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0ft fltto-f grh Jfitmy, grHi, 1881 3 nor-po ration, was recommitted tbe Jodi-riary Committee for hearing, retaining it place ta general crier. Mr. 8pinola'a bill, fix-tog telegraph rate in the HtaU at ,20 cenU for' IS word. and half that rat for newspaper lispatche, wa reported for consideration by i tha General Lawn The Apple- barrel till waa reported, and, after some dis-euastoft, waa killed, althotiga motion to ra rsontider waa mad and laid on the table. The bill authorizing Thomas Cottman to establish proof of hi claim against th City of New-York nun no on Ita third reading, and Speaker Sharp, reasserting hla opposition to claim bills generally, objected to tbi one as seeking relief from th Leeislatur which ought to be obtained the court.

Bvmpath with the claimant and respect for Mr. Dayton, the introducer of the bill, were sufficient to carry tha bill thrdugb by a very slnae vote. 1 The sub-pornmittee of the Committee xn Commerce knd Navigation, oonsikting of Mr. Chairman Mr. Browning, of, New-York; Mr.

Vi of Fulton and Ham ilton; Mr. Tully, of-King, and Mr. Carpenter, of Suffolk, will meet to-morrow morntng at II o'clock-, in tne Metropolitan Hotel, to begin -the about the building and leasing of City piers. The Governor hs signed the following bills: Authorizing benevolent societies In New-York Hty to bar, hold, and dlspose.of land for cemetery purpoe 1 Amending chapter 10. Law of and chapter KB.

Law of 10. regulating the paage of lomWr, Iocs, and other timber upon the rivers of this stale. Amending tbe act incorporating; Hart's ral Rensselaer Cotintv. tbe name of the village ta to Scbahlleoke. Amending chapter Sua, Jew of 1W, establishing-4 Police force la Trov.

Amending chapter 7317. Laws of relating ta me rnrtnatmn or wnrir woms companies town tad vt.tigcs of this State. THE. STREET-CLEANING BJLL. GEORGE, ARGUMENTS AGAINST 8 1 Visa POWER TO THE M.VTOR.

AlbAxt, March 31. The Assembly Cities Committee this afternoon beard further arguments ou tbe Btreet-cleanlng bill, yesterday pass! by the Senate. Mr. George Bliss said be Wished to speak on tbe bill constructively before the committee. Hi appeared, as no one else appeared, to nay a few thing which no doe elite had said.

It bad been given out through tbe that any one who spoke against it was in bad. work and at tempting to delay. All be had to say was that when the press was right, it was a great power. lie asked no favors from the pressj He wanted to show that the bill would not do what Is promised. His views had coolod.

if not broken, the friendships of 'years in tho Police Department. The outcome was that was the dirtiest citr in the world. Gentlemen bad said that if something was not immediate! dune the condition of tbe streets would give rise to great danger. There bad been U3 inches of snow tbis Winter, and wane It lay it was impossible clean street? To hold the Tulice Ipartnieii sponsible for such a condition of things not fair. There waa a great deal of exae-gBra-' Hon in too cnucuoca nuule.

1 he Legislature was inked to pat a bill without consideration, while before it could be put in operation all the Streets In tbe City would be cleaned under a plan already In operation. Tbe atnking feature of the LMl was that- it look 7 page and 15 sections to -say that the Mayor could clean the streets atid do just as be blessed. That was not a power to fcive to anybody who might Mayor. iTbere was absolutely no limitation of expense, but tbe Board of Estimate and Apiwrtkiument was required, on tho requisition of the Mayor, to appropriate money to any extent for thepurose oi sirwewieaning ana tne ooara, when the law says "shall appropriate," could be compelled bv mandamus to put in any amount called for. It made the Mayor chief scavenger.

The butjerintenident was removable at his will and could spend as much money as he pleaHetL Tnere was none of tbe safeguards put in the bill of last year by the Cities Committee, Aot a street-sweeper was to be employed without the Mayor's approval, and no limitation was made as to wage. 1 he Superintendent could sell or lease anything at the pleasure of the Mayor. All the way through it pave the Mayor broad power, only prescribing that ball not be upent, after this year, more than l.OUO.OUO a Tear. In 10 Vrnr there had not been' in any. year more than.

al- loweo, and Mr. Adams, in tils bill oi last year, oily allowed for the purpose hut year. Either tbe bill of last year was critical or the bill this year Was extravagant. That was bill Ko. 68 of last year, and was sup posed to Jiave been dratted by tbe Speaker friend here, Mr.

Thatcher M. Adams, and approved ty Mr. Jackson H. Schultz. The extraordinary powers ought not to be given to any Mayor.

We had had some cecu-i Gar Mayors, and he did nop think tbe prevent MayoF was so free from partisanship as he was reported to be. He bad: been there three All he had done was- to assure the otvided jJemocrata II tbeywduld only elect Democrat for President of the Board of Aldermen, be would not recoirnke tbe lleDufclicans I say William K. aent for Salem U. Wales and told him: If vou will vote for a Democratic I 'resident of the Tark Department, there shall 1 te created a Trvatiurer ot the department, and vou shall be chosen for that He sent to another "party and said: are going to reduce salaries in your department. I want you to save certain men because they are good The powers ought to be given to this or any Mr.

Bliss quoted an address of the Society of Municipal Reform, said to have beeh written by' Mr. Thatcher M. Adams: The! report thought there were decisive objections to giving power to the Mayor, and expressed the opinion that the street cleaning could be carried on in one of the departments. The head ot the department should be auoointed bv the Mavor sub ject to xhe confirmation of the Board of Al dermen. If the argument was good in 1874 it was good in 1880.

Otherwise it would be found 1 that in 13 they would have a poor opinion of this It was not consistent with tbe performance of bis duties that the Mayor should have charge or the details oi street cleaning. Mr. Bliss would have a head of street cleaning, and five him such powers as the committee thought But he would not s-ive the Mavor cower IfKtappninf and remove men at his pleasure. ilter Mr. Bliss had finished his rattling criticism of the bill Mr.

Thatcher M. Adams re plied. He said that if New-York City were in danger of destruction by fire he had no doubt the first man to appear at Albanv to offer to extinguish the flames would. be Mr. George blue.

The objections made to the bill were mainly those inserted in the Sen ate. Mr. Jackson S. rSchulti reaffirmed the statement rosde as to the dirty condition of New-York street as compared with those of European cities. Me said the people of the City were intensely in, earnest, and demanded relief.

Mr, Dexter A. Hawkins also made an -argument. The committee will consider the bill in executive session to-morrow morning at 8 clock. BEFORE THE GRAND JURY. OOJtMIMIOJTKEB UABOX AST XTICROLa aTKEET-CXEAXIXO.

1 The Grand Jury devoted yesterday'a session a lnrsstigaung tbe management or ins stree-jleanlng Bureaa- A targe, number of witnesses. comprising contractors canmcn, sou iBren, Mere la attendance. At 11 p'oloci tbe four roiice Commissioners Messrs. renco, aason. nicaoia, and Mathews eatered the ante-room, and wre accommodated with seats within the carpeted In-elosure set apart for ladles.

