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The New York herald., 1869-02-15
A NIGHT Husaoa IN A LusaIc ASYLUM.

ShncisinE Murder on BlackwciIe Island.
The "iodge'-by which appellatlon the small thrce
story building set apart for tho worst or most rabid
or the lunatics, on the west end OF this isand ID
known-was tho scene OF O most shocking afair
some time during Friday night last, by which the
life OF poor demented creature was taken by an
other in moment Of frenzy. and the deed was main
~ owing TO the apparent Encouragement OF the ar-
thorItes In not properly guarding against the danger
TO which the inmates OF the institution at present
80 much exposed. The facts In the case are az
follows There are about 1900 inmates In
the four structures set apart for lunatcs on
occupied the Lodge" being nea to repeton mSn 1be nSe
accommodations here are so meagre that IL nas been
<und necessary FOR several months past, In order.
10 meet the demands OF tho increase IN the number
OF unfortunates TO cause their sleeping two In a
ceA instead OF one, as heretofore when the patients
are dangerous aud liable to do bodily harm 10 one
another. Each OF these apartTnents IL furnished
with an Iron bedstead and wooden tub, or KID OF
heavy oak, such utensils being essential. Tne pa
tents are locked up in their rooms at six O'Clock
each evening and are not released again until i've
O'Clock the next morning. on Friday night one OF
the female lunatics confined In this department
arose from her couch and in O paroxysm OF mad
ness seized the heavy tub at the side OF the cot and
raising II above her head brought IL down with
terrific force upon the skull OF her sleeping cont
rade, crushing II IN and killing her Instantly. The
snrieks ana howngs IN me lunatic asylum are so
little or no attention a any time during the night;
hence u any noise was made by the victim IN hcr
strugglcatwas not noticed. AT five O'Clock, when the
female keeper of the ward In which the horrible
affair transpired threw open the door OF the cell
great Was her horror In behOldng the maniac mur-
deress and her murdered companion lying SIDE by
slde IN their CORY cot ghastly spectacle indeed.
The bed clothing was saturated with blood, which
dripped slowly from the pendant covering aud
slreaned over the floor Of the room, while the brains
of the dead woman, which had been literally
scooped out with the angers or the nurdercss, lay
scattered about and bespatiered the wallis The de-
fnented woman was removed Immediately from the
cell, and the circumstances attending the afTair
were kept so strictly private as to aludc the obser
vatlOn even OF nearly every one about tue place.
The remains OF the deceased whose name has not
transpred, were cofnned quietly and expcditiously
and were inferred without delay. She was about
twenty-sx years Of age and had neither friend nor
relative living In this vicinity. The murderess Ia 0f
course irresponsible for the act
The facts narrated above have been obtained from
an empoye OF the asylum, but the names or tho
parties concerned Ia the tragedy were not dis
closed.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

