The New York Herald Newspaper, November 15, 1872, Page 3

RESURCAM. The Hub Once More Hopeful and Buoya THE CLOUD OF MISFORTUNE RISING. Purse-Proud Millionaires Refuse Out- side Aid for Rebuilding. BOSTON’S WEALTH SUFFICIENT. Dualin Completing the Destruction Begun by King Flame. THE WORK OF RESTORATION COMMENCED, The Reliet Committee in Session. Assistance Generously Offered by Other Cities Thankfully Accepted. List of the Killed, Wounded and Missing. Boston, Nov. 14, 1872, Little remains to be added to the exhaustive ac- count already published. The district through which the fire burned, destroying what seemed almost imperishable, presented last night even a more mournful aspect than it did forty-eight hours since. The dying embers which lit up the sky for days after the fire are now nearly all enveloped by the blackness of darkness, and only by those most familiar with Boston can any trace of the dismantled streets be easily found. The streets through which the fire passed are rapidly being cleared of the débris, and soon will be passable. Orders were issued this morning by Chief Savage excluding women and children and all others except those whose business called them among the ruins, which has had the effect of diminishing. the number of spectators who had thronged the district out of curiosity. Workmen are thereby enabled to pursue the laborious task of opening a@ passage across the burnt district, exhuming safes and opening vaults. The contents of a good many of the safes, ‘on being opened, are found to ve worthless, while others are in quite good condition. Nearly all the streets in the burnt district have been opened for - ‘the passage of pedestrians and teams employed in the removal of goods and the contents ofsafes. The work of clearing away the ruins preparatory to the rebuilding of the STORES DESTROYED BY THE FIRE has already commenced on Pearl street. Messrs. 8. J. & G. Tuttle, with a gang of twenty men, have begun operations on the store of Messrs. Boyd, Cary & Ate, boot and shoe dealers, and will also re- build the store on the corner of Soutn and Summer streets. Several architects have already received orders to prepare plans for new buildings to be erected in the district. G. W. Preston, the designer of the Coliseum, will, as soon as he can obtain permits, commence to rebuild for D.L. Gibbons, on Washington, near Summer street; for Jeffrey Richardson, 214 and 216 Washington street, and for Dearborn & Bassett, 100 Summer street. at once the erection of a large, temporary building, of corrugated iron, on the site of Fort Hill. The necessity of iron shutters on the new buildings ts frequently reverted to. The walls of Weeks & Pot- ter’s, Fowle & Torrey’s and other dangerous PILES ON THE EAST SIDE of Washington street are to be attacked at an early hour to-day, and will be demolished, and the débris removed with allexpedition. The Macnilar, Williams & Parker front is pronounced save and strong by the architect who erected it, but will be secured beyond peradventure by shores and other supports. This done, the guard will be with- drawn to cover the approaches to the ruins at the head of Franklin, Summer and Bedford streets, As those points are made safe the guard lines will be still further contracted. The action of the lumber dealers on Tuesday prevents any im- mediate advance in the price of lumber, but a rise in other building materials must be looked for. It is believed brick will advance from $3 a thousand on common to $5 on fair brick. There isa strong desire on the part of the trade to defeat the aims of speculators, but still it is likely brick wili rise from twenty to twenty-five per cent, and the same may be said of building material of all kinds. There is, probably, at present enough stone in the burnea district for foundations, but if the buildings are to be constructed of stone a large amount must be cut and prepared. If the burned section is to.be im- mediately rebuilt the demand for building mate- of all kinds will so force the price up that the cost ‘Will be nearly double what it would be if building is not commenced until Spring. The experiments with dualin have been very suc- cessful. Operations were resumed this morning upon the ruined wall of Gleason’s Building, at the intersection of High and Summer streets. Placing four charges of dualin, amounting in the aggregate to twenty-five pounds, inside and near the base of the walls, they were discharged simultaneously by means of clectricity. A tremendous ex- plosion followed, which was heard all over the city, and large portion of the northern wall came down with a crash, fill- ing the air with a cloud of mortar and brick; one more such explosion cannot fail to bring down the rest of the pile. Having completed the work upon this building he next proceeded to the ruins of St. Stephen's church, in Purchase street, where two blasts were made. THE EFFECT OF THE FIRST EXPLOSION ‘was to undermine portions of the front wall. Twenty cartridges of dualin, weighing each one pound, were placed outside the wall, close to the base and buried with sand, on which were placed blocks of stone, The order was then given to clear the streets in the neighborhood, when teams and men scattered in every direction seeking shelter from the fragments behind ruined walls, coal heaps and other places of security. The electrical assistant was stationed with his battery upon a pile of rubbish about two hundred feet from the church, and when, as soon as the coast was clear, he despatched a current of electricity along the wires over the ruins all the cartridges exploded simultaneously. The tower of the church rose sev- eral feet into the air, the walls shook and came down with a crash, failing almost within the edge- stones and inside the ruins. The operation was entirely successful, and having now, by the experi- ments made to-day, ascertained exactly what can be accomplished, Captain Nelson is ready to pro- ceed with the WORK OF RAZING ALL THE WALLS which remain standing in the burned district. The five story granite building 87 Summer street, where the fre broke out, was occupied in the three upper stories Py A. K. Young & Co., extensive manufactures of hoopskirt: underclothing, &c.. giving employment to 200 girls and a number of men. In the building was an elevator and in the basement Was a steam engine used for heating the premises and hoisting goods. On Saturday after- noon, it is said, as is usually the case, the engineer raked out the coals of fire, as it was not necessary to keep the fire over Sanday. The coais of fire probably ignited the woodwork near the engine and elevator, and the flames were carried through the elevator leaping into every room in the upper stores and especially among the combustible stock of goods of the hoop skirt tactory. REAL ESTATE OWNERS IN COUNCIL. & meering Of owners of real estate in the burned district was held in the Common Council Chamber last ovenent but owing to the limited notice