The Sun (New York) Newspaper, February 16, 1871, Page 2

ee oN meee pk e anne ia ee ae me ER ere AK avewered that, | ooeened iememeeenel The =a is THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1871. footh's Th Bry Opera Fitth Avenue The: rr Line Edwi ‘ork Clreae 140 ah, @lymple Theatre licheliev, Biadt Theat 4, and El Tame The, Ban Francisco Minstrela—ss$ Broadway, Ay copies to oe Wily copies to ne address. Hamar per yearns es ee ee Twenty copies Wo ene audres Bitty copies bo 0 Agim rate, Pajweot iavane ‘hew eM WREKLY, 10 cents per lind ‘cad President Grant Making War without Authority. Yesterday's journals contained some yery Amportant letters from the pavyl officers of the United States In ¢ abous San Domingo. One of these letters is from Rear Adm/ral Lr, and is dated on the 9th of January last The Admiral reporis that Capt. Howann, of tho British man-of-war Raccoon, hod come on board his flag ship at Samana on the 24th of December last, and asked as to the extent of our protectorate over Dominica, Admiral pending the treaty be- tween Dominica and the United States, the latter protects the former against its exemics in the island.” Another letter is from Com. mander Inw1y, cf the American war steamer Yantic. Commander Inwiy states that on the 80:h of August last, at the request of President Baz, he transported from Azua to San Domingo City @ force of sixty-five Dominican officers and men, These troops were brought to protect Preeident Barz against Gen. Hononta, the Dominican Minister of War, whom he had just dismissed, and who he feared would at tack him. On the 19th of November last Commander Inwty writes that be sent Licut McCook with the steamer Nantasket from Ban Dom'ngo City to Azua to carry President Bavz, who was called there hy some move ments of the partisans of Cannan, On the 2d of December President Baxz informed Commander Inwis that a body of the parti gang of Lureion were about to attack Puer. to Plata, Accordingly, the Nantasket was gent there, and Lieut. McCook was ordered “to use his forecsto euppress any such at tempt.” The interesting point in these communica tions ia, that the facts reported are all of re cent occurrence, and all happened long after the Senate had definitely rejected the treaty for the annexation of San Domingo. Yet it appears that, notwithstanding the rejection of this trea sumed, with ever, to use the naval for Btates in civil war now raging island. So long as the treaty of an was still in abeyance, som & wai y, President Gninr has pre- t any authority of law what United 3 of the ow ¢ x it be found for such military interfere aw an his part; but, after that treaty had be overthrown, hi {t ig downrig war without the sanction of Congress. mnduet is without apology t assumption; it is making The fact is proved by the unquestionable testi mony of our own officers, and it remains to be soon what action Congress and the peo will take upou the subject ouragement for the Cubans. The patriots of Cuba may find some en pouragement in comparing the progress which they have mado in their efforts for freedom with the difficulties and exasperating delays attending the struggles which result- td in the overtiirow of Spanish power in the tolonics of Routh America, In New Granada efforts for pation from Spanish rule wore made as carly as 1781, and again in 1795. Independence was formally declared 4m 1810, but it was not until 1819 that it was weured throagh the heroism of Borivar Chili was engaged from 1810 to 1817 in the strugglo for independence. Venegucla re rolted in 1811, but in 1812 returned to the sway of Spain. In 1813 it again revolted anderthe leadership of Gen, Botavan; but Wt was not until 1823 thatth eman Spanish troops wore finally driven out of the country, al though Sy rds had for some time pre gious to their departure Leen confined to a small territory. In Mexico a rebellion, under the lead of Hiparco, a pricst, broke out in 1810, and was continued for several years as @ portisan warfare, but n 1820 the author ty of Spain was fully retstablshed, It was not until 1824, fourteen years after the com meneement of hostilths, that the inde dence of the country was fairly established. Peru we last of the Spanieh possessions to rebel, and the Spanish forces remained there some time after they had been driver ut from other provinces, 1 ning their position with ¢ tol finally expelled acy, but they were tween the conduc o Spaniards i America and in Cuba, In Mexico all official posts were filled by Spaniards, and the ¢ Jonial wore regularly sold in Madrid to the highest bidder, When Spain was in waded by the I BoNarantis proc in Me the people generally maniter loyalty toward the deposed King Funpr Naxb. In thisemergency, the Spanish Vice roy undertook to fonn a provisional govern 1808, and Joseru the news was indignation, ing: the utmost ch in received co with great mont partly composed of Americans; but this ovement was eo repugnant to the Apanish residents of the capital, who appear bo have Leen in many respects the prototypes of the Span sh volunteers of Cuba, that they peized the nufortunate Viceroy in his palace. Yent him a prisoner to Spain, and assumed The reins of government themselves. A Rew Viceroy who was sent out from Spain tewarded those whe hed revolted against his predecessor, and this action created discon tent which ripened into revolution. . The former wars of independence tn Span- ish America, in many of their features, re- sembled that now being carried on in Caba. An eye-witness of many of these earlier scenes of confl ct, writing in 1817, says: “ The Spaniards are fighting to recover their once-possessed territorice, the Spanish Americans to obtain independence. The first are cruel in the hour of triumph, and with adversity their enmity inereascs; the latter are courageous in at tack, and, when defeated, still ready to place confidence in their leaders, and again to rally under their banners, In these contests the blvod of thousands has already inundated an extent of country of more than sixteen hun- dred leagues ; and, as if the mortality on the field of battle were not sufficient, numbers are daily murdered in cold blood. The Bpanish chiefs and rulers gave the first ex ample of violating capitulations and of ehoot- ing prisoners, I may, {ndeod, defy the old Spaniaids of either world to find an excuse, or even a palliation, for their want of human- ity and breaches of faith since the beginning of the revolution In Venezuela, Spaniards