United States from January 1sos to January, 1850.
was S23S, 500, 900 The taxes commissions and pre-
miums on the same amounted to $les oss,ooo.
Speaker Roberts, Of the Tennessee House Of Rep
resentatives. has been acquitted OF the charge OF
bribery In the school fund matter by the vote OF
large majority OF that body.
collision occurred between bark and schooner
In Boston Bay yesterday by which two lives were
lost.
well known lawyer OF Philadelphia, named
James Doyle was found mortally injured bs wounds
in the head yesterday morning. lying In the streets.
He has since died.
Slight shocks OF earthquake were again felt In Cal
ifornia on Saturday.
All is reported quiet in Alaska.
Cattrell Dickey, firm In Cleveland, failed on
Saturday to the amount OF about $2oO,O00 The par
ties. 1t Is said, have been arrested.
A destructive hre occurred at Norwich, Conn, on
Saturday night, involving loss OF 100000.
The City.
The first sunday in Lent was commemorated with
appropriate services in all the Catholic and Episco-
pal churches yesterday. At st. Patricks cathedral
the customary forty hours devotion was inaugu-
rated, and Rev. DR.. Anderson, In referring TO the
exercise, preached upon the greatness impaired to
s}he Church by the Son OF God At Grace church
tEpscopaD Rev. Henry G. Potter, the PASTOR ofici-
ated In churches OF other denominations the usual
exercises took place. DR.. Chaplin preached at his
Fifth avenue Universalist church on the ssForgve-
ness OF Sins.n Rev. Day &. Lee preached at the
Beecker street Universalist church on the Evils
OF ntemperance." While services were being held
in the Jewish synagogue Chryste street yesterday
on the occasion OF consecrating one Of the holy
books OF the law, two heavy stones were thrown In
at window, one Of them striking gentleman on
the arm, and the other-quite heavy one-nar-
rowy missing the head OF little girl In the chance
The important of1ces In this city to be filed by
General Grants appointments are those OF the Col
lector OF the Port, Surveyor OF the Port, United
States District Attorney. Postmaster and Naval
Ofcer. There are, OF course, the usual number Of
applicants for each position.
Prominent Arrivals in the City.
Judge G. F. Comstock, Of Syracuse; General J. R.
Anderson, OF Richmond. Va; K. Creighton OF Ne
braska and Paymaster J. F. Ferguson Of the United
States Army, are at the ST. Nicholas Hotel.
Judge Amber, OF Galveston, Texas; Paymaster
Grand Of the United States Navy; Captain II. p.
Connor, OF steamer Henry Chauncey; Colonel II. w.
Friedey, OF the United States Army, and A. A. Sar
gent, OF California, at the Metropolitan Hotel.
W. H. Wilson, of Virginia; Gero Tuxbury and
Joseph NJ. Hartt of Boston, are at the st. Julien
Hotel.
Commander McCann, OF the United States Navy;
DR.. Grosvenor, OF Rhode Island, and Horace FAIR
banks, OF Vermont are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Captain Victor Buwakawsky, OF Russia, and d. w.
Davidson, OF Liverpool. are at the Hoffman House.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

GRANTS CABNET-Is to be composed of
''men who viii carry out the principles the
country desires to have succeed" 1t is ''the
country" mind you, and not this or that party,
and lest there should be any doubt on this
point Grant specifies the principles so that we
may emphatically know that they are not
party, but national requirements. They are
economy, retrenchment, faithful collection Of
the revenue and payment Of the public debt" I"
Grant belongs to the party that has these things
at heart, and this is neither the republican
party nor the democratic party.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

GRANTS OPINION or TIE PARTY PEEss. =
"After observation and reflection have come
to the conclusion that there is not man il
the country whom | could invite to my Cabl-
net who would not, Immediately after the an
nouncement, be the object Of all kinds Of ad-
verse criticisms, in the hope to prevent his
selection and continuation" These are the
words of the President elect, which indicate
that there is no man in the country-not one
whose name would be treated with decent
respect by the whole mass Of his own party
when placed before the country as q member
Of the Cabinet
The New York herald., 1869-02-15
The Churches Yesterday.

The reports in our columns this morning of
the doings of the churches yesterday are on a
scale Of magnitude which is without parallel
in the history Of journals IN. The echoes of
sacred song seem to haunt US this morning as
the eye wanders from column to column and
the preachers living voice seems to resound
afresh from the page. In spite Of the unde-
niable wickedncss whichsexists in the coun-
try, the attention which / paid to the duties of
religion by large majority of our people
shows that there is vast amount of vital god
liness in the midst of us; that the righteous,
as a class, are not extinct, aud that on their
account we may reasonably hope, as people,
for little longer lease Of life. II the churches
and their teachers will only do well we mean
to give them, from time to time, in the spirit
Of true catholicity, honest and impartial en-
couragemenl. IL viii not be our blame II their
lights remain hid under bushel.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

The third and last OF the carnivals OF the Ariou
season was held last night at the Gcrnania Assembly
Rooms, and with the fact that II was very largely
attended was remarked as being the most animated
ana brilliant OF the trio OF carnival trysN. The mot
ley asscmblage, arrayed in their carnival caps ami
spienulu decorations made the scene exceedingly
attractive aud interesting, while the s'Nussknakcr"
ana tno orators stand were especial objects OF re-
marx ana notice. number or highly amusing
WHY WHY ana buresque valentines were received and a
vsiIuy ot SONGS were sung by the members. The
eliminating part OF the festivities was the rcpttion
Oh tne burlesque on opera boyrf. The characters,
comprising oil or Offenbach's creations, were welt
represented. After the performance mad been dis
posed OF the company adjourned 20 supper and then
morning, " = '
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

