The New York Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1874, Page 6

b oo PLYMOUTH CHURCH. The Controversy with the Two Congre-+ tional Churches, Closed. BEPLY OF PLYMOUTH CHURCH. ——— ee Mr. Beecher’s Stateynent of the Reclesiastical Attitude of the Church—A Strong and Em- phatic Staty.ment—Ai Reconsidere- ‘tien of the Bowen Case in the Light of the Protest ‘Twe usual Plymouth Chureh Friday evening ‘prayer meeting, which Was opened by Mr. Beecher, was shortened of tty Usual length in consequence ‘ef wwe extended business of the adjourned busi- ‘mess meeting of the church, which was held im- mediately afterwards. Mr. Edgerton was ap- speinted chalyman, After the reception of the wames Of a Mumber of persons who were candi- a@aves 10F membership, Mr. Sherman, the ekrk of the church, said that before he read a letter which had been received by charch from Clinton avenue and Gnureh of the Pilgrims, Congregational ehurches, be @eered to say that he had communicated by Aabter with the clerk of the Clinton avenue Congre+ ‘church in reference to this letter, in which ‘Be'Rad drawn the clerk’s attention to rulesin the ‘menual of that church which required that notice ‘of regular and special meetings of the church @®euki be given from the pulp!t on the Sunday pre- wieus to the meeting, and asking the clerk wo forward to him certificated proof that “emia requirement had been complied with. He had delivered that letter himself to ‘She clerk, and though he had not received from the latter any written acknowledgment, the clerk shad said touim (Mr. Sherman) that he might say up- officially that there had not been any notice of any @1 the meetings to which the letter he was about to read had reference to read or announced {rom the pulpit of the Clinton avenue Congregational church, Mr. Sherman then read the letter of these ‘twe churches, which has been already published. The meeting received it by a unanimous vote, and it was placed on the minutes of the church, ANSWER OF PLYMOUTH CHURCH. Mr. Beecher said that the letter that the clerk, Mr. Sherman, bad read had been received by him, and on it coming into his hands he thought that it demanded the consideration of the brotherhood of ‘the church. He had had the form of a reply drawn ‘Up, and he thought that not only his own thought, ‘but also that of others should be songht, and there- fore he asked several brethren to communicate ‘to him their opinions in writing. From these he had drgwn upareply. He would move that the reply, should the meeting adopt it, be signed by the chairman and the clerk of the church, and for- ‘warded to the respective churches, He then asked Prolessor R. R. Raymond to read this reply :— THE REPLY. To Rev. Ricnarp &. Store, D. D.; Rev. Buvvixatow, D. D., and ‘Messrs. Ricnarp P. Buck, Anonsatp Baxter, ‘Dwicat Jounson, Josuua M. Van E 1 Mycarr, Jr.; Watrur 7.’ Harcu, Lucien Bigpsuye, Aureep 5. Bazwes, Jaurs W. BE: Haw ver B. Speuwax, Tuomas S. TuoRr, Avcustus F, Fame B, Canpusr, Catvix mittee :=— Barrnaxr—Your letter of December 15 hasbeen sever and read te thischarch. [tis largely cocupied explicit or implied comparisons between the Con- jonalism of Fiymouth church and that of the you represent. That there isa dislerence we admit. and singe this y be our 1y to you, we feel Mat the ‘bas arrived jor a statement on our E nid setting forth the principles which have constituted - inspiration of our history. ryEone church was jounded at a time when the dom ‘Wisse Ives IBBY, C, Woo.worrs, Com- ‘mation of ministers in news tional chugehes in the city of New York had excite’ profound dudignation; and its members were determined trom the Deginning to vindicate the rizhte of the vrotherhood. ‘bey refused to aliow # council to organize them, pro- testing, in the midst of the service, and obliging the etficiating minister to recognize the’ fact that of their own sole right and authority they organized them- seives into @ church. y retused to allow their minister to preside ez @ficio at any meeting; and there never has been a formal Dusiness meeting o! the church at which he has presided, unless elected by vote of the church. ‘They even went so far, in the earlier years, as to refuse eqow bam to preside, except by special appointment, at the prayer meeting of the church, lest he might take advantage of that position to call, by viruie of a careless Sermo consent, indifference or jorance, irregular jess meerings. According to our rules, no business (with a single def- nite exception) can be conducted at any meeting of the eburch, of which previous notice has not been given from the pulpit; and in the 2 years of our history there has Reverbeen @ case in which business of importance has been transacted by the pastor, or any officer or any committee, except as specitically determined by a vote ota called meeting of the whole church. It isin of this history and auitorm. practic we ourselves to represent the Congre lity more traly than ei the two ches Mame you have cailed us to account. It is this history. tutional policy of our Church ‘which should be known by those who would fully un- derstand the steps we have taken since your interfer- ence in our domestic affairs It is this inbred and unalterable spirit of Plymouth church that is ignorea ry those who charge us with a change of ground in the Interpretation of the rules of our manual, given at our recent meeting. It ts our adherence to this principie, ‘what the authority of the church does not reside in the . DOT in any manding committee, but in the whole rhood itself, which constitutes our peculiar difl- eulty in dealing With committees professing to repre- sent two churches our near neighbors. For it is well known thatin neither of those churches as ever been h the voice of the brotherhood. in open and assembly pronouncing upon the su! jects alleged to be at issue between them and us Your committees are but a pastoral emanation, authenticated by better than.a chureh meeting, the residuum : prayer meeting, gathered without public call or Fy While the whole spirit and temperament of Plymouth enarch, resulting irom its origin and its management, ‘on principles equaliy spplicabie to all Congregational churches, renders it averse to interference in its domes- tic affairs on the part of any other church, yet had this course been takem kindly and faicly D4 the whole brotherhood of both or either of the churches to which ‘we have reterred there would have been every Pree on our to afford them all the light and knowiedge that they reasonably could have asked, This we said, im substance, in our first reply; ‘but it” seems to have been unnoticed or forgotten, In: stead p Aaa har approached, aa ane poly i been d, catechized, conditionally red ani threate and all the questions of | fact, *f our ine our r « jonalism, of femey’to Join incall. ‘our compeiency to join in call- ing a | cenit a} take part im ove when called, ha been determined for our instruction. Under the p! of a desire to be enlightened, a persistent attempt h been made to enlighten us. And this treatment, to which ‘the seli-respect of our church and its sense of the influ. ence o: its example and testunony would not allow it \ submit, has proceeded from a joint committee which, whether technically irregular as respects botli churches represented of not, was at least, in iw origin and author. ity, so foreign to the habits of this charch as to render it ry impossible for us to transact business with it. We do not complain, brethren, of the phraseology of wut, letters. It is. of