The New York Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1874, Page 5

WEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY}5, 1874—QUADRUPLE SHEET. GERMANY AND THE PAPA The English Demonstration in Favor of Bismarck. Two Meetings Against Ultramontanism. 7 eee Bismarck and the Emperor as | ing of varioys “Soldiers of Christ.” THE MEETING AT ST, JAMES’ HALL, Lonpon, Jan. 28, 1874. The “conversion of forces” in English conserva- ‘tiem was well illustrated by the resolutions of the Meeting yesterday at St. James’ and Exeter halls to express the sympathy of tne English people with the Emperor of Germany in his present etruggie with the ultramontanes. Remembering that a few mouths ago William was the butt of English indignation and sarcasm—caricatured as am archhypocrite, a Vandal, a robber, the favorite object of declamation and insult—it did seem a little strange to hear an English audience applaud to the echo the declaration of one of the speakers that he was the most just, humane, even tender- Rearted of sovereigns, full of faith in God ana His ‘Intesion—a very politica) apostie of Christ. “The times have changed” indeed, At St. James’ Hall the chairman, Sir John Mur- Fay, read a letter from Lord Russell expressing his regret that his attendance was impossible, his sym- pathy, however, being with the object of the meet- ing, and then proceeded, in that peculiarly English, unintelligible manner of speech, in comparison with ‘which American talking ia called nasal, to discuss the subject of the coming together of the assem- bly, which was really a very respectable one in point of numbers, though not more than three- fourths of the seats were filled. He showed the a@udience that ultramontanism was not merely the enemy of Germany, but of England, and urged the English people to arouse themselves and make common cause against it. The speech was filled with very respectable commonplaces and plau- @atory of the Emperor, but I could only hear now and then a sentence. THE DEAN OF CANTERBURY made an admirable exposé of the ecclesiastical situ- ation, spoken with a want of oratorical color and ‘warmth which marred its effect, but which at the same time left its clear and succinct analysis of the Matter {rom his polnt of view even more emphatic ‘han it would have been had the statement been encumbered with any superfuous words, I have rarely heard so fair and comprehensive an exposi- tion of any great theological controversy as this showing of the thread of hostility between the prerogatives assumed by the Church and those of, ‘the State which runs through the history of the the Kingdom of England for centuriex He also insisted strongly that this was not a sectarian question, but one which affected Uberty of thought and conscience in all sects, His ‘| meation of the name of Prince Bismarck, the first fm the course of the mecting, brought out the most enthusiastic demonstration of spplause which was made during the meeting—prolonged and almost frantic—this wicked Mephistopheles of ‘the imperial Faust of 1870! The Dean gave a sound and temperate exposi- “thon of the relations of the “things which belong to Cesar” and “the things which belong to God,” nd read several quotations from ultramontane guthorities to show the real nature of thetr claims, and concluded, in well merited applause, a very model of theological polemic, without acrimony, Without exaggeration and without any appeal to bigotry or fear. 4 IMPATIENT ORATORY, The next speaker, Sir Thomas Chambers, took upably and in good forensic style the legal his- tory of the controversy. He showed by a study of the Jaws of England that the Crown had heen in parvevaal Struggle with the Roman hierarchy for years, His speech was really eloquent and evoked ireauent applause. A Methodist followed, and an Old Catholic moved the second resoiution in @ wordy, pithiess and-mostly inaudible harangue, which the meeting cut snort pitilessly by calls for time.” Mr. Newdegate followed in a conventional and die-away oration, !ull of the customary diatribes And appeals to prejudice, going in for the opening of his periods like a lion and coming out lke a lamb in whispers meant to be rhetorical, but which were simply inaudible and which necessitated con- tinual cries of “Louder,” and he conciuded with Out regret, but with an appeal to the elections, Sir Robert Peel spoke audibly, but so lengthily that the meeting lost patience, and, not getting a pro quo ior its time and fatigue, he was ratuer expedited by demonstrations irom the plat- form, ana Colonel Cameron continued with a few indignant words about people who had got up to peak ten minutes and occupied half an hour, when others who had come hundreds of miles to distin- gaish themselves at the meeting were unheard. AN AMERICAN ORATOR. Rev. J. P. Thompson, formerly of the Tabernacle eburch, New York, but represented as from Berlin, ‘was introduced, and, apologizing for coming to in- Prince Bismarck by Protestants Of all shades in England, for their treatment of ‘poor France,” for their “grasping policy,” it sounds supremely ridiculons to hear what we mast term by courtesy an “intelligent audience” shouting and clapping their hands and going half wild with delight at hearing the Kaiser and Bismarck styled ‘WO SOLDIERS OF CHRIST who are fighting against the enemy of liberty, of conscience and of the Bible,” “Take courage, noble Germans!’ shouted the speaker, a pros- elyted Canadian priest, with a long beard and cunning eyes, and in broken English. “Take courage! England is with you in the fight, and yours will be the victory!” The temper of the audience was admirably illustrated in their greet- names. Those of King William and Prince Bismarek alway@ evoked cheers; that of the Pope, who was usually styled the “Vicar of Christ,” brought out ® chorus of hisses, as did the name of Archbishop Manning, whom the audience persisted in cailing simply “Dr. Manning!” One of the speakers produced @ copy of the.archbishop’s oMcial organ The Tablet, the sigbt of which had an effect something similar to what we are told @ red handcherchief has on a bull in grass time, With what delignt did the audi- ence swallow down the great secret which the aforenamed Canadian priest revealed—that every Roman Catholic priest. on being ordained took an oath of eternal enmity to heretics and Protestants, to persecute them and annihilate them! “Englisn- men,” he shonted, “go home this night, and when youget there, write this secret on your doorposts and on your hearts.” How the British pulse beat when another speaker recounted the tales of English’ martyrdom of yore, the sufferings of the Martyrs whose bones he moulcering in Smithtleld, and hinted that @ similar time might yet bein store for English clergymen, Archbishop Manning could carry out his infernal plans, THB CHARACTER OF THE MEETING. A detailed account of the proceedings