The New York Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1870, Page 6

FIRE UNDER WATER. Burning of the Brooklyn Bridge. ‘The Labor of Months Destroyed ' o; in Six Hours. facape of Seventy-flve Workmen from | Imminent Death, Btory of the Onstastrophe—Hoss $250,000. “Are you golng down in the lock, Jim?” sald a grimy, hatry-chested fellow to & companion, who was also besmirched with clayey substances, and who stood along with his friend at tie gaping | mouth of the caisson of the East River bridge on Thursday night, at avout half-past eight o'clock, “Yes, I guess 1 will; there's nobody wants to go, down again until the men come back from dinner at eleven o'clock to-night.” For might 1s turned ato day and day inte night tn these bridge caissons; and when the steamtugs, with | their red and blue lights burning from their wooden | turrets go creeping along the bosom of the river | pounds. like monstrous fre-flies, then do these submarine | giants delve and dig and ditch and drill and biast ; the Great Caisson of | one of | caluon vorwart unt h thoy will begia to pump out the water, thereby giving ample opportunity to soak out any hidden ombera of te fire. suoh tn the depth of the oalsson that when 2 flame was. mour the tog sparks ‘Wick would be litagain by the oxygen Ju the, i 7 A GREAT WONDER thatan explosion did not take piace frem this oxygen, and had ene happened the destruction of fe and property would have been terrible to think f, a8 he caisson Would Raye beon biown to pieces wish ail those who were tm It. Bo eatimataor tdea of the damage can be formed untill all tae water ia pumped ont of thy sson, but it is believed that $250,000 will hardly cover it, and it is possibie that . NOTHING BUT THR SHELL of the structure romaing, and the work may have to be bogun ail over again. The work of excavation below the bed of tho river was almost entirely fin- ished, after a tremendous amount of labor, such as has never before been expended on a like structure in America, ‘The ¢atsson Was to coat about $2,000,000 a July constructed, it 1% not known how the five originaicd, out it 13 believed that the fame of a candle caught some of the vents of air in the crevices of the timber ceiling, and thus in a few | hours (he work of | LONG, WEARY MONTHS was rendered useless, The caisson is an immense pnenmatic ptle, put, unlike the piles used tn the [Haricin aad other bridges tn this country—piles rarely exceed ig ax Teet in diameter—this ts 163 leet long by 102 feet Wide on the outs he chamber in whicn the cavation is to be ried On being 160 teet by v8 fee 9 fect in height. onthe rer eo contains 105,090 cubic feet of | timber: the launching frames, board | measure, end the ways, 59,600 feet, board measure. Of wrought tron there 55,000 jounds in serewbolts, 30,000 ands of fat ars in (raimes and angle-trens, besides the large amount of drift bolts and — botler jate, Making in the aggregate abeut 200,000 The whole structure weighs rly 2,690 tons. The contract comprises the building and launching of the caisson, AS the work was to be prosecuted in winter the ways on which it was to Mfty feet below the parting track made by the | rest were laid below the action of ine pod ar. vicious little tugs and mammoth steamers. The work of the BURIED BRIDGE BUILDER ranged that the caissom could be launched. broad- side to. When sunk tothe requirea depth the chambers and shafts were to be filled with concrete inasoniy, | is like the onward flow of eternity; it docs not cease | making a sold block 103 feet by 102 feet at the bot- for the sun at noonday or (he silent stars at night, Gangs are relicved and replaced, and swart, per- spiring companies of men foilow each other up and | down the iron locks, @ dim quiet purpose, afier haying hastily eaten thet meals. While below they work like moles in the ground, biting and biastipg cavities in the solid earth and bouiders, and when they come up out of the fright- tl chasm they bite at huge squares of beef and tom, 164 feet 4 inches by 93 feet 4 mches on the top and 29 feet thick, aud weighing in all about 11,000 tons, BURNED 10 DEAiH. Sad Occurrence at Suiferu, N. Y.Avother Victim to the Non-Explosive?Oil—A Touch ing Deathbed Scene. About eight o'clock on Thursday morning the bread and cheese voraciously, aud absorb quantl- | inhabttants of the quiet little village of Suffern, N. ties of beer in thelr stomachs like sponges, Day Y., oh the Erie Railway, were startled by a tremen and might being alike to them for months, they often | dons report, as if from @ cannon, coming from the lose their caleulations of the days of the week until | residence of Mr. Riggs, who lives there, but works in the-tume nears Saturday night, when a strange sen- | sation seems like an electric shock to strike every Paterson. Instantly Miss Emma Riggs, a fine girl of fourteen, rushed from the house, enveloped in a man below in the earth, and he feels that pay day 13 | sheet or fame. Mr. Norrla, the station master, to- the only event of the Week Worth looking forward gether with sereral others, started to the rescue of to. It is strange to hear of DINNERS AT TEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, and yet on Thursday evening all the mon laboring tm the dismal, badly ligated depths of the cuisson were thinking of the meal to be eaten aud the ces- sation of their weary work, which is only paid at the rate of three dollars for elght hours’ work. The two men had gone down and one of them looked around him, @. shutting the lock, for a minute, Nearly all the men were stripped to their waists, laboring like oxem in chains—some up to their hips in water and others wheeling large bar- rows of earth and stone hither and thitner over the frail planks astride of the ditches full of muddy water. Squat sperm candies were stuck in the cones or Uttie hillocks of earthy mud, and there in the dank foul atmosphere burned blue. Huge grit3 and tre. mendous leviathians of beams obscured the vision and separated the cavern into chambers, making the men moving to and [ro to look like grisly phantoms, H There was a SILENCE OF THE GUAVE over all the place, excepting that here and there was heard the duil thud of the mattock, pick and shovel of those who were slicntiy digging a huge grave to bury the monstrous caisson in. For here was no tue for useless conversation or gossip, Buried beneath twenty-tlve timber, twenty feet of stone solidly packed and sur- rounded and covered in by a monstrous cofin of iron and steel, Suddenly A SPELL OF HORROR fell on every one of those grimy, perspiring giants in that dismal cavern. Pick and spade were thrown down, Wheeibarrows Were overturned and the men grouped themselves i ite knots with bulging eye- Dalis and pallid faces. Tlia spiral shoots of