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i at Aafcitbarp ara to aa rat taa elak at aaa Oaa ntap at Tn Tmai ipr fraa. Haw aaaaaa aaar ka fea at aay ttaM Aana tka rv. a eivb rstaa. I At tbA pricaa ara tavarubia. Hmmtt tm drafta aa tCaw-Tarkar raatOa aTaaaw Orpara, a pa.albla.

at taaap eaa pa pracmraA aaad taa TILB If BW-TOKX TIKXa, HrW-Tort CUT. LP Fox tb accommodation of vp-towa rttaideotA, adTprt litem en for insertion In th Tutu will be rteerred at No. 54 West 32d-at, lonetioa of BrtMdwar Aad Stb-av. Xo. 808 Wast 53d-et oppoajta Grand Opera-bxmae.

at rates aa ara charged at office of publi-cattea. Mr. Covixno opened an elaborate speech the Caldwell eaee, yeeterda-. in which be took atronc cmond acainat deelariac the pleetion of that ceatlemaa Told. It waa.

by far. the asoat foreible and eomprahenaiTe arfuaent yet deHrcred, and will probably klu the eonmitteVa reeohxtion. Mr. Coxx- uva eon tin see bin arcmnent to-day. It to te be hoped that the Lecialatmra wiU ei fail te take action on the eonstisntional meejrtiaeata pceeeattf foe their eonaidera- tioft by the oommUaion jost adjoaned.

Tbeee aaAeadinenta bare two strong elaime aitentioew la the tm place, they are mere ted by a atrictly Dea-partiaao body, la Ibe second plaee they are not the recoil a compromise. In which all parties abandoned their poaitfre idea te produce propositions without force ia any direction. Tbey are. on. the contrary, consistent, and aubstaiiirisHy apprered by the body of the eommissioo.

It to deeir able, also, that the amendments be claasr- lled, and each group treated on its merits, that the failure of a portion may not LutoIts Xb loss of alL 5 Eren prisoners In the Tombs bar rights which the comtaonitj is-Dound to respect. aVmeag these to the right to a fair amount of fresh air, and eoBTenieuoea -for reasonable MT Wba wiU take the trouble to read the report of tbe -Health, OCeer on the condition of the Tombs prtsoTj, will perceiTe that the right referred to is constantly aad Ineritably denied. The prisoners are shni In cells, each eontainlng foar persons, bat only large enough for one. Fresh air is admitted only yery insnf-ficient cnantitiea. light is.

scantily snp-plied. The cells are exposed to noxious Kses from the sewers and soil-pipes. It. to true Lat nsAtly all these erils cf crowding; tAd And odors, are to be fonad la bur school-Louses as welV Perhaps, when they are exposed, with reference te what baa heretofore beea a pririleged class, they will Attract bvto attention. The outraged innocents of the primary schools will be the more Lie to be rellered if the -wants of tbs Te.t3 prisoners are brought to poctlie notice.

It find, from the opinion of 1'r. Catnforx. eoonsel to the Board of Health, tLat ths contract tinder which the ITcTr-Tori: Hindering Comyany re-" xaoTe atdmala and o2al from the li The contract waa xaiJa Li I'J ty the City Inspector with tlieLcr jlJjr.IEone Laboratory Company tor trrsief tea years, the City reoeimig only rr annum for theprirCegea CractJ. A contract much more faTorable to tie City than tils eaa be made at any time. Aud tie Eoardof IIoaIUa Is daserriag of rexLt U-iag to act aside the pres.

nt Thecpisioaof ITt.Dat Xxrcr.T lajtea referred to the Corporation I ts rrport ia what way th eon-, tract can be declared inTalid. And. as Ls 1 re; j. ted to rrply at the next meea-ln- ct toard. we msy hope tot the 1 ru.laation cf a contract by which, Cj 1.13 ured serious loss.

lttarxjcut that tLo nsfal cadets were guarded carcially as -was on tlcir tr4 i TTliarton, a tla occasion of tlie lin-'-ratuin. TLey woro lor.t!e their usual tLick clothing, and bad all the food t-cj c. J.l cat aad ia s.u&on, Th long csa vprvit 4-jr--rMx aaa. lb Jsea rWW4TTArHmT. A BlWO WOSAS Urn A.

M. aural Clara laaTpal, Tanaa. aaaA la aAvaaea. nA. We aaaae aetiee aaenyieae eeeaanaieatMne.

TPW- flllllllUM et fcr aaahaanna. aat a araatoa at aveA latth. sick-list whisk was telecrapbsd errar tbe eeewtry waa aaad almost attraly mt rs sas ef sore sres fro daet awry em, that aHgbt; was fraa frost batav and eae from ordinary eeld. Tbeee facts are stated by tba eficial medical inspector, aad tbey will be gTAtifyina- te tbe coon try. lfr.

