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Price Two Cents.


FnE-About half past twelve O'Clock last'nigh a6re
of very broke out in the feather store Of
Mr. b. Mckinney 1889 Eighth avenue, by which a large
quantity of feathers and curled hair was entirely con-
sumed. The basement of the store was in short time
complete wreck, and the shop and back apartment
were also much injured number of the fire compa-
MES with their usual alacrty at hand shortly after
sistance the whole building and perhaps many others
adjoining would have fallen prey to the deyourng ele
two thousand five hundred dollars The premises and
stock are secured by insurance.
Police Office. MAY l6.-GnAND LARcESY-A man
named w Kelly arrested this afternoon, charged with
having stolen coat worth about SIS, in the pocket of
which was wallet containing two notes of hand for
about $50 from the office No 262 Front street. the pro-
perry of Samuel IL. Shannart Officer Millikn, being
informed of the burglary and discovering the drunk
in the store endeay ored to arrest him. h. however
succeeded in eludng his grasp by rolling into the gutter
but, after some difficulty, captured by Mr.. Mikin
mitted by Justice William VAIN DrsnIer .'''' aH' 00"'
ARREST FOR THREATENING TO KILL-After the ac-
quttal of John p Edwards alias Evans in the Court Of
sessions he was heard by one o. the Officers OF the court
tor House and give him dose Of cold lead" Sc Upon
which Mr. seabrook made affidavit that he feared his
life in danger and Evans was committed to prison
upon the charge, in default of $1,000 bail
Another GRAND LARcErY.-A man named
William Norman was arrested for stealing watch worth
500 from Joshua Selover board soop lying at the
foot OF Canal street.
Blu ReLARY.-The house of Richard p Perrien, No.
1913 Thompson street, entered the 14h inst and
considerable quantity Of silver spoons stolen. No
rest.
COr0ner's Omce.-SuicrpE At THE HosrIrAL-
This afternoon, about two o'clock man named James
Dunn, about 40 years of age, admitted into the City
Hospital, evidently laborng under delirium tremens
He searched and placed in and soon after be-
apparently composed, and laid upon the bod
About O'clock the nurse went into his room and dis
covered him lying upon his bed with his throat cut and
a broken knife in his right hand. He was quite dead
when discovered The Coroner called upon to hold
an inquest and will do so tomorrow.
FOUND DRowNEp-An unknown man was found
drowned in the bay at the end Of Governors Island,
this morning. and the body taken to the dead house
INrEMPERANcE.-The Coroner held an inquest at the
City Hospital, upon the body of man, named Michael
ONe 81 years of age who taken into the Hospital
yesterday while laboring under fit of delircum reens,
and died this morning.
ANoruER.-A woman, named Julia Ann Taylor about
40 years of age died this morning at No $40 Madison
street, in fit produced by inemperance. Her husband
is a sailor board the North Carolina. Deceased
a native of Amsterdam.
ANorHERAn unknown man, about 25 years of age,
found the of 10Th street and 9th avenue
state of gross intoxication and after being taken into
Bellevue Hospital died.
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RIOT on THE MoRRIs CANAL.-Therc have been
painful rumors within day or two of serious riot
among the laborers employed in cnlargng the Morris
Canal in the vicinity Of Dover in Morris County. The
Jersey received this morningsupplies uswth what
appears to be correct report Of the outbreak The
Company into whose hands the Canal has recently
contracted early nthe with certain 10 re-
pair and enlarge it. The Contractors it appears under
let the work In sections to who employ
ed two thousand hands the whole line and the
riot commenced towards the close Of last week by
that portion of them at work in tho vicinity of Dover
In consequence Of the unexpected delay the opening Of
the Canal will be necessarily deferred days
the appointed tme probably to the middle Of june
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PfTTsBURe SUrFERERs-The total amount Of mo-
ney received by Henry Earl Esq the Treasurer of the
Relief Fund for the sufferers at Pittsburg, was Tues
day last, $ll2207 81.
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/ PAVILION, NEW BRIGHTON.
THE PAVILION, New Brighton. in full opera
tom and the proprietor will be glad into arrange
with parties who who wish engage for the
whole for shorter period Mr. Bacard will
the Pavilion day from u to o'clock and the GLOBE
| Hotel at all other hours. my8 3wrc
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scs in order to excite the sympathy of the jury Now,
call upon the District Attorney to say which of these
knives are here paraded and will serve before the ewes
Of tho jury rs silent witnesses.
Mr.. ParEHsor-I did not want to make any dramatic
exhibition Tho knives were found nlhis possession
on his person. and another that pawncd; and upon
the common principle of law that the public
bound to introduce any fact that may form part of
MIR. BRApY.-Well, I now see my way | now object
to the introduction of the knife that pawned in Phi
show that the pawned knife in the city Of New
York The introduction therefore, ofhe second knife is
irrelevant.
