The New York Herald Newspaper, October 25, 1873, Page 3

BOTTLED SUNSHINE. Beneficent Spirits Working for the Good and Enjoyment of Men (Possibly Women). VINTAGE OF 1873 IN BURGUNDY. Not a Headache in a Gallon of White Poiully. GLORIOUS CHAMBERTIN. Wine on Its Travels and the Sour Results Therefrom. Republicans Look Not Upon Wine When It Is Red, but Upon Beer When It Foameth. “Burgundy, To Be Drunk in Perfecticn, Should Not Be More Than Three Years; Old— We Never Drink Old Wine in Bur- gundy If We Can Help It.” Macon, Oct, 10, 1873, Thave a friend at the old French town of Macon, im the Burgundy wine country. He was formerly a cavalry officer in the Turkish service, whose uni- form—designed ‘by himself and made under his own personal superintendence by a Wallachian tallor—was a wonder and a mystery to me during the Crimean war. My friend rode well in front, with Omer Pacha and other half forgotten celebri- ties of the time, cut down a few tipsy Russians half asleep near Silistria, and olten showed what can be done by a light beart and a strong hand on the banks of the Pruth. But, feeling naturally disappointed at not being made A PACHA WITH THREE TAILS, and provided with alarge fortune after a few months’ service, and being, moreover, disinclined to embrace the Mahometan religion as a means of advancement, by reason of the disagreeable ob. servances, he retnrned to his native country and set up as a wine merchant. Thad not the smallest intention of stopping at Macon when I took the express to Lyons. But the train stopped for breakfast at Tonnerre, and there I met my friend, who would not let me go again. “fonnerre 1s one of the best small wines in France,” said he, ‘though it is seldom drank under that name in the market;” and he filled my tumbler from a bottle which he had ordered from an old lady who presided over the refreshment de- partment at the station. It was along dark room, of which every window was closed to keep out the flies and mosquitoes, who are ferocious enemies of mankind in this region; but the table cloth was of snowy whiteness, the Burgundian mutton and dresh aimonds excellent. The country between Tonnerre and Macon is pot & pretty country, nor are vines pretty things when geen growing. A French vintage is not ptc- Turesque, as are the vines and vintages of Spain-and Italy. The Burgundy vines are not higher than gooseberry bushes, and the vintage is gathered in by shocking okt women, standing be- hind each other in a stooping posture, half dressed in short, uneven woollen petticoats, not to be seen ‘by modest eyes without a blush. There is a look of wealth about the land and peasantry of Burgundy nevertheless, Near Beaune, whichis in the very heart of the wine country, the grape piant covers the ground in AN UNBROKEN MAZE OF VERDURE for leagues. But about the famous vineyard of Clos-Vougeot, where the jolly Duke of Aumale, when colonel of a French regiment, passing by, calicda halt “to salute the joy of France,” the land looks barren and unlovely. A longish range of ugly hills, with here and there an uninteres.ing church steeple, mark the site where some of the best wine in the world is made. My friend began to talk of his own business, as most friends will if moderately encouraged to do #0; and he appeared to think that the profession in which he was engaged concerned the most im- portant affairs of mankind. Possibly it does. A bottle is a cure for most of the ills of life, if filled with wholesome liquor; and there are times in the existence of most human beings when good wine seems sent to thei in mercy. I listened in a drowsy way while my friend talked, tor the heat of the day was suffocating, and his good-humored volubility suved me the trouble of thinking or answering. It was so pleasant in that baking, thirsty weather, to hear perpetual praise of cool, refreshing drinks, that I could have hearkened to it for hours without weariness, Moreover, my friend was a perfect master of his subject, and handled it firmly with- out losing himself or me in vague assertions and those three-cornered technical terms under which ignorance and pretension go often hide their ab- sardities. ‘the Republic is SPOILING THE WINE TRADE “tn France,” said he. “We have a succession of Ministers of Commerce oue more ignorant than the | other, who know nothing of business and are merely party politicians with a talent for intrigue. These queer financiers clap on ridiculous taxes, which drive honest tradespeople half wild, and it is of no use to go on deputations with complaints to them. for the bumpttousness of a small French lawyer who has lately become an excellency 1s quite amazing. I called not long ago upon an ex- perimental Minister of Commerce who was just three weeks in office, and who had found time in that period to throw all my engagements with my customers into confusion. He was an old schoolfellow of mine, who had got to wind. ward of the editor of a radical news- papert, too wise to mix in politics himself, but who, Gambetta not being unwilling, had made my chum a pillar of the State, 1 tried hard to drive some common sense into his head, but it was hopeless, He gabbled tome about my business for twenty minutes and never gave me a chance of edging in a word. When he had done he told me he was due in an hour at Versailles, and intended to repeat to the Legisiature what ne had said tome. It was mere “nonsense. The fact is that wine and vrandy are so foolishly taxed on their entry into Paris and other large towns that the profession of smuggler has become one of the best in France, and the government loses untold millions by it, which a more inteliigent system of amports would bring into the public treasury.’’ “The prices of Burgundy wines,’ resumed my friend, “are fixed every year by the Hospital of Beanue, which possesses one of the finest vine- yards in the country, The probavle prices for the present year are as follows :— RED BURGUNDY. Francs. yore. / Earuani ™ Pomard. ¢ $00 votes a Beaune. Corton RKichebourg. ee ASIENYs 6 0 Romunee-Gonti. Glos Vougeot.. 