The New York Herald Newspaper, October 9, 1871, Page 7

for human enterprise. In spite of religions and languages and nationalities and other dividing causes, the world is drifting towards unity. The unifying process will no doubt be accompanied by many strange results; but anity is desirable, and in the end must be a gain. Meteerological Education. The genius of American education demands the widest range and the largest curriculum of study, and has found a fitting expression for itself in those celebrated words of Ezra Cornell, “I would found an institution where any person oan find instruction in any study.” ‘The munifisent endowment of Cornell Uni- versity by the author of this sentiment suffi- ciently attests his sincerity, as the success of the enterprise fully sanciions his wisdom. A late eminent writer of Scotland, comment- Ang upon the importance of extending popular instruction to the study of meteorology, or weather science, seeks to provoke his English ‘countrymen to emulation by the statement that ‘in the schools of the United States of America meteorological observations and the keeping of meteorological registers form a part of the common education of the people.” It is, indeed, a pity that. such commenda- tion is misplaced and cannot be honestly appropriated by our educators, Indeed, we are not much, in this respect, before foreiga nations. We venture to assert that few of our first graduates or university A. M.'s could give a clear explanation of the trade winds or monsoons. If Mr. Buchan, the distinguished Secretary of the Scottish Meteorological So- ciety (the writer to whom we have alluded), would visit some of our more pretentious col- leges he would find applicable here what he has said of his own countrymen—that few even of the “liberally educated classes in Eug- dand are able to read from a vernier or give an intelligible interpretation to the fluctuations of the barometer as indicative of coming changes of weather.” "We have carefully examined a host of col- lege, university and school catalogues, and, with the exception of Yale, and perhaps two others, they do not even pretend to afford even elementary instruction in studies of climatology, cyclonology, &c. As to instru- mental science, we are but just waking up to our ignorance, and we find in an English scientific periodical of recent date the short but significant paragraph :—‘“‘Here is a trans- atlantic hint to our scientific colleges and schools. Mr. has been appointed instractor in the use of the microscope at Harvard University.” Now, the American people are an eminently practical and experimeatal people, and the time has arrived in their intellectual develop- ment when they mean to throw off the venera- ble coils of scholasticism and grapple with the great problems of nature. This is seen in the intense and sustained interest that has been ‘manifested all over the land in the achieve- ments and successes of the national system for forecasting and preannouncing the storms and eyclones which have heretofore d:fied the power of science to predict them. In making the asseftion that practically the science of meteorology, on which this system depends, is not popularly taught, we of course do not forget the meagre summary of meteorology usually bound up in the works and text books of physics and natural philoso- phy now in general use. But no scholar hav- ing any adequate acquaintance with the strides that have been made within a few years by such laborers as Leverrier, Fiizroy, Buchan, Buys-Ballot and other metecorologic investi- gators will pretend that the science they have elaborated is taught in any text book now in use in any one of our highest institutions of learning. It is Suggestive of grave deficiencies when, as we have satisfied ourselves by actual in- quiry, the fact creeps out that even in the agricultural departments of the higher colleges no cognizance whatever is taken of the science of the weather—the science which, of all others, most concerns the farmer and planter. In lieu of instruction on this subject, itis to be regretted, the time and attention of the young student is absorbed by agricultural chemistry. Certainly any agricultural school which fails in giving meteorological information must ba eadically weak and defective. The reason so little is done, perhaps, in this branch of knowledge is the prevailing in- attention to it by educated men; and yet no intelligent mind can contemplate it without feeling a desire to pursue it. The marvellous yet ofttimes simple machinery of the atmos- phere is as much within the grasp of a youth- fal scholar as the diagram of a steam engine or the model of any insirument he is made acquainted with in his course of natural philosophy. We spend much labor and money on peering into the secrets of the as- tronomic world, and tax the brain of the schoolboy to photograph to itself the intricate workings of stellar and planetary economics. Costly expeditions are sent out (and wisely sent out) to observe eclipses and study the spots and atmosphere of the sun, and all these