The New York Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1875, Page 3

THE MEMBER FOR TIPPERARY. _—_——- is His Political Status? What English, Irish and American Views on the Great Puzzle. WILL HE DO ANY GOOD? Hogan’s Slogan to the Tip- perarians. WHAT THE THUNDERER THINKS. Jonn Mitchel, Esq, M. P. for Tipperary, has Bot only given “Dizzy,” Mr, Bright, Mr. Whaley, the Irish home rulers and the British Parliament generally something to do—a pleasant, spicy re- Hef trom the ordinary wearisome routine of par- liamentary dulness—but he vas jurnished our | Irish fel!ow citizens aud those interesved in Inter. | national questions with an exciting theme oi con- versation. Has he aright tociaim @ seat in the British Parliament? the @dmuission to Parllament help the Irish cause? tn- quires tue Irish patriot. What will come of this lunny episode tn parliamentary history? queries the indifferent reader who views the affair simply from the standpoint of curiosity, and is glad of | a|ny occurrence that will fill his favorite news- paper with piquant and exciting reading. VICISSITUDES OF AN IRISH PATRIOT, There Is another ejement of local interest which Must not be passed over. Jolin Mitenel, apart irom being a great leager of Fentanism, has fig- ured so conspicuously in this country aud espe- | Cially in New York that a great many who care but little for the Irish patriot, take arather lively in- | terest in the man and lis extraordimary history. To see the ex-convict of Australia, the ex-rebel of the South, the ex-ediror of the Jrish Citizen and the ex-envoy of the Fenians in Paris, turn up again In tue r6le of the honorable member for the county of Tipperary, aud as the prespective col- | league of Disraeli and Gladstone, affords another curious ilustration of the changes whica the Whirligig of time may bring tortn, And what is the sentiment of New York as regards this extra- ordinary case? The opinions given below are selected from various classes of tne community. A promicent Englishman, bigh in oficial station, thinks tnat Mitcuel is yet an American citizen and would vierefore be debarred ‘rom sitting in Par- Mament, even if he were not disqualified trom doing so by the sact of his being an ex-convict. DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. An Irish gentieman well known among bis coun- trymen for bis patriotism ant loyalty to tne Irish Cause thought that Mitchel’s disqualification as a rebel and his subsequent refusal to take tho oath of allegiance deprived him of all claims to Amer- jean citizenship. Mr. Algernon 8. Sullivan, the Gistinguisthed Irish-American lawyer, who looked Bt the question from a purely legal point of view, concurred tn this opinion, at the samo time ex- Pressing & high opinion of the personal qualities of John Mitche!, These, of course, are but repre- Bentative views; they are taken from among a large number of opinions gathered yesteraay. New York among any class of people to deplore the reiusal o7 Parliament to admit Mitchel to his seat. On the contrary, man? of his best friends think that it is the vest thing for him, for Ireland gna for the cause of home rule thut conid have happened. In fact, nobody regarus his election &8 AD event Of Importance in snaping the destinies df Iretand, for the opinion prevails among those me now the physical infirmity of the man tna’ le Would not ive long to raise the echoes of West- minster Hall. VIEWS OF MR. SULLIVAN. Mr. Algernon 8. Sullivan gave an interesting Opinion, which he delivered with that cleal- ness and impressiveness peculiar to nig re- irks on every occasion, “I twink,” he said, r. Mitchel’s case is a diMcult one for us Americans to understand. We know him per- Bonally, aud were charmed by his scholarship fnd ois polite munners. His /ortuoes interest fs, but I cannot perceive how he can be cligible to @ wearin Parliament. 1| always understood be had become a naturalized citizeu of tue United States, and as such his status was sudject to all treaty Btipulations ot his adopted country. ‘The jate treaty between Great Britain (the aliegtauce to which Mr. Mitchel had renounced) and ihe United Staies had for ils chie: purpose to settle the questions of expatriation and naturalization of the respective subjects of the two countries. To two years irom its ratification ihe rigntot any naturalized civizen to reassume the allegiance of bis nativity. Mr, Mitchel does not claim, 80 far as I Ol the treaty, and the plain state of rhe case seems to be that be isan American citizen and meligible to the position proposed tor him in Purl ament. Personatly I would be glad to see Mr. Mitchel ele- vated to the most honoravie positions.’’ VIEWS OF A WELL-KNOWN PATRIOT. The views expressed by a weil-Known Irish patriot, a noted publisher, who was jor many Years one of Mitchel’s best iriends, form a striking Contrast to those quoted above. He wus of the Opinion that Sitchel was neither a British nor an American citizen, He lost 113 Bnitish citizenship by nis conviction as a felon aad the legal cons qnences of this conviction. He lost his American citizenship by espousing the rebel cause and re- iusing to take the oath of allegiance when Presi- Geut Johnson's offer of auinesty gave vim an opportunity of political rehavilitavion. According to this gentleman Joho Sitchel waS in the extra. Ordivary position of & Wan who was a citizen of No uation whatsoever, could claim tne protection Of no government whatsoever, and was, 1D {act, dependent exclusively upon John Mitcuel, PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS. “Mr, Mitchel became a citizen in 1864,” he said, “and you, probabiy, know 43 well as | do his record xsarebel, One of his sons was in con- mand of Fort Sumter. Altnouzt his rank was only that of a captain he exercised the functions of a brigadier general. Such a thoro in Jederson Davis’ sive that the latter was unwilling to promote tne . Mitchel Abused tho President of tie Southern Confederacy lu various papers, pointing out what he considered toe faults of his policy, As to Mitchells personal participation in the revellion, yua know le was o member of the ambulance corps in Richmond dar. log the siege. Aiter the reveliion he came to New York, where he attacked the federal government so violently in the columns of the Daily News toat he was thrown into Fortress honroe. There, by the way, he occupied the casemate next to that of Jeiierson Davi he was liberated lie wag sent to Paris ag the envoy Of the Fenian cause. was under salary in that capa ty, Gnd acted o8 agent of the Femans in Fenianism vegan MITCUEL'S RETURN TO AMERICA, “Then he rosigned, reiusing to attach himself gither party, and returned to New York, where started tne Jrish Citizen. For o time tois Journal was popular, but it soun lost ita popularity when Mt began to attack indiscriminately both parties, The sact 1s, Mitchel never k is own mind, and be attacks bis iriends generally iar more bitterly shan ius enemies.” Ihe couversation then reverted to the present aspects of the cage, and the gentleman gave his Opinio to @ straigotiorward manner. “Tus great trouble 6,” said he, “that Mitcbel amiliates with no party of ireland existing at this time. The ‘home rulers’ have on geverdl principles stood up