The New York Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1874, Page 5

. Magniiying bis church, BIGH CHURN YS. LOW CHURCH. Approaching Election of a Bishop in Wisconsin. Anziety of the Protestant Episcopal Body—In- fiuence of the Late Secession Movement— Rev. Dr. Le Koven, of Racine College, and Rev. Dr. Kemper, of Nashotah Theological Seminary, the Promi- nent Candidates — Dr. De Ko- ven’s Views on the “Real Presence’ — Conserv tism of Dr. Kem- per —His Pro- phetic Views. MILWAUKEE, WI8., Jan, 26, 1874, The diocese of Wisconsin 1s being stirred to its depths over the approaching election of a bishop to fill the place rendered vacant by the lamented @eath of the late Bishop Armitage. Nor is the excitement over the event confined within the Nmits of this State. It has spread over the entire Northwest, and, irom letters which have been re- cently received here from New York and other eastern centres of religious thought, it is clear the result of the diocesan convention, to be held in this city on the 11th of next month, will be looked for with greater anxiety than any event which has Occurred in the history of the Protestant Episcopal Church during the past two years. The explana- Sion of this EXTRAORDINARY FEELING OF INTEREST ‘se simpic, and will readily suggest itself to the minds of all church going and ecclesiastically minded people, ‘The secession of Bishop Cummins and the establishment of the Reformed Episcopal Church was an event, viewed from avy standpoint, Of nationalimportance. The apostacy of Rev. Dr. Oheney, of Chicago, his ordination as a bishop in the new Church, the formal organization of congre- gations in connection with the Reformed Eviscopal Uhurch, both in Chicago and in Peoria, have given to the movement an interest in tif Northwest Boarcely less in degree than that felt in it at the East, where its chief high priest resides, This secessionist movement, while publicly pooh poohed by the Jaithful, is yet acknowleaged to be a most Gisagreeable fact. With many elements of the ridiculous in its composition, it shows the most stubborn evidences of vitality, and, atlast, has fairly come to be acknowledged as a factor in the future movements of the Episcopal body which it 13 not possible to ignore. Chiefly to this new organ- ization is due the imprecedented amount of inter- est everywhere shown in the coming election of the head of the Protestant Eptscopal Church in the Giocese of Wisconsin, Under other circumstances the approaching elec- tion would create but littie excitement outside the @iocese. THE EPISCOPATE OF WISCONSIN offers few inducements to render it an object of ambition to aspiring churchmen. The diocese is impoverished; its numbers are insignificant; its clergy of one mind concerning the services of the church; its membership remarkable only ior its poverty. The new bishop will find no rival fac- tions whose contro} would call for the exercise of high administrative abilities; no division of senti- ment respecting the proper manner oi celebrating 1. : ordinances of the church; no dispute regard- ing the meaning of its canons, rendering possible the display of wise executive talents. The mone- tary affairs of the diocese offer no opportunity ior Works of magnitude, and the eloquence of the new prelate will be needed, not in the work of but in arawing forth from poor congregations the means necessary to the preservation of the episcopate from toreciosure and bankruptcy. But these considerations, power- ful at other times, are lost sight of at present. The religious world is in an excited condition, and inside the fold of the Protestant Episcopal Church all is tumult and confusion, Amid such a state of affairs will the special Diocesan Council meet to elect a new Bishop. Public discussion has brought out the names of SEVERAL CANDIDATES for the vacant office. Of these Rev. Dr. De Koven, of Racine College, and Rev. Dr. Kemper, of Nasho- tah Theological Seminary, are the two most promi- nent, Among the others whose names have been Mentioned in connection with the position are Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson, Rey. William Bliss Ashley, Rev. Dr. Keene, Rev. R. N. Park and Rev. J. Brown, rector of Ubrist church, Detroit. In atl robability, when the voling takes place among ine clerical members of the Convention, there will bea large number of complimen tary votes polled on the first ballot; but it is geuerally conceded that the contest reaily lies between the two gen- tlemen first named, Both of these divines are connected with institutions of learning, and are known far beyond the boundaries of tie diocese. Verhaps the most remarkable o! the two is the REV. JAMBS DE KOVEN, D. D. Dr. De Koven is the warden of Racine College, located at the town of Racine, on the shores of the lake, a scholastic institution to which the sons of Episcopal parents in all parts of the country are sent. It now numbers over 400 pupils, and pos- gesses & list of some twelve professors. Its build- n are very handsome, and its exchequer amply filled. Over this institution Dr. De Koven has reigned for nearly two decades, and its prosperity 1e due greatly to his executive abilities. Dr. De Keven is one of the most advanced high churchmen in this part of the Union. His views are nearly the game on all material points as those held by Dr. Dix, of Trinity church, New York, with whom he ig on terms of most intimate personal acquaintance, A year since, and Dr. De Koven was a candidate for the then vacant bishopric of the diocese of Massachusetts, coming within a few votes of being elected. At that time he was met—and through it was unsuccessful—by his opponents with quota- tuons made from his celebrated speecn at the Balti- more Convention in 187 Dr. De Koven, in the course of the GREAT DEBATE ON THE EUCHARIST, which was the chief event of that Convention, ut- tered some very pronounced views, using language Which has been held by many to cover the actual doctrine 0: transubstantiation, or the reai pres- ence. To that speech, it he be unsuccessiul, will be owing his defeat at the coming council. Dr. De Koven teels this very acutely, and, in conversation with the representative of the HERALD, urged that if any reference was made to tne speech in the great metropolitan paper that so much should be pAb ae @8 would show the real meaning of his words, “What do you think, Doctor, would be a fair quotation?” “QUOTE THIS,’ replied Dr. De Koven, pointing out the following passage irom his speech delivered on October 26, and printed on page 506 of the oficial report of the Convention :— I want to do what my brother trom Wisconsin did yesterday, only in anotier direction. I want to give ‘wunybody in the house the opportunity of presenting me for 1aise doctrines, if he wishes; and in order to do so 1 choose language which is rather boider, bare Myself would use, excepting m a compan ians, and I use this language for another purpose, which will explain presently. 