The Sun (New York) Newspaper, April 14, 1869, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS. > HINO GARDEN—Forty Thiewos: or, “Striking Oi" tn “Family Jars.” Mating on Satnrdar KEW YORR CIRCUS 11th #t,, opposite Acadoms of ‘Mnaio—Briliiant arenic rconas, Maumee Wednesday and favuntay, (NE TAMMANY Horse Mavines. Three Flying Men, 0. Matinee on Saturday. WoO!'s MUSEUM—Alnddin, To Oblige Denson, &e. Matin(e today. Living and Wiid Animals FIFTH AVENCE THEATRE ay Mth tt French Op larbe B Matinge on Satur day. Gritih Gaunt, &e. Matinge HOOTH'S THEATRE, 2A st, between Hh and Oto ars. née on Saturday, LEY THEATRE, 120 roadway—trantoe. he expedients adapted hy theae detoet ay : 3 Cay sae new comedy ="Senoat,” | to Fecretly keep count of the number of paw a gers are var! Je, a count | Ein Ghd Gala, wha er will be read youd will turn a | de eastniiian and Carlotta, | leaf foronch paseonger who enters; or, as a | OLTUPTC THEATRE=Hamptr Dompte. Matindes at | pasaor ters, will transfera bean from one Ginna dis bates Deeds a, tow | 20% T or will have a number fine Woria ot Wondera Sauiuce on | Of looko pine Tying in @ pocket, and will hod Monta ogectteycto Rew. | MEK each faeo by sticking one in the lining. x . eat Sometimes there is a collusion between HAL « Droatway end &th et.-Grand | conductors and spotters, and then the game a * . | of wealing gocs bravely on. Sometime The Sadie Sun. ines for AM. APRIL 14, 1869. tf fihe San. Darer, per re bore Baur Warsiy, per year + to one adr 4 to one addvees Prospect of Another Chaage in the Cabinet. The Hon. J. C. Bancnort Davis—or, as be used tobe called in college days at Har. | vard, Jos Davis— was receatly appointed Assistant Secr of State for the United | Btates, while yet a member of Assembly from Orange county, and in consequence he Fesignod his coat in the Legislature, Where- pon the House unanimously adopted resolu tary prevent it; not in all cases, however, for there aro conductors whose dishonesty is winked at. But every company employs per sons to ride on the cars and tako account of | the number of passengers. They aro called variously Spotters, Counters, and Markers, and are thongh ometines women are employed. Their plan of opera tion fs to rido far enongl in one ent to be able to reasonably report the amount taken hy the conduete Tf that report doca not agroeo with the conductor's returns, he is dis mi ese too, the conductor is aware of the effurts mao to detect lim, aud he is therefore on tho alert and returns his wholo receipts, with often one or two additional. This is to confound? the detective. To guard against this artful. nees, the aystem of “double banking” ia re sorted to; it is to watch a conductor with two or three spotters, Ono of these rides a portion of a trip, and when ho leaves the ear apicher enters it. The ngrygregate of their seports ofcourse #hould correspond with the | conductor's returns, This system of theft and detection indi- cates a lamentable condition of morals in the class of Is there no remedy? ‘The natural response i; Pay tho employees fair wages, and 60 take tempta tion and the necessity of stealing from them persons in question But the employers answer eabstantially that itischeaper to allow a conductor to sical four or five per cont. of lis farca than to ad- vance his wajres fifty or @ landred per cont. Nevertheless, It would be better for society | tions of regret at his departure. ‘These reso: lations were quite remarkable in form and ttyle. They begin: Whereas, Th has pleared the President of the United Bates, ULveees 5. Gas ae, What Flunke enough, certainly! would old Tom Jerrenson have saidto such tuft Y But that, as Dickens might say, is neither here nor there. The point which we speak to is that this is altogether too elaborate and Bolemn for such an occasion merely as the Appointment of an Assistant Secretary. ‘The mere fuct of Mr. Davis's leaving his seat in the Legislature is not of so much mo- ment ; and if the Legislature choose to go down on their knees before Gon, Gaany, that is their affair, not ours, What does it all mean? We conjecture: ish to pay mon adequately for from twelve to sixteen hours of hard Jabor a day, — Greeley Tost Mission. We are glad to learn by the report of several intelligent gentlemen that the Hon Horace WEY arrived in th ty at an early hour yesterday morning, direct from | Washington, in xt health, and in a very philosophical and equablo frame of mind Ho was waited upon by a number of his per iA al and political fricnds, including: C Now Mr. the Tritish xenivs Vaxpenninr, Jr, Faq, the Hon Nenu L. Srewant, and the Mon, B. F. Cas, and conversed with them. ehver fully upon the condition of public affairs He thinks Gen, Granv has made some me tukes, but that his Administration has on the Mr, Hasiiton Vien did not want to be Beervtary of State, He declined, and persisted in his declination after the President nomi- nated him, Finally the President prevail upon him to accept. It is perfectly well and pretty generally understood—it is rather no- torious—that Goy. Fisit desired to go abroad In an official capacity. We conclude that after a little he will have an opportunity do no. Mr. DAvIe jn mmm of parts, and by no means without expe Tienco in public affairs, but he is very little known tothe nation at large. ‘This elabo. rate praise of him by the Legislature and by some friendly and iufluential journals, such as THe SUN for instance, with a steady lift ing of him into prominence in the State De- partment, will presently justify his appoint ment to the office of Seeretary of State, presto, Gov. Fis goes broad, ambitious dreams are realized! O Horace