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The New York herald., 1874-04-07
The Spring Exhibition OF the Acad-
emy Of Design.

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There is among art circles considerable
speculation as to the quality of the coming
spring exhibition at the Academy of Design,
owing to the avowed intention of the direc-
this seasons exhibition worthy Of the metrop-
oils of America. During the last few years
personal jealousies and professional rivalries
have prevented many artists from giving that
support to the National Academy without
which its value as an art teacher must be i'm
paired 1t is now some tipe since we called
the attention of the artists to the mistake
they were committing in lessening pub
lie respect for the National Acad-
emy, and SO bringing American art
into distavor and disrepute with the
general public The selfish policy Of some
of the more prominent members Of the pro-
fession in Withdrawing their countenance
from the Academy exhibitions was for time
profitable; but the feeling soon began to grow
in the public mind that the higher class of
art was only to be met with in Europe, and
that whatever was American must necessarily
be mediocre. This impression has inter-
fered SO much with the sale Of works painted
by resident artists that the error we pointed
out is now generally recognized. A strong
effort has been made during the past winter
in most of the studios to remedy the evil, and
it is confidently predicted that the spring ex-
hibition will contain more works Of real merit
than have been seen on the Academy walls
for years. We know that many of our best
men will be represented by works of great
vigor, and we hope to see works from
men who have been long strangers
to the Academy. Most Of the prominent
artists have done their duty on this
occasion and striven to furnish works of
more than ordinary merit; but much will
depend on the action of the directors One
OF the great evils to be contended against is a
maudlin sympathy with the struggling men,
bers OF the profession. There are among the
artists number of immature geniuses who
will insist on sending pictures of no artistic
merit to the Academy exhibition; and the
tender-hearted persons who compose the
hanging committee have never been able to
screw their courage up to the point Of refusing
place to the appalling productions of unripe
genius. This weakness is the bane of the
Academy of Design. 1t is allied with belief
in the necessity of covering the walls with
certain number of square feet of canvas, ir-
respective of the artistic value Of the works.
This is supposed to please the public
and to prevent ON outcry being
raised by the slaughtered innocents
against the exclusiveness and TYRANNY Of
The New York herald., 1874-04-07
COnoe emn tiOn Of the Bishop
Olinda by the Brnz lillian Courts.

OInda ny tho brnziIaan courts.
The question whether mankind is to be
ruled by Church or State is being debated as
angrily in Brazil as in Germany. In the case
of the Bishop Of Olinda and the Brazilian
government the struggle is not between Prot
estant and Catholic but between the lay and
clerical elements. In the exercise OF functions
which the Bishop regards as within the scope
of his religious authority he infringed on the
rights which belong to all citizens alike,
without difference OF religious belief, and the
law steps in to protect the citizen. The
question raised is delicate one, and it is by
no means so easy as it might seem to decide
where the line of spiritual authority
should terminate The Brazilian courts, how
ever, have wisely decided that where any
doubt exists the spiritual authority must be so
exercised as not to lessen the liberty OF the
citizen in any way. The cause Of trouble
with the Bishop Of Ohnda was his effort to
suppress certain Catholic associations which
admitted Freemasons to membership His
quarrel was, therefore, not directly with per-
sons outside his flock, but with those who
Claimed 10 De Wlth1n. Inc law, however, mas
decided that the measures he thought fit to
adopt against the Catholic organizations were
calculated to interfere with the freedom Of
action secured by the law to the citizens of
the Empire. AS the Bishop refused to ac-
knowledge the right of the civil tribunals to
interfere in q question which he claimed was
strictly one of conscience, he was condemned
by the Court. Though he refused to admit
the legality Of the proceedings, two coun-
sellors we're allowed to plead his case;
but, Notwithstanding the plea put forth that
the question was strictly question Of Church
discipline, the Court, with one dissenting
voice, condemned the prelate to four years
Imprisonment, with hard labor This SEN
tencc will not, in all probability, be vigorously
carried out, but it evinces determination on
the part of the civil authorities to put down
any attempt on the part of the ultramontane
element to override the civil power. The
extreme pretensions of the Vatican party in
the Church do not seem to be favorably re-
ceived by Catholic governments, and we
should not be much surprised if they should
prove source of weakness instead of strength
to the clerical element in the Church The
world has grown too old to be ruled by re-
ligious caste.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07
A Few Specks of Trouble i'm St. DO.
mingo Again.

