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f! OUR CORONERS. Officials Who Should Have Prevented the Young Outrage. WHAT THEIR SERVICE COSTS How a Coroner Earns $17,000 a Year. The recent outrnce by which the body of Mrs. Itoae Young was permitted to remain In the water at pier 16 r.ast Klver, for twenty-four hours, while the husband and merchants on South street, who were annoyod by the dls^rarelul epeclacle, were semiring tho city in ment of the city govern win in which gross abases have often been reported. Tills department Is tho Hoard ofrCoronera of the City an<l County of New York. Serious charges have tltnn and again been made as to the unconcern displayed by Ihcae ofllcials, but this last outrage is one of the most flagrant that has been ventilated for years. While Iho police and Charity Commissioners are culpable, the Coroners cannot, In tho face ol the lacts, throw all the responsibility Irom their Ihoulders upon the other branches of !ho city having Bcguixance of the cose. It is no excuse that COS OS US CliOKKR WAS TOO Hl'ST to attend to this particular caso. There are lour Coroners, two always ou duty. Kacli of these men has a deputy, who nssumos, if the law does not glvo him, all the power* of his chief, so far as permitting the removal of a liody. There were, then, on duty, on Tueg. day afternoon and Wednesday morning lour officers, oue of whom, certainly, should be always at the Coroners' office to attend to cases of this kind. The ofllco hi.nl.I initan.1 lui imnn nil ni?ht mil one of thcsonf fleers should be In attendance. Instead of this being lhe case, iho ofllrc in Houston street is opened at nino A. M. and closed at halt-past tour, alihough the clerk, Mr. J. L. Toul, remains until five P. M. Persons who Biay want to recover the possession of dead friends, therefore, have hut eight hours of tho twenty-four In which to do so at the otlico. If they seek a permit for removal between four P. II. and nine A. M. of the next day they must ruu all over the city in search ot a well puld official, whom it inay tic difficult to find. But tbo truth is, the Coroners are so intent upon makisi; a mil iiii.i. or kkks, that they hold hundreds of in<|iiosts that are not re|inred. The taw allows them the following foes?For ricwing each hody and holding Inquests, (It); for suinnonlng and swearing a jury, $ ">; for making and tiling each inquest, $o; makings maxinium of $'.20. These re tho fees fixed by cup. 605, Laws of 1808, which abolishes all previous statutes on the subject. This chaptor clearly defines when inquests shall be held:? 'When any person shall die from criniiunl violence, or by casualty, or sudUculy wh-n in apparent health, or w here unattended by a phvsiclan, or in prison, or in ?nv suspicious Or unusual manner." The law prorides that a plij siclau shall he called to view the body externally or maku an autopsy I heron, as may bo required. For each external examination he is to receive $3 and for each autopsy $1U. Tho testimony ot such physician, Iho law says, and that ol any other witnesses that the Coroner may find necessary shall constitute ao Inquest. I'tidtr this law the Coroners have each appointed a physician hs a deputy, ! lid the reader will see" that there is "a groat incentive lor inese gentlemen, an wen us their chiols, to Itoltl inqje.-ls. There Is no necessity lor the summoning ol a jury in tunny casesf hut the Coroners would lose f .r> were they to dispense with the jury, and lieuee they always have lurics sworn. 1 ho deputy would uot Lie apt to stop at 1 an external examination at $:i when, by a little culling oi an unknown corpse, he could get $10 lor hall an hour's work. Hence it Is sale to say that many UOOIKR AKK MKKIILKSSI.Y OlSFIOl ltRl) by the kniic ami saw to grutily the greed of some of the deputies. Comptroller tireen, lu a letior addressed to the Coroners on May 'JO, 1875. declining to pay their bills us rendered, put the matter very strongly. He shows 1 that the inquests held >n the first quarter of 1875 were 8J0, ami >Jl,4'.'l was claimed lor lees, examinations mni autopsies. "It appears," savs he, "that in every instatiee in the Hjo cases reported Hy you you liavo charged lor u Jury, making a total charge of $4,100, notwithstanding the (act lb it a large number of the inquests are upou bodies ol persons dying ot smallpox, t>i stillborn children, Jtc., in which the cause of death must huvu been evulenr, and the testimony of the physician and wliuesses quite sullloient lor llio determination tUereoi." HOW Jt'RIKS ARK M A PR TP. The method ol obtaining juries Is very singular, the Coroners liavo attached to their mllce one or more political IrieUd.-, who arc sent out to secure men 10 let as nirors. When the olllee was In tho basement of the City Hall, tho juries were generally made up of the loiterers who filled tho Ciiy Hall I'ark bencnes. Torouers never took the trouble to find out whether they were residents ol the city or even naturalized citizens, notwithstanding thai the law declares Hint they ehull exercise the same cure hi selecting coroners' jurors as Is exercised In the selection of juries iu civil or crimtnil proceedings in courts of law. Hut the worst Is to romc. A large number ol the cases that Coroners are tailed upon to investigate arise Irom the killing or thiioren hv trucks, cars and other vehicles. The railroad companies know the vnlue of courteous coroners, and, besides lurnlsbtng them with yearly tree passes, appoint employes on the recommendation ol these officials Wli.il return does the Coroner give? tho reader will ssk. When the Inquest is to he held It is very easy lor the Coroner to accept any Jirors offered, tad not inquire too closely Into tneir characters. It is said that not unlYequenily the agent ol tho railway company implicated in the death ol a person has lured tramps anil loungers to colieet nhout tho door leading to the Coroners' ottlce. Mini when the Coroners* officer came out strange to say. b < hlinost invariably summoned these loafers as jurors. Puch was a common practice a .tear vr two ago, and no heller clu-s of Jurors can be got about the neighborhood ot "Murderers' Block," in which the olthe ts now situated. Comptroller Croon In tlie letter above quoted clearly shows the reckless manner in which these jurors are chosen. He says:? "A carelul examination ol your inquisitions shows thet In a large number of cases the same individuals repeatedly form your juries. Thus the lollowing may he quoted as Illustrative:? In HO Juries K. J. Hawks appears as a Itiryman. In dS juries W. F. MnlHen appears as a juryman. In 40 juries K. H Schweig appears as a juryman. In 42 juries John llealy appears as a juryman. In Oh juries K. Cook appears as a Juryman. In 112 juries o. T. Keilly appears us a juryman. In 114 juries il. Jenness appears as a juryman. In lis juries J. J. Meltonttald appears as a juryman. Ill I (.? inrics r.o. mirnc upp-'ars as a jury man. In |s? juries Jnmm Kiicarty appears as a juryman. In 'JUS juries A. N. Willi* appears na a Jorj m m. Six ol ihesfi permits," cunnnooa tlm Comptroller, "under Coroner froker constituted 120 juries out of the 300 juries charged for by Inm for the tbreo month* " I his tells tin own story. John liealy, mentioned as ] juror in lorty two cases, is one ol the incascnfrra ho aummons jurors. Ho Is paid 91,A00 per annum by ihe county. A N While, the champion Juror of the oily, who in llirro months sat on 'Jim juries, is the : keeper of the Morgno. Hem pnnl |Ui00 per annum hy ; the county Another juror who served rcry irenuenily was alt attache ol the Head House, who some month* ago was guilty of a monstrous outrage al the Morguo, for whtrh he was scute need 10 the Island. No remuneration is giren the jurors; yet ihe professional juror betrays great anxiety to gel on all "railroad case," mi l it is sale to say that an itching palm la the Incenlive. rnr rax on rtts ookoskr*. it will Interest the taxpayers peril.ips to learn what it ci?