Greenery! Where art thou! —— ond Avenne Raail~ and, and all his The Strike on th road—Thett on the City L We yesterday published a ft the strike of the conductors and drivers on the Second Avenue Railroad, te her with the causes and motives of the procceding, Ag will be seen in the report which appears in our columns to-day, the str:ko continus with unabated vigor, althongh the le gradually procuring men to take the placos of those who are standing out It is universally believed hy residents of this city—-at leat those who use the cars to go to and from their places of business—that ompany conductors ala portion of the money re telved by them from passengers. This ppinion is warrantied by the low rato of wages paid; the fact that with such pay a man cannot support a family; the fact that whole a good opportunity cessful, apairing. We had hoped to receive a letter from Mr, of being sue He is rether sad, but not yet de. Gurevey in elucidation of the circumstances and causes which have led to the present unsatisfactory distribution of the various important Federal appointmenta In th hope wo are disappointed for the present, probably from the necossity of bie apomding fa good deal of time in conversation upon the t with Messrs, VanpiEnmILtT, Je, Sru- ant, and Camp. But in the absence of such a letter as we could desire from Mr. Grune: inv himself—we think he still owes ono to N, a8 the early and faithful advo cate of hia eppointment—we aro happy to lay before the public the following timely communication, written doubtless at Mr. Gureney’s particular request by his inti mute personal friend and representative, Joun Russens Youna, Esq, the gifted and accomplished managing editor of the Zé Ju the Filltor of The Sint You do m your paper this mornin: A third cwuse which operated: avatnet him (Mr CureLeyy] was the representation of Me. doun Kes eR. Youn that all Mr, Grertey wanted 0 Adiinistration Was the appointm Major-G nor to write ny follows In not BM Hinaat Wannntnan to be Collector,” The Lf n upon whieh this 1 written Ie er roneous. Ihave made no “representations” to th Adininisteatiy reference to Mr, Guuetny ¢ Gon, Watnnimon, Indeed, to bave y tre presentation’ on bebulf of Mr. Gureney would have Leen an impertinence to that genticwman of Which I eould not ity. Very respectiuily, your obedient servant, April 13, 109, dno, Kuseeus. Youre. ‘This is very interesting and instructive, as far as it goes. It proves that Mr. Youna Porsesses a genuine political and diplomat talent; and it adds a point to our regret that the missions to China and Japan bay not ome conductors do support families ; and the apparcut kuowledge possessed | the officers of com Conductors themselves admit it, and the pompanies expect it, Stories are told ¢ ductors paying $40 9 month rent and sup porting a fumily of five or six on $12 a week How is such a thing possible steal? Let us suppose that a conductor reecives two dollars a day, with tacit permission to al from two to five dollars a day until he Is detected. Out of his filchings ho must ange nies of such peculations unless they give the driver ono dollar, or else unploas antnees will arise, and then the driver will run on time, and, looking only at bis hore tara, loave many a passenger for the next tar. This proceeding makes the trip light and the cousejucnce is that the cond i Aischarged, simply Lecnuse he has not had thance to steal. His small returas are ey dence of dishonesty, and his services are longer required. If the conductor pe not only to give th gratify the starter occas acigar. This is to induce him to send out a good car, one which willo}tain a large nom ber of passengers, and 60 furnish a fuyorall opportunity for theft. Stallemen, too, must receive their share of the spoils; about a duliar a week w! persuade them to arranye tho harness well and furnish good horses, In cx neglectod, they may choose tu report the dr ver for Ved driving, or bad manayemeut o/ his horses, Switchmen also expect a drink, or equivalent, for furnishing a clean, well-made, and casy-running car, There is a regular of theft and bribery, and it is not confined tothe employees. Political influ ence, money paid sub rosa, have secured ap ta. The whole thing is rotten. The officers of the railroads are perfoctly ware of +l) thia and make somo eflurte to is expect a portion, but to ally with drink or © the heen combined i, one and him, conferred upon Of coursy Mr. Youna made no repre: sentations to the Administration, Nc did he proclaim hhasclf the offtelal emiseary of his distinguished friend. Te is too skilful a trapper to parsuo his game in so clamsy a wa, But perhaps if we were to su t that he might have made a few remarks to some shrewd and influential gentleman, who repeated them to Gen, GuANT and Beerot Bovrwe., we should not be far out of the way But we forbear to criti diplomatic comm ad ‘Tun Sun have bi 8 MOH cr 9 Mr. Youna's nough that he \ ation, enon the same sstruggle. Ho has songht, for Honach vo wought, to seeur Grer.ey the recognition from this pro. fossodly Republican Administration to the journalist and leader ef the Republi can party. ‘Together we have endeavored to save the Republican eause from the most langerous Blunder whieh those in power could possibly commit. We have failed 28cen avd Mr. Youxa have failed to or—and now lot us together mingle our ears for a fow moments, wd thea look on and gother wisdom froin studying the next act of the drama, No public man ever yet wronged Horace G@iuetny without con and ULyssns his reser Guana nt if he plenous retributi Anot now avoid Thi! Colombia, Nappy land! Hail yo beruce! heaveu-por band. —— Mr, Beniionp