A Few Specks of Trouble in St. Do
mingo Again.
The President elect of st. Domingo, Con
zalez, has not yet been installed in office, as
the Convention manufacturing new consti-
tuition had not finished it's work. We Judge,
however he is exercising power, directly or
indirectly, for the provisional government had
arrested batch Of Baez conspirators, who
are charged with completely in scheme to
restore the ex- President to power. Two of the
Baez family were among the arrested, but
were released subsequently through the inter-
cession OF the French Consul Another piece
of news is that the SANTANA Bay Company has
come to grief. 1t had organized sort of
government, with DR.. Howe as acting Gov
ernor, under the concession that the company
claims to have been made; but the present
provisional government Of st. Domingo will
not recognize the claim and declares the
SANTANA Bay convention null and void 1t
is said the Dominican government has
been melted to this course by the
British Consul General at Port au Prince and
the Haytian government. The alleged motive
is that England and Hayti want to overthrow
the American settlement and influence at
Samana. 1t is even said that treaty has
been proposed at the instigation of the British
Consul General between the two republics for
adjusting territorial disputes, and including
the annulment of the SANTANA Bay convention
OF course the Samana Bay Company talk Of
appealing, as citizens of the United States, to
our government; but we suspect great deal
of smoke is raised for the purpose Of again
bringing this st. Domingo question into the
foreground The movement upon Samana Bay
was made originally with the expectation,
if not intention, Of dragging the United States
into intervention. The British dodge is an
old one. Ii our bona jide citizens have just
claim and have been wronged it will be the
duty of the government to protect them, but
it should not be made the catspaw of specu-
lators in doing injustice to weak people.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07
The Connecticut Elcction-DeFeat or
tho Republicans.

From the results Of the election in Connecti-
cut yesterday. SO far as known. there is
little reason to doubt that the democrats have
swept the State. II is thought they have not
only shown their temper towards the respec-
tive parties by voting the democratic State
ticket but that they have also made Legisla-
ture so definitely democntic as to insure the
choice Of democrat as Senator. Although
the temperance vote, which is SO much with
drawn from either side is unexpectedly
large, it is believed that this will not defeat an
election by the people. This result is in the
highest degree significant. Coinciding SUBJ
stantially with what we have seen in New
Hampshire, it indicates unmistakably that the
republican party is in bad odor with the
people, and that the constituencies have
lost all sympathy with the men who
nominally represent them in the govern
ment. Out Of New England come,
no doubt, many of our political sharp
ers, yet the public mind of New England
is honest Buffers and Simmonses are acci-
dents only, and the honest and thrifty Down
Easter, who believes in his country and wants
to see it honestly keep its promises can
not stand party that haunts fraud as its
grandest achievement. Initiation legislation
may not have been necessary to insure vic
tory to the democrats in Connecticut, for
there was enough before to make that result
well nigh inevitable; but it came in time to
somewhat intensity the outburst against
party that has ceased to care for the country
and its honor, or the people and their will,
and that holds on to power only as power is
plunder and as it assists the unscrupulous poll
ticians to play prettily into the hands of their
financial friends. New Hampshire and Con-
necticut are sure forerunners of great
change.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

The ASSISTANT ALDERMEN join the Alder
men in urging the Importance of Legislative
action on the subject of rapid transit this ses-
sion. The legislators must be blind who do
not see that the people of New York are in
earnest in demanding of them rapid transit
commission, and will mark the unfaithful
representatives who oppose or obstruct such
measure There is rumor that the Wander
bilt bill is to be withdrawn. 1t will be well
Tor all parties concerned if the rumor should
prove to he correct.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

LAKE NAVIGATION is opening, and the large
trade dependent upon that will now revive and
have happy effect upon the markets and the
laboring classes The news from Ogdensburg
shows that navigation is open at that place
that one steamer left yesterday for the lake
ports that the craft in the harbor are rapidly
fitting out, and that the Northern Transporta-
ton Company would start their boats to-day.
Winter has been prolonged into spring, and
the consequent check to business and suffer-
ing among the working classes have been ex-
tended, but there is now prospect that relief
is OF hand. We should not be surprised to see
as sudden and as great revival OF business
and industry as was the depression at the
commencement Of winter,
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

