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CHURCH AND STATE. The English Catholic Episcopal Mission to Bome—What the Bishops Will fay to the Pope. Lonpon, Nov. 19, 1874 ‘The odject of the journey of the English bishops to Rome is to obtain permission to pursue an independent course in case the British govern- ment should seek to restrict the liberty of action of the Catholic clergy. They will represent tothe Pope that they wish to respect the laws of England, anc. cannot blindiy accept such regulations as are imposed on Con- tinental bishops. SPAIN, The Carlists Operating in the Field Near Iran. HENDAYE, Nov, 19, 1874. The Carlists have again occupied positions around Irun, They have retaken Uyarzin and cut the railway and the wagon road to San Se- bastian. GERMANY. Legislative Party Tactics on the Bank Bill Question, BERLIN, Nov. 19, 1874. In consequence of the defeat of the government in the Reichstag yesterday on tne proposition to refer the Bank biil to a committee, the majority of the Reichstag will only nominate as members of the committee Deputies’ favorable to the Im- perial Bank, instea‘ of giving ail-parties an oppor- tunity to be represented, A New Prosident Chosen by the Reich- stag—Ministerialists Contented Under Defeat. BERLIN, Nov. 19---Evening, The Reichstag, this afternoon, by # unanimous vote re-elected Herr Forkenbeck President, MINISTERIALIST EXPLANATION OF THE ADVERSE VOTE. It 1s now denied that the vote of yesterday, oy which the Bank bill was referred toa committee, was @ government defeat. The result ts said to bave been actually in accordance with the wishes ol the government, which sought to bring the pressare of the majority to bear to induce the Federal Council) to change its attitude in regard to the bili under consideration. COUNT VON ARNIM’S. CASE. Legal Motions of the Prisoner Refused by the Court. BERLIN, Nov. 19, 1876, The Kainmergericht (State Court for the con- sideration of government cases) has disallowed protests of Count Yon Arnim against the refusal of the Court whicn released him from his first im- prisonment to refund bim bis ball, and also against his second arrest. OUTDOOR EXERCISE IN GNSOCIAL COMPANIONSHIP. Count Von Arnim is allowed to take walks of one hour daily, in the company of a policeman. ITALY. The Party of the Right Hold the Majority in Parliament. Roe, Nov. 19, 1874, Corrected returns from the elections for the Chamber of Deputies show that the Right hasa majority of 77. It ts probable that Signor Biancheri will be President of the Chamber. Police Action Against Radicalism—Agi- tators Isolated from Loyal Citizens. NaPLEs, Nov. 19, 1874. Sixty members of the Cammorristi were arrested vesterday. The government has determined to confine to a certain locality all persons suspected of delonging | to the Mata Association tn Stctly. RUSSIA. The Winter Fully Set In—Communication Im- peded. St, PETERSBURG, Nov. 19, 1874. The navigation of the Neva !s nearly ciosed for the winter. Ice is flowing into the river trom Lake Lagoda. The Bay of Cronstadt ts frozen over and commu- Bication by water with this city is interrupted, SHIPWRECK IN THE SEA OF MARMORA. | CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 19, 1874. A violent storm has swept over the Sea of Mar- mora, cuusing the wreck of mavy vessels, "AFRICA. rs The Egyptians Blockading a Fort of Commerce. ADEN, Nov, 19, 1874, Three Egyptian men-of-war are blockading the seaport of Berbera, Africa, and prevent the ship- q@ent of merchandise to this station. ENGLISH NAVAL OBSERVANCE. A British gunboat bas veen despatched to the blockaded port. THE WAR IN DARFOUR. The Sultan Said To Have Been Killed by the Exyptians. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 19, 1874, An Arabic paper says a force of Egyptians has captured Darfour, Africa, and Kiliod the Sultan. " ASHANTEE. een King Koffee Said To Have Been Formally De- posed—Commerce Dull on the Gold Coast. Loxpon, Nov, 19, 1874, Late advices from Cape Const Castle, at hand to- Gay, say it was rumored there that King Koffee of ashantee had been deposed and was succeeded by bis nephew. This change would have the effect of untting all the tribes on a friendly footing and restoring them to their former allegiance to the King of Ashantee. COMMERCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Trade on the Goid Coast was at a standstill. The general health of the Coast was improving. Heavy rains had talien. RAILROAD LITIGATION. The Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railroad Company in the Hands of a Receiver. