The New York Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1871, Page 4

4 ———— THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. A Leaf from the Log of the Congress. Reading at Twilight Amid Icebergs—The Grand Displays of Aurora Borealis—Meteoric Lights Assuming Every Shape — Magnificent Arches, Columns and Spiral Stair- ways—The Summer Fisheries in Newfoundland and Labrador, Sr. Jonns, N. F., Sept. 10, 1871, 1 have procured the report made by the United States ship Congress on arriving at Disco on the 1oth of August, where she met with Captain Hall’s exploring expedition, The following is acorrect copy:— “We passed HUNDREDS OF ICEBERGS, but encountered no pack ice. As we advanced day became perpetual, The sun sank behind the norl- zon but @ short time, and the twilight was sofiicient to read by all night. The displays of the aurora bore- alis were extremely grand; meteoric lights, assum- ing magnificent arches, columns, scrolls and spiral stairways. We found the Polaris at Disco but six days in advance. Captain Hall with eighty Esquimaux ‘boarded us amile from the harbor. Captain Hall and his men are in good spirits aud sure of success, Some trouble had arisen between Capiain Hall and his scientific associates as to the special object of the expedition which threatened to be serious, but by the judicious and Orm interposition of Captain Da- enport, who laid down the naval law and Stated that the paramount object was getting to tho North Pole, harmony was _ restored, The Polaris sailed August 17, in the afternoon, amid cheers from the Congress. Captain Hall instead of going via Jones’ Sound will keep to the west side of Smith’s Sound, as there are ice Griftssouth westerly, which delayed Kane’s advance And, as the season is open, he hopes to get through this year. The Congress remained eight days at Disco and found the regular summer in Greenland. Disco is tae oficial residence of Inspector General Smith, of North Greenland, and who received the Congress with a salute of fifteen guns. When we Presented Secretary Robeson’s letter, statung the Opject of our visit and soliciting the co-operation of the Danish authorities, 11 was cheerfully accorded. ‘The stores which tue Polaris could not take were leit in Inspector Smith’s care at Disco. The Esqut- Mmaux at visco live comfortably. The WOMEN WEAR BRERCHES and high top boots, the men are industrious, the children attend school, and ail are Lutherans, On Sunday the Inspector and wife, Captaig Hall and | crew, and 100 Esquimaux, in holiday attire, attended divine service on board the Congress. Dr. Newman preached.’” The cheerful spirits of the Newfoundlaaders this fall evince the return of the “good old umes,” when their island was a Golconda of the North Atlantic. Many years had elapsed before we again enjoyed the almuvast legendary annual regatta upon the beautiful lake, Luidi Vidi, This year the old custom was re- sumed, and the graceful slopes that surround the lake and the familiar pond itself were full of the feativity and uproar of the races. As none but local crewa engaged in the aquatic contest its details are ‘Bot suflicientiy important to communicate. NEWS FROM LABRADOR. The steamship Uspray, which returned to St. Johns from her trip to Labrador, brings uews from ‘hat region to August 14. The catch of fish had been unusually abuadant and the weather continued un- usually favorable. In some settlements the figher- men averaged from sixty to seventy quintals a man, in others from twenty-flve to thirty quintals, As a quintal of codtsh 1s generally worth a pound ster- ling or $6 currency, the fishermen were, evén at that date, amply remunerated for their toil; but the “voyage” will not close until tue end of October, when the cra{ts engaged aiong the coast of Labra- dor will bear up for their respective destinations. Those fortunate enough vo possess cod seines—nug- bets employed to draw shvuals of cod—have taken trom five hundred to stx hundred quintals each. Shortly before the departure of the Ospray from Labrador herring in large quantities and of a vaia- able quality struck in on all sides. For the first time in very many years mackerel, which had de- serted our waters and niigratea to Nova Scoila, re- - appeared this season; and in Littie liarbor, on La- NEW YURK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1871,—TRLPLE SHEET. A SOUTHERN SCARE. North Carolina Negroes Arming for the Ku Klux—An -Apprehended Raid on the Char- lotte Jail—The Murderer Dunlap Expecting te be Lynched—Iocendiary Language—The Rivgleader Arrested and Bound Over to Court. CHARLOTTE, N. C., Sept. 15, 1871, For three or four days past the citizens of this place have been apprehensive of trouble on account of the threatening attituae of the negroes. It 18 said that since the recent apparent victory of the republicans on the convention question the colorea Population of Uariotte apd of the state generally have assumed & bolder and more deflant demeanor toward the whites; but it was not unul last Satur. day night that any fears were entertained that this display of ll feeling world culminate in a serious diMiculty. The bitterness of the freedmen against the whites, brought apout by Ku Klux outrages, real and reported, needed but a little additional irri- tation to fan the spark intoa fame. And of course in such a state of affairs @ pretext for a collision could not long be wanting. On Saturday night, about ten o'clock, it was rumored that the negroes were arming with guns, pistols and knives, and were congregating in large numbers in tne neigh- borhood of the county jail. It was soon ascertained that this rumor was based on substantial fact, Large crowds of freedmen of both sexes ahd all ages bad assembled in that part of the city in which whe prison is situated, and being armed and under the influence of great excitement their demonstra- tions were violent and alarming, The police, how- ever, Were not long in coming to the scene of ex- pected danger, and, after some delay and parley, found out that the cause of this threatened vut- break was the report among the negroes of a coming KU KLUX RAID on the jail for the pucpose of lynching the mur. derer, Lee Duulap. It!s probable that this ramor had no foundation infact. If the whites here had any Knowledge of the anticipated raid—and I can- not believe that they had—they certainty succeeaed marvelloysly in convincing one of their ignorance and innocence of such design, ‘The instigators of this mob, after being reached ‘by the police officers, seemed willing, though some. What reluctant, to listen toreason; and, on bein: assured that the jail should be thoroughly guarded and their iriend Dunlap properly protected, they addressed a few words to their followers, and the crowd was slowly dispersed. At mianight all was quiet. ‘The murderer was undisturbed, ‘The following day being Sunday more persons than usual were on the streets, and the occurreaces principal topic of conversation. The citizens are naturally very uneasy, and they deprecate anytaiug that would tend to CAUSE AN OUTBREAK on the part of the negroes. The latter, proverbially not to tell unytiung Whatever about thelr source of information, “How did you learn that the Ku Klux were coming for Duniap?” 