Dr.. LIVINGSTONE. a special cable de-
ssatch we print short account of friendly
letter from DR.. Livingstone to Mr.. Stanley,
written at Lake Bangweolo, Central Africa,
several months, apparently before the Doc
tors death. He reiterates his gratitude for
the assistance received and gives hasty view
Of his geographical labors, fuller account of
which, it is hoped, we shall soon receive. He
seems to have been at the moment of writing
III the full enjoyment of ordinary health.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07
The Assassins or Protestant Mis-
sionary Condemned to Death.

siOnary Condemned to Death.
Mexico setting good example to New York
is something new under the sun. 1t appears
that the same sentimental notions as to the
sanctity of the lives OF murderers has not yet
taken root in the neighboring Republic. At
least we should judge so from the telegraphic
despatch which we publish in another column
from our special correspondent. From it we
learn that six of the fanatical mob that assas-
sinated the Protestant missionary Mr. Ste
phens, have been condemned to death. The
priest Ochoa has also been brought to trial
on the charge of inciting to murder, but his
case has not as yet been decided 1t is pleasing
to notice that the religious fanaticism of the
ignorant Indians and half castes who make up
the lower stratum of society in Mexico does
not extend to the official circles, and
that in Mexico the man who takes life even
under the deluson that he is serving God, will
be punished with the utmost severity of the
law. Indeed, the Mexicans seem to be rather
in advance OF our boosted civilization in their
regard for the sanctity of life, for il a mob
were to kill a man here, from whatever mo-
tive, if would be difficult to obtain so severe
sentence as the Mexican courts have pro-
nounced against the guilty parties. If the
same severity could only be introduced into
the administration of our own laws life would
be much more secure among us than it is at
present
The New York herald., 1874-04-07
A. & W. SPRAGUE.

PROVIDENCE, II. L., April 8, 1874.
II ia now understood that the proceedings In
bankruptcy against the A. w. sprague Manufac-
turinp company Will be discontinued on Wednes-
day. To-day a general assignment under the State
laws was executed to T. Chance, the trustee under
the mortgage. This does not supplanJ the trust
mortcaQe but Is simply auxiliary or supplementary
TO il. and operations will be continued as hereto
fore and suspended paper will still be exchanged
FOR three year notes. agreeRbly to the provisiona
cft thc original trust.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07
THE MASSACHUSETTS, sENATORsH1P.
Eleven Ballots and No Choice.

BOSTON, April 8, 1874.
Owing to the numerous absentees there was
merely repetition Of the old form OF going through
the show Of casting the eleventh ballot in the Mas
sachusetts Legislature this morning, without the
least expectation that it would contribute to bring
about decision on the senatorship question. But
it Is said by those WHO are in q position to know
what transpires in the secret meetings OF the
friends OF Mr.. Dawes ana Judge Hoar which held
so frequently, that both factions have determined
to 20 into the business with vi00r tomorrow, and
in the event Of there being no choice 't0 make
day or it" on Wednesday. In the Joint Assembly
the following figures were inscribed on the Clerks
jOurnal:-
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HIGH CHURCH DIFFICULTIES,
PHILADELPHIA. April

PHILADELPHIA, April 6, 1874.
The First Reformed Episcopal church was organ.
ized yesterday at the Falls OF ofSchuyk by the men,
bers OF the church Of st. James the Less, who Sc.
ceded from that church on account OF the intro
ducti0n OF rituastc practices. All the secedera
have joined the Reformed Church, with Rev, Wal.
ter Windeyer rs rector.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

SANBoRN. This remarkable person, who is
q farmer on a large enough scale to have q
grange all to himself, was yesterday inter-
viewed by the committee investigating his
contracts, and his answers are interesting as
showing some remarkable discrepancies with
the answers Of Mr., Richardson 10 the same
committee.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

