The Sun (New York) Newspaper, September 27, 1869, Page 2

AFRICAN INSTITUTE FAIR—Nationa! Rat tan of + Amer conn Tatitte DIK TAMMANY The Quan ef Hearts ot, Marlaqutn Rawre of Ves ‘tnd Jem Mace, Matinee Saturday BRAND OPERA HOUSE, #34 st. aod 8th ay Pre (Patherta Matinee Satontsy FA FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, £5 Brot BOWERY THRATRE-Satan or, The Mind (lt of Poot ant Leah, the Jew’) Iraaghier POOTH FFITEATRE, sol Hh, beter # . Matinee sabe WALLACK'S. Hos new play, RIBLEPS GARDES - Yorsom , Or, Tor Raion 1 Matinee © . ACATEMT OF MUSIC—Htemmnane, tbe Preethtiett CANTRAL PARK GARDEN, 1h ar. tween 60h as! MO Ganon Cancorts. Thatate Thoma \ rs ours ‘ Cavin, Matinee ot 1 te Musbetercs. Brewing Rip Van Wink The zs Sun. Te Shines for AML. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER A The Weeklysun Will be padlished on Weduosiay morning. Business mers will find tae A limited wi sue. To ¢ Vo'clock i Down with the Gold Gamblers! There are laws for the suppression of com mon gambling houses, which the police and the courts occasionally eufores. If the civil authorities have the power to shut up the places where faro and roulette lure men to rnin, why should not the samo priuciple ap: ply to the Gotp Room, where not alone the fortunes the staked, but where the peace and pros Perity of the commonwealth are dai imperiled? In the gambling “hell, fas the placo where games of hazard aro played is med, the welfare of individual yparded. The risk is well defi Th are certain changgs in favor of the “ Bank his own or & eyes open pectabl mbling: house keeper nowadays resorts to marked cards or loaded dice, but, content with the pereentage in his favor, “plays on the equare,” and, if he pays his money with the same seeming indifference with which he would rake in his gains. Ordinary gambling may lead John Jones, clerk, to rob his employer, or beggar his fum ly, and blast his own reputation, and there is the end of it; yet the law denounces tho practice 28 immoral and criminal, and focicty makes war upon the common gaime- ter, and cous him to the common jail But when brokers, bankers, and capitalists, men occupying leading positions in the busi- hess community, engage in colossal gam- bling operations, by whitch monetary values may be 80 depreciated as to bring thousands to ruin; when the national securities may full in price #9 seriously as to obstruct the whole course of government; when tho Dread of the poor man may be enhanced in cost, and the value of his labor be lowered ; when all tho necessaries of life are appre- ciated, all the essential elements that make up a well-ordered state of society aro disor ganized and overturned, and there is no as sured stability anywhere, are wo to be told participants are ery justly only is and the player stakes y else's money with his that thero is no remedy to reach the case? Gambling conducted on go gigantic a scale becomes legitimate and respectable, forsooth, ho matter how disastrous its consequences to the community at largo! Out upon such canting stuff! The men who cons) “corner” gold aro no more respectable than the men who play across tho green table. Tio latter, if they be not uttorly destitute of the “honor” that is said to obtain even “among thieves,” scorn to take moro thay the chances of the game, while the former resort to delibernto fraud Knowing that they hold the game in their own hands, that nowhere but of them cat the commodity they buy of their dupes be obtained, they go on inveigling men into their toils, and, having secured an artificial bearcity of the article they sell, put up the price to any fabulous figure their want of conscience may dictate. This, if it is not gambling, as its votarjes assert, is certainly downright swindling, By superior cunning and the power of combination, they get th victims into a “corner,” and then offer them the alternative of being robbed or ruined, »no sympathy with the bulls or beara. are alike indifferent to us, as individuals, whother they lost or won in the late encounter; and were the » to mnsequences of those transactions visited solely upon them, thelr practices might perhaps be tolerated. But thelr machinations are productive of such wide-spread disast all over the country, that they assume the magnitude of a public evil which demands suppression, It is a conspiracy against trade and commerce in which they are engaged, and our statutes provide for the punishment of such a conspiracy. ‘The law of conspiracy hasbeen repeatelly invokod against laboring men secking to uphold the price of their Tabor ; why should it not be applied to these conspirators upon a grander seale ? <a Judge Barnard Shining b People. Tn an infant school where a tell-tale spirit had become rampant among the children, 4 little girl who was in want of a ground of complaint against some one, noticed a Loy, ‘named Francis, with bright, sparkling eyes, looking toward her, lustantly spring: ing, to hor feet, she exclaimed: * Fraucis shined his eyes at me!” This anecdote fitly illustrates many of the complaints against Julgo Guoxon G, Ban WARD. 26 of our contemporar'es recently made the alarming discovery that Judge Banxany has actuafly “sigued an order iu fiftoon minutes.” Now in the ancient times, when the barons of England were obliged to affix seal of wax because they were unable to write their names, it might have ‘been something to remark upon that a doeu- ment had been signed in fifteen minutes, But we apprehend that if it took that length of'time to sign every Judge's order nows Gaye, the judicial business of this city would hopelessly in arroar. fault, however, was found in a Judge. He hed signed tho order at tho To oats 0c of utterly er to innocent parties Eye was made by a writer 6 law of the State ; for if he had understood the statute regulating the conduct of Judges of the Supreme Court, he would have known that it is imposed upon them as a duty, at all reasonable times, when not engaged in holding court, to transact such other business as may be done out of court the Code: "The Jit ah These are the exact words of # shall, at all reasonable times, hen not engaged in holding court, transact ’ other business as may be dono out of court.” Tt was a rule with Gronon Wasmixeton toconsider what was anid, and not who said t. We think the critica of Judge Banxann would do well to consider what orders are | signed, and not where they aro aigued, We notice in several papers, remarks about a certain midnight order, sig. ly a judge in his nighteap, or in his bed, without knowing what he — was about; and although that order was signed by Judge Ginnent, and was an order againet Judge BARNARD, yet some writers have the injustice and malignity tospeak of it as if Judge Baunanp was the one who signed it, This is outrageous. 