The New York Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1875, Page 5

THE ARCTIC SEASON Alarming Condition of the Street Hydrants. OVER THREE THOUSAND FROZEN. Slight Improvement in River Navigation. THE SOUND STILL FROZEN FAST. The Hudson Bridged Opposite Fort Washington. According to the written word and tradition the Severity of the present winter has been unequaled for at least the past forty years. In 1835 it was | thought that the very acme of misery, resulting from an extreme season in every way, had been reached, and that, whatever the trouble and suf- | fering uniortunate humanity might be called upon | to endure in the ‘uture, an atmosphere registering from 4 to 5 degrees above or below zero would not , be experienced for any lengthened pericd, In tact, | the winter of that year was looked apon as an exceedingly exceptional one, in so far as its | rigors were concerned. The inferences were | that the diMicuities then emcountered, 1m regard to the arrangements of domestic and pubiic water works, would act as @ precedent and example from which the scientist im succeeding | years would draw veneficial deductions ani cor- | clusions. At this time is will be remembered, | during the ever memorable fire, the greatest dif- ficulty was experienced im obtaining a sufficient supply of water frem the hydrants by which the | fire engines of that day coutd be operated. The | consequence was that kupdreds of houses were , destroyed by the devouring elemeat and millions of dollars’ worth of damage done for which after- | ward there was found ne representation or equiv- | alent other than a pile of charred and desolated | ruins. Toe lesson then learned was one which | should never have been forgotten, and that should | have been appreciated and profited by for ail time | tocome. The lapse of years and immunity from similar disastrous visitations during tne icy | Period of each succeeding year appear to have | begot indifference and carelessness. A fire at that | time was considered to be a serious matter. Now, however—whether it be from familiarity with the | @anger, or that this very familiarity breeds con- | tempt—no pariicular attention appears to be paid | by the authorities to the possibility of danger that has been lately so torcibly pointed out and effectu- ‘lly demonstrated. THE HYDRANTS. ‘With a view of ascertaining by actual observa- tion how many of the street hydrants were ina | condition for immediate use, in case of sudden | emergency, such as a fire, several of the HiraLp reporters were directed to make a thorough and complete mspection of the city. Beginning early | yesterday moraing these gentlemen passed | through street alter street, inqu ring at fre en- | gine houses and at the police stations, and visit- | ing every hydrant im the city from Thirty-fourth street to the Battery. The result was that the frozen hydrant was the rule, the open one an ex- | ception, To say thatthe city is almest defence- Jess in the event of a large fire is only stating the bare truth, for with hydrants sealed by irost the firemen cannot get tueir apparatus in operation as rapidly as they ought, in order to check the progress of the flames. The reports herewith given carry their own lessons and are pregnant With meaning. Without seeking to alarm eur readers it 18 only right that they should know ex- actly the condition of these hydrants. ABOVE FOURTEENTH STREET. Between Fourtesath ana Thirty-fourth streets, | from river to river, there are 981 hydrants, of | these there were only twenty-two knowa to be | fit for immediate use, The firemen had on the | previous day examined several nydrants and | thawed them out. All ef these hydrants were | frozen fast yesterday, showing how easily trey get out of order im the presence of frost. All along the water fronts between Tnirty-fourth and Four- teenth streets, on either side, all the hydrants | ‘Were found to be sealed by frost. Tne west side er | this district seems te bave suffered less than the east side, which is accounted jor by the fact that so many of the large tactories on the | west side have their large boilers under | the street, and the heat thereby engendered keeps | the hydrants irom ‘reezimg. The reporters going through this district joumd firemen at work selecting positions for new fire hydrants, and there Were several steamers employed in thawing out those found frozen, It was also ascertained that additiona! steamers will be set at work to-day, though the men stated that it will be impossible to test all the hydrants, so they are devoting their | atvention to the principal omes in each fire dis- trict Im order that the “— of water may not be entirely cut of. Wherever @ hydrant was foun! to be frozen the firemen uncapped the pDozme and injected steam tmerein, the average Ume required to thaw out a hydrant being piue minutes. The Schoeiship St. Mary’s, ly- Ing at the foot of Twenty-third street, Kast River, has been without water jays, and engine No. 16 was yesterday sent to the dock to thaw out the hydrant, after which sue filled the stip’s tanks, | In the upper ward: tne city the people are sul- | Jering great inconvenience because of irozea pipes, and through every street FIRES ARB BEING MADE by the plumbers to thaw the earth so that they can get ai the lead pipes that pass from the mains to thaw themonr. These bonfires are perfect God- sends to the gamins of the city, and around every | one oi them were gatuered groups, | TUE EAST SIDg. | Fast of Broadway, {rom Fourteenth strect to | the Battery, the hydrants, almost without excep. | yn, Were irozen. But few precautions seem to é been taken on the cast side 10 prevent a repetition of the fatal scenes of Sunday aigat, when, through the failure of the hydrants at tue corner of Ninth street and avenue C, aad on Tenvh street, between avenues B and C, a woman | and her child were burned to death. But few ny- | drants in tis neighborhood are availanic for use m any emergency, and, with the exception of a small Dumber in the Second police precinct, they are all practically uselees. In these limits there | are at least 1,200 hydrants and of them there are mot more than six open. THE WEST SIDE, What has been said of the east side of the city | $8 equaily true of the west aide, scarcely a hydrant ‘Raving deen discovered there in condition for in- stamtuse. The firemen bave been working on a Jarge number of the plugs im this locality, more especially in what is Kaown as the dry goods dis. trict—viz., that portion of the city lying north Vesey street, south of Kightn street and west of | Broadway. It 18 @ remarkable fact that there never was known so many private awellings tobe deprived of water and gas as at present. In the vicinity of Washington square nearly all the residents complain that their pipes were frozen up, sac reecrea mea were digging at the main pipe in front of Nos. 66, 59 and 64 Fourtn street, The pipes at Fireman's Hail were frozen; Blso at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, corner of Cham- bers street and West Broadway; aiso at Spring Street Hall and many other buildings of note. Nearly every hydrant along the piers on the North River side are frozen fast, notwithstanding men are kept constantly at work tryimg to open them, THE BROOKLYN HYDRANTS. Nearly all the street nydrants of Brooklyn are frozen and bave been so for several days past. It is joriauate that fires are comparatively few, in view of the fact that several minutes are required vo thaw out the water. In about one-third of the