Srpnrxn recently aanoeneed te tbe world, threwgb the agency of a nrterriew-ina reporter, that be did not despair ef the Republic not eren ef MasaarTintetts. Wbetber be will giro wp tbe Commqawealtk now, we cannot say but th lion ef Bep resents tiTos at that AuU bas distinctly gireu brm up, and refused to reroke the reeo- lation ef censure recently pissed upon him With da respect to sH parties, tt eetna to us that this who! business to rery childish. Mr. Senas' onginsl proposition stnxs th aames of th Union Yictaries from th flags of the army which won those victories. was a freak of sentiment without sense.

wbicb aia neraeserr the rot of censure passed oa it. while th poaderona "appeals brought to bear oa the Legislature to secure th rescinding of that reeolation are marrels of eloquence, learning aad bathos. The CewsiAMtteaml Ceaa taateai smal the Affaire rCataee. i Article XV. of th amended Constitution, submitted to tb LegislAtnre by the Conmti- tntional Commission, aim at establiabinx tn all th cities of the Stat a uniform system of municipal government.

Its purport is briefly aa follows Tbe Slayer is to be, in Tery city, the chief exec a tire officer is to nominate, and by and with the consent of tn Board of Aldermen appoint, the beads of departments, and to lnTeeted with the power ef suspension or re moral snob officials for misconduct ia office or neglect of duty," on charges which be is to specify in th order of remoTal or suspension. The Mayor may ret an ordinance of the Board of Aldermen, but the Aldermen can pass it oyer bis reto by a two-thirds Tote of all the members elected. Heads of departments are to bar th absolute power of appoint ment or rexnoral of their subordinates. Aldermen must chosen by districts or wards, and th number of th board to not to be leas than one for erery 0.000 of popu lation. The Mayor and Aldermen constitute the local government of erery city, and they are to bare.

In addition to their pres ent functions. exclusive legislatir power in all matters relating to taxation and expenditure for local purposes." A check upon this power ef raising aad spending money is provided in a body to be knows as a board of audit, which to to consist of not leas than fire, nor more than eleven mc bars, and to to elected by tax-payers alone. Th consent of a majority of this beard to essential to erery resolution ef the Aldermen involving the auditing lof ac counts, tb issue ef bonds, th imposition of taxes or assessments, or tb apportionment of tb Hem of local expenditure. Th Legislatnr to required, at its first sessioa after the adoption of this article, enact a general tow for tb government of eities. in harmony with tb prortoiona abore re cited, i It win be generally admitted that tb main pnrpoit of this article to good, and that its provisions ara, as a whole, framed ia th Interest of municipal Tbey are open, nevertheless, to some important amendments, ia letter aa well as in spirit.

It to obvious enough, for example, that th requirements of a sound sj si isn of public seme demand tb subordinatss in executive departments should have the same protection against removal, on ground of caprice or political expediency, a is extended to their superiors. Heads ef departments should be required to remove their subordinates only on grounds of misconduct or ia-effiflieney. and ought, lit th Mayor in dealing with his subordinates i. themselvesto be compelled to make public their reasons for such removal. Let as see how the provision regard te the election ef the Board of Aldermen would affect this City.

By th tLa th article oomea into' force, we shall have at least a clear million of population. and ahenld therefor be obliged to elect' at least twenty Aldermen, As tbey must chose a by districts or wards." wo should, practi-caHy, be obliged to elect either twnty-on twenty-two Aldermen. That to to say, must eh oos between electing on from ch Assembly 1st past iT on from each ward. This to objectionable, on tb ground that it Abate off all chanc of adeqnat minority representation, to which we must look in th future as th most eSoctoal remedy in this City against tb rer-recur- ring enrs of flagrant misgovsmment. backed by th strength of a partisaa( ma jority.

Tb proposed abolition of th exist ing Senate districts cuts off'th chanc ef electing sever aT Aldermen on th minority principle from av group of ward, and th Legislator ought; ia th large cities at least, to restore some such mean of laying th basis of proportional representation, The-prmcipl underlying th creation of a supervisory board of audit directly sentiog. in all municlDalities, th interests of tb tax-payers, to a sound one. Of course, it may alleged, with some show of reAeom. that th xistnoa of sue a body, represent-inAT, a it most, a pririleged oligarchy ef roters, would aa anomaly in a demo-eratia system of gorernment, and that th idea of taxation forming, ra any man, th basis ef re pit sen ration spring tram aeon-sdtutaonal formula hich bar long- out- growav Farther, it may be urged that the distinction between tax-payers and noo-tax payers a purely artiflcial one; thai the house proprietor who pays high tax rename himself by an increase of root that such increase to again added to his nroU by th baker, the butcher, or thedry-goodadealec, and that, in th long rua th people who, technically, ara not taxpayara, do, ia reslity, as tenants and aa eonsumera, bear tb largess share of the burdens of Ttry local (tyrarnment, and ought, consequently, to bar aa nnrestricted share to 1U management. Com plate aa Una theory is, there to so Bractical icASoa bsttsr.

aaoar than that tb missn ef or City ia pocnt fact, tnespnU feeling that, they bar any rsspweisibCity for th raising of taxaa, and that ittotm-poosftls iadmo them to tak tb required antersot la th mode of xpndiag th pro eeeds such tax, further th lata ef boods of local indebtedness simply ma the piecing ef a aaertgag upon tb real estate. owned by tax-payers, and it to but ree aoaabl that they should, through a repre sentative board, be invested with a veto power over any such pro ass when they b- liared it to' be unnooeesary. Apart from its totally toappropriaU threfore, appror of the character of th proposed board of Call this body a boant of tax ation and apportionment. or aom such title involving purely legtolatir functions. and it become a very hopeful and judicious experiment in local government.