|ts litem to support ihe.-o four coroners, ih?lr depul ii*? and retainers. Hero are I ho ft cure* lor lour qurters. from October 1, 1*74, 10 September 30, isj.x;? yr, Kn>l'g yr f.nri'g yr'A'nd'j; y>-, Kmi'g Tot ml l>tx. 31, Met). Hi, June 30, Sept. :to, One Pimme. 1H74. 1S7A 187.S 1x75. ynr Cruder.. 91,4jo 9 usio 93,710 94,020 910.OSO W oilman 2,140 S,7U? (1.1.40 3,300 17,#80 T...1 h..ir a I an f. ijii i 1 ?n s raui ia ass Senator . a.iiAt 4.WS0 3,uld 3,634 1,\S70 iir*D(l total four corcHior*, one year Sfl'.i.Ofti 1 Total tor eaeli coroner, one year IT,874 four deputy coroner*, four quarter*' fee* flT.'joo Salary ol clerk fee* of coroner* as above. ftu.uw Total e*pen*e for ooe * *' fRV.TWi To show tho co*t ?l till* bureau (or the pa at ?evru fear* reference en* mule to the Kin nice Department, ami the follow ing da ore* wore obtained. Thi* include* rent, tnc-nenfer * -mary. cleaning, a* well aa cbeinical tialyii* lu 1X0S, 1870 ami 1871 ? fear. Cor-mtri' t'"4. fetal Krptntrt. I Mi* |A2,!?W fM,4l?A 18*9 87.4W ?I,1W? 1*70 00. WW 71.3*4 |H71 73. Hurt 81,012 187 2 Mi. 1.14 H3,M?4 187 3 7 2, .ill. 77,824 1*74 77.M2 82.942 Total .9400,398 9*24,114 Mrre i* * very startling exhibit as to the expenre of mniliicling iDi|unit. There i* one very important point in whlrh ?o*ne of llio coronera are liable to restore. The law an to Iho removal of dead birdie* never rontemplaietl thai ir a mar like the one thai oeturred ln?l Tuctday the police tbould not remove it until mi noaaa o-.v* ruftviaaiojt. rile law *ay* ibal a corpae ahail not i.e wilfully reBored, .%c. Kvery intelligent pcrmm on The pnltr* larre roatirii'-a tin* to mens Unit a Ihj.Iv thall uot bo removed with * vie* nl obliterating ertilenre. Old uputina of police in the p?ai havn niien removed et'liea alter oarelullv preserving all evidence neconenry, wd tjuperloieBdcot Wnltiug agrees that 14 should NEW TOE | always b* done except in supposed eases of homicide : or v?iiei,cc, II ihelnw was hiriolly earned out as ihe i coroner* interpret it the police would not dare to ro; move a body from a street car track, aud all traffic 1 would have to atop until the coroner nrrived. Indeed, . i( u body were touod floating In the rirer it could not be sei urcd and tied to a bulkhead, as was dono Iu Kone | Young'-, rase. The very Idea of preventing the re- j i moval or a dead body to the Motion bonne is absurd, and ihe coron.-re should h? taught to understand their duties and the law better. COROXKHS' IXQCRSTS. The following extracts from the Revised Statutes, part 4, title 7, chapter 2, article 1, show that other officer* thao the Coroners can act in case of a Coroner's neglect MnCTION I.?Whenever anr coroner shall receive notlre thai any [icrnm hm been slain or has tutl lruiv illttl or has been dangerously wounded or ha* lo-en found deed under audi circumstances tie tn require an Inquisition. it hell be tint dnty of molt coroner to go to the place where nidi person -h.iin.e and forthwith to aum.non not ioss than nine loir more than fifteen per?on? qualified by law to a-rre na Jttrora andloit exempt from toll service, to appear be| fore ineh roroner forthwith. at ?nrli place a* he >had ap: point, to make Inquisition concerning aucU death or wounding. i MKf. 7.?Whenever six or more of the Jurors ahall ap| pear the* ahall ho aworn by ttie coroner to inquire how. i and In what manner and when and where, inch peraon came I to hit death or waa wounded, a* the earn may be, and who i (itch peraon waa and into all the circumstances attending anch death or wounding; and to make a true ini|ulattlnu according to the erldrnce offered to them, or arising from 1 the imped I on of the body. ear ,Y?The Jnry, upon the Inapectlon of the body of the I peraon dead or wounded, and eft?r hearing the testimony, I hull deliver to the coroner their Iniininition In writing. to I he ?itrne?l lie them, in which they 'hell find end certify how 1 Hint in ?lull menner. end when end where, the person *o deed or wounded cetne to his doeth or wres wounded, e? the > i cime iney he. end who euch person wee and ell the nfrcntti- i etnnci attending such death or wounding, and w ho w ere guilty thereof, either ai principal or accessory, end In what manner. SBf. i> ?Ifthejnry find that any murder, manslaughter nr assault has heeu connni ttetl the coroner a li a 11 hind over t|te witnesses to appear and testily at the next criminal court at which an indictment for euch offence can he found that shall ho held In the county. And in such cane If tint I party charged with any eucli offence he not In custody the coroner shall have power to issue process lor hit apprehen- ; ton iu the same manner as justices of the pence. Sir. II. ?In case ol the absence ot the coroners of the city and county ot New York or ol their Innl Hit r to attend frntn ickiiess or any other cause at any time, any alderman or epe- i rial justice ol the city may perform, during such absence or | Inability, any duty appertaining to the coroners of said city under this article, and such alderman or iustiee shall po?sess the like authority and be eunject to the like obligations ] and penalties as the said coroners. As much excitement la now justly existing as to such Inquests It Is well lite public should understand the law applicable to them and what the powers anil duties of coroners are. The foregoing Is tUe law upon tlio subject, mid the Indiscriminate holding of inquests shows ' how very many ol them, and much of the expeuso of coroners' bills against the county, are unnecessary and ttnjtisi. It is not necessary that the dead should turn t? dust before sn inquest is held. If tho Coroner can't or won't attend another officer may acL LYNCH LAW A OoOD THINO. applbtons', IlROAnWAT, ) Oyytcs Popular Scissor Monthly, } March 26, 1876. ) To thk Editor op thb IIbrald: ? You aro drawing toward you by slow hat sure de! grecs the religious, tho humane and the thoughtful of i this and other cliles of America, for apart from tho fact that as a newspaper the Hkhald Is foremost In tho van, lar ahead of any Journal In the^and. It wages incessant war against every species of iniquity. Were It not for tho way In which the Hkrald deals with tho ufirnmu nuu pcusnuunui, which pcnorco mum dcioiik to some extent to modern journalism, vile as tbo condition or society Is to-day, it would t>o ten times worse. Hut even (lie Hkrai.d's vast power must tiave its limit, and when it ban laid naked undeniable tacts before the peoplo an I allowed money to run like water in tho ' investigation of all that affects the public Inter- j est and when It has condemned tho wrong and pointed out the right way, It has done all (hat can be expected of journalism. I should not have