THE AIR LINE RArIRoAD.-The House OF
Representatives has done well in passing the
bill TO authorize the building Of a military and
postal railroad from Washington to New York.
The majority in favor OF ii was nearly two to
onc-the vote being yeas ninety mine, nays
fifty-four. IL Is to be hoped the Senate will
act promptly and as favorably in this measure.
But II would be better still were an amend
ment made to establish a government postal
telegraph along the line Of the railroad. This
will have TO be done some time, and no better
opportunity could DO afforded. In fact, the
whole telegraph system Of the country must
fall under government control. IL ought to be
there, for II is becoming more important to the
public in general than the Post Office service.
To satisfy us Of the necessity Of government
telegraph system and Of the vast beneficial
results TO flow from II 10 business, to the press
and to the people at large no experiment is
required; but, TO satisfy the doubters, let us
have the experiment tried along the air line
railroad between the capital and the metropo-
The New York herald., 1869-02-15
L RIPPLE S III HE E L
New York, Monday, February Is, 1869.
Notice TO Herald Carriers and News Dealers.

HERALD carriers and news dealers are in
formed that they can now procure the requisite
number Of copies direct from this Office without
delay.
All complaints Of 'short counts and spoiled
sheets must be made to the Superintendent in
the counting-room OF the HERALD establish
ment.
Newsmen who have received spoiled papers
from the HERALD Office, are requested to re-
turn the same, with proof that they were
obtained from here direct, and have their
money refunded. Spoiled sheets must not be
sold TO readers of the HERALD.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

CABINET MARfSe.-We publish to-day o
political retrospect Of considerable interest at
this time, inaamuch as IL seems TO be a careful
review Of the ns0dus opsrandi Of Cabinet
making since General Jacksons time, forty
years ago. II is a Yankee notion, emanating
from the wooden nutmeg State, and is proba-
bly, the expose Of modest gentleman general,
who has filed the office Of Governor Of the
State, declined nomination for Congress, but
probably would not long hesitate 10 accept .
place in Grants Cabinet il II were. offered him.
The article shows the bent Of the gentleman
generals mind at this juncture.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15


The Spanish Cortes organized yesterday By the
election OF Rivero az president Many arrests or
members Of the CariiSt party have been made.
Mexico.
Teicgraphic advices from the west coast OF Mexico
state tnat highway robberies were numerous. Gov
ernhr Diaz OF Ca1aca, had ordered his brother,
Poriro, 70 be searched by soldiers for poison and
bitter quarrel had ensued 10 Consequence. sect
favorable 70 the doctrine Of dividing the property Of
Of the rich among the poor was becoming popular IN
the district q Scacuratnpau aud great trouble was
apprchended from tho spread OF the doctrine.
our Mexico city letter IS dated January ~ Meas
uIes are Del taken 70 introduce steam navigation
on the lakes around the city, steamer Is already
aGoat ana dredging machine has been Ia operation
Tor some time. Fears were entertained among
the commercial community thai the government
would be compelled to resort 70 forced loans and Of
$1,000 900 IL specie Just about u leave the country
II was believed that oneha OF II was being exported
to avoid that contingency. General Quiroga and
other generals have pronounced tn favor Of santa
AnRa, AMI 81 last accounts the movement was pro-
crossing
Cuba.
Prom some Of the cipher te.egrauis recently pass
Ing between Captain General Lcrsund ana General
Mela, commanding al Puerto Principe. which we
publish to-day translated, il viii he seen that the
Captain General was not under much arprehenslons
from tie flibustsrins expeditions In this cty. as he
was officially informed that the Unred states
government "was all right with spaln.r
south America.
Our Buenos Ayres letter Il dated December u
The forces OF Lopez were reported to be in tho
neighborhood OF Luque. Angostura had notsyet
boen attacked by the allies and II was believed that
the Psraguayans would make but little resistance AZ
that point The capture OF vnleta was hailed with
great reioIcings By the.lpeopc, who believed the
war to be over.
Our Valparaiso. Chile. letter Is dated January TO-
Don Mechior Concha de Toro had been appointed
Minister OF Finance. The state OF the public rea.
sury was very unsatisfactory. Operations against
the Indians are still progressing
our Call, New Granada, letter is dated January l5
Mr. Eder the United States vice Consul In that town
had been arrested for killing muleteer, who had
deiranded him and with whom he at tue time hat
an alteration. The Circuit Judge tried Eder ant
dismissed the case but he had been again arraignet
for the same offence by another tribunal After
wards some indi vidual broke the nagstan at ths
vice Consu's once. pulled down the American nae
and dragged II in the streets.
Miscellaneous.
. Arrangements are being made for the grandesl
and most imposing display at the Inauguration that
this coantry has ever witnessed.
The gold aud silver coin sold on account OF the
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