Th au diting of claims is a purely executive business, and should not bel mixed up with tb legislatir functions ef jthe Aldermen or of tnerr financial supervisors. We know br costly experience what kind ef muddle th old County Board made of its auditing pbw er, and the interim Board of Audit ia i standing example of shameful farce which may be made of examining and test ing ma against the men not acting under competent and honest City by a body of tb guidance ef i executive officer. aided by an efficient i fore of clerks and practical experts. Lator board of audit hare simply registered men whom it trusted, sound sense nor sound tbe conclusions of aad it to neitser policy to interpose any undefined responsibility between th auditing officer of the corporation and the people, i Th resolution offered by Speaker Coa- it xexx, and nnanimonslyj passed by tb Assembly, requesting the Sheriff: of New-York to furnish a list of th persona at present confined in Ludlo w-stroct Jail, and a state ment in detail of the charges against them. will.

it is to be hoped, have the effect of causing such changes and modifications in the law relating to inrprisonment for debt as shall meet with public approbation. The law, aa it no stands, authorizes tbe courts to issue orders of arrest in an eaee where debts hare been fraudulently contracted. where goods purchased have, been secreted. or conveyed away in a suspicious manner, or where an agreement in trust has been violated, i Under it, all defendant accused in civil actions 'of assault and battery, breach of promise, failure to pay alimony. slander, false imprisonment, Ac.

can be Ar rested, and held in custody until bail has been furnished. If by any chanc bail can' not be procured, the prisoner has no hope of release unless th plaiatuST relents, a possibility so remote as to bel scaroely worthy of consideration. The wide latitude thus given, during aereral years past, has been taken advantage of in a shameless manner by unscrupulous lawyers. I When the Imprisonment for Debt Law waa repealed by the Legiflature, tb ex ceptions referred to were mad for th pur pose ef reaching menj who live by false representation. The probability that hon est mea might persecuted through it was evidently not thought of.

Yet th instances tn which it has worked in this way are rery numerous, if a struggling tore-keeper should obtain a fsw hundred dollars' worth ef goods from an unscrupulous dealer, and. through a succession of miAfortxmes, such as the death of a wife and children, should unable to pay. bis creditor would only bar to engage th services of a tricky lawyer, eweex an affidavit ehargiag fraud. and bar th wretched debtor fMTifd off to Lndlow-street Jaili Several cases, show ing very great cruelty en the part of such creditors, hare, from tim to time, been re ported in tbeee columns. That of a resident cf Astoria, named McLzon, was particularly affecting.

Under a suspicion that he had ia coa temptation a sudden departure from th country, on of the least of bis creditors procured his arrest, and threw a prosperous business into th bands ef the Sheriff and his plundering deputies, though sacrificed at leas The goods, al-tbaa a third of their cost, brought aofficient to pay all th indebtedness, and McLkoo was released, after two weeks of painful suspense. The shock to bis nervee was so severe that he took HI and died, leannrf a wife and three children totally unprovided for. 1 Another case, of a similar nature, waa Chat of a man who bad been arrested for a debt of tioa He. too, bad a wife and three young children, but noj property. During tb first fsw weeks of his imprisonment, tb necessaries of life were obtained for his family from the sale of household furniture Every article was pawned bat a fsw cents could bj procured upon, until th poor wif waa.

I at driven to seek assistance from the officers of th City Mission. A young man, who had innocently indorsed th not of a friend, re lated tbfotfowia storjtto a reporter: "1 would have been able to pay the note, if I had bean given time, I could earn t3MQ a year, if permitted to do it, but this ha ruined me. lam kept here purely out iof spite. I barn not been lonar married. A few days ago my wife gar birth to a child, and I fear ah will sink under her trials.

I cannot help bar. mack less see bar, Sh owes a hoard bill, which, but fr. th kfortnom of friends, would bar Left her withont shelter, while I remain hers unable to assist hoc Her to tb statement of yet another unfor tunate "My family lire ia a i tenement- house. My wife. God bless her.

-was tenderly brought up aad wall educated my children I bar always kept ia comfortable eireum- mc9m BOW tbey are just Hrinc thafn all. My wif sews and makes artificial flowers sh gets a little help from on rela-tire; but I ten you what, kuno I bar been behind these iron bars, as weB able to work for them aa any man. aad when I aniow thUn morthaaen occasion these little ones bar gon to bed suppexless I teU yon. Sir. my agony is worse than A matter oXwuxae, a mat raanvof la Ladlow-sti-eei Jail richly danerv to la rery mneh wnra eiartera, Bwiae5era usually pTovid well for aa- exaergisocy.

sw that when' they ar caagfat, the tedium ef trtooaent may be irteved by laxsriona I ring. Th Warden at Lndlow-atreet has bt-reiofor turned tb prison into a sort of hotel, witbaecommoda-tvm regulated according- te tie ability of customers to pay. As a consequence, tb swindlers raeeir good and tb pauper debtors very tad treatment. Tb law should so nvr" a to make th coo tin nance of this ytem of management impossible. In regard to primary proceed inga to secure tb arrest of a fraudulent debtor, th abuse most complained of ar those which occur through tb granting of orders on affidavits founded rery often upon a mere belief a to fraudulent intent.