given only about filty were present. Alexander H, Rice was chosen President, and Messrs, Thomas Nims and Thomas P, Beal, Seergtaries, Mr, M, F, Dickiv- Sears & Warner will commence | NEW YORK AERALD, FRIDAY, President council, lained wae “had been stated to the Gover- nor and _ Coun the application for . extra session of the said it was desired by the a7 Counc!) to Know what the property owners wan: so that @ Dill could be pre to pre: sent to the Legislature which would suit all interested, and it was desirous that the sensiments of owners of real estate should be known in relation to the grade, extension and widening of streets, Mr. Nathan Matthews ex- pressed a desire that acommittee might be ap- pointed to take the matter into considera- tio as it was evident an entire change would have to be made both in grading and Jaying out the streets in the burned district, and also in the straightening of streets, The owners of property needed no help from the city, and he did not believe there were five owners who were not able to rebuild by getting money tl the ordi- nary channels, and he knew cwo men, either of whom could rebuild the whole terri without borrowing’a dollar. In closing he m the ay pomntment of a committee, but subsequently with- oer ee by ire ha ny ; c bod and Thomas C. Amory spoke in favor of an appll- cation to the Legislature for ‘authority for = THE CITY TO ISSUE FIRE and their views were supported by Mr. W. B. Spooner and Alderman Clark; but Messrs, Gardner, Brewer and others opposed them generally, on the ground that tne propert: owners did Hot need it, although almost all admitted the iene ofa the shange in the g ‘ades and widening fc, streets, ey thought there was no necessit ving an impression abroad that the real estate ene, in the business centre of Boston were not able to re- build the property destroyed. One or two of the gentlemen expressed a wish to relieve the voung merchants who had 1st their goods, and, perhaps, their capital; but the general impression was given that but very few real estate owners would ‘avail themselves of A LOAN FROM THE CITY should she be authorized to make it, On motion of George 8. Hale a committee, con- sisting of Messrs. Francis CD aa Nathan Mat- thews, J. H. Beal, Edward A, White, Horatio Harris, Samuel Boyd and Thomas Amory, was chosen to notify the owners of reat estate to attend a meeting at the Council Chamber, on Friday evening, at half-past seven o'clock, to which time the meetin; adjourned. The government has leased the Ol South Church for two years to bo used as a Post Olfice, until the new building 1s completed, Ata meeting of the trustees of the church on Tuesday it was Voted to lease the building, and the action of Postmaster Burt was approved by the authori- ties at Washington yesterday, and the sacred OLD SIEGE-TRIED AND FIRE-SCATHED EDIFICE now standing with its windows shattered sy slat blowing up of the adjacent buildings, will probably never again be used for religious mprpoets.. The work of taking down and replacing the injured portion of the new Post Ofice will Seay con- siderable time. Supervising Architect Mullett has been telegraphed to and ‘will less come on immediately, when it pected arrangements will be made for extending the edifice to Congress street, thus covering the entire square. In this event it is proposed to make Congress street a grand avenue seventy-five or one hundred feet wide, extending from State street to one of the new bridges across Fort Point Chan- nel; a broad belt across the city would thus be glven where a successful stand could be made against a fire. Should this broad avenue be constracted and the Post Offiee buildi be extended the prin- cipal front would be on that side, amd the United States Courts probably be located in the extension. Should this be done, and the proposed Central Ex- change and the new County Court House be located on the same avenue, there would be @ noble group of fireproof buildings, NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE OFFICES BURNED. The naw is the list of the newspapers, maga- zines, &c., which were located in the burned ‘dis- trict:—American Homes, monthly, 51 Water; American Painter, weerly, 58 Congress; American Times, weekly, 66 Federal; American Union, weekly, 63 Congress; Ballou’s MC 63 H a Ligi ine, Congress; weekly, 158 Washington street; Boston Almanac and BustnessDirectory, and the Boston Directory, 47 Congress street; Cabtnet Maker, weekly, 50 Con- fed ‘Christian Monthi , 19 Lindall; Freemason’s fonthly Magazine, 51 Water; Gleason’s Home Circle and Gleason’s Monthly ed Chemistry, montly, 40 Pearl; CB vik . Monthiy, 150 Con- gress; Lit@e Christian Monthly, 19 Lindall; Monthly Novellette, 63 Congress; ‘New nd Evening Gazette, eokly 31 Cor ress: Pilon weekly, ening e, weekly, 37 Congress; ‘weekly, 19 Prankling Shoe and Leather Record, weekly, 40 Pearl; Shoe ana Reporter, weekly, 40 Pearl; ‘Shoe and Leather Trades Journal, weekly, No. 3 High: Sierra Magazine, monthly, 100 Pearl; Temperance Press, weekly, Co! 88; Trai , daily, 150 Washin, ton; Yankee e, 40 Liberty square ; Wa- verley Magazine, weekly, 50 Lindall. THE CITIZENS’ RELIEF COMMITTEE meet at their hall this forenoon, Hon. William Gray in the chair. Mr. Gray said he had received a despatch from Philadelphia, introducing Messrs. Fringed, Marcy and Adams, representing the Re- Hef Committee of that city, aud with the consent of the committee he would invite them to come in and take part in the deliberations of the meeting. The Mayor of Lowell has been invited to be present. Mr. Gray then alluded to the many le offers of assistance which had been proffered by other cities immediately upon hearing of the fire, and the only question which arose then was what answer could be made to those parties, It was necessal that some response should be made, and, pend- ing the investigation by which only could the extent of our calamity be known, a despatch was prepared and sent by Mayor Gaston, with the full approval of the committee, to the May of In poo Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Chicago, Allegheny City, Providence and the President of the New York Chamber of Commerce, informing them that pecuniary assistance would be received with hearty thanks, The responsibility of the despatch should rest on the committee, but believ- ing that the people of Boston could provide for the sufferers, he offered the following resolution :— Resolved, That while we are profoundly grateful to the people of all parts of the country who have expressed their sympathy and tendered their assistance to us in our calamity, and with entire readiness and thankagiving to accept the same if circumstances made it necessary to do £0, it gives unalloyed pleasure to say that while our losses have been great, that Providence has ao blessed our peo- ple that the assistance so generously tendered our citi- zens is not required. The resolution was seconded by Thomas Russell. Mr. Nathan Matthews