publicly flogged women for speaking favora- bly of the patriot party ; flags of truco were violated ; prisoners of war were butchered in cold blood ; and acts of shameless perfidy on the part of the royalists were of common occurrence, Even the lying bullotias of victory with which we have become ¢o familiar during the progress of the Cuban revolution had their examples in the SouthAmerican wars ; for wo find the Spanish Gen. CALLEJA re porting to the Viceroy of Mexico that in the jattle of Aculco he had only one man killed and two wounded, while the loss of the in surgents amounted to ten thousand, This braggart, however, actually took Guanaxua- to, where he sigualized his bravery by mur dering 14,000 old men, women, and children. It will be seen that the events now taking place in Cuba are but repetitions of scones that happened in other Spanish colonies more than half a century ago. If the brave men who have devoted themselves to the achieve- ment of Cuban independence will ouly con- tinue as they have begun, there can be no doubt that their patriotic exertions, asin the case of the earlicr revolutionists, will event- ually be crowned with complete success. The best guarantee that they will continuo as they have begun is the fact that it is now two years and five months since their revo. lution broke out, and it has never been stronger than now — . ‘The Brooklyn Jail Norrors—Kings Couns ty Waking Up. The article in yesterday's Sux, on the horrors of the Brooklyn jail in Raymond street, has produced @ profound impression in the City of Churches. Men in authorily have hastened to clear their skirts of all re- sponsibility in the premises, Communica- tions have poured into the Sun office from across the river, from all manner of gool- hearted people, whose indignation has been aroused by our exposure of the enormities daily perpetrated in that sink of ho: which has so long been a disgrace to Brooklyn. It seems that the responsibility of the whole scandalous business rests upon the Board of Supervisors for Kings county The Grand Jury last year, after making a ors personal inspection, presented the jail asa nu'sance, enying, “It disgraces the city and its civilization, and demands the instant at tention of the Supervisors and the commu ” The Grand Jury demanded a new nilt and kept on scientific and hu: principles, and enid, if the present one was to be preserved at all, “it merits preserva tion only as old prisons of the Old World are preserved, to illustrate the horrible side of perished civilizations.” On receiving this presentment from the Grand Jury, the Hon, James Troy, Presid ing Judge of the Court of Sessions, visited the Raymond gtreet jail In person, and then sent the presentment, with a communication from bimsclf as County Judge, to the Board of Supervisors, calling upon them to take proper action in the matter, Judge Troy, speaking from personal knowledge, says: “The jail is not only tusufMfcient, pnt unsafe, al ost ¥ihout ventilation, badly hebted, damp, n: neous and unwlLoiesome ; it in witht pestilentiss odors, and cannot, by the most unremitting care or indus'ry, be kept clean; it is undé tor the occupation of human beings.” nity 1 J Judge Tnoy finally goes into an exhaus tive statement ofthe case as follows + Ibis utterly impossible for the jail authorities 0 clas ty, an required by law, the prison ter charge, sent tothe jail for Sheriff must keep them th F Wautol proper facili nnot he held responsible tod The wa together the yi anit eutund the quwiity 3 for, as it may appear, jynocent people who hay wiondt somtimes get into prison, The youn cowmtitted in default of paying @ fne for throwing stones in the airect, is not nutrequently caged w veterom cr ‘9’ charged with the Worst crimes, until bis parents, discovering hy whereabouts, releswse him, ‘but nob ua he went too often comes’ ont dem 1 ond runed in principle for ile, Wretebes seeped to tt very ips in viluiny, debauchery, aud depravity ¢ ev ithe innocent an tas the cave wa: ‘ une and po y to Judge TRoY also exposes other character stica of the oud street inati this wise “1h nthe county jail of this ¢ ate Hy of the purposes required by law} conversasion cannot ied; Divine i Out Of eled prisoners, even tho interviewed ti low, The di Stn envangered by ed + of the escape, concocted by the Criminale: and tools, dea lly weapons, and Io Hrearms have frequently, tom time to ti fouud among them; knives and razors are tv bo found wimost ib every cell; Wituesses are Lhere ap proached a easily is if at large, are suborned and Maced’ +0 a» ronder the administration of justice Extremely dificult, if not impossible in sume casos.” But the Judge despaire of doing justice to the theme, and says to the Supervisors of Kings county: * Teannot pieture to you, gentlemen, the scenes that have rendered Uhis public institution for years A diskrace to civuizstion aud humanity, # pest house and & plague spot,” Judge Toy sonds us the printed proceed. inge of the Board of Bupervisors, with o THE SUN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY _ 16, 1871. memorandum attached to our article of yes- terday, as follows: Below, tee communteation sent by me to Sa pervisors on the wubject May 13, 1870. [have dise charged my duly in te mattor. | James TKow. We think that Judge Troy has dischargod his duty in the matter, and the public will no doubt think so too, But why have not the Supervisors of Kings county takea action on the subject? It seems, by the printed minutes of the Board, that “the consideration of the subject matter was post- poned.” When will it be entered upon? We pause, but shall not wait long, for a reply. — - The Red River Cotton Raid. When, in April, 1864, the ill-fated Red River expedition, under BANKs and Porter, set out from New Orleans, it was a common topic of conversation among the well in- formed, that the whole affair was nothing more nor legs than a gigantic raid after rebel cotton, Sure enough, disastrons as the ex- pedition was in other respects, and disgrace- ful to the national arms, it brought back many thousand bales of cotton, which were duly condemned and sold for the benefit of the captors, The army, however, received no part of the plunder, but twenty vessels of Admiral Divip D. Porren’s fleet were, by a decree of the District Court of Illinois, mace May 11, 1864, declared entitled to $225,751, whilo $226,751 more was allotted tothe navy pension fund. Whether this was the procecds of all the captured