To deprive adges of ths power to grant the orders would not. ia oar opinion, be th proper way to meet tba difficulty. We do think, however, that strict justice might be don if tb law were changed so as to rea der it imperative that men deprived of liberty on suspicion of fraud shall bar th. right of trial within a grva period, It to the indefinite postpooetsenta that cause so much hardship. Wa hops that th Judicia ry Committee of the Legislators win be enabled by tb Sheriff's report to see th fore of these suggestions.

The Xmtmmunml aTzaiitleei JtUL It to a matter for pnbuo regret that tb directors of the Industrial Exhibition Com pany bare thus far devoted themselves to furthering th great project tbey bar in hand by after-dinner speeches which scare ly survived the aroma of th feast of which they were incidents. Tie business world wa not attracted by these efforts, and tb corporation which wa formed three years ago has, aa yet, done nothing practical in behalf ef tbe enterprise for which it wi established. This City so greatly needs that colossal and permanent bom for tb arts and science which tb company propose to establish and manage, that we believe our citizens are ready, as individuals, to extend it all possible aid, if proper efforts ar mad to secure it. But we ar certain tbey ar not wiHina that the City shall build the exhibition building and make a gift of it to th com pany, aa to proposed in the bill introduced by Mr. AiatMit.

and now pending ia tb Assembly. This some wast aingular bill authorizes th City, through th Mayor and Aldermen, to subscribe for $3425,000 of tb stock of the company, paying therefor tbe sum of $3,500,000 in stock of th City of New-York, and declare that tbe Controller shall issue certifies tee tor this last amount to bear interest at asren per eeat, and pay-' able in annual Installments after tb xpb ration of thirty years from to data of issue. But to get tb money more quickly, th Con troller is authorized to iesae revenna bonds ia anticipation of th sal of th City stock, th proceeds of which th Controller to directed pay to ths Industrial Exhibition Company, and tb perviaorm tho. County of Kew-Yexk are directed to levy saeh tax as may necessary to meet tb Interest en this loan, and tba principal as it becomes doe. In return for all this, th Industrial Exhibition Com pany ia authorised at any time to demand its stock to th amount of $3,135,000 by paying with interest at seven per eent, and th Mayor and Controller ar directed, upon such demaad and payment, to transfer th stock to th company, It is evident from these provisions that th company intends to hare tb best of th bargain in any vent.

After th Mayor and Aldermen bar subscribed, this bin to mandatory as to tbe ours of th City. but reHows th eompaay to ua it discretion. If by this loan th enterprise should take av practical form," the stock tb eompaay would likely to appreciate, in which case the company steps hi and demands its return at th price the City paid. If. on th other hand, no building should be erected, tb stock in-rested would remain worthless, in which ease the company need not step in, and the City aerer gets a dollar retomea.

The credit of th City should aerer be pledged to any strictly prrrat enterprise, and to lend it on the term proposed by tbia bill would be ridiculous. We are surprised that such a measur as this should be reported by tb Assembly Judiciary Committee, eren for consideration. It should bar bean killed in the committee, but that net having bean done, we hop the Assembly will not allow it to alip through unnoticed. Jk. New Caw la Kl The precise nature of a husband's prop erty in his wife, despite tbe elucidations of lawyers and sociologists, reaaina to most minds a profound enigma.

So difficulty on tb point occurs, to be to th gentle men who, now in England, now to China, sell their partners outright for a round sum of money neither doe any obscurity eon- eeming it affoet tbe urbane denizens of th Gold Coast aad Zanzibar. But as wg asrrinil to th scale of refinement and culture, th problem takes on increased relative difScul- With th growth of civilization, social usage tends to direrge. as to well known. from th Th former, indeed, gets obedience fteatime who th latter, falls into desuetude. I Feopl abstained from con ducting their recalcitrant spouses to Smith-field Market with a rope lound their necks long before the law forbade them to do so and there ara other immunities, enjoyed to this day by th ladies, to which, atrictly speaking, they bars becorn 'entitled by convention or courtesy anticipation of atatutory tight, t- Soma doubts of a character suggested by these remarks seems to bar tb soul of a Mr, Shows whose cam np a aw --days ago in the Hempstead London.

Police Court. Mrs. Baowar, it appears, unfortunately had ran away with a Mr, HntBarr Carxixs. Mr. Btows waa disposed to aeek for vengeance, bnt to hare been puzzled as to tb njeang.

For him the cod of honor had bo aad Mr. 'Caxzxrjrs estate, on th a not such as to promia a th fratt of aa action for damagea. Bnt th iniared hnaband was resolrsd, as we bar said, to arena bimself and. at th earn time, to keep CgxTirt away from th tofasdrngMxs.I?zayrt. Conaeqnently.

Mr. Baows bethought bimself of what, no donbt, he called a rery tidy little acheme. When th erring wif went off ah took with her about $V0O0 worth of jewelry. Ths husband, on th strength of this, caused tb arrest of her paramour for theft. 8ome of the jewels were found on Cxxxua's pen at the time of th arrest, and this, it is asserted, quit warrants th prosecution.

