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Whe Ministry Reconstructed, with One New Momber—Duke Decazes Minister of Foreign Affairs. TELEGRAMS 0 THE NEW YOAK HERALD. VERSAILLES, Nov. 25, 1873. ‘The members of the Cabinet have agatn tendered their resignations to President MacMahon, who has accepted them. Whe Ministry Reconstructed, with One New Member. Panis, Nov, 25—Evening. ‘The Cabinet, as reconstructed, is composed as follows :— Minister of the Interior—Duke de Broglie. Minister of Foreign Affairs—Duke Decazes. Minister of Pinance—M., Pierre Magne. Minister of Justice—M. Ernoul. Minister of War—General Du Barail. Minister of Marine—Admiral d’Hornoy, Minister of Pudlic Instruction and Worship— M. Batbie, Minister of Public Works—M. Desellligny. Minister of Agriculture and Commerce—M. Boutl- erie. THE OFFICIAL CHANGES. The Duke Decazes is the new member of the Cabinet, M. Beulé, who was Minister of the Interior, has retired, and the Duke de Broglie takes his place, relinquishing the Foreign Ministry to the Duke Decazes. These are the only changes made in the Cabinet as it existed before the last resignation of the Ministers. {Duke Decazes, who has been appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in President MacMahon’s Cabi- net, enjoys an excellent reputation as a statesman and diplomatist. He is cautious, vigilant and active—traits of character which may be said to be hereditary to him. Elie Decazes, Duke, his im- Mediate progenitor, was Minister of Police to Louis XVII, in 1815, and served subsequently as Minister of the Interior, President of the Council of France and French Ambassador to London. He died in the year 1860, leaving the present Duke heir of his mame and title and great experience.—ED HERALD.) Ethie Rinne MARSHAL BAZAINE. Bismarck’s Policy During the Siege of Metz. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Nov. 25, 1873. In the trial of Marshal Bazaine to-day General Boyer testified that Bismarck told him he was willing to grant an armistice ifthe Army of Metz ‘would declare in favor of Napoleon. . —— Figueras’ Mission to England Abandoned. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Maprin, Nov. 25, 1873. Senor Figueras, whose departure on a special mission to London had several times been post- fponed, has finally abandoned the proposed journey. ENGLAND. | Bullion Moving to the Bank—Export of Go'd To America. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpvon, Nov. 25, 1873. The amount of bullion gone into-the Bank of England on balance to-day 1s £452,000, The steamship Olympus, which left Liverpool for Boston to-day, took $100,000 in bullion. WEATHER REPORT. The weather throughout England to-day is fair, GERMANY. ‘The Archbishop of Posen Sentenced to Im- prisonment. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, Nov. 25, 1873. Afresh sentence has been pronounced against Archbishop Ledochowski for continuing unlawfully %o institute priests. He is condemned to two years’ imprisonment and an additional fine of 5,400 thalers. THE WAR IN AFRICA. ‘The British Army To Be Immediately Rein- forced. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Nov, 25, 1873. The steamship Sarmatian, of the Allan line, has ‘Been chartered by the British government to con- ‘wey a regiment to the Gold Coast. CUBA. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, HAVANA, Novy. 25, 1873. ‘The faneral of the tate Count San Fernando took Place to-day. The attendance was large and the eeremonies imposing. The murderer committed suicide in prison last night by taking poison. HAVANA EXCHANGE. THE RING CASES, as to the Re- Be Tried \No New Developments maining Cases—Who Will Next. Tne intelligence bruited about yesterday, to the ‘effect that in a few days the community would be Startled by the indictment of certain parties who have not as yet been suspected of even having a Speaking acquaintance with the leaders in the old Tammany Ring, created quite a flutter of appre- hension among the special partners in corner groggeries and other small fry politicians, who are trembling in their boots lest they may possibly be made @ part and parcel of some of the District Attorney’s new revelations, If is pretty certain that, notwithstanding the reluctance of Mr. Phelps and his assistants to make public their real inten- tions as to the surviving members of the Ring, from this out everybody in the remotest way con- nected with frauds against the city, who has been indicted, will be paced on trial with all pos- i sible speed. The jact that the three assistants of Mr. Phelps are all so good looking and so like one another gave the credit of the last conversation had yesterday between one of them and a HERALD reporter to Mr. Russell instead of Mr. Lyon, However, it seems that ail the subordinates are of one mind as to what they ought to say avout the doings in the office so far as the Ring cases are concerned, and that is... nothing. So Mr. Lyon’s information on the gene- ral situation stands good for all his associates when he says, a8 he suid yesterday, that he aid not believe it proper to let outsiders know what ‘was going on in the oficg, It may be said that Mr. Phelps ts determined to © ahead with the trials one alter another until all he indicted parties are disposed of. An oficial, who ought to know of what he affirms, states that the trialof Mr, Genet will follow that of Inger- soll and Farrington, and that his trial will be suc- ceeded by the trial of one of the Court House Sommissioners, There is to be no delay what. ever, at least if Mr, Phelps can carry out Lis plang to the letter. 4 ‘The rumors ag to new Indictments aré still as rife ag ever; but owing to the secrecy. with which | known to do, the Wey of the District Attorney are at present shrouded nothing definive abgut come tO the gurrace, wm hag ag yet gee the better part,” to follow ber Agul’s NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1873—TRIPLE SHERT, OBITUARY. Azariah C. Fiagg. Ono by one the relics of bygone days, consisting of men whose usefulness was pre-eminent im the days “which tried men’s souls,” are passing away from this mundane sphere, and those whose his- tory begins with the past century are daily be- coming fewer. Azariah ©. Flagg, whose name heads this mortuary notice, passed away from life |. to death on Monday evening, about six o'clock, calmly, without pain and at peace with ail. He had lived a useful and eventful life, has held nomer- ous honorable positions of trust, which he filled with great ability. The deceased gentleman was born at Orwell, Vt., on the 28th day of November, 1790, thus attain. ing the age of 83 years, less only four days. Mr. Flagg received @ fair education, and ata tender age he removed with his parents to Plattsburg, N.Y. The veteran editor and statesman, Mr. Thurlow Weed, who was a life-long friend of Mr. Flagg, although politically diametrically opposed to each other, gives the following Diographical sketch of the lamented ex-Comptroller:—“When the