cotton, or only of a part, wo are not informed; but Admiral Portee certainly receivod $11,287, the commande pilota, engineers, and other officers of the Ja, sums varying from $100 to $500 cach, and $89,153 was divided amo: the crows, leaving $15,272 uncalled for. It appears now that the procesdings for the 1 of this property were ille- gal, and the Court in which they were taken has attempted to recall the fund arising from it into its jurisdiction for distribution to othor claimants. Both by act of Congress and by the decisions of the Supreme Court, property captured on land is not prize of war, but if condemned at all, must be condemned for the benefit of the United States alone. In this case there are loyal owners of some of the cotton, who, it has been decreed, are en- titled to have it back, subject only to a charge for military salvage. But to give them their just rights the distribution previously made must be annulled, the half share paid over to the pension fund returned, and a new dis- position of the whole sum made, Here is where a practical didliculty oceurs The Sceretary of tho Treasury, who was the twenty ves ondemna agent for distributing the sums awarded to Porten and his men, says he has but $15,272 loft in Lishands; while the Secretary of the Navy, who holds the $225,751 for the navy pension fund he has no power to disturb it from where it lies. As an exped ent to meet the emergency, the Senate Com. mittee on Claims, to whom the matter has been referred, havo reported a bill recalling the share decreed to the navy peusion fund, but recommending that Porter and the rest of the illegal recipients of the other half of the money be allowed to keey what they have got! Their reason is that the payment to them is @ fact which cannot be undone, while they admit that it was made without warrant of law! To every honest mind this recommondatior as absurd as it is dishonest. If Admi PortEn has received his $11,287 illegally, let him pay it back, and let every other man in the Red River fleet do the same with athe has received in the same manner It may not be easy to find the common gailors but Admiral Porren is in @ position wher he can be made to refund, and 80 aro most The of the officers of the various vessels, is aw old distich He who price what fen't bis'n When he's ketched wust go (0 prison, And he who keeps what does not belong to him when it is demanded by the lawful owner, is as bad as if he had taken it dis honestly in tho first place. The members of the Committee who pro- pose to allow this outrage upon honesty are Hows of Wisconsin, WiLLEy of West Vir- ginia, Scorr of Pennsylvania, Srnacue of Rhode Island, Pratt of Indiana, KeL.oce of Louisiana, and Davis of Kentucky, eo The Baptists of this city are in a quandary as to whether or not they shall accept from the city a lease, at a nominal rent, of ten lots of land on Lexington avenue, between Sixty-seventh and hth etreets, to be used for a site for their Ladies’ Home Society. The Socicty was organ zed in March, 1869, with the design of providing 4, infiria, and destitute members ation, and a sum exceeding €54,000 has already been collected toward the erection of Sixty a home for age of the denon @ building. A law authorizing the Commission ors of the Sinking Fund to mako the leaso in question was pressed at the lost session of the Legislature ; but itis now objected that, if the Society avails itvelf of what is practically a gift f the property, its members will hereafter ba no right to object to similar gifts to Catholic in stitutions, A meeting was held on Tuesds ternoon at the Madison avenue Baptist eb to discuss the matter, and th ate over it was earnest and without result, Another meeting is 1d next Tuesday afternooa at the same —— The prolonged a if the United States frigate ‘Tennessee, on her voyage to San Do and tho very auimated and varied dis cussion of her sea-going qualities, bave called general attention to the exsct condition of our vy ut cnt day, Hore isa first-class gate, newly overhauted and almost entirely uilt g about €2,¢ i out on her see ond voyage, only twenty days from port, and yet exciting the foars of the nation that she has been lost with all her precious freight, as though she were an old-fashion worni-eate an ytten craft, unfit to venture over Sandy Hook bar What a commentiry on our naval service ! Poople ask, What has become of the sixty miltions appgopriat s since the bi ginning of the lat ld up an American navy? Havo weno can be seut to sea that are wafe, ellicient, and seaworthy, carrying good batteries, and housing their crews comfurt ably? It may be answered that, wilh the excep tion of afew ships built undor the old régi and exceptional vessels constructed during or since the lute war, we have no navy, All the other cralt inoumbering rotten rows at the vari- ous navy yards, or decaying in‘foreign wate ntold repairs, and , aro utterly worthl ss, requiring ineMcient when tinkered up. The Wampanoag class are good for nothing A fow of the They are rotten and unseaworthy, old frigates of the Colorado clags, built when live oak was obtainable, aro splendid cruisers, The new classes of ships built during the war, or since, were constructed of green timber, and will all be used ay in five years, The won-olad floot of monitors are rusting in ordinary, and will be- come valueless within loss than ten years. Meanwhile, no new ships aro built, and ail the money appropriated by Congress is expended in repairing ships and dock-yards, and merely put- ting off for s few years tho inevitable day wher the navy will have coased to exist, if « new policy is not adopted. As for the Tennessee, she {s probably safe ; but those who know how hurriedly she was fitted out, and what wide departures have been made in her preseat construction from original plans, would not wonder at all if she should never be hoard of again, It may bee source of satisfac tion to some to know that the naval constructor, before completing his alterations, strengthened tho vessel greatly by adding four “ hog frames, & means commonly adopted to give increased stiffness to steamboats, but never before used on men-of-war, What is now needed is a thorough overhauling of the Navy Dopartment, with general dis- missal of old fogies and incapables, and a fresh departure on an iron-clad basis, Wooden sbips and wooden heads have had their day, It is time to rebuild aud reorganize our nary, ia order that we may take at least third rank among