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WASHINGTON. Reference of the President’s Recommen- dations by the House. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEBT. Details of the New Scheme of Government. ‘A Last Struggle for Harmony. in the Republican Ranks. ‘Tre Senatorial Caucus on Southern Troubles. the Wasnineron, Dec, 9, 1874, Whe Seteders From the Republican Party Not Too Eager to Depart—A Strong Effort to Secure Harmony—The District Debt and the President’s Ve- racity. In the House the debate on the Kelley bill went ‘over, because Mr. Dawes, who has the floor, was too hoarse to speak, and because it was not de- Sirable to come to @ vote to-day. The bill will Probably be defeated. It has, at any rate, no ‘hance in the Senate. Mr. Keiley has got down drom’his high horse, and does not intend for the present to leave the party, even if he is badly ‘beaten. General Butler is Dow the only one who | ‘appears ready to step ashore, and there 4s a dis- ‘Position in some quarters to put out a plank for bim whenever he wishes. But even ne may think better of it. There seems to be leas desire to keep "men in the ranks by force than was expected. There are in fact signs that the republican panto "May subside and that a strong effort will be made to bring the party into harmony with itself and with the administration. In tne House to-day Mr, Hale, of Maine, raised anexcited discussion over a charge of Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, that the | President had understated the District debt. Mr. Hale defended the Pre~ident with great vigor. A Kind of Economy for One's Neigh- bor—Our Patriot Staicsmen an Ex- ample. Economy is not yet the order of the day. Every- body in fact woula like everybody else to be eco- NomicalL The President recommends economy to Congress, but thinks it would be wise to subsidise Steamsbips. Senator West would like to combine economy with a government telegraph from Washington to Boston, to be worked by, the Post emcee clerks, and to give everybody telegraphic messages at cost. Senator Beots deciined to commit himself in favor of a guarantee of interest on the bonds of the Texus Pacific and Atlantic and Pacific railroads, bat introduced a bill to that effect, nevertheless, to-day. Mr. Page thinks Sacramento ought to have a post office, at a cost, to begin with, of $100,000, The lambermen—the men who own saw- milis and timber lands—protest against the Cana- Gian Reciprocity Treaty, which would give us cheap aumber. Is a Republican Inquest Desirable. Two members of Congress to-day, discussing the Bdvisability Of a repablican caucus, one remarked that he had not heatd of one being called and dia mot see what object there woula be in holding a gaucus, except in the capacity of a coroner’s jury. The “Gag Law’ To Die Hard. The Gag law will not be repealed without vigor- gus opposition, both in tne House and Senate. AMistrtct of Columbia—Thre Spectal Com- mittee’s Scheme ot Reform. The report of the special Committee on the Dis- triet of Columbia, submitted by Senator Morrill, of Maine, in support of the bill embodying a new scheme of government, gives the following scheme of government :— As to a frame of government. obse: their instrac- don and the constituticnal \umitations on the lsat power, and having regard to. proper efficiency of ad- Jinistration and ot official responsibility, the commit- tee have deemed it necessary to make ‘the new gov- ernment for the District a department in the govern- went of the United States, stri limited to the affairs of id District. At the bead of thisdepartnentshall be a of general control, designated a “board ot regents,” three Oat and to be sopointed by the President and confirmed by the mate, with a certain tenare of office, and removable only for cat to exercise the chief executive au: iy with limited and defined i 8 duties and 0] to proper boards are aj pointed by the regents, exce, t as to & portion of the members of ted by inhabitants, and excens, juread ot Public Works, the head o! which is to be detailed by the President from the En- gineer corps of the army, have a certain tenure of office, re removable by the regents for cause. They relate embrace the entire civil service of the District, as talls under the executive departments and are deno ted the is of Education. of Police, of Excise, of Public forks, Fire and of Bulldit Congress of omerrassing t ny the view of relieving tails ot strictly manicipal affairs, it has been thong! nt a framewor! veo ae desirable to prese Souud be adcainist To ac ing, ill- ree! toenter into details Feist ingly the latter course h: Ropaseateg fants will be found a Publicity of official action, certainty as to responsibility for abuses giicteney is, the pub- vice and protection to individual rights. Authority ordinances and regula- jereby conterred upon ed as extensive as the local interests are likely to ee rane milf Lon has been revived, and a limited com gy 4 inexpensive torce provided for, med ite. however, to any demands for its ser- ‘vice which may be anticipaced. The jndicial courts, Co erre ‘upon the basis of statutes of the United States. quite independent of local control, to fall within the scone of share attenlion, except as to the Police Coart, in regard to whic! certain provisions are wit the view of efficiency and spatch {n the transaction of business. its et lishment of « municipal court is also provided for, having exclusive civil jar fiction of matters non- cognizable by Jastices of the Peace, and thus supersed- the office and jurisdic! of said justices; and in ition Prats it ts provi led that shy Judge ot sald tebe a at may, under such regulations ay may be rit by. the Ge hie Court of the District, be dea- ited by the Chiet Justice of said Court to hold a term sessions of the Poli ourt, with the view of tacili- the business thereia. rovision is made for the assessment and collection of @ tax upon the real and personal estates of the inbabi- ‘tants jof the district, except such as are exempt by law, atthe supposed medium rate of $20n the $100, the vala- for such taxation being the true vaiue thereot as debtor and creditor. the oe and cause. ie taxes to the Collector of Internal e ety collected im paid into the United States Teasufy, and all sums provided for fre source whatever are asury of the bay yf from an ‘to be collected and paid into the States in lik: all payments for salaries Sarprnes tess ind tor other purposes are to be made by tne Treasucer.o ike States upon Serrevraons. 