houses of the city the pipes are ous of order, a fact im whicn the plumber goth rejoice, Se in- tense has been the frost that pipes connecting with the main have been found frozen four tect beneath tne jace. Maby biocks depend oa a solitary house for water. TROUBLE ON STATEN ISLAND. A fire, of probably incendiary origin, was dis- @overed abeut four o'clock yesterday morning in the basement of @ three story brick house, near the corner ef New York and Pennsylvania ave- Mees, Ciiitom, and thougn the firemen were early al the scene and worked as best tuey could, tne building and its contents were entirely consumed, bhe intimates ving barely time to escape by tne indows in their aight clotuing. The eighborhood were ali frozen, and or the Fire Department to com- considerable quantity, conse- rn) @ adjoining, which was also euttely destroyed, Mikougs the (urniture was ie- moved in @ @amaged condition, The aouse in ‘Which the fire frst roe ont was owned by Mrs, Adam Schlampe and occupied by Charles Kuntz a8 lager beer saloon, The building was valued at t $9,000 And fully insared; tue furniture was onW partinty Supurvac Foe! gesee hea Bas | is stil run: | Was despatcned on Monday | and pilots of the Sound oelieve that @ peavy iog I NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET, owned by Mrs, Caroline Wiedeman, and also occn- oy &s @ lager beer saloon by Herman Uianuius. ‘he building was valued ured 1or $3,000 in the Mankaitan and other companies. THB ICE BLOC It has recentiy become a irequent subject ot speculation among the learned scientists of New | York whether the universe is andergoieg a grand | change, or whether the world has encountered, in her annua) revolution, a Koreal wave oxioading pace. In 1867, when the long duration o! cold extended maos a! wintry Aprii, pi Stream mus investigations theory. with hers At once decided that the Guif ave got OUt of erder. ‘The strong westerly winds, blowimg unusual jerce, and continuing jor bad changed materially the posi tion amd direction of this warm ocean current. Jt is not possible that the same reason may be allegeu for the recent continuance oi cold, with its inevitable icy accompaniments. During tne resent winter the greaest obstacle to the clear- ing oi the rivers has been the return of the ice on toe flood tide, Taough carried out to sea for miles, a8 bas been shewn by the reports of many ship captains, the Noes return with unerring regu. larity, and for the past week have cruised up and down the rivers and bay, seemingly w fected by their voyage. As everyone knows, the ull Stream im its normal condition is comparatively mear the New York coasts, while of Newport, R. 1, it extends wituin a few miles of iand. It 1s fair 19 suppose that this immense oceanic Trtyer of tepid water would ne essarily have a great effect in melting or dimin- ishing the masses Of ice carried out to sea; but suc does Dot seem to be the case. So our philvs- ophers can put their heads together and debate whether the Guif Stream has again temporarily abandoned American shores. In the immediate vicinity ef the city there was yesterday quite an improvement in the condition of the rivers, AWOYE PORT WASHINGTON, on the Hudson, tee ic: was irczen tast (rem shore to shore a8 iar up 48 Yonkers, thus preventing tne | descent Of loosened floes, There was, however, nO apparent diminution of floating ice IN THE NORTH RIVER, The slips on the New York side were piled high with large cakes, amd a clear surtace of recently jrozen ice extended nearly hal! way to the Jersey shore. Tue ferries ran with mucu greater regu- | larity than at any time within the last week, ana Ro serious accents or delays were reported. All the beats have been mere or less seriously tajured during the ice Paddies have been proken, hulls huve been sieve 1m and several jerry crait bave been renderod useless for weeks to come. Happtty none uf these disastrous casualties occurred yesterday, The spongimess oi the old accumulation of ce and the thimness of that Tecently formed enabied the beats to dash through it without damage, As lomg as the present cold Weaseer continues no great difMculty is untiel- ated on the North River: but shouid a protractea haw omsne, beth Tivers and the bay will be entirely blockaded by the enormous quanilties of ice which nave accumuiated in the Hudson, IN THE BAST RIVER @ great improvement in nav ‘ion is presented. The Harlem and Morrwania ts Tan regular! during the whole ol yasterday, and the ferries made much more satisfactory trips. The river Wus fall of floating fragmente, and at intervals the floes would seem to extend eatirely across. The ice, however, as far as Harm, was broken and rotten, and the boats had no trouvle in rorc- mg @ passage. At Halleté’s Cove a pictu onan sight was presented yesterday morning. Tue Wus heaped tuto various fantastic and im- bedded tn the centre of the Cove was firmly fixed &@ Vagrant boathouse, that hed evidently drised from some residence in the neighdoravod. Tue Where not brokem up by the ferryboats, and tne cana! baats and other small craft are obliged to be Cut out by gangs of men armed with axes, IN THR BAY the ice still seriously obstructs navigation. The Henry Crauncey, of the Pacitic Mail line, arrived al her pier about three P. M. yesterday. Much time aud trouble were eonsumed in getting her alongside the wharf, as huge cakes and bergs impeded her progress and rendered her rudaer Comparatively useless. The plo’ who brought the steamer in stated to the HEKALD reporter thas the bay was full of ice and that some treubie was experienced while the Chauncey was ai anchor. At times 1t was necessary to keep the engines turning to prevent veiw, dragged by the foes. ‘The Sound boats that have nor altogether ceased tueir trips are running by way ol Sandy Hook. The Boston and Norwica line has entirely sionped, and one of the bouts—the City of New York—is jad up at the pier for repairs, The two otuer voats of the line, the City of Norwich and the City oi Lawrence are ice bound at New London, {ull of freight, and are waitmg fora chance bo srt for this city. The caprain of the City 0: New York stated that, in his opinios. it would take at tcast three days of steady thaw to restore commanicaiioa. The Boaton and Stonington line “, mal tue passage by way ol Sandy Hook. ‘the Fall iver Ime to Boston via Newport ts at present idle. The steamer Newport from New York, aad has arrived safely at destination, but no re- turn steamer has been abe to make the passage. The New Haven boats from Puck slip ace run- Ding with tolerable regularity 10 Mott Haven, which is the furtmest point they cam reacnin the present condition of the ice. ve Hartfora voats rly to the middle of | Rocky Point, Bristol and Fall River. The track made by the Providence steamers is firmly frozen ever every morning. A Way bas been cut across the Jerry at Fail River for tbe steamer, which forms the connection with the Providence, | Warren and Bristol Railroad, ana wayee. on account of Providence River veing froztn over, forms the only direct communication with tae north part of this State, 4 TORPEDO EXPERIMENT. Otcers and emplarée of the torpedo station here to-day turned their experience in the manu- facture of torpedves to practical use. Several can were brougat to bear apon the ice torpedoes | im the harbor, and several magniflcent explosions | slips on the East River continue irozen wght, | ure doing mothing at all and for the last day or two , they Have made Ro atiempt to ruu. IN THE SOUND the unparalleled accumuiation