It was proved that none of the jewelry was viginally purchased by tbe husband. Mrs. Baows had either poaaeasod the article before marriage, or bought them with ber own money, or received them as presents from others. Tb magistrate, nevertheless, held that, a tb law now stands, Mr. Bkoww was tbe legal owner ef th jewelry.

and Caxxixx was therefor actually held to be tried for felony. The case certainly presents some highly norel considerations. Pending aa action for damages in like situations, LovtUu might heretofore give bonds, and flaunt about tb world with tbe partner of bis guilt in the very face of ber injured lord. Bnt. by this precedent, tbe latter may simply put hto wronger under lock and key.

and not only that, but affix to him forever th stigma of felony. Whether th innora- tion may not prove beneficial to good mor-als to a nico question. In itself, tb assnmp- tion regarding the ownership of th trink eta seems a monstrous one. By it. th pos session of a scrsp of jewelry, eren a wedding-ring, by the woman or th companion 'of her flight, that was hex property before.

renders the latter obnoxious to a criminal chare of a sort which ought not to be, but to. held mors disgraceful than the principal act of guilt that has involved it, If elopements' ar mad fewer- by this Baowir-Carxxxir example, aa undeniable good wiU hare been conferred on society. It is true that, the issue may be evaded by carefully leaving all valuable btrnisd. Bnt we fancy some ladies would think twice before sacrificing their diamonds, even, on the altar of passion, and it is hardly indelicate to suggest thai he who to willing to steal another man's wife may not be unwilling to profit by hi gpods as welL There is little doubt, wo fear, that some Lothario bare been mored to their misdeeds. not solely by the charms of the fair enslaver, bnt also by tbe substantial worth of what ah has been abl to tak along with her.

Admitting theathat the precedent involved tend to check elopements, ought we far that reason to ttutain the very nable principle of law on which the ent is founded Ought we, to put matter more strongly, to dd evil that may come Th question to aa in tricate and delicate one, aad aa such we leave it to th consideration of casuists and social philosophers. The lee of Ahe Pat climatic record of tb engineers of Th tb Northern Facifie Railroad for the past Winter presents some interesting data bearing upon ths future of the great North-west. From the official statements published it appears that despite tb extraordinary rigors and excessive anows of the past Winter, tb snow-fences along that line have enabled tbe trains to ran with but httl rnter- ruptioo. Although th Winter to on of those of cyclical cold, it has riaited tbe East ern State and Canada almost as roughly as the farther West, In the Rocky Mountains, east of the main divide, at Bozeman. near the summit-level of th Northern Pacific, from tb 5th to the 25 Ui of January mid-Winter inclusive, the arerage temperatur was above the freezing point, and it to strikingly notice-abl that in Montana tb Winter is, in point mildness, a strong contrast to that experienced in Minnesota and Wisconsin, As also.

(it might be added.) that usually felt in Canada. So marked waa this mildness that th farmers in Montana began their plowing in tbe last days of January. But the Winter climates of Oregon and Washington Territory exhibit still more striking contrasts4 with those of the States which border the Upper Mississippi and lakes, and, of tne whole East. The bland and uniform condi- tions which prevail on the Pacific belt may be. inferred from the fact that at Portland, Oregon, the mean temperature for January was i5 above zero, with but one snow of two and a half inches, the grass growing and flowers blooming early in February, without artiflcial protection.

Th comparatively low levels of tb North ern Pacific route, its holding largely to the river-valleys of the Missouri. Yellowstone, and Columbia aU natural avenues to tb Pacific Ocean together with th oceanic warmth ef tb Asiatic ma-rin current, wafted over these re gion by th westerly winds, explain their comparative mildness in Winter. While, everywhere East of the Rocky Moun-taina. the Winter of 1873-73 baa been except tionaHy cold, tb Pacific seaboard has beea unusually free from the biting blast and the snow-storm of tbs Atlantic belt. I The facto bar a most important bearing on th future of tb north-western tier of Territories, and warrant the conclusion of many eminent geographers and statesmen.

that these territories win constitute an em pire of wealth to themeeirea. 5 I ICZSOIl TOPICS. Although th Assembly yesterdav rev iacted taa bill to reuU taa onoa aadniuiit of UlamlaaUns gas. there is ret hop that it win beeome a law. aa a raeonaideratiea waa granted, aad it is held for amendment.

There were, doubtless, some imperfections ts ths mea- re se it essMup for anal paaaage, bet it te the daty ef ths Assembly te remove them, and the bill as soon aa possible. The extor- ttons of tbe gas eeuipaatee will never end until BTr stopped by law. and the people de maad tttl DrtXeetlOB tmn lb nm.t -fa tats. Th lac's hava recent jnhi-lart uestio Joed i ef tats City, are to Justify fr i aad we hop th Isdsiatara wOt se trifle any longer with tm rapeMaat asatter. It laesrtawly to draw a MD en tats Jeet towhAeh ae be raisad.

