The New York Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1873, Page 3

b ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN, ‘The Job of the English Brokérs. =._ int Bankrupt Condition of the Atlantic and Great Western Road, Attempt'to Fasten the Rotten Con- cern en the Erie Road. The English Loss of $80,000,000 To Be Made Up. Are American Interests To Be Sacri- ficed to Foreign Jobbers? Official Statement of the Condi-ion of the Atlantic and Great Western. CLEVELAND, Ohie, April 18, 1873, As the Legislative committee, now in sessien in the State of New York, charged with investigating the affairs of the New York and Erie Ratiread, ap- “pears to have fer one of its objects the protection @f the American people, in one of their main arte- nies of commerce, against an alleged design ef cer- tain English speculators and capitalists to fasten upon that corporation the non-paying Atlantic aud Great Weatern Railroad, it will probably be of interest to sacertain the exact condition of the latter concern. Having access te certain docu- ments not heretofore laid in detail before the pub- lic, forward them, in the belies that they will throw some light upon the proposed job. HOW ENGLISH CAPITALISTS WERE LOADED WITH ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN, It is very well known that the greater part of the Atlantic: and Great Western bonds and stock is in the hands of fereign holders. The stuff was loaded on to them by Mr. James McHenry, now of London, during the time he held control of the company. How this was done it is unnecessary now to discuss. The victims bit readily, and it ‘was only when, after the overthrow of the McHenry management, the legality of the issue of the watered stock was called in question that the English speculators began to discover the true char- acter of their investment. There is ample evidence toshow that they thoroughly understood the worth- lessnegg of the securities they had accepted. The Master of the Rolls in Lendon, in giving adecision émre Barned’s Banking Company, alluded to'the Atlantic and Great Western shares put upon the English market as having been ‘worth little or nothing,” and treated them as utterly valueless at that time. In the Overend & Gurney bankruptcy case the worthlessness of the securities was also commented on, and all manner of sharp practice ‘was attributed to those who had glutted the Lon- don market with them to the damage of English capitalists. Mr. James Robb, who was for a short time President of the Atlantic and Great Western, writing in 1866, alluded to the “skilful management” which, “aided by the influence and counsel of Sir Morton Peto,” had “involved people in England and on the Continent in the possible loss and for- feiture of investments in the Atlantic and Great ‘Western Railway to the extent of six million ‘pounds sterling.” TRYING TO Git SQUARE WITH THE AMERICANS. Among those who were interested in this then worthless stock were Messrs. Bischoffsheim and | Goldschmidt, the London brokers who have re- cently figured so largely in Erie transactions. These gentlemen, in connection with McHenry, Bome twe years since put upon the English market the reorganization scheme of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company. A desperate tase requires desperate remedies, and the English holders, who had on their hands SOiie Seventy or eighty million dollars of worthless stock, resolved to attempt to get some ef it back. Money was taised through this reorganization scheme and then commenced, with this capital as a basis, the eforts to ebtain control of the Erie Railway. HOW ERIE WAS TO BE MADE TO REDEEM ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN, ‘The plan of the operators was to gain possession of the Erie direction, and then, by means of a friendly Board of Directors, 10 lease the Atlantic and Great Western road to the Erie corporation on a long lease, on the guarantee of the payment oi interest on the enormous bonded debt, or to make, if possible, an actual consolidation of the twe roads. In either event the Atlantic and Great Western securities, which were refused a place on the New York Stock Exchange list a er ago, ‘wonld have obtained a value and enabled the Eng- lish speculators and capitalists to get rid of their dead and heavy burden. This is a brief history of the plot, and the fact that McHenry and Bischoffs- heim and Goldschmidt were the principals in the late revolution in the rie ailway management and made the new Board of Directors is suficient evidence that the real and most im- rtant object of the change is to enable the reigners to get rid of their Atlantic and Great Western losses by means of the Erie road and at the expense of American interests. HE CONDITION OF THE ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN ROAD, In order that our people may properly under. stand the burden sought to be placed on Erie, I give the following statement of the capacity and estimated profits of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway for the year 1873, irom the ofticial figures of the Board of Directors :— ESTIMATES FOR 1873. Earnings from all sources... veseceeneee ses + -$68)500,000 Running expenses, at seventy-two per cent of the earnings. 960,000 Net earnings. Interest on first mortgage bonds ($18,000,000), a seven per cent... f ven per cent 840,000 Interest on third m seven per cent. 2,030,000 Rent of Mahon 273.072 Rent of Niles and New Lisbon. 226,000, Kent of Libert: 56,274 Rent of Cincin 000 Faxes, about,. 140,000 United States roiling stock, about. Ou) ‘Total necessary payments... $5,134,846 Deficit for 1873....... - $3,644,346 Add to this at least $75,000 per month for con- ion. ade ebenvonseee a5 900,000 Total disbursements over receipts. 