naval powers. ——— Capt. Preven 8 Micute has been appoint- ed Professor of Natural and Experimental Phi- losophy at West Point. This appointment is worthy of commendation. Capt. Micurm grada- ated at the Military Academy in 1868, entered the Corps of Engincers, and served with great gallantry and distinction until the end of the war, when he was breveted as a Lieutenant. Colouel, He is a thoughtful and studious man, of remarkable scientiic accomplishments, aud will doubtless make a most excellent Professor ee The reilroad companies of Illinois have claimed the right to doliver grain eonsigned to Ohicago at whatever warehouses they choore to select, rogardicss jof the wishes of the owners. in the Supreme Court of Lilinois, de- y the Gib inst., is likely to put an end to ou, Tho Court decided that, although a railroad company is not obliged to ff from its own track in order to reach designated by the consignor, yet it accordance with the directions of the shipper when tho designated elevator is on a track habitually used by the com- pany. Judge Lawaunce, who delivered this opiuion, held that contracts between elevator proprictors gud railroad compauies, by which the latter agree to deliver all grain brought over their lines to certain elevators , were vicious and objectionable and could not ho enforced ; for if the principle implied in such coutracts was con- ceded, the railroad companies of the State might make similar contracts with individuals at every important point upon their lines, and in regard to other articles of commerce besides grain, thus sub- jecting the bus of the State aln their own control as 4 means of their own enrich ment, Judge Lawnexce furthers must a railroad company perfor ich it knew it would {obtained its charter; du y powers is an additional rea e uf its obli deocisi livered prepos rous pretens run its cers the clevat ts bound to deliver grain i t wholly to 4 that not only 1 all those duties to whi gut an 2 public has besto of a common carri be liable when it sw but the fact that extraord holding it to a complete performa: gations, ae The now census gives the Ni Ward al £6,000 inhabitants; above th e Twelfth Ward, with over 47 ), aud on t the Twonty-« nd, wi over 71,000; nearly 200,000 residents above the Central Park, and among these one-half the working men and wo. men of the city, The stores, shops, fictor wharves, & , Where these people get employ: ment, t. Walking to aud question; frou four to six miles twice @ day is too much for healthy exercise, even if the time could be spared, Add to these 50,000 across the Harlem River, and we baye a quarter of a million, of whom about 100,000 must get down and up town are maiuly below Grand st from work is out of the somebow every week day, Is it any wonder that we hear the urgent cry for more and faster cars? Will Mr, Twexo's Legislature attend to this iu. portant matter? — A gigantic s the ownor ship of the principal in the State has been devised by Mr. © for vest ways of Mussachus Bowarp 8. Crane, and # pamphlet written by him on the subject bas becn printed by the Massachusetts Legislature. He proposes that six corporations be created, to be called respectively the Boston and New York Railway Trust Cowpany, the Boston and Albany Railway Trust Company, the Atlantic end Ontario Ruil- way ‘Trast Company, the Northern Railway Trust Company, the Boston and Portland Ruilway Trust Company, and the Boston Railway Clearing and Depot Company, with capitals amounting in the aggregate to over €200,000,000, These cor- porations are to be authorized to purchase the stock and bonds of all the leading lines of rail- way communication which now cenire in Bos- ton, at certain prices mentioned. On the $200,- 000,000 stock the State is to guarantee dividends at the rate of seven per cent, per annum for twenty years, aud at the end of that period to buy the outstanding stock at par, any surplus over seven per cent, earned in the meanwhile to go to tho State, and to be invested iu the purchase of the stock, so that at the end of twenty years the State will in effect be the sole owner of all the railways. From thenceforth the rates of freight and passage are to be fixed at just enough to It is not likely that the project will ever receive the serious consideration of the cover expenses, Masachusetts Logislature ; but if it should, we hull have something more to say about it, ——— of the proposed new law, discussion by the Italian Parliament, in reference to the Pope, appears in the Its papers. It provides that the person of the Pon: tif shall bo sacred and and that offences against it shail be punished in the same manner as offences against the p tho King; that he shall receive an annual stipend of £645,000, to form part of the national debt, and be exempt from taxes of every kind, and that addition b The full text inviolabl pn of shail enjoy the free use of the Vatican and Lateran palaces, with their appen- dages, and the villa of Castel Gandolfo; that cardinals during @ conclave shall shore the Pope's personal inviolubility, and that no Italian official sh palaces inhabited by all exercise bis functi he Pope, or occupied by a conclave or acumenical council, without special aut ; that the Papal legates and nuncios s within the rity shall baye all the privileges of ambassadors of sovereigns; and that the Pope shall have tho most liberal postal and telegraphic facilities for with the world, Atthe same time, all previous concordate are abrogated, and the priesthood placed on the «: with other Italian citizens, 8 to bave beon carefully drawn with a view to grant every possible privilege to His Holiness, consistent with the safety of the Ltulian Gevern ment, communication entire ¢ footing The whole law s eee ‘The well-known Jewish Rabbi, the Rey, Isaac M, Wiso, will deliver three lectures on the origin of Ciristianity at Steinway Hall, beginning om Satur day evening next, It 13 not often that people have fn opportunity to hear Christisuity discussed from a Jewish point of view, Dr, Wise is o man of ability and learning, and we dare say many Cliristaus will 0 to hour what he has to pole SPORTING NOTES, Information for Mr. Bergh. In the content for the diamond badge for the best pigeon ebeotin, Mipossibie towboot toe pirds wiasous Fauae’ ¥! ° DIVORCE LAWYER NABBED. ait THE ARREST AND REMOVAL #0 CON- NLCTICUT OF M. HOUSE. ie Ruse by which the Writ of Hrbeas Corpus was Avoided—The of 01 of bis Patent Divorce Cases-Tho Ma f Mr, Wyckofl’s Stepdaughter, A