The New York Herald Newspaper, June 1, 1873, Page 7

: “NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. THE POLIT ON THE PRES StirringSermon by Robert Collyer o: American Journalism. HY HERALD’S ACHIEVEMENTS. Th Omniscience, Omnipotence and Om- nipresence of the Press. JURNALISTIC SCANDAL MONGERS. He Preaches, Prays and Praises Best Who es, Reads the Papers.” CHICAGO, Ill, May 25, 1878. Rev. Robert Collyer, the Beecher of the West, preached to-day a sermon on the American press, | whieh deserves some report. Beside its general | application this discourse had a local significance. One of the Chicago Sunday papers has for some months been publishing a series of articles on the city churches, wherein the failings of the pastors, organists, members of the choirs, superintendents, Geacous and members were dwelt upon unspar- ingly. Thus one gentleman was accused of pub- Ucly washing his feet in one of the spasat a water- ing place he had been visiting; another was charged with leasing his houses to prostitutes; a third with publicly frequenting houses of assigna- tion with a lady member of the same church; the Goughter of a fourth was accused of visiting a Droker at his downtown office, and @ fifth was Stated to have gone on aspree instead of attend- ing his wife’s funeral and to have repudiated the bill for attendance at the accouchement, which proved fatal, with the remark that he had “had three. bastards and. none of them had cost as much as this damned brat.” A couple of cojumns of matter of this kind every Sunday CREATED NO SMALL SUANDAL. Ido not criticise the articles from a journalistic point of view, simply remarking that Chicago pre- sents the anomaly of a city whose papers display metropolitan enterprise in the collection of news and more than rural puerility in the publication of Uttle scraps of personal scandal, which would never find a place ina New York daily. On Sun- day last a reporter for the paper publishing these articles was expelled from an Episcopalian church by Rev. Dr. Sullivan, and the paper afterwards gent despatches to various other dailies represent- tng the reqnest to witharaw as an outrage on the hberty of the press, adding that the popular sym- patby was with the paper and against the preacher. As this despatch was forwarded to the New YorRK HERALD without your correspondent bemg vouchsafed the ordinary courtesy of jour- nalism in the shape of an intimation that such a despatch was to be forwarded, and as its publica- ton in the HERALD has been quoted as a proof that the HERALD endorsed the paper and condemned the Preacher, your correspondent desires to put this explanation on record, and to add that “popular sympathy” has been with the preacher. When, therefore, it was rumored that Robert @ollyer intended to take THE PRESS as his subject for to-day’s discourse public ex- pectation was rife. As a preacher, who has the Feputation of hitting his subject as lustily as ever he thumped his anvil, something vigorous was to ‘be looked for from him, while, as one of the most liberal thinkers. of the day, he was likely to bring ‘to his labor a breadth of view and degree of toler- ‘ance not to be exhibited by every clergyman in America. When Mr. Collyer entered the pulpit at Unity church to-day the edifice was packed to overflowing by auditors expecting an intellectual Jeast or a sensational entertainment, Mr. Coliyer’s exordium was a paraphrase—whether in- tentional or not—of a recent HERALD leader; the examples of American enterprise were all selected via THE HERALD’S RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS 4m finding Dr. Livingstone, in reporting the Polaris disaster, in laying under contribution the genius of ‘two continents and two languages to describe the Vienna Exposition, and he paid an eloquent tri- bute to the Independent school and style of journal- ism founded by the HERALD. Your correspondent, ‘therefore, believes that an abstract of Mr. Collyer’s germen, faithful, if not very full, will be of interest. Such an abstract is presented below. Mr. Oollyer took for his text the thirty-first, thirty-second and thirty-third verses of the second ohapter of Daniel:—“This great image, whose Drightness was excellent * * * and the form hereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine id, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and fi thighs Of brass, his legs of iron, nis feet part of fron and part of clay.” ‘ne speaker said :— The great power for good and evil in America and in Europe—with, perhaps, the single exception of Russia—is the newspaper. In monarchies itis the real King; in republics it is THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT. ‘The rulers look te the newspaper for inspiration and direction as few of them, it 1s to be feared, ever jook to the Lord. ‘And the newspaper is, further, the most remarkabie outcome of our moa- ern civilization. Noone thing beside has appro- ted so greatly the essence of the inventions and discoveries which have made the last century less over all the ages preceding. No one Bing beside employs to-day so much of the finest power in the thought and life of man. The steam engine does ne work so marvellous in result as the ‘work it does mm its press room, the telegraph wire flasies no such messages as are addsessed to it, the express train bears no freight 80 precious as ‘its last edition. Not only does the newspaper make tributary to purposes the finest resuits of science—it cap- tures as well the finest power of current thought. years ago Chalmers said that the best think- ing and writing of the day were done in the news- pers. He wondered constantly how such match- essays could be written on the spur of the instant, fn the clash of the world’s intensest strife, he! h question that came up for discussion and d ion was sprung on the writer. The a@verage hewspaper articie of to-day is better than the average newspaper article of Chalmers’ day. 18 is the result of this consuming enterprise, fed by means, which searches every corner of the Jand for men of the finest ability and fastens them ‘With chains of gold, each in his own place, as the Roman conqueror of oid pound captive kings to his ‘triumphal car. To the best thought is added the Keenest enterprise. It sends news to governments of battles and revolutions iar ahead of their owD @wiftest messengers. It sends a man TO THE HEART OF AFRICA ‘to find a lost man, and he does his work as it could mot be done through any other agency, and comes Dack to tell of it to all the world in swift, clear gentences which he that rans may read, Nothin; 8 its ever-present and all-present eve. It he elephant’s trunk, which can tear down a tree or pick up a pin. Un one page it reports the t markets; on the next it chronicles a straw- rry festival in @ church basement: it gives im- ® sermon and a murder; it takes cognb the small gossip of the day, the froth and $oam on the chalice o! life and the vast movements w out of ail the centuries and belt the |. It is the abstract and brief chronicle of the time, showing virtue ber own feature, scorn ber own image and the very age and body of the ‘time his form and presence. No wonder, then, that the newspaper should be the most potent power of which we know among things outward and visible, and that we should be of it where it is held sacred to virtue and th in any sense; and we ought especially to be and proud because among papers of the first Yank there are few which are not managed by men of broad and liberal convictions. When the great pavers i Ht TOUCH RELIGION atall they do so in a generous and incisive man- ner, and give no quarter to the narrowness and bitterness of dogmatism or bigotry. No wonder, then, that the daily and weekly newspaper has ©ome to be more popular in this country and more widely read tvan the Bible. Novody ever has to make the same confession about it that Fuller once @id of the Bible and ask fergiveness for having “turned the leaf first to see whether it was @ Jong ter.’ The “lesson for the.morning” or the png Burt we find in the newspaper !s never @ “long Cc! 7 What we read there stirs us as I dom stitred by the story of the Prod! is to be accounted for by the fact that the newspaper “lesson jor the day’ is quick close, It ig the world’s thinking or mine caught on the wing and placed in our hands stil throobing with lite, death, love, hate, joy and ter- For; 80 that nearness instead o} tance lends en- chantment to the view, and the death of Chase is more to a8 than that of pene ine murder of Canby more than the slaughter of Sisera. ‘Were this all, there is in the newspaper, I coula imagine, no better thing as a constant visitor in our homes, a supervisor in our schools and churgbes, a citadel and strong ally o! our govern- men! @ MoDitos and helper to our whole iif. But it is the in all Bet ie same in the press as things. AN INFERNAL ELEMENT in it as well as elements human apd divine. The les the great image seen by the ki bis dream ; it is glorious and good at its best an highest, meaner as you reach downward, and at the bottom mean as ‘mud. It resembles the old dream further in that the various elements, gold, silver, brass, iron and clay, represent something outside of and beyond the image itself. All these are first found in the people, who make the form and substance possible; then they are displayed in those who make the press to sult those they work for. The poperm) and wonderful creation which stands before us 18 the image of the people, who look at itin admiration, dislike and dread. It is our literature, religion, drama and administration. It.is an outcome and an income. At its best it is like the wat it runs clean and pure to the tops of our house: its worst, like the stagnant poois and marshes that turn to slime in the sun. at + THE AMBRICAN PRESS should distance the world in enterprise is as natural as it is for grass to Ww; lor there is no such enterprise on earth as that displayed by the American people. That the American press should be trenchant, humorous, keen and bright is also natural; for are not these our natural character- istics? That the American press should contrive in its leading articles to pack all the sense in the London Times into half the space is also natural jor we live a bu and impatient lif different from the plodding and leisurely existence of the English, That the American press should ‘be replete with personal scraps about every per- son under the sun who strikes the public eye is natural, for Americans are the most curious and inquisitive race on earth. If we no longer lay in Wait for the strap Fae we did in the days of Mrs. Trollo} ens, it is becayse the American Teed 4 a : : : THE INTER that most r@markable phenomenon of modern times, and the reader is sure to find out all that he desires to know in the next day’s paper. The press opens every horrible catastrophe to its minutest and Secretest circumstance, with head lines ana catchwords. It charges the pulpit with being sensational. God help us! the charge is only too true; but the little finger of the Pee this Tei t thicker than the loins of the pulpit. And, 6 , it is natural that below all—meaner Shei there should be papers to minister habitually to the ‘vilest passions of our nature, to the devil that is in us, rather than to the angel or the man; for there are multitudes tm this land to whom the devil is mas- ter, who do his dirty biddi and are led captive at his will. These people prefer garbage for their dally literature, as they do whiskey for their daily drink. Such papers. are their dramshops, where are fed the evil passtons that end in crime, or where, at the best, fine tastes and tendencies are blunted and corrupted. I stand up, here let me say, for the perfect and entire FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. I want it tobe frank and fearless about men and things, no matter who gets hurt, I have nosympa- thy with nor share in the sentimental squeamish- ness which would cover up that which sbouid be re- vealed. Here the press, or, rather, the nobler part of it, is doi peerless work in grappling with the fearfal disease of personal and _ public corruption—a ‘work before which the puinit too frequentiy quails. Writers may be like finger- posts, indicating the way they do not travel—so are some ministers; nevertheless, fingerposts are indispensable. Ido not, therelore, object to the fair, free and fall discussion of our mutual little- Ness, even with the littleness of the writers left out. We are the better for it whether they are or not. But thisI loathe and condemn—the social treachery and license which induce a man to un- cover the bosom of his mother if the public wil) pay to see the cancer. SLIMY SCANDAL gleaming out of the dark, that you cannot com- bat with the weapons of truth and reality apy more than you can spear a seajelly—these lascivious suggestions to poison our youth—these are the mud mingled with iron at the feet of our image of “ex- cellent brightness,” and this class of newspaper is a ATER EDS, flitting over decay and roitenness. I would desire to advert to the absence of fair- ness and courtesy towards antagonists im many of our great journals when they are engaged in ex- cited discussion. Scratch the average American journalist and you find an Indian with club and tomahawk. If civility be a sign of civilization’ the press is only varnished over and is batt at any moment to throw off its mask and brain its antag- onist, while we ete it just as loudly whether the biow it deals be above or below the belt. Now, what hope is there that this gigantic power will grow better and not worse ? It is a great hope to me, in the first place, that THE BEST OF OUR JOURNALS are all the time winning their way into wider areas of usefulness and power. Many of them are pertectly free and perfectly honest; they want no office nor plunder, and will have none. They trust themselves utterl; to. the _ honest instincts of the true American citizen. They see from afar upon the