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the lonefy isolation ofa transatlantic voyage— to drive away the feeling that in the moment of disaster there is no measure of relief but in those feeble and unreliable weapons-—the pumps. But the sceptic will say, ‘How do you propose to make this twin voyage inva- viable? Do you provide against fogs, snow storms and the black of night, so the steamers will not part company?" We reply: by the ateam whistle (disagreeable as it may be), by the electric ligut and Fresnel lens, which have been brought to great. perfection, and by ex- hibiting greater accuracy and caution in keep- ing the position of the ship by ‘‘dead reckon- ing’ hour by hour. We ask for the establish- ment of these lanes, then, and in this explicit manner, believing that they are entirely prac- ticable, knowing that our views are sustained ‘by the maritime world itself, and not leas en- thusiastically by those who make their homes in the Eastern and Western hemispheres by tarns, Above all, we deprecate procrastina- tion, The Vagar! ef Political Reformers. One year ago, after the success of the c »- dination between the republicans and the xe- formers in New York, the political leaders on that side prepared a new municipal charter, ‘which, after much bickering and bargaining, was licked into a shape to suit the views of the allies, and became a law. This charter gave the power of appointing the beads of depart- ments to the Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen. A proposition to give the Mayor the sole appointing power was opposed by the Custom House republicans be- cause they did not care to trust wholly to Mr. Havemeyer, and believed that with one of their own friends at the head of the Board of Aldermen they could rely upon that body to check any eccentricities on the part of the Mayor. It was not long before thoy discovered that their doubts of the Mayor were justified, while their con- fidence in the Aldermen was misplaced. ‘They demanded so large a share of the spoils that Mr. Havemeyer, who had an army of ancient friends and associates of his own to pension on the city, refused to honor their drafts. Then came an open rupture in the allied camp. Mayor Havemeyer de- nounced the Custom House republicans as rogues who plotted all day to rob the people and gambled all night to rob each other. ‘The Custom House republicans in their turn abused Mr. Havemeyer and assailed his ap- pointments. Before the charter had been in operation four months, in August last, they said:—“Of all the mistakes ever made since the reform campaign opened the most mis- chievous, if not disastrous, was the election of Mayor Havemeyer. Mr. Oakey Hall, _ especially after the destraction of Tammany, was far less dangerous.” At one time they -deolared that the ‘wholesale robberies” of certain Tammany officeholders were likely to “become mere pettit, Jarcenies compared with those of Mayor Havemeyer’s ‘retorm’ officials.” On several occasions they charged the Mayor with promoting his private interests and entirely disregarding the public wel- fare; of appointing to office “publishers of bawdy newspapers and silent partners in faro banks ;’’ of making corrupt bargains with his appointees. ‘What cares Have- ameyer for the law?” they asked, when accus- ing the Mayor of shielding his subordinates in attempts to extort illegal fees; and they pronounced his official acts. a “public ecandal.’’ In excusing themselves for sup- porting sucha man for Mayor they said in September last :— If he has falsified all his promises and disgraced his past career the shame fails upon him, not upon ‘the Custom House republicans who supported nim, No one could toresee that he would appoint such pereonages as Matsell and Charlick to oflice, or do all in his power to render the extire reiorm move- ment ridiculous, lf you support a good man, and he suddenly turns out bad and treacherous, you are not tobiame. Asa matter of iact, however, the Custom House republicans said as littie as they could well help in favor of Mr. Havemeyer, and gaid chat iittle late in the day. One might suppose that no good citizen or no honest man could desire to place increased power over the city government in the hands ofa man thus treacherous, incompetent and ‘angorupulous. But the political situation hhas changed. Mayor Havemeyer has struck a new bargain with the men who denounced him so bitterly a few months ago, and who were in turn branded by him as gamblers and cheats, He is to give the Custom House re- publicans two-thirds of his future appoint- ments, it is said, provided the Custom House republicans will renominate him for Mayor. So bills are introduced by republicans in the Legislature to ‘‘tinker’’ the charter of last May in such o manner as to invest Havemeyer with the sole appointing power, and to turn -out all the present heads of departments next May. The Mayor—whose election was ‘‘mis- chievous if not disastrous,’’ whose policy is “founded upon a careful consideration of private interests and an entire disregard of the public welfare,”’ whose acts are a “public ‘ecandal,"’ who shields dishonost officials and justifies extortion, is to have the absolute and uncontrolled authority to appoint every officer under the city government, and. two- thirds of his appointees are to be selected from men who “plot all day to cheat the people and gamble all night to cheat each other.” Truly the vagaries of these political seformers are wonderful to contemplate. Tae Resvxr of the New York rapid transit struggle in the Legislature seems likely to be the passage of a number of crude and con- flicting laws and no railroad for the suffering people of the city. New franchises will be @iven or sold to corporations whose only object in securing them is to kill rapid transit altogether ; old companies will be rehabil- ‘tated and afforded another opportunity to amake a failure ; additional privileges will be