of ice con- tinues in ail its thickness and solidity. Four steamers, tne City of Hartiora, Bridgeport, ranconia and City o1 New Fi Bedford, are frezen fast off City Istand, and there 16 nO apparent possibility of their speedy release. ‘The ice O& New Rochelle t6 in Boime places two eet thick, and the Rechelilans are disporting upon it ag though it were terra Arma, Tne wip from | there te City island is being made constantly upon the ice, thereey saving at least two miles tn dis- tance. Numbers of small crait are frozen fast, while the four steamers imprisoned are readily Teached by pedestrians amd skaters. The shippers necessary to melt or break up tre ice, and it 1 hoped, in the interests of naviwation, that t wished tor fog may soon make its appearance, a companied by a warm southerly wind and rain. AT WHITESTONE. A telegram from the HERALD station at White- stone says:—“Lhe ice remains about the same as previously reported. Besides the City of Hartford | | and the Bridgeport, whica remained ice bound here since yesterday, the Franconia, icom Portland; city of Fiscntarg, irom New Bediord, and tke Oty of New Bediord, (rom New York, got fast op- posite here thie A, bi. Tee steamtug Day Spring, Wik the acaooner George P. ‘I'rigg, is also here. Tue steamers Framoonia and Fitcaburg were iu consort from New Bedford, and assisted each other materially im getting througn this iar. They repory be! wo da/s Making the distance irom Execusion Soins to Throggs’ Neck. The City of Fiseapurg opt on @ full head of steam through. Out the aay, aad by this means sawed a channel from Taroggs’ Neck to Whitestone Poimt, the others following in wer wake. They are progress- ing cttyward at tue rate of about three yards an hour, qud the probability is they will arrive some time té-merrow. ICE TROUBLES AT BRIDGEPORT. COAL BARGES FROZEN IN THE ICE—STOPPAGE OF WORK AT THE HOWE FACTORY—CUTTING A PASSAGE, BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Feb. 16, 1875, The tug Alert, of the Game Cock line, with six barges laden with coal, mostly for the Howe Ma- chine Company, of this place, has beem frozen in the ice below the lighthouse for over a week. In the meantime work at the Howe factory has stopped partially for want of coal, Yesterday a gaeg of men with horses, saws ang; all the tools necessary ior ice went upem the ice amd commenced cuttin out tue chamnel from tne Naugatuck dock, aud fromthe Alert up. Tne ioe was (ound to ve eight inches thick about the barges, and inside the beacons @ solid foot, 80 that tne work was siow. The distance to the cut is over a mile, and to-day it seems provavie that tne tug and Will reach the doc by midnight. Two tugs in (he harbor belonging t the City line assist at the work, breaking the ice as it is sawed into and Keeping the channel Open. There are apward of @ thousand tons of coal om the barges and it is needed here very much, ‘This morning @ horse and sleigh, carrying two persons, Went out beyond the lighthouse foul mile and could have gone further with safety. The weather is milder, but tnere are no signs of a break in the ice embargo. NEWPORT AND NAVIGATION. BREAKING UP OF THE ICE—ABRIVAL AND DE- PARTURE OF NEWPORT STEAMERS—A NOVEL EXPERIMENT WITH TORPEDOES, NewPort, R. I., Feb. 15, 1875. The steamer Newport, of the Old Colony Steam + boat Company, which leit New York at sixteen minutes past four o’ciock P. M. yesterday, arrived at her dock at twenty-five minutes past five o'clock A. M, to-day, after an absence from this port since ‘luesday, February 9. She came via Sandy Hook and reports an unusually good pas- sage, and encountered but little ice. No little aificuity, however, was experienced in coming through this harbor, a3 the ice had not beea broken ap for the past our days and ahe tore her copper forward, It wi beavily planked over upon her arrival. She was detained one hour in landing her pilot at Sandy Hook. The Old Colony, of the same line, Wednesday morning, proceeded at noom with @ heavy load ef freight tor New York, being de- tained for a Sandy Hook pilot who had been sent forupon the Newport's arrival from Tauaton to take her outside of Long Island; the company, on account of the buoys being carried away, not caring to trust the responsibility to their reguiar inside pilot, The Newport also lett for New York, heavily laden, this 6vening at her usuai time; bat the ling as yet have not resumed their regular time thble, Pi are taken with the un- derstanding th ear take the Sandy Hook course, Previous to the departure of the Old Colony there were 100 car Jonas of freight at ima place, which had accumulated on account of the lee embargo on transit for New York, WALKS ON THR ICK. Providence River 1s entirely irozen over, and Derscos pow walk irom Providence isiand to which has been here since | | | | @ layorable postion to were witnessed; the umn of water not thrown very high, owing to the of the ice, Dut th the ice ior a dist be completely broken up and scattered tn every Girection. The novel spectacle was witnessed by @ large number Of spectators, who were deeply interested in the experiments. operators had thetr steam lannch, in which to escape afier ignitiag the torpedoes, and thus were in no dan- ger of talling through alter the ice ;had received the shock. Additional and more effective exper- ments are expected to be made to-morrow. THE ICE IN BOSTON BAY AND HARBOR. SNOW AND ICE 4S SEEN FROM EAST BOSTON, LOOK- ING SEAWARD—VIEW FROM THE HIGHLANDS OF CAPE COD—CONDITION OF THE FISHERMEN AND THE ICE-BOUND VESSELS—THE WEATHER AT THE CAPE—CONDITION OF THE FISHERMEN ON THE BANKS. Beston, Feb. 16, 1875, There is now just the least bit of relief from the ‘tee flelds in the bay; although at no time bas the harbor been closed, navigation has nevertheless been attended with dificulty and peril, The wrole Space betweem East Boston, Wiathrop and tne 1 adjoining coast, is one unbroken field of snow, while ice can be seen as far as the eye can reach seaward from any place im East Boston. The clear blue weather of the harbor ts im markea con‘rast with the white. ness which surrounds it. Broad Sound and tne Nariows were mach lumbered with broken ice yesterday, but this morning both were clear. The westerly wind, which was quite fresh last night, kept muck of tue broken ice from returning with the flood tide. Along both sides of the bay the ice extends miles seaward, for the water since the last gale has been remarkably smooth, which favors jreezing. In some sheltered placcs,*between the rocks, the ice has driited cake upon cake to such anextent that it rests upom the bottom at all times of the tide. The view trom the highlands of Cape Cod is bleak and dreary. The whole ocean seems ice-bound. Vineyard Sound, Nantucket Shoals and Nantocket itself are ail encased in solid ice, | FLOATING ICEBERGS. Vessels bound along the coast are compelled to give the land a “wide berth,” to avoid the ice, Independent of the solid frozen barrier there are vast fleids of detached tce foating in all directtons, even to the margin of the Gul! Stream, some of which are large enough to stave @ hole in avy ordinary vessel which might have the bad luck to Tun into it. THE ICK-BOUND VESSELS, The perils threatened by the vast ice fields in the neighborhooa of Cape Cod are now hay pily re- moved. <A day or two ago there were a nhandred or more fishing and other vessels trozen in, some of them being twenty and thirty miles distant from communication by either sea or land, and it was yeared that either ireezing or starvation wonld ve