The New York Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1873, Page 6

6 “ ERIE ECCENTRICITIES, Continuation of the Legis- lative Investigation. Belden, the Broker; John H. Comer, Attorney General Barlow and General A. 8. Diven on the Stand—“Tall Swearing” by Some- body—Senators Harrower and James ‘Wood Implicated in the “Divvies"— A Peculiar “Coal Contract.” The Assembly Committee having charge of inves- tigating the charge of irregularities in the Erie management, and more particularly in relation to the charge of having bribed certain members of the Legislature of 1872, met again yesterday morning at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Among those present were Attorney General Barlow and a number of brokers and bankers. It was eleven o’clock when the sessien commenced, The first witness called was Joseph Seligman, who testified that he had experience in placing rates of brokerage for railway bonds; the rates are generally about from two and ahalf to four per vent; I knew of the Erje consolidated mortgage bond; I think a reasonable rate for placing the bonds of the loan on the English market would be about two anda nalf per cent; that rate upon the whole $30,000,000 would not be a fair commission, To Mr, Burnett—lIf those bonds were in bad re- pute in the English market because of some pre- sumed irregularity m the issue, and money had been advanced in anticipation of the negotiation, it would alter the case. To Mr. Lincoln—If Erie stock had been down to thirty, and by a change of directors nad been raised to sixty or seventy, and if the money had been repaid on the loan to the banker, the rate of two and a half percent to four per cent would be fair. Isay four per cent, because there are many expenses in London that should be met. N. B, Shattuck was the next witness, He‘had in the ceurse of business placed on the market railway loans during some five or six years; I knew only by general newspaper report of the Erie con- solidated mortgage bonds; I should say, a8 far as I know, that two and a half per cent would be fair commission for placing a loan on the Londen mar- ket. To Mr, LincoIn—I never knew of such a bargain As paying two anda half per cent on $30,000,000 when only $6,000,000 had been negotiated; I should not want any corporation with which I was con- nected to make any such bargain; I should say two and a half per cent would be an outrageous com- mission on such a state. ‘Yo Mr. Burnett.—If any such charge shoulda be made by any reasonable men I should say there must be some very extraordinary accompanying elements in the question, Here the members of the committee and counsel (Mr. Burnett) constructed hypothetical cases as questions which had no bearing on the facts of the case, VALUABLE SERVICES. Mr. William Beiden was called and examined by Mr. Stickney. He said—1 have no knowledge of any moneys being paid to any Senator or member of the Assembly, orto A. D. Barber or A. Van Vechten, or to any public or private individual for the purpose of influencing legislation, There was a contract made by a Mr. Hays and myself with Mr. Fisk to cover a certain interest; Iwas to have a contract for carry- ing coal; I was to buy coai, ship it over the road and pay the freight; Attorney General Barlow, nor any other Attorney General or other oMcer, was not in any way interested in the matter; the considera- tion of this contract was services I was to render; 1 was to receive $3,000 a month; cannot say posi- tively whether any time was stated; I think it lasted three or four months; I have no copy of the contract; I think General Hays has; tle monthly yments were discontinued on account of Mr. Fisk's death; I think he died within a month of the signing of the contract; I cannot remember what services I performed; the contract will show; I performed various services for Mr. Gould; the contract was never car- ried out as it was intended; I don’t remember What services I performed; Mr. Gould called on me vo do a good many things, which I would do, with- out bemg able to remember now; I received the money—$3,000—for about four months; I performed very valuable services at the time of the disturb- ance at the Grand Opera House; the contract was never carried out because of the pressure of busi- ness; Mr. Fisk agreed to give me the $3,000a month in lieu of this coal contract. To Mr. Lincoln—The contract was made some time in December, 1871; it had been under consid- eration for a long time; I can’t tell what was the Specific consideration, except the services | ren- dered; Lcan remember services on 11th of March, and | can remember the man! had at my house— Lord Gordon— (laughter) ; this was A REGULAR RETAINER, in the shape of a contract; I received the first in- stalment when the contr as executed; the second and third at intervals of thirty days; I re- ceived payments for some time after March 11; up to June or July Iwas paid by Mr. Gould; Uhaa rendered services to Fisk and Gould prior to the contract; I performed many services m their pri- vate business; I was not paid for those services, and the contract was to be compensation for those services; Iwas to have the use of the Erie yards and save 5 cents or one handling of the coal, on each ton; I suppose the point of the contract was that I was to get 75 cents a ton on the coal witheut doing a special work In the “Black Friday; it was claimed that Fisk and Gould were liable ‘for large amounts of gold pur- Guased by me; a similar claim was made on geld purchased by Mr. Squires; I put into my schedules every claim’ that everybody had made; 1 knew many of them were false, but I put them in, as they were claims; I pat in some liabilities as mine that parties claimed were liabilities of Fisk aud Gould; L had never received GRATUITOUS PAYMENTS from them previous to “Black lay; I never had any coal contract with them belore that time; it never occurred to me that it was for services | had performed; it would have heen a serions matter Jor Fisk and Gould to pay $15,000,000 in gold that they shouid be liable for on purchases made by m ¢ this coal contract had nothing to do with it; there were no services specified in the coal contract that Thad reudered or was to render; I have no idea wow that it was those gold contracts that made Fisk and Gould pay me this money. Here Mr. Stickuey explained that the committee nad been informed that this money was intended ot so much for witness as it was to pay to Attorn- ey General Barlow. Witness, in answer to that, said—I did not know Attorney General Barlow for some time after this contract was made. I saw him, for Mr. Gouid, once at his own house. A summons had been y onnection with it; 1 remember | | served on Mr. Gould by the Attorney General, and | we had reason to belicve it Was instigated by this man Gordon; We liad no proofs, but were satisied that hegvas an impostor, and | wanted to pat the Attorniy General on his guard, and told General Bariow that Mr. Gould was a @X- planation of the matter; I belie proceedings dropped then; there never Was any unuerstanding that we were to pay the money to anybody; | was to receive,the money for general services—such, for G Tal “nd as this very case, calling on the Attorney aeneral, To Mr. Lincoln—It was not te be paid to General Barlo believe he never received a doll received the money by check; it was Mr. Gould's check, not the check of the Erie Company. Attorney General Barlow here explained that no summons had been served on Jay Gould at that time, a8 no suit had