The New York Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1873, Page 3

‘ VEnlightened Views of New York German Editors. JAN UNEASY ELEMENT AT WORK. lio is Not in the Pasoi- “ ality of the President. ) No Nearer Now Than r a Third Term. Yorker Journal. “] have called upon you, sir, from the HERALD tablishment, to ascertain your views on the pit of the day, ‘Oesarism,’” was the » Edward Woliney, ef the New= y tation addressed to Mr, Eduard Wollney, anaging editor of the New- Yorker Journal, an in- ‘@uential German democratic organ, published in ‘Wwhis city. ’ ‘ The representative of this paper was very cor greeted by Mr. Woliney, and, after accepting seat if the sanctum of the editor, obtained his ression of sentiments on this subject :— “My opinion in regard to ‘Omsarism,’” said Mr. \Wollney, “is that it is simply a bugbear, upon ‘Which the uneasy element of the ‘Outs’—that ts, fthose who are outside of federal patronage, and “gaay be classed as ‘Sorcheads’—harp, for tear that ‘those now holding government offices will retain ‘their hold’ thereon, and not allow rotation in joMce, according to the hallowed doctrine of \Andrew Jackson, In reality there is not much ‘@anger of ‘Oxsarism,’ and, as a democrat, I’ really {think thatthe republican party, as 4 party, are fatriouy 4 OPPOSED TO A THIRD TERM. \at 1s onty ‘the leading element of this organiza tion which would be overjoyed to continue the bra status of affairs for their own interest; ‘but the people, the governing power of this coun- \try, will never consent to re-elect a President, uo imatter how satisfactory his administration, to oc- cupy the chair of the Chief Megistracy for more ‘than eight years.” 3 To the question whether Mr. Wollney hid an idea that President Grant personally desired a third jterm he replied:—‘Ldo not think so. Grant is not Made of such staff as was the historical Cesar. Let us look at history and the comparison becomes odious. General Grant cannot even be likened to a] n Pore Aa ek ee ray uid have been any other man who had ‘ it to cut loose from the trammels of the War x and the ‘On to Richmond” politicians mak strike at Until fully prepared to make a sui ‘She rebeliion, ‘Grant ended the war only by his INDOMIT, FIRMNES3 AND TENACITY, ‘which is amply portrayed by his famous despateh— “1 will fight i out on this line if it takes me all eummer.’’ He did fight it out, by looking neither Fight nor left, and having only in view the ro of the hydra-headed monster, rebellion, or this we, his: political opponents, give him all ‘due credit, He was the right man the right \,, Bo you think the President bas aspirations to be re-created in 1876 97 ae “I candidly think that he has not. The cares of ernment during an eight years’ term ought to Pi sede, oid een on Jopging tor office. a uring: ] e only great measure which came ee ‘Lajudreation Was the Geneva arbitration, was successfully carried out, at least England acknowledged the iact of aggression and wrong by the payment of a ‘y sum, but the principle established thereby was of infinite value to this country. We must give the President credit spanaging ta aman ba ba PF. aes ~ RE FAsstvE POLICY. ‘ “How about the ged policy he has observed ‘toward the stroggiing patriots fighting to make , Cuba a republic? ”’ queried the reporter. “His lukewarmncss in this cause may ‘ascribed to his Cabinet advise: made ‘ating mettle that is In him.” (“Is pular idea among the German ‘catizens?” ‘P°} @ SENTIMENT, “No; not by’ ieans, The Germ: asa lass, are an orderly, peace-loving people. In dormer years they emigrated to this country to es- ‘cape Oppression, but of later years, when enlight- ened principies have enlarged the scope of liberty fthese aprtpia. come to the United States at- ‘tracted by the m: ficence of the country, ‘the fertility of the soil and its liberal institutions. The Germans are no more in favor of a perpetual gercrament than are those to the manuer born. just ior this cause they have left Vaterland. Neitner fa the body Potties prepared for an Empire, hence ‘Omsarism’ this becomes an iinpossibility. Allow me to say that the HERALD deserves the ‘thanks of the community for having agitated this subject so thoroughly. Its course has been magnifi- cent im this as well as the gigantic enterprise of es cable despatches from al) parts of the globe. The HERALD has the firmness, like Grant, to fight yout its doctrine on the established line, even if iit takes longer than a summer.” ( Thanking Mr. Woliney for his courtesy the \weporter hereupon withdrew, { yur. Friedrich Schwedler, of the New= Yorker Democrat. Mr, Friedrich Schwedler, editor of this influential (German newspaper, was visited by one of the re- porters of the HBRALD, and, on being questioned relation to “Cresarism,” said :— “Your paper has justly said, in the first series of ‘articles published on this important topic this— }which allow me to quote from the HERALD ot July fis—‘We have little or no mistrust of the intent of fehe people of this country to govern themselves, jor of their ability to do it, aid yet wo think no- Whing but some dangerous crisis should induce the mation to choose even its greatest man Chief Magis- ge for @ third term, but when a man comes to rather than to represent, the governing party ® country as powerful as our own, the manu- ture of “a dangerous crisis” is never dificult.’ ” ig quotation exactly expresses the views I en Jeertain upon the subject of of Cesarism. THE POSSIBLE DANGER yr our Republic is not in the personality of the sident, and, mMaybap, Cesarish lust, of which verybody must exonerate him, but in the position upied by the party which has elevated him to e head of the nation and maintained him thereat ir @ second term, and in whose interest it is to p him in place for @ third occupancy of the Pres- ential chair, To guard against such a contin- ency or the bs td inberent thereto we must st to the patriotism of the people, and get them J Teflect upon the dangers evolving from such an vent, The most certain remedy against tuis ‘threatened evil lies in the amendment of the con- \ptitution limiting the Presidential term to one ay only, yet the time of servin; ight be extended one or two years. In my opin- ‘fon the adoption of suc an hen ped which was ebated in the last Congress in various forms, ould be the safest and surest guard against the ssible dangers of “C: and would cer- inly ward off any gb of the high contracting irties now in office to folst upon the people a con- jQuous form of government. “The HERALD has not taken up the subject of \“Cesarism,’ which must interest, every thinking oind Of this great meg pe any too soon. NOW 18 THE TIME id the hour to agitate this 5 grand theme, and roadly overlook the lurking danger star- i us face from such an ee vil, im every particular, and impress it on the ind of the people that they, and not the office- ding advocates of ‘Oreaarisea,” are the reigning ‘Bovercigns, and that at the polls they are to decide ipon the fact whether by electing a third sident to establish a monarchs, or, by defeat- such @ candidate, maintain our glorious Re- yublic.’