The New York Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1874, Page 6

8 BISMARCK AND VON ARNIM. Star Chamber Proceedings by the Premier in Berlin. IS GERMANY RIPE FOR LIBERTY ? —— Europe Covered by the Secret Police of Prussia. The Chancellor’s Dread of the :Indepen- dent Press of America. | AFRAID OF THE DOCUMENTS. BERLIN, Nov. 30, 1874, ‘The latest aspects of the Von Arnim case are discouraging to all Germans who believe that ra- tional liberty may be granted to a peopie by its government while good order 1s preserved. Those who think that the most highly educated snd so- er minded nation in the world 13 verily ripe for the constitutional administration of their affairs, nd who consider that despotism has, on the ‘whole, nad @ tenure of power sufficiently long in Europe already, must find their convictions sorety Briea by the proceedings against Count Von Ar- pim. Either the prosecution of the Count, his ar- Ditrary arrest and imprisonment, and the enor- mons fines imposed upon bim, are just and right- eons, or they are not. If they are sanctioned by public opinion there is no escape from the conclu- Sion that the solid good sense of Germany has de- &ermined to be still ruled by despotic authority, and that the government shall have the Means of condemning any one to grievous pains and penalties without a trial, whenever it suits\the caprice or tnterest of the Prime Minis- fer jor the time being to institute an ex offcto Prosecttion under covert forms; moreover, that im such cases all existing Jaws which protect the diberties of the German people may be set aside. fr tnt 1s really the decision which the Yorty millions of souls which inhabit the Ger- man Empire have come to it would be umbe- coming on the part of any foreigner to point out the objections to it. But if, as tnere is good rea- son to believe, the Arnim case is merely a struggle between liberty and despotism, between law and | Jawlessness, every writer who loves and respects the great German people is bound tu stand by them in this fight for freedom, where Count Arnim is only their champion. Until this issue 1s decided 1 will give a faithful record of events, without Jear or favor, in order that the large German population in the United States may clearly un- derstand the momentous question under aiscus- sion and form an independent opinion upon it, THE STAR CHAMBER IN BERLIN. In the first piace, therefore, I must state that the proceedings which are now being taken against Count Arnim are all of a secret character; aad, if we are to presume that bis case is one of pubdlic importance, it 18 dificult to comprehend Bhe necessity of secrecy. It 1s said that Prince Bismarck is exerting strenuous efforts to prevent ‘the pubitcation of the ‘missing documents,” ‘which he alleges that Count Arnim abstracted trom the archives of his Embassy at Paris, But ‘this is again a reason for believing that the con- tents of these documents are not untavorable to Count Arnim, who 1s the accused party, and that they are unlavorable to Prince Bismarck, who stands revealed as Mis accuser; so that tne Prince appears in the unpleasant lightof a prosecutor who is attempting to punish, and who has in- Geed severely punished, an innocent person for Yaults which he has committed himselt, THE HERALD’S NEWS AND OMNIPRESENCE, Now, the ostensible object of all the measures recently taken against Von Arnim ts to obtain evidence that be bas, either directly or indirectly, placed himself im communication with the New ‘Yore HeRavp; and if this fact can be established 4t appears that, by putting a brand new construc- tion upon an obsolete clause of a law which should mever have been made, the Count can be con- vVictea of high treason and sentenced to five years of penal servitude, with the loss of all bis rights | as a German citizen and his rank as a nobleman of the Empire, The cruel threat of imprisonment and degradation 1s used to terrify bim and to in- timidate all his supporters. foreigners, who have no concern with the quarrel between Prince Bismarck and Cownt Arnim, except | as impartial purveyors of news to the public | and reporters of events, are menaced, builied and driven from Germany by tne _ police, Suough they have committed no offence against sue law, and this straage behavior shows plainly $bat Prince Bismarck 15 doing things which he Jeeis must expose him to universal censure as doon a8 they are known. There is no proof wh: dver that Count Arnim has been in communica- sion with the New York HeRaLp; indeed, there is very clear evidence to the contrary in ove in- | Stance, for the Count was imprisoned in a “refuge for the destitute” when the Araim-BUlow corre- spondence was printed at New York. Ana if Prince Bismarck really believes that he can dis- sover the meaus by which ttese documents came into the hands of your correspondent he must be of @ more credulous disposition than the world has aitherto supposed. Nevertheless ue 1s determined to leave no means untried to find out this mystery, and in so doing he much resembles a man who is employing ‘all the King’s horses and all tne King’s men” for the discovery ofa mare’s nest, In his impetoous search alter nothing he seems bent ‘Bpon in volving ali Europe iu disgrace, THE PRENCH POLICE AS BISMARCK’S aID3, It 18 no secret to anybody that the French au- thorities have been so hectored and browbeaten by Prince Bismarck that they have permitted tne secret political police of Paris to aid him in his ine Vestigation, and surely some shameful dealings will be one day brought to light and reveal the | Muoner in which he has made them bis tools. That they will serve wm faithiuily cannot for a | Moment be suspected, It would be an indelible disgrace to Frenchmen if they could descend to such @ depth of infamy as to further the whims of @ despot who bas piunged their country in blood aud fire, And it must: be with inexpressibie sor- row that they see themseives forced to make even @ pretence of serving kim. ENGLISH POLICR EMPLOYED. im like manner it has peen printed and pub- dished in no less than forty newspapers that Prince Bismarck has been tampering with tue English police also; but if ne bas done so—and the fact seems almost beyond a doubt—it may be expedient for nim to remember that | the meeting of the English Parliament ts near | athand, aod that the persons he bas employed are likely to be called to stern account, Over the press of Germany, and over the press of France, Pctnce Bismarck may ve in a position to exercise uucontrolied authority as long as the German and the Freach people wiil submit to it. He may also buy such venal prints as are to be purchase bat that be slould seriously envertain the idea of gagaing all the American and English papers is a faughadle notion, which affords a