The New York Herald Newspaper, September 14, 1874, Page 3

An Immense Andience Gathered at the Feet of the Plymouth Pastor. BLOQUENT APPEAL FOR UNITY. | Obedience to Law Necessary to the Development of Our Lives, TWIN MOUNTAIN Houss, N. H., Sept, 13, 1874, To-day has been one of the most charming Sun- days of the wnole season for the enjoyment of this | mountain retreat, The sky has been clear and the | temperature most favorable to bodily comfort. It Would seem as though ail nature nad conspired | to make this always delightful spot more lovely | than ever. Alter a week of remarkably fine | weather, about an hour before the time announced Jor the religious services to commence, people in | Jarge numbers began to arrive from the outlying | sections of Mr. Beecner’s mountain parien. Cars | Jaden with their human freight came from Fab- yan’s, Montpelier, Weils River, Plymouth, Grove- ton and Lancaster; and a large number of car- riages, as usual, appeared upon the scene, It was | estimated that last Sunday there were some 2,000 | people here including the guests, and it is thought ‘that to-day the number in attendance was about the same, In the audience were noticed Mr. At- water aud wife, of Brooklyn, N. ¥. Mr. Beecher began. THE SERVICE by reading the thirty-first hymn of Plymouth col- Jection, beginning How did my heart rejoice to hear intends devoutly say, In Zion let us all appear And keep the solemn day. fhe prayer, which followed the singing of tnis Symon, and which was {ull of beautiful and lofty sentiment, closed with these words:— Ble gether in a true unity of reciprocal interest nit together in conficence and i that shall ennoble this whole country, We pray thatin- telligence may prevail everywhere. We pray tnat strength may be imparted (o the weak. We pray that this great and prosperous nation, builded up by a thou- May we be sand precious intluences, may grow strong tor justice, ior | goodness, lor the rights of mankind and tor prosperity | throughout the whole country, and may the day speedily come When men shall love ‘one another and hate no longer, and study the things which make tor peace and Tearn war no more; when there shall be no oppression Known nor any desire to oppress; when men shall be so | gizong that none can bind thea; when tin Kingdom of God shail descend and when the new heayen and the new carth, in vail. which dwelieth righteousness, shall pre- The prayer concluded, the 1,1¢6th hymn, com- mencing, ‘Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings,” Was sung. Tuen came the sermon, and a more Powerlul one, we think, Mr. Beecher has not preached for many a day. It was iounded on the foliowing passage from Galatians, v., 13-1! For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only ‘se not liberty ior an occasion to the tiesh, but by love serve one auother. For all the law is tuifilled in one word, even in this, Thou shait love thy neighbor as thy- soli, "Buti ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another, This'l say tuen, Walk in the spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. For the flesh justetn against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary’ the one ‘to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye bar Buti ye be led of the spirit, ye are not ander THE SERMON. Of all the writers, said Mr. Beecher, whose words spirit 60 perfectly accorded, on the whole, with the modern spirit and the spirit which prevails in America as Paul’s; there was no one of them who had such @ profound sense as he of individuality, of right of the individual or of tne object Of religion—namely, to fill up in each particular Person manhood that should be large, strong, ich and perfectly free. There 1s no one of them that speaks so muck about liberty—a sound pecu- Warly pleasant to our eurs—as the Apostie Paul, and he declares that we are called to it, that it is she very thing in religion to which we are called. Now there is an apprehension very widespread, and we can sec how reasonably it has sprung up, | the majarity rhink it not even that; they say it ‘that religion, so far irom making men tree, halu- pers them, restricts them, ties up, burdens them, ‘and there is among men a universal impression, ‘when life is strong in young beings and the im- pulse to do just as they wisn to is powertul, that they do not want to be religious. Tne | jJact is, they want to enjoy themselves a | little while. They think it will be time to | be still and careful when the world is not so | stimulating. Tiley say—“When We are old enougn | to bave the rheumatism, why then we won’t race | bout and dance; when we don’t want to laugh ‘Why then we’ll be sober, and when we can’t do anything else why then we'll get ready to die, As’ long as we have vigor ana vitality and all sorts of pleasure we are going to have @ good time; we | ‘Will také the bad when we can’t help it.” On the | other band there are many persons who are @nxions aboot their children, and trying to bring them up well; people who take on the duty of in- structing the community, and call themselves responsible tor what their fellow men believe and ‘what they do, folks that are trying toiorm and employ public sentiment. There are many such ter are astonished when we say that reiigion 1s FREEST OF ALI THINGS; ‘that men who bave become once converted and @re truly Christians are no longer under the law and that the typical Christian ts a person who does | just as he has a mind to. “A person that does | ‘what he has a mind to is @ Christian!’’ say they. “Why it is contrary to the whole lace of the Scrip- i ture, which saye—‘You must deny yoursell and take up your cross and wear a yoke and bear burdens,’ and to preach that when a man be- | comes a Christian he may do just what lie has a | mind to, is flagitious, Lt will lead to lasctvious- ess, to all manner of sell-indulgence.”” The con- ®ervators Oo! purity and religion are very much sffaid of this doctrine of liberty, vecause they | think it will break the bands of respousibility ana destroy the power of conscience upon men. Now what is liverty ? In the frst place the way | im which men have learned to consider liberty has | come very largely from their cetetiecian in being | oppressed by each other and in emancipating | themselves irom the dominion oi @ neighvor or 4 ruler, Breaking away from him seemed to them to de liberty ; in other words, the notion of being | at hberty, to do what you wish to do, is intimately | associated with the act of throwing off law and | throwing of government, Men do not discrim- | imate between the process by which they come to & state of liverty ana the essential element of that state. In regard to civil liberty, we are very proud of having had the War of Independence. We broke away irom Great Britain and became masters of ourselves, and made our own laws and elected our own oilicers, and, as a nation, we could do What we pleased without asking consent, and men, from these various historical developments Ot the power o/ liberty, nave come to have an idea that berty means setting aside authority and the control of laws, No man is free watil he is absolutely in bondage; until he is so in bondage that he does not know that he is in bond- @ge; no man has true liberty until he is 80 sub- dued that he accepts tue control Which is over him and makes it his own and ceases to be able to dis- criminate between hus will and the law that is ex- terior to him. J thiuk there will be no doubt about the matter i! you will trace it, step by step, and sec how men do develop. Consiler how men become, in their materiai and physical relations, Jarge, strong, facile, successiul. When the child is born and begins to learn the qualities of matter and the use of itsell, of its teet, its hands, its eyes and its ears, what is the process by which he 48 developed out of weakness and into strength? ‘We teacn him the knowledge of matter, what its laws are and how strictly to ob- serve those laws At irst he does not know the difference vetween