been commenced until some time after, when proceedings Were taken to oust him asa director. John H. Comer, being recalled, said—1 believe Mr. Belden and Mr. fiays were to ‘vo into the coal business; Mr. Fisk and Mr. Gould were to furnish the capital, $30,000, which was to be paid in monthly instalments ; I do not know ofany services being performed by them under the eo know money was paid to them, because I i plicates of two receipts paid to them out of the ¢ of Mr. Fisk; Mr, Gould sent me a letter, in whi he certain made claims against the Fisk estate; * among them were these bills; Mr. Gould called me into his roem and said, “You know what these are * Lsaid “No; he then said that they were for MONEY PAID GENERAL BARLOW, under contract made with Belden & Ha a few days aiter Mr. Belden called, and Mr. Gonla told him to give me a copy of the contract; he did so; he was present at one conversation, | am coutident, when Mr, Gould said the mone; astomney General Barlow, and he did uot contra dict it, At this stage Attorney General Barlow became quite nervous, then he lighted a cigar and put ona nonchaiant air While pulling it. Mr. Beiden sat ‘with @ most innocent expression on his lace, as if he had not comprehended what had been said by the witness. Mr. Comer continued I said if the Attorney Generad was to get the money to keep iim (Gould) in office I would not pay the last amount, as it was after the death of Mr. Fisk; I had a doubt in m: mind about the matter; Mr. Gould then referre me to Mr. T. G. Shearman. the company’s counsel. was to be paid to | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL9 1872—QUADRUPLE SHYT who wasin the buflding; I went to Mr. Shearman and said, “Mr. Gould says that this contract with Hays & Helden is to beneftt the Attorney General ;”” Mr. Shearman sat “DON'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS; Tknow all about it: it is all right; I therefore allowed the payment of two of the items; Gould demurred @ little to my refusal to pay the other amount claimed; I bgt t it it was a genuine con- tract he would have insisted on the payment; the services to be performed by the Attorney General were never fully stated, but were in effect that if he commenced. any suits against the company they would be bogus; in fact, he was to be “their man;’ I never understood anytling was due ona coal contract; I had no knowledge whatever of any coal contract. The note of Mr, Gouid referred to by Mr. Comer was produced and a request to have it read out aloud causcd quite a dutter. Barlow looked scowl- ingly at Comer; Belden ditto; Stickney stood up, fussed around, got held of the letter and objected to have it read as it had reference in it to some other matters in a case in which he was counsel. The following items were then read out:— March 22, 1872, 8. H. Allen, election expenses... Peseta aden tage anan cam ebruary 1. 1872, do! 3 an iam Be March 1, 1872, John Hay: at i William Belden. Mr. Belden (recalled) said the date of the con- tract was is December, 1871; it was to take the lace Of the coal contract; it was first spoken of in une, 1871, To Mr. Babeock—I do not recollect being present at any conversation; I think Ican remember giv- ing a copy of the contract to Mr. Comer; Ido not know if Mr. Gould was hier at the time 1 gave Mr. Comer the copy of the contract. ATTORNEY GENERAL BARLOW was then put on the stand, and Mr. Belden quietly slipped out of the room. General Barlow went on to state that he had never received a dollar or a cent irom Gould, or Fisk, or Hays, or Belden, directiy or indirectly; had never been approached on the subject; had never received a dollar or & penny for doing or omitting to do any oflicial act, except, of course, my salary from the State. Some time in November a friend of mine came to me and said he had been approached by a friend of David Dudley Field, against whom provesdiugs were going on in the Bar Association, in which I took an active part, and said, “If those proceed- ings were pressed, the fact that I had been bribed by Mr. Gould would be exposed;” I never knew anything about this contract; Itold my friend if they expected to stop the proceedings in the Bar Association they were very foolish; General Hays Was a classmate of mine at Cambridge; I met him afterwards, during the war, where he proved him- self an admirable officer; since the war I had not seen him until December, 1871; Mr. Hays came to me and said he was astockholder in a Nickel Plating Company which was in litigation, that the matter was to come up the next day before Judge Pratt in Brooklyn, and he wanted me to go over and defend the case; I told him to send me the papers anda retaining fee of $250; he did so; I found one of the points was based on a defect in the incorporation, and that it was a matter which might come before Me Officially as Attorney General, and that I ought to have nothing to do with it; I, therefore, returned the papers and the $250; some time after General diays calied on me, and asked if it was true that I was about to bringasuit against the Erie direc- tors, and abeut how long I thought it would be before a change could be effected ; { said, knowing the peculiarities of the Erie lawyers, it would be lucky if we succeeded in six months; he sald he was about to make @ coal contract with the company and he would like to know how they stood; I saw no more of him till January, 1872, when he came and asked me if I proposed to bring a suit, against Gould; I told him I did; he said he thought he knew who was instigating the suit and said he could expose the true animus; that the man was a fraud, and if I knew the true factsI would not go on; he asked if 1 was willing to heara statement from Gould; I told him certainly if Gould would come to my house; I wrote to Mr. Southmayd ask- ing him to be present; he could not come; he sent his managing man: Mr. Gould and Mr. Belden came together, and Gould went on to state about Mr, Gordon; I let him get through his story, know- ing that the English stockholders were the real instigators, and then said I knew nothing at all or Mr. Gordon; he had nothing to do with the case and they were wrong; Mr. Belden 1s wrong about the summons; a Summons was prepared and to have been issued to oust Mr. Gould, but the Sickles coup obviated the necessity, so that the summons was never served; in June, 1872, General Hays came to me to ask il I would bring a suit against the present Erie directors on behalf of Gould; I told him if there were any irregularities I would be obliged to do my duty; if he would present the facts in the form of an aftidavit I would com- mence action if the facts warranted it; some time after Mr. Belden came to my oftice and asked what counsel I would conter with; he named several, among them Mr. Fullerton; 1 said I shouid be very happy to confer with Judge Fullerton, and that was the last of it; General Hays came afterwards and wanted me to noue pros, certain actions against certain persons in what is known as the “ring frauds;"' he asked would [ see him, and, if ie should make a clear Statement, then agree to nolle pros. ; 1 told him I would see that certain person provided, he would come to my house with Mr, O’Coner and Mr, ‘Til- den; ne did not come; on March 20, 1873, | received a note trom Mr. Comer stating that he would like to see me on a matter of great personal interest to me, and if would meet him he would explain; he mentioned Mr. Stickney’s house, and as Mr. Stic! ney is counsel for your committee | gave the letter to. him, and here it is (letter produced) ; I never heard of the coal contract except as I hed ie stated; any person who states that I ever received, directly or indirectly, a dollar or a penny to influ- ence my, official action tells a deliberate tntruth. On the conclusion of the Attorney General's statement the committee repaired to the residence of Mr. W. A. O'Dougherty, 678 Broadway, ‘That gentleman was confined to his bed by sickness, but he sat, propped up by pillows, and gave his statement in a semi-languid, drawling manner, which, with little side plays of bathing his fore- head, and with the wise gazes or silly gurgles of two tame parrots and the surroundings of elegant and expensive paintings, made the entire scene pt dramatic. Mr. O’Dougherty testified as fol- OW: Thad an intimation this morning from a friend of Mr. Laue that his testimony was incorrectly given—thatis, if he testified as was published—and that those parts which purported to contradict my testimony were false; when Mr. Lane came to this country he made an agreement to act with me; thei no stipulation; shortly after the coup a@état and Gould’s overthrow he showed me an extract ir the London Times, giving all the credit of the overthrow to Mr. McHenry; he wished me to write out a statement contrad taat articie; I declined to do handed mea copy of a circular which he wi to have published; it was a circalar of his own; in all other respects in which Mr, Lane contradicts my testimony I positively reaffirm what I said be- tore; L opposed the $40,000,000 loan, and I think I did a commendable thing; Lopposed it in every possible way; [think it was as bad as anything risk & Gould ever did; the Board that made the joan—the temporary Board—was one nominated by Bischoffsheium without pretence of an election; it wi Understood that the loan should not be issued until an election had been held; McHenry came to America, but as there yas some difticulty about getting an election he elegrapbed to Bischoffshieim to issue the loan; it was for the purpose of putting money in Bischoits- heim’s hands that he might repay himself for moneys advanced; when the prospectus was issued I went te the man who writes city articles for the London 7imes—Mr, Sampson—and stated the case to him; he agree to inflnence Bischoifsheim to withdraw the loan; he advised me to carry the matter to the London Stock Exchap. who refused to interfere openly and interiere: privately, so as to step the loan for a time, but seon allewed it to goon; it may be asked why I gave the road to. Bischoffsheim & Co. and then turn against them; I ver gave it to them, but to MeHenry, for the benefit of the road, not to be put into the maws of A PARCEL OF ISH JEWS; Thad noidea that Bischotfsheim & Co. would re- impurse themselves out of the Erie treas- ury of money expended for their own benefit; that was the reason why I brought these charges against the management; the promises made by Mr. Barlow were exacted by me; Mr. Lane was preseut, but did not open his mouth; Mr. Barlow Was present at the meeting when the contract with Mr. Bischofsheim was discnssed, and he made a speech, in which he related some of the provisions as extraordinary and unusual, and an addendum was added, relieving the company of some of the burdens; the attempt was made to lease Erie to the Atlantic and Great Western, and it ts the purpose of those who now control Ei sit in the power of the Atlantic and on. ‘To Mr. Wight—TI know of no improper use of thé fade of the company made by the present man- t the declaration ofa dividend; if ed BischoTsheim's claim for the £80,000 it Was im~roper; it does not make any dif- ference, practicaily, whether the claims were allowed or not, Bischoffsheim has the money and will keep it; they want to amalgamate the and Atiantic and Great Western—in fact show them as being already amalgamated 80 on their English maps: Barlow has the project at heart, and will effect it, even if they are onliged to at Watson out; Lhave jast Legisiature who ecn a list of names of the ived money to influence legislation; the meney was claimed to have been paid by Mr. Dutcher. The original list was given by Mr. Dutcher to General Diven, who lost it; Mr. Bingham was one person who told me about the matter; he isemployed in the Erie ofice; have not seen Mr. Gould for a week; saw him jast at his house; Ido not know that he was accessible to everybody. Alter some further unimportant testimony Mr. O'Doherty handed @ slip of paper containing the | list of Senators said to have beem paid money, but with the request that it should not be made public uuless identified by other witnesses. _the committee then took @ recess until four O'CLOCK. AFTER RECESS. The committee reassembled at their rooms in the Filton Avenue Hotel, ‘The first witness was Mr, | Watson, President of the Erie road, who simply but very flatly con'radicted the statement made by Mr. Antes at (ic investigation of the day previous; he did not say he weuld like to put Antes in some more responsible ofice; what he sald was ironical, that aman of Mr. Antes’ ability should have had some higher place, and that it was a great wonder that Fisk and Gould had not made him Auditor; he did not send Ball to see Antes; did not want have Antes in any capacity; he considered that Antes: was not entirely compos mentts; he was flighty and excitable ; in reference to Bishottscheim he said they charged extra lox mony Keut to uego- with me, and promised to try | tiate the loan ;Bishoffcheim is a curious compound of liberatity and avarice. COMING TO THE POINT. General A. 8. Diven was the next witness and testified as follows :— . Mr. Dutcher did not show me a list of names of Members; he gave me a memorandum of sums of money paid to Senators, and also a sum paid toa comiittee of the Assembly; he gave me the names of Senators verbally and I made a memorandum of the names, Mr. Stickney asked If the committee would direct General Diven to give the names given by Mr. Dutcher. Mr. Lincoln—For one, I say no. Mr, Carpenter thougat it would be only right to the Senators themselves whose names are handed about as having been bought and sold that they might have a chance to make a refutation. ir. Wight—In order that all may not be con- founded, it is but due to the innocent Senators that they should not rest under any imputation, and those charged can have a chance to explain. Mr. Lincoln (to witness)—Did Mr. Dutcher state who gave him the names ¥ General Diven—He told me that the money was not paid by him, but by Barber and Van Vechten; it seeins to me that by compelling me to give these names you are blacking the characters 0: men on very questionable authority; ii these men, Barber and Van Vechten, got this money and kept it them- selves, it would be wrong to name any Senators, Mr. Carpenter—That should come out, LU these men pretended to give money to Senators and did not give it. Mr, Babcock—How are the Senators to prove that it is not so if it is not? Mr. Stickney—If that list, or a copy of it, were shown you, Would you recognize the names ? Geueral Diven—When I testified beiore, a gentie- man who was sitting behind me, showed me a@ list which struck me as being the same names; 1 am not positive of the names, Mr, Stickney—Stute the names of any Senators Mentioned to you by Mr. Dutcher, This question was asked, but witness was told not to answer until the committee should take ac- tion on it, Looks of trepidation came on two or three in the room. ‘The members of the