AUERBACH, boing dissa flod with the result of his controversy with Messr Kounnrs, has drawn up an eddvess to President THE with his petition even if he wore so disposed, The literary societics of Dresden and Vienna are not influenced by this consideration, and have signed it, So has Madame Lovisa Mommnacu, whose endless novels have had a considerable circula. tion here through the skill of their publishers than through their own merits, She says that if euch a law buen in existence, she Md have got a fortune by it, Tn this she is doubtless mistaken, w ‘0 Jong as there is no international copyright Lotweon this country and others that apeak the same language, it is rathor premature to ask for one between the United States and countrion that speuk diffe nt langnoges, ‘There is, besides, another di i which the advocates of this measure are probably not aware of, Our laws al- Jow any one to make an ab wont of any origi ‘work, and to publish it as an abridgment, With its original title and the name of the autho This being the cass, it bocomes very difficult to frame a law which will absolutely protect @ book in a fore zn language pgainst a publisher disposed fo transtate it, However, there's no hurry about the subject, It will be some time before it fs in order fur practical disenssio —— ‘The name of Mr, Wat, B, Acton appears among those of the ineorporators of the " Cen- tral Eleve 1) Railway” bill, We are requested by Mr, Aston to say that the use of his name was without b sent, or knowledg Mother railroad m York, The of permission, con. is opposed to this and sures for the city of New a of Mr A. T, Stewart to pay 2,000,000 for the seed ay Railroad grant, Which a majority of the Legistature seem bent o1 giving away for nothing, is coupled with w eng gestion worthy of » commendation than ithasreccived. Itis, that the money thas p posed to be paid shall be employed in tounding a charity in aid of our wounded soldiers aud other kindred objects, In making this suggestion, Mr, Stewart has not only manifested the same prace I philanthropy which was shown in his wille ss to relingnish the profits of his business in favor of the poor of the city during all the time he should be Secretary of the Treasury, but he has placed the advocates of the grant in an ex- tremely awkward predicament, How can they possibly face their coustituents afler deliberately voting $2,000,000 away from our crippled veterans ti of «nameless horde of epecata. » vieeturs of the city keep their eyes ny and mark for perma nt in que 43,0 ngfild Republican remarks ths uten is to have the power of Se« eh me on these tment into p for making the ou payment of thy of them who goos tion otherwise than if Admiral 1 retary of the Navy, be ought to have the office and —o— Wirle so mony aeeusntion# of ingratitude re Lurted at tho devoted head of Prosident Garant, it is rather consoling to find that rome other yreat men have mude th ven liable ty igo. Ove of the most touching of ses we understand to be the complaint of the Heo, Bessa Faaskun Camp, who de- sired to be Marshal of the Northern Distriet of New York. He relicd upon the support of the Thon, Horses Guenter, and didn't get it, We think that there is. some ground for grief and 1 wnentation on the part of Mr, Came, Ho is a pious member of the M, EB. Chureh, bas done much to build up the present greatness of the Tribune, and when Mr. Gaevery was eo eandi- date for the Senate in 1801, Came wos a member of the Legislature, and gave bis for the farmer of Chappaqua from pure friendship, and without the least pecuniary consideration, Tt s, Mr. Came tus some Peculiar qualitications for the oflice of Marshal, He stands six feet three pounds, and could knock down prisoner who should try to escape, just as Hexny Warp Bercunn thinks a true Christian ought to knock down a bully imposing Id, With these frets and recom tions in view, it is hard to u Guerter conld go bac re similar las derstand how Mr, mesuch afriend, inc der to support such candidates as Conxmuivs Vaxpenor, Jr, MojGon, Waruninas, and Prig.-Gon, Varniex HW. doses. But lot Mra Came study patience and cultivate a cheerful good nature, and a lively faith in the future, Taere's a wag, boys s Wala Mesars, Jory Canin Brown and Ronrnt H. ives, of Providence, ps icully deny that over approached Senator Witniam Senace asking bit to join forces ty ae prevent a suspension of specie psyments, The follow is the clause of the Senator's recent philippic on the floor of t , to whieh Messrs. Buown and Ives take exception: . furolly enme to met and mate “Lot ue doin one fi prevent a sUApoosion of specie paymont, break down Utos whe w rrvule int mdb up their i . 4 wo deb whatever pre fat dd do eo witli them ip 1 this Vielous ond pert. clous seh L did uot, I repudiated aud spurned the . Messrs, tion to be We oceidentally did injustice yesterday to two distinguished gentlemen, and hasten to re- pair the wrong, Ono of thom is Capt, Stas A. Hepsox, of lowa, who has been appointed Minister to Guatemala, Our telegrams. called him a colored man, but the fact is that he is perfectly white, He is a cousin of Gen, Gnast, was formerly a catilo Griver in Oregon, knows a great deal Jess of the English lan than the served on Gnanr’s stall tho last two years of the war, is a plucky, fell about as fit for a forcign tins whar is for Nobody but Lis cousin could ever have invented the idea of hiny, As Le goes to a country whe languace isu ken, one ot ato his of pointinent is partially nuttifiod, bus in other re. spects he will certainly astonish the Dons of Guotemala, Io takes the plice of that », Fire He ish lan, fe soviety law