biue smoke and flame burst trom tue jagged crevices in the massive Umber cetling. | “THE CAISSON TS ON FIRE | ! ‘The caisson 18 on fire! eried, or rather snrieked, | the eighty human peings in the cavern. Then came ascene of awful terror and madness among all present. Buried fifty feet in the earth, with no way to get out but by the narrow cylinder jock, which would only permit of three men ascending, and ex. | Peivg for a purse and stake of $400, pecting that an explosion of the gases in the cham- ber would instantly shatter caisson, frame- work and ail the manhood in the place to utoms, the scene was an awful one, and We terror which pos BUCH aS Comes to few U experienced can 0 ed these poor wre was im their tives, but once afterwards be forgotten, ‘the men employed in the caisson were of divers nationalities, seme irish, a number of roans, a score or more ci Italians, a hali-breed Chinaman and two Seoihmen. it was curious i this moment ov LO nee LOW the dikereni charace teristics of ebrougit to the surface, The Chinaman be HOWLING FRIGHTFCLLY until tis dark, leme yioved skin turned purple, | and the while ie invoked ail the gods wno cormerly | obtained subsistence on the Vang. jang and the Mantcuour the irishiacn pro- sent, with a dla oi danger, ran to stat the orifives full of wet earch and Old rags, hastily soaked in the a Wa muitered the vame of St. Patrick betwe ing for aid aud intercession. ‘Th and gestieniated mildly ard calied npon ‘St. An- | thony of Pacdua, and one of ul great precision and carefuln bégan to grope for a liity cent currency note which he had arop; the soggy wud of the caisson, While the Germaus, witht . DEATH BLANKLY STARRING THEM IN THE Face, — | 1 their teeth, call. | guished, | the unfortunate girl, but THE POOR VICTIM RAN NEARLY ahundred yards im her fright before they could catch ner. The gentlemen wrapped their coats around her bedy. from which nearly every slitci: of , clothing had been burned, extinguished the fames | and carried ker back Into the house. Here the flames burst eat again, but were quickly extin- Upon eel ing at the house the moiher of the girl was aiso found in flames, having caught fire while attempting to save the girl before her sight from the heuse. The gentlemen mentioned quickly Te -ig the flames with which she was sur- rounded, je Physicians were quickly summoned, and EVERY CHING POSSIBLE WAS DONE | for the suiferers, ‘The injuries of une girl were at once pronounced fatal. The mother was less dan- gerously burned, and may recover, although she is readfully searred about the head, face and neck, Mis3 Emma Riggs was one of the javorite scholars ofthe Suffern institute, and at two o'clock, death belug certain, at her request the principal and entire school were summoned aud calunly to ber bedside, BID THEM ALL GOODBY, teking them by the hand and bidding a I, She then requested them to si She coolly e. some of her favorite hymns, and an attempt was ‘ mace by her fellow schelars te comply with her re- feet of wonderful m itaitaas jabbered | quest, Dut they broke down wiih emotion. The wounded girl then coramenced herself and sang a& bymu through with a ciear volce without a tremor, She then gave directions about her funeral, the clergyman who should preach the sermon, &c., ina wnner for a girk of her age, Atter this ink and died during the afternoon, still Lies in @ dangerous condition, THE CAUSE OF THE BURNING was the girl's trying to light the fire tn the morning by the use of a little oil, lt was known as Dan- forth’s patent non-explosive oli, and was warranted safe and non-explosive. The explosion was tearful. Jt was heard at a considerable distance; the gias’ was blown out of the windows and the parittions and walls were cracked and started, TROMTING AT FLELLWOSD PARK, she began t The mothe Two trotting races were announced to come off ; yesterday afternoon at Fiectwood Park, the frst mile heats, best three in five, between John Lovett’s bay mare Lady » Ross to wagon, Mr, Bellinger’s buy gelding Hiram to wagon, and M. Whipple’s chestnut mare Ange- Mne in harness. The latter did not make an appear- ance on the track and the wagon horses trotted without her, There was something very strange about we withdrawal of Angeline at the last mo- ment, she having been sold in the pools as first favorite at two to one over the field, The people begin to fose confidence in the driver of this mare, | | andachinge would be advisable, or trouble may ensue when least expected, ‘The second race announced was a match for $500, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, between John Rogers’ bay colt Harry Sehuyier ana A. Odell’s brown mare Teaser. The race was decided the day before, when Teaser distanced Harry Schuyler the first heat in 8:02, .The trot between Lady Ross ond Hiram did not amount to much, as there was very little contention Scotchmen, with | in the heats, the Mare going away at the beginning and winning each heat with ease. The time made ed on | by Lady Koss was very fair to wagons, but, then, wie weather was fine and the track ip Capital con- ition. Between the second and third heats of the race talved High Dutch and Low Dutch and | Mr. Rockwell, of New London, brought tus gray geld- every other dialect of the confedera- | ing St. Elmoon the course and had him driven a tion, beseeching the aid ef their patron saint, | mile in baruess. St. Elmo went to the quarter pole Von Moltke, whom they firmly believed would help | in thirty-seven seconds and a half, and to the hait- them out of their dreadful peril. was heard to observe, This ty ’orrid work, Ishall ‘Miiss iny bit bread and cheese te-night.” Terror has its mournfal and its humorous sides. In the | smeautime discipline began to return, and the fore- | man of the caisson, Mr. a with great cnergy | besought the men tu an ENDEAVOR TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, kets of dirty water were vatnly dashed against | burning timvcrs, but soon the blinding smoke, de as a London fog, iilled every cubie iach of the seven different chambers of the caisson and blinding | men like a siinoon in the desert. Those who had | 4 lungs, and there were but few of them inthe | to choke and gasp for breath, and out them with a paralyzed numbe | ness of error. SIXTEEN THOUSAND TONS OF AIR PRESSURE on the chambers ouly added to the force of the | to scorch and singe those son, and a grand Sedan retreat was made | fused, terrified anu blinded mass of men ioward (he mouth of the cavern, every one rushing, | ig Lis best {rieud in utter dismay | y lock was worked with unusual yapidtiy and speed up ana down to convey the iaborers to the surface of the earth. ‘ihe air pres- sure of twenty ponnads to the square inch furnished | an abundant supply of oxygen to feed