accorded to roads which, at the best, can give wut trifling relief to the people, and if a com- ‘mission bill should be finally passed it will be in such a shape as to be of little practical value. The fact is that the ‘“Modocs,”’ as the purchasable members are called, have pre- vailed over the honest representatives, and the prospect of relief in the matter of city travel by the present year's legislation is. but very slight. FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT, Burrato, N. Y., April 26, 1874, Edward Whitney, of Rochester, N. Y., a brake- man on the Lake Shore Railway, died this morning from Injuries received last night by bein, {rom erain approaching this ciey. > eine Tun over OBSEQUIES OF REV. HENRY SLICER, BALTIMORE, April 26, 1874, ‘The funeral of Rev. Henry Slicer took place to- day fro ye Mount Vernon piace Methodiat Epic- rch, Bishop Ames and gthers delivered on the deceased, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, THE ERIE RAILWAY. The English Commission of Accounts Investi- , gation. Lonpon, April 27-6 A. M. Accountants appointed to investigate the books of the Erie Ratlway Company will sail for New York Wednesday. SPAIN. MapkRID, April 26, 1874. Arumor is current that the Carlists have asked Marsbal Serrano fur an amnesty. CASTELAR FOR A FEDERAL REPUBLIC. Sefior Castelar has wiitren a letter in which he Geclares himeelf in favor of the federal repunltc, GERMANY, The Session of the Reichstag Closed. BERLIN, April 26, 1874. The Emperor William in person closed the sea sion of the Reichstag yesterday with a tormal speech of no general importance. RUSSIA. The Imperial Visitors to England. Lonpoy, April 27—6 A. M. The Grand Duke Alexis is the only member of the imperial family who will accompany the Czar on his visit to England, THE SUEZ CANAL. Lonpon, April 26, 1874, Advices from Constantinople are to the effect that the Saez Canal difficulty has been settled by M. de Lesseps’ acceptance of the tonnage rates prescribed by the International Commission, Lesseps’ Capitulation Confirmed. Lonpon, April 27—6 A, M. The report that M. de Leaseps had yielded to the decision of the International Commission on the tonnage dues of the Suez Canal is confirmed. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. ST oa SR Francis Kernan, of Utica, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Major J. J. Upham, United States Army, is quartered at the Glienham Hotel. Assemblyman Willard Jonnson, of Fulton, N. Y., 18 registered at the Metropolitan Hotel, The eldest son of the Prince of Zimmay has been visiting Rangoon with an immense suite, Charles E. De Long, late United States Minister to Japan, has apartments at the Filth Avenue Hotel. * Mr. Roweliffe, the Chartist butcher, who was once the opponent of Lord Palmerston at Romsey, England, recently died, at the age of seventy-one, Dr. Kenealey affirms, ina recent letter to the Bar- Tisters of the Oxford Circuit, that the real Arthur Orton will soon return to England and disprove the verdict in the Tichborne case. Ferdinand L, the ex-Emperor of Austria, is now eighty-one years old. Some members of the Im- perial family stay at Prague, where he resides, in almost daily expectation of his death. Our Minister, General Thomas, has presented the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ot Peru witha hand- somely bound volume, containing engravings rep- resenting the flags of all the nations of the world. Bishop Hare, of the Indian Peace Commission, denounces Omaha correspondents for telegraphing Indian lies. Some of them may lift that Hare yet ifitdon’t lie smoothly. Western journalists are dangerous men. Two Jady students at Girton College, Cambridge, England, have given evidence that their attain- ments would: entisie them to first class standing were they not disbarred from the regular examin- ations of the college. The birthday of the Emperor William of Germany ‘was celebrated with great spirit in the Sandwich Islands, At Honolulu the German Consul and the German Club gave entertainments at both of which King David Kalakua took part. The Countess de Civry, who was lately convicted in London of obtaining goods on false pretences, hasbeen pardoned by the Queen. The London tradesmen are greatly excrcisea in mind by the matter, as they consider the Countess of account 38 a swindler. The name of M. Ballue, a radical editor in Lyons, France, has been erased from the register of the Le- gion of Honor. His ‘advanced’ opinions are the cause of this expurgation. M. Ballue was formerly an officer in the army, and was decorated for brav- ery in the Crimea and Mexico, The action ofthe Bar of the Oxford (England) Circuit will, it is said, have the effect of entirely depriving Dr. Kenealey, the claimant’s counsel, of practice, The most eminent barrister could not stand against this tyranny, and it is likely that the Doctor, who is not wealthy, and who has a large family, will have either to emigrate or seek a new calling. The Shah of Persia has conferred the Grand Cor- don of the Order of the Lion and the Sun on the Russian General Kaufmann, who liberated from Khiva several thousand Persians that.were held as slaves by the Khan. He has also decorated the General’s staff oficers, and intends to distribute a commemorative medal among the rank and file of the expeditionary army. The Bey of Tunis recently bought the dwelling of the Christian Brothers, who are conducting schools in Tunis, and presented itto them. The house has been occupied for sixteen years by the Brothers. 