested that it be first read through and amend- ments be made only on the call for general amend- ments, a8 inatters that May seem Open to correc- tion in the early sections of the bill are, in many instances, corrected elsewhere, The request was acceded to, and the Clerk commenced READING THE BILL, , It covers fifty-five pages and includes 13¥6dc- tions, and took them two hours and twenty min- utes to read through. During all that time, how- ever, the visitors on the floer and in the galleries kept their seats in hope of a lively debate at the close. The Senators kept unusually attentive and silent. Not one fell asleep, and the long reading was interrupted only by the verbal corrections which Seuator Woodin made eccasionally when the printed copies differed from the “mar- gined’” copy which he held in his hand and the general rustling of eaves as a page was turned. Dayton, the — chief Clerk, and Glidden, the assistant, alternating in the reading; but even their measured tones failed to throw any exciting interest into the subject mat- ter, Bat it ENDED AT LAST at ten o'clock and then the disappointment of the public was plainly evident, for the anticipated de- bate was postponed. Senator Woodin at the con- clusion moved that the bill be YL ot peter and be made the special order for jursday morning, which was agreed to. The Senate then adjourned. CUSTOM HOUSE CAUCUS. Murphy and the Custom House men are all in convention to-nignt suggesting such amendments as they yet hope to carry. They will probably con- tinue the work to-morrow and until Thursda: morning, and this last chance for a charter to suit them will be most desperate of all. . AMENDING THE CODE. * Senator Benedict’s bill, introduced To-day, to amend the Code of Procedure, provides for appeals from the Marine Court, and from ail cases commenced therein, to the Court of Appeals; appeals, as matter of right, from the judgment of the Court of CommonfPieas ; prescribing $1 as clerks’ fees in Districts Courts; permitting whole answers and general denials to be stricken out as sham; allows the Sheriif to levy in all cases on debts and judgments incapable of Manual delivery; to relieve judgment debtors, who pay the Sherif’ from proving the judgment; enables personal representatives te issue execu- tions; enables the serving of notices of appeals without the undertaking and te have the under- takers discharge the levy; making appeals effec- tive without undertaking, and pi ing for am inspection of written instruments and examination before trial at the same time and apen one order, GARDINER AGAIN TO THE FRONY. ‘The famous Warehouse and Railread bill, which was riddled some time ago, is preparing for a rein- troduction to Senatorial society in a brand new dress and morally regenerated. Its odor is so noxious | that the scent that will cling round its name is probably enough to kill it. As now drawn the bill is with its most obnoxious clauses, drops the “Jofty merai’’; tone of commiseration for the con- dition of the iT and proposes to take its required land under the General Railre: and to build its warehouses under the General Mechanics’ Lien law. BRIF FARES, ‘The new Erie bill, which was ordered to a third reading last night, with the tare fixed at two cents a mile, was halted to-day by Senator Chatfield, who fathers it, ana not permitted to go on its final pas- sage, as he hopes to reinsert the three cent clause. The railroad company object to the jow rate of fare, and are preparing to upset the bill unless | they are allowed the full percentage of fare, THE BROADWAY BORE. The Beach Pneumatic Tube bill was passed in the Senate to-day, with the amendment proposed in the Assembly that ten per cent of the money be paid in before work is commenced, PARSED. The bill providing for the placing in the Capitol at Washington statues of eminent deceased citi- zens of this State; the bill amending the charter of the Academy of Design in New York city, and the bill establishing a Commission of Charitable bdo egg im New York city were passed in the nate. In the Assembly a discussion was had on the bill AMENDING THE CHARTER OF BROOKLYN and consolidating the towns of Kings county with the ctty, the House going into Committee of the Whole upom the bill, Mr. Jacobs moved to strike out the frst section providing for consolidation. He briefly stated that the citizens of the county towns were opposed to the proposition, and he deemed it bis duty to speak for them, mo matter What his personal views might be. Mr. Van Cott said the ebject was to rid of certain county ex- penses, which, sitaat were unnecessary. Mr. Jacobs replied that ai! that could be sect by simpler means. Mr. Wort sustained the Bill at some length, claiming that by dispensing With the Board of Supervisors greater satisfaction would be given both to the people of the city and county. , dacobe withdrew his mo- tion to strike out, and moved an amendment that no town shall be annexed until the question is sub- mitted to the people and approved of at the next neral election, Mr. id this was as the county of Kings was, "Oposi hy “another form, and ut the sane pr ition in ano’ ), and proceeded to divocate the bill, claiming that the subject sought—the getting rid of @ double-headed vernment—was @ good an@ @proper one. Mr. jacobs again demanded that the people of these county towns should not be forced into annexation against their will, Mr. Pierson explained the ob- ect of the bill to show that the city of Brooklyn made these towns what they were, and iv- sisted that annexation would stili farther benefit them. Roche cailed attention to the fact that the Committee of One Bundred asked for eighteen Aldermen, and this bill rovided = for thirty-nine at $1,000 each, ayrmere is (he seven 7 he ee ahng th gen- o claim t: ‘Supervisors ») The question was then taken on Mr. Jacobs’ amendment, and 1t was sdop' wo 24, On motion ef Mr. Worth the commiltee then Tove and revogyed KOR gER I QSdgr Ve bars | Bright's Disease, Gravel, Drops PROTROTION FROM CRIMINATA, The bill authorizing the summary conviction of professional thieves, pickpockets, burglara, bog was ordered to a third reading. DOWER INTERRST OF INSANK MARRIED WOMRW. 