1 asked several negro meu on Sunday morning, and this was a specimen of the answers returned:—*We knows it, and dat’s enough,” “Niggers ain't all fools; what dey knows dey Knows,’ &c, This 1s actually ali that could be obtained from them respecting the why and where- fove of thts great uprising. Tue 4 passed with the hope on the part of the whites that there would be no further cause for a disturbance. In this, how- ever, they wero dvomed to be disappointed. About midnight, or between that hour and one o'clock on Mondity morning, the citizens were aroused by the YELLS, SHOUTS and other noises made by the negrocs, who were rushing towards the jail in larger numbers and manifesting greater violence than on the night pre- vious. Taking into consideration the lateness of the hour, the apparent frenzy of the blacks and the long-continued uneasiness and depression of the whites it not the latter should entertain great alarm. Ina short time nearly the whole number of the male white inhabitants were up and hastening Lo the scene of action. His Honor Mayor John A. Young was of the number, who, after as little delay us the confu- sion would’ admi 4Mob, to whom he addressed a calm and dispassion- ato appeal, requesting them to desist from their riotous conduct, and firmly assuring them, if any serious consequence resulted from their action, that they, the instigators or the uproar, would be held strictly accountaole. His words and manuer seemed to have the desired effect, for in a short time the —— and dangerous assemblage gradually disap- peared. The negroes attribute this second uprising to the same cause which produced the first. They say that they dia it to prevent the Ku Klux from breaking tuto the jail, seizing and LYNCHING LEE DUNLAP, @ man of whom the HERALD nad some account in man by the name of Gleason during a political dis- turbance at the Mayor's office in Charlo.te some tine in the spring of 1869, It ts sald that Gleason had offered no provocation whatever, killing was downright murder. And tojustily these reports I need only say that Dunlap has been tried three different times, im three different counties, and that the a oe man took 200 Larrels of tai marketable sh, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, The Chamber of Commerce in Newlouadiand is tts most consequential establishment. They reventiy held their annual meeting at St. Johns, and drew up a ull report of the condition of the island, showing @ marvellous increase in its agricuitural, mimeral and tishery resources. The chiei pojur discussed by the Chamber of Commerce, and the most interest- ing to transmit to the HERALD, was the right of the Monticello, an American steamer, to prosecute the seal fishery on the coast of Newfoundiand. 8 18 a revival of the old feud of which you were ijormed last spring. It 1s matutained by the Chal ber that an American vessel has no right to make an outét in Lo | of our ports and avail herself of our invaluable seal fishery to the detrimeat of our coim- merce with the Uni:ed States; for she may bring ber cargo into any port of the United States duty iree, whereas we arte compelled to pay a lax of twenty per cent upon all commodities exported thither, One of the members of the Chamber Longe that the Washington Treaty pro- vided that “fish ols’? should be exempt irom duty, ‘Then arose an icnthyological discussion on wie genus phoca, or the condition of seals, wnicn puzzled the Uhamber exceedingly. Some thought that seals were fish because they were found lp the Water; others that seais were of the mammalia order because they were Irequently discovered on rocks and icebergs. As no Javorable scientific couciusion was oaead at the intricate question was ad- journed, . You must understand that those men who unne- cessarily seek to imvoive the owners of the Monti- cello in trouble are English merchants, whoily guided by prejudice and ialice in their process against au Allerican Claim, rather tian governed by their good fecling for tue welfare of Newlound- land. The sentiment of the people of the Island to- ward the owners of the Monticello ts unant- mously io favor of her right to engage 1a our seal | fishery. You nave never been aware, perhaps, that | our seal hunters suffer incredibie Geprivations aud | actual crueities at the hands o! British and native | gkippers during the tolisome seal voyage. ‘Their food is almost unexcepionadly rancid and pestifer- ous, The room allotted them jor sleep and shelter forbids evea a distant appreach of sensitive olfactory | nerves. They are buddied together so compactly | that they are deprived of air as well as an oppor: | tuulty of changing clothes during au eutire spriug. After taking a cargo of seals, even the squalid pen | 1 refer to 1s filied with seais and the tli-iated crey— sometimes & Nundred m Dumber—are compelled to ferret out places of rest upon an wusheitered deck, in all sorts of weather. So much for the vessel supery by the men of tie Chamber of Commerce, who would deprive the Monticello of the opportunity of doing good jor Newfound. land and the Newfoundlanders. I have procured from an intelligent aud liberal native here a descrip- tuon of the manuer ip which ine ‘Yankee steamer’? treated her crew, which 1s highly commendabie, and affords a salutary example to the merchant princes here, who for the sake of a litte more gain conuive at gross crueclties inflicted on our genial and hardy fisherman during a voyage which brings gold and luxury to their doors, A FLOWER SHOW IN A SKATING RINE, It appears anomaious to write of a flower show, not alone in this arctic atmosphere, but in a skating rink. Nevertueless we had the pleasure of witness+ IDg & MOS Corgeous display of every varety of Flora’ gilts, from ule fern and wild rosé to the most deil- | cate blossoms of the South. The show was attended by the éi(/e of tue city, and elicited general admire | ou. EUBIZ ON CLOTHING. An enterprising genius named Samuel F, Kurtz | was airaigned before Judge Ledwith at Essex Mar. | ket yesterday morning charged with obtaining a suit of clothes from N. Doll, tailor, No.6 Beekman } Street, by means of false pretences. Kurtz repre- | Sented himself as an intimate friend of Mr. Thomas | Fardrew, 21 Park row, aud showed the following letter, which is alleged to be a forgery :— MEN, Dout, Present:— Deak Sin—The bearer of this {s connected with me in my business, and it gives we pieasare to recommend bim asa geatleman of ivte.rity. 1 ain willing to be responsible ior the payment of the parchuse he makes at your place. THOMAS FARDREW, 21 Park Row. Kurtz obtained the suit of cloties and donned them immediaiciy. Mr. Fardcew denies all knowl edge of Kuriz, He was locked up for examination. BERGH IN HOBOREN, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ani- | mals in Jersey has appointed Ralph Thomas, a ciil- zen of Hoboken, to further the objects of the asso. ciation in that town. The Police Commissioners | have ordered the oMcers to ald Mr. Thomas in de- | tecting all persons found maltreattug auimais. ‘The | innaman fogging of horses leavily laden up the ferry bridges will probably be among the evils to re. The ferry company may 4lso see to tie | jisyment of the crueity of allowing rational ant. | mails to bé packed 80 closely in the ferryhouse bal (We moraine, Whig We boats are ‘iaying over.” | Rev. before three diferent Fie all of his own selection, and has tiree Umes been found guilty and three times been sentenced to be hanged; and yet, owing to political influence and favoritism, something has been interposed each time to prevent him from suf- fering tuis ian ous saiemene. It is sald and be- lieved here that if he haa been a white man he Would have been hanged long ago. The United