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TIE sILE OF oUBA DY SPAIN.
The Revelation of The SUMS Correspondent
-Inicrcst IL Excites la Neutrality-suspicious.
10 Come.


-Intcrcst IL ENcites Ia washinston-NIor
TO Come.
Correspondence Of The sun.
WAsuNGroS, May 12.-Your Washington cor.
respondonce In last Mondays Sun, WIN accompany.
ing leading article, excited great deal OF com
mcnt here as wei In onicIll circles as among the
friends OF Cuba.
The unmaskiug Of the selfish schemes OF men who
would coin money out Of blood has startled many
of those IL the Ring from their propriely but their
vory o1getncss to learn the source Of your CORE
sponoonts Information con,icts them. Some souators
and Representatives whose sense Of dignity and hon
or had alroaIJ rcyotcd at many inexphcable occur
roncos here In col nec,iou vita Cuban and ST. Domin
20 matters have at last Quad tho clue tn xplana-
ton in your CORE spouderce. 1t confirms the truth
oiuvoy suspicious they had heretofore entertained,
ana urther iUvcsuc ltun has only served TO convince
item of the existence Oi tIo pre- Get disclosed In that
letter.
1t was tho theme Of earnest discussion at the
Willie Ilonsc Mondny night last, and tue opinion
there EXPRESSED admitted is probaoility-the quail
fed method Of accepting all facts in oficiAl circles
here. The better informed say that It yet ro-
mains to be disclosed that the sale OF Cuba by Spain
TO the volunteers be ~ be through the mediation OF
the State Department and that the first ins,allmont
to be oxtorcd b. those precious cutthroats from
the citizens and merchants Of cuba, Is TO be divided
between the members VI the Ring IN Spain, in Cuba,
anu in Washington city.
That grab made, what Will any Of the PARTIES con-
about the interests Of the United states,
q Cuba, or Of spain? Recent correspondence from
Havana says Tint the new polcal Governor Of that
city does not Land thcrc uym the steamer that
brought him ont f.om 8 .iu.
Who Is ne yrcssft J.ificR GorcrrorP sehor
Lopez Roberts, TIE BROTHER Of Naurcio Lopez Ro-
berts, Spanish Minister In Washington. who en-
poys his counsel The sJn.inl.w of MIR. Fish, Soc
rotary OF state
TIE real name Of these brothers is Lopez; but
their mothers Lam, being Roberts. and Lopez be-
Ing so common q nam" as narily to idonuiy item.
they adopted tler maternal ntmc, which is vory un.
spani.h, and may be Irsh r,r what l know. The
Nargnd Lo'sJts IS De LGliH1 sliTi Of III SpgHih
roiWteOrs ~ MIt c'fy HisoJ,cf is 10 -, TdWasefd
NJ heir Asad u Ah trot1sr IA WoshiagtoH sAaA sac.
ce,i IN pro aiatiHg tie Stgts D,IaTinsat Lto JtF.
heiiHg their pl1ts.
VINO the Cuban yolunteorsi Their name
serves to deceive. The Herald says "they are
chiefly SPANISH" Tho fact is they are al Span
idrds-tto very scum OF Spain, and not fair average
representatives. OF that country. To sell the island
to them would be prcposterous and wicked. 1t
would Nc Ike handing Greece over TO her brisands
You have already as aEorod Congressional inquiry,
70 be speedily followed by investigation. The re.
suits win be sure 10 follow.
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1t is urged that it is the right of the cit-
Gems to regard the Sabbath as day Of recreation
aud amusement rather than as a day Of rest and
religious worship and that he has a right to act
upon that belief and engage in innocent amuse-
ments and recreations. May not the Legislature
declare what rccrcations are lawful and what are
not lawful as tending 10 q breach Of the peace or
n C Eruption Of the morals Of the people :" In
other words, may not the Legislature forbid pco.
pie to do anything except 90 to church or twist
their fngcrs' This is Judge WILLIAM =, AIlES's
question. What do the voters sayy
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JOHN GREEyLEAF WHTT1IER.
The Union Lenaue Club Testimonial 10 the
Nmalter pncI of Amcsbmry.

