The New York Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1873, Page 6

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TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE, 58th st, between Lex- Angtupand Ore TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 2 Bowery.— Vanuerr EStonressanee BRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st.. corner Gh av.—Neceo Minerarisy, Ac. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Bovence amp Ant. PLE SHEET. New York, Monday, May 26, 1473. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. ‘To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “FRANCE! AN ALARMING CRISIS SAFELY PASSED! AN ENCOURAGING EXAMPLE OF LAW AND ORDER! PRESIDENT Mac- MAHON’S ADDRESSES! SCENES IN THE AS- SEMBLY"—TITLE OF THE LEADER—SixTu Paar. @ACMAHON INSTALLED! A WILD TUMULT IN THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY, BUT NO BLOOD- SHED! THE HEROIC MARSHAL’S ACCEPT- ANCE OF THE NATION'S TRUST! THIERS, GAMBETTA AND OTHER LEADING ORA- TORS ON THE SITUATION! THE NEW CABINET—Tuixp Pace. SPANISH DREAD OF THE INDEPENDENT PRESS! NARROW ESCAPE OF A HERALD “SPECIAL” IN SPAIN! HIS LIFE INTER- CEDED FOR BY THE BRITISH MINISTER! 4 MISSING HERALD REPRESENTATIVE PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT IN CATALONIA !—SEVENTH Pace. THE NORTHERN GIANT STRIDING INTO CENTRAL ASIA! STEADY ADVANCE OF GENERAL KAUFMANN'S FORCES AGAINST KHIVA! THE KHANATE RIPE - POR *MUSCOVITE RULE! THE PERILS AND TRIUMPH OF THE HERALD'S COMMISSIONER—Sevewru Pace. @ COLOSSAL RAILWAY UNDERTAKING! M. DE LESSEPS' GRAND TRUNK LINE FROM .. DON TO CALCUTTA! THE RUSSIAN MIN- ISTER FAVORABLE TO THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE IMMEDIATELY UNDER- TAGEN—Srventn Pack. RAVAGES OF THE IOWA TORNADO! NATURE'S BESOM OF DESTRUCTION SWEEPING AWAY THE PUNY EFFORTS OF MAN— RECENT BOOK ISSUES—Sevanrn Page. DMINOUS MOVEMENTS OF THE INDIANS! OPEN DEFIANCE OF THE WHITE TROOPS! SET- TLERS WARNED AND ALARMED—SgvEnTa PAGE. YELLOW FEVER DEVASTATING MONTEVIDEO! THE PEUPLE IN FLIGHT AND BUSINESS SUSPENDED—CABLE AND GENERAL TELE- GRAMS—SEVENTH PaGE, ROMAN AND REVORMED CHRISTIANITY! AN EPITOME OF YESTERDAY'S SERMONS! FROTHINGHAM ON THE DECORATION UF THE HEROES’ GRAVES! BEECHER AND THE BIBLE! LOCAL LIQUOR OPTION: BISHOP FOSTER’S LEAVE-TAKING—Fourta PaGE. AN EMINENT IRISHMAN’S VIEWS UPON AFRI- CAN AND IRISH QUESTIONS! THE NEW GOVERNOR OF THE LUCAYOS INTER- VIEWED! THE LIVINGSTONE AID EXPE- DITIONS SENT FROM ENGLAND! GLAD- STONE'S FAILURE! HOME RULE—Firra PaGE. POLICE COMMISSIONER GARDNER ON THE STATUS OF THE FORCE—SUNDAY ENJOY- MENTS IN THE METROPOLIS AND BROOK- LYN—COMING MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC EVENTS—FirtH Pages. {THE PERUVIAN PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE! GEN- ERAL APPROVAL OF RIS COURSE! PUB- LIC EDUCATION—THE FRIENDS’ CONFER- ENCE—Firta Page. 4 @LANCE OVER THE FINANCIAL FIELD! THE TROUBLED STATE OF FRANCE AND THE MONETARY PROSPECTS—PREANNOUNCED REALTY TRANSFERS—JERSEY EPISCOPA- LIANS—Elcuru Pace, Ramway Communication rnom Evropr to Asta.—The correspondence which has just passed between M. Ferdinand de Lesseps and General Ignatieff, Russian Minister in Con- stantinople, which is reported specially in the Henatp by cable, affords hope that the grand undertaking to conneet Europe and Asia by rail, and thus bring Calais and Calcutta, with the exception of a small gap, within & seven days’ journey, may be commenced atanearly day. M. de Lesseps points out, in brief and terse language, the civilizing conse- quences which would result from the aceom- plishment of the work—the termination of Gentral Asian wars and the ratification of a solid, material entente between the Muscovite and the Briton. General Ignatieff has com- municated M. de Lesseps’ letter to the Ruasian Ministry, so that the latter assumes an im- perial assent to his proposition and is about to launch the project before the capitalists. A Vurr Goop Inza.—The police have issued p card requesting all citizens leaving their city homes for a Summer sojourn out of town to give their names and the number of their city residences respectively to the Central Office, Or some police station, so that a watch may be kept over their househéld goods against bur- Pt Tax Latest Guano Iea ar Aupany—The bill introduced into the Assembly for a rail- road tannel under the Hudson River between New York and Jersey City. Why not? The work could probably be done for a hundred millions, allowing a margin of fifty millions Sr Leadengen poid Rergussion, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. France!