'T fact is that several Inwyers called at the | house of Judge Giinenr and got his signa ture tothe order, The New York Tribune subsequently stated, editorially, that Judge Gitpert said he did not know what he was signing when ho signed the order. TR AM Clinton, A Unitartay congregation worships | there, and the pastur is the Rev. Jon W. OCmapwick, @ yeang man who is highly spoken of in his denomination, The church, however, is low-roofed, nearly citeular, and ia painted a dark, sombre color; hence ite very unfortunate nickname, “Tho Chureh of the Holy Mud Turtle.” This seems to us worse than any of the othe Wo entirely disapprove of the irreverence which prompts people to call churches by these rather vulgar names. The members of these churches are as faulty as any persons in this respect; and if somo sugges. tive name, like those wo have mentioned, happens to have beon applied to thelr church, they are among the first to whis per it abroad, One of the most valuable Jossons which Americans can find in the life of Wasitxeton is his deep, sincere, and earnest regard for all that concorns the wor- thipof God; it seems to lw a lesson, how. ever, which very many lnwe neglected to learn, ey One Hundred Thousand Dollars for al Horee. Mr. Ronent Bonnen, of the New York Lager, offers one hundred thousand dollars fora horse that will equal the recent per- formance of Dexter—a_ mile to heavy wagon jn 2.213. A hundred thousand dollars seems ‘a fabulous price for a horse; but there is no doubt that Mr. Bonn would draw his We think that every one who is acquainted with Jadge Gitoent believed him; for, although his memory sometimes fails him, wo never heard an imputation against his verneity. It is truo that Mr. Jenks, o lowyer and a gentleman whose word no one will question, stated that he explained fully to Judge Gi.nert the nature of the order before he signed it. But this is not by any means neompatible with the statement of Judge Gis. that he did not understand it. We believe both of them; we Delieve that Mr. Jenks fully explained the order, and yet that Judge Gitnenr did not understand it, But whatever the conduct of Judge Gitprnt, it is unjust to attribute it to Judge BARNARD. Among the most ridiculous incidents of the times were the forma in which, in some in. stances, the insanity among the brokers mani. fosted itself last Friday. Mr, ALbent Srey rns imagined that an assassin was after him with a long knife; and a man at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, who bad recklessly and foolishly staked his money and lost, thonght that Judge Barxanp must have played the mischief with him in some way And yet Judge Bannanp was as innocent of all injury to him as Queen Vieronta, That riches do not confer happiness has long been preached. It is now reduced ton certainty that too much gold drives people mad; that is, when they have bought it at 160, and it has suddenly fallen to 130 And the madness seems to assume all sorts of strange and eccentric phases, It is related that during the administra. tion of Gon. Jacksox, when denunciations were heaped upon the General’s head like a shower of rain, some of the Eastern mann- fuctnrers, when their mills were stopped on account of a drought, would curse ld Hicko- ry for having dried up the streams! Strong, honest, original, bold characters are always the objects of unjust denunciation, Who wears this crown must pay thie penalty, At the same time, the abuse of Judge Ban- NAND comes from people who really know nothing about him, We believe that with those uho are acquainted with him, and with the bar generally, Judge Gronar G. BARNARD ia the most popular Judge in the State Lawyers who conduct the most important litigations, and who are content with obtain: ing: what is really just ond right, show a general disposition and preference to bring their cases before him, Hae eee Levity in the Names of Churche: Amoricans are often reproached for irrever- ence in religious matters ; and it is lamenta- ble to find that there is much evidence to justify this reproach. Irreverence is not un. commonly expressed even among our mem- bers of thechurch, In some instances it has become so habitual, in both thought and word, as to be regarded with leniency, if not looked upon even as perfectly blameless, One of the most striking aud peculiar man- ifestations of this is to be found in the sing: lar appellations which have become attached to many of our churches; names which have their origin anywhere but in the church cal endar, but which seem great favorites com pared with the others taken thenee, and by which the churches ought properly to be called, At the corner of Fourth avenue and East wenticth street is the leading Unitarian chureh of this city, the pulpit of which has been long cecupied by the Rev, Dr. Bur Lows, the present pastor, The architecture of this edifice is peculiar, Thero is a large dome over the centre; and the outer walls are built of red brick and white marble, giving the mosquelike stracture a striped appearance, ‘he proper name of this chureh is All Souls; but it is widely known by many persons as“ The Boofstoak Church,” and by many othere as ‘The Church of the Holy It is also frequently spoken of as The Chureh of the Holy Gridiron There is a large and handsome church at the corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth trect, belonging to the Collegiate corpora tion of the Dateh Reformed deaomination, It is built out of a fine white stone, and has a high steeple, which can be acen along dis tance, The weather-vane on this spire is a largo metallic gilt rooster, who turns his tail from every gale. Tho church owes the name Ly whieh it is most irequently called to this vane; that namo is “The Church of the Holy Shanghai.” Mr, Jay Cooxn, it is said, has recently built a small Episcopal chapel at PatIn Bay, on Lake Eric, noar his elegant residence there, A statement has appeared in several nowspapers that this building, at its dediea tion, is tobe named “The Church of the Holy Five-Tweatie out of gratitude for check for that sum, any day, for the peer of Dexter. ‘There is no telling what apecd may be shown hereafter; but the opinion scems almost as universal and fixed among horeo- men that Dexter never will be equalled as it is that he never has been, We saw Mr, Bonner drive him, a fow days