troubled you with this letter, sir, and probably might not have bad the satisfaction of paving this nwkward but sincere tribute, had I not been fllled with admiration at the noble and fearless manner In which you dealt with that flllhy and obscene question, tho Third Avcnuo liailroad line, and in which yon are treating the "prize" outrage of the century. Your sympathy lor Mr. Young, who has suflered tientmenl at tho hands of his fellows so outrageous and barbarous that had the same thing happened in any European city it would have creatod a disturbance not easy to quell, will, 1 trust, bring forth good fruit; but I have my doubts. Where, in the name of the Most High, arc the peoplo of New York drifting? Society, sir, has to answer for the hrulul and insensato acts oi paid officials, because it puis brutes in olllco. Society is to blame lor the shameful condition of and conduct in the Third Avenue Kailroad cars, and so- ! ciety is to blame lor the demon like treatment of poor Young, the watchman. I am peaceable and order loving, hul had such a thing hnppeuod to ;ne and 1 had been armed, persuasion and lorne failing, I would have treated ihoso who kepi me Irom my wile's corpse like tho wild bousts that they were and shot them down. Lucky lor them urns tl, so lar us their miserable lives are concerned, that thoy bad such a mllil erenturo to deal with as Young. There are hut lew men with whoiT they would have been safe under such circumstances ! Society is to blame lor these things, becuust the pcopto of today are ajiathetic, aellish, soulless. Hold and dress, gold and dress, are the shrines at which they worship. Folks nowadays listen to the recital oi horror without a qualm or .? shiver; not only men folk, but women, young somen, tender (?) girls. A glimpse at bygone days is very relreshlng Jusi now; It is like a drink of pure spring aider in the de.-ort. I would gladly attend the funeral of.ludge Lynch, but he has some heart. His blood Is not like ours seems to he, stagnant, but It see' hes and bolls at the acts of evildoers. How Is It with the people of New York, its men and women 1 1 say lliey have llttlo heart?so little thut your articles on this lust great outrage are read calmly. There is nothing so very astonishing in It to the young people, , whose minds are fed by the in"?t depraved literature atid doubtful plays, while their elders are thinking about thui last investment. So it goes on, and Iho murmur of angry voices rises m>t to terrily the guilty. Ouo fear hi I calamity follows^anollier; crime au'ccerds crime and hruial multiply. Had as we arc now we shall yet bo worso. 11, instead ol helping to All our lusane asylums by frightening the weak , minded out ol their lew remaining wits, Messrs. Moody and Bankev would turn to and lash our social sins before they talk to us about "coming to Jesus" they would Immortalize themselves. Would/hat I had their lungs and?brass! How lew are there who are moved oy Iho atrocious horror Just mentioned lo say more than that it is "too had I" Willi Ihis passing remark they probably dismiss iho subject Irom their i nnnds. As' (or those immediately connected with ' this devilish affair, since they were not lorn limb Irom limn iij i oiing m aiisnipuug n> rcnuu ins poor w no s body, what i* to l>e done with them? I consider that a man who ran lie guilty of spenkiDg of ihc dead under such terrible circumstances a* those narrated , hy you should not be allowed to remain at large. I bdievo that a human being, whether he lie coroner, deputy, poor law commissioner, or what not, who, in relerring to the body nl a poor drowned fellow creatine?and that fellow creature a woman -*-crio* out, "Bring in that sill!!" or, with an oath so terrible and disgusting as to make it a matter ol marvel that I bo walls d? not (all in and crush htm, speaks of the dead as a "floater," would unhesitatingly commit any crime known to man. It he were to be bcnellted by so doing. I should not like to trust mv life in such a person's hands. I did not intend to trc-piss so much upon your spare, but such subjects grow unconsciously iinder the iwn, and 1 trust you will pardon this some- i what long letter. HF.NKY A. ABRAHAM, Author and Journal sk resist! the ursronsiulk officials. To ths Kniroa or rim IIkbai.d:? I urn surs yott are earning the gratitude of ttie humane evi rj where by your scorching strictures upon the criminal eeg'rft (to put It mtldlyt or the circumlocution utiles" charged with the di-posal of the dead. Common humanity would inspire the kindliest sympathy and courtesy toward any inquiring friends of the uniorluuates whoso bodies are every day redeemed from tho water* around Now York. This sentiment, however, appears to be a stranger to our model police and the a--iduous coroners, Is there another city In the world where a husband I* kepi waiting twenty- our hours l>elore be can reclaim or even touch the body ol his deceased partner? The whole case I* a culmination of horrors, and is enough to freeze I he blood and palsy the heart of onv person possessing ono particle of sensibility. Just think of It! Mr. Young recognizes the body swaying on the tide as that of hi* wile and prevented front floating oft by a mere cord hitched to a post. His entreaties to have it drawn wtibin better protection are grutUv denied by the law's stern guardian. What Is to prcrcut It* mutilation by sharks or other monsters of the sea? Who can imagine or portray the unavailing agony of Mr. Yonng, keeping the lenrinl vigMs of the night, until ino helplessness of babea at home, bereft ot their nearest prelector, i i compels a oriel v.sit to thein, alter which ho returns to his ngoiiiring waleh ? On the advent of day he besieges the Coroners' Oltlce for permission to reclaim the body or to secure its decent dis; po-al. Uut no. it must rcmuin nearly tweuty-lour I beurs tossed upon the river's surge, subject to vulgar care Hint inhuman (tlx**, mil meanwhile the bereaved husband crazed. harrowed and indignant at the delay or negligent absence of a man who wan lately under the grave charge ol murder. When at l.t?l he Is iish | ere?I Into the stately presence of this dignitary who hnuors if) our city his heart la lorn afresh by being rtrmW to i t as a iur) man upon ihr inquest ol a child without any opportunity to m?lte his own bereavement known. Can reilnenieni at eruelly go mrtherf la tho material lor coronars so scarce in New Vork that such men must he retained in office lo presido in ghastly mockery over this most sacred duty of in. quest? and la the city so poor thnt tho Coroners' Oltire cannot heal ail times open and representedf ' What security hns any one oi us in New Vork, ol whatever respectability or wealth, ngalnsi premature burial, before recognition, in the Cotter's Field nr the sale of our discovered remains lor dissection ? It may be my i torn next. It may l?e yours. Mr KJilor, 01 yours, lair reader I hope the Mssst.n will persist until Ibo responsibility of this horrible case la nearly established j mid the honor of our city W vindicated by lasumug K HERALD, MONDAY, M npon the gi'llty parting the Infamy of such atrocity and Ilia punishment tliey deserve. U. K. P. New York., March 26. 