1 believe in—and this will. be rinted to-morrow, and I will write it out, if necessary, for anybouy who wants to use it—I believe in the real actual presence of our Lord under tue tori of bread and ‘wine, upon the altars of our churches. I “myself adore,” and would, if it were necessary or my duty, ‘each my ‘ople to adore Christ present in the elements, unaer RiePtorm of. bread. and wine.” And 1 use these ‘words because they are a bold statement of the doctrine of the real presence ; but I use them for another reason; they are adjudicated words; they are words u used by adivine ot the Church of England, nave been tried in the highest ecclesiastical court of England, and have been decided by that ecclesiastical court to come within the limits of the truth held an the Church ot isng- Jand. So much so, that that very Sir Kobert Phillimo whose judicial decisions have been quoted here before, has decided that “it he were to provounce those words wrong”—now I read his very language—"I should be Passitig sentence, in my opinion, upon a long roll ot Hlustrious divines Who have adorned our university and Jought the good fight of our Church from Ridiey”—whom the delegate from Massachusetts quoted as entertaining his views—"trom Ridley to Keble—trom the divine whose martyrdom the cross of Oxford commemorates, to the divine in whose honor that university nas just founded her last college.” Then he goes on to say :—"i say that the objective, actual and real presence, & presence ex- ternai tw the act of the communicant, appears tu ine to be the doctrine which the tormularies of our Church, only considered and construed so as to be harmonious, intended to maintain. Bat 1 do not lay down this as & Position of aw; nor do Lsay that what is called the re- ceptionist doctrine is inadmissible; nor do I pronoun gn any other teaching with respect to this inode of teach ng. Amean todo no such thing dy this judgment. { mean by it to pronounce presence as objective, anly Not contrary {01 ‘I take thas quotation,” aaded pr. De Koven, “from hat to describe the mode of 1, actual and spiritual is cer- THE JUDGMENT DELIVERED by Sir Robert Phillimore of the Arches Court. And the readers of the HERALD will see, further, by the report of my Speech that I proceeded to show that, historically, the view I took of the eucharist ‘was not the doctrine of transubstantiation, as it was held long before that doctrine was’ ever thought of. They will see also that I clearly stated My meaning to be, referring to these ceremonies, and [| use my OWn Words as bi ALs in the speech, pe ‘they symbolize the real spiritual presence of Shrist. Uno the view taken by the clerical ana lay del- NEW YORK HERALD, MUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. quotation wil depend the above quotation of Dr. Be Koven’s candidatar counci! of the success or failure orb Skeet ealttersar ies ke nal a) ig well known at the by of short stature, @ full prt shghtly tinged with gray; & bright, sparkling eye and an earnest, courteous manner, which couplea with his fund of personal magnetism, ‘wins over to his Support all who are brought into much connection with him, As an eloquent orator, an administrative genius and a thoroughly honest man he 1s probably without a peer in the diocese, His advanced church views are feared by some and secretly admired by many. ‘The chief appre- henson felt is that if be be elected there will iney- itably result A SCHISM IN THE DIOOESE, and the estabitsiment of one or more churches holding connection with the Reformed Episcepal Ghurch, ‘This is an ill-starred phantom that haunts the minds of many of the Episcopalians of this dio- cese, and is one of which they cannot rid them- selves. It is chiefly to this feeling that the probable suc- cess of REV. LEWIS A. KEMPER, D. D., ig due. Dr, Kemper is the son of the late Bishop, and one of the most respected representatives of the ,moderate or conservative school of High Churchmen, He is the professor of exegesis, Bi tical literature and Hebrew .at Nashotah Tneo- logical Seminary, from which have graduated no less than thirty-five of the sixty-five clergymen who will have votes at the approaching election, Old personal predilections, associated with fear of the possible peanite Of the election of so advanced a ritualist as Dr. De Koven, will exercise a great pressure on these gentlemen to vote for their old Feotiaeor Dr. Kemper 1s of very similar physical uila and appearance to his chiet Repl but he lacks that spirit of aggressiveness and combativeness Which shines from out the Piercing eyes of his contemporary. He is about fifty years Of age, and has been a hard student ail his life. Whether he possesses the ability to contro! men that he docs in the region of scholastic attainment will be solved, and best solved, by bis elevation to the vacant bishopric, so long and ably held by his deceased Jather. Ip conversation with the HERaLD repre- septative Dr. Kemper stated his utter want of desire of election to the office, and urged that he should not be considered as a candidate. But pub- lic Opinion 1s very strongly in his favor, and there is little doubt but that if elected he would ac- ceptably serve in the higher sphere of labor. it 18 a somewhat singular tact that among the clergy of tire diocese there is NO® A SINGLE LOW CHURCHMAN. The case is diferent with respect to the laity. While the Cummins secession has no sympatmzers among the priesthood, it has received open support jrom some members of the other branch, At is of the prebable effect on this class of the election of Dr. De Koven that the clergy have most fear. A representative of this body 18 found in the person of Mr. John W. Hinton, the “lyndail” of the Prot- esiant Churchman of New York. Mr, Hinton 1s strongly of opinion that within a month atter the election of Dr. De Koven a church would be organized in this city i connection with the Cum- mils movement, and in this view he is suppor ted by @ number of the laity of this parish. Mr. Hin- ton has claims to be regarded as # seer. Five years ago he wrote the following, with the quota- tion o! Which extraordinary prophecy I close :— In the event of the High Church party becoming tri- mmphant, then f au hopetul that a Reformed Episcopal Church will be formed here, and it so formed, I have no doubt it will succeed. It will have to start’ ‘poor and needy”—so did its Master. It will have hard struggling— sodid He! It will be reviled (not by other denomina- tions)—so was He! Men high in position and in power Will decry and denounce it—the same class denounced Him! But if founded in the true spirit of Christian liberty, in the true spirit of Christianity, it will not tail. lt founded on that noble motto of Augustine, “In es. sentials, unity; in non-essenuals, liberty; in all things, charity,” then He, who never yet withheld His support from ihat which is right, will sooner or later, bless and protectit. But the organization of such a Church de- tread upon the courage and determined action of ihe iuity. RAPID TRANSIT. The Central Route, from the Battery to Croton Dam. To THE EpITOR OF THE HERALD:— In view Oo! the fact that the people of New York are in earnest in their intentions to havea grand cen. tral line of fapid transit railroad, and that no bet- ter, safer or cheaper pian for it will be suggested than that of an open topped tron tube built upon columns along the curb lines of the streets, ag sug- gested by me in your paper of the 29th inst., I will now suggest a route for the line of road and the place at which it snould be terminated as a city work, ‘The route should begin at or very near to South ferry or the Battery, and extend up Broad- way to Fitty-ninth street, at the southwest corner of the Central Park, thence up Eighth uve- nue to a point near the Harlem River, where it should take the route of the Croton Aqueduct, cross at High Bridge and extend thence by the-route ot the aqueduct to Croton dam and reservoir, where it should terminate as a city work, In a great central line I would enlarge and strengthen the tubes and columns supporting them, making the tube nine feet wide and the track four ieet eight and a half inches wide; set the curb lines toward the centre of che street by two and a half eet on each curb line, and place the supporting columns in a line with them, This would give ample space