The New York Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1871, Page 11

NEW YORK HER the rights of che State, It is undersiood that the N ORTU Cc AROLINA |i ‘nvelved me atgnity of North Carolma and Financial Po‘lcy of the State Foreshadowed— The Old Ante-War Debt .o Be Compromised at Thir‘y-three aud One-third Per Cent—Second Class Bonds at Twenty-five Per Cent—The Special Tax Bonds Virtually Repudiated— Specia! Tax of One-quarter Per Cent To Be Levied to Pay the Interest on the Substituted Debt— embers of the Legislature Charged with Being Ku K ux—Ex-Governor Holden All ged o Be the Au. Charges. thor of the N. ©, Nov. 20, 1871, Since the meeting of the Legislature several im- portant b.1ls have been introduced, among the:n oue to commute, compouiid and-adjuse the public deot, Whicu, trom its p»pularity among te memoers, seems to be suvstantially the set.led policy of that body in regard to the deut. 1b was reierved to (he Finance (omm ttee. fhe first section provides of the appointwent of a comuussion Lo coupromse the State debt and to sausdtute 1m Meu thereo: a | new State debt, in pursuance vi (he powers and pro- | Visiuns tais act prescribes and dedines, The secoud Bection provides Utal the new deve stellt be valled the . SUBSTU'UTED DENT, for which bonds stall ve issued under the seal of | the state, signed by the Governor and counters signed by the Treasuier, WILn appropriate coupons attached, ruuulug thirty years frour the ist of July, 1s72, béaring SIX per cent incerest per anaum, to gol, and naviug printed upon toeim toe words “Substitated Devi,” aud such boads svall be of Me denomination Of $1,000 or 360% ‘Lhe Coumis- gion 18 to communicate with tie creditors of the State and miorm inem of te tnabuty ol the peopie tw ulscharge the oubke debt on Account of We dininished resources of tHe Stare and the disastrous results of tue late war, but Wat they ure anxious and willing to pay whatever por- tion of thmay be within tieir means aud power to do, ‘The bi furtuer peovides tbat the Commission shail have power to Compromise (bat poruoa of the debt contracted piiur to fhe 20th O. May, Lsol, and its iterest, U the crecitor sual surrender the old bonus, al the rate ot THINTY-THREE AND ONE-THIRD per ceut o: the auouns cervived to be due and 50 surrendered; Ulat ior al vouds siuce issued under Blatuics passed prior to ute 20fh of Way, lebl, Or other evidence 01 such devt.¥e surrendebed and cer\ilied, new bonus shali be Bxued at ime rate or Lweniy-tive per, cent of te amoum spectued Lo be due, = Tii@se two Closses Of §=bonus = incluae au that) poruon of thy stale devi con- tracted prior to the 18: Of Jangary, i808, wheu the curpet-bay Lesisiature met, except the war devi, Wuich tue federai guverament coupelled the State io repudiate, ‘Phe Comuussivd 18 tuen Lully Instructed wo livestigacé thorougwry all the circum S1@.Ces wl acuing .O Ube desue ot dey wou ali bonds Or other evieeuce of Sle debt, sa sequen to Janu. @r), isto, wbd whetber ay muneys wore raised UHver sUCh Loni oF ObEALIUUS, ana, LI 80, Were t used In (ue Guus uchOM OF auy Tadruad or ol PUGLE WOLK in whica Cie Sue Mas wdy Lu teres, Talis devt tue CoummssiOn SHAL SUT HA. YOWER to recogmice a» viiitiog—uuab %, Lue SpLoral tax debt created lor in.cruadl Imp ove vents oy cae re- 4 LcKISMbOe OU. dou iid Lov, vat hey unLy SCEPtal Wildl MOE derived FOU) Lae speci LAX deol uas been e. pended actully Upou the tutecual Ip Lovesenis Of Hs state, auld or ine aatuunt so expended NeW vouds us che owe may ve Issued equal in auMeUnt oO ~ THE A.B PERCENTAGE Of the suins surreuuered, as provided in the second SecUUN of ULL wil, Lue Douds se issued ty UE OL Lie Genyulidiua Or gov) 0. SLuv— cme oe Lurtuer PTOVA ies iat THe COMMISSION shall Have power bo Crcuduge duly Aud ali Blucas Mela LY tue State in te Old Catulud Kaacodd Coupauy, OF a any OWer LALrUMU, UaVIgWuOL, Mandi Lurie OL Ober IMCOrpO. Aven Compas, LUE LOIS OF Lue DLALE, 1SSUCL 16 OL SUCH BLUE. AULA PoWers ure BVeU Lue CoMUssIO4 woremectuace the Purposes vc Une Vall, dua LO Puce by provie weds 1o py ihe currents 1dereat oa tite SUVsutUted leot oO Special LAX OL ONE-FUCRIB VBR CRT 18 hereby | vied on ai taxave ,roperty and sub- jects laAcON Daier (ue General ceveaus law DOW .U OFC Uh bat Sue UE HAC Way VE paosed at tuly Se810 60 pe Lengel ASSeulY. wy Lads vill the ve G6 WICH is GOW bali Lyesvit sathudous, Wile 08 Teduccd 10 Oss Lulu SLX Muted Aa OUJEWA 1S raised ly Ue provisiod Wien ailuWs OMly WWeaty> fiVe per ceuh OF Ud. Class Us Ul) Douda sueU Wuder WELS pidssed SUSEGUEAL LO UE Zoku Ui Akay, Loot, Oe der wuuorly ed prevous Ww tual date. it Is Cutsuned Thal a Mids Thy Oe tHe YOUUs Of Lue ld Gehl. Watci are .O U- Fedee.aed WL bus PALE Oe LULtLy= tres wud Ouc-tHid ver Cenk, ake Held DY Nurlueran bonnets aL tWealy-u | Wiad ce se uae Class, WO be Te seculed Por Cel, AVE wos y UA oy Lite people of wae Stare, Wid pad su AWarly every iu SlAuce une Buudied Celts Ou tae dollar ive Lieu, aud Wao Wiil Now OB PAXED tue new bouas issued ty redeem item, fis | top fs Hide Tidjustve, dud 16.9 UeHeVed uktt We vit, Wael neariy eVeWuTe Mees apPrYva, Wil U8 | @luenved a wa eis, AS OF elke Species LAX | bonds lssued OL Ad d= UL UCL MOS vis Cd vy The bade ase vatluatly Fepbdawed vy be pie, anu tie provisin vy tae oll for un Mehl O. Ue AM Mob aCrud)y EXPCadea Hi Law COU> BlructlOD vl PautOads 18 Hie tithe taiy Dich. PUlcd. Luvugh Cals auldus Wal BOL EXECU gov, a AEW days SLuCe a SEC OF LesOite Troms @ Peat YON ean th Over COULLY, Were tutfuduced aw, BlOM Uw) LO Legit GuPe oL | ALL. Bo ataoRR, OF Tae BY acda Thon Mo Viig seas un the oody. Suive tuen similar | gets ul AUVs, EXCL Ip y wna aan | Buaee, Coody Rom We Nuer por wos Led peur vay | Jor We expu. OF Ue Ste, WAVE alsO VED sUbosted, aud un @Vely Laolauee ¥ KACAL MMEWDEES. Liye nro Lous Cuare Ut UUsersO gud ad peaceav e Chit Gus oF Lie ote HAVE YeeU Cruelty scoUrged dud Drulaly Wurdered, dud chal Mawteiesas Muti ays viv wud Buide set al wouduc We ad UA, Nev that ta by coumy Pe B petye. aled UyOu OULL i he diate Mave J WORE dogtline au Woo Wseuvou waa pou kt | tue yp UIeLE WikUly Uedtgits; wud | toat tes 0Mles, a Suikte Lue; Ine we. BF. N, Stud iva, & ves ID LUE Legislative OL Noreb Caria dud oblLers Of Ute titve Leg rontture, wre i ane leavers Of The sud COUspi dots, attderers aud .eicus wa | have pach, fel aud suscudued the huttine 6 ; © Ue) CbiWouers UO WOst CHiUesty Pay Chae GOL HrUnoues OL Lhe Dexisiaiaie il dudig@dely Late uuu LHe Lacls (ie Memuers Chorged wom \ueM re VALVE Out Lpen tie ,eucon for OXPUMON & CUnsId-TaVIe de vwe Cusued, Le L 1S Cat ged as BEITLE OO. hevtou W AM QIUA Hudiaudaby Cepek ue A Cusdbun as 4 10 aad Litious slau wt. NO us Ubee takOu G00 ty vib its ty Coptiod rlutily Vet yeeed ol tne ground Uae bone Sali Hts HO Tig ie ko ty hein ers OF ermes ayer CO MATE BEER COMME Uw Whiloue twah Dodye 1 Wotl Jnucuage ot de Cue cots as resulta ot tosucu a degree Wad ied auOrstLp tas Oven Traced 10 EX-OOVERSON HOLUBN AL Was InglOd 6 HO Sink dicdikes i tae political AUUTS O LUG ovale. LHe POs0.Utoud dives UF & BOVErUs Went stank, Wf n crs im the tuereUb couuties, aor Wain Called Wieeligs LO uive Guede 4 avordaMe. WIN Uke LL cedcttous Laat aes amved Ute ath In Fesp lise (0 a FesO}UOn yter uae ceria Crater me of inquiry askiag ine formation ad Lo Gao KE LOL GhieNs ob Chay BuMe by Cuited ~Uttes (PoOps stall ued te. Gute Carona, ald wHesies Lue GOVErWOr Vad S08 0 vind Cue LUG Uigth by OF LHe bates eucy uove ergor Cabell te MBoS sus Ws uAUO LUE Le bug 10 TUB 1B isbarews BAFOUTIVE. De PAREMRN', Hatmiily ob. ay 600. 