of the gatherin, wont Tam sure, prove very tedious to our readers, ‘the platform did not présent a very riluant array of ‘lights,’ and the large hall was not filled—a fact which evidently greatly annoyed the distinguished President, Sir John Murray. First, we all prayed very devoutly for the protec- tion of the German Empire and the Emperor, and for Prince Bismarck and other “Knights of the Church.” Lord Russells letter was read and duly applauded, and then the Rey. Mr. Badenodh got up to read us @ handful of telegrams, which he had received from all parts of Germany, bringing. German thanks {for lish sympathy, These telegraphic messages Were duly applauded, no matter what the ree. In a case like this a mes- sage from the Kationalistic Protestant Verein of BE ener is considered good enougn, so long as it is interlarded with soothing catch- words, as “Noble Englishmen,” “England the home of piety,” and “thanks for your generous sympathy.” Then a certain Dr. Smith, of the Scottish Reformation Society, spoke long, and thought that the leading statesmen, the leading judicial authorities, the leading divines— (cheers) — of England were not alive to the storm that was approaching and which threatened to engulf Eng- lush religious iiberty. To whicha sturdy Briton in the background thundered ont: “WE WANT BISMARCK |!” @ remark which was greeted with great laughter and applause. The only speaker worth listening to, the only one who possessed information on what he was talking about wasthe Rev. Dr. J. P. Thompson, of New York, who for the last two years has resided im Berlin, where he has hob- nobved with Prince Bismarck aad has now become one of his chief advocates in the English language. He explained the causes and nature of the present ecclesiastical troubles in Germany in a very tem- erate and inteHigent manner, of course from the ismarckian paint of view. His remarks will give you @ pretty accurate idea of what Protestant Germans say of the matter themselves. Then up rose another Scot by the name of Mac- Gregor, who had much to say about ‘the great and noble people of Germany—¢reat in battle and »moderate in victory’—and he advised that the Katser’s letter to the Pope should be read in every alpit in England and at every election meeting. fe wished God would bless and prosper the Em- peror. And another speaker thought we ought to Include in our prayers hencelorth the KAISER, PRINCK BISMARCK AND PRESIDENT GRANT, whose country we had to thank for the presence ot Dr. J. P. Thompson. Some of she speakers ap- peared to have only very vague ideas about Ger- many and its constitution, One could not see why the Protestant Emperor of Germany 41d not at once declare his faith by cutting off the Catholic Church altogether trom the funds of the State. He evidently imagined that the Catnolic popula- tion in Germany occupies the sme relative posi- tion to the Protestant that it does in England. One person im the audience would not hear the word Catholic used without fhe “Roman.” Lt struck me that man had been rmading lately about the ‘old Catholics” and *‘new vatholics,” because he evidently knew something about the matter. Another of the audience, on hearing something about priests and priesteraft, declared that they: (the priests) were a A OF up and so the m ILENS 5)? at wara’ in {ts intoler- i | | | | ance, until one speaker switched off into the | realm of politics, and denounced Giadstone— whose name was greeted witn hisses and some cheers, thereby Causing a great scandal—and wished the electors would return only good, sound Protestants—Exeter Hall, of course—to Parlia- ment, when England might stand a chance. of freeing herself from Papal aggressions, At a late hour the audience began to show signs of weari- ness, and the President thought it best to sing “God save the Queen” and send us home; and this morning we arose early and cailed for breakfast and the 7imes and scanned over the meagre re- ports of the meeting, and read the editorial re- marks, which are not flattering to the demonstra- tion. We agree with it in “telling the German peo- ple that a meeting of such @ character is no adequate expression of English feeling on this great question. * * * The public in general will be glad that so venerable a statesman as Lord Russell escaped the discredit of presiding at an ordinary ‘No Popery’ demonstration. * * © The greatest possibile injury that could be done to the cause upheld by Prince Bismarck THE SHERIFF IN THE SANCTUARY The Financial Embarrassments of the Catholic Church at Orange. Forced Sale ot a Beauti- tul Temple. THE TRIBULATIONS OF A CONGREGATION. On Tuesday next the extraordinary spectacie of the sale of a church, under a Judgment for debt, will be witnessed at Orange, N. J. The parisn that will by this harsh measure of the law be deprived Of tte sanctuary is St. Jobn’s, belonging to the Roman Catholic diocese at Neawrk, of which the Right Rev. Dr. Corrigan is the present bishop. Interest in the peculiar circumstances that have Precipitated this unfortunate result is not confined to the congregation immeniately concerned. The citizens of Orange, Newark, Montclair and vicintty, with scarcely an exception, and Trespective of creeds, evince the deepest sympathy with their Catholic brethren, who, after having struggled bravely for the past eight years to provide themselves with an edifice that, while affording ample accom- modation, should serve as a monument to their piety and reflect credit upon their taste, are now compelled to see the fruit of their labor and hard earned offerings plucked from their grasp—tne tabernacle of their faith seized by the Sherif and sold to the highest bidder. Since the commencement of the impending sale, @ few days ago, the excitement in regard to it has grown apace, It isthe one subject of discussion in and about Orange, and various expedients for relieving the situation are suggested. In fact, the good-hearted people, both Catholic and Protestant, in the immediate locality, are ready with every species of financial remedy, except the one most agreeable to the creditors of the church, whose united claims foot up the sum of $260,000, The in- debtedness for which judgment has been obtained and execution !ssued is comparatively small, con- sisting of a claim of the Orange National Bank for $30,000, and one of the Second National Bank of Newark for $2,600. The estimated value of the church, including the church edifice, the school houses, parsonage, cemetery and unimproved land, is between $175,000 and 200,000. {t is stated that about $160,000 have in the ag- gregate been paid by the congregation towards the liquidation of the construction and land ac- counts, and it is consequently incomprehenaible, in view of the actual value of the property, how such a load of debt could have been placed upon it except through a lamentable mismanagement, which