4,544,346 It will be seen from the above statement that the rentals and interest on mortgage debt amount to very nearly the tetal gross earnings of the road. In order that there may be no doubt as to the ac- curacy of the statement I adjoin the operations of the Atlantic and Great Western road under the Aease to the Erie Railway Company, OPERATIONS IN 1871 Grons earnings for twelve months. Operating expenses......... Net earnings. Rent of Mahoni Adire of cars, taxes, Ac... GIN ssv odes vveserveorrevcess . It will be seen that this surplus ¥ per cent interest on onl: debt, when the whole funde: is equivalent te $7,690,000 of tunded debt 1s $59,000,000, OPERATIONS IN 1871. Gross earnings (11 months) Operating expense: Net earnings. . Rent of Manonin ire of cars, taxes, dc. we. This surp! ent, for eleven montiis, on only $4,518,000 total $59,000,000 of funded debt. These results were under the lease to the Erie Railroad Company, who worked the road without adding the expensive management which is now settled on the Atlantic and Great Western Company, such as a President At $20,000, a Vice President at $10,000, a Treasurer po sega and other officers at similarly liberal sal- aries, Let me now show what the foperations of the road have been, under the present administration from September 1, 1871, to August, 1872, aperiod of eleven monthe. OPERATION out of the NDER THE PRESENT MANAGEMENT. ‘ LOT — $1,064,846 ‘This surplus is equivalent te inter n $4,226,000 of sanded debt, Whep itis remembered that the interest on the fanded dept or tne com- pany. alone is $4,130,000, It will be t aiter Ly Tatil expenses and rentais till {nck “ne” bagatella of to. meet bag: 186 mee this interest. It can thus readily under- stood hew Peay ee h spec- gy 10 a loadgd rib of this bankrupt concern, to sist it = on to the Frame ones of the Can are sone McHenry ‘and hyd are up to their ears and over their Reads Great Western, have expended lions to place @ direction of their own over the eee of moe fy en tpmerae ore ag hed an to palin off en the latter corporation, in some shape or other, the former rotten concern? Only “ont or fools will be persuaded that such is not to be seen whether the peop of ‘New York will important ‘ yf 80 im] a thot quinre Jae the Bre Falta tore bank- terest 0! - lntive foreigners and their American ally. CATHOLICITY IN SHAN-SE, CHINA. A Chinese Priest Interviewed—What He Thinks of New York. The'Rev. Father Joseph Van, a native of North- western China, and missionary priest of the Col- lege of the Propaganda, Rome, has been for the past ten days the guest of the Rev. Dr. McGlynn, of St. Stephen's (Roman Catholic) church, in this city. The present condition of China engrosses so Much of public attention ‘that a HERALD reporter was sent to interview the reverend Father and get an accurate and reliable statement of the pros- pects of Christianity in the land of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taouism, The reporter being intro- duced by the Rev. Father McCready, of St. Steph- phen’s, the following in conversation took Place in Latin, which language Father Van speaks brs cechal ‘Ranch intelligence and Quency :— bh, ‘ER—Rev. Father, the people of America take mach interest in the affairs of China, and will be pleased to read in the HERALD an account of how Christianity fares in your native country. Father VAN—I can only speak of the province of Shan-se, in which I brouglit up and have ofMctated as'an hi priest of God during the past twenty-thred'y me REPORTER—What is the present Catholic popula- Vion of Shan-se ? Father VaN—We have about seven thousand Catholics scattered through the province. Twenty- three priests—eigiteen natives and five Ku- ropeans—attend to the spiritual wants of the faith- ful and preach Catholic doctrines to our unior- tunate brethren “who git in darkness” and wallow in the mire of degrading idolatry, REPORTER—Do not the Protestant missionaries help their Catholic brethren to Christianize the Pagans of Shan-se? ther VAN—The Protestants have not any set- tled mission in the province. Their agents dis- tribute tracts and Bibles, and occasion: address the people in the neighborhood of the pagodas; but, as their visits are only. transient, they mere), roduce doubts and erroneous ideas of the God ead in the minds of the idolaters. Hung-sew- tseuen, the leader of the Tae-ping ;rebels in 1850, founded bis erroneous belief in a divine commis- ston on tho doctrine of some Christian tracts, which he interpreted ‘to nis own destruction,” and caused muen bloodshed and misery throughout the entire Chinese Em; REPORTER—' ae the head of the Catholic pi ‘Who is movement in Shan.se Father Van—The Eo of course. We Chinese Catholics are most loyal to the Holy Father. But our local superior is the Most Rey. Vicar Apostolic, Celopolitanus. He supervises the affairs of the Mission, confirms, ord: and discharges all the duties of a bishop as well as those of an apostic to the Gentiles, REPORTER—Have the Shan-se Catholics fall Hberty of conscience ? Father Van—Well, yes. The mandarins do not openty raecute the Church of God, But Catholi- isin is hateful to the Pagan pricsts, and they have great induence over the common people. Chris- tlanity in any shape is merely tolerated through fear (propter metum) of the European Powers and the great American people. If the authorities dal they would not leave a single professing Christian in Bren fe _REPORTER—May Task you your object in visiting New York? Father Van—Seven months ago! left Paote on y to Rome to consult about the affairs a coust and sailed fc edad : T neers sis aa = for Uy ja. Lspenta few days ig sailed for in San Francisco, whe! for New York. I landed here on the ,of this month, and have since been the guest of the Rev. Dr. McGiynn, who has treated me with the greatest hindness and con- sideration. Heis, I you knew, @ graduate of the Coll of the Rome, and I, too, claim it as my @. Mater. I shall sail for France on Saturday im the Ville du Havre, and hope to pay my respects to His Holiness the Pope early next mot RePORtgI de you like New York ? Father, jog grand city. Ihave been to the Cen admired its beauty very much. All the le here seem to me to be in a peop! hurry. When I landed I was in a pitiable condi- tion. I could not make myself understood by any one. J did not know @ soul in this vast city. But I trusted in God, and He sent me to St. Stephen’s, Where I feund most affectionate friends in Dr. McGlynn and his assistants, RevorteR—Rev. Father, 1am thankful for your courtesy, and wish you a prosperous voyage. Father VaN—Goodby! God bless you. On Saturday last Father Van embarked on the Ville du Havre en route io Rome. He is the oniy Chinese priest that has ever been in America. A NEW CATHOLIC COLLEGE. ee Sa An assemblage of about three hundred ladies and gentlemen, principally composed of the elite of our French Catholic population, met on Satur- day evening in the parlors of the new, large and handsome edifice which has just been erected In West Forty-second street, between Fighth and Ninth avenues, and which is known as the College of St. Louis. The occasion, though not a formal one, was the inanguration of the building