? ir. Sehwedler continaed—“Our paper is inde- mdent Fepublican, end Wale we bavocate all easures of repub! im which conduce to ele- ‘vate the moral tone and influence of our govern- ent and its liberal provisional laws, we are ingly opposed to what the HERALD aptly calls esarism,’ and are happy to see a journal so horonghiy ting Agee and liberal in its views ily the front, aud by its influence hrottle the incipient Empire which the establish- gnent of ‘Cesarism’ would surely accomplish, by pn oft repeated re-election of a President. 4 This ended the interview with Mr. Schwedrer, fwho received the HERALD representative wit liveness, and altho apparently very reat it afforded him th pe. PRESS OPINIONS. (From the New Orleans Picayune, August 19.] The New Yore HERALD has succecded in attract- “png attention to that next step in the march of ogress upon which the country entered in 1860, nder the Jead of John Brown's ghost, and Ceasar has lately furnished the toptc to a considerable Sauce of the Northern press, The more astute of term NEW "YORK ‘HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, I873—TRIPLE SHEET. A, ) PResWeprecate the discussion of the subject at the present time, but others frankly svow and defen@? the idea. Few have dared to express aby@disapprobation. That some such scheme is entertained by the oMeceholdera we think thate can be no | doubt. This alone can furnish a reasonable ex- Planation of the late secret meeting of the Mar- shals at Cleveland, Ohio, What business had they 1p common which required consultation? Within the sphere of their legitimate oficial duties, abso- ime Ines on a eo is _ Serre officer recin have no business whatever, Hone Uae tg first seventy years of our history no such meet! had ever been heid. Had the ‘object been legiti- mate why were ates deliberations kept secret? en iy could |i, ah Sy “ee as, “WHas that it ts no! mee light of surrou! venta to airing. a was most probably consafatay A, nae tt, pest jr to thre: Pressienb stat ediireble 4 of degraded proviuee, ‘The ‘pilgrimage, of, Mr, Hughes and his cocanaidates in’ Virginis to Long Poapon in orden a soesin the ganction and sup- port of tne Pre t, and the imperial gracious- ness with which it was conferred, clearly indicate the ideas which prevail at court, and make it doubtfal whether the discussion in regard to aa has not come too late rather wo {From the Boston Traveller, August 22, 1873.) It is one of the- illustrations of the old saying, that the element ofthe mdicrous isto be found in all things, that #0 grave and grim’ matter as Cesariem should furnish matter for sport in America in these days, It is about five years since the present phase of Omsariem began to, show itself, that is, just after General Grant had been nominated for the Preaidency, in 1868, General Blair warned his countrymen of the fact, as he considered it to be, that the republican candidate was about to become an Emperor, and that “imperialism was so much the rage that soom it would be raging over the country, sending ali men but impe- rialista to prison, and eating up the habeas corpus writ. Somehow the, people did not seem to care for the warning, at which they laughed and went on their usual way. Probably they remembered that General Washington had been accused of an intention to make a Cesar of himself, and yet never attempted anything of tho kind. Probably they recollected that General Jack- son had been charged with the design of making himeelf absolute master of the nation, and yet had retired at the end of hia second term as calmly as if no such thing as absolute monarchy ever had been heard of, and with leas than a hundred dollars in his pocket. As neither Washington nor Jackson had been crowned and aceptred, the people thought they could safely trust Grant, and trust him they did, That they were not entirely in the wrong would seem to be clear from the circumstance that General Grant has got far along in the fifth year of his Presidency, and yet he has not taken the first step on the Umearign course set down for him, which is working slower than he used to work in war time, so that if he were @ Cesar in the fleld be bas not TB. increase the strength he has done ali that Congresg ever has Ga bahoe htm to do for the purpose of making of the army as weak and inefiicfent a body 5 possible, Queer 0. panes in @ coming Crsar | But, it seems, Dees y aoiaiers that our Cesar is to be made, by office-holders, A gen- eman in New York intervie on this subject, and he hag given two reasons why We are phere Cesar. The first is, that in time of the late Wat, ® gentleman was seized and auut uapin Fort rette, because his ee had 4 corresponded with @ Southern you vy, with whom ghe bad been at school, Rather ae 9 the 6 area and not over civil towai mac ag toy ene nip etn a 9 much ag they pI 6 . — but as it ve Sone, $80 oe na of pasts pepe chat e Bt ‘de, or that it is mach exbgperated ; and related 6 something shat Was done in President Lincoin’s time, let us far charitable as to hope that General Grant had do with it—that he neither had the gentleman arrested nor confiscated the ladies’ letters—and po it cannot be counted against him, and should not be m: to act aa a brick in the Ogsarian temple, Probably it was because of one of the tinklings of Secretary Seward’s little beil that the belles were meddied with, and thas, ‘of one of them was bastiled; but then Mr. rd died in all the odor of democratic sanctity, he having gone with President Johnson, and the Jatter going with the democrats, and so to the dogs. So that Mr. Seward cannot be suspected of baving done anything to promote Cesarism, and hence the case cited amounts to nothing. The second reason Lot by the gentleman in New York—his name is tone, and be 1s & Pca Journalist—in support of his position that we are to have a Cesar put over us is that “the American tomed to the Raf