Jor nis right to ois seat, but they do not spprove Of bis policy, He is useless in any Case sO far as Irelanu 18 concernea; jor even if Pariiament con- Claded to admit him, be would uot take the oain Of allegiance and thus voluntarily Gisquaitiy uim- selrto serve. It isu great misfortune that neis Qiways trying to previpitate # movement, He did $0 10 1848, When no preparations Of any kind had been made, and thus caased untold rain and misery,” MITOHEL'S CONVICTION, Allusion was then mado to Micnel’s conviction @nd the speaker thougut that ‘i Miccuel tad not edected his escape the courts Would undoubtedly have reversed his conviction, There is 20 doubt Whatever toat the jury berore which he was tried was packed. Every Ustholic was carelully ox Ciuded, und also every Protestant Who had tee least prociivity jor lish independence. ‘a Were aii Orangemen.” Spouxing of Mitcuer’s pc litical capacity, he remarked riut Mitchel bad the bower Of desifoying almost any urganiza'ion with Which he was connected, but ve could Dot build up “@ single company.” In completing the anulysis oO} Mitciel's chardcter he sai, by way oF lilustra- tion, tat he was one of the best reviewers 1y the World; le could @xiruct tie gist of a book with @ fapiaiy that was alu st unequaied, (t Would be a very iortunate Laing,” le said, in gouclusiod, “if sitcie: were to die vow, He Would ave & magaifvent laneal, the people feeling tial oe Nad wed in varnese; and i he lives be ts dure to lose bis prestige from Che iact oi wis being iar iemuved irom ou he pares who are Wworkiow jor Ireland's good,” AN EXCLI@HMAN'S VIEW. Rogiishmen, asu rule, nave no partioniar love oF Juud Mitchel, or auy other Fenian, One Who lawyers ask, Can his | It | ‘Was quite evident that toere is no tendency in | The treaty limits | You see bis tatver was | 9 until the breach between the two wings of | “ft think | occupies a bigh position in the service of Her Majesty at this port, aud was interviewed yester- day on this subject, showed bat littie of tus teel- Ing, however. He viewed the matter in the light of calm reason, He maintatved that Mitchel was stillan American citizen. “On the 12th ot May, 1970,” be said, “a treaty was conciuded between Great Britain and the United States, making it obligatory vpon every naturalized citizen woo wished (to resume his allegiance to the Queen to | make @ declaration to that effect petore one of | Her Majesty's Consuls Within the next two years. | hen those two ¥ S$ had passed without su a} declaration having been tiled the citizen was to be considered by the law as though he bad never been a subject of th Queen, There was no doubt Mitchel had made bo such declaration of 11s jon to be restored to British citizensiup the two years re erred to, He is still an can citizen. ‘Poe objection U he had lost his American citizeusiip by being engaged tu the rebel cause the English oMiciat did not consider a valid oue, ‘cor, suid be, “nis rights may be abridged by treason or otuer causes; buy be gull remains @ subject of the country.” Thus, it will be seen, that doctors are not the only ones who differ, THE, BVGAN ADDNESS. The following @Maress was issued by the Mitchel Flection Comm>.ee in Tipperary, and posted through the county, on Wednesday, the 24th of February :— MEN oF TipreRaARY—The unconstitutional action of the British Pariiamen: im voung the aisqualn- | cation of Joln Mitchel, rencers his election & par: amount necessity and a duty which you cannot | irk without.eodangering the high reputation of | | Your noble county. That he tas uot been legally | disquaitfed is the opmion of every sound lawyer 12 tue laud, and the press of ireland, England and Scotiand bas declared that Jono Mitchel’s election has been made void by uuconstituctonal proce- | dure, The Co: ons of England have unseated your chosen representative by an unworthy trick, by dishonest meaus, by a shabby subterfuge. | hey have insulted Tipperary, they uave outraged | her fevlings, they have trampied upon her rigats | and privileges, and ticy have struck @ biow at ireedom Of election In Ireland, Men of ‘Tipperary, ; Ibis your stern duty tolesent the imsuit offered | You, and through you wil Iveland, by the re-giec- | ton or Jobn Mitchel. You aie bound m bonor to | Vindicate your rigits aod privileges, Outraged in | the person of John Mitcaei, the pride of Lreland | abd the beloved of our race. For you and ior his country he bas sacrificea everytbiig which man- | ktud jondiy cungs to—home and family, worldly | | coméort aud a brilliant career among great men, | | For you aud ireland he wore the conyict’s uyi- | lorai, ne bore the ielon’s letters and dared the | hangman's rope. Tn return for nis se. -denial, for a lie Oi banishment, of bitter suitering, he asks Lo | reward but your sullrages. These you will cheer- | jully give him, and we know that if there be a contest your’ verdict wil prove that Mitchel is the man tor ‘Tipperary. We have not | wished for a second ¢lecnion; it has been forced upon us by the vote of the Brirsa | Paruament, Theirs 1s the responsivility and ! theirs will be the confusion m the defeat when the | result snail be deciared. We, the deiegate elec- tors ol the county of Tipperary, assembied al the © rence held on Sauaay, agreed uaauim sy that no honorable course was open to tr» | Stituency but to renominate Jonn Matches candida‘e ol the people’s choice. Cunscious | momentous question at issue, our deider. | lasted for three hours, and they were cond | with the calmness and@solemmity which | gravity Of the subject demanded. In coming the conciusion that Joon Mitcnel should. be | lorward again, we have only expressed the arc Gesire of the county and anticipated the anxpi wishes of our counirymen at home and abroe Had we adopted any other course, we would + slavishly acquiescing in the verdict of the Britten , governmeut—a verdict we, in the name o1 ail | Titshmen, repudiate ana protest against, and | which you will reverse at the polling booth ti a contest should become necessary, I! we had not resolved upon a renewal of the fight aiter te 8 os trom toe disgraceful diticulty tuto which they have plunged with headlong haste remarkable Jor 1t8 want of foresight and ior its deep-rooted hostility to Ireland. We call upon all classes, upon the clergy and the lairy, upon tae electors and the non-electors, upon men of Irish faiva everywhere, (0 Sustain Us in this srruggic that we may successiully wrestle with des;ousi al assert our rignis 10 exercise supreme power io the choice of our representatives. We earnestly G@ppeail to intending candidates to stand back irom this contest, cecause John Mitchel 1s the elected representative of this cuuaty, and We Must be allowed co gut singie-handed and slone the battio Which the knglisa government has foolishly Jocecd upon us, Wuoever now opposes Joun Mitchel ig an enemy to freedom, He wiil be the willing in- strument of aroitrary governments, and ii he allows UIs name tobe put in nommation be wiil | lbeur Rattoual obloquy and iguominious repute. | Jobn Mitcvel is our cuampion, freedom o! election gue wip cry. God delead the right! God save elon Signed on behalf of the etary Conierence, UP #5 E. BUG. Huganray Horst, Tipperary, Feb. 21, 1375. the itosuiting