The New York Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1873, Page 3

NEW y+ CHAMBORD'S CHANCES, The Probable Tactics of the French Fusionists. HOW, FRENCH COUPS ARE DELIVERED, The “Average Frenchman Impatient of Provisional Government. MONARCHY OR REPUBLIC? What the ‘Bourbon Princes May THE WHITE FLAG AND THE TRICOLOR Paris, Sept. 23, 1878, A belief has spread that:the fusion between the Bourbonists and Urieanists has come to nothing, owing to the obstinacy of the Count of Chambord in maintaining principles at variance with what Uberals call the spirit of the times. Asa matter of fact, what has recently been written on thissubject is pure conjecture, and reminds one of the number- less spéculations which preceded the accession of Emile Olivier’a Cabinet on the 24 of January, 1870, Napoleon II, had resolved on calling M. Ul- ivier to’power as early as September, 1860; but the new Premier himself begged that his determina- tion might not be made public during the recess, 80 that his Cabinet might not be discredited and Weakened by the attacks of its enemies before the Session “opened. It is not improbable that a simi- lar arrangement may be SHALING THE LIPS OF THE FUSIONISTS. The French are a people who must be governed by surprises, and a moment’s reflection will show ‘that if would have been highly impolitic to pro- elaim the royalist plans as settied two months be- fore the time for taking action on them. By allow- ing the public to suppose that no agreement has been arrived af, the fusionists are preventing the republicans and Bonapartists from coalescing, as they otherwise would, and preparing a joint scheme of resistance. Such a scheme, advocated by Thiers, Gambetta and Rouher, in the name of the Tricolor, would have agitated the whole country, caused an immediate split in the Capinet by obliging the Bonapartist Ministers—Magne and Desselicigny—to withdraw, and frightened the moderates o1 cae Maht and Left Centre into taking the popular side, and, consequen“!- putting the Toyalists of the Assembly in a minority. if Dagt ‘doings in French parliaments offer any light by hich to forecast the future, what would happen ih the event of the royalists being agreed would be shis—The plans for @ restoration wouid be KEPT SECRET TILL THE ACTUAL MOMENT OF THE DE: x e BATE ieee ey ee bn the constitutional laws, The revival of the Monarchy would then be proposed by the most wective speaker of the mght—probably the Duke @’Audifiret-Pasquicr—who would deliver a sensa- sion speech, recalling the blunders and scandals of the empire, and the horrors of the Commune. The Duke de Broglie would briefly approve the motion m the name of government; the Duke d’Aumale would be put up to say a few words exhorting the fonstitutionalists to follow him; and M. Buffet, the monarchist president would get the debate quickly tlosed by a snap vote (a3 he well can do) soas to flebar Thiers or Gambetta from speaking. After shisa second snap vote would be held there and then on a motion so worded that the alternative Wouid seem to lie between monarchy and anarchy. Most likely the House would be assured that the rejection of the motion would involve the fall of the government, the resignation of McMahon and the arrival of @ Thiers-Gambetta administration. Ags the Bonapartists cannot accept such an alterna- tive they would not vote at ali; on the other hand the waverets of the centre, who dread nothing so much as @ crisis, would rally as usual round the “party of order,” and France would be PECLARED A KINGDOM AGAIN by a majority of something like sixty or seventy. This is how things have been done before and how they might be managed again, provided the royal- wts are united and resolute in playing what they must feel to be their last stake. It may, indeed, ve that they are divided, and that, according to yeneral rumor, the objects of the fustonists will be defeated by the Count of Chambord’s scruples, yut it must be recollected that the reports to this ‘fect are based on nothing substantial; and people who prophesy the royalist game as lost, simply vecause Henry V. has not shown his cards, argue in forgetfulness of the conditions by which alone political plots succeed. The Count of Chambord san at this moment have the throne for the asking; ‘ofthat there is nodoubt, Marshal McMahon will aot stand in his way, for he has no ambition so retain office, and is pledged to obey the com- mands of the Assembly whatever they may be. fhe Bonapartists do not hope to see their Empire festored till the Prince Imperial ts of age; for a Re- geucy, with the Empress and Prince Napoleon at {ts head, worfld find few supporters, and would do their cause more harm than good. As for M. Thiers, he is popular in the country, but having ow allied himself to Gambetta he has lost the onservative vote in the Assembly and alienated Glarge number of the commercial classes, who Would be content enough to see him President, but hold the strongest prejudice against the ex-dicta- tor of Tours and the latter's followers. It may therefore be said that Henri V.’s only dangerous opponent is himself. If he persists in not being restored EXCEPT WITH THE WHITE FLAG, and a public recognition of his divine right, his prospects are certainly precarious; but it must not be forgotten that they are so, not because of the ‘unreasonableness of such pretensions, but because there is no man in the royalist party popular enough and able enough to recommend them to the public in a palatable form. If Berryer were Still allve there would have been no hitch on tie question of white flag and divine right, because his eloquent voice would have roused the Assembly nd half the country to enthusiasm for the gran- deur of old, historic France. Having what the French call le courage de ses opinions, he would have talked of the flag of Fontenoy in a way that would have gone to the people’s heart. He would ave proved that the tricolor is but the ban- mer of the city of Paris, with the Bour on white stperadded, and crowds would have been convinced, who now protest against the white fag simply because the Royalists themseives seem in most cases half @sbamed oftheir emblem and ignorant of its sig- Qificance, It has been suggested that the din. culty might be turned by France retaining both ags, a8 in England, where the royal standard fepresents the reigning dynasty, and the Union Jack the fag of the nation; aud further, it nas een submitted that the divine right matter might e disposed of by the Assembly offering the crown purely and simply to the Bourbon Prince, and promulgatir. te new constitution, asif it were a charter which the King graciously conceded to his people. The Pope, they say. has written to ap- drove this adjustment; and ifthe Count of Oham- Yvord’s ultra-sensitive cousctence will allow bim to Daopt it, there 18 litte doubt that the most infiu- 2ntlal part of the nation would meet him half-way. Sverage Frenchmen are, in trath, growing ABXIOUS FOR ANY COMPROMISE Yhat will putan end to the distracting and enor. rating provisoire. To judge of this one has only to sound French. men in private, The readiness to welcome Henri 7. 