between the tube and the buildings, and Icave ample space in the street for vehicles, The streets would ve relieved of the 400 or 500 omnibuses, Which shouid have been out- lawed twenty years ago. It requires an able- bodied seaman—and a young one at that—to climb salely into and out of one ol them. . it may be urged that this line would be too rominently in view; but I take for granted it is most wanted where most people travel, and cannot be too near for ac- cess, It should be a city work, and constructed and operated by a commission, as the water works were. The bonds should be issued and known as ‘New York city transit loan.” The clear profits of this road, which would not be less than $5,000,000 per annum, should be made a sink- ing fund to pay the bonds and afterwards to ex- tend and construct city railroads or pay off the city debt. I will guarantee to 1urnish steam locomotives for this road that shall not turow off either fre or cinders to annoy either passengers or citizens, The work can be tinished rapidly in sections, and altogether in three years. Iam respectfully yours, H. R. CAMPBELL, Civil Eugimeer. PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Jan. 30, 1874, A Cheap Two Tier Elevated Road, Up One Avenue and Down Another. To THE Epiror oF THE HERAL! 1 propose to occupy about eight feet of the street, on one side only, and erect thereon an elevated viaduct, to be sustained on two rows of orna- mental wrought iron columns, firmiy secured to stone foundations placed below the action of the frosi—one line of columns to stand on the outer edge of the sidewalk and tne other to stand in the street, eight feet irom the curb, thereby leaving plenty 01 room for vehicies to pass between the curb and the columns, and not interfering witn loading or discharging goods, &c, ‘Thus the only obstruction in the street will be the one line of columns, from 60 to 100 cet apart, as circumstances May require. On the top of this structure place one track jor the throuch, or quick transit trains, to be operated the same as an ordinary railroad. Then place another track three und'a half feet below the through track lor the way passenger line, to be used instead of horse cars, thus avoiding all the unnecessary stoppages to which the horse cars are subject. 1 propose to run cars down one avenue and up another, one block apart, thus se- curing a continuous route extending the whole length of the city and back to the place of start- ing. Should it be necessary to have an up and down track on each avenue I would then propose to occupy eight feet more of the street, with an- other row of cojumns, as before described, and construct double tracks, running all cars on one track the same way, thus avoiding ali possibility of collisions. I propose to have a station at one corner of every biock for the way passenger line, with a staircase ascending from the sidewalk, and a sta- tion for the through line about every six blocks, the depots on the through line being one story higher than those of the way line, which will be suspended irom the structure, and no obstruction of the sidewalk except at the foot of the staircase. Pe pat! So could alight at the stations of the through line and descend to the way station below and take the way car to any point they may wish to stop at. The whole of the road should be constructed with iron, the longitudmal girders being contin- uous the fail length of the line, with a thorough system of bracing throughout, which, when built, would form a tasteful as well as substantial struc- ture, intercepting the view but slightly, ag it would only ‘occupy about five feet of space in depth one-half of which Would be open, and, being placed on the street, would be about filteen leet from the buildings, and would enhance the value of property on the side on whicn it was lo- cated, espectally for store purposes, &c., as it would. brine the greater portion of the people to that By having continuous rails and placing hard rub- ber between them and their bearings all noise would be,obviated, and the trains would run in comparative quiet. Tne cars tor the accommoda- tion of Way passengers would be about twelve feet above the street, and suspended from the, lower track, the motive power being placed directly on the top of the car and working on the same princi- pie as an hoe) locomotive, thus enabling the cars to be propel ed either way. When necessary there could also be additional cars attacned witli- out engines, to meet the demands of the busy hours. ‘The height of the columns can be carried to sult the streets grade, the top track or roadway being ‘clevated abou twenty-six to thirty feet above the street. Con- structing this road would not tnteriere much with the business interests of the community, as it would be put into position in sections, everything being fitted and made ready at the workshops of the builders, Thus the worst part of the mconven- jence would be from implore A aown the foundations for the columns, which would only require to exca- vate a space about six feet by fourteen, partly on the sidewalk and partly in the street, 18 road can be constructed so that jt will turn short curves with ease, and can be built in any avenue or street 1 the city. or the OF A. COGGESHALL, practical mechanic, BRIDGEPORT, Copd,, Jau, 29, 1874, CARTAGENA. The Intransigentes Betrayed by Their Own Ik. HORRIBLE SCENES IN THE TOWN. The correspondent of the London Standard, writ- ing from Cartagena under date of January 15, says:— At last, after over six months of ogen insurrec- tion, Cartagena hus fallen; but its iall reflects no lustre on Spanish arms, The city was subjected to investment for months, and yet it contained pro- visions when it capitulated; it was bombarded during forty-five days, yet it has not succumbed to bombardment, A resistance which was heroic jor @ portion of it has terminated with a miserable “transaction,” doing no honor to the besiegers, and covering the besieged with shame. Various stories are current as to the circumstances at- tending this rather shady business, and there are not wanting loyal Spaniards who accuse tie government of having lent itself to a scandal, nor are there wanting revolutionary Spaniards who walk about the streets of talien Cartagena frown- ing With ill concealed defiance and protesting that they would never have given in if they had not Deen betrayed. The cantonal party is suodued, bus not peningaicd. and those who sympathize with it openly declare that money was offered to Judases of their own party to hand over the Castle of Atalaya (which led to the submission of the Plaza and the otoer casties), and that the money was not only offered but greedily accepted. Tne truth will pever be known about thts mysterious . compromise, and, unfortunately, in Spain there are 80 many precedents to make a solution by bribery probable, that one caunot afford to dismiss the ugly reports that are floating as unworthy slanders. Otticers of the army have assured me that tl gates of the obstinate city were not unlocked with @ golden key, but the barter may have been made without their connivance. 