1870 HOW TO PBEYKirr SUCH OUTRAGES. To the Kditou or the IIkkai.d:? Your article in to day's issue, entitled "Watching the Dead," cannot full to arouse the Just indignation of every honest American. This Is but g repetition ol the many blunders and brutalities that have disgraced our national and municipal government for the pant four years. To the shame of our people bo II spoken, Mr. Young does not exaggerate In the least when he states that "there is oue law for the rich and another lor the |H>or man," and ho is right In discountenancing re- ! course to those farces, "the courts." Unfortunately, we are conironted every day with Ignorance and corruption in olhoial Itlo to such an alarming extent that individual crimes nro no soonor discovered and "Invo.itigallng commitioes'' appointed to consider iliem than public attention Is distracted by higher misdemeanors. We huve but one hope?the ballot box in November next. Then let ever* man without regard to parly oust the intriguing politicians and thieves from power if they hope lor reform Against this j most flagrant perversion of justice, appreciating, as I do, the helplessness of the victim, I can only in the j nnrne of God aud. as s citizen of the United .States of America, oiler my solemn protest. M. S., Jr. Nsw Yokr, March 25, 1H7& WHAT 18 CROWBEB's LAW? To tub Editor or tiir Hkiiald:? Is there any law that compels people to loavo a dead i body In the water, alter it is louml, till the Coroner is notified 1 If there is such a law you should uso the l influence of your valuable paper to have it done away with. This is the second case within s short time?the lust one, von remember, was even worse than this ra^e of Mrs. Young. I refer to the gentlemati from New I Jersey w|io tried to Jump aboard one of the Mound suit ?li:, mnnis lll'l (liri. Ill la.-eil dun lull overlioard. lie wan loiiud a low minutes after, lloatins in the dock (nut >*ol dead), a rope waa attached to hint, bo wan tied tu a pout and loft there (or several hours. ! If ho had been taken out at once ho undoubtedly could have boon resuscitated; but, an It wan, he waa simply murdered by a policeman, ivbo would not take him out of the water. How iuuch longer are soon outrages | to go unpunished? A DAILY HEADER. PROSECUTE THE GUILTY PERSONS. New York, March 2ft, 1878. To TttK Editor or the Hikai.d :? la thore no way by which Mr. Young can be assisted In prosecuting the parties in nuihor'ty who perpetrated the outrage on Monday last and following days? The case appeals to every man ol family and to nl1 who I have read your graphic account of the p or husband who was compelled to sit through the weary hours nt Wall street watching the corpse ol his poor wife us it llanlod with the tide. Wo shall bo very glad to assist i n this matter. Yours truly, '-JUSTICE." AFRICAN COMMERCE. Dr. Gerhard Rnhlfs, the celebrated African explorer, j delivered a Iccturo last night on tho commerce of ' Northern and Central Africa, at tho rooma of the German Kortblldungs Vereln, No. 816 West Thirty-sixth strrot. Ho began by referring to Morocoo, and stated that the only romnant of trade left in that conn- I try was In tho leather which bears Its name. Even tho art of tanning this leather ; wbr learned by tho Moors at Cordova, when in possession of Spain, and curried hack by them to their own country when drlvcu out by the Spaniards. Ifarbary | was next noticed, as being a territory from which j grout quantities of cattle and produce were exported, : as far even as England. Algeria next clnlmed attention. Dr. Rohirs said that It was surprising that a country ns largo as Germany, with every natural advantage, should take scarcely any j part In the commerce of the world. He blamed two things lor this?Krench want of administrative capacity and the Moslom religion. For fifty yeara tho Arnhuhnrl nr?v*or iiiisapd n Klnfflft nnnnrtnnilv nf rt?. rolling against their French masters, and yet tho French were perpetualIv* making concessions to thein. i They should long ago have taken tho advice which ho hud givon them tit 1*M4 and have driven tho Arabs Into the desert, where they belonged France ehould imitate the policy of tho I'nited Slates In trouling tho la(llnn. With nomad tribes it is the only sound method. Tunis and Tripoli next received a share of attention, the Inner chiuUy as pointing to tho absolute roiteuoess of Turkish governmont. Once she was (ho granary of F.urope; to-day sho is to all intents dead. Tho lecturer next plunged into tno Sahara, telling the ladies that out of ten of their number eight wore tho products ot tho Sahara in the aniversul ostrich leather. Ho had bought a scoro lor twenty centa each, every | one ot which would sell In 1'arls lor some hundreds of francs. Tho date palm, with Its universal uses, was duly celebrated, tho Doctor surprising his audience by asserting that all tho closely packed heaps of dates wntch wo seo In our grocery stores undoubtedly came from the oases of the Sahara, although he hud not been able to discover from what point they were exported. Ivory, palm oil and the nakna nut (which now supplies the pure olive I oil of Franco) were in turn discussed as I articles of commerce. But tho most itn- | portaut truffle of nil ill Central Alrica was I tho slave trade. The slave in Central Africa co-ds but . a few dollars. In Kgypt ho is worth hundreds, and when he has reached Constantinople Ins nrice has 1 risen to thousands. Dr. Hohlfs was confident that, | < whatever precautions might be taken, the slave trade , would never cease until these wero 110 nogroes lelt to sell?a remote but Inevitable certainly. ' 'I he lecturer next gave a brlol description of tho i Abyssinian campaign,-ho having been eonl with the English army by the Kmpcror of Germany to look alter the interests ol the German prisoners In Theo dore's hands. After tho f.ill ol' Magdala he left tho I Kngllsh army and visited iho Interior of the pmrinco of l.isilaluha, where be saw several monolith churches, thai is, churches hewn out ol one solid rock. These ' temples wero equal in sine to Trinity church, and, however incredible it might appeur, he could asseverate, alter the closest scrutiny, that they wero 1 really hewn out of one rock. This Is certainly a total * eclipse lor obelisks, Hero the lecturer took leave of hts audience until Tuesday evening, when lie lectures on "Kgypl, tho Hand of Antiquity." Dr. Hohlfs Is a man ol line presence, a prolound scholar and an accomplished orator In that terror of extemporo speakers?the German language. PROBABLE WIFE MURDER. At No. 620 Flushing avenue, near Bartlell street, Williamsburg, a brutal wife beating look place yesterday. William II. Devlin, a laborer, iwenly-nino years of nge, who has been arrested three or four times for wife beating, returned home abont nine o'clock yesterday morning, half crazy w.tTi rum. His wile. Mar- ! garet, did not receive him with the cordiality he anticipated, and as she did not provide him wlih breaklast as quick as he wanted It the two quarrelled. He went out aud procured some more drink, of which, he says, she partook, and, getting half drunk, commenced another quarrel with hnn, during which he caught up a piece of pino board, about lour feel long . and one and a half inches thick, and strnck her over the head with it seven times, knocking her down. Ilo was alrnut striking her again when titllcor McKvoy, of the Sixth sub precinct police, who hud heard'her screams, burst In the door and secured