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4 HOW ARKANSAS. WAS MISGOVERNED, Curious Account of a Swind- | tne men who haa so Jong rovbed and misgoverned | ling Despotism. Republican Government Turned Into a Farce. Lirrte Rock, March 20, 1875. ‘The reconstruction constitution o/ 1868, under ‘Which Arkansas was supposed to enjoy o republi- @an government, 1s an apie and ingenious instru- ment, said to nave been framed at Washington. It established an extremely centralized and des- potic administration. ‘Tue Governor appointed Mesrly all the local oMicers in counties and town- ‘SbIps, and he nad the power to fill vacancies even im the few offices he did not originally name, He Appointed judges, collectors and assessors of | taxes, justices of the peace, prosecuting attorneys, | registrars of elections, and these appointed the Jud, of elections. Where ne counties were created, which was a favorite de vice of the robbers, the Governor ap- Pointed all the oilicers. Moreover, where apy subordinate proved refractory—which means | Ronest and pubiic spirited—he was removed | ona wris of quo warranto, and brought before the | Supreme Court, at the head of which sat Poker Jack, by a convenient Attorney General. Thea the Governor filied nis place. Under this” monstrous system of centralization, as extreme as that of the later French Empire, the Ring had their ad- herents scattered ali over the State. They ad- Solutely controlled the elections; they ruled the people despotically. Tue Governor was even car ful to appoint, in many instances, local officers Who did not live in the counties they were torule | and who, of course, tad no iuterest whatever in | good government or in the decent administration Of justice. One instance, out of many, will show how bra- venly these creatures of the Ring carried out their schemes. A new county was formed in the north- Western part oj the State, A Shesiff was sent who laved fm Little Rock. This person chanced to own ® farm in the county. Tne peopie chose for county seat a villace near the centre of the county; but the Sherif determined to estabiisn it on his own farm, five miles away. He and his fellow of ficehoiders manipulated the registry lists, but fatied to eliminate a suffictent number of voters’ ames, and when an election was held for a choice of three commissioners to cletermine on the county seat his candidates were beaten, He went at once to Litile Rock, where the | election was, at his instance, set aside; new commissioners were appointed, and the Court House, which cost over $30,000, was | actuaily placed on his farm, in spite of the de- | mand of nine-tenths of the people to put it in the | Village where it would be convenient for tue | public. All these local appointees of the central goverao- ment bad unlimited powerto steai, and knew it. Indeed they were expected to divide their plunder with the Ring at headquarters. They issued county and town bonds for railroads, they erected or pretended to erect new ana unneeded pabiic bulidings, for which bonds and scrip were issued; they put out serip on every possibie excuse, and kept no books or records to show the amounts issucd, «r stole the records, or ip several notorious instances purned down the court houses ana destroyed the records. They pocketed tue greeuvacks paid ta by taxpay- ers, and turned into the Treasury depreciated scrip, They protected thieves and swindlers for pay, and they sol? justice ata hign price. When the county scrip becawe too much depreciated jor | their uses the Sapreme Court, Poker Jack Cniet | Justice, rencered a decision making that only receivable ior county taxes; and when this spec- ulation nad served their turp, the Supreme court—Poker Jack still Chief Justice—reversed bis decision and made only State scrip receivable Jor taxes. So monstrous was the robbery toat even now, when the pluoderers are beaten of apd confidence ts restored, the average value of | county scrip is less than thirty-lour cents, and it | ls Gouvtiul if one-quarter o! the counties know certainiy the amount of their debt. Mean- | time champagne was the commonest bev- erage o: several hundred people at Lit Ue Rock, and it was at one time said | that nowhere in the United States was so muck of tuis wine cousumed 4s in the dilapidated little capital of arkansas. Cuampagne and poker Were the chief enjoyments of the thieves in office, and they indulged themselves witoour stint and | openly without suame. REGISTRATION FRACDS. The Governor appoim'ed the registrars of elec- tiom, and they were naturally tools of the Ring. | Registration was an imperative prerequisite to voting. The law was so framed that the decision of the Registrar as to the right of ao Citizen to vote was final, the only appeal NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. | im their newspaper: and it was sald Governor | | Baxter was offered a federal judgeship or $40,000 | | to cease his opposition, And now came the change. ‘The new constitu | tion was adopted, Garland became Governor, and | | the State, were at last threatened with loss of | power. Them they appealed to the Federal Government. WHAT THE INSTALMENT OF BROOKS MBANT? | Ithas been the misiortune of President Grant | that many of bis favorite enterprises have had upon them the taint of corrapuon, The St, Do- mingo scheme was a huge speculation; the moiety business was a robbery of the Treasury; the im- provement of Washington oy his friend Mr Shepherd | has been denounced everywhere asa jov; and now, unluckily, the President fell into the trap | of these Arkansas jobbers, and became thelr ally. He bad forced Brooks outof the State House in A MORMON CONVICTED. FINST SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT OF THE NEW JURY LAW IN ULAH—A SECOND WIPE TESTIFIRS AGAINST HER POLYGAMOUS LORD. Sar Lage, U, T., April 4, 1875. + The non-Mormons in Utah seem to be doing their best to make history, The irrepressible conflict between the civiilzation of the present era and the barbarism of an early scriptural age is being waged with intense feeling, and ever and anon 4 clash results which arrests the attention of our whole people. Brigham and his unletiered hierarchy assert absolute temporal rule, whic