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V" XL..1N? 12*537.
MSW-YORK, SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1881.-TRIPLE SHEET.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
"""THE NEWS IN LONDON.
THE QUE8TIONS OF THE HOUR.
?? GLADSTONE CABINBT LIKELY TO REMAIN
INTACT-MR. OLAD8TONE CALLIDO FOR MORK
?'CIHJENCY"-MR. BBADLAUGH'S FERPLKXlTIES
TBK APPOINTMENT OF MINISTER MORTON RE?
GARDED FAVORABLY IN PARIS-LORD BEACONS
HELD AND "KXDYMION."
Tbe London cablo dispatch to The Tribune
Bays that no Cabinet changes are likely at
?resent. Sir William Harcourt displayed tact
ja conducting the Irish Arms bill in the House
0f Commons. Mr. Gladstone deems it abso?
lutely necfssiry to treat the Appropriation
bill as "urgent." An amicable settlement
of the Boer oonflict ie expected by the
Government. Mr. Bradlaugh thinks of resign?
ing bis ?eat in Parliament eo that he may be
reflected and take the customary oath. The
appoiutment of Mr. Morton as Minister to
France gives satisfaction in Paris. The Earl
of Beaconsfield offered to forego part of the
$50,000 which be ' was to receive from the
publish*.'? for " Endymion."
LEADING TOPICS IN LONDON.
TU? STATK OK PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS?MOP.E
ARRESTS TO Bf MADE IN IRELAND?A STATUE
OF CABLYLtt ORDERED?SOCIETY IN LENT.
IBT CABLE TO TUB ????G??.?
Londox, Saturday. March 12,1881.
Tbe rumors of Cabinet changes first gained cur?
rency on Wednesday night at a party given by the
Dowager Lady Stanley, of Alderley, and were
cssiduously circulated by a Liberal peer who has
leen lately opposing the Government's foreign
policy. The rumors were instantly contradicted by
the Ministen present, but were repeated in print
next morning. They are absolutely devoid of foun?
dation, except so far as to Mr. Gladstone's known
intention to relinquish tbe Exchequer when he has
restored order iu the financ?e; probably not this
year. Mr. Cbildor. will not leave tbe War Onice
nor Lord Hartington the India Office while impor?
tant measures are pending for which each is person?
ally resp-insible. Lord Darby's accession^to office in
? Liberal Ministry is merely a question of time ; but
there never was a time when changes arc lets likely
tbau now.
THE PARLIAMENTARY CONFLICT'.
The nine weeks' parliamentary struggle between
lawlessness and law terminated last night with tbe
passage of the Arms bill through the Commons. The
Obstructionist?, though beaten, glory iu the delay
they occasioned, and rejoice at the existing embar?
rassments of the Government; but the leading Home
? ile organ in Dublin to-day shows itself aware of
the completeness of tbe defeat, and appeals to tbe
Parncllitee to ooniider whether tbey ebould not
abandon parliamentary obstruction, refrain from
harassing the Government on non-Irish questions,
and devote themselves to keeping up the courage of
the Irish people at home. The closing scenes of the
debate on the Anns bill showed the decadence of
resolution among the Irish members, who allowed
decisive divisions to be taken long before the whips
expected. Sir William Haroourt'e conduct of the
bill was not only extremely clever, but conciliatory.
" It tfemoraiizBd the Irish opposition, which, toward
the end was main?x encouraged by Lord Kandolpb
Churchill, whom Sir William Harcourt publicly
accused of secretly abetting obstruction.
PARLIAMENT OVERBURDENED.
Mr. Gladstone announces the necessity of apply?
ing the urgency rules to supply votes next week,
Irrespective of obstruction, the public business
being now so behindhand that no ordinary processes
of legislation will soiUce to pas3 absolutely neces?
sary measures.
TUB ARRESTS IN IRELAND.
The arrests under the Protection act, nnmherintr
twenty-six in all, were effected without resistance
orexcitement. A considerable number of additional
warrants will be executed next week. The extra?
ordinary but probably wise lenity of the Govern?
ment respecting the treatment of the arrested men
in jail, preTeute tbe expected attempts to represent
these criminals as martyrs. The Irish papers are
filled with details, which are mostly uninteresting.
Mr. Boyton'a effort to plead American citizenship
is futile, since whether naturalized or not he is
equally liable for th? violation of the English
criminal laws. The case will be fu'ly and fairly
stated by tbe Legation, but no lawyer pretends that
there is ground for interference.
THE BjKR ARMISTICE.
The pcrsisteut Tory attempt? in Parliament to
dama/e the Government with refereuce to tbe Boers'
armistice have had little result. The public have
shown remarkable patience under defeat, there be?
ing few outbursts of Jiugoism and general readiness
to iutruit the negotiations to Ministers who pri?
vately expresa their confidence in au amicable settle
sent. Jouberl's statement published to-day is con
tidergi to aftord a basis for peace.
VUAT MR. BKADLAUOH MAY DO.
The decision against Mr. Lradlaugh proceeds
??aiuly on technical ground, the Judge holding that
the Evidence Amendment 'act under which Mr.
Bradlaugh claimed tbe right to affirm in Parliament
applies exclusively to oaths in Courts of Justice.
This opinion, though given by a single Judge,
?presses tbe view of a majority of lawyers.
Mr. Bradlaogb's appeal is not expected to reverse
t?? pr?tent decision, but, pending the appeal, Mr.
Gom'e motion declaring the seat yacant is con?
sidered as unhandsome and unlikely to secure a
majority. It will probably be declared premature
\f the Speaker on Monday. Mr. Bradlangh in the
"?acume abatains from tbe House, and is consid?
ering the exped??*, of resigning, intending after
jeeleetion to take to. oath in regular form. He
Tn^ xu mtW" *??*? ???* W??b
?50,000.
Part, letter, exp,?, much pleMare %t ^ nom.
inatto.? for the French kiasioa of the Hon. L. P.
Morton, who U well-known ?* liked by the best
Portion of the American mtdenU. ?^ FreQch
G?? ZTthn reJoleert the ?*?? <"
? JitBiaur both able and dt?>oeed to revive the
fon-r tradition, rf the Amencan Legation,
renew disoaea hcpitalitie?. ?d wateh intelll
?enti/ over conunercial intere*?. The aame
source, hope thai Mr. Walker will be retained
a*Cope.L Iti. *. univ.tsal deaire and expecta?
tion in London of Engliah and Americans that Mr
Uvell thall remain m Minister.
FINANCIES. PUZZUD.
?he European financial world i? somewhat dis
2*rted at Mr. Windony. appointment, and awaits
????tolyati explanation of his present views re
?pectin^ sil vor, inflation and other matters ejecting
American credit abroad.
MR. YATEb's NKW PAPER.
Mr. Yatcs'e new evening penny paper, Cuckoo, wbkh
appeared yesterday ir. amai) quarto, basa rather vul?
gar ap)>eai-ance. It is devoted wholly to short para?
graphs of current gossip, apparently aiming at cir?
culation among the lower classes.
BSACOKSTOELD IN A LIBERAL MOOD.
