The Sun (New York) Newspaper, May 25, 1869, Page 1

“THIRTY-SINTH YEAR. THE CUBAN REVOLUTION, aacsssiifinisinee EXPLANATION OF GEN. CUSPEDES'S DECREE OF FEB. 13. penn Artful Perversions by the Spaninh Authors ities The Complete Text of Ceapodes's Prociamation—Importaut Oficial Docus mont from the Junta Rooms ov Tye Cunan Rerentreay Jexta, Naw Youk, Moy 44, 16 Among tho telegraphic news published on Baturday, (ie 221 inst., there is a despateh from Ha. vana containing extracts from a deerce issued by Gen. the 18th of February, and in whieh deveral right resolutions are proclaimed by the Caban leader, ‘The Spanien authorities, by publishing thon extracta now, evidently desire to counteract the feel Ing of bors or occasioned by Vaimaseda’s Infamous pro- elamation of April 4, the latter being made to appear As a nceesaury and excusable consequence of the for mer, With Uiat object the despatels only mentions the orders cont.ined in Cespedes's edict, and arifally Bvoids making any usion to the circutmstances Which gave rise to them, and which aro expressed tn the proclamation, ‘The Junta, therefore, consider it their duty to make a trothi(al statement of the ease, thereby untasking the artifice employed by the Spanish Governwent, with the object of disguising Re Imqnitous conduct at the cost of Catan reputa: Hon and honor, Gen, Cespedes's deeree of the 18th of snow brought to life by the wuthort Hes at Havona, who perversely Inform me that It was issued five weeks betore that of Vaimareda; but the former proclamation, far from haviag civen oce b ston to te promulgation of the latter, was precisely bho sad and inevitable consequ ne: of war to the Enife declure against Cudan patriots by the Spa: tommandler The o.low!ng ts a complete text of crarnpns’s CLABATION, Aince the fr-tactsof the Cuban tevolotion. ince the faking of Bayan vam in this ment, wid Haro in (he Central Department, when agent rous Capitalation was offered to the garrisons on which we Could have enforced an incon itional surrender, as ts V'known, the prineiples of humanity, e viltzation, And Kenerosily were dial layed on the’ part of the Cubans, showing the manner in whieh we were willing war with onF oppressors. AM prisoners, whom those Ones placed Ih ont pow of lit wed to tet in neipe the capitulation of Gu ist us the civil gnard who med capitulation nl they not roolly wo: my they lost th ilar Brutality and er table they shot » with the ry ade $05 Piooseienr” ls Sor. Wiha Sat Cnsons Bor ante ee Apecled the mortal remains of the enemy ® soldiers and burled thove who were inhumanly aband: ved by ther power by el nit Juche Companions, and took care of their woundes 1 were al by the Spanish aoldiery, thelr Bowticn mu ‘and otherwise sulyected to thie most OFFI |e ALFOCT eM, The Libe Army has not made reprisals. Wo Wish to avall ourselve sin nwer to ake the eneiny adopt more Practices and tyetem of wartard. Wlih that object ih the first dave ot wie nd nara, and Inued by the span Deelded-nevertveloas, toawalt the as fore giving way to the horrors of reprisals, T sent by Bag of truce na sinepaten on the oth of Peer iber tart to We Commanier Geucral of Cuba, in whieh {| entreated hat the Seacish Government should acces t the Lind af warfare whiclwo hat wetitated and were Th'other words to stipnlate quarter for primoners nid tremity he evi wounded, as all civilized belligerents do,even when hot United by t niilarliy {n-origia, tell ‘and @ period of Atween dai eC a. at afr that thio, iT anhap velved no sathtactory answor saying that ease Lo Shoot ANd EOI wold a Bity of Leprinal he commanding General, Brigadier Garcia Munon, ed bY wo ty In by tearing hatte the In he de sic te iy ho Hep a the armed. rmit being at an end, and the con: duct of the evemy being unchanged the con: Acts Of Crudity Darlty, De the war fo the Rite, wiih whic! CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEUES. WHAT THE SPANIARDS SUPPRESSED, ‘The decree issued on the 18th of Februs Bequel and practical expression of the aboy tion, and asa proof of this statement we give the beading which accompanied the prociamation, aud which was very carefully suppressed by the Spanisia Censor: War to the Lnife being declared in the Tetnut of Cuba y was th a by the Spanish anchor tien tn scceral euicisy excrutedt in deed by their (vcnya operaiing Wh this te.) Our wand Fe Prenle being admiied ana vute of eur wiirnares 1 ‘aptain General Cespodes am obliged to dictate. the be Course tobe followed on our part to volt c {to attain aniformity of action Iu the arwny Under my cory and Whereas, Ali who are waging war against us are not imilurly clheainats eed. Pherevs, Accordiig to the laws of hamanity and the elementary triueiples of sound poles. m distinction uid be catholisnet among our ch mid Whereas, Itix inaccordance with the s;iet and na ture of the provent war of Indopendouce, | decree (Here follow the resolutions, of which an extract ‘has been already published in the cable despatch to which we refir.] CESPEDES MERELY RETALIATING. With the above explanations the trickery of the Spanish Government will be made manifest, as thoy clearly prove not only tant Valiaseda’s proclamation of the 4th of April liad no connection whatever with Cospedes’s decree of the 18th of February, but also that the latter was adopted in consequence of similar Proclamations issued by the Spaniards, and the acts of cruelty and barbarity perpetrated by their wol- fiery. Nevertlielose, let Cespedes's proclamation be com pared with that of Valmaseda, and it will beeen at pace that the same Judgment Is not applicable to both, even if considered tn the abstract, ‘2 Cexpedtes establishes a ditierence between his eno- mics, grants pardon to the Spanish soldier, and pun lehes neuiral Cubans according to circumstances, Valmaseda orders that young men over 15 years of age shall be shot for the simple crime of betig away from thelr homes without & plausible excuse; that All dwellings uninhablted or unprotected with a White flag shall be reduced tonshes; aud, fall that al! worcn, who are not found in their respective sce or in those of thelr relations, shail be taken reo to Jignant or Bayamo, The Cuban leader, to the principles of civilization, when riven to relaliate in conseqnence