The New York Herald Newspaper, October 3, 1874, Page 5

» MEXICAN: MERAUDERS, The Governor of Texas on the Rio Grande Troubles, gressions from neighboring States or people. except upon the promise and perfurmance of the great duty toward iseil, which all nations owe }each other of 80 governing their peuple as that they shall not depredate or make war upon other pations or any of their people or territory. I ap- prehend that international courtesy, comity and amity has never been required oy the law of Da- tions to be carried to the romantic extent of eur- rendering the great natural right of self-deience against the constant infliction of serious, per- manent and wrongful injury upon the people of one nation by toose cf another, aihones the attacks may be unauthorized by the What American Citizens Suffet at the government of the territory irom which It comes. Hands of Cattle Thieves, GOVERNMENT PROTECTION NECESSARY. Can Texas Defend Herself as a State by Arms? WasuinoTon, Oct. 2, 1874 ‘The following interesting report with respect to the condition of affairs on the Rio Grande has Feuched the oflice of the Attorney General in Washington, Governor Richard Coke’s Report from Texas. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, STATE OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, August 6, 1874, Hon. Grorce D. WituiaMs, Attorney General United States, Washington, D. C. Sm—Your communication of July 23 reached me brane fume and its contents have been duly con- red, You call my attention to an order issued by me 4s Governor of Texas to Captain Retgio Bena- vides, commanding @ minute company on the Rio Grande border, requiring him, when in close pur- suit of Indian marauders or cattle thieves for the urpose of recovering property taken by them ‘om = citizens §=of Texas, if necessary to cross the Rio Grande River; and, in connection therewith, refer me to the act of Cougress of April 20, 1818, prescribing penal- ties ior breach of the neutrality lawa of the United States, and desire to hear from me on the subdject, saying Mat the matter has been relerred to you by Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Ihave to sayin reply that in order to determine the propriety of the order to Captain Benavides it is necessary to understand the circumstances under Which it was gfven arm the condition and neces- ities of tue people for whose protection it was ue NEUTRAL LINE NECESSITY. The Rio Grande River, tue boundary line be- tween the United States and the Republic of Mexico, is a narrow, shallow stream, and irom Brownsville, thirty miles irom its mouth up tord- able, except lor a lew weeks throughout the year. The country on the ‘Texas side of the river 13 mostly covered with @ dense thicket or chapparal growth. From the mouth of this river up to Fort Duncan, a distance of about 400 miles, where the depredations heretn- aiter spoken of are chieiiy coimitted, there are four stutions or posts oi United States troops, the four having, in the aggregate, eleven companies of iniantry and seven of cavalry, Fort Clark, with eight companies of cavalry and three uf infantry, still higher up the river, covers about wixty miles Of the river, besides a long ine of frontier not on theriver. This constitutes the de- Yense provided by the United States government for the Rio Grande border, Ot tiis force only the cavalry can be used with any effect in repelling and punishing the Iudians and Mexican thieves and robvers who depredate in that country. The infantry ure useless for that purpose. For twenty- five years this border has been barassed and depredated on by lawless bands irom Mexico, of Indians and Mexicans. Gov. ernor Houston had to send a _ mill tary force to the Rio Grande to repel an invasion headed by the bandit Cortina, During this time many militons of dollars worth o! property velong- ing to citizens of Texas have been destroyed, stolen and taken with the strong hand by these Marauders. Especially sin@e 1865 has it been the case that armed bodies of men irom the west side of the Rio Grande are constantly coming into Texas, overawing the people and driving off int Mexico large herds of cattle, the property o! citizens of Texas, At other times these patties shoot down and skin large numbers of cattle and carry off the hides, leaving the carcasses to rot on the ground, They not unfrequently in executing their plans of wholesale robbery butcher whole families—men, women and chijdren—and fire their houses. Losses by the people of Texas from this furce amount to many hundreds of thousands of jollars annually, and since 1865—to say nothing of losses previously—to many miilions, LIFE AND PROPERTY, fm the country between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers, have, from this cause, been made 80 insecure as to threaten its depopulation, and terest, cattle and horses. The country is sparsely Bettied, and by the time a few ol the citizens can get together for defence and pursult these robbers nd, having reached this place of refuge, thoy taunt and defy the citizens of Texas, whom they have plundered, and leisurely divide the spoils, Within the last six montis the invasions of these bandits irom Mexico have become so bold and frequent, and their ropberies and murders o! citizens of Texas so extensive and alarming, that I have been compelled to call out at a heavy expense to the State, @ military force for utter destruction of its only producing in- | ‘ne State government of Texus has to dea! with the admitted and undentable tact that, for a series of years a most destructive :redatory war has been carried on against the peopie of Texas and their property, between the Nueces and Kio Grande rivers, by Indians and Mexicans residing on tho west side of the Rio Grande River and belonging to the jurisdiction of ment, The iact exists that these pee whetuer from want of power or of will on the part of that government makes no dif- ference as to results, and as to our rigats—are not ordered and regulated by the Mexican government | and restrained to a proper line of conduct toward the people of Texas, and that it has become an im- perative necessity on Texas, in consequence of this failure o1 duty on the part of the Mexican gov- ernment and the inadequacy Of the force posted on the Rio Grande by the United States to provide for the defence of her oitizens, aud being thus | ariven to exercise her inherent right ol sel!