1t belonged to a wealthy Jew. who had generously refused to take any rent. He died a@ short time ago, however, and his heirs pressed upon the Brothers for rent tor the past years as wellas the current one. The Bey’s kind action has relieved them of all trouble. WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, OFFICR OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL UFFICER, WASHINGTON, April 27—1 A, M, Probabilities. Over New England north to west winds, dimin- ishing in force, and generally clear weather will prevail. FOR THE MIDDLE STATES AND LOWER LAKE RE- GION, CLEAR OR PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER, WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST. For the South Atlantic and Guif States east of the Mississippi generally clear weather and south- erly to easterly winds. From Tennessee and Missouri northward over Lake Erie and the upper lakes, increasing south to cast winds, rising temperatare, increasing cloudiness, with rain, gradually extending east- ward over this area. . The Ohio River will rise and the Mississippi below St. Louis will remain nearly stationary. Cautionary signals continue at Eastport. The Weather in This City Yesterday. ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperavure for the past twenty-four hours, in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, HBRALD Building :— 1873. 1874, 1878. 1874, 35 8:30PM... 40 44 36 6 P.M. a1 43 4. 9 P.M. “ «@ 12M... 14606 (43 «12 M 480 Average temperature yesterday....... ++ 40) Average temperature for corresponding date last year... DEATH OF A PHILADELPHIA LAWYER, PHILADELPHIA, April 26, 1874, John Bohlen, ® prominent lawyer and well known in his connection with the Protestent Episcopal Charch in this city, died to-day from injuries received by falling from his horse in the Park last Tues He was about fifty-five years of Pike was a brother of General Henry Boh- — 0 Was killed near Chantilly, Va, August 29, APRIL 27, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. ARKANSAS. The Opposing Parties in Arkansas Stabbornly Defiant. Bold and Decisive Measures Re- newed by Baxter. A THREATENING ASPECT. History of the Trouble—The Fraudulent Election and Ungracious Court. Litre Rock, April 26, 1874, General White, emulating the example or ex- Governor Baxter here, has seized the reins of power at Pine Bluff and is installed in the Court House, There is the greatest ex- citement there. Drums are beating and armed men occupy the streets in threatening array. . The partisans of Baxter, if powerful enough, will Probably seek to imitate this proceeding at moat of the county seats in the State, THE CONVENTION OF THE LEGISLATURE, Brooks will not recognize in any way the Legis- lature as convoked by Baxter to meet on the 111n of next month. INSPECTION OF TROOPS. Brooks’ troops are reviewing this afternoon and | are undergoing the inspection of their chiefs. Quantities of Arms and Provisions Shipped from St. Louis to Brooks at Little Rock. St. Lous, April 26, 1874. A considerable quantity of muskets, small arms and ammunition was shipped from here yesterday for Little Rock, said to be tor Brooks. SUPPLIES SENT SINCE THE OUTBREAK. The Times asserts that 2,000 Springfeld rifies, 13,000 rounds of ammunition and several cases of pistols have been shipped irom this city in @ secret manner for the use of Brooks’ forces at Little Rock, Ark., since the dim- culties broke out there. It 18 also said five car loads of provisions have been shipped to the same parties, Review of the Arkansas Trouble—Dis- honest Election Returns and Tricky Courts—The Status of Each Side. Lirtte Rock, Ark., April 23, 1874. Joseph Brooks, in November, 1872, was the can- didate of the liberal or Greeley party for Governor, Elisha Baxter was the candidate of the republican party. Brooks is a Northern born man, gaxter a Southerner. The former party, at that time, was known in this State as the “brindletall,” the latter ag the “minatrel” party, The returns of the election sent to the President of the Senate showed Baxter to be elected. The full returns, bowever, were not sent In, and the registration and counting of votes was so well managed in Baxter's iavor that he was declared elected. For example, in some townships having 100 voters, the returns showed a majority of | about 400 for Baxter. At to this day all parties, after that time and the installa- tion of Baxter, tacitly admitted on one side and | claimed on the other that Brooks was elected by 20,000 majority. Brooks applied to the United States District Court for redress, and the Court de- cided in a manner exactly opposite to the famous Durell decision in Lousiana—namely, that it had no jurisdiction. Mr. Brooks then applied to tae Legislature. This body, ac- knowledged to be the most corrupt ever assembled here, refused to entertain his petition. As Baxter has since appointed all the prominent members, both republicans and democrats, to lucrative offices, it is evident that they held pledges from | him, and, theretore, did not want Brooks tn. THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION, In May, 1873, a rumor was started that Attorney General Yonley would apply to the Supreme Coart, then in session, for & writ of quo warranto against Baxter, based on information filed with him by Brooks, Baxter immediately reor- ganized the militia and entrenched himself in tne State House. He said to your correspondent | at that time that he would obey no writ or injunc- tion issued by the Supreme Court, and would resist the attempt to overthrow him by all the means in his power and to the bitter end. This state of af- fairs continued for about three weeks. At each meeting of tne Supreme Court it was expected | that Attorney General Yonley would apply for the writ. At this time the most bitter Southerners were with Baxter, among them, as 1 stated at the time, several (ormer leaders o1 the Ku Kiux, ‘the repub- licans and democrats were divided between Brooks and Baxter, though the majority of the democrats were with Baxter and the mujority of the repub- | licans with Brooks, On June 2, 1878, the Attorney General applied to the Supreme Court tor the writ. Aiter bearing the arguments on both sides the majority of the Supreme Court decided that upon the paper pre- sented to the Court the writ should not issue against Baxter, and that 1 it be