cutting edges and biunt edges, but he learns, and he learns how to accommodate himself to these things; he does not Know the ditlerence between fire and ice; he does mot know the difference between matter to be lunged into and the air to be breathed. He learns the qualities of these substances aud their law. No cnild has jearned to go alone, to use his and, or to have any comiort of his eye, his ear or his mouth until he has learned whatare the laws to which these various organs must conform them- selves, No, learning on the part ol the child is obeying, and obeying and coming to move of him- self, Having bis own way by refusing law would be never to walk, never to use his hunds, never to look, never to hear, never vo taste, never to do anything except to have his own Way, Which , Would be to be AN EVERLASTING CIPHER OR ZERO. Every step by whicu every cuild comes to be less and less o! a child and more and more of a mau re steps by which he finds out more laws; on ery side, in the air above, on the earth beneatn, smong men, in the infinite vartety affairs in human lite. A person learns to be a pianist not by sitting down and saying “iam going to have my own way about this matter,” but by finding out exactly What is required by the law of sound and the law of instrumentation and compelling ms hands to conform to these laws. How does a man learn to play billiards? By aoing what the billiard table requires, and by submitting himself to the nature 01 the game, So itts in regard to fencing, dancing, rolling tenpius, ploughing, cutting wood, id every other physical acquirement. The first ep in each of those departments is obedience to Jaw, waving obeyed tie law pei fectly, the periormance becomes unconscious and antomatic, and the man arrives at a power in himseli of periect liberty. And that whicn is true in respect to the body is true in respect to the social conditions of lie; that which js true in re- our whole land. Bring us more and more to- | in @ desire tor things | | it is new power gained by the repetition of acts. | were, it does itsell, No person nas thoroughly | | that it injur al al berty does not mean resisting government—it means absolute submission yovernment, provided it 1s a right government— one is conformable to our bodily structure, our social make-up, Our inteliectual condition and our moral nature, He is freest who subuilts to the | most jaws and submits to them the most implicitly, No man gets possession of himself unui he bas gone through these processes. The trouvie and curse of daily life in every direction is the want of URcONscious or automatic action as the result of training and obedience to law, and that which is true im respect to our external relations you Will find to be true im respect to our higher relations, intellectual development, physical eievation, &c. Men learn, when put to the development oi their highest faculties, in the same way that they do tn the lower spheres Of education, No man can Jearn to read except by first speiung out his words; no Ian learns so simple & thing as writing except by submitting himseli to governing rules and reg- ulations, The result of training 19 what we call “habit.” Habit, in the popular mind, consists merely in doing things easily, but it is really AUGMENTATION OF’ FACULTY; No man knows how to do anything perfectly until he has been so long accustoined to it that, as it | learned a trade untit he has been so subdued by that trade that itds subdued to hm; no person | has learned vo do anything until he can do it Withe out knowing it, All government o/ family, ail methods of civil government, all institutions of | education and of religion ought to set this idea beiore themselves. Lhe whole drift of civil gov- ; ernments, churches, schools and families should be | to make men larger, more symmetrical, treer by | means of discipiine and drili und acknowledg- | ment of laws and submission to them, But that | which, after ail, 18 the END AND DRIFT OF THIS DISCOURSE is what does religion mean in aman? The de- Tivative meaning of the word Is to bind, to tie up, | and unfortunately the effort of a large number of | the religious people of the globe nas been tor the | most part to tle up; the idea has been, very largely, when a man becomes a Christian he agreed with himsel! to give up dancing and swear- ing avd gambhog and lying and Sabbath vreak- ing, all dissipation and bad company, and his creed, if he were to let it out, would be—*I will | not do this, I will not do that, I will not do that, | Iwill not do that and I will not, do that, until it | wouid be as knotty a8 a pine plank out of a small | tree, Negatives are not to be derided nor despised, but a mab who has Lothiug but negatives 1s 4 ool and bas no temperament, no vitality, no positive- ness. The true religious Man is @ nan Who 18 posi- tive and affirmative, A man who is areal man must lave actuul virtues, There are taousands DEEP SEA SOUNDINGS. The Apparatus Used in Sounding and Obtain- ing Samples of Ocean Bottom. THE OPERATION OF CASTING. Abstract from the Report of Oommander Bel- | knap on His Operations in the Pacific, Wasrrnaton, D. C., Sept. 12, 1874, The general interest shown toward all that is | connected with the series of deep sea soundings in | the Pacific, jast completed by Commander Belknap, of the navy, prompts a detailed description of tue Machinery used by him so successtully. The subject of the contour or “profile” of ocean beas has long interested geologists and scientists | engaged in the study of the sea, and when abont | 1854 Passed Midshipman Brooke (afterward of the Confederate navy) invented an apparatus whica | brought up in a small quill specimens of the ocean | bottom, scientific men all over the world rushed to see and study the new field opened to them, The | apparatus of Brooke has been variously improved | upon by that gentleman and others, until now | Commander Belknap has fully tested ite capacity for sounding at a depth of more than five miies, With the Be.knap sounding cups, invented by him- | sell. Arod about two feet long has the lower end cone shaped for two inches, and in the next eight | is shaped exactly ike a carpenter's large auger; | above this Is a siding cup which drops close over | | the spiral portion, fitting tightly on the shoulder | which the point presents. This cup, during the descent to the bottom, is held at the upper part | of the rod, and, being detached, as hereafter | of men who have more honor and who come nearer to the royal although tuey do bad things than many negauive Christians, because they are positive and because they do something. A true man that is a Chiris- tian ought to be @ hundred times larger in every Way than he was before he became a Christian; | even the passions Ought to ve larzer and in being , made larger they ought to be made better and healtuier by being brought into subjection to love, Every part of a man’s nature is to be built upon | subordiuation to this supreme element. Tiere is DO passion, nO appetite, NO Laste, no social feeling, nO sentiment, no intellectual element that cannot be brougut into perfect accora and made nobler and better by obedience to law. ‘The world is Tipening, aud that i8 developing whici shall fil the eternal heavens with biesseaness, ana he that accepts thus royal love of liberty and wilis himself in it until ft 18 more easy to be gracious und benevolent than not to be, has become a man in | Wire Which is used, is twenty-tlve jathoms of al- | tude liz. avg. 57 min. east; grayin Christ Jesus and a citizen of the commonwealth of the universe, and is absolutely Iree, Christian brethren, this is just what we need, We ail are now fighting the same battles that we were twenty yeurs ago, because we don’t go through that training and come into the state ot Obedience which alone can secure to us the liberty Of the sons of God, . A CHARITABLE COLLECTION, A collection was taken up at the ciose of the ser- | Mon, the object being to raise additional funds fr paying off the mortgages