It reports that Lord Beaconsfield, hearing that the
sale of " Endymion" was lose than was expected,
oflered the Longmans to cancel the agreement un?
der which they pay ?10,000 for the novel and ac?
cept half the profits instead. The Longmans de?
clined the ?fter with thanks, saying that they ex?
pected to recoup themselves by the sale of a cheap
edition, forthcoming. Their loss thus far is ?3,000.
The circulating libraries are selling copies at half
price.
A 8TAVVK OP CABXYLS ORDKni'.D.
Lord Roscbery has given a commission to Bochm
to execute in marnlo from a well-known model a
statue of Carlylo.
THK l'RINCK OP WALK?" ABSENT.
The Trinco of Walcn'e prolonged absence In Berlin
and Fans considerably ?fleets London gaieties, ex?
cept the largo parties, of which there is a rather
unujital number for Lent, but they are mostly offi?
cial oi political. _ O. W. B,
GENERAL FORE WS SEWS.
MESSAGES FROM MEXICO.
PltEMDKM GONZALU KKTI.1KS TO PKESIDKNT OAR
PIF.LD.
The following diepatcli from Pr?sident Gon?
zales, of Mexico, tu President ?:irlield was received by
tue Mexican cable yesterday :
The President of (be United states of Mexico is pleased
lo respond to I lie friendly congratulations tluit Im ve been
sent M ftlui by the President uf the United utatce oi
America upon the inauguration of the submarine cable
that unr.es tin? telegraphic hues of the two nations, and
IS duly grateful lor the courteous praise bestowed up.m
the ad in m Is ? r.n ion of Oeucral Diaz and the present one.
The Government of Mexico and us people congratulate
themselves upon the establishment of a new Itnk bin ling
the. relations net ween the two countries lor the inumai
advancement of their liitudahip, coiniucrco and In?
dustry.
Samuel D. Babcock replied as follow- to a congratula
tory telegram from the Tampi'?.? Chamber of Uomtneti ?
The Chamber of Coiumeree of the State of Ncw-Y .rk
heartily congratulates you ihat telegraphic ?.iRiu
timi has been established between the two eoUDine?,
ami It looks forward with confidence to the beneficial
lcMilts which are likely lo (low iroui thin eloM conni
tmu.
THE COVENTRY ELECTION.
London. Saturday, Man h 12, Issi.
An attempt wan made t?? bold a political
inectiug at Coventrv last night under the MSptOM of
Messrs. Arthur O'Connor and Fletgan, Home Balers.
As soon as Mr. O'Connor rose to speak hewasawt by a
storm of yells. He remained standing u u minute?, and
made several attempts to read Mr. Parseli'? manifesto
to the Iitsii eieetois of Coventry, urging them to snp?
D'nt the Cu.servativi? candidate at the election In tint
piai? to-day. Finally a tosh was m ?de to the platform.
aud a tree tight ensoi d. ine ? dice cleared the bail. All
the tables and chair? were smashed, the disturbance is
attributed to the extreme Badie.ils.
At the election to <Uy Henry W. Eaton, the fnnserva
tive candidate, w;w elected, receiving 4.oil rotas
agaiiiM :?.:>to polled for M; Bhuitlewortb, ine Liberal
candidate. ??? Insu votele suppol ted Ihe Conservativo
Candidate. _
The Coveutiy election was to fill the vacancy
In the House of Commons caused by Sir Henry Jackson
being ma le a lodge. The Conservatives rest? roar polled
three votes nude than they did at the general election
last year. The Lioerai vote was OK? less.
TUE ?UM ILUlHMiHVFK DUAL.
l/ONix?*. Saturday. M ?roh 12. 1?81.
The correspondent of 'Ihr Vtmc* at Constan?
tinople ?ays he has good reasou to believe that the Otto
man delegates nee del to the request of the AnibnifH
dors that the negotiations on the Greek quesilou shall
be beicun by a statement of the concessions which the
Porte I? disposed to make beyond those Qeeorlbed In lie
lode of O tober '? last.
A Consta..tumide telegram save that the Ambassadors,
finding mo ottoman dolente?'Indication* "f the pro?
posed frontier line too vague, have u-lc d for a iihht
precise line. As Indicated, tae linn comprise* Fbesaal)
as far as the sanimlt ol .Mount Olympae. Mr. Goseben,
M. Novi:? dl and Count C irti declare ibh) to be Insuffl
eient, and that ihey must Hsk their Governments for
further InstnK lions. The other Ambassadors agree that
au understanding between all the representatives is ne?
cessary to sut ccs-lu'ly prosecute negotiations.
OPPOSING MR. GLADSTONE'S PLANS.
1/iMi'iK. .Saturday, Maren IS, 1881.
Tlie Conservative meeting at the ('.niton
Clnb today ?as attenJed by ueaily all the members of
the late Government betonala* to the l>o?cr House, be?
sides the unofficial CoM rva'tve?. The dlscu miou lasted
an hour and a qu.irier. The speakers war? captane
in pointing out the dangers involved in Mr. Uladstono's
proposal for voting ?? Urgency" tor supply; and it was
unanimously determined t<> offer strenaoaa opposition Ui
that proposal. At f-ir Stafford .Northeoie's request no
loriual announcement of the Coiiseivalue plan will be
made until Moielav. The tow rales an- substantially
the same a? those already adept ? lor bills in cenerai.
ASSAILING THE LAND LEAGUE.
DCntllf, Ha'.unlay, March 12, 1 - -1.
The Archbishop of Dublin, in hie Lenten
pastoral, says : "Unsound and unthcological opinions
on the mutual obligations which bind society are being
industriously propagated by men who are untrustworthy
guides of a Catholic nation. Even though rents are ex
tortiotiate, the principie* now laid down that one of two
contracting parties can, of bis own private authority,
rescind his engagement, aasail the very foundations of
soeic.ty." The pastoral severely condemns the Ladles'
Laud League. It is rumored that the Ladies' League
intends publishing a manifesto reply in*- to the pastoral.
MOKE AFRICAN TROUBLES.
London, Saturday, March 12, lsuj.
A Renter dispatch from Duri.an bays that
tbe Orange Free State farmers are lu a very unsettled
condition, and are only awaiting a sufficient e i cuan to
Join the Boers. They tegard Um strong n infoici menta
coming iroin Kugland with suspicion as Indicating au
luieii.iou to annex the Free Htato.
ENTERPRISE IN VENEZUELA.
Panama, March 2.?At Maracaibo, Venezu?
ela, on the 16th of January, the steamer Venezuela, the
first or the new steamers for the Zulla Rtram Navigation
Company, was launched. The Venezuela was built In
sections In the United States, aud waa put together sue
ceasfuily at Maracaibo.
CABINET CHANGES IN C0L0M15IA.
Panama, March 2.?The Cabinet at Bogota
resigned on February 3. The new Secretaries are Dr.
Chinaco Calder?n in the Department of State, and Dr.
ilo aido Becerra, Secretary of Public Ihm ruction, in
who?? charge the Department of Foreign Affairs la tern
porarily placed.
m
A NEWFOUNDLAND ENTERPRISE.