all who know him hesitate to impute to tne Rev. Father Hickey, the recent pastor and builder of the church. Few priests are more highly es- teemed than Father Hickey, and his removal from Orange to New Brunswick last spring, in conse- sequence of the financial embarrassments of his charge, was marked by expressions of regret from nis flock and from the Protestant community sum- cient to indicate that, in the opinion of those who’ know him best, his generous heart and unpractica)l head. alone were at fault, A representative of the HERALD vistted Orange yesterday to inspect the church and ascertain the exact state of affairs. Urange, with its adjoining townships of East and South Orange, may be ac- counted the most beautiful and most perfectly developed suburb of New York, from which it is distant twelve miles via the Morris and Essex division of the Delaware and Lackawanna Rail- way. FORMATION OF THE PARISH. The parish of St. John’s was formed in 1850, when not more than a dozen Catholic families resided at Orange. At first they assisted at mass in the house of Thomas Henry, 1n William street. Through the zealous efforts of Captain James Ward, of the United States Navy, means were soon raised for securing a site and erecting a small church, which was dedicated the year following. ‘he’ growtn of Orange was rapid prior to the war, and althoug, the building was enlarged, it soon provea inadequate to the needs of tne congregation, sa rapidly did the Catholic population increase. In 1866, Rev. Father Hickey having become the pastor of St. Joun’s, ground was broken for the new church, a plot of ground hsving been secured for $10,000, e edifice was pushed toward comple- tion uninterruptedly until the fall of 1869, when tt ‘was occupied by the congregation. The church Was built under the plans and supervision of Mr. John O'Rourke, architect, residing in Newark. Whatever may’ be said of Rev. Father Hickey’s financial incapacity, no fanit can be fouud with his architectural taste. St. John’s charch ts a model of symmetry and perfected detail in sofaras the plans have been completed. Its site is picturesque and commanding. Fronting westward, it overlooks the beautiful Orange Valley and the magnificent landscape of Liewellyn Park. From its incomplete portals the eye can range from Mormtclair on the | north to Milburn on the south, an extent of eight or ten miles along the unbroken line of the Orange Mountain. The building is constructed of brown Summit, in Bruns- ce of tnd pended, At this jmneture BXbop Corrigan placed ne Rev. Dr. Wigyer, formeri.* Qf , and removed Father Hickey .*4C*¥ wie! ‘igger soon made the acquaily the creditors of the church, who were a!md> Rumerous as the parishioners, and though the ma- jority were disposed to*trust to Providence for & sestiement of their claims there were others Whose forbearance had weakened. In this category may be included the officers of the two panks in whose favor the judgments above mentioned have been obtained. Last Sunday Dr. Wigger preaciued his iarewell sermon, having received per- mission fromthe Bishop to resign his pastorate and to return to his jormer field of labor in Sum- mist and Springfeld, Daring the nine months that have elapsed since he moved to Orange Dr. Wigger has succeeded in paying off $11,000 of the Soating dept. itis mentioned with gratitude by the peo- ple of St. John’s that neither Dr. Wigger nor ols assistant, Rev. Mr. Vassais, have drawn the Aal- aries due them, preferring to leave the amount in the treasury. To the inguiry whether a concerted effort wouid be made to buy in the property at the sheriit’s sale, the reply was that no plan had been deter- mined upon, . As the sale is to be made subject to the mortgages which are piled up ankle deep on the estate, the incentive to speculation is wanting. Diligent searcn tailed to bring. 20 ligot any proposed buyer or even bidder, For the amount of money necessary to Aft Bt, sohn's out of the Slough of Despond three or four eligibly located churches, of large size, might be scattered about the cluster of geographi- cal Oranges, and the impression seems to be, at Jeast among the Catholics, that such aninvestment would be more beneficial to the community, who have hitherto been dependent on one inconvenient. located stracture. If this theory prevails Sheriif jambie (or rather ex-Sheriff, who holds the writ of execution, will find the market in ecclesiastical property exceedingly languid next Tuesday. pore | the encumbrances on the church is a $50, mortgage held by the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, and another of $11,000, belonging to Mr. John Q/’Rourke, the architect, CHANG AND ENG. The Dissecting Knife at Work on the Ligament. ‘Efforts to Publicly FEx- hibit the Bodies. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14, 1874. The formal autopsy of the Siamese Twins is now Deing pushed vigorously forward, and J am assured that the knife has already solved much of the mystery of the connecting link, and that the convictions of the physicians as soon as they made the hurried examination at Mount Airy are likely to be entirely fulfilled and the separability of the twain shown to have been impossible without destroying the lives of both, The bodies were embalmed again this afternoon and by Wednes- day night the post-mortem will have been entirely concluded. At that time the official report of the few now making the examination will be ren- dered, according to the demand of the contract, to the College of Physicians and Surgeons. The paper will be of a very elaborate nature and is now more than one-third completed, SCIENCE SLOWLY SOLVING THE PROBLEM. ; The post-mortem goes on quite slowly—casts, photographs and incisions all proceeding system- atically together, Atevery stage accurate nega- tives are taken and equally accurate plaster casts, The cast of the trunks is now shaped down to tho proportion of the originals, and other casts have been taken of the bond of unton, as well as of all the lower extremities, The different plaster re- productions have to-day been united, and the image of the twain is now entirely complete. The cast is said to be absolutely perfect, and from the same another just like it will be wrought. The photographic negatives, too, are very numerous, and the labor attending the slow developments is very fatiguing. The bodies are still lying, as de- scribed the other day, upon the dissecting table, their faces still covered with nuge sponges, } PROBABLE PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF THE BODIES, | . AB soon as the autopsy is over Dr. Hoilings- ; worth, the family physician of the pair when alive, ‘will be informed, and the responsibility of return- ing the bodies to the widows will devolve upon | | him. There ig no doubt whatever that the bodies | in their embalmed stste will be placed upon pub- lic exhibition