-de- fence, it is sisted, if necessary, that she hasa clear legal right to send her troops on Mexican | soil for the purpose. Only friendly Powers have the right to claim exemption ot their territory from armed intrusion, and it is insisted that as 10 Texas, Mexico is not a friendly Power, because Mexican citizens, with the knowledge of the au- thorities of their government and uuresjrained by them, are making war on the people ol Texas and their property, rendering it neceasary for their proper defence that Texas troops suould pursue the ireebooters on Mexican soil, This necessity, if report which has gone the ragnds of imluted stave incon. vhe newspaper press of the U tradicted, and which 18 universally beirf@ed, be true, has been twice in the last twelve months Tecogaized and acted on by a gallant and able oificer of the United States Army—I allude to General McKenzie—who, with troops of his command pursued bands of marauders from ‘Texas across the national boundary, and on one of these occasions is believed to nave infilcted on them merited chastisement on Mexican soi, No word 01 disapproval bas ever been heard here from the government at Washington of the conduct of this distinguisied oilicer, while the press and the people of the country have loudly applauded it, CAN TBXAS DEFEND HERSELF AS A STATE? Texas, when /orced to assume the unjust burden | Of defending herself against foreign aggression and 0} repelling invasion of her territory, ag she ig now attempting to do, is fully aathorized under article two, sectton ten of the constituiion of the United Sta'es, to use the war powers which ordi. narily reside in the United States government, and the constitutional obligation resting on the United States to defend the people of Texas | against hostile invasion not having been | discharged, would, dependent of that provision of the constitution, have vested in Texas the right to resort to any means tor her own defense, which might properly have been resorted to by the United States, If the forces of the United States | have the right to cross the national boundary aud | continued pursuit of marauders on Mexican soil, | of which there can be no doubt, Texas forces, who | | are doing the auty which ought to be performed | by the United States troops, and are doing it be- | cause United States troops are not there to do it, | and tt must be done, have the same rignt. It will | be observed that the order ‘to Captain Benavides authorises him to cross the RioGrande, only when, | im close pursuit, and for one specific purpose, and that 18 to recapture property stolen or wrested | by force from citizens of Texas. He ts not author- ; 14ed to cross the river tor purposes of retalla- tion, nor to make war on the territory, | or any of the peopie of Mexico, but only to pur- sue marauders going out of ‘lexas and take from them and bring back property found in their pos- | session belonging in Texas. A knowledge by these ireebooters that they will be pursued, and that | the west bank of the Rio Grande shall no longer be @ sanctusry and place of refuge to them, from which they can saily at pleasure and murder and. plunder the people of ‘Texas, will do more to put an end to their operations and give peace and security to the people of that frontier. than quad- | Tuple the present force without authority to cross | the Rio Grande, The claims of citizens of Texas | for indemnity for property of which they have | been plundered by Mexican cisizens, airoaay | amounting to many millions of dollars ps | some years past been receiving the attention of the Congress of the United States, but no steps have been taken toremove the cause of accrual Of uhese claims, and to-day the State government | of Texasis imcurring an onerous and most op- | pressive and unjust expense, which she cannot | Avoid, because necessary for the defence of her people from murder and rapine, whicn should fall | e me upon the government of the United | ates. It ts to be hones that the necessities of the peo- | pie on the Kio of the United States, and that she ought to be, will be relieved oi the burden now Testing on her so unequally of providing for the | defence of a national andary; but while she is thus taxed that she will be permitted to use the the moae she deems most effective. clear convictions of my right, as Governor of Texas, under the constitation and laws of the United States, and in view of the con- dition of affairs on the Rio Grande border, | to issue the military order of which complaint is made, and have it executed. I, at the same time am fully aware that if the officers of the United States government entertain a different view they have the power to prevent its enforcement, and While I have NEW YORK AMERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1874.—TR the Mexican govern- | | were ireely quoted from to show the estimation | rande frontier will be recognized | N. | and appreciated and cared for Py: the government | | eXas, as of right | | i are at or across the Rio Grande with their booty, | pee nae ott ranee Bio. 1s. Compellsd to, ngs | TAMMANY'S PROSPECTIVE SLATE, Johnson’s Movement Into North Caro- lina—A Conference Over the Border— Mysterious Reticence of the Friends of the Parti A Rush for Office—Cathering of the Clans. RicuMonp, Va., Oct. 2, 1874 It seems that General Jonnson, tailing to meet | Mahone, and probably hearing of bis arrest in Nor- folk, came by the Baltimore boat to that citv yes- terday, where he took the Seaboard and Ruapoke train for some point in North Carolina. Telegrams Were at once gent to secure his arrest, and ofl- cers were dispatched in the direction of Gates | county, North Carolina, from Suffolk tn pursuit of | @ party supposed to be Johnson and frienas, but without discovering them. Johnson suc- cessfully eluded the oMcials and arrived at some point near Weldon, where he hid himself all day yesterday. Meantime Mahone remained at bis botel (u Norfolk under medical tweatment and closely watched by ¢2e officers, | 1t was the prevailing impreasion that are vonds would not stand in the way of @ fight if mateorsa were not otuerwise settled, In order TO EVADE THE PENALTIES imposed on parties engaged in a duel by the Vir- ginia statute, no challenge had eiiver been sent or accepted by the principals. Both of them, how- The Mayoralty and the Registership— gressmen, Aldermen, Assemblymen and Men of All Work. REPUBLICANS PREPARING FOR THE I8:UE. The clans of Tammuny «na the republican par- ties in this city are now efectually engaged in the turmoil of political warlire and concentration. Stace conventions have met au@ cast to the breeze the names and principles of their canaldates, The tocsin of political strife has been sounded, ana the cliques and wire pullers of both parties are up to their eyes in business. That sturdy old soldier and ever, had their iriends or _— seconds, through whom all commuantcations having patriot, Jonn A. Dix, leads the republican host, reference to the quarrel passed, but im} while the veteran financier and avowed foe of such @ skilful manner as not to compromise any of them in a legal way. It was understovd that if @ fight was to result {rom the matters ai issue be- tween them it would not be in coniormity with the established rules of the code, but Tammany misrule, Samuel J, Tilden, carries the democratic banner. THE CITY OUTLOOK, State issues to the average metropolitan poltti- clan are Of very little interest, ‘The great beacon | light of his aspiration and hopes is an office or are usually settled in the South—at short order, with pistols. Thus matters remained up to this morning, when James Barron Hope, Mr. | position under the city government. Let any one % Tt at’ Nor- y mete cece aren Clots met and | that pleases de elected Governor of the State, the had a conference with Mr. Snowden Andrews and, probably, another irieud of Johnson. What the result of this conference waa has not yet transpired, but Johnson, Andrews and Hope lelt Weldon this afternoon on the northern bound trains. Hope arrived in Norfolk, but the destina- tion of Johuson and bis iriends is unknown, Ma- hone, however, arrived in Petersburg this even- ing trom Norfo!k, and is now in that city at his home. Whetver the difficulty has been adjusted or arrangements made for a future meeting Hope, the only one of the party yet seen, refuses to say. DE. 0. H. TIFFANY ON WASHINGTON, Last evening at Steinway Hall Dr. 0. A. Tiffany gave a most interesting lecture on the ‘Life and Character of General Washington,” in the interest of the Washington National Monument, and urged in the most eloquent manner that the shaft should SThainterestor be finished by 1876, as the century of our e of our city political outlook centres | national life will then be closed. ‘The lecturer | WPM the Mayoralty, No one in Tammuny Hail | quoted in the most enthusiastic manner from | ema Wie Thoere MEeaeu MMe L ME Wil: the tributes paid to the Father of Our Country by eve i He ham, a jeweller of this city, will re- great men of all nations, Joun Quincy Adam V ‘ammany nomination. The indorsement John Hancock, Samuel Otis, Napoleon 1, Lora | Of !