strong presump- tion that be has taken temporary leave of his wits, THE INVIOLABILITY OF THE POST OFFICE BROKEN. Another painiul and shocking aspect of this ease is that the inviolabfity of the German Post | Oice, guaranteed by the constitution of the Eimpere, has been contemprnously broken through. | J am authorized to state that a private gentleman co! Berlin has recently bac bis letters intercepted, Dpened and suppressed, aithough he assures me that during the last seven years he has never | bad to complain before of the loss of a single let. | ter. During the Jast month, and during the last mont only, the most private correspondence of | the German people has been submitted to Prince Bismarck, and no less than three letters sens by destination. The existence, therefore, o1 a secret chamber in the Seriin Post Ofice, which was one of the worst jeaturea of the nistory of the last century, no longer admits of dispute. between Mazzini and Sir Jawes Graham the Eng- lish people dealt with the opening of private | letters by government oMcials very summarily; but if the German people are inclined to sanction it of course there is nothing more to be said. It ruined the political career of Sir James Graham; what it may do for that of Prince Bismarck re- mains to be seen. It is my duty to state the fact that letters which pass through the German Post Office are now beivg read vy persons for whose in- formation they were not written. THE DETECTIVES OF EUROPE IN CLOVER. Ihave before me a statement, made upon credi- ble authority, that the whole of the secret police In Exrope 1s employed by Prince Bismarck in the Persecution of Count Arnim. Money is freely spent, and large sums have been offered to any one who will betray him, Of course many things, more or less true, have been found out by this un- | scrupulous method, for tt is even alleged that the Imperial Chancellor has interrogated the Count’s physicians and endeavored to extort from them information which has been confided to them un- der the solemn guarantee of their professional character, POOR RESULTS FOR THE PREMIER. Nevertheless, alter all has beer said and done that could be done or said, the present case- against Count Von Arnim has no connection Whatever with that first brought forward by the government, and upon which he was imprisoned. The charge of high treason has been virtually dropped. The charge of stock jobbing upon oftcial infermation has been dropped also, and the sole remaining ac- cusation against Count Arnim is one which had never been beard of when he was sent to jail; that is to say, he is charged with having been in- strumental in the publication of State papers, which were printed while he was in prison. Ev this cock-and-a-bull story seems to furnish such Small probabilities of mis conviction that Prince Bismarck has beea compelled by public indigna- tion in some degree to relax the rigor with which the Count has been hitherto treated. He is now allowed to ride on horseback every day for an hour without being accompanied by a policeman and to ride at hisown pace. This favor has not, indeed, been officially or judicially accorded to him; bat the policeman has been quietly, let us hope shamefacediy, withdrawn. THE BX-MINISTER’S DEFENCE. Count Von Arnim 1s now busy in preparing his defence, which will take some time before he can furnish @ complete auswer to all the allegations directly and indirectly made against him. There- fore Prince Bismarck is anxious to press on the trial, which has accordingly been fixed for the 9th or December. The trial could only take place in nine days if Count Arnim bad no reply to the charges made against Dim, and bad no witnesses to callin his defence. As it is, the Count is deter- mined to make a {ull and complete deience to it. He will cali statesmen and diplomatists who are competent to judge of his official conduct and to give evidence tn his behalf. He finds it needful to correspond with these persons and fully toexplain to them the matters in dispute, so that It is utterly impossible bis defence can be ready in nine days from this date, and unless it has been again de- termined to condemn him without a triai his case must be postponed. THE PRINCIPAL WITNESS FOR THE CROWN is Prince Bismarck, It is his testimony tnat Count Vou Arnim will have to refute; and his success or his failure in doing so will decide the issue. Prince Bismarck and his friends loudly declare that they are certain of victory, anditis not im- probable that they have good grounds for their be- le}. Contrary to the usual practice of the criminal courts in Germany no regard has been had to economy on the part of the prosecution. The gov- ernment has sent the Examining Judge, the Pub- | he Prosecutor and two other officials on @ special | mission to Paris., They have called witnesses from all the ends of the earth, and when these wit- messes have refused to appear they have been sworn at their residences, and their depositions have been taken down in writing, as is the custom ia petty cases of theft or embezzlement, The reason, or rather the motive, which appears to have dictated such extraordinary proceedings 18, wat if aconviciion of any sort can be ovtained from the criminal court against Count Aroim he will become responsible for all the costs of the suit and must pay the travelling and other expen- ees of the witnesses who appear against him. COLLECTING TESTIMONY. Prince Bismarck seems to have lost all discre- tion in his dealings with Count Aroim, and no ab- | surdity appears too ridiculous to merit his atten- tion. Thus, one Dr. Zchlicke, a newspaper hack of indifferent reputation, Connected with the Spenersche Zeitung, has been ound to assert that Count Arnim offered him some State secrets for publication and that he refused to entertain the proposal. His assertion, however, is contradicted by Carl Braun, who formerly employed him, and he explicitly declares in the Spenersche Zeitung of the 24th inst. that he knows nothing whatever of the transaction, Carl Braun is & man of high character and an excellent writer; Dr. Zcnlicke has @ character on which one woald rather not comment, and his writings are not of the sort which attract favorable notice. Prince Bismarck ic @ statesman who has deserved well of Ger- many. It may be frankly admitted that much May and should be forgiven him. One would like to suppose that he has been angered by an obstinate opposition toa line of policy which he knew to be wise, and that while in iil healtn ne has for a time lost his self-control, But impartial persons, however ready they may be to make | excuses for him, cannot approve conduct which 1s rasb, violent and unjust, and which threatens to destroy the liberties of that mighty Empire which his genius and good fortune have so