1,600 to 2,000 ied wines are not sold in open ouly be got by special iavor, WHITR BURGUNDY, MACON WINES. “People who order a bottle of wine at tention to the nat Mast not pay any Price ia the deat guide to quality, and lew hotel Keopers know or care much about the title of a NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. * remember perfectly well what they pre to wel the rest i8 merely an aifalr of good i between landlord and customer. Wine is sel- jterated in and the police are very with the wine keepers. A tanle wine, bought at first of a respectable house, ought not to cost more than a iranc a bottle to the consumer who can afford to buy it by the piece, But a sound old wine is not to be had at a tavern in Paris under three or four francs a bottle. It is of no use to pay more ; you would only get tue same wine under another name, “The most exquisitely flavored wine I ever tasted was served to me, for hal! a franc a bottie, at a roadside” pothouse. "It was white Potully. { drank it with some Arles sausage, which is the best friend of the wine taster known at the present time, and is, as you are aware, made of the amia- ble ass. Cheese quite spoils the favor of Bergener. and 1 do not think that olives improve ii, though that is @ moot point in my proiession. LADIRS ARE THE BEST WINE TASTERS, “I tried to buy up all this delicate white Poiully I could find, for it was really like BOTTLED SUNSHINE. There was not a headache in a gallon of it; only good spirits and bright thoughts, 1 found, how- ever, that the local bumpkins had cheered them- selves so often with it that I could only collect a few dozen, which I forwarded to the late Duke of Morny, then Ambassador at St. Petersburg, as a present. ‘The Dake sent me _ wo! through a mutual acquaintance, that if my resolve was fixed to destroy his life by poison he eurnestly emtreated that I would ut of my design for six weeks, lor that he was fone about to be married, and it was bei likely, judging by the general experience of mankind, he might be better prepared for another world after his honeymoon was over, “The truth ultimately leaked out that the wine would not bear carriage. Few delicate wines will, and my present had reached the Duke as ‘AN EXTREMELY TART KIND OF VINEGAR. Iheard afterwaras that he sent it on to a Russian nobleman, connected with his wife’s tamily, and trom whom she expected am inheritance ; but I sup- pose that was a joke, for tle Duke, at that period of his animated life, had a8 much money as he wanted, aad had only to open his lips for more. He was a charming fellow,—gay, Kind, open- handed, sincere, I am one of the many who loved that most brilliant gentleman. When he died the Second Empire sickened ot its mortal illness, and the Second Empire was a good institution for the wine trade. I have a right to regret it, and 1do so. The political opinions of mercantile men are usually based upon their in- terests, and most of the French wine merchants are imperialists, for Gambetta’s followers are a great deal too fona of beer to suit their books, and seldom figure largely or ong mthem, But here we are, at Macon; come and dine with me, and we will play a game at écarté by and by lor the fag end of your lost fare to Lyons; or | will give youa free pass, if you like it better. I am one ol! the kings of the’rail about here, and have a special contract with the company. They get a mint of money out of me every year; but 1 do not complain ofthat, The more I pay them the more! earn myseli, and making folks merry is better than killing’ them, as I used to do, at least in the matter of profit and loss. [am a rich man now, while none of my old comrades who remained in ‘turkey have made much by their bargam. Turkey was used up for soldiering purposes when Hobart and the bankers took possession of it. His Lordship got a snug berth for one o1 his brothers, but a great tmany people were leit out in the cold,”” My iriend has four other friends at Macon, who meet us at the station, and ou soon en- counter tribes of other friends. efore we have been in the kindly rambiing old city half an hour we have five invitations todinner. 1 never saw such hospitable people in France, which 1s not, generally, a dinner-giving country. WHAT WINR DOES FOR THE FLESH, ‘They are a very handsome race, those men and women of the pure Burgundian blood. Tue men are tall and stalwart, with honest rubicund faces, and full of jolly impudence. The women are buxom and graceiul, with warm complexions, regular features, plump red lips and large black eyes, having in them, We had the best French dinner’ I have eaten these ten years, alter an eager dispute, and even a scuffle, for the honor of giving it; but my triend, the Bashi-Bouzook, distanced his competitors, and got first, by F STRATAGEM AND A BACK DOOR, to # tumble-down wine shop by the river side. It looked miserable enough till a most comforting old lady and her niece Etewed to take our order; and being asked what she could cook for the glory of Macon suggested @ fat capon jumped in cream, fresh gudgeous crisply fried, a fillet of roast beef, surprised by potatoes; a fresh salad and ripe iruits, With the choicest produce of a well stocked dairy, made into fritters and clotted cream. We eat this consoling food in @ loft, seated on wooden stoois, and we had no tablecloth, but wide open windows welcomed the blythe Burgundian air and varried out the sound of joyous laughter, and of jovial songs. The Al ist moon rose over that harmless revel, which began when the da; was early, and night was far advanced before was forcibly carried off to “a punch,” concocted ‘with curacoa, ice and French wit. It was inno- cent tipple, which passed over the palate like LIQUID VELVET, The next Morning :jy friend stormed my bed- room at dayureas id bombarded me with bunches of grapes. He said they were the finest iruit of Macon, just sent to him as a sample of this year’s vintage. They were small, but very sweet and luscious, of a pale yellow color like the best amber. Then he took me to nis wine cellars, which are dark caverns under ground, bencath THE TRUE LOVE LIGHT the Town Hospital, for Burgundy wines mast be kept cool, and he put a _ silver cup, with # hooked handle, to hang on the forefinger, into my possession. Then, accompa- nied by a Parisian restaurateur of great size and magnificence, who bought his own wine during his summer rambles, and who was a man to be spoken of with bated breath in the trade by reason of the largeness aud irequency of his orders, we took torches in our hanas and began to grope our way onwards, with @ few distmguished bagmen and celiarers, through lanes and squares and monu- ments 0; tons and casks, ‘The chief of the caves, a red-nosed gentleman of affaple and dignified manner, called our attention mildly but firmly to the most remarkable wines in his custody. He tapped them with a gentle hand, as though he loved each butt in which they slept, and when the ruby stream of their generous blood Began to Now he fillea our silver cups with it and bade us TASTE AND BE THANKFUL in asolemn whisper. Inever could have believed that I was so utterly ignorant of the divers quali- ties of wines. My palate got coniused before 1 had tasted a dozen of them, and I was unable to dis- tinguish onc wine from another, till quite the end of our journey, when 1 made the acquaintance (and Itrust the Parnuctee, friendship) of some most illustrious