allows, rough, ignorant, manly yo as u OF a cambrie needle, appointing the English ect gant and cultivated gentleman, € ns flue 1 familiarity with the usages of p nex, who the Spa among his accomplishments, The oihor now diplomatist to whom we ewe an Hon, J. Russet Jones, who was represented in our despatebes as hailing from Ohio, Mr, Joss, like Gon, Grant, ts a citizen of Galena, Hh, a plice which has produced many prominent servants of the public, He has been Marshal of the Northern Distriet of Mlinois for the last eight yeu 1 has had a good thing of it, Ilis speculations iu street railroads in Chicago have also beon lucky, During the first part of tho war remployed Lin as bis eon dential agent to iuvest Lis savings, This duty ho performed with judgment and success, 1 the Inauguration the General said thet he intended te coufer one of the great oilices in this city upom ® man from nother State, This meant Mr, Jom but cir- cumsta * hindered the execution of the Pre sideut’s generous intention, and Jones gets no- thing better than the mission to Bogota, with its Gnaxt asking him to establish wn international copyright law, so that be may get the better of the raseally publishers, Ho supposes that the President has control of our legislation, and many other Gerian writers have fallen iuto the same blunder and signed the address with bim, ‘The association of authora at Leipsic have re- fused to sigu it, however, for the sensible reason that the President haw po authority to comply ary of six thousand dollars a year, How. ever, he is @ smart fellow, knows the world, and is really capable of doing the duties of the oflice, Indeed, he is capable of a great deal more, for in that oflice there is as nearly nothing to do as is possible, If no worse dppoiutment than that of Mr, Jonas had been made, the Administration woold stand a great deal better with the public than it now doom SUN, WEDNESDAY, APKLL THE SPURIOUS SPIRITS. INDIGNATION OF LEADING SPIRIT. UALISTS IN THIS CITY, omen Epes Sergennt Denounces Mamler i —Meeting of Spirit Photographer Explodes the HMumbag— Thunderbolts of todignation Barted at ™ Mr. rgent writes the following letter to the Round Table: Sim: In your notice of n new boo chette; oF, The Des.air of Sele mention of Mr, Mrsnivr, whe 8 to take pho tographa of epirit fri ou 4 now Operating somewhere on Bron ty ay in New York. In the frat edition of “Planchette” | omitted to state what Esto ll rot omit in the eecond—that thie Mr, Mailer, in is role of spirit plotogr r, is 9 trickater and an im- postor, My authority }+ Mr. Momler himseif, in con femsions reveateliy hale to gentlemen fot whose trusty ort] ae a css Tan peteonally ouch HOOF “ PLANCHEETE.” Rowton, March 8, 199, ‘The Spiritualists of ts city have alao heen moved to take Mr. Mamler's caso in hand, and investigate hia pretensions, At a meeting of the New York Spiritaaiist Conference, told at the Everett Rooms a few weeks since, some of ‘he so-called epirit photos graphs were exhilited, and were denounced as a frand by one of the older @ptriiua ent. At A suberguent meeting, the matter eaine up sgnin, when MBC, B, Boyle, « practical photograplcr, who Wad come to hear the divcosel stated that ifan op- portnntty was afforded Lim to toat the matter, and one of Mr. Mumler's pictures produced in his presoiee, a8 distinet as the ave cof thowe bo takes, and in such a monnor that it could he slervoxvopieatly exam Ined, ant tine law of optics and perspective brought to aid fn the teat, by showing whether the eptrit had @ distinct location in tie picture, he could ut once determine whether it was done by the trick of euper- Imposing the epirit alter the other pictare is taken, As he suppores, Me suid that those aupertmposed by this trick would Inve no perspective tocation, bnt woold be merely an indistinct daub of Heht shades over all the dark ones in both back and foreground of the picture; and that if Mr, Mamlor'’s plctares stood this test he would admit the evidence t ale together tn favor of Mr, Mualer's pleturos, in ao fur fs lls theory, or anything he knows of photography, can explain, Upon this acomsniites war appointed, of whom were Spiritaullt ndact the investiga tion, and these gen’ nen sent one of (hele number to Mr. Mumler to wake the neecssary arrangewoats, At first the Committee was refused an opportunity to Investigate, except on the c paying ¢10 tn advance for atmiesion and sitting for a p whether successful or not, After conferring to: pins agreed to offer and did offer in tien entitled Plane you allude to a a majority toe ndition of 10 in vdvance, whether successful or not, to av 3 on condition of obialning & spi ¥ hivonzh @ stereoscopic) + with Work wereen between it and the person sitting, wid Pothing In, ease oi failure; the imu bald if leture aie exami and nothin whether euecesstul or nw Fiche, ty expe vs rome In ritenes Ww Grent Soto of Beat Rata tes Real estate boyery are reminded of the sale of the valuable Weyman property in Bioomingdate, at the Exchange satesrooms, at 12 o'clock to an opportunity to invest at renkooable rates tn what must soon become a splendid quarter of the city, will probably not occur again this menson, ‘The pr perty eatends from tho Bloomingdale road tot Hudson river, between Ninety-firat and Nivety- sceond streets, and em!races bullding lots on t grand boulevard and Boomingdate road, the new Riverside boulevard, and Park and Eleventh and ‘Twelfth avenues, wilh some valuavle water fron The land is almost free from rock and is now cult vated as a market garden, ‘The sate boing hy order of the Supreme Court, i peremptory, and no" Potor Funking” {8 poss In connection