—An Alarming Crisis Safely Passed—An Encouraging Example of Law and Order—Prosident Mac Mahon’s Addresses—Scenes in the Assembly. The government of France, since Saturday morning last, has passed through a crisis which, on its near approach, filled the world with apprebensions of another revolu- tionary convulsion. On Saturday after- noon last, afler an exciting debate, the interpellation, or rather interposed proposi- tion, of President Thiers for ‘a definitive estab- lishment of the Republic,'’’ was rejected—362 against 348—in the National Assembly, and an order of the day from the Right was car- ried—360 against 344—regretting that the re- construction of the Ministry by President Thiers did not afford conservative guarantees. These decisive expressions of the Assembly were followed in the evening, first, by the resignation of the Ministry and of President Thiers, and next by the election of Marshal MacMahon as the Executive head of the State. The Assembly remains, the provisional gov- ernment remains, the Republic survives, and in the change from President Thiers to Presi- dent MacMahon the definitive proclamation of the Republic is only deferred. That the Republic will be maintained wo have the most encouraging assurances in the remarkable manifestations of law and order, peace, harmony and public confidence which have prevailed in Versailles and Paris and throughout France since the momentous proceedings of Saturday in the Assembly. During all the evening of that henceforth memorable day the streets of Paris were crowded with people discussing the day’s important events; ‘but no disturbance is reported.” There were no attempts at disorder at Versailles, and, after fully informing themselves of the situation, the people there quietly dispersed. Yester- day, at Chantilly, the races (for horse racing is among Sunday recreations of France) came off as if nothing out of the ordinary course of events had occurred. The weather was beautiful, the boulevards were thronged with gayly attired pleasure seekers, in whose conyersations political gfairs appeared to hold only a secondary position, while the most radical of the republican journals counselled “order, concord, vigilance and moderation.’’ These manifestations from the people of Paris of decorum and universal submission to a change in their Executive government— which it was feared, in anticipation of the event, might precipitate another Reign of Terror—we accept as encouraging assurances that the French people, in passing through the heavy trials and humiliations of the German invasion and armed occupation of their country and their capital, and through the fiery ordeal of the terrible Commune, have risen to the full measure of their duties as a free people. They have certainly vindicated, since Saturday last, their claims and capabilities for self-government ina manner which will greatly strengthen the faith of republicans throughout the world in the maintenance of the Republic in France. This quiet transition in Paris from Thiers to MacMahon—from an old Orleanist to an old Bonarpartist—may be incomprehensible even to Gortschakoff, Bismarck and Gladstone in the name of the Republic; but to the believer in French progress, in the substantial principles of popular sovereig@ty, there is no mystery in this peaceable election of a new President for France. Unquestionably the people of the United States will be apt to re- gard the universal submission to the law which has marked this orderly Presidential election in France as guaranteeing the permanent es- tablishment of the Republic. In President MacMahon's brief but spirited and comprehensive inaugural to the French people it will be seen that he fully appreciates the duties and necessities of the situation. He recognizes the weight of his responsibilities; but, with God's help and the devotion of the army, which is the army of law, ‘and with the support of all honest men,"’ he says, ‘‘we shall continue together the work of the libera- tion of the territory, and in the re- establishment of moral order in our country we shall maintain internal peace and the principles upon which society can repose.’’ His address to the prefects of the Seine breathes the same lofty spirit of patriotism; and that he is wholly disassociated from any factious affiliations or reactionary designs is evidently the general conviction among the French people. In this connection we publish 4 translation of the views of our intelligent French contemporary of this city, the Courrier des Etats-Unis, from which it ap- pears that this “white revolution,’’ though a step in the direction of the monarchy, is still far from the consummation desired by the monarchists, We may advance the same opinion in regard to the Empire. MacMahon and the Due de Broglie are numbered among its souvenirs; but the record of MacMahon since Sedan established