The New York Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1874, Page 3

J q Result of Superintendent Walling’s Mys- * terious Mission. THE WRONG TRAIL. Finding a Friend of Mosher’s, but Not an Accomplice. Movements of the Burglars Previous to the Battle at Bay Ridge. ‘THE BODY OF THE BOY REPORTED FOUND. | The contest in activity and sagacity between | those having possession of the lost cnild, Charley Ross, and the officers of the law, still remains un- @ecided. And this in despite of the facts that the original abductors nave met with the untimely end | they so richly merited, and the authorities have all the resources and capacity they require, backed up by the moral sapport of a great community, ready at any moment to develop itself into active assist- ance, Not for many years has so proiound an in- terest been felt in detestive circles as that which ‘centres ground this lost child, and every effort | is being made, and, as a Police Commissioner | Stated yesterday, every available mau in the | Police Department in the city who can be spared has been placed on duty with a view of solving the question. The stories of detective successes, which in every country are given to the public, | ‘While a history of the (by far more numerous) failures is not recorded, are told over and over again to stimulate the activity and acumen of officials, and everywhere prominence is given to | this matter, in which the public are feeling so pro- found an interest. An unusual quietude prevailed at Police Head- quarters yesterday. The short despatch sent by the Superintendent the evening previous an- mouncing bis return, and that he bad no mews to communicate, led those espe- cially interested to belleve that while his statement might be true there was at least @ story to tell. He arrived at hts rooms at ‘the usual hour in the morning, and was soon after closeted with Captain Heins, of Philadelphia, ana a@relative of the boy, Following the consultation the Superintendent sent for Detective Selleck and Officer Moran, and after giving them some instruc- tions left the ofice, and expectation was again on Miptoe. in vain were the detectives and others | appealed to, Nothing of importance was elicited. “I Know sometning,” said a prominent official; * put lam not at liberty to make it public.” In answer to the all absorbing question, 18 THE CHILD YET ALIVE? he answered, ‘I have no doubt ne is. It is not the | custom of the abductors of children to do them any harm unless their personal salety demands Mt, and with the death of Mosher and Douglas, ‘who are admittedly the parties that stole te child, every reuson for doing harm to him is done away with. Iam of the opinion that tne boy ‘tein the hands of ignorant people, who etther do Mot read the newspapers, and so Nave no idea who the boy is or of the efforts being made for his re- covery ; or, having a knowledge of them, are fear- fal of the responsibility which would attach to ‘them should their complicity in the affair become known, and 8 they remain gutet, allowing events Bo shape themselves,’? Nevertheless, there are those who are of the opimion that the child bas Deen made away with, and that, as a detective re- Marked upon Thursasy, the search will eventually Dave to be changed from that for the living boy to ‘his dead body in the grave or the river. ‘The return of the Superintendent put anend to speculation, ana soon a demand was made upon him for tne result of his journey 01 the day previ- us, from which so much had been expected. The story was one often repeated of following up @ clew which promised the most complete solution wof the affair, aud which in the end proved o/ not | the slightest importance. “The child is dead,” Said the Superintendent at an early hour yester- day morning. “1 go to establish the fact, recover She body and so put a sorrowiul end to the sus- ase Of the afflicted parents and the puolic, who Bo teepty sympathize with them.” THE SUPERINTENDENT'S STORY. “From information received,” said the Superin- tendent, “Iknew that @ woman named Russell ad been on very intimate terms with Mosher, tue dead burglar, and that she had assisted bim very materially in his efforts to gain a livelinood, setiing him upin an oyster saloon in Grand street. 1 learned, moreover, that her residence was at No. 118 Kidge street. From another source iniorma- tion had reached me that, some five or six weeks @ woman had arrived at New Britain, Conn., with a child about five years of age, and that shortly alter the little one bad sickened and died, I wisn you to bear this in mind, ag tt is Seren! to & proper understanding of the case. Natural! concluded to visit Mrs. Russell’s residence in idge street, and, as complaint had been made against the premises by the Board of Health, I did | go 1D the capacity of an agent of the Boara. I found a very disagreeable smell about the premises, which I thought called jor amy attention in ny Dew Capacity, you see, and so began to make inquiries regarding the owner nd the responsible party in the premises. After gome littic trouble I ascertained that Mrs. Russell Was the party and that she was at preaent in the country. I took no pains to conceal wy oficial character as agent of the Board of Health, and soon & young man I found there thought he would @nsweF, os he was the son of the owner. How- ever, he didn’t know where his mother was, which A thought was suspicious. I finally left the place, and, after notilying the Board of Health of my action, I detailed Detectives Selleck and Titus to Keep strict watch on the house and report to me the movements of any parties entering or leaving the house. Soom alter I received @ de- Spatch stating that the ung man, ac- ‘companied by an old lady, had gone thence to @ tenement house in Twenty-fourth street, and they seemed likely to remain there. Later there ‘came anotuer Geaparce, saying, ‘We have taken tickets to New Britain, Coun., followiag the old ‘Woman and the young man.’ Now, gentlemen. But this and that together—the strange child ying in that place and the old woman by the name of Russell, the mtimaie iriend of the dead burglar Mosher, going tittner, and what was the Batural jnierence? e detectives shadowed her | to the house in New Britain and visited it. They Teported nothing found there whict could give any clew to Charley Ross—only a girl about eleven years old. Tiis was not encouraging, and so at an early hour Thursday I started tor New Britain in the capacity o: a private citizen, I met Governor Howard, of khode Isiand, who cume very wear betraying me when he Spoke to me; but I managed to give him a hint of my desire to remain unknown. Arrived at the place | proceeded at once to the house, where Liound the old woman and the son anda young woman, evidently the lady of the house. In the presence of tle parties 1 wanted I concluded it would be as weil to be open with them and so asked the young man, who recog- ized me at one, 11 he kuéw who | was. “I suspect you are the Superintendent of Police,’ said he. “Alter acknowledging my identity lasked the ld lady |i she knew Mosher. Indeed I do,’ said she, ‘very well indeed, and Ww What ye’re alter now; it is the lost boy.’ ‘You set Mosher up in business?’ indeed I aid, and he owes me money to this ‘And when did you see Mra, Mosher?’ ‘An! 1 don’t know; not since my son died,’ ‘And when did your son die?’ don’t know, Maybe two years ago.’ at you nave not seen Mrs. Mosher since?” erhaps.' Well, when was it? A year ago? Six months?’ “ «Why don’t you tell him, mother, when you saw her? said the young man. « ‘Well, mayve it was eight weeks ago I met her an New York, with the baby in her arms, and she told ‘hey bad been driven out of Pailadeipnis by thi peice for something William had done, ‘Where is she now?’ “sure | don’t know.’ “You lost a chila lately? \_ “Here the old lady turned to the younger one, ‘who burst into tears, ‘Yes, twas her child,’ she g@aild, and the tears came to her eyes, «and have you a picture of It" «+ Yes, bere it ia,’ Said the younger one, produc- it. t looked atit with some interest ou ma} fancy, There was no sort of povotrd ance 4 Charley Ross. Lasked, Of what dia tt die?’ “Of membranous croup,’ Was the answer, “ “Aud who attended 1 The name of the physiciafl, well known in the community, a lead citizen Of the town, was given, abu, satisfied that my suppositions were ali |, ‘wrong, I arose to leave the house. “And you have not found the child? said the Old lady, Whose sympathies had been excited by feiereuce to the dead boy, who had been her ‘andnephew, ‘Can Ido anything to assist your in, take me to New York wiih you’ I am sure [ @an find Mrs. Moswer.’ ¥ “1 Jett the place. and aster conepiting the physi- | | Mosher finding that was too small @ | the | among Wl NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DE olan, who confirmed the statement in reference wv the death of the child, 1 returned te New York; end now you understand why I dida’t weat to tee you, gentlemen, .ast night. But 1 do not despair. Captain Irving, chief of the detective force, sald In the absence of the Superintendent -yes- terday we were look:ng alter the man Wo 1s 6up- and on Monday & man hired a vehicle fromem Nobie Ciifton to go to Richmond ana return that day who bad not been neara of antil the day be- fore yesterday. Information was then brought Mr. Clifton that the oorse and wagon were at Tottenville and that @ stranger had arrived with them at tha’ piace on Monday. posed to nave @ hand ty writing that letter Mr. Theodore Frean, of Stapleton, who Jus- which appeared in the Hegatp the other day. | tice of the Peace in tuat village some sixteen Another, the counterpart of that one, | years ago, iniormed a reporter yesterday that he has been in) my ands, and 8M | once committed William Mosher, recently shot at | now looking for the man who wrote Bay Ridge, to the Kichmond Lounty Jail for chree | both. [have jearned that some three weeks be- | months on the charge robbing a sloop near the fore Mosher’ th he Was met one day lo Colum- | stapieton basin of & iarge amount of goods, in- | treet by a certain man. They had a long con- | cryding piovks, Jails, ranning rigging and sails, | versation togetuer, and if that 1s the case Mosher | fie nad a smail boat at that ‘ime. A young man | wanted him for some job of this kind. This an | named Wood was implicated with him in the rob- has not been in towm for mure than @ week, and his disappearance at this time is curious, to say the least of tt. The police never for a moment doubt they are and always have been on the right track in thig matter. Since the deain of Mosher they argue @ host of witnesses have proved the identity of the men, and toat bas satisied them ol their sagacity. Superintendent Walling sent word to the police in Philadelphia in the middie or July that he suspected Mosner as being one of the men concerned in the affair. The Philadel. phia officers searched his nouse in that city on re- ceipt of that information, but found ge ane C cover up his doings returned to New York and since that the police nave been desirous of is More intimate acquaintance. Mrs, Mosher remained besind some time after her husband, but the police were not easy with her in the city, nor was she qu! at home with them, and she finally left. So iar the whole case hug rested on the Mosher: It 18 confessed that Mrs, Mosuer has no KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHILD or his whereabouts at any time. Her husband, for the best of reasons—a regard ior his own | safety—always abstained from saying anything to heron the matter, He was just tue kind of man Who woulda commit such @ crime, but nothing nas yet been shown that would at all point to ao tndi- cation that he had concealed the boy. If Mosher stole him he concealed him, and it would seem to be the very first thing for the police to do to trace his footsteps since the day of the abduction. All that has been told the pubiic about Mosher, bis life and nabita, would tmply that he was the grain of man to be child stealer, Many of his jormer companions have come forward aod told of their own relations with him. Some of them may be men wioge word should not be relied upon, but where they all tell the same story it would seem natural to suspect @ litte trutn in the matter. Mosher wasa rough, brutal man, a mean thie! and sneaking ieliow generally. He was not a burgiar by continued practice, although he was killed in an attempt at burglary; but he was a desperate thief, well skilied in the thief trade and up to all the tricks oi getting rid of tne proceedings 0 his takings, To a man oj this char- acter, with a large family to support, money was reat necessity, ANd Money he was always look- ing for. According to the police, and it must ve 80, he was ovliged to labor as hard as any three honest men in tue city tor the same results. When he stole valuable things he was never abie to get more than a fourth oi their value from those who bought them from him, and the savings of a year, if he could save, would scarcely be enough to help him through the meshes of the most simple arrest, He was obliged to be constantiy planning by day and robbing by night to support lie wile and four children, and, as it appears, he was frequently put to his wits’ ends to attain that object decently. All this Would go to show the police theory isa correct one. Very probably it is. But suppose It 1g not. They are liable to be mistaken, and, I! they are, the parties wno did the stealing and have the chiid are having @ good insight into how they can Watch tne police and know what is going on. Mosher may nave been @ bad man and a desperate one, tuo, without being cruel. When he Look the child he merely thougnt of the price bis parents would be likely to pay to get him back. The anguish of tne suffering mother never probably struck him—not that there 18 much reagon to sus- pect 16 Would have any effect—and he took tue yy as he would have taken a bar of pig tron, That step taken, it was not an easy matter to go back If the thief felt any compunction. Rewards were offered, the police were scnt out, and tne whole country was aroused by ‘the boid- ness of tbe deed. Mosher was then obliged to retain the boy and do the best he could with him, sudicient evidence has been shown that he made attempta to return him to his parents, but the difficulty of electing @ transfer terminated the Proceedings. Mosher’s brotner’s wile said he was @ Kind, gentle-heartea man, ard, thougn a thiel, bad many exceilent qualities. His wile never ior- sook his jortunes, altbough irequently urged to do 80 by her parents, and t! would seem to argue that the boasts o! the sister-in-law nad some loun- dation in truth. Many theories are started as to the possible locauion of the child now, but from all that puperintendent Walling bas said, and what he be- lieves to have Leen the course 01 the abductors on Jeaving Pennsylvania, there can be little doubt he 48 either on Staten or Long Island, Mosher and ‘his accomplice drove with the child to the Karitaa Bay; Mosher crossed the bay in a boat, leaving | his comrade to get rid of the buggy; then either . went up tirough the Kills im tnat boat or merely crossed the bay and left te child in the immediate neighborhood, Since | that day he has been hovering about the place, and there ts listle doubt he much, Reports o/ his presence. came irom vari- ous parts of Staten