The New York Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1873, Page 3

v a VATICAN AND QUIRINAL A Bloody Struggle on the Steps of Victor Emmanuel’s Palace. AN ULTRA-RADICAL DEMONSTRATION, The Mob, Dissatisfied with the ~“Monarchy, Demands Abolition of Religious Corporations. SAD ISSUE OF AN INTEMPERATE DEBATE. A Blind Senator Leading a Mob to Riot and Violent Death. GOVERNMENTAL AND CLERICAL POLICY Prayers in the Church, Diplomacy in the Cabinet and Madness in the Popular Gatherings. Rome, May 13, 1873. It is dificult to find any good reason for the riot- ous demonstrations that took place in Rome Sun- day afternoon, yesterday, and to-night. A few hundred people, ultra radicals, not satisfied with the bill under discussion in the Itallag House of Deputies for the semi-suppression of the religious Corporations of Rome, attempted to hold a meet- ing tor the purpose of urging the Government to more decisive measures than it seems disposed to adopt. The police thought well to prohibit the as- sembly, and the result was @ serious conflict be- tween the demonstrationists and the guardians of the public order, during which two persons were killed, several wounded, and, subsequently, twenty- three were arrested. In vicw of the certainty that the Religious Corporations bill will pass the House, though with slight modifications from the original form, I do not see that there was any mecessity for any body or society to as- semble and make speeches for the purpose of urging on the government, which has a dificult problem to solve, and rather needs counsel tlian the goadings ofa mob. The fate of the religious orders appears to be sealed. They are to be suppressed, as to their existence as legal bodies; their property expropriated by the State, and encelorth they may live only in the relation of private persons in their connection with the Vatican. The Ministry is making the attempt to gave only the generals of the various orders and their immediate surroundings from the common overthrow. They seem to have been impelled to this reservation, indeed, only at the instance of some foreign governments, which have been carry- ing on one energetic correspondence in the matter. Even this concession is too much, however, ior the members of the extreme Leit, who are charged as being instramental in calling out the objectionable demonstrations. In the discussions in the House Of Deputies some days ago Massari, a liberal and, at the same time, an upholder of the government, said that the Roman people did not wish the ex- treme measures urged by the extreme Left, To this Ruspoli answered that this assertion was not true, but that the Roman people did want the TOTAL SUPPRESSION OF THE ORDERS. The meeting, which ended in tne late riot, is gen- erally considered to bea result of these words. It was announced as to be héld on Sunday afternoon, in the Mausoleum of Augustus, but the authorities had, unwisely enough, determined that they would prevent the gathering. This measure was taken up as ® challenge by the radicals, who felt that their liberties were infringed, and they determined to assemble nevertheless, and to approach the Quirinal with a petition to King Victor Emmanuel » praying that he would issue a decree superseding the action of the Parliament and suppressing the religious orders, root and branch. Accordingly, about four o’clock on Sunday afternoon a body of radicals, from three to four hundred in number, as- sembled on the square of San Lorenzo in Lucina, snd immediately commenced to move towards the Quirinal, followed, of course, by some thousands of curivus spectators. 3 DEMANDS OF THE MOB. Gathering courage from the increased crowds about them, they began to utter various cries, among which could be distinguished “Down with the religious cerporations !"” “Down with the Min- istry” “Down with the priests!” Arriving at the Via del Ymil they found their progress barred by sonie ‘guardians of the public security,” alias Polleamen, and ¢aiabineers. The crowd, seeing he impossibility of forcing the LC secig Je by thir, pours attempted some weax strategy shrough some side streets, and fi foot of the Quirinal hill, The here posted some companies of carab’: lice, who met the demonstrationists by telling 4, them to disperse. Fora moment the crowd was awed and retiféd, only to heed fresh courage, and finally they managed, by a circumiocutory route, to reach the foot of the steps immediately in front of the royal palace. THE DECLORABLE ENCOUNTER. The carabineers and “a tried to atop the stream, but for a moment ineffectually, and in the melée that ensued the deplorable and jata} events asiready telegraphed occurred. The police say that j, One ot the crowd seized a carabiteérand threw him » down in the endeavor to Wregt ‘his gun away from him. The police came to che rescue, and here the Orst offender Was rv’ wessly shot down by a ‘guar- ein dian of the pulic ‘seeurity,”’ by putting his revol- yer close tr,-flie man’s breast and deliberately Gring. m the row the police seem to lave used their revolvers freely, for several other persons ‘Were wounded, among them a citizen merely looK- ingon. Une carabineer was wounded by the mob, A lew moments after the diMculty some companies ef infantry were marched to the scene, and the crowds quickly dispersed. Very naturally great excitement prevailed in the city during the evening until midnight. I passed down the Corso and to the Piazza Colenua about nine and found the street and square completely blocked with the groups of people discussing tie late events, Passing into the telegraphic bureau I bought at the door a copy of 'Jialie, wherein I found fn account of the affair and the intimation that a further demonstration was expected the same night on the Piazza Colonna. The effect of this an- nouncement was something wonderful ; for, issuing egain from the bt ie de office some filteen minutes later | found the crowd had utterly de- serted the Piazza Colonna and the Corso, which are the great evening promenades oi the city, ‘Nehere usually throngs of citizens walk ‘the streev, » antil towards midnight, gossiping and enjoyin the evening cool. A few companies of soldies datg iater hour through the stieets, butao jurther nstration Was attempted, repo! ted on the follow! mingshat It was ted on the following morning?! the demonstrations would be renewed in the Ven- ing on the Montecitorio, in front of the mrila- ment building, and on the Piazza del Popols To- wards eight o'clock, indeed, there was evey Sixn of an approaching collision; the square ws filled 4. with groups of men, and vast numbers ushed “y'plong the Corso towards the Piazza d polo, Bur ‘the presence | great numbers of plice and the