things have their dignified place in our school and college cur- riculum, Why should no effort be put forth in our high schools, and even common schools, to introduce the philosophy of the aerial world, the laws of storms and the behavior of those physical agents in our almosphere upon the knowledge of whose agencies so much of human health and happiness depends? Surely the American mind is not of too low an order, ag some of our teachers virtually assume, to comprehend this science. With but the feeblest aid from premonitions afforded by the animal world and by the face of the sky the humble peasant and the rudest bus- bandman have taught themselves to forecast violent disturbances in the weather, and even, in some countries, to divine the approach of @ rigorous or balmy season. The Signal Ser- vice now furnishes to all parts of the country exact aud abundant information of the instru- mental readings of the barometer and the other guides of the meteorologist, and this, in the hands of any intelligent student, will soon bring its solid reward, That this plea is not an inexpedient one is Proved from the fact that in Cinada, where a monthly report on the meteorology of the Pro- vince of Ontario is published, the whole work is done by the pupils of the ten grammar school stations. By this means young pupils are instructed in the principles of the science and taught to use the lnstrumeny with great pre- cision, As notable exceptions tothe rule, Mr. Buchan says :—‘‘Meteorology has been taught for upwards of thirty years in the Dollar Tostitute, which has long been distinguished for the lead it has taken in incorporating science into its curriculum of study. This example bas recently been followed by the Roman Catholic College at Stonyhurst, the Grammar School of Aberdeen, the High School of Inverness, Lerwick Educational Ia- stitution, Elgin Institution, Larchfield Academy and other schools in the country. But the objects of meteorology can never hold that place in the public mind to which they are entitled till the science becomes a recognized branch of education.” Lt is to be earnestly hoped that in the reorganization of educational institutions just now going on this subject will receive its due attention. The Cuban Straggle for Independence. To-morrow the Cubans of this city are going to celebrate the third anniversary of their struggle for independence, From all accounts we have received the struggle in Cuba is fairly over, and the proposed demonstration is, therefore, meaningless, unless accom- panied “by a determined effort to renew the fight. Where is the use of pyrotechnical dia- plays, of flags, emblems and flights of rhetoric, if all the enthusiasm is to end in a small supply of stamps, as bas invariably been the case on former occasions? The Cubans ought to know by this time that there has been enough of bombast. What are words without deeds? Fine speeches might bring a few dollars into an exhausted ex- chequer, but they will never free Cuba from Spanish rule. There are thousands of Cubans inthis country. By their own reckoning there are many more thousands actively engaged in fighting the Spaniards, and, according to the same authority, the Spanish army has, by sickness and desertion, dwindled down to an insignificant number. What is, then, to hinder the Cubans from being victorious except their own disinclina- tion to fight? We are all eagerness to record their victories ? But, truth to say, there are none to record. From time to time we re- ceive fantastic, semi-fabulous accounts of whole Spanish corps annihilated; but somehow or other these stories never come to be substanti- ated. What has become of that famous Ven- ezuelan expedition which, according to Cuban accounts, drove the Spanish troops before it like a flock of sheep? How came the patriots, after all their victories, to abandon the district of Camaguey, over the possession of which they have fought for threelong years? There are thousands of Cubans in this city to keep up the war cry, but there are none to carry on the war. Thelr ‘‘generals,” for the greater part heroes of the quill rather than of the sword, and the forum, prefer to parade their martial bearing on Broadway to leading their hosts on the battle field. They have either lost heart or like better to talk than to fight. We do not wish to be under- stood as urging the Cubans to continue the struggle, but we do wish that they may cease their noisy agitations, unless they act up to their words. The people of the United States are ready to sympathize with any sincere struggle for national independence, but they cannot be expected to waste their sympathies upon hollow professions. Fast Borses and Fast Women—Judgeo Bar- nard’s Opiu In his recent charge to the Grand Jury Judge Barnard gave it as his opinion that ‘‘it is safe to say, and my observation justifies me in saying that nearly all the fast horses and fast women in the city of New York are sup- ported out of the city treasury.” What a field of investigation is here opened to the Commit- tee of Seventy! Furthermore, says