28, TL, To Hon. &. T. WARKES, I'resulea: o tie Se ae. Sti Thave the hondy to aexnowid. ih receipt of w Fesoiition wuopted vy the boy you proside Teqiesting the Gwernot L , formation that we gin arta & the caryiog oF tocun bey thelr inpreonient wri u Body wats we ac ri » 0. to oFm as taken to the one auhoD OOS y the county ov Cieves ve Aven pets, BD State nw Sate upon ee rewirtied to by 0 Mormed weto jug ener Bouin or (be « court of the Uni io furer auewer eh uave tO worm ft Ore the circu. 5101 He VislriGt OF South CaroitiMa. the Fes0. WON 4! tue 6 aie body tual | forwra above Wo tut Promk aitention ty the ¢ appear Ws me U Sot Garound b Bett ter the ,euerat tre T dew corres on veuee WIth tie» xeouy CopIIENE thal Rais CCIE WUE BOL be te take upon i Our CAME OF quar, Ait (he KUVEFMABENE OF Ube Unbed Sau / F bave the HouOr WW be very respectiaily, your abedient ver 10D K CALDWouy Govervon | (une a discussion took pikee npoa tHe reac the wessuge, 1 WHER Lie Gover cor erilivized 10k Ws appareat @pacuy ug of was sharply la @ Glawer | pharmacy who Is bY ‘inte Governor bas more 11 Ormation than his briet mes- gage shows, which he 18 al present unwillmg to concede, Severa citivens of South Carolina are kb to have been urrested witain the borders of ‘this State by troops on Cuty In South Carolina, and the people demaud a retraction of the indiguity by the United States goverumeit. .HE EXAM N:iT ON OF DRUGGISTS. To TRF Eniror oF THE HeraLp:— As the time approaches when the law relating to druggiats foes into eifect the dincuamon relating to the provisions and effects of that aw becomes warmer and more interesting, and although much has already | een printed upon the sub- Jeet there are some views which present themselves to the writer wh ch have not bee@ toucied upon by others. Contrary to the general opinion rexarding this law, it only de:ounces ita penalties against thone who compound physi- chune’ prescriptions after iis vrvvisions go into operation, and amkes no provision whatever to prevent a drusglst from compounding und selitay any remely or even himaelf pre- scribing and Gking his own prescription, ‘This tailure in the iaw entirely deveats its vurpose, if it was reaily intended to prevent the sale of inetivines by persous not quaitied, Tne law dees vot proscrive any peuaity for hose ‘Who improperly sell poisuns or those who adulterate ther Femedies, These facts are suifictent, believe, to show that the aw was not web considered, und that 1 will be necessary to amend it in maoy important particulars beforo it will Answer the purpose designed. ‘'nere ure other objections to the manner in which this jaw 15 carried into effect, of more serfous importance to the druggist, athoush they may not equally concern the pubic. Section 4 of said law pro vides that “it shall .¢ the unty of said board to examine, on appiica:ion, all persons now etupioyed in putting up prescrip. tone or’ dispensng medicines in the aly of New York, and uve « ceriivcate of suet exatil tion to tue person go exumlocd, If found eompet to act in such capacity, aod whieh eeriilicate Shall be deemed aga Neense or such empiyment.” Tue Hoar | ted all the druggists tha: tacy Were to be examined npn the {o lowing naimeu saby cts, by wi.t—"Chemistry, paisous and their antidotes, practical pharmacy ant olinal bota vy wareria medica, the avulteration of drugs and prescrip: Hous." 1 be teve that the best physicians and druggists {n the county Wilraree wite me that a man may be thoroughly competent in au brasleaus of the art or pharmacy, capab.e of compounding any presripvion and dispensing aay remedy, periect.y (atntiiar w tu the doses, eifects and proper combi: Datious Oc ail the Femeties wach he w called upon to. did pense, withoat knowing much about chemistry, whieh 1 @acience «| Os. ene y Separated (rom ais art My own uch person to engave in (er thelr appointment, nott- verien.@ In .equiriig & knowled e of the art of 8, 10 Goud , Similar to that oc @ large proportion of the drug ists 1 the city, | entered a store asa boy, aud commence! with practical les-ous in keeping tae linp € Meuts ani embelisnmencs vf tae store newt and clean, My revoptor requived me to #iudy the * ited States Wispeosa- rv’? @ given numver of hours dary, and to give my anatnt- ance an atention to the making of the various prepara- tions, In tis manner I gra .ualiy became famiiiar with all the arcicis, the mneshod of componnding thems, their doses eters, &c.. ko. Twas then alowed to atkend in the store, anu, wally, ws compoun | prescriptions, which required xreat care, a full knowle 600 at tie remedes aod tue mancer ot npounding tuem extemporaieoumty, By the meas [ Je raed so thuca of the ous.cess chat T have compounied riptivus (or a numer Oo. yeara without mating aly and yet L coulis BOL pass aoy Kfud of an examination an chemist inoue inétance that has c man who lias been a pr oO ware ad popaiar years, bas been tir bis ro, dation ame ever seen thato. a Man who ne to my «nowledse a gentle- ctiow drnazivt and ihe proprietor re in thin city tor nfteen ur iwenty es rejected by this Board, al fu physicians and the pau Ste ass dru. gtst. Unter thie law any venocyption after the Zist {pst witii- ‘om this Board fs lable to inprisonment bis operate y ove OL the aluadie poriood or the .Puggi ma, and T be- Hat the quest.ou may well Le asked whether’ the Lewis- hag aright ty Wke away a mun’s property, whfca nis busi eas certainly is, without giving uim compensation therefor, ‘nat the prescription trade of a store ts a valuable part of the Lusi. ess no. @ can dowut, as toe question as to whether {els larce or ami a ways determines {a % great meagire the ne Of a store Wuen ie Is voOHt and wohl, Task again an the Leisature ® y chica man shall forfeit we muss valuab.e parc -dautise he ix Unable to p. examinati wt entirely forelgn to hi ‘There 18 the public in the ner in wich business has hereto ore CO Uucied than 18 .@beral y supposed, ana fi may ve qu toned if any law Wid make errors much less frequeut {haa th yure at present. avery irag ist bas & in cumponuata, uly reme Dusiness FepUtAl OL aud, Ly Upon WS wor velns Fe’ (rom raraban you Sider that there Have ved, ac 4 rmad estimate, aot seas 1.800 00s preaceipuions compounded in this ely within the jasc year, wi scarcely one aval error, L Uinna tha. it will eaimlord that here is nov 49 much cause for marm 28 Many seem to uink ani oeriainly there fs no other occupa. tin which is pursue with auythiag approaching thi e of accuracy which characterizes the @oaduet of the art of pharmacy. 1. conclusion L ask, will the coming ses fon of the Legis- lature consen tial indre tan .Wo-shisds of the men engased 4u this occupacien suai be driven [rom the only employment woreh they di verstanl, ani whice tuey have expeade: years Ol car «ti muuy to acquire witiout ret giving them an op- portunsey to auow that twey are yuaitued fo thee own bus neas, uowe.er {ttle ciey nuy KNOW Of a Dro. ession to Which tuey uo nut profyss to beiou., or yreead to practice? A PRACTICAL PHARMACIST, Meeting of & r scrip len Clerks. At au adjourved meeting of the Preseription Cieres’ Assoctution o1 tae City of New York, held We.dtuesuay eveuing, Oli mst, the following pre- ambie was adopied: Ihe Hresc:Ipdon Cierks? Association of the Cityof New Yors, orgasized cor mutuai b nett ant protection, to pro- mote'ihe (fendly IMercourse and amicable recations of its Memvers, avd WO iuipr ve aad eevate thelr prutession, uo herevy re’ No oue avait be € fxtvie for membership woriptiog clers Of this city.” During the even ng @ nutber of ,entiemen joined the @ssociativg ana ~ad Weir subscr.ptions, lle sucie.y Wisi IL to ve uisniMedy wnuerstood that they are lusavoro tne oreseay law reguiaun s