the fire, sul Yast Jouow, lambent sheets of flame tappe ail hissed aod tore at the lumber, piercing the masses of Georgia pine aud burming the feart | out of the thickest mogarchs of Lue lorest. As the | jast man left the lock A MIGHTY, RUSHING SOUND of 4 yolnine of water from above was heard to enter the chamber of the caissen, and now the two great elements of fire and water began to batile, duwn below river and earth, for the supremacy. Above, the deafening revolving whirr of two “reat engines, with their jurpaces glowing red, conid be heard os they threw theusands of gailons of river water into the yolcane below, while the rescned laborers clustered around, witn pale faces and quivering tps, under the deep, silent stars, thanking their luck in getting out of THE FIRRY FURNACR. dong Mnes of hose were bent during the night under the orders of Engineer Kingley and Assisian! Engineer Qullinwood, \1_yast streams of water poured inte the chasm, after hour, to drown the five out if possible, aud save the caisson from entire destruction, When mornivg came, however, it was discovered that the fire wes siill raging, aud the tugs Fuller Lebo were sent for and they were set to work, i during the forenoon they poured into the caisson | 000 gallons of Ww: per hour, Al nine ofclock yesterday morning, the fire still burning with great force in the deptus of the | caisson, an alarm Was sent to the Brooklyu Fire De- ; partinent, and soon the entire effective force was | on hand, and @ dezen additional streams of water were attached and all that could be doue was done to extinguish the dames At four y’clock yesverday aiternoon : THE CAISSON HAD OVERFLOWED, and tt 18 belteved that the fire Was smothered out by the Inany huudred thousand gallons of waver which had been empiled into the Casson. A double line of poltce Was on hand (0 keep back the excited crowds of people who want with the wsaal American ip the Ap Englishman , mile | # winner of the wle in 1:15, and came home nicely in | This horse with proper handling must improve, as he is quite young and has had very little attention. ‘The following are the details of the trot:— First Heat,—Angeline was withdrawn and the Wagon horses staried alone. Lady Ross won the pole, She took the lead after an even start and was two lengths in front at the quarter-pole in thirty- six seconds andahalf. Going around the lewer turn Hirata broke up and lost half a dozen lengths. ; Lady Ross was eight lengths ahead at che half- nile pele in 1:14, and coming on steadily, but without pressure, was four lengths in iront at the threo- quarter pole. Hiram clesed up in turning into tho homestretch, and was within two lengths of Lady Ross at the distance stand; but he then left bis feet, and Lady Ross won the heat by three lengths in 5 Second Heat.—The horses had @ capital start the first time they came for it, and went away Acad and head. Hiram broke up in making tho turn and Laay Ross led him two lengths and a helf to the uarter-pole in thirty-six seconds and ahalf. Hiram then trotted fast, and, closing up the gap, took sides with Lady Ross ai the half-mile pole in 1:14, In that way they trotted one hundred yards, when Hiram broke up and fell off a few lengths. He broke up again near the three- quarter pole and Lady Ross led him two lengths at that point, Hiram broke again on the homestretch, and Lady Ross wen the heat by tour lengths in 2:363(. Third Heal.—Hiram was about ene length in front when the word was given, but he troke up before he reached the turn, and Lady Ross led him six lengths to the quarter pole in thirty-seven and a half seconds, Hiram broke up again on the lower turn, and was ten lengths behind at the half-mile pole. Lady Ross oie that point in 1:17, She was eight lengths in ront at the three-quarter pote, and came easily home eat and race by four lengths in 223725. ‘The following ts a . SUMMARY. FLEETWOOD ParK, Dec, 2,—Purse and stake $400, Taile heats, best three in five, John Lovett entered b.m. Lady Ross, to wagon..... oe seceveceeee DL 1 M. Bellingerontered b. h. Hiram, to wagon. 2 2 2 M. Whipple entered ch. m. Angeline, in har- DORs cao os sekevaesisevevyioontiases spsragne Ole TIME. Quarter, Hats. Mile, First heat. + BO yild 2:86 Second heat. 86% Lilt 21305 ‘Third heat. 287 ta » 3% 1:17 FLEETWOOD PARK, Dec. 1.—Match $500, mile heats, best three 1n five, to go as they please. A. Odell named br. m. Teaser.......... Pep | Joun Rogers named b. Cad Schuyler + dls, Quarter, Hav. Mile, First heat.. +3 1:28 8:08 METAIRIE RACES. New ORLEANS, Dec. 2, 1370. At the Metairie races to-day the mile dash was woh by Lida Gresson, beating Sallie Farrell and John Kilgour, Time, 1:465. The second race, dash of two miles, was won by spirit of tuvestigation, to ali go dowa the oaiguu to seo if Wie fre was st ourn- Kildare, beating Donovan and Zuzu. Time, Verda ‘The taird dash of three miles, was won ‘4 Lida Gresson, Walts, Victory agd Qhal- weve. Time, 6OAE ‘LEOTURES LAST NIGHT. WHITHER ARE WE DRIFTING? ‘Lectare by Mise Lillan Notwith: the matchless leotual standard to which she 1s said to have arrived, the beautiful lecturess | must have ‘elt sumo emotions of pride, experienced im some instances leas advanced in the — lofty of mental training, as she gaaed upon an audience numbering upwards of 600 persons, who had gath- ered in Steiaway Hall last evening to listen to her by persons | tious ! attempts in the cluctdation of the words “whither | are we drifting?” The gatnering was most select and interesting, and when the large hail was lighted | up the aspect was truly pleturesque, At eight | o'clock the fair Miss Lillian Edgarton appeared upon the platform and was greatly applauded, Commencing with the remark that many distin- guished men had advised brevity tz public lectures and addresses, she thought that 4 birdseye view of the subjects of i “MARRIAGH AND DIVORCE" would be most pleasing, a well a3 mom truly repre- sentative of the actual state of these two instvu- tions, Passing along @ bighly rhetorical path, she described the Eas andl expressions of many who, being Ladly matched themselves, did manifest injury to tho sex by false representations, With all ine ; boastings of modern populations, if they only ex- , amined themselves they would find they possessed more of the barbarian tu their compositions than | would flatter thelr Kicas regarding perteciton. | _ slan’s first thought Of woman{ was to enslave her; next to exhibit a sort of chivalrous regard for her; and thirdly, he learned to love—atfection, that | gem of human existence, crept mto nig soul, Later | Bill, man wishes to ao justice to-womau; and in | order to enable her to appreciate us justice, she | heeded the highest resources in human life. Po- litical equality sie did not desire