States Court is now in session at Raleigh for the express purpose of investigating the Ku Kiux outrages, and a jury has been empanelled, to whom Judge Bond has delivered an explicit and impartial charge, requesting that none but the gulity shall suffer. AN INCENDIARY MENACE. Quiet again reigns here. At .the trial before the Justices on Monday morning it was proven that manuel Lord, the ringleader of the disturbances on Saturday and Sunday nights, had been guilty of using violent and incendiary langaage, one of his threats being that in case of a certain event hap- pening he would bura the whole city to ashes. He was bound over in the sum of $500 to keep the peace, and in §500 additional for his toe; at the next term of the Superlorvourt. It is not yet known on what information the negroes acted in geiting up these riotous assemblages, and many of the citizens think the report was startod by design- ing demagogues for the purpose of incitiig a col- lision between whites and blacks, thereby precipi- tating the impending declaration of martial law, ‘This, most likely, 13 @ correct view. CAUTION TO IRISH CATHOLICS, Father Corrigan Righted. New York, Sept. 20, 1871. To THE Epitor OF THE HuRALD;~ Tread with great pain your introductory remarks in the HuRALp of Tuesday ast to a libel by Rev. Mr. Buckley upon myself. His very unfriendly and un- principled attack upon me was such a terrible viola- Uon of charity and trathfulness of religion that I cannot Jeave him to the fling which he seems to en. Joy from the dictates of conscience in spewing his venom around me, and I claim an opportunity to defend myself from bis malignant calumny, Iam, sir, fully authortzed by the Moat Rev. Father Gene- ra] and Provincial of my order to collect moneys, in the language of the authority by virtue of which I do so “for the erection of a new church of our order in Dublin, and for the completion of the church at Cork known as Father Matthew's,” I can produce that authorization. AS a priest of a mendicant and religious order the vouchers of my superiors are as sufilcient for my mission as that of His Holiness the Pope. I have come out here for that duty and I nave transmitted tne moneys I collected to the Very Reverend Pro- vincial of my order tn Ireland, whose receipts I possess and which receipts 1 will produce when necessary. Rev. Mr. Buckley has my reply in these words, a3 to his statement tat 1am ‘a swindler and impostor.’ 1 have my authorization, as [ stated nefore, to collect money by the General of my order, ag good an authorization as that which Mr. juckley olds himself from Ly esteemed and very kind friend his own reverend and beloved Bishop, and I possess the receipts of my Provincial, the only proper recipient of all moneys for our order tn Ireland. Rey. Mr. Buckley 1a well aware that I held thie valid @uthorization, and he knew well that I have forwarded to Ireland the moneys collected by me in this country. As te the paragraph from the Cork Examiner, that no moneys {rom America have been received by the Local Superior for the works exe- cuted thus far since Py. My jhe from the Church O1 the Most Holy Trinity, Ihave to stave that the moneys from Ainerica are disbursed jn Ireland ag the Provincial and General of the order direct, and | as their hands are now full of the business of the erection of their splendid new churco in the Irish metropol's—cmphatically the church of the poor— they exercise their own Jadgment in postponing thy progress with that of Cork. No one can questios their wisdom in pushing forward their most im- portant work—least of all, can I, their subject, doit. To the loeal Superior’ at Cork I could send no Sn eoutiunion tone tens subect of the Provincial, beg to state il a geitect ax you fea Ae atl am authorized to eneral’s letter, money for the completion t Church of the Most Holy Trimiy Coun just see as I aim autuorized to collect it for tie vuuding of the churcb of our order at Dublin; that I possess the valid, written au hority | require; that 1 have the receipts for the moneys remitted; that! am doing my duty, and can prodnce testimonies of praise and encouragement of the most aifectionate | character from the chiefs of my order, The Rey. Mr. Dugkley will see whats call him no names sullying to the lips of apriest. To his own conscience I now leave him, and tt that is not living and active enough to shake him with remorse and sorrow I will pity him and hope that he may be able to vindicate himself before another trivunal, Lre- Wala, sir, your obedient servant, SAVIOUR W, MM, CURRIGAN, 0. 8 F. OC, of just night, as might be expected, formed the | reticent on matters of this kind, seemed determined | to be wondered at that | It, got at the ringleaders of the | 1869 He is the negro who shot and killed a white | nin my quolations from the | POLITICAL POLLUTION wW THE PELICAN STATa. Au Ontsider Defloes Warmoth and Packard’s Hostilities—Where Warmota “Might Have Put Mis Foot In li” and When Packard Did—A New Party Hostile te Both Being Organized. New Organs, La, Sept. 14, 1871. To THE Epiror OF THE HERALD:— SiR—Since the smoxe of the memorable 9th has cleared away and the great impartiat (!) commit- tee have spoken their little plece to tne President in the cottage by the sea, # disinterested outsider by careful gleaning might, perchance, gather a sheaf or two which may at once be both infstructive and amusing. Let us premise by stating that Governor War- moth and United States Marshal Packard are rival candidates within the republican party for the next nomination for Governor of the State. Neither of them being men of anything but the very common- eat talent and apility, they have allowed them- selves to do many dirty littie tricks for the purpose of annoyance and spite toward each other, Warmoth has a great habit of saying of himsalf “that he is in the hands of his friends,” and the truth of this assertion I have often seen verified while in his office or elsewhere with him. His weak- est, or rather one of his weasest, points 1s in nts continual and constant endeavor to impress upon every one he mects that he 13 but “twenty-seven years old,” and he is never 80 extremely happy as when his companion replies, ‘that really he looks younger than that.” When he eutered the volun- teer gervive, ten years since, he placed his age, as it appears on the muster roll, at thirty-one; but he is now four ‘years younger, and has been twenty-seven trom the a of his inauguration until the present moment. @ appears, in reality, to be about forty- five years ot age to every one exceps the Dibbies e? a’, satellitea Whom he has made julges. &c., from | the ranks of police court pettiioggers. The iast time Judge Dibble met him was in my preseace, and he saluted him thus:— PE:Why, good morning, Governor; how young and fresh you Bok this morning. One wouldn't take you ts be over twenty yearé old this moratng, and how wonderful to think that one Bo young should be the Governor of a greit State like this! By ——, it shows thatyou are one of the most taleated men in the worid.” Other ofice-seeking and oMce holding cormorants } approach him in the same way, aad, a3 Lieutenant | | Governor Dunn (colored) willlly says, they are all engaged in sucking the life-blood frou tne breast of | the Pelican State. Marshal Packard and Postmaster Lowell have to shouider all blame for calung out tue troops and closmg the Cusiom House on the oth of August, and it 1s but right and just tiat they shouid; but let us see how near Governor Warmoth came to putting Is feot imto if At a | meeting held at No, 82 Royal t he said that be and ali bis iriends must go “fixed” to the Custom House Convention. wig the term always employed here by the jugh3s” to siguuy,, that one is thoroughly armed with pistols, knives, &c. That his irieuds need not fear that ne would | carry his point, and as an evidence of it he referred them to the great number of convicts he hat re- | cenuy pardoned from the Penitentiary, whom wouid be there to take a hand’? A force of two thousand men had beea empl tensibly to mend the levee on the canal, Whi not broken or even tn aanger, but really for the pur- 1 pone or cleaning out Packard & Co, Add to Uus live hundred extra police, “and you see, my friends, We've got ‘em just where we want. ’cm.’ Well, the Convention met at the Custom House and Warmoth’s: penitentiary birds Qocked around | the grauite batiding thick at leaves at Valambrosa. Warnoth got a ticket from Postmaster Lowell aud entered the building, when he found he was com- — checkinated by the preseuce of United States roops. At first he bit his lip, frowned the black- ness of darkness, stormed. a little at the door- | keeper, but presently, finding himself near a wine dow overlooking fis Nock of pardoned convicts, he attempted, & /a Mark Antony, to raise a mutiny, but was promptly and eflectively prevented by the United States military oficer, wito told Lim that, as Governor of the State, he had ho rigut to provoke a mob in a United States butiding. Thas you see how near Warmoth came to putting hia foot into tt, aud had there been no United States | troops prescat he would have Leen solely responsi- ble for instigating an outrageous and, cowardly | mob, and ere this he would have been driven by the | force of pubic epinion from the State. That War- | moth Is under great obligations to Marshal Packard | for putting his foot into it and keeping Warmoth’s out there cau be no question. Warmoth 1s Gov- ernor to day in consequence of Packard’s saux pas. These two men lead but small factions of the re- ublicaa party. 1 have been considerably aston- | ished in my travels through the State to tind how large a part of the republican element of tie State, both white and colored, ave opposed to both these men as their candidates. Packard’s reprehensible | Conduct woutd have given Warmoth a great impetis and start toward securing the nomination had it not been for his untortunate opposition to the nomination of General Grant. There is no {man in the Union so undoubtedly popular | with the people ot Loulsiana as a candidate j for the next Presidential term as Grant, | And Warmotit's hesitating, equivocal advocacy of Grant, interiarded with his ‘ifs’ and his “duis,” so thoroughly disgusted (hose of his party who do not hold onice from lum that notwithstanding the great Opportunity to ride into popularity by l’ackard’s crime, he, to-day, has fewer friends —outside of ap- pointees—than even Packard himself, A movement is already secretly on foot by repub- Heans who do not hold office or appointment from either of these factious adventurers to take the lead, direction anu control of the party in their own hands, and which bids fair to be a complete success, 48 nineteen-twentieths of the true republicans of the State of Louisana do not sympatuize with or uphold the course of cither Warmoth or Packard, Last night, accidentally, I saw one of the little jokers of this “new departure,” which had printed on its face this somewhat significant question and re} “Are none but republicans ou guard?’ “Nous CLINCHER, VIRGINIA CONSERVATIVES, verrons.”” Address of the Virginia Conservative State Committee—Severe Arraiguiment of the Radicals—Virginia’s Prosperity Due to Con- servative Rule. RICHMOND, Sept. 20, 1871. The Conservative State Committee will issue an address to-morrow to the people of Virginia, which is declared to be one of the ablest political docu- ments which have been lately published. It reviews the history of radicalism down to the enactment of the Election and Ku Klux laws by ‘Congress, which give the President a: bitrary power, aud render the authority of the States and the will of the people nugatory to a great extent; it refers to the | Conditton of aifairs and congratulates the people ou the prevalence of law and order; glanciug at the complaints of the Virginia radicals and in refutation of the charge of Class legislation against the Legis- lature; 1t points to the fact that the «Funding bill,’’ | which that party now opposes, might have been re- jected or (las they determined, but that they | ‘chose to ‘othe large appropria- Uons by the Lexisiature for free schools and the hbveral local expenditures for the same purpose; al- luding to the evormo: jebt piled up in the States Of the South that have 4 under ‘carpet-bag rule; it rejoices that Virginia’s revenues are honesty applied. jnteraat affairs are well managed, and that prosperity reigns In all its borders, and claims that all of these adavan- tages and many more not touched upon are derived from the political power of the State betug in the hands of the conservatives, aud adjures the people | to use all of their efforis to retain wns supremacy, and witn this view to organize themselves thor- oughly, according to the piau furnishea them b: the late Conservative Convention, and that by this Means they will realize the advantages that a dis- ciplined army has over the desultory aua scattered efforts of w mob, RUNNING NOTES--PCLITICAL AND GDNERAL. “Everything ts placid around the City Hall,” says @ morning paper. A sort of Tweed plaza’d! The Boston Advertise states that Senators Wilson and Sumner both deplore the extraordinary canvass which General Butler has precipitated upon the | Commonweaith. Both those gentiemen owe most | of their greatness to Butler, and his equanimity is | mot likely to be disturbed on account of their opinions, be they one way or another. ‘They haa better be looking alter \hemseives before Butler gets after thom. We would inform an Eastern exchange that it ts William 8. Groesbeck, not “Greenback,” who is stumping Oulo for the democrats, BURGLARIES IN JERSEY. At a very carly hour yesterday morning a vold bur- | Glary was perpetrated tn the village of Franklin, N. | 4. Tne residence of Mrs. James Ackerman, @ widow lady, was entered by a brace of burglars, who adroitiy abetracted from ander the very piliow on which rested the head of the somuolent lady and her daughter her purse, containing $60, and glided out unnoticed, The thieves next entered the bed- room of Mrs, Ackerman’s nephew, a young man Daued M. Kiesler, A few days ago he re- ceived @ present of $150 fiom bis father, or it he spent $15; the balance he placed In big wallct and that under his head, With him siept alittle boy, Neither were disturbed by | Ue Uteves, who succeeded in “toting” off the $135. In the morning a waterproof ciovk, enveloping & large quantity of plate and other yaluables, was fou nd in the garden, The duleves were frightened an "Athen dropped it, In Newark, yesterday morning, the residence of James F. Bond, a well-known clilzen, was entered and robbed of Considerable ciothing, &c. The tancy store of W. 8. Heddenberg was entered by two men and between three hundred aud tour aye dollars Worth of silks aud other goods stolen. - DISASTER IW THE BAY. Tho Stermer Fort Lee Run Down by the Steamer Nereus, of the Boston and New York Line—No Lives Lost, About half-past six o'clock yesterday morning