Ex-Police Comtals-, eloner D. C. Wheeler and Shore Inspector Hopkins were aiso in suvausuLm was sent for by tbe Grand Jury, and subjected to an examination id reiauua iu i wvnu Street-cleaning Bureau which lasted over an hour. Commissioner Nichols was next called, and exa n-Ined. at great length in relation -to the alleged abuses in tbe bureau, of which he is the head.

thore Inspector Hopkins and a few unimportant witnesses were then called, and a rweees was taken ontll tbis morning, when tbe investigation will be resumed. Among the witnesses subpoenaed for today are Capt. Williams and bis deputy, Plnnkett. The Inanity will. possible, be closed to-day.

bat tbe Grand Jury wl)l not preaeat the result of It iDvestlgatioa lengthy presentment, probably until to-morrow, when Judge Cowing will open to recetTeit. Mr. after bis return to Police Head- juarters, said be had not been sworn to secrecy in the Grand Jury room; but be did not think It would he decorous to talk about tbe Interrogation to whleb he submitted. The members of the Grand jUrv, with possibly oneor two exceptions, treated aim courteously while ther asked many questions more or leas pertinent, with a view. appantlr.

of sscertalnlng what he knew of the business of the LxeeteaiW Bureau. Some of these questions la could Tot answer, bat he considered that be displayed no greater Ignorance Uaa saotber 'man only a year ta the 4epartsaeet would have 6me surprise wa soao I-lested by members of the Jury that he did ot know all about the stratleanujr Mr. Slch-la said he was subjected to about the same nmoVot of OMttonlng. Be was asked questions Viinica were uimsbus i nw that for every dollar of tbe amoant recelred for trnet-claanine so account could be rendered, ana that do pecuniary benefit from street-cleaaina' waa aemea ry nimteii or. so tar aa ne anew, dt pis, brother Commissioners or the subordinates pf tbe bureau.

When asked. How la It yon received so ttmch money for and did no street-, elraainc" he replies that tbe money was expended in saiaiiea, the remoTaJ of house refuse, and the acow service. URGING THE STREET-CLEAJfTSG BII4 Tho following telegrams were sent to Speaker harpe yesterday, urging the passage of the 8 tree t- leaning dui: Bon. Otorg SSarpe. Uptaker inmMn.

Albany. ft. I Mirer mmt power to clean utreeta. Senate hill pbould ba eoDCorred la by A-mbIr at nriee. 4unn A.

dilv aai. Ron. Otmrif B. KKarpe, Fpeor of Bourn pf Atnihty, Auxiny, a. i The Streteleanlnk bin vhlrfc haa paused the Senate and now wlta tt Commute on ltlea la tbe Hoomi.

tt prohablv the nne tht we ran set. I think It importaai Ui-al taa uui anuiua ptn wimoui a i. tUaUKUiS. i. ill.

Bon. OtorgiB. Sharpe. tipeaktr of tk Aembly. Al thli.k thoorhtfal twaldenta of tbe Ciry farcr the Btrrt elnln hill paet-by- th t-nte.

We tin-eeraly hop will become a law. THE SEWAIiK t'OXFEUEXCE. APrtJISTMEST OF tPEClAL COMMITTERS THE BISHOP ISDIGSA.NT. The prayer-meeting which precedes the busi-nessjrslQni of the Newark Methodiit EplRCopal Conference now in session in 8t. Paul' Church.

Third-street, Jersey City, was Mimly attended ye tetday morning. Tbe buslnesn session opened at 8 o'clock. Bishop Harris presiding; A communica tion was received from In, liust asking that the appropriation for Aid Society be Increased from $100,000 to (125.000. The Bishop announced the special committees called for by the resolutions adopted Wednesday, as follows: On th Slat of Htllgion in thr hiirchnH. A.

RqttK, P. 1 ChsriM Larew. D. William Tunlw n. J.

M. Tnttla. A. I- lirtc-e. W.

Van Zantlt. S. Van ClrTr. (tn hnlupamyJ. B.

I'orter. P. J. N. Kltzjcerald.

J. K. Daniel, r. l.umrals, Ambrose Compton. The next business taken up was the reports of the Presiding Elders.

Elder Knowles, of theVXewark district, n-ported bis charge In excellenrcondltlon. Several churches have paid off their debs, and two or three bare been built and Hedicated free of debt. A cburch In Chester, wbichsthe late Bhthep Janes preeetrted to tbe Conference firtveir aeo, has been rebuilt: The Clinton-street Church, in Newark. was OTerwbelued by Its financial trouble, but did not resort to any iraud locbeat elal board boro the hurnen faithfully, and managed the property tn such a manner that when the crasu came then) was enoueh to pay all Resolu tions were adopted expressing of the toqierenee at the xplendld conaurt ot t. A.

Mason, tha Pastor, and the members of Clinton- Mreet Church, tn manfully standing up to the financial obligations they bad incurred in the matter of tbe chureh debt. There were revivals In severni or the churches in the district. Tbe characters of the' preachers in the distrlt't were passed. iTeslding Elder fJlison. of the Jersey (ity district, reported thnt the district bas heen very prosperous dur fez the year.

A large section of it was transferred to the Paterson ami Newton dis-" trtcts. Material Improvements have been made In many of tho churches, especially in Jersey City and lloboken, and a number of debts have been laid. The Rev. Mr. Blight, of Emory Cbnrcb.

in Jersey City, created a reusation, none the less-profound because, it was unexpected, lie said, thnt J6 bad been collected in his church for thrtmis-slonary fund, but part of it hud been used for Vun-day-school purposes. The Bishop became veryijn-dUcnant on bearing tho statement, and expressed his opinion in strong language, lie said. I money Is. raised for missionary purposes and is diverted to any other purpose, it is a fraud and a robbery. Tbe fund is a mission fund, and must be'beld as such by tbe parties in whose hands it is placed.

You might just as well put your band in another'man'g Docket and take his money, as to take money raised for missionary purposes and use it for other Mr. Blight was evidently nettled, and warmly answered: "Circumstances alter cast-. I don't know how a man who gets a salary of $10,001 a year the Bishop can sympathize with a man who gets only A member asked if the Bishop meaut-what he had said. I certainly responded the Bkbop with emphasis. Several members then tried to get the floor, hut Elder Ilunn protested against a continuance of the discussion, and cn bis motion the business of the session Was proceeded with, but not before Mr.

Bllcht managed to ear that he wanted it under stood that tbe official board of Emory Church was perpendicular and uuite clear as to their right to do as tney ant. Good-hnmor was restored by means of a general and hearty launch, provoked by the Kev. Mr. Rogers, of Harkensack, Who solemnly reported that of his missionary collection had been stolen by tho Cashier of the Bergen County Bank. There was nothing of sneciul interest In the reports from the other districts, which were all shown to be in a prosperous condition, both spirit ually and financially.

The Rev. Fletcher Lummls was granted supernumerary relations. The Rev, lr. II. Fowler.

Secretary of the Missionary Society, made a stirring appeal for more liberal' collections for missionary purposes. In the afternoon the Conference listened to the annual sermon, which was preached in Hedding Cburch by tbe Hev. David Walters. In the evening the anniversary of tbe Conference Education Society was ueiu in m. raui murcn.

RAILROAD -MAX A GEMEXT. THE CISCISKATI SOCTHEHX MANAGERS THE OLD PACIFIC ROAD LITIGATION. Ciwciskatl, March 3L-The Directors of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad Company have called a meeting of the stockholders for May 8, to vote on the proposition to increase tbe capital stock from $2,000,000 to (5.000,000. The company is at present operating the Cincinnati Southern hoad. and the proposed increase is probably Intended to place it in position to take permanent lease.

Col. William L. O'Brien, for a long time General Passenger and Ticket Agent of the Pittsburg. Cin clnnatl and tL Louis Railroad, with his office at Columbus, has been appointed (lenaral Agent of tbe sameirrriad. with 'office at Cincinnati.

The- order takes effect April I. Stf Lot is, March 81.In tbe United States Cir cuit Court to-day. Judge McCrary presiding, a de eislon was rendered In the case of tbe old Pacific Railroad Company.agalnst tbe Missouri PaclBo Kail road Company, C. K. Garrison and others, which sustains tbe finding whereby tbe third mortgage was foreclosed and the sale or the road made.

The proceedings were brought by Cowdrev. Cut- old Pacific Company, and were designed to set aside1. the foreclosure and tbe sale of the road to Commo dore Garrison. 1 1 1 1 i di.i ii oi, iiib auriucu meeting of stockholders of the Chenango and Alle gheny Railroad and Mercer Coal Comnanv of Penn sylvania. held to-day, Thomas P.