for women, but as they were shut out (rom busmess and othor matters of interest it was only just that man should accord em A SOVERFIGN SOCIAL EQUALITY} that which placed the aife-uonate and tender wife | beyond antagonism toher husband, and ensured a , true and faitaiu! performance Of her marital ebiiga- tions. Man shouid sink his lndividual existence for the good of his wife, and the wifo sould exert her- self to te utmost to appreciate aud imitate this selt-abnegation of her partner, PUT MONEY iN THY PURSE. —— Lecture by Rey. I. M. Gallaher. The Rev. H. M. Gallaher, pastor of the Fist | Bapust churen, Brooklyn, delivered his lecture en- titled “Put Money In Thy Purse” last evening, in the Lexington avenue Methodist Episcopal church, corner of Fifty-second street, before a large audience. He thought donbtiess hts hearers had been taught that honesty was the best policy, but if vbey would make money and begpme rich they must give up all such absurd noti For a man to live in a fine house, be a bank director or a gov- ernor, ewe no man, have his wife make calls in her carriage, haye his opinions respected and ils induence sought after ts what the worla calls Success in life, and to attain which one nas only to put money in his purse. Poverty, said Syd- ney Smith, ts a dy in England, and so it is in America. Money hoids evefy material thing on earth in itsgrasp. Once get tnis and you can then get any and every thing else you wish. How to get | 1, set right to work and apply your every faculty, | your every effort to Ws acquisition. Set your | heart on it and you will get i Don't be too scrupuleus about the means you employ to | wet tt. early, work hard and iate, - nothing | away and live on what you cannot sell, and if you do not make money and go te the Old Nick then 1 don’t know. Never loan any money to a poor man ; and never give alms, If you happen to be in a | church—and that is @ ver unhealihy place for @ man tobe in if he wants to make money— always remember that coppers were made for the express purpose of giving to the miuster. Never Day any debts you can help it; eschew all poor relations, and, tike Topsy, think you growed, And once you have got your money you can defy both law and justice, as Well ag pretty much everything else you wish to. Was he tn earnest about what he said? Yes, like a certain doctor who, when an Irishman came to him in great distress and said his brother had swallowed @ mouse, told him to go home and have his brother swallow a cat. THE PHILOSOPHY CF LIFE. Lecture by Dr. Flint Last Evening Betore the Young Men's Christian Association. Dr, Austin Fiigt, Jr., delivered a populars leotur on physiology last evening before the Young Men’s Christian Association, in their nall, at the corner of Fourth avenue and | Twenty-fourth street, Although following so | Closely upon the heels of Professor Doremus, the Doctor was listened to by a large audience, who dis- played the greatest attention and interest, Dr. Flint began by tracing the gradual develop- ment and decay of the human body. Two compen- sating processes were at work in the hnmansystem— the processes of waste and repair, In infancy and boyhood the repair was more activo than the Waste, and, as a necessary result, there was great physical growth, What tho course was that changed thls condition of affairs, «physiologists were unable to tell. ‘There, indeed, at the first blush seemed no reason why @ maa should not constantly keep on growing until be attained the height of ten or twenty or forty feet, wiih @ proportionate weight, But, tn fact, the waste gradualy became greater, until at last. ;in mature manhood, it ‘so exactly balanced the process of repair that instances were not unlrequent where @ man would not change @ pound in weight for years together. Then came the gradual decay of the human frame, There was an ¢yor Increasing preponderance of earthy, Inorganic matter, and an ever. decreasing amount of organic matter, unt at lengin death arrived, Lhe Doctor then explained the character and functions of the skin, muscles. and bones which mainly composed the living body, and showed that to repair and build them up as they were wasted, three kinds of substance were needed; carthy or iporganic matter, such a3 cominon salt; hic stibstances, the distinguishing mark of which was the presence of nitrogen, such a meat and vegetables, and certain pon-nitrog: 18 substances, such as;fat and starch and sugar, which Were consumed in the processes of vitality. He concluded by exhibiiing the philosophy of deglutition, digestion and nutrition, All who wished to reduce their fat and increase their muscle must live chiefly on Jean ireat, while bread and vegetables had a tendency to make iat, This was the whole secret of what was Known as training. The Doctor was greeted at tie couciusion of his leo- ture with hearty applause. BERAL CLUB, The Modern Stage—Ussay by Herbert Bright. The members of the Liberal Club do right in thus naming their organization because of their williag- uess to listen to and profit by ovservations upon the most diverse subjects, Last evening they were instructed, perhaps amused at times, but surely made to perceive exist- ing abuses, by Mr, Herbert Bright's paper on “The Modern Stage.” Mr, Bright traced the history of the drama, and demonstrated the cause and manner of the existence of dramatic feelin through the lapse of time, He allua to the practical character of Shakspeare, as an acter and manager, and its Influence upon his works, He explained the philosophy of amuse- ment. He gave » general sketch of the present state of the American stage, and aliuded to the characters of the actors, dramatic authors and audl- ences. In speaking of the actors he appealea against their practice of individualizing characters, After searchingly criticising the new school of comedy he declared that he “saw in the present condition of Vd American stage nope for Its improvement in the ture.” THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER. ve Tho Supposed Murderor and Chief Witnesses Non Est—The Investigation Postponed. At ten o'clock yesterday morning, the hour named by Coroner Schirmer for commencing the investiga- tion in the case of George Johnson alias Patrick Vaughan, the young man who died tn Centre Street Hospital from the effects of a pistol shot wound of the abdeinen, the witnesses did not appear. Subse." quently an officer of the Seventh precinct, to whom nad en entrusted the duty of summonin John MeCarty and Michael Kerrigan, who conve} deceased to the hospital immediately after he had been shot, called upom the Coroner and reported that he was unable to find the principal witnesses. He had made 7 DILIGENT INQUIRIES at the places where they claimed to Jive, and found fae ho