3 The bill providing for the release of marred women who are insane or under other disability, after considerable discussion, Was progressed an recommitted to the Judietary Commitsee. BLEECKER STREET AND FULTON FERRY RALLROAD. ‘The bill authorizing the Bleecker Street and I'uté tom Ferry Railroad Company to extend their tracks was under discussion. Mr. Opdyke moved to require the company to pay into the etty treme. Uury one-half per cent of their gross receipts, aud’ coatings his motion, Mr. C. G, Cornell opposed! on on the ground that the com| could not afford it. The motion was lost. tae thal offered an amendment requiring the conscae of the Mayor and Commonaity of New York oie te- fore the tracks are laid. He sustained his motion, quoting statements from oficial reports to ow that the company is wealthy and mas done & large paying business. The question was taken en tne motion and it was lost. Mr. Blessing moved to strike out the second section, relative to securing the right of way, as being insufficient, which waa lost. The bill was erdered to a third readi finally, after Mr. Hayes’ amendment striking ow that portion which allowed the company to lay tracks in Elm street and in Mulberry street, in the rear of the Cathedral. had been adopted. ANOTHER CITY RAILROAD PROJRCT. ‘The bill to authorize the construction of a rait- road in Christopher street and other streets in New York city ocgasioned debate in the evening session of the House. Mr. Opdyke moved an amepdmene that the consent of the city thoritiow shail first be obtained. Mr, Klumenthal advocated the amendment. Mr. Beebe said he had fattntally fellowed these gentlemen (Messrs. Opdyke and Blumenthal) from New York in advocacy of thiw principle, but as he found that neither the Gover- ner, the Senate nor this Mouse appeared to sus tain it, he confessed that he had weakened in @ weary tramp and had lately become possessed with misgivings as to the soundness of the position The question was then takem on the amendment and the amendment was lost. Mr. Voerhis moved to substitute for two a half per cent of the net receipts three per cent of the grossa recéipte as the amount to be paid into the city treasury. Mr. Opdyke moved that the gross receipts shall 6 determined by the sworn statements of the officers of the company, which, however, shall be subject to inspection by the Comptroller of the city. Mr. Voorhis accepted the amendment. Mr. Blumea- thal sustained the amendment. Mr. Prince de- Clared that the time had arrived fer this principle to be settied concerning these railroads, and set- tled forever. We should let the gentlemen coming here for these franchises know th they cannot have them is inserted in the moved to add the words, “providing that stock is above par in the market.” Lost, ir. Voorhis’ motion was then negatived by 37 to 47. ‘The Speaker moved to make the clause “two and & half per cent net proceeds” read “gross proceeds,'* having reference to the amount to be pald into the city treasury, which was carried. The bill waa then ordered to a third reading. DEBTS AGAINST THE ESTATES OF DECRASED PERSONS. The bill amending the Revised Statutes’ 50 ag ta enable a creditor to collect a debt against the estate of a deceased person, alter an explanation from Mr. Maguire that the bill was meant to cor: Tect an evil, was ordered to a third reading. NEW YORK CITY. According to some late regulations made and ine Structions issued by the Secretary of the Navy at Washington, the office of the United States Ship- ping Commissioner has been set aside for the pur- pose of paying with facility and safety the crews o4 United States men-of-war, Yesterday the crew of the United States sloop-of-war Colorado, consisting of 650 men, were paid off during the day, The Col- orado, which has recently returned from the coast# of China and Japan, was one of the flect that bom barded the Vorean forts, under the command of Rear Commodore Rogers. Sums were paid out to the men amounting to a total of $140,000, It was hitherto the custom to have the ships’ crews paid in the Navy Yard, Captain Duncan, United States Shipping Commissioner, recently had the presen’ arrangement consummated with the naval author- ities. The men are paid by checks on the sub- ‘Treasury, the checks being payable to bearer, and are valid on presentation at any bank, Many persons called at the Coroner’s office yes~ terday to ascertain the truth of the rumor that William Foster's boay was to be disinterred for the_ purpose of finding out whether or not he had takem poison before his death, The rumor was all the more astonishing, that on Sunday the HERALD had completely exploded the theory of the poisoning. ‘This rumor, like the other, proves, however, to. be. totally false. To exhume a body application has ta to be made to the Board of Health ior a permission todoso. The HERALD reporter found that no sucte application had been made. It appears that the only persons who would be likely to authoritatively make any such demand would be the relatives of the dead man or the Coroner. On the contrary, they were much annoyed at the absurd and heart- less§ rumors which have been put in circulatiom during the past few days, and feel that now tie criminal has expiated his crime oa the scaifoid huy memory and his body should be allowed to rest um peace, PAI i ie eee \ MAILS FOR EUROPE. plea ee ‘The steamship Wisconsin will leave this port om’ Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. ' ‘The mails for Europe will close at the Post Omica, at twelve o'clock M. ‘THE New York HeRavp--Edition, for Europe will be ready at balf-past nine o'clock in the morne ing. Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, six centse. - —- t The Bed-bug Census Increases With frightul rapidity atter the warm weather sets In. Ther, Cockroach census ditto. 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