in this ¢ity. The doctors are making @ strong effort: AY is direction, and there can now be no gae: ‘bout their effecting their end. The plaster casts will also be exposed, and by the end of next week the mystery of their union will be disclosed, and the pubiic will also have an op- | portunity of seeing the twins in deatn. fyvery- thing looks toward a general exhibition of the corpses in all parts of the country, and there is no doubt that the untappy demise of Cheng and Eng | Will be to certain parties the means of un immense | | revenue. |\WASHINGTON. | Wasnineton; Feb. 14, 1874, The Alabama Contested Senatorship. The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec- | tlons to-day heard further argument of the coun- | selas to the kind of testimony that should be ad- | mitted im the Sykes-Spencer contest for a |} | seat the Senate from Alabama Mr. | - SLOW TRANSIT. The Wretehed Systems of Travel Up an Down the’ Island. THE STREET RAILWAYS. | Their Defects and How They} Might Be Remedied. Slow transit, in all its horrible tedium, has never been better exemplified than during the past Week, A HERALD representative undertook an examination of the different snail} lines of the city, witha view to enlighten the public upon facta which, alast tf they know too well, they do not saf- ficiently digest, If the citizens of New York—the 1,000,000 of people who move through our streets from morning to night—could gtve utterance to their most fervid wish, we opine that it would be one universal shout for “rapid transit.’ How is the citizen placed to-day? He is at the Fifth Ave- nue Hotel. He wishes to go down town and trang- act some business before the banks close. What means of locomotion are there * Conscientiously they can be stated as follows in their order of merit :— 1. His feet, 2 A cab. 3. A Broadway stage. 4. A Fourth avenue car. ‘The elevated railway. 6. A Third avenue poison box, known as a car, A HERALD representative has tried all these dif- ferent systems of locomotion pro dono pubdtico, and is prepared to state his experience, ON Foor, This is ab once the most healthful, the most satia- ‘factory, the pleasantest and the most economical method of travelling from one part of the city to the other. It may expend shoe leather, work hard’ on the calves of the leg or be too severe an exer- clse for the feeble octogenarian; but for active men in middle life there is no exercise 80 necessary as walking. Therefore we recommend the foot line a8 the best one, tndeed and as the sole one to patronize. Any one who will glance at our population, who will consider the restless years that are devoted to money getting, will ap- preciate the fact that a man should not live two hours a day in the poisonous atmosphere of street cars when he {8 able to walk, It would seem that there is some providential proviston tn our side- walks and the manner ip which they are patron- ized. Yet, though we have good walks and wretched drives, we must nave vehicles, Business requirements demand tt; violent climatic changes demand it; indolence and feebieness demand it, THE CAB. Itis unnecessary here to repeat the history of the New York cab—another word for extortion, If a man takes one at Union square for a drive to the Battery the preliminaries are ten minutes’ conver- sation about the fare; insolence from the driver tn almost every case; obstructions trom the stages ca and do not tend to an improvement of the atmos. here, Your Next fate is to be crowded off he platform or jammed into such a nar. row space by your iellow assengers that if ys have abything of light construction in your pockets it 18 sure tu yield. Sometimes as many as sixty passengers are crammed into one of these wretched boxes, twenty being on the front and rear platforms, This is bot only cruelty to the animais, it is cruelty to the passengers, and, what is Worse, extortion of the worst character, In a @ delightful company of this kind, if you are the happy possessor of @ watch, some light Ongeved gentleman will conclude to divest you of your Pree ari interest therein; and when many of ‘the engers have alighted you put your hand if your ket [9 draw out your watch in ‘order count “How Much’ longer this agony!” and itis gone. Then Some drunken man gets on board; there 1s a Spicy quarrel with the conductor; one or two pas- Sengers interfere; there isa delay of bes minutes, and the car proceeds northward, If none of these incidents occur then the horses are apt to break down; there ts sure to be @ collision, or two obstinate drivers who both claim the first ht of ad At a grossing have come to the angle at the salle moment, aid they refuse to compromise on any terms. This i9 a very frequent diversion, end, Ss may be imagined, anything but enjoyable. Then the great car sweep, drawn by eight horses, comes aiong, scatterin the Mth to right and left, and finally the passene ger, when he arrives at Sixty-third street, finds that be must change cars, aud probably in the rush lose the seat which he had been either fortunate or uniortunate enough to secure about the pre- cincts of the City Hall. Such 1s a part of that beautiful system known as “slow transit.) A RIDE ON THE BELT LINE shows results of no better character, It takes three hours to make the round trip from Fifty- third street over to the North River, thence to the Battery, aud return to the point of destination, and one hour and a half for one naif of the trip— that is, Irom the upper to the lower endof the island, The passengers who patronize this line are. of the poorest description. They, too, have their bundles, their baskets and sheir house utensils, Many of them are coillariess, shirtless and sad spec- imens of the genus homo These cars are not however, a8 Over-crowaded a8 those of the Thirg avenue line, which 1s to ordinary mortals certainly a densely packed chain of poisun boxes, THE BLEECKER STREET LINE ts also susceptible of being tmproved. It shoul® be borne in mind that one cannot have plate gias: mirrors and damask curtains in Water street neither can one provide elegant broughams for, the working classes; but there 18 no reason why the CORN OyAnDES ahould not be clean and sanitarily rect, Petne criticisms we have made tn this article 01 the particular lines described apply, with but ver: slight modifications, to the entire system Of slow transit, Tue Elevated Railway alone is an excep-' tion, A passenger leaving the Battery reached Thirtieth street in ten minutes; but there is no feeling of absolute security for life. Nor car the enterprise be considered of a permanent char- acter. A great fire would bend and twist the Tailway as if it were of wire, and completely destroy, the whale fabric im & few minutes. But while it endures it must be admitted that it affords luxurious and pleasant accommodationg for a very modest sum—ten cents. Still it can tm no wise be considered