for him « higher claim to the confidence of France than his relations of the past with the Bonapartes. In the special Henaty cable reports, which we publish this morning of the spirited debate and exciting scenes of Saturday in the French Assembly, our readers will have a graphic picture ot the keenly contested and deciave struggle between the Right and the Left. Those sketches recall the stormy scenes, the pungent hits, daring sccuss- tions and brilliant defences which marked the fiery partixan discussions of the first French revolution. But in this later and brighter revolutionary epoch the law has taken the place of violence in Paris, and an event which im times gone by would have been « signal for barricades and bloodshed now makes no percepti- ble impression upon the Sunday pastimes of the people. It has been said that “there are no Sabbaths in revolutionary times,” which is true; but the converse of this proposition is equally true, that ‘there are no revolutionary | times where the Sabbath continaes to bold its There is no revolution in France in the change from Thiers to MacMahon as Prosident. Thiers was simply mistaken in his opinion that the time had come when he could carry the Assembly in one bold step to “the defini- tive establishment of the Republic.” Fwiling in the test, he has retired, and MacMahon is chosen his successor, The provisional gov- ernment of France is thus maintained with- out @ gap or opening for ao revolt or 8 coup d état, MacMahon is pledged to law and order; law and order will be maintained. The active party of the Republic in the As wombly “wenutune will gontinug grow stronger as it has been growing, from the | Spaim a¢ War with the Herald—The pressure of the enlarged and still widening | Adventures and Dangers of Our republican sentiment among the French| Correspondents. People. Thus, from the existing As- sembly, and in an “interpellation’’ from Prosi- dent MacMahon, we may still have, and before the expiration of the year “‘a definitive establishment of the Republic.” President Thiers, in bridging over the chasm, in con- ducting France through the difficult transi- tions from the initial treaty of peace with Germany to the Commune, and from the Com- mune to his forced retirement, has rendered services of inestimable value to France and to mankind. But his retirement now excites no apprehensions of danger, the crisis being so safely past in which the elements of danger existed. The election of MacMahon, we believe, is not a step gained by the monarchy or the Empire, but a point secured, under a continued reign of law, order and public security, for the definitive proclamation and establishment of the Republic, President Thiers, having fulfilled his mission, has re- tired. President MacMahon, in taking his place, in our judgment, will be true to his pledges and to the French people in adhering to the Republic. What Should Be Done with the Sur- rendered Modocs, When the news of the surrender of some thirteen Modocs reached us we descanted freely upon the fate which justice should have in store for them. That fate is the gallows, They have all been concerned in the murders and killings perpetrated by and in the name of their tribe. That they have surrendered is, doubtless, owing to the fact that they could not fight any more and does not make them any less murderers than theretofore. We are aware that the custom has been to pet all Indians who have proved themselves especially murderous ; but, in the name of the foully murdered Canby, we demand that every Modoc captured ‘kick heels with his throat in a rope.’ There should, moreover, be no delay about the matter. To feed and fondle the murderers of our troops is to hold out a premium for the unruly savages all over the Wost, who grow rusty fora fight every time the grass is up. The fact that they haye fought the troops should, however, weigh less than the fact that, in a peace con- ference, they assassinated an illustrious soldier and a philanthropic divine, whose efforts wero being directed, at the moment of receiving their death wounds, towards the good of their murderers. The crime cried aloud for vengeance, and now is the moment when thirteen of the band can be made to atone. It will be no vicarious sacrifice in their cases, ‘The attack or feint made in an- other part of the lava beds at the time of the murder of General Canby shows that the entire gang were accessories before the fact. Hawker Jim, one of tho interesting captives, is the murderer of the settlers on Lost River. Let them all hang. Feeding them and pampering them will not bring in Captain Jack. The Annual Quaker Conference. Our citizens are apt to remember the one week of tho year which is dedicated by super- stition, tradition