Chambertin. I confided my em- barrassment to my friend. “Vous niéles pas le ”” he answered, simply. “Wine-tasting is among the fine arts. For a man to attain eminence in it requires a long and care- iuleducation. Public opinion, however, is generally in the right, and Chambertin is really the finest of the Burgundy wines, It is Mags f dificult to obtain it pure, for the vine owners have got intoa bad habit of using manure to increase their crops, and does increase the quantity, while it wotully diminishes the qualty of their wine, The Chambertin of a good vintage is now never sold under that name. You generally get Beaune for Chambertin. The finest ‘owths of Chambertins are called Clos-Vougeot or manée-Conti, which bear a higher price in the market. I have educated my taste so carefully that lam just able to make a distinction hetween them. I can tell, however, the different ages and Vintages of winesina moment. Burgundy, to be drank in perfection, should not be more than three years old. The notion of keeping it longer is a silly notion; for great age deprives it of its body and periume. We never Ink old wine in Burgundy it we can help it.’” ititought as Ilooked at my old friend, the large Parisian restaurateur, and the intelligent bagmen, who travelled for the monarchs of the wine trade, that they were like so many Brownies or benefi- cent spirits working beneath the earth for tne good aud enjoyment of men. P, S.—The latest accounts of the Burgundy vines are favorable. The wine will be good this year, but not very plentiful. ASSASSINATION IN KENTUCKY, EVANSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 24, 1873, George Wolf, a wealthy farmer, residing three miles from Hopkinsviile, Ky., was assassinated in lus bed last night, He was fifty-three years of age. FIRE IN JERSEY OITY, Arrest of the Proprietors of a Liquor Sa- loon, At half-past one o’clock yesterday morning an explosion occurred in the liquor saloon of Walsh & Lennon, corner of Grove and Bay streets, Jersey City, followed by fire. Through the exertions of the police and fire departments the premises were saved from destruction, After a close examination of the store, Chief Engineer Farrier caused the ar- rest of the proprietors on the charge of arson. There was smell of kerosene, and it was that the floor was saturated with it. The prisoners were locked up in the First gl station and the examina- tion will take place tis morning. The premises are insured in the State Insurance Company for 000; stock and fixvires $2,000 in the German Insurance Company of New York, while the stock does not amount to over $250. The builaing is considerably damaged from the force of the ex- losion, and the case recalls the destraction of the liquor store of Durgncey & McGee, at the corner of ‘ashington and Montgomery streets, about two years ago. The following property 18 reported by brokers “on the street’ as haying been recently sold, Viz, t— h 1 lot, 26x60, sea ie wer areata a ret 9 Hie avenue, to for Ouse Of exactly eri 000, A hh ‘the same class and character, adjoining, was sold three mgpthe ago tor 876 four story b stone honse and lot, on the sout! b= | het iny-aeve ith gereen, 17.6x100, ‘between Medion The lot of and gh the iF if Fifty.ceventh street, 1 Soet west of Tinh avenue, seis! for BAW. NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE. Congress Ask: to Allow the Purchase of Foreign lit Ships and to Revise the Tariff—Debate on the Question of Specie Payment Resumption. CHICAGO, Oct. 24, 1873. The National Board of Trade reassembled this Morning. The consideration of the transportation question was resumed. Speeches were limited to five minutes. Mr. ALLEN, of Philadelphia, spoke in favor of the third resolution, and believed Congress should regulate land trapsportation as well as water. He hoped the whole report of the committee would be adopted, Mr. BURWELL, of New Orleans, opposed the first three resolutions and all the substitutes, but {a- yored those for the improvement of water routes, and thought that of the Mississippi thirty per cent the cheapest. Mr. LaTsHaw, of Kansas City, approved the sub- stitute of Mr. Hulton that the only remedy for rail- road evils was not legisiation, but competition. He favored Kansas City as the terminal point of the grand trunk line proposed, and supported ae report of the committee save the third reso- ution. Mr. PEYTON, of Richmond, favored the improve- ment of water routes. Mr. FRENCH, Of Richmond, opposed the double track railway, but lavored the improvement of all water routes, Mr. JoHN A. GANo, of Cincinnati, said only one conclusion could be reached—viz., that the safety of the commercial community was competition, and improvement of the water routes was neces- sary. le would refer the whole subject back to ve rege bg to collect facts on the points in- olved. Mr. BuasBy, of Philadeiphia, opposed the motion to refer back, and favored that for Congressional control o/ raliways. The whole subject was referred back to the Special Committee, which has been enlarged, to report on Saturday morning. Messrs. G, A. Gano, of Cincinnati; Crocker, of Boston; Holton, of Mil- waukee, and Latshaw, of Kansas City, were added to the committee, Mr. Boynton, of New York, moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution to allow American citizens to buy FOREIGN BUILT SHIPS and sail under the American flag was defeated, Carried. A resolution was adopted with an amendment allowing such purchase and use on the payment of @ reasonable duty. By a vote oi 39 to 18 the report of the Com- mittee of Conference with the Dominion dele- gates on lake navigation and reciprocity was adopted, requesting tue Secretary of the ‘treasury to allow Canadian vessels to proceed direct to ports on Lake Michigan, and the Executive Coun- cil to call the Dominion government’s attention to the canal obstructions, and providing tor the ap- pointment of a commission to act in conjunction with the State Department in the negotiation of A TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN for such modifications of trade reguiations as may be mutually advantageous and tend to facilitate the freest exchange of the necessary commodities ; to secure for American vessels the use of Canadian canals connecting common waters, on tie same conditions as Canadian vessels. ‘The subject ol limitation of State debts was re- ferrea to tie executive council, The following was adopted: Resolved, That Congress be memoriatized to so revise the tari that duties on commission packages and we + cost of getting goods on shipboard be abolished. Mr. WRIGHT, of Chicago, offered resolutions pro- viding for the freer exportation of distilled spirits, and giving exporters in ports of entry of the