recently called into being. THR SECOND ARREST OF THE ACCUSED. ‘There is no truth in the reports which have been printed in the London and other European news- papers to the effect that the charges made against | Count Von Arnim bad been formally communi- eated to him and bis legal aavisers for the pur- poses of the defence. On the contrary the secret inqmry is not yet closed, and the wearisome method of official procedure afford no glimpse of tbe date when it is likely to eod. On Thursday last, the 12th ipst., the Coun- cil of the Royal Municipai Court of Berlin decided that Count Arnim should be again arrested, in accordance with paragraphs 183 and 343 of the Criminal Code. It was an extraordinary decision, because the Count had only been liberated a few days previously on sick certificates, and bali to the amount of $75,000 had been deposited with the Court for his reappearance when called up for judgment. Neverthele: bout seven o’clock in the evening, when the ex-An.bassador was at dinner, Count’s house, in the Pariser Platz at Berlin, and presented the warrant for his arrest. A PAINFUL SCENE IN & PRIVATE DOMICILE. The scene which them ensued was one of the Most painiul description. The Count, who ts really in shattered health, was seized witn a t of trem- bling at the unexpected shock to his nerves, and the heroic firmness which the Countess Arnim has hitherto manifested during her husvand’s troubles deserted her. AS soon as'they had par- tially recovered their composure Coant Von Arnim | iniormed the Police Inspector that he was physi- cally unable to go with nim to prison, He said tbat he had no intention to resist the law, but it was simply impossivie for him to obey itin his preseat condition. Coder tnese distressing cir- cumstances Police Inspector Borman had no other course open to lim than that of summoning the physicians of the Court to examine Count Arnim and to certliy whether he could or could not be taken back to Jail without imminent danger to his life, TUR SECRET MEDICAL COUNSELLOR AND CITY PHY- BIOLAN. Dr. Lucian attended at once in answer to the Police Inspector’s summons, and declared that Count Arnim could not be taken again to jail with- Out peril of death. He stated that the Count’s present state was extremely precartous, and that his malady was apparently of a fatal character. In consequence of this medical opimion Police ln- specter Borman permitted Gount Arnim to remain Ot Bis O17 WORSE 1 close Custody, and the Bets In the case | | of November was convicted. Police Inspector Borman entered the | | Was surrounded by the police to prevent any pos- Sibility of his escape. | BISMARCK’S DREAD OF THE CONCEALED PAPERS, ‘The reason of this second arrest is alleged to be | that Count Arnim has profited by his liberty to take steps for the publication cf State papers in his possession, and moreover that he is person- ally required to present himself again for exami- nation betore Judge Pescatore, who appears to be | really conducting the case of Prince Bismarck while ostensibly appointea to pronounce a judi- | cial decision upon it. Such is the reason alleged | for the cruel and arbitrary act just perpetrated at Berlin; but the reai cauze which seems to have led up to it would be laughable if the whole story Were not of too grim @ nature to suggest humor- ous aspects of it, THE PRINCE CHANCRLLOR NERVOUS AND UNHAPPY. It appears, however, that on the afternoon of his second arrest, Count Arnim and bis wife took @drive in an open carriage in the Thiergarten, or public park of Berlin, where they had the mis- fortune to meet Prince Bismarck, who was dis- pleased with the festivity of their appearance, | and said that “if the Count was wellenough to drive about he was well enough to go back to jail.’ 1have told the story, and I can voucn tor its truth. People may now smile or sigh over it as they please, and as smiles are more becoming than sighs, perhaps some few may smile. TEMPORARY FREEDOM, Whether Prince Bismarck has, nevertheless, been made sensible that he has acted in a manner @p once flerce and ridiculous or not, I cannot say, but on Saturday, the 14th inst., Count Arnim was released from the custody of the police, by order of the City Court of Berlin, But the Count has had to give his word of honor that be will not leave his house before the day of his trial, although physicians have certified that iresh air and ex- | ercise are indispensable to him. The motives for this queer act of severity are unknown, or un- avowed, and it looks very much like KILLING 4 MAN BY INCHES, Moreover, the sad and deplorable truth seems to be that Prince Bismarck, Who continues to exer- cise absolute power in Prussia, ig really afflicted | Wit a morbid sort of restlessness. Quarrelling | has become a necessity of existence to him, and as he hasbeen for some time trying in vain to bring about another war abroad, and both France and Denmark have declined to give him the small- est pretext for recommencing hostilities, he has been obliged to content bimself with a private and personal dispute athome. The Von Arnim case is not one which in the smallest aegree concerns the interests of Germany. Every incident of itis merely a practical joke of Prince Bismarck, and the whole business seems to have been got up solely for his entertainment, THE QUEENS COUNTY MURDER. Yarvis and Jackson, the Negro Murder- ers, Preparing for Eternity—How Jar- vis Will “Rattle the oof” with Prayer. On the 15th of next January Lewis Jarvis and Eloert Jackson will be hanged at the Queens County Jail, for the murder of Samuel Jones at Oyster Bay. Both the culprits are negroes who were formerly in the employ of Mr. Jones and who bad always borne a bad character, especially Jarvis, who is suspected of being the chief of an organized band of negro thieves and horse steal- ers. Their vicious career culminated on the 27th of June, 1878, when Mr. Jones, an old man of eighty years of age, was brutally murdered and thrown down a well. Suspicion at once fell upon thesq two men, and they were arrested, only to be discharged by the Coroner after the inquest. Jackson was then arrested by Deputy Sneritr Ben- | nett, of Jamaica, and walle confined at that place made a {ull confession, denying, however, that he was an active participant im the crime. Accord- ing to his statement he and Jarvis were to ren- dezvous near Jones’ house, at @ certain hour in the evening. He (Jacksou) was late at the place OF meeting, and met Jarvis coming from the house, loaded with plunder, after disposing of hi's Vietim, Jarvis was then arrested, and on the soth The next day he was placed in the witness box, and through his evidence Jackson was also convicted as the princi- pal in the crime. After the trial both of the prisoners stated that if they chose they