second war between the United States and Great Britain was progressing (in 1812) Mr. Flagg was the publisher and editor of the Plattsburg Republican, Answering the callof his country to serve in her defence, he served as a volunteer in the United States Army to resist the attack on Plattsburg by the Britsh in 1814, and served with distinction throughout the war, In 1823 Mr. Flagg was electea member of Assem- bly from Clinton county, serving also during 1824. ‘This was the year of the memorable Presidential contict between Crawford and Adams. Mr. Flagg wus a prominent and most efficient supporter of Crawford, He opposed the law restoring the Prest- dential electors to the people and voted for the re- moval of De Witt Clinton as Canal Commissioner, This course subjected him tor a season to popular obioquy, but when the democratic party again re- established tts ascendency in the Legislature, in 1826, Mr. Flagg, on the 14th of February of that ear, was appointed Secretary of State, nold- ng said position until January 11, 1834, when he was transierred to the ofice of State Comptroiler, and remained as such until February 4, 1839. For three years Mr. Flagg was out of office, and on Feb- ruary 7, 1542, he was reappointed, and served until November 2, 1847, when he was ‘succeeded by ex- President Millard Fillmore. For several years Mr. Flagg kept himself com parabrely free from politics. In the meantime, however, he removed irom Albany to New York, Here he made himself fully as popular in demo- cratic political circles as he had been at Albany and in the interior of the State. In 1852 the demo- crats nominated him tor Comptroller of the cit and county of New York; he was elected, and too! possession of the office January 1, 1853, At the end of his term he was re-elected, and served until 1859, when Robert T. Hawes, a whig, succeeded him, In 1858 Mr. Flagg was operated upon one of his eyes for a cataract, which, however, was unsuccess- jul. The other eye became affected, when, in 1859, just betore his second term as Comptroller ex- pired, he had another operation performed, upon which he became totally blind and remained sight- less up to the moment of his demise. In the discharge of all duties of nis official career he was always distinguished for ability, industry, intelligence and integrity, Always of a cheeriul disposition, he thoroughly appreciated and culti- vated social friendship. For thirty years and more Mr. Flagg and Mr. Thurlow Weed were warm po- litical opponents, but during the entire period they maintained as close a personal friendship. In the ripe old age attained by the deceased he out- lived many of his old political confréeres. From 18i4 until the organization broke up Mr. Flagg was a prominent and active member of the famous “Albany Regency.” He was the friend and asso- ciate of such distinguisned statesmen as Van Buren, William L. Marcy, Silas Wright, Samuel 8. Talcott, Roger Skinner, Edwin Crosswell, Gov- ernor Jobn A. Dix and numerous others. Although intimately acquainted with ex-Goverpor William H. Seward, there never existed any warm friend- ship between them; still they were friendly, and during the late war Secretary Seward relerred tor jacts on various occasions to Mr. Flagg. Although a life-long democrat mr. Flagg in 1848 voted for General Taylor for President, and in 1860 he voted for Mr. Lincoln, and during the rebellion he was an earnest advocate and supporter of the war, styling himself a thorough ‘‘war democrat." During the years of Mr. Flagg’s blindness his many friends did not desert him, but visited him frequently, especially as the old gentleman was very, fond of conversing upon topics of bygone days. His late residence, No. 3 London terrace (West Twenty-third street) is now lonely. A wife and daughter only remain to lament bis loss, but a host of devoted adimirers are deprived of a faithful friend and a sound and illustrious adviser. No ar- rangements have as yet been made for the burial, but the family suppose that the iuneral will take place on Friday. Aequdescat in pace, ALLEGED FRAUD IN WESTCHESTER. Serious Charges Against an Ex-Sheriff— A Defective Schedule of Accounts—Has the County Been Defrauded?—Work for the Next Grand Jury. The positive and detafled charges of malfeasance in office, recently made and freely circulated by an ex-Congressman and well known politician in West Farms, against Jonn Bussing, a former Sheriff and lately the democratic candidate for re- election to that office, have occasioned much seri- ous comment throughout Westchester county. As the time approaches for the meeting of the Oyer and Terminer Grand Jury in December, by which body the author of the allegations alluded to has openly pledged himself to have Bussing indicted, public expectation heightens in view of the inflexible justice which has just commenced to be meted out to the ex-manici- pal thieves of the great metropolis. Itis alleged that, according to his own figures, taken from the published minutes of the Board of Supervisors and their correctness certified to by the Clerk of that body, ex-Sheriff Bussing has defrauded the county of Westchester in an amount exceeding $30,000 during his three years of office, which expired in January, 1870. While this may possibly be an ex- aggeration of the sum which, It is charged, nas been dishonestly taken from the taxpayers, no ordinarily intelligent observer can fail to perceive in the attested schedule of Bussing’s accounts numerous items against the county which, to use the mildest term pussible, require, at least, an ex- planation. Among these may be mentioned an investigation by the Grand Jury at Sing Sing Prison in 1869, the object being to inquire into the causes which led to the escape of several convicts. In his account against the county, Bussing charges over $300 ior subponaing and serving vench warrants on a large number of jailbirds and others, which, the Agent and Warden of the prison has assured the HERALD representative, were never served on the convicts ; some of the latter. whose names appear on the schedule, having escaped from the prison pre- viously, and have never been heard from since. In short, the schedule of Bussing’s accounts presents very many ambiguous features, the names of citizens set forth as having been served with judicial processes, having appa- rently been taken up indiscriminately and thrown in by scores to swell, as is alleged, the account of a rapacious public official. The writer (whose name is also erroneously made to represent a debt of $3 against the county) has, upon inquiry, ascertained that not less than 10 persons out of every 20 whom he has accosted, and whose names oo on the schedule opposite various sums, disclaim all Knowledge of the services therein set forth, and pronounce the use of their names in that connec- tion fraudulent. When it 1s remembered that Bussing, in accordance with the statute, certified on oath to the correctness of his claims, a part of the obligation being “that the services