of the atrocious acts of his enemy, endeavors not to be absolute in Ris severity ; the sh chieftain vents his fury not only upon those who resist Lim with arms, but also FRIGHTFUL ROW-NOAT ACCIDENT. me oars, Avgustus Schell, Richard O'Gor= mony T. Bailey Myers nud Ys, Mevyer Overboord to the Kast RiversAn Oficial Excursion to Ward's Isiand-Goy, Moff man off in Season to Eacape Drowning. The Legislature passed a bill, which the Gover. nor hus eigned, Anereasing the head money of the emigronts arriving in this port; and to let the pab- lic know what has been dine ant is doing by these Worthy but unpid servante of the city, the Com: missioners of Emigration, they plannet an excur- tion to the Institutions on Ward's Island yesterday, Among the party were Commissioners Winston, Louteel, Kapp, McElroy, Reasing , O'Gorman, and Curtis, Gov, Hoffman, Senator Casserly, Mensrs, Lincoln and Swinburne of the Health Board, Dr, Francis Licber, Richard and Augustus Schell, Isawe Odell, Wm. A, Seaver, formeily of Buffalo, C..N, Riotte, Minister to Nicaragua, Mr, Schwab, Judges Noals Davis and Henry E. Davies, T. C. Fields, and Bernard Cassorly. ‘The porty started from the Battery at 12:3) P.M, and arrived at the ishind inan hour, Here they were met by Mr. Hinck, Assistant Superintendent, who piloted them all over the rounds and butldings. ‘There aro 1,238 persons on the Island, 13 of whom are in the hoa ital, %® of these ave children: there Fo 159 children and nurses in the nursery, 108 in the Refuge Department, and 117 in the Insane Asylum. Ta all these there are but 114 able-bodied persons, Drs, Ford and Dwyer are the resident physicta and there are also two resident clergymen, # Pro testant and Catholic, on the island, who have two vory neat places of worsitip fited up for their use, At about 4P.M. the party sat down to a eunp- (uous dinner—a da Manhattan Club—spread tn the parlors of the Super residence, at whieh Messrs, Winston uteel presided, When Jus tice bad been done to the bill of fare, Mr. Winston called upon the company to fll for the health of the Governor of the State of New York. As Gov, Hoffman and Senator Casserly had retired, Waving made a previous engagement, Mr, Richard O'Gorman was called upon to respond. He did so in is own intmitable style, The Progress of the United States" was repliod toby Judge Nowh Davis, who gave asa toast, © U, 8. Grant and Kemt-yrant." Messrs, Aug. Schell and T. C. Fichis responded to the toast“ The city of New York."" Mr, Schwab, in reply to the toast “The Foreign Commerce of New York," pald a merited compliment to the char- acter of the emigrants who have come to the United States within the past decade, Judge Henry F. Davies responded to the health of Gulian ©, Ver- plank, the father and President of the Commission, lifelike portrait of whom hangs in one of the par lors of the Refuge, ‘The bealth of Mr. F. 1. Win ston, Vice-Tresident, was ulso drank, after which the party adjourned Fortunately we have been spared the painful duty of writing up the obituaries of Messrs. Aug, Schell, Richard O'Gorman, T. Balley Myers, ond Dr. Dwyer, who barely exeaped drowning, They took a small boat and attempted to row over to the Incbriate Asylum, but tae boat was too frail to hold 80 much Jaw, com, fro, and medicine, and it turned over and spilled the little band out in fifteen or twenty feet of water, But by hard seraboling they all came sale to whore wetter if not wiser men MURDER AK among the Roushs Winding up the Death of one of thelr Number. Ata quarter past 9 o'clock lust evening a tra- gedy was enacted In Sheriff street, within a stone throw of the Eleventh Ward Police Station, beg ning with a fight between some notorious characters of the neighborhood, and ending in the death of one of the actors, ‘The theatre of strife ts that part of Sheriff strect which Mea between Stanton snd East Houston streets, ‘The murder wax committed opposite to 103 Sherif street, the first floor of which is occupied as a Inger beer saloon, and the rk ns tonemeata, the cccupants being of the roughest charaeter, ‘The third floor of No, 103 was oecnpled by the victim of the tragedy, Williatn Kiernan, the remainder of the contestants being residents of No. 100, On Saturday last John Purcell hast a qnarrel with Pete Delaney, in Pitt street, and from the statement made by the former tt would appear tit he dreaded to meet with this man, fearing for his life. ‘The Sat urday night quarrel was renewed on Sunday, and continued during the transaction of some business down town yesterd Expeeting to. meet this Pete Delany, John Purcell borrowed a pistol from © Ed.,"" the barkeper with Pat Moore, a Liquor store keeper at the cornea of Sheriff and Honston streets, so that "if he did meet him, he could defend bis own life.” At about 9 o'clock last event Wanted to get ap a Jc)! between Robbie Lennon and William Purcell for $5 4 side, but John Tracy toht Kiernan that he had better not do any such thing, John P Willam's brother, knowtg that Kiernan wos fiend of Delany, also interposed objections, and from this arose some words which resulted in Kiernan striking John Purcell in the mouth, making both mouth and nose bleed somewhat freely, | Kiernan then turnod upon William Purcell, and struck atand ghit him» violent blow in the chest, John Purcell remembering he was armed, then said he “must put a stop to this," and drew the borrowed pistol, Single berreled imitation of Smith & Weston’s pat- tern, and discharged It at Kiernan, the ball enter! the left temple and passing entirely through the head, causing death tn loss tha ten minutes, After shooting Kiernan John Purcell attempted to escape, but the affray and firing had attracted the attention of Officer Pitzmauriee, who pursued the assassin, Finding that be must neecesarily be enp- tured, John Purecli ran into the poli Union Market, flourishing the pistol, which was then goon taken from him by Sergeant Thom William Kiernan, the murdered m of uge, a native of the United States, a bad character, following the nominal occupation of a peddler, don Purcell, the one who fire’ the shot, is 22 years of age, born in this eountry, also a pee dler, Wilham Purcell, the brother of John, i415 years of and follows the samo. oc; and John Tracy, who ts 8) years of is engaged in the #ame way of getting a liv are all known to the police as bad eb z Wittiam Kiernan station over bpon peaccable Inhabitants, ebildren women, and tven farm houses, Let truth, therefore, come to Tacts In their right place. Vulmuse Adunits of no excuso, and will #tal Umony of Spanish iguon ar ald, and place ss proclamation 1 forever ay a tos ny in the island of Cuba, J. BASORA, Secretary, —— TUE LATEST REPORTS THROUGH THUR GOVERNMENT CENSOR, vt Others-An Encounter at plured-Rumor ot the Caps sure aud Execution of Quesada~Prisoners Bent to Spain, ss é Havans, May 24.