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 19, 1874. The Daily News this afternoon publishes the fol- lowing in regard to the appointment of a receiver Yor the Indtanapolls, Bloomington and Western Rallroad Compan, Yesterday ufternoon, on the petition of several classes of the bondnolders of the Indianapolis, Biooming‘on and Western Ratiroad Company, General George B. Wright, of Columbus, Onto, Was appointed by the Circuit Court receiver of the coim- pany. The intelligence was first received in this bly this jorenoon, and astonished the lew who heard it, jor, although the financial condition of the road hag beeu discussed iamiliarly heretotore, it was the general feeling thatit had tided over the worst part of the storm, and Jor the juture had comparatively plain satiing. General Wrighs stands at the head of the West- ern Bureau of Railway Commissioners, appointed ander the Saratoga combination. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. THE ARGENTINE REVOLUTION. Peace Negotiations with the Inrargente—Gen- eral Mitre’s Troops Still Defiant. PERNAMBUCO, Nov, 17, 1874. The latest advices trom Buenos ayres state that the government is negotiating with the insur. | genta to bring about @ mutually satisfactory ter- mination of the diMculties. Jn the meantime hostilities continue. General Mitre Prepared for Battle. RIO JANEIRO, Nov. 18, 1874, Despatches received here trom Buenos Ayres state tbat the revolution continued without check. General Mitre, at the head of the rebels, was still confronting the government troops, | CENTRAL AMERICA. Presidential Election Politics= The Question of Church and State Loom- ing Up. Panama, Nov, 10, 1874, The Guatemala papers to the 10th ult, express sentiments of gratitude to the government of sal- vador, which has forwarded to that of Guatemala 500 bags of four, to be distributed among she poorer classes that suffered from the earthquake ot September last. The latter government nas also thanked that of Salvador for its travernal be- hevolence. The municipality of Amatitian has forwarded $500 to the government to aid the necessities of those who suifered by the eartnquake. In Quez- ango $700 were contributed voward a similar WE QUESTION OP CHURCH AND STATE. The Guatemaia press, while congratulating Pera on the precautions taken by the government there | against the Jesuits, regrets that Nicaragua con- | tinues to allow them an asylum in Central | America, i Nicaragua. | Exchanges from this Repuolic up to the 18th | ult, show that the politica: atmosphere is coa- siderably troubled and bodes misciiel, on account of the amount of party bitterness that bas at- tended the election tor President of the Repubitc, “It was hoped,” says the £t Porrenir de Nicara- | gua, “that alter the election had been decided matters would have calmed down. On the con- trary, the party which lost at the polls accuses the authorities of foul play, and threatens violent measures. The party that nas gained is oaturaliy alarmed and arming in case of eventualties. The country is thusin danger. [tis proposed by the chieis of the liberal party to invite the conserva: tives to @ conierence decide on the basis of peace." THE PRESIDENT. On the 4th of Octover the people of Managua voted en masse for Pedro Joaquin Chamorro ior President. The Semanal Nicaraguense of the 10th ult. says | “the elections have beep carried on with @ great | deal of order in Managua.” ‘The city of Leon went for Selva, THE OLD STORY. The mode of conduct of the election 1s com- | lained of. The government is charged with hav- ing unduly influenced the voters. At Managua voting was carried on in private houses with strong guards of soldiers, and even | cannon, to keep away all those of the Selva-Guz- man party. nty citizens were arrested. The | same happened at Marraya and Granada. i Colombia. Nothing of importance has transpired in the Re- | public since the departure of the steamship on the 7th inst. | i CUBA. i | | A letter from Havana, dated November 14, says Tumors were in circulation that Captain General Concha was about to resign or be superseded, | MIXING THE NATIONALITIES, | Two fishermen, who were arrested a short time ago and were revorted to be citizens of the United States, prove to be Italians, and are in jail on charges of smuggling, UTAH. A Mormon Bishop Arrested as an Accom- plice in the Mountain Meadow Mas- | | | | | sncre. « | Satt LAKE City, Nov. 19, 1874. A telegram from Beaver, Utah, to-day says Bishop William H. Dame was arrested at his resi- dence, at Parowan, lron county, Utah, to-day, by a deputy United States marshal, on an indictment jor murder in connection with the Mountain Meadow massacre. ‘Lwo more men (Mormons) appeared before the Third District Court to-day and paid their dnes for iNegal voting at the last election. THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. A Protest from the Colored People of | Rhode Island. | NEWPosr, Nov. 19, 1874, | The colored citizens of this place have forwarded to B. T. Eames, representative in Congress from the Eastern aistrict, a petition praying for the passage of the supplementary civil rights bill. They oppose the national convention to be held | Next month in Washington on the ground that tt is untimely and that they regard it politic to await for events and speak at a later day. 1 com- pelled to speak at