regarded asa contested election case between Brooks and Bax- ter the Court had no jurisdiction. Whule waiting tor the decision Baxter had one of his generals posted in the Supreme Court room, with a prociamation in his pocket, get the Court and prociaim- ing martial law in this county. ‘This was to have been read in case of an adverse decision. A SLCOND DEFEAT AT LAW FOR BROOKS, On June 18 of the same year Brooks filea a com- Plains in the Circuit court of this circuit. In bis | complaint he stated that Baxter was a usurper, es prayed for a judgment of ouster and tnat tue jourt procure for him ail the money received by Baxter as Governor while in ofice. The day aiter the Attorney Geueral tiled a complaint in the same State Court, headed “State oi Arkansas, plaintit, vs. Klisha Baxter, defendant. Complaint at Law " The text of this compiaint was published in the HERALD columns at the time. In October everybody thought that the split in the republican purty was healed. ‘The Supreme Court filed @ written opinion signed by three of the judges. This opinion was supplementary to the verbal decision given in June and had the same tenor. ‘The Attorney General immediately dismissed the suit he had instituted in_the Circuit Court, Everything looked serene, Baxter mus- tered out his militia. Brooks in the meanwhile had been busy taking testimony in his case belore the Circuit Court. THE COUP D’rrart. i On Wednesday, April 15, everybody was sur- rised to hear that the Circuit Court had decided Brooks’ tavor, and that he had taken essi0D Of the office of Governor of the state. ie detalls have all been fully telegraphed to the HERALD. AS the matter now stands nearly all the Northern men are with Brooks and the Southerners with Baxter. A large number of conservative demo- crate who voted for Brooks still stand by him. The spirit of ante-beltum times is strong among Baxter's adherents, and they even want to at- cate to ron over the United States troops in order to attack the State House. Baxter seized the tele- gl ph on the 16th. I juested to be allowed to my despatches, and was told to submit them to the officer in charge. This I, of course, retused to do, and had to get them off through the kind- ness of United States officials and by sending to Baring Oren telegraph station, across tne river, until the United States troops took charge of the ofmMfice. To see if they would let me send my de- spatches after they should have read them, | sub- mitted one to General Dockery, an ex-Confederate, Sppeintas by Baxter Military Governor of Little k. The despatch was returned to me with the remark that it would not be allowed, ‘They only allowed United States despatcnes sent and those of the Associated Press agent, who ts the editor of the Little Rock Gazette, which is a strong Baxter sheet. His despatches have been contradicted by the “specials” of all the Northern papers now here. KEKPING THE PEACR. The regulars stationed bere have made no aj sive movement, but have simply interterea to keep the peace and prevent bioodsned. Tne firing npon Colonel Rose and his orderly was dastardly ana unprovoked. He simply sent into their lines to ask what the demonstration they were making meant, asan armistice had been agreed upon by the Brooks and Baxter parties for twonty-four hours. A United States soldier was also shot in the leg by some unknown party the next day. In response to @ despatch of Baxter the Presi- dent answered yesterday, rather ambiguously, that he heartily approved of any peaceable adjustment of the pending alificulties by means of the Legis- lature, the courts or otherwise; that he would give ail the assistance he could, under the constt- tution and laws of the United States, to such mode of adjustment, and that he hoped that the military would disband on oe ides, THE 1s8uR. Since receiving this, Baxter has called the Legis- lature to meet here on the llth of May. Where they will meet is a matter of doubt, as Brooks still has the State House vigilantly guarded, Neituer Party have jet up apy, thouge a large Qumperot Baxterives have left for-home. The negroes, who ted on rub a8 soon as their own side eun, ariived in Pine Bluff » On foot. Baxter's sentinels sttit the block in iront of the Anthony Brooks, who saya he will vacate if the Supreme Court decides against uim on an appeal taken by Baxter, at present, antil that Court finally decides the matter, is Governor de facw whd de jure, All the State officers, with the exception of the Secretary of State, have recognized him and work in sccord with him, Secretary of State Jonnson arrived yesterday. A curious feature in this affair is that the major- ity of those who voted ior Baxter are now Brooks men, while the majority of Baxter's adherents ‘voted as democrats ior Brooks, AMUSEMENTS. —_ Liederkranz Concert—Schumana’s ‘Pil- grimage of the Rose.” The most popular and the largest of ail our Ger- man vocal organizations gave a concert last night at Liederkranz Hall, Fourth street, before a large audience. The solvists were Miss Elise Heiss and Mrs. J. Becker, soprant; Mrs, E. Unger, alto, and Hermann Brandt, violin; J. Gray, tenor, and A. Sohst and A. Kelier, barytones. A large chorus and orchestra, under the direction of A, Paur, contrib. | uted towards the attractions of the evening. The concert commenced with Taubert’s musical il'us- tration of Snakespeare’s ‘“‘rempest,” consisting of four movements, all fur orchestra alone, It is Dot @ work ca‘culated to win admiration for the composer, the instrumentation being odd and patchy. ‘Ihe orchestra on vhig occasion was not in good trim, and among the brass instruments there were some positive blunders, Miss Heiss then sung avery pretty song by Schubert, and Mr. Brandt played @ selection from Spohr. Mr. Graf sung “Phe Last Song,” with a churus of mate voices, by Bescnnitt, aod received an encore. The /earure of the eventhg, nowever, was Schumann's love: cantata, “ihe rimage oi the