Fowler, of New- iwki was nc icu x'lrrviur uuiu tfiupauitrs. In Dlace of Judeu of Cleveland. Mr. Fowler's election was requested by the English bond -and stock holders, who are represented in London by a committee of which Sir Henry Tyler, member of Parliament, is Chairman. PocoHXETrsis, N.

March 81. Forty-six freight uruciucn were nismiKsru -uajib ido iew-iora central and Hudson Itiver Railroad to-day. The per fecied system of signaling along the line does sway with the necessity of longer employing more wan iwo Draaemen 10 a train. DISASTSBS TO TESSXtS. VVabeikgton, March 81.

The Signal Corps officer at Kitty Hawk. N. C. reports to the'Chief Signal Officer as follows: A two-masted schooner was 'ran into and sunk 'last night She now lies abreast of this station, with her topmasts above water. Tbe vessel that ran her down passed by here this morning, and tbe keeper of the Life-saving station attempted to gain particulars, but the master rerusea to give any.

i Sah Fbascisto, March 81. The schooner W. H. JDimond arrived this morning from Honolulu. She sailed March in.

The mail steamer City of had not then arrived, although two days overuue. BALTianas.farch 81. The British steamer Ren pa, from WestVartlepool. before reported on fire near Cape Henry, arrived at this port to-day. The Captain reports that he had no Bra.

bnt ws using gas coai. me smoae crom wnica enveiopea tne ves sel during a otnse log. BELLiya JAT COOKE ISTATB. Philadelphia, 'March SL The sale by auction of stocks, Bonds, Western lands and other real estate belonging to the estate of Jay Cooke St was resumed to-day. The catalogue embodies all the property not previously disposea of.

end about $300,000 was realized. The. sale will be con tinued to-morrow. tES KKW A LLA BTEAXR PASTSIAX. Bostox, March SL The heads of the Allan Line of steamers gave a dinner on the Parisian yes terday afternoon to about ISO merchants snd resentativemen of this In the evening th Messrs.

Allan were the guests of the city at the Hotel Yenddme. STA TK PUIS OX IASS1XGS. SriO Snrd, N. March SI. The earnings of the State prison here for the month ef March were $30,065 10; the expenditures were $18, 0t 15, laavlBg a nroflt ef S4.064 OA.

Anru, Y- March 81 Tbe surpras at the prison hare for the month of Match is JassBiwswMeasBassnasBsmmaBsaw saeawaaaBw Ifrw-OELEAXS, March St Bichaal Tracy was shot and tastanily killed in a'drunkea row in a bar-room here to-day tr John lallahaa The mar- A.accK has fceea artaatcu. SCENES 10M PARIS LIFE A CHAPTER tX THE CAREER OF A VJtCOUXTES how sffE ccut Tary ED to dcmiliatz those WHO SCORNED HER 6HE COMPELS THE BARC5ESS to RECOOMZE HER THE FRrNCESEE GEOROKS" DUMAS AS A PLAYWRIGHT i-1 Paris, Marcl 16.V Everybody in Pans knows ber; hen splendid equipage does the bike and tbe Avenue des circuit of the Acacias whenever there ia a glimpse of sun- the i all the great fat all the charity fairs, at sales in the balls of the Hotel Drouot; er presence is as confidently expected as thak of the' actors at every first night of any ne piece ac tne omeoue ran- caise, but still kociety stood aghast when it saw the Viscotm bess de X. seated in the box of the Baroness He Y. at the premier of La Princesse- Georges. The Viscountess is well born, well ored, well connected, and Was well married.

put it -in tbepast tense, be- cause tbe noble Viscotint and she see so of each otherfpat their union is now only nominal. She presses exquisitely, her tsil-oress declares that she moldi her gowns to Slip in pretty rather than hand some, with eyei of which the color changes according to he humor, and hair of the shade termed. angel blonde the red of her lips and the earmiie on her cheeks are put on with all the lill of a genuine artist her hand has been taken as "a model; and she could wear Ci lderella's: slippery How old she is is a mys ery gossip 'bints at 55, but, then, gossip is i always, and if she has turned the atal corner she docs not look It, and must ha re discovered, like one of our own fair equn ry women lately returned to America, the ountain of Jotfvenco or the Kecret of yinc i de 1'EncIos. Yet, if gentlemen bow and when she passes, ladies turn their back for, sad to tell, the ascinatinar Viscountess is i "Fy-I-'y." She has not many prejudices she has no convictions; money is the only god orthy of worship in her creed, but she does gr an in. spirit and writhe with anguish when she in aione and can doff the mask because iociety ignores her existence.

There was a rrible scandal, not a twelvemonth after her and -a few years of total t- 'lipse, and then, thinking her escapadeforgc she came back to Paris and paid visits ail her former intimates, and was marvelous ly surprised that none were returned to her )tel in the avenue, where Mnt Grundy scarce deigned to notice her liaision with the Baron de one of those elegant, accomplished tin nrs who go a pace a great deal fast be lasting. Tho Baron was en Adonis; be wis endowed by his fairy cod-mother with vcry charm, including that, most rare of al gifts, of pleesing. He was not rich, yet be li 'ed well on' his means, which Lever defines i be the interest of what he owed," soj Iod as his credit held outj and then, like ail 1 is class, resorted; to that' one plank of salva ion for. the impeeunious who nave- titles ar scciar positionr-matrimony. His aiiieux wit' i the wore tender; but she a pi actical woman, and admittel tho necessity oi a separation, and they parted.

tearfully, but rith the exchnncre of promises to meet again a talk over the hajpy past, and with a solomi engagement on his part to present hereto he future Baroness, Mme. de hud for some time 1 egun to hanker after hi old associations. She ai-pired to climb up her old place on the social ladder, and bet he Light her that an invitation to this particulEr wedding would give her the desired start. 1'. it tha bans were published, and the nuptial performed, and tho honeymoon ei ded without a sign from the perjured Henri The Viscountess raged how could such' th ngs be She so soon forgotten and yet all fa hionable Paris be invited to the ball, with win the newly married pair celebrated its ent -ance into tbe gay world i She would be evet with them, and as be or she who risES- not tiing can win nothing, she decided to temr I fortune, and so in grand gala dress, pretty a pastel, she; welted deliberately into Mn e.

de drawing-room on her reception day. There was an ominous lull in the con verso ti of the guests, and the Baroness was seized rith an extraordinary degree of interest in the 'on vernation of an old dowager who sat near ler, when the Fy-Fy name was announce and her pre entation by tbe Baron to his ife was met so coldly that even her assurance broke down and she as it were, in disorc er. Yet had she not altogether failed; from hat day forward tbe Baron's visits to tbe iotel in the Avenue-de became more a id more frequent. The sole aim of the sirer seemed to be to enchain her whilom lover, and she succeeded, until at 1 1 st I the wife was left to be the prhstess of a dismantled "altar. She had drear ed a dream of mutual affection and fidelity i be fhad been rudely awakened, and with her i pirit pervaded by the idea that affianced souls seek each other through space for the develo ment of this theory vide Les A tomes Croc ius" was no way surprised to one i ay, one of the most passionate declarations love that can be imagined by the mind of roman.

As she was a virtuous female, of coi rse; she did not answer, nor did she answer a second missive, nor yet a third and a fourth but when the half-dozen was reached she vercame her scruples, all the more willing doubtless, that the signature was the initia of a very higtrand mightv personage who ies not generally reside in Paris. It is only the first step which costs, says the proverb, and to that timid note succeeded others, gradu; illy reaching the diapason of her anonymous i orrespondent. Then he asked for a rendezvi us, promising to adore her like a Madonna." She granted it, all innocently, of course, fc, bad he not sworn to be respectful Th were to meet in a solitary hotel at Pi ssy, at an hour when the angels who are represented as keeping "celestial wa eh o'er men" were taking a nap, and she went there, crouching- down in a corner of her fii ere as though frightened. The carriage stopped, a valet, in plain clothes, openedjtbe dr before sbe bad time to ring the bell, and led ler to a boudoir hung with white satin, and lef trembling with demotion were they no to meet for the first time alone to announc her arrival. Scarcely a moment elapsed bef or a a door was opened and a mocking laugh wa i heard.