pressot they argue it would nave to de in substance that they were painiully disappointed with the republicans; that in defer- ence to their rights they had oot encouraged steadiness and inspiration among colored voters, However, should the proposed convention be heid George T, Downing Will represens and act therein for the colored people in tuls section of the State | as he may think proper. CHATTANOOGA ELECTION. | CHATTANOOGA, Tend., Nov. 19, 1874. | The hardest fought political contest known here jor years came off to-day at the municipal elec- tion. Mr. James, republican, was elected Mayor by 217 majority, & gain of seventy-five over nard’s vote in the State election. SOUTH OAROLINA. Champberlaine’s Majority—The Health ef Charleston. CHARLESTON, Nov. 19, 1874. + Chamberlaine’s majority fur Governor is 10,667. | The Board of Health to-day decided to discon. | tinue their weekly mee!ings as unnecessary, and | passed a resolution declaring it periectly sale for | Sirangers to visit the city. THE NEVADA LEGISLATURE | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19, 1874 The Nevada Legisiature will stand—Senate, Tepublicans 18, democrats 7; Assembly, democrats 11, republicans 31, WAL) 3. The republican majority on joipt ballot is 22. CANADIAN COMMUNISTS FIGHTING. MONTREAL, Nov. 19, 1874, Avery serious fight occuried in this city this morning in tbe house of a newly arrived French. | man named Dubois, living on Craig street, which resulted in the wounding of one man so severely that he is not expected to live and the staboing and cutumg of jour or five otbers in a horribie manner, Ail the parties interested are Com. munists, not long over irom Paris, A Philadelphia Doctor Shot while in the Bedroom of a Lady Patient. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 19, 187% Christian Hansen and his wife have been com- mitted to answer & complaint of Dr. W. H. Wevill. The latter being Weir family physictan, was visit- Ing the wife, who enticed him into ber chamber to jook at some new furniture, and while there tne | husband rushed tn with a loaded pistol and threat | ened to shoot him uniess he signed & paper ac. | knowledging improper conduct. This the Doctor retused to do, when the wife pushed him down on the bed, and While in this poston the husband shot him, inflicting & Wound iw his knee rendering | amputation necessary, | Dr. Wevull now states that he does nov believe that Hansen (ntended to shoot him, but that the weapon Was discharged during the scule between | thsi after Hansen had threatened him with e pistol. AID FOR THE NEBRASKA SUFFERERS. OMagA, Nov. 19, 1874, Generai Ord received $4,000 trum the Branch Ald | Society at Cleveland, to-day, tor the sufferers in the grasshopper districts, | ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF CHARLIE R088. | Quznxo, Canada, Nov. 19, 1874. | It is sav that the lony lost Charite Ross has been discovered in this city. From inquiries it appears there 18 some foundation for the rumor, } | @ commercial course. WASHINGTON. The Executive Denies That Minister Washburne Was Sent For. He Is Not To Succeed Mr. Fish in the Cabinet. Rights of American Citizens in Turkey. THE INTEROCEANIC Judge Durell's Chances of Escape from His Impeachment. CANAL, Wasurctoy, Nov. 19, 1874 Concerning the rumored recall of Mr. | Washburne from Paris the President states most positively that no telegram has been ; sent to Mr. Washburne indicating that his assistance is required at Washington in rela- tion to the recent republican defeats which might necessitate a change of Cabinet minis- ters. Moreover, the President declares that Mr. Washburne’s advice is not wanted, and that he will not succeed Mr. Fish or anybody else. He has no knowledge of Washburne’'s return home. He has, he declares, the best possible reason to know that Mr, remain in Paris, Proclamation by the President Accept- ing the Jurisdiction of Certain Otto- man Courts Over American Citizens in Protection of Their Right to Hold Real Estate in Turkey. The President has issued a proclamation recit- 1Dg that the act of Congress approved in March last authorizes him to accept for the citizens of the United States the jurisdiction of certain tri- buansis in the Ottoman dominions und Egypt, established or to be established, under tne | | famous midnight order, and subjecting the peo- | | that Juage Durell had exceeded his authority. The affair of September 14 last, and suosequent acts, it 18 claimed, fully justify the belie: that | Judge Durell only did his duty in issuing bis ple of New Orleans to the control of federal troops. THE ARKANSAS QUESTION. Interviews of St. Louis Reporters with | Judge Poland—A Variety of Opinions Calculated to Please All Parties— | Smith’s Claim to the Governorshtp | Pronounced Worthle: | St. Louis, Nov, 19, 1874 | Judge Poland, Chairman of the Congressional | Committee to investigate the Arkansas affairs; Judge Wilshire, member of Congress elect irom | the