the substance of the thing covered Wy thes bon Ay = Ce You have ey begi end of your correspondenc an _unwarrantable attitude towards this church. te We have hitherto waived these considerations and of Congregational churches. And we do now again waive all these fust aud matural scruples in replying to your last letter. But we wish it now to be distinctly understood that we must hereafter decline to receive trom eg documents ‘which are not accompanied by proof ot the authority of the whole brotherhood of your churches, regularly and deliberately conterred, and that we must deciine to re- ceive in any case. trom them or trom you, letters con. taining covert insinuations against the character of any Of the members of this church. With these reservations, we now proceed to answer your letter of December 15. In the first part of it yeu enumerate the ta which zea would probably have dewured te bring belore a muteal advisory sonncil. But after this enumeration you proceed to say that the most recent declarations of this church have completely altered 80. that, if these &ecia: you de not see ho could eater ary, coungil. We infer that you mean to invitation, and we shail therefore post- Powe ang discussion of its terme watil It shail nave been renewed b; a y your churches, We do not decline to join uiual council: it is you who secma to us to sve fire. 0} in invitation, Under dubious au thority, and then withdrawn it. 1m the second part of rong letter you argue that the recent declaration of this church, quoting and inte rpret- dng it tand unaltered rules, constitutes a ci\ange Ap iis pa equivalent w a voluntary disavow al of Congregat fellowship. This is wot the casey for Congreya the conduct of the affairs oi’ the ae the whole brotherhood, not embarrassed by the anasked interference of other churches. This view of it Is at least, ae old cbarch ; it is as wld os many Cc regations! writers who have expouna:d which Mexter sums up in the jollowin'g 9 Minty ot rtnatiad under pimselt. Page 5. novamly did the individual ehurches, in obedience to spostolic counsel and under 1 thar. e eh Beriorm ai) the tune the sole responsibility of there hy Po Foe] who gud leit apon whem by Cu ery Ww! nized” the righ gf the broth. Pace wt, believe to be as old as the apostolic ro d final decinon apa gan 4 of Piymoutn chi ‘deliber- miely taken at the beginuing aud never «ya is. Con: ism, Ae We understand it, hi % fermined to maintain it © Bold it, 68, ape GO That it does not nk or a. -euiving fellowship, advice and assisiance. wuthcfepth Proved by the whole history of this church undef ey, sareds of othe: ngregational churches. That we have not now suddenly invented, oF discovered or’ renaye red it may appear from the remarks made in the eu, vit of this chareh last June, on the occasion of a cohtt. Union, @ copy of which, ay appencied to this letter. no desire to interfere with the churches you course they may (eel constrained to choose to withdraw from a truly Gongre- * ip itis their right se todo. Bul we have not withdrawn, and we wiil not bdraw, Nor can we Surrender, for their accommodation, the fundamental netple by virtue, of which we exist a»a church—the rinciple of our sol@mn aud sole responsibility to the nie? for the Mamage'uent of our owe alaira whiug you the euli<pienment of tke Syizit uvep prevent acharch from gyi hon tor the Congregation Phonographicaily reporte: We have ee NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1874. ne peetiantintsaeen tran te ee Zona a pt a may de led to at voluntary and eordial meteeranen Valen ee Hive fo enjoyed, and which we have oh REMARKS OF MR. BEECHER, Jane 29, 1873, in Plymouth churoh, on the occasion Of @ collection Jor the Congregational Union :— tionalism is an independency of local ‘ehure! It asserts, as its prime idea, that each particu- lar church is @ perfect church, and that so far as disei- line and governinent are concerned it stands without Recemary allegiance or subjection either, to any neish- ng church oF to any collection of churehes. ‘Congre- lis organizes ltselt just as the tamily or; Neelt cach tamily standing on its own proper independ- Dans But then, as all families find themselves stregthened and ‘comforted by instituting a relauon of good Beis ood ear tamilies, so Congregational churcues h neighboring churches, and accept and ren- volurrtary offices. ¢ 18 nO ecclesiastical government between church and church, 1) a church needs counsel it asks it; it it does not want counsel it does not ask it, Every church is understood to be competent to the jurisdiction of |1s own affairs. He De nei, it goes for help where it thinks atcan et i t think o Oona rational form is the best, Sbongh other forms are |. It is more in accordance with the Saxon spirit amd with our political institutions than any other form. Congregatiol is very much like our household independency. we ts, because our churches are inde- d, more than any others, to con- % how- ave no authority; they simply have influence. We ‘believe im influence,’ bus hot im authority, im such uatter: The reply was unanimously Boepvec by the meet- ing, and on the motion of Mr. 5. B. Halliday, the | mame of the pastor, Henry Ward Beecher, was added to the signatures appended, THE BOWEN PROTEST. Mr. SHERMAN, the Clerk, read the following re- Port, which was Qnanimously adopted :— ‘The committee to whom was referred the protest of Brother Heury C. Bowen reapectrully submatt the follow- 2 Fepe: Iu considering this protest it is necessary frst of all to inguire what was the end designed to be gained by it ‘This end, he informe us, Was to effect a change in the fon. of ‘this church, by passing the tollowing resou- ons :— ‘ “Resolved, That the action taken by this church in ac- cepting a report of the Examining Committee and in dis. missing certain charges against Henry C. Bowen be and hereby reconsidered. “Resolved, That, as no evidence has been found to con- viet Menry 0. Bowen of the charges made against him by Mr, West, such charges be aud wey are hereby dis missed.” The facts of the case are that the charzes were dis missed by the committee for reasons angned by them, and which they have stated in thelr report to te ehureh. This leads us to inquire whether the objections. of the protestant are valid against thataction. The duties ‘ot said committee as prescribed by the Church Manual are threefold, nainely :— dy Riey aré (0 exaimine candidates for admission to the chureh. “2. They are to examine or investigate;a!! complaints made to them against any member of the church, and to decide whether there is ground for tri “8, It they se determine they are to sit as a judicial for thé trial of members against whom charges are made.” Was Mr. Bowen tried before the Commitiee of Discip- Une in the exercise ot their judicial power? If he was, then he couid rightiuidy claim ali the rights and priv: leges incident to such a trial But such was not the fact. There was no regular trial of Brother Bowen be- fore the committee. : What, then, was done? Simply this: The committee took cognizance of {he complaint and of the facts of the case in order to decide whether there should be a trial or hot. They are entrusted with powers to act thus, asa kind of grand jury, and they did not trammcend these powers, but used them with wisdom and discretion. They conferred with Brother Bowen by an official sub- comumitiee, from whom he could learn all that was in- volved in the complaint before the committee. He was also called on by Brother Halliday, trom whom he could gbtain