mountain tops the dawn of a better day, when politicians will become patriots in the. purest sense, and they encourage us in these dark moments to rise, take our places and begin with the new opportunity. Journals hke these are the true leaders of the people, and as they go the journals that do not lead, but follow, sah Ido not look for a political milfenium, but Ido look hopefully for a politieal revolution, for a steady determination towards the selection of honest and capable men for the whole service of the country. In this great work the press must stand to the front. I believe that a great and good newspaper is AS SACRED IN ITS OWN WAY AS THE BIBLE. There is in it something of the very present Word of God to man and of man to God. It is as true a Iinistrant to the best life of the soul as good bread 1s to the best life ef the body and as indispensibie. I often feel as if I would like to read a great leader as the “second lesson’ in our service. He prays ae arin best who keeps up the truest and steadiest intimacy with a good Paper because it takes him out of himself and he finds his heart go out towards the whole living creation when he bends in entreaty or thanksgiving before the Throne of God. le preaches best who, first, well- grounded in the sacred verities, watches the news- paper—that mirror of the present time—and so “prings out of his treasury things both old and new.” I advocate no exclusive devotion to the one or the other, The Bible is the divine Book to mie; but there are other books that are divine in their measure, and the true newspaper makes up the tale, and in its own Way is divine also, THE PREACHER-SENATOR OF TENNESSEE. Parson Brownlow’s Scathing Letter to General D. H. Hill—Detence of the Dead Canby and Thomas. [From the Knoxville (Tenn.) Chronicle.) To D. H. Ht, late Lieutenant General of the Rebel army :— Sir—An article of yours, which recently ap- |-peared in the Charlotte (N. C.) Home, of which you are editor, 1 find going the rounds of the news- papers, in which you make an attack upon the character of the late General Canby and other de- ceased offiers of the United States army. In this editorial you do me the honor to bitterly denounce me, Isay honor, forl esteem it an honor for any man who has been loyal to his country to be black- guarded and vilified by you. Were I so unior- tunute as to be the recipient of your commenda- tion I should feel like exc! ee as did Socrates, when applauded by a bad man like yourself, “What crime huve I committed ?”” You exult over she death ef the brave Canby, assassinated b; Me ae) and attribute his deatl with that of Abraham Lincoln, Edwin M. Stanton, , George H. Thomas, Professor Mahan, of West Point; ex-Senator Preston King, of New York, and the late Senater Lane, of Kansas, to a retribution of God, because in the late civil war they opposed bond hese to destroy the government of the United 5 es. You say of General Canby that while he was in command at Richmond, Va., he ‘personally super- intended the hanging of a white man o, by the thumbs for kicking an insolent negro.” Now this ig your version of Canby’s conduct, and the whule editorial you have written breathes so fiendish She aaa @ spirit as to make you unworthy of credit. Besides this, General fill, the whole life of Gen- eral Canby gives the tie to your assertion that he did anything vulgar, inhuman or unbecoming a high-toned soldier, Canby was 4 man of learning and ability and a Christian gentleman as well as a model soldier. Iam not prepared to deny that within Canby’s department a white man was tied Re by the thumbs. While he was Reet J at ichmond a negro, under the constitution of the United States as amended, which Canby was sworn to support, was entitled to all the rights and privileges of other citizens. As a West Pointer and au oMicer of the United States Army before the war, Sa know that totie a malefactor up by the thumbs was a common mode of punishment in the army, and Canby fatied in his duty if he made dis- tinction between criminals on account of race or color in meting out the pains and penalties re- quired by good order and military discipline. While, as a matter of form and duty, as Depart- ment Commander, Canby would approve the ver- dict of @ military court inflicting just and neces- sary punishment upon criminals Violating the laws it was his duty to enforce, he was above being his own executioner. The management of the details he left to @ man of brutal instincts, like yourselt. Now, General Hill, while you are falsely accusing General Canby of brutality, I propose to enlighten the public as to your military record. While in command in North Carolina, during the late war, twenty-six white men Were tried on the charge of being loyal to the United States. No other offence was alleged against thom. They were pnt on trial late in the afternoon, and, by the verdict of a drum- head court martial acting under your orders all were hanged until dead before; breakfast the next morning, without benefit of clergy. Are you not @ beautiful A to assail Canby on the score of brutality? Ican think of nothing as supremely ridiculous, unless it would be for you and your friend Captain Jack to write a treatise on civilization for distribution among the Ku Klux of North Carolina. Indeed, if I did not know that you were in North Carolina I should inter from the brutality of your assault on Canby, Thomas and others that you were in the lava beds when it was written, and that the article wos the joint production of yourself and Captain jack. Your assumption that the death of the noble as, by apoplexy, and the sudden George H, Thom deaths of Lincoln and other loyal en are a retri- bution of the Almighty for the side te aan in the lage War could be inspired only by the malig- nancy born of Sieappointed ambition and the spires Mag l pa ove ort, the Let ad ts COBSI ocracy, of & preference to heli to serving mn hesven. ™ * we 1 am happy in the betief that any thousands of the honest ‘masses in Tennessee, North Carolina and elsewhere, who were misled and coerced into rebellton 1 Ab ga such men as you, Genera) Hill, te repudiate your leadership and loathe your nings. If 1 were disposed to imitate you I could give a long list of men in civil and ‘military life supports the rebellion who have come to sudden and, i Rey canes dishonorable deaths, but I prefer not You rejoice over my paralysis as a punishment of God, because, as you I “cast lot with the abohtionists.’” recognize the hand of God in my case, but I Him as interfering in my be- regard half. Probably not one man in a thousand would survive the exposure and hardships to which I was subjected while dmven arg cavalry into the mountains and incarcera' in o rebel prison in Mid-winter. While I am now in Taprorore health, with a clear conscience, nearly the men who were instrumental in my imprisonment, and who insulted me while in prison, are dead. *Most of them died with delirium tremens, or in some other unnatural way. 1 would not parade their