Little Rock district, and Colonel Hynes, pres- ,| VARIOUS PLANS DISCUSSED. RAPID TRANSIT. ——_ Thurlow Weed in Favor of an Express | Track for Third Avenue. Another Application To Be Made to the Legislature for a Charter to Build a@ Quick Transit Road. ent member for that district, arrived here yester- day, and several interviews with them are pud- | shed, but they differ in some material respects. | Tn one account Judge Poland, tt is asserted, said the Garland government recently elected ts trying | to act fairly; and Garland, although not possessed of very great moral force bimsel!, and being sur- rounded by astrong element of perbaps the vicious sort, is trying to do well. The Baxter faction sus- tains the Garland government, while the Brooks men sustain Lieutenan’ Governor smith. The | PROGRAMME OP THE BKOOKS PARTY | evidently is, in ihe event of the federal govern- | ment iavoring Smith fora seatin the guberna- | torial chair, to press the Brooks-Bixter sult. | which Is still pending tn the court, in the hopes of | reseating Brooks as the legally elected Governor, If, however, Smith 1s seated as Governor by fed- | eral force he will have to be maintained there oy the same power; out Judge Poland does not think | Buc action Will be taken. Smith, he says, is n0 more Governor than Baxter was, and he thinks the authority of the latter was gained by fraud, Smith 18 a trebrand, and Jor his sake and the sake Of the State it isa good thing that he has fled. His claims to the Governorship are worth. | less, and there is Uitte ikelinood o1 their being | Diade Ww appear Ol any vaiue to the President, ANOTHER INTERVIEW. Another says:—Juage Foland asserts that al- | though both Baxter and Brooks have disappeared from the puiltical arena, yet tae question how at | tssue 1s which of them was elected Governor in | Washburue will | authority of the Sublime Porte and of the govern- | ment of Egypt, and, there/ore, he ts authorized for the penefit of American citizens residing in the Turkish dominions to accept the recent law of the | Ottoman Porte ceding the right of foreigners to possess immovable property in sald dominions, | Baxter candidates. | Polana The proclamation contains the text of the protocol | between the United States and Turkey, in wnich itis stated that the law granting loreigners tno 1872, The new constitution, Poland says, Was con- | ceived and adopted ina very irregular manne Toe old constitution provided for amendmen only, and prescribed the method for their ado, lon; and power was delegated to ihe General As- sembly of the state to submit the question to the | people whether or not they would bod a constitu. tional convention. Thus it appears that the action j ot the Arkansas Legislature in the premises Was | Without authority and wholly irreguiar. A paral- | lei case 10 tis Mr. Poland finds in the celebrated | Dorr rebellion tn Rhode Island, more than a quar: | ter of acentury ago, Lhe hopes and a:ubition of | Smith rest upon the illegality of tue constitution, | Baxier, with Lieutenant Governor Smith and tne whole radical ticket of 1870 were elected for four Years, less wan one half ol wnich they had served wnen the new election, held under the new con- | stitution tmis sali, provided their successors, In case the beW Constitution should be declared tn- valid, Of course, the present State goverumeut would no longer eXercise tue duties al present in- cumbent upon if, and the question would recur to the e.ection o1 1372 4s between the Brooks aud | Touchitlg this matter Judge Ireely expresses the conviction that Brooks received a jarge majority o! th» vores cast. ‘The testimony taken beiore the Congressioual Committee plainly indicaies this, and it is rendered stl more probabie, in Mr. Poland’s | view, oy the fact that tne demucracy right of holding real estate does not interfere | with the immunities specified by treaties and which will continue to protect the person and property of foreigners who may become owners of real estate, As the exercise of this right of possessing real property may duce foreigners to establish themselves in larger number in tne Ottoman Empire, ths impe- rial government thinks it proper to anticipate and to prevent the dificulties to which the appli- cation of the law may give rise in certain locali- ties, and such 1s the object of the establishment of the rules which follow this declaration. The right of defence and the publicity of the hearings are assured in all cases to foreigners who may ap- Pear beiore the Ottoman tribunals as well as te Ottoman suojects. Asa part of the proclamation isadded the law conceding to foreigners the right of holding real estate in the Ottoman Em- | pire, passed January, 1867, by which foreigners, proprietors of real estate In town and country, are placed upon terms of equality with Ottoman subjects tn all things that concern their landed Property. The President has caused the protocol | and law to be made public for the