@mmany means an election, so tar as to-day’s | Erskine, Lord John (now Farl) Russell, ‘Byron, | APpearances are concerned, Felore election, how- Thackeray, Edward Everett and Daniel Webster | ever, it is rumored that a Strong outside party | | will be organized. It is claimed that Tammany } average intellect of our city politician bends ite ingenuity to the capture of oficial patronage and place in his own immediate vicinity. The Legisla- ture, of course, is one of the great objective points. Bargain and sale may disturb his nightly rest as he directs hia vision toward Albany. Dreams of bills that may be | hastily shoved through, with nope of large | emolument and preference, keep lim awake at nights immediately preceding the election. Al- ready rumors of immense jobs to be rushed through meander through the brain of this won- deriul specimen of our later ward statesman, The Legislature is then a very importaut branch of the gentieman’s meditations, THE MAYORALTY, in which the hero, patriot and statesman | was held. Napoleon said:—“‘Washington dead! | WaS Dever stronger; that no outside party can This yreat Man fought against tyranny, | cope with ft (the weeds of corruption and als- ed the libertie: f mis country. | a hme ee TRIER. HVE eae | honor being plucked from its very bosom), and equallty.”? In Holiand the name of Washington that the old Wigwam on the evening of the 3d of was inscribed on a memorial monument. Erskine | November will ring, as of old, with the acclama- | Wrote:—‘‘You are the only man for whomIbavo | sions of victory. Other canaidates have been | @n awiul reverence.” usseil said, “He has earned a people's gratitude.” Thackeray, in one | Mentioned, but the slate for this office now seems orale Wectares | See Hie wan a ie without @ | tobe William H. Wickham. Of course this com- Dr.’ Tiffany remarked “that he would weave | Plexion of affairs may change before many days. | from these tributes » crown of immortelles to | Smith Ely, Jr., has been favorably mentioned in sevorent ye sy coeu neon DeATentiOS of Washing: | connection with the office, and William Butler aid in the finishing of the monument at the Capi- | Duncan. Any of these gentlemen wouid no doubt , 28 it was time that the world should put aside | make eligible candidates, particularly the one nS, elastore? “Bors quoi hen G rempemipers irs | last mentioned; but, as in the nomination of ington no children so that a nation might call nim | Tilden, it appears the flat has gone forth, and | Fatner.” the rank and file must fall into line-without a Murmur, A political army, like a military one, must certainly have a leader. Tammany Hall ; claims thatit has secured an eligible and saga- cious leader in the person of Mr. Jobn Kelly. | Without doubt the election last fail developed this fact very conclusively. How the coming campaign is to evidence his masterly leadership remains to be proved. The flasco and mistakes of our pre- sent venerable Chief Magistrate have centred AN ALLEGED SWINDLE. A Real Estate Agent Arrested on Com- piaint of a Newburg Lady. At about three o’clock yesterday aiternoon | Major William H. Quincey, Order of Arrest Clerk, arrested a man named James C. Freeman, of West- field, N. J., areal estate broker, doing business at No, 181 Broadway, on a warrant issued by Judge | Joseph F. Barnard, in the Orange County Supreme | public attention more closely thay ever | Court, cerera by Virginia Gardner, ol Mew Bre, | upon this office, and ‘Tammany Hall | Y., with having swindled her out cf property | a a to the amount $29,000, In her affidavit sne alieges | @USt Dominate a candidate thoroughly an that she intrusted to Freeman, as her agent, | ¢Xceptionable, educated and honest, There | divers bonds and sums of money, which |is no disguising the fact that mur- be used in various ways without rendering aly account to her. He induced her on several | Occasions to buy property at high rates, which subsequently was ascertained to be of tar less value. He likewise persuaded her to exchange valuable property for obher which was not worth’ anything. She ciaims that Freeman swindled her out of the above sum, and for tis she sues tor redress. The prisoner was brought to the Sherii’s office, and, being unable to furnish $10,000 batl, Which the Sherif required, he was locked up in | murs of a serious character are now uttered | among many of the Tammany Hall General Com- , | mittee against the nomination of Wickham. No | | Well founded objection seams to be given to the | Nomination, which, on e other hand, speaks | | favorably for the candidacy of the gentleman, | The “boys”? say that he is not aman after their | own heart; that he isa “recent interloper into the | Ludlow Street Jail. | hallowed Ring” of Tammany’s organization, and THE HOLOKEN MYSTERY. | that there are others far more deserving (such as IPLE SHEET, | mittee | ception | Ihembers of the Committee, who came to superin- ) den, and that this will virtuaily decide the other- their protection. On account of the chapparal | thickets and brushy character o/the country on tue | eB Ua eae ah aes CIC part to execute it. I, therefore, have given you Rio Grande, and the great extent of it, the small force tue State 1s able to Keep in the field is most effective in patroiling the country immediately on the river and watching the crossings where some delay occurs in driving over the stolen stock, and it peace happens that the robbers are not discovered until they have partially or wholly crossed the river with their plunder. These dep- Tedations upon persons and property in Texas by Mexicans, [ state as an undeniable tact, are being committed, ana for years past have been commit- ted, with the knowledge and acquiescence of the loval municipal authorities on the west side of the Rio Grande, and it is believed to be susceptible of abundant proof that 12 numerous instances these Jocal authorities have colluded with the marauders and shared in a division of the booty. Certain it is thatin open daylight, witiout concealment, Mexicans, in full view of the municipal oficers on the west side of the river, constantly come ‘across the river into Texas and return publicly with iarge herds of cattle, and other property be- longing to the citizens of Texas, and have for years been doing it without any effort by the au- thorities for its repression, when it was publicly @nd novoriousiy known that they were robbers, and had been plundering the people of Vexas, It is equally certain tuat THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO has been and is now fully informed of the depre- dations committed by citizens under its jurisdic- on, and having homes, and taking refuge from | pursuit within its territory, upon