committee gave their ideas, as follews:— Mr. Wight —I am in faver of General Diven stat- ing all he knows. If Senators be falsely accused they will have a chance to vindicate taemseives, We cannot get Mr, Dutcher here, and General Diven is the next best testimony we can get on the matter, Mr. Carpenter expressed similar views. Mr, Lincoln let his eyebrows drop, looked rather sullen, and speaking in a very low tone, said he would certamiy object to giv- ing one name unless he can give others, Mr, Babcock, the chairman, looked rather nervous. He remained looking down at his hands, then slowly pared his finger nails with his pocket Knue, and aiter a few moments he said he was in favor of witness giving all he positively can state, Mr. Stickney then askeC—What names do you remember ? General Diven—Before giving the names I will say thatI don’t believe the names given me are correct. I remember now the name of Senator Harrower. Mr. Stickney—If the list were shown you con- taining the names could you remember them, General Diven—I hardly think so. 1 was present when the vote was taken on paying $30,000 tor ex- penses at Albany, It was an uncontested yote, perhaps not more than one or two voted. Mr. Lincoin here moved to strike out of the minutes all that part which had re‘erence to Sena- tor Harrower, but no action was taken on the motion. ‘The piece of paper which the chairman had re- ceived trom Mr, O'Doherty was handed the wit- ness. He scanned it closely fora while, then laid it down. In response to further questioning by Mr, Stickney, he replied:— I believed Mr. Vanderbilt had expended this money for legislative purposes; have the examined list; there are six names on it; I recognize one other as having been given by Mr. Dutcher; that name is General James Wood; ain not positive about others; cannot remember. any others; I never saw the jist since I made it; [ wrote it at my table in the Directors’ room in the Erie office. I think there was nobody nearer than the secre- tary’s room; i thought i put it in pocket; 1 looked for and missed it within a day or two alter; 1 wanted to show it to somebody, but could not find it; I have no knowledge or iniormation of where it went to; the memorandum I wrote was in pencil; i think I wrote the names on the same memorandum Mr. Dutcher gave of the amounts paid out; my recollection was that the amount paid to the Assembly was $12,000; Ihave some recol- lection of other names, but not a very clear one; there were 51X names patd $5,000 each, I think. It being apparently futile to attempt to stir up the General’s memory on the point, he was dis- |, and the committee adjourned shortly after, tin Albany on Thursday afternoon, at tour o'clock. THE DANGERS OF THE SOUND. The Steamer Elm City, of the New Haven Line, Grounded in the Fog near Throgg,s Neck—No Lives Lost and but Little Dam- age—Statement of the Clerk. The steamer Elm City, of the New Haven line, met with a serious accident yesterday morning. She was on her way to Hartford, haying left Peck slip about half-past twelve o’clock. At about two o’clock the passengers were roused by a terribie shock. They rushed on deck and clutched their life preservers, The steamer had struck a rock at a@ place called the Stepping Stones, near Throgg’s Neck, which is about a dozen miles from Hell Gate. The water flowed ever the lower deck, byt Captain Frederick Peck assured the frightened passengers that there was no danger. The ex- cltement was very great. All the passengers, men, women and children, strapped on life-pre- servers and seemed to be ready to jump over- board. The fog was dense at the time and the accident was, it is alleged, caused by the negli- gence of the Throgg’s Neck lighthouse keeper, who FAILED TO RING THE WARNING BELL. The extent of the damage was not great, the steamer having struck on her bow, and not one life was lost. The New Haven, on her way from New Haven to New York, took on board all the passen+ gers of the Elm City and landed them at Peck slip at two o’clock yesterday afternoon. They were compelled to start again for New Haven. Some of them leit on the Continental at five o'clock, but the majority preferred to go by rail, The captain expected to have the steamer off at high tide and the i es part of the freight would not be dam- aged. STATEMENT OF THE CLERK, The clerk of the Elm City, Mr. Hedges, made the following statement :— “We had passed through the Gate, and I thought then that everything was allright and was about going to bed. The steamer was going along at average speed. The fog was somewhat thick; but we heard no bell at Throgg’s Point, where there is a fog bell, which is supposed te work by machinery. Some time ago we had occasion to complain of this bellman not paying attention to his duties. Sud- denly we went ashore at the Stepping Stones, and just before we did so we heard the fog bell at hrogg’s Neck tolling out. But we had already passed it some distance and it was too late. We | ran up between two of these rocks, aud the bottom of the boat was damaged very considerably. THE WATER WAS LOW at the time, and the vessel, though she sunk upon the rocks, did so without taking much water. Of course there was great excitement among the passengers. We had about one hun- dred of them, of which twenty were ladies, There was screaming and se on, and, undoubtedly, at first they thought that there was going to be another calamity. They rushed out af their staterooms in déshavilié and ran about the boat, asking each other what had happened. I did all I could to re- assure them, but I found it somewhat diMeuit. We found that the vessel had sustained rather serious damage, but that there was no danger. The passengers were all made to get up on the saloon deck, and there they waited until the morning. The water as it rose gradually came up over the main deck, but when the passengers got off the deck was yet dry, and the boats were all ready in attendance to convey them to the propeller New Haven, which belongs to the company, and which ATTRACTED BY THE BLOWING OF OUR WHISTLE, came to the assistance ef the Elm City, It Was fortunate that the water did not reach our fur- naees else we had not been abie to blow the whistie. During the morning the company sent up tugboats and barks to get the Elm City off the rocks, 1 think that they will have to construct an inner pert hole and pump her out before they take her of. Leannet say what the damage will be to the boat. The damage to the freight, of which we had avout half a load, will be considerable. I don’t think the pilot, Mr. Stevens, is to blame. | The fog was very Lene) and there is no doubt but that there was a variation in the compass, If the fog bell at Throgg's Neck had sounded the accident would not have occurred, I have known Mr. Stevens for twenty years and been with pim for about seven years, and during that whole time I have not Known any accident to have happened him belore., I do not think he will be heid account. able, There is no doubt the boat has a very ugly gap in her bottom; about thirty feet long, 1 should judge.” THE INJURED STEAMER REPLACED. The cempany state that their business will not be interfered with by the accident, and that they have chartered the Granite State to take her place, starting on her first trip to-morrow evening, at eleven o'clock, STEAMBOAT COLLISION ON THE OHIO. Prt7spurG, Pa,, April 8, 1873." The steamer New State, bound to Wheeling, with a full cargo of merchandise and a number of pas- sengers, came in collison with