requisition was received here yesterday from Gov, English of Connecticut, for the body of the notorious * patent” divorce lawyer generally knowo aa M. House, The document was backed up by # requisition or authorization to arr from Gov. Hoffman, and was brought by Detective Darwin, of the New Haven (Conp.) police, and another officer. After going through the formalities usual on such occasions, Detective Darwin went to the Becond Precinet Station House, where Officer Webb was dotalied to make the arrest. House's office wai found to be in rooms 12 and 18 of 180 Broadway, and the officers found him at 1 P. M. yesterday aftor- noon, He made no resistance, and was marched to TI formally given into the custody of Detective Darwin. At the time the arrest was made it was noticod that A LADY WAS IN ONR OF TITE OFFICES, nd thie, coupled with the fact that she lef th fice almost simultaneously with the prisoner and his captors, excited the suspicions of the officer who had but Little doubs that she had gone for a writ of Radeas corpus, Accordingly, when the trans- fer of the prisoner bad been wade, they resorted to @noxt lite ruse to avoid the service of the writ. One of the officers took the prisoner aboard the Kim City, the New Haven steamer, where be locked him up saiely, The other officer then started, carpet bag in hand, for the New Haven depot. The Elm City lott at 3 P, AM, House had scarcely becn fifteen minutes ont of tho station bouse before the lady above mention- ed entered in breathless haste, asking where Mr. House was, “Gone to the New Haven dopot," said the sor- geant. “Gonet When did he leave About an hour ago." Ble then left as bastily as she had come, closely foliowed by aman who 4s supposed to have becn duputied 10 SERVE THE WRIT OF TABRAS CORPUS. The pair went to the New Haven depot, only to fod themselves folied, ‘This laay is a very beautiful Dionde, who has psssed for some time as Mrs, Honse, She is kuown to the police as Irene, and is by thom said to be one of the numerous ladies for whom House procured patent divorces. Sue lived in Brooklyn previoas to her divorce, but afterward took up her abode with House, being with him neariy ail the time, in and out of business Lours, ‘That he was well posted in her business, and that be Was in expectation of arrest, is shown by her nlacrity in procuring the Writ. ‘flouse, the police say, has @ wile in Brooklyn wLom he dekerted gone Lime ago. On one occasion Trene, the spurions Mrs, House, and the genuine Airs, House met on Beek: man sireet, and bad 4 HAND TO MAND Front. House has indulged in a dozen or more aliases, always, bowever, aubering to his iast name, He at us Moore, Moorehead, M., O, M. (using uw bis Chrietan games), but is generally known as M, House, Mis real name is Alired M. in 8 applicant for the divorce was Mr. Luci ipbyan employee of the Southern New Jersey Railroad. Some Ueuian Raw one of Mouse’ 1 in cny State sjrous of obtaining a ui- Voree, called upon Dim at bis ofice, then to Nassaa streot, below Fulton. He stated Lis case at the first call, be in, Afterward he called again and agein, Yut {twas not anti! carly in Decem ber, 1870, that aby defluile arrangement was made, Atul ANDOLPAL PAID Hose §100, ‘at Court was then NM call in a couple of and was told that the Conne $ at it be we wee Wave the decree, On tie wd of D. cou,ber, Ini, the decree of wivoree F, 0! the Supreme Court of Connecti U, Fowler, # New Haven attorvoy, divorce Was claimed Were wiuliery, descr misconduct. ‘The case Wis tade oui clexriy cud through the instramentality of a nan purpo Wood, oth covered to De assistants Le Lucien Randolph, and one Samuel Of Whom huve fince been di oF ace # of How On Ui uber the real Lucius B, Ran b Waich name the divore « ast time cured the decree granted on the previou Judge Minor, He noticd the abuve noted, but House, with none it, remarking that twas 6 decree Was inaccurate in another It reat, “Lucien Randolph of * That's easily tixed, too,” says Mr. Hous: 4 bis pen trough the Mr. Tendowpie rather of altering a ¢ be did'nt want un jlic« agin reassured him ‘b saying: L will etween you and a!! bam, Mr. Laciay B. Raa n thus freed from his wil in Virgiuia, started tor Mane rN. J., wuere on Christta:s day bo was united to the stepdaugiter of Mir. dacob Wyckolf of Mancacster, N. J Joward the end of January Tuk SUN gave to the public 4 description of TUS FRAUDULENT DIvoRcR, d easy Way House t, excinimed th: Hoo! divorce; but Me ard itwas from Tux SN that Mr, Wyckoff frat learned that his stepdvughter had married a di vorced man, Greatly alarmed and excied. De at nee wrote t © Minor at New Haven, Intorm Ing lim of the warriage, and stating that Randoiph had not been out of the State of New Jersey in the lust three montis long enough te have appeared in New Haven, Mr. Wyckoif’s letter was followed pretty closely by other testimony, for on Fen, 2, 1871, Mr. HP. Rernmann, of 84 Niseau street, New York (Mr, Wyckof!'s sou-in-law). apnesred betore the Judge as the attorney and friend of the injured. girl, and elesrly proved Wat there hid been fraud practiced. Tho decree of divorce, was annalled that day, and Mr, Fowler, (ue counsel in the was taken severely to task by Judge Mir, Mr. ‘Fowler protested that Le had aeted in good faith, aud bad been another victim of the fraud Ho Was ordered to make full and thorough inves tigation of thy eave, and report to the Court, and it is probabie tat the’ decisive action yesierday taken ‘ainst House was the result of tid report, Both of the women thus made miserable b, and Randoiph are represented to be beautiul aod good, and it bas been intimated that Rundoiph’s fety to shake of the old love und put on the w Was due to pecuniary cousiderations, Miss Wyckoll being wealthy — TURNING OUT THE PARSON. - The Methodist Muddle at Rockville Centre, L The New Church yersus the Old—The Coutereuce and the Property. The quarrel betweeu the congregation of the old Methodist Cuuren at Rockvilie Centre, L. 1., pd its pastor, Mr, Keisey, has not been seitiod ‘The members will not allow him to preach there, and int are not permitted by the Conference to House employ any other minister, ‘They therefore meet, and, a few leaders entertain to rest with thelr ex. periences and exhortations, ‘wo or three weeks azo s resolution of de congregation was passed withdrawing the chureh from the Conference, and the meeting was adjourned until yesterday. At that time, however, the storan i rfered to preveut an and