aad tap pubue expaeis tbat wOl be at eaee prepared Tb Captaia af th ateam-ship IWa in his osBmualeattoa psblisaedl in Tasidsys Tuts, shews thai he entirely n-issndsrstood aaadlragetae Ths Ttatas semsneats i Xeaip darmer lb sale wtueh that sill i aarrevly eeeeped Ther was aat as Hts-titest lateaOen to eoadema bis manage ment Of tb alp tbe contrary. TBS Tnrss exnresslr Intimated that, had the Katbg been lost, that disaster weald hare eeeurred 1 spite ef tie sklllral way rs wlueh eh was baa died. If. bowsver, ibe Xajb la. as herj as- serts, only eight tunes longer taaa she Is broad.

how did tt happen that she eould net be kept up to tae'wfad without tbe eonstaat actlea ef tb screw I Had sh bee as dwproportloaately long asab was at first said to be. any seamaa eouid easily andentaad tbe danger which the eapiarn adoitts tbat abe meurrof It ts ditBeutt, hewerer. to whr a reeaarkablr flee aad stsaeeh ssa bast, aT Veet-ioaa by SS feat beam, eeuld not be hove to without ex treme dancer. Whatever may i be the Zmsbtft proportions, it is aotorleoa tbat there are a lanes a am ber at Bzl tub-bail mers Oilng from this port wbieh are very aearty eleven times lesger than tbey are broad, aad fwly as dsBAerous as Tan Trsras ass represented them te be. Travelers who have enjoyed the pleasure of mlnmttjeeuuuUuae at reasete baetrweoda statfona will read with espoctsj gusto tbe verdict rendered by th Birmingham County Court la ths esse ef Michael rs.

the London sad Bortu- i western Railway Coasoaay. The plaintiff had takes a ticket from Birnungtisni to Beitaet via Holyhesd by tbe Irish mall, which, be eheuld hare met at Stafford, hat ttreegn delays oa tho first part th roate, the Irish mail bad left wbea he get there, and be waa eoorpelted to lie ovr, Oa this ahe win, tbe company waa mulcted in the sum ef ds sa a small meant tn ttaelt but still suffioietit. if eoUeetsd IS aT like eases, to mass delays lees profitable or amusing. The eara of th Third -a venue line are, above all otbera. dlsUnguiahed ss tbe huatleg-grund of plck-poekets sod tb favorite resort of mldnisbt ruffians, whe assemble to tUrht among tbeoseelvee or to rob aaoiTeadloa: eouducters rarely in tertere.

for the obvious reason that tbey do hot care to endanger their lives by flrbung a gang of reckless cutthroat. Doe sot the eompaay. however. Intend to use soma means te protect Its pstrous Hss it occurred io the director tbat they nurht employ speelal polieemea te accompany tbe cars that run between 11 o'clock at eight aad eeloek ta the morning 8uch aa officer, backed by the eoadoeaor and driver, one at to be able to keep ptek-poekete aad brawlers at a distseee. If a law were to be pssted making th eompanr liable for tnjanrs suffsred by passengers while ra tbe ears, we should soon ee end ef th dlsavaosful seeaes that nightly eeeur oa tb ears ef this aad aesne ether bass According to recent reports, tbe Russian eolouitanos schemes Turfceetaa eeatmue a be preeperoea.

in spit of allsaeti ratuoaoss. Statistiea collected by Tsther 8caraiAaTr. Busstaa print, show that between the years i IMS aad tan ther was a ess sidereal leerease ta th population ef Taechheat. and that ra th rerlou ef Byr-Dai-la. during the seme" period.

the a urn ber ef births was grearry ia sxeeas ef tbe rtesths Bosm of tb distrlets. however. were sot so fort ana ta ss others ra this respect. In TJjlsak. for tastanee.

ther were hut Xt htrthe to us deaths la 1A7S. The areas dtepanry here shows! Is accounted for by the wreeehed eeadv tioa of the yortress of ntontrbef Tbe expert- ene ra aTAzairnak waa not quit ss had. In that district there were 1ST births ts 163 deaths. Tbe search for stsOstlos has developed eae fast which ia bkely to en rare the sttentioa of physl-eleeisu. In tbe healthy distnets.

the majority of ehUdrea bern are of the male sex, while la all the districts as vise a prepoaderaaee of deaths over births, tbe majority are ef the female sei. i Th London Economist, in noticing th effect of the higa price of ooaJ spoa the railway eompsnies' proflu durtag tbe last hair year, ex presses the opinion that a suddsn fall la coal will soon eeeur. Every coal owner la the kmgdem st this It says, ts extending his eutpat ssmueh ss Doaalble." In point of feet, we hear oa all aides of new pits and new work- ins te he opened, and ef more and more laborers pressing for employment in tbe nits, "a the high price at the same time is notoriously testiieuss tne consumption, it esa only be a 4 aaa tioa of months wbea tbe supply will onee more overtake tbe demaad. aad coal' will sink frost tts monopoly price to a level with th eost ef It is impossible te exaggerate the sunnasT not te mention th toes sad ra- eonvenloDce, wbieh, taeugh great, have beea bearable rallleted by the sudden and great ad vases coal la Eaciaad. We hope the pralie-ttoa of th XetmomtM stay be realised.