information and guidance of citizens of the United States. The [nteroceanic Canal—Meeting of the Commission—The President in Favor | ef Beginning the Work. On the 30th inst. the Commission for the exami- nation of the interoceanic canal routes—General Humphries, Chief ot the Engineer Corps, U. 5. A. Professor Peirce, of the Coast Survey, and Com- modore Ammen, Chief of the Bureau of Naviga- tion, Navy Department—will meet in this city tor the purpose of considering the reports already made as to the practicability of the proposed ship canal. The most important of the reports, that of Engineer McFarland, will hardiy ve ready by that time, but saficient information will de furnisned the President to enable him to speak ot the sut- Ject in fis forthcoming Message. The cnolce is between Nicaragua and Darien, the Tehuantepec route requiring tuo many locks. The Nicaragua route, it is understood, has ihe President's ap- Proval, and is considered certainly practicavie as There is but little hope for jurthering the project ip the coming session of ; Congress, and if something is not done toward encouraging the work this winter the next Con- gress will hardly consider it worthy o1 support on President Grant's recommendation, The Prest- dent is anxious something should be done to inan- | gurate this work before his term expires, Revenue Cutters as Wrecking Vessels. Under the provisions of the act of Congress of the 24 of December, 1837, for the relicfot distressed | Ot the questiun in- | vessels during the severe portion of the season, | the President has designated the toilowing rev- | enue cutters to cruise along the Atlantic coasr, from St. croix River to Hatteras Inlet:—Thne steamers Woodbury, from Eastport to Penovscot Bay; the Doboin, trom Mount Desert to Rockland; the Dallas, irom Penobscot Bay to Cape Ann; the Gallatin, from Portsmouth, N. H., to Nantucket; | the Dexter, from Nantucket to Montauk Puint, and Stonington, outside and inside of Block Island; the Active, {rom Buzzard’s Bay to Vineyard sound Montauk Point and New Haven; the Grant, from Block Island along the outside of Long Island to Harbor to Fortress Monroe; the Coliax, Chincoteague to Hatteras Inlet; the Seward, from the capes of Florida to Tampa Bay. The revenue marine service was never vefore in a better con- dition to render service of this character better | than at the present time. Protection of American Miners in Mex- ico from Native Violence. A despatcn has been received at the Navy De- partment from Rear Admiral Almy, commanding the North Pacific station, stating that the United Statos steamer Saranac went to La Paz, Mexico, to inquire into the alleged wrongs committed by Mexicans against American mining interesis in that nection, and stating that the vessel 1s still there. It had been found that tne military au- thorities, under the orders of one of their judges, bad seized upon a lot of four belonging tothe company, upon the ground that it was not Gt tor use, DULIt Was subsequentiy restored. The gen- eral complaint was that namberiess robberies and murders were committed, and no steps were taxen by the proper authorities to lerret out or arrest the culprits. protect Amer:can citizens and their interests, The Farragut Monament Commission. ‘The commission, consisting of General Sherman, | Mrs. Farragut and secretary Robeson, appointed by Congress to select a statue of the late Admtrat Farragut, met here to-day and examined models | presented by Horatio Stone, Vinnie Ream and other artists, but @ conclusion will not be reached for several days. Judge Durell To Be Left in Ofice—“He Did Bat His Duty.” Bat one impeachment vase remains to be dis- posed of by the House, that of Judge Durell, and it ts understood the Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary wul not press it to a vote, and Judge Durell will remain in oMce, The reason for non- Action Will be that the case was begun iam the belief voted alnivst unanimously ior Brooks as agaiust | Baxter. Of the p.ospects tor un early settiement very hopetul maoner. He regards the Issue avect- Ing the validity of (he new constitution us one of very grave importance, und inasmuch us it is a | strictly iegal question ke gives nu opinion what- ever respecting it. ‘the Judge aiso said che testi- mony before his committee Was about vonciuded, but the people seemed to have a greater feeling of security with such a boay in their midst, and | He thereiore | asxed earnestly for its retention. appointed Hon. J. D. Ward a sud-committee, and jeit him at Little Rock with @ sergeant-at-arms and areporter. He will doubtless dnd somethin; to occupy his time and attend to. Judge Poin has gone to Washington at the call o: Attoruey General Williams, Senator Dorsey’s Election to be Inves- tigated. LITTLE RooK, Nov. 19, 1874. A joint resolution was introduced in the Senate | to-day and passed to a second reading, appointing a Joint committee to inquire into the manner of the election oi Senator Dorsey. [ue resolution will undoubtedly pass, and the whole matter re- ceive a thorough investigation, All Quiet Throughout the State. LITTLE ROCK, Nov. 19, 1874, Everythirg ts quiet throughout the State. Nothing nas yet been heard of the whereabouts of Smita or Wheeler. Strange Developments Before the Re: turning Board—Tampcring with the Returns from the St. James Parish. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 19, 1874. The Returning Board found the St. James parish returns correct autil reaching roll seven, whicn showed one hundred more votes for Bovee, inde- pendent repu lican, lor the Senate, and others, tnan accredited them by the tally lists in the hands of the Conservative Committee, The latter protested against the count betng received, on tne ground of irauduiency. A memver oi the commit- tee presented a statement in wiiting showing he could prove tne returus Irom St. Jaues had veen taken out of the hands o1 tne Secretary of State alter their ortginal delivery. He disclaimed any intention ol charging the Secretary Oi State with | Knowingly comuncung any wrong, but he could prove the returns nid deen so removed. Consideravle excitement ensued when a second return trom the same roll was discovered agreeing with the statement kept oy the conservatives, thus proving the returns had been tampered with, The latter returns were couated by the Board, and the protest was withdraw: The Secretary of State Denies the Tam- pering Trouble Over the Retarns from Carroll Parish. New ORLEANS, Nov. 19, 1874. Secretary of State Desionde, in a communication tothe Returning Boers, referring to the charges that St. James parish returns had been tampered with while in his custody, says :—- ‘This office hasnot now nor has ttever had charge or custody of any parish returns of the iate election except fy that of Orleatis, as directed YY law. and these remain the same seated package as delivered to me. A member o( the conservative committee stated the information of the St. James trreguiarities ; came trom George E. Bovee, who satd he nad | access to the ofllce of the Secretary of State in the Campbell, irom New London to Block Islan, | i | Great Egg Harbor; the Hamilton, from Great Egg , from | connection with said returns. Counsel for Mr. Ela, colored radical Senatorial candidate, called for the returns of Carroid parish, alleging the re- turns had not been made out correctly, and that his client received 533 votes more than was shown | in the official statement. A member of the Conservative Committee pro- tested against the counting of the returns irom | carroll parish en the ground that the election was | tiiegally conducted and the returns tampered wiin | tering the election returns | Rouge, and gave vail to appear (for sxamination | The Saranac was to remain there to | after reaching New uricans, they baving oeen in the hands of Mr, Benham (white), radi- cai Senatorial candidate, who was seen to have the tally sheets spread out on a@ table, upon which were pens and ink. The Carioll parish returns were laid over fill next week, and the Board resumed the city count. Gabe Bebee was arraigned vefore United States Commissioner Emmet D. Craig, da ts with ale (rom West to-morrow, LOW WATER IN THE HUDSON, 1 Preights Detnyed—Serious Loss to Shippers Anticipated. POUGHREEPSIB, Nov. 19, 1874 Fi ‘The fall freights from and along the Upper Hud- | son are being seriously delayed, in covsequence of | the extraordinary low water in the river, caused | Most generally by nis time all | by want of rain, tie streams are swollen by heavy rains, Dut this jail scarcely any has fallen, A sudden cola snap may shut off navigation ao quickly tnat serious loss may resuit to shipper: THE RIVER 8T. JOHN CLOSED, Effects of Low Water—Lamber Ope: tions Retarded. St. Jouy, N. B., Nov. 14, 1874. The St. John River was closed for good to-aay, Three steamers Milled with treight left for Frederic- ton this morning, bat could not get within twenty miles of the town, The water tn the river ts jower this fail Lhan it has been tor Afty years. Want of rain th the swamps and lumber woods ts lukely to retard lumver operations, SNOW FALL, Omana, Nov, 10, 1874 Three inches of snow {ell here to-day. ; construction | am not prepared to say, jor that duage Poland does not speak in 4 | Baton | Mr. Thurlow Weed was visited last evening at his house in West Iwelfth street by a HeRALD representative, in order that his views might be obtained on the much vexed question of rapid transit, and further, that some indications might | be gathered in regard to the policy likely to be | pursued by the Third Avenue Railroad Company, | oO! which be 1s one of the directors, Mr. Weed, tn | apswer to numerons questions put to him, sai | There appears to be a notion abroad among the people of New York that the Third Avenue Rail- | road Company have obtained a charter trom the | Legisiature authorizing them to construct a rapid | transit