18 not a.sentiment that finds much vent in the press or fo public conversations; but in their Rearts most people are athirst for a régime that will bring back the peace and security, the splen- Jour and prestige, whieh are as the bread of life to Frenchmen and appear inseparable from a wonarchy. Sense aud educated meu, attached by | TO Pas Do ties to any partiontar party, will candidly samis thag they should like . AN ORDERLY REPUBLIC IP IT WRRE ONCE xsTAD- LisRED, but the establishment would necessitate a twenty years’ preliminary ordeal! of noise and uncertainty, and this they will not face, They wish their fathers had had the courage to {ace it before them; they hope their sons will be prepared to face it at a future date, when radicals, perhaps, will be less turbulent than at present; but for themselves, the thought of a state of things under which Thiers would be succeeded by Gambetta, and Gambetta possibly by Cluseret, is supremely repugnant, and they cloak their cowardice at try- ing the experiment by the old phrase, “We are not ripe fof a repubilc," Of course ignorance has ® great deal to do with this condition of mind; for Frenchmen will frequently wish they were like Americans or Englishmen, forgetting that Presi- dential elections across the Atlantic and general elections on the other side of the Channel cause as much excitement and wild writing as ever they could do in France, But a Frenchman’s ideal of government ts aiter all PROFOUND QUIBT, RELIRVED BY JOKES at the expense of the men in power, whoever they May be, They like @ government to be strong, in order that they may fling at it, nag at it, worry itin a thousand small and amusing ways, without having to fear that it may fall about their ears, Under @ Republic they are forced to be serious, contrary to their matures, If they asgail the Re- public ag not Mberal enough, they seem to be making co! cause with the mob; if they attack 1t a@ Jyeing too liberal, they are driven to side with vieiNes ganaches, legitimist or otherwise, who object to any liberty atall; in either cage they ‘thus play a part which removes them from that position on which, as M. Thiers once justly Pemarked, the great bulk of Frenchmen delight to take their stand. There are numibers of Frengymen, barristers, journalists, artists, workmen—in fact, the noisiest and gayest fraction of the people-who are never in their element save when they have a good arbitrary government to make sport of. Persecution, or the semblance of it, makes heroes of them. They gain credit for being Mberals because they hiss at their Tulers, a8 geese might do, and patriot-martyrs be- cause said ruleré occasionally lock them up and put them tu the Way of growing rich by this severity. These lively persons were in their hey- day at the most despotic periods of both Empires, and they would be sincerely happy if Henri V. returned with a long train of priests and antiquated customs, against whom and which they would Jaunch the squibs of their mirthful irony, Whether Henri V.’s government could long withstand the assaults of such squibs is another matter, and per- haps the true causes of the Prince’s reluctance to take the crown, supposing this reluctance to exist, must be Jooked for, not so much in his aversion to making concessions as in a consciousness that all concessions would be unavailing to yiela him anything but a brief and troubled spell of power. The Count of Chambord is A SLOW-WITTED, BROODING MAN, ij and like other men of sluggish minds hé thay often see further than his more brilliant but fightier partisans. The concessions he 19 asked to faake are not such as could have atiésted the most scru- pulous of princes conviiced that his rule, and bis _Dloné, Was necessary to the salvation of his country, for the Count must see that if he does not ascend the throne himself, 1t will become a prey to the Bona- partes; and that is a result which no amount of casuistry could, or ought, to reconcile to his con- science. But the heirof the Bourbons may see that royalty has run its race in France, and that kings to come can be only PUPPETS SET UP TO BE KNOCKED DOWN AGAIN. Having @ respect for himself he may object to play puppet, and feeling a real concern for the wel- fare of his country he may be unwilling to plunge her into new revolutions for his sake. But in this case he would be acting ina mantier and kinder way ifhe were to speak ‘out and avow that he thinks the age of Divine right monarchies gone by. ‘This would much simplify the position of affairs, and earn the Prince the reputation of being, not only a brave man, but that which his enemies have constantly aceused tit, .of not belng, that ts mau of fits age. Silence, however, or enigmati- cal utterances can lead to nothing; for a pretender who will neither be aking nor forego his claims, risks being taxed simply with pusillanimity. A HORSIBLE TRAGEDY. A Boy Butchered by Thieves While Attempting to Save His Mother’s Prop- erty—An Exciting Scene at Kresgeville, Monroe County, Pa. MILFORD, Pa., Oct. 6, 1873. Kresgeville, a little settlement of farmers in Scott township, Monroe county, adjoining this county and region surrounding it, has been thrown into a state of excitement by a horrible tragedy which has just occurred an a farm a mile or s0 from the village. The details have just been received here, from Stroudsburg, the county seat of Monrve couoty. John or James Muffley, a iad ten or twelve years of age, son of Mr. Jacob Muflley, a respected and well-known Citizen of the county, went to the farm in question, to pay a visit to Mrs, Charles Hawk, his grand- mother, who