Tba rtbavr Cess rliee ltnk of Kan St. Locis. Mo March IX Ia tba inaurance bribery tnvesusatloa st Jaffersoa City, tbe com-ml tie report that Frank Hlcxox, a lobby fet, did attempt to bribe Mr. Burger, one ef the mam-bars of the Bouse. Grand Chief Erucinear Wilson, ef th Brother.

hood of Engineers, ta his interview late last sight with General Supertateadeat Taa Home. stated that the brotherhood was not engaged lath sens, and tbat It waa wholly the work tb Moberty Division. It was ia viola tioa of the rules of the eraolaaiaa saaetioued by rk. Be aaMl tbe wav to Seal with nnnniH atrise would ho peed the dlrawoo aatu the next general inveetAsatlon. their charu-r miaht be takes from tbasa.

li was empbatte his smtemont tba the brotherhood doea aot aanetloa the strike. Be had so power to decide tb matter, hot. aa rh. striker tbat tbey had cone too far, sad should i MetaodAe Cairmitr. ITaSbvixu.

Tcauu March 13. Tb Metho. dists ef Tesaeesee deiermlnod, dunag ta past year, te raise tl.POB.000 tw estabtish a uairerai-y. The BoardTef Trust, when half tho sum wa raised, was aatborlsed te take steps to begin work. The subecrlptioa of.

Corn mod ore Taa-derbtlt of t9oo.on ts rsssruad ss maklag tbs uaireaw.tr aa established fast. The romaindee wm ii i. iiw jaajcuas Methediate baUava wiinoot aertaoadifflealtj. is probssls (has KaahvUi will be setacted ee tho iwaun, i aw ia diki jojoicins ithfi abo hiinodiats aad eltiseSis ever the rannlSooaee ot CosASMdors TsaserbUt, nalirr Cows i I ta Toaasa. CbBPUg Chrittt.

Texas. March llTV- United Statss CommlMiooer, havmsr sxamlaed at this solas nearly 10 Urt n. I aed AVarede thfa i uMtrtrres. aad from Lare- jcaarw -ae xneeitv baa been erewded for tbe last week with stock- tsrs tliw I rrAiSAa cwbua, after the aamsrea articles snggnstod by ef-ia raventa" at aa bass eeoaiss. tt te a to dwell open taa details ef yesterday's i aat of the easa epera.

But weald be safest a th lataat recital merited Mr. Matwtsak's stscera aar certaialy as gi van a aaere arm metrical npresea ration taaa th eeeeejoyed last alxht. Mas'Iaalm to bo credited, aa aamal. soS manly wtta peeseesies of one ef the greadeet aad atoat syav pathetM reeme new to he bear, bat with a ea paeity for idaatifyths herself wOh the mosteav sstteg persosasee the I re pet tery, with. a power to eeauauatoat her eeptloas, nantralled ea ta lyrl Wa have rarefy beea able, hewerer.

te eoapb-meat any ef Mm. Loeea'a sssoeiate serfermer oa lis sTroeada.aad tt is ea tharvsssauat bet proper that we altuse ts Birsor TsaaetB aiaw log last Butt, sad refsr to It as hanag beea re-saaikabty line aad effective. 91 nor Tiasaei has dan mech good work thie seeaes, aad latterly much hard work, but the results ef his aerere labors are est Ilxelr, from yetardv'a ssperi eeee. te be Ble share of the duet ia act tbe first, hat scene with the Kfng tboaah we would still wish him ihtrl aor Ire sod breadth of reetare tbe Spirt gawtii, aad the htgbty Impressive laeideots ef tbe last act, showed aim te bo sot aa worthy of the eempaaioosbip of Mm. Lueoa Toe other role in La Favrttat.were aaaaatod.

a heretofore. by Signer Bparapaat aad M1 Jamet, waose exort eommeadatiea baa always beea bestowed. The sudienoe, bars hut add. wa larc aad bnlliaat, Tb opera, Friday, will bo tn firat time) La Flrba Set Ream men t. and.

Baterday. DenFrayachBta" is te be duo. rsaifCH axKavoitaiiT socirrr. The representation eeeur at the Aveadawy of Xante Abls srentag is stvea ia aid ef the funds of the Freaeh Benevolent Society of this City. Miss Ksllogg.

Benortta Bans. Btcsor Via-' seal, and M. Jamet will appear la "Xarta, and Bursa ri Mariaml and Abrurnedo, aT. Coaleo, and Mat. IovielU wiU Satire la a brief eooerrt The ease wtueh the eater-tain meat ia dealsraed ts.ashiat a worthy one, and lea elalmej ufon tbe pablie.

added to the attract! rcaees jed tbe represents twu. ought te secure aa overwhelming! audi- jrres OAtxoan'i Bcvcrrr. Mias Julia Gay lord, a young lady who has appeared to advantage oa tb dramatic and ea thelyne stage, ts to benefit: br ss eatartaas- 1 meat waieh will tak pier at th Union Las aw Theatre to-morrow eventag. Tbe comedy of Americans in Fans" win be soted thy Miss Fussy Dsvenport, Mr. B.

T. I Riagfotd. Mr. a a. Boekwell.

Mr. J. H. 8toddart. and Mats Oaylerd and th trntJIctMir.

aad Measra. afa-Doaald. Bartlett. and Feaae. and SlgnorPads-- vanl will supply musical performance.