the learned Judge, “for the purpose of stopping this, so that some of these men holding sinecure offices may go to work and get an honest living if they can, or else take, in their cases, their more legitimate employment—the highway, so that we can send them to the gallows or the State Prison.” Good advice, this, to the Grand Jury ; but the evil presented so vividly before them, in its glaring enormities, can be reached only by the Legislature in a law abolishing these sinecures, and prohibiting any man, di- rectly or indirectly, holding more than one public office at the same time, and requiring a monthly publication of the pay roll in detail, with all the other expenditures of every de- partment of the city government, This is the way, and the only way, in which we can reach these faet fancy men, revelling in the spoils of the city treasury and luxuriating in the fun of the racing ground with their fast women and their fast horses. THE WEATHER. WAR DEPARTMENT, OFVICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASUINGTON, D. C., Oct. 9—1 A, M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours, ‘The area of high barometer which was Saturday night over the Blue Ridge is now confined be- tween Nortn Carolina and New Jersey, and the pressure has risen very generally through- ont the Atlantic States, where clear and hazy weather has prevailed, with light north. east winds, south of Cape Hatteras; and north. west winds backing to southwest in the Middle aud Eastern States, The barometer rematus without material ciange on the Lower Lakes, and has fatlen decidedly on the Upper Lakes as far as heard from. An area of very low pressure 1s appa- rently advancing from the Northwest upon Wiscon- ain, and brisk s\uthwesterly winds are reported west of Huron and Indiana, wita cloudy weather north of Missouri. Threatening weather and heavy enow 1s reported from the Rocky Mountains station, There is no telegraphic communication wiih Minnesota and Lake Superior. ‘The temperature nss risen rapidly north and west of the Onio Valley, aud to a less extent on the mid- die and east Atlantic coast, Probabilities, Northeasterly winds, with cloudy weather, will probably conunue on Monday in Southern Florida; clear and bazy weather, with rising tem- perature and falling barometer, in the Mid- die and astern States; falling barometer, with fresh and brisk southwest winds on the Lower Lakes, followed by Cloudy weather. Brisk south. erly winds, with threatening weather and possihy rain, on the Upper Lakes backing to the northeast on Lake Superior. 5 LIQUOR SEIZURES IN MASSACHUSETTS. WORCESTER, Mass., Oct. 8, 1871. The State constables, assisted by the tocal police, made seizures on Saturday of several well known liquor establishments, They took, in tne aggregate, three thousand or four thousand gallons One esiablishment had United States attachments upon thei stock, and the oMcers propose to test the questions arising mM such @ case, It is sald by those acqnainted with the facts that the Prohivitory law is now enforced (0 Up fullegs gxtemt In (uss city. ROM E. King Victor Emmanuel Takes Possession of Two Convents, Retirement of the Nuns Before the Advance of the Troopa—The Legislature Summozed. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK KERALD. Rome, Oct. 8, 1871. The troops of [is Majesty the King of Italy have taken possession of and occupted two of the city convents. The order was obeyed by the soldiers yesterday, — The nuns who were inmates of the establishment Witharew quietly at the approach of tie military, 3 LEG'SLATIVE SUMMONS. The members of the Italian Legislature are sum- moned to assemble in session. It is thought that they will meet in this city about the middle of November, FRANCE. Death of the Minister of the Interior. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YOAK HERALD. Paris, Uct, 8, 1871. M. Lambrecnt, Migister of the Interior, died sud- deny this morning at his residence while dressing. A MOBLIST OF THR GERMANS PUNISHED, M. Dombrowski, who was leader of the mob In the atsacks en the German residents in Lyons, has been arrested, tried and sentenced to two montis’ Imprisonment and 4 fine of 100 francs, The Burning of the Steamship Lafayette. The following particulars of the destruction of the mail steamship Lafayette by fire, in one of the docks of the port of Havre, are given:—At about nalf-past one in the morning of the 23d of Septem- ber one of the watch informed the officer on duty thata thick smoke was issuing from the grating under the galley. The officer went there imme- diately, but having no key he burst m the partition of the first class cabin. Flames came instantly through the opening thus made, and reached the cabin, The firemen of Havre were soon on the spot, butin about an hour the vessel, which was about 400 feet long, became an immense burning mass. It was then neceasary to cut the cable and tow her to the middle of the basin to pre- vent the fire from reaching warehouses on the quay. The flames were so intense that in the new barrack, at a distance of more