the towboat Eagle yesterday afternoon, near Brunet’s Island, The Eagle struck the New State on the starboard side, knocking her bow off and staving in her hull, The latter sunk immediately. The passengers were transierred to the Eagle and brought back to this city. It is thought the New State will wi @ total wreck, but that a large part of the freight will be recovered, The vessel and cargo are ¢ have been worth $30,000, NEW YORK EAST CONFERENCE. Sixth Day’s Proceedings—The Conference Doors Shut in an Old Brother’s Face—Preachers Ad- mitted on Trial—The Conference to Meet in Brooklyn Next Year—An Old Man’s Last Days Made Cheerful and Easy—Presentation of Reports. The devotions of the Conference yesterday were led by Rev. J. 8. Inskip. Rey. Brother Pilkington, of the Wyoming Conference, was received by trans- fer. The /committce on the Beulah Mission, Long Island, reported in favor of continuing that mission and the appropriations thereto. The Conierence Missionary Committee reported that the General Missionary Commitece had ap- propriated $5,000 for domestic missions within the bounds of the New York East Conference, which the Conference Commitree had distributed as tol- lows:—To the New York district, $2,320; South Long Istand district, $725; North Long Island dis- trict, $725; Bridgeport district, $605; New Haven district, $625, Rev. N. Orchard was granted a superannuated relation, He took suddenly ill in Conference a tew days ago and was removed to his home, where he is now threatened with paralysis, Brother HENSEN, who has been for twenty months chaplain at Aspinwall, ©. A., addressed the Conference in nis own behalf, He finds THE DOORS OF THE CONFERENCE SHUT IN HIS FACE. He is ready for work, but neither his own pre- siding elder nor any other has a place for him. He asked nothing but a place to live and do good. He has served the Church for thirty-five years, and never had a charge that he did not leave in better condition financially and spiritually than it was in when he entered it, When he began his ministry he gave up $100a month to receive $160 a year, and for the first five years hired and furnished his own house, and for fourteen years his salary did not aggregate $5,000. But now he found himself in an embarrassing condition, He had always treated his presiding elders and his brethren as gentlemen, but he had notontheone hand fawned on them, nor spoken reproachiully about them on the other, and he thought that a screw must be loose somewhere when he finds every place closed against him. He was ready for any action of the Conference. If his brethren decided that he was unfit to preach, then let them locate or superannuate him. But he would not yield his manhood and his independence to any man. The districts were ealled again, and the charac- ter of the preachers pronounced blameless. The New York district has had an addition of 800 pro- bationers, and two churches and two parsonages have been built, or are under way. The thanks of the Conference were voted to Mr. G. L. Spinney for his splendid donation of a church at Great Neck, L, 1. When the question, “Where and when shali our next Conference be held?” was called up, it was found that the Conference had not a single invita- tion from any charge within its jurisdiction. This was considered A REMARKABLE OMISSION, and the presiding elders were constituted acommit- tee to settle for the holding of the next Conference. Ata later period of the session this action was re- considered, and, on motion of Rev. R, MEREDITH, late pastor of Simpson Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, the invitation of a majority of the Official Board oneay church, whom he bad just seen, was accepted. Rev, J. C. Thomas, on account of poor health, was granted a supernumerary relation for a year. When the question of admitting candidates on trial was callpd the Conference decided that the presiding elders should lay all their applications on the table, with such information regarding the several applicants as they had, and the Conter- ence would make its own selection, Nineteen names were presented, but up to the hour of clos- ing the morning session only one, the first on the lisi—Rev. Charles &, Miller—was admitted. BAD EFFECTS OF CHURCH NEGOTIATIONS AND TRANS- A question was raised as to the propriety of ad- mitting the entire number, provided the Bishop could find places in any part of the country tor such as could not be supplied within the bounds of this Conierence. The Bishop .stated that there are more preachers to be appointed at this session than there are places for them, And yet young men would have to be received and put On trial in places which could not be filled by old men with families, Buthe thought the time hadcome when there must be a loosening in this matter, and they must have more elbow room. If they had a couple more charges at the head of the list (that is, of Wealthy ones, which could support a married man with a family), then the Conference could easily accommodate twenty more men at the other end of the list; but as it is we are all embar- rassed, said the Bishop, He made these remarks not to bear upon any man, but to show the con- dition of the work. He has four Southern Con- ferences in his jurisdiction, but no charge to which he could send aman now, The Southern Conferences had the same rights as any others to say who and what kind of men should compose their members, and ne did not approve of churches negotiating to bring men frem other Conferences and thereby say who shall be members of this Con- lerence. The Conterence alone should be the judge of its own members, and this transfer business must be equalized as far as possible, These re- marks, together with otuers made by Drs. Wood- ruffand Mitchell, advocating the admission of all the class, were ‘applauded; but Drs. Kettell and Curry and some others, including the Bishop, thought that the Conference should admit only such as could be set to Work at once. The application of Brother George Filmer was therefore withdrawn for the present, and he will be continued in work by the Presiding Eider, Revs. Daniel Curry, D. D., H. F. Pease,J. A. Roche ; Geo. Taylor, J. M. Buckley, Wm. McAllister, and L. 8. Weed, D. D. were elected triers of appeals according to the ballot taken yesterday. The Committee on Temporal Economy reported that they had received|$10,166, 68, tojbe distributed among the Conierence claimants, The report showed that, they had given about the same amounts .to th® same persons last as year, They had $120 left, which 1t was proposed to give to the widow of Bro, E. F. Hadley, who died in Warren street, Brooklyn, a few weeks ago. To this sum also was added a generous collection taken up in the Conference, amounting to over $300. The Con- ference, after transacting some routine business, took a recess until nalf-past 2 P. M. Afternoon Session. Bishop Fester presided. Rev. J. W. Horne led the devotions in the afternoon. The committee on the loss of Conference money by Rev. A. H. Mead, through the suspension of a bank in which he had deposited it, reported, exonerating him from biame in the matter, The Committee on Publication of Minutes were instructed to give proper credit to the church and to insert an explanatory note. The Committee on the Newark Conference reso- Jution touching the New York preachers’ meeting reported that they could not in the limited time riven them give the subject the consideration it lemanded, and asked to be discharged, Granted, By report of its