with this pro. tty valuable starea on Broady Heekwnan,, 1 etrrets und vot © Mes Rieecker, « ved property’ venue, Brooklyn. niimber of tote, a located at Vinson & Miter whl vell tontay, * The Mt Fast New York, only two bloc coat of the Doryoa Bart, Meh FG Hoflirs wt private sats, on eaay terms, 100 7 blots, near Fourth ave “i ad pricey, see tie advertising evi tho Prostdent® To the Bilton of F lo T have atweys, or ever rinse the orantaath the party, voted the Jeon theket of course, vetoed for Grant on working es giving va f the many reatly disapy peusing tle mh though 1 the way thir Presi into atrou this idea of dise rare ns by such Hberal use te it #0 une in ily triends, scems to ¢ operty or right ast upposed Gen, @ to ven * pursuing euch a course, A Hieruntican Muaven OF Tum SUM, April 18, 1508. ee Caution to Servant Gils, To the Buittor as The Sur A fir ug the city ady asitvaion fr H domestic. On Thareday eve ' ving the appearance of waiter « reon De Kal avenue, ay t i th titres. hying on Huiniiton avert lad sort him to request the ciel to call und see bor thatevening, ‘The girl aecompantey 1, Wh walked her nearly two miles f ised to co avy further, alti ily whe Wad y Fria ene tlenan and the direction of Hun tipon. 4 ni iY spec, and 1 mt the av med wile The * iy te been qn te il i A word 10 m Tue BUN may dlock further tal of kane, AG SEW JEnsey, Avout 29 p dire eonfined tn the: Paasale county prikon, two-thirds of whom are males Half en | tives destined for th cite Ral » Parted yesterday from West Hadron CH ” W. IL F. y Ci died suddenly yesterday ‘ in Egan 1 dead nouut and South ig.th streets, dersey City, The Newark Hoard of Trade have taken action in reference to the ¢ Kuuroud oridge over New ark bay, thoy de ¢ 14 loss ofover The Byard proposed bo aus Amoudinont to the Cansttratian, Weld Tast 1 Tor Cons and $y Steven We the peo government, te Lord. Jer atnong the nation: F prome authority, ih onder to. cor government, and) In ordcr to form union,” & tute @ Christian more yori —— - Ienown Post Ovrice,—Ta consequence of nn- Kes occurring In the transmission of letters ied for Willians Bricge to Wildan s burgh oat eed writing the former as one word, uss Wil hige—the post oflive mawe ay changed 4. Jaronies 14, $741,875—$350,000—8386,000. A Farther Appropriat Brooklyn Savy Yar n Deomnnded for the Operntore-The Cob 6 fora Brooks raof Tie Scx may remember read ing In Satnrday’s teste an account of the frauds per- petrated in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, All the honest bidders for the contract of Wuilding the Cob Dock Gun Park were undlerbid by a kuave, or number of knaves, who, however, Instead of doing tho work for $909,000, aa thoy had contracted to do, contrived, hy means of a eceond appropriation on the ple extra work, to swell the §9%),00) to @TH1,°T that, too, with the fuet staring them In the face th fied time, had been stretered out fo yond it, Thoro tsa law tinposingg fue of $3 each day beyond tio day c@atracted for, but t men, instead of paying their Anes, reeelved a pr (stolen from the Government) of something more than $550,900. As thelr motto is, however, Ike that of Oliver ‘Twist, always to ask for more, they tried to eeeue third appropriation, and failed, not through the honesty of the Navy Yard officials, but sluply be cause they gave up the aitempt throvgl tear of ex. posure, Intending, also, to do aa little to earn thelr tit Nn movey as tiey possibly could, they left moun. a8 of rubbish lylag around the spot that had d to be in their ease a fleid for h ten har. and the Geverngent lad to cart it away at lis on expenve. oo . TUE BICYCLE. - Brack Croox Veroerranisa.—Hitherto vet pede exhibit ty have been marked by the presence of the most respectable aesemblages Of spectators, and ont metropolitan exhibitions hiave expecially beca noteworthy for the excelience of the arrangement and the order and decorum which Nave characterized them, ‘The inanguration of the Blick Crouk style of velveipeding on Monday night, however, bids fiir to pat atop to all this, and 4 lower the standard of bieycle entertainments even to the level of common shows and exbibitions in Which the alm fs to attract the largest multitude, i. respective of the character of the asvembiages, ‘This change ts greatly to be regretted, and in order t avert Ite evil elects we are glad to tearn that Jonding manufacturers and most noted experts have determined that f y will not patronize or visit any hall where euch exhibitions as that of Mon nicht last are permitied, Mosars, Demorest, A Tros., Pickering, Mercer and Mono’, Witty and others condemn such exhibitions, The high ly tw ble assemblages h attend at the entor t4 In the Apotle 4 other pope Of lady riders of estimate private character, and whose graceful evolutions clic.t the odusiration of aib classes, have given a hi to veloespedte exhidt Hons in the metropolis, and it [sto the interost of all school proprictors, a4 weil as of veloeipede makers, Comiition of permiti to koop the veloctjede catertaie ta high re was hinted at that ty one hour, but afterward. ox - tended to two hones, for $3; th avant ampier | Dute ; : Mr. Mumier. ngrece for. the 10 veut with the proto rien Festivat.—From an advertivememy graph for copging to cet the picture, not merely (0 | Jn another column it will be geen that another at fry lonee or m few fins | ; : Balt pi TThe upshot of the whole nccotiation wag, that tha | tietive prograrane eon prepared by attce having topo io Mp. Musil t's tera to | Tavers for ie occa tn Confurenee, nay afternonn lasts | night at. tho Veloclpedtd | the 11th inet., p H i | night Mec ad : tr, | place, by the way, has Vieyclo resort of our Jors of the ary ts and served Inviting the patronage of th 28 of * ure allowed ng or betting No fatoxieating lau within the boil ting, neither is 9m wile as the hall (8 free of access to Indy vis n tae daytiine, it has become a very popular resort for tho tir sex, iw tie Srrerts.