Island, some as far off as August and September and others of more recent date, Inthe early part of the evening of Thurs- day, December 10, a man went to the residence of @ gentleman on Staten Island. He made the ex- cuse for going there that he was in straightened circumstances, Looking ior employment, and had heard of the gentleman’s gencronity to the poor in one of the places where he bad appiled ior work. He presented @ letter, purporting to have been written y uimselt, and asked for 9 dollar or two, saying to the gentleman that he had only just arrived irom Chicago. His name, he said, was J. W. Wallace. The language of the letter was unexceptivnable, and conveyed the certainty that the writer had had some education. So struck was the gentleman with the a@ppearance of the man and the quiet, entle way in which he told his story, hat he was on the poiut of asking him into the house when the man handed the letter. It was written tn pencil, and, on looking over it, the gentleman handed the man $2. ith a show of gratitude, uncalled for by the occasion the gentie- Man thought, tie man shook his hand and leit, Diessing him abundantly. Some short time after the gentieman’s coachman told him he was in the lodge when the man passed toward the house, and that he (the coachman) afterward met the man on the road with @ dark lantern in his hand. Thi sane night the coacnman of another gentiema: residing but a short distance from the first, and @ friend of bis,in returning from a wake, when a@bout half a mile down the main road and opposite the gate of the gentleman who Unie the man the $2, saw a man approach from the opposite direc- tion. In coming up with the coachman this man asked if he had ANY TOBACCO. The coachman gave him some, and the man then said, “As you are going down the road | will walk as far ag Stapleton with you.” The coach- Man’s suspicions were aroused, and he gave all his attention to the man and his conversation. He remembers distinctly the questions, “Mr. so and so’’ (as they were passing @ house) “is a rich man?” -Who lives there?’ thrust in among 4 lot of general talk. At @ convenient turn in the road the coachman stopped, lit a match, took a good look at the ae | again resumed the conversa- tion and the walk. He describes the man as being plainly dressed, wearing a sloucned hat and hav- ing red and sandy side whiskers and a musiache. Tne man who got the $2 from the utlemano nad @ light mustache, but no side whiskers. In other respects the coachman’s description of his com- pasion along the road suited him pretty nearly. in arriving at his destination the coachman abruptly crossed over to the other side of the road, leaving the man alone. The mysterious in- dividual continued nis journey and in a few moments passed out or sight. This circumstance, together with that of tne visit of the man to the gentieman’s house, startea a Beier that men of dangerous character were prowling about the neighborhood, and would, probably, soou be heard of. Inquiry was made he laborers at work in the vicinity, and from them was gleaned the descriptions of two men who had been in the vicinity ior a fortnight, and who are now believed, {rom sufficient reasons, to be Mosher and Dougias. At about half-past nine o’clock on Saturday night last a carpenter, tn the employ of the second gentleman mentione here, while im a sajoon, about half a mile below the residence of this gentleman, observed a stranger enter the place, seat himself and ask for some- thing to drink. He got into conversation with some other persons in the saloon, and the carpen- ter heard him tell them he had just arrived irom oni and was compelled to pawn ail he pos- sessed to make the journey to that place. He said he had been up tt entieman’s house, and the gentleman had promised him a job in the course week. That statement was a faisehood, be- cause the gentieman had dismissed him, with the it Of $2, This stranger, the carpenter noticed, made many inquiries ABOUT THE ISLAND a the gentlemen who lived there, but he now d then evinced a knowledge o1 the piace that awakened the suspicions of the carpenter. Aiter spending about an nourin the saloon the man asxed him where he could obtain lodging. The carpenter directed him to a iager beer saloon just bove on the road irom where they were. The sas, quickly replied, ‘That house is suut up;” and the carpenter mentioned another Y dete kept by a Mr. Young, further down the road.’ ‘i think that will do,” satd the stranger, and he leit. Mr. Young states tnat no one slept at bis house that night outside of nis own family but a reporter for @ newspaper. Further inquiry has revealed that the same man went to the residences of several other gentlemen in the same locality. He was given food at one and money at another. The descriptions of the person calling at all these houses agree exactly witn those of the man who jou the from the first gentleman on Thurs- ay Week. Captain Biake, of the Stapleton olice, states tial & man a! “Ak tie | to ese details slept at th ton house on the Wednesday night previous to his going to the gentieman’s house. That this was Mosher the aescription, well a8 many other proofs, point out. His bi was moored in che Fiver just opposite the residences of the two gen- tlemen quoted mere. The letter presented to the gentiemen fas been proven by experts to be in the same handwriting as that of the child stealer gent to the father of Cnariey Ross in July anda fac aimile of which was published in the HERALD on Trnraday last. During Wednesday, Thursday and Fejday the boat that carried Mosher and Dougiad to the scene of their death was ancniered Immediately opposite thgse gentlemen's houses, some valuable | nest he was watching, or he would not be there so ; bery, but succeeded in escaping punishment. After Mosher served ous his time in jail he went to Mr. Frean’s nouse, one day at dinner time, and, throwing a lump of baker’s Gough upon the table, threatened Mr, Freau with vengeance. Mr, Frean obtained assistance and had Mosher arrested again for assault, and taken belore Justice Wolf, of Tompkinsville, woo sent him back to jail ior two moatns longer, After that time, Mr. Frean says, hia family Were always in dread of Mosher, Jeariny that he might come back again and offer | some violence when released. He was never seen | there aiserward, however. Mosher at the time coud not have been over nineteen years oid. LAST EVENING veral of the saloons and dance houses of the urth ward Were visited with a view of seeipg @& notorious character, said to be one oi the lai‘e Mosher’s most intimate friends, @nd who is supposed to be in possession of many Of the dead burgiar’s secrets, The search for bim | roved to be unsuccessful, and it is quite certain ‘hat he 18 not now in the city. The iast piace Visited wasasaloon at the corner of Dover and Water streets, and just as the reporter was leaving it he encountered a man whon he recognized as one he bad previously seen in the course of the evening. A conversation ensued, apd upon | Mosher’s name being mentioned the wan ais- played considerable communicativeness, He said @ had known both Mosker and Douglas for several years, Mosher had always a reputauion as ab expert river thie/, but was not considered capable of carrying through success- fully apy very important scheme. ‘ Avout three or four weeks ago,” said he, “1 was talking to | Mosher about Charley Ross. 1 bad no idea that he had anything to do with it, but now remember that he said he thought that everything would soon be known. I have not seen Mosher since, and had heard nothing of him unwl the news came of bis death. Douglas was not & man to be depended on. He used to get a fit of repentance now and then, and