on the farm ol a widow in this neighborhood. One mortgage of $140 has been taken up and another remains of abont $400. Over 500 have been raised lor tiis beneficent purpose. | 25. st week $120 were also raised among the guests | 1or lowering and raising vhe sounding rod 18 geg. 08 nin. of the hote! tosend to @ lady of reduced circum- stances in Mississippi. ‘These acts ot beneficence |. Show that the people here are not bent on pleasure are recorded in tne Bible, there is no one whose | alone, ; Works as well. but are ling up their time with good The exercises concluded with the Doxology. RECEPTION OF MOULTON's STATE. MENT. Mr. Beecher Has Not Read It—Criticisms of the Pastor’s Friends—Entertainment by Mrs. Harrict Beecher Stowe. Twin Mountain Hovss, N. H., Sept, 13, 1874. Mr. Beecher has not read Moulton’s statement. Those here who have say tt is weak compared with What they expected, A Jew call it ingenious, but makes no new points, while it shows great bitter- hess and an inclination to suspect OBSCENITY IN INNOCENT THINGS, It was remarked that Moulton’s principal excuse | for bis long silence was that the interests of the church, of religion and of the families involved made silence a duty, in sacrificing these { sonal satety was involved. No one seems to regret this publication, put on the contrary all here say Moulton more than any one else. Last evening Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, in re- Sponse to a cordial invitation whicn had been ex- tended by guests of the hotel, read humorous se- lections from her writings. Her happy repre- sentation of the character of Sam Lawson, that genuine Yankee gossip in the stories entitled “Captain Brown’s Ghost” and “Parson Caroll’s Housekeeper,” was greatly enjoyed, THE JERSEY CHURCH SCANDAL. Glendenning Expected at Service but Not Present—A Touching Prayer for | the Accused Pastor. - Those who attended the Church of the Scandal, | On Prospect avenue, Jersey City Heights, yester- day were doomed to a double disappointment. Glendenning was expected to partake with his congregation of the Lord’s Supper, but ne did not appear. The announcement that he was to be in attendance was calculated to attract a large number of curious spectators, but it proved just the reverse. The attenaance was very sim, In fact, the trustees find it hard work to keep the nucleus of a congregation together, and there isa probability it willbe dissolved if the Presbytery do not interfere at the meeting next month. Itis as patent as the lignt of day that there is only the semblance of a congregation left. Rev. Mr. Wiggins, of New York, conducted the services, and was assisted by an elder who was a stranger to the congregation. This elder ofered a fervent prayer, in which he was not forgetful of the troubles of the church, to whichhe made the following allusion :—“Remove, 0 Lord! from this church, éverything that irowns upon us, everything that is dark and gloomy, everything that 18 disa- greeable, for Thou canst clear these things up. Bless ‘Thy servant Chie ta Ob, help him in his present trials. © Lord! telieve him; clear away his troubles, that Thy name may be glorified and Thy Church vindicated. Heis now surrounded with afllictions and Thou tanst scatter all his troubles, O Lord! do Thou this for Christ’s sake and tor the sake of Thy peo) le, Who are aiso in sorrow through these trials,” t the close of thts prayer Glen- denning’s sister entered, and became the sole oc- cupant of the family pew. he sermon was prached from the Second Epis- tle of Paul to the Connthians, 1x., 15—“Thanks be to God lof his unspeacable gilt.” Ithad a direct reference to the solemn act of partaking of the Lord’s Supper, whith took place immediately after the conclusion o/ the sermon, On either side of the minister were seated the elders, Mr. James Dunn and Mr. G. P. Howell, who handed the bread ana the wine to every person in the congregation. Mr. Dunn, it will be remembered, was one ol the party alluded to in young Nutrer’s aMdavit as at- tempting to coerce himto make an affidavit as- | suming the paternty of Mary B. Pomeroy’s chtid, | The officiating clergyman warned ai! who indulged idea of manhood, | and yet he felt no hesitation | interests the moment his per. | shown, when the bottom is reached, drops down upon the shoulder and retains aloug the spiral all | | the mud, ooze, sand or gravel which is eollected, | An eight-inch round shot nas bored through the | | centre a howe two and three-quarter inches in | | diameter, and has attached a net work of wire, | with two handies which terminate in rings, This shot, weighing about flity-five pounds, is passed | over the sounding rod and the rings hung on a short arm or trigger, which holds the shot in Position just so long as the cord or wire which connects it, is pendant. To the ring at the top | | of the sounding rod trigger, a rod formed of five or 61X strands of wire twisted together, is attached, and to the end of this, connecting with the piano bacore line, Tnese orm the whole apparatus at | the bottom, the wire rod and albacore line having — been found necessary to avoid “kinking” the wire and thereby incurring risk of loss. THE MACHINE USED {N SOUNDING | is Known as the Thomson Machine, having been | invented by Sir Wilham Thomson, of London, and Commander Beikauap’s work is the first im- portant work in which it has been thoroughly | tested, the British government deciining to place | it on board their own ships. The material used wire, known as No. 22, piano wire, and weighs ; but fourteen pounds to the mile. By using this | the casts are made with greater rapidity and less room is required than jor the old-fasbioned one and a-half mch and two imch rope. The Thomson machine consist of @ drum or wheel thirty inches in diameter on the edge of which is @Vshaped flange on whict the wire is wound. This drum 1s mounted en a platform extending over the shp’s side, and has on the axle | @ register or counter, on the principle of the odometer, which shows the number of revolutions made by the drum; over a disk | at one side of the drum runs @ cord, which, when making a cast, is turned once around a sta- uonary wheel ten inches in diameter, just in rear. attached to the dynamometer: this cord, which | Slips around the dynamometer wheel, runs thence ; thirty feetto a pulley biock, which is connected | from an upright post toa pendant, to which are | attached weights of vartous sizes, to control the running out of the wire. weighted pendant, is used in reeling in the wire after bottom is reached, and this, which is four Jeet in diameter, is fitted with handles on each side for that purpose. When the wire is to be reeled in the cord, or belt, attached from the _ drum to tho dynamometer is removed, and an- | ovher, leading to the large wheel, is substituted, | With this brief and imperiect description of the | apparatus used the operation of making a sound- ing may be perhaps better understood, and no description of a cust can be betier than tnatgon- | tained in a report just received from Commander | Beiknap, which is as !ollows:— REPORT OF COMMANDER BELKNAP, | In getting ready tor a cast, halt an hour’s notice is given to rig the machine, The pendant attached to the Dulley line ts well weighted betore thy machine takes the | weight of the sinker. “the stray line is always unbent atthe end of a cast, ang in rigging the machine, the counter is put on berore the albacorepline is attached, | thus, of course, che counter registers ‘ackwards as the line is round on the drum—and the line being of a Known | th, twenty-five fathoms,—the revolutions ot the | unter ure not noted until the wire begins to run down. | bemng gradually increased by faking off’ some of the | Welght« hooked on to the pendant—and, it is believed | | that the accompanying tablulated details of casts will | | explain the mode suiticiently. It will be observed. how- | | ever, that equal weights on pendant, do not | | always show equal indications on the ‘dynamo- | meter,—due to