the saie of uss IN iMis ciiy, Wiles, though peruaps not per- fect Ba sep io t iat direction; aad they be lieve ut be We # good working law and a great pruteciiou to Uh: pa dig, fae feel econtivent that those wav uave complied with tne require- vais vi (he law Wil rece.ve Che Support of intelil- ment CuLeus. THER vE EB: QJEs tion. To THE Eprror OF THE LRU ouR—In the article entitied “Kereree System,” as Alsy Lat Lhe @ditvrial thereon, tn this morning's oe O1 your paper, tuere are 90 many misstatements in regard to tae case of Gaskin vs, Meeks and others, aud these errors, f auowed to staud uncorrected, Virtually Cuarge su Many geutlemen covnected witi Lue Case OL having been guilty O. Wuat tne Revised | Sustutes characterize as “a misdemeanor punish- avle vy ube oc inprsO “neat, OF Dota,” that In jus- tie to wil Lavse Cucerne4 1 feel at my duty vw ask you lo puviisn the fodluwimg reasons why your ar- ucles ust ve Wrongs You say the case “Was prepared, and that it is gencraily re ecred to amoug fawyers? as a “inade” case, Now. Lb haye yet to know of the first person who 1.8 sald Cais, as a staple inspection of the Judguient Koll Wal st0w that this case was com- Menced, BOL as you assert, In Aagust, 1x69, but on Marca 6, i869, as Was also the like vase of Gaskin Vs. Audersoa, reported 14 7 ADbOt’s Kepurts, N, tus was nearly two months—torty days, to be exucl—..ewre the act you al Que te Was passed by Vie Legis.atuie, Lhe alwraeys must lave all been guted W.ti y propuelic tusi,ht as to What acts tue Legisiatur. WoLd euace, il your remarks are true, Agall, tue decree os sac Was aol presented to Jus- , and tas, } Ulink it, was uacdiy ‘allroad syeeu,” or Wis nui ishius exrvugel Wild Fapuiy”? a “made ase,” Cie ack having bed passed May 4 Ly act, SeVerat siuitar decrees Nat eUn signed De- fore ie ja quiede mC ese cases, and Why should hol al SUCH ACOds Wave DeeM Coaracterized as ue Cases"? A ter tie sare Lue purchaser, ben. jauts P. Fairohilu, wiucied we that fe gad bought Lite premises (ur a yOutne wien, aad What om furwer S.WUOR vi Ue UOdse Is feeds wile woull DOs 11Ve Lu Ht, dou AdKU Ly He FOwased Irom the bid. Ldevined Wo v0 ais, aiter constitation With the de- Jevuau’s altorueys and guardians cd (emia the Case, MasiuGa do Cre Ueiag Us’ Fights to pro- te LWe eared & ueW swe uil,h! produce a less fa- voravle resuwit Ww Uiew A mdston Was then made AL We HEAL Cudunvers OL vourt, regardiess of DATUUTd UU AUSUSE 44 L560) aul you wil Wom Lue stunt Judge myght be, and Justice Carduzv | decided = Ute achgOe Mconsti- (ulin, ant Wroe OF at opinion, cl Was puulisiied Ly Wie Beemg sol and ouner pagers, nd Nailed by Wet as a lOW ac ble yreediness of the ouerit s/he puscia-er appewied, and at the Geveral ‘Ler, Cuusiouad OF Presiding Justice ‘Lhowas 4. Cire aust Jusiiees Cardozo qnd suther- laud, tue dec.sivd Was armed undatmoasiy. fhe Appeal was (ued Laken \o ihe Court of Appeuls and heurd in sauuary. 1 Oehug sued to @ preerence ou tie caleudar, Uauer a Te OF t.@ Court and the decision renueréd .u waren, 13.0, agaro anantaously WUT PUES CAPUOss tts COULL Consisted of Kovert .arl, Chied Judge, ad Juds es Grover runt, Lott and st8uces SuweruDd, ugails, roster and SMUD. (Ve +2 Ne 2s Cpe, pe 4d) ANUS, ONE Year miter 1 Was startet, Uns “railroad Made-up case’? brougNt justice to LH pares Now, dues It not seem) WO you (ib HW your C@usure is = meried wo li te bs nertea oy every attoruey and ray who had an thin Wdot tue Cases And if thi live you not ben a tLe more sweeping te wed to be Aud did th Hever oceUr toy ver of the aru ob io S aactog at the bur” Uae Mis act could acver nav, been dc clared uncon. SULULGHa) URE bie Jtided sdudid 80 decide it? “COMMMOD deceae 7 Luyeve | hen fo 9 declare, as Well ds CoIn.won -euse, vitnouga (us latier quality 1 Wot app @-ent wi the ledtued Couuseror s remarks UM you report Wid wuly. Pidady, 26 ie assure fou that you are entirely in error avoul ks Hrater—-iwaeed, 1 seriously believe you fave been titeutlonaliy mis: fniormed, almost hoaxed. So iar as 1 am con. cerved, amt t Ute, the same may be said oF ail Lue lawyers iM ine Case, | have never bad a word OF COMMUA.tud Wh Bay of the Judges Who vave Gakeu pare 10 tue cuiferent decisions at uy Ue, Gt Fuel ty OF sce CHE ACL Was passed. Te Was so Ceatly Uacoustiun dal from Ue made ob tis dideredt secauns amd: subjects, Unt b was surprised (0 vedr shal & Coulrary kupression Was Cie ined © 0 by dy aule opponents 1 thas ue result of We argu uenty Jastiies my Oplulou. i; send herewid ai the papers im the case, that You way exanube treme you Wish, ay bask ou L) PQS Uh, abe 10 allow me to Sead h to other payers that tae correction may be AS wide spread as tue Original jaaler Yours truly, JUUN HENAY BULL 240 BROADWAY, NOVs a doth. THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE TYNE The Aquatic Contest Between the Chambers and Winship Crews, Origin of the Mateh— hs Contests in Ameriea— Adoption of the Yank:e System—The Ameri- — can Sliding teats—Magnificent Race— Viotery of the Winship Men. NEWCASTLB, Nov, 22, 1871, Two circumstances gave pecuilar importance to the ureat boat race which was rowed this mornieg over the Tyne course—the ¢ atuimg school ot our nortuern varsmen. In the frst place, ib was the greatest processional aquatic event that has for a jong ume taken piace in Enugiand, where profes. sional rowlag has been uuder a cioud, Inthe second, it Was the occasion for the intreduction oa our tivers of the American systom ot <ispensing with the services of coxswains, and, as ihe experi ment proved thoroughly successful, there 1x every reason for supposing that ia future i will be adopted in our mure im ortant contests of tus de eription, The crews were comoose:l as follows:— WINSHIP'S CREW, Lbs, James Taylor, bow oar. 140 Joseph H. Sadler, No, 158 hovers Baguali, No. 3. 147 ‘Tuomas Winship, sirok lot 150 Joun Brigit, No, 2 eoeteeee 11 Heury Keley, No. 3...... 156 Avert Cuanivers, stroke, 157 Thts lavererew was composed for the most part of the men Who rowed with Jumes Kenjori in that memoraple miten on the Kenuevecassis K.ver, Winen ivey lost by the untimely Luiness that carvied him of, His comrades, taktng in the “spare putin,” Brigat, subseqaeniiy rowel asainst tne Tavior- Winship crew at HMaluax and were beaten, but in otter encounters acruss tae Atianue fortune was moredavorable, aud at Saratoga dad Longueu they deiened tao rivet Engiisa boat Hiated with these victories Chambers and his men on their’ Le- tara howe caaltenged any iour La the world to cou- pece with them, and this bey taken up by Mi W. Biukey on behalf of Winship articles of agree ment Were signed on Octover 9 tora match to be rowed on the 22d of Novewber oetween the High Level Bridge and Leamington Point, un the Tyue, for £200 a side, The question o! carrying coxawaina or not was lelt open. As soon as terms were arrange the two crews begau Une preparanon—~ Winsnlp’s in & new four of the Tynemouth Kowiag Olub, with a& coxs?aia constantiy im the boat, wnile Chambers’ did ther work m an old boat and without a man at the stern, For wwe race itself orders were given by both crews for new boats of Mr. Rubert Jewitt, of Dunston, Chamvers naming bis the Remorth, im memory Of nis d-wd comrade, and Wiusutp styling fis ine Adelaide, ia compiimeal to nls backer, mr, Blakey, who owns a novel ot that name. It may pe uveresting tO American oarsmen Lo KnUwW that the dimensivns of these craft, which are lanticed in Buape, are as luliow. ‘Leng*h, 41 feec; with amid- ships, 18 incites; hetgnt ut the sien, 5), incaes; berzht at the stern, 43 mches; depth amidships, 7% Mches; the Cuckpli, 4.4 INcues. Al.er sowie dis Putes