1 ‘under the co! ofannual reports Te President, to be transmitied to O Jar statement of the public service fo pas spptication made of all public moneys, with siatereents of the expense in each bureau and separate of sald government. Whe Republican Senatorial Caucus—The Southern State Governments, ‘The repubditcan Senators spent about an nour and a naif in caucus this afternoon on the subject of Arkansas affairs, but adjourned without coming fo any conclusion. Only a few Senators expressed shomeelves in favor of intervention, and even ‘nese were not agreed as to the exact form of Movement, Others were disposed to post- pome action, a8 the present condition of the Brate did not seem to justify Congressional mea- sures, all accounts representing the people gen, erally to be satished with their present govern- men}, with no cause ior violent disturbance. The question of the condition of Louisiana aiso becom- ing involved several Senators said it would be sound on examination that the governments of ong or twe of the other Southern States had no more legal existenee than that of Louisiana, and therefore there should be an investigation con- cerning ail of them in order to establish their va-~ nts to the with a particu. year, th re to be made by thi a ei hdity, The expression of views °° arated the Sefhators Widely from the original + af conver- sation. The next caucus wili be heii on the call o1 the Chairmaa. The Southern Trou’ In ‘the House to-day the recommendations in the Premdentis Mogeage regarding the tropbies ip wg | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET, Boutaern States Were referrea w « special com- J mittee of seven members, to be appointed by the Speaker. Changes im the Senate Committees. The folowing ‘are ‘the only changes from last year’s Senate sianding committees, elected to- day :— Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, late on tne Com- Mitcee of Claims, and Mr. Dennis, of Maryland, on the Committee on Agriculture, exobange places. Mr. Kelly, oi Oregon, retirea irom the. Committee on Railroads, and Mr. Hoger, of Oali(ornis, suc- ceeds him. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, and Mr. Johnson, of Virgmta, exchange places, Mr, Hamu- tom becoming a member of the Distries of Columbia Committee, and Mr. Johnson of the Post Mice Committee. Congress Memorialised by the Railroad Lobby—The Texas and Pactfic and At- lantic and Pacific Prajects. ‘The memorial presented to Congress to-day in behalf of the Texas and Pacific end Aiantic and Pacific Railway companies is signed by Thomas A. Scottand A. Pierce, Jr, as the respective presi- dents’o! those corporations, end sets forth the following, among other arguments, in favor of the enactment of the bill, whose’ main provisions ‘Were published last Monday :—~ They'say a Southern trank line of ratiroad to the panies is a ROCA and! its om pace ceo ures e MOVEKDMeDs a8. & ga means of settling the Ind! n agestion a8 enabi- ing its vast Territories tu tnabited ang ‘deveioped. compietio: this line would, it fy claimed, en&idle the rnhment to move troops cbeaply und rapidly, dispense with: pera three- Jourtns of those now employed in Texas and the Southern Territories, and thus re! 1e govern- ment irom an expenditure amounting to millio of dollars yearly, and it would, moreove: be of: immiense advantage to’ the nat by bringing ito the market hundreds of Millions ef acres of good land which are now dead * rty to the United States by addin, millions of populavion to the present number o| Producers and taxpayers of the country, by» more than doubling «Fr indeed in peta LA increasing the annual yield-of the precious Metals in’ the United States, vy @ vast increase nour revenues to be derived irom importationg irom Asiatic countries, by the general suimalus of production, mautlaccures and trade in all the |Btaves east of the Missiswippi, \o supply the wan’# 01 settlers in the new regions to ve traversed by the road, and by all that diversified good tn the tt of which Belgium, Holland, Russia and Aust $auen enor mons same Of mono, pledged wituout stiut their public credit and ound their reward in the contro of the commerce and trade of the world. it is iurther argued that the construction of this, open. high- way, unobstructed by snow during tne entire year, across the continent would prove to be a practical measure of reconstruction jor toe South, and that ao incre: Yield of cot- ton and tobacco from the newly developed terri- tory would swell the volume of our exports, and thus aid maieriaily in the retention of our goid aud silver for home circulation, ‘The memorial. Ista adsert that it 1s conclusively established that the saving in transportation alone of government supplies uas averaged $2,000 per mile per annum ior every mile of the Pacific Kailroad here! aS buill and call attention to the /act that the entiré amoua! of the interest which the government'is asked to guarantee in order to secure the construction of this southern line is $1,760 per mule per annuuw., No guarantee of the principal of ee oonds 1s solic- ited, and as security lor the guarantee O) the inter- est on the bonds, the government isto have a first mortgage on all the property, iragetnse ‘and net earnings of the railroad, the ent! ‘proceeds of the sales of lands herétofore granted by the United States to the two companies, a re- storation to the government of abous 30,000,000 acres heretofore granted and reserved to aid the construction of the two lines to the Oc, sume 1,600 miles of which are'to be dispensed with un- der the plan proposed, and the retention in the Valtea States Treasury of one-eighth of all the bonds issaed, so that they may be sold by the gov- erument if at any time care construction of the road the sale of junds, the government transportation and the entire net Coie of the road shall not prove sufficient to provide for the interest guaranteed and the stoking fund reduced. The memoriahiats say, m conclusion, that they do not propose to bestege Congress by personal pres- sure and solicitation, but rely confidently on the Merits of the case as now presented. The Ways and Means and the fienate Finance Committees in Harmony. The Ways and Means Committee agreed to ap- pointa sub-committee of three to meet with a Senate finance sub-committee in considering the Onancial suggestions made in the. President's Message. ‘This is regarded aga conciliatory act onthe partof the Ways apd Means Oommittee which has sometimes shown an unamiable re- luctance to act with the Senate Fimange Com- mittee. $ so A Celebrated Customs Litigation—The Value of the Franc. To-day, in the Supreme Court, the case of the Collector of the Port of New York against the im- porters. as to the value of the franc, was argued on appeal from the Unitea States Circuit Oourt of New York. Under the act of 1846 the value of the franc was fixed at eighteen and one-sixteenth cents, but within two years the Secretary of the Treasury was authorized by act of Congress to 1x a new value, | and did fix It at nineteen and three-tenths cents. This is resisted, and if the case. is decided for the contestants, the government will have to refund nearly two millions of dollars, Assoctate Justice Ciifford, it is understood, will write the decision ofthe Court. It is believed that it will be adverse | to the government. Conference