different conditions the tine, | whether wet or the wet — line slipping | | Found the dynamometer wheel so easily as to require | more weight to render 1 action effective. Upon nearing | the bottom ihe weizhts on the penaant are of course in- | creased to brifg more strain on the dynamometer and to reduce the revolutions of the drum. When bottom is | reached ihe drum stops turning, but with the motion of the ship will start again and make three or four turns in a sitiegish way, which (o the experienced 1s a sure | sign that the sinker is on the botiom. Sometimes, when the ship is rolling badly¢.the drum will come almost to a | dead stop, and ‘those ‘unaccustomed to the machine | would thiiik that the sinker had struck, but in a moment | the drum starts again, and runs more rapidly than ever. | | En such cases ti is a sate plan to press the hand down on | | the pulley line so as to check the too rapid running out, | as the wire might kink and break. The sinker being on the bottom, a few turns more are allowed to run oul to | make assurance doubly sure and to allow a little slack tor the rolling of the ship, but care must be had not fo allow enough to run out to let the wire touch | bottom, as in that case, it would be almost certain to | “kink.” ‘Then the cheek line 1s cast off trom the dyna. | mometer wheel, so that the latter can now turn. The oficer in charge takes iiold of the pulley line and hauls In until he thinks the cylinder is of the bottom, minus the sinker. The men then man the ling and reel in fifty | fathoms, when the officer agatn tries the line hunsel!, | and, if still satisfied that the sinker has been detached, | the Wire is clamped and the order given to “shift belts," | and the men go to the pulley wheel. The dynamometer | wheel ix unsiipped and the large belt {s passed, and when aliis ready the wire 1s unclamped and the reeling in is begun, siowly at first, but alter a little while as fast ‘as the men’can do it. The men are relieved at every 180 turns, which makes easy work of it, Whether running out or coming tn, petty oficers—and always the same ones—stand on the piaiform outside the ship on each side of the, drum, with round sticks in their nands, to guide the wire fair, When the cast is completed the machine is unrigged and the draw nolding the wire putin the tank containing a solution of caustic soda to prevent rust. | This solution should be renewed trom time to time. | Roth in running down and hauling back the clerk is sta: tioned to note the time of every one hundred revolu- tions, end aiso the number ot splices in the wire The wire comes In different lengths, and as It ig spitced It is | caretully measured, and the humber of fathoms be- | tween the splices and the number of revolutions of | the drum, as indicated by the counter, between the splices, aid, also, the correspondiag gain in fathoms noted. The revolutions must nog be confounded with fathoms, in profane swearing, Sabbath breaking or immo- | rality of any Kind net to partake; put there were | no pce offenders i the congregation, ior they all | artook. | Glendenning apreared in the church twice | during the week—once at the bi ps evenin, Pe meeting and once at the children’s festival in the evening. He never enters the church in | the day time. The ectlesiastical trial will take | place at the meeting o/ the Presbytery during tne | second week of the next month, { A OLERGYMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY. (From the Dundee Advertiser, Sept. 1.) | The case of the frend priest who was caught at Chevreuse in flagrarte deticto with the wife of | @ local merchant cam: before the Correctional Tribunal of Rambouilleton Friday, The husband deposed that having gme to Falaise on business he was not expected tireturn home before the 14th, but he happenec to come back on the 13th at two in the mprning, and on entering his room found the Aybé , Vicar of the parish, and his wif together. He shut the door and ran to té¢ch his revolver. On ree turning the priest was trying to escape by the window, and he fired toir shots at him, and one shot at bis wife, The omer was wounded in the neck and chest, and the latter in the leg. The abbé, who 13 & good lookng young man of twenty Bix, did not deny the cumge. He bid his face with his handkerchief througiout the trial. He was still weak and suffering from his wounds. The ‘ulity Woman, who is tht mother of two little chil- dren, also her face ulder a thick veil. Sne had nothing to reply to the sharge, The couple were eacn sentenced to six maths imprisonment. The husband will:shorty be tried for attempting to kill the priest, bué naler the circumstances he ACOMKedy speck Wp ohe AOA COMUODA At A 4 hoe a) aaa pe | Number of) Num’s inlices. | Rerotuti } number of fathoms for though the first (urus on the drum will be a fachom | for each one, the diameter is constantly increasing, and | therefore atter the first layer or two of wire is on there | isa slight gain in the length of the wire for each turn. dhe tollowing table will verhaps make the matter | clearer :— Rates of Gain. | | Number of| Gain of 6. | Fath +8, ie 2 f 10}1 fat. to 32% rev, 8 a s0 820 2nlt wat. 10.80" Fev eve ie|1,200) i 80/1 fat. to40 rev | When boliom is reached the counter ts read and the | number of revolutions noted. In reeling in the last splice out bas come back to the reel the counter | is again read. ‘his number of revolutions gives the | splice, and by looking at tha table the corresponding | is found. ‘Then the difference be- | tween the whole number of revolutions and the number | @ revolutions ay the splice istaken, and by interpolating | the number of fathoms corresponding are found. RXAMPLI “Bottom —Number of revolutio rence between whole number of revolutions, and | revolutions of splice, 50. Gain by table, 20 nearly, Length of wire out, 873. Stray line, minus weigitt ot reel from water, 25. Depih, s97 fathoms. Now, when the machine is putinto use, the weight of fron ténde to wind it very tightly on the drum as it comes in; therelore, there is a constant change inthe | punber of revolutions, sometimes gaining, sometimes | losing, so that equal revolutions domot give eqnal num- | bers of fathoms; bence the necessity for the table. THE SOUNDINGS have been principally taken from the starboard gang: Way, the ship's stern to-wind and seu, the engines back- im as required. Sometimes in a strong breeze and heavy seaway it is necessary to keep the jib hoisted either fully np, or part way, the headvards square an: the after yards braced on the port tack. In that case the ship generally keeps steady, though mes ahe Will come to, two or three points, but, soon fall off again. Soundings have beon made with the abip laid in that p sition, When the force of the wind was not less than ela Thave never been able to hold this ship head on +18 We WHR and sak J Male NAAR COS LIMA Mee Another wheel, near the | ne wire is made to run slowly at first, the velocity | 8 | tude 151 deg. 47 miu. cast; cour: | sand. | tude isé dex. 07 sand, | 70. 2,711 fathoms—Latitude ——, tongitude fn | lowish mud, with sand and hice—Nutmber of revol ) by table, Third | sai e. ee eee Ht" | pen hortheast by horths NEW YORK HERALD. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1874.