committee, also, the Conierence endorsed the Minard Home and Bishop Janes’ action In connection therewith, A Sunday School Union report was presented and officers were elected—Rey. J. V. Saunders, President, and a lay and clerical vice president from each district in the Conference. The Cuurch Extension Committee presented a majority and minority report. The former re- ported the collections of the Conference for this Interest during the year 1872a@ decrease of $1,242 from the amounts raised last year. The Confer- ence raised less than one-third of the amount ap- propriated by the Church Extension Society. The report recommended that the amounts expended in the South be given to the weak churches in the bounds of the Conference. The minority report Was acompromise and merely reiterated the re- commendation of last year, calling the closer at- tention of vhe pastors to this matter. On the motion to adopt the first report a speech against it wrs made by Dr, Curry. Its spirit and reeommendation were bad, He was a Southerner and knew something of the needs of the people there. The Doctor then contrasted THE ANTE-WAR CONDITION OF THE SOUTH with its present condition, and showed how much can be done with a judicious investment of small sums in the South and West, Dr. Mitchell also op- posed this report, and gave instances of strong and substantial churches bult in tne South on the basis of a loan of $50, with which giass and nails and hinges are bought, Labor and lumber are abundand and cheap in the South, and they need very little money to make the churches strong and independent, Rev. C. 8. WILLIAMS thought the changes had been pretty well rung on glass, nails and hinges, but he thought that when God laid the want at their own doots at home it was an evidence that their first duty should be directed homeward rather than in the South and West. Within two miles of his own church, in Birmingham, Conn., is a cnuren which will go under the hammer unless it receives @ little aid, which the Church Exten- sion Society will not give it. Dr. De Vinne, J. Searles and John Parker spoke on this que tion. Rev. G. L. Taylor read from the minutes to shew that out of 226 charges in the Conference only ninety-eight took up collections for this cause, He did not think ministers had a right to discrimi- nate between one Conference collection and an- other. A ONE-SIDED CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY. Rev, G. A, HUBBELL, who presented the Lea 4 report, spoke in its favor and said that all it called for was that the Parent Church Extension Society bg a society ter the whole Methodigy chyret_| —S and xt for the South or the West mancly. ferred ® poor church for whi others lied for aid to the “ aid was pro , of $1,000, to the entire Ov nler- ence, provided the Conference raised $6,000 for the general work—an impracticable condition. le Spent a day with a company of five Western ™ ers, whose property he Agured upon their own tements at $230,000, but he was not surprised to find their pastor ear following in Brooklyn begging money to build a new church for these wealthy farmers, Revs. J, 3, Willis, J. Dickeason and otaérs made addresses; after which the ma- jority report was adopted. . A report on the Freedmen’s Aid Society was also adopted aiter an address by Dr. Rust. The Com- mittee on gemperance reported that the traffic in liquor is @ crime against God and man, and t reiterate the recommendation of the General Con- ference on this question and demand the discl- plining of chureh members who are engaged in this trafic or who let their property to be used for such purposes, They also heartily endorse the Local Prohibition bill now before the Legislature of the State, and they ask for the passage of a Civil ses bill, similar to one now in force in Hlinois, ‘The report was adopted, FATHER LANDON’S RETIREMENT. Perlect quiet haying been attained. the Confer- ence listened to a few remarks from Rev, SEYMOUR LANDON, @ veteran Of seventy-six years, fifty-five of which he spent in tke ministry, asking for a superannuated relation, which was granted. Dr. Curry, on behalf of the Conference, addressed a few pertinent but general remarks to the Conference and to Father Landon, and then presented the aged divine with an envelope containing $1,626, Which 1s to be increased to $2,000 by the offerings of his ministerial brethren, This is to smooth the old gentieman’s declining years. At the close of this scene the Conlerence sang a verse of the hymn— He re- self and which My latest sun is sinking fast, &c. After which, by a rising vote, it thanked God and Father Landon for his long and laborious life of service in the Chureh, Revs. K. L. Janes, G. L. Taylor, W. H. Boole, D. Curry, L. 8. Weed, D. A, Goodsell and 5, H, Platt were elected delegates to the National Temperance Convention, The Doxology was sung and the Conference took another recess until hali-past seven P. M. Evening Session. Bishop Foster prenining, Rev. D. Latham led the devotions. Rev, H, Asten, Treasurer, reported tie receipts of the Missionary Soclety as follows:— Vouchers, $19,840 44; cash, $14,213 51; doubtful paper on broken banks, $240 75; testified amounts yet to be paid, $3,943 28; grand total, $38,234 05. Alter some routine business, Dr. J. M. Rei addressed the Conference upon the interests of the Missionary Society. from present prospects, he said, the Bishops would not be able to plant the missions in Central Africa and in Canton, China, The doctor spoke with enthusiasm on the subject of sustaining the old missions and planting new ones. The countries are opened tor mission work, the men are ready and the Missionary Board are waiting for money to man those places. Alter Dr. Reid had spoken the business of the Conference was continued with the memoirs of ministers deceased during the year. The Conier- ence will meet this morning for a short session and to make the appointments. NEW ENGLAND METHODIST CONFERENCE, Boston, Mass., April 8, 1873, The closing session of the New England Method- ist Conference was held to-day, when Bishop Wiley announced the following transfers trom other Con-- ferences to that of New England:—Rev. D. H. Ela, Rey. A, A. Wright and Rev. A. W. Mills, from the Providence Conference; Rev. W. D. Holway and Rev. E. R. Thorndike, from the East Maine Con- ference; Rev. A. C. Mason, from the New Hamp- shire Conference; Rev. W. McDonald, from the New York East Conference; Rev. R. W. Harlow, from the Vermont Conference, and Rev. R. R. Meredith, from the Cincinnati Conierence. Mr, Holway, who 18 a chapiain in the United States Navy, Will stilt hold that position at the Charleston Navy Yard. The report of the Committee on Books and Tracts caused considerable discussion, because it favored the idea that members of the Church and others could purchase books cheaper from other concerns than at the denominational book stores. The report of the Committee on Sunday Schools showed an increase of 7 schools, 207 oflicers and 677 scholars, and that there were 1,763 conversions during the year, The next Conference will meet in Boston, “spy WEDNESDAY.” This day, Wednesday in Holy Week, or “Spy Wednesday,” as it is most generally known, will be celebrated in the usual and customary manner in every Christian nation of the world where the rites of early Christendom are still wont to be re- newed. In this city the clergymen of the various Catholic and Episcopal churches will recite the ap- propriate psalms which constitute the solemn and impressive ) office, of: the “Tenebrw,” the most attractive of which are the doleful “Miserere” and sublime “Benedictus.” In the Paulist church, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Francis Xavier's, Trinity and St. Ann’s the ceremonies will be highly interesting this afternoon and even- ing. The office of “Tenebrie” will commence at half- past three o’clock in each and terminate at about five o’clock P.M. In the Paulist church and the Church of St. Alphonsus sermons will be preached at hali-past seven in the evening. SIGNIFICATION OF THE TENEBRAE, The office of the ‘Tenebrae’ is so called from the darkness of the night in which it was at one time celebrated iu St. Peter’s and the Sistine Chapel at Rome, The word itself means ‘darkness’ and is more properly intended to convey to the religious mind the approaching gloom prevalent at the closing scenes of the crucifixion, It is a highly finished composition of exquisite beauty and ten- derness, performed by the organ and voices ef the choir, generally, in the soothing tones of the grand Gregorian chant. It contains fifteen psalms, the antiphons of which are sung alternately by the choir, and will be repeated eacn evening succes- sively during the week (Saturday excepted). ORIGIN OF THE “MISERERE,” Baini, the director of the Pontifical choir, in a note to his “Lile of Palestrina,” observes that on Holy Wednesday, 1519 (Pontificate of Leo X.), the singers chanted the ‘“Miserere” in @ new and = «unaccustomed, manner, alternately singing the vespers in symphony, This seems to be the origin of the “Miserere.”’ Various other authors of it are mentioned, the most cele- brated of whom is supposed to be Gregorio Allegri, a@ Roman who entered the Papal Mette he of Singers in 1629, The compositions of Baini, Bai (another anther) and Allegri are sung on the three succes- sive days—the two latter sometimes blended to- gether, THE CEREMONY, which takes place eat the chanting of the whole office, is both peculiar and interesting. A triangular candlestick, upon which are fifteen candies, corresponding to the number of psalms recited, is placed at the epistle side of the altar. Alter each psalm one of the candles is extinguished by the master of ceremonies and after the “Bene- dictus,”’ the candle on the top is alone not extin- guished, but removed and concealed behind the altar, and brought out again at the end of the ser- vice; while that canticie is te the six candles on the altar, also, are extinguished, as well as those above the rails. The custom of concealing the last and most elevated candle and of bringing it forward during the end of the service is in allu- sion to the death and resurrection of Christ, whose light it represents. In the same manner the other candles extinguished may represent the prophets, whose ‘‘Lamentations” are recited, and who were successively put to death before their divine Lord. These “Lamentations,” particularly that of the prophet Jeremiah, form some of the most heart- touching and tear-exciting portions of the office. THE GRACE CHURCH CHIME OF BELLS. Yesterday a number of workmen from the bell gundry of Meneely, at West Troy, N. ¥., under the supervision of Mr. John McConnell, began to place achime of ten bells in the tower of Grace church, in Broadway. The, chime of bells was subscribed for by individual members of the Grace church con- gregation, and was procured at a cost of $6,000, The weight of the different bells is as follows:— Principal bell (knowm as the ‘Rector’s Bell,’ in- tended asa memorial of the late highly respected and esteemed rector of Grace church, the Rev. Dr. Taylor), 2,835 Ibs.; second bell, 2,000 Ibs.; third bell, 1,600 Ibs.; fourth bell, 1,200 Ibs.; fifth bell, 850 Ibs.; sixth bell, 660 Ibs,; seventh bell, 500 Ibs.; eignth bell, 450 Ibs.; ninth bell, 360 Ibs.; tenth bell, 260 1 The belis will all be in Py er positi on Saturday afternoon, and will be rung for the first time on Easter Sunday previous to the morn- ing service, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock. The alterations in the bell tower of Grace church will cost $2,000, as an iron stairway has had to be erected, and the glass windows formerly look- ing out on Broadway on an elevation with the roof of A. T, Stewart's dry goods store have been replaced by wooden combing, the glass being too fragile to withstand the reverberations of the chime o7 dells, which weigh altogether 10,536 pounds, The hammer of the main bell weighs 65 pounds, and the material used is of a composite nature, block tin and copper. The principal bell bears the following inscription on its surface :— eecececereriteetee rerese ee te. E OF BELLS, THE CHI 3 of which this is the great bell, was placed 3 Lin the tower of Grace church, New York, 3 Easter tide, April 13, 1873, 3 Pro Deo ectesta. Qrece ener ee ne eere re sree oo 0s We PELE II TOLEDO REEL IE LODE The tenor bell will be known as the “Rector’s Bell.” At present there 1s but one chime of bells in this city—the well known one at trinity church, which has so often charmed and delighted our citl- wens wyen rupg by Mx. dyliity The Catholic ne church of St. Ann, in Fast Twelfth street, ass peal of four bells; Trinity chapel, in Twenty treet, has a peal of bells; the Catholic church the Assumption, in West Forty-ninth street, haa & peal of four bells, and the Catholic churen of the Holy Redeemer, in Third street, has a peal of belix, four of which were made in Germany, and the ether two, weighing respectively 5,200 and 3,000 unds, were made by Meneely, of West Troy. Frncity charch chime consists oi nine bells, the: re but half a dozen persons south of Mon- treal 9 can ring a chime of bells, Professor McGoldric! ct ieny, will be present on Sunday at Grace chi chime the new beils, Every citizen of New York will be glad to hear the silvery Sounds of those new betis of Grace church. CHURCH AND STATE. of Bishop O’Hara and the Rev. Mr. Stack, ScRANTON, Pa., April 7, 1873. The Rev. Mr. Stack having given out through the diocese that the clergymen under the juris- diction of Bishop O'Hara sympathized with hins and thought as he did, Isend you the following address which has just been presented to Bishop O'Hara, with the single remark that it has been unsolicited and springs entirely from the hearts and consciences of the signers, Prob- ably no ecclesiastical trial has engendered so much interest as this one, 80 often fully reported in the HERALD. The closing chapter is herewith appended :— ADDRESS OF THE PRIESTS OF THE DIOCESE OF SCRANTON TO THEIR RKiGHT REVEREND Bisuop, WiL- LIAM O'Hara, D. D., EXPRESSIVE OF THEIR S¥M- PATHY FOR HIM AND SENSE OF THE LITIGATION Now PENDING BETWEEN HIM AND REy. Sack :— BELOVED Bisnor—In view of the painful position into which you have been forced by the Williams- ort litigation, we, the priests of your diocese, Rave deemed it opportune to tender’ you the un- qualified expression of our sympathy and love, and at the same time make known to our fellow priests throughout the States how pained we have been that one of our number should have become so far unmind{ul of his duty as to adopt a course repug- nant alike to the sacred character of the priest hood and the laws of the Catholic Chure It affords us, then, sincere pleasure at this time to bear testimony to that unilorm kindness oi heart and paternal solicitude which have always marked your intercourse with us, officially or ctherwise, since your advent among us as Bishop of the Scranton Diocese, Aud not indeed to the time of your elevation to the