nobody could do anything with him.” Nothing more of interest transpired tn the conversation, and It is certain that the informant Knew novning about the missing boy. In answer | toa question the Man gave nis name as Henry Kelly, but alterward seemed suspicious and atraid of getting into trouble and aecamped. It is probable that he was one a gang of river thieves and had thus become acquainted with Mosher and his confederate. THE BODIES. B Yesterday Coroner Jones, of the Western Dis- trict, ordered the surrender of the bodies of the burglars, Wiliam . osher and Joseph Douglas, the men who abducted Charley Ross and who were shot while escaping from Judge Van Brunt’s house at Bay Ridge on last Monday morning. the remains were given into the custody of Under- taker Munn, of New York, who,'at tne solicitation of the wife 0! Mosher and the sister of Dougias, per- formed tne last act of earthly service jor the de- ceased criminals, A sister of Douglas visited tne Morgue in company with her husband and took a farewell 100k of the ieatures of her unjortunate brother, Whom she nad not seen for eight years Previous. She was much affected by the terripie end to which his evil career had brought him, The brother-in-law of Douglas made arrangements with Mr. Munn to have the body interred, together | witn that o1 Mosner, in Cypress Hills Cemetery, and the requisite permission having been obtained from the Coroner and the Board of Health the | | undertaker. faithtully carried out his mission. Shortly aiter eleven o’clock he drove up to the door Of the city dead house in a wagon which contained | two coffins. The latter were then taken out ofthe | Vehicle and laid on the floor of the Morgue. They were Of imitation rosewood, and were ornamented on the lid and sides with silverplated mountings. Oval plated pieces of silverware on the reapective cofin lids bore the inscriptions :— ncovonseanoene necorenocecens nares nore te renere rere ® JOSEPH DOUGLAS, Died December 14, 1874, In bie 29th year, POLORDILLE ELE LE LODO LOLO DEDEDE DOLE DE IE IELODE OLE LE D anes. OLDEN DEDEDE DENG LE CODE OD LELE® WiLLIAM M. MOSHER, 3 Died December 14, 1874, 3 In his 53d year. | AOOCOP OOOO LE SOLE LODE LE RETO DEDEDE DE DEDEDE HE The coffins were lined with merino and white satin and were neatly iringed. The bodies were | then prepared for shrouding in the habiiaments of | the grave. On removing the socks from Douglas’ feet a quantity of shot rolled out upon the floor. Drawers, clean socks and shrouds of white ma- | terial, with quilted lappels of the vest pattern, | were drawn uvon the bodies, together with white shirts ano black neckties. None of the reia- | tives or friends were present at the Mor, bat the keeper, Patrick Maguire, was keep pretty busy 10 auswering applicants for admission, persons | woose curiosity Pag them to visit the char- | nel house. While Mr. Munn was at the Morgue he engaged in conversation with a reporter upon the subject of the stolen boy, Charley Ross, in the course of which he said he was itive that “tne mrasing child would be found before sundown to- Gay” (yesterday). ‘He will be home beiore Sun- day, anyway,” remarkea Mr. Munn, Mr. W,. Bryers, a receiver oi the Brooklyn City Railroad, viewed the bodies yesterday, and identified Doug- las as having gone by the name of George Clark while in the employ of the railroad company last winter. “He was was 8 driver,” he said “on the Greenpoint cars, and received bis last payment in March, 1874. He was A 80BBR, STEADY MAN, OF GENIAL DISPOSITION and always at his post. A driver named Kane said Clark was very reticent in conversation with his fellows. He had stated to him, however, that his wife was dead, but he had a young son living ; in the country. Patrolman Shepherd, of the Seventh precinct, recognized Mosher as a man whom he had arrested in 1863. The officer said he was coming from his house one morning when he saw two men palling 1 & rowboat up the river. As the crait was heavily laden tney made but slow progress. His suspicions were aroused as to the character of the cargo, irom the fact that news had been telegraphed along the river tront concerning the robbery of Mr. Scholz’s dry goods store, in Newark, N. J. Shepherd kept close watch onthe boaimen and saw them pull in to a small | basin at Hunter’s Point. Here tney loaded a quantity of goods on a wagon and drove boldly to the ferry, where they were immediately arrested and taken to White Plains, N. Y. Mosher escaped one stormy might, but his companion served tour ‘ears in Sing Sing for the crime. The incidents of identification cited were all that is worthy of note that occurred at the Morgue yeaterday. THE INTERMENT. About two o’clock the coMlas containing the re- mains were driven to Cypress Hilis Cemetery, East New York, where @ small group 0! relatives ol the dead were assembled. The bodies were consigned to earth, and the sod closed over two Men Waose names Will not soon be forgotten or erased from the annals of crime. The dying re- quest of Douglas was at least granted, inasmuch as he had “a decent burial.” THE PIRATICAL CRAFT, the sail boatin which the two desperadoes sailed over the river irom New York under the shadow Ot night, and anchored in the cove near Bay Ridge dock, fraught upon a mission of plunder which was to be their last on earth, has been claimed. The owner of the boat, who was men- tioned in the HERALD of yesterday, Mr. Samuel Wilmot, of No. 36 Middle street, Bridgeport, Conn., visited Police Headquarters in the forenoon, and informed the Inspector that ne nad come to the conclusion that the vessel in which the burglars visited Brooklyn had been stolen from her anchor- age on the night of Sunday, September 20, 1874 and was his property. rgeant Charles Frost accompanied Mr. Wilmot to Bay Ridge, where he at once recognized tt as the vessel which he had previously advertised as lost. Tne name of “Wilmot” was burned with @ brand iron in sev- eral sections of the boat. Singular to say, the boa, which Is 19 feet 6 inches in length and 9 Jeet wide, ‘was built by William Mosher, the dead burglar, eighteen years ago, while that individual was uno- dergoing sentence of imprisonment in the Bridge- port Jail. The vessel was stolen once before, but was recovered in Boston narbor. A claim has been entered by Mrs. Mosher in the Surrogate’s Court to the property left by her husband. The owner Of the boat will, of course, nh to enter @ coun ter claim tn order to recover his property. WAS CHARLEY ROSS DROWNED? —THE BODY OF A CHILD FOUND IN NEWARK BAY AND INTERRED. The clew to the whereabouts of Charley Ross, drawn from the inquest in the Mosher and Doug- las case, has set Jerseymen on the road of in, quiry. The iollowing potnts in the case deserve special attention :— On the 17th of Novemper the body of a child was found floating in the waters of Newark Bay, at the foot of Sixteenth street, in Bayonne. It was neatly but not expensively dressed, and had been evidently in the water for several days. The child was a male, about four years of age. The body was taken to Speer’s Morgue, in Jersey City. The county physician, Dr. Stout, was notified, and, having examined she remains, he gave a permit for burial, taking it to be a simple case of drown- tng. The body was kept at the Morgue the usual (EMBER 19, 1874.