did not think they were pre. pared to say that they would not receive aid from abroad. The merchants could not afford to relieve the sufferers, and it must be done in other ways. Rev. William B. Wright had found many young men and women who were in necd of help, and it seemed to him that there was an imperative de- mand for an immediate fand, Hon. Josiah Quincy agreed with others that it was too early to refuse aid, and he moved that the subject be laid on the table. ayor Gaston hoped some action would be taken by the committee, so that definite ANSWERS COULD BE GIVEN THE CITIES and towns which had so someon. proffered aid. Common courtesy alone demand this, He had very decided opinions as to what should be done, and heped the committee would take definite ac- tion immediately, The question was about to be taken on the resolution, when ex-Governor Claflin desired that Mayor Gaston might ve his views the subject. The Mayor said he thought nearly all of them failed to appreciate the magni- tude of the loss sustained by the fire, not only by the wealthy people, but by the poor. There were two forms of charity in this city; one oi which was aid bestowed — by the city government in the usual channels, and the other was private charity, which existed only to a limited extent, neither of which forms, he be- lievea, the people of Boston wanted to resort to in order to relieve the sufferers. As aid would not be asked by those in need under these, existing form3 the question was, should we dare to interpose and REFUSE THE AID SO GENEROUSLY OFFERED, and take the fearful responsibility of standing be- tween charity and suffhring, because we were too proud to receive assistance? He was proud as any person in Boston, but in an emergency of this kind, where thousands of people were turned out of em- ployment, he knew no State or municipal lines, but would thankfully receive the gifts so generously offered. If a fund could be raised here sufficient to meet the wants of sufferers this Winter who would never beg, but must be sought out and cared for, then it would be perfectly LY to say to other cities, we thank you, and shall not need your noble offers of assistance. But unless that fund could be guaranteed on the spot he did not believe it right under existing cir- cumstances to reject those offers. The remarks of Mr. Gaston were warmly applauded, and the reso- Jution was laid on the table by unanimons vote. Mr. Nathan Matthews then offered the following resolution :— Resolved, That the committee In benal! of the citizens of Boston return most sincere thanks to their fellow citi- zens in all parts of the Union for the warm expressions of sympathy which they have tendered at. this time of calamity, and for the friendly offers ot pecuniary aid which they have made, and that these Iriendiy” offers be and they’ are hereby gratefully accepted.” r. J. M. WIGHTMAN hoped the resolution would pass, Mr. P. A. COLLINS thought it ought to be under- stood what the city government and citizens Boston roposed to do; but until it was settled that the wants of the sufferers could be fully met by our people he did not believe in taking the fearful responsibility of Ci Rae le to suffer because we were too proud recbive aid. He was not so sanguine as some about employment being soon furnished those who were burned out, but he hoped the reso- lution would be laid on the table at present Colonel HENRY WALKER then moved to table the resolution until the situation was fully understood by the committee. Mayor GasTON said he had much rather see the resolution voted down than to have it laid on the table. Delay meant to kill the resolu- tion, and if be were to receive aid it must be done now, as other cities and towns would soon get discouraged at the course pursued by us. He did not believe the committee or citi- zens understood the extent of suifering that the fire had caused; but were they placed in his po- sition they would soon have an opportunity to un- derstand, that, under ordinary circumatunces there was much more want than people pape ge Already in the parish presided over by the Rev. Mr. Healey there were a thousand persons who had experienced the effects of the fire, REV. ROBERT LAIRD COLLIER SAID that the $60,000 appropriated by the Relief and Aid Committee of Chicago could be returned without leaving any doubt as to its future sppropriavon, but the 000 raised by He ened of thirty minutes coi ally he should regret feturp and say ‘Bos- teh declines your offer’ when it offered the citizens of Chigaco such at joy to give. Their position was a grateful one to Boston, and he believed that the ple of this city were hardly on the boundary line of suffering. ‘Those who were thrown out of employment by the fire must be sought out and cared for, Rostrn should not be permitted to suffer. He (Mr. Couyer was alraid Mr. Gray mistook the situation. en the Spring time came and it should be found that the money was not needed it would be time to ask the donors to take the money back, Mr, Shippen, one of the Philadelphia Relief Com- Mittee, said that no body of people ever came to Boston without being most hospitably received, and no emergency had ever arisen in any part, of the country when Boston was not among the first to extend its sympathy and help.» Now Boston was asked to allow other cities to do the same. Tuey DID NOT COME TO OFFER CHARITY to her people; but only to return the bread she had cast upon ‘the waters. Ifa fire or any other calamity should occur in Philadelphia they could not accept Boston’s aid unless she in the present emergency received that offered by Philadelphia, He urged the people of Boston not to throw a wet blanket upon the kind hearts which had been touched by the calamity. (Applause.) Mr. Matthews’ resolution was then unanimously adopted; and the resuit was loudly applauded. Mr. Gray said that the result gave him great satisfaction, but he felt it to be @ personal duty to bring it before the meeting, and cheer- fully acquiesced in its decision. le stated that he wanted the gentiemen from Chicago to under- stand that it was subject to their cpcesl. |Ap- lause). Mr. Gray further stated that Mrs. Harrison fray Otis had sent $500 to the New Bedford Relief Committee on the Chicago fire; offered $2,000, which was @ surplus they had on hand, an 5,000 had been offered by parties in London. ir. E. 8. Tobey stated that the Boston Young Men's Christian A‘ ion had on hand $10,000, which was intended for the relief of Chicago, un- less it should be thought proper to make other dis- position of it. Mr. 8. A, Stetson said THE ODD FELLOWS of Chicago had offered $1,000, and the Odd Fellows of Portiznd had volunteered to provide for the suf- ferers. A committee consisting o! Messrs. Thomas GafMield, Thomas Russell, orge unce, Jerome Jones, Charles BE Wiggins and Brad- Jey Cummmegs was separa to report & committee to solicit ; among citizens and report a list at a meeting to be held at ten A. M. Friday. The