of Internal Revenue Agents. supervisor Jobn McDonald, of the interrai revenue service, left here to-night for New York on important business, and will proceed from New Yorx to St. Louis, where there will be a confer- ence ofa number of mternal revenue agents. The Alabama Claims Court—A Demerrer to Its Jurisdiction in Cases of Personal Injary Argaed. In the Alabama Claims Court to-day argument ‘was resumed on case 87, a8 to the character of the damages; counsel for the government taking the position that the Court had no jurisdiction in matters of personal injary by acts’ resulting from the capture of Confederate cruisers. General Roberts spoke-in opposition, A decision will be rendered in a few days, Case 118, involving the question of citizenship, naturalization, &c., with the cases involving the same points, will be argued to-morrow. It 1a prob- able that the hearing of cases will commence regularly next Week after the arguments on de- murrers are closed. The Reception Awaiting King Kala- kaus—The Proposed Treaty with His Government. King Kalakaua is expected to arrive in Washing- ton on Saturday. There will be a military turnout to receive him, and Admiral Reynolds, who lived many years in the Sandwich Islands, has been se- lected to care forthe King during his stay. The Marine Band was to-day practicing Hawaiian national airs with which to greet His Majesty, among them one written by Mrs. Dominis, the sis- ter of the King, who has composed several airs which are popular in the Islands. The rough draft of a reciprocity treaty with the Sandwich Isiands 1s nearly completed, Hides, skins and coffee are now admitted tree of duty by us. The treaty proposes that we shall add to the tree list sugar, rice, tallow and troptcal fruits, in return for which the Hawaiian government will admit free of duty our textile fabrics, agricaltural implements, provisions of all kinds, lumber and all building materials and other articles. The pro- posal for a treaty meets with considerable tavor among Senators, Executive Pardons Issued. ‘The President has granted pardons, to be issued to-morrow, to Jonn Whisonant and Jerome Whiso- nant, of South Carolina, both convicted of Ka Kiax offeaices and sentenced each to five years impris- onment in the Albany Penitentiary and $100 fine. They nav ed two years of their term. T Montana War Claims. Commissary of Subsistence Bell in rendering his account of the payment of the Montana war claims, says :—*‘Of the total amount appropriated, namely $513,343, there have been disbursed $512,223, leaving unpaid certificates in the Treas- ury to the amount of $1,120.” Columbia River. The Secretary of War has asked for a special ap- propriation of $40,000 for the protection of the banks of the Colorado River at Yuma Depot from the action of the current. If they be not soon pro- tected great damage will ensue to the pablic buildings, BALE OF A BATLROAD, Litre Roo, Dec. 9, 1874, The Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad will be sold to-morrow by a Commissioner of the United States Court 's works, was » last night at this house under the most fa bie auspices. There was a crowded and brilliant audience, who enjoyed heartily the music, which ts very superior to what ally find in works of tne same character. “Onil- Peric’’ 1s fall of melodies tnat leave a lasting im- pression, The story 1# amusing and gives ample opportunity for the display of gro- ‘esque bomor, which is the charm of this class of performance. The reception it met with last nignt was very favorable and It cannot fail to prove as attractive as ite predeces- sors. Miss Soldene as Chilpertc looked every inch akiog. She was in excelient voice and gave the several songs that tell to her with her usual dash and spirit, Miss L. Robson, wno took the part of j&, promises to become a favorite with the public. Already she has made quite remarkable progress in the good graces of the audience—a Progress due wholly to the excellence of her pinging. Last nignt she was twice recalled. Her voice sweet and sympatnetic, and she sii ‘with much iecling. Miss Lyndhurst as Fredegon: ‘and Mr. Laurent as Landry also made a favorable impression. fhe work is pretty well divided, and ‘as the melodies are thickly distributed and the choruses are , there i9 always something “agreeable tarning up Which renders it impossible for the audience not to be pleased. The Appotny ments are remarkably rici; some of tne tableaus are color pictures. “Chiulperic’’ will keep ‘the boards till further notice. THE SHAUGHRAUR, To Tax Epiror OF THE HERALD:— Your trioute on Wednesday to Mr. Boucicault’s talent and recognition of his recent and wonder- ful success ts nothing but what ts justly due, and I desire, though in no sense connected with theatri- cal matters, to supplement it by a word for one fe | January 11, 1807, who largely contributes to this success. In the | new play of the “Shaughraun” every artist does his and her work well There are some little incongrutties, as, for mstance, one wonders how so portly and ponder. ous @ gentleman as Mr. Polk can be carried ashore by the Shaughraun, like a baby in arms, or the astonishing equanimity with whicn be learns of the loss of his wile and his estate ail at once. But. still the totality is periect, and hence its success, But there is another specific element which is serikingly operatic—that oi the simple, jady-like refinement of one actress pervaaing 'y scene in which she appears, O! course I er to Miss Dyas, From the initiate milkpail to connubial insigniticance at the end it ts the expression of the same refined intelligence and charm of perfectly unaffected manuers. The flashes of irrepressible brogue are delicious. In no disparagement 1¢ may be said that no other artist could do jor Mr. Boucicault what this lady, but yesterday a atranyer to us all, does, Ido not presume to say that the play would be ‘nangnt” without her, but with her it is very winning. iy insert this, wW. YORICK. An Artistic Crime, To Tae Epitog oF THE HERALD:— I find myseif in a very atficult position toward Mr. Augustin Daly. I gave him, early in November, the piece “Un Drama Nuevo” ably translated into Enghsh, in order that he would produce it on the New York stage, under certain private conditions, He, did not lose time, and the first periormance took place Satarday last, He has done his best for its success, but, unfortunately, he has spoiled the piece in such @ manner that bis interest and the good reputation of the author will be damaged. , When I put, the piece into his.haads I courteously stated that he could make any changes he deemed advisable, though I beiiéved that as it was it ‘would answet thé purpose. The changes I re- lerred to were changes rely | of detail, con- sisting principally in the stage arrangement; bus I did not imagine that Mr. Daly or anybody else would undertake to mutilate the original drama so as ?0 leave it unrecognizabie. No great American