and custom to the Quakers and to him of mythological fame who is supposed always to attend then—Jupiter Pluvius. The incongruity of this association has never seemed to strike the public mind, and might, besides, be met by arguments, drawn from both science and experience, which would prove the conclusion formed upon it to be a singular fallacy. But no one really believes that, upon the gathering of the gentle follow- ers of George Fox, any evil necromancy, unconscious or otherwise, influences the be- havior of the elements. If the elements are naughty it is because it is the season when Spring verges upon Summer and nature kindly gives vegetation to drink of the cooling floods of heaven. The simple-minded Friends are not to blame for the impression which they create, so easily explained by the fact that they are true to their proverbially prudential habits and never go abroad unless armed with the inevitable large-sized and hospitable um- brella, the like of which was touchingly lamented by dear Mrs. Caudle. The annual gatherings of the Quakers in New York and Philadelphia have been noted for the earnestness with which they go about attacking whatever exists in the world that they esteem as wrong. Peculiar in their faith and almost isolated in their practice, they yet possess a quiet dignity that never has failed to impress itself somewhat upon the consciousness of the less austere and more sceptical portion of mankind. Their advocacy of public reforms, a8 recorded in the history of political society, has often resulted in the success of the noble Christian humanity by which it was prompted. Such accomplishment is an unanswerable eulogiam, more eloquent than words, upon the beauty of their character and the truth of their professions. The opening services yes- terday of the great annual Conference for the State of New York and portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey took place in the Stuyvesant Park Meeting House, and the re- port of them in another column will be found worth perusal. Many of the men and women who sit in its deliberations are known by the statesmen and executive officers of the nation, with whom they have come in contact, as possessing great intellectual force and seute and liberal judgments. The quiet simplicity which the humility of their faith throws around them may be o bar to the brilliancy of repu- tation which attends the leading spirits of other churches, but their influence is not less strong, and perhaps is more concentrated in its effect, upon society and government. Dur- ing this week it may be anticipated that they will dwell somewhat upon the Indian question and, othes public matters, and their recom- mendations in this regard—in view of recent events—will certainly be looked upon with some interest by the public. Deoonation Day. —The 30th of May, known as Decoration Day, when, in remembrance of our soldiers who died for the Union, flowers are strewn upon their graves, having been declared # legal holiday by the Legislature, Governor Dix has issued a proclamation respectfully recommending that it be solem- nized with fitting observance by the people of the State. Believing that this recommenda- tion will be cordially followed, we have only to hog that soft winds and sunny skies will prevail throughout the day aud throughout the eouutry. the person who met his death at the hands of the Spaniards. A spectacle like this was never witnessed before in the history of the world. During the Franco-German war newspaper correspondents were well treated by both sides—so well, in fact, that the influence of a member of the press with the German officers was made by Wilkie Collins the turning point of his latest novel. The same thing was the case throughout our own war. Spain is the only country in the world which per- sists in making war upon the newspapers, and the chiefs of the new Republic seem to have chosen the Hznatp and its representatives as the special objects of their wrath. It would be pitiable indeed if a too kind description of Don Carlos—that is, too kind for Spanish ears—should be made the occasion of such unwise and rigorous measures. But it appears unmistakable that any petty occasion is seized upon to harass and distress the commissioners of this journal, The case of Mr. O'Kelly has long been a standing rebuke to Spain. The arrest of Mr. Price, without cause and with- out explanation, is even a more flagrant exer- cise of arbitrary power. The news received this morning from our special correspondents adds to the unworthy actions of the Spanish Republic, and presenta the singular spectacle of a nation at war with.a newspaper. The adventures of Heaup correspondents during the fast two or three’ yours aro oa vellous