tbe wretch. He conveyed him to tho elation house. The wounded woman was taken to the Eastern district Hospital, where she now lies In a very critical condition. There i. . Mr.... .mill wound on the liaeV nf hnr I,no.I K... face is terribly cut anil bruised, the upper lid oi lier loll eye is entirely cut ofl. anil lite lower lid nearly severed, l>c.?l<lo* internal injuries received dur.ng llto fight. She was attended by Surgeons S. J. Brady and Wilson, who entertain but slight hopes ol her recovery. SHOOTING A BURGLAR Yesterday morning, at two o'clock, four men broke a bole in the fence surrounding tho brass foundry of Martin Reynolds No. 370 Leonard street, and proceeded to force an enlraneo Into the foundry by breaking open i one of tbe windows. The nntse of the breaking glass i and the barking of a dog within the foundry amu<rd Mr. Reynolds, who resided In an adjoining building. Bushing out ot his houso, undressed, and with s revolver tn his hand, lie espied the four burglars and llred at them, dlsi nargmg hW revolver as thev ran away until he had ! emptied its seven chambers. The cries of the men and the discovery of spots ol blood on the sidewalk, aboi|l JOOleet Irotn the factory, leads ilie police and Mr. Reynolds to believe thai ono ol the scoundrels was hit; bni no trace of their whereabouts has yet been dia- | covered. rnUDAitLii rAiAii *A IjL.. Yesterday^ afternoon Frederick Schroeder, a prominent resident of North Ucrgen, while driving on j the Hackensack plank road, was thrown from hit j wagon t>jr coming In oollisiou with anotlier vehicle. I He was frightfully cut nooul tho bead and auslalnod Injuries which it is thought will result fatally. RAID ON GAMBLERS. officer I<oeke. of the Third preelncl, .Tersey City, made a descent yesterday on a gang of gamblers who were found on Haguoliu avenue. William Hrowh, Kdward Cody and Thomas Mtelian were arrested. Seven of thc'gamblers made their eacape. THE HACK DRIVERS. Th? regular meeting of the Hack Drivers' A*?ociatlon was held last night at No. duo Third avenue. The business transacted waa of a routine character? namely, enrolling new member*, receiving dues and hearing report a. the annual election for olflrers will taae place at the next meeting, when other business of importance la also expected ta transpire. ARCH 27, 1876.?WITH S THE VIENNA SCANDAL. THJt XJTOBTS TO COMCXAL IT?MB. JAY'S BXPliY TO TH? MEW JXRftEY COMMITTEE. Mwin Daxibl Dbakm Smith, W. R. Vsbmiltb, j. Wtmam jokbc, KDWARD a. walto* ROd C. N. jobdam, Committee of Citizens of New Jersey:? Sirs?I beg to acknowledge yonr letter to the Hrbald of the 6th of March, In reply to my request for the aatborlty on which you Intimated that the government, disapproving my official action In reference to the Vienna scandal, had invited me to resign my post. It affords an Instructive Illustration of the methods resorted to from the beginning to mislead tbo world In regard to the tacts of that business, and to malign the national officers who exposed snd arrested the gams of Jobbery which had been conducted in the name of a commission intended to represent In an international gntbering the respectability and culture of the Republic. You suggest that (be subject has become tiresome to the public. You may, perhaps, And that It has been Invested with new interest and importance by the rocent developments which, at this moment, excite the Indigtion or America end the scorn ol Kurope. its HH.taixo ok aarKhT navanornaxTa. The Vionna story once rescued iretn the desperate eliorts which have been made to conceal and pervert It will have for our countrymen the plainest of lessen*, as presenting the alphabet of corruption and disgrace. It will show that the same theory of appointments and tho same immoral rules of management must luovitably produce similar result* The primary cau^os aro still actively at work which at tho last International exhibition presented tho United .States In the attitude ot offering as its chief tribute to the civilization of tho age "Yankee drinks" and republican corruption ; which, connected with the dosecration of tho government ships, so wrongfully charged upon tho commanders of oar navy; the attempt to eludo the Austrian customs under cover of tho American Hag; and crowned the levies of the first confidential assistant in the shape of loans and gifts by IliA ntfnmnf nrnnxpil hff hlft i h:#?f (ft rlnfpnufl lht? treasury ot tho commission. We arc about to present a kindred spectacle for tho governments and tho nations winch are coming to celebrate our Crnlonntal, to observe tho working of republican government after a century of trial and to mark our progress since tho days ot Washington." To tho whiskey frauds, in their numerous and significant phases, and to exhibitions of official corruption In large variety, will bo added the trial of a Cabinet Minister, the guardian and exemplar of our military bonor, charged with the salo ol tradershlps at the expenso of soldiers on tho outposts and of Indians on the plains. If the first part of the Vienna record shall throw light on our homo situation by showing that like immunities will produce like results, Its socond chaptor will indlcato the skilTul and persistent etrorts in nod out of Washington to cod coal both causes and results, and to transfer the odium of the scandal from those who produced It to those who arrested It and maintained the honor ot tho government. The facts en this point will porlia[Mi tie found to hare an equal bearing upon passing events, and the charge published by tho government against the temporary Commissioners, to whom the thanks of the cocntry are so eminently due for their gratuitous and invaluable services, may possibly recall the I/itin maxim, "He names all crimes who names Ingratitude." If, as It would seem, I was In error when recalling tho anonymous slanders of the European press, I greeted you as open and manly foes, pledging your reputation for the truth ol your charges and making ilio honor of Xew Jersey tho subject of your story, I may at least welcome your explanation of tho curloua process, shall I say, of mental casuistry and moral sophistry by which you would endeavor to persuade yourselves that you are justified la drawing Inferences as you may find convenient and gravely treating those Inferences as matters of fart. Had each untruth uttered In defence of the Vienna scandal been lollowod by the consequences that attended similar utter- ! ances on a memorable occasion in tho times of the : apostles, when for onch lie spoken the young men at I the door carried out a body, tho population of Europo and America would have been seriously diminished and j ihe deplotion of our own country would be still eon- i tinutng. I'ngcbal attempted to explain In part tbo ; V'nntlty of lies told in tbc world by suggesting that : there are peop le who lie simply for the sake of lying, but tt hns been observed of the stories touching the ! Vienna scandal that tbey all lie In tho same direction. II1SSTATKMRXTS CORRKCTKD. With your permission, beforo passing to tho chief subject of your note, 1 will take the liberty to corrort lour or Ave of your observations, each totally and conspicuously inexact, which, with a generous profusion, ireur consecutively in as many lines. You remark, ind 1 will deaienato by numerals the successive misstatements, that "the government (1) abandoned the whole commission to tho malignity or folly of Mr. lay. (2) It authorised him to make an investigation. 