—The following official ac- tount of the landing of reinforcements for the patriots in the Eastern Departinent has been made publics Seven hundred men disembarked on the night of the 10th in the Bay of Nipe, ‘There they quietly took up a position, mounting six guns and fortify ing three houses, ‘They remained undiscovered thirty- Bix hours. Capt, Mozo attacked them with 120 men, and, usiugthe bayonet, stormed one of the houses and eaptured a fag, He wae fnaily obliged to retire, his ammunition giving out, The fMllibusters lost 40 Killed and 160 Wounded, Thd Spaniards had four killed, ‘Vhe Prenaa adds that the filibuster: fired threo cannon shot into the steamer Marzeila, damaging hull ond rigging, The flag captured by Capt, Herd. inscribed “*itifleros Libertad,” and. was presented by Emilia Casanova, Tt ts now in this Be Tue troops took the six gana, and turned them against the Blibusters, and spiked the guns be- fore they fell back, Four steamers with troops have suiled for the ay of Nipe. Pafiiore iy a ramor that Geo, Quesada ha jured and shot, ‘Twenty-two prisoners captured on the prize Gal- Yavic were sent to Spain yesterday, been cap particularly noted for ho sty, and ver disor in their general demeanor. Juin Pur who € mitted the murder, has been butt n tho the island, and on Binday might was . rested for agaaul!, Dut (io person assauliod refused (0 un complaint — — THE LION ANDTHE LAMB, The Wedding © the Old and New Seino Nae semblies Gro id Ovation iu Apoite Hall. ‘Tho reception of the Presbyterian Assemblies Inst night was @ prond affair, Ik was acordialant significant meeting of U ¢ two branches of that powe erful religious body, Apollo Hall, al the appointed hour, was crowded with on array of ministers rare. 1y withered at onetime, At least six hundred were present, and besides them were very many hymen and Indies, In the early part of the evening they mingled to- gether in the room, Olt and New, laughing and talk ing as if reunion were an accomplished fact, At 8 o'clock the Rey, Dr. Wim, Adams called the assem: Dlage to ordor, and delivered an ¢ ddress, in which he said that 1t was diMcult to tell who gave the reception and who were recived, Hv would therefore compromise the matter, and havo both parties receive each other, (Applause,) One thing was certain, it wus welding ree ception, the beginning of a perpetual union, Vieasunt aud witty speeches were made by the Rev Dr. Jacob the Rev, Dr, Fowler, the Rey. Dr, Crosby, the Rey. Dr, Cox, and the Rev, Dr, Ori: stead of Canada, They all locked upon the occa- ston as tn reality the nuptial eoretaonics of the two mm to be rated by joimt act of the t sido by ide and shook hands, Old heads nodded approvingly to New heada, and everybody was satistled with expressed and the good fell Alter singing and further humming of voices throughout the nail, the Presbyterians filed into the refreshuent rooms and there forgot their ereods and divisions over oysters, randwiches, slrawberrics, cream, codve, cold Waren The sentiments of the company. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY PRESBYTERLAN UNION, IF THE STANTON STRELT TRAGEDY. — A REMINDER or THE FAMOUS ARM. IN-ARM CONVENTION, ‘The Union Maw =A Call from =Sam Slick and Johu Chinaman=Reod= Militon = Remember yoand keep it Holy. The New School General Assembly recon ‘Vened at the nenal hour yesterday morning. WHAT THK PRESHYTREIS S\Y OF REENION, Darling, of the Spectal Committee Appointed to collate the answers of Pres Tennion, sent down by the Inst As. one hundred Presbytories in tho affirmative, and be Preserved | an Mammtes ing for tho the overture of sembly, repor have answered the overtur ace: pt the Janaary amout ant three reject 4 express thelr and basis of adjust. fuch @ preference mitted to and receive the approval of three. Twenty-six Prosby: at to the consammation of the rennion the Preshyteries, and fourths of the Prost put further reference xpress thelr oppo 1 approved by three-fourths of the Presiy Separate answers were received in vorious Je Presbytories, al Commirtee, forms from other sin Was committed to a ape The orter of th the reception of delegates from correspon ting boilies, day was then nonneot, vit, were recived by the neted to seats on the platt Beatty, of that ¢ exprowsing the #alutation Assembly standi ed the Assembiy, of the body ti earnest desire for reunion, th, detailing the retations 1 between the two t have been taken toward proceeded at som that have hitherto exis! Diios, the steps union, and the advantages to flow might be the la biles would be ealied upon to tn inasmuch as in the future they This remark eliciied sportancous a doctor proceeded at consid erable length to advocate reunion and its advanta and was frequently interrupted with applause festing the sympathy of the Assembly. ANKYRIN’ ARTER ' ‘The Kev. Dr. Muserave followed in the aame vein, Tle was happy to be present as a dele be more happy to be present ax a that it was on his own motion In Mia Assembly adop' time the two Aaw erehange clvilities, 1566, at Columbus, that frst steps toward ngth, and ina most happy vein, to expross his de and that Of the body t provoking Inuchter and applanse at the insienifeant character of the quarrel between the two branches, MeKuight, of Pittsburgh, followed in a few orks to the mat The Moderator reapon J to the remarks of the delegation, reciprocating most heartily their expres: sions of fraternity and the desire for reunion, LOOKING IN—HOW Bi ‘The delegate from the Re (Dateh) Church, xt Introduced, and pre- sented the salutations of that body, to which the levator respouded, ‘The delegates from the varlous New Koeland