West an equal looting with others, ‘This was amended so as to include malt liquors, and was adopted, A recess was then taken until two o’clock in the alternoon, Afternoon Session. At the afternoon session the special order was oe report of the Committee on Finance relating 0 THE RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS and the currency, which was taken up, and a dis- cussion thereon was opened by President Fraiev in @ temperate, practical advocacy of the report, He urged the necessity for a speedy resumption of specie payment, to give the specie value to cur- rency necessary for the trade and commerce of the nation. He thought the country was ordinarily able to maintain the present volume of currency and not more than ten per cent of such volume in coin was necessary as a basis under the plan of Tesumption recommended. His address was lengthy and his arguments specific and elaborate. te) herd listened to with marked and studious at- ention. Mr. NazRo, of Boston, supported in general the Teport, but moved to amend by declaring that ‘Treasury notes continue to be legal tenders until tne date of specie resumption, the first Monday in ish 1877. iT. KENZIE, of Cincinnati, moved to amend by advising specie resumption when the debt is paid or funded and the balance of trade is in our favor, and then resume at every Sub-Treasury, Mr. Bussy, of Philadelphia, opposed the report, and preferred non-action in the present and hold- ing off :o await developments, and moved a sub- stitute making bonds and greenbacks exchauge- able, and favoring a free banking law. Mr. Tayzor, of Cincinnati, offered a substitute favoring the contraction of the greenback currency at the rate of $2,000,000 per month, commencing July 1, 1874; the prohibition of gery of interest on current deposits by national banks; compelling national banks to maintain coin equal to thirty per cent of their circulation; compeliing the banks to increase their capital or reduce their circulation until it shall no* exceed flity per cent of their capital, and recommending a iree banking law containing these provisions. Mr. Situ, of Milwaukee offered an amendment, providing that alter the ist day of July next ten per cent of the duties on imports be paid in Treas- ury notes. with ten per cent increase every six months until such payments equal fifty per cent, provided such receipts do not embarrass the payment of the coin interest on the debt; that the National bank- ing law be amended, so as to make the national banks redeom their notes in New York city, and providing tor free banking when the Treasury notes are restored to a specie standard, Pending a discussion the Board adjourned until to-morrow morning. RATIONALISM VERSUS ORTHODOXY. A Jewish Rabbi Reviews the Evangeli- cal Alliance and the Free Religious As- sociation’s Meetings. The Temple Emanuel! having added to its many other reforms that of a Sabbath eve service, com- mencing at eight o’clock instead of sunset, at which one of its preachers shali deliver an address alternately in German and in English, a large con- gregation gathered there last evening to hear the Rey. Dr. Gottheil’s review of the platforms and principles of the rationalists and the orthodox gatherings which were recently here. The Alliance, he said, represented the modern phases of Protestant orthodoxy, while the free religionists occupy the outskirts of every creed, They would battle down all religions that exist at present, and upon their ruins raise up one of their own make. Israelities occupy a middle ground between the two. They have received kind words from both sides, and Judaism has now found recognition wherever religion is discussed. In point of popularity, dignity, &c., the Free Re- Ne yn Association cannot even distantiy compare with the Evangelical Alliance. But we, the Doctor said, cannot wish defeat or victory to either. ‘There are in our own ranks many admirers of both, and one of our own faith found a piace on the latform of the Free Religion Association. There 8 a great difference, he said, between THE DOGMATICS OF THE ALLIANCE and those of Judaism, and Israelites cannot fall in with them; but they do hold many things im com- mon, The Doctor did not think that the charge of narrowness could be sustained against the Al- lance because some Christian sects and men were excluded from it, any more than a meeting of Israelites should be censured for excluding per- sons not of their own faith. In regard to the sectarian spirit alleged against the Alliance the Doctor remarked that Judaism is not friendly with itself, though it is not, atthe same time, ac- tually hostile, There is not a prayer book, a hymn or a tune that one Jewish congregation wouid take from another. The charge ol authority over the consciences is not sustained, either; but, on the contrary, liberty of conscience was distinctly de- clared as one of the cardinal! principies of the Alil- ance. And he gathered trom its meetings that orthodoxy must bring itself to the idea of the separation of Church and State. The Free Religion Association affords a platform for every shage of opinion. Judaism found a voice there, and yet it 1s impossible not to regard man, things that have found u voice there with suspi- clon. It was as hard to enter into their counciis as to enter the Vatican Council, a eir claim to infatlibility was as wach: | urged 8 that of the Pope. He found three pillars upon which THE FREE RELIGIOUS PLATFORM, or the religion of the fature, is to rest—namely, the laws of nature; facts the only basis of faith, and all to be consolidated in the religion o1 hu- manity. The Doctor handled these points sepa- rately and showed the absurdity of accepting a law and = rejecting the law-maket showed that the revelation on Sinat is as much ® fact and as well attested a8 any that sclence or free religion can produce, and finally, that if by a religion of humanity is meant a theory Spun from the brain of mankind it must be re- jected. If, however, it is simply meant to be Tengion that shail’ embrace mankind in one brotherhood, then he was for it. But he cau+ tioned the young of his congregation against iall- ing in tooreadily with these phrases and cheortes, There is nothing easier, he said, than to pull down. Let them beware how they knock away the foundations, lest they have nothing to rest their Jaith upon in the time to come. POISON IN PATCHOGUE. A Terrible Story of Crime—Captain Smith’s Ser- vant Girl Makes a Startling Revelation— Alleged Attempt To Destroy the Life of a Wife—Arrest of the Accused in Brooklyn—A Weak De- nial of the Charge. A man who gave his name as Atwood visited tne Ninth precinct station house, Brooklyn, yesterday forenoon, and stated that a lady named Mrs. Har- tean, residing