A WAgSIso IN TME.-Let no man ap-
pointed by Grant feel when, once he is In
Office, that he is safe for four years, be he a.
corrupt as he may. Grant assures us that
Office will be slippery place, and that he will
remove one of his own men caught in deln-
quency as remorselessly as il this man were
only one of Andy Johnson's fellows.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15
The Petition OF the Ladies' of Spain-A Sad
Story.

1t is sad story of revolution that, pre-
sented in the petition Of fifteen thousand ladies
of Spain praying General Serrano, head of the
provisional government, to protect the Catholic
religion and it's institutions. The petitioners
say:-ssWe see the ministers of our holy re-
lgion going out Of Spain prosecuted as crimi-
nails. We hear the sad voices Of the virgins Of
God thrust out of their holy aisles Of piety and
purity. Fallen with outcry and noise are the
temples Of Jesus Christi" and ''the enemies
of the faith offend our ears by crying that with
the stones Of their ruins they will build affairs
to false gods. The streets and squares over
flow with impiety, blasphemy and doubt, and
in papers and pamphlets, say these distressed
petitioners, ''our most holy religion is in
suited.
This is a gloomy picture. The philosopher
and the historian may say that these things
are the inevitable consequences of the natural
reaction against the Inquistion and the long
and intolerable despotism of the now suffering
Church in Spain; that we have here only
another chapter of those terrible popular re-
tributions against an oppressive Church OF
which human history is so full. But still,
throwing all religion out of the question, the
common instincts of justice and humanity
ought to prevail with the Spanish Cortes,
especially in behalf of the hundreds and thou
sands Of helpless women driven into converts,
to very great extent, by ''the storms Of State"
which, during the present century, have given
to the people Of Spain anything but feeling
of security for twelve months to come. Those
poor women Of the converts ought not to be
turned remorselessly ont upon the world to
perish The lady petitioners in behalf Of these
religious institutions do not ask for grace or
clemency. They demand justice; that they
shall not, for their religion, be treated as out
laws tn at their rights to protection shall be
respected and we would admonish the con-
stituent Cortes at Madrid to beware of all
things in the matter Of religious liberty of the
,acobin prosecutions Of the first French revolu-
ton. Let us not in Spain at this advanced
age Of onlightment have anything of Jacobin
liberty, equality or fraternity. No Jacobinism.
Anything but that
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

Acting FROM THE NECESSITIES OF THE
CAsK.-If the party papers had not made such
terrible row about the Cabinet they might
have known its whole composition by this
time; but Grant, having seen. from the row
they made in the absence of Xll knowledge
what arrow would be made if they really knew
something, holds his tongue for the sake of
the peace Of the country.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

ADVANCE or CIVILIZATION IN PANAMA. -
In view Of the great Importance Of Panama to
the world and its promising future, now that
Caleb Gushing has obtained a ship canal
grant, II is stated that the great majority Of
the inhabitants have left of their tropical
habta
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

Of people-that they have been and are treated
very badly by the government. These poor,
hard pressed people gave three or four years
ago from sixty to ninety dollars for bonds
worth now hundred and ten, are exempt
from taxation and draw regularly six per cent
interest in gold, or more than eight per cent in
currency. The greater part of the bonds have
nearly doubled in value over the price paid
for them originally. The interest on the capi-
tai actually invested at first amounts to some
thing like fifteen or sixteen per cent, to say
nothing of the exemption from taxation, which
is two or three per cent more. Yet this ia the
only class of the community in whom many OF
our leading Congressman appear to be in
terested or for whom they care to legislate.
They all begin at the wrong end, and are be-
logged by the old bullionist theories of cur
rency and finance. The first thing should be
to reduce the interest on the debt and to buy
up and cancel as many Of the bonds as possi-
BILE while the currency is ample and the
revenue large. In all other respects or for
any other purpose the currency and bonds
should be let alone. The bondholders are
well taken care of and not likely to suffer. Il
is the overtaxed people that Congress should
relieve by suitable legislation instead of tinker
ing with the finances for the benefit of bond
holders, o few capitalists and stockholders.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