charged therein have been rendered,” it will be at once seen that the charges made against him, if proved, are not of a frivolous character. Should the belief expressed in certain quarters—that John B, Haskin (the author of the allegations re- ferred to) intends now to “drop” the matter, hav- ing successtully used the cry of “iraud” against Bussing in the late canvass, the taxpayers of Westchester county confidently expect that Dis- trict Attorney Briggs will not failto lay the whole matter before the next Grand Jury. A STAR IN EST aap TO THE CON- To THE EpiToR OF THE HERALD :— On last Sunday, 23d of November, Miss Phabe Ripley, of Boston, daughter of the Rev, samuel Ripley, took the veilin the Convent of the Visita- tion, Georgetown, D. ©. Rev. Father Fulton, 8. J., rector of Boston College, omciated. Mrs. Sarah Ripley, the mother of Miss Ripley, was a lady of culture, Professor Hedge, of Cambridge, pro- nounced her “the most intellectual woman of New England.” The students of Cambridge often spent their vacations in her house, and were aided in their studies by her knowledge of Greek, Her daughter, Miss Phwbe Rip- ley, is an accomplished musician and linguist. She enters the convent after perfecting her studies in Europe and will shine in her newly chosen sphere as she has done in society, a star of Magnitude, a shining light. Institutions of educa- tion are blessed in the possession of such women, of rare virtues and intellect as Miss Ripley. In these days of love for flippant show and clamor for woman's rights (?) we need their counter-bi ancing influence. Under their teaching we hope that our daughters need not blush to aim at being in very truth ‘strong-minded women,” who, like Miss Ripley’s mother, can teach Greek and rock her own cradle at We will Society, but we do say, im all sincerity, ‘ de J THE PHELPS DEFALCATION. Snreainabient Over $300,000 Stolen From the State. % ALBANY, Nov. 25, 1873. TheJollowing is the oMcial synopsis, prevared for the Hreitng Journal, of the final report made by Mr. Warvell, who-was called to examine the ac- counts of We State Treasurer after the abstraction of State morfey by Phelp§ was discovered. It ex- hivits the exact amount of money taken by Phelps, the defaulting clerk, the time at which the theft Was perpetrated and the false entries in the Treasurer's books made with @ view to cover up the frauds. The report is a very long one, and 1s illustrated by numerous tabular statements. It Will be sent to the Legislature by the Governor at the opening of the session. The whole amount taken by Phelps is $301,771 89, The 31st of July, 1873, was tne last day when the Treasurer's deposits and cash on hand belonging to the general fund were shown to agree with the Comptroller's books. The whole amount abstracted, as above stated, was taken between that day and the 16th of October, 1873, and it was done by with- holding moneys received from day to day in drafts and currency from deposit, and appropriating the same, Or, in ovuher words, STEALING IT. The amount stolen in the month of August was $200,000, ‘Tne residue, stolen in the month of September, was $101,771 89. In the Treasurer's cash book were tne iollowing entries, purporting to represent bank deposits, for which no corre- sponding credits can be found in tue accounts of the State deposit banks :— 1873. August 2, cash book, folio 36, $59,000 August 5, cash book, folio 43,000 August 7, 1 book, folto 36 87,577 August 30, cash book, folio 3 33,622 Total.... sees «$200,000 The entries of these items of pretended deposits do not specify the banks m which they were alleged to be deposited, nor were any such items to be found in the bank ledger; but there is an entry in said ledger, folio 131, under date of Au- ‘ust 30, 1873, to the debit of the Mechanics and farmers’ Bank of Albany of $200,000, but no cor- responding credit is found in the passbook ac- oe) of that bank or any other of the deposit anks, Mr. Warren says:—“While the pass books have always or usually been written up every month and the cancelled checks returned to the Treas- urer, I find that the very important daty of exam- ining and comparing them has not been properly perlormed, the person whose business it was and who was relied upon by the Treasurer to attend to it, C. H. Phelps, having wholly neglected it or failed to perform itina hn ae manner for more than a year past, a fact which has been developed by the examination and whica has caused a delay of more than two weeks in completing the same.’ WHO STOLE THE MONEY? The next question solved by Mr. Warren is who stole the money. He states that Phelps, from the time of his appointment, had the entire charge of the money received and deposited jrom day to day, and kept the account of receipts, the cash ac- count and the bank account; that although theo- retically subordinate to the Deputy Treasurer he exercised almost entire control of ail the cash transactions; that the absence of the Treasurer tor much the greater part of the time, accord- ing to the custom of his predecessors in oftice, and the absence of the Deputy, caused by a long and severe iliness, afforded Phelps every op- portunity of carrying out his purpose; that hav- Ing, like his predecessor in office, assumed the title of cashier, to which he had no legal right, he began to endorse for deposit drafts in favor of the ‘Treasurer, thus:— Queecarecsccrretroccrrovecrovaerenenenresererecers se) 3 “Pay to E, A. GROKSBEOK, Esq., 3 Cashier. 3 State Treasurer, 3 per C. H. PHELPS, Cashier. 3 AORN EERO DOLE IE DELE DEDEDE DEDEDE “LO FEET IEEE LE OE Although this was objected to by both the Treas- urer and his deputy, the bank was notified not to recognize such endorsements, Havingin that way familiarized the officers of the National Commer- cial Bank at Albany with his pretended official signature, he ventured on the experiment of send- ing to New York drafts remitted to the Treasurer in payment of State taxes, &c., endorsed in that manner, and was successful, though they were passed through a house of questionable repute. a Warren concludes this part of his report thus:— In view of the foregoing it seems very evident that the man. who commitied the great crime, not only against the State but against his benefactor, the Treasurer, who had so implicitly trusted b was Charles H. Phelps. T find nothing to show or lead me to suspect that either the Treasurer, Deputy Treasurer or any of the clerks in the office either connived at or had any knowledge or suspicion of what was going on. Inthe course of this examination Mr. Warren discovered and pointed out several practices which he condemned as unauthorized and illegal. Among them is that of making temporary loans and advances to various public officers and clerks, in and about the State Hall, on their monthly sal- aries, To use his words, “as has long been the practice heretofore.’ These advances and loans he states to have amounted, on the 16th of Oc- tober, 1873, to $4,547. i Mr. Warren also referred to a practice which has existed for several years, and for which he con- siders the State officers in no wise responsible— that of using the moneys belonging to the several State sinking funds for the current expenses of the government. It is proper to say that this practice commenced years ago, and the necessity which occasioned it resulted irom the action of the Legislature, which, unwilling to incur the odium of levying taxes in sufficient amount to meet ex- travagant ae authorized such tem- jorary use of the moneys belonging to these sink- ing funds. These deficient appropriations and their consequences were pointed out in Comptroller Hopkins’ last annual report, and the use of the sinking fund moneys for such purposes was re- ferred to and condemned in pointed terms by Governor Dix, in tus annual message, as a violation of the faith of the State. The Comptroller, since the last session of the Legislature, though having $400,000,000 of State bonds to redeem, has, nevertheless, invested more than $3,000,000 belonging to the sinking fund in permanent securities, and, before the end of an- other year, hopes to go very far toward the com- plete correction of this public wrong. ‘The Journal says:—Although other irregularities in the Treasury Department are pointed out by Mr. Warren, they are not of such a nature, in the opinion of the Governor, as to warrant the exer- cise of the power confided to him by the constitu- tion, of removing the Treasurer from office. He will, we have no doubt, take such notice, in his message to the Legislature, of these various ir- regularities, as to place the responsibility where it belongs and lead to proper measures tor their cor- rection.’ THE LABOR QUESTION, The Committee of Senators and Assem. blymen Elect Conterring with Mem. bers of the Board of Assistant Aldermen. The committee appointed by the New York Sen- atorsand Assemblymen elect to consult with the beads of the departments in relation to obtaining work for the unemployed of the city met in con- ference lastevening at the Union Square Hotel several members of the Board of Assistant Alder- men to discuss the subject and devise means to bring about the endsin view. There were present Senator elect Thomas A. Ledwith and Assembiy- men elect Spencer, Kirk, Leake, Biglin, Woods, Callaghan, Deane, Blessing and Daly, of the com- mittee; and Messrs. Wade, Simonson, ‘Theis: Strack, Clancey and Thornell, of the Board of At sistant Aldermen, Mr. Leake was elected chair- man, Mr. Spencer reported that since the last meeting the committee had waited upon the different de- partments, and also the Mayor and Comptroller, and endeavored to impress upon these gentlemen the urgent necessity of giving employment at once to the idie artisans of the city, who are striving to obtain work but cannot. The committee had been courteously received by every person they visited, who, aiter explaining the condition of their re- be: spective departments, promised to render all the atd they possibly could, and urged that if that section of the charter which made it obiigatory upon the departments to contract for all public work to be done over the sum of $1,000 was for the time set aside by the Common Counct!, and allow work to be per- | formed by the day without advertising, the diMculty might be remedied. Mr. Spencer thought in this pressing emergency it was best to look matters in the lace and say that the responsibility would now rest with the Common Council, Mr, Wachner, secretary of the committee, stared that he had visited the Department of Docks, and learned from one of the members of the commission | that, with the authority thus sought, sheds could be built at certain points, and men employed during the entire winter in dressing stone that will be required in the early spring. Mr. Wade, the President of the Board of Assist- ant Aldermen, said that he and bis assoctates were not present as an official committee, but a self- constituted one, and after sympathizing deeply with the movement, assured them that he would do allin his power to aid the peed kg Messrs. Strack, Thornell and others followed in the same strain. : The Board of Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen meet to-day, and will probably consider the q tion of their authority in giving the departments the power they require. Two FISHERMEN LOST. Boston, No’ ) 1878. The schooner Sultan has arrived at Gloucester from a@ halibut trip to the Banks, with the loss of two of her crew—Wiiam Reeves and Moses Oa- hoon, both of Nova Scotia, The Captain of the Sultan thinks ti there was foul pias i the dis- appearance of these men. They both left the ves- sel to attend their trawls and fatled to return, though the wind was light and the sea Search was made for them without qugegias COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATI ——— End of the Ward’s Island Chur¢h War. —— Reports by Commiemonc*s Stevenson and Lynch—A Heated Debate—“he Roman Cath- olic Chapel Opened to All Donominations. The Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday afternoon at two o'clock, in their office tm Castle Garden, President Hurlburt in the chair. The min- utes of the last meeting were read and approved. The Castie Garden Committee submitted a lengthy report, showing that some of the boarding houses around Castle Garden were interfered with by missionaries; that the salaries of assistant gate- keepers were fixed at $6004 year; that there were @ great many applicants for situations and work; that a large number of bills had been audited ; that the Comptroller had called the attention of the committee to the non-payment of $6,000 for rent for Castle Garden, &c. The report was adopted. The Ward’s Island Committee submitted a re- port in regard to the employmént of additional watchmen ; various repairs and additions to build- ings; the appointments of new nurses and order- lies; the laying of an additional ptpe for the sup- ply of Croton water, and the payment of sundry bills. ‘The report was also approved. Commissioner LyNcu suggested that the Police Commissioners be requested to DETAIL TWO POLICEMEN to Ward's Island, The suggestion was received. The Finance Committee submitted a report upon various claims and bills, Approved. Acommunication from the New York Central Railroad in regard to the proposed transfer o1 emi- grants from Castle Garden to the Central depot wasread. Itstated that the officers of the rail- road had the subject now under consideration. Laia on file. Commissioner STEVENSON read the report of the Ward's Island Committee on the erection of the chapel on Ward's Island. Commissioner LyNcrt protested against the read- ing of the report, as it did not emanate from the committee, but merely from one single individual. ‘The report read by Commissioner Stevenson was to the effect that all denominations had a right to use the chapei in Ward’s Island, but that the Roman Catholic chaplain claimed its exclusive use for the Roman Catholic religion, This was con- trary to all principles of