BUILDING IN THE CRY appears to be checked
in consequence of the uncertainty that has
prevailed about the currency and the difficult
t,es existing between employers and laborers.
The first cause will soon be removed, for Con-
gress will, no doubt, take final action on the
pending financial measures. The currency
imitation will rather tend to stimulate busi-
ness, whatever may be the ultimate disastrous
result. And it is to be hoped the builders
and the workmen may come to some COM
promise, and that building will be actively
yusumeska as the spring opens.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

POLICE FACTS. Two men, who pounded q
policeman with his own club, are to be pun
ished. A policeman who brought boy out
Of a second story with brick will probably
be promoted as good shot.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07
ooLoRED CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. April 8, 1874.
In the Supreme Court to-day Judge Perkins de-
clded that colored children have the right to at
tend the public schools of the State In any town
ship where separate schools are not provided fof
their use,
The New York herald., 1874-04-07
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The United States steamer Monongahels was ct
Rio JaneirO February "a.
The United States steamer Gettysburg sailed
from Aspinwall March rs Tor San Juan del NOrte.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

astic and excited meeting of Germans was
held last night, as reported elsewhere, to pro-
test against the management of Castle Garden
By Americans, the people of that objection
able nationality being so notoriously ignorant
and dishonest that it is looked upon as an
outrage Shat the honest strangers from Ger
many should fall into their hands. 1t all ap-
pears to be political fight, in which the Ger
mans have for the moment, the worst of it,
and denounce their opponents as people who
wish 70 make political use OF Castle Garden
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

THE Police JUSTICE CONTROVERSY. The
General Term OF the Court OF Common Pleas
yesterday sustained the decision in favor of
the constitutionality of the law which turned
the elected Police Justices of the city Of New
York ont Of Office and gave the appointment
of their successors to the Mayor. The principal
point Of the opinion OF Chief Justice Daily is
are not Justices of the Peace, and hence are
not included in the constitutional provision
which declares the latter an elective Office
The case will now go to the Court of Appeals,
and as it is a preferred cause a judgment
will probably be reached in May. There
should be no unnecessary delay in the final
settlement of this important question.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

From our reports h,is morning the lroJab;lite.
are that The ,ceather today riH be rainy.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE,
pposite City Ham Brooklyn.-A NDhAN'S WRONGS,
sP NJ closes at ii Z. NJ Mrs. T. ;. Chanirau.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

The LIQUOR CRUSADERS are not very sue
cessful, according to the statement of one ef
the largest distillers of the United States, Mr..
Brooks, of Cincinnati. This gentleman
AYERS that there has been more business in
whiskey during the past two months than for
the corresponding period last year. We sup
pose he speaks for his own business and that
coming Immediately under his observation
more particularly. Still, he makes the as
sertion that the wholesale branch of the
whiskey trade in the West has not been Grip
pied by the women s crusade. 1t is admitted.
however, that the ale and beer brewers have
suffered. This seems to indicate that the
women grogshop raiders have exercised mora
over the comparatively temperate
than over the hard old topers, who avoid beer
and stick to whiskey.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

COLOSSEUM
Broadway, OF Thrty-hith street.-PARTS BY
MOONLIGHT. mt r NJ; closes al T.. NJ. same ut r
N. loses al lJ y NJ
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

NIBLO'S GARDEN
Broadway between Prince and Houston streets-DAvY
CROCKETT at r. NJ closes vt lD 30 L. 81. Mr.. Frank
Mayo.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07
NrRLo,S GARDES.

METROPOLITAN THEATRE,
No 5a5 Broadway-yARIErN ENTERTAINMENT al
7:45 5P. NJ. closes at 10 30 +. NJ
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF Music
Montague street-tirand Charity Matinee, at p. NJ
I.ola. Park Theatre Company, &c.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

BOwERY THEATRE.
Bowary-BUPFALO BILL. and VARIETY ENTER
TAINMENT Begins at 8 r. NJ. closes at II T. NJ
The New York herald., 1874-04-07
WOODS MUSEUM,