CouRr.--Undoubtedy that must have some weights
but then let the evidence go for what II is worth The
fact however, must diminish the strength of the tes
mony good deal
MIR. BRApy.-Well, the Court will note my objection.
CouRr.-Vcry we'll.
WIrSEss-Qn continuaton)-to Mr.. PArERsoS.--This
shirt [produced was found amongst his things; [Thc
shirt was of pink striped cotton also got pieces of
newspapers in his trunk started to New York after
this; when we got to New Brunswick, wejhad some
vcrsaon he said he glad he was going back. he
told me- without my asking him, after he was commit.
ted he said he purchased the big knife in Broadway
and that hc used the little knifes said Don't talk
about IT," He said he had to do il in sedeence; he
attacked by two men, Of them took him around
the and the other put his hands in his pocket and
stole his pocket book containing dollar in money,
and some pledge tickets he got either lie said,
he up TO watc and told the Waterman he
was robbed lie went to the pawnbrokers Office the
next morning. and gave directions to have any person
that went for the articles pawned arrested He told me
he sorry for his tickets understood him refer
to the night Of the murder the same night which
he robbed
This witness underwent no cross-cxamination.
DANIEL Huron, examined by Mr.. PArrRsoN.-The pri-
soner boarded with me and came in the morning of
the 10th of August, the morning after the murder, in
state OF drunkenness We lived at 36 Renwick street
He stated that he had ARRAY with some darkeys that
he stabbed one of them that he had basket Of clothes
OF which they robbed him and also pocket.book He
said he had killed him. lie told me this Of his own ac-
cord.
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ST Flower and Grass seeds to be
found in this City, all Of which will be warranted gen-
inc Dubious and ubsrou flower roots house plants Of
dozen EACH amongst which will be many that taken
the first premiums and have proved with first rate flowers
Bride Bride Antasoniss Oakley, Surprise blue Bonnet Emma
have also Of the finest collections choice Tea Moss and
perpetual roses growing and flower Haraem the och
BY any grower in this country will have specimens Of
them fresh day during the the seed and
will be pleased to those who fond Of these charming
flowers call at either place aud examine for themselves Bou
1900 plants will take place early the ensuing week which due
notice will be given. DUNLAP & CARMAN,
myl6lw*rc N 615 Broadway.
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!. M DISBROW'S RIDING SCHOOL,
4Os B0wery, ON Ast0r and Lafayette Places.
MR. w. H. DISBROW has the honor announce, that his
School daily (Sundsys excepted) for Equestrian
Tuition and Exercise Riding. :
Hours for Ladies. ....... from 9 A. M to p. NJ
Hours for Gentlemen. from to A. NJ and to p. NJ
10 Terms made known on application as above.
N BHghy trained and quiet Horses for the Road and Pa
rade, let my6 m
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~ No FUN SALE.
A SMALL. EARN g;tuutaA .,w v,;l>s crsv

9ktown near Baskmdge, New Jersey and within three
half hours ride from the city daily, containing twenty
acres of and in high state Of and improvements
There also on Il. premise. good variety Of Fruits For in
s Harrison Price, No q Coentss Slip Robert Barley
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me has notdone il from innate and deep
depravity Of heart, but in consequence
of some mistake, misinformation or
temporary passion or prejudice, then
it is the height Of cruelty and absurdi-
ty for me to desire TO take his life at
once, instead ofgiving hin. time to dis
cover his error, and make reparation
for il.
Thus il appears, that If it were GER
tain, in duel, that the party most in
the wrong would be killed, still there
would be always absurdity, and gener-
ally, if not always. injustice and dis
proporlionate punishment, in resortng
to such remedy. But when we add
TO this view the consideration that the
man who is least founded in principle
is most likely to resort 10 that study
and practice ofarms which will qualify
him to be successful in single combat,
and hence the last guilty will be the
probable victim, as in the cases of Ham.
ilton and Clley, then the folly of the
usage becomes glaring in the extreme.
1t is but to give man that has done
one wrong, the temptation and the OPP
POI tunity to do greater.and one which
will extend from the originally wronged
individual to his family and his offspring,
he have any.
These views must have occurred,
more or less, to all who have been en-.
gagged in the practice ofdueling. Why,
then, do they not suffice to restrain
them? Undoubtedly, because their
courage is not of the highest grade
They are not bold enough to do right,
and take the consequences. As they
have the misfortune TO be cowardly,the
community should aid to inspire them
with more true courage. This can on
y be done by intoxicating the sentiment,
that he who refuses a challenge is both
a better and brayer man than he who
gives or accepts one.
The President and his cabinet may
do much to aid in bringing about such a
state of sentiment. If dismissal shall
follow invariably in all cases Of duelling,
then it will ere long be the case, that
our military and naval officers will no
more think Of challenging each other
in consequence of their disputes, than
our merchants do now because one has
not seen fit to trust another to the full
extent that he was disposed to purchase
on credit.