could im- plicate many others in different offences, and it is hoped by the anthorities that before their execu. tion they wili make some statements leading to the apprehension of some of the gang. A HERALD reporter yesterday called upon Mr, Bennett, the Deputy Sheriff at Jamaica, aba through his kinds ness received a permit to visit THE CONDEMNED MEN, The prisoners are conflned in adjoining cells on the ground floor of the jail, and extraordinary recautions are taken against their escape. The jail is of wood, and is pearly one hundred years old, Prisoners have frequently escaped, but in the case of the two murderers now under sentence there is apparently no possible chance. ‘The cella are of heavy stone Work, opening into a small corridor, Where a keeper is constantly on watch. This corridor 1s separated trom the main hall by a massive door. The first one visited was Jarvis, woo came readily to the grating of nis cell and at once entered into conversation. Sev- eral questions were put to him relative to his trial and sentence, to which he replied that it was all Jairly conducted and that he deserved his fate, “Bul, thank the Lord,” said he, “I’ve got re- ligiou and lam GOING TO GLORY. lexpect to make every sningie in this old house rattie with prayer before the day comes. I wish I could go among the other prisoners and pray | with them, a8 I! believe could convert | them all.’ Jarvis’ religious zeal has come upon | nm only since his sentence, and he has had the | benefit Of spiritual advice Irom several clergymen. | He has never been reiractory, but said the day he was convicted that there was ouly one more per- | son he wished to kill, and that was his wife. She came to see him once and stated very emphati- | cally that she would not go into his cell for $1,000, as she knew he would murder her, Now, how- ever, he seems completely cianged and is per- jJectly resigned. He is Very ignorant and can neither read nor write. He js constantly singing and praying, aud, as lar as can be juaged outwardly, is truly peuitent and ready to die, in appearance he is muiat:o. of avout fifty, | very powerrul in build, with @ look o! low cunnlug stamped upon his face ‘hat one would not be | likely to forget. For years he has heid almoat un- boundeg sway Over the negroes of nis vicinity, 80 | much s8 as to get the slang cognomen of the “KING NIGGER.” His confederate, Jackson, 18S apparently a very | } different sort ol man, He seems not more toan Liwenty-lour years of age, uud is not so resigned W his fate, trough he appears calm and sell- | possessed. He said to the reporter:—“I have not wot religion hard.and fast yet; but {am tryiug my | best, und believe L shall be all right’ beiore late”? Like Jarvis, he is entirely ignorant, | He 18 a good-looking man, With rather an totelll- went lace, and it is generally belteved tuat he was Jed away avd ruined by his accompiice, who, by the Way, is tls hulf-brotuer, Botu the prisoners are anxious 10 have clergymen visit them, and every visitor is earnestly begyed to pray tor their souls, They are periectiy calm, though Jackson 18 somewhat downcast and incliued to be tactturn, \ * THE EXECUTION | will take place in the jatlyara, whicu is a small, | | curved euclosure, exteuding around two sides of | | the building, iC is to be strictly private, and in | fact very few spectators can be accommodated, | ‘Yhe last person who sullered tue penalty of | Geath In Queens couuty was Thomas Atchison, | Who was banged Marca 13, 1853, fur the murder of | Poiip Vooris, | ta the court room above the jail are preserved | the stones and chopping block that Jarvis buried | upon Jones aiter he had thrown fim down the well. The weapon used to stun his victim was a | heavy club. She feeling in the vicinity is very | bitter against the Condemned meu. No sympathy | whatever {s extended to (hem, and threats of lyuching them are /reely made in case of any inter- Jerence With the course of the law. FIVE OBILDREN DROWNED, A Gisaster 80 harrowing and unprecedented as to shock every sensitive heart occurred yesterday | afternoon near Preakness, N, J., about four miles | | beyond Paterson. ‘The small pond there was | covered witha sheet of ice about an Inoh thick, and five children of Mr. Join Dotterich, the pro- | prietor of a@ large dairy estabiispment, | ventured upon it with a sleigh. They were | four gifis, aged respectively sixteen, fiteen, thir- | teen and eight years, and a boy, six years old, all | nealthy and viooming children, petted and be- | loved by their parents and relatives, and who, in | their gay, rollicking mirth on the ice, little | thought of tne awiul fate that awatted them. | | The pond was within signt of tueir home, and | their mother was Joving'y looking at their Inno- | cent sport When, at a spot near the centre of | the pond, the ice gave way, aod children and sieigh Were plunged into the water, They | | stroggled desperately for their lives, but their | heartrending snrieks were 0: no avail, and they | | were iD lew minutes buried in the icy | Water, The eldest coild,@ vright girl of sixteen, wave & last Agoniting cry Of Ob, moter, sav | | been committing depredations upon the farmers | to be sts | Sader stfveitanee, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1874.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. me!’ as she disappeared from her mother’s sight, Three of the children had been in the sleigh, and the other two were pushing from bebind, | but {6 seems that they all met the same cruel fate. Boats were got ready and all possible efforts were made to save them, but in vain, and jor veral hours last even: none of the bodies could even be recovered. The agony of the mother, as she saw her children en- gul/ed in the icy pond beyond all human aid, may well be imagined, The neighborhood was in a feverish state of excitement, and the most intense mbasny for the am@icted family is felt every- where, NEW YORK CITY. RES Sih RAE RE The annual Grand Charity Ball, in aid of the New York Infant Asylum, will take placesat the Academy of Music, Jantary 14, 1875. Winifred Morrissey fell Out of a window of her, residence, No. 115 Mott street, on Saturday night, and broke her right leg. She was taken to Belle- vue Hospital yesterday morning. A fire occurred yesterday afternoon in whe mil. Mnery store of Mrs. Rauth, No. 413 Sixth avenue, caused he @ defect in afue. The fire and water destroyed $150 worth of property. A gas jet ignited a curtain in the apartments of Mr. George H. Corbet, om the second floor of No. 268 Bast Thirty-third street, last evening, The flames spread to the woodwork in the room, The damage is estimated at $150. of the Thirty- Policeman William H. Archer, second precinct, visited some friends at No. 109 bob street yesterday alternoon, While