Congrega!fonal Assoclations were next received. MISTORY COURTING TinKc session an invitation waa rev ‘orical Soctety Friday evening, At the aiternoon celved to visit at any time, and parti oms will be sp On thy recommendatio He Worship the Old School Asser! ‘as invited to CHRISTIANIZING AND. ‘The Rey, Dr from the Standing Committ approving the report of the Perm: Heacock, of Haffalo, read a report ating Increns: Committee reconnen | cof the mend whose term now expires, viz Mid for that cause, tho eontinuan anil Horace J, Pointer 9 ning a recleetion, Messrs, phert Jalfray are prop George Kndicott and of Christian missions expect better | i adoption of the follow 1 unapeakable pain and hn Hation we read th ted Upon the traniers indecd on Face aud suljcets fending peopl neinhers ut wcomn A Divine rede PERSONAL REMINISCENCES, ‘The Rev. Dr. Woot, Secretary of the American Board of Commissi: Missions, took ‘operations of U kes, of the Dakotah Mission, sracnal exporie ensued as to the treatinent of nd the course to be pursued to cringe whieh it wax strenuously resolution gave an exaggerated picture of the condition of the Chinese in Calitornla, phe Rev. Stephen followed with some A lengthy discuss ntalied that the report wos reat The Old School Avav ring of the rognlar session yes low met at & terlay morn THK HOOK COMMITTER'S WORK, ring was the report of the vo boc: Of books nts of former public frous all sources, $110,577. Mr, Stuart off Board supply books for Sund libraries gt a favored thia resol pay more for the and church ord’s books than for th Other publishers, Quite an animated disrussion, arose In hich Dra, Miller, Schenk, Stuart ‘on this questio and others partielp 1nto te aiternoon, and the resolution Mually passed. SADNATH DESECRATION, A resolution pro bath for decors to request the A. R. to have the day ebiuged to Saturday Inst., Was passed, AN RYR APTRR CUBA AND wat also adopt printed in the Span sent wherever {1 An invitation to vielt the Mstoric more thon Tasty nd Hit the contrat 1G por cent, more n invitution to the Assembly to attend the one vrbing Was accepted, A Committee on « ie m4, and’ Brown, ‘The Gest suject to be brought up this morning ta “foreign tnlasivns, pomereneny Tho Wonldebe Murderer and bis Totended Viciine Doing Well-The Evils of Tat An Intermeddiing Woman One of the Canses of the Catastrophe. Tt was generally supposed and even announced in several Journals of the eity that Plillp Kobel, who had attempted to kill his wife In their wre'ebed tenement at 149 Stanton etrect, wee sinking raphily and would bo dead before this afternoon, His wite and child, eapectally the latter, were not expected to live either; at latest accounts, however, they were all tree doing well, The etl looks forbio, but then it yawns and stretehos itscif, and fora child that ean do that there ts hope. Mrs, Kobel can give a rambling account of the Moody aur, And scoms to sutter very lite pain from her wound, while Kobel Limerif sits up in bed snd discourses ta @ atentorian voice that might be envied by our Zasthioatic authors and preachers, Both he and bis wire seom to bs to blame inthe affir, White one loved drink, the other | loved dress; and white one pawoed clothes, the other pawned furaiture, Kebel time tn talons, and his wife In disreputable company gos siping: and itis furthoe charged by hiv that she committed another erline, There is no donbt meh truth at the Lottom of there elorges, hut all thetr Anger might have found an outlet in scolding and an ocensional boatlag, but for the interference of a Woman, a midwite by trade, living 11 the «sme tous with then. ewas an old erony of Mes, Kobe, prejudiced her agalust her husband, and atded her With money when any serious diflenliles cecurred, Sie no doubt contribu eonmut murder, Kobe! giv rather confused acconnt of the elre enmstances of the deed, When fist arrested he faid that he had #hot his wife and child, He now says that heecommitted the ault witha hammer, On Saturday evening, according to bis secount, had a quarrel with his wife and then lay downon a kot toaleep, Atabout 4 o'clock in the morning, under some nnexplained impulse, Ne rose, took a hammer in bis hand, went to the bed where bia wile Was aleeping with her two boys and lille girl, and ftruck her heavily, the weapon gloneing of upon the hoad of bie little dnughter, ‘Ths physicians who have examined the enflerers, think his story correct, the woonds being too broad for a ballet ———— THE MAVTIAN REVOLUTIO V towards tho attempt to Arms War Mas ded for the Rovolutioniais The Hombardment of Aux € Pont-Au-Paince, May 14.— Cu bral lias crossed the Haytian frontic whole Repadlic ts In arms, ‘The revolutionists are meet- ing with success and receiving accessions to thor Tanks from all sides, owing Wo the hatred of the peo- ple for Baez, and his annexation schemes. Bust ness of all kinds {8 at a standstill ‘Vho steamer Mount Vernon wits cargo of war material lutiontsts Government steamers Sainave ant Petion in bombarded the port of Aux Cares, but met with no succors, Proaident Sainave tesned a decree on the At inst, establishing a Government monopoly over the (rede of wil coffee and cotton ports, The war stoamer Teleerafo, bolongin, ininican revolutionists, was at St, M for an expedition. arrived at Jamaiea F the Maytiaa revo. 0 the Do: ¢ propering ees AMUSEMENTS, - ‘Tue Tawmaxy.—There was the usual varicty at the Tammany last evening, The first part of the Programme closed with a tranrept Might of aston- daring performed by an execedingly pretty young lady named, upon the bills at least, Mile, Zulaia, Tho) name is w little improbable, but the transept Might was a brilliant fret, former Awung herself from a point near g and high over the heady of those In the rear of the gallery, to t farthest end ot the tohing there by the fect in a hanging trapeze and swinging off upon it head down, She flew across th itoriam witha mighty whir (hat mado iT * feel faint, and strong men hold their breath, Jeymnasts exciaim with admiration, © Hasn't stage, nid ¢ the got the nerve The evening w further rendered enjoyable by Mr. Lengel!’ admirable peting, Tt was his fret appearance st the ‘Tammany, ‘The play was" Clorinds.