the lives and property of citizens of Texas; and that that gov- ernment, notwitustanding the enormity of tie crimes, and the constancy, persistency and pub- | lieity with which, for a number of yeurs, they have been committed, bas up to this time failed to € any steps to put av end to them, or to punish | be ie criminals, or Wake reparation to the injured | parties in Texas, THE UNITED STATES FONCE, The force placed by the Uniied ment on the Kio Grande border @nd mnpunity with which bandit raids are made aon it, to be utterly inadequate lor its protection. | Ti @ iacts herein recited are o! public and common notoriety aud have been brought to the attention Ol the government at Washington time and again | by the public press, by tue representatives in Con- gress Irom Texas, and by the State authort- ues of Texas, aud can be proved to be true with any amount of testimony. Under these cir- cumstances, and basing my ac ¢ as Governor of Texas, in obedience to av imperi- | ous necessity, brought about by vO dereliction of | duty on the pu tol Texas or her people to pro citizens of ‘exas a8 iar as pussibie irow @ predatory war being waged on tiem by foreign’ desperadoey and robbers, called inte the State service. one hun dred men and have posted them in tie country between the Rio Grande and Nueces tivers, and issued to the oficers commanding the orders of which complaint 18 made. The portion of the order to which objection is made is in these rords:— * * * “should the company be in close pursuit of thieves or marauders, with their plunder, it will follow as far as possivie, whether ‘On this side of the Rio Grande or the other, having @ due regard for its own safety and tue prospect Of recovering the stolen property.” This order contemplates no “military expedition or enter- Frise to be carried on against the territory of Hexiea or the people of that country.” It simply looks to the employment af the small force the State of Texas has been compelled to call out by an inexorable necessity for the protection of her otherwise defenceless people in the only mode im which it can be used effec: tively. Ii these Mexican raids, which this joree 13 called out to repel, were of recent date, Of irregular occurrence and of such character as to elude the efforts of an ordinarily vigilant and ehergetic government to suppress, and such efforts Were being made in good faith by the authorities of Mexico, I grantin that case that to allow an armed force to pursue even robbers for the pur- pose of recovering their booty, across the Rio Grande, would be a violation of the rignts of Mexico and of weil settied principles of interna- onal law. VE RIGHT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO to immunity for its territory from the incursions 1 armed forces of Texas, would then be based on ® proper discharge of the duties of that govern- ment to Texas, tu repressing tho lawiessuess of its own people, and preventing and punishing their crimes attempted and committed against the people of their neignboring State. It is because each State or nation has under- taken to Fresirain its people from making war on the people of ita neighbors, that the (aw of nations forbids an armed force trom one entering the territory of another, The right of immunity grows out of and depends upon the per- tormance of this duty which each Power owes to the other. No State has surrendered tne rignt of deience of ita UAOOIA iD its oun way, avanat aye States govern- | shown by the | present condition o1 that country, the frequency | the tacts upon which the issuance of the order , Was predicated, by which its propriety may be de- termined, and if it 1s decided to be in contraven- tion of the laws of the United States, when noti- fied of the decision, I wili revoke the order, but must say that it will be to the last degree unjust to Texas, On the part of the general government, to retuse to her permission properly to detend hersell, upless at the same time adequate provision 18 made for her defence. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, RICHARD COKE, Governor of Tex THE TROUBLES IN THE SOUTH. — | The Poisoning of William McIntosh— | The Author of His Death Still Un- | known. Goroner Parslow, of Hoboken, held an inquest at his office last evening on the body of William McIntosh, the cashier of the White Star Steam- ship Company, Whose mysterious death at lis resi- dence, No. 55 Garden street, was pub- lished in the HERALD recently. The relatives of the deceased and Doctors Chahert and Naast Made sworn statements, From these it appeared that McIntosh was very healthy, and was in good health and spirits when he leit Toronto for his | Instructions from the Attorney General | to the United States Marshals. | WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 1874. | The Attorney General to-day sent the following | circular to United States marshals in the Southern | States in whose districts armed boates of men | | have committed or are threatening to commit acts | | of violence and bloodshed :— Derarruent or Justicy, Wasuinaron, Sept. 30, 1! Sin—1 would suggest that at those points where United | States troops are or may be stationed in your district some prudentand fearless person in whose judgment ‘ou have confidence and whom the peopie respect may be appointed as deputy marshal to actatonce in the of parties committing outrages in the y, eo that it may not be necessary in such cases to send for you before the troops can be used for the | PUrpose of arresting those who are gullty of violating | | the laws of the United states. This, of course, will not | easary where vou are easily accessible; but where oops are placed at remote points, before the ne- | cessary communication as to the crime committed can | be made, the offenders, as a general rule. have an oppor- | tunity to'escape. You''will give the deputles the neces- sary instructions as to procuring warrants, and T need Not repeat that it is important that you should delegate this power to none but careful and responsible persons. Very respectfully, GEO, H, WILLIAMS, Attorney General. | \ BISMARCK AT HOME, The Deutsche Nachrichten contains the following | interesting notice :— | | Some days ago the harvest home was celebrated | at Prince Bisinarck’s estate, Varzin, and, as is — customary there, @ grand feust and alterward a | bail were given by the iiveral owner to his farm | Servants, inale and femal A large and roomy carriage shed had been decorated and fitted up for the occasion, and a raised platform for the | | Musicians Of course was not wanting. Shortly ater the band had begun to play, and the differ- ent couples were whirling round the saloon, the Prince appeared with his wife and family, and, as | is castomary in those parts, did not hesitate to | share in the pleasures of their humble dependents. | ‘The Princess condescended to aliow the lind to dance with her once, and then played the part of a quiet spectator. The Prince, on the contrary, ‘who has been accustomed to dance with the fine ladies at Court, did not shrink from dancing with all the girls on his es- tate, bat be had to give mis first partner a lesson in the mystic art. As the Chan- cellor began to dance with her who was the oldest among her colleagues she set to work with such a Will and in such a rough and ready style as the country foiks do dance, that the Prince, who had undergone the hardships of warfare more than