the fate of many. Never before, probably, bas Massachusetts Bay been so thoroughly ice-bouid as during the co.d verm from which we are just now emerging. There are still many Gsimg vesseis imbedded ia the ke, but the cheering news comes from Prov- mcetown that the crews ace provided with w sufficient qnantity of fuel and food to bold out until reiie! reaches tiem. The stories to ine effet tuat there nas been great sufferiug amon twem are dented by the captaim of tne Province. town steawer which arrived here tis afternoon, On the contrary, the men are periectly sae if they remuin by veeir veseeis, and short of water anu provisions tiese can bow ready be owtained om the shore, whicu is reacued without dauger over the ice, aud this means Oi cCOmmunication with the land 1s freely used in passing between the vessels and shwre. A large number of the ishermen came up to the City to- day in tne cars, having left their veevels in charge of @ sufficient vember of hands to wok alter the property, aid in case the tce breaks up to work them into the Barbor. It was fouad advisable to tane this Course, as the st Qf jood was short and tue men could be fed elsewhere witn less trouble and expense, il the present coid weather is to continue for any length ef time. Those whe Stay on board cau get supplies trom the shore, as their % deries are well suited lor transporta- tion ever the ice. Captain Smith, of the Province- town steamer, states tuat the fisnermen since their capture by the ice have mot suffered much from the cold, and thinks that there Bas been no caso Of jrost-vitten limbs. There are irom filteen to tweaty vessels frozen in. They remain stationary and are not likely to sustain any damage, FROM WOUDEND 90 SANDWICH. The whole bay exten@mg irom Woodend to Sandwich, & distance o1 exhteca miles, is covered With asolia field of ice, and Botaing can be done to extricate Ube veaseis until au easterly wind comes to break it up, when it will qacky, lal to pieces , by the action of the wied and sea and, spreading out into small fragments, will enable the fisheraen to work Ciear of 1t without eudangering tue saiety of their orafis, Captain Smith called upon Mayor Cobb this Morning and gave a simple statement of the facts in tue case, Walch afferded relief to unnecessary apprebeasion, THE WEATRER AT THE CAPE. The condition of affairs at the Cape has been very much exaggerated in some o| the pnbilsbed statements, fhts morning tue Wind at the Cape was Itght from the northwest, with the thermom- eter filteen degrees above zero. The weather last night became cold eneugh to make ice quite fast, d@ ander tae imfuence ef the low temperature the ice fleids are growing in extent and thickness, A despatch received at the Mercoants’ Exchange this morning trom siyuiand Light, Cape Cod, re- Ports (hat the United Staves revenue cutter Gulla- tin, Captain Selden, and tweaty sail of fisnerwen were at anchor off Long Point early this mora- ing, and ail got under weigh aud went to sea—tue fishermen tu fish aud the cuiter to look alter the bark Eliza White, trom Cardenas jor Boston, Which has been on the coast several days. Tne cutter had rendered tne fishermen ali the aid sue | could until the weather changes, The brig Carrie Purrimgtou, from Leghorn for Boston, before reported among the ice near Prov. incetown, remains embargoed. Captain Smith thinks she 1s safe and wiil be cleared the drst layar- abie thaw. Like the fishermen, she drifts with the tide—tbat is, she has got auy chors down. At low water ake appears to teuch bottom, but isin get clear when the wind becomes easterly. The brig, as well as tne Osher- | men, are whive with ice, outside and inside. Later accounts from Provimcetown State that the cutter Gallatin attempted to reacu the frozen fishermen, fiiteen in number, by an opening at Woodend, but was unabie, as the ice was tuo firmly packed together to be penetrated ; she, therefore, backed out, but is at hand toseud men over the ice to allord personal relief suould it be required, AFFAIRS AT CAPB ANN. Accounts from Gioucester this evening state that the intense cold of the last three days has completely piaced an ice emparge im the harvor, which was hever Known before vy the oldest in- habitant. It seriously intereres with the fishing interest, aod itis umpossible tor fsuermen arriv- lng to get gear any whari to discharge their fish. | avout Ofty Georges men and Bankers are soltd in | returaed home witnout fish. the Ice, amd have been ready to sail for some time. The feet, as a general tning, are afortnight behind time. The prospect looks wad for an iin- mediate departure. Several coasters are {rozen in, ATTEMPTS TO CLEAR THR CHANNEL, At % meeting bold in the Gloucesser Mutual Fishing Insurance Company's ofiice it was de- cided to send the Beston Tugboat Company's boais to break out the severai Geerges imen and Bankers apxtous to get away. The Camilla ‘ar- rived on Saturday, and found nara work to vreak the channel ior tae freight steamer Chaffee to get to her dock, Tie tug Vim came this morning, but the ice was thick and solid. Littie has been doue except to keep the channel broke for the steamer. ‘Tue continuation of the west winds and cold weather as fast as the ice ts brokem drifts it farther into the harbor and ireezes 1 more com- pact than ever. FISHERMEN SUSTAIN HRAVY LOSSES, It isa heavy damage to Gloucester and also to the vessels arriving. Tae losses of cables and anchors make it quite discouraging. The schooner George W. Stetsuu arrived trom the Georges tnis morning, with the loss of 200 fatnoms of 849 inch cable and her anchor, which wus obliged to be cut to save her being run down | on George's Bank by the schooner Hattie B. Lewis, also of this port, who broke adrit. The schooner T. L. Mayo arrived home this morning. She lost a String of cable and an anchor and nad her wind. lass Smashed. Both report the cold istense, and THE SKATING SEASON. WINTER'S FAVORITE SPORT AT THE PARK —THE ICE IN FINE CONDITION. Althongn the “bali” has been hoisted over the Museum at the Park for several weeks the iovers of skating in this city and vicinity do not seem to grow tired of the sport, Day alter day the pouds are crowded, and on Sun@ays and bright nights the might is really of marvellous interest. Thou- sands seem to (ake the utmost pleasure in the pastime, and such afternoons as yesterday every available standing place in good sight of the ice is crowded, It has been a very long time since skating has been so fine. The crowd on the ice yesterday was composed of all kinds and representatives from all the ele. | ments of society. The #mail boy and his sweet, | chosen temporary chairman, chubby-faced sister were on hand in‘ force. Big brothers, too, ‘could have been seen,” ana ever and anon a handsome elder sister, in appropriate and elegant costume, fitted by like @ dream, Then there were family parties, and alter night- Jail the beaux and belles were numerous. Now and then there were noticed suspicious tumbles on the ice among the fair sex, and the mas- cutme attendants seemed to have consider- able diMicuity in lifting the prostrate taaies Wo their jeet, a task which required taking them around the waist and holding them until re- , covered {rom tne shock. This is certainly a special attraction of itself, but then it happens on the ice every day and lacks the clarm of novelty, Many leasant groups of half a dozen or more iped'to Make up the doings of the alternoon. Such anumber oj old Iriends or reiatives form & very joliy party. It 18 of tuat ticuiar