consciousness that the soldiers wee in their barracks and under arms prevented an;explosion of public feeling save @ few shouts of ‘n with the Ministry!” when some of the Deptics issued from the hail of debate. Some radicp orators ad- firessed the crowas, urging them tofefrain from excesses, and after a lew unavoidare conflicts of dividudis with the police, some shoutings and hooting and ‘also some arrests, he people dis- persed to their homes. \» INDIGNITIES TOWARDS THEPRIESTS. ” During the demonstration on Saday some Cath- olic tes fared pretty badly, Cardinal Barrile bn the one side, and reno/ned Capuein Fa- ther Mauri fell into the midst 1 the crowd, and were y turning reached the vetMinent had biineers and po- ‘ ad fetcned hit of the 'd ag their standard. t being able to see the Jisturbances, nor near ugh ar tl he afressed the mob urging fhem'to maintain order Ad to observe the law. the good sense, PWever, not to mention Fro ect the religio’ Corporations with a sin- e oe lericals seem a: ve given up al ye PR ok ad the bill posypned, as they had confidently i to do a few ago. It must seem to an Impartial observer Al if any party has cause to make a di trata i Reme the present time it is much-abused clerical party, which has itsown way in aad ing. tt wand be stpply human nature (or tne clericals to audmpt to stem the tide of the rad- h 18 fast overfooding them. ven vent to their wrath in riot- they Would haye been acting Ere NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. Corporations pposi from the clerieals. Victor. ‘eae ners of Reme the authori- ties of Vatican have taken special pains to withdraw themselves and the Pope from the world around them. They have ref to take gt at the elections, and consequently are not at all farth- fully represented in the House of Deputies. They take the very curious course of treating the ad sent government. with silent contempt, praying, indeed, for its overthrow, but remaining salkily buried in themselves. If the clericals had expend, oa jeree shawn im thalr nravaey ty wisely: laing themselves litically they might have defended themselves, ‘and have AA thelr corporate bodies to some extent during the pre- oak ee, Sd * ie demonstration of yesterday was, to idea, uncalled for, and the government acted justly, but pereate unwisely, in interfering. Victor Emman..el ty poosnnene ot a kindly spirit towards the Vatican government, and, the clericals themselves admit, does all in his power to shield them rom unnecessary abuse and legislative measures directed against their interests, He can not reverse the current of opinion legatly expressed in the deiegated body; but he has the right to prevent any party of his subjects veing insulted by the other; ana the clerical party, whatever its sins may be, deserves, in a period like the present, when pepular feeling has been excited agains: it, 48 much protection as sympathy. The preserva- tion of the few generais of orders from the im- pending suppression would only be an act of jus- tice to the Vatican, which guarantees given to it three years that the ecclesiastical organ- ization should not be interfered with. The Italian government could well afford to be animous ; it could also affora to assert iteelf in the presence of a mob, whose conduct is simply inspired by an undying hatred of the papacy. THE NATIONAL GAME, Overwhelming Defeat for the Atlantics— Whe Red Stocki Dispose of Them to the Tune of 5 to 0, The Atlantics and Boston Red Stockings played on the Union Grounds, Williamsburg, yesterday alternoon, the third game of their championship series the result being an overwhelming defeat of the srooklyn men by a score of five to “nowhere.” There were dbout filteen hundred spectators present, including a number of ladies, and it is safe to say that not @ soul on the grounds antict- pated, previous to the beginning of the contest, the decidedly one-sided termination it would ultimately have; for be it remembered the Atlantica are already credited with a victory over the ““Hubites,”” and that, too, on their own—the Bostons’— grounds, Mr. Theodore Bomeisler was selected to oMciate as umpire, but before the close of the second in- ning he withdrew, because of a dispute which arose in regard toa couple of decisions given by him against the Atlantics, The first objectionable decision was given in the first inning, Boyd, ef the Atlantics, being declaréd out at second baseon a throw by the catcher to Barnes, who failed to touch his man, The Atlantics said but little of this; but m the next inning another decision against them raised a regular old time row, the Brooklyn men coming in trom the field, ‘and refusing to louger play, unless matters were mended. The point was tms: The “Reds” were at the bat, and had three men on the bases, with no one out. O'Rourke came to the bat, and struck out, Barlow failed to catch the ball, even on the first bound, and this obliged ’Kourke to run to first, thus forcing all the men on the bases to move along. Barlow picked we the ball, touched the home plate—putting out White, who was jorced off third—and then threw it to first base in time to catch O'Rourke. Dehiman, seeing Manning about half way between second and third bases, apparently not knowing which way torun, passed the ball over to Pearce aud Pearce threw it to Burdock, who ran Manning out, Here now was a triple play, and the Atlantics started to come in from the field, but Bomeisier decided O’Kourke out on strikes—declaring that Barlow had caught the vall on the third strike— and Manning run out. This left White still on the third base. The decision was, probably, not a wilful violation of the rules, but only an error of judgment; nevertheless it was the second disastrous one for the Atlantics, and as they complained bitterly Mr. Bomeisier declined longer to fill the onerous position he was holding, and withdrew, At least fliteg# minutes were con- sumed in endeavoring te Be le upon another um- Brey ne age Re a) fs Qh, tha al Club, was induce position. “¢z— * Up to this theo fds had beén scored, but in the next inning, through errors on the part of Ferguson and Barlow, the Boston men made two. More blanks followed, until the seventh inning, when the ‘Keds’ got in another brace of runs, one of them being earned on good batting b; Barnes, Leonard and White, The Atlantics worked like beavers to score @ run, but all to no purpose, Spaulding’s eaten lee 4 decid- edly too much for them, backed up as it was by the Lemi red kind oi tielding. A poor throw by Ferguson to first gave the visitors another run in the ninth inning, and then the home club went in to save themselves from a genuine trip to the “purned city.” Boyd was first to bat, and, waiting until he got a nice ball, hit it with terrific force, driving it down between leit ana centre fields for no fewer than three bases. Barlow followed with a weak bounder to Spaulding, and Boyd started for the home plate, but he did not reach it. Spaul- ding threw the ball to White, who had to jump high into the air to catch it; but he was nimble as acat, and poor Boyd was captured within six inches o! the bise, Barlow was now canght between tne bases and run out, and Breitt ended the agony by striking out. "> 4. 