road. This isaitogether a mistake, for we have no sucit charter. We applied for one last | year, but did not succeed in getting tt passed. It Was passed by the Assembiy, but fatied to is | througn th: Senate, We applied for this charter | in periect good faith, and, bad we obtained tr, should nave without doubt constructed a road, Of ; Course as to Whether it Would pay as to construct and run such @roud isa matter of great uncer. | tainty, for RAPID TRANSIT IS A PROBLEM which has yet to be soived. The appiication on | our part was made, in the first piace, to protect | our own interests and property, which is of great | value; and, second, to meet the views oi the | Public, Had we succeeded in getung our bill ! through voth houses and it had tecome law the road would undoubtedly pave been built, for it | was only after the most earnest and mature | deliberations o2 the partof the directors and | others interested that any steps were taken in the matter. What would have been the plan of was & matter Which was not iuliy determined | on, nor has it been discussed with us since, PROBABLE ACTION THIS YEAR, We have jately had an entire change In the ad- ministration the company’s aftairs, 4 new president has been elected, and, in tact, a new or- | der ol things has been established. Lhis change | cannot, in iny vpinion, but inure to the general | | good of the road in every way. Of course, tnts | | | being the case, there hag been but little opporiu- / mity Jor the Board to ¢horoughiy discuss what | shail be done in tne future, much less to dectde upvo any such important matter as the course | to be pursued In rei@rence to the position whica | shali be assumed by Us on rapid transit. For myself | 1 can say that Lam very muca io favor of another | application being made to the Legisiature jor a | charter. There is 10 be a special meeting of the | | Board of Directors on Monday next, and [ shall | strongly advocate some action. But what would | be the best plan on which to construct a road ts a | matter which would requite great deliberation, | and at the present momett lam not prepared to | give any definite expression of opinion. As far | asf have considered the question { am rather | inclined vo believe tnat an elevated or | A SUSPENDED ROAD ; built sometning like a suspension bridge would be | the best. ‘This, however, is merely a crude idea | of my own, and would have to be deliberated on | | and ‘considered tn a multiplicity of bearings such | aS Would naturally be brought up by tne vast in- | ; terests invoived, ‘That the city is in great need | of some road by which quick travel can be made there cannot be the slightest doubt, but there is a grave doubt as to whether such an enterprise wouid pay. ‘here have been, I know, many | charters granted ior rapid cransit roads, but so iar they have been of no practical’ utility | | for the reason, as I believe, that most | of vhese schemes are impracticable, | owing to the heavy cost of the construction. ‘This | consideration has prevented the promoters of | these proposed roads from obtaining the neces- | sary capital with wuich they could alone proceed | | to build, tor people have, when they have gone | into the matter, readily discovered that the ex- | pense to be incurred Would preclude any idea of | ever muking the concerns pay. 1 | the case inrezard to the Giloert Elevated road | and tne Beach Underground road. It ts true the | tormer did commence oyerauions last year by putting down a tew joundation stones, but this was merely to comply with the terms ol the char- ter and to prevent it from a an Beach Cuderground Railway AN IMPRACTICABLE PROJECT, for the reason that they coula never build tt, owing to the uiiticulties to be encountered in tun- neiling through tne middie and upper portions of | | the city, which is composea Of a strata of hard | Mint rocks, every toot of which would nave to be | | driied and blasted out. O1 course their plan 13 ; Al ig good so lar as the iower section of New | York is ‘concerned, where nothing but the soit ; sand has to be encountered; but uniortunately | lor them this joundation 1s only to be met with up to within @ short distance abuve Canalstrect. Ag @ proo! that there is but little reason to look for- | ward to the building o/ these roads alreasy char- | tered, | merely repeat what [have previvusly said, | that they have not succeeded in getting together the required capital, notwithsiauaing that they | have ail made strenuous eiforts to secure it among | American capitailsis as Well as aMung similar par- | tes in Europe, There 1s the NEW YORK ELEVATED ROAD, which is now running up as iar as Thirty-fourth street. This tg the on!y road which has thus tar | done anything toward complying with the terms | dashed the car jumped a curve with great force and tambled over | BOOTS an etal Trusses | ELAstic TRU: ‘rhe proposed | look upon as | 7 4 TERRIBLE PLIGHT. A Lady Swept Over an Embankment In ® Hoi Car and