* which Ix but) another name for our old friend already Ynown by nerentola, Aschenpattel, and most fas rollay among the rest. Corinda, ered or: » many, milliar of all Ch it willbe remen esters int 1 Mr. LeMingwell in “low nece and short sleovos,” filled this réle. Its quite impossible to give any idea of the fun that he in- fused Into the part. As he isa giant in petticoats it wos ull the mere absurd to eee Lim puton the sim pering aire and graces of a boording-school girl, dnd iilow Miss Grattan (Dandint), who could walk under his arta, to make love to him, He sang one duct with Cinderdia tn a little piping, womanish vole, Dut came ont on the Ist note with a roar like that of a famished tiger, which quite frightened Cinderela, and ercated a pleasant consternation ia the au dience In fact, sinee the ‘aya of Burton in Mre, Vander. pants, wo have seon nothing better In the way of a rowerfal man tn yontalettes than Mr, LeM@nawell, His by-play te extravagantly funny and bis coneral make up perfect, Were hea woman, we miglit with propriety commend the comeliness of bis ucck and shoulders, What he tas done with all the bones that belong to moat manly shouliers is a mystery #0 is ho perfect fit of bis very handsome dreeses, ‘The play was well cast in other respects, rejoicing ing Hitle too much indifferent singing for our indi- vidunl taste, but apparently not for that of the co who were disposed to demand imnapy repe ans, “The house was full, as usual Accipest To Prav.—On the 10th inst., while Pfu, the wonder upon the trapeze, was practislr g in Detroit, proparatory for the evening's entertain ment, he tissed his eateh upon the trapeac, and came’ to the platform extending along the tops of the seats in the hull, He landed on his feet, as ual, Dut lost bis Valance and fell among the sents, aining his ankle so seriously that he will be dis A (ur several weeks to coms, Mp Was not othe ise injured, Tor Gasar Fetare Growasts,—The sensation at ite Stadt Theatre last night was the appenranee of the De Lave family of gytanasts and. Risley" Im wri! Japanese, Both were loudly appl ily especially ao, Tho” Ni performed in & manner superior to any previ pny, to Now York. Lily De Lave hangs with Hout downward from w stulionary trapess over. the riace, while La Petite drops the ri hes tho hands’ of Lila, ud any is is the same fe lause to the Rizer Hence atthe biadt Theatre waa prompt to s when Z accomplished it ‘ht a new sensation is promised, Lila is to 7 a trapege bar from her bair and allow it to uisht by Zoe after swinging across the house, What will they do next? pA aia a LONG ISLAND, regres The first annual horse fair of the Suffulk Coun ty Agricultural Society is to be held on the grounds 'n Kiverhead, on Wednesday and ‘Thursday, May ¥ wn Good potatoes are selling in Southold for 20 cents per bushel, Last week a 1 was loaded i the harbor at that price, At Grecuport they ure retailing for 90 cents per bushel, Doniel W, Webb, of Cutchogue, has boon ap- pointed Mail Agent’ on the Long Istand Railroutl view Win, Wileox, removed, Thomas K. ik pley |. been appolited "Keeper of Mont W. Wetmore, Keeper uf Plam island W, Keeves, Keeper of Little Guil Isls The Suffolk county Board of Excise m Taverhond Inst week, and granted MF leon! toch, They meet aguin on the 1th of Ju Bourd of Excise Commissioners for the | ern towns of Court How unly are in session ‘orth Hempstead, and will receive or license unul the ath ust. past fortnight has been the most success. Loss of the Steamship Mississippt, mship Mississippi was lost on the of a 00 in gold. Heh? 10 ov were saved with the Her cargo was valued Bhe was bub in South Bostvn in ful ip the aunals of * bunkering" ever known at ¢ east ond of the island, Beveral millions of fish have already been taken, most of them unusually full of oi The factorios “are in full blast, rusuing ay gol night. Tt is eatinated that on’ Saturday last 1,000, hady Gardiner's sud Voooale ge taken in purse nets in Fi 25, LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS. UES WERE AND THERE BY TOR SUN'S REPORTERS, D. ceomnafini How we Remember the Won that Perited ther Lives that the Nation might Live Political Intluence in the Mulbe reet Paluce, Ganuet Fifer, Crmorly a orivate of Company | FP, Forty-cighth Rogiment N. ¥. V., waa wounded in one of th Wattles, Me was di 1 for life, loving the use of both hands, W he ap. plied for a pension, the € javtoner atk ne on to Wash terview. Mr, Fifer apptiot ters's La lies’ Retief Association for Minds, but his application was rejected. Other charitable avete also turned him away trom thelr appeals to the Inston, Ho York, in the bas thts diagraceful auitoring of a maimed ands veteran is, he has no inilucntial relatives to posh hie ton, ay he desired a p in yors, He now 1 bo soon at f Slath atroet, Now caso with the time-serving oficial who monggea the | Mulberry street Relief Association's business in th palace. tical inflaence i all that the Mulberry | at street gentry cara a fig for; and to get it and use it they occasionally tell a poltee Capta not make binreif too conspicuous in ridding bis precinct of certain notorious thieves, Of courses that we iberry street not the M Upon enormous salaries as mombers of a half d Stato pal commiseiona, for the only to the few rural politicians that elevated them to office; by IN, nevertheless, ntly hint that thete subordinates ean do ther od by snubbing poor soldiers ay way W on we — Queen Vie Mirthday, Yesterday hor Britannic Majesty Aflleth year, ‘The event was not allowed to pas tinnoticed tn this metr The British shipping in port uisplayed bunting to much advantage, and the flags of all nations were flung from the various lines of Mritiah a h steamers, ‘The Inman steamers at Pier 45 were gally dressed with bunting, and wero Profusely decorated with streamers. Atnoon, by direction of Mr. Nicholson, a royal aatnte of twenty one gung was fired, the Atmeriean flag Noating from the foremast and the British from the maintopeal lant peak, ‘Tho officers and crews of the steamers drank and toasted her Majesty's health im flowing Wumpers, ‘The Cunardera also celebrated the day With a salute of twenty-one guns at noon, after which her Majesty's health was very enthusiastically drank by the oMcers and men, ‘Tho Anchor and National 40 