as anything in the annals of travel. The successful search after Dr. Livingstone was an achievement Which the whole civilized world has recognized. It had its perils as well as its triumphs. The adventures of Mr. O'Kelly in Cuba will be long remembered on aecount of the daring and courage of our cor- respondent. The Henaxp representative with the United States forces in the lava beds has not found them beds of roses. Spain, as well as Africa and Cuba and the lava beds, seems to be a land of extreme peril for the men who represent this journal in that unhappy coun- try. And now Asia is added to the other three quarters of the globe in which Hxnaup cor- respondents have been or are now undergoing perils in the fulfilment of the duties of their profession, The special despatches to the Henawy from Khiva received this morn- ing by way of London show that our correspondent in the Khanate had ¢o undergo great dangers in gathering intelligened for the readers of this newspaper regarding the Rus- sian war. It is only natural. when great Powers go to war with great- newspapers that the perils of journalism should be increas.°d and the journalists become the knights erram’ of modern civilization, as has our press Bayard, as he is termed, in Central Asia. But we hope the Spanish Ministry will learn that even countries more powerful than Spain cannot carry on successful wars against great journals, The tyranny manifested by that country over four of the representatives of the Heraxp has already done more injury to the Republic than the victories of Don Carlos, In the war with the Bourbon Prince the Span- iards fight only a few men. Ina war against the Heratp the sentiment of all free people will be aroused against the republican leaders. Complications with countries with which Spain is now st peace cannot fail to follow from the unwise policy Spain has adopted, and unless our correspondents are justly treated both the United States and Great Britain must espouse our cause with armed force. The Pastors’ Ascension Discourses. Last week the Christian Church commemor- ated the coming event in the salvation scheme of the Lord Jesus Christ—namely, His ascen- sion into heaven. Yesterday some of the pastors recalled their people's attention to this event, and its great significance in the chain of evidences that bind us to the cross and draw us toward the skies. In the Cathe- dral Father McNamee reminded his congre- gation that Christ spent forty days on earth strengthening the faith and the foundations of His Church and giving them ample time and opportunity to convince themselves of His individuality and the verity of his promises. Then, after assuring His disciples that it was ‘expedient for them that He should goaway,”” He left them with the promise that the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, should come to them. But, according to the reverend Father, Christ has also left another real representation of Himself to men in the sacrifice of the mass, in which it is believed by many that His real presence, His body and blood, resides. Dr. McGlynn made an appeal in behalf of the orphans of his parish, and also in behalf of the annual collection for the Pope. He ex- plained that the introduction of congrega- tional singing into his church is not an inno- vation, as some suppose, but is a return to the practice of the primitive Church. It would be well if we got nearer to the primi- tive Church in other particulars as well as in our singing. A correspondent of the Liberal Christian of a late date declares that he heard as excellent congregational singing in Catho- lic churches in Rome as he had ever heard in Protestant churches in New York or elsewhere. The close of the ‘mission’’ of the Jesuit Fathers in St. Francis Xavier’s church yester- day was made notable by three immense con- gregations, aggregating, it is believed, over ten thousand persons, who gathered morning, afternoon and evening, and to whom Father Glackmeyer preached with his usual earnest- ness and eloquence. Father Romay made an appeal in St. Vin- cent de Paul’s church for the Little Sisters of the Poor, an organization about thirty years old, which relieves innumerable necessities of the poor at the sacrifice of their own ease. Father Flattery opened his new mission enterprise in 105th street and Second avenue, under very favorable auspices, yesterday. Drs. Chapin and Bellows were absent from their nulpita yesterday—the former having gone to Europe and the latter somewhere else. Mr. Pullman preached in the Church of the Divine Paternity on God as ® consuming fire, in egplanation of which he intimated the must be red-hot or burn a long time to clean and purify some men’s souls. How much easier it is to submit