character ofa gathering whereot each and every memoer can be free without rudeness, mischievous with- out il-will, affectionate without “serious inten- tions,” imtimate without objectionable familiarity, on such Weil regulated skaking ponds as those at the Park. At nigot the young and timid in a measure beir homes, and not until reueving their they think of the rather nip- For hours they had been exposed to the ping air. cola and fluctuating wind, but minded it not. Frosted noses, toes and fingers must sometim be endured by juveniles, an is Was one of the Ocousions, Unce off fer home and supper, how- ever, some of them scampered out of the Park just as fast as they had ouzzed over the surface of the ice. To make up for the depletion by the retiring single members of the crowd came clerks and apprentices, who must have their enjoyment alter sunset, tf atall, Though @ littie more con{used, Perhaps, the pature of the picture was not less bps shen than that presented vy daylight. grew so contagious ‘hat at last the spectao wondered if each one of the grand gathering were not ag happy as morta could well be. CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CON- VENTION—GOVERNOR INGERSOLL AND THE ENTIRE STATE TICKET UNANIMOUSLY RE- NOMINATED—SPEECH OF MR. D. A. WELLS. HARTFORD, Feb, 16, 1875. The Democratic State Convention was held in this city to-way. Every town in the State was represented. Mr, Charles Durand, of Deroy, was Alter the appotnt- ment of the usual committees, Mr. David A, Wells was elecied permanent Chairman. In taking the chair Mr. Wells spoke of a picture in the Capitol at Washington which symbolized the journey of a party trom the gates of the East to the El Dorado of the West. It had journeyed for years, but the goal of iis destination nad not been reached, At last it had reached a point Where the goal scemed at hand. For ten long years this party had journeyed over a weary political waste, seeking jor peace and narmony in the country, for the abstinence o” the government from a further exercise of war power, tor relief from taxation and Jor a stavie government, For six years he had passed over dreamy plains of Grantism—(a)plause)—through Butier’s Guich— (applause)—Boss Shepherd’s Fiats—(applause)— | and the Crédit Mobiliers—(applause)—until at last, In one glorious, irresistible wave in the last election, he obtained @ bright prospect. It was for American democrats to say whether tne glorious movement should pro- eced uuinterrupted. The party must plant itself anew upon the same democratic principles waica underlie free government, Those principles are 1M general so plain that he whoraus may read. They were, first, that that government is best which governs least, (Applause.) ihe govern- Ment which does not interfere with the rights of the States, readers equal justice to all of whatever faith, hard money and taxation for revenue only. (Applaase.) Wita toese principles the party must go iorth to victory, The speaker concinded by relating the story of a New sugiand deacou who tried to sing the hymn beginning— Thy servant, Lord, with hyssop purge, but who failed to get beyond the drst llue because interrupted by the entrance Of a straggling satlor, Who suzgested that if hyssop failed to purge some otner herb suould be iried. (Applaase.) 50 to purge the country of these Louisiana diMculties democratic hyssop must be used. (Great ap- piause.) RENOMINATION OF THE TICKET. In apswer so 2 motion that aa fformal ballot be taken for Governor, Mr. A. E. Burr rose and said that alsnough Mr. Ingersoll desired to retire, tue party at tis time would not permit him, and that the success of the ticket next spring depended @n united action in this Convention, He moved Wat the old ticket be renominated by acclama- tion, Mr. Thomas M. Waller, of New London, iu seconding the motion, graceiully withdrew the name of the candidate from his county, Mr. Francis B. Loomis. Tne entire ticket was tien re- nominated, the Convention rising to make the nomination, This wis followed by tremendous outbursts of appiause. THE RESOLUTIONS, The democratic and liberal republican electors of Con- necticut, in delegated convention assempied, do de- clare :— First—That free government derives its true powers from the consent of the governed; that the federal gov- ernment is vested with these powers only which are granted to it by the people and enumerated in the con- sUtution of the United states, Second—That the public welfare requires the acy of the civil over the military authority and freeaom ot person under the protection of habeas corpus; and we demand for the individual the largest liberty co sistent with the public order—for the otate, selt-gover: ment; tor the nation a return to the methods ot pea and to the constitutional limitations of power. Third—‘ hat we view with apprehension and alarm, and solemnly condemn as subversive of tree gover! ment, the recent ucrion of the federal Executive in iet- erence to the State of Louisiana and Arkansas, and the avowed determination of the administration to disre- gard the will of the people of those States in reierence W the organization of their local adgrs. ~ Fourth—Thac the use of bad moneWimposes an unequal and dishonest tax, which bears most beavily on those who work for wages; that irredeemable paper cur- rency, by Whatever means Known, ts bad money, and isa fraud In time of peace tor the government to make anything a legal tender excep: gold and silver of @ nixed standard. Fith—That the republican party has proved itself un- fit to rule, berause, with untinited opporiunity, it has failed to make the bad money which ‘it. has torced upon the people equal to the good money with which it pays its vondboldera. Sizth—That it Is no time, when industry is depressed and honest labor everywhere deprived of the opportu nity for regular and remunerative employment, to ine crease the burdens ot federal taxation ; and that the vres- ent acknowledged bankruptcy of the National Treasury 4s conclusive proof of the incomperency of the republican party to properly adminsier the fiscal afiairs ot the country, Seventh—That the manner in which the affairs of this State have been administered during the past two years: the waichiul economy with waich all departments of tue State government have deen conducted, dignity and imparuality with which the ix: hace been perormed are worthy of approval by tue electors. Fiqghth—That we cordially approve of the removal by the Legislature of 1874, of embarassments wuich the radical party had placed in the way of free suf- frage; and we also approve of the repeal of the unjust alien law, which that party had adopted for the pur- pose of ‘restricting au expr2ssion of the popular voice of the ballot boxes. Resolved, That we present to the consideration of the electors of Connecticut the names of Charles R. Luger: soll, George G. Sill, Marvin H. Sanger, William EB. lay- mond and Alfred f. Goo frich for re-election to the offices they have so ably and faitufully flied during the past two years: and we invite all the conservative yo: who preter principle to party and a government of tre dom to mill rule toract with us in securing their election on the first Monday ot April next. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. The following additional resoiution, introduced by Mr. McCarthy, ot New Haven, was, alter discus- sion, adopted:— Resolved, That the democratic party, in State Con- vention assembied, dematul, iu the fultire as in the past for each and every citizen of the state the right of “the exercise wud enjoyment of religious fession aod worship without discrimination,” that it, condemus, ali opposition to and retusal ‘to vote for a candidate for office that originates and has its ¢ solely from the religious convictions held by ndidate, and ihat we regard such opposition as it to his faith, an infringment of his mght as an American citizen, as contrary to the Jeffersouian doc- trine of democracy and a violation of the leter and spirit of the constitution of the State, Aiter the adoption of the rules providing for the election of delegates to future conventions jour days before the assembiing thereof! and the appomt- ment of a State Central Committee, the Conven- tion, With three hearty caeers lor tae wekel, ud- journed, ILL’ NEWS FOR THE POOR. Uniess prompt and generous aid is extended to St, John’s Guild to-day its doors will be closed to- night, for the first time inecight years. There is barely enougi food in the storeroom to last dur- ing the day, Over 4,000 diferent families (more than 20,000 persons) have been supplied with food by the Guild during the past bitter season, A thousand addresses are now on its books Of parties who Cua not be visited because there Is nothing to ofier them. Snould the day go by without bringing them reliet it would be @ terrible biow to tue poor, and muco suflering must ensue iv all tue poorer quarters o1 the city. THE DE suprem- aod BLIND. MAN. Mr. Henry Bergh ackuowledges the receipt of the following additional sums of money sent him for , tke biund man’s family, No. 18 Ulinton street :— George L, Date, $5 f 5 A iady.. : Anonymous,. 6 Anonymous... Mary... fee ceees Through Tribune office, 1 Total. + tenes $33 pro- | LOUISIANA. A Letter from the Chairman of the Conservative Committee. and Hoar Committees The Same Facts by Difierent Witnesses, WASHINGTON, D, C., Feb. M4, 1875. To THe Epiror oF THe Hexatp:~ Having served as chairman of the Conserva tive Committee before the Returning Board and the two Congressional sub-committees lately at New Orieans, a brie! résumé of the tacts elicited belore those bodies anda statement of the pres- ent condition of affairs in Louisiana (rom me may not be uninteresting to your readers, and may serve to throw some light upon those points of tne controversy which are as yet imperiectiy under- | Stoud. Thanks to the energy and enterprise of such independent journals as the HeraLp, the main features of the case are plainly before the general public, although the details necessary to the proper understanding of the atiitude of tho people in that oppressed State are not as thoroughly comprehended as its citizens would desire, The Foster sub-com- mittee came among us as thoroughly encrusted with partisan prejudice as could well be imagined, and returned jrom its labors 80 dis- armed and divested of its preconcetved ideas of our people as to present in its repors a trathful picture of the troubles of our oppressed State. Following almost upon its heels came the sub- committee, of which the Hon. George F, Hoar was chairman, and having just compieted its labors, has now returned and is about to report tne re- sults of its mvestigation, What conclusions it may have reached or to what opinions it may | incline I have no means of predicting, but, juag- ing by the fairness of its rulings and metbod of investigation, I cannot weil doubt from the evi- | dence educed that it must in the main confirm the | report ot Mr. Foster and his colleagues. The latter examination was not quite so thor- ough as the iormer, the number of witnesses nav- ing been limited to sixty-five on the subject of in- timidation, while the former reached the netgn- |, berhood of ninety upon that topic. Of tnose lately | examined there were bat three who were not either oftice-holders under the Kellogg or the fed- | erat government, and (nese three were so evi- | dently biased by personal grievances or tainted with baa character as to give little or no weight to their testimony, A cousiderabie number of them, 100, were the same Witnesses who appesred beiore the previous suv-committes. Not one of | them was adie tom rke OUL a Single case of intim- idution In the @ ection of 1s74, such as would stand for &@ Moment in a court of justice or beiore auy intelligent deliberative assembly in the country, Hea: say evidence, rumors, impressions aud opin. jons lormea tue stapie of the Kellogg testimopy, wich, en analysis, resolved 1t- seif into nothing as its base. so plain aid thls = app that the Kellogg counsel found themseives forced to fall back upon the Tlot of 1866, the Collax affair of 1873 and the Cou- suatta murders of August, 1874, tn order to create ab impression of waaefioed aud general tntimida- tien, tobe drawn by inierence irom tose occur- Tences, because they had no positive tacts or indi- cations, and could have noue, because none ex- isted, by which to establish their case, Fortunately for the conservatives, the registra- tion and election figures o/ 1874 amply refuted this theory without the necessity of arguments, In the two parisnes iL which tuese places are situated it was shown that tue republicans elected their whole tickets by @ majority propurtiouare to the | Tauo of population, black and white, while in | Grant, one o/ them, und the scene of the Celfax riot, the figures show that eigaty-iour per cent of the | colored registered voted, while only seventy-three Per cent of the whites registered voted, and were so returned by the Commissioners of Election, with the exception of a Representative in Grant. | where the republican vote veimg somewhat divided between two candidates of their own | party, the conservative wus elected by a small Piurality. This last parish the Returning Board aroitrarily refused to return. and siuar action of that Board, the Hoar sub- committee have hot refrained from openty pro- eeainee 48 individuals, their opinion of its utter legality. ior can it well reruse to confirm the report of the Fester sub-committee as to the transparent fraud @f its action, for in addition te the evidence produced before the former sub-committee in re- gard to its ruimgs, and the Presivent of the Buard packing the recora with ms own affidavit alter | the case was closed and submitted jor judgment, the President of the Board coniessed jn nis evidence before the last sub-com! his own guilt aad the participation tuerein ot tne | Other members by their sanction. Cumuiative of this proot oi fraud, it transpired vefore the Hoar | ody and was exulbited by the record tnat, ai- thouga all testimony was closed belore the Bourd and the oriefs submitted on the 7th of Decemoer, two days later, on the 9th, the Kellogg counsel | were allowed to put in tne record, unknown to Ubeir opponents, aX unsworn abstract ol teu or tweive affidavits, waich they claimed to have lost, and that on the Zist of December they were again allowed in the same way to interpolate several | documents in proof, and ali of these exc parte Papers purporting to prove acts Of imtumidation, he eflort of the Kellozg counsel to show that the White League was organized ior this purpose and effected it proved @ signal failure, and was so acknowledged by members or the sub- committee, while the monstrous effort to saow its general organization extending to tne parishe: and hostility to the United Svates government found 20¢ @ sciniilia of proof in its support. it Was siiown that in New Orleans it was an armed protective organization, caused by a deficient police, wno were mainly occupied with