than haifa mile, tie ght was as bright as at noonday. LO#sES. The captain, officers and crew lost all thelr etfects, and even some passengers’ luggage was destroyed. Of the cargo nothing could be saved. The Lafayette gauged 1,923 tons, and was built at Greenock in 1864. Her engines were of 850 horse power. Her estimated value was 3,500,000 francs, The company is its own insurer for one-third; the rest ts covered in houses in Havre and Paris, The cargo was iu sured for 1,500,000 francs. GERMANY AND FRANCE. The French Special Cabinet Mission in Berlin. TELECRAM TQ THE NEW YORX HERALD. BERLIN, Oct. 8, 1871. M. Pouyer-Quertier, French Minister of Finance, accompanied by Councillor Ozeane and Counts Fenelon and Valon, arrived this morning at the Royal Hotel. The members of the Commission visited the French Embassy at noon. They will have an audience of the Emperor, or the Premier, at an early moment with reference to the subject of the internation"! commercial rela- tions and other matters pending between the two countries. COUNSEL CALLED BY THE CROWN. Itis rumored that Count Von Arnim has summoned to Bertin. been BELGIUM. The Labor Strike in Ghent and High Charge De- waads of the Strikers. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BRUSSELS, Oct. 8, 1871. The labor and trades combination is extenaing at the city centres of the Kingdom. The strikes which were carried out in this city are being imitated in other places, and with increased demands on the part of the men. ‘Three hundred workmen of Ghent are on strike. They demand the reduction of the time of a day's labor to ten hours, wages vo be unchanged, and double pay for work over time. SPAIN. Ministerial Caution in Dealing with the Inter- nationals. TELEGAAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. MADRID, Oct. 8, 1871, The stern fact of the presence of the International Radical and Labor Society in spain meets the new Ministry as an initial difficulty for the Malcampo Cabinet, Minister Candan declared yesterday that the gov- ernment “cannot prosecute members of the In- ternational Soc:ety $0 long as they obey the law; bat he promises “to give the Cortes an early oppor. tunity of debating the question.” ENGLAND. The Commercial Rela ions with France To Be Readjusted. i TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, Oct, 8, 1871. A meeting will be held at an early day to discuss the question of modifying the commercial treaty be- {ween England and France. MUNICIPAL COMPLIMENT TO FRANCE, The Lord Mayor of London will entertain M. Leoa Say at a banquet on the 18th instant. NAPOLEON. British Defence of His Good Faith Towarde the French. TELEGIAM 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, Oct. 8, 1871. the reports of underhand manoeuvres of the Bona- Ppartsts in France for the restoration of Napoieon. WEST INDIES, Reminiscenc2 of Solouque at St. Thomas~Mails from Brazil—fugar Supply Short at St. Thomas, TELECFAM TO THE “W YORK HERALD. THOMAS, Oct. 1, 1871. General Salomon, ex-Minister of Finance unaer the ex-Emperor soiouque of Haytt, ts still here. The Brazil steamer North American arrived here to-day, She experienced bad weather, Baldricn, ex-Captain General of Porto Rico, ar. rived here on the 28th ult., and left again for Europe per the royal steamer Tagus, ‘The steamer Florida is still in port, repatring ' Gamages received a the MUsFICAMG Of LUC ZLAF Ute St. The London Observer gives a fat contradiction to | NEW YUKK HERALD, MUNDAY, OCLUBER 9, 1871.-—-TRIPLE SHEE, MOROCCO. 's Authority Endangered by the Ins turrec ion, The 8uli TELEGRAM TQ THE NEW YORK HERALD. Mannrip, Oct. 8, 1871. The ‘atest news from Melilla reports that the in- surrection of the Kabyles has become menacing to the authority of His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco. JAPAN. United States Relations Towards the Mikado— . Hawaiian Diplomacy. TELEGRAM TD THE NEW YORK ICRALD. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 8, 1871, The steamship Arizona brings the news that Min- ister De Long had an audience and a State dinner with the Mikado of Japan, as Minister Extraordinary from the Kingdom of Hawall, He had gone 10 Ha kodadt to investigate the irregularities tn Lae Amer- ican Consulate there, Personal Intelligence. Viscount de Valcourt, of France, yesterday ar- rived at the St. Nicholas, Judge Thayer, of New York, is at the New York. Judge Field, of Albion, ts registered at the Fiith Avenue. Captain Henry Wilson, of the United States Navy, is ab the Westintuster. General James McUleery, of Louislana, is quar- tered at the Irving House, Professor H. G. Eastman, of Poughkeepsie, ts among the (ate arrivals at the Albemarle. Colonel EK, W. Smith, of the United States Army, t3 atthe Fifth Avenue, Cc. CG Gilman, of Iowa, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. colonel J, s. Tuttle, of Delaware, ts domiciled at the Grand Central, dJudan Pedro Logegary, of Buenos Ayres, is among the late arrivals at the New York. Judge Robert 8. Hate, of Elizabethtown, is regis- tered at the Hoifman, Among the passengers who left