Dangerousiy In: jured. Yesterday morning an accident occurred on the side road leading to West Hoboken which may Prove fata! in its consequences. A young lady re- | siding tn Franklin street, on the Heights, walkec toward the elevaroron the hiil-side and took 4 Seat in car No. 17, waiting the arrival of the next car to convey her to the ferry. While 3ne waa sitting within a number of mischievous boys jumped on the platform and loosened the brake. Tne car moved very slowly at first down the steep road, but rapidiy increased ita Swiithess aiter a few moments. The aftrignted boys jumped off, leaving the lady alone witnin, On with a tremendous velocity, the wail, falling tem jeet intoa garden near the Haif Way House, The car was smashed to ptecess | the glass few in all directions, severely cutting tie lady, whose arm was broken by the crash. She also sustained serious internal injuries. Medical aid was at once procured and she was taken to her home, The ringleader of the young Orchins Was arrested last evening. 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A large and choice collection of Books, In various de- partmnents of literature, comprising a selection of Works on History, Biography, Voyages and travels, includim: ma.iy rare Books reinting to America, valuable ses Books in choice bindings, adapted alike tor public and private libraries, &c.. and including many works which t is believed have not been berore offered at public auo- tuon in this city, to be sold by auction Monday, Novem- | ber 23, and the tollowing evenings, commencing at 7% | o'clock. The following Books are included in the catalogue and o1 their charter, by putting into operation a por- | tion oF the proposed jine, they have tne right to | gorignhtup to the Hariem River and to lay double track, but | question whether it would ever | Pay, lor the reason that | strongly fancy people are arant fo trust themseives on such + line which lvoks 80 frail a8 to convey a strong im- | pression O! insecurity aud daoger. It may, how- ever, be most secure, but | should not care to ride on it myself, and there are doubtless thousands and thousands of people in the city who have the | same opinion of tt that I have. qT NDERBILI” ROAD, when the cutting 1s finished alung Fourto avenue, williurnish good rapid transit to and from Forty- | | Second street, but this scarcely meets all the re- | | quirements of the case, ior whatis wanted is a | means of getting, suy, from the City Kali to the | Harlem River in a reasonaoiy short space ot time, and i one tad to ride iu a horse car as iar as | Forty-second street, then wait ior @ train there, | but little would be gamed, | Por the present Ido not see what is to ve done; but there Is time belore the meeting ot the Legis- lJavure fur discussion Of tue suvject and tor sume | de.toerate plan to oe adopted and pressed through ty completion, For my part i shail earnestiy ad- vocate some action being taken by our toad, Furtier, [must say | am greatiy im tavor for tue presegtof some such piaD being put m force as {iat proposed by “F.C.” in bis letter fo the | | | | | | HERALD to-car—viz., of a third track ior express | cars on our or and the Second avenue. This idea L mean to lay velore the Board ai the meeting on Mondays, aod hope some activo | will De iaken in regard tot. Suen a line vy whico express ours could ve run down town in tne morn- tng and up town in te evening When the crushis | greatest Would gndoudtedly oe a great boon, especially as these cars would only be allowed to stop atsrated intervals like steam cars, There | are, of course, Many Jetaiis to be considered and discussed beiore such an improvement could be | Put into (angible shape. 1 think, however, giving | @ hasty opimion as 1 do now, that our directors | Will ayprove of the idea ana will endeavor to put | | it into practical shape. Such a track would ve ol immense service to the company as Well as to the public, for the trafic along our line of road | is now 80 great that we can scarcely | accommodate it. Let mo sas, too, that should we Succeed 1D obtaining a charter for a rapid transit ' road we suould sil conunue our Pre, line, so | | &8 to meet the demands of the local trac, | | In concluding the conversation, Mr. Weed said he did vot consider that the general tramMo on | Third avenue need ve interrupted very greatly vy | the oulding of a rapid transit road, woich need only, he thought. ovcupy the cenire of the street; but still any avenue through which any rapid | tra: Jess devoted to it, preventing, 6 were, anything | mers. seinckctasnbl du nieliccabaects i TRINITY. PARISH CHOIRS, A sacred concert was given In St. Jonn’s Chapel last night dy the (our choirs of Trinity parish, | Onder the direction of their several leaders, Mr. | A. HL. Messtter, of Trinity church; J. A, Cornell, of | St. Paul's; U. EB. Horsley, of St. Jonn’s, and W. B Gilbert, of Trinity chapei. 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