ago, at Pros. pect Park, where he evidently did not do his best, in 2183, ‘The only horseman we know of who expresses any expectation of @ver owning a rival to Dexter's time is President GRANT; bat we apprehend that ho will be- come less hopeful after the experiments in breeding trotters shall have progressed further, The most promising young horse in the country today probably, is a colt, as yet un. named, but, wo believe, to be called Ed. ward Everett, which is also owned by Mr. Bonner, and is now in training in the country. He has made the fastest time ever made by a five-year-old. This colt is of the same stock with Dexter, and is said to have a finer way of going—in the opinion of the most skilful and practised horsemen—than was ever before shown by a colt. ‘There is one ser » of great utility which Mr, Bonner might render to the world, He undoubtedly possestea a more complete and thorough knowledge of the horse's foot than any other man that ever lived. No better evidence of his skill could be furnished than is seen in the improved fect of Dexter. When Mr, Bonner bought him, one forward foot was smaller than the other, and very defective and tender. This has been en- larged, and is now natural and perfect. For. merly Dexter never trotted without boots on; but now he never wears them, and does touch a hair, If Mr, Bonner were to put all his knowl. edge into a book, amply illustrated by plates, te woutd be a@ most valuable work. But wo think there is no chance of his ever having the leisure or inclination to do this, SE aS ESS It is reported that Commodore VANDER- mitt is going to take hold of the railroad from Fonda northward into the John Brown tract, and push it through, The road is now partially built. In addition to the ordinary business along the line, the Commodore's inain object doubtless is to carry out Dean Ricumoxy's idea of penetra- ting the forests of Hamilton county in order to wget fuel at cheap rates for the Contral Railroad, oo ‘The plan advocated by Tue Sux for the civilization of the Western Tndians, namely, that of giving them land individually, and not as tribes, and dealing with them generally as in- dividuals, is in process of application to the Omahas in Nebraska, The agent for the Indians in that State writes thus of the experiment: ‘uder the treaty of 1865 each head of # family Is entitied to hold lo his or ber own individual right one hundred aud sixty acres of land; while to every male adult of the tribe, of eighteen yeors and ap- ward, forty acres ts the portion assigned, This at- Jotmont is now in progress on the reservation, forty nine farins having been already surveyed, and cor ner stones aM@xcd to designate the boundaries cf cach, ‘This movement inangurates a new era tn the Listory of Indian attulrs, and, if sucessfully necon- plishod, is destined, as I fully believe, to arrest the otherwise inevitable tendency of the race to com- plete catermination, » These Indians are now beginning to appreciate the advantages ‘Lividual ownership of the land, so that each ein realize the benefits of his own in- dastry and thrift, and be exempt from being preyed upon by the indolent and imorovident, y enclose BM farms with fences and build a cot- tage for each, to say nothing of stabliug and other tuildings, the digging of wells for water, &e., In no small undert ig. Still it cam pe done by a pro- per appropriation of m mey and the right dircetion of labor, and that in a short time, The old tribal character of the Indians must be broken up, or their total extiuetion is inevitable,” ‘The result of the effort will be awaited with in- terest by all true philanthropists, If it should (il, if the Indian should prove incapable of in- Gustrious civilized life, his future is dark indeed Se A A letter from a member of the Louisiana friend in this city, dated Sept 20, suys that “Casey, Collector of the port of New Orleans, continues to turn out Republic and put in Democrats, and is a candidate for United States Senator; but upon what tic not.” Mr, Casey, it will be recollected, he sa married « Det. A French joncnal asserts that Lovrs Na- erfere in Cuba, Probably the lgsson he received in Mexico may deter bi ers in AY Vut withoye openly interfering, and even while ! oftte poLKon will not i from again burning Nis fing inter jally disavowing any » Prim to hostile action, Of course the Em- peror will avoid ® rupture with the United States, but there are # thousand ways of coun. while keeping up And we shall nee, he may in American inthuence cof good relations, the means by which the rich banker acquired hi In Twonty-ninth street, between Madison avenue and Fifth avenue, is the Protestant Episcopal Church of the ‘Transfiguration, of which the Rev. Dr. Houcuron is rector, This is @ long, low, straggling edifice, sur- rounded by trees, It is extensively known a8 “Tho Church of the Holy Grasshopper,” and algo of the “ Holy Cucumber Vino,” ‘A suggestive name is also applied to a ¢hurch in Brooklyn, near Congress stroet, iu be agreeably surprised if NapoLeox, CLARUNDON, aud Pu, in their secret interview, refrained from discussing any scheme to baffle American AMUSEMENTS. ——- ‘S murrr's inst Concent.—Mise Carlotta Patti Was created or ihe occasion of her first appearance on Satardus evening with more warmth than our audiences are accustomed to exhinit. Flowers every on0 rete, 40 that they hive ceased to Aount for mnch ; genuine applanse in which ail seem to take part is aro enough; bravas resounding om all eides indi cate @ Very unusual excitement on the part of the AAdience; but when {t comes to poople rising in thelr pinces and wildly fluttering thetr port kerchiefs in the alr, then indeed ts New carried away. To this last polot Mile, Patti brow, her audience on Saturday evening. In fuct, we had NOt supposed that anything short of a Buctuation of ten per cent. in gold eon!d have siirred our citizens to this extent; and if we say that there were times in the course of the evening when Steinway Hall resembled the Gold Room, wo have suMeientl y in dicated the furore that nuded the reception of the excellent vocalin Indeed she deserved it nil, for her singing 14 some- thing wonderful, and Mr. Strakosen has hardly said too much in claiming for ber the firet rank In the world asa concert singer. Ter voraltzation bas the perfection of intonation of a fute—the bird-tike delicacy of that instrument, ita staccato character, ite facility and rapidity, and thousand times ite Dower of expression, In fict, as an effort of ven- doquism, or simple power of making the voice perform tmporsible