St. Johns, N. P., March 12.?The propogi
tlon of an American company to lay a railway through
Newfoundland has been accepted by the local Legislative
Government. The. matter has occupi d the attention uf
the Government lor some time.
FOREIGN NOIES.
London, Saturday .March 12,1881.
The Marquis Tseng, of China, has arrived In London.
The steamer Wyoming, which sailed from Liverpool,
to-day for New-York took out the sum of f???,??? lu
specie.
The suspension of Emmanuele A Olivieri, a firm of
private bankers was announced to-day. The liabilities
are placed at S2*U,000, and the assets at $120,000.
1Ke Daily Newt states that the Duchess of Connaught
has been subpumaed to give evidence In a libel caso
which will com? on In a fortnight. The Duchess or
Cou naught is a grand niece of the Emperor of Ocrmauy.
El Liberal says : The doctors who conducted the post?
mortem examination of five persons who died In a Mad?
rid hospital found abundant traces of trichine. The
authorities have ordered very severe precautions to be
tukeu to prevent further cases.
8r. Johns, N. F., March 12.?The American man-of
war Yautlc has lust sailed for Norfolk, having on board
the body of Paymaster Bingham,.United States Navy,
?i^ the monument erected to bla memory last summer.
He belong? U io Norfolk, and tbe remains will be Interred
there. _
DEFEAT OF PROIUBITIOX.
Chicago, March 12.?At Springfield laut
night, by a vote of Ott to SI, tbe Illinois House defeated
the constitutional amendment prohibiting tbe manufac?
ture and sa!e of intcxieatinir liquors within tbe etate.
WAS?LWIOX A'Ji?YS.
ORGANIZATION OF THE SENATE.
THE tBADBM MKXINCI A SATISKAtrORY BAMS OP
COMPROMISE?WHAT ??>. DEMOCRATS PHOP03E?
CONFIDENCE ?? REPLIlLICANS AS TO MR.
?????'?*8 VOTE.
Inr TSUMUM t? tiif. t?p>?*?. ?
Washington. Mareb 12.?The political lenders
of hoth partie, have been 1 ? ? to day in ?iidoavor
ing to come to some ngreeni ? to the, permanent
organization of tuo .Sonate. G committee of tho
Kc]>nbliean caucu?, consistiti ( ol \>nators Allison,
Plumb, Ferry, J. D. Cameron, an Lnyan, has been
in conference as to the list of Republican Senators
that they will present for action to the Senate 00
Monday. Then is to be another met ting tomorrow.
Meanwhile some vago, intimati Ott. have been made
by Democrat, to tho Republicans that a still fur?
ther compromiso trian that proposed last night il ??
contemplation. There is a tacit understanding that
on Monday the attempt to organize the Senato shall
be regularly made, without any retort to filibuster?
ing on the odo hand, and without any elloit to take
unfair advantage of the situation on the other ; ani
that as many of the Democrats will withhold their
votes as there shall be Republican vacando..
This is claimed as ? con? oaolon on the part of the
Democrats; but the further intimation has boefl
made that tue Democrat.delire toha\o some con?
cession made to them, and that they will suggest
that, if tho Republicana will eoneode to them reu
chairmanahipo, tbe Dem?crata will permit tbe Re?
publicans to take the permanent organization of
the Senate, and will agree not to leave it subject to
the possibilities o? a treqnenl changa la the argani?
ration, according as Senator Mahono may be die
poeed to vote one way or another. This intimation
has been made by the D?mocrate, and it is said that
such prominent Senators as Bock and Bayard think
that it would be a o Im solution oi the preouni dirti?
cultiea. it has not been learned that the Bofubu?
ran- have seriously considered it.
The Senators in hoth parties who did not re?
ceive enable anahips of prominent commit
teca, thoold such an arrangement he made, would
ofcoune aovef beeatisAedj and the oontfdeneeof
most of the Republicans is so great thai M.-.h? ne
will permanently vote with tbe Itopublieati* on
all questiona affecting the organization oi the
Senate that n I. very doubtful whether they would
in? disposed to listen ??> inch a proposition. It has
also ueeu suggested that, unless ih>? Dei.rats
rculil *<?. ur?? som? im an::ennnt which would be
beneficial to them ? lib respes t to the organization
they might withhold t luir rote, and prevent thu
Republicans from organizing, (?ven with the vote
of Mr. M abone there would not ??? ? quorum; but
it has been ascertained bey.I doubt that David
Davis, ot Illinois ami Mr. Brown, of Georgia, will
no) enter into at arrangement to break a quorum,
and that they muy be reliea upon to rote . q ..
casions.
?s>?
THE SECRETARY <?G WAR.
Ml!. LINCI.? COXOBATCLATED BY lili: ll.ll.M'If?
????? III UV. til II.
lai ri 11 .KAi-n i<> tu rai.i ??
Wasiiim.idn, March 12.?The Illinois Republi?
can t loba composwd of residents of lllinoM in tins
lbs.net, tins evening called In a body to present
their respects to Secretary of War Lincoln? Mr.
Aldriel. in a few words inlrod i<ed the preside?! ot
the el ab, Mr. A. J. Whttiaker, who on
members Individually. Subsequently Mr. Ileuder
aoo.oftb. Rook Island Disti ict. made a ?
mark, espressine the sentiments of the dub.
course of which be .vial :
We bave cowra bere thia evening a* ritti n* of ir.inois
to present our respe? ?. and i> i'uusrraiu ite jrou up..ii
voir appointment B/s ??>..til Hut spp miment noi
only aa sa. lust eusBpiiBDPDi tu roiir Intestiti, ability
and perennai eliarecler su a e?'1!?, ? ?' ??.? errat Re) ????li
'?uit at*Js? <>f Hanoi.. Itui a? mrM'loc i.i ?mie in'M?ttr> Ili"
eUlina of nur Male (<> Feewifjnitlon .un..li? In I ?i-liTM ,..?-.
Wr recoarniss \>mr appointaient, siso, ss ?? In?? und
fraterni intinto lo tlie mentor) of >..nr dtsftosratsaed
Ut ber, ? m ??, nanvn s mi fata? siti User eoi mi. ? ?? ??>. ? y
pati loue ? ? /m or ? 11 im ? m 11 ..? lar ? ? ir? ? ... iitry. ami
r?os people everywbera. , \??.?.?? *??. |
We ?.? ave Mi lit yon ? ili adloimatei ????? IolI ofhVi
muh nuawervliie Iwesrtiy sud Bdrliu sui h ,i- iUi
??? \ .. il in.imi'. ? .mil paflmtli f.ltli. r. ali I thai
you will briBK fl<?lt) ami iblllij funsi t?. tin? faithful
?li??? iiitrife of \ our nlli. ? ?i dllUi ??.. \\??\?,-;?\, ii. r? ?
un e .tini successful administration ul yo u ? 1Kb II
Mr. I.ine..In iti replv sani :
i.i ?UAt III s m ?:-us am. ?? ? : .? < irusxsor liti
mu? : I am di epli ?eiielb e ol tie sreal liouoi ?hi
do ine io ? .nulli; li See PBS this evening m ? In? m
I accept wit'i .real pleasure yoor rouerai u lettons utxio
iisaiiiniiitf tin- ? ill .?, with tbe il III? ill w lili II I .un ?.ut
ni thoroughly (.unni ir. I SID IWSCC that in el
upon I be duties ol this ufMee I tntiM e instantly renieut?