there he handied a pistol so careteasly that it exploded and @ bullet went into the calf of his rignt leg. Julia Londergan, who regides tn Dry Dock Street, Was on her way to church yesterday morn- ing, When an anti-Sabbatarian person, seated in a secular wagon, drove steed over her, Her wrist was broken, and she had to be sent to Belle- vue Hospital. Aboy, named Frederick Pullman, aged seven years, of No, 328 West Forty-sixtu street, was run over yesterday worning by @ milk wago! which was seated George Tride, of No. 35 West Fitty-fourth street. He was injured on the body and legs, Tride was arrest A lecture will be delivered in the Hall of the Dominican church, Sixty-sixth street and Lexing- ton avenue this evening, at eight o'clock, by the Rev. J. H, Corrigan, President of Seton Hall Col- lege; subject, “The First American Pilgrimage to Rowe,” the proceeds for the poor o! the parisn under the charge of St. Vincent de Paul Society. The weil known talents of the lecturer, woo was one of the pilgrims, as well aa the worthy object Of the lecture will, itis hoped, crowd the hall. LONG ISLAND. ‘The rate of taxation on preperty in Jamaica vil- lage has been fixed by the Board of Trustees at one-third o! one per cent. There are now five cases of smallpox in the footed on Barnum Island, and two deaths om that disease have occurred, Ason of Mr. Peter Bourdette, of Baldwin’s, who accidentally shot himsell through the left banda few days ago, died of lockiaw Saturday, The Presbyterian churcn at Freeport, having been twenty-five yearsin existence, appropriate Memorial services are to be held on the 29th inst. Bishop Littlejohn will consecrate the new Church of the Resurrection at Richmond Hil) on Thursday Rext, ceremontes to commence at hall-past eleven Codfish in large numbers are now being taken in the ocean off Fire Islank Mr. Flees Sammis caught one on Friday which weighed fitty-ope pounds. The wife of Rev. Mr. Vogel, of Cold Spring (for- ‘merly Mra. Jackson), married only two months Ago, At the age of eighty years, died suddenly on Toursday evening, leaving a large estate, Twelve ireebolders of Jamaica have petitioned the Board of Trustees to open Alsop street, as laid down on the village map, from the present termi- nus of the Rockaway road at Fulton street to Hili- side avenue. Mrs, Schaeffer, of Scranton, Pa., while going to visit the family of Mr. B. Faber, at the corner of Heinman avenue and Fulton street, Jamatca, fell down the stairway, dislocated her shouider aad sudered other injuries, There is considerable feeling in Winfeld at the action of the Assessors in raising the valuation of vacant lots and lands assessed by the acre. Lots have been increased from $25 to $.0 each, and land trom $100 to $110 per acre, Since the introduction of water into Fiushing the Fire Department of the viliage has been re- organized. The hand engines are to be laid aside as relays, abd tne chilet reliance in cage of fire will be upon the hydrants, ‘The village has one steam engine, ‘trouble bas arisen in the Methodist Episcopal church at Woodsburg, growing out of the fact, that some time ago, through the action of a ma- jority of the congregation, the church property ‘was deeded to the Conference. A party in oppo- sition, calling themseives the iree church party, bas aripeD and & split in the churchis threatened, August Hudson, a resident of Deer Park, went into the store of George S, Pearsall on Friday to pay a bill, The two quarrellead about tbe sum charged for the use of a wagon, when Pearsall became very much incensed at a remark made by Hudson, and, seizing an axe handle, dealt him several severe blows about the head, one o1 whicn cut through the scalp. Hadgun 1s ‘quite an old man, and itis feared that tne shock may cause be Pearsall is under arrest to await the re- sult. It appears that the shock of earthquake which 80 seriously “shook up” the residents of West. chester county, Was also felt quite sensivly at sev- eral points on the north shore of Long Island, At Glen Cove, a distinct, heavy rumble was heard approaching trom the southwest, causing the houses to vibrate and the windows to ractie, and dying away in the northeast, its duration being three or four seconds. Owing to the lateness of the hour—about twenty minutes past ten—but few people noticed it, but those who did say that toe shock was well defined. Arip-rap Wall is now being constructed at East Beach, near the entrance of Lioyd’s Harbor, op- posite the lighthouse (town of Huntington), under the direction of the United States Lighthouse De- peremeny and intenued for the protection of the guthouse buildings there, A strong granite wall wus built some years ago north of the lighthouse, extending out about 300 feet trom the snore, but | 1é Was (ound that this produced am eddy, which, sweeping near the lighthouse bar during storms and high water, threatened to undermine the stracture. The purpose of the rip-rap is to change the current so as to deposit sand rather than carry it away irom the ioundations. Captain | George R. Jonnéon, Jr., is inspector of the work. As a train on the Long Island Railroad was passing between Central Islip and Brentwood, a day or two ago, the engineer discoverea a boy abead sitting um the track, and immediately blew the whistle, repeating the alarm several times, ‘The boy, however, did not stir, and the engineer, thinking tnere was someting the matter with him, whisiled ‘down brakes,” and succeeded in stopping tie train when only a Jew feet from him, the boy meantime remaining motionless, The firemun jumped off the engme and went toward him, Woen be jumped up suddenly and ran into the woods. It was afterwards learned tuat tne young scamp, who 18 about fourteen years old aud lives at Hauppange, had Made a bet with a com- pacion that be could stop the cars, and he won the be! Horse and cattle thieves have for months past of Queens county, working principaily in tue cir- cuit of @ few miies around Jamaica, and it is only recently that tne officers of the law have been able to optain iy clew to the thieves. Quite a Dumber of hors ave been stolen, some of which have now been recovered, und dozens of missing cattle are accounted tor by the finding of their siuughtered carcases ip the woods, the hides and choice cuts of the meat having been carried away. Jamaica officers have been busily at work at these | cases [or some time past, and have succeeded dur- | ing the past week Ip tracking and arresting a numer of toe offenuers, who in most cases are | found tobe old Stute Prison birds. It is likely | that the gang Will DOW be eifectuaily broken up, and that the farmers Jor # time Will beridoi a | dangerous pest. Another supposed murder case is now occupying | the attention of Detective Payne, who “worked | up” the Jones