fuil information as to any ‘charges against him. To the sul ittee and to Mr. Halliday he made state- ments which were reporied to the main committee, and it was upon the ground of these statements that they re- solved to dismiss the charges and not proceed to a trial, This is the result which they reported to the church, and a8 it was regarded necessary, owing to peculiar circumstances, to make this repori, it was necessary to make the charges and also the statements of Brother Bowen inteliigible. The charges in substance were that Brother Bowen had violated ® certain statement and agreement as to the pastor. They therefore reported What that agreement was, the statements of Brother Bowen in view of which they dismissed the charges, This statement was not needless. On the other hand it was indispensable to @ just understanding of their action, {h.viaw of thia statement of fects itis obvious that all 0 ir Bowen’ s. cal of prot lisa ppear, ‘ks herwag not red he could dor claim’ an official notice of charges nor an interview with the person making the charges, hor a copy of the charges, nor @ citation to appear, nor official Rotice of steps taken. nor opporta- nity of rebut testimony, Nor an observance of thet directions in Matt xviil., 15-18 And yet the spirit of this passage was fulfilled in the appointment and visit of the sub-committee. The states that he had never thought of aut anything that shookl convey even the im pression of a confe: or an apology. Nosuch charge ‘or statement was inade by the committee. But certuiniy the compiainant did authorize the statement “that if on his part there has seemed to have been any separture from the letter or spirit of that agreementhe regrets it exceedingly.” Reserence is here made to the agreement with the pas- tor betore mentioned, in which lie eays:—"I disavow all the charges and imputations that have been attributed fo meas having been made by me against Henry Ward Beecher.” And again :- sincerely regret baying made any imputations, charges or innuendoes untavorable to the Christian character of Mr. Beecher.” The protestant complains that a private agreement was dragged into the report of the Examining Committee. But the document had been widely pubiished in the Rewspayers and had become public property, and was used by the committee as matter honorable to Mr. Bowen and just to the pastor. It was also essential to a proper understanding of their action. Ivis not the rule of the Examining Committee to re- ed to the church the result of inquiries which do not ferminate in judicial action, But the ostentatious pub- licity which had been given to thelr proceedings, aud the extraordinary and exceptional interest that had been awakened in the case, rendered it r, both for the good name of the Broeatent and for the repu- tation of the church, that in this instance results of their action. which was in the nature of an inquest or an inquiry whether there was cause for trial, shouid be Feported to the church. four committee recommend the adoption of the fol- lowing resolutio Resoived, That the protest of H. C. Bowen and the answer of the committee to whom it was referred be placed upon the records of the clturch, EDWARD BEECHER, WALLACE E. CALDWELL, F, M. EDGERTON. THE HALLIDAY STATEMENT. A statement read by the Rev. 8. B. Halliday, ata former meeting, in reference to an interview with Mr. Bowen, Mr. R. W. coo moved should be _—_ on the minutes of the churen. Mr. H. B. bite and Mr, West opposed this, and after some skirmishing, which seemed likely, if persisted in, to intertere with the general harmony, the matter ‘was, on motion of Mr. Raymond, adjourned to the ext business meeting of the church, ROBBED AND ROASTED. A Ki s City Man Brutally Murderea st Wichita—His Partner and Room- mate Found Bleeding and Unconscious. A Wichita correspondent o the Kansas City Times, writing from Wichita, Kansas, December 30, reports a horrible murder and roasting im that town on Christmas morning :— Two young men named McNutt and Winner, recently from Kansas City, were engaged in the sign painting business, and had by their quiet energy and gentiemanly conduct secured quite a patronage. Christmas night they retirea to their room about twelve o’ciock. Their shop and sleeping room were over a millinery blishment on the west side of Main street, oc- cupied by Misses Hanley & Farley. During the day before McNutt had received $500, which he had about his person when he retired. He also had an insurance on his life for $5,000, McNatt’s wile lives in Kansas City. He was married avout six months before coming down here, but his matrimonial lie was not pleasant. Winner states that after they had retired McNutt got) up and went out and looked out of the front window. He thinks it ‘Was about three o’clock wher McNatt got up that he put on his shoes, but no other clothing; that he returned to bed with his shoes on, and laid there uncovered; that he (Winner) talked with him awhile, and then seemingly dropped off to sleep; that he was awakened bya heavy blow on the side; that he sprang out of ded and called to Joe to look ut, and ran for the door in the partition, and as he was passing trough received a heavy biow on the head that seemed to go aj! through him. This all occurred after McNutt had gone to the window. About four o’clock the citizens were startied by the feariul cry of fire, and rushing from their houses they saw the lurid flames bursting out of this butiding, No. 73, west side of Main street. Among them they found this man Winner lying at the foot of the stairs, which Were on the outside ia the rear of the building, in 4 semi-unconscious condition, WOUNDED AND BLEEDING, They carried him to @ drug store, when it was found that he had received @ flesh wound in the lert side and also 4 scalp wound. He was bruised about the forenead, badly scratched on the back of the neck and had @ severe contusion on the left arm near the shoulder. When resuscitated he could give po account of the origin of the fre, or who aseaulted him or what had become of McNutt, but those who were bravely battling the fre were HORRIFIED when the floor of the second story fell in to see, amid the carling, erisping flames, the white and ghastly face and head of a corpse, that feli with a dull, heavy thud, into the glowing embers below. Then it fashed pon them that murder, fou) and damning, had been committed, and that the fre ‘Was started to wipe out all traces of THE BELLISH DEED. The body was horribly burned and past recogni- tion. This 8 supp to be the body of McNutt, Who was loully murdered for his money and policy. “there is a deep and damning pidt that is yet to be 0 nfathomed, DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN, [From the Cieveiand Heraid.} We are informed that Mr. John DeFord died om Christmas Eve, near Augusta, Carroll county, Vhio, at thee advanced age Of 106 years. He was born in the year 1768, seven years before the beginning of the revolutionary war. He removed from Mary- land t Pennsylvania in 1702,in which State m served. as one of the volunteers against the iamous ‘whiskey rebellion,” A few years later he re- moved to Ohio, and was one oj the early settlers of Carroll county, He was a member of the Me- thoaist Bpiscopal Chareh for more than 70 ra and often sat under the ministry of Bishops Asbury, Bascom amd other pioneers of Methouiam in the United States, He was & farmer, and dnring all the {Cars or his “extreme old age enjoyed excellent health. His first youe Jor President was cast Jor Thogoes Jeverson, MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. An adjourned meeting of the Board of Aldermen Was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. Vance, the President, im the chair, The newly elected Alder- man, Mr. Edward Gilon, was present, and on motion of Alderman Kehr, seconded by Alderman Billings, Mr. Guion’s name was called, end after the reading by the clerk of the oath of office, Mr. Gilon answered to the call and took the seat lor- imerly upied by Alderman Clausen. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted. Alderman MONHEIMER proposed the following ey and resolution eulogistic of Alderman levry Clausen, whose term 0! office had expired :— Whereas the period for which Henry Olausen was a) pointed as an Alderman of the city of New York, io fll the vacancy occasioned by the death of Peter Gilsey, having expired and he is about fo sever his oiticial rela- ton with the Board, be it therefore Resolved, That in the retirement of Henry Clausen from the Board of Aldermen, by the expiration of the term for which he was appointed, the rd desire to express to him individually and collestively the bigh Senge they entertain of his integrity and ability. and the fidelity with which he performed the duties of his office, and to convey to hum theig best wishes for his future ‘well being aiid happiness, The resolution was adopted and unanimous consent given to the ex-member, who replied In a Jeeling manner, alluding to the harmony existing in this Board, notwithstanding the diversified po- litical opinions of the members, and at the same time condemning the various heads of depart- ments for the limited patronage bestowed not only on him while a member of the Board, but on the whole Common Council. A few unimportant resolutions Were then passed and the Board ad- journed, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. At half-past four o’clock yesterday afternoon this Board met—His Honor Mayor Havemeyer presid- ing—Recorder Hackettand all the members present, Supervisor Van Sehaick offered @ resolution di- recting the Commissioners of Accounts to investi- gate the financial condition of the county, and that for that purpose they be empowered to employ clerical agsistance, jor which an appropriation not to exceed $5,000 was made, Referred to the Com- mittee on Accounts. Supervisor McCafferty proposed a resolution that the Corporation Attorney be directed to commence action against any and all parties who have de- frauded the city out of any moneys. Consider- able debate occurred on this resolution, in which Supervisors Monheimer, His Honor Recorder Hackett and Koch participated, On ne the yeas and nays to lay on the table, Supervisor Gilon made his maiden speech, deeming the resolution of Supervisor McCafferty of 80 much importance to the city that he hoped the motion to lay on the table would not be avopted, and he would vote no, The resolution was carried. Premises Nos. 37 and 30 Bowe! assigned as an armory to the N.G.S. N.Y. The Board then adjourned to Monday, January 12, PABK DEPARTMENT REAPPOINTMENTS, The Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks made the following reappointments:—Fred- erick Law Olmstead, landscape architect, $6,500 per annum; J. Wray Mould, associate architect, $5,200 per annum; Julius Munepeirtz, superintend- ing architect, $4,500 per annum; John Bogert, engineer, $5,200 per annum; Frederick L. Under- hull and Charies M. Harris, assistant engineers, £m per annum; Howard A. Martin and Geo: |. Harrison, clerks, $1,500 per annum; Samuel! ‘T, Houghton, bookkeeper, $2,200 per annum; A. C, Pratt; assistant bookkeeper, $1,800 per annum; Frank A, Cajkins and Max ‘Thompson, surveyors, 900 and $1,200 per year ; Otto Siebeth,draughtsman, 1,600 per year; A. Holengren, draughtsman, $1,200; Arthur Krause and Ed, M. Kemp, draughtsmen, $1,200; H. Hermans, P. J. Mahoney, Daniel Cam bell and Edward A. Miller, rodmen; Charles S. M lard, Edward Van Valkenburg, Michae! J. Kelley, chainmen; Patrick Phillips, Joseph K. Choate, W. A. Jeffers, M.G, Robinson, Frank Odel!, John Glea- son and Cortlandt FE. Palmer, axemen; W. H. Sal- mon, tapman; Jonathan Gaddis, laborer. paint- ments—Wiiitam K, Beames, property clerk, $2,500 per annum; Carnot Meeker and Christopher Smith, furemen. COUNTY CLERE’S OFFICE, ‘Mr. Walsh, the new County Clerk, yesterday made the following appoinsments:—Jonn Von Glabn, Clerk of the Third Part, Supreme Court, Circuit, in place of Thomas F. Gilroy, removed; Bugh F. Doian and Thomas F. Grady, Recording Clerks in County Clerk’s Office. OITY AND COUNTY TREASURY. Comptrolier Green reports the following dis- bursements and receipts of the Treasury yester- day :— Claims paid—Number of warrants, 14, amount- ing to.. Seg rE) were, on motion, ity-filth regiment, From taxes of 1873 and interest. From of nts and interes arrears of taxes, assessme! + 3936 ‘rom collection of asseasments and interes! = 2448 From market rents and f ars From water rents. 3,081 From permits to ta} “a 2B From Bureau of Permits, Ma: Frow tees and fines, District BROOKLYN TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, ‘The taxes received in Brooklyn the month of De- cember amounted to $3,830,744, against $3,908,874 received in the same month last year. The 1873 were as follows:— 012,356 32h In 1872 the amount aggregated’ $7,971,991, THE BROOKLYN OHARITY COBRUPTIONS, A meeting of citizens was held yesterday morn- ing, at No, 825 Washington street, in response to an invitation issued by Supervisors Prentice, Fisher and Harman, to pring the charges preferred by the Commitee of Supervisors against the Commission- ers of Charities beiore the Governor. The follow- ing. gentlemen were appointed such committee :— John T. Runcie, Thirteenth ward; FE. B, Hale, Twentieth ward; T. C. Cronin, Sixth ward; Chauncey Perry, Seventeenth ward; ex-Alderman Donglas, Eleventh ward; George b. Farrington, Sixth ward; Dwignt Johnson, Third ward. The committee will meet again in conjunction with the Mayor this eveuing. THE STEAMER ETHIOPIA IN TROUBLE, The new British steamer Ethiopia, which ar- rived off Staten Island on the 1st inst, irom Glas- gow, went ashore yesterday morning at high water while getting under way for this city, alter colliding with the pilot boat E. F. Williams (No, 14). Sbe lay grounded on the mad fat off Vander- bilt Janding, distant about 160 yards trom the shore. The pilot boat had three planks and plankshear in Starboard side stove in, also covering board, two stanchions and part of rail. Efforts to haul the Ethiopia off were made by @ tug and a@ Staten Island lerryboat, but unsnccessiully. Her cargo was partially discharged, and the vessel being ligntened finally floated of and arrived at her dock during the evening. ARRIVAL OF TOBPEDOBS, The British steamship International, Captain Hayward, which arrived at this port on the ist inst. from London, brings 614 miles of torpedo cable, weighing 750 tons, and some 20 or 30 tor- pedoes, ordered by the government. and designed jor harbor and coast defence. it also brings a number of electric batteries, to connect with the torpedoes irom the shore. The cable and torpedoes the latter uncharged) were manufactured by the india Rubber Company of London, under an order given some six months ago, and in the ordinar, course of préparation jor any emergency whic’ Mig'it arise. They are of an egg shape and con- structed with conveniences for attaching them to thecable. The International is a telegraph shij being eapectally arranged for the carrying an laying of cable, and