aD army of officeholders and acquiesce in it.” What an unhappy jot! This is the first time that we ever heard Of a polity being overthrown by officeholders—the only occasion on which a republic of tolerable dimensions (some folks think them intolerable) has been set down for conversion into a@ despotic monarchy by Wweighers and clerks and inspectors, who are to be the hustatt, the principes and the triarti of our legions, and to do for President Grant what was done by soldiers for the original Cawsar, ly, if we have falleu so low as to be at the gut of the officeholders, what hope can there forus? We are an extinct nation, accord- ing to the American idea of what constitutes &@ nation—iree men. But may not the gentieman who takes so melancholy a view of fe, condition be mistaken in taking tliat view f ere is noth. ing new in attributing to ofice-holders hostility to freedom, though we never heard of there being Ceesareans till recently. The most that used to be said against them was, that they interfered in elec- tions and worked for their party. If they have be- come enemies of the constitution, it is fortunate that their influence is small, certainly not near 80 has been wed Peo le are accus- great as that which half tueir number of private citizens 38, But there is no reason for sup- posing them to be enemies of the constitu- tion, or that they are engaged in labo for its overthrow; a8 littie reason as there is for supposing them to be 8 power in the State. The fact teat they are ofice-holders, while it makes them neither better nor worse than other men, de- tracts from their power as citizens in polftics. They are supposed to be laboring for their places, let them do what they may, and hence,whatever they recommend is always jooked Upon as some- thing to be suspected, if not condemned at once. Nothing can more clearly show the contempt that democrats haye for the people than their endeavor vo make it out that they (the people) are in danger of being enslaved by the acts of@ few thousand office-holdera, a3 if @ mation ever fell from the at- tacks of such men, who in this instance have made no attacks, and never thought of making any, {From the Charlotte (N. ©.) Observer, August 2?.) This is one of the leading topics of the day, and one upon which almost every newspaper in the lJand has had “its, say.” The New YoRE HgRaLp, probably out of any other sensation upon which to regale its readers, gave life to the subject, and has foenergetically fanned the flame that General Grant’s name has been brought so prominently be- fore the country in connection with @ third term that there are few men who have not formed some opinion in their own minds as to the probability or improbability of his being a@ candidate for the Presidency of the United States in 1876. The ad- ministration press affect to treat the matter as a huge joke; but it is evident that the articles which have been written by the friends of the administra- tion are thrown out to feel the public is of such people. 'e are disposed to treat the maven aor 0} r seri- Busy. It is unquestionable that a large cent eof the people of the United States would gladly support and vote for Grant for a third term, the salary and other thieving and disreputa- ble schemes in which he has been engaged to the contrary notwithstanding, We say this with shame ‘and contusion of face, for it shows the low standard of public virtue and that @ large part of our popu- lation are disposed to wink at the crimes against public honesty which are committed by their ser- vants. Grant is undoubtedly willing to accept a third term, and would, no doubt, 80 avow himself to-day if his prospects depended upon that solely. [From the Lancaster (Pa) Examiner, August 22.) There can be no “Casarism’’ 10 this country, say some of those interviewed by the Nsw Yore HERatp, becanse there is none to play the part of Cesar, But did it ever strike those who are in dread of Uesarism, as well as those who don’t be- 18 still @ greater obstacle in en Sct is, American people. we have no Cree re are mot Romans for him vo play his pranks on, No sane man of this day of our People dare think of the Cassar. cule cg Re my ge at attempe at Owsarism wae when Jefferson constitutional tB. ie America) n Dae pe Ma ] hot inany way im danger of lleve it because we have no Cmsar, that there A STEP FROM DEATH. Another Smash-Up on the South side Railroad. Narrow Escape from a Terrible eet An Express Train Throwp “from the Track. ~”” FIFTY PASSENGERS INJURED. The Cause of the Disaster—What an Inspec- tion of the Road Revealed. There was another smash-up on the Southside Rallroad yesterday morning. These little affairs have become alarmingly frequent of late on this Toad and have caused considerable apprehension among the travelling public. Yesterday morning the Patchogue and Fire Island express train, while on its way to Brooklyn, was thrown from the track at a point about mid- ‘way between Merrick and Freepor®, a distance of some twenty-two miles from the city. The train consisted of a locomotive, tender, one baggage car and six passenger cars, the latter being crowded with people who had spent Sunday at Babylon and Fire Isiand, Charles Baldwin, conductor, had charge of the train. The engineer was Daniel Ryden afd the fireman William Morrison. The train was running at the rate of about twenty-five miles an hour, and the first intimation that the passengers tad of the accident was A SUDDEN SHOCK, The locomotive, tender, baggage and four of the passenger cars were violently shaken, but man- aged to keep the track. The three remaining pas- senger cars, including the smoking car, were dragged along the road for about fifty feet, and then hurled into a swamp to the left of the track and wrecked. A brakeman was thrown from the platform of his car a distance of about twenty feet, and a newspaper boy was propelled through @ window into the mud, where he recovered from the temporary shock and found that he had not been badly hurt. The swamp is get more than four or five feet below the road bed, and the con- sequence was that a terrible calamity was averted, As it was, there were no less than FIPTY PERSONS ANJURED but, fortunately, none of them seriously. Those passengers who were seated on the right-hand aide of the upturned cars were thrown over to the left, and strack just above the windows, while those who were seated on the left-hand side managed to remain in their seats, notwithstanding the pré- cipitat of the cars, Strange