LYCEuM THEATRE
street, Sixth aveuueCrand Parisian
roliy. at s r. NJ. closes at II p. NJ
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

the academicians. However, the experience n
the past few years ought to teach the hangina
committee that no mere spread Of canvas viii
enable the Academy exhibition to sail into
public favor. The people of taste, who draw
the crowd after them, are sure to prefer small
number of good pictures SO disposed that they
can be seen and admired to heterogeneous
collection Of pictures in which the mediocre
ana the worthless swallow up whatever il
worm looking at. The interest of American
art as wel as that of the Academy of Design,
demands that this fact should be kept in mind
by those responsible for the admission of pic
lures We warn the committee in time that il
they, by weak exercise of compassion for
medlocrlty, expose worthless daubs on the
Academy walls in the forthcoming exhibition
the public will not be likely to condone their
fault or hesitate to express its condemns
ton of policy which seriously damages the
interests Of American art.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

DALY's FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
Twenty-eehth street and Broadway.-CHARtTY. at 8 p
N. closes To- 80 T. NJ. Miss Ada Dyas Miss Fanny
Davenport, Mr. Fisher Mr.. Lewis
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

WOODS MUSEUM.
Broadway, Thirtieth street.-lDLEWTLD at 9 p
NJ: closes at 4:30 p NJ EsCAFED FROM SING SING,
at r. NJ closes at 10 80 7. NJ
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

PRYANTS OPERA HOUSE
twenty third street. near sixth avcnEe.-NEGRO MIN
SrktI.si, &C., al : T. NJ. closes at IL l.. "
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

THEATRE COMIQUE
No. 5l+ Broadway.-yARIETY ENTERTAINMENT. at 8
T. NJ closes Ut 10 30 r. NJ.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

GERMANIA THEATRE.
Fourteenth street. Irving placc.-LOHENGELB,a at
eP NJ closes at IL z. VI.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE
M. s0l Bowery.-VARIEfY EMBARRASSMENT at s 7
A.. closes al IL +. NJ. Matinee AZ = +. "
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

BOOTHS THEATRE.
Sixth avenue and Twenty rd ZIP, att As NJ
closes at 10 A T.. VI. Lotta.
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Whole number of votes cast . :. .
ANOTHER BANK DEFALCATION,

An Official Of the Brighton lIassachu~
setts) National Bank Deficient About
$4,000.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

BROADWAY THEATRE.
Rr1saNay. OPPOSITE Washington place.-HUMPTy
DtaPly AT HOME, &c, AT r. NJ. closes at IL r. NJ
a.. /. Fox.
The New York herald., 1874-04-07

WALLACK'S THEATRE,
broadway and Thirteenth stfcct-THE & VETERAN, at 5
NJ closes al IL T. NJ. Mr. Lester Walack, Miss
Jedreys Lewis
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LECTION NEWS.

CASTOR. p.mnrra.. has carried M1s.achu
srtis: B..tlsr IL v~-wl,clmlngly defeated in
lis owu district: Massachusetts, has elected
AK nI. "i ,.I,'vru Congressman Thrr- arr
large "pr.', ti"u ga..s ia New York. R'.nac
Island anl MINI, io' Elect nj! Republican, Con.
gr,-ss.u-n Trnurss.r give - 100 Drn,,cgat
majority. Ia Virginia there are apparrn. run.
.rrva.lvr e,is.s and ! gaia al on- C"n .r.ss.
man c-rtain. In Nevada the Sharon I.rgsil.
i.sc ticket is elected. Chicago elects the OPP.
position county ticket. but returns Nil Republic.
can Congr-ssuirn. Sir Luke Poland is defeat.
I'd. The opposition will possibly gain one Con.
gresham Michigan rejects suffrage and the
new Constitution. but loses tw" Republican
Coner.ss,ncn. IN Wisconsin the Republicans
b"ld thrr own in Congress. In kentucky the
Democrats carry everything. In Maryland
the Democrats lose n Congressman and elect
three ont of five in Sonth Carolina, Georgia =
whul. delegation is Democratic. New jersey
elects Democratic Governor BY 5000 major
ity. Twothirds Of the Congressman 1t New
York are Democrats. The Conservatives car.
~ New Orleans by $1,000 Bradley Demo.
crat. is elected Governor Of Nevada by 1900.
Kellogg has been swept overheard in L"u'si-
ana The Republicans claim P-nns, lvania by
10000. Delaware aud Missouri have gone
Democratic.