She started, looked up and saw the one woman for whom, at first sight, she ha I experienced a sentiment of invincible anti athv. It is a pity, is it not, chere Madan that the Prince Charmant so eloquent, so impassioned, so persuasive was only I. Yes, I wrote all the letters, and, chere Madame, I fan to keep them carefully. Perhaps, some da they may amuse vour husband for the presei it, I promise to be discreet," The Baroness drt ve home alone, but I am assured that the de loument of this true story was the hctfrtihslirv riven tn tho tlwtnnt. the hoi ofT the VanrtevllU JTJ i ana mat, iin mme.

ae V. was given a packet of perfumed notes, which. after careful examination, she burned that same evenln; in her bedroom. Now, how the clue to'this ystery was obtained I do not pre-tenM to exp nin, but, as the proverb has: it, murder will out 'All tbe fashionables did know the stc ry before the performance was half over, an 1 their speculation previous and their commei taries subsequent' to tbe strange revelation va stly interfered with their interest in that come of the younger Dumnsin which poor Aimee )esclee attained the zenith of her artistic reput ition. The plot the Princesse Georges" is too universally mown for me to offer a long description, i that I shall simply recall its main feature At the 'rise of the curtain we are introdut ed to tha Princess Sevrine de Birac, who as just learned that her husband is engaged in an intrigue with her most intimate friend, the Countess Sylvanie de Terre-monde.

She tries! to reclaim the unfaithful one, who pre misee-amendment, but, returning to his wick ways, makes an arrangement to elope wit i his mistress, and at the same time carry off with him the 2,000, COUf. his wife's fortune which are the keeping of ler notary. This feather breaks the camel's I ark her cup of indignation runs over, -and in transport of race and jealousy she tells the ount de Terremonde that Madame has a lovei. The name of Prince Georges trembles on ber bps, but sbe hesitates to de-nounceone horn she still adores, and completes her revelatic a with, Cherches The Count doe search utd hides himself in the-porter's lodge so as 1 1 discover and kill the man wjao had outrag ad bis honor. The Prince; a makes, a last effort to sv her husband, but he, ia all th madness of his criminal passion, refuses to hi ten to her entreaties, and rushes from the- nom; a pistol ahot It heard, and Georges ret' rns safe and sound.

The Count has.kiUed at other man equally in fault, as the Couateas ae ms Co have had auite a collection of favorites, and de Birac, convinced of the infamy of his mistress, falls into Seerines arms and ia forgiven on the principle that they who love -sincerely will pardon anything. Tbe Princess Georges" had a run of successive nights after its first production by M. Montigny at the Gymnase, On the 2d of December, 1671, It was a great success, and yet did not entirely realize the expectations founded on ita first performances. Since then the piece has been reqnentiy revived, and always with the same result it has made an immense 'sensation and brought in much money, but has never kept its vogue aa long las several others of ita author's It interested and emotioned, yet did not wholly satisfy the public. Its first act is a chef d'eeurrtt it is one of the most striking and dramatic exhibitions on the stage, and tbe most censorious critic would find it difficult to invent an; serious objection to its remarkable explanation? the situation.

The second act also is it contains or.e scene which is amasterpiece-i-that one in which, wiphout noire or scandal, with all the contempt and scorn of a high-bred lady, the Princesa turns UUBIVUU UllBVi C3B VI UCI U. room. Yet even this act is not throughout entirely satisfactory, as it is at its close that the public is first tempted to ask. How is it possible that tbe I Princess, so refined, so gen-erouvso-straigbtforward in all her acts and thoughts, should, in a moment of an per perfectly justified, I admit condescend to anything so base, 1 so contrary to her noble nature as the part of an informer And in such circumstances, toot She denounces a wife, to her husband, kntywing that husband. to be one who will kill anybody, either the woman or the lover, and that her iOwn husband, whom she loves, although she Ifcas concealed his name, will be the probable victim.

Perhaps the denoumentj surprises even more thant his, incongruous as it appears. "Evidently Dumas himself felt it to be the weak point of his plav, as he has writtep two prefaces in its justification, without, however, convincing any oneijIbe public is disappointed that a wofk ofsuch incontestable merit as T.he Princess beorges" should be ended by a species of theatrical legerdemain, for such is the death of M. de Foudette. shot opportunely, just in time to save Mde Birac, who would have fallen if he had left his wife's chamber a few seconds earlier. The author explains in his last prefare-that be did nit kill off the Prince because he thought it unjust to kill a man who was only half guilty he does not explain wby it should be more just to kill another man who is completely, so far as the piece informs us, innocent.

This is one of the Usual paradoxes from which Dumas cannot alwtain, and which shocks reason and common Fense. Still, with these reservations, the Princesse Georges'' is oiie of his strongest productions: it is clever throttgfcout, end especially in the scene between the Princess and her unworthy rival abounds in dialogue of which everv word tells. It is; the prototype of the author's Second Manner," tha inauguration of the style described as etrmfdit rt thtslt the drama with a thesis. It is a singular kind of aesthetics; it throws entirely into the background scenic effects, transforms the stage into a pulpit, tmd is only appreciated by those who having' a fondness for pertnons consider that' the theatre-should be a school for morals, It needed, perhaps, more genius its composition, but it never has pleased, and never will please nearly so much as La Dame aux Camelins," Diane de or "Tbe Demi-Monde." with which last M. Dumas made his dramatic debut.

He had very little encouragement at the outset of his career; his Own father ridiculed bis idea of dramatizing the celebrated novel he told him that "it absurd," and Antony Beraud, who bad premised to collaborate in the adaptation gave up tbe ta-k almost at once, in the full conviction that it was pot suitable to the so that the young msn was left to hi sown resources. One of his father's secretaries copied the manuscript, and with some difficulty persuaded the old gentle man to assist at its reading. I shall not help him," remarked the author of "Monte Cristo," "yet I my persuade him not to rake.a fool of h'mself in public." But his prejudices ihsap-'peared after he had listened to the first act, and were succeeded by a feeling of immense admiration. I was a fool not to believe in thy piece," he exclaimed 1 "Thou hast invented a new school, a magnificent school. Thou shalt be rehearsed, next wre k.

at the Theatre His-torique." ln fortunately, before the next week; the Theatre Histofique was a bankrupt institution, and it is somewhat curious to read the opinions of the preaf critics of the French press on this play, which Alexander Dumas. Sr. esteemed so highly "I found nothing in the pigeon-boles of the Theatre Historique, except two impossible pieces, 4 La Dame aux Camelias'' and 'La, Dame de Mori-teorean." D'Ennery. It is only the 'Vie de without its gayety." Hostein. "'Manon Lesoant' and 'La Dame aux Camelias' are one and the same piece." Montigny.

This Manon by Theodore Barriere and Marc Fournier, was at that precise moment in rehearsal tt the Gymnase. These quotations are fair specimens of the general sentiment expressed, and certainly were of a nature to discourage any aspirant to fame as 1 a-aramatistl less penetrated with a consciousness of his vocation. But Dumas was not to be classed in this category. Like Andr Che-nier; he felt that there was something there. He persevered, and, if we except a very few compositions, such as the Idees de Madame Femme de 'Claud," and, in these latter days, the execrable Princesse de Bagdad," it must be admitted that he has fullv justified the parental prediction of eventual success.

i FOREIGN BUS1XESS XOTBS. ENGLAND KOT TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE MONETARY CONFEEENCE THE BCTTER-' ISE QUESTION. London, March 81. The sum of 25,000 in specie was taken from the open market yesterday for shipment to America. a telegram from the House of Commons states that England will not send a representative to the Monetary Conference at Paris.