writer would have consid- whatever, to change a line of a production of Tamays y Bans. changes he made necessary to please the Ameri- can public. But his good wishes cannot free him trom tbe responsibilty of having (lestroyed in cold blood a masterpiece of the present ‘ay’s stage. Respect for the works of genius, either writing, painting, sculpture or music, has always been the characteristic seal of enlightened people. On Satarday last I witnessed the performance of “Yorick,”” and was sadly disappointed when I saw the changes made init. These changes be- gin at the beginning and ena at the end of the remark the mutilations and will point out some of them irom memory. in the first act a new charac- ter has been introduced—Margery—which is of no use and produces no effect. Unnecessary addi- tions have been made at the beginning. Yorick, instead of entering with Shakespeare, as in the original play, enters alone and calla Shakespeare im alter having @ conversation with the servant and the prompter, introduced in that part by Mr. Daly or bis adapter. The dialogue between Yorick and Shakespeare is shortened, changed and spotied. The dialogue between Edmund and Alice has been also shanged to great disadvantage, and also that between Shakespeare and Alice. Even the name of thts lady has been rtdiculonsly substi- vated by Alison, and the closing words of the act, which ought to oe Hier suddenly and after "ick has approached served, , On the contrary, provounced from inside in a loud voice, while ranning to meet his Maa by which the great effect intended was de- stroyed, In the second act Walton’s monologue has been Mutilated, as well ag that oetween Alice and Yorick, and the beaatiful situation of the original play, consisting in Yorick’s jealousy of Snakes- peare, is suppressed, and substituted by some- thing whicn ‘unintelligible. According to my recollection all the end of the second act was oe In third act and first scene the character of the prompter, upon whom some of the affect or the very same act depends, was omitted. The conversation between Alice, the author, the stage prompter, Shakespeare and the acturs were also changed and their merit much marred by injudicious additions, ut the most horrid massacre was that of the second scene of the last act. In order to explain it it will be necessary to tell wnat is the idea de- veloped a the author, This great classical writer, wishing to prove that he was able to write & sensational modern piece, produced “Un Drama Nuevo” with the only particular object of creating in the audience an unequalled excitement, It is considered almost ik ea to find anything new and striking in dramatic situations. Tamays y Bans found something striking and new. He purposed to present to the public @ troupe of actors preparing @ performance, und at last playing the play. One of them, terribly jealous of his wife, has the part of a jealous hus- band, In the middie of the performance, through the act of a traitor, he finds the proof of his wife guilt and kilis her lover, The traitor at the same time 18 killed in the street on leaving the theatre. The first pe of the last act occurs bebind the scenes. e stage and the public are supposed to be inside. The second part occurs on the stage and represents the piece. The imaginary stage 18 supposed to be in the place of the real BI and the imaginary public to cocupy the place of the real public, When the actor kilis his wiie’s lover the prompter, the manager and so on invade the stage, and the mai who is Shakespeare, tells then, tothe public, tuat the play cannot be continued on account of the crime just com- mitted. The illusion then is complete. The du- ality 80 admirably maintained produced a great excitement and @ moral lesson also, since the vic- tims are the guilty. Mr. Daly has not seized the meaning of t! rece. This is & CO) ay with a dramatic en The dumestic life of a troupe of poor actors re- quires the natural language of real life, Mr. Daly has changed the “you’’ of the translation by the, in this instance ridiculous, thou.” Such a change is the more injudicious, because the actors ought to speax in @ different manner when talking among themselves than when playing tue play. The action must at the same time be rapid, and the situation natural The killing achieved, the piece should immediately end, . Daly, instead Of this, wrives @ protracted’ dialogue, kills Yorick also, and Dye @ shocking and repulsive agony to the audience. The great pivot of the Spanish piece is the duality of thestage and the public and the sudden announcement by the Manager that the piece cannot be continued. Mr. Daly, not under- standing such duality, supposed that the ry. is inside, when it is the public in the thea- ablic Tre. The action of the situation is diverted, and the stead Of informing the real public of the terrible events that have transpired, sustains a aying Yorick, weeps, and aftera display of tallsm says, almost bm ytd to the prompter, ‘Teil the public what has happened.” The is comtrary to art, Mr. per interest and to mine, as well as dam: ing to the glory of the author. low the vit of the pieve 1s precisely the du: to, and its principal object the e id by Shakespeare, ‘tne suppres- ston of all this part and its substitution by « com- monplace and protracted death makes the play a trie monstrosity. itis always ausate to change any work of art. bubin dramanec piecesyt 8 entirely Inpdunieslvie ered himself authorized, under any consideration | iam well aware that Mr. Daly considered the | plece. The original title 1s ‘Un Drama Nuevo,” which, simply translated, is “A New Play.” Knowing gt very well, I could | 1s wife without being ob- | | whetuer 16 was the corn, the ground or the season | fenced and | fourteen to change the principal object of the author. In “The School lor Scandal,” ior instance, the pivot of the piece i tne screen scene. What be said Of a theatre manager who would subi tute for it a commonviice situation? Wha would be said if, in addition to this, ne would change entireiy the denouément, killing Sir Peer as Mr. Daly has killed “Yorick?’ The pivot of Molére’s Tartuffe is the situation in which theJat- ter character is discovered benesth a table. Jt Would be @ real literary crime t) omit tt, and no words could explain the indignation that such @ course would produce. The American public has, in the present case, a right to be served with @ genuine dramitic in sterpiece, and not with a couuereited one, as *Yorick.’ For all these reasous1 appeal to the press, in order that public opinion may exact from Mr. Daly the production of tue play as Ul ts in the Spanish. y |. DE ARMAS CESPEDES, OBILUARY. Ezra Cornell. Ezra Cornell, the rounder of Cornell University, @iea at Ithaca, in this State, yesterday afternvon, | after a long tllness. Mr. Cornell was born at | Westchester Landing, in Westchester county, He was of Quaker parentage. His father was a potter, and carriea on business at Tarrytown; but in 1819 he| removed to De Ruyter, in Madison county, young Ezra then being only twelve years of age. ‘The youth remuined with bis father until his nine- teenth year; but his advantages of education were meagre, and when he began life for himself it was with @ very small stock of book knowledge. In 1826 he lett home to seek employment, by which be might be able to support himself, He founa work at Homer, where ne rematnea about two years; but in 1828 he removed to Ithaca, where he engaged in business as a builaer. THE EARLY STRUGGLES OF EZRA CORNELI.. From ail this it will be seen that he begun his career under no very propitious circumstances. But he came of & good, long-lived and doggedly | Persistent stock, and though he failed to attain tne | great age of his father, who was over four score and ten years when he died, he proved to be the | | | most dogged and persistent member of the Cornell family, An iilustration of this may be found in the method he pursued in obtaining that meagre education to which allusion has already been made. While hia father | ‘was residing in Westchester it was not possible that he should acquire a very large stock of inior- | mation or a very generous mental training at the village school, At Do Ruyter his opportunities wereeven more limited, though being older ne | was then better able to profit by them. When te | was eigthteen years old, however, he determinea to carve out an opportunity for himself, ana this he did in a pees the Hoya of the present geporetion wot hardly are tO under- YY In conjunction “ with a youaoger 2. brother he agreed witn Colonel T. U. Nye, the village pedagogue, that they would “‘clear’) loar acres of beach and mapie timber for three months’ schooling. This task they accomplishea out of school hours, between the 15th of Marcn andthe 16th of May, 1825, and the veritabie nis- tortans of Mr. Cornell’s early straggies iniorm us | that “sour acres of good corn Was raised on the ground that season, it cee been chopped, burned, logged, cleared, fenced and planted in that time.” Though it is impossible to tell, owing to the singalarities of the grammar in this history, that was “chopped, burned, logged, cleared, planted,’ yet the fact itself 1s exceed: ingly complimentary to Mr. Cornell. FOURTBEN YEARS OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. Assoon as he leit the De Ruyter school Ezra Cornell began to show strong evidences of me- chai genius. It is said of him that at that tame big father had engaged @ carpenter to build a shop and that young Ezra was put to work to assist him. Closely observing the movements of ‘Une *boss,’”? by whom the work was laid out, he completely mastered the mysieries of the “square rule’? the first day, and belore the second day was over pointed out an error iu the work o! the master carpenter. The “boss” was very angry, but upon investigation 1t was found that Ezra Was right, The next season young Cornell built a large two-storied house without assistance. He framed the buiiding by “square rule,” and though part of the timber was in the woods and | path on the spot where it was to be used, it came | ogether without an error, and was pronounced | one “Of the best pieces of work in the village. it was with such a weltfounded reputa- ton as a builder that Mr. Corneil begun business in ituaca, His first work at the latter place was to repair a mill, and he sowed such remarkable intelligence and skill in | this undertaking that.> was offered charge ot | the mulling busiuess, was thus engaged from 1880 to 1840. ' During tae time he was in the mill- ing business he built @ Jarge flouring mill, with eight run of stones, and this he accomplished with such complete success that the mill was regarded a8 the best ever erected in fompkins county. In 1840 ne turned his attention to sarmin; and though afterward = engaging ny other enterprises ne' never gave up his agricultural pursuits, He was especially proud in subsequent years of his stock of thoroughbred cattle, and he often took the county premium for crops of one hundred bushels or more of shelled corn to the acre, It will thus be seen that in the ears of Mr. Coraell’s early business stroggies he laid the foundation of that spleuaid | fortune which, later in life, enabled htm to become | the patron of the mechanic and industrial arts and of learning, ‘MR. CORNELL AS A TELEGRAPH PIONEER. In Py Mr, Corneil became acquainted with F. O, J."Smith. well known as @ telegraph manager, and about toe same time with Professor Morse, inventor of the magnate telegraph. Almost acci- dentally at first he ame interested in what was tnen a doubtiul and untried project, but out of which, aided by his enterprise and skill, he was. soon able to reap a@ fortune. About this time Congress appropriated $30,000 for the constraction of tl experimental line between Washington and Baltimore, and he was appointed by J. C, Spencer, then Secretary of the Treasury, AS assistant ence. the telegraph. Mr. Corneil bad already shown great ability in tne prelimmmary experiments, and had invented a tube to overcome the difficulties of insulation wherever it was neceasary to submerge the wire, end it was to this he owed his appointment. Though bis invention had been pronounced a@ suc- cess, it Was soon afterward found to be impractic- able, and io its place he suggested mounting the wires 00 poles, which became the universal prac- tice, At the time the ime was completed, in May, 1844, the Whig National Convention was in session in Baltimore and Mr. Cornell an- nounced the nomination of Henry Olay for Presi- dent to the astonished people of Washington al- miost simultaneously with its announcement in the Convention, A month later he repeated the ‘eat upon the nomination of James K. Polk by the Democratic Convention, The working of the line, however, was not found to be satisiactory. Tne Morse iustruments then in use were in- suficient in power for telegrapbing distances, and Mr. Corneli’s iriends that vo him was due the credit of re defects, There are many clatm- ants is distinction, among them Heory O'Reilly, whose services were scarcely less emin« ent than those of either Professor Morse or Mr. Cornell, but who reaped neither the honors por the wealth which came to the others, The history of the magnetic telegraph has in it mach of ros mance, and lig romantic features acquire a new Interest now that the pioneers of this new aid to civilization are rapidly passing away. THE TRLEGRAPH BUILDER, In 1845, when the line was extended to Philadel- phia and New York, Mr, Cornell was imtrusted with Its construction aud the next year he butit a line from this city to Albany. In 1847 he con+ structed the line from Troy to Montreal ana irom Butfalo to Milwaukee. He made money at this work, and, having great faith in the success of the telegraph, he invested largely in 1 tock and 80 rew very rich by becoming what