this city on Satur- day for Europe by the steamship Baltic were Mrs. Dr, Carnochan and her mother, Mrs. General Mor- ms. A party of friends went down to the lower bay in the quarantine steamer Fietcher to give these ladies @ parting farewell. The Fletcher then brought back the agent of the Anchor line, Mr. Parks, and a number of gentlemen representing the Chicago Board of ‘Trade, who had gone down on board the Baluc. Dr. Carnochan entertained these gentlemen afterwards at his residence, THE TEXAS ELECTIONS. Probable Return of a Full Democrutic Dele- gation to Congress. New ORLEANS, Oct. 7, 1871. Advices from Galveston, Texas, state that in the First district, in five counties heard from, Herndon (democrat) has a majority of 525; in the Second dis- trict, in two counties heard from, Connor (demo- crat) has a majority of 234; in the ‘Third district, in five counties heard from, Giddings (democrat) has @ majority of 1,320; In the Fourth district, from tweive counties heard from, Hancock (democrat) has @ majority of 1,362, ‘The democrauc net gain over the vote of 1869, as far as heard from, 13 as folluw3:— First district, five counties Second district, two count Third distri ve counties. , twelve counties, This indicates the election of t) delegation to Congress. SUIT AGAINST AN EX-iNTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR. Sr. Lous, Mo., Oct. 8, 1871. A suit was commenced in the United States Dis- trict Court against Barton Able, formerly Collector for the First district of Missouri, by his sureties, for about a quarter of a million of dollars, atteged to be unaccounted for by him as a government ofiicer. Able’s bond was tor $100,000, THE YELLOW FEVER IN CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON, Oct. 8, 1371. There were no deaths (rom ycliow tever on Satur- day anu only one to-day. SUNDAY STABBING. ‘The usual gathering of roughs met in the same | locality in Fourteenth street yesterday afternoon, and amused themselves with the passers by for a great portion of the day. Subjects for thetr satire, however, becoming scarce at two o'clock, they were compelled to turn to each for employment. One of the party named Edward King, of 418 Kast Four- teenth street, who seemed to have an old quarrel with Thomas Colyer, of 517 Kast Fulteeath street began to taunt that young man about some person matter, and a flylt was the result, King was ge 9 (he worst of the contest, und he drew a pocketknife and stabbed Colyer tn the thigh, wounding ium w ously. tle then started to escape, soon laid hands on him, and are CUT IN A CAR, About nine o'clock last night Matthew McVey, of 662 West Forty-third street, while riding in a@ ralle road car in West Thirty-fourth street, between Eighth ana Ninth avenues, was stabbed In the arm who were quarreling In the car close to him. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital by the police, AS the man was drunk at the time he was stabbed it ig not likely he will be abie to recognize the parties who inflicted the wounds upon him. No arrests Nave been made yet. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Commander Davis is ordered to the command of the Wyoming; Lieutenants Iverson and Hutchings, Masters Congdon and Sullivan, Midshipmen Peck, Keeler, Kunnarat, Hunter, Bull and Hugues, anu Surgeon Wells to the Wyoming. Devached, —Lieutenan: ordnance duty at the Washington Navy Yard and ordered to the Wyoming. “he following have also been deiached from. their several posts and ordered to the Wyoming:—Master West, Midshipmen Busbee and Calkins, Cluef Mngineer Emmons, Assistant oe meDonald ana Second Assistant Engineer iiigan. Assistant Surgeon William B. Davis, detached from the Constitution and orderet (o the Novfolk Navy Yard, JEALOUSY IN NEWARK, ‘There Was near being another tragedy in Newark yesterday, arising out of the effecis of “green-eyed monster.” In the course of a quarrel between Conrad Emberger, a German, and his wile, at (neir house, 61 Hayes street, Conrad seized @ stone lid and teloniously assaulted Mrs, Emberger, | infieting a mae gash over her forehead. The | cowardly assailant then fed the house, but was | captured ¢m roure tor New York and safely lodged in jail. He 1s consideravly older than lus spouse. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. The second trial of the ci the luinoiw Cent urday. be dam: dict gave plaintitis 339,000, Henry Gruther, formeriy of Marion county, Towa, was | suffocated by the caving in of a mining eavin in Napa | county, California, last week. The crew of the Ameri ‘Ban Francisco, mul | cers were injured, not i mutiny, | Peter Dunbar, a well known resident of Boston, died on | saturday, aged about seventy years, | ‘The venerable Benjamin G. | “rather Paddock,” died in | ing, fm the eighty-tnird year of bis age. | Wit he was the oldest member of the Methodist E; having preached sixty-three yea The corner-stone of St. Joseph's new cathedr street, New Orleans, was laid by Archbishop 8 | by the clergy of the city and the Hibernian Church my yesterday. “The Rev, Father Ryan preached the dedication sermon, ‘There were 50,100 persons present.) Rev. William White Howe was consecrated Assistant Bishop of South Carolina at St. Paul's church in Baltimore yester- day. ‘The sermon was preached by the Lord Hisuop of ficid, England. A number of American bishops too p th> consecration services, cane of Cobb, Blaisdell & Co. vs, ailroad was coneluited at Catro on Sat: n bark Franois, from Hong Kong J at Honoluit, Two of the our yin attetmpting to suppress the at exceptio opal Church, in ViEWS OF THE Past. OCTOBER 9. | 1949—Riot 1m Philadelphia between the ‘Killers’? and negroes; several persons killed and a large number wounded. 