which has just been finished for the use of Pére Ronay, Who, belonging to an order little known in this country, THE FATHERS OF MERCY, has for many years conducted the School of St. Louis, in West Twenty-fourth street, at the rear of the Church of St. Vincent de Paul. ing cost $100,000 to erect and the ground is valued at $40,000. The college is five stories in height, exclusive of the basement, and was erected in accordance with the plans of Father Ronay, who is the owner and proprietor of the building. Itis not yet completely furnished, but soon will be, at an additional cost of $10,000, As the college is not yet chartered it has not the power of CONFERRING DEGREES, but will eventually take its place among other in- stitutions of this kind. Pére Ronay is an accom- plishea gentleman and a fine scholar, and was edu- cated at the College of Rennes (Bretagne) in Paris. For ventilation,means of access and ingress, perfect accommodations and solidity of censtructien, it is believed that the Celiege of St. Louis has not its equal among the schoel buildings of this country, and all this has been done by one m: slone an unassiated—tne Rev. Pére Ronay. On Tuesday the college, which is for youths of good family, will be opened for instruction with NINETY-EIGHT PUPILS, Pére Ronay will have but forty boarders and eighty day scholars. The cost for day scholars will he from $150 te $200 a year, and for boarders, in- cluding the tuition, the average will be between 700 and $800 a yet French, Spanish, Italian ana erman Wiil be taugkt as part of the preparatory course, after which Latin will be given to conclude with—which is the reverse of the course usually ob- served in colleges. The basement coritains an ample refectory, bil- liard room, and bathroom. On the first foor are the chapel and a spacious lecture room. The sec- ond floor contains the class and study rooms. The third floor, tn additien to study rooms, also con- tains the oratoire, the cabinet of physical appar- atus and a chemical lecture room; on the fourth floor are the bedrooms, and on the fifth floor are the drawing rooms, play room and an admirable gymnasium, THE GYMNASIUM isone of the finest ever construeted in this city. fat mt) of the cellege numbers twelve persons, 0 ee : Coemieat Lis Mozanto iy, H. Glossmache, del and W. Nickerson, ine THE ERIE INVESTIGATION, To THE Epiror oF THe HERALD:— Will yeu be kind eneugh to inform the public whether the Mr. Stiekuey who is counsel for the Assembly Erie investigating committee is the same jpanish), T. Bro- |. Cremin, L. Ron- | Mr, Stickney whose name appears on Erie vouchers as receiving tees for legal services {rem the present Erie directors who are being investigated ? If 80, do you think he is the best ceunsel “7 look after the interests of the people? Might he net bea little prejudiced in faver of the present Erie mi agement, and might not his presence ag legal a viner ef the committee render it mere easy than it would otherwise be to cook up a report after the usual legislative fashion ¢ INQUIRER. Michael Talbot, a laborer, forty-five years of age, died in Bellevue Hospital on Saturday night. He lived at 362 Cherry street, and on the 6th inst., while intoxicated, fell backward from the chair on which he was aivting, Spon ® stove; and upset a Pot OL paling cones, tus soslging him severely om | The buila- | whom may be mentioned A. Cotte. Dr. No- | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, PUBLIC SCHOOL ABUSES. teenie Intolerance and Fanaticism ip cae Jersey City. A Catholic Boy Expelled Because He Refused to Sing a Hymn—Interviews with the Boy, His Father, His Teacher and School Commissioner Norton—“It is Wrong to Go to s Catho lic Sunday School.” On Jersey City Heights and the vicinity some ex- citement and much indignation prevail in con- sequence of a case of rare bigotry and intolerance, the details of which have just come to light, The fact that this case invelves a public institution, for the support of which all sects are taxed, which Was established to meet the wants of ali and not for the benefit ef any particular creed, raises the occurrence to the level of a serious grievance. Two weeks ago a boy named Michael Whelan, ten years old, son ef a bricklayer residing in Laid- law avenue, Jersey City, was expelled from Public School No, 6 by Mr. Wake- man, the Principal, because the boy re- fused to join in singing a hymn. The father brought the boy back to the school, but the Principal referred to refused to take him back unless the boy would in future join in the same ex- ercises as the other children, Even on this condl- tion, if agreed -to, the boy would not be admitted without a letter from one of the members of the Board of Education, The sather then complained to Mr. Norton, a member of the Board, who brought the matter up in meeting, and after @ heated de- bate, in which Mesars, Pangborn and Ege justified the proceeding, the case was referred to the Super- intendent, Mr. Dickinson, for investigation. ‘The latter gentleman declared at the meeting that if the statements were true the case Was most outrageous and unjustifiable. The read- ing of the Bible before all sects wasa grievance in the eyes of Catholics, and particularly of Jews, but to be compelled to sing hymns propared.and com- piled by enemies of the Catholic Church was a still greater grievamce. In order that the public may be able to form @ correct judgment on the case @ representative of the HERALD called on the boy, his father, Mr. Norton and Mr, Wakeman, and their statements are here given. WHAT THE BOY'S FATHER SAYS. David Whelan, father of the boy who was ex- pelled, is @ man of more than average intelligence, and, althongh a Catholic, holds very liberal views on the subject of religious differences, He was seated in his house, with his wife and two children, the boy Michael and a girl two years older, who also attended No, 6 public school till this case occurred, He spoke as follows:—I am a@ Catholic and my family, of course, are Catholics; I sent this boy and the girl there to the public school because they learn faster and more attention is paid to them ni ih Bschool: poor man can’t afford pen veral years in learning and arithmetic; I have be the habit of asking the children questions concern- ie their progress at school, and in this way I learned of the efforts that were being made to compel them to joinin the religious exercises; I juently heard the bey upbraid his sister white wit ee meals