to nay none of those on the other side fell upon them— scene of the wildest confusion and excitement ensued, Women shrieked. for help, children cried for their ‘mothers and men trod upon one another in their efforts to extricate themselves from the wreck. Many hgd been cut and bruised, but finally all were gotterf out, and when they re- gained the road the extent of their injuries was revealed, It pappenen that there were three surgeons on board the train, and they immediately ‘went vo work to relieve the ares. It was as- certained that except in one Case (thet ob a ia be had _seyeral of her riba fracturéd) ADF ne ad been broken, Some fifty or sixty of thé sengers were badly bruised by being thrown ag it the sides of the cata and... ; Sv BROKEN GLASS of the windows, but all save several ladies and peege continued on their way with the balance e train, The engineer, seeing the disaster, stopped his engine a8 quickly as possible and returned to the three wrecked cars, which had been separated from the other part of the tratn. The track had been twisted and wrenched irom the ties for some one hundred and fifty or two hundred feet, and the ties themselves were dostroyed in many places. After an hour’s delay the remnant of the express train, with the passengers crowded into four cars, con- tinued on its way to the city. Information of the Gisaster was immediately telegraphed to the depot at the foot of South Eighth street, hab ge gett 2 and the superintendent ordered a of work- men to proceed by special train and repair the meee that travel would be impeded as little as ie. In the meantime the mail train bound east, which left the Willamsburg depot at hall-past eight o'clock, was. “RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE SCENE of the disaster, A telegram from kreeport how- ever, arrested its progress several stations below, where it remained until the balance of the wreck train passed. A representative of the HERALD ing aboard of the mail tr in, went with it as far freeport and then walked along the track as iar as the wreck. On his way thither he took occasion to examine the rails, and discoy- ered that about every other ove was sound. In some piaces the rails were so badly beaten down and tre gh ee ily when two were fastened to @ tie, that they were not more than an inch or an inch and a half in width. In other places they had chipped off on the side to the extent of nearly a foot, while in still other places they had been im- per-ectly joined. Many of THE TIES WERE ROTTEN and displaced. Several gentlemen in the party: upon making these discoveries, expressed their ae that a catastrophe had been averted #0 long. Upon arriving at the wreck the reporter found @ number of men at work endeavoring to repair the track, which had been wrenched from its place. There is @ single track at thie point of the road, aud the rail on the right hand side going west had been twisted over almost as far as the other rail by the cars as they were THROWN INTO THE SWAMP. It is & remarkable fact that the cars were injured comparatively little, ‘Two of them were elegant new ones, bodies of them were wrenched from the wheels, and the ends and platforms and some of the window work smashed; but beyond this the damage was comparatively small. Inside the cars were spattered with the blood of the injured, abd the seats were reatly disarranged, though mone seemed be broken, aud over One of the seats was laid @ co) ‘of the HERALD spotted with the blood of one of the injured passengers. Ata quarter to twelve o’clock the train contain- ing a gang of workmen to clear away the wreck and repair the track arrived at the place, and the men age | went to work. By halt-past one o’clock the mail train continued on its way t Patchogue, followed by another passenger in from the city, wbich had been detained at Free- ort for about halfan hour. There was no further verruption of travel. Freeport, which appears. to be one of the At Freeport, which appears one of moat wretched places on the island, the HERALD representative met one of the passengers who had been injured by the accident. He stated that he ‘was aresident of Bay Shore (which is forty miles from the city), but he declined to give his name, on the ground tnat he had business transactions with the company and he did not desire that hig name should be published, This unknown man is about thirty-five years of age, of medium neight and ruddy complexion and wears a light mastache. He was badiy cut about the head and his nose scemed to have been broken. Both eyes were blackened. He stated to the HERALD man that he got on the train at Bay Shore about @ quarter past eight o'clock, and took a seat in the third car from the rear, ‘The first intimation he had of the Smash-up was the sddden OVERTUANING OF TUB CAR, and the next thing he knew his head struck against. one of the hat racks over the seats, The passen- gers precipated around him a to scramble Out and he followed suit, making his exit by @ door. id he did not know of anybody being seriously hurt except Mr. Francis uire, of Duane street, New York, aud 4 child, se ame was unknown. Almost everybody in his car, however, Was more or leas cut and bruised, He eng that “the chief cause of the accident ‘Was that two rails had been tastened to one tie nd one of the rails was driven out of place.” The HERALD reporter aiso met John Ward, the fireman of the paper train which followed the ex- press train, who stated that the accident was Caused by the breaking of @ rotten tie and the breaking of a chair which displaced the track and threw the first car which overand of. The Senet site Detaw? donauee’ over the ground, were cars, after bein; ver 5 firown into the swamp. John Ward's is probably THE CORKECT THEORY, The ties at the place where the accident oc- curred and in the immediate vicinity were rotten in many While the track was Cy byt) ‘The. general opinion expressed was that the acct: dent had been caused in the manner described. Interview with ea Passenger—Natare of the. Victim’s Wounds—How the Acci. dent Occurred—Horrible Sights, but Not So Bloody as They Were Painted—Who Is To Blame }—Condition of the South Side Road—Rasty Rails, Rotten Sleep- ers and Broken Bridges=—“The Com- pany Too Poor’=-Awful Picture of “What Might Have Been.” On board the ferryboat which crossed at eleven O'clock yesterday forenoon from South Sevanth “own those Kare street, Williamsburg, near the terminus of the South Side Railroad, to the foot of Roosevelt street on