the department, and, in fact, of the constitution of the State. The commit- tee éxpressed their hope that dogmas of faith should never be allowed to interfere with the man- agement of civil a municipal affairs. The com- mittee recommended a resolution that the Super- intendent be instructed to use the chapel FOR ALL DENOMINATIONS, and that this rule be enforced by proper regula- ons. eo ramipaloner MAUJER moved to adopt the re- port. REPORT OF COMMISSIONER LYNCH. Commissioner Lyncu then read the following report:— ‘The Mdersigned, a member of the Ward's Island Com- mittee, to which was referred, at the meeting ofthe Board of Commissioners of Emigration, held at the Board room at Castle Garden, on the lth day of June last, the subject of the chapel, begs leave respectfully to submit for wt consideration of the Commission the following report:— he undersigned, in compliance with a call for a meet: ing issued by the Chairman, visited Ward’s Island on the ‘9th of July last and found assembled the following mem- bers of the committee:—Commissioners Stephenson irman), Starr and Quintard. The Rey. G. Scnmidt, Protestant chaplain, ahd Rev. hensky, Catholic chaplain, with others, were called and examined by the chairman. The principal part of the examination was devoted to matters investigated by the previous Board and satis: tactorily settled with the assent of the Ward's Island Committee by Commissioner Schack, the then President of the German society, and the undersigned, then, as now, President of the irish Emigrant Society. The undersigned, the only member of the present Board who was in office when this matter of the chavel as above stated was betore the last Board, so informed the Chairman, and sugened. that the present examin- ation as conducted by him was in a great part unneces- sary. ‘The object of the resolution relerring the religious question at the present time is, in tue opinion of the un- dersigned, for the purpose of examining as to the right of the Board to appropriate any building for divine wor- ship to be used by the inmates of the emigrant institu. tons, and he will theretore confine himselt to that branch of the subject. The right of the Commissioners of Emigration to do this has never been questioned since the organization of the Board in 1847, until within the past two years, when a member of the late commission raised the point as to whether the Board had the right to appropriate or erect a building for the use of wny par- ticular religious sect or denomination. The coun- sel to. the Board, in answering the _ ques. tion, gave as his opinion that the commission had no authority whatever to appropriate or erect any buildin; or buildings tor divine worship atail. The then Presi- dent of the commission, Mr. Kichard O'Gorman, believing that their predecessors in office, who originally appro- riated and set apart, 20 years ago, portions of two build- ings for a Catholic and @ Protestant chapel, had not ex- ceeded their official duty, and that in continuing such practice he and his colleagues were not violating theirs, requested the opinion of Mr, John K. Porter on the sub= ject. The correspondence 1s herewith submitted. The question now betore the Board is whether it will be governed by the opinion of the late counsel, Mr. W. 8. Hillyer, denying the right of the commission 'to appro- priate any building whatever tor divine worship, or that of Judge Porter, affirming the right of the commission to appropriate and set apart one or more buildings for places of worship as in the judgment of the Board would most truly tend to the spiritual advantage and comtort of the emigrant. In obtaining an opinion from Judge Porter, and thereby going beyond the counsel to the Board, the President, Mr. O'Gorman, acted as did his predecessor, Mr. Gulian C. Verplanck, ‘who, when an important ques: tion divited the Board, advised that the opinion of an- other eminent lawyer be obtained for the guidance of the commission. This was cone, and the Board was to a great extent then governed in its acti the opinion thus obtained. (See report for 1868, pages 126 to 129.) Even admitting that the Bourd should now be guided rather by the opinion ot its own counsel than by that of another member of the protession, what value can the majority of the present Board place in the opinion of a lawyer whom it removed irom office after an official connection of less than two months? The reason for this action must have been want of confidence in his legal qualit- cations, as it could not be for political reasons, the late counsel being in full political accord with the majority of the present Board. The undersigned believes that freedom to practice their religion should be accorded to the emigrants, without any restraint whatever, while in the charge and care of the commission. To do this it was, 20 years ago, decided by the former Commissioners. than whom in their day no citizens were more eminent for intellect, statesman ship and purity of character, that’ the two great denominations of Christians embraced under the head of Catholic and Protestant, and comprising more than nine-tenths of all the emigrants adimitted to the justitutions on Ward's Island should be furnished with separate places for religious worship. | It may be claimed that in other public institutions there are no separate places for divine worship. This is probably true, but then it should be remembered that ‘while this commission is, strictly speaking, a creature of the State, it is entireiy dissimilar to any other. Other public institutions are sustaiued by money con* tributed by one portion of the community ior the support of another portion, while the emigrant considers it is his own es deposited at the time of payment of his Passage with the shipowner who transports ere, hich maintains the institutions on Ward's Island and supports him while there, and that he himselt provides the means which the Commissioners of Emigration, as the joint trustees of himself and the State, expend for his benefit and maintenance, To correct existing maim pprenension on this chapel question, t may not be out of piace here to give a con- cise history of it. Previous to 1853 the Protestants and Catholics worshipped alternately in one room on the ton floor of the old frame four, story butlding known the “Nursery,” erected in 148. At that time, on the representations of the then Protestant chaplain, Who ex- pressed a desire for a separate place of worship, and that the room in use was ill-adapted and inconvenient it well ventilated, a chapel for the Protestants was upon the second door of a recently erected and commodious two story brick building, 28 feet wide by 125 feet in length. This room was particularly well suited for the purpose, being lighted on both sides and having a ceiling 14 teet high, thus affording excellent ventilation. Aiter being painted and fitted up and finished by th commission it Was set apart as a Protestant chapel and devoted to the use of the Protestant emigrants, for