at No. 515 Flushing avenue, had a married niece, residing at Patchogue, Mrs. Samuel M. Smith, whose husband is a shipbroker, engaged in business in New York. On Thursday Mrs. Smith, in company with Anna Houghton, a servant girl, visited Mrs, Hartean, The domestic admitted to said Atwood that she had adminis- tered poison, at the request of Captain Smith, to her mistress, A police officer visited the residence of Mrs. Hartean and had a conversation with the woman Houghton, who admitted having adminis- tered powders to her mistress. To a reporter sife made the following statement concerning the affair:— CONFESSION OF THE POISONER’S TOOL, 1 was looking tor a pinco. I was out of work, and when Twas going pust No. 4l Tillary street T saw Captain Smith reading 4 paper. i asked him if he knew ot a place tor me to go to, aud he suid :—“Would you like to live in the id not care where I lived so long us good home. He said he would take me down on the toliowing Saiurday to his place av Patchogue. It was in the middle of the week when I eaw him. On saturday 1 went down there and he engaged me at @ month. Aiter I had been there a few days Mrs. mith Was confined. and I had to tend her. I cooked all the meals. One day a Mrs. Margaret Ruian came into the house—she lived next door to Mrs. Sinith—and gave me a number of powders, and told me to give one ot them every Gay in Mrs. Smith's food. | 1 did so, not thinking that it was poison. and aiter Mrs. Smith drank the tea in which I put the powder, she was very sick. Mrs. Rulan came to me and said :—"'How does tae powder work?” ut made Mrs, =tith deathly sick,” I replied. “Well, never mind, it will do that at first. Give her the So I kept on. Igave her nine powders, and Mr. Smith gave two, and after Lhad given my powders they told ine thag i had Been Mrs. Sinitn poison, but Mr. ‘Snuth said :—"If you dare say # wora about it Vil murder you, Now, you just give her wore of it, and Pll see you are all right” Anna says that Mr. Smith told her he wanted to make away with his wife, and said if 1 would x her off he would give me $10), all his wife's silk dresses and pay my sare out to Chicago. I consented todo this, and gave her more powders, and when I had once conseuted to take Mrs, smith’s life, Mr. Smith aud Mrs. Kulan urged me more nd more to do it Mr, Smith went away from Patchogue on Tuesday last by the seven o'clock train; he called me outin the kitchen and he said to me :—*Now, Anna, you must do this to-night; ju uu take an axe, or a hammers, or auy- thing, and hié her over the head with it PU be back to; morrow morning, and T want it done then, aud I'll send you off to Chicago.” He made me go out to'the woodshed und get the hammer, and told me to be sure and do it; murder “but,” said he, “if you breathe @ word of this Pil ou.” He went away on the train and I got the hammer, but 1 was afraid to do what he said. “I trembled and my head reeled, and I had to lay the hammer down. Mrs. Smith Was in the parlor lying down. She was so weak from the effects of the powder that she could scarcely stand, and 1 went to her to tell her all, I was atrrid to do so, and I went back in the kitchen and Prayed to God tohelp me do right, and I went in and told her. she wouldn't believe me, but she knew she was sick and she couldn’tdeny it, There was some tea that had the powder in, and ‘she gave it to a washer- woman to try it. As soon as the woman drank it she was affected just the sae as Mss. Smith was. Ttold Mrs, Smith that her husband would come home on Tuesday night expecting her to be dead, and I told her to watel him, He did come home and he looked as black at me, be- cause, I suppose, L hadn't done what he said ; but he dare not suy any.hing to me then, Mrs. Smith noticed tms on his part, but she manazed to keep quiet. On Wednesday morning Mr, Smith went off again by the train, and before he went he called me out in the garden atthe back of the louse and was awfully mad with me. He said if I betrayed him he'd murder me; he made me swear that I'd do it the next night (that was last night, Thursday) and that he would be back on Sat- urday and he would give me inore money and every- thing if Laid as he sald” He stated that he ‘wanted to get rid of her. I had toid Mrs. Smith, you know, the day previous, so Mr, Smith went to New York ou Wednesday, and yesterday Mrs. smith and I came down here. SHE TESTS HER OWN POISON. The girl Houghton is about eighteen years of age, of low stature and rather prepossessing in appearance, She accompanied the police to No. 41 Tiliary street, the residence of Mrs. Bailey, the mother of Mrs. Smith, and there she pointed out Captain Smith, who was seated by the stove in nis shirt sleeves, He was at once arrested and taken to the court room of Justice Semler. He was sent to jail upon ashort commitment. To-day he will be takento Patchogue for examination. Smith, who does business at No, 52 South street, is said to be possessed of considerable property on Long island. The girl Houghton, who was also taken be- tore Justice Seniler, stated that lier going to inquire for apiace irom Smith was planned by Mrs, ku- should ask for employment. She surther stated that she first saw Smith in company witn Mrs. kulan in New Jersey. She admitted that she had previously known him under tae name of Captain Willow, and bad been criminally intimate with him. After this she came to Brooklyn and worked there for a lady named frost, in Henry street. She states that when sue asked him for employ- ment he pretended he did not want agirl, but finally agreed to pay her $5 per monti. Subse- uently he and Mrs, Rulan, according to the joughton statement, gave her $10 to go to Patchogue, and promised her $100 and dresses after the deed was done. It was on the 1dtn of bay when she went to Patchogue. ‘The girl says she felt stricken with remorse at which she became deathly sick, and Mrs, Smith gave her an emetic to make her sick. Mrs. Smith, @ pale, slight lady, has been married for tifteen years, and appears to be loath to accept the story of Anna Houghton. She, nevertneiess, states that she believes she has been poisoned. STORY OF THE ACCUSED. Captain Smith, the accused, denies the story in He says, “This girl came to me one morning at No. 41 Tillary street, and asked me if I knew where she couid get work. I gatd no, 4 sister-in-law said, ‘Why don’t you take her to Patchogue; you will shortly need @ nurse there.’ I said to Anna, “Would you like to iH in the country? ‘Yes, any- where where I can have a home,’ she said. ‘I can’t pay you much. I'll give you $5 a week if you suit, I told her,’ and she accepted it. She re- ferred me to Mrs. Frost, in Henry street, and she said she was @ good enough gifl, but a little mischievous.” “Then how do you account for this remarkable statement, Mr. Smith 1? “J can’t understand it all,’’ Smith replied. “Have you ever had any trouble with your wife 1” “No.” “Did you know she had been suffering with singular attacks ?”