claim is not dispated by the devout fallowers of the Mormon Church, who, being gathered from the lower class of European populations, have never been accustomed wo the use of the ballot, and have never taken part im local self 1874, and in 1875 he demanded that Brooks should be forced in again. Now, to install Brooks as Governor was to continue the robbers in power, | were ready to retire if they must. Iying to the Supreme Court, which refused | to hear such cas Oa election day, even if | & citizen showed a certificate proving that ne haa | been registered, this did not eatitie him to vote | i bis pame was not actualiy ound on the Regis- | ter. Moreover the registrars appointea tne | yudges of elections at the polling places, and of | | | } course chose parti: What bappened was this:—As registration went om the partisan registrars kept a sharp eye on the lists. When they were completed they had Some days to revise them. On this time they | counted, and judiciously marked out democratic Bames enough to secure the required majority. “If red ick don’t biot them out take red paint and @ paict brash” Was the order said to have been sent to our Registrar. Meantime the colored vote was manipulated to | such an extent tnat the colored people were en- tieed away from their avocations jor weeks before | election day and gatoered tu crowds at barbecues Qnd other camps. At first the Ring bad @ large Majority, for they controlled tne negroes and about 20,000 of the vid citizens were aisfranchised Jor participation in the rebellion. In November, 1872, & constitational amendment Was adopted ‘he peopie which enfraucnised these m to begin to help themselves. AS the people became more and more dissatisfied, the Ring began to guarre! among Seemscives and thos Gieorganization vegan among this band of pirates. Meantime it is comjessed here that occasionally some pUbilc thief, who had outraged toe people of a county beyond endurance, Was shot, and public Sentiment quietly justified the deed But at every sach murder a how! wi! raised that Calon ten were persecuted and tn danger of their lives, and the North, anxious to provect the oppressed, saffered the federal power to protect the oppres- sore, 4 METROPOLITAN POLICE. These did not shrink from measures for their own protection. Tie Legisiature adopted in March, 1869, a Ku Klux bill of tne most stringent sharacter, Which was so well executed that all op- position of this Kind disappeared. In 1873 it adopte: OlVi Rigots Dill, which is as peremptory as which was advocated by General Butier, In the same year they brought for- Ward @ dill to establish a “Metropolitan Polic Mz tRoasand men Were to be appointed by the Governors to act as a police over the whole State, (8 was in effect \o be & standing army, with power to interfere in ali civil affairs at all times; to make summary arrests aud to bring those they wrrested from toe most distant parts of the State to Littie Rock for trial. After prolonged efforts this atrucious scheme was deleated in the Legis- lature, At the same session was brought forward o seneme to release ali the railroads from liability for their old bonds by a law compelling the state to aasume these and redoem them by anew issue. It was the avowed intention of the plotters to cause the iasve fret of ali the remaining raiiroad bonds, the levee bonds unconstitutional and worthiess, which, it Was believed, would appreciate the value of the ralirosd bonds. Tals proposal aiso was besten. It was aavocated he Meviure, “Poser Jack,” wad bis val Youiey, | | those days, and probably most peopie think that | | Mr. Johnson was right in that contest over the cratic Congress at hand, and exposure threatened, meant, itis said, frat of all, to tssue all the re- maining ratiroad bonds, and divide this huge piece of plunder, amounting to at least $5,000,000 or probably $7,000,000. Their swag secured, they The first egect of the President's Arkansas policy would have been to saddle the State with ail these millions of additional debt. I do not suppose General Grant to be dishonest; but he was certainly im this as in other cases the iriend and ally of very unscrupulous men, Tbave called the men who ruled Arkansas from 1868 to 1874 robbers, plunderers and pirates. The figures given in this ana a preceding letter abun- dantly justily this language. Let me repeat here briefly what they did. 1 find, by the State audi- tor’s account for the years 1859 and 1560, that at that time the cost of administering the State gov- | ernment was $307,596 for two years, or, roughly, $150,000 per annum. Making every tair allowance, it should not have cost, from 1863 to 1874, More than twice this sum, or $300,000 per annum; or $1,800000 in all for the six years. But im that period there were collected from the people im taxes, the prodigious sum of $6,674,000; the bonded debt Was increased $8,753,000; @ floating devt of scrip, demoralizing to the community, was added, of $1,885,000; and thus these meu cost the State alone, in six years, over $17,000,000, instead of $1,504,000, which would nave been a fatr charge; and, jor this vast expenditure, there was uo re- turn, except in despotic government, broken credit, ruined industry and a deplorable corrup- | tion of pubiic morals, growing out of a depraved | currency, aad unbridled and open thejtin bigh places. But this still leaves out the county and other local taxes, of which I have no record; and the counly, city and township debts, an unascer- tainable total, thought by the best experts to amount to rot Jess than $2,500,000 more, In my next I bope to tell you something of the condition of the State as to peace and secnrity | lor life, aberty and property. CHARLES NORDHOFF. BAEZ AND GRANT. | and these, aiarmgd for their future, with a demo- | | | THE EX-PRESIDENT OF ST. DOMINGO AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN SYM- PATHY—COMMON ACCORD CONCERNING THE | THIRD TERM PRINCIPLE AND THE PERSONAL GAINS OF THE PRESIDENCY—WHAT THE DO- MINICAN PEOPLE THINK OF THE SUBJECT IN GENERAL. Sr. Domixco Crry, March 22, 1875. The advice of the HeRaLp to President Grant to resign the Presidency meets witn a hearty re- sponse trom the people of this country, for they feel much