Rose,” in whic! the magnificent Chorus of the society, all the vocal soloists and the orchesira tuok part. O1 all the great romanticist’s fantastic works, none can echt this in melodic and orchestral beauty, The tender and the graceml seem to ve the fundamental principles of the work, and the deilcate nature of the subject is treated with the skill of an accomplished tone oet—one Who alone could sketch “scones irom nildhood” and “Paradise and the Peri.” The luxuriant fancy 0; the composer appears in its } Most Varied and its brightest iorm in this cantata, and gems of inestimahie vaine may be found in it. It was very creditably pertormed, the chorus being particularly goou, and the soloists, although some of the voices were hardly sympathetic and dra- | matic enough for such music, sung the numbers | allotted to them correctly. “rhe Pilgrimage of the Rose” was urst performed by the Liederkrana Society about six years ago. Musical and Dramatic Notes. Maggie Mitchell plays at Jackson, Ohio, to-day. Mrs. F. 5. Chanirau appears to-day in Washing- ton. Mr. Mackay appears as Robespierre at the Ly- ceum to-night. Edwin Adams, the tragedian, arrived yesterday at the Astor House, Miss Neilson appears to-night a®-Julia in the “*Hunchback,” at Booth’s. Miss Jennie Lee has been engaged at a San Fran- cisco theatre for next season. “Lohengrin” will be given for the laat time to- night at the Academy of Music. During the Patti season of opera in Vienna the receipts averaged every evening $4,000, The Ladies’ Baptist Home Society have a benefit concert at Steinway Hall this evening. Lawrence Barrett and Edwin Booth appear in | “Julius Caesar” at Hartford, Conn., June 6. Tony Pastor and his troupe were disporting | themselves for a few evenings at Providence. Oliver Doud Byron introduces Donald McKay to the New York public at the Grand Opera House. | Mile. Marimon has been received with great | favor at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, this season. “Charity” will be produced at Wood's Museum, Philadelphia, this week. Mr. and Mrs, Walcott | appear init, Couldock appears as Luke Fielding in Bouci- cault’s piay, the “‘Willow Copse,” at Mrs. Conway's Brookiyn Theatre. i Miss Alice May, an English opera prima donna, has been lately astonishing the natives of Sydney, New South Wales. ‘The last performance of the “Veteran” will be | On Wednesday night. “School” takes its piace at ‘Wallack’s on Thursday. “Mr, J. F. Barnett’s new oratorio, “The Raising of Lazarus,” is likely to become as popular in Eng- | land as ni the Pert.’ Little Nell is delighting the citizens of Indian- anolis with some red hot sensation drama. “Fidelia, or the Fire Wail,” is the charming title of her favorite play. Mmes. Stolz and Waldmann, and Messrs. Oapponi and Main1 will sing the solo parts in the forthcom- | ing performances at Milan of Verdi’s requiem in memory of Manzoni. A London critic wittily remarks that in “Crispino e la Comare” the brothers Ricci use the orchestra asa gigantic guitar tor the purpose of a strum- ming accompaniment. Mr. Fred. Bergner’s concert takes place to- | nigat at Steinway Hall (small hall). He will be assisted by Miss Henne and Messrs. Remmertz, Damrosch, Mills and Dachauer. public of Tiflis, in the Caucasus, to show their ap- prectation of a popular artist, That fussy London potentate, the Lora Chamber- lain, has at length given permission for the per- formance of ‘Seraphine” and “Le Supplice d'une Femme,”’ two plays which he has long kept off the London boards. Mr. Toole, who will soon make his appearance tn | New York, is at present performing at the Globe Theatre, London, in Albery’s new play, “Wig and | Gown,” which the critics charge shows but indil- | ferent skill on the part of the playwright. Mrs. Hermann Vezin has appeared at Aberdeen, Scotland, ina new drama written forher by Mr. Palgrave Simpson, from Dickens’ ‘Bleak House.’” The most unwarrantable liberties, itis said, are taken with the story in the dramatization, Dr. Power O'Donoghue, an Irish composer, has selected the ambitious subject of “Manired’’ for a grand Italian opera, and has succeeded in present- ing @ work said to be of great artistic value. The overture was lately brought out at the Gaicty, Dubiin. . One of M. Maurice Strakosch’s Parisian com pany, Mile. Heilbron, sung two nights at Coveat achieved & pronounced success. Mr. Gye was com- pelled, much against his inclination, to permit her to return to Paris to iulfl her engagements there. Professor Herrmann, who made ag unparalleled success at the Egyptian Hall, London, where he ran for over 1,000 nights, will begin a legerdemain entertainment at the Academy of Music May 11. Since Professor Herrmann visited this country, some five years ago, he ts said to bave improved ia | dexterity, and to have added a number of new conjuring feats to his feast of tricks. Wanted—A Puff. Naw Yor, April 26, 1874. To THE EDITor OF THE HERALD:— We, the members of the company now perform- ing at the Grand Duke Theatre, send you this note in the hope that you will give our little theatre a puff in your paper, as we can hardly take in enough money now to defray our expenses. Please excnse us for the liberty we are taxing in thus addressing you, but you are the only friend leit who we can now tura to in this our hour of need. Last Saturday night we were nonored with the presence or a di eed Tombs lawyer-and four or five triends. This week the enure pro- ceeds are to go to the pertormers. By helping us in this you will greatly oblige, yours a} HE MEMBERS of the Grand Duke Theatre. FIFTY-FIPTH ANNIVERSARY OF ODD FEL- LOWSHIP. PROVIDENCE, B. I., April 26, 1874 The Fifty-fifth anniversary of the institution of Oda Fellowship was observed by the several loages in this city to-day by their attendance at the vari- Sainte Where appropriate sermons were Eight lodges attended at the Church of the Me- alator, where a discourse was delivered by the Rev. A. St. John