J, H. Clasper, the boat budder, of Uxturd and tormerly of Wandsworth, was cuosen reieree by Mr. J. J. Bagnall, the stakenoider, THB BRCTING ON THE RACE Was singularly tame undl this moruing, whea a ood deal of mouey was got on. As soon as the decd Of agreement hau beeu signed Mr. biakey, to show the extreme contidence with which he 1v0ked Jorwurd LO Lue issue, Odered LO Make a bet Of £1,000 even that tue Wiusiip crew Would win, bus We olwer party Were N06 a Uns tune Williag Lo accept it. Last Mizut, however, ab tue Various . poruug houses mM New sasile a Coucideravie uMUENL Of Syeculaiou tove piace, w 190 Go dv va Lae Uaam- bers’ crew, notwithstaname the fact that 1a ine Morning Winsuip' men, usiug tue newly-lveauted AMEMIOAN SLIWING SoA.3, had done & spicadid rua on tae r.ver, working the siders Wil du du0ual Of ase anu rapidity bhaG guve tne Gimues¢ Noyes Wo those Wuo fad mvested vi Wem. Canoes’ crew, huwever, Wout fhvodgth Suale Gacelieae “svurt" EXerewe between the dig Level aud itedheugn Bridge, gulug ia chew new boat ut a splendid page Wasa taey pus on & “spurt.” Souciiag apyveared tO aave, uocwitastaudiag, gone wrvog Wita tueu, for im the evenimg .nere We.e rumors lo he eueck thas BO race Would Guke place, aud some persous appeare : to ve Willing WO lake Ten CO OMe buat Lal Would ve tue case, Wuate ever Was bie act 1b dues nob appear ww nave oeen Very serious, Jor 1m he Mmotaius, Wued Lue usual NewWeuslie crowd wad setied dowA oa ihe Dunks of the river, the vids were again tive to lowe ou tue Chambers Guat, ihe peur xed for the race was Uwe, MAULed pase eleven, UUs Jong previuUsly there Was AN IMMENSE ASSEMBLAGE on ail the favoravie puinis vi ovservation. Por at NO patoe 1 BHA, perudps In Lhe Worid, 18 greater Miver€st aKen 1a Dual Faclug, Of More Nuwors puid tO Ute Werves OF tue url. Tae population of tne heigkborie d—ru.e aud umettered, but slaguarly GiVeu vv spurt—uever all Lo wsseuivie AL Vase Male bers WLeu (Mere is aby event 0. Lue east portance to ve urvug.st of On tne ‘com tyue,? aud as Gals Was a race Which, (rout tne peculiar curcaustances ateauing 113 ofgin aid Lae uica Wao Were to take parti It had acvused tielr euthusiasM LO LWe Ul thust, the guth clog Was one Of Mure Luan vrdiary GimMedsi0us, aud ‘Me EXCUeMERL ainust Waprecde deated ny tile unas vl Lue fiver, here Was cou- mderavie fear Laat, ow.ng to tae INPENSB © ROST that nad prevailed for a sortaight previous to the Gay wxcu lor Lue race, Whe Sireaim walgal ve rendered Uaul tor Pacing by LUE Ie; Duy locbudaccly, Wese avwcipativns turaed out to oe uaouaded, tor tuough te morning was bitierly cold wnu ine water at ivst very ‘Muupy,”” Wueu te signal Was given there was hotutog lo imeriere Wita u iar contest. a he TOSS FOR SIDES Mr. George Dodd tirew up a sailing, which being caugivuy by the Wind Was carried overbvara, aa luciuent WHICH (Ae superstitious construed Into & bad olen, But O Maku & secouud atieupl ne Was successlul, aud Chamvers aiid ais men selecved the north side 0: the Tiver. Wuue Wiusuip’s crew Were bucKlug lo Welt staxeboul tuey Mad Lae tid fortune Ww bring their rudder mM contact with 1, the couseqaence being the we rudder Was broken, vue Uitaumuers deciloed tv take Ad amiace OF tits Mus.oriaue 1 tis Oppoueat aud Waited Uutil (Ne dauaee Mad Deeu repaired. Ua she Teappearanvo vs Wwe crews vali an hour water seven to sour was laid on Chamvers, odds Whicn were s00u jucreased, Waeu aL Lue second alemyt they gut away toa WRETCHED START, of which the Adeiaide had tne worst by nalf a length, Wrusuip 4 mou ae lirst rowed Wildy aud 1a tue first voseu strokes uivwed tne otner boat to get hree-quarte.s OF @ engin im AdVaOLe Of Lit Al Wyle’s Quay, huWwever, they put on @ twemendous svurt, .woich ‘drew their voat up do mever ceasing ther exer- tions moueut they drew away id front and at the Sxinuer vurn were leading vy nearly & quarter vi #& iwogia. Toe very swouth Water Close to drindsioue quay, Woien Unamvuers took, enavied Liu, aoug Witla & great edort ou tue part of the crew, co el te Kenforia a uost on equal terms wita (he Adeluide; vut wall Way of tne quay Wiustrp once imore Catiéd oa lis men fora Spurl, aud Laey, responuing in the gduesl sty.e, their boat ouce more ied vy nail a lengtu under tie uridge. Up che New Quay coruer Cuaubers? men had, if auytaiag, tite vest Of tl, roWlug Wha a Tecuiar, steady ation that Won ine hignest praise from tue critics; but, enueavoring to avoid the tide, which wad vow turned, they wavpied a SUCLWAL POLICY, and coming close in, instead ui compeiling their op- ponen.sto row of w wide oUler circie, tne resujt was tna the advanage they would oLerwise have ovtained Was aeutrauzeu. It was not, huw- ever, suuicivatly sv to prevent Liem from drawing Uy Level, anu & Lend On the river, and the sueitered, Fouces Curough Wa.ch they Were proceeding, euabied them to get aligntiy in auvauce oF ewe, Ad error of jud,ment On te part oO Percy 1a a mowent alterwards ist (new We day, 10¢ eucounieriag the Coumissivuner’s dredger, Which Was tyilg Close LO shore, aout two haudred yards avove tne Saot Tower, ne at first appeares deverm.ned to take ine Reniorth petween itand the nortoern vank of tue river, Had me done so at once he Would not have done much harm; out, just as be Was approucuing the obstacie, ne CHANGRD 113 MIND, and, bringing tue boas head-rounl, got her abwart tue stream. At the saue Cine Wiuship's men, steermg & magniacear course aud maxing straight for ine chaudel verween ine Anate and We Haughs, wide of ner Oypoueats, Were svon & eugta Madvance., she race that eu-ued across tis open streten of Water Was of (he Most exciting descrip: ton, and higaly cred.tavie to the pluck aud courage of bola crews. Now Cramvers, nuw Winship, zeemed to be getting the Dest v1 it, out the Iavier, avoiding @ foul in one of the Keniurtu’s “spurts,’ crossed over at (ue head Of the Auute and sen: His backwash ful in cle ace Of the other voa Odus Six to tour were now treely laid and offered on hia, aad Witu reason, for (houdh Caamvers strug- gied oo With we most determoed gameness 1 cuuld vever overtiaal tue Adevaide, whicn uitiunaiey WOR a8 eXcitiug & Loal race dy Was ever rowed oO” Ue Lyne vy THRER LENGTHS AND A HALF, In 27m. 488, Both crews were greatiy Knocked up by their exertions; but the Chaubers mea more weneraiy 80, bright aud rercy ta particular, Who Could Hot nave guue Gu much longer. Toe Amer CAD Siding seals appear LO have Worked exWemely «Well, i | ALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1871.