more bitter against him than they do against ex-President baez. It was only by the protection given to the usurper Baez with the United states ships of war, furnished gratuitously by President Grant (they having a common object in view) that the rule of Baez was continued 80 long as there was a hope of rm object—viz., the bargain and Dominican territory. It is scarcely prob- avle that President Grant will heed the | advice and admonitions of the HERALD and yet, when bis present peculiarly anomalous situa- tion is taken into consideration there seems to be | much to ‘avor and encourage the hope that he may think it best to resign afterall, The con- siderations which present themselves to my mind are as follows:— WHY HE SHOULD RESIGN. Firet—1t must de evident now to him, as itis to every one else, ¢ when the Forty-fourth Oon. gress convenes his opportunities for speculation (I use that word out o: pure regard for President Grant's feelings) will be very much curtatled, if not entirely cut of, and this, it is generally un- derstood, constitutes his chief desire to held the | office. Seoond—As Congress is now constituted, politi- cally, the dominant party will be striving to get | benind the scenes and learn something of the Ways and means by which the defunct party was enabled to maintain its supremacy #o jong, and likewise learn something of the secrets of “the | best civil service on this planet,” which will be pain‘ally mortifying and embarrassing to one of President Grant's sensitive mind. Third—He will have to contend against the long | pent up wrath of lis old antagonist, ex-Presi- | dent Johnson, who will avail himself of every op- portunity to have his revenge upon his ex-ad tn — terim Secrevary of Wag PUBLIO OPINION in regard to the merits and cardinal virtues of these two prominent men in the history of our country has undergone @ great change since ad interim Secretaryship, and that General Grant | would have gone uader and out of sight then but | for his ‘availability’ for the Pesidency and the xnowledge of the fact that the democrats were courting Bim aud ciaiming him as one of toeir ° and would have taken him up li the republi- cans had not. But what a conundrum is our American politics? If Mr. Johnson, who came so near being Impeacned in 1808, shoula be a candi- date for the Presidency now, In opposition to Mr, Grant, there is no doubt he would receive muct the larger vote. Well, if these consideratio: o not move President Grant to resign the Presi- otbing will, and (he HemaLD might as e bim to his idols. YMPATHY. Baez is waiting until the expira- ‘gteat and good friend's” term of he will joto bim, and the two will cluded spot to retire to, and pass the eir days far away {rom the land of eir “ungrateiul republics,” Which they have tried so bard and go long to improve. However ble such @ anion may at first sight seem or at least ought to be, such a them, aiter the lamentable failore of their grand scheme tor im- proving the moral, social aud religious condition of their beloved countrymen, by uniting them un- e, venitn, liberal aod purely demo- f the thing is not in entirely r ideas of the inuerent rights od @ ruier over hi identical in many respects. For ins eem to think they are endowed by nature with certain INALIBNABLE RIGHTS, and that when chargeu with the sapreme power of the State their authority is supreme and snould not be calied in and that & undoubted rgat om petency lor tuem- id some of their most de- abject of the epotism’’ they are, taere- nave the same views in of rewards for eminent y called Ing,” but, y tor ex-President ez, he has not wealthy and disinterested iriends to ats of houses, jands, &c, Un the otuer hand, howe having had more unlimited eway while in pow and not having so many scrutinizing eyes to annoy bim, he has been abie | to provide more bountifully for Bis comfort in re- | | voted friends. rigat” of rulers and fore, one, and coubsi urement. On the “THIRD TERM’ question, too, or perhaps even a perpetual term, having veen riment, and omy grati- tude of republiea to tried and iaithial se: vants— And that Was while @ colle@auue of bis “iriend in need.” Bovh have strong minis and strong wills, and if their people would only jet them alone and le: them rule over them according to their in- spifed ideas 01 republicanism, there is no douvt that tney would be supremely bappy—that is, if $ROs COU OF) HOKE By BAO Minds bo Masuk BO, | of | witnesses had ali been couaselied, and coulda not | Court adjourned here, and tue next day the a | eh Os government, But the few thousand Gentlles who bave intruded upon Brigham’s domain, at- tracted by the wealth conceaied in the mountains, are restive under this priestly despotism, and car- rying with them the Instincts of American citi- zens rudely disturb the prevailing harmony by asserting their right to representation and by holding the men elected to pubitc office to ac- countability to those who support them in positions Here is the oppugnancy of two diverse systems. Brigham, being the chosen servant ot Goa, rules by divine Ulumination, and power descends irom him to his subordinates. The irreverent Gentiles scout at this claim and assert the inalienable rights of American citizens. DEFEOTS IN THE NBW JURY LAW. The act of Congress, approved June 23, 1874, en- -titied “An act in reiation to courts and judicial omicers in the Territory of Utah,’? removed one serious diMculty by providing means for empanel- ling juries, and under this law federal courts in Utah have been making an ineffectual effort to administer the law and punigh crime, But the section which provides for the making of jury lists is found to be defective, because the persons designated for this duty velng @ Mormon (the Probate Judge of the county) and a Gentile (the Clerk of the District Qourt), select names alternately irom the two op- posing elements of the population .im Utah. This produces mixed juries, and as devout saints are influenced by counsel from their superiors ana are taught to regard an oath 19 @ pagan court as of no binding force, it has been found impossible to convict offenders who hold positions in the Mormon hierarchy, no matter how heinous the crime they may have committed or how conyin- cing the evidence produced. Tins was shown in the trial ot Bishop Ricks, who was accused of mur- dering @ prisoner committed to his custody as Sheriff of Cache county some fifteen years ago, and who gave as an excuse that bis victim was attempting to escape, Tne evidence adduced showed that the murdered man (Davia S Keen by name) was lying asleep, | wrapped in his blanket, on the floor of the log schoolhouse used as @ jail, when the jailor- Ricks and @ conlederate entered the building stealthily and discharged thelr revoivers at the prostrate man. The cause of this murder is sup- posed to have been the apostacy of the victim and the aanger of his disclosing secrets which might | be vamaging to tae Caurea, “Dead men,” says Brigham, “tell no tales.’ This is Classed ay a Churen murder, and the annals of the Mormon Chureh are jullof them, Bat notwithstanding the direct coaracter of the evidence bringing the | crime home to the Zealoas Bishop. the jury (com- posed of nine Mormons, two apostates and one Weak-kneed Gentile) brougut in a verdict of not guuty, and the man was discharged, A TRIAL FOR POLYGAMY. On the Sist uit, another interesting trial was held in the same court, the defendant, George Reynolds, a former secretary of Brigham Young, having been indicied vy the Grana Jury for bigamy. He was living With two Wives in the same Bouse. Lits drat and legal wife Was married to him in tne Endowment House, in Salt Lake Cuy, in 1865, and has borne him & humber of children, His second wile Was married to him in the same place Jast Auyust by Damel H, Wells, Lieutenant General of te deiunct Naavoo Legion, second Counsellur of the Prophet, Brigham Young, and present Mayor of Sait Lake. Reynolds was indicted uoder the act of Congress of 1562, known in Utah as **The Polygamy bill,” and Lue trial was regarded by both parties asatestcase. The prosecuting oMicers brought up a cloud of witnesses to prove the crime. ‘The father of tue first wie swore that be Was present in tue Endowment House when the first marriage ‘was celevrated, but be was entirely iguoraat of the polygamous rela‘ions of his daugater’s hus- | band with a second wile, The motuer aad er the first wile, all living in the same city, and all visiting at the house, were as blissiuiiy ignorant Of the existence of @ second Mrs, Keynoids. The defeudant’s of her brother’s bouse, knew nothing of the connndtial relations existing between the pair, | She kuew the woman was not a servant, but sne could not tell in what capacity she was retained, Mayor Wells could not remember baving per- 1ormed the marriage ceremony, and was giveo Uli tue next day to reiresh nis memory, Or-on Pratt, the great champion of polygamy and high priest of the Endowment House, could not teil S 6 Ee 5 = s whether * record of the marriages celevra’ there was kept, nor whose duty it was to keep the record. jaifa dozen other witnesses ployea in the Endowment House were placed ‘upon the stand, bus the same iuirmity of memory affected all. A CONVICTION. officer was perplexed. These The prosecutin, be cajoled or intimidated into makiog an ad- mission, At tus moment @ happy thought o curred to him. He filled out @ suopcena ior the second wile, and in a lew momen's sue entered the courtroom im charge of an officer and was placed Upon the stand. Her eviseuce upset tn whole pian ofthe defence, Giving her name Awelia Jane Reynolds, she testified that sue was married to the delendant on the 3d of August | 1 and the marriage services were periormed by | President Wells in the Endowment House. Th fence surrendered the whole case, The Court, in bis charge to the Jury, took occasion to say that the deseudant’s religious belief could not shleid him from punishment for the commission ot crime, and toat religious liberty is not violate when the citizen is Calied upoi to answer jor bis vom posed of eignt d afier baifan hour's turned a verdict of guilty. It resuit of “coun. sel” irom the Chu: Wii be appeaied to the Supreme Cuurt of the United States. AMERICAN BOOK TRADE SALE. Continued interest 1s stili manifested in the trade sale progressing at the rooms of Messrs. George A, Leavitt & Oo., Ulinton Hail, the majority of the buyers naving remained in town, The prices obtained on nearly every invoice have been beyond anything er attained at any previous sale. The invoice of Messrs. L. Appleton & Vo., which embraced the “Internationgl Scientific Series,” such as Tyndall, Walter Bagehot, sir Ea- | ward Smith, Professor Alexander Bain, Herbert | Spencer, Draper's “Religion and Science,” and | many others of similar import sold weil. The “Greville Memoire,”” complete, were lined at twenty-five volumes, and were duplicated to 250 volumes. Macaulay's “History” and “Essays” | likewise seemed to ve in great javor and demand. Appieton’s “iustrated Livrary of Romance’ soid Well, as did also the works of J. Fenimore vooper and Dickens, ootn of which reached a sue oi over tea Volumes. Cnaries A. Dana's “Housenold Book of Poetry” reacued & duplication jrom 25 voumes in t line to 40, Bibes, prayer Dvoks and albums were rather slower of sale, without any duplication. Mr. W: P. Appleton represented this firm oa the # id Was received by the audience on bis app ce with considerabl applause, Messrs. G. and C. Merriam, of Springfield, Mags. next offered an invoice of the well-known W ster’s dictionaries la Varies styles of bindings, which not only Was Very soon eXhausted bat was | very largely Wuplicated. A very flattering offer for 10,000 volumes Very near the regular rates was made to this orm, Dut retused, No doubt tne epi- demic o1 spelling matches now prevaiing ail over | the country hos created an increased demand for | this popular work. The next contribution of note was that made by the Worth Publishing Company, tormerly George A, Leavitt. This invoice consisted of the Worth editions of popular poets and prose writers, In this was tnciuded—“Chamvers’ Kncyclopeda of Standard Liverature,” “Vou Quixote,” with 1,000 liiustratious; “World’s Dictionary,” “RosicK’s History of the World,” “Pia't's Kucyclopedia of Natural Wonders and Curtosicies,’’ Scot ‘vales 1 @ Grandiatber,” “scott's Napoleon,” “Balw ¢ Saie will be brought to @ close