—WIT Bayonne, and on several occasions officers were sent in disguise to watch their movmeents uff Ber- gen Point. They slept tn their boat all night, an would, beiore break of day, visit o@ gin mil on shore, remaining ouly about fifteen minutes. Thisis considered an important bu the men being dead, it 1s doubtiu: if it can be turned to account. Chief of Police Whit- , of Bayonne, seeing that the men anchored their boat in Newark Bay aud in the cove near the coal docks, set officers on their track. and one night @ robbery was perpetrated in she First ward. Nexs mo: ning the Chief visited the boat of the sus- cted parties, bnt could not find the miss- ing goods, It was then supposed that they Were engaged in smuggling, and they were warned to ieave the shore. It was only with great reluctance they consented, the Chief naving threatened to have them committed to jail as sus- icious characters, Tne County Physician ana oroner Keiuhardt will visit the Potter's Field this morniug and have the body exhumed, There are mauy who believe thas the body interred was that of Charley Ross. THE GLENDENNING CASE. The character of Mary E. Pomeroy having been called im question during the Glendenning trial, especially in relation to her residence tn Ovid, N. Y., the friends of the deceased girl prepared &@ vast amount of rebutting testimony to show that her reputation was above reproach till her intimacy with Glendenning. All this rebut- ting testimony was ruled out by the Presbytery. Mr. Glendenning testified in his defence that Miss Pomeroy admitted she was unchaste from an early age. He refused to give details, but from rumors Circulated in the community an inquiry was deemed advisable tn Ovid, N. ¥., where Mary Pomeroy spent many years. The following parties, comprising some of the most influential and respectable citizens of Ovid, N. Y.. the lormer piace of residence of the late Mary E. Pomeroy, most of whom have known wer from her iniancy and down to the time she came to reside in Jersey City, have signed @ certificate ip which they unhesitatingly declare that her character was excellent and above reproach dur- | ing all the time she resided in that place:—J. B. | Thomas, bank cashier; George P. Brookaw, mer- chant; Cornelius Bodine, sheriff; William ©, Ha- zelton, atiorney-at-law; Taiman Cloak, Thaddeus | Bodine, counsellor-at-law; James Foster, Justice of the Peace; C, Jones, merchant; Morgan Harris, jostmaster; E, C. Howell, merchant; James D. urdy, Town Clerk; David H. Smith, N. C. Howell, Joun'&. Craus, Chief of Police; William L. Foster, . W. Struvie, M. D., Edward W. Bryan, M. D., Halsey Sandford, Nelson 1. Brown, ‘Chester Brown, Jonn N. Wilson, Elder of toe Presbyterian church; John R. Biiss, Justice of the Peace; Alfred Bolter, M. D. ‘This certificate was directed to the Presbytery of Jersey City, and is dated October 5, | 1874, but Was not used on the trial, although it | was in tne hands of Rev. Dr. imbrie. THE GERMAN REPUBLICANS. The German Republican Central Committee held its closing session for 1874 at its rooms, No. 349 Bowery, last night, when measures proposed by the Executive Committee to effect a reorganiza- tion of the German republican ranks were dis- cussed, Dr. Muir presided, and a plan of reor- ganization, after a itengthy discussion, was adopted, providing for primary elections to be held itn each of the different Assembly districts until tne 12th of January, Soon thereafter the Central Committee for 1875 18 to meet for organization. A platform, embracing a | declaration of principles, was adopted, declaring, | among Other things, that tne aspect of political affairs ot the country, the result of the recent elections and other circumstances are such that they will cause all earnest republicans to | reflact. Facts are stronger than theories, | and whatever may be held of theoretical and prac: | tical politics, the result of the October and Novem- ber elections tended to reveal @ state of affairs which should not be ignored or lost sight of by faitbiul adherents of republican principles, but should impel them to keep a vigilant eye on the attitude of the aggresssive democracy, whose recent successes cannot be denied. In view of these circumstances, they should hail with satisfaction any measures and policy that the national government may adopt whicn are cal- | culated to deprive the democracy, in its aggressive policy, of an opportunity to throw discredit on the republican party and to impeach republican administration and republican legislation. DE CONTO BACK AGAIN. There arrived in this city yesterday from Ha- vana the eminent duellist, Don José Ferrer de Conto, the wearer of some twenty knightly and religious orders, The Spaniards in this city are much exercised over his arrival, and propose to dine and wine him, as their brethren in France, Spain and Cuba have lately done, for upholding the cause of Spain and Cuba, “one and indivist- H SUPPLEMENT. | opened on tne Ellis from four points, - OBITUARY. COMMANDER WILLIAM B, CUSHING. A telegram irom Washington announces the death, under circumstances most sad, of the dis- tingutshed young oMcer, Commander William B. Cushing, United States Navy. While the intelli- gence is not altogether unexpected, it will give rise to feeling’ of universal sorrow and regret. More than a week ago it was reportea that he was suffering from an acute attack of brain disorder, and the melancholy sequel which now reaches us all who knew bis weak bodily condition feared could not be long deferred. A Orilliant naval career of seventeen years ts untimely ended. in the death of Commander Cushing the personnel of the navy loses a popular and cherished member and the public service sustains @ most grievous loss, The knight errant of the United States Navy is gone. William B, Cushing was vorn in Wisconsin in 1843, and was only thirty-one years of age at the time of his death. While a mere lad he came to New York State, and on September 25, 1857, Teceived his appointment to Annapolis, After a year in the Academy he resigned. The war for the Union burst upon the nation in 1861, Cushing at once secured an appointment as an acting oMcer. He was at once assigned to duty on a vessel be- Jonging to the North Atlantic squadron, The | young ensign, then behind all his old compantons | at the Academy, at once began @ career, which, for the number 0! daring and meritorious acts of lor, bas few rivals among the long hist of heroes to be found within the covers of the Navy Register. For gallant conduct he was raised to the iull rank of lieutenant ip the United Stases Navy on eh 16, 1862, Having on several occa sions shown himseif worthy of the utmost conf- den e, he was in November of the same year ap- pointed to command the gunboat Ellis, Ove cir- cumstance which propably contributed toward this appointment was his conduct at Franklin, | Va.. on the Blackwater River, where he swam | ashore with a line Snrongt a@ heavy fire. The world at once heard of the Eliis and her nineteen ear old commander, He was ordered to ascend lew River inlet, on the North Carolina coast, cap- | ture Jacksonville, to imtercept the Wilmington mail, to take possession of ali vessels on the river and to destroy any salt works which might be located along its banks. On Novem- ber 23, 1862, the little steamer started on her pertious mission, the town was reached in the a{ternoon, and belore night Lieutenant Cushing bad Captured all the arms in the place, a large mail and two schooners. The Eliis started on her return voyage, running one battery alter an- other, and anchored about five miles from the outer bar, it being impossible, owing to the state ol the tide and the absence of all lignts, to take the vessel trom the river that night. On the fol- | lowing morning a battery of artiilery opened on the Ellis from a bluff, but was soon silenced by the steamer running close in under the blu, below | vhe enemies’ fire, and literally knocking tne guns of the vattery from their carriages, No ac- curate charts of the river had been obtainapie, | and the pilot evidently did not know the channel, for, about five