once, was soon out of breath, and was therefore oolifed to cheok the impetuosity of | his partner. The young Countess Bismarck joined in the merry dance as heartily as anybody, and sct @ good example to the maids in this respect. The noble entertainers remafned with their humbie guests untillate in the evening, Reireshments ‘Were provided tn abundance, and as such vigorous exercise increases the appetite full justice was done to them, On the 2d of September, the an- | Niversary 01 Sedan, all Prince Bismarck’s people, both high and low, were assembled within the | Walls of Varzin, and spent the universal hotiaay | in eating and drinking and merrimenta of «il | Kinds at the expense of their entertumer and | master. THE GYMNABIUM OASUALTY, | An inquest was yesterday held by Coroner i Kessier in ihe case of Charlies Sommer, the young man who was killed on the 26th ult. by falling from the rings of the Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation gymnasium, corner of ‘iwenty-third street and Fourth avenue, In their verdict the Jury say, “We censure the manager of tne ¢ymnasiam jor allowing persons to practise und exercise on dangerous apparatus in said place Who are not other saleguarda ju case they Juli’! | that the law makes no provision for the payment home. On the way from Buffalo to Jersey he par took of an egg and two pears. When he reached his awelling he complained of a sick stomach and headache. A physiclan was summoned, who thought it was a case of intermittent iever. Dr. Naas prescribed some powders which were pro- | cured at Kiusmann’s drug store, eorner of First and Bloomfield streets. On Thursday night de- ceased took these, and on the morning following | he vomited a yelluw liquid wuich became green on coming in contact with the bed clothes. The eyes got swollen and symptoms of poisoning were visible, Death ensued at one o’clock In the afternoon, A post-mortem exami- | Nation showed the stomach to be inflamed and | clogged with serum a 3 the heart wi: suflused, and the physi sion ihat death had resulted From tue letters and telegrams sent by deceased from poisoning. to his family prior to nis return home it is | impossible to conclude that he could have poisoned himseli. There was no evidence to show that the powders were poisonous (the physician | aid not examine them), ner was any proof obtain- | able that he had got poison from auy person. Sttil | the doctors tuougut that arsenic was the sub- stance which had entered the system. No an- alysis of the stomach was made owing to the fact of a chemist for such services; and thus the case was given to the jury. They rendered @ verdict that “deceased came to bis his death from poisoning; bat from what poison, or by whom administered, we cannoi say.” Tue mystery has created much excitement; and indig- nation is expressed at the lack ot legislative pro- vision for a thorough inquisition in such cases, THE KITE A3 A MOTIVE POWER Proposed Trip from Bridgeport to New York. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Oct. 2, 1874, The Messrs. Lacey and Furguson returned to the city to-day from Savin Rock, near New Haven, | where they voyaged yesterday in a boat drawn by | @ kite of stupendous proportions, They report | that rough weather during the trip was the only reason they abandoned the more distant journey to New London. Their passage to the Rock was s0 boisterous that spray beat over their bark con- tinually, and when of Stratford Light they had two narrow escapes irom being swamped, THEIR SPEED ‘was so great that they passed every sailing vessel ‘hey met. Their latest project is a trip irom Bridgeport to New York. It will be accomplished 80 2000 As Conditions Of wind aud weather favor. ‘The kite used by tiem 1s an object of great interest to the people here. THE ENGLISH CARLISTS. The Westminster Gazette of September 20 says that the Engush Carlist Committee, in Great Queen strect, London, has been formally and om- cially recoguized at the Royalist headquarters in | Spain, Admiral Vinalet, the Carlist Minister of | Foreign Affairs, has been charged by Don Carlos to communicate to the President, Sir Gilbert E. Campbeil, nis entire approval of the statutes to the committee, and to thank its members, in the name of iis royal master, for their active sym- athy with the Carlist cause, Seflor Estrada, the ecretary Of Queen Maryuerite, has also conveyed to the committee, in acknowledging the receipe | of @ donauon from the Duke of Rutland for the | sick and wounded, her sense of obligation for the active steps taken by the committee in relieving the sufferings caused by the war in Spain, “We take this opportunity” (the Westminster Gazette continues) ‘ol informing the English public thagno measures in aid Oi the Carlist cause are sanctioned by the committee which in the slightest contra- suiicientiy qgnalified, or protected by mats and PALL not only tue letter but the spirit of English Ww. A v ‘arguments may | an acrimonious feeling amon | teenth wards) Mr. E. R. Augustas Schell) than the gentleman who now seems to be the favorite tn the race. Another ob- Jection is the fact that until very recently he has peen @ promiuent leader in Apolio Hall. These have consideravle weight and | develop & new Jine of tactics within a few days, | THE REGISTERSHIP. The most prominent candidates mentioned in connection with the Registership are Generai | Martin T. McMahon, ex-Assemblyman James | Hayes, ex-Police Justice Edward J. Shandley and | Alderman Flanagan. Mr. John Morrissey supports | Hayes with all his influence, which is not to be | despised in the Tammany Hall organization. He | jis, in ftuct, apillar of strength to that | | party. Despite virulent attacks made upon him by enemies, and energetic eforts to upset him, both as a politician | and a financier, he seems to come out o! the con- test with renewed vigor, His reputation among his own immediate circle is that of a man who never breaas his word—a last [riend and an unre- | lenting enemy. Whatever his record in other walks of lie may have been, tis own particular clique 100K upon him in this ight. This, in some respects, explains his apparent strong influence | an the councils of Tammany. Mr. James Hayes has, then, a powerfu! friend to back lim in his candidacy for the Regtsterstup. General McMahon jis the present Receiver of ‘axes. He is a respectable citizen and would make an excelient Register, Ex-Police Justice Shand- ley ran or the office three years ago, and was defeatea by the present incumbent, Genera Franz Siegel, The ex-Justice claims tne position as a matter of right. He says that ne iad too large a load to carry When he raq_ before, W! liam M. Tweed being then recognized as his par- ticuar ally and tne “ring” frauds the talk of the entire gommuntty. Alderman Flanagan ts looked upon as the favorite among those who claim to know sometning of inside movements. THE CONGRESSMEN. | There are seven Congressmen to be chosen in this city at the coming election, In some of the districts a sharp and exciting coutest is antici- | pated. Carpet-haggers are mentioned in some | piaces for the nomination, and this has caused the citizens. They wish to manage their own affairs without outside dictation, and point to Grant’s interference in | Louisiana poiltics as a somewhat farstretcned ex- | gmpiuigation oO! the troubles arising irom this ocluine, . . ln the Fifth district (composed of the