lived on the place. Like all the farm women of that section, Mrs. Hawk, although advanced in At mscige herself in the fields, She lived alone. Wing her potatoes to dig she left her grandson alone to take care of the house on Wednesday or Thursday of last week, and went out in the field, some distance away. She was gone all day, and it was getting dark when she returned to the house. To her surprise she found it locked up, and no one was to be seen on the premises, At first she thought ner grand- son might have gone to the village, but she dis- missed it as improbable. Then the fear stole over her that all was not ht, and she went and cailed a neighbor, living a mile ‘distant, to go over the house with her. When they returned it was quite dark. Forcing the door in, they entered, Procuring a hght, they found the room littered up with the contents of drawers and boxes. They called the name of the boy, but received no response. Finally they went to the cellarway,and to their horror saw marks of blood in the these Entering the cel- lar the first object the light shone on was the body of the boy, lying in a pool of blood, with one arm doubled up under him and the other thrown over his head. A ghastly ih extended acrogs his throat, almost severing hts head. Horrified beyond endurance, Mrs. Hawk fainted away and her com- ae ran out of the house and through the Rh he hood, giving the alarm. in ashort time the house was filled and surrounded b; crowd of farmers—men, women and children. Mrs, Hawk was brought out of the cellar more dead than alive, and restored to consciousness, A search through the house revealed the fact that the perpetrators of the murder had killed the boy to hide a petty robbery. A small sum of money, robably $50, several articles of clothing and other hinge were stolen. My informant says that suspicion at once fell on two tramps who had been around for a day or tw sleeping in barns and living on the hospitality ol the farmers. They had the day before been given dinner by Mrs. Hawk, since which time they had not been seen. BOSTON’S ANCIENT ARTILLERY. NeWBURYPORT, Oct. 6, 1973, ‘The Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston, to the number of about 800, were entertained to«lay by Ben Periey Poore, their commander, at his Indian Head Farm, in West Newbury. The occasion was one of great interest and rare pleasure. Atter the dinner 5) es Were made by Major Poore, General Banks, Governor Warmoth, of Louisiana, Colonel Wharton, from Texas, and others. This evening the Ancients the guests of the Veterans, of this city, and the hospitalittes consist, among other pleasant fea- ng of u grand Terpsiclorean testival in the City THE MURDER OF A DEPUTY MARSHAL CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1873, A most atrocious and cruel murder occurred at Paris, Ky., to-day. Harry Clay, Edward Current and Matt Current were creating a disturbance in a saloon, when the proprietor, being unable to queti it, sent for an officer, Deputy Marshal W, A. Bar- ton came and tried to coax Ciay and the Currents out. He succeeded in getting them into the back yard, when Edward Current shot at him several imes with a revolver, two of the shots taking etfect in tae breast. Matt Current then seized burton and shot him through the head, Burton fell to the ground, and was set upon by the Vurrent Brothe Who beat iim on the head with the butts of their istols, fracturing Ins skull, beating his nose to a oy, and cutting hia face horribly. ‘arshal Miller arrested both the Currents and placed feet in jail, There is great excitement over the affair as lynching is talked of, a8 the Cur- rents have frequently been troublesome before, And Burton was well itked and in the dischaiwe ol wats YACHT RACING The Meta and Vision “Ou'side” Contest for a $500 Cup. ROUGH WEATHER AND EXCITING INCIDENTS, The Vision Retires from the Race and the Judges’ Steamboat Dares Not Go Over the Course—The Meta Continues— No Decision Given. ‘The match race for a $500 cup between the crack sloops Meta, Mr. George A. Beling, and Vision, Mr. d. J. Alexandre, according to agreement was salied yesterday, or rather the contest was begun, under cireumstances that portended an exciting and eventful day; and while the occasion waa replete with incidents the race was not satisfactorily fin- ished, owing to exceedingly heavy weather, whien at an early hour caused the withdrawal of one of the contestants and made the accompanying steamboat turn back before the outer goal was reached. For days and weeks this match has been the general topic of conversation in yachting circles, and the more immediate friends of the respective owners wagered large sums of money on the result, Much care was taken to put the boats in the very pest trim, and picked crews were sup- Plied for each, the Meta being in charge of Joe Elsworth and the Vision under the direction of Frank Baker. Invitations to the number of twenty-five each had been extended to the friends of the respective owuers, and at eight o’clock they stepped on board the William Fletcher, selected as the judges’ boat, at the barge office dock, and in good time steamed toward Sandy Hook where the racing yachis were expected to be in waiting. Down the bay the par- tisans of the boats became very jubilant and many bets were made, the Meta being a slight favorite, owing to the indications that there would be a stilt breeze, and while this proved the case, they little expected that the day would be one of GALES AND SQUALLS and very angry seas. “Now, if we could have had such a day for the New York regatta, it would have been splendia,” exclaimed two or three yacht owners, and they really looked full of enthusiasm, anticipating a grand event; yet it is not far from the truth to say that long before the captain of the Fletcher turned her head home- ward they felt they had got ¢énough. While on the passage down the yacht Vindex was taken in tow near the West Bank, and held on to until withina mile from the Hook, when she was dropped and ner owner, Mr. Centre, put on board. Now the wind began to pipe merrily from the southward, and everybody said, “They'll have more than they want,” which was emphatically the case; and it being seem on board the Vindex that tagdpprona be trouble beforé the race was over, moysed her topmiast. In good time the Fletcher steamed to buoy No. 5, selected to be the point of