to-day. | | | | THE BOOKSELLERS’ EXCHANGE. Toe Committee on Organizing the “Booksellers! Excuange and Clearing House,” appointed by the Put-tu-Bay Convention last summer, met yester Gay at the oMice of Messrs. George A. Leavitt & Co, Mr. A. S. Barnes presia:d and Mr. leaac Sheldon acted as secretary. the other members Of (he Committee present were Mr. Wiliam Lee, of Boston; Colonel A, C. MeCiuig, Of Unicagy, and Martin luylor, Ol Buffalo, It Was decided to lvid the next Vonvention at Niagara Fails, on the 19th Of Juy next, and the openiag Of tae Booksellers’ Exchaage aad Cearing Ho was fixed jor toe ule AC Cunt Mii, 1a Chie bby, | tasty balconies and raised standa for spectators’ | fon erected tor the use Of the authorities and FESTE VENEZIANE. Unveiling of the Monument to Manin, the Dictator of *48. The Maximilian Monument at Trieste. Kaiser Wilhelm and the Ozar of Russia. VuENIce, March 23, 1875, To Daniel Manin, the famous Wictator and Presl- dent of the shortelived Venetian Republic of 1848-9, Venice Owes much of its present increased commercial importance and rapid development. It was the magnetism of his example and the un- selfish devotion of his associates and supporters that charged with new life the long dormant spirit of liberty that for years had been crushed under the Austrian domination, unul the lion of St. Mark had become the symbol of apathetic submission and @ changeless relic of the prosper- ous days of the past, mocking the steady and hopeless decline of the provinces and city, To the sturdy old fishermen who sleepin the sun at the base of the lion column, statuesque types of emotionless humanity, with faces as changeless in line ag the carved heads on the columns of the Ducal Palace, complexions paling ip the intensity of color the ruddy brown marbles of the carved to these human statues, whom a de- cade changes only by addingaricher tone to the weatherbeaten skin or a deeper furrow to the cheek, it seems bat yesterday since they gathered on the Razzetta to demand of the authorities the liberation of Manin and Tommaseo and by their impulsive coarage made the thought of liberty @ possibility, They speak with enthusiasm of the glorious days of Marca, ’48, When they left their bright sails to flap idly in the sun onthe riva and joined the merry crowds that thronged the Piazza to rejoice at the prospect of speedy lberation from foreign oppression. They remem- ber the mot of the workmen end the agsassina- tion of the Commander Marinovicn in the short season of despair that followed tne first popular. demonstrations of joy, Tney heard the faint cries of Viva San Marco!” on the morning of the 22d of March, when Manin, with his few followers, boldly occupied the Arsenal, and witnout loss of blood gained @ foothold for the new Republic. From the decks of their own clumsy boats they saw the soldiers swarm up the sides of the cor- yetre Clemenza, and the winged lion take the place of the crown at the masthead. The events that followed, the jormation of the government, the long, weary biockade and siege, the final re- duction of the city, the fight of Manin and the Austrian occupation—furnish texts lor gndless tales droned out im the musical patois of the fishermen, and from the lips of these living spec- taters one can gather material for a popu. lar history of the revolution of ‘48, (ull of color, fall of fact, and of double 1n- | terest because it is the testimony of these mea whom one can Jook upon only as changeless | among their fellow men, as the stones of the rivas | among the shifting sands avd flats of the lagoons, With them liberty means, perhaps, cheaper food and better market for fis ana produce; their memcry of the siege may be marked only by the scarcity of provisions or the impossiblity of sall- ing away to the fishing grounds; but in this new and changed Venice, witn its Giudecca and Caual San Marco tull of suipping trom every civilized | port in the world, with the long black forms of the finest steamers that oat moored at the very doors of the Ducal Palace, with the new docks, the restored palaces, the general evidences of prosperity and awakened commercial enterprise; in this city of the day, full of toe spirit of the age, one finds in the fishermen alone a human coun- terpart to the solidity and conservation of the old town, and in them alone does one meetin a su- perficlal search every trace of the people that lived on so listiesaly and sabmissively before the awakening in '43. In 1868, on the 224 of March, the ashes of Manin, who had died in France eleven years previously, were deposited, with great ceremony, ina tom- porary sarcophagus in the Church of St. Mark, and a new and more worthy receptacle of the honored remains is now prepared on the north brass helmets, chapeaur and fez quite outnume bered the democratic veavers and gave quite a mediwval look to the scene, The tatrered bacrtle flags and tie magnificent banners of the societies grouped together in one biaze of colors near the Pavilion heightened this eifect, and one was quite ready to expect the entrance of @ pair of prancing norses, with riders in full armor, eager to cou- tend for the prize ofa datnty scarf waving from the hand of @ fair Venetian dame sitting Ina Gothic balcony, rich with superb draperies, like & jewelin its velvet casket. lustead of the horses there stood in the middie a shapeiess draped pyramid, and when the drapery fell at tne signal, there was quite as much enthusiasm as the Itall- ans know how to display, which, earnest as it may be, never seems forcible, because tt gives vent to no hurrab, or viva, or bravo in concert, but exnausts itself in a bedlam of cries and spon- taneous shrieks. The sculptor of the monument was carried vf et armts upon the platform and warmly embraced, amid the sympathetic cries of the ladies and the vivas of everybody. ‘The fortunate artist was at last rescued by hts friends, and the Cross of the Order of the Urown of Italy was seen to flash on his breast, A long ora- tion by Signor Fornoni, the Syndic of Venice, followed by addresses in prose and verse by the Signort Bongnt, Torelli, Maurogonalo and M. Henri Martin, of Paris, At the close of the cere- monies telegrams were sent to His Majesty the