1 cannot forget that bribery was already tiled m the case of Carreras and Pernas, and | cannot shut my eyes to the material evidence that Cartagena could bave hela out longer, There is no practicable breach in the walls, there was no ingupportable hunger; the means of defence were sll unexhausted, and yet Cartagena ran up the white fag. I contess I cannot understand how the imsurrectionary chiefs who were so confident a week ago could have sud- denly lost heart, and I am inclined to suspect that there is just the slightest possibility that the ia- surrectionary rank and file, who scowl and mutter the sentence so familiar in deteut, “We have been sold,” are not altogether wrong. However, that is their concern. When men commit themselves to enterprises of treason they must not be sur- prised if they are paid off in their own coin, A telegraphic despatch to the Standard, January 20, dated Marseilles, January 18, 1874, says:— There is no longer a doubt that Cartagena fell by treachery. The public beltef is that Fort Atalaya Was soid by its commandant, and ramor even men- tions the sum he received to have been $10,000, Galvez, Who was not in the plot, suspected trea- son, and sallied from the city with reinforcements, but he arrived too late—the castle was already occupied. He was niet with a volley at point blank, and his followers fled precipitately. Saen, the postman, fired for six hours on Atalaya, but the troops of Mendigarria and Iberia began showing symptoms of discontent. His own men compelled him to cease firiug. The white fag was hoisted ana a commission of six appointed to go to the headquarters camp to negotiste terms, They demanded an entire pardon and liberty for everybody, retiring pensions jor the mutinous offl- cers, apd permission to the garrison to march out with the honors of war. General Dominguez re- Jused; but, in consideration of the heroic delience of tne place, he drew up a capitulation granting an amnesty to all insurgents, except those guilty of offences against the common law. The soldiers of Mendigarria and Iberia were to be sent to Madrid to be distributed in other Corps, DO penalty attaching to them for the crime Of rebellion. The grades of officers were to be pre- served, the lile, property and interest oi every in- surgent to be respected, Only the Junta were to be exciuded from the amnesty. These terms were accepted by the Junta, which agreed in exchange to give up the place, with all iorts, ships, arsenal andarmy. The entry of the besieging army was fixed tor eight o’clock on Tuesday morning. ary was the ink dry on the document when tue junta BROKE THEIR PACT by embarking on the Numancia, with the principal insurgents and convicts, and starting jor Oran. The besiegers are supposed to have winked at their escape, as Brigadier Carmona was actually in Cartagena with his staff when the Numancia started, A MOcK attack Was made upon her by Chicarro, who followed to the Airican coast with the Vittoria and Carmen, One thousand in- surgents, with Roque Barcia, who tried to get away in the Darro, were caugnt by the Almanza, and brought into port on Wednesday. THE ENTRY OF THE TROOPS did not take piace tll hali-past one o’clock on Wednesday, w! 400 cavalry rode iu and out again. Later in the day a column of infantry, 2,000 strong, consisting of half a company of every regi- ment outside, marched in with bugles playing. No demonstrations of any kind ocurred, The town was silent as a graveyard, and a picture of desolation, The streets were im ruin, and choked with the wreck o/ shattered houses; aismounted Runs, live shells, and putrid carcasses 0; cats and dogs were lying about the tnorougilares, Awiul havoc emt in the Artillery Park, which is one mass of shivered masonry. ‘three hundred per- sons, mostiy women and children, are supposed to be buried under the ruins. Hard)y oue house has escaped injury, and the hospital is crammed with wounded, Comparatively LITTLE ROBBERY occurred durtng the siege. The people are still sul- len and defiant. They are terocious at the bom- bardment which they were subjected to for forty- five days, and say they have not been conquered, but betrayed. They proinise themselves an early revenge. Arrests are taking place during the last days, mostly of convicts, Much dissatisfaction is felt with the Junta. ‘they were suspected of play- ing Iaise by the convicts, and the ‘fetuan was set on fire with the intention to blow them up, they being on board at the time. An inspection of the Jortifications betrays great ignorance on the part of the insurgents. Nocovyer for the men or the can- non existed, and powder was lying loosely about. Everytuing was rude and insecure. THE LOSSES IN THE TOWN are incalculable and the misery deplorable, yet no actual hunger seems to lave been experienced. ‘The deserters of Mendigarria and Iberia looked dirty and disreputable. Tneir officers walked about armed, talked impudentiy and were on the best of terms with the officers of the besieging army. Both regiments were sent to Madrid last night in cattle trucks, the railway having been reopened. General Lopez Pinto 1s named Military Governor, English, Frenci, German and Italian war ships are in harvor. Two brigades of tne be- seging army are already detached for service against the Carlists. Several regiments embarked to-day lor Tarragona, THE NEW STEAMSHIP CORNWALL. se a ae Another Addition to the Great Western European Line—One of the Strongest Vessels Afloat—The Trade Between New York and Bristol. The new steamship Cornwall, of the Great West- ern line, running between New York and Bristol , England, was open to inspection on Friday at her dock, pier 18 East River, foot of Maiden lane. A number of invited guests assembled on board in the afternoon, and, alter examining the vessel, were hospitably entertained in the main saloon, The Cornwall is an iron steamship, and is an im- provement upon the Aragon and Great Western, the two other vessels of the line. Solidity and du- rability have been kept in view in every detail of her construction, so that perhaps the chief char- acteristic of the Cornwall is her strength. Sune was built at Stockton-on-Tees, by Messrs, Richard- son, Duck & Co., and her builders appear to have surpassed themselves in turning out a ship whose safety would seem to be assured, however nigh might be the winds or Waves. She measures 286 feet over all, 35 feet in breadth and 24 feet 6 inches m depth; her model is excellent and shows a eo curve from stem to stern, Her mean raught is 18 feet and her carrying capacity 2,000 tons. She has three ‘decks and six water-tight compartments, two of which are collision and three cargo compartments, the other being the engine space. In order to insure additional strength her hull is double plated for 170 feet in the bottom and bilges. Her engines, constructed by Blair & Co., are exceedingly compact, and are perfectly protected trom any injury incident to heavy seas, They are compound engines, with double cylinders, 36 and 72inches in diamecer and 42inch stroke. The compartment allotted to the engines runs well up above the upper deck, and is so constructed that, high soever as the sea miglit sweep over the ship, tne machinery would te safe irom apy injury by the water. Her coal consump- tion is only seventeen tons in twenty-four hours, and her average speed is eleven knots an hou All the upper works are built in the most substan- tial mauner, double braced and kneed, and diagonally strapped with tron. All the modern improvements that could possibly be ap- lied to a vessel of her class have Been introduced into the Cornwall, and, as the re- sult of @ minute examination, she has been set down as the very highest class at Lioyd’s and in the Iron Insurance books at Liverpool. She 13 barkentine rigged, and all her masts and principal spars are of iron. Her masts are also applied to purposes of ventilation—a feature which 1s con- Gpicuous an every department of the vessel. Among the improvements in construction are tne new dome shaped heavy iron compantonways, which are essentially part and parcel of the ship rather than of her fittings. Her steering apparatus is complete; tor, besides having a