Mr. Chamberlain. President of tbe Board of Trade, replying to a question in the House of Com-r? mons, relative to the possibility of the Importation of disease through the medium of lard used In the manufacture of American butterine, stated that the Government had no evidence to show that but-, terine, or similar compounds, disseminate Mr. Grant-Duff, Under Colonial Secretary, replying to a questiondeclared he agreed in his predecessor's views relative to the aeslrabDity of limiting the amount to which silver shall be legal tender in the West Ind es to Os. as at home, but owing to the erraneoua ideas current In some parte of the West Indies, it ia difficult to move in the matter as quickly as desirable.

Madrid. March 81. Foreign ships are pronlblted from entering Spanish ports until they undergo sanitary inspection. Lokook. April Xtun confirms tbe report that England has declined the invitation to the monetary conference.

Sir Herbert Maxwell's motion, to come before the House last nurht. calling attention to tbe ill effects of spurious butter Imported from the Cntted State, is likely to lead to a long and Important debate. It Is understood. bojkever, that tbe Government will decline to prohibit the importation of comestibles. The motion will, oon- euuauuy.

ik rejected. The ita financial column Th0 iimf finKtal column says th Vl- enna ixmnnmrat lAnmrixmivnr that the Austro-Hunrarlan Councillor at Ij gatlon. Count Kuefsteln. Ministerial Councillor N'tebaoer. as adviser for Austria, and Herr Heeu-dus.

member of the Retuhsrah. as adviser for Hungary, will represent Austria Kungarv at the Monetary Conference at Paris. They will take a neutral stand-point, bnt with a slight inclination toward bi-metalism. This tendency, however, will be shewn only tn case Germany ln-cllnhs to the same view. The delegates wid expressly declire that Austria-Hungary does not regard the rcgtlation of monetary values, but only the ma dv and discussion of the project, as the object of the conference.

rniLADbirHiA jkwki.es wixdled. Philadelphia. March SL About 10 o'clock this morning two men entered the Jewelry store of Joseph K. Davidson; No. SKS Chestnut-street, and one of them asked to have a diamond ring, which he had boncht several days ago, exchanged.

The clerk's atterJtioh was distracted by the other, and. after the 'departure of the men, it was discovered that they had taken a tin box containing between 3.000 and KM worth of diamonds, sanphires. and other precious stones, and left In its' place a duplicate box containing white and colored papers such as are used jewelers to wrap diamonds in. 1 be robbery has bten reported to the Police. I 'I A TUGITITE FROM JVSTICE.

Cleveland, Ohio, March 3L H. F. PUt-tenhduse, for 16 years In the employ of tbe Hall Safe and Lock Conipary. and lately manager of the New-York branch arrested here to-dav oi we nrm. was aa a fugitive from justice on an affidavit settis'g forth that an inuicimeDi naa oeen louna asaiait him la New-Tork for embezzlement and grand larceny.

TBE COWPEXS MSX0E1AL. I HiiiBsnuj, March 8L A bill wa reported affirmatively in. tbe Bouse to-day giving SiSO as the pro rata ebare of this Commohwealth toward erecting a memorial on the battle-nek of Cowneaa. 6uUj Catotes, WHISTLER DEFEATS DUFUR A DESPERATE WRESTLING-MATCH AT TCRX HALL. TWO BTRONO MEN THROWING EACH OTHER ABOUT FOR THE ENTERTAINMEXT OF A LARGE CROWD AND A BTAEE OF TWO HUNDRED AND FtFTT Clarence Whistler, the Western wonder, and H.

M. Dufur, of Marlboro, Mass wrestled a eatch-as-catcB-can match with Jackets. last night, at Turn Hall, for $250 a side. The affair waa one of the best matches ever seen in this City. There was no "hippodromlng" about It.

About SttT persons witnessed the struggle, parry Hill was referee, while H. Harding, the athlete, acted as umpire for Dufur. and ''Johnny Magil-lick, a newly arrived Lancashire, wrestler, for Whistler. Magilllck comes from Holham. Bibby'a native place, and Is trying to get on a match with him.

Whistler was in a very bad condition physically, with a boll aa large as a chestnut on his forehead, and another like it on his left elbow. He could not conceal the first from his antagonist, but the second was covered tuo iibcto ii ia cutu jacaqg, sua no too care not to tell Dufur that it waa there. Dufur is a well-to-do business and wrestles for a hobby. He is a crack' Collar and elbow wrestler, stands 6 feet 1 inch, and weighs 193 pounds. Whistler is a Gneco-Romah wrestler, wrestles for a living, is 5 feet fHi inches in height, and weighs ilTO pound.

He, comes from Delhi. and once worked as a sledge "striker" )a an iron works. He is a marvel of i muscular development. Pilkington. of the Broadway squad, and another big policeman have stood on his chest while bis body was extended between two chairs, his head resting on one and bis-heels on the other, and in this Dosition Whistler has lifted a HH-nnunri riumh- liell fronrthe floor and over his own bead 10 times in succession.

i The match lastf night' began very promptly, and Harry Hill called time :30 o'clock. The men crept toward each other very warily, but Dufur towered over the other man. and. quick as lightning, pounced for and got a neck-hold of Whistler's jacket and bis left sleeve. Tbere was some slight fencing with fhezfeetand Whistler.

who i perfectly green" as to cellar-and-elbow work, tried It once or twice with bis- feet. In a twinkling, almost. Dufur backhetled putting his shoulders and both hips on the carpet, and won the first, fall, fly this time the boil on Whistler's forehead 'was bleeding freely, but be was as strong" aa a lion, and In no-wise winded. After 15' minutes' rest time was called for the second bout. Whistler made no effort to prevent Dufur from clutching, bis collar with both hands, but he crouched low and kept Lis own bands free.

He had had enot'gh of collar and elbow and the tripping style, and was gding to depend on his hands. Again Dufur backheeled him. but did not get the fall, and W-hlstlerclatcnedhls body while they were down with such a grip is Dufur never feit before. After a short struggle Dufur got free and- leaped away like a cat. The men.

on their feet again, closed, and when Dufur tried to use his foot for a grape-vino lock Whistler grasped his right leg and held it off the stage. A brief struggle ended in both men going do. histler rolled on bis man, and would not let htm rise or get away, and after a savage Ortpco-Roman effort laid his weight on Dufur's chest and Dumped him down flat on the carpet, winning the fall. While they were resting Dufur In a dressing-room under the stage said that his right hand had beronie actually numb from being obliged to hold Wl.tler's collar so tight in keeping blm away from getting a body bold. The third round lasted live minutes, and was a repetition of the second.

excepting that there were two desperate struggles while the men were in grape-vine lock. At the end of the second lock both men fell all In a heap, and Whistler, having his! man down, got a body grip and turned him and pumped him till hla shoulders and a hip touched tbe carpet. Whistler 'had now won two falls out of the three In five and Dufur one fall. Whistler made up his mind that it was best to Win the next fall at all hazards, as it would decide the match. Tbe men came together very warily again.

Once Dufur got hold of him. end Whistier. threw him off, with suah force that be almost fell against the flat at the back of the Dufnr kept his legs out straight behind him for fear Whistler might grab them. Every time Whistler dropped on bis "Dufur let go hia bold and jumped olesr of htm like an I acrobat. Once, Whistler, on his knees, got hold of Dufur's left leg, while the latter held his opponent's collar with both hands.