to the cleans- ing efficacy of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, which the Scriptures assure us “cleanseth from all sin!" Mr. Clute, of New- ark, occupied Dr. Bellows’ place, and for the bread of life gave the congregation a stone, and then triumphantly asked, ‘(How shall the everlasting Gospel be taught in forms that are suited to the ever-changing times?” Any one who hag read the sermon sketches which we have printed for months past, with some honorable exceptions, must be satisfied that the ‘ever-changing times’’ are abundantly supplied with ever- changing forms of the Gospel. The sins at which the Gospel strikes are never-changing. They are the same in every age and clime, and to combat them an “everlasting” or un- changing Gospel is much more needed in place of the sickly sentimentalities which are too often sent out from the pulpits under the guise of sermons Dr. Ormiston was absent from his pulpit also yesterday, and Dr. Vermilyea stood in his place and preached on the in- herent truths of the Christian religion, and the evidences on which they rest. Bishop Foster preached his farewell sermon in St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church | Preparatory to his departure on an episcopal tour to Europe and South America. His theme was ‘‘The Paternity of God,’’ and hence the brotherhood of the human and the angelic races. The chilling representations of God, as given from many pulpits, the Bishop deprecated, and showed them to be unscriptural and ungodlike. Mr. Frothingham encouraged a general ob- servance of Decoration Day and the removal of all distinctions in regard to the sectional habitation of the dead, and in the following sentence hints at something like the new the-, ory of euthanasia by which the helpless and the worthless are to be quietly transferred from this world to another: —‘‘When the hu- man organization becomes unfit for the soul’s environment the golden chain should be snapped, the bond broken and the useless frame committed to the dust.”” Mr. Beecher tindertook the task of improv- ing some of the Saviour’s precepts in the Sermon on the Mount. He did it, too, we have no doubt, to the satisfaction of the con- sciences of many who heard and of many more who shall read his discourse to- day. And, by a similar rule of interpretation, very few precepts of the Gospel could withstand the washing-away. It is merely. the difference between the letter and the spirit. The former is belittled by Mr. Beecher that the latter may be exalted. But Mr. Beecher seems to forget that the letter is as necessary as the spirit, and, to many minds, much more so, and, if we adopt his theory, we shall ultimately abolish both the letter and the spirit in our interpre- tations of the Gospel. From Kingston, N. Y., we havea sermon by Mr. Vandevere on the spherity of Christianity and the moral foolishness of trying to de- n/olish sin with a handful of proof-texts. Sin is a fact that proves itself, and no complete idea of it can be derived from the statistics of the penitentiary or the confessions of mur- derers. enat is pernicious and flabby philosophy which denies the existence of what it condemn.;: 92d yet that is what, in Mr. Vandevere’s opinio.) the new philosophy is doing or trying to do. _ He shows us a better way. We must see merf 0 Christ saw them and feel as He felt toward: , and then the true reformation will set in. >, Rev. Mr. Culver, of Poughkeepsie, gav.° the Governor's veto of the Local Prohibition bi.’ an overhauling yesterday, and regretted that General Dix should have so summarily and on such frivolous pretexts at once blighted the fondest hopes of temperance men on this ques- tion. He classed drunkenness with murder and gambling, and insisted that we had as good a right and need to suppress intemper- ance as these. The temperance people must have'patience. Their turn will come by and by, and then the opponents of this reform aust wait, Cuouera Reports.—As regularly as Sum- mer comes there comes with it startling re- ports of the approach of Asiatie cholera. These are found, when sifted, either pure fictions or gross exaggeration, like that in reference to the deaths on the steamer John Kilgour during her last trip from New Orleans to Cincinnati. In this case three deaths from other causes were made to represent a fright- ful development of cholera threatening the whole country. Such sensational stories should not obtain the slightest credence, unless amply vouched for by intelligent doc- tors. All discreet persons at this season will eat with moderation the ripening fruits and maturing vegetables as they appear, take care that the system be fully nourished, observe regular habits of occupation, rest and recreation ; practice