2 e The followifig Is the scot ATLANTIC. ‘BOSTON. RABT. PAE. Players R.1B.T. P. A, BE. 0-067 1 G.Wrightss0 0 01 6 0 45 0 Barnes, 2b, 35232 0 0 0 Spaulding,p1 0 u 2 50 3.1 4 Leonard.it.1 2881 0 151 Whitec10 22712 08 8 Manning Ib. 0 1 112 11 1 0 @ Schaifer, 3.0 11010 20 0 O’Rourke,rf0 11000 16 0 1 H.Wrightcf 0 00000 871910 Totals... 6 10 19 27 18 5 INNINGS. Lat 2d, $l. Mth, BUA. Gth. 7th. BUA, 9th. 0 0 0 80 0 0 OO 0 2 0 0 @ 8 0 15 ston, 1, Umpires—Messx. Bomeisler and Higham. Time of game—One hour and forty minutes. First bases by errors—Atlantic, 2 times; Boston, 6 times. Base Ball Notes, To-day the Mutuals play the Bostons on the Union Grounds. Thursday the Atiantics and Resolutes play on the Union, and next Saturday the Mutuals play the Philadeipivans on the same grounds. POLITICAL NOTES. Minnesota Republican State Convention will be held # St. Paul July 16, when it is expected the snow rifts of last Winter will be thawed out. Ths New Hampshire Legisia*ure meets in Con- cord to-morrow. They have another name for the places of meeting of the Legislatures in arkansas ard Louisiana, It is anything but Concord. The Washington Chronicle insists that Senator Suckingham, of Connecticut, has not drawn his back pay. “So much for Buckingham.”’ Groesbeck gives way te Ewing for the democratic nomination for Governor of Ohio, It is pretty much like giving away @ bag of emptiness. Touching the Indianapolis Farmers’ Convention, the St. Louis Globe remarks, with considerable rea- son, that “if the farmers learn anything by failure they ought to be learning very fast, for certainly their failures have been nearly as numerous as their efforts. The power which is in their own hands is neutralized, the attempts which all men recognize as laudable are thwarted, by the mis- taken weakness of admitting to their conventions every political axe grinder and voluble pretender who sees his opportunity in their difficulty and Proffers his worse than useless assistance.” The New Orleans Times aMrms that the colored Politicians of that city “are as keen as politicians, who are always looking out for the main chance, usually get tobe. They enjoy the highest seats in the Kellogg synagogue and have no objection to fraud and usurpation so long as they share in the profits. To call these men reresentative negroes jg an absurdity. The honest colored toiler in the field, who uses the hoe and follows the wealth-pro- ducing plough, has nothing incommon with those dandy darkies who fill fat oMves, wear kid gloves and scent themselevs with perfumes to make com- mon niggers regard them as @ superior order of beings.” The Albany Argus predicts @ deficiency tax bill in this State next year of one @ half mills, It ig about as disagreeble te borrow trouble as to bé obliged to borrow money, but not half so aimcult sometimes. TAMMANY SOCIETY, Aregular meeting of Tammany Society was held in the Council Chamber of the great wigwam last evening, Sachem J, B. Nicholson in the chair. The only business transacted was the appointment of the following mi f nine in conjunction with of ake arrangements for the ‘of er 3. Spencer, ‘ Wheeler, Samuel anally, iam Calk THE YONKERS TRAGEDY. turrender of the Murderer at Cold Spring—He Makes a Full Comfession of His Guilt, but De- nies Any Intention of Killing His Wife— ABhocking Illustration of Depravity, The ¢xcltement occasioned in Yonkers, West- chyster county, over the brutal murder of Elien Fitzpatrick by her husband, the particulars of which have already appeared in the HERALD, cul- minated yesterday afternoon, when Captain Mangin and Patrolman Coggans returned from Cold Spring, having in their custody Mathew Fitz- patrick, the confessed slayer of his wife. On the way from the railroad depot to Police Headquar- ters a large crowd of men and boys gathered around the Captain and his prisoner, who was serutinizingly scanned from head to foot until the doors of the police station were abruptly closed after him, Since the discovery of the murder on Saturday evening Captaing Mangin and his force have worked like beavers, pursuing the iugitive criminal with unremitting pertinacity, until they ultimately es- corted him, handcuffed, to the scene of his horrible work. Having heard, upon arriving at Cold Spring on Sun morning, that Fitzpatrick bad been seen in that place on Friday evening, and had re- mained there until Saturday morning, when he left im @ southerly direction, remarking to an acquaintance that he was going to work in the brick yards, Captain Mangin immediately took a train for New York, thinking that the object of his search might have gone to the city for the purpose of seeing his sister. Call- ing upon the latter, however, he ascertained that Fitzpatrick had not been there. Not to be baulked in his efforts, the Captain again proceeded to Cold Spring yesterday morning, feeling convinced that the murderer was still lurking around his old haunts. On his arrival there he found, however, that Fitzpatrick had surrendered himself to the authorities on the previous night. THE MURDERER’S CONFESSION. Shortly after ten o’clock on Sunday night Fitz- patrick appeared before Justice Coe, of Cold pring, in company with some of his relatives, when he was at once sent to the lock-up in the Town Hall, Yesterday morning the HkRALD re- porter, accompanied by Coroner Bullock, entered the Sparen in which Fitzpatrick was confined. The sister of the prisoner and his little girl by his first wife sat on either side of him, and all three appeared terribly grief-stricken. ‘The following coniession was then made by Fitzpatrick to the reporter :— Two weeks ago to-morrow my wife sent me a telegram to come to Yonkers, saying she wanted to see me. I was then working for Mr. Peter B Lawson, as gardener, in this village. I went down on the milk train at nine P. M., and reached Yonkers at about eleven P.M. I went directly to my wite’s house at the corner of Wells street and Warburtot jue, and knocked at the door, There was no answer. Then I called out “Ellen!” (that was the naine of my ‘wife). She did not answer, but a girl named Mary Perrin, whom my wite kept in the house, answered me and then called to my wife, when the latier got up and opened