—-TRIPLE SHEET. BEECHER’S SERMON, | restsct $6 Gurmatore't ray i tenvecs topo. Nan of keeping all the yards square might work well. Bae Doing well satiated he ip be- fore the wind, T ha other direction, fearing loss of wire. The Ly itselt is »o simple, and occupies so little room, that any crulser might carry one as part of her outiit, and make soundings from time to time, when getting up steam in cali weather, or for the purpose of going into port. Tn conclusioa I beg that wn officer undertaking deep sea soundings with wire will constantly find new an interesting points of experience, aud will never couse to wonder at the ease with which perfect results are ob- tained ; but 4 strict atten. ton to detalis is essentia! to suc- ate. gos any aet of careinasnese oy 4 lead to re ery respect our obedient serva! Ye Oak He BELA NAP. Commodore Daxtat. Aanwex, United stains Navy, head | a of Bureau of Navigation, Navy Jepartme: Commodore Ammen is now having manufac- tured some piano wire weighing twenty pounas to the stacute mile, which is designed for use in the upper splices, where the depth 1s 2,000 fathoms or more, ‘This will decrease the ltability of break- age and consequent loss of large autounts of wire. The total amount of wire lost through unavotdable accidents by Commander Belknap was about eighteen miles, Since beginning the recently completed cable soundings Commander Belkaap had invented several improvements inthe Thompson machine, which Sir William Thompson has complimentec him for and adopted in his own work. ‘The Chal- Jenger, engaged in soundings inthe Antartic and Indian Oceans, still uses the one-and-a-half and two inch lines. ‘The following ts an ABSTRACT FROM THE “JOURNAL OF SOUNDINGS” reterred to by Commander Belknap, showing the number and depth at each cast, latituge and longi- tude and character of the boitom, irom Yokohama, Japan, to Tanaga Island, Aleutian Group: 1. 50 fathome—Latitude 34 deg. 58 min. north, longitude 140 deg. U3 min. east; bottom wayul black vaisde wits shells, 2. 235 tathoms—Latitude 35 deg. 04 min. north, longi- tude 140 deg. 15 min. east grays black sand. 3, 33 fathoms—Lautude vB deg. 10 min. north, long! ude 140 deg. 27 min. east; grayish black sand, with re a tathorns—Lath r longi. faihoms—Latitude $5 deg. 18 min. north, longi- tude 140 deg. 38 min. east; same bottom. 5, 26 sathoms—Lativu deg 26 min, north, longi- tude 14) deg. 44 min. east: same bottom. «6 15 tathoms—Latitude 35 deg. 33 min. north, longi- tude 140 deg. 58 min east; same bottom. 7. 72 fathoms—Latitade $5 dew. 44 min. north, longi- tade 141 deg. Us min. east; grayish black sand. & 580 iathoms—Latitude 35 ae 52 min. north, longt- tude 141 deg. 24 min, east; grayish black sand, with gray mud. 9 S71 fathoms—Latitude 36 deg. 18 min. north, longi. tude 141 deg. 34 min. east; dark mud, with grains of sand. fathoms—Latitude 36 deg. 33 min. north, longi- Uideg 58 lim, east; clay-colored mud, with fine parucles of sand, LL. 1,425 fathorn: tude 142 deg. 18 mi 3 rn. 12 1,274 tathoms—Latitude 37 deg. 19 min. north ; longi- tude 142 deg. 4: min. east: same bottom. 13 L333 fathoms—Latitude 37 deg. 37 inin. north, longi- tude 143 deg. ¥ min. east (uv, R.);. clay-colored ooze. M4. 3,427 lathoms—Latitude $7 dew. 54 min. north, longi- tude 145 deg. 40 min. east; clay mud. 15. No bottom at 4,643 iathoms The wire had ran oat about -¥) fathoms, when the sinker suddenly shot under the ship, by the action of ihe strong undercurrent, and When 4,043 fathous hud run out the wire, tending vader the ship and astern, either caught on the keel or was struck by the screw and broken, It was found iinposst- ble to clear the wire irom th Latitude 33 deg. 11 min, north, longitude 144 a in. east (D. R. 4h 411 tuthows—Laiitude 38 deg. $inin. north, longi- le 142 deg. 9 min. east (the susp having run in thward land to take a new route); grayish black sand, 47. 1,358 tathomns—Lautude 38 deg. 4 wit. north, lon- Bitude 142 deg. 5 sani Is. 1,155 tarhoms ue 19 de; nin. north, lonsi- Bitude 142 de t. gray snd and mud. sUl7 tac ; de 39 deg. $6. min. north, longi- tude 142 dog. 41 min. east; clay colored mad. ¥. 653 tathoms—Lauiude 40 de . 10 min. north, longl- b.ack sand w.th dine gravel 21. 1,137 fathoms-—Latitade 40 deg. 39 sin. north, longi- tude 143 deg. 25 min. east; clay colored mud, sand and | min. north, longi- K sand. g. 25 min. north, longi- east; clay colored mad, AL tis poimt the surface current, by observation, was found to Tfathoms per hour. ‘while as che 5d-pound sinker neared the bottom, the undereurrent was so strong that the wire tended astern in spite of the edlorts made to counteract it by backing the engines. 24. 3,493 fauioms—Latitude 41 deg. 46 min. north, longitude 145 dey. 49 min. east (D. R.); bottom hard yel- low sand, with Diack specks; no difficulty with the un- dercurrent. 25, 3,657 fathoms—Latitude 41 deg, 53 min. north, 146 st (D. R.); yellowish, and clay colored mud, With coarse sand. 26.” $,607 tathoms—Latitude 42 deg. 08 min. north, long- itude ‘I16 dey. 5) min. east; yellow and clay colored mud, With specks of lava. 4.’ 4,340" tathoms—Latitude 42 deg. 3 min. north, longitude 147 deg. 38 min. east; yellow and clay brown mud. The deep sea thermometer was crushed to irag- mMouts by the great pressure. 2a S60 Lath Latitude 42 deg. 57 min. north Jonwitulle 148 d min. east: yellow mud, with sand and specks of lav ihe time required to make this cast, and reel in the wire, was 2 hours, 26 minutes 67 sec- ry on 23, 4,041 fathoms—Latitnde 43 deg. 21 min. north, longitude 149 deg. 12 min. east (D. R.); yellow and clay colored mud, and gravel. 8. 4,234 ‘tathoms—Latitude 43 deg. 47 min. north, longitude 150 deg, 02 min. east; bottom tocky; the cylin- dercume up battered at the point. SL. 4,120 rathoms—Latitude 44 deg. 10 min. north, long- | tude 150 dey. 5 min, east; yellow and clay colored | mud, mixes, 82. 4.411 tathoms—Latitude 44 deg. 28 min. north, longi- | | tude 151 deg. 37 min east. ‘No specimen was secured, the wire Raving been lost by an accident when reeiing 1 in. | tude 3 ing in 1 deg. 26 min. east. The wire again broke in ree! ud No specimen was secured. 5 deg. 25 ink 38; bottom grayish black sand and fine wravel. Ai the time this cast was made Py Group) was in sight, bearing. per compass, W. 3, Sil iathoms—Latitude 46 deg. 0) min. | tude, 150 deg. 45 min. east (D. .) ; grayish-blacl | and fine grav N. W. tude 15) deg. 12 min. east (D, R.); saine bottom, 37. $32 tathoms—Latitude 45 deg. v7 min. tude 149 deg. 46 min, east: gray sind and gravel? Cape Nubothnoty Urup island, vore, per compass, N. by W. HW, sa. 844 rathoms—Latiiudo #4 deg. 44 min. north, longi- tude 149 dex. 23 min. (W. R) ward bottom. The cup brought up no specimens. 39. 1, 46 tathoms—Latitude 44 d tade 1i8 deg. 53 min. east (D. R.) “0. Lx) tathoms—Lantude 44 ¢ tude 148 deg. 16 min. east (D. R.); 41, 1103 tathoms—Lautude 45 tude 147 deg. 44 min. east; clay particles of san 42. Ls fatnomns—Latitude 43 deg. 20 min. north, longi- tude 1i7deg. 4 min. east; clay colored mad, with xray sand. 44 "809 futhome—Latitude 42 deg. 69 min. north, longi. tude Médex. 2 min. east; nard clay and mud 44. 1,379 (athoms—Latitude 42 deg. 6 min. north, longi- tude 145 deg. 49 min. east; grayish bhick sand, 23: min. north, longi- fst black sand. 2 inin. north, longi- same bottom. leg. 42 min. north, longi- colored mud, with fine 45. 1,619 tuthoms—Latitude 42 aeg. 15 min. north, longi- | tude 145 deg. 9 min. east; clay-colored mud and sand. 45, 1,103 tathoms—Latitude 41 deg. 54 min. north, longi- tude 44 deg. 39 mim east; grayish biack sand, with ravel. 47. 1,982 tathoms—Latitude 41 deg. 32 min. north, longi- tude 144 deg. 18 iin, east; clay-colored mud. Put into Hakodadi for coal, atter which sailed for the Kusile Group and began again. 48. 702 tathoms—Latitude 4 min. north, longl- ish black sand 4A. M. July 4, and omet in sight, AbOUt 13 Great Bear.” ‘This cast was completed at 12 the journal states deg. east of the tail tude f the 49 tathoms—Latitude 46 deg. 66 min. north, longi- | 163 deg. 19 min. east (D. R.); coarse, grayish black simersir and Ketoe Islands in sight. . 1,134 fathoms—Latitude 47 deg. Ll min. north, longi- tude 152 deg. 54 min. east; gray sand, with specks of dav: atitnde 47 deg. 30 min. north, longi- sand. a. 51, 1,59 fathom: tude 1o3 deg. 33 min. east; 52, 1040 tathoms—Latitide 47 deg. 44 min. north, longi. tude 14 deg. 15 min. east (D. R.): grayish olack sand, 63. 1,371 fathoms—Latitude 48 dey. 01 min. north, long! tude 154 deg. 51 min. east (V. R.); with gravel, and clay colored ooze. 54. 1,919 fathoms—Latitude 48 deg. 21 min. north, longi- tude 155 deg. 8 min. east (D. R.)> grayish black sand, with pebbles, and clay colored ooze. 2,621 tathoms—Latitude 48 deg. 40 min. north, longi- min. east (D. K.); whitish ooze, with sand. 56, 3,039 fachoms—Latitude 48 tude 156 deg. 42 min, east (D. 57. 