doubie set of sieering gear, one located forward and one aft, telegraphic communication, with return signal check to snow that the rgbt order hae been received, is “stab- lished between the forward wheelhouse and the engine room, and also between the wheels fore and aft. The Cornwall has first class cabin ac- ommodations for forty saloon passengers, the aterooma, Which are roomy ‘and ‘well appointed, opening into the principal saloon, and comiortable mmmodatious for about 500 steerage fe ers. These have more room allotted to them than is required by law, and the owners claim ib they ticular = atten tion vo the comfort of nts =who sail in the vessels of their jine, The principal own- ers Of these vessels are Messrs, Whitwill & Son, of Bristol, their agents here are Messrs. B. Sons, of No, 70 South street, who are also part owners of the line. Captain Thomas M. Gib- son Is in Command of the Cornwaul. THE COURTS. ESSEX MASKET POLICE COURT. Thieves and Burgiars Attack the Police. Before Justice Fiammer. For some time past the police of the Eleventh pre- cinct have been troubied about a gang of burgiars and ruMans whose depredations were of nightly occurrence. On Friday night a burglary was com- mitted by William Creswell, alias Billy Connor, on a@ house in Division street, He was pursued by Officer Dalton, whom he attempted to shoot, cap- tured and committed for trial, as reported in yes- terday’s HgRALD. Captain Murphy suspected that ‘several other parties were impilcated in the burglary, and on Friday night arrested Cale Gunnien on suspicion. While he and Detective ©’Comor were bringing Gunnion to the station house oan ore attacked by a desperado, named Thomas McKeon, who fired several shots at them and tried to rescue Gunnion, He did not succeed, however. On Saturday nigit the Captain and » Lumber of officers surprised Mc- Keon in @ dive in avenue A, While they were taking Dim to the station house 8 gang ol rowdies and thieves set upon them and attempted to rescue McKeon, Several shots were fired on voth sides, and the police came off victorious and ar- rested three of the crowd, who gave their names as Michael Curley, Terence Callaghan and John Riley. The three would-be rescuers and also Thomas McKeon were arraigned before Justice Flammer yesterday, and committed without bail. Guunion und Creswell had been already locked up. Attempted Shooting in Cherry Street. George Longworth, who resides at No, 136 Cherry street, Was committed for trial without baik on a charge of attempting to kill Edward A. Keilly, of No. 356 Water street, on Suturday night, Keilly states that Longworth hit him fret with the butt of his istol, and then made two attempts to shoot him, ‘They had some sitght quarrel on @ previeus occa: sion. Split His Head with a Tumbler, Patrick Hughes was held in $2,000 bail on a charge of striking John Murphy on the heaa with a heavy tumbler, They were both in a room of No. 71 Henry street, and had been taking too much drink, when words led to blows. The wound miicted by Hughes is a very serious one. Saved from a Watery Grave. At six o’clock yesterday morning Officer Leary, of the Seventh precinct, while on post near pier 44 East River, heard a shout for help. He ran out to the end of the yier and saw aman holding on in despair to one of the piles, The ice was all around the uniortunate man, and be must have perished ip a jew minures, Oilicer Leary sounded an alarm, which brought OMcers Haggerty ana Doyle to his aid. ‘They let him down by a rope and he caught a good grip of the drowning man and they then pulled both o: them up, The man’s name was Michael Sullivan, He had walktd off the pier while drunk. Oficer Leary has distinguisbed lim- sell by Many previous acts Of bravery and bears an honorable record on the force, YORKV! LE POLICE COURT. An Attempted Murder with a Knife. On Saturday night last a disturbance occurred on Second avenue between John Herrick, of No, 821 First avenue, and Edward Leahy, of No. 1,206 Third avenue, during which Herrick made three attempts to take Leauy’s lue with a dirk knife, He succeeded, liowever, i cutting him but once, and that only slightly in the thigh, Justice Wandell committed him for examimauion, in delault of $2,000 baal. A Sad Case. Jane Brien, a pretty looking English girl, twenty- two years of age, was arraigned on a charge of larceny preterred by her employers, Catherine and Amelia ‘treichel, of No. 814 Fourth avenue, from whom she adinitted having stolen a quantity of jewelry and some wearing apparel. Her grief as she was placed at the var moved with pity the hearts even Of those to whom scenes of this kind are of daily occurrence, and the kind hearted interpreter, when ne remarked, “That poor girl's heart 18 broken,” wus not lar wrong. She was committed for trialin default of bai), and will most hkely be sent to State Prison to be reformed. She is now a virtuous, simpie-minded creature, unable to account even to herself tor the crime she has com- mitted, She 1s the daughter of Irish parents who settied in England many years ago and prospered well enough in tuat country to enable them to give their caildren a superior education. A sister of hers is now a clerk in the Treasury at Wushington, while another sister is @ clerk in a large business tn this city. They are not yet aware of their sister’s unfortunate position. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. SurReME CourtT—SpxciaL TerM—Hela by Judge Van Brunt.—Demurrers—Nos, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 253g, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, Issues of Law and Fact—Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 18, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,2544, 29, 90, 31,32, 33, "34," 95, Id, 37, STH, 38, 30, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, PREME COURT—CIRCUIT—V’art 1, and Court oF OYER AND TERMINER,—No Circuit Calendar—Crim- inal business. SUPREME CouRT—Crncuit—Part 2—Held by Judge Tence.—Nos. 77644, 12, 1333, 1464, 1468, 1498, 1682, 54, 1245, 1204, 1490, 1548, 1660, 1610, 1612, 1614, 1616, 1618, 1620, 1022, 1624. SUPERIOR COURT—GENERAL TERM—Held by Judges Monell, Freedman and Van Vorst.— Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,'18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, ed 80, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL TERM—Part 1—Held by Judge Van Vorst.—Nos, 691, 763, 61, 605, 749, 879, 773, 633, 837, 909, 911, 913, 1 Held by Judge Sedgwick.—Nos. 676%, 280, 722, 80, 726, 740, 744, 500, 754, 810, 778, 716, 764, 786, 3. CourT Ok ComMMON PLEAS—EQuity Term—Held by Judge Loew.—Nos, 1, 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7% 8 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, '24," 25, 26, 27, 28, 20, 30, COMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TERM—Part 1—Held by Judge Larremore.. 8. 2339, 966, 2260, 2077, , 2726, 1411, 2623, 3639, 2314, F. Daly.—Nos. 2194, 2524, 566, 2565, 2606, 2567, 2558, 2569, 2570, 2571, 73, 2674, 2575, MARINE CouRT—TRIAL TERM—Part 1—Held by » 2306, 271 357: Judge Shea.—Nos, 1510, 3906, 2608, 2906, 2858, 3001, 8160, 3160, 3212, 3240, 3372, 3575, 3858, Part 2—Held by Judge Alker. 8. 3223, 3115, 3245, 3687, 4117, 4263, 2601, 2601, 2743, 2749, 2827, 2075, 3621, 3947, 3965. Part 8—Held by Judge McAdam. O08. 3600, 3580, 4080, 4180, 4192, 2817, 2843, 2022, 8779, 8835, BOGL, 4162, 3636, 2535, 3968, 4001, 4233, COURT OF GENERAL SEssIONS—Held by Recorder Hackett.