Im r tii 11 fur mm e than a quarter of m century tbe Htau
of Illinois ban been repreaeuled m a Very ?He ami ? 11 -
tiofuis?ed manner al the Vitional Capital, and tn.t it
"till be very difficult f'>r me In do mv part lomsimaia
tit?? repulsilon winch IlllU'd? baa skltse?' .1 Ibi? Capital,
it will be ii? ? earnest emit ?voi ;?? so < unduei tn) ?rll . ?
to meet ai il .Dlicipate, If possible, the aood wisbea of
in ? many fili'ii'lH, |i. .1 ?-. ? ve l'un approbation in ? in
meni ti" ? sontiuutd i"i"in. ? am verj ?
to you for Una cali? _
Stimm.FIELD, 111.. Manli 12.?In the Senato
yesterday ? in? rules wen ? ispendi <? sod ? resolution ?a.
paettd, Oeclarlng tbat the Oeneral Assembly, scud, oa
bclialf of Iba l>?-opli) of Illinois,tei).li r? to til. limi. JajoOS
A. ?.atti :.|, Presldeni "f tbe United Hiatos, the thank? ..f
Ibi ? ' uple of tins Btste lor tin? sppolotmenl ot Koberl T.
l/neolo ss Beereisry of War, snd to the Penate of the
leiten Mut*? for lis prompt, hearty and uaauliuou. ac?
tion iu euuUiiniiig Uic lioiuiii.ttioii.
AHCTIC EXPLORATION.
Tilt: Jl-.??????. IlKI.II ? 1 MICItlllD.N- III!. I.M'V
IKANKI.IN ???? ???'??.
WAanixoTOx, March 12.?Secretary Hunt called ?
meeting tbi. morning ol the Bureau offloera of tb.
Nary Department for the purpose of COUaldering the
proposed Jeannette warofa expedition, it wa. <le
eiiied to piinhaKo for the purpo.ee of the .Spedition
the An tic ??team whaler Mary and Helen, now at
Ban Fran km. Too prie, to bo paid for the reaoel
is f???,??a This will leave $7.ri,(l(HI ol tbe
amonot appropriated by Congre?, to bo rued In de?
fraying tho general expeoae. of the expedition.
The work of preparing the vessel for the voyage
will bo begun at one?, and it la ex pac ted that she
will be ready t<? sail imui San Francisco about tho
1st of July. The act making appropriation for the
expedition provides that the vessel shall he otli. rn 1
and illuni.ed enlinly from volunteers iu the Na\\.
Tjiere. have already been DUfBoroui apaiicatiom fot
service in this expedition, hut the detail has DO) .\<t
been decided upon.
An expedition will be fitted nut early this com?
ing summer under command ol Lieutenant A.
\V. Urceley, 5th t'avulry, for the pur
pose of estnhlishitiB; a Htatmn north of the blsl
degree Of ninth latitude, at or near Lady Franklin
Bay, for hi icntilie observanons. An appropriation
ol 925,000 w;*H made by the la.st CongreM ? o mec?
the expenses of this expedition,
HANKS AND TUE1B BOND&
Wahhixiwun, March 12.-The Coatfollei oi the
Currency said this morning that the Identical
bonds, bolli live, und six per ? ? to, which have been
previously on deposit, will now be rod.po.itedas
security for National bank circulation, a id that
where authority ha-s been giran by the Board of
Directors toan iicent to assiau these bonde to t In
ireasurer of the Dotted States, the anthoritv,
properly ex.-cuted under tho seal of tho hank,
should accompany tho bonds; and the attorney
should sig-n and execute the blank nssigument upon
the back of euch bond.
WASHINGTON NOTES,
WAantsoToa, Rataruay, March 12,1881?
Advice? received fr'Jiu the failed H;Btf? C'onniil-li. n
eral ut Couitautiuople report the outbreak of pluKUC near
Baadad.
Tbe War Departinent has received mtelllfence of the
death of Lieutenant UoorgC 11. Wiljrht, at Fort Klevcu
sou, 1). i., March I.
."????'??? Bailbauke bos been ?rdered to proceed to
WllmltiKt'iD, N. C, and uiuhia t?ruporary charge of tbe
United Matea Manne lloapitui at that point.
Orders have Just been Issued by the Marine il.ispirai
Hureau for Krneral repairs to the vanoiu fulled ?states
Marine Boapttab. A marine hospital will be eiectcd at
Memphis during tbe eoinlti? summer.
Tho Pout Office Department bas completed arrante
tneDts for extendlntT the railway null service over thu
Boutbern I'aultle snd An/mm Railroad from Tticsnu,
Arizona, to Dsniiog, New-Mcxtco, ? dtetauee of '.?.'10
unleH, ami from ????????? to Hocorro, New-Msxieo. over
the Ateblsno, Topeka sud cauta ?t't ituiroad, a dlstauce
of about 10U mtlea.
THE CHANCES FOU A FAIR.
POSSIMI TTY OF FAILURE DISCUSSED.
???/.? AtOnXOM 8. 8UU.1VAN THINKS Of ???
rinarro r<=? s'nsfRiPTios-s not morrai.?t.ack
?? i'-NTnreiASVf?tONFIDF.NCK OK OTIIP.R PER?
SON'S LSI Kill STI .?????????????? ???G? THE
?ATi-WAYS.
There were rassors yesterday that some of
the Commisaioncie of the World's Fair be?
lieved that the project would have to be aban?
doned, an the subscriptions to the stock were
not increasing ?is fast as could he desired.
There are two or three clerks at work at Xo.
317 Broadway, the Commissioners' headquar?
ters, hut neither their industry nor the fact
that General Grant is the president, nor the
veiuinnientlations for appropriations by the
Governors of several States sein to have had
ranch effect in noosing enthusiasm for a
Fair at Inwood. Soaso Of the Commissioners
acknowledge now that there is a possibility
of a fallare.
TALKS WITH COMMI8810KEK&
" Is it possible Hurt the World'? Fair will bo
given un !" asked a ?'?p???t. reporter yesterday o?
Algernon 8. Sullivan, who is one of tho Commie*
tloni is.
"I know why jou MS," Mr. SulVivan replied!
"for in various Ungi it cones to me that this is
teoreti, ,\|? answer ululi be frank. It is not, cer?
tain, but tlnro is serious, apprehension that it must
be so. It h ay ?? o,,, contingency 1 will nention bo
pmtponeiL It ? not wise to overlook all tlio possi
bllltle?. The haudHof the Commissioners aro tied
about bci'inning work. As the law stamls the, Fair
11. list In; held in l?vs;?. It ollu'llt to be opened in
Slay o? that year, twtuty-livo inoiiths troni this
ilate. it we mull? begin work m soon as the front
goes, tu grade, sewer ami otherwise ]ire paro tho
extensivo ground? requisite, say two or t bree hun?
dred MIO!, ami to eoiistiii.t the gnat buildings
seeded, there would be timo sufficient* Hut wo
cannot say that we will begin then, because we
bave no power to make any ? entraci midi the stuck
subscriptions amount to one million dollar?. You
is v,eli as ? Mo that we have not unite one
half that amount aarared, We have indefinite
plum se?; 1. it they will notilo. None of the great
railroad torn panie? has mudo any souscription.