meeting, which was very large and enthusiastic, then adjourned. Otis Norcross, ‘Treasurer of the Relief Fund, has received addi- tional contributions, making the amount $21,933 95. uot da devotion to the public have certainly exhibite interest eae of the highest praise. t mid- night on Saturday it appeared imperative that the military should be ordered out, and at two o'clock A.M. Major General Cunningham sent an order to A. N. Proctor, eS eae the First regimen’ toreport at City Hall immediately. The Colone being absent from home, did not receive the order until eight o’clock Sunday morning, when every company was notified to report at once to Mayor Gaston. Company after company appeared, and the steady tramp of troops marching through the cee gladdened the hearts of the excited popa- ace. CALLS PROM THE PULPITS. Liuetenant Stearns, of Company ©, of Newton, palng in the city, and’ having incidentally learned that the regiment was ordered out, repaired at once to Newton and immediately caused notices to be given from the pulpits of the several churches in the town, requesting the members to assemble at their armory as soon as possible, and by five o’clock every company in the regiment reported and had been assigned to duty. 1 hear it stated that owing to the apparent leti- argy of the Lieutenant Colonel and Quartermaster ofthe First regiment sutiicient accommodations were not provided for the troops, both as regards lodgings and proper food, but through the strenu- ous efforts of Adjutant Mudge arrangements were finally made by which the men were made com- fortable, Prior to the Mbp hee the troops the Old South church, which a powder had en temporarily stored, which was soon removed by order of the Adjutant. Both the State and city always depend upon the Massachusetts First 0 respond in case of an ak Seen and it is prob- able that in the approaching election of Colonel of this regiment a live and competent man will be chosen. The military will probably remain on duty to guard the burned district at least the remainder of this week. MEETING OF THR COMMON COUNCIL, Ata meeting of the Common Council, held this evening, Mr. Caton, of ward Eleven, to whom was relérred the order to consider what amend- meats are necessary to the rad act in order to prevent the destruction of buildings by fire, made a report on the same, After eee to the fact that Mansard rools were Tgely instrumental in spreading the fire, the committee say that it devolves on the Council to take such measures in regard to build- ings in future as will save our city from another such disaster, and as the work of REBUILDING THE BURNED DISTRICT will be immediately commenced the necessity of immediate action is imperative. The committee recommend that they be au- thorized to prepare an act regulating the construction of Mansard roofs, prohibiting the use of ornamental woodwork on the exterior of build- ings, and making provision for the proper support of girders and floor beams. They, therefore, rec- ommend the passage of the following order :— Ordered, That His Honor the Mayor be authorized to tition the General Court for the passage of an act mak- Ing additional provision relating to the erection of build- ings; and that the Committee on the Survey and Inspec- tion of Buildings, in consultation with the City Solicitor, be authorized to prepare such an act. The order was passed under a suspension of the It 18 now THE KILLED AND MAIMED. Paar to make a list, nearly com- plete, of the loss of life and limb by tre terrible conti tion, The following are the names :— Le’ ©. Thompson, of Worcester, struck by a falling wall and killed. Louis Porter Abbott, of Charlestown, buried in Weeks & Potter's store. Frank Olmstead, of steamer No. 1, of Cambridge, fatally injured. William Forry and Daniel Cochrane, of steamer No. 4, and five unknown persons, buried under Weeks & Potter's store. Thomas Maloney, of Worcester, ankle fractured. Colonel Freeman, head and legs injured by his horse falling. William T, Woodora, hoseman of No. 18, ran over by steamer No. 16, and had his ribs and shoulder fractured. G. W. Gardners, of Hose No. 5,eyes burned. Francis Crosher, burned about the face and arms. Charles Paine and Thomas Waldron, of Charles- town, eh i ing walls. John Richardson, of New Haven, a fireman, injured during the fire on Ventral Court. ter Deigham, T, foot badly injured. Joseph Burr and George Smith. ie former of Dorchester and the latter of Neponsett. They both cause in on Saturday evening. to see the fre. ‘They were last seen in the vici Steal ‘Chauncey street, and It is feared they have killed by falling walls. Walter F. Twombly, of Sheridan Hose Company No. LM Malden, has been missing since three o'clock Sunday morning. He was last seen on State street going towards Pear! street. He wastwenty- two years of a John Dion, acht! ed eighteen, living at 122 Neg , has been missing since three o'clock Sunday. Albert C. Abbott, anexempt fireman, of Charles- town, lies In a very critical condition at the Massa- chusetts General Hospital from injurtes received while at work at the side of the old Post Office on Sunday afternoon. " His brother, Louis Porter Abbott, is missing and is supposed to be buried in the rains of Bradford & Anthony’s store, on Washington street. He leaves three little children to the care of his aged and widowed mother, at No. 11 Perkins street, Charles- town. Albert was to have been married to a young lady of that town on Thanksgiving Day, all the ar- rangements having been completed. The young woman has been in attendance on him constantly since Sunday evening. The mother of Mr. Abbott had a presentiment on Sunday that something was to happen to one of her boys,and her fears were feariully realized. She is attacked with brain fever and lies in a crit- ical condition at her home. But little hope is en- tertained for her recovery. Mr. Abbott was one of four brothers who were in the army. He enlisted in the Warren Phalanx, Courpany B, Thirty-sixth Massachusetts regiment, and served with great bravery during the war and was wounded twice. He was a machinist by occupation at the machine shop of the Boston and Maine Railroad oor at He leaves a wife and two or three children. His age was about twenty-eight. The safe of Westcott & Co., on High street, was recovered to-day and its contents of $150,000 found uninjured after sixty-two hours’ exposure to the in- tense heat. The locality nad beea guarded by a detachment of dragoons, F. A. Hawley & Co., bankers, whose temporary ee was announced, resumed business to- ay. Sympathy and Aid from the District of 4 Columbia. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 1872. In accordance with @ recommendation of Gov- ernor Cooke @ public meeting was held this even- ing to take action for the relief of the sufferers by the Boston fire. E. L, Stanton, son of the late ex- Secretary Stanton, after a brief speech, called the meeting to order, when ex-Mayor Berrit was se- lected to preside, and Joseph H. Adams, of Massa- chusetts, appointed secretary. The following resolutions were adopted :— That the citizens of the District of Columbia deeply apa with the people of Boston on the calamity that has fallen upon that city. ‘That a committee of seven be appointed by the chair- man, to be Known as the Boston Rellef Committee, whose duty'it shall be to solicit and collect contributions from the citizens of this district, and transmit the same. to the authorities of Boston in alleviation of sufferings brought on by the recent disaster, Among the prominent gentlemen the How, winikm Whitiog: oF Massa tyes Mabclect, resent was use tts, Con- NOVEMBER 15, 1872—TKIPLE SHEET BURKE. Si ee Another HReply to James Anthony Froude. Ee A Severe Roview of the Character and Career of Henry the Eighth-Why He Was Popular in Ireland—Edward, Mary and Queen Bess. Father T, N. Burke delivered last evening the second of his series of lectures in reply to Mr. James Anthony Froude on the history of Ireland, There was as large an audience as at the first lecture, and the Academy was full to overflowing, while the enthusiasm was even greater and the eloquence and humor of the reverend speaker were applauded to the echo. The special subject treated was “Ireland Under the Tudors.”” Father Barke said he would now speak on a period of Irish history which covered the reigns of Henry the Eighth, Edward, Mary and Elizabeth, Mr. Froude had begun his lecture with the asser- tion that Henry the Eighth was a HATER OF DISORDER, Every man, consciously or unconsciously, had a hero in history whom he admired until at last he almost worshipped him, and, using this privilege, Mr. Froude had made the singular selection of Henry VIII. ‘this spoke volumes for the integrity and sublime charity of this gentleman’s mind. And among the many shining virtues that he had dis- covered in the English hero he had found out that Henry was a great lover of order. But how far was this true? All order in the State was based upon the supremacy of the law, respect for and liberty of the conscience.and the sanctity of the marriage vow. No man in the State, much less the head of it, could plead exemption from the suprem- acyof the law. Was Henry an upholder of the law? No, he was one of the greatest enemies of freedom and of law that the world had ever seen. As an example of this his conduct when he BROKE WITH THE POPE __ might be cited. He called upon all his subjects to recognize him as the spiritual head of the Church. Three abbots who refused to thus acknowledge his supremacy were arrested by Henry and tried be- fore a jury. The jury refused to convict the abbots, on the plea that their conscience would not allow them todoso, Henry then sent word to the jury that they should find the abbots guilty or he would punish them in their place. Was not this 8 flagrant violation of the great bulwark of English liberty—the sanctity of the jury system? Again, in regard to respect for the freedom of conscience, Henry was also flagrantly guilty. He orderea the People of England to change their religion and to renounce the grand dogmatic system of the Catholic Church. Yet Henry was not a Protestant, and on the last day of his life he would have MADE TOAST of one if he could have laid his hands on him. He offered the English people, in place of the old faith, the simple religion that they were to think and do as he thought and did. He was not only the enemy bat the annihilator of conscience. “I am your conscience,” cried he, ‘and if any one differs from me I will stain my hands in his heart’s blood.” The sanctity of the marriage vow, lastly, was also shame- Jessly trampled upon by Henry. No power on heaven or earth or hell, except the Angel ot Death, could dissolve @ valid marriage. Yet Henry brutally put away his lawful wife, and while she was still living took a woman who was supposed to be his own daughter. Was it fair for Mr. Froude to come be- fore an intelligent American audience and ask them to believe that Henry was a lover of order? At least, however, Mr. Froude claimed that Henry was a hater of disorder in Ireland, and that he put an end to ABSENTEE LANDLORDS by. nig 3 away their lands and givingt hem away to others. But how was this ? During the Wars of the Roses some of the Norman settlers in Ireland went land to engage in the contest and aban- doned their estates. Henry took these estates and ve them a to hia friends, although in the mn- rim the Irish had come back and taken posses- sion of the deserted soil. By all law these Irish holders had a just claim to what they thus re- claimed. And surely Henry could hardly have been a lover of order when he drove away the Irish for the second time from their land and in- stalled resident English landlords in their places. Henry, as soon as he ascended the throne, sent over the Earl of Surrey to Ireland, in the hope that he would restore the country to order, But why was Ireland disorderly? He (Father Burke) claimed that the disorder was due to the STRANGE, INHUMAN LEGISLATION of England, and again to the presence of the Anglo-Norman lords, whose interests were best served by turmoil. Surrey tried in vain to restore order, and finally reported that it would be im- ible, owing to the extent of the country, fo reduce the Irirsh to subjection with the strong hand. Then was, when he found that he could do nothing else, that Henry tried the policy of conciliation, for which Mr. Froude so much praised him. But Surrey himself said, in a letter to Henry, that the Irish were thore orderly than many of the English who were settled in Ireland. Surrey also. adopted the policy of stirring up strife between the great Trish chieftains, on the ground, as he wrote to Henry, ‘that the more they quarrelled the better it would be for His Majesty's poor subjects in Ire- land.” Surrey retired after two years’ stay, and then Henry, a8 Mr. Froude said, tried HOME RULE in Ireland. Home rule meant that Irishmen should a their own affairs and make their own laws. But did Henry VIII.’s home rule mean this? All he did was to place an Anglo-Norman, the Earl of Kil- dare, at the head of Ireland for a few years. Hedid not call an Irish Parliament or ask for the counsel of the great Irish chieftains. No. He merely said to a clique of Anglo-Norman lords, the most rest- less pack in history, and ‘handed over the countr, tothem. The first thing Kildare did was to go out and make war apon the Irish. Then the Normans fell out among each other, and Kildare himself en- tered into @ treasonable correspondence with ni id Germany. At last Henry called him to London, and he was thrown into prison. Then Kildare’s son revolted, and the result was the UITER DESOLATION of nearly one-half of Ireland. Perhaps they would ask if Ire!and’s people took part in this war, so as to deserve this terrible punishment. It was an English war from beginning to end, only three un- important Irish chieftains takin, \y share what- ever