the profaner janguage of the day would call a member of the telegraph “ring.” For some years Mr. Cornell was President of the American Telegraph Uom- pany, and only gave up his active interest in the Management of the lines within a few years. MR, CORNELL IN THE LEGISLATURE. Mr. Cornell was a whig in politics, and adherea to that party till the organization of the republi- can party in 1856. He was .too busy with his dif- Jerent enterprises, however, to take much active interest in political affairs in the ier part of his life, but after his fortune had been made and he was no longer occupied in amassing wealth in the management of great enterprises, he agreed to represent his friends and neighbors in the Legislature. In 1863 and 1864 he was a member of the Assembly, and he was elected a State Senator in the latter year, serving two fall terms in that body. This was his entire puolic riormed bis public duties like bis private afairs—honestly, intelligently and efMficiently—and won the regard of all with whom he cawe in contact, being well known all over the State betore bis great act of tne endowment of tne Cornell University at Itnaca, THE OORNRLL UNIVERSITY. ‘The crowning glory of Mr. Corneli’s life is the University which bears bis name. Through nis endeavors the institution obtained from the State ite besporsce Ot the public lands devoted by the general government to tne founding of agricultu- Tal colleges throughout the Union, to whieh he added a munificent gs of $700,000, and also took upon his ow: rs the location and sale of the agricultural land scrip With such success that. the ultimate endowment from this source will probably reach §3,' The university rounds embrace over 200 acres overiooxing uga Lake. Magnificent buliaings have been erected, and t cabinets and museums. the library and the lecture and reading rooms, splendidly equipped. In library are the col- lection of the late Charles Anthon reiating to ancient languages and literature, the historical coilection eerie by Projessor Goldwin Smith, the collection of the late Jared Sparks relating to American masort the m matical collection presented by William Kelly, of Rhinebeck, and the collections known ag the Woite and the Uornell agricuitaral libraries. This ts only & specimen of the equipment of career; but he tie young university, which with its magnificent | upto the time of his death, | afresh, comoined with mental anxiety, undoubt- | edly operated to shorten bis life. | Revenue | him a genaine relief from great and constant su{- | Jering. His remains were interred in Greenwood INcoME Wust bak leading blace amoug Amer- ican institutions of learning. three years some doubts arose roeli’s management of the agricultural college land scrip 4p investigation was ordered by the Legisia- but it has not shown, as hud been charged, u Mr. Cornell Privately profiting througu the gilt of the government, MR. CORNELL IN PRIVATE LIFE. Mr. Cornell was married in 1831 to Mary Ann, daughter of Benjamin Wood, oi Dryden, in Tomp- | kins connty. Alonzo B. Corneil, who was Speaker of the Assembly in 1873, is bis son. in manuer he was unassuming and unostentatious and in his ordinary intercourse with the world showed no indications of. the ability or benevolence which | a by vi tg make so deep an impression upon his pe ough without education bimsell, torearso magnificent @ monument to learning and civilization aud to nig Own fame as Coruell University, i Dr, Carl C. Schieferdecker. Dr. Cari 0. Schieferdecker, well known for many years as proprietor of the Water Cure estabiish- ment in West Twenty-second street, died on Mon- day Jast in the sixty-fourth year of nis age. Dr. Schielerdecker was au Austrian by birth; he graduated from @ German aniversity, and by close attention to his professioa achieved considerable fame in connection with the water cure in Carlsbad, Germany. in 1940 be came to New York, and practised with unvarying success During his college career, like most German students of that period, he was invoived in frequent college difficulties and was several times severely wounded in duels. Although he possessed an iroa constitution, these old wounds, which were couliuually breaking out Many of our most distinguisned citizens have upon various occasions testified to his skill in the healing art. James Marriner. James Marriner, an old and popular citizen of the Twenty-second ward in this city, died at his residence in West Forty-eighth street some days ago. He occupied during his lifetime several positions of prominence, being at ove time a mem- ber of the Board of Education. He was also Jor some years connected with the Internal epartment. He was an enthusiast in the cause of popular education and never Neglected to advance its interests, He entered the Masonic fraternity at an early period of his life and belonged to Park Lodge, No. 516, where he was Treasurer for many ears, und in whicn he became quite prominent, @ was remarkable for great purity of character, gentile of demeanor and with a heart full of sym- putuy for the aflicted among his ellow men. His lliness Was a Very prolonged one, and death was to with all Masonic ceremony. Sir William Jardine. Sir William Jardine, the distinguished natural- ist, Whose death 1s just announced, was born at Jardine Hall in Dumiries, Scotland, tn 1800, and | succeeded his father, the late Sir A. Jardine, in | 1821, He was educated at Edinburgh, and early showed great fondness forthe study of natural history. In connection with Dr. Horsteld and Other ornithologists he published “lllustrations of Ornithology,” and edited Wulson’s “North | American Orn.thology’’ and the “Naturalists’ Library.” Sir William was a member of many _ learned societies, contributed largely to the scientific transactions and periodi- cals, and was editor of the Edinourgh Philosophi- cat Journal, He was 4 keen sportsman as well as @good naturalist, aod it is said of him that he could bring down a bird, write a most accurate | description of it, draw it, and engrave the draw- ing, aud then stuif the skin in the most workman- like manner. His museum at Jardine Hall forms one of the finest and most valuable collections in Great Britain. REMARKABLE CRIMINALS. ere seen Arrest of a Gang af Youthfal Robbers— Depravity of the Lowest Type—Las- soing Victims on the Highway—His- tory of a Thief Fifteen Years Old. PHILADELPHIA, Deo, 9, 1874, For some time past the police authorities of this city have been troubled with a series of complaints ot petty theits, burglaries and the like, the perpe- trators of which have carefully avoided all de- tection. Houses would be robbea &nd no one ar- | rested. Rooms would be entered, clothing, jew- | elry and silverware be stolen, and no one arraigned. Indeed, the thelts would occur so often and under such a strange | complexity of circamstances, that, for a long time past, the aathorities have been entirely baflied. Last evening, however, a