1848—The Irish rebels Smith O’Brien, Thomas F, Meagier @nd others senteaced to death in Duvlin, 1 1779—Battle ot Savannah, Georgia; the American and French forces attacked the British works, bub wore, altey sharp Oguung, ropulygda in three different pects by some unknown persons | Commander Chew, from | some | a claimed was $40,000. The jury's vers | THE THIRD AVENUE SAVINGS BANK. “Sound as a Nut"—Its Ability to Meet Every Obligation—Fright Among Depositors Yes- terday-Surplus, $80,000. A somewhar sensational article appeared in one of the Sunday papers yesterday designed to adect the credit of the Third Avenue Savings Bank and its seventeen thousand depositors. A HERALD reporter set out to obtain a confrmation or refuta- tion of the alleged facts and frauds. Vor thia pur- Pose he visited the residences of Messrs. Hennesy, Hall, Dooley, Tattle and Darling, The frat three gentlemen were not at home, Mr. Tuttle resides next door to the bank, ta Twenty-sixth strect. The HBRALD reporter called there and rang the be and, having waited several minutes for a response, departed without obtaining any. A nervous-looking litule man, with closely cropped grayish-biack beard, was coming out of the side door of the bank, o! whom the reporter inquired whether avy of the bank officials were Inside, “None that you can see," he replied. RerorrkR—“vo you kuow where any of them caa be found now “No, don’ he replied, and hurned off up Third avenue as fast as he could, Subsequently the HeEKALD man found Messrs, Wm. A. Darling, Tatue, Harrison (the counsel of the bank), Lynes, the President, and Buras, Direc- tors, and the substance of their statements con- densed 1s as follows:— STATEMENT OF THE BANK OFFICIALS. The aificuity ts an old one, Three years ago the bank made @ loan on Atlantic Mail stock, which de- preciated in value betore the loan ¢ Ibe called ta, and the institauon lest for the (ime being near: | ly 3000,000 by the transacuion. Mr. Dimmick, | through whom th a Was chiefly made, was | @ director in the mat company and also tn the bank. | He is now president of the torr Ile had at nidigent place in the very heart of Tarrytown sisting Ot 126 acces, together with a house which he had been enlarging, and it was in au unfinished | slate. This property was assigned to the bank In nidation of Mr. Dimmick’s debt, 1t was then | valued at $300,000, and they have sold four- teen acres and the house for $150,000, or, rather, exchanged them for three houses in Filth avenue valued then at this sum, but now estimated | vo be worth $70,000 eaci. ‘There are twelve acres | OF the 112 still held by the bank for which they think they can obtain $100,000 aay day. Wut as the | Boston and Hartior.t Ratiroad branch 1s to run quite near the property tts value will increase the lonzer they can hold it, and the balance of the property they consider gworth another $100, hhree years have elapsed since this unfortunate ( loan was made, durmg which time the bank bas paid its depositors nearly one and a quarter millions | of dollars im tat 4, and it is now READY TO: PAY EVERY DOLLAR demanded of It, Some of its securities are, however, of such @ nature that they canpot be converted into cash on & moments notice, and probably not in. mediately without great sacrifice to the bank and its depositors, For instance, tt hol $706,000 | worth of New York city and county bonds, which in the present condition of the city treasury could not be turned without Jos! And every bank in the 4 in a siinilar coudition in tis particular, six ex- | trustees named in the sensational article as having | resigned because of the alleged roticnness of the bank were divectors at the time the Atlantic Mail loan Was made and approved of it, and they held their positions since tuat time until within a very recent pert THE REAL CAUSE OF THEIR was quite another thing, ‘the trustees and direciors of the bal are So engrossed 1m business as rari attend the meetings ol the bank ville Green has been tor several years i dent, but just previous to the last elec ary 1b Was found that an opposition texet was to be rua, in whica Mr. Dunn was to be set oe for President, and Messrs, Hatt, Doot Ys Hattietd Hennessy were to be made Vice Presidents, $ Auditor and Actuary, It Was really a war of outs” against the “ins.” A salary of $5 ee, aNd $3,500 Auditor and side the honor ol tae posith re an additional 1a- centive to aspire to the offices, When the eb r. Green