starting for the seventecn andahalf nautical miles to windward, and lying at the point of the Hook ,the Vision was at anchor, with full mainsail and bonnet out of jib, waiting for her owner, At the same time the Meta was seen coming out from the Long Branch steamboat dock, with single reef in mainsail! and fail jib. ADproachion the Fletcher the Meta put another reef in her mainsail and took the bonnet out o: her jib, the Vision then putting a single reef in her mainsail. It looked as if each knew there would be liv My times beiore long, and they wantea to be prepared for serious work. During this time Captain Beling came on board the Fletcher, and, upon consultation, it was soon decided that the judges to remain on board the steamboat were Mr. William Krebs for the Vision and ex-Commodore Robert Dillon for the Meta, and that the judges to be HN upon the yachts were Mr. Karnest Wendt on the Vision, in Captain Beling’s behalf, and Mr, Hoppock on board the Meta, to look after Mr. ‘Alexandre’s interesta, Then the owners went on board their respective boats, and it was evident that a start would soon be effected, THR YACHTS, Allowance. 0 0 422 J, J. Alexandre... ¥: The articles of agreement, which are quite lengthy, Were published in juli in the HexaLp of Sunday. The Mind was increasing every moment, ana when the yaghte gop out by the point of the Hook he work Oo: they bega e HOUSING THEIR TOPMASTS, which delayed the start. At last they were ready, and the whistle warned them to Lage ig to start, It was blowing great guns, and as the yachts were okaviog awhile, Bea broke over their ows and seethed and foamed 680 ang! that it was a grand sight. At last Joe Elsworth ran the Meta up to windward, aud standing off shore on the starboard tack made play for the little job he had on hand, and crossed the line fairly fyin; through the water. The Vision’s skipper followe her adversary’s example, and with bowsprit under at every jump she passed the buoy, and on the same went away ior her work, The time taken by the judges is as follows:— HM & H. M. 8. Meta. +e. 11 52 44 Vision........ 11 54 85 This done the Fletcher's judges threw out a pa- tent log and started to the southward torun the seventeen and a half nautical miles, The Vision made a siiort tack in shore at 11h. 58m. 45s., evi- dently seeking for smoother water, but not mag it stood of at 11h, 59m. 30s., and thirty seconds af- terward her jib was seen to come down, and it was thought on the Fletcher that something had been carried away, particularly as @ man was sent out on the bowsprit. Every jump the Vision made the man was completely drenched, and at 12h. 06m., it was discovered that she was under @ “bob Jib,’ her head sail having been too much in such a sea, The Meta stood oif on the starboard tack until 12h, 08m. 308., when she went about and down the beach, and it was evident that she couid do better in lumpy work. THAN HER ADVERSARY, She was steadier than the steamboat and bowled along magnificently. Tne Vision, at 12h. 10m. 208., went about, but the Meta still stood down the beach, and at 12h, 15m. the bonnet of her jib clewed up on the bowsprit was stowed aft. Now the lead of the Brooklyn boat was very marked, and the Vision, on the starboard tack, was iar to leeward, where the Vindex, which left the Hook long after the competitors engaged with her, and passed her as it she was at anchor. The rough weather was a little too much for the Vision. The gale was in- creasing every instant, and it was a general ex- pression that the Meta stood up to her work grandly, At 12h. 2im, 80s. the Meta again stood Off shore, and soon after the spectators, who felt that the day would prove exciting in the extreme, were to witness the crushing of their hopes by the backing out of one of the contestants, The Vision was nearly a mile to leeward, and at 12h. 23m. she lowered the peak of her mainsail to wear ship, and, Fibing around, squared away for the Hook, abandonti test. Her action was at once understood b: on the Fletcher, and though they disliked to be- lieve their own eyes they were compelled to aamit the fact. The ‘debtny of many, “She’s going back,’ “She's off,” @ good deal of derision in the tones in which they were uttered, At this junc- ture rain to fall, and it made matters very att able on the Fletcher, whose captain, by the way, from this time began to nervously cast his eye to windward and hope for pleasanter signs ; but it was uselons to hope. ‘ne Vindex here squared away for home, and there was uone ieit but the Meta, who was going “LIKE A RACE HORSE" and carrying her mainsail and jib finely. She made along stretch on the starboard tack, and at 12h. 42m, went about and stood in toward the High- lands, jn, at Lb. 0Sm., she tacked, and the sea was 80 heavy that the steamboat could hardly stagger through it. Her captain intimated to Judges Krebes and Dillon tuat he was afraid to venture farther in the teeth of such a gale and sea, and, aftera good deal of grumbling, at 1h. 86m., the steamboat went about, of Seabright, notwithstanding te strongest protests of both judges. Here the grumbling commenced, and Much “chin music’ and even insinuations that matters were not “square” were made by some on board. At 1h, 60m. the Meta was hailed, and ex- Commodore Dillon toid him “to go over the course.” “We'll go,” said Captain Beling, and cheer upon cheer was given the gallant boat, whose seaworthy qualities were now being dis- played to perfection. Away went the Meta on the port tack toward her turning int, which all agreed was about one mile below Deal, Here A THUNDER SQUALL came up from the westward and then chopped and it blew with terrific e if possible,’ but it was usele lve miles from the Hook, at 2h, 45m., she was again headed towards the bay, nd after a tempestuous pascerey safely reached the point of her departure, ‘he Meta was left standing down the beach with joutheast. jr an hour or so it held ‘ter, but then canted tothe northeast, juestion if the yacht would not run be- and make Barnegat Inlet in prefer- ence to beating back, The Vision judge on the Fletcher held that it was ‘no race because the stakeboat was not turned” at the end of the seven- teen anda half nautical miles, and both agreed that nothing could be done until the four judges could meet tovether, This will depend upon the time of the Meta’s returning, Meanwhile all bets Will staud, TVESDAY,,.QCTOBER 7, 1873.