strict cleanliness of per- son, home and surroundings, and be sure to breathe plenty of fresh air. Those who fol- low these rules will have little use for medi- cine and no occasion to be alarmed at un- authenticated cholera reports. Why any man should manufacture false statements so likely to produce alarm and induce disease and death is one of the mysteries of depravity, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Ex-Governor Stevenson, of Kentucky, is stopping at the New York Hotel. : Ex-Governor W. B. Lawrence, of Rhode Island, is in town at the Brevoort House, Captain Charles Kennedy, of the steamship Bal- tic, has once more a berth at the Grand Centra Hotel. George H. Torney, Assistant Surgeon, of the United States Navy, is staying at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Major Q, A. Gilmore, of the United States En- gineer corps, has quarters at the Grand Central Hotel. The Prince of Montenegro lately visited the Em- press of Russia at Sorrento, Italy, and afterwards went to Rome. Lieutenant Commander @. G. Campbell, of the British Navy, is among the late arrivals at the Brevoort House, Minister Washburne’s wife has left Patis for Bou- logne-swr-Mer, where she will spend the Summer with her family. An English Member of Parliamen| bas been unaccountably missing for some time, is sald to be a leader among the Carlists, Fmma Brewer, with the usual aliases, was the leader of a band of English pickpockets who have been arrested in Bordeaux, France. Her accom. Plices are all males. “‘Vathek,” Beckford’s beautiful chateau of Mont- serrat, near Cintra, Portugal, is now owned by a Londoner named Cook, who has been created @ Viscount of Portugal. The arrangements for the Shah of Persia’s visit to England are completed. He will be lodged at Buckingham Palace, and will pay two formal visita to the Queen at Windsor Castie—one to lunch and the other to attend a grand review of the troops. The ex-Duke of Modena lately visited the Prince of Wales in Vienna, and a friendly meeting of the representatives of the house of Stuart and Guelp& occurred. The ex-Duke is a descendant of Hen- rietta, the youngest daughter of Charles 1,, of Engiand, and, therefore, could assert a elaim te the British throne, M. Colbert, the French Minister of Commerca, having convened a number O~Parisian traders, in- vited them to give their opinions on his policy and the neea for reforms. One ef them imme- diately said:—‘Monseigneur, 1 tell you frankly that when you entered the Ministry you founa the cart upset on one side, and only set it right again to turn it over on the other.” WEATHER REPORT. ‘WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFIORR, WASHINGTON, May 26—1 A. M, Probabilities, Fur the Middle States southeasterly and north- easterly winds, cooler, clear and cloudy weather, with pessibly rain tne southwest ern portion; for the Jakes and northwest and thence to Missouri and Kentucky partly and unceasingly cloudy, warm weather aaé occasional rain, with falling temperature, in the evening, west of the Mississipi Valley; for the Gulf and South Atlantic States and Tennessee south- erly and southwesterly winds, partly cloudy weather and occasional rains, The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes i= the temperature for the past twenty-fours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut/e Pharmacy, was Building :— 1873, 1872, 1873, 66 330 P.M. 2 8a PRISONERS BREAK THE BERGEN JAIL. —-_——_. Jersey Justice Again Fooled—How Com: victs May Coolly Leave Their Celis Be hind Whenever They Please. Early yesterday morning three prisoners, named Willigm H, Nuon, John Smullen and Jacob Perry, the former an Englishman and the two lattel Amerieans, escaped from the Bergen County Jail, at Hackensack, by means of breaking @ window in the southwesterly corner of the building. If seems that the Sheriff, David <A. Pell, had not locked them in their cells on Saturday evening, at he had beenin the habit ofdoing, but they were per mitted to nave access to the hallway or corrider, and by this means they had but little trouble te escape. The window through which they gained open aif is on the second floor, about ten feet high, and se curely fastened, a8 one would suppose, by trom bars, one and one-half inches in thickness, and the top and bottom of these are fastened about six inches into @ solid stone, which serves for a wink dow sill. Two bars also run crosswise of the othe! and are secured inalike manner. By remov! one of these crossbars they were enabled to bre: the outer window sash, and the aperture them made was but 18x22 inches. From th¢ window to the ground is fiteen and it was undoubtedly reached by leaping fro! the second story. As the third man, Smullen, wat_ getting