King and to General Garibaldi, the latter having previously declined to be present. ‘Yhe statue isan imposing one, worthy to be placed in a city so fuil of matchless examples of the artoftbe past. The figure of the dictator stands on a pedestal of red granite, resting on a broad granite platform, approached by three steps. Tne winged lion of St. Mark, in an attitude of deflance, crouches at the base of the pedestal. ‘The pose of the statue is simple and dignified and “the expression firmand commanding. The dra- pery is managed with great skill and sufficient breadtn and the execution faultless. The monu- ment, but for the hideous lion at the base, mignt be considered an unqualified success. As it 1s, ‘this accessory 18 in quite doubtful taste, The con- trast of the dark bronze with the light hued gran- ite, no less than the colossal size of the beast and his pretentious attitude, make him the first noticeable point in the monument rather than the simple, cloaked figure which crowns the pedestal. A festal excursion of steamers and gondoias to the Lido and the new sea dikes is the chief at- traciion of to-day’s festivities, In the evening a grand gala dinner is to be gyven at the Grand Hotel, the Piazza of St. Mark js to be illuminated with Bengal fires, and an exXtraordiaary musical soirée will end the séle. ‘The visit of the Emperor of Austria to the King ot Italy, which is announced to take place or the bth prox., is discussed at great length im the Italian and Austrian journals. Venice having been selected as the place of meeting, the municl- pal authorities are busily engaged in preparing for the series of priiilant festivities and gaia re- ceptions to be given in honor of the meeting of the two rulers, The Manin festivities, now being cel- ebrated, naturally enough excite mach comment on the reception of the Austrian monarch on the very ground where the terrible scenes of the revolu- tion of 48 were evacted and among the very peopie who have suffered so much atthe hands of the Austrians, There have been puolished already several protests, numerousiy signed; but as these are rather of @ political nature than a popular character they are generally regarded only as the necessary accompaniinents of such a festal re- ception of @ foreign monarch as Venice 1s tnis moment preparing tor. Doubtless the visit ofthe Emperor Francis Joseph 18 simply @ cour- teous return of the visit of Victor Emmanuel to Vienna during the Exposition, joined with the laudable intention of encouraging the disposition to pacific policy. which the visit of the King to Vienna was th rance of. There are not want- ing those who discover much deeper snd graver intentions in the mind of the Austrian Emperor than those of a simple desire of renewing his triend- ship and giving hig pledge ofan honest desire to forgive and forget. But the people on both sides of the Alps are rejoiced to see in the amicable re- lations existing vetween Victor Emmanuel and Francis Joseph the assurance of lasting peace in Italy and the encouragement Of internal develop- Ment. It is not, then, to be doubted that their reception of His Imperial Majesty will be both hearty and ofan extent ana magnilicence un- known in Venice for many years. Francis Joseph will be accompanied on his jour- ney by the Count Andrassy, the Baron Hoffman, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Counsellors Teschenbderg and Schwegel, several other ofici together with a suite of attendants, bringing the number of the party up to filty persons, The Emperor will leave Venice on the evening of April 1, will pass the 2d and 34 at Trieste, the 4tn at Goriza, and will arrive in Venice at noon of the side of the church, where they will | be shortly placed. The celebration in| 3 was of & most solemn and im- posing nature; the festival of yesterday, the | anniversary o! the establishment of the Repubiic | of 48, was a lively and joyous one, for in the presence of the city and provincial authorities, | delegates from the entire kingdom and toreign countries and an Immense concourse of Venetians @ monument to the Dictator Daniel Manin was | unveiled, orations were delivered, @ poem recited and a general patriotic jubilee heia. Tbe monu- ment is erected in Iront of the house once occu- pied by Manin, in a smail square, formerly known as the Campo Sau Paternian, now enlarged by tne removal of 4 biock of buildings, and lately chris- tened Piazza Mavin. As early as 1866, a few aays alter the entrance of the Italian troops into Venice, & committee was appointed to collect subscriptions for 4 monument to the President of the Republic of '48. Forty thousand francs was collected, and to this sum the municipality added filty thousand, and tp 1871 a closed concours was held, to which Many distinguished Italian sculp- | tors contributed. The judges decided in favor of | the sketch of Professor Luigi Borro, ana the sculptor set about the work immedi: Whea the model was finished it was sent to the famous foundry of Herr Muller, in Munich, and the bronze cast was successfully made and put in its place a | day or two ago, The preparations tor tue un- veiling were made with the greatest care and ‘with excellent taste. The square is small, ana the number of people to be accommodated was very t, and consequently advantage was taken of every foot of wadccupied ground to construct Casa Manin draped pavul- seats. The canal in iront of the was covered with @ platiorm and prominent guests. The other three sides of the piazza were lined with raised seats and balconies transforming the square into @ large auditorium, capable of containing several thousand people. The adjoining houses were one mass of ricu dra- peries and banoers; the Gothic windows of the marble palace, gorgeous with crimson brocade and goid fringes, made most charming boxes in this open-air theatre, and long before the ceremonies began the carved balconies were full of ladies in gaia dress and the platforms loaded with the no- bility of the province, delegations from neighbor- ing cilles and the invited guests, away up among the quaint chimneys enterprising Italians swarmed to look down upon the scen mall urchins clung like Iimpets to the sides of the canal | that runs