—TRWLE SHEET. WAGE) THE POLARIS. The Course To Be Pursued with the Buddington Party. A Becret Severe Examination at Washington. THE DEATH OF HALL Professor Henry Explains Dr. Bessel’s Connection with the Expedition. Secretary Robeson Displeases the Savans "© of the National Academy, COFFIN’S POBTRY. Why Dr. Walker Refused to Accompany the Arctic Explorers, WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 1873, The Tallapoosa 1s expected here to-morrow morning with Captain Buddington and party. ‘The same course will be pursued with them as with the Tyson party, As already published in these despatches Secretary Robeson will return at once, and with Captain Howgate, of the Signal Corps, and Commodore W. W. Reynolds, Chief of the Bureau of Equipment, will proceed with the in- vestigation. Proiessor Baird has not yet returned from his investigation of the fisheries, but may be willing to discontinue for the season in order tobe present at the examination of Bud- dington. The first examination was necessarily long, a8 the Secretary of the Navy satd at the time the Polaris might never be heard from agai, and he was bound to get as much in- formation from the party as he could, Much atten- tion, it willbe remembered, was paid to scientific matters and to the opservation of the party as to the geography of the localitivs visited. The superior intelligence of the Buddington party will renew the interest which the Smithsonian Institute feels in the results of the Polaris expedition, so that an exhaustive examination may be expected. One of the results anticipated 1s proof that the Tyson party were accidentally separated from the ship and not driven off, a8 seems to have been the impression until the HERALD’s full account from Dundee was published, COMMODORR REYNOLDS’ INTERROGATION OF TYSON. On this point Commodore Reynolds says :—“I was firmly persvaded from my examination of Captain Tyson that after he and the ice foe party iound themselves adrift in Arctic waters, with little hope of ever reaching terra firma again, that the thought ofilitreatment and wilful abandonment ‘was nursed until it became a deep seated convic- tion, and colored their views forever after. It would seem natural that such should be the case, and more go if, as represented, Captain Baddington was lax in discipline and addicted to drinking. When I cailed Captain Tyson’s attention to the effort made to put everything on the ice that the navigator would have caretully guarded had he not expected to abandon the Polaris, to parting witn all the boats, the most valuable of the ship’s stores, arms and ammunition, he looked at me With astonishment and an expression of the face which seems te Ray, ‘You do not believe we were turned a wy “7 asked fyson if he did not think it more reason- able to sappose that if the vessel was in a leaky condition that Buddington would expect the ice- floe party with the boats to seek the Polaris, Such an idea never seemed to have crossed his mind, and he, no doubt, believes to this day that he and his party were the victims of Buddington’s anger. The examination of the Buddington party will enable the Navy Department to get at the truth and clear away all doubts.” BECRETANY HOBESON AN} THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. Thereis considerable dissatisfaction among the members of the National Academy of Sciences in regard to the course of the Secretary of the Navy, in assuming the entire control of the supject of Halls Polar expedition and in publish- ing the results to the world. The law of Congress authorizing the expedition expressly specified that all the records of the scientific re- sults of the expedition should be turned over for revision and publication to the National Academy of Sciences, of which Professor Joseph Henry is President. Instead of turning over the records to the Academy, as directed by law, Secretary Robe- son caused them to be edited by naval officers on duty in the Navy Department, and published under his own auspices as Secretary of the Navy. In con- sequence of this itis said a number of annoying blunders occurred—such, for instance, as the state- ment that at the furthest point reached by Hall the neodle dipped forty-five degrees. The dipping of the needle in this latitude is about seventy degrees, and at the point indicated it must have fallen to the neighborhood of ninety instead of forty-five degrees. The Academy was charged with the preparations of elaborate instructions, especially for the scientific branch of the expedition, and Professor Henry wrote the letter of general in- structions to Captain Hall, dated June 9, 1871, which was signed by Secretary Robeson, Under the circumstances, therefore, it is easy to imagine that Professors Henry, Agassiz, Newcomb, Hil- gard, Baird and others, who furnished special in- structions for the guidance of the scientific part of the expedition, are not pleased with the course the Secretary of the Navy has seen fit to pursue in the matter, It is known also that Professor Henry, who is a warm champion of Dr. Bessel, deprecated the publication of the Tyson party investigation, and that he informed the Secretary of the Navy that, in his opinion, it was not prudent to make any publication uniil Buddiugton’s party were heard from. BESSEL ENTERS “AS A VOLUNTEER, Professor Henry was in Europe when the law authorizing the expedition passed Congress, and on his return home found that he was expected to organize the scientific branch, a labor of no emall magnitude and responsibility. Several pcientists volunteered to head that part of the expedition, but all of them ultimately declined to go, on ao- count of Captain Hall, whom tbey regarded as dn. fitted by education to direct the explorations, and for a time it was feared no proper person could be found to Gil the bill, At this juncture Dr. Bessel appeared as A volunteer, to the great relief of Professor Henry, and for several weeks was the guest of the latter in this city. During his stay at the house of Professor Henry, the wife of the latter met with a severe fall and sustained injuries of a serious character. She was attended by Dr. Bessel, who exhibited, Pro- fessor Henry Says, 48 much ability in the practice of medicine and surgery as he did in general scl+ ence when discussing Polar affairs with Professors Henry, Newcomb, Hilgard