'l?. it ot the New?York Central is provisional ami
not available now. It wae believed that the rail?
roads would subscribe the needed million dollars.
The city s?rtaos and elevated rand? subscrilted
nothing. It can hard h b< said of any <>( the great
interests ?hob the lair would most largely bene?
fit that the) have subscribed. The Commissioner?
I ave sul.s? ? lied nearly $'?'00,000, and tin? residue is
fmni a tew liberal citizens m laige sums,and from a
i) it it bel o? n celiami s and small business tuen, who
d?sir.? the Fair foi cenerai In-nci'it."
" I'm wl.it do you attribute the failure in eub
hf ? i ut ions .' '
" ? ?> notliinu 11 , ? ? wi on *. Borne ?? ?
??? cause ilo y du not like Inwi oil as a site. Well, it
was noi ti y choice, hut nevertheless it would do,
and it !i?s many advantug s. 1 rclj on reports of
ex.?!1. Mt judge?, None Object to the date of the
l'air, tinnitimi it tot early, I did UOt think so, hut
lis luii) lio ? Mist I y dit!? t. .- ? ? n 11 ? objected that
tin? ?aw a -o iati'd in the management Commis
slum t? ie?iie-i ni oil? th?? I'uited States, as Well as
sul,-, riltrrs to t..?? st in k. I know thai objection is
not ronchisi ve, lu tau-.? if tbe .National name and
guarantee .ir?- asked ??? an International Kxliibi
tii'i. ??.? mantigement oui(bt nut to be a private
moue) ? "i uor.il ion done.
" I ?.>n ? you lind there is a general lukewarmness
about Ibc Fair G
"les; am) \ ,?t the ma-see of the peonie want a
Tho inure influential
peoi? sie the ens? woe ?how litt I?? enl h usi asm.'
??'Alun do you Mipposo tbo subject willbedcfi
. -? tr'.d I '
?'.-imo; luit u? to that these interviews hove
? inn?? op..n m?? noes pet teiilv. m th?? luidal ol many
prsanoa business matters, and 1 would pr?ter to
li im? avoiiled tieni. 1 bave battilo consultations
with my associates alnee our last regular meeting,
Not Inns l .? ? on lined silice then. We are try ina to
no ??'.?? ititi subscriptions. I hope we unv in
? nie ; but such men :>s Mr. WIk-cIch k, Mr. Ill,ss, Mr.
role. Mr. I'.iIcm, Mr h'?.st.m. Mr. Orucil, Mr.
l'oit-. Mi. K'nttit. Mr. Union and their worth)
a-viciate?. witli (Sellerai Urani, ?ill not palter
W In II the flint livelli .\ ? ? ni-e s. I hey .lili llleli ot ?|??
? ?-ion. ai ? listini!!?.! to large and Dtlsetive business,
ami tie ? w ill met t the tin ts. As to the next meet?
ing on Wednesday, I kih>>\ nothins to justify me iu
? \ p. ? I Mil' aliV ihn ? to I MS Stilli OU t ??? illbjeil tin 11.
!? h ?, noi in? in?.? s-h \. Hu? -non. ami very soon,
a ili '? ? - ion musi lu? iiiad??.''
" li enough money lie r ?? ? to insure tin? in
mnst Inwood he the site f
?? I lia?. .? beard nothing ?iboii' a ? hange, I suppose
tl.it th.? Coiouii?sum?is have the righi to cbatigc
tin? site it tiny sto ? ? Id see t, t todo so. There would
have to be smile m ry L'.1 reason to make them do
this. | should imagine.''
??Mow about handing over the Fair to Chicago 1"
?? I bove Inani nothing about it. I saw the State
.nt In the < liicai?n papers that ? In? citizen? of
1 bleuen Would in' glsul '?> bave tin? C ? In bit mo. it.nl
that they would ram.? thr necessary money io three
days, I never heard such a project mentioned by
anyone of the Commissioni rs."
Frederick L Talenti was Intinti tit lus omYe at
Vo. 3N I'.lOld st. lie i.tld In the Ii'portei? that tho
Fair was going to be "a grand succ?s?." Micie
was no doubt ol if. li would also be held at In?
wood. Matters win? to lie energetically pushed,
however, before nexl ?Fcdncoday. The work so far
bad been done by fifteen ?? twenty of the Commis?
sioners. This should noi be allowed to continue in
the futuri?. It any of the Uotnmissiouers were not
w illi!i?' to take hold and do their .share, theie were
plenty of Others who wer" willing to tako their
place. The subscriptions, be said, amounted to be
t neeii seven and eigtal hundred thousand dollars,
but about half of that amount was conditional.
W. ? Colosaid that negotiation? wire pending
with several of the transportation companies in re?
tard to their subscriptions, These would probably
i.i compieteti before Wednesday, when the next
tr meeting of tbe Finance Committee lakes
pla.e. George ?. Maw-hard, the vice-president of
tbe New-York, Lake Erin ami Western Railroad,
and .lanes II. Kutte.-, tbe vne-pieMilellt of tho
New-York Central und Hudson River Railroad,
?urn members of the committee who were carrying
on tnese negotiations, and Mr. Cole was confident
that tiiese would ??? brought to a successful termi?
nation, lin? valions transportation companies, he
thought, ought to and would subscribe willingly
troni a million to ? million anda half. "We an?
conducting this Fair," continued Mr. Colo, "on
business, no) ou philanthropic principles, and nu
less tin.interests support us properly we eau t be
. it pet teil to cany this Fair on, They have always
show ? a perfect read i m ss to do what is riiiht, and 1
.mi conlident tnat they will do oven morethauwe
a-k. Their support will asaure tbo success ol the
Fair."
?? I low much do the subs? riptions t<> stock amount
tot"
?? I can't say exactly, and I won't guess at any
figure*, because 1 wouldn't like to over?enmete or
underestimate the amount. Some of the ? oiniiiis
sioners hate been soliciting subscriptions, and they
have not banded in their act mints recently.
(halles gchlesiuger thought the Fair was hound
to succeed. Ueorgo It. Bluncborddeclined to talk
on the subject of the World's reir. as be Inula
hi vere tolti.
AaeuUeman Indirectly connected wits the (.oui
mlssion said yesterday: ... ,
"All the expense? ol tbe Etlntdtion so far have
been imiti bv the Commissioner*. According to
their, barter, they can contract DO debts ollicially
unni (beulst million iiolluis of stock is taken Ihe
rent of the looms of tho Exhibition
in Hroadwav, tho money ?pent in clerk hue
and advertisements and tho stuns uscii in
getting the neoestnry h?ls throuirh Cougress
and tho Legislatur.?, have all had to come
out of tbe Dockets of the twenty or thirty
meli who have managed ?Itsite. I nresiiine that
all these things huvo cost, ilieui from ?0,000 to
???,(??). One of the t 'oiililiisM.uiers told me that it
had cost him ?pUDOO. .Most of them are getting tired
of spendili? money without any prospect of ever
getting it bank. OomethlOg has cot to be done im?
mediately or tho whole, thing will be given up."