her experience in this work has been extensive. She is now iyingyat Willett’s Point, where her cargo will be discharged, FIRE AT WILKESBARRE, Destruction of an Opera House—Flames Raging Seneath a Crowded Assem- bh WILKESBARRS, Pa, Jan. 2, 1874, Franenthal’s Opera House was burned last night, the fire originating in the explosion of @ coal oil Jamp in the basement, which was oceupted by John Lynn asa restaurant, The frst hoor was occupied by Mr. Franenthal as a Soot and shoe store and by ira. Lengfieid’s dry goods and millinery store; the other portion of the building was fitted up as an opera house, and a iarge audience was assembled to witness the performance of a variety troupe when the alarm was sounded. The smoke vose 80 thick and fast that some Péraqns were mestiy suf- focated belore they could get out. The utmost efforts failed to wf the progress of the fire. at hall-past ten o’ck the dames burst throaghsshe roof, and at haifpast eleven the wails fell witha great crash. Fears were entertained that the Names would spread to the old wooden dwellings on the public square, but renewed efforts by the Greme: assisted by the snow on $he housetops, prevented any further destruction. _Frauenthal’s loss is $60,000; insured for $10,000, Mrs. Lengfield’s loss is $25,000; insured for $20,000, John Lyan’s losa is . $4,000; aninsured, THE BUCHU CHIEF JUSTICE. Sorrows of the Poor Buchu Chief Justice. {From the Pottsville (Pa) Standard, Dec, 30.) Attorney General Williams still clings to the ldea that he 1s destined to be the Chief Justice of the United States, and he has sent to Oregon for certifl- cates of good character, We hope, for the aake of poor George, that some of them may not prove of the kind that Marryat’s midshipmen used to write in the books oi the bumboat men in Madras—for, if authentic, we deem it not unlikely that a few may prove more ofa curse than @ biessing. Willial deserves well ol Fish & Co., tor he gave his de- cision in the Virginius case just as he was directed by the powers that be; but we very much fear that the voice of popelae ‘opinion is too strong to admit of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirming the President's pet, for, they do, their names will become a8 iamiliar as household words in the mouths of men, Anyhow we pity Williams; “hope deferred maketh the heart sick”—nearly as Sick a& we are of Presidential nominations, Pity The Appointment of a Buchu Chief Justice Belittles the Supreme Court, [From the Lynchburg Virginian, Dec. 30.) It was bad enough to appoint associate justices, as General Grant did Bradley and Strong, on par- tisan grounds, and pledged, as they were, to re- verse a righteous decision rendered by a majority of the Court, headed by its Onief Justice; but it is ‘woree, if possible, to lave the bead of the highest judicatory in the land—the man who is to preside at the trial, on impeachment of the President— selected by a party President. because of personal obseqnlonaneaa or partisan services, 1t is mon- strous. There can be no doubt that, in the estimation of the country, it is belittling the Court which con- tains men Who have served for years in that high position to place @ new and inexperienced man over them, and especially such @ man as Mr. Wil- hams, of Uregon, 18 conceded to be, George H. William: Demagogue. [From the Sacramento (Cal.) Union, Dec. 23.] The man Williams, whose name is now betore the Senate for confirmation, 1s not the kind of per- son for Chief Justice. He 18 @ politician with a blotched record, a creature of a railway company, fn apologist for and an ally of election frauda, The Union never had any confidence in Williams since he, 80me two or three years ago, made a demagogue speech in San Francisco, intended to inflame the prejudices of the inconsiderate classes against the Chinese, and since he exerted himself, through such friends as ex-Governor Wood, of Ore- gon, in favor of the election of Gorham as Gov- ernor of California in 1867, He has never seemed tous to be anything better than a meve partisan politician, and his appointment to the Attorney Generaiship, though we made no protest against it, because that would have been useless, has al- Ways appeared to us @ mistake of the President, He came into the office by the aid of the railway corporations, over that honest man, Akerman, of Georgia, who pets insisted that the Pacific rail- Ways shouid:be compelled to pay the tnterest on the second mortgage bonds of tne United States, as the said interesi falls due. Williams was put where he 1s by this railway power, and it would be an outrage to the country to promote him to the Supreme Bench as jong as he is under reasonable suspicion of belonging to this power. The Judiciary Committee of the Senate refuses to recommend his cou- firmation. The Senate, so far, deciines to vontirm him. We are told by a despatch trom Washington that the two Senators trom Connecticut are op- posed to him because, having closely watched the case, they have found him out as a weak advocaie of the rights of the government in the Crédit Mo- bilier suit. This is im keeping with his antece- dents and with his conduct m dismissing United States District Attorney Gibbs from office in Oregon because he did m8 whole duty in prosecuting the violators of the election law. The Chiet Justice of the United States should be @ great lawyer and a Mab above reproach, He should not be a partisan, hor under suspicion of corruption, mor trailing in the track of the railway oligarchy, Evarts, Cush- ing, Curtis, Pierrepont may ve such men, but it is certain that George H. Willams isnot. He shou:d be compeiled to resign the oflice be now holds, or, failing to resign, he should be superseded by another and a better man. Uncomplimentary to the Buchu Chief Justice. The Vicksburg (Miss.) Herald calls Attorney General Willtams the judicial imbecile and UVregon ballot stuffer and corruptionist. The Buchu Chief Justice a Petty Poli- tician. [From the Davenport (lowa) Democrat, Dec. 27.] We did, we own, think that Graut would have chosen some great lawyer, not some petty poli- tician; some man known, respected and proved, popular with the whole pecple, and with a legal reputation above. quibbie, instead of a political nobody, whose continuous self-trumpetings are the only evidences of nis existence; but, no. it goes hie own wi picks puvilc oficials from amidst private frien: and the people of the United States must be thankful tor what they get, aan not anticipate miracles until @ new dispeusa- on, The Buchu Chief Justice's Deserting Him. [From the Sacramento (Cal.) Union, Dec. 25.