and other savans of the National Academy. MURDER NO PART OF DR. BESSEL’S PROFESSION. Professor Henry scouts the idea that Bessel could be guilty of so heinous a crime as murder, and says he is wholly devoted to acience, is unambi- tious except in the achievement of scientific tri- umphs, and that no one who knows him will for a moment be'ieve the imputations on his character. It 1s understood that the professor has a poor opin- fon of Morton, second mate of the Polaris, who was with the Kane expedition; and probably no revela- tions which Morton might make would cause him to modify his views with reference to Bessel, Tue examination, however, will be directed to the charge made, and experts will be called in to con. tcomt Dy. Bessel ‘m nis testimony. The same secrecy will be exacted as when the frst examina- tion was made last summer, Dr. Walker's Difficulties with Captain Hall, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 27, 1878. To rug Eprrork or tae HeRatp:— Siz—In the HeRALD's issue of September 12 your Washington correspondent states that some diit- culty between Dr. Bessel, of the Polaris, and myself caused me to resign, and that Isaid I would not expose myself to the vicissitudes of Arctic weather with such a fanatic on board. In justice to myself, and much more to Bessel, I should feel obliged if you would give this statement » most emphatic contradiction. The whole tenor of the article is mcorrect, I bad and have the utmost regard for Dr. Bessel, and should have felt both proud and gratified in having him for a companion, and am assured that hid we been associated on vhe voyage of the Polaris, as we were belore she sailed, our efforts would have been united for the furtherance of science. In one thing we cordially agreed—namely, in the beliei of the unfitness of Captain Hal! to command the expedition. My own severance from the Polaris, as well as his reported quarrels with lial, arose altogether irom vexatious interference on the commander’s part with tne scientifie work. I know pot how others foand Captain Hall, but both of us suffered severely from his bad temper and his quarrelsome and jealous disposition, Bessel was & gentieman, and! feel certain never cursed Hall, while 1 can youch for Halil cursing me. In common with many of the heads of scientific departments in Washington, Bessel and myself found bitter fault with some of the arrangements of the expe- dition, and up to the last moment he had the strongest idea of resigning. Only an overpower- ing enthusiasm for Arctic research induced him to remain with a personnel in which he had no faith, and shut himseif up for two or three dreary years with those with whom he was not in accor With the whole civilized worid I lament the un- timely end of the enthusiastic Hall, and sorrow over the delirious clonds which darkened his last moments, Ihave kept silent duringthe entire discussion as to Hali’s lamented fate and the catus- trophe of tne Polaris; but when another is ma- ligned through my name I must speak. ‘our obedient servant, D, WALKER, M. D., and formerly Chief of Scientific Corps of Polaris. The Polaris Poet, Nathaniel P, Coffin, the Carpenter, Adroitly Tells the Story of the Polaris Expedition—‘Chips” in ®@ Hamorous Vein Describes the “Big- gest Thing on Ice.” [From the Dundee Aavertiser, Sept. 22.) Among the grave and serious things connected with the fate of the Polaris and her crew, Mr. Na- thaniel P. CoMn, the carpenter, has found material to inspire his muse, and in several verses he has endeavored to give an indication of the voyage, pervaded by 8 quaint vein of Damon Run wi eatatly, strike tne reader. e verses are ated :— “THANK GOD HARBOR,’ SEPT, 10, 1871. The brave Polaris ploughs her way Through helds of ice irom Melville Bay, Till close to cighty-three she lay, Jamined 'twixt two flelds.as though she'd stay ‘Till spring unlocked the ice. The strain on timbers, butt aud seam, As patk-icé CroWds upon our beam, Proctaims our pert! is extreme ; But with God's help and Schumann’s steam We leave tit frigid vice. ‘Through narrow streams we creep away Towards the shore, and find © bay” Where we now sate at anchor lay, And thanked the Lord, as well we may, For Thank-God's Harbor, nice. Decemper 4. Our prospects now have less to cheer, Providence Iceberg’s much too near, And Captain Hall lies buried here, Besides the cold is a severe And big thing on the Ice. A good thing in our time of need, were Captain Buddington to lead; We've harness, sledge and canine steed, We've stores of pemmican tor feed, And willing hearts to try. If we. perchance, should lose the ship Between the berg aad shore-ice nip, ‘We've boats in which to make the trip, And s0, in God's name, let ber rip, ‘We've only ontce to die. Decemnzr 18, Should we be all doomed here to stay— Our grave, ship's bay—Polaris Our great success would hardly pay, Bave to show those who came this way That there were fools as bis as they; And while I live ‘tis safe to bet That all the fools are not dead yet. TERSEY’S RECORD OF BLOOD, A Crime that Cries to Heaven—Wretehed Fate of Poor Ida Vail—The Mysterious ‘Woman and Her Dismal Den in Jersey City. Set away back on the rear of a lot situated in the great thoroughfare of Jersey City, Newark ave- nue, is a two story and basement brick house numbered 297, one of those houses On which the blessed rays of the great luminary of the universe but rarely fall. For years it appeared as if un- tenanted. The window blinds were kept closed and the basement served as @ “doctor’s office,” a notice to that effect being conspicuously posted up. On a tree in the lawn close to the sidewalk was @ neat gilt sign, “De, Medea,” and under it in writing was The notice, “Rooms to Let.’