episcopacy can these endearing qualiies be restricted, Your whole course in the ministry has been distinguished by a liberal and loving Christian spirit, which has endeared you to all with whom you have come in contact, as an ecclesiastic or citizen, irrespective of social conditions—a spirié alway asnow, marked with the characteristics of the true shepherd, We express our heartfelt regret at the fact of your citation before a civil tribunal, knowing that the unseemly event was as uncon- genial to your feelings as 1t was an outrage on your ofticial position. There is a principle in this case which involves the freedom and prosperity of the Church in these States. She is the kingdom of Christ on earth, and any attempt to subject her or her discipline in her episcopacy to the civil courts is fraught with imminent danger to her well-being, and must be firmly and unceasingly resisted by every Catholic and especially by every ecclesiastic. Legislation without end and loss of that distinctive ecclesiastical polity which is the necessary conse- quence of a divinely founded church would follow @ want of vigilance on our part in this imperative duty. Where civil judges are the creation of the will of the majority this is the more to be guarded against, for it is easy to perceive how quickly discl- pline and ecclesiastical law would share the fate of ordinary civil enactments, which are often the re- sult of the passions of the hour, and thus the minds of the faithiul be shocked by an inconstancy in things spiritual so characteristic of worldly aifairs. We have felt aggrieved to see you, beloved Bishop, whose jurisdiction is the source of ours over the people committed to our care, and whose dignity and immunity from civil interference in the exer- cise of that divine power received trom God and net from men are inseparably connected with ‘our own liberty and security im _ these rights, compelied to appear belore a civil judge, by whose injunction you were late! deprived of your due control of a church whic! you hold in trust for Catholic people, wno also Were temporarily deprived of its use, to their great inconvenience and spiritual loss. We also heartily sympathize with you and beg you to accept the same as some alleviation for the fip- pant criticism of an ill-advised priest, with whose wicked course in cing you before the civil court we have no sympathy, but which we deplore and condemn. We maintain the principle as sound and Catholic, that every redress is to be sought and every griev- ance reuily existing remedied within the Church, and are firmly convinced tiat to seek such relief outside her legitimately appointed channeis is to joi hands with her enemies in assaulting her sa- cred prerogatives. She is our mother and guide, and her Episcopacy our divinely appointed legisia- tors, who, under the weight of tiat most sacred and responsible of all burdens, cousult for our spiritual and temporal welfare. To us, as well ag to the laity, is said, ‘Obey your prelates and be subject to them.” It is not meet to be more wise than the Church of God, for surely this is to be wise in one’s own conceit, and 1s aptly illustrated in the crude and undisciplined mind of an ecclesiastic under the influence of that learning Which putfeth up, arraying himself in hostility against his divinely appointed legislators, cailing in the arm of the civil power to his aid, and thug virtually handing over to Cesar the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls. Our right even, must be sought under the sanctions of divine law; and it ia Catholic teaching which we cordially accept, that no matter how desirable the end in view it can never justify the adoption of illegitimate means to reach it. We trust, then, beloved Bishop, that these ex- pressions of respect and sympathy for you, as also ur sense of the scandalous litigation which hag called them forth, will meet your approval and afford some consolation while you are passing through this bitter trial. We subscribe ourselves, beloved Bishop, your respectful and obediept sons in Jesus Christ. Very Rev. J. V. O'Reilley, Rev. F, Carew, Rev. G. F. McMurray. Wi Rev. E. Garvey, Rev. R. S. Hennessy, Rev. J, A, Mullen, Rev. M. H. Dunn, Rev. J. Costello, Rev. C. Mattingly, Rey. J. A. Wynn, Rev. J. Judge, Rey. M. Crane, Rey. 8. Shields, Rey. P. Shields, Rev. P. A. O'Rorke, A Rev. nus, Rev. Thomas Rea, Rev. P. C, McDermott, Rev. P. ©. Hurst, The Ca ' y Haran, Rev. E. W. Fitzmaurice, Rev. J. Finnen, Rev. P. C, Nagle, Rev. J. Schelle, Rey, P. Toner, Rev. phat Loughran, . Buthe, kev. J. P. O’Malley, Rev. Thomas Breehony, Rey. Thomas C, O’Hara, ev. J. Koper, Rey. James Loughran, Rev, N. McManus, Rev. J. B. Whelan, Rev. M, J. Fallehee, Rey. J. J. Laliey. THE “KINGDOM OF GOD” IN UTAH, Sat Lake Cry, April 7, 187% ‘The Mormon Conference has been fully orgam ized. The attendance is large and increasing. Brigham Young to-day delivered a long discourse, the main point being against “the Gentile and sectarian schools which are being introduced here from Babylon.” He urged parents to edu- cate their own children, and “not allow outsiders to interfere in the Kingdom of God.” He denounced the growing disinclination to pay tith- ing. ‘The salvation of the people,’ he said, ‘is imperilled by the non-performance of their duty.” Apostie Woodruff also urged the importance of tithe paying by the saints, and deplored the wan- ing receipts of the church treasury. ‘The progress on the various railroads is encour- aging. ORIME IN NEWARK. Chief of Police Rogers and his men have been raising heaven and earth, almost, ever since last Saturday morning, but so far have not succeeded in bagging the bold trio of burglars who car- ried off $3,000 worth of jewelry from a factory on Lawrence street on Friday night. Yesterday morning early, about one o'clock, one William Thompson, alias Samuel A. Ward, of Brooklyn, was arrested atter quite a chase, after having fleeced Giaze & Hastings’ store, 671 Broad street, out of $217 worth of clothing. William ig colored and is held, Frank Quigiey and George Cardus are held in ie vagrants on suspicion of being pais of the burglar who was shot at Newtown, L. L The two applied for lodgings at the Newark station house. They ciaimed to be from Brooklyn and*during the hight attempted to escape from the station house. This caused them to be looked upon with still greater suspicion, and on being searched their ciothing was found to be spotted with blood, which it is thought came from the wounded burglar, whose companions, it will be remembered, attempted to remove him. Meanwhile they are committed as vagrants. The list of Grand Jurors selected by Sheriff Gamble, for the next term of the Essex county Courts, ists fol- lows :—Foreman, Isaac J, Everitt, of Orange; jurors, James §. Bathgate, Peter Weller, Join P. Wakeman, Heury T. Dusenberry, Christo- pher Nugent, Jacob Louis Schmidt, William S. Ketchum, Christian Miller, Edward H. Lan- dell, Michael Shanley, Milton Baldwin, Jacob Surerus, James Peckwell, Walter P. Dunn, Newark ; David Oakes, Bioomtleid; Philip Doremus, Mont- clair; Philander Bail, South Orange; William P. Condit, East Orange; Andrew Teed, Livingston; Josiah L, Baldwin, Clinton; Israel Condit, Jr, Milburn; Alexander Phillips, Belleville, THE WORCESTER JACQUES WILL CASE. Worcester, Mass., April 8, 187% The Jacques’ will case has been compromised in @ way satisfactory to the city. By this means the city comes in possession of $250,000 left by the lata George Jacaues for a citv hosvital,