young boy, John Webster by oame, entered a pawn- | for TRE PISTOL IN WEST STE: A Deliberate Attempt at Murder—A Gere man Saloon Keeper Shoots His Wite, Yesterday afternoon, while OfMicer Dolger, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, was patrolling his post on West street, near Battery place, he was &p- proached by @ tall German, who in ap excited manner said that he haa just shot and killed bis wife. Asin duty bound, the oMcer took hia pris- oner to the station house, where the following facts were elictted. In answer to the inquiries of the sergeant the prisoner said :— _ “My name is Henry Lindenstruth. I am fortye bevel year of age, and was born ia Germany. I keep a restaurant and boarding house at No. 8 Greenwich street. ‘This afternoon I snot my wife in the barroom attached to my hoyse.” The man seemed to be suffering extremely from Dervousness, so that it was not deemed expedient to question him furtuer at that time, but later on in the evening it was ascertained that Linden- struth’s house, in Greenwich street, has been the resort more particularly of Swiss emigrants. 18 bas always borne a good reputation with the police and was a resort of the better class of Swiss and German residents of the ward, and until this fatal occurrence was always looked upon as @ quiet apd orderly place. Yesterday aiternoon, whie several people were in the saloon, and ap- arently without any cause or premeditation, Pindenstruth drew a revolver and discuarzea one shot at the head of his » Elizabeth. The bail entered tne back of head, and glanc- ing down in the skull, back of the ear, inflicting a serious but not necessarily fatal scalp wound. He then ran out without waiting to eee the effect of ms rash act and surrendered himself to the police, He was ignorant of the result of the shooting until an hoar after, when, im conversation wito & H&RALD reporter, he was iniormed tnat the wound was not considered fatal. The injured woman, who ‘was Very attractive in her personal appéarance, was attended by Drs, Merrill and ex-Deputy Coro- ner Shine, She refused to anyvbing whatever asx to what had passed between herself aud her husband previous to the shooting, but announced her tnteption of prosecuting her husband tor assault with intent to kill as soon as she was suiticiently recovered. Lindenstruth was an ip- terpreter In Judge Quinn’s Court, and was in comfortable circumstaaces. For @ long time back, however, he has been in ill health, and domestic troubles have so afiectea him that he was in the habit of taking anodynes for the purpose of in- ducing sleep. In conversation with a HERALD reporter Lind strath said ‘For along time I have suspect my wife of infidelity; but last nigtt, while she thought | Pp, | was convinced shat my suspicion rere well founded. I did not say any- thing, however, until to-day, when I sent tor the man, saying that I had aletter tortim. He did not come, and [drew my revolver and shot ber.’” Lindenstruth is a tall, fine jooking man, but denuy all but ¢ from consumption. His mai Der was excited and incoverent while talking, and would impress the listener with the idea that bis mind was affected. When informed that the wound would probaoly not prove fatal he seemed reheved; but @ moment alter, in a despondent tone, said, “Well, which ever way it turns, I have Dot long to live,” TWO MUEDEBERS SENTENCED, HagtrorD, Conn., Dec. 9, 1874 In the Superior Court to-day Elihu B. Spear, of West Suffield, charged with che murder o/ Charles A. Davis, in July jast, pleaded guilty to murder ia the second degree, and was sentenced to impris- onment for life, Lihan M. Freeman, & white woman, and married to @ negro, kilied her sister, Mary A. Allen, in March iast, in a jealous fit. Sne pleaded guilty to mansiaugnter, and was sentenced to eight years’ imprigonment and a fine of $500, ALLEGED BOY MURDER IN RAHWAY, Bw. J. Stoned to Death by a Schoolmate—Cor= oner’s Inquest. On Thursday, a week ago to-day, Willie Marsh, thirteen years old, son of Richard Marsh, of Rahway, while on his way from school | got into some trivial boy’s squabble with another lad, a year older, named Oscar Garthwaite, the upsnot of which was that Garthwaite, as alleged, hurled a stone at Marsh, | Btruck him behind the right ear and fellea him to the ground, Willle Was assisred home and medt- cal assistance called, but it was of no avail, he died on Monday last. On Tues. day the facts came to ithe ears of the county physician at Elizabeth, Dr. Terrill. He ordered an inquest and determined to hold a post- Mortem examination. Oscar was arrested and held to vail im $1,000. bis father going his bail. Yesterday the jury was empanelied, but adjourned till today, when the result of the post-mortem broker’s shop in the city, and, upon presentation of @ letter purporting to have been written by his fatner, secured an advance of $30 upon a gold watch and chain, with Masonic seal attached. The character of the letter was so pecultar that it a.oused somewhat the pawnbroker’s suspicions, which were confirmed when, alter watching the Jad, he saw him dividing the money with a companion. Webster was arrested, and on his person was found $19 95, Upon subsequent investigation it was learned that the other party was the thief and tnat Web- ster had been simply disposing of the stolen prop- erty. Still later, through Weoster’s talk, three otner juveniles were arrested, in the possession of whom were found many stolen goods and pawn tickets calling tor various amounts. No sooner bad the actual condition of afaira beep made | known than the Chief of the Police ordered inves- tigations to be continued, while Webster bimself gives to your ocsreapon dest the following remark- uble history of his lile:— 4 REMARKABLE HISTORY, Tam fifteen years old. and ran away from home about ten weeks ago. Ihad read Cisude Duval, Dick Turpin and other books of that kind, and made up my mind to be & Righwayman, Assoon asl left home | took up quar in @ thieves’ den in Beaford street. into the back yard and began to practise with the rope. I very soun an expert, and could lasso ree times out of every five. My idea, as soon as I be- cume periect, was to go on and laso men, In my thieving | was very lucky. 