? Who was the doctor ? Nobody in the neighborhood could tell. Seldom ‘was any person seen to enter, although the police had strong suspicions regarding the visitors to this abode, Nearly every day A STRANGE, MYSTERIOUS WOMAN in black, with short curly hair, high cheek bones, with a flush thereon not imparted by nature, coarse and heavy features,a strong animal ex- pression, not tall, but of stout proportions, would pass out, take @ Wi seidom accompanied, except by a oang lady, not nown im the neighborhood, cross the ferry, and return after a visit to New York. As far as her neighbors were concerned she lived there as if sie lived not, isolated from all intercourse with them, for she did not seek the society of those residing around her. This women, it turus out, was the physician and was the lessee of the house. Two years ago she removed and set up a candy store adjoining the public scl ay Erte street. A notice in the window set forth thai she was a clairvoyant and had furnished rooms to let. Frederick Crozier—her son she calis him— lived with her. Into this den there entered on Monday of last week two Newarkers, one a stout, res) fable looking middle-aged man, the other @ slim, delicate qousg woman of twenty. A con- sultation was held; the man departed and the un- suspecting young girl tripped up the stairs and entered, probably witha t heart, the room she ‘was never to leave in life. It was to ner THE ROOM OF DEATH. The man visited her on Tharsday last and she informed him that the “Madame” swore her to secrecy under penalty of exposure, But the young woman had no one else to coniide in, and she re- lated that on the previous day a person, 80 masked @nd disguised thatshe coula not tell whether it was & man ora woman, entered her room. To oe here the remainder of her thrilling narra- ive would not edify the reader of mature years nor be healthiul to the curious eyes of those yet unacquainted with such tearful deeds, Let it be simply recorded that the poor girl was subj d to the most exqnisite tortures. She would have iven all the treasures of earth for one touch of ler poor widowed mother’s hand to cool her thro! bing, feverish brow—for one of those sympathetic ponds Which can only spring trom @ mother’s heart THE DREAD HOUR OF CALAMITY; but her mother was nine miles off. Little aid the mother suspect thaton that terrible day of last week her favorite child was hurrying through the dark passage away, away from her forever in this world. On Friday the suffering girl passed awa: into what, let it be hoped, is for her tter world. Her remains now le in Seti Soe Her late com- panion, Alonzo E, Kimball, Marcella K. Metzler, the keeper of the den, and her son Crozier lie in jail, The name of the ill-fated young girl was Ida Vall, a member of a most respectabie family in jg Coroner Parsiow will hold an inquest on ay. THE EVENING HIGH SOHOOL OPENING, Last evening the Evening High School was opened in the Thirteenth street school for the educational year. The rush of those who sought to be admitted ‘was very great, and it was evident that in point of popularity the year would be a success. Several members of the Board of Education were present and took great interest in the proceedings. It would appear that this course of study is excved- ingly difficult and the scholars must be very pro- ficient to be able to enter. The exercises began at half-past seven and were over a little after nine. They were of the usual order of such things and all worked as smoothly as if the school had been running along without a sto) for years, Some strangers were present, but no’ many, and, indeed, all gave evidence of whata thoroughly useiul institution the Evening High School is. A CONFLAGRATION IN BALTIMORE, Ba.timors, Ma., Oct, 6, 1873, About fifteen minutes before six o’clock this morning flames were discovered issuing from the second and third stories of the wholessie and retall grocery of Henry Hamilton, No. 200 West xexington street, In @ short time the fire com- municated with the = [as establishment of of Jacob 0. Shaeffer, Nos. and 207, adjoining on the east, and both buildings, on account of the combustible nature of their contents, were soon enveloped in flames and almost totally destroyed. Hamiliton’s loss is estimated at $10,000; insured for $6,000 in the American, and $3,000 in the Franklin otlices, of Philadelphia, Shaeffer, who owned both buildings, will lose about $16,000; insured for $20,000, including $5,000 in the Queens, of Liver- pool and London; the balance in home companies. 8 THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP, Views and Opinions of the Bench in Chicago. The Various Candidates of the Leading Jurists. EVARTS BEFORE CONKLING, General Agreement as to the Fitness of the Knight of Geneva. CHICAGO, Oct, 3, 187% The Bench ts not the best field for an interviewer, but the HeRaLp correspondent has elicited the fol” lowing expressions of opinion on the Chief Justices ship from some of the judges of this county. Judge Joseph E. Gary, of the Superior Court, is recognized as being one of the most, it not the most, independent gentieman on the Bench. The HwRALD correspondent approached Judge Gary while that functionary was reading a file of evi- dence on the bench. This was about the only chance that could be got of talking to him, He said:—“Eh? Fromthe HeRaLp? Very well, What did you wish to say, sir?” CORRESPONDENT—I wished to ask your views con- cerning the federal Chief Justiceship. Judge GaRy—The opinion of a Judge of the Superior Court of Cook county don’s count for anything with President Grant. I don’t believe it amounts toa pin in his estimation. It 1s, of course, the duty of every citizen to be interested in the Chief Justiceship, but, believe me, the opinions of all our Judges will have no weight whatever with General Grant. He will be guidea by his own pecu- liar policy. In any case, as State Judges, we have no connection with the appointment; it only inter- ests us as private citizens, CORRESPONDENT—Have you any choice in the matter? Judge Gary—I have not; and if I had, as I told you, ’twouldn’t make the difference of a nair at Washington. JUDGE JAMESON. Another eminent lawyer and much respected Jurist is Judge Jameson, also of the Superior Court. ‘This gentleman bas had very bad health for some time, and had only just returned from Vermont ‘when your correspondent met him. Judge Jame- son is very genial, and greeted the HrRaLD man in @ way that showed he was very far irom being in- clined to reticence. He said, in reply to some questions :— “Ah, yes! Ihave seen that the Heap has been stirring up this whole subject of the Chief Justice- ship. ere are very Many prominent men men- tioned. I think that, least of all, the office should be considered a political one. It isa position that requires eminent {estore ability, and none bat @ most experienced jurist should be selected tor the office. erefore, While considering the question, 1 have always been of opinion that one of the present Judges of the United States Supreme Bench should be selected—Judge'Swayne, for example.”