Dufar was afraid, but quick as lightning, knowing that he could never break Whistler's east-iron hold, be pressed his bands on Whistler's bead. and. pushing him backward, stepped over blm. dragging blm almost on bis back. The manoeuvre jwaa a clever one and almost successful, sbnt Whistler turned as he over and Dufur dared not tackle him.

though be was lying on ithe floor. After one or two other sharp grape-vine encounters both men fell heavily, driving off the carpet, on to the bare planks of the stage with a perfect cras-b, Dufur Whistler had caught bis opponent's leg again, and tbe fall whs a plunge. Whistler hung to him like a tiger and got Dufur's left arm behind his backhand was almost turning itont of the socket in the effort to turn him over. The men were so entangled, however, that Whistler's own body and legs prevented; Dufur's body from turning, fc till Whistler wrenched -the arm, and Dufur cried out aloud. "Don't break my The referee and umpires clustered over the prostrate men.

and Dufur was, in such pain that be tried to go over oh his back to relieve the intense pain in bis arm: Again- he. cried, "He's breaking niy arm and the referee, asked. Do you give upi' Yes. yes, I give up." gasped Dufur. but Whistler's Intensity in the struggle was so great that he did not bear tbe cry for luarter.

and tbe referee and his umpire had to shake blm moke him let go. The referee decided the fall and the match in Whistler's favor. Dufur went to bis dressing-room declaring tbatbts arm was broken, and there was a call for a doctor fr-m the audience, but nbne responded. A doctor was finally sent for, and he pronounced the arm not broken, but it was so terribly sprained in the biceps and shoulder-joint that It was powerless -and caused intense pain. It would certainly have been broken if Dufur had not yielded the victory when he did.

i REPORTS Of THE 8 10RM. WARMER WEATHER FOLLOWING THE SHOW FALL IN THE NORTH-EAST. Cincinnati, March 81. The snow-storm, ceased after midnight Since, morning tbe thermometer has risen, until at 1 P. M.

it is 43. The snow in the streets is melting rapidly: and creating' the worst condition of slush witnessed during the whole Winter. It is still cloudy, but appearances of clearing weather are seen. There. Jtentle-wind from, the west.

There must, of necessity, be high waters in the small streams. If not in the Ohio River, If the snow melts rapidly. Clxvelaxd. Ohio, March 81. Snow was still falling this evening, and has continued most of the day.

until it la about two feet upon tbe level. Trains were in a bad Way during the night and early this morning; but; travel on the roads out of Cleveland has now been resumed, and trains are nearly all on time. There are sign of a break now, and if It should come suddenly, great damage from water will be done. i Wilkksbabrb. Penn.j March 81.

There was a heavy snow-storm here last nigbt. It has now ceased. Tbe mails are late tbis morning. Lone Branch. N.

March 81. Notwithstanding tbe fierceness of tbe storm, little damage bas been done along the coast. A few cottages lost a portion of their porticoes: and most of the bulkheads are badly Three freight cars at the Central New-Jersey Depot bad tbe tin blown from their roofs by the violence ot the wind. R. March 81.

The storm was quite severe last night, The steamer Old Colony, of the Fall River Line, started, for New-York at o'clock last evening. The steamer Newport bad not arrived from New-frk at 11 o'clock this morning. PoaTSMorTH.jN. March al. The storm here has been of pafllcuiar severity, especially affecting telegraph lines.

The cable-box on Klttery Bridge, containing all Jtbe wires leading east, baa been carried away the wind, taking with it the wires Some of the wires west are also broken. Gavaxoqcz. Ontario' March SL Two feet of stow fell here last night, the heaviest fall of the season, i Toronto, Ontario. March 81. the snow has been general tn Southern Ontario, and la now falling in jrova acoiia.

juuieny to northerly winds preveiH throughout the country. Chicago. March 81. A general snow.storm is reported tn Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Illinoie.

and Northern Michigan to-day. accompanied ryahigh wind. The snow-fall in the Lake Superior region Is very hevy. -Jn this city it is light and drifting. POBK-PACKIXO JX CIXCIXXATT.

Cincinnati, March 31. The Cincinnati Prict Current publishes this morning its thirty-see ona annual report or park packing In tbe West for the Winter and year ending? March -1. showing for the Winter a total of 6.916,450 hogs packed, being 30.935 less than for the preceding Winter. The total for the IS monthsls 12.24S.8.M. showing an in-crease of 1.M1.6S5.

The Winters average Is pounds, against 912.64 pounds last vear. average yield per ho of lard Is 33 65 pounds, against 3b.62 last Winter. The reduction in the number and Wright during the Winter is equivalent to 200.0fjo hogs of the average of a year ago t'l0001 of meM trirk matle during the Winter is S.H barrels-a reduction of KO.Sti? barrels. The reduction in the production of lard is 5.7(12,043 pounds. The prospect for supplies of hogs for the Summer season Is regarded as much below la-it yeas up to June, but beyond that time as not varying much from last year.

TBTIXO TO ILL BIS LAWYER. Chetenke, March 30. A apecial from Sidney. Neb, to the lodr gives the follow-tag particular of an attack on Attorney W.H. Michaels, of that eity This afternoon a ruffian named Tom Ryan attempted, to W.

H. Michaels, an attorney bete, with a knife. Ryan to Mr. MichaeU's head, but failed to accomplish his purpose, owing to the resistance made bv Mr. Mfchasls The cause of his attack was thdt Mx.

Michaels had appears i teals him a short thne ago. and secured his eoavtetioa for bttiog apiece out of the of a freighter named Emerson, with whom Ryan had a quarrel. A few years age Ryan ahot Tom Kane, another attorney, through the month, and be Is notorious as being a boon companion of the most desperate men on the border. Mr. Michaels' waa formerly editor of tne Sidney Plain xxUrx Rvan made his escape on tils own horse, which be had in watting, before any attempt could be made to arrest him.

There Is great excitement here, and much Indignation prevails. A MISMANAGED GAS TRUSZ THE PHILADELPHIA. TRUSTEES CALLED TO ACCOUNT OREAT LOSSES TO THE CITT. Philadelphia, March 51. This afternoon, at the meeting of City Councils, Mr.

John Berdsley, Chairman of the joint special committee to Investigate the management of the -Philadelphia Gaa Works, presented tbe port in regard to the matter as adopted at the executive session last night. The following Is a synopsis of the report: Firtt That tbe Trustees are guilty of gross mismanagement In their purchase of coal The committee fijds, as a fact, that the Trust, since Jan. 1, 1876. bas paid aa average of about fl more per ton for coal than appears Irora tbe testimony to have been paid by other consumers of the gas coal within the pert of Philadelphia. It further appears that since that time tbe Trust bas purchased about I.2SO.O0O tons of coal, which would show a loss to the Trust ot i.zso.ooo.

i i 6ronf The committee thinks the leakage too great, and believes that it can be. reduced per cent. A saving of 6 per cent in the Items of cost of making and distributing, as furnished to the committee by Dr. Cresaon, would amount to at least -per annum. 'Jhird Tbe Trust seems to employ about IS per cent, more men than are required by the annual production.

This excess of men results from the political condition of the Trust bnt as it js a matter which represents about Si 50.000 per annum, jit should be I in mediately, remedied. I Fourth The Trustees should immediately repay all tbe money advanced by property-owners for tbe laying of mains to carry gas to consumers. Fiftih-The Trustees have been culpable in making contracts for tbe sale of residuals and the purchase of coal and supplies. birth I'nder the testimony of aome of the witnesses produced by tbe Trust, tbe committee is of the opinion that iu standard isnot sufficiently blgb in selecting Its chief executive officers. These officers appear to have had control of the entire business under the sanction of the board, though selected without regard to previous professional training.

The committee Is further of the opinion that political proscription, or the exercise of political powers by tbe members of tbe Trust, are In entire variance with the business and duties of the Trust and the purposes of its appointment. Seventh--The committee is glad to state that the s'nking fund securities of loan No. 9 agree with the report of the Trustees. In conclusion, the committee says It had before it the proposition recommend Councils to pass a resolution dismissing these Trustees from the office, but in view of the doubts surronnding the question. It has determined, after fuil consideration, to adopt such a course as will best secure a full and thorough Investigation of the subject under the process of the court, and the consequent dismissal of such of the Trustees as may, upon a judicial inquiry, be found faithless to tbelr.trust.