IdLSISU mot in.?:s hs NEVADA.
San PbUXCUOO, March 12.?At Lewis. Nov.,
the uisnager of tiie Hurr-Orove Mine a few day?
ago in?ormed the miners of s reduction of wuges to JU a
day. Tue miners, who hsd been gettine *3 50, struck for
fi. Tbo mansgers attempted to put new men at work
at S3 ?0, and were prevented by the Miners' Union. The
works were shut down, bnt no violence to property was
ftttrmuted. Uuriti?? a dispute between the union and
uun-union men one of tho latter, naiue.1 Ww arti ?.was
killed, sad two ?mere wouuded. The Hlwria with a
posse on visiting the mine found ail quiet, out more
f ouble was expected. A later dispatch says that more
tlien i'00 union miners left Austin for Lewis yesterday,
out before reaching there the superintendent bad put
the men at work st *4, and left the place for San Fran?
cisco. _
BOLD ROBBERY BI DA FUGHI.
FOUR MEN INVADE A BROOKLYN HOUSE.
TI1K MISTRF6S OP THK HOUSE, HKR SKRVANT AND A
ROAHDKR BOUND?BOXD3, MONET, AND ORNA
MKNT8 VALUED AT $600 STOLEN?DKSCRIPTIOM
OF TUB ROI1UKI13.
A daring robbery was perpetrated yesterday morn
ing in Brooklyn at No. 100 Second-place. Orna?
ments valued at about $600. three $1,000 bonde
and a small sum of money were stolen. The house
is occupied by Miss Elizabeth Roberts, her brother,
Mrs. Gramshaw, employed as a seamstress, and Miss
Catherine Clayton, a domestic. Dr. Roberts, the
bother of Miss Roberts, left home about 9 o'clock,
and while walking down Court-st. noticed two
men who followed him to Carroll-st., and
then turned back, as he was evidently
going down town. A broken-down wagon, occupied
hy four men, stopped at the Roberta residence an
hour later. Two of the men went up to the base?
ment door and Miss Clayton answered the bell.
They wished to see Miss Roberts, and the girl went
to inform her mistress. The two men in tbe wagon
were admitted by tho others, and seized Miss Rob?
erts and the domestic. Revolvers were produced,
the screams of the women were quickly hushed, and
Miss Roberta wu tied to a chair. The servant was held
in a chair with a revolver po: ited at her head. Miss
Huberts was told that the gang would " have no
Intuibili;.'' Thev wanted everything she had and as
quickly as ? tossi ble. the woman, half dead with
fright, drew troni her bosom three $1.000 mortgage
bonds, of which she was quickly relieved. Two of
tbe gang watched tho women while their compan?
ions ra .sacked the BOOM. They found a pair of
diamond earringa, the property of Miss Roberts,
worth fWOO, and a diamond brooch valued at $73.
Tbe thieves leit the bona, by the basement and
drove rapidly down Court-st.
A neighbor was informed by two boys, at whom
one of tbe robbers pointed a revolver, of the sus
piciousactionaof the men, and OiUcer Counery. of
the Third Precinct, reported the case at the Butler
Street Station. Detectives Koche and Mahoney and
eight officers huiried to the scene of the robbery,
and Misa Roberta related t> the police tho story of
the robbery as given. She described tho appeaiauce
of the men a. follow. : One was about thirty-five,
years ohi, broad shouldered and about 3 feet 10
inches in height. His brown suit was dilapidated,
aud he wore a slouch hat. Another was about
lavent y seven years old, with a fcuiooth face and
dark complexion and hair, Ihe third was about 3
ieet i? iuebea in height, about forty years old, stout
and gray-wbiakered, ami the fourth, dressed in ?
striped enit, had black eves and light mustache and
ude-wbiskera, and was about ."> feet 10 inches tall.
An alarm was sent out tu ail Brooklyn precincts and
to ine Central Onice In tins city, ltissaid that
there was a large amount of costly ornaments in
the bouse winch eecaped the notice of tbe tluovcs.
? Tribuni reporter called at No. 100 Beeood
pla' e yesterday afternoon. A crowd of urchins was
curiously watching the bouse. The bell was ati
iwered ov Mi.s Catherine ( lay ton, whose BBpear
anccis by no menu, prepo.aca.iag. She said that
Mi-s Robert, w? no) in. but consented to give her
version ? ? tbe robbery, which wa-s as follows :
"A wagon, covered with some black ituif and
striped with red, wsa driven up to the house about
in o'clock tins morning. I ?.is upstairs when the
basement bell rang. Mia. Roberta, who was down
si airs, cal lei I to roe to comedown and go to the door.
Two iu? n .abed to see the lady of the house. 1 told
them to stay there a milititi- until 1 could call her.
but otto of them immediately knocked me down, nut
1 his knee un my throat and his bauds over my eves.
His companion secured Miss Rooeris. Two
other men leap il from the wagon and
ti d nur hand, to our backs with a rope.
m ? aw ti was torn into -trips for bandages), which
were tied ovei our oyes. lue robbet, tlmu went up
stairs aud took the pocketbook of Mrs. Gramshaw,
a boarder, and removing its contenta, threw it 00
tbe floor, then thev brought her down stairs and
tied tier ton. Thev threatened to kill me if 1 didn't
tell win?"?? Miss RobertV. jewelry was kept. A pis?
tol was; iuted at my bead. 1 said tbe Jewelry was
Lo aclna In th. kitchen. They went through the
box and k. I believe, a diamond pin, two pair, of
.mi artinus, two pairs of gold bracelets, a goM
necklace md a set of carneo?. They also carnea ? l?
auoebetbook which they found in Mis. Roberts',
poeaeasion, The pocketbook contained three il,000
Brat mortgage bond.of Cairo. Illinois, aud about
f30. Ihe robbers then disappeared. 1 gol my
.-hi hand luo?e and t. aring the bandages from my
lace called " Folie* G'
In a cou versai ion that followed Mis? Clayton re?
mai l>eil th it a policeman an) led bei banda alter she
reached tbe street, l'be reporter called ber atten?
tion to her previooa itatemeut, and .he corrected
herself ov saving that the cid that bound her right
band "gave"aliitbtly and son could just reach tho
bandage over her eves and tvar it oft
At a late hour last night tbe police obtained an
accurate description ol tbe articles stoleu. They
e.impnsC'l a ? ur of black enamelled cut diamond
earrings : a diamond cluster pin, setting old Btj le ; a
uold bracelet, a gold brooch, a pair of Frruscan gold
Inai .its, with beads ou the edge, and a plaiu baud
bracelet.
FATAL 8?00TISQ ACUDESG.
?.??.??-?<>\, Teina, March 12.?? .pedal
from Ja. kaoa, die says : Negro tiauces accompanied by
yelling ine I pistol shooting bave caused tench annoyance
tiie lately. Last night ? inks ami .Villani trover, and a
tenant named OswaloVordered tbe negroes to desiai, and
lo fruchten them tired a sun m the opposite direction,
kiuiujt u liegt o lu tin: bavchtcruuiit!.