hundred yards below this batier: the Ellis grounded, effort was m: to get er oat, Without — suc- | cess. Everything was removed on board of @ prize schooner except the pivot gun and some small arms. The crew were mustered and told that they could leave the ship and go to the prize. Lieutenant Cushing then called for six | volunteers to remain and fight the remaining gun. He had no trouble in obtaining them. The schooner was ordered te drop dowu the river and await the Fesuit 0} the impending engagement On the morning of the 25th a cross fire of Faeo and was he vessel ‘Was s00n dieabled, so that there was nothing to do but surrender or row under fire in an open boat nearly two miles to the schooner. The latter was young Cusniny’s alternative. The Ellis was fire e reached the schooner, made sail for sea an: four hours aiter arrived in Beaufort. The cool coursge which characterized the commander of this expedition was oMctally commended in a re- porc of the Admiral of the North Atlantic station | to the War Department. The most famous achievement of Lieutenant Peer during the war is yet to oe recorded. It was decide: by the Navy Department to ask Lieuten- ant Cushing to ascend the Roanoke River in a vorpedo boat for the purpose oi blowing up the rebel ram Albemarle, at Plymouth. This formida- | ble vessel had, during the, entire summer ot 1864, kept the Roanoke clear of federal vessels, It b captured the Southfield aud the Miami. in engagement in May the Albemarie had shown | herself more than a match for the gunboats Mata- bessett, Wyalusing, Sassacus and Whitehead. Tne ram, therefore, had become the terror of the | Sound, A considerable force was required to be | constantly on guard, and the movements of the | vesselg on the entire squadron were greatly ham- red tnereby. When young Cushing had een apprised of his selection this oer adventure he accepted the mission Without @ moment’s hesitation. The trip was undertaken, like the expedition of Somers in ble.” The Don some montis back left Canada for Liverpool by one of the Allan line of steamers, in company with Colonel Pio Rosado, a well known Cuban patriot. When the two men subsequent! arrived on tue Continent of babe they proceede: to aspoton the French and Belgian frontie accompanied by their respective seconds. Oolonel Rosado fought, not because he oad any unpleus- aptness with the illustrious Don, but simply be- cause ne had agreed to act, as second for Mr. Juan Beilido de Luna, editor of the Cuban paper La d cia, the organ of the patriots in this city, who had called Mr. Conto everytning except @ high toned gentleman. Mr. Luna was at the tims arrested and brought to Jefferson Market Police Court, and placed under heavy bonds not to leave the State or break the peace. At this state of affairs the duel promised to be a flasco, but Colonel Rosado hearing that Conto was going to Spain resolved to accompany him, and have some pistol praction with him at che first opportunity. The uban dueilo code obliges the second to Aght when by Pickwickian or other circumstances his principal 18 placed hors de combat. Don Conto showed tiat ne was a fighter, ana evinced no trepidation when the duel was about commencing. He was wounded in the affair in hus left side, and was forced to keep his ved for some time at Paris, Since then he has become a | shining light and noble chevalier among his countrymen during his travels, it is reported that he will be re-elected President of the Spanish society of this city, “La National.” It is to be} hoped, on humanitarian er a | that the spiil- ing of his blood on belialf of the Spanish posses- sion of Cuba may cause peace to reign, for some time at least, between his paper, the Cronista, of bhis city, and the bellicose Vaoan sheet, La Inde- pendencia, SPANISH CONSULAR FEES. Yesterday afternoon & HERALD reporter called atthe office of the Spanish Consulate, in this city, with reference to,the following announce- ment, which appeared in this paper on Friday. Captain Nichols, ot the American bark Saran, which arrived at Havana, Dec 2 from Cardiff, with a cargo of coal, complains that the, Spanish Consul at Cardiff ex acted a tee from him of £6 12s. 6d. sterling, being about 5 cents per ton of coal, before he would ciear him for Havana. The sabjoined statement explains the matter. “According to article, No. 49 of the Spanish Con- sular tariff, cousuls are permitted to charge $3, or its equivalent, for the first fiity tons of coal, laden fora Spanish port, or @ colonial spanish port, and in dition to this he is entitled to charge ten cents for each additional ton.” If the ih consular agent has charged more than this he has done wrong. As a ruié, our consular fees are lower than those of many other maritime nations. Take for instance the case of silks, &., sent from the inland city of Lyons, in France; some countries charge @ consularsee at that city and also another at the port of shipment. We only charge at the port. We have aiways fat- tered ourselves that uur consular fees are low im compurison With those of other countries, WANTED—A BsIGADIER GENERAL. ‘The officers of the Second brigade, N. G. 8. N. Y., met last evening at the armory in West Thir- teenth street, for the purpose of electing a briga, dier general to fill the place of General Fank. General Varian presided. The polls were open for one hour. Colonel Sterry challenged the votes of Lieutenant Colonei Hammer and Colonel! Kloeppel, on ied sienna that they had rete Serpe Wered the ger a v it for leno ti orders of tual sage Radek. pee Patni produced certificates of reappointment and were aliowed to vote, Colonel Sverry announcing his intention of ba o> gr from the decision of Gea- hen the polls closed the votre was follows :—Colone! Vilmar, 6; feed Sterry, 9; Colonel Mitchell, 2; Cotohel Lux, 1; Colones) Kracker, 1, and blank 1, there being 13 onan Q Varian declared the election the ketch Intrepid before Algiers, as a forlorn | hope. Having made all arrangements ior expected death the Lieutenant, with @ picked crew of four- teen men, literally taking their lives in their hands, on the night of October 27, 1864, made their way 1D a small boat, under cover of the darkness, for seven miles up the Roanoke River, fanked all the way by hostile batteries, to the point where the Albemiarie lay, guarded by all the devic which an expectation of the attack could si [apse Through all these cefences young Ci Ing, In the dead of night, made his way; pen trated and crowded away the logs sufficiently to Place the torpedo under tne Albemarie and ex- Plode it, sinking her in&iew moments, A suot Irom the ram sunk tue torpedo boat iust as ita work was completed, and Licutenant Cushing, ; with oniy four of bis party, escaped, the remainder | being killed or wounded. The Lieutenant and his | unbarmed companions reached land vy swimming, | and Onally rejoinea the fleet, where ts death had been already mourned. in recognition of this service to tbe country Secretary Welies addressed Lieutenant Cushing @ letter, in which he said “Toe juugment as well as the daring courage d played would do honor to any officer, and redounds to the credit of one of twenty-one years of age. On tour previous occasions tne depart ment has had the gratification of express- ing its approbation of your conduct in the face | of the enemy, and inéach instance there was | manifested vy you the same heroic daring and | innate love of perilous adventure; a mind deter- | mined to succeed and not to be deterred by any | apprehensions of defeat The department bas | presented your name to the President for a vote | Of thanks, that you may be promoted one grade.’ He was accordingly made a lieutenant commander under date of Uctober 22, 1864. To sum up the history of this officer’s life during this erait may be said that there was not a year of the war io | which be did not periorm some signal act of peril- | ous adventure. Passing over the years which have followed, | during which he served in the Pacific and Asiatic squadrons, we come to the last public act of his lune, Which must ever be tefully remembered even by those who were his enemies in the war for the Union. In the fall of last year the Wyo- | ming was at anchor in the harbor of Aspinwall. | Commander Cushing (rateed to that grade in Jun- uary, 1872) was ber commending officer. Learn- | ing when on shore one afternoon that a steamer | bearing the American fag haa _ been ! captured by a Spanish nena towed tnto | Santiago de Caba and her officers ‘brutal, mordered, he at once went on board, raised’ a@n;hor, and, without orders from anybody, pro- | ceeded to the rescue of such of the Virginius pris- oners as were still Hving. Heit was who, with | only two other oMicers, proceeded ashore at San- | tiago, in person visited the butcher Burriel, and to bis face dared him to take the life of another American citizen. The guns of the Se were manned, and: Cushing declared that he would burn the town if another prisoner died. These facts are, however, of too recent occarrence to demand | further notice. personal appearance Commander Cushing Was tall, slender aud boyish. His nervous consti- tution had been sadly undermined b; in manner ‘a Commander Cushing on board his oR Ma MN i r) Of a brhin attack, gat We“whols syacens vat th gallant young mah seemed wrecked and there were many indications of early dissolation. The Secretary of the Navy oMotally antduncea the death of Commander Cushing yesterday. Th faneral will take place to-morrow (Sunday), hi two o'clock P. M.. from the Commandant ware ters at the Washington Navy Yard. The officers of the navy and of the Marine corps will attend jn ull undress uniform, REV. ADAM CROOKS, D. D. [From the Syracuse (N. Y,) Journal, Dec. 17.) On Tuesday afternoon many circles in our city were startied by the announcement ‘o! the death of the Rev. Dr, Adam Crooks, who died at his rest- dence, No. 81 Kast Jefferson street, where ne had been lying for a week irom a relapse of bis dis- q Successful candidate must have a ma- jority Of the votes cast. Colonel beso urged 1¢ post 't of the electton. Colonel Sterry seconded the wagzes' jon and announced his inten- ton of appealin, m certain results of the elec- tion. General Varian then adjourned the election time, but no person appeared to tdentify it. Mr. peer then interred it the Potter's Field in snake Aili, the burial ground of Hudson Mtoe Some thougnt ti the child bad fallen from some boat of an excursion party; but that aeems very improbable, because no excursion parties were given within a month of that date, bad any child so {alien overboard some. body would have missed it. thers thought the child had fallen from a canal boat or been drowned at N and floate: down the bay, but in that case why was it that no jamily anywhere reported “'a child lost?” The !ocal- ity where the body was found is one where it would be almost tmpossibie for any such little fellow to been straying about and so falten into the water. The mystery remained witnout any solution, and with the burial of the poor little meiess, unclaimed drowned boy the incident was forgotten. What strengthens belief in the theory that this child was Charley Ross is the fact that Douglas and Mosher were frequently seen coating in the Kila, Toey Were wel) knowg tg the police in until the second Monday in January. A NEW CUSTOM HOUSE ORDER. A new order has just been promulgated among the Custom’ House inspectors by the Surveyor, which orders that no Custom House officer shall @0 upon any steamer or wharf to waich he is not specially detatied for duty. The object of this order, 18 18 understood, is to precinte officers entertaining their friends on board comfortable steamers With- Out expense to themseives. Great apprehension exists at the Custom House that the oficial guillotine ts about descending on @ number of heads, and that a black list ts already prepared. Special officers from Washington are reported as havfng lately been at work in the Custom House raat the duties performed by each man, and their “reports are anticipated ‘With sometning like dread some of the worked officials, =. ease. The immediate cause of his death was @ complication of diseases growing out of a moroid state of the liver and the inflammation of other internal organs. Some four months ago he left the city to attend the fall conferences of the Wes- leyan Methodist connection. These held their sessions in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Mit nois, Wisconsin, lows, Minnesota, Kansas and Tennessee, He left home in August, in arently good health and high spirits. dann rCrooks, was born in _ Leesburg, Toll county, Ohio, May 3, 1824, and was the fourth of @ family of thirteen children. His father was not & professing Christian, but taug.t his children the striovest bonesty and truthfulness. His mother Was pious deeply devout, and left her Christian character aceply engraven on his heart, At lourteen years of age he sought Jesus as his Saviour, and experienced the inexpressible joys of sins forgiven, May 4, 1844, he was licensed exhort, but preached, a¢ he always found sys- tematized thought more natural ana easy to his turn of mind, In August, 1845, he joined the Alleghany Conierence aud went as janigx preacher 3 to the Erie circuit, with Beadquarters in the city of Erie. Pa. His next labors were in a! City, with bis brother Wiiisam, and the ing ‘year he removed to Zanesviile circuit, Onto, and his brother Wiliam. creatiy to his unceasing sorrow, lata aside bis tolls op earth and left him to “tread the rough paths’o’ the worid all alone.’* In the autumn of 1647 the question O! going South to preacd wai ased upon lis mind with at force. The ter resolved itsei’ into this are “Can you go South to preach Christ and Him crac! fled and the opening of (ue prison doors to them that are bound, at she peril of your ie”? In the pulpit, by the side of tne dist! apse’ end de- voted kdward Smith, he decided in the afirma- tive. Four years of toil, peril and cess sued, Others preceded and followed bim, ba lacking the caution, tact and executive ability Mr. Crooks, they were driven irom tbe fleld. His own itfe was finally threatened, and as the months and years passed On he continued upon his vor contronung or avoiding threats and vioience, ai escaping almost Dumberiess pertis in a most strike ing manner, MORALITY OF THE THEATRE. LECTURE BY MR. JOHN ELDEREIN BEFORE TH LIBERAL CLUB. The members of the Libera! Club und their friends assembled at the club rooms, No. 30 Stuyvesant street, last night, to listen to a lecture on “The Morality of the Theatre’ vy Mr. Jono Elderkin, The members were there in full force, and after the calling of the roll and the reading of the minutes of the last meeting the President, Mr, Brogden, introduced Mr. John Elderkin, the lec- turer of the evening. Before reading his paper Mr. E:derkin said that it bad not been written as @ lecture, but as a con- tribution to the “Lotus Leaves,” lately published. He opened by saying that be bad once heard a critic say in 8 dogmatic sort of way, “The stage is all a suam, and every one connected with it from the ‘star’ down to the meanest sub ts conscious of lending hand in the perpetration of a (rand.’”” This speech, be thought, it was needless to state ‘Was a3 unjustified as it was egotistical, as in the dramatic art all the others culminate and co-ope- rate. Here followed a history of the development of the