names before the world as you would, for when God lays His hand on & man I'take mine off, ana I mention the fact in defending myself from your attack. T have noticed that you and others who have assailed Canby and Thomas since their death never insinuated a chi reflecting upon their Personal characters while they were ving. To make accusations against a man alter his death Would shareave to unprejudiced mleay thas you ie 0 unpreju minds faisihiare or pete awe! hte ka 8 to myself, I shall go on in the even tenor of my way, and at the expiration of my term in the Senate two oars hence I expect to revive the Knoxville Whig for the especial benefit of men of your stamp, ge %, W. G, LOW. iy KNOXVILLE, wena, 1873. Sommer AB0UT THE CITY HALL. Looking for Police Justiceshipe—Ie the Law Straightt—The Aldermen All Abroad— Still Another Hitch on William- son—What Does It Mean? There was a faint ripple of interest about the City Hall yesterday morning in consequence of the fact thata‘’special meeting of the Board of Alder- men was to take place at half-past one o’clock, and there was also quite a numerous crowd of callers upon Mayor Havemeyer, the presumption being a fair one that they were nearly all looking after the Police Magistracies to be filled by His Honor’s ap- pointment. It is now sgid that there will be quite a “kick” made against the ousting provisions of the bill under which these “Police Magistrates” are to be appointed. It appears that the bill provides for the abolishment of the office of ‘Police Justices” in the city of New York. It then goes on to create @ Board of ten police magistrates, and further specifies their duties and powers, which, it is elaimed, are in substance and effect precisely sim- Nar to the powers and duties of the existing jus- ticeships, It is asserted, therefore, that the real effect and object of the new law was neither more Dor less than A MERE RUSE to oust the present incumbents, as creating a new form of authority, when, in fact, the change relates to nothing more than the name, and that the effect and result of the bill achieves no specific public ob- ject, either as to the forms of minor criminal law, its administration or operation. The be- lief is asserted by numerous persons, whose opinions are entitled to consideration, tnat such an enactment is unconstitutional; that it is contra bonos mores and is sham and sinister in its pretended objects and purposes as expressed in the title of the bill, lt is possible, of course, and indeed probable’ that the point taken {sa little too “thin,” but it is at least being looked at, considered ‘and perhaps strained some. THE MEETING of the Board of Aldermen did not turn out to be meeting, when hall-past one o’clock came. Alinos: to the second, President Vance ascengied the dais to the presiding ofiicer’s seat, aud there were pre- sent at their desks just two members of the Board, Messrs. Van Schaick and Flanagan. The reporters were present in force, as it was deemed just possible that there would bea little sparring done at the meeting in the effort to have the nomi- nation of David B, Williamson, for Park Commis- sioner, confirmed. It was well known at least that there was no other business of any consequence to come before the Board and that there was quite an element of opposition to its success. The Presi- dent sat for, perhaps, half a minute in his chair. Then down came his gavel. iors Board will please come to order,” he said, milly, Aldermen Flanagan and Van Schaick came to order. They looked orderly enough before the President had said a word about it. “The Clerk will call the roll,” said the President, mildly as before. Colonel Pinckney laughed a little and called the roll mildly, and Aldermen Flanagan and Van Schaick replied mildly “‘Here” as their names were reached, ‘Then the President cast a mild LOOK ABOUT THE ROOM ° at the dozen spectators, the fourteen reporters and two members, and said, rising from his seat :— “There being no quorum present this Board will stand adjourned until Thursday next, at half-past three o'clock.” Tap came the journment, the the room. Everybody else remained to find out the reason of the absence of so many members and the rapid actiow of the President. Everybody said it was “sharp work.’ The Board was opened and ad- journed in one minute nineteen and a quarter sec- onds by stop watch time. Two minutes later Aldermen Reilly and McCafferty came into the chamber, then Alderman Uttendorfer and next Alderman Clausen. The six present were all democrats, and even if the President had remained would still have been insufficient to form aquorum. Nevertheless, it was claimed to be ‘‘sharp work.”’ Only fifteen minutes before the HERALD reporter saw vel to complete the formal ad- esident put on his hat and leit ONE OF THE ABSENTEES going up Centre sireet, which, of course, was the wrong direction if he was looking tor the Alder- manic chamber, and there were several lounging about the Mayor’s and Keeper Sutton’s offices, who did not show up at the meeting. Those who did were all democrats; all the republicans, save the President, stayed away, and it was a dem- ocratic nomimation that was to be called up for confirmation. Some people, unkind ot course, said, “That tells the story; others said, “I guess they want to get the nomination, in place of the with- drawn nomination of Cnurch, before they will take ACTION ON WILLIAMSON.” “What is the reason the Board was adjourned so quickly?’ asked Alderman Reilly. . “Because the President didn’t want to have a meeting,” replied Alderman Van Schaick, and that Was about all that was said. Alderman Van Schaick obtained some signatures to a call for a special meeting to be held on Mon- day, but for some private reason abandoned it, though he might easily have obtained the signa- tures, The fact is, he was disgusted with the whole arrangement. Meantime the Mayor has a message, which the Board ought to receive m, in regard to the civic ‘reception of the remains of Minister Orr, the de- ceased representative of the Cnited States at the Court of St. Petersburg. His body left Europe by the steamer Thuringiaon Wednesday last. COMPTROLLER’S RECEIPTS Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid yesterday into the City Treasury, viz. :— RECEIVER OF TAXES, _ -$12,312 73. and improvements and in- OF ARREARS. assessments, Croton rent BUREAU OF CITY REVENCR. From market rents and fees and ferry rent DEPARTMENT OF DOCK. From dock and slip rent. COMPTROLLER’3 WEEKLY RECEIPTS. Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid into the City Treasury the past week, viz. :— From taxes, water rent and interest. From street min id improt Test ym ai and interest From Croton water rent (May 24 to 29, inclusive) From dock and slip rent. Total . A MISTAKEN ATTACHMENT FOR DRESSES, SILK A young lady, rejoicing in the high sounding name of Blanche Sinclair, was brought up at the Tombs Police Court yesterday morning charged with steali silk dress, valued at $126, the prop- erty of Mrs, Weber, restding at 125 East Twenty- ninth street, Miss Sinclair was boarding at the above house, having been taken in until she could procure a situation, and she requited the kindness shown her ues system of indiscriminate stealing from Mrs, Weber. The dress, which was a very handsome one, was lett by Mrs. Weber in her closet, which was unlocked. When she went to look for it she found it was gone, and Miss Siclair also. The case was given into the hands of Detective Tilley, who proceeded to Saratoga, where he feund the oung lady and arrested her. She was taken be fore Justice Dowling yesterday morning, and, not withstanding ner protestations of innocence, was held for trial in dejault of $1,000 bail, The dress is in the hands of the detectives. © THE COURTS. In the United States District-Court, in the case of the United States against Harvey Barmes, for alleged undervaluation of sugars, an order has been entered, with the consent of the District Attorney, that the defendant having made satis- faction to the plamtiff of the judgment heretofore entered for $54,547 30 and $4,630 92 costs, said judgment may be satisfied of record and said ac- tion may be discontinued, In the case of the United States va. One 'Sorrel Horse, one Sorre] Mare and ‘one Gray Stallion, the District Attorney has consented to an order that the Judgment docketed in this cause, March 4, 1873, for $2,925 29, be satisfied of record. Causes are being pretty rapidly settled up im the office of the District Attorney, It will be remembered that the United States have commenced an action against the Crédit Mo- Dilier, in Connecticut. Yesterday a subpcena was sent to the Marshal of the district for the purpose of having it served upon George Francis Train, calling for his attendance as a witness in the cage in July next; but the subpoena could not be served, as George had, before the arrival of the document, taken his departure for Europe. In the United States District Court, yesterday, 1m the case ef Carmelio F. Carnana vs. The British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (Cunard line), Judge Blatchford rendered his decision. It was an action to recover the value of eighty-fve boxes of oranges, shipped at Malta under @ bill of lading given to the respondents. The allegation was that the aranmos mown nas a- Mvered at a proper time, owing to the neglect of a ClETK Us sveremannere employ. The Judge ordered a decree for libellant, with costs, with a reference to @ commissioner to ascertain the amount of damages. The caso of Oscar T. Wainwright, who is charged with having committed perjury, was continued yesterday before Commissioner Shields. The evi- dence for the prosecution having closed, the matter was adjourned till Wednesday next, when the defence will be opened by Mr. Samuel G. Courtney, counsel for the accused, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Business in Bankruptcy. VOLUNTARY PETITIONS. Israel Schoenberg, Abrabam Schoenberg, Eman- uel schoenberg. ADJUDIOATIONS IN INVOLUNTARY CASES, Samuel Shapter, Charles M. Nichols, Ames M. Lyon, Charles A. Johnson, William Schramm, The Oswego Falls Brown Stone grt Company, Henry B. Colby, George A. Bennett, Franklin Potter, Denis Arnould, Thomas Kinsley, James Callahan. “DISCHARGES, EE M. Hoffman, LeRoy Nichols, George W. ing. ' SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Decisions. By Judge Francher. Feinholtz vs. Ross.—Motion granted, ‘The People of the State of New York vs. Citizens’ ) Plate Glass Insurance Company.—No injunction, and receiver should be granted in this case accord- ng to the pee of the complaint, riscilla G. Sledge vs. George OC. Sledge.—Judg- ment of divorce granted to plaintit. SUPERIOR COURT—GENERAL TERM, Important Decision Touching Liabilities in Case of Strikes. Before Judges Barbour, Freedman and Sedgwick. An important decision was rendered in this Court yesterday touching-the liabilities of companies on strikes created by themselves. It appears that in December, 1870, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company contracted to deliver to Henry B. Bowne and others, coal merchants of this city, 6,800 tons ofcoal. By this contract they were to use every effort to furnish the coal, but excepted themselves from performing it in full in case of forms, disasters, &c., or strikes. They delivered a few hundred tons and then, a strike occurring, failed to deliver the rest. The defendants not pay- ing for the coal delivered, the plaintiffs sued for the price of that coal. The defendants put in a coun- ter claim on account of the breach of contract in a failure by the plaintiffs to deliver the batance of the coal}. The plaintiffs replied that the failure was caused by one of the excepted reasons in the con- tract—a strike, The referee found on this point in favor of the plaintiffs, but certified in his findings of the fact that the strike was caused by an ogee reduction in wages by the plaintiffs. The defendants appealed to the General Term of the Superior Court and Judge Sedgwick yester- day announced the opinion of that Court, reversing the decision of the referee, As an- nounced orally ther hold that an exception of “strikes” does not include a strike caused bv toe defendahts themselves, and that to reduce wages is not to “make every effort,” as required by their contract, to deliver the coal. The opinion, which is of considerable interest, was at once taken away from the Court by ex-Juage Spencer, official re- porter of the Court, and the reporters refused op- portunity to make extracts. Decisions. Dainese vs. Allen et al,—Judgment amrmed, with costs. Upinion by Judge Freedman. O’Brien vs. The Mechawics and Traders’ Fire Insurance Company.—Plaintiff’s exceptions over- ruled and judgment absolute, aismissing the com- pia ordered for defendant, with costs. Opinion yy Judge Freedman. Townsend et al. vs. The Merchants’ Insurance Company of Providence,—Judgment affirmed, with costs. Opinion by Judge Freedman. Same vs. The Narragansett Fire and Marine In- surance Company.—Judgment aflirmed with costs. Opinion by Judge Freedman. Keep vs. Kaufman.—Judgment reversed. Judg- ment ordered for defendant on demurrer, with eave to plaintiff to amend the complaint within twenty days on payment of costs. Opinion by Judge Sedgwick, Judge Barboar dissenting. Morgan vs, Skiddy.—Judgment ordered for de- fendant. Opinion by Judge Barbour. Smith vs, Coe.—Judgment aMirmed, with costs. upinion by Judge Barbour. Koenig va, Stoekel.—Judgment affirmed. with costs. Opinion by Judge Barbour. Ayer vs. Kotfe et al.—Judgment appealed from. Reversed unless modified, Opinions by Judges Barvour and Moneil. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Curtis. Sein vs. Moshoof.—r'he plaintit’s motion for anew trial is denied. See opinion. Tompkins et al. vs. Schuler.—Motion to direct bag cre to receiver denied, see opinion. judson Kiver North Shore Railroad Company vs. Hoy et al.—Motion for examination of John J. McCook granted, See opinion. Holliston vs. Von Schoening.