8,119 fathoms—Lativude tude 157 deg. 21 min, east; clay mud. 58, 2.797 fathoms—Latitude 49 deg. 41 min. north, longi- oer ree: 38 min, east (D, KR); clay colored mud, with ¢ sand. . 59. 3,274 tathoms—Latitude 80 deg. 02 min. north, longi- tade 1:9 deg. 49 min. east; clay cok red wore. oe 60. 3,754 tathoms—Latitude 6) deg. 22 min. north, longi- tude 19 dex. 40 min. east (D. R.); same bottom. ‘Vnree days’ gale intervened from July 7 to 10. 61. 2.970 tathoms—Latitade 51 deg. 06 iin. north, Tongt- tude 16i deg. 08 win. east; clay colored mud, with tine sand, 62. 2,954 fathoms—Latitude 51 deg. 22 min. north, longi- tude 164 deg 20 min. east; clay colored mud, 63. 2,981 fathoms—Latitude 41 deg. 31 min. north, longt- tude 163 deg. 23 min, east; yellowish mud, with limps of hard clay and particles of fine biack sand. 64. 2,720 tfathoms—Latitude 51 deg. 89 min. north, longi- yude i64 deg. 30 miu. east; yellowish ooze, with fine black sand, 65, 2,79 tathoms—Latitude 51 deg. 43 tude 165 deg. 25 min. east; yellowisi ov pa ticles of black sand. ‘The surface current at this point was found to be 4 fathoms per hour, while at a depth of 100 fathoms the undercurrent was found by Lieutenant Symonds to be 10 fathoms per hour, setting southeast. 1,896 fathomns—Latitade di deg. 47 min. north. longi- tude 186 deg. 20 min; east: clay, with particles of sand. 67. L777 tathoms—Latitude 4] deg. 50 min vorth, lonai- tude 167 deg. 22 min. east; yellowish mud, with fine sand. A strong undot current not measured, however) was found, setting south and east, so strong that the sinker and wire were awept at au angle trom the ship's broudside. deg. 59 min. north, longi- t.); same bottom, deg. 23 min. north, longi- 6. tude 166 deg. 10 min. cast; yellowish clay or mud, with Bne sand. Lieutenant symonds here found the surtace current east 4 tathoms per hour, and at a depth of #0 ee the undercurrent set south halt west, 7 fathoms per hour. 62. 2.320 athoms—Latitude 51 dog. 55 min. north, lonal. tade 169 deg. east; yellowish mud, with ‘ine particles of + yel- amps of lava, 1. 2,403 fathomns—Latitude 62 deg. 0) min. north, lon 170 deg. 23 min. east, yellowish inud 72, 4,087 lathoms—Lati je 52 deg. 4 min. north, iongi tude I#1 deg, 15 min, fast: yellowish ooxe north, longt- and fi 73, 2,465 fathoms—Latitude 62 deg. 09 mi tude #2 deg. O2 min. east: clay, with grave. sand. 74. 1,857 fathoms—Latitude 52 dog. 11 min, north, longi- tude Ifz dey. 44 min, east: clay colored mud, with’ black id and fine gravel, (Aawatton Island ta sight, bearing 75.947 fathoms—Latitude 62 deg. 14min. north, tongi- tude I . 4 min. east: clay colored mud, with trag- ments of lava and fine sand. 6. 1,668 tathoms—Latitude 62 deg. min. north. lonal- tude 174 deg. UI min. east: clay colored mad, with sand. Tris cast was taken atter two P.M. July 14." At 1:20 A, the southeast polat of Aggatton Isiand was in sight out five miles distant, A cast was made in 44 fathoms of water, Hnding rocky bottom, but lus cast 18 not regis. tered. 77. 382 fathoms—Latitade Si deg, 58min. north, ton; tade 174 deg. 31 min. east; wrayish biack sand 73. 3u8 tathon Je 51a min. north, longi- tude 175 deg. 09 min, samo bottorn. 9). 79 tathous-—Latitude 51 deg 40 min, north, longi. tude I75deg. 55 min. east; same bottom. +0, 998 tathoms—Laticude 61 deg. $5 min, north, longi- tude 176 deg. 34 min, cast; same Hotton. 81. 1.014 tathoms—Lauitade 51 deg. 3) inin. north, ton siuude 177 deg. 14 min. cast; same botiom. iS fathoms—Latitude dl aeg. 25min. north, lo! tude 177 deg. 55 min. east; same Lottom, very near ‘and. 83. 282 athoms—Latitude 51 deg. 23 rain. forty longi: tode hg deg. 19 min. east (Di), biaek sand, with el homs—Latitude #4 deg. 86 min. north, longi- 445 tathoms—Latitute 48 deg. 21 min, north, longi- east, haying siood inshore afer cust yramid Island (of the Kusue north, longi. | sand orth, longt- grayish black sand, . 2,005 fathoms—Latitade 51 deg. 52min. north, longi- | M4. 208 fathoms—Latituae 51 dez. 22 min. nortu, swims tude 178 deg. 29 min. east: gra, m4 ok sand, 49. 1,318 Jathoms—Latitude $1 deg. 12 min. north, 1on- tude 178 dex. 20min. east (D. K.); same bottom, with UMS Of Clay, LA S44 tathorns—L titude 51 deg. 15 min. | wide nort i deg. 1b main. east (D, Rye gray lack mand et hows—Latitude 51 deg W min. p ‘longi- Passea a i 7 tude 174 deg. 53 min. east; same, with gravel, small cake of ice at six o'clock P! M.. July 16. | "88. 975 tathoms—Latitude 51 deg. 5 min. north, lonei- | tude 179 deg. 23 min. east: gray Diack sui | 1,868 iathoms—Lattude 51 deg 08 min. north, ion- gitude'l79 deg, 41 min. east; sume bottom. 9. 1,/31 fathoms—latt ude 51 deg. 1¢ min. north, lon gitude'179 deg. 39 min. west ; same bottom. 9. 1,898 ide 179 deg. 14 mi joms—Latitude 51 dog. Ul min. north, lone | jn Frevién black sand, Land in sight, and iongiiude from t fathome—Latitude $1 deg. 18 min. north, lon- | 0 west; clay colored sani, with | Sere |g ita | attuag QB min, west; same bottom, with sponge. | | | de , 3. £034 fathoms—Lativuie 51 deg. 15 win. north, ion- itude 178 deg. Ul min. west; clay colored mud. witn flack sand. Tanaga Island closé aboard, and kept off . ftathoms—Latitude 51 deg. 28 min. north, longi- tude 177 deg. 59 min, west; rocky bottom, with grayish luck sanu'aud pebbles” The cylinder edme up, much atiered, %, 45 fathoms—! atitude 51 deg. 38 min, north, longitude 173 Jeg. 13 min. west; broken shells and pebbies. 96 53 fathoms—Latitude Sl deg. 44 mln. north, longi- tude 178 dew. 10 min. west; black sand. 97, and laat. 44 tathoms--Lautude ol deg. #7 min. north, longitude 178 deg. 12 min. west; botwom rocky. THE LATE CYCLONE. broke 450 Miles Paris. All the European steamships arriving at this port last week reported having encountered a ter- rific storm west of the Banks on Monday, the 7th inst, In every instance it began with the wind | from the southeast, veering round to the south- west, when it reached ita height, then gradually North of the Ville de The course of this cyclone, as all the facts show it to have been, was from southwest to northeast. The Ville de Paris, the most westerly of the ships which encountered it, did so in 1ati- tude 40 and longitude 64, and the last re- Port ofit we have irom 4 passenger on the steam ship Pembroke, of the South Wales hne, which passed through itin latitude 43 and longitude the latter at hali-past twelve P, M., thus travers- ing @ distance of about 450 miles in ten hours and @ half, or at the rate of about lorty-five miles au of the storm was felt the baroweter fell fom 29 50 to 28 80 within half an bour, The Pembroke had every sail get, but belore they could be taken in the wind began to vlow with such lorce | that in a moment her topsails and lorestaysails ; Were blown trom the boit pone as if they had been paper. The vessel was headed to the wind, | but itsjorce was such that the engine thougn kept) at full speed could hardly give ber steerage way. Our informant, who isan oid Atiantic Voyager, states that although | he has witnessed sume severe storms on tie | North Atlantic he never witnessed one 80 severe | during it8 continuance of about ren nours. The Sea Was at its very wildest. ‘the Pembroke, a vi Sel ol 2,000 tons, proved hersell a spleudid sea | poat and suffered no other injury than the loss o1 her sails, The passengers the day alter the dress eXpressive Oi their contidence im himas & | skiliui navigator, and compimenting both nm and is Ollicers for the manner in which the Pembroke | was handed auele the gaie. At the end of | August iast year a similar though not so severe a | storm occurred, Very much tu the same locality, | which the HERALD, at tne time, pointed out as a cyclone, The fac:s apout the present one fully confirm the statements then made, US Guat these cyciones have their origin in the Airican monsvons. Here is a hint lor old Father Provabilties | 1t is worth his while to ascertain whether or not our recent bot weatuer bas uot