a part ol rapid transit; it ig the Be end of slow transit without absolute security, if slow transit {9 to remain as the permanent system of the land then it must be improved. One thoroughfare at least should be set apart for & line of cars up and down the island upom which could be carried bundies, packagea and all the traps which are now per- mitted to obstruct all the lines of the city. Improvements should be made in the cars. Not one passenger above the actual complement of the car should be permitted to ride, and better time should be made on all the lines. There is na reason why one should not ride from Madisom square to the HERALD office in twelve minutes, It is the duty, then, of our representatives at Albany to demand ao investigation of the two problems—“rapid transit” and “slow transit,’ ‘and legislate for tne relief of New York and Its great mercantile interests involved in ‘these two and other vehicles on the crowded thoroughfare; a,j questions, which, in reality, are but one. demand for an increase at the end of the route, and such litle inconveniences as these. We do nov mean to say that extortion and swindling always occur, but they are oitener the rule than the ex- ception. Cabs can never become, therefore, ex- clusively employed in New York as the Hansom ts @ godsend to London and a coupé the institution of { Paris. | The Legislature should, however, compel by law | | such regulations as would place at the disposal of the public @ popular cab system at popular prices, and the city government should so enact that the proper thoroughfares would be kept open for this | species of locomotion. THE BROADWAY STAGE is the next institution belonging to the system of slow transit of which we complain. It 1s indeed a slow coach, conveying the passenger from Fiftieth street to the Battery in about an nour, drawing him through mud and mire, din and uproar, nicely crushed in with a most neterogeneous company. The Fifth Avenue Stage Company, itke many other lines, has adopted the box principle— that is, “deposit your fare in the box, for the driver will not receive {t on pain of dismissal.’ This system 1s undoubtedly an improvement, not only for the company and jor the driver (who is not tempted to theft), but also for the passenger, who, by his forekn owledge, need not get into a stage | without the necessary ten conts, It leads, how- ever, to Many curious and amusing incidents, dis- | putes with the driver, robbing of the boxes, and so on. The drivers are not as solicitous for the com- pany’s good as they Were under the former system, nor do they keep the sharp lookout for the shouts and signals of pedestrians they were wont to do some weeks ago. Stage travelling is by far the best kind of locomotion in the city if we may consider Cleanliness a de- sirable quality. The passengers are'of the higher waiks ot life, living generally in their own nouses, and do not emit any of those pecultar, unheaitay | CHARLES KINGSLEY. —_—_.—___— An Interview with the Distinguished Author—His Opinion of the Dissolution and Overthrow of Gladstone. A representative of the HERALD was recetved yesterday by the Rev. Charles Kingsley, the distin- guished author and one of the chaplains in ordinary to Queen Victoria Mr. Kingsley is a gentleman of about fifty years of age, of pleasant bearing and affable manners, and he will find no diMculty im obtaining a generous appreciation from the Ameri- can people. During the course of an entertaining conversation the British author said, respecting the recent political tumult in England, ‘The elections took me by surprise, and 1 am thus at a loss to state definitely to what causes may be assigned the overthrow of Mr. Gladstone; but I said when I heard of the result ‘It will put money in the pockets of the brewers.’ But this resuit cannot set back the liberal thought of England nor of Eufope; neither willit be un obstruction. England will advance more slowly and, perhaps, more safely under the government thav will come into power.” Mr. Kingsley asked the HERALD representative it he had learned that Mr. Gladstone has been tn ill health, to which a negative reply was given. “T have understood,” said Mr. Kingsley, that he had been poorly for some time, and I have also heard that he intends to retire from pubiic life and seek the repose he so much needs, but even for the truth of ths I can hardly vouen."? “Bat will there be apy radical change in the pol- icy of England “Hardly,” replied Mr. Kingsley. “The do- mestic and foreign policy will remain une changed, No adventitious circumstances can ar- rest the liberal tendencies of the Englisn people, and in reality party lines are not sharply drawn. ‘rhe question May thus be stated: Tuere is white stone quart ROM etal eae rt | Spencer contends that the officially printea | renowned Lieweliyn Park ; but the,church members | record of the proceedings of the Legislature Bay that, with no disposition “to look a gitt horse | should be binding on the committee's action; security 5 oo ie ears as ee nic he Guarry and dress than te sume amount, of stone | WH on the other hand, Mr. Sykes denies the | Posty wnieh "ply between Calais. aud Dover are | truthfulness of this record, and insists ‘that the | unfit for the conveyance of the world’s passengers mens ins Of the ange 8 8160 feet in dept endo f England to the Continent. They tack inte- ) | Menslons of the edifice are 160 feet in depth and 68 | case be opened for oral proofs, The committee | from England to ey lack inte- | will see that party lines are wot very sharply de- took the subject under advisement, It is consid. | TIO Space, a noiseless fitting of the sashes; | sued.” feet in width, heightn, width and comfortable sitting surface. ory - ered certain now that the decision of the case will . | (oleae ed fhe ae Medadtclah | Mad Wed Ma THE INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH. ‘ ‘They are simply abominable. | John Rusvell, had any inQuence in precipitatings | hinge on the conclusions which may be reached The interior view of the church is most impressive, | the harmony of colors being exquisite. The nigh ON THE FOURTH AVENUE CARS, | the dissolution and the downtail of the liberals t”? and disagreeable odors which render street cars loathsome in the extreme. In construction they have but one quality suited to a public conveyance— and Ulack, You cannot make black white, neither white black, Yet the white contains some black, as the black contains some white. 