murder case at South Uyster Bay. | From circumstances waich came to his knowledge | in his searen for evidence ia tue Jones case, he 1s | led to believe that a ucgro named Joe Lawrence ts implicated IM the commission of a crime hardl, less Leimous, These circumstances, briefy stuted, | are as (ollows#:—Josepi Denton lived in tite vicin- | ity. of Sayville some years ago. He married a | woman of great beauty and accomplisiments, by | whom he liad two children, 1u the course oi three or four years Denton found reason to believe that | his wile was guilty of crimiual intimacy with otuer | men, and this belie! was subsequently tally confirm. | ed. Curiously enough, the man who found invst | favor in her Cyes was this disreputable negro, Joe | Lawrence. enton left here about eighteen | months ago, Went to sea and has not since been | heard of, aud meanwhile his Wite and Lawrence, , it ts admitted, have been iiving together. About | six months alter Denton went to sea bis two chil- dren disappeared in @ mysterious manner, and | they ate velleved to hive been murdered’ and | buried Lo @ beighboring wood, This theory is sad ined by the fact thut traces of their who Wey in tear of Law: ha’ ol rence, Ve kept the pier quite Tecontiy, Lawreges is “them of Mra, Allen, | there are about been discovered by other negroes, | meantime stop meetin WESTCHESTER. The Board of Supervisors have appotnted J, Mal- colm Smith librarian of the county library tor tue ensuing year. At Yonkers the question as to where the pro- posed storage reservoir, intended to supply that sity (With pure water, will ve located, still “hangs re.’ A case under the civil) damage law, where a woman named Valentine charged a saloon keeper with selling liquor to ber husband, thereby de- priving herself and children of adequate support, has just been decided before a Peekskill Justice of the Peace. The jury gave a verdict of $10 dam- ages against the defendant, In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, which ad- journed on Friday, counsel for the Lambert Brothers, who were indicted for arson at White Plains, moved that a noile pros. be entered in their case. As the District Attorney did not op- =. the motion it was granted by Justice Pratt fhe uccused parties have had a@ trial, which re- sulted in &@ disagreement of the jury. Thus far the Board of Supervisors bave mani- fested no inclination to adopt measures for the separation of the sexes tn the county jail, where the existing state of affairs im tuat respect has long been 4 standing disgrace to the county. About hall-past seven o'clock Saturday morn- ing @ fire was discovered in the old gristmill, located on the Westchester side of the bridge con- necting the village of that name with Throgg’s Neck, Which, notwithstanding the prompt arrival of the hook and ladder and other fire companies at the scene, had soon gained euch headway that all efforts to save either the building or ma- chinery were futile. Tne fre communicated with a tavern adjoining. kept by a man named Wilson, which was also speedily in flames, By this time ul timber in the large lumber yard of Brown Brothers, in the viciuity, Was smoking from the intense heat; but by the exertions of the firemen and citizens this property was saved. The old mill, built long before the Revolutionary war, and riddled with bullets in places during that momen- ‘tous straggie, Was entirely destroyed. ‘The prop- erty was owned by William Cooper, as was also the tavern alluded to, He estimates Dis toss at $7,000, The property was not insured. No one appears to know how the fire origina’ STATEN ISLAND. The Court of Appeals has decided the case of the Richmond County Gaslight Company against the town of Middletown adversely to the company, ‘The claim against the town amounted to between $7,000 and $8,000, The Sunday school connected with the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church at West Brighton will have a concert and miscellaneous entertainment in the church on Ffiday evening next. Proceeds Jor the bevefit of tne Sunday school. The first lecture of the annual course of the Young Men’sa Christian Association will be deliv- ered in Association Hall, Factoryville, on Tuesda; evening, the 22d inst., by the Rev. J E. Rockwell, D. D. Sabject—“In and Ont of Itaty.” Supervisor White, Justices Allen, Kassner and Garrett and the Town Clerk met Saturday at the Town Hall in Stapleton as a Board of Auait. and received a large number of bills against the town of Miadletown. They will meet on Wednes- day to complete their work. A meeting at Mariner’s Harbor on Saturday evening, held to discuss the question, “To dike or not to dike?’ was largely attended, and the spirit wes one of @ strong opposition to the gov- ernment project now being carried out by Gen- eral Newton, to the detriment, as alleged, of the interests of the people of Mariner’s Harbor. Res- olntions were passed and @ committee was chosen to take further action. Coroner Tappen has made a careful investiga- tlon of the dead body of a child founa by Faron, the mute, buried in the woods at Winant’s Grove on Wednesday last. ‘The Pole, Humphrey Gaste- festrie, Who Was arrested, says that he was the father of the child; that Dr. Walser, of New Brighton, attended his wife during her confine- meat, and that when the child died he (the pris- oner) buried it, being ignorant or tne laws of the country in relation.to such cases. He says he lived on Simonson avenue, about 4 nalf mile irom where the body was found. The prisoner was dis- charged, and the Coroner's jury rendered @ ver- dict 1n accordance with the tacts. ALG meeting of the taxpayers and Commission. ers of Drainage of what is known as the upper drainage district, which includes parts of South- field, Westflela and Northfield, held on the loth inst, at Richmond, a: committee of seven was ap- pointed to inguire into the matter and report toa Meeting to be held on the 7th of January next; and the Commissioners were instructed to take no action in the matter turtner than to advertise Jor proposals jor doing the work betore that ume. The provable expense and all otter matters con- pected with the drainage project are Meantime to be ascertained by the committee, which consists of Messrs. John W. Mesereau, David T. ‘Tysen, Jr; Major James Guyon, Lawrence W. Cortelyou, Abraham Lockman, Joseph G. Seguine and Welimg- ton A. Carter. Taxpayers are to be notifled of the meeting to be held on the 7th prox. NEW JERSEY. Governor Parger has offered a reward of $500 for the apprehension of Philip Reilly, who stands charged with the murder of William Livingston, in Jersey City. The trial of Klenen, the defaulting cashier of the Hoboken Savings Bank, Will commence in the Court of Quarter Sessions at Jersey City to- day. When this trial