challenge thrown out by tne | mt advisers of Her Britannic Majesty, | we should have allowed them to escape | | GLADSTOND'S INCONSISTENCY. [London (veb. #1) corsbapOhdence vf Manchester Guardian.) Perhaps you have not noticed that both the Marquis o: Lorne and the Marquis of Stafford | voted for the government on Monday night and aguinst thetr political friends on tue question of Mitcnel’s admission to the seat sor Tipperary. It is'@ fact not altogether without significance, It 1s whispered tuat the course taken by the front Oppovition bench in regard to Mitchel’s election ia Tegarded with much disfavor in higo quarters, where it was Daturally expected that Mr. Giad- stone wonlu have respected the precedent be hud | set himself in O'Donovan Rossa's case. Of all the Joolish toings said by the opposition in the aebate none bas excited wore ridicule than the argumeut urged by Lord Hartington and repeated by a geu- tieman writing this morning to the 7imes irom the Lemple, that Rossa was excluded because he Was in prigon aud couldn’t come. Neither the Marquis nor lis anonymous deleuder appear to Dave read tce debates on that occasion. THE LONDON TIMES’ OPINION. {From the London Times, Feb. 17.) Yesterday was a day to try our faith in the vir- | tue and eQicacy of an extended suffrage, Two elections were held, the one in England and the other in Ireland, both of which will assuredly tend | to strengthen the conservative reaction throughout | the country. The county of Tipperary, baving oo tained the distinction of electing in former days Mr. James Sadlier and Mr, O’Donovan Rossa, has now added Mr. John Mitchel’s name to the list of those it delights to honor. ‘I'he choice thus made is & grave misfortune, not the less grave because it is certain 10 be speedily quashed. It ts not be- cause ke was convicted of rebellion in 1843 tuat we hold Mr. Mitcuvel to be disquaiifed in « court of political morality as member for Tipperary in 1875. Mr. John Martin, Who was similarly convicted in the year of Frevolutions, now sits for the county of Meath; and, though most of us must think him mistaken in his opinions and an unintentional enemy of the true Interests of nis country, no one can advance | @ single charge against his honor or urge any Treason otner than political to disqualify bim for Pariiament, It is otuerwise with Mr. Jouu Mitchel, We cannot forget two charges against him which Ought at once to devar him /rom the sympathy of all true Irish patriots. In the first place, he broke Lis parole when s cénvict in the Australian colonies, Excuses bave from time to time been suggested on his benulf, and the offence may, of course, be palliated by those who hold that he ought never to bave Leen punished ot all, cannot allow that is is’ permis ble to violate the oviigatious of nonor even eyainst anenemy. Man. Parriots will Dud 16 harder to paliiate Mr. Mitcheis second offence. Having escaped to the United States and taken Up Lis residence at Kichmond, he became ther | &D ardent advooute of negro slavery, and wre | il bis Moral and physical energies Into the canse Of the south througnout the War of secession, Mr, Michel, the Lrish rebel ol 1848, may claim umbesty witer six-and-twenty yoara o exit Would “hot condemu beyond wil vope oi Mr, Mitchel, who broke Ofs parvie iu Aust: Mh § but it ia ior Mr, Mitcuol's owu countrymen to ay Whetner they feel any sympathy with « man wb | Dot being born @ ciuzen of Virginia and not bre | Up 1m the midst of negro slavery, devoted hiv Ju the mavurity of his tuteliect, to ight with mind and body co inaiatain it ‘The electors 0: Tipperary bave gone through form of eecting Mr. Mitchel, but he has pot been elected, and jor the simpie reason that he ts ine capavie ot being #0 honored. As @ lelon, Who las but iuifilled tie sentence passed upon him, ne is Under @ dissvility to be elected or returned as a meibec of the House ot Commons, and tue only question lor consideration is, whetuer Jona Mitobel i$ so clearly u elon that the House can at once probounee bim disavieu trom being elected and order a hew writ, or wether tie point of ms s(aius should be reierred, as @ preiiminary step, | to @ Belect committee, day cy Mr, Dyke wnoved yestei for certaiag oficial returns, to put before the mouse all the idence bearing On the case, and the opposition ged to this mowon Was certaiuly not very Wisoly conceived. Mr. Sullivan delivered a speech whicu should bave been reserved jor the wotiou Mr. Disraeli will suomtt alter the documentary evidence Has Leen laid belore the House of Coins Mous; aud sir George Bowyer lameuted, ior nis part, ‘hat he oad threwu away “a very sound con. | stilunoual speech,” not kuowing what was the Mouon upon Which he Was Speaking, ihe cre | Cumstances of the case nude the error excusacie, | but it Was cleariy an error. it is more desirable toat the Howse of Commons suould vave belore it 4 8OO0 4S possible (he \acis bearing on Ain, Mitch | ia disaoillty. There 18 uo disputing these facts, aad woe sla there ove assume them, but Mr, Dyke's papers Will prove them in ® propur amd leyal manuer. We are jar | NEW YORK | antecedent lability in respect of acts done beiore | nounced ' viction that saguch more advanced than Home | would venture to ran the pei that they will establish Mr, Mitchei’s dis- ability beyond ail doubt, so that the House of Commons may at once act upon them. Premising that the case of O’bonovan Rossa Droved that the House of Commons has retained the power of declaring the Incapacity of a person to be elecied because he 18 a ielon, let ug ask What are the ¢lrcumstances of the present case. Mr, Mitchel was convicted in 1848 of felony, under anactior the betier security of the Crown, and he was thereapon sentenced to be transported beyond the seas for a term of fourteen years. ‘That sentence bas never been compicted and it has ugver been remitted, It is tue that more than fourteen years have passed since the sen- tence was pronounced, but m the eye | ot the law—as, imdeed, m the eye of | common sense—the sentence 18 still in force, igterruption of its term counting as nothing. | nended to-morrow oa nh being at large with- his sentence, aud the leniency Of the executive government in permit- tng Mis presence m ircland lust year does not affect this power, [tis suMcient that evidence is Jociucoming irom the penal seitlement to whica Mr. Diltchel was transported to slow that he escaped betore the term of nis sentence nad ex- pired, The simple fact 13, Mr. Mitchei 18 an es- caped convict, and, as sach, incapable of betpg ciected Lo sit in Parliament, just as Mr. O'Donovan Rossa Was declared to be incapabie Wueu similariy returned, it may ve said that Mr, Mitchel vas thrown Off bis allegiance since he broke is parole in Australia, and, Naving become # naturalized citizen of the United States, cannot now ve Visited with the penalty of bis former offence; but | this argument —even if it were in itself valid—will | not prove his eligibility to become a member of the House of Commons. ‘It has, indeed, no shadow of vulidity, for before the year 1870 no one could divest nimself of the obligations and respopsibile ites Of a British subject, apd the act then passed, permitting expatriation, contains au express res- ervation