whom it has afforded ample accommodation, and who have con- tinued to worship there up to the present time—a period of years, The room in the nursery was continued tor the exclusive use of the Catholics, and as it was, without alteration or improvement until 1868, when the Com- missioners then in ofice—Gulian C, Verplanck, Wilson Hunt, Frederick 8. Winston, Cyrus H. Loutrel, Isaac 1. Smith, Richard O'Gorman, Philip Bissinger, John, T. Hiomman’ and Samuel Booth-decided that sume eiforé should be made to improve the ventilation and thus in- crease the comfort ana benefit the health of the large number of emigrants frequenting it. A Mansard roof was accordingly added, and the Catholic chapel con- tinued there’ “until In, 1870 it was discovered that the weight of ‘the Mansard roof, together with that of the large congregration ‘using this Chapel, bad” weakened” the. building to. such an extent’ as to make it necessary to strengthen and prop it up. This was a partial remedy only, and it was finally d d to remove the chapel and’ devote the room to schoo! purposes, for which it was needed and welladapted. There being no building which could be appropriated for a Catholic chapel, it was decided to erect one, and this was done. ‘Ihe furniture of the old Catholic Chapel was, by order of the Board, transferred to this new building, and the building opeuied for divine worship in the latter part of the year 1872, Much stress has been Igid on ihe cost of this chapel building for the use of the Catholic emigrants, but the undersigned, who is equally anxious with his colleagues for an econoinical administration of the great trust im- osed on the Commissioners of Emigration, nas yet to hear any reference made to the value of other buildings and the uses to which they are put, as, tor instance, the one now occupied and used by the Superintendent of the Island tor his residence The total cost to the Emi- grant (und ot this chapel building Ls Tess than $36,000, while the valite of the Superintendent's residence and the furniture in it, which is also the property of the com- mission, is upwards of $50,000. In the one ease the chapel building is tor the use and benefit of more than one-half of all the emigrants ac ‘tted to the institutions, while in the other case the sup ndent’s residence is for the benefit of ¢ single officia! and his family, The two chapel buildings on the island are fitted tp for the use of the two denominations, comprising about the entire po} tlation of the island. The Catholic. chapel has been decorated and orna- monted In reat pars at the expense and by the special contributions of the Catholic inmates and employes, and to deprive them of it by taking away the emblems of their faith, with which the building has been embel- Uaned, aud turning If into # sort of Pantheon tor the use —$—$__— ofany and all denominations, would be) in th: a 1@ Opinion of the undersigned, unjust towards the contributors, whose eh paid tor those purposes, and an injury 40 jority of these people will consider sucht of desecration and intended for a blot Drofess. all com proceeding an at the religion th # it not, considerin: more judicious tor this cessors of 20 years, comprising such distin; imstances, wiser and to follow their prede- honorable citizens ‘as Guilan A: Verpinieke kawine De © . $ Morgan. Andrew Carrigan, Cyrus @ Hunt, Gregory Dillon, Frederick & Winston” Chasen tt Marshall, Jonn A. Kennedy, James Kelly, i! A. Witthaus, Gustav Schwab, A. A. Low,'Philip Bisstager and Freloc: ick Schack, than to discontinue the beneficent course Bich ae 90 Jone prevailed. and try an experiment can only produce discord and trouble wie: ; ny and peace should exist? PORN! S80! DAP ho total immigration to the port of May 5, 1547, to January 1, 1873, was 5, entculation'shows that over 2,400,000 wer: ef i New York, from M429; 4 carciul of the Catholic religion. These Catholic immigrants contributed to the p ita tax which supports this commission over 4, 500,090, besides adding by their labor and their money and property to the wealth and prosperity of this city and State as well as of the whole Umon. The undersigned respectfully offers for adoption the following resolut solved, That the Ward's Island Comm i further consideration of ¢ ligious department on Ward’s Island and of the matter of the chapel, and that this Board adhere to the principles laid down by their predecessors and continued for the past twenty years, In having two chapel build ings--one for the Protestant and one for the Catholic inmates. JAMLS LYNCH. Commissioner STEVENSON thought if was an out- rage to build a chapel on land belonging to the State for the use of one particular denomination, A considerable part of the indebtedness of the Board was owing to the cost of this chapel, which. was paid for out of last year’s proceeds. The gorgeous chapel showed that the spiritual wants of the emigrants were a good deal'better attended 10 than their temporal wants. Commissioner Freer, moved first in 1871 that this chapel be built for the use of the emigrants in Ward’s Island. The words “Roman Catholic” did not appear in this resolution. A subsequent resolution recited that the chapel should be used ‘for Catholics as well ag for Protestants,” and then Commissioner Lynch protested that the Board had already de- creed the exclusive use of the chapel by the Ca- tholic emigrants, The Catholic chaplain held pos- session of the chapel since the 8th of December, 1872, without any authority from the Commis- sioners of Emigration. Commissioner SigisMUND KAUFMAN said the Board never had any shadow of right to erect any church for any or all denominations. Was this policy not an aggressive one when they tried to stretch a point, and was there a necessity for in- tnd that tne Board was right in building a chure FOR THE CATHOLIC EMIGRANTS? The chapel should be open to all denominations, and at the very moment it was saown that it was not suificiently large for this purpose additional provisions for divine service should be nade. Com- missioner Kaufman moved that a resolution to this effect be passed as a substitute of the resolu- tions offered by Messrs. Lynch aud Stevenson. Commissioner LyNcu said if the Jews were in the same proportion in Ward’s Island that the Catho- lics were he would be in favor of erecting a syna- gogue for them. The proceedings against the Catholic chaplain were irregular and unfairly con- ducted, A case was made out against the priest and he was put on trial without being furnished with copies of the charges against him, or even without being allowed to be present. It was worse than the old Star Chamber. There was no one sworn, and there was, therefore, no testimony in the matter. The questions were ail written They were evidently prompted by designing and malicious people; and the Chairman, then only newly in office, was grossly imposed upon. The proceedings were little better than a rehash of Ward’s Island gossip. The fact of the main- tenance of two Cr, and two chapels