The Union League Club received at their rooms
in Twebtysixti street, last evening John Greenleaf
Whittier tile il,ustrious Quaker poet Mr. Whit
tier arrived at o O'Clock, and was receyed at toe
door by Col. Ethan Allen, and conducted to the
grand reception room, where he was met by the
President of the Club, Mr.. Jackson s. Schultz, and
presented to the assenbaee OF gentlemen met to
greet the bard. Mr. Luther II. Marsh babe the dis.
iingushed guest welcome In the absouce OF WIN,
Cullen Bryant ESQ.,, WHO was detained at home by
illness, whlch was responded TO IN lew touching
duced individually to tne members by Mr.. Schulz,
An In ormal feast was set out IN the grand dining
room. Among the distinguished citizens who par
tcipated Ia the testimonial were Mr. 4. T, stewart,
eX-Mayog Opdyko, DR.. Francis LieOer, John Ham
iton, T. O., T. Il. Van Barren, s. ii. Wales, and GA
Coy. Denison, OF Ohio.
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A Foreign GIN for Mr.. Crinnen.

In the Custom House yesterday, young man
with faxon hair and sallow complexion approach
ed the private secretary Of the Collector aud an
nouneed that he had just received package Oval
liable articles by foreign steamer for Mr. Grnnell
The white.hnifed youth, who is attaohe OF the
Custom house, seemed eager to deliver the gilt, on
w1ich no outy had been raid or demanded. Tho
secretary, however, claimed tie honor oil delivery,
AVID to,k the mysterious parcel TO the Collector.
" hat II was none OF the deputies knew.
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The Hon. OSWALD OTrENDoRFER has de-
clined the Tammany nomination for Alderman.
His name would not have looked well at the side
Of that of NICHOLAS MILLER ROYAL PHELPS and
Mosss TAILOR will hardly accept a nomination
unless they are assured that MoLLER's name will
be kept of the Tammany ticket.
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Who are the Owners OF Broadway 2


From the lordly tone which various prop
crty-holdcrs on Broadway assume, in talking
about the Arcade Railroad I'LL, it is evident
that they fancy themselves TO be the owners,
not only of the land and buildings for which
they hold deeds, but of the great thorough
fare itself down TO the centre of the earth.
They talk of the millions of dollars they re-
present, and the damage threatened to their
pockets, ana demand Of Gov. HOFFMAN, not
TO permit anything 10 lie done which may
affect their rents and incomes.
But what in reality are the rights Of these
Broadway millionaires2 What does u man
really own who holds deed Of lot on that
or any other street, lie is entitled to the
uninterrupted uso and occupation of precise
ly that lot, and nothing more He may
properly claim that nobody shall take from
him the space covered by lis conveyance
but that is all. For him TO contend that the
street in front Of his Possession shall bc
managed in particular way, aud devoted to
particular use, in accordance with his own
exclusive interest, il the merest assump
ton.
1t must never be forgotten that the value
Of Broadway property is not something in
hcrent and intrinsic, hut is purely the crca-
iion of the community. Mr.. STEWARDS
marble and iron palaces, if set down on
Hampstead Plains, or on an Illinois prairie,
would not be worth as much as a respectable
barn. The ground they cover would not
bring n hundred dollars for farming pur.
poses 1t is the great tide of human beings
which flows up and down past them, bring
ing the wealth of the nation TO be exchanged
for goods and merchandise, and paying trib-
ute TO the ingenious caterer TO their wants,
which makes them desirable to own. Take
away the people who use Broadway, and it
might rs well be a street in Tadmor or Baby
lon The people, and the people alone, make
1t what il is.
That The people own the fee Of Broadway
II a fact which the law recogn 1cs AMI since
they also give to the land on each side Oft its
commercial value what is TO stand in the way
Of their making such n Use OF their own prop
cg'y as theythink fiji. For wears now, the mas
s's Of poor aud i'll paid clerks ard mechanics
whose necess ties compel them to spend the
day in the lower part Of the city, have been
praying torso cheap and rapid means Of
conveyance TO and from the scene OF their
l::.,3 toll The Arcade Railroad would am
ply answer their purpose. 1t would bring
the thousands Of vacant lots up town and
the Green fields Of Westchestcr county within
their reach at moderate rate of fare, and
release them from their present sitting quar-
tiers in our crowded city streets. But here
come this handful of rich men and attempt
TO prevent the prosecution Of the enterprise,
because, forsooth, they think They may pcssi-
bly, lose few Thousands by it! The fact IT,
they would gain and not lose but what il
they did lose? What if the people, who
make theirproperty valuable, choose to make
it less valuable? Nothing but illusion, bred
by long and unlridled indulgence in money
can raise an objection t. the qualification Of
thcSS-;Sll-
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The DttrOH Post proves itself thoroughly
cogu4aut not ouly of the real status Of 4aairs IN
Cuba, but likewise of the animus Of the Span
iards. "The truth is" says the Pot, "if the
insurgents were more enterprising aud formi-
dabe-if their operations were vigorous, and
something more serious aud effective than bush.
whGchiug-it Is doubtful il the Spaniards would
dare execute prisoners in thor cod-bloodcd
style" The I5a is wrong, in ms far as any as
persion is conveyed upon the pluck of the Gu
bans. II probably forgets that when Gen. Jon.
DAN allowed Gen. PuELLo To retreat TO the
coast, after the dreadful whipping be iuh cited
on him at Las Minas Oh the ilst Of January last,
he did so only because qHkS GmmuaHios rds &C.
kaHst,d, SO that his men had not round apiece
left The confession Of tho Spaniards them
selves that Fl Horuo was taken aud the Spanish
garrison killed by the machctas Of the Cubdns
alone, has also probably escaped the mott e Of
our Detroit contemporary.
Spaniards cNecitc their prisoners, Americans
others, in the cold-blooIed style against which
the Pct inveighs, simply because they have
learned that they can do 80 without any dread OF
in,crf,r1aco from any who can suu,maT.ly com
mand that these atrocities cease. In word the
Spanish authorities in Havana know that, ndig.
nant as the American people may be against
their acts, they have a friend in Mr.. FISH, who
will carefully respect and cause TO be respected
Their right to commit every possible atrocity,
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Brother smyth's succe-sor-The Evansel-
izer Of the Jews.