that no British subject becoming an allen under that act shall be discharged trom any expatriauou, But what would be the cons quence if We aamitted that any act of natural: tion in the United States 18 valid to release Mr. Mitchell from the ovligatious up to thas moment incumbent upou him’? He would at once become an alien, aud wouid be, as such, disqualified. Mr, Mitcuel, therefore, tf he 18 stil a British suoject, is hable for the completion of an untuliiiied term of punishment, and it he has ceased to be a | British subject and has become a citizen oi tne United States, he must accept the disabilities of Mis new position. Under either hypotnesis, whether be 1s @ 1ei0n or an American citizen, be cannot be chosen to serve in Paritament, aud any | election returning him to sit at Westminster is vou. Lt 13, no duubt, true that a man who has re- mis original status as a sudject of the british Crown may resume it again on the | periormance of certain conditions, but the first of Uhege imposes upon the applicant a residence of | Dot jess than five years witha the United Kiugdom, | aud Mr. Mitcnel has as yet accomplished only five days upon his native soll. It 1s, however, obvious that nowing Mr, Mitcgel has done can relieve him | ol the un/uiiilled judgment bauging over bim and he remains a felon, incapable of velng elected to Parliament. | ‘the House of Commons, following the precedent | Ol vhe O'Donovan Russe case, Will Not hesitate to adopt Mr. Disraeli’s resolution to-morrow pro- nouncing Mr. Mitchel incapable of veing elected aud ordering the issue of anew writ. The imme- diate effect occasioned by the event will, there- Jore, be soon over, but we must repeat our con- the event itself is much to be regretted. Mr. Butt and mis friends would have prevented it 11 tney could. The Hume Rulers are, in fact, discredited by @ form of election viich means that in ‘Lipperary something very Rule ts de- It ig, indeed, stated on apparently good Mr. Joun Mitchel could pare ded. required of member be provoked, Dut enough bas occurred to show tue Mr. Disraeli’ phrase of “veiled rebellion” is gcarcely too stroug to appiy to Tipverary. Why, indeed, did no one resort to that expedient which Seems so obvious and so sure of suc cess? The electors of Tipperary cannot nave Jorgotten the disqualification of O'Donovan Rossa, and we do not understand why some competitor did not appear before the county yes- terday, Serve notices Of disqualification ireely and ciaim the seat. It would nave been most difll- cult—we may go the jengrh of saying it would have been impossibie—to resiat the ciaim, and no yeason WNich We can uccept a8 satisiactory bas been suggested why this mode of optainmg a seat Was not employed, It we suppose that no one ol risk involved in it, our impression of the cundition of ‘Tipperary 1s not improved by the explanation. It is obvior that firmness mus! lor some time to come be ti tiers Characteristic of the government of ire- and, A PAPAL ENCYCLICAL. THE POPE'S PRONOUNCEMENT AGAINST GEBMAN CHSABISM IN THE CHUEBCH—EXCOMMUNICA- TION OF OLERGYMEN WHO BECEIVE PARO- CHIAL PRESENTMENTS FROM THE STATE. We are indebted to the proprietors of the New | York Tablet for an advance copy of the encyclical letter which His Holiness Pope Pius IX. issued in Rome on the 6th of February, addressed to the archbishops and bishops of Prussia, onthe pres» ent condition of the Catholic Chureh in the Ger- man Empire. His Holiness reviews the operation of the German ecclesiastical laws and recapitu- lates the consequences of the civil action, the im- prisonment of prelates, sees rendered vacant and attempis to iree suspended or excommanicated priests by tne mourning congregations. His Holi- ness concludes in tue following words:— In tulfiimenut of the duties of this apostolic Bee, We deciare publicly, by this present Encyclical, to all those whom it may concern, us well as to the whuie Catholic world, that cnese laws are nail and void, because they are eptirely contrary to tue divine constitution of tae Church. For it is Dotto the great ones of the earth that the Lord has Sabdjected tue bishops of His Church in what relates to His holy service, but to Peter, to wuom He as imtrusted His lambs and Mis sheep, (St. Joun, XXL, 16,17), 1t18 for this reason that no temporai power, however exalted it may be, has tne right to deprive Of their episcopal dignity those | Who have beeu nominated by the Holy Spirit to ruie in the Onurch, (ACts of the Aposties xx., 28.) ‘Yo this melancholy posture of affairs must yet be added tue following fact unworthy of a noble nauon, ana which We may believe will be criticised severely even by men whoare not Catho- lics, but merely impartial. These jaws are cxces- sively severe, and threaten with the heaviest penaities those who do not obey them, They | place peaceable and tnoffensive citizens in the uuiortunate position vf men oppressed by force against which they are net avie to strug- gle, solely because tueir Con¥cience requires them to oppose these laws. One would say they were made, b jor tree citizens, of whom only reusopuble obediencé has # right to be exacted, but for slaves, Who are made to obey by terror, SACAILEGIOUS MEN AT THE ALTAR. After what we have just said, believe not that they are to be excused who, througa jear, obey | men rather than God; but above all will those crilegious men be criminal who dare to take pos geasivn of the churches and exercise the ministry, depending whoily on the protection of the secular arm. ‘these will not escape the justice of God, On the contrary, we pronounce ‘that ali these sacrilegious men and ali those who im /uvure snail commit 4 like crime by usurping an ecclesiastical Wission will oe, by virtue of the sacred canon: visited, in tact and of rignt, with the greater e: communication, We exhort all the pivus faithful Not to assist at the holy sacrifice celebrated by these men, Nor to receive tae sacramonts at their hand; also, to avoid their society and conversa: tion, a order that the bad leaven may not spoil the good dough. CAESAR OR THE ALMIGIITY GOD, * * * Let them know at the samy time that every one of you is ready to his tribute to Cesir, and to obey him in u velongs to t! Civil power, not through iorce. but at the dictates of your conscience, Have courage, then, aud con- tugue @¥ you have done to fuifll the two duties and to obey the divine laws, for your merit will be great because you wiil bave patience, and wi!l not be weary o! sulfering for the name of Jesus Curist. Look to Him who bas gone before you in muon greater, tribulation, aud who rowel! ubmmitted 10 the penaity of @ death ull of in order that they who believe in Him y iearn to flee irom the Javors of this world, not to shrink irom terrors, to love tribulations through love of the trary to fear and ayoid the pleasures of the world, It is He who bag ar- rayed you in tne line of battle, who will also vouchsuie to you the necessary atrength ior the combat, In Him rests our hope, We submit to Hie wili and impiore Bis mercy. You percet' that woat He loretoid bas come to pass. Have confidence, then. He will voucnsale to give you ali He has promised, “In the world ye shall have tribajation, bat 1 have overcome the world.” Be Heving in this