such persona were known there, whieh goes to show conclusively that McCarty and Kerrigan gave fictatious residences at thy hospital at the time of leaving their wounded companion. Me captains of the Fourth, Sixth and Seventh precincts are making diligent searei for the two men, and they are also earnestly searching for Matthew Dobbs THR RRPUTED MURDERER of Vaughan, but it ts feared he has fled the cliy to avoid arrest, Coroner Schirmer having no alterna: tive adj the inquisition till Menday next in order to afford the police time to secure the attend- noe of the fugitive witnesses and any others who May be able to throw any light on the matter. All parties to this t1 are well known in the Fourth ward m_ much intorest is felt among the people there who are watohing closely the 91 proceed- Digh Culture and “almost, FROM OUR EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL Tho hunting season has begun in Belgium with great success, The olassic torest of has "| already been the scene of some splendid shooting. | Large game 1s exceedingly abundant, and every cover that is beaten up discloses an animal. Some j-Brussels gentlemen in one day killed twostags, several wild boars, some wolves and & large number | of foxes and hares, | Letters from France state that the Francs-lreurs: ‘ are armed with Remington rifles, apd that their officers have light American pieces which curry a bullet with fatal precision for @ distance of 809 | metres. They are nine-shot revolvers, A new boily of Franos-ttreurs has been organized in central France, unger the title of “Woodouttera orthe Rhone.” Their programme ts the defence of the republic against all enemies, union with the corps of Garibaldi, the front rank in the fight, the immediate execution of all who recdil in the ene- my’s presence, The leading paper in Strasbourg—the Courrier du Bas Rhin—has been purchased by Germans and has passed into the hands of Mr. Morris, Schauwberg, who employs Professor Albert Grin as hia obier editor. A battery, organized tn Paris by the Poiytechnic School, has the peculiar distinction of counting in its ranks sLx members of the Institute of France, viz.:—The geometricians J, Bertrand and M. Bonnet; the astronomer Langier, and the chemists Frémy, Qahours and Jamin, It also has §=6Mesers, Bayle and Bochet, min- ing engineers; M, Tornn, Professor of Philos- ophy: Mr. Zeller, rector of the Strasbourg Academy; M, Morandiére, Inspector General of Bridges and Highways, and @ great number of dis- tinguished professors ana enginecrs, as weil as journalists, lawyers, sculptors, &e., all mounting guar in their turn as common soldiors, ‘Tho French and Belgian papers are full of narrae tives detailing minor successes by the Francs- treurs, who are swarming throughout ail thea. vadet districts, and ight with incessant fury and much skill, THE AUSTRIAN PRIMB MINISTER AND TUE TREATY. or 1856, The Tagbtatt, one of the most widely circulated Journals of Vienna, detatls a conversation that took place betweon Prime Minister Von Beust»previous to his departure for Munich, and de Novikofy, tho Russian Ambassador at the Austrian Court, When the latter made known to him the steps taken by Russia with regard to the treaty of 1856, M. de Novikof strove to present the Russian move ment as @ very natural one, without any after- thought behind it. He reminded Baron Von Beust that the latter had, some years ago, proposed of his own accord to break the chains that had been laid upon Russia in the Black Sea. He was, therefore, entitled to belleve that Austria would not now raise any objection should Russia step forward to realizo what the Austrian Minister himself had then sug- gested. A, de Novikof aMirmed, moreover, that Russia was animated by the most pacific intentions, and did not desire to touch the other stipulations of the treaty. Versions vary as to the substance of the reply made by Von Beust to these overtures. His reply, however, was courteous to the last degree. Von Beust expressed thé surprise that the course pursued by Russta occasioned him, because the gov- ernment of St. Petersburg might have obtained in the way marked out by the treaty itself—that isto say in accord with the cosignatary rowers, all that she expected to obtain vy acting separateiy. Hence, tuo, he thought that she was wrong to lean upon an old propositioa of his—Von Beus’s—which would naturally lead directly to a #@nference, whereas the course now taken was such as te arpl- tray it & conference aside. The same argu- Ine vanced by de Novikoi’, to justify the abro- gation by Russia separately of certain stipulations of the treaty of might also be advanced to Justify the abrogation of the rest. Moreover, added Baron Ven Beust, Austria was not alone in Si; the treaty, and she must wait to know what the other Powers would say of the affair. After this conversation the Austrian Cabinet immediately ad- dress acommon attitude. The willingness of Russia to accept a conference has siace destreyed the Austrian argument. AMUSEMENTS. GLoBe THEATERE.—The bill at this popular estab. lishment for the present week is remarkable for ex- cellence in quality as well aS quantity. The sys- tem of the management in giving each week a new bill, new facea and new acts has proved very suc- cessful so far, and has drawn larger houses vhan is geverally attracted by this style of entertamment. The wondertul transformation which the place un- derwent at the hands of Messrs. Spencer, from a dingy, forbidding mausoleum to a light, clegant va- nety theatre, has long.since removed the just pre- judices entertained against the old New York theatre. Milburn, a popular si of the Lingard school; John Hart, a capital Ethiopian actor, and @ well trained baliet troupe, are the leading atirac- tions this week. “A Scene at the Tombs" is also yery funny. a Beyanr’s MinsTRe1s.—Ever since their opening night the admirable company which count as their leaders Dan Bryant, Nelse Seymour, Dave Reed, Little Mac, George Warren and Corrie have been en- couraged by crowded houses, “Standing room only”” is the rule, and has very ew exceptions to it. The bill this week has a great many novelties, sprinkled over with some of Dan's choice old titbits of min- streisy. ‘he vocal partor the programme ig also very pleasing, and some of the selections are ren- | dered in a style that would shame some of our con- cert singers. Kruny & Leon’s,—In cork burlesque of ail kinds this company 1s without a rival. The “Nilsson Con- cert” aiid “Rose de St. Fleur are still retained on the bill, having proved too strong attractions to be withdrawn, Strange to say, Kelly & Leon have ais- tanced all other managers in the production of the latest works tn opera bougé Such was the case with “Le Petit Faust,” and on Monday they will in- Sroduge the “Princess Trebizond” for the first tiie in America. THEATRE OomIQus.