the steamer Nereus, of the Metropoiltan Outside Line, between this city aud Boston, ran into and sunk the steamer Fort Lee, just off pier No, 1 North River. The Fort Lee was at the time on her way to Fort Schuyler, from whence she was to cunvey a party of ladies and gentlemen over the course of the Williamsburg Yacht Club regatta, which took place yesterday. Immediately after she was struck her pilot ran her ashore between pier No, 1 and Castle Garden, where she filled with water in about two minutes, For the purpose of ascertaining the full particulars of the occurrence @ representative o the UEBALD was despatcned to THE S°ENE OF THE DISASTER about eleven o'clock yesterday morning, but finding nothing of the Lee above water but her pilot house and smokestack, and none of her crew in the vicin- ity, he betook himself to pier 11 North River, where he found the Nereus moored. Going on board, he Was shown into the presence of Captain Bearse, her commander. Introducing himself, ne requested the captain to give his version of the colilstop, that he might lay it before tue public, “Well, what do you want me to say about it?” was the commander's first response to the report- er’s question, “I merely wish you to give your version of the ac- cident—teli me, in as brief a manner as possible, how tt occurred and upon whom the responsibility must fall.’ “Well, sir, the Lee was clearly at fault, I was coming from the East River around into the North River, and he was going from the North River into the East. When I first saw himIblew my whistle once, which of course meant that 1 should pass him on the port side, as the law requires, We were going in directly opposite directions, and I having biown my whistle first had the ca ip of way. Tomy surprise he blew two whistles and at once PROCEEDED TO CRUSS MY BOW, I again sounded my whistie once and stopped my engine, Seeing that the Lee kept on her course actoss my bow Irang the bell for the engineer to back her, which he did promptly, but before our headway could be checked we struck tne Lee near the forward gang way on the starboard side, cutting her nearly in two, Her pilot at once headed her for the shore and rau her aground, where you saw her, near Castle Garden. The damaie to my vessel Is very slight indeed, owing to the fact tnai she is abont tive times as large as the Fort Lee and ts very strongly built. Now you have all I know about the affair.” ‘Ynanking Captain Bearse for his kindness the re- porter withureW ana again weaded bls way to tie Scene of the disaster, in hopes of finding some one there who could give THE OLHER SIDE OF THE STORY. Aiter long and diligent search and inquiry an in- Telligent appearing Hibernian was found, who said lie Was One of tue iive who composed the crew of the Ul-fated Fort Lec at the time or the accident, He, of course, claimed that his capiain sounded hia Whisue first, and that, as a matter of course, he had the right of way. He said he knew nothing of the accident until after it had occurred, as he was be- low; but he heard his captain say toat he blew two w 3 before the Nereus biew any. They had no particular dimicuity in getting ov, he said, as there were any number of tugs aiongside almost as 800n as the vessel was struck. They were, how- ever, unable to save anything but themselves, and ail thelr personal eifects were carried down with the boat. As for the captain, be said he was the last man to leave his craft, and as it was only quit her when it had become utterly impossibie to save anything or to do any good by staying. From ail that couid be ascertained the damage te the Fi Lee will amount to something like filteen hundred doliars. COLLISION ON THE NORTH RIVER. A collision occurred about four o'clock yesterday alternoon off the Jersey City ferry between the ferryboat Jersey City and the Andrew Fietcher, Dr. Carnochan’s boat. The Fletcher was so badly damaged that it will have to be laid up for repairs. Alarge hole six fect in diameter was made in the bow, while the ferryboat was uninjured. There was some excitement among the passengers as the boats approached each other, and the grinding nolse of the timbers when the collision took place caused some of the ladies to scream. The ferry- ee Was moving towards the Jersey City slip at the me, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Naval Orders—OMcers Detached for Duty— Disposition of the Asiatle Squadron—Acci- dent to the Colorado. Commander Collins ts ordered as Lighthouse In- spectorin the Tenth district; Licutenant Carter to the naval rendezvous at San Francisco; Surgeon McMaster to the Boston Navy Yard; Rear Admiral Taylor as President of une Board of Examiners at Washington on the 24 of October next; Commo- dores Woolsey and Trenchard, and Medical Doctora Messersmith and Lewis J. Willams as members of the Board of Examiners at Washington on the 2d of October; Pay Inspector John 8, Cunningham as Inspector of Provisions, &c., at the Washingtoa Navy Yard. The following officers have been detached:—Cap- tain Creighton from special duty and ordered to command the Guerrlere and to bring that vessel to the United States; Captaim Bryson from the Boston Navy Yard and oraered to command the Brookiyn; Captain Guest from the command of the Brooklyn, at bis own reqdest, and ordered to retura home; Captain Whiting from auty at the Naval Observa- tory, and placed on waiting orders; Medical Doctor Bache from the Naval Laboratory at New York and placed on waiting orders; Medical Director Henderson, from the toston Navy Yard and_or- dered in charge of the Naval Laboratory at New York; Medical Director Johnson as a mem- ber of the Retiring Board, and placed on waiting orders: Medical Director. Ed- wards as senior officer of the Boara of Examiners and placed on walting orders; Surgeon Schofleld from the Chelsea Naval Hospital and ordered to ine New York Naval Hospital; Passed Assistant Surgeon Parker from the receiving ship Potomac and ordered to the Chelsea Naval Hosptial; Passed Assistant Surgeon Payne from the New York Naval Hospital and ordered to the Chelsea Naval Hospital; kay Director Pettit as President of the Examining Board at Philadelphia and placea on waiting orders; Pay Director H. Bridge as Chief Pn- spector of Provisicns, &c., and placed on waitiog orders; Pay Director Baggs as Inspector of Pro- visions at the Washington Navy Yard and placed on waiting orders; Assistaut Paymaster Calhoun as Recorder of the Examining Board jat Philadeiphia and placed on waiting orders; Chan- jain Mason Noble fromthe Wasiington Navy Yard and piaced on waiting orders; Rear Admiral Stu- brick! aa Chairman of the Lighthouse Board and placed on waiting orders; Rear Admiral Stribling as member of the Lignthouse Roard aud piaced on waiting orders; Rear Admiral Joseph Smith as President of the Examining Board and placed on waiting orders; Rear Admiral Selfridge as member of the Board of Bxaminers and placed on waitin orders; Rear Admiral Bailey roi special duty and ordered to duty as member of tne Lighthouse Board; Rear Admiral Walke from special duty and ordered as member of the Light- House board; Kear Admiral Powell as President, Rear Admiral Harwood as Judge Advocate, an Rear Admirals Poor and Hoff as members of the Re- tiring Bowd and placed on waiting orders; Rear Admiral Radford from special duty and placed on pe orders; Commodore Hunt from special aa- vance duty and = on henry hg 3 vommo- dore Scott as Inspector of the Tenth Lighthouse district and waits