the door and let mein. My wiie did Not appear to be angry, nor was she in liquor. When I got in the house I foutid Josey Juckson, a little boy, sleep- tag in the bed between my wife and Miry Perrin. Y crept in on the outside and there we all slept till morning. The next day I went to @ florist and en- deavored to get work, but did not succeed. Last Monday night, atter having endeavored to obtain’ work, 1 reached home again and found a man in the house with my wife. They had a flask of whiskey and both were drunk. She asked me if Lhad got any work yet, when [told her [hadn’t, she then said to’me, "Goto heil, you damned Irish Corkonian.” I asked her if she would give me some money, and told her I would go if she would. The man, whom I did not know, was then gone. When I asked her for money she caught up a stick ot wood and hit me four times as hard as she could. Tcaught the blows on my arm and you can see (rolling up his bi (His arm coat and shirt sleeves) how I r is black and blue trom the wrist to tl yw.) I cried out to her to let me al She re- lied, you don't clear out of here it will be the worse for you." thein down, went to bed. I asked h there till morning. She sald “no,” and Trish Corkonian again and at the same tin hit me in the face with her fist. At that I caught her by the neck like this (here Fitzpatrick caught writer by the neck with both hands and gave hi pretty good squeeze) and said, “Ul give you a damn ood choking any way,” and I did. She fel n the bed, gave a gasp and died, I threw an old quilt over her tace-and left her there. Idid not megy to kjll her, I ibaa gs Coe, ae beens it erties: in the woods and some feachod Spuy- ten Dayvil, wheres. sAvet in the rit y Er ta then came back té the house and went ip {i room where my wife was lying. My wite’s head and e Were as black asyour hat. Istaid in the house all that night and the next day I was in and out. On W wy Lwent to jount St. Vincent and asked ardener there for a job. ut didn’t get it. Again I came back to the house an field all night and a y my wite’s body, On house, goitiy out once In a drink’ with the Deput whiskey. When Th the house all night, amd on Friday wa: all day till afternoon, when 1 lett on a trai Spring, reaching here at forty-minutes after five P. M., and went to my sister's, On Saturday and Sunday Istaid in the woods all day till I gave myself up. The prisoner strenuousjy denies having used any other violence towards the deceased than that of choking her, and pretends to be unabled to ac- count for the blood found in the room. He does not deny having remained in the house with the corpse from M| He A night until Friday afternoon, selling candies to his customers each day until, in his own words, the stench arising from the dead body drove him away. AMUSEMENTS, Then she took off all her clothes and, throwing I could sleep called me ad—n Mr. &echter in “The Corsican Brothers.” “The Corsican Brothers,” with Mr. Fechter in the dual part of the brothers Franchi, was pro- duced at the Grand Opera House last night. Aside from Mr. Fechter’s acting the representation was cold and hard; but the distinguished artist made amends for whatever shortcomings appeared in the art of the others. In the first act he played Louis dei Franchi with consummate ability. The easy grace of the gentleman and the fine apprecia- tion of the man of feeling were displayed throughout the act with a power and skill that we have seldom seen sy eee It is in characters like these that Mr. Fechter shows how great an actor he is, and triumphs in the most dim. cult of all dramatic renderings—the art of playing the gentleman. He, is, without doubt, the first gentleman on the modern stage, a fact which would make “The Corsican Brothers” worth seeing, even if it had no otherclaims upon theatre- goers. In the second act his Fabian del Franchi ‘was strong, hardy, sincere and manly. All throigh the act, till the closing vision, for which it was the preparation, the interest centred in Mr. Fechter, and every look and movement of the actor was full of tife and power. The recall at the close of the act was hearty and more than usuaily significant, ‘The ptece will be Pie only during this week, and the matinée on Saturday will be the only one at which Mr. Fechter may be seen in these parts. It is understood that his engagement at the Grand Opera House closes next week, with ‘Ruy Blas.” Musical and Dramatic Notes. Leroy, author of “Cousin Jack,” is writing a new play for W. J. Florence. J. B. Booth has purchased “La Femme de Feu’? directly from Belot, the author. Mr. Arthur Cheney has not yet determined to re- build the Globe Theatre, Boston. He has the sub- ject under consideration, but it is probable that he will not arrive at @ decision before the middle of the week. Offenbach has leased the Gaiete Theatre, Paris, and will commence the season in September with a new play, by Barrier, entitled ‘Le Gascon.” The scenes of the events are partly laid in France and in Scotland, at the time of Marie Stuart. The Summer season began last evening at Wood's Museum, when Mr. Frank Mayo, a young American actor, made his first appearance in New York this year, in Murdoch’s new and beautiful play, entitled “Davy Crockett.” While having a close connection with life among the savages, ‘Davy Crockett” is by no means of the rough class of border dramas, but @ realistic portrayal of nature, abounding with poetry and pathos, grave and gay. Miss Rosa Rand, a clever young actress, made her first appearance at the Museum in the part of Elenor Vaughan, The other members of the company supported Mr, Mayo very well. The charitable entertainment for the benefit of the Foundling Asylum, to be given on the after- noon of Thursday, the 12th inst., at the Academy of Music, under the management of Augustin Daly, promises one of the greatest combinations of dramatic and musical talent New York has yet known, The list of volunteers up to yesterday comprised Charles Fechter, Miss Neilson, E. A. Sothern, Agnes Ethel, G, L, Fox, Bryant's Min- strels and the entire Ninth Regiment Band, The stock companies of the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Grand Opera House and Union Qquare Theatre and the orchestras of Wallack’s Theatre amd Nibio’s Garden are also to participate. A DREADFUL ACCIDENT, Krnaston, N. Y., June 2, 1873, AS a young man, about eighteen years old, named Richard Earl, was attempting to get on ® Wallkill Valley railway train while in motion at New Paltz yesterday afternoon, he his footing and fell 5 nee ani witch he died in a t 'e POLICE. Digging Among the Debris Left by the Old Board. DISTURBING THE DOCTORS. Unr new Police Commissioners are busy at work studying the peculiarities