init. Mr. Froude had said that the Irish got fond of Harry at last, because he never showed any disposition to dispossess them of their lands or to exterininate them. Was this true? The State pa- perso! that time showed that project after project Was framed to drive the Irish across the Shannon into Connaught. This was what Henry and the Anglo-Normans and the English pocus all desired. More than this, these papers showed that Henry once contemplated the utter extirpation of the Irisn race. His Council wrote to him that this scheme was tmpracticable, because the land was 80 large that no prince could spare enough people to settle it after it had been swept clear of Tango. itants. They told him also that THE EXPENSE would be very great, and, further, that such a thing had never before been heard of in history. Such was Henry’s love of order and his good will to the Irish people! But the Irish people were really and in truth better pleased with Henry than with any of his predecessors, because, great as was the evil he meditated be gr oi them, he kept it to himself, and he treated the Irish Senay bi with great courtesy. He wasa great scoundrel, but he was agentieman. He did not say, as his prede- cessors had, “You are barbarians and | will put you to death.” On the contrary, he said, “Let us see if we can’t arrange matters and settle upon some plan of conciliation.” But Henry's popu- larity showed at least that if England had chosen to treat Irishmen with respect they would have, erhaps, succeeded better than they had. Mr. ‘roude gave the proof of this love for ‘Harty by say- ing that the Irish, at his request, THREW THE POPE OVERBOARD. The facts were that Henry, about 1530, denied the authority and the supremacy of the head of the Catholic Church, and then picked up an apostate monk named Brown, and gave him a commission as tne first Protestant Archbishop of Dublin. Brown arrived in Dublin, called the Irish bishops together and asked them to bg, ad enry and renounce the Pope, The Archbishop of Armagh. an Englishman named Cromer, rose at once and said, ** it breephemy 8 this! Ireland will never give up her faith.” Brown, therefore, did not at this time succeed. Three years alter, however, Parliament, having turned out the three proctors from each diocese that had the right to sit with them, was induced by bribes and threats to take aD oath of allegiance to the head of the Catholic Church. Yet Mr. Froude siringely said that never- theless Ireland remained Cat hot) spite of her renunciation of the Pope. But the frish were 100 INTELLIGENT not to know that they would cease to be Catholics if they renounced the Pope. It was true that some of the Irish bishops had thus itatized—fve of them—but the rest of Ireian episcopacy re- mained faithful. Browne himself confessed, also, that only three priests could be induced to take the oath of all ce to Henry, and each of them was rewarded with a bishopric. Only eight men In all, and yet A, Froude glauped tua te Jrley Church had been guilty of apostacy? Mr. Froude also charged that the Irish clergy of that time were A. IMMOR, that hava 4 had families ‘and led loose lives, He (Burke) had been unable to find a shred of evidence in support of these heavy accusations. But per- haps Mr, Froude meant the apostate bishops. In the year 1541 a Parliament assembled in Dublin and declared Henry Vill. to be King of Ireland. For the first time the English sovereign, alter a strug- le of four hundred years, gained the coveted prize. 'wo years afterwards Henry, in gratitude, called over the Irish nobles and gave them English titles and @ vast amount of property which had been stolen from the Catholic Church.” Henry was a very enerous man indeed—with other people's goods, lenry gave these earls all the a CHURCH LANDS that lay within their territories, and they had the cowardice and dishonor to accept the gilt. But the Irish stood true to their church, For the first time they revolted against these recreant chiefs. Each of them came to ill; in some cases their own sons risin inst them. Yet, even according to Mr. Froude, these men were not Protestants; they were simply schismatics and bad Catholics, and Ireland would not have them. Edward, who came after Henry, was worse to Ireland than his father, for he was under the complete control of the Eari of Somerset, who was a thoroughgoing Protestant. As Mr. Froude said, “the symbols of superstition” were pulled down all over Ireland; that 18 to say, the images of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mother ana the Saints were INSULTED AND DESTROYED. Then, as Mr. Froude said, Ireland took her stand, irrevocably and forever, on the side of the Pope. Edward only reigned ashort time, and was suc- ceeded by Queen Mary. Mary undoubtedly perse- cuted her Protestant subjects; but, as Mr. ude had said, no Protestants were persecuted in Ire- land, because there were none left, as they ran away a eaINy upon Mary’s accession. Mr. Froude apparently here wished to give the im- ression that if there had been Protestants in reland Irishmen would have killed them for their religion. The truth was that Irishmen had never porprontad for religion, and the Protestants who ed from Ireland were simply the usurping Irish bishops, Indeed, at that very time, an English cnronicler told us that ‘our Protestant Englishmen came over to Ireland to escape persecution, and were wellreceived. Again, in 16s¥, there was an- other example of IRISH TOLERANCE. At last, the Catholics were in the majority, and the first jaw passed by a Parliament, in which the: were in the ascendant, was that never henceforth should there be persecution for religion, Was not that a magnificent example of true Christianity? About Queen Bess, Mr. Froude had satd that she had been reluctant to draw the sword, but that she would not sheath it until the star of victory had crowned her arms. This was not quite true. The year after Elizabeth's accession, her Irish Parha- Ment passed a law that any clergyman Aes any other form than that laid down in the Book of Com- mon Prayer should be severely punished, the third offence or the kind being awarded a penalty of im- prisonment for life. r a layman, the same unishment was awarded for the second time of is offending in this way by using another prayer book than Elizabeth’s, All the Irish people were compelled to attend the PROTESPANT CHURCH. every case of absence being punished with a fine of @ shilling. Father Burke then painted, in vivi colors, the desolation caused by Elizabeth's cruel war, He went on to say that in the so-called Prot- estant massacre by Catholics, in which Mr. Froude had claimed 38,000 persons nad perished, ao Protestant Serepnen had,in fact, proved that the total number of persons slain was only 2,100. Father Burke closed by an eloquent appeal to Americans to pass a just judgment in these mat- ters, Ireland had believed, at any rate, that she Was right in siding with the ropes and whether she were