this side of the river, the reporter feli in witha number of the passengers who had just arrived by THE UNFORTUNATE TRAIN, and who were of their way to New York. Some looked pale and weak as if irom wounds, some as if from fright. They all jooked mighty serious, The Teporter took a seat opposite @ tall, handsome, gentlemanly jooking man, who was pale like the others, but ‘Who sintied pleasantly—not at all “a sort of sickly smile’’—8t some observations made hy a com- panion sitting beside him, Presently he drew up one leg of lus Pantaloons ang showed a <> = DEBP CLEAN QUT, extending half Way round the kpee-pan, and a long, ugly gash, extending from the inside of the knee-joint to the ankle. An old gentleman and a young One were seated beside the reporter. The old man said, “Oh! there's another of the unfor- tunate ones; I didn’t notice him before.” “That looks, sir,” remarked the reporter, “as if an accident had just occurred somewhere.’” “Yea,” replied the old gentleman, “quite a sad accident, Tassure you; but not so serious, thank God, as it might have been,” “Was it ® railroad accident? I ama reporter, sir, and will feel thankful if you tell me what you know about it.” “With pleasure, sir,’ said the old gentleman. “You saw that train that just came in as you ap- proached the ferry house? Well, that isthe gecond morning express train from Patchégue. It comes right on, pretty rapidly, and does not stop at. the small places, We were on that train, When we reached a place midway, ag I think, between Baby- lon and Freeport, I felt 4 8UDDEN SHOCK that made mé think something unpleasant must have happened, and the idea was confirmed by the sudden stopping of the train and its subsequent backing & considerable distance. ‘I have often heard people expatiate on the comparative disad- vantages of being in @ forward car in railroad accident. The theory may hold on other roads) but 1 think | can cafely state that on the Toad We have just travelled over, the precautions observed by travellers are only A DELUSION AND A SNARE, 1 was & forward car on this am By occasion, and to whole skin at fact I believe I owe the possession alighted: and then’ discoyereg. that the three last Gafs had become detached aad Were tbe set beside the small embankment on which th track was laid at that point. It waa evident that the en; and four cars had just passed a cer: spot, @ rail spring up dnd struck thé tl — Shred the Gh it ‘The car leaped several high ‘olled over the embankment, carry- ing the twoother cars with it. " THE RAIL THAT DID THE MI! a ee sha) ln he horseshoe. myse 0 re reache: cars, the aight that met our eyes shake the atoutest among those who beheld 1 though the horror it was well calculated to inapiri Po yy ry abou: or six! lew of whom were then and ihe remainder w wome! and children. The gentlemen had already craw! out when We saw them, They were all more or less cut, butthey were ee 1D assisting to re- a the egy =e - cong Some of the repre apparen: jurt; but many, es; cuildrqp, were 5 Te SP omicons ORUELLY GASHED and cut, mostly by the broken gl and were covered with blood. Quite a number of the some wounded more or less severely and only burt by the iright, were found in an uncon- scious cone ion in the cars, having fainted at the shock; others of them swooned off after being re- leased, on looking back at the danger they al- ously wed, Indeed, the only fe- males on whom the shock had not produced results of the swoontng character were the mothers of the wounded children, over whom—seeing only the biood ang not knowing the comparative) it na- ture of the injuries the little di h - tateegtehe inj 6 little darlings naa sus. f he CRIED AND MOANED in @ manner to make one’s heart biced for them. One fine littie child, however—I regret I could not ascertain ita name for you—was so dreadfully cut and bruised that I cannot believe (though I should like to very much) that it will recover. When we had rescued the occupants from those three cars which had so nearly become their temporary coffins, we put them in the uninjured cars and brought them on to-the depot here, where the oMcials of te railroad company zealously exerte: themselves tO have all due care taken of their vic tims. It is but fair to say that oftnem. I wish they were as careful before “you seem to think, air » that the 60 pany is to , Bir, that the com blame togome extent?” ” “Seem to think so? I do think it; I know _ it, The company isto blame to every ‘extent. Yet they are not half so much to blame as the laws and the law-makers that allow them, and such as they, to run railroads and trafic in human life as they ao, The Company, does not Keep the roadin re- pair, Repair! What am [talking of? The road Was never constructed ina manner fit to haye a heavy train go over it, The causeways of the road—bridges, embankments &c.—are and always have been 10 a ricketty and acral niay condition, Ihave examined the road nearly all the way, be- cause I intended buying some property down that Way; but I gueas I won't. The RAILS ARE ABSOLUTELY WORTHLESS; not fit to trandle a well-laden wheel-barrow over them. The sleepers are ‘80 rotten that not one In ten of them would hold a nail—we have seen that one of them couldn't, at all events—and they are laid on mud and sand heaps that crumble awa: under @ shower, as they have often done. Ye' over this road the company rups long and heavy trains, with engines weighing fifty tons each, The COMPANY ARE POOR, to be sure; everybody knows that, They do not are hired—and. of course, oe cannot expect that @ company that cannot uy their own cars are able to construct a sub- stantial road, or Keep it in reliable repair if it was constructed. But what is that to the purpose’ What excuse would it be to me that the company are poor, if my two little grand children’—nere the old gentleman shuddered a bit—‘were with me to-day ip ope of those unfortunate cars? Oh, no! In my opinion the fact of the company being poor is about one of the stro it of all reasons ‘why they should pot be rmitted to run @ rail- road—why they gs! oul not el eee dally with hundreds of precious hurran lives. OH, THOBE POOR CHILDREN | wher I think of them. And just think, too, how much worse it might easily have been! If it had been in the winter thne, with the burning stoves to set fire to the cars, what @ holovaust we should have witnessed! Or if that coupling bad not given way and those cars had been dragged seve erai feet on their sides, with the heads and limbs of the