things, it was wonderful. She ng the well-known, bright, flashing arta from “Linda,” “O Lace di quest’ Anima,” but gave en- A different version of it from any other singer we have ever heard—so much #0 as to throw even the veteran Maretzek and lis orchestra, who bave accom; anied it hundreds of times, quite of their kuard, her pauses, retards, aud accelerandos were made at such unexpected points. While Mile, Patti hos this wonderfal elasticity of voice and finish, and @ power of ascending the scale to unheard-of Helgats, which will alwave carry ber audi away, and will certainly iusure her a sho goes, we do of any qreat body y tumphant success wherever not find her possessed or substance of voice ; and it was evident, when sho sang the sustained notes of tho “Ave Maria’ that Gounod has written over the first prelude of Bach, that her strength did not lie in broad cantabile pas- ges. But while this might bo to her the occasion of diMcalty on the operatic stage, where, as a prima donna, she would have to sing the music that was written whether it suited her abilities or not, it is no detriment to her as 4 concert singer, where she as the choice of ler own mu She was assisted at the concert by Mr. Habel mau, whose singing 1s too well known here to ca! for {resh remark ; and also by Mr. Prume, the viv linist, who was not beard to advantage, Tlie even ing, in fuet, was one of those damp ones on which violinists are reluctant to take their instruments out of the case, and Mr. Prumo could not bring a clear And resonant tone .rom his. ‘The concert served also to Introdnee to the public © new pianist, Mr. ‘Theodore Ritter. This gentleman came announced simply as aciassical pianist of merit. He played Beethoven's glorious concerto in © minor, vellously. ‘Te large movement of this same concerto, by the way, discloses the sour of the beautiful garden serenade of Faust, which Gounod bas transplanted therefrom almost note for note, Besides the Beethoven concerto, Mr, Ritter played one of Bach's quaint, delicious gavottes with delightful sympathy with the spirit of the movement, and responded subsequently to a reeall with an ex ceeaingly pretty piece of lis own, called * The Which the swell and cadence of the biduting Loras was adcirably reproduced on the ino, ‘The finished excell of Mr. Ritter's performance deserve to be considered in detail, but ‘we have not the space. It must saflce for ua to add that his playing has won for hin the greatest dis tinction In Europe, Exorisn Oreas.—The managemen tof the En lish operatic company have shown commendabie enterprise and activity In bringing out the works they promised, Already the Puritan's Dan shter,” “The Bohemian Girl,” “Sonnambuia,? * Fra Di olo,” and ** Maritana" have been produced within the #hort pertod of a fortnight, a fact that shows how much hard work bas been done, and pot only done but well done, Lhe performances of *Maritana, of Sonnambula” and “ra Diavolo” are wortty ‘of the lighest praise. On Wednesday evening of this week, another selection from the repertoire is to be given; Flovow's “Martha,” always a favorite in this city, and with tue performance of next Saturday night we reerct to say the brief season will be brought to an end, Fuexcn Orera.—This company bas not suc- ceeded as well as it has deserved. It is well for us all to remember that opportanities to hear the great and noble works of the French stage perform ed in the languagetfor which they wore written, and whieh is best fitted to give them expression, occurs Dut rarely, The intervals are long cnough already, but if the proper *appert is not accorded they will be longer still, “fa Juive” contains some of the best music ever written for the lyrle stage, and we ‘speak within bounds when we say that this company renders it worthily and well, It is an old opera, but it Is fresh to our audiences, for unless our recollec tion Is at fuult, it hay not been performed here since the old Academy burned. It was the last opera given there, and the flames had possession of the building within on hour atter the curtain had fallen on the finalact, The management, it seems to us, have encumbered thcmuselves with an unnecessary expense in an inditlerent ballet, The fact is that the New York audiences never eared much for a ballet in comnection with the opera, and if the wishes of the house could be taken, we doubt not that nine out of every ten would be glad to have it dispensed with. It tuterrupts the progiess of the opera to no purpose and unless it is more than ordinarily ell done ts best left undone, To-night Halévy's com‘e opera, ©The Queen's Musketcers,” is to be represented, Centrat Park Garoex.—To-morrow night Mr J. Levy, the eminent performer on the cornet-a- pistom, has a benefit, Mr. Levy will perform Beetios ven's “ Adelaide,” Maud Waltz," and “Central Park Garden Polka.” ‘The bill otherwise is strikine- ly attractive, and un unusually brilliant audience will, no doubt, crowd the spacious garden ae Dramatic Notes, ‘There are several important theatrical changes of programme tobe poted this week, the principal of whieh are at the two t tres that now go hand in hand in the excellent work of producing comedics of a high characwr in finished style, We refer to Wallack's and the Fifth Avenue Theatre, At Wul- lick’s, the new picces in preparation are.“ Pro gress,” Caste,” and Th first named of these wil Atthe Fiith Avenue, evening “Old He ¢ Unequal brought out te ave ths and to-morrow ad Young Neorte,” while in speedy prospect “London Assurance” and “Twefth Night,” jormer to be played on Wednesday and Thorsdey evenings, and the latter to be brought out mat Monday with Mrs, Beott-Sid. dons, We cer inly are res tna yrtunate in having now twe comedy the, enerous rivalry of excellence, Which we sincerely trust will be proftabie to beth of them, as it certauly is pleasurable to the public at large, ‘The performar t the other theatres are not substantially ¥ last week, At tae Ulympie, Uncle Tom's is to rawn i Saturday, avd repiacod by the “Streets of Now York,” to be brought ont next Monday, At the ¢ oud fre be w and House, Miss Lucille Western announces that on Tuesday evening will take a benetlt, that night of her encag: t. She appea Lady Isabella Vane in * East Lynne,” which she has won her lar At Booth's, Miss Bate Formosa’? 