? “Well (after deliberation) one time a rice pud- ding was made, and all the children ate of it and my wife too. They were all very ill, but I only ate a Lttle of it and was not sick. My wile said there must be some poison in it, and Anna was asked aboutit. She began to cry and said she knew nothing of it, that she had not put anything in it at all. 1 said to her, ‘this is a serious charge.’ and she cried and said she didn’t know what the mat- ter was.’’ Coroner Jones visited Mrs. Smith last evening for the purpose of taking her statement of the case, but found her too severely prostrated to con- verse on the subject. A couple of officers left Brooklyn last evening for Patchogue, for the parpeee oi arresting Mrs. Rulan and collecting such evidence as may be had upon the premises, Anna Houghton accoinpanied he omc . THE CAPTIVE MODOCS, Princess Mary and Jack’s Widow, in Deep Mourning, En Route for Wyoming Territory. San Francisco, Oct. 24, 1873. A despatch from Redding’s, Cal., last night, says:—The arrival this afternoon of the remainder of the jamous band of Modocs created quite a Sen- sation among the people generally, who came from every quarter expecting to see something grand. But the Modocs, though historical, are anything but attractive. A more filthy and insignificant band of Indians could not well be imagined. “Princess Mary” and the widow of Captain Jack attracted the most attention. They were both arrayed in deep mourning—“tar and ashes”— tor the death of their kindred. They all look as though they had lain out all winter under an ash- heap. Thpy left here on the cars at areas nine o'clock eaten their new home in Wyoming ‘aptain Hasbrouck, with twenty men of Light Battery B, Fourth artillery, and Company G, Twelfth infantry, will escort them to Cheyenne. Lioutenants Tyler and Anderson, with the re- mainder of Battery B, will proceed to San Fran- cisco, Where they expect to arrive to-morrow evening. THE DOMINIO PARLIAMENT, The Royal Commission Decline to Exe press an Opinion om the Railroad Seandal, OrTaWa, Ont., Oct. 24, 1873, Parliament has adjourned until Monday, A generai subject*of discussion here is on the contents of a voluminous correspondence between the Governor General and the imperial aut which has been laid betore the House Pd he pore *rthe Koyal Commissioners, 1 0; ers, in tl cline to avatl themselves of the pain riven to them to express any opinion regarding the Pacific Ratiroud scandal” sca’ ihe Cabinet Council has been in session all d lay. The city continues very tut those ordinarily here aurivg the’ pemion. duere. are: jarge numbers Who have come here to hear the first debate and witness the taking of the test vote, lan, who told her to walk past No. 41 Ttlary street | and she ‘would see Captain Smith, whom she | one time and partook of two of the powders, aiter | WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 1873, Obstructions to Navigation by Railroad Bridges. The report of the United States Board of Engi- neers, condemning the St, Louis bridge as a serious obstruction to navigation, and suggesting as @ remedy the construction of a cana! on the East St. Louis side, will come before Congress next session, and will doubtless cause an exciting discussion over the question who shall bear the expense of making the canal, without which the Mississippi River is practically cut in two at St. Louis, The trouble grows out of the tardiness and stupidity of former Congresses, in not providing a general bridge law, similar to that of the 17th of December, 1872, for the Ohio River, which enacts that the War Department shall superin- tend and contro) the erection of such struc- tures 80 as to prevent their obstructing navigation. That law does not extend to other rivers than the Ohio, and meantime other. bridges are being put up which, in the opinion of governments officers, are exceedingly injurious to river commerce, One of these bridges, now being built over the Raritan River, in New Jersey, for railroad purposes under charter from the State of New Jersey, is pushed towards completion as impudently as if the right of the Union to the free navigation of this river bad no existence, According to the opinion of United States At- torney General Cushing, delivered October 19, 1853, Opstructions to navigation in the navigable “waters of the United States, whether by States or iadividuals, constitute acts of purpresture, and there is a remedy in such case by ex officio inior- mation in the name @f the Attorney General of the United States. ®Bthis doctrine of the power of the general govern- mentis affirmed in Gibbons vs. Ogden, and was reaflirmed in United States vs. Coombs, the Wheel- ing Bridge, and other cases, According to the decision of the Supreme Court, at December term, 1870, in the case of Daniel Bali, the public navigable waters of the United States, in law, are those which are so used in fact, whether tidal streams or not. These decisions are being considered by govern- ment officers in connection with the evidences of an increasing disposition on the part of the rail- road corporations to obstruct the navigable waters of the United States whenever it may suit their own purposes, Silver Coin To Be Paid Out by the Na- tional Treasury. It will be recollected that nearly two weeks ago the President, during an interview of a semi- official character, said a return 10 @ specie basis can never be effected except by a shrinkage of values; that the shrinkage has now taken place, the currency has appreciated to about par with silver, and the wonder to him was that silver was not pouring out. When this should take place his theory was, the country will absorb two or three hundred miltions of it. Since that time the Presi- dent, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, has. been considering how such @ jyesult might be produced with tne view of affording rellef to the country within legal limits. The Director of the Mint has been acting in accordance with the President's policy, making extensive arrangements for the coinage of both goid and silver to an extent here- tofore unprecedented, so as to be ready for a re- sumption of specie payments, there now being large quantities of these metals awaiting coinage. The first step in resumption has been taken, it having been ascertained to-day irom the Secretary of the Treasury that the government will pay out silver as soon as it can be profitably and conve- niently coined for that purpose. The Egyptian Tobacco Tariff. Secretary Richardson