—TRIPLE SHERT. THE CHOLERA IN RUSSIA Curious Efficts on the Ignorant People—Peasants Returning to Heathen:sm—Curiosities of Modern Superstition. FRANKFORT.ON-THE-MAIN, Nov. 15, 1871. Tt is a strixing phenom-non in the history of un- cultivated peoples that supernatural ey nts, such a8 th” appearance of northern lights, comets, earth- quakes, <c., produce im th» popular mind a return to superstitions of the most remargable kind, prov- mg as It were that peopl s retrograd: in spirit at times to the culture of thetr tor tathers just in the same mann r, as the naturalist Carl Vogt as- eerts, that individual mem and antmals of modere tin 8 are touna to res:mbt> ancestors of geuerations ago, Even among the peasants of Germany We find customs and superstitions whose orgin Wust be looked for in the era when tho heathen Teutons were ctad mn skins of bears and goats. During the days of carnival ife on the {hire the Germans give themselves ap to an une bounded fesiai season—a mixture of the ancient German festival in honor of the spring and the Roman saturnalia, The hero-worsnip ol Barbarossa ig the echo of tne ancient German wors tip of Udin; and when the carousing student wanders amid tue German forests aud sings, as he must necessarily do, in the woods, Wer hat Dich, dw sehoner Wald Aufyevaut so hoch da droven ? he unconsciously calls up a spirit of forest rever- ence that was deveioped to its full extent among the ancient Teutons, who worshipped m their “sacred groves.” EXPELLING THE DEVIL. Do not for a monuent imagine that superstition is banned from urope. ‘tne very year loTy Lurntshed many proofs that aimost ail tne peoples of Europe cu ShOW au immense numoecr of superstitious, Prussia, with its basis of Wendish pupuiatton, more espeeially in the old Polish provinces, is parucalarly rich iM sU_erstitious Iie, in Berent, West Prus- sia (@O reported the Danisic Zeitung of sep- tember, 1859), a peculiar trade flour.shed, namely, the expelling of the devil from possessed animals, | For the sake of proof I wilt quote tne original ac- count, which I f.d ina German journal :— ‘The oftictat (erent) newspaper con'utns a notice f Dunurath, wader date of the loth of september, 1800, ie witch he warns the people wao go ao oni the country with bears, with which they precend to drive out vevis. ‘This business ix very iucrative. Abiuiazes Ap iulgadow—the i master of this kind of exercises—pubiiciy auvertised a the papers ot the 2th of Angus duting trom Comitz, ‘tat one of his “brethren” haa run off, taking’ with him a she bear, adding, however, thac “he was perfectly auqualiuet tor bis business. These people come with bears irom Poland, where busluess 48 now Very oud. she business 0: exoreiamn prospers, however, im wwe i russtan province of Posen, waere a ureat aumoer of witch cases have recently been made puolie. in tue viliage 0: parnoewa, avoui e..bt miles isan: (rom Berent, the caret OF these leaders bas to drive out the dev (rom various oat tle staus, rom some geese anu swiae, wad ancoveded Iu ex- torting more than nine thalers .rom the s.mp.e peasancs, ‘These bear ieaders have men in their employ whom they send in advance to announce tueir coming and spread abroad stories of the miraculous cures chat have been made oy the wonuertul bears. MODERN SUPERSPITION. Only a few mouths ago reporvs were in the papers that the Wallacuians had commences again ther Never-ceasing persecutiuns of tne Jews, A stranger, accompanied by a boy, bad ianded at Bucharest, having come by ie Danube steamer. No sooner was the man perceived tnan a crowd gathered about him and maitreated him, saymg that be was ® Jewaad that he had stolen a Christian (that 1s, Wallacivan) child, tor the purpose of forcing him to Judasm., The goverameyt had to interfere in order to prevent lurther disturbances. Agaim, it Was many years ago the belief among European thieves that cundices made from human fat rendered the bearers invisibie. We have records inat trem 1908 to 1818 @ robber vand did really exist in Ger. many which made use of this remarkabie meaus to »revent uiscovery, A later case of crime, at tue bvito n of which superstition piayed a prom Inené ari, wok piace in August, 136%. A peasant Woman of Wiadimro.ka, ia the Russian govera- meot of Voliynia, wid her lover in coatidence chat she Was avle to get @ secret treasure m case sne could procure the skim “taken trom alive human bel.g.’ ‘Ine lover, an iwnorant pessaut, thea ene Ucedt & bov of fourteen to accompany him into the forest, when he koocked him seascless, ana then completed the O,erauon WIN a penknile, The be- hei in witcnes and vampires is by no means extunct in Europe. several vamuire cases have lateiy been reveulet in Ger.rany and Huuzary, SUPE MoTISI0US cP. BTS OF THF U OLERA IN RUSSIA. ‘Turuing to hussia, the tate cholera epideune there as produced auiong the tunoraut popalation O1 SNe districis some Very peculiar forms of super- stitlon, verging Uoon heathenism. A st. Peters burg correspoaient of the Augs urge Alla meine Ze (wig tacuishes sone interesting information on the sugject, The spread wf tue tearful nestience wus jooked upon vy the people as’ a juds- meat senv trout God. In their extremity ‘hey thougnt to protect — themselves taking retuye in the performance of old usages, Which, it Was thougat, nad been torgotten for cen- turies, it was ovserved that both Je vs and Chris- Uans devel ‘ped the same propensity vo heathenism alike, Amonz the Jews, says our imorimant, the Superstitions appear to be connected with raobini- cal zealocism, as secu in various events which took place 1a the province of \itebsk, were the choirs, pestileace carned vif in ashort space of time tive hundred of the Jewisi population, As a remedy against the cholera, the rabbies ordered the CURIOUS USAGE . that two couples shou @ be publicly married upon the churebyard, the dowry, furnitare aad all other costs 10 oe voluntary supplied vy the congregation. The excitement during tue ceremony and the sub- seyuent feasaus had bae eifect of increasing the Tavages of the eno‘era. Tnereunon the eders of al the prayer houses seatemissaries about the vu- leges to guther irom the peopie a sum of money Witch should ireé them (Khe people: from the pesti- lence. The people were told that the pysl- cians cuarged mach more than the con. tibation demanded, ana only the religious remedy Was tnialible, Bat, in svite of the purchaser reme ty, the cholera still conunued its .earial ravages, while the action of the rabp.es Decame cons:aoly more trrational., Thev proceeded to demand o1 their cou sre gations that the | hysi- cians shoult rot oe called in, and requested t.e congrezation to get rid of their sins vy tie one de- nouncins Mme ober; for instance, that one should denvunce anvther on account of adultery and simt- Jar sins. A ‘eariul social condition was rhe -eby cre- ated, ending in low gossip, detamation and comoul- sory extoruous. The people entered tato the hellish work with spirit, oeiieviag they were thereby per. aaa ® seivice Weil pleasing in the sight of the rd, AMONG THE CHGiSTIAN PO°ULATIONS the bg rage ao howed themselves in a form per- haps less repu'sive, but equally curious. In ine Kusstan villages the people collected at midnigns and endeavore! to draw a charmed circle around the visage threatened with choiera, in. order there- by to protect the imhabitants, Women wih dis- heveiled hair, justas one sees the “spirit of the elements,” the Russalkas, picture’, came im long procession. In most cases there had tu be @ certain number of these women in the pro- cession vO eriorm the ceremony—mustly tweive, ani their jeador—wnile some were yoked to a plough, others held the stita, afd then aturrow was cut completely atvand the viage. in oiner places sacred fires were lighted by ranbing togetner two pleces of wood. a.d charred famigating wood Placed upon It was used to smoke out the village. These sayerstt.ons, thouzh of a more harmiosd characier ban Gnose recorded uf the Viteusk Jews, furnish evideuce of the low state of aeatal culture Ol the «istrict. HBATHEN SH PRACTICRS AMONG CHRISTIANS, The further east we come, conunues the writer, “tae more deve.oved ts the inclination to hearien- ism a vong tne hrisuan population. Ia the Kasau governme at, among the feheremes and Tenavasies, which nave belonged to the Russian empire more than three hanured years, and, 80 to speak, dweil at the very doors 0. Moscow, Chimstiauity has never taken real root, The people worsnip there their sacred trees, mst as they dil three hundred years ago, and there Is nothing tor the privsts to do but to join 1a the Custom themselves, though in order to Feviece cours the have placed holy images m he trees or make processions over the furrows drawn by the wouen at nigit, fue priests sre aiaost