Was aguln re-elected, but sake of harmony he reiused to accept une oilice, insisted on his resignation veing accepted. It with regret, aud Mr. Lynes, a well Kuown coal chant of the city, was electe! {n his stead, chapge was made nine months ago, aud not re The gentiemena who failed to yet positions resigned their trusteeships soon after, and some of tuem, 10 18 declared, have tried to get A *RUN” ON THE BANK ever since. Lust week it is reported that one of | them intimated to or asked a Catholic priest to an- unce iru the alfar the ansounduess of the bank | and to advise his congregation to withdraw weir | deposits, Neither the President, Sec or Att | ditor have received any salary this y i some | of them any lust year ether. bank bas been as mical 48 possible in its Outlays to cover over the less Incurred by its Atlantis Mail joan, sleney alleged by the Independent a short time ago were, t curt ATION wenty two of whom 0 be able to named trustees by the bank— siead of at their market value. crepancy ot $10,000 alleged to have been found by Mr. Hatt in | | the ‘actuary’s accounts was explained to tun, | and he,” a bookkeeper, knew all about | it, It did not affect the bank's accounts one dollar, but was designed to affect the report of | the Bunk Superintendent, and not to aliow the en Ure loss on the AUantic Mall loan to appear tu one report. ‘There Was no pecuniary fraud in the figures, hor mtended by ti dO RE among the truste aged between L868 a Uemen who havi counsel vo the bal | recelved $6 500 rou | | ENATION NSUiULON Was man WL I8TL chiefly by Lue very ge Mr. Harrisoi, denies t he ever y else, tn eged. ‘He | 1854, and ompensation. ago, however has been connected with the bank has given his legal secvices without Avout three and a ualf or iour years 7 the bank, having a large surplus on hand, voted him ##,000 for his services ‘for the ten or more years preceding. His going to resiue In ‘Tarrytown was to him a 1088 and not a gain, he says, + and he accepted the responsibility on the motion of Mr. Hatt and by the unanimous vote of the board, | The property was too valuable to be aliowed to lie | idle or be given in charge of a tured man, and as the Board wanted to realize on the property as speedily as possible it was deemed the more prudent way to have a gentieman in occupancy who could keep up the turm of ao establisiiment and at tie same time be able to sell it to advantage, And as evidence of bis temporary stay th Mr. Harrison cites tbe fact that his family were residing in ounty Wille he lived there, sw for a few months in the winter and spi And as | soon as the house was sold he returned with bis ' family to the city, The matter of saving in ret | was a mere bagatelle, and Was more than bajancet | by bis loss of ume in gong Ulther and Uuther might | and morning. | ‘The transfer of the property by Mr. Dimmick to the bunk was made througa Mr. Waring to avoid th nerging of the fees inthe mortgages and be canse of lis confidential rela‘ions to the bank and no other reason, and tue Board of Directors or- | | dered it to be so done, | ‘There 1s not a dollar loaned on “JERSEY SWAMP LAND.'? ‘The bank has made loans on some property in the | | best part of Etizabeta, which is now worti at least four times the amount loaned on it and its vaine 19 continually increasing, All its otuer ioans In New ; Jersey do not excced $10,009. Small amounts, the trustees acknowledge, are de- posited In the Murray Hill and Securtiy Banks, but | according to law. As fast as the abstracts of titles can be engrosset they are flied in the archives of ' the bank, where many of them are now safely housed, and any statement to the contrary they | brand as false and malicious. Late last evening as many of the directors as could be readily gathered together met at the rest- dence of one of the directors aud prepared the tol- | owing abstract of the assets and liability general condition of the bank on the Ist of Uctou and from it the realers of the HERALD and tie de- positors will perceive that the bank is financtaily sound enough avd able to meet ali its liabilities, But furtherwore, the oMicers have received offers of assistance from other bank officers who had read | the sensational article and promptly came to the ‘rescue. The Third Avenue Savings Bank will be open to-day as usual and ready to meet every just demand upon its treasury, and the depositors whe were yesterday in doubt Will to-day have wn Increase of faith, Bonds and m erty worth United staves and accried inter Cash on band... Cail loan on Unite ‘stat’ Wbonds | oue extra jot and building ad | Banking house and ove extra Wiig aa on | joming « oon { Furniture, txts - 14,500 15 acres town, unia ‘ cumbered value # anu. sesiia 173,600 | Three houses and love on Fi Dppow | Taree ral Terk, value, wuinewmoared, # 926,000 ‘Total Due depositors, October 1. Surplus... ‘ ‘The following Is (he © securitien :— Unit City of New York and) Br Siate, county, town and other bonds, market val bank's ter and amount of the | $1,085,400 bonds, market value... yn market Total TAE