has received @ communica- tion from the Agency and Consulate General of the United States, at Alexandria, Egypt, in which it is stated that the firman lately granted to the | Knédive by the Sultan confers upon Egypt the prerogative of commercial independence, and the Egyptian government 1s entering into commercial connection with various Powers with the view of increasing her commer- cial interests. That government has issued an order imposing @ tax of about 26% cents per pound on all tobacco, cut or in the leaf, entering Egyptian custom houses. Cig: which already pay a duty of 75 per cent ad valorem, are not affected by this order. Unti! the present time tobacco has heen prohibited trom entering Egypt from the Turkish provinces. A Murderer To Be Hanged. The President has refused the application for commutation of the death penalty to imprison- ment for life heretoiore pronounced on Henry Young, alias Charles Williams, for the murder of Frank Habn, a Virginia drover, The convict will be hanged on the 14th of November. PENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN- TION. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24, 1873. The Convention instituted to remodel and amend the constitation of the State of Pennsylvania made this afternoon a very important and unexpected change in regard to all railway companies within the State. Mr. Knight, Philadelpliia, moved to go into committee to amend the tenth section to read that no ratlway company shail grant iree passes, or passes at a discount, to any person except ofi- cers or employés of the company, which was agreed to—yeas 76, nays 20, A great deal of comment is made upon the action o! the Convention, and it ts pretty generally believed that the memvers who voted for it will be obliged to pay their passage home. it might be ‘said in this connection movements of the Con- vention have been very severely criticised, and there are strong indications that the greater part of what the members have done will be repudiated by a large popular vote. The manner in which the various amendments have been brought up has been very imperfect. For in- stance, instead of reading each section of the old constitation and considering it separately, they let it pass without any such reading at a nd simply incorporated new clauses and amend: ts, While the Convention was in progress this aiter- noon there was a commotion at the main entrance of the hall, and it, was found that ex-Governor Bigier, in coming up the steps, had fallen with an attack of vertigo. Restoratives were immediately at hand, and the distinguished gentleman was taken in a carriage to his hotel. BASE BALL AT PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 24, 1873, The eighth championship game of base ball be- tween the Boston and Athletic clubs was played this afternoon in the presence of 1,000 persons, Clapp was disabled, and did not play for the Athietics. The Bostons had their full nine en- gaged, and, having [ost the toss, were sent to bat. In the first four innings they failed to score, owing to the good fielding of the Ath- letics, In the meantime the Athletics ob- tained a ron in the second inning through the good batting of Reach, In the filth inning both scored a run, In the sixth, by heavy batting, Boston added two to their score, and in the seventh the Athletics run up the same number of runs, In the eighth both scored runs— that by the Athletics was made by a missed fly of Shaffer of Reach, causing Sutton to make a run, G. Wright and Barnes made heavy hits tn the ninth inning. but both were brilliantly caught. The ee ‘was @ fine one, the batting and fie! of oth nines being superb. Hoth pitchers proved effective, as but tworans were earned on each side. McGeary caught finely and did some ex- cellent throwing. The contest created consider- able interest and the betting was in favor of the that many of the Athletics, who were strongly sup) by mem- bers of the Philadelphia Club. ie home and home pond wil layed to-morrow. ‘The following is a summary of the game:— INNINGS. Clube. Ist, 2d, 3d. 4th. Sth. Gh, Tth, 8th. 9th. Boston: 0 09 0 0 1 2 0 1 OH Athleti o 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 eS Runs Two each. ‘The umpire wae Nick Young, of Washington. SENTENCED TO DEATH. CamBrinar, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1873. After seven days’ trial of Charles Shaw, the Polsoner, the case was given to the jury last night, ‘who, after about four hours’ deliberation brought in a verdict ony Judge Petter this morn- seers him to be hanged on the wth day of November next, APAPER MILL BUBNED HaRtForD, Conn., Oct. 24. The paper mill of Delaney & Munson, in Union- ville, was burned last night, The loss is estimated &b $75,000, 3 THE TAR-HEEL COUNTERPEITERS, More Arrests of Dealers in ' “Queer” Money. HEAVY OPERATORS CAGED. Satisfaction of the Citizens with the Results of the Raid. GoLpszoro, N. O., Oct. 24, 1873. Thanks to the indefatigable exertions of the corps of secret service men from New York most | of the counterfeiters in this section of the State | have been arrestea, notwithstanding the tardi- ness and carelessness of the United States Marshal Of the three who escapea from the deputy marshals on the 224 alter arrest one has been recaptured by a secret ser- vice man, Four additional arrests have been made, leaving only three more, for whom warrants have been issued, besides the two escaped, The two expeditions sent from Asheville having to traverse an area of over 500 square miles in extent, embracing ten counties, are yet unheard from. These expe itions are compelled to travel entirely on horseback, and, being remote from either railroads or telegraph lines, it may be several days yet before any definite information is received ag to their failure or success, THE MOST IMPORTANT PRISONER brought in.to-day was William R, Black, of Madie son, Rockingham county, and the leader of the gang known as Black’s. He is about eighty-five years of age, and owns most of the town in which he lives, his estimated wealth being about $150,000. Black is reported to have had dealings in the “queer” his entire lifetime, and it is supposed that it was by this means he accumulated his present wealth, It is related of him that he never failed to take back and redeem in genuine currency any counterfeit which might be brought back to him. One person who found himself in possession of a $50 counterfeit bili—he did not know by what means—went to Black and said, “Mr. Black, the $60 bill you gave me a few weeks sinee I find is a counterieit.” Black, putting on his specta- cles, replied, “Excuse me; my eyesight is bad; } bat here 18 the money for it,’ at the same time planking down five genuine tens. These the