—The Tr ve ordered the Corporation Counsel A Ondinance reewAlug the use of velo p streets of Brooklyn Verocrrroes In Alder to draw up cipedes in Velocipedes are becoming so numerous in the strcota uf Sag Harbor as to jutertere with pedestrl- ania, —— Wattor Brown, the Oarsman. Mieyeulates Pitty Mi Toside of Six Hour From the Low Hera At the Boston Velocipedrome, on Tremont street, Inst night, Walter Brown, of aqnatic noto- riety, "completed a very severe Dleyeulay task, pry PcHig Hansel ® distance of fifty mle Inside Of le hours, ity meawnrement of a surveyor it was ascer- tained that about eleven and one half eirenite of the rlok were necessary to coinplete a mite, and tht in of fifty, miles five hundred and seventy three cirenite snoald be made, Messrs, Samuel Emerson a es and timeke Brown appea 1B. 1, Noreroas off. ers, ind suortiy betore ady for the flesii-colored tights, of the Domorest inch r the ree, THE OFFICE SCRIMMAGE. UNWONTED PRESSURE OF THE POLI- TICIANS AT TUE WHITE HOUSE. - The Foreign Missions nearly atl Filled= Nominations that the Senate wilt Cone firm and some that may not be Confirmed ~Grant Astonishing Everybody but his Relatives-Tae Alabama Treaty Mee fected. Special Despatohes to The Sun, Wastixotox, April 15.—The Sonate was in exeentive nf al hoors to-day, Only two nominations were confirmed. They were that of John Lothrop Motley, Minister to England, and that of Jobin Jay, Minister to Anstria, THE NEW YORK NOMINATIONS t finully decited to send in again Ne Now York Internal Revenne nominations favorably reported by the Senate Committers, The . entjcet to the strictest In i re neainet the confirmation y in the place of Sherlden Shools ie THe NOMINATIONS TO ne Few aTen. The Senate Committee will closely serutiniz every Dame pent men have ting 1 themselves upon fons which they are not comp st credit to th country they will be promptly rejected. It ia that the President 's a t and will eodp 10 secure creditab! TNH ALABAMA CLAIMS. forelgn servic Senator Sumnor eallod up the Alabama tr today, talked over two hours ogalnst Ita adop ui Senate rejected the treaty by » vote of M to 1 Mr. MeGre { Kentucky, was the only than who voted it, Alien Tharman, of Ohio, aked privately in favor of it, bi after Mr. Sum her's speech he voted against it, The Senate then removed the injunction of seercey from Mr, Su ner's spcech, and he gave copies to the Assuciated Press, who will send It Nerth by mail for public tion, It ts very elaborste and courteous, and makes & thorough review of the situation, past and present, wo Won't ort THnoram, There are several already nominate not pass the ore who will z. Stephens, al, For Instance deen 9 » doling Ho ser view, ‘The Jorkey de 4 to endorse him, and will reccommend lis rejection, on the grounds of his incom! ey ant political expedioney. A ral will be made on ex-Sevator Carlile, nom- inated Minister to Stockholm, on account of his poinites, Tim SPANISH MISSION, It in now positively stated that on Saturday Je op his mind to tender Gen, Daniel FE. Sickles the Sp mission, At the earnest re- ry J te ne of Heury 8. San neclicul, Was substituted, PAN MISSION. quest of Seeret ford, of Co THe EaeCongressman © slate to-night for the mission tod THe At" ket, of Albany, ison the wu Backs OINTMENTS., The Hon, Wm, Howerd, Minister to Oli the sol of Senator Chandier, Mr. Van Acrnam, nominee for Pension Agent, is the selection of Senator Conkling, as was the selection of Gen, Barlow for United States Marshal of the Southern District of New York Gon, Parkes, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Judge Fisher, Commissioncr of Patents, are the President’« own selections, both being personal ac qui Ex.Congressman Nelaon, Minister to Mexico, was backed by tue whole Indiana delegation, Mr, Nel- son is thoroughly versed in the Spanish language, having held one of the South American missions several years, from which he was removed by Mr. Johnson TOR DANISH AND BRAZILIAN MIsstON! C. C. Andrews, who ran against Ignatius Don- nely for Congreas in Minnesota, thus electing « Demoerat, is to go as Minister to Copenhagen, of Mistourl, yesterday nomi nated as Minister to Veneguela, was to-day with: drawn, aud his name sent in as Ministor to Brazil, BUSINESS HEPORE THR SRNATE, ‘The crowd tramping the Senute corridors to-day tances, aS aRtUre re wos thinner than usnal, The excitement over the procisely lialf-past 4.0" he word was nommations is rapidiy subsiding, The Senate ex- tho start, an¢ was commenced pects to adjourn on Saturday, They will be through Uiaied at @ Space, tne drew: tie with all the treaties: Defore thom in a day or tro, hem cotaploted in” forty-three ates cightwon iniles in ong hour and. twenty ond having acted apon tie most important nomina- npletion of the Arst nine | tions fortorcign missions, they will then be ready tar caken, after pe mew’ | to lave, The members of the lower House are ty five leaving very rapidly were THE ROSS HOW--ROSTON NAVAL 01 ER, italia a1. OW, Babeock, on whose account Senator c + | Toss yesterday tol the President to go to h—I, came panies ONT dy again ax Surveyor-Ceneral of Kansas to-day, and the ‘ Ex-Gov. Horrimon, of New mpehire, las securcd trol of 7 MIL | tho Boston Naval Ofice, outilaoking a brigade of th CONSULS NOMINATED, ail Mr. Henry J. Winser, city editor of the New # accomplished in & he 4 4 hours hat ta wh pt Awifly, a8 an oxhivition of Cdisiguce ind maivutes and 17 i had been’ accomplished, reoulved We PLECTIONS, Jensey Cury.