is concluded that of Bamil- ton, the defaulting Treasurer of Jersey City, will be taken up. The large property holders on Jersey City Heights have reorganized their association, and they intend to have a bill introduced at the ap- proaching session of the Legisiature to facilitate | and promote public improvements. All public improvements in Jersey City have been suspended for the past year. West Jersey now steps into the race for the United States Senatorship and ciaims that it is eutitied tothe first place. The hale, hearty and honest Abe Browning isthe champion. Tne Dela- ware and Lackawanna Railroad interest is most active in seexing the prize either for Randolph or Vauatta, Stockton is championed by the Penn- sylvanta Railroad Company, while Attorney Gene- ral Gilchriat 18 opposed to all the ratiroads, Another meeting of the democratic Assembly- Men elect for Jersey City was beid Saturday to | discuss the new charter, which is nearly com- pleted, In the meantime the “ring” in power are equally energetic in preparing to give a lively op- position, All office-holders, including policemen and firemen, are being assessed largely to raise a tund for the lobby at Trenton and deleatevery | attempt to oust the present “ring.” POLICE MYSTERIES IN NEWARK, Two men are now in custody in Newark who are | puzziesto the police authorities there. Qne is Grover Gramer, claiming to reside at No. 135 Thirty-ninth street, New York. In his possession was found a prayer book and four or five railroad passes, having the mame on He says he found them, ‘The Police consider him a thiel, and he has been com- Initted as a vagrant for thirty days, await- mg developments, The other is Robert Smemer, twenty-one years of age, hailing from Brooklyn. On him was ivund some 116 penny postage eee, He, too, says be found them. The police think he stole them, and that he 18 implicated in the large robvery sume weeks go in Forayto street, New York, wheo bonda, stamps, umbrellas, gold, &c., were carried off, LABOR MOVEMENTS. The Clothing Cutters Reorganizing. At-the call of a committee a mass meeting of the clothing cutters and trimmers employed in tne | wholesale clothing manufacture was held at Co- burg Hall, No, 10 Stanton street, yesterday tor the parpose of reorganizing for the protection of the interests of the trade, It appears that two thousand men employed in this branch, who were tormerly organized but owing to the depressed condition of the trade during the past two years the union was dissolved. Their wages during the past two years, {t 1s stated, have been reduced {rom a stan- dard rate of $24 per week to an average rate of $12 and $13 per week, the highest rate paid at | Present im some exceptional cases being $20 per week. As the prospects of the trade are comparatively good some combined etforts are to be made to re- gain if possible tueir forwer rate ol Wages or some- thing near it. It 1s said that even at present there ts ny scarcity of employment tn this branch of the | trade, and betier thine! Spring. The meeting yesterday organized under the presidency of Mr. E. Dower, and the proceed- ings were conducted to both English and Germ: A plan was submitted which, aiter some als SiON, Was adopLed, Lo the effect that an organiza- tion shall be iormed which 18 to be composed of sections, each section to be composed of not less than nine members. Each section sbali elect two deiegates to a central organization, which shall prepare a constitution anu bylaws. Ke’ ks were made by Patrick Whearty, Robert Birch, Rovert Hinkelman, Dilke, Froude and othe The pames of those present were enrolled, and, to complete the work of reorganization, another meeting 1s to be held on Sunday next. ‘In the are to be held to agitate ‘oun: are expected in the ter, and to form & Committee in eacd sgn Feport at the genera! meeung wr | very high position in tue OBITUARY. Captain Theodore B, DuBols. Early yesterday morning Captain Theodore B Duvoiw, jong connected with the shipping in terests of New York and Brooklyn vefore the wat aud during the confict, tn commana of United States naval vesseis, died at his residence, No, 330 Tenth street, South Brooklyn. The veteran captain, though passing at once from a command im the merchant service to that of vessels of war, Was lield im great esteem by the regular service officers, and at Mobile Bay and elsewhere during the war received the highest compliments from the Admiralty tor courage, skill aud steritn: i tegriry in all the serious and important Work ia- trusted to him, He was very seriously injured tn Mobile Bay, how pine years ago, but though he re. covereu, seemingly, lor 4 Uilhe, de was at length incapacitated Jor service, and, at his own re was.retired irom the service with honors, ane Major Franz Umbschieden, One of the German Revolutionists of ’48. Yestercay morning, at five o’ciock, in his humble home, No. 69 Lush street, Newark, died Major Franz Umbacbieden, journalist and one of the most noted of the active members of the revolu- tion of 1843 in Roenisd Bavaria. Deceased was born at Gruenstadt, iu Khenish Bavaria, and re- ceived a most liberal education, both at the Um- versity of Heidelberg and other institutions ef learning iu his country. He Wea studying for the bar and was just about being adim ted to practice when the stirring year of '48 came and drew him into the .ranks of the reyolutionists. He served as Major and Adjutant Generai on the staff of General Blinker, who sabsequently joughs in the war of the American rebellion on the Union side, and too< @ most active part in fleid and council operations, He was with Blinker at the famous storming of the jortified town of Landau. He also acted as civil com- missioner durng the provisional govern. ment He also fought with Franz 1 at Baden. The collapse of the revo! tion =drove bim to Switzerland; from there he was ariven on the udvent of Na oleon lil. and tinally brought up in Newark, N. J., om the 10th of May, 1852. ‘There he has lived ever since, supporting himself and family in @ rather precarious Way, first by teaching and then writing lor German newspapers. At one wme he acted as city editor of the New York Staats Zei- tung, and for many years past has edited various German newspapers in Newark and other places in New Jersey. He Was @ man of unquestionable ability and eradition, and had a merited reputation a8 a writer, but im the busl- ness 01 lie Was a miserable failure. For several years past his circumstaaces were very low, and he lived the liie 0} &@ misanthrope, seeming always to be looking af the past and not the present o1 the lature. im personal appearance the Major was very remarkabie. He was very tall, very sparse a24 Ol singular features. In manners he was reserved. By many he was kuown as ‘the curious German