passengers jammed through the broken glass on the undormost side! those poor Children—those poor little children /” Ana the tender-hearted old gentieman hid his face in his hands and so remained in silence during the short remainder of the bags from Williamsburg to the New York abutment of the Brooklyn Bridge. ANOTHER LEAP PROM TEAGEDY! ‘What Mrs. Anna EB. Park, M. D., Electrician, of Atlantic Avei lyn, Has to Say on the Charge of Clair- voyance Preferred Against Her by the Late “Chief of the Brooklyn Police Force.” THE GOODRICH BROOKLYN, August 25, 1973, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In your paper of to-day I notice the following:— “Mrs, Dr. Park, the clairvoyant, of Atlantic avenue, recommended by Lucette Meyers, gave valuable information to the President, had it been verified.” And again:—‘The Alderman then took me to the house of @ clairvoyant in Atlantic avenue, near Hoyt stréet, and there we met Lucette Meyers,” &¢,, &0, Now, Iam not now, never have been and never expect to be, in any sense, @ clairvoyant. 1 never ‘wos in a trance of any sort in my life. The offence that I committed, and the only one, was in striv- ing to assist @ defenceless woman to lead an honest, virtuous life, by employing her to sew for me and paying her for her labor, What she was belore she Was arrested I do not know, I never asked, but since her release from jail she has led a virtuous life and striven to earn an honest liveli- hood, Ihave given her work, and have recom- mended her to Ngee and all have ex- ressed themselves sai ad with =her. I Rave found in many cases that by employing women, and paying them for their labor, you may close the door effectually against the attacks ot the libertine, The Gay after Lucette’s arrest | assisted her parents and the $wo children to a Sunday din- ner. The day after her release I promised ner em- loyment, and fulfilled my prom! I have not stowed charity, Which is oftimes gall labor is ennobling; atleast [think so. If my effort to aid ber to be virtuous is@ crime, sinned, and shall again when the opportunity offers, , AD as you e Sharge. Irei reapecwaby, aeegt AB, PARK, MiD, A DREADFUL BRIDGE AOOIDENT, KinKwoop, Del., August 25, 1873. About a dozen men were at work on the trestle work bridge when it fell to-day. Thomas Ferry, of Baltimore was killed, and the follo persons Se te ag Bae, Lp Tam Ree A ree force 0! at worl it Fong wiih ba ready Jor travel Comorow. en THE ANTI-BOTLERITES, The Hoar Wing of the Maggachusetts Republicans in Line. AN ADDRESS T0 THE VOTERS, Handling the Essex Statesman Ungenerously. Strong Pleas for Washburn’s Re-election. Boston, August 25, 1873, The Washburn or anti-Butler wing of the repub- lican party of Massachusetts have commenced their warfare on the Essex candidate. They have been in session here all the afternoon and even ing, and, after comparing notes and listening to reports from various parts of the Staté, they es- sert with a seeming air of confidence that Butier’s defeat ie @ foregone conclusion. The gentlemen composing @ representative committee of Butler's’ opponenta are among the leading republican poll- ticians of the State, but it is fair to say that Gen- eral Butler has as many leading repub- licans on his side, and they are just as active and almost as confident of winning as the most enthusiastic of the Waahburnites, E, Rockwood Hoar, of Concord, late Attorney General of the United States, is the leader in the Butler opposition, and the active politicians who aid him are included in the following list:—John M Forbes,of Milton; William Clafin,of Newton; Hepry L. Dawes, of Pittsfield; Harvey Jewell, of Boston; Esles Howe, of Cambridge; James L. Little, of Boston; Alpheus Hardy, of Boston; George F.Thomp. son, of Worcester; Asa French, of Braintree; Albert Mason, of Plymouth; George Marston, of New Bedford; Henry 8. Russel, of Milton; Willard P, Philitps, of Salem; Horace 4H. Coolidge, of Boston; Alfred B, Root, of Pittafeld; James M. Barker, of Pittsfeld; A. W. Beard, of Boston; Samuel A. Green, of Boston; Samuel J. Field, of Shelburn Falls; Luke Lyman, of Northampton; ©. H. Waters, of Groton; John Cummings, of Wo- burn; Henry Smith, of Boston; Chester C. Conant: of Greenfield; Henry H. Alexander, Jr., of Spring- field ; Joseph Cornell, of New Bedford; 4. 0. Hood- ley, of Lawrence; Munroe Chickering, of Dedham; Henry D. Hyde, of Boston; W. W. Rice, of Wor- cester, and Charles Allen, of Boston. The gentie- men above named met here to-day and agreed upon the following address going out before the repubil- can voters of Massachusetts. It was prepared by General! Grant's first Attorney General:— ADDRESS TO THE REPUBLICANS OF MASSACRUSETITS, FELLOW CITIZBNs—You are summoned to be represented in @ convention, by which the character of the State government Will be deter- mined for another year. As republicans desirous of sustaining th bowperisned the republican 1 party and as citizens deeply interested in the weltare of the State, we urge upon you the importance of attending the primary meetings soon to be called, and of securing through them an honest Peppa: sentation of the repubi gentiment of the omy monwealth. We claim no other right in - dressing you than that of every citizen to address his nheignbor, and we are not in confict with the regularand recognized forms. of arty action, It has been usual to retain i oilice for three years at least a Governor whom the re- publican party had chosen and who had done Nothing to Jorfeit their eonfidence and yo te Such were the precedents with Bunks and Andrew and Bullock and Claiin. Im violation of this general sentiment a raid is this year organized upon the State government, and the campaign has been formally opened by meetings held in advance of the cali jor the State Convention, which were the occasion of the meeting of t y whose guthority this address is issued, For the first time our party history an attempt is made to overturn an existing republican adminis- tration in Massachusetts in the interest of one man’s ne. ambition, and if he marshal his retainers Jor the assault it is cer ly becom. ing those who do not approve nis parpose to unite in resistance. Two years ago the repubiicans of the Commonwealth, with abundant opportunity Offered them to make a different choice U they pre- Jerred it, selected Mr. William B. Washburn by a decisive majority as their candidate for Governor, After one year’s trial they gave him an undivided support for re-election. For nearly two years under