orders; Commodore Bissell ag a oo of the Board of Examiners aud wails orders, The HERALD spectal correspondent In Yokohama, Japan, reporis from that port, under date of August 21, a8 follows:—The Colorado, fiagship of the Asiatic squadron, arrived at Yokohaina on the morning of the 20th, While passing through the Straits of Si- monosekl, the entrance to the Inland Sea, she struck on @& rock and acraped some of the copper off of her bottom. The Admiral intends docking her at Yokorka, tue Japanese Imperial Dock Yard, where she 1s to be thoroughly overhauled. Mr. Low, United states Minister to China, accompanied by his wile and child, arrived at Yokohama in the Colora- do. Mr, Low merely intends making a brief stay in Japan, but Mrs, Low and daughter take their de- ature tomorrow via Pacific matl steamer for merica. The disposition of the other vessels of the fleet 13 as follows:— Alaska, Commander Blake, is at Nagasaki; Be- nicia, Commander Kimberly, at Cheroo; Palos at Néw-Chang; Monocacy and Ashuelot at Suanghae, BOILER EXPLOSION IN NEW JERSEY, BALEM, N. J, Sept. 20, 1871, Yesterday afternoon, while Ephraim Cole, Jr., was engaged in threshing out grain for Amos Peterson, near Woodstown, N, J., the boller exploded, killing Mr. Cole instantly and throwing a portion of the botler through the barn, setting it on fire, Mra, Peterson was looking on at the time and was sligntly injured about the neck and face, PERTH AMBOY AS A COAL DEPOT, Asa Packer, of Mauch Chunk, Pa., purchased lately 300 acres of land at Perth Amboy for $150,000, with the intention, as is reported, of making that ily the great depot for the supply of vessels with Povnsyitanie Cool. The land 19 situated on the ‘hore and 1s one half salt meadow. YACHTING. The Challenge Cup of the New York Yaots club, ‘From Land and Water, August 26.) With the object of enabling ‘us to explain to.our readers the conditions on which Mr, Ashbury t3 shortly going to New York, that gentleman has been 80 kind as to give usa copy of his last letter to the Vommodore and members of the New York Yaeht Club. It is dated London, August 12. This letter recapitulates some particulars regard- ing last year’s challenge, and the writer relates his impressions at the {ime as to what he was then go- ing to sail Against, and sketches tho discussion on the “deed of gift”? and the terms on which the cup ‘was then offered for competition. It supers that as long as these terms remained unaltered Mr. ASh- bury saw but tittle chance of being able to win the cup in one solitary race, when, besides having to against a large fleet of competitors, luck might be agatnst bim; and so he accepted the representa- tion of no less than twelve ditverent clubs, intendin; by this means to sail as many matcnes as he hel certificates of representation. in this letter he senas these twelve certificates, and quotes. the ielegraphic me by means of which nis chailenge was sent and accepted. The New York Yacht Club, however, have altered the original conditions of tho race, ap- parently just as Mr, bury wanted, and now they are only gong to enter one vessel against him, ‘Thus far all would seem smooth enough: but we must either contess to being dt stupid aud un- able to understand, what 1s intelifgible enough. or elge there still remain unsolved diiticulties and pos- sibly more hitches than one in the carrying out of Mr. Ashbury’s programme, In the place, we imagine that the New York Yacnt Club have not the sligitest intention of allow§ him to make twelve attempts to win the cup, each time sailing only against one vessel, for sucli an arrangement woud be virtually giving the cup to the Livonia, We Nave heard or no rule, old or new, which makes any mention of the cup going to the winuer Of & majority of races; and in the absence of anv such rule it appears to us that if she could win but once oft of twelve times she would-carry off the prize. Now, supposing the Americans were clever enough to select their very fastest yacht, and suppos- ingeven she could sau round the Livonia yet the odas would be very great that the sivonla woud win once out of twelve times; surely there is no vessel adoat that can always win, ceriatn elements of luck being over present tu a greater or less degree, And supposing a freah vessel were entered agaist tier each time, these, or some of them, woud necessa- rily be infertor vessels, and the Livonia's chance would be again increased, Buf this ts reducing the affair to an absurdity, it is inconceivable that the Americans would aliow it; and, moreover, it 1s evi- dently nota part of Mr. Ashbury’s programme to ick the cup up in this way, for he concludes his letter by saying, * * * ‘af the Livonia should ‘win the majority of races the cup would then go to the clud under whose fiag I sailed the last and final race,” &c, But where or when any such rue was made we are unable to infurm our readers, not knowing ourselves, Another dificulty seems to be suggested in the Wording of the telegrapmc message, in which tae Commodore of the New York Club accepted the English challenge. It ran thus:—‘‘New York Yacht Club consents $0 waive the six months’ notice, and accepts your challenge, as representative of the Royal Harwich Yacut Club, to race for America’s Cup next Cetober.”” There may have been eleven other similar telegrams, but that is not likely; or there may have been one other telegram conveying the missing information as to whether the members: of the American club accepted more than one chal- lenge from thls one vessel, the Livonia, On this freed we are ignorant; and the letter which Mr. sbury has been kin enough to send ns does not throw any light on it, any more than itdoes upon that other question as to whether there is a new rule which admits of the cup being sailed forin a series of matches, and won by the winner of the majority. To be in the dark is to be nervous: and we certainly are both; we are in the dark as to the conditions of the coming competition, and nervous lest some unforeseen hitch should occur to spoil tue fair race for the cup which every one has been taught to look out for. One man, aceply versed in mathematics, to whom. we have communicated our fears on the subject, pretended tosee a tresh diMculty, for, sald he, it Was possible that twelve matches might be sailed, and & majority be won by neither side; but with all his ngures he failed to prove that this was at ali a probable result. Mr. Asibury’s Monopoly. To THE Epitor OF LAND AND WATER Sin—I have seen a letter from Mr, Ashbury, of which an extract appeared in the Daily News, set- ting forth his proposed rules for saihng twelve Matches with one American vessel next Uctober. There is a couatn vagueness about Mr. A: y's. programme, and it appears that some unneces: emphasis ig laid by um upon the supposed twelve chances whicit he expects to have of securing a vic- tory over the American champion. It 1s quite clear that Mr. Gordon Bennett, Jr., has accepted the chal- lenge of the Harwich representative, but it does not clearly appear that this 13 but one of a dozen similar acceptances, alihough so much is assumed by Mr. Ashbury. Can you inform me whether ine number of these acceptances is unlimited? If thats so, it Will surely be a shame to leave this unfortunate gen- tleman under so heavy a responsibility, and Ehave some thoughts of entering the lists as his rival in this great tournament. Doubdtiess Americans will waive «ll notice in my case, and L shall have a reasonable prospect of inheriting one