13) After a protracted delay (4) and Anally a peremptory order (6) he sent his report to the I'resident." These statements your readers arc expected to bellevo from your assurance that you have Impartially t mm meet tho record which the government has conccnlod from tho world, and yot that record shows tho untruth or unfairness of each of those five assertions. 1. Tho government did not abandon tho commission to the malignity or lolly ol Mr Jay. The power to > supervise it was given to a 1 'special commission," of which Mr. Jay was one of the members. 2. Tho government did not authorize Mr. Jay to make an Investigation, but imposed that duty on the "special commission." 3. In regard to (he alleged delay In the report, about which you said in your pamphlet, pago 30, "Mr Jay seems to have been disttigouuous enough not to lot the evidcnco come before the President for review until three months afterward," you were esroful to svoia all referouce to the actual nnd explanatory facta The Chief Commissioner, for Instance, had not made tlio task of eliciting tho truth from the grantees of bars nnd restaurant* more oasy by his instructions to Commissioner James, after the suspension of Mayer. "Bo good enough to consider this letter strictly confidential. See each of those claiming to have nny authority front me to erect bars and restaurants, and say that I destro to question them on the subject as soon as i arrive In Vienna, and shall hold them to strict account for ths slightest imputation upon my honor or integrity." Then, again, the persistency of tlio Chief Commissioner In upholding his drat assistant In acts that the commission held to be immoral, seemed to render It tbv more proper for them to ascertain the facts with greater exactness. This was accomplished to an extent that effected an entire change In the views expressed by the Chief Commissioner. On the 3d of March, HT3, tho government was advised by telegraph from the Legation at Vienna that "Presumptive indications that Ocncral William Mayer, First Assistant Commissioner, runs nnd Jobs commissions, and has sW-et interest in Kxposition refreshments and bars, induce recommendation ol cautious scrutiny loaobmg his character, inanagoment, grants and appointees before their transfer to Vienna." On the 8th of March tlio government was ngislu advised that "startling charges of corruption threaten scauilal," and that "Erhuri, '.'to Broadway, knows ono ..... >' Thn a.rntlnv lh?,i MHltnmanSal I. hare been foregone on the assurance of the Chief Commissioner lliai ihe charges were "foal nn.t false." It was ao unfortunate assurance, especially v the Iplipr of Mr. Commissioner ftnrjesnt to Mr. Klsb, dated May 3, 1873, showed how easily the mattor 0<>uld tbco haro been siftod at New York and IU traattar to Vienna avoided. Mr, .Serjeant alludes not only to the moneys taken by the Klrst Assistant Commissioner, Mayer, from Donison, Scbodler, Hoehux and Wichl and Ilrewer,. of which the special com mission learned with so much difficulty, bnt alto of a division with his brother-in-law of lha profits of the sioredoro employed to load the government vessels, and the shipment of 100 tons of private freight lor a single Arm. When Mayer, having been allowed to leave New York for Vienna, was suspended oj leipgrspnic urut-r, 1.11101 i mnniiwiourr ? an Durrn wrote to Mr. FIsU, eulogizing Mayor. and Bald:?"I have aero lilm almost C'lifst.antlv, and, I think, learned to know him well; and I affirm without herniation that I believe him to l>e pure and upright, and na true a patriot and gentleman m I know." Hut before the ipeclal commission conclndod their sittings tho Chief Commis-doner, In a letter to Mayer, from which ho gives extracts, in his pamphlet (pp. 11, 12, 13), reproaches In in with having taken various sum* without hi* knowledge, and accuses him ol attempting to roh the commission of govern men l moneys. In ttita letter tho chief treats his Oral confidential assistant no longer as guide, philosopher aad UPPLEMEXT. friend, fcnt rather aa a traitor, a liar and a thief. If ever attain, aire, you ara disponed to question the value of tho Investigation by the special commission under the orders of the Fresldent, pray remember thai your client, the Chief Commlnsloner, appears to have first learned Irotn It at Vienna the crimen secretly doDe at New York under his own Immediate observation, In the management ol his own commission. To dispose definitively of the charge of delay In advising the government of the result of the evnmmailon, and to prevent further untruth on the subject, 1 will remind you that so far from keeping the government in ignorance the roeord of the testimony was forwarded in parts ?I'art I. to page 292, Hay 21; I'art II. to page 547, ! Hay 24; Fart III. to page 736, June 20, Part IV. to pngo 790. July 10, together with two elaborate appendices, with documents and letters. The examination of tho last witness.clotod July 2, i | and the report upon tho evidence was forwarded | July 5. With the record before you of tbe diligent | execution of the work of tho commission, amid the usual work of the legation, largely Increased by tbo Exposition, you doomed U exprdiont to make your readers believe that we had kept the government in Ignorance for three months, and to base on that assumption the charge of '-dislngAnuousncss. " 4. Your statement that the report was made "after a peremptory order" Is looxacl. and the repetition of tbo misstatement which you Oral perpetrated In M73 Is tho more inexcusable as the record shows how the error of tbo government arose. Mr. Davis telegraphed July 30: ? "Receipt of partial report of July 10 astonishes us. We thought caso closed aad roport made. Close commission at once if not done already. Future investigation may tnko ' place here if necessary. Communicate this to Mr. ' McElrath." Tha next day the reply went buck:?"Special eommls-^ ion closed, lain Uto, with report July 6. Special report July 10 simply evidence taken previously. " 6. Tho report was not mado by Mr. Jay, but by tho special commission. TUB COMKITTRR's KXPLAVATIOff, I pasR to the priucipal point of your note, which you say was written "us a matter ot courtesy," nnd I have already acknowledged your tribute to "Mr. Jay's mallguity or folly." On the 10th of Fobruary you an! nounccd in the IIkbald as th<*resuli of your impartial | examination of tho record that the Vienna "scandal annoarH to havn ho?n m.ilAlv tho rnntilt of Mr Jnr'a oflorls," a theory based, apparently, on the iirsl denial by the Chief Commissioner of the truth of the rumors, and IB forgetfulness of hla subsequent recognition of ; the scaodaloua acta committod by his first asstslI nnt. You then backed your position by giving , the public to understand that in condemning my ' ofllolal action in tho manor you were not assailing the conduct of a Minister who had acted iu accordance I with his Instructions, but of one who, from the dlsap| proval of lits action by the government, bad boon comi polled to resign. On this point your langunge, although I in hypothetical form, as if for increased eifect, accraed I to exhibit no hesitation and to express no doubt. You | moralized upon it