or not, she deserved credit for her loyalty to her opinions, He did not believe in bad blood or il will, but he did not think Mr. Froude had the right to come here and ask Americans to sanction by their verdict the robbery and injustice of which England had been guilty to Ireland. Father Burke was hailed, as he closed, with a tremendous series of cheers and applause. BRITISH CLAIMS. Awards by the Mixed Commission for the Settlements of British and Ameri- can Claims—Cheeky, But Unfortunate Claimants. The Mixed Commission on American ard British claims has made the following awards :—$7,442 in gold, to be paid by the United States to Great Britain in respect to the claims of Thomas McDow- ell, for injuries to his dwelling house, fencing, land, garden, &c., at Atlanta, and for timber cut and two bales of cotton and other property alleged to have been taken by Sherman’s army; $471 in gold on the claim of John Kates for two horses, a saddle and bridie, alleged to have been taken by the United States forcesin the Shenandoah Valley in 1864, and the burning of a stack of hay at the same time. (The counsel for the United States unsuccess- fully resisted this claim on the ground that General Sheridan executed his raid as a lawful act of war tu the enemy’s country. The property was not taken under requisition, and with an implied pro- Inise of payment, but was CAPTURED FROM THE ENEMY, perhaps destroyed, and perhaps ab Dhopriasel: It was all ofa character which might and ordinarily would be useful to the enemy, and therefore a legitimate subject of either capture or destruction, and for which the claimant, an enemy of the United States by his domicile, can make no reclamation be- jJore the Commission. ‘The claimant had been for twenty-three years rmanently domiciled in Virginia) ; $150 in id on the claim of James Mc- Cabe jor property alleged to have been taken by the troops under the command of General Sherman in Mississippi in February, 1864; $5,608 in gold on the claim oi Timothy Dowling for the injury and destruction of his house while in the possession of the military forces of the United States; $770 in gold on the claim ofGeorge Adiam. (‘The claimant ‘Was dotictied in the United States since 1860, and had declared his intention of becoming a citizen in 1859. He occupied filteen acres of ‘ateens pan ON MISSION RIDGE, mee behe lying between the opposing forces in that hotly contested battle on the 25th of November, 1863. He claimed for the value of his house, stable, corn crib and certain personal property alleged to have been taken by United States troops at and shortly after that battle.) $3,056 in gold on claim of John Turner for his house and property burned by the United States army on McUlellan’s retreat in Virginia; $13,969 In gold on the claim of John Burnside for mules, carts an@ harness taken by the military in Louisiana in 1862; $5,760, claim of Michael Garry for cattle furnished the United States on requisi- tion by the Commissary of Subsistence in Novem- ber, 1863, in Louisiana; his claim was for $36,000, CLAIMS DISALLOWED. ‘the following The Commission disallowed claims :—Francis Allsop deciared himself a native of England, and resident of Missouri and Illinois since 1861, He claimed fer personal injuries and rae from his home by federal troops $3,000, and for Property taken $2,000 more, ‘The claimant offered no proof, John N. kK, for farm rent on the road leading from Washington to Alexandria, and for damages done to his premises. The entire claim was for $17,000, but it was declared not tobe within the Jurisdiction of the Commission. Lucy J. Park, who alleged herself to be the widow of a British subject, claimed indemnity for the destruction by United States troops of a board- ing houge and outbuildings in Tennessee, and for flour, corn, &c., alleged to have been taken by United States troops. The evidence was insufi- cient, and, besides, the widow, by her own admis- sion, was a citizen of the United States, John Gummer, who claimed $1,200 for saddles and saddlers’ stock, tools, hogs, corn, chickens, &c., alleged to have been consumed, taken awa: and destroyed by United States eye in Missour! in November, 18¢4. In addition to ingufficiency of proof, the claimant was, and had been since 1853, permanently domiciled within the United States, and in that portion which, during the war, was in the enemy's country. Anne Murray, who claimed about eight thousand dollars for certain tobacco alleged to have belonged to her, and destroyed, injured or appropriated by the United States forces, at Farmville, Va., in April, 1865. The proois were insufficient. Charles Cleworth, who has been domiciled in this country since 1847, claimed $2,323 for damages to dwelling house, &c., in Vicksburg by United States troops. Nothing appeared in the case tocharge the unas States with any portion of the claimant's claim. ENTIRELY TOO COOL. In the case of Annibal Maguire, a native of Canada, but since 1850 a resident of Louisiana, United States, counsel, in resisting the clatm for $10,000, says, notwithstanding Maguire’s domicil for many years within the United States and solemn decla- ration of his intention to forever disciaim and re- nounce all British allegiance, the claimant in 1863 had the assurance to raise the British fag over his house in Louisiana and now has the assurance to claim its protection. MISSOURI ELECTION. The Congressional Delegation Nine Dem- md Four Republican: St. Lovis, Mo., Nov. 14, 1872. Returns from 112 counties in this State give Greeley 25,640 majority. Returns from 106 counties give Woodson, for Governor, 21,372 majority. Col- onel Hay (republican), in the Fifth district, is de- feated by @ small majority, which leaves the Con- [rts delegation four republicans and nine lemocrats, INDIANA LEGISLATURE. Message and Recommendations of Gov- ernor Baker. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 14, 1872. Governor Baker delivered his message to the Legislature, in joint convention, this afternoon. He recommends that @ provision be made at this session of the Legislatare for calling a convention to revise the State constitution, recommends the building of two additional insane hospitals and the enlargement of the reer Institute for the Blind. and tiat provision be made for the completion of Hovae of Reluge aud other State vuil WASHINGTON. Judge Settle and the Supreme Court Bench. A FIGHT FOR A POST OFFICE. Discriminating Duties on French Imported Goods. WASHINGTON, Noy. 14, 1872. Judge Settle and the Supreme Court Bench, The mention of Judge Settie’s name in connection with the Supreme Court Bench as the probable sue- cessor of Justice Nelson causes much mirth in high legal circles, and is regarded by some as a joke. Mr. Settle’s friends, however, treat the matter se- riously, and believe should he not be rewarded by that appointment he will be made Postmaster Gen- eral in the new Cabinet. Judge Settle resigned a second class mission to return to the United