through the Piazz: ery available projection in the neighboring buildings had its human pendant ana black forms clustered like bees at the remotest windows that gave an out- look upon the scene, The narrow, crooked alleys that lead in @ tangled network in ail directions away {rom the Piazza were jammed with patriotic | natives in the best of humor and in the gaudiest colors, combined with that wonder/al aptitude for hideous contrasts that characterizes Italians. At the appointed bour a procession of the vet erans Of 1846, the various societies of the city and | several d tions bearing banners and glittering | trophies and accompanied by platoons of imposing gendarmes, flied slowly through the dark alleys | and under the low arches into tae erowded little square, like a gorgeons pageant on some grand | stage, Where each new surprise of superd costume and profuse decoralion is welcomed by @ hom of delight from the spectators. The pretty littie pavilion in front of the Casa Manin covered hundreds of oMcials and distinguished | guests; the steps leading ap to it were filiea with | {ndesoribapie person in small olotnes and | goid-vraidad coats; @4 bate, owing vinmes | | palm; the East, a female figu | and star; the West, a /ema’ Sth, The fétes will continue for two days, and on the 7th the Emperor will depart for Pola and Zara on his way to visit Dalmatia. During the trip in | Dalmatia, which will occupy two weeks, the Min- ister for National Defence, Herr Horst, and the | Minister of Agricultare, Herr Chulumecky, will Join the imperial party. The journey in the wilds of Dalmatia will be, of necessity, a fatiguing one. as part of the way must ve made on horseback on account of the roughness of the roads and the want of regular commanication between the towns, The printipat feature of the visit of the Emperor to Trieste will be the imauguration of the mona- ment to the late Emperor Maximilian, which will take place on the 8d of April The statue is al- ready in place and is said to be @ periect portrait, | The Emperor is dressed in the costume of an Aus trian adm.ral. Four figures, at the four angles of the pedestal, represent the cardinal points. Tne North, a male figure, with heimet on his head, harpoon and cabie in his hand; the South, an Egyptian of Pharaoh's time, with sorancn of with the crescent with the Star of Evening and @ trident. Between these figures is engraved, on the four sides of the pedestal, the tollowing respective inscriptions :— AOLEDE PELE LOLE DE DOLELEELELOLOOELOTEDOLECE TODOEE DE A Massimiliano d’Austria, Imperatore del Messico, 1875—Duce deii’ armata pavaie ne curd; glo spiendore—Delia marina mercantile pro- mosse }¢ sorti—Cuu animo liberale soccorse i poverelli—Oulia creazione di Miramar avbeili 3 {rleste sua patria di adozione. QOPLO LOGE LEO OD CE EPL DE LE DEDELEDEDOLPLE DEDEDE LOOT DEAE At the foot of the statue is engraved the follow- ing passage from the will of Maximilian :— AOOOLOLOOOLE LOLOL LOLELE EDIE LELOLE DE LEDOLEDEDEDEDEOE Al’ AW ca Marina—Cui posi tanto affetto— A quanti lasciv amici—Lungo 1 lidi dell’Aaria— zl supremo ilo 2 «e+. 16 giugno, 1867, MASSIMILIANO. QOL OLE LEIELELEPLIEIELELOLEIPLELELEREDELELOLELELEDE D The programme of the reception sé/es is not yet fully decided upon, but the main features of th occasion are already made public, On the arrival Of the royal train atthe stauon in Venice Victor emmanuel will receive the Emperor in person, and tne two will be conducted im the richly decorated sixteen-oared launcn, which served for the first entrance of the King in 1966, to the royal paluce at the entrance of the Grand Canal where a déjewner will be served and the accus- | tomea presentaziont di rigore will occapy the rest ot the day, A review of the military in the Campo 4i Marte and an inspection of the newly con- structed public works, with @ review of the naval squadron off the Lido, is probably the programme for the second day. The tlluminations of the city and canals will be of surpaesing brilliancy. the Piazza of St. formed into @ grand promenad | fires ana countless jets of Mark will be tra illuminated by Ben, | gas, and the places announced tor the private dis- | plays of freworks ma) itsale to predict a festa by night such as is rarely seon in any city, and one whieh will be of uncommon interest in Venice—a city especially adapted, irom its peculiar situation, vals, A deta¢hment irom the Medi- fh squadrons now at Spezzia is expected heie in season for the fete, ‘The visit of the Emperor of Germany Is expected | for the month of May, and Milan is spoken of as the place of meeting. In anticipation of the proaching visit of the Emperor of Austria litte ts baid Of the festivities in honor of Kaisor Wilbelm, and, indeed, his Visit as well as that of the Em- peror of Russia, whichis reported to be on the docket #8 well, may be but unfounded rumor aiter ek Tar | | barreis will be placed ou the channel posts and at | | various places in the Lagoon THE CENTENNIAL. Governor Hartran{t States What Pena sylvania Has Done. Philadelphia Gives One-and-a-Half Million Dollars. ONE MILLION MORE TO BE GIVEN. Pennsylvania Will Be Thoroughly Represented. | EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, } HARRISBURG, Pa., April 7, 1875. James GorDoN BENNETT, Esq., Editor of thé HERALD, New Yor! Dear Sin—A severe and protracted illness that confined me to bed must be my apology for the failure to reply to your letter of the 10th of Marct Inquiring in What manner and to what extent Pennsylvania had contributed to the Centenniai enterprise, and in what way and how largely her varied industries, products and institutions would be represented in the Exhibition, ‘Phe interest your great and influential journal ag shown in support of the Centennial, and the industry and zeal it has exhibited in the endeavor to correctly inform the public whatare its objects, and the reasons why it should and will succeed, entitle you to the gratitude of the nation, and will secure tor you a warm and permanent place In the affections of Pennsylvanians, and Isincerely regret therefore that the condition of my health will not permit me to make more extended answers to your inquirtes than those which suggest them selves