1 remember at | the last election trom my borough a conservative~ | liberal was against a liberal-conservative, and tho. | conservative was elected. Yet he was more lib- eral in his acts than the liberal himself. Thus you struct an English audience, being neither German Ror English, but an American, was received with such hearty applause and welcome as to show at once that there was no hostility to the American element there—in fact, it was a generous, fraternal welcome which must have put any maa at his ease. Mr. Taompson made the speech of the day, and, though the meeting had already been long, the g@udience insisted on hearmg him through, and he ‘occupied the house nearly an hour without a sign of impatience ana in the most complete silence, except When outbursts of applause interrupted his would be to identify it with such a spirit as yesterday's meeting displayed. * * * A new War of creeds, such as the meeting of yesterday tends to provoke, would be the greatest of all dis- asters for the new German Empire. It was the evident desire of the majority to raise the old cry of ‘No Popery,’ with all its old bitterness, here and everywhere; and their approval of Prince Bismarck was clearly prompted more by hatred of Popery than by love for German nationality.” speaking. The Times of to-day dees justice to his address, as giving that which noc English speaker had given—a rea) representation oi the facts of the case. He argued that the queskon was not one of persecution of the Catholics, but of preservation of society from a propaganda which undermined the bases of ali loyalty and socal order. He ve @ history of the controversy, an exposé of all the movements and counter-morvements of the powers in Opposition, an abstract of the laws passed by tne German government, and, in_ short, furnished all the information required tor @ thorough understanding cf the iggle now going on. Several times he proposed to cut his speech short abruptly, but lou¢ cries of “No, no! go on, goon!”’ Kept him on his feet until nearly six P. M., vhe meeting having commenced at two. When i Say that Mr. Thompsou’s speech was the speech of the afternoon I onlyecho the approbation the with which it was concluded, the congratulations poured on him afterward and the fact that when everybody was already wearied with nearly three hours of speakiag the attention was more rapt up to the close of his words than at any previous time fully justify the asver- tion. He had come trom Berlin expressly to at- tend this meeting; he was earnest in his ad- vocacy and eloquent in his manner, and his recep- tion from beginning to end was one which any American might have been proud of, When he had concluded the chairman abruptly ended the meeting by calling for three Cheer# jor the Queen and the national anthem. The Standard, in the report of the meeting, omits ail mention of Mr. Thompson's speech or the epeaker, ending ite report with the remarks of Colonel Macdonald. The Times alone generously acknowledged the curious fact that a chance American contribution to the eloquence of the oc- casion was the real pith of the meeting, and of a ractioal vein which none of the English speeches ad. it is pleasant to be able to add to this that the manner in which this contribution was re. ceived and spolanded was ag fine an example of true English hospitality and cordiality as any American could desire or ts ever likely to witness, meeting accorded it, and the tremendous applause { The Meeting at Excter Hall. Lonpon, Jan. 28, 1874. Tne Times in an editorial on yesterday’s Proceedings conuemns very justly the St. dames’ Hall and Exeter Hall meetings heid ander the auspices of the Protestant Ed- ucation Institute as being simply “No Popery” demonstrations, and as not giving ex- Pression to the intelligent opinion of English peo- ple at all. It goes on to say that such exhibitions of religious intolerance can only do more harm than good to Germany and the cause of Prince Bismarck against the ultramontane party in Ger- many. It was my duty to attend last evening the Exeter Hall meeting, and though I had been fore- warned that I should hear the “fanatical” portion of the two gatherings, I was hardiy prepared to expect such tll feeling against Roman Catholicism and so much “gentlemanly ignorance” on a sub. Ject as was there illustrated. Here, as at st, James’, we were tréated simply toa THOROUGH ABUSE OF ‘‘PorERy,” which no Englishman can well define, and speak- ers rode their particular hopbies in “intermmabie Platitudes,” To an impartial attendant, knowing Germany well, and knowing the abuse which usea © be heaped on the head of Kaiser Wilhelm aug THE SIOUX ASSASSINS. 4 * General Activity of Post Commanders—. Warlike Orders from the War Depart- ment, Omana, Neb., Feb. 14, 1874, Large amounts of ammunition are being shipped } from Fort Leavenworth and Rock Island arsenals to the various posts in this department. All post commanders have been ordered to keep their oom- mands in readiness to take the fleld against the Indians on a moment’s notice. Two companies of cavalry and one of infantry leave here mm the morning for Fort Russell by rail, thence to Fort Laramie, The Iudians ran the ranchmen in six miles west of Big Springs to-day. Forty cavalrymen under Captain Mills left immediately by rail, and will endeavor to strike them. No other depredations were reported to-day. The officials are very re- ticent, desiring to keep their movements as qutet as possible so that tne half-breeds and renegades may not possess themselves of information valu- able to the Indians, to Whom they would certainly carry it, The Red Cloud Agency Vacated hy the Sioux. CHEYENNE, W. T., Feb, 14, 1874. The Cheyenne Leader has a special despatch from Fort Fetterman stating that a Cheyenne run- ner who has just arrived there from the Red Cloud Agency says that Red Cloud’s son was killed last Monday night by party of Sioux whom he had compelled to return stolen stock, altar 1s richly tinted and burnished in gold, and the three large windows that surround the sanc- tuary contain admirable specimens of the artist's taste in color and yo how a As the light pours tarough the richly stained glass the eye is im- preeee with a series of biblical scenes and figures, aestally Wrought, and which cannot but stimu- late the fervor of every devout worshipper, A Splendid crucifix, the fee of the Saviour being of life size, occupies the niche tothe lelt of tne altar, while on the o ite side of the church is a pretty shrine of the Blessed Virgin. The siae walls are sdorned with colored tllustra- tions, in alo reli of the “Way of, the Cross,” These “stations” are justly‘ prized as works of art. They are unique in style, and were procured by Father Hickey in Rome.: Fortunately for the symmetry of the interior edi-i fice, no galleries protrude from the walls, with the necessary exception of that jor the organ and choir, facing the altar. Massive pillars of brown: stone with carved capitals A oat the roof, and the ceiling is finished in a soft biae tint. Tere are 4 no glaring colors noticeable—ail is subdued and de- votional, yet not without a certain cheerfulness of tone and finish most grateful to the senses, The pews, which are of oak, will seat 1,200. Ths organ in use is a small