1 Wo Opera ng the one hu then uw @ phy in uecess, utinues in Leab,’? nat Niblo’s, presents ils usual varied pro- gramme of noveltics in exblbition, curiosities, and dramatic pert Al the Waverley also ther ane naing the attracti i's Museun interests without making themselves openly lia. bic to an imputation of deliberate hostility, fi cent s An csteermed correspondent is informed that Tue Sex despairs of exposing the frauds of “Noyes & Co.,” of Wall street, so effectually as to keep fools out of their net, Until we have a change of the laws, honest men must submit to the insult whieh ‘ Noyes & Co.” offer when they mail @ circular proposing to sell, at €80 for $2,000, “exact copies of the genuine United States Treasury Notes.” fe a iittie of everytiing—a pantomime company, some g)1nasié, a minstrel troupe, and vooalists, At the Bowery the ehange of performances wid Binal Park Garden Mr, Theodore sant concerts fy a close on Tt y takes a D peflt, re is usual weekly + ab tho Central Thomas hie esday night, when brings Jerrensoy at Newank,—Mr, Dan Symonds, the manger of the O:yrpic Theaire, presents Mr, Jefferson at the Newark Opera House chis and 10 morrow evenings in’ Rip Van Winkle,” Mr. Edwin Pooth kindly permitting hid wading artiote to avsint on (he @caslou, THE REVOLUTION IN CUBA. ——— THE CONSPIRACY TO ASSASSINATE THE CUBAN PATRIOT LEADERS, The Timely Frusteution a Diaboltent The Menuing of the Marcano Broth eaination—The President of the teh Infumy, Cofrespoudence of The San. Waasnixoron, Sept. 26,—Nenrly three ago Sefior José Morales Lemws, Cuban Envy, and Vresident of the Janta Cubana in New York, re- celved information from Havana and Santingo de Cuba, disclosing one of the most infamous of plots Tt was instigated by Count Valmaseda, who was told bya few Caban renegades that if President Cespodes, Gen, Mantel Quesada, Gen, Frederico Cavada, and Gens, Jordan, Ding, Marmol, Castillo, and Garel with Ceapedes's Cabinet, were to be assassinated, the revolution would collapse for want of brains to }oat it, ‘Tho plan bas been frustrated by the prompt action of Seflor Lemus. He no sooner became con vinged that Valmaseda really meant to have the in- famous Work consummated than two epectal mes: sengera were sent to Cuba to warn President Cespedes, and throngh him the other Cuban patriot wiers. They have reached the Coban eneamp- , and fulfilled their mission, but not a day too ‘The feasiditity of the plan with the means d almost insured succes Tt was proposed to have a number of Spanish soldiers and Cuban volunteers in the Spanish army ostensibly desert the Span} ent points in the departments of the Centre and Bust. and, fly- Ing tothe Caban camps, Join the liberating army, an be on the wateh for opportunities to eesnealnate all the leading chieftains, Whoever among them kiled either Cespedes oF Quesada was to be re- warded with 5400) gold; $45,000 was the reward offered for assassinating either Jordan or Frederico Cavnda, and $10,000 each for any of the Generals of the Cuban army who rank as Brigudiers, Last Many reports came trom Cuba that dw were deserting and joining the Cuban Spants command, Seflor Lemus and all here who knew of the black conspiracy were feariul that their messen- ers liad failed to reach the Island and thelr countrymen of their imminent danger, efor Lemus responds to the report that the Major. Generals Marcano brothers of Santo Domingo were axaineinated by (heir own Cuban troops, by dis. closing the Spanish plot of blood whien was to be Liddeu uader the Spanish lie that the Cubans them- selves aasassinated their leaders, The present 1s about the time when the plot was to have been inatured. and contemporanoous with the plan we hear of the agsussivation of the Marcano brothers, Reapectmg the Cubans being Jealous of then need only be aid that such reports are mere fi hoods. In Cuba no. céitzen of any of the Bpauish- American Republics t* cated or joked u loreicner, and uo ove there thinks of be of any citizen of Peru, Clit, Mexier KO, OF other Spauloli- At rewarn g jealous San Domin 1euh CUUMLIES, a xtinction of Slavery in Cuba, When Carlos Manuel de C against Spanish authority, army of five hundred men, which gathered around him, were his own #laves, whom he had freed on the Oth day of Oetover, 1868, at the same time declaring all slaves on the island free, He had been the slaves’ representative tn the courts of the Rastern Depart- ment a nniaber of years, and was looked upon by them a¢ their champion. Tho first act of the war was the proclamation of freedom, the purpose being to make solilicrs of slaves, as well av to abolish slavery. ‘The firet legisiative body that met passed the follow ing decree in substance is conehed in the twenyy-fourth article of the Cuban Constitation, passed on th of April H flayery. which was bronght to thelr spedes provounced one-half of the little Institution island by Spanish domtuion, should be abolished wath tue Tic Assembly of Representatives of the Centre In con jderation ofthe eternal principles of juatice, and ha tha name of tie Liberty of the people which they’ repre: 1. blavery is forever abo Th AL the eariiost opportunity the owners of all who today wilt be properly Wem te I who Ly this decreo are mage iree should con: th all Weir strength lo the success of inde: shod. nettated to become sol- nthe ranks Of erating army footing With Thos HOW I the AEINY, i have Ue tame respect ay auy tohLers of liberatin, V. Thore who prefer to remain on plantations and ne Setin cultivating the Soll, and Thus re leve those who re to goto the neld riflce of their blood, # ve exeInpt {EOI WUillLALy wel Vie: ‘i regulation will be made to arrange the decree, Cracks trom Caban Rifles, Wherated staves oun. tof tiie Tribe NOUS wecuRaLLONS 0 with THe SUN, ost eimpuaticaily denied the ealumnles." Cuban Fernundo Po prison Aved wt Queonsto qT it Antonio ‘ayetano Horel.o, WAKO Don Jon Wals, riot Morales, Dou Manuel han Juan Anduga, Doo Kelle ud’ Dow Juan Wosas, Tih ‘ig who have exc fae obaonddalot HUN IN MANHATTANVILLE, sleeved The Eogineers on a Clame whe Started the First Locomotive ta America~The Fat e Avoirduvois~ ‘The Inv ore Dining with Develin, The Engineers’ Clam-Bake Association indulged in their fourth annual dinner, on Saturday, on the grounds surrounding Mr, Jobo E. Develin’s mansion in Manhattanvilic, At the tables were seated 140 persons, After the chums and other eseulents had been covercd with seaweed, and while the banquet ers were awall the pleasure of the cook, stories were told, Jokes were cracked, and songs were sung. Conversation turning upon obesity, several of (he Lteald ma ywes: James oro, f inke—The Man urphy, Horatio Allen, 2! 