of the numerous chances of distinction 80 gener- ously showered, according to his own accvunt, on Mr. Ashbury. Your obedient servant, UNION JACK, P,S,—As mine is a square-sterned vessel. I icel certain that no American yacutsman will be so un- sportsmaulike as to enter agalust me with a round or elliptical tafrail. The Coming Yacht Race. (From the London Dally News.] The celevrated America Challenge Cup, which was taken away in triumph from the Solent twenty years ago, 19 to be ay contested for by an Englist yacht this autumn, thanks to the spirit and enterprise of the owner of the Livonia. Although Mr, Ashbury’s schooner can hardly be pronounced the fastest or most powerful English yacht afloat, she deserves, no doubt, the confidence of the ciubs Which have certified her right to represent them on the other side of the At- lantic. Between Mr. Ashbury and hig Pa brethren at New York the preliminaries of the en- counter appear to have been arranged witu perfect tnutual courtesy and cordiality. ‘The Americans have consented to ix the event for a day in October in order to meet the conventence of the Englishman, and the contest wiil on this occasion be decided be- tween a single American and a single Engitsh cham- pion, instead of between one English and several American yachts, as last year. Tntsi3 evidently a far more reasonable and sportsmaniike arran; ment. Mr. Asnbury asks, we believe, for s alteration of the sailing conditions as to the dir tion and extent of the course. As a gcueral prin- ciple we think it would be simpler that English yacnts should sail according to the American rules in American waters, and that American yachis should sail according to English rules in English waters, Un the over hand, it is right and fair that @ yacht which has sailed @ thousand leagues to sail @ match should be treated with some degree o1 ex- ceptional consideration, provided always that the conditions of the race are such as to secure that, barring accidents, the best shall win. We must confess that we should be glad to seo the “Ame- rica’? Cup brought back to England, and, among other reasons, because it would be a fresh induce- ment to our enterprising Kinsmen to pay a visit to our waters, and @ stimulus to the competition of yacht owners and builders on botn sides, NEW YORK UNVERSITY. First Day of the Academic Year—Improve- ments in the University — {netruction Adapted to Life in New York. The academic year at the New York University, Washington square, opened yesterday with a large attendance of students, At hal{-past nine A. M. the professors were in their places. Only such prelimi- naries, however, a8 were necessary for a first day’s business were gone through, and classes were over before eleven o'clock A. M., and were not resumed again for the day. On Tuesday the examinations for matriculation were held, and about forty ‘“fresh- men” went through the ordeal preparatory to ad- mission. The University has never been on so solid a foot- ing as 1t is at present. Its staff of professors in every department are of great experience and profound jennings while some of them have added lustie to the University by the fame they have earned for themseives, Since ihe installation of the Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby as Chancellor many marked im- provements have been made in some of the depart. partments, and new arrangements tmtroduced which are intended to meet better the eau- cational requirements of a Percanitie cit like New York. The Department of Scienée has beet more fully develo) and some additional profes- 8ors appointed. ‘The old Department o1 Science and Letters has been divided into two distinct depart- ments, known as the Pin tee of Aris and the artment of Science; but this change does not interfere with the full course of instruction as estab- lished in what was before called the course of science and letvers, The two other departments are those of medicine and law, ‘he general improve- ments that have been made wiil, the council be- Meve, enable students entering the University to select guch fare of the courses a4 may best suit the professions In life to which they mean to apply themseives, aud this has beeu the chief aim in mak- ing them, For @ constderable time past the Uni- versity has been gradually coming to this point, but Dow the desired object j3 attain ed Jp all the departments every appliancé which can best hel the student in his studies is Pepe Especially is care bestowed in the medical schools, the medical student being enavied, if he so chooses, to receive instruction throughout the year; though, for graduation, it is only necessary to attend the regular winter session, “Opportunities for dissec- Uon are abundant, and there are clinics ta the col- lege building a8 well as in the hospital. The De- partment o: Art furnishes a lecture weekly duriig tue six months irom November to April, In he Department of Science the laboratory ts supplied be all the improvements of the best scho is in 2UrOpe. The University of the City of New York Is now an old institution. ‘The foundations for the massive structure on shingion square were laid in July, 1833, and the building was partly occupied by tne schools in 1836, but the Universitythad been incorpo- rated in April, 1831, and opened for the reception of students, at Clinton Hall, in October, 1832, the frac ‘lag “onsisting of three students, graduatlig tu 1833, BROWNE’S BONES, THE WESTCHESTER MURDER MYSTERY Wrong Made Richt-Tihe Shoomaker’s End~ Story of His Life—The Maligned Dead— A Double Difficuity—Lonis Long’s Legacy-More Mystery. During seme alterations which were being made ou a farmin Westchester county, which had be- longed to Mr. Epiratm Jones, about ten days azo, a human skeleton was ang up by one of the laborers, and it was supposed the remains had been buried: on the spot where they were discovered nearly A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, ‘Lhe first theory that jumped into the: minds of the rustics was that a murder nad been committed, and they began to castaround fora likely man todo sueh a deed, Whether malice suggested the name or that 1t came prompted by dislike cannot now be easily guessed; putin ashort time from«the un- earthing of the bones from their unhallowea resting place the name of old Mr. Jones was associated with the disappearance of the man whose skeleton now came forth grinning im the broad lightof day. A number of sensation mongers seized upon the oc- currence, and the thing at once assumed the mag- nitude of A STUPENDOUS HORROR. ‘The story was that at one time, some twenty-three years ago, Mr. Jones, who wa3 1 shoemaker and carried on an extensive trade in that line, had a workman named Thomas wrowne, who suddenty and mysteriously disappeared from that partof tie country. People often wondered what nad become of him and how he had disposed’ of himself; but nothing satisfactory was ar rived at. It was well known that his em- ployer and he hal frequent quarrels, and Jonea had on one occasion knocked down Browne for flinging a kuife at his (Jones’) wife. ‘These things were all pub‘te property, and not by any means contradicted by Jones; but a suspicion of his having been the cause of Browne's exit from 1ifa was never entertained until the skeleton was found, and then all the old history was gone over, and the heayy-headed joskins at once leaped at the conclu sion that Jones was the murderer of his whilom assistant. ‘The first point once concluded upon, the