instrument, expense in the mu- sical ee ce having been prudently post- poned. The intertor depth of the church is 140 Jeet. The only untinished features are the steeple and porches, ‘The site of the edifice is on the southeast corner of Ridge and White streets, about a quarter of a mile irom the bse J station. Adjoining the church Is the priest’s house, & neat frame build- ing, double width, and three stories high. Diago- Raily opposite the church, on White street, is the old wooden church, from which the congregation removed to their stately new structure in October, 1869, when the ceremony of dedication took place. ‘The old chureh is used as a schoolhouse and lec- ture room. It isin poor repair, and far toc small to be appropriated to its former use. Next door to tt stands a dilapidated frame house, also used as ® class room and library, and adjoining these He also reporta | premises 18 a dwelling and orphan asylum, oc- that nearty all the Cheyennes and Sioux have lett | cupled by the Sisters of Charity, while in the rear the agency and that 150 lodges are witiin fifty mules o1 Fort Fetterman and will come in or send Of this extemporized convent ts the cemetery, about three acres _in extent. This, with some un- improved lots at West Orange. on Mount Pleasant to that post. The runner reports plenty of buffalo.j Svenue, comprise the total worldly possessions of in the Big Horn country, and thinks the Sioux will go there. Two companies of cavalry were arderetl tro: here to Fort Laramie to-day, Citizens of Nebraska Asking the War Department for Arms for LfProtece tion. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 187%, Senator Hitchcock, Governor Furnas, A, S. Pad- dock and J. H. Peake, of Nebraska, called upon the Secretary of War and General Sherman to-day for the purpose of getting aris for the people of that State, in anticipation ofa general Indian outbreak. The request, owing to existing laws, was denied, Secretary Belknap sald he would cheerfully com- ply with their request if it could be done without Violation of the law, AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER, Prrrssura, Feb, 14, 1874, The Court decided this morning that the new oy. charter was unconstitutional, and {ssued an order restraining the Council Commiytee irom under it. Making @0 aDvorionmens it. John’s congregation. A visit to the episcopal residence tn Newark fatled to bring to light important fact with regard to the way fn which Bather Hickey became embarrassed. Upon assuming the purpie as Bishop of Newark, the Right Rev. Dr. Corrigan, Bishop Bayley’s successor, first learned of the troubles now culminating. It is understood that when called Lad to account for hig stewardship Father Hickey found his bookkeeping system was behind the times, with the balances pretty nearly all the wrong way. Father Hickey was an enthusiast in his work, his ambition being to erect the finest church edifiee in the State. This was during the flush period, when the fnancial sky looked serene, Speculation in Orange — propert, was very active, and real estate values seemed substantial, if they were hign. Impelied by a worthy desire to crown his work the amiabie priest urged everybody to help aiong the church, and so confident was he in the altimate prosperity of his parish that he borrowed capital trom time to time at exorbitant rates, and unhesitatingly se- cured the loans by mortgages on about every item of the church’s possessions. Thus from the very commencement the interest account became @ Jormidabie obligation, and latterly it had swelled to about $16,000 a year. This sum, added to cur- rent expenses for majntaining the rector and assistants, the Orphan Asylum schools in charge of the Sisters, proved 80 — bugdensome that all attempts at a the foating debt for a time Were sug and The finest and cleanest line in the city is the Fourth avenue. The difference of a cent demanded from the passengers 1s less than a just compensa- | tion {or travel thereon, if five cents be a iair concerning the election tn Barbour county. \ The Annual Coin Assay at Philadelphia, | Dr. Linderman, Director of the Mint, now tn | 1] i] charge on the Tnird avenue and other lines The | Philadelphia, writes to the Secretary that the Com: | caraare cleau, generally well ventilated, and the | mission to make the annual assay of coin con- | service is done by the best grade of employés. The | | | trip from the terminus at the new Post OMce to | cluded its labors yesterday afternoon, and reportea | tftp fr ‘square is the swiftest in the ality, averaging | the trial of the coinage of 1873 as satisfactory in all, apout seventeen minutes. Yet there are respects, ; Many disagreeable by Caneren soe the passage up roug! entre street, be dede h EE LD hl pg wich Mis often “obstructed ‘by trucks, ‘cares, In the House to-day speeches were made by Mr, | drays and the lumbering freight cars, en route to the Grand Central Depot. So that a passenger starting on his way down, especially ob 8 rainy or disagreeable day, is often obligea to | suffer detention, sometimes as long as half an hour, This half an hour may sometimes involve the loss of $500,000, and here we strike the very keynote of “rapid transit ;" it is this, thatin a city where business is transacted with such astonish- ing rapidity, where thousands and thousands of dollars often depend upon half an hoar’s time or even less, we should have @ poorer system | of locomotion than 18 im vogue in the | slow old capitais of Europe. A great deal of the supineness of the public.touching this subject has undoubtedly resuited irom the corruption of our legisiators, the general demoralization of city poli- tics and the awkward conformation of the island. | It New York had been spread out, so to speak, over a broad surface resembling Paris or London, then the railways would not have to pass through the windpipe of Manhattan, During the reign of Bell, of Georgia, on tne Atlantic and Great West- }ern Canal; Mr. Small, of New Hampshire, on finance; Mr. Clements, of Illinois, on Western interests; Mr. Foot, of Illinois, on finance, and Mr. Eden, of Ilinois, on finance. The House adjourned at half-past three P. M, \ The Committee om Appropriations. The House Committee on Appropriations hada Protracted session to-day, working on the Legis- lative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation pill, which they hope to mature tn time to report on Monday next. Superintendent George B. McCartee was again before the committee to give any reason, if any there can be, why the interests of | the service would mot be as well subserved by | making specific appropriations for his bureau, The Army Reduction Opposed. | fered mate the ootegislature sanctioned | The Military Committee of the House held a | ere pe BA at content oo * tee ne ine special meeting to-day to afford General Alvord, | loan $6,000,! * | Paymaster General, Judge Advocate General Holt an ee Moe sareuad with hy Moen ot | and Commissary General Eaton an opportunity to a a ncoE ps STRODE OLaraae cane, i give their views on the subject of a reduction of | practical . 