3 ally, 80; Wa. ickbam, 215; . e ad L. A, Sayre, 20. These centlemen, it was mid, would be ex- pected Co attend the Fat Men's next annual gather- ing, After the banquet a plenrut speech was delivered by the Hon, ooks, and Mr, WoW. W, Wood, of the navy, proposed the health of Mr. Ho: ratio Allen, ‘The distinguished inventor, responding, told the story of the first trial of # lucomotive in America, Ue rode on that locomotive alone, be Cause Le did not wish to risk other people's lives When he cot cn he requested the fireman and engi neer to get otf, and they did. He knew that the fo. comotive must be run on that occasion to inake an iupresabn, Tt weighed —ouly ten tons, consid:red a ‘light, weight now, bat it ry In those days, ‘The rails werd of hem> and considerably warped” when arrived. Hundrodstass: rted that the ree Would nos go a hundred feet, aud iL it did xo, that It never could get around a 3) feet © which was just alead, However, ne had det to make tie t That was the first and pnt his hand to the startin, tivo, iround the eurv: three iniles up tue rowd in saieiy, and the skepticul munitude were upelled to break out in appliuss, Mr. Allen cone Cluded by proposing the sentiment: the da be miorg soon come when no firm tn thls coun ian ve ml es from a railroad.’ esponding toa toust, said that the niveteenth century ‘had vered Itis patient ton and labor ; tual oilort Whick transmules ms, Atter happy sulies by Mr, John B. Develin, and a sons trom Mr, Abram R, Lawrence, Dr, Sayre was lecture on amputation.) On the new euteutl,” nly afew nights ago he was led to see a Kentieman, He did not kuow that the man Was & banker, which he was, how ever, and remarked that wh on ta the legit profexsions rode down town in ten-cont stage “the Wil street gamblers” went down dail thorongbfare in #3 cabs, there mast be i wiere e banker waid thit for his par Cured Lome heartily asimmed of the men whe jneas in Wall street, Little did tor) that he Was in the presence greatest king an in Wall street, The conversation was !, and the banker again ead, * My nate is vb, and fam there, but Tget @ lamed of the bewsily condnet of the whole d—d strect,"? Vhe entertalument closed with cheers for the in- ventor sear (th —— NEW JEKSEY, pated ridi ¢ Erie Railway Company are Now Yors to Newark © caries W. Sheape was fatally Injured by a blast in Bergen City, on Saturday, building a branch Vhe Paterson Bire Department wall tara out to-day fo ree Ave Engine Co, No. # of Philadel pita Company No, 3 have eballenged v of Pawtucket, I 0. Hig Aaeh woxales, toa Wini of The FW. Rie rd (or the Mayoralty of that hor Ward baying deeliod the wumnaton, ALY, @XGOver votor on the aly inom ed wt ey City 08 Saburday, eph Moore, of Camden, a con: len and Amboy Ravroad, w (ie Watrou irect croseing i Je Tho Midiand Railroad Company have secured por Jon of the New Jersey Weaterw ad, It bs bo. With a view of rusting & D-aueh to Pakorron as 0 iyat ct the Bri ‘Vhe officers of the First National Bank of Wash- ington, N. J. awoke on Saturday and learned that thelr Fu bad Deve broke open abu rubbed during the Bighte Aaron of Harrison Bros., , an employee wrureterat Wiieabeth, was juct shout sta Flizabeth ‘day evening, when te saw wil quarreliod. He diet a 1, bag mieed alm, and Bobody was Timas, who was locked up. th, Was b anesior Hi We THE GHAMPION REFORMERS. and Cigars. Some time Inst winter the New York Citizens’ Association got it into their respectable and ve ‘able ekalls that our canals needed reforming. Accordingly, daring the session of the Inet Legis lature, Messra, Sands, Henry, and Daly, their lovb agents, were instructed to propose to the Lagisla tive Committee to “lock water up from a lower to an upper level,” and to instst that “no money ehoult te appropriated for repatrd on the Frte camat weat of Spracuse, becanse that part of tha Canat was neurty waeless, not more than tea or thres boats a week pase ing over it.” Nor did these fearfat evidences of corruption eutce, ‘To find out 9 few more mares’ nests they resolved to eend a aptelal committee on an investigating tour over the raging waters of pected fraud, But to be consistent to their eliarne tor an deadheads free rasses were needed. There fore the following lekey wat, addrossod to the State Auditor: vw BPO ctartow oy Sew York, M13 Browdway, July id, 1900 The Mom, James A. bel My Dra i start on Mon Inst onourexamination ofthe caraley or wiggeation that you ran give. us ciated. Can you give our |, vor or farntan a beat at our disposal > ‘a but | would pi Commismoners Teevive the courtesy Itom yourself, 1 tt ix within Pomento extend it, Wo shail proceed direct from Al; hany to Lafeo. and Rhen examine the collateral ranches. We shall be wt your department jqurs truly 9 forma be fully appre: he canal a morning, July 2, to cumter with you. NATHANIEL BASDS, Now, as no item of the State budget provided for a one-horse scow on the canals through without chango for the accommodation of deadieads, the Auditor found himself ina fix, Like a trae politt cian he wish eillate the anti-canal ring, but he did not have a suMeientiy tigh opinion of his pay thelr expenses out of his own deliberation he concluded to authority, a ly sent tue required umber of passes, of each of which the following le & copy! Boots cleaned on board. Eb COMP 4 ERIE AND COLLATERAL CANALS. Fn! Pass, incl ling Berth, Hoard, Wine, and Cirars, Par ——- very 1968, ‘The Crammer ary whose Game is written REV ERR ‘The carrying of Telegraphic Communteations by the wenger using this Pass, ds tu direct violatiun of the Rites of the Cavals. ting this FRER TICKET ts) and espectally agrees le, under Any circu eo OF their agants or ot 9 thi prop If ‘prevented eeders, and) Turaptkes diverging tom ths Erle and Coilateral Cana! ‘The Committee declined to assume nll the risks of the “raging eanawl," and traveled ali the wey by rail, ‘The corruption which they posed 18 too bor rible for extended deser ——e 1 PIL - A POLITICA DER. The First Ward Independent Sectal Club's Jollification in Lavdmwann's Park~Gin and the Kuife-Singular Reticence of the Victin=A Mystery yet to be Bathomes The First Ward Independent Social Club went to Landmann’s Hamilton Park on a plenic excursion on Saturday, and enjoyed their day uutil nightfall, when a number of the elubmen became boisterous and dangerously demonstrative. Others, who wer: nearer sober, untertook to remonstrate with their tnebrinted friends, and a free fight followed, knives veing drawn and pistols fired in the struggling crowd, In the affray William O'Brien, of 6 Pearl street, was badly stabbed in the back, thigh, and abdomen, the Inst wound letting out his bowel At the time of the wounding it was not supposed that the injuries