was frequently referred to in the annual reports from the very early days of the commission. The Com- missioners regarded it as their duty to provide at all times all practicable facilities for the people in their charge to worship God according io the dic- tates of their conscience. They recognizea and acted up to the grand principles of religious liberty. The emigrants were always satisfied with two chapels, and would NOT BE SATISPIED WITH LESS. The number of destitute and sick emigrants who annually availed themselves of the refuge and hos- pitals on Ward's Island would average 12,000. Nearly all were Christians; about two-thirds of them were Roman Catholics, The commutation tax of $150 was paid to this commission by every emigrant landed at this port; the ship’s agent acts as the broker in paying in the fands, For this consideration the State provides care, support and maintenance for the sick and destitute for four years after their arrival, the whole to be provided for with the emigrant’s own money. Not one cent had the State ever con- tributed to this fund, nor had any county in the State. The 120 acres of land and the splendid build- ings thereon were all paid tor with the emigrants’ money. Commissioner STEVENSON said there was no in- stance in any public institution in the United States where one denomination was favored as against others. Commissioner Lyncn thought this was not the case. Every ship that left a port of the United States had a chaplain on board and he NEVER WAS A ROMAN CATHOLIC. He called for the reading of the petition of the German citizens on this subject. Commissioner STEVENSON hoped that the petition of the American citizens would be also read. eles petitions were placed on file without being read. Commissioner STEVENSON pressed his resolution that the chapel be used by ail denominations, Commissioner Lyncu hoped that the vote would not be taken until the return of Mr. Quintard, who took his view of the case. Commissioner STEVENSON said Mr. Quintard had told him he would vote for his (Stevenson's) reso- lution. Commissioner LYNcH said every man had aright to change his opinion, and Mr. Quintard had told him he would vote for his (Lynch’s) resolution. (Laughter.) Commissioner Kavrman then read his substitute again. Whereas the It was as follows :— hurch erected otf Ward's Island has been built with che funds contributed by emigrants of all denominations, and whereas no one denomination has theretore any right to consider said editice as built for their own exclusive use; therefore, Resolved, That the said church sball at all times be considered’ as # place of worship where all creeds shall be at liberty to hold religious services, and that suitaple rovision shall be made by the Superintendent of Ward's sland for the holding of such service whenever it may appear necessary to afford more room to the worship- pers than is at present allotted to ther upon the Island. This resolution was adopted by the following vote :— Ysas—Forrest, Hurlburt, Kaufman, Maujer and Starr. Nays—Lynch ‘and Stevenson. The Commissioners then adjourned. One of them, who had voted for Mr. Kaufman's substitute, said, “Well, the Protestants won't hold any service in the Catholic chapel, alter all. TWEED STILL IN THE TOMBS, Stokes’ Old Room Carpeted and Fitted Up for Him—The “Boss” Laxuriates in the Very Frown of Justice (!)—The Red Tape and Star Chamber Proceced- ings of the Commissioners. Tweed is still in the Tombs, but has been re- moved to more comfortable quarters, and is under the direct charge of Deputy Sheriff's William Shields and Michael Cahill. He now occupies the same room in which Edward S. Stokes spent the last year of his sojourn in the Tombs. A great many improvements have been made by his friends, and jt has now quite a cosey, comfortable appearance. The floor is covered with a carpet of a dark green ground. The walls are hung with dark green cloth, and the panes in the windows opening on Centre street, which were cracked and broken a few days ago, have been newly glazed. In the centre of the room is a large round tabie, at which the “boss” takes his three reguiar meals, served up in the best manner from the prison restaurant. There is a luxurious leather-colored lounge in one corner and five chairs, including a large, comfort- able rocking chair. Besides these few articles of furniture are a washstand and a bookcase. The prisoner is plentifully supplied with reading mat- ter; and as for creature comforts, the solicitude of his friends and relatives leaves nothing to be desired except liberty. Crowds of people have called to see him for the past two days, but none were admitted without passes from the Commissioners, Among the number who gained access to his room were his son, William, his nephew, Frank Tweed, and bis brother Richard, Ex-Coroner Keenan, Morgan Jones, Sheridan Shook and Foster Dewey also were admitted. Ex- Coroner Schirmer called as his private physician, About twelve o’clock yesterday a carriage drove up tothe entrance, and two ladies, one in deep mourning and heavily veiled, the other, younger, and in lighter colors, but also veiled, alighted, They were received by Warden Johnson and es- corted to his room. ‘These ladies proved to be MRS. TWEED AND HER DAUGHTER JOSEPHINE. The ladies remained with their relative tor at least two hours, When they came out they were handed to their carriage by Frank Tweed, and were immediately driven away. Willard Bartlett, his juntor counsel, as also his senior counsel, spent the greater part of the afternoon with the prisoner. Counsellor Howe, also, was in consultation with him for a long time. All who have seen the ‘Boss’? concur in saying that he bears up remarkably well, and speaks Very hopetully of the result of the effort his counsel are making for him. He enjoys his meals with seeming gusto, and cracks a joke now and then with his keepers, the deputy sheriis. These deputies are with him day and night, and one of them sleeps in the room with lim. There is no probability at present of Tweed’s speedy removal from the Tombs. ifis counsel are working as rapidly as possible on THE BILL OF EXCEPTIONS, and expect to present it in a few days. In regard to the stay of proceedings at first expected, i is Considered very doubtful whether it can be ob- tained at present. Nothing definite can be ob- tained either from his counsel or Iriends as to their roposed line of action, and as to what is really boing done in his behalf, or what they expect todo, the parties directiy interested only Bnow, In the 7 meantime Tweed \ Vill remain where he is an@ calmly await the resu tt. He has expressed a desire to see a very few yp te Outside of his own famiy, and wishes for the pres €2¢ to be left to himself, Commissioner Laimbe, % Was at the Tombs yeater- day and leit strict order. ¥,4bout admitting no one without @ special pass, Sin ‘©? the escape of Sharke; the Commissioners have L €en engaged night an daydo patching up rules an. t regulations innumere able wn A GREAT DEAL-OF RED 4 “4PE BUSINESS ia the\consequence, One of t. Y¢ rules is that al personstapplying for a pass to % ‘ @ prisoner mi first go to the Commissioners a Vt present satia- factory evidence of their character.’ When the pass 18 brought to the Tombs it must b ’ countersigned by the Warden. A number of ney ¥ passes have been printed for fatare use, of which the following is @ sample :~ Hours 10 to 1 hk el BEER, Commiss vor: Qrvsseceneeavearenenesceenercsnceceeaece \ereieete Department of Pibtic Chartties and Cor Yeetton, 3 Mr. FOUN 7. SMUTUL : to vinit the Zornba 3 recommenited by Smith's Son. $ Object of visit -to Riehard Rooke. 3 3 ® eee REC LE CELE LE LIOE DE EE EDE EERE PERE DE IEEE LEED: A number of otier passes came trom the Com missioners yesterday, with the words “to see #omes one in the prison” on them and the name ot the \ party guaranteeing their character blank, By order of Commissioners Laimbeer and Stern, members of the press are ENTIRELY EXCLUDED from the prison, Theve ts no reason given for thia® exclusion, except that these wise imen tuink ié will subserve the ends of public juste: It look rather as if they wished to cover up the evidence of their own stupidity in appointing incompetent keepers, and keep their tutore doings 4s dark aa possible. Since the time of the Sharkey escape there has been nothing gotng on among these gen- tiemen but Star Chamber proceedings and secret investigations that have ended ta noching. THE HOBOKEN SAVINGS BANK. ——- Application in the United States Court to Place It im Bankruptcy—An Injunc= tion Issued and an Extension of Time Granted. In the United States District Court, at Trenton, yesterday, before Judge Nixon, Mr. Leon Abbett made an application on behalf of the depositors of the Hoboken Bank for Savings to have that insti tution adjudged bankrupt, and urged the following reasons in support of the request:—Tnat, in April, 1872, Klenen, the secretary of the bank, abstracted over $100,000 from its funds and ab- sconded; that the bank deposited witn Fisk & Hatch, of New York, the sum of $94,412, which firm since failed; that the present deficiency, as per statement of Mr. Warren, is $54,020; that the bank authorities were trying toreconcile matters in presumption of get- ting money from Fisk & Hatch, of which there is no probability, as that firm’s Uabilities amounted to about $9,000,000; that the aepositors have no confidence in the present management of the bank; that they cannot pay their depositors, and that they had “frittered’’ away over $200,000, with the greatest negligence and violation of law. Under these circumstances Mr. Abbett contended that as he represented many of the depositors the Gourk would be justified in granting his applica- tion. Mr. Keasley appeared on behalf of the bank and resisted the motion. In doing so he gave a de- tailed statement as to the present condition of the institution to show that most of its assets were in- vested in mortgages on real estate and other prop- erty in Hoboken, and to ioreclose these mortgages now would create great distress in that city, which woul be done if the bank was thrown into bank- ruptcy; he therefore asked for an extension of two weeks to give his clients an oppor- tunity of reconciling matters with the house of Fisk & Hatch, and to allow them @ chance of getting heip from those directly interested in the matter. Counsel stated to the court that the modus operandi practised by Klenen when deirauding the bank was. that when a de- posit of $100 would be made Klenen would give credit for the full amount in the pass book and in the account book of the bank he would only enter $10 to the credit of the depositor, thus creating & difference of $90 in every such deposit, which sum he pocketed. ‘The Court granted an extension of two weeks, to allow an opportunity of bringing about an arrange- ment, and ordered that an injunction should issue, restraining the trustees of the bank irom paying out or otherwise issuing any of its funds. ‘The total liabiltties amount to $142,620 04, includ- ing $94,412 on deposit with Fisk & Hatch. Ac cording to a statement issued by the bank author- ities in pamphiet form, dated October 23, 1873, and signed by Hoyt Sanaford, secretary, and William G. Sheppard, president, the total liabilities amounted to $1,090,272, and the assets to $1,042,085, which leaves an excess Of liabilities over the asseta amounting to $48,207. This sum, when added to the amount in the hands of Fisk & Hatch, will toot up the total liabilities to the figures above given. The schedule of assets is given as follows :— Bonds and mortgages. . Hoboken Land and improvement ¢ bonds ee West Hoboken Improv act of Legislature West Hopvken school bond West Hoboken Palisade aven Hoboken city bonds. Hudson county bond: Town of Un Fisk & Hatch. Cash. ... Loan account. Total prea Schedule of liabilities to October 10, 18’ Amount apparently due depositors July 1, 1873, upon ledger and pass books. » $1,277,086 Errors upon ledger as ascertail 1 6,270 Total........ . $1,270,816 Deposited since Juiy i, 1878 Ras Total... .....0.. ++ Paid depositors since July 1, 1873. Amount due depositors. ese S000 ITE ORUSHED TO DEATH BY A FREIGHT TRAIN, On Monday evening Mr. Frederick Lachner, fore- man of the Boulevard lager beer brewery, Tenth avenue, near Lawrence street, proceeded to the depot of the Hudson River Railroad Company, foot of 130th street, North River, for the purpose of tak- ing the down train, then nearly due. Shortly after> wards Mr. Lachner, hearing a whistle blow, ram out and, not doubting the approach of the dowm train, stepped on to the other track, when he was crushed beneath an upward bound freight train, the approach of which he had not discovered, an instantly killed, the body being horribly mutilated. The remains were taken to the late home of de- ee and Coroner Young was subsequently notified, A special correspondence to the HERALD, dated Honoluiu, 8. I., on the 25th of October, says:—"Our community was quite agreeably surprised by the arrival of the United States ship-of-war Saranac, Admiral Penvock, from San Francisco, on the Lot inst." ; MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Wisconsin will leave this port om Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. ‘The mails for Europe will close at the Post Office at half-past seven o’clock A. M. Tue New York Heratp—Kdition for Europe— will be ready at haif-past six o'clock in the morne ing. Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, six cents, A.—For a Superb Dress or Business Hat go to ESPENSCHEID, Manufacturer, 118 Nassau street. A.—Herni Since Nobody Buys Metal springs or wretched fingerpads, unprincipled dealers ad- vertise worthless Elastic Trusses, to injure the good naine of THE ELASTIC TRUSS COMPANY, 683 Broadway, which soon cures rupture. As a Reliable Remedy tor Cough colds, hoarseness or any affection of the throat and lungs, use Mme. PORTER'S COUGH BALSAM. 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