eclobrated, and their flue steamers were © of festivity throughout the day, BM. Archibald, the British Consul, also observed tho day, In the evening, as usual, he entertained a Select party at his restlonce, —+> Who Wantsto Buy a Raitrondt Tho village of Edgewater assessed the Staten Island Raitroat Company's stock at $100,000, and therenpon fmposed a tax of $1,750 for general pur poses, and €T%) for the suyport of the common schools, The Company resisted, and appealed to tho Now York Supreme Court, alleging that the stockholders do not live on Staten Isiand, and that the school tax was illegally imposed, tmasmuch as the low limits the village of Hagewater to $40,000 for schools, and that that sum had been levied before the asvessment against the railroud Company was made, thermore, the representatives of the Staten J Railroad confessed that their concern owes more Wan it ean pay, and that its entire p perty would not sell for enough to pay its debts, ‘Therefore, Elecwaler cannot recover cither of the taxes which she has sourht to collect from tho rail road, Judge Barnard took this view of the case, and ordered a verdict for the railroad Company. etal The Brooklya Fire Department Tho new Hoard of Brooklyn Fire Cor ers met yesterday morning A resolution was ed directing the Secretary to furnish the Ch ncer of the Eastern and Western Districts a copy of the section of the act authorizing the Board, which requires them to send to the City Clerk a list of all foremen in thelr respective districts, A resolution Was also adopted directing the Secretary to trans to the Clerk of the Common Council a copy of Ke ton 83 of the law, After sending a communicat to the Mayor informing him that the Board of mate of the Department would mect to organize, a resolution was adopted directing the President to prepare a suitable address to the Fire Department ‘The Board then latd over a revolution until tormor- row reducing the salaries of the bell ringers from $1,200 to $2900 9 year > Opening the oat River Park, Sulzer's East River Park, in Eighty-fourth street, Bart River, was the seen an opening fest val yesterday, Company C, of U Fifty ftth Regt. ment, fify strong, led by Capt, Sebastian Zuschiag, preceded by a drum corps of twelve and the regi- mental band, entered the Park shortly after noon, ‘The uniform of the men was new and bright, About forty prizes in moncy, ranging from $50 to $10, were shot for, ‘There were also watches, clocks, and other prizes. Great was the quantity of fluid im: bibed, Hochheimer, Inger, and liebfrauenmileh poured in torrents down the throats of the feative Company Ca, but few of them felt the beverage, and all enjoyed themselves as well as nature and their good natured Captain would permit sbi ‘The Charges against Lawyer Anderson, Not long ago, Mr, Edward J, Anderson, of the .ew York bar, was committed to the Tombs to answer a charge of dofrauding a poor woman of $60. ‘The arrest and commitment were mate at an hour when it was impossible to get bail, and Me. Ander- son suspected tliat it was a conspiracy to loek him up over night in the Tombs, He found bail in the morning, and bie case wae taken to the Court of General Sessions, In that Court, yesterday morn: ing, on motion of Mr. John H. Anthon, Mr, Ander- son's aMdasit, showing that he was not guilty, was reeelved, and Judge Bedford dismissed the com: piuint, leaving Mr, Andorson again a free mau, wae: The Sun's Party on Staten Inland. Ata meeting in Tottenville on Saturda ing, Capt. A. I. Wood was appointed Chaim: Dr. Geo, C, Hubbard Secretary, A ticket was 1 nated for the ensuing charter election on the first Tuesday in dune, 98 follow ‘or Trustees-—Ww. H, Kntan, J. 8, Sleight, W. W, Garretson, R, © Dubois, C, Winant, Ed, Decker, dus, W. Sleight, E J. Totten, 8. Wo Cronk, For Police Justi WwW. Eiliott, Clerk HM, Wood, ‘Treasurer—C, M Kobinson, Collector—W. A, Brown, Coustable— J. W. Rickhow + Our Model Metropolitan Vollee, A well-known Captain of a well-kuown pre- cinet”™ hay been eerved with a copy of @ complaint against him, in which he is accused by a New York politician of acting ns ticket taker or agent to a ¢ n Newburgh. ‘The Captain says be has an excellent defence, and can show it, Itis hoped he may, for there i nota greater terror to thieves around than the Captain in question, ‘They ail dread Him; they sll hate him, and doubtless ail would be but tuo glad to * break” bi - ‘The Excise Board's Deadlock, Tho amount of money received for liquor lie cengos up tod o'clock yeaterday wae 8535,000, Appli cations are coming in slowly, the dealers preferring to await the report of the Committee on Applications tomorrow, ‘The Committee were to have met Jos: terdoy, butdidn't, If they do wot meet to-day thoy ag until June, se SEE An Inruelite Couple Separateds The Rubbi Michler, of New York, went to Washington recently, and formally separated Mr and Mrs, Bernard Burnstine, ‘The husband's alleged ill treatment of bis wife Was the eause of the divorce, ‘The busband may marry atany time, but the wife cannot under ninety days, hor then ean she marry a descendant of the tribe of Levi, It ts understood that in the articles of divorcement Mrs, By ie well provided for, and ina fow daya the necessary legal pers ure to be executed, Vesting certain property in her, The coupie were married fn New York about #1x yours ago, Dut have uo clildren, oven and will dow ms > P “ i Re DF PLLA ROBRIS THE SUICIDE 6 THE FU The Remark Town-sudd blo History of a Girt of th n Termination of a Carce Who was at In yesterday's Sux appeared a brief notice of the death of a young girl who bad taken poison and t to tho New York Hospi jay night at about 19 « stage, at the ferry, apparet rtotle Beekman atreet p om Was found a gloss whiel vo had in it a mixture of Paris gree rofused to aay ony thing about her= rk Hospital, where She was found lock in & Fulton ferry ly In a ft, and was taken ¥ | On ter jx tothe New¥ Hed at about OP. Mt est over her im to | » Rrevet Serst. MeWate | ¢ held to-day at noon ia “all fs more than ort fF money to take Him to Washs | Robbing, but conferred once th Lihat wae not her ft. The brief explanation of all | there know a young Mr. nm in New York ric by this man oto New York and enter a Cathy J Who Wor