States, Since then it is claimed that he has distinguished himself in behalf of the republican party, That he is to be rewarded with a high position is already determined. A Fight for the Philadelphia Post of fice—Political Service and Civil Ser= vice. A delegation of the most influential Pennsylva- nia politicians, headed by Senator Cameron, ar- rived here this evening, and will to-morrow urge the President to appoint Mr. Truman as the suc- cessor of Postmaster Bingham, of Philadelphia. Governor elect Hartranft, Mayor Stokeley, Sherif Leeds, United States Marshal Kerns and other notables are among the party. Opposed to Truman and in favor of Mr. Fairman— Bingham’s first assistant—are Borie, Stuart, Childs, and others strong in, the personal triend-' ship of the President, and on the side of civil ser- vice reform, claiming the promotion on that ac- count. The contest is an unusual one, and the friends of civil service reform say that the action of the President in this instance will demonstrate whether he is in earnest or not. The Treasury Department and the Bore ton Fire. Assistant. Treasurer Haven, at Boston, tcle- graphed to-day that the removal of funds from the Sub-Treasury to the Custom House was at- tended with no loss whatever, The Treasury De- partment lost by the Boston fire eight wool cabi- nets, containing standard samples of ail classes of wool, and which had been collected at considerable expense and much labor for the use of appraisers at the principal ports of entry. The San Juan Decision. ‘The Department of State received to-day an o1ml- cial copy of the award made by the Emperor of Germany in the San Juan arbitration. The Rochester and Genesce Valicy Rail- road Directors. The Supreme Court of the United States to-day heard the case of Miller and others against the people of the State of New York and others, trom the Court of Appeals of New York, involving the question whether the Legislature of 1867 had the power to increase the number of directors to be appointed by the city of Rochester in the Board of Directors of the Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Company, the original act having limited the num- ber to four. The amended act authorizes the ap- pointment of seven by the city, giving it a majority of the Board, and it is contended here that as this isin derogation of the rights of the stockholders under the original act it impairs the obligation of the contract, and is void by the provisions of the constitution of the United States, Discriminating Duties on Imported French Goods. The French Minister has been informed by tho Secretary of State that the President’s proclama- tion concerning discriminating duties on goods imported into the United States in French vessel from ports other than France does not apply to goods of other countries taken to France for ex- port to the United States in French vessels. The Treasury Department decides that a bill of sala must be recorded in the office of the Collector where the vessel is registered or enrolled—that is, when the permanent marine papers are issued. Pardoned by the President. Percival B. Speer, convicted of forgery in Phita« delphia and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in the Penitentiary, in March, 1871, has been pars doned by the President. Expected Appointment and Resignation. B. B, Kennard, Deputy Collector of the port of Baltimore, it is understood, will shortly succeed Collector John L, Thomas, Jr., who resigns to practice law. Tre: ry Balances. The following are the Treasury balances at the close of business to-day:—Currency, $8,634,690; coin, $72, 184,960, including $22,130,500 coin certifl- cates; special deposit of legal tenders for redemp< tion of certificates of deposit, $25,555,000, ARKANSAS ELECTION. + The State for Grant py Five Thousand Majority—Another Emeute Threat- ened—Election of Baxter, as Governor, and Other Republicans, to be Contested by Legal or Forcible Means—The Coa< litionists Disgusted. Memrais, Nov. 14, 1872. Arkansas, which ordinarily would be rated a@ anti-radical by a certain though moderate majority, has been carried by the republicans by a majority of $5,000 on the general ticket, with a repub- lican majority in both branches of the Legislature, and an entire republican Con- gressional delegation. How this all comes about is the wonder that requires to be ex- plained. In the first place, Baxter, the Governor- elect on the regular Grant ticket, and known as the Clayton candidate, was never of the carpet-bag stripe, but was esteemed as a@ liberal, unproscrip- tive Union man, highly respected and personally popular. These buoyant elements bore him safely through a combat almost unexampied in bitter- ness, and enabled him to retain the public con. fidence throughout. Brooks, the opposing candi- date, though personally popular, had incurred odium by aiding to enforce tne present constitu. tion upon the State, after it had been rejected by the popular vote in the General Assembly, The facts in Arkansas are much the same as inTen- nessee, THE LIBERAL ELEMENT, though apparently defeated, lias been most potent in bringing about the strange result. It forced the nomination of Baxter py the Clayton radicals, and correspondingly modified the candidacy for other offices, as welt as the tone of debate during the en- tire campaign, and in consequence personalities largely supplanted partisan ideas in the speeches of the candidates. The weight of the Bourbon ele- ment, as in Tennessee, fell into the radical scales. The official returns so far received show for Brooks, liberal, %,820, and for Baxter, republican, 16,367 votes, Benton county will not reduce Baxter’ majority by more than about one thousand, an other counties will be thrown out on account o! irregularities. It is thought that Gunter, dem cratic candidate for Congress, may yet obtain th certificate of election; Hynes for the State a! Large, and Ganse for the First Congression: district, threaten to contest the election of thet! opponents. Lond threats are made of attempts contest both the Governor’s election and that of the Legislature by legal or by forcible means, o! the ground of alleged FRAUDS AND IRREGULARITIES in conducting the election and deciding it upon ita results, The threat to institute Brooks as Gov. ernor by force has been met by the assurance that the federal troops will be called in, and it is under- stood that Governor Hadley already hi sion from President Grant to make @ for whatever military force he may have occasi for. It is thoaght that Rice, the present incum. bent, cannot be re-elected to the United Sta Senate, and the successful man will be of a conse! vative rather than extremely radical complexion. McDonald, the predecessor of Clayton, and S. W, Dorsey, president of the Arkansas Central Rai Toad, are the most prominent aspirants, P cairns SUDDEN DEATH. Dr. Charles Covell, of No. 6 First avenue, me very suddenty at his residence last might. 1) Coroner was notified.