Hence, we hope that the press and.
the community will not be backward
in expressing their appreciation Of the
policy in which Mr. Polk and his admin
'stralion have adopted as the guide Of
then conduct. --Psnnsyluanian.
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and should not feel regret, that the nc
BILE Lord had taken the course whicl
he had pursued. He was of opinion
that whilst these matters were pendln!
in negotiations between the two gov
ernments, it was polite to abstain from
exercising the right Of discussion pr
subjects calculated to excite popular
feeling, unless there were cogent reas
ons TO the contrary. On the 4th o
March, 1845, Mr.. Polk made his inau
gural address as President. Since tina
time the British government had recei
we'd no communication from her Minis
ter, who had only been able TO commu
nicate the message. but had not hac
time to make any comment on il. He
trusted that the negotiations would be
renewed. At no very distant period
they would know the result Of them
He did not despair of their favorable
termination, but if the proposals of the
British government should be rejected
and no proposals were made by the go
vernment ofthc United States to which
we could accede, he should not object,
on the part of the government, to lay
on the table all communications be-
tween the two governments. He still
hoped that an amicable and equitable
adjustment Of the claims Of the two
countries might be made. He must,
however, express his deep regret that,
while Inc negotiations were still pend
ing, the President Of the United States
should, contrary to all usage, have re-
fered to other contingencies than a
friendly termination of them. Such an
alluson was not likely to lead to such
a result as the friends to the real inter-
ests of both countries desired. He
regretted not only the allusion, but also
The tone and temper in which it was
made. As the subject had been brought
under discussion, he felt it TO be his du-
ty, on the part of the government, to
state, in language the most temperate,
but at the same ii ne the most decisive.
that they considered that we have a
right to this territory OF Oregon, which
is clear and unquestionable; that we
desire an amics BILE adjustment Of the
differences between ourselves and the
United State; but that, having exhaus-
ted every effort to obtain it, il our rights
are invaded. we are resolved and pre-
pared to maintain them.
laELANp.-The TIpqerary Vindca-
tor narrates faction-fght of a ferocious
character, between 600 combatants, in
which blood flowed in torrents--heads
were broken by alpeens and stones
limbs were mutilated-and the worst,
ferocity was exhibited.
Observation-Disclosures contin-
ues feverish, and the deep muttered
threats used by one party, and answer
ed in tones of defiance by the other, in
dicaie the heat of the feud and the fury
of the combatantS.
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I)TJEI.I.ING.

The prompt action of the Presiden
and Secretary of the Navy, in dismis
sing from Office Lieutenant Hurst, on
account of the duel which he lately
fought with midshipman on the coas,
Of Africa, will, we trust, meet with the
general applause OF the community
Notwithstanding the regrets Of the
friends Of Lieutenant Hurst, that he
should have placed himself in such .
situation as to become sufferer, under
the principle Of dismissal, which was
adopted by former administrations, but
perhaps not maintained by any Of them
with sufficient inflexibiity to become
of practical utility.
The more society improves in hu,
manity, refinement. and enlighted rea
son, the more preposterous will the
practice Of dueling be esteemsd. Hence
we find this practice most prevalent in
those countries and districts OF coun.
try, where the standard both Of morals
and Of mental improvement is the low
est.
A duel is resorted to as a means to
wipe away stain upon honor! What
is true honor? II is true honesty, un.
questionably. Then, is it not to admit
that m, honesty is Of very question
able character, to allege that it is ne.
cessary TO vindicate il by taking The
life of man that acknowledge 10 be
so dishonest or unprincipled thathe has
no claim to livei If my life and con.
duct are such that the breath OF so mean
wretch will be ruin TO my reputation
then are we both persons OF SO base d
character, that it is not worth while
for either to assail the other for his vile,
ness.
II, on the other hand, as charity
should prompt US to think, where there
is possibility Of the correctness Of the
supposition, the person who has injured
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01- The editor is absent.

VIRGINIA ELEcTIoNs.-The elections which
have just taken place in Virginia have resulted
elorously in favor of Democracy From the
returns we nave received, tn here has been great
gain since the last election in that State. We will
give them in full in our next.
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BUSINESS OF PlTTsBuRGH.-The Dai-
ly Post Of the 23d ult. says: "Notwith-
standing the devastation Of the fire, bu-
siness proceeds as usual. Many Of the
business men who were burnt out, ,have
opened out in other places, and the
Spring Trade is going on prosperously,
considering all things. Again we say
to buyers from abroad, do not hesitate
to come here to make your purchases.