BoLrvM.-The slight outbreak in Bolivia OF
those who were opposed to the boundary
treaty lately made with Brazil has been sue
cessfully quoted, and the strong government
which for four years past has been preparing
the country for an era of prosperity appears
firmly seated for the coming Presidential
term. Our news from this country, which
generally comes through Peruvian channels, is
constantly tinged with the old feuds which
have long existed between Peru and Bolivia,
and which are now taking a more marked
form, owing to the fact that the day is ap-
preaching when Brazil and Bolivia win both
move In the same commercial direction, and
Peru viii no longer tax three-four Of the
Inhabitants Of the Amazon valley, which have
been forced over the Andes TO the Pacific
coast to communicate with the world.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

The DAILY HERALD will be sent to subscribers
for one dollar month.
The postage being only thirty-fye cents
quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement
can receive the HERALD at the same price it is
furnished in the city.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

IticEFNpu 0HUbeo-Iuc EOtCy OI tue 0Ovs
There has been great deal Of lobbying and
logrolling and speechmaking at Washington
about the laying and landing of ocean tele-
graph cables on our coast, and we have never
seen before more narrow-minded, contracted
ideas and twaddle exhibited. Really, our
Congressman seem to have no ideas of their
own and to be the mere shuttlecocks and tools
of monopolists and combinations of lobbymen.
AS to this question of landing telegraph
cables nothing can be more simple. Let ten,
fifty or hundred be landed if anybody or
company wish to lay them, without hindrance
or without regard to where the capital may
come from. The more the better for the pub
graphing be cheapened, business promoted
and civilization advanced. The bills and mo-
tions in Congress to impose restrictions or
conditions, except such as to prevent combina-
tions to create monopoles or exorbitant rates
of charges, are unwise, illiberal, contrary to
the spirit of the age and in favor of existing
monopoles. The bill of Mr. Sumner and
similar propositions requiring treaties with
foreign Powers for reciprocal advantages are
unnecessary, and can only serve the purpose
Of monopolsts to defeat or delay projects for
extending ocean telegraph enterprises. No
foreign government would be so stupid or illib-
eral as to refuse to an American company
the same privileges extended to its own SUBJ
jects by this country. There can be no OBJ
lection to such treaties being made, and the
government can make them hereafter; but
let this not delay or defeat any enter
prise ready to be carried out. Congress
should make a declaration in broad
and liberal terms, so far as its power
in favor of all such enterprises. This
need not prevent assistance that can
fairly and legitimately be given by the gov
ernment to our own people or capitalists to
usdertake any great work Of this character
where American interests are specially in
volved-such, for example, as the Pacific and
Asiatic telegraph project, which would give us
control of the vast trade of China and other
countries of Asia, and would tend rapidly to
make the United States the centre Of COM
merce and ideas for the whole world. Special
legislation in such case would be right; for
the interests involved to our country and the
future are beyond all calculation. Let every
thing with regard to ocean telegraphs, which
are to unite nations and continents together
and which are destined to make America the
centre of communication for all the families of
mankind, be done on the broadcast and most
liberal scale.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

In No HURay.-Grant has heard a great
deal Of noise IN bis time, but he Is in no hurry
to hear the howl the disappointed million will
make over his choice Of Cabinet--airaid,
perhaps, they might drive him from his good
resolutions.
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

END OF THE SPorLs PLAN.-0ur ancestors
Of not the most honorable memory held that
''to the victor belongs the spoil" This was
figure drawn from the experiences of war,
but of war in an age that did not understand
the true spirit that gives power TO armies
Grant belongs to an age that knows something
better, and he Of all men is well aware that
nothing is 50 powerful in the ruin Of an
army as spoil. The army that plumbers can
not be kept together. Grant, therefore, will
not demoralize his party by any scramble for
fat places He win not remove those who op-
posed him or appoint those who favored him.
He will act from no party reason, but from
''thc necessities Of the service
The New York herald., 1869-02-15

lis Of the country. An amendment should be
made to the Air Line Railroad bill for this pur-
pose and the bill put through before the ses-
sion closes.