Count,” Those who knew him best say he Was always @ better friend to other: than to himsell. David Hallanan. A prominent citizen of Jersey Uity, David Hal. Janan, died suddenly of apoplexy, at half-past one o’clock yesterday aiternoon, at nis residence, coruer of Erie and Fifth streets. The deceased gentleman wasa native of Tralee, county Kerry, Jreland, and was im bis fifty-aixth year. He was for many years connected with the National Bank of Ireland in responsible positions. He came to this country in his own schooner in 1847, and settled in Cincinnati, where he served a term of three years'ag deputy sheriff, He then cngaged with a banking firm, but soon was transferred to the firm of At- ‘wood & Co,, bankers, of New York, with whom he remained till their fatiure’in 1857. He was ap- pointed city treasurer by the Board of Aldermen of Jersey City ta 1869, and retained the office till the republicans came into power. He was an in- defatigable politician, and few men in the demo- cratic party Wieided more influence in his district. He was @ Candidate for County Register at the late election, but was defeated by Mr, Cleveland. At the time of his deatn he was Secretary of the State Insurance Company and of the Mecbanica and Laborers’ Savings Bank. The funeral will take place to-morrow. James V. Z. Blaney, M. D. (From the Chicago Post, Dec. 1.] The death of Dr. James V. Z, Blaney, one of the Moat prominent physicians of the city, occurred at bis residence, No. 464 Michigan avenue, in this city, at one o’clock this morning, He was born in Newcastle, Del., May 1, 1820, and was, therefore, in his f{ty-filth year. He studied at and graduated from Princeton Cellege, New Jersey, and pursued his medical studies in Newcastle and Philadelphia. These com- pieted, he came to Chicago, and, in com- nection with Dr. Braimerd, organized Rusa Medical Coil which owes much of its pros- perity to his aud influence. He was a mao of quick perceptions, unusual natural aoility, liveral education and culture, and of vast acqaire- ments in his chosen feid of chemistry, geology, metailurgy and kindred subjects. When the war be- gan he entered the army as a surgeon of volunteers, aud during its continuance filled many positions of responsibility, and acquired a_ widely extended reputation by his ability. He was stationed for some time at Norfolk, Va., holding the responsible post of medical director, ‘Toward the close of the war be was appointed medical purvevor, and stationed im Chicago, where he had Charge of Vust guantities of medical stores. He returned from the war broken down in health, but still continued to lecture at Rush Medical College. Upon the death of President Brainerd in 1! Proiessor Blaney succeeded him, ond fillea the position until compelled oy tll health to resign, some three or Jour years ago, He had attained a ‘asonic Order. He was one of the eariiest members of the Knighta Tem- plars In Illinois, and may almost be considered the Tounder of the urder tn this State. AMERIOAN TRACT SOOiETY JUBILEB, At the Presbyterian church, corner of Thirty-sev- enth street anu Filth avenue, last evening, there was a jubilee commemorative of the fiftieth annie versary of: the above society. Hon. William &, Dodge presided and made some interesting ree marks tn relation to tne inctplency of the organ- ization, praising God for the wonderfal manner in which He had prospered and blessed the society. Reading over what he called “the death roll’ of its early members he sald that of the organizers but three remained. Rev. Dr, Stephen H. tyng was then introduced, and 1n an eloquent and impressive manuer he reviewed the formation of the American Tract Society. in the-course of bis remarks he said, “The men of our generation do not possess the grandeur and dignity of the foune ders Of this noble work; we may have gained in breadth in our day, but we have lost.in individu. ality. The splendid organization of the soctety has levelled tne pride of the denominations and is the mother of the feliowsbip which ts our joy aud de. light. By it we drown dissensious and burn dis. cord, Never more can secuiarism arise and secu lar seclusion continue while the society lasts.”’ Addresses were then mude Rev. Dr. Bitss, President of the Protestant College of Beirut, Syria, and others, and @ mass of facts presented in Rev, H, D. Ganse’s tract jor the jubilee year. By the latter it appears that the annual issties of the society for filty years have averaged more than ten millions of pubiications, more than heir of which have been volumes, or nearly sixty thou- sand evangelical publications daily, Withtn-the thirty-three years that the society has employed colporteura the latter have made over eleven millions of family visits, including io nearly al) cases religion, cofversation and prayer. THE LEBT SHOOTING OASE. Death of the Wounded Man. Mr. John Leet, of 110th street and the Boulevard, died yesterday morning at so early hour from the effect of a pistol shot wound in the abdomen, re- ceived under circumstances already reported in the HegALp. At intervals, when in his right mind since the snooting, which occurred on the night of the 25th ult, the deceased told his family and irienas that he had shot mmsel( ‘accidentally while fooling with the pistol,” and they now de. clare their belief in his accidental shooting, and aver that he had no incentive to self-destruction. Coroner Eickhof, who was notified of the deatnos Mr. Leet, wil! hold an ingnest. ‘The deceased wag thirty-one years Old, unmarfied and ® native of Aliinois, vinigsnnciieiandbiced tana CORONERS’ OASES. Mrs, Elizabeth Daly, a woman sixty years of age, was yesterday morning found dead In bed at No. 109 Bleecker street, by her son-in-law, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs, Daly had not been in good health for some time paat, Ooroner Kessler was notified to hold an inquest on the body, About half-past two o’clock on Sunday morning Charles F, Winters, & man thirty-two years ot age, who drank to excess, was iound dead in bed at 139 Greene strect, Where le had oeen employed as @ musician. An inquest will be heid om the body by Coroner Kessler, who was notifie A STRANGLED INFANT, Whtle OMcer Hand, of the Twenty-ninth pollee precinct, was patrolling his post at eight o’clocs last evening he discovered a newspaper parcel lying upon the sidewark io front of the nouse No, 112 West Sixteenth street. Upon examination the mysterious bundie was found to contam the corpse of a full-grown female infant, wrapped in old rags, The oMcer conveyed the parcel to the Toirtl street station house, where Sérgeant Schultz discovered a cord ted around the neck oi the bod jug bebind the ears and tied tigntly across voroner Kickholt will invastigue the ci ig clearly One Of iniem LC) Uranguiewes,