Chambie, cnaplain of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. PRINTING CLOTHS MARKET. P; on, R, L, April 26, 1874. Printing cloths quiet, market Closing rat at OMe. for best 64x64 goods; sales of the week 4,000 pieces, thelud: ipa some odtzas At Oho, cash agd ton dave. . ‘Ancient Mariner’? and ‘Paradise and | | A bouquet, Lound with a ribbon composed en- | tirely of bunk notes, is one method adopted by the P' THR MISSISSIPPI OVERFLOW The River Less Rapid in Its Rise. WATER FALLING AT NEW ORLEANS. The Secretary of War Purchasing Supplies for the Sufferers. New ORLEANS, April 26, 1874. The river 18 falling, ana Is now two feet below high water. From five to seven days’ mails are due from Northern, Eastern and Western cities. The New York mail of the 16th and some of the 20th nave ; been received. The itervening ad supsequent dates are missing. The Mobile and New Orleans Railroad lose a bridge or have a wash ap every few days, and seem to display more energy in choking off information regurding mishaps than they do in getting over breaks. BRIDGBS GONK. ‘Two at least of the important bridges are gone between this city and Mobile. The Jackson route also 1s in bad condition—vridges are gone and a Portion of the track is submerged. The River Rising at Monroe—Immense Loss of Cattle. Monrox, La., April 26, 1874, ‘The river yesterday rose over an inch in twenty- four hours. Another break in Pargoud’s upper levee precipitated a heavy volume of water on the back ‘Ol the city, and the rise there at the same time waa five incues. The water backed up in ditches nearly to the Hunsacker Hotel. im some pluces on the river fro.t the water was irom six {to fliteen incnes above the street, but was leveed. ‘The rear of the city was filling up fast, about five squares on the average trom the river front to the overflow | being out of water the whole length of the city.. FLEEING BEFORE THS FLOOD. The people continued comiug iu trom the rear as vhe, water approached. The sidewalks aod streets were the only pastures tur stock. ‘ae i038 of cattle and bogs by the overfow is very great. The sun shone ali day, and there was a prospect ol better weather. There was no inteligence trom above, out auother rise was expected irom the recent rains. WEATHER FAIR AND THE RIVER RESTING. The river rose again @ quarter o! un inch last might, and the back water an inch and a hall. Washington street is Nooded to within three blucks of the river. The river 18 at a stand to-day, and the weather is {air and warm. ‘ihere is no inte. ligence yet irom above or below. The railroad company have surrendered tne mai contract be- tween here and Vicksburg, and the telegrap now is the only source of correspondence. Purchase of Supplies by the Secretary of ‘War for the Relief of the Sufferers. WASHINGTON, April 26, 1874. Although Congress passed a bill for the relief of the sutferers by the overfiow on the Lower Missis- stppt, it has been found that no supplies can be spared {from the various military stations in that region, Theretore, the Secretary of War, after Private conference with the President, airected tne Commissary of Subsistence to purchase 500.000 rations of meat, flour, beans and rice, and to carry the law into effect asks an appropriation of $90,000. The estimate is based on an issue to 20,000 persoms for twenty-five days. ‘Widespread Suffering in the Overflowed Parishes—The Waters Abating but Planters at the Point ot Starvation. The New Orleuns Times of the 21st has details from various points along the MississippL. SUFFERING IN THE PARISH OF POINTE COUPER. POINTE COUPEE PARISH, April 15, 1874, Governor WILLIAM P. KxLLOGG :— Dzak Sin—A few days since | felt it my duty to represent by letter the actual condition of very Many families in this parisn. failure of both the corn and cotton crop had com- pelled us to begin this year without provisions or the credit to obtein them. As. soon as the grass had come and f the people with such physical ability as very inad- equate food permitted began the cultivation of another crop. To their credit I now assert that though so many were nearly famished, the rights ot property were respected to an extent which, under the circumstances, was as surprisin; as it Was meritorious. but an unprecedente: food of the Mississippi has hurled the waters over and throngn the levees, entirely submerging por- | tions of this parish where the population was most dense and consisted of the iamilies of numerous small farmers. 1 enclose a hist of some TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, white and colored, who in the vicinity of Hermi- tage alone are in houses entirely surrounded by water, who have scarcely a mouthiul to eat. I am aware that similar cries of distress come to you from other portions of the State, and that the evil is of such magnitude, the peril so immi- Rent and your powers so restricted tnat you may be unable to afford reliel. But as a “conservator of the public peace,” again assuring you that individu: parish 18 almost entire'y exhansted, ] earnestly re- quest that the geueral government be applied to for jood. A iew dozen barrels of mea), carefully distriouted, might suifce to avert the calamity and enable the iarmers to make « corn crep when the waters suoside. Citizens of this parish will in ersun corroborate these statements. While cautious to encourage no such nope of assistance irom abroad as to cause a relaxation in the efort now made witnin the parish to relieve our suffer- ing neighbors, and while it is due to you that fajse un pressions as to your power sould not be enter- tained, I have given assurance o! your entire sym- pathy and prompt rendition of such service as you can command, Very hig tt 3 THOMAS H. HEWES, , Judge Seventh Judicial District, APRIL 17, 1874. Mr. Charles Parlange, who attempted tu reach any point on the Mississippt where this could be forwarded, has been compelied to return. Two duys have greatiy