Tbe committee suggests the adoption of the subjoined resolutions: Rear lrtd. Bv the Select and Common Coaneila of the city of Philadelphia, that the Board of Trusters of (he Philadelphia Oss Works he directed to advertise for coal and supplies, to be furnished under contract or otherwise, as do the other departments of the elty of Philadelphia, In accordance with the acta of the Assembly and the ordinances of the city til such eases msde and provided. Retotved. That the testimony ana report hi connection with tbe pipes purchased from Jesse w. btarr.

ar-be referred to the District Attorney and City Solicitor. Rewired, That the Incoming Councils for 1SS1 be requested to pass an ordinance taking possesaioa of tbe Philadelphia tias Works; and to mua an appropriation to pay oft the balance of loan No. upon uoh terms aa can be made with the holders of theloaa. ao as to bring this department under the direct executive control of the City Conm-Us. Kttntvnl.

That the Cltv.Snlloltor'tM Initrnrtwl tn file a bill In equttv against tl detphlaGas Works, looking file a bill in equity against the' Trustees of the Pblla- to a proper account by them of tbetr management and conduct of thePbila- del ipnia Gas Worlts. and that a erpy of the testimony and the report taken and made bv the committee be sent to him aa a basis of such action. After the report had been read In Common Conn- cil. toe tour resolutions appended were adopted without a dissenting discharged. ana tne committee was In the Select Council the resolutions were amended by stnklng vlding for equity out the last resolution pro-proceedings.

The Common councu refused to concur. and a Committee of Conference was appointed on behalf of both chambers, but it disagreed. The Common Council then readopted tbe resolutions and appointed another cemmittee. bub in tbe mean time, tbe Select Council had adjourned. President Caven stated that be woeld endeavor to have President Smith reconvene tbe Seleet Chamber.

To-day's meetings were supposed to be the last of the present councils, as the new councils will be organized next Monday. THE WEATHER 1XDICAT10XS, WAsHTNOroit, April 11 A. M. For New-England. cloudy weather and snow, north-west to north-east winds, high along the eosst, decidedly higher barometer, stationary or lower temperature.

For the Middle ttatu, cloudy veather, vith occasional light tnovi, tceittrly uinit, high on the coast. stationary or lower Umveratvre, decidedly higher. barometer. For the South Atlantic States, generally fair weather, south west to north-west winds, higher barometer, stationary or lower temperature. For the Gulf States, fair weather, north-westerly winds, high on the Texas coast, rapidly rising barometer, decidedly lower temperature, especially in Southern Texas.

For tbe, Ohio Valley and Tennessee, clearing weather, colder north-westerly winds, decidedly higher barometer. For the lower lake region, cloudy weather, with 'frequent Jight snow, brisk north-westerly winds, rapidly rising barometer, generally lower temperature. For tne upper lake region, clearing weather, northerly winds, rapidly rising barometer, stationary or lower temperature. For tbe. Upper Mississippi and thej Lower Missouri yalleys, fair weather, northerly winds, stationary or higher temperature and barometer tn tbe latter district, decidedly higher barometer, stationary or lower temperature in the first district.

Pacific Coast reports are missing. Tbe river changes will be slight. Cautionary signals continue at Section Eight, Portland. Section Seven. East-port, Toledo, Sandusky.

Cleveland, Section Five, Erie, and Buffalo. Cautionary offshore signals continue at Hatters, Kitty Hawk. Cape Henry, Chin eo league. Breakwater. Cape May, Atlantic City.

Bamegat, Sandy Hook. New-Tork. New London. New-Haven. Poiat Judith, Shoreham, Newport, Wood's Hole, and are ordered for Indtanola and Galveston.

Cautionary north-west signals continue at Grand Haven, Milwaukee, and Ludiagtoa. The following record shows the changes In the temperature fot the past 24 hours. In comparison with tbe corresponding date of hut year, ai indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's pharmacy: ISM. 18R1. 1 ISM.

1S81 A. 82 P. If 6A.M..... S3 Bi 6 P. tr 8 a.m.

s- vS6 p. sits ....6 SH IS P. J.SB sa Average temperature yesterday Average temperature for eame date but year 11' LOSSES BY FIRE. Mekher A Spinney's rubber works, in Lynn. were damaged by fire yesterday afternoon.

Tbe losa is 4.500; insurance on machinery; 17.000. and on stock $8,600, James N. Boffum A owners-of the building lose Si.000: insurance, $5,000, William A. Brown Co. and others were also heavy loser.

An incendiary fire at Randolph, Wednesday night, destroyed the house, barn, end shop of EVE. Klncman. barn of Dr. Granger, and Allen's block. The lower story of the latter was occupied by H.

M. White, groceries. The aggregate loss Is lnsurt-nce about $0,000. Tbe stores of Edward Harrison and Arthur Harrison, in Smlthvtlle rFlats. N.

were burned yesterday morning, wl a vacant store. Tbe loss la insurance, $li. 000. Cob G. N.

Leiber's house, at West Point; Nt was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon, including most ot the furniture. The loss has not been ascertained. i 1 A CC1D EX TS OX TBE SA TL. Council BLryrs, Iowa, March in A. special dispatch to the SonpareU gives1 particulars, of a serious accident on the Rook Island Road near Walnut, in county.

A construction Jraln came in collision with a west-bound freight train, demoltsb-ing the cars of the former, including the caboose. In the latter were about 5 employe, all of whom were mor or less and scleral probably fatally. Among those who may die are Henry Johnson. Chnpman. tbe engineer of the construction train: Frank Rai straw.

engineer of tbe frelht train: Frederick Sauke. Michael Dalley. Kaller, John Draper. John Sharpe. and Samuel Percy.

The accident waa the result' of tbe failure of an operator to place signals for the freight train to stop at alnut. A CBll'AGO MVXICIPAL ROW. Chicago, March 31. A serious difference of opinion exists between' tbe Mayor and a majority of, the Council regarding the general appropriation ordinance which wa passed on Monday. It appropriate $5,300,000.

Yesterday Mayor Harrison sent it back to the Council with bis objection. Mating that it paaaags would compel the city to issue scrip. The Council to-night by a vote of 21 to 44. passed another ordinance, only differing from the former tn adding for the pumping works at Bridgeport, striking out $15,000 for the viaduct, and reducing another item from $15,000 to $12,000. leaving a net increase of $11000 and bringing; the appropriation with la luat the aaaonnt af Kmlt A-A bt taw.

fun (art tat asaarai prtadoB shan not exceed per cent, of the Suraul value of the property la the city. Alderman Clara? the Republican nominee for Mayor, voted with tha mnowtr- i COXSIQVZSCZ or TBS EEFOEM From the London Xewt. Fifty Tears, ago this country was' passing through tbe Bnt. stage of a great' coastttudaaa -revolution, the affects of which have not yet ceased tobe vtatble. On the 1st of March.

1831, the hlte Lord Rnaaefl Introduced the first Reform bfliujto the House of Commons, and oa the ttd the seoohd readus- was carried by a majority of SOS to S01. ka one who has read can have forgotten Macautey-s description of that division, the intense excitement -among the yea, who remained la the Hoo aler the nays had gone out, tbe snany false report, the final snout or triumph, the livid countenance of -Sir Robert PeeL The victory, however, was not yet. The measure was killed in tbe House of Commons, as everybody knows, by a hostile amendment again' limiting tee number of English and elsh representative. Ministers dissolved and la tbe same year the bill passed the Commons. only to be thrown out in tbe Lord Ia pvtf Lord Lvndhnrst carried his famous motion postponing disfranchisement to enfranchisement, and tbe Government resigned.