politica Management, and thatin the country parishes the leugue Was simply &@ political party wichous arms or other appiixnces thar those usuni in po- Nwvcal Campaigns, aod that its name was ao ill advised misnomer. Other subjects deniaily touched upon by she later sub-commitice somewhat to (he disadvantage of tue vonser- vatives, and were extraneous to the subjects whicn the sub-committee proposed to examine, for 1u- stance, the subject of the election of 1872, although jorming no part of the line of investigation, was impinged on by cross-examination of cous vative witnesses who had voted ler Kellogg in 1: and who were placed on the events of 1874, abd their testimony on this point Was made use of to show the election of 1872 a fraud on the part of the conservatives, wien 1i is piain by tne rulesof evidence that jor this new | matter these witnesses became witnesses {or tne Keilogg party, and tneir deciaratious testimony for that side, and the conservatives were aliowed no Opportunity to rebut or to show on their part the true resulis of that election, One other matter, foreign to the projected line Of mvesiigatiom a8 iald down by the Hoar sud- cemmitiee, was touched upon, which disclosed imporant facis, General teudent of Police, testified, en cross-examination, that on tne 4tu of January General sheridan, | through General Emory, and by means of tue Police telegraph, communicated irom the Custom rouse to the State House orders and instructious | resulting im the displacement of the five conserva- tive members, It is generally believed in New Orleans thal the statements tn tue President’s Message must nave been made tn error, as General | Sueridan’s participation im the events of the 4cn | are Well known, A atrong efforts was made to | have the iater sub-committee examine ito the events Of that date; but, altuough it was thougas to be one of the principal purposes 10r which it visited our city, the sub-committee, by @ tio vote, reused to proceed in that airection, and they failed to elucidate beiore Congress ana tne country tbe Whole manipulation by which Louisi- ana bas been reduced irom the bigh position of one 01 the richest Commonwealths in tae Ameri« can Unton to the condition of an outiying province ruied by a satrapy Wuose only resort to law 18 to pluaver an uniortumate peopie by a mockery of its iorms. | To relieve themselves from tion of desperation — our through ther representatives, ; every means _— of honoravie | adjustment Wlihout the sucrifive o: principie, The Wheeler proposition Was rejected because In it, as they | thought, was involved an abandonment of the | principles of ‘tue cov test by recoznizing the Kel- logg goverDmeat and Hail House, as well as ihe this = sitna- best citizeus, have sought purchase of their seats in ‘that body by the representatives of @ free people by | @ pleage to re rain from prosecution of the Ex- | ecutive for maitfeasanc’ and corruption in the past, Which it might become their duty, under thelr Oaths, HOt to evade, The counter-proposi- tion made by then has the sanction of the true people of Louisiana, ana waile ie contains a forced tescence in the existing government so long Supported by the President, aud a pleage pt to disturb tt ior past political action, would leave them iree to reap the traits ot the election vi I8id by & Conservative organization dg novo of tne House and to punish crime and offences against the State, aithouga the offender might ve | the head of the State, ‘This last baving been re- ‘ted the question stands as it stood immectiately aitet the eveuts of January 4, 1875, WIth its Soli tion dependent on Consre:s, ‘Oo Whatever se@ttie- Ment tuat Vody may make the people of Louisi-+ an& Wii bow in obedience to the mationar Will, as expressed by its representatives, What- | ever it may be, 1 comet aggravate the condition of Louisiana, and it m 4 ameliorste, even if the recognition 0; the legal Rouse of Representatives | Is coupled with the cnfirmed recognition of the | usurping government, thus constituting @ gov- | ernment whose co-ordinate, branches, from their | diverse partv complexion, may serve as checks The Testimony Adduced Before the Foster | In regard to this | ittee | Were inci- | adger, the Superim- | 5 nigel. be the aggressive absorption of each other. ‘There 1s now in Louisiana, in the American sense,, governMent, either in form or sub- ance. To guarantee one is the uty of vongress, aud the responsibility for the continued absence of this prerequisite to @ State u the American | Union cannot be ionger avoided w thout the most | feariul danger to the Whole syste. of our auton- omy. ‘The President has asked action in the remises and the country a:ke demanas tt, ‘he admission of Pinchback on a prima facie ci without ihe settlement of the status of the present government, will noc advance matters, Dut wilt tend co their further eompiication. The American people have right\y come to consider this settle- ment a8 Of paramount Importance. not as a quere Ucn of party politics but a8 one affecting the very Joundations Of republican government, To their voice Lout-iana, the immediaie victim of this | governmental torture, adds her platntive appeal to ali (riemds of coustitucional liberty throughout the world to deliver her irom her punderers and to protect themseives irom futare oppression and tyranny, which threaten them tm her own person, Shall she appeal in vain? ‘The answer rests wita Congress. . ZACHARIE. jo republican T BERGH'S ECCENTRICITY, C vos THE IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES OF THE GRAND JURY INVADED—OPINIONS OF 8TAND- ARD WRITERS—FEELING AMONG THE JURY- MEN AND THE LEGAL FRATERNITY, The action of Mr. Bergh in sending a communt- cation to Mr. C. 5, Delevan, foreman of the Grand Jury, which was discharged by Recorder Hackett on Monday, severely refeciimg upon that body tor falling to find an indictment in a case presented by Ikxm and in which he was imterested as the President of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has excited tae astonishment even of those best acquainted with the peculiari- thes of that eccentric philanthropist, The feeling 1s becoming very prevacent, and nowkere more so than among the legal profession, that this genvieman—armed with the extraor- dinary powers which compliant legisiatares have conferred upon bim—has become a monomaniac on the subject to which he has de- voted his life, and as such imfiie’s such annoyance upon society as to make Limseli almost unbear- able. Everywhere his extreme action has brought discredit on the cause which ae represents, and bis appearanee or that of tis empioyés In court 1a the invariable signal for a shrug of dissatisiaction or a smile of contempt, At the same time it is fair to state that the good which has been accom- plished by him and the soctety which he repre sents Is very great, and the ouly regret is thatits continuance and increase suould be jeopardized by the course pursued, In view of the good thus accomplished, his inierference with gentlemen’s coach horses—proverotally the best taken care of animals in the worid—and otner manifestations his idiosyneracies have been toierated with @ sort of good matured annoyance; but his last movement, In aiming a blow at an institution regarded by all E peaking people as one of the most roused & feeling of indignation, and the very general hope is entertained thar Kecorder Hackett will so em- phatically vindicate tue majesty of the law in the bremises that it will tend to restrain the exu- berant