A PAYMAsn.K RUBILI).
MEMPHIS, Teun., March 12.?The pay?
m;u-ier of tlie Muscle Shoals Improvements, Alabama,
irai robbed yesterday afternoon of $.\0?>0 oy tliree men.
A telegram gives a description or the ujou, who aro
unitimeli, nut no particulars of tho rubbery.
?'.-!//.iT'.ir PASSENGERS BZriSED.
Deutes? Co!., March 12.?Two eoachet and
a sleeper of the west-bound Atcbleon, Topeka and .Santa
l'e 11 tin. lumped tl** track near I,a Junta, causing cou
slderable damane to property. Twelve or fifteen passes?
gcis were bruised, bainone were seriously wounded.
FRAGUESTSOF WESTERS SEWS.
DYIKO ON THE ??.?G??? FltOM TUP. MAI'IU ORAB.
CINCINNATI, March 12.?Mrs. ?. ?. t.ainson,
of Cleveland, returning mm .M.ir.n Qraa at tfew?
(irlems., died on the steamboat Thompson Dcju white
passing Lawrence, Ind., this morning.
aaCBQLAR vvuo-E J\wprir..
CHICAGO, March 12.?? borirli who at?
tempt???! to . nter tue store at No 45U Ha?iaon?at., at au
early hour this morning, w:i* spot.ed by E, Blgtey, a
clerk who slept in the store, and who shot him in the
mouth at dose range. The bnraiar eecaped, but left a
number of teeth ana a section of his lower law as evi?
dence of bis visit.
WANTIX0 A UVV. EuR AN ARM.
Detroit, Mich., March 12.?An explanation
ottUe shouting atfali at Wllllaiu-dou, tills ?tate, on Wed?
nesday night, has Just come to hand. lJr. (jeasla was
shot at by a man named Fairbanks, who went to Will?
iam-i.ui tor tbe expresa purpose of snouting him. aev
eral years ut" Ueaata amputated an arm fur Fairbanks
who tin.ught ih ' operation was unnecessary, und tuoic
this way ufrerenguig tmueeif.
TO ("??????????G \ OREATl ???????.
Chicaqo, March 12.?At a meeting of citi?
zeiiHUt the l'aimer (louse la t nicht, tu take steps coin
uictuor Hive of the tenth aniiivi rsirv of tue gnat tire,
it was decided to miopi a plan which propos?e to erect a
magniti-cut building fur the publie llhriiry, to cost
(?500,000. This library Is really a child of rue lire. It
has grown from the nucleus of some 7.000 volumes,
wnleli Mr. Thomas Hughes secured as a gift from Eng?
lish nut burs aud publishers to tbe city immediately aiicr
the Bra, ______?_?-?
TELEGRAPHIC SOTES.
MIOOTINQ AFFAIU IN KEN'tUCKY.
Miiiwav. ??.. March 12.?Daniel Dugan was shot
Hire.? times ?ml probably fatally wounded yesterday by Juhn
Connor?. They renewed au uni quai ? I.
WATKllTOW.vs WATER SUPPLY.
WaTRRTOWM. ?. ?'., March 12.?Hits city has just
Issued ?.??.??? ol four per ?'ill liuinU for the puni?se of In
ug ita water supply, lue bornia were all lama hero at
leeaaer. ^ RACJ| flv ELKcTul(. UUUT.
Nkw-Oki.kan.s, Match 12.?'Ihe spring meeting of
tin, m w Louisiana Jockey CI b will begin uu Tuesday, April
m Tbe ?Ino propose? io ? o soaie ol tho races at night by
electric Habt.
FVTAl. ACCIDF.NT AT XIAOARA FAI.1-".
Vi m ?mi a FaiXs, .March 12.?James Met'iggan,
ehlest sou ol the Oeiier.il Western Freigut Agent of tho New
Yuri t'entrai Railroad, was Instantly kadis! at Suspension
Bridge this ineriilng.
TO ai'KAK ON THK INDIAN FKOIILEH.
IbieioN, March 12.?Senators Uawea and Hoar.
having been invited by about UOO ot tbe prominent cltlsons ot
Hoalun tu speak on Uin Indian problem, have consented to
do ??. The Unie aud place will be announced hereafter.
AN UNKNOWft VEBnEL DESTROYED.
?a?t?????, March 12.?ihe schooner Lewis Ehr
snan arrived at this port to-day troni Brunswick, Os., and re?
port* that on listel? .1. 170 miles east by south from ? ape
Ueurv, a latte vessel w m sec? on Ore, and that it buiuod all
? night
t?. W. GENET SENTENCED.
FINED AND 8ENT TO PRISON.
??? " PHINCR " OF THK TWEED KINO PUXISHM? Af
LAST?EFFORTS TO SECURE A LIGHT SKXTEKO??
MRP. GENET'S DEVOTION TO HE? HtSliAND-THB
TRIP TO PRISON.
Henry W. Genet, who was arrested, tried
and convicted in 1873, for fraudulently
obtaining $4,802 from the city in payment, for
materials for the Harlem Court House, which
were never furnished, but who before sentence
was passed effected an escape to Canada, waa
sentenced yesterday by Judge Daniels, in the
Court of Oyer and Terminer, to eight months'
imprisonment in tbe Penitentiary on Black
well's Island, and to pay a Hue of $9,004.
Later the prisoner was taken to the Peniten?
tiary? He will probably be a clerk in the
shoe shop.
SCENES IN THE COURT ROOM.
APPEARING FOR SENTENCE?PLKA8 00 COUNSEL?
GENET'S ACCOUNT OF THE TRANSACTION TOB
WHICH HE IS PUNISHED?HI? EMOTION.
The time set for sentencing G-uet has been ad?
journed from time to time, owing to the absence of
Judge Daniels from the city on important business
in bis judicial department. The Court of Oyer and
Terminer convened Tuesday last, and Genet appeared
before it, but an adjournment was ?ranted at tho
request of the prisoner's counsel, William A. Beach,
in order to allow him further time to prepare certain
matters to be presented to the court with a view to
effect a mitigation of the sentence to be passed;
District Attorney Rollins, upon the opening of the
court yesterday, moved that Ihe sentence, which
had been delayed so Ions, be passed upon Genet, who
was present. Mr. Rollins said he had nothing to
urge in aggravation of the sentence, and was per?
fectly willing to leave the whole matter to the dis?
cretion of Judge jJaniels, who was fami li;ir with all
the circumstances of the case.
Mr. Beach, in urging the claims of tho prisoner to
the leniency of the Court, referred to some features
of the trial in order to supplement and support the
patters which bo intended to submit in mitigation of
the sentence. Several important witnesses, he said,?
had not been called on the trial who, had they testi?
fied, would have turned the scales in the prisoner's
favor. The time of the trial was most unfortunate ;
the pnblic mind was exasperated by the frauds of
the Tweed Ring; it was inclined to look with sus?
picion upon all persons connected with the City Gov?
ernment. This spirit, pervaded the whole commu?
nity, and had, he thoaght, iuvaded the jury box.