his administration the State has enjoyed, in an unusual degree, good order, peace prosperity. Many of us were not among his origi- Dal supporters. Some of us do not agree with him on minor questions of State policy, but we recog- nize in him a Chie. Magistrate of unsullied pubiic and ee character, and in his administration a steadiast purpose to promote the public wellare. In his action upon all important and essentia! measures he has well deserved the confidence o! his feiuow citizens, The charities and public insti- tutions of the State have been watched over with constant vigilance and administered with unquea- uoned integrity. So far as the constitutional power of the Execu- tive over legislation has extended he has exercised it with firmness, and with reference, first and above all, to the interests of the whole Common- wealth. No public or private scandal bas ever attached to any department of the public service under his supervision or control. Such has been and such Will be the administration of Governor Washburn. Its record is as clear, its usefulness as great, its integrity as unimpeachabie now as it was in 1872, When hobody within the ranks bey wid ventured to suggest that it had leit any official duty unperiormed, and it is potorious that if the rope ambition of one man were otherwise provided for, no movement would be made this year to displace our present Chief Magistrate. Whether he shall be elected in depends upon the qualities which the eople of Massachusetts desire in their Governor. Ke will not use the prerogatives of his great office p, men to serve his personal ambition. Still egg he capable of using infuence or power placed in his hands for great public ends to gratify his hatreds or revenge. He will not expect to find among his supporters men who are either to be bought or frightened. He will spend his time in performing the duties of bis office, and not in plotting for his own advancement, He will not be geen travelling up and down the State setting forth his own pretensions. He will not be found enrich- ing himself by means of his employment in the ublic service. If any portion of his people be mpted to anything mean or base he will not seek to gam Javor by offering himself as their instra- ment, or flatter them by subtie attempts to con. found the natural distinctions betwen right and wrong. If the public faith be pledged to anything which is a burden he will not seek to tempt the people to escape hardships by dishonor- able paths, Tolerant of other men’s opinions, he will never seek to conceal bis own or attempt to gain support by private promises to the friends of both sides. The republicans of the whole country are watching the action of Massachusetts at this time with an anxiety never before excited by a purely local contest. They see an attack upon the Tepublican administration of this State for which no reason or justification appears, Have the people of Massachusetts changed their character? Are they willing to substitute for the modest and up- right public servant whom they have trusted and tried @ candidate who claims the place as some- thing to be got by any and all means; who announces in substance that, if elected, he will use the trast committed to him to reward his friends and punish his enemies; who is attempting to found a personal party upon con- tracts, jobs and the bestowal of promises of office, and who hoids out to | nme’ interests in the State prospects of favor or threats of hostility, as they shall or shall not favor his pretensions? The peo- ple of Massachusetts have never yet recogni the right of @ public officer to administer public affairs with a view to pramote merely pri- vate ends; obtaining and holding office is not regarded by most 0; them as the chief s; of human action, and their political convictions and preferences are not at the disposal of ofice- seekers or office-brokers. We appeal to the republican voters to see to it that the choice of delegates to the State Conven- tion shall not go by surprise or default, but shall fairly represent their opinions, their purposes and their character. If they wil do this the result is certain. General Butler will speak in Mechanics’ Hall, In Worcester, to-morrow night, and it is rumored toat i attempt will be made tobreak up his meeting. POLITICAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. a ‘The Buffalo Zxpress remarks that the democrats have been in an urgent pursuit of a fitting name for thelr party, and that one of the most fitting ones it has seen would be “‘Moss-Backs,” That might be a good name for some Bohemian critics. Some people are unkind enough to think that “guiphur” waa the correct name of the place where Jem. Davis made his late speech. It is aaserted that some reports of the proceed: ings of the late Colored Convention at Chillicothe im the Western papers were altogether too highly colored. They were not so black as they were painted, “Appealing to the old passions of the war,” it 19 alleged by the Cincignatt Enqutrer, will be the Dolicy of the.renubifcan leaders in the conduct of unfold the philosophy of tho third party in, midst, four wére O'Conor aetiocrats. - Ana Kind of democrats may they be? bearing the name of 0’Conor 8 Gre so straight in the faith thet ghey leap ward, A t Scalping knives are now used by the Indians in discusging political topics. , There are good many omee-holders who would be’ content lose their scalps if they could only save their According to 4 North Carolina journal, France ig in danger of another ‘coo de Tar,” whereupon Louisville Courter: Journal suggests that, if the Port be true, as a token of her appreciation of warning, France will award to thie North ent editor the contract for furnisbing the necessary CUSTOM HOUSE “SEIZERISM.” ete Ldnioide : Two Hundred South African Diamonds Tekep from @ Miner on Charge of Smuggling His Gtory and Denial of the “Accu. sation—Thirty Thousand Dol- lar’ Worth of . Gems Among the passengers wh arrived fron’ pool on the steamer City of Cheater, on aI ‘was Mr, N, Lancaster, one of the millionaire zens of Chicago, who for the last twelve mont has been engaged in p! for gold and dig. ging for diamonds in the Of Bouth Africa. bronght with ninf nearly two hundred diamon: most of which were uncut and of great Some of them were in @ miner’s buckskin pou strapped around § hia waist, and th others were in a. pocket book wi he carried in his pocket, The entire Jot of were seized from Mr, Lan while he coming ashore with the