as if upon a fart within your own i knowledge, and made my assumed dismissal tho text of a { homily:?"If It (tho scandal) eventually recoiled upon himself and ended in an invitation to retire from his post It is only another example of what lias beforo happened to those who plot mischief." Having thus achieved a palpable hit in presenting me as a dismissed Minister, and arraying on your side in your disapproval ol my course the government Itself, you concluded wlih a Joint expression of your blended regret "that Mr. Jay should have seen fit to revive this unfortunato incident in his now ended diplomatic carcor, j which, lor iho honor ol tho country nn<l his own credit, might well hare boon allowed to slumber In forge trainees. " Having been congratulated by the government at the conclusion of iny duties connected with tho Exposition and having received a further expression ot that apj prov.il shortly before I left Vionna, I thought propor to ' ask your authority for the intimation that tho government had disapproved my conduct and had invltod me to resign my post. I was at the same time careful to say that, while the chargo was untrue, '*1 did not assume that you had Invented it nor that you had uttered It without hollering It to be true." In your reply you remark:?"The public action of the government is the precise authority, and in our Judgment sufficient authority for our infereuoe that Mr. Jay's conduct in the matter was disapproved by | the government, and in so pronounced a manner that : it might bo considered an invitation to retire from his post," llad you expressed this idea In your first letter I should not have troubled you for your authority, nor wonld It have at all concerned me what you might think constituted In your judgment a sufficient basis for any Infercnco you might choose to draw as to bow | the public action of the government might be considered. But, sirs, you garo the public to i understand, by distinctly intimating it aa a matter of fact, that the government bnd disapproved my conduct, and bad, in consequence, Invited me to retiro. And I accept your reply to my demand for your authority for that statement, not simply as admitting whnl I already knew, that your Intimation was a pure invention, without a scintilla of truth, but, what 1 had not supposed, that tt was a Action peculiarly and exclusively your own, indicating, I admit, a powerful capacity for invention and a striking temerity of ntteranoe, and happily illustrating tho manner in which, from the lime the irregularities In : the original commission were llr.st arrested at Vienna, the gentlemen who assisted iu staying that national infamy have been pursued with malicious inventions as utterly unnfounded as the ono which your own admission has so effectually nailed. k It is not, perhaps, strange that, after that explanation of your authority for the interesting story of the reasons for my retirement, the wbolo subject should , stem to you, as you rumarlc, "tiresome and distasteful;" and your constituents of Now Jersey will hardly quesiion ihc wisdom of your resolve to rctiro from the contest which you commenced so vigorously in 1873. In your pamphlet of that year you observed that i if you should attempt to express an opinion of ! Mr. Jay's conduct toward the Chief Commissioner . you would "bo compelled to resort to expressions \ stronger than you desired to use." Should you. In ; 1 disregard of your resolvo not to refer again to tho sub j i jecl, be induced to renew the attempt to show that the Vienna scandal was the result of Mr. Jay's efforts. . pray consult simply your own pleasure in using what expressions you find necessary lo describe your opinion of my action, lu arc >rd with tho advice, (live thy worst of thoughts The worst or words. Hot please be food enough to pay some (light regard to arenracy In yotir statements, and to remember for the future tho ditlcreaco between an Inference and a fact. 1'OSITIOV 0? Ttl!t OOVmutBEKT TtlKy ASD SOW. Before we part, having relieved the sorrow you feel ' at tho Idea that the government has disapproved my conduct, allow mo to ask you bow, with a due regard to tho honor ol the government, you eonld reconcile that supposition with tho nppeali, orders and pledget of the President, which you lound In the record and under which we had acted In Vienna? Take, for in- j ounce, the order of April 11, to the epoolal commission, with lis clear emphasis and manly tone:? "Do not nrsltate to exercise tho power given yon to j auspend any and every one against whom there K ground of suspicion. The commission must he free from taint Youractlouin suspending any suspected party will ba sustained, no mattor what may be hit position. Tho honor of the country requires thorough examination and decided action, llepori I'ully." It wai a critical nnd not Ions position In which the government found Itself as tho Exposition wot about to open, In consequence of ita neglect to Investigate at ; Mew York the scandalous rumors that hud filled the Prater. and which wern fast spreading in Vienna ana throughout Europe. The extent of the Irregularities, m subsequently developed, was as vet unknown, but it was clear that the honor of the country had hern eomprotnlaed by private corruption in the management of the commission, and confidence had been replaced by doubt and fear. How loyally that Instruction of the rresident was responded to, how the delicate and responsible duties imposed on the special oonimtaslon were performed, will appear by the record. On th? 24th of April the government suspended temporarily the entire commission, pending the Investigation, with the proviso that In lotting the'telegram (page 33 of your pamphlet) you thought proper to omit, "that the suspension Is not to be taken to be ^ an opinion pronounced against any particular person suspended." The admirable management Colonel Cannon. Mr. Uooacvcll and Mr. Spang, of the temporary commission, and of their successor*, Messrs. Scbults, Uarrotaeu uad McKlralli, averted as I or ; m poastole the dishonor wrought by the original management. When you areusod the overnment, as it uow appears without Justiflcation, of disapproving my conduct, when I had acted In the spirit and by the letter ol Its Instructions, what, pray, was the moaning of your accusation r Too surely did not intend to intimate that the government had been from the beginning, In regard to the comma alon, doublo faced, with two tones to Its rolee, row nj one way and looking the other, hunting with Mm hounds and running with the haro, giving an ordei with one haua and n dismissal for obeying : ' with the other. Ia it possible that you mean, to Imply mat as times chango and met . change with them, the policy of lb< government adopted in a moment of peril bad beet discorded when it was passed; that it was found ex pedleoi for unoxplaluod reasons to conceal the truth, to let the world believe that die suspension of th? original commission had bocn unworthily effected, and that "Mr. Jar and Other members of the temnnrare commission wore largely Interested in sowing machines. ana that the rules and practice! adopted by the chief commissioner, which hod been first condemned, were afterward approved and rewarded by the government, hi veriiVratlnn of the old proverb, "tha river past and God forgotten." Ilat, whatever