First, Sec- ond, Third, Fourth, Filth, Sixth, Eighth aud Four- Meade, a lawyer oi some note, 18 meutioned as the probable Yarnmany Halt candidate. He is opposed for the nominauon vy Major D, P. Conyngham, Mr. Richard O'Gorman is also a promiuent candidate. a In the Sixth district (which contains the Sev- | enth, Eleventh aud Thirteenth wards) it is under- stood that Mr. 5.8. Cox will receive the Lomination, No other candidates of any prominence have as yet developed themselves, Tits district 18 at present represented by Colonel William I. Roberts, but | he 18 not now a candidate, having expressed his desire to Withdraw ior the present trom political life. Mr. Joon Morrissey was the predecessor of | Colonel Roberts, so that the citizens of this lo- | Caltty have of late years been deprived of the ser- | vices in the national councils of a resident. Of course the belests of the law were complied with in this particular by the candidate’s residence | | in the district a short time previous to election; | but tat was ali. The district has been uivided up since last election. Colonel F, A. Conkling, brother of the Senator, | and 0. liberal republican tame, 1b is said, wili re- | ceive the Tammany nomination i tae Kighth dis- | trict, composed of the Ninth, Fifteenth, sixteenta | | and the western part of the Eighteenth wards, Mr. Robert B, Roosevelt and Mr. C, H. Marshall | are also mentioned as candidates. This is a re- | publican district, and it will require hard work to | carry the Tammany nominee through, There is generally a republican imajority of 1,500 rolled up on election day. The redoudiable and irrepressible Fernando Wood ts booked for the nomination in the Ninth district, made up of that portion of the Twentieth ward on the west side, irom I'wenty-sixth street to Spayten Duyvil Creek. John Hardy is the ony opposing candidate mentioned, io the Teuth district (composed of the larger east side portions of the Kighveenth, Nineteenttt id Twenty-tirst wards) Mr, Join Mullaly, the ex- Commissioner of Health, is strongly pressed by his friends for the nomination. He is popular in the district, and would, doubtless, make a good representative. Mr. Abram 8. Hewitt, a wealthy merchant and gon-in-law of Pever Cooper, is also Mentioned tor the place. an outside candidate it 1s understood that ex-Sherif O'Brien will take the field against all comers, This tas been the stronghold of O'Brien in former days. It remains to be seen wheth r bis Old popularity will carry him successfully through in the coming contest. | on | cence at the republican headquarters, election workers declined to broach this deticate | , With more than ordinary curiosity. 5 district,” ita boundaries ana geograpnical tion being so pecultarly arrangeae MP, ames & Thayer 1s slated tor the homination if no new deal 4 tng) bag 3 erocuon Gay, Sale distric takes e Tweil ineteenth, I S and t'wenty-secona wards, eer THE SCRAMBLE FOR ALDERMEN, There are any number oi candidates for Alder- men. Five men out of six of the Tammany Hall General Committee look longingly toward a seat in the municipal councils, Of course they wish to serve the city, develop its usejulness and beautify its parks and public buildings. ‘They could have no other objects, At least 80 acted all former Boards which have ornamented the beautiful arm- chairs in the Aldermanic chamber of the City Hall jor @ number of years, This year there are twenty-two Aldermen to. be elected in Unis city—stX at large, three from each Senatorial district and allowing one for the annexea West- chester territory, As the law is peculiar relative to this election there seems to be no doubt that seven republican and sixteen democrauc Alder- men will compose the next Board, As the names of the candidates are Legion it would take up more space than could possibly be given to publish the list ta fuil. large are Alderman Patrick H, Lysaght, B, W. Van Voorhis, Alderman Gilon, Alderman McCaferty, Generat F, B. Spinola (in cage he does not run for Assembly in the Sixteenth district), Ed. u, Don- neHy and Alderman Ottendorfer. THE ASSEMBLY SLATE, Chaos exists in the various Tammany Assembly districts relative tothe probable cancidates lor thees oflices. Lu view of the clection of a United States Senator by the next Legisiature there ls a | lively Hight umong the local politicians as to who | wil go to the Assembly next winter. Almost | every secoud politicion in each ward 18 @ caudi- date, A lew days will develop the nominees, THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Nothing at all definite is yeu arranged relative to the slate of the republicans 1b this city aad county. A private meeting oi the leadorgs will be Heid on Monday evening, wheu the Whole list is to be cut and dred, Its understood, however, that Alcerman Vance or Commissioner Van Nort wit be tue nominee for Mayor, and probably General Patrick H. Jones for Register, The Aldermanic Slate 1s pretty well mixed. THE NOMINATING CONVENTIONS OF TAMMANY HALL, Primaries to choose delexutes to County, Con- @ressional, Aldermanic and Assembly District Conventions, will be held on Wednesday, Uctober 7, ‘rom seven to nine P, M. The County Uonven- tion wili meet in many Hull at three P. M., Ocvober 10; Congressional Conventions, October 15, at hall-past seven P. M., and Assembiy Conven- tons, October 20, at bali-past seven P. Me PULLING THE WIRES. Scenes at the Political Headquarters Vesterday—Tho Greatest Activity Among the Democrats—The Liberal Headquarters Deserted, F The numes talked of for Aldermen at | name of “extra jurors” in the conrts of Oyer an@ Terminer and General Sessions, and that ‘had he pDamed the courts in which they actually served his claims for compensation would have been dis. regarded. This, at least, is the idea of Mr. Nelson J. Waterbury, whois pot unknown to fame tn con- nection with this arithmetical muddie. ‘The Mayor's statement will doubtless be out by Tuesday nex! and the public will again be treated to one of those intellectual repasts which the taxpayer so eagerly devours, Unhapptly it will not elicit a reply. So said Mr. Kelly yesterday, while In earnest consultation with his lawyers. 1t wonid seem, indeed, he wasin no mood for speech, but | breierred to await the result of @ flank movement, which will furnish more excitement than the sur- | render of Metz, In otner words, Kaiser Kelly ia | bent on capturing bis foes by the process of the | law, and the indemnity to be demanded will be Known when the official documents are spread broadcast to the world. TRANSITS OF VENUS, Several of the sctentitic journals of Great Britaix have elaborate articles on the subject of the tran- sit over the sun, which will take place on the 9th of December next, and for the observation of which Queen Victoria’s government has voted a@ Sum of $125,000, supplemented by grants from the goverbments of France, Germany, Russia and the United states, There will be many stations, those for the English observers provably being the Island ot Woahoo, off the east coast of Australia; Kerguelen’s Island, aud Rodriguez .