rest of the passengers, on! Sunday night, ‘THES SEIZURE. ) was made by 3 posse of House oficers who charged Mr, Lancastér wit! acieioonig smuggle the precious stones. A report of the cape ture was made to Collector Arthur yest Morning. It is charged that Mr, Lancaster made denial when asked whether he had anything sube Jeot to duty with him, and that, on being searched,’ he waé found in possession of the diamonds, from's Bag cimocaied on ig pata od anoth : ape Aa discovered in his Docket book. They wero. mean g thd sree : ze in papers ps we twelve cul diamonds -three ynel nine uncut; D, fortwo uneatr yre { 001 cut; G, twentethree israel ‘nite end xty-eight uncut. backskin nd taine Stones, all uncut. They wore to worth $80,000, report Bot " entere on hat they were bonde: Burvegor Brainerd Hows 4 Frank Henderson, Geo! Mr. Kibbe, Custom House tors assigned to duty on tie Surveyors ied the report as sel officers, oticeri learned of the existence of the diamonds from one, of the passengers on the City of Chester, who is! pored to be connected with the governme! service, They boarded the steamer on Sunday. afternoon while the vessel lay in the upper Bay,! and distributed a quantity BLANK BAGGAGE DECLARATIONS among the passengers, The latter were told for write out the quantity and character of the datia- ble articles in their possession. On Sunday even-} ing a tug landed the rs at the Inman’ steamship wharf, pier 45 North River, Mr. Lancas-| r carried % small hand bag, whic! otor Live ston examined on the dock. The officer subse. - quently invited him to step to the Custom House office on the wharf. On get ag shere he asked him un had any dutiable goods about him. Inspector vingston says that Mr. Lancaster unswered him in the negative, and that he then aearched him, out @ permit, Colonel E. W, Lavi | with the result already mentioned. ) *_ & HERALD rter saw Mr. Lancaster last evens ing. He said that he haa NO INTENTION TO SMUGGLE the diamonds. He asserted that he told the Inspector’ that he had the diamonds, He accounted for their possession by that he dug some of then and had purchased others jn South Africa, fd went thére in April, a and left in May. last. ‘The diamonds whic! iad fougd were ai out of his own fields, ‘whi werp located Grigna. Land West. On ret ‘@ London he had twelve of the Lr ced , welghi six carats, left with Halton & Slocum, jewellers, oi No. 34 Moorsgate place, to be cut and set. He in- tended having three set into studs, one into @ ~~ and the other six into acluster pin. His health, compelled him to leave for the United States sooner than he expected, and he brought the twelve stones with him without waiting for them tobe set. Mr. Lancaster claims that there is NO DUTY ON UNCUT DIAMONDS, and that the officers had no right to confiscate them. He denies that he made any attempt at concealment, He says that he openly displayed them among the {iprerin Sodd on the trip, and that: he refused several offers for their purchase on the ground that he desired them for his own use. The statements of several of the passengers are to be forwarded to the Secretary of tne Treasury to show that there was no intent to smuggle. Mr. Lancaster will also visit Washington in person to demand she restoration of his property, STUDYING SING SING, heptane Visit of Governor Dix to the State, Prison—What He Observed in the Vas rious Departments—His Views in Re, gard to the Recent Escapes—More Men Missing. The inmates of Sing Sing Prison were awed into good behavior yesterday morning, a3 it was known that Governor Dix would visit that institu. tion. Shortly before eleven o'clock the venerable Governor, acoompanied by State Comptroller Hop- kins, arrived, and was received by the Warden, who conducted them through the numerous de- partments of the prison. While inspect ing the various workshops Governor Diz, who has not visited the prison in many years, manifested a lively interest in the several branches of skilled labor at which the battations of convicts were engaged, The interior of the main prison ‘was also visited, where the new iron galleries now being substituted for the decayed wooden struc- tures, which have long been @ disgrace to the State, elicited the hearty APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE. During the visit, which pao og nearly four hours, the Warden explained to his distin- guisued te | in jetail the Ment of each department, and = Snally conducted the Governor into the messroom, where about twelve hundred jail birds were eager- ly enjoying their midday repast. Here the Gover- nor examined the 1ood which the convicts were eating, and expressed his approbation of its qual- ity. The female prison was not visited, WHAT GOVBRNOR DIX SAYS. In a subsequent conversation with Governor Dix a HERALD representative learned that the Execu- Pa) Jinan gens ‘a aoe LA pe nae eard in the prison regar: present to form ir cheer: eve appeared to be progressing sutistactorly, The writer, having alluded to the eee ae cause of the recent numeroua escapes im the prison, Gov- ernor Dix replied that there were many little dif- ficulties which anew Warden had to encounter, not the least among them being the employing of untried and INEXPERIENCED KEEPERS AND GUARDS, and added that the present Warden was now en. gaged perfecting plans, which, it is believed, would operate successlully in frustrating any ordinary attempts to escape in the future. Governor Dix also informed the HERALD representative that it was his intention to visit rm iD at an early day, when he would, in addition ting the female prison, familiarize himself more thor- oughly with the management aud requirements of the male institution. THE EXBOUTIVE UNDER “A CLOUD.” While returning to the ace @ way train in the aftern the Governor (who never smokes) was to take a seat in ti compelled, for want of roo smo! car, and yg “ee 1a bat ho] Juscered in e. cloud of tooacco smoke, emitted, or favor “impel It would appear, however, that ee i visit did not ay ae Sate on i bra tg Fine Jaat evening one of Pre satl named 10 Balfe was non edt, and oD 8D being made, it was discov ge ats were non-comestable, & yigid search is being mace for the missing men. fe La SERIOUS FISB IW CANADA. Montreal, Canada, August 25, 1878, ‘A fire occurred in a block of wooden buildings Point St, Charles this morning. The flames with lightning rapidity, and the inmates, tenanta, barely escaped with their lives. 10,000, Seventeen, families are sont oh ‘The cauae of the fire is unknown.