—In Jereoy City the only candidates on the city Ucket, Mutchew Monks, Dow, for Pol fy and Herbert 1. Clark, Dom. for missioner, were elected by’ over 1,200 dows as to the lowallty of woting for ait Mayor O'Neil, who has terre Lior Franch Dem, gain, ris SU ‘ Daw. Whaten, Dem ; Rep. Chosen P 1 M, Kop, Sweeney, ton, Dean Doi Breehowor Aide rian rv Aldse bilcans and one Democrat, Two Democrats and oxe Repube rd—Two Democrats and one Repube erate gain, t dives Republicans, the same as f Altorms.. wilt probably stand to 5 Democrats, Roe Ind. Dem, which will bo gain of L. York Zimes, bas been nom a town of inated to be Consul at bitants in Boxe ngen, near Coburg, Germany, and Mijor domes Moggerty, aleo of New York, has been nominated for the Consitate of Glow, Conrles B, Perry, also of New York, ts nuied for the Consulate at! Aspine wail. t Lnxem: let of Columbia, to a cow of Towa, te (Kansas, to b J.T. Gould, of Maine, to be coh 1, Of North Carolina to be Coney , fer. Shep New York ‘ Yeaso; 8.0 bridge, of Hilinom, to be Consul at Vera Cruz, OTAEN NOMA TIO The following nominatl ons were sent in to-day : Foreign Mesions.—'t bomas HM. Nel Minister to Maxico; Cuarles N, Riot Minister to Costa | Thay Menty , Sanford, of Con: Minister to. Spain; Hi Rublee, sin, Minister fo Switzerland ; Vi", of Missonrl, Minister to Brazil Morte, of Maine, Consul General Thomas BR. Van Buren, ob New Jersey i Cicorge W, Warts, uactte, Consul Ger Day \ Ae eouxt Win, A. O Dart, isul General for the Briss Montreal; Disicr os Ayrrs} id Hster lo Cop Michigan, to be Mimister paaorate —Win, HE Comminey, First 2 - Malena? a) Dadiciesath icin Blaiat nt Nee Yank: Pourth und : nEN ork ty of Bergen a lar t patie Par ning tr rj dohu 1 Hey nals 1 New der M, for Mayor, w so John ig N, Riratton, 8e 1 A. Everett, “Hirst New ¥ ‘dNew York; s Frevlin, mk arth New rty-necoud New York; New York Francis A, Barlow, to be United States al ior the Southern Dustrict of New York Agente, —Wiiam H, Lawrence, at ney, New Lurk city, "ost nivel Boots at Brooklyn, N.Y Milos W. Brown, at East New York, DRED MEN IN THR NAVY Yann, leiptkinle Mire Peston Wisiows the \ a Four colored inen employed at the Navy Yard Hupson ¢ The, car t been come | pave been put to work In tho engineers’ aad mu pleted AM. ‘Piero w i tie nists’ depirtuient of the Navy Yard ag helpers, Lites im the fold for le Mayorsity, the cont Sis the first time colored ten have been em fog between Mr i ¥, Sowyer, Dew : Mr. G i | Ploved im hat ds part xcept as slave cing iy fvor of Mr. Bawyer PANERA? NATOK SPRAGUE SERENADED BY WORKINOWEN, Newans, Avril The town elections ie | The Workingmen’s Association of the District bao 4 Ww Repubiieon caing, The Board | ef Columbia, nimbering several Lundred, according tenor twelve Lepablican mae | $0 acrangeiment assemblod at the City Mail this evens rt nty, Caatuan Ponaalup gives | Ing aud wleaded by 4 band of music and file of toreh 5 Renan ; bearers Went to the residence of Senwtor Spraue to In Poxsale county m the coiapliment of @ wevenate, “On hin Tetanendene Renin Ne was greeted with ¢ and ad liy, Ho wus support Vicu-Vresident of the National Lavor 10 Republicans a Local quest Common Counc has er ots pledged to reform, the result, Trenton, April 12.—The eturns of the elec. Day. kM. —Enumera: Court € Supnrwm Counr, tion yesterday, just ante , thaw thes Nanton fol 5 i, o% 8, Hi, (Dem,) ts electad for Mayor by 450 mi ie : MAY sor ed Q Surnrae Count, Ctnovir—Part L—Over and Whole city Democratic ticket Is elected py about | SUPREME. Coutm |, Ciicorn Dart res. ne 400 majorit ‘Tie Democrats elect five Counciluien, and tle Republicans two, giving the Democrats 14 0218, 414) i, ass Meds, Bes, Lot, iit, 5, 1451; fourt 1 of twenty-one, « ‘Tenw.— "tl ne county. of Mercer’ elects nine Democratie anions au as, Pr i, nn, Weewbolders aud foaw Atalay ease . nominated Cousnt to Leeds and eredited to | sey, Is anon of Mrs, Ann 8. Stephens, the aythorces, who fenred as one of the pillars of Mr. Johnson's Admintstretion during and sineo the tm Pexchiment trial, and who was recentiy dismissed from the Post Omee 1 whero no had SUNDEAMS. ins Jerusalem is to have a weekly newspaper. —Acandidate for Mayor of ‘ounell Bluffs te known as * Mrs. Bloomer’s hneba m —MeEttrick, of Boston, on Thursday last walked niles in four hours and 173, ininutes: —Miss Kellogg, the prima donna, was born in Sumter, 8, C , of New England porcate, tn 1842, It is enid that Miss Topp, the pianist, is to be married ia June to @ ea in the Prussian Life Gu =Tho French x has cost Gen Dis $9,000 a yeor more than his salary, so great is the expense of living in Paris. Senator Sprague is ¢ 1 in revteing his freent specetics, With a ¥ jeation in Pamplilet form for distritvy wer tii Cont —After 9 protr jamin P. Johne ton, Soeretary of bie Sevientiural Soetety, died at Albany on M 136, He was universally At a recout fire in Molena, Montana, watee being scares, barrels of cider and beer were poured the fimes, which Heked them up with great ir. Ca Rrowns, mother of Artomne Ward, bad the m ‘or Hip on the fee a fow days ago Kk oherarn, athor r nee tn Waterford, convention With & view ¢ Wa They ¢ a plan bor of days in te year, and romain idle the root of the time hoon inte corres a wat r tank: and cow hers at either th equal feility with elther end It is assorted that the profits of plane tations In Cubado not tto more than dor @ percent. on the original y. Under these cles hot ate at recent writers cone ness of rolsing suger erops ts