—The Peopie vs. ‘Thomas *Mabohey and Jane Poole, robbery; Same vs. Jotun Hennessey, burgiary; Same vs. Francis Herman and Jotin Smith, burglary; Same vs, Charles King, burglary; Same vs. Frank McKune and George L. Arfken, burglary; Same vs. Wéiliam Stevens and Joseph Gieason, burglary and receiving stolen goods; Same vs. William H. Johnson and Joun J. Willtam- son, burglary and receiving stolen goods; Same vs. William ©. Parker, felonious assault and bat- tery; Same vs. Christian Mayer, felonious assault and battery; Same vs. John Connors, Nicholas Far- long and Thomas Tracy, grand larceny; Same vs. John Haggerty, grand larceny; Same vs. William Brown, grand larceny; Same vs. Jane Hatch and Martin van Holsen, grand larceny and receiving stolen goods; Same vs. George H. Jobnson and Peter McLaughiin, larceny and receiving stolen goods, two cases; Same vs, William Bemron, grand Jarceny and receiving stolen goods; Same vs. Daniel Caulfield, tarceny and receiving stolen goods; Same vs. James Young, false pretences; Same vs. Hugh Littie, petit larceny; Same vs. Jobn Wilson, petit. larceny. COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER—Held by Judge Brady.—The People vs. Victor Post, James Mc- Laughlin and William Robbinson, robbery; Same vs. Patrick Murphy and Martin Joyce, burglary; Same vs. Jonn McLaughlin and John McCoey, bur- giary and receiving stolen goods ; Same vs. Charles Amnon and Morris Rosenthal, forgery; Same vs. William Adams and Jeremiah Maguire, felonious assault and battery; Same vs. James OC. Kelley, alias Anderson, grand laréeny, second offence; Same vs, James Delos Center, criminal contempt. THE KINGS OOUNTY OHARITIES, Alderman Ropes, Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee of the Brooklyn Common Council, has dis- covered that the money expended by the Kings County Board of Charities has been illegally paid out for the past two years. The assertion is made on the strength of the fact that the County Audi- tor, under an eres by the Legislature in 1871, has not examined the bills of the Commissioners, nor has he reported the result of any such exami- nation to «the Board of Supervisors. During all this time the Supervisors have been most extravagant in their expenditures, —_ put- ting up armories and perfecting other improvements, so that they had not the desire to devote attention to such ‘trifing matters” as the supervision Of the bills of the Charity Bureau, When County Auditor Fitzgerala’s attention was called to the matter he said that the bits of the, Commissioners of Charity had never been lest with him long enough to give him an op- porta to examine and report upon them, The 5 SAMBO IN NEW YORK Southern Dissolving Views of the Peculiar In- stitution—The Aristocratic and the Luckless Darkies—The United Sons and Daughters of Zion—Their Ball—Thompson Street Private Theatricals—The Happy Man and the Cuban Slaves, The exodus of the better part of the negro pop- ulation of the Southern States, especially of Vir- ginia, northward, 1s beginning to De ielt in those States, for while misguided Communistajand mem- bers of labor leagues are clamoring here for work and threatening force unless it is given them, the farmers in Southern and tidewater Virginia are compelled to give up nearly half their operations for the want of help. At the end of tne war Sambo was perfectly bewildered by the sudden- ness of his freedom, and the better part of his tribe flocked to the large cities, though buta few ventured north of Baltimore, as the prejudice and fear of the ‘Yankee’ had by contagion attacked the darkies as weil as their masters, during the dark period of the rebellion, This how- ever has been gradually outgrown, and a demand for good colored house ser- vants having been sprung in New York, Phila- delphia and even in Boston and Chicago, the sight and presence of the former butlers and house- maids of F. F. V.’sis by no means uncommon in the dwellings of the most aristocratic of our citi- zens and in the drawing and sitting rooms of our “swell” clubs, and in the hall and dining rooms of some of our best hotels. The query has come irom the South as to Sambo’s condition in New York, and as to whether he isbetter situated than when he occupied the position of a salable piece of prop- erty. The question is one possesseu of so much interest that @ HERALD reporter two days since, in company with @ prominent Virginia gentleman, went the rounds among the colored population of New York, from the highest to the lowest, “aA VARMOUNT DABKY.’? ‘The first subject encountered was rather a fleshy one, but as genuine a specimen as it was ever our fortune tomeet. His name he gave as Joseph Damon, and the following dialogue ensued :— RevorrEr—Well, Joseph, it is sald that you people are not as well satisfied as you used to be in the South. How is this? . Joseri—Why look here, boss, [ never was in de South. Iwas born in Varmount, I’m a free man and a free mason, and dat what’s de matter wid me. My farther was from Ferginny, but he runn’d away an’ Mr. Wendrun Phillips and Mr, Horace Greeley took’n holped him to git to Varmount. At Jeast likewise ef dey aid’nt de same society whar dey belonged to did, and dat’s all about it, Finding Joseph an unprofitable subject in our line, we passed him by and went in search of THE ARISTOCRATIC AFRICAN. Of these we found several in large and fashiona- ble boarding houses, and a more ostentatious set of domestics can hardly be conceived of. The mode of approaching them was in two cases the advancement of a small fee and an invitation toa neighboring barroom, where @ quiet ‘confab’ could be held. The richest one of these is given below. The subject was a very pleasant looking man, about fifty years old, with gray hair and mustache and the airs and graces of a lord :— RePorTER—Well, old gentleman, I trust you are well pleased and satisfied here, ana do not long for your old slave home in the South? UNcLE IsRaEL—Moderikly 80, sir; moderikly so. You see, gentleman, thar is two sides to this picter. Now, here lis gittin’ well nigt $2,000a year by bein’ caterer, and above dat I’m free. I’m putty well fixed, an’ my ole ooman is doin’ well as cook all so, but dar is a vatmosphere of distraction ‘bout New York dat don’t sound like home. De place is too bigfand a poor darky, even as cele- brated as I is (an’£ come from one of de’ bes’ Jambly’s in Ferginny), is actually airaid to move away from his roost. REPORTER—But, Uncle Israel, at your home the colored man is a power in the land, “Many a darky who was not halfas “celebrated” as you are has gotten into the Legislature aud some of tuem even into Congress. UNCLE IsRABL—Now, look here, gentleman, I'm a butler an’ a caterer, au’ aim’t one of dese fool niggers; one of dese demt-gods whar keep rannin’ roun’ de country, getting niggers to wote for 'em for some oftice or yether. It’s impetorial to me what dey do, for dey ain’t no quarantine for me to go by, no how. REPoRTER—Well, then, Uncle Israel, you don’t seem to be much on politics? UNCLE ISRAEL—NO, sir; dat I ain’t. I under- stand de prosinarity of politics too well. Dere ain’t no money m ’em, an’ i don’t want a single politic in mine. De nigger ought never been ‘lowed to wote, bekase it made a insurveniable fool of him. Ef I had my way I would a said like Mas Benjamin Watkins Leigh—Let dem vote whar has a intrust in de law. Et @ man has @ backabllity an’ property to pertect he ought to wote notwith- standin’ nevertheiess. J don’t wote. I don’t want to wote, and dese fool niggers kin wote as much as dey chose, poy Uncle Israel for his kindly elucidation, tHE reporter visited several hotels and obtained many views which summed up amount as tol- Jows:— 5 mame was Jim Rix. Iseed dat he was wen ac! quainted and I axed him where I could stay, and he tooken carried me to his room. 1 Je!" my carpet bag dar and Jim Kix he