of the Police Depart ment. They have been boring through the mass of evidence of corruption left by some of the ex- Commissioners, Yesterday Commissioner Charlick discovered that the station house in course of erection for the Twenty-third precinct is placed away vut of its Proper location. Instead of being near Third ave- nue, where the business of the officers would re- quire its presence, the house is being built down near the river, on Ninety-third street. So remarkabie an instance of the unfitness of things in the old Board dicected the attention ef Commissioner Charlick to the other station houses recently built. The Fourteenth precinct house, with the House of Detention attached, presented, upon examination, a remarkable example of how mucn of a large and imposing structure could be put up for a small mount of money. The sparsity of material and the delicate quantity of that used in the construc- tion of some of these two edifices are said to be wonder/ul. Repairs are needed in both houses now, although they have only been in use a few months. The same is the case with the Tweifth precinct station house, and the whole subject is to be made a matter for searching inquiry during the week, To arepresentative of the HERALD, who called upon him yesterday, Commussioner Charlick showed & card about ten inches long by eight wide, which is printed for use throughout the Police Head- uarters, This card contained the names of all the etectives and their duties for the month, Of course, as the different officers are changed from night to day work, the cards require cvanging every month. In the course of conversation yester- day, Commissioner Charlick dropped into a musing and burst out two or three times with: “It’s worse than a burglar. He would jump in, take what he could get, and be oi!.”” “No man in his senses would go away and leave such a record as this behind him.” Handing the card to the reperter. “You must know something about printing. What do you think these are worth a thousand ? “About five or six dollars a hundred, | should say. “Well, sir, this Department has been paying $100 a piece for them. It’s monstrous. But it’s coming back—aye, every dollar, Eight thousand dollars’ worth of stationery brought into this building in one month! Uhave not come here fer nothing, Vil show them that. Strauss (turning to his clerk), are all the men I see around here on that list 1 got the other day?” “I think they are, sir,” said Mr. Strauss, “I doubt it. Some oi them must look for some- thing else to do. I won’t have any men about here that won’t sweat, They had better look out; I am going down town to make a report about the con- dition of affairs here to-morrow. Lintend to re- duce the expenses of this ba | $50,000 @ year, Captain Irving has had several long conferences with the Commissioner during the past week, and important changes are looked for in that depart- ment at anearly day, President ety. Smith was visited yesterday by the Commissioners of street cleaning, from Boston and Philadelphia, The gentlemen complimented Mr. Smith on the state of the streets ef New York, and said they beh po mauch cleaner than those of either of their cities, The most important question befere the Board at the present moment is that of the surgeons. Twen- ty-two phycians nave been provided tor, under the charter, but Commissioner Charlick is op- posed to the system, and wants to try a Rew one. He thinks it woulda be better for all the purposes of the Department to select three eminent physicians to act asa board of examination upon all applicants for office and do the rest of the work of the police as + bs ig Hand. i Yommmissi ner cae ick Gere : er Wa: hiso. bout five physi- gigps f ORT Waki Ry Nis Mirgeons, pay them a st&ndard fee ranging {rom $2 up, accordli to the case, and call upon them in rotation. None should be attached to the Department and get reg- ular salaries but the three who should fori the board of examination. By this means, Commis- sioner Charlick thinks, no one would be paid for work he did not perform, and quiet precincts would not be saddied with useless expense. In view of the number of applicants for the place of physician there could not certainiy be a better way of satisfying a large number; but some of the other Commissioners and experienced phy- sicians say the scheme is highly impracticable, Commissioner Charlick is not given to indulging in theory, and it is probable, if his ideas are acted upon—which it is likeiy they will be—he will point out a way ef directing them that will not only make them useful, but economical. Commissioner Hugh Gardner was next called upon by the reporter. He said:— “Ido not approve of the general system. We wantcapable and honest gentlemen attached to this Department, and we can only get them by careful selection and remuneration ior their ser- vices. We cannot do justice to the policemen and the requirements of the people if we adopt this system, aud for one will not sanction it, You see thé véry first thing we want to get is integrity, and this would open the door full swing to fraud. The doctors would not be responsible to this Board, but would be open to any kind of propositions from the men. A peliceman need only engage one of the police surgeons, say for his family doctor— most ef them would be likely to do that—and then pretend to be ill when he felt lazy or wanted to go on a picnic ; the doctor would naturally be inclined to be lenient with him.” “Then you think, Mr. Commissioner, that the old Play the best-2) “ee - ‘Tt is not a bad one, We can get good men. We have 1,000 applicants to choose from, and it will be strange if we cannot select thoroughly reliable entlemen. As the Shing stands now the Board of Examining Surgeons is being constantly changed, and there is no possible chance of collusion among the parties concerned. at would nbt case if we had a standing board of examination, though we could get goed men. 1am satisfied we could select gentlemep who would be above Soke thor but we must Consider the public demands upon vs. For my own part, I have no ends to serve or mre to please while Iam here, and I shall do all ene in my power for the benefit of the Depart- ment. “Have you made any suggestions, Mr. Commis- sioner, or have you any plan you think would be better than the one proposed?’ “T have not yet made any propositions, because the matter has not come under regular discussion ; but I think it would be much better to DM tnree or five good physicians as aboard and give them the authority to select a number of young men to do the routine work of the department under their supervision. These young men should be compelled to make their offices at the station houses, We could have one for each, and then we could be satisfied we could give the people what they require of us, and at short notice, All the implements of surgery and proper medi- cines should be at hand, and Ihave no doubt we cam find pienty competent industrious young doctors to take these places. By this means we could look alter the oMcers and also attend to the prople. Mind you, I am not wedded to my own idea on the subject. I am will- ing and ready to accept the best method, and I only hope we shall arrive at adopting a good one.’ President Smith said he thought the best way to find out the efficacy of new systems was to try them. Me was willing to give this one a chance, and hoped 1t would work well, He said he thought it would be good for the doctors, and he was will- ing to support anything that did the most good. Superintendent Matsell had not yet considered the subject, ART MATTERS, The Clintom Hall Sale To-Morrow. The cognoscenti came out in full force yesterday at Clinton Hall for the sake of inspecting the numerous and beautiful art volumes that are to be sold there on Wednesday and Thursday even- ings, Among this collection are many scarce old books, which the curiosity-mongers ferreted out with peculiar sagacity, and which, when not encountered at le like the present, are only run across in some forgotten corner of a country friend’s neglected library. We doubt if the library at the British Museum itself can furnish quainter or more superb specimens than some of those we mentioned yesterday. Almost every taste is to be satistied, and, while there is appreciable pro- ortion of less interesting material, by iar the jarger class has deep intrinsic value, and yester- day afternoon some of the veriest old crones of literature might be seen wandering up and down the mazes of Clinton Hall, fondiing some long: sought tome, which, like the Papnian boy, seemed paid got “lost in the woods” and “never found now. THE PARADE OF THE FIRST DIVISION TO-DAY, The First division of the National Guard, Major Genora; Shaler commanding, will be reviewed this afteraoon, at tweaty minutes of five o’clock, in Union square, by Governor. The occasion is intended to inaugurate the Grand Plaza just Anished by the Department of Parks on the northern end ot that handsome square. The Grand ase, has been laid out with a view to a revie: und 2 its inauguration ip thie mannor is consequi iting the occasion, flowers are just be spring forth in re, the aspect oi beauty, that has be Nf trom it for just returning. nis congratulate tion *e redem| and a de’ area Pike purposes of 8 iy most ‘inning to Summer ® portion OUR IMPRISONED CORRESPONDENTS, + ‘What the New York Times Says of Price’s Incarceration. (From the Havana correspondence of the New York Times, June 1.) ARREST OF A CORRESPONDENT. At five o'clock on Weanesday morning the Chief of Police presented himself at the residence of Mr. L, A. Price, Havana correspondent of the NEw York HERALD, and requested him to consider him- selfa prisoner. Mr, Price was taken to jail at first, but in afew minutes was removed to the Cabafa Fort, opposite Havana, where he has since been confined in cell No. 50, and up to this morning has not been allowed to communicate with his family or friends. In cases like that of Mr. Price the want of a Consul who knows the Spanish character and their way of doing things, and who, at the same time, understands something’ of diplomacy, makes itself painfully felt. Butitis high time that someteing be done to put a stop to the peculiar fashion in vogue here of arresting &@ man without telling him or anybody else of what crime or misdemeanor he has been accused, and without confronting him with the accuser and of placing him in a dirty cell. If Mr. Price has been guilty of any offence against Spain it is but just that he should be tried for it; but, even if he has done something, it is against all rules and reason to place him in solitary confinement, and not even imform kim of the charges against him. It is currently stated that he has been arrestéd on account of his connection with the O'Kelly matter, and ac- cused of having forwarded some letters which the latter sent from the insurrected districts. But the cases of O'Kelly and Price are very dissimilar, and ifthe former has been in connection with the in- surgents and lald himself liable to be tried or treated as a spy or Cuban emissary Mr. Price has not done so, The arrest of Mr. Price was undoubt- edly made at the instigation of the Judge having O’Kelly’s case in hand, and it is hoped that the United States will take the most active steps to secure the instantancous release of Mr. Price un- less thes Spanish government can bring any sub- stantial charges against him, SPANISH ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE HERALD’S ENTERPRISE, . {From El Eco De Ambos Mundos, London, May 17.] “It 1s impossible,” says the New York corre- spondent of the above journal, ‘for me to conclude this letter without paying to the NEw York HERALD a tribute which it justly merits, Before the opening of the Vienna Exhibition repeated despatches were published as tne work progressed, and the day after the opening this journal had columns and columns of cable telegrams from the Austrian capital giving the full opening ceremo- nies in English and German, in addition to which it gave a map and diagram of the space occupied by the builaing and the exibitors of each country. Its columns contain daily many columns of inter- esting correspondent indeed it gives to its readers telegraphic news in such detail and with such completeness that, if tt came by the ordinary mail, could not fail to give it a reputation asa Journal of the first rank. Each day the HERALD gives new proofs of the marvellousness of its organization, Nor does it simply go down to Vienna to provide for its insa- tiable readers; its reporters accompany the Rus- sian expedition against Khiva, and furnish cor- respondence far more extensive than that pub- lished by the journals of St. Petersburg; from the Carlist camps in Spain letters are published dated from such places as Elizondo and San Martin much more complete than any that will be given to the public by the Spanish papers, cluding all that can be learned touching the impartial opinions of the public and the press and the notices issued by the Ministry. “Tuis Jounal has justly earned and received credit and applause {rom the press of the whole world, as. wherever it appears it is appreciated. Un the day after the Vienna Exhibition its issue was 200,000 copies, and vet they were unable to supply all the demands. It must not be thought that its corre- spondents on these grand occasions are writers of the