? CORRESPONDENT—If you were to go outside of that, sudge, whom would you select? Judge Jameson—I can think of no better man on earth than Mr. William M. Evarts, of New York, whose name has been, I see, prominent in this connection. I do not see any reason why he should not give very general satisfaction. These two are my choice. think they cannot be im- roved upon as regards single mindedness and it class ability. Judge Drummond, of the United States Circuit here, would be my next choice. He has, I fear, no chance whatever with the adminis- tration, JUDGE LAMBERT FREE. The correspondent then had a talk with Judge Lambert Free, of the Circuit Court, a very urbane, high-minded and popular gentieman. Judge Free, although the junior member of the Chicago Bene! is recognized as among the ablest of that body, an he is, Certainly, one of the most courteous jurista that ever tried a case. Judge Free was seated in his room when the HEkaLD correspondent aj proached to interview him. The Judge immedi. @tely entered upon the subject with an interest that showed him to be an industrious reader o! the Hepatp. He said:—‘This matter of the Chief Justicesbip deserves much thorough consideration, and, for that reason the HrkaLD hag been doing right good and patriotic service in agt- tating the matter. There 3 nothtag, after all, like newspaper agitation to develop public sentiment. Lthink that of ail the candidates mentioned Mr, William M. Evarts is, undoubtedly, the most fitting. Of course I speak of bim soeyy erat of consider- ing the appointment of one of the Supreme Court Judges, which, Ifear, is not probable. Mr. Evarta is calm, dispassionate and, I think [ am correct in saying, altogether disassociated from politics, RRESPONDENT—Is Mr. Evarts sufficientl; trained in matters of the Bench to undertake su a grave responsibility? dudge Fres—He has, irrespective of his lon; forensic training, natural tact and ability, an would adorn the Supreme bench. It is true that he has some of the elements of a good advocate, but not toguch an extent as that great forensic gladiator, Charles O’Conor. CoRRESPONDENT—Have you thought about Mr, Roscoe Conkling in connection with this matter? Judge Free—Mr. Conkling is an eloquent man nd an able one, but the objection of partisanship applies to him as it does to Mr. O’Conor—worse, that he is a recognized peliticien, and his appoint- ment could only be regarded as an act of favorit- ism on the partof the ixecutive. COREESPONDENT—And Matt Carpenter ? Judge PREE (angning) Oh, Carpenter has Fok to be whitewashed a little yet, He nas been im- pradent lately. He is, indeed, a very fine lawyer, of the advocate type, and is a rousing tical but I don’t know it gives @ good title to the reme bench. Mr. carpenter ha8 no chanee wiintevar. Genéval Grant Could not possibly make &@ greater mistake than to appomt him. The country would not fail to resent it, now that Mr, Carpenter is under somewhat of a cloud, & JUDGE HENRY BOOTH, ’ Judge Henry Booth, of the Oltenit Court, is quite & favorite in Chicago, and has rane been the ged ing lignt of the Legal Academy ot this CG in re- ply to the HERALD correspondent, he said:— “My duties on the bench have prevented me from baying. very close attention to agitation of the lef Justiceship. I think, however, that Mr. Evarts is the rt best man the President could select. I have known him since boyhood, and I believe him to be @ man of great abitity and unblemished reputation, CORRESPUNDENT—W hat would you think of Sen- ator Roscoe Conkling for that odice? Judge Boora—Mr, Conkling is an able man in his Me but it would be an object with tke Executive to keep an office so important apart from the sus- picion of politics. After Mr. Evarts, I most cer- tainly should gay Judge Drummond, of the United States Circuit Court here. He is an eminent jurist and would fill the place of the late Chief Justice with credit to himself and honor to this nation. ‘Still, it ts most likely that an Eastern man will be appointed, and, if so, I hope it will be Mr. Evarts. POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS, —ooo eer gpa ray a Government Employes at Baltimore Refuse to Pay “Tax” to Elect Post- master Creswell to the United States Senate, BALTIMORE, Oct. 6, 1873, The announcement in the HERALD of the political blackmail levied upon the employés of the Survey- or’s and Naval Officer's departments of tne Custom House has cansed a great stir in political circles. The Custom Mouse party relied upon this source to furnish the money for Mr. Creswell’s Senatorial campaign, and the independent action of many of the clerks has thrown affairs into confusion. The HeRap'’s despatches, stating that Secretary Richardson disapproved of the levy, strengtn- ened the backbone of those who had dé termined not to pay and incited them to the most active resistance. The expectant Secretary of the Republican Rg Committee has so far re- ceived but $80, when he should have got $3,000) if all the assessments had been paid according to the levy, and the managers of the party are gnashi their teeth over the defeat of their plans, throu, the medium of the notoriety which has been given them by the HsxaLp's correspondence, I find to-day that it ts mot only the Custom House which been struck; the same assess- ment has been levied upon the employés of the Post Office, but it has been in @ more secret way, They have been summoned to pay up their 4 cent before the end of October, or else to offer their resignations ; like the employés of the Custom House they have heard of the Filley precedent and have determined not to ~ It must be remembered that Mr, y palliated his ignorance of the civil service rules as an ex- cuse for making the assessment, and the tion now is whether master Dennison, of ‘Baltim ‘was equally jorant, and whether Mr. Ureswell will be as Bay ign decided in repudiati ame transactions as he was Rhone of ae Lous. . Mr. Filley; but that the bait. Dennison is equally as there is the diferetoe in Tis fags more,assessments are ‘used tor Mr. Cressweil’s aspirations to the "United, weaver Senate by being employed in the election of mem- bers to the State Legislature who will vote for him for United States Senator. The Post Omce pene hy bee very bat d in per ee they An exposure thro ALD Save them from this Siackmall, ene ee ny =