2 the army. Each gave @ detailed history of the | Seen oP IGght Ue remarked hae ail the Those | services incident to their departments, and gem | practical writers and engineers have preferred the eraily opposed any reduction, fine of Fourta Datta. and the Bowery as the gen- | Wethnter Atcove. eral direction jor the steam communication ot the | future, It was along this lve that the’ horse A telegram received here to-night from Jackson, | cars first began to move; aud there is Miss., Says the resolution requesting Senator Still an old man holding the lines who | drove the Fourth avenue cars down to the City Hall on that cold winter day in 1835 when the great fire destroyed the most opuient part of the city. There are many Interesting old attachés, who still drive cars up and down the Fourth avenue | Toad, full of reminiscences aud lively anecdote. | Their bas service proves that the company has deen weil managed and that tt ts deserving of the public favor. How diferent from this line is the THIRD AVENUE COMPANY'S attempt to supply the public wants as to transit! Tne cars are flithy, and ifthe Health Department would make an analysis of the air in ‘the cars It would undoubtedly be found that remaining two | hourgon board the Third avenue cars is not only del- eterious to health but that it produces all manner of disorders, some of which often result in death, Smallpox been Alcorn to resign was voted down in the State Senate to-day by & vote of 24 to 4, | Receptions at Washington on Friday | Evening. Two of the most splendid entertainments of the | season took place last nignt at the residences of Secretary Fish and Senator Dorsey, of Arkansas. At each place there was a brilliant company, in- cluding Many gentlemen in the highest oficial and diplomatic stations, | A Ku Klux Prisoner Pardoned: Julius Howe, of South Carolina, who was im- | prisoned at Albany foy Ku Klux crimes, has been { pardoned, THE QUINGY BANK ROBBERY. CurcaGo, I., Feb. 14, 1874 Nothing has been ascertained so far in regard to the bank robbery at Quincy yesterday morning, though several persons have been arrested on sus picion, A reward of $20,000 has oeen offered for | the restoration of the stolen property an@ the cap- ture Of the thieves, The bank continues business | agusual. Among the bonds stolen were $100,000 of Adams county bonds pumbered from 221 to 400, MCLUBLVE, ¥ as, undoubtedly, dissemt- nated by this line more freely than by any other in the ctty, to say nothing of other con- | tagious diseases, Let us take @ ride in the Third avenue car, ‘The “starter has hardly | sounded his bell opposite the new Post Office before the car 1s already full of motley hu- manity. With the crowa is brought mud, filth, bad odors, the scent of uncleaniiness and the horrible etflavia oO! disease, Baskets of provisions, pediers' packs, lunch tin pails, bundies of soiled, and Bere olten of diseased, linen follow, and the man with @ sensitive organ rushes for the front platiorm and consoles Rimself with a smoke, It is the only escape from a very disagreeable ride, If the cigar be @ bad one, as it is very apt to be, the unpleasant jumes find thelr way into the car, “None at all. Nineteea-twentieths of all Eng- Jand are with Lord Jonn Russell on this subject, although be was not in the most select company at the meeting in London." “Do the old English Catholic families take any attitude hostue to British tmstitutions in the re- 10us strife going on in Great Britain ¥? “They are steriing, loyal subjects, as a rule, and do not interfere with the administration of the laws.” ; Further reference being made to the English elections, Mr. Kingsley said, ‘I'he great question of juture interest will be the action of the home rulers in Parliament, for every vote will count m the party struggies. Some of these home rulers are Protestants; some are Catholics; so they may not act as a body !’" Mr, Kingsley said his visit to America had grath fied him exceedingly so far as it had gone, and that he had found the Americans the same charm- ing, bospitabie people whom he had met and known in Europe. Much other conversation took place that it would be manifestly a breach of eti- quette to publish, The reverend gentleman will deliver a series of lectures in New England during the next lew weeks, on the Norsemen, ag relating to their set- tlement in Massachusetts; Westminster Abbey, as connected with American history; on the history of ancient despotisins and repuphes, showing that the thoughts of all ages has been tending towards democracy in one form or another. He will then proceed to Colorado, and, after visiting California, will investigate the wonders of the Yosemite. His travels in the United states will cover # period of six months, Receptton of the Novelist by the Lotos Clup Last Evening. The Lotos Club jast evening gave a reception in ; Ronor of the Rev. Chartes Kingsley, the novelist and poet, at the club rooms in Irving place. Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the President of the club, welcomed the gentleman on behalf of the club in @ neat little speech, during which he alluded to the good Mr. Kingsley’s works bad done for the cause of human- ity, He said that the works of their guest were housenoki words tue world over, and that go where he would ia tois country he would fina that he was known inevery town and village. Mr. Kingsley made a snort reply. While thanking the membess of the club tor the kind way tn which they had received monk he rete: w “alton Locke,” and remarked that he believed as Grmly in everything he had said in that work as when he wrote it, and had therefore nothing $0 take back. It waa the duty, he said, of every man to seek for the truth, and, despite prej- udice and customs, made laws by lo! make tts influence felt everywher ‘acts should be met and conqueced, not simply avoided for fear Of consequences that sometimes some people con- Sider disastrous, Speeches of welcome were also made by Wifllam M. Evarts, James Parton, JohnG. Saxe, Rev. 0, Potger, of Grace church, and Wilham E. Dodge. A piedsant feature of the reception w the singing by Mr. Bartlett ot Mr. Kingsley poem, "The Three Rishers."’ Anonge thers presen’ daring the evening were W. H. Beard, the artist; Dr. Oharies Insiee Par. Dr. mery, Ohurch of the 5 ‘ousey, Benjamin K. Phelps, District Attor- city; ivory Chamberlain, Wik Appleton, wo. F. Spauiding, Joba Taylor Johneton, John Hay, Bret Harte, Dr. Wik liam A. Hammond, Wiiliagm Cullen Bryaat, sou Van Brunt, sudge Speir, Jonn Brougham, Um Charles H. Miller, Chauncey M,. Depew, LauaG Thompson, P. 8. Gilmore, Robert B, Koosevelty George Fawcett Rowe and R. B, Gidford