further action is delayed, sey demands his salary, If refused, a levy wt be made on the The conse wish to drop the Methodist denomination a and become Congregationalists, but find themselves most uncomfortavly tn the grip of the Conference, burch, whom the liw cou es in controllin the prop: cry. Mr, Kelsey's offence was that he caused 9 new church odiice to be built ne HepOe ut Rockville Contre, " Mat Pour wall, Ho then ¢ oid’ edifieo for general viees, and vocided that it should be opened oaly When he sould order opened. ‘The cougregauon of the | ther did not like the disintegration of their humber involved ta. the secession to the new churciies, and Were especially indignant at the arpt trary closiug of the old piace of worstp winch they had attended from childhood, and wine their an ceniors bad attended (or nearly one hundred yours Tho mudde remains uurayelied, and the Contor ence is much aunoyed by the quarrel, Mr, Kelsay received notice to quit his parsonage on the goth of Tast month duder pain of forcible expulsion; but he revolved to remain, Hw i# stil there, aud ho force Las set been employed against nim —— ; HOURS OF LEISURE, 0, No. 435, F. and A. M.. will dance in Apollo Hail on’ Friday evening, Feb, 26 A fair in aid of the Industrial Home for Young Women is opea in st, Stephen's Chureh The old fayorite Washington Continental Guard celebrate the 2d of February by a ball in Iiving Hall A (ull-dress reception of the ‘Thirtecnth Infantry is the event in the Acadeiny of Music, Brooklyn, Feo.2t ‘The reunion of the Eighth Ward Pioneer ( Cinb in Trying Hail ou Friday evenig is to De a gre event, The annual reception of Chancellor Walworth Lodge, No. 271, F. aud A, Ma, takes place at 3 Union square on Thursday eveuing, the 16un, ‘The charity ball In ald of the Brooklyn Homao- patole Hospital Fund will be the eveut at the Academy Of Musi 1u tuat city op Thursday evening, ith Regiment N,Q. bas a promenade conoart next Friday evening, on the openly of hele bow armory, on Bromway ir LOU La BLFeOk, Tonic Lod, A FLOCK OF SNOWBIEDS, Fellows, Gow Fisk, aud other Six-Toed Birds in cir Glory. Since the abatement of the storm on Tuesday night, Harlem Lane has presented a moving p1o0 rama of costly oquipages nowhere to be witnessed rave on that thoroughfare, so celebraced for its equine display, One continuous cavalcade has fled tp and down the broad avenue, while trotters flow in and out of the line, where there was the slightest poxsible break, at a rate of speed fearfully danger- ous unless they had been undef the guidance of reinsmen who have no peers on any road in tho world, That the four-in-bands, tandems, pairs, and single ones were handled by experts is evidenced by the fact that despite the “close shaving,” acei dents are ofrare occurrence. Among the notables who Ggured in the throng cam: Admiral Fisko in citizens’ éress, reposing bebind siz prancing steeds, Tho helm of the craft was in the hands of @ gentleman who was magnificently attired in fallairess livery, and assisted for this oc- casion by three mates. jimeon Leland, of the Metropolitan, looked from ‘high seat npon four thoroughbred bays. Dr. Holmbold held in person the ribbons over foar browns, For the nonce the three leaders were left team, four-in-band, was gor- Geounly capari-oned and gréatly admired. Jerome B. Fellows made bis appearance behind his unequalled foar-in-hand, with two colored gen. tlemen in livery. Frank Lord, thongh still yonng tn years, affects the erand family style, Mis tour spanking Jog admirably togethor, Scores of lamily sleigha, filet with Indies and children, wrapved in tho ehoicost furs that Al can farnish, gave evidence of the immense Ww of Gotham, the main attraction. Frank Baker drove Romance aud Reality. F Geo, McLean eppeared with Tom Thamb end Ma- jor Nutt = Capt Jobn Vanderbilt drove the Chicago team. Jay Gould appeared with hus celebrated bot-talled pony, pair J. W, Brown shouted to Dandy Jim and mate, Dominic Corey seat along Mountain Maid and an- other stepper. William I. Vanderbilt catmnly sat behind « pair of of browns, which wore Jouging ata forty gait. Horace FB, Clark seronely enjoyed bimscly en Sami E, W. Btoughton held the ribbons over a splen- did team of sorre The veteran Coamodore took the middle track— the right of way—and sailed for Cloreuce's under @ full proxa of ca vohn Briggs drove Policy and Lottery, a sure winving te Col HL yoked reithar to the right nor left, but sent his bay colts to the trout. Mexerolo of the Brigade sat bobind a black team that were stunning. Joslua D. Aliner drove nis Ethan Allen colts, Martin wae on band with Johony Reb and mate, Dua Walton was tutoring a bay and gray ali by himsei; they flew past the Cayuga, as Ben Mace can vestily, for he was alter them with ‘a good pair. Alex. Henriques ana Charley Shepherd were driv- Ang Pat and Cal. harley Turabull looked happy bebind kis brown in Do Forrest was flying belund two blacks arvellous speed. Charles E. Jenkins made 04 bay steppe nghes drove his long-strid! There was a fn snow fly with a team 1B ba; burst of spec’ rou he Cluv House to the Cayuga between Lady Juue ond the bitck yeelding Gen, Fremoat, owned by Major James Sunita, the awning maker, apie Falta mace things whis with his black colt arry Dater. Tsuac Drake drove with great skill the well-known gray trotting more Lady Coultr, James Conno’y bundled the bay wonder, Jake mare, Lady J: Roome, Jake is & terror to all Datch sportsmen, Jobn’ Rogers, the old-tashioned trainer of Fieet- wood, Wi @ team of phudy quad- rupe ‘Allertman Charlock was looking atter his di with his sorrel mare Kitty, good one tor Fide, cb jong. xo Anderson and @ distinguished party of 4 (rom Puiludelpluo were inspecting the Lane @ flue four-ia-band trom the St. the wid of er was tring the millionaire Malone and dilly Bator, uy Johnson, Poler Asten, John , and Carrol, tha Market Committees, w the toe scene in agrand sieigh dr wh by four yisicue steeds, ‘The mounting of the uurnees was Avdy elaboraie, Joun Lovert, systematic trainer, drove Georze Jarvis; derey’ Moore, the chestnut mare L Wakes; the liom, Tou Callahan, Black Pe Jobuson, eray gelding Bull Run; Dr. Cat Loon; doun Briggs, bay mare Li iy Beown, tho gtay celding Siajor; Lewis black horse Westenesver ; Charles W, cheatnug horee New Jersey; Dr. Bath Alderman s drove erand-moving gray mare, who Was Uping to overhaul Joun McCarthy's sorrel pacer ‘TV. R, Crowiord had a splendid Flying Cloud colt Keod and School Trustee