disingenuons country mind was not slow to add an- eure brick to the edifice 11 had so suddenly raised, an ROBBERY WAS ADDED TO THE BUTCHERY. It was known that Browne had the wages of sev+ eral months due to him from his employer, amounting to $117, This was paid to him belore he left, and the sensation manutacturers at once started with the tale that to regam pessession of this money, and pay back Browne for old scores, Jones had killed him and buried his body. This version obtained a wide circulation and brought terrible disinay Into a large and respectable house. hold, A detective was engaged to wi up the case, and 18 stil atit, but he wit now find out that he is laboring industriously in the dark. Tne son of Ephraim Jones, see.ng thata cloud of blood wad hanging over his fami, at once set himself to un- ravel the dark story and bring out the trath. Being satisfied that ne had gamed some important information he communicated it to Roundsman McCarthy, of the Broacway squad, who broughs him to the Headquartersof Police on the night before last. He said that TRE SKELETON FOUND was not that of Thomas Browne, and could not pos- sibly be, as Thomas Browne died in the city of New York and was buried by bis friends. When asked how he obtamed thie information he said he had found a step-grandson of Browne's, named Louts Long, who was a sergeant of police, and he had given ail ube tacts, A HERALD reporter went yes- teraay to the Twellth precinct station house for the purposa of seeing Sergeant Long aud getting from him what he knew of the matter, Mr. Long said that more then a week ago two gentlemen : came into the station house while he was on duty, aud on going away leit a copy of a morning paper on the desk. Looking at the journal he saw a heaa- ing that attracted his attention, and on reading the report he was amazed to find that an old maa turned seventy years of age was accused of murdering and robbing another man whom ne saw the amtable. die at bis own home in Cortlandt street. The Ser- geant said he remembered the death bed of Browne as distinctly ag if lt ouly took piace yesterday, al- though it Was now twenty-two or " twenty-three years since hedied. Browne, lie said, was the hus- . baud of the Sergeant’s grandmother, and the en- ure family lived together at 43 Cortlandt street, with the exception of Browne, Who was a mau of intem- ] erate habits, and who frequently went away and Temained absent{irom home, Mr. Long said that he remembered well the ume that Browne was at Jones’, in Westchester, tor he had gone to the place witha meogeone from bis grandinotier and had met Mr. Jones and Browne, together with a number of tne other inhabitants of the neighborhood. He alsa Kept A DISTINCT RECOLLECTION of Mr. Jones tn his mind. He gave a detailed ace count of Browne's coming home irom Wostchester aud being on a spree for several months, which spree finally Killed him, as he died from delirium tremens, He went minutely into the circumstances attending the death, which he saw, and adaed:— “That story of the money is the most stupid of the whole thing; for I myself counted that money for Browne in Cortlaudt street when he came back trom Jones. He would trust me when no one eise could come near him.” The Sergeant also gave a number ‘ of miuor tests of the truth of his statement, and said Browne was buried in the Methodist cemetery tu Williamsburg, and there are one or two other peopie now alive who can tell you something more about itthan I now remember, Mr. Long being asked if he would make afidavit to the fact of his having seen Browne expire, answered readily that he would, and also to the additional fact that he waa the same Browne who had worked Jor Mr. Jones. From the station house the reporter went to tue residence of Mrs. Thomas, on Third avenue, ut the corner of Twenty-first street. This lady said she lived in Grecnwich street at the lume of Browne's death, and the rear of the house almost joined on ta that of Airs. Browne’s. She remembers distinctly THE MAN'S DEATH, and made the statement more weighty still by the additional tact that her brother, Morris, had set up with the boay all night, and there could not be the slightest doubt avout It, She remembered the funeral, the burial and ail the circumstances con- nected with it, This, then, breaks down the theory of the Jones affair, apd the police will have to begin anew ta work up this gloumy mystery. Althuugh this evt- dence fully proves that Mr. Jones bad no complicisy with the death of Browne, it should not be suficient for the police of the district to rest on their oars and do nothing. A singular phase of the case ts that the Corouer has not yet helu an inquest on ry THE PISCOVERED SKELETON; ” but a more melancholy one is that the poor old man upou Wuose venerable head all this atrocious suspi- clon Was cast died suddenly of heart disease on the day following the publication of the reports in the dally journals, The matter should be now in tna hands of the authoritics, and they ought not to rest until they give the public @ satisfactory solation of this mysiery. Browne’s vones are resting 1m pence, but the community ts waiting to know how these tormented ribs came to We place they were tora from. INSTALLATION, The Rey. 8. H. Graham was installed last evening as pastor of the Seventh avenue Presbyterian yt church with appropriate services, ‘The installation oo sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Henry, of the Eleventh street Presbyterian church. Tne charge to the candidate was given by the Rev. Mr. Wil- liamson, of Paterson, and the charge to the congregation by Rev. Dr. Harper, the former pastor of the church, ‘The installation sermon was concentrated orthodoxy, from the text in Romans— “Lam not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salva- tion.” The speaker gave tie plan of . salvation from the fall of Adsm up to the present time, with full directigns for the cure of every variety of sin, He showed how mau,’ being gulity, can yet be imnocent, since there hag been @ meilator, and concluded by recommending ‘ the congregation to accept the Gospel that was to be preached by their new pastor. he Rev. Williamson, of Paterson, then ad- dressed the candidate upon the reaponsibility that he assumed in taking charge of the church. He ' advised him to preach the Gospel and avoid sensa- tional sermons that please the multitude. I chargo You, Bald he, to pi ach the Gospel, or you wilt Jatl'as a pastor and 9 mupistar, py h ve pers sons of diferent ages, ol ferent Iniellects, and . You are to be instant in season and out of scason. Preach to the children, to the aged, to the middio . aged> There 1s a disposition to bring the minisiry to figgepare. You are to be an ensample in our doctrine and in your life an , conversation, lest any should take advantage of any mistep of yours, Various questions were proposed to pastor anil peo- ple, mutual pledges given, and the church was ad. . vised as to its duty to the pastor elect, after whicit the congregation was dismissed. SAFE ROBBERIES IN RHODE ISLAND, PROVIDPNCE, K. L,, Sept, 20, 1871 A safe in the counting room of the Harris Manu. facturing Company, in Pheuix village, was blown open with gunpowder last might and robbed of ite contents, chiefly papers, Subsequently the safe ia the office of the Lamphear Machine Company, in the saine village, was blowa open, The noise § aroused a citizen, who fred on the robbers, They ‘i returned the fire aud ded without securing any ys s