your meaning, the assumption thnt the rules an 1 practleos which were condemned by the special commission are now indorsed at Washington gives to tbcm a new Importance, as illustrating lb< theory of appointment, and tha habit of taking moneys fbr favors rendered, which lie at the basis of the olB. clal corruption of to-day; and your own action belpa to illuttrute tha persistent hostility which those may etpact who dedounee tho immorality and arrest the crime. t'pon these practices, as slated In the exact words of tha Chief Commissioner, the Importance of | which seems to grow with each new and startling revelation, I will, with the courteous permission of tb? Hcrai.d, say once more a lew words, and I am, sirs, your obedient servant, JOHN JAY. AMUSEMENTS. MADAMS DO OBANDVAL'S STABAT MATER. >1. Louis Dachauor brought out last evening at Si. Ann's church, Twelfth street, one or the most 'tmprosslve works writtou for the church tu late years, sml, singular enough, written by a lady. Madame da Grandval, sister of the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, enjoys the reputation in Paris of being a real musical genius. This "Slabat Mater" is, indeed, a convincing proof There is nothing commonplace, weak or effeminate in it, but in every phrase nobility ol thought, grandeur of dramatic expression and charm ing themes wedded to ingenious and striking instrumentation. The enormous technical ditncultios in which tho work abounds must render It a sealed hook to tho majority of choirs, but under the skilful direction and accompaniment of U. Daehauer, and with such talented singers as Mile. Corradi, Mile. Gotnien and Messrs. Frltsch and Ulura, tho interpretation was everything to be desired. Ot tho twelve numbers of which th< work is composed It would be difficult to point out thi principal features, as all seem to ho equally interesting. The soprano solo, "tlquam Tristis," dramatically rendered by Mile. Corradi; the touching solo for con tralto, '-Juxta Crucem," magnificently given by Mils. Gomien; tho tenor solo, "Kia Mater," with chorus of lomale voices, In which Mr. Frltsch's voice shone to advantage; the duet for soprano and hsnlono, "Muncta Mater," one or the most effectivo and singular numbers in the work aud one that brought out the best notes in Mr. Blum's voice, und the quartet, "Quia est homo." may be specially mentioned. All oilier "Slnbat Mators" sink into insignificance when placed beside this colossal work. M. Dacbauer should cortainly produco it at a concert hall with a largo chorus aud "orohostra. Gounod's "Staliat Mater" will be sung next Suuday evening. MUfltrAIj AMD DRAMATIC KOTM. The Opora Comique in Paris appears to b? on Its last legs Sir Michael Costa has recovered from a severe attack of Illness. The season at Her Majesty's Opera, London, com-, mcnces on April ti. Sardou's "Ferreol" has had a most brilliant run at the Carl Theatre, Vienna. Mme. Christine Nllsson's hnsband has entirely re. covered from his late severe Illness. Tho daughter of Charles Fcchter Is abont to makl ber ddbnt at the Grand Opera, Paris, as Matnllde In "William Toll." Mi** Kmma Abbott and Miss Rosavnlie, both American artists, will make their debut at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, this summer. Miss Kmma C. TUur.sby, the popular artist, has I concert to-night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, ! which she will bo assisted by a number of artists. Dr. S. Austen l'carce, the very distinguished organist, will give an organ recital this afternoon at St. George's church, Rutherford placa the prog rain mi will be found very attractive. Gye, the London impresario, promises to bring ont during tho coming season at Covent Garden Verdi's "Aida," with I'atti; Wagner's' Tannhnuser," with Albani, and Rossini's "Moiae." with Dianchi. Signor A. Fartni gives nn opera concert this evening at Stoinwsy Hall, at which Mile. Rosetti, Signora Novell!, Miss I'almer, Miss Windt and Messrs. BischofT, Mollenliancr, Bcrgo, Fridori and Weinlich will assist tho bcnrficiaire. It Is thought in London tbat arrangements may b? made during ibo summer at Drury Lane for a series of Shakospeariau representations. In which Mme. Ristorl, Signor Kossi and diguor cialvlnl will appear together. That would be a treat. The applications for admission to .fcromo Hopkins' orchestral Easier vespers, to bo held at Triuity chapel. are very numerous. Tbo composer will repeat certain portions or tho work at the Orphean. Springtide Festival on April 2 at the Academy of Music. Mrs. Giilagcr, Miss Letamau and Messrs. Wilkio, Wicker, Toulinin and Schneckcr, with a large chorus, will appear at Chlckertng Hall to-morrow evening, under the direction of Mr. George W. Warren, foi charitable purposes, under the auspices of the ladies 01 St. Thomas parish. A grand opera concert will bo given to-night af Stelnway Hall, tinder tho direotlon of Slgnor Fnrlnl ol tbo Italian Opera Company. The alfalr promises t? bo one of the most varied and entertaining music*.' events of the season, Bignor Farint's reputation ii Itself being sufficient to warrant the success of tho en. Urprlto. Von HQIow's Chopin programme to-night at ChickerIng Hall comprises the following works:?Third grand sonata In H minor, opus 68; variations on a romauci h? tfcroM Anns 12- Vormrne onus 27- Vo. 1 scherio. opus 80, ItiC sharp minor; Impromptu, opus 84; tbro* waltzes, opus 34; ballade, opus'38; Nocturne, opus 0; No. 3, selection ol mazurkas, berceuse, polonaise, opui 53; grand concert allegro, opus 46. A GYMNASTIC EXHIBITION. The gymnastic entertainment for tho benefit of Profc-sor James O'Nell will lake placo this evening at Wood's Gymnasium, it having being postponed os Saturday because ol the storm. Among those who will appear during the evening are Professor William Miller, Professor William Clark, Hons. Carteron, Mona Arnoiild, Billy Kdwards, Warwick Edwards, R. A. Per uell, Jean Oeirick and others equally well known. THE TURN VF.KEIN. a. .- T rt-11 L'aupth tr#?nt nn BThiliiMAn Tumor gymnastic* came off yesterday niicrnoou, ii which Bto different classes of the Turner school partloipated Their evolution* on the rack and bar* excited general admiration A large number o( spectators were in attendance. Including most ot the parent* ant' friend* ol the yoatufnl gymnast*. THE SAENGERBUND. The Saongerbund *oclotle* held a meeting yesterday to complete arrangement* for the Centennial celebration. The Ssengerbtind It composed of shoat sixteei choral ergs ni cat ions, who will open the Cenlsnnl* festivities by s grand vocal and musical entertainuaea' on Sunday evening, J nly X The next day will sees procession ol thu different aoc.ietiea, winch will l>e followed by a festival at Hamilton I'arlt. r.ar.h ?fine dtf ferent societies will furnish carnage* and trucks fot the procession, with appropriate decorations. During the progress of Hie le-tuval a paper, to be known aa the FmiiriU fiairttty will bo published, to record the progress of events. THE BAEKGERKUNDE. Th* Saengerritode, one of the leading German too* societies of this city, gave a fancy dress and call- # bat at the ficrm.inU Assembly Kooma last night. The hat wa? decorated with all the paraphernalia of the let* caraival at tb* socioty, asd there waa a repetition oi most of lb* comic incidents suae tad ox that octaaium