victory, We humbly implore tne Spirit to bestow upon you peace anu grace. proot of our special affection, we you with all our heart, ag well as a and laity intrusted to your keeping, our apostulic benediction, Given at Rome the Sth of February, of the year 1876, and in the twenty-minth year of our Pontife 8, PIUS, BP, [X. THE ROSS CASE. | —_—— | * Christian K, Moss, the father of the loss Charlie | Ross, accompanied by Detective Woods, of Phila. | del} prisecee upon Superintendent Walling Pouce Headquarters in reiation to a ciew to t! Culld supposed to have been discove’ v Buperimteudent informed them thet there was nothing in tt Whatever. THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE. The Board of Directors of the East River Bridge mot yesterday afternoon at the oiiice of the com- pany in Water street, Brooklyn, Mesars, Kingsley, | Stone, Strananan, Marsiall, McLean, Terneure nied as ap e: d Canda were appt a A fi committee, aes Aspinwall, Motley, Thuroer, Uw rol Booth and Niguuia, Was also appoiuted. | tne haud of John Mulvivill; saw it distinctly ; was | log he leit impetied to do so, | hand. | Lieoten: | trol of the Sta THE SHANTY MURDER. OLWELL HELD FOR TRIAL BY THE CORONER. Yesterday morning Coroner Kessler concluded his investigation in the case of James Orr, the man Who Was alleged to have been killed by Philip | Olweli tn the shauty of the latter during @ drunken | quarrel on the 20ch ultimo. Sarah Noble testified that on the night of the aileged homicide she heard a great noise in Ol- Well’s shanty and heard tue ery of murder. ‘fwo or three other witnesses were examined, their evidence being of a corroborating nature, When the jury promptly rendered a verdict Against Olwel), who was thereupon committed to | tue Tombs to await bis trial. He 18 avout thirty years of age, born in Ireland, and an ordinary laborer. By advice of Mr, Will- | jam F, Howe, his counsel, he declined saying any- | thing relative to the charge preserred against | Dim ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, NARROW ESCAPE OF THREE PROMINENT JERSEY- MEN. John Mulvihill was placed on trial yesterday in the Court of Quarter Sessions, at Jersey City, on the charge of attempting to take tne liie of Charles F. Ruh, @ justice of the peace, membdcr of the Board of Freenoljers and an ex-member of the Legialatare, on tne night of the 17th of December last. 1t appears that Mr, Rub lett the council chamber at Union Hill in company with Fritz A, Meyer, who had been the republican candidate for bheriff, and Peter Hansen, and they entered a Weil known saloon, where they played a game of cards, While there they saw Mulvimuil, who ap- peared to be s6ligitly intoxicated. About mid- might he left the saloon, aud soon afterward the turee gentiemen tollowed on their way home. While passing along Palisade avenue they saw the | prisoner, who was endeavoring to conceal himself | by standing erect against the wall of a house. i When they passed he jollowea them, and as they | were standing on the corner of Bleecker street he placed himself between tbe shafts of a batch- er’s Wagon standing in the street. As soon as | they moved he fired at them with a pistol, Run | and Hansen then pursued him, and tn the pursuit he fired again. He escaped that night, but was © arresi@d next morning. Mr. Ruh’s testimouy with regard to the shooting was a8 lolows:—Whtle we were standing on the corner Mulvibill, Wuom We bad seen followiug us all the way wita his head down ina crouching | position, came up aud went beoind a butcuer Wagon, Which Was standing in the street, noout | | tem leet off; alter talking aiew minutes we started lo cross tie street, 1 in the lead, on tue rigut hand side of Ar, Hansen, Who was uw few incues | behind and Mr, Meyer behind boch of us; Llooked benind to see if Mr. Meyer was coming and saw a fiaso ano Leard the report o1 a pisto: wien was in | looking right in nis face; saw the very bright bai rel of the pistol in is hands; Wituess and dapsen started to “go ior’? Mulviuill, When he siarted and | Tun; chasea bim up one block to Union sireet, | thence to riudsou avenue, where he passed unier | @ street lamp and there again | saw the pistolin | his right band; when be got about bail way to Lewis sircet he jell at tall length; be was up in- atantly hke @ cat aod as he got up he fired another shot; saw his face towards us when be fired; can't tell positively wich way ne fired; he had by that time got about 100 feet ahead o' us, and Hansen said we had better stop, us we could not catcu nim that night; we then went bome and ‘t morning went to Recorder Morguu, made complaint aguinst Mulvihili, and @ Warrant Was issued aod be was arrested, ‘Ihe witness Stated that he never had any real difficulty with the prisoner; he arrested him Jast October ior an @asault und battery on an old man whom he de- tected the prisoner in tue uct of beating; tie prisoner sald he would bave satisfaction; had some difficulty with him at the fali erection, but dit not recoilect what it was; did not recoilect haviog threatened to lock him up, or that tne prisoner objected to the witness ucting us clerk. ‘The lew closing replies were given on cross examination, Peter Hansen corroborated Mr. Ruh’s testi- Moos, and stated that woen the shot was fired a | ‘Whistle ike that of 4 bullet fell upon bisear, ine trial will be continued to-da; A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. 4 WOMAN CUTS TH THROATS OF TWO OF HER CHILDREN AND THEN COMMITS SUICIDE. SE£YMOUR,.Coun., March 8, 1875, A most distressing tragedy took place here at an early hour this morning. For atrocity it exceeds each of the tour similar crimes perpetrated in this valley during the past year. For some time past @ Mrs, Evans bas resided here with her family. | So jar as known sue had no special domestic troubles, and her neighbors had come to respect and associate with her. Early this morning she procured a razor, and, while the flerce winds and snow Were peiting tue roof of her dwelung and no | person near to stay the rash act, she went to whe trundle bed where her two children, aged Yespectively three ahd Six years, were sleeping, Qad invumanly cut the throats of both irom ear | to ear, With singular dste: mination she tuen Applicd the murderons blade to her own throat. sO information was obtained this such terrible deeds had been committed at the hous? til late | lu the forenoon, when a neignbor, a iriena to Mrs, Evans, went to the premises to shovel a pathway | lor her through the snow, This neighbor was not in the baoit of enteriag the house, vut this morn- On stepping across the portal he beheld the horrible sivht of the two heipless little chiidren in their blood, and too weak, througi the effects of their wounds, to | Make any vutery. Near then, upon the | floor, lay’ the imnoman mother witb her head nearly dissevered irom her vody, her clothing and the carpet on the floor with blood marked staing, with the fatal razor still grasped in her Disconcerted ana greatly horrified at the sight, he with difiicuity recovered himself and summoned assistance. When it came aa exami- ation was made, and it was found that the motuer’s hand had been unequal to the task of killing ner children, though paysicians who have geen