—Proceedings dis- missed, with $10 costs to defendant. Andrews vs. Davidson.—Order granting motion for reargument, Purdy vs. Levitt.—Proceedings dismissed. Linehan vs, Mead.—Order granted. . pues Jr, v8 Stebbins et al.—Order re- settled. Muisbam vs. Hassey.—Motion granted on pay- ment In five days of the costs directed to be paid by the order of May 5, 1873. No costs of this motion to either party. By Judge Sedgwick. The Central National Bauk vs. White et al.— Order for discovery granted, COURTS IN JUNE. June will be a busy month in all the State Courts. Inthe Supreme Court Judge Fancher will hold Chambers for the first week and Judge Ingraham the remainder of the month, Judge Barrett will preside at Part 1 and Judge Van Brunt over Part 2. Judy Davis will continne to hold Oyer and Terminer. The most important trials on tie calen- dar are those of William M. Tweed and Woodhull & Claflin. 7 In the Superior Court Judges Freedman, Curtis and Van Vorst will hold the General Term, Judge Monell Special Term and Judges Sedgwick and Bar- bour Parts 1 and 2 respectively. In the Coart of Common Pleas Judges C. P. Daly, Robinson and Larremore, who held the General Term last term, will meet on Monday and give their decisions. Judge Larremore will hold the Special Term, Logs . F. Daly Part1 and Judge Lowe Part 2. In the last Court there will be an important trial of an eminent medical practitioner for alleged maipractice. There are aiso on the calendar several important railroad and steamship company suits. TOMBS POLICE COURT. A Thicving Waiter Walks Off With $1,500 Worth of Jewelry—A Discharged Clerk Trading on His Employer's Credit. M Before Judge Dowling. The Court opene’ yesterday morning with an unusually large array of prisoners, the majority charged with drunkenness and disorderly con- duct. His Honor Justice Dowling disposed of the cases in a comparatively short time. Patrick McPartland, of No. 8 City Hall place, cused @ Man named John Thomas of picking Ms pocket of a silver watch wortm $20. Ho was arrested by Officer King, of the Third precinct. Thomas pleaded guilty, and was committed iu de- fault of $600 bail to answer, Robbery in a Concert Saloon. A woman named Anna Matilda Watson, who works in a concert saloon at 173 Chatham street, ‘was arraigned this morning on a charge preferred by Walter Powers, of No, 207 Hudson avenue, Ye eA ee MT Antone IERIE AI RSE Sete ONO UAT CEPT A VOU MARTPNC SHOP? OARON Cl Wil Smee SRT CRETE SN On Teme ERIE CLE Ty eee Brooklyn. Friday night and lost $70, which he swore was taken out of his Poche by the woman Watson, Who immediately lest the place. She was held in nee to answer, etective Tilly, of the Central Office, came to the Tombs yesterday and requested a warrant for the apprehension of one Alexander Lester, Lester Was employed a3 a waiter in the house of Mr. Wil- liam E, Iselin, of 23 Kast Twenty-sixth street, Soon after his discharge Mr. Iselin and his family missed jewelry, consisting of studs, sleeve buttons, brooehes, &c., te the amount of over $1,500. He at once informed Captain Irving, of,the Celitral Office, Who traced Lester’s whereabouts to Boston, where he procures his arrest through the Chief of Police of that city. A great portion of the missing valu- ables was iqund in his possession. Detective Til; will proceed to Boston ‘to take charge of the ac. cused and bring him to this city, Boghs Orders, Frederick Schrader is a young man abont twenty- five years old, and, until within a month past, has been in the employ of Hawiey, Johnson & Wright, packing box makers, at 40 and 42 Gold street. Since his discharge the firm have 1 - ties of goods which they ha : DO, Reso ean ordering, accompanied wie urs. hESC ELUeM 2 rally surprised, and, on making in juiries, ascer- tained that Sehrader had been in the habit of ordering goods in their name since his discharge. on the 20th of May he brought an order to Michael Lukanitch, of 19 Wilnam street, and obtained from him $20 worth of files. He was tracea by Officer Harris, of the Fourth precinct, toa pawn ottice in Oliver street, where he pawned the articles for $3. He ‘was arrested on Friday night. Some six or seven different parties appeared to testify against him, among them Wilham Heim, of 33’ Ferry street; William Porter’s Song, 271 Pearl street; John @] c 0 ad ed, held on the complaint Of tress to appear as others signifying Hea in } $2,000 bail to answer, JEFFERSON MARKET POLICE COUAT. Forgery. At the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday a Man named George Booth, who refused to give his residence, was charged with soliciting and receiv- ing money -for advertisements in the “Business Di- rectory” 6f Lawrence G. Goulding, and signing the name of the proprictor to receipts therefor without authorization, He was remanded for further ex- amination. i Grand Larceny. Catherine White, residing at 174 Wooster street, Was accused of stealing a pocketbook, containing $130, from Henry J. Clapp, of 252 Kosciusko street. She was committed in default of $600 to answer. Mr. Powers entered the saloon on , BROOKLYN COURTS. eet SUPREMS-COURT—SPECIAL TEAM. A Family Dispute Over Property. Emma A. Bedell brings suit against Charles W. and George S. Bedell, her brothers, to recover pos- session of several mortgages left by her mother, Which she assigned in March, 1872, to the defend. ants. Plaintiff alleges that she assitned the mort- gages im consequence of false representations Made by the brothers respecting the legalit; of her possession ef them. The plaintit testl- fled yesterday that she was the daughter of Daniel and Lydia Bedell, who had _ five children—the two daughters whose names appear above, and three sons, Charles W. and eorge S. Bedell, and another son, Jones P, Bedell, deceased, ‘The tather died on the 12th of January, 1869. No will being left, the widow became admin- istratrix of her husband’s estate, and Charles W. Bedell was appointed guardian of nis sister, Emma A. Bedell, while the mother acted in the same capacity for the other daughter, uisa KR. Bedell. On the 14th of April, ae fone P. Bedell died, leaving all hi Want 0 his Mhothér, and subse- wently Charles. Bedeil became his motier’s deen in the Management of her business affairs, and algo the agent of his brother, George S. Bedell. On reaching her majority on the 4th of November, 1871, she discharged her brother from his guardian- ship, but he assumed the position of agent, saying, “L had better now act as your agent and man- age your estate as I have déne, haa now?” ‘That remark was made in the Surrogate’s office, and in reply plaintif said, "Yes, you may.’ Aiter the brother’s demand for $8,000 had been made piaintit? saw her sister Louisa, who said her brothers had also seen her and that she intended to give them what they asked for. Plamtii then saw Chase W. Bedell again and said, “If what you say is true about mother’s will, ali right; Lagree to give you what you want; I am Willing to do all that is right.”