and studying their lessons at the table bss NT HYMNS ; cause he said she 8UNG THE PROTESTA! : it aoe then to me that the girl had submitted without a murmur to the religious exercises, and 1 told them that did not send them to school to Jearn hymns, but to read, write and become versed in arithmetic; the boy complained to me that his teacher gave him ill treatment one day because he refused to bow his head at the Lord’s Prayer; I felt mortified at this, yet I dla not remonstrate, Be- cause 1 thought such conduct on vhe part of a teacher was very rare; the boy at last came home and told him that MR. WAKEMAN SENT HIM HOME because he refused to sing a hymn; J went with tke boy to Mr. Wakeman and appealed to his sense of fair play; Iasked him to reflect whether if I were a teacher and he (Wakeman, a pupil he would like to be compelled to make the sign of the cross; he answered that he certainly would not like it; i remarked thatit was a great hardship that children should be compelied to join in exercises, vocal or otherwise, ol a sectarian character contrary to the ‘Wishes of their parents; Mr, Wakeman relused to take back the boy unless he brought a letter from one of the Cemmissioners or from tne Superin- tendent; I then complained te Mr. Norton, who brought the matter befrre the Board; | think it is very hard to be compelied te pay taxes for the su) sng of that school, and yet I cannot send my chil- ren there without having their religion tampered with; I know for a fact that there are children at- tending that school who are AFRAID TO SAY THEY ARE CATHOLICS; the school isin other respects a good one, for my children have got along very well there; 1 Will not send them back until [havea guarantee that they Will not be compeiled to join in any religious exer- cises whatever; I will attend to their religious in- struction myself here in the house and see they at- tend church. THE BOY’S STATEMENT. The two children and their mother listened very attentively to the father wo, when he concluded, called on tne boy to teil what he knew about the case. In reply to numerous questions he repeated in substance what his father stated and added (his statement is given verbatim) :—I had te be in the school as early as the other boys in the morn- ing, for if one comes in after the singing he will be kept in after school and whipped; I refused to bow head at the Lord’s Prayer one Cond and the teacher, Miss Burt, came ever an GUZZLED ME AND STRUCK MY HEAD against the desk; when I refused at first to sing the hymns 3! whipped, but sometimes Mr. Wakeman would let me go without whipping; one day he came over to me when he saw me standing and asked me what 1 was out for; I told him because I refused to sing a hymn, as my father would not allow me; he then toid me to go home and not come back till] made up my mind to sing like the other boys; I don’t re- member any of the liymns except a few words here and there; one of them was, “shall we gather at the river?” another was, “RIDE ON, JESUS, RIDE ON."’ (Uere the father interposed, and told the boy not to repeat that again, as it was to his mind sheer blasphemy. It is probable that the boy's version vente. | was incorrect, but it 1s very remarkable as show- ing the umpression jeft on his mind.) ihe boy resumed—I was told by the teacher I would be put down jn the primary department if 1 did not sing; se, as I did not like to be put below the other boys of my class, 1 to.d my father when I came home; Mike Moore and another boy ran away from tke school rather than stay for the sing- lug. Tine sister added her quota of testimony as fol- lows :—One day | went out while the singling was going on; my teacher, Miss Brown, came and asked me why I went out; I told her it was be. cause I did not want to remain in during the sin; ing; she said I must stay in; I always remaine during the singing aiterwards, STATEMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL, Mr. Wakeman’s Ly gyre of the case is briefly this:—The teacher, stantly and complained that the boy reiused to sing the hymn or to bow his head at the Lord's Prayer; when he came to her school first he re- fused to say the Lerd’s Prayer; 1 told the teacher not to mind the matter; she said the boy was giving a good deal of trouble; at last Icalled him and told him to go home; I did not dismiss nor even suspend him; I consider there is adiflerence between sending him home and ex- pelling him; Ladmit{ refused to take him back unless he brought a letter from one ef the members of the Board; the refusal of a child to join in the Teligious exercises I regard as a violation ef dis- cipline that cannot be tole d; I cannot under- stand what harm it could de achiid to bow the head at the Lord’s Prayer or to sing a hymn; tne rules were framed not by me, but by the Board, and [execute them as I find them; the verse that the boy refused to sing was not hymn, but be. longed to a collection compiled for the use schools; it ran as follows:—‘ "Tis the heart makes the home.”” COMMISSIONER NORTON in his statement set forth substantially the sum of the for ing statements. He said that the bey’s father worked for him and he was stru man's intelligence and strict Labng' th The case is one, he thinks, that ought to be sifted to the bottom, and if amy rule exist to javor such a prac- tise it ought to be repealed. : The HERALD representative encountered also a gentleman who sent his children to the public school in Bergen square, and he relates this in- cident :—‘‘On several occasions the children stated to me that the teacher had asked them what church they belonged to; I told them that if asked again they might say, ‘To the same chure asm: apa.’ One day the y Dap teacher asked the little fellow (my eldest bey) what Sunday school he attended, and he replied that he went to the Catholic Sunday school; she thereupon remarked, ‘Don't you thing it is WRONG TO GO TO A CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCHOOL and come here on week days?’ The foregoing con- veys its own meaning too plainly. The young lady who interposed this very delicate insinuation has since been romoted, and is not teaching in that same school, At the next meeting of the Board Superintendent Dickinson is expected to report on the case of the boy Whelan, and the subject will then be jully dis- cussed, Mr. Constanti=« Claude, a consumptive, who had been to rida for the benefit of his health, died at vn Friday last, while returning to this ct yn Gara the steamer’ Magnolia, now tying at ter Noe S North River. Coroner Youbg was notiged. ged to send me out to get me | | dead. | which it is impossibie to find in the populous and iss Burt, came to me con- | | seemed to have entirely passed away, the sua 1 Pe the people yesterday were APRIL 21, 1873.