them to-day say there 1s no hope for tueir recovery. ‘the wound in Mrs, Evans’ throat is so serious that she cannot recover, aud she 1s at this writing unconscious and in a dying condition, The exact re:son why Mrs, Evans should commit this brutal deed ig not known, butit is supposed she must have been laboring under @ fit of tem. porary insani PARDONED BY GOVERNOR TILDEN. Yesterday afternoon glad tidings {or three con- victs, inmates of the Kings Uounty Penitentiary, Flatbush, were received by Warden Shevien and communicated by Deputy Crummey to the happy beneficiaries of the Executive clemency. ‘Ihe par- donea criminals are Jopn Enrich, who was mntenced for five years, in September 1873, by Judge Moore, tn the County Court, for robbery; Heary Kouiert, sentenced at the same tine and tor the same crime; aud George I. Alc. Ulelian, sentenced jor bigamy for one year, in November last. The latter pamed todividual isa cousin Of the jamous general, and there were many mitigating circumstances in connection with his offences, He is not twenty-one years of age, and was under the iofinence of liquor when jartied his second wife at East New York, | The convicts Were overjoyed as they donned their | citizen raiment and shoo! yard from their FROM GOVERNOR TO SENATOR. DEPARTURE OF SENATOR BOOTH FOR THB NATIONAL CAPITAL. (From the San Franctsov Call, Feb. 28.) Newton Booth, Governor of the State or Califor. Dia and Senator elect, resigned his gubernatorial office on Friday last. He will | ton this morning, to take his States Senate—a special session called for Maron 4 prox. atthe time of his election to the Senate it was not presumed that an extra session of that body would be called, and thus Mr. Booth would have Tetainea the position of Governor up to the 1st of December next, when the regular session of Cou gress Will begin, Hut the calling of an extra ses- ston changed tho vituation. Should the Senator elect nut present himself at this extra session there i ground to velieve toat nie seat migut be jeopardized, ad, possivly, bis credentials reiused yy the Senate. To avoid such @ possible disasver Governor Booth nas resigned iis office as Chief Executive of the State, tis iriends earnestly urg- ing such @ cour | By this change, Lientenant Governor Romualdo Pacheco becomes Governor, under tho constitue | UOB, and State Senator lrwin, President pro ten pore of tiie Senave, by virtue of his position be comes Lieutenant Goveruor. Governor Pacheco | has already taken possession of his office, and ¢ Governor Irwia Will sbortly take cou- Prison, The Guvernor’y resignation was formaily fied | esterday in the oillce of toe Seoretury of State, mediately tward, at toe Capitol, a number of State offic id prominent citizens of Sacra. Monto, Dot especially adoerent to the Record Rolling Mills dynasty, assembled to Witness tne | justaijunion ot the wow Governor, The oath of | oftice Was administered to Lieutenant Governor | Pacheco by Judge Rawage, Judge of the Sixth | District Court, and the new Governo: made a bricf | | | | the duss of the prisoa having been speech, in which ne promised to oe as faitbial # Tepresentative Of the peovle a8 nas been his pre Governor hi ed to Mr. this city by the alternoon train, | up thelr minds to cater to their patrons, | mety of amusing’ incidents Sf 0: | hour aet jor the hearing of the case, anot HERALD, TUESDAY, MAROH 9, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. AMUSEMENTS. Woop’s MUSEUM, Wood’s Museam ts evidently @ resort for the democracy ; bot because the price of admission 18 low, but because the management have made “The people” always want the worth of their money— that is, they Want quantity—and they reserve the right, as “gods of the gallery,” to be judges or the quality. And s0, last evening, after the crowd had gazed with delight or terror, as the case might be, n the stuffed Polar bear, or lingered over the scene ce by Moonligat’”’ or tue a September im the panoramic departm the first Noor they repaired to the * ons to ve regaled by w Variety periormauc Carrolis were billed for the first part ing’s entertaiument in “the McFaadens; or, Co duced, the song and dan of course, predominating. Tue programme jor the evening was orougbht to @ Close by \he melodrama, “The Murcer at the Roaaside Inn,” witch was ree ceived with the usual “stamping, ha! hal!’ an@ the rattling of rattans in the gallery, OLYMPIC THEATRE. When skies are bright, but sidewalks and crosa ings are beastly, itis urare thing to find at the entrance of a theatre a sign with the inscription “standing room only,’ a8 was dleplayed last night |THE STOCKVIS CASE at this tirst of all variety theatres beiore the per- | formance began, ‘here was plenty of variety in the bill and a considerable amount of genuine merit. Miss Jennie Hughes, one of the lyric stars of the company, Was advertised but could not * g 10 serious Llness, There was & ‘Ketch about Albani, 1u which Mr, Gilbert im- perscnated the lair prima donna, a lot of Juggling, Kove and cannon bali manipulating vy a party by the name of Nortou, and Mr, Sol Smith Kussell appeared im some of bis well known character sketches, In which he 18 inimitable. ‘Mere 13 something contagious or epidemical in the humor Of this urtist, and yet nothing broad or vulgar. He lias become a general javorite ut the Olympic by the same legitimate means that enabled him 10 gal popularity in the bigher walks of comedy. and character sketches of Mr. James Taylor, who promises at this house to divide the honors of »x- Ireme enthusiasm on the part of the pudlic with Mr. Gus Winams, ‘The javier was received with &s Mach favor as if he had been a new-vomer to this rueatre. Regarding those wonderiul boys, tue Garnellas, they proved themselves the first of iag pywnasis. ‘fhe performance concluded with a mus.cal travestic, “Kiuog Ding Dong,” by the popular American playwrizht, Jonn F. Poole, whic Was principally cnaracierized by a nineteen hundred pouud avoirdupols oajlet, in Which obesity Tovk Lae place of grace. For a real night's enjoy- ment, Without tue trouble of analyzing the per- sormance, commend to us the Viympic. NIBLO'S GARDEN. A variety bill was offered at this house Inat nignt, flanked by a sensational piay, ‘Paul Jones” and a iarce, tue “Irish Lion.’