Tho Rev. A. G. Iris, who has stepped into the
shoes OF bsnished brother smyth, at the Eleventh
street Presbyterian Church, is one Of those gentle
men who sat In judgment upon him In the recent
"gin and milk " trial. Mr.. Iris Ia the leader OF
"The Presbyterian Mission tor the Conversion OF
the Jews to Christianity" In this country. This
mission has been cminenty successful, having con.
verified eleven Jews during the Inst three or four
years. Whether IL reverend gentleman, VINO Ia a
native OF Holland, and can scarcely speak English,
intends TO give up tie work OF converting Jews,
will attend exclusively to the duties OF the Flew
enth street Church, the SUN reporter did learn
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The Citizens Association applied daily for
aims at Tammany Hail. and at last got DAILY.

At Inst there is lively daily paper in
Trenton, N j. The Sentinel, which has hitherto
been published as a weekly only, now appears,
full of news, wit and wisdom, with the dawn Of
every day. 1t must be a great satisfaction to
the people of that ancient burgh to have news
paper OF their own that can be perused without
putting all its readers to sleep. Besides, the
Sentinel is both honest and good-naturcd while
the other journals Of Trenton are miracles Of
fraud and meanncss.
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:" The gathering Of crowd on a Sunday
in theatre, with its drinking saloons and ITS
usual, if not necessary facilities for aud induce
mcnts to RIGHTEOUSNESS and other kindred vices"
Such Is the way in which Judge WILLIAM +. Al
LEN could speak Of the quiet amusemcnts Of our
adopted citi zcns and yet he expects these cti-
zens to vote for him for Judge Of the Court of
Appeals. Are they as stupid as he thnksS
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Does Judge BuswORru as alawyer-not ms
a rammany oGice-hclder Police Commits
sioncr but as q lawycr-considcr that the Police
Commissioners have legal right to appoint and
remove election officers ut Wllg The does he
differs FROM good lawyers, and from the opinions
he has formerly expressed. We belieSe-unless
Tainmany has got some legislation, real or pre-
tended, that has not been made public yct-that
inspectors 0rd osnvssscTs are appointed for-s
year; that when once appointed they cannot be
removed except for misconduct and that the 70
lice Commissioners have no power TO remove
them without charges. Will not some honest
cleo on ytlicer-if the Police Commissioners have
left any such-raise that question?
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judge BoswoRTH ought 10 have some re-
gard for the good opinion OF his fellow-ciiizens.
We notify him that they will hold him responsi-
bic for the character of the election officers now
being appointed. lie knows that at the last cleo
ton notorious, If not convicted thieves were APP
pointed by the Police Commissioners with the
knowledge of some Of his associates. Win he
see to it that they are removed, and that honest
men are 0ppointedy
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ri'ng the Sabbath as a civil institu