on, nding to the journals of Nae returned to the st rest which ten eruptions, Columns of 1 rising from the ersters and the fise sana lava is sti! warm, though no eruption lias take for over a month, Sixty-six now converts, members of the African Methodist Churets in Qu Ittnots, were baptvzed by immersion in the river on Sunday, and forty more intended to be, but the ministers gave out from exhaustion, Over three thousand spectae tors were om the banks of the Fiver to. witices the scene. =—During a recent r rin at Laconta, N. Th, several persons noticed a t number of hon tie snow beside the road. When first noticed they were allve and lively, ‘They wereabent one and one-fourth inches long and of very anifor and there were te of them, Mow they came where they were found te thy qu —One-balf of Prince Napotoon’s civil lst oe two million france is pald, not to him, tai to hie creditors. The Prince tae eqmmdered the whole dower of the Princess Clothilde, who owned prope erty Worth upward of five niliion francs tn her own Wak gonetot and who now th to place It ae posal of her spenittirif husband, —A lady guest at a Paduoah hotel was terribly, frightoned the other evening, by a negro dropptng ginto her spartment, ‘The land~ ruved that thieves were secreted nd sent one of the negro walters ta in the hor rearch the gasret. The darkey m misetep, and, the plastering giving way, Was precipitated into the laay's an. —It is suid that many of tho islands on the eastern shore of the Adriatic have a climate little, If at all, Inferior to Madeira. Lacroma, whieh Wes ope posite to Ragusa, 18 eminently zifvod in this respect, and in vegetation and picturesque beauty 18 perfectly tropical. A company ia now being formed to es tab- lish there a sanatorium for persons affected with chest diseases, Upon tha argument of a case of breach off marriage promise at Lebanon, N, Yu, last woeky when it was alleged the defendant wanted to marry hia deceased wife's sister in unscemly haste, one of the counsel said, * The cold baked potatocs of tha funeral were fried for the marriage feust.” And the man who thas improved upon Hamlet got a verdict of €1,400 for his client, —Grand Gulf, Miss., last wook was the scene of one of those tragedics of passion that appear mora like romance than rvality man named Cushing loved a Miss Androws, pressed and was refused, On Sunday last he rode When she appeared he sivt ler acad, frantically away, but was pursued t rother, breathing vengeance against hia, Ans drews overtook Cash © Was crossing a creek, and fired at him, Cushing J 1 from his horsa nd took shelter fn the bush, did the two young men a fient code; to Toave the « Ivance and fire, and In advincr, firing untit one of them should full. At the fret dre Cushing recelved a mortal wound in the loft ehoulder, but the men continued to near 1 other and fire until their revolvers were empty, When assistance arrived, Cushing lay dead with four ndrews, not to be a awe, A edt fire, parley cv vrding w the bude in ody, Andrews lad reeerved three shots at, He was able to tell how the Olt had When be also expited. — Curron Cownaxnent, No. 14.—The following Sir Knights have been elected oficers for the ensuli ¢ a Coma As We Shailouits, biend., We Be Cap. Gen, Robert Back ¢ Prelit. H 0, » Beecher 5 J, W., Edward Coo} Troy d M Wecks; Blends Wa i hy Ww, were instal in due form, Pauestive Commanneny, No. 18.—This com- mandery have elected the following officers for current term Com Vau Viet + Hive, W.. M. « Tec "iow: G ke; Stanuaed 1. i i hi Wa, CHL Fagan Bentinel, Miehard Englwd TW, George H. Reymond, Grand Lecturer of the M. W, Gran and A. M., last evening x= ‘iphoed the third Weare in Cormthian Koo on H 3 before. the: members of Sylvan 275, and a lure vumber of vishe ud Secretory aud several vious to te worcing of candi 1 toyal G, Millard, DD. G. Mb, om yresenied Wor, Bro. Wesley By ‘old wate and chain Vale )., R.A. M., was last evens HAA, with the fote pter, U Triune Ch t at’ Odd Fellows M. ¢. Comp. Thos. K. Alired, High, » i Waring, King; M. RL Win, WH, Basing, Séribe; Comp. Vred W ‘Trearur Kdwin M.A are ¥ 4 Wy Capt, Of thr ss0st G, Ba ni. "boy ap cou Comp. M, of the ail i Comp, € ard, Second Vani; Comp, W. dy Underwood, Mg of the First Vail; Comp. € . Curtis, Chaplain Comp. doun Knigat, 'T Chapter will mec on the 24 and 4th i uerdays of each month, and frous ‘i quality of the time wrexpectd tv be & goud of tie Connell J, the temple rac bere to be u 100%, Conferving the Ke! b Degree on The Antiq om of Odd Feltoy * pre sented lust evening a brilliant specta pire Lodge No. 64, having nade aveat preparations for ha econierring of tie Kebekah degrce on @ number of brothers of tieir wives, After the Sof the Lodge, the Retphs, Jr, yeated, which then tilled by Re We Fruden, P, G. of No. 1) PLC, B. of No, 1% £D. Li of No. 1, aad Gr, Marshal ofthe Ge L. of this Stat Grand Sanuel J. Pesos Sling the Viee Grani's chair, an Past Grand Hanson High Pricet 0 Encawpment, acting a6 Chaplain, Several Grand oleert we present, time cluding M, W, De Witt, , Langdon, P,Q. M., By Cc, Pend PG. 8, and Tt, W. Charles Clurk, the present Grand Seer in full regalia, ‘The dee was tl 1 by the R. We and, after devoted to y; u conferred In due sisted by the acting View Inder of the evening w tol nurse by the members, The their new and richly mad@ aud tubs also added to bu Gould aud James F rout iron Dayton, irom tae ture to build a towd frm ro have, resulted upon & he erictan | ja) 108 jue Dailwnd sharon, to a point thr Hie east of the Cincinnatl, Hamilton 4 ‘tly located ton jnnetion, then i Navi clones road ta ‘Ciusipestis OD f 1a aud’ C eo Nill cry wbi road