—TRIPLE THE EVANGELICAL ‘ALLIANCE. | Meeting Last Nig! m St. Paul’s Metho- dist Episcopal Church—Discourses by Drs. Prime and Crooks and the Rev. J. M, Buckley—The Necessity of Con- eerted Action.” Leann | eegieee A regular meeting took place last evening in St. Paul’s Methodist Episcepa! chureh, at the corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-second street, in be- half of the Evangelical Alliance. The attendance was pretty full. On the platform were the Rev. Dr. Foss, pastor of the church; Drs. Prime and Crooks and the Rev. J. M. Buckley, of Brook!yn. ‘The meeting was opened by the Rev. Dr. Foss, who explained in a few words that during the coming Autumn there was to be a general conference of the’ Evangetical Al- Nance in New York, comprising delegates from all parts of the world, and that in the mean- time it was pecessary to agitate the subject. He need net explain what the Alliance was. He Presumed his hearers knew it was @ banding to- getner of ait the various denominations in the bands of fellowship, and the seeking toincuicate in all Christian people opposition to that spirit of ex- clusiveness which! mad@’ rivalry between various Christians, who ought Only to feel love for one another, J A hymn was then gungby the choir dnd congre- gation, and Mr, Ciigpin, the Corresponding Seere- tary of the Allfante,’ deliver¢a a prayer im which he besought the blessings of the Almighty upon the work in which on or Another hymn Pea eoen sung the Kev. br. Prime was intro- Dr. Prime, On ‘eoming forward, spoke in is quaint but forcible manner and gave some idea of what the Alliance was doing. He said the main objec ose Who believed in the alli- ance of the ion itself was to produce © BABENTIAL UNITY among all th ho loved God, There was no necessity for lon because O! little ditferences ef opinion that le nO essential differences ex- cept as toweromenies., The main idea was to be- aye in Renita love nee Ie arasianed, ree en, whe: an believed im prayin; to "that. Chit’ in one way” or another There was &0 serious difference among ony of the dens tions which go to make up what is known as the Protestant Church. ‘The Komish Church affects (© belleve that serious differences and rivairtes existed between the various denomi- nations, but thig was only done fo foster the spirit instead of condMiating it. Protestantism had grad- ually invaded every civilized country in Europe and had te its glorious battle. Dr. Prime toid the story of the migsion te Russia of several ministers to the Czar to give religious free- dom to his Aprayer hid gone up froin several provinges of Russia which wished to abjure the Greek Ot aud become, Protestant. It was the Evangelical Alliance of América which took this matter in hard, and when ministers came back from they beiteved that their prayer would be granted, and it was granted. Dr. Prime then went om to say that fn 1870 the Alliance meant to have @ conference, but the Franco-Prus- sian war pat a.stop toit. The idea was te have many learned men come over and deliver lectures on subjects wiich were vital to the cause. Many of these men could not afford to pay their passages pods and it was needed that the faithiul and Christian le should contribute towards tis pur . It was also desirable that about five hun- dred people sheuld be taken to the houses of vari- ous persons and fed and lodged during the ten days which the Conference would last. It was desirable @ great deal should be done to make this Conference a thorough success, Dr. Prime terminated his address by & beautiful quota- tion frem the Scriptures. Dr. Crooks was then introduced and said thi the Alliance wanted to inculcate a more perfect ex- pression of THE CHRISTIAN IDBA. “1 do not believe,” said the Doctor, “that Prot- estantism 1a xhausted force, but yet it needs such instit ms asthe Alliance to keep up that force in all 1% strength. Some people look upon the Church as a voluntary assemblage of Christians of various beliefs. But there will always be some men who think differ. jy from other men, but it makes not the slightest difference whether men have various opinions so long as they believe in the fundamental rinciple. One man is a Presbyte Church ‘ban which mone kas a more giorious history. Do ou suppose he is going to give up his pet doctrine or re estination loctrine ne has’ battied ior with his life blood in Scotland and France and Hol- land? Do you think the Methodist ts up his form of worsbip, or the Ba} do we want them to. 1 hope that, men, they will stick to thetr belief, It makes no difference. The ocean is called one lace the Jrish Channel, in anotkcr the lerman Sea, in another the Chesapeake Ey and so on, but it is all one—it is one ocean, and in diferent parts it goes by different names. We will not battle together for this,but worship in our own way, but as thers always. It is such principles that the Alliance is bound to help on.” The Rev, J. Buckley said that he had first been taught West this universal brotherhood of the memes of various churches. The invisible Ole en always one, but the visible Church had been different under diffrerent circumstances. The predual dying away of the intense rivalry which existed ameng churches was due to the falling away of ee auarat This it was which always had a most powerful influence in keeping up boundary lines between Christians, SUNDAY IN THE PARK. Sight-Scers and What They Saw. Yesterday was the most beautiful day of the year, and as a consequence thereof from “morn till dewy | eve” Central Park was thronged with the delight- | ed thousands who pressed towards it from all parts to breathe the pure air and inhale the fresh breezes which came from stream and hil) and rock. The capricious weather of the past few days ig to give his’ Nor as honest was warm enough to be pleasant without be- ing disagreeably hot, while the cool, brac- ing atmosphere made the nerves tingle with | health and activity. The rain of Saturday had clothed the foliage of the Park in the deepest | of green, and on every tree, shrub and bush the | buds were bursting into blossom. No one would, looking at the scene, imagine that little more than a@ month ago the walks were