? Defendants promised not to contest the wul Gide plainuify agreeing to give them the sum stated. The defence deny having mace any false or frau- dulent representations in the matter or that any undue influences were brought to bear upon the plainti®. Decision reserv SURROGATE'S COURT. Last Week’s Record. Before Surrogate Veeder. During the past ‘week the wills of the following named persons were admitted to probate:—John Lee, of the city of Newark, N.J.; Mary B. Smith, Daniel Rohling and Isaiah Thurber, all of the city of Brooklyn. Lefters of administration were estates of the following named deceased persons, viz. :—William Sheppard, Bridge tDugan, Peter Mul- Janey, John Campion, Albert Brooks, Charles A, Pinckney, James McGahy, John W. Binger, Eliza- beth B. rriquet, Catharine Murray and Obadiah Cooper, all of the city of Brooklyn; and letters of administration in the estate of Samue) Hours, de- ceased, were revoked. Letters of guardianship of the persons and es- tates of Bernhard Metzhorn and Johanna Metzhorn were granted to Bernhard Metzhorn, oi the town of New Lots; of Thomas Lyons to Patrick Lyons, of the city of Brooklyn. ranted in the NEW YORK CITY. —_—__-—__—— ‘The police last week arrested 1,938 persons. Two thousand three hundred and twenty home- less people were lodged at the various station houses during the week. For the week ending yesterday, at noon, there occurred in this city 496 deaths, 337 births, 134 marriages and 48 still births. Fire Marshal Sheldon reports twenty-three fires for the weck ending May 31, invoiving a losa, of $7,215, on which there was an insurance of $91,000. The number of licenses granted was 281, for which $1,662 25 was received. The Mayor's Mar- shal gives notice that licenses for carriages and hackney coacues will expire on the 2d of June. prscinRely After July 1 new postage stamps eome in, bear- ing profiles and colors thus:—1 cent, Frankiin, blue; 2 cent, Jackson, brown; 3 cent, Washington, green; 6 cent, Lincoln, red; 7 cent, Stanton, ver- Million; 10 cent, Jefferson, chocolate; 12 cent, Clay, purple; 16 cent, Webster, orange; 24 cent, Scott; 30 cent, Hamilton, black; 90 cent, Parry, carmine, James Donahue, Superintendent of the Free Labor Bureau, Nos. 8 and 10 Clinton place, makes the following report of business for the week end- ing May 31:—Applications for employment, 1,142; of these there were 131 males and 1,011 females; male help required, 106; female, 1,017; situations piocare for 92 males and 863 females; whole num- r of situations procured for the week 955, Barbara Paul and her husband, Joseph, were committed by Justice Shandley yesterday morning for stealing $300 from Julius Jaubmann, of 274 Broome street, Jaubmann had the money in a trunk in his room, and during his absence the ac- cused parties, it is alleged, went in and helped themselves. Shortly alter the theit had been com- mitted Jaubmann went into Paul's room, and there, it is charged, found his property snugly hid in an old box, under some clothing. The Finance Committee of the Commissioners of Emigration held a meeting at Castle Garden yes- terday. The committee examined the accounts of Mr, Jackson, the Treasurer, who has obtained an indefinite leave of absence. Supermtendent Cas- serly’s term of office expired yesterday. His suc- cessor, Mr. Webster, will enter upon his duties to- morrow morning. Nicholas Fitzpatrick has been appointed temporary treasurer in the place of Mr. Jackson. It is expected that a permanent treas- jo be appointed at the next meeting of the ard. INTERESTING TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. Mr. M. J. Fogerty, writing from Norfolk, Va., gives information that commercial travellers Should note, An ordinance has just been passed by the Norfolk Common Councii compelling all per- sons doing business by sample to take outa license for the same and pay therefor a fee of $10. While the ordinance places residents aud non-residents on the same footing, it is said that the authorities only enforee it against non-residents. On the 27th Mr. Fogerty was arrested, bat discharged by the Court, as he was ignorant of the law and it was his first offence. The United States Supreme Court recently decided @ similar law, enforced in Balti- more, unconstitutional. ~~ INPANTICIDE, Yesterday morning the ferry hands of the Brook- lyn Ferry Company fished out of the water at the foot of Broadway, Wiliiamsburg, the nude body of afemale child about two months old. From the fact that a large Cord was iound tied areund the right arm it is supposed that there had been a stone or other weight attached, The body was sent to the Fourth street station house and tne Corener noil- 1 THE FIJI IssANDS. Horrible Massacre of Whte Men and Polyne sians by Mountaineer Savages. His Majesty King Cakaban an? His Subject Assassins—The “Captain wks” of the Antipodes—Sixwen Dead Bodies Mutilated. The Australian mail brings intelligence con firmatory of previously received brief reports of the massacre in Fiji of # family of white settlers named Burns, and some imported Polynesian Df Kine A-mebau’S laborers, by a mountain, HIPP "There seems w {a¥ebéen “no survivor who could give any intelll- gible account of the affair. The following particus lars were supplied to the Fiji Times by a Mr. Olnie:—= MURDER MOST FOUL.—SIXTREN BODIES MUTILATED. About half-past seven on Tuesday morning soma of the imported labor from Mr. Burns’ plantation arrived at Rarawai, stating that the mountaineers had killed Mr, Burns and his wife. Mr. Macintoshy immediately despatched Messrs. Stirling and M’‘Grath with about forty imported labor to render’ assistance. In about halt an hour they got i t sight of the wretches, and saw them coming out the house as thick as bees, When they saw the two white men coming they quietly walked away. Stirling and M'Grath followed them up the planta- tion until they crossed the river, where they Managed to fetch one down at a long distance, Im looking about the plantation they found the bodies of Mr. und Mrs. Burns some distance from the house, both quite naked and mutilated. In a shorts time after nearly all the settlers on the river were on the place. 4 At the examination of the bodies I saw that Mr.