indi- vidual pocketed conscientiously, thongh he had not recelved a counterfeit from Black, knowing that person would brag ARAL of it in his “queer”? transactions. hen arrested he ex- pressed himself as entirely ignorant of the charges against him—knew nothing about counterieits— and accompanied the Deputy Marshal without a murmur. VERY HEAVY OPERATORS. The next two prisoners are plethoric in person as well as in purse, their combined weight betug 567 pounds, and both are merchant farmers. John Moore, of Mooreville, has his residence in Iredell county. Heis worth about $30,000. He is about sixty years of age, and weighs 282 pounds. Wash- ington Broadley, of Sueppard’s Cross Roads, in the same county, is @ younger man, scarcely less wealthy, weighing 275 pounds. The charges agaist them both are for selling, uttering and passing counterfeit United States currency. They were both taken to Statesville to J nage before a United States Commissioner at that place. William Bryant, teasmster, of Char- lotte, Mecklenburg county, was, arrested on the same charge and balled ‘in $6,000 to appear. Joseph Baker, who escaped on the 22d, was ree arrested, but while at large he passed @ coun- terfelt $5 bill on @ man named Burns. He ad- mitted this charge and was committed in default of bail. Biack will have his preliminary examina- tion here to-morrow with'a view to be allowed SATISFACTION OF THE PEOPLE. The arrests created a great deal of excitement throughout the State, but the people express the greatest gratification at the prospect of rooting out an extensive system of swindling of which they have so long been the victims. PLYMOUTH LECIURE ROOM TALK. God as High Priest and as a Sym- pathizing and Affectionate Father. The prayer meeting last evening. was largely attended, many having to go away unsuccessful'in their endeavor to obtain seats. After the usual services Mr. Beecher opened the Bible and read :— “For we have not on high a priest that cannot be touched with feeling tor our weakness and in- firmity; but He was in ail things tempted like as we are, but without sin, Let us come, therefore, boldly to the turone of grace, that we may find grace to help in time of need.”’ “I don’t Know,” said Mr. Beecher, “that there ever was in any other religion such a GLIMPSE O? DIVINITY asis revealed here. There are a great many reve. lations of His tenderness and pity; but you wili ob- serve in the Bibie the method of disclosing God was not philosophical. That is to aay, it was not at- tempted in any piace to begin and go through with areguiar disclosure, but, according to which side of human nature was to be developed, that side was disclosed. It was as in the case of children. One set of children will be naturally careless ana heed- less, and will ueed to have the law of order in- stilled into them, and a stranger would think that order was “the” point in that house; and in another there would be very littie said, because’ there would be no need of it, ‘So ail through the Bible; it is not to systematize truth, but to produce what was practically needed by men at that time; put there are certain views that ran all through the Bible. Like some exquisite melody of Beethoven’s that is lost in the rush of sound and comes up again and again, so im the revelation of God’s truth there are certain elements that come in and seem to be lost until they come in again, and the greatest element is the divine, brooding paternity, That element grows stronger and stronger as yuu goon, The government of God follows the metuod of paternal affection. Everything that was needed and was high and holy seemed to the Jews to be WRAPPED UP IN THE HIGH PRIEST. God was everything they thougnt their high priest should be, he abolished the outward jorms of Judaism, but you lose nothing but the husks. Here thereiore the idea of the high priest is developed, which was extremely touc ing and pertinené to the Jews. - Gou is a being who is not insensible. It is not in the power oi human nature to bear agreat deal of sympathy. It would break a man down. If I were to bring my heart in sympathy with ail the suffering I sce, think I would be killed in a week or made unfit for work. It is not in human power to do it. The human range is very narrow. We are of the earth, earthy. God has everlasting strength to endure the strain and stress of benevolence, to bear sym- athy, to know all wants and to tel with me, so thar the sorrows and joys are reflected, it were, on the DIVINE SOUL. We cannot imagine it. When @ musician stands in the presence of 100 instruments he stands in a vast mass of harmony,and he knows instantly ifa wrong note is touched, and can tell where it was. Where I could discover nothing God, out of the vast mixture of sounds that bewilder us, sorts them and hears each onc separately. Istood in the Stock Exchange one day to hear those maniacs halloa. It seemed as if they were standing on hot tron. 1 stood by the clerk, who was composed enough, and I asked him if he un- derstood it, and he answered “Periectly.” Said he, ‘Perhaps I can illustrate how I understand. Take a party of forty or fifty women, all talking to- getner, and let a chil Repeat to one of them begin to cry in the next room. Instantly its mother singles that sound from the rest, and knows that it is her child.” By thinking of such figures as this, as men trained are able to do what to mem un- trained would be impossilie, there are men who can rise, and you have only to carry the analogy higher to the great HIGH PRIEST who ay mpeshtees and feels. {don’t think that the divine mind moves up and down as we do; but we have a paternal heart that, according to its own law, moves with us, He is with us ali the ume Imfluencing ts; but, if God is always with us, how is it He don’t LM how ts it He don’t speak ? That is the question that has puzzicd ages and will hea ages to come. 1 have no answer to make spirr as real as any pl v1 ‘is consciousness is just ich @ Jact as any physical fact. [ bare Uaeionirt Re my lower sen! but I am spiritually cog! Now, perhaps, Prean read you @ note I have bales has been elevat Y ching my sou! inQinder your, pressing 7 Paine widow. ay Kies dark and feartul. Pray tor my soul, will you? The whole creation groans this de- pressing to than & depression ire ase disappointment and this overthrow of which lite is fail. It to me there is no view of God so biessed as this—a high priest who can sympathize with our weal jen comes the exhortation, ‘Let us come boldly to the thron to help in time ond the Ls a of our mera ata nt; He leads me into green pastures and and sustains 1 through the valley and This is not one voice. general adow of dea 7 “What Lam know ‘no but shai kom? Don't, abana aa Ot leave you. He will aever A