FLORIDA HOAX. SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 8 ISTL. The story of a recent land sink in Orange county, Florida, isa hoax, There has been no suck ple- | nomenon In that section, ‘This contradiction would seem to be unnecessary but for the fact that several , Tespectable aud widely circulpted papers at the North bave eT eae the Puliculyus styry Wible ( wong ys editqrial coyamseale | , fresh from the south ; Union, of San Fran we Cres and Balls; | best and cheapest first class machines [nthe world 7 THE CHICAGO FIRE. THE FLAMES FINALLY EXTINGUISHED FOUR BLOCKS OF HOUSES BURNEB The Entire Loss Over a Quar- ter of a Million. OF THE LIST LOSSES. Another Immense Conflagration Breaks Out in the City. lis Loss and Extent Greater Tham in the First Fire, CHICAGO, Oot, 4, 18TH. About one ofclock this morning, shortly after sending the last despaten detailing the progress of the fire tu the Western divison, the flames were arrested and under complete control of the Fire Departinent, ‘dhe space burned over embraces four blocks, bounded on the north by Adams street, on the west by Clinton — street, om the south by Van Buren street, and on the east by the Chicago River, Some four or five butidings within the limits named re- main uninjured, among them Vincent Nelson & Co.'s arain Warehouse, one of the largest In the city, which escaped any serious damage, ‘This i due to the fact that large piles of anthracite coal lay be- tween the burning buildings and the elevator, and by coutinnous application ef large quantities of water to the coal the Warehouse was prevented trom being burned, ‘The space burt over waa covered with lumber yards, coal yards, wood yards, ® planing mill, vine egar factory and a large number of dwelling hoasea~ and saloons of the poorer clasp. A close estimate of the entire loss places it from. ),009 LO $309,000, the ball of Which ia provably insured. The fire ortginated in Lull & Holmes’ planing mitt, on Canal street, near Van Buren, As the wind was the tre spread northward In half an hour the waole rapldly and thence east, district was all a blaze, ‘The following are the leading au ferers:— Lull & Holmes’ planing mille L038 $20,000; im- ¥ about $12,000, les’ box factory. Loss about $9,008 insurance $1,500, Uxcelsior Vinegar Works of Gweigt, Loss $12,000, Racine House. Loss small. Unton Wagon Works. Loss $17,000; insurance: $6,000, Join Sheut’s & Sons’ lumber yard. Loss $65,0005 insured for $35,000. Chapin & Svs’ shingle factory. surance $12,500, 4, Hotbrook’s coal yard, $25,000, Wilmington Coal Company. Loss $20,000; insurance $20,000, ‘The blacksmith shop of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rajlroad Company. Loss $4,000, Witn a single 6xception the buildings destroyed on Clinton street were of the poorer class, The most serious loss on the street was that of Baltzer & Co., wagon makers, about $8,000, with only a light ine surance. On Jackson street ten houses, owned by Alanson Watson, were occupied by twenty-eight families, Who lost all they had. The total loss on this street will probably not exceed $20,000, not over one quarter tusured. Only three or four buildings of small value were burnea on Van Buren street. The Loss $50,000; tne Loss $56,009; insurance Iron viaduct leading vo Adams street briulge was dainaged to the extent of one thou sand doilars. The trac of the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicavo and Chicago and St, Lous Railroads, which run through the burnt district, were damaged to the extout probably of two or three thousand dollars, Mrs, Margaret Hadley, 1 ing on the north stde of Jackson street, being sud- denly surrounded by flames, was unable to escape. | Her remains, burned to @ cinder, were found this morning near the place where she was last seen tn her house, It is impossivie to learn to-night the exact amount of the insurances and alt the names of the companies that are the victums ‘The entire amount of the insurances will probably fall below €150,000, Probably two-thirds of this 1 In Chicago oMces. Among the outside companies which suffer are the Teutonia and Hibernia, of Cleve. land; Buflalo Western and Buitulo Fire and Marine; Alps, of Brie; Andes, of Cincinnati; Pactie and isco; Knickerbocker, RKepublie and Firemen’s, of New York, and the Lycoming, of Philadelphia, Another Great Fire Raging in the City—A Repetition of the Disaster of Satvuarday Night—Four More Blocks Destroyed, Cittcago, Oct, 8-11 P.M, A tire is now raging in the Western Division, which appears to be as large as the great fre lass night, The alarm was given at # quarter te ten P. M. The distance is about two and a half miles from the Court House, and it will necessarily be late be- fore any particulars can be obtained. MAILS FOR EUROPE, The steamship Silesia wil leave tats port on Tues y for Plymouth and Hamburg. The mails for Europe will close at the Post OMce at half-past eleven o'clock A. M. THE York H&RALD—~Edition for Europe— Will be ready at half-past olne o’ciock in the mora- ing. 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