wore serious, and bis friends pur him intoa Third avenue car. Edward Buckley, of 16 West street, sccompanied him down town to the southern terminus 0% the rowd. Both were intoxi- cated, and when the car reached the City Hall, at Minifpast one o'clock yesterday morning, O' lirien refusing to leave the car, the conductor called the attention of OMicer Canavan, of the Second Ward Police, to the care, under the supposition that they were merely drunk, ‘The officer soon discovered O'Brien's wounds, and accordingly took bim and Buckley to the Teekinan eireet police station, ‘There the sergeant in charge ht to ascertain th name of O'Brien's assailant. Buckley being deemed evasive, le was iocked up, O'Brien was borne in’ an ambulance to Bellevue lay morning Buekley was taken before Al- derman Moore xt the Tombs, and held to await th uevion of the Coroner; and ‘ay it had becn ascer- tained that Thomas Dowdell, of 44 Henry street, bad participated in tle allray, le ain was arreeted yea terday morning and taken to the ‘Tombs and locked up, Coroncer Keenan having been summoned, went to Bellevue Hospital yesterday, to tako the anfé-mortem deposiion of O'Brien ; but the sufferer remembered little of nothing of the occurrences. during the time of bis intoxication In the park, Te could not tell who had stabbed him, except that he wasa tall man, as he supposed. He’ did not beheve that either Buekiey or Dowdell had stabbed bim, a8 both are uls intimate friends, and he bas had no ‘quarrel with them. ‘The police ‘Were in pursuit of one Robert atson yesterday atcor alate hour had wot returned to his resi ia Madison street, ee TUE MILLIONAIRE CONDUCTOR, Swing around the World's Circle as an Op> ulent Traveller, and Bringing up in a Sixth Avenue Car—A Seemingly Humble Fmployee who is able to Buy the Road. Not one perhaps of the thousands who daily ride on the Sixth avenue cars ever dreamed that # millionaire was among the brusque, oftencr very rough, men who are employed as conductors, Yet there is onc whore draits for amounts large enough to buy Fifth avenue mansions would be honored in any bank in New York, Heis one of the best appe: ing of young men, strong, tall, and has an eye as binck and plercing as a Spaniurd’s, Eight movths ago this young man started from the * Halls of the Montezumas" fora trip around the world. He took $15,000 In sterling exchange, This amount was sup- pliod by @ generous father, with instructions to draw for all sums required after that was exhansted ‘The father is on Englishman, & manufacturer of 87 years’ residence in the efty and valley of Mexico, where he las accumulated several millions of Property, Dis family consists of wife, this son, the Sixth ay actor, and @ daughter, The son come to} ork, and’ his toney Vanished as erlarge amounts tdve passed from other hands, The ronnds of Gotham, coaches, and varied pleasure one constant whirl of excitement, soon I Without money with whieh to continue Ins conte ted ewing around the world’s elrele, Ashamed to Craw for addivonal funda €0 soon’ alter leaving home, he sought employment and obtained it. AN clegunt wardrobe ishuug away, while with coarser karients he pursites his conductor life om a street car, Ata reasonable time from bis arrival and ufter he reaches London (be is saving his monvy for that purpose) he says that be will draw upon nis father: te does bis work cheerfally; says he has learned a worltod lessons, taken thousands of insuits, thrown hes irom his car daring tue last. te o ull does Bob regret bis experience w York. Siemans The Bribe t which Keddy the Black+ emith Hoped to Escape. To the Editor of The Sun. Sia: If you will p the friends of Reddy months, and a in security against wkeamith, f ean p pers imto your hunds (uever mind bow procur wilt convict him, [saw the gold puid. I saw are. ceipt given, Ihave that reeelpt, If your. paper is in tavor of sending him,jup write a lee in Monday's issue, giving me your word of security. L only wish to send nim up a be deserves, but feel pretty cor dent that he will be here for che coming elvetion, Jus ticit. Judge Garvin your proofs, and he will see are protected froin any gang of cutthroats ‘the Fourth and Sixth Wards may attempt to set upon you, They fear him, aud he wilt do his duty tearlessly. By all means give your proof to Judge Garvin, See Lun personally, and let us have the conviction of Reddy without delay, Do not trast rour papers with any of Judgo Garvin's suborci dinates, —(ED, Gy Dexter’ OFVICE OF THE LADORR, CORNER OF} SPRUCE AND WILLIAM STHEWTS, Sept. 45, 1960, § To the Katitor of The Sun. Sin: The statement published thi ut ve consented t extor trot in a Face Ix Whol y neous ray 4 race. and} Miia trot in auey TON Tth nk proper toa duser vin: Twill not rot Dexter a, just Worthy purpone, LW Mars, fhe wor ante any horse, even (us ‘one hundred tho row any bi that will trot, as be mile to # Foad Wagon mnie Welz ich he arr HON NEM. et WESTCHUSLER COUNTY, Dy an order of the Supreme Court, Patrick Male comti actor, Was arrested on S: all to anwar w charge of an unpruvokedh ayera: ‘Yated, and probably fatal assault upow Patrick Madden Walter MeDanicis, having been'convieted of man- be u Weer ia kit! howes E gurdaturcay to. thres suee" ianurlsouiueut in Biate Tison Fh jury were’ Ave houre deliverating. “The Toman Saerenty indicted a8 an accessory, Was dis- Charged. SUNDRAMS. ame —Sitke has sixty burrooms and two eewr vies for 600 inhabitants, —A trunk was shipped West tho other day marked 11 worth, Kansas." —Warsaw is to be made a first-class fortres: under the charge of Gen. Totlebden. —There were a good many cholera cases io Paris during the tast fortnight ia August, A pork butcher's sign in a Freach provincial city reads: “Batta, Jr. slanghiers hogs like his father." —There are seven hundred Baptist churches in Missouri, but the Central Paptist says that thera afe not more than two dozen that have worship every Sunday —A lady complaining that her husband was dead to fashionable amusements, he replied: “ Bas ‘then, my dear, rou make me alive to the expense.”* Fourteen my s, assaults to kill, &e., in fourteen days make the Philadelphia papers think that @ metropolitan police I the city's ouly safety. —Mr, Clark Mills is busy in Washington upon © colossal bronze equestrian statue of President Geant. The General is represented on the battle fleld in full military eos! —Slender party (who is not very comfortable) — “These street car# ought to charge by weight.” Stout party (sharply)—"* Ab f If they did, they would never stop to pick you mp.” —Roderick Terry, of the class of 1870, has been elected Commodore of the Yale Navy, and Charles McReeve Treasurer. Mr. Terrytpulled the bow oar in the University crew in the last race at Worcester. . —A writer, who would probably object to being called a transcendeutalist, says that the very religion of Boston be alimost described as @ tressful and over-stimulated exercise of self-cone sciousness.” 