} By recent advices from Oregon it appears that among those who were Williams’ best iriends a short time ago, and who were proud to bear of his nomination Jor the high oiice_to which he aspires, there ap but few now who wish to see him con- firme Friends The Buchu Chief Justice Is the Last Straw on the Camel's Back, [From the Portland (Oyegon) News, Dec. 17.] Consider the alarming and astounding spectacle of Judge Williams, the Man who is accused of com- Plicity with thecorrapt rings that paralyze the energies of the country and disgrace its adminis- tration, and who is known to have sold a contract of surveying jor $2,000) Paet 2 the seat that Marshall and Taney have occupied | If this bitter cup shall be drained by the American people, then the lowest. depths of their degradation have been reached, What farther calamities to alarm the safety of the people or degrade their government can remain? Another Mistake of the Buchu Chief Justice. [From the Ogdensburg (N. Y.) Journal, Dec. 29.) ‘The nomination of Attorney General Williams is evidently distasteful to a majority of the Senate. On what ground we are unable to say. If it ia be- cause the Senate thinks his legal ability is not up to the standard which the duties of the office re- quire, we think the majority 1s correct. His opin- jon in regard to the status of the Virginius, wherein, upon ex parte evidence tntroduced by one side to the controversy, he decides the conduct of the Treasury officers, Who acted upon their oath in granvng that vessel @ register, a fraud, it seems to us is hasty and immature, It is strange that this vessel should be permitted to run on a bogus American register during these very years we have been holding Great Britain to account ior misconduct in the Alabama matter, and that one of our armed ships should be twice ordered to con- voy her salely beyond the reach of a Spanish gun- boat. There is a very generaily expressed opinion SALE Williams is not the proper man for Chiel ustice. How Has the Bucha Chief Jastice Man- aged To Become So Wealthy? [From the Syracuse (N. Y.) Courier, Dec. 29.) The nation isto be disgraced by having such a Man as Williams Chief Justice. Coming from the West to Washington a poor man, Williams has saved enough out of his small salary to purchase several hundred thousand dollars’ worth of real estate in Washington and vicinity and elsewhere, How he has managed to do it is one of those things that “a fellah cap never find out.” If he bas acquired all his movables and real estate in the same manner that Mrs, Willams secured her $1,600 landaulec— by coolly charging them to the Department of Jus- tice or some other department—wno will be the wiser? Williams will prove a valuable man to Grant, His powers of acquisition are cial re- commends to the good opinion of Grant, for he knows how it is himself, He willbe @ servile tool of his master, but an open disgrace to the country. Grant declared in uis inaugural that he had no policy to enforce against the will of the peopie; and yet in deflance of the popular will, in contempt of the opinions and warnings of the in- dependent republican press, and, notably, Har- pers Mn? uhe Albany Jow Rochester Dem- ocrat, of this State, he cracks the whip over the heads of doubting Senators and forces the confr- mation of Willams, Sad enough it is to behold such & spectacie, Fretting the President’s Stubborn Na- ture. {From the Portsmouth (Va.) Enterprise.) Any other President but General Grant would, ere now, have withdrawn the nomination of Mr. Williams for Ubief Justice of the Supreme Court, on account of the dissatisfaction which it has pro- duced among all parties and the manifest unwill- ingness on the part of the Senate to confirm it. But General Grant has been #0 used to issuing orders and having them obeyed that the present opposition of the Scuate has the effect of fretting is stubborn nature, and instead of listening to Feasor he persists in hia unsuitable nomination and will endeavor to force the Senate to confirm it, mogulay It ia somewhat thay President Gyant he should seex to to the ae J tion in the country, even her than tne ‘Bi dential chair itsel/—tne Chief Justice of the nawon. But digerent qualtfications for the oMce are re- quired now from those required in ¢! of Marshall and Taney, and a woman's influence has been suffictent to induce the President to forget what is due to the country of which he is Cnler Magistrate. BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. The Arapiles Afloat Once More—Vosscis charged on New Year's Eve. The Spanish iron-clad Arapiles was floated gut into the stream from the dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard about nine o’clock yesterday morning, the hated coal barge blockade having been raised the day previous. The greatest enthnusiaam pre- vailed among the officers and crew as the splendid war vessel made her way into the channel, The men threw up their caps, danced and cheered wildly with the prospect of the voyage in store. An untoward mishap, however, marred their pleasure for & few hours. As the Arapiles was moving slowly along in the direction of the salat- ipg battery, the cob dock Jacing the river, she grounded on the mnd bank just astern of the re- ceiving ship Vermont. There she was compelled to remain until the return of high tide last even- ing when She floated of, To-day she will take her armament on board from the dock, where the guns are now parked. She will sail on Monday. The United States monitor Dictator, Captain Jouett, will not.goin commission belore Thesday or Wednesday. She will carry a crew of 180 men; her destination is Key West. The triple turretcd monitor Roanoke, Captain George H, Cooper, will not be ready lor commission until about the 16th inst. The sloop of war Ossipee, which arrived at the Navy Yard PF ites 8 morning from the Battery buoy, hauled into the dock at the foot of the ave- nue jeading from the York street entrance. The sloop o! war Florida has been removed to the cob dock, where she is moored, awaiting a coat of paint and the completion of some repairs now under way. She will be ready for commission ina few days. ‘The engines of the Swatara, which are build- ing in Washington, will shortly be ready to be placed in position on that handsome sloop of war. The Tennessee will be towed over trom Roche's dock, East River, next week, and be taken in hand by the Construction apartment for completion, The steam frigate Minnesota, which is almost Teady to go in commission, and which was origi- nally intended to reintorce the North Atlantic fleet, while the Cuban war cloud lowered over this pa- tion, will, it is said, be ordered to the Mediter- ranean, there to relieve the flagship Wabash, of the European squadron, Several of the officers who were assigned for duty to this frigate, but swho were detached when she was not required in Cuban waters, have applied to the department for reassignment, in event of her destination being as set jorth—the European fleet. About 300 workmen were discharged from the Navy Yard on Wednesday evening last, and a far- ther reduction of the force is looked for next week. Notwithstanding the reduction of the num- bers at the yard there is ample work remaining undone at this station for twice the present force of workmen, EXECUTION DEFERRED, Two More Weeks of Life Allowed to Joseph Baker, the North Carolina Mure derer. CHarxorre, N. C.; Jan. 2, 1874. The final preparations for the execution of Joseph Baker, convicted of the murder of Newton Wilfong, in March last, had long been completed, and to-day he was to have paid the penalty of his terrible crime, when a further respite till the 16th inst, ar_ rivea from the Governor at Raleigh. Baker, alter repeated trials, was sentenced to be executed on the 12th of December last, but this he evaded by an escape under the most desperate circumstances, and while at liberty he made his way to within 16 mules of the Tennessee line, where he was recap- tured by two North Carolinians for the consider. ation o1 $600, the amount of a reward offered for. his apprehension, At the same time that the Gov-. ernor offered this reward he respited Baker until to-day, when he woukd have been executed but for the interposition of his wile and mother, both of whom visited Raleigh, where they suc- ceeded by the most heartrending appeals for mercy im gaining this further respite. They ar- rived here this morning bearing the precious document, which once more suspended sentence of the law and revived another lingermg hope.ot lie and liberty in the breast of the prisoner. ‘There is more than ordinary interest felt in this case, the condemned being a white man while his victim was @ negro, the race of the latter gener- ally insisting that ker would never be hanged, because ‘Twas a nigger be killed.”’ To-day the streets were througed with negroes patiently awaiting the hanging, and when the news came of 1ts postponement they slowly dispersed with de- cided expressions of indignation, and grumbling such expressions as “I knew it,” “I tole you so, be | tell ou dey aint gwine to hang dat ar white man,” &c, A PALSE TOOSIN OF ALARM. Sharkey Not Yet Captured. The air was thick with romors yesterday morn- ing in regard to the supposed capture of Sharkey. “He has been arrested in Jersey,” saldone. “He's been caught in Philadelphia,” said another, War- den Johnson, when questioned as to tne truth of these statements, said he received the following despatch on New Year's Day, at half-past eleven’ o'clock :— ” NRE ek, WILADELPE Wanven or Touns, New York cityi— Send on any person who can identity Sharkey. An- swer at what time he will arrive in this city. Come im- mediately. CHAMLES M- CARTENTER, Alderman, No, 313 North Eighth street. The Warden was immediately hurried to the depot in a carriage in which the Police Commissioners amd Superintendent Matsell were driving by at the time he received the despatch, and took the half-past twelve train for Philadelphia, There he called on Alderman Carpenter and three police captaing who had been watching the supposed fugitive. Warden Johnson was tuken to one of the police lodgmg houses, where he was confronted with Sharkey, who turned out mot to be sharkey, after all, The man was of Sharkey’s height, had Shar- key's dark eye, Sharkey’s heavy, overhanging eye- brows, the itive’s pug bose and his prominent cheek bones; but yet be was not Sharkey. Hts com- plexion is swarthy, while Sharkey light; and @ glauce satisfied the Warden that the police au- thorities of Philade)phia had been deceived by this man’s extraordinary resemblance vo the descrip- tion given of Sharkey, The man had excited sus- picion by hiding for 10 days in the lodging house, Only going out at night and evidently seeking to elude observation. Warden Johnson returned to the city late at night, and yesterday morning was at his post as usual. He stated emphatically that he would go to Chicago or St. Louis or any other city. if ne received a telegram similar to the one published above and authorized by an official. He did not doubt that Sharkey wouid yet be captured. It he were out of the country he would sure to come back, thinking that the matter “had blown over;" besides, he was very likely to get drunk wherever he was, and thereby attract ob- servation.. He knew of no special efforts to arrest: Sharkey except those made all along by the police. ‘The Warden denied that he had gone to Jersey for pepe he hog) and said this statement must have erie: ted in the fact of his going to Phila- delphia, GENET’S WHEREABOUTS. Inguiries at the Sherif’s Office yesterday failed to elicit anything new in the case of Genet. Ex-Sherif Brennan said he had heard something of Genet, but how authentic it was he could not say. Row- ever, the Sheriff says he has great hopes of ulti- mately bringing the fugitive to justice. On being closely questioned regarding the supposed locale of Genet he refused to say anything definite, putting the reporter off With an assurance that the ends of justice demanded silence. The report that has circulated regarding the remodelling of the York- ville Savings Bank since Genet’s conviction is not true, a8 the officers say his resignation was sent in on the first day of the trial. INFAMOUS USE OF THE OLUB, Atthe corner of Broadway and Second street, Brooklyn, on New Year's morning, aboat four o'clock, an outrage Was perpetrated that calis for more than passing notice, A young man, well dressed and of respectable carriage, was standing on the sidewalk just below the Dime Savings Bank, A heavy set, rough looking, gruff spoken private watchman, with the airs of a Dogberry and a club like a pump handle, and ostentatiously displaying ‘a large shield, ordered this citizen to moveon, A few words were bandied, when the watchman dealt @ sounding cross-buttock blow and followed it by another and crashing stroke full in the tem- ple ol the unoffending citizen that staggered him the pavement and doubled him in a heap the lence, This dastardly performance the would have repeated but for the interfer- ence of some citizens. The gentleman assaulted Was armed and knew hia legal power over the very je of his assatiant, yet, with rare forpear- ance, used no Violence, ‘These wanton clubbings of private citizens, so contrary to all justice and hamanity, are becoming too common. An officer, whether public or private. who is given a ciuo, should know that it is furnished mim for his pro- tection and not to assati others with. ‘The Smeaick and Perry homicides and other similar tragedies are natural outcroppimgs of the brutal abuse of the be thoroughly scru- club, which should at once Tuped by tye “nawags that be.’ CONSERVATIVE VIRGINIA. General Aspect of the Political Situation in the. O14 Dominion—The State and the National Administration in Sympathy—Republi- can Chagrin—The Senatorial Contest. RICHMOND, Jan. 2, 1874, The new conservative State government of Vin ginia was inaugurated on the ist of January. General Kemper, a8 already announced, then took the oath of office, and ‘finds. himself suatained by # conservative majority of nearly 100 on joint bai- lot in @ Legislature eager to sustain a popular Ex- ecutive in all nis efforts to secure even a greater popularity for the incoming conservative admin- istration than that which has attenaed the emi- nently successful administration of Governor Wal- ker. In advance of other sources of information the HERALD correspondent has been enabled to announce the salient features Of the initial policy 0! Governor Kemper. Since the inauguration ot her new departure, in 1869, Virginia has been pre- eminent among the Southern States for the WISE LIBERALISM which has governed her politics. Bourbonism has been at an enormous discount in the councils of the dominant party. The especial prominence of Kemper tn the Convention of 1872, in leading the liberal element against the Bourbon, led by Extra Billy Smith and ex-Lieutenant Governor Montague, who resisted a declaration in favor of Greeley in advance of action by the National Democratic Con- vention, superadded to his splendid war record and his recognized executive abilities, secured for him ap almost unanimous nomination last sum- mer. During his recent canvass of the State he reiterated irom the stump the liberal views pro- claimed in the platiorm of the convention which nominated him, @ conspicuous feature of which was the declaration of neutrality as to federal politics; and at Alexandria he delivered a speech, which—I learn trom high republican authority— elicited the hearty praise of President Grant. A MORE PROGRESSIVE POLICY, At an early day Governor Kemper will urge npon the Legislature even @ more progressive policy than the Virginia conservatives have hitherto pur- sued, a policy which the Legislature will certainiy adopt,,and which, in its logical result of strengthen- ing the amiable feeling now existing between the administration and the Virginia conservatives, will undoubtedly materially. modify the