Bnt the measure received the royal assent oa the fin ef JL104 changee-ln oug legislative system which have occurred sine are Indirectly traceable to the passage of the Reform bill, for scarcely one of them would have received 'the sanction of an unreformed PariUv menu The old municipal corporations and th olif Poor law might have survived to the present and free trade might still be a dream of the future, afacaoiky. in the most brilliant of his soeeehea awed in IS81 if any one supposed that the Elector system of that day could last till I860, i If it had, Is impossible to conceive, though it may be amue Ing to conjecture, what sort of position, political. social, and economical, England would oocnpj IXCOCRAQIXQ BSIFT. From ou London Standard, March ft, A new echemsfor extending the usefulness of savings banks waa last n'ght ia tha House of Commons, par. Ru-sell asked the Post- master-General whether it was practicable to open; -branch banks, under control of tha Post OfSoe, at large factories oa davs when wages were being More than onoe efforts have been made, tc make experiments In this direction, and, so far at these could be- auc-essful under the i direction of charitable agency, they have been In most Instance encouraging as regams results.

Mr. Fawcett. in his reply to Mr. Russell, not only expressed sympathy -with tbe proposal, but stated that, as far as the department waa able, it would give faculties to anybody willing to cany ont the scheme. He -added that some time ago a firm of brewer, em-- ploying a large number of persons, applied to the 1 Post Office to let a clerk visit their establishment oa pay day and collect deposits tbe firm in que- lion paying all expenses that might be thereby la curred by the Post Office, and the results had been, 'it appears, gratifying.

Mr. Fawcett la, therefore." willing to meet similar-offers In a arm pa- thetio and appreciative spirit. The wonder Is that this idea has not occurred before to the benevolent individuals who preach the go- pel of thrift. trade union, who know bow to collect mosey from working people, usually levy their tax on the men when they are full-hand I ed In other word, lust as they emerge from the pay office with tbelr wages untouched. The -agents of the unionist know that their chances of -1 getting In their subscriptions are materially les- ened if they let the workmen slip past them on pay day without taking the toll eligible for ciety" purposes.

The system that haa proved so efficacious as regards the unions should be equally successful aa regards savings banks. 4 A FMMTLT BUSSED TO BEATS. From the Pott Matt GatetU. A tragic story reaches us from FrankTta Harbor, hi South Australia, Oa tbe last day but 00 of th old vear. Martin McCarthy, with four of his sons, left their thatched homestead in the red of Hunkera reap the wheat whloh stood ripe ior tne siosue artne aistanee 01 about a mile.

Tney noticed a bush fire aboat a dor en miles off, but af ll the wind was in the ooposlte direction they thought nothing of it, and went oa reaping till dianer-tlme. "-Immediately after that- meal, which tbey took 1st tbe field, tbe wind veered round, and. rising to hurricane, swept the fin down upon theti farm. Desperately plunging through the blind ing smoke, they barely -suoceeded tn gaicinf -a clearing 100 yard distant before huge tongues 01 fire 50 feet high rushed past them, roarinr and hie tog a they licked up every vestige of vegetation Is -their, course. When tbel flamea bad subsided, McCarthy, followed by hla Soys, hastened with ter rible forebodings across the charred and soorohini plain to see If any of his family had been soared.

A be ran towards tbe chimney, which alone re I nialned to mark the sigte of bis dwelling, be stun bled over what he took for tbe stump of a tree but which he immediately discovered tb charred corpse of his wife. A little further oa wal tbe body of hi 7-year-old boy. and round tbe ehtm- ney lav heaped th bl tokened remains of bis five daughters. Tbe eldest, a girt of 19. clasped In bef ansa tbe vounresl a babv of years old" Arv-u.

tomed a the colonists are to bush -fire, this bolus cauat oas cast a gioom over the neigh borhord. A TA CCUt A TED CHILD'S LEA TH. From the Philadelphia Tijes, March SL Andrew P. Carrie, years old, died suddenly at his parents residence. No.

1.824 Chadwick-street, from what ia supposed to have been erysipelas, tbe effect of vaccination. Or. B-'F. Schimmi, who waa summoned to attend tbe little sufferer, decline! to give a certificate of the cause of death, and the CoroneV was notified. Mrs.

Carrie said yesterday afternoon that about seven weeks ago, as well as she could remember, sbe took "Andrew and tbe baby, which Is past a year old, to ta of-flee of Dr. T. B. fclch. and had then both vacci- nated.

She recollected that the physician used a lance and dipped it Into a little cake of something supposed to be what is known aa a "scab," and applied it to tbe children's arm. The baby got along all right, but oa Tuesday laat Andrew was taken with vomiting and bis right arm. which waa th one that bad been vaccinated, swelled up and became inflamed. Yesterday morning Dr. Schimmel was sent for, but when he came the boy was dying, and soon expired.

Tbe arm was raheh enlarged and became, discolored alm-Mt black. Dr. Rich was visited yesterday afternoon, but declined to furnish any information for publication tn advanoe of the inquest. He bad not beard of tbe death of the child, be said. Dr.

Rich is one of the examining sargeon of the Pension Agent office. The Coroner physician will make an autopsy to determine whether the child's death was from errsiper las and the latter from the vaccination, A TAX OX aYOKJXQ. From London Truth. If the Journal da CharUroi to be believed, Belgium may shortly become- a decidedly aa- pleasant country to live In. The Government Is aald to be contemplating a tax on tobacoo, but to be undecided as to the tnethdS of levying it It la further atated that a proposal made by th Office de Pubiicite, is under serious consideration, to tbe effect that any person wishing to smoke shall be obliged to buy a written permission, like a license to shoot.

Tbe Police would then he instructed to challenge smoker every now and then to produce their licenses. If a man with a cigar In bis mouth failed to produce hi authorization, he would be liable to a fine, and the confiscation of any tobacoo be might have about him. It is certainly aa Inge was laeajor aaomg a new misery to Ule. CAVT10SINO THE From London Truth. By Mr.

Childars's instructions, a letter bas been addressed to the proprietors of the priaclpal newspapers respecting their war correspondent In th Transvaal. Mr. Cbllder says that "owing to tbe great faculties which exist for talegrapbia communication, there is considerable danger ia war-time that the publication la newspapers of Information received from oorratpondenu at tbe seal of war and other sources may be of great use tc tbe enemy." and be then beg that a careful editorial supervision may be exercised over jl ti grams arriving from-eouui Africa, and give par- ticulars of th subject on which information, woui be of most assistance 10 the enemy. A JEALOUS WOaTAX. Detroit, II SL A horrible ease of sulphurio acid burning occurred yesterday at Montague, in this State.

Mrs. Capt. Fla; staff, inspired by went to a bote where a girt 17 years of age. named Emm Drake, formerly a servant iu the Flagstafl family, was at work. Sbe sent for her, and.

on her appearance, she threw ounces of the acid over the unfortunate girt, burning -bet face and npper part of her body terribly, but if thought not fatally. Mra flagstaff la hi JaU. McCVLLOUGB TO LEAVE AMERICA. Memphis, March SL John. McCut lough closed to-night a Very successful engage, meat.

It waa hi last appearance In the United State, a he will dsart from New-York, on ues-day. on tbe ateaui-ship Arizona, for London. Ib which city he will begin an encasement April 26, -for four at the Drurv Lane Theatre. was called before tbe curtain at the end The fourth act to-nightand made a speech anaoanchij hi departure. MS.

STODDARD'S LECTURE OH GERM AST. Mr. John L. Stoddard's lector on Ger-many," la Chiekextng Hall last evening, wa wall i attended, and was listened to with much He described Berlin and other -ci tie, gave sketches of Frederick the Great, Frederick William, Bis- i marc it. and others.

The lector was mad very ta- teres3ng by splendid and appropriata Uaetrattoae. March SL-4-In the Unitsd 8tafiss District Coon this Saornlng. ta th ease of Alex- aader Rodanow, alias Nathan Gsnx. of the Soda- JowMaatrfactulag Company, Judge Neisoa it 'AT i 1 1 i .4.