anerwarts was brought Tthen be persuaded her to te Institution with Policeman Healy, vat he need | Midnight Mission" or * Home," Dolievue Hospital, where she gave birth to a elild She thea went to Connecticut as a nur me an attendant in Sant Luke's In time #he appe: have any effect upon | gentiomen who are growing fat | where she remained a # Not many weeks passed, however, when she again applied at the * Home," But becoming disco town, then staid a whi and conducted her ntably by wandering from place went home to her sister’ she received a letter 4 woman in this city, offering her in are responsible | J to roform, he went on th the Honse of the ( eelf moat unaceor Massachusetts from a notoric ducements to return to she left ber alster seeme that one day it off to ekate, Court the amount and In @ very singing way she and some of her friends ‘They stopped Mat the amuned themselves by jumping on and off the cars to see who could were in motion t while they Kila joined in the fr Jast time she jumped, staid onyand was whirled away to her olf haunts in this eity. er, for a year or longer, ally on abandot found intoxicated on the streets, and one Ktempted to hang herself in the Jefferson Mar: @ occasion she said she was going @ Heeame liter- home again, clothes from the hou Dat no sooner bad she got them than sho went to other place fn the city. After living with Henly she was known as Ida She usod to say that sho was lost and going and that it was not her fault, tn which she to destruction, OBITUARY, ow York Merechan Henry A. Kelley, Ksq., of the firm of Mudge, ke, @ well-known eltiz Kyo yenterday mor Sawyer & Co., New died at his residence a typhoid fever, The Faneral of the eremaing of Mr. Alfred at Wont Point yesterday, estohester county Atnerican Free Alfred Pell, ell were interred Pell was 9 native of and was one of the founders of ‘Trade Lengue, which b sterday and adoptod suitablo,resolutions one been President of the L Tusurance Company. don and Liverpool youre old. 20,000 persons visited Prospect Park on Narbara Glassen happy yesterday by Justieo Voorhe: Mr. Win. He Say son-in-law of ( Tho Franklin Literary r were made of Brookiyn, became the Society gave their third st cntertatniient Of the reason lant evening. uth First street, Wiiliamsburel, a New York stevedore, has been mirsing since Tuesday, Aldermen failed to pass over Mayor Kalb. voto of the resolution appropriating $500 for the decoration of the soliier's grave: ple'n Gas Light € John Swan, killed on Sandi An additional import duty of 2 per cent. posed to mect the detieit ta the treasary In Ven A rowboat containing cighteen men wi on Saturday, below y 18 not to be The politicions in onopoly of pipe-laying yn Froo Trade League hi ting in the AU show Leavitt, DOD, wos in th Mr. James B. Hodgskin delivered an ad The now steam fof prizes wt the anr uporarily aba ives and a number of Arete cars for ins Central Paclie fullesed baseed on Sunday rday morning w jury was empanneled in Cam trial of Dr schoeppe. accused of tha erot Miss Btelnecke The Rhode Island Ger AUKUration of State ollcers. The will probably clone ‘Ube police of Cork are trking unusual precautions noutbreak. Several houses have beew snecaled arms. yours old, name not ascertain William Banks, a sailor fell from the MoCluskey, age k at Princeton an killed by a locom land, of Brown street, Nowark, at- tempted to commit aulcide yesterday by cutting her Usroat with a razor, John Schaeffer, saloon kes soven, while play on Saturday, was run over braing out, but fail was locked up. Oscar Saoger, au engincer of one of the Bremen was found dead on Su ar of Adams's carpenter road to Dorehes! ‘Thirty or forty Santle Sioux, In¢ re Na recon! enconnter at Muscle Shell, ou the Upper Site ‘The whites lost only two tod, In Peekskill, on Sunday, Dr. Stuart's horses ram away, throwing 0} Quarts arm au day evening, in Coroner Warren, Jerse: Jast night over the body of of 16 Morris: street, and the jury rendered a verdict of still birth, City, held an inquost a child found ina vault mand at Fort ‘Oniaha frou Fort Itidger on Saturday. ‘The Canadian Customs authorities allow travellers to take into Ch A amountot $s. 0 of an unknown man was found lying Keen, bat withha th tthe fovt of the bill, yuste ‘of Firat treet, Hot limite of Hudson City, day morning. A warrant was issued White, for the at all larger sums duty is to rived in Boston on Saturtay im eleven hours from San Fi 00, ing #eventeen hours’ deiay on the Pacite Raliros ” e elections throughout France have heed most ‘The vote Is very Leavy. Most of the electors in Varia caat thely voles on Suidan, ihe frst day of the erday by Coroner © schooner W hawken dock, th Doing for au atrocious assault upou the cabin In the case of Daniel MeCorn found drowned at North Belleviile, and wh supposed was turtered, au exam nat Diy fell into the river while Wader th ence of liquor, ‘k, who was a saturtay refed to aban fon the p w with the Uuited Mieebytoriau Church Uy on Sunday non in Ogden wark, may re the saloon ui ta row in whieh stones were used. the stouce struck James Latimer, Jr., fracturing his JOTLINGS AHOUT TOWN, Butler is at the Astor H © Croton Board awarded contracts yesterday aving the streets, Heban ts in é { Jobn Lloyd, a well-known manufage hiitey KuLLug hi and three quarters yesterday alternooa, 0 run over by the Broadway and Seventh Avenue The Charch of the Transfigurat street, has opened @ fair, which Was well patronized silghtly hurt by the fa streets, New Orlow A house to house and room to room insp hh we of the tenements of this city has been begun by the Hoard of Health, ‘The Kedar, with pool, and the arrived last night. ‘nas been d violent thunderstorm swept ovee day evening, da 870 passengers, from Liver- ty of Antwerp, fou Queenstown, 2 Mesars, Douglass aud two childsen were drowned, f the Lexi Mrs. John 5. Maria 8. Haat, Treasurer; aud Mis Jay was a erand reception day in the Buckeye Tom Allea, the Boglish oie tno fight with, Mecoole, whiten oo the 1b of Juae, withia Ofty miles have laid over the 41,0) ostensibly for the cele- resolution to e: bration of the ennial anniversary of the North Duteh Chureh, in Fulton and Williain streets, is to be cele- brated this morning and even ng, A new ship i