covered with snow, the river thick with skaters and vegetation almost Without Central Park what would NEW YORKERS OF THE POORER CLASS | have to fall back upon at the present time? To the hardworking seamstress, mailliner and dry goods clerk the visit to the Park on Sunday 1s the one green spot in the dreary routine of the week’s drudgery and labor, and they return to their homes on Sunday evening refresked and strengtl- ened for the next six days’ battle for sus- tenance. Dickens has called the parks ofa city its lungs, and never was there an expression mere apprepriate, for through them the young and the old, the rich and the poor, breathe the pure air | crowded thoroughlares, THE CROWD IN THE PARK was greatest yesterday about three o'clock In the | afternoon. The avenues leading to the entrances were gay With the brilliant costumes of the ladies who were hastening, with their attendant cava- Hers, to enjoy a@ stroll through the winding walks and arbors of the beautiful pleasure grounds. Vehicles of all kinds, from the aristecratic turnout of the millionnaire to the humbie wagon of the grocer, were constantly passing iu and out, and perkaps in no city in the world could there be found a greater number of fast horses than can be seen ai the Filth avenue entrance on an afternoon like that harp oct ‘The chief resort of pedestrians was the Mal hich always maintains its place as the great ection | ofthe Park. The seats on both sides were occu- | pied the entire day, and the walks were so thickly Gowns as to be almost impassabie. ‘The space around | THE STATUR OF SHAKSPRARE was weil filled during the day, and thousands gazed upon the features of the impertal-ininded | man, Who lived not only for his own but for all time, and who, age dead, yet speaketh to an admiring world through’ “the unperish ble productions of his wondrous — brain. Sir Walter Scott, the “Wizard of the North,” the marvellous romancist, the father of modern tiction, too, had his nests ef admirers, and many were there who gazed with interest upen the ungainly form aud homely face of the great Scotchman, 80 faithfully reproduced by the sculptor. THE SCENE AROUND THE MINIATURE LAKE was very enchanting. Hundreds of fair ladies, at- tired ip all the Colors of the rainbow, were seated | areuad the marble railing, while the gayly caparisoned boats were Ged to and fro, freighted with happy children and laughing lasses, The only peculiarity which strikes @ stranger on visiting the Park is the utter absence of anything like rowdyism. Every one goes for enjo beset lensely packed around the Lake, net the slightest breach | of politeuess or decorum at any time occurred, THE MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE | had their hosts of visitors. To servant girls on their “Sunday o1 the sight of tue animals is a poi attraction, aud they will stand for hours at a time looking at the monkeys and laugh- ing until the tears run down their cheeks. The Menagerie affords fine opportunities tor flirtation, which the iair sex always avail themselves of. If oy approach teo Close to tle den of one of the wild beasts they Will start back with real or affected terror and cling much closer te the arms of their escorts than the oecasien demands. Every other nook and corner of the Park was equaily well filled—Cave, Ramble, Grotto and Arbor—and it was not until night had thrown its sombre mantle upon the acene that the Crowds dispersed anu the Park Was cmptica, | warrant the apparent high prices for tie eligibly | SHEET. SOME NEW BOOKS. ae At last.school books are being moulded into forms so therougbly metbodica) that the ordinary intellect cagnot comprehend their teachings, All this must prove ¢: ly refreshing to the young idea which hagnot yet rath Cee And exceedingly ridiculous to eve! 2 The mest nonsensical thing of the kind we have seen is “Folsom’s Logical Bookkeeping.” Mr. Folsom assures os that he has reduced double-entry accounts te an exact science. He Writes @ great deal of nonsense about “ideal and commercial portions,” values im simple as well as in complex, debit and credit proximate, remote, simple and complex, the nine equations (whatever they may be), and the thirteen results with stand- points running dewn to zero and net insolvency. Mr. Folsom is evidently a very remarkable man, but we have no desire to hear of him again, cither as a bookkeeper or bookmaker. In order the more completely to forget all about the logic of acconnts we fy for relief to “Lord Hope's Choice,” Mra. Ann S, Stephens’ latest novel— mo, we are mistaken, Mrs. Ann 8, Stephens’ ad- vertisement of ber latest novel. Mrs. Stephens likes to write about good society, and, notwith- standing she is “among the first of American novelists,” she generally goes to England to find hex heroes and heroines, Lord Hope’s choice is “@ beautifal and accomplished lady,” who was his child’s governess and whom he prefers to his wife. The wife being a little jealous, goes off to New York with her’child and the family jewels, where she is murdered and a good many other things are made to happen by Mrs. Stephens in her best vein, The child is carried back to England, and is to be- come Countess of Carset as soon as old Lady Car- set, the mother of the first Lady Hope, finds itcon- venient toexpire, Ali this will prepare the reader forthe few lines of thrilling interest which make the concluding sentence of this “novel’’—namely, “Lord Hope’s further adventures will be found related in the sequel to this work, just published under the title “I'he Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals’! How nice | We wonder if Mrs, Stephens is going to continue manufacturing novels forever. We wonder also whether Mr. Justin McCarthy Wants to,become the successor of Lord Lytton and | whether anybody reads the vapid stupidities he | calls his novels, His latest work, “A Fair Saxon,” published by | Sheldon & Co., 18 especially remarkable for ‘eebie | thinking and slip-shod writing. Captain Felix Macan pays ‘a considerable price’ for his apart- | ments at the Langham Hotel, and he hag in his | face a look of reckless resolve tiat might “become” | abrigand. All the characters speak a language which may be ‘colloquial,’ but which ia net Eng- lish, There is much “tine writing” in the book re- sembling the graphic pictures drawn by Ned Bunt- Mine's skilful hand, If we were going to sum up “A Fair Saxon” in a single word we should call it “erabh.”