Regarding the sabbath as civil institu-
ton we'll established, it is the right Of the citizen
that it should be kept and observed in a way not
inconsistent with its purpose and the necessity
out Of winch 1t grew as a day of rest" so says
Judge ALLEN in the LwDENNrlLER case. Are
our working classes going to help to put Judge
ALLEN in the Court of Appeals to establish a
Tuntonical Sabbath hereS
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The committee room Of Tanmany Hall was
decorated last night with emo collection of tho
dress and weapons OF a Sioux warrior, consist.
ing OF leggings, woskin, knife, bow. arrows spear,
c ub, and other paTaphernalia Of genuine war
IiOr taken tue plains last TALL. and preset ted by
A. OIIall TO the SOCIETY, Tie collection is hand
--~r,!s mOanted and enclosed In 1uo black walnut
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1t is said that BULLY NELSON, the Man.
Lqsr Of the Eighth Ward, is on the Islaud hut
there is no telling The chances are that 40 is
not lie has influence with the Judges, and is
probably again at large. One thing. however, is
certain: If the District Attorney would do his
duty, BULLY NlLsoS would 60 to State Prison,
where he belongs The politicians my not de-
sire this, but the people do.
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GoicourIn Memorial Services.

Tie Executive Committee OF the Cuban League
met at llg Broadway, yesterday, Gen. Mcmillan pre-
siding. Resolutions were ADOPTED depreca,iug the
action Of tue Spanish authorities IN coudemuia.
Guicoura, and calling upon President Grant To r..
Guest the - .uish Government to klyc up ais bod
ior intcrment la lhe United States.
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T1ToN has proposed, neither Of those gen.
tlcmen having yet announced himself as q
candidate for the White House--and give
success to the movement for woman's sui.
fragc. if any human being can and he
should be put at the head of the united aud
harmonzcd party.
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NITIONaL aU1RD NOTES.

Summer EXcursions-The seventh Probably
Going TO Ncwpsrt-rhc Nose Medal Pre-
scutctiOn Col. Fisk's Regiment Excur-
siOns.
The seventh Regiment will not visit Chicago on
the Fourth OF July. Col Clark has received invita-
lions % visit Chicago, Philadelphiu, Newport, and
other points, but nothing definite has yet been de-
ciiod. The invitation from Philadelphia is in the
name of many o. the leading members OF the CIV
Government and Of prominent citizens who really
wish the regiment TO accept. II Is more tlan prob
able. however that New port will be the point de-
ciled on. TUo Fourth ami Seventh companies Will
make their usual inpependent excursions to some
point In the ncighborhood OF New York.
The connections for the NOse medals viii have
their last drill in the Twenty Re riment Ar
morY, IN Fourteenth street, On Monday eNcGing
next The medals are tn be Tscsouted on Wedue,-
day evening, aud tie regiment viii parade in iul
Uniform Only 1000 invitations have been sent out,
and thcse can be Obtained Of the members Of thc
bearing the letters y. e. aud the noAOgTam OF
the regmeut, his been adopted.
The Ninth de gimont have not decided whore they
will 20 this summer. Col. Fisk. Il ~ understood,
las offered HE command the choice Of three routes
10 ButiIio or Niagara Falls ny tho Erie Rgilrond to
Newport by his palace steamers or TO Long Branch
on the new steamer Plymouth Rock, transformed
into floating motel.
Tho following nnmed members of the Twenty.
second Resiment have been expelled Tor non-pay.
meut Ut dues aud fines: iliam smith, Charles T..
shaw, c. l.. Castrsne, Company i; J. III. y. Iusee,
j. j. Stouvcnal A. ID. Creighton, j. Barns, j. L..
Foster, Good l.. Brush, James J.. Sugdcn, and Jos.
l.. sgndoll, Company Il. This il better than i'm
prisoning them In Ludlow street Jail.
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The Responsibility ofCoicouria's Death.