compeiled to thts eourse in order to procure their dauy food; otherwise they would get nothing at all. It ts said that unter these conditions THE MOHAMMEDAN PROVAGANDA makes great headway, esoecially among the Tar- tars to the Kazan goverament and in other districts of the Volga Durmg tne past month whore vil- lages have fallen from the ussian orthodox beter and turned Mobammedans, Espectaily willing con. vert# ure the rich Terare, who have tn truth re- mainod steadiast to their old relizion, In view o. the dograded condition of the populations of inner wusstu, it t arged that the attention of the Russian “patriots,” should now be directed to hume regions Insiea: of to Czech emigrants, Buiga- rian maipens ant Pachernagorianca youths, ut this, you KNOW, ts the story old as the fits, Like as bxeter Hull, in England, sends out tts thousands to conver! the heathen Africans and forgets the pagan workinen iving tn the dark alleys of London and Manchester, so do tye Rasstan Slavopiles send Weir thousands tor chifrches and cauren bells tor Prague and elsew! overiooking the barbarian- 8m thar still exists In the taterior of their own land, Tae clergy of the districts miected by the Superstitions are NOt to be blamed; they are com- pelled to wink at demoraitzatton and saperscition 1m order to sevure their scanty dally bread, DEATH OF ANOTHER INEBRIATE, Early on Tuesday morning James Durning, & coach ariver for one of the Broadway hotels, was arrested at Filty-taird street and Third avenue, on by | being found impossthie to rally him, Captain Gunner ordered nis transfer to Wellevue Hospital, where né Tematued in @ stare Of unconsciousness tll ten o'clock lay morning, when deate ensued, Coroner Young Was nouutie', and Dr. Marsa will Make & poat-morten examination on the body. Deceased "as twenty-one years of age, born In Lre- Jang and lived at No. 6 Great Jones street. Durning had veen drinking to excess tor the last three or four months, The Novigation of the Danvhe. ‘The HRRALD correspondent, writing irom Vieuna under date of Ucto er 24, gives the following in re- lation to the removal of the [ron Gate, whict blocks the course of the Danube to navigatiop:— Mr. Witham J. McAlpime, an American engincer, came to Vienna some eig.t” weeks @ 0 to work oub ¢ provie u of the complete navigation of the Dan- | Ube, ‘The question 1s one not of concern to Austria: Mone, but belongs to ihe commerce of the wort. Jy openiug up the Vanube [rom its moutn. By bast ing out the uwiy rocks blocking up the Iren Gate nd by some trivial improvements in North Sea avigation there will De HO Impediment Lo the Senay ng, without breaking bUIK, of @ cargo ol grain | from the shores oi Lake Superior to the waivers of the Black Sea, and that, cov, through the longi~ tudinal heart of the Kuvopean Continent. ‘(he work, however, of toremg open the Iron Gate on tae Hun- gacian trontier 1s a vast undertaking, The rock 1s & serpentine jumestone grauile, and .the pram of Diasting, Mr. McAlpine tas found, consisis of this subsiance, 40 miles long, 200 feet wide and 9 teet thick, He has visited tae spot, and, afisr making & caretul survey of the obstacles, bas submitted ms. plans fo the Austrian government, at whose mvita- n Mr, McAipine undertook the inspection, ‘Thera ttle doubt ba: that the present midnstrraliy m- eitned Ministry will turtier the pian, and the great artery of the emp re, woicn to-day {8 tne most con- spicuously wasted river of «ne world, will be utMized and assigned its proper function as the outlet to the ) Jack Sea and a semi-mgh way between tue nortuern and southern waters of Europe, Great as is the improvewent in destroymg the Toeks at Hallett’s Point and of Inking the . ound Wito the Hast Kiver via Hel Gare, it is scarcely more important than this plan of Mr. McAlpine, ‘This is theday wheu commerce cannot sep ve- cause there Nappens to be ‘ew rocks lying in the bed of a greavriver or a narrow strip of iand like Suez or Darien is a barrier to the meeting o: the oceans, The Mont Ceuis Tunnel, the Suez Cana the grand rauway trramph between Vieuna gni Trieste, the Pacific Raiway, have shamea Au joto an endeavor to dismantie the lorty miles of limestone grantie wuich have so long hampered In- gad navixation in Central burope. But it takes @ year to see a thing in Auserta, aud then, sad sequel, @ century to apply it. Turning Oue Their Ancestors, The most ancient cemetery in Paris is at present being removed and dug up at the cost of ‘he state and under the direction of the government authori- ties. Its existence dates back to @ period anterior to the sixth century, snd, ag we might expect, the work 1 exhumation has disclosed objects of the most valuable antiquarian interest. This cemetery was at- tached to the origiual Church of St. Peter and St, Paul, afterwards known aa Ste, Genevieve, and a little book written in the ninth century, and en- titled “f'ne Miracies of ste. Genevieve,” describes it as extending all along tne road which Jed to the route to Seas, up to and including the Lerritory of the Chureh of %t. Marcel. it 1 at that part Ol the cemetery thac the works are now being earried on, and the workmen have come upon & series of collins all velonging to the Merovingian epoch, she discovery of Numerous skeletons not in comMns contirms aa jateresting point o1 anuquity connected with the adjomimyg church. ‘tne cuurch Ol St. Marcel was founded by nolund Bloye, nephew of Charlemagne, and its chapter tor @ jong time held the mynt of admunistering justice over 4 large part of tae Faavourg St. Marcel. It bad its reguiar officers, RS pro Ureur-s al, its bauln and Its register, Tone gtvvets, the most popular attri. butes 0. justice in those days, were permanent in- stit..cions, aad, im fact remained stanuing, there till 16/4, When a royal edict removed them to tne Chate- Jet whica nad jus¢ beeu creaied. In the church Was the t mb of veter Lomuard. Bishop of Paris, 80 well known as the ‘Maire des Sentences,” and in tre cemetery iteelf were buried many men whose names are (umbiar w Europe—D'Aguesseau and vu Moulin, the fainous lawyers and jusisconsults; De Thou and Wuchesre, tie historians, aad several me nbers uf the princely house oi Cont; but the re- mains OF these and obper Lilusirious dead wave been aiready eXuumed ant removed to the catacombs, in 17.4, ‘The coiins which the workmen have discov- ered are im some cases of very old dule; sume of stone, sonte Of composiuon and some of baked clay, Tne ornaments npon one prove it ww date from the en D century, and the heads of the skeletons are all tound turned to the eust, according to the usage the primitave Church, Imporinnt Vecisiou—vVesiruction of a Bark and Loss of Life. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Connell of England were a couple of weeks siuce engaged in Investigaung the circumstances autending the de strucdon of the shio Fusi cama by the snip Liver- povl and the Luss of life which tollowed the disaster, The memoers of the commmuttee present were Sir J, Coivuilie, Sir J. Napier and Sir Montague Smitn, Phe | Matter came before their lordships on ao appeal in- | sututed by Messrs, Kelisk, Martla & Uo., of Lon- don, the owners of the Fust Zama, agalast a vecree pronouuced by Sir K. J. Patiltmore in the High Vourt | Of Aduniralty im favor of Messrs. Grinuell, Minturn | &Co,., of New York. The Fusi Zama nad claimed damages amounting to £49,000. ‘The facts are brieny these:—The bust Zama, maaned by a creW of elgh- teva bauds, while In the prosecution of a voyage | irom London to Hong Kong, Wilh @ general cargo, was in ihe Enyglisa Chanuwel, be. Weea thirty and forty mules soutawest of Lue Start, when she sighted the Liverpool, aud the former Was lrst seeu by the latter one potuton ner port bow. It was the duty of tue Liverpool, which had the wand free, wo gee out the way of the Fuss “ama, and sne accordingly ported, squared her yards and took im the crossjack sali and one main spar, Tae Fusi sama, un seeiug the Liver. pool on her starboard Low ana being Close hauled on the starboard tack, starboarded ‘her nelm, bub only sigitly, and presenty the red light of the Liverp: ol came into view, aad tne hetim of the Pnst Zama was tuen put hard a starboard, ‘the mi Rwuvre, however, Was too late, aud tne Liver | starboard side Just bere tue fore rigging and did | her so much damuge (nat she almost immediately sunk aod Was Jost witi everyting On Dowrd her, i ner master and four vi the crew We.e drowned, Tae court below heid thac nad the Fust 4ama, in the lirst Instance, Kept her wind, 00 collision would have taken place; that she did noc keep @ good 1aok oul and that she was aione to blame for tie cob lisiva, Tue appellant pow prayed that tne decree wigat be everscd, ana Lat Lae respondents should be con Jemned in damages aud costa, Mr. Woodward, ueen's Counsel, and st. . C. Clarho.n, addressed the Court ut great length tn support of the uppet- lunv's cage, aud vi, Deane, queen's Counsel, and Mr. vay, on behaif ol the respondents, Sir Montague Suuth, the newly elected member or the Counctl, delivered the judgment of ihe court, which con- brmed the ju iineat of (re Court delow with coats, ‘Their tordshtys held that it W.s the duty of the Fust Zama to have kept her Wiad aud not starvoarded, ana that the Liverpool, was rgat ln porting, Alarming Fature of the City of Bertin. A Beriin correspondent of the Frankfurter Zet tung writes:—The upinioa is Widely apread that the recent sinikes have eudes unfavorably to the work- ingmen.” A co:respondent of the Weser Zeitung. does not share this view, ana remarks:—"I have, after considerable Mquicy, arrived at the conviction that for years not a single strike mas taken place which has not brought about @ rise of wayes. In many other cases a rise of wages has been granted without a strike having been resorted to, In short, wages have largely increased 1m the course of recent years, but the con.ition of workingmen nas not improved, The entire increase does not saifice to pay the increase in rent, and into this Dande- like sieve many @ dollar will contunue to fall unt at last te inevitavie consequence of the ime crease of wages \otlows—uamely, an utier mabilily to enter the competition market oa tue part oi tue indastry of Berva, the vankrup’cy Of several entaDd- Usamen@ wien trom Che Merease In the cost of production, will nolonyer ve able Co find a revurn in Ube world’s mart. Sach an event will, of course, in its redective action produce infinite misery. ue Seoia! relations O1 Berila,” continues the corre. spoadent, “appear to me in very dark colors. Lf my appreneusions should be proved to be un- founded, { am ready to. be called & feol. Betorenaud, however, [ wish to say @ iew words, Last year & workingman who did not wisn to live too far trom his Worksfop pald for @ room, & m.serabie closet and a@ kitchen, on the fourii story of a nouse, & moathly reat of eighty thalers (about Mity-ave dol Il EXECUTIONS IN BUFFALO. Two Men To Be Hung Next Friday. Appearance and Religious Belict of the Criminals. [From the Buffalo (N. ¥.) Express, Deo, 7.) ¥ lay moruing & reporter of the Axpreaa Wended tis way to the Erts County Jail for the pur- Pose of interviewing John Stephen Geincien and James Eaward jelly, who are now iying under sen- tence of death, and Whose execution Is appointed, if Nothing ivervenes, for next eriday, we Lota instant. The snow Was falling aeavily and the streets, with the rushing and througing Ude of pedestrians and Venivies, the aoises and bustie of a onsy city, pre- sented #@ picture-ol lite and animation strongiy in Contrass with the silence and almost oppressive loom thitt Insensibiy gachers over the mind as turn. Ine irom the busy life of the crowued siveets we ene ter the jatl yar, and, crosving 1 raptdly, we knock at ‘he outey door and are admitted into the office of the jail, @ pla aml ratuer smal room, whose sole contents appeared to be a dexK, a& chair or two, and & cupboard, whe latter Oiled with huge locks, brass kevs and ar isty parr of handcuffs, After waking ourselves Known to Wwe jalior, and explaiuing the object of our visit, We Were Imsfoduced to the depuly, who, beckoning us to follow, Ovened the mass) aoors that lead frou the office to the jai proper, aad showed as the im- terior of the Erre County Jai In one o the ceils on the grouud floor we found one of the objects of our visit, JOHN STEPHEN GeMeHhe orGemelen. At tie ine of our visit Gemelen wat seated close to the door of his cell, Upon ms knees Was aiarge quarto ible, i the Gerinan lauguage, which o@ appeared to ve reading ta au abstracted manuer. He was very untiaily dressed, but rose anit recetved our reyorter Wh great cordiality, We entered (alo Copversauon with tne man, aad, as our eyes beaaime accustomed to the gloom of the cell, We Were enavied to zeta dul view o: the beag who Stinds cuilv in the eyes ef the law of te dread crime of murder. Hus persona appearance la by no means remark- able. He ts siort i stcture, very sioutly bulit and his general ar ix that of stoldiwv. His eyes are brown, ‘his hair black. and with the exception of a disigare- Meutor (he Nosu—the result of a biow—nis yeneral appearance is b¥ Do meaos sinister or repuisive. In fact, he wouid be a very dnlikely man tobe chosen out. of a crowd as oue likely to commtt a cold-blooded and desperate In the course of @ conversation With our reporter, he stated that he dues not believe in hell, but believes tuat sta meets 1s punishment here on earth. He attrroates alt his misfor.unes to dhe use of whiskey, bul denies the commission of the crime of when he lw been convicted. He thinks that if he can get anew trial he will be ac- in ee and bis general demeanor Is bold and reso- ute, GEMELEN. IB A FATALIBT, He evidently beiteves In the truth of the old saw which veclares that 4% nh who 18 born to be hung will never be drowned," but he dvey not seem to Dave arrived at a ‘telimite couciusion as to the man- ner of bis own exit from this worla of sorrow. He Tela.ed'to our reporter With much uncon several Inciuents of his Lie, showing vemarkaule escapes from death, and d ubiless exvects to be equally lueky on the present oceasion. He related. tas when a cluld ne teil from a lofty brick butting and escaped death; that wheh a young man, in company ‘With turee Companions. he weut in baching and was almost drowned, being resuscitea with dtiticulty, and since he resiied here he once narrowly es capest aeath from whiskey, whieh tad been poisoned by some fellow-workmen in Jest, but whics jest Gemelen deciares would have terminated tn bis Uotimely decease had it not beea tor the opportuue arrival of the docwr, We give Uese stories to snow the frame of mind of the man and the marvellous command he has over the passions tral would control most men in hig awiul condition, However, he laughs aud talks freely, and from his conduct no one would believe that for him the narrow stream of time 1s fast run- ming into tue ocean of eternity, He is regularly visited by the Kev, Otto Burger, Of St. Paul's courch (German), and he speaks ligoly Of the kindness of Jail oticials, He entertains nopes of escape trom his impending doom, but says fe ts prepared if tie ‘Worst comes io Meet it ke amao, Le proiesses to care potinng about his own fate, but seeus to be mueh exercised