? From the same publishers we have a very hand- some little volume entitled “Paradise in the Pacific,” by William R. Bliss. It is the record of the author’s sojourn in the Sandwich Islands, and is @ very acceptable book for an idle hour. | The announcements o/ forthcoming books are few | in number. T. B. Peterson & Bro. have in press a new novel, by Eliza A. Dupuy, called “All for Love; or, The Outlaw’s Bride.” The scene is laid in Corsica. ‘The Harpers will soon publish “‘Kenelm Chilling- | ly,” which, with “The Parisians,” will complete the | list of Lord Lytton’s works. ‘The Appletons promise speedy additions to the | International Scientific Series. | The Lippincotts nave in press a “New Diction- ary of Poetical Quotations,” by S. Austin Allibone. But no great boek is expected on either side of the water, unless, indeed, Mr. Browning's new | poem should turn out to be great. It consists of © 4,600 lines, and is a poetic version of a great trag- | edy which came before the law courts of a depart- ment in the North of France last year. The poet has kept closely to the facts, witn the view of pre- senting in them a key to human passions. REAL ESTATE MATTERS. Cursery Review of Last Week's Buasi- | ness—Highly Valuable Realty to be Sold Next Thursday—The Harsen Estate Under the Hammer—Impertant Private Sale of River Side Property. | Last week was by no means brilliant in real , estate operations, the main portion thereof having | been the sale of fifty lots on the Grand Boulevard | and several fine lots on Madison avenue and | Eighty-sixth street, all of which realized satisfac- tory, but not elaborate prices. To a great extent the stormy weather was the fault and con- tributed to the stagnancy of the real estate transactions. The daily dealings, public and pri- vate, were duly chronicled in this columa, and we can only repeat here that the business of the week was largely below the estimates of operators, dealers and speculators, Wall street excitements had no small share in the depression upon landec property, but the “ease up” in the money market will conduce to leven up matters this week to an astounding degree. In the schedule (published below) of sales to be held during the ensuing five days will be found very attractive inducements to investors in all kinds and styles of Laie na B the most noted of which, however, is the celebrated and highly valuabie estate of the late Dr. Jaceb Harsen, consisting , of 250 lots situated on the Grand Boulevard, Seventieth, enty-first and seventy-second streets. Great expectations are entertained from this public offering, and prices for choice lots have | been rated at fabulous sums in advance of the sale. ‘The Buil element has turned out in full force to “elevate” the price of tis property, en te a greater extent than lots iil the vicinity are aiready held at, The Bears, on the contrary, have slunk away in disgust, having become fully convinced that tl can have no share nor sympathy in the coming Sale of the Harsen lands, High as property is held on the weac side there is no probability of the values having any way near touched bottom yet. To illustrate this assertion we must state that we report in our edition of Friday @ sale consisting of four lets on the north- east corner of Riverside avenue and Kighty-tirst street for $75,000. On Saturday the purchaser re- | sold the same lotsa, receiving fer his contract $3,000; consequently this corner now stands the present owner im at $75,000, It is hard to tell where all this is going to stop, but the brilliant future of our city above Fifty-ninth street and the expected speedy completion of rapid transit fully located Rovtaes up town. The following are the public sales advertized to come off during this week at the Real Estate Ex. change, 111 Broadway :— BY ADIUAN I, MULLER, WILKINS $ story DK. building, 61 H. 12th SSxb0x25, Liot a. « 113th 3 tt We A., by order of E. T. Bartlett, referee, 100. 20. Slots s. «. of Third place, 75 ft. Smith st, Brooklyn, each 25x " 2 plo’s ground 4, w. cor. 24 nd Bd at, (Mount V Westehester county), cor. plot lias 24% st. tr. li, eac 100x105, 2 lots s. ¢. cor. w. ce NP CO., WONDaY, aratL 21 | non, 1 plot Turspay, ApRiL 22. ~ and S7th st., 96 ft. w. Madivon ay., 25x100.5. | Vv. 75.0 ft. n. Goth st., 25x 100, st, 160 it. e. oth a cor, Prosdway and 1d pats) ove, cach 25x1(") " ward Martnagle, Ref.) st., IW) feet e. 2d ay., lot 2ox00.5. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23. | (Estate of Samael Philips, deceased.) 5s, bk. h. 727 3d av., lot 20x65, 255, bk. tenement houses 435 and 437 e. 10th st., lots co- gether, 41.8x75. (Court of Com: H, and Ln, 8. 4h 38 hes. b. 8. b, 272 Dea st. (Brooklyn), 20x42x10), { Brick juctory 145, 147 and 14) Perry st. being 66x 100 ft. 3in., with the lote in the rear of 151, 153 and 155 Perry st., 35x66 ft., and the lot on the south side of West Hth st, in the rear of the above, and known as 360 West Lith being 22x100 ft. Sin., embracing together about 5 lots, or 11,320 square Jeet. fi 2 Tots! with 2st. and b, BK. he. & & E. S0th st. 1611s tt. v.; lots, together, 51! ¢x 100.8. hos b. & hh, 200 Bast Fist at. 20x45x 100.5, ‘bk. bs. 468 and 405 6th w 44 (t. front on 6th av and 77,6 1tin depth; under direction of Isaacs & Sanger: | Attorneys. ’ Me ‘Thenspay, ApRriL 2. | ale of Harsen Estate, comprising 250 lotg on | Boulevard, fronting the Plaza, between 70th tsts.; also on lit and 12th avs, 70th and 7ist sts, ; also Water grants on the North River, between 70th and 724 sts.) BY Yepfi. LUDLOW AND COmMONDAY, APRIL 21. 2 buildings and lows 175 and 177 av, OC, 47.4x05, TURSDAY, APuIt 22, Lease of 5 & bnilding 256 Broadway, also Nos. Sand 7 Murray st., with & 5. also 68. bk. building No.9 Murray st.; lot 26x10; Trinity church leases. ‘ quarters officials, A. M. Officer Speiman, of the Fourth precinct, attempted to arrest @ druaken ruflan named orner Murray at. ; PRIDAY, APRIL 25, . 