out through this hole the Sheriff was im the ace of grabbing him, but it being rather hig from the floor he was unable to capture him. The’ were arrested on a charge of larceny, and wer€ awaiting the action of the Grand Jury at the August Term of the yer and Termines Court, Oficers, consisting of Sheriff Pell, the Keeper of the Prison, ex-Sheriff Van Blarcom, Mr. Peil’s predecessor, and also Petet. Van Riper, proprietor of the Hackensack Hou: started in pursuit of them yesterday morning, an it is probable they will succeed in returnin, again to their old quarters. A reward of $1,' was offered immedietely alter their ‘‘deparcur and should these gentlemen be so fortunate as bring them in durance vile they will undoubtedly spend a season at Saratoga or inhale the odoriter+ ous breezes of the Jersey shores at Long Branch, ‘The jail, which is of brick, is three stories high— @ very strong structure, both inside and out The cells are eight feet long and six wide, and @ large pavement stone, five inches in thickness, answers fora floor, Had the prisoners been in careerated in their cells it would have been im) sible tor them to escape, a8 the doors are of iron and are fastened by a heavy lock and an iron cleat. ‘The building is nearly new, and is the one in which John W. Avery, the murderer of Jacob Erbe, of Cresskill, forfeited nis life on the gallows oe ,, th of June, 1872, and at which time an account it W788 Published in the Henan. ~ SAN FRANOISOO, Arriy.@! Of Celestials in California, hissed “SAN FRANCISCO, May 24, 1873, the British steavter 1rd of the Isles, trom Hong Kong, arrived this cvemag- She brought about nine hundred Chinese Kania BA SE ag the crew of a wrecked junk und tu the ina Sea, numbert minetoch. ‘On May 15 mye broke her crank and lay to for four da and a half. She Coon to ae ytd Waieeet Bay engnie. steamer brought no the death of Henry Baker was premature. He has rallied, but there is little hepe of his recovery. Eighteen hundred Chinese arrived, in this week. UNDER THE WHEEL A Car Driver Who Should Be Looked After. The police of the Second precinct reported to the Central OMice, last evening, that William Price, @ child six years of age, was pushed off the front platform ofa car of the Belt line by the driver, and the wheels passing over one of his feet mutilated it in @ most shocking manner. The child’s story is to the effect that he was retary to his home, 300 Pearl street, from Clinton street; that when the car reached Peck slip he asked the driver to stop the car and let him off, and that the driver, so far from complying with his request, actually took hold of him and pushed him off, with the painful result as above stated. ‘The little sufferer was removed to Park Hee ey but the police tailed to report as:to- whether or ni the driver was arrested. In all probability, how- ever, he was not. ’ RAILROAD COMPANIES’ RESPONSIBILITIES, Important Suit A, jt the Pennsylva- ral. HARnispure, Pa, May 25, 1873. Acase of great importance, in which the Peom aylvania Railroad Company are defendants, was argued in the Supreme Court yesterday. The question involved is the right of the plaintiff to 0 for the killing of @ man on & croowag en ‘the public high wi vewhen the defend- ants proved affirmatively that the person killed did not Stop, look or listen before he drove on the crossing. The counsel for the company contended that this was negligenee in law, which was denied by the other side, Great interest is felt in the case here, as it 18 @ tit Involves the safety of pas- sengers and travel ”-Y also as it presents an entirely new peint. ye case is Of rs import to the railroad company, as 1 would hold ance responsible I case of injury at 4 pub- he crosel i Msclded against then. e decision has not yet been given, A New YORK PRINTER UNDER SENTENCE . OF DEATH. In an interview with a reporter of the San Fran- cisco Call, Charies Russell, the condemned mute derer of James Crotty, makes the following state ment:— My brother and I were printers at Holman & Gray's, in New York, working at the case; = brothgt Was afterwards a newspaper reporter. Al le! af Thad to give up working on account of my health, I had always enjoyed good health an that time. A peculiar feeiing of drowsiness and nausea used to come over me. I was advised by & doctor to give it up, to gt outdoor employment. My brother was here in 5an Franciseo but at time I came here, | found be had left. His name is Phil, Russell. 1 made mquiries for him of the raphical Union, but lceuld get oo tidu of him, ly relatives are living in New York, but | have re ceived no information from them. If wey knew anything about it they would be here. My ie | live there also. They are both vei and don’t wish them to Knew apy tung ee