? There was the “premitre flying lady of the world,” who endau- gered her limbs by swinging from the balcony to Result of President Bailey’s Lovestigntions at the Workhouse Yesterday, SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST THE POLICE The death of Jacob B, Stockvis, wnicn it is ale leged was i astened by ill-treatment at the hangs of the police authorities or the ofliciais of the Dee partment of Charities and Correction, 1s to under go au examination belore Coroner Kessier, at tue office Of the coroners, coraer of Houston and Mule berry streets, at one o’viock to-day. It 1s expected that the tuquiry will a week, as the Coroner expresses Lis uclermination to make it a very searciipg one, and spare nelther Oficer Failoa, who made the arrest, Sergeants Hamilton and oberts, before Woom the prisoner was arraigned, eeper Cunningham, of the Fity-seventh street prison; Judge Fiammer, who s@at him to the island for six months, altuough demected ana paralyzed, or the officials of the Workhouse, if it appears ig evidence tiat all or either of them hastened his death by neglecting to take the necessary pre- caution of sending for a doctor. The post-more tem made by Deputy Coroner Cushman, heretolore published in the HERALD, shows that the man Wat veateu by somevody, and it will be forthe jury t@ determine by whom the injuries were Inilicted. One theory 1s that the man received them betoré his arrest on the charge Of intoxication, but Doors Man Mcvlary, vf the Filty-ninth street police, reporis ne had bo marks of violeuce beyond @ scratch on the nose. Another theory is that the demented man, whose business was seiling olack+ ing on comuiission, resisted the oficer when arrested, and was clubbed on the arm by Imj A teal sensation was afforded by the comic gongs | | mily committed nim ior intox the stage, and other people who did equally un- | reasonabie things. did nouse as Nidio’s, which 13 capable of producing under proper management the bignest iorms of Grama in the best possible manner, should be compelled to resort to the variety buSiness to buud up ita waning jortunes. It is uot a nouse for variety, but suould be devoted to someting higher and nooler. A new company, containing even a mo jicum of talent, Would be an advisable change. There was @ time when this theasre was the exponent of everything that was desirabie Qnd artisticin the dramatic line; but tuat time seems to be past. MRS. CONWAY'S THEATRE. It 13 & pity that such a spien- | Mr. John Mcvuliongh began last night a short | engagement at this house, appearsng in his tavor- | ite rdle of Spartacus in Dr. Bird’s classical play of ne Gladiator.” known that it is unnecessary to praise it. All tne oingled fire, and tender ieeling of a strong but novis nature, was pictured with a happy effect. lt is impossible not to sympathise wits the Spartacus presented to us by Mr. McCullough, and uf the original had only & part of the magnetism of his stage repre- sentative 1t is no wonder that he cau-ed some trouble to the old Romans, Mr. AicCuliough has evidentiy suffered no loss of power during bis lengthened tour, and he brought all that splendid physical power to the part of Spartacus wich fills so Buccess(uliy our t of w model gladiator. He was welcomed by @larae audience and was ire. quentiv «nd warmiy upplauded. To-uigny ne re- euts “The Gladiator.” and on Wednesday night e will play “*Otnello,’* MUSICAL AND DRAMATIO NOTES. There will be no matinée performance at the Park Theatre on Wednesda: Keilogg, under Hess’ admirable atrectiou, will | be the star of the opera at Easter. Mr. Gosche says that Tuomas will bring out | some novelties at his matinée at Steinway Hall on Saturday efcernoon. Miss Sopiie Heilbron will give @ piano recital at Steinway Hall on Thursday afternoon, during new transcription of the Nautilus Waltz. Mme, Ristori, at the conclusion of her engage- Ment atthe Lyceum, will proceed to San Fran- | eisco and thence to Australia and New Zealand, This is positively her farewell to New York. Mr. Neuendorff seems to be the only musical Manager who promises great things for tne next season, He has engaged already Mme. Pescnka- | auly, Wao | there. that these injuries escaped the notice of the sere geants and doormun, who failed to find 1a their search the man’s handkerchief with HIS NAME LN THE CORNER, and finally sent nim along the line that terminated im the Workbouse uncer the name of Jonu Doo, lest be night appear against the officer on trial Jor clubbing a paralyzed man. The latter theory is ceriauly sustained py tue fact that Luree sepe arute cuarges Were made, as tue record snows, agaist Ws man. ‘The officer at tue desk iad Diu held jor tutoxication. Juaxe Flammer temporae atiol abd being dis orderiy, and Hodiy he Was seut up to tue istaud for 8:X Wwonths Jor disorderly conduct. ‘There be Was ound by bis iriends, and tne case Was su aggravated a one that Warden Kean re- leased him on the order of Mr. Keliock, superine tendent of the Outdoor Poor, althouga tue practice is (0 release @ man only Ou the order of a Commu sioner. THE JURY ‘ that the Coroner has swo:n in consists of tbe folk lowing yeauemen, several of whom are pnysice 1aua, und the public can safely awalt tneir vere dict to Ux the responsivility where it properly beiongs :— Kadgar Odell, No. 690 Lexington avenue. br. Alexunder Huddeu, No. 166 Bast Filty-fires ph Maas, No. 633 Lexington avenue. Fred. Krutiua, No. 96 East Houston street. Moses G. Herman, No. 691 Lexington aveuue, Josepn &. Reamonu, No. 852 fuird avenue, br. red. A. Uastie, No. albert Steinway, No stirecr. General Franz Sigel, No. 116 East Filty-sixtm street. Joan R, Haley, No. 127 East Fiity-third street. J. B. stanpury, No. 127 Kast Flity-jourtn strees, Joon Mcvuterty, No. 864 Loird avenue. Wuile on @ Visit to the Island yesterday ares | . Obst The excellence of Mr. McCul- | Dre! Of the HERALD met alr. Jacobson and w» lough’s representation of this character, 1s so well | uephew of the deau mau, woo were proceeaiug to the lsiand with Presicent Baliey to idenwy the Tuan WOO reported that Stockvis had deen bea! One of these gentiemen made ate! that SERIOUSLY COMPROMISES THE POLICE. He asserts that on the day of stockvis’ disap: pearance, the lumlly becoming a.armed, prevatied upon him and Dr. Hirsch to visit the Flity-ninta Street station house ia search of toe man, They visited fae statiun house berween eight aud nine P, M., and to Sergeant Hamuton and Cuptaim Mount gave @ full description of aeceased und asked them to send out o general alarm. They Geciined to do so, and relerred the men to tue Central Ofice. Leaving their address and Vhe description they proceeved to Police Head- quarters in Mulverry street, saw the Inspectur oa romised to send out ao alarm witha @u Gour. They returned home, ana an bour or twa sater the demented man Was arraigned beiore tbe game svrgeant to wuom they lad given we Gescriptiou, With (ne result already given im the HeRalp. ‘Tuese gentlemen report that a part of the clothing und $1 Od thar the accosed nad in bid possession When ue went velore Judge Fiammer, have Dot been recovered. They also sustam br. Hirach’s statement to a HERALD reporter, taxt the bandkerchtes, wita the man's full name upon it, Woich he bad in bis pocket when he ieit home | 10 the morning Was found in bis Overcoat pocket | which she will play, with Mr. Alired HM. Pease, the | ! On arriving there with the two meo, Leutner, soprano, and Ineodore Wachtel, tenor. | | We may have Brandt, contralto, and Betz, basso. Yesterday aiternoon, in the small hall of Stein- way, Mr, Jerome Hopkins gave a lecture on “Music,” and played his own fantasia in “IL Trovatore,” Pauer's caprice La Cascade,” a work by Stephen Weller, the military polonaise of Chopin und Mendelssohn’s Wedding Marco. The Pianist lecturer was very well received. Madame Ristori appears this evening, for the on the Isiand, Later iu the day the writer met President Bailey, Who reported that from 08 Investigations be wi morally certain that TUL MAN WAS NOT BEATEN ON THE ISLAND, says Mr. Jacobson selected 4 man Who was not thereon the duy of bis visit, ag the party Who had imiormed him tbat the man had been veacen there, whe his Associate must positively insisted