ordinary Class or men of no weight; on the con- trary, it employs those who hold high rank in letters and the press, whose services it must re- quire a great outlay of money to control. In Vienna they had the English writer Yates, the American journalist Young and the German author and authoress Alerbach and Mthibach. In fact the New York HERALD has arrived at a position which it 1s impossible its founder could ever have dreamed of.” THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB. pene Preparations for Next Thursday’s Re- gatta, The annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club, which will be sailed next Thursday over the regu- lar club course, from off the third landing, Staten Island, around Sandy Hook Lightship and return, is now engrossing the attention of yachtamen in general, The Regatta Committee, Messrs. Fletcher Westray, William Krebs and Edward E. Chase, are hard at work making the necessary preparations, and they anticipate a very successiul result for their labor. The steamboat Twilight, furnished for the excjusive yse of members of the club and their guests, will leave the Erie Railroaa Pier, foot of ‘Twenty-third street, North River, on the morning of the regatta at half-past nine o'clock precisely; pier 1, North River, at ten o'clock, and Quarantine langing, Staten Island, at half-past ten o'clock, to receive Inembers, and will stop at the same points alter the regatta to land them. The regatta will be unusually interesting this year in consequence of the absence of the Sappho and Columbia, two of the fastest yachts in the fleet. The competition for victory will be more closely contested. The schooner Idler, recently purchased by Mr. Colgate, is said to be sailing very weil, and will, probably, make a good race with the Madeleine, Dreadnaught and Viking. The fleet little Eva and the famous Magic will also make their first appearance this season, and, should there only be @ light breeze, tne large boats will have considerabie trouble to beat the Peerless or lante on time allowance, The Foam, Madgie, Alarm and several others will also be humbered among the competitors. The sloop prize will probably be contested for by the Gracie, Fiston. Alert, Vixen, Qui Vive, Ariadne, Breeze, West Wind and others. The meeting of the Gracie, Vision and Vixen is looked forward to with much interest, aseach boat has attained a brilliant reputation for speed. The Alert, Qui Vive and Ariadne will also take part in the contest, and add considerab!y to the interest of the race. If the weather is fine the bay will Boe ra quite a brilliant appearance, as a large number of steam- ers will accompany the fleet round the course, Yachting Notes. ‘The schooner yacht Mystic, A.Y.C., Mr. Creamer, will probab!v be out of the hands of the mechanics pefore the end of the week, so as to be in readiness for the Atiantic Yacht Club regatta, next Tues The sloop yacht White Cap, Mr. J, M, Forbes, Jr., of Boston, has been lengthened two and a half feet aft, giving her a round, overhanging stern. The Bayonne Yacht Club hold their annual regatta on June 19, This ciub ia in a very flourish- ing condition and owns the yacht Meta, Commo- dore G. A. Beling, one of the finest sloops afloat. The schooner yacht Azalea, E.¥.C., Mr. J. M. Forbes, of Boston, has just been lawficted from the yard of Chase, of New Bedford, She has been rebuilt and en! | pe The Columbia Yacht Club hold their annual re- gatta on Thursday, June 12, The sloop yacht Coming, of Boston, arrived in port yesterday. The schooner yacht Enchantre Y.Y.0., Mr. J. F. Loubat, is lying off Staten Island, The schooner yacht Clio, N.Y.Y.0., Messrs. As- till in the hands of the Poll- some alterati ten and Bradhurst, lon Brothers, undergoin Be The following passed Whitestone yesterday:— Yacht Faustine, Mr. George P, Russell, irym Bris- tol, for New York. Yacht Fleur De Lis, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. J. 8. Dicker- son, from Connecticut River for Staten island, Yacht Agnes, Mr. Fish, from New London for New York. MURDEBEBS IN MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, June 2, 1873, ‘The trial of Charles B. Henderson for the murder of Dr. J. Merriman Cole, in January, 1872, com- menced in the Criminal pop by Hy b Hen. jerson Was arrested on and has been in prison ange oN ‘There are at present five persons in the State ssid “ef atigh ality ata “Mt jc yu aw: . ae, three have been sentenced, and dite w 3 WEST POINT. THE DAY BEFORE THE EXAMINATION Arrival of the Secretary of War—The “Plebes” and Their Fortunes—TwoiColored Chickens Hatching-The Delights of Idleness— Something of the Scenery—A Fashionable Loafing Place, West Point, June 2, 1873, The officers, cadets and ‘‘plebes’’ were all agog to-day in expectation of the arrival of the Secre- tary of War, and in due time that tremendous functionary arrived and was duly honored by gun and bayonet. Colonel Barnard and General E. W. Price and Mr. R, M. Belknap accompanied the terror-inspiring Minister, and the gentlemen com- posing the Board of Examiners, who were hitherto absent, also appeared and answered the “hew d’ye do” roll call of the first comers. Of course there wag considerable commotion at the Point and the hotel at the post was filled to overNowing. A number ot young gentlemen in blue coats and brass buttons, representing sundry military schools, audaciously rubbed elbows with the gentlemen of the Academy and seemed to desjre to look as able and willing to let Modocs and other savages have theirown way as the tightest laced warriors of the Academy. But it was A DAY OF “PLEBES!? and without interest to the hardy veterans who have been roughing it here for the past few years, To-morrow we will be informed whom of the said “plebes’ have been accepted by the examiners for the ensuing four years of hard service at the Point. Itis understood that the chickens were selected this evening, but some high stepping military hen having expressed doubts as to their hatching, de- sired a night tositon them, There are two col- ored chicks in the brood, and asit 1s just possible they will make more noise than all the rest, the said hen wisely withholds the cackle announces ment, If the hen, in her disquiet, kills the colored chicks during the night, there may be trouble in some reconstructed States, But that is the hen’s business, and suMcient for the day is the evil thereof, But the semi-ofticial public—the people who have relatives at the Academy—will drop the “plebes” from their memory to-morrow and 1x their attention on the cadets, These gentlemen are in the throes of expectancy. THE AWFUL DIGNITARIES OF THE ACADEMY, in frizzed hatr, blue-tailed, brass-buttoned coaty standing collars and