smis- chievous civil rights Jegisiation now impending at Washington which the whole South so much dreads. Not neglecting the important concern of domestic State legislation, for the present at least Governor Kemper will address himself to the task of securing for Virginia and the South a more patient ear from the Northern people and from the federal government than has hitherto been ac- corded, Republican leaders in Virginia are visibiy alarmed at the development of an entente cordiaic between the Washington and Richmond govern- ments. Yesterday I was iniormed by a leading republican that an interview between THE PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR KEMPER, to be arranged by 3 well known mutual friend, was among the probabilities of the early rature. tt the satistactory result sought by Kemper ‘can be con- summated the astute politicians of Virginia will give renewed evidence that they have lost none of their historical aptitude sor the methods of state- craft, and will entitle themselves to the gratituae of the entire South jor the adjustment of danger- ous and vexatious issues. An important duty of the incoming Legislature ‘will be the election of asuccessor to Senator Lewis. The overwhelming majority o1 the conservatives, and their entire unity as to general aims, removes ail doubt as to the political sympathies 01 the Sena- tor to be chosen to-day fortnight. The radical mi- nority 1s pownneas to avail itself of complications among th ives, me utterly helpless to numbers. and, as J am informed from reltaple repuolican sources, sadly deficient in leaders capable of judiciousiy using the opportunities so often presented to com- pact and well officered minorities. The new Sen- ator will be @ conservative without suspicion as to his party sympathies. During the lace canvass, while the possibility of radical success confronted the conservatives, the Senatorial issue was not permitted to disturb party “unity. As & conse- quence the struggle presents the aspects of A BORUB RACE, The contest has narrowed down to an animated battle between ex-Senator Hunter, Lieutenant Governor elect Witners, Governor Walker and John Goode. Bocock, Ould, Montague, Barbour, Christian and Stuart are all remote possipilities, but from the quartet named first the nominee of ed conservative caucus will almost certainly be chosen, ‘The friends of the other gentlemen named hope for nothing better than the possibility of a failure to elect either of the prominent candidates and a re- sort to compromise, After a complimentary yote for their first choice the irtends of Alexander H. H. Stuart, who is himseif warmly for Hi ,) and those of Montague and Bocock, will pi bly ac- cept Hunter as & second choice, while she friends of Ould, very jew in number, will si Walker. It 1s conceded on ail hanas that W; Will enter the caucus with a very large plu: , and there is. little doubt of his election, if, im the race, he shall develop any power of accretion or the ce of weaker candidates shall drop their first choice, THE FRIENDS OF are certain to stand faithful WITHERS lly by him, as he is the focus and embodiment of a strong sentiment um Virginia politics. A genuine hero of the late war, in which, lixe Kemper, he was iearmily woanded, he is also a type of the best Virginia char- acter and traditions. He has twice been over- siaughed by his party when it was on the mareh to assu victory, has done faathiul rty EviCe and his sanpsmers seem to strongly animated by the notion that the place of Senator is simply his merited reward. His greatest peril lies combination of all the other candidates to rid the field of nis dangerous presne Ex-Senator Hunter bas a poweriul {ol- jowing in the shape of a sentifnent which demands his presence at Washington, because o1 his Rational distinction, his large legisiative experi- ence and his great financial abilr ‘There is @ strong pressure trom Washington in favor of Hun- ter. biican Senators are said to urge his elec- tion, on the ground that they wish to deal with representative Southern statesmen of the ot Hunter and Stephens, and not with carpet-bag Senators or with the intellectual light weights whom the South has sent to Washington dorin, the period when her best public men were banne by disabilities. Mr. Hunter’s chief obstacle is en- countered in the aversion of the young men to the election to office of ante um __ politicians. Governor Walker has @ very demonstrative sup- port from : THE YOUNG VIRGINIA ELEMENT, but develops no strength, that I can discover, with the veteran and astute managers who are divided between Withers and Hunter. He repre- sents an idea peculiarly captivating to the younger and liberal element of tis party, in the fact of his having been the first fruit of liberalism im Southern politics. His friends urge his elec- tion as & continuation of the new departure of 1869 and as a néw presentation to the country of the Virginia formula of an aggrega- tion of the antiradical element in; national poli- tics. Goode has been Jor many ye: rominent in Virginia politics as an eloquent speaker, a gentle- man of high Lhe oab and spotless reputation, He has never developed remarkable qualities of lead- ership, and { do not thiak that his friends can rea- sonably claim much support outside the counties near Norfolk, the place o/ his residence, His frienus are working zénlously and profess confidence, as do the friends of each of “he prominent candidates. MUBDER IN ST, LOUIS. St. Lovrs, Jan. 2, 1874. ‘Iwo men, whose names are unknown, while par- tially intoxicated, met on the corner of Cass anc Second streets last night, and. during an alterca- tion which ensued, one of the men knocked the other down and plunged a knife into his forehead, breaking the blade, and leaving part of it in the man’s brain, When the police arrived the wounded - man Was dead, The murderer escaped, A VIRGINIA MURDER, A Negro Kills a White Man for Hie- Money. (Culpepper (Va.) correspondence of the Washing- ton Republican, Dec. 31.) A horrible murder was committed near Brandy station, tn this county, on the might of the 26tn inst. ‘A white man by the name of W. G. Dir- kin had bought a farm near Brandy station and had been living on it about @ year, having come there irom Petersburg, Va. It appears from the evidence before Dr. 8. R. Rixary, the Ooroner who held an inquest over the body, that Mr. Dirkin had. borrowed an axe from @ begro named Wil- liam Jones, who lived in the neighborhood, and had gone to the negro’s house to return it and Was invited in by the eh 1a) and while there Was quietly smoking ‘his pipe by the fire. ‘The room was & smal) one, and it seems that the ne- gro approached Dirkin irom behind and dealt him @ heavy blow with a long iron pin, breaking the man's neck and fracturing his skal. The mur- der was committed tor money, which Dirkin was ) supposed to have, although only $15 was on his raon when he left home for the negro’s cabin. ‘he negro was the only Occupant of the cabin, and as he is now at largenodoubt can be entertained that he was the murderer. [t also a onea that the negro went to Mr. Dirkin’s hot r the murder and broke into the same and stole Dirkin’s clothing. Tne man Dirkin was a rand indus- FR an Oo es Mgoing tm the i murderer, rection of Richmond, Va, ‘It, isunderstood a re- the Governor for the ap- prehension a. this aon and it is cain was belt soon be brought to justice. - mitted on. the goth inst, ‘was not known for two days, the coxaner’a jnauest being held vn tue: auth. ward will be offered b; \