tast River, to-n annual rece; for the Advancemen on Thursday aud eon! e and Art will begin vo until Satury itlin acknowle. ‘om E. D, Bassford, to pay for the late Fenian demoustration in Cooper lnati- coiptot a check for § about 40, was dof Pier 41, ) Hiver, and the body of an unknown woman at ‘The body of an unknown mai The Wolf Tone Cir Rrotherhood, Fisticr in. tho chatr, reased by AA, Grittia, D, ©, Joseph Paul, onging to the Ha avlured near Swantor ¥5,000 In bouds were found on ‘thelr persons. ‘The boiler of the locomotive No, on the Com gugicg wes sthndl ‘a. ine and The fricuds of woman's sufvage are invited to meet at the rooms of tie National Woman's Suffrage ‘Twenty-third street, this Jamies Whalen, aged 65, died sudden house 5&8 Mulberry at 410 Water « 85, of 821 Bast Thirty-third jas pipe tuto a new house Secoud avenue yesterday afiornoon, fell through the beams from verioualy Pelee Margaret Gilmartin, both” of Intemper at Forty-secon PRICE TWO Cha 7 TIVE COL HERMAN — ey BILL OF 310,000 AGAINST ITS BONDSMEN, eee An Astonishing Anawer—Tho Bondamon Hold that Boll should not have been Takene fod that Herman contd have boon Pounds The outrages upon hundreds of poor veterand in this city, that have been porvetrated by Col, Her- an unexpected sequel, which indicates’ ms of Unclo Sam on his bondamen will if possible, shure the samo fite as those of his vietime; he facta and Incl ery, Must still bo fresh In the memorg) the readers of Tur Sux, 90 that we need not re ontein this remarkable ease It may, however, be eaid Willman ands Mr. Hotline bait for Herman in §10,0005 from justice; that Henry of OL Broad way, assured Commie nor Metts and the soldiers whom Heravan had de- aided that the Colonel's wife ase and appropriating the that Mra, Herman ro edi the monoy for her house in Shearman's office and ran of to Bare lestly permite ronicter of the significant fet, excused hime self in a card to one of the blanket sheets, in which of the virtues, the distinguished antece- of the robbs urope to obtain oF apply for a legacy, with which, if she should obtan ably return and pay her hi after this leral coup, under the aus pices of the late U.S, District Attorney, tie Hon, + Proceedings were instituted ainst Lis bondsmen, both of whom are solid” ved that if they pald tnto the of their recognizinees, could be optsined from ;the Treasury Department, oF an enabling act passed by Congr itamong the soldicrs, The necessary papers were served on Willman and Hollacher, who engaged Mr. nan as their counsel, The latter, after the expiration of the usual twenty days, lodred his ame swer in the office of the District Attorney, and it suid the document is one of # remarkable Mr. Stecubrennan says the case againat Herman was adjourned from day to day without his client's consent; that the “ plaintiff'’—the United States—agreed to and with the defendants to prov cure Herman and present him before the Commis sioncrs; that Herman was tn the jartsdietion of the Court at the time, ond might have been arrested; at the defendants, relying on the Federal author hot produce him, and that the Commissioners had no right to take ball in the case, ‘The answor of the other bondsman, Mr. Holly cher, will doubtless be of similar tenor, It ts probable that these cases may be placed om F of the District Court In order to have them decited without delay, Judge Blatehford, will in mind that but for the act of Hob lacher and Wiilma: Would now perhaps bo in State Priso would really give the proceeds of the sale of hee house to his vietims to reduce the term of his pum o with it; and that Shearmagy 1 Tue Sey to be the exclw "a wife, who had, he sald, It, she would prob and's indebtedness, n order 1, to distribute in becoming bondemen, Herman and his wift ——— - RKS PROM THE TELEGRAPH, celia ‘The Chateaugay river country ts badly flooded. t has stop all the milis in St, Jotm, ‘The murderer Brooks was seen near Barry ville ow Gen, Canby has suspended Judge Philip A. Bolll # ot Lynchburg, Cordaguo was second in the Freneh Derby yes’ day, not Bardalene, nent of the Zollverin will meet in Bow tin oa the dt of June. The Norwegian bark Lodschafl was wrocked off Honar recently, All Wands were saved. The Freuch Atlantic cable ts to laid daring: the janding on this side at Duxbary, Mass. Allon Darling, aged fifteen years, was shot and while gunning ta Fen Florida west of Apalachicola is te lyn, for $1,000,000 in Alabawia bonds capsiaed ew Urleaus, and eight mon drowar jer Rattlesnake was launched day. she will curry 600 tons (tournament at Male has beon gazetted Speaker of Jue of the How, Mr, Couchim ti sl Assembry will meet tov S08 o Friday. ‘on the track of the Old Color Fr, Mase. Sioux Indians were killed the doctor, hie driver, aud boy. id jew wore broken. arrived safely with bis entire com son. Gon. Augur returned te vican silver change to the paid. Ope siti ‘The Reformed Presbyterian Synod in Ce easy iriny officers are ordered to report te Cuuby to be usalgned ast nin Virginia, which i ordered for June Th, foreoutinue ten days. 4, the descendant of famous patriot of aj polnted Governor of Gal sai AD part of the Austrian Governmen Merrins Maginns and Patri stare at the revisiow, This fan demonstration on the Behan, farm labore wrrelel ou saturday “ye tunes with: rovidence, missing sine Wed: 110 the Woonmsquetucket FiveR, ide Locomotive Works. were severely, injured and Ling Of waite af s paturday e since reporte ‘The British ship Golconda, from Pensacola to Liverpool, wh West, and her cargo haye Vage of 20 per cel recked'W tnilas east of Key been vied at $4900, A Howed on the amount, axing property In the hay bor was caps.zed, on (Ky) Ladies’ Monw in the Boston post office were jay. Among them @ ing checks aiwor yadeequenily found aod re Karagcorgewich who has been in prigon fe w charge of coup): of servis in June T that he’ may prepare bis defouce om ake place, Among the candidates for the Corps wlio are certain @f vleciton, are Mat: Baycel, Cicy in tho wurder ot Prineg i iias ‘been. teloused a 1 Pedotin, Mit. Ju lati hoe Fa isha" ant Thiote ave probably” elected. Be dotwated. The Baltimore police have arrested two of the robe i¢ & pouch cou 1810, be n Pxprone Company. They w mig d.. and §3, or lve cars were of