gi’ me his gcla watch and chain to keep me sefe, you see. I went out to walk and when I come back my carpet bag, mone and had all was gone. 1| didn’t Know what to do and de gold watch and chain ’zamined an foun out it want sure ’nuff gole, but ali putation (imitation), 1 sole it for $15, but I never seen Jim no more. Arter dat I went into de grocery business,” Rerorter—Well, George Phillip, how did you succeed at this? LORGE PuILtrrp—Well, I did first rate until de society ax me to give ballin my rooms. One might { cleared de store out and gin a ball for de United Sons and Daughters of Zion. De ball was gwine on, and all of a sudden de ball stopped. De idler come up tome an’ swore he wouldn't play widout Igin him adram. I gia bim a dram, an? jess as I did so de verliceman Come 10 an’ 'rested Ine for selluy’ liquor widout license. Now, do you think dat was far? Ef you was a fiddler a’ a Playin’ at a ball would you play widout a dram? Kevoxrer—Well, George, We can’t’ say; but didn’t you succeed atter this ? GEORGE—Well, Lmignt a’ succeeded, but I took Syphus Jackson 'in partnership wid me. We hadn’t been Wid one ‘nuther a week ‘fore he Was Look up for stealing a piece of beef trom @ butcher's stall. Kerorter—Did he steal the meat ? Pi rgersy p bene Soink he did "zactly; but, at de e time, de meat Was missin’ 85 Oat prosent time eee After jurtner conversation, im whieh the fact that George desired hearty to get back home, and the information that there “would be @ theatre at Mr, John Henry King’s at enght o'clock,” we left The colored men who have come to New York, | well qualified by breeding and experience for wait- ers and floor servants, can readily get employment at good Wages. They say that they are well satis- fled, though they long tor their old homes and for- mer associates. With but one exception they ex- pressed great attachment for their old masters and their old households. in Fesponse to the question, “Would you be Route to have tue old times back again’ there was but the one reply. “We would, tudeed, boss e! dere wan’t no slavery nor no whippin’ post, for God knows ef we had bin tree men ole times would a’ bin almose too good for dis world.” Passing trom these high-strung African gentlemen we come to THE LUCKLESS DARKIES in Thompson street and South Fifth avenue, many of whom have made appeals to their Southern homes for money to return home. In some in- stances they have met with favorable replies, but in the majority of cases—so they told us—the an- swer has been, “We have enough of negro voters with us. Stay where you are and vote with your Northern republican friends who will take care of you.” This spirit has, from the stories told us by the darkies, been strongly developed of Jate in the South; and as Sambo has been so completely ig- nored in the North and a direct issue. has been made against him in the South (as instanced in the recent election in Virginia, where the political fight was made strictly aud emphatically on the color line), his position just now seems indeed @ precarious one; so much 80, mdeed, that one would almost involuntarily incline to the opinion of Uncle Israel, that those darkies who leave their proper domestic sphere and seek too much prominence are “fool niggers’? and do not understand “de prosinanity of politics.” It seems strange, however, that some effort is not made to get these por fellows in New York, who are now out of their element, back into thelr native cornfields, where they are so much needed. ‘he first visit of your reporter among the “aniortunates” was to the rooms oi Mr. George Washington Hamilton, in South Fifth avenue, As- cending three flights o! stairs, we found Mr. Ham- iiton sitting on @ large stool by the ghost of a fire, while Mrs. Hamilton was troning on a table nard by, and singing in dulcet tones :— Long white robe in heaven for me; Don’t you lef’ me behind. Mr. Hamilton was rather reticent at first, but (unaer the influence of a suggestive imbibation, furnished by his visitors) soon became very com- municative. Said he:—‘“Gentiemen, do you see dat sign?” Throwing our eyes in the diréction of tre pointing of his index finger, we beheld a sign, “George Washington Hamilton, ‘BACON AND GREENS,’ and also Corn Bread and Buttermilk. Ole Fer- ginny never tiar.” The above was painted in Bently every color of the rainbow and must have made an overwhelming impression on the passer- by. “Well, George, What about the sign ¥’ was asked by your reporter. “Well, yotfsee,” said he, st arfter de war 1 come to New York an’ I started a ristoriant, an’ dat was my sign, which it ot me a heap 0’ custom, bekase I use to keep down near Wall street, an’ a hea o’ Southern gentlemen use to come an’ git bacon ana greens an’ corn bread and buttermilk, Bop joe as e0cd as de reconstructive acts passed an’ { was empowered to perform de ceremony 0’ de ballot dey senged coming, bekase dey say de nigger down South votes agin de white man, an’ de nigger got to take care o’ hisself, Arter dat master’s trade fell off and I don’t know what to do.” Moving on into Thompson street your re- porter and his friend next came to the tenement apartments of Mr. George Phillp Spriggs, @ quon- dam junk dealer, but now living but scantily by his wits, He was seated in asmail room with a mulatto woman, with whom he was having what seemed to be a religious conversation, as the first words heard upon our entrance were:—‘“Well, now, how you suppose you gwine git rid o’ =«everlastin’ torment ef you keep on dis way!’ Excusing ourselves for our in- trusion, and gently insinuating @ replenish. ment of the Cas bottle on the mantel, we asked George Philip how he wos doing. He replied somewhat mournfully:—“Oh, me marster, don't ax mo dat. When I fust come on here { walked all de way from Alabarmer wid a carpet bag in my hand, which dere was $140 in dat bag. Iwasa lookin’ ior ny mammy, I was, which she runned away from home durin’ de war. Well, 1 was so Much confoundered when I got here dat I matter Will be placed in the honds of the wroper | didn’t know what I was doin’, and while 1 was a- Jegal vMlcers for decision. talkin’ dowa de street 1 met wid & man Which bis With the deterinination of attending THE AFRICAN PRIVATE THEATRICAL, At hall-past seven o'clock P.M. we repaired to the spacious apartinent of Mr. Join Henry King in‘ Thompson street, Where a big brown placard in- formed the passing, public that a grand theatrical entertainment was about to be given by the Society of the Brothers of Abraham tor the purpose of de fraying the funeral expenses of a recently defunct brother, and to buy @ gilt-edged Binie for the President, The plays announced were “The Hap- jest Man tn the World” and “The Poor Cuban lave.” *When we entered the room, which meas- ured about twenty-four by fiity feet and which was filled with rude benches, we were escorted by a olite usher to two seats in front, which would fave been good enough in themselves, but which were supplemented by & smooth plank stretched from one to the other. This we supposed to be a safeguard against one falling on the tloor, or else a consideration for two weak chairs, By way ofa preiace to the performance 4 clerical looking Airi- can gentieman offered a prayer, which is, according to their practice, an indispensabie beginning to ail public proceedings, dra- matic and political, a8 Weill as religious, He prayed that “those who had paid them ten cents to come in might be blessed, and dat as he understood thar were those thar whar had paid more than ten cents, they* might be specially blessed.” He also asked an especial blessing upon the head of Brother Cornelius Fox, who had come all the way