zeal of the offender tn the fature. The existence from time immemorial of those Institutions desigued to provect the liberty and Tights of Lue subject, of which the Grand Jory 1 among the most prominent, has hud the eifect of so familiarizing the Anglo-Saxon with them that their reai unportauce 1s apt to be lost sight of 1p order to @ realizatton o1 the ENORMITY OF THE OFFENCE tt may be well tu consider what the Grand Jury is and what the saleguards aud immunities which | the law throws around it. Under our American Institutions there is really no protection to the Personal security of the citizen uniess the Grand Jury 10 its original character be retained strictly. | Both by English taw and in our ‘ederal and State constitutions stringent ; rovisious exist, the suostance of whicit is that no person, except in cases arising im the militiary and naval service, shail be held to answer for a capital or otherwise in‘amous crime, or for auy offeuce above petit larceny, unless he shall Bave been previously charged On preseutment or indictment of a Grand Jury. [tis one of the oldest Saxon iaws, and in | its” fundamental character has never deen changed, The orlzinal oath of the Grana Jury ta a matter of common interest, One of the jury would rise and take THE FOLLOWING OATR:— s! Twill speak the t-uth of that me on the part of our Lard nor wiil I tor anything omit so todo. So heap id these Holy Gospels. Ata later period, in order to secure a proper ad- ministration of justice, not only were the jury re- quired to swear to make true presentment, but that “the Commonwealth's counsel, their fellows! aud their own, they saall Keep secret.” The jury. are to examine ali witnesses to satisiy themselved of the propriety of putting the accused on trial; they are the sole judges of the credit and conf- dence to which witnesses before them are entitied, Of the secrecy to be observed it extends to the value giv in any case to the evidence of the witnesse! id to the commusications of the jurors to each other. The disciosure of these tacts, unless under the sanction of law, would rerucr a juror | liable to puuishment by fine or imprisonment. in order to secure @ proper discharge of his duties | the juror ts surrounded by tue law with protection | against any interference from eatside influence. To attempt to bribe, to frighten, ro INFLUENCE BY THREATS of injury to his persou or reputation is enttrely inconsistent with the impartial exercise of ms duties, and the law looks upon sucn action as most reprehensibie, His oath of secrecy prevents | him frem defending himseli agatust unjust impu- tations and to permit offenstve reflections and | commanications to be addressed to him would have a tendency to disturb and divert him from a calm and impartial examination oi cases brougot betore him. He represents tue discretion of the Commonwealth as to whether the enas of pubitc Justice wili justiy an indictment in any given case, and the due discharge of his duties inciudes a right , to Judge of the motives aad tue animus of parties who make complaints, These are the principles laid down and elabo. | Tated by ali the stundard iegal writers op the sub- ject, und @ consideravion of them must make it | apparent that the Grand Jary system would be- come altogether a tatiure if at the whim ot or under the misguided, though weil intentioned, judgment of any dissatisfed complainant, com- | Munications may be addressed to the Grand Jury assembied, contaiming threats, eriticisms oF con- demnatory charges. It might as weli be supposed that the administration of justice would #e pos- sible 1f at the ciose of every trial auy dissatstied | Sultor was at liberty to arise in court and pour out upon tue judge and Jury any reflections which might suggest themselves to him or ne might choose to utter, ‘Ihe only avenues for communi- cation with the Grand Jury, as jong estaolished by law and precedent, are (mrough the Court and District Attorney, and the greacer wonder ts that any man of intelligence in tuis age should ignore this fact. THE PEELING OF THE JURY. Though the communication of the Grand Jury upon the subject to His Honor Recorder Hackett Was Of tue mildest and most temperate character, it was known throughout the court that they were affected by a feeling of proiound tndiguation. When questioned concerning it yesterday, the | foreman o! the jury, Mr. Christian S$. Delavan, stated toa HERaLp reporter that tne jury were divided between a ieeiiug of astonisiment and tn- | dignation. “I do not, oi course, intead to betray | the secrets of the jury room,” be satu, “but as ths | Matter is besore the public, Ll suppose | may prop- erly say that Ube ieeling Was very iutense indeed, So much So that, fearing some action would ve taken which would reflect discreait oa the bouy, | tried to soothe the more violent by representing that | Bergn was carried away by his zeal i a good cause. The jact Is he seems to think that courts and jaries ougat to move in obedience to his nod. His manner in the perormance o! his duues is not agreeable and tends to excite antagonism toward bim, Of course, as we ‘ound no DIi| 1n the case to which he rejers there was no evidence to justify one. Indeed tne case had less support in ihe evi-+ dence than is usual in tuose cases which are thrownout. The feeling throughout the commu- nity is becoming, I think, rather opposed to Bergn; but of course that had no effect upoa our minds. There isscarce a grand jury bu: woat Bergh is besore 1b with bis Complaints, and thougn no such feeling was mauifested amoung us there are those Wo regard him as little better than a nuisance, There wasn’t &@ shadow of testimony which would justify the indictment of tne man against whom he complained, Why, even on the showing oO: his Own Witnesses the man was imno- cent, Of course we Jelt our integrity was tm- pugned, but are willing to leave our vindication in tne hangs of the Court.” RECORDER HACKETT, when questioned upon the sudject, said to the ree porter :—“As 1 stated in my remarks yesterday, | Do man basa right to send & commuuicauon to any grand jory or receive any intimation of a criminal investigation passing under tue consid eration of that body, and & person so doing is guilty Of& Contempt of court, Mr. Eloriage T. Gerry, counsei of tue Society jor the Prevention of | Crueity to Animals, appeared before me ‘his morn- ing and stated that Mr. Bergh wished to sabmit certain affidavits concerning what transpired in tne jury room. { said to bim that no matter what happened toere it ‘uruished no justification for & commuutcation of the character Of that uddressea to the foreman or of any caaracter. Mr. Gerry Ge- sired to have the hearng om the present. ment of the jury regardimg Mr. Bergn set down for Monday, to waich I agreed, with the understanding that Mdavits or other papers in the case suo trict Attorney on Fri + course Mr. Bergh, unaer tae advice of his counsel or otherwise, may sce fit to pursue in order to purge hkimseil of bis contempt Ido noi know and shail not until tne papers are placed beiore the Court.” mong the legal iraternity the impression {9 | thar Aire Bergh, carried away by & violent temper and in the exercise of smail discretion, has un- wiitingly been guilty Of @ very grave orenc he hi wpe the dignit, is*maniiested that no very punishment snouid be meted out to nim, 8 boped the lesson to be taugut him will have the effect oO; Mdding the community of many of tue petty Vexations and annvyauces to whica It has been subiected by Rimand bis satelites.