—Johny Thompson ts still the “bright particular’ at this establistiment, He isa remarkable character actor mcork comedy and a favorite with the public. The Siegrist family and the well appointed ballct troupe are also strong attractions. A coster Ilitle house and more elegant wee ia the variety line cannot be found in this oity. MaTINERS To-Day.—“Fernande,”’ at the Fifti Ave- nue; “Road to Ruin,” Wailack’s; “Rip Van Winkle," Booth’s; “As You Like It," Niblo's; “Little Jack Sheppard,’ Lina Edwin's; “Wee Wille Winkie,” Olympic; “Bohemian Girl,” Brooklyn Academy of Music; “Brigands,” Gran | Opera House; “Paris, Wood's; “Neck and Neck,” Bowery; Popu- lar Concert, Association Hall; Dr. Corry’s Diorama Of Ireland, Apollo Hall, and varlety bills at Tony Pastor’s, Globe, Comique, Hooley’s and Brooklyn Opera House form an olla podrida of amusement for afternoon theatregoers. Ma Pauvrk France.—A grand performance wiil be given this evening, at the Fourteenth Street or French theatre, by the members of the Cercle Fran- is de l’Harmonie, for the benefit of the victims of. fio war in'France’ Mmes. Halller-Dossy, Suzaune Thal, Leydeker; Rosa and Taillefer, and Messrs. Lefranc, Gausias, Predigam, S#runel, Juignet, Ed- gard, Rousseau and Glatigny will take part in the performance. THE STATE ELECTION—OFFICIAL CANYASS. AuBAsy, Dec, 2, 1! The following is the yote cast at the late State election, as returmed to the office of the Secretary of Bia Governor—Hoffman... +e» 899,490 Kaufmann...........+ Compitroller—Nichols..... er... teen oe Canai Commissioner, long term—Fay. NEON. .... 660056 cose ens neel “ Canal Commissioner, short term—Chapman. 3 Barkley..... State Prison Inspector—Scheu Parkhurst... BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL COMMEMORATION SERVICES. Boston, Deo. 8, 1370, Mr, William M. Evatts delivered an address to- night in Music Hall and Wililam Everett read an ode in commemoration of the graduates of the Bos- ton Latin School who fell in the late war. There was much interest manifested in the exercises and thero was a large attendance, ‘The memorial statue by Greenough has been placed in qe hall of tho Latin School in Bedford street. FUNERAL OF SCHATOR BLOODS. Batrston, N. ¥., Dec, 2, 1870. The funeral of Senator Bloods, to-day, was at- tenged by about two thousand persons. Over two hundred of Mr, Bloods’ workmen were present as mourners, Sev@tal of the State officers and mem- bers of the Legisiaturo were also present, and many Se Diaces of tue towa were draped in ed the Cabinet of Great Britain, with a view to” NEW YORK GITY. Linden mp 9 Sit ed 10 alan in cnn temperature t four im com- parison with the eartapadnts salle tay ot last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Phar- macy, HERALD Buliding, corner of Aun street: — é 43801870, “5 SP, 8 45 oP, 60 46 oP. a 68 WP, Average temperature yesterday . ee Average temperature for corresponding date Jast year........66 The weekly receptions at the studio building, 51 West Tenth street, wiil be resumed this afternoon, Am Consequence of some miury to her machthery the steamboat Drew, of the Pcople’s line, while on whe way to Atbany, on Thursday nighi, was obliged Iny to ear Polypus tslaud, Bhe-wus towed into Now: burg. Tho St. John will be put on in her place. ‘The pupils of. the First ward school who were under the principalship of Mr, Thomas Foulke will meet this'evening, at half-past seven o'clock, in the schoolhouse on Grecnwich street, near Rector. Alt “the old boys” Who cau attend are expected to be present, The second annual meeting of the Gramercy Boat Club was held at their room, Thursday even- ing, Decemver 1, 1870, when an election of oficera for the ensuing year took pla ‘The following named gentlemon were elected :-—-E. J. Atkiuson, presid-nt; 5. Augustus Shute, vice presideut; Charles R. Brinkershofi, secretary; Jas. H. Clinch, weasurer; H, M. Howell, captain; Chas. B. Kimbark, Heutenant, " Arumor was started yesteraay afternoon to the effect that, the @uthorities in the United States building in’Chambers street were making prepara- tions for a raid against several Cuban expeditions that were being organized in New York; bat a HERALD reporter ascertained from General Davia, late in the evening, that the rumor was false. Mar’ shal Sharpe aiso.denied all kuowledze either of the organizations or the reported attempt of tie federal authorities to stop them, THE COURT HOUSE COMMISSIONERS, They Hold No Formal Moetiug, but Have a Talk Toxcether~Who Will Eo Chairman t— ‘What Mike Norton May Do. The new Commissioners of the County Court House—State Senator Norton, Alderman Coman, James H, Ingersoll and John J, Walsh—had a little private confab together yesterday, although they held no formal meeting. ‘hey have not decided as yet where to make their headquarters, but it is understood that in & short time a room will be Specially Mtted up for tuem in the Court House, where they eam hold all their conterences without being in momentary risk of getting run to death by their constantly mereasing number of friends, whe desire all sorts of things for their wa and for the ultimate beneilt of the Court House itself. Everybody kuows that Nerton is A BIG POWER in the Eighth ward, and that every urchin in the Fourth looks up to Tom Coman as the iigi-cock- alorem of the entre city. This fact 13a good thing iu itsell at most times, but since weir CP por a3 Commi:sionerg the two “have had reason to regret their popularity. ‘The needy {el- lows who want to get work in the Court House when work gets into full .swing again sevm to have an idea that the $600,000 the Commissioners are empowered to use m its ‘compie- tion can be distributed for ali kinds of labor. “Dye know, Jimmy, me bye,’ said one of the many who were loitering in the halls of the Court House all day long yesterday in hopes of ‘BUTTON-HOLING THE NEW POWER, “aye know Um thinkin’ we'll have a feine time ov 1a this saison, © ov wurrick and plinty oy munny 1s me motto, and the likes o’ Mike Norton ’s the man that'll give it.’’ BE 1d Coman "ll do the same, I hope,” said Te "Pon soul he will that,"’ chimed in a third. “1 knows him this many a year; long afore he ever came to the place he ’s in so long @ day; aud a mighty good friend was he to me and the boys who Wanted an honest day’s wurrick when a body wus wantin’.” Here @ well-dressed politician came along and soon dispersed the gathering by teliing tiem the Commissioners had nothing to do with GIVING OUT WORK and that they would have to bide thelr time until ae ew ad contractors had disposed of the force in eir employ. It's believed that Mike Norton will be the chalr- manor the Board of Commissioners. Some won- derment has been exciied in. ceriain circles by the appointment of Norton as one of the'Comniissioners, Inasmuch as when he was in the Senate last year he took occasion to denounce THE COURT HOUSE JOB, as he called it. Ofcourse Michiel will have every. thing his own way in the matier If he 18 made chai man, and if his charges were true le can have an opportunity to verity his criticisms and his speech. Who knows bat that Mayor Hall appointed him just for that very thing! If he did Michael's fricnds must Jook af 1vin the light of a mighty siy joke on the part oF his Honor, ~~ / SHE WORK OF THE CoxMISSIONERS will be, of course, to complete the Court House, to clean the marble, finish the rear copmg, put up outer dome, or ubolish the dome lea, if too expen: sive, and iinish the upper portion of tie stracture With a Mansard roof, like the Hotel de Ville, in Paris, or the Clty Hall in Boston, RAILROAD RATES, Railway Presidents in Council-An Endeavor to Equalize Rates--No Decision Ar- rived At. A committee, consisting of the following gentlomen met in private session yesterday at the St, Nicholas Hotel:—Ms. William Vanderbilt, Vice President of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroads; Mr. Thomas A, Scott, Vice President of the Penn. sylyania Central Railroad; Mr. Jay Gould, President of the Erie Railroad; Mr. A. Boody, President of the Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad; Mr, Horace F. Clark, President of the Lake Shore and Micbigau Southern Railway; Mr. James F. Joy, President of the Michigan Central Ralirond. Besides the foregoing committee the’ following genilemen, representing the princlpal railway inter- ests of the West, Northwest and Southwest, were in attendance. Oscar Townsend, President of the Michigan Central; Amasa Stone, Jr., of the Lake Suore, Michigan aud Southern; 'D. Rickets, Prest- dent of the Jeffersonville and Indiana Railroad; 3. Drullard, General Freight Agent of the New York Central and Hudson kiver; Addison Hill, General Freight Agent of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway; J.N. McCuliough, General Maua- ger of Fort Wayne, Cleveland, Pittsburg and Erle ratlways;J. H. Devereux, General Manager of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern — rail- ways; H. I. Sargent, General Superintenden;- the Michigan Central Railroad; H. Houston, General Superintendent of the Pennsylva- nia Raiload; U, M. Giay, kreight Agent of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Raliroad, and B. W. Blanchurd, President of the Lrie Railway Trans- portation Company, The mterests of the New England railways were represenied by C. W. Chapin, of the Boston and Albany Railroad, and W. Db. Bishop, of the New York and New Haven Rayroad. THE OBJECT OF THE MEBTING was to devise ways and means of maintaining a moderato and uniform rate of transportation for all clases of traiiic. ~There were leagthy and elabo- rate discussions, and the many details that are to be adjusted on account of the ‘vast number of com- peting points existing in the raflway system of the Jnited States gave rise to animated controversies. bat on the whole the meeting was perfectly har- monious, ‘Ihe railway compantes claim that they do not wish to raise, but to equall:o the rates of transportas tion, in order to prevent unjast discriminations with Trespect to ireight transporiations between different localities and the fuctuations In the charges which render values uncertain. There was a geneval ob- Jection to raising rates any further. At alx o'clock the meeting adjourned to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Matters were progressing favorably, but no definite resolution was arrived at last even- mh and the discussions will be resumed to-day. ‘he railroad companies in convention represent in the aggregate a capital of about $725,000,000, and their annual revenue is larger tham that of the United States government was up to the late civil war, A Young Man Thinks tho World Has Turned Agninst Him aud Turusy Himself Out of the World. Israel Wood, tate a clerk m the employ of John Tappan, 178 South strect, died yesterday afternoon in the Centre Street Hospital. On Thursday after- noon last Wood, while ina partially deranged@etate of mind, shot himself through the anterior lobe of the brain with a pistol which he had socurod for that purpose, Deceased was a man in real aed circumstan he having a farm tm Fiortda, Orange county, this State, where he has left a widow. letter, of which tho following isa copy, was found y — ta.one of Wood's pockets: soxspaz, Deo. 1, 1870. Farenp WitiraM--1 love my dear wife and hope you MM be af 1 ora hers, Tt seems MA enough aiid turaed guizat mes. Friend Wiluam, do ail Coroner Rolling yesterday afternoon gave por- mission to remove the body of deceased to the resl- dence of his sister, Mra. ‘Williams, No. 76 Third Adeect, where an luauegt WILL be eld (0-day, CRISPINS CHEAP LABOR. Trouble Brewing Among Mombers ; of the Understandings, nda rie inact Taterview with a Worthy Knight of the Order of St. Crispin—Chinese Labor Considered—-A General Dismissal: of Shoe-Builders Expected— The Workingmen’s Union to the Rescue, | ’ A HERALD reporter last night visited a namber of the Kuighta of St. Crispen, covblers of the ancient guild, who bear a coat-of-arms sansa bar ginister, with 9 last rampant, and the crest an awl ona scroll of shoeleather, with the legend q “KMMP PRGGING AWAY," Rumors had been ofreulated throughout the city that all was not going. well with the craft, and a certain manufacturer was gcoused of taking steps hazardous to che well-being of this ancient and industrious order of knights. The mission of the reporter was to learn whether there was # foundation for this rumor or not, He met @ shoemaker, a member of the order, and the following colloquy ensued :;— Revorren—Ara you awae of uny aimonity at present existing between a Mr. Burt, @ m@nufac- turer, an’ any of the shoomakers of the city? SHoEMAKER—I am not. I know nothing about the team men, I ony kuow what the bench men are doing, RuPorrew—Then you have heard nothing of any “STRIKE! AMONG THR WORKMEN? SHOEMAKER—NO, sir. I do not believe there is to be any strike, nor do I believe there ts any oceasion for any. However, sir, if you would see Mr. Ryan, the Sir Knight of the Order of St. Crispin, he could undoubtediy give you information of any such @ strike should there be one in contemplation, As the head of our organiza- tion he 1s posted upon anything of the kind Which would be likely to come olf, itmay bens well to siate Here for the benefit of the ubinitiated that ‘“teain’ men are those who work for manwlaciurers, and are never engaged upon more than one portion of the work, Tile labor is divided, one “lasts,” another “sews,’’ another “heels,” another ‘trims,’ another ‘“burnisnes’ and another ‘finishes. This would be THE DIVISION OF LABOR among six workmen, and they would be called a “six-hand team,’ There are in different factories five hand teams, six-band teams and efght-hand teams, A “bench man,” on the coutrary, 18 one who performs ali the work froin lastiag to finishing. The T men work in factories aad the bench men do custom work. ‘ A visit was paid to Mr. Ryan, a broad-brained and broad-shouldered workman, of more than ordi- nary intelligence, Who, having beard the purport of the business, proceeded in a quiet and Ferriemaniy manner (o make the following statemen| 1 believe the rumor of @ coniem) luted canard, Tam well aware that work in the fa bas been falling off of late. This t& the DULLEST SEASON KNOWN FOR YEARS | in this eit , and Lheur the same complaints from Rochester and other large manutacturing centres, One large manufacturing firm in Utica, has, however, at present. employed nineteet irlke is a ries * and I think the dull season will not be a lengthy one in any part of the country. ble is too often anticipated by ‘“ne’er| do wells’? which never come, We have no fault to find with the idanulacturers whose names are used inthe rumors, Onc of them is, perhaps, the largest tirst class soo manufacturer in the United States; he has been oue of the. first men to grant an advance in’ rates oF and the teams he has employed are alm constantly at work in ail seasons. I know nothing of the source of the complaint nade him, and if 1é¢ had a foundation in truth I shot Opt to know of it. He has been always well spoken | of in our business, [fancy this, like other atories in times past, 18 a bugbear, Twelve months since, WHEN THI CHINAMEN CAME HERB, the same stories were cirenlated. These Chinamen went to Massachusetts and found work there, but we never found real cause to fear them, Shoe man- ‘ufacturing after the method of Massachusetts does not require “genius” in the workman. Even the most ordinary quality of Common sense will enable hin to get along splendidly. ‘The brother of the shoe manufacturer @luded to above is # men's boot manufacturer, and he also has a place of business in Park row. Be has a good reputation among the workmen. In the manufacturing interests there are contin- ually bugbhears m_ circulation. wes in custom work are almost without variation, and, therefore, afford but little food for exclting stories, The custom workmen or bench men have not “struck”? since the 34 of February, 1863, When they held out till the 26th of June follow- tug. ‘The (act 1s Whey never tronble their employers Tho wa; LITTLE GRIEVANCES, but only, when a dificulty arises. Involving @ pria- ciple, the justice of which all acknowledge, 4Jn the custom department of the trade inthis city We have first, second and third class stores and Workmen, and @ man may work for tilirty years without being able to take rank iu the first Class, where Judgment in selection and delicacy in finish are required. In teams, where rapidity takes the place of finish, they will PASS FIVTY PAIRS OF SHORS while the benchman 1s making ony pain Conse- qgucntly a reduction of one ant. per pair where a team is working is equal to a reduction of filty cents to the custom workman. Small reductions in the of all work a. affect those employed in ‘actories without causing materlat injury to the benchman, ' THR ORDER OF ST. CRIseIN The shoemikers’ orgamization im this city is not a new one, but the adoption of the St. Crispta's rules and ritual 1s of recent date. They wero adopted only two years ago last. June, to enable us to exert a wider influence. ' Tho Manhattan district’ contains fourteen lodges and with the State organization of forty-oignt lodges is self-supporting. The aggregate strength dn the Manhattan district, allowing large margin for non-paying and non-co-operating members, is three thousand men. ‘What is better than strength?" added Mr. Ryan. ‘We are solid.’ y CHINESE CHEAP LABOR. From one of the shoemakers, a broadiy philo- sophical man, the following was heard:—“The Chinamen have not interfered: with us by their work in Massachusetts. They cannot effect or per- form our class of work, They rival the Yankees in CHEAPNES§ AND CELERITY, and they also rival the ‘prison workshops, under- selling the last by forty per cent. is last 9 @ benefit to us all and will learn some contractors:@ lesson before within the next tew years. THE OTHER S:DE. Crashing the, Crispins—“They Hold Ou to the Last?—Speeches at the Workingmen’s Union. At the regniar semi-monthly meeting of the Workingmen!s Union last night Mr, Murphy, the delegete of Empire Lodge of Knights of St. Crispin, announced that on Monday next a strike would commence throughout the city among the persons in his guild, ‘The bosses” were organizing to crush the order of St. Crispin, and their anxiety to do thts was greater. than to reduce the wages. The reduction contem plated was from ,fiftecn to twenty per cent of the prices now paid, The Crispins were, however de- termined to HOLD ON TO THE LAST. The delegate from Lodge No. 119 reported In a similar strain to that ef Mr. Murphy. On motion it was unanimously resolved to extend every moral and financial aid the shoemakers | in the Ken struggle, and @ committee of five ‘was appointed to co-operate with the standing com- mittee of the Knights in securing the sympathy of all trade organizations in the city and ea unanuwity of feeling in regard to stl , NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Seiree Dausante on the Vermont—Move- ments of Officers, The officers of the receiving ship Vermont gave a very charming entertatmment on board yesterday afternoon, There were at loast one hundred ladies and gentlemen present, and the dancing was con- ducted on the spacious berth deck of the good old Une-of-battle-ship, The Navy Yard Band furnished the music, which, a8 ts always the case, was dxcved- ingly fine and Inspiriting. Dancing was kept up with immense zeal and vigor until ‘about seven o'clock, When the gay company partook of @ sump- tuous lunch in the wardroom, furnished by the veto- ran steward of the wardroom ineas, which was Ri extremely satisfactory to all Who partict- ese semi-monthly soirées are hugiily popu- jar, Cee are always well atlented by the ahive Of 50+, i clety in Brooklyn and York. Lieutenant William 8. Rgncail, nas been. ordered to the recel' ship at Boston. Lieutenant Com- mander Henry 0. Nields has been detached from the Philadel) ‘Navy Yard and ordered to the recety- ingen iecocaee Master Andrew Dunlap has been Hote pincer Be O. Bampton, “actachod fon e waits orders. Fi Ria es we Pups le rol Cy al el] yy been ordered Gee Nipsic. ‘Nowond W. Baird, hed from wy Yard, baa bevn ordered to whe @