Our merchants and manufacturers have
large stocks of goods on hand, and our
hotels are prepared TO entertain any
number Of visiters. Let those, then,
who have heretofore traded with our
city, not neglect her now when she
needs their help more than ever"
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The Bowery Theatre in New York
was burned for the fourth time on Fri
day night last-total loss about $85,
900. 1t is said there was no insurance
AL the insurance Offices being afraid
to risk it. -.s...} 3,
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BRAZIL.

1t is stated that important dispatches
have just been received by the Depart
ment Of State from Mr.. Wise, our Min.
ister at Brazil, relating to the recen,
insult given by that government to him
self, our Consul at Rio. and to the com
mander Of our frigate Raritan. who, it
will be recolected, had seized upon
the slave vessel Porpoi,e, with her car.
go Of slaves and specie, but which,
from the threats OF the Brazilian gov.
ernment, was forced to relinquish.
Mr.. Wise requests definite instruc.
tions as to The course he is to pursue in
his present relations with the Brazilian
government. He urges the immediate
appearance of a lormida BILE naval force
in that quarter, for the protection of our
commercial and maritime interests. and
the expediency ofhis withdraxal from
that government, inasmuch as he can
not well see how the matter is TO be
settled amicably and honorably to our
selves, as the insult was gratuitous on
the part of the Brazilians, who refuse
to apologize, and continue TO hold forth
fresh menaces to himself, and of course
to the government Of the United States.
It's said that there has already been
a Cabinet meeting upon the subject;
that the naval force intended for Mex
leo will receive instructions for Rio ;that
Mr.. Wise will not return until such
time as our government is determined
to act with efficiency and force, regard
ilg, as it does, the case as an exceed
ingly aggravated one.-Post.
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MAJ. DAvEzAc.-This gallant old
soldier, we are pleased to learn, has
been appointed Charge d'Aflaires to
Holland.
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Mr. Archbold, in relation to the abuses on the
public works, until next week.
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THE ADVAN TAGE.

Alta recent meeting in Manchester,
England, Mr.. r. H. Gregg, formerly
member of Parliament, enumerated the
following among other advantages pos
sessed by The American over English
manufacturers of cotton:
"The United States, he said. had ev-
cry advantage IN having the raw mate
rial on the spot, and in having to pay
no duty, and the cost Of freight and in
surance of cotton to Boston and other
ports at the Atlantic was just half of
what it cost to bring it to Liverpool. =
The entire advantage enjoyed by the
American manufacturer, in The matter
Of lreights, insurance and duty, amoun-
ted to l3s per cent, on cotton at I'd.
a pound. In the minute, and, lie be-
ieved, perfectly accurate statement of
the Glasgow memorial, it was put much
higher on cotton at Sd. pound, show
ing an advantage of 25 per cent; and
the other, which cost Gid. per pound,
not less than SO per cent. to the Amer
lean manufactured over the English
manufacturer, who had t. compete with
him. This advantage amounted, in
round figures, TO Id. per pound, on the
average of cotton; and adding to that
the great advantages which the Amer
leans possessed IN theirmoving power,
water power being almost unlimited,
and costing 25 per cent. only Of what
the British steam power costs, and
little further advantage, which they had
in the -four for their sizing, it amount
ed, he said, to clear advantage Of Id.
per pound, on all the cotton consumed,
or 10 per cent. on the bulk Of the coarse
goods and Is per cent. on coarse yarns.
The London News is severe upon
the British Premier. II will he remem-
bered that this high tory came into pow
er on a sort Of free-irade panic. his
friends made the protectionists believe
that the wings were running their in
terests, and that a restoration Of the
tories was necessary TO sustain them.
Hence the News says of Peel
"The advocates Of protection made
him their chief, and he is striking the
deepest blows ever aminister slruck,at
the very roots Of the protective system.
They called him to do their will, and.
he has done nearly the reverse"
1t is little strange that while the,
minister himself repudiates the theory
of projections while the minister's
former protection friends denounce him
because he has proved false to them
and while the free.traders are congrat-
'uIating themselves that he has dared TO
do what he has done, and accepting
his labors as partial triumph Of their
principles--it is strage, we say, that the
wings here view things SO upside down
as to see in the late alterations in the
British tariff only a strengthening Of
the protective systemi Why, the Pre-
mier is killing "the very roots Of the
protective system. ~ Boston Post
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pAuprR,sr.--The whole number of
paupers relieved OF supported IN the
city and county of New York IN 1874,
as reported by the superintendent, was
58,17l, which exceeds by 20,347 that
of lS43. The expenses in 1914 were
S205,l44 OF; the expenses in la43
were St92,909 IA; excess in 1914,
Sl9,934 81. The whole number of
paupers in the State during the year
1914, exclusive of the city and county
Of Albany, was 97,96l. The nggre-
gate expense Of relieving and support
ing the above number Of paupers. ex-
elusive Of the city and county Of Alba
ny, was $669,0iT 80. The total ex-
pense in 1913, including Albany, was
$599.353 99.