increased the amount of destitu- tion, the excitement and apprehensions of the people, Mr. Pariange will to-morrow again at» ‘tempt to reach tue river, and this. will be sent by skiff over the backwater. Respectiuily, 1. H. H. FROM THE UPPER COAST—SUFFERING AND DESTITU- TION PREVAILING EVRRYWHERE, From the steamer RK. E. Lee, in at midnight, the condition of affairs up the river is described by Captain Campbell as terrible in the extreme. From Vicksburg uown the country is partiaily, and in some Cases wholly under water. Stock | Trish. ing both for want of sustenance and trom drowning. In numbers of instances houses have been swept away, and the inhabitants been left without food or shelter. Captain Campbell picked up from the river banks, on his war down, over a dozen persons; some of them had not tasted food ior forty-eight hours, many of them had been well to do previous to the recent Garden, London, in place of Mile. D’Angeri, and | devastation, but all were without money. vap- tain Campbell took them on board and gave them a e here, providing tor their wants ina manner that speaks volumes tor his hu: y. He reports the crevasse at Morganza having washed away the levee so that it now reaches pearly to Grand Levee, and says no attempt ts | it, as such would be a useless waste of time and labor. This break could ha in prevented, it being well known that ti levee Was in a weak condition, but neither money being made to stop | dor provisions were 1orthcoming. In consequence the workmen quit. Captain ‘Samp ll reports a crevasse at l’Argent lant and the whole country is being over- crevasse {9 80 that Ro efforts are being made to stop {t Snould su come to ene thousands “hat are rendered home- less and dependent on the more fortunate por- aad our country’s population & famine is in- evitable. NATOHRZ. ‘The-river at Natches on Saturday last, the 18th inst., rose one and one-fourth incl in the pre- vious twenty-four hours and the river was four fect three inches below high water mark of 1967. Duncan’s levee, just delow Waterproot, gave way Thursday night, and a volume of water was running through the break, carrying destruction and ruin to the fairest portion of Tensas and Other parishes where the water passes through. The break ts about 300 feet wide, From the Baton Rouge Advocate of the 18th inst. we learn that the river had fallen two inches and @ half since Fri evening, making the total fall here about twenty-three laches anda half. Al that Mr. Hickey’s residence Was swept away Fri- day night by the water fowing through the cre- vasse at his plantation. No tives were lost, but Mr. Hickey loses all his household turniture, £0. The crevasse at this place is from 300 to 500 yards in hay ad and no efforts have been made yet to sto) P ',y0U SARA—THE TOWN INUNDATED, From the Dunn Leader affairs at Bayou Sara aro thus gray bonged described :— Notwithstanding the many efforts made to yent the levees which surrounded on from breaking, Saturday ht, about seven o'clock, the levee between Captains Reed and White, near the ratiroad depet, gave way, and in atew hours the town Was covered with water. On Sunday, at about tweive o'clock, the levee tn the rear ol C. Bockel’s residence was also broken, and the water, with fearful velocity, carried away I stated that the | iven strength to the work aaimals, | aid within the | 7 ine ‘weir floors, but in this or taken, At four o’cloox Mid a bay every house in Bayou Sara had been im- vaded .by the streams of water pouring in from the Mississippt. The beddimg and house. hold goods of all were floating on care! lessly toward the 1v0t of the hill, being driven there by the iorce ol the water entering | Wo. The cries of womem and children, mingled with that 0! ogs and cat- tie, made if a scene which forced Lears of sympa thy to fow from the eyes of all who beheld this “onde y che foore of Most of the bundts jonday the floors e bulidin; from wit to twenty-four inches under water, “ine 1088 of property ia immense. Thousands o! dollars tn merchandise, buildings, fences, &c., have been swept away. Business 1 at ap end ior Bayou Sara for at least two months to come. But coupled with this, and the most serious Laing ts, that with the receding Waters, 1u summer, yellow and other pernicious jevers will all tO & great extent. To the loss of lie will also follow tuat of property. x'CUL! LOM'S LEVEE. From the oMcers of the B. L. Hodge No. % Which arrived last night, we learn that at M lom’s levee there were 400 laborers engaged, with & prospect of closing it by last evening. ‘ne crevasse at Mme. Lauve’s place, between | Donaldsonvile and Plaquemine @ stopped in com- | sequence of the fail of tue river. HIGH WATER IN THE HILL COUNTRY, The recent heavy rains have raised the water um the Tickiaw and Tangipahoa rivers, so that she banks are overflowed to the extent of stopping mail communication between Amite and Greens- burg. ihe same is the case vetween Lime ny and Greenaburg. These overdows being the billy country tt is presumed that they wili not lass. beyond @ {ew days should the present dae weatuer prevail. i | THE MURDERED POLICEMAN. RAM Patal Result of a Political Quarrel Death of Policeman Gibney Yester- day. John Gibney, the policeman. who was wounded 80 seriously by a pistol shot, fred by John Given, the private watchman of the Dock Department, | died yesterday morning, at three o'clock, at the Park Hos,ital, The altercation which has ‘re- suled in this fatality arose primarily out of a | pontical discussion in reference to the merits of Captains Walsh and Siebert, Walsh having ; been removed (rom the Seventh and Siebert trans- , ferred to that precinct. Both men had been drink | ing, and it was in the scumMe that Given fired the fatal mt ibuey was thirty-seven years of age, anative of Ireiand, and lived at No. 59 Moct street, where he has lett a widow and two children. He had beem about two years on the pulice force, and bis frat