HlMlai wo saw's anvcATtoBAi. in HDcmiit rvsnv Mias Emily Fsithfull will read at Stein. way Ball, thie evetuaa aad Mlaa Btarliss will Ing. with a new to swelllnc the finances of the Women's Educational aad lad oa trial Ortrau performances are alee promised. Tba ST CoIlwAioai Tho SS naM-b.) A gallery of tb capacity, of the Academy Desire filled with pirtare exeeutod by ooo artist, aad all ef them possessing mar than r-diaary mertt.

is not a common sight. The firs impressioa created by thie ioHoetiea la that Mr. Keseett most have posseesed at ther mere thaa aaaal dlllgeaee er far more then ordinary faciliry of execatioB. for It mast be remembered tbat tho collection bow ea exhibition la siade up entirely of works sot before placed eapsbli view. Boat of these, it Is tree, are mora sketches, aad others are aaflalahed studies, sp- asrwstly threwa asld before th mob ea eetred by the artist had beea fully wrought est, Sat the larger portloa eeanats of finished pan tares, all the derails worked ap with that alsbe ration of execution wales dtarmgulshsd all Ms.

Keaaatf works. I Aiihooah there nndoabtadly was a stnkraa; ssmenees about Mr. Kenaett a ptetsres. thai eertaialy did not extesd te th eubteots his eomposioona. Fsw aitists ware a ara tadassriess la seating out a4e Snresqne news for rransfsranos te canvas, aad A ad Mr.

Krnsea bred asetbor snarter ef a sao tury we Sella there would bsve beea hut few pomone of the States aad Terntortes, he we ess; remote, that woold not have been repreeeated his harmonious aad flowing eolars. Wshar said that a certain ssmenees strikes us tn all hi ptetsres. aad It is true that seldom a I tarn pa ed any of tbe graader eombinstiees or mora Striking cfie eta In which such artists aa Bis stadt aad Moras excel. Be confined htmeelf as th qaiater moods aad softer asoeet of satar. sad the representation of thee be stood al-moat unrivaled.

Who eould paint a wavaloas sea under bright asaligbt, with not a cloud ta the asure sky to tell of storms to soma, as ha could It was in tbe represeatatleo of such Seeaes that hla fort lay. The ooea to him was always bright and calm, tbe jsky always serene and smiling as his owa handsome and happy face. Tet be- eoold paint tbe storm, as one or two ef his nurture exhibited ta tbe Acad amy twe or three years ago prove. One of the boss ef these, if we remember neatly, reproeeat-ed meadow scene In Ifew-EnAiaud a as October day a low-toned picture, gall unlike anything, we believe Mr. Kenaett ever paisted berore.

with leafless trees, brows meadows, a eold, dark river Iodine- through, tbe mtdal distasee, aad "low sky rataiaa heavily." This work showed rery conelssirely to what nerfeetloa Mr. Keaeett might have a tained is this cisss ot subieete had he eboasa to turn his atteauoa te them. Xazt to that ptetnr -tn point of sentimni were some of. his paint-logs of Italian sosaerr, chiefly news ea the Boats Campaa-na. He seemed to possess the happy faculty of knowing )st what be eeuld do.

Large esnrases he aerer attempted. Tbey were bay and In his: views ef EngUeS scenery, there seemed to be something waaUng, and so one knew it better thaa be did himself. Is gumming Bp his merits as aa artist, we eaa not do better thaa reprodoeo some remarks published is the Ktf-KnUuuUr ot January last: Ia new of the limited amber ef tboee whe da credit to our art. his (Mr. aaeett'a death may well be reckoned a calamity.

Ilia atvio wa ebaractenatie ef the man moat dalieete sanaeof saren and under pastoral the qatet, sebdued, and aeeite expreaaloee ef tbe laed-aeape had for him tb greatest charm. If there maanarism In Mr. Keasett's pictures. It sash a charming manner tnat we ovenaok It. lie had the seoaiavenea.

the puntr ef raea lag. ef ta true post. Ia hie many la terpen Uoa of aative aod foreign laadaeap has ervea ex.pt eaa low io his refined aad eSUaeas buss of the pare sennmeet ef natere, wsma waa mevr reudered with mere character latt grace and truthfulness. TBS MOZIES MaSBtSA. We bars heretofore called atwatioa the atataes beionglag to the estate ef taa lea Joseph Mosier, aad executed by him.

The sua- jeotearex "Babees. "Bispeb, The FNart, Undine, L'SJlarm." -The White Lady ef Avsust, II SUeaee. Cs dine." Jsphtha'a Daughter," aad Wspt ef the WishToa-Wiab," Tbeagn Mr. Mosier cab scaroely be ranked aa a great arttat. It as sertala that hie work poa ssesa both originality and power.

One ar twe of the atataes bow on exhibition at CUatea Ball bar attracted attention ta Europe, aad hare received farorable aoaee rs the illmi and other papers, Th entire eorieeooa will sold on Saturday next, at Clinton Hall, tor ta San fit of th widow of th deceased. ran rAixTTS axniarrios salb. The sale ef ptetsres exhibited by tbe Falstt Clab, sot alraady dlapeaad of. wOl oo-aassse tbia evealng at the Bomemllo GeAlsry. abs xoam ar apeeimo Dr Uanaicay, heur, CoOX Octa sad Utr flist cisss torsiga rskss.