1 MADE TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS A WEEK. I wanted to buy & horse, one that could run and jump and lay over an) th on the road. I knows young | girl=t wou's tell her other mame, but her first nam runnie—ene is just asoldas I am—fifteen years. She and I married next week; but i've been suppose all that little business is ursted up. been living with a man named Fay. Fourteen other a. Just like me, lived with Fay too, Fay is a rich man owns a big piace in Camden. “1 charged me and all the other boys fifteen cents a nigh We all used to take what we siole to his place, He'd never let us sleep with our clothes on; we ail ti in naked. When business was dull all Fay would give us to eat was a bucketfal of ola crusts, scraps, &c., which he would throw into an box and leave us alone to You see, I could change my appearance mighty quick. This shirt of mine has three fronts—a white one, a blu one and a red Cy T can change my bat and coat an shirt front as quick as tning. If I could have raised enough to get a horse the ae. roads Gb ln ao a: erahoer hd jassoed pienty of people, and got lote of “swag.” I’m most bothered because Fannie anu me can’t get married next week. FAY ARRESTED. ‘The reader has above the boy's story Just ashe narrated it, Little Weoster is fang, bright aud lnteligent, while he delivered hia biography in the coolest, most nonchalant manner ‘ni His bistory gare \he police a new wrinkle, and at three 0” this morning the Chiel, along with of his best officers, made @ raid ‘a den, The place was located on Water street, below Vine, and the appearance of the police was entirely unexpected. Tne place where the boys slept was a dirty cellar, dark, noisome and abominable, reeking with foul air, filed with fumes of whiskey, tobacco and decaying garbage and overrun with every species of vermin. Like Fagin of “Oliver Twist” Fay was found with feur- teen of his “angels” and taken to the station several upon house. He begged and pleaded to be let » Fee monstrat and insisting that the police no Tight to intrude, but all bis prayers and remon- strances were in vain, ANOTHER DEN CLEANED OUT. |. he police also made another raid upon a simi. Yarden on Water sireet, above Arch, where five boys were found under the gui dianship of a man named Kelly. These arrested. Buckets fullof trinkets and ry were found, along with many stolen g @ great part of whieh has been apa identified. There were found namer- ous cases of juveniie depravity so startling as to ings before the Alderman this aiternoon and both were held under very heavy bail Since the arrest of the young thieves many burglaries hitherto inexplicable have explained. Young Webster, irom lying around old Fay’s den, was covered with vermin, but aince bis wrrest has been cleaned and has become quite penitent. Though only fifteen years old, he is quite a disciple to the “tender passion,’ and says that if “they'll only let nim go” he'll lead a new life with his wile, Fannie, for a guide. He also believes in “Face,” and says that @ lortune teller a few days ago predicted to him seem almost inored| eo Keily and Fay had that he would soon get into trouble. Altogether he is one of the most remarkabi 101 ever held in custody and at tae one of tne mn Most valuaole, as he says he can give the history of many recent burgiartes, which up to this have escaped the vigilance of the police. A DBUNKARD’S END. Samuel Johnson was committed to jail yester- day by Judge Smith, of the Jefferson Market Court, on acharge of drunkenness and vagrancy. ‘he prisoner's condition appearing very bad, deemed advisavie to mentment prior to enforcing his sentence, was, therefore, removed to Bellevue Hospital. where lingered in a state of se: ness or alchonolic | Will be announced, SHOOTING HIS FATHER-IN-LAW. Yesterday afternoon an angry altercation oo curred between Samuel Hunter, a colored man, and bis father-in-law, Horace Hawley, at No. 242 Navy street, Brooklyn. Samuei fired a pistol snot at the old man, and the ball took effect in his neck. Horace seized a clup and applied it vigor- ously about the head and ears o! bis son-in-law. ‘the tojured men were removed to the hospital. A STABBING AFFRAY, Two immigrant runners, named John Baker and Charles Spelger, quarrelled yesterday a'ternoon at the corner of Chambers aud West streets. During the subsequent encounter Baker stavbed Spelger in the head, The wound inflicted was sight. The injured ramner was taken tome by his friends, Baker escaped arrest by ronning away as soon as he bad cut his opponent, MURDER ON THE HIGHWAY. A Farmer Killed on His Way Home by @ Band of Robbers—His Money a Watch Taken—Escape of the Rufians, WILKESBAERE, Pa,, Dec. 9, 1874. A farmer named Kiein was murdered and robbed on Monday night on the turnpike road, at ® point called the Notch, about two miles from Scranton. He had been in that city with a load of hay and a load of potatoes, which he sold for cash, One of the teams was driven by himself and the other by ® young son, who was several rods ahead. While going through the Notch of the mountains six men sprang from the roadside and seized the farmer’s horses and puiled bim from the wagon and kicked and beat bim. He veggea for mercy, but, finding bis pleading of no avail ior himself, he besougnt them not to harm his son. His cries were stopped at this point by a PISTOL BALL THROUGH HIS HEART. He was then roubed of bis watch and money ang the murderers disappeared in the woods, not hav- ing molested the boy. The latter, however, was 80 paralyzed by fear that he could not move and Was iound weeping bitterly half an hour alter- ward by some Obler farmers of their way home. He did not know any of the murderers of his father and there is no clew whatever as to Who they were, ESOAPE OF A MURDERER, Citizens in Pursuit—Jummary Execus tion Likely to Follow Capture. San FRANCISCO, Dec. 9, 1874, The young man Granice, who murdered Edward Madden, editor of the 7rivune, at Merced, has escaped from the officer who had him in custody, Large numbers of persons scouring the coun~ < in search oi the fugitive, and if he is caught he will doubtleas be summarily executed. THE BSTATE OF JAY OOOKE & 00. Stockholders of the Northern Pacifid Raliroad Appearing as Creditors—Ap- plication to Enjoin the Distribution— A Grave Question To Be Decided, PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 9, 1874, Inthe United States Circuit Court to-day an afidavit was made on behalf of persons residing in New York, Minnesota, Missoun, Pennsylvania and Canada, and owning stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad, for an injunction against the trustees and committee of the creditors of Jay Oooke & Oo. to restrain them from making any Ra of dividend or piypevding, with tne dis- at it made ation of the estate, ‘ne complain is that the railroad com; insolvent and has refused to present any cl rept ry oe estate, and that the bankrupts extent of ney Tern 2 come r their share, and k to enjoin the distribu claims are recognized, Jap cisdaunal Upon conclusion of the ment in bebalr of the complainants the ‘sudge set the case down for reargument on Monday next. He it tne Proceedings presented grave ques juiring serious consideration. i eens THE WEATHER YESTERDAY, The following record will show the changes io the temperature during the past twenty-fout hours, in comparison with the corresponding date of last year, as recorded at Hudnat’s Pharmacy, HetaLp Building, New York :— ut era. 161 1873, 1874, 40 past five o'clock P. Ciang ascribe lis death to rum, 4 a at 43 ao 3 “4 42 Average temperature yesterday 38N Average temperature for corr last year... Bh