The Responsibility of Goicouria's Death.
On Tuesday May 8, Gen. DoMISoo GOI-
coURIA, q well known Cutan patriot, but also
a naturalzed citizen Of the United States,
was captured by the Spaniards on Guajaba
Key, and Immediately taken 30 Havana,
where be was tried by a dIum.hcad court
martial, md on Saturday morning last put
to death by garroting, Ike common fclon
All the reports OF the manner of his capture
show that il was effected entirely by the help
of portion of the thirty gunboots which
were built for the Spaniards last summer in
this city, and which the Culans and their
friend here tried in vain 10 have detained
by our Government, on the ground that to
let them 20 was violation Of our neutrality
laws Gen. GoIcoURA had embarked for
Nassau on his way to Mexico as Ambassador
Of the Cuban Republic The little boat
which carried him having been discovered
| by one of the gunboats It was run ON shore
and he escaped to land More gunboats com
ing up shortly afterward his retreat was in
tercepted lie was forced to surrender and
was taken to Havana and executed as we
| have stated.
Upon this state Of facts we have no hcsta-
ton in charging upon Secretary FISH and his
son.in.law, SIDNEY WEBSTER, as much as
upon the spaniards, the responsibility
Of GoIcoURIAs death. Mr.. WEBSTER,
especially, was the hired agent of the Span.
ish Government, not only TO defend their in.
tcrests in the courts, but TO employ all posi-.
hlc means to protco, the guhboats and secure
their safe departure. Mr.. FISH adopted pre-
cisely the course which Mr.. WEBSTER wish
ed him to adopt He might have directed
| the detention of the boats under the neutrali.
| ~ law of 1918, which forbids the use of our
dockyards and ports in equipping vessels to
be used against any colony, district, or peo-
PIE with which the United States are at
peace but he would not, though urgently lc-
! qucsted to do so. The gunboats were conse-
| quently released, and we see the result.
GoIcoUKIA has been captured and murdered,
and FISH and WEBSTER are accessories TO
| the murder.
As # scared by the bloody spectre of their
victim, these two men hasten to exclaim with
Macbeth, "Ihou canst not say l did itw
Mr. WEBsrER's organ, the World, yesterday
morning makes on their behalf a whining
disclaimer Of responsibility, and a frantic
protestation that they did all in their power
TO save GoICoURrA's life. Their agony Of
! fear aud rcmorse comes too late. GoICoURIA
: is but one of series of noble patriots who
will have reason 20 curse the cowardice and
the venality which let loose these gunboats
Ike bloodhounds on their track. The dying
voice of these martyrs is the knell of Mr..
FIsn's political reputation while, as for Mr..
| SIDNEY Webster, if there can DO any
shame deeper than that of an American citi-
zen who sells himself for Spanish gold to
aid in rivcting chains and slavery upon
brave people struggling TO DC free, lac has
! fully morIted il.
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The citizens Of the First Assembly Dis.
trict will be glad TO learn that Messrs. TWEED
and SwErNY have concluded not to nominate
NICHOLAS MULLER, the condemned ticket swim
der for Alderman. There is some decency left
in Tammany Hall after all.
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At the tournament in the Cafe international,
thiriy-nve games have been contested. Tie Games
Played yesterday ~o-r one between Nc. u sI.vy and
the Baron Ff1nkonberg. second class, whicn was
Won by the former Three games were played by
Mr. f.. Perrin, an Of which he won. The two lrst
We're played with Mr.. silyy. the former giving tue
odds OF ava and move, ald the last with Mr..
Dwyer, Of the third class, In which Mr.. Perrin gave
pawn and two moves.
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To-day and tomorrow are the only days
for registry before the election. All voters who
have changed their residences since the last cleo
ton must register to-day or tomorrow in order
to vote. Those who have not moved since the
November election can vote without renewed
repistration
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shnn the Catholic Charities Take state
Aide
Arrangements arc making for the meeting ID


ali tile Catholic priests Of this city, who to do
eide upon the e1podiency Of receiving State aid ia
support Of the charitable institute Of the Church.
number OF priests are opposed 20 accepting State
aid, among them the Rev. D.. McGlyun; they also
hold that no money raised BY taxation should be
given tie schools OF a. llms OF any clurch. They
also aver that denominations OUTSIDE nc Cath
ole cOWmui ion will suffer more seriously by the
proposed withdrawal Oh State aid than their Church.
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duty upon the wisdom Of their choice. We
trust, however, that he will not be long absorbed
by this labor The season Of bobbing for cells
Is at hand, and we desire to hear once more from
him upon his own exploits in that direction. as
well as those of lis friend Judge LORI.
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The New York Palace of Industry.

The Industrial Exhibition Company met at 40
Wall street yesterday and elected L. McMurdy,
irosldent Joseph S. Decker, Vice-Prosident; and
James Turner, Treasurer Two millions Of dollars
Ia certified checks and convertible securities were
deposited with tho Treasurer. The Association
melns business.
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coward bu tcher Of Malaga-who with all his
boasts, has never dared face The Cubans in the
field or leave the shelter of fortified places
hoped to appease the anticipated wrath of the
Havana volunteers for his utter failure to destroy
the Cuban armies or the Cuban Republic.
The cable has not yet informed us that even the
capture and rendition Of GoicoURA has insured
the safety Of De RoDAs's return to Havana.
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Has Boss TWEED sold out to Commodore
VANprRmLT and the Central Railroad monopoly Z?
Mr. RAP ,LLo, one of the Tammany candidates
for the Court Of Appeals, is vANDERBnr coun-
sci. Judge PEcKHiN, another tanddSry,-s a
Central Railroad man. Who is Fries friend on
the ticket? And has Erie friend anywhereS