4 —The Peace Congress of Geneva have sug- cested that in all naval actions there should be cer- tain ips devoted to the accommodation of the wounded, whieli, carrying a peculiar flag, should be exempted from fire, as are hospitals on shore. —A recent publication, based upon letters from several hundred cotton planters, states that whem labor is fully organized and the peopie cordially united fn favor of the laws, that section ean produce atleast one hundred millions of bales of cotton an+ nally, —During the time the Geumenical Council is sitting in Rome, an exhibition of oll paintings by old masters will be held, Those only will be admit- ted which treat on subjects foun led on Biblical his tory and portraits of dignitaries of the Cutholi¢ Chareh. —Sir Roderick Murchison is still sanguine that Dr. Livingstone is alive, and that he will yet “emerge from South Africa on the same western shore on which he appeared after his great march. aeross that region, aud long after bis life had beep despaired of.” —It is intended to promote the disestablish. ment of the Welsh Church in the United Kingdom by means ofa Cambrian League, the object of which, itis stated, Is to “ vindiewte the right Md abolish the wrongs of Welsh people —a large and singus larly compretensive programme, which is, however, for the prescut to be limited to the abolition of the State Church, —Paper petticoats having come into fashion, the following advertisement theruof appears in Enge land: “Mme, Percale begs leave to call the atteution of ladies about to visit the seaside tober now and richly embroidered paper petticoats at oue shilling each, Each petticoat contains an installment of @ new novel of great domesulc interest, by Authony Trollope, entitled * Tucks or Frills.’ ‘The story will be complete in fifty weekly petticoats, —A man by the name of Zeke Eads, in Greene .¥, 18 strangely deformed. He is with- and never had any. He gathers sounds through the medium of his mouth, and can hear anything said to bim in an ordinary conversation, Fqually as strange, his hair is black, With white spots nearly as large as the palm of a man's hand in- terspersed through it. He is about 45 years of age, and the happy possessor of thirteen living children, His occupation is that of a chairmaker, —Among the different means employed by tho Raselan Government to effect the thorough Ruse sifleafion of Poland, the most singular \s undoubted- ly adeerce lately isened at Warsaw. In future all public clocks thronghout the kingdom are to mark no longer Polish but St. Petersburg time, ‘The Emperor happened, a few days alter the promalgation of the decree, to usk one of lis aides-de-camp, a Pole, what o'clock it was. The officer, without looking at hie wateh, replied, “Whatever hour your Majesty pleases,” —An old trapper who erossed the Westers plaius thirty-five years ago says that there was no. gross at all, but only a few sage Dushes and cacti, Now there is w thin soil formed over the sand an@ urayel, and grass covers the entire surface, It appears that this euriching process goes ou faster and faster every year, This is why so many people have been astonished at not finding any “Great American Desert,” and conclude that it was only @ myth, ‘The truth is thas it did exist, but has passed away. —The sugar crop of Cuba for the present year is estimated at 5,313,000 boxes of 450 pounds cach, The molasses crop will amount to 365,000 hogstica Notwitustanding the distressea condition of the country, the nciual amount produced this year will be about seven-elguths of the total product of Inst year, The emallest yearly exportation of eaccharing productions durlug the past ten years amounted to 2,490,000 boxes, valued at $25,000,000. A careful eae Umate of the saccharine products, tobacco, war, cocoa, dyewoods, &c., of Cuda, pluces the total value at $90,000,000, , Did you ever see one of these here hoops snakes? askod Mr, Ferguson, Me and wy Lired man was down thore in the home lot, by the side of the road, and we see something roiling down. the hil, and, says, ‘LT guess that must be onc of them hoop-*nakes coming along.’ My hired man, bo wns afeered, and cllm upa tree; but Ttook my hoe in my hand, and went out and stood side of a tree tm the road, and wh he come along leiuck out the hoe-bandle, and he hit ita slap, and he made w nol jes like a pistol ; and, str, it warn't more'n a winnie afore that are boc-handle was swelled up as big as my ley —A writer in the Paris LGertd, apropos of Mra. Stowe's Byron article, says: he Marquise de Boisey was, as every one knows, very beautiful, s declares that her intercourse with Lord Byrom haw never ecased, Sha writes to the great poe vlaces before her a Large sheet of blue-wove paper, as Byron liked It, fills into a kind of ecstasy, lifts up her eyes to the cviling, and a few minutes after ward her band runs on the paper involuntarily, without her looking at It, and the answer comes, Doetor Cérise, it appears, witnessed the phenom non (wo years ago, and that very day Lord Byron’ letter announced that ‘an American author was preparing to write on his Iife a book full of false aud horrible tuings.’ VORM DY MRS, S-———-8. Procured by Orpheus C, Kern, In a village of New England, at the closing of the day, Stood a youth of feeble aspect all upon the broad Digh ay; And he wept with so much fervor, and so wretched did appear, Phat the Oldtown folks, beholding, In thelr pity vewe tured near, Scon an old nan of the village—Unele Tom bis hone ored name— Pi,eed a hand upon the shoulder of that bending bur man frame; And, in accents low and kindly as the voice of »g@ can come, Asked the stranger why he sorrowed all so far from Hearth and Home, Was he mourning that his kindred were all gathered to the di ’ Was he weeping that his fellows would not give hina work or bread? ‘Was he sad trom weary waiting for the helping hand of man? Was the falschood of a woman what had made Wig weak and wan ? “None of these,” the stranger answered, * made me what you here behold ; I'm pot thirsty, wor ahungered Tm not wearied nor a-cold But I'm maddened with the knowledge Just become for me extant, Thos wy Pather la my Uncle and ov Mother is ap Aum >