principal arrest was that of King, the murderer of | O'Neill, at the ofice of Judge Sutherland, io Pine street. Yesterday atternoon Deputy Coroner MoWhinnie ; Made an autopsy on the body of deceased, whe was a man o: fine papers development, weighing nearly 230 pounds, The Doctor found a pistol shoe wound o: the right temple, nearly one and a halt | inches from the lower angle of the right eye, the | bal passing inward and downward, lacerating: the brain and lodging near the skull on the oppo- site side of the head, ‘the autopsy being over, Coroner Croker gave an order tor the removal of the body to the late residence of deceased, where- ajury wilt be impanelled to-day. A day has aot yet been named.fur holding the inves! POLITICAL MURDER. . Another Tragedy in Virginia—A Shot Fired During a Street Fight Kills a Spectator—Bittor Feelimg and Great Excitement in Norfolk. NORFOLK, Apri} 26, 1876. In @ quarrel about Mayoralty politics, about one o'clock this morning, a fight occurred, on Church street, nearly opposite the ‘Varieties, during which @ young man about twenty-five years old, named John W. Gaylord, was shot by some person then unknowa. He died in about twenty minutes from the effects of the wound. The fight began among a number of men whe were intoxicated, including several policemen of duty. In a few minutes a large crowd of bystand- ers gathered about them, among whom was young Gaylord, During the melée some one among the combatants drew @ revolver and fired two slots in rapid succession, the last of which struck Gay- lord in the ubdomen and passed through Lory oe ing near the spine. He fell, and was immediate! conveyed to Applewhite’s barroom. Dr. George | Townsend was sent for and extracted the ball. | The wounded man lived but afew minutes aiter the opergtion had been periormed. A stretcher was procured, upon which the body was taken to the station house, and @ messen; stohed | toiniorm bis family. His rived, and, on beholding the corpse, he burst into | tears and exclaimed, “On! prother, brother! has 1t come to this" Gaylord was unmarried, a carpenter by trade and resided with his aged grandmother on Uppers Church street. Coroner T. T. Kemp held an inquest about nize o'clock to-day, and a verdict was rendered charg- ing that the murder was committed by 8 you man named Tobias Nottingham, 2a cierk ina. street pawnbroker’s shop. Nottingham has fed | irom the city. Warrants are out for the arrest of | @ Lumber of parties implicated in the riot. Politics are causing considerable trouble here now and more is anticipated. gad occurrence will add 1uel to the flames. LAYING A COBNER STONE. BALtimonre, April-26; 1874. The corner stone of a new chapel to be attached | to the Home for the Aged, conducted by the Livtle Sisters of the Poor, was laid ts afternoon, with imposing ceremonies, in the presence of several thousand persons. A leature of the affair was a rocession composed of all the Catholic societies | in the city, including two coiored. The address | was delivered oy Rev, William Wayricn, { A.—Citizens and Lcocsrpre, hprg ‘Who Desire | @fine and elegant HAT should oall at ESPENOHEID'S, ; Manufacturer, 115 Nassau ae HL te rts jan on athe al be i ngell’s Hot Air an. xi avenue, ) Sppetizes and imvigorates before breakinst, retreshos aad italizes betore dinner, soothe: tranguilizes before retiring. Ladies, day and evening; gentlemen every day and all night, A.—Brooks’ Boots and Shoes assortment in the city; new spring styl d work aliy on Brooks’ Pat ‘antecd at BROOKS’, 1 street. 3 the Largest a oom a aaa Brookiyn A.—Herald Branch Office, corner Fulton avenue and Boeruin street. Open trom 8 A. M, to 9 P.M. On Sunday from 3 to 9 P. M. A Great Medical Discovery.—Constipa— tion cured without medicine, The ee 4 sent, pest free, tor 5Je., or oon ©, Dr. BACK rT, 174 Waveriey place, New York. If not satisfactory money returned. A.—One-sixth of hye Rebar ive athens |. deducting, however, ousa nds have | bara manent cured by the ‘CONFORTABIS ELASTIC TRUSS, 633 Broadway. Patronized by gov- ernment and principal physicians. Havemeler we is Ly oye arena re ears, Bold pHa tt ARERRUD RS Wad ong Blau pry pee Just Finished a UFFESS. EXTENSION TABLES and: DI lot of CHAIRS, in new di 8, and offer them caeee. BE: arse e Broadway, opposite id CO., 806 and: Dr. Fitler’s Rheumatic Remedy Posi- tively guaranteed to cure rheumat ‘algion, Rervpus diseases, No cure, no charge. 1 Foun Taos and druggist’s, For Speedy Permanent Relief Try Electricity at No. 7 Fourteenth street. rr ™ Dr. CHAMBBRLIB. Graefenberg Marshall's Catholicon, Im able. sold Hoh by di GRAPERSERG COMPANY, 6 Reade street. & Co., Painters, 97 Duane Street, N " Brotha ieee onions Henry Poujol, French Haircutter—Late with Vatet; prices moderate. 907 Broadway, opposite Barnum's Just o- j—A Splemdid Stock of Care Pets and Oilc! low fiw FISHER & CO., & Fourth avenae. Misstequot—A Fresh of this wonderful water qa, received, ty souk F HENRY, CURRAN & CO., No. 8 College place. 9150 Reward—Onec Hundred and Fift: Doliars Reward.—Jewelers, Pawnbrokers and tives take notice.—-tolen May 1, 1872 one small Gold, Watch, Jules Jergensen maker, stem winder and No, 11,283. One hundred and thirty-five dollars rt cl mn Corner Calvert and Waver streets. . & BEERS Bautimore, April 28, 1874. NEW PUBLICATIONS. “SUPERB BOOKS, 7 Now on exhibition at Clinton Hall. Fine Art and Mustrated Works, Picture Galleries, Antiodities Architectural Works Coguemes, tel Ms Singn Waesr Colors, &c. Asuperb series of Illuminated Books. small buildings, and even large houses were ‘A magnificent collection of Drawings by the old masters, shaken irom their foundation. ea ue a ut few pects had had warning enough, yet lamilies had, up to Saturday, at noon, moved from town. All seemed to cling to their geese reac! hoping thay tha Water Would not hole to be sold by aucty mn the Mongae-ane Benda ath and Ta ‘of April, at le" {om all Book eae eusrt. LikaV ith apawoneers.