2 honses and lots, n. s., Wd st, 65 ft. w. of St av. lots each 17.6x50.11. BY JANES M. MILLER. (Under direction of R. ©. Beamish, Reter: $ lots and buildings n. #, 120th st., 226 tt, o. av. A. Lease of buildings ¢. #. Ist av., 40 ft. n. 56th st, TORDAY, APRIT, 22, (Under direction of John M, Seribner, Referee.) h, abd 1. n, ¢, corner Forsyth and Rivington sts ONDA, APTEL 21, iiidings thereon; | [OUR IMPRISONED cOMUISSIONER, The Hispano-Cuban Press on Mr. O'Kelly and His Mission, Moderation in Havana---Fury from New York. Inviolability of Corre- spondents. What a Spanish Eye Discovers in the Friends of Cuba’s Petition. Hammering at the Herald’s New Livingstone. HERALD MEN AND HUMAN SALVATION, A Cuban Journal’s Despair Over the Way History is Made, Havana, April 18, 1873. The following is from the Diarto’s trumpet this morning, and is the first allusion to Mr. O'Kelly’ arrest published here :— ; To, THE HERALD :—‘“Every man {3 entitled to the amour propree les choses, and every journal to the vanity it fancies. Just as) Louis XIV. thought himself the State, which, on the other hand, he represented and directed, the HERALD can presume itself a great power—# power of the first order—and threaten the entire human race, as if it had at its disposal the armtcs of Alexander and the fleets of Pompey; but all this avails nothing, that even the most humble nation should grant it THE RIGHT OF SENDING INVIOLABLE EXPLORERS wherever it judges convenient, The HeRaLp owes certain courtesies to the authorities of Cuba and to other Spaniards who are not authorities, and does wrong in boasting against those who, without: fearing the ignis satuusofits wrath, have given it many proofs of courtequa,.consideration. The HBRALD had not even thenshadow of a right to pretend to what it hag realized; but the autnori- ties and Spaniards of; Cuba desired, instead of fear- ing, that outsiders should know the state of the rebellion, Fer this reason such explorers have | found great ce-operation in one case, and NO OPPOSITION IN THE OTHER. If its. inopportune boasts would influence in any way the direct march of justice, what we call the exaggeration of the HERALD would damage its last commissioner. However, this will not happen, because the first feeling of Spanish hearts is and the loyal of Cuba understand ver- fectly well the signification and meaning of worth- less and sounding phrases which break and disap- pear aa bubbles, and leave not the slightest sign. LB? THE HERALD EXPRCT EVERYTHING | from the generosity and indulgence of Spaniards, but renounce forever its pretensions of intiml- | dating them.” HOW HISTORY 18 MADE. The Constancia has the following:— “The Tridente, of St. Thomas, referring to letters from Jamaica, forged probably after Zambrana’s famous passage. published the narrative of an im- mense battle between insurgents and govern- ment troops, won, as may be supposed, by the first named. According to our Danish colleague | THE CELEBRATED SECOND AMBASSADOR of the Henan had his horse shot under him and fell into the power of the Spaniards, How history is written! Meantime the HeraLp has published the truth diluted with a great quantity ef lies re- specting its famous commissioner in Cuba. The | authorities are ONLY OCOUPYING THEMSELVES with O'Kelly, despite the contrary statements of the HeRawD, and despive the cfrediation of false news by laborantes and their friends.” New York Spantards Overflowing with Bitterness—Superserviceable Partisans | wrying to Make a Case. Havana, April 19, 1873. | The New York correspondents of the Diarto, Voa de Cuba and Constancia are exceedingly bitter op the O’Kelly question, reproducing parts of articles from the HExALD, with the intention of proving that the HERALD insults Spain, threatening her with provoking epithets, calling Spaniards cow- ards and assassins. The Diarto’s correspondent says:— THE CUBAN MEMORIAL. The Society of the Friends of Cuba have directea | a memorial to President Grant imploring bis inter- ference in favor of O'Kelly. Tbe document tig of such a nature that it criminates the commisstoner | of the HERALD, demonstrates the solicitude and anxiety with which the laborantes await his ar- rival, and in it state clearly, determinately, that they know beforehand his account will be favorable to the Cuban cause, and that, therefore, the Span- ards want to close his mouti—a declaration some- what BOLD AND INJUDICIOUS, | in view of the circumstances that the impartiality and neutrality of the commissioner are under in- vestigation; because, naturally, it must be con- sidered an aggravating circumstance to be the commissioner of the HERALD, wilich is decidedly the organ of the flibusters. The publication of the memorial clearly shows what hopes the labor- antes have in the partiality ef O'Kelly and his poorly disguised sympathies in faver of the revolu- tionary cause. The correspondent of the Voz says THE HERALD HAS DISCOVERED ANOTHER LIVING- STONE, and wants to have another sensation similar to the one consequent upon the finding of the African explorer. The arrest of the correspondent, O'Kelly, at Manzanillo has given it cause to make such @ noise and scandal that any one might say on the life of O'Kelly depended THE SALVATION OF THE HUMAN RACE. The telegraph between Key West and New York | 18 at work without rest. The reporters of the | HeRaLp have gone from Herod to Pilate to find some one who would say O'Kelly was going tobe shot, but none such were found; and it contented itself with saying that the Spaniards would not | shoot O'Kelly, because they were cowards, and all | this with the holy intention of irritating them, | The Constancia correspondent's remarks do not | merit wiring. ASSAULT ON A BROOKLYN POLICEMAN. A Party of Roughs Defend One of T! Number from Arrest. ffudson avenue and Tillary street, Brooklyn, waa yesterday the scene of a terrible battle between several members ef the Police Department anda gang of desperate roughs who have long intested that section and defied the authorities. It appears, according to the statement furnished by the head- that at hall-past eleven Edward Murphy, twenty-five years of age, When the officer was assailed by @ gi of Murphy's associates and badly beaten. The officer ' rapped for assistance, and Officer Friel responded. The crowd closed around them and prevented the arrest of Murphy, and finally Friel was struck on the head with a heavy club or cart-rung and knocked senseless. While he was lying prostrate | upon the sidewaik the ruflans kicked and beat him about the head and body in a brutal manner. Detective. Corr and a sguad of men from the Fourth precinct made their appearance about this time, when the crowd fled, leaving OMm- cer Friel {nsensivle on the ground. After a diligent search Captain Campbell succeeded in arresting Murphy and three others of the gang, whose names are Joon Kilmead, Edward Scett and Richard Har- | ria. They were locked up and will be arraigned today. Officer Friel was removed to his home at | Franklin avenue and Van Buren street, and is said to be dangerously iniured,