be was not the man, When the Workuouse man, who bad been seen by them, was produced, Jacubson’s ciate at once taeatifiea him and then Jacon- son coucurred in the identification. Mr. Baidey reports thut Jacubson’s associate denies that any. body said the man was beaten, that ,ail the employés in the Workuouse who bave any | Knowledge of the cuse deny tnat ne was beatea there; that be bas made @ 1uit imvestigation, and finus that the man’s vest, money and black ing never came into the possession of the vill. cers of tne department. From other sources it Was ascertained that a ‘Third avenue ear cua ductor, With whom che man rode down town oa the morning of his disappearance, has been found, | and that be will testily that at that time he wag | BO helpiess that when he dropped @ part of first time in America, in the rdle of Lucrezia | Borgia, In her nands the celebrated Italian be- comes @ deeply interesting tragic character, Madame Ristori’s impersonation has been very higbly praised by iorelga critics, and we doubt not a large ona intelligent audience will assemble at the Lyceum to-nicnt to pass wpom this new dra- matic creation. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY. APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER BY CHANCELLOR RUNYON, Application was recently made to Obancellor Theodore Kunyoa, in Newark, by Dr. Theodore R. Varick and James MoBride, of Jersey City, and | Nathaniel Dole, of New York, all bondholders of the New Jersey Midland Railroad, for the appoint- ment of areceiver. The interests named repre- sent $50,000 of the first mortgage bonds of the road. The causes leading to the application are as Railroad Company was leased to the New York and Oswego Midiand Rai road Company, and relied upon its connection with that road to buila up ite business, The failure of the Oswego Road cut of oni reo of Teveuue, In addition to this the New Jersey road ‘Waa provided with but a meagre supply o1 rolling stock. It was not designed that tho New Jersey Midiand Road should supply the road with the rulling stock to be used upon it, Must potent, as 1t Ina.leged, of the reasons which led to the road's finaucial embarrassment is the action ol the di- Tectors in relation to the floating debt of the road. For this debt, amounting to between $150,000 000, the directors had made inem- and to save Ne of the road, toward ta det, ot exceed $350,000 ri year, it year were iuily $600,000, aid an 000 upon the earnings is expected tols » Lhe wording MUK talk earas $1,000 per day, and {t 1s claimed ougut alone to pay the expenses, Chancellor Runyon, on the day named, Appointed yesterday for the decision on the ap- pilcation, Accordingiy e@X-Attoruey General Gir onrist and Mr, Robert Fleming appeared jor the bondholders and Mr. Fleming, o! Jersey City, ior the road. The Chancellor GRANTED AN INJUNCTION to prevent the mauagers irom doing any act ex- cept What was n ry to run the trains jor the accommodati.n of \be puolic, ana made an order on the company to show cal r Wi should Lot be appointed, Yesterda: was (ied by @ general creditor, asking for t pointment Ol a receiver. ‘Ine bearing of this wa: deierred unul alter the first bill was disposed of, Upon the latter the Whole subject came up, [he company Sled an a ceiver granted the application aud appomted as receiver of the road ijon. Garret A, Hobart, ex-Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, with directions tu keep the road ruuning tor th coms Modation Of the public. Tnis of course disposed of Geacral Varleton’s appitcation. ANOTHBR BRCKIVER APPOINTED, Application having also been a to the Ohan- ellor for the #pyointinent of a rec iF ior the ‘aierson Gud Passaic Horse Vat Railroad, on the Es of insolvency, the Chancellor appointed Jamos A. Rogers of Paterson, Jollows:—The New Jersey Midiand | but the Unanceilor being gutisiied of the necessity of appointing a re- | | day, and | Seoten and Nor pay Rp current expenses of | b 2. his change he was unabie to pick tt up. PROTECTION OF GAME. The regular monthly meeting of the New York Association for the Protection of Game was held last evening at the residence of Mr. David i, Haight, No. 284 Madison avenue, Mr. Koyal Phelps in the chair. Alter disposing of the preliminary business, Mr, Hallock submittea the fullowing petition :— DUCK AND SNIPK SHOOTING, We, the undersigned baymen and sportsmen, rest. dents and visitors of South Oyster Bay, Seatorth ai Vicinity, do most respectiulty solicit the co-operation the Now York Association tor the Protection of Game ia altering the laws in reiation toduck shooting to cor- respond with the old enacunent—that the close se: for ducks should nd f 1 to October ‘urther, We proto: boing passed pro hipicing’sp:iny su le ry ig, So iew in number that We do not cousider the subject wortay Jegisiadon. ‘This petition, signed oy twenty-seven genwee men, was referred for consideration to the Cem mittee on Game Laws. Mr. Hallock also presented the following coum manication from Mr, F. J. Boswirth, of Brighten, England In the name of Justice ana in the interent of sporisman in America, I appeal to you to use your offerte 10 stop ihe territic sl Dortat rs agaure me that they a and | know whereof! speak at seem to Le he: al Vigne, 4 uv im countiess thousands, the tran—not @ shot hole in one of ae rot the local, State and national organizations trappl 1 bel can fhemoruing, to usted by anxious buye: roing, f a when tread out and other reds take the piuces of the first, repeating iteeit trom di yi° Id at one half the price of the Ki nalish, Way gaine, 11 tals destruction conunue: how Jong will it require to sweep, this beautifn fase bird trom oar prairies ? in conclusion Mr. Phelps avowed that his attem called to the same subject. He hed i that at pier No, 83, North River, 178 barrels of prairie chickens await ent to England, and that, ae this was tl season for bird desired to act ia the premises as the law allowed. He bad taken the Qdvice of the counsel to the Sanociation, however, ADd jound tuat he could not seize the birds whil tn transtiu, but nad ascertained that they hi been shipped to this city by one P. 8, Wearr, ot Chicago, “The matter rested with the associauos ordering that the game societies of C 0 be notified of the action tiken by the New York ore @anization, with 4 view to @ partial or total supe Pression of the traffic. a SUING OFFENDERS. Being asked for iniormation upon the subjees Mr. Cha! kK. Whitehead, counsel for the at ciation, savised shat Mr. sata Races, i cr been convicted of seiling gi had been arrested on & writ of cation oa one of the 8 him, but had givea the prison, Where be LOW ia. Lx te ing against $Maii dealers for selling venison ot of season, and Mr, Lomas N, Cuthbert had twelve simuar suits under bis control, makiug eigateen in ail, whica, under tae circumstances, Mr. itehead considered @ smail number and a subject of com a@ratuiation. since the ning Of the close season, March 1, no game had deem found in tiie city with toe large dewiers, but it was possible ta obrain it In Jersey City, This circumstance, witt Many others alike to 14, demonstrated that there snouid be & waliormity of laws for fegarding the Giner, und, cole tous, great Rood Would be ths ve sult ‘ aqjourned,