drama, from the first incipient stages through the mystery plays, Sotades, &c. He stated that tu 1264 a company was formed in Rome to pro~ duce the *Sufferings of Jesus” during Holy Week. Later, at Civita Vecchia, during Pentecost, the “Life of Unrist”? was played. But, from being the handmaid of the Charch, the drama vecame ite enemy, for more reasons thau one; among. others, that 1% detracted {rom ita revenues. In an old manuscript, written in 1547, to be found among the papers of the Parliament o/ Paris, itis stated that, owing to the great Pig epee of the theatre, charity had become cold and people lett ali their money in vox offices instead of poor boxes. Here the manuscript was interpolated with a re- mark apropos of the present controversy regard- ing Sunday amusements. It was jealousy, the lec- turer said, on the part of the Cuurch, which is now striving to se our theatres on Sunday. Goethe it was who made the proposition to reimburse the Weimar Theatre by keeping 1t open on Sunday. It was not antil 1592 that the drama received judicial acknowl edgment in England. Previous to that time, and even after, the character 0! actors was not all that could be desired, ‘they had but a small re spect for the law, wiuch was quite natural whe it is considered that the bund oJ society was, in Measure, against them, PULPIT VS, STAGE. Under thts caption was treated some of the ob- jections which has been advanced by the former against the latter. That of immorality was one of the strongest and perhaps most just of those which atthe first thought suggest tuemseives te our mind. In certain aspects the modern stage is about as low as it well can get. The ballet was to-day, the speaker said, as gross perhaps as it could be, and the reason its flaunting vol- uptuousness Was not more patent wus because such a thing was impossible. As the stage is only Tespectaple as it is respected, h things as this are indeed calculated to detract irom tte due meed of respect. It is not lack of material which makes the drama of to-day 80 poor, it is lack of enins, to grasp the material at hand, under the rules weave it into his play. He brings to his aid, and to supply the want of genius all sorts of accessories and then alld the whole a drama. And in & commercial community like this everything was “dollars;? the integrity of art and even the heauties of netare are perverted and destroyed ier moueyed copsid- erations, Public taste should be sctiooled to that stage at which ft would reject all but classical and moral models, and then the point of the words oj the Ettrick Shepherd, “Wha ka ye expact 0’ @ lay actor” would be lost, Some discussion tol+ owed the reading of the paper. PLYMOUTH PRAYER MEETING. The usual congregation assembled in Plymouth’ lecture room last evening. After the customary services Mr. Beecher said:—It is supposed that Paul’s letter to the Philippians was the last letter he wrote, It has an air of sweetness and gentle- ness in it, @ melancholy which is like twilight. The absence of argument in itis also noted. He says, in exnorting to Ohristian life, “Do all things without murmuring and disputing.” This murmur- ing and disputing does not exclude an ex- change of thrustings in the way of argu- ment, but there is to be a large, sweet dispo- sition, Which carries contentmentand genis! good will toward others. Murmunng is the natural expression of discontent, and disputing is the natural expression of irritable combativeness, and there are no traits in the individual character waich are leas Christlike than these. Few people in active life murmur much, They may complain, Dut this bas reference to an intercourse with each Other, aud the injunction of yme apostic is, do all things without murmuring. The tinger of Lord has been pointed specially to Just as much @ command as “Thou shalt not steal.” People who would not think of stealing go on murmuring day after day, year after year, und never think that they are BRRAKING A COMMAND. We have lost tne sense of this matter to a cer- tain degree, we are encouraged to be zealous ta Work, we inspire enterprises. and, having our thoughts on these large outlooks of character, the fliling up rather escapes our attention. It is quite possible for a man to be agreat big, bustling, active man and yet inspire men with no sense 0 Christian character. Now, i! one has ali the detatis, if he is obliging, loving ana kind, and carries that round in his sphere of activity he cannot ve too. active. Take the New Testament and you will find With what wonder!ul detail these points are de- lineated, the truite of character which go to make @ Christian like disposition. Take @ person who is nimble, quick, faultfinding, @ constant cen- sor, and how ‘tired one gets with that unceas- ing play on one’s nerves; bat suppose you dwell with @ person who 1s quiet and geuia) and kina, even though yon have reason to think. they are not guite orthodox, even if they don’t belong to the Church you do, how do they win from youa certain assent that they are Christlike? How many sit down and 1 am a Christian and [ must carry myself so that my life will be agreeable and profitable to those around? I don’t know bagi more disagreeable than that coarse kind of prodiableuess; but @ person who makes like bim, ® person who makes inends in travelling, this rag a of one’s soul in one’s scif 18 profitable. There are two Rone to which I wish to mage this applt- cation. You have not the least idea that ‘J are held back by the lack of these minute forms of Christianity. You wonder why God don't reveal himself to you. The other point is in relation to the preaching of the Gospel. ido pot mean 10 ask. ut are aside the preaching of the Word liter: there 18 another veaching—Christ in us. We to represent Him, and it ts a slander on Uhrist the Way men feel aud think and talk. Agreat many fall into this by reason of sickne: tis much x f when one 18 sick all 01 out the tule “Boa tale Goa ht CHRISTIAN GRAOS AND VIRTUB: in sash statices, under dificuities, that is sil, We are called to Christ and stand represent- tog Him in the midst of a crooked world. Here Mr, Beecher a 8) for remarks and Mr, Halliday said, “Mr. Beecher seems to dé lookin round for someone to confess, and 1 will conte: that the gin that troubles me most is lack of cour- tesy. 1am not courceous at home very often J am not courteous outside.” Mr. Beecher sai call this @ revival meeting: this is touching sim Fight oo the spot. I almost feel disposed to coniess myself.” (Laughter.) Edward Beecher oS A) that has been said in regard to the effect ola sweet life cannot be overestimated, but there is one other Sl Abe ought to be considered, that is the unuttered words, unuttered unkind! Persons may be sour and yet not utter a. fe eal feelings exert @ great influence. he test o/ one’s toward ‘@ person, is whether you can pray lof JUDGMENT DAY IN JERSEY. Yesterday morning Judge Hoffman, tn the Court Of Quarter Sessions, at Jersey City, pronounced the following sentences :—Auguat Lovering, break- ing and entering, eighteen months in State Prisons Joun Joyce, larceny, three months; Robert Burke, embegsiement, one year; three months; James ton, larceny, thi months, Wm, Linderman, charged with assaalt and battery on his obildren, was pronounced insane And Was ordered to be sent tothe Lunutic Asylu Sentence was suspended on seven prisoners, boy namea ‘Allred Jonus0! only @ iu years who was ch with atealil cent ie from his father and mothe {hag hy) Judge Hoffman questioned the who admit that . The Judge then 1@ he took the Coe, he poter ished he to Re satents Oy prison instead of the viv aaa orders were given to Constabie Crawiord to com Del ‘thelr Guiendance im Court this morumg, ’