Duniewn were & pacing team, aud thew like the wind. Andiew Bieakiey, Jt Was slecsiog a thirty-five bay mare Scores, known and unknown, of every strain of blood, ited by in the taro The bay colt Volunteer, by Hambletonian, owned dy Mr. Frank Gaynor of Uie Pwenty-fest Ward, is a magnificent roulster; he tackled Sicrian's Diack, well kuown on the Laue, aud heaged liu w ith ease, AN ACCIDENT, Yesterday afternoon the horses attacted to a sleh, owned oy Mr, Burton of 191 Wasuington reet, Bruowlym, took trig 1 ran down Prince street, knocking over and luring James Grilfen of 245 Mulberry street, and upretting (wo boys, named Hugh McG7ath and Joon Flanacaa, Mr," Barton aud bis colored coacuman were pitched beadioug into suow bau, but escaped withous inary, THE LASY OF TWO YOUNG MEN. The Sutc oklyn ‘Tradesman in Crook's Hotet~Taking Laudunum in the Lobby of the Cooper Institute, On Tuesday night stranger registered in Crook's Hotel as J. F, Rhodes of Brooklyn, He was assigned a room, and a’ter a while retired, He was not again seen olive, Yosterday morning a second stranger appeared and asked for Mr. Rhodes, saying that be was that gentleman's brother, Ho was sent to Dis brother's room, where he knocked without gotting a reply. Then he went away, promising to retura at noon, He returned, bat his knock was étill unanswered. Application was made to the por- ter who opened the door and Mr. Rhioles was found op the bed dead, A bottle of “sulpauric ether’? Was ia bis hand and eld close to his nostrils, A letter addressed “J, Francis Rhodes, care of Mrs, W. B Meade, 189 Raymond street, Brooklyn,” was found on the toilet table, It is understood that Ruodes bad recently failed in the siationery busi- ness, Yesterday lovby of the C a{ternoon a lady passing through the r Institute noticed a respee’ably dressed young man leaning against the wall seem: ingly sick, bhe questioned him, and he confessed that he had taken Iandynom, and in a few minutes le sank to the pavement, He was take Hospital where he lies at the point of d to Bellevue ath. On bis person was found the following letter: Dean Motmen: Perhaps whem you road these few Hives Luny seit wil be no a on this that it will wo hard with you, ou never wind Tied to be @ dutitus ob tO you, and knw thal forsive we. Ile be Goa's Wil to receive sie iit not. well Ive” pot. well; bat ¢ dicd for ime, aad hope by Got ‘wat 1 wil’ ve saved to ven with ail my frends and foes. i KO ts WAY UDON mes DIY de Colt, Pit Wad wiud, bal Pat going where aly ave ut Terk fom elekuers, temptation, and Pu farewell. mother, sister Ch uncle, and ail. Tt we hard to Bal tareweil, esp ¥ to & motier other who has been so 1b ‘onto, JUVIDg—O Who bas iu ‘oun bianey, We wer y to gether, mother abd 8.0, a Loviig ister far away, bUL Sins p Way like the eninmor and Tam ist tor ine Kot Fe Speak not hi F. POKTE! Novher, my brain ts falling me; farewell VS.—Don't pave tie, Dae let me Ko frou this world Lieave ull to motuer j it 1 could see her in the flesh once more L Would be happy; DULILI Lay LeVeree, hiss Sopula for me and ber ¢ Mr, Muyin has seen the young man aboat the lob Divs Of the Institute, and oelieves him to have been se repoiter ior tie Beening Post. 1 New Jer stature, Tauxton, Feb, 1.—A resvlution was offered in to reque the House to-way st the rer f he Stave at Waslingte on cou ‘Poo Sonate spent n the entire afternoon in discussing the quertion of politics in connection with the State prison, A resolution for the appoint inent of a Committee of four Senstors and fix As iymon, with tie President of the Senate and peaker of the House, ts progont to the joint etn & OW the names of Fultable persons for Inspectors aud Ke was fluaily adopted, —=— Exit Brooklyn Navy Yard, THE OTTAWA PARLIAMENT, LORD LISGAR TO THE REPRESENTA, TIVES OF THE DOMINION, — Pane Expanding from the Atlantic to th Encouraging Immigration to the Territory-Canada’s Attitude o Fishery Question, Orrawa, Feb, 15.—The Dominion Parliament ‘was opened to-day with the usual formalities by the Governor, Lord Lisgur, He coneratulated the members upon the present anspfelous condition of the country ; expressed gratification that the hopes entertained by him at the opening of the lust Parla. ment—that no further attempts wonld be mado to disturb the frontier—were mot disappointed; spoke in high terme of the conduct of the militia in repels ling the Fenlare, and says that the gallapiry digs played and success achieved had been recognized by tho bigbest military authority, and honored in grati. fying terms of appreciation by Her Mojisty. The Governor feels confident that the Mouse will pass bill to indemnify the Government for expenses ins curred ip resisting invasion. He says My anticipation oft the ruccess of the act passed for th rnment of Manitobs and the Northwerg territories, and in regard to the military expedition, Nave been’ fortunately reaitzed. The people of the new Provines have, under the ¢onstitution accorded to tiem last year, ursumed all the duties of soit. government, and every appearence warrants the hope twat they are entering steadily upon the caren 0! peace and prosperity. THE LEGISLATORS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA lave passed an address to her Majesty, praying for agmission into the Union. All the papers o this Important subject will be sabmitted to you, and your earnest attention is called to them. Tbopa that you will think that terms are #0 fair as to Jam tiry you in passing a simiiar gddress, a0 that ‘the boundaries of Canada may at an early day be ex. tended from the Atiantle to the Pacific. Shopid such an address be adopied, It will be necessary for you to take stens to secure the early exploration ‘and survey of a route for an INTRR-COLONIAL RAILWAY, with a view to its construction, according to the terms of the union. ‘The acquisition of the nor west Territories throws upon the Goverument aad Perlisment the duty of promising their eitly ment by the ¢@1 ment of immigration, uty can be best di ed by and by opening np communications throug out own country to Manitoba. ‘Tho means proposed for accomplishing these purposes will be submitted for your consideration, Her Majesty's Gov mead was decided upow ng tho fshery q along with other questions pending two countries, to a joict commission to be named by Her Majesty's Government and the Government of the Tuited States. On this commission Canada Will be represented, This modo of dealin with the various matters in controversy will, I