a similar origin. POLICE OUTRAGE IN JERSEY. Night—Reckless Pistol Practice—“Twas “Opening.” Just at the time when the residents of a quiet and respectabie district ot Jersey City were enjoy- ing their first slumber on Saturday night many of them were aroused by a succession of pistol re- | came alarmed. | It appears that a man named e | Kelly entered and had drinks, | @ barrel, ordered him out. Kelly refused to stir. | not on duty, nor was ne in uniorm, yet he voiun- | teered his services to ‘bounce’? nis namesake. | dragged him to the door, struck him a terrific | blow in the eye, and then flung him headlong into | the street. Bayley followed him out, raised him up, and they both became very boisterous, threat- ening to get “square” then or some other ume. At this point officer Duncan came along and | ordered the noisy pair to move on, They not ouiy | Ferused but became more noisy, and he arrested both and was proceeding toward tue Fourth pre- | cinct station when the officer (Kelly) alludea tu | avove rushed out and, seizing one of the two pris- oners, said:—“Let yo; I'll take care of this fei- | low myself.” With these words he struck Keily another blow and hauled bim along. Meanwuile Buyiey broke away from Ofticer Duncan. I'he | latter is anything but lively on his feet, owing to some affection above the ankle oi one foot, aad he was upabie to pursue, He cried out lustily, “Stop, stop)? and as the cali Was iste: garded he fired, Bayley increased his specd and shouted, Murder!’ In his flignt he ran almost into the arms of Officer Lott, who was un- aware 0! the cause of the disturbance, He, too, called on Bayley to stop, and when tue latter dis- Tegarded the call, Lott fired three times in rapid succession, A flith suot was fired, but Lott and Duacan say it was not fired by them, At ali events Bayley was brought to the grouud, One of the bullets entered lis head, just above and vehind | the ler ear. | He was conveyed to the Fonrth precinct station, | and Dr. Viers was called in, Alter caretul proving the vali was extracted, Lhe sufferer was tien taken to the ay ospitar At hall | o'clock yesterday forenoon a report was sent to | Police Headquarters that ne was dying. Justice | Keese and Chie of Police Cuampuey proceeded to the hospitai to take his dying deposition, A change | for the better nad taken place meanwuile ‘and the taking of the deposition was postponed, What is most singular in the case ig that on @ preliminary investigation by the Chiel of Police the accounts of the affray were a | Wass Of contradictions, Duncan and Lott sist | Maat neither of them fired the fatal shot. This ap- pears piausivle enough, fer the bullet found in Bayley’s head will not ft the chambers of either | revolver. A revolver was found on Officer Keily with two chambers discharged, but he denies that | he used his weapon at all. It ts not the frst act of recklessness on the part of police officers io Jersey | | City. This case 13 certain | Grand Jury. 7am, A JERSEY OFFICIAL’S PERIL, arges of Malfeasance Against the ‘ Sussex County Clerk. | Acharge of malfeasance in office has been pre- to come bvefore the | ¢ ferred against Peter A. Vansyckie, present Clerk | Charies M. Woodruf, for- | of Sussex county, N. J. | merly an assistant of Mr. Vansyckie, sets forth in | @n aMdavit that excessive charges have been made by the latter for the recording of deeds, av- | stracts of mortgages and other papers at various | stated times, and recites a number of cases in de- tail to substantiate his aliegauions, Among the | many instances given ts that off the recording of a deed for a Mr. Hill, containing 2,500 words, the | legal fee for which, it 18 aliewed, is $2 60, but on the bottom of the instrument a charge | 18 made of $4 in the handwriting of Mr. Vansyckle, Mr. ) oMictal conduct by stating hut he has only tol- lowed the directions, usage and practice oO! his predecessors in office, alleging that bis charges ior legal fees Were in accordance with the teachings | of Mr. Woodruff, Mr. Woouruf, on the other haud, | Says that he oiten remonstrated with Mr. Vaa | syekle on hts excessive charges, but failed to in- | ; duce him to discontinue the practice. It is aiso | alleged that Judge Winans, of Vernon, and many | otuers have made affidavits oot only sustaiuing these charges, but others of a still graver nature; | ana, furthermore, that the accused had lobbied with Grand Jurors, and attempted to bribe them. ‘The case is to Undergo a@ judicia investigation. BISMARCK ON ULTRAMONTANISM A communication, addressed to Sir Jonn Mur- ray, of Philiphaugh, and Rev. G, R, Badenoch, LL.D., London, has been received from Prince Bismarck, of which the following is a transia- ; Hons | BERLIN, August 14, 1874. | On my return from Kissiugen the copy oi the woik “Ultramontanism; England's Sympathy | with Germany’ was lorwarded by the Imperial Ambassado; in London, to whom you haa the | goodness to send it tor me, | a criminal attempt Was made to put an end to my | activity in the interests of lumauity, which we both alike serve. God ordained it otherwise, and | Lhope by His help successfully to carry through the straggie, in which my fatherland is encour- aged by the sympathy of the English people, Pray accept my best thanks for the attention you show me, and express the same in my name to those Who share your views aad who joined with | you id seuding me the work, BISMARCK, | | shore to wait for daylight, | | | | i The Storm Striking the Steramship Pem- | subsiding as the wind changed to the northwest. | In the former cuse it occurred at two A, M. and in | jour. Our informant states that before the full force | storm presented Captaii Williams with an ad- | Maury telis | Not I Did It”=—sad Sequel to a Saloon | ports, and in a short time the entire locality be- | | Meehan had rented a saloon on Communipaw ave- nue, and Saturday night was fixed for the “open- ing.” All the ‘boys’ of the neighvorhooa who | nad any regard for Meetan turned out and | patronized bim Itberally. About eleven o'clock , two young men named William Bayley and George Kelly sat down on and as he was intoxicated Meehan A police e | officer named Martin Kelly happened to be among | 36. 317 fathoms—Latitude 45 deg. 35 min. north, longi- | the patrons of tbe new establishment, He was | persons were present by invitation, He | ast ten | Vansyckle justifies his | It arrived jast before | THE GALLOWS. Joseph Michaud Executed at Manitoba for the Murder of James A. Brown. DETAILS OF THE CRIME, “I Am Guilty in My Heart and Should Die.” WINNIPEG, Manitoba, August 26, 1974. Joseph Michaud bas just expiated on the gallows | his great crime, perpetrated only a little more tham | two months ago, when, in an excess of nomtetdal’ | frenzy, caused or stimulated by liquor, he almost | bewed in pieces a citizen named James A, Brown, | THE MURDERER | was a native of St. Roch’s. Quebec, where he was born in 1850, of French and Corsican parents. He came here in 1872 as 4 gunner in the Dominion at= Ullery stationed at this city. His reputation om the force was that of aman kind, good-tempered and generous when himself, 80 that he was a great favorite with his comrades, Under the ine fluence of liquor, however, he became an ungov< ernabie and bloodthirsty wild beast | THE MURDER. On the night of the 188n of June last he, with two or three comrades, ‘broke barracks’? after roll call, disguising themselves after the fashion of soldiers on a spree by turning their serge tunics | inside out, putting on slouched hats, &c, They | made the grand rounds of the several low satoons | of the place, rapidly becoming intoxicated upon | the vile polsons vended thereat, to which the chemical abominations of a New York bucket shop gre purity’s self, At the ‘Pride of the West’\—our | ginmills here have pretentious names—they were met by James Vegan, who observed that they were all under the influence of liquor and that Michaud wore a formidable clasp knife, which jrom time to time he brandished, remarking that he was “weil fixed for anything or anybody.” Om Degan’s remoustrating with lim for carrying so dangerous a weapon he said that if he should ase | it it Would not be upon a comrade, and in such a manner that he should not be found out. Some ume later Michaud was seen at tne “Kea Saloon.’? | In the.course of the night aman named Bunce, who had pitched his tent on the prairie, heard | quarrelling voices in Exglisu and French, then cries, but thinking tnat it was only a@ drunken riot between some Saskatchawan traders near by paid no attention to the matter turther than to cali to thei irom his tent to keep quietund let bim sleep. At daybreak next morn- ing, June 19, @ soldier named McDonald, passing over the prairie beliind Mam street, came upon the body of a man terribly mutilated, bearing nd 1e88 thad thirty cuts and staos, It was identified ag that of a citizen named James A. Brown, | Degan’s story on viewing the body at once made it certain that Michaud “was the murderer, and he was promptly arrested. On examination his tunic and shirt were found spotted with viood, and he surrendered hig knife, all bloody, to the Sergeant Major, admitting his crime. According to HIS OWN STATEMENT, he and a comrade had overtaken Brown, when, Im. one of his uncontrollabie fits of Corsican blood. | thirstiness, he had drawn his knife and assaulted | his comrade, The latter, aiter receiving a couple | of shght scratches, ran away and returned to bar. A Man Shot Down in the Dead of | racks, and Michaud, then turning upon Brown, slaked to the uttermost his thirst 1or blood. THE TRIAL, The Court of Queen's Bench, Chief Justice Wood | presiding, was fhen in session, and Michaud waa | immediately arraigned betore tt, and, 1n response to the usual question, admitted his guilt ‘va suis coupadble dans mon cur," he said, ‘et je dots | mourir.” “Lam guilty in my heart and should , die.’? Sentence was accordingly passed upon him in aue torm, and this morning carried oat. During his confinemeut Michaud expressed the and was assiduous in his religious exercises, two Catnohc priests, Fathers Filion and Dugast, being constant in their ministrations. Early this morne ing the last services were periormed by, the devoted ecclesiastics in the court room, where | an altar had been erected. Tbe black fag doating on the roof at dawn announced that the day of ex- Diation had arrived, and further attracted by the mournful toiling of the bells of the Cathedral of St. Bonilace, a crowd of some 300 persons assembled at the court house, 1m the yard of which the scaffold was erected, They were, however, unable to see anything of the last scene, the scaffold being boarded up ind draped with black. About forty | greatest contrition, THE BXKCUTION, Ata few minutes alter eight the condemned man entered the court room, where he was pin- joned. He was supported by the two priests, one or whom held a crucitix to his lips that ne kissed Jervently and repeatedly, praying all the while, though through excitement he nad lost his voice, and streams o1 tears were pouring down his face on being escorted to tAe scaffold through a wi- dow by the hangman and Sheriff Armstrong. Kneeling on the trap, he again bade an affecting farewell to all who were present, He had pre- pared an address which he intended to read but was unaole tu do so. The last scene was not unnecessarily proionged, the cap was drawn down over bis face ands moment afterward his boay fell into the chasm below the platiorm., His neck was brokeD and death ensued almost instan- taneously, the body swinging like a peodulum after one slight shiver. Alter hanging twenty minutes it Was cut down and given to his com- rades, by Whom it was interred at the cathedral, Archbishop Tache conducted the services, and made a powerful addiess, warning his auditors | against the perils oi drunkenness and bad society, This is the second execution that has taken place here, an indian having been hanged at Fort Garry, In 1862, under Hudson Bay Companys rule. THE MURDERER'S CONFESSION, which he was unable to read upon the scaffold ag , he had intended doing, Was a6 Tollows :— ' y Dear Prrexps—Please hear a short speech from a Poor prisoner who will shortly be executed. Betor pearing before the tearfui tribunal of God, allow comrades, to let you see as a last souvent that when we live amid friends and comrades, who hardly think of the great affair tor which we are in this world, we are easily carried toward the evil; but in the face of death, before appearing before God, what a great change takes place! All that we looked tof with so much haste—that is to say, the pleasures and amusement em 19 Us Not much worth Hear, come: aman who perceives too | life ho has livedShas not been that of a man, Christan, Kducated as a Christian by a mothe sbed by despisu best efforts were to make me good, I fin her advice and making @ mockery of her instructions, wanted to have my own way of L:ving, and, like another Prodigal Son, T got away trom her, ot te'be obliged to foliow her cood advice. “I made the choice of bad com- paiions; T indulged in drinking and the disorders which | follow drunkenness; [ had of @ Catholic only the name; 1 wus not doing any act of religton—that is what caused my sorrowful end, Oh, torgive me, dear mother—a ) thousand es forgive ime tor having dis- gheved | nd caused youd so much sorrow! And you, comrades, it you don’t want have have that sorrowtul end, cease drinking and attend to | your religious duties. Who can tell what joy and. | happiness I found in these Gays of prayer and of retreat | that I gave to conciliate my Gi 1 is swith all my heart, O my Goa, that I offer you my life in explation of mny sins and of my crime. 0, do récetve me near you. | Thacis all my t that is what makes | Adieu, cor Neu, well-beloved mother; we never ‘see each other again im this life, b we will enjoy happiness which will last for | adew 1 je this address, JOSEPH M Never forget my name, | REOKDESSNESS OF FERRY PILOTS, | ans | New Yorke, Sept. 11, 1874. To THE EDITOR OP THE RERALD:— | A few mornings since, whtle crossing to Jers sey City on the Desbrosses street ferry, I no- ticed a small sloop-rigged yacht sailing on the wind and up the river to leeward of the ferryboat, and instead of changing nis course or stopping hie engines the pilot of the ferryboat kept straight on his way, in order, I presume, to frighten the yachtsmen into changing their direction. The consequence was before the yacht could lur up or change her course the padalewheel of the ferryboat struck her, carrying away ber bowsprit and damaging her bows. The last I saw of them they were heading for the New Jersey shore, Whether they sustained any other damage or not do not know. The ferryboat was tne John s. Darcy and jeit Desbrosses strect at ten minutes past six A. M. Now, Mr. Editor, Knowtng that th columns of the HERALD are always open for the exposure of ail Auch outrages, I take the liverty of ‘ asking space for this, I am a yachtsman myself, and have frequently been subjected to similar oat. rages by these steamboat pilots, but, fortunately, without any accidents, although I have bad some very harrow escapes. I would like to inguire if there is any redress for such actions. The law says distinctly, ‘It snati be tne duty of every ves- sei propelled by steam to give to sailing vessels | every advantage and keep out of the way,” or Words to the same effect. Yet steamboats and ferryboats almost ndeavor to irighten sinall boats off their course by keeping directly on their way, utterly regardless of human life or law. This accident (?) although of serious nature, was wilful n part of this pilot, and | should he uke to see the gentiemen who were in the yacht make an ex- ample of him. It has become such @ usual thing for ferryboate to ignore the rights of smail sailing | vessels that it 18 really dangerous for a yacht ta sation the North or ans Tiver, Cannot this be remedied in some way? I presume plenty of yaeht ae Tae ose i this thing be ventilated. as regolig. . _ YACHISMAS,