The law was not vindictive, and whatever the per?
son's past life might have been, tbe man upon whom
the Court was now called to pass sentencestood high
in the respect and esteem of the comranuity in which
he now lives. Mr. Beach claimed that the punish?
ment to be inflicted onght to accommodate itself to
tho altered sense of the public in the matter.
Me road en affidavit by Genet, in which the prisoner
tohl his story of bis connection with the bill. Genet
went with Edward A. Moore, at that time -Superin?
tendent of Streets, and John White to John Me?
Bride Davidson's store in Broadway, opposite, the
Metropolitan Hotel, and gave Davidson a memo?
randum of the iron materials to be furnished by
hin for the Court House. Davidson was standing
at bis desk when the memorandum was banded to
him. and went on with the business with which he
was engaged, while Moore and Genet pases a* on into
a bai k office, where they found Henry Smith, then
I'olice Commissioner. DsTtdsOQ about a half an
hour afterward came into the back orti e and gave
the lull to Genet, with the retine?* that he take it to
Tweed. This, Genet declares, was all that Le had to
do with tbe bill. ?
Mr. Beach also read a netition signed by ten of the
jurors, in which Judge Daniela is asked not to sen?
tence Genet to imprisonment, and asserting their
conviction that all tbe demands of justice would bo
satisfied.by tbe imposition of a fine only. One of the
other jut on- is living at present in Illinois, and a let?
ter was produced from him in which he authorizes
Mr. Beaeh to sign the petition for hii". The twelfth
juror, it was stated, conld not be found. The names
of tbe jurors aro: A. H. Welsh, Samuel Baron. Jacob
Kapp. John C. Bahcock. M. Franke!, Valentino
Schneider, Nathan Hart, Charles Folsom, Samuel
hiiss, Andrew T. Anderson, Robert Anderson and L.
Bernhardt, of whom the Ont ten signed the peti?
tion. Mr. Beach also read a petition, in
su'?ranco the same as that of the ju
r? rs, and signed by mnety-oue men. among
whom the most prominent are tx-Mayor
William H. Wiekham, John E. Devlin, .Shepp.ird F.
Knapp, the Ber. Dr. Gallaudet, August Bcimont. R.
(?. Knlston, T. F. Harris, president of the Nassau
National Hank, Thomas B. Tapfren, president of tho
Harlem Barings Hank, a supplemental petition was
annexed to the above paper, ami signed bv Thurlow
Wen!. Henry N. Smith, J. E. Sheldon, Alexander
Taylor, jr.. J. S. Myers, E. G. Gilmore, J. H. Miller,
W. L. Hunting, Lawson N. Fuller, G. B. Grinr.eil,
William Dowd. Moses B. Mael.iv, Jamos ?. Smith
and Jordan L. Mot'. It is stated as tho belief of the
petitioners that " a fi"e will satisfy the public con?
science, and accomplish tbe cud designed by all
punishment."
Another affidavit by Genet was read to the effect
that his conviction hail ? .him?.I his nuan?a! ruin ;
judgment? to the amount of $300.000 were en?
tered against him after his departure from the city,
aioi mortgages were foreclosed on his real estate, by
winch hin entire fortune was ?went airar. Ho had
Iteen dependent, he avers, during the last vear upon
the bounty of his friends Sheppard F. Knapp and
1 boma? Pierson, who had further assured him thst
they would assist him to pay any tine which might
bo imposed. In this affidavit Genet admits that he
acted very indiscreetly after the trial but reassert?
his innocence, ami throws himself ui?on f heelemcucv
of the Court. Affidavits of Mr. Knapp and Mr.
Pierson were also read, in which they say that their
assistance to Genet was extended out of their comi?
deuce in his " honor and Integrity."
Mr. Heath next read a letter written by Hie Ber.
Mr. Ramsey, of Harlem, which w?a directed to a
private friend, and not intended to he nssd on be?
half of the prisoner. Mr. Ramsey said that he
lived in tho same house with Genet, .inri hail
I?? lined to respect him highly. 1U also refers to
the torutude and loyal devotion of Mrs. Pen? to
her husband during his misfortunes, and says that
her health has at last broken down under the
strain to which she has been subjected. Genet, who
hail looked woni ami bagnini before, coniti no
longer control his feelings when Mr, Btach read
the part of the letter referring to his wite, anil put?
ting his handkerchief to Ins eyes cried freely. A?
he struggled to regain Ins composure large beads
of sweat stood out upon his forehead.
1 he Clerk of the Court, when Mr. Beaeh hai con?
cluded his speech, called upon tue prisoner to rise
and say why the sentence of IlioCoiirt should not be
passed upon him. Genet artwe, ho* tit- l-t.ed to add
anything to what had been already saiti by his
counsel. He supported hitmelf on irte hack of a
chair, and looked almost constantly at tho ceilisf
while Judge Daniels wee sneaking.
Judge Daniels referred to the alii tarifa which had
been read to show the prisoner's inno, enee, and
sani that it was not at all surprising that a discrep?
ancy shouhl appear between tin? statements of uieu
who testified on tho nial and of men who now swear
to what then occurred; ami he was of the opin?
ion that tho testimony which was given when the
events wore fresh in in mi's minds must prevail over
that which was given alter a lapse of tui years. Ho
reviewed at length Genet's conduct iu connection
with the 1 ?a vu Is? m bili, ami declared be felt satisfied
that the jurors were justified in finding as they had.
done, lie would be glad to listen to the touching'
appeal for clemency made by Mrs. Gouet on
behalf of her husband, but the Court hail only on?
duty?namely, to see that the law was sus?
tained. Ihe only thing m mitigation of
the sentence which tbe Court could eon?
eider was the effect whioh the conviction^
had had upon the prisoner at tbe time ; he bad been
deprived of his office as State Senator, and bad.
been expelled from the bar of which be was a mem?.
bar. lu view of all tbe circumstances in the case;
Judge Daniels said he did not think that Gene?*
ought to be imprisoned in the State 1'sison. hut on
th?? other hand he did not think that a more flue was
sufficient? 1 he sentence of the Court was declared;
to in? imprisonment for eight mouths in the Beniteu
tiary of ihe City of New-York, aud ? line #9,WH.
Genet, upou bearing the sentence, looked as if 10,
wen? severer than he Itati hoped for and milder than,
he had feared. 1 ne limite m the cuee pneenbod by;
tue statute are iuiprisoument iu the Mate I risoni
for three years and a hue of four time? the value of,
the property embezzled on the oue baud, and a nue
of C cents on the other.
Geuet is a man about ufty-ti ve years of age, and,
rather above tbe medium size. His hair and whis?
kers, which were probably ouce blown, are already
?ray, and his eyes are dull and leaden colored. He,
was admitted to the bar of tbe Supreme Court shouQ
t wentv-n vo years ago, and was at one tune Clerk of
the Ci'tv and County of New-York, and when bia
trial came off was a member of the state Senate. Ha
was employed as counsel for the Harlem Court
House Commissioners wheu the ofiencc upou whioh
he was convicted was committed. Davidson*
a manufacturer of safes and other iron goods, ap?
plied to Genet, at Albany in the spring of 1871. to