from Baltimore to play nis part and help the United Brothers of Abraham, at an ex- pense of $3 75, and who would have to pay the same amount to get back. After the prayer was over Mr. Fox appeared on the stage, and announced that he would pay the parts of Rum Rusti the Resolute aud the Cuban Slave, and that Miss Phillis Washington the Prin- cess and = Cuba Soon the curtain rose, and Ram _ Rusti appeared in a yellow gown, bespangled wit Ted wafers, and a silvered gilt crown with red hot stripes, while the apparel of the Princess could not be described ou account of the break- ing dowh of the sedan chair in which she wi being conveyed, which necessitated her retires Ment pro tem. She subsequeatly reappeared in her dress of “Cuva Liberate,” consisting of & White muslin, with a silvery bandage around her head and a sort of & harp of & thousand strings 1m her left hand, and yet she was not happy. An American citizen of African descent, as black as ink, took the part of an Irishman, and appeared mm red Zouave pants and a white wig. ‘he following dialogue ensued between him and Ram Rusti. KAM—Wretch (to be spelled with torty syllables, as pronounced by Mr. Fox), how shall I kill ye? Shall ye be trampled to death by elephants ? Par—Vh, yis, dat would be bully. De trunks would save de expinse of akailn. — RaM—Shail I shoot ye out of @ cannin? Pat—Yes, bekase din mee frinds would have a good ripport un mee dith. An interval of ten minutes brought on bau Slave,” which was a procuncne Tehasa of cle ‘tom’s Cabin,” with the addition of a hundred yards or So of dog chain, which sorely encumbered poor “Cuba Liberate,” and the rattling of which kept @ constant accompaniment to the reirain of the orchestra—which consisted of a key bugle, a violin and an animated snare drum—wuile there seemed no end of red lights, The winding up scene Was simply gorgeous. There were @ number of smail elm and evergreen trees in tubs, placed around promiscuoualy, intending to represent a Cuban grove. “cuba Liberate” (pro- nounced American style by Mr. Fox) waved as Many flags around her as she could conveniently hold, while the Cuban slave shook the dog onain around her, which had meantime been broken into a dozen pieces, and went into a fit of jim jams at her feet, the curtain falling amid tremendous applause. Many other places were visited, but no new in- formation obtained. There is but one conclusion to be deduced from observation of Sambo’s jife in New York. Those whose inteiligence and traming fit them tor piaces in the households of the wealthy can always do well, while those who have only led the lives of laborers will seldom succeed in makin, their dally bread, as they cannot compete wit White labor away irom their native Sout! would play Liberate.” EARL RUSSELL AND THE POPE. Earl Russell has published the toliowing letter:— PEMBROKE LODGE, RICHMOND PAkK, ; Jan. 19, i874. f Deak SiR JOHN MuRRAY—I have already informed Yvu Ol the cause which will prevent me from pre- siding at the meeting of the 27th of January. Let + us how consider what is the object of the meeting. Archbishop Manning states his doctrine very clearly and very boldiy thus:—“The Church is separate and supreme. Let us. then, ascertain some What lurther What is the meaning of supreme, Any power which is independent and can alone fx the limit of its own jurisdiction, anda can thereby fix the limits of all other jurisdictions, 1s, ipso Jacto, supreme, But the Church of Jesus Christ, within the sphere of revelation of Jaith and morals, 1s all this, or is Dothing, or worse than notuing, an imposture and a usurpation— that is, it is Christ or Antichrist.’ Archbishop Manuing goes on to say, “It it be Antic irist, every Cwsar, from Nero to this day, is justified.” So we may say, On the other side, if the Church of Rome be Christ, every Pope, from Rodargo Borgia to this day, is justified, and must be accounted /Christ. For my own part, many years of my career in Parliament were devoted to the promo- tion of religious liberty. From 1813 to 182y I con- stantly voted for the admission of Koman Cath- olics to Partiament and to office. In 1828 I took the foremost part in relieving Protestant dissenters from the disabilities of tne Cor- poration and Test acts. For many years aiterwards I labored for the wberation of the Jews, But neither for Roman Cathohes, for Protestant Dissenters nor for Jews did 1 ask for more than equal privileges and equal laws. Arch- bishop Manning says of the Church, “If it be Christ, it is the supreme power among men; that is to say :—1, It hoids its commission and authority from God; 2, it hoids in custody the faith and the law of Jesus Christ; 3, it is the sole interpretation of that faith and the sole expositor oi that law; it has within the sphere of that commission a power to legisiate with authority—to bind the consciences of ali men born again in the baptism of Jesus Christ.” ‘This is not liberty, civil or religious, 1t is to bow the knee to a despotic and fallible priest- hood, The very same principles which bound me to ask for equal freedom for the Roman Catholic, the Protestant Dissene ter and the Jew bind me to_ protest against a conspiracy which atms at confining the | German Empire in chains never, it is hoped, to be shaken off. I hasten to declare, with all triends of freedom, and, I trust, with the great majority of. the English nation, that I could no longer call my- self a dover of civil and religious liberty were I not to proclaim my sympathy with the Emperor of Germany in the noble struggle in which he 1 engaged. We have nothing to do with the details of the German laws; ney may be just, they may be harsh; we can only leave it to the German people to decide for themselves, as we have decided jor ourselves. At all event e gre able to see that the cause of the German eror is the cause of hberty, and the cause of the Pope ts the cause o: slavery. I remain, dear Sir John Murray, woe very truly, RUSSELL. THE FIFTH AVENUE STAGES, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Knowing the HeRacp to be the leading and most: energetic paper in the city in its great enterprises, and also in exposing and coirecting public evils and abating nuisances, by placing before its vast. number of readers the true facts of the case, and in this way working a cure, I thought it might be of use to call your attention and the attention of the public to an existing evilon one of our main stage lines inthe city, Having occagion to make a call in Brooklyn the other evening, and going ana returning by the way of Fulton ferry, I return, on reaching New York, one of the mages of the Fiith avenue line, and not having ten cents in change in my ket I handed the driver a $1 bill and was handed down tour twenty-tive cent packages. Topened one and found it contained one stage ticket and the balance in money, or course, deposited the ticket and put the other packages in my pocket. This was well enoug! but alterwards, on opening ‘the other packa; found that they also contained each a ticket. This 1s @ fraud on the travelling public. When you hand up @ bill you want money in return change, and Not pastedoard. ‘This is drawiny Z themselves in a Sad manne ‘apid and etticacious manner, in- deed, and 1 think it should be suppressed at onen, When one wants stage tickets he goes to the office to get them. Of course it 18 not @ matter of many dollars and cents, yet if, for instance, a person travels mostly on the 'wenty-thitd street line and only occasionally on the Fifth avenue, then it 1s not very couventent. Ete T have not taken too much of your valuable space and tried your Patlence too severely, Lremain, &¢., A READER