| Burns had been clubbed and tomahawked. He onlp managed to shoot two of them before they man- aged to give him his death blow. Mrs. Burns, pooz, lady, must have suffered agony, by the look of her. She must have received two cuts with an axe or. tomahawk on the top of her left shoulder on the’ first attack; her left hand was raised to thei wounds, and still remains in the same positiom now in ker grave. She haa a cut under her lett jaw, part o1 her teeth down her throat. Two holes», one on each side, evidently made with a spear,) which bad passed through her body before she fell, 1 believe her death was caused by a clul The mountaineers, no doubt, vere taking he away with the intention of eatihg her, but we too closely pursued and compelled to leave her. The little boy was found outside the house, wit! 8 “eep cut on the right side of his head, and thr Gsep cuts in his right groin, and his little he: clubbed to a pulp. The little girl, an infant, was @ shockini signe. It would appear they had taken her by the legs and dashed her brains out against the post of the bedroom door, and then dropped the child among its scattered brains, The four bodies were brought and laid out under the verandah side by side. As far as I can ascertain at present there are ten Frromanga men, five Tanna men and one Solomon woman killed.. ‘Two Tanna men, found with their legs cut off and carried away by the beach | also several! other bodies, no doubt for a cannibal) feast. A number of clubs, spears, &c., were pick up in and about the house, which by their appeare: ance have done a great deal of work in murder an destruction of property. After ransacking everything they commenced ta destroy all they possibty could. Some money, @ check and other valuable papers, letters, @ clock, jewellery and a gold watcti were found all over tha floor; papers, &c., recovered in good preservation. Everything in the bedroom, with the exception of one large mirror and medicine chest (unbroken), were taken away. They were very successiul in taking away a number of guns, I think not lesd phan twenty, but they did not get much ammuni« jon. BULLETIN OF TRIUMPH AND DEFIANCE. Next morning the mountaineers were plainly ta be seen with a@ large amount of their plunder spread out upon the rocks to dry. The mouns taineers sent us word that they do not intend stop ping at this, as they have hada complete su9oeesy murdered twenty in all, ‘carried a gread deal of property away and destroyed very much more, We are intormed that Tayua, Mr. Berry's plantac tion, is to be the next place visited by the natives, THE MISSING STEAMER GEORGE CROMWELL. No News of Her Since She Left Sandy Hook for New Orleans—Partial List of Her Officers and Full List of Her Pas- sengers=Interview with Her Owners Description of the Vessel. On Saturday, the 17th of May, the steamship George Cromwell, commanded by Captain 8. L, Clapp, left this port for New Orleans, where it was expected that she would arrive by the 25th uit. Since she passed Sandy Hook no tidings of any description have been heard of her, and the great- est anxiety exists in this city among tne friends of the officers, crew and pdssengers as to what mis- fortune may have happened to the overdue craft. ‘The following information was furnished yesterday evening by the owners, Messrs. Clark & Seaman, at the office of the Cromwell line, at 86 Wesq street:— STATEMENT OF THE OWNERS. The George Cromwell is @ quick sailing steam ship, and was built in this city, in 1862, by Messrs. Roosevelt, Joyce & Co., and is of 96 tons register. She is about 200 feet long, - rt) breadth of beam and 25 feet depth of Her engines, which are direct-acting, were structed by Puget Jones, of Wilmington, Del. ‘was Worth $150,000, and was insured in this city. ‘The cargo was probably worth aa much, but as to its insurance we know nothing, She was equipped with five life boats, all in frst class order, euch capable of holding at least twenty Peoples and was furnished with provisions for the out and home passages. She has been surveyed by the United States inspector of steam vessels within the last twelve montis, and was as sea- worthy @ vessel as ever left the port. She hag been engaged for several years in the trade and her officers are all reliable and responsible men. In a word, she was well manned in every respect. LIST OF OFFICERS AND PASSENGERS AS FAR AS KNOWN. Owing to the shipping articles being kept om board the steamer it is not possible to give the HERALD an bccurate list of the officers and crew. We never take the addresses of the passengers. ‘The following is the best information that we cam give at the present moment :—Captain, L. 8. Clapp, f Brooklyn; first officer, Mr. Crawiord; first Cal eer, Mr. Jamieson, who has been many years in our service; second engineer, Mr. McDonald; steward, Mr. Prenzel. The following is the list of the seven passengers:—Mr. Fullerlove, Mrs. J. W. Dockendorf, Mra. S. Dale, all in the cabin; while Joseph Gillick, Robert Willis, José Fodina and Hanna Scott, col- ored, were in the second cabin, The officers and crew number thirty, which, adding the seven passengers, makes ‘an aggregate of thirty-seven souls on board. THE OWNEHS’ TREORY. We do not believe that the Cromwell is lost, but imagine that her machinery has broken down and that sue is Peper 4 under gall, and calin retlec- tion has led us to this belief, The weather has beem so fine of late that she can have encountered no storm. Had she gone ashore we should have heard of it by telegraph ere this. Feeling auxtous as to her non-arrival at New Orleans, we telegrapned to that city iast Wednesday, and learned in reply that nothing was known of her movements, Her shaft is capable of being disconnected, so that she 1s enabled to sail well. In conclusion, we would say that we are far from lcd that she is lost, boy believe tat ere long we shall have tidings of er, Thanking the owners for their courtesy, the re~ porter withdrew. w —— ST. VINCENT’S HOME FOR BOYS, BROCKLIN. What Has Been Done and What It Ig Proposed to Accomplish, The “special work” of the Council of Direction of the Society of St. Vincent De Paul, the manage« ment of the “Home for Boys,” No. 10 Vine street, Brooklyn, has proved a great success in doing good for society. Its aim is “to rescue from vice and crime a class 6f boys who, by death of their parents, and sometimes from other causes little less to be lamented, are left without a home and rapidly become pests of society and a burthen to the State in our prisons.” The institution ts in- tended a8 a substitute for the “paternal roof tree,” and its fostering and tjmely aid to street gamin ts already appreciated by those who have am opportunity to observe itsexcellencies, ‘The builé- ing was opened October 26, 1869, since which date up tothe present upwards of six hundred boys have been admitted to The Home." The lessons which the inmates learn, many of whom are news- boys, bootblacks and errand boys, are honor, hon- esty, integrity and truthfulness. The work is of the greatest magnitude in the light of Christianity and the well-being of seeiety, and therefore deserves far more pecuniary help than it at present receives. As its sources of revenue are very slender, consisting for the greater part of tha contri>utions of the Conference of the St. Vincent® De Paul Society of the several churches, the de= mand for increased accommodation is a Tens ‘owing want, 0 great that the directors jetermined upon opentng their large building, Now 7 Poplar strect, where from eighty to one handred boys can be lodged, About four thousand dollars ig required to fit up and furnish this structare. To obtain this amount an earnest appeal is made the Board of Duesrore is (4 Pg iy ines desire to afford an oppertun! 8 become good citizens and faithful Christians i tg years to come.