over the future of nis family, con- sisung of & Wile and six children, who reside in this city, the oldest beg @ boy nineteen years of age, and the youngest a girl of fout or hve. He has two sisters, bot warred, who aiso reside here. Tho argaments Jor a new trial 10 is case will be neld on Saturday, aud upon Lue success Of tus application and ine exertions of bis counsel, who {8 uulirtag tn lars) At (hla moment many families seek and can- not tind lodgings on these terms, In most of te newly-putlt streets no provision has been made at ali or smail houses, The bunder Bays, with asarag of the shoulders, ne dues uot wish to ve laying up a store of vexations (or himselt. Ut the manuiacturers here, which partly employ about tour thousand workmen, scarcely one cares whether or huw bis workuien are noused, It looks as tt they even feared to touch tts question. ‘The rent of suctt dwellings 1 daily iucreasmg, The work: men are compelled (0 insi8s on higher wages, oniy to hand these over to the pockets of the speculators tn houses. And tne authorities do nothtu@—appe if Lo be aware of novdlug. The maa- ner of building here is claos. The excessive deytn of foundation and the thick rampart ike walls whieh are required necessitate the vuilting of costly, barrack ke houses. We Know well, rout Our OWN ODSerVALON, that Very Satisfactory non+es ean be balls With one foot of foundation aud with one stone ih thickness, Whoever would attempt such @ tulng here Would be laughed out of Court by the ponice, * * ‘Tae fact that mauy lactories are Now passing into the Hands o1 jomt stock com a charge o! Intoxication, and locked m a ceil of the Nineteenth prectact stauion house. Several hoars suv. wequently Durawg Was found (0 be imsonsivle, and 16 panies resuits partly trom (nia. tak those Who have Tip Lo Unis veeM employers are drawing thei’ DECKS oUt OF the Noose. ‘They see iat the ever mucreasiug wees are leading Uieud FO Fuse’ " his efforts on his behali, he bases bis hopes, and, we tnink, lis preveat demeanor, Leaving Gemelen and passing to the adjoining cel) but one we notice a figure standing behind the grated door whose outlines bat dunly revea: the preseuce Of an occupant, Tms man, our guide tells us, is JAMES EDWARD KELLY, and stands convicted of the murder of a German named Uharies Roseateldt, at the house of # Mrs, Raaokin, at the toot of Mientgan street. The marder wok piace on the 6th of July last, and was com- mitted while Kelly was under tne influence of liquor. In conversation with our reporter Kell admitted that the murder was wholly unprovok but claimed that It was unpremeditated. He say: vhal ne never saw nis victim before, @ has no recollection ol committing the teariut act. He ap. pears fully cunsctous ot his terrible postliog, and has Noue of the boldness Aud sell-Possessed wasUraANnce ex hibited by Gemelen. When our reporter approached tne cell Kelly was simoning, Dub took the pipe trou his mouth and conversed freely, though in@ low and trembling toue of voice, Untike Gemelen, Kelly beheves In nei}, aud thinks that God's elernal pute ishment ts vised upon wrongdoers. He says he has sinned and mast take his punishment, and iriet to ieel reconciled to his fate, He has faint nopes of reprieve, and expresses himseif as grateful for the Kind treatment ho receives frum the olficials of the jail, While we were conversing with Keily the ume for cleaning ais cell arrived. ‘The jatior un- locked the 10n door and Kelly stepped into the hail in order to give the men an opportunity to clean his cell. ‘this gave us an opportunity to closely observe tbe man and get an ex- cellent idea of bis personal appearance, He Ww about five feet ten incnes in height, and well proportioned; has blue eyes and chestnnt hatr. Hels appareutiy avout forty years of age, ana by birth ts au Irishman, He bears strong trace: Ol Lis imprisonment, and his face suows the effects of mental agony. During our entire conversation his yolce never rose above & tremulous whisper, and his whole frame shook aad Wemwled with agt- tation. ie appears very suvdued, and anwered alk questions readily, although tie did not seem tu Care abont staumg anything about nis crime. He says he does nov remember voing the murder, but tevis repared Wo submit to his Jule, and declared that Bayou that he has nothing W say. He is evideativ trylag to keep up a bold front, buc bis abuity is nes equal to his will, and it is pla even vw the most casual observer that he 1s suffering the wost acute anguish of inind, He 1s wamarried, and has no Teiatives in tats country. He ts the youngest of tive chudren, was voru i the comnty of Wexford, Ire- land, and emigraced to thts country in 1852, He is reguiarly attended by the Rev, rather kennedy, & Cathone Clergyman, lo Waich church Kelly belongs. He speaks Mighty of the beneftts lc derives from Father Kennedy's mimastrations and devotion, Leaving Key we soon found Outer office, and, aiter a 1ew momcuts cen vorsution with the jaior, Who iatormed us that both men are untiormily well vehaved aud cat und sivep regu. larly, we look our leave. : TUB EXECUTION, We understant from Sherif! Ceveland that tf nothing transpires to prevent the executions wey will be perturmed qmieuy ant sectusively, strictly within (ne requirements of the law, aud potas & sensational sight ior tue multitude, PERSONAL NOTES. Secretary Belknap is in Keokuk, lowa. Mr. Agaplus Hoactiarenke is the publisher of the Alaska Aerad, Mrs. Sarah Norton is lecturing agatnst woman's Tigh s, womun’s suffrage and free Jove, Hon. Ben Wade has acceptert the postition of coun- sellur of tne Northern Pactily Railroad, Wakefield, N. H., has a iady named Tebbetts who will be ive years old Lf she can Wait Ui December 2 The resiguation of Judge Cole, of the Supreme Court of luWa, Will take eaett January 1. Jobn P, Jonson has been apvointed postmaster at Hupbartton, VL, vir Jaleo Howland, resigued. Beecher will lecture im Ruttand, Vi, some Wine: durtug Une winter, Mrs, Scott-stadons will visis Burington, Vt, om her return srom Burope. The Kev. Green Clay Smith, ex-General and ex- overnor, 18 conducting a protracted meetiog 12 ae Buptist churctt at Danville, Ky. Colouel A, B, Lamar, iormerly editor of the Colum- bia (Miss,) sun and President of the suuthera Press Association, has gone inty (ae tusuraace business, George Chase, formerty a bookbinder at Vergeunes, Vt., bul Jor some tine & resKlent of Fond du Lac, Wis, is reported to have failen helr to over two mu- hon of dollars vy the death of parties in England. The Ateiuson (Kan.) /arriot says that Miss Kate Reck, of that city, willbe @ candidate beore tho next House of Kepresentatives for the pusiion of kugrossing Ulerk, Governor Alcorn, of Mississippl, was unexpect edly catied away trom the state capital to Friars vot @ lew ways slave ya acconut of Whe severe Lil. ness of Mrs. Alcorn, Who bs at (he above-mentioned place. ‘The Hon, Stepnen Salisnury, of Worcester, Mass, has given $10,000 to tae Free Lastituce of that city, Lo esta lish a graduates’ aid fund co edule students (o complete (Ue lull Course Of instruction. Mr. Whiliam Lioyd Garton, Jr, Who was so severely tujured oy tite ratiroad cot! ion at Revere, Mass, las 40 far recovered ax to be able (oO leave ins house, though he CaunoG yet atiend to Mis usual avocations. Misd Bertha Gerott, daughter of Baron Geroit, Who lor twenty-eve years represented Pru ot Envoy &xtravrdivacy and sitist ¢ Plenipotentiary at Washington, on Wednesday let tue residuuce of Voloner aud Mrs. James G Kervet, whose guest sto bad vecn for the past five montas, aud entered the Convent Of tho Visitation. on G Sslveet, Waste watod, Dy we