to me, Without investigation, at this writ ing. ln regard to the ald Pennsylvanta has already extended to the Ocntennial, I beg leave to say that at the inception of the movement a State Board was created by the Legislature, accompanied with a grant of $10,000, with which to promote the enterprise. Ata later day, when its progress was assured, the Legislature appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 in its benalf, In addition to these grants made by the State, Puiladelpnia has con- tribyted With great liberality to the undertaking, It donated $75,000 to enable the Centennial Com mission to enter upon and continue the work unttl the organization of the Board of Finance and the receipt of stock subscriptions supplied reguiar financial resources. Subsequently the Councils of the city voted the sam of $1,500,000 to be employed in the erection of the necessary buildings, Beside tuese direct ap- propriations the city nas gone to considerable outlay in the opening of streets, In paving andia buliding new bridges across the Schuylkill, aliwith reference to the Centennial; and it is probable a further sum of $1,000,000 will within a few weeks be placed at the disposal of the Park Commission for improvements in the ground? surrounding the Exhibition. 1t will be observed that these appropriations and expenditures arg exclusive of the large subscriptions for stock thaf have been made by thé citizens of the State, which in the aggregate greatly increase the above contribauons, ‘These stock subscriptions we expect to see considerably enlarged during the year, and the project of each town and city making a contribution from its treasury 1s now being currently discussed througbot the State, The representation of the resoufves and indus tries of the State in the Exuibition will, 1am ine formed, be equally creditable to our people, Ap-« plications for space from exnibitors tbroughous Pennsylvania are already numerous and varied, and the work of perfecting tue displays has been generally undertaken by existing commer+ cial, industrial, scientific and other societies, without regard to a State Board or expectation of State ald, and there is every agsurance that their combined efforts will resuls in a thorough exhibition of the material and socim condition of Pennsylvania. The last Legislature, however, passed an act authorizing the appolnt- mene by the Governor of five Commissioners to supervise the collection and display of the articles to be exhibited by the State, but these Commis sioners, owing to my illness, have not yet beem bamed. The gentlemen connected with the Geological Survey are also making an extensive and vaiua- bie collection of minerals; statistics will be gath- ered and arrangements made to show the practl+ cal working of our school system; our myriads of manufactories will exhibit thelr muitiiorm products alter the manner o( the Mechanics’ Inati- wute Exhibition in Philadelpmia last fall, where tue variety and extent of the articles dis played amazed every visitor, and the manufacture of irun and steel will be fully represented by those engaged in these great Pennsylvania indus tries. The railways of the State will exnibit engines, cars and the various appliances and improvements used to secure comfort, salety and speed in the conduct o{ taeir roads,, The historical, art, scien~ tifle and other societies, as before svated, will all have present substantial proofs of their researc aod progress, and the tems of our trade and commerce and their various channeis will be pointed out by our commercial and trade ex- changes. A humber of these interests and #0- | cretu ve already perfected organizations with a view to the Exhibition, and others are preparing to do so, At your request I have thus briefly sketched what has been ana will be Pennsylvania’s share in the Centennial. If this sketch contains any sug> gestions that may be useful to other States I shall rejoice that your county afforded me an oppor+ tunity to make them. It is to be boped that the Centennial will ax sume the national proportions it was intended 1t should, and that every patriotic citizen is anxious itshali have, and that no sentiment of inuiffer- ence or jealousy will be permitted to divest it of this character. Your able journals striving to clothe it witn this, its proper dignity, and we ot Pennsylvania pray that your efforts may be crowned with success; and that there may be congregated in Patiade!phia in 1876, not only the products and the proofs of the industry, skill and genius of ali the States of the Union, but their citi zens as well, to whom we wili extend @ cordial welcome, Permit me, in conciusion, to renew my acknowl+ edgements for your court and to wist you per sonaliy abundant success in this and your other enterprises, : Your obedient servant, J. F, HARTRAN?PT, THE PAPAL ENVOYS. A DAY OF REST—CARDINAL M'CLOSKEY TO BE PRESENTED WITH AN EQUIPAGE TO-DAY. The bad weather of yesterday kept the Papal envoys within the walls of the Cardinai’s resi- dence. They occupied their time, however, with receiving pleasant visitors. Bishop McNierney was great part of the day. made ior theif move- the morning hours, dar. whicn it is expected alter | ing some one of | that there — will in Cardinal McCioskey preseutation to the | handsome team of hor! been bought for him The equipa as not Eminence yesterday. Stacie, and it may be that th not take p! ments to-day, Ouse tation Will lace to-day if the sun be not apparent to glorily the occasion, THE RING SUITS. The Sheriff stated yesterday that he had received no additional attachments against the property of any of the members of the “Ring” and that all stories to the contrary were groundless. At all events Mr. Cumming, the Under sberif, said that whatever attachments would ve issued Would, as @ matter of course, be wimed at tie identical prope: ty each held when the oid suits were begua (a (ull list of Whicw Was published in the He«Lo the time), aud that thereore there would ve nothing new in the property attachment ieature 01 the various cases 40 Jar as the jocalty of the is y Was concerned, at Would be developea would be tne | Toe only thiog new tracing of | suet property bo ite presens Loldors, ee Oe Meat