high hats, will commence at an early hour to harrow their souls with points and distress them with questions; and the awfully wise men from the West, headed by John Sherman, and the Congressional personages from the other poinis of the compass, will insult the intelligence of the full-blooded boys with absurd questions. As, for instance, ‘‘How much would $5,000 a year be if doubled, half paid back by letter, then grabhed again and nothing said about it’? And perhaps. some distinguished person may throw the entire class into spasms by inquiring what should be done if a lellow commanded a post, a heap of hay, a friendly contractor and several bands of bad Indians? But the examination will commence to- rrow. Inthe meantime the sojourners at the Cozzens’? West Point Hotel—said Cozzens bein; a nephew, by the way, of Cozzens of Cozzens—fini pleasure in watening THE MANUVRES OF THE CADETS. For one who has been a soldier it is @ sweet boon to look on from under a straw hat while strétched at full length on the grass. How sweetly the soit music steals through the embracing arms of the bending trees on the bluif and re-echoes from the high clits! Sottly fall the teet of the nice lets; silvered the tones of the gorgeously ar- rayed officers; sweet the laugh of beauty at the nodding plume of the drum major’s high hat. _V! ious of the march, avaunt! Every one of these lads thirsts for the’ opportunity to play at soldier on the real fleld, and surely none weuid falter, no matter the obstacle, in the path of duty, But sup- pose they are taught to march but one way, an@ must so march to defeat, avoiding victory; what then? Thank Heaven! we have tradition in the army, @nd the Army Regulations, and the same kind of uniform for Canada and New Orleans, No small lessons of experience must interfere with the even tenor of the regular army way. But these are m rs for the consideration of the high pow- ers here assembled. To-night there is not for the ordinary dweiler at the Point anything but THE GLORIOUS ENJOYMENT which comes from the knowledge of total irrespons enh, Nobody wants to dress his or her (espe- cially her) neighbor into envious fidgets; nobody shoved about by anybody; everybody delights to wander listlessly on the bluffs and listen to the soft winds whispering low to the placid river and watch the sunextend his glowing arms over the peaceful scene in benediction. Somehow there is no shoddy here; no gambling houses, no flaunting ever-dressed females, no smail politicians, no rude- ness or exhibitions or bad taste. It is country, quiet, with com/ort and elegance. The German Consul General was here to-day, and, standing on the noble balcony of Cozzens’, overlooking the winding river, darkened by shadows from the mountain trees, declared THE SCENERY FINER THAN THE RHINE. That is a matter of taste; but certainly the society here is less mixed, and PerpaadtG less objec tionable, than on the quarrel-provoking stream of the Vaterland, to which the cockneys ef the world resort. The Alumni of West Point are to dine at Cozzens’ on the 12th, and a rush of visitors is expected. It will be lively in the meantime, however. On Wed- nesday the Mendeisshon Glee Club of New York will come, up to enjoy a day in the delightful wooda about and will entertain a select few of their friends at Cozzens’ in the evening with singing. The occasion is looked forward to with delight. To- morrow, after tay before) the opening of the ex- amination of the graduating class of cadets the Secretary of War will review the embryo warriors, The trains to-night brought up a large number of superheated citizens to be cooled and refreshed, MURDER IN VIRGINIA. Brutal Assassination of Two Aged Fee males—Their Brains Beaten Out While the Other Membe of the Household ‘Were at Church, RICHMOND, June 2, 1873, Murder has “ran riot in this usually quiet State within the past two weeks, no less than eight of the mest atrocious having been committed in that period. Here at the capital, as already reported in the HERALD, & mulatto woman, of bad repute, was murdered by her paramour, who threw her into the chamber of a canal lock. On the same night a colored sailor from New York, named Ed- ward Taylor, was thrown into the James River and drowned, also because of a woman, by twe other sailors. Then comes the murder of a white man, in Hanover county, named Ford, by a rival of his named Jones. Both of these were at @ bali or party, where Ford teased Jones about a young lady whom they both were paying attentions to, They leit the ball together, and soon after Jones returned, re- marking that Ford would not tease him soon again. A few days afterward the body of Ford was found in the Chickahominy River, the throat cut, the feet and hands tied, a rail being thrust through both, the body evidently having been swung to the rail when thrown ito the river. Ip the same county the body of a man with bis throat. cut has been found in a well, but there is_ no clew to the murderers. There is still another murder in Hanover. A negro named Carters killed one named Johnson in @ dispute over seven cents. From Norfolk come: other report of a negro kill- ing his wife, who refused to deliver to him three strawberry tickets, valued at nine cents. But the crowning outrage alr I get by special telegram from Portsmouth to-night. Some time between ten and tweive o’clock on Sunday morn- ing, while ether members @i the family were at church and at Sabbath sehool, some unknown per- son entered the dwelling house of Mr. Demsey Jones, about ten miles from the town of Suffolk, Nansemond county, and mur- dered Mrs. Jones and Mrs, Sarah Ann Dorier, beatin; their brains out with 4 club, Robbery is supposed to have been the ob- hea The piece of wood, smeared with blood, was left in the room. A colo man, living on the ace, is suspected, but so No positive evidence has been elicited. It seems that after committing the act the murderer be e alarmed and lett, without taking with him much of value. A pocket. book, containing @ few dollars, was stolen from tha drawer, which was broken open and left t' with @ majority of the contents untouched. An old gun, & drawing knife and # carpenter's ne which were stolen irom Mr. Jones about thre ago, have been discovered near the house of the suspected party. The scene of the tragedy is lo cated on the White marsh road, nine miles from Suffolk. Both the murdered women were aged, and the atrocity has shocked the whole of Nansemond county. SUSPECTED MUBDER AT BINGHAMTON, BrNGHamTon, N, Y., June 2, 1873. Rosa Connity, an Irish woman, aged about sev~ euty years, died on Friday last under circumstances sprains peice, ena Peli dIsCOVe, ree are | ered that the body waa horribly br mangled.