trast, lead to the polley, (ieir aati actory adjusimest, Canals urces no ds beyond those to which she Ja plainly ea» titled by treaty and the law of nailous, She baw pusaed no clulm to any RXTREME ASSERTION “sought to maintain the rights of her own irly and firmiy, but In a irieudly and coor siderate spirit, with ail due respect to lorelgs Lil rs and foterdational obligations, ‘The ghinks of ne country to t alon the station and those command for the valuable apd efficient aid which they ren iered to our ccuisart Guring the past season fo maintaining order aad provecting the inshore fisheries from encroachment, The prospect of tuo adyption of an INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY tcoms in the present state of Europe to be #0 re» tuote, that I recommend you to cons{der the pro» priety of usaimilating tae currency of the Dominion without further deiay. Lue extension to Manitods of tho wiliiia and other laws of the Dominion, aud tueir adaptation to the present clroumst young province, will require your attenti ‘The decennial census will bestaken on of April next, and it is believed thata more thorougty ‘and accurate system has bee. adopted than any that haa hithervo beoa attained.” It m to amend the act of last session in some partic Among otucr measures bills will be preseuted to you relating (0 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, and ineasures, Insurance Conipanies, Save Bonas, and for the consolidation wud aiead- meut of the luspection law. uen of the House of Commons I have giv. tions Vaat the public accounts alull be lad be.o1e you, You will nave sacisfacuon in tes that thé revenue for the past year was in exc ‘and onl; people Wiat Woe estimated, and (at the prosvects ior tue current year are éucouragin Nowwitistanding tue exteusive public improvements wuich are con- templated you wid probably be able wo DIMINISH THE TAXATION of the conntry, Estimates will bs submitted to you, and el assnred that you will be of the opinion that supplies which you will be asked to vote cin be granted without inconvenience to the paolie, Honorable men of the Hi and weiguty that they will e entiemen of the Senate and gentlo» se of Commons, f lay these various before you in full ¢ © your altenti pray that the ro-ult’ of your deliberations. may with Divine prove coiducive in all resp to the advancement and happiuess of the country. a —— SUNBEAMS, pein Segeankedunk Water Power and Manus facturing Company asks to be Incorporated 1n Mau —Disracli receives an annual revenue of aboud wx thousend 4 his of bis books. Members of the Idulo Legislature vary the ynolony of debale by 6h) ing Inketaads at each other'd lurs fiom the copyr citizen of Georgia writes that he “has aps plied for @ Postmasterstip,” and shall * presa it with vigger." —The ladies of the Mount Vernon Association report that the residence aud estate of Washington aro muea in waot of repair. —Yellow Dog Landing is a new stopping place onthe Cumberland river, and the Swaggles House the prioctpal hotel there. —There is a great deal of cotton still unpicked in many parts of North Carolina, One plauter slouo has one hundred bales ta the feide, Nantucket was ice-olated from the continent from the 2d to the 1th inst. In the winter of 1854 tho tee embargo lasted twenty-four days, —In Toronto recently a man had his wifea coffin carried through a back window, for fear of seraiching the paint off the front door. A man was recently informed just before his mariage that his bride had fallen helt to $900 000, Dak he let the ceremony go on Just the sang —A man in Aroostovk county, Me,, borrowed his neighbor's honse, and, after using it for @ fow months, hauled It back again to the owner's premises. ~The Episcopalians are erecting a beautiful ebureb in Balt Lake City, from funds, it is believed foroished principally by Christians in New Yors aa¢ Brookiyn, —A man who was brought up at one of tht London police offices for arsiul/ing and nearly killin ‘8 woman, excused himself by eaylug that he thought it was his wite It is suid that the Mount Washington hermit here below ean endure a climate hot as wo sometimes bave it when the thermomnea wonder how we +s nero, The present Czar Alexander ig said to have a reverence achet N.chotas, who, thesou Lelieves, Was directed by Heaven 0 ail Lis wnceriakin, Mrs, Field of Fenton, Mich,, lost her power amounting to Fupersution for bis Mr, Scofield, Chairman of the House Naval Committee, nas prepared an amendment to the Brooklyn Navy Yard bill, which will probably pas It authorizes tho President to appoint a commission of army and navy officers to determine if {1 ts advis. able to abandon the site at Brooslyn; and if so, Whother it is necessary lo estab ish another uavy yard to take ite place. Also, if they deem another yard important, to designate the Lest place for it, And the amount of money it will cost, of epceci, and after remaining a mute four years suditenly recovered it, The bast shoriuaat rv can't keep up with her now. If any persons have somnambalistio tone doneivs, a sure eure, according to 8 Har Ort pape’ the placing of a paar of atee re under the pillow where yousivep. Itts certaluly @ vary siuyple ox, ere ment The curious fact that a neodl: or other steal wire inserted in a living body will minedia « Oxidiaed, while If {heb ead no oxide 1 Bucks county, Pa., hus within its | ve bem at Bristol. Lhe employ y to fifty nants each, ant pay a duly of $1920) a your Ue During the hurricane of Saturday night, Feb, found ho (rouble in maMLaIn.ag a keaper stake 9 A prominent dry goods merchant of Tiy-tox | tiled to give the answers © If tourect ‘ stove Wall In uiae days, how long WAIL IL tas ry to bu a Like walt tn six days 2 A correspondent advises travel y Journing at Wotels, to place tueir wa clos a In one of thelr stockings, ant put thm vo pillows, ‘This procvedine hin tera tt robbed, oF of forgettine their prapert Ap inhabitant of Avizona City, Ariz e- cently sent Treaenyer spinner a note of t) . tion of one dolar ta a very penitent ietter, nw ° conferses (0 having swindle | hie covatry out of (ae amount during the [ate war, and addy chat *Lnave bag hie ey a ubling my wind & ae.” —A Lowell gardener is marketing flie lot of lettuce raised wader glass, but without otiier leat (AE the sun’ At Pano daiins the eoidest weativr Mt covers the bed* with thick Ftraw mattis ; ihe plane occasionally treeze, but he ur derstanda how to shaw them Without Iuiury, and Whey go on growing 4mm moe if