*laud, In the “bouth Indian’ Ocean, at Aucklau |, New Zealand, and at Alexandria. [t is tcongnt that Kussia will occupy about thirty stations, while France, Germany and the United States will tur- nish about twelve each. It appears that the obser- Vations ol the transit of 1769 Were due principally to Dr. Halley, who first suggested this mode of measuring tie distance of the sun trom the eartn in 1716, The transit which will occur on the 9th of December will not be visivie in England, but Wis. bo. distinctly seen in New Zealand, Australia, the Easi 'ndian Archipelago and various parts of Southern svia, lt appears that the transit of Venus which Wis observed by Captain Cook's ex- pedition at Otaheits ‘nm 1769 led to the caiculation that the distance Of the sun trom the earth was 95,300,000 miles, It has since veon considered— better astronomical instruments haVing come into use—that the distance 18 91,750,000 milés. The next transits of Venus will be on December 6, 1832; June 7, 2004; June 5, 2012; December 40, December §, 2125; June 11, 2247; June & 5} December 12, 2360; December 10, 2368, THE SEVENTH’ SEMI-CENTENNIAL The Seventh regiment was organized in 1824, and will celebrate its semi-centennial on the 6tn day of October by a parade tn the alternoon and by a banquet at Irving Hall in theevening, The A reporter visited yesterday the headquarters in this city of the executve committees of the | three pasties of the State—tue republicang, | the democrats and the liverais. The headquar- | ters of Republican Executive Committee are | at the Fiith Avenne Hotel, and of the democratic committee at the Metropolitan, while the liberals grace the St. Denis with their presence. | THE DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS at the Metropolitan Hotei are by far the most ele. gant, as they are the most spacious, and there is an air of liveliness and money-spending there which the republican headquarters lack. The rooms uccuyied by the Democratic State Com- are the two elegant parlors off the ladies’ parlor and another private re- room, being allogether the most desirable apartments in the house, and Jar | superior in point of attractiveness to those | formerly occupied by them atthe St. Nicholas, Clerks are busy answering letters irom corre- spol nts in all parts of the State, and prominent democrats keep poorihg 1D all day, some prompted | by curiosity and others by their interest in the | democratic cause, to see what is being done by | the State Committee. Among the prominent visi- tors yesterday were Senator Jonnson, of Seneca, } Who 18 no Grant Man aud opposed 10 the third | term; Attorney General Pratt, Smith M. Weed, D. William Govan, of Rockland ‘county; Juage Wheaton, of Poughkeepsie; Cyrus Swan, 0! Pougi- Keepsie; tue venerable Edward Cooper, and other tend the routine business and give directions ior its transaction. Mr. Swan, the Assistant Secre- tary, Says that the reports from the interior of the state are highly encouraging and that no de- tection in the party had been reported .rom any- Where, Some very astute correspondents nad written that the election of Dix was being re- | garded by republiceds a8 synonymous with | Grant's renomination jor a third term, and that Dix was consequently losing ground in many | places. Mr. Swan says the canvass will be very | active and that many promment speakers will | stump the State. Amony those already engaged is Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, ex-Pol Commissioner of St. Louis, who has been called by the German de1uocrats of the principal cities of the state, Mr. Swan Says that he has received ietters trom Ge man organizations who have always voted for | Dix and will now vote for Tilden, There is no doubt in the opinion of the leading democrats who were at the headquarters yesterday that tue mujority of the German vote will be cast tor ‘il Wise pretty equal contest. THE LIBERAL HRADQUARTER3, Veteran Association of the regiment, numbering over eight hundred exempt members, Will unite with the active members in this celebration, and Wil parade at two o’clock P. M. with the regiment. in the handsome uniform recently adopted. The line of march will be down Broadway to the Bat- tery, through Beaver, Broad, Wall and Pearl | streets and Maiden lane to Broadway, thus follows ing the usual route tor the military parades of halla ceutury ago. At the City Hah the regiment aad veterans Wil pass in review at half-past three o'clock P. M, belore the Mayor and Cominon Coun. | cil. and the Lord Mayor o! Dubtin and suite, The dinner at Irving Hall will be served by Del- Monico at seven o'clock P. M. There will be ac- commodations for 600 persons, and the places have been nearly all taken. The only invited guests are the President ot the United States, the Gover- nor Oo! the State, the Mayor of the city and such of , the ex-Coloneis of the regiment a8 are not mem- bers of the Veteran Association. The most dis- tinguished officers of the regiment in former years will speak to the regular toasta. and the in- Btrumental and vocal muse appropriate to the oo casion has been carefully selected. SUICIDE OF A STRANGER At three o’clock yesterday morning 4 man about tuirty-five years of age, Whose name is uuknown, jumped into the dock from pier 48 East River, and was drowned. The act was witnessed by John Walsh, a night watchman, who assisted in recov- erin the body, Coroner Eickhof wit! nold an in- quest a3 the Morgue, whither the remains were conveyed. SPREAD OF THB OATTLE DISEASE. More Than a Hundred Die from Its Effects. New Haves, Conn., Oct. 2, 1874. More than 100 fatat cases of the cattle disease | are reported to date, and the disease has broken outin the towns of Stafford and Tarriffvilie, A letter trom T. S, Gold, Secretary of the Con- necticut Board of Agriculture, reports several deaths in the northern part of this State from the true Texan cattie. The authorities were not aware of the presence | of the disease until several animals had died anu Cee, te the same herd bad been killed and sold for beef. STANLEY'S EXPLORATIONS, {From the London Post, Sept. 22.) Mr. Stanley, the American travelier, passed through Egypt in the commencement of the month at the St. Denis Hotel, were closed yesterday. The comuitiee occupy but one modest room, which 1s only open when tbey are in session, The pext Meeting of the committee will be heid Tuesday next, at three o’ciock. Gen- | eral Cochrane, who is the leading spirit ef this defunct party, says that it is not | certain whether the liberals will engage actively | iu the contest by sending speakers to stump the State or whether they wili be content with ob- serving @ passive attitude and merely advising their political Iriends turoughout the State what on his way to Zanzibar. Before entering the | country of the Great Lakes he will explore the Juba aud other rivers to the north of 2; bar, and endeavor to make himself acquainted with the reat seats of the slave trade in those districts. ie is taking out a yacht for that purpose. | THE MURDER OF PRENCH EXPLORERS IN APRIOA, {From the London Academy, Sept. 21.) wo do, They wouid, of course, be loyal to the prin- ¢c'ples prociaimed at the Convention, and work as hard 43 possiole against federal centralization of power and a third term. When asked whether the committee bad still the names and addresses of liberals in tue State General Cochrane replied, they had thousands o1 them, and also that the liberais of almost every county could boast of a regular organization. © The committee would advise their friends v1 the liberal cause to vote “ior the best men.’ General Cochrane declined to say whether the democratic candidate wouid not be sure, in any case, to deserve tuat distinction. AT THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, where the republican committee has pitched its tent there was but very little activity, andthe only prominent republicans who visited the three littie rooms on the Lwenty-ioarth street side of ihe house were Walter 8, Sessions, of Chautauqua; Hen- By A. Darling, and Mr, Latin, The secretary, Mr. Henry A. Glidden, seemed to be extremely ‘reti- cent on the subject of the advices from tue tuterior | Of the State, merely saying that they were ‘satis- The coinmittee is tn communication with a number of prominent republican speakers, Who will stump the Stute. On the subject oi a third term there seems also to be a good deal Me reti- the topic, whicn, thanks to the excitement started by the HERALD, appears to be among tne jorbidden Ones just now. ‘hat the repu hs will carry the Scate is, of course, the opinion generally expressed | among Me Visitors of tiie republican headquariers, EELLY-HAVEMEYER, eae a The Municipal Muddle and How It Will End=The Mayor’s Second State- ment. Like the pig wedged under the gate presenting diMiculties at both head and tail for its release, the result 01 the present interesting predicament in Which political potentates are endeavoring to involve each other will unquestionably be awaited hand the citadel has opened @ heavy fire, to which the enemy has responded, though somewhat tardily. There are weil posted skirmishers on both sides, and throughout the city shots are bang- ing away im all directions, The aged war- rior who has commenced the raid in his patriotic pronunciamiento lias called attention to the depredations of his ioe, and like Rolla, the high-toned Peruvian, steps forward with lus shin- ing cutlass to the front of the stage. Having sharpened it on the ragged edge of his intent, he dishing his weapon in the air, exclaims, ‘Come on? Then marshalling nis troops, the invaded party advances to the ight. Although bo deaths have been recorded there seems to be some ais. pute as to the namber oj prisoners taken, aud this question involves so Much arithmetic that the Main armies of the combatants have neither time nor taste to make minate inquiries. But the histury of this civic war is both orief and spicy. A gauntiet was thrown down and pickea up with characteristic gallantry, and between the Mayor and Mr. Kelly sume bandsome jeats in fencing have been displayed. An eazer multitude ‘Witnesses the exhibition. “Time”? las Dot yet been called ior the next round, and meanwhile tne sec- onds are bustly engaged in preparation jor the reat issue Which 1s to decide the fate of the con. estants. In an evil moment, however, cold water is thrown on the whole affair; Mr. Kelly deciines to make another statement, and that, too, in an age when statements are carried in the pocket, just as the sword Was wont to dangle at the side ui any gentleman. ‘This t jad affair, yet it is consoling to think (hat his opponent is Chivairous enough to consider the tastes and anticipations of @ large portion of the cher- isned taxpayers, for in a day or two he will again regale the interested throng with a narrative by way of supplement to his first heroic assauit. Along Other things he will assert, or reiterate, ratuer, that Mr. Kelly charged the county treasury ior juroré summoned to attend the Supreme, Superior and Common Pleas courts, tor which he was patd by the lawyers engaged io the A, Jp tua Wevenith koown ga the “gresahonnar GV causes: thab Be / On the one | summons regiments ot figures to his aid, and, bran- | incluged these under the The Geographical Society of Paris have received further details respecting the murder of MM, | Doarnaux-Dupéré and Joubert oy deserters of the | Champa tribe, which add little to what was already | known. It would appear that, when avout | seven days’ journey {rom Ghadames, they | were met by seven persons who declared they were perishing from hunger, and asked | their — hospitality. Their accqunt seemed 80 Satisfactory that, alter bell farnisned with food, they were admitted into the caravan. when, suddenly taking advantage of an unguarde | Moment, the new comers threw themseives upon |; MM. Dupéré and Joubert and their servant ' ahmed-ben-Zerma, and murdered them. The | Chambas then stripped them of their clothes and | carried off all their property, with the exception | of a few printed European books, which they lett upon the ground. ‘The account was brought | back to Ghadaimes by the camel drivers, | witnesses of the murder, who were spared by the assassins ag neutrals. Had the unlortunate travellers not fallen victims to the Cnambas | 1t is raost probable they would never have reached j the end o! their journey, a8 @ band of ten Tuare: Huggars were also on tueir track, but turned bac! when they heard the Chambas had effected their purpose. The guide, Nahécur-ben-Ettahur, who had arranged their murder witn the Chambas, had been sent to prison by the Caimacan of Ghadames revious to their departure, his bad faith having een discovered by the traveilers. It appears | that the Caimacan of Ghadames had entreated them to desist irom their jouruey to Gnat. Notwithstanding this catastrophe another ex. joration of the Sahara toward Timbuctoo is eing organized by M. Largea, 01 Geneva, | | | | THE EAST AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. | {From the Liverpool Post, Sept, 21.] | That the East Airican slave trade ts going on as briskly ag ever is proved by the capture, on the ith of August, of one of the largest cargoes of siaves which bas yet falien into the hands of our cruisers, A siave dhow was seized by Her | Majesty’s stip Vulture, and on being boarded was found to cvntain 41 men, 59 women and 137 chil- | dren, ali of them in a wretched condition, The | @how was burned, ana its Arab owners and crew | were taken to Zanaioar to be tried, whither alsf | the liberated Airicans were conveyed. A STREET OAR PASSENGEB/S COMPLAINT. New YORK, Sept. 29, 1874 To THE Epiror or THE HERALD:— ‘This morning, for the fourth time within ten days, I have been unfortunate enough to catch | car No. 3of the Broadway and University Place | Mme. I say unfortunate, for in tt I contracted an | attack of diphtheria, which was caused solely by | the neglect of tuat servant of the company whose business itis to see to itthat the windows and | doors of the cars can be shut in stormy weather. Some days ago | got aboard this oar and asked the conductor to raise the window in the southwest | corner of it. He tried but failed. Three times since | Ihave got aboard that car; to-day, fur tue last time, I hope, until that thoughtless carpenter, or whoever he may be, repairs that window. { asked | the conductor — to-day why the window had | not been fixed, He replied that he had several | times called the attention of the carpenter to it, Dut still 1b remains immovably open. F. M. REV, MR. HAMMOND'S EMPHATIO DENIAL, To THE Eprror